The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, May 26, 1758, Page 3

. 1200 Barrels of Flour : She r.nea from Rd;h?&;t, in -bourg ; three of 74, one of 60, (which retarn’d) and . the reft were Frigates : They failed about the 1oth of Ma*rom Rochfort. 4 " . Saturday laft Capt. Caldwall arrived here from ~~ Belfaft in about 7 Weeks. Capt. Bradford latg'of a . Ship belooging to Bofton, came in with Capt. Cald- ~ _ wall, and gives us the following Relation : That he > failed from Pifcataqua the 16th of March laft, bound to Jamaica, in the Ship Ranger, but on the 22d of the fame Month, in a violent Gale of Wind, hisVe(- fel fprang a Leak, and filled with Water, which obliged him to cut away his Main and Mizen Mafts, when he with his Crew, 19 in Number, took to the Fore Top, and remained there till the gth of April, but were happily .relieved by Capt. Ogilvy, from Hall, bound to New- York ; that they were reduced to half a Pint of Water a Day, and had but four Days Allowance left when they were taken up ; that one Man died in the Top, and four others were fo emaciated, that they could - fcarcely ftand ; and that - on the 24th of April, Capt. Bradford and his chief Mate, left Capt. Ogilvy, he being fcarce of Provi- fions,and embarked on board Capt. Caldwall. Yefterday returned from 2 Cruize, the Privateer Snow Royal Hefter, Capt. Jacob Roome, and bro’t < jn with him two large Dutch Ships, which he nabbed = juft asthey had made a handfome Offing out of Cape- Francois, the ztft of April laft; the one is called the Vrow Heid, Anthony Fatres, Mafter, of 14 Guns, bound to Rotterdam ; the other called St. Fer- nando, Nicholas Helkes, Mafter, of 16 Guns, bound to Amfterdam ; both of them being deep loaded with Sugar, Coffee, and Indigo. A Sloop from Pifcataqua was run on a Reef off = Parham, the zoth of March, by a French Privateer ; but was got off again without much Damage. B O S T O_ N, Maye:. The Ship commanded by Captain Darling, by whom we have the foregoing Intelligences, is the Stafford Maft-Ship of 24 Guans: She left Portfmouth * @ the gthof April laft, in Company with a Number of other Merchantmen bound (o the Welt Indies, un- der Convoy of a 60 Gun Ship ;—Two Days be- fore a Number of other Merchantmen failed for Vir- s ginia, New-York, alfo Capt. Spender for this Place, ; under Convoy of the Chefterfield.—In the Stafford camea great Number of Paflengers belonging to thefe Parts, among wham are the Hon. Samuel Wal- do, Efq; Dr. Thomas Bulfinch, Capt. Dowfe 'of the Iate Province Snow of War Prince of Wales, and feveral other Mafters of Veflels : From whom we have further Information, That the Day they left Portfmouth, they heard there ‘was a Confirmation of Admiral Ofborn’s Succefs in the Mediterranean, the following is the Lift which was handed “about g there, viz. - French Ships taken by Admiral Ofborne in o 1he Mediterrancan, ‘Foudroyant, 84 Guns taken. Or- 3 pheus, 74 taken. Oraflame, 60, drove afbore. Plei- ads, 30, taken. Rofe, 26, loff. Greenwich, 50, lof? off Ujbant. The taking of two Men of War is 4 alfo confirmed by a Vellél from Lisfbon arrived at Salem laft Tueflday, as ‘appears by the following Extra& of a Letter froma Gentleman of Note, da- ; ted at IMbon, March 18. 