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THURSDAY, Novembkr THE GEORGIA SAVANNAH : Printed ® Copy of the Georgia Charter vL; P” by Almon is very incorreft, and w^3 every Manufeript one 36? ‘T* that we had in this province before v*/ ■*• the Rebellion. A Subferiber has AR.-** **• \a/ favoured us with one that has been 7t\ } \l/i C) iluted with different copies, and VjL/rv/Trx'JSAxJl* we mean to insert fomc portion of it now and then in our Gazette until completed. The fame Gentleman has promised us Copies of different Papers regarding, this Province, .the Originals of which were destroyed during the Rebellion. CHARTER of GEORGIA. GEORGE the fecona, by the grace of God of Great Eritain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. to all.to whom these presents fhatl come, greeting. WHEREAS we are credibly informed that many of our poor fubjefts are, through misfortunes ahd want of employment reduced to great nete/fities, insomuch as, by their labour, they are not able to provide a main tenance for themselves and families, they had incident to new settlements, they would be glad to be fettled in any of our provinces in America, where, by” cultivating the lands at present wa'le and defokte, they might not only gain a comfortable subsistence for them selves and families, but also strengthen our colonies, and increase the trade, navigation, arid wealth, of these our realms: And whereas*our provinces in North America, have been frequently ravaged by Ind : an enemies, more ■ South Carolina,- whiehv thtr Jaffr uriiiii.i. -'•'fey d'tm’i ‘ v.• ■ .n.i ‘ :; sword, and great numbers of.the Eugllfn inhabitants mi.* .♦fcrably massacred, and our loving fubjefts who now inhftyt there, by realon of the. fmillnefs of their’ numbers, will, in case of anew war, be exposed to tftie li ice calami ties, inasmuch as their whole southern frontier continueth un settled, and lieth open to the fold savages: And whereas, we think it highly becoming our crown and royal dignify . to protest ali our loving fubjefts, be they never so diflant from us, to extend our fatherly compaflion even to the. meanest and moft unfortunate of our people, and to relieve the wants of our abovementioneJ poor fubjefts, and that it will be highly conducive for accompli/hing those ends that a regular colony of the said poor people be fettled and s eftabli/hed in the southern fr-mders of* Cardin i: Ans whereas we have been well allured, that, if we would be graciously pleased toereft and fettb a Corporation, for the receiving, managing, and disposing, of the contributions of pur loving fubjedjt?, divers prrfoas would be induced to contribute to the uses and purpefes afyrefiid : KNtdAV Y£ therefore, that we have, for the considerations aforefaid, and for the better and more orderly carrying on the fail good purposes, of Our special grace, certain knowledge, and meer motion, willed, ordained, confHtuted, anTaV pointed, and by these presents, for us, our heirs a id fuC ceffors, do will, ordain, constitute, declare, and grant, that our right trusty and well beloved John Lord Vilcount Percival of our kingdom of Ireland, our trusty and well belovedEdwardDigby,GeoreeCarpenter, JamesOglefhoipe, George Heathcote, Thomas Tower, Robert More, Robert Hacks, Roger Holland, William Sioper,Francis Eyles, joiin Laroche, James Vernon, Willi amßelit ha, E/quires; Stephen Hales, A. M. John Burton, -Bv D. Richard Bundy, A. M. Arthur Bedford, A. M. Samuel Smith, A. M. A dam Anderson and Thomas Coram, Gcntl'emen; and such other persons as shall be elefted in the manner hereafter mentioned, and their fucceflbrs to be eleftgd in manner at-herein after is dlrefted; be, and /hall be one body po litick and corporate, in deed and in name, by the name of the Tru/tees for eftabli/hiug the Colony of Georgia ia America, and them and their fucceUbrs, by the fame name, we do, by these presents, -for us, bar heirs and fucceflbrs, really and fully makor<fain, cohlitute, and declare to be one body politick and corporate, in deed and “in name, forever, and that, by the fame name, they an J their fucceflbrs /halt and may have perpetual A;cceflion; and that they and their fuccelfors, by that name, /hall and may forever hereafter be persons able ana capable in the law to purchase, have, take, receive, and enpvy, to them and their fucceflbrs, any manors, meflnages, lands, tene ments, rents, advowfons, liberties, privileges, juri fac tions, franchifes, and other hereditaments, wiiatfoc. tr, lying and being in any