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THURSDAY, October
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SAVANNAH: Printed
LONDON.
HOUSE of PEERS, Wednesday, July 18.
day Majesty came to the
J V. .'&£ House, and being seated on the
L Throne, the Usher of the Black
X 25 Rod was sent to the ffoufe of
25 Commons to desire their at
t tendance. The Commons being
come, the Speaker took his
stand at the bar, and holding in his hand the East
Indin Company's Rill, made the following Speech
to the King:
44 S 1 R E,
44 YOUR Majesty’s faithful Commons have, in
the course of the present session, granted every
supply which your Majesty has asked, in order to
enable you to answer all the emergencies oFThe”
present criss of publick affairs, and to resist effee
tualiy the unprovoked confederacy which has been 1
formed agaihft this country ; and although,- in the
jailing of these (applies, they have cone every
things in their power to render them as little bur
thenfome to the people as pofEble,'and have found
the tefourees of tin's country equal to e very demand
which h 2.3 been made upon it, yet, as the burthens
ini pole were great indeed, Ivowever cheerfully im
posed, hip MajeftyV faithful CommpcV trail that
his Majesty’s humanity and wifiiom Will tike case
that the (applies which they have so liberally grant
ed (hall be applied only to the purpoks lor which
they have been voted.
“ 5 1 R E,
44 I have the fatisfo&fcn to inform you, that,
during the present feflion, your faithful Commons
hive paid particular attention to the support and
vxtenfion us publick credit, and the iim }i ovemciVt
of the publick revenues, in order to be rhe bi tter
prepared to ftreugthen your Majesty’s arms, and to
enable them to answer the fuluic exigencies of
affairs.
“ SJ R E,
“ I have in my hand the last of the bills which
make up the (apply of the current year. It is an
ait for enabling your Majesty to enlarge the charter
of the United Company of Merchants of England
trading to the East indies, and for teeurffig to your
Majefty* for publick use, the four hundred and two
tlnufand pounds; which bill I molt dutifully pre
sent fiom your faithful Commons, who humbly
entreat that it may receive your Majeity’s Royal
approbation.”
The Royal aflent was then given to the following
bi Is, viz.—-To the East India new Charter, Ben
gal Judicaxure- and lnfolvent Debtors Brils Bill
to amend an Error in the Cocoa Nut ASt,i Bill
to regulate the Driving of Cattle ; —That to pro
vide Places of Refuience foiUhe Parochial Clergy;
—Sill for erefting new Buildings near the Bank
Bill to prevent the stealing of Iron Rails, Pewter,
Brass, Bolder, &c.—Plymouth Dock Ik;i ;--and
several publick and private bills.
After which his Majesty made bie following
Speech to both Houses: 6
” My Lords and Gentlemen,
‘‘ Although the business of this session has re- f
quired a longer attendance —than may have been
confident with your pjwytote convenience, vcffnm
perfeaded that you looEWk WkkfiatK&fi inn- "kh.
the time you have employed’ in a fatthfiirdlfcharge
, of your duty r to your countryhn the present arduous
and critical ilate of publick affair*.
“ I cannot let you depart into your refpeftive
counties witnout alluring you of my tmi e’appro
bation of your conduct, and of my peth?ft confi
dence in the loyalty and good affections off this
Parliament.
The zeal and ardour which you have ffiervn
for the honour of my crown, your firm and steady
support of a just cauie, and the great efforts you
have made to enable me to fufmount all the diffi
culties of this extensive and complicated war, niuft
-convince the world that the ancient spirit of the
British Nation is not yet abated or diminiffied.
44 In the mid ft of these difficulties you have
formed regulations for the better management and
improvement of therevenne;. you h ive given ad
ditional strength and /lability to publick credit; and
’ your deliberations on ,th£ affairs of the East India
Company have terminated in luch measures as will,
I trull,, produce great and eilertial advantages tty
iny kingdoms..
