The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, May 5, 1758, Page 3

BRLSTOL: Feb. 25. The Enterprize privateer, of this port, has taken a Tartan veflel, loaden -with mules, and ranfom’d her for 7000 livres. : » Cfi the 4th Inftant the Briftol Priva- teer belonging to this Port, about 120 leagues to the weftward of the land’s end, lat. 49. fell in with a French frigate, whom fhe engaged 6 hours, in which fhe had 4 men killedand 17 wounded, 7 of whom very dangeroufly. The engagement was- fo obftinate on both fides, that they were obliged to partby confent. The Briftol is arrived at Cork in a fhattered condition; having loft her main maft, and is other- wife much damaged. _ , March 4. Two French Eaft-India Ships are arrived at Port-I’Orient, viz. one from Pondicherry, laden with Bale Goods, Muf- lins, &c to the Value of 170,000 1. being the richeft Ship they. had ; fhe met an Englith Privateer (fuppos’d to be the Brif- 2ol, of this Port) and tought her for fome Time, tho’ fickly, foul, and weakly man- ned ; thehad Ten Men killed, and the Captain wounded, when, to their great Joy and Surprize,” the Privateer made off. The other is from China with Tea, and is the laft Ship they expeét this Seafon from China ; fhearrived the 12th of Feb, two Days after the other. . _ Portfmouth, Feb. 13. Yefterday arriv- ed here, with a Meffenger belonging to the Admiralty, in the greateft Hafte, a Perfon who was immediately introduced, by Orders from above, to admiral Bofca- wen ; of whom the following Particulars have tranfpired. This Perfon was fome Time fince Mafter of an Englifh Veffel, trading from Port 16 Port in North Ame- rica, particularly up the River St. Law- rence 3 but being taken by the Enemy, has - been prifoner with the General Montcalm and others near three Years; who would - not admiit of any Exchange for him, on ™ Account of his extenfive Krjfiwled[%: of all the Coaft, more particularly the ftrength and Soundingsof Quebeck and Louifbourg; they therefore came to aRefolution to fend him to Old France, in the next Packet Boat, there tobe confined ’cil the End of the War. He wasaccordingly embarked, (the only Englifhman,) and the Packet put on board. In their Voyage he was ac mitted to the Cabin, where he took No- tice one Day of their bundling up the Packet, afid putting of it intoa Canvas Bag, having previoufly thereto made it ready td -be thrown overboard, upon any Danget of being taken. They were con- ftrained to put into Vigo for fome Provi- fiops, as alfo to gain fome Intelligence of the Strength of the Englith Men of War at Anchor, which he ' thought afforded a proper Opportunity for putting the follow- ing Scheme in_Execution. One Night; when-all, but the Watch, where in a found Sleep, he took the Packet out of the Bag ; and having fixed it in his Mouth, he f{ilent- ly let-himfelf down into the Bay ; and to prevent Noifeby fwirhing, floated upon his Back into the Wake of the Englifl Man of War, where he fectred himfelf by the Hawfer ; and upon calling out for Al- filtance, was immediately taken on board, with the Packet entire. The Captain ex- amined him, treated him with great Hu- manity ; gavehim a Suitofhis own Cloaths, Séarlet trimmed with Black Velvet, which he here appeared in ; tranfcribed the Pack- et (which is faid to be of the utmoft Im- portance in Regard to our Succefs in . North- America,) and then fent him Poft over Land with the Copy of the Packet to Lifbon ; from whence he was brought to Falmouth in a Sloop-of War, and immedi- ately fet out Poft for London. Upon his Arrival in Town, he was ekamined by pro- per Perfons in the Adminiftration; and re- warded with a prefent Supply ; and by his own Defire; was immediately fent to Portfmouth, to go out on board Admiral Bofcawen’s own Ship, upon the prefent _Expedition to North- America. 'On Friday came to Town, and Yefter- _day were put on board the Namur Man of War, between 30 and 40,0001 to pay the Forces in America. KincsTon, (iz Famdica,) Fanuary 21. . On Tuefday in the Afternoon, came to Kingfton the Privateer Sloop Thurloe, be- longing to St. Chriftophers, mounting 14 Carriage Guns, with 84 Men, Robert Maa- tle Commander ; Capt. Mantle left Port- Royal on the 12th Inftant, in Company with his Majefty’s Ship the Augufta, and on Sunday the 15th, about 8 A. M. part- ed from the Man of War off Cape Tibe- roon ; at Ten the fame Morning faw a Sloop to the Eaftward, which proved to be a French Privateer, called Les Deux A- mis, Capt* Falix, of 10 Carriage Guns, and 98 Men, belonging to Port Louis, who bore down on the Thurloe 3 which being obferved by Capt. Mantle, and ful- pecting her to bea French Privateer pre- pared to receive her ; at one P. M. the Frenchman came very near, on which the Thurloe gave him a Broadfide with great and fmall Guns, which he returned, and then made all the Sail he could to get off, but the intepid Capt. Mantle was refolv’d not to part fo eafily and immediately gave Chace, and foon ranged her “along fide, when the Frenchmen refolutely boarded the Thurloe on her Bow : And now began the moft bloody and obftinate Engage- ment that has been known in thefe Pares for many Years paft, both Sides being de- termined to conquer or die ; this bloody Confli&t lafted near three Hours, with Pif- tols, Grenades, Powder flatks, &zc. and that in fuch Quantities that Capt. Mantle du- ring the Aéion expended near 3000 Pow- der flufks, 72 Hand Stinkpots, befides twelve Rounds of gredt and fmall Guns.