The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, January 11, 1760, Page 1

[} 1 7" FRIf)AY, jANUARY 11. 'i760’. | T HE ' New-Hampthire L BOSTON, Fanuary 7. Wednefday laft the Greatand General Court or Aflcmbly of this Province met here ; when his' Excellency was pleas’d to make the following SPEECH to both Houfes ; 4 Gentlemen of the Council, and Houfe of Reprefentatives, * Call you together at this Seafon, that - having clofed the Bufinefs of the Year, laft'paft; and all Matters relating to the general Service thereof—you may con- fider your Circumftances, with a View to that which is approaching.—For as you cannot entertain an Idea of leaving incompleat the Work of this War already fo greatly and glorioufly advanced, or of refigning the good Effets and goed Hopes which the many Conquefts made by his Majefty’s Arms lead to ; you mufl expeét to be called upon for your Aid of Troops in the fame Manner as you have been hitherto :—Having therefore taken into Confideration, the Circumitances of thofe Troops belonging to, and in the Pay of this Province, which are doing Duty at Louifbourg, Halifax and Lunénbourgh, and do entirely garrifon Annapolis, Fort Cum- berland at Chegne&o, and Fort Frederick at St. John’s—you will confider of making the carlieft Provifion for thofe which-may be fur- -ther wanted for the Qperations of the enfuing Campaign fo that they may be ready at the firft Call. ] ' Gentlemen of the Houfe of Reprefentatives, - By the Stare of the Treafury which the Treafurer will lay before you, you will fee that the Treafury is already fupplied to carry us to May next, upon the piefest Appro- priations, if you make fomeTransfers.— And there is unappropriated in the Treafury the Sum-of £. 20,688 17s. 6d. Sterling, remit- ted to the Treafurer by Mr. Agenc Bollan, which Sum will, fo far as it goes, prevent the Neceflity of borrowing —Upon this View, | cannct but with Pleafure oblerve, the exa& (Economy and high Credit of the Treafury ; and alfothe good Faith with which the Go- vernment -has, by the Afliltance of the Crown, maintained this Credir. Gentlemen of the Council and Houfe of Reprefentatives, There are a . great many Families {tand ready to go down to Penobfcor.—] muft therefore recommend it to your very fetious Confideratiop, that now every other Obftacle 1s removed, you will take Care that no Incer- tainty in the Tides of the Grants they may have, may be any Obftru€tion to Settlements which will be fo greatly beneficial to the Strength and Interct of the Province, 1 thall-by M:ffage lay before you fuch forcher Matters as arife and require your Conflideration, Council-Chamber TARE, (760 7. Pownall. Madrid, Sept. 17. The Catholick King, Charies the 1114, was proclaimed on tuelday laflt, the 11th, in the accultomed places, and with the ufual ceremonies, by the Conde de Altimira, accompanied by all the other grandees on horfeback ; the cava'cade was fplendid, and the people thewed the utmoft fatisfaltion by #heir repeated acclamations : that night tihere were fireworks ; the two fucceeding days there were bull fezfts ; mourn- ipg was laid afide for threc days; end during thole nights there were illuminations in this capical, Cofltaizing' the Frefbef? Advices | Ficnna, Srpt; 24. Th: Roflian micifter hasjull given the firongeft afluragces that pofitive orders nave been fent to Couat Soltikeff to pufh his operations wiih all poffible vizour, and to endeavour to make himfelf maftex of fome fortrefs in Silefiz or Brandenburgh in order to fecure winter quarters in the territories of the King of Pruffiz, that bis army may take the field next year as foon 25 the lealon will permit. At the iffue of a long council held on this affair, orders were fent to Marfhal Dsun to al with asauch vivacity as poffible, and, if he tound a.propar opportunity, . to- run the ri‘que of a battle, not only to preferve Drefden, but slfo to gain a footing in ‘Brandenburgh. The like orders had been fent him everal times before, but thefe are poliiive, becaule the Court .perceives that sffuirs have been drawn into length, and that an end muft be put to fuch a bloody and burthenfoms war. The court thoughtthey could crufh the King of Pruffis, almoft without firiking a blow ; butthey ate. now [enfible of their miftake, and