The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, July 22, 1757, Page 1

Friday, Joly 22. 1757 : . NUM;..Q:!;,.‘ BmAZETLE BB IRVITIFVE ITLLEBBIVRRA TS Forez'gn and Domeflick. The New-Hampfbire fiaaéfiagfléawwgswaafiwwm&aé With the Frefbefp Advices i » S ——— ———— —— L O ND O N, ; Lowpow, April 21. W Copy of a Letier prefented to the Right Hon. WiLrL1am PiTT. S IR, E, the Managers and Owners of the private Ship of W War the Antigallican, together with the laudable Affocidtion of Antigallicans, eftablifhed at the Lebeck’s Head /§n the Strand, muft think ourfelves loft to all fenfe of Honor, ¥Gratitude, and Concern for our Country, were we not to take the earlieROpportunity to return you our fincereft Thanks for your feafonable and ready Execution of his Majefty’s Or- ders on our Behalf, in regard to our Ship and Prize, which has been (o long detmined in the Bay of Cadiz, by the cruel, treacherons and partial Behaviour ‘'of the Governor, after killing and wounding fovera! of our Meb, and imprifoning wr Officers and the reft of the Crew, in open Violation of ‘moft folemn Treaties, notwithftanding fhe was before ¢ ~gally condemned to us. ‘ “Phe Eafinefs of our Accefs to you, and the generous Pro- Qion in our Rights, and polite Treatment in your Office, ed every Heart with a Joy rather to be conceived than "xprefled, as well knowing that your und¢rtaking this Affair was more than an Omen of its fuccefs. Your ‘whele Behaviour in the Affair has been fo noble, 4o fteady, and uniform, that we are at a Lofs when'to ad- mire y2a moft, in the Defign, the Profecuiion, or the Event. Believe us, Sir, when we fay that after paying our pro- found Duty to his Majefty on this Occafion, we think our- Jelves bound in Gratitude to acknowledze you as the next pmmediate Canfe of the Reftitution of our Ship .and Prize, and we do with true fincerity of Heart, | moft ardently with nd pray, that his Majefty may never want 2 Minifter like b to hcar with Impartiality, to advife with Candour and sment, and with the moft fteady Refolution to procure fproper Redrefs for the Grievances of his Majefty’s Sub- s, . We are, with the utmoft Deference and Refped, Sir, your moft cbliged and moft obedient humble Servants. Lebeck’s- Head, April 15, 1757. April 16. Yefterday at a Court of Common: Council ag Guild Hall, a Motion was made as follows : <« That the Freedom of this City be prefented to the Right Hon. William Pitt, late one of his Majefty's Principal Secre- taries of State, and to the Right Hon. Hen y Bilfon Legge, te Chascellor and Under Vreafurer of his Maiefty’s Ex- chequer, in Teftimony of the gratefal Senfe which the. Citi- wens of London entertain of their loyal ind difinterefted " Condué durng their truly honourable tho® thest Adminiftra- tion ; their Beginniug a Scheme of Public zconomy, and at ¢he fame Time leflening the Extent of Minifterial Influence, sby a Redullion of the Number of ufelefs Placemen ; their moble Eforts to ftem the general Torrent of Corruption, and to revive by their Example, the almoft extinguifhed I.ove of WVirtue and our Country ; their Zeal to promote a full and Impartial Enquiry into the real Caufes of our late Loffes and D.fgrace in America and the Mediterranesa ; and laltly their wigilant Attention to fupport the Glory and Independence of Great Britain, the Honour and true Interct of .the Crown, end the jult Rightsand Liberties of the Subje&, thereby moft ¢« - effectvally fecuring the AffeCiions of a Free People to his Majefly and his illuftrious Family.” Which Queftion being pafl, was carried in the Affirmative without any Debate. * Jt was then moved that a Copy of the Freedom of this City, with the above Refolution inferted therein, be deli- vered by the Chamberlain to each of thofe Geuntlemen in a Gold Box of the Va'ue of One Hundred Guineas, and that “the faid" Refolution be fairly tranfcribed and figned by the Town Clerk, and by him forthwith delivered to each of the faid Gentlemen ; and the Queftion being put, they were order'd accordingly. The Right Hon, the