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THURSDAY, DtcEMfitß
T H E
GEORGIA
SAVANNAH: Printed
CHARTER of GEORGIA.
(Continued from our Paper ts tit if November hf.)
JffND where** it ii our Royal irtentioa
that the member* of the (aid corpo-
JW JHk JWLTin ration should be increased by eteffion
* A X at soon at conveniently may be to a
* * # greater number than it hereby no-
T.-- mutated, our further will and plea
sure ~f ,nd we do hcrcb >* *{” us
PL/t£3tvJv\/VxJ® ® ur heir*, end successors; ordain and
direA, that, from the time of Inch
increase of the thimber* of the said corporation, the num
bdt of the said common council (hall be increased to twen
ty-four i wid that, at the Rime aflembly at which ftKh
additional member* of the said corporation (hall bechofen,
there (hall like wife beele&ed, in the manner herein before
direfled for the eleflion of common councitmen, nine
persons to be of the said common council, and to mike up
the number thereof twenty-four. And our further will
ar.d plcafufc is, that our trusty and well beloved the fpd
Ed w ard Digby, (hall be the firft chstrmaa of the
oommon council of the said corporation ; and that the said
Lord VtKv t** Percival (hall be and continue president of
the said corporator. ; and that the said Edward Digby
-(ball he and continue of the said common coun
cil of the said corporation refpedtivtly, until the meeting
Vhith (hall be hid next and immediately after the firft
meeting of the said corporation, or *f the common coun
cil of the £§jd colporation* refpeftively, and no longer; at
wmch said second meeting* and at every other subsequent
to prtfenre an Indifferent rotation of the several office* of
prefident’of the corporation, and of Chairman of the qpm
trton council of the said corporition, we do dlfeft and ora
dain, that ail and every the .person and perfoni member*
of the said common council for the time beifig, and no o
ihera, being present at fueh meeting** (hill fcvtrally and
tefpeflively, in theif turn*, preside at their meeting*
which (hall from time to time be had and held or thl said
corporation, nr of the common council of the said corpora*
tien, refpe&irely; and in case any doubt or question (hall
at any time arise touching or concerning the tern or right
Os any member of the said council to preside et.anp
meeting of said corporation, or of the common council of
the Lid corporation, the fame (hall be refpe&irely deter
mined by the major part df the (aid corporation, or of the
common council of the said corporation, refpeflively, who
(hall be present It such meeting; provided aldray*, that
no member of the said Common council, having served id
the office of president of the said corporation, or of chair*
bian of the common council of the said corporation, feati
be capable es being or fert-ing as president or chairman at
any meeting of. the said corporation, or of the common
countir of the frid corporation* nttt and immediately en l
fumg that in which he so served aa president of the said cot *
poration, er chairman of the common council of the said
corporation, refpefltvely, unlef* it (hall so happen tlur.
at any such meeting of the laid torporatibn, there (hall not
be any other member of the said common council prefent*
And olir further will and pleasure ia, that, at all and every
the meeting* of the said corooration, or of the common
council of the said corporation, the president or chairman
fdr the time being fhfli have a voice, ind (hall votk and
id, as • rhehiber of the said corporation, W of the com
mon council of tHe said Corporation, at such meeting; and*
in case of an equality of voteij the (aid president or chair
fasap for the time being (hail have and exercise a calling
vbte. And our farther will and pleasure is, that no pre-
Adcntof the said corporation, or chairman of the common
council of the said corporation, or member of the (§54
Common council or corporition, by us, by these present t*
appointed, or hereafter from time to time to be ele&ed Or
appointed in manner as aforefaid, (hall have, take, or re*
ittrive, dircflly or indirectly, any salary, fee, perquisite,
“benefit, or profit, whatsoever, for or by reason of hi* or
their feiving the said corporation, or common council of
the (aid corporation, as president, chairman, or common
councilman, or as being a member of the said corporation.
And- our will and pleasure is, that the said herein before
appointed president, chairmen,-and common councilmen,
before he and they *£t refpedtively as such, (hall ftvcrally
take an oath for the faithful and due execution of their
trull, to he sdminifiered to the president by the Chief Ba
ron of our Court of Exchequer for the time bring, and hy
the president of the said corporation to the rest of th* com - *
ir.on council, who are hereby authorifed severally and re*
lpeftiveiy to admiaifter the fame.. And our Will and plea
sure is, that all and every peifoh and persons, who (hall
have in hit or their own name or names, or in the name
t*r nrmes sis any person or persons in trust for him or diem,
or fur hi* oc their benefit, any office, place, or employ
ment, of profit, under the said corporation, be in
capable ot being eledted a member of the fila corporation;
and it any member of the said corporation, during such
time as he (hall continue a member thereof, (hall, in hia
own name, or in the name of any person or persons in trust
for him, or for hi* benefit, hive, hold, exercise, accept,
poll'ds, or enjoy, any office or place, or employment, of
profit, under the said corporation, or under the common
council of the said corporation, such member (hall, from
the time qf such having, holding, exercising, acefeptibg,
f'lleffing, and enjoying, such office, place, or employ*,
ment, of profit, cease to be a member of the said corpora
tion. And we do, for us, our heirs ands .cccfFurs, gym it
unto the said corporation, and their fuccc(Tors, that they*
and their Or the major part of Inch or them a*
ffiall be present at any meeting of the said corporation,
convened and a fle rubied for that purpofr, by proper and
copvenient notice thereof, shall h ive power from time to
qt ftU tinui licio*fter t t j cuthorife and appoint
such peffon* at they (hall tjiink fit to take
and to gather awd collect such monies as (hall be by jjp
person or persons contributed for the purposes aforefaid,
and (hall aod may revoke and make fuch authorities
end appointment* as often as they fliail fee cifcfe so to do.
