The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, August 26, 1757, Page 2

- * - Merchanérien - The feverel Vellels from London bound for this Place were waiting at Cork, expe&ting a Convoy from England for a Number of Tranfports who were ta- king on board the Highland Regiments defigned for A- merica, and would foon be in Readinefs to fail. Capt. Bronfdon in his Paffage engaged a French Letter of Marque Ship of 16 Gpuns, fuppos’d to be bound to Cana- da, for a confiderable Time, but the Frenchman being of fuperior Strength, and a great Number of Haads on board . Capt. Bronfdon made the beft of his Way from her. He met with the Privateer King of Pruffia, Capt. Gruchy, on the Banks, the 1ft of Augutt, all well, who {pared him fome Provifions, which he was fhort off, having been from Port along Time. He afterwards met with a large French Sloop, but the Wind blowing very hard, carried away his Fore and Main-top gallant Malts, the Sloop got off clear. ¢ Laft Tuelday arrived at Rhode-Ifland, the Privateer Brig Defiance, Capt. Fones, after aCruize of threeMonths; having takeo nothing bat 2 fmall Sloop, which he fent into that Port fometime ago. Laft Thurfday Afterncon, a Child about 7 Years of Age, Son of Capt. Tilftone of this Town, as it was play- ing in a Canoe at the End of a2 Wharfe at the South End, fell over and was drowned. Capt. Jacocks from London, informs that he fail’d from Plymouath the z:ft of June in Corhipany with eight Sail of Ships bound for Newfoundland and South Carolina, uonder Convoy of the Fowey Man of War of 20 Guns : That about 125 Leagues from the Lizard they fell in with two large French Ships, of jo0r 36 Guns each; one of which bore down and engag'd the Fowey, which he fears they took as fhe was but poorly Mann’d and a heavy Sailer. The Ships under Convoy on feeing the Fowey engag'd, immediately made all the Sailthey could, and as there was a britk Gale of Wind, foon left them, except one of the Ships for Newfoundland, which he faw ftrike to the French. | Yefterday arrived here the Captains Trefry, Hall and Fioley in fix Days from Halifax, by whom we learn that . the Windfor Man of War, was fafe arrived there, with the Prize which fhe took in her Paffage from Cork. Same Day arrived Capt. Dorrington from the Weft- Indies, who informs that on his Paffage hither, he fpoke with a Brig from St. Kitts bound to Marblehcad ; the Mafter of which told him, that the Hertford Privateer Capt. Thomas Lewis, who fail’d from this Place fome- time fince on a Cruize, was taken by two large French Ships and carried into Martineco. Tuefday laft in the Forenoon the Great and General ‘Ceurt or. Aflembly of His Majefty’s Province of Ma/ja- chuletts- Bay met at the Court- Houfe in this Town, being the Time to which they were prorogued, when His Ex- cellency the Governor was pleafed to make the following SPEECH to both Houfes, wiz. _ Gentlemen of the Council and Houfe of Reprefentatives. IS Majelly huving been gracioufly pleasd to Com- mi[fion me to execute His Royal Powsers, as by Char - ter efiablifbed in this Land, 1 can ns other Way do myDuty than by faithfully following His Royal Example in a canflant ditenticn to maintain publick Truth and Civil Liberty 3 andto promote Virtue, Order and Indufiry, the only Fousdatics of Happinefs eitber Publick or Private. In you, Gentlenien, I bave the Pleafure io meet the Body of the good People of this Land : To you therefore let me ex- prefs my bigh Rewerence for the Power of Gouvernment as vefiding in the Magifirate, and for the Jacred- Liberties thst foould ever inviolably remain with the Peple : 4ds 1 jall alway moft faithfully maintain thefe Powers according to the Trufl repofed in me, Jo fbail 1alway religioufly objerwe your ewer waluable Charter-Rights and Privileges. \ THE Times in which I meet you are critical and perilous: There requires much goed Wifdom to advife, and much true Spirit to alluate what is determin'd. The War is no louger about a Boundary, whether the French Ulurpations Jhall ex- tend to thisor that Mountain, this or that Riwer ; but awbe- thir 2he French fball awreft from the Britifb Hauds the Poiv- wr of Trade ; Whether they foall drive us out of this Conti- aent : And this War is now brought to a Crifis that muft determine the future and perbaps the final Fates of the Bri- tifb or French Goverament : Iy our Colonies and Trude are zuin’d, where is our Naval Posver 2 If our Flects become inferiour, where is our Dominion 2 dnd if our Nawal Do- winion is loft, Great- Britain isno more a free Gowvernment, and the Britifo Colonics no more a Peaple. Turs Country was from the Beginning a Colony of Saolds- ¢rs5 3 and did not ufe to draw the Sword in wain. It bas Jlaod thus long 3 and thus glorioufly : That it may not there- s fore, when it’s Liberty and Life is attacked, wow draw the Savord in wain and become at lafi a Priy to the inveterate and abborred Encmy, it is my Duty to recommend to you, and, 1 make o doubt, you will shink it your Duty, to provideby an effeéinal Law 3 Tuat ahen it fpall become necefJary for the Country by it's SUPREAM MAaGISTRATE 20 call wpon the Service of thole, whofe Serwice it has a Right to deunand, it may be Jure of aveal and cffelinal Serwice. Tuar when an Enemy is in the Country and coming upon as, your Arm'd Force may go forth to meet and repel that E- aumy, where Jueh can be beft oppojed; and not wait till be - comes to owr own Daor, and makes (which Heawen forbid !') #bis Province the Seat of War. TuaT when the Forces of the Country are call'd forth and form'dinto an Army, it may be under fuch an Oeconomy, Order and Difcipline, that the Defence of the Country and Protetiion of the People may be furely and [fafely intrufied in 6¢'s Hands, Gentlemen of the Houfe of Reprefentatives, WitH you, Gentlemen, as the Voice of the People, do origi- wate thole Supplies that muft enabie the Government to execute ¢ ir's fiveral Powers awithin it Jelf ; and to take [fuch effedt- St e S——cd 4 ®utered in, Fofs, Orr and Stone from Halifax, Gilmgre, Ruft and Stokel f. Antig /] ‘i- a2 'DAUOLS |_v~- 06 s ual Meajures as may Jecure and protel it from witboat : You awill therefore be pleas’d, with a juft Senfe of the Dignity of this Government, with a tender Regard to the Abilities of the Province, and with a throughly convinc'd Confcience of the almoft di[perate Condition it’s Safcty and Being isbrought into, Grant Juch Supplies. AND it is with great Satisfaltion 1 do bere obferve That true Spirit wherewith you do this Year, asin all Times paft, Jupport a great Armament, both by Land and Sea, employ'd sn the Defence of His Majelly's Subjeits and Dominions, the People and Provinces of this Land : It is a Spirit that ever did diftinguifb this Province, and mufl ever do it Homor iy the Sight of its King and Country. Gentlemen, 1 bawe, and hope 1 alway lball bawe, a wvery tender Senfe of the beavy Taxes that this long barra/s’d Pro- wince labours under 5 but at this Crifis, and on this Occafion, as your mother Country, tho' under the fame beavy Buriben, tho’ under impending Danger at her own Door, bas jfint out bither a noble and powerful Armament ; You will do your Part in Aid and Affiflance to the Serwice 5 in Aid and Affifi- ance to the Fleet and drmy that are engag’din it : What Affifiance the Nawy does at prejent require you will fee in the Right Honourable Mr. Secretary Px11's Letter, and bis Excellency Vice- Admiral HoLBoURN’s Letter, which 1 bawe ordtred to be laid before you. TrE wery dangerous Circumflances 1 found this Country in upon my Arrival : The Aid and 4ffiflance that His Majefly’s Forces required : The unfortunate and alarming Events that buv: fince happen’d 5 will appear to you from the Papers 1 bawe ordered to be laid before you ; as alfo what Megfures F did immediately take thereupon. The Pratedtion of the Peo- ple isthe firfi, nceeffary, aud fupream Law of all States. It becomes, in Cafes of fuch immediate and imminent Danger, a Daty in the Gavernor, of abfolute and indifpenfible Obli- gation, to take Care for the Safety and Prefervation of the Country ; 1 took the Advice of bis Majefly’s Council in eery Mealurs 5 and I hope you awill find nothing engag'd in, but avhat abfolute Neceffity required ; and thatyou will provide Jor fuch accordingly 5 as alfo, that you awill think of [fuch further Means as fball enable me veally and truly to do my Duty in the Defence of the Conntry. By the Bleffing of God in fo jufi a Caule as our Arms are engag’din, and by fuch prudent Meafures as jhall appear advifible to be takin, we may hope to command a Peace that avill fecure our Liberties 5 if awe cannot, it little matters avhat we bawe, or what we fave : We but Jawve it for our Mafiers. Gentlemen of the Council and Houle of Reprefentatives. As 1 hawve on this Occafion call’d upon you 5 I would bope that you conceive of me as determined, by my indifpenfible Duty, to engage, to the utmoft of my Power and Abilities, in every Service wherein the Interefl, Homour or Safety of the Province is concerned. Council-Chamber, Avg. SN S T. Pownall. Auguft 17. 