The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, January 1, 1762, Page 2

FRIDAY, - Zhe New-Hampthire- Gazette. ‘B O ST O N, Jenuary 4. . NEWS trom the /7ef- Indies. ‘Extrall of a Letter from Barbadoes, Nov. 2: o *‘[ HERE hawve been raifed in this Ifland 500, Jand forces, befides a confide- rable. Number of ‘Negroes, which .are to ferve on board the Fleet deftined to “attack Martineco ;. they are to be divided ‘likewife intd ten regular companies, under the command of the feHowing officers, viz. * Sir John Yeomens, Bart. Colonel ; Robert Cornet, Maxwell Adams, ‘Jacob Smith, - Witham Thomas, ‘John Martendell, R. Forcharfon, Paul Carrington, D. Plaiftoe, and B. Joflin, Captains ; with Licutenants, Eofigns, Serjeants, Corporals, &¢, as ufual. The inhabitants ‘have contributed the fugs of roo pounds towards forwarding the faid expedition. : ‘ - «The following is the Lift of the Men of War going on the Expedition, as taken from the St. Kitts Gazette, of Dec. 2. Ships Names.” Guns. ‘Commanders. Marlborough g Ad.Rodney Temeraite 74 Capt.Barton Dragon 74 ‘Harvey Dublin . 74 Gafcaigne Modefte 74 Wallingham Foudroyant 74 Duff Culloden * 74 Barker Vanguard 0 Swanton Temple 70 O’Brien Sterling Caftle 70 Everett Raifonable 64 Shuldham Nottingham 60 Marfhal Alcide 6o Hankerfon Devonthire 6o - Derby Sutherland 6o Leggy Falkland 50 Drake Norwich 50 . McCleverty Woiwich Baine Penzance Boyd Creicent Collingwood A&eon Ourrey Stag Ougell Repulfe Allen 1.zard B.nks A mazon Ruth Greyhound Francis Levant Leforey Echo Bresbane Roft Nott Tenders Neptune Cambridge Endeavour ’ Granado Thunderer Baffilick Antigua Guadaloupe Barbados Virgin ; 6400 Land Forces from Belleifle. A Letter from a Gentleman in St. Eu- ftatia, dated the 6th of December fays, “THE Englifh Fleet is arrived at Barba- dos, confifting of 20 Sail of the Lice, 10 Frigates and three Bombs, with a Num: ber of Tranfports having on board fix Thonfand Troops for the intended EX- PEDITION againft MARTINECO.” Saturday laft Capt. Parfons arrived here in 26 Daysfrom St Euftatias, who fays, .That before he failed from that Ifland a Report prevailed that the Fleet of Men of "War and Tranfports from England, with: Troops, &c. that were to go on the Ex- pedition againft Martinico, as alfo the Fleet from New-York, were both fafe ar- rived at Guadaloupe, all in good Health and high Spirits ; and that they were foon to proceed on Ation. Part of a Lester from Lifbon, OQober 29,& Nov. 2z ~—THERE has of a late been a very ftrong Ru- mour, That the Coust of Spain was about o join with the French ; and *tis faid they have Inid in pre- tenfions for the Liberfy to catch Fith for themfelves on the Banks of Newfoundland ; which will never fubmitted to.—There have been fome Bickerings Janvary 8: 1762. “between this Court snd that of Spain ; ~think it will come to an open Ruptare.’” but hardly " “Oa the 6th inft. a floop from Philadelph to - Halifex, was drove. athore dy -F - Nantucket, where fhie bilged, and: the Carge ing of Flour is slmoft 16, the lis-heat to Pieces. ‘The People were {aved, ¢« L og*fl»g;s Years of Age, Son to s Dutch Clergyman on board, penth- ed with the Cold.—"The Clergyman had 100l.Sterl. “in Cafth, which was 16ft; “Upon'the z5th of jJaft modth arrived in the rosd of Befleterre, n {mall French " privateer {chooner, losded with coffee, and taken by his majefty’s flaop Antigus, Lemuel Shuldham, Efq; Commander. The Emperor of Morocco, ‘Capt:-Read, has bro't intothe rcad of Baffeterre, & ichooner from Martiri- que, iaden with fuger, coffee, &c. Alfo s "French privsteer floop of 8 carrizge guns, and 12 {wivels, laden with beef and fith, bound from ‘St. Euftatius to Martinique, which Cept.Reed took in company witi thefloop Duke of York, C. Hesgll. The floop Duke of York, Capt. ‘Hizell, and the -floop T'wo Friends, Capt. Tucker, have fent into the road of Baffeterre, a [chooner laden with fugar, “bound from Martinique for St. Euftative. PHTL AD EL P HIA D 1o ‘Extra& of a’Letter from Lonpon, O&ober 6: “Mr. PITT refigned the feals yefierday, for what “reafon is mot yet certainly kmovon 5 but