The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, February 22, 1760, Page 1

Al Y . FRIDAY, FraruAry 22. 1760, ) T H R ‘New-Hampthire Co(;tai;z*ng the Frefbeft Advices. AMSTERD A M, . Nsvember 2. DVICES from France {ay, that the King’s finan- A ces were found to be much exhaufted, that the compiroller general had been obliged' to have recourfe to the fulpenfion of the different pay- _ments and reimburlements of the public fund:. in order to pravide for the more urgent neceffities, which the clole of the prefent campaiga does. irevitably require : "But that as the King’s treafure was {o reduced that it was impoflible to continue the war, they had found themfeives under ‘a . neceflity of making fuch propofals of peace to the King of Great Britain, as they had no doubt would be accepted : And that the Englifh miniftry had found them fo reslonable, that they had exprelsly promifed to open a congrefs before the end of the year, for concluding a definitive treaty of peace. That they were therefore in hopes the campaizn, which was now concluding, would be the laft ; ‘and that the miniftry «af France, by the reftoration of peace, would be enabled to maintain the credit of the ftate, and to fulfil the en- gagements they had made, without being obliged to proceed upon new redutions. Time will inform us whether thefe advices are well grounded or not. But they pofitively aflure us we may depénd upon their authenticity, as they come from the fountain head. DusLiy, O&. 16. Tt is laid, that there has been lately difcoveréd on an ifland called Inchmore, near Athlone, [in Ireland]a very valuable gold mine, deemed 'as rich as any in the Indies. L O'N b 'O N. O#. z5. On the 10th inft. died at the Englifh head quarters at Rothain in Germany. Major General Elliott, Colonel of the 61ft Regiment of Foot raifed in 1758. " Nov. 1. By a letter from an officer who was preient wt the taking of Surat, the 15th of March, 1759, we are favoured with the following particulars : « Laft month an expedition was concerted at Bom- bay agsinft Surat. Inthis expedition 100 Europeans and 3000 Seapoys were employed. With this armament we arrived fafe on the cosft, but the large fhips were of no ufe, the Bombay Grab of zo guns, and 4 bomb ketches, being the only fhips that had water enough to go into the river ; and it was with the utmoft difficulty that thefe got up to the town. The place was firfk attempted by the land forces, but they were twice re- puifed with cor fiderable lofs, which, with the defertion among the troops, greatly reduced them.As the Jait game we had to play, it was determined to break the chain, and attack the place with our thipping. Accordingly, upon the firft of Marck the Bombay Grab, and the Succels Ketch, of 12 fix pounders and an'eight inch mortar, commanded by Captains John Cleugh and James Lindfay, run againft the chain together, and broke it. The town was defended by four batteries and gooo men, who made a gallant defence. The difpute fafted four hours, in which time we fired 500 fhot and 42 fhells, the diftance from their batteries being only 40 yards. Next day the caftle farrendered. Our fhips loft a fourth part of their compliment in killed and wounded, among which was no officer of note.” W hen the above letter came away they were very bufily employed in taking an inventory of the Surat flzet. A gratuicy of 200,000 rupzes was to be divided among the capors. A letter {rom Paris, of the z6th of O&cber, fays ¢ The more we attend to the lofs of Quebec, and the confequences <hat may refult from it, the greater is our confternation, and the greater alfo is the eagerneis of the Court to take revenge onEngland. Highly irritated 2+ being beat both by fea and land, the King twice sffembled his Council, upon receiving the difagrecable pews ; and told his minitters, ¢ Tbat there wasno me- dium : either each of them negle@ed the affairs of his department, or he was betrayed both by his Genersals by land, and by his Admirals by fea: That, as the whole hiftory of France was filled with the trophies and viQories gaincd by their predeceflors over his enemies his Mjelty and the whole French nation would be co vered with fhame and confufion, and be the otjets of contempt to all pofterity, if ¢ ficacious mealures fhould rot be takzn to humble the pride of his enemies: That it behoved them, therefore to make vigerous efforts, that in a couple of months not only the checks he had fuffered, might be repaired ; but alfo (uch a blow be given to theBritith ifles as fhould oblige England to agree to a peace, " « This fpeech, delivered with grief ftrongly painted in his countenance made the whole Courcil very {erious: They affured his Majefty of their inviclible and unfhak- en fidelity ; and thac agreeable to his Majeity’s defire, they would unanimoufly take fuch well concerted and efficacions meafures, zs fhoald, they heped if not indem- nity his Majefty for the Jofles he had fuffered, at leaft oblige his eneaies to fubmit to a juft and honourable peace.”, Nov. 6. By Letters-from the'Allied Army of the 