Lord Mayor was defired to provide the Gold Boxes upon this Occafion. ¢ The Court being called for this Purpofe, declined enter- ing upon any other Bufinefs. And Yefterday Afternoon the Town.Clerk waited upon Mr, <« Wit at his Seat at Hayes in Kent, and on Mr. Legge at his Houfe in Downing flreet, with Copies of the above Refo- lution, ' The Friends of the Court of Berlin in Holland affure that Jis Pruffian Majefty will have on Foot this Campaign feven Armies ; viz. 27,000 Men in Pomerania ; 56,000 in Pruffia ; ~ €0,000 in Silefia ; 75,000 in Saxony and Lufatia ; 30,000 --#t Magdebourg ; and 40,000 with the Hanoverians ; mak- ing in all 258,000 Men. ‘ . The King of Pryflia. hath difarmed not only the Inhabi- Yants of Drefden, but thofe of the whole Ele@torate of Saxony. April 23. Yefterday ‘Afternoon arrived the Devonfhire, Capt. Hughs, from a Cruize in the Bay, and brought in a vew French® Privateer of ‘Bayonne, calied La Vi€oire, snounting 26 Nine Pounders vpon one Deck, and hayving above 300 Men : fhe was taken by the Devonthire, Somer- fet, and Rochefter in the Bay, without any Mafts, having loft them in'a Gale of Wind, She had beer cut baut 3 Week, and had takyn nothing. The Divoathire came in to flop a Leak.,” A . The SoaYer’et Man.of War has taken the Dauphine bound “from Bayonine vo Louwibour, with Stor s, Provifions and foldisrs, an et aoht her ivto Portimou o i assy” tall Privaigor o dcetedyyas taken a French y Advice was received that the French King very narrowly efcaped being fhot as he was hunting, rhe Ball haviog grazed againft a Tree near which his Majefiy was on Horfeback. A Perfon was {ufpeted, but rode off (o faft, thar he made his Efcape. April 28. By the laft Accounts from Elfinenr, we hear that Capt. Edward Wharff, of Bofton, with Coals, was loft in the Scaw, and of 1.5 Hands on buard, only the Captain and fix Men were faved ; the Reft were partfrozen to Death, and part drowned ; and there was no faving the Ship and Cargo. April 30. There are feveral Letters in the City, befides an Account entered at Lloyd’s Coffee Houfe, that the An- tigallican Privateer, commanded by the True Britith Captain Fofter, with his princely Prize, are beth failed from Cadiz, to the great Difappointment of the French Minifiry, who were in great Hopes of inveigling Spaia into their infernal Purpofes. The Lords of the Admiralty have received an Exprefs from Admiral Saunders, who has the Command of five Ships in the Bay, that he met with four large Men of War, and that two of his Ships gave Chace and come up with two of them, and gave them two Broadfides ; thar the Evening coming .on, prevented his fighting them, and that (lucky for them) they got into a Current, which drove them quite be- fore him ; that during the Night he faw them very plainly by Moon light, but by the Morning they had fhifted their Courfe and quite difappeared. . '*T'is {2id they were bound to North- America, and had 250 Soldiers on board each Ship. By a Letter from Briftol we have Advice, that the Hawke Privateer of that Place, James O’Conner, Commander, has taken a French Eaft Indiaman, homeward bound, Barthen 1200 Tons, 36 Guns, and 150 Men, after a tharp Engage- ment of fix Hours and 2 Half, in which the French boarded her twice, bus were repulfed by the Bravery of the Caprain and Crew. The Indiaman parted from her Convoy, in a hard Gale of Wind bat the Day before fhe was taken. Her Cargo is valued at upwards of zoo,000l. Sterling. As to the Number of killed and wounded on both fides, the . Par- ticulars ate not yet known, ' May 12. Thereareat prefentupwards of 60 Fréach Prizes in the River Thames, near zo of which are Privateers, moft of whom are purchafed and aétually fiting out to cruize againft the Enemies of Great-Britain. A Whisehall, May 10. Letters fromn Hanover received this Morning, of the 22d of April and 1t Inftant, mention His Royal Highnefs the Duke’s Intention of fetting out the Tuelday following, in order to put himfelf at the Head of the Army of Oblervation. From the King’s Head