The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, May 12, 1758, Page 2

“Parrs, Yan. 23, Thenumber of troops which “the king intends to employ in Germany this year is 85,000 which is t0. be divided into two Armies.— So that it thould Teem men begin to grow fcarce in France, as well as elfewhere ; or, perhaps, they are *Tis a fine Place they {ay, who've view'd it We took it, Sirs, without a Fable, With ali:the Eafe imaginable ; . In great' Diftrefs we foon fhall fee’em, ,Tis our Turn now to fing Te Deam ! to ‘have an army in Flanders; and threrefore will not - ~But hold—methinks it isn’c good, be able to keép fo many troops in the empire,’as they didlaft year, : L O N D O N, Firuary 21. To the PRIN TE R, &c. S 1R, N Friday Morning about ten o’Clock, an bld man upwards of Jeventy yearsof age, cloathed all ower in whits apparel, went through the city preaching repentance to the people. He began firft at the Ex- change, and walkedin thi middle of the fireet with bis bat under bis arm (which was aljo white) and a tible in bis band, had a long white beard and wikite bair, awith a bald bead. * His appearance awas awful and Denerable, and by his countenance it appeared that be bad fomething weighty on bis “mind, often flopping and preaching to the people, and Jo continued till be came io *the King’s palace, awhere he preached fome time ; the fum and fubflance of what be there delive: ed, as near as 1 can recolless, was as follows. h * Ob'? ‘England, England, England, thy fins, tky iniquities, and thy tranfgreffions, which dre wery great and many, from the youth to the grey bairs, [feem totry loudly to beavven for wengeance. Ok | England, repent, repent, vepant, and turn [rom the evil of thy deings : céafe to do ewil, and learn to do good, and faft a Jolcmn Jaf, according 10 the boly feriptures of truth, as Nine- wab did at the preaching of Jonab. Remember, that awben the King and bis nobles proclaimed that faft, they turned from the ewil of their «ways, and put violence out of their hands. Therefore this day faff a jolemn fafft, as Ninewah did, and cry mightily unto the Lord, that be may be pleafed to have mercy and compa/fion on thie, and caufe bis rightbous judgments t2 be reverted.”” When be had concluded,be attemptedto gointotheKing's palace, but the centinel refufed him admittance ; then be went round to the back gate, but before be got there, orders were fint not to admit bim ; I [uppole in order ta prevent any mob affembling in the palace yard. As” Joon as he was denied admittance at this lafl place, be’ put on bis bat, and _faid, ** Then my work is over.” T he uncommon appearance of this old man canfed va- victy of fentiments from the multitude 5 and altho' it avas odd, yet 1 could not obferve, but it was decent and awful ; and upon snquiry, 1 find be is one of the people called Quakers, ako for many years paft, bas kved the ‘life of a hermit in Wales by the fide of @ mountain, and ' is the Jame mian who came preaching repentance through ibis city, about [even years ago ; his food is all upon ¢ the wegetable creation ; but what authority be bas for Juch a publick work, Ileave the learned 1o judge for themfelves, and conclude awith part of the old man’s for- mon,— Let every one turn from the evil of bis way, and put wiolence out of bis hand, that theLord may be pleafed 10 bawve mercy and compaffion, and ‘canfe kis righteous judgments to be'reverted,— And as 1 find there is one of thefe pesple called Quakers noww in prijon for a contempt in the Ecclefiaflical court, and has been confined upwads of tavelve years, 1 bope, the Government will be pleafed Jpeedily to caufe bim to be fet at liberty. ' Feb. 17, 1758. A SPECTATOR, Feb. 25. Whereas attacking the French fuccefs- fully on their own coafts,is of the higheft confequence at prefent, to the general caufe of liberty, the inte- reft of the kingdoms of G—t B nand I n, and the honour of his majefty king G——ge ; This is to give notice to all travellers, mafters of vefiels, pilots, fithermen, fmugglers, &c. That ifany ofthem can give certaip information, of any place on the French cdaft, where a whole battalion can march in front out of the fhips without wetting their fhaoes, where no fand hills are to be feen, no inhabitants within ten miles, no militia within twenty, and no regular troops within forty ; on fuch information, made on oath before one ar more of his m y's juftices of the peace, they fhall be handfomely re- warded : fomeg o rs who divide no more than 50,000 per ann. of the publick money, being inclined to go on fuch fervice. An expeditions EP 1 L OG UE, fpokenat the Return of the GrRanp FLEET. EHOLD ! in Spite of Wind and Weather, We’ve kept our noble Fleet together ! What’s more, they’re all in good Condition ; Oh ! ’twas a glorious Expedition ! Plague rot the French, they’re politick ; But Death and Qons we made them fick ! Sure never Fleet could ever boaft Of more Feats done, and lefs Men loft ! Two kill’d, that’s all, and all that’s true, Rare News by Heav’s, only two ! Bravo—my Englith Hearts of Oak, ‘This was a noble, bold home Stroke ! ‘The God's look’d down, lo ! much admiring, Our lucky thirty Minutes firing ! That great, important Ifland Aix, Each Bougre, muttering, forfakes ; By Force of Arms we have fubdu’d it, To hotla till we're out 0’th’ Wood.