I have observed with much fatisfaftion that,
during the course of that important business, your
attention was not more anxiously direiled to the
benefits to be derived from the territorial aequifiti
ons than to the happinefi and comfort of the inha
■ bitants of those remote provinces.
4 ‘ Whatever rnay remain to be done for securing
those valuable poffefflons, and for restraining the
abuses to which they are peculiarly liable, you
will* I doubt not, proceed to provide for at your
next meeting, with the fame wisdom and temper
that have governed your late proceedings and en
quiries.
“ Gentlemen of the House of Commons ,
44 My particular thanks are due to you for the
ample provision you have made for the fervicc of
the current year,- —f fee with great plenfure that
you have had it in your power to apply so large a
sum to tiie difeharpe of the debt of the navy, anti
that the fupplics which you have granted have been
raifeu in a manner the lead jburthenfome to the
property and-industry of my faithful people.
- “ My hordi and Gentlemen, v
- “ While I lament the cont inuance of the present
troubles, and the extension of this war, T have the
■ : unci Is has.been to bring - lad;’ -my deluded -sub-’
je“s in America to the -happigePajmd liberty they
formerly enjoyed, and to lee the tranquillity of
Europe leftoretl.
” Ed defend the dominions and to maintain the
rights of this country was, on my part, the foie
cause and the r nly object of it. Peace is the
earnest wish of my heart; hot I have too fittn an
alli.ince on the spirit and resources of the Nation,
and the powerful afliftance of my Parliunent, and
the protection of a just an 1 all ruling providence,
to accept it upon any other terms or teimdi lions than
such as may cpnfift w'th the honour and dignity of
my crown, and the peruia.i.-nt inttrell and iecurity
of my pet'plc.”
Then the Lord Chancellor by his Majesty’s
command fa id :
“ My Lords and Gentlemen,
44 “ is his M.Jelly’s will and plcafure that this
Parliament be prorogued to Thursday the thirteenth
day of September next, to be then here holdea;
and this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to
Thursday the thirteenth day of September next.”
London, Ju J y 7. It is confidently ported that
Admiral Digby’s cOmmiflion is to'aft in concert
With the troop- for the rcdu&ion of the southern
colonies, and that the naval terce at New-York i3
not to be diminiffied, but-to serve as occasion may
require for the aififiance of the army in the center
provinces.
Gen. Faucit is appointed Adjutant General of his
Majefty'3 forces, in the room of the late Gen.
* Am her ft.”
July 19. Dr. Cornwallis is appointed Bishop
of Lichfield and Coventry.
A convention is signed for the exchange of Bri
tiffi and Spanish prisoners, by which 6000 of our
fubjefts will beset at liberty.
, Utrecht, June 18. The report of an alliance
kween the Courts of Vienna and London gains
ci befit, and it is even said that it is secretly concludr
ed on. It is also said that Poland will nuke fome
“diversion in favour of England.
N E W - YORK, September 26.
Extraft ofa letter fr&m Lon Jon, dated July 3.
•"? ll s very extraordinary that, in so many Tea
X engagements that have happened during this
war, not a lhip has been taken on either fide. It
seems if not fighting but length of puHc must
decide theconteft; if so, the viftory must be ours;
for, while the French give evident proofs of their
deficiency in this refpeft, there is not the least sign
of any failure on our fide f ou£(u P pHcs come in as
easily now as at the beginning of the war, though
amounting this year to confrdepably more than 20
. millions, and 1 dare fay may be commanded /or 20
years longer in the fame proportion. The world
is amazed, and we are astonished at ourselves to
behold the resources of this kingdom.
“ There is no doubt but a oegociation is going
forward; and it seems to be eliabliffied that the
Emperor, the Ruffians, and nroft probably the
Danes, will take p-irt .with Britain, unless a general
25. 1781. [N°. 139.]
