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THE R O Y A L
GEORGIA GAZETTE.
From the LONDON GAZETTE.
ST. J AMES’ s,. May 18.
Maj-sty having been please 1 to ap-
F* point William Browne, Esq. to be
gr.J& Governor and Commander in chief
*)/£■ jj of his Majesty’s Bermuda or Somers
Island, in America, he thh day in
r \Ji/ Council took the oaths appoinred to
betaken by the Governors of his
h_)so{O<oS£ -ju£ Majesty’s Plantations.
The following intelligence was
this day received fiom Bombay, dated January ri, ijSi:
That it havin ’ been revived to lay siege to Bafan, on the
coast of Mil abar, Gen. GoddArd, with the forces under
his command, with great difficulty completed his march
from Surat so as to arrive before the pla>.e on the 13th of
November, where He was joined by reinforcements and
stores from Bombay.’ The General, finding it very firing,
and defended by a numerous garrifrtn, under the command
of Vifagc'e Punt, determined to cany on his operations
with regularity and precaution.. On the 28th in the m it*
ning he had corripleated a battery of fix guns nnd'fix mir- a,
tars, within qdb vitrds of the place, and Hinder cov,rr of the
fir#- carried on his approaches to the spot, where he-drifted
the grand battery dfnine 24 pounders, which was opened
(■he 9th of IN f-rub’ fin ;ivmj . ojug
rerft ltzf s, wai> o'pdM-.i b,p<m oi tVr fljUtsor fh•-••par j“ ,
pet. Tnefe were lerved with such effect,'That, on the
i©th Vn the morning, a prafticubie breach being nearly
compleated, a mefiage was sent from the fort, offering to
Afrrender; Slid, after f >me demur on the pare of the ene
my, vvh.ch obliged the General to reiiew the fire from the
batteries,- the place furrendcred next day at difcrcfion.
The garrison marched out and laid down their arms in
front of the fort, being allowed only to carry away their
own private efitcbs. It adds greatly To the (itisfaeV:oil
which this important acquisition gives, that the Toss we
sustained is very small, one officer only, Lieut. Sir John
James Gordon, who# h i"ing,hegn woua • !, i% fiace dead,
sr.d about li men killed and wounded, of whom four 0n1y..,,
v.ere Europeans. A considerable quantity of ammunition
was found in the fort, 220 pieces of cannon and i cbrafs
nortars, of which 19 pieces of brass cannon, several of 4
very la;ge calibre, 12? pieces of the iron ordnance, and
all the mortars, Have been reported fervicsable.
Whitehall, May 28, 1781.
Extra# of a letter from -Sir y.maJEUcigbt, P.rl. Cover,
nor of the Province of Georgia, to Ihe Right Honourable
Lord George Germaine, one of bis Majefifs Principal
Secretaries cf State, dated at Sat at. rah, the gtb of
Ma%h f xpSr.
On the 6th inst. my Lopd*. I affirted to five bills, and
have the fatisfatlion to acquaint your Lor .ihip that one of
them is intit’ed, “ An adt for punting to his Majefiv
teitain duties upon allgoodU, i . J ni mcrchahd'rae,’ of
the gtowth nr pro-iufEion oTth... province, which may be
txported from hence, as the contribution of Georgia to
the general charge of the Britiffi Empire.” These duties,
my Lord, his Ma; = sty’s loyal fujbjgftt in this province Rive
freely and cheerfully given add granted, ‘knd hu ntdv beg
that his -Mijefty will be g--acioufiy pleased th condefeen I
lq accept of the fame, as a Bil-dl-.tdLun of their jr >r.in^V
to his Majesty, and iffedtion to Dr m >ther country. A
duty of five per cent, was proposed, but the greatly dif*
trelled, reduced, and exhausted fine of the province, it
=wrthmfgftt, would- not admit of-laying on so iWge a duty
at present, and therefore it is oni\ two nri Ia h.df per cent.
Another is intitlcd, “ An aft for Ircurmg his M.ijcfiy’s
government and the peace of this province, and for the
more effettual prof ftion of the King’s loyal fubjefts here
apinftthe wicked attcmpts’jnd designs of the Rebels and
other difrtFcCted persons, and sot other purpoics herein af
ter mentioned. ’* . . . “ ■ ** L_
ADMtRAT.Tv-OfFirt, May 7, 1781.
LxtrirfFbf a iertfc from
the Hon. Keith S'CnOarf, ISmmjnder in chief afJ>h Ma~
jefy's foips empi-yed ci the Leith Jiatiort, evu! by Lien (ranf
mirted to Mr. Sjephem, dated Leith, ‘May -3, i-t3i.
On Wednvfday the 26th. uft. Fair Island bearing N.
