The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, April 13, 1759, Page 2

\ { Swedes. Pie!, ficld marfhal of the Dutch forces ( and elder brother of prince Ferdinand,who com- mands the Allied Army with fo much ho- nour to himfelf and advantage to the com- mon caufe) to be a&ing tutor and admini- ftrator of the eftates and effeéts of the houfe of Orange during the minority of the prince. A little before her death, the had afked, in writing, the confent of the States Gene- ral, to the marriage of the Princefs Caroline with the prince of Naflau Weilbourg. Her Highnefs was aged 49 years, two months and ren days, being born the 2d of November 1709. The 25th of March, 1734, {he was married to William-Charles- Henry Frifo, prince of Orange and Naffau, by whom fhe had two children ; prince Wil- liam, hereditary ftadtholder of the United Provinces, born the 8cth of March, 1748, and princefs Carolina, born the 28th of Y'ebruary, 1743. Her children have loft a moft tender mo- ther 3 the perfons of her court, a mild and grateful miitrefs ; the poor, 2 liberal bene- factor ; and religion, a model of piety and viriae. Lord Chamberlain’s Office, Fan.22. 1759: Orders for the court’s going into mourning on funday next the 28th inftant, for her late Royal Highnefs the Princefs Dowager of Orange, viz. The ladies to wear black bombazines, plain mullin or long lawn, crape hoods, fhamoy fhoes and gloves, and crape fans. Undrefs, dark Norwich crape. The men to wear black without buttons at the fleeves and pockets, plain muflin or or long liwn cravats and weepers, {hamoy fhoes and gloves, crape hatbands, and black {words and buckles. Undrefs, dark grey frocks. The Lord Marfbal’s Order for a General Mourning for ber late Royal Highnefs the Princefs of Orange, Jan. 22. 1759. In purfuance of his Majefty’s commands, thele are to give public notice, That it is expefled all perfons do, upon the prefent occafion of the death of her late Royal Highnefs the Princefs of Orange, put them- felves into the deepelt mourning, long cloaks excepted ; the faid mourning to be- gin on funday next the 28th inftant. ErrincHaM, M. Berlin, Fan. 9. The laftt advices from Pomerania, are, that General Dohna, after | driving the Aultrtans out of Saxony, return- ' ed with his army, inorder toact againft the The firft inft. he appeared before Damgarten, which after fome hours refift- ance, the commandant delivered up, obtain- ing the liberty of retiring with the garrifon with all the honors of war, upon condition not to ferve againft the King or his allies for a year. After the taking of Damgarten,our atmy purfued its march, and the parrifon of Tribbefes, together with the fuccours def- tined for Damgarten, retired with precipi- tation. Qurarmy advancing very falt, be- came mafters of Richtenberg, Grimme,apd Gripfwalde, near which place the Swedes had a camp, but retreated from it under the cannon of Stralfund. Thus general Dohna, within the {pace of fix days, has rcconquet’d the greate(t part of Sw_cdifh Pomcrama,a.nd obliged the enemy, with an army fuperior ta his-own, to feck protection from thecan- non of a forerefs, which he is going to be- fiege in form, in conjunction .w.ith gepcral Je Manteuffel, who has lately joined him. Berlin, Fan. 29. The city of Anclam, as well as that of Demmin, belonging to the Swedes, furrendered to our army, and the | inhabitants were made prifoners of war; b e SRR S P Hague (in Holland) Fe5..1. Ail the Letters from Silefia are full of the preparations that the King of Pruoffi is making for cpening the campaign early, in order to frike fome important ftroke before his enemics can get their Forces together Mabprip, (in Spaizn) December 25. If the Lun- acy of Charles VI. occafioned fuch Misfortunes to France, what is not to- be apprehended from the dreadful State into which the King our gracious So- verign is falien ? Ever fince the death of the Queen, he hath kept bimfelf immured at Villa Viciofa, where he fhats himfelf up in a Chamber, abandoning him(elf to Grief and Melancholy, in a Manver of which there are few Examples. He will not hear of any Bufinels. He often pafies thirty, fometimes fixty Hours, without taking any Food, or even the lealt Reft, butby Intervals, laying bhimfelf down a- crofs Chairs. His Conftitation, naturally good, is daily impaired by this