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

s BO ST O N, March 22. We bave been in [ufpence for fome Time paft, relating to a Spani/b War, but we can now inform our Readers, That Hoftilities bave ac- tually commenced between the two Nations and without doubt War bas been declared in England againf} the Spaniards— We bave this Advice by Captain Newball, who arrived at Cape- Ann laft Wednefday, in 47 Weeks from Lifbon,—as alfs, bis Catholic Majefty’s Ma- nifelloy which amounts to a Declaration of War againl the Englilb, and is as follows, s A TrasraTtion of the Manfefto Publifhed by Order of the King of SPAIN, on the sth of December, 1761. r 7 1S Majefty being quite wearied, and rio - longer able to bear the Dilactention with which the Britith -Miniftry have treated our Negociations, for feveral Years, . they having defpifed without Boumds, and with the greateft Difdain, our Propofals of Right, that were oppofite to their ambitious Ideas : And his Majetty being juftly troubled with the Confideration that his Britannic Majelty would not accept of 2 Peace upon Terms o exceflive Advantageous as were of- feredhim by the French; the Confequence of which was appatent that he not only af- pired at perpetuating the War till he fhould conquer the few Poffeflions that the French have in America, but that it would be fol- lowed by attacking thofe of Spiin, by which he would remain abfolute Mafter of of that Empire, its Navigation and Commerce. Things being in this Situation, my Lord Bz 1sToL, his Britannic Majefty’s Ambaffador had Orders from his Court to take fo bold and infupportable a Stepas toafk “if we had any Thoughts tounite with France againft Lngland, with infifting upon a categorical Anfwer, and that he would take the Contra- 1y for an Aggreflion and a Declaration of ‘War, and that he would retire from the Court.”” Whereupon his Majefty has ordered him to be anf{wered, That he might retire when and how he pleafed, and that the haughty Spirit of . Difcord that ditated o infolent and incenfiderate a Step, proceeded from thofe who made the firlt Aggreffion and Declaration of War, and that all Cor- refpondance is broke off by that A&, and that of his Majefty’s having ordered the Condle de Fuente to retire from London without lols of Time, full of Confidence in his Majefty’s Subje@s, and that the Almighty will permir, that being thus ' provoked by the Englifh Nation, he may be taken as an Inftrument to Jower their Pride and Haughtinefs, joined to the Forces of his Moft Chriftian Majefty, and thofe other Powers that now adtually do join or may join in fo juft aCaufe. Extrast of a Letter from Lifbon, Dec. 30. ¢ cI HAVE this Momént heard of a Vel- : [c] being on departure for Philadelphia, would not therefore mifs the opportu- nity of advifing you that the Court of Spain has now thrown off the Mafk, feized all the Englith Ships in their Ports, and publifhed a Manifelto, which amounts to a Declaration of War, fo confequently Hoftilities will com- mence on both fides*’ - Extrat? of another Letler from Lifbon, dated Fanuary 2, 1762. ¢ HOSTILITIES are commenced by the Spaniards, and the Earl of Britol is now in Lifbon ; but as yet we have not heard that ‘War has becen proclaimed in England *’— Anotber Letter from Lifbon, dated Fanuary ' 18th, 1762, Jfays, “ THE laft Poft brought Advice, that the Court of Spain has prohibited the Impor- wation of Fifli; and of all Englith Commodi- 3 . 'L 'O N D O N, December 1. We hear that an exprels is errived from Commodcre Keppel, 'with.advice thef the Breit fleer was failed with 30c0 land forces on board,fuppoled for theWelk Indics, and that he was in purfuit of them. We hear that commodore Keppel & few - dayssgo, fell in with four men of war, snd two other vefleis, un- der Spanith colours;which fcemed to be for making the hatbour of Rochefort ; confiltent with his duty, and the law of nations,he ftopt them'; but beirg alitle da- bious how they ought to be dealt with, as they appear- ed o bz King's thips, he convoyed them fafe, as it is reported, into the harbour of Breft, and takes care that they fhall notcome out from thence, without running the {fame rifks as the French {quadron. i The people of the Bonetta iioop, which is arrived at Plymouth from Seville, report, that when they left Cadiz there were in the road g (2il of Spanith men of war, all of 74 guns, {aid to be well menn'd and ready or the fea ; that they were bound to the Welt-Indies, to watch the motions cf our fhips on that ftation ; and that the ame number of fhips were shready fail'd. They {urther report, that it was faid at Cadiz, that grest number of {oldiers had been fhippd off there in Buich veflels. ; kA The merchants of Corke in Irveland are going €0 ereét at their own experce, & magnificent ftatue to the memory of Mr. Pitt, for the many eminent fervices he has done to the three kingdoms. A report prevailed at Hamburgh when the latt let- térs came away, thet the Czarina had fallen ill ; and that befides an attack of her ufual diforder,the had been feized with a dzBulion of her bresft, by which her life was in great danger. They write from Vienns, thattheir Imperisl Maje- {¥ies have nt prefenit under their confideration the means of putting an honourable end to a war which accafions fuch ciftrefs and difolation in Germsny, as they cannot but look upon a6d regret. 