The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, May 2, 1760, Page 2

s 5 S o et / Fruit in their appointed Months. Ostbe SPRING. ‘Z"I/HAT aftonithing variety of Artifi- ces, what inbumeranje Milliods of exquifite Works, is the God of Nafure en- g1zed in every Moment! how glorioufly are his 21l pervading Wifdom and Power ernployed'in this ufeful Seafon of the Year, this Spring of Nature! what infinite My- riads of Ve 1ble Beings is he forming this Moment, is. wneir Roots and Branches, in their verdent Leaves and flow’ry Blofloms, their Seeds and Fruit ; the whole Nation of Vegetables is under the Divine Care and C:flure, his Hands form them Day and ™ight-with admirable Skill'and unceafing Operation, according to the Natures he firlt gave them,and produces their Buds and Leaves, their fragrant Blofloms and rich Their Progrefsin Life is exceeding fwift at this Seafon of the Year, aud their fucceflive Appearances, and {weer Changes of Rai- ment are vilible almoft every heur. On the AnimaL CREATION in the Spring. HAT endlefs Armies of -Animals is the Hand ofGod moulding and figu- ring this Moment throughout" his brutal Dominions ! what immenfe Flights of little Birds are now fermenting in the Egg, “ heaving and growing towards Shape and Life, what va%t Flocks of four-footed Crea- tures, what Droves of farge Cattle are now fram’d in their early Embrios, imprifon’d in the dark Cells of Nature! and others moving towards Liberty, and juft prepar- ing to fee the Light. What unkaown Myriads of Infects in their various Cradles and nefting Places are now working towards Life and Motion! and thoufands of them with painted Wings juft beginning to un- furl and expand themlelves into fluttering Day-light, while other Families of them have torfaken their hufky Beds, and exule and glitter in the warm Sun Beams. An exquifite World of Wonders is complicat- ed, even in the Body of every little Infect, an Ant, a Gnat, a Mite, that is fcarce vifi- ble to the naked Eye, are all admirable Engines which a whole Body of Philofo- phers could never contrive, which the beft of Poets has neither. Arc nor Colours to de- fciibe 5 nor has a World of Artficers Skill {ufficient to frame the plaineft of ’em all. Their fine Nerves and Mulcles, the minute fluid Atoms that run through their lictle Weins, are fmall Parts that efcape the Sight of the moft curiousOpaician with all his Aid of Glaffes. Hence learn even from the fmallelt Infed, that the a&ive Powers and Curiofity of human Nature, are limited in their Purfuit, at the End of which it is written, Hitberto fbalt thou go and no fartber. On the WORKS of NATURE. * YIS a fublime and " conftant Triumph A over all the Inte’e@ual Powers of Man, which the Great God maintains every Moment in thefe inimitable Works of Na- wure, in thefe impenecrable Recefles and Moy fteries of Divine Art! and the Month of May is the moft fhining Seafon of this Triumph. = The Flags and Banners of Al- mighty Wifdom are now difplay’d round half the Globe, and the other half waits the Retura of the Sun to fpread the fame Triumph over the Southern World. This very Sun in the Firmament is God’s Prime Minifter in this Wond’rous World of8eings, and he works with fov’reign Vigour on the Surface of the Earth, and {fpreads his In- fluences deep into the Clods to ev’ry Root and Fibre, mouliding them ‘into their pro- per Forms, by Diviae Dire€tion, There > is pot 2. Plant, nor a Leaf, nor ene little branching . Thread, above or beacath the Ground, that efcapes the Eyve or Influence of this Beneficeny Luminary’ the. Sup, an illutrious Emb8lem of the. Omniprefence and univerfal Activity ofthe Creator, Friday laft Capt. Hibbert arrived at Marbichead in about 5 yVeeks from Lifbon, ard basbro't the Londsn Prints to the 1gth of Febrdary, from which we bave extrafed the follmoing Articles of Inteliigence. From the LONDON GAZETTE. . Hacus, (in the Proviace of Holland) Feb. 5 Y our lecters from Saxony ‘it appears, that the king of Pruffia’s head quar- ters were on the 27th paft ftill at Freyberg, that no alterarion had happen’din the po- fition of any of the relpe&ive armies in that neighbourhood, where every thing re- mained quiet. Vienwa, (the Capital City of dufiria) Fan. 26. His Pruffian Majefty is drawing all the young men out of his dominions, in order to bring an army of two bundred thoufand combitants into the field next year. We, on our fide, are compleating all our regi- ments, and a corps of thirteen thoufand cro- ats which are going to augment our armies, wiil thortly pafs by this neighhourhood. ScawERIN, Fanuary 2q. An exprefs is this moment arrived with advice, that the Swedith General Count de Ferfen, who on the approach of the Pruffi- ans, had feigned to retire into quarters of cantonment, returned all of a fudden on the evening of the 27th inftant to ,Anclam ; where he furprized, attacked, and made prifonar Geo. Manteuffel, with the greateft part of Liis corps. [ Hague Gazette,] Hawsuren, (a gredt City in Germany) Feb. 1, Several letters from Pomerania advife, that on the 27th ult. the Swedes defeated the corps under Gen. Manteuffel, made five or {ix battalions