The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, February 26, 1762, Page 2

NEW-Y O RK,Fe 3. y On Tuezfday Morning the General Wall Paciet, James Bayre, Commander, arrived bere from. Falmouth. which Ptace fbe left the 18th of December, and brought the November and De¢emoer Mails : And London News ,P‘P”’, ta the 12th of December, from whics we baze taken the Advices following, v.z. "L’ OR }E NI, Noevember 20. _ OW tte Stais mo longer tenable for the Ez: , glifb in the Britifb Channel, and Belleifl: bas been fiript of 4 ‘great part of its gurrifss, de- tacked for other Expuditions wbhich the En- ‘glifp are prejefling ; thisis the proper time to think of recomquering that place 5 and it 1s indeed thought of very Jerwoufly 5 that being the objcét of the armament making 2t Port Lewis, and forse other of our parts in Britanny. Tbe carcaffiers building at Pyt Louis will be finifbed by the 224 of this Month ; they will carry two 24 paunders, oneat eachend., 2500 feamen are-arrived for the fervice of this expedition. " Tbe fpoe batsalions already bere, will be joined by otber troops deflired for the emdar kation. Parts, Nov. 27. Theywrite from Port Louis, that 2500 jeamen are arrived there, being defined ta man the carceffiere floops buils iz that port; and toat there are 25 batralions in the neighbiarboid of Part #'Qrient, readyto embark for the intended expedition. Hague, Dec. 8. The armies in Wefipbalia are pre- paring.ta go ifky GOy winter-guarters. Some think that thefe difpafitions ark arly a feint. Mean while the French tents gre Jo.much wirn out, that they will not hold sege ther'ts pufapfor a fortnight ionger. The French beavy cansouis 4o be fent 40 Francfort. Some accounts fay, that Marbal Broglio will flay in Germany during the winter. Brandenburg, Nov. 29.. It appears, that the late reporss of Gen. RomaxZoff s withdruwirg from.before Col be=g. are Jar from being yet well grounded 5 for be not only kecfs in bis former pofiticr before the towon, but bas &ifo put: part of his trosps inko the entrentbments lately abazdenid by the Printe of W Irtemberg. V.edba, Nov. 25 We bear frim Silefia, that the King * Prfi_[fza i order to conceal the march of another dila@rent ke wants to fend into Saxory, did advance ui:’l‘:.'gg*r:,,.» / bis army tosuards Jome of Gengral Laud ibn’s pofiss bur be found toem fowel guarded, tkat be did nos cbiofé o mike any artack .+ tlagle, Dac. 4 Mavjbal Broglid's bead quarters were o5 thr 214t at the cafle sf Hardenburg. But it iscer- s8ifi they weill be fized, during the winter at Caffel. ‘The Count di Vot @ill command during the winter, at Got- tengeing and ybe Crant de Chabota t Mubaufen, -Baris, Nov, 30. "Tue Spanifh marine is put upen & very“reipetable footing Wiihin thele two years they have buile g fhips of c.dar at the Havanna, icur of 84, and five f G4 guns ; and fix mose are on the ftocks, 8 are glfo building at Ferle), Cadiz snd Carthagena. Swedefi, we aretold, is al(o to furnith 12 fhips, &c. A litle patience and all cur doubis will be clesred up. - Thetirench fquadion being completely victualled,by the anival of two Spanifh fhips with provifions, will {oon-put to fea in three divificns.’ " Vienne, Nov. - 3. It is faid the congrefa atAugfbourg will be opeaed the 28th of Janmary, 5 ... L0 N:D O-N, Dzcember g: W are cicuibly iniormed, thata ceriain Author, whehis favour'd e Publick with two ps pular Pam- phicts, was, oa Wedaclday fo forcibly touched by the Eloguence of a cestain grea: Commonzr, aud illuftrious Pacsiot, “that the ppor Man fxinted away. Aad we hear this remarksable Event, will be truly rccouated for in an*Appenaix o the nex: Edition of Corflipratious cu 1beiG ‘rman W ar, and Quesfisnal Thrughts on the [fawme éei 10, We hesr that Sir Piercy Brett with a (- ua- dron of men of war wiil fail in a fcw days to reinfosce Sir Chiites Ssunders a: Gibraltar. Dici ar,+They wriwe irom Spain, that the Biit:th meictants having made an’applicaiicn, in refpe&l (o the fecurity of thelr ¢ e, in cale of a rupiure between the tWo Ciov&‘ns, were told they had no reafon to be alar- med;€ithsr by immediate or remore apprehenfions, of suy iuch eyent. ks