-- On board the Thurloe there were 12 Men killed, and 25 wounded ; but on board- Les Deux Amis it was a mere Slaughter- - houfe, for when the gallant Capt. Falix ftruck, there were no more than ten Men capable of continuing this Battle.—The extraordinary Courage fhewn by Capt. Mantle on this Occafion, and the Advan- tage it will be both to the trading and plant- ing Intereft of this Ifldnd cannot be fuffici- ently extolled. Itis to be hoped there- fore, that this Gentleman and bhis brave Officers and Seamen will receive from the Inhabitants of this Iland in general, fome publick Acknowledgment for this import= ant Service. [On the Frenchman’s boar- ding the Thurloe, Capt. Mantle hoifted the bloody Flag, he being informed by bis Pilot that chis Sloop was called the Ame- ficana, and was the Veffel whole Crew hid lately fo barbaroufly treated Capt. Phillips, of the Duke Packet, taken by that Veficl off Hifpaniola.] ; " Princeton, April 12. On the 7th Inftant departed this Life after a few Days linefs in the 27th Year of her Age, Mrs. Eftber Burr, Reli& of the’late Prefident Burr,and Daughter of the late Prefident Edwards, Genius, happy Temper, unaffetted Piety, and fine Acconiplifaments § an’ Ornament She was ‘a Lady. of fuperior. to her Sex in the Relation f a Daughter, a Wife,a Mother, and a Friend : A love- ly Pattern of Patience, Humility, Pru- dence,and Submiffion, under the heavy Be- reavement fhe lately fuftained ; and met the Approach ot Death with unfhaken Faith, and admirable Serenity. B 0.8 T T N May'y _ Caprain Jacocks, who arrived here laft Saturday, left London the 4th of March, and fail’d from Portfmouth on the 12th under Convoy of the Pinguin and Surprize Men of War, with about 30 Sail of Mer- chantmen bound to South:Carolina, Virgi- ria, Philadelphia, and Bofton.—Admiral Hawke failed the 1ith from Portfmouth with a Number.of Men of War, a a. wag tojoin feveral others at Plymouth, but were bound was an intire Secret.—The Mafter of aShip who lay atthe Downs in Company with Capt. Jacocks, received a - Letter on the gth of March from his Merchant inLondon, in which was inclos’d a GazeTTE, giving an Account of a bloo- dy Battle between the Hanoverian and French Armies, in which the former gain’d acompleat Victory.—Admiral Bofcawen- fail’d from Spithead the 24th of February with a large Fleet of Men of War bound to America, and as there was fine fair Winds for fome Time after, twas thoughe he would havea good Paffage.—Captain Jacocks was feparated from the Fleet in the Night of the 21ft of March, by bad Weather, being thenin Lat. 46 N. Long. 13 W. when he made the beft of Way ro this Place.—T here was no Account of the French Fleet’s failing when Capt. Jacocks left England.—Capt. Kirkwood, in the Diamond, and Capt. Gordon, in the James, for this Place, fail’d with the above Convoy, and are daily expected: Yefterday arrived here Capt. French in’ 6 Days from Halifax, by whom we learn, that Capt. Rous in tlie Southerland, on his Cruize, had taken a French Snow, bound from the Weft-Indies to Louifbourg, and . fent her to Halifax, at which Place fhe ar- rived laft Wednefday was #7-night.—The Prize-Mafter fays; that about 30 or 40 Leagues to the Eaftward of Louifbourg; he faw 17 or 18 large Ships, fteering N W. and that he was chafed by a Frigate from faid Fleet, but Night coming onj gave over the chace. X Capt. Ofberne, bound hither from St. y b Euftatia, on the 15th ult. in Lat. 38 or 393 * at Night, in a violent Gale of Wind, loft his Mafts, &c. and *twas with great Dif- ficulty he kept his Sloop dbove Water till the Morning ; when happily he was met - with by a Veffel which took his People on board ; foon after the Sloop foundered : The fame Day they faw a Ship almoft new, - which had loft all her Mafts in the Gale;, but did not difcover who fhe was. Capt. Thompfon in a Schooner bound from this Port to Pilguit in the Bay of Fun- dy was lately drove afhore on a Reef near that Place, in a high Gale of Wind, and Part of the Cargo loft 3 the Veflel was ~ afterwards burnt by the Neutrals. . Saturday laft came to Town (via New-- York) the Capts. Sharrad and Howland, who were taken in their Paflage to Famaica from this Port, as formerly mention’d. : The Rev. Mr. Thomas Barnard of Sa- Jem is chofen and accepted to preach the' ! Sermon before theancient and, honourable Artillery Company in Junenext. | Saturday | laft the Great and General Courtor Affembly - of- this-Province was - diffolved by his ‘Excelency: < v