ROYAL
GAZETTE.
by JAMES JOHNSTON.
peace should be effe&ed. The Dutch seem to btf
in a state of ftupefadtion ; notwithstanding the e
minent losses they have sustained by our fleets and
cruizers, they have done nothing by way of retali
ation ; the Empress of Russia has given them ah
answer which makes them ffiudder ; and the Em
peror of Germany has made Offend a free port ,
which will affeft the foundation of their commerce I
the Danes are entering into a dispute with them :
With all these dark colours gathering around them
I hope they will have diferetion enough to provide
for their fafety by an accommodation with Britain-
The Spaniaids are at length alarmed at the fituation*
of their own colonies, which will require the whole
of their attention; they have reason to wi(h they
were not embarked in an European war.
•, if e arc / ef ajr. and composed here*
there rs an end to aiiociations and committees; e
very proper measure is carried with enfe in*the
Efoule of Commons; the voice of faction has done
roaring in its high tone. The Duke of Richmond
has ootained a (entepce for a year’s imprisonment
against Bate, the Writer of the Morning Herald ;
Mr. Burke for fix months'againft another
tire lion. Charles Fox has obtained a rule of
tR C: 11jp tiie fecoud, to (hew c;uj(e why an ia
formation should not be lodged against him.”
REBEL INTELLIGENCE.
Eofton, September 13. Saturday morning last
there was a severe engagement just at the entrance
of this harbour, between an Engliffi frigate, said
to be the A(Turance s os guns and 10 carronades,
from Halifax, and the French frigate Magicienne.
3 2 coming round from Prfcataqua convoy
|§ :t M (hip. when, after an hour’s confl a, the
Magicienne was obliged to strike to superior force.
How many were killed on board either ship we
have not heard. The Briton was seen fiom the
eminences and tops of houses in this town to have
loft her topmaft, and to be otherwise much
damaged. Ihe Aftrea and Sagittaire frigates are
gone in queftof them, as both the British ship and
her prize \yerc much shattered, the latter being in
tow last Saturday at four o’clock P. M.
\ ellerday arrived the mast fliip abovementioned.
Superfine Philadelphia Flour
to be fold by JAMES WILSON, at Smith Cla.
rendon’s in Broughton Street.
11 ■ ■ ■ 1 1 ■ ‘ *-'• - - m
Guineas Reward,
RAN AWAY from the lubferiber’s plantation
near Thunderbolt,
Two Negro Men,
Purchased at the sale of the Estate of the late Mr.
John Greene, deceased, both country born, blade
complexions, and speak good English ; one named
Roger, near 50 years old, a little knock-knee’d,
aim made, round ffioiildered, abdut 5 feet 8 inches
high, has a wide mouth, speaks ffift # (hewing hi*
teeth, which are remarkably long; the other named
Co*Del 10, about 20 years old, very likely, dim
made a little bow-legged, about 5 feet e inches
high, speaks flow, of a pleafmg countenante, and
whore mother lives in Savannah at Mrs. Farquhar’s.
Any person *who delivers them, without being
maimed, or otherwise rendered incapable of labour,
at this place, to the subscriber, within fix weeks’of
,thrs date, (hall be paid fen guineas for Roger, and
tor Cordelio, if delivered in the fame manner,
twenty guineas i or if any person will give infor
mation of their being harboured, employed, or
lent off the province, to conviaiom of the offender,
1/ he or (he be a free white perfon* (hall be paid
the sum of five guinea* for each; therefore all
maftersofveffds, and others whom it may concern,
are hereby requested toTorbear giving the trouble
and expence of a rigorous prosecution.
v r ’ JOHN MULLRYNB.
Bonaventure, Oaober 25, 1781.
to the fubferiber’s plantation, the fol
j lowing NEGROES, viz. Primus, Pompcy,
and Tenah, who fay they belong to Mr. ParfonS
anu Mrs. Heyward; also Ned, his wife, and two
children, Who fay they belong to Mr. Howell.—
ihe owners myft apply to PHILIP BOX.- “