that they muft ri‘que all to deftroy him ; and even forefee that it will be very diflicult to accomplifh his ;uiq, becaufe they let fl:p the favourable oppaortunity or it. Leipfick, Sept 28. The deputaion fent from this town, to reprecent to the King of Pruffiz that his new demand of 300,000 crowns exceeded their sbilities, and was contrary to his royal premife laft year to make no more demand on them, could not obtain the fmalleft abatement. ¢ Berlin, O&. z. As foon as the King learnt that the Ruflians had left Guber, and were maiching to Silefia, he decamped frem Forfte ; and by feveral forced marches reached Neultadtel the 24th : by his preflent pefizion he effc&ually covers Glogau, which the enemy toreatened to befisge. Hanau, Sept. 29. The French army and that of the allies continue to keep the fame pofition on the Lubne. Prince Ferdinand’s head querters are ftill at Corfdorf, and #arfhal Contades’s at Kiein Linuen, while -the relerve ot the Duke de Broglio and the corps under Gen, Wangenheim remain pofted cppofite each cther in the neighbourhood- ef Waizlar. The two armies are employed in intrenching their camps, to {ecure them from furprize ; and they feem to. be waiting to {ee which will be abliged to decamp firft. In the mean time they begin to fuffer much on both files, as well from the {carci:y of provificns as the want of forage. Nantz, Sept. 24. ‘The divifion of the King’s fl:et deftined to invade England will be commanded by the Duked’A guillon,and will have on beard 17 regimentr, with 20 brafs cannon, v'z. four z4 pounders, four 16 pounders, four 12 poundere, and cight two pounders, the {ame number of mortars, and 48 {mall field pieces of cannom for the fervice of the troops. On board of this fleet will be embarksd 10.coo uniforms, 46,000 pair of fhoes, (perbaps woeden) 10,000 pair of piftols, 4¢0 harpefits tor arullery hories, an 1500 bariels of powder. Dantzick, Sept. 17. The Ruoffan fleet that failed from hence the 7:h inflant, returned, and dropt anchor again Jaft churfday in- cur road, witha ficfh body of troops oh board, which are 1o difembark in a few days. They write from Konigfberg, that the Rufii.ns have joft Janded there alarge train of artillery. Magdebourg, Sept. 22, The King has detached Gen. Einck with fome troops to retake Drefden, if poffible ; and that General is aélually arrived before that city, after having been joined by the forces under General Waunlch. Berlin, Sept 22:. A hody of Ruflians is marched to Glogau, with a defizn, as it is thought, to befiege that piect ; but Prince Henry has taken fuch a {ituation, as he hopes will enable nim to cover Siefia from all infults. Peterflurg, Sept. 6. 'The Emprefs, befides the gra- tification: of fix months pav, has ordered d medal, on the fubj: €t of the battle of Cunneridorff,to bediftribu'ed to.cvery foldier in her army. to perpetuate ia their minds the remembrance of that vi€tory. Drefden. Sept. 18. The burgbers and garrifon of this capital are forbid to telk of relizious affaiis, on psin of deh. Amit. Gugerre. Drefden, Sept. z4. The royal family who returned hither fome days ago, to the great joy of the inhabi- tants, Lave leit us again, and are attuslly arrived at Prague. It has ul{o been thonght preper to. take out all the moit precious effefls that were depofited in the Green Vault, and fenc them away to the fortrefls of Kongfteia, L Q. WNow D Q. N, Eledider 9, Extrait of a Letter from on brard bis Majefly's Ship Firm, in Queberone Bay, dated Sept. 20. ¢ I take this opportunity of a veffel which brought us ¢ wine this day, to inform you, that we are im good ¢ health and fpirits : we are now faiion’d at the head < GAZETTE. o A g . - Nums. 171, . Fa;eign and Domeflick. i e P e bt ¢ < of Qnzberone Bry, not far from Port L'Orient, with ¢ threc fhips of tie Iige, and feven fjzates ¢ Sir Edward Hawke's flzet confiling of twenty one ¢ fhips o #he Jine, befides frigates and other veflels, is < crutfing beiween Ufhiant and Brefl, and bai thirty ¢ howrs tzil from us. We liave i;ccn in our prefent _¢ fiigarion fince iMonday laft, and difcovered in this Bay, ¢ 100 {ail of trauperts, under convoy of two frigaies, ¢ and a Jarge fhip of thirty guas. They have foldicrs ¢ on board tothe ampaunt cf 53,000 men, if we may ¢ credit a iift found onboard 2 French veflil taken by ¢ ope of our cuiters; and it is intimated that their in-! ¢ tention wis to l«od fomewhere inIrcland. We i “now able to ftop theirintended expaditian, which is® ¢ one good poini.giined 3 and we hope, before many, ¢ days enfue, t0 give you a detail of their, further dil~ ¢ appointment 3 | mean, by our taking or deftroyipg ¢ them.” Extralt «f a Leter from Portfmouth, O&. 