The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, January 26, 1759, Page 2

had rome down, were ordercd to retarn, for the bet- N EW.Y ORK, jJanvary 13, Wednelday laft His Majelty’s Ship the Crown, 6f head the 22d of O&ober lakt, in Company with the Arundel Man of War, and {everal Store fhips;bound Nomber of Merchantmen, the whole Fleet confifling of upwards of 60 fail : Capt. Mead informs, That November {aii'd from thence in Company with Commodore Kepple, who had five f2il of the Line, bound to Africa : That he parted with the Com- mcdore on the 18th of November laft. To His Excellency Tnomas Pownarw, Efg; Captain Generaland Governor in Chief, in and over The Appress of the Council and Houfe of Repre- {entatives of the aforefaid Province. E the Council and Houfe of Reprefentatices of His Majefly’s Province of Maflachufetts Bay lency for your Speech from the Chair at the Opening of the prefent Seffion 3 and ave are glad to take this Op- ous Infiances of Succels granted to His Majefly’s Arms in North:America, in the Cour/e of the Year pafl. Rcpendencizs, and for the total Extirpation of the French from Nova Scotia, projeited avith great VVif- refled a lafling Honor upon the prefent Adminifiration of Gowernment, and upon the Officers and Men employed The Expedition to Caderequi, profecuted awith un- paralel’d Diligence and Labour, mufl give great Ripu- wvha had the Command of it, as well as to the Provin- cial Troops whe bore J2 great a Share init : The wwas at firfl imagined 5 and the Poffiffion of Fort Du Quefne, and the Remowval of the Lrench from their ployed in that Branch of the Scrvice, aere unduubiedly Jacilitated by it, Gratitude to the Supreme Ruler of the Uniwerfe, fo the Repulle at Tionderogo teaches us our continual Ewvidence tisat Succels and Vidlory do mot always attend the greatefi Force and the befl Preparations. Yomething furiher is neceffary to be effelted before His Majefly’s Colonies can be in @ flate of Quiet and fecurity. Seall be fiill ready to did and Affiff in promoting His Majefly’s fervice to theutnoff of our Abilities 5 and gard to His Colanies, that He will gracioufly be pleas’d to afford as all neceflary Relief from time ta tize as our ae hawve had of your Excellency’s Adminifiration in the Year paf?, we fhall be induced with the greater Cheor Meafures as fhall be found necefary for the fervice of the Year to come. eletted Civil Ofticers for the Year enfuing, by the two Houfes of Affembly, wrz. neral, Hon. Thomas Hubbard, Efq; the Officer for pur- rifons within this Province. Fon, Daniel Ruffell,Elq; Commiflioner of Impoft, Bofton ; Exekiel Golathwait, Elq; and Mr. Exckiel Price. Newbary William Atkins, Efq; Marblebead ‘Mr. John Chipman, For the Port of Plymouth. Plymouth, Edward Wicflow, Efg; York Daniei Moulton, Efg; Kittery Mr. Charles Chauncy, Duk’s County John Nerton, Efg; Nantucket, John Banker, Efq; xtrad of a Letter from a Gentleman at Lifbon, dated November 22, 1758. fvi(h a Rebuft from Count Daun : nay confefles he was farprized : however by all Accounts he has tcr Garrifoning cur Forts, 45 Guns, Capt Mead, zrnived here : fhe left Spit- 10 Louifbourg, having alfo under Convoy a great he puat into Cork on his Way, and on tke 11th of two forty Gun thips, and two Bomb:, under him B § 1O N, Taouary. 15. His Majery’s Province of Maflachufetts Bay. Iiay it pieale your Excellency, / in General Court affembled, thank your Excel- portunity of rijaicing with your Excellency in the wari- The Plan for the Redultion of Cape Breton and its dom, and executed with Courage and good Condul?, muf? 17 thofe important Seraices. tation to the Officer of His Majefly’s Regular Forces Efetis of it feems to bawve been mare extenfive than Southern Encroachments by His Majefly's {rosps en- As thefe favourable Ewents call for our bighefl Dependance upon His Providence, and is an bumbling Ve are full of your Excellincy’s Santiments that Burthen'd and oppre)i’d as we are aith Taxes, ave ave bave full Confidence in llis Blajefly’s paternal Re- Circumflances may require 5 and from the Expericnce Julne/s to engage under the [fame Direiion, in fuch On Thar{day laft the following Gentlemen were Harrifon Gray, Efq; Treafurer and Receiver Ge- chafing Prov:fions, &c. for the feveral Forts and Gar- Publick Notaries— For the Port of Salem, John Nutting, Efq; Glouceller - Daniel Witham, Efq; Rarnftable Solomon Otis, Efg; Falmouth Mr. Stephen Longfell ow B O $ T O N, January z2. " ==* "Tis