The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, April 16, 1762, Page 1

DAY, Apfii{;. THE New-Hampfhire/giii Containing the Frq/befi Advices, A RHAPSODY, From a true Briton, and who wifbes well to bis Country. A S ever the hand of the Almighty Difpoler of events mote conlpicuous, or more marvelouily ‘ feen, than within thefe few years upon the flae of the world ?....When the mighty Belligerent Powers had entered into a league....to cruth, d=itroy, and to an- nihilate, the worthy KING of Pruffis ..t0 fap and over- fet ..the foundation-of the beft (yftem of religion in'the globe we live...to raife the power or the Pope’s declin- ing ftate...and that of the Princes depending upon him, his power and authority...in order to reduce the inhabi- tants of this earthly globe...to be flaves.. pafiive [abjefls . to that abominable do&rine of the Romith Church. Let us look back...weigh... digeit and confider... the “nototious, sbominable, and unnatural leagues and fteps they have taken to bring this horrid {cheme to a period by firfk beginning with the brave King of Pruflia...who, in all human probsbility, will render this fery (yttem abortive. The AlmightyControler of Battles...who in the Scrip- “ture hath'often mentioned, Tbhat the battle is not to' the S firang, nor the race to the wift. hath effeClually given us occafion to admire his wonderful interpofition...in fup- porting and ' preferving this Monarch...in many moft “dangerous and hazzardous circum{tances. Give me leave to fay his CHARACTER.....He is his own Captain general at the head of his troops...few, _indeed, in comparifon with the numbers of the mighty Belligerent Powers....He is firft Minifter,and Secretary of Statc; Chancellor of his Exchequer, snd firft Lord “of his Treafury ; Secretary of War, and Paymafter ge- ‘neral to his traops ; Purveyor general, and Father to his People...Who, st the head of his few trqops,hath baffl- ed, difconcerted, and beat fix times his number, tho’ commanded by the choiceft and beftGenerals, and beft difciplined troops in Europe. 'V&h:ré‘flmll we find,in sges paft, or the time prefent, his equal in judgment, his amszing wstchings, and in- ‘defatigable pains to accomplifh this great end. _The prudent aid and afliftance...thac he has received from a wifz Minifter to & néighbouring Prince...ever watchfa!l of his.country’s welfare...h1s enabled him to “do thefe great thiigs tiro’ the approbation of hisPrince, and the aid of the Almighty giver of battles, who has a&.d hand in hand with him....in order to bring the migh y and haughty jirring Princes to reefon.. and to Pprocure an honourabie, a [afe and lafting peace... To fave this worthy Monarch...and to prevent the farther ‘effufion of chriftian bloed, wich which at this day the rivers in Germany are overflowed. 2 My pan, I own; is too feeble to attempt the charsc- ‘ter of this worthy Minifter, thougi what [ conceive of him...having kept time with bim in the fteps he has taken during bis adminiftration, you fhall have it. His CHARACTER.......His amazing knowledge of men and things...his indefatigable waichings, had fo endeared himi.. to the favour and efteem of his Prince (of bleffed memory)...that he acquiefced with his ge- neial plan of operations. . . The wonderful fuccefles at- tending them gave him [ull fcdpe to a&t. .and having gone (o hand in hand with the great officers of the Crown...that he with them and their confent...ha h sc- ted in every ftation like that of the braveKingof Pruffia. Mo Facce is elted at hia houfe,..No levies, or draw- ing rooms... N teafli-g 2t his table; his difpatches are regulir...lofes notime, and ever upon.the watch...and sichly deferves che title of the Primum Mobile ..or,Great Mover of theGrandMachine... T'hg sffsirs in condu&ling the war...and the great fuccel(s attending them..have proceeded from his well concerted plan of operations, which lay always before him...which he has conduéted with fortitude and a woble refolution. Hoaw heppy, therefore, thould we Britdins think our- felver under fuch an Adminiftration, and not hefitate a mowent in granting him the neceflury Supplies to car- ry on the War, till the haughty Beligerent Powers fhall be brought to resfon...For as he has fo well difpofled of the former Subfides thst have brought laurels to Britzins from all parts of the Globe, we can have no reafon to dcubt but that he will continve the fume afidui:y:..ana procure an-honourable peace, He is now tabaniag for one...and has had to do with the moft fubtle and moft cunning Negotiatcr for his Prince in Europe...this Negotiator has refided here for