The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, June 13, 1760, Page 1

% t i i ¥ . og i 4 q = 7, 57 { . ) - R R R i e Mg ‘FRID AY, June 13. 1760: THE New-Hampthire vCohrai?:’ing the Frefbefp Advices i . NEW-YORK, Fuses. -~ . ‘Friday laft arrived bere the General Wall Packet Boat, Capt. Lutwidge, in 5 Weeks from Falmouth, by whom we have the follswing Intelligence, viz. 3 HAMBU R G H, March 31. HE horfes and uniforms which arrived from I England the 18th in theWefer, have been fol- lowed by 12 fhips with sbout 1400 men on 3 .. board, 10co of which have already taken the road to Paderborn. It is faid that the Duke of Cum- berland will come and command the army in Weft- phalis, which will be entirely compofed of Briufh troops, and the operations of which will be quite independent of thofe of the allied army. Paderborn, March 26, It is confirmed, that the Englith troops arc to form a feparate corps, and make head againft that which the French propofe to have vpon the Lower Rhine, under M. de St. Germain. Paris, March 26, We talk of fending new armies .and new Generals into Germany, while M. Broglio complaing, we do not either recruit or pay the forces +we have there already. The good Frenchmen, fo they ftile patriots here, cry sloud for peace, and give " all the Auftri Gallic ftatefmen to the Devil ; and the L i b Yy En people are ready to ratify that grant. Pgris, March 29. By a veffel trom Leogane we learn, that our affairs in North America are not fo * defperate as we imagined, and that by the Help of fome fuccours,the French who are ftill 15,000 ftrong, will be able to ftand their ground againft all the efforts of the Englith. : v . Amflerdam, April 2. Letters from the Cape of Good Hope, dated Jan. 23, advife, that the French fleet had been worfted' by the Englifh in an engage- ment on the cosft. : < Berlin, April 1. The military prepara:ions are carrying on with unremitted ardour. A new train of artillery is getting ready and will fet out next week for Silefis, confifting of 30 pieces of cannon. The King has conferred the dignity of a Field Marthal upon Prince Ferdinand of Brun{wick, in confideration of the fuperior talents his condu& has fhewn him to be poflefled of. . - . 4 . « Francfort, April 5. According to an exprefs that arrived this morning from Drefden, both the Pruflian and - Auftrian armies arc in the field. It is believed the King will put himfelf at the head of the army in Silefia, and leave his army in Saxony to the Prince his brother. ., Gen. Laudohn pretends to inveft Neifs, but really intends to meke the fiege of Breflau. The Ruflian General Fermor has undertaken to attack Calberg, baut the grand army under Marfhal Soltikoff is to act in conjunélion with the Auftrians,. Marfhal Broglio feeing none of his, winter quarters fafe, is obliged to take the field earlier than he intended. The Count de St. Germain is to command an army of 30,000 men on the Lower Rhine.. On the other hand, lome people affirm, that the preliminaries be- tween Great-Britain and Pruflia on the one fide, and + his moft Chriftian Majefty on the other, will be figned before the 1ft of May. . -: , Erib @ ANy O INL T . April 8. The grand fleet now equipping for fes, " will be the moft formidable of any that has failed (&Y ' and 146 Men ; taken the 2 5th of March, to the Weft- . a [ecret. during the war ; 'We hear it is to confift of 28 capital thips of the line, befides frigates, {loops, fire fhips, bomb ketches and tranfports. This fleet, it’s faid, is to be accompanied by 14,000 forces, including * a draught of engineers, bombadiers, and matroffes, to the amount of 500 men : it’s deftination is kept o From the London Gazette, April 12, In the Courfe of a few Days laft paft, Advices have been received here, cf the following Privatcers