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Georgia Gazette
. t , a LONDON, October 27.
‘ townxif Bender, to which the ruins of the Turkifli
&J \ * t ™Y *? avc reused, is frated on the river Nieftcr,
• 100 miles N. W. of Belgorod, arfd 100 S. E of
S T X Brackhw. It is remarkable for the residence of
’ VC Chailes XII. King of Sweden, who retijed hither
after had becn defeated by the Ruffians at Pukoiva.
Wai ma ’ nt, ‘i by the Turks here several years,
|RL till hr yas at Jail forced from thence to a place near
Adrianople, where he renamed another year ; after which he returned to
hu own dominions.
Extra?! of r. I-titr frof/ijOta Wn:dfor Green, 0(1. 23.
“ Last night, about feveh, appeared over Our heads, towards the
foutH, vtry uncommon motions in the Heavens; they were ftrearm of
light, ip colour like Aurora Borealis, with thi* difference in their
tli red ions, that they a:) iil'ued from one point in llrait lines, but circu
larly round, the point, forming somewhat like a Glory ; arid from the
fame point ifloed a ‘cloud of a gloomy red, which expanded ltfelf eaihvard
and iveftward, and foomafter appeared a, jf-they were fires in fomc towns
at a great diltancc. In other particulars, the Iky was dear and Harry.”
yExtraci of a Liter from P ortfmouth, On. 26
“ On Tuefdav iwn Ruffian mm of war puihed through Stokes-Bsy,
and through,!]}?. iSjCcdlct, in tl eir way to the Mediterranean.
*• We hear that the Ruffian (Let has paffied by this port, and made the
Led of their way for the fa rue sea.” . .
“On. 31. We are credibly informed, that it Isas been proposed to lay a
tax on all places of publick entertainment throughout the kingdom, to
arftyer the exptr.ces for the ensuing year. ,
‘The Trench Ambassador at Conllantioople seems to (land a fair cbaace
of being sent (e the Seven Towers, ar the Ruffiin Amoa-.fador was; and
of being 4=alttwivh in a diffierpnt manner, as they no v begin to fee tncy
ou sU-heirinevitable dc/lruction to the perfidy of that nation.
They write from Leghorn, that t’ury had received authemick advice of
twenty fail ofTutkifh usenof w*r, with great numbers of French and o
tl*r European seamen on h rd. having paffied the Hellespont, in order to
©bftruA the navigation of the Ruffian i'eet into the catal of (he Black Sea.
‘lt is mentioned ha privatd letters from the Hague, that the States Ge
neral had abfolmely refufed toa certain foreign AmbafiiJor the granting
a any port of the United Provinces’, to a, body of h: Ma
ilsP,s ftfo'u , 3'fiieh 1 meaAife be'even found rieccll'ary in the present
bfthc affairs in the North.
iti'frttinftndix'jJrefj v/as sent off from the Secretary of State’s
Office, with for the of the Regency of Hanover, and it
is said) fen* for the troops of that Electorate to be confidcrably
augmented. ■*. . . “ . . ... r
-iti & liter Cabinet’Council; if was determined to Ration n larger number
of men 6fwar thah afa*! bit thb doaft of Africa, for the better protection
of that Aide;’ ; - • ‘ 1 , .
We hear the ayowed intentions of the Frcrich and Dutch to (lir upffihe
Afiathfrk t> a rupture with tfii'Eriglifh in the Kail-Indies, have al
rdkdy b-en of fome importanf deliberations in touncil; the rc
fult of which it is expelled will appear soon, in vigorous meafurei to fru
llrate the macjutmmr.s of thnfe ttV&powcVS. * ~ . ~ ,
‘Wd hear tbit ffcnce Emin, ! an A'fiaticfc, who Came into this country to
acquire education,’ and whose remarkable history i* known
t& many, birc, -bas it OorctriffioO ito a£l in f the service of the Empref* of
Russia, and is now at the head of a great body of Nigro-Puntcns, which
will mike 1 vast irhpre/fionxm tl Turkilh tenrwory, that lies contiguous
todhe BJadk Sexjf jt’A add to the ernlsarrafftniert and diftref* which the
Ottoman fkp&B- yrii-i be unde* - fiomttb .many formidabloattacks both by
bod yndifoa,. 1 ~c ,1- 1 . . u. ’’ l ■ ’
A letter froeo daard.Oaober > fayi t/ The Dai(h navigo-.
