The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, October 21, 1756, Page 3

'a:’-— -~ » . » . npese; * T'defday laft the Captains Abercrombie and Lewis ar- #ived here from Hamburgh, but laft from Stromnefs in Scotland, in 8 Weeks, with about 300 Men for the Royal Amerifn Regiment : They inform us, that Capt. Amond failed from the fame Place a few Days before them with Recruits fgr the Royal American Regiment alfo. Thurfday laft Capt. Grig, in the Privateer Brig Johnfon ‘of this Port, fent in a fmall French Schooner,which he teok in Latt. 35, on the ryth ult. bound from Martineco for Cape-Breton : Her Cargo confifts of Rum, Sugar and Coffee. : Lord Loudon left Albany early on Tuefday Morning laft, to proceed to Fort William-Heary, the Forces having marched fome Time hefore; and Sir William Johnfon, we hear, with a Body of Indians, is croffing the Country: to meet him. 3 { HALTI'F A X, September 25. Laft Sunday Evening arrived here theFrench Prize Snow taken by the Fogeaux, and which parted from the Jamaica ina Fog a few Days before. She is upwards of zoo Tons. Yefterday Morning Capt Mc Nemara, in the Wafp Pri- vateer, belonging to this Place, arrived here, and has bro't #n with him a French Prize Schooner, of about 70 Tons, which he took Yefterday fe’ennight about 13 Leagues to vhe Eaftward of Louifbourg,bound thither from OldFrance, ~ her Cargo confifts of Wine and Provifions,and coft 16,000 Livres. Thurfday two Men arrived here with Exprefles from Capt. Mercier at Pifguit to his Excellency the Governor, informing him, that as fome of our Men were at Work at fome Diftance from the Fort,” with a Guard of a Serjeant and 12 Men, four of the French Neutrals difcover’d them- felves at a fmall Diflance from-them, upon which the Ser- {/eant and his Paréy purfu’d them till they cameto atlallow, when they were immediately furrounded by about 100 of the French, who took the Serjeant and fix of his Men Pri- foners, the other fix by firing and retreating in the beft . Manner they could, got back to the Fort, with only one- wounded. O&ob. 2. Sunday laft arriv'd his Majefty’s Ships Nor- wich and Succefs from their Cruize ;. an Officer from the Succefs gives the following Account, viz. That on the firlt of Sept. being in the Gut of Canfo, they efpy’d a fmall 3hallop ftanding along in thore, upon which they mann’d - out their Boats and went in queft of her, which they per- “eiving run her athore, quitted her,and run into the Woods, when Capt. Rous’s Barge put two Hands athorein order to aet her off; upon which the French and Indians, to the Number of 100 rufh’d out of the Buflies and fir'd upon ’em, which kill'd Lieut. Jacobs-of the Sulcefs, the Coxen, and hree others, and repeating their Fire, kill’d the other five of the Barge's Crew, which were all in her after the two bad landed, which thofe perceiving, took to the Water and fwam to the Norwich’s Boat and held by her till fhe ad tow’'d them out of Danger, and then were taken in, 'weing both wounded, one in the Side and the other in the WNrift Four of the Crew belonging to the Nerwich's Jargé were wounded, one of which is fince dead ; the fiuccefs’s Barge was Jeft in Pofleflion of the Enemy. The tiext Day, having a fair Wind, they pafs’d the Gut, and tlood away for Newfoundland, and arriv’d at the Ifland 1 Miquelon, where they efpy’d a {fmall Freach Privateer ichoancr clofe in fhore, Rdnding away from the lfland, but the Wind blowing fo hard, they could not follow her; after the Wind abated, th? fent their Boais afhore, and - found the Lieut. of the Privateer, whom they in tjeir ‘Hurry left behind them, and who had coilefted near 5o Head of Cattle together, belongingto Capt. Cleves, Own- er of faid Ifland, which they kill'd and carried on board for the Ufe of the Ships, and then fet fail for this Place, where they arrived as above. The fame Day- a French Prize Schooner arriv’d : She- was taken by - the Fogeaux and Centurion, then cruizing in the Bay Gafpe, bound from the Ifland St. John's to- Quebec, with about 100 Men, Women and Children on board. Wednefday laft' the Fogeaux arriv’d here : We hear: that when She and the Centurion were cruizing in the Bay Gafpe, they taking a favourable Opportunity, landed fome of their Men under Cover of their Guns upon a fmall- French Settlement, and burnt about 70 Houfes, the Inha- bitants having. deferted them hpon their landing and fled to” the Woods. B: O“8 T O .N, Ofvber 18. Capt. Cloufton arriv’d here laft Monday in 6 Weeks and five Days from Oporto, who informs, That as he came out he fpoke with a Snow that arriv'd there the Evening before - from Newcaltle, and ‘the Malter of her advis’d him, that on his Paflage he met with one of Admiral Bofcawen's Fleet,who inform’d him-that the Fleet had taken 4 French Men of War and 8 Tranfports that were under their Con- voy, and run three others afhore near Cape Finiftere, where molt of the People perifli"d. Captain Cloufton fays, that fome Time before he left Oporto, there were near 300 dead Bodies pick'd ap oa the Coaft of Galicia, berween Cape Ortugal and Cape Finiftere, and they had no Intelligence where they came from ; but its likely they belong’d to thofe Veflels which Admiral Bofcawen drove on fhore." Yefterday arrived here, in 8 Weeks and 3 Days from - Capliari, Capt. Thomas Oliver, who informs, That Ge- neral Blakeney, with 19 Sail of French tranfport Veficls had arrived at Gibraltar. The Courier which arriy’d here Yeflerday, informs,' that Lord Loudoun with the Regulars was arriv'd at Fort William Henry. Yefterday arrived here Capt. Howard in five Days from Halifax : Capt. Rous fail’d the fame Day with him, bound - for Portimouth, New Hampfhire, in order to convoy the - Maft Ships home. The Fleet all at Halifax. Laft Saturday Night Philip Baflett, and Henry Clode - two Frenchmen taken by Capt. Rogers lat Winter, made their Efcape from the Goal in this Piace; as-it will be a publick Service to apprehend:them, it is wifhed there - would be a good look out.: Extra& of a Letter from Falmouth, dated Auguft 26. Capt. Luckharts in the Tartar Man of War of 28 Guns, has taken off the Land’s End and carried into Plymouth, anew French Privateer of 22 Guns, and 270 Men ; fhe - had been out of St. Maloes but three Day’, and had taken nothing. . S General Fowke, the lateDeputy Governor of Gibraltar, has been try’d by a Court Marfhal for difobeying Orders, . + and fufpended for One Year,—But his Majefty bas order’d. him to be Rruck off (@ Li&t, and difmifs’d hisy from his- Service foreves, W o i o v vl g A% H 1% « Ve