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THE ROYAL GEORGIA GAZETTE. I From the LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAOR DLNARY’, Thursday, December 21, 1780. MANIF E S T O: GEORGE R. I ( L. S. ) ROUGH the whole course of j|. our reign our condud towards the State ? General of die United Provinces has been that of a fmcerc friend jnd faithful ally. Had they adhered to those wife piineiples which used to go vern the Rfepublick, they mult have (hewn them selves equally folic-itous to maintain the friendftvp which h is so long fabfifted between the two nati ons, and which is essential to the interests of both ; but from the prevalence of a faction devoted to France, and following the didatf", of that Court, a very different policy ha3 prevailed. The return made to pur fricndfhip for fouie time pad has been an open contempt of the inoft solemn engagements, and a repeated violation of pu'olick faith. On the commcncemeat of the defenfive war in found ourselves engaged by the aggres sion oirraticeTve (hewed'TTehdcrTegard for the interests of the'States General, and a desire of se curing to their fubje&s every advantage of trade confident with the great and just principle of our own defence. Our AmbalTiJor was inftrufled to offer a friendly negotiation, to obviate every thing that might lead to difigrra. !>!e difeufliom; arid to * this offer, solemnly made by him to the States General, the 2d of November, 1778, no atten tion w'as paid. After the number of our enemies incrcafedTiy the aggrellion of §pain, equally unprovoked with that of France, we found it necefl.iry to call upon the States General for the peiformance of their en gagements. The fifth article of the perpetual de fensive alliance between our Crown and the States General, concluded at VVeltminller the 3d of March, 1675, befidesthe genera! engagement for fuccours, exp refs ly stipulates, “ That that party of the two allies that is no: attacked shill be oblig ed to break with the avgreffor in t‘.vo months af ter the party attacked (hall require it.” Yet two years have passed, without the leaf! assistance given to us, without a single syllable in answer to oyr repeated demands. ■/ So totally regardless have tlie Stites been of their treaties that they readily proinifcd our enemies to obfd((* a neutrality, in diredcon- • tradition to those engagements ; and whilll they have withlield from us the fuecours they were bound to furnifh, every secret assistance has been given the enemy ; and inland du:irs have'been ta ken off for the foie purpofe-of facilitating’ the car riage of naval (lores to France. In direfl and open violation of treaty, they fuf fered an American pirate to remain fcveral weeks* fn one of their ports, and even permitted a part of his Crew to mount guard in a fort'in the Texcl. In the East Indies the fuhjeils of the States Ge neral, in concert with France, have endeavoured to raile up enemies against us. fn the Well Indies, particularly at St. Euftatius, every protection nnd assistance has been given to Our rebellious fubjeds. Their privateers are o peniy received in the Dutch haibours, allowed to ~r?fit there, supplied with arms and ammunition, their crews recruited, their prizes brought in and fold, and all this in direst violation of as clear and solemn ftiptilations as can be made. Thiscondud, so incorfiiteni with all good faith, “ so repugnant to the sense of the wisest paw of the Dutch nation, is chiefly to be aferibed to the pre valence of the lending Mag'ftrates of Amsterdam, * whose secret Correspondence with our rebellious fubjeds was fufpeded, lorg before it was made known by the fortunate discovery of a treaty, the* firfl article of which is: 1 V * A be / c ke a rm inviolable, and uni terfal peace, and sincere fiiendfhip, between |f * be * r Mightineffcs the Estates of the Seven „ United Provinces of Holland and the United* 1 tatb; America, and the fubjeds and * tbe Parties ; and between the <4 ilia.ids, cities, and town?, filuated under t%e jurifdidion,of the said United States v- _ and the people and inhabitants f ♦ —3 ‘■ - THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1781. thereof, of every degree, without exception of “ persons or place*.” This treaty was signed in September, 1778, by the express order of the Penfionary of Amfterdani, and other principal Magistrates of that city. They now not only avow the whole tranfa&ion, but glo-y in it, and expressly fay, even to the States General, that what they did n was what their in dispensable duty required.” In the mean time the States General declined to give any answer to the Memorial pirsfented by our AnrbaiTador, and this refufal was aggravated by their proceeding upon other business, nay upon the confiderarion of this very fubjed to internal pur poses ; and while they found it impoflible to ap prove the condud of their fubjeds, they still irv duflrioufly avoided to give us the fatisfadion so mani’eft-y due. We had every right to exped that such a difeo ve-y would h ive rouzed them to a just indignation at the insult offered to us - , and to themfelvesj and that they would have been to give us full and ample fatisfadion for the offence, and to m fliT the fevered punilhtflent upo-n tne ©fibers.” The urgency of the business in.ide an instant an swer eflentlal to the honour and fafecy of this coun try- The demand was accordingly pressed by our AmpafTador in repeated conferences with the Mi ni rtefs, and in a second Memorial: It was jxeffcd the earnestness which could proceed from our ancient friendfhip, and the sense of recent in juries ; and the answer now given to a memorial on luch a fubjed, delivered about five weeks ago, is, That the States have taken it Such an ansver, upon such an occafioni could only be didated ßy the fixed purpose of hollility medi tated, and refolved, by the States, induced by the Councils of Amllerdam thus to countenance t4ie hoflile aggreffiun which the Ma giilrates of that city have made in the name of the Republic!:. There is an end of the faith of all treaties with them, if Amfterdarn may usurp the fovereignpow er, rrmy violate those treacies