The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, July 14, 1758, Page 1

" o, Famay Juy oo 1738 .. n 'NE”{W-Hampflfire “ - 4 fbort Account of CAPE BrETON. . ! a—cwg HE Hland of Brrton, or as the French call it, e Royal, lies between Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, arvd is . .about 30 Leagues long, and nesr 10 4 broad. The Soil is byt indifferent, but the Coaft is full of good Harbours, in moft of svhich the French have (mall Settlements and Stages for the Fithery ; but there are .no Fortifications of any Confequence except at Louifbourg. This Town is about three quarters of a Mile long, and nearly oval: It is regularly fortified on the Land fide, and the Harbour is defended by feveral Batteries. . This Ifland was given. to the French by the [wi/e] Treaty of Utrecht, and by the Advantage of it, they have carried on a prod:grggs;F ithery, annpally em- . . ploying 1000 Sail of V. 1 eflels, from 200 to 400 Tons, and 20,000 Men, ‘It is gomputed that they cure five Millions of Quintals of Fifh, Communibus Annis 3 fi‘fl; ip 1730, they carried to Mar/eitles only, twen. ty two huandred thoufand Quintals. From: hence it plainly appears to have been avaft Nurfery of Seamen, and a prodigious Addition to the Riches aad Strength of France, and that the Re- ‘gaition of it muft be a propoitionable Increafe to ‘the Number of Britith Seamen, and of the Wealth of Britain, 'and the Britith Dominions in America ; For the Freoch, .if removed from thence, have no other Shelter for their Fifhery nearer than Old France, and mufk therefore of Neceflity drop it in a groat Meafure, . . .- From the Sitpation of the Ifland, it commands the Navigation vp the great River St. Lawrence, and fo cuts off all Communication with Quebeck, by which Means the whole Country of Canada muft in “a little Time fall into the Hands of the Enghth, if they are once Mafters of Cape Breton.—~Some of the many Confequences of which are as follow., . ‘The French Sugar Iflands would lofe .the chief Went for their Rum and Molaflcs, and the Supply of Lumberand Provifions they now hdve from Ca- pada, and the Englith Iflands 'would gain both— Great Britain muft haye a boundlefs Vent for all Kinds of coarfe Woollens, and many other Kinds of their Manafaflores, and command the valuable Trade in Fur, with all the Indian Nations.—~And thofe of them who live near the Englith Settlements, will have no French Miffionaries to fir them up to 8 mifchievous and expenfive War. % . While on the other Hand, fo long as the French keep Pofieflion of that Place, all the Britith Planta- tions in North-America, will be liable to perpetual Annoyance from their Parties and Indians by Land, and all the Britifh Navigationtoand in America, from their Privateers.and Men of War, as we have {uffi- ciently experienced. ‘ The only Refle@ion I fhall make on the Falle, is, that every Man who loves his Country, ought to pray for the Succefs of the prefent Expedition The CARACTER of the Prefent King of PRUSSIA, <[Drawn by Mr. DE VOLTAIRE.] HERE isa Man in Eurepe, who rifes at 3 _Five in the Morning, to endeavour to diffafe Happinefs over Four Hundred Leagues of Land : He is a King,a Legiflator, a Minifter, and a Gene- ral : He has gained Five Battles, and in the midft of Vidtory has given Peace : His Country bas been enriched, inftruéted, and rendered polite, by himfelf : He has done what other Princes -have fcarceattempt- ed : He has put a Period througbout his Dominions, tothe Arts of eternifing Suits at-Law, and has for- ged Courts to be jult : He has given the loweft of his Subje&ts the Permiflion to write to him ; and if the Letter is worthy of an Anfwer, he condefcends 20 return one. His Relaxations are the Occopati- wons of 2 Man of Genius : I .don’t know whether ithere bein all Europea ‘better Metaphyficiao, and whether if he had been born, the Contemporary and ‘Countryman of Chapelle, Bachaumon, and Chalieco, thefe Gentlemen would ever have obtained a diftin- guithed Reputation. Tho' a Philofopher and a Monarch, he is fenfible to the Charms of Friendfhip; andin fhort, if he perfifts, he will fhew, that itis spoffible tor.the World to have had a Marcus Aurelius. e A RLE AR AL AR AR