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THE R O Y A T GEORGIA GAZETTE. L O N DON, November 18. I the 16 th inst. arrived at Portsmouth f his Majefty’s/hips Portland, Admi r®* Edwards j and Mercury, Capt. ; Prefcotf from Newfoundland } the * w # /hips which came under their convoy arr * vc< * **f e * n 1C Channel, and are 7f\ gone to their defined ports. ‘' The.Elizabeth of 74 guns, Capt. Maitland, arrived at Portsmouth three days ago, from Jamaica; the is much damaged in her rigging, See. hav ing loft her.mfrcn mast and main topmast in the late gtle ’ of wind off the Banks of Newfoundland, ‘where flie left the a Jamaica fleet in a bad fitqition. &• Yefteruay morning arrived also at Portsmouth, the ‘Conqueror, Capt. Dixon, and the Magnificent, Cant, llphinfton, of ‘74 guns each, with eight of the Jamaica fleet under convoy j they parted a few days ago with 16 |f others bound to different ports. t ‘ Nov.'l o. The whole of the winter and spring rain | forcemcnts intended for the Weft Indies, we hear, 19 10,000 ; those for North America 20,00 c; with this for- force, it is said, Lord Cornwallis has engaged to t-%rote<atthe former, and subdue the whole American con kf-Cngijt-ln the cou: ft of s notber-eamphrgiii R Sir'Henry Clinton is expefted home in the fcourfeofa ; '/cw Weeks. Whether he is to return to America is not IggMt determined, as his continuing in command will, we entirely depend on his own choice. * Nov.%x.. His Majesty’s /hip the Elizabeth is ordered * he paid off, and the /hip to be docked irtTmediately and S* fteatjaed with copper. I- The Emperor, of London, from Jamaica, foundered | *h e 19th ult. in lat. 41, 30, long. 35, and all hands pc | rilhed except one. I The Union and Chance, two of the Jamaica fleet, I hound to Liverpool, foundered at sea. [ ,The N. S. Concrfano del Polignano, a Spanish transport I *vith provisions and troops onboard, bound from Cadiz to I the Havana, is taken by two cruizers belonging to the l grand fleet. I The Beaufort, a French frigate, was loft the 6th inst. I In a violent gale o wind on the coast of Normandy, and ail the crew except the Captain and fix of his men were ■drowned. Extra!? o/m letter from Bayonne, Nev. 9. tl The Jaf> 1 cutter brinjjs you intelligence of the loss ©t the ship Anna Maria, from Baltimore to Nantz, with 500 hogfli-’ ids of tobacco, indigo, &c. with furtdry prize foods, conftgned to you and Cos. upon your joint account!. am lorry lor the crew, who all perished on the ift inst.” * oL ’’ 2a * n '3hf advice was recei from yj- ortfmonth, of the fafe arrival at Spithead W his Maiefty’a fhip the SulYqn from Jamaica, with several fail of ships I rtscnce which were thought to have been loft off the KY/efterri Ilia rids. ’ If . Nov. 13. The Earl ©F SdathamptSi acquainted the iHoufe of Peers yesterday, th7t the Karl of Aylesford and hirnrclf had waited upon tliiiQaeen with the congratula gtcry Address of that House, to which her Mjjcfty had been pleafrd to return the following gracious answer: “ I If® mue b obliged tg the Houle of Lords for this convinc |lng proof of thth“’-thity to the King, and attention to me.” I T h f 7^ 5Uc de T rance of the 14th inst. mentions the | arrival of Count GuichenV/quadron and the coßVoy at Ci- I diz the 2.3d ult. K Though vc never wifli to recommtnd an enforcement the Uw £fretaliation, (fays a conifpo;ident) yet many | are of opinion that the dimes cf Mr. Laurens and Mr. I Trumaul!, negotiating and forming treaties, nuking di g\nions, and ftming up febdhon even in our own country, fare equal, ;f not superior, to poor-Andrc’s conference with |Arno!d, and, in any countryEbat Britain, would meet 3 fate equally cruel and ignominious. I* -VTJy ZS ’ ° U , ? burfi 1 wls by special lice fife. Dunerttmem, fes to the Right Hon. the Earl of