The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, October 30, 1761, Page 1

1 L& - § | , FAY, Oc‘rofin 30. : 76?3 . Containing the Frefbeff Advic G L. O N DO N, To the King's Moft Excellen: Masjefty The Humble Addrefs of the Lord Mayor Aldernien, and Common Council of the City of Lendon, in Common Council affembled, June 17, 1761, ; B4.f3 gracious Severeign, 7ITH revergntisl awe and graticude to the far- \/V preme giverof all victory, we your Maijefty’s molt dutiful snd leyal fubjeéts, theLordMayor, Alderosan, and- Swmspor-af-pirsciyeof Loudory 7 common-council affembled, humbly approach your royal prefence, to exprefs our joy and cxultation on the entire reduftion of the important Ifland of Belleifle, by the condutt, intrepidity, and perfeverance of your Majefty’s land and naval forces; & conqueit which after moze than one fruitlefs attempt in former times, {cems to have been referved by Divine Providence, to grace the aufpicious beginning of your Majefty’s reign, and confirms our hopes of a long continuance of wile, {tca- dy, snd fuccefsful meafures. : A blow fo humiliating to the pride and power of France, cannot but imprefs that haughty nation witha due fenle of the fuperiority of a patriot King, ruling over s free, brave, and united pecople; and will, we truft, convince them of the danger of delaying to sc- cept fuch terms of peace as your Majeity’s equity, wifdom, and moderation fhall think fic to perferibe. What therefore have we more to with, but that your Majefty may long, very long, tontirue the guar- dian and proteétor of the religious, civil, and commer- cial rights of Great Britain and her colonies ; and that yourMajelty’s wifdom may ever be feconded by equslly faithful and fpirited councils ; énd your commands ex- ecuted with nolels ardour, emulation snd fuccefs ? ~ On our part, permit us humbly to sffure your Ma- jefty, that your faithiul citizens of London will, with unwearied z=al and chearfulnefs, contribute to fupport & vigorous profecation of this jnft and neceflary War Aellagaus Mozfy, baving faficiemly virdiosted the honour of your crown, and fecured thé trade, navigati- on, and poflcflions of your fubjeéls, fhall enjoy the blel- fing and the glory of giving repofe to Europe, of wholly attending to and promoting the virtue and happinefs of your people, and of cultivating all the fofter arts of pesce. Signed by Order of Court, FAMES HODGES. To which Addrefs bis Majefly was pleafed to resurn this ? maft gracious Anfwer. ¢¢ § Return you my hearty Thai ks for this frefh mark of your atetticn to my perion, and of your coh- ftant zes! For the lultre of my arms, and for the glory of my reign. Your repeaied sffurances of cheartul and fteady fupgort in the protecution of this necefiary war, are moft highly pleafiag to me, and cannot fail to pro- mote the defirable objeét of pezce, on juft, honorable, and advantageous conditions. The city of London may slways dcpend on my unwearicd endeavours for the fecurity and cx:enfion of their trade, navigation, and commerce.”’ : They werc all received very gracioully, and had the honor to kifs his Msj:fty's hand. PRINCE-TOWN, (in New Ferfey ) O&. 2. On Wednefday lcft his Exceliency Govetnor Boone with the other Truftees, and a great Concourle of the learned and curious, from this and the Neighbouring Provinces, at:ended on the publick anniverfery Com.- mencement in the College of New Jerfey. The Bufi- nefs of the Day begun with a falutatory latin Oration, pronounced by Mr. Jimes Thomplon, one of the Candi- dates for the Degmee of Batchelor of Arts @ which was ‘fucceeded by a fyllogiftic Difpute in Latin, on this Thefis, so wit, * Omnis A&us Dei rita eft Sapiens, ut nullus-alins Acher 2que fapiens efle potuiffet ;” wherein the Refpondent and his feveral Opponents manifefted their Learning and Ingenuity: An imermediate en- glith Ocatign, on the Bleflings of Peace, delivered by Mr. Jahlel” Woodbridge, agreesbly entertained the Aundience, until the Introdéétion of an Englith Difpute, in the forenfick Way, onthe following Thefis, to wi, Neither Virtue nor Vice receivé their proper Rewards, in this Life : The Refpondent and Opponents gave a good Specimen of their Abilities, ds publick Dilputants. The forenoon Exerciles were cor®luded with an animated Englith Oration on Benevolence,compofed and delivered with great Propriety and Elegance, by Mr. David Rice. The Rev. Mr Prefident Finley having been [initiated, “into his Office, fince the laft Commencement, thought