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THURSDAY, October t h E GE ORGIA 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.- “
