The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, March 31, 1758, Page 2

e * g L 0 ND 9N Lxtrall of a Letter from a Gentleman at Dower, to bis “Friend in Lordon, dated Fanuary 1, 1758. “ Our brave Capt. William Wation, of the Fly Privateer, of- 10 Three Pounders, -aad 5o Men, is juft come into Dover in a moft fhattered Condition. Yefterday, about 12 €'Clock, a little te the Eaftward of Calais, he faw a very large floop, which ‘was juft -eome clean out of Dunkirk,mounted 14 Six pounders, dnd 100 Men : Notdifcouraged at the Frenchman’s Superiority, he, like a true Englifhman, gave him Chace : The Frenchman, altho’ double his Force, wounld gladly have declined the Fight, but the Fly foon came up with him, and a bloody Engagement <enfued, which lafted Board and Board for 2 Hours and 40 Minutes, when ‘the britk Fire from the Fly amade the Frenchman begin to defert their Quarters, =nd many of them being killed and wounded, the brave Capt. Watfon immediately prepared to board his Enemy, but enfortunately both Veflels were faft @ ground, and one of the Fly’s Guns burfting, did her great Damage, which obliged her to get off into deeper Water, and Night coming on, was very un- willingly forced to leave the Frenchman beating on the Ground, half full'ef Water. Inthe Beginning of the Engagement ‘one Man on board the ['ly had his Head fhot off, three dangeroufly wounded, and faveral flightly ; all the Crew behaved with great Courage ; they are now fitting out, and will be at Seain a few Days, determined to have another firoke at the Frenchman.” ApmiraLTy OFFice, Jamuary 7. Extra& of a Letter from Capt. Bray, Commander of His Majefly’'s apmed VefJel the Adwenture, to Ad- . miral Smith, dated in Dungenc/s Road, Famuary z. 1758. ‘“ Being at Anchor here Yefterday Afternoon, a- bout one o'Clock faw a Snow reach in for the Nefs ; at firlt took her for a Man of War ; however we cleared Ship, and veered away to the Splice on the Wirdlafs, About two cut the Splice, and made Sail large. A few Minutes after began to fire at each other, when judging he intended to take us, I ordered the Helm to be put hard a Port, which had the de- fired Effett of laying her athwart Hawfe, her Bolt- {prit coming in between our Main and Mizen Matfts. “ We immediately pafled the End of the Mizen- topfail Sheet through his Bopftay, and made it faft ; but fearing to lofe fo good an Opportunity, and that they would get clear of us, got a Hawfer, and paffed it three Times round her Boltfprit and the Capfion on our Quarter Deck, fo that the A&tion depended chiefly on the Small Arms, which was very {mart about an Hour. She then firuck her Colours, but upon our boarding her, began to fire again, which was foon filenced. She proves to be the Machault Privateer of Dunkirk, 14 Nine Pounders, and 182 Men, Jean Jacques Verhulft, Commander, and came from thence the fame Morning. I cannot exattly fay, but from the beft Information I &n as yet get, we have killed and wounded 40 Men, with the Lofs of only one Man killed,-ard two wounded, on our Side.” Fromthe CITIZE N. SIR, T is reported of King Charles I1. that when any victualling contra@ls were agreed on, he always ordered famples of the bread, beef, or pork, to be laid before him ; and retiring to his clofet, by him- felf or with a friend, he always ufed to have his fa- vourite dogs fent for ; and by throwing the provifion among them, by that fimple circamftance, was ever able to find out which was beft, {weeteft, and whole- fomett, for his good Subjects. This Prince, who knew by various diftrefles what it wasto be a man, often faid, that one hour in a day was fufficient to be a King; and I am truly of his mind ; for Kings as Kings are often deceiveé, but as men they ftand the fame chance as others. I have no proof, that vi€lualling contraéls are ill perfermed, but by hearfay ; and that is not to be de- pended on. Common Fame isa liar, and I hope common failors are the {fame when they grumble, as they often do, on account of ill provided ftores. The only way to preventan Eoglithman from Janguithing after his country, is to feed him fo well with the produce of his.country, as to make him be- lieve himfelf to be at home. And I can eafily, very eafily, imagine a piece of Suffex or Hampthire beef, to give a double flow of {pirits and courage, when eat before the walls of a French fortification in Ameri- ca; when the garrifon, perhaps, are at beft languifh- ing over pulfe, roots, and animal food, in a flate of putrefaction. This would fill more be the cafe, if our good friends and allies at Cork, it’s own felf, did not aflift their and our enemies fo very bouatifully ; infomuch that we often want ourfelves, when the French are sioting in eur produdls and manufa&turing. The moment an embargo is laid on in Ireland, the natives all cry out—We are undone ! The Englith are our tafk mafters ; they ride us to death; we are _ bitted and bridled ; and abeggar on horfeback will xide to the devil, according (0 8 very old faying. Ireland is 2 conquered country, enjoying moreyli- berties and immunities than any .place under the globe, in that fitvation. 