The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, August 18, 1758, Page 1

- & i Bwiohi fol W Fripav, ‘A.{IAJ'G'UST 18. 1758, : By the Sfiowvflfz}quall, Capt. Sheldm, who arrived at News- York 1be qpb Infian?, in g Weeks from Briflol, lowsing Advices, viz.. ? V-L'E N'N A, (Germany) May 4. % 115/ Dayawo Couriers arrived at Court, one from Olmutz ‘and the-other from Brinn, who have brought Advice, that the King of Pruffia having advanced with the greateft Part of his Army to ¢he Frontiers of Moravia, fent off fome Detachments of Cavalry, who had exatted Contributions from that Province, and were making Incurfions very far into the Country. On this Intelligence Orders have been fent to feveral Bodies of Troops that are inMoravia, on the Frontiér of the Archidutchy of Auftria, and’in the Upper Aaftria,to begin their March immed iately, #iid occupy certain Paffes, by which we hope to ftop ‘the Progrefs of the Enemy, * This Capital being pi~- vided with a good Garrifon,which may be reinforced #n Cafe of Need, we don’t apprehend an Attack from the King of Pruffia.. Marfhal Count Bathiani has ‘received Orders to haften his Departure for Bohemia, where he is to have a feparate Command. Florence, (in Jtaly) May 6. Yelterday in the Even- ing a Courier from Rome to Bologna paffed thro’ this City, with Notice of the Pope’s Deceafe on the 24 Inftant in the Morning. : Paris, (in France) May 12. The Englith make ‘a_great rout about an expedition which they bave fet ‘on foot, and in which their moft famous Admirals wre to be employed ; but at prefent it is not known where the firoke will be given. In the mean time, 3a order to amufe the public a vague report1s propa- ated, without any ‘Circumftance to corroborate it, ‘of.a {ea fight off Cape Breton, in which the’ Englith ate faid to have been very ill ufed, great numbers of kheir fhips taken, and three of their men of war funk. Wisina, ( Capiral of Bufiria )-May 10 They write From-Malta, that the Ifland of Pondico, other {mall Iffands, fitaated in the Gulph of Zuton, near the Iland of Negropont in the Archipelago, have been fwallowed up. Eoin Paris, May 1g. _As there isgreat Reafon to be- Jieve, that the formidable Fleet which the Englith have fitted out, is defigned either to make a Defcent upon the Iflands of Rhe and Oleron, or elfe to make fome Attempt agaioft Rochfort, the Court has fent Orders to Marfhal de Thomard, who commands in thofe Parts, to take all poffible Precautions to defeat the Defigns of the Enemy. A Regiment of Light Horfe is forming at Antibes, out of the Greeks efta- blithed in Corfica, to <oufift of fix Compauies of 25 Men each. : L Though fome People affell to fneer at the great Armament making in England, all fenfible French- nren are not-a litsle uneafy about it ; for they think it probable the Englih will not always prove them- felves glnnderers ; and it is certain their Preparations to invade thi- Kingdom, keep about 80,000 Hands. (we don't fay they areall RegularTroops) employed in guarding the Coafts ; and this too while the Fate of the Houfe of Auftria may poflibly be decided by one Battles If CountDaun lofes the Day,the Emprefs Queen may make a feparate Peace : But if fhe ob- ftinately continues the War, trufting to what Frabce cao do “for her, the King of Pruffia may fo far frengthen himfelf with her Spoils, that it may never be in our Power to make him let go his Hold. I 0N D:0 N May 16, Itis {aid that 10,000 more Men will " be ordered to march’ to encamp on the Ifle of Wight as foon as the Forces there are embarked, to be ready in Cafe of an Emergency. They write from Amfterdam that fome Merchants ire haveLetters from theirCorrefpondents inFrance, shich intimate, that the Court have received fome ill fews from America, which is darefully conceal'd " irom the Publick. All the Letters, poblick and private, from Bohemia 2nd its Confines, are o favourable for the King of Pruffia’s Arms, that-a Peace muft foon enfue ; which that Monarch Rill offers the Emprefs Queen, though he hath the Advantage in every Quarter. It is faid that five men of war and four frigates,(cen by the Rochefter man of war for fome Days, from whom he took a fhip, and which did sot give him + mchdce, were intended, at all events to throw fuccours intoLouifbourg,if not intirely blocked up before their arrival on that coaft, and that if it fhould be blocked up, then to go down the river St. Laurence to land - and two. E ; “"_.Cohtdining