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@ - SR, T - ' . . 5 pa —,-l"q’ : , ... ol G o oo = ol THE New-Hampfhire a ~ Containing the Frefbeft Advices, BOSTON, Jusss8 ' Wednefday laft arvived bere the Ship Prince George, [rom Loddon, but laff from Portfmouth, whick Place © fbe left she 20thof April, commanded Blake, * i Company wish the Captains Mc Taggart and Ball, * for this Place, and obbér Veffils under convsy of a Fri- i gate bound to - Newofoundland, which the Printe George g ’alt’l frim a Day or tws after they came out, and a bout 250 Leagues to the Weflward were taken by a ~ French Privateer Ship of 12 Carriage Guns and 130 Men, after arinning Fight of 5 Glaffes, whereby each Fef ligecsi amage : The FPrivaterr ranfomed the Shig for [. '£eo flerl. and tosk en board Caprain Blake, ard one of the Paffengers, viz. Mr. Edmund Quincy, tertuis, of this ‘Lown, Merchant, as Hoflages and carried them to Bayonne. On their Paffage they Spske with a Veffel bsund to Briftol, whe informed them that a new 74 Gan French Ship, but bad only 40 mount- ed, bound to the Eaft Indies, was taken by an Englifp Man of War. Frem the London Prints to the 14tb of April, we bave the following Advices, viz. W A R S A W, Marea 142 @§W§ HE Duke of Bevern, being moved with compaflion for the (ufferings of @1 ++192 the people of Pomeranis,ordered Ge- wET 1%% meral \Jerner to propofe toGen. Tot- er T & s gt * 1g% tedena fulpenfion of arms for fome %@l ++1%%e time, and on the 25th of lsft monh, @§ &§@ was figned at Stolpe the following articles. 1. All boftilities fhell ceafe on both fides from this day till the 12th of May next: And no movémenc fhall be made either towards the frontiers of Brandebourgh and Silefia, or towards thofe of Poland. 2. The Wippe fhall be inftead of 2 boundary between the two bodies of forces ; excepting that the town of Rugenwalde, fhall be occupied by a detechment of fif- teen Pruffians, with an officer. 3. The Ruffians fhall occupy the towns of Stolpe, Butow, Rumelfbourg, and Neu Settin : and the Prul- fians thofe of Schlawe, Crongen, Poinow, Bublitz, and Bacrwalde. 4. Both Parties may fend out patroles ; but thefe fhall commit no hottilities. 5- The bridges of the above mentioned towns fhall be repuired, for the convenience of the extraordinary couriers ; and timely notice fhali be given tothe advan- ced pofts, to prevent all diforder. 6. The innabitants fhall go about their affairs without moleftation. 7. Diforders committed by the Irregulars thall not be reckaned a breach of this convention. 8. Their commanders in chief are not to renew hof- tilicies without giving eight days notice, Alepps, Dee. 13. M. John Van Kerchem, the Dutch Conful here, hath received a letier from M. Hullt de Mofleiftein, dated from Corek in the Perfisn Gulph, the 16th of October laft, who mentions among other things, that the Court de’Eftaing, Brigadier of the French Kings armies, had made him(elt mafter of Bencoolen, and all the other Englith faftories in the [{land of Sumatra. * Vienna, March 27. All the Applications made to induce this Coart to confent to a Peace have had no Effe&, and will always prove incffedtual, whillt the Courts of London and Berlin refule to put the Empre(s Queen in Poficflion of all Silefia. So far are we trom the Thoughts of Pesce, that every Thing hath been got ready with the u'moft Diligence for a vigorous Cam- aign, from which we have great Expe€tations One Thing only makes us dpprehenfive that we fhell not derive from it all the Advantages we might ctherwile hope for, as it wauld totally difcancert our Plan of Op- erations ; [t is ramoured that the Court hath received Lezters from Hungary, which advife that the Holpodar of Walachia hath revolted; without sffigning the Realon : And that 'he hath implored the Prote€tion of the Ot- toman Prote, in Confequence of which the T'urks defign fo affemble an Army of 40 or §0,000 Men in theNeigh: bourhood of Belgrade. The Emprefs Queen only waits for Confirma:ion of this News to fend General Buccow with 15.000 Men, to bring the Rebels to Reafon. Hanaun, Marsh 22. M. Broglio, after ftaying s few days at Gieilen, has removed his head quarters to Mar- burgh. ‘e clofely follows the Allies,who sre intrench- ing themfelves beyond the Ohm ; bt as they expeét to be attacked by the French, they have by way of pre- caution, fent away their heavy baggage to Fritzlar. The Amflerdam Guzette, fays, that on the 21ft of March the corps of the Hereditary Prince of Brunfwick, in the neighbourhood of Grunberg, was attacked by order of Marfhal Broglio. That the French made 2600 prifoners, took 18 colours, one ftandard, and 12 pieces ofcannon. . . .But sccording to other accounts the French took only 150 hunters, and 2 officers belonging to the Prince’s rear guard, prifoners. : Pererfpurgh, March 10, Tho' we have had much talk FRIDAY, JUNE 124 1761. ° of Peace here for fome time, we don’t yet find that this falutary work is likely té be foon effected ; on the con- trary, all things feem to announce campaign as bloedy asany of the preceding. ‘ Prague, March 26. 