The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, July 13, 1759, Page 1

. n\ 'New-Hamptfhi S A -A . . ' accommodation might in the end take place. » N i . 2y _“;%RI‘DAY, JuLy 13. 17%9. : : T HE Céntaining the Frefbeft Adfvg'ce.‘t. . L (o) N D o N., . March z5. On receiving the news of the late con- demnation of the cargoes of fome Datch fhips at Do&- Jors -Commons ; the clamour of the French Dutch party at Amférdam rofe to the greateft height. A frefh de- jputation from the merchants of that city and Rotterdam arrived at the Hague on the ficft inft. and the next day prefented the following petition to the States General: ¢ Hica ano Micary Lorps, b HE underfigned Deputies of the merchants of Amfterdam and Rotterdam, moft humbly re- prefent to your High Mightinefes,that they have heard with the deepelt congern, that ag exprefs arrived laft night from London, with the difagrecable news that on Saturday the z4th paft, the cargoes of feveral Datch vefiels, which had been feized in their retarn from the Welt-Indies, were confifcated, and declared lawful prizes, in a large aflembly of the Civillians of Do&ors Commons. Now, as your petitioners are juftly afraid that this confilcation will have a fatal effe&t on the trade of this country ; and, as they forefee that a much greater number of other veflels in the fame circom&ances,which are detained in the ports of Britain, will run a rik of fharmg the fame fate ; for thefe caufes, the petitioners, take the liberty to apply to your High Mightinefles, moft refpe&fully to fupplicate you to take both thefe points into ferious confideration. From a full perfua- fion of your equity, they hope, that out of regard to the public welfare you will be gracioufly pleafed to employ every methed, which to your great wifdom fhall feem proper, for hindering the fentence in queftion from taking effe&, in order to prevent the dangerous confequences which fuch fentences may hereafter occa- fion. And your petitioners, &c.— It is faid that this petition made a great impreffion ; and thata motion was made to fend one or two of the principal members of the Regency to London, ta make a final effort for accommodating matters amicably. It isaifo faid that another motion was made to fend a mi- nifter to Denmark to negociate a defenfive alliance with that crown,in cafe the embafly to England fhould prove froitiess. It is added, that whillt thele it s were un- der confideration, Mr. Yorke received letters from London, which gave room tQ hope that an amicable ‘ How- ever, a refolution was delivered to Mr. Yorke, requeft- the Britith miniftry to fafpend the execution of the fea- tence pafled on the cargoes of the Dutch fhips. St. JOHN's, in Antigua, May 16. . On Sunday Evening, His Majefty’s Ship Griffia, Capt. Taylor, brought in the Prince of Wales Priva- teer (formerly belonging to this Place.) She was taken near Martinico, and was laden with Provifions from St. Eultatius. = The Prtfoners fay, all che Provifionsin Martinico have begn feized by Officers appointed for that Purpofe, and lodged in the Mountains ; and that the Inhabitants have been at fhort Allowance ever fince our Fleet left the Ifland The Griffin alfo brought in the following re-taken Veflels, viz. Brig Unicorn,Capt. Faikner, {from Philadelphia to St. Kitts, and a Brig from Liverpool. May 19. Oage of the Flags of Truce which fail'd 2 from hence fome time ago with French Prifoners for Martinico, is remirned to St. Kitts with about 120 Eng- lifh Prifoners, Nouwithftanding all the Prizes which have been car- ried into Martinico, provifions are excefiive dear theres; and were it not for the refcurces their privateers bring in, there is litctle reafon to think but that the Inhabitants of that Ifland would, before this Timve, have very gladly embraced fuch a Capitulation as has been granted to thofe of Guardaloupe. Annapolis, (in Maryland ) Fune 14. We cannot find that the Report lately fpread of the V' French having retaken Pitfburg (Fort Duquefne) has zay Trath init; but have the firongelt Reafons to hope that it was aliogether without Foundation, Vo I 7 e Rl SRS G T On Monday laft a Veffel arrived here from theWeft- < ward, the Mafter of which informs, that the Day be- ‘fore they arrived here, at sbout half after 7 in the Morning, being off La Have, they heard the firing ef fome Cannon, which they fuppos'd to be very heavy, ' mhout S. S. E. from them, they counted about forty, which feemed to be {omething quick, buat irregular ; the quick firing continued about a Quarter of an Hour ; _after which they heard now and then a Gun,which they apprehended to be Chace Guns, which continued until »about Half an Hour after ro o’Clock, whén the Firing ceas'd. : % The fame Day his Majefly’s Ship Trident, of 64 Guns, arrived here from I .bon, and hkas brought.in