The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, December 16, 1757, Page 1

-« & - THe New-Hampfhire} " Containing the. Fre/befl Advices " dn authentic Copy of , the Convention crncluded under the Med;- ation of the King '3] Denmark, betwegn the French, Army commanded by the Marfbal Duke-de Richelieni, and the Army of the Allies, commanded by bis Royal Highntfs the Duke of Cumberland. IS Majéfty the King of Denmark, touched with the Diftrefles of the Countries of Bremen and Verden, to which he has always.granted his fpecial Prote&ion, and being defirous, by pre- venting thofe Countries from being any longer *the Theatre of War, to fpare alfo thz Effufionof Bleod in the Armies, which are ready to difpute the Poffeffion thereof, hatlf employed his Mediation by the Miniftry of the Count -de Liynar. ~ His Royal Highnefs the. Duke of Cumberland, General of the Army of the Allies, & the one Part, and his Excellency the Marfhal Duke de Richelieu, General of the King’s Forces in Germany, on the other, in Confideration of the Intervention of his Danith Majefty, have relpeftively en- gaged their Word of Honour to the Count de Lynar, to abide, by the Convention hereafter Ripulated ; and he the Count de Lynar, correfpondently to the Magnanimity of the King his Mafter’s Intentions,obliges himfelf to obtain the Guaranty méationed in ‘the prefent convention ; fo that it fhall be fent to him, with his full Powers, which there was no Time to make ont in the Circumftances which hurried his Depaiture. Article I. Hoftilities fhall ceafe on both fides within 24 Hours, and fooner if poflible, and for this Purpofe Orders fhall be immediately fent to the detach’d cerps. 11. The Auxiliary Troops of the Duke of Cumberland’s Army, that isto fay, thofe of Hefle, Brun{wigk, Saxe-Gotha, add eveén thofe of the Count of Lippe Buckebourg, fhall be fent back 5 and as it is neceflary to fettle their March into theirrelpecive Countries, a general Officer of each Nation fhall be fent from tive allied Army, with whom every Thing fhall be agreed upon relative to the March of thefe Troops, the Number of Divifions in which they fhall march, their Subfiftence, and the Paffports which his Excellency Marfhal Richlicu fhall grant them to return to their own Country, where they fhall be placed and diftributed in fuch Manner as fhall be. agreed upon betwéeen the Court of France and their refpetive Sovereigns. : I11. His Royal Highnefs the Duke of Cumberland en- gages to pals the Elb wirh that Part of his Army which he . cannot find Room forin the Town of Stade. That Part of his Troops, that fhall go into Garrifon in that Town, and which is computed muft confift of from 4 to 6000 Men, fhall remain there under the Guaranty of the King of Denmark, " Without committing any A& of Holility, and on the other Hand, they fhall not be liable to fufféf any from the Freach Troops. Accordingly it fliall be fettled by Commiffaries bow far the Limits fhall extend round the Place for the Re- lief of the Garrifon, which fhall not exceed halfa League or a whole One, according to the Nature of the Ground or of the circamf@tances, as the Commiffaries fhall agree. Thereft of the Hanqverian Army fhall take up their Quarters in the Countty on’ the other fide the Elb; and in order to facilitate the March of thefe Troops, Matfhal Richliea fhall concert with a general Officer, likewife fent from the Hanoverian Army, the Routs taey thall ke, engaging to give the necel- {ary Paflports and Securities'for them and their Equipages to go unmolefted to the Places of their Deftination ; his Royal Highnefs'the Duke of Camberland taking upon him to ne- gotiate with the different Courts concerning the Extent of thefe Quatters. At to the French Troops they fhall continue in the other Part of the Dutchies of Bremed and Verden, till the final Reconciliation of ‘the two Sovereigns. 