The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, May 18, 1759, Page 1

" FRIDAY, May 18. 1739. " THE . New-Hampfthire ‘Cofltainirzg the Frefbeff Advices By Capt. Rankin, who arrived atPhiladelphia the 2gth ult. in a fhort Paflage from Newry, in Ireland, awe bave the following Adwice:, viz. PETERSBURGH, January 23, HE Emprefls has given pofitive orders to her Generals to be ready to take the field early, and effe@ually to fecond the operations of her allies. Her Imperial : Majefty, the better to enable her army to fulfil that important end, has fent it confiderable reinforcements, by which it will foon be joined ; and it is reckoned that it will be near 100,000 ftrong. Great quantities of warlike flores and provificas bave been fent to it by fea. Madrid, Fan, z9. They write from Lifbon, that great Numbers of People are daily taken up there, on Sufpicion cf being concerned in the late Confpi- racy ; and that a fecond Execation is talked of as terrible as the firft. Parma, (in fraly) Fan 31. The great Prepara- -tions which have been fome Time making by the King of Sardinia, begin to make us uneafy, efpecially as we know that Prince,in cafe of the King of Spain’s Death, intends to avail himlelf of his former Claims to the Dutchy of Placentia; and on the other Hand, we have Advice,that he is laying up great Quantities of Provifion, Forage, and all other Things neceflary for the Subfiffance of a large Army, in {ome of the Places belonging to him along the Po. Toulon, Feb. 4. . We work Sundays and [Holidays in our arfenal, The Oifean frigate is juft launched, and it is thought the Modefte man of war will be ready to launch by the 15th of this month. Two veflels, laden with 52 piecee of cannon, arrived here Iat Thur{day under the efcort of theRequin Xebeque, Vienna, Feb. 7. Letters from Warfaw advife,that General Fermor has received exprefs Orders to be- gm his. Operations foon. After the Arrival of the einforcements expeted from Samogiiia, his Army will confilt of 98,229 Men. Drefden, Feb. 8. By the laft letters frem Warfaw we hear, that the Count de Rex, one of the King our {overeign’s counfellors of ftate, had fet out for the Court of London ; and it is faid he has a com- miffion to negociate a marriage between the new Duke of Courland and the Princels Augufta, eldeft dsughter of the late Prince of Wales. Harover, Feb. 12, The Militia and Invalids of thisCountry are going to be formed into 7 Battalions of 660 Men cach, and are to be put upon the {ame Footing as the regular Troops. Two of thefe Bat- talions, it is {aid, are to be fent to Magdebourg with the Militia of Hefle, to fupply the Place of fome Pruffian Regiments, which are to join the Army of Prince Ilenbourg. It is pretended that certain Ad- vice has been received,that the French have detached 15000 Men from theirArmy upon the LowerRhine, 10 ¢o to Flanders, & the Coalt of Normandy,for their Defence,in cafe they thould be attacked by theEnglifh. Altena, Feb. 15. The Pruffian troops, under Ge- neral Dohna, finding it impofiible, on account of the rigour of the feafon, to conquer the reft of Swedith Pomerania, are returned into the diftrit of Mecklen- bourg, to recover themfelves after their fatigues,hav- ing left behind a body of troops,to watch the motions of the garrifon of Stralfund. Paris, Feb. 16. The court having received cer- tain advice, that the powerful fleet which the Englith are fitting out at Portfmouth, will be ready to put to {ea in a few Days,has {ent orders to the commanders - of the troops and places on the coaft of Normandy and Britanny, to be open their guard. Hamburgh, Fgb. 16. It is reported here that the Chevalier de la Touche, who was fome Years ago Envoy Extraordinary from France at the Court of Berlin, is now at Breflau, and that he is commiflion’d to make feveral Propofitions to the King of Pruffia, and among the reft, that of a Sufpenfion of Arms for iix Months, during which Time Means may be found to bring about a general Reconciliation. L O N D O N, February 22. M. Verelft, Envoy Extraordinary from the States- General to the Court of Berlin, having wrote to the King of Pruffia, to notify to him the Death of the Princefs Gouvernante, that Minifter received