The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, March 9, 1759, Page 1

i, - rd FRIDAY, MarcH 9, T HE 1759 New-Hampfhire Conta’::(zing the Frefbeft Advices - B O S T O N, Marchgy. Wednefday laft the General Alembly of this Pro- vince met here, and.on Friday his Excellency was pleaf- ed to make the following Speech to both Houfes, viz. Gentlemen of the Council and Houfe of Reprefentatives, ¥y~ HE Kingdom of GREAT BRITAIN, at an ynbounded Expence, and by the moft vigorous Efforts, is refolved to protelt and maintain the Caufe of its Colonies.— His Majefly, Jupported by the united Voice and unwearied Zeal of the whole Nation, is refolved to make a final De- cifion of this Contef} avith the Enemy in dmerica.— His Myjefly therefore and the awhole Nation, in this argent and impartant Crifis, call upon s to focend-with a Zexl agorthy the Connexions under avbich we all, worthy the End to avhich awe laok, thefe wery extraordinary and ample Succours fent ta our Affiftance. As his Majefly was lafl Year pleajed not only to affif} you in almoft every part of the Expence, but ewen in thofe parts wwberein you engaged at your own Expence, to promife you a Recompence in proportion to the. aflive Vigour and firenusus Efforts avberewith ye exerted yourfelues 5 fo 1 Lawe now the plealure to affure you from bis Secretary of State, of.ali due Attention being paid to the Services you bawe rendered, that you may receive a Compenjation for thefe Serwices, agreable to the gracious Affurances His Majefly avas plealed to allow kis Secretary of State to make to you. ; In the fame Manner, His Majefly this Year, baving prowided for every Article of general Expence, does not call upon you to exert yourfelves even in that awhich is peculiarly your own in your own Caufe, without gracioufly by bis Secretary of State affuring you, than on this Occafion alfo you fhall receive @ Recompence in proportion to.your Seraices. As His Majefly bas direcied me to fignify bis pleafure to ou, and to urge you ta a zealous Compliance thereawith, it ir with equal pleafure to me, and awith Fuflice to you, ‘hat 1 bave been enabled by your Addrefs of lafl Sefions, 20 affure His Majefly, that from a Senfe that more is flill neceJary to be cffeczed before bis Colonies can be in a State of Quict and Security, you are ready to aid and affifi in promating bis Majefly's Serwice to the utmoft of your Abifi - ties. His Majefly’s Serwice and your Affairs ave wrought up to a Crifis. The War isnow mo longer a Difpute about Limits ; for the French baving broke all L erms on which Treaties are founded, on wwiich even Enemies aét toward each ather i time of War, have rendered ‘all Terms aith (S impradiicable and impoffible. [ They hade brodght Matters tothat Wue, that the Contefl movds, Whether the Freuch Wyurpations fpall te erefed intg a Kingdom, or, . avhether the Brit (h Empire in Awmerica fpall be efiablijfed * on a Jolid and laflirg Bafis. I Cavada be mot taken, the ~ Empire of the French will f2 its” Root : And as every o hing is vipe for its Riduition; and nothing io obfirad it, 47 it be not taken dowv, it néver will be ‘taken. If this Opportunity be negledtcd, if this Opporturity b not fmiprov- sed aith a Vigour avorthy the favourable Afped of divine Prowidence ; from this Hour ave-may date the Decline of the Britith Empire ; from this Hour we may date the Ruin of Us and our Poflerity by an inevitable ‘Train of Ewvils. Qur - ffairs are not only wronght up to. a Crifis, but now is the wery Crifis. His Majefly’s Arms arein Poffeffon of the Mouth of that River awbich is the Entrancs to Cana da, and command the Navigation of it. By 'the Succefs 4 , =~ of aur Pesple’s Serwices in that mofl arduous and hazardous % - » . -~ “~ “troops on this fide of that river. . Enterprize againfi Cadaraqui ; nay evén by, the Repulje that our Army met with at Ticonderoga, i is evident to Dimorfiriiion, that the Fretch cannot in thafe Parts de Sond ( a, and that ae can take it, e'ffwe,z’{a our Puty, This Province alway did, and alway avill bear it’s Je Scrvices.—=And ‘as Thole are alway befi are founded on a certain Convillion and conlci- ivns Senfe of vhis Duty, Tawilly as you bave enabled me by \folemmiy engaging yourfelwes to Secrely, direé? the Se. crigiry to lay before you Juch Papers as you may aél upon A 94 certain Foundation, el T. Pownall. 73 Y Louncil 4 z.'-mber, S B (R 8 G R B R BB R S SR S eghorn, (a Port lown of ltaly) Ocrober 30. . 'L he N ‘5 r . . i&nglzlh brought no lefs than 6 French fhips into this port laft’ week ; one of them Jadén with ammunition [} ~ and artillery for Minorca. ®aris, (in France) Now: 10, Several new men of “e going to 'be built as falt as poflible, in order to /ar a . X v Y - SR v sarine on a footing fit to maintain the dignit put our & 8 & tion. o e o 7im G tmary) New. 18 The Britfh troops decamped this morning, and are marching into winter- quarters. M. de (.