fome months...but our worthy Minifter has proved himfelf to be equal, if not fuperior to him...that duriag’ fo long arefidence, he has not been able to obtain one 'poim,no not one... TheFrench froth...theFrench artifice, the French chicanry (for which that nation hath alwayg been fo remarksble) hath availed him nothing. _and the Prieft had the Care of tran/mitting them. — What therefore is due to fo grext 2 Minifter, ever watch(ul for his Prince’s happinefs, and the fubjels weal... and hath hitherto fhewn...that he efteems bhis Prince’s glory, and the fubjeéts welfare to be coequal. Long may he live...cnjoy that great blefling, Haalth, and to fee his worthy young Prince happily eitablithed on his throne...his fubjeéls happy..and for ages to come, without moleftation or interruption, enjoy the fruits of their labour,and to eat theit own grape under their own vine...and to {ee the brave King of Pruffis happily re- inftated in his kingdom...Let the whole world joiz in chorus with me, and fay, Amen and Amen. ; Magdebourg, Dec. 15. Letters of the 7th Inftant, from'Strehlen ; give an Account of & Plot formed to furprize the King of Pruffia in his Quarters ; The Particulars of which are sasfollow: Siefizn Gentlemsn, of the Name of Wargotch, who has an eftaic nearStrehlen, came often to the Pruffian Cemp, where he was well reccived by the King of Pruflis, and by the Gflicers. Heinformed nim- felf with great Exatlnefs of every Thing that pafled in the Army : and particularly of the Difpofition made of the Troops in their Quarters of Cantonment ; and &s the Country thereabouts was well known to him, he formed a Proje&t of furprizing his Pruffisn Majefty, in the Night of the 1ft of December, which was to have been exccuted in this Manner : .... A Imall Body of re- folute Cavalry were to penetrate; in the Night, into the Suburbs of Strelen, where his Pruffian Majeity lodged, to which they were immediately to fet Fire ; and dur- ing the Confufion that this muft neceflarily occsfion, to - endeavour to feizz and carry off the King of Pruffis, which Wargotch thought was very practicable, as the Quarters were, at that Time, but {lightly guarded. . The whole Affalr is reported to have been scci- dentally difcovered by one of Wargotfch’s own Ser- vants, who had been often employed to carry Letters to § Popith Prieft in a neighbouring Villsge. Thefe Letters were direéted to theAufirianLieutenant ColoTnel, he Servant oblerving, when hiz Maler gave him the laft Letter, that he was uncommonly anxfous about. the {afe Delivery of it, and sppeared, to be in great Agi- tation of Mind, begen to fu{pect thet he was employed in a dangercus Seivice, however, he took the Letter, and promis’d to deliver it, as ufual ; but inftead of that carried it directly 1o Strehlen, where he put it into the Hends of M. de Cruemark, the Acdjutant General, who immediately fent out two {mall Parties of Dra- goons to feize Wargoifch and the Prieft, who were both made Prifoners, but eicaped afterwards. The Tryal of Wargotich, who hzs been cited to appear, is a€tually carrying on before the Tribunal called the Ober Ampt, - in Breflaw. ; : ; A At ) L ps At po) \INd \BALD \ NI D\ (i paiS Extra® of a Letter from Madrid, Nov. 10. HE Art of Printing, which was formerly very * much negle@ted in this Kingdom, has been : flourifhirg fome few Years ; and we now lend Works from our Prefles,which, in Point of Typography, are no Ways inferior ta the fineft Produétions of Foreign Prefles. 'However, as this FINE ART has not yet reached the Degree of Perfeftion whereto, by Indultry, it may be carried, the King is going to eftablifh an Ac- sdemy for training up a cerin Number of young Gentleman, fo a5 to _make them excellent Printers, by inftruéting them in diverfe Sciences, to qualify them for the Works wherein they may be employed.” L, 0 "N "D O.:N, December. 3. T was the Sentiments of one of the moft fenfible Men that England ever prodticed, that there was no kind of reading more generally advantageous than reading the NEWS PAPERS. 