with her a Portuguefe Ship of 18 Gunsand zbout 380 re d Tons ; fhe was boundi;) Qacbec with Provifions, Stores, &c. and is reckoned to be very valuable. By a Veflel arrived here from Louifbourg, the Mafter of which informs, that two Days before he left that Place, one Capt. Clark ina Schooner, with his Family, and two other Men had arrived there from Quebeck, and gave the following Account, viz. That he and his Family had lived at Quebeck about two Years, but not inclining to tarry with them any longer b~ and the o- ther two Men which camé with him contrived to make their Efcape ; accordingty they took a Birch Canoe; with which they weat ue. =..xd a {fmali Sloop. that lay at Anchor a litle Way dowa the River, on board of which were two Frenchmen, and after obliging them to help weigh Anchor and hoiit the Sails, they gave the Frenchmen the Canoe and fent them afhore ; in the Sloop they proceeded down the River, till they came to a fmall Settlement where lay a Schooner,which they liking better than the Sloop,took pofieflion of, and burnt the Sloop, they then went on fhore,well arm’d, and kil- led 18 French and Indians, five of whom they fcalp’d, and then returned to the Schooner, and fet fail for Lou- ifbourg, where they arrived with the Scalps as above. They alfo inform, thatthe French had drawn off all their Forces from Quebeck, except about 500 Invalids, which they left with the Women and Children, in or- der to make their ftrongeft (asd perhaps laft) Efforts againft General Amherlt. They further inform, that there was a great Scarcity of Provifions of all forts at Quebec, infomuch that they were obliged to kill their working Cattle and Horfes for Suftenance. Wednefday Morning laft Capt. Taggart, and in the Afterncon Capt. Rogers, in two arm'd Veflels in the Service of this Government, arrived here from Cape- Sable, who with Capt. Cobb, in the fame, Service had been {2nt to bribg off a Number of French who had fewtled there, and who had fignified to his Excellency our Governor their Defirc of fubmitting themfelves as Prifoners : They inform us, that the Number of Pri- foners brought away in the three Veflels, amount to 150 Men, Women, and Children, among whom is the famous Mon{. Deirutmon?, who they eftcem both as their Lord and Pricft. COPY of a Letter taken in a Prize by Admiral Darell’s Squadron. Quebec, April 30, 1759. Dear Brother in Law, » The Letter you favour'd me with of the 16th of January, I receivid. with the greateft Pleafure; I am charm’d you have.got the better of your Sicknefs, and are in fo fair a Way of Recowery : I hope the Htile Tour you have made to St. Auguttine has had the defired Effe@ : 1f your Winter has proved melancholy, our’s [ affure you, has not been gay, we have been re- duced to a Quarter of a pound of Bread, per Day, and have often had no meat at all ; but the worft is our Mifery encreafes ; Beef which all the lat Winter fold for 20 to 22 Sous the pcund, at prefent fells for 45 ; and the Batchers fay, the fmall Quantity they have will fell for 3 Livres a pound : Fowles and Ducks are above any Price : Carn fells for 40 Livres : Wine 1500 Livresa Hogfhead : A Cow has commonly fold for 450 Livres. Ina Word, every Thing is above Price : *Tis a moft melancholy Circumftance to think what will become of us, it is my opinion if Peace does ret immediately take Place or great fuccour fent us from France, our Colonies had much better {ubmit to the Englith than continue in their prefent Mifery. The Englith threaten usin every Place, Crown Point is no longer looked upon as fafe, nay it appears aRefolution is taken to burn anc abanddn every Thing, and entrench themfelves at the Pafls of St. John's, as our laft Hopes ; we are fending to Crown Point only 3000 Men, that are compos’d of Berry's and the Queen’s, the reft that complcat thatNumber areCanadians, this Body marches to morrow,under the command of Monf. Boarlmorghe ; Mon{. Montcalm and Monf. Levy remain with the reft of the Troops here. V/e have learnt by a Prifoner taken the 6th of Jat Month at Carrilon, that at Albany they daily expeQed the arrival of 6000 old Britith Troops, commanded by the General Officer who took Louifbourg, he has the Charaéter of being a Man of greatExperience,one whom ourGeneral mult be cautious of : This Prifoner hkewife reports, we fhall be attacked here below, notwithftanding ro Meafures feem to be taken for our Defence : We have as yet no News from France, tho’ a flattering' Gule this 8 Days from the N. E. gave us Reafon to expett it.” —— P HI'LADETLPHTA, Jane 28. . Four Companies of the Royal Americans zrrived at Fort Bedford the 15th Inftast, and the whole of that Battalion is by this Time on the Communication. * On Tuefday laft Brigadier General Stanwix et out for the Army to the Wellward. Nuwms. 