26:th we are informed, that they made great Rejoicings on receiving the News of the taking of Quebec. A Letter from on bosrd the Grammont Frigate, in Cadiz Bay, O&ober 9, fays, ¢ We arrived "here lait Night from Admiral Broderick, whom we left with fix fail of the Line arnd two Frigr;us_ off Capz St, Mary’s 30 Leagues diftant from this Bay, W. N. W. rightin the Tract of the French fquidron, if they pretend to g0 out fo give him Batdde. He fentus in here to watch their Motiotis, snd we nowlie within Piftol fhot of them. The French fquadron confifts of fix fail of the Line, 74, and G4 Gun fhips, and 3 Frigates of 36 Guns each, and by their Aélions feem to have no mind to go out. The Spaniards make a Joke of them, having fluck up bills in feveral Parts of the Town of Cadiz. < A French fquadron to be difpofed of ; Enquire of the Englith Admiral without We learn from Peterfbourg, that the Court has receiv- ed the ftrongeft Affurances, on the Fart of its Allies, that all their Engagements fhall be pun&ually fulfilled ; and thofe Aflarances are {aid to have been fupported with fuch Proofs of Sincerity, as to incline the Miniftry to defift from, or at leaft to delay certain Meafures that they were about to have taken. They write from Warfaw, that Count Bruhl bufies himfelf extremely, in compromifing the old Feudsand Quarrels amongft the Nobulity of Poland, in Hopes of rendering himfelf popular by that Means, and thereby fecuring the Proteétior of the Republic in Cale of any finifter Event, as the King's Health is ftill but very precarious. Nov. 15. The Lords of the Admiralty have this day sppointed the Glafgow man of war convoy to the trade for Jamaica to fail the 25th inft. from Portfmouth, waiting 24 hours after the wind is fair for the thips from the Downs—The next general convoy for the Weft Indies is appointed for the 31ft of December, and Admiral Holmes is appointed to go. Monday the Centaur taken by Admiral Bofcawen, came up to the moorings near the dock, and getting cut her gnns and ftores, in order to be furvey’d and pur- chafed for his Majefty’s fervice. She is a fine fhip, carries 74 guns, the lower tier 44 pounders. His Moft Chriftian Msjefty’s Ediéts have thrown the City of Paris into the greateft Confternation, notwith- ftanding the A& of Grace, in refpeé to the new Taxes, with which they are accompanied. . The Archbifhop {eems to be in great Favour; butitis whifpered that he has confented to refign upon being made Almoner of France, and having a Cardinal's Har. M. de Che- vert is recurned to Dunki¥%, and Orders are” faid to have been fen: thither for baking aa immenfe Quantity of Bifquit. Por:fmouth, Nov. 3. We hear that his Majefty’s thip Achilies, the Flon. Capt. Barrington, going at the rite of twelve knots on the French coafts, ftruck ona fanken rock, which ftripped off her falfe keel trom fiem to ftern ; on which fhe made the preper fignals of dif- trefs, and immediately fet all their pumps ta work, which would not keep her free. Admiral Hawke fent on board her, and finding her condition, ordered ail the fpare pumps to be directiy fent on board her, from the reft of the fleet, to the number of 36, which kept con- tinually going. Inthe mean time they lathed a large frigate to her on each fide, which with the help of the pumps, buoyed her uptill they got fafe into Plymouth, where fhe will be repaired. Tbe following Paragraph is literally tranflated frors the Dateh Gazette. “ Paris, Of. 16. The Court has jult now received, “ by a {mali veflel arrived at Bourdeaux from North « America, a confirmation of the news of a vi€tory ‘¢ obtained .in Auguft laft, by the Marquiffes de Vau- « drenil and de Montcalm, over the Englith, who < threatened to befiege Quebec. The greateft part of « their fleet was caft away in a dreadful ftorm, in the “ river St. Laurence. The French have taken five ¢ fhips of the line, and made 2500 regulars prifoners. « This Jofs will difable the Englith from attempting “ any thing in thofe parts for a long time to come, « and M. de Montcalm will improve his advantage by « retsking the forts that have fallen into the enemvy’s “ hands.” Afpice guanta Vace meget 5 que [it ficti conflantia Vaultus. KINGSTO N, (in Jamaica) December 1. Copy of a Letter from the Committee of Correfpondence of Baihatos,ta their Agent in London, Jofeph Pickering, Efgs $ IR, : \/ E have written you a long Letter by this Fleet, upon a Variety of Subjél, and we wifh we could have there clofed our Correfpondence by the prefent Opportunity ; but our Duty calls on us to remonftrate without Delay, againft the Gentleman in- trufted with the Command of his Majzfty’s great Fleet upon this Station, whole Supefiority, by a frange Courie & W Nowms. 