The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, January 21, 1757, Page 2

‘About three Weeks ago, in Latitude 30, Longitude 56, Capt. Corne - “was chafed by a very large Row-Galley, and a Schooner, but by out- failing them, got clear. Wednefday Night laft arrived here the Ship Baltimore, Captain Crookfhanks, in nine Weeks from Cork : On the 18th of November S be fell in with and retook the Ship Czar of Mufcovy, belong to Lon- 2. don, which-three Days before had been taken off the Havannah, on &~ her Voyage from Jamaic# by a French Letter of Marque Ship, bound “ from Port-Louis for Bourdeaux ; and next Day took a French Snow, & from Cape Francois for Bourdeaux alfo, Monfieur Mandavy Mafter, £ loaded with Sugar, Indigo, &c. and isreckoned a very valuable Prize ; £ neither of them are yetarrived here, but are daily expefted, Captain Crookfhanks having parted from them about two Weeks fince. A Snow from Cadiz, and a Sloop from Lifbon, arrived here fince wo our laft ; and by Letters we learn, That Admiral Hawke, with his £ Fleet, was retarned to Gibraltar, the Seafon not allowing him to Rtay £ much longer off Minorca: That in the Courfe of his Craize, he had taken and deftroyed near feventy Sail, large and fmall, of the Enemy’s 2 Provifion Vefiels, bound to Minorca : That he was continually refit- = ting and difpatching Cruizers in the Streights, to prevent Relief that 5 Way ;—That when he bad compleatly re fitted his Squadroa, he in- tended to fail again to watch the Motions of the French Fleet, and at all Hazardsto give Battle before they quitted the Mediterranean Seas™ * That General Blakeney had left Gibrairar for England : That Ad- {cawen had left his Staticn off Breft, and Admiral Knowles, s with a ftrong Fleet, had fupply’d his Place ; and, that it was tho’t g Provifion was making to retake Minorca : That a Brig from North- America, was taken and carried into Cadiz, the 15th of November laft, S by a French Xebeck of 2 Guns, 66 Men, and 20 Oars ; and that the * fame Xebeck had a few Days after taken two Englith Snows off the Bar of St. Lucar, 8 Leagues from Lifbon, and carried them into that Port ; that his Catholick Majefty was fo far from entering into the War with France, againft Englaund, that all the Men of War in the Harbour of Cadiz, rg in Number, were laid up, and unrigged ; and 8 oot e p Y1 5 2 2 g po try LI & o ufed with the greateft Refpe&t imaginable. A Paffenger that came from Cadiz fays, That the Day he left that += Place, the Utrecht and Amflerdam'Gazettes were reccived there from #Holland, wherein was an Account, that his Pruffian Majefty had at- tacked the Saxon Camp at Pirna, forced the fame, and obliged 13000 " of them to retreat toa Fill, which he had furrounded in fuch a Man- ner, that they muft inevitably furrender Prifoners of War. B § € O N, Fanuary v7. By Travellers juft come in from New- York, we are informed, that Lord Lovpouw was leftabout 30 Miles on this Side that City, on his Way to this Town ; fo that we may well expe& him here this Day Or to morrow, * Yefterday about Noon, the Body of Mr. Abraham Wiles, a Sea- w faring Man, was found drowned in the Dock near Minot’s T'. = By Capt. Cartwright, from London, but laff from New-Caftle, by a Print of Now. 11, which came in faid Veffel, are the following Par- ticulars : viz. London, Novw. 11. In the King of Poland’s Clofet at Drefden, a Let- ‘ter containing the following Particulars agreed to by him and the Queen of Hungary,was found. “That both Parties fhould ufe all their = Endeavours to extirpate the Proteftant Religion ; thatthe King of Pol- and fhould have Magdebourgh, Halberftad, the Dominions and Cities of Cotbus, Peitzete, and in Lower Lauzintz, Croflenette ; that the " Queen of Hungary fhould referve for herfelf Silefia, Cleve, Guelder- netz ; and that they would divide the Kingof Pruffia’s Dominions be- 7, ‘s o (2] bt 10§ JUAQIF PUR UL “sa1pup YoM v 105 Sary ¢nnu tween them.” On Monday Night Governor Shirley arrived at his Lodgings in St. James’s