'They are ungrateful to fay this, as of late years our indulgence has rendered _them filently rich ; ‘and as it often happens in private “life, 1 with the younger-brother does not, in the end, ‘buy out the elder. But to returnto'my firft point. When I can prove any fraud in vitualling, which my honeft dogs fhall be my guides in, as they were guides to the King, I _ mentioned inthe beginning of my paper,’l will as kindly declare it through the channel of your Pa- per, as any vice I know of. Palace yard, Weft- minfter, Your conftant reader, E..T NEW-Y ORK, March 13. Tuefday laft the General Affembly of this Province met purfuant to Proclamation ; and on Friday His Ho- nour our Governour was pleafed to make the following Speech, viz. Gentlemen of the Council and General Affembly. H[S Majefty having nothing more at Heart, than te repair the Loffes and Difappointments of the laft Campaign, and by the moft vigo- rous and extenfive Efforts, to avert, by the Blefling of God on his Arms, the Dangers impen- ding on North America ; and not doubting that all his faithful and brave Subjeéts there, will chearfully co-operate with, and-fecond to the utmoft, the large Expence and extraordinary Succours fupplied by his Kingdom, for their Prefervation and Defence : And His Majefty confidering that the feveral Provinces, in particular, from Proximity and Acceflibility of Situation, more immediately obnoxious to the main Irruptions of the Enemy from Canada, are of them- felves well able-to farnith at leat Twenty thoufand - Men, to join a Body of the King’s Forces for inva- ding Canada, and carrying War into the Heart of the Enemy’s Poffeflions ; and His Majefty not judg- ing it expedient, to limit the Zeal and Ardour of a- oy of his Provinces, by making a Repartition of the Force to be raifed by each refpectively, for this moft important Service ; His Majelty’s Pleafure hath been fignified to me by Letter from the Right Honourable William Pitt, E{q; one of his principal Secretaries of State, that I fhould recommend to you in the moft earneft Manner, to enable me to raife, with all pofi- ble Difpatch, as large a Body of Men within this Go- vernment, as the Number of its Inhabitants may allow, to be form’d into Regiments as far as fhall be found convenient, to hold themfelves in Readinefs as early as may be, to march to the Rendezyous at fuch Place as Major General Abercromby, who fuc- ceeds the Right Honourable the Earl of Loudoun as Commander in Chief of the King’s Forces in Nortb- America, fhall appoint, in order to proceed from hence, in Conjunétion with a Body of the King’s Britifb Forces, and under the fupreme Command of his Majefty’s Commander in Chief in 4dmerica, fo as to be ina Situation te begin the Operations of the Campaign, as foon as fhall be any Way pradticable, by attempting to make an Irruption into Canada. The King is pleafed to furnifh all the Men fo raif- ed, with Arms, Ammunition and Tents, as well as to order Provifions to be iffued to the fame, by His Majefty’s Commiffaries, in the fame Proportion and Manner, as is done to the reft of the King’s Forees. A fufficient Train of Artillery will alfo be provided at His Majefty’s Expence, forthe Operations of the Campaign. The whole therefore that His Majefly expedts and rejuires from the feveral Provinces, is the levying, cloathingand pay of the Men. And on thefe Heads, alfo, that no Encouragement may be wanting to this great and falutary Attempt, the King is further moft gracioufly pleafed to permit his Secretary of State to acquaint me, that firong Re- commendations will be made to parliament, in their Seflion next Year, to grant a proper Compenfation for fuch Expences as above, according as the altive Vigour, and ftrenuous Efforts of the refpective Pro- vinces fhall jultly appear to merit. Simular Orders are fent to Mafachufetts Bay, New Hampfbire, Conneflicut, Rbode Ilfland, and New - Ferfey 5 and the Southern Governments are alfo di- re€ed to raife Men in the fame Manner, to be em- ployed in fuch offenfive Operations, as the Circum- ftances and Situation of the Enemy’s Pofts in thofe Parts may point out. Gentlemen of the General Affembly, When you confider the great Expence the Crown is at in fupporting and preferving thefe Countries, I perfuade myfelf you cannot hefitate a Moment in granting ample and fufficient Supplies, for levying, cloathing and paying as large a Body of Men, as the Number of our Inhabitants will allow ; efpecially as thefe Supplies are {o eflential to your owr imme- diate Safety, and future Security. Gentlemen of the Council and General 4ffimbly, Thefe Provinces, if they exert themfelves with Vigour, are able to fend into the Field, fuch a Body of Men, as, by the Bleffing of God, may give us well grounded Expe&ations of Succefs. I hope a Number of brave Men, who have at Heart the Ho- . nour of-a+b. ave, and the beft of Kings, will volunta- rily and chezrfully engage in a Servicesoe the Sue. cefs of which their Properties, their C.