The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, March 30, 1759, Page 3

LONDGN, Jauary 13. The King of the Two Sicilies has again ordered a « Squadron to be got ready to carry him and the Royal + Family to Spa&. Some Letters pretend to fay that “th: King of Spain will abdicate his Crown in Favour of that Prince. “7We hear the following Gentlemen are promoted to < the Rank of Admirals, Capt. Elliot Smith, Cormih, Geary, and Callis, Orders are givén to provide a fufficient Number of , Tranfports for 25,000 Men. " Yefterday it was firongly reported, that two French ! men of war, one of 6o, and the o:her of 74 guns, were . loft on the Coaft of Barbary, but that the crews were faved ; ‘who, it is thought, will be made flaves by the Moors. Portfmouth, Fan. 14. Remain Vice Admiral Hol. bourne, with near 6o Sail of King's Ships and Sloops all preparing for the Sea. : PHILADELPHI A, March 15. v On Sunday laft died, of a tedious Ilinefs, JOHN FORBES, Efg; in the 49th. Year of his Age, Son to 2 ! Porbes, of Petincrieft, Efg; in the Shire of Fife, > in Scotland, Brigadier General,” Colanel of\ the 17th Regiment of Foot, and Commander of His Majefty’s Troops in the Southern Provinces of North® America, a Gentlemaa generally koown and efteemed, and 'moft fipcerely and -univerfally lamented. § In his younger Days he was bred to the Profeffion of Phyfic; but early ambitious of the Military Charatter, he purchafed into the Regiment of Scors Grey Dragaons, where, by repeated Purchafes and faithful Services, he | arrived to the Rank of Lieutenant Colonel. His fuperior Abilities foon reeommended him to the Prote@ion of General Campbell, the Earl of Stair, Duke of Bedford, Lord Ligonier, and other ditinguith- ed Charafters in the Army ; with fome of them he ferved asan Aid de Camp, and with the reft in the Familiarity of a Family Man. Dauring the lalt War he had the Honour to be em- ployed in the Charater of a Quarter Mafter General to the Army under his Royal Highnefsthe DUKE; which Duty he difcharged with Accuracy, Dignity and Difpatch. His Services in America are well' known. By a fteady Purfuit of well concerted Meafures, in Defiance "of Difeafe, and numberlefs Obftru&tions, he brough: to a happy Iflue a moft extraordinary Campaign, and made a willing Sacrifice of his own Life to what he valued 4 more, the Intereft of his King and Country. As a Man he was juft, and without Prejudices ; brave, without Oftenation ; uncommonly warm in his Friend- ip, and incapable of Flattery ; acquainted with the orld and Mankind ; he was well bred, but abfolute- ® impatient of Formality and Afte&tation. Eminently peflefled of the fociable Vertues, he in- dulged a chearful Gratification ; but quick in his Senle of Honour and Dauty, fo mixed the agreeable Gentle- man and Man of Bufinefs together, as to fhine alike (tho’ truly uncommon) in both Character:, without the . nefs of the other. ‘and uleful Meafures, generally feeing both at firlk View according to their real Qualities ; fteady in his Mea- {ures, but open to Information and Ceuncil ; in Com- mand he had Dignity, without Supercilioufnefs, and tho’ perfeltly Mafter of the Forms, mever hefitated to drop them, when the Spirit and more eflential Parts of the Service required it. Yellerday he was interred in the Chancel of -Chrift Church, in this City. The Form and Order of March at his Funeral, was as follows. I. The Pioneers. Py . II. The Seventeenth Regiment, and two Companies * ~of Colonel Montgomery’s Regiment ; the Colours with Crapes ; the Drums covered with black ; and the Officers with Crapes on their Arms. . I1I. Two Pieces of Cannon, with the Commanding .. Officer of Artillery. T IV. The Engineers. V. The Staff. VI. The Servants, in Mourning, uncovered, two nd two. VIL. Aled Hoife, covered with black, conduéted by a Groom, VIII. The Surgeons. 