143. GAZETTE. Foreizn and bo’#zefi?ci. — e — A Gentleman in Londom, in a Letter to his Friend here,wherein he mentions the Affair of Fort St. Bavid &c. in the Eaft Indies, fays, ** It is impoffible to guarci againft the Auacks of an Enemy every where, but as good a Look aut is kept as can be. imagined, coi fider- ing the Excenfivenels of our Poflcflions ; and our Navy is the Terror of the 'World. - The King of Spain's Death, which is hourly expeQted,will cut out new Worle for the Queen of Hungary,and enable the gallant King of Pruffia to maintain his Ground with more Fagility. — At Home all is Peace and Unanimity.: Mr. Pirt, who has indeed heen = Swgular Blefling to his Counny: pro- ceeds fteadily in the Plan he fet out with, and will make us cut a glorious Figure, unlefs his Operations are clogged, which it is to be hoped all the Sons of Cor- ruption, will not be able to accomplith.” On Monday laft the Britanoia Privateer Capt. Mac P.herfon of this Port arrived here, and brought in with him 4 Prizes ; one a Snow from Bourdeaux to the Mifl:fippi, laden with Flour, brandy, Wine, Dry Goods &c. another a Sloop from Campeachy for Miffifippi, her Cargo confilting of Logwood, Dry Goods, Rigging, and other Things ; the Third a retaken Sioop belong- ing to New-England, homeward bound from Jimaica, loaded with Sugar and Melaffes ; and the Fourth a fmall French Privateer. Capt..MacPherfon has taken, during his Cruize 18 Veflels, but moftly fmall. . The Ship Molly Capt. Powell, frem kence for Ja- maica, is caft away on the Grand Caicos ; Part of the Cargo faid to be faved. . And the Oliver Cromwell Privateer of New York is loft on the fame Place. Capt. Budden from New York on Thurfday laft, was chafed and fired at by a black Privateer Sloop with a white Bottom, off Egg Harbour ; whether Englith or French he does not pretend ta fay. - _By certain 2ccounts received the z2d Inftant from, Pittfburg and the other Pofts on the Communicaticn, we have the following Particulare, viz. That a Convoy of Provifions was arrived.at Fort Pitifburg by Water from Redftone Creek : That Col. Stevens was to march with another large Convoy of Provifions and Indian Goods from Fort Ligonier on the 14th of ikis Monih 4 That a Number of Indians had arrived from Fort Pitts- burg at Fort Ligonier, .to meet and efcort our Convoy going from thence : ‘That fome of them who came lately from recosnoitring the Enemy’s Pofts to the Weft- ward, bring Intelligence that they are very much alarmed with the News they have x‘ivcd, of a iarge Body of Englith and Indians being affembled atOfwego; and further fay, that a great Number were to be 2t Pittfburg in 15 Days, and that it was their Opiufon, that moft if not all the Weftern Indians would thereupon join the Englifh, i : ,And we have alfo the Pleafure of acquainting the Publick, that the Troops at Pictfburgh, and thofe upon, and marching to, the Commanication, are in perfe& Health, and high Spirits ; and there is no Doubt made but, by a hearty Concurrence in this and the neighbour- ing Provinces to furnifh Carriages for the Tranfpartation of Stores and Provifions for the Weftern Army, the ut- moft Good will refult to thefe Colonies, and great Re- putation and Honour to His Majefty’s Arms. In a Letter from Barbados, dated the 28th ule. it is faid the French on Guadaloupe, were to poffels their Habitations and Negroes, on paying Twenty Pounds Sterling per Head for each Negro to the Englith : That the greatet Part of them feemed quite fatisfied under an Englith Government, and faid,that if they had known General Barrington would have ufed them fo generoufly, they would have fubmitted fooner than they did : And that one of the Friars in particular exprefled a great Liking to our People, faying, Thas none but God and Barrington covld-have fucceeded in fo bold an Att:mpt, as their Cannon were advantageoufly pofied. The Letter Writer adds, that the Naffau and Rai- fonable Men of War, two 64 Gun Ships, and a Store- fhip were juft arrived from England, and had failed again to join Commodore Moore’s Squadron : And that Capt. T\vitee from this Place for that J{land fought the Privateer that took him fix Hours, and killed him 20 Men : but was boarded a fecond Time by 8o Hands, when he was obliged to fubmit. j By a Gentleman, who came Peffenger. in the Viez ginia Fleet, from the River Clyde in Scotland, uncer Convoy of his Majefty’s Frigate Eurus, we learn, thac there were 400 Highlanders on board the Tranfports ; - and that the Eurus took, and carried into Hampten, twoVeflels, a Brig and a Schooner, from Monto Chrifti, belonging to New-York and Rhode Ifland. NEW HAVE N, (Connellicut) June 30. . We bear FHis Hogur our Gowvernor bhasiffued a Proclas mation, appointing the 11th of July next, to be objerwed as a Day of public Fufling and Prayer throughout this Colany. .