1V. The Articles'abovementioned being fo be executed without Delay, the Hanoverian Army, and the Corps that are detached from it, particularly that at and near 2@: Schantz, fhall retire under Stade within 48 Hours. #1'he French thall not pafs the River Offe in the Dutchy of Bre- men, till the Limits are fettled. * They fhall moreover cop. tine to occupy all the Poils and country of which thev 2 Poffeflion ; and in order that there may be no Delg Jating the Limits of the two Afmies, Commifl* fent the Day ‘aftes To.morrow, being the 1 Bremerworden, by his Royal Highnefs the 28 land, and by his Excellency Marfhal Ri Limits' thet are fo be obferved, bot’ and by the Garrifon of Stade, agre: _ All the above Articles P be faifl ing to their Form'and Tenoy Guarznty of his Majefty the ¥ Céant de Lynar, his underfigp % I Dane at the Canj Sept. B, 1757. /4 ' . The underfigned, who mark his Mafter, to iv Armies of his Moft Majelty, and having in. the above Articy of his Miflion, prdd fulfilled, and thef Upon the R to et fome o a clearer Ligh G n 3 5 FRIDAY,\ Deceuser 16. 1757 II. Thatit having been repréfented rhat the country of * Lauenbourg could not contain above 15 Battalions and fix Squadrons, and that the Town of Stade could not abloldtely contain the 6oco Menthat were deftined to be {ent there, his Excellency Marfhal Richlien, being prefs’d by M. de Lynar, who fupported this Reprefentation with the Guaran- tee of his Danifh Majefty, has confented,and his Royal High- nefs the Duke of Cumberland engages, to fend over the E be 15 Battalion®aand fix Squadrons, and that all the Hunters, the ten Battalions and 28 Squadrons that remain thall be pla- ced“n Stade and round it, within the Line, which fhail’ be diftinguithed by P&Ms, from the Mouth of the Luke in the Elbe, pafling by Hamburgh inclufively, and ieading direélly - to the Mouth of the Elmerbeck ia the River Offe. Never- thelefs, it is to be underffood, that the above mentioned ten Battalions and 28 Squadrons {ha¥ ‘be placcd there, as they ftand at the Time of making the prefent corvention, and fhall not upon any Pretence whatfoever be either recruited or augmented ; and this Claufe is particularly guaranteed by the Count de Lynar, in the Name:of his Danifh Majeity. IIT. Upon what has been reprefented on the Partof his Royal Highnefs the Duke of Cumberland, that according to the Articles of the Convention, all the Troops, both of the Army and the detached Corps, could not be brought under Stade within 48 Hours, his Excellency Marfhal Richlien has agreed to grant the Time that may be neceflary for that Pur- pofe, upon Condition that the corps encamped at Buck Schantz, and the Army encamped.at Bremerworden, fhould begin to mareh within 24 Hours afier the figning the Conven- tion. The Time neceflary for fufther Regulations fhail be fettled between Lieutenant General Sporcken and the Mar quis de’ Villemur, firft Lieutenant Geperal of the King’s Ar- my, as alfo the Execution of the Aticle concerning the Te- fpe@ive Limits. 3 The prefent convention, or feparate Asticles, are made e- qdally. under the exprefs Gurantee of his Danith Majefty, who undertakes to infure the Execation of them. : SPBIVLPREIDLRERLO2OPRR L VENICE (in ltaly) Sept. . T here have been the greateft Floods here known in the Memory of the oldeit Man living, by which the Republic has fultained a Damage computed at near four Millions of Ducats. The Water rofe eighteen Feet perpendicular in the Town of Verona,and carried away one of their principal Bridges. More than ten Thoufand.Inha- bitants were take out of the Garret Windows in Boats. Paris, (in France) Sept. 26. Since the Repulle which the Corfican Rebels have met with-at San Pelegrino, the Englith Men of War have quitted the coafts of Corfica, and have beendieering Eaflward. ” TovuLow, (@ firong and populous