1757. To His Excellency THOMAS POWNAL, Efg; Captain- General and Gowernor in Chief, in and ower His Mo- Jefiy’s Province of Maffachufeuts Bay New- England. The ADDRESS of His Majefty’s Council for the afore- faic Province. May it pleafle your EXCELLENCY, IS Majefty’s Council for the Province of Ma/achu- Jetts- Bug, gratefully acknowledge the frefh In- ftance of His Royal Favour in appointing to thé chief Seat of Government, a Gentleman of your Excellency’s Ablities and good Difpcfitions, and we moft heartily con- gratulate your Lxcellency upon -this Appointment, and your fafe Arrival after a long and fatigning Paffage. Your Excellency’s Acquaintance with His Majefty’s juft Rights upon.this Coniient, Your Knowledge of the State of the Colonies in general, and of this Province in particslar, Your Corcern for the Defence and Support of His Majefty’s Intereft againft an encroaching, and perfidious Enemy, evidenced by Your zealous and {uccefs- ful Sollicitatices for an additional Naval and Land Ar- mament; and by Your a&live and vigorous Meafures im- mediately after Your Arrival and Entry upon Govern- ment, thefe, together with that tender Regard which You have been picas'd to exprefs for the Liberties and Privi- ledges of His Majefty’s Subjeds, all concur in giving us the Profpeét of as great Happinefs under Your Admini. ftration, as can confilt with the invoived and perplexed State of our Affairs. We aflure Your Excellency that we will make it our conftant Endeavour to alleviate the great Weight and Burden, which muft lye upou You in fo critical and im- portant Conjunéture, by our faithful Counfel, whenfoever it thall be required of us, and by diligently applying our- felves to the Duties of our Station, for promoting His Majcfty’s Service and the Intereft of the Province. To which His Excellency was pleas’d to make the following ANSWER, Gentlemen, : QU do e great Honor in thinking me an Occafion for Y your grateful and dutiful Ackunowwledgements to His Majefty : And 1 thank you for your kind Congratulations. T is a great Pleafure to me, and <what 1 fball tficem a Reavard for my Serwvices, that my Labours in my Duty are agrecable to the Intereft of this Country, and fo well reccived in your Qpinion, IT is not only my particular Happinels, but the Happinefs of this Conflitution, that 1 bave the dffifiance of Gentlimen who hawe fo well approved themfelves to their Country, and are fo well approved by it. I mufi depend much upon your Experience and Wifdom 5 and fboall alway think my Altious befi founded when founded in your Opinion and Advice. Apgatt 18, 1757. To His Excellency THOMAS POWNAL, Efg; Captain- General and Governpur in Chief in and over His Majefly’s Province of the Mfalachufetts-Bay in New-England. Bl ‘ ::\bbot’f. Barbagoes,Fofs f.Chignecto, Gage f. R 1{land WE His Majefty"s moft loyal Subjels the Reprefens tatives of the Province of the Ma/fachufetts- Bay, lWx-m pl;zzfoalr;d Refpect and great Sincerity, congra- tulate your Excellency, on your h; Accefli | Chair of Governme:z i 7’7 iy hoe - WE cannot, on this Occafion, omit, exprefling our Gra- titude to the beft of Kings for his Paternal Goodnefs, in aelegating the Adminiftration of this Colony, to a Gentle- man whole fuperior Genius and Accomplithments, and whofe Attention to the Affairs and Interefts of the Plan- ! tations, confpire to demonftrate him, eminently qualified and difpofed to promote the Welfare of the People com- mitted to his Care. 5, Wirn Pleafure wecan affure your Excellency, that your Acceffion to the Government, diffufes general Joy and Satisfaction ; And that the People whom we repre- fent, entertain with us, high Sentiments of your Merit, and form great Expeclations from your Wifdom, Vigi- lance and Probity. We hope Divine Providence, that has preferved this Province thro’ all it’s Dangers, and brought you to your Poft, at a Jun&ure as critical and alarming as has been known, wiil fo fucceed your Adminiftration