The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, June 15, 1759, Page 3

- POSTSCRIPT to the Vew-11. ———a A — - The Account of the Order of the Proce/Tion at the Fu- peral of bis late Excellency General Horpson, from the uflom Houfe, in Bridge Town, Barbados, o St. Mi- hael’s Church (in the Chancel of awbich bt avas depo- fited) on Monday, the 19th of March, 1759, being too " long for this Paper, e sball omly give the General’s Charaler, awhich Y%legantly drawn in the following » EY1TaPH, difigned to be inferibed on @ MonumEnT intended to be erefted to bis Memory in St. Michael's Church, Barbados. It awas awritten by a Gentliman whofe Curisfity bad carried bim to Guadaloupe about o the Time of the General's Deceafe 5 and whofe Leifure, ' .and Rtg’ard to Truth, bad prompted bim to this Piece of Jufbice to the Memory of an Officer, whio avas o gene- rally aell fpoken of, ?tFa P;,rt'od when _every langue ould [prak of him awith Freedom, ik f HERE Lye the Remains Of Major General HOPSO N, Who departed this Life The 27th Day of February, 1759. In the 65th Year of his Age, At Guardaloupe, Whilft he commanded a Body of Land Forces for the : Redu&tion of that Ifland ; Unhappily falling a Sacrifice To the Intemperature of the Climate E'er he could compleat A Conqueft of the Country. YET, In Julice, and in Honour to the Memory Of this Worthy Gentleman, It is here infcribed, . THAT, At the advanced Time of Life, To which he was arrived, ™ And at the Seafon of the Year _ <« When Eafe and Safety are the Soldier’s Privilege He chearfully acceptcd of this Command, : Upon a Foreign, and a dangerous Service, When feveral others, of his Profeffion, Of the fame Rank, But with the fuperior Advantages On their Side, Of Youth and Vigour, Had declined the a:duous 'afk, True it is, The Palm of Villory, TFor which the Good old Chief Stretched forth his Hand To fueh a diftant Shore, Was fatally denied him. 81T, In his Praife The general Voice upon the Spot, Proclaim’d That He was BRAVE and HONEST, WIRTUOUS and DESERV.ING. , —— R e For' L ON BFO N, Fhe Suip. LOUISBOURG, Ounting Twenty Guns, will fail very foon ; and as a few Scamen are wanting, they will St with good Encouragement by applying to Capt, - LIAM CONNOLLY on board faid Ship. i/ umpfbire Gazette,of Fune1s, 1~ g, ——— . et PHILADELPHIA May24. Extralt of a Letter from Zapt. Fobn Ritche, on board the Brig Grace, from Brifiol for this Pors, datsd off Cape May, on Monday laf, cor His will advife you of my fafe Arrival 1 in your Brig Grace, off Cape May this Day at Nocn, in Company with the snow Charming Rachell of Bourdeaux, Capt. John Tanays late Commander (now Thomas Webliter,) thail make all pofiible difpatch in getting 1o Town. I left Bri ftol on the 21ft of March after being detained three Week: by contrary Winds and at laft came out with a Wefllerly Wind, but moderate Weather. On Wedne(day the 4th of April, being abouttwo Leagues welt from Cape Clear, a large Ship beating to Wind ward gave Chace tousat z P. M. and at 6 ditto was within Gun fhot, hoifted French Colours, and fired his Bow Chafe ; we then began to play four Guns upon him from our Stern ; at half pait Seven, he run clofe up along our Starboard fide and gave us his whole Broadfide of Great Guns, with a vaft Nam- ber of Small Arms from his Tops and Quarter Deck; we returned the Fire upon him as brifl as poilibie for 5 Glaffes ; he then being (0 Leward of us, bore away to refit, as I imagine. I being very much fhattered in both Sails and Rigging, got refitted as fatt as I could, and kept clofe to the Wind. I could perceive him do fo too, endeavouring 10 get up to us ; I took the oppertuniiy of a Squal, to go on the other tack with an Intent to loofe him, which had the defired Effe. Next Day the Wind coming to the N. W. I put about and ftood to the Southward, at 10 A. M. faw a Sail upon the weather Bow which I judged to be the fame Privateer, I directly tacked and ftood from her, fhe crouded all the Sail fhe could after us, and fome of our fuding Sail Booms gave way, at 7 P, M, came up with us, and began a fe- cond Engagement, very farioufly within Piftc]l Shot of each other for 6 Giafles. 1 believe fome head Officer aboard of him was Killed,as I could here ma- nya Marélue cryed out. He then bore away before the Wind with his Sails all flying about his Ears, and Yards fhot away, that I believe he was in a very bad condition, otherwife he would not bare away, being far {uperior Force to the Grace. I could not count his Guns exa@ly, bat I am fure he had not lefs then 2z, nor more then 26. All his Shot found on board of us are nine Pounders: One which came thro’ a little above the waters Edge, went through my own Cheft, and deftroyed moft of my Papers. 1Ihad 8 Men wounded at the lower Deck Guns, the Man at Helm, and two more npon Deck, and left a meer wreck ; the Hull very much fhattered, the foremaft fhot half through, the main Rigging and Sails all Shot to Pieces, fome of our Lower Deck Ports knocked to Pieces, one of the Pumps and Bulk-Head, in fhort both Mafts and Boom are gone. The Day after I fell in with the Englith Fleet from South Carolina, who fupplyed me with a Fifh for the foremaft, and feveral other neceflaries, I then Proceeded on, and on the 1zth of April, came up with the Snow and took her without making any Refiftance, the is be- tween two and three Hundred Tons, loaded with dry Goods, Wine, Brandy, Flour, Potk, ard other Commodities for Quebeck,manned with 23 Men and Boys, the Doer of which have been of great fervice to hereof as foon as may be, that he may make Prepa- ration accordingly. foon as may be conveniently done, with fuch others Province of NEW-HAMPSHIRE, as may be pafs’d in the mean Time ; by which Or- HEREAS a new Edition of \%% N. B. Subferibers will be fupplied ata very con- fiderable cheaper Rate than cthers ; if the latter ¢ be fupplied at all. der a certain Number are to be printed ¢ff to anfwer the Demands of the Goverrment : an Any Gentleman who is defirous of having a Sett for his private Ufe, is hereby defired to fend in his Name (o the Printer f this Province, with the y in Manufcript, is order’d crnment to be prepared and printed as * 30 the printed LAW Addition of fuch as are on! by the Gov