The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, July 3, 1761, Page 2

— ’4"—:; ey ¥rom the LONDON CHRONICLR. . Tote PRINTERS, _ SIRS, T is neara year fince I read the judictour well pen- ned Letter to two'Great Men. The noble author of it feems to know tie French and their politicks better than I fhall prétend to do: But there are fome things, which propably were not known to him, s that country is {0 remote ; neither has the ingenious suthor of the Letter on the Intereff of Britain, with regerd to ber Colonies of America, obferved them fo fully, as the in- tereft of England feems to require: I fhall therefore mcntion them briefly here, and leave them to the further coniideration of fuperior judges : . .. I mean the im- portance of the extenfive rich Miflifippi, which is yetin the pofleflion of theFrench. T'he river Mifippi is now near 1500 miles navigable and has feveral rivers running into it, both trom the eaft end weft; fome of which are one, fome two, and fome ebove three bundred miles navigable. The land is {o rich, and the {oilfo deep, efpecially in the fouth parts of it, that in many places, one may run a foldiers pike up to the head, without mecting with a rock or flone. Its {outh parts are {o warm, and the land fo rich, that the £rench, who live near the ciry of New Orlesns, which 15 150 miles up from the mouth of that river, have planted end made good fupar there thefe five years paft. What an immenle extenfive trade will that city have, wehich is the fes port ( as New Oileans now is ) to all this exienfive ~ountry, which is capable of producing every thing, fugar, wine, &c. if civilized, cultivated, and peopled, as it may probably bein a few centuries ! The crown of England has & right, by difcovery and taknig pofleflion of all this couutry,and King Charles I1. granted it to the anceftors of the late Dr. Cox ; but they negledled tofettleand people it : and Sir Francis Drake togk pofiefiion of the weft fide of it, as far north as lat. 42, and a great way {outh of that, for Queen Elizibeth : but the Englith neglefting to fetile i, the French came and built the city of New Orleans, fifty leagues up the river, and 2 fort or two above fixty miles below the city, This city and the forts might have been eafily taken the 1aft winter, or this, as the winter is the beft time to take it in, it being [o warm there ; if the Englith hed fent two or 3000 men down the riverOhio into theMiflifippi, and thicher in large boats, as there is timber enough on its banks to build ’em with,the Englith might have been in pofleflion of all North America (except Cape Florida #nd the north part of Mexico, which belong to Spain ) and our King would then have been in poffeffion of both the north and fouth paflages to-that fine country,and Carada alio ; and no way left for-the French to come et cither of them. The French now are, and ever will be, enemies to the Englifh, and have ftirred up the Cherokees, and other Indian nations, to fall upon the remote pasts of Virginia, Carolina and Georgia, and com: i {0 many barbarous and cruel murders on the Englith fubjects, as they have lately done thers. This country is of much greater importance to En- gland than Cansda is ; Canada is of much greater im- portance to the French than to us, and confequently the iofs will be greater to'them,becaule it fupplies them with mafis, yards, and other timber for builaing fhips, which they cannot get elle where but at a great expence, and money may be fcarce. But either Miffifippi or Canada i35 of much greater importance to England than both Mariirico and Guadaloupe, with all the Neutral Iflands and Port Mshon slfo, Guadaloupe ( except its being ready cultivated ) is nat of fo much value as the three neutral iflands, Do- minica, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent are, which ste now, and have been, conirary to treaties, poflefled by the French. The firft is near ss large and as good an ifland as Barbados is, and they have built forts, and have now near four thoufand inbabitants in the firft; and forts, arid near two thouland inhsbitants in the fecond, and fome in St. Vincent ; but the Indians will not permit them to