The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, April 30, 1762, Page 2

Helonging to Dunkirk, of 16 Six Pounders ; which Veflel, it is faid, has taken zo1 Veflels during the prefent War, ; ¢ e The Samuel, Capt. Gardner, from thie Port for Liverpool, having met with hard Gales of wind on her Paflage, was dilmalted, snd afterwards towed in- to Cosk, in & very fhatter’d Condition. They were cbliged to throw overboard a Quaniity of Sugss, to keepthe Veflel from foundering. Copt. Kerlin from Barbados, informs us, that the Diy before he failed, the Amazon Man of War hed fent in there a large French Letter of Marque Ship, beund to the Grenades. ’ NE W.Y ORK, April 19. , Wedne(day laft arrived here the Sloop - Hope, {2 Duich Veflel) Diniel Harriot, Mafter ; taken 18 Lesgues to the Sonthward of Mona, by the Brig Mars Letter of Marque, Capt. M'Gillicuddy, of this Port. She is laden with Sugar, Coffee, and Indigo ; mounta four Cartiage Guns, 8 Swivels, and carries 25 Men. She came from the Cape bound to Coracos, On the 13th of February the Mars fpoke with a Spanith Schoorier off the Weft End of St. Thomas, bