The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, May 16, 1760, Page 1

. ! S o aoe - <C to New- Containing the Frefbefl Advicé:( - Saturday Isf the Hallifax Packes Biar, Capt. FRIDAY, May 16. 1760.‘ THE NEWYORK, My y. e Bolder- ~fon, arrived bere in 41 Days from Falmouth, ard brought the March Mail, by whom we bave the fol- bowing Advices, viz: From the LONDON GAZETTE. DUBLIN, Feb. 23. Elterday Morring an Account wac're- ceived that a Body of French, fuppoled ta be about 1000 Men, were Janded at Carrickfergus, on Thurfdsy Morning. Immediately tpon receiving this Intel- £ .+ ~ligence, his Gracethe Lord Lizutenant gave Orders for the affembling, with the wimoft Ex- pedition at Newry, four Regiments of Infantry, viz. Pole’s, Anftruther’s, Sandford’s, and Sebright’s ; and three. Regiments of Dragoon’s, viz. Moftyn’s, York’s and Whitley’s ; and his Grace made no Doubt, that fliauld the French be hardy encugh to hazard them- felves at any Diltance front their Ships, the Troops he fhould be able to get together in a few Days, wiil be more than fufficient to protect the Country from any Violence, and to drive them out of the Kingdom. And this Morning a farcher Account was receiyed, That Lieut. Col. Jennings had {uffered himfelf, with four Companier of Major General Strode’s Regiment under his Command'at Carrickfergus, to be made Prifoners of War : And that on the z2d in the Morn- ing, about Eight ¢'Clock, a Flag of Truce come to Belfaft, and made a Demand of feveral Articles. of Provifions, ind other Neceflaries, to be delivered that Day at two o'Clock, promifing to pay for them ; and threatning, in cafe of Refufal, to burn Carrickfergus, and afterwards to come up and burn Bzlfaft alfo : With which Demands the Gentlemen of Belfaft thought it beft to comply. The French Prifoners of Var had been removed from Carrickfergus and Belfaft o Lifbarn. yoTmat , From the London Gazette Extraordinary, . . ADMIRALTY OFFICE, March 3, 1760: €apy of a Letter f'nm Captain Elliot, of bis Majefiy’s Ship FBolus, fo Mr. Clevland, dated inRamjey Bay, " dn the Ific of Man, the 2qth of February 1760. LEASE to acquaint the ‘Right Honcurable my - Lords Commiffioners of the Admiralty, that on the 24th Inf. Ireceived informaiion at Kinfale, from his Grace the Lord Licutenant of Ireland, that there were three of the Enemy’s Ships at Carrickiergus. The fame Evening I fatled with his Msjeity’s Ship under my Command, together with the Pallas and Brilliant, in queflt of them.. I madé the Entrance of Carrickfergus on the Evening of the 26th, but could not get in, the Wind being contrary, and very bad Weather. . On the 28th, at four in the Mornirg, we got Sight of them, and gave Chace;, At Nine [ got up along Side their Commodore (off the Ifle of Man) and in a few Minutes after, the Aétion became: ge- peral, and lafted about an Hour and Half, when they all ftrack their Colours. . They are, the Marfhal Bel- leifte, of 44 Guns, and 545 Men, (includingT'ropps) M. Churot;, Commander, who is ki'l'd; the La Blond, of 32 Guns, and 406 Men, commanded by Capt. La Kayce 5 and the Terplichore of 26 Guns, gnd 300 Men. commianded by Capt. Defrauaadais, L ptit 1ato this Road to repair the Ships, who are all much difabled in their Mutts and Rigging, the Mar- fhal in particular, who loft her Bolifprit, Mizen Maft and Muin yard ia the A€lion, and it was with great Diflicalty we prevented hér {inking. It is with the greateft Plealnre T acquaint their Lordfhips, that the Officers and Men of his Majeily’s Ships behaved re- markably weil on this ‘Occafion. I fhall ufe the. greatelt Difpaich in getting the Ships refitted, ahd propofe to return to Plymouth, or fome other Port in Eagland, as Toon as poflivle, if I do not receive tieir Lordfhips Dirceétions before thie Ships are got ready. : Inclofed is an Account of the Killed and Wound- ed on board his Msjefty’s Ships. I am, &-. JOHN ELLIOT.» In his Majefty’s Ships Killed and Wounded. Zlblug e s veid i 4 15 i) LA b S 5 Byidhant =00 Co ol o 12 N. B. I find it impoflible to afcertainthe number of the enemy killed and wounded, but by the beit accounts I can get, they amount to about 300. [End of the Extraordinary Gazette ] The following Aecount taken from the Dablin “Gazette Extraordinary, publifbed by Authority, is bere infert- ed, becaufe it is much fuller than Capt. ELLioT’s