The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, March 17, 1758, Page 1

FR]JDAY, Marcu 17. 1758. Containing the Frefbeft Advices Fromthe LONDONCHRONICLE, De. 6. Tothe PRINTER, e STR. HEN the King of Pruffia entered Saxony !at ‘)‘/ Year, he declared in the Conclufion of the Manifefto publifhed on that Occafion, that, the Liberties of Germany and the Proteflant Religion fbould never be buried but in the Jams Grave «awith Pruffa. To which the Court of Vienna gave a fhuffling, faceriog An{wer, importing, That the pretended Danger of the Protefiant Religion was enly an Artifice of is Pruffian Majefly, to prejudice the Ewangelic Body in bis Fawour : That if there was nothing at Stake bat Raligion, it was well knowon be would not raife fomuch s & fingle Regiment for its Defence, &'c. But in {pight ‘of all their Endéavours to conceal their finifter Defigns agaioft the Proteftant Religion (the Suppreflion of which muft have been Part of the Intentions of the contralting Parties in the Treaty of Verfailles of the firk of May 1756) the 14th Article of the Capitalation of Schweid- nitz betrays the perfecuting Spirit of the Houfe of Au- firia : The Proffian Commandant demanded, that rbe Toavn fhould be maintained in all its Privileges, and ihe Proteflants in the free Exercife of their Religion ; to which General Nadatti anfwers, rhir dipends on the Cle- mency of ber Majefly the Emprefs Queen. Knowing the Temper and Views of his Court, he could not take up- on him to grant this Article, though it could be of no bad Confequence to the Auftrians in the Sequel of their Milisary Operations, and therefore leaves it to his So- vereign’s Difcretion. However they may pleafe to difguife their Senti- “ments; it would be great Weaknels inusto believe, that the Union betwixt France and Aaftria was not in- tended to raife again the Popifth Caufe to fuch a De- gree of Power, as fhould hereafter be able to defeat all Struggles of Proteflant States to maintain their Inde- pendence ; and this Plan was the more alluring, as the Execution of it muft neceflarily be attended with the Gratification of their fecalar Interefts. They beheid with Envyand Jealouly the growing Power of the Houfe of Brandenburg, and dreaded the Effedls of it under the DireQion of its magnapimous and politic Head, who would not fuffer himfeif 1o be bullied by either of them, nor permit the Freach in particular to invade his Majcdy's German Dominions, b-caufe their Marine was not able to cope with the Britith. Navy : Therefore they confpired the Deftradtion of Prufiia ; _and by their lotrigues at Peterfburgh and Stockholm prevailed upon the Swedes and Ruffians to join with them in the bale, cowaidly Scheme ; befides which, they dragged into the Ficld Contingents from moft of the Princes and States of the Empire, part whereof fer- ved to form an Army of Execuiion, to enforce the Im- perial Mandates, and the reft fil a& as Auxiuaries in the Auftrian Army on the Side of Silefia. Thus has the Proffian Hero been attacked this Cam- paign by the moft formidable League that ever was formed againft any ope Prince : On the Side of Pruffia he was invaded by 100,000 Ruffians ; twenty thoufand Swedes at the fame Time attacked him in Pomerania ; the French fent 120,600 Men to over run his Weftern Territories and the Dominions of Hurover ; and in the mean Time the Auftrians bad above 120,000 Troops to keep him in play on the Side of Saxony and Silefia ; about 400,c00 Men, including the Troops of the Empire. ; In this unequal Match he had none to ftand by bim but the Army of Oblervation in Weft phalia ; and even thisArmy looked up to him for affiltance, after he fhouid have redaced Prague ; and would certainly have been affited by him, had he. not milcarried the 18th of June, when with 32,000 Men he attacked 65,000 intrenched on Hills and defended by formidable Batteries, and loft all the Fruits of the memorable Vi€lory of the 6th of May. NotwithRanding which, the great Frederick and New-Hampthire}; his Ganerals {till made head on every Side with furpri- fing Vigilence 2and Bravery ; he kept his Grournd fome Time after in Bohemia ; offered Battle again to the Au- firians, which they declined ; maintained his footing in Saxony, in {pight of all Endeavours to diflodge him ; forced the Ruflians to make a fhameful Retreat from his Frontiers, thcn;h they boaft to this Day that they beat Marfhal Lehwald ; and finaily, on the 5th of Novem- ber, by totallyoverthrowing the French and Imperial Armies with » handful of Men, effetted the long lock- ed for Deliverance of the Hanoverians and Heflians. But what