1f the King of Pruffia fhould keep his forces together ifi Saxony,General Laudohn will join the grand army with thé greateft part of his own ; snd General Haddick will command a fmall corps in the country of Glatz, to covmhemia on that fide. Vienns, March 28. We have received a Courier from Count Daun, but nothing tranfpires as te the contents of Mis difpaiches. - It is';g‘.‘n&’lkxt Genersl Buccow is tet out for Tranfylvania, in order to appeafe fome Imall Troubles that have arifen in that Piincipality. We are allo like to have fome little Difputes with the King.of Sardinis, who clsims sbfolutely the Dutchy of Placentis, in virtue of the Traty of Aixla Chapelle. ... The Equity of Redemption to the Marquifate of Final, on Repayment of twelve hundred thoufand Crowns to the Republic of Genos. He fets upa Title alfo to a certain Country tha: belonged formerly to his Family. The Infinuation of CountCzernicheff gives our Miniftersalio fome Difquiet. Erfurt, Marth 28. His Pruflisn Majefty is at prefent at Mcifen, to which place he came, accompanied only by General Crufemark and another Officer, without either Guards or Attendants. It is belicved he will ‘leave the Commend in Saxony to Prince Henry of Pru- fis, and that his Msjefty will fpeedily put himfelf at the head of his Forces in Silefia, Fiexna, March28. General Buccow isgone to Tran- fylvanis, to put a flopto fome troubles there. A corps of 600 Bannalifts paifed the Danube in our neighbourhood on Thur{dey morning, going to join the grand army in Saxony. v Our fatare Operations are fo we!l combined with the Court of France, that we have reaflon to expet the moft fignal viories. All our armies are complest : they even amount (0 (0,000 men more than they did in - the laft campaign. Leipfic, Mareh 9. We are told that fince Marfhal Daun has retsken the command of the Auftrian army, he has fent over the Eibe-at Riefa a corps of about fooco men, who have taken poft ar T'haln, and puthed fome parties within a league of Meiflcn. : The Pruffians are preparing to open the camprign with fome coup d’eclet. Weymar, March 28, The detachment of Pruffian troops which has been here for fome time,left us yeiter- day, after having raifed between two and three thoufand recruits in this town and its neighbourhood, and taxed the country at 120,000 crowns by way of contribution. The megazine which the Prufiians had eftablithed at Zeilz, is juft tranfported to Lomatlch, two milesfrom Meiffen. Frantfort, April 4. All Marfhal Broglio’s projeéts are accomplithed. There has not been any thing done this war comparable, for military {cience, to what he has ex- ecuted within the laft two months. Perhaps there has been nothing feen fo great fince the famous campaign of Alface by the immortal Turenne. The Allies have repafled the Dymel, it’s thought the French troops will remain fome time in their quarters of cantonment in Hefle. Their Chief will be veryglad to give them a little repofe ; though they have been cantoned every day during the late operations, while the Allies lay every night on their arms, and fuffered extremely. Nothing yet of confequence has happened in Ssxony. The King of Pruffia, on the 26th paft, vifited the line of troops which he bas in the neighbourhood of Frey- berg, and afterwards returned to his head quarters at Mciflen, Hanoger, April 4. Our srmy is now cantoned on this fide the Dymel, to recover of its fatigues. "The garrifon of Gottingen hss again put a garrifon into Nordheim. Colonel Colignon, who occupied that poft with fome battallions, abandoned it the z7th ult. and loft 220 men, and two pieces of cannon: Four hundred fick troops which the Alligs left at Fritzlar, have fallen into the hands of the Maiquis de Poyanne, who now occupies that place. Hague, April 3. In the laft Aflembly of the States of Holland and Weft Frifeland, a Motion was made to aug- ment the Navy of the Republic with 12 additiona! Ships of the Line. This was oppofed by feveral Provinces : but the extraordipary Proceedings of the Englith in India, and the Defign they have manifeftly formed of cucting off the Trade of the Dutch to Bengal, oceafioned a Refolution to be taken in Form in the prefent Affem- bly, to fit out the 12 Ships in Queftion, with the utmoft Diligence, to be employed in cruifing in the Mediter- ranesn, ....Wehave no Letters from the Allied Army fince thofe of the zoth paft. In the mean time we have various Reports concerning the late Mar:h¢s and Operstions of the French