The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, April 15, 1757, Page 2

%an. 4. Several perfonsare fet out for Scotland, té ‘facilitaze the raifing 3000 Highlanders, to be fent early in the fpring to America. Dec. 28. Orders are given for a Train of Artillery to be ready to embark in a fhort Time. It is faid thattlte Troops ordered for America‘are to confilt of 10,000 Men compleat. It is thought there will be great Debates about the Manner in which the Americans are to be fupplied; ‘whether by Men or Money. Fan. 8. This evening a mail will be difpatched. from the General Poft-Office for North America. Letters from Portimouth are full-of Praifes of ad- miral Smith, prefident of the Court Martial, who behaves with fuch diguity in his Office, that he charms all that have attended on that occafion. Fan.13. We hear that Orders will-foon be given for feveral more Regiments to embark for America. Extrast of a Letter from Portlmouth, Fan. 12. Saturday, Jan. 8. This Afternoon I heard but little, Capt. Cronwall gave his Evidence, which I did not hear ; but Mr. Byng crofs examined himin a few Things, and faid, * Capt. Cornwall, If I do not make & it appear, that the Mifcarriage of that Day was ow- ¢ ing to you, then'the Lord have Mcrcy upon me.” Fan. 27. We are aflured by a Correfpondent, a Native of Peterfburg, that Field Marthal Apraxin, the Ruffian General, is a polite, well-bred Gentleman, and fo far from that Corpulency the Dutch Writers attribute to him, that he is confident their Account muft proceed either from Banter or Mifinformation ; and can Account no otherwife for the Story of the Litter than for theConveyance of a favourite She bear that he is excellently fond of, which; in Imitation of fome Officers in a neighbouring Nation, alike fond of the Puppy, and Monkey, can be for no other Purpefe than that of ftroking. Fan, z7. Private letters from Drefden advife, that the King of Pruffia hath packed up all the china he found in the manufaétories at meiflen, &c. and fold it for 43,7001, fterling. Lord Stormont bought a cheft of this china for 120l. flerling, which was after- wards flolen from him. When the motion was made in the dyet of Ratifbon, to take into confideration the King of Pruffia’s hottile entry into Saxony, there were warm debates ; “but the Proteftants were more unanimous than they were ever known to be before. p. We can with pleafure affure the public; that the ords of the Admiralty, upon receiving an account of he very gallant behaviour of Mr. Harrifon, commian- der of the Otter floop, immediately appointed him Captain of the Greyhound man of war. Fan. 29. The States of Britanny in their laft Re- onftrance to the French King, reprefent the Diftrefs of that Province from the Heighth of Taxes and the Captures made by the Englith, in the moft affecting Terms. Thofe who were wealthy (fay they ) are now reduced to a bare Subfitance ; thofe of middling Fortunes to Indigence, and the Poor muft abfolutely perith,becaufe no one is ina Condition to relieve them. When the right hon. Arthur Herbert, earl of Tor- tington, was acquitted by the court martial, on a charge of negligence, cowardice, and abandening the fhips of his Majefty’s allies, king William exprefled the higheft refentment on the partiality, &c. of that meafure, and told the earl of Nottingham, priacipal fecretary of ftate, he would have the court martial tri- ed for their criminal indulgence to the admiral ; but being affured by the fecretary, that it was contrary to the conftitution ; the king, with juft indignation re- plied, but it is my pleafure that they be fligntatized as partial and difaffelted to my government, and Y ORDER THEM ALL TO BE BROKE. N. B. There perhaps never reigned a greater judge of military me- zit than the glorious king William 111 Feb. 5. His Majelty has been pleafled to appaint Capt. Barford, late of Pepperrell’s in North- America, to a company. in his Majelty’s Third Regiment com- monly called the Old Buffs. The followling particulars relating to the capture of 73 ~Yhe Terrible privateer,(fitted out at Execution Dock) 3 «~~Capt. ‘William Death, commander, by the laft Flan- ders mail ; That the prize which they had under con- <=-—%-yoy, had been in their pofleflion five days, and accord- ing togheirinftruclions from their owners, were bring- ing her into port. When they fell in with the French privateer, which had a hundred men more than them, and carried 26 nine pounders on her main deck. The French privateer went fo much better than the Ter- rible, that fhe failed round them as fhe pleafed, not- withftanding which, the conduét of the Captain, and the courage of the men, the greateft part of whom never faw falt water before, the fhip was fought till every officer, except the furgeons mate, and carpenter, were killed, and only Ten men left unhurt, and 7 who had loft limbs. Both the fhips were fo much damaged, that it was with the greateft difficulty they were got into port. The French are faid to have loft _all their officers but one, and a hundred men, befides @ great number wounded. . Paris, December 27. There is fucha Ferment in the Parliament, that 