from His Pruffian Majefty the. Following An{wer, dated from Breflau the ziftult. . Sir, the Notification which you have been pleafed to give me of the Death of Madame the late Princefs Gouvernante, by, your Letter of the 27th of this Month, in the Name offhe States General, your Matflers, has rencwed all ghe Grief which {eized me on the firft News that Irefeived of that unhappy and melanchely Event. Scarce am I, at this Hour, re- covered from the Shock it gave me, I have Joft a Friend, who, by her Greatnefs of Scul, her Wifdom and her Fortitude, far above her Sex, merited all my Regard, and whom I fhall ever have in Remem- berance, The Aflurance which your Mafters have charged you to make meon this Occafion, contribute indeed, toconfole me. I know their Value ; and you will do me the Favourto intimate to them oa . my Part, the Concern I am under on Account of the Lofs they have fuftained, and which is certainly very great for us all. I fhall aiways make a due Return fortheir good Sentiments towards me. In the mean Time, be affured of my perfett Efteem ; whereupon I pray God to keep you, Monf. de Verelft, in his holy Prote@ion. Signed, FREDE R ICK. On Tuefday Sir Charles Hardy kifled his Majeity’s Hand at St. James’s on his being appcinted Vice Admiral of the White Squadron. We hear that Orders are given to the feveral Regi- raents deflined to go on a fecret Expedition, to be in Readinefs to embark the 14th of next Month. Moft of the Publick News Papers having mentic- ned very fupe; ficially the Convention figned at Lon- dou the yth of December laft, between the King of Great Britain and the King of Pruflia, we hope the Articles of it will not be unacceptableto the Publick. They are as foliow.: Article 1. All former Treaties concluded between the two Courts, and particularly that of the 16th of January 1756, and the Convention of the 11thof April 1758, are fully and literally confirmed by the prelent Convention. 2. The King of Great Britain fhall pay at Lon- don, into ‘Fiands of Perfons authorifed by the King of Pruffia for that Purpofe, the Sum of 4,000,0c0 of Crowns, amcunting to 670,000 1. Sterling, which, at the Requeft of his Prufiian Majefty, fhall be paid at one fingle Payment, immediately after the Ex- change of the Ratificaticns. | 4. His Pruflian Majefty engages to employ the faid Sum in recruiting and augmenting his A rmies, which fhall a& in fuch a Manner, as fhall be judged moft conducive to the Intereft of the Common Caufe. 4. The Kipg of Great Britain, bothas King, and as Ele&or, andsn's Pruffian Majefty, reciprocally en- gage themfelves by the prefent Cenventicn, not to make any Treaty of Peace, Suipenfion of Arms, or any other Agreement with any other Powers at War, without the mutual Confent of both Parties, nor without their being both exprefly comprehernded in fuch Treaty. 5. The Ratification of this prefent Convention fhall be exchanged within the Term of fix Wecks, or fooner if it can be done, &c. By a Letter from Lifbon we are informed, that Numbers of Jefuits have withdrawn themfelves from the Kingdom of Portugal fince the late Execation there, and that fo precipitately, as to leave behind them their valuable Effeéts. The faid Letter writer affirms, that there are up- wards of 32 Perfons of that Order underConfinement, for the late Aflaffination Plot, which had ftruck fo great a Panic thro’ their whole Body, thata Law for the Banifhment of them would foon become un- neceflary. Feb. 24. Sixty Sail of Tranfports are ordered to be taken dire&ly into his Majefty’s Service, for a fe- cret Expedition. We hear that Admiral Bofcawen is to fet out foon on an Expedition, and that Commodore Edgecumbe will go out commanding Officer under him. We hear that the Forfeitures to the Crown on Ac. count of the late Confpiracy in Portugal, amount to one Third of the Eftates of the whole Kingdom. The latt Letters from Rome fay, that Don Al, maigo de Mallo, the Portuguefe Minifter, had repre- fented to his Holinefs, that 16oco Stand of Arms had been found in fome of the Jefuits Convents, which Faft was.confirmed by the Letters of the Nuntio Acciaiuoly, which has made fuch an Im- preflion, that it is thought Cardinal Francis Albani will