The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, March 23, 1759, Page 3

I\ the Affifance in your power, to the entire redu- cing and keeping it, until we have Succours, . which I am goiug Fxprefs in the Bonetta Sloop - %o follicit'far s as alfo togive an dccount sf our prefent Succefs y in which Sollicitation [ hope to be affified by cll the Gentlemen in the Ifland, thrd’ their Agents. . For my Part, I [pall make awhat Tuterel I can, with all the Zeal that a thorough Knowledge of fo valuable an Acquifi- tion 1o our Country can infpire me with: I pray that you will fbew all the Regard in your Power to our excellent Commodore, who, next 1o divine Pomidence, is the Infirument of our Succefs. I bad not the Honour of being in the Aftion , 1 was only an idle Speilator, being be- calmed between three and fouyr Leagues off, during the Engagement. What bas been done dst Martinico, by the good Providence of God, and the Wifdom of our brave and worthy Commanding Officer at Sea, turns out to the Glory of His Majefly’s Arms. Let us perfevere in keeping our Footing, and giving all the Alifiance in our Power, and we fball be a flou- rifbing {eople s for the effelting of which, 1 will contribute my Mite.” NEW-Y O R K. March1s: . Laft Saturday Evening arrived here, two ~= French Prize Ships, taken the 18th of Fe- bruary latt, in Lat. 23, 11. Long. 71. 30, by the Privateers Dreadnought, Willet Tay- lor, the Duke of Cumberland, Capt. Lifly, the Hercules, Paul Miller, all of this Port, and the Hawke, Capt. Wright, of Cape-Fear. The oneis called the Grand Jofeph, mount- ing 16 fix Pounders, Burthen 350 Tens, and 36 Men ; the other called L’Eagle, of 20 fix Pounders, Burthen 400 Tons, and 40 Men, both Letters of Marks, loaded with Sugar, Indigo, and Coffee.. Thefe Priva- teers took at the fame Time, another French Ship called the Dolphin, of 20 fix Pounders, 50 Men 500 Tons Burthen, alfo loaded with the like Commodities, and a Letter of Mark. They ftood an Engagement of 3 Glaffes with the Hercules Privateer, when the others com- ing up they ftruck, Capt. Miller lofing one Man, and had 7 wounded. And yefterday Afternoona French Prize Snow, called the ID’Leury, arrived here, un- der Mr. Everfon, taken the 21 of February It by the Sturdy Beggar Privateer, Capt. Troop. She belong’d to Breft, was from the Cape, and is loaded with Sugar andCoffee. The Sturdy Beggar, in company with the King of Pruffia, Capt. Donaldfon, and the Royal Hefter, Capt. Deale, took a, large French Dutchman, the 18th of February laft, called the St. Peter, of between 6 and 700 Ton burthen, loaded with 700 Hogtheads of fugar, 300 cafks of coffce, &c. and had 20 fix pounders ; the captain of her, it is faid, endeavour’d to prevail on his men'to ftand an Engagement, but they refufed, fhe like- wife was from the Cape,& is daily expected. The aforementioned Prizes were part of a fleet of 22 fail that left the cape the 12th of February, under convoy of a 74 Gun Ship, {which was leaded with Indigo) a frigate of 136 guns, and 4 Privateers of diffcrepe force. There were 14 or 16 Englith privateers that Fell in with them ; and we are in hopes of ha- ving a further geod account of them. The Prize Mafter of thefe Ships fay, that when they left the Privaceers they were in Chafe of fome more of the Fleet, thefe being taken toLeeward of the reft : And that there were feveral other Privateers after it. A French Prize Snow taken by the Royal Hefter, is now at the Hook, which makes the 6th Prize taken out of the above Fleet, by New-York Privateers. - We are in Hopes of feeing fome more of the fame Fleet enter this Harbour, as we hear a great Number of our Privateers are in queft of them. Monf. Chateleau, when the French Fleet fail’d, was ready to come again on this Coatt, in Company with a fifty Gun Privateer that had arrived from Guineg / BOST 3N, Marchig. His Fxcellency has been plealed to ifiue a Procla- mation appoimting Thur{day the Fifth Day of April riext, to be obferved as a Day of public Falting and Prayer throughout this Province. Sawurday laft a Vefiel arrived here in 14 Days from Halifax, the Mafler of whom informs, thatfeveral Vel- fels that lately fail’d from thefe Parts bound to Louis- bourg with Provifions, &c.