The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, April 1, 1757, Page 1

Fridav, April 1. 1757. With the Frefbeff Advices | cormmmm sty - UG I SRS TSRS e Al = To the PurLick. § the War is the main Subje& of the publick & )\ Atention, many of your Readers, are inquifi- tive after the Knowledge of the feveral Princes, who are engaged in the Contention of the Day : I there- fore recommend the following brief Account to your . Paper, as what will render many Articles of News more entertaining and gratify your Caftomers in ge- neral. ;s It is not neceflary to fay any Thing more concern- ing the King of Great- Britain, George the Second, than that he is now in the 3oth Year of his Reign, and 74th of his Age, was born Og&ober 3oth Old Stile, » 1683. And begun to reign Faume 11th Old.Stile 1727. : The prefent King of France is Lewis XV. Great Grandfon and Succeffor of Lewis X1V, called by the French Lewisle Grand, or Leawssthe Great. He was born February 15, 1710. and began to reign Septem- &er 1, 1715, So that he'is now in the 47th Year of ' his Life, ind 42d of his Reign. His Religion is Ro- man Catholick. : : - The prefent Emperor of Germany is Francis, Grand Duke of Tufeany, ele@ed September 13, 1745. and is ngw in the 49th Year of his Life. . "He is ele&ted by mine great Princes, whole Anceftors were Officers of the Honfhold to the Emperor, when his Power was much preater, than at prefent : They are the Bithops of Mentz, Cologne, and - Treves, the King of Bobewia, the Duke of Saxony, (now King of Poland) the Mar- (‘:fis of Brandenburgh, ‘who is now King of Prufia, the Duke of Bawaria, the Count Palatine, and the Duke of Brunfawick, Luninburg, now King of Great- Britain. The prefent Emperor married Maria There- fa Atch Dutchefs of Aufiria and Queen of Haungary nd‘Bubcmia ; fhe is now in the goth Year of her Age, .and became fole Heirefs of tne Houfe of Aufiriz by ‘the Death of her Father, the -late Emperor Charies VI, Ofober 9, 1740. Their Religion'is Roman Ca. tholick ; as is alfo that of their Subje@s in:general, tho’ a great Parc of the Hungarians are Protéftants. The Kingdom of Polend is an-ele@tivé Menarchy, Plended with an Ariftocratical Repablic, in which the Limies of Poweér are very' uncertain between the King and the Nobility ; but the common Peeple are fittle better than ablolute Slaves.—The prefent King Augufius 111, was Duke of Saxony, barn Odtober 7, 1696.—He was a Proteftant by Education, and fo continued, while he was only Duke of Saxony, that being the prevailingReligion of the §axons : But when he was ele@ted King of Poland O&ober 4, 1733, (a3 the prevaling Religion of that Kingdom is Popery) ke turned over to the Church of Rome. His Here- ditary Dominions, as Duke of Saxomy, are conquered by the King of Pruffia, and now wholly in his Hands. The King of Pruffiz, who has once and again fill'd all Evrope with Aftonifhment, and ' isthe Wonder of this Age, is Frederick 111, born Fanuary 24, 1712, and began to reign Fure 1,1740 ; {o that he is forty five Years old, and in the 17th Year of his Reign. His Kingdom is a young, but a powerfal Monarchy ; his Grand-father was the firt King of Pruffia; who being before butMarquis of Brandenburg, alflumed that . Title Anmo 1699. This Kingdom was very little confidered by the neighbouring Powers for fome Time #ter 1t was erected, yet now and from the Beginning of theReign of his prefent Majefty is able to make all Europe tremble. He is of the reformed Religion, and 7 in flrong Alliance with the King of Great- Britain, on which Account we readily rejoice in the Succeffes ef his late glorious Campaign ; and have Reafon to hope he will be a Means in the FHand of Providence of defending and fecuring the Proteftant Intereft. The folloning Relation wwas added to the French Aec- count of the taking of Ofwego, publifbed at Paris by - Order of the French King. ¢y HE Indians of the Five Nations arrived juft T {8 as we were preparing to lay Siege to Of- #8% 8sk wego, M. deVandreuil having invited them to come and fee it. = He detain’d them