7. ¢Oan Friday safternoon arrived at St. Helens, his Majefty’s fhips St. George, of go guns ; Cambridge of 80, Norfolk of 74, Panther of 64, Speedwell, Granada, and King’s Fifher ; and under their convoy zbove twa hundred fail of Merchant fhips from the Welt Iadies. Same day arrived at Si. Helens his Mejefty’s Frigates Boreas and Unicora, from Havre. Same afternocn above feventy fail of the Weft India trade pafled by this port for the Downs, ‘On (aturday the remainder of the trade came up to the Mother bank ; likewiie the four men of war to Spithead. y On funday failed from Spithead into the harbour,’ his Majelty’s (hips 8t. George, Cambridge; Nortolk, and Panther.® We hear that the three former are tobe theathed and fitted with a!l expeaition, end tiien fent te the Weft Indies. Weare fitting out e ¢ a {trong fizer. Lieutenant Duncan, of the Torbay, is appcinied 0 the command of the Royal Exchange arm’a fhip ; and the Captains Allwright and O Hara are sppointed to the commands of the Laurel and the Loo { late the Liver- pool and Beckford privateers.) The artificers ftill continue to work double days, to equip the fquadron for fea. The Nortolk militia are ordered into Surry to winter quarters; part marched yefterday. And the Warwick- fhire militia will be here.” Extrad of a Letier from Plymouth, O&oter s. ¢ Since my laft arrived the Revenge, P:llas, Mineiva, Sapphire, and Pecnguin-mep of war and Dosfer cutter, from the flzet under Acmiral Hawke: Alfo the Mer- cury fchooner, a tencer to the Brefl fleet, of four gunr, and 36 men ; {he was taken Jalt faturday by five men of war’s boats from under Camaret Fort ; the French had twenty two men wounded; who were fent inwo Breft with a flag of truce; we had only one man wound- ed. Yefterday {ailed the Jafon man of war and Infer- nal bemb, with the trade under convoy for Portimouth.” Orders are f{ent for the troops cantoned near the fea coalt, to hold themfelves ready to affemble together, to oppole any landing of the enemy. The MNoftra Signera, from Bahia, is arrived at Lifbon in 104 days. She is an advice boar, and has brought an zccount of the arrival of the Taviftock: Jenkins ; Prince Henry, Beft; Ofterly, Vincent, and the Hawke, Drake, all Englith fhips from China, at the Brszils, after having had an engagement with two French Frigates, cff the 1{lind of St. Helena. The above fhips will come homs with the Rin f:ct, which was to fail foon. Motwithitanding the interrretation given by the court of France to Marfhal Belleifl:’s letter, they write from Lip{tadt, thatthe countrics in Weftphalia that have been taken from the King of Pruflizare fuddenly overwhel- med with diftrefs by an ordonance juit publithed, which refers to an order of Marfhal Belleifl: of the 10:h of September. It erjoinsall the woods belonging to his Pruffian Mejefty to be cut down : this deprives the people of all afliftance either for building or fi ewood, coppice, as wellas grown timber, being included in this devaftation. A letter from Paris of the 28th [ays, * Our fears with regard to the affairs of Italy are jomewhat abated, tke King of Sardinia, of whom we were not alittle ofraid, will affurcdly agree to the propofitions that bave been maae bim, becaufs the king of Spain feems determined to main - tain peace in this part of Europe 5 nor bave we any divht but that this moparch. when be is ence [ettlid on bis thrane, willde bis utmoft to reflorespeace beteween this crown and Fngland. { bisiswhat the Marquis de Laufan, cur ambaffador at Naples. intimated in bis laft difpatches, but we ave not fure that bis catholic majefly will take part iv the war, if a peace fbould be impratticable. T be{ Erench] king zvould gladly give up fomething to F ngdand ; but bis majefty will Jearce yield all that perbaps the Englifh will demand ;3 and if be foould cede what they a), it winld _ar;’-' .