The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, March 3, 1758, Page 4

e ——_ , #”/ Now. 13. q“”f LONDON, Y On faturday the board of enquiry met, and the jour- /.~’nals were produced ; asalfo the minutes of a council of war, bat the latter not being authenticated, they were difaliowed. Then general M ——. read his defence ; and the board acjéurn’d to yef- derday, when it opened about 12 o’clock, with general C s reading his defence ; and admiral B was examined in regard to a letter he wrote admiral H , which he fthewed tothe general before he fent it ; whereby it appeared to his opinion, that he might have landed the firft embarkation before break of day, and returned to the fhip. Then the Duke of M——-, as prefident, afked feveral queftions of the general, which, with their anfwers, were wrote down. ‘I'hen colonel W——was called in, by requeft of the general, and examined as to his opinion about landing, and what he had heard relating to the attack of fort Fouras, which was intended for a place of retreat, incafe: they did not fucceed, which was, that the men might land near Chatelaillon, there being only a battery of fix guns that he cou!d difcover ; but then there were many fandhills that fo fmall a force as 1006 footand z or 300 horfe might prevent their Janding ; and as to fort Fouras, it might be carried by ftorm, and thatcaptain C - had offered to batter it with his thip ; that the fort to the beft of his knowledge, was a weak one; having only the platform of 24 embrazares next the water fide, as he could difcern by the help of glaffes ; and as it was on a peninfula, the forces might have attacked it on botli fides at the fame time the fhips lay before it; and that he propofed a feint towards Rochelle and the ifle of Rhee, during the time of the attack and landing. He being difmifi- ed, was defired to attend in the next room ; and the prefident pro- ceeded in examining the general. ; Now. 17. It is faid, the firt bufinefs to be done by the houfe of commons, will be, to grant a {ubfidy to the kiog of Pruffia of one mil- Jion flerling, to fupport the proteflant caufe and libertyof the empire. The board of enquiry fat on Monday ’till 4 o’clock, whenA—— K—— was keard, who affirmed, that the bomb veflels could not come nearer than three miles of the fort Fouras, and that the {mall veflels in which he went to recoanoitre the fort, was a ground five times in an hour ; and he faid, he knew, that if the mortar had had all the powder requifite, it would not throw the thell above two miles & 3 quarters ; therefore we could not come within reach to deftroy that fort by fea. After this they adjourned ’till yefterday ; when they opened, and again afked a feveral interefting queftions ; and after him, ¢ LC was examined, and an- iwered the feveral queftions put to him with great judgmentin a very diftin¢t and clear manner, and faid, ¢ that he was ftiill confirmed in the opinion which he had given to the c——1 before he went on the expedition, for which he was obliged to trult and depend on his me- mery (having defiroyed his papers of the obfervation he made be- fore he left Rochefert for fear of being taken up as a fpy) by the engineer, commander; and a filherman he took at the ifle of Aix, all of whom he was very particular with. Hedrew with his pencil be- fore the engineer, that part of Rochefort which was the weakeft when he was there, and the engineer confirmed that there had been no addition or alteration fince ; and that the dry ditch could not be overflowed by reafon of the unequalnefs of the ground ; and that the pilot on board the Magnanime cffered to pilot them into the river Charante, as a thing very praficable. Some inftruftions given by Sir J—L-———having been read on Monday by the g——1Is, the hon. board this day received a meflage frem Sir j—L by a col. of the guards, that thofe infiructions were not givén as commands, but as advice, from the experience and knowledge he had gained by long fervice ? to which the g— Is alfo concurred. About three o’clack the enquiry came'to a conclufion, when lord Geo. § make a fhort Speech to the generals, and concluded, that the moft difagreeable things, next to being tried him- felf, was that of being appointed to fit on an enquiry of thofe gentle- men whofe courage and fidelity had been {o often tried ; after which Sir J—M ———thanked the board for the candor and indulgence, and concluded with the following fpeech : “ Permit me, in the firft place, to pay my moft humble acknow- ledgements to this honourable board,for the candor and impartiality with which this enquiry into my conduét has been carried on.— No- thing but a full aflurance of that from the beginning could have af- forded eale in my prelent fituation.