The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, September 8, 1758, Page 2

I&L._‘._._-;. And they together would have ravag'd oar frontiers, ‘whifft their mén of war and privateers, by fes ‘would have deftroyed our fea ports, and kept usin continual alarms ; without having it in our power to hinder them from carrying their conquefts from 4z- wapolis, along our eaftern fhore, even 10 Cape Anne, swvere they fo inclined. The quiet poffeflion of aLL wanicy for the fature in a great meafure depends immediately on our keeping this acquifition of Caps Breten. Tbe 22d Inflant arrived at Nr‘;nri the Brig Bell- Savage, Capt. Lewis, in- g Weeks from Briftol, by whom we have the following agreeable Advices, viz. From the LONDON GAZETTE.- ApmiIRALTY-OFFICE, Fune 10, N the gth of March laft his Majefty’s thip the Naflau of €4 Guns, the Harwich of 5o guns, Rye of 24 guns,with the Swan {loop, and two bufes, failed from Plymoath for the coaft of Africa under the command of Capt. Marfh, having on board 2co marines under Major Mafoo, with a detachment of artillery people under Capt. Waltker. On the 24th of April this fquadron arrived off the River of Sene- gal, and after founding theentrance, the fmall veflels and boats got over the bar the zgth, there not being water for any thing larger than the Swan floop to0 go in. The enemy with feven veflels, 3 of which were armed with 10 gans each, made a fhew of attacking our fmall craft, and kept 3 kind of running fire, bat were foon repulfed,and obliged to retire up the river. ‘The marines and féamen, to the number of 700, Janded,and got the artillery on fhare ; and next day (the joth) when they were ready to attack Fort Lewis, which is upon a {mall ifland about 12 miles up the river from the bar, deputies arrived from the fuperior council of Senegal with articles upon which they propofed to capitulate. Capt. Marth and Ma- Jor Mafon made fome alterations therein. On the ift of May they were agreed to, and were in fub- flance as follows : I. “"The forts, florchoufes, vefiels, arms, provifions, and every thing belonging to the company, upon the siver Senegal, 10 be put into the poffeflion of the “Englifh. II. All the white people, belonging to the Sene- gal company, to be conduéted to France, with their private effells ; merchandize and uncoined treafure excepted. III. The free mulattoes, or negroes, to remain {o ; not to be molefied in their religion or effets, and to have hberty to retire, if they chufe it. {#.. confequence of thefe articles, Major Mafon, with the marines, took poffeflion of Fort Lewis the 2d of May. In it were found 232 French officers and foldiers ; gz pieces of cannon ; with treafure, flaves, and merchandize, to a very conffderable value. WayTenaLy, Fune g. The Night before lalt a Mefienger arrived from Piince Ferdinand of Bruofwick’s Head Quarters at Cleves, with an Account that he had paffed the Rhine with very little Trouble, having had only five Men and two Officers wounded. WHITEHALL, June 17. Late on Thurfday Night arrived Capt. Frain of the Spgedwell Sloop, with Letters from the Duke of Marlborough,dated at Cone calle the 12th Inftant, giving an Account, that the Troops, under his Grace’s Command, had burnt many of the Naval Stores, one Man of War of 50 Guns, one of 36 Guns, all the Privateers, fome of 30, feveral of 20 and 18 Gune, and, in the Whole, upward of 100 Ships, notwithftanding they were un- der the Canncn of St. Malo’s ; but ficding it im- prafticable to attack that Place, and receiving Intel- ligence of Troops being on their March from all Sides, his Grace thought it neceflary to march back to Concalle. Commodore Howe had made fo good a Difpofitien of the Boats and Tranfports, that four Brigades and ten Companies of Grenadiers, were re- imbarked in lefs than {feven Houars, the Enemy not baving attempted to attack them ; and, on the 12th, all the Troops were on board, waiting to take Ad- vantage of thefirft Wind, to purfue the farther Ob- je&s of his Majefty’s lafiruions. (Thus far L. Gaz.) Exirall of a Letter from an Officer on board the Speed- wwell Slosp of War, awbich came Exprefs from bis Grace the Duke of Mariborough, and the Hoz. Capt. Howe, dated Spithead, Fune 15. EING fent to this Port with the Packet from Commodore Howe, whom we left the 13th Inftant,at Concalle Bay, makes me take this Oppor- tunity of giving you the following Particulars, re- lating to our Expedition, ¢« On the firlt of June,by Signal from Lord Anfon, the Signal was made for weighing Anchor,which was repeated by Adimiral Hawke and Commodore Howe. But the latter lay by for near two Hours after the grand Fleet had failed, and then weighed and made tail with above one Huandred Ships. But the grand Fleet keeping a ChannelCourfe;and we hawling over for the Coalt of France, found we were to {eparate ; the next Moroing “we faw Capg La Hogue, butit blowing ftrong in the Night one Tranfport loft her B4 and another her Bowlprit ; on the 3d we came & seas ol oy e ) - - K ™ an ‘Anchor, to ftopTide