City of France) Sept. 8. M. de la Clae’s fquadros is entirely careened, and taking in provifions with fuch difparch, that they work fandays-and holidays. We have no ‘accounts from Cosdica, nor of the Englifh fleet which blocks up Baftia. report of the great preparations making here and/dt Marfeiiles will check the ardour of tire rebels who ate 'in arms, aod who, withcut doubt, will be apprelienfive of Thme faral over- throw. This report is {pread alompzhe coafl of dralv, and will eafily reach Corfica. ‘J"fiuas . W - here ; and . we expeét 'this autumn the fga Grammont, compofed of 3 Thips of (hode Haervym, (in Holland ) "Sept. den; and otlser Piaces iu thiy] by curious Obflggers, a € tice of the 16th 1 the Conftellation G it was again feeng at one 6'Cloc iy about four peimavg o ity It is probaihe, that the Nuwms. 63. GAZETTE, Foreign and Domeflick. m:flaries appointed to fettle the Limits and Boundaries of the Eunglith and French in America : And, That ali the Ships taken from the French before'the Declaration of War, fhall be reftored or fatisfaétion for them in Money. To all which, we are informed, that our Sovereign made a moft glorious Anfwer, that the French had done their uttermoft, and that he would not accept of thofe inglorious Terms whilft-he had. a Ship of War that could fail, or a Man to fight. ey By a fthip which arrived here lait Saturday from Crook- haven we have an Account, thaton Monday the 3d Inftant, the Halifax Packet Boat, in 20 Days from Halifax, with ~ Difpatches for the Government, put in there in his Way to Faimoath. 4 BristoL, Offcb. 1. We hegr from Weymouth, that Cudluck fnow capt. Jenkin, from the Gold coaft, blew vp i an Engagement with a French Privateer on the zd Inftant and all on board perifhed. . ' L.ON D.O N Sept. 24. Private Letters from Sweden advife that there a ftrorrg Party in Favour ofthe King of Pruffia in that Kin dom. The Fermentation is particalarly among theDalecq lians. Papers have been difperfed every where, and pofted uy at the corners of the ftreets, with thefe words in {wedifh ; ““ No limited King Adolphus Fredericas : Buat another abfo- lute Sowereign Charles King of the Swedes, Goths, and Vandalegy awho, avith the beroick Souls of the Charles’s, may recover the Prowinces conquered by the Ruffians and Danes.” Oftober 4. By a Gentleman arrived from Paris we hav an Account, that they are in the utmoft Confternation ther about our grand Armament ; that Councils are frequent held at Verfailles ; and that People fhew (as much as the dare) the Diffatisfaltion they have at the Condut of the Court, for as they fay, what fignifies any Conqueft or Advan tages we may gain on the Continent, if the finews of W (our Trade) is like to be undone. ! By an Account received of the Battle between the Pruflia and Ruffians, it appears that the latter had 24,000 Menki led and wounded. p Four private Dock Yards are, before Chriftmas Day, j the Penalty 6f 10001.4¢ach, to.laanch 3 32 Gun Frigate, The Surprize, a thip from Rochelle for Cape- Breton, lad: with Provifions, is fent into Penzance by the Spesdwell M of War. Scme thips of War are preparing with all Expedition {ail to the Weft-Indies, to relieve thehips ftationed there. Yefterday a poor woman, who had expended her all the purchafe of a lottery ticket, on enquiry atan office, fou! it had drawn a 100l prize, the fudden news of whichh fuch an ef=& upon her, thatihe fell fenfelefs on the and it was with great difficulty that by bleeding and ol affiltance fhe conid be brought to herfelf, but fhe remai il fo bad that her recovery is doubtful.—The Abbe de Vi has wrote a learned treatife on the Pajfions, which conta a curious difquifition on the confequences of fudden grief 2 joy, in which he proves the latter tabe infinitely more fa t®%fie human frame than the former—Amongft the m inflance] 0 o R c Bt «fory ©