The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, November 17, 1758, Page 1

Y < FRIDAY, NovEMEER 17, 1758. T H E KENSINGTON, Aupufl 26. THIS day the right honourable the lord mayor, : aldermen and commons of the city of London, in common council aflembled, waited on his majelty : And being introduced to his majefty by " the right hon. the carl of Holdernefie, one of his majefty’s principal fecrataries of ftate, -Sir William in the following addrefs. . To the KING’s moft excellent Majelty: . The humble 2ddrefs of the lord mayor, aldermen and commons of the city of London in common council afembled. Maft gracigus SOVEREIGN, faithful people,permitus, your majefty’s moft datiful and loyal fubjelts, the lord -+ mayor, aldermen and commons of the < city-of London, in common council affembled, humbly to congratulate your majefty on the fuccefs of your arms in the conquelt of the im- . portant fortrefs of Louifbourg, the redulion of the iflands of Cape Breton and St. John, and the blow there given to a confiderable part of the French navy. . An eveat fo truly glorious to his majefty, fo im- . portzntto the colonies,trade and navigation of Great- " Britain, and fo fatal to the commercial views, and naval power of France, affords a reafonzble profpedt _ of the recovery of all our rights and pufiefions in America, {o unjuftly invaded, and in a great meafare anfwers the hopes we had formed, when we beheld the French power weaken'd an che coalt of Africa, their fuips defiroyed in their poits at home, and the terrcy thercby fpread over all their corits. May' thefe vaiuable acquifitions, [o gloriovfly ob- tained, ever continue a pari of the Britith empire, 25 av effc@ual check to the perfidy and ambition of a nation, whole repeated -infults and ufarpations obli- ged your majefty to enter into this juft and necefiary war : And may thefe inftances of the wifdom of your majefty’s councils, of the conduét and refola- tion of your commanders, and of the intrepidity of syour ficets and armies, convince the world of the in- pate ftrength and refources of your kingdoms, and difpofe your mejelty’s encmies to yieid toa fafe and honourable peace. . In all events, we fhall meft chearfully contribete, to the utmof cf our power, towards {fupporting your majetty in the vigoroas profecution of meafures {0 nobly defigned, and fo wifely direfted. And it fhail be our moft fervent prayer, that your majefty may long, very long, enjoy the fruits of your avipicious government, in returns of loyalty and affeltion from agrateful people 3 and that the :{ thefe realns may flourifh, with equal lultre, on the heads of yoar apgolt deflcendants, to lateft polterity. v To which addrels his MajesTy was plealed to return this moft gracious anfwer, § Receive this datiful and loyal address as a frifs I mark of your (ar{/'iar;t affe&ion to me, and 11y go- wernment 3 and. 1 return you miy bearty thanks for it. The fleady affections of my people, united in a bearty - =eal for the honour of my crowwn, awill, 1 doubt nat, en- ‘able me to carry on, awith wigour and Juccefs, a aar avhich was neceffarily undertaken, to drfend the réligion, Jibertier, and valuable poffefions of my kingdorss, againf} the unjufi. attempts of my encmies. Lhe city of London may always depend upon my prot:Gion and fevour, and upon my conllant care for the extent of their trade and navigation. They were all received very grzcioufly, and had the honour to kifs his Majefty’s hacd. From the London Gazette Extraordinary, wWHITEHALL, Auguft 18. Licutenant General Imboff's Account of the Afion of the §thof Auguft, 1758, between the Detachment under his Command, and M. de Chevert’s near Mefe. N the 4th of Auguft, at 6 o’clock in the eve- ning, received advice, from a good Hand, that the enemy who were to pafs the Lippe over three Bridges, would march that night with much artiilery . towards Rees, in order to pofefs themielves of that place, and burntthe Bridge. As he meght go thither by turniog my camp, I took the refolution to de- camp with the four battalions and four Squadrons under Ty command, in order to cover Rees, and join the battalions of Stolzenberg and the hereditary _,Comaifling the Frefbeft Advices Moureton, knt.the recorder, made their comphments' MIDST thejoyful acclamationsof your. Prince of