‘fimfldd"s army was in full march to %0 repafs the Rhine, at lebgnc‘fpflffddo{p a.n‘dee(_el; is'no appearance of their 10i¢nto0 of keeping and there is no app Phs el 4o gou‘ bife's army had evacuated Munden,; and from, appear- ance tiere was reafon to believe, they have aflually left, o would foon leave, 4 1 TR e : “ W Paris, Now. 24. The Ship, the High-Admiral, from America, has bro’t Advice, that the Englih have aban- doned Fort Frontenac, in North America, without do- ing any Damage to it. They " carried away neither Powder nor Flour; but they broke the Trannions of the Guns depofited there,and nailed up 12 other Pieces of Cannon, whofeTrunnions they could not break. We farther hear, that they barst g French Frigates, of 18 Guns, and about 100 Battoes that were on the Lake, to avoid leaving a Garrifon in that Fort ; and thatas foon as the Englifh quitted it, the French came back and tock Pofleffion. ] Hacug, Now. 15. Itis fiid, that if the merchants of the maritime towns of this republic do not fpeedily obtain redrefs and fatisfation for the depredations of the Englifh on their trade and navigation, they intend to fit out a fleet of 50 men of war, and have already found a {ufficient faad for that purpofe. L ON D O N. Nsw. 1. The Arcen Ciel man of war, from Leuis- bourg, is arrived at Cork ; the crew very fickly. A French cartel fhip is arrived at Falmouth, in thirty days from Quebec,called La Toifon d'Or, with feventy Englith prifoners, 2mong whom are three Captains. Nowv.18. We hear thattheRoyal George and Magna- nime, one of 100 guns, and the other of 8o, will join the fquadron under admiral Saunders,cruizing in theBay of Bifcay. The laft letters from Stockholm reprefent things as being in a very critical fituation, the committce of en- quiry being equaily afraid to proceed on the informations they have aiready taken, or to decline thofe that are full offer’'d, as a general {pirit of difcontent reigns through the whole kingdom,and the peopie {eem inclined to lay hold on the firlt opportunity to overtnrn what is now ftiled the Ruflian and French Fation, and who have ruled of late with a rod of iron. The double Militia (as it is called) which is raifing in France with great rigour, occafions moft of the young men atAmiens to lcave the town to avoid being enlifted, and flce to Paris : but-many of them have been appre- hended by the Marechaufseh and thrown into goal. Now. z2. . Our laft letters from the Hague infift po- fitively upon certain falts, of which we formerly gave fome information ; and infer from thence, — That the confufions inEurope are {o far from drawing toa period, that there is jaft reafon to fear they will mukiply, and become more inveterate during the courfe of the winter, unlefs fome unforefeen event fhonld oblige fome of the contending powers to fubmit to a peace. Now, 24. They continue at Paris under no fmall uneafinefs, at the abrupt departure of the Spanith mini- fter ; to which fome People attribute the fudden refo- lation of fending the dutchefs of Parma, .in this winter fealon, into her.own dominions. It was thought, that epon cardinal Berni’s quitting the department of fareign affairs, there would have been a change in the fyftem ; but as the duke of Choifenl is named to fucceed him, this appears to be a miltake. - , Letters from Bruffels tell us, That advice being re- ceived in Holland, that 18 Dutch veflels from Curacoa, and St. Euflatia, had been taken by the Englith, great murmurings were heard in the maratime cowns, where the ferment increafed daily : That the name: of the En- glifh was become odious ; and it was apprehended ' the papulace could not be reftrained {rom committing fome excefs againft that nation.—Bat private advices from Holland, that may be depended on, affure us, That the people of Holland know the true intereft of their conntry, and (which is generally the cafe with people in all countries) are grieved to fee it deviated from; and they are not infenfible that while fome of their traders and thip owners enrich themfelves by lending their names to cover French commodities, they moft effentially ferve the intereft of France, the grand diftur- ber of Europe, who hath reduced the proteftants in Germany to the moft cruel diftrefs. A fhip is arrived at Portfmouth, which, we hear, faw admiral Saunders in chafe of a Breft fcet this day f{.'n- night. The Dutch Fleet, under convoy, for their American colonies, are to take their departure from the ‘Lexel the 1oth of Dec. if wind and weather permit, - Lz& night thers was a great mosting of the mem- bers of parliament at the Cockpit: 'And A great meeting'of the houfe of peers at the duke of Newcaille’s. 5 ; } Dec. 9. Lal week the Hon. Lieutenant Colonel Howe was