- met with great quantities of lce, and very fevere Weather, in which they had all fuffer'd confiderable Damage ; and with greatD ficuliy got back to Halifax. Capt. Bradley in a Veffel from Oid York penifh'd with the Cold, in beating back to Halifax, Yefterday Capt. Ckimmier in a Schosner arrived here in eight Weeks from Lilben, by whom we have the following Extraltof a Letter from that Place, dated Jan. 20. -— “ You have feen no doubt long ago by our Eng- lith Prints that an Auempt was made the 3d of Sep- tember Jaft on his Portngueze Mojefty's Life, which was very wifely buth’d up here for fome Months, and by the Minifler imputed to a Fall, *ll be difcovered the horrid Plot that was form’d by fome of the principal Nobility and Jefuits againft his Mzjefty’s Life, without any other View but to {ubvert the Government ;—— However Providence for the good of this poor Country luckily interfer’d ; aud his Majefty is intirely recovered. —The 31ft ult feveral of the principal Nobility were taken into Cuftody, and their Crimes being plainly prov’d, as alfo from their own Confeflions. The fol lowing Perfons fuffer'd a Punifhment equal to their hortidCrime the 13th Inft. The Marchionefs de Favora, beheaded—Next followed her Son, Joze Maria de Fa- vora, who was flrangled, and broke on the Wheel.— The Conde deAttaguia who was her Son in Law, the fame—The young Marquiz de Favora the fame ; then followad two menial Servants of the Duke, and an Ea- fign of Horfe, who fuffered in the fame Manner— Next the old Marquiz, who was broke on the Wheel alive, but received the Coup de Grace on the Breaft— After him came the Duke de Aveira, who was alfo broke alive on the Wheel, but had both hisArms broke before he received the Blow on his Breaft ;—The lait of all, and the moft fhocking, was a Servant of the Duke's (whofe Fire took Place againft his Majelty) being burned alive ; there was alfo the Statue of ano- ther burned, who made his Efcape : After which the whole Scaffold, with the Bodies were burnt, and the Afhes thrown into the Sea.—It’s reported that more Execations will foon follow, particularly fome of the Jefuits, who were the principal Fomentors in the Plot : Every Thing has been condulled with great T'ranqui- lity, and the Secretary of State has fhewed great Abi- lities in averting the dreadful Confequences, which would have attended this horrid Plot, had it been effetled.”— The: General Coart have in their prefent Seffion made Provifion for the raifing forthwith 5,000 Men - for the general Service of theYear 1759, with a Bounty of Six Pounds (paid in Treafurer’s Notes) to fuch as have not ferved before, and of Eight Pounds two Shil- lings to {uch as have ferved in any of the former Cam- paigns this prefent War, We fiad by the Weft India Accounts, that no lefs than 20 Sail of the Enemy’s Veffels have been taken and carried intoJamaica by our Ciuifers, from Decem- ber 15 to January 25. Ariived at St. Kitts, Sloop Induftry, Weft, from Bofion ; Schooner Little Either, Meferve, from Pifca taqua. At Jamaica, The Brig Duke, Dogget, from Beflon ; the Daniel, Rodman from Pifcataqua. — p— — e PORTSMOUT H. Extrall of a Letter from a Gentleman in Lon- don, to bis Friend in this Town, dated Dec. 10th. 1758. £8 ANADA mutft fall next Year, for the General has Orders by this Packet to have every Thing ready to preeeed by Lake Champlain with the whole Force now in America, except the Troops in Nova Sco- tia, by the firlt of May. And we are preparing Tranfports to tzke on board 7000 Veteran Troops, which with the Troops that can be fpared from Nova Scotia, are to go up the River St. Lawrence, efcorted by 16 Ships of the Line, and 10 more Ships of the Line are to be at Halifax and Louifbourgh, while the above Force is gond-up the