Kind of Life. He is much walted ; and a flow Fever, which fometimes increaf- es, wears him away infenfibly. He hath never fuf- fered himfelf to be thaved, nor put on clean Linnen, fince the gth of September. He remains unmoved by the moit refpeiful and the moft vehement Re- prefentations. The Care and Skill of the ableft Phyficians, and we have many fach with Refpe& to thefe Kind of Diforders, have produced no Effed. The Nation, naturally devout, hath Recourle to Saints and Relick. Amidft thefe melancholy Circum- ftances, he hath however been prevaiied with to make his Will. The Count of Valdeparoifo performed the Office of Notary on that Occafion, and the Duke de Bejar, High Chamberlain, figned it for the King. The Infant Don Lewis ftays conftantly at the Palace of Villa-Viciofa ; but he does notfee the King, who will fee no Body. His Royal Highnefs amules him- felf, from Time to Time, with hunting, to avoid perhaps, falling into his Brother’s Diforder. I 20N D=0 5 INs Fan. 18. We hear that Captain Scott, of General Hopfon’s Regiment is appointed Major to the Com- panies of Rangers in America, who are to go on the Expedition with Major General Wolfe; and that Brigadier General Monkton will a&t as Brigadier Geueral upon that Expedition alfo, An offenfive and defenfive Treaty of Alliance be- tween h's Britannick Majefty and the King of Prufia and Sardinia, is faid to be negociating, by which the Latter’is to employ 50,000 Men. Fan. 19. Lord Colvil is ordered to proceed im- mediately to New York, as Commodore of fix Sail of Men of War from hence ; but Admiral Saunders is to command the whole Squadron in America this Year. The Diana, Capt Schomberg, and Seahorfe,Capt. Smith, are alfo ordered on that fervice. An Exprefs of great Importance is faid to be arriv- ed from Madrid, which occafioned a great Council. Fan. 20. It is now generally believed, that a large Body of Englith Troops will be feat into the Medi- terranean, where fome grand Affair will be put in Execation, in Conjun&lion with the Forces of his Sar- dinian Majefty. ; Fan. 23. The namber of troops to be employed in the Expedition under the Generals Wolfe and Townthend, ’tis faid, will be 8000 ; and that their Deflination is againft Quebec,’at the fame Time that General Amherlt makes a Diverfion towards Crown Point, in order to divide the French Forces. Feb. 1. The King of Spain has bequeathed One Millica Two Hundred Thoufand Pieces of Eight, to be diftributed for faying Mafles for the Repofe of his Soul. We are informed that the three Swedith Men of War latcly ioft on the Barbary Coaft, were loaded with Naval Stores for the French Meo of War, fitting out at Toulon ; which Ships they were to have join- ed, being either lent or hired for that Purpofe. We hear that a formal Declaration hath been made in Holland, That if either the Province of Holland, or the trading Towas in it, fhould, without the Con- {ent of the States General, fit out and fend to Sea eighteen or twenty five Ships of War, to protet their ‘Trade, as they may pretend, (which they are not impowered to do by the A&t of Union) fuch Ships of War will be treated as Pirates ; and that if the States General fhould fend a Fleet to Sea for the fame pre- teaded parpofe, it will be confidered as a Declaration of War. They write from Paris;that they have advice from Breft that 25 Ships of the Line and {even Frigates lay in that Harbour ; which, in Conjunlion with other Men of War from Toulon, were to fail for North- America as foon as poflible. The Spanith Mail which arrived this Day brings an Account, that thete was a ftrong Report at Corun- na, that the French were marching 40,000 Men to- wards the Frontiers of Spain, and that the Spaniards were ficting out a Fleet of Ships at Cadiz, in order (o join the Englifh. Feb. 7. We hear an Englihman arrived from Spain (whofe Brother is now malter builder at Ferrol) has inveated a method to make the largelt man of war go twc Knots an I{our in a dead Calm, or upon a Lee Shore. We are told it is the greateft Difco- very made in Navigation for thefe manyYears. The Spaniards were {o fenfible of the Utilitykof his In- vention, that fome cunfiderable Offers were made to him for imparting the Secret, which he reje@ted in Favour of his nat:ve Country ; and when Informa- tion was given that he intended to depart