part of Great Britain, of whatso ever nature, kind, and-yraiityy they fee and in perpetuity, not exceeding the early Value of ,-ne thaufand pounds beyond reprises, also eflutes for lives, a-ul for years, and all other mannerof goods, tli ,: reir. ahij tfijjilP whatsoever, of what name, nature, qualitv, or value, fosver, they be, for the better leading, lupoortingj and maintaining the said cobhv, and other uses aforefaid* and to give, grant, Uct, and o. mi. c,. the'faid manors. mrf. fuages, lauds, tenements, .fcfcnfiitt'ametitSy-gDDds-,• chat tels, and things, whatsoever aforefaid, by lease or leases, for term of years, in pofieflion at the time of granting thereof, and not in reverfton, not exceedingrhe term of one and thirty years from the time of granting thereof, on which, in case no fine be taken, flipll be refereed the full value, and in case a fine be taken /hall be reserved at leafl a moiety of the full value that the fame (hall reatbnlMy and lona fide be worth at the time, demife j ami that they and their fucceflbrs, by HaII and may forever and capable in the law to purchafey: have, take, receive, and enjoy, to them and- their fucceflbrs, any lands, territories, polTe/fioris, tenements, jurifdiftlons, fi mchifes, and other heredita ments, whatfover, lying and being in America, of what quantity, quality, or value soever, they be. t r the better /upporting, and maintaining the ‘lud colony ; and thatj by th; ftamc aforefaid, they /hall and may ! z all; ;§ ... v -- ~ ■ 1 .. . sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be anfwcred unto, defend and be defended, in all courts and places whatsoever, and before whatsoever judges, justices, or other officers, of us, our heirs and fucceflbrs, in all and Angular actions, plaints, pleas, matters, suits, and de mands, of what kind,,nature, or qualityToevej* they be; and to aft and do nil other matters jypd things'fn as ample a manner and form as any other our lidge fubjefts of this our realm of Great Britain ; and that they and their fuc ceflbrs forever hereafter (halt and may have a common leal to serve for thecaufes and business of them and their fuc certors, and that It /hall and may be lawful for them and their fucceflors to change, break, alter, and Jg a ke new, the faiTfeal, from time to time, and at their pie afure, as they /hail thin k*efl. And we do further grant, for as, our heirs and fucceflbrs, that the said corporation, and the Common council of the said corporation herein after by us appointed, may from time to time, and at all times, meet about their affairs, when and where they please, and tranf# aft and carry on the business of the said corporation. And, for the better execution of the purposes aforefaid, we dfr, v by these presents,. for us, our heirs and fucceflbrs, give and grant to the said corporation, and their fucceflors, that they, and their fucceflbrs forever, may, upon the third Thurfdsy in the month’ of March yearly, meet at • foine convenient place, ta be appointed by the laid corpo ration, or the major part of them who /hall be present at any meeting of the said corporation to be held for the ap pointing of the said place, and that they, or tvyo thirds'of fach of them that /ball be’ present, /hall, at such yearly meeting, and at no othar meeting pf the said corporation, between tlie ho!n s. of ten jn the morning and four ic the - rnowinif Clio Arfli...eleft -such- per- “ , fdn brperfons to be memHerilbf the tjad corporation ai .lhey ■ /hall think beneficial to ttic good defigns.of tire faidcorpj • ration. And our “further will and pitfafure is, that, if it . /hall happen that any of the perfoii herein after .by us'ap pointed-ag.the common council of the fail corporation, or any other persons to-be elefted and allmitteJ members of . the said common council in the manner herein after direft ed, shall die, or /hall by writing,, under his or their hands refpeftively, resign his or their qlfice or offices of common councilman or common councilmen, the said corporation, or the major part of such of them as” /hall be pies nt, shall and may, at such meeting cn the said third Thursday in* March yearly, in manner as aforefaid, next after -such death ©**6fignati tm f mf&vt-fn /bid corporation, eleft and choose ofie or more p.rfon or per sons, being members of the Did corporation, into the room or place of such person or persons w hich /hall be so dead, or so resigning, as to them flial! seem meet.. And our will .and pleafurc is, that all and every the person