The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, May 26, 1758, Page 1

» - < L. Fripay, May 26. '1758.. e if‘NeW-Hampfllire ik Containing the Frefbef? Adwices Lap Tuefday Jeu'night arrived at Bofton Capt. Darling, in Six Werks from England, by whom we bave the Jollowing Frefh Adwvices from Europe, _Fram the LONDON Prints to the 5th of dpril lafi. L O N D O N, March 13. A S T night about eleven o’Clock, Mr. Evans, one of his Majefty’s Meflenge:s, arrived at St. James's, with an Exprefs from Stade; by which we learn, that the ; Allied Army had taken above 18,000 French Prifoners, and that the Allies had furrounded two detached parties of th?rench army that were oing to unite, one of 6000 and another of 4000, and it was expefted when, this Exprels left Stade, that they had by that time furrendered. prifoners of war : The veflel that bronght this Exprefs arrived at Leoftoffe, and was difpatched on purpofe with the news. : . : L O N D O N, Marchzs. _The following News came by the Groyne Mail, which arrived Yefterday at the Poft Office, and is faid to have been received at the Groyne in a Letter from M, du Cofne, Secretary to the Embafly at Madrid, to Jof. Jordan, Efq; our Conful at the Groyne, dated March 8, 1758 ; the Subfiftance of which. is as follows : ¢¢ By Letters from Carthagena, Ifind Admiral Of- borne has fallen in with three French Men of War of the Line, and two Frigates ; Part of the Engage. ment between thefe two %afi and two of the Englith Frigates was feen off the Port of Carthagena the 28th of Febroary, between Five and Six Afternoon. At “half paft Six they were out of Sight, falling to Lee- ward of the high Land ; but about Nine Mr. Banks gCouhcil at Carthagena) {ays, the Firing ceafed ; and he adds, that he was informed by fome Fifherman, that they faw off the Port of Carthagena 12 large Men of War with Englith Colours, but that twosof them had white Colours under the Englith ; {o that Mr. Banks makes no dosbtbut that all the five French Men of War are taken, otherwile, fays he (and very. juftly) they would have come clofe in, as they had done before_op the 26th before the hard Gale, which fucceeded on the 27th, had blowed them to- Sea, the Weather all Day Yefterday, the 28th of ?ebruary, having been very moderate. .M. de la Clue fent out his Long Boats manned and armed;bug they returned empty handed. His Squadron did fio, ftir, and ftill remains at Carthagena. ¢ The French Ships, which it is fuppofed Admi- ral Ofborne met with, were the Reinforcement un- der M. du Quefne, coming o0 join M. de la Clue ; their Names are the Foudroyant of 84 Guns ; the Orpheeus of 74 ; the Oriflamme of 6o ; the la Pley- ade of 30 ; and the Rofe of 26.” Other Letters from ‘the Groyne fay pofitively " that the above five Ships are taken by Admiral Of- borne.—A Confirmation of this News will be very acceptable. And by a Cartel Ship arrived at Dover, we hear that the French acknowledge that Admiral Ofborne had taken a Ship of 84 Guns, all Brals, and one of 24 Guns ; but that a third had made her Efcape. Thefe Ships were going to-join M. de la Clue. Letters from Toulon by the lat Mail fay, that the Pleyade Man of War of 31 Guns, one of M. du- Quefne’s Squadron, had gat back to Toulon, but could give no Account of the reft of the Fleet. The French Account of the above Affair is as fol- lows, wiz. MERSEILLES, (in France,) March 10, T H E awhole attention of people bere is taken “up awith the rencontre which M. du Quefne bad avith the Englifh [quadron, and the manner in awbich bis three fbipswhich were attacked and purfued by Fourteen of the enemy’s, found means o ¢fcape from them, M. dela Clue having advice of the Englifh appearing off Carthagena, was returned to that port, in order to wait for M. du Quefne, and afterwards [et fail5 and be flattered himfelf that bewfhould be able to make head againft the enemy, tho’ [uperior to bim in 2he number of fbips, if they attempted to oppofe bis Paf- fage. As foon as M. du Quefne arrived off Carthage- ~ na be made the proper fignals, but the wind awould not permit M. dela Clue to come out and join him : be cruifed three days before the harbour, expedling the wwind to change, which at length it did 5 but a firong gale ar north aeft forced bim in the night of the 27th of February towards the Cape de Gatte. The Pliyade Sfrigate was a-bead of the [quadron, and about balf an bour after three in the Morning difcovered the Englifh Seet, confifling of 14 large fbips in a line. She imme- diately tacked about, in order to acquaint M. du Quefne, awho no fooner perceived ber, but imagining fhe bad fpicd the encmy, be thought proper to make the befi of bis avay back, which the north wefi wind, awbich fiill con- titued, prevented bis doing Jo expeditionfly as be could bave wifbed. As foon as it aas day,one of the fore- wmoft of the Englifh fbips fired two guns as a fignal fore their whole fleet to crowd Jail. 1bat of M. du Quef- ne was bowewver fiill a-Lead of the enemy, and avould foon baw? loft fight of themn s but unfortunately about ten in the morning the wind fell, and be awas becalmed, avbile the Englifh having a frefb galeat Jouth aveft came dowwn upon bim awith all the fails they could Jit 3 M. du Quefne likewile crouded all the fail be conld, awbich would hardly work bis /bips, lo that about three in the afternoon the encmy began to come pretty near. Six of their befl Jailing Whips foow came up, three of awbich chafed the Orpbeus, and the other three the Fou- droyant. The former being the beaviefl failer awas Joon within reach of one of the enemy’s fbips, and made a running fight : the Foudroyant being overtaken by the entimy towards 4 or § o'clock, was likewife obliged to make a rusning fight, and fbot away the top mafl of the Sip that was neareft to her. However M. du Quefne did not omit to giwe proper diretions for fecuring the other (hips belonging to bis Jquadron ; be made 1o Sig- nals for the Pleyade frigate io get off as faft as fbe could, being in bapes that fbe might efcape by the favour of the night, under a freth gale at Jouth wefi. The - Orphieus was got within tawo lzagues of Carthagena, and (her rigging hawing received no damcge in the engages ment ) muft have found means 1o get into that barbour, tho’ at feven in the evening Jbe was making a wery brift fire avith ber finall-arms, by which it is imagi- ned that the enemy awas wery near ber. The Orifiam- me, who bad pat in towsards tie_land, conld not rejoin the commandant avben be made the fignal for that pur- pofe ; if tbe bad attempted it, fhe would bave been in- Sallibly cut off by the encmy’s fbips that chafed the Or- pheus and Foudroyant ; but Jhe found means to_efcape by doubling the Gape de Gatte in ithe night. We are in expelation of more pofitive accounts of theje three fbips, and of the fleps which M. de la Clue will think proper to take, whofe Squadyon is quite Jafe in the barbour of -gartbagma. % "™ GEnEva, (an ancient, large, popilous and flrong City in the Dukedom .of Saway, and M. of the Common- awealth of Genewa. ) March 14. Letters from France advife, that there wasa Naval engagement on.the coafts of Murcia, between an Englith and French fquadron to the advantage of the former, who took or funk three Frebch men of war. The particulars are not exally known ; but it is hoped they will be confirmed. Motft of the People here are partifans of Pruffia, who often rally fuch as favour the French; for the contemptible figure they lately made in the Ele@orate of Hanover. Advices from France in- form us, that great naval armaments -are making at Toulon and Rochefort, which are to take troops on board to fend to America, in order to defeat the pro- je&s of the Englifh. Brest, ((a wery fair noted Port of France, ) Feb. 22. M. de Beauflier’s Squadron is ready to fail, and is to tranfport 1000 regalar Troops with Provifions and Ammunition of dll kinds to Louifbourg. A Veflel arrived from thence to Rochefort, the Beginning of laft Month, brings Advice, that the Garrifon was in want of nothing, and that Wood wasthe only Thing that feemed likely to become fcarce, exceflive Cold- nefs of Climate occaftoninga great Confumption thereof ; but with regard to any Attempt from the Englifh, they were under no manner of Apprehen- fion. Feb 27. *Tisaflured there will be a Camp this Year under the Walls of Rochfort, compofed of z5 Battalions and 12 Squadrons, and by this Time they have begun to work at the Entrenchments which are to be made there on the Side of Fort Fouras. MADRID, (& large and populous (but unwalled) City the Metropolis of all Spain,) Feb. 22. The Vif- compte d’ Aubeterre, the French Ambaflador, has juft received an Exprefs from Paris with important Dif- patches concerning the Refolation the Moft Chriftian King bad taken to arm a confiderable Fleet in his Sea-Ports, the Contenis of which he communicated to the Court, _ Nuwms. - 86. GAZETTE. B S — o > . ; Foreign and Domeflick. Paris, (i France,) March 6. Count de Beftu-' chefl, the Ruflian Ambailador, has jult informed our Miaiftry, that an army of 33, ooo Ruflians would be by the Middle of this Month in the Neighbourhood of Warfaw, and from thence was to marchto Mo- ravia, there to be employed as the Court of Vienna fhall judge proper. *Tis faid likewife that pu:fuant to Regulations taken between our Court and that of Vienna, for'the Operations of the approaching Cam- paign, the Auftrian Army will be divided into two Corps, one of which will be commanded by Marthal Daun, and theother is to be joined by the auxiliary T'roops the Prince de Soubize leads into Bohemia, and to be commanded by Marfhal Bathiani. DANTZICK, (2 wery large, firong, ard [iately City, one of the chief of Poland,) March 15. Some Travel- lers who come from Poland fay, that Prince Mau- rice of Anhalt Deflau is with a Body of 24,000 Men near Lefno and Frauftadt, on the Frontiers of that Kingdom,and that he is preparing to march forwards. The Ruffians extend fo far along the Viftula that they occupy Furftenwerder, and even reach to the Diftri¢t of this City, and General Fermer is foon ex- pected here. i ~ BrEsLaw, (2 Jarge and neat City of Germany in Bobemia, the Metropolis of the Dukedom of Silefiz,) March 17. The 15th Inft. at Seven in the f\;lorn— ing the King of Pruffia fet out from this City, ac- cempanied by Prince Ferdinand his Brother, Prince Maurice of Anhalt Deffau, Prince Engene of Wirt- emberg, and feveral other Generals, but it is not ° known what Road he had taken. The Hereditary Prince of Hefle Caffel, who arrived here Yefterday, fet out this Morning to join his Majefty. . STETIN, (@ very firong and rich City of Germany, awith a fine Cafile,) March zo. The King of Pruffia has caufed to'be fignified in exprefs Terms to the Republic of Poland, ¢ That 2as foon as any Ruflian ¢ Troops marched through their Territories, he ¢ fhould be obliged to fend an army of 60,000 Men ¢ there, and treata Republic he has hitherto regarded ¢ as an antient Friend like an Enemy.’ RaTi1sBoN, (2 large, firong, well built, rich, and populous City of Germany,) March 16, The Auftri- ans keep profound filence on the fudden evacuation of the Electorate of Hanover and Dutcby of Branf- wick by'the French, leaving fo many fick prifoners, ammunition and magazines behind them ; that e- vent having by no means been forefeecn. At which they are the more diffatisfied, that army being redu- ced {o, as not to confilt of 50,000 men ficto bear arms. Paris, March 17. As feveral fmall fquadrons have been fent from our ports with fhips laden with troops and ftores for Louifbourg, we hope the En- glifh will mifcarry in-their enterprize againft that place. As tothe Eaft Indies, we have nothiog at all to fear there : our naval force muft even be fupe- rior in that part of the world, fince the firft divifion of the India Company’s fquadron is arrived there. It was in the month of Auguft laft that it put into Pondicherry : It confifted of the Count de Provence of 6o guns, the Duke of Orleans, the Duake of Bur- gundy, the St. Lewis, the Seychelles frigate of 30 guns, the Briftol of 24, a bomb.- ketch and two tran{- ports. Another {quadron of the King's and Com- pany’s fhips is fuppofed to have failed a few days aga for the coaft of Coromondel. They write from Havre de Grace, thatfix frigates are gone from thence ta Breft. BresT, March 20. ‘They work night and day, Sundays and Hellidays not excepted, on the arma- ment of the fquadron deftined for Louifbourg. We have received freth orders to equip 2o vefiels, which are to be commanded by the Count de Conflans as Vice- Admiral. ‘The lift of them is come, with that of Captains who are to command them.—M. de Beaffier’s fquadron is to fail for Louifbourg before the 2oth of .next month. GENOA,(an ancient, firong, rich, and fiately City, one of the chiefof ltaly,) March 7. We learn from the Coaft of Africa, that there has been a violeat Earth-. quake at Conftantine, between Algiers and Tunis 3 that the firongeft Buildings conld net refift the Vio- lence of the Shock ; that many “Thoufand Lives were loft ; and the neighbouring Country much damaged. HaNoOVER, (a firong City of Germany,) March 21. On Saturday laft was conduéted hithesr'a Body of 1100