The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, March 12, 1762, Page 3

* B : LONDON, December 16, . . Yelterday arrived at the Bank iwo wiggons with Q}oncy, which the Affiftance maen of wir brought from Virgiais; on sccount of the merchants of this city. 4 eminent Cabinst maker, on his Return home laft Thur{day,was met by e Perfon exceedingly well mount- ed, on Finchley Common, who, as foon s he csme nesr him, ftopped his Horle, and looked the Cibine - miker fullin the Face without ever prefenting 2 Piftol, or fo much s fpeaking a Word; but it (0 terried the Gentleman, thst he put hisHand in hisPocket and gave him five Guiness, which thePerfon without any Words took, put into his Pocket, and rode off. Query,Wbether ‘tbis Gentleman was robbed or mor. Yefterday morning carly died fuddenly in an advan- ced sge, st his houfe in Clifford ftreet, Burlington Gar- dens, Mynheer Hopp, Envoy Extrsordinary from the States General, in which quality he had rcfided feveral Yesrs in England. He was & Lieut. General in the Dutch Service, and Governor of Breda. Hz married the daughter of Sir John Lambert: : On Mondsy diea Lord Charles Manters, a Major General, of the §6th regiment of foot. . The Xing has been pleafed to appoint Col. James ‘Provoit, o be firft Col. commandant of the 66:h Royal American regiment of foot, in the room of Mijor Gen. John Stadwix, appointedColone! &f the 49th regiment pow at Jamsics, 1a the room of ~—— Weifh, deceafed. ; Right Hon. George Lord Forbes, to be Golonel of ‘the 29th regiment in [reland, in the roem of the Hon; Maujor Gen. George Bofcawen, appointed Colonel of the 23d or Welch Fuzileers. The Hon. Major Gen. John Bolcawen, to be Col ‘of the 45th regiment now in Americs, in the room of e W at{on deceafed. The rank of the new regiments, is as follows. ¢gth “Col. Burton’s, in America; g6th, Col. Monfon’s Eaft Indies s g7th, Lieut. Col. James Stuart’s; g8:h, Lieut. Col. Cherles Grey’s; 99 h, Major George Byng's 3 rooth, Major Collin Camoell's; 101ft, Major Tames Johnfton’s ;1 62d,M ;jorDavid Wedderburn’s orQueen's Royst Volumeers; 1034, Lient. Col. Olwald’s or Vo- lunteer Hunters; 104th, Lieut. Col, Patrick Tonyu's, or King’s Volunceers; 105:h, Lieut, Col.Dciigs!Camp ‘beil’s, Fencible Mea of Argylefhire; 106th, Earl of Su:herland’s Highlafders ; 107:h, Coi. Pomeroy’s ; 208:h, Col. Horne's3 10§°h,Col. Cunninham’s ;tioth, Col.Gifborne’s. The four laft on thelrith eftablithment. They write from Geneva, that on the 12th ultimo, fome hou:s before day break.there wes {:¢n int the gira globe of fire, a little lefs than the moon, which was chen in he- full, but much more Juminous. According to fome letters, this meteor sppeared at half an hour at tertwo in the morning, and its direftion was from South to Weft, Others fay, thac it was pescerved be- tween four and five, and that its diretion was from North to Eaft. Tt drew after it a longand very brilli- ant tail, and vanifhed in about three minutes, dividing itfelf into three parts, with an explofion which fhook the Windows of the Town Houle : from which many concludes, thit at thet inftant there was & thock of 2n esrthquake.. oo _. On Tueldsy morningu fice broke out at Worklop Manor, the feat of his Grace the Duke of Norfolk, in Nouinghamfhire, which reduced the whole building to athes. ~ It was thought to be one of the fineft feats in England ; there were- 506 rooms in it, and the damege is computed at:'100,0c46 |, _ . When the -Duke received the fad rccoune, he faid God's Will be'done 5 and the Duchels, Hew many befides us have been fuffecers by tbr like valamity. Grest es thislofs is, it will be foliowed by & ftill grea:er to the country. in general (except his Grace thinks proper to rebuild it, which can icarce be expeéted at his time of life ) &5 up wards of twelve thoufand pounds of lste have yeatly becn paid in wagesto mechanicks, lsbourers,&:. whowere tonftantly employed sbout the houfe. .. 