or persons which /hall from time to time hereafter be elefte-d common eouncilmen of the laid corporation as aforefaid, do and /lull, before he or they aft.as comnlori couacilmen of the said coiporacion, take an oath far the faithful and due execution of their office, which oath the prelfdcnt of the laid corporation tor the time being is hereby authorized and required to admini/ler to luch person or persons so e lefted as aforefaid. And our will and pleasure is, that the firft president of the said corporation /hall be our right trufly and well beloved John Lord Vilcount Percival, and that the said president /hall, within thirty days after the pthing of this chaiter, cauls a summons to be ifiued to the several members of the said corporation herein particularly named to meet at such time and place as he /had appoint to consult about and tranlaft the business of the said corpo ration. And our.-will and pleasure is* and we do, by these presents, for us, our heirs and fucceflbrs, grant, ordain, and direst, that the common council of the said corpora tion /hall consist of fifteen in number ; and we do, by these fare fen ts, nominate, constitute, and appoint, our right trufly and well beloved John Lord Vilcount Percival, our trufly and well beloved Edward Digby, George Carpenter, James Oglethorpe, George Heathcote, T homas Tower, • Robert Moore, Robert Hucks, Rogerl Holland, William Sloper, Francis Eyles, John Laroche, James Vernon, V/iiJiam Bclitha, Esquires, and Stephen Hales, A. M. to be the commoirtuuncit tff the said corporation, to elm ti -vae in their said offices during their good behaviour. T ’ ( ‘i/b it conti-nutd. ) L O N D O N, June 17. ‘T’HEY write from Madrid, tint advice was received X from the Havana, that the L! San Fraucifco D'Aris, anew 74 gun /hip, caught fire off Fort Moro, where /he was at anchor, and was totally deflroyed, but her crew were.air laved.: i- I^.—-i_ June 2 .4. The SpanilhJettecs received in Paris by peer fans of diftinftion mention that the Minlflry have receiv ed very unwelcome news from the Havana, which they wiih not to lay before .the publipk. Four ihips of the line, with their crews, are said to be loft. Friday’ morning L.apt. Leslie, ot the Enterprize frigate, ‘arrived at the Admiralty with e difpatches from Gcft. Elli ot, Governor of Gibraltar. “1 hele dispatches bring ad vice, that the Spaniards having resolved upon a general attack upon that place, both by lea and land at the fame time, a fleet offeven line of battle /hips t five frigates, fix fire/hips, and three bombs, failed from Cadiz, the land forces at the Jam e time, advancing nearep the garrison, keeping up a continual cannonade, throwing: ftrclJs, trpon ’ the beneged, and cresting new batteries still nearep to our works, many af 1 which were blown to pieces as soon -as fini/hed. The Spaniards, despairing of being aajc to take the place by regular approaches, determined on the desperate attempt of making* a general alDult, of which Gen. Elliot being apprised; caused. two msfed battents- ti> be ereiteu, and'cannon mounted on them, so thA he might these batteries if the enemy did attempt t GAZETTE. by JAMES JOHNSTON.’ storm the place, and play upon them on their flanks, which they not being apprised of would not be able to avoid which succeeding accordingly, he fuffering the enemy t advance almost within pistol /hot of Queen’s Battery which was manned by three companies of Briti/h grenadi* ers, and two of Hanoverian, who then fired on the enemy, the ma/ked batteries at the fame time opening on theic flanks, put the enemy into the greatest confufion. Gen Elliot taking the advantage immediately sallied, with four battalions of Britilh and three of Hanoverians, and charg-’ ing the confufed Spaniards with ihcir bayonets totally routed them, destroyed all their new railed works near the place, took several pieces of cannon and military stores with which they retired into Gibraltar. The Spaniard* loss in this affair is supposed to be near 5000 killed and wounded, the latter chiefly with the bayonet, and zooo prisoners; and to add to their misfortune, a fliot from our works blew up a magazine of powder, by which fisveralof their men were killed and wounded. It is not knowit what officers of diftinftion they loft, but it is thought many of them fell, among the rest the principal engineer in the Spani/h army. The loss of the garrison was very trifling* the Spaniards being in such confufion they could not oppose them. In consequence of this decisive