the King- dom, a2 Meflenger was difpatched fromMadrid to ftop him, tut luckily he had failed in the Packet for Eng- land a few Hours before the Orcer arrived. It isreported that the French have a Defign againlt Bostown in New-England, or New Yorx, or both. Several Tranfports are taking in Stores for Bofton, New-York, Chailes Town, St. Chriftopher’s, &c. and fomeShips of War are preparing to convoy them, and are then to be ftationed at thofe Places. Extra& of a Letter from Portfmouth, Feb. 7. ““ Ewery Thing is ready at Spithead for the Fleet's Sailing as foon as the Wind permits. “ At Spithead, the Admirals Holburne and Holmes avith 42 Sail of the Line.” By a Portuguefe Ship arrived at Cork from Portu- gal, we hear, that a few Days before her Arrival there, in Lat. 47. 100 Leagues to the Weftward of Cape Clear, fhe fell in with five French Men of War and five Tracfports bound from Breft ; that fhe was brovght too by a 40 Gun Ship, and detained 4 Hours. On Sunday arrived in Town from France,General Conway, where he had been to fettle the Cartel for Exchange of Prifoners. Feb. 8. TheBaggage of his Royal Highnefs Prince Edward is kept in Readinefs to be fent out of Town, as his Royal Highnefs, it is faid, intends to go out again on a Naval Expedition. : We are credibly informed, that upwards of go fail of Dutch Merchantmen are upon the Point of failing for the French I[flands in the Wef Indies, under Convoy of four of their own Men of War. Feb. 9. The India Company have received Ad- vice of the Jun&ion of Commodore Stevens with Admiral Poccck, whofe Forces are greatly {uperior to the French. We hear that Captain Stirling, of the Saltafh floop, who brought the News of the Surrender of Goree, is appointed Captain of the Lynn Man of War. They write from Dunkirk, that a very large Em- barkation of Troops, Provifions, and Warlike Stores, is going forward there with (he greateft Expedition, defigned, it is faid, for Canada. All the French Officers that have been taken in the Courfe of this War, and are now Prifoners here, are to return home in a few Days on their Parole of Honour. Feb. 13. This Day General Townfhend fet out for Portimouth, to embark there on the Expedition. As did General Wolfe, to go to Cape- Breton. Sunday Morning Admiral Saunders fet out from his Houfe in Spring-Garden for Portfmouth, to for- ward the Expedition there, Extra& of a Letter fram on board the Favourite Frigate at Gibraliar, Jan. 8. On the 31t of December Jaft we had the good fortune to fail in with the Gronyard, a French fri- gate of 26 guns, g pounders, and 120 men, from §t. Domingo for Cadiz, laden with fugar, coffee,cot- ton, indigo, tortoife fhell, drugs, &c. whom we took after an engagement of an hour and five minutes, in which we received confiderable damage in ourrig- ging, but loft none of our men ; the Prize had five men killed & 15 wounded, moit of them fince dead ; fhe is efteemed one of the richeft veflels taken this war, and one of the beft failing thips the French ever had.” All the men of war that were fitting out at Port{- mouth, are at Spithead, and ready for the Sea. Friday laft five men were draughted out of every company of the three regiments of foot guards, but moft of the men turned out volunteers. It is faid that rear admiral Holmes will be the fecond in command in America this year, under rear admiral Saunders. The Juno Frigate is arrived at Plymouth from a cruize, and has brought in the Machault privateer, of Granville, of 24 nine pounders and /240 men. L0 N 2P0 N, Febl B, From a Letter from Lifbon, dated Jan. zo. we have feleQed the following particulars, which have not yet been mentioned. “ The reafon affigned for the King's miraculous ef - cape an the 34 of Sept. is, that bis Majefly, and the no- blimen who awas aith bim, bad the prefence of mind, on the fhock of the firft falute, to couch dywn in the bot- tom of the machine (which was pretty large ;) awhereby they fbeltered themfelves from the fucceeding Sfhot, and Jo efcaped otheravile inevitable death : for almofl in- fantly after the fir]! fire, three blunderbuffes were dif- charged at once, awhich went thro’ and thro’ the upper part of the calafly on every fide, killing ths coachman dead an the fpot, and wounded the pofiilion and one of the mules. The manner in which bis Majefly got intelligence )