it is extremely lilely bhe was fir protraBing the War, rather than “yielding in the leal to'the Fremch ;5 and for bringing the Spanmards to an imediate exptanation, whe, it is Jaid, by a Late treaty, ‘bave ‘agreed to offiff the French with a large furm of ‘money ; in regard to all which be bhas the viice of the Seople clrarly on' bis fide.....Thg coromation was Jplendid ! .... I ‘was in ‘Weflminifter Hall in the eveming, and [urely ‘nothing earibly could exceed it Thequantity of jewels and fine cloathes were immenfe, which -made 8 brilliant ‘appearance, as the Halt was lighted up with near four ‘thoyjand wax candles. . The King bebaved like an Angel.” Notbing csuld exceed the beniguity of bis countenance and mannér. Ar the coronation be feem’d to feel the im:arlnm of the ‘oath be was taking, and condufted bi throughout the whele ceremony, in fuch a way as muft fecure bim “the cfieem, veneration and affi &ion of all whs [t bins. Tbe Queen’s bebaviour was alfo in every inflance unexceptionable. She is, in my opinion vafily agreeable, Jull of good nature and affability . and feems to bave an busble and very becoming and grateful fenfe of the bigh flation to which Providence has raifed her. In Joort, all would be well, provided our flatefmen would but agree,till webave bappily and bonsirably concluded the war, when this nation will bave arrivedat 2 digree of felitity, reputatism, trade and opulence, hitberta unequalled in our vwn biffory; or in that of any other prople.” N E W.Y O R K, December 17. On Tuefday lalt arrived a Sloop, Capt. Geary in 18 Days from Beimada, by whom - we hear that a dangercus Confpiracy among the Negroes was lately difcovered there, not two Days before it was to have been exccuted. - The Particulars of this horrid Plot, fo far as we have heard, are as follows, viz: That it had been in Agitation above fix Months, a Num- ber of very fenfible Fellows, very much in Credit with all the white People that knew them,and capa- ble of managing moft {orts of Bufinefs, having been concerned ; by the Means of thofe, the Plot was communicated; and become generabamong the Ne- groes -over the whole Ifland. They colleéted by litle at a Time, a confiderable Quantuty of Powder, and found means to get a8 Numbar 6f Mutkets : nd other Fire Arms. They had appointed Captsins, and other Officers, and alleied them their proper Stations. On Sunday a Captain and & {uffizient Num- ber of hisMen,were to furround each of theChurches and Meeting Floufes in the Ifland, in the Time of divine Service, who were to fhut the Doors ana Murder the People ; and then alfo Murder all the remaining Men in the Ifland, except three ; one of whom was to be Governor, the other two were Sea- men, referved to carry them, after fome Time, (0 fuch Place as they fhould chufe. They had judicioufly concerted every part of this Plot ; there was not the lealt Sufpicion of it, when o the Friday Night before the fatal Sunday,a yourg Man, an Apprentice, going to his Mother’s Houfe, left the Road, and crofled the Ficlds,as being nearer ; in his‘Way lay a thick unfrequented Wood, wheie hearing People talk, he approached fo near asto overhear a great Part of their Defizn ; and he pre- fently knew one of the principal A¢tors by his Voice. He then withdrew uvndifcovered, and the next Day inform'd a Magiftrate. The Fellow that was known, was, immediately fecared, having been a kind of Intelligencer, and one of the moft altive among them. He turn'd Kinp’s Evidence, great Numbers were taken up, & more expelied ; feveral had beep burnt, and the whole Ifland was under a general Confternation. ——It is faid the Negroes are thrice as many as the Whites. " Oa Sarday “lalt one l%dward Chambers, ina | - N Veflel loaded with Staves from Newbary, fell over- board and-wasdrown'd. He bas left 3 Widow and a Child. The Veflel afterwards ran afhore apon the Rocks at Nutten Hland, but we hear got off without Damage. R g e e Dec. 24. On Thuor(day 1aft the Wind htew very hard at N. W, whenG or 7 Veflels lying at,'or near - the Houk were obliged (o flip their Cables, apd put out to fea. Qar