The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, February 3, 1758, Page 2

R s Falwinuth, 08. 8. Since my laf arriv’d the Fox- acket, Broad, from Corunna ; the Expedition Packet, * “Clies, from Lifbon ; and the: Earl of Halifax Packet, “from New®ork. Saile? the Southampton Man of "War, with the French Man of War, her Prize, and the “Lizard Man of War, with a Cenvoy, to ‘the'Eaftward. “From the V7€ Indiaand American Monthly Patket of Intelligence, for the Months of O&ober and November, “brought by the Packet, who arrived at New-York the “agth Infiart, we have the following Articles, viz. ) b NS DO N, _ '0&. 3. "Wehéar Liord Halifax is again ndmed to e firft tord of trade. OZ. 14. The St. Alban man of warhas taken a #revich merchant thip in’ the Medite rranean, worth up- ‘watds of 25000 L. The Eaft India company ‘have received an exprefs tover land from ‘Fort St. George dated the tsth of March, with advice, that the great mogul has been de- " wofed, and 2 new one appointed+in his room ; and that they had received an account thattwélve ‘French men of war were {ziled for Pondicherry. { His majefty’s fhips ‘remaining 4t Spithead, are the Royal George, Royal Ann, Royal William, Barfleur, Neptane, Namure, Magnanime, Pritcels Ainelia, Dub- bin, Alcide, Jafon, Thetis, Pembroke, Firedrake and Infernal bombs, Poftillien, Cormorant, Pluto, Porcu- pine, and Lizard floops. 04. 17. Above 30,000 §aziters of Bats, 250 tons of wheat, and upwards of 100 tons of butter, having been thipped within thefe few days at the portsof Lon- don and Lynn, for Hamburgh, an embargo was laid thereon laft Friday ; and on Saturday it was relanded. Orders of the fame nature are fent to other ports. 0#.18. TheJerfey and Lyme men ef war have taken, and carried into Leghorn, four rich French fhips. O#. 19. A court martial will foon be called, to en- fjuirednto the conduét of the late expedition : and this, it is faid, at the requeft of the commander in chief, who écfires it may be done in the moft public manner. It is faid that very large remittances have been fent to a proteffaat prince in Germany. ‘0&. 20. The following is an extra&t of a letter from Portimouth, dated O&ober 18. ‘“Thefleet here are getting ready with the utmolt expedition for fea ; it will confift of above twenty {ail of men of war. Sir Edward Hawke is expeQed here in a day ortwo to take . the command of it, and the admirals Xnowles and Bro- derick will go to0.” The Polly, White, from Bofton, is takenand carried into Cadiz. O#. 21. It isfaid that the exprefs from colonel ‘Workeat the Hague brought advice, that theemprefs - of Ruffia wa: taken ill while the was at divine fervice, gnd that the had a vein opened, wiiich had no effe&t 5 o that it was fuppofed the was dead. O 22. A Freoch privateer of 18 carriage gunsy belonging to Bayonne, is taken and broughe into Fal- mou'h by the St. George privaseer; of London, Capt: Robfon. The Rofs, Gramont, from Bayonne for St. Domingo; was taken in the bay of Bifcay by admiral Bofcawen’s fleet, and fent to Guernfer. The Polly, Coas, from Bofton to Oporto, is taken and - tarried into Cadiz. In fome letters from Germany, by yefterday’s mail; it is hinted, that Saxony will foon be evacuated by the Pruffians, in confequence of a convention concluded between the courts of Verfailles, Drefden, and Berlin. ——But it is not clear that thofe letter- writers are in, the fecrets of the cabinet. O4. 