true, the heroic King of Pruffia has met made the Auftrians pay dear for the Advantage they gain'd ; and is in 3 Condition to face them and main: tain' his Ground in Sazony & Silefia. Thofe Armies are now fo near each cther, as are likewife thofe of the French and Hanoveriaus, that we are daily ex- peQling (o hear of Batt'es erfuing in both Quarters: Ged grant they may be favourable for oar Interctt, for the better Security of our Conqueits in America, for ycur kind Advices relating whereto { am infinite- ly cblig’d to yca '— We have Advice from the Weft Indics of the 211t of December laft, that 4 Englith Men of War were cruizing off Cape Francois, viz. two of 74 Guns, and two of 6o, waiting for the failing of the french Flect, which were ready to depart. BrOIRT-S M O U T I Captain Oram {ail’d frem Briltol the 22d of No- vember ; the next Day he met with a very heavy Gale of Wind from S.to S. W. and on Saturday he fortunately gotinto Kinfale Harbour. In this Gale of Wind ning {ail of Veflels were caft away on the Coalt of Ireland, and moftly loft; among which was a Snow bound to New Ydrk, having 20 Hands on .bzard, the Mafter and 14 of which was drowned, befides a Woman and twe Children, there being a Family on board. The Caprains Warrer and Boothby, in two Ships belonging to this Town, are fafe arriv’d at London. The Reverend Mr. Jenathan Aws, lat Wednef- day fe’nnight, was ordained to the Pafloral Care of the Church in Newtown in this Province, Laft Weck arrived at York Capt. Jefiah Beal, from Lou fbourg : After he came out he put intoa Cove near the Bay of Fundy (where lay a fmall Schooner) in order to get fome Water, which hav- ing vrocured, the next Day the Mate, with a Boy belonging to the Schooner, went on Shore a Gun- ning ; foon after theFiring of fome Guns were heard, and then 15 Indians, with the Boy Prifoner, (the Mate being kill'd) wasfeen coming down to the Water Side, where having got, they demanded cne of the Veffels, but being refus’d, nine Indians came off in two Canoes and aBoat, and attack'd the Veflels ; the Boat, in which was the Boy with three Indians, came under Capt. Beal’s Stern, who, with fmall Arms and fome Ballalt Stones, killed two of them, and then haul’d the Boatalong fide, and wounded the other Indian, who, firlt having fluck his Hatchet into the Boy’s Head, jump’d into the Water, and a large Dog on board Capt. Beal, immediately after him, feiz’d him faft by the Neck and fo difpatch’'d him. The Indians (four being kill'd) then with- drew. A Man on board the Schooner was thot thro’ the Head ; the Bey who was firuck with the Hatchet, was taken cut of the Boat alive, Extrafl of a Letter from a Geutleman in Brifiol, 1o bis Friend in this Town, dated November 13, 1758. ¢ Asto News, there is very little at prefent ftirring—It’s generally believ’d, the King of Pruffia wiil bring Count Daun to a general Engagement, notwithtanding the Rebuff he met with on the 14th ult. from Daun, in which the King of Pruflia loft three of his Head Generals and 4000 Men,—— As to cur Nava! Preparations, they are carried on with the greateft Chearfulnefs and Difpatch imaginable. QOne of the French Ships of the Lire, peirc'd for 74 Guns, but had caly 64 mounted, which was up to Quebec, and efcaped Sir Charles Hardy in the Ri- ver it. Lawrence, hath fcurd his Way up to King Road, the Antelope, a 50 Gun Ship, went part of the Way down to Lundy Ifland to condu@ her fafe, met her about midway, and faluted her with three Guns ; Monficur, whether he thought the Englith were an unmannerly Sort of People, or not, I don’t know, but am certain that he had forgot all polite Behavigur, for he never pay’d the Refpe&t cue to His Majefty’s Ship of returning one Gan, but told the Capt. cf the Antelope that he was jigilldiftrefs, ard was coming up to the Governor of Briftol as a Flag of Truace for Provifioss, notwithftanding he had taken Several Englith Ships before, and the Prifoners was then on board ; the Capt, of her was Silly enoogh to think his Ship wouid be given him again, and refufed Signing his Parole of Honour for a Fortnight, and infitted his Ship was no Prize, nor himfglf'a Prifoner, however he thought better of theiffair Yeflerday, and Signed his Parole to pre- ;vent his being put into New Gate. L [For Adwices bro’t by Capt. Oram, Jie the Supflement.] Good SMITH’s COAL UST IMPORTED, and to be f{old for promp J Pay : Irquire on board the Brigantine Briftol, laying at the Long Wharfe. * Province