modefi Letter to Mr, CLEVLAND. Hampfhire + M ey " ] e T 5 DNomMe: 180 ’ sy« Belfaft, March 1, 1760. ¥ His Morningarrived in our Harbour, and came { te anchor off Carrickiergus, his Majefty’s fhip Pallas, Captain Clementy, commaader; and by Lieut. Skarp of faid fhip, we have reczived the foilowing moft important Account, vz, = - That the fzid fhip Paliss, in company with the ZEolus and Brilliant Frigates, having failed from Kinfale fome Days sgo, on Thurfday Morning, ara Quarter before Four 0'Clock, : the above Squadion, then off the Mull of Galloway, perceived Monf. Thu- rov’sSquadron bearing Northward, tawards Scotland, clofe by tiie Wind : Thataftér the French difcovered the Englifh, they changed their Courfe to the South- ward, hoping to eicape: whereupon the Englifh pur- fued, and about Nine came up with them, . That afrer an Engagemcat of 2n Hour and an Half, the Belleifle fruck ; three Men having been ‘killed in attempting to ftrike the Colours ; during which attempt Monf. Thurot was killed, ten Minutes after his firft Orders to ftrike. Saon after the BElonde allo ftruck ; La Terpfichore, endeavoured to elcape, but was purfued by the Pillas, who foon came up with and took her. ' The Belleifle had 160 men killed and wounded ; the La Blonde about 80 ; and La Terpfichora 2bout 36 ; among whom are four Captains of the Troops they had on board, killed ; and M. Dufalier, she zd in command, wounded. TheEnglifh had but § killed, and only 31 wounded, none of them Officers. o The engagement was between the Mull of Gallo- way, and.the Ifle of Man, and in view of that l{land, the Scotch end Irith Shores. . The Belleifle was wi-h difficuley brought into Ramfay Bay, being fo fhittered as fcarce able to {wim ; and it was once refolved to take the Men on board. ¢ : The Pallas brought abcut 500 Prifoners, 100 of whom are officers, being near all that were with the French Squsdron, who are now landed at Carrick- fergus, and fhe is to retwin to morrow to. join the Squadron. The Occafion of bringing the Prifoners here was to eafe the Ships, to prevent an infeétion from the Number of wounded. . . When the French landed at Carrickfergus, they ¢re quite out of Provifions. They intended to have _been firft at Loadonderry, but the Wind happened to be unfavourable for them. Mr. Chaplin and Mr. Spaight, who were taken at Carrickfergus as hoftages, are both fafe and well at Ramfay. 3 : & . The Englifh Ships were providentially put into Kinfale by Strels of Weather. J4, « o Lift of Emglith Ships. . ) /olus,Capt.Elliat, (Commodore) 32 3uns, 2zo0Men. Pallas, Capt. Clements, 36 Guns, 240 Men., ] Brilliant, Capt, Logie, 30 Guns; 240 Men, ; T he French Ships. Marfhal Bellifle, Capt. "Thurot late Commander, 44 La Blonde, 30 Guns. . (Guns. La Terpfichose, 24 Guns: - The French took the Brig.Clyde, in the Bay, valu'd at 2000). fecured the Lading, and burnt the Veflel. They likewife took the Foyne of Drogheds, fiom New York. : . The Erench embarked in fuch 2 Horry as to leave 80 Cafks filled with Water behind them : They have carried off one brafs 12 pounder, and {piked up the Iron Guns in the Caltle, and. have thrown into the Sca. upwards of 300 Bartels of Gun Powder. The Mayor of Carrickfergus was on board the Marfhal Beilifle, when taken off the Ifle of Man by the gallant Capr. Eilict ; M. Thdrot had brought him from thence as Hoftage, that an equal Number of French Prifoners, with thofe taken at the above Place, fhould be fent to. France.. A I QN D O N Feb. 21, The report relating to the death of Cal. Marris, in a ducl, is entirely falfe ; that gentleman being in health by the laft accounts from the north, March 1. Several regiments are ordered to be in readine(s againft the gth inftant, when they will be affembled together, and [oon after embark on board the tran{ports prepared for that purpole, attended by a formidable fleet, in order to fet out on a grand expadition. 