The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, April 1, 1757, Page 3

a5 e E \( I HEafiA ’count we hear, is ~ Supplcment to the- New—Hampszre Gazette, of Aprll 1, 17 27, MMWMMMWW\JM L0 N D O N, Jaguary 20. igallican Privateer has taken a French diaman, after a very {mart Engage. which the French Captain was killed, and (t\'cra] Men on both Sides. This Ac- f:rought from the Groyne by the St. Alban’s Man of War. The Privateer did not en- age, till fhe was near enough to fire her Small Arms into the Cabbin- Windows. Extralt of a Letter from Jerfey. " The Revenge Privateer of this Place, Captain Charles Alexander, Commander, hastaken and bro’t in here the St.Clude, a French Letter of Marque Ship, Burthen 150 Tons, with 6 Carriage Guns, and had 74 Soldiers and 25 Marines on beard, befides 40 Wo- men and Children, bound from Rochelle to M:fiifippi, loaded with Provifions and Ammunition for the King.” Fan. 2z.. We hear that an Exprefs arrived this Morning at the Adtiralty from Portfmouth, with Advice that the Court Martial had capitally convi@ted Admiral Byng. His Majefty has appointed the Officers for the two / Highland Battalions. On Monday a Cartel Ship arrived at Falmouth, with Englifh. Prifoners from Breft. RARBADOS. it T Mectmg of the General Affembly, at the Town Hall, on “Tuefday the zsth of O&ober 1756, purfuant to adjournment. John Lyte, Efq; obferved to the Houfe that a cer- tqm Schooner called the St. Margaret, having cleared out to fail from this Ifland in her Ballaft ; and Jofeph Blackman, Efg; a.Merchant in Brxdge Town, and Naval Officer, having Reafon to believe fhe was loa- ded with Provifions, he gave Information to Thomas Fenwick Efq; a Cuftom-Houfe Officer, who went on board, and feized the Veflel, and, on unloading her, fhe was found - to have on board g8 Barrels of Beef, 1o half Barrels of do. 2 Firkins of Butter, 2z Barrels of Mackrel, 4 Hhds. of Fifh, 6 Rolls of Crocus, g Baggs of Cocoa, and 2 Negroes Mr. Lyte therefore moved, and was feconded by Francis Bell, Efq; that the Clerk may be direted to waiton Mr. Blackman, and to give him the Thanks of this Houfe, for the Information he gave to have the Veflel and. Provifi- ons {eiz’d, as fuch Informations ought to be regardcd.» as very laudable, and to entitle the Perfons making them to a high Efteem, for detetting fuch horrid Ofl'endcrs, and to have.the- benificial Laws-duly exe- cuted, and that a. Copy of this Minute be made as pnblick as poflible Which was ordered accordingly, Nimine cmtralxmxtt. ' - A true Extra& examined Wirriam Duke, Clerk of the General- Affembly., : S e e A PHILADELPHIA March 17. On Monday laft Lord Loupoun arrived here from New York,when the Guns'of the Affociation Battery,’ and of fome Veffels in the Harbour, were fired, and the Bells'were rung. Friday laft Capt. Gibbon arrived here from South. Carolina, with whom came Paffenger Captain Dor- _rington, of Bofton, who was taken in a Brigantine of that Place, by a French Letter of Marque Snow, and carried to Cape Francois, From Shamckin we have Advice, that on the 26th of laft Month, a Party of 7 Men being at fome Dif- tahce from the Fort, were fired at by a Party of Indi- ans, who killed two of our Men ; the reft retreated to the Fort, from whence a Party was fent in purfuit of the Indxans who came in Sight of them, but they took to their Heels and got off. By Letters from Carlifle we have Advice, that [ome Cherokee Indians had brought into Augufta County 5 Scalps, which they had taken in an Excurfion they had made againft the French and Indians. N EW.-Y ORK, March 21. Tuefday Evening laft returned here from a Cruaize of 3 Months and z0 Days, the Privateer Brig Prince of Orange, Capt. Dixon of this Port, and brought in with ‘him,a French Letter of Marque Snow, of fix Carriage Guns and 41 Men, called the Prmcefs Jane, Monfieur Andriate,Commander, which he took onthe 1oth of Feb. laft, after an Engagement of 5 ‘Glaffes, on her Voyage from Bourdeaux for Cape Francojs.. The Cargo of the Snow confilt; of fome Bale Goods, Floar, Claret. &c. ‘The French Capt. informed '‘Capt. Dixon, the’ 3 Merchants in France were refolved, that, for the fu-’ ture, their Veflels fhould fail by threes and feurs, and not in large Fleets as formerly, imagining they will with the greater Facility, efcape the Vigilance of the Englith Men of War and Privateers. Capt. Phenix arrived here in 5Days from Georgia, and informs, That he read a Paragraph in an Englifh Paper (bro’t there from Port- Royal in So.Carolina)to the following Effet : That the Duke of Richmond * was foon to embark with 5000 Me¢n, and were def- “tined for fome Place to the Southward of Charles- “ Town, in South Carolina”:—That their newGover- nor, Henry Ellis,Efq; was {afe arrived in his Govern- ment : That he had been very affetionately ‘addrefled by all Denominations of Peopleé ; and that His’Rredg=" ceflor, Mr. Reynolds, was about embarking’ fbrEng -* land :—That the Creeks & Cherokees havelately had * fome fmall Bickerings together, from the artful Infi- .. nuations of the French Emiffaries ; but were likely foon to be brought toan amicable Accommodation by Means of Governor Ellis, who had already made large Prefents to both Tribes, - Latt \