jproper to'an{wer the Expettations of the Publick, by an ; Of;ution from himfelf. .. . with this, the Entertainments of the Afiernoon began ; and the Compofition was sde up with fugh purisy of Dicion ; flowing and har- es, mapivs Periods: Prod¥nciation o ex2& and elzgant ; that no one but {0 gredt mafte: of thc Romaa Lsn gange as this Genleman is, could have effecled it. With Pleafure the Patrgns of this Seat cf Mu'cs, once more,behald thePscfidapt™s Chair {o honourably filled, A Syllogiftick Difpute, In Latin i nmedistely fucceed- ed on the Thefls, Malum Marale perfeitionem bujas Munrdi nop. tollit ; whith wag well msinisined by the Relpopdent ; aithe’ irgenioufly controveried by his A@ppeeats. - An LUgRm Forestith Dijpate ontie follewing Thefis, to wit, No man can be a complete Orator witkout & univerfal Acquaintance with the dris and Sciences, having concluded the Hxercifes proceed- ing the greduation, the Prefident defcentled trom the Roftrum, and conferred the Dezree of Batchelor of Arts on the following youngGentlemen to wit, David . Caldwell, Lawrence Vanderveer, David Gillijpie, Ifaac Handy, Thomas Hender fon, William Jauncey, Naiban Kerr, Jobn Leffeny, Thomas M’ Kraken, David Rice, John Rofbrug, Sdimuel Stoan, Fames Thowpfin and Fablez! Woodbridge : And alfo the Degree ot Malter of Arts on Jaceb Kerr and William Tennet, jun. and the honorary Degree of Mafter of Arts on the Rev. Mr. Sam#el Lockwood, Mr. Kerr concluded the whole with a Handlome LatinOntion, on the Mifapplication of Genius. N B WL B N D O N Ok..z Much has been faid concerning the Trade cerried on to Monto Chrifto, and greatClamours have, with- out the leaft Foundstion, been raifed concerning the fhipping of Provifion to that Port, by which means it is faid, the French have been lupply’d, who other- wile muft have been ftarved out ot Hifpaniola ; let any Man in his Senfes think of the folly and.abfurdity of fuch Arguments. True itis, that by falfe Re- ports and unjuft Reprefentations an Act ot Parliament was obtained te prohibt the fhipping of Provifions from Norch Amesica; which A&, for want of proper Reprelentstions io his-Msjefly and Coundil, is Lillin Force.....notwithftanding the fevere and cruel Hard- fhips it laid on his Msjefty’s loyal Subjetts in Ame- vics,who were prevented from Exzporting their ftaple Commodities, while their fellow Subjeéts in Great- Britain and Ireland, enjoyed the Privilege of fending every Kind ot Provifions to Monto Chrifto, and every other neutral Port in Europe and Ameérica, as may be feen by the toilowing Clearance from the Cuftom- Houle at Beltsit, for the Sally, Capt. Wiight, forthe Port of Monto Chrifto and Curacoa, at the Time when our Mcn ot War and Privatcers from Jamaica, Provideace, and {ome other Places, where diftiefling the Trade of thefe Colcnies to & degree very little different from Robbery and Piracies. However the Day feems approaching when they will be obliged to give up their ill got Plunder, and very probably fmart for their Tyranny and great Abufe given to Subjeéts mose Loyal and much better than them(elves ; who, tho’ they are fo unhappy as to be ata diftance from Britsin’s happy Shores, will find & way to get Juftice, while s GEORGE Reigns, and a P17 advifes. Port Belfafl. KNOW ye, that Fobn Bradfbaw, bath fbipped on board the Sally of Killing fworth, JamesWright, Mafies, for Monto Chrifio and Curacoa. Two Hupdred and forty four Barrels Beef. Three Hundred and Sixty one Firking of Buiter gt Nine Tuns, Seven Hundred one Quarter wt Batter, Elgven balf Barrels Paork; Thirty fevew Barrels of Herrings Shotton, Duty paid. Wit- nefs our Hands and Seals of Office this 26th May 1760, George Darley & Comp. Wm. Harrifon, L ON D O N, July 25 Tothe PRINTER: S IR, S & is now the time for putting in claims, I cin fee no resfon why I thould not put in my claim, as well as the reft, And, Sir, as you will find im- mediately, this claim of mine is not defired for my own benefit alone, but sifo for the benefit of Great- Britain and Ireland, the dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick upan Tweed. 1 do sherefore, in the name of the aforefaid, lay claim to all the congueft we have made from the French both in the Laft and Welt Indies ; all C:na- da, Goree, and Sencgal, Guadaloupe, Belleifle, snd, in thort, all that we have taken from them any where let not one Inch of it be given back. It is ours by conqueft ; it is, therefore, ours by right: our blood and treafure have paid for it. Perfidious; faithlefs Frenchmem forced us, slmoft againft our will, to take up arms to defend eur cwn rights : That we have been enabled to do, and have come off con- querors intg the bargain. Now js the time, there, Foreign arnd Domeflisk. " orders to wait her arrival there) 4" Nuwme. 