160Members have refigned their Pofts, and all the publick Bufinefs isataStand, = — - * which glanced upwards _ From Verfailles, we hear that there is a great Agi- tation at Cdurt, in Confequence of the Meafures the ‘King hasthought fit to tike on Account of the Parlia- ‘ment’s [haction : And they talkalready of Letters de Cachet, Exile, and other Marks of the King’s Difplea- fare, towards thofe who have laid down their Pofts. . Toulon, Dec. 16. We fhall have 19 Ships of the Lire, anid § Frigates, ready to put to Sea in the Spring from this Port, . ; P _ Paris, Dec. 24. We are pofitively aflured, that a “Body of 32,000Men,of theEmprefs of Ruffia’s Troops *has already entered into the Territories of Poland, and that it will be immediately followed by two other Bo- dics of nearly the fame Strength. Drefden, Fan. 2o By Difpaches from Warfaw, 8f the zzd of lalt Month, received Yefterday, we-arein- formed, that the Republick of Poland will not only - bide by its Neutrality, but will alfo oppofe any At- tempt made by the Ruffians to force a Paffage through Poland. Hague; Jan. 7. Several Letters affirm, that an Al- liance is concluded between the Courts of Cepenhagen and Berlin ! by which the King of Denmark cngages to furnifh the King of Great Britain, as Elector of Ha- nover, with a Body of 8cdo Men, which are to be re- partitioned into the EleCtorate forits Defence ; - and that another Body of 12000 Men will remain in the Datchy of Holftein at the Difpofition of the Ktng of Prufia. ‘Thefe Precaations are perhaps unneceffary, for it is certain that the Emprefs Queen is employing her utmoft Efforts to divert the French King from his Defign of invading Hanover. Paris, Fan. 10. The Villain who ftabb’d theKing, has a Guard of 200 Men fet'over him, and has already been put to the Rack, in order to difcover his Ac- complices ; and it is faid has already named fome of them. We are aflured that the deteftible Affaflin will be brought this Night to the Concietgeric, and locked up in Montgomerie’s Tower, bound in fucha Man- ner as_to prevent his being his own Executioner. Bruffels Jan. t1. On Saturday Evening a Courier arrived here from Paris, with the Account of an At- tempt made on the French King’sLife the sth Inftant, the Particulars of which are as follow. On the above mentioned Day the King went from Trianon to Ver- failles, to vifit Madame ViQoire. About 6in the Evening, s his Majefty was ftepping into his Coach to return to Trianon, a Man who had concealed him- felf behind the hind Wheels, ruthed forward with his Hat on, made his Way to the King's Perfon thro’ the Guards (one of whom he fhoved againft the Dauphin) and ftruck his Majefty on the Rrght-fide ; of which howevxer the King only complained by faying, That Man has given me a violent Blow, he mat be either mad or drunk. But having perceived that hi.s Hand, which he clapt to his Side, was bloody, he faid, I am wounded ; feize that Fellow; but don’t kill him. ‘His Majefty was immediately-carried to his Apartment. The Wound(which from the very firlt was not thought dangerous) was given with a fharp pointed Knife, between the fourth and fifth Ribs, and is not of any ‘confiderable Depth. And, at the firt Drefling, it was even judged that<he Cure would be fpeedy, That Night the King {lep an Hour and a Quarter. The Villain who committed this Attempt is named Damien, and is a Native of Arras: The Weapon he made ufe of was found upon him, and proves to bea common Clafp Knife, with two Blades. At firft it was feared it might have been poi- foned, but he affured the contrary, and theExperiments that have fince been made with it, on feveral Animals, have made good hisAflertion. ~Another French Cou- rier arrived here on Sunday Night, with an Account, that the Wound was fo flight, that his Majefty had been able to aflift on Saturday Morning at a Council that was held at Verfailles. P AR IS, Fanuary 21. ; Damien, the regicide, was brought from Vertfailles to this city the 18th, at 3 in the morning, in a coach, under a firong guard : Orders were previoufly iffued, that no perfon fhould ftand on the road, or look outa door or window to fee him pafs, on pain of being fired at by the guards, who had orders for that purpofe. —The villain ftill keeps up a kind of courage, or ra- ther ferocity. By what we-bear of him day after day, Jibertinifm znd fanaticifm ruled him by turns. KHe was fometimes fank in the depth of wickednefs, and at other times elevated in extafies of devotion.—The prifoners that were in the baftile, have been removed to Vincennes to make room for thofe perfons that are taken vp on Damien’s account. 4 Since that villain’s horrid attempt, fhoals of feditious pieces and verfes, in print and manufcript, have pour- ed in upon us. Ope or another of them, has been ftack up in almoft every publick place. Even the convents have not been fpared.—The jefuites are particularly aimed at. ‘The following words in large chara@ers were ftuck on the gates of their colleges.