The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, March 10, 1758, Page 1

‘4 ’ r FRIDAY, Marcu ro. 1738. Nevs-Hampfhire} i Containing the Frefbeft Advices v : L ONDO N, November 24. The laft Letters from Liswon bring the following Account of the great and dreadful EARTHQUAKE that happened lafp Summer in the Azores I, or Weftern Iflands. “ HE gth of July, forty five Minutes paft Eleven at Night, a dreadful Shock, which lafted about two Minutes, was felt in moft of the Azores. All the Houfes in the Ifland of Angra, or Tercero, were violently fhaken. The Implufe of the Earthquake _ which at fitlt was vertical, quickly became horizontal, the Direction being from Weft to Eat. During thefe two Minuates the Earth was moved with fuch farce, that had-the Shock lalted a few Seconds longer, ali the tottering Buildings mult have been {wallowed up. The 10th, about Ten o’Clock in the Morning, there was another Shock ; and a 3d at Four in the Afternoon, as violent as that of the preceeding Day, but its Duration fhorter. In St. George’s Ifland, 21 Leagues from Angra, the Earth quaked the fame Day, and at the fame Hours ; but the Shocks were{o violent, that 1053 Perfons were crufhed to death under the Ruins of the Houfes. ‘T'he Con- fiernation of the Inhabitants redoubled the 10th in the Morning, at the Sight of 18 new Iflands, which arofe at the Diftante of ico Fa- thoms on the North Side of the Ifland. At the Fayans des Vimes the fame Shock threw down all the Buildings: No more Houfes, Temples, nor Streets, are to be found there, but only Heaps of Rub- bith and flones. In fome Places whole Fields and Gardens were rolled down into the Sea. There are ftill Slips of Land to be feen at fome Diftance from the Shore, and furrounded with Water, which retain their Form and all their Contents : Upon one of thefe floating Ilands there is 3 Honfe ftanding, planted round with Trees, which bas been po Way damaged. Monte-Formofo, Iying S. S. E. of this Ifland, was fplit in two ; one Part tumbled into the Sea, the other ftands within zoo Yards of it. From the Eaft Point of Topo Ifland,as far as the Town of Caletha, there is yet nothing to be feen but Rains; no Houfe couid ftand the Shock : Nay, the Ground o- pened in {everal Places, aod a Piece of Land, about a Quarter of a League fquare, was carried into the Sea. Some Mountains moved out of their Places : others have entirely difappeared ; fo that the Communication between fome of thofe Iflands, which was formerly practicabie, on account of the Steepnels of the Rocks, is now open and ealy ; where the Mountains ftood there is now a plain. Part of the Village of Nerte- Grande broke loofe from the reft, and forms a new Ifland 300 Yards diftant from it. Al the terrified Inhabitants of thofe Iflands live in the Woods, expefling every Day will be their laft, the quaking Ground fhewing them Graves on every Side. En- ormous Maffas of Stone continually brealk off from the Rocks, and fall into deep Pits formed by the Earthquakes : In fome Places whole Rocks have funk into the Ground. In Pico Ifland thefe Shocks * have been but flightly felt, except on that Side of it which is oppofite < objeet of thefe movements to St. George’s ; that Part of it has been roughly handled, and ele- wen Souls periftied there. On the Day of the firft Shock the Sea broke into St. George’s 1{land, the Waves running from W. to Eaft : In Pico Ifland their Dire@ion was frcm Eaft to Weft, and from 8. to W. in Graciofa. Fayal had bat a fl ght Shock, and the Motion of the Sea was fcarce perceivable. In St. Michael’s and St Mary’s Iflands they felt noching but the Effeéts of an ordinary Shock. The Ifles of Flores and €orvo have been entirely free from this Calamity. 1 Azores, are certain Iflands in the Atlantic Ocean,viz. g in Num- ber, St. Michael, St. Mary’s, wbhich lies next Spain, Tercera on the N. W. St. Graciofa, St. George’s, Faial, and Pico, in the middle, Corvo and Fiores neareft America, St. Michael is #he largeft, Tercerathe flrorgefl, 25 miles from B to W.a Bifpoprick, avbich has in it the Toawn of Angra, the Metropolis, an drchbifbo- prick. ‘1hey are Jubject to the King of Portugal. RATISBON, (alarge, firong,rich, & populous Cityvf Germany) Dec. 7. A true copy of a letter from Monl. de Richlien to his Serene Highnefs Prince Ferdinand of Brun(wick, commander in chicf of the Hanoverian army. St1-E; ; < Qitho’ for_fome days paft 1 hawe perceived the Hanowerian treops in mation, in order to form themfeives into a body, I could not imagine the avas to break the convenmtion of meutrality, Jigned the 8th and 10th of September between his Royal Highnefs toe Dubke of Cumberland and me. {he good faith avbich 1 naturally Jup- pos’d on the part of the king of England Eleéior of Hanower and of bis Sfon, who figaed the convention, blinded me _jo far as to make me believe that the qffembling theje troops bad no other difign than going into Win- Q E9G W NuMmB, 75. £533 s P U A - g PR { Zy\’"-'o L §230 S8 .