1X. The-Phyficians. X. The Clergy, and Chaplains of the Army. XI. The Corpfe, and the Pall held by fix Field flicess. XII. The Mourners. X1I1. The Governor ; the Council ; the Speaker and Members of Aflembly; the Judges ; the Magif- trates and Gentlemen of the Proviace and City, two and two. ¥ XIV. The Officers from the different Garrifons, two and two. N. B. The Minute Guas were fired from the Time the Corpfc was brought out until the Interment was over ; and the svholg ended by’a triple Difcharge of t the {mall Arms. NEW-Y OR K, March’ig Monday Evening lalt returned from a fuccefsful "« Craize, the Privateer Snow Royal Efther, Capt. Dale, 1 and brought in, with him the Brig Notre Dame des Doleurs, Monffur Turoon, Mafter, of 4 Guns, and 12 Mca, from theffCape, bound to O§d France, and wag one pf the Fledientionedyin cur il N Giddinels fometimes attendant on the one, or the Sour- | As an Officer, he was quick to difcern ufeful Men, ’ - ‘Next Day was fent in by the General Wolfe, Capt. Seymour, the Snow St. Anthony, Mon. Ruddle, late Mafter, ftom Martinico for Old France : Her Cargo is Sagar, Coftee and Cotton ; and was taken the 6¢h of February laft. The above Veflel was formerly the St. Andrew of Glafgow, Cept. Gilles, and loaced herea- bout twelve Months ago, for freland ; but was afier- wards taken on a Voyage from Glafgow for Antigua, when Capt. Gilles had one of his Arms fhot away, en- gaging the Privateer he wastaken by. Friday laft the Ship La Juno, from the Cape, of and for Merfeilles, of fixteen 6 and g Pounders, and 64 Men, Mon{. Afpret,'late Mafter, was fent in here by the Tartar, Capt. Lawrence, and King of Prdffia, Capt. Donaldfon, both in Privateers of this Port. She en- gaged the Tartar better than two Hours, but Capt. Lawrence fought her {o clofe, that Morfizur after ha- ving four Men killed and'7 wounded, was cobliged to ftrike his Colours, = Capt. Donaldfon could not poflibly ger up till the Engagement was over. . She was taken on the 21ft of February, is a fine Veflel, and thought to be the, moft valuable Prize brought into this Port fince the Commencement of the prefent War. having more Indigo on_board thap all the Fleet befides, ex- cluding the Mep of War: Her Cargo confifts of 225 Hogfheads and 3t Barrels of fiae white Sugar, 64 Hog- fheads and g Bags of Coffee, 44 Hogtheads, 15 Tierces and g Barrels of Indigo ; befides 59t FHides of tan'd Leather, and {ome other Trifles. Extrad of a Letter from Virginia, March 9, 1759. « Qur Affembly are now fitting, and have agreed to fupport and pay a compleat Regiment of a Thoufand Men for this Campaign ; andis all, they {ay, they are able to raife.” 3 ¢ . BOSTO N; March 26. On Thurfday laft a Veflel arrived at Marblehead from Liibon, which Place fhe left the 8th of Feb. by her a Gentleman writes to his Friend here: « ¥ Hatter myfelf that your next campaign will be I profperous, and I hope under God the bufinefs will be compleated ; there feems to be at prefent no appearance of a patch’d up peace to interrupt it, our reigning-adminiftration is honeftly difpos’d to pufh ear- neftly for the general good of our country, and as the navion feems fatisfied with the condudl of the miniftry, the people chearfully furnifh the fupplies for continuing the war effeCtually. By laft poft came intelligence that a2 man of war was arriv'd at Gibraltar difpatch’d to,bring out Mr. Skinner our principal engineer,whereto is added a report that a large fleetiwas preparing to be fent to the Streights with 15,000 land forces, we muft leave to time to difcover what is the proje&t of fo im- portant an armament. . It is likewife afferted that the French have,or are marching 30,000 men to Roufillon, on the confines of Spain, withdat affigning any caufe for it : The court of Spain are in that kingdom raifing men, and filling up their regiments, and its very proba- ble that when the king of Spain comes to bieathe his la®, there will be {ome new turns in politicks, and freth embroils arife.