The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, May 19, 1758, Page 3

their Duzy .2 board their refpeltive Ships ; avbich appears bighly reafonable, as their Pay is wery confider-' able, .. d the Government has morcover alloted a hand- fome Subfiftence for 40 of them inTime of Peace. Priwvate Letters by the Flanders Mail bring advice, that the Opz%re of 74 Guns (one of the Ships that convoyed the laté Fleet of Merchantmen from St. Do- mingo and Martinico) was owerfet by a fudden Squal of Windjufl as fbe was going into the Harbour of Breft and is loft. The Greenwich was at the fame time drowe on Shore, in the Entrance of the Harbour, as mention'd in a former Paper. . This Morning an Exprels arrived awith an Account, #bat the French had evacuated Hansver, Zell, Bremen, Brunfwick, and Caffel; and having colle@ted their Forces, paffed the Wejer, with the greatefl Precipitation, kaving atl their Magazines, Cannor, fick, &5 awounded bebind them in their March to Onaburgh : and when the Mffenger came away, Prince Ferdinand had attacked the French in their Rear, cut to Picces the \Regiment 'of Daupbiny, &c, and bad taken Prifoners ~ phree thouland Men. March 7. By letters from the Welt Coalt of France we aie affared, that three men of war and 40 wranfports departed the day after Admiral Bofcawen failed from Plymouth Sound ; it is therefore got un- likely they may fall in with each other, as it is fap- pofed both fleets are deftisied for the fame place : of fhould the French get the ‘Ttart of Admiral Bof- cawen, they will probably meet ‘with Sir Charles Hardy, who is cruizing off Louifbdurg, with 8 fail of the line. . " As (oon as the Count Clermont arrived in the ele@orate of Hanover, he vifited every poft occupied by the French troops, and fome days after wrote a * .. Jetter to his court, which letter has been intercepted, and is faid to be to the following purpofe:: That he has found nothing that can properly be called an ar- rhy, but only a parcel of raggamuffins, thieves and vagabonds, quartered up anc dowa a country, which they have pilfered and rained, and whofe inhabitants wait but the opportunity to join in the purfuit, ‘as foon as they turn tail ; and that all he can do at pre- fent is to bring them off towards theFrench frontiers, ~ with as ligtle lofs as poffible,and make a ftand as foon as he fhall be reinforced with better troops. Our land forcesxconfift of 5141 horfe in Great- . Britain, 2hd 2134 in Ireland ; we have of foot foldiers in Great Britain, 21,980, in Ireland 14,400, at Gibraltar 7910, and in America 15,710 ; in all 22735 horfe, and 60,000 foot exclufive of 13,000 marines. : : It is rumoured that there will ‘be fiujd!y a change’ it 'the miniftry. . | A7 v The French, in their retreat from Hanover, car- ried off all the horfes, and a young fellow on every borfe, by way of hoftage for the fick and wounded they left behind. gy We hear our court waits only on the arrival of an exprefs from Mr. Keith, the - Britith minifter at the court of Peterfburg, to determine the. departure of the fleet, which is ready for the Baltick, in cafe the court of Ruflia perfifts in their refolution of invading the territories of his Pruffian Majefty. A We have an account that Admiral Ofborne has tzken two French men of war, and funk one. Advice is received from Leghorn that the Royal George privateer, with the Ambufcade man of war, aad Leopard of Briftol, had taken fifteen French prizes ; fix of which were ranfomed and fent into Meflina. . ‘March 4. It is more than. Conjeilure, that the Difagreement in the Cabinet is the Caufe of the Inadiivity of the Troops in the Field ; the fatal Confequences of which, are wuch 1o be dreaded, as the French may find Means ts Srengthen themfelves in Germany, who might now be overpowered, and by one feafonable Blow, crufbed ; foas not to be able to make Head againft the Allies, during tbe enfuing Campaign. - Inflead of 14,000 Men, would it not be a decifive Stroke,to fend 40,- 000, t0 fecond the Views of that magnani- mous Prince, the King of Pruffia 5 who would not fail to make a proper Ufe of them, by following the Monfieurs to the Gaies of Paris. v It is thought very extraordinary by many, _that ever fince the Reign of Queen Elizabeth it fbould bave beén the conflant and invaria- ble Policy. of this Nation to fend Troops 1o the YContinent, in order only to preferve the Bal- lance of Power there but that now, when the very Ruin and DeSiruilion of our own natural and avowed Enemy, and the