build any forts. The French had begun to fettle in Tobago alfo, which is indifputable a Britih ifland, but Governor Grenville, fenttwo men of war, and car- vied all the French inhabitants ont of it,st the conclufion of the laft war. ' "T'hree thoufand men (ent down the Ohio, and two goed fhips te the mouth of the Miflifippi, will take New- Orleans, and all that country. Guadaloupe is not of that importance or value that our news papers would makeit. It miy be exchanged at a peacc for fome otherplace which may thenbein the hands of theFrench; and if we can get the neutral iflands al{o ceded to us, thofe three iflands, #nd Tcbago, when cultivated, will produce more than twice as much {ugar as Guadaloupe can. And North America ( when New Oyleans and Miflifippi are all taken ) will be little encugh to in- demnity England for this expenfive war, which was begun by the unjuft encroachments and depredations made by the French and their Indians, whom they in- ftigated. PHiLoraTRrIA. L QN D, o N Apil 24 Extraét of a Letter from Francfort on the Oder, March 30. E have been {o often amufed with rumours of peace, that we are now cautious how we give credit even to the ftrongeft appearances of it. The con- vention, which you no doubt have heard of, is religi- oufly obferved, and both Ruflians and Pruffians live in perfeét amity, and [eem to forget that they were fo lately cutting each others throats, but whatever the foldiers may do, the poor iahabitants of Pomerania will long remember the Ruffian vifit ; Families, who from eafy eitamftatices, are Fedoced to Veggary s fithers and hufbands butchered by the inhuman Coflacks ; virgins facrificed to their brutsl TaRt 5 houfes plundered, snd the little money found in them carried away, and ‘their valuzble movesbles fold to the beft bidder ; corn trod- den under foot, or cut ‘when green, as provender for their horfes; are forhe of the calamities which that un- hapoy country groans under, and which a peace of 20 Years will har8ly remove. The misfortunes of a few having been alleviated by charitable contibutions from sbroad, particularly from England ; that generous and humanepeoplé,tho’ hardly fenfible of the horrors of wir, as to themlelves, have a tender feeling for the mifery of their fellow creatures ; & remittance from thence of between fouror 500 1. fterling, having tately pafled thro® Hamburgh for that purpofe. .... Could Princes fee this horrid pi€tare with their own eyes, there is ng doubt but, remembering the divine precept of loving their neighbpurs as themfelves,they would quickly be induced to fheath the fword.” April 23. Capt. Rook, Aid de Camp to Genersl Hodgfon, arrived on Sunday about Noon, with an Ac- count that a Detschment of the Forces landed the 8th Inftant, at Pert d’Audre on the Ifland of Belleifle, un- der the Command of Brigadier Carlton, and found the Shote fo defended by the Batteries and Entrenchments, that after having fuftained a fevere Fire for fome Hours, they were obliged to return on-bosrd the Tranfports, with the Lofs of about 500 Men, killed, wourded and taken Prifoners. Major Purcell of Grey’s Battalion, snd Capt. Ofburne of Sir Harry Erfkine’s are killed. Brigadier Carlton is wounded in the Thigh. Extraft of a Letter from an Officer on board the Expedi- tion Fleet, dated off Betleifle, April 12. 6761. v N Sunday the zqgth of March we failed from . Spithead, and next Day from St. Helen's. On Tuefday in the Afternoon it was known we were de- ftined for Belleifle, and we bore away for it : From that Time’till Sunday the Wind was sgainft us, On Monday the Wind was fair, and at Night we fent our Cutters to make the Land ; in the Morning we found curfelves within eight Lesgues of it. About 12 o’- Clock the whole Fleet came to an Anchor, and the Af- ternoon was fpent in making Difpofitions for lending. By four o'Clock on Tue(dsy Morning )3 were ordered to be in the flat bottomed Bo ive they were under the Dire&tion of thofe Captains who were to command the Landing. - The Wind blew frefh, and it was very cold ; the Troops continued in the Boats without the Shipe or them moving, till 12 0'Clock. At that Time the Sandwich and another Ship made a Feint, as