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

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\ i} they flatter themfelves that the Low Coantriet msy pof- R fibly be ereéted into a fovereignty, in favourof & young \ - prince who reigns already in the hearts of the people, Y and whofe elevation to that dignity may prove no lefs b gzreeable to the allies than to the cour of Vienna and Verfailles. d ‘ | Wednefday Sir Edward Hiwke, Knight of the Bath, | and Admiral of the Blue, was unanimoufly eleéted an v Elder Brother of the Trinity Houfe, in the room’ of Sir Charjes Molloy, deceafed. : : v #t the Courtat St.James's, the 14th Day of April, 1761 His Majefty in Council was this day pleafed ta or- der, that the following governors, and other officers, fhould be contirued in their re/pe@ive employmentsin America, viz, - Leeward. Iflands. George Thomss, Efq; chief go- e vernor ; Gilbert Fleming, Efq; licutenant general of the faid iflands, and lieutenant goversor of St. Chrifto- phers ; Lord Hawley, lieutenant governor of Antigus ; Ralph Payne, Efq; chief juftice of St. Chriftophers ; Thomas Warner, E(q; attorney general of the Leeward Iflands. g F Famaica. Henry Moore, Efq; lieutenant governor, - T -~ -~ South Caroline. William Bull, Bfq; lieutnant go- ! vernor; Charles Skinner, Efq; chief juftice ; David YES Grame, Efg; attornéy general. Fa% M " Georgin. James Wright, Eig; governor; William Glover, E(q; chiet juftice ; William Clifton, Elg; ac- torney general ; James Habertham, E'g; fecretary. ; New York. JohnTaberKempe, Eiq; attorney general. + New-Ferfey. Chriftopher Coates, Efg; fecretary. (e ! Guadaloupe. William Burke,E(q; (ecretary & regifter. Nevis. James Johnfon, Efq; lieatenant governor. Leerward Iflands. Tho. Cottle, E(q; follicitor general. North Carolina. Thomas Falkner, Eiq; fecretary and / snd clerk of the crown ; Robert Jones, Efg; attorney = genenal. € At the Iaf affizes at Kingflon in Suwrry, & . wery odd trial came on, viz. Mary Davis was indifled for murdering ber male infant. There was no evidence againft ber but ber own con- felfion, which was, that [be went into the boufe v ' of & conflable on Saffron bill, and there told bim, ¢ She could not be eafy, fbe bad murdered ber i\ child, which' haunted ber day and night, and appeared to ber wherever [be went 5 that fbe cut its throat on fome rubbifb near the Grange road, and the conflable going there with ber, { ' foundmuch blood [prinkled about the rubbifh . fhe then told the confiable fbe wrapt it up in ber " aprom,and carried it to Billinfgate, andflung it % into theThames "> This fbe faid to three or foar i other people, and that fbe defired 1o fuffer death #1 for it, and figned her confeffion to this effeft. Being afked what fbe bad to fay in ber defence, - Jbe told the court fbe bad been out of ber mind, and never bad any child 5 and fbe thought when | . be confeffion was figned, it was her difcharge. '\ Her father in law [wore [be bad been confined by bim and bis wife, being crazy, and that be never beard fbe had a child 5 and fhe faying again fhe never bad a child, a midwife was fent v for, who took ber to a neighbouring boufe, and . afterwards [wore, that, to the beft of ber know- ledge, fbe never bad a child. - This poor young \ ' creature [aid to fome, the child was burizd at " St. Giles’s 5 and to others that fbe was bro’t to- bed at Lidney in Gloucefierfbire, and came from thence with it after fbe bad lain in three weeks |« but a letser being fent to the parifh officers of k - Ligney, wrote up word, no [uch perfon bad lain | . du there. She was acquitted. . | | R TR The Fleet confiiting of 40 Sail failed from the Bar i on Sunday May jiit, tnthc Morning ; the Scarborough ¢, . ®nd Succels Mea of War being thie Convoy to the N' Merchant Ships. PHILADELPHTIA, June 18. Sunday laft arrived here from 2 Cruize, the Priva. ‘ i teer Ship Britannia, Captain M’Pherfon, and bro't in with him four Duatch and one French Sloops, which were all condemued in Providence. with Suger, Ceffee, &c. From Providence we had Advice, that' a large Da- ' nith Ship from Moato Chrifto for Helland that was carried in there (ometime ago, was condcmncd.