Street, from America, but laft from Plymouth. Capt. Fortunatus Wright has taken and fent into Malta two French Prizes, both bound to Marfeilles,reputed to be worth 150c0l. at leaft. PO RP S"MIO YT H. We hear from Stratham, That a few Days ago, a Man who had been out a hunting, came to the Houfe of Mr. Chace, Innholder, and put his Gun bebind the Door, loaded ; foen after a Son of {aid Chace, about nine Years old. took the Gun, and in playing with it, it went off, . and fhot his Father thro’ the Head, and kill’d him in a Moment, ADVERTISEMENTS. Provivce of NEW HAMPSHIRE, ! PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given, 10 all Merchants, and Mafiers of Veflels belonging to the PORT of Pis- caTaQuA, Thatin Obedience to His Majesty’s Commands, His Ex- cELLENCY bas, awith the Advice of His MajEsTY's COUNCIL, caufed an EmBarco to be léid on all Ships, and Veffels lading Provifions, or “Warlike Stores during bis MAJESTY's Pleajure. Norwithfianding which, any Ship or ¥ %l may lade and take on board, Stores of War, and Prowifions, and tranfport the fame from Colony; to " = Colomy, within His MoajesTY’s Dominions, Provided, that before the 2 lading Juch Prowvifions or Woarlike Stores, the Oxwner, or Mafier of Juch s Ship or Vefel, give Bond in the Secretary’s Office, with tawo Sureties of g. nown Refidence and Ability, for One Thoufand Pounds Sterling, if the 2 Ship or Veffel be under ome bundred Tons 5 and if abowve one bundred ons, in the Sum of Two Thoufand Pounds Sterling awith Sureties as abive, to produce a Certificate from the principal Officer of His MajEsTY’s Cuftoms, of the landing of Juch Provifions and Warlike Stores, in fome of His Majesty’s Plantations, in one Year after Bond is given, the Danger of the Seas excepted. By His ExceLLENCY’S Command, R. Wisirp. ————— —— S——— W ‘o prvs, 10 PorrsmouTH, January 18. 1757. Joy uusydty ‘endnuy Jof sa v - o o PORTSMOUTH, in NEW-HAMPSHIRE, Printed by Danicl Foawle, where this Paper may be had at One Doallar per Anpum, or an 3 a4 Equivalent in Bills of Credit, 40/. to be paid at Entrance. : that the Englifh Merchants and other Britifh Subjeéls at that Place were - ALL Perfons indebted to, or bave Demands on the Eftate of My Benjamin Smith Jate of Exeter deceajed, are defired o bring in thei Claims to Mrs. Mehitible Smith, Adminifiratrix to Jaid Efate, in order 20 Settlement. _ T A old, who bas.been two Years ar balf in the Cdrj. and can be well recommensed to a Gentleman’s Family, a Farmer or Tradefman, Any good Mafler, who defiresto purchafe, and will pay the Cafb, may enquire of the Printer, and be further inform'd. ‘ oy ProvINCE of NEw HamPsHIRE, |ANUARY 7. 1757. 'HERE AS the Proprietors of the Town of Bow in faid Province, bave by their Agents petitioned the GENERAL AsSEMBLY,_of /aig Province, reprefenting in their Petition, that there are many Per/[ons wh ¢laim a Right to Lands in faid Town by Titles not derived from [aid Pro! prietors, with which Perfons faid Proprietors have bad many expenfive Law Suits, but now both Parties are defirous of an amicable Accommoda- tion and Settlement of the Difputes that bave (o long [ubfifted between them, that fome of the Home Lots or firf} Divifion in faid Bow (on fome of which Lets, Jome of the Perfons wha claim as aforefaid are fettled ) which were laid out for forty Acres each, but by fome Miftake fall far Short of that Quantity, and the Lots laid out by the Perfons who claim as aforelaid, run acrofs the faid Bow Lats obliguely, that by this Means one of the Jaid Claimers Bas to agree with feveras Proprietors for bis parti- cular Lot, and [ome of thofe are Minors, with whom no valid Agreement can be made; andthe faid Proprietors of Bow are willing that thefe who have made any confiderable Improvements there (tha' they bave done it in Fudgment of Law in their own wrong) Should enjoy the Friit of their Labour : 2 Y WHEREFORE it is pray'd, That the laying out of the faid Bow Home Lots, the Return and Record thereof, as done by the Proprigtors (or