Accourts from Charle&own,_S_outh{arolina. are to the Fifth of December, according to which it appears that fome of the Headmen of the Cherokees had nat come to ratify the Treaty made with them lately ; bag they had quarrelled with Attakailalls or ‘Littie Carpenter,and left him at Fort Pririce George : “a=That Col.,Grant would not march his . Troopsy “down atperfent, but had fent an Exprefs to Ninery fix, to be informed whether the Indians intend to <comeand ratify the Treaty, ‘or not. : From 5t. Chriftophers we have Adyice, That “atiieir Privateers never met with greater fuccefs than - ‘of late, the French being nuw bufily employed in “fending the Produce of Martineco to St. Euftatia : That all the Effeéts of Martineco were removed out of Town, and every ‘pofible Preparation made for “an obftinate Defence. Thurfday laft arrived hereCaptain Hamilton in 7 ‘Weeks from Londonderry. sy : L O N D O N, Ofcber 15. Trenflation of a Letter Jaid to bae been woritten byz certain great Princefi'to-the King of Pruffia. May it pleafe your Majelly, ~ {am at a lof whether I fhotld congratulate or ‘condole with you on your late viftory ; fince the fame fuccefs which has covered you with laurels, have over {pread the couritry of Macklenburg with defolation. { know,Sire, that this feems wobecoming my {ex, in this age of vicious refinement, to feel for one’s country; to lament the horrors of war, or with for the return of peace. I know you may think it more propesly my provinge to ftudy the arts of plea- ting,or tq.infpet {ubjefts of a more domeftic naiure; bat however anbecoming it may be in me, 1 can’t refilt the defire of interceeding for this unhappy people. ‘ i : * It was but a very few years aga that this tersi- tory wore the moft pleafing appearance. The coun- ‘try was caltivated, the pesfants look’d ghearful, and the towns abqunded with riches and fefttyity. 'What an alteration at prefent from fuch a charhing feene ! T am not expert at defeription, nor can my fancy ‘add any horrors to the pi€ure ; but fure even con- querors themfelves would weep at the hideous prof- peét now ‘before me. The whole country, my dear country lies one frightful wafte,prefenting on/y objeits’ to excite terror, pity, and difpair. The bofinefs of ‘the hufbandman and the fhepherd are quite difcon- tinued ; the hulbandman and the fhepherd are be- come foldiers themfewes, and belp to ravage ‘the foil they formerly cultivated. The towns are inha- bited only by old men, women and children ; per- haps here and there a warrior, by wounds or [fofs of limbs, reiidered unfit for fervice, left at hisdoor ; his littie children hang roand him, alk an hiftory of every wound, and grow themfelves f{oidiers before they find frength for the field. But this were no- thing, did we not feel the alternate infolence of either army s it happens 10 advance or retreat, in pucfuing the operations of the campaign ; it is im- poffible to exprefs the confufion even thofe, who call themfecives, our friends create. Even thofe from whom we might expe@ redrefls, opprefs us with vew calamiiics. From your juftice therefore it is that we nope relief ; to you even children and women may comp!ain, whofe humanity {toope to the mean- eft petition,and whofe power is capable of repreffing the greateft injaftice. 1 am, Sire, &c. Letters from the Groyne of the 2d inft. bring an account that the Right Hon. the Earl of Briftol Ambaflador to the court of Madrid, has wrote letters to all theConfuls - in Spain and Portugal, acquainting them, that there never was a better underftanding nor greater harmony than - there is at pre- fent, between his Britannic Majefty and the court of Spain, notwithftanding all the re- ports ta the contrary ; and that thefe re- ports have been only artful infinuations of theFrench court to fervetheir ownpurpofes. Ona Monday the Right Hon. James Grenville,Efq; brother to the EarlTemple, refigned his office of Coffeter. - i It is faid the RightHon. the LordGran- tham will be appointed LordPrivySeal, the Earl of Hardwick baving declined that ?Hi_ce. Others mention Lord Holdernefs or 1t,