— — Neighbours, remove, if you wonld avoid being .burnt'.' Thefe fathers have fince afked a guard, efpecially in the night time, which will no doubt be granted. : Dublin, Decesnber 22. ~ We hear tht thres Regigfients of Foot on this Efa - blifhment, are in a fhort Time to embark for Ame- rica. : v Fan. 29. There are credibleReports in Town, that the King of France, on the Reprefentation of s French Merchants, &c. (who are entirely ruined by the War ) has confented to a full an‘ifling Peace, by giving up all his unjaft Claimsand Acquifitions of every Sort, and that his moft Chriftain Majcfty, (who is recovering from his Wounds) begins .to look with other Eyes then ufual, on the domeftic Troubles of this Kiogdom. © . 1, Ex gk Y “T CANTIGU A, Fb 12 < We have particular pleafure in~ publifhing the fol-" lowing circumftances relating to the behavionr of Capt. Clark, his officer, and the whole crew of the privateer Ann, (which lately belonging to this Ifland} taken'by a French privateer on the 26th of Decem- ber laft, and carried into St. Domingo. The engagement began abour half an hour paft two in the afternoon,and lafled 'till fun fet ; theFrench privateer had 150 men, Capt. Clark only 36, all of - & whom, except four, were either killed or wounded =~ Capt. Clarke was fliot thro” his left thigh and right Teg, his firft Jieutenant in the neck, and his fecond in the forehead. We can’t be exaét as to the number of thofe killed in this A&tion, (which were not few ) but feveral are fince dead of their wounds. However, the French paid very dear for their vi€tory, having between 70 and 80 kill’d and wounded. Capt. Clarke never ftruck his colours, but continued on the deck to the laft, with only four men able to ftand by him, the reft being all wounded. There are numbers of Eng-q lith prifoners at Domingo and Porto Rico. Captain Clarke, as alfo his firft and fecond lieutenants, are likely to do well. ' PHILADELPHIA, March 41. 4 Whereas Reports hawe reached his Excellency the Earl™ of LOUDOUN, &, that Jeveral Abufes bave been committed by Officers upon the Recruiting Duty, or by Parties under their Command : Thefe are to certify, That upon proper Proof laid before bis Excellency at’ New- York, or before the Officer coinmanding at ‘Philadelphia, the Parties injur’d fball receive proper Redrifs. GiusErT M’Apim, Aid de Camp. Since our laft arrived here Capt. Venning from St. Chriftophers,with whom came Paffengers the Captains Watfon and Pines, both of this Port ; the firft being taken by a French Privateer on his paffage hither front Barbados, and carried to St. Thomas’s ; and the latter taken going to St. Chriftophers, and carried into: Guadaloupe. s - !h. ‘ Captain Watfon informs us, that when the Priva- er a‘;riv‘td WSt Thomas’s widrh-hfirfize;the Go- vernor fent him Notice to leave the Place in 24 Hours ; but the Captain expeQing more Countenance, did not pay a proper Regard to the Orders, upon which the Prize was fold by the Governor. > Captain Watfon farther advifes, that ne prizes are » allowed to be taken into any of theSpanifh Ports ; and mentions particularly an Englith Snow being carried into Porto Rico by a French Privateer, but was im- mediately ordered out again by the Governor ; upon which the people fet her on Fire, and left her, think- ing it would be impoflible to get her into any French port, the Englifh privateers being fo thick among the Hlands. ‘ Capt. Tivitoe, in a Sloop, bound here from Barba-' dos,’is likewife taken, and carried into Guadaloupe. By Capt. Venning there is Advice that the Pri-, vateer Spry, Capt. Bowne, of this Place, has taken a French Privateer Sloop, of ten Carriage Guns, Ber- muda built, and carried her into Antigua ;. and that after getting fome Neceflaries he wanted, he propof- ed to take her out in Confort with him. It is alfo faid Capt. Bowne has drove another Privateer afhore.’ Ina Letter from St. Chriftophers, dated March z,the following carried into Guadaloape, viz. Capt. Ouchterlony, in a fhip; Capt. Pines, ina Sloop from Philadelphia ; Capt. Taylgr, in asNew- York Sloop 3 Capt.—~—, in a Ship from England ; Capt. Conyers, in a Sloop from Bermuda ; Capt. Ti- vitoe, in a Barbados Sloop ; Capt. Inglife, in a Bofton’ Ship ; Capt. Conolly, in a Ship from Briftol ; Capt. Miller, in a Philadelphia Sloop ; Capt. Warner, in a Ship from New-England ; Capt. Rofs,in a Ship from London; and Capt. Bell, in a Sloop from 68 NEW-Y O RK, April 4. By a Letter bearing Date at Fort William Henry the 26th of March, we have the following Account ; HAT on Sawarday the 1gth, about one o’Clock in the-Morning, a Noife was heard. at fome™ Diftance from the Fort, and a Light feen on ¢ the Eaft Side a confiderable Way down the Lake, which gave the Alarm. That two Hours after this, the Enemy made their Approach on the Ice,with their whole Army ; upon which the Garrifon made a fmart Fire of Artillery and f{mall Arms, which obliged the main Body to retreat : The Enemy then made two feveral Attempts to fet Fire to one of our Sloops and the Battoes; -but were prevented : at break of Day /" they withdrew, and a féw men that were fentout up- on the Difcovery, found fome Scaling Ladders, and Implements to fet the Vellels and Boats on Firle. ke Veflels are all faid to be lately taken, and » : ’ '. -