1758. ¢ — Admiral ! Ofborne hitherto keeps in the Toulon Squadron, which ’tis fuppos’d were defigned for America ; and - % this Day comes Advice of his taking off Carthage- na two large French Men of War, which were com- ing down to reinforce Monf. de Clue, who lyes with fix or 8 Ships of the Line, befides Frigates, in s that Harbour : The 3d efcaped under the Prote&i- on of a fmall Spanifh Fort, where fhe was taking out her Guns, in order to pafs fome ‘Flats, to get into a Place of Security : Twoof our Men of War conti- i nued to watch her, to obfru& her Proceeding. '’ Tt is faid, that the above Ships were defigned to affift ~ M. la Clue in getting out of Carthagena, "and " ex- - pe&ted his Fleet would fight their Way thro’; but that Admiral Ofborn had been reinforced, fo that his Fleet confifted of 17 large Ships, prevented M. la Clue’s coming out, and that he lay in the Harbour the whole of the Time, for which he was recalled by the French Court.—— It is likewife faid, That the French are in a very bad Condition in'their Sea- Ports, particularly at Breft, with.the maligant Dif- eafe carried by their Fleet that returned from Louis- i bourgh laft Year, on board of which (from their < Sailing to their Return) they loft 14,000 Seamen, and near 11,000 Inhabitants have died near Breft ; that they were obliged to lay up their Privateers in order to man their Shipsof War, end butfew of them could bein Readinefs to put to Sea this Spring. “e—We alfo hear that near two Thirds of Capt. ' Dowfe’s Men, who wcre carried to France in the a- bove Fleet, have died with that Diftemper, the € ~ .Hands that furyive(except two or three of the young Officers which came in the Maft Ship) were gone i to Brifto), in order to take Paffage in'the firft Vef- . {els for this Place. General Winflow, and {everal _ other Gentlemen who went Paffengersin the Maft- “Ships, under Convoy of the Enterprize Man of War * which failed from Pifcataqua the zoth of February « Company with g French Ships of War, for Louil-. hfi,fv;‘e)i'é it Portfmonth in their Way'np to London before the Stafford faialté‘}i Feiainy ’TLP, T nxl?n 'Capt. Smith =hbo ‘avas taken 1afl Vear' in bis Paf- Jage from London to this Place, awas to_Juilin a large 8bip of 14 Guns 3 Weeks after Capt. Datling *for this' Place, He writes, “That after he had waited three . Months for Convoy, he was atlaft put under Con- voy of Capt. Innysin the Mermaid, who ungene- roufly left him with feveral other Ships which could not fail fo well as the Mermaid, in the Night betsveen the 16th and 17th of Sept. about 150 Leagues to the Weftward of the Lizzard : — That on the 25th in a Fog he met with a° French Letter of Marque of ‘14 Guns 8 and 4 Pounders, 57 Men be- fides Paffengers, which- he engaged for 3 Hours and an half, with his 6 Guns, 12 Men and Boys, aiter which he was forced to fubmit to the Enemy, for Want of Clofe Quarters: They killed two of the" Enemy, and wounded feveral others, three of which died.— They were carried into Rochelle.” ; Extraft of a Letter from a Gentleman who failed fome Time fince from Rhéde Ifland, in Capt. Moulton, dated, London, April 1ft 1758. We had a fatiguing Paffage of 37 Days to Scilly ; off of which we were taken the v2th of Fanuary lafl, by a French Privateer called the St. Helena, of 22 Guns and 200 Men 5 who bending their Courfe towards 8t. Maloes, with the Prize,wbere cafi away 3 Days after off Cape Trail, § Leagues to the Eaflwward of St. Maloes, the Veffel being Jplit in Pieces againf the Rocks and 130 French Souls perifbed, as alfo 16 of our Ships Company ; among whom awas Mr. Crab, Mr. Singer and a French Gentleman, Capt L’ Mercie.