The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, March 11, 1757, Page 2

which one Keith was late Mafter ; under Convoy of his Majefty’s Ship the Greenwich, Capt. Roddam. Capt. Seymour acquaints us, that about 16 Days after they lefc Jamaica, they fell in with a Fresch Privateer Sloop, and a Brig commanded by Capt. Morrell, pf Philadelphia, which the Privateer had taken,and there being butlittleWind, Capt.Roddam mann’dSeymour’s Sloop, and fent her after the Brig, which he retaok, but the Privateer made her Efcape by the Help of her Oars. When Capt. Morrel was firft taken, the Frenchmen gave him and his Crew their Long-Boat, in which they feered for Jamaica. Capt. Seymour farther acquaints us, That the Pri- vateer Brigantine Hawk, Capt. Alexander, of thisPort, had taken a French Privateer Sloop of Ten Guns and 85 Men, belonging to Martinetd, and fent her to Ja- anaica; and that between Anavafaand CapeTiberoon, he feized a Ship with 1109 Barrels of Flour on board, carrying on an illicit Trade, which he fent to Jamaica ‘alfo ; After which, he bore away for Port Morant, where he careened his Veflel, and proceeded on his Cruize : That Capt. Samuel Dunfcomb, in 2 Letter of MarqueSloop,bglonging to this Post alfo, had taken two French Schooners, with about go Hogtheads of Sugar on board, which were likewile fafearrived at Jamaica. o Wednefday laft Capt. Jofeph Willon arrived here in 6 Weeks from Hunduras Bay,who left at thatPlace the Captains French and Steel of this Port ; Captains Burk, Peck, Robinfon and Clark of Rhode lfland, tite two laft ready to fail ; Captains M'Carty and Gallop of Bofton ; and Captain Lyon, of Philadelphia. Yefterday Capt. Roome arrived herein fix Days from South-Carolina. By him we learn, that on the 16th Inftant came into that Port, Capt. Thomas Bar- ton, in a prize Schooner, taken and fent in by the Prince of Orange Privateer, Capt. David Dixon, of this Place : The Chief of his Cargo is Dry-Goods ; and was taken off the Eaft End of Hifpaniola. The Brig Hefter, Capt. Houfe, who failed from London for this Port fome Months {ince,was taken on her Paffage,by a Schooner Privateer from Louifbourg; who, after taking every Thingof Value out, ran{omed the Hefter for 1700l. She isfince arrived atAntigua. The Captain of the Privateer informed Capt. Houlfe, that he made the fixteenth Englith Veflel he had taken " fince he left Cape- Briton ; that feveral of them were Europeans ; and that one Craig, Mate of a Liverpool Snow, .was then on board the Privateer. " Extra& of a Letter. from on board the #Peefel Pri- vateer, Capt. Fenton, of this Port, dated at Moxta Chrifta, Fan, 5. 1757. « I embrace this Opportunity to inform you of our ¥elfare. Our Barge bas made a Jmall Gruize, and has bro't us tavo Jfinall Craft, loaded with 40Bags of Indigo, Sive Hogfbeads of Sugar, and 10 good Slawes, all which ave now hawve fafe on board, and am in Hoprs awe fball Fonifly our Cruize in a fhort Time, baving good Intelligence that 25 Sail are nows lying at the Cape ready Joadcd, wvaiting for Convey. A mubite Prijoner ave took, jays, that a .Fleet of 400 Merchantmeit, under Convoy of fix Ships of the Line, are bourly expecied at Cope Francois Jfrom Old France. Extra& of a Letter from a Gentleman in St. Chriftophers, dated Jan. 16. 