The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, June 30, 1758, Page 2

or the dead. This enquiry was frade &t the win- dow where Mr. Holwell had been feated, for the meflenger had yet no orders to open the door, srd the pet{on he enquired after being fhewn him, ‘and it being probable that if the door was foon opened he Wouid recayet, the meflenger haftened back, and 10on fcturned With an order to releafe them all. As the door opened inwards, and as the dead were piled up againtt it, and covered all the reft of the floor, it was impofiible to ‘open it by any efforts from without, it was therefore neceflary that the dead fhould bt 'femoved by ‘the few that were within, who ‘were become fo feeble, that the taik, tho’ it was the.condition of life, wai not performed without the utmoft difficulty, and it was 20 minutes after the order came,before the door could be open’d. Aboat ‘s quarter after fix in the morning, the poor remains of 146 fouls, being no more than three and twenty, came out of the black hole alive, but in a condition which made it very doubtful whether they would fee the morning of the next day ; among the living was'Mrs. Carey, but poor Leech wasa- mong the de2d, . The bodies were dragged out of the hole by the foldiers, and thrown promifcuoufly into the ditch of an, unfinifhed ravelin, which was afterwards filled with earth. | . Mr. Holwell, Mr. Court, Mr. Walcot, and Mr. Burdet were ordered into the cultody of an officer, and the reft were immediately fet at liberty, except poor Mrs. Carey, whofe youth and beauty caofed her to be detained for the conqueror, or Tome officer of flate. : Ny : Mr. Holwell when he came out of the prifon was in a high fever, and not able to ftand ; he was, how- ever, fent for, to be exanfined by the _viceroy, and was in this conditien carried into his prefence. It was fome time before he could fpeak, but as foon as he was able, he began to relate the f{ufferings and death of his unhappy companions. The viceroy, without tzking any notice of this tale of diftrefs, ftopt him fhort by telling him, that he had been informed there was treafure to a very confiderable value fe- creted in the fort, and thac if he did not difcover it; he muft expec no mercy. Mr. Holwell replied; that he knew of no fuch treafure ; and then began to remind him of his afflurance the day before, that no hurt fhould come either to himfelf or his friends : To this remonftrance he paid no more regard than he had done ta the complaint, but proceeded 'in his enquiry concerning the treafure ; and when he found no intelligence could be got, he ordered the general of his houthald troops, whofe name was Mhir Mud- don, to take charge of Mr. Holwell as his prifoner. Among the guard that marched before Mr. Hol- well, when he went out from the prefence of the viceroy, there was 2 man who earried a large Mo- ratta battle-axe on his thoulder, which occafioned a report, firft, that his head was ordered to be ftruck off, and afterwards that the {entence was executed. It happened unfortunately, that Mr. Holwell, in the hurry and confufion of the fiege, after the fort had been deferted by Drake, forgot to fet Omychund, the black merchant, whom Drake had injurioufty imprifoned, at liberty. This negle&t Omychund re« fented as an act of wilful injuftice, and Mr. Holwell is of opinion, that if it had not been for Omychand’s infinuations, he fhould have been difcharged with the reft, notwithftanding the offence he had given t9 the viceroy by defendiag the fort, and the notion that prevailed of his being privy to the concealment of money ; and in this opinicn he_ fays he is con- firmed by the eonfinement of the three gentlemen who were detained with him, who were all of them perfonsagainft whom Omychund was known to have conceived a particular refentment. . Mr. Holwell, and his affociates in captivity were donveyed in a kind of coach, drawn by oxen, called a hackery, to the camp, where they were loaded with fetters, and lodged in the tent of a Moorifh foldier, which being rot more than 4 feet by 3 feet, they were obliged to lie, fick as they were, half in and half out the whole night, which happened to be very rainy ; yet the next day their fever happily came to a crifis, and boils broke out on every part of their bodies, which, though they were extremely painful, were the certain prefdges of their perfett recovery. The next day they were removed to the coaft, and by order of general Mhir Mudden, were foon after {ent by fea to Maxadavad, the metropolis of Bengal, to wait the viceroy’s return, and bedif- pofed of as he fhould farther determine. . At Maxadavad they arrived after a voyage of 13 days ifi & large boat, in which they had no better provifion than rice and water, and no fofter bed than fome bamboos 1aid on the bottom timber of the veflel ; they were,; befides, expofed alternately to exceflive heat and violent 7ains, without any cove- ting but a bit of old mat, and fome fcraps of facking. The boils that covered them were become running fores, and the irons o their legs had confumed the fleth almoft to the