3 He faid, and he faid truly, that it diffufed the Know- ledge ot Geography, Hiflory, Mechanicks, and indeed the principles of-every {pecies of ufeful Science, through the whole mals of the nation. TheT'ruth of this will be evident if we confider that NEWS-PAPERS are com- mon only in polite Nations ; and that amonglt fupid and baibtrous people, there are no fuch things. | | But b:fides thele general Ufes they have another, which is of {lill greater Confequence in a free country : They afford an opportunity of bringing all caufes be- fore the impartial tribunal of the publick ; which in all cales will hearand in fome manner redrefs, thofe grie- vances, which no law can reach. For this reafon there never was 4 man an encmy to the prefs, who was not fecretly, and in his heart an enemy to all Jizerty. : It is to this bringing grievences before the tribunal of the publick, that we owe every good law that has | —— GAZ Foreign and Domzftich. "} Wreks Bncéfthis Parer " J was firft Publifh?d. ET TE Sy e been pafled ; and though it may be true there are many grievances fill unredrefled, againft which comphinti have been often made,yet this is £o jufk cbje@ion :For, tho® they are not yet redrefled, they may and will be in time ; for circumitances will, at one feafon or other; promote what hitherto they . have diappointed. But there is another very good effe&l, which may be looked upon as certain, though we can afford no proots of it it is this, that meny more grievances we fhowld hava -had,if this remedy was not always in cur power ; ind many more grievances we certainly thall have, if ever it is taken from us ; which under the Eng/i/h conflitution we have no reafon to fear; - becaufe that conftitution can fear nothing fiom it. » v RECITATIVE. S Grorce delt forth his vengeance thro® the land To curb proudFrance by Jove’s divine command, The God {urvey’d the Monsrch’s anxious care, ' And thus decreed to footh the toils of war. S O N G: Tune, With ferords /;‘1[ their thighs, in Elizal E Powers appesr, my Fav’rite befriend, Tg crowa sll his virtues, let Beauty attend § A form now compofe with a msjeftic micn, : And let Britain’s Ifle be now bleit in 2 Queen. IL. Minerva beftow your choice gifts on the Fair ; Ye Graces adorn with an angelic air ; \ That all Briiifh heaits with true joy now may fing; With a Conlort complete, oh ! how bleft is their Kingi Il The God thusdecreed, *twasnext his command, . ThatFame wiih thefe tidings fhould blefs the glad lands All the people rejoic’d to hear the chearful found, . And CuARLOTTY the Queen the hills echo’d arcund, : : Let Love crown their joy, grand War now may ceale; And each Britain toaft foon the blefling of Pesce : Then contented and happy we’ll fing all the day long;! Fo1GroraE & his CHARLOTT’s the theme of our Songs LONDON, Jm. 10. Welearn that M. Bufly infome Grand Council lately held at Verfailles, urged in the moft ftrongefk Terms the ablolut®Neceflity of endeavouring (0 reneiw the Negociations with England ; adding that he did rot in the leaft doubt. but (if renewed) he fhould be able to effet & Peace. L ; . Prince Ferdinand’s whole Attention is employed in forming ample Magazines in Germany, to enable him to take the Field sgain very early.....The French fay, every Thing is exceflive dear in Franciort. _ According to the fame advices, the King of Pruflia and General Laudohn had sgreed upon s fufpenfion of hofilities in Silefia till the month of March next: The town of Nordheim has been made choice of by Prince Ferdinand and Marfhal Broglio for treating of an exchange of prifoners, énd is on that account decla- red neutral for the term of one month. oy o From Paris they write that fince the Suarrender of Colberg, the King of Pruffia is difpofed to make a fe- perate Peace with the Empre(s Queen, if her Msjelty, would be content with a Part of Silefia: - ‘Two men of war will be foon appointed to fail for the Weftern African Coalt, for the better proteclion of the trade, and to take under their convoy the fhips ping bound for thofe parts. . O her letters from thence by the laft fleet, intimate,' that & great number of Moors were preparing before they failed, to take the field, but upon what motives time only can difcover. : By letters fromBrandenbotirg we sre told, the King of Pruffia is raifing recruits with incredible fuccefs 3 infomuch that both his army in Silefis, snd that of his brother Prince Henry in Ssxony, will be sble to take the field again very early on a formidable footing, and fruftrate all the enterprifes of their enemies, s There are only twq Admirals inSpain of any repu’s=; tion st this time : Dan Navarro, who commanded the SpanifhDivifion in the engegement withAdm Matthews in 1744.And DonReggio, who engsged Adm Knowles off the Havanna in 1748. Don Navarro is at the head of 16 fhips of the line at Ferrol, but this famous fhip Le Royal Enfant Don Phillip, commonly called the Reale, which carried 114 guns,and 1300 men, in which he engeged Adm. Matthcwe, is now no more than en hulk,laying at Cathagena,in fuch a bad ccndition,that the Spaniards lately tho’t of finking her off the harbour of Algiers, to block if, ‘ » - ; § ,10/ 'v‘ " - r