Forces, fome of which import, that Marfhal Broglio was at Ziegenhayn th the 25th, haviog rsifed Nuwms, 24% e ST ( Weeks fince this .PAP.E& L was firlt Publifh’d. Foreign and Domeflick, 22 the Siege of that Place, and had fome Admhaesdyes *:15 \ GAZETTE the Cor 3s, employed in befieging it, upon their Reeredi - The Allies had begun to withdraw their Forces fram before Caflel on the 27th 5 and Brin¢e Ferdinand of Bruafwick had his Head Quartets in the Nsighbourhgod of Fritzisr the 2gth. ; Sralil By Lettersfrom Branfwick we are informed, that the Prifoners taken by M. Clofen; in the Affais of the 21 were slready releafed, : Hamburg, April 3. According- to sdvices received from Danizick, the Ruffians, who have been quartered, during the winter, in thatmeighbourhood, now begin to draw nesrer Pomeranis. Hague, dpril 7. The Earl of Pembroks, and Lord George Lenox have pzfled thro’ the Hague in their way to the army ; and Lieut. Gen. Conway is jult arrived, We have no News from any part. Hamburg, April 7. We learn that & Sufpenfion of Arms has taken Place between the Army of the Adlies and the French, for 6 Weeks ; that the Convention be- tween the Ruflians and Pruffians is extended to the firft of July ; and that notwithftanding the fufpenfion of Arms is expired between the Pruffians and Swedes, they con- tinue to live together in the moft friendly manner. Hague, April 9. On the Arrival of feversl Couriers & Report firongly prevails of a Quadruple Allisnce ; that the Czarina has made fome Propofitions of Peace ; and that snother pacific Negociation is upon the Carpet, upon which the Englifh Stocks have rifen on theChange at Amfterdam furprifingly. The Bruffels gazette, in an article from Paris, fays, that a letter is come by the way of Leghorn, from sn officer of the garrilon of Pondicherry, dated the 10th of November 1760, importing, ¢ That they have forced the Englith to raife the fiege of that place ; and thatas often as the Englith thall return to the charge at Pon- :icherry, the iffue of the attempt will be always the ame.” Haguwe, April 1. The pacific ramours thatfor fome time prevailed here, feem to fubfide apace. L O N D O N, March so. ‘His Majefty hath been pleafed to order the Right Hon. Arthur Onilow, Efq; and his fon, a penfion of 3000 l. per annum, diring esch of their natural lives. General Monckeon, brother to the Right Hon. the I;ori Vifcount Galway, is appointed Governor of New- ork, April 1. Yefterday his Roysl Highnefs the Duks of York, was made a rear Admiral. It is faid with fome confidence, that the Ruffians and Swedes will loon withdraw their forces from ating agsinit the Pruffians. Monday died Thomas Batket, Efg; his Majefty’s Printer. Extralt of a Letter from Portfmouth, dated Monday, ¢ at one o’Clock Afternecs. Efterday the tranfports,with the troops on board failed on the expedition, thro’ the Needles 3 and this morning commodore Kepple in the Valljant, with the men of war that accompany him fail’d from St. Helen’s, to join them off the lile of Wight. April 6. Count Maximilian Frederick de Konigfegg Rothenfels, Grand Dean of the Metropolitan church of Cologn, was on the 6th of this month unsanimoufly e- le€ted Archbithop and Eletor of Cologn. He was bosn the 3d of May, 1708. o T his morning the Masquis of Granby n:ivg‘ townf from the army in Germany. Rk The Love and Unity cartel, from St; Muhes, m;h i Englith prifoners, is arrived at Protfmouth. The Denham, Capt. Tryon, is faid to have bee‘“ i ia burnt st Bercoolen, to prevent her falling into the M . S, of the French. 0, O The Dover man of war, at Portimouth, is underail ing orders, with trade under her convoy, bound to Quebec, and waits only for a wind. To morrow the Office of the Earl of Bute, Secretary of Statefor the Southern deparument, i3 to be removed to St. James’s. i We hear from Somerletfhire,that the oppofition in = certain borough,coft one of the Candidates above 8cool, in three days. Extral of a Letter from Naples, March 17, ¢ A large Englifh flect is hourly expeéted in the Mediterranesn. The Conful we have at Leghorn, has juft fent fuch advice toour Regency. It’s faid the En- glith are coming either to bombard Toulon, or recon- quer the ifland of Minorcs,” ; April 8. The laft letters from Saxony mention, that Marfhal CountDaun arrived the 2g5th ult. in theAuftrisn army at Drefden ; and that the King of Pruffia was at Freyberg, about four German miles from thence, the 16th 3.and by the Pruflian movements it was tho’t they bad a defign sgainft Dre(den, but ic is fince conjeCtured they had changed their plan of Operation. Letters from Amfterdam fay, that by zccounts from Sumatra, the French had reslly made an attempt on Bencaloon, but had been repulled with great lofs. P

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