if going to the Citadel; while the Dragan and Achilles fell down to the fouthermoft Part of the Ifland, and were followed by the Boats. The Achilles anchored within Mufket fhot of the place we intended toland at. We were sffifted with a Bomb Veflel, and immediately began to fire ; which the French enly re- turned with one fingle Cannon, which was fired but’ feldom. This geve us Courage, and the Boats pufh’d for Shore ; but much too foon, as fome of them were a Mile behind. No fooner were the Men get out of the three Boats which firft came to Land, thsn the French fhew’d their Heads sbove the Entrenchments and gave thém three Fires, which did great Execution, and threw them into Confufion. About 200 of the Scotch Fufi- lers were athore with Major™ Purcell, when one Boat _of Erfkine’s Grenadiers, commanded by Capt. Ofborne, landed at a point snd drew up undilcover'd ; a few paces brought him on the high Ground. - The French immediately came out, and the Captain advanced with Intrepidity to meet them. In landing he loft his Fuzee, thercfore he drew his Sword, when a Shot brought him down ; but he immediately got up and advanced. “ He was now fo clofe to the Enemy, that he ex- changed feveral Thrufts with their Officers ; the Men fired, and then pufhed their Bayonets. The Comman- ders on both Sides were killed, when our Men, "about 60, landed at this Place ; having no Body to Head them and feeing no Succours, threw down their Arms; a few of them took totheir Heels, and not being perceived they were taken ‘into a Boat, and carried to the Ships. The Boats were now retreating as faft as poflible. Our whole Lofs, in killed and made prifoners, may be about 400. The Night snd the next Diy the Wind blew very hard, which damaged vur Bosts, and drove fome ot the Tranfports to Sea : Yeiterday and To day it is fize and calm, and we are employed in repairing our Boats. How we are to proceed 1 cannot inform you, but the place is extremely well fortified.” By the French Account printed at Paristhe 13th, of the Affair of Belleifle, they make the Lofs of the En- glifh amount to 8oo Men, killed, wounded and prifo- ners; and their own Lofs only 10 Men killed and 60 wounded. ' The above happen’d the 8th Inftant, -We hear that dotwithftanding there has been a gene- ral Shuffle of almoft all the Cards in the Kingdom, yet firange and {urprizing as it may feem to many, all the Kunaves are fillin the pack. ; The French boaft that Marfhal Broglio hath ftill pof- {cflion of the keys of Hanover. But to make nfe of thofe keys he muft walk aver the bodies of the Allied army. Extra® of a Letter from a Gentleman on board the Le- onix, off Fort 8. David's dated May 26, 1760. s FTER a paflage of 7 months, we were thged A to ftay on the Coromandel coaft all the time of the monfoons, & thing fo dangerous, that fhips feldom sstempt it (and the Shafifbury, by which this comes, is the firk.{h¥p that has- beén Wpon ‘the -coaft bound fov England®) during wirich time, Mr. Cornifh having the command, was not idle, for he fent the marines, and what feamen he could: fpare on fhore, took Karicsli, s place mounting 135 picces of cannon ; from thence he went 2nd tock Chillinbourg, a fmall place, but of great confequernice to the French, bv which, and barning the Harbour, 2 French 64 gun thip in Pondicherty road, he has gained grest honor.—The only news [ can rell you is, that part of our fquadron have blocked uvpia Pondicherry road, a 36 gua frigate, two Indiamen, and two country fhips, which we fhall attempt burningin a few days, firethips being ready for that purpofe ; and that Col. Coote is making all poffible expedition to begin the fiege of Pondicherry, being in the poffeffion of all the country round, snd our flect, eonfifting of 11 fail of the line, being now in fight of the place, it muft inevitably fall, unlefs their flect (of which there is little danger} fhould relieve it.” e * The Shiftsbury did not come, and the letter was fent by the Ajax, which was taken by the French. A French account tells us, that an officer landed st Bourdesux from Pondicherry reports, that the Englith were not yet mafters of that place, and if provifions did not fail the