the Frq/lléfl Advices | their ftores there, and pat #c jh a proper ftate ‘of defence ; the retainingione g both of thofe plices being of the uimoft confequerce to the affairs of the French in that part of Thé'werld. By frveral perfons from the Il of Wight, weare informed, that the comion mep ‘e in great fpirifs, and with for nothing fo much s o reftore the gloty of the Britith arms by their valogr in the intended expedititn. . M;{ 18. By a private Letter from Hambuzgh, d4- ted May ¢, we are affured, thit Field Marthal Keith commands under his Pruffian Majefty,and has attually invefted Olmutz, which when tgken, is intended for a Place of Arms ; but that theBody of T oops, which that Marfhal commanded, has joined thofe ander the Orders of General Foquet, who by that Means is ftrong enough to-watch the Motions of Field Marfhal Daun, and hishalf formed Imperial Army —# give this Intelligence foftms ave received it, and cannot pre- tend to anfewer for, or detral from its Credie. The fameLetters fays, that Prince Henry of Pruflia iyin full March for Hanau, where ™~ : French have begun to difarm,nat only thé Gentemen & Burghers, but the very Peafants ; and prefepd that they will maintain their Pofls till thep are relieved, or, which is more likely, till they kgfi%:rthe"rruth of the Re- port {pread, that upan the Approaclrof the Pruffians the Army of Execation difperféd. . ; Above 1oo Pieces of ‘Battering Cannon are now with the Embarkation. . ¢ Application has been mide from New-England for the Sum due for Provifions aud other Neceffaries furnifhed to the Britith Ferces in 1756, which is affured will be granted. : i May 23. They write from Vienna, that theRul- fian Minifter had lately had a long Conference with the Emprefs Queen, in which he prefented her with a Plan-for a-Peace;which 1i¢ had received Trom his Coust ; ‘and at the fame Time detlared that be had Orders'to acqudint ‘her Imperial Majefty, that the Ruffian Troops would halt where they were till fuch Time as her Majefty fhould think proper to make known her Refolution with Refpeét to the faid Plan. It is faid, that the Parliament will not Tife tifl News arrives from North- Ahierica. Letters from Cadiz fay, thac the Spanith Meg of War fitting out at that Port, Ferro!, and @anhagéfia‘-, are defign’d to meet and convoy “home one of the richeft Fleetsthat has come from the Weft Indies for fomeYears, which is expe&ted aboat the End of Sept. It is faid Sir James Lowther, Bart. goes asa fu- pernumerary Aid de Camp to his &race the Duke of Marlborough in the Expedition. Mayz4. TheTroops in Camp on the Ifle of Wight will begin to embark To morrow, and if the Wind qontinucs fair for the Fleetto fail, it is prefumed that before the End of next Week, they will be on fome Part of France,where the poor Inhabitants are already in the greateft Conflernation. By the Flanders Mail there is an Account, that a French Man of War of 64 Guns is loft in Brett Wa- ter; and that they had noHopes of faving any Thing. By Letters from Port{mouth, of the z4th Inft. we have AdJvice, that a great Number of Launches, be-’ fides the flat botromed Boats, were making in the Dock, and would be finithed in two Days. Bridges are aily making of 6o Yards in -length, one End of which may be laid upon theTranfport’s Sides, and the other End on Shore ; by which the Men may land in a few Minutes. Several Mafts aré faftened toge- ther for Floats and Stages : Anda good many Chip- Wrights'are ordered to go with thé Men of War. By a privateLetter by Friday’s Mail, dated Vienna, May 11, ‘we hear, that they were under great Ap- prehenfions of a Vifit from the King of Pruffia ; and that all the Jewels, Plate, &c. belonging to theCourt, were packed up, in order to be removed to Gratz it the Datchy of Stiria. s Privite Letters by the Dutch Mail fay, that the K. of Pruffia and Count Daun were within three Hours March of each other, o shat a Battle was foon expaéted. Letters from Madrafs inform us, that they had entirely finithed their Batteries and Fortifications, and were in a very good State of Defence ; and that if they fhould be attacke. they were weil prepared to make a vigorous Refiftance. 