River. Admiral Boscawen commands by Sea, and General Woure the Troops that go up the River. The Armament for this Service is preparing here Day and Night, and the whole is to be ready to depart from Spithead by the roth of March. \ The Campaign upo rope is over, without Enemies of His Maje they brought 450,09 againft 180,000. | Prufiia and Princ he Continent of Eu- e Acquifition to the and his Allies, tho’ Men into the Field “ondut of the King rdinand has been al- moft fuperpatural. ‘The Combatants of Eu- rope, on the Centinent, fiiting down in fla/y guo will prolong the War, and we have not the leaft Glimpfe of Peace’from any Quarter, nor do we defire to fee any ’cill the French are drove out of all America, which feems to be the determined Refolution of the KING and his Minifters to accomplith if poffible. And this Mr. PITT as good as declared che firft Day of the Meeting of Parliament in the Houfe of Commons, in the fineft Speech I ever heard.”’— : Yefierday at bis MajesTY’s Court of Gene- ral Quarter Seffions of the Peace for this Pro- vince, John Carfon and Margaret bis Wife were convicled- of Stealing Linnen, Poultry, Bedding and otber Things from feveral of the Inbabitants of Portfrnouth and Greenland, and received Sentence as the Law diretls : a Sen- tence indeed too mild for fo many repeated Vil- lanies. And it could be wifbed that Shopkeep- ers or others would be cautious in buying or trucking for fufpicious Goods from Strangers, as it is too apt to encourage this Praflice of flealing, and may in the End bring a Stain upon their own Charailers.—We bave for the Satis- faction of the Publick inferted a Lift of the Per- Jons Robbed, and the Fudgment of the Court. Complainants, Fine, or Stripes, and Service. M.Wentworth,Efq;5£. 20 18 Months, Rev. McClintock 5 20 Mrs. Bradford I 10 Mr. Haines 10 Mr. Packer 10 Mr. Johnfon § Mr. S. Haynes 5 Mr. Davenport 5 Mr. Cate § Mr. Miller 10 Mr. Lowd 15 Mus. Dahly 10 Mr. Eliot, 5 Jackfon, Elg; 10 Mr. Hunteg: 5 Mr. ¥ Y- 10 5 5 Mrs. Mitchell 5 20 e £. 92 200 Str. 79 Months Margaret Carfon £. 5 or 20 Stripes and (0 be fold for two Years and nine Months, The fame Day at One o’Clock Fokn Carfon received 20 Stripes. Yefterday Morning, after four Days Ilinefs with the Meafles, departed this Life, no Doubt in Exchange for a better, Mrs. Mary March, Wife of Dr. lracl March of Greenland, de- ceas’d, inthe $1f Year of ber Age. e PorT oF Piscaraway, March 22, EnTERED IW, Sloop Sea Flower, Samuel Paul from Halifax. Schooner Nathaniel, Samuel Goodwin® from Philadelphia. Sloop Charming Polly, Edward Beacham from Virginia. Sloop George, Jofeph Allen, from Virginia. Schooner Merriam Alexander Hajkel, from Halifax. Sloop Bon- Adventure, Pairick Markbam from Virginia. Crearep Ovur, Ship Bofcawen, William Young, for Barbados. Sckooner Hampton, William Carpenter, for Halifax. Stoop Viftory, Fames Calile, for Halifax Sloop Viltary, Jofiah Simpfen, for Halifax ('J‘Hoice good INDIAN CORN To e SOLD &y Benyamin PaRkER, o5 Board a Schooner now lying at the Long Wharfe in this Town. PorTsmourn, March 22d, 175q. : HEREAS le'/lz’cm‘z‘Vz'flcefit to whom I was cnce married, has for four- teen Years Jaft paft wilfully (without the lealt Reafon) deferted me, living all that Time within two Days Journey, without ever paying me one Vifit, fend- ing any Letter or Meflage, or ever advancing for, ar fupplying me with the Vaice of one Copper, or baving ever invited me once to Jee bis Houfe— This is there- fore to give NOTICE to all Merchants and others ( if there is any One who wou'd fupply me vpon his Credit) thatas [ never was fupported at his Expence, 1 fmpe I fhall never need nor defire it— That 1 fubmit it to the Judgment of the Impaitial, what Epithets fuch a Pro- hibition jultly merits, where the Cale is fo circumilase - ed ; aod He who forbids the Credit, is ogt of all 5 o éli as other Accomnts, ~ - Danger upoo bis own as wé g LA B e NPy oy 5 5 5 5 5 5 g 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 O N RHA DR OMRWWE BN