garrifon, they were not likely ever to be- come {0 wThis feerts to be confeffion emough that the placeis in the utmofft danger. By the latt cartel from France, which bro’t over two. of the King's officers tsken in the Ajax Indiamen, it appears that the whole number of Englifh prifoners in- cluding Dinant, Breft, Bayonne and elfe where in' Eu- rope, does not exceed 1000 men; and it is well known, that on their part,the prifoners with us are nesr 25,000, a difparity which evidently fhows the deftrution made among their privateers and traders. F A third expedition is faid to be going on, awd thought 20 be ready to fail in abost 3 eweeks, to confiff of 30 fail of the line, befides frigates and firefbips, and to be commanded by Sir Edward Hawke. The ports of Dover and Calais are [4id 2o be opened for meffengersto pafs bestwesn the two courts. . We bear that at the meeting of the Comgrefs the Right Hon. Ear{ Temple and Lord Grantham, will go on the part of Great Britain, : We are informed, that a Prince of the Blood Royal of France is fbortly expefled over, but for what purpofe can- not as yet learn :~unlefs as a hoftsge for their keeping their words. . Aeccording to letters from Tripoly in Barbary, a pri- vateer belonging to Londow put in there the sth of Fyne laR. the captain of which reported, that be bad taken 4 French prizes in the Levant, and fent them to Leghorn ; the Captain [old bis Frigate of 22 guns, to the Packa, for 10,000 florins, and went with bis créw in a pink for Leghorn. The frigate was immediately fitted out, and the command given to a Freneh renegads, to cruize againft the chriffians. A Spanifo man of war bas taken an Algerine ¢ruizer, of 14 guns,and 14 men, and carried ber into Malta. Accounts from Leghorninformus, that the difpute be- tween the Ottoman court, axd the Knights of Malta, is Jettled in a friendly manner.—— The Plague is broke out in Turkey with greater violence than ever. We are now informed that the Fremeh bave fo far agreed to treat of peace, as to condefeend to our demand 3 which was, for them to cede to us all North America, by way of preliminary. In confequence of which we are in- Jormed that a congrefs is fettled, and will [bortly be made public. April 4. There are gooo land forces em board the ex- pedition fleet, lately [ailed. A fquadron of twelve men of war is ordered to be got ready for fea fervice. April 9. e bear that fix thoufand troops are ordered 1o be employed in the expedition now fitting out. A French frigate of 36 gnns, from Breft, is taken by the Torbay man of war, and fent to Spithead. After demurring about the matter thefe three years paff, we are at lafl, agreeably informed, that a refolution is tak- en to [end a Britifo Fleet into the Baltic. They write from Germany, tbat on.the 26th paft, the Hereditary Prince of Brunfwick. purjued by M. de Hoy- anne, was in danger of falling inta the bands of the Naf- fau buffars ; but M. de Jennerit, Licutenant Colonel of Malachowfly's buffars, and an Aid de Camp to bis Serene Higbnefs, by expoffing their ows perfons, and Ilofirg their liberty faved bim. - The news of @ Congrefs and peace being [0 much pra- pagated here, bath given the bint to our neighbours the Dutch and French, that they have returned w5 our news back, and bave raifed the price of Englifb floacks on Hol- land, above 4 per cent. L O.N D O.N, Apil.z2zs. A letter from the Hague, dated April 14, fays, ¢ Great matters are in agitation bstween the courts of London sad Berlin. They propofe to make important ghanges in Germany. 1. The two powers.iq:end ta ftrip the King of Poland of his electoral dommlon_s,and to reftore the greateft part of them (for the King of Pruffia will keep fome towns ) to the houfe of Saxe- Erneftine,from whomthey were unjuftly taken, 2, They are to make a partition of the bithopricks of Paderborn, Ofnaburg, Munfter, and Hildefheim, the fecularizatica of which between the houfes of Brunfwick Lunebourg end that of Brandebourg, made, we are told, one of the fecret articles of the laft treaty beiwcen England and Prufiia.” ¢ § Some private lettersfrom Bruffels acquaint us, that they have ftrong hopes of peace,in confequence of wl;:ch they =