W. difiant ic leagues, I fell in with the Rouen Soubi.ffi* r .a
ftip belonging to the French King! commanded by Pierre
Vanftabel, a Lieu re n lot do F regate,, mounting 22 nine
pounders, 1 ;,6 men, which we todk after chafing 13
hours, and file is now in this road.’*
. ‘ MAY IT. . * ‘ - ”
Txjraf! of a letter from Capt. Col/itiSj Commander of hi, Mi,
July's pip Aurora, to Mr. Stephens, dated Mount'S Bay.
My 7, 1781.
“ Hc.ale to acquaint my Lords CommtffionerS of the
Admiralrv, that, .bring i-fi the L.nd* End tlvc td inst. I
fdl in with,, and, af t*r t cft.afe ts 14 hotir*, took Le /
bointe dc Guichcn, lugger privateer, belonging to Mcf-
B x, of Ift guns, 10 r.rrr ma les *nd fiaivek, afid So men.
rh V* vc / r - 1 forne time . .0-called the Black Erincefs,
tuttcr rigged; and commanded nrft ry fcpke Rvan, anj
sf’frwaids By.or-e \LCarty, md i; the fame that did so
r va h milch.cf on this eoifi lad year.”
M a r c 2.
1 he following’ a;c dxtraits of letters received by Mr.
• ( p tens l*-on> Vft c Ld uiiai Da hy, Commander in chief
°t a Iquadron r,f -jj! Majrf’.y’s ships employed the w’ft
jvard of ,1 let ter from :Tw Riglit Hon. LonkSMd.
uni ’ Commander in ch.ef of iiis Majcfty’s-./bh-s i- Fly.’
-1 null: \ 1 3
“ I k”° r -.-* — Scijly , May j ft', 1781,
1 have CHh iu!l time to avpumt thv-ip Lmdffiip” rhaT
THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1781.
the Nonfuch, which parted from us the evening of the
13th, hai joined us finer dark, having fallen in that night .
with a french man of war e>f So guns, fappofed to be the
Languedoc; ftie hal 27 man killed, and 50 or 60 wound
ed, and is much fii itrrred.”
Britannia, to the JVfward of the Start , May 19, 1781.
* f I mentioned in mv letter of the 16th inst. the Non
f ach s having fallen in alone with a-French ’(hip of war of
atTe ‘fi 80 guns. I now eoclofc a copy of Sir James Wal
lace's narrative to me of that great and spirited aftion.
f L' r anjaH ions on hoard the Mott such in an engagement between
the 14 th and 1 e,ib of May, 1781, received in Vue Ad
miral Darby's letter ts the 19 th.
“ On the 14th, being the look-out Ihip from the van
fquairon, at eight A. M. saw three fail in the N. E. Made
the fi.-nal, chafed ; soon after we saw a fail in the Ks.
E. which we took t , be a French lin * of battle ffiip ,
chafed, gained noon her. At about, half past to at night
c-amc alqrtgfide of her; (he gave us her broad fide, we re
turned it; /He drooped astern, we wore and raked her ;we
continued the- a&ion for near an hour, during feme part
of wh ch vVe w-re on hoard one another.; /ho carried away
o ir fnrit fail-yar l, ard our anchars hooking Her quarter”
t l rried away'the flukes of ttfem. Ail this'time ffie had
f> much the word of the aftion tha sh- t ink the oDpor
- ‘rtf I,’,
• mg up’ with her before five A. M. ‘it being.daylight we
c juh! dr-Tingtiiffi one anothex-plainly; five appeared to be a
f rench 80 gun (Hip, in gaol order.for battlV. ’
“ ■Soin” [-yule on b >;r.l us, who pretend r-> know, fUyfiie
is the Languedoc- At five \v? began'the aftion * .Ain, anT
t’.ll Half past fix, when finding our (hip much
and fabled, tnc fore -y.vd Corning down, all the nub;, yards,
iMlfj -i ‘ i r.;. io ’, m i h hurt, guns di'n niute 1, the
vvicek oi these ,10.1 dead and wounded men fiiHui’ rim deck,
I thought it proper to haul bur wind in o.der to clear it.
1 he enemy kept on her courfc for Brefi.
“ °- ir k ' L 1,1 ,:1 :1 k 2 r > killed, i.al 64 svo„ndeL *
Ts L * JA. Wat laci.”
‘ -T,on S t ‘ lc Giiner are no (.'(ficers, but among the
latter *-e, viz. - 0
Mr. Spfv jq
id >Licutenants.
Market 4th 3
Williams Afting LieuteqantJ
Stone Matter.
— fdoriiam BiatEvaio.
Cambridge in llamoxc, May 19, 17S1, j r A. M.