of the Enemy having been taken and deftroyed. The Chevalier Barro, of Bayonne, having 20 Guns, ward, by his Msjefty’s Ship the Repulfe. A Shallop Privatecr of 6, Guns, drove on Shore by 2z Cutters } the z7th of March, near Calais, where fhe bulged. The Providence, of St. Malo, having 4 Guns and ' 32 Men ; taken the 1ft of Apri), in the Channel, by his Mejefty’s Ship the Lynn. ~ A Schooner Privateer, having 4 Carriage, and 6 Swivel Guns, and 38 Men; aaken the 3d of April off Plymouth, by his Majefty’s Ship the Rochefter. A Lugfail Privateer, with 26 Men ; taken the sth of April off the Start, by the Peggy Sloop. The Villigenie Privateer, of St. Malo, having 12 Carriage and 6 Swivel Guns ; taken the sth of April off the Lizard, by his Majefty’s Ship the i Antilope. The Chauve Souris, of Cherbourg, with 17 Men ; taken the 6:h of April off the Ifls of Wight, by his Majefty’s Ship the Kingfton. A {mall Brig Privateer, taken the 6th of Apri, off the Berry Head, by his Majefty’s Ships the Vengezflcc and Mercury. The Mercury, of Rochelle, having 10 Carriage and 10 Swivel Guns,, and go Men ; taken the 6th of April, between Portland and Torbay, by the Carcals Sloop, 2 Carriage and 4 Swivel Guus, and 24 Men ; taken the 6th of April, off Portland, by his Majefty’s Ship the Launcefton. .. [Thus far from the Gazette.] ~ April19. Yefterday morning between nincand ten ; o'clock, a dreadful fire broke out at the houfe of Mcffirs. Barrow and Reynolds, oilmen, in Thames- ftreet, adjoining to St. Magnus church ; which con- fumed their houfe ; alfo Mr. Bayley’s, the Tackle- porter alehoufe ; Mr. Bland’s, sn orange merchant ; Mzr. Williams’s, & falter ; Mr. Franklin’s, & cooper ; Mr. Prentice’s, a feedfman ; Mr. Wood’s, the king’s head alehoule ; 2ll the warehoules at Freth Whart 5 and the roof of St. Masgnus church, which fell in, and has very much damsged the pews, altar picce, &c. . A great quantity of fugsr, wine, oranges and lemons, and other goods, that were in the warehoulfes wereentirely deftroyed. The damage, it is thought, amounts to at leaft 40,000l. In the houfe where it begun there was a great quantity of gun powder, which toek fire, the explofion of which greatly terri- fied the inhabitants, and prevented many perfons from venturing to affift the diftreffed. Several firemen and other perfons were weunded, and one was blown E PBy letters from Quiberon we have advice, that Admiral Bofcawen arrived there the 15th of March in the Royal William, as did the Torbay on the 17:h, fince which he has hoifted his flag cn board theNamur, which with the other fhips had got upon that ftation. Yefterday the Earl Ferrers was brought up to Weftminfter Hall, when the remainder of his Lord- fhip’s witnefles were examined ; after which the Lords adjourned to their own Chamber, and came in again, and the Lords opinions taken by the Lord High Bteward, when their Lordfhips unanimoufly found him guilty of the felony 2nd murder ; and his Lordfhip is to have Sentence paffed on him this day. We hear that the Judges opinions are referred to on the late att of parliament relative to' the time allowed to perfons fentenced to death for murder. The following we are told is the fentence of the Court Martial upon Lord G. S. : v . ¢ The court upon due confideration of the whole matter before them, is of opinion, that Lord G. S. is guilty of having dilobeyed the orders of Prince Fer- dinand of Brunfwick, whorm he was by his commiffion and inftructions direfted t¢ obey, as commander in chief, according to the rules of war : And, it is the further opinion of this court, that the fzid Lord G. S. is, and he is hereby adjudged unfi¢ to ferve hisMajéfty in any military capacity whatfover.” Yefterday the Earl Ferrers was brought from the Tower to Weftminfter Hall to receive his