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L turd ay, December 15, 1787 J
hEORGIA STATE GAZETTE
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INDEPENDENT ' REGISTER.
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NAPLES, June io.
■ A Countryman being at work in his field
|r\ in the environs of Gaette, felt the
■arth under his feet suddenly give way, and
K, e immediately fell into a spacious cavern,
■without receiving the least hurt; here he
Bound three apartments, one filled with can
tons, one with mortars, and a third with
liufquets and arms. The King having be
lome the proprietor of tbefe effeds, his Ma-
Befty has granted a pcnfion to the man who
Jkccidentally discovered them,
■ BERLIN, September i.
II A terrible fire has reduced to alhes the ci
lly of Ruppin, situate in the Marche of Bran-
Blenburgh, about 8 or 9 leagues from Berlin ;
%/fcere are not above 24.0 houses (landing ;
■more than 609 have been burnt, as well as
■three churches, the town house, and the
ftuilding belonging to Prince Ferdinand of
■ruflia, and the royal magazine, where there
■was a quantity of cloathing ready to be de
livered to the troops, &c. The fire lafied 12
■lours. They eflimate the loss at many mil
lions.
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HAGUE, September 18.
On Tburfday last the Pruflian army, under
[he command of his Sereuc Highness the
fcuke of Brunswick, passed the river at Nime
fcuen, and advanced from thence in three co-
Durans. On tTieir approach the Rhinegrave
of Salm evacuated Utrecht, after having
spiked 140 pieces of cannon, which he was
obliged to leave behind hin>, "and destroyed,
as far as he was able, the powder and other
llores, retirihg what he could colleft of
thegarrifon, in great disorder, towards Am
fierdam, and Naerden. On Sunday the
Prince of Orange’s troops Entered the towns
of Utfecht, Monfort, and Vaarf, and no
opposition Was made by any part of the pro
vince.
Intelligence Was received at the Hague, of
Crorctim, Dordt, Schoonhoven, and several
other towns of South-Hollaiid, having sur
rendered without bloodthed, to the Duke of
Brunswick. The dates of Holland issued or-
Ws for breaking and disarming the Free
lorps; and late this evening they pasted a
/efolution for restoring his Serene Highness
the Stadtholder to all his rights and honors,
with the command of this garrison; and a
deputation is appointed to the Duke of Bruns
wick, and a letter sent off to the Prince of
Orange to return to his residence here.
Sept. 21. The Prince of Orange arrived
here yesterday at two o’clock in the afternoon,
and was received by the Deputations from
the States General, the States of Holland,
the Council 4l of State and Committees, the
Equestrian Order, the Courts of Justice, and
the different Colleges. The Deputies of 15
towns were present in the Assembly of the
States yesterday, when they voted an address
to the Stadtholder; and this day they came
to a resolution declaring him reinflated in all
his rights 1 ; ft is impoflible to deferibe the
universal joy that prevails her* among all
ranks of people upon this eVent,
LONDON, September 22.
The intelligence received from Holland is,
hat the Bates of Holland have refufed to
>ive an answer tt» the late memorial of the
Pruflian ambassador, and that they have sent
two arabafladdrs unto the Pruflian court to
make a personal representation of the affair of
•eizing the PrinCefs of Orange.
On Saturday morning a meflfcnger arrived
at the Marquis of Carmarthen’s oflice, from
Paris, whose dispatches arfe said to contain
the ultimate resolutions of the French court
to support the Hollanders, provided the Prus
sian troops enter the Dutch territories. We
do not vouch for the authenticity of the above
reports ; but they came To diredly upon the
accounts received by yfcflerday’s mail, that
the Pruflian troops had marched, aud made
such an impreflion on the that
Bocks fell yeflerday on* per cent.
At Maidflone a d 9 efprii Was
some little time ago played off by some per
son whose aim Was ah annoyance of the inha
bitants. —He advertifedfor a quantity of dogs
and cats, having, as he aVerred, a cotttraft
for supplying the colony of Botany Bay with
those animals for the deflrudion of vermin.