blow the Spaniards are said pd have raised the siege, and returned into the country with the utmost precipitation. June 27. Two new packets are ordered to be built, on ,anew conftruftlon, to carry the.mails to New-York and the Weft Indies, and are to mount 20 fix and nine pounders. Yesterday an account was received-that the Jamaica flefct were in Eeuh road, which, with the Baltick fleet* make between 500 and 600 fail in that foad. * - . **9* ii i /iTifll 1 rtlportaucc are suppo sed -to have fironght” Lord Motmftoart Ivorfte from Turi* ; re port fays that the King of Sardinia has offered his media, tieu to procure a general peace. On tbs nth instant the Queen Charlotte privateer of London, Cspt. Janies Henrick, fell in with four Ameri-. can privateers; in lat. 49. 30. N. long. 16. W. two of 20 guns, and two of 18, fixes, nines, and twelves, one of which, called the Essex, of 20 guns and 134 men, he cap tured in figh.t of the others, and carried her into Kiafala the 14th. I, June 30. A private letter from Paris authenticates * recent account publi/hed here, of Mpnf. de Suffrein ing failed for the Mauritius immediately after his aftioa with the -Briti/h Commodore, where he must remain for a considerable time in order to repair the damages fuftaijj ed in that aftion. Ex trail of a letter from Copenhagen, by a gentleman in the retime of a foreigner of diftinftion in a fub/ick capacity i/r town. , “ Our Sovereign has ordered his Minister at the Hague to insist upon an immediate and fatisraftory answer to hi* just demands, and not to admit of any unnecessary delays. Our squadron is now ready to aft upon any service, but deftgned for Cronftadc, is compleatly manned, and fo reigners of ail nations, that are maritime powers, allow it to be very well found and equipped in every refpeft, Ships of the lint: * Juftitia, 74 guns; Princeft Sophia* 70; Princess Frederica, 70 j Elephant, 70; * Infeods nezar, 64; Nouvegian Lion, 60. Frigates r Marianna* 44 guns ; *St. Thomas, 36; * Moen, 36; Bornholm, 36 ; Christiana, zS. Those marked thus * are built from. Engli/h models. - . - • ■ The Alert privateer, Capt. Llewellin, is arrived tt Bi i ftol ft ora the coast of Africti ;*lhe has taken three Jbtotch velTels, one of which was given to the prisoners, after taking out rooo ounces of gold dust, ten tons of ivory* &c. one fold on the coast with 320/laves; the other* mounting 22 guns, is hourly expefted to arrive at Brifto£ having failed from the coast before Capt. Llewellin. The Union cutter of Poole, Capt. Broom, has taken valuable prizes to the amountof about 20,000!. and is on her passage from the coast of Africa to the Weft Indie* with her prices. Wc learn from Cork, that the Julius C*far and Refti . tarion prl-vateers have 1 captured three Dutch merchantmen from the Cape of Good Hope to Amsterdam. Those valu able prizes are said to be worth more than 300,000!. July 2. Since the arrival of the Duke of Gloucefteo and Lord Mountftuart from the continent a convention of deputies from all the belligerent powers, to be held in the Austrian Netherlands, is now currently talked of in the ministerial cofl'cehoufes about St. James’s. The Sturdy privateer, Capt. Holden, of Jersey, hats carried into Falmouth a large Dutch priie, of 300 tons* from Amsterdam to France, laden with all kinds of /hit* stores; /he is cqlled the Jacobus Henritta Anna Matilda. From Paris the advices mention-that the creditors 6f Dr. Franklin, the rebel agent, are more clamorous than ever. Upwards of 47,000 k sterling are now ootftanding. The morned men will not dilcouiu his bend without that additional security 0/ a capital house, banking or mercan'— tile. July 4. Six veflels are now fitting out in the river oi* a peculiar conftruftion, they are intended to carry twv long 48 pounders brass, and in the center there are bed* for morWrs, after the manner of the Spani/h gun boats. July 5. The following formidable fleet is in the har bour of Li/bon, all equipped and ready to fail on the /horteffc notice; the destination is unknown : La N. D. de Con ception, 80 guns; La N. D. del Pilar, 74; La N. D. de Bonne Compjgnie, 66; Le St. Sebastien, 66; Le St. Antoine, 66; Le St.Jofeph, 66; La N. D. du Seeours* 64; La N. D. Mere deDieu, 64; La N. D. Faveur, 642 La N. D. de Belem, 50; La N, D. de Grace, 42; La N. D. de Nazaret, 40; Le St. Jean Baptiste, 383 La Vrinceffe de-Brafri, 34; La Feris, ,34. July 7. The following new /hips of the line are now loady for sea: Africa, .64 guns, Capt. Ncwcnhajji, *n4