at Montreal during the Siege. They did not expelt to fee the Fort fo foon taken and demolithed. In all the Coun- cils which M. de Vandreuil held with them, he took ate to addrefs himfelf to them in proper Terms. ¢ Ofwego, which you gave to the Englith, faid he to ' thofe Savages, is now ours by Right of Conqueft ; Bt I fhall not invade your Country as the Englifh and therefore I give it to you back again. On r Side you muft not {uffer ourEnemies to re-efta ~ ] The MNeso-Hamp/bire BESSISSSHLLVRBSVILSIRYSJBRAARS ™ ¢ blifh it, and muft give me Notice if they aim at it. ¢ See how much our Behaviour differs from theirs : ¢ The Englith engage you to take up the Hatchet a- ¢ gainft me, who am yoar Father ; but I do not excite ¢ you, to take it up againft them. All I defire of you ¢ is to remain quiet, and not to interfere between us. "¢ The Indians of all theUpper Part of the Country {eem to rejoice at our taking Ofwego, tho’ this was the Place where they were {applied with Brandy, and feveral other Things much cheaper than they have them from us. As the fame Reafons may induce them from henceforward to go #s far as Orange for the Sile of their Skins, it were to be wifhed, for the Advan- tage of our Colonies, that we could furnith them with Goods as cheap gs the Englith. - ¢¢ We hear from the Ohio, that the Indians in thofe Parts continae their Incurfions into the Provinces of Pennfylvania, Maryland, and Virginia, with furprifing Succefs. They attack and take {fmall Forts there, and have ravaged in thofe Provinces an Extent of Country near 100 Leagues in Length and 5o in Depth. The Cherokee or Flathead Indians feem to carry on the War vigoroufly againft the Englith. We learn from Carillon, that the Enemy to the amcunt of 10 or 11000 Men, commanded by Lord Loudoun, feem to have a Defign to make themfelves a Paflage that Way, but by the taking Ofwego. we are able to fend all ouf Forces there and oppole all their Enterprizes.” Extra& of a Letter from the Hague, Dec. 3. Hilit the Armiesare returning to their Quarters, after an Encampment of Fifty three Days, let us examine the Strength of thofe two Germanic Pow- ers who are next Summer to decide the Fate of the Religion and Liberties of the Germanick Body. The Friends of Pruffia corfidently maintain, that the King of that Name bhas aCiually 265,000 Menon Foot. This is a great Number, and more than we ever heard of before.. Horace, perhaps, would fay, Vaw fu/qui- pedalia werba. . What has been given as an authentick Lift of his Forces, is as follows. 7 CAVALRY. 1 Squadron of Life Guards, 175 Men 6o Cuiraffiers 10152 70 Dragoons rigzt 8o Hoflars 10008 2 Huffars 23§ 32498 INFANTRY. s Battalions of Foot Guards 2581 1 Grenadier Guards 634 3 Common Grenadiers - 1502 1 Cadets 723 1 Hunt(men 839 2z Pioneers 1732 34 Common Foot 81404 3 Anhalt 2591 19 In Garrifon 16077 7 Invalids 6006 6 Artillery 5284 The Corps of Engineers 60 110433 Total 151931 Lif} of the prefent Forces of the Houle of Aufiria. CA ViR h ROY 18 Regiments of Cuiraffiers of fix Suadrons 19692 12 Dragoons of 6 Squadrons 14400 14 Huffars of 6 Squadrons 17280 1372 INFANTRY. i 45 German Regiments of four Battalions 110650 10 Hungarian Regiments 30000 4 of Cariftadians 12000 ° 2 of Warafdins 6000 3 of Elclavonians 9000 2 of the Bennat 6000 173650 J Total 225022 France, which is alfo to a&t a principal Part next Campain, had on Foot, when the Peace of Aix la- Chapelle was figned, 385382 effeCtive Men : And by theAugmentations which thatCrowa hath fucceflively Nums. 26. . CEAZELTE " = ifi&fl&@@E9%&935#&5506&@53*&#&§6§0 Foreign and Domeflick. el - o> made within the laft Yearand 2 Half, it hasabout the fame Number at prefent. Ruflia, hkewife, hasa very fine Army ; for not to mention the Cavalry of the Coffacks,Clamucs &c. it has an HundredRegiments of Foot in good Condition. But the Sinews of War are wanting at that Court: The Revenue of theCrown is only eleven Millions of Roubles: It is therefore una- ble to wage War abroad, exceptin Turkey, without Subfidies. Butthere is another Remark to be made in