Tbe King of Proflia emplogs bimfelf in times of peace in the following manner : He riles at five 5 on bufine/s #ill Jewen, driffes and receives letters: and petitions: tifl nine 3 from nine 40 eleven with bis Minifiars 5. thin o _ Containing the Frefbefp Advices —— the Parade, to g;d_‘t?fif‘c werds ; dines at balf an bour after taelve fiu?bpfiof bis officers 5 at balf an kour after one be retires till five ; then [omebody reads 10 bine till fewen: ; thenithe concert ;- at nine come the men of genius ; they [up half an bour after, and converf 13/l eleven ; then the king retires, and at twelve goes 1o bed —He ir a flatefman, [eldier, author and mufician ; indefatigable in bufinefs ; and by method overlooks and dirells every thing ; wery frugal ; avithout farce of Jlate 5 the idle officers of the court bave the nfual titles § but no pay for droves, the’ thiy are mofily officers. New-Yorg, Fune 26. ~ From the New York Mercury Mz, Princer, o .. o5& ; : Pleafe to infert the following in your next Paper. WEDNESDAY laft beiog the Day appointed by the Governors of King’s College, in this’ City, for the Commencement, I had the Pleafpre of being prefent at the firft Solemnity of the Kind, ever celebrated here ; which was, through the whole, conduled with much Elegance and Propriety. The Order of the Proceflion from the Veftry Room, where the College is now held, to St. George’s Chappel, was as follows : The Prefident, with his Honour the Lieut, Governor, who, by his Prefence graced the Solemnity, were preceeded by the Candidates for Bachelor’s and Mafter's Degrees, with their Heads uncover’d, and were followed by the Gover- nors of the College, the Clergy of all Denominations in this City, and other Gentlemen of Diftin&ion of this and the neighbouring Provinces. After fhort Prayers fuitable to the Occafion, the Reverend Dr, Foknfon, the Prefident, from the Pulpit, opcnec the Solemnity, with a learned and elegent Oratio Inau- guralis, 'The Exercifes of the Bachelors were intro- duced by a polite falutatory Oration, delivered by Provaoft, with {uch Propricty of Pronunciation, and fo engaging an Air, as juftly gain’d him the Admi- ration and Applacfe of all puefeat. This was fol- lowed by a metaphyfical Thefis, learnedly defended by Ritzma againtt Ver Planck and Cortlandtf, with a- nother heid by Reed, and oppafed by two Ogdens, The Bachelors Exercifes were clofed by a well-com- pofed, genteel, Englith Oration, on the Advantages of a liberal Education, delivered by Car?landr, whofe fine Addrefs, added a Beauty to the Sentiment, which gave univerfal Satisfaltion to that numerous Affem- bly. After this Mr. Treadwel!, in a clear and con- ‘cife Manner, demonftrated the Revolution of the Earth round the Sun, both from altronomical Obfer- vati#ns, and the Theory of Gravity, and defended the Thefis againft Mr. Curting and Mr. Witmore, a Candidate for the Degree of Mafter of Arts. This Difpute being ended, the Prefident defcended from the Pulpit, and being feated in a Chair, in a folemn Manner, conferred the Honours-of the College up- on thofe Puapils who were- Candidates for a Bache- lor's Degree, and on feveral Gentlemen who had received Degrees. in other Colleges. The Exer- cifes were concluded with a valediétory Oration, by Mr. Cuttihg, univerfally efteemed a mafterly Perfor- mance. The Prefident then addrefs’d himfelf in a folemn pathetic Exhortation, to the Bachelors, which could not fail of an{wering the moft valvable Pur- pofes, and leaving a Jafting Impreffion on the Minds of all the Pupils. The whole Solemnity being fint- thed, by a fhort Prayer; the Praceflion returned back to the City Arms, where an elegent, Entertainment was provided by the Governors of the College. This important Otcafion drew together a numerous Affembly of People of all Orders, and it gave me a fincere Pleafure to fee the Exercifes performed in a Manner; which muft refle® Honoor vpon the Col- lege; and incite every Friend of his Country, to pro- mote fo ufefdl, o well regblated an Loflitution. e Paris, March 31. A feiw Days 8go, in the Pre- fence of the Frince of Conti, there was a Proof of 4 Cannon of a2 new Invention, which fire}fiicy Times in ten Miniftes, without any Occafion for cooling the Machine. It carries a 100 |b. Ball, with a propor- tionable Quantity of Powder ; and the Carriage of it is fo light, as to be borne by one Man. Foun- deries for cafting thefe Cannon are now ere&ing at Vincennes. ; D®ESDEN, (one of the largeft and fromgeft Towns in Germany) April 12. The famous Prince of Bevern is exchanged, and -was expe&ed at Breflau the 8th. After the exchange is finifhed, there wili ftill remain . Fieh Nows. 93 GAZETTE. Foreign é}zd Domeftick. 