3 S Letters from Hsnover f#y thatPrince Ferdinand will winzer at Hildcfheim; the Hereditary Prince at Mun- fter and the Marquis of Granby at Ofnaburg; and that the troops of thele three' Generals will be diftributed in the teighbourhood of thole places..; &nd that his Pru(- fien Misjefty hsving fetc’ed the' winter quarters of his troops, was daily expeét=d at Breflau. : : A few dsys zgo died, Mr. Gearge Humphzeys; Rat catcher to his Majeity. ¢ : : Dec. 15. It is faid 'TWO EXPEDITIONS aré going on in Amer.ca, one againft Martinico, the orber a- gainfl Lswifiana; the firfl under the command of General Monckion,and the latter under General AMRERSN, HAMBURGH, Dec. 4: The Advices we had received of General Romanziw's retreat are mow contralied, and we are affured, that the Ruffians made thew/elves maflers om the v5th paft, of a Jmall furs, fituate at a guarier of a mile from Colberg, at the entrance of the river Perfante ; the loys of which cuts off atl commuzication by water between Stettin &5 Colberg. The Prince of Wartemberg kas pafled the river Regay and bas repulfed a Raffian corps commanded by general Bk, as far as Lepin, | ) ) ) \m ) (A (s et e e B8 T.00 N, Myrch 22: Our other Advices from Lifbon are, That the Spa- niards at Csd z, on receiving the King of Spain’s Ma- nifcfto, feiz>d a | the Enghfl Veflels at that. Port, and confined the Mafters and Merchants : .....That Admirsk Saunders, with 30 Sail of Men' of War, was cruizing inthe Streights, and that "cw:s thought he would foon have Orders o bombard €ad'z, ; where, "iis faid they had taken up the Pavement, being in Expeétation ofa Vific from :ne Eanglith : ... That 10 Sail of Eng- lith Men of War of the Line were at Lifbon :. And that a Spanifh Veflel had been taken and czrried in there by one of our Cruizzare:...Aifo that the Earl of Briftol was {ai’Jd for England in 8 50 Gaun Ship,snd that the Eng- lih Conful az Cadiz was arrived at Lilbon,....A Packet from England, with a Declaration of War, was looked for every Moment, \ Anotaer Veflel waes to fail from Lifbon in two Days after Captain Newhall, fo that we are in daily Expecta- tion of further important Advices. - - The Flamss of War are now like to fpread wider than ever, a3 'ds faid moft ofthe Powers of Europe ‘will be obliged to declare for one Side or the other. We are in dsily Expe&ation of & Man of War from Fogland, wih His Majefly s Declaration of War sgaintt the Spaniards. It 1snow 33 Weeks fince our laft Advices from Eng- land. ; Fiiday Jaft Captain Ofborne arrived heredrem New- Providence, by whom we learn; that three Vellels hourd from Monto Chrifto to New Yoik, were lately f2ized by fome of the Englith Cruizers and carried into that Place, and that two of them, wiz. the Captrins Hedge end Lawrence were condemned, and it was faid the other would cerrainly updergo the fame Fate. We alfo lesrn from New Providence, that Captain Vernon, in a Brig from the Weft Indiesfor this Place who was blown off t*¢ Coaft in the late fevere Wea- ther, waes put into that Place to refit, and may be now foon expetied. Wednelday asrived here Captain Atwood, in 5 Days from Halifsx, by whom we have Advice, That the Snow Nancy, Cept: Haires from London, for Nova- Scotia - and New York, was drove afhore st n Place called Pleafant Point, and almoft filled with Water : The Men got sthore fafe, but the Veflel drove off and fank ; wpon which four Veffels wgre fent to weigh her, ‘which they eff¢éted, and earried her into th e Hith cur *Tis foppofed moft of the'Cargo is fpoil'd. .. Theg tavd st Halifex no later Intelligence frem Europe, tiizn they had from the Papers which went in Capiain Lincern;, who friled from hence on Saturday the 7th [nilasrand arrived there in a thort Paflage. - gt . Extraft of a Letter from Mactirees Jan, 2gth /. Ejanded in Caflis: Navires Bay on the t5th in- ftant,the Ships ot War having previoufly lilenced many Basterics along Shore. The Eremy with “their whole Strength colleled had Polliflion of the two remarkable firong Hills called Montes Fortenfon and Granier,with many ftrosg Redoubts mounted with Cannon, Bastterics, Breattworks, &c. On the 24th