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IATU RDAY, January 27, ,787. XVIII.] THE GEORGIA STATE GAZETTE 0 R INDEPENDENT REGISTER. | FREEDOM of the PRESS, aad TRIAL b, JURY, «. remain ...v.ola.c forever. Con lt i Wl io fl 0 f gcorgia . ■ I RATISBON, Sept. 13. I In a conference held between the Ecclesiastic Princes of the I Fmpire, the three following points were debated upon : ift. ■To withdraw themselves entirely from the jurifdiftion of the ■ Pope's Nuncios; adly, To revive the ancient grievances of ■ the German nation against the Holy See, to bring them to a ■ knowledge of the Supreme Chief of the Empire, and to claim ■his prote&ion for the restoration of their former rights to the ■ German Bifiiops; and 3 dly, To eftablifti hew regulations re- to the Ecclcfiaftical difeipline, I LONDON, October 31. I By a gentleman just arrived from Rome, we are informed, ■ the Pretender, or aa he is more commonly called LeChe ■VttSl&F de St. Georg*, |»as lately fui!«jried a, very fcvcrc do ■meftic loss in the elopement of his wife.—The lady, it is ■somewhat Angular, has abf*nted herfelf in company with ■Count Altieri, whom the public will recolleft tQ be the I nobleman, who, a few years fine?, was (he cause of the re- I markable fracas between Lord and Lady L—r. The Che- I valier ha 6 taken the circumstance greatly to heart, I Letters from Mauritius, by the way of Pondicherry, men- Ition, that an American thipwas at the island of Madagascar, I upon which the Americans meant to make a settlement, but I had not met with a favourable reception from the inhabitants. IA Polonefe Nobleman, named Binioufky, commands this ex- I pedition ; he was in the French service about four years I ago, and had the command of the troops at Port au Prince, I a place on the fame island ; but on account of his cruel treat - I ment of the natives he was difmifTed, and sent to Europe. A letter from Leghorn fays, that they have received the I melancholy account by a ship arrived from Medina, that they I have had again several shocks of an earthquake there, which I have destroyed what was left by the former earthquakes; and I that the few inhabitants there were preparing to leave that I place for fear of being swallowed up, as the earth still conti- I nue<l trembling ; the Captain fays, that the sea was so agi- I tated, that his ship was in danger; also fays, that several veflels were arrived to carry off the inhabitants and their effects. The Saint Stephen, a Portuguese regiller ship of 26 guns, I and 160 men, which put into Gibraltar the beginning of last I month, in cunfequence of an Algerine squadron cruising in I the Straits, continued there several days in hopes of escaping I these free-hooters. On her Handing out to sea, (he had scarcely proceeded four leagues, when the was attacked by a large frigate from Tunis, with which the Portuguese conti, nued a running fight till they returned to the bay of Gibral tar, when they ran her on shore and set her on fire ; a circum fiance for which the officers are thought exceedingly blame *ble, as they were within reach of the guns of the batteries, and confcquently would have been secured from the attacks of the pirates. The above tranfaftion will, no doubt, be esteemed a great affront to the British flag, and a violation of the treaty be tween this country and the states of Barbary. When the re went to the Governor refpefting this intrusion, accord ing to our advices, the Surgeon of the garrison had left or- ders with the Governor’s attendants that he mud not be di sturbed on any account, as he had not slept for several nights, and it was owing to this incident that the garrison did not receive directions in time to fire at the frigate, which failed triumphantly out of the harbour. ' I , ■ ■■ BENINGTON, ( Vermont) Nov. sq. It is currently reported, and the report gains credit, that secret emiflaries from New-York, and creatures corrupted by their influence, are secretly at work in every part of thij state, fomenting uneasiness among the people, and promoting infurreflions. The firft eflay is said to be a jealousy refpefl ing us in the United States, by induftriouily spreading that we are in feered treaty with GreaNßritain, and on ans future emergency shall espouse her cause; and then, undec specious pretences, to raise cabals in this state, induce unwary t° join in their neutrious schemes, to rife in opposi— tion to legal authority, and flop the course of juftice.—Arife* ye freemen of V ermont! Defend your injured Independence l Let no insidious sot precipitate your ruin, by persuading you to raise the arm of desperation against your own lifip | liber ty ! and property 1 1 J ' *'!. *'• SALEM, November ir. The kingdom of Ireland, and the commonwealth OfMaffa chufetts seem to be in a similar situation, both internally con voked by natural malcontents—But it has been remarked that, as the works of creation are executed on a larger plan in thia quarter of the globe than in any other, the views and object of its inhabitants are proportionably more grand and eaten five. While the White Boys or Right Boys of Ireland are only endeavouring to ihake off the oppressions of their farm ers and avaricious priesthood, and lighten the burden of the oppressed, the mobility of Massachusetts are determined to divert themselves of the intolerable grievance of natural evU in general, and enjoy the pure pleasures ofparadife.—While the former nobly resolve to oppose their mortal oppreffora, until they are glutted with their blood, or until humanity raises her angel voice in the council of the nation, tp protest the toiling peasant j the latter, more enterprising, aims a home stroke at nature herfelf, to pull down her conrtitutioo, abolith her laws, and totally annihilate the evils which have, till this aurora of the been tacked tp human life! On Thursday evening last, the honorable Mr. Duane, who the preceding day arrived at BoAon from New-York, on the floor of the State-house, commynicatpd to the honorable the Legislature, in a speech, fonie important matters which have been difeuffed in Congress, refpetfing the continental import, by which it appears, that the legislatures of the several states have so far complied with the requisitions of Congress, as to enable that honorable body to proceed to the adoption of the long contended system of revenue. NEW-Y ORK, Dec. 14, By a gentleman from Poughkeepsie we are informed that a very sensible thock of an earthquake, was felt in that town on the 29th ult. at about four o’clock in the afternoon. The price of wood has role to an extravagant price since