alio faid, that his Fxcellency the Fa:l of Briftol, is fo mauch betcer in health, as'to defilt jrom the spplication he had made to return home. We can sflure the public, that the German war will be puthed with greater vigour than cver. Acd, It isnow faid, that in order to carry it on with {pi- ¥it, that the Allied army next year will coufift of ga,- ©00 men. That larger embarkation of troops from England to G #many wili be ient, than was generally expeted. A large detachment of Pruffrans is'gone from Mag- deboarg to Hall, to have an eye upon the mosions of the troops of the Empire inchat neighbourhood. o It is 1eid chat fificen regiments are actually embarked at Breft. ; “I'he report of General Romanzow’s having retired from before Colberg, is not only premature, but by our 1aft advices from Siettin, part ot his troops had attacked and tiken ‘a fort belonging to Colberg, which hiad en- tisely cut off (heir communication with Scettin, 2nd weuld render it very precerious to attempt to throw in 2ay fapply of provifions into the town cither by fea or lnd. A private Jetter from the allied Army fays, that a very deep fnow fell the day before the late engagement; ad thst bucone officer of note was killed among the anglith, whois {aid to be.....Courtney, who was greatly eteemaed for his bravery.——The Cavalry is gone in- 0 winter quaters. Thefe who have Accounts with the Seleé? Men of this Town are ~ On Saturday the 35 & ult.a Frengh cutier toekan A- Mmerican brig within a mile of Hoy head. intheOikaeys. Yefterday an exprefs arzived st the Admiralty with 81 accouni, that the Breft (quadron, confiting ot 8 fhips ot the line and four frigages, had got out- of Breft, ‘and” wir¢ lying at anchopin@orqueft Road, under'the pro te&ion of cheir fort, w is of thirty fix guns, forty two pounders, and are clofely watched by ten fhips and two irigates of aur fguadron, under the commznd of comifwaurs Reppel. “Piis fort lies on thenorth fide of the enrrance into Breft harbonr, there-are foveril cther flrong torts thereabodts. Letters tioin Barcelona fay, that the reports of a Spanith war are without foundation: every thing in Caialonia, where li€s the chief of the Spsnifh marine, has the appearance of peace; which the Spanisrds are defirous of prelcrving with the Englifh. Dec. 1z If we may credit fome letters from Hol- land, Muihal Broglio had put off his journey to Ver- failles, on receiving repeated advice, that fince hebegan to {end home part of histroops to wiater in Frarce, the Kiog of Pruflis, in ceacert with Prince Ferdinand, had formed the plan of & wiater expedition, which the latter only weited for the gpprabation of England and a réin- forcamen: of troops from the country, to carry into €XeCuilgn. They wike from Franckfort that tho' the Allies were going into winter quartezs it was given out that they would certainly make sn. attempt upon certain places, if the froft fhould fet in hard enough to bear the weight of heavy ariillery. Dec v 1. Alateer from Hamelen of the 25th ult. fays, Princs Ferdinand’s head quarters were fill at Eimbeck, #nd that the feafon of the year and the badnefs of the roads, having put & ftop to.gll further acemps of purfuing the encmy, his highne(s Had thought proper to fend grest parc cfthe Eoglith and Scotch troops into winter quasters ; and it was expeCled, that the Hanoverians and H.flians would foon follow. The uniettled ftate cfaffairs at a certa'n end of the tows, fince the refignation of the great Patriot, with the delay obfervable in &iling up the vacancies, are proofs of his merit, and of the embarraflments by -which he was peceflitated to refign. ; . Greater naval preparations are making than any this war, His Prufiian Mujefly having gained fome advantages over the Aultrian foices, near Schweidnitz, we expe@t to hear of che formal inveititure of that place. A certain great Commoner, in his firft {peech in Per- liment, when a young man, had ocesfion, {everly to atceck the laze Sir Robert Walpol, That unpopulas member heard him out with temper, and then cooly gave for aniwer, that wheaever a young pappy got entered among & pack of hounds, and fell upon a wrong fcent, he ought to be whipped in* The rejoinder to this was thought to be equilly cutting....