—-—Qgery i i Whether taking & neutral Veflel bound from and (o a [{' { | neutral Port, is not piracy, and what is it fuch a Judge would not do —— Query sgain, Whether fuch a Capr. N\* ° does not deferve hanging, more than fome poor Fel. || .. Jows in England for taking two or three Hundred \ Pounds Worth of Goods from fome Dutch Veflels. ! ) ik :"{ Charieflseon, South-Carslina, FTune 4. Captain Carpenter on his Paffage irom Jamaica to \ , this Port was ftopped by oue Clifford, in & Privateer "'+ * Snow from Providence, who rumaged him, boted his t l Rum, and kept him in pofieffion feveral Fours, fwear- 3 \ ) . ing heweas from Hilpaniols, and was very near carvy- 1 ] They are loaded ing him into Providenee, where: no° Doubt he wiuld have been condemned, though on afair Trade, - o N E W.Y O R K, June 2z, Laft Sunday Week fsiled from ‘the Hook on & Cruize, His Majefty’s Ship Penzance, Captam Boyd : We hear fhe is 1o return to this port again in Auvguft. Wednelday Jafk a Schooner sisived heie in abour 5 Wecks from Teneiifle, by whom we Jearn that the Englifh Fleet there, having taken in their Isding of Wines, was ready to fail the fisft fair Wind. Since cur lat, feveral Tranfports arrived here from Philadelphia. ) : B O S T O N, June 29 We have Advice from Nantucker that one of their whaling Veflels arrived there laft Friday, which had been taken, in Lst. 38, by a French Privateer Sioop, of 1z Carriage Guns from Martineco, which they releas’d after puwing on board the People belonging to another Sloop thev had taken, ...... Luce Mafter, almoft loaded withOyl, which they afterwards burnt. They fay they came out with three others, which they expeéted would be on the Coaft thereabouts. ...... The Day after they had tsken (hefe Veflels, they eame vp with a Letter of Marque Bermudian Ship, which after a fmart En- grgement, beat them off, the Boaifwin of the Privateer being kill'd,end 9 or rowounded ; upon which feveral other Whalemen efcaped. - We hear from Albany that afew Days ago, fevéral Indisns having fome Words with & Dutchmen, one of them took up @ Gun and difcharged it into his Heart, and he expired immediately : The Indien afterwards eblconded. Thur({dsy lof Capt. Dyer in a Brig arrived here in 23 Days from New-Providence ; he brings nothing material. . We heer that George Cradock, Efq; is appointed Collector of His Msjefty’s Cuftoms for this port. . We leern from Newport, Rhode Ifland, that laft Wednelday Night Capt. Henfhaw arrived there, and informed, that on his Paflage from New Providence, in 8 Brig laden with ' Sugar, Coffee, &c. bound to New- York, he was taken in Lat. 37, in 15 Fathom Wiater, by a French privateer Sloop of 14 Carriage Guns and 140 Men, belonging to Mustineco, who ftove his Cargo, and afterwards cut down her Quarter Deck, and having put on board 40 Men, with Guns, &c. they made a privateer of her to cruize in confort : . .. The above privateer had alfo taken & Ship from F,ondon for Virgi- nia, but laft from the Ifle of May with Salt, who fought the Frenchman feveral Glafles, and kill’d fome of their Men, and after having pilliged the Veflet xnd took the Crew,they [cattled and funk her ; they uled the Englifh in a barbarous Manner for having fo gallantly defended their Ship, fripping them of every Thing even to their Shirts :.. . The