24. There are lettersin Town which give an account, that the fleet under the command of admiral Hawke {ailed on Friday laft at 12 -0’clock for the Bay. | O&.25. Itwasyefterday reported on Change, that @ cartel fhip, arrived at Dover from Calais, had brought am aceount that orders were come there, and to all the ea ports in France, to ftop every thip which came from ILifbon, as the plague had broke out there the 2d inftant. Fifteen fhips of the line are ready to put to Sea from Breft with the firlt fair wind. This intelligence was rocured from the Prince de 1a Borde privateer, brought nto Plymouth. ; pit_is faid rhat his royal bighnefs prince Edward will oon be appointed colonel of a regiment of foot. His majefty’s fhip the Winchefter, rear admiral Frank- in, is arrived at Plymouth from Antigua. ‘They write from Plymonth, that on: Sunday pafled by that harbour a fleet of ten fail, fuppofed to be Sir I dward Hawke’s fquadron, and were joined from thence by the Burford, Rochefter, and Biddiford men of war, nd two floops. : - The Norwich man of war, from Portfmouth, is ar- fived at Cork, with the tranfports under convoy. Oa. 29. By letters trom Lifbon, dated the 13th; it appears, there was no appearance of any infectious ditemper there. - O&. 31. Sir John Legionier is appointed comman- Jer in chi ef of his majefty s land forces in Great Britain. The Eagle privateer, of ‘Briftol, has taken a large hip from St. Domingo, faid to be very rich. Prom Paris they write, that there are reports ofa ufpenfion of arms. Nowember 1. Yefterday thers was a great council it Kenfington. : ’ «Tis faid a publick and ftri€t enquiry will foon be nade into the condu@ of the officers i the Jate expe; ST e 8 Now. 2. Thereis advice frof America, that the fleet under admiral Holbturn hadfuffered in.a ftorm, - Now. g The tranfports, with the troopsfor North- Anmerica, failed from Cork the 23d of Otolier. “Tis {2id that the duke of Marlborough, lord George Backville, with generai Waldegrave, are'to be of the “cemmittee of enquiring into the late expedition. Now. &, Orders arefent t0 all the yards to fit out ali the thips which are fit for fervice. : We hear that no more trodps are going to the Eaft- ndies. - % ) PrinceEdward hzs got thefirft regiment of foot-guard. This Day a motion was made in the common coun- “¢il, to addrefs the king in the late expedition ; -but on the lord mayor’s declaring that he had received a mef- ¥age that warrants were iffued out for an enquiry, it was withdrawa. We hear the King of Pruffia is gone back to Silefia, after having fecured Berlin. The Ruflians were demolifhing the fortifications of Menvel. Now. 8. Admiral Knowles isto command at Port- fmouth. . ' Notember, 12. The Humber lmar of wvar from Ja- maica, with 14 fail, were [poke quith the 3 ult. 356 Leagues ta the wefizsard §.ths refi of the fleet bhad [epart- ed in a florm. * ! On T'vefday an enquiry begau into the laté expedition. The following is‘a more particular - Acconnt of Com- modore Forrest’s Engagement with the French, than has been hitherto publifh'd. KINGS TON, in Jamarca. O&ober 29. His Majelty’s fhip the Aagufta, com- manded by Arrur Forrest, Efg; the Dreadnought, by Morris Suckring, Efg; and the Edinburgh, by WiLiiam Lancoon, Efg; being out on a cruize to proteét our thipping from falling into the hands of the French privateers, who fwarm about the iflands out of number ; the commanding officer, Capt. Forreft, hav- ing ‘had information that 3 large fleet of loaded mer- chantmen, under the convoy of four fhips of the line; and three frigates, viz. L’Intrepide, of 74 guns, Monf. De St.. Kurzim ; Le Sceptre, 74 ;. L’Opiniatre, 64 ; the Greenwich, 54 ; L'Ontarde frigate, 44 ; Le Sa- vage, and La Licence, of 36 guns each, were at Cape-. Franceis in readinefs to fail, after looking into the Cape, and making himfelf fure that the above account was tiue, immediately gave Admiral Coates notice of their fituation-and number, by a fmall tender called the Fly- ing Fifh, belonging to the Emilia privateer, the fole property of Auguftine Merida, Efg; who had been out to carry provifions to the Emilia, and was retarning to Jamaica, not being able to meet with her ; Capt. For- reft ordered the malterof thetender to make all poflible hafte to Port-Royal, to deliver his letter to/the admiral, which the mafter of the floop did, and happily arrived fafe with the news, and alfo that the littie {quadron were refolved to block up the Cape till the admiral could fend a reinforcement to them ; after this Capt. Forreft, having an opportunity to