—1 awas oblig’d to embrace the Rock, and climb to the Top ; which feem'd almoft unacceffible, to Jave my Lifé ; and quas afterwards carried to St. Maloes, and thence ta Denian, being civilly treated by the Gowernor and other Gentlemen 5 and bhad Permiffion to embark on board the next Cartel for England, awhich fail'd on the 15th of March with 363 Prifoners, and arriv’d at Dartmouth the next Day. '— Tburlday laft arrivedat Newport, a large French. Dutch Sloop. ~ She was taken by the Captains Hopkins and Chaioner, and wwas bound to° Cape Francois ; ber Cargo is mofily Bale-Goods, and by the Inwoice is [aid t0 be avorth 40,000 Pieces of Eight : About 10 Days before the Capture of his Veffel they likewife took a- nother large Sloop, bound to the fame Port, avbich they order’d likewife to Rbode- Ifland, where fbe is daily ex- pedted. ' Friday laft arrived bere a Veffel in's Days from Halifax, the mafter of which informs, that Capt. Rous, in the Southerland, was return’d to Halifax from off Louifbourg : A few Days before Capt. Rous left the Fleet be look’d into the Harbour of Louifbourg, wbhere be faw but one man of War, and 7 or 8 other Ships anhich he took to be merchantmen. We alfo learn, that Admiral Bofcawen awith the Fleet and Tranfports was to failin a few Days atter the above Veffel left Ha- lifax. 4 Same Day we bada fmart Shower of Rain at- tended with ( hunder and Lightning ; a Sloop lying at Anchor in Charleflown Rivver bad ber mafl fbiver'd to Pieces as low as the Deck, a man on board avas firuck down by the Lightning and ffunn'd, but bappily recove. red in a few Hours after. And, We hear from "Fall town, that in the Shower of Hail avkich they had there one Day laff Week, many of the Hail-flones were as large as ‘Pullet’s Eggs, and that they lay on the Ground till next morning as big as a mufket Ball. From the Weftward we hear, that a Party.of Major Rogers, has bro’t three Prifoners into Fort- Edward : Alfo, That a Party of Stockbridge Indi- ans, under the Command of Capt. Jacobs, had like- wife taken and bro’t into Fort Edward 15 French and Indian Prifoners, and 7 Scalps. We. hear from the Eaftward, that the famous Capt. Cargill, has lately kill'd and fcalp’d one of the Indian Enemies. We hear that Capt. Gruchy has taken a French Privateer Sloop of 8 Carriage Guns, and fent her into Antigua. PORTSMOUTH. Laft Wednefdy the General Affembly of this Pro- vince met here. our /4 Hereas the four feveral Pérfons, whole Names and Deferiptions are here under avritten, belonging to his MaJESTY s Frigate, Beaver, Capt. Enwarp Gascoione Commander, now lying ar Pifcataqua, Deferted from the fatd Frigate betaween the Hours of nine o’Clock loft Night, and three o'Clock this Morning 5 Wuoever /ball apprebend or caufe to be apprebended and brought on board. Jaid Fri- gate, the faid four Men, or any of them, or can give any Intelligence awbere they or any of them may be appre- bended and taken up 5 on their being Jo apprebended and Lrought on board the Jaid Frigate, fball receivve the Sum of Forty Shillings Sterling Reward for each Man /o | apprebended, and brought on board the faid Frigate,viz. Robert Wand, Agedtwenty-four Y ears, about five Feet feven Inches high, brown Complexion,wears a Wig or Cap, born-at Hull,in the County. of Yok, in Great Britain, ‘Hid*6h When deferied; & St !fig’fl“é’jfcket.'-‘- 2 w-"—"_"f’x«";": 243 dadsel - Fonatban “Rively, Aged ‘nineteen Years, @bout five Feet four Inches and a half high; of a fair Com - plexion, wearss Wig or Cap, born at Whitby, in the County of ¥York abovefaid. Hadon when de- ferted, a Seaman’s Jacket. - i 7abn Marshall, Aged thirty three Years, about five Feet four Inches high, of abrown Complexion, wears a2 Wig or Cap, born at Halington, ' in the County of Northumberland. Had on when deferted a Seaman's Jacker. § 3 Fobn Thomas, Aged filty Years, five Feet eight Inches high, brown Complexion, wears his own: Hair, and pitted with the Small Pox. Had on