privateer had alfo-tiken feveral Whale- men, one of which they ran‘omzd far 400 Dollars, on board of whum they puc all (he" prifoners, who wera landed at Newport laft Wedne(day Nighe.... Thiey gave out that they failed from Martineco in Company with feveral other privateers, who were likewile to cruize along the Contigent : . .. The privateer fometime before he took Capt. Henthaw, fell in with a Letter of Marque Brig luppoled for Philadelphis,who Fought here feveral Hours, and a‘ter killing 8 of her Hands, and wounding Teveral others, obliged her to fheer off We hear from Sudbury, T'hat on Saturday lalt aChild of Mr. William Bald win’s of that Place, had the Mii- fortune to fall into a T'ub of boiling Wort, which fcalt it to fuch a degree, that it expir'd Yelterday Noon in great Agony. Yefterday Morning arrived here Capt. Mc Lesn in 27 Days from Quebec, who informs that grest Num- bers of Veflels have arrived there from all parts of the Continent, with Provifions and Mecrchandize, and that they have the greateft Plenty of every Thing....He met a Number of Vellels in the River going up. Extralt of a Letter from Philadelphia. - ... A Perflon is lately arrived here trom Detroit, or Fort St. Jofeph, fiinate on the navigable Channel which unites the great Lske Huron and Erie ; he in- forms, that at Detroit there is & Town of near three Hundred Houfes, and a fettled Country round of 7hree T houfand Souls and vpwards, of which we have had no notion ... What think you ef Men of Eftates, fome of whom keep Coaches, &c. at a Place 750 Miles behind us ! The Lakes and Rivers open the Way to very re- mote Indian Nations, the T'rade has enriched thefe Peo- ple, who are 8 or goo Miles from sny Sea, in the Heart of North America. We have a Garrilon at Detroit, and a large Veflel is building to tranfport Neceflaries over Lake Erie, ( 220 Miles long) to fupply the In- habitants,who are in went of Cloathing and cther Euro- pean Goods, &c. great Quantities have already been fent from thence. Asioon as Peice,which they now enjoy, fhall give them meens and time to put their Farms in order, the Place will be able to fupport an army with Provifions ; *“Very lately the Dwelling Houles in this City were reckoned, and found to emount to 2964, befides 400 publick Buildings, Warehoufes &c. 1n the Year 1749, there were 2077 Houles. “ We are informed that the Number of French In- habitants, by Lifts returned to Gen. Amherft, amount- ‘ed to near Three Hundred Thiufand, which were under M. Vaudreuil’s Government, including a few in Nova Scatia ; fo that we reckon there are now One Million ¢ight Hundred Thoufand Inhabitants, or not far fhort of that Number, in the Britifh North American Empire, exclufive of the Indians. As # Specimen, Maryland, which we thought contained hut 60 or 70,000 Whites, ‘by aLift taken by ordér of the’ Goverfiment, thefe #p- pears 10 be 108,000 Whites, 1605 Molatiees, 42600 Blacks. In all 154,000 Men.” PORTFSMOUTH. _ Laft Tuefday Evening was Married here Major RoBerT RoGers (‘who has fo emi- nently diftinguithed himfelf in the Service of his King and Country ) to Mifs BeTsey Browne, youngeft Daughter of the Rev. Mr. ArTHUur Browne of this Place. B N N e T e Whereas it is become 2 common Praflice, for Boys, Girls, and fome Men and Women, to take all convenient Opportunities to fteal Fruit, &c. out of Gardens and Orchardg, this is to let them know, that unlefs they leave off their Wickednefs, the following LAW will foon be putin Execution, viz. Be it Enafted by the GOVERNOR, Coxncil, and Reprefentatives, convened in General Affermbly, and by the Authorty of the Jame, That all and ¢very Perfon and Perfons, which fball unlawfully cat, or take away any Grafs, Corn, or Grain growing ; or rob any Orchard