chofen without oppofition'member of paclia- ment for the town of Nowingham, in the room of the late Lord Vifcount Howe his Brother, who was killed in America. s s With the men of wwar goingito join the two fquadrons gone to the Weft Indies aw® upon the coaft of Africa, under the command of (he Commodores Hughes and Kegpeg,- it’s faid that upwards of 4000 lan forees will Q Nums. 127. GAZETTE. Foreign and bomefiicé. s e be embark’d, - together with fome months provifions, a great number of ftores, fome pieces of artiliery, mor- tars, &c. “We hear feveral regiments in Ireland are ordered to be completed, and to be ready to march on the firlt notice. By a lilt procur'd from the goals of this kingdom, in order to be prefented to parliament, it appears, that the number of debtors exceeds 25,000 Letters from Paris fay, that a Squadron of nine Ships of the Line and three Frigates, with Land Forces on board, and warlike Stores aand Provifion, is faiied from Breit for Canada. , Tbe Thanks of the Hon. Houje of Commons awere tender’d to Adm. Bofcawen, by their Rt. Hon. Speaker, in the fol-, lowing nerwous and clegant Terms. ““ AomiraL Boscawew ! s HE Houfe have unanimoufly refolved, that I their Thanks fhould be given to you for the Serviees you have done to your KING anp CounTrY in NorTH AMERICA ; andit is my Duty to convey their Thanks to you. ¢ I with [ could do itina Manner fuitable Occafion, and as they ought to be given to you, n ftanding in your Piace. as a Member of this Houl ¢ Bat were [ able to enumerate and fet forth, in ¢ beflt Manner, the great and extenfive Advantages ace ing to this Nation from the Conqueft ¢/ Louilbour with the Iflands of Cape Breton asd St. ' only exhibit a Repetition of what has already be is, the genuine and uniform Senfc and Lasguage of every Part of the Kingdom. Their Joy too has been equal to* their Se upon this interefling Event ; and in the N and Joy they have carried their Gratitude to you, Sir, as 2 principal Inftrument in thefe moft important A quifitions, ; “ You are now therefore receiving the Acknowlcdg- ment of the People, only in a more folemn Way— by the Voice, the general Voice of their Reprefentatives in Parliament—the moft honourable Fame that any Man can arrive at, in this, or any cther Country. Itis, on thefe Occafions, a National Honour,from afree People ; ever cautiouily to be conferred,in order to be the more elteemed —to be the greater Reward ; and which ought to be referved for the moft fignal Services to the State, and the moft approved Merit in them ; fuch as this Houfe has ufnally, and very lately, made th.® Obje&ts of public Thanks, ¢ The Ufe, I am perfuaded, you will make of this jult Teftimony, and high Reward of your Services and Merit, will be the preferving in your own Mind a laft- ing Impreffion of what the Commons of Great Britain are now tendering to you, and in a conftant Continu- ance of .the Zecal and Ardour for the Glory of youe KING anp CounTry, which have made you to de- ferve it. n.ana «t In Obedience to the Comimands of the Houfe, I’ do, with great Pleafure to myfelf, give you ths Thanks of the Houfe, for the Services you have done to your King and Country inNorth America. Upon which Apmirar Boscawen faid @ ¢ Mr. SPEAKER, ¢ I am happy in having been able to do my Daty. But have not Words to exprefls my Senfe of the diftin- guithing Reward that has been confetred upon me by this Houfe : Norcan I enough thank yeu, Sir, for the polite and elegant Manner in which you have been pleafed to convey ta me the Refolution of the Houfe.” Dec. 1g. Thurfday his Majefty's Ship Refolution of 74'Gune, was launched at Southampton ; as was on Friday the Flame of 74 Guns, from a private Dock at Deptford. The Gofport Man of War, with the Trade from Newfoundland, is arrived at Gibraltar. Dee. 20. England could never boaft of fo formidable a Navy as at prefent ; and yet, to the Houor of our prefent Miniltry,we can aflure our Readers, that befides thofe on the Stocks in His Majelly’s Yards, there are not fefs that ten Men of War,of 74 Guns each, building by Contra& in private Yards,all of which will be ready to launch next Spring. Let Britain vigorouily pu:fue thefe Meaflures, and fhe may fet the united Force of all Europe at Defiance : and whenever inlulted, be no more affrighted with Rugbear Tavafions ; but be always’ able to proteét herfelf without foreign Auxiliaries, and chaife the Infolence of hier Enemies in their own Ports and Kingdoms. Perhaps nothing can fo much prove the Importance of the Cape Breton Expedition, as the Cai of Infurance; for fince the Redu&tion of that Place,Infurance toAme- rica, &c. has fallen from 2z and ¢ven 30 per Ceni. to no more than 12 ; with that remarkable Advantage, that our Enemies Infurance has rilen in Proportion to the falling of oure, : (i The o I) \ ) \ \