Ecf* coroughy to the fecomTdaughter of Earl Spencer. Tk SuSfe lctUr f rom Lljton, Nov. 4. t The Elb-Mana del Saute, a SjdaniA ship, f rom - Porto Rico for Malaga, a prize to the Prince George pri | is brought in here ; her cargo isvalued-at 14,000!. | and con nil 3 of cotton, sugar, indigo, &c. with a finall llveft C \ ty r? 1 6 °!' ; dua ‘ r Shc Cnme wlth a convoy from the Weft out was fepanted about ten days bcdWe her Rapture. T hcie ate .now in the Tagus 15 men of war of tn.s nation, five of which are getting ready for fta. The .Fluids every now and then come in to reconnoitre, whwh J e , ‘"PPofc fomc attempt is intended to be ®aade upon them. received yesterday from the grand fleet Th th ?i r y Tw c f uuln e uff thc Car y Islands. t i fr ° in 9 lbr^ Ur > b y way-°f Liibon, that the t:!u ,i b T Chat the men contmued in good aR d every thing remained quiet in the Spaniih lines. I . j Kajf °nabJe 0/ 64 guns, Capt. Sir Digby Dept, ar- I AT at P " rtf, ”° uth f be 22d inst. from America. I* -a * 7 tfo l utl<>ns of th House, of Commons on f ?ru..iy last 0,1 the supply : That 30,666 efleftive men, Ivndud.ng 4213 be empJt>yC(l as land forces for I 7Jj tnat i,4g0 ; "7.41. be granted for maintaining the f ;WMat,ofts Gibraltar, Minorca, &c. th! eil 27 L / ‘r” Gcnerul ani SU{I Offices} |rnut 56,. 4 U five Hanoverian battaliorrs ; fervin” at h ■ Li,dh7 Th r ■ ; hit * >h. oo e s ot P-ka.jd S Uvc of tw J r^ THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1781. giment;! of Hanau in ditto ; that 17,498!. for a regiment of Waldeck in ditto; that 93,947!. for the troops of Brunswick in ditts; that 39,644!. for the troops of the Margrave of Brandenburg ditto ; that 671,457!. for the charge of the militia and four regiment* of fencibtes ; that 99,6791. for the pay and cloathing of thc militia j and se veral other refolutioßS. The Tuscany frigate fotifidercd on her paflage from Ji “ maica; the crew were saved by the Sultan, and the A€hve of Lancaftcr. Nov. 29. For tliefe several years past we have heard much of minijierial heads being placed on Temple Br, but the tables leem to be turned, and fome of the leaders in oppofiti an now look up with fear and trembling to that receptacle for rebel sculls. To the Printer of the Morning CkaoNictt. .SIR, _ . £- WHEN lhall Adnsiniftratlo* be animated with !fhe fouls of their aaccftors ? W.afiiisgtnn has put to death a British officer'of rank, an officer of the moft ami able’manners, who voluntarily, like another Regular, de voted his life to serve his couiftry } him has WilhingtOn * in cold blood put to an ignominious death, he has hanged hi.rn liicc a. dog, j.nd oh i provoking indignity, he • fKrgallow*. ‘ 6 7 1 Good Heavens! Ca Englifii Wood rnn in your veins when you hear this unmoved with resentment ? Lehity has been the nurse which ha* reafred this rebellion to the gigautick magnitude it is grown to ; for God’s fake rouse, pour forth all flood of your wrath upon these mifere ants, make ioftant retaliation, the objeft irbefote you. Why is th at .temporizing quondam PreirUnt of their irr ternal Gungrefs fuffered to livs an hour ? Drag him. to Ty burn, and let him die the death of a traitor} hang*, draw, and qua.ter him. “i our compaflion is termed fearj you Jure not, the rebels think, do ju-Jlice upon those who have - au?.mpt.ci to inaHkilate England. Revenge is now become a virtue, by your mercy and forbearance they are encouraged to murder your Generals. 1 am, Sir, your very humble lervant, . T A Loyai, American. Nov. 15. xxxxmxxwmxmmx KFNGSTON. [AM UCA, December 16. ON the joth inftint died, in the 54th year of his age, ( Mr. Archibald Campbell, author of Lexiphanes, &c. He pulfeiicd, in a Ihining degree, r every quality of knowledge and learning to render him an ufeful citizen of the world, which has fuilair.ed in his death anirrepar iole loss, in pie venting, the Completion of a mathematical treitifc (being an irapiovemctit of Sir Ifuc Newton’s sys tem) which would have been of great utility to the publick. He was beloved and revered by all those who had the good fortune to know his worth, and it moft unfcignedly la mented. 