furprifes moft, is that he fhould thas baffle the Efforts of four hundred thoufand Men, withoutany pecuniary Aflifance from England, but merely by the Hand of Providence co operating with his admirable Oeconomy and the fine Difcipline and amazing Intre- pidity of his Troops. They tell us indeed from Ber- lin, in the fame Letter which informs us of his having received no Remittances from England, that he never fked for any, nor ever took'a Subfidy from France in the lait War : And I really believe he might fill havg been able to do without Supplies from England, had he not been defeated ‘the 18th of June : But fince his Revenues muft have been_ greatly leflened, by the barbarous Ravages of the Ruffians on the Bor- ders of Pruffia, the exorbitant Contributions levied by the French in his Weftern Provinces, and by the Aufri- ans in Silefia, and even lately in Brandenburg ; there is no deubt but that Great- Britain will confider his Impor- tance in the Scales of Earope, enable him to recover his Loffes, and chaftize his Enemies, by fupporting him 7z Suckh a Manter as bis Magnaunimity and allive Zeal for the common Busfe deferve. Yours, PROBUS. oA s (/o) = (el e [\ L ON DP:-Q N. Vaxity of Vaniry, all is Vanity | AID the wifelt of Mortals ; and this, we have a Right to apply as he did, to every Thing beneath the Sun. ] What a prodigious Gleam of Glory we beheld {park- ling in our Horifon, the Week lait paft ? How did Britons begin to exult ? How were they about to tri- umph ?—Even your your Humbie, was clate, almotft be- yond Meafure, fancying he beheld the Monfiews s prof- trate on the Earth, imploring the Aid of their Second- Hand Deities, befeeching them that'they would fkreen them from the furious Indignation of the Briti/b Squa- dren. Breft was in Flames 3 Rochefort was ours ;— ¥ix Ships of the Line, belonging to the Enemy,was fallen ioto oar Hands ;— feveral Ships upon the Stocks were butnt, the French King’s Nawal Stores were all our own, and the Town plundered. ; Not only the imall Ifland of Aix was taken, but thofe of Rbe and Qleron ; as was that alfo of Bellifle : And divers of our Ships of War were to Winter in thofe Parts, and entirely deltroy the French Traffick in the Bay. - Whenee, every Thing defirable was to accrue to Great- Britain. Our Colonies were to ceafe from being harraffed with Barbarians and Frenchmen, and the whole World wasto enjoy the Bleflings of Peace.— -But ;—every Appearance of this is vanifhed ; every Thought thereupon has turned out to be, nothing but Vanity ; every ldea is gone off with a Puff, with a Rlaft, with a Breath from Loxis the potent ; who hath faid, Be gone! And .they are gone. Our Fleet is re- turoed, if oot loaded with Spoils, it is burdened with Infamy ; and the very Boys in the Streets begin to fing the mott dolefal Ditty : The King of France, awith Forty Thoufand Men, Went up a Hill—and Jo—came dowwn again. N. B. The only Way to do this in Tafte, is to fing the firft Line three Times over, and the laft once. Vanity of Vanity ! Vanity, Falfbood, bigh [fwoin Words, and idle Parade, are likely to be the Deltruttion of, once, the braveft of People. SNAP-DRAGON. nominated to command the Fleet deftined for North- N EW.Y OR K, March 6. Commander of Part of the Squadron fome Time ago by Thomas - Randle, the De Lancey. one of 40, 4 Sloops. ed'a Fort on the North Side two of 20,and of Martinico, of 18 Gins, funk three Privateers, and one of 64, of 80 Guns, three of 5o, We have on this Station are going to join them, -Pierres, and from which the one of 74, pt. Coburn from one Ship “ This Merning arrived here Ca St. Kitts, by whom we have Letters, following is extraéied.— Commodore Moore, has with- y whom we learn thata in thefe few Days deftroy Flag of Truce was failed from St. Euftatia forthis Port, to make a Demand of the (wo Shi xtra&t of a Letter from Philadelphia, dated March 2. taken one. They are now blocking up St. re ps brought in ke £ Martins ; ginning of January fix Ships loaded with E bound for Louifbourg, had been taken ia the Channel. America, with a Number of Land Forces; and that Saturday laft, Captain Cpdwife arrived here in 24 abogt the Be Provifions, Days from St. Willock, we learn, h the 16th of January ; he fpoke with Capt. don, bound for Boflon : Keith with 15,000 Pruffians, had joined Prince Ferdinand ; that the Duke de Richlieu was re- ; and that his Communication with France was ; that the Admirals Bofcawen and Hardy, were Captain Willock left Plymout and in Lat. 34, Long. 53, 7, By feveral Letters received by Capt. Stibbens, in a Ship from Lon treating cut off ; That M.