The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, August 28, 1761, Page 1

p2 FRtDAY, Avcust 28. 1761. ‘e " [ WeEks fince this PapEr 1 Nuwus. 256 THE i T A | AEER 4 Extraft of a Letter from a Gentleman at ROME to bis Friend in LonDON, dated April 23d, 1761, : H E twoextraordinary Perfons who lately made their Appearance at Cologn having given fufficient Teftimony to the French Envoy and Magiftracy of that Town, were permitted by them to take theirown Jane 10. YeRerday 20,c00l. was paid to the Crews of his Majefty’s Ships Naffan, Harwich, Rye, & Swan, as allo to the Marines who were on board at the Con- queft of Seneggl, in Africa, May 1. 1758, rsifed from tnc“hfl"c&s teken at that Place and Goree. Five or fix hundred Germahs, Part reformed, Part Lutherans, have been drawn to Jutland thro’ the Ea- coursgement of the King of Deumark, and are forming ((was firlt Publifh’d. IGAZETTE Foreign and Domefiick. fordthire was drinking at & Publick-Houfe with fome Bricklayers, one ef the latter undertook, for a trifling Wager, to carry him in his Hod over the Ficlds, the Diftarce of about half a Mile ; but pafiing over a Bridge which croffes the New River at that Place, the Brick-. layer took: theOpportunity of throwing the poor Tailery Hod an ail, plump into the River, to the infipite Diver- fion of the Spe&tators 5 declaring st the (ame Time, &l ) Method of Travelling to the Capital of the Roman two Colonies there. with an Qath, that he had loft his Wager. f Catholick Religion, in order to be further examined We hear from New masket, that on Saturday laft @ A very extraordinary Wager was lately laid by twa ! Jack Afs, the Property of s Man who uled him for car- Gentlemen st » Coffee Houfe nesr Temple-Bar, one of { concerning their Miffion, &c. where they arrived feoner thea ihe Account of their Departure could be received, although the Meflenger difpatched for that Purpofe, travelled Poft. When they were fent for to appear by order of the Pope, before Cardinal Carmel- ingue, they gave fuch an Account of their Journcy as aftonithed every one : They 2re now going into & very ferious and curious Enquiry, that not anly engages the ttention of the Clergy, but of the Laity alfo ; By what has. already tranfpired, and by Hints which have been dropped all Degeees of People are grown very impatient sbout them. They are acknowledged to be fomething sftonithing, and are reverenced even by the Vulgsr : By the Simplicity of their Manners, the Purity 4 of their Opinions, and their Defire of doing Good,they Bt gain, greatly upon the Good- will of the Religious. The W Pope, on their firft Arrival, offered them a Guerd, ']? which they rejeéted, faying, they had that within them T} that would protect them from il Injury : There was Y elfo an Houfe provided and & Table appointed forthem, Af both which they modeftly refufed. How they fubfiit, E or what their Refources are, is a Myftery to every one. D They sppesr in Public every Day, but feem no Ways ftruck with the Grandeur of che Public Edifices, which they fay, 4all very fhort of the Megnificence of the An- cignis. They fpeak every Langusge, the Dead as well rying Hard ware &2. sbeut the Country, wentan hundred Miles in twenty one Hours ; the Bett was 100l. to rol. he did not do it in twenty- four Hours, &nd the Owner of the Afs won 40l. to zl. On Monday the great Wager between Jennifon Shaf- toe, Efq; and ***** Meynel, Eiq; about one Wood- cock’s riding 2goo Miles in 29 Days, ended at New- market, which was won by Mr. Shsftce by deveral Hours. It is faid Mr. Shaftoe has laid 2 Wager that he rides 100 Miles infour Hours. He is to ride what Num- ber of Horfes he chufes. There is now a Bett depending, that one Man rides 400 Miles in 24 Hours 5 he is to have as many Horles as he chules. Fune 12. On Saturday lat twenty beautiful Horfes were landed at the Tower, for his Majefty, from Ger- many ; amongft them are eight fine Cream colour’d ones, which are to draw his Majefty’s Coach that is now building, at the opening of the Parliament. The eight African Stone Horfes, a Prefent from the Dey of Algiersto his Majefty King George the Third, ere thovght by Judges to be the iwifteft Race Horles that ever came into England. T woAlfricans,asGrooms, are come over to look after them. ‘They were 13 whom is 10 jump into feven Feet Water with his Closthson, #nd entirely undsefs himfelf in the Water 5 which if he fails accomplifhing, he is to lofe. Afew Days fince the only daughter of a reputsble Publican in the City of Weitminfter eloped from her, Father’s Houfe, with a young Man in the Neighbour4 hood, and took with her, in Notes and Csth, upwards of 4ol. which had been lsid by for the brewer. . Her Father lufpeQing the intrigue, informed her, that if fhe went after fuch = fellow he would cut off her legs ; the girl replied, he might if he pleafed, but it would fignify, litele, for the would follow him upon her ftumps. St. Fago de la Vega, June 6. N Tuefdsy his