3 / Dec. 30. Admiral Rodney’s force to windward at pre sent conlilts of the following ships : c C Admiral Sir G. B. Rodney Sandwich 90 Ggas-j iftCapt. Young Lid Capt. Sutherland Ruficll ‘Tar 5 Drake ; v C Capt. Hafwcll Centaur ~a S Commodore Hothatn ‘ \ Capt. Nott Refoluclon 74 S Commodore Sir C. Ogle ..... L Capt. Lord R. Manners ‘ red 74 Capt. Bavne 1 numnh 74 Affleck S? on 74 Reynolds *f n 1 blc 74 Ferguson AkiJe 74* Montague 74 Hon! ton 74 Symonds c r , orba y 74 ‘ Gidoin .1 Shrcw/bmy 74 Robinson r uftolk 74 Crefpin Vengeance ; 74 ‘ Holloway 64 Sir G. Home Intrepid 64 , Molloy And t!je fullouwng frigates, /loops, See. The Venus of 36 guns } Alcmcna, Amazon, aud Convert, of 32; Cv clops, Triton, and of 28} Greyhound of 24., Sylph or 18, Hornet and Drake of 14, Star and San Vin cento or ro } aff£tn,a, Vesuvius, and Carcaft, bomb ket ches } Salamander and Bluft firefliips, St. Lucea and An tigua armed vessels, afloopof 18 guns purchased in Amt rica by Sir George, in. armed prize /hip and a xelibck.- —J&LE...W *- YOR K, januafy 1-*7 “ ONI0 N l Ws t nia and about 13 privates were brerught prilontrs to this. city. They were a guard at Amboy, and taken by furpiize through the alertness of the garrilon on Staten Iflami. s On Tuesday a /loop laden with harfts, a v#rv kre ‘ qutptfty oflive rtock, i„cladl*| “Sop and *kh f, J® “u “Uicr articles defignid to r.pair the damages and fipply the exigenuej of the Weft lirellans fuftained'b, the late violent storms, as beonjht into our harbour b, a boat s company of Loyal Refugees. * *•* BLANK FORMS of dijftrtnt fort f to it fold *Ukt Printing Ofitt . NUMBER VIII. Sapitntis non efi dicere non eogitafem. The following reflections were privately handed about, as far as theydurft, before the Declaration of Independen cy ; they arc now publickly submitted to thc judgment of all such as may give them a perusal. Conjecture! on the Ijfue cf the Contefi between Great Britain —and ber C<floHitt. Written in 1776. IN the anxiety which every ma st of feeling ir.uft fuffer, in the present state of American affairs, and the dif trefling of the meafurcs which .may he carried on as well as the great uncertainty of the issue, it muft.apuekr evident to every thinking person that sooner or later one of the following alternativfes must take place, viz. Either Great Britain will reduce America to her pwa terms, which may be moderate or rigorous in proportioii to the advantages Great Britain may be pcffeffod to give law to America: Oij, America must get so far,the better of Urreat Britain as to riifable her from carrying on the wir, or as to oblige her to submit to such teruos as America /hall ptopofe : Or, before matters are carried to these lengths, both parties must he reconciled upon fu:h conditions as are reciprocally fatisfaftory. AS it is pcijeftly un^rtaim-which-ofithc'twi fifft alter-’ natiyvs may i'a-preij, it naajt nqr at present b*e Mamfiaer'-to’ hazard - Oft the po/hbility or imroffbility of either* ’ * 3 It Great Britain means no more than to aflert a fupsri inconfiftent with the rights of human nature, or the Briti/h copflitution, whenever /he ihaU,have yarned any aogarent advantage /ne will make such offers of peaca as wiirbe thought generous; and'tliefe, u such a case, America w!!l either.refufe or accept, as to.thofe who flxali .then have the management of publick (whether they be moderate, men or otherwise) /hall appear moft eligible .and practicable. Britain m?am to subdue the