177. ' GAZETTE. Foreign and Domeflick. of Condué&, for which we are at a Lo(s to find 2 Name, has failed of every hopeful Advantage which was to be derived from it. The Enemy, with a Squadron mach inferiorito Mr. Moore’s, has traverfed thele Scas unmoleited, from one of their Settlements to the other ; firft making a bold Attempt to relieve the Liland of Guardaloup-, by their sCtually landing = large Body of Regulars, who, but for the fpiriced Operations of our Troops, which had juft then compelled the Enemy to furrender, had ut- terly defeated the Defign of that Conqueft, if not de- ftroyed our brave little Army,upon the Point of reaping the Glory and Reward of all their Labours: Next, failing trom Martineco a fecond Time, {having been fuffered to return in Safety to that Iflind from Guarca- loupe, though abfent above a Fortnight) in order to proteét fome Store Ships lying at the Granadas, which durft not venture to Martinico from thence, but under .Convoy, and performing this Service alfo without any Interruption from the Englifh Fleet, which was the more painful to refleét upon, as every Captain under Mr. Moore’s Command, had gallantly diftinguithed himfelf at Bafleterre, and, no Doubt, burnt with Im- patience to compleat the glorious Work of Conqueit appearing by Heaven defigned for them, in the daring Spirit of Bompar. Yet the Difgrace to his Majefty’s Navy, has not been the only melancholly Confequences of this vnpa- ralleled Negle@t ; the Enemy’s Privateers have preyed upon our poor Merchant Ships, and filled the Stores at Martineco with Plenty, whilft-ours are drained for the Supply of the Forces at Guadaloupe, and all our Refources from the North Americen Colonies are daily cut off, for no lefs than 8o Sail of Veflels have been - carried into Martineco fince the Arrival of Bompar‘s Squadron, which we once thought were come to add to the Spoils of Britain, little imagining that it could - have fo foil'd its Glory. Could we sfiign one Argu- ment in Favour of the Commodore’s Proceedings, our Charity, if not our perfonal Regard, had wrought in us to ftifle our Sufpicions of his ill Conduct, and gladly we had caught at any Thing to fave us the prefent itkfome Tefk which we are enjoined to; but, when every Appearance of Blameis his, when every Circum- ftance ot Diftrefs is ours, how can we, in Juftice to our Country, in Honour to the Nation, or in Duty to his Majefty, forbear complaining ? We do therefore defire, that " the Contents of this Letter may be fully communicated to Mr. Secretary Pitt ; whofe Injury on this Occafion, we feel as fenfible as our own ; that the Defigns of an upright and {pirited Adminiftration fhould be thus fruftrated by the very Hands intruited with the Execution. And if fuch Behaviour in 2 Com- mander in Chief isto pafs uncenfured and unobferved, it will be in vain that a great Minifter appears to plan and defign for the Good and Glory of a Nation, when the Officer who leads the Powers that are raifed, cannot catch a Spark of that Ambition in the Field, which flames fo brightly from the Cabinet, We are, &c. CHARLESTOWN, §. Carolina, Fan. 19. By gentlemen who left fome of the Cherokse tqwns the 1ft inft. we learn, that the Indians then behaved with the utmoft humility, complaifance and hofpi:alyy, and feemed as if they could not fhew refpedt encugh to the white people. Extraft of a Letter from London, O&. 25. ¢t The king of Pruflis is able to look his enemies in the face, and has hitherto prevented them in all their defigns. ~ Winter, we hope. will enable him to retzke what he has loft in Saxony: Prince Ferdinand keeps his ground. ~ Sir Piercy Brett is fiiting out a {quadron fcr a warm climate. A peace is not much talked of, bat I think the fituation of the powers at war makes it probable there will be one this winter.” ANNAPOLIS, (Maryland) Dec. 27. We hear from Bakimore, that the Boat{wain of the Thetis, (who was to have been hang'd there on the 18th Inftant. for the Murder of a boy) had .broke out . of Goal and made his Efcape. A HALIF AX, January 19. Capt. Huffey, who arrived herea fow Days ago from Lifbon, which Place he left the 15th of November 1aft, informs ws, That upon the Arrival of the joy}ul News of the Surrender of QUEBEC to his Britannick Maijefty’s Forces, the Britith Conful and Factory there made a Grand Entertainment, at which were prefent upwards of 30 of the Portugufe Nobility, wh{)-a“ fecmed to tem(y their high Approbation of this glorious Event; and the Evening was concluded with beautiful 1lluminations, Bonfires, and drinking of Healths, the like f{carce ever® feen there before. That the I{xench King had fiept the Payment of all Bills for carrying on the War for upwards of T'welve Months paft, which has caufed a great Stagnation in the Profecution of the War, and has given Occsfion to fometo fay,.. French King is a Bankrupt, s w5 The et 2 leltroying the Breft Fleet under Monf. Conflans, was bro’c here by Bells, firing of Cannon,& difplaying fome hundreds of Sky Recke ndid Entertainment given by the Gentlemen of this Towm, fple manifelted their Joy by the ringing of ’s Arms there was a f the brave Admiral Hawke’s Succefs, in taking and to it’s ufual Loyalty, o &) is Morning--Aad at the King Confirmation o wn, accordi I thi i i 4 g3 0 n y 22, Laft Even Joyful Occafion this To which Rejoycing continued *u , Februar UTH Works ; e PORTSMO feveral Perfons—on which and wthet F