The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, April 1, 1757, Page 4

~* "B O S T O N, March 28. Laft Monday Evening, the Bake Houfe of Mr. Pierpoint, of Roxbury, with the Dwelling, Houfe next to it, were confumed by Fire, with a great Quantity of Bread, Furniture, Cloaths, Books, and many ether . Things of great Value. :Aund lat Tuefday Night, the Houfe of Mr. Samuel Lethbridge of Wrentham, was confamed by Fire, with the Furnituré, Wearing Apparel, &c. and a confide- rable Quantity of Englifh and Weft India Goods.— The Family faved their Lives by jumping naked out * of the Windows. Wednefday lift the Body of a Man was found drove athore on Dorchefter Neck: *Tis fuppos’d ke is” one of the three Soldiers that was drowned about 2 Month fince in going to the Caltle, on a Raft of Timbers. Extra& of a Letter from® Charleflown, South-Carolina, « March 7, 175%7. Monday laft was fent in here by the Jamaica Sloop of War, the Sloop Charming Betty, Benjamin Church, Mafter, of and from Rhode Ifland, cleared for the Mufqueto Shore, in Ballaft, but found to have on board a large Quantity of Gun- powder, &c. feiz’d on the 13th ult. near Cape Nichola. ¢ Capt. Homer in a Schooner fromHalifax in 4 Days arrived here on Monday Night laft; but brings no News : The Capts. Legget, Howard, and M’Known, " who fail’d about a Month or 5 Weeks ago from this Place; were not arrived there when he came .away. " Thuriday the z1ft of April next, is appointed by Authority, to be obferved asa Day of Fafting and Humiliation throughout this Province: " Wednefday next the Great and General Court or Aflembly of this Province are to meet and fit here, in order to proceed on Bufinefs ; it being the Day to which they ftand adjourn’d, : PORTSMOUTH. Tuelday laft arrived here Capt. Hale, in Sloop Swallow, in 22 Days from St. Kitts, by whom we hear of the Arrival of the following Veflels from this Place, viz. Ship Friend’s Adventare, Capt. Briard, Sloop Neptune, Capt..Hodgdon, and Schooner Little Eafter, Capt. Mofes, at Antigua ; Ship Elizabeth, Capt. Adams, Schooner Charming Molly, Capt. Car. ter, and Brigantine Haonah and Molly, Capt. Lang, ot St. Kitts ; Snow Henry, Capt. Sherburne, at Montferrat. The fame Day alfo arrived Capt. Underwood, in 2%.Days from North Carolina, he left the Captains Stil{on, Underwood, two Captain Vinnards and Flo- rence, who were juft ready to fail for this Place. _The Ship Atlantick, Capt. Samuel Warner, of this " Place, is taken and carried into Guardaloup, and Capt. Qchterlony, in a Ship from Newbury is alfo taken. Extraliof a Letter from Barbados, dated March 8, 175 7. s» About five Days ago, two Privateers brought into this Bay, a large French Ship, of abent 600 Tous, 1¥ Guns, and 170 Men ; fhe loaded at Marfeilles, and was bound for Martineco, fhe ftop’d at Teneriffe to thift her French Sailors for Spanith ones, aud to get a Spanifh Pafs, but after firi¢t Examin#&ion was con- demn’d : She was loaded with Naval %,g and other valuable Goods te the amount, as they judge, of ' One Hundred and Fifty Thouland Pounds Sterling. R & There has been feen for feveral Nights paft, two or three Fellows with offenfive Weapons, ranging ¢ the Town, fuppos’d to be upon no good Defign, as they have made fome bold Attempts already ; This istherefore to defire the Publick to keep a good Look- out, in Order, if poffible, to deteét thofe Villains, al- ready (without Doubt) ripe for Deftruétion. : PorT of PrscaTaqua. .' Entered In, Hale from St. Chrifiophers, Underneood Jrom North-Carolina. Cleared Out, None. sk : Portfmouth, i» New- Hampfhire, March 30, 1757. L AST Wednefday Night the Shop of Joun NELsoN, of Pordmouth aforeraid, Goldfmith, was broke open, and from thence flolen, three ,! Silver WATCHES, one of which was old fafbion’d; and large, with a Crack absut balf an Inch long on or wear.the Center of the Criftal, and bad a Minute Hand, but ifzimd of an Hosr Hand, bad theSun and Planets, awhick alternately fbew’d the Hour, and bad a greem String, and brafs Key. Another was alfe’old fojfbion’d, and large, and had no Criftal, was wery dirty, and in the Center of the Face bad the King’s Arms cut in Silver and bollow Work, thro’ which appear’d a Plate of po- lifl’d Steel, but was weryrafly, bad a fliff Leatber String, and an Iron Key. The other was fmall, and mew fa~ fhiow'd, with a white China Face, bad a Ritbon (the Colour wncirtain ) inflead of a Chain, with a Silver Seal, and a brafs Key,but bad noBallance Wheel, Hair Spring, mor Plate, over the Ballance Wheel. At the fame Time awas alfo flolen, a wooden Cafe, containing two Silver Spoons, one” Tea Ditto, and a Variety of Silver Shoe, Knee, and Neck Bucklis, and Clafps, fifteen Gold and o- ther Rings, and_fundry other Things that can't be enn> merated.——Whoewver fball give Information of the faid Watches, Speons, or Buckles, or of any of them, fhall be awell rewarded ; and all Perfons are bereby requefled (if any of the abowe Articles foould be offer’d to Sale to give Notice theresf, that the Thief or 1 hieves may d deteéted and brought to Condign Punifboment. HESE are to give Notice, to all thofe that bave any Demands on, or are indebted unto, the Eflate of TimoTuy Emerson, Jate of Durham, Tanner, de, ¢eafed, are defired to comeand Jettle the fame with Josx PR ATKINsON and MARY bis Wife, who are Adminifirators on faid Bfiate, 'Dated at Dutham, March 29, 1757,