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Death of theLord Tor-rington.

Sir CharlesW-igartnadefrft Lord fComnvJJi on-er of the Ad-miralty ;

And SirJohn Jen-nings Rear.Admiral ofGreat Bri-tain.

Frig at s sentagainst tbeSallee-Ro-vers.

Thf seventeenth died, at his House,in the Admiralty, the Right 'Honour-able George , Lord Viscount Iorrington,Admiral and Commander in Chief ofHis Majesty’s Fleet, and first LordCommistioner of the Admiralty 5 Uponwhich, the Right Honourable Sir CharlesWager was appointed first Lord Com-mistioner of the Admiralty, and madeone of His Majesty’s most HonourablePrivy Council: . And, soon after, SirJohn Jennings was made Rear-Admiralof Great Britain.

I mentioned above the taking of anEngUJh Ship by a Sallee Rover. TheApplication of the Consul for her Re-leasment proving ineffectual, three Fri-gats, of twenty Guns, were ordered tobe fitted out, in Order to demand Satis-

A brief Ac-count of thestrft Settle-ment-, atSavanna, inGeorgia.

faction for this Insult, (f)

The following Letters, from Mr.Oglethorp to the Trustees for Establish-ing the Colony of Georgia , giving a goodGeneral Idea of this Settlement, and ofwhat may be expected from so hopefula Beginning, cannot but be agreable tomy Readers, I shall therefore insert itat Length.

From the Camp near Savanna, February

10.1732-3-

Gentlemen,

¥ " Gave you an Account in my last,| “ of our Arrival at Charles-town.«■ The Governour and Assembly have" given us all possible Encouragement.fc Our People arrived at Beaufort, the" twentieth of January, where I lodg’dthem in some new Barracks built for" the Soldiers, while I went myself to" view the Savanna- River. I fix’d uponfs a healthy Situation about ten Miles" from the Sea. The River here forms" a Half Moon, along the S. Side ofcr which the Banks are about forty Footc<r high, and upon the Top a Flat, which" they call a Bluff. The plain highcc Ground extends into the Country fiveor six Miles, and along the River

" Side about a Mile. Ships that draw" twelve Foot Water can ride within“ ten Yards of the Bank. Upon the" River Side, in the Center of this Plain," I have laid out the Town; Over a-“ gainst it is an 1 stand, of very rich" Land, fit for Pasturage, which I think" should be kept for the Trustees Cat-" tie. The River is pretty wide, the" Water fressi, and from the Key of" the Town you fee its whole Course" to the Sea, with the Istand of Fy be," which forms the Mouth of the River j" And the other Way you fee the Ri-" ver for about fix Miles up into thecc Country. The Landskip is very a-“ greeable, the Stream being wide, and" bordered with high Woods on both" Sides. The whole People arrived" here on the first of February ; At" Night, their Tents were got up; Tilltc the seventh, we were taken up in un-et loading, and making a Crane, which I" then could not get finished, so took" off the Hands, and set some to the" Fortification, and began to fell the" Woods. J marked out the Townts and Common j Half of the former isalready cleared, and the first Housetc was begun yesterday in the Afternoon.cc Not being able to get Negroes, I have" taken ten of the Independant Compa-" ny to work for us, for which I make" them an Allowance. I send you a<c Copy of the Resolution of the Assem-" bly, and the Governour’s and Coun-" cils Letter to me. Mr.. Whi taker has" given us one Hundred Head of Cattle." Colonel Bull, Mr. Barrow, Mr." S. Julian and Mr. Woodward are“ come up to assist us, with some of,r their own Servants. I am so taken" up in looking after a Hundred neces-" sary Things, that I write now short," but shall give you a more particular" Account hereafter. A little Indian" Nation, the only one within fiftyMiles, is not only at Amity, but de-Cf sirous to be Subjects to His Majesty" King George, to have Lands givenot them among us, and to breed their

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(f) These Frigats were the Greyhound, Cap-tain Carnival, Commadore ; The Dnrstey Gaily,Captain Smith ; And the Rose, Cnptain Windham,all good Sailors. They set Sail Irpin Portsmouth ,the third of March, and arrived at Gibraltar, theeleventh. The twelfth, they failed for Tetuan, theBashaw of which Place sent a Meffenger, on theirAccount to MequineZSa endeavour to procure themSatisfaction; But the great Obstacle was the con-fidcrble Kumberof Portuguese, which being made

Slaves, the Emperour would by no Means hear cs ■<Releasing Upon which these Ships took their Sta-tion off of that Port, and, together with someDutch Men of War, blocked it up, in such Man-ner, that none of the Rovers of that Place durstventure to Sea. However, a Row-Boat from T r-tuan took, in the Month of August, the John, ofLondon, a Pink-stern’d Brigantine, William Mat-thews, Master, bound from Amsterdam with-Pipe-stayes, k$c. for Malaga.

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