or Garden_ or break, or cut, puil down or remeve any Hedge, Pale, Rail, or Fence ; or that [oall burt or dig or pull up or take away any Grafts or Fruit Trees, and their Procur - ers or Receivers knowing the fame, being thereof convided, &c. fball pay unto the Parly injured, fuch Recompence as by the Court or Fuflice before 1Bom the Trefpafs is Sourd, fball be awarded. And if anysPerfon fbsil be etnviét of fuch Offence a Jecond Time, be fball forfeit and pay the Sum of T wenty fhillings, or fuffer cze Month's Imprilonment, over and above the Forfeiture mentionedir the abevefaid 4%. If any Children or Servamts Sfoall offend againf! this AG, and their Parents or Maffers refufe to anfwer the Forfeiture or Damage awarded againft them, they fball be punifbed by Whipping, fiteng in the Stocks, or Cage, or by Imprifonment, &c. ¢#THE Public are hereby Advifed, That the new Bridge at York, 25 Feet wide, of about 30 Rods long, and more than half over « Channel Wiy 16 Feet deep at low Water, is now psflable, tho’ unfinithed. That the Truftees are in want of Money, and unsble to com- pleat the Work without fome further Afiftance : That a few Individuals in the lower Parith in Yo'k, are the principal Subfcribers, who have almoR exceeded their Abilicy. That for the Encoursgement of an Undertak- ing foufeful to the Community, (without the aid of Lotteries, which make an Addition by Subftra&ion, to the great Difappointment of many inconfiderstc Adventurers) ’tis expecled that Travellers and othersp who will be greatly benefited thereby, will not be un~ wiiling to Contribute to compleat it : who may depend tpon a faithful Approbation of the Money given, 10 the Ule of the Bridge. And notwithftanding a large Sumt is known to be needful, the Truftees are in Expe&ati- on, from the Donations of fome Travellers and others, (whofe Generofity they gratefully acknowledge) ta have wherewith, fpeedily to compleat an Undertaking, as extraordinarf perhaps, (all Circum®ances confider’d) is any Thing of the like, that has ever been accom- lithed in Americs. York, Fuly z. 1761. CUSTOM HOUSE, PrscaTaqQua, JuLy z. Entered Inwards, Schooner Charming Molley, J. Gowell, from Halifax, Sloop Phcenix, Abraham Adams, from Nova Scatia. Brig Nathaniel & John, D. Marquand, from Jamaica, Schooner Hound, Richard Mitchell, from Rhode Ifland. Cleared Oatwards, Sloop Speedwell, Francis Ruft, for Philadelphia. Schooner Antilope, Thomas Beazin, for St. Kitcs. Sloop Endeavour, John Grant, for Barbados, Sloop Molly, Nathaniel Newman, for Halifax. Brig Sally, Matthew Sheafe, for Barbados. Sioop Good Fortune, Ebenezer Jacklon, for Barbados. Schooner Molley Yatch, William Moore, {or Fyall. Brig Love & Abigail, Ruben Abbot, for Barbades. Schooner Sally, Thomas Palmer, for Rhode 1fland. TEN DOLLARS Reward. WHERE A4S I the Subjeriber let a HORSE 10 a yourg Man, nam’d Thomas Butler, who was toreturn the next Day, but contrary to bis Word fold the HORSE : Who- ever fball take up faid Buatler, and fecure bim in any of his Majefly’s Geals, fball bave the abive Reward, and all neceffary Charges paid by e Samurr Dowse, N.B. He bad ona bine Coat and Brecches, Callico Facket, a dark color’d cus Wig, &, Charleftown, July 2. 1761, The Superiour C O URT of Judicature for the Province of New Hamp- fhire, ftanding Adjourned to the 14th Intt. WILL THEN be further Adjourned to Tuefday the 2:1ft Inftant, Ten of the Clock before Noon. eyt ) A Aoy Ao e At (o) ) \ oy At ) For Pbhiladelphia, and to Return Here with all convenient Speed, The Sloop WOLFE, Joun Oram, Mafter, Will Siil in Ten Days : Freighters for, or from thence, may apply to faid Mafter on Board faid Vellel at the Long Wharfe, Tuly x. . X X e

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