4 It is ramoured that an Ambaffador refiding at this Court will depart the Kingdom in a few Days. Commodore Stevens is fafe arrived gt Bombay “with five fail of men of war. T T - ¥ May 5. By a Letter from Cowes, dated May 27. we are informed, that the Embarkation of chc'l"top‘ps encamped on the lfle of Wight, intended for the Esnterprize, was finifhed oir Saturday’Morning ; and that all the Trantports that tgak them on board afe ‘failed for Spithead. Gafport, May 24. Yeflerdgy between 12.and 1 ‘0'Clock, the Right Hon.Lord Anfon wéot off toSpit head in his Barge; with lis Flag flying, accompanied by Sir Edward Hawke, apd tgdfira?,fimrzn in their Barges, with their Flags hoifted, and. feveral other Barges. As they pafled by the §f_npq at Spit lread, cthey werc all mann’d and gave three Cheers. His Lordfhip went on board the Royal George, and his Fiag (the White at the Main Top} was hoifted ov board her, and then the Admirals Hawke and Holborne faluted him, which he retarncd. ‘ Port(mouth, May 25. At Spithead, the Admirals Anfon, Hawke, and Holborne,with 42 Men 6f War, Gofport, May 26. This Morning feveral of the Tranfports failed out of the Harbour to join theFleet at Spithead, & the others will follow this Atternoon. Gallasway, May 12. On Wednefday laft arrived in this Harbour, the Bellona Privateer of Briftol,Capt. Thomas Richards,mounting 16 Carriage Guns ; who on the 26th of April, got into St, Martin's near Ro- chelle, and cut away from their Mooriog 14 French Merchantnien; two of which, he hath brought fafe into this Port, of 100 Tons each, laden with Wine and Brandy ; the other 12, the Captain hopes, are got fafe into fome Port in Great Britain or Ireland. This A&ion was done at Noon- Day, and withinGun Shot of fcven French Men of War of the Line, and four Frigates. The Caprain fuppofes thefe to be Pirt of the Fleet difperfed by Admiral Hawke. »PHILADELPHIA,Auqu;. Exvvalt of G Letter from Rayr-Town, Fuly 18, 1/58. -« On the 13th Inftant, two of our Men at Fort- Cumberland were fcalped, and their mangled Bodies brought in 2nd interred, when the Enemy alfo car- ried off a Prifoner. The Cherokee Indians were immediately fent in Puffuit by Col. Byrd, and on the 16th bro’t in two Scz!ps, which they took off near the Great Meadows, ose a Frenchmaa's, the other an Indian’s. There are two Parties. of €he- rokee Warriors now cn a Scout near the French Fon ; : We have Advice from Juniata-Croflings, that a Party of Cherokees lately pasTed by there, and had Wwith them a Freach Officer’s Scalp, which they took off near the Walls of Fort Duquefne. Thurfday laft Capt. Donnel, who was lately taken 6n the Coaft by a French Privateer, came up with his Veffel, having ranfomed her for 8ooo Dollars, the Enemy having firft taken out what Money they found in the Veflel. The Privateer had before teken a Brig from Liverpool for §outh Carolina, Capt. Mitchell ; and afterwards took two W halers, ind a Sloop from Virginia to Barbados, NEW.Y ORK, Auwgutty. Captain Sheldon agquaints us, That a Week be- . fore be failed from Britlol, which was the fecond of June, the Fleet, confilting of 32 Sail of the Line, un-’ der the Command of the Admirals Anfan and Hawke, with a Number of Tranfpofts, having 10,000 Troops on board, under the Command of the Duke - of Marlborough, failed from the Ifle of Wight, with . a fair Wind, on a fecret Expedition. Since our laft an Exprefs arrived here by Land, from South Carolina, and is immiediately to proceed to Cape-Breton, baving Difpatches for Admiral Bof-. cawen, which he muft deliver hirhfelf : We hear he brings Advice, that a New Governor with a Num- ber of Troops, and a large Train of Artillery, were arrived lately at St. Auguftine, from Old Spain ; and that the Spaniards had already fecured, and were bufy fortifying an impostant Pafs on the Frontiers of Georgia, which by the Treaty of Aix la Chapelie, was not to be fortified by the Englifh nor Spaniards. 1t’s certain the following Veflels were ordered, on the zoth of February laft, tobe got ready for Sea at Breft and Rochfort, with the greatelt Dif- patch ; exclofive of a confiderable Fléee at that Time ready in both thern Piaces, viz. Le Soleil Royal and Le Formidable, 84 Guns each ; Le Tonnaot and Le Duke de Bourgoghe, of 80 ; Le Glorieux, Le Intrepid, Le Defenfeur, Le Courageux, Leé Diadem Le Heres, Le Iavincible, and Le Hellor, of 74 3, p 4 S . . Le Supub’,‘ e = o W PORT We have f this impox The News refly from Admiral Bofcawen, but bave notreceiv’d be able*to give a particular Acc?un; 0 . Surrender of Louifbourg to our Forces : News of the came to Bofton in a Man of War, which came di tant Affair, nq doubt, in our mext We all, n any Particalars, i€ ' the agreeab b . I i jatt receiy’