grand Difturbers of Europe, might be effected, by _ @ proper Exertion of our Power, in Conjunc- tion with a’ Proteflant Ally, our Troops to the Number of 50,000, fbould be kept at Home in Idlenefs to eat up the Bread of their Fellow Subjefls, without any other apparent Ule, than to quell Mobs, or increafe Riots. : B S0 T O N May rigs A Perfon from Albany, who came to Town Yef- terday informs, that a Body of French and indians, between 3 and 400, had lately killed and [caiped 32 Perfonsat the German Flats, in 2 moft cruel and bar- barous Manner, refufing to give them Quarter. Wednelday laft a Schooner arrived at Salem from Gibraltar, The Mafter {ays that the French Fleet had not gotout of the Streights, nor even auempted it, when he left Gibralgar : That.there” wasa Report there, that fome of We Englith Ficet had drove two French Frigates athore, boond from Marleilles to Carthagena.—No News of a Spanifh Rupture. So that the above contradills the Englifb Account of the French Fleet’s getting out s.and a very good Reafon -wb.y they akere kept in, Admival Sfbarne determines they Jfhall not get oxnt. ‘ John Carrage, Skipper 'of a Fifhing Schooner who arrived at Marblehead laft Friday declares.— That on Wednefday the 3d iftant being about 12 Leagues to the Weftward of the Ifle af Sabies, a- bout 8 o’Clock in the Morning, he fpoke with the Prince of Orange Man of War of 64 Guns, Capt. John Furguifon, who told him he was one of Admi- ral Bofcawen’s Squadron ; they left Plymouth that Day 10 Weeks, and had been as far Southward as to make Bermudas.—That his Ship parted with 12 Sail of the Line, three of them 3 Deckers, z4 Fri- gates,'6 Tranfports, having on board 1600 Regu- lars, and 2 Fire Ships the Night before —'The Ad- miral was in the Namure—The faid Skipper is of Opinion they reached Halifax laft Saturday or San- day, he pitt a Pilot on board the Prince ot Orange. Capt. Kirkwood arrived here laft Thurfday from Tondon : He came out with Capt. Jacocks, and has bro’t no later News :—He informs, That on the 2gth of April ult. at Two in the Morning, in Latt. 41, he faw Twelve Sail of large Ships, two of which had Top-lights, they were laying to, with their Heads to the Northward, on which he flood to the South- ward, but could not difcover who they were : By him welearn, That His Excellency Francis Barnard Efg; Governour of New Jerfey had embarked on board Capt. Power, a Store Ship, bound for New- York, which was {oon to fail :—That the Edward, Davis ; Stratford, Lewis ; and the Eagle, Tomiin- fon ; were to fail for New-York, in a Week after “him : That Capt. Heytham istaken ; and that the Irene, Capt. Jacobfon, had not been heard of fince the left New- York, which was the z 11t of November Jaft. Capt. Metealf, who artived here VeRerday in 7 Days from Halifax, which Place he left Yeiterday {e'nnighr, and brings us the.agreeable News, that as he came down to the Beech, which was towards Dufk, he faw thres large Ships, but could not teil " who they were,a Fog coming up ; that they kept firing at Times all Night ; that on Monday Morn- ing laft, juft as he got under Sail, he faw nine Ships of the Line a little to the Weftward of theHarbour, and imagines they muft have got in abost Noon the fame Day ; {o that it is now beyond all doubt, that the Fleet of Ships which Capt. Kirkwood met with, was no-ather than Admiral Bofcaweén’s Squadron, thefe Ships having as we hear' been as far to the Southward as the Latitude of Bermudas. Capt. Metcalf alfo informs, That a large French Storefhip of 700 Ton¢, and twenty two Guns, having on board 3000 Barrels of Provifions, 2nd 3co0 Stand of Arms, befides Cloathing and Dry Goods, bound for Louifbourg, arrived at Halifax before he failed : She ftiuck to Admiral Hardy, after receiving 3 or 4 . Broadfides ; which fhows the bad a bold Command er, who did not Deuce his Coloursto a Vefiel of e- qual or inferior Force : Admiral Hardy gain’d Intelligence by her, that another Ship, then in Sight, was her Confort, bound alfo for Louifbourg, which he went after ; and which we hgpe in our next to give a good Account of. Capt. Metcalf met a Brig (belonging to New Londan) geing into Hali- fax, which had been out from Spithead but 5§ Weeks; but could not get near enough to gain any Torelli- gence from her : He aifo met “the . Phuladelphia T'ranfports goirg in. Saturday laft, pat into this Harbour, a Snow from Liverpool, bound to Virginia; fhe has been 16 Weeks out, and has loft her maia top-maft, as fobn as her Damag® is