bone. ; When they arrived at Maxadavaft, Mr. Holwell fent a letter to Mr. Law, the chief of the French fsory, withan account of their diftrels, and Mr, Law, with great politenefs aud humanity, fent them not only cloathes, lined, provifion, and liquors, ia great plénty, but money. About’s o'clock on the 7th of July they landed, and after marching a confiderable way as a fpefta- _cle to the multitude that thronged round them, they _were depofited under an open thed, not far from the palace. In this place they received every poflible relief, not only from the great kindnefs of the French "and Dutch chiefs, but the Arabian merchants. _ On the 18th of July the viceroy arrived, and the prifoners then learned that he had enquired for them, in order to fet them at liberty before he left Calcutta, and was offended with Mhir Mudden for having fo hattily removed them to Maxadavad. He did not, however, order their immediate difcharge when he arrived, which it is natoral to fuppofe he would have done, if they had been .defained in cuftody contrary to his inclinations. = . On the 15th they were condudted to the palace, to have an audience, and to know their fate, but they could have no audience that day, which, as it happe- ned, wasa favourable circumftance, for at night the viceroy's grandmother follicited their liberty, ata feaft, to which fthe was invited on his fafe return, and the viceroy promifed that he would releafe them on the morrow. : : On the Morrow, about 5 in the Morning, they were waked, and told that the viceroy would in a few minutes pafs by to his palace of Mooteejeel. Upon this intelligence they got up, and when the viceroy came in fight, they paid bjm the ufual ho- mage, and uttered their benedition alond. He looked at them with ftrong marks of compaffion in his countenance, and ordéring his litter to ftop; he called them to him, and having heard a fhort ex- temporary petition, which was fpoken by Mr. Hol- well, he made no reply, but ordered two of his of- ficers to fee their irons inftantly firuck off, and con- duét them fafely wherever they chofe to go, givisg .them a flri& charge to {ee that they fuffered no in- jury or infult by the way. : .. This a& of mercy, however late, or from whate. ver motive, .was the more meritorious, as great pains were taken by fome time ferving fycophants to prevent it ; They told the viceroy, that Mr. Hol- well, notwithftanding his lofes, was ftill poffefled of enough to pay a confiderable fum, for his freedom, to which the vicéroy nobly replied, “If he bas any thing left, let him keep it ; his fufferings have bBeen great, and he fhall havé his libercy.” - Mr Holwell and his friends being thus difmifled, immediately took boat, and fodn fer arrived fafc at the Dutch fettlement gt Corcemabad, where he af- terwards embarkcl fdr England. By Capt. Mitchell, awho arrived at Pbiladelpbia ibe Weck before laft in 31 Days from Loidsnderry, wi bawe the following material Advices, wig. ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, 4pril 22. Extra® of a Letter from Sir Edward Hawke, to Mr. Cleveland, dated the 1\1th of April. j N the 3d of April the fquadron, confifting of 7 thips of the line, and 3 frigates, made the light of the Baleines, on the ifle of Rhe, about g at night the weather being fair, and a moderate breeze at N. N. W: at eleven tacked, and ftood off tll half paf two in the morning of the 4th, when we tacked again, wind at N. E. then brought to, and prepared for altion ; at three we made fail towards Bafque road : At day-break we difcovered a numerous con- voy, a few leagues to windward, and gave chace ; but the wind baffling, the convoy, with three fri- gates that efcorted it, got into St. Martins, on the ifland of Rhe, except one Brig that was run on fhore and burnt by the Hl:xffar. At noon, we bore away for Balque-road, in a line a head, with a moderate gale at N. N. W. at four in the afternoon difcover- ed the enemy plain, lying off the Ifle of Aix. Their force was the Floriffant of 74, Sphynx 64, Hardi 64, Dragon 64, and Warwick of 6o guns, and 6 of - frigates, with 40 merchant fhips, which 1 have been fince informed had 3000 troops on board. At half paft four made a fignal for a general chace to the S. E at five the enemy began t6 cut and {lip their cables, and to run in great’ confufion : At fix their ¢ommodore made off, when we were within gun fhot znd half : Many of thofe thips which fled were by this time on the mud : As I knew for certain there was not {nfficient depth of water for us to follow them, at half paft fix we came to an anchor abreaff of Aix : At five next morning, faw all the enemy’s fhips aground, and almoft dry, about five or fix miles diftant from us : Many of the merchant, and feveral of the thips of war, were on_their broadfides. As foon as the flood made, ¥ put the beft pilots on board the Intrepid and Medway, and fent them a gun fhot farther in where they anchored ; and {ounding a lit- tle a head at high water, they found but five fathom; of which the tide rifes 18 feet. : : By this time boats and launches from Rachfort, &c. were