1757. . @ __Capt. Fames McHugh, in the Privateer Smow Dreadnought, of New -York, arrived bere about 10 Pays ago ; and while be awas in Port, a Propofal was made (on Information of @ Number of French Privateers buing at St. Bartholomew ) to the feveral Captains of Priva- 2eers them in this Place, ahich awas 7 in Number ; among avbom were Capt. McHugh, in the Dreadnought, and Capt. Arnold, in the Brig King George : They all avent over, and took the Ifland, together with three French Pri- wateers. It avas a good Action, and in which both Capt. McHugh and Capt. Arnold, hawve given great Satisfae- o tion to the Gentlomen of this Mland. It awas the Work of a few Days only.—T he Captains McHugh and Arnold *alledin bere a few Days ago, and ave fince jailed in Confort to Windward of Martineco, awhere 1 make no doubt, they awill meet with Succefs, as a French Flect was momently expelied ; and they are two fine Veffels.” § B O S T O N, March7. By aVeflel from the Weft-Indies we hear, that the ‘War in thofe parts is chiefly carried on by Privateers; and that ours have taken fo many of the French, that the reft are quite out of Countenance, few or none of ’em daring to ftir abroad.—We with we could give a better Account of the Succefs of our Men of War, than we can with Truth do at prefent. In our laft we mentioned Capt. Fone's carrying a Prize into Rbode-1fland ; fince which: it prowes to be another Prize Snow taken by the Privateer Brig Capt.Hopkins of Providetice.~er Cargo. confifts of 160 Hogfheads of Sugar, 3qo?8£rt1: of Coffee, 40 Bales of Cotton, &Fe. Captain Waolven from the Weft Indies, advifes, of Capt. Philip Lewis, of this Place, being taken and car- ried in Martineco.. Alfo,. of Capt.. Margery,, of Salem, being taken, andcarvied into St.. Thomas. Pp—" Som—— Wednelday laft, the Ship Hersford, of 30 Gums, and about 200 Miw, Thomas Lewis, Commander, failed from this Port ou a Gruize againft his Majefy's Enemies. Therfday laft awas launched a fi/ts Privateer Snoaw, te'is to carry 18 Carriage Guns, befides Swiwveli. At the Superiour Court, Court of Affize, &c. held here a few Daysago, John Rane and John Hawkins, two Soldiers belonging to one of the eftablifh’d Re- giments, being convicted of ftealing out of the Pocket of James Houfe, Efg ; of Hanover, 4t a publick Ven- due in this Town, a Leather Purfe, having 17 pieces _.of coin’d Gold therein, of the Value of £. 50 Law- ful Money, weré fentenced to bé fet in the Pillory for the Space of an Hour, and ta be each of them whipt 35 Stripes,and to pay tribleDamages and Cofts. Hercules and Sharper, two Negroes, being indi&- ed for breaking into two Dwelling Houfes in this Town, and flealing {undry Things from thence, plea- ded guilty, and were fentenced . for each Offence to be publickly whip'd, and to pay trible Damages and Colts. The two laft ftood the Lath Jaft Thurfday,. and we hear Rane and Hawkings will be exalted on Thurfday next. _ PPORT.SM OUT H. Laft Tuefday a Schooner, laden with. Wood, in coming into this Harbour from the Eaftward, ran up- on a Ledge of Rocks, which: Accident has very much damag'd hér: {he overfat, and was afterwards tow'd in here by two finithing fchooners. The Men were fav'd by taking to their Boat. Lalt Wednefday the Generar AssEMBLY met ere. . Vil s : We hear that Capt. Appleton in a fhip, and a {loop ifsom this Place, are arriv'd in Antigua. PorT of Prscaraqua. ) Entered In, Nozne. 5 ; ' v g Cleared Out, Shores for Weft- Indies, King and Ods- orne for Antigua, Froff for Virginia, -~ Frauckfort, Decemb. 