prifoners, and gave the reft of the corps a total uverthrow. Gen. Man- teuffel and his Aid du Camp are omong the prifoners, and have been conduced by the Swedes 10 Grypfwalds. Parys, (2he Metropolis of France) Fib. 2. . Advice has been received, that four of our Eaft India company’s thips, which were expected home from the lfle of Bourben, are arrived at L’Orient with cargoes that are valu’d at upwards of feven millions of livres, k . Plymeuth, Feb. 10. Yefterday arrived the Juliana, Houfe, from London for Phila- delphia ; and the Merlin, M’ Adams from Bofton. Falmouth, Feb. 11. Sailed the Newcaftle Spencer, for Cork and New-York. Portfmouth, Feb. 14. For feveral days we have had very hard gales of wind. The Summerdet lies off the buoy of the fpit under jury mafts, in order to come into harbour. - : Falmouth, Fe). 14. Put back the New- caltle, Spencer, for Cork and New-York. L ONDON. Feb. 12. A large body of troops will fhortly be affembled in the Ifle of Wight. The new Landgrave of Hefle Caflel bears a commiffion in the King of Pruffia’s fervice, and is appointed Governor of Mag- debourg. Feb. 14: We hear the General Court- Martial fitting upon the trial of Mdjor Ge- neral Lord Hay, is adjourned to wednefday the 27th onaccount of fome witneffes not being as yet arrived from America, but are daily .expeéted. : The King of Pruffia, Brown, and the Juno, Saul, both from Philadeiphia, are arrived at Amfterdam. » Lettersdrom Sayyrpa,” dated.che 7th of December latt, intpors, that he plague at that placy wasiaurely cezfed, that rrade and commeice were re eflabfi.‘hcd,ars(f}ufl"- ports of health wereagain given o ajl cap- tains of thipsand wraveliers, as ufual. Upwards of thirty perfons have been fene in the fpace of a few days, to the Baftile ac Paris, for fpeaking too freely of the mea- fures of the government. e Letters from the Pruffan quarters at Freyberg bring anaccouic that hisMajefty’s troops were watching all opportunities to attack the Auftrians at Drefden. . - According to Letters -from Peterfliurg, the negociations at that ¢ourt for a peace; may fiill fucceed. Mr. Keith is indefari” gable, and, in fpite of all the pains taken by the Auftrian Ambaffador, the Chancellor; finding the propofals that have been made fo advantageous to Ruffia, is become lefs averfe to fheathing the fword. : _ Feb. 15. Col. Amberft fet out on Satur- day exprefs for America, and had but two houirs notice. Fieb. 16. Some letters from Holldnd give us, amid{t all the preparation, for war, ftrong bints for peace. At the Court of Vienna are two parties, one headed by Ficld Marfhal, Count Bathiani, and the other by Count Caunitz, who are labouring with un-™ wearied diligence to fupplant each other.” Caunitz, puffed up with the fhare he has in the Emprefs-Queen’s favour, fers his enemies at defiance 3 but it is thought he defpifes them too much. Bathiani’s party are for accepting the propofals of peace made by the courts of London and Berlin; and tho’ they have not hitherto fucceeded, they are determined to perfevere. W har favours them not a little is, that notwith- - ftanding what has been faid to.the cor:rary, ' the Court hath hot yee gor Half the fupplies that will be neceffary for carrying on the war another year. Atempts have been made in all the principal cities of Germany and elfewhere, to borrow mouey ; but without effect. : According to fome letters from France of the 2gth paft, the old Marfhal Belleile, the Marfhal Prince de Soubife, & feveral memi- bers of the council, have made the firongeft Inftances to the King, to prevail with him to confent to a peace ; and that, on the other hand, the Duke de Choifeui) and his party leave no ftone unturped, to prevent a peace. Neverthelefs, after a long and fesious deli- beration, a refolution was taken to fend a courier to the CountdeChoifeuil,the French Ambaffador at Vienna, with orders to re- | preflent to the miniflry, that the King is ab- folutely determined to put an end to the war, and to defire the Emprefs Queen to drop fome of her pretenfions, and nominate plenipotentiaries to affift at a congrefs. We hear trom Biddeford, that on Saiurdsy fe'n- night the Britannia fow, a letter of marque, bound from New York to Briftol, laden with rum, fugar, coffze, chocolate, ftaves, &c. ws caft away at Noith- am. She was a new veflel, had 17 hands on board, and mounted fix cirriage guns, but was pierced for ten; ’tis faid fthe was infured for 15,0c0l. The Captain and men took to the long«boat ; but returning for fomething on board, it overfet and 12 were drowned. eight of them were drove on fhore by the tide, and were buried laft Tuefday in Northam Church yard. When the tide 15 out fhe lies dry a quarter of a mile {rom the water; and the country pecple are gathering up largs quantities of goods that* are left. : by It is faid, that all the regiments of light horfe in' Britith pay, will be augmented to 100 men in each troop. ! Yefterday and laft Night the wind blew fo terri- ble hard that perfons.cou!d hardly ftand on their feet,” it being fo very vialent ; a great number of flacks of chimneys have been blown down, particularly in wpE 7 | “ {