employed in carrying out warps to drag the fhips through the foft mud, asfoon s they fould be water-borne ; in the me3 board their guns, ftores, balla ing water. out of their ports ; au -uuld plainly difCover. Some of the men & r got that _day as far up as the mouth of the Charente. The .merchant fhips werea ground towards Ifle Madame. Our frigates boats cut away 'abo’ufisq buoys laid on . their anchors, and what they had thrown overboard. On the sth, in the morning, B} n¢ Capt. Ewer, of marines, to the Ifle of Aix, with Y40 marines, in order to deftroy the new works carrying on there ; which he accordingly effe€ted, preferving good or- der, and }iving no difturbance to the inhabitants of the ifland. i & When we got oit of Bafque road on the 7th, I learned from a neutral thip trom St. Martin's, that the large convoy chafed by us on the 4th, was laden with provifions, &c. for America, with 15 more ready at Bourdeaux, to have been. eftorted by th's fhips of war which lay at the Ifle of Aix. Apwmirarcy-OFFICE, dpril 2. Onthe 7thin. ftant, the Effex of 64 Guns, with the Pluto and Pro- ferpine fire-fhips,which {ailed the 24th of laft month, in order to join Sir Edward Hawke, fell in with 12 _ {ail of the enemy’s merchant fhipspefcorted by a fri- gate of 22 guns, from Bourdeaux, bound to Quebec, and took the frigate, called the Galathee, aletter of marque of 2o guns, and one merchant fhip. Capt. Hume of the Plato, was unfortunately killed engag- iog the letter of marque. ' The Antelope, and Speedwell floop, have taken two more of the above mentioned merchant fhips. The {mall {quadton under Commodore Holmes, that eaufed the French to retreat from Embden, is returned to England. ' {Extradl of a Letter from Portlmouth, dated April 243 _“ Sir Edward Hawke, it is faid,will, in a fortnight or three Weeks, hive a fquadron of 27 fhips of the line, fix frigates, and four firethips, for a GRAND EXPEDITION.” d From the Head Quarters of ihe Pr;fian Troops a? Grypfwald, in Pomerania, April 6. he 3d inftant the galleys, prames, and other armed veflels, which the Swedes have at Stralfund, hoifted fail early in the morning, and drew nedr cur batteries a¢ Niederhoff and Stalbroe. The enemy for fome Time made a very {mart fire, which our artillery returned with equal brifknefs. The wind becoming contrary, thé Swedifh veflels dropt anchor out of the reach of our cannon. At the fame time fome other veffels went from the ifle Rugen to that of Ruden ; and it wad from thence that in the night between the 4th and gth the Swedes detached 17 fmall veflels, to furprizé fort Pennamund, which had on board two captains, four lieutenants, two enfigns, 12z gunners, and 209 foldiers. ! Having drawn as near the fhore as poflible, they landed in the dark, planted their fcaling ladders, fur- prized the firft guard, and cut them to pieces; bit the garrifon, commanded by Capt. Reibnitz, ran to the part attacked. In the firft charge the Count de Rofen, a Swedifh captain, was killed by a Subaltern ;5 @nd on our fide, young Bronfart a licutenant, was wounded by a bayonet, and tumbled down the ram- part ; notwithftanding which, he got up again, and contiriued encouraging the men. Bronfart, fenior, alfo 4 lieutenant, behaved with equal bravery. Every man did his duty, and the enemy were repulfed. Capt. Reibnitz charged them brifkly in their hafty retreat ; and our cannon played upon their fhipping as long as they were within reach. The lofs of the Swedes muRt have been confiderable, as we judge from the number of hats taken out of the water. Near the fort 16 of their men were found dead ; and in_one of their veflels that ran a ground, we took an enfign, four fubalterns, a gunner, a drum- mer, and 51 foldiders, with 7 failors. On our fide three men were killed and five wounded. Pawris, (in France) April 14. The court feems not to be a little concerned at the lofs of the Fou- _ droyant and the Orpheus ; as M. de la Clue is there- by obliged to wait for another reinforcement, in or- der to attempt the paffage of the Strait of Gibraltar and his Arrival in America Being thus delayed, the confequence may be very fatal to us, as his deflina-, tion was for Louifbourg. T O N DR NG ] 2 Part of a Letter from Gibraltar,dated March 30,1758. The late Engagement between the Monmouth and Foudropant is allowed to be as gallant an Aftion as ever avas performed by a fingle /bip : It is generally to be la- mented, that poor Capt. Gardiner did not live foreap the Glory of Jo great an A&kion. He faid to bis People before the Engagement, * This Ship muft be takes ; Joe ¢ Jooks o be abowe our Match, but Engli/bmer are not _ ¢ to mind that, nor will 1quit ber wbile this Ship can ¢ faim, or 1 bave a_joul left alive.” The boneft Tars cheered bim, and faid they depended on bim for Vitory, w and be might depend on them. “ Mpr.du Quefne, whom we man who bas dme us fo much Mifchief formerly in America 5 he was «with the three Ships under bis Com- mand to have joined de Clue, and gone together through the Gutt, and then to bave gong o Brefi with them three, bawe now taken, is lb@ fr; ‘