The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, January 26, 1759, Page 4

change their Pefition, Accordingly he began his March on the 24th, before the Enemy’s Face, pal- fing very near to the Auftrian Camp, aud oa the 26th armived at Gerlitz. From this Manceuvie alone, a Judyment may be formed of the Importance of the Viltory which the Auflrians pretend to have gained on the 14t gal {'he main Body of the Ruflian Army encamped on the 27.h near Drambourg, a little Town of the New Marche abouta League from the “Frontier of Poland. Count Dchna continues encamped near Ctargard. Advice beiog received in his Camp, that soo Rulflian Horfe Grenadiers were at Greiffeaburg M:jor General Platen was {ent out with a Regi mezuc of Diagoons and fome Hufl'ax: to attack them. 'he Ruffians did not wait for-cur Pec pie at Greif- fenberg, but Colonel Schlabbiendorff ufed fo much Diligence, that he came up with them about a Mile beyoad the "Town, and feli on them fo brifkly that they were inftantly routed. One Officer and Eight private Men were killed ; Three Subalterns and 132 private Men were made Prifoners ; the reft (l’Cqu‘Cu, our orfes being too much fatigued to purfue them farther. General Palmbach continues the Siege of Coiberg with 16,000 Men ; but he bath fcarce fired at all agsinft it fince the zoth, the Governor of the Place having difmounted ad his Cannon except two.” i O N D 0O N November 4. Extrad of a Letter from Portfmouth, Nov. 2. ¢ Off 3cilly there were 6 Frenchships of the Line and two Frigates ; Admiral Bofcawen bore down on them, but they run for it. Next Morning there were but four of them to be feen ; one of w .wh we came up with, and tock, and ran another on fhore; tiie reftcthe Admiral chafed ap the Briftsl Chaanel, fxlmu' y are quite difperfed. 1((‘ .;x.nun nt, 1u‘l of French Prifoners, is on N.( te near the Remains of the Invincible, bh has thrown out : nal of Diftrefs, but we hope fhe will be got off. “ The Adm'ral fell in with another French Fleet abroad, which l:kewife ran from him.” Letters from the Sound of the z4th ult. advife, that the Fleet was failed from t!:c:,cv, confifting of 200 fail, of which 63 were Englith, It is added that Hr, {ail of Britith Ships were expelled therein a few Days, all from the Baltick ; ‘.z‘d that they hoped two C Cosvoys would yet airive this Seaflon from England. lvices of very good Credit inform us, that the r of Pruflia loft but 24 Pieces of Cagnon in the Aflion, and of thefe he retock 12. [lis Ma- je x’v bad one Hoife kiilled under him, and a ["" kiled at his Side. Of the late Prince Royal’s Re giment, confifting of 780 Men, only 170 are )cft Prince Maurice of Anbalt Deflau, is dead of his Wounde, It is ftrongly fufpeéted that the Piuflian Army cou'd not have been furprized in the Manner it was, without Treachery. The Right Hon. the Earl of Rothes is ?prn?nted Comumander in Chief of all his Majeity’s Land For- ces in the Kingdom of Ireland,in the Room of Lord ¢ Molelwoyih znd 41.~J of all the Forts, ('L 1€ ’ (.t&.(u»-u H &¢c. in that I{€‘r'niurx. A e Duich thip, faid to be from Santa Cruz, f\m into Plywmouth by Admiral Bofcawen. Tea Ships are ftranded on the Coait of Jatland. Now. 7. They write from FHanover that Baron aufen (the Hanoverian Minifter, who ufaally ! ".~..« at Loadon) had returned to that City after eight Days Abfence ; and thata Report was imme- C /.~'u'v fpread that he had conc! ded a Tt eaty of I‘\':'u:ml and the LEftates of its ty for that Ele&torate the Kiag of Pruilia having found it impofii- blc to {fend them the Succourshe MJ promifed. Some Letters (e that the Ruflians were retiring thro’ Poland, and had embarked all their heavy Ar. tules 1y at Koni u).(s, ded a paffage thro’ the The Erench have dcmq soco Miitia, who are going Territory of Liege for ¢ to join Marfhal de Contades. Lampoons have beea publickly made in theFrench o Armies upon the.Baron of Marfhal of France being given to the Prince de Soubife for the Advantage gained by M. de Chevert, and which the Prince neg- le€led to improve. Itis thought more than probable the French will evacaate both Hanover and Hefls before they go into Winter Quarters, which will be on the Upper and Lower Rhine. lis Majelty in Council has been plealed to ap- point William Shirley, Elq; to be Captain General and Governor in Chicf of his Majefty’s Bahama {lands in America, in the Room of John Tinker, Elq; deceafed. O, 11 Se eral of the Nobility appeared at Court Yefterday in their ( riages covered with ena- meiled Lqper ; which n,ad the greateft Appear- ance that has been (een for many Years. Yefterday a Tranfport lying off King Edward Staiss, by a Candle failing into fome Gunpowder, was blewn up, and burnt to the Water’s Edge ; hap- pily no cther Ships was near ber, There were on- ly three Boys an L d, one of whom was killed, and the other two fo dangeroufly wounded that i thought they cannot recover. A Hog which was blown up, {wam on fhore, and did not appear to have received any hurt, The Princels Dowager of the late Prince Royal of I,um , was fafely Delivered of a Prince the z1th ult. Now. s {18 14. Wehear that a Letter from M. de Montcalm at Canada to the Mmih‘] of Verfailles, hath ‘Veen intercepted ; and that in this Lc'.!cr Montcalm affures them with great Cencern, that without a Peace, t ‘mt Country cannot poflibly hold out