8¢t Fobw's.. in Antigua, TFanuary 13. . His Majerty’s Sloop Antigud, Lemuel ShuldHam; Comtnander, took a French Privateer of 12 Guns, on New's Yets's Dy, after « preity fmart A&tion, in which the A tigus nad ‘two Men badly wounded .... The-Virgin Sidop chaced the Antigus, but was three Miles attern: at ttie Time the Privatcer ftruck.......... The French. Cuptain (aid inoft of tKe Martineco pri- vateers were gone down to 5:. Domingo ; and that hé had been out 3 Weeks, but had tdken noching but & Schooner from the Northward for Montferrat, Capt. Tull for Tereriff, Capt. Scote for Barbados, and Capr Catlin (or Arnugus; all from Philadelphi4, are taken, and carried into Martinico.... Capr. Whice f am Rbode Iflind, Capr. Colling from New London, ' dd Capt. Afhley from Virginia, are alfo taken and fent nto the fame Plece, Province of New Hamp fire. THE Proprietors of the Town- fhip of New Brittan, fo'chiled, in fiid Province, ate “hereby NOTIFIED, that the Mecting of faid Pro- prietors held ti.e twenty Eighth Diy of SepRmber Jaft, - ftends edjourried’ to the thirty firk Day of this Inftant March, at One of the Clock Afterncon ; To be held at the Houle of Capt. Benjamin Seweart, Innholder in Hampton-Falls : Ard as there are fundry Articles of Importance to be aéted upon at faid M:eting, it is de- fired:thao every Proprictor of Tiid ‘T wnfhip would give their Attendance, Anthony Emery, Pro. Cl. - Hamptor, March, the 4th 1762, . Awnapilis, in Margland, F.bruary 1. ; The Honourable Phitip Geymes, Eiq; onc of the Council for ¢he Colony of Virginia, Dicd there the Jatéer Ead of December. % . “On Friday Nightina very high Wind end Storm of Saow, « Boat with 6 or § People in her, going down the B1y, was drove athore on_ the Clifts, aad 5 or ‘6 of them were drowned. It is fuppofed to be a ijost from this Place, which went away the Begioning of the Week, heving & Man snd his Family on bosrd, who went off in & private Manner, withodt tsking Leave of his Ac- queinunce. . ¥ We hear from -St, Mary'’s, ‘that 2 Man and Negro Woman are in Goal there for the cruel Murder o' a Child of Three Years of Age. It isfaid the Chitd was the Man's own, which he had by & neighbouring Wo- man before his Marriage; and to whom he ufed to pay a Quantity of Tabacco to keep it fecret ; but on his : Marrisge to.another, and withnolding the ufual Psy ment, the Mother of the Child brought it to, and left it at, the Facher's ; who ordered his Negro Women to carry it beck and throw it intoa Corn Field near the Mother’sDwelling, where the poor little Innocent was the next Day found dead. - : : . We hearfrom Richland, in Bucks, that on the 16th nlt. 8 Man went to 2 Diftiller’s, about 3 Milles from his Houle, fora Keg of Whifky, ot Which drinking too freely, and the Weather being very levere, he died in the Night on the Road. He has left & Wife and ‘eight Children. $ . The Schooner Belleifle, Captain Favier, from Jma- ica, bouad to Philadelphis, is blown off the Cosit, and put into South Carolina. : N B W.Y O R K Fub z2 ETTERS, dated Cape Francois, November 9, 2761, from Mr. John Robinfon, of this Place, Isie . Muace o: the Sloop Friendthip, Captain Robert Hutchins, belongiog to Jamuics, informs, That the fuid Sloop was tsken about 17 Months ago, and ranfomed for 400 Pilto'es ; that Robinfon went as Hoftage ; and sltho’ the Owners at Jamaics, Richard Bellomy, end others, were frequently apply’d to for the Hoftage Money, yet they were inhumanly faffer'd him to bs kept in Goal at the Cape ; notwithfhnding there were feveral Op- portinities for them to have fent vp the Money ; that at the Time Mr. Robinfon wrote, he hed then been confined near 14 Months, and hed no Profpe&t of being’ relieved ; that he had bBzen reduced to great Diftrels while under Confinement 5 and thar had it not been for the Afiltsnce of one or itwo Englith Gentlémen wha happily ‘were at thet place, he divft have died for thé wane of Neceflaries of Lite. . - : 3 B Laft Wedne(dsy Night sbout 8 0’Clock, # Fire broke out in a Stable full af Hay belonging to James Duane, Elqs which opens into King Street ; it was not dil- covered till rifen to two great a Height to be extinguifh - ed. Many Houfes were endangered, and fome took fire, but es' there was linle Wind, and ‘arainy Night, by umely Afiftance the Fire was prevented from {preads ing. The Genersl Allembly éf the Colony of Connedti- cut are to convene 2t New Haven the 4th of Murch. . Charleftown, ‘South Carolina, jm. 30 . APTAIN William Thompfon who arrived on ‘ Thurfday evening in Rebeliion road from Cadiz, tnd is juflt come up to town, has brought the following extraotdinary piece ot intelligence, viz. That on the 14th oflsft month; being at an Englifk houfe in Cadiz, and poftday, he heard, & Jetter was julk come to the confa! from the Earl of Brifto!, the Bri- tifh Ambafiedor at Madsid, acquainting him, * that & ¢ rupture between the conrts of Sprin and Great Bri ‘ tain was nnavoidable § that he expe@ed war would *“ be declared on their part in two day,” & advifing, *‘ he would give notice theresf toall the Bricifh fub- * j*€@s, merchants, and mafters of Veffels, that they ‘‘ might depert the kingdom forthwith, . .; That upon hearing this he went on bosrd theFavourite man of war to enquire into the truth of what he had been told i that the captain was gone to the conful’s at Port St. Mary’s, but the licutenant affured him it was fs€t, as he did other mafters of veflele, that theretipon people were hired to get all the Britith veflelsready 6 {ail early next morning; the 15th, when the Favourite mtade s fignal, although the wind blew very freth into the Bay, tor all fuch veflels to cut or {lip, and make the beft of their way to fes, wliich they accordingly did; fome without having lended half their cargoes; and all; except our informant, who made direétly for this port, and a {now belonging to New York, one Patteifon mafter (whod cotild not gét om] proceeded. with the Favourite and Gramont, to Gibralter, CeptainThomp- fon adds, thet when he left the Bay of Cadiz, 7 fail of Spenifh fhips of the lifie, and a frigate, were there; ull rigged and writh their fsils bent, feacy to put to fes, but that they were very ill manned. A late letter from the Weft Indies; fiys, ufl ¥ Ony eet is before Martinico....... T heFrench Inhabitants are entrenching themfelves in the mountsins and other moft inacceflible places, Every thing has been ““ done by them to mike the fiege a long one; bur we ““ know all' their motions, by the canal of St. Eufta- tius, &e,...” - SV s A ) e, ]\, ]\t \cin ) B O S T O N, March 4. We hear that & Veffel is arrived at Cape Anne in 8 Dao¥s from Vitginia, the Mafter of which informe, hd ‘above Port were obiiged 15 quifitin 2 . thet by s Velel from Barbados in Advice there that Foil Roy# st Murtineco had cer tainly furrendered 1o the Eoglifth Treope. By aGeatleman who came 1o Tewn Il Week from Jamaics, via Rhode Hland, we ere infornied, that he left enst Place -he 7:h i Junuary Jaft, srd ot Ac counts were receiveo ‘there {,om Carthagena before ke feiled, that a dresd'ul Eerthgqueke hed b pPpened to thst Place, which put 1Fe Inh-bitants inro the greateft Corfterration, a circumftaniiai Account of which is fhortly expeled. i . Lxirafl of a Létter from s Gontlemar at South Carolirr, Dated Fanuary 3r. : ERE is 8 Snow arrived 1rom Caliz bringirg e Account of & Spanifh War, all the Ships in the : 4 Hours Wamn- 2t Diys, ley hed- ing.... .She arrived the 29:h T+ flane. A Letter from Lordon, dated the 12th of Decem:, ber, {ays, “The War with Spain feems (o0 hiow over’ but it is refolved in Parliament to carry i on with Vig-, our sgrinft France.” . We hear that the Price of Beaver Fury is much fallen/ in London, and of Logwood much railed. .. The ingenious Doélor