betweenJerfey and Shark, wiere was a total Lofs of one T'ranfport, by ruoning . foul of a fanlken Rock, but by timely Affitance the Trdops wereall taken out, and the Ship fank. No- thing remarkable happened to the 6th, whea the ‘whole Fieet anchored in Concalle Bay at near two 0'Clock,and immediately after anchoring, the Signal was made for-all the Pilots of the flat bottomed Boats to repair on boasd the Commodore, to receive Or- ders for difembarking the Troops, which was com- ply’d with, but there being a fmall Fortification of three Guas, the Succefs went in Shore and foon filenced it ; during that Time Opportunity was taken for Landing, and before half paft Eight the fame ‘Evening were landed 5000 Men. ¢« The Iohabitants of Concalle fled, and left us quiet Poffeflion of theTown,which the Soldiers with the Sailors plundered ; there were feveral Soldiers and Seamen taken Prifoners for the above, onc of which was hanged, and feveral Seamen flogged, and feat on board their Ships: The next Mornmg early the remainder of the Tropps were difembarked with the Light Horfe and Field Pieces, with Cohorns ; when all were landéd they encamped withinMafket- fhot of the Tawn, till the next Morning, and then marched for St. Malo’, Jeaving only one Regiment at Concalle ; wken they pitched their Tents within 2 Miles of St. Malo’s, and took up their Head Quar- ters at a Village called St. Savor. - As foon as Night came on, the General being acquainted there were many Ships aground, with fome on the Stocks, he «difpatched a Party of Men to fet the Ships on Fire, which confifted of 105 fail, of which 33 were Priva ‘teers, which had the defired Effe@ ; they likewife burnt their Store Houfes with Hemp, Flax andCor- dage, and rendered their Rope walks ufelefs ; there was only one Ship faved, which was afloat, fhe was- a Privateer of 4o Guns. * The next Morning the Duke of Marlborough fent a Regiment, a Day’s March into the Country, who took up their Quarters at the Town of Dol that Night, which is about 14 Miles from St. Malos, where they were kindly enteriained, and in their March met noOppofition,and by what we learn there are not 500 regular Troops in the Country. The Town of 8t. Malo's is ail walled round, and of 2 valt Thicknefs aod great Heighth, fo that our Scal- ing Ladders could not reach the Top ; and which it is thought would take up a Months regular Siege, and by Sea there are two narrow Batteries, aad a narrow Eatrance, very dangerous for our Ships to - ~ak attempt going within Gun fhot, ¢ QOn the 10th they broke up the Camp before St. Malo's, and marched back to Concalle and there pitched their Ten)s, where every Thing was got in readinefs for their Embarking the following Day, which were compieated, both Men and Horfe, and the Tran{ports all fafe at Anchor in the Bay. « Thereis 8 talk of the Fleet’s going againft Granville,which is on the other Side of the Bay,about fix Leagues Diftance from St. Malo’s ; prettily fitu- ated on theTopof a Hill,with a Battery of 18 Pieces of Cannon on a Neck of Land,whjch commands the Town, and likewife a great Part of the Bay ; there is. aifo a dry Harbour, and I am in doubt our Ships can’t come near enough to filence the Fort. Atour leaving the Fleet we faw 22 large Lug Sail Boats, which came from Jerfey, which I believe are to land our Troops with the flat bottom Boats all at one Time, as there is 2 Camp at Granville, 20d no one knows the Number of Men therein. But in my O- pinion it is more for Show than any Thing eife.” Another Letter informs us, that upon the Landing of our Troops near St. Malo's the People left their Habitations and ran uvp into the Country ; opon which the Duke of Marlborough fent a Troop of Horfe to fetch them back again to their Houfes, where he promifed them they fimuld be fafe,and paid for whatever ouf 1'toops had from them, which was afterwards punétually obferved. In this March the Horfe difcovered a iarge Bafon behind the Fown, where were colle@ted all the Shipping belonging to that Port, being hid from the Sight of our Fleet by a very large Rotunda, faid to be four Times as large as Ranelagh,near the Ropewall,which was theStore« houfe for Hemp, and Naval Stores ; which Infor- mation being given to the Duke of Marlborough, he ordered all the Horfe,with a foot Soldier mount- ¢d behind each Horfeman, with Hand Grenadoes, Matches, &c. who together with the Horfe, fet Fire to the Rotanda, Warehoufes and Shipping, which de- firoyed all: except one Privateer which lay in the Stream, and 7 {mall Craft by the Walls of the City. As foon as Lord Anfon had feen all the Troops fafely landed ‘at Cencalle Bay, the Fleet under his Command {ailed immediately to lay off Breft Har- bour, in order to block up the Fleet there, which, we hear, confits of 14 or 15 fhips of the Line, feven or eight of which only are faid to manned, and thofe out of the Merchaotmen and Privateers thac have lately come into the Harbour, &f *T'is faid that Commodore How is gone to Mor- laix, in order to deftroy the Shipping in that Har- bour, which amount to about 70 Sail. June 3. On Monday Morning about Ten o : Florence Henfy, M. D. -um‘auggb: Jrem b"::gf){:tf; the Bar of the Court of King's Bench, in Wcfiflu'vflér Hall, to take bis Trial upon an Indiciment by the Crouvsn Sor Hicu TREasON, before the Lord Chief Juflice Mansfeld, and Fudages Dennifon ofier, and Wilnot : T be Council for the Croavm wwere the A’flomry‘aud tofl. licitor Cengral,’Sir - Richard Lloyd, Mr. Norton, Mr. garra.;frf Mv.