fentence, which was pafled on his Lordfhip by the Lord High Steward, about two o’clock, and is as follows : that, His Lordfhip be taken back to the prifon from whence he came, and from thence to the place of execution, on Monday next, and there to be hanged by the neck till he was dead ; after whichs his body is to be delivered to Surgeon’s Hall to be diffeGted and anatomized.” | Afterwards the Lord High Sieward took notice, that the Lords, his Judges, had a power of refpiting, and therefore, that he might have more time to prepare himfelf, they. relpited his execution to Monday the gth of May nex:, . 44 Earl Ferrers read a paper, in which he exprefled his concern for the trouble he had given their Lordthips, but that he was advifed by his friends to make the plea of lunacy, and begged their Lordfhips to recom- mend him to the King for mercy. NEW.Y ORK, Junea. Laft Monday Afternoon threg Provifion Veflelsar- rived here from Cork., They failed from thence the 26th of March, under Convoy of His Majefty’s Ship Nightingale, Capt. Campbell ; tagether with fix other Ships, whom they parted with about three Weeks fince off Bermuda, boaud hither. . Thur{day Morning laft left the Hook, having fal- len down thither the Friday before, the Harriot Snow Packet Boat, Fobn Dod Bonnel, Commander, with the Mail for Falmouth : with whom went Paflenger, Col. Moxztrejor, and his Family. _ . At the fame Time failed from the Heok, His Ma- jefty’s Ship Lizard, Capt. Doakes, together with her Convoy of feverel Tran/port Veflels, bound to Hali- fax and Quebec, with the Soldiers on board that were fent hither Jaft Fall from Quebec, being tho- roughly recovered of their Wounds. The {ame Day failed the Scarborough Man of War, ,,,,,,,, A Lug(ail Privateer, of the Ifle Brehat, having, v o w"%.wuww?,@* BN » wuA e INUMB. 1913, GAZETTE. Foreign and Domefich, 4 4 : In Capt. Lutwidge came Paflengers, Col. Robin- fon, as alfo Captsin Robert Siobo, of the Virginia Forces. ; The Genersl Wall, in her Paflage home from this Place, was met with by a French Privateer, and after an Engagement of an Hour and a half, fhe was taken and ranfomed for 25cod, The Paffengers alio was cbliged to ranfom themfclves. Preparations were making on all Sides to begin the diffzrent Campaigns in Germany, notwithftanding the Talk of & Congrefs, - a5 "twas: generally believed . that Peace would not vifit the belligerant Powers till the Succefs of. the Summer be determined.—That - upwards of twenty thoufand Men were to be fent over, and to Jand and caufle.a Diverfion in France.... That a large and powerful Fleet was preparing for feme grand Expedition to be condued by the Ad- mirals Saunders and Howe.—That Admiral Bofcaw- en was gone into the Bay, and kept a Chain of Crui- zers along the French Coaft for a Confiderable Dift- ance, keeping an Eye on the French Men of War in the River Villaine.—T'hat Admiral. Broderick was returned fromthe Streights, and another Fleet prepar- ing to fail thither.—That twas much doubted whe- ther we fhould (end a Fleet into the Baliick, or not, though moft thought we fhou!d. And, That Prince. Edward was to. hoift a _broad Pendant, and to be the 3d in Command in the Grand Expe- dition.—T'hat a great Quantity of Military Stores were fhipping for Quebec.—That Admiral Pocack had beatthe French Fleet a fecond Time in the Eaft Indies.