265 { Weeks fince this Paver (was fift Publifi’d, GAZETTE [ et fore, to et wilely ; snd not be over rgiched by eny wheedling oily tongued Frenchman wiiarever, We will wiil‘ and readily put dp withi the lcffes we have imed : Let them do the fume. But wiry do L Jagy Let them do the fame? Let Great Britsin m:ks them do it. The power is now in ¢ur own hands: and if they do mot like this, 12t us endeavour to take fill more frem’them, and keep that alfo. 1 know 1m0 other way to desl véchrhemta ke theo griee They il he over difturbing Great Britain, '1f they heve it in their power. They have at all times fulfilled the old proverb : .. Let them have an inch, and they will make free totake an ell. Let them have the lealt footing in Canads, and they will, as foon as it {uits them endesvour to have it alk. 1 am, Sir, your very humble fervant, _ TRIM ’EM CLOSE. Fuly 27. The deferters who eame from Pendi- therry to the befiegers, gave an sccount, that in the town & cat would fell for twenty fhillings fterling. A Gentlemsn told an officer after our troops had marched in, that he had paid fixteen thillings fterling for half of his own dog. There was one thing very favourable to them, which was the Cocoa nut tree ; they fupported themfelves tighty one days, by cutting the heart of the tree and boiling it. A pint of rice fold for two pagodas, or fixieen fhillings Rerling, The treafure found inPondicherry is not yet di- vided, nor is it known in what manner it will be. As foon as it was in poflefion of the Englifh, the Nabob made his triumphal entry into the town accompanied with his brother : Both being fetted, according to the manner of the country, in a kind of wooden tower borne on an elephant ; after that fix more, with the chiefs) two and two each on an elephant’sback ; than followed hisTwelve Wives, in fort of covered cart, drawn by bulfaloes, wiri many others 6f his train and army following, diff- eréntly equipped with bows and arrows, lances, fire arms, &cC...... He is & handfome featured man, of a good-depastment, with a copper colour’d complexion, and feemed higbly to enjoy the caval- cade. Itis faid he will mske the navy and army a handfome piefent, on being put in poffeffion of the whole conntry, as he well then be the moit powerful Nabob in India. It is faid the materials of Pondicherry will be employed in rebuilding Fort St. David’s, demolifh- ed by the French the beginning of this war. The French fettlement of Mihie, la:ely taken by the governor of Tellicherry, is fituated about 5o miles nosth from Callicut, 2 {mall Englifh Settle- ment, and sbout 30 north from Tellicherry ; it lies nesrly under the fame latitude with Pondi- cherry, and is between 3 and 4co miles from it The French have feveral other fmasll feitlements on this cosft, particularly one called Pallicat, from which Mihie is diftant about 200 miles to the north eaft. Mihie is but a {fmall fettlement, and never was of any material importance to the enemy 3 though it is fituated on the Sea coaft, they never attempted to foriify it. The principal, and indeed slmoft only Trade which the French had her,was for Pepper: It is reported that Arthur Lally, Efg; late Go- vernor of Pondicherry, is coming to England at his own requeft. Five hondred horfes, which the Hainoverian Huaters took from .the French, were fold by sultion at Linden, at {ix, cight and ten rix dollars a horfe, about 21, 28, and 35 s. fterling. It is computed we have full 8000 Britith feamen in foreign fervices. ; Auguft 3. It is faid one of theCoffee houfes at Wefiminfter Hall Gate is let for the Coronation day, for upwards of 500 l. : The fhip’s company of the Royal Charlotte yacht are to be clothed in a red uniform, with gold laced hats,buttons and loop,light gray werfted ftockings, buckles and pumps, at his Majefty’s pri- vate expence. : We hear on the arrival of our intended Queen at Gravelend, fhe will quit the royal yacht, and go on board a moft elegant barge, in which attended by a vaft number of other barges decorated wih fireamers and other ornaments, and acccmpanied ick { pow under in amoft grand manner be condu@ted up the river to Greeawich where the preparations are beyond defcription, by an extraordinary band of m