11. The Duke of Wirtemberg hath refufed a Paflage thro’ his Territories to the Aunftrian Troops that are marching from the Nether- lands to Bohemia, under Pretence that his County cannot fupply them witha{ufficient Number of Horfeg and Carriages for their Baggage and Artillery. LOND O N. Now. 27. Governour Pownall of the Maflachu- fetts in New England, arrived in TownThur{day laft. A Refolution is come to, for having a Fleet next Spring, confifting of not lefs than forty Ships of the Line, befides Firefhips, Frigates, &c. when fome grand Expedition will be nndertaken. There are upwards of 30 Prefs Gangs come up the River, and a very warm Prefs for Seamen is daily expelled. ' Laft fupday on the Return of General Blakeney from Court, whgre he had been congratulated by all true Britons on his being created a Peer, his Chariot was followed thro’ Palimall, &c. to his Lodgings, not only by common but genteel People, with loud Ac: clamations of Applaufe. December 2. According to fome Letters from Ger- many by Yefterday’s Flanders Mail, the March of theRuflianTroops towards Pruffia is countermanded, in confequence of the Sovereign of that Empire being, made f{enfible of the Artifices of the Auftrian and Sax- on Minifters, who for feveral Years palt had mifre- prefented the Condué& and Meafures of the King of Pruflia, in order to get the Court of Peterfburg to a- bet their Schemes. Laft Night there was a very hot Prefs on the River Thames, feveral were taken out of the Greenland fhips, and no Regard had to Protections. Dec. 11. Laft Wednefday, at One o'Clock, the {purious Speech, cried about for the King's Speech, was burnt by the common Hargman, before Wett. minfter Hall Gate; and Yefterday at the Royal Exchange. Extrag of a Letter from an Officer on board his Majefly’s Ship Falmouth, in Plymouth Sound, Nov. 3o. “ On the 21 inflant, about Four in the Lfternoon, in Lar. 48. 1q. N. Long. 11. 52. Wi the Weather boiflerous, the Captain, third Licatenant and Mafier, fanding together on the Quarter-Deck, near a Cheft of Arms, containing about a 100 Mufets charged and pri- med, with as many Cartridgg- Boxes filled, the Ship tak- ing a Roll, one of the Mufkets avent off and fet Fire to the Cartridges, abich blowing the Chefl to Picces, burnt the Mafler in a terrible Manner 5 at the fame time the Mufkets avent off, fbot Capt. Brett through the Foot, and took off two of his Toes, and Mr. Lion, the third Lieute- nant, bad the Borie of his Leg /battered in fock a Man- ner that they were obliged to cut it off the next Day ; but they are all in a fair Way of doing Well. Laft Saturday the Right Fon. the Lord Mayor fent an Officer to inform the Coffee-bhoufe-keepers near the Royal Exchange, who keep their Houfes o- pen on Sundays, that if they don’t defit from that pratice for the future they will be profecated. Province of New-Hampsuire, Marvh 1o, 1757 » ¢ olven OTICE 1s hereby ¢ to all Perfons, who bave received Orders from His E‘xceimy the Govex NOUR, for inlifling Vollinteers to ferve ; Colone! Meferve's Regiment the enfuing Campaign,that ’tis His Excellency's O-. der,zhat they do nat onany Pretence what ever Inlift any Men after Saturday the 12th Inflant. And that they afi"}‘zak : Him a proper Return of the Nuridyers and Names by them refpectively In/g;/i; on Monday or ‘Tuefday next at fartheft. . By His Excellency’s Command, THEODORE ATKINSON, Sec'* 4 To-morrow will be Pusrisu’p, And Sold by the Printer bereof, a Pampblet entitled, POpith Cruelty difplay’d ; gy a full and true Actoant of the Massacre of the' Pn.o_'r'ssra Nrsin Ireland, by the Infligation of the Bloed thirfly Fefuits, Priefts, Fryars, &c. Thefe Particulars of inbuman CRUELTIES committed by the Popiffs Party, were attefted before the Comm:[fiomers appointed Jor that Purpofe. The Pricfis gave