* A young puppy,”iaid the orator, “-«this frlt entrance smong the pack ought furely to Rand excufed, under. fuch a cir- cemftance....but whenan old hound falls upon 8 wrong fcent, he undoubledly deflerves to be hanged.” Some lesters sffure, tbat the King of Prufia will yet enaexvour to diive the Aullrians from fome pofts, in order to precure himfeli beiter winter quarters ; and add that they have been already expelied fiom Bunt- zelwiz near Schweidniiz. Now. 3. Itis faid the great caufe fo long depending stween the Hon, JAMES ANNESLEY, and the Earl of ANGLESEA, both'deceafed, will be revived next term, in behalf of the fon of Mr. ANNESLEY, whois sboul hve years oid. Ex-raét of a Letters from Paris. b « Ttis impofiible o exprefs the Joy that appears in the Countenance of every Ferfon here, and has ever firce Mr. PI'T 1S Refign=tion. There were greaterRe jcicings at theNews ot thisEvent than cven at theCon- Veuton of Clofier Severn being figned. The Firing of Guas, Llumicaions, and Fire woiks of every Kind, were obferved sll over the Kingdom., No Perfon “of what Rank {cever, was to be feen io Mourring, and cvery one appeared to have torgot to curfe this Author o all their Milery. The whole Nation agrees in call- ing Mr. PITT the Maid of Osleans in Man’s Cloaths, ander whom whoever fought muft be vidtorious ; but they expeét now he is'no morse, thev fhall be fuccefsiul in their Tusn. A grand expeditionFleet is accordiogly fitting out. end many hundred Tranfports ave prepar- ing tor & Defcent upon their Coafts. EveryMonficur’s Talk is, of reliating for the Grapes -tsken by Lord Howe resr Rochfort, by msking a Seizure, of Lecks on our Welch Cosft, or plundering thePotatoeGrounds in [reland. And the Grand Monarque has affured Lis Subjets, that he fhall hold his Court next Sammer at St. James’s or Kentingion. Gyt Camrmn) L) e e Lyl NREW LY OV RA KBl s We have examined all the London prints bro’ by the packer, and find, that the King of Pruflia ftill holds his own to great sdvantage sgainit his enemies, both in Silefis and Saxony, noswithftandiag the great fupertarity of numbers sgsinft him : Nay, he holds it fo we‘ll, that, according to cuftom, he is out of doubt of giving the Auflrians a home ftroke before the campsign be ended. As to the Ruffisns, the greateft part of them sre gone off ; and inftead of Colberg’s being taken by them as mentioned from Lifbon, that ¢ity holds out with great vigor, the defence of which will neceflarily meke o great figure in hiftory ; the Governor, and Vander Hyde, during the bombardment, was folicited by the LARA TR %3“* inhabitants t» capitalate before the pizce wisreduced (0 & heap of rubbifi; o which he anfwered, laying bis hand upon his {word, “ Gentlemen, till ¢his is either burnt or melted, I will sever think of & cepiiulation.” -t allo appears that the Ruflin rren of war, were withdrawiag from b.fdre that place ;@nd’ that the Ruflian Genéral Romanzow, intended o go into wintep quarters near Colberz, ifhe was not beat off by the two Piuflisn Genersls. Scherkendorff, and Platen, who had joined their 1roops ‘with that: intenc.... Pifnce Fer- dirand has made cexnfidersble movements to bring M. Broglio to bectle, buz all in vain ; there has been fome fkirmithes, and men loft on both fides, but not to amours to 3000...... Touching afftirs between England and Spain, it fill remains @ doubt, whether they’il come (o 8 rupture or not. Wednelday 1a& arrived here, Captain Roberts, from Barbzdos, which heleft the 1 3th ult. in company With n.fle:t of veflely for Virginia, Philadelphis, &c. By him we have certain intelligence, that the fleet which failed from hence arrived fate at Barbados without any lofs, where slio the fleet with (he forces wese arrived from Belleifle; &c. 1000 men were raifed in Barbados and embarked, and the flzet, confiiting of 180 fsil, failed on the 2d of Janusry for Mariinico, where they arrived the 6th and landed with licie oppofition, in the bay of St. Selomon or Negro Point, near three lezgues from Fort Royal, the capital ; and chat & general aitack