—1 am thoroughly confcious of having done every thing in my power, in the courfe of the late ex- pedition, for the good of his majefty’s fervice, as far as human fallibi- lity could judge. I afk no palliation for guilt, no pardon for difobe- dience to the royal commands, but moft firmly and fleadily rely on the fame juftice and impartiality from the report of this enquiry, to his majefty, as I once more own it my happinefs to have been indul- ed with from this hanourable board.” In the courfe of the enquiry, among feyeral other papers produced before the board, the foliowing lift is faid to have been given in of the number of the French forces, and were ftationed. 119,000 in Germany. 25,00 in America, and their iflands, 4000 in the Eafk Indies. 10,000 o the fea-coaft of France, from St. Valley to Bagonne, being an extent of 400 miles. 29,000 in the gar- rifon and ipterior parts of France next the empire, and from Calais down to Provence,—Total 187,000. On the general’s doubting the authority of this lift, and from whence it could be received; he was anfwered from our fpies in B F———; and that he, with the admira}a’g o —and K—e———, was prefent at a private ¢ el t,n‘ad'wm informed of this and before he went out ; and then he k . {everal other particulars, relative kg‘& hope for fuccefs of the expe- dition they were going on. GF 5 38 Now. 29. We hear that thevindefagigable King of Pruifia, im- mediately after his Victory over the combined'Army, gave proper Orders for a warm Parfuit, and ftept himfelf into a Poft Chaife and - drove for Pomerania, to lead the Army under Marfhal Lehwald againft the Swedes. . y According to the moft exact Accounts, the Number of Prifoners made by the Pruflians, amouats to about 6000, among whom are 11 General Officers, 19 Colonels, and 166 Captains, Licutenants, Enfigns, and Cornets. : , By a Lift of the Pruffian Army, faid to be taken upon the Field of Battle, before the Action began, it confifted of 18,000 Foot, and 7000 Horfe, who were employed fome Hours in Prayer and fing- ing Pfalms. : X ADVERTISEMENTS. Samuel Livermore, LAWYER, OTIFIES his Clients and Friends, That he hath newly open'd his.Orrice in the Houfe of Mrs. Elizabeth Pafchall in Portfmoath, where all Perfons applying to him for his Adviceand Aflitance in his faid Profeflion, may depend on being ferved with Fidelity and Difpatch. % Said Liwermore hath by him a few NEWBURY LOTTERY TICKETS to difpafe of. 2 : i it st s o e e, i e S St e A o R R OHN LEATCH’s ISLAND at Little- : Harbour, with a Dwelling Houfe, Barn, and Orchard ; wliicl['n {ome Years makes thirty odd Barrels of Cyder ; and will wiater and fummer feven Cows and ten Sheep. There is alfo a good Well, and Pond to water Cattle ; together with a large Thatch Bed. Enquire of Mrs, Damarii Wheelwright, of Portfmouth, and know further. -2 D e . e P ] TO be SOld by Publick VENDUE ; | to the Higheft Bidder, on 7hur/day the Ninth of March next, at Four of the Clock in the Afternoon ; at the Houfe of Mrs Haunab Horney, lonholder in Port/mouth, the Excrise on LIQQORS, for the Province of New -Hamesstre ; for Eight Months from the Firlt Day of Fanuary 1758 inclufive. : Porrsmoutn, Feb. 16th. SAmMPsoN SHEAFE, 1758. Ereazer RusseLL } Coininithit. | | | | | | | | | FraNncrorT (in Germany ) Decemb. 9. The Prince de Soubife, who came here from Hanau Province of New Hampsuive. HEREAS we the Subfcribers areappointed Commiffioners by the Honouradble Judge of Probate, for faid Province, to receive and ¢x amine the Claims of the feveral Creditors to the Eftate of Daniel Perkins, late of Hampton Falls, in faid Pro- vince, Cordwainer, deceafed, reprefented Infolvent. THESE are to NOTIFY all Perfons concern’d, That we will attend that Bufinefs at the Heufe of Lieut. Caleb Highnefs fet out yefterday for the immediate. march of his Army. m M. Richlien, witk Orders Sanborn, Tonholder in Hampton- Falls, on the laft Mon- pt day in this, and on the third Mondays in the five follow- ’ (&R ing Months, from three to fix 0’Clock in the Afternoon. = Hampton Falls, Mejbech Weare, ’ E Fonathan Savctt. P Feb. 8, 1757, 3 T Province of NEw-HaMPsHIRE, HEREAS we the Subfcribers are appointed Commiflioners by the Honourabfe Judge of Probate, for faid Province, to receive and ex- amine the Claims of the feveral Creditors to the Eftate of Amos Dwinall, late of Hampton Falls, in faid Province, Phyfician, deceafed, reprefented Infolvent. THESE are to NOTIFY ail Perfons concern’d, That we will attend that Bufinefs at the Houfe of Lieut. Calcb 8anborn, Inoholder in Hampton Falls, on the laft Mon- day in this,and on the third Mondays in the five follow- ing Months, from fix to nine o’Clock in the Afternoon. Hampton Falls, Mefbech Weare, Feb. 8, 1758. 3 Fonathan Swett. 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