4 St - We find by our laft accounts fromthe Baft Indics, that faven Dutch men of war, who had 500 troops on board, had put into Bengal, and upon theirnot giving a fatisfaltory account of themfelves, Admiral Pocoqk fiznified to them, that if they wens any further up the GAZETTE. Foreign and Domefick. ] country, or landed eny treops, he thould lock upon them as enemies. of our King and counyy, and. take methods accoreingly. ' March 6. Lcuers from Hanover fay, thas Prince Ferdinand will have an army of near 98,coo men next feafon, and will open the eampaign with the fiege of Wefel. : . Colonel Clive and the Nabob have defeated a large body of troops. under the great Mogul’s fon, Yefterday his Majefly fent am:ilage to one of the branches of the legiilature, acquainting them, that he bad ordered Lord George Sackville to be put under arreft,for dilobedience of orders during liis command in Germany. : ' ¢ Itisreported that the Dutch will lend his Prufiian Majefty four capital fhips, to be employed in any fervice he fhall thisk proper. : -+ "The Right Hon. Mr. Pitt ‘is indi(pofed with the gout, at his houfe at St. James’s fquare.. Mar¢h 13. The French had got a confiderable booty at Carrickfergus ; and had hoftages for the peyment of 2000 l. which they had exaéted of the town of Belfaft; they have burnt all the thips that they fecund m the bay of Belfaft. It is [aid a number of enginecrs miners, &c. will foon. fet out for Louifbpurg, in order to blow upthe fortifications, and otherwife deftroy that place, fo as to render it ufelels to any power. : s By an officer, who zrrived with the exprafs from CaPr. Eiliott, we are informed, that M. Thurot was kiled by the fecond broadfide. Hs received his death’s wound By a ball which entered his throat clofe to the windpipe ; and when the Belleifle ftruck he was found among & great number of dead bodies, on the quarter “deck, which were all thrown over- board. He had given osders, that in cafe he fell, Le might be ferved [o himfelf ; but Capt. Elliott dif- tinguithed from the reft, . and ordered his corple (o be bro’t on fhore on the Ifle of Man. . The trial of Lord Charles Hiy was finifhed yeiler- dey, but the court paffed no fentence . We hear that it is to be referred to his Majefty. By a letter from on bosrd the Pallas frigate in Ramfey-bay, dated Feb. 29, we are told that M. Thurot intended to have landed on the Ifle of Man, and raife contributions there, and alfo to have at- tempted taking the thipping at, Liverpool and White- haven, before he returned to France. We hearthat 11 fhips of the line and 4 frigates, with a confiderable number of land forces on board, failed from the ifland Mauritius the 4th of Auguft, on an expedition againft Bombay : Thofe land forces confifted moftly of Indians, difciplined by the French as well as they could. W are likewifé told, that the Dutch being at alofs how to affift the French in the Eaft Indies without coming to an open rupture with Great Britain, have hit upon an expedient, which they think will pafs mufter ; and that was, to declare war againft the Nabob in the Englifh intereft ; in confe- quence of which eight men of war bave failed from Baravia with a good number of land forces on board. We hear that Henry Potts, Efq; comptroller of the poft office, is appointed lecretary, in the room of George Shelvocke, Efq; deceafed. Mr. Bolton, one of the clerks is talk’d of to fucceed Mr. Potts. March 15. A fhip under a flag of truce is faid to be arrived in the river, and to have brought over four ncbigmen from France. , ; o By a private letter frgm Germany of good eredit, by the lalt mzil, we learn, that the King of Prufiia will ake the fizld this fpring with mot ' lefs than one iun.dred and cighty thoufand men. Thurfday orders were ifiued from the war office for 8000 men, under the command of ten field offi- cers, to hold themfelves in readinels to march at 2 minute’s warning to the Ifle of White, there to en~ camp till further orders.” . According to the laft letters from Verfailles by the way of Hollend, the preparations making by the French court for the reduéion of Hanover are carried on with the utmof diligence ; and we ai¢ told thac immediately after the 1oth of this month 17 battalions were to begin their march, thro’ the Auftrian Low- Countries for the King’s army in Germany. Private letiers from Amfterdam fay, high betts are l2id that a peace will be made by the firft of May. Some imagine,that upon a ftriét difquifition, & certain court has found that no funds can be depended ‘upon for another year : Others, thana plan of cofifederacy has been formed in Germany, which if peace doea. not Lnmediaely prevent may enrn infinitely tothe detriment T, 4 & & b} " 3o . 8, = . R 8 B i ¥ “ 4 2 b » 3 i e wase & B { L 8 PR T e SR S it