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JsATURDAY, January 20,178 7. j- No _ XVIIJ j THE Jgeorgia state gazette I OR I INDEPENDENT REGISTER. I F * EEPOM ° f 1116 FRESS ’ a “ d TRIAL * remain i-vioto. f0r,.., coafticueio, of GeotgU I AUGUSTA: Printed by JOHN E. SMITH Printer tn the z ?rr a . » I lnt * lli &*»ce 9 Advertijements, , will be gratefully revived , and every kind ofPriSg)er firmed. §f I CONSTANTINOPLE, Augnji 6 . According to the last advices from the Captain Pacha, he f arrived at Alexandria with his whole squadron, and immc | diately landed his troops which amount to 2 5,000 men. The rebel Bey has only 15,000. Belides, the Pacha of Damascus f | has made every preparation to support the Turkish Admiral, | and has made himfelf matter of all the roads in the neighbour- I hood of Gaza, in order to stop the advance of the Mamalukes. I The merchants of the several nations who traffic in those parts are much alarmed from an apprehension that the Bey, who attributes this invasion to the Christians, will wreak his re sentment on their persons and property. The discontents ftiil continue among the people of this ca pital, and the frequent fires are a proof of it. On Sunday last I a fire broke out in Pera, behind the hotel of the Dutch Am battador, and near that of f ranee, about half an hour after noon, and notwithstanding immediate affiflance was given, it could not be got under before night; more than 130 houses have been consumed. Some combustibles were thrown into the Venetian Ambassador’s hotel, whichfet fire to two hou ses, and though by the activity of the Ambassador’s dome flics, the flames were soon extiuguiflied, this has railed great apprehenlions, especially as these dreadful feenes are every moment renewed in the different quarters of Conflantinople. About the middle of July a corps of troops belonging to Mahmud Bacha, having met with a caravan of 14 merchants, belonging to Rizano, a place in the Venetian territories near Cattaro, immediately attacked them, killed five, and took five more prisoners, whom they conduced to Scutari; the Bacha however, having been informed that they were only merchants, released them in a few days ; but the relations of the llain vowed vengeance, and hearing there was an Alba nian vessel in the road of Molanta, colle&ed in a numerous body, surprised and massacred the crew, and burnt the vessel. Great quantities of heavy artillery and ammunition have beep feat to the forts situated rn the Black Sea. *" * ” * I . LEGHORN, Auguji 25, The last advices from Tunis mention, that 125 shells have been thrown into Biferta, which place is said to be totally destroyed ; and that the Tunilians expert every moment to lofp the Goletta, if the Captain Pacha does not come to their affiflance. MADRID, Sept. 12. The news from Andalusia, and La Mancha, is of the raoft alarming nature— the epidemic difordcr ftiil raging with vio lence, has totally depopulated several considerable villages and towns, which are now become like defarts, and we fear it will spread into other provinces. C O L O G N E, Sept. 15.. HisMajefty's (hip St. Hippolyte, arrived here the 10th inst. from the Havannah, where (he was built, and is the largest (hip in our navy, being mounted with 114 guns. She brought here 745 chelts of Cigar, 6568 piaftres, and sundry other effects. 1 CADIZ, Sept . si. The register veftel, the St. Laurence, entered this port yesterday, from Buenos Ayres. It was delayed Come time by tempestuous weather in its paflage, but happily it fullered no injury but a little in the rigging. Its cargo consists of JHB, s is crowns in gold and silver, for the King and indivi duals, 36,279 hides, with hair on, and 244 bales of wool. ofVigognev On the 14th of Sept, the St. Philip, a veftel of war, arrived here, from La Vera Cruze, and the Havannah, and-has 1 ought for the account of the King 2,742,460 crowns, fix bales of copper; for the account of individuals, 3,640,097 crowns 1374 marks in silver, 457 caftellanos in gold, 2064 bales of Cochineal, and several other articles. LONDON, October 31. The States of the Canton of Berne have written a letter to the Dutch States, importing, “ That they have learned with extreme concern that their High Mightinefles, after having, by wife measures, averted the dangers with which they were threatened from abroad, were troubled with intestine divi sions, a misfortune which has always been attended with the must dangerous consequences to free republics.’ , They fay, « That in such a critical situation of affairs, of which they had been informed by the commandants of theic two regiments in the pay of the republic, they expeft and firmly hope that their troops fliall not be employed in a man ner contrary to the tenor and intention of the treaty with tho States General of the United Provinces, and the capitulary made with them ; and that their High Mightinefles would be pleased to take such measures that their said troops may not (as the orders iflued by the province of Holland make it apprehend) be obliged to take the field against each other. “ In this expectation,” continue they, «we have sent the neceflary orders to the Colonels of the said regiments in the pay of their High Mightinefles not to take any part in the present differences, and to pay no regard to any orders but those iflued by the States General, as theAvoyer, Little and Great Council of Berne, did not form any engagement with any particular province, but with the States General.” The substance of the dispatches received yesterday are, that the King of Pruflia and the French government have mutually agreed to adjust the present disputes in Holland. The King of Pruflia has sent a mefienger extraordinary on the occasion; it has been agreed to convene 12 perfonsof each party to state their cause of complaint; the mediators make no doubt of restoring public tranquility. It is also certain that large sums are transmitted from Holland to London from two of the firft houses in Amfter darn; one house in town has orders to invest 73,0001. in our funds, and some of the firft families are coming over. The foreign mails which arrived on Thursday contain in substance the following intelligence from Holland:—That extraordinary meetings of two or three states have been held for the purpose of deliberation, and that the result was, a determination to transmit fpecific orders to ail the troops of the two provinces to hold themselves in momentary readiness to march, and to refufe yielding obedience to any perfo'f