And we do hepeby, for ui, our heirs and fucceftorf* order
and direct, that the said corporation (hall every year lay
an account in Writing before the Chancellor or Keeber, er
Commilfioners for the Custody of the Great Seahof Great
Britain, of us, our heirs and fucceffor*, the Chidf Justice
of the Court of King’* Bench, the Master of the Rolls;
the Chief Justice of the Court of Conrimon Pleas, and the
Chief Bardu of the Exchequer, of ua* our heirs and fuc
ceiTors; for thn time being, or any two of them, of all
monies or efte&sT>y them received or expended for the car
rying on the good parpofss aforefaid. Aad we do hereby*
for us, our heirij and fucceflors, give and grant unto the
said corporation, and thuir fucceflors, full power and au
thority to conftitutc, ordain, and make, such and To many
by-law*, cotiftitiltioHs, orders, and ordinances, as t® them,
ov rhe greater part Os them, at thoir general meeting for
thatpHirpofe, mail seem meet, ece(fay, ami convenient;
for tne Well •rderifig and governing of the said corporati
on ; aad the laid by-laws, constitutions, orders, and or
dinances, or any of them, to alter and §nnul as they, or
thfc major part ol them then present, (hall fee requisite j
and in and by faeh by-law*, rules, orders, and ordinances*
to set, impose, and jnfii£t reasonable pains and penalties
upon any offender or offenders who (hail tranfgreft, break*
or violate the said by-laws, eonffitiitidhs, .orders, and or
caiffe ;■ which laid painl and penalties'(hall and may be le
. wied, sued taken, retained, and recovered, by tha
said corporation and their successors, or by their officers
.and servants from time to time to be appointed for that
piirpofe, by adion of debt,.or by any other lawful wayi
and means, to the ufc and behoof of” the said corporation*
and their fucceftors; ail and singular which by-laws, con
stitutions, orders, and ordinances* fd at aforefaid to b<i
madei we Will (hall be duly observed and kept, under the
pains and penalties therein to be contained, so alwaya as
the said by-laws, constitutions, orders, and ordinances,
t>ains and penalties, from time to time to be made and
imposed, be reasonable; ar.d not contrary or repugnant to
the law* and statutes rtf this our realm ; and that such hr*
laws, conftirutions, and ordinances, pains and penalties,
From time to time to be made and imposed, and any re .
peal or alteration thereof, or of any of them, be .like wife
agreed to, be cftaLli/hed or confirmed, by the general meet
ing of the said corporation to be held and kept next after
the fame (hall b* refpeciively made;
( ‘To be cor,tinted. J
.
London,
T he (mail country of Switzerland, b/ khc
wife regulation of its government, is able
tc aflembie 86,000 brave met>, at ail timea, sot
its defence, and so small is the ekpence of main
taining them, that, although the people of that
are less loaded with taxes that those of
aiyr other part of the world, they are able to save
out of their common revenue a coniiderable turn of
money yearly, which they keep in their treasury
afay emergent occasion. The surprising
ads bi valour which the troops of Switzerland have
performed art equal to thole of the free Itates of
ancient Greece The battle of Mortgifter, where
ijco owns routed the army of the Archduke Le
opold, confiding of 10,000 men, is equal to that
of Marathon. The battle that was fought at the
paf* of Wcfcn* in the Canton of Claris, exceeds
that much was fought at the pass of Thermopylae
g>r as 500 Spartans tried to repel the army of
Fcrfia jn thole ltraits, and all pcrilhed in the at
tempt, so, in such another defile, Swifs at*
tacked Boeo AuUrifiHs, and gained the field of
battle. They celebrate this vidory by a
publick proceilion on the spot where it was fouvht
and where ! 1 pillars, ereded for that
shew the places where those heroes 11 times 5 rallied.