Hefle, that were marching under the com- mand of General Zaftrow frem Spick, where they had pafled the Rhine in Boats. Having perceived’ nothing of the Enemy, 2nd believing that the ac- counts I had received might be Falfe, I refolved to retarn to my advantagecus Poft at Meer. I fet forward at fix in the morning, and after I had reached my old camp, the advance guards were no fooner pofted, butthey fonnd themfelves engaged with the ene¢my, who advanced towards me from Wefel, under the command of lieatenant General de Chevert, and Mcfl. de Voyer and de Chavigny, major Generals : with the whole corps of "I'roops’ which was defigned totnake the fiege of Duffe!dorp. My Front was covered by coppices and diiches, wich a rifiag groand on my Right ; from whence I could {ee the whole force that was coming againft me. Perceiving, then; that the enemy was marching into the difficult ground, 1 refolved to attack them as fooun as they entered it. I therefore ordered my infantry to advance about 200 Paces from the firit Heflges and took the regiment of Stolizenberg from my right, to poftitin the Coppice, in order to fall upon the enemy, whom I faw quite uncovered. I gave orders to the other regiment to march, with drams beating, up to the enemy, as foon as they thould hear the Fire of the regiment of Stolizenberg, and to attack them with Bayonets. This being ex- ecuted with the greateft Spirit, by the whole fix bat- talions, had fo great an effe®, that after a refiftance of about haif an hour, the enemy was put into con- fufion, and fled towards Wefel, leaving on the fpot eluven pieces of cannon, and a great many waggons and other carriages with ammunition. The iofs on my fide confits of ne more than zco mea killed and wounded, that of the énemy is not exatly known ; we have taken 354 prifoners, a- mong whom are eleven officers. General Zaftrow perfe&ly well feconded me in this ation ; and all the officers fought with the greateft courage. The names of thefe brave regiments are, that of Stoltzen- berg, Saxe Gotha, Hereditary Prince of Hefle, and lmhof of Brunfwick, and the four {quadrons of Buf- che’s, which could not a& in the manner they with. ed, on account of the inclofures. (London Gazette.) Leipfick, Tuly 31. A Letter is handed about here, written from Dolkowitz, oppofite Drefden, by M. Chriftiam Gartier, dated the 27th of this Month, and containing thefe Words, ** Very early in the Morn- ing of the 25th, I difcovered from my new Obler- vation a2 ComEeT, which is yet very obfcure; it ap- pears about one in the Morning, in the Conflellation of the \‘J”fzoncr between his Legs, at the twentieth Degree ¢“the T'rains, above the Horns of the Bull, Yeftesday the rainy Weather hindered its being dif- cerned ; bui this Day about one in the Morning it appeared again, and advanced a little ; it cannot yet be feen by the naked Eye, but by the Help of a Telefcope of two Feet it is eafily diftinguithed.” A L@ =N 8H 0" N, Augult 13. Some advices from Rosse fay, that the elefiion of Pope Clement X1IL. is far from being uni- werfally acceptable, and that upon this occafion there is a firange conjunciion between the Zralous and the foli- ticians, wwha appear 10 be egually difgufled, tho’ for dif - JSerent caules. Augufi 28. The French king has fold the foreft of Fontainbleau for thirty two million of livres. Sept. 1. There is a report again of a Treaty be- tween the Emprels Quezen and the King of Pruflia. BOST ON, Navemkerg. Extrafl of a Letter from a Gentleman in England, to bis Friend in this Toawon, (avhich came by the Harriot Packet lately arrived at New York,) dated Sept. 8, 1758, —~— ¥ Wrote you of the Succefs of cur Expeditions in the Deftru&ion of St. Maloes, the taking and burning about 100 Veficls ; alfo, the taking and difmaatling of Cherbourg, deftroyiog the Bafon, blowing up the Fortifications, filiing their Ships with the Rums and{inking them in the Bafon and Har- bour, fo that the Sea making a free Paffage in, will fill them with Sand, and the Harbour will be entirely. ruined for great Ships, which they had "been z0 Years preparing for a fecond Dunkitk ; the 2 Pieces of Cannon and Mortars, which wire of Brafs, Nums. 111, GAZETTE. Foreign and Domefick. being brought Home, (the Iron they deftroyed and’ fonk) were this Merning carried to hys Majefty, and | aiter corntinuing there a few Days, are to be efcorted tkro’ the City by the Ffor{e and Foot Guards,drawn Ezzr 235 Horles, and then to be depofited in the’ Tower.