Majefty’s fhip Trent brought in & French polacco, with a cargo of wine, &c. The (ame day arrived the brig Prince of Wales, from Virginis, which was taken in her paflage by a French privateer of fix g pounders, 12 fwivels, and 60 men. Nine Frenchmen were put on board the brig, to cons du& her into the Cspe ; but Mr. Archdecon of King- fton, who with two other Englifumen were left prif- oners on board, took a favoursble opportunity of attack- ing the nine Frenchmen, and quickly cbliged them to takz to the boat, then gave them fome provifioni, and msde athift to navigate the brig fate into port, afier, ‘ _ asthe Living ; their Greek is very different from any Weeks in their Slings in the Paflage. the had been five days in poffeflion of the enemy. J Thing now fpoken, and is fuppofed to bethe fame as in We hear that an Order is given by bis Majelty, for Fune zo. Saturday srrived in s Flag of Truce from the Time of Homer ; at leaft this is the Opinion of 7000 Ounces of Plate to be made, as & Prefent to esch Hifpaniols, Ceptains Hamilton, of the Lady Juliana ; ) the learned Father, the Jefuit Saluzzi, who has frequent of cur three Plenipotentaries, before they fet out for Creighton of the Shirley ; Deverlon of the Thomas, 4 Converfations with them, and delights much in their Augfburg. belonging to London ; Captsins Whitlow, of the Cun- Compiny. - They fay, they sre not tofee the fulfilling Tuefday at noon, Mr. Godfrey’s moft valusble ex- liffic, and Cooke of the brig George, belonging to Liver- of their own Prophecics, butare to be put to Desth by periment for extinguithing fire, was tried in the houfe pool ; being part of the laft Fleet from. Cork, taken by ( the unbelieving Inhabitants of a great City. What they erected for that purpofe rear Marybore. Their Royal . two French Frigates off Porto Rico, the zoth of April : are, or whence they came, is impoflible for me to de- Highne(s the Duke of York, Piince Willism Henry, laft,and carried into Port Louis. (/¢ is faid the above : termine. Multitudes are flocking hither from sil Parts; Prince Henry Frederick ; 2 great number of Pefons of Ships were Letters of Margue, and bad Jeft their Cogooy and are far from thinking them Impofters ; I have feen rank and diftinction, and many of the learned world, o Cruize for flags of Trace. ) them, and notwithftsnding their grest Age, they arcto gave théir sitendance upon this fingular occafien. The The sbove mentioned veffels from Cotk were un- .“ cutwsrd Appesrance in full Pofleflion cf the Sirength houfe, which is of brick, conlifts of thrce rooms, one loaded by the French at Port Louis with the utmoft snd Vigour of Twenty five.” sbove snother, flair cafe, chimney, lath and plaifier difpatch, and, their impatience to make fpeedy faie of L0 NG 0N, Jude si3: cielings, and a kind of wainfcouing round the rooms of the cargoes, induced them to fell mefs beef, tongues, Among many fingular drefles of the gentlemen at rough deal. ~ Exallly ac cwelve o'clock the ground &c. at a piftole a barrel ; being, it/is [aid, in great fear, court on the late birth day, were two more extraordi- 100m, and that up cne pair of ftairs, were fet on fire, by o©f our men of war going in there. . ; nary than the relt viz. a coat trimm’d with milliners lighting the faggots and fhavings laid there for that ‘On the 3d inftant friled from Port Louis, two French blond lace, anl another with Point Lace. purpofe : Inabout fifteen minutes the wainfcott of the fhips of the line, and th¢ two frigates sbovementioned A Fune 13. Leuers from Hamburgh of the 2d inftant under room was thought to be fufliciently in flames, decply laden with indico, for old France : they crui- ', fay, that all that has been intimated in News Papers and three of the machines were thrown in: which, by Zzed off the port all day, and in the night bore away.! | ,‘ about fome. thowfand of Danifh Land Forces, and a almoftimmediate and fudden explofions, inftantancoully Many perfons have conjeflured, that thele veflels in-/ Flect of Men of War going in the French Service, was extinguifhed the flames ; and the very fmoke in that tend to intercept our fleet homeward bound, of whofe ] . without che lesft Foundation. apariment in @ few minutes tomlly cifappeared. By precife time of failing they long had notice. The French We arc told, that a Perfon lately arrived, paid his firft ¢his time, the firemen, &c. who had the care of throw- commodore communicated in confidence to a gentle-, Vifit to & noble Larl of diftinguifhed Abilities, who ing in the machines, gave an alarm that the ftair cafe man fince arrived here, that he had orders to cruize in K scquainted him, that he muft waic on the Right Ho- had taken fire, and that it was ncceflary dire@ly to go the North- American peffege for 6 Weeks. This, how- t (., weurable Sl Vi , to whom we principaily owe our to work upon the next room, which was accordingly ever is looked upon as a finefle, and it is fuppofed that .y Unanimity =nd Succe’s 3 which he did, snd, it.is re- done, and with the fame effe@. - The experiment how- ihcy. went round the Cape to join olhen: veflels ready, ported; talked of fomerhing like an Indemnification for ever hitherto did not univerfally fatisfy, in the laft in- to fail, and would make the beft of their way home, ¢ Ships taken before the war ; to which he was sn(wer- tance more efpecially it was thought to be too haftily ~without looking for prizes,as they were fo deeply laden. ed, not a Shilling: Then be mlked of 50,000 Men pu in execution ; snd the populace, without fide the On Tueldsy arrived st Port Royal his mejefty’s fhip + being ready to invade us; tie znlwer to which wes, paling, who were fuppofed to amount to near 20,000 _Ccntgur, Arthur Uther, l}‘fq; commander, -'nd‘ bmught7 . & Let them come, we are ready to receive them ; And and whole curiofity, from the very nature of their in with hera French fhip, named the Ssinte Anne, ) , the third and lait Hint was, that u lsrge Army was fitustion, remsived much diflatisfied, began to grow pierced for 6o, but carrying 40 guns, with 350 men 3 ! ready 1o enter the EleCtorate of Hanover ; to which rather riotous, and taiked ofa fecond bottle conjuror. teken by the Hampfhire and Centaur on funday laft, { Aunfwer wis given, we are in no Fear of that or any Far the fuke of the experiment therefore,and to remove POl{Dd from Petit Guave to Breft, laden with lugir, Taing elfe they could do. all manner of doubt, Mr. Godfrey confented to a third indico, &c. efteemed worth 80,000 L ) . w4 Fune 18. Lak Saturday came on, at Weftminfter experiment in the upper room, which was entirely of Captain Keiling of the fnow Prince Ferdinand, be- Y Halls very remarkable Tryul beiween & young Gen. wood. ‘The flames were now fluffered to get to acon- longing to N”‘."Yl”k’ taken c_omm;from C“"COf» and fi. ' tleman, Soa to 4 cerisin great Nobleman, and a young fiderable height, and even the window frames deflroyed Captain M’Alpine of a Caralina veflel, returned in the ¢ 3‘ Lady. TheAdtion was brought fora thoufandGuineas, before the machines were thrown in, which however abovementioned flag of truce. i : '@ which the Gentleman had sgreed to pay the Lady, or an{wered exaélly as the former had done ; and, being Fuly 4. We have advice, That Cap:ain Mantle in the bk in marry her, if fh: would grant him a Favour. The pro- per Securidies being token, end the tempting Fair one Confideration of having had valye received, he was found by the Laws and his own Hand Writing, to make good the promifed Sum ; with fome Doucccurs befides, by Way of Recompence:to the Lady, for hav- ing been obliged to lay her Caule before the Public. The Sale of the Remainder of the Books, of the late Mr, AbpINGTON DAVENPORT, isa quite in fight of the out flanders, met with that un- iverfal approbation, which {o noble an invention, it 13 365 Gallons of Spirits converted into PUNCH. A young Lady of great Fortune eloped on Tuelday with her . Father's Coachman. They are gone, 1t 18 fuppofed, for Scotland, to be Married. A few Days sgo, esa Yailer st Chefhunt in Hert- Deal-Caftle privateer of Kingfton, in his cruize -off the Ifle of Aifhe, on fundey morning, after the men of war and two frigates had failed fos France, he difcovercd i, ! then complying, my Lord found himfelf, the nextDay, hoped, will be found deferving of. r t ) § fo per‘et‘tpyy:;fizficd, that he could neither think anyy g‘hc following is an exaét Account of the Articles nine veffels.(mcludmg the fivc_ that had been uken'frcm more of Marriage, or entertain the Jealt Thought of confumed at Pinner, only by the Voters of a fmall Bo- Cork) coming out of Port Louis bound to theOthlohs s parting with his Money. Several Meflages having pafi- rcugh on the Day of eleéting their Members, indepen- upon whx'ch he gave chace to them, one of which, the <é in Confequence of this Bresch of the Contrat ; the dent of Veal, Mutton, Poultry, Paftry, &c. and a pre- Lady Julins, ran athore; and the French fet fire to thfh Liady at lait determided to profecute her Rightin due paratory Breakfaft, which laft slone amounted to 750 b fine fhip, w!uch foon confumed her to the water’s ( form of Law. Accordingly a Jury being impan- Confumption at DINNER. edge 5 Cuptuq Mantle then gave qhacc to the largeft of‘ nelled, the feversl Witneffes examined, and the Writ- 980 Stone of BEEF. the others, which was a French frigate, but fhe return-; M ings produCcd', it-was:decided, Nem con. that tho’ the 315 Dczen of WINE: ed intoa creek, and ran aihpre,nnd was {et on fire nl(_o $ " young Peer had made a foolifh Sortof 8 Bargain, yet, 72 Pipes of ALE. They then tooka brig, about two thirds loaded with Trif previfions : two of the nine returned to Port Louis, and the four remaining were blocked up in an; other éreek, which Captain' Mantle was waiting for. A Fiench Privaceer, called the Leveretts, wascruizg ing ‘off Port, Antonio. 3 djourned tonext Thurfday Evening.