Quartess at Linay ( in Bobemia ) April 24. His Highuefs the Duke of Bevern having marched the zoth at the Head of a Body of the Army which was in Lufatia, from the Quarters of Cantonment near Zittan, pof- {effed themfelves immediately withioat the Lofs of a fingle Man, of the firt Poft of Bohemia, at Krottau and Grafenitein, drove away the Enemy the fame Day from Kratzen, and marched towards Machendorf, near Richenberg. The fame Morning Putkammer’s Huffars, commanded by their Colonel, and by Major Scheenfeld, routed fome Hundreds of the E- nemy’s Cuiraffiers, commanded by Prince Lichtenfiein, who were pofted before Kohlig, and took Prifoners 1 Captain, 2 Subalterns, and above 60 Horfe ; the reft were entirely dif- perfed, and fcarcely able to rally, near Kretzen,” The Night coming on, obliged the Troops to remain in the open 'Air till the next Morning. The 21t at Day-break, our Troops marched in two Columns by Habendorff, toward: the Ene- my’s Army, pofted near Reichenburg, and commanded by General Count Konigfeg, and 28,000 ftrong. As foon as the Lines were formed, they advanced towards the Enemy’s Cavalry, which was ranged in three Lines, of about 30 Squa- drons. The two Wings were fultained by the lnfantry, which was pofted among fellen Trees and Entrenchments. They immediately caononaded the Enemy’s Cavairy, who received it bravely, having on their Right a Village, and on their Left a Wood, where they had entrenched themfelves with fellen Trees and Rits. But the Duke of Bevern having caufed 15 Squadrens of Dragoons of the fecond Line to ad- vance, and ordered the Wood on our Right to, be attacked at the fame Time by the Battalions of Grenadiers of Kahiden and Mollendorff, and by the Regiment of the Prince of Pruffia, who cleared all the fellen Trees and Entrenchments there, our Dragoons, who kad by this Means their Flanks covered, intirely routed the Enemy’s Cavalry. The Gene- rals Normann, Katt; and the Prince of Wartemburg, figna- lized themfelves extremely on this Occafion. Col. Putkammer, and Major Schanfeld, with their Huf- fars, have likewife particularly diftinguifhed themfeives, by giving the Horfe Grenadiers a very warm Reception ; not- withftanding the Enemy’s Artillery took them in Flack. Lieut. Gen. Leftewitz at the fame Time attacked, with car Left Wing, the Redoubts that covered Reichenberg. Tho’ there were many Defiles of rifing Ground to pafs, which were occupied by the Enemy, yet the Regiment of Darm{ladt forced the Redoubt, and put to Flight and purfued the Ene- my, after fome Difcharges of their Asti!'ery and fmall Ariis, fronvane Eminence to another, for the Diftance cf a Mi'e, s far as Rochlitz and Dorffel. ‘{'be Lofs of the Enemy amounts, as far as we 'can ‘learn at Sgefent, to 1000 killed a3d wourded. V/e have made 2| 70 Officers. and{4on . et —— — —— i among the felled Trees and Entrenchments, but the Depar. ture of the Courier prevents our giving an exaé Lift of them atthis prefenc Moment.. General Porporati is fuppofed to have been killed, becaufe fome Letters direfted to him have been found upon the Field of Battle. The Aétion be+ gan at Half an Hour after fix 0'Clock, and continued tilk Eleven. /On our fide there were 7 Subalterns, ard about 100 Men killed ; General Normann, Major de Mellen, of the Regiment of Amftel, Col. Lettow of D’Armitadt, Majors de Platen, de Normann, and de Beyern, of Wartemberg, the Capts.‘dc Normann, and de Putkammer, of Amfiel, T Subaiterns, and 150 Men, wereé wounded. The Officers and private. Men equally deferve the higheft Commendations. His Highnefsthe Duke of Bevern in particular, who bad be-~ fore diftinguifhed himfelf in fo fignal'a Manrer in former Campaigns, and laft Year at the Battle of Lewoflez, in this Action gave frefh Proofs of thar Skill and Courage, which . will tranfmit his Name to Pofterity. : Madrid, April 12. The King has{ent orders to Cadiz and other ports to equip twelve thips of the line. The ex- portation of corn from this kingdom is prohibited “till furthes / orders. R On the toth Letters