The advertisement was put in the Kentifli
Gazette, and they were direfred to be brought
by a certain day to the Star inn. The con
sequence was, that the town was On the day
appointed, and has been ever since, swarm
ing with those animals in order that the em
bodying them might answer at teafl some one
good purpole. . _
Advices have been received from Sir James
Harris, by the Marquis of Carmarthen, one
of his Majefly’s Secretaries of State, con
taining information, that the Emperor has
fignified his intention to the British ambassa
dor at the Hague, that he (the Emperor)
will not interfere fn the present disputes re
fpefting the parties in Holland, so long as
France preserves a neutrality ; and that the
Emperor has also declared, that although he
should not diretl his troops to be adive for
the present, yet he would notfuffer any other
powers than those of England and Pruflia, to
take any part in the present commotion, and
that his determination was to support the
Stadtholder, if it fliould appear necessary.
Extras of a letter from Dunkirk , duguft 21.
“ A circumflance has just occurred, too
interefling to escape notice. The troops that
were coming to the frontiers of French Flan
ders are flopped in their present position.
The foragers are ordered tofufpend tbeir ope
ration, and all is at a Band. This is said to
be owing to some representations of the Em
/ peror’s ambassador at Parie.’*
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ExtraS of a lit ter from the Hague , dug. 2 •
The States General and the States of Hoi
and, who had been divided for some days
part, have at length again commenced a
friendly correrpondence, on the fubjeff of
putting an immediate Hop to the troubles
which begin to be fmartingly felt in every
corner of the flatus general. The Marquis do
Verac is going home, and it is said, the count
de Mallebios speedily follows. The state of
Holland continue violently to oppose the me
diation of England, aud, what they cfteem
more ciif&racefol, the mandates of Pruffi*.
The other party as violently oppose the inter
ference of Franck, so that it is probable they
must fettle titir own differences. A few
moderate men are coming forward, among
whom is the Count Heicke, who are expefled
to have weight with the leading men on both
(ides, and from whence we look for some
good at lea ft.
Sunday lift a party of the artillery, with two
waggons, laden with proper implements*
marched to Dover, with order to mount the
cannon which were demounted at the peace.
Commodore Corby’s squadron in the Medi
terranean is to be immediately reinforced, in
consequence of the rupture between Kuffia
and the Turks.
The differences tvhich fublifted between the
Courts of Portugal and Madrid, on occount
of the detention of dollars, to a great amount,
have been amicably accommodated,
An order was yesterday font off to the
Commissioner at Plymouth to get three more
ftiips of the line ready for sea with the utmost
dilpatch.
KINGSTON, (Jamaica) Auguff a
iThe following is an iuftance of Divine
Providence, manifefted in the preftrvation of
two unfortunate persons who were driven off
the island of Grenada on the 6t!i of last
month. —Mr. Elias Balkman, who kept a
trading canofc at that iflarrd, having been
conveying a cargoe from Guava to St. .
George’s Bay, about 1 6 miles, affified with a
negroe, was quickly after leaving St. George’s
Key, on his return, attacked by a sudden
squall of wind, and driven entirely out to
sea; having only a quart of peas, and a
pound and a half of fait beef on board, and
no water but what was fcanrily supplied by
the Heavens; when that failed them they
were obliged to drink their own urine. They
had but one fail, which with the rudder was
loft in the fame gale of wind -which con
tinued four dayswithouc intermiflion. Dur
ing this period, they also loft the instrument of
guidance left them, their paddle. They then
consigned themselves to the mercy of the
waves, and abandoned every hope of fafety,.
Land never appeared to them, until they ar
rived off a place near old Harbour in this
id and, where they landed on Saturday the
zyh ult. having been at sea in that deplorable
TNo. LXIV.)