tiaa is eatifelyputa-fiap to in the Mediterraneaivr Not onVy-the Algerines,
hat all &e',Bkrbafr:fci*ieac* declared war againll them, not oaljr
fecahelr lmtnKwJbßitofoceign vcfficlty Jwt.Qn'a report'whtrh i
circuited through Baibary, that they have given.all the ariftancein their;
powtr to tfieAafltiii squadron which is expected in the Mediterranean.
NovtmOer HO It i* certain,-that his Grace the Duke cF Lein Her, the
Right Ho 111 thiP Bail of the Right I lon. the Speaker of the
Honfe of Connnops have unanimqli.fly reWvM oppose the
intctdWrfcbesi* qfWJtlttcrirtng.tbe.irrty in that kingdom, daring the go-
Lord LieuKTnaot And tHy w^‘ , cc H t# ‘ nl J r j”
tUt pat^ioucic. with tbs foppprt of, Right Hon. L<#d
Wcovnt Modnuo?ris,.|nd every other fpimed apblemaa^d \ g^th.
man,
‘i of Ships of war have received
in < GibMTtar nd‘.\neb to fair (or Confikntihopli Rrth (he fittt fr
wind. • f :ii J • ’
’ lleriiard, we A“
A3ffi?rhl eaMoc \k a-
tha# Aar Admiral,-
feii ettrrirhnn the R pffianrs c<n “
Ghnfizr?wherftht fleets are to join;, and fjpp
BVatqp\itt -, of hiV squadron till he am res therf, Aould be aiH
’ ... n it:’ fA-rk’ —i.
• w : 1 • fxran cf a htterfrm Dubhw, o*. t&. .
The /rattu which ls*vfv haonened between our
Z) i\T BSD ATy February y f *770.
Lucas eng.ijei aimed every part of conversion here ; though the DoAor
is na.ura.iv a warm man, yet in this rcfpcA, it is said, he behaved with
bc.omnig temper, and Lis replies were only such as may be cxpccled from
c questions by any man o( spirit and ir.dependrnce.
fh,n s s a f e alicady gone so far, that nothing but the death of the
1 Parses can prevent it from becoming of the utmost fe.ious nature: for
when the Doilor told him that his elevated liation, at prcPcnt, detrive4
him from taking that fatisfaAion that w : - due from one Gcntlcmar! to
trnoMer, the V iceroy replied, Sir, as the time is approaching when that
diltuu'lion will ceafc, 1 now pledge myfelf to you, that I will then >ive
you ev ry that yon may expert from the moll private gentlemen
in this kingdom.’’
Dr. Lucas fome few years ago challenged the PSSt,— -t, Mr. H*
in Ireland, for an affront the latter gave him in the House of
and conduced himfelf with such resolution and propriety on that occafionr
that he gained the universal approbation of his condiments.
His Majesty, like a true parenr, ever attentive to the didrefs of hia
people, even in the remolcd part of his dominions, being informed of the
dreadful fire, that happened in the town of St. John’s, in the il’and cf
Antigua, on the 17th of Augud last, by which the whole town was al
-171,1 !t reduced toalhes, together with the Custom heufe, *and (lores, has
given orders (orthefum of 10001. to be paid into the hands of Mr. Al
derman Harley, to (hipped in fpecic for the immediate relief of the
poor fuftcrers in that island ; and has direflcd the distribution of it to le
under the caie of the Governor and trn of the principal merchant* of ;he
place.— 1 his. among many other flriking proofs of the fame raft re, (hewa
that our amiable monarch is as much diftinguidied by the benevolence of
his heart, as the dignity of liis Ration.