were received here from Lifbon,' which cauled great Uneafinefs. Their Contents were, thac one of the rifing Grounds, on which this City was buile, burf% | 3 open into a furprizing Chafm, out of which guthed Smoke and Flames like thofe exhaled from "a Vulcano ; that the Sea afterwards fwelled in a very extraordinary Manner, and overwhelmed with its Waters, feveral Feet in Leight, the. greateft Part of the City, and that the Inhabitants had dz- ferted and abandoned that Part of Lifbon. g This Day we were informed by Letters, bearing Date ths - firt of this Month, that this kind of Vulcano was attended with no Effe@s that indicated continusA or futnre Eruptions; - that the Chafm zppearcd afterwards to clofe, that the Waters of the Sea, having covered for two Days the Extentof: Ground the Sea overflowed, retired ; thatthe Coni.crna'uon, which was very great at the Sight of thele new Phznomena, was fince diflipated, but that che {ame could not be faid of ' §j the Uneafinefs numbers of Perfons were afliéled with ; on beholding the calamitics to which this difmai Situation mighk ttill expofe the unhappy Remains of Lifbon. Prague, April 24. In order to ftop the Egemy’s Progrefs,’ Marfhal Brown is filing off Trcops towai K eiod, rami along both Sides of the Llbe t ; encamped laft Year. PHILADELPHIA ¥y Wednefday the Privateer Spry, Capt. Bow e of this Port, came up to Town, after an unfuccelsful Cruiz., having taken only a fmall Privateer, which he fent to Barbadas, 2ud being 430 Owaics ! ; concern’d in the Takwng of rwo Schoorers. By him weizarn that the French Men of War which were lately on theCoaft of Guinea, were alfo gotinto Martineco, but in a very fickiy Condition. 5 ¢ The Snow Rachel. Capt. Stiles, bound to Antigna rrom this Port, was taken by two French Privateers, aid \aiter« wards drove afthore and burnt by an Englifh One ; whick Privateer, it is {aid, alfo drove the two French Privages s afhore, and deftroyed them. The thip Hope, Capt. Bolitho, of this Place, was taken on her Paffage from South Carolina to London, and ranfomed for 5500 L ‘ 3 Sunday laft arrived here the {now Charming Martha Capt., Blackburn, from Liverpool, in whom came Mr. James Wal- lace, of this City, who informs us, That on the 17th of Ma~ in Lat. 45, Lon. 50, on the Banks of Newfoundiand, they faw four large fliips, fuppofed to be French Men of V/ar, which chafed them for fome time, but they failing threeFeet for the Freach’s one, and a Fog coming on, they got clear, And on faturday the 25th of June, Capt. Blackburn fell in with a Fleet under the Command of Sir Charles. Hardy; 1a Lat. 39 and a Half, Lon. 65, about 130Leagues from fasdy- Hock, * The foow Friend™ip, John/Caldwel!, and the floop two Brothers, John Parkc:, from Maryland, ars rakdwiy tiqg French. . Extra®t of a Letter from Reading, June 1757. ““ No Donbt you have heard that Broadbead's Hoife, in Northampton County, is burnt dowwn, and ene Fobn 1s-." 1ill there by the Indians, who are noav about 60 bebind th. 7w tains. A Scouting Party from Fort William, and the Fort a North kil the other Night, cams wpon an Encamping-place of the | Enemy, avbere they found Blankets, dvy'd Meat, Wampum, (Fce i and they expelt to_fec and give a good Accruns of the Indians en A their Return. Qur Party was about 55 Fien, and by this Time,, if not before now, are reinforced. Extra& of another Lester from Reading, July 3. “ Laf Wednelday Morning, Frederick Meyer, of Bern Toawni, fhip (who Jies aboui 18 Miles from this Torwn ) avas killed cud 4 /fcalped by three or four Iedians. Eis bad bis Sow, o about 1o Years, in his Arm, rureing asway from thom, whon be received, a Ball thro’ bis Bedy, which lodyed in one of che Childs Handed | His'Wife avas Jealped, and three of bis Gbildrep t1kom away. Tbe Son fhotin the Hand awas ltt, and is jaje. His Baby. a the Mother's Breofi, mwat throwue it & Creck, but'voken alioe by the Neighbonrs, wko came g the Kelief of th. F. Laf Friday tivee Wemen and foor L7, Sealped in Te'r-" chon. and avilr 1o (Chureh 5 and the Nivbt before