—That Numbers of the Dutch Ships have been condemned in England by the Lords of Appeal ; and others reftored. . . dii AT Wehear from Albany, That Major Rogers had lately made an Excurfion from Crown Pcint, in one of the Sloops, which wentup within three Miles of Ifle de Noire, where he and two Rangers went on Shore : T'hat onthe Enemy’s feqing the Sloop, they difpatched two Biich Canoes, in which-it was com- puted there were Seventy Men, but the Sloop firing on them they immediately ‘turn’d Tail, and landed near where Rogers and his Men lay ; and ’tis [aid-he narrowly efcaped. . All the Difcovery he made, was that there appeared to be Numbers on the Ifland. The Brig accompanied the Sloop. . All the regular Regiments are gone from Albany to their different Dcftinations ; and the Provincials arrive there daily. The 8th of May laft was condemned, at the Court of Vice Admiralty, at William/burg in Virginia, a Dutch Sloop, called the uafortunate Patience, fentin there by the Hope Privateer of this Port. She is valued at about 7 or 8cool. ... - The Hopewell, Capt. Evetfon, from New-York, for London, in her Paflage had hard Gales of Wind, in which fhe loft all her quarter deck rails on both fides, tiller broke, long boat ftaved, and two men wathed over-board and drowned. BO ST ON,. June g. By a Vefl:l arrived at New-York in 32 days from Jamaica, there is advice of an infurretion of about 300 negroes at Ballard’s valley, in the parith of St. Mary’s, on the north fide of that ifland, who killed feveral white people ; but by the a¢tivity of the plan- ters and fome faithful Creole negroes, twelve of them were killed, one taken, and the reft difperfed in the woods, ; k : . REMARKS at Quebee, from Oé&tober 27, 1759. to May 8, 1760. .. 1759 AME down two French Schooners Oé&o. 27. from Montresl, with Flags of T'ruce. 31. Came down a Spanifh Ship. = ! Nso. 22. The French Fleet fell down the River, and came toan Anchor above the Town. The Mar- garet and Betty Schooners were fent to reconnoitre them, and make Signals.. : : 24. Some of the French Veflels having run on Shore, Capt. Miller and Lieut. Cox, with 23 of the Porcupine’s, and 21 of the Race Horfe’s People, went up the River inthe Schooner and Boats, intending to burn the French Veflels ; they boarded one, which blew up : Capt. Millerand Licut. Cox being danger- oufly wounded, the reft were inftantly deflroyed by the explofion, except feven belonging to .the Porcu- pice, and five to the Race Horfe, who are now Pri foners at Montreal. : : 52. The French Ships pafled the Town. 28. Capt. Miller died of his Wounds. Dec. 1. Licut. Cox died of bis Wounds! 5. The River began to freeze over. (1760] Feb. 13. Dilcovered a Body of the Enemy at Point Levy : A Pasty of the Garrilon werg imme- Our other Advices per the Packet are, That great - Enemy, they acknowledg’d the above” Yefterday departed this Life Dr. William Clarks, 8 ylician of principal Note in this Town, firft denied ; but upon their being commended for deflerting the to be Fact. with 8 Canoe, who inform’d, from Crown-Point, 'and faid, eing out on a Scout had taken a that the three sbove Indians deferted from him and Ma:k’d Battery they 'That a Party of ours bei five other French and Indians, who had left Montreal Ph in order {Q take a Prifoner ; which fzid ladians at and was obliged to Frenchman or Indian, o 2 > °g w0 - é“:gl as, - i | -8 00“:| 87! o-n &/ = 5S P - ‘2.8 @ =B ¥ '.‘afin'g. “-,_qgh‘u{ :uhfl""' 53;‘5,&21 - Yo 3 ded ] %.fi—ggiu _Dg.o,;:r “-ou":'u: _ggan::o SET8 =825l R 2x 5 Eosn o = =0 -~ O“';’-’g 3RS 2338 g3 s El L= N = g 3 taey d informed, that on the 16th the In- made their Efcape from Montreal the Breaches in the Wall of Quebec, and attempied to Exprefs arrived there habitants there were all in Tears—That the ains of Abraham, and loft between 4 and efore Quebec had met with three Repulfes Men ; and that sfterwards th [=1 f\' S22 25" = €9 g5 2 ) o e (VY s formst- June 9. Oa Friday the 30th of May arrived at Albany an n with Capt. Jacobs, (s ly of the New York Regiment, and Army b taken at-Fort William Henry, and -ore -Stockbridge. on the B O:S T 'O N~ {s from Crown Point, who inform’d, T'hat two 1 = ! 5% B S & ol g 2.4l -] = w -~ Q ) L g os veag, Lol 3 () b o bt