the Sacrament unte divers of the Irith upon Condition they Mould neither Jpare Man, Woman nor Child of the Protefiants. The Eryars exhorted them with Tears, not to [pare any of the Engiith ; they boafled, that when they bad defiroyed thewe. inlreland, ¢bey would go over into England, and not leave the: Memorial of an Englifoman under Heaven. In Kilmore a/l the Inbabitants were fiript ard maffacred, being two bundred Families = the whole was 4 cimmom Butchery 5 many Thoufands perif’d by Sword. Famine, Fire, Water,and all other cruel Deaths they could invent. ey O BE SOLD, 4 likely, firong, bealrhy NEGRO! - BOY, about twelve or thirteen Years of Age, mbo bds besn two Years in the Couttey. Inguire of the Publifoer of this Faper. o : L E Perfons Indebted to the E‘Zu =¢;/=;TM==U;: HAarrT, late of PorTsmouTn, Efg; deceafed, are defired to come and Jettle the fame with SamuEt Harw and Joun Hart, Adminifirators to [aid Effate. And thofe who have any Claims on faid Eflate are defired to bring them in to faid Adminifirators, otherwife thep will be fput out, baving already been Notified. | 2 I T T T S S S S T T T e TS T TR S I TR TS RS ST Provincy g } TOTICE 75 bereby given td New-Hampsurre the PUBLIC, That the Inbabitants of New-CASTLE,and elfewbere, bave peti- tioned the Governor, CoUncrL and AsSSEMBLY for the Benefit of a LOTTERY, in Order to raife Maney to build a BRipGE over LirTre HarBOUR Riber from SAUNDERS's Point upon the Main to New CAsBLE. Upon which Petition the following Vote paffed, viz. Province of New Hampsusrs. In the Houle of REPRESENTATIVES, Feb. 26. 1757 - This Petition baving been Read, REsoLven, That the Fetitioners be beard thereon the fecond Day of the fitting of the GENERAL ASSEMBLY next, after-the firff Day 1 of April mext, and that the Petitioners at their ows Coff . and Charge caufe the Subfiance of faid Petition, with this Qrder of Court ta be Advertized in the New- Hampthire Gazette four Weeks fucceffively, that dnp Perfon or Perfons may appear, if they pleaje, and [bew Caufe, if any they have, why the Prayer thereof fpould " not be granted. AnprEw CrLarksoN, Clerk: In Counciw, Eod. Die 1 Read and Concurred } THuEODORE ATKINSON, Secretary. t'_]"O BE - SOLD 4y RosgrT L'rarvy, Ywo wew CaBLEs and Axcuors, togéther with a rmp/t:g e Sett of Standing R1Gewne fuitable for a Veflel of abo 200 Tuns. Likewife a very large Affortment of Englij Picce Goobs for Womens Wear, China and 1rimmings for Curtains, white and check Linnen, fewing Silk, Rib- bins, Engliffe Shoes, Cafts of Hatts well forted, Horfo Hair Hats, fail Twine, Linfeed Oyl and Paints of all Jorts, Painters Tools, Bosxes of Glafs Ware, Earthen Ware, Sea Céal, &5¢. E5¢. ¢ N. B. Said TRaILL wants to buy a Veffel of abous 160 Tans. ’ 2 PPy e oty e pranly ks PO ey gty PRy e o e P I T T TQ BE SOLD 4y Hucs HarL WENTWORTH, Cheap. for Cafp or fhort Credit, CHO!CE Bouea Tea, brown Sugar, Indigo, 3 qra and 7 eight Checks, 3 qrs. and 7 eight Garlix, 9 af- fities, Bandannoes, Ribbins, Fans, cotton Romalls, Lin- nen Handkerchicfs, German Serges, Shalloons, Buttons and Twifi, Tammies, Callimancoes, Worfled Damafk, Camblets, crofs’barr’d Stuffs, corded Dimity, cotton Hol- lands, Rugs,colosr’d Threads, dy'd Pilloess, Bays, Feft< Hatts, China and Trimmings for Curtains, Englifp Crina Difbes, Plates and Butter Buats, Delf Ware, Scoteh Snuff, &e. &e, e 2 s e T ¥~ PQRTSMOUTH, ia NEW-HAMPSHIRE, Printed by Daniel Fowle, where this Paper may be had at Ose Dollar per Annum, or an Eqpivalent in Bills of Credit, 40/, to be paid atEintrance,