— The King of Fruffia is frengthning himfelf with 2 view to commence the molefting his enemies in their winter quarters ; it wou'd not be {u prizing if the near approach of the King of Spain’ diffolution fhould ia- cline the Queen of Hungary to tender advantageous propofals of peace to the Pruffian hero, that he may be able to ‘purfue meafures for {ecuring the poffeflion of Parma and Placentia, which by the laft treaties fhould return to her, when that change happens, however I hope he will be fteady to his ailies, and not concur in any meefures that mayrecur to the prejudice ofEngland.” Extrad® ofaletter from Fort Frederick,St. Jobn’s,Marchio. ¢« The gth Int. Lieut. Hazzen of the Rangers came in from a Scout of 15 Days, with a Party of 16 Ran- gers, up the River St. John’s ; he brodght in with him fix French Scalps and fix Prifopers. Lieut. Hazzen re ports, that he has been to St. Ann’s,which is 140 Miles up this River,from Fort Frederick, to where it wa:ex- pected he wou!d have found a frong Garrifon of the Enemy ; but on his Arrival he found the Town va- cated, which he fet Fire to, burnt alarge Mafs Houfe with a Bell of about 3001b. alarge Storehoufe, and many. valuable Buildings, amounting in the whole to 147, together with*a large Quantity of Hay, Wheat, Peafe, Oats, &c. kill’d 21 Horfes, about 5o Head of Cattle, a Number of Hogs, &c. and that he took the Prifoners and Scalps with 11 of his Party, on his Re- torn near Grimnals, which is about 85 Miles fram this Place, who give an Account that a Number of the Enemy live fix Miles back of Grimnofs,"and that the Inhabitants of St. Ann’s are chiefly gone to Canada, the Remainder fcattered in the Woods : kHe was pur- fued by about 30 or 40 of the Enemy, but not over- taken, and that he found a large new Schooner up this River which was taken lately by the French from Capt. Grow ; he brought one Horfe with him to Fort Fre- derick, where he arrived in good Health without the Lofs of.one Man."’ . ' A Letter from St. Chriftophers dated the 14th of Jaft Month, fays, ourTroops at Guadaloupe ate very fickly ; that the Englith -Privateers continue to plunder that ifland of Negroes, Cattle, &c - That.Capt, Reid in the Qiver Cromwell Privateer of that Ifland, was return’d from his fccond Cruize to Guadaloupe,having on board 5o Head of Cattle and {everal Negroes, his Hold fored with Coffee jn Bulk, and almoft all forts of other Plun- der, and was {ailed again on his third Cruize to the above Place. We hear that the General Aflembly of the Colany of Conpetticot, have jvoted to raife 3600 Men,/includ- ing Officers, for the Servics of the enfuing Campaign. S § & We have Advice from St. Kitts, that the French at & ;i‘ Guadaloupe had fent in upwards of 400Wemen to our = General, who refas’d them wituoue their Hofbands. ™ » fi Vednelday laft died at his Seat in Milton, the Hon. :: ii Wwm. Fove, Efg:aged 78, fotmerlyone of the Honour- 3 " 2 able his Majefty's Council, & Treafurer of thisProvince. 3% Extradt of a Letter jrom Albany, dated March 12, 1759. 3 M\; ‘* By an Exprefs from Fort Edward, lat Sacurday TN Night, we have an Account, That Major Rogers was:;:‘;er e on his Retorn from 3 grand Scout, with epwards of 300 § & g Men ; that he has taken g Prifoners and 6 Scalps, and ‘,‘Q‘ | Q killed abcut 30 of the Enemy : Qur Lofs it is faid, is & three Men killed, one Mohawk wounded, and abeut 14 Men Froft bit. The Prifoners give an Account, that 70 French Indians were fent out from Ticonde- roga to cut off our Coavoys between Still Water and Saraghtoga. All the pofls above Albany are putupon their Guard ; fo that it's huped no Mifchief will epfue from thefe Savages.” We have a certain Account from Deerfield, That on the zoth Inftant in the Evening, a Number of Indians, fuppos’d at leaft to be 1co, attack’d Morrifon’s Fort at Colrain, firft firing on a Man’ who went to a Bara after his Horfe, (which gave the Alarm) bat happily mifs’d him ; when he made his Efcape, and gave this Account at Deerfield. We hear that a Company of Men with Snow Shoes fet out from Deerfield on the 21ft, in order to relieve the Fort,which we are inform’d was able to hold out feveral Days, provided the Inba- bitants were in Garrifon ; which at prefent is uncertain, _ or what Fate has befallen ’em. The Place contains = about 40 Families. S The Norwich Man of War with the Maft Ships, and feveral Merchantmen belonging to this Place, which fail'd from Portfmouth in November laft, are fafe ar. rivid in England. PORTSMOUTH We hear from Stratham, that one Abraham Kennilton awas Gunning in\the Great Bay laff Tuefday ; and s be lay on bis Back f[culiing by fome Fowl, the Gun awbich lay in the Bottom of the Float, awent off, and the awhole Charge avent through bis Foot, and awounded bim to that Degree, that his Life is d:jpaired of. By the Englith Prints we find, That on the 25th of December departed this Life, in the 45th Year of bis Age, univerfally lamented, The Rev. M:. JAMES HERVEY, Re&tor of Welt Favel, near Northampton; Author of the Meditations aud Contemplations among the Tombs, Flower Garden, Creation, Night, Starry Heavens, a Winter Picce, &¢.—— In Learning and Genius inferior to few, in Benevolence and Piety inferior to none. [ 4 few of the aboue Excellent MEpiTATIONS and CONTEMPLATIONS, in two Polumes bourd together, are to be Sold by the Printer bereof.] PORT of PiscataQua, March zg. Entered In, Schooner Nandy, ——Morrell from Virginia, Schooner Two Brothers, Jacob Mills from N. Carolina. Schooner Adventure, john Ley from Moatferrat. Cleared Out, Schooner——-— Nathaniel Goodwin for Philadeiphia. SKip Prince George, ——— Obrian for Barbados. Province of New Hawmpsuirg, March 28th. 1759 Notice is hereby grven to all Perfons that bave received His ExceLLENcY the GOVERNOR'’s Beat- ing Orders to Enlift Men for the enfuing Campaign, that the Time for making their Returns is lengthned out to the {eventh Men railed in that Prowince and that it was generally raifed the laft Vear.— Hundred Thoufand s Service the enfuing Campaign; bave wated 1000 Men for the enjuing Campaign. bority, that the Province wated One hro’ Frankfort, FPounds, for His Majc/ly We are affured from good Aut of Pennfylvania bawve Q0pS tswill be and what Part have pofleffed themfelves of will take.—From Ges- , but that the Freach, under Pretence of Leave to march Al ; efpecially if the King of Naples we, or the Parties concernec lland, there is Advics of fhould think of cgune@ing that Kin Death of the ng of Spain; and it isjmeg gdom with the many we have no Advices A litle bicEffe&t on the will fhew us how thefe Accq S : . 8, Mg April next, when, without further Delay, § 8 o . (5~ o they are to make their re[peétive Returns. & & By His Excerrency’s Command, o »'f THECDORE ATKINSON, Sec’” & 8¢.2 Province of R Ngw Bladissnrds } Portimouth, March 38. 1759 E : LL Perfons having any Claims3 § °'§ on the Eftate of Capt. Fonathan Stcedly of Postl 2 <C. &' mouth decgafed, are defired to bring them in to M“'J"f ) St00dly of Portfmouth aforefaid, Adminiftratrix to faid = Eftate. And all Perfons Indebted . to faid Eftate, are'% S 8 defir'd to come and fettle the fame immediately, as they will thereby prevent further Trouble. 132 Mary Stoobry, Adminiftratrix, INOT ICE is hercby given that a LOT of Land lying in Epping in the sth Range, containing about thirty one Acres, with a Dwel ling Houfe and aJikely young Oichard, being well fituated - by the Country Road - that leads from Epping & to Nottingham, will be fcld at a VENDUE to the = higheft Bidder, on Tuefday the toth Day of April next(; at One 0’Clock in the Afternoon, at the Houfe of dbra bam Perkins, Tunholder in Epping : The Cond:tions of fale may be feen at Time and Place. ERL Epping March 24. 1759 Epenezer Dow,s \ .1 Perfons that have Demands on the Eftate of Jofbua Babb,Glazier, decealed, late of Portfmaath in the Province of New Hampthire, are defired to bring in their Accounts to Philip Babs " & tertivs, Adminiftrator on faid Eftate, in order for {peedy fett'ement. . Alfo thofe Indebted to faid Eftate, are - defired forthwith to pay the fame to faid Adminiftrator as ghey wouid 2 ghiouble Al rh 19. ad of the 13th of January, fays, fyftem of Affairs -¥ O R K, 4 NE er from London A Let ¢ By this Day: Mail from Ho