with impunity, by pledging the States to engagements diredly contra ry, and leaguing the Repubtick with the rebels of a Sovereign to whom (he is bound by the dofeft ties. An infraffion of the Law of Nations, by the mean est meftlher of any country,, gives the ]n j ired (fate a right to demand fatisfadion and pun ishment. How much more (o when the injury complained of is a flagrant violation of publick faith, committed by leading and predominant members in the States. Since then the fatisfadion we have demanded is not given, we mi ft, though mok reludantly, do ourfeives that jultice which we cannot otherwise obtain. We mult coniider the “States General as parties in the inj .ry which they will not repair, as (hirers in the aggression which they refufe to punish, and must ad accordingly. We have therefore ordered our AmbaflTudor to withdraw from the Hague, and (hall immediately pifrfue such vigorous measures as the occasion fully juftifies, and our dignity and the essential interelU of our people require. From a regard to the Dutch nation at lar*e, we wish it were pcflible todired those measures wholly against Amflerdam ; but this cannot be, uolefs The States General will immediately declare-that Am sterdam (hall, upon this occasion, receive no assist ance from them, but be left to abide by sequences of its aggression. Whiirt Amflerdam is fuffered to prevail in the general councils, and is backed by the ilrength of the state, it is impoflible to refill the aggression of so considerable a part without contending with the whole. But we.are too feofible of the common iftterefts of both countries, not to remember, in the midst o£ such a contcft, that the only point to be ayiied at by us is to raise a disposition in the coun cUs of the Repubiick to return to our ancient uni ©T), by giving us that fatisfadion for the past and fecumy for the future, wfuch we (hall be as ready to receive as they can be to offer, and to the at tainment of which we fliall dired all our operati- We mean only to provide for our own fecu defeating the dangerous designs that nave” been Cormed against us. >Vc (hall ever be disposed to return to fricndfhip with the States General * • “ when they sincerely revert to that system which the wifdotn of their anceflors formed, and has 110I 10 ' 7 subverted by a powerful fadion conspir ing with" France against the true interests of the Repubiick, no less *an against those of Great Britain, St. James's, December 20, 4780. G. R. At the Court at St fames' r, the 20th df Decem ber, 1780, PRESENT, The KING s Moft Excellent Majesty in Council. HIS Majesty, having taken into cOnfideration the many injurious proceedings of the Stites General of the United Provinces, and their fub jeds, as is set forth in his Roval Manifefto of thil date, and being determined to take fiic-h measures as nTe neccfiary for vindicating the honour of his . Crown,* and lor procuring reparation and fatisf. c tvon, is pleafcd, by arfd with the advice of hi# Ft ivy Council,- to order, and it is hereby ordered That gene gßgS’lihlg be granted agawil.the fhios*, of.-,he United Prqvinces, so that as wtfl his M. jiy’s fl :et and ftiips, as a'fo all other fbip< and v ftlis that (lull Eh commissioned by letters of marque, or general or otherwise, bv h:s Majtfty’s Cmnrniffioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain, {hall and may lawfully seize all ships, veffcls, and goods, belong ing to the States General of the United Provinces, or their fubjeds, or others inhabiting within hny of the territories of the aforefaid States General of the United Provinces, and bring the fanre to judg ment in any of'the Courts of Adir.-irMty within his Majesty’s dominions : And to that end hu Mhjef* ty’s Advocate General, with the Advocate of the Admiralty, are forthwith to prepare the\|raught of a Cornmiffion, and present the fame to his Ma jesty at this Board, autiiorifmg the Comm-flioners for executing the Office of Lord H.gh Admiral, or any perion ©r persons dy them empowered and up* pointed, to issue forth and giant letters of ma r qutf and reprisal to any of his fubjeds, or others whom the said Commissioners shall deem fitly qualified in that behalf; for, the apprehending (r.z.i.g, and taking, the {hips, vessels, and goods belonging to the States General of the Umud Provinces, and their vnffds and fubjeds or any inhabiting within the countries, ter Hones or do. minions, of the aforefaid States General; and rhkt such powers and cl uses be iuierted in the (aid Commifli >n as have been ufutl, and are accordu g to torroer precedents. And MareftvV f uld Ad Z vocate Geneiai, with the Advocate of the Admi ralty, art alio forthwith to prepare the 4raoph* if a Commiilion, and present the I me to his Majesty at this Board authorifing the fiid Comm ffiouert lor executing the Office of Lord High Admiral to will and lequire the High Court of Admiralty of aild he Lieutenant and Judge of the said Court, his Surrogafc or Surrogates, as alio the lcveral Coarts of Admiralty, within his Majesty s dominions, to take cognizance of, and judicially proceed upon all and all manner of ran. tare*, seizures, prizes, and reprisals, of all firms and goods that zte, or (hall be taken, and to hear and determine the fame, and, according to the course of Admiralty and the law of nations, to ad. judge and condemn such ships, vessels, and goods, a* (hall belong to the States General of the United 1 rovinces, or tne.r vassals and fubjed-, or to any others inhabiting within an'y of the countries, ter* ntones and l domimons, jo f the aforefaid State# Gtneral, and that (uch powers .and clauses be in. feited in the Cornmiffion as usual, and are according to former precedentsj And they are mT!* 0 re l Uire u to , P rc pare t.and lay before hit Majetly at this Board, a draught &{fuch inftrud!- oq> as may be proper to be lent to the Courts of Admiralty m his M.jeftyN feign governments md plantations, for their guidance another draught of inftrud.ons for firch ships at uoned COmmifiioDed hr Prpcfei^foremen. ’ L . . ‘ , 4 - “• ‘ ‘’ —— *** BLANK FORMS of different Softs to beJolg at the Printing Offset* [N 0 rno.]