write again, apprehenfive that the Flying Fith might fall into the hands of a French privateer, wrotea fecond letter by a floop, which either through the perfidy or negleét of the mafter, was not thrown overboard when the floop fell into the hands of the French ; therefore they, i. e. the French, foon got information of Capt. Forreft’s intention, and it was near three weeks after the arrival of the Flying Fifh, before the fhips were got ready to go to their affiftance ; at laft, about the 1zth inflant, the Princefs Mary, and Lively went out, and at the fame time a {mall fleet of merchantmen, and the pacquet ; we are not informed bow far they had diretions to convoy the fleet and pacquet, but they never joined the fquadron as expeQ- ed, by which means their vigilant look-out and gallant intention was in a great meafure fruftrated ; for on the 22d inft. about 7 in the morning; the Dreadnought, being the headmoft fhip in fhore, made the fignal for feeing the fleet coming out of the Cape, npon which the Augufia and Edinburgh ¢rowded all the fail they could, to come near enough to difcover their ftrength ; about-8 o'clock they could plainly diftinguifh feven large fhips, a {chooner and a pilot boat, they then tack- ed to bring their fhips in a proper pefition to keep the weather gage of the edemy ; thisbeing done, the com- manding officer made a fignal for the other two captains to come on board, which they immediately did—— # avere to be wifbed that all our councils of war aould take 70 more time in their deliberations than did thefe wvorthy gentlemen,—the queftion awas not, awhat fuperior Sirength the enemy bad, or how unequal the combat ; all that we can learn of this council of war in miniatare is, that the commanding officer faid 'to the other two gentlemen, You fee the force of the enemy, is it your refolution to fight them, or not 2 Upon which they both refolutely an- fwered i «was ; here the council of war ended, having lafted about rhirty feconds ; Capt. Forreft wifhed them a good miorning, and defired them to make all poflible hafte on board, and giving orders for a royal falute, it being the day of his Majefty’s coronation, immc?tely threw out the fignal for the line, one fhip a head of the othier, as near as poflible, the Dreadnought to lead ; which being formed with the greateft expedition, they made all the fail they could venture to make, preferv- ing the weather gage ; at this time the enemy crowd_ed all the fail they could, and ftood towards our fhips,which were meeting them with their reefed topfails : but the French percsiving our flips haul up theit forefails, they e ¢ £ tacked, and flood for the Jand ; which greatly furpriz- ed Capt. Forreft, who immediately threw out a fignal to tack, and ftand after them, Which the enemy obferv-> ?ng., they immediately formed themfelves into a Tine, waiting for our little {quadron ; whi (was of very great advantage to the enemy, for they 0 properly prepared, they gave our people a moft f reception;, by which the thips received more damage than they - did during the Whole time of the acion, though it laft-. ed two hours and a half, having began about 3 0'clogk 4 in the afternoon. The French began firing at a great diftance, which our fhips returned with equal fpirit, as foon as they came near encugh for i)roper fervice ; in fhort, the engagement was as furious as it was poflible ; - never was there an aflion more unequal, or more rwar;nb difputed ; ’tisfaid the Dreadnought in the heat of the ation was fome confiderable time between twa fires but fuftained it with infinite bravery, till the Edinbdrgl; raftin to her afitance ; meder did man behawe with more undaunted courage and prudence than the commander in chief. —~We believe it will not be faid of thefe three gallant gentlemen, as M. de Faucauk faid of a captain of a man of war, who fome time ago fell an eafy viim _ into their hands, being afked if the Englith captain be-~ haved gallantly ; replied, that the captain was a pru- - dent man, and took great care of the king of England's fubjects.