A llroog memorial, it is laid, will be presented (hortly, on the buftnefa
of the intuit, as it is called by our neighbours, offered lately in the Dowr*
to the French (lag. The hrench frigate is deserted by tjie o.’Hceis and
crew, and left in Dover harbour as a capture.
It is aherted, that Lord Holland, a (hort time bofore h; went abroad,
delivered into the Trcafury, accounts and money to the amount of
25,000,0001.
The Comet which fix weeks since dffhppcarc<\ hath, during that time*
been pursuing its vast traA round the Sun, ar.d having in thefc fix weeka
time moved 2:0 million of miles appears ag .in. The length of its tail,,
which is now ir. opposition to the Sun, and which in Perigxum was mord
than 42 deg. appears now not exceeding 70 m. in length, and very faint
and rare. It may now be luppofed to be diilant from our E irth 170 mil
lion miles, which is five times the distance it.wa* from us in Perigxum,
and twice the computed didance ol the Sun from the Earth.
Liverpool, Nov, 3. The Hoop Providence, Capt. Duke, arrived here
yelterdav, in ten days from Oporto, with wine, fruit, and (humack, saw
the Ruffian fleet croffipg the Bay of Bifeay the 26th u't.
fori, On. 24. In digging lately for the foundation of 2 garden wall
in the great bank berween Gillygate and the great wall of this city, a
labourer found a farrnted Roman lilvcr coin, which is a great curiosity.
On One fide is a he.;d in prefilt, with this i .fcription, CAPIT. CXIII.
On the reverse, two oxen with yokes on their but no plough ; o
ver their backs, CXIII. under their feet, C. MARI. CAPITO was
the surname of the Marian family, but what is mean by CXlIf. on both
sides the coin we cannot at present fay, for it can iiave no relation to the
number of ti ne lie was Conl’ul.as he was (lain in his seventh Consulship,
84 year* beiorc the birth of Christ; so that this coin was llruck at lead
1853 year* age, and is yet very fair. As the oxen arc sometimes the
lymbol of peace, it is not improbable but this coin mighchave been
upon Caius Marius’s conqndl over Jugurtha, 10; yeafs before the birth
of Christ, and the year before Pompcy and Cicero were born; pr oyeo\
the Cirabri, when 200.000 were (lain, and 90,000 were taken prifoners*.
in his fourth Confullhip, which was five years ifter C. Marius had de
jfcated jugurtha.
On Saturday last were gathered in a garden at ‘3 village Bear Selby, 1339
potatoes, which weighed 201 lb. and mcafured 3 bufficls, the produce of a
single potatoe planted last Spring.
I Ntwcaflt, On. 21. The spirit of building continues as brisk as ever
‘in the city of Edinburgh and neighbourhood. It is reckoned that within
these five or fix years at lead 600 houses have been either built, or are now
! building, in that city and its environ*, which, reckoned at the price of
6001 each, one with another, amount* to 360,000!. As there are many
of the hoofea above 15001. value each, the above estimate may be fuppofei
•rather low.
j • Edinburgh, OA. tj. On Tuesday evening an expref. arrived at Ght
1 gow, with the riielancboly account, that the Right Hon. the Earl of Eg
! Hnton wa* that day, about 12 o’clock, mortally wounded ; and next day
wc received certain information that his Lordihip expired abo 11_l o clock
ih the ihoming. The inhuman villain who perpetrated this execrable
murder was (hooting in Lord Eglinton’* parks at Ardroflan, and havjog
1 been qneftioned by hi* Lordship a* being a poacher, fired upon him at
fpme yard* distance. 1 Hit Loidlhip received the whole charge in his
belly, and expired in great agony, though with much compofurp of*
mind. He died at hi* house at Eglinton (to which he was carried after
this disaster) in presence of his mother and brother, to whom he madeaa
rfffefling farewell. The servants feired the atrocious murderer, one
Moneo Campbell, Officer of Estcife at Saltcoati, who now lies in the
county coal. His Lordship U fucepeded in title* and estate by his only
brother the Hon. Archibald Montgomery, Esq. Governor.of Donbarua
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