The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, November 18, 1756, Page 5

® SUPPLiEMENT to the Vew-Hamp/bire Gazette of Novemb. 18, 1756 A‘> Compeigne, July 11. The King hath given Orders for Ppreparing 10,000 Mattraffes, and 10,000 Bediteads, with 20,000 Counterpanes, and the fame Number of fheets, to be fent to our Northern Colonies in America by the. 1ft of {feptember. i / © N D O N, Ancuor and Hore near Charing-Crofs, July 25. Efterday an ANTELOPE arrived here, and de- manded the rewards fome time fince offered in the MoniTor to any one, who could give any fatisfaétory in- gelligence concerning the Two ADMIRABLES ; but he found the Sea Lyow’s Brains fo tainted, the Faul/ of "NEewcastiLe Sarmox fo corrupted, and the Fox’s Bru/b “fo offenfively pified upon, that he refufed to carry them “away, unlefs the Lanprorp would fuffer ’em to be bung - ap to {weeten in the open air. _Zranflation of the French Kinp’s impudent letter to the Archbithop of Paris, on occafion of the reduttion of 8t. Philip’s Fort. Cousin, " After bawing too long waited in wain for the Jatisfaiion 4 had promijed myfelf from the King of England’s equity, as a reparation for the outrages committed by bis navy on my fhips and thefe of my fubjecis, to the great Jfcandal of all Eurcpe ; d found myfelf forced to hawe recourfe to arms, in order to a- senge the ponour of my crown and protel the commerce of my dominions. It awas from fuch juft motives that in the month f April lafi I fent ower a body of 1roops io the ifland of Minorca, wnder the command of my coufin the Marfbal Duke de Richelicu, with a [quadron commanded &y the Marquis de la Galiffonniere, Licutenant general of my naval armies,. to drive the Englifb Jrom a port, awhich they bad [eized upon through that fpirit of general dominion awhich they want to extend over the iino aworlds. After the painful and dangerovs toils of a long fiege, during wbich the Englif [fquadron, that came up to relieve Minorca, was repulfed by mine, Marfball Richelies, in con- Jequence of a difpofition as boldly contrirved as it was to be ra- pidin the cxceution, at laf gave French walowr its fall fwing, and wbhilff the encmy trufied to the firength of their ramparis, my troops carried by affault in the night bitween the 27th and 28th of lafl month, the outwworks of the forts of Mabon & tcr- vor did the refl : the garntion was forced to capitulate, and %o retive to Gibraltar, abandoning above 200 picces of cannon and 80 mortars. The fuccels of fo important an enterprize, wherein my troops were to furmount all the obflacks wbich -art, affified by nature, can contriwve for 1he defenceof a place, muft be atiributed to nothing but the favour avbich the Lord of Hofls is plealed to grant to the juflice of my caufe : andibere- Jore to render bim a publick bomage of my tharkfulnefs, and to beleech bim to continue me his divine proteétion, 1 wsrite you this letter, te acquaint you it is my intention that you caufe Te Deum 10 be Jung in the metrogolitan chu ch of my good sity of Paris,” Signed LOUIS., ' EPFG'R & M RIS Blokeney to Byng, as he kept at a- Diftance; You'll be harg'd, you Poltroon, if you don’t bring: Afliftance, Why aye,—repiy’d Byng, what you fav may be true-; But then 1 may chance 10 be thot, if I do; & : l Sudden Desath I abhor ; while there’s Life, there is Hope ; Let me *lcape but the Gun, I can buy off the Rope. Sept. 10, In the late Engagement near Minorca, after the Death of Capt. Andrews on board the Defiance Maa of War, the Command of that Ship devolved of Courfe on Mr. Bithop, the Firft Licotenant, who fought the Ship very gallantly, and behaved himfelf like a true born Eng- libman. After the Engagement was over he was fum- moned on board the Ramilies, and very feverely repri- manded by the Admiral for fighting the Ship without his Orders, ordered to leave the faid Ship, and reduced to the Station of Second Licatenant on board another Ship in the Fleet ;. in which Station he continued till the Arrival of Admiral Hawke; who, being made acquainted with this Affair, immediately ordered Bithop to be reftor’d again to his former Station and Dignity on board the Defiance. Sept. 11. We hear his Pruffian majefty has fent a mef- fage to the States general of the United Provinces, in order to know how their High mightinefles intend to behave, in cafe he fhould be obliged to come to an open rupture with the houfe of Auftria; and fhould be attacked at the fame time by the French, in confequence of the treaty of Ver- failles ; and it is faid the Proflian monarch required an an- {wer from the States in eight days. The Lords of the Admiralty have been pleafed to ap- point the following Officers, to be captains, of the unger- mentioned fhips in the Mediterranean, in the room of their- former commanders, called home as Evidences : Captain: 64 Guns, Charles Wray. Revenge John Scott. In- trepid 60, Edward Hughes. Princefs Louifa 60, Julian: Legge. Defiance 60, James Gambier. Kingfton 60, Car. Scrope. Chefterfield 40, Chaloner Ogle. Dolphin- 20, M. Moor. And we are informed a man of war is or- dered to be got ready immediately, to carry the above: captains to their refpective Ships. There are two or three Letters in Town To-day frony’ on board Admiral Bofcawen’s Fleet, dated the 28h ult. which gave an Account that they had fallen in with a Fleet of homeward bound Martineco Ships, and taken eight of them ; and had alfo taken eleven Tranfports, and {unk two, which were going to Breft. The Government have received difpatches from Mz Mitchel, the King’s minifter at the Court of Prufiia, con cerning the means of aflembling in the empire, if circum ftances fhould require it, an army of 18e,000 troops of th powers in alliance with Great Britain, by the jun&ion a thofe of Hanover, Brunfwick, and other Priaces of Ger. many, with thofe of Prufiia. Liverroor, July 16. 4s we are engaged in q war wit} the French, the following account of goods imported by them, Sfrem their Weft India Iflands, &c. into France, during the laj year, may be agreeable 1o the public, and afford ujeful bings ¥ our commanders of men of avar and privateers. From Martinico,. the Iflands La Granda, Gaudeloup, 8. Lucia ard St Vincent, 26400 Hbds of avhite or fitc clayeal Sugar. 11200 Do, fecond. 8900 Do. Tates or Thirks. 16+ 370 Do. Brown. N. B. each Hbd. aweighs about 800 nea?/ 36coooa /b, Coffees 573000 Lo, Catton, 8zc00, D) Ganger, paaE