regard to Ruffia: TtsTroops are not advaacing,fays many People, who relate the following Anecdote : . ¢ The King of Pruflia hath found Means to get the Pieces publifhed in his Vindication, delivered into the Empreis’s own Hands, who, firuck with the manifeft Traths therein contained,hathchanged her Sentimests, The fecond Anecdote is, that notwithftanding what has been given out, her Imperial Majefly is not well. She hath an Abfcefs in her Bowels. They wanted M. Gobius, an eminent Phyfician at Leyden, to go to Pe- tersburg to prefcibe for her ; but on hearing her Cafg, he refufed. We may therefore foon expeét to hear fome great News from the North.’ : ANT 1GU 4, February 1. On Thurfday Afiernoon, the Revenge, a private Veflel of War of this ifland, commanded by Captaia Thomas Stephenfon, mounting only 4 Swivel Guns, and having on board but 8 Hands, fell in with a French Privateer of 4 Carriage Guns and 10 Swivels with a Number of Small Arms, which fhe engaged for z Hours, when the Captain, together with his refolute, tho’ fmall Crew, boarded her, on which the Krench- man immediately - ftrack. This is the brave Captain Stephenfon who in Auguft laft,-with his fmall Priva- teer Boat, took out of a Fleet of Merchantmen usder Convoy of 3 Men of War, 2 Snows and a Schooner richly laden. " Extra& of a Letter, dated January 13, 1757, from Capt. Reobert Marchant, in St. Chriftophers, to Mr. Richard Alleyne, Merchant, in Antigua, one of his Owners. S IR, 5 FTER frequent Requefls of the principal Gemtlemen of the lfland of St. Chriflophers, the Capts. Cook, Arnold, M*Hugh, Edney, Bifbop, Gale and myfelf, un- ‘dtrlook the Siege of St. Bartholemeaw, of which Expedi- tion 1 (ball give you the befi dccount my prefent Hurry will admit, and in my next 1 [ball be more particalar. On Friday the 7th Inft. awe Jet Sail from Oid-Read, and flood for the above Ifland, awbere ave arrived in the Moraing : About balf an Hour after Eight, we run in, -our Veflel being firll, and received the Enemy’s Fire : 9 bey obfiinately refified awith a conflant Fire from three Privateers, tawo Fafcine Batteries, and Jome Platoan;i on a low Point on the South Side the Entrance of the Har- bour, avbich awas the botteft ever known by any of the Qffcers in our Squadron. As Capt. Cook <was appointed Commodore, and as 1 found our Men lay too much expofed, 1 run under bis Quarter, and took the Liberty to advife Landing, to which be readily agreed : We then awell- man’d and arm’d Jewven Boats 3 I alfo recompended ro Capt. Cock, that Capt. Gale and myfelf fbould cover the landing of the Men. 1 advanced as near the Veffels as polfible, and then defired Gale to turn'in, when in an In- JSlant, be was all in Flames (by what Accident 1 can’t [ay) and to Jee Jome Bodjes flying in the dir, fome drop- ping into the VefJél, and others into tke Sea, was a moft mowing Speltacle. We avere alfo Jet on Fire, but, by applying old Sails and Water, the Flames were Jfoon ex- tinguybed. Howewer ave drove the Enemy from their Batteries, of awbich we took Poffeffion, and forc’d their Retreat, abere they defended themfelves more adwan- tageoufly ; but at laf the Inbabitants, togetber with the Sailors, and their Captains, Jurrendered, 60 of wham 1 this Day brought bere, and delivered to the Marfbal : 1 loft one Man, and bad four avounded. The Englifh in the avhole loft about 34, and bad ten awounded ; the Fronch Gowernor, and a few of their Men, were wounded. N E W.Y O R K, March 14. Captain Montgomery informs us, That he arrived at St. Kitts, in the Night of the 4th of February, and that vo lefs than 12 French Privateers had been cruiz- ing off that Iflend the Day before, and had taken '3 Veflals, one of which was a Snow ; that the Captains Maurray, M‘Hugh, Valantice and Giig, all in Priva- teers of this Port, failed from thence on a Craize, ks sth ; that in the Latitude of Bermuda, Capt. Spellen in a Snow Privateer of this Port alfo had thrown 5 of his Guns overboard, but had got others at St. Kirs, and was fitting oat with all peflible Difpaich ; where ine