repair’d fheis to proceed on her Voyage. ) Yefterday towards Night, a Child about 5 years of Age was found drowned ina Well, 2t the South Part of this Town. Capt. Montgomerie, in a Letter of Masque Ship, arrived here this Morning, in 45 Days from Glafgow. The Week before laft died at Barnftable, the Hon. -Joun Otis, Efq; who for many Years was of His Majelty’s Council for this Province, Extralf? of a Letter from Gibralter, Frb. %20, 1358, “ The French Men of War, which are § ia Num- ber, befides one Frigate, are arrived at Toulon from Carthagena, though poorly mann'd : Admiral ©Of- borne with 14 Ships of the Line, and a Nuamber of Frigates, keep cortinually crurfing in the Streights, fo that M. de Ja Clue will find it difficalt to get out.” Extraét of a Letter from Barbadoes, March 8. ‘“ A tew Days apo arrived here the Roebuck Man of War bound to Jamaica, who in her Paflage tock a large Snow, a Spanifh Bottom, but French Navi- gators'and Lffects ; herCargo faid to be worth 50,- coo | Currency.” : _ Partof a Letter from Halifax,May 3.—*T wou!d™ inform you that Yeflerday arrived hereal:: :e Ship, upwards of 500 Tons, taken off Lou'fbourg by one of our Fleet ; fhe was bound into Louifbourg with 3000 Barrels of Provifions, Cloathing for two Re- giments, and many other Stores, mounts 24 Gans on one Deck and is a very valaable Prize. Capt, Rogers of the Province Sloop of War who came in with the Prize fays, when he left the Fleet they were in Chafe of another large Ship, which we ex- pect will appear {oon.” The fame Day arrived a Frigate belonging to Admiral Bofcawen’s Fleet, who partea with the Fleet 10 Days ago ; one of the Of- ficers told me that Admiral Bofcawen has the f{ole Command by Sea and Land.—We are hourly ex- pefling more Prizes, and are affured there is but one Ship of Fasce at Lanifbourg, of 80 Guns, who be- ing a prime Sailor got clear of the whole Fleet, and arrived fafe at Louifbouarg, with the Money to pay the Forces there.”— : PORTSMOUTH, Laft Tuefday his Majefty’s Ship Beaver, of 20 Guns, arrived here in four Days from Halifax, by whom we learn, that Admiral Bofcawen was fafe arrived there with 14 Ships of the Line, By a Maft Ship arrived at Bofton this Week from England, we are inform’d, that Admiral Ofborne has taken and deftroyed the following French Men of War in the Mediterranean, viz. Trod oyaur 84 Guns taken 4 Oraflamme 6o drove afhore Orpheus 74 taken Pleyade 30 taken Rofe ‘ 26 loft : Greenwich so loft By Capt. Hanfon Meferve, who arrived here laft Night, in 14 Days from St. Kitts, we are inform’d, that the Captains Warner, Hooker, Mills, and Brad- ford, are arrived at Antigua ; Boothby, Tallent, Stoodley, and Blunt, at St. Kitts, all from this Port : That feveral Philadelphia Veflels are arrived there : That he faw theLondon Fleet,confifting of 5o Sail pafs by there for Jamaica: That the Captains Odiorne, Robinfon, Sherburne, Pickerin, of this Place, and a Schooner belonging to Capt. Moulton of Hampton, were taken by the French, the three former carried to Martinico, the dther two were re- taken by Capt. Peter Read of St. Kitts : That Capt. Miller of this Place was taken by a {mall Pettiaugor, about two Leagues from Nevis, but the French gave him his Boat, in which he went afthore at St. Kitts 5 the next Day the Veflel fill'd, which obliged the - French to go athore at Nevis, and were all put in Goal : That eight or ten French Privateers have been taken and carried inco Antigua within about a Fortnight, and two into St. Kitts : That French« Datchmen are taken and carried in almoft every Day, and condemn’d. ' Five Captains of Veflels belonging to Bofton, 4 of whom had been taken, came Paflengers in Capt. Meferve. The Markets at St. Kitts are very low, Fifh 18s. Flower 1z 5. 6. Bread 20s. Lumber g l. Crops almoft entirely fpoiled. We hear that Capt. Partridge who failed from hence about 14 Months ago, and had not been*heard of, was taken and carried into Cape Breton, from thence to Old France, and is coming home in oné of the Maft Ships. Province of } Portfmouth, May New-Hampthire 18. 1758. Noticets bereby given, That the GENERAL ASSEM- BLY of this Province flands Adjourned 'til] the 24tb Inflant, 10 0Clock A M. and the Members thereof are Defired and Required to give their Attendance without Fail, as there will be Matters of Importasce then to tranfalt. By Order of the SpeAKER, ‘ Anprew Crakkson, Clerk, ———— —— ——— e e (gt it Eawbury and County of York L O TEERY TICKETS, Sold by the Printer hereof.