At each pillar they offer up-thanks to God, and
when they come to the lift one of their bell orators
makes a panegyrick in praift of
the end of his oration he reads a lilt of their names,
in the lame manner, as. the Spartans had the names
ot those who fell at Thermopylae carved on brass
to tranfrut their fame to posterity.
As there is very little doubt of a treaty being
signed, or on the point of signing, between this
kingdom, Auitm, nd Rulfia, and as it will prob
ably be attended with consequences to change the
face of Europe, it cannot be unentertaming to con
a w c Vc‘nts that may ensue from it.
The n;l Hj|jrlSoeftion to ask i, what will the
King of PiWa do r will there not be a counter
treaty ? [* it not natural to suppose that the Hotffe
of Bouiboa wdf form a confederacy with him to
one so formidable ?
I heobjed of our aliiince ccrt.'inly is t® turn the
6. 17S1. [N 0 . i 4 j.]
Royal
gazette.
by J AMESJOH NSTON.
Emperor's arms against France and Holland. I
underhand that pfpvifion is made, in the treaty, to
feeurc the King of Prullia in one or two ways •
firft, to buy hia neutrality at such a price as fliail
be a cotnpenfation or balance to him for any acqpi
fitidn the Emperor can make; or, secondly, to
bring the arms of Ruflia upon him, if he should
attack the Erfiperor. In the firft case, France and
Holland would fee tbetnfelves attacked without an
ally to assist them: In the second, an alliance
woald be in full aftion, fuffi.icnt to hold Prulliaac
bay, while an army entered France.
The following is said to be the plan of operati
on ; 40,000 Danes and 20,c00 Hanoverians to at*
tack Holland, and 80,000 Austrians to cfofs the
Rhine and march into Alsace. Still the Emperor
would be able to force the King of Pruflia with an
ctfraive army of 100,000 men* cxeiufive of the
force the Empress of Ruflia could fend against him.
In such a case, it would be more for the advantage
of the King of Pruflia to be quiet with such a fob
fidy as would pay his troops, or add to his trea
fore, than engage in a war apparently so much
beyond his strength. A t all events France will be
attacked'by land, and forced to give the attention
navy. VARRO.
Mxlrm3 ofm Utter fret# Vice Admiral Darby
Mr. Stephen, dated at sea, July 31, 1781.
_ plcafed to acquaint my Lords
Commiflioners of the Admiralty, that the day be
fore yesterday we retook the Lively frigate, and
also two brigs* the Rolemount and Katharine,
bound from Cork to New-York* which flic had
taken ten days before, in company with the corvette
L Hirondelle, which eleaped us, making ufo of her
oars, in the night, when there was but little wind,
These brigs had parted frn m the convoy of the
Aoius and Pandora. The Lively and corvette
were on their return tb France from Cayenne, and
had been but 53 days when the former was taken i
flie carried out a convoy, and failed in company
with M- de Graffe, The latter had been upon that
Ration above two years. The Perseverance waa
the ship that captured the Lively of 26 guns and
205 men, commanded by the Chevalier du Brig
non, after a fliort aftion, in the night, in which
thq cnemv loft seven men, and had as many
wounded. *
£eetraU of*h letter front an officer on board the Ber
wick man of war to bit friend in Edinburgh*
dated Angujt io. * *
“ It is supposed to be the BnfSvia, one of the
ihips that we engaged and forced to quit the line*
that funk, her (hot, of which we have a number
on board, weigh 39 pounds- During the aftiorf
we had 18 killed and 58 wounded ; 46 0f them are
now in a bad way. Mr. Smith and I were both
slightly wounded, but still able to do our duty 5
but* tnank God, neither our gallant Commodore
nor Captain arc of the number. Sure braver men
never hat| a command ; as a proof of which I will
give you the Commodore’s orders to the Master in
his words. After calling a gentleman, who was
killed afterwards, to be witness, he said, Mr.
Forbes, yon are to lay../ (hip as dole to the ene
my as polfible* without tntangling my yards, or I
will call you to a severe account, if you forvive
this day.” Which orders were so well obeyed that
the Master received the Commodore’s publick
thanks the next day. We have not a mtft or yard
that has escaped the enemy's (hot, and fome of
them have many quite through. We iikewife had
ten guns demounted,**
-” , ‘■* . , —r
WILLIAM CLARKE
PRESENTS his compliments to hip friends.’
and the gentlemen of the town of Savannas
in general, informs them he has opened Tavern
in the house belonging to Mr. Thomas FJvminz
near Mrs. ‘Fondee’s. He has laid in the bet as
sortment of liquors of any in thir country, and is
determined to fell as reasonable as poflible, foi*
ready money only. Those gentlemen who choose
to honour him with their company may depend
upon the bell attendance. Privato families may be
fopplied with the bell Madeira, Port wine, aad
porter, by the dozen; draught porter, Jamaica
rum, and loaf sugar. ~ * r
Savannah, '2jKk Nov. 1781;