of New Hamphire. ’V Hereas a Committee chofen by the Proprietors of the Townthip of BOW in {aid Province, to fettle the Lines of faid BOW, with the Towns adjoming, have had a Conference with a Committce from the Proprietors of Starks- Town (fo cail'd) the fubflance of which thev defire Advice and Approbation thereon, as they thall judge’ proper. Aund as one of faid Commitiee is deceas’d, another isthought neceilary to be chofen in his ftead ; for which (and divers other Reafons) itgis theoght neceflary a Meeting of faid Proprictors $ould {pce- dily be cali’d, &c. Thnefe are therzfore to notify the Propriet BOW aforefaid, to meet 2t the Duwelling Mrs. Love Chase, Tonholder at Stratham in {aid Pro- vince, on Tuz{day the fx:h Day of February nexr, at Ten of the Clock in the Foiencon; then and there to receive the Report of faid Committee, re- lating to the Premifes, and to fil up the Vacancy therein, or choofe a new Commirtee for the Purpofes aforefaid, and to give them fuch further Power and DireQion as may be thought needfu! ; pals a Vote, if they fee fir, that there fhall be ano. ther Divifion made of the undivided Land in faid Bow ; with fuch Limitations, as by iaid Proprictors at their Meeting, {hall be agreed upon :—And far- ther, to votc fuch Methads as may be thought ex- pedient, for defreying the Charges of the aforefaid Bafinefs :—And to pals any other Vote that may be for the Benefit of faid Proprietors. Lbrabam Tilton, Fobn Stockbridge, Folegh Clark, Fobn Dearborn, Berjamin Jeavet, 07 i C E is hereby given, That there will be fold to the higheft Bids derat a Punrick VEenpue at the Houfe ef Mr. Fames Stoodley’s, junr. Innholder in Portf- mouth, on Wedne(day the feventeenth Day of February next, at Four of the Clock in the After- noon, One QuarTerR part of a Sloop, with one Quarter part of her Sails, Rigging, Cables, An- chors, Mait, Boom, Bowfprit, and other ftores be- longing to faid Slocp : I'he Sicop’s Burthen about feventy five Tons. The Sloop and Stores, as per Inventory, to be feen at Mr. dbrabam Matthews's in Durham in faid Province, any Time before the fale ; and the Conditions of fale st the time and And o0 Sele&i Men cf the Pro- pricty of ow. Dated at Stratbam aforefaid, Fan.rz, 1759. place of fale ; the abovefaid Sloop being taken by - Executien, pr. Tiomas Packer, Sheriff. Ja. 19. 1750. 2 W HercasElias Smithof Exeter was employed as a Tanner by the late Mrs. Elizabeth Bartlet, (now Wife of Do&or Eliphalet Hale) in Part of the Years 1756 and 1747, and by the faid Eliphalet Hale in Part of the Years 1757 and 1758, to work in the Tan Yard lately belong- ing to Mr. Nathaniel Bartlett, junr. late of Exeter, deceas’d ; and the faid Hale, in whole Care and Cuflody the faid Tan Yard now is, fuppofieg that fome good Cuftomers to faid Tan- Yard, have, with- out his Cenfeat or Knowledge, been, within the Time aforefaid, dealt with (refpetting Hides, Skins, &c.) in fuch Manner as cood Cuftomers to faid Tan- Yard ought not to be : e the faid Eliphalet Hale hereby delires a!l Perfons who dea’t with the faid Elias Smith, or with his Son Facob Smith, in the Time aforefid, for Hides, Skins, Leather, &c. to apply to him as foon as may be for a [ettlement of fuch their Dealings, as he defires to know from all good Cuftomers, what- Rock they have put in, and what thcy have taken out of faid Yard, and who he has to pay, and how much ; and all fuch Perfons as fhall fo apply, fhall be well treated by Exeter, Fan. 10, 17¢09. Evivuarer Hace. P. LI, Perlons who have Le- * mands on the Eftate of Archibald Stark, late of Derryfield in New Hampfhire, deceas'd, are de- fired to bring them in unto Capt. Fobn Stark, of Derryfield, Adminiftrator of faid Ellate, or to Capt, Cculeh Page, of Starkftown, who is Attorney to faid Adminiftrator, in order for a fettlement and Dif- charge of the fame. Derryfild, Fan. g, 1759. 3 fobn Stark. LL Perfons Indebted to, or that have any Demands on the Eftate of Ervior Vavenan, Efq; late of Portfmouth in the Province of New Hampfhire, deceafed, are defired to’ bring in their Accounts to ANNA Vavcuan, Widow, and Adminiftratrix on the Eftate of the faid Decealed, in order to fettlement. T HIS DAY PURBETSH Edy: And Sold at the Printing Cffice in Portymouth, [ Price fix Coppers. ] : New-England’s MISER Y The Procuring Cavusg, and a RemEdY propofed, Ames’s Almanack For the prefent Year, foid by the Printer hereof. 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