fo many of them as may be neceffary for the Ends aforefaid) may be entirely annulled and vacated,and that thePetitioners or fome others may be enabled tolay out other unimproved Lands in faid Townfbip, [fufficient to be & juft Equivalent to the Owners of faid Home Lots : Which Petition being keard by the faid GENERAL AsSEMBLY, it was ORDERED, That the Petitioners be beard on their Petition the fecond Day of the fitting of the Jaid GENERAL ASSEMBLY 7ext after the fir/} Day of February next, and the Petitioners at their own Coff and Charge caufe the Subflance of their Petition with the Order of Court thereon, to be publifbed in thé New Hampthire Gazette tws Weeks fucceffively, that any Perfon ar Perfons may appear at faid Hearing, and fbew Caue, if any they bave, why the Prayer theresf [bould not be granted. TueoDoRE ATKINSON, Secretary: “}"I':;f,s‘{m:’w' Canterbnry,»-ne"cembcr 21. 1756. DUr/uant toa Vote paffed by the Preprietors of the Townfbip of Can- terbury aforefaid, at a legal Meeting of Jaid Proprietors, called, and bolden at faid Canterbury, on Thurfday the 20th Day of May iaft paft, whereby the faid Proprietors did grant to the Inbabitants of Jaid Can- terbury, One Thoufand Acres of the shen common, and undivided Land of faid Proprietors in Canterbury afirefaid, in order to exempt and free the Non-refident Proprietors of [aid Canterbury, confidered as [uch, firever Sfrom any further Charge toward the Support of tke Gofpel Minifiry in “Jaid Canterbury: 1be Jaid granted Land to begin by the River called Merrimack River, at the Hundred Aere Lot, Number Nine ; and to extend up the faid River, as the Common Land of faid Proprietors goes, *till the whole Tralt is compleated. NOTICE is hereby given, That the [aid Thoufand Acres of Land (in bundred Aere Lots) will be expsfed to Sate, by publick Vendue, to the bigheft Bidder, on Wedne[day the 26th Day of Fanuary next, at the Duwelling Houfe of Mr. John Dolioff in faid Canterbury, in order to be dilpofed of agreable to the Vote. And the Purchafer or Purchafers of faid Lands, or any Part thereof, are to have a goed Decd, or, Deeds in tte Law of the Landtobe fold ; to be made and executed by the Subjerib- ers, a Committee chofer for that Parpofe. Tuomas CLOUGH SAMUEL AMES SamueL Moor Province of NEw HamresHIRE, Jar §th1757. o Hereby certify, That Joles Philbrick of the Parifb of Rye, bas | petitioned the GENERAL AsSEMBLY, fetting forth, that there is a Pond in faid Parifb call'd the Little Boar's Head Pond, fituate about 40 Rods from the Sea Shore, which by catting a Canal from tle Sea at or near Frx Hill fo called, would open a Communication with the Sea, and be a fafe Retreat for fmall Veffels, where they might anchor with Safety, and would be of great Service to Coafers or Fifbermen, #jpecially Jach as fbould be catch'd in the Bay with an Eaflerly Wind. And the faid \oles kas reprefented in bis faid” Petition, that be bas been at confiderable Expence towards the opening fuch Canal in the Place aforefaid, and not doubting it wonld be of publick Advantage, Humbly prays, that be may fo far bave the Countenance of the Govern- ment, as to be indulged with the Liberty of Raifing by way of LOTTERY fuch a Sum as will enable him to compleat the fame 5 and has drfir’d ke might be beard thereon : Upon which it was Refolved, That the [aid Petitioner be beard the fecond Day of the fitting of the GENFPRAL ASSEMBLY next after the 24th of January next, tkat any Perfon con - cern’d gnay appear, and foew Caufe, if any they have, why the Prayer of Jaid lflin‘m Jould not be granted. THEODORE ATKINSON, Secretary. A —— o — ————— S——— —— S e ——t S—— ——— e st STRAYED from Mr. George Ayers, living on Mr. Wentworth's Farm, near the Creek, the beginning of Detember laf}, s Bay MARE, ¢ about thirteen Hands and balf bigh, a Trotter, fbort Main and Tail, , 4 brown Nofe, 14 Years old. W hoever will bring faid Mare to Mark,,f Langdon of this Town, fball have reafonable Satisfaition, and neceffaryy Charges paid. e P ] P o (2 f ¥