\iTand Religi- ‘ous Liberties depend. . ; The Nature of the Service laid before you, re- “quires the greatelt Difpatch: Wt have no Time to loofe, as the Troops ought foonto be in Readinefs. I therefore expeét that in Cafe a fufficient Number do not offer volantarily, you will forthwith enable me, by an effetual Law,to complete the Leviesin due Time. - I fee no other Method of doing this, than that of draughting Men from the Militia. Gentlemen, I 'can add nothing more to animate your Zeal. The Dangers impending on North America, the ex- traordinary Succors fupplied by the Crown ; the Lof- fes we have faftained, the Proximity and Acceflibili- ty of this Province, more immediately obnoxious to the main Irruptions of the Enemy from Canada, are the moft powerful and cogent Motives, that can be* fuggefied to induce you to exert your moft vigorous Efforts, onl\;his truly impertant and criticalOccafion. City of NEw York, March 1o, 1758. JAMES DE LANCEY N E W.Y OR K, March zo. Sunday the 1zth Inftant, three Ships arrived here with Highlanders from Cork. - And, next Day two more, with Highlanders alfo, and a Stere Ship, came into Port. They failed from Cork about three Months ago, under Convoy of His Majefty's Ship the Hampfhire, of go Guns, Capt. Narbury. The Hampfhire ftrack twice on the Middle Greund, be- fore fhe got into Sandy-Hook, and was in great Danger. Another Ship with Highlanders likewife, is hour- ly expe@ted, being feparated from the Fleet fome Weeks fioce. - Our laft Accounts from Albany are, that Yefter- day Fortnight three Perfons were kijll'd and fcalp’d on the North Side of the German Flats, and their Habitations burnt : That feveral others at the fame Place narrowly efcaped the voracious SavagesCruelty by fpeedily croffing the River to the more populeus Part of the Flats.——That a Sleigh bound to Fort.Ed- ward from Albany the Week before laft, with two. Soldiers and a Driver in it, were befet by a Number of Enemy Indians on the Road, that the Soldiers were kill’d and fcalped, and the Driver, fuppofed ta be one Hogg, a young Man, taken and carried off Prifoner. - % Saturday laft the General Wall Packet Boat, Capt.. Lutwyche, failed from bence for Falmouth:; on board of whom went Paflenger” General Webb ; with a Number of other Gentlemen. The{ame Day the Equipage of his Excellency Lord Loudoun came to Town from Bofton. We hear his Excellency comes by Water from Provi- dence in Rhode Ifland, having embarked there jome few Days ago, on board a Sloop prepared for that Purpofe. _ The Squirrel Man of War failed for Halifax the fame Day, together with a lsrge Tranfport Ship. Tuefday laft an' Embargo was laid on all outward bound Veflels in this Harbour. The Dutch Ship, carried into Providence, by the Privateer Hope, Capt. M’ Daniel, of this Port, is con- demned, and the Privateer gone out on a fix Months Cruize. BOSTON, March 27. Thurfday laft His Excellency eur Governor was pleas’d to fend the following M&ssack to both Houfes. Gentlemen of the Council and Houfe of Repre- fentatives, Perceive that an Opinion prevails abroad, and _[ perbaps it is too well grounded, that in fome for- mer Expeditions, Sums of Money bawve been given to fome of the Colonels for their Recommendations to Com- miffions in their Regiments. 1 hawve an Abborrence of Juch Praflices, and unlefi fome Care is taken to prevent them for the future, 1 am afraid of very bad Confequen- ces. Theonly Rule of my Condul in appointing Officers is the Fitnefs of Men for the Service 5 and for their Charaéiers 1 muft depend on other People, as 1 have not a perfonal Knowleage of a fufficient Number, But if thefe Charallers can be purchajed with Miney,—what a Situation are we in 2 1 recommend this Affair to your fpeedy and Jerious Confideration. Council-Chamber, T, Pownall. March 23d. 1758. To which Meflage the two Houfes returned the following Anf{wer. May it pleafe your Excellency. HIS Majefly’s Council and the Houle of Reprefen- - tatives beg leave to exprels their bearty and unfeigned Gratitude for that Zeal fbewn by your Excellency againft Bribery and Corruption ; for your declared-abborrence of them, and your earneft de- Jires that care may be taken to prevent anyEnormities of that Kind. And they do affure your Excellency they are defirous to join in their Endeavours awith You, that a; ; muc s 3 > ~