was pieparing (o be made by our men of war, &c..... The Raifonable man of war, of 74 guns, Captain Shu!d- ham, was Joft in auempting to filence a battery of 12 guns, by drifting afhore on & fand bank near the Dia- mond rock ; but the men, guns, ftores,&c. were faved = That the troops were in high fpirits and madeno doubs of foon making a conqueft of that important Ifland. A Paragraph of letter fiom Philadelphis, dated Thur(- day evening laft, runs thus..... “* Juft now Capt. Pheenix arrived here from Antigua, which place he lefs the zoth of January, and has bro't certain advice, that Fort Roy- al, on the [flend of MARTINECO, was taken by the iroops under the command of the brave GENERAL MONCKTON, our Governor, on the 8th of Januay,, with the lofs of 3 officers and 30 privates ; and that the French, tothe number of 20,000 were entrench’d in the mountains,” It is fsid there were 1z fail of large veflels {een (o windward of Barbados, the day before our fleet fiil’d. Our fleet employed at the fiege of Mariineco, confifts of 25 fhips of the line, and iz frigates. An cxprels vefiel failed f.om Falmouth for the Weft: Indies, the day the General Wail {all'd, tho’t to be om: matiers of importence, relatisg to the operations going- forward there. The Earl of Halifax prcket lefs this porton Saturday Isf, with the mail for Falmouth. 3 v e ) e\ ) ) B O S T 0 N, February zz. - The Account given in our laft Monday’s Paper, from Li:bon, of the Reinftation of Mr. PITT, eppears: to heve been & little too foon :— The following are the princi al Heads of the Speech which he made in the Houfe of Commons ‘the firft Day of his Appearance therein after bis Refignation. viz. . E began with s Delence of his ownCondu& dur- ing his Adminiftration ; and added his Reafon for refigning the Seals. He treated {uch of bis Affoci- stes who had oppoled a German War, as StateCowards,, and political Miiers ; sfirming, That all cur Advanta- gesin all Parts of the Warld, were owingto that War: —That it was his opinion it fhould be continued, and vigorcufly purfued : —That thofe who talked {o grudg- ingly of Twenty Millions, [Mr. Cult, Brother of the Speaker. who bad juft before [peke againfi a4 Germam War,&¢] when thofe Miliions were ta terminate a Glorious War by a more Glerious Peace ; were fitter tocalculate behind a Counter, than to direét the Mea- fures of & grea: Kingdom..... He obje@ed ftrongly to the recalliog our Troops from Germany ; and de- clared. that he wou'ld proteft againft it, thouy b he (hould fland fingle in his Opinion.—That he fhould not feek to fkrecn himfelf under the flimfey Covering ot & Re- fignstion ; but was ready to jullify every meafure he had advifed, in the Profccution of the War, aad the “Support of his Mijeities Allies: .. That he wifhed ‘he Pasliansent would cail for all .ihe Papers relative tothe Spanifh &ffairs, which had a losg Fime robb’d bim ot many Houss of Refl;buat as ke had determined not 10 lofe one Hour of Honour, he had withdrawn frome. Counfels which he utcerly rengunced :....That, In or Our, of Place, he fhouid always be happy to afiift the King, snd His Adminiftration, with his Advice, —— whea that Adminiftration was formed : For, at prefent; there feemed to be none..... That, though his Outh re- frsined him from divulging the Secrets of the Cabinet, he was yet at Liberty to declare his -Converfstion with the King ; and, That, he would do hereatier.... T'hat 28 France bad publifhed fo crroncous an Acccunt of the Negociaticn, he hoped our Rulers would, in Defence of their own, and the Nation’s Honour, give a ute Narrative to the World ;3 for that be sverred, sud fer the Truth of his Averment, did sppeal 1o the Spanifh Minitter himielf, that no fuch Memorial ss ftsnds in- ferted in the French Narrative, was'ever delivered By that Gentleman..... That he locked upon “Limicif as a private Man, and never wifh’d to be replaced in his Office ; certain he was he would never folicit it; and . he belfeved it would' nevei be offered him....That he wifhed to fee the King's Meafurcs car jed on wih U- nanimity ; and was happy in this Opportunity of re- defir'd to bring them nextMonday. \l’.