— “Now this is {pailing the Conne&ion, E - What then, the Thought requires Refletion ! “Minorca’s loft, phoo, never mind it, - “One Day or other we will find it ; ‘And we’ll have Rochfort by and by, Asfoen as that damn’d Ditch is dry ! -In Moonlight Schemes there ne’er was Fortane, E’er fince Pyramus went a courting.— We’ll drop the Matter till next Spring, And then, no Doubt, we do the Thing'; So holla Boys ; God fave the King! KINGSTON, (in Jamaica,) March 11. E are defired by our Correfpondents in Ha- nover, to certify to all Mafters of Veflels whom it may concern, thatthe ForT at the Entrance of GrRezN IsLanp HarBour, has very lately been thoroughly tepaired ; that the Guns (confifting of Four 1z pounders, andEight 6 pounders, all in good Order ) are mounted 6n new Carriages, and the Platform mnew Hid'; that Workmen are altually employed in building another Wing to command Veflels in the Harbour, and in putting up a proper Houfe for Clofe Quarters ; thar the Fort is properly fupplied with Ammaritjon, and a conftant Guard of 2 White Men and 16 Negroes kept : And that Vef- féls may Ride there with the greateft {afety. Thurfday Evening came to Port Royal, a large French Prize{now, taken off Cape- Francois, by His Majetty’s floop of War New- Port- Royal, the Hon. Frederick Maitland, Efq; Gommander. She is faid to be very rich, having ounly aboat 20 Hogfhesds of Sogar on boord, the reft of her Cargoe being Indigo. * On Tuefday arrived here from Briftol and Cork, - the St. James, Capt. James, mounting Eighteen 6- pounders ; and the Queen Elizabeth, Capt. Haney, mounting Fourteen 6, and Twelve 4 poundets, both Letters of Marque, and carrying 80 Men each, and brought in with them the Spit Fire Privateer, of 12 Guns, belonging to Briftol, who was taken by the Glanville, and retaken by them in Lat. 49.—Off the S. E. End of Hifpaniola they came up with a French Frigate of 30 Guns, and exchanged Twelve Broadfides with her ; but Monfiear not likeing his Reception, put before the Wind, and being a prime failer, foon got clear of them : This Frigate had a few Hours before taken the Snow Little Jenny, Capt. Nafh, bound from Briftol to this Place. Af- ter parting with the Frigate, they took a Dutch Schooner ; and in fight of the Navafla, a large Dutch fhiip, called the Catharina with a French Supercargo on board, bound from Amfterdam to Porto- Prince, loaded with Wine, Brandy, &'c. By the above Veflels we have Advice, that on the zoth of Jan. laft, His Majefty’s thip Huffar, (one of the new Fir fhips, of 2z Guns) bro’t into Kinfale, the Vengeance, a French Privateer belonging to 5t. Maloes, mountingTwenty-four g, and two 12 poun- ders : The Engagement was very obftinate for near 3 Hours, but the Frenchman being entirely difmafted ftruck to the Huffar, having 38 Men killed, aud 26 dangeroufly woundnd. The Huffar had 8 Men kil- led and 12 wounded. Thatfday arrived the fip Liberty, Capt. Ford, from the Cozft of Guinea, which he left the 16th of December laft : He was chafed by f{everal Privateers, andin particular by a floop of 12 Carriage Guns, full of Men, who followed him from Cape Tiberon to the Eaft End of thisIfland, when on parting, the Man at the Maft Head faid he faw a large fhip with very fquare Sails, ftrike to the Privateer, and immediately ftand to the Northward. Capt. Ford exchanged feveral fhot with the Pri- vateer, but happily received no Damage. The fame Day came into Port- Royal, His Ma- jelty’s floop of War New-Port Royal, Hon. Frede- tick Maitland, Efg; Commander, and brought in with him alarge Duteh Prize Ship, loaded with Pro- vifions, which he took the {ame Morning, off Port Morant : They have found a French Pafiport on board ; and it is faid fhe was bound to Porto Prince. Yefterday arrived the Blackburne, Capt. Perkins, from Bonny, on the Coaft of Africa ; who Yefterday Morning, off the Eaft End of this Ifland, was attack- ed by a French Privateer of 1z Guns, full of Men, when a clofe Engagement enfued within Piftol fhot, from 11 to 1 0’Ciock. The Blackburne had much of her Sailsand Rigging damaged, and many fhot in her Hull, but no Perfon was killed or wounded. At the firft of the Engagement many Frenchmen ap- peared on the Round Houfe of the Privateer, but Monfieur meeting with fo warm a Reception, he thought proper to theer off. This we prefume s the Veflel that the Man from the Maft Head of the Li- berty, (before mentioned) fuppofed to have firuck to the fid floop, NEW.YORK, May 1. Tbe Joweral tranfports taken upin this place for bis Majefly’s ferice, bave fallen down fince ourla, #be Hook, there