‘ Gl;‘/l', .and Mr. Scrjeant Rool, @ k5 5; ounci! for the Prijoner wwere My, Hon. Mr. Howar, ~/ : Hecwer, anl’ba From one of his Lettres it appeared, .that the D Jollicited Employment from a Fellow Student ap L, awho is promoted in France, avherein be [fays, thels bad a great Regard for the Fremeh Nation, awd|bg be offered bis Sercvice mot only from Intereft bus in, tion, to promote the Welfare of that Country. ¢ It appeared in the courfe of the trial, that Jion frep this Declaration of War in 1756, be became a # oner to France, and agreed for 100 Guineas per Antm o give the French the bift Intelligence be could of b: State of Affairsof this Kingdom. A Difference afterwwards arofe about 5ir e which be veprefented as too_fmall, 6n3 prwn Segohong inbis Favour be faid be belongedso § Club ir e Strand ( from wwhich be could gain great holis n),r’ at which they a_/‘wa‘: drank French Wine & Dikg and in January 1757, a frefp Bargain s that the Delior fhould receive 25 Guineas pr M, 5' of his fending a Letter of Intelligence every Wf, |, to forfeit a Guinea for every Omiffion ; but be w:y 90 morethan one monthky Payment, and they Fwe Reafon that bis Intelligence was nothing but £ Jrom the Neavs Papers. The plan for carrying on this correfpondence was Jollowing : the Doftor wrote a common Letty v Ink, and between each Line the Secrets of Engand Lemmon Juice ; this was incloled under three o1 | different Covers, direfled to differemt perfons n Secret, aho conveyed them from one Hand. “41ll the fir# incloled came to the principal, 7 was defigned. He bad a Brother avhe isa Jelust, . . awas Chaplain and Secretary to the Spanifb dmba at the Hague, from whom our Refident _at. that gained a Knowledge of fome Secrets velating. to land ; and learnt that he bad a Brothe'. _fhfl(ia London, whick was the Occafion of thy Bsflof‘t' b wwatched, and twenty nine of his Lettets ba'n}_z opp. From theje Letters it appeared, fi(u be geave Lrench the firfi dccount of Admiral cha-wea ;_/;, to North smerica, of the taking of the dlcifee and &uith every minute circwmflance rolating ritA, from that time of the failing of every Ueet, and v Deflination ; and was fo minute as to gfve an Accosn even of the launching of @ Man of War. He (' gave an dccount of all Difficulties rthting to rai) of Money ; and particularly deferibed the Secret Ex, dition in 19579, and affured them it wis intended aga Rochefort or Breft, but gawe bis Opirion for the form And in one of bis Letters be partinlarly eduifed Defcent of the French upon our Coafigs the maff cersc Method of difireffing the Governmery by affedling pu lick Credit ; and mentioned the ‘¥me wben, and | Place wbere it would be moff prope. The Trial began at half an {iur'afflr 10 in ¢ Morning, and ended at balf an ;mr after 8 in t 1 K FaiTw g Ewening, when the Fury afterfaying out about baly an Hour, brought bim in Guilty§ And this Afternoon, at three o'Clock, be avas byougkjto the Bar, awhere by veceived bis Semtence. Hel is & Native of Ireland, aged about 44, and bas a|Diplpma from the Univerfity of Leyden to praciice Phyfik. June 10. Florence Henfy, M. D. is to be banged, drawn, and quartered, of Tybarn, on Wednefday the 12th of July next’ A Mail from the Gi8yns arrived this Day by Wiy of Exprefs ; there ar¢ but few private Letters '3 Merchants. What the News is we cannot fay, bi¢ the Captain of the Padket reports, that there has bec s an Epgsgement in die Meditetranean between | Englith Men of Wajand 11 Freoch, -and that tl.. reateft Part of the lalter had been taken and carric & into Gibraltar. The WhAhall Evening Poft fays,the above Frenth Flect is that which faled lately from Breft, and that feven of them are taDk‘n, and the reft difperfed. Fume 20. This Dy the Lords Commiffioners & both Houfes of Parliament met, and made a Spece to the following Purpert, viz. My Lords, and Gmtl.men, ‘ N 7 E bave received hisMajefty's Commands,upo= this Occafion, (0 affure you, that he hag th deepeft Senfe of the Loyalty and good Affeétion demonftrated by hisPailiament throughout the whol Courfe of this Sefion. ' The Zeal, which you hav fhewn for his Majefty’s Honour, and real Intereft, iv all Parts ; your Earnefioefs. to furmount every Diff culty ; and your Ardour to carry on the War, wit the utmoft Vigeur, in order to a fafe, and honoura‘bln Peace ; muft convince ail theWorld, that the antier: Spirit of the Britith Nation is fill fubfifting, in 1 fall Force. ; His Majefty has allo commanded us to acquait you that he has taken all fuch Meafures, as have ap My