ErioT, of Killinglworth iné Conneflicut, bas wrote a Treatile on making of Iron# from fes Sand, a moft curicus and ufe‘ul Dilcovery.? The Iron proves to be of the beft and pureft Kinda The Treatile will fhortly be printed. _ We hear irom Weathersfield, that one Day laft Week; Mr. Steel of that Town, ( an ciderly Perion ) wee reading o News Piper to his Fimily, he expired in atw Inftant, withou: ntiering a Sigh or Groan, he was & hesrty weli Man, | AR G , We hear from Hartford, that one Dy laft Week & Negro Fellow having charged a Gun, in s fullen Fie put the Muzzleto his Moutk, end difchsrged it, whicle tore his Head to Pieces,. and kiiled him. We hear from New Yrrk, That on Friday the 19'lE. of laft Month John Hggins, aliss Blair, and Jehn Andeifon, were exect:eq theré § the former for alrerirg’ and paffing the P;pfi:uugncy of that Province, know- ing it to be countesfelt ; and the latter for Burglery. Higgins was born in_ Alexandris in Virginis, of repuable Parents, was sbout 30 Years old ; snd made no other Speech at the Gillows, * than {aying he wis innocent of the Crime for which he fuffered. Anderfon was born in New York, was shout 24 Years of Age, made no Speech At the Gallows, and diedi vaftly unconcerned ; he confefled his fate to bejult; and thst he had deferyed it long belcre. It is faid Van Arnom is reprieved. . Three cfthe Villions who wers lately whip’d snd branded there for Theft, particularly the Pellow withi one Hand, have been fince Whip'd in Stemford, fory the like Crimes committed there, We hesr that a confiderable Number have been taken? up lately at New Yorkéor Theft and-Robbery and are: now in Goal in that City: - Several Attempts have been made this Week-to break’ open Shops in the Night in this Town, cife of the Robbers was prevented by the Barking of s Dog, whict had been fhut up in the Houfe ;'8 Number of Shoes was taken out of another Shop; snd on Tueidsy & Fellow was taken up on Sulpicion of breeking it open; and fteslig them, . _We hear figm & Town, North of Worcefter, That’ & fingle Woman was {ufpected to be with Child, on being interrogsted, owned the f(ime, snd laid it to & married Man,. whofe Wife was greatly difturbed at its but after the Birth of the Child, the went to fee it 1o fatisfy hetlelf, upon undrefling the Child and viewing its Back, fhe determined that it Was not her Hofbind's, for fhe faid fhe had prayed thut ifit was, there mighe be the two firft Letters of his Name; but finding noth- ing of this Appearance, went away well fatisfied that it was not his, tho’ he had given Bord for its Support..... This Atcount is [aid to be Faft. Laft Friday Afternocn at the Superior Court held here, came on the Trial of the noted Dr. Seth Hudfon and Jothua How for counterfeiting the Province Trealurer’s Notes; which Fat was proved fo plain againft them by the Teftimony of the Evidences, that the Jury, without going out of Court, bro’t them both in Guilty : Several otherIndi@iments were found agsinft the faid Hudlon for Crimes of the likeNature, for which, we hear he is to be tried this Week :.......The Coure Houfe being teo fmall £:r the Concourle of People that came to hear the above Trisl, the Court Was sdjourned to one of the Jargeft Meeting Houfes in this Town; where the gredteft Number of Peoplé sttended that was ever known atany Trial in this Place before. Seversl Perforis have been tfied at the above Court this Week for Forgery, snd tonvicted. : P ROVE S MO Y i 8 1hisProvince was never in moré difireffed Circumflances than alprefent; an Accsunt of 1bé Neceffaries of Life, both for Man and Beaft, we bope our Soutbern Bretbren, by this In- Sformation, will incline to fend feveral Veffels of Provifions, partiularly, Wheat, Flower, Corn, Rye, Oats, Brand; Cbeefe Hay, &5c. this Way. | : ‘ i i Y B R N No Entries from the Cufforn Houfe this W eek. (x5 The Southern Poft not come in at this Pablication.]