—The French commodore was at Jatt fo difa- bled, as to be obliged to be towed off by one of.the light frigates, after a moft gallant behaviour ; in the mean time the reff of the French fleet contitued the engagement as brifkly as poflible, to give their commo- dore time to get off ; as foon as they f{aw her out of danger, finding themfelves in a moft fhattered condi- tion, and night coming on, they made all the fail they could from our fhips,which were all three perfe@ wrecks, tinder no fort of command, having all their mafts, fails and rigging fo difabled, as made it impoffible to give them chace. The commapder in chief of this little gallant fquadron did all that was poffible to put the fhips in a condition to return, for it was impraicable fon them to keep the feas ; and in that tattered condition they arrived fafe here on the z5th inftant. It was ob- fervable, that never anxiety equalled that of the feamen, till they knew the determination of their officers, avhich, awbet they beard, they were ready to run mad with Jors buzzaing and throwing up their bats and wigs in t1s air like people infpired ; and throughout the whaole behaved accordingly. The whole was a feene of unparalleied bravery. The great odds, of femen to three, Jirwed bup to aroufe, in an extraordinary manner, the arder of 14 Britifb Heroes, who following the example of their berois, commodore, and the refi of their gallant officers, gave mofl afloniflbing proofs of unfbaken courage, of invincible Wlalbl.;‘;_ and amazing intrepidity, i ' There is fo much glory and gallantry in this altion i fpeaks for itfelf ; but as the condu@ of thefe gentlemeq{r‘ can never be too much praifed and admired, we make no doubt but they will meet with a reward from their, king and country fuitable to their merit : But let what will happen, thefe gallant officers will carry to their, graves the glory of having attempted an a&ion thag had not been equalled this war, or furpaffed in any that ave bave read of. The Auvgufta had 27 men wounded, and ¢ killed; befides Mr. Farmer, firft lieutenant, a gentlemen whofg. conduét and courage renders him univerfally regretted ;| her main top galiant-malt was fhot away the firlt fire, great damage done to her rigging and hull, and hes main matit difabled. %A X The Edinburgh has alfo fuffered greatly in her rig4 ging, &c. and had 6 men killed, and 3z wounded. . The Dreadnought is alfo in a very bad condition,. baving 12 men killed, and Zo wounded, her fore-top- malt (hot away tothe cap, her running rigging and ftays, all thot away, and feveral fhot betwixt wind and water. State of the Britifo and French [bips. : " French. Englifh. Ships Guns Guns Men. 1 of 74 and 70 ,and s5sa 74 and of 60 and 450 64 -and of 6o and 4350 54 and —_— 44 and 36 and 24 and — Men. Ships 800 1. oF 800 700 §50 350 390 300 Odds 4 I 1 3 1450 180 2350 370 3800 7 370 3800 The number of killed (including thofe who have died fince the attion of their wounds) is 40, and 78 wounded.. There are now cruizing of Cape Francois, upwards of 30 Englifh privateers, in wait for the French mer- chantmen. PR ; Nowember 19. Thurfday laft was fent in by the Amelia privateer, James Grant commander, a French fchooner, loaded with upwards of 76 hogfheads of fugar. Laft Sunday came to Kingfton Capt. Lewis Edwards; commander of the brigantine Rebecca, from Carthagena, and bound to Philadelphia, who was taken by a French, privateer floop, of 10 carriage and 30 fwivel guns,and | 80 men, about 12 leagues to the fouthward of this ' ifland, on the 8th inftant, after an engagement of three quarters of an hour ; but it being calm, the privateer rowed along fide, and perceiving their weaknefs, im- mediately prepared for boarding,on which the Rebecca ¢ 1 1 I 1 1 = 7 - ftruck. On Wedne(day arrived at Port-Rayal the privateer floop Prince Edward, Capt. Hicky, of 8 carrjage guns, befides fwivels, with 91 menjbelonging to ew-York, ' an R |