—I alfo acquainted you with the braveStand - the Heflians made agaioft the fupérior Number of the Freach, and, after being over-barn, leaving the French a dear bought Ficld of Battle.-~Alfo, of Ge- nerat Imhoffs Vi@oryover another Body of French, which were pofted to preveat the Jun&ica of the Biiath T'roops with Prince Ferdinand, which is now happily effetted.—Eut alas ! the poor King of Pruffia could not keep Poffeflion of Moravia ; therelore re- turn’d back to Silefia,with Count Daun at his Heels ; theRuflians 70,000 firong in his Front,and the meaa- fpirited Swedes on one Flank ; which critical Scita- ation has drawn the anxicus Attention of the Well- Wilhers of the ProTrsTavT Cavust ; for the De- fign of the Popifh Confederacy was thus, at once to fall on bim in Front and Flanks : To fecure which - Event, the Ruffians had firongly entrench’d them- felves, tho’ near double the Number of the Pruffians, uitil theirArmies in the Flank were properly advan- ced ; butaccording to GOD's former Dealings with the Kicg of Praflia, jut as Rome andHell were ready to clofe their yawning Jaws, and at ence cruth the Proteftant Canfe, GOD again appears | And when He appears, his Enemies thall be fcattered before - the Wind : —Thus it was here :— Before the De- fign was ripe,the King of Pruflia attacks the Ruffians io their Intrenchments ; and after a whole Days En- gagement gains a compleatVittory ; tock 1c0 Pieces of Cannon, their Military Cheft ; and when the Ruffians fled, they left 17,000 Men oa the Field of Battle : This News occafroned univerfal Joy.—Bat - behold,the Affair was not over |—+«¥Vhen the Ruffians retreated they fornred themfelves into a Square, in which they rallied, and the Pruffians had their Work tc do over again ; but alter repeated Engagements for three Days fucceflively, the Ruflizns were totally routed ; and ’tis faid not a Regiment left together. —When they were broke the Xing of Pruflia paus'd about a Minute, and then faid, He 4id not know ary Bufinefs they bad in that Country :— Which the Ot- ficers took for a Hint to give noQuarter.——That the Slaughter has been prodigious : General Fermer, General BroWn, and moft of their General Officers are cut off, and theirCannon on the fecond Entrench- ments taken.—Further to embarrals the poor King, Count Daun fent a Detachment to attack hisFlanks 3 but he had timely Intelligence of tite Motion, and crdered a Party to relicve them ; and there obtain’d another Vi€tory.—The City was full of this News Yeflerday.—Can only add, that private Letters fay, the flain are above 40,000,—their Military Cheft contained about £.200,000 Steiling ; and that the Poles have broke dewn the Bridges to prevent their Rcturn to Raffia : That in all Piobability, this Ar- my of 70,000 Men, will be entirely cut off :— A furprizing Turn in Providence !—I am inform’d ta Day, That by the Convention between Ruffia and France, it was fipulated, that befides the Subfidies, the French were to allow the Ruflians £.5 Sterling for every Man kill’d in the Expedition : Judgethen how much this maft affet the: French Finances to have 300,000 £. Sterling to pay on this Occafion ! —We may fay again, what has GOD wrought !— It is further faid, That the fecond Day when the Ruffians had formed themfelves into a hollowSquare, the Pruffan Soldiers refus’d to engage the fecond Time, as they had gdined a compleat Viftary, and tho’t they might make a fecare Retreat : Upon which the King faid, 7hben I'm undome ;: And fnatch+ ing a Standard from one of the Men, rode forward to the Enemy, fluck it in the Ground,and faid, Here avill 1 aie |—Whereupon his wholeArmy ru(h'd for- ward, gave three Shouts, and fell on like Madmen, and tore the Ruffians all to Pieces,—We rejoice at the takiog of Cape. Breton ; and hope we fhall drive every French Man out of America.—The King has ordered a Form of Thankigiving to be ufed in all 3 the Churches of London for the Taking of Loais-, bourg.—After a grand Parade, the French Colours were this Weck hung up in St. Paul’s, asa Pledge to the City of the Vigour of our Troops.—~More, Troops arc embarking, 1 believe for New Yotk