- e e - 8 Foreign and Domeflick. ter quarters that bad been affigned them. The repeated advices abich came to me from every quarter of the bad intentions of the Hanoverians at length opemed my eyes, and at prefent one may Jee wery clearly that there is a plan formed to break the ariicles of a convention, which ought to be Jfacred and iniolable. “ {he King my mafler baving been informed of thele dangerous mowve- ments, and of the infidelity of the Hanoverians, is fiill ailling to give Jfrofb proofs of bis moderation, and of bis defive to Jpare the effufion of buman blood. It is awith this wiew that 1 hawe the honor to declare to ble them the better to fupport the be augmented one Sol per Diem, for the encouragement of the troops , has ordered meat to be deivered to your Serene Highnefs, in the name of bis Moft Chrifiian Majefly, that 1 85 g 2 perfiff in my rejolution of fulfilling exaltly all the points of the convention, 25 G = 3 provided the Hanoverian army on its part does the fame : but 1 cannot 2,2 § ™ conceal from your Serene Highnefs, that if, contrary to all expetiation, it § 5 «;E‘; Jhould take any equivocal flep, and fiill more, if it fhould commit any aét =2 E 4! of haflility, 1 /ball then pufo matters to the lafl extremity, looking on my- = : b g y Jelf as authorized fo to d) by the lazws of war ; 1 foall Jet fire to all ¢ s :-. the palaces, royal boufes, and gardens ; 1 fball fack all the towns and b £.£°2 willages, without fparing the [mallefl cabin ; in fbort, this country foall é & 2 ca feel all the borrors of war. | advife your Serene Highnefi to reflet . 5§ 5 5. r . @ . on all this, and not to lay me under the neceffity of taking fleps Jo contrary = B o5, ta the natural bumanity of the French nation, and alfo to my perfonal < o ACH charakier. RICHLIEU.*L T s com S ) “ P. 8. Monf. Le Compte de Lynar, Ambaffador of the King of Den- mark, whoavas mediator for the convention, bas been Jo kind as to take upon him to fay every thing in his Power to bis Serene Highnefs, in order to prevent the fatal confequences with avbich this country is threatned.” The fubftance of Prince Ferdinand’s Laconic anfwer was ; *“ That ¢ bis Serene Highnefs would come at ibe bead of bis army, and giwve bim ¢ his anjwer in perfon. "The Hanoverian army,.after the detachment it made to Har- bourg, amounted to 34,000 effe@ive men. That of France, 'tis faid, amounts 10 55,000 men, but is by no means info good a con- dition. Pawis, Dec. 5. ‘They write from Morlaix, that three of the King's thips from Martinico have entered Breft,with an Englifh man of war of fifty guns, which they took in their paffage. DN TE DN R It may not be unacceptible to the public to give the following account, avhich we bawe firong reafon to beliewve is authentic. N the 4th of November the King of Pruflia lay at a little houfe O at Rofbach, a Village near Luizen, where Guitavus, King of &= ghland battalions, were all y o fail for America, under con- We are informed by a letter from Cork, Sweden, fought his famous battle. The allied army of Frenchand Germans were in fight, having juft received a firong reinforcement from the Duke de Richeliea, fo that they now confifted of 60,000 effe@live men, and were fully determined to give the King of Prufiis a decifive battle. On the morning of the éth, the King afked his landlord to carry him to the top of his houfe, which had a good proipet over the country where the French army lay, and beyond it : They took fome tiles.off the roof of the houfe, and the King thruft his head through, which gave him a view into the enemy’s camp, but a little way off : He ftaid there,an hour, obferving their motions on the circamjacent ground ; tcok notice of a moderate hill to the right of their camp : coming down, he faid, it would rot do ; and order’d his dinner. At one o’Clock he went up again, ftdid about half an hour, and found ont the whole drift of the enemy. Coming down, faid he, it will now do. He ordered the tents to be ftruck, and drew up his army in order of battie ; it confifted of no more than 18,000 men : he direfted a body of infantry to get fecretly behind the hill abovemention'd, and, when the armies were engaged 10 march over it, which flanked the French army there. The onfet was fo unex- pected and furious; that it put the French entirely to the rout; and . drove the Germans before them ; the troops commanded by the King himfelf in perfon afting with equal vigour, they had nothing to do but purfue the flying enemy till it was dark.—The King then ordered his men to retreat : the ground being then dangerous on horfeback, he alighted, and walked full three miles in his boots,back again to his Jandiords houfe at Rofbach, but was forced to be fupport- ed part of the way by his two pages, through the fatigue.—He or- dered fupper, and invited the chief of the French officers, who were prifoners, to fup with him : he entertained them with great polite- nefs, and apolog:zed for tife fcantinefs of his provifion, faying, he did not expect {o inuch good company. After fupper, he told them, they were at free liberty, on their parole of honour.—=Thus, the 5th of November was rendered again memorable, under the direélion of providence, for the protetion of the Proteftant religion. thir¢ man of war, EpinBURGH, Fan that the additional companies for the H embarked on the 1gth ult. and read y of the Hamp Vo The Court has ajefty’s fhips to repair on ) Dec. 30. fent orders to the commanders at the feveral fea ports of this king- dom for all the failors belonging to his M boa; mn d by the 15th of March at laett, Mavprip, (the Metropolis of all Spa