SIR,
I have the plcifure to acquaint you, for their Lordthins
information, th it Vice Almira! liar by, with hi, MajeflLs
fquairon under hi ciiimn l, is now ofF the Eddyftone,
proceeding to the eoft v.rd wr h a nnlrrate breeze at N.’
W. an ith it five fii! ‘Lthfejiac are uow Ra-d'’n.. i n * c rhe
fbmUi lam 7 kc; Shuluham.
June 3.
Copy *r a lette’ Pom Sir George Collier, Commander of his
_ Atiiefty's. fbip Canada, to Mr. Stephens, dated Corke,
May - G 17S 1.
You will be pleased to acquaint their Lordibips, that on
. the Ik ft indai’.t, bei ig in die Canada from the
fleet under Vice Admiral Darby* as a ihip of observation,
1 difeovered at seven A. M. a c-.uifi Jerable number of Eng
liffi merchant veTels,_jmd a ffiip an d fio >p of war which
appeared to be enemies a little to windward of them. On
our giving chair-they tcked and brmxghnrto, to Fee; mno Ure
us as we them, and then went o/F under an easy lad]
AThe sloop mounted 22 guns, and seemed full of men.
So soon the wake of the ffiip we
put about, dnd continued the chafe full 70 leagues till
dawn of day next morning ; ffi c thought proper to hring
to, anTfiapgcd us, hoisted Spauiih colours ; it fell about
this timb aimofi calm, With a considerable fwel), or the
iContcft would not have I ifted so long probably as halt an
hour, which it did ; ffic then Eubraitted to his Majefiv’s
cblTUi%,’ being a good deal ffiattered, and having a number
of men killed and waunjed. They difmouated a lower
deck gun of the Canada, and ffiot off one of its trunnions.
We found her to be a very large frigate belonging to the
King of Spain, called the l.eocadia, and the only one tjie
Spaniards have coppered ; ffic had been only fix days from
Ferro!, arid was bound (I have reason to injaginc) to the
South Seas cxprcls, but threw all their papers overboard ■
ffic has pom for 40 guns, yet carries only 74, they fuo
-qftyrrrrtlrEftrnn-TfTTiTsftTarnl theffiJinofTte g u ns. “This ffiip 7
was commanded by Don Francisco de Kni! nt
of the Order of St. Jjgo, who had a commiflion to com
mand all frigates lie might meet with of his own nation.
It was with concern 1 learnt that this gailant officer loft
right arm in defending his ffiip; the second captain i s
also wounded ; two of the officers are Knights of Malta,
L o N D o n; ttZf %, ;•
SIR J. B. Warren, Bart. Member for Marlpvv, was
yesterday ■appointed to the command ofMiis Majesty’s
frigate tiie Ariadne, from his Majesty’s /loop Merlin.
His M.ijefty’s (hip the Conqueror, at Plymouth, hav
ing undergone~a repair, is put into ebmmlifion, and the
comm uid of her given to Capt. Bal/Lur, late of the Cul
loden.
May 10. Ihe Centurion man of war of 50 guns is put
into coin million, ami the command given to Capt. Clay
ton. ‘ _ < ‘ J
\ A ~! t, ulqdpvii,, been laiely opened between Ire
land and the JffiWul pent of Often.!,: wfi’ hear a Confol
from the Court of Vienna is to be immediately appointed
to refidc at Dublin.
Yesterday morning died; ih the Mid year of his age, the
Right Hon. William de Grey, Baron Walfingham, of
iWalfingham in Norfolk, fiis LoHffiip WJ3 younger bro
thfcr of Thomas de Grfcy, Esq. of Narron'in Norfolk
htdy Repicfentative for that county, and was s on of
I nomas de Grey, formerly Repicfentative for Thetford
and the county of Norfolk. *
■ Yhc remaining Indiaman iod<) in ß In river are ordered
round to Porcfinouth as soon as possible, a convoy beine
appointed to fee them to the Madeira*, and from thenc#
ordered to reinforce Sir George Rodney in the Weft Indies.
• it is cobjeftured that there will nut be less than vco
me 1, officers, soldiers, and fearrien, going out on boa*d
each Iridiaman.
—-Gn the 3d inffi. arrived at Kinfale in Ireland, his Ma~
jefty’s ffiips Galatea, Capt. Reid, and Camilla, Capt
Collins, from Charleftown, with 28 transports, 10 armv
viftuallers bound to Cork, 10 oat.vcffels, one navy vic
tualler, and rj private traders ; several parted company
?.t ic A. f . ‘■■■- r 7
May la. From VerGilles we have an account that the
Dutch Min after has acquainted the Court in form, that
their .High MigfirineflVs thcStatcs General do not rropofe
ft f with that ot France artd Spain., liavini?
mmi
Mry t s i and C'amjjla, on their paffiige to
Ireland, took the Phoenix, b'oundv from Cadiz to Bbfto.t
with bale goods, Sec. ■ .