to meet and join thofe that latelyirrined thither from England, under conwoy of his Mjefly's Sy “the Devonflire, of 64 gunms, capt. Gordou ; ®tbe Hisid of "20 guns, and the Hunter floop, of 16 gu'ns, cape. Lefor- 7y, making in all near 60 fail. Bis Majefly's fbi3 the Scarborough and Gramont, are to join them at the Hook, #be latter having fallen down yeflerday for that purpefe, ‘and the former being arrived there from a fhort cruize. . “His Majefly's flnp the Diana, capt. Schomburg, a Jew Days ago fell down to the Hook ; and yefierday commodore Durell wvent dozon in the Gramont, to go os board ber, in order, we bear, to take tharge of the fleet _gram ‘thence to Halifax, wbither thty failin a few ays. . i Friday laft bis excellency lord Loudoun, émbark’'d on board his Majifly's fbip the Hampfbire, of 50 guns, capt. Narbury, lying in the North River,— His Excellency awas faluted on bis going off, by a difcharge of the can- non on Flat-rock Battery, and the man of war fired awben bis Lordfbip avas Jafe om board. Tbe mail that awas to go by the packet, i5pit on board the Hampjbire, avho, we bear, is ‘bound direclly to England. - And, The Earl of Halifax packet boat, capt. Rand, iste Jailfor Falmouth in about 8 ar 1O days at fartheff. . The Ludioaw Cafile man of war, capr. Clarke, was to leave Virginia fbe lattér end of April, with the trads under his convoy. On Sunday Morning the'23d of laft'Month, about two 0’Clock, Capt. Jafper Farmer, of the Militia Train, with a Number of his Company, went on board the Suow Charming Jenny, Scott, Matter, then lying along the new Dock, in order to imprefs Men for the Tranfport Service, who having impref- fed (everal, four of the Crew more obftinate than the reft, retired into the Round Houfe, and there armed themfelves with Blunderbufies ; and although Capt. Farmer, and a Magiftrate then ftanding on the Dock, defired them in an amicable manner, to furrender,’ promifing they fhould not go on board the Men of War, but ferve on board the Tranfports, yet theg obftinately refaled, and fired their Blunderbuiles thro® the Loop Holes, and wounded Capt. Farmer in the Neck, of which Wound he languifhed till about ten 0'Clock of the Evening of the fame Day, when hs died. The Fellows did not furrender till an Officet - with a Party of Regulars came down, and fired a Volley into the Round- Houfe, which not damaging" any of them, they were feized, and are all in Caf- tedy. ‘The Coroner’s Inqueft having fat two Days, brought in their Verdi&, Murder, in four Perfons bes longing to the faid Smow. The fame Morning alfo, about five o’Clock, as another Party of the Militia were looking for Sailors in the Out-Skirts of the City, they fell upon a Houfe wherein nine Dutchmen were lodged, (they lately being brought in by fome of the Privateer:) who.at fitlt would not furrender ; whereupon an Officer with a Party came to the Houfe, and ordered his Men to fire, altho’ two of the Dutchmen in the Garret would have furrendered and come down, the other feven having fecreted them(elves :—The Party according- ly fired, and inflantly killed one Hans Fanfen Ram- JSoergh, the Ball entering juft under his Chinand going thro’ the upper part of his Head, the Soldiers having fired up a kind of Stair Cafe, or rather Trap Door: . —His Comrade was” wounded in the fame Place, and has laid dangeroufly ill ever fince, The Coro- ner’s Inqueft having fat two Days brought in their Verdi&, Murder, in the Cfiicer, and divers other Per- fens to the Jurors unknown. Yiflerday Capt. Seymour, in the Ship King of Pruffia Priwateer returned bither from a Cruize, and brought in avith bim a French Prize Schooner. The Privateer Snmow Neptune, Capt. Thompfon, of this Port, mounting 14 Carriage Guns, on the 11th of March laft, was taken by a large French Ship of 28 Guns, fitted out of Port-Louis on Purpole, and carried into that Place —Tis Jaid fbe had upwards of 250 Hands on board. : The Privater Snow Cicero, Captain Smith, alfo of this Port, mounting 14 Carricge Guns, with 120 Men, on the 13¢h following, was likenwise taken by the faid Ship, and carricd into Port-Louis, after J[uffaining @ clofe Engagement of tawo Hours and a Half, with the utmoft Courage and Condul imaginable 3 with the Lofs of 15 of bis Hands killed and wounded, ] Captain Jauncey, in the Royal-Hunter Privateer, of this Place, who carried two Datch Ships down 0 Jamaica, failed from thence in Company with Capt. Goodwin, and off the Bite of Leogane, joined Capt. Skinner, in the De Lancey, and Capt. Dwight, in the Charming Sally, who were cruizing in order to intercept two French Brigs, of 14 Guns, and 100 Men each, that were foon to fail from Leogane, for Coracoa, loaded with Indigo. Monday alfo, the Schooner America, Captain Hale, came up, in 15 Days, from Santa Croix ; and acquaincs us, That 2¢ Dutch Ships, loaded with Provifions, &c. and bound to the French Wefl Indies with 10 French Privateers, were carried into Anti- gua,