beyond the Middle of rc xt Summer : And there- fare he implores them to make Peace on any Terms; adding, thar, let the Concefieas in America be as great as they will, if 30 or 35 Soldiers (which ona Peacs may be eafily fpared) be fent to him in each Ship that goesout, he will undertake.in a few Years to recover ewvery Inch u/ Ground which they fhall be forced to yield by the 'I'reaty of Peace The following little Az:ecdote deferves to be tak- en Notice of.x A Native of the County of Kildare in [reland ; whole Name is Hammond, belonging to .lu Sccond Regiment of (JU:'“(;J, being wounded in he Arm at the late Affair of S Cas, the Colonel \vlu commanded that Battalion, and faw the Blood rvn plentifully from bim, c'h cd him to withdraw. ays he, pleafe your Honas r, he does not defc to eat the King's Jlxc.., who retires at the jir/? Scratch ; and going to load his Piece, which he had juft befere fired off, found the Muzzel was, by fome Accident, beat in clofe and rendered unferviceable : He took up another Piece which lay by adead Com rade, when, at the Iaftan: he was prefenting it, he received ancther Ball in the fame Arm, and his o Serjeant then infifted upow his having his Wounds drefled. Not yet, fa;.s ke, my Boy, one Pop more at be Dogs ; and flooping o take up his Firelock, he fell, thro> Weaknefs, an< was unable to rife again. It is faid a handfome Appointment is intended for him, if he lives to retarr England. T'he Hercules Privateer of London, Capt, Camp- bell, was taken by the Hardie Man of War, from Quebec, and carried into St. Malce’s the 2d Inft General Amberil’s Letter 1o the Governour of Louifbourg. ¢ In Anfwer to a prepefal 1 have jult now had the Honour to reccive frem: your Excellency by the Sieur Loppinot, I have only to tell your Excel- lency, that it hath been determined by his Excellency la < € No, erve Admiral Bofcawen and me, that his fhips fhall go in To- morrow to m.xkt. a general Attack upon the Town. . Your Excelleacy knows very well the fitu. ation of the Army and the Plect ; and a5 his Excel- Admiral, as well as I, is very defirous to lenicy the prevent the Iifufion of Blood, we give your Excel- lency ore Hour,alter receiving this to determine ei- ther o capitulate as Prifoners of War, or to take up- on you all the an Confequences of a Defence againt this Fleet and Army. Boscawen.— Jergmp@itiuerst.’ Toe Gowernor's Anfwer to Goneral A’;r/urj)‘ ““'T'o anfwer your Excellencies in as few Words as pofiible, I fhall have the Honour to repeat to you, that my Refolution is {till the fame ; and that [ will fuffer the confequences, and’ fuftain the Atack you fpeak of. Le Chewalier Drucour. i Nov. 16. We have the Pleafure to hear, that his Majefty was {o well Yeflerday as to appear in-: Publick. The Talk of Alteration in the Miniftry is at an Erd Thiogs having been amicably fettled in Couns , to the Satisfaftion of all Parties, Lo onel Cliveis expetted home by the next Ship- ping ; and tis thought he will bring near a Million utcx)m The Lords of the Admiral ity have promoted Capt. Hamar to the Rank of a Rear Admiral The Emprefs Queen has eftablithed a Poll-tax. The Piague ftill rages greatly at Conllantxr.ople. The Rofe Man of War has received Orders to wait for, and take the Ships bound to Louifbourg under Convoy. It is faid that early in-the Spring, two Expediti- ons will be undertaken upon the Coaft of France,;_ in which it is propcfed to employ 40,000 Land Forces. A large Fleet, it is faid, will foon fail for the Me- diterranean. Scme Tranfports are taking in Stores of "almoft every Kind intended for Cape Breton. Several Ships of War, in different Docks, and in great forwardnefe, are ordered to be finithed with all Expedition, and fitced for the Sea. The King of Pruffia made two forced Marchcs to get Poflefiion of the advantageous Part of Gorh:y, where he furprized a {mall Body of Auftrian Horfe, and made about 6eo Prifoners, among whom were ten Officers. Prince Maurice of Anhalt Deffau is not Dead of his Wounds as was reported, but mends daily. The Ruflians have certainly raifed the Siege of Colberg, and are marching to the Neftula ; and as Fermor has Demanded of Poland 12,000 Wag;'fns, to carry his Provifions and Bay vgage itis- concluded that he is ordered to return to Ruffia, Nov. 16, We have Advices from Berlin, of very: refth Date, by which we learn that his-Proffian Ma< himfcif Mafter of the Town of Gor- , after fome Difpute with a Corps of Auftrians mtled there, in wmch there were fome ‘hundreds killed, and between 7 and 8oo made Prifoners; a- mongz whom are 16 Officers of Rank. . Thefe Let- ters farther fay, that his Majefty maiched on the zgth’ f Otober from the beforementioned Place, in order ta attack Marthal DDaun, who was encamped on the fountain of Landfkroen, and was within half a I\ulc of the E ncm/ when the Courier leftthe Army s f j‘l)' ad mad lit e a A Ll Pcrfons having Accounts n 5 WS open with Natuanier Meserve, Efq; de- geas'd, are defired to bring them -in to Georacr Mesgrve, Adminiflrator to the Eftate of the De- ceas'd Ard all Perfons Indebted to faid Eftate, as well as thofe to whom the Eftate is Indebted, are defired to make fpeedy fettlement with (vtOR(‘E MEsERVE, ddminiflrator Portfmouth, Jan. 16th. 1759. 2 GOOD SWEET OYL to be fold by the Cafe or fmaller Quantity, by NiLLiam PEarson, in Portfmouth, 3