Vcflgrday morning died, Lieut. Gen. William Ani-
Leift, Adjutaht GerteraJ of His Majesty’s forces, Colon-t
-of the 32ft regiment of foot, and.Governor of St. John’s
Newfoundland. ‘*’•■*
On the 13th inst. arrived at Plymouth, the brig Atlan
tick, one ot the ffiips captured by Admiral Rodney at St.
Euftatius j ffie brings an account, that on the 2d of Ma- #
in lat. 49, 26, N. and long. 8, 18, W. about 40 league
from land, in company, with 32 fail of merchantmen, un
der convoy of four men of war, they fell In with seven foil
of French ffiips; the Commodore immediately hoisted the
figna! to disperse, but the Captain of the brig fays he four
many of the, leewardmoft ffiips captured.
May 17. Yesterday the Hon. and Rev. Dr. Cornwallis.
Dean ©( Canterbury, kissed his. Majefty’vband, on his be
ing nominated to the Biffiopiipk of Litchfield and Coven
in confequencc of Dr. Hura’s promotion to theSeeof
Worcefitr.
The Devonffiire Hero privateer has taken and carried
into Watettord the Petrus, Ross, from Grenada to Am
fierdam, of 450 tofts, laden with indigo, sugar, See, va
lued at 3c,occl. —f
Yesterday the Court tis Direftors of the East India :
Company rook up and purchased 14 fail of ffiips to carry
9° ft?* fibres to the East Indies.
May 18. On the 13th instant arrived at Plymouth,
the Alexander privateer of that port, and carried in a large
Ihip from St. Euftatius, which ffie retook from the French
w.thm about 30 leagues weft of Scilly.
Two men of war arc getting ready at Plymouth to fail
to Irelana to convoy the Charleftown fleet to England.
-V? the o l2th the E< P er privateer of Guernfeycat
ned into SciUy two Dutch prizes from Amsterdam, bound “
to Brclr, which ffie took off Brest harbour.
i c* 1 * Ambailador has presented a memorial to
the States General, in which he declares, in the name of
the King lus mqfter, that, in conformity to laieclaratioix
f made to the three Northern
Courts, no ffiips of the belligerent powers will be permit
ted to commit hostilities in the; Jfoitick.
May 19. Thursday night and yesterday morning the
p.ets was so very hot that every ffiip in the river was ftrip
pea of■feam-n, without any regird being paid to prot&aj*.
ons. Oidcrs are given for no rtxore protedlions to be grant
ee tint?l his Majcfty’s ffiips now ready for sea are fullu
manned. . *
May zz. This day Admiral Darby arrived at the Ad
miralty. Ten fail of the line under Admiral Digby arc
left to cruize in the Channel.
a The Paris Gazette of Tucfdav lafl, which ©lves an ac
count of the capture of 22 of the St. Euftatius Seet, make*
no mention ot their arrival at Brest.
May 23. His Mdjefty’s ffiip the Arrogant, at Chatham,
having undergone a repair, is put into Commiflion, and
t..e command of her given to C’apt. Cdtrftffi.
o| ‘ o T r f te z b a _ 7 ing been-.4iraperly-re/rtted-fbt->
fenice, is into Commiffion s and the command of
to Capt. Powel Hamilton.
.He Quebeck, anew frigate, mounting 32 carriage
guns, built at Deptford, is put into comm iHi on; and the
command given to Capt. Mafort. *
• T i C a mea ° f war af ' rite<l at S pithead, belong
o the grand, fleet, arc Ordered to take ofl board a frefit
supply of prov,fi©„, and water, as they a,e expeded to fail
111 the courfc of a few days.
T d a , h w SUpe l b 0t f 7 j’ Bu,f)rd 70, Excfer Eagle
fthnft ° f 64 ’ THerC f * iled with Commodore
Johnftonc tbc Hcto 74, Monmouth 6 4 , Romney S C, Ju
piter <; 4 > Ihs 5° i and there has failed fmee the Mon/rro
o 70 guns, (and that the fleet will consist when joined bv
thelfe of 11 lull of the fine, large frigates; and five /loops.
• JJ ! . 2b * u L f cter * by the Louisa, Capt. Wincringham,
rnved in the river from I’eterftmrg, bring advice, that :i
fleet of men of war lay in the Baltick, ready to fail, and
® n, y for it-was out--they were boilffft
for Lnglaml, forjlffie u fr of his Biitanmck Majeftv, as
soon 21; l-mie particular points were fettled with the Eng-
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