as to frée this People from their Calamities and impending Dangers, and make us once more a fafe and flourifhing Plantation. AND as we cannot doubt you will devote your Time and greay Abilities to promote Virtue, Oeconomy and Publick Safety, {o permit us to aflure your Excellency, you will always find this Houfe ready to contribute their Part, to all your falutary Meafures ; And that we, ani- mated with your Example, fhall do every Thing in ocu# Power, to render the Adminifration eafy to your Excel- lency, and happy tothe People. : To which His Excellency was pleafed to make the following Anfwer. GENTLEMEN, YOU R Addres arifing from & true and genuine Spirit of Loyalty to the King, and taking fo truly proper a Di- rectionin referving all Gratitude and Acknowledgements to His Majefly does me the greateft Honor bere. 4 AND it muft ewver do me great Homour with wy Royal Mafier, that His Dutiful People of this Coleny, exprefs fo ingire a Satisfallion in His Sercvant. ACCEPT my Thanks for your kind Congratulations. 4 THANK you mofi heartily for the Tendure of your Aid and Support, which 1/ball never exp:ét but while my' Admi-, nifiration is juft, and my Meafures falutary. i ’ LOUGHT to be, and 1avill be Proud of the bigh Senti- ments and good Hopes, You, Gentlemen, andthe Body of th People, are pleajed to emtertain of me : 1 awill endeavons shat this Pride worketh not Vanity, but batB-it's folid Fous- dation in the Welfare of the Province, and the Happine|s q‘ the Peaple. ADVERTISEMENTS. WHEREAS by an ACT of the GeneraL AssemBLy of the Province of New- Hamphhire, paffed the 25th Day of February 1757, & TAX was granted on the Lands in the Town of Pelba in faid Province, to be aficfled by the Seleét Men of faa Town, at 7ws Pence New Tenor per Acre, annually, for five Years, commencing in March nex: coming, to be applied for the Ules in faid A& menticned, on the Non Refidents Proprietors Lands, to be colletted by me th Subferiber. & Samuel Walds, Efg; 1.3 6s. 84. Eleazer Tyrg, Efg.: '8 1.2 65. 4d. Fonas Ciark, 16s. 82. William Brown Efg; - l5 5. The Heirs of Col Benjamin Brown, L1 84. Sa- muel Parkman, l.v 43. Heirs of the Widow Sarab Martin, L6 16s. 84 Febn Cockfon 1.5 155. 6d. Fobn Tyng, iz 6s. 4d. Samuel Mauyridge, bis Heirs, 16s. 84. Fofiab Tobnfor L1 45. 6. Fenathan Searls, 1s. Capt. Philip Demerick, bis Heirs, Ly 175. 6d. Epbraim Cammings, Ly g5, Hen [ofeph Blanchard, Efg; 17s. 6d4. Col. Ziad cheus Lovewell, §s. 1od. Rev. Mr. Tbomas Parker, £ 145, 2d. Deacon Eaward Colburn, 15s. 2d. Major Fo' Jeph Varnam, 15s. 2d. Lieut. Jobn Varnum, 10s. Abra- bam Colburn, 1od. Daniel Colburnm, 1s. Chriffopher Williams,2s. 6d_ fobn Colburn,s. 1vod. Epbraim Colbara, 35. 4d.. Fabez Coiburn, 8d. Mof s Colburn, bis Heirs, 15. 8. Aaron Colburn, 1s. 84. Robert Colburn, 3s. 2d. Lieut. Timothy Colburn, 7s. 2d. Fonathan Colburn, 2s. Fames Richardfon, 1s. Jobn Bowerg, 1s. 8.5 Nathanied Clement, 3s; 4d. Widow Hannab F, . .um, 6s. 84. - Sa- muel Currier, 6s. Fobn Currier, 65. 84. Ephraim Car- tice, 15. 4d. Ebenezer Flint, 25. 84. Samuel Goold,- 2s. Thomas Burns, 1s.8d4. Capt. Danicl Bodwell, 25. 6d. Caleb Richardfon, 2s. 6d4. Uriah Abbot, 475, 1od. Dea- con Samuel Barker, 5. Mafes Gage, 105, 2d. Abrabam Colburn jun. vcd. ~ Rithard Kimball, Gs. 84. Thomas Fewell, 15. 4d. Ezekwel Fletcber, bis Heirs, 25. 84. Wi- dvw Hapmah Bradley, 8s. 4d. Samuel Clark, 16s. 84, S homas Fitch, bis Heirs, 8s 8d. Nathan Fones, 6s. 8. Now therefore the abovefaid Perfons are bercby Notifig refpectively to pay to me the Sums aforc/aid to each of them mentioned, at Pelbam aforefaid. Pelham Aug. zo. 1757. Nehemiah Jaques, Collecfor. Province of New-Hampsuirg, Aug. 18, 1757. HEREAS we the Subfcribers are appointed Commi Jioners by the Honourable Judge of Probates for the Province aforefaid, to veceive and examine #he Claims on the Efiate of Samuei Emmons,/ate of Kingf- ton, in Jaid Province, Yeoman, deceafed, reprefented In- Solvent : THESE are to give Notice to " all concern’d, that ave will attend that Service on the third Wednefdas “ A the fix following Months, at the Houfe* of Mr. Richatd Greeley, Innbolder in Kinglton, aforefaid, from the Houry:, JSaid Diays. JerEMAan WEBSTER! JonaTiian GREELEY. - [Advertifements omitted, will be in tife next Paper.] e of one to five o'Clock; Afternoon, on 1 Rofaog owin 2nd [} \, ¢ >4 Vi «