decline the Poft that he at prefent holds of their Protetor. Ina Word, their Affairs have as dark an AP ST D, © T T e Nums. 137. GAZETTE. Foreign and Domeflick. Feb. 27. By aLetter from Caflel of the 8th Inf, there is an Account that the Allied Army was inMo tion, that zoco Englith Horfe, and 3000 Heflian Foot, were advanced to Allendorff, on the Wefer, and all the Allied Forces that were cantoned in the Bifnoprick of Paderborn, had received QOrders to join theTroops under the Command of Prince Ienbourg: Tt is faid the Hereditary Prisce of Brunfwick will bave the chief Command of that Army. . We hear that there are no lefs thar One Hundred and Thirteen Britith Ships of the Line at -this Time allually employed. The Eaft-India Fleet, now going out, confilts of 4 Ships of the Line. Some Per{ons are under Arreft,for their Behaviour at St. Cas, 8farch 1. We hear that Major-General Moftyn isto aét in Germany as Mejor General, in the Room of the Marquis of Granby, who is tc ccmmand as & Licutenant General. We hear that Prince Ferdirand’s Army is ordered to aflemble dire&tly, an Exprefs having bzen difpaich ed from hence for that Purpofe, and the Englifh Re- inforcements are ordered to embark immediately. We kear from Holland, that the Province of U- trecht has at laft confented to the equippicg of the z§ Men of War, {o oftern mentioned. Extra& of a Letter from Port{fmouth, Feb. 28, “ Wearebere in a wery great Hurry o prepare a Squadron of Men of War for the Mediterranean, to be commanded by Admiral Bofcazven ; the Orders are wery preffing to get them ready in lefs than @ Month, Thix Morning the Admiral’s Ship,the Namure, wwill be dcked. The Squadron for the Eafl- Indies is fit for Sea.” According to Letters from Hamburgh, the Fer- ment daily increafes at Stockholm, efpecially fince the News arrived of the repeated ill {vcceis of their Arms in Pomerania. The Court Party reprefent, that it is impoffible to fupport avy longer, a War, carried on againit the Inclinations of thePeople ; and that it is highly expedient to accommodate Matters with the King of Pruflia ; for if he fhould get Stral- fund into his Poffeflion, Sweden muf expeét never to recover it. The Court-Martial now fitting, to determine the contefted Merit between two Cfficers, in the late Engagement at St. Cas, upon the French Coatft, is expe&ted to end this Week, as moft of the Witnefles on both Sides have been examined, even private Cen- tinels and Drummers. AbmirarTy-OFFIcE, Feb, 22. Captain Parker, of his Majefty’s Ship the Mon- tague, gives an Account in his Letter of the 18th Inftant, that on the 31it paft, the faid Ship,and Dept- ford, chafed a French Privateer,which the Montague tock the next Day. She is called the Marquis de Marigny, belonging to Granville, mounts zo fix Pounders, and had 194 Men on board, and was commanded by M. Le Croufe. Captain Parker alfo took on the 15th Inftant, a Cutter Privateer of Dunkirk, called Le Hardi Men- diant, commanrded by Jean Meuleuaer, of 8 fix Pounders, and 60 Men. Captain Graves, Commander of his Majelty's Ship the Unicorn, has alfo taken on the 14th Inftant, the Moras Privateer of St. Malo, carrying 22 Guns, and 202z Men. Captain Lendrick, Commander of his Majelty’s Ship the Brilliant, likewife gives sn -Account of his taking on the zoth paft, two French/Merchant Ships of upwards of 30c Tons Burthen each, freighted and loaded with Provifions on theFrench King's Account, for Martinico, having alfo on board fome Cloathing, and 500 Stand of Arms for the Soldiery. Gofport, Feb. 28. Yefterday arrived at Spithead, from Goree, but laft from Senegal,his Majefty’s Ship Naffau, Captain Sayer ; fhe was five Weeks on her Paffage ; fhe left his Majefty’s Ships Torbay, Dun- - kirk, Fogeux, Prince Edward, &c. off the Weltern Iflands, bound to England. She has brought home fome Chefts of Dollars, Chefts of Gold Duft, and Bags of Money. She lay at Semegal eight Days, and gives out that our Garrifon is happily fettled there, and that there is greatTranquility among them and the Natives of the Country. Portfmouth, Feb. 28. The following Ships are go- ing out, under the Command of Admiral Bofcawen, viz. Namure, Newark, Conqueror, Achilles, and Anmerica, N e : x4