15,000 Aufltrian foldiers, and 700 officers, in the hands of_the Pruffians. . Paris, dpril 13, Marfbal Richelieu will fet out this week for his government of Guyenne, in order to be ready to give his orders on the coafts of that province, Where they are under {ome apprehenfions of an enterprize from the Englith. 3 _ Bresvav, (‘a large and neat City of Germany) April 15.. The Prince of Bevern arrived here the- 6th inftant from Brinn, and it is faid will command a large corps the King has ordered to be affembled on the frontiers of Upper Silefia. : BentugiM, (@ Town and Cajtle of Germany, Jub- 3e¢& to the Earl of Bentheim) dpril 17. A detache ‘ment of 200 Hanoverians, commanded by Baron Goedacker, came before our gates the gth inft. and marched ftrait up to the caftle, where they furprifed the garrifon, confifting of 60 men, a captain and two fubalterns, and took poffefliom of the place. Paris, April 17. The Englifh did but verylittle other damage at Aix, befides demolithing the new fortifications. They committed no diforders this time, {ome of their officers even gave money to the French foldiers in the Hofpital. When they left the 1fland, they defired the inhabitants to take care of their vineyards, for they fhould come to gather im their vintage.. Whether they return or no, matters not much ; but their cruifing on our feas begins to be troublefome ; it hurts our coafting trade, and hin- ders our fmall {quadrons from putting to fea, without danger. : ; MunsTeR, (aCity of Germany ) 4pril zo. We juft now hear that the Englifh have landed 800 regular troops and a large tram of artillery at Embden. Brussers, (/ubjec? to the Houfe of Aufiria ) Aprit 24. They write trom Breft, that the grand fleet with warlike flores and ptovifions for theWeft Indies failed on the feventh of this month with a fair wind. LY N DO N, . April 3. On Satirday was launched from Mr. Wett’s dock at Deptford, the Warjpight of 74 Gans. April13. By Letters from Embden we hear, that of the Garrifon of French and Imperialifts, confilting of near 4000 Men, which quitted that Place on the Approach of our Men of War, as lately appeared in the London Gazette, not above 500 join’d the French Army, the teft being either kill’d, taken Prifoners, or difpers’d. L 1ST of the French Fleet ar Carthagena. Ships. Guns. Men. Ships. Guns. Men) LeOcean .. 84 880 LelLyon 64 516 Le Redoutable 74 70z LeOriflamme 50 412 Le.Guarrier 74 ..702 run afbore by the Mon- tague, and bulged, af- Le¢,Centaur 74 702 terwards got off, buf Le Content 64 5i6 » Le Hippcpotame 50 412, unferviceable. Le Pilcare of 36 Guns, Le Veifao, and another of 24 ; one of 16, and another of 14. By the following Lift of Ships of War taken or deftroyed on both Sides ddring the prefent War, it will appear how great the Ballance is in our Favour, viz: . o i French Ships of War taken or defireyed. Ships. Guns. By awhom taken: Foudroyant 80 Admiral Ofborne Efperance 74 the Orford flycsxde 21 Admniirdl Bofcawen Orpheus 64 Admiral Ofborne ‘Arc en Ceil so the Litchfield Dyc d’Aquitain so the Eagle Aquilon 48 the Antelope Royal Charoit 36 - the Torbay Hermoine 36 - the Unicorn Melampe 34 the Tartar Emerald 34 the Southamptord Nymph 34 the Hampton Brune 30 the Huoflar Galatea & .22 ' the Effex Englifb Ships of War taken by the French. b i € ¥ In the Weft Indies. The fhips of war arrived from Embden, bring advice, that the Jafon man of war, with her convoy of tranfports, were arrived there, and that our fol- diers were landed to garrifon that place. The Lords at the Admiralty have given orders for building dt Deptford yard a fhip of 74 guns, te be called the Dragon, and the workmen have now begun to work on her with the greateft expedition. o