The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, March 3, 1758, Page 3

P i Extra& of a Letter from Port/mouth, dated Jan. 8. % Advice is arrived here, that Commodore Keppel, in theTorbay, of 8o guns, and Capt. Wheeler in the Ifis of 5o guans, have taken in the bay .a large Freach thip from the South Seas, immenfely rich, and fent her into Plymogth. Out of the number of tranfports that are lying here forty of them are ordered to be got ready for the fea ~ on the firft notice. According to fome private advices, Prince Ferdinand of Brunfwick ~ yreceived orders from the King of Pruffia not to hazard a general en- - gagement with Marfhal Richelieu till he was reinforced - and it is farther faid, that the King of Pruffia fet out from Breflau for Lower Saxony on the 27th of November, in order to take upon him the command of the forces deftined to drive theFrench out of Germany. We hear that orders are given for the getting ready to fail for the Eah Indies eight men of war, which were to relieve the fquadren under the command of the Admirals Watfon and Poceck, which are to be repaired and refitted. ; The troops intended for North. America, have received orders to be ready to march on the firft notice. ; Capt. Bray, of the Adventure armed fhip, who behav'd fo gal- lantly in teking the Machault privateer, is appointed by the Lords of the Admiraity Captain of his Majefty’s fhip Prince(ls Amelia, of - 80 guns, as a reward for his fervices. Six men of war are getting ready to fail for the Bay, in order to join' the 16 left on the French coaft by Admiral Hawke. There are letters in cown from Spain, which brings an account of the great armaments which were making there, and that every thing appears to be preparations for war ; it is likewile faid, that an em- bargo is laid on all Englith veffels from the ports of Spain. A very firong fguadren is ordered to be got ready with all expe- dition at Port{mouth. : ‘Tt is faid that a Dutch fhip laden with bale goods, and an Englith man of war ef forty guns, are loft in the rode of Alderny, and only fifty perfons faved out of both fhips. A certain Ecclefiattic, who flew from France to the Pruffian do- minions fometime fince, being a man of learning, the King took him under his protection, but having lately found out that he carried on a fecret confederacy with the late Queen of Poland, to poifon him, he ordered him to be hung up direétly. " Lifbon, Sept. 26. We have received Advice, that the gth of July, at Eleven in the Night, a very violeat Shock of an Earthquake was felt in the Azores ; that Part of St. George'’s Ifland was {wallowed up, with about 1500 Perfons; that in the Iflands of Tercera, St. Michael, and Fayal, many Houfes were thrown down ; and that all the dnhabitants lived under Tents in the Fields, fince this Difafter. CHARLEST O W N, (Soath Carolina,) Fan. 26. The Mafter of the King Hendrick’s Prize, which arrived here laft . Week, mentions, that before he left Monte Chrifti, he heard "that four Englith Privateers had taken off that Place, after a fmax_'t En- gagement, a large French Ship of 24 Guns, as fhe was going to Cape Francois, which was faid to be afterwards bound to the Miffifip- pi, having on board 100 Pieces of Cannon, 400 Barrels of Gun- powder, and other warlike Stores, and had fent her to Jamaica Feb. 2. We hear that one Bouet, Commander of a Rhode [fland Veflel called the George, has lasely plundered a Spanith Schooner from the Bay of Honda, laden with Timber for the King’s Ulfe ; and that the Spaniards complain of more Violence of the like Kind, having been lately committed by other Britith Commanders.—Sure- ly, thefe Men do not confider the Confequences of fuch unwarrant- able Proceedings ; more efpecially ata Time when the Courts of Great Britain and Spain cultivate and keep up the ftriCtett Harmony and Good Correfpondence, which ought to be carefully preferved by their refpeQtive Subjefts : If they don't, they would do well to re- colleé the Example recently made of Capt. Charles White, Com- mander of an Aotigua Privateer, on a Complaint of an Outrage by him committed upon a Spanith Snow. On Monday laft arrived here the Privateer Brigantine' Earl of Loudoun, of New- York, commanded by Capt. John Wailace, difa- bled in ali her Spars, havinghad a {mart two Hours and an half’s Hagagement on the 4th of January laft, with a French Ship (off the Eaft End of Porto Rico) of above 400 Tons Burthen, 16 fix Pound- ers and 84 Men, of and for Marfeilles, from Martinico, laden with * Sagar, Cotton, Coffee, Cocoa, &c. which fhe took the fame Day (the Brigantine Johnfon, Capt. Wright, his Confort, being in Sight) and fent her to New York. The Earl of Loudoun had her fecond Lieutenant, Mr. Hamilton, and fix Men killed in the Engagement, and 16 Men wounded. ; Yefterday arrived in Town the Wolf King, a Creek Chief, (of great Note, and remarkably weli difpofed towards the Englifh)with feveral other Head men of that Nation, and immediately had an Audience of the Governor in the.Council-Chamber ; being con- duéted thither by the Charles-Town Troop of Horfe, and received there by the Hon. Col. Montgomery’s Company of Grenadiers, Some Cherokee Headmen have alfo lately been in Town ; And, to all Appearance, both Nations are at this Time in a2 Temper very advantageous to his Majefty’s Intereft in America ; fo that cur In- dian Affairs, (once very fluQuating thro’ the Artifices and Infinua- tions of the French) now again wear a moft pleafing Afpedt. NE W.Y OR K, February 13. We hear from Weft- Chefter, that on Saturday Night the 4th In- flunt, the Court Houfe at that Place was unfortunately burnt to the ). Ground : We have not learnt yet how it happened. Feb. 20. our laft) came vp trom Sandy. Hook : She is called, La Reine Efther, Monfieur Grenou, Commander ; was taken the 22d of December lat, on her Voyage for Cape Francois from Cape Breton, having Tuefday laft Capt. Nichell’s Prize, (as mentioned in left the lait mentioned Place, eleven Days before. Ouly two of the eight that died on board this Ship, were Englith, the other fix being Frenchmen. The fecond Captain of the above Prize, acquaints us,, That the Dogger Decoy, Captain Knights, of this Port, was taken by aFrench 64 Gun Ship, iu the River St. Lawrence, and carried -into Cape- Breton, out of which Place they have 20 Privateers, one a Snow of 16 Guns, formerly the Maffachufetts Country Veflel Prince of Wales, Captain Dowfe, who bad the Mistortune to be taken by a Frigate laft'Summer, and carried into Louifbourg. They have coa- verted the Doggerintoa Brig. Saturday laft the Earl of Leicefter Packet, Capt. Morris failed from hence for Falmouth. The fame.Day was fent in here by Captain Halley of this Port, 2 fmall French Brig, which he took about 26 Days ago, in Compa - ny with a Rhode-Ifland Privateer Sloop: She was bound from Nantz for Cape-Francois, as a Packet, and hasa trifling Cargo, of Flour, &c. She came in under the Command of Captaia Smith. B O § T O N, February 27. Extralt of a Letter from Lifbon, dated the 26th of January 1758. ““ You may depend on what we wrote you the 24th, of the King of Pruffia’s glorious Viclory obtained ower the Aufirians the §th ult.— in which he made upwards of 20,000 Priloners :—He alfo retook Bre- Slaw the 18th or 19thof Jaid Month,and made 10 or.12,000 more Pri- Jomers, as alfo 14 General Officers, and about 300 other Officers.—We look wpon thefe two Vidlories as the laft defirultive Blow the Aufirians could receive.—Qn the oober Hand, the Hanoverians are driving the French before them : and as theKing of Pruffia bas femt 10,000 *eteran. Troops to their dffifiance, the Duke of Richelieu is in a bad Situation.’— By Perfons arrived from Albany we are informed, that a Number of Soldiers belonging to Fort Edward, being out about Bufinefs ac fome Diftance from the Fort, they were fired upon by a Party of the Enemy, and twelve of them killed, and a thirteenth got back to the Fort, but without his Scalp. ’Tis alfo faid, that five more of the Party were miffing.—They likewife inform, that 2 Number of Mo- hawks had been to Ticendorage, killed and {calped fix Frenchmen. We hear from Rhode-Ifland, that laft Week died there, greatly lamented, the Honorable WILLIAM GREENE, Efq; Governor of that Colony. By a Letter from Lifbon dated the 15th of January laft, we are informed, That a Veflel with Highlanders on board bound for Ha- lifax, having fprang a Leak at Sea, had put in there to ftop it. A Privateer belonging to Warren (in Rhode-1fland Government) has taken a Prize Schooner, laden with Sugar, Coffe, &c. and fent her to New- London in Order to be condemn’d. Mr. Fowle, February, 2z0. 1758. Pleale to enter thefe few Lines into publick Print, and you'll oblige your humble Servant, &c . N Neaw - Hamp/bire this Inftant happen’d a remarkable Inftance of a young Woman who made Suit to a Man, aad after fhe had gain- ed his Confent, fthe appointed the Night to be married ; then fhe re- turned home to prepare for Wedding, and without any Coft or Trouble to the Man, fent a Man to Port{mouth to buy their Licence, and made Provifion for Supper, and invited her Guefts and dreft her felf at the beft Rate fhe could, and then fent for the Man, the Mef- fenger being gone longer than fhe expeted, made her impatient ; but at length he retarned with the melancholy News,. zbat the Man avould not come ; which put her into a great Confternation. -If this Woman had but waited for the Man to made Suit to her, fhe might have faved her Creditand Money too. B e S o gm0 ity of the County of York Lottery TleetS No. 1. to be Sold by the Publifher of this Paper. LI Perfons Indebted to, or that have any Demands on the Etate of Mr. Nathanael Smith, late of Kingfton in the Province of New- Hampthire, deceafed, are defired to bring in their Accounts to Nathanael Smith of Epping in faid Province, Adminiftrator to faid Eftate, in order for Settiement. And likewife, All Perfons Indebted to, or have Demands on the Eftate of Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, late of Kingfton, in faid Pro- vince aforefaid, Widow, and who was Executrix to the Eftate of the faid Mr. Nathanae! Smith of Kinglon, aforefaid, are defired alfo to bring in their Accounts to the aforefaid Nathanael Smith of Epping, in faid Province, Adminiftrator to the faid Eftate, in order for Setllement. ¢ Perfons are defired to be fpeedy in bringing their Accounts to prevent further Trouble. 1 e ——— —— — —— —— — — — — LL Perfons Indebted to, or have any Demands upon the Eftate of Capt. Fo/eph Chadbourn, Jate of Berwick, in the County of York, deceafed, ate defired to bring their Accounts to Benjamin Chadbowrn, Adminiftrator on faid Eftate, in order for a Scttlement, — ARSIV i g et esifoy Epme Ul Avasa vie we asbwase o e i g - V] (Y731 lj\fl wve)