Colonics by c6n queft, and then tyrannize over them in confcquence, /he wiU undoubtedly provoke the Colonies more and more,-that they may declare fhemfelves independent; which decJarat tiontbe m.qiftcr prqbably will look ftpon as his.grcateft iafety at home, xmd as thcanoft efiettual means to units: the whole nation against America, and chearfully to pro. vide for the pf the wap, jsfhlch, that case, A J lt appear un.vcrfally neccffary, and in which all thc cation w. become mterefted. I H the following maxims ge.nr.tally admitted. Great Britain will no.t civ’ up her Colonies, nor declare them independent, till dhd canimt polhbly help it. If canpot recover all America /he will endeavour to regain and keep in poffdlmn as much fibft 15 Can> ° f 38 miny rl46€s nild provinces as yof. Should Great Britain bepd all her forof against any one colony, will then be, whether ftc can bring a force fufffeient “0 make conquest of any one or two £ rc £ l l* ces > Carolina ami Georgia) and maintain the pofleflion agamft any force that may be brought against her. As, from the iituation of the contending parties, the war of neceflity mu/l be carried on by fro. ml -is the event es it may more defend ufon vegorout -wtafurei escrl.d (eon, than keeping it up for any length of time, perhaps more may alio depend upon what is done soon thin who can hold out longtft. Should it be thought po/Eble that Great Britain might make a conq and /fcujretheqauffrffion of any one pro vmcc, it would be of very little importance to that province what mignt be done by or become or ail thc rest of Atnc riCn*fl:T,“ Qlotoc nt Great Britain gatos and l'-cures the po ie/uoii of any one province all its importance afterwards makes against America# and that province itfelf is entirely at the melcy of the conqueror. Those in England that may think the Briti/h force fuf hcient to fubduc one or two provinces in America will pro t ia- y mg hat England before now had in pay foidicri that their navy is superior to the world, and has ere now employed ‘tQl&X} fram ell —th a t the entire ftagna.. tmn of the American trade will be an infallible means t d man it—that in the last war Great Britain at the fame tune maintained .armies in Germany, Portugal, East and Weft Indies, and North America, and irnow at peace with all the world—,that wrong measures apd want of Aic cefs usually attend the Engli/h at the beginning of every U / r L b T t A 1 at , th<f Cafc Was ver y different towards the dole ot te last—that 20,000 raea and lut men of war might be 1© poftetfrtn any province as to render thc conquest of it a very doubtful matter. It may be observed, that whoever is master of the fcas ™wi J fiave Agreat vantage in obtaining warlike stores, as whoever mail maintain the ihore will have a minifeft fu .periority in obtaining provisions. The molt probable cauies of,Great Britain’s mi fear tying w©uld be, a revolution among themfclvcs—tlie imprattiev .. bnity 9/ railing men or money. * %uere, Whether, to prevent either or all of these things from takrng place, a more effcdual means can be thought of than America’s entirely fluking off’ Great Britain} whether such a declaration would not rnffantly change the whole nature of the war, and caufr it nd,longer to be look ed upon a war between Amtnca and an lippreftive mi a w i*r America uid the whole nation. Taking all these difl'ccnt a/yf perhaps opjjofite consider ations together, conclude upon the whole that Great Bri tain will never be able to reduce this continent to her (present) terms, and.leJve it to cfsry man’s own judgment whetr.cr /hemight lubdue and Angle province.* The florid Hippo bn on is, Jthat America may get the etter of Great Britain, filber , oy jo entirely overcoming tir 0t to preferil>t faivt cV trrhs j a jj) nation muff lufca;t ij [N°. 104.]