cur Troops crofled a very dzep and simott impaifable Ri- viere, and that in the Face of the Enemy, to the Attack. of their Works on the Monte Fortenfon fo impregnably pofted as the Enemy feemed to be. It was really sm2zing o fee the Ardor with which our brave Men sdvarced, they drove them out of one Work, and then snother, and th a few Mours we were in Pofleflion of all their Works, confifting of not Iéfs than tenRedoubts with Cannon, ftrong and moft advantageoufly fituated, the Enemy retired in the utmoftConfufion to theMonte Granier which commanded the Ground we had got Pofleffion of, and where they had alfo Redoubts moun- ted with Cannon, and & deep Riviere or Gully be- tween us. The 25th and 26th we were annoyed & good deal with Cannon and Shells from Fort Royal snd Monte ° Granier, The 27th in the Aftetnoon the Eneniy had the Te- merity (infpired with a good Quantity of L'cau de Vie} to attack . with sbowt 3000 Men, under Cover of & new erefted Battery, the Brigade of the Army on the Left: They were received properly, and inftantaneoufly repulfed & the heppyConlequence was that our Troops purfued them, pafled the Riviere, and got Pofleffion of Monte Granier, where two Brigades, the Light In- fantry and Grenadiers took Poft that, Night, in order to attack their ftrong Works on the Morrow ; but that Trouble was faved, by the Enemy evacuating them in the Night. So thst we are now in Pofleflion of the Ground on which the Safety of Fort Royal depended. It muft immediately fall when our Batteries open a- gainkt it, which will be To morrowMorning, The General is perfe@ly well. ' In our different AQions we have nat had more than 400 killed and wounded; and but two Officers killed - on the Spot, Capt. €ockburn of the 42d and Lieut. . Jermin of the zzd. G We have killed Numbers of the Enemy, and hdve more Priloners than we know what to' do with, feve- rsl Croix of Diltinétion. ’ As the Enemy have been defeated in their very firongeft Poft, and where they had colletted slmoft all their Force, we may expeft that the future Bufine(s in' the Reduétion of this Ifland will be eafy, ...although by Nature the moft undefireable Country to attack that ever was (een : The whole I{land "is nothing but deep’ Gallies and high Mouvatains. - ) There cannot be enough faid inHonour ef our brave T'roops ; they really furmounted more Bifficulties than could have been expecied fromt Men. We yet are very healthy, notwichitending the ne- ceflary Hardfhips and Fatigues they have been expofed: to, laying upon their Arms without anyCover for above’ a Week together..... i SR Extraft of a Letter from a Gentleman in Barbadoes, to one in Marblehead, dated Feb. 7, 1762, Have the Pleafure to tell you, that slthough the' French tho’t themfelves (o well fecured and intren- ched, that we muft have re imbarked our Troops sgain, that upon the firk Attack of Mont Fortenfon they were then convinced of their Miftaks....OurGrensdiers were' ardered to attack them in their intrenchments and Re- doubts, which they marched up to, with their Bsyonets fixed, in the Face of the whole Fire of the Enemy, which {o amazed them that they gave up and retired from Redoubt, toRedoubt, until we drove them out of the whole.....Mont Grenier was tifo very ftrong, but we have got Pofleflion of that, snd before now, [ am pretty fure, we are in Poflifliun of Fort Roysl. Depus ties have been withTerms of Surrender, bu: they were rej=Ctad. .05 we fhall not receive that 1flind upon the fame Terms as Guadaloupe. .. o Pof}feript of another Letter from Barbados, dated Feb. 7. vee Eferday our Packet arrived from Martineco, which fhe left laft Tusdday the zd Inft.. Qur Forces were then in Pofleflion of Capuchin Hill ( which is near Fort Royal ) they were then ereling more and hezvier Cannon' to play on the Fort; feveral of our Batterics being then employed in that Work, and that the Fire from Fort Royal was (o flow, that we hud Rea- fon to think the chief of the French had-defertad it..; . Monf. Latouch the French General it is faid, can’t ba found....The Governor of St. Piere’s we havé'got. .. It is the general Opinion thst we are Mafters of the Whole by this Time.==== Tuefdzy lat a Provincisl Soldier came to Town from Crown Paint, which plece he left the 6th of this Inflant and came to Albany in a Sleigh, from thence traveiled on Foot : We learn, that faversl of the Men in the Garrifon there have been Froft bitten in the Jate {evere Weather,...that they had buried 8 or g Men this Winter : That the Troops doing Duty there were in general hearty snd well: That a Number of Sleighs with frefh Supplies were gone up from Albany, for the Ufe of the Garrifon. : sny particular lste Advices from Montreal or Quebec We don't learn that there were Shay L