whea deferted, a Seaman’s Jacket. ; Dated on board His' Majefty’s Frigate Begwer, in PiscaTAQUA, the 25th May, 1748, - : Edward Galfcoigne. JUST IMPORTED, and TO BE SOLD ByWILLIAM TEMPLE, At his Store oppofite the Parade, a variety of Euro- pean Geods, by wholefale and Retail, vjz. Icklinburgs and oznabrigs ; 7 8th 3 4th and yard wide garlix ; nuns hollands ; Silefia lin- nens ; men’s plain, ribb’d and black worfted hofe, women'’s ditto ; a large affortment of men’s and boy’s caps ; pins No. four ; men’s and womeg's white and black lamb gloves; 7 8th and 3-4th cot- ton and linnen checks ; worfted crewels ; ingrains ;- quality binding ; gartering ; horfe hair hats ; black and coloured ‘Horn buttons ; fleeve buttons ; fewing filks ; deth head buttons; mohairand fearff twift ; a variety of plain and figur’d ribbons ; ivory combs ; black laces and fringe ; ftay cords and braids ; fine’ threads ; black necklaces ; fans and ferretts ; black gauze hankerchiefs, an affortment of filk ditto ; black and blue mourning crapes; plain, narrow, mode figar’d ditto ; Tnen’s fuperfine German velvet, wo- men’s ditto ; tammies ; calamancoes ; flower’d Ruf- fels ; damatks ; florettais, ftrip’d checkt & plain ;cam- blets ; buckrams ; linnen handkerchiefs ; fpotted, flower'd and plain lawns, minonet ditto ; Perfian taffatys, China ditto ; fpotted and border’d bandan- noes ; filk and cotton romalls ; lungees ; tapfails ; broad cloaths ; drabs ; beaver coating and fhalioons; bardmetal tea pots, writing paper ; {Fc. {&Fc. &e. Alfo a quantity of fhip bread. For LONDON, The Ship KING of Pruffa, Burthen about 200 Tons, Samuer NorprRep Malfter, ILL begin to Load and iake in Freight for Lonpon in about fix Days, and wili certain- ly fail with the Maft Convoy from this Port for Eurore. Freighters or Paflengers may agree with Mr. TrairL, or faid Mafter on board faid Ship, which will lay at the Long Wharfe. PorrsmouTn, May 21. 1758. Province of New-HAMPSHIRE, HE Proprietors of Nottingham, in {aid Province, are Notified, that their Meet:. ing held at Exeter, on the 14th of February, ftands Adjourned toWednelday the 14thDay of Fane next, To be held at the Meeting Houfe in' faid Nos- tingham, at Ten of the Clock before Noon : Remains in the Warrant for faid Meeting, then to be adted upon ; what relates to the making Allowance to the Heirs of Robert Baird, for'a Lot of Liand taken from them by Law : -Alfo the raifing what Money the Proprietors fhall think proper for that, and other Par- pofes ; and to choofe a Committee to make Applica- tion to the General Court for an A&, To enable the Proprietors to colle& fuch Sums of Money as fhall be voted at faid Meeting. By Orderof the Proprietors, Ezxeter, May 1. 1758, PeTErR Grumar, Pro. CL To-Morrow will be Publifh’d, And Sold by the Printer hereof, a Pamphlet entitled, Fair Pray! or, a needful Word to temper the Tral, entitled, a Summer Morning’s Conwerfation, &c. juft publifhi’d, in Bofton, by the Rev'd Peter Clark of Danvers ; on Occafion of a piece called a Winter Ewening's Converfation, &c. upon the Do@trine of Original Sin, &c — Being a Letter to the Rev. Doétor Scawal/, the Rev. Meflirs T homas Pyince, Samuel Phillips, Thomas Foxcroft, and E. Pemberton ; on Occafion of their puting a Recom- mendatory. Preface to Mr. Clark’s Tra. To which is added, . A LETTER, (bythe duthor of the Pitce entitled, Fair-Pray ! Or,a.Needful Word,&5c.) To the R w. My, Sem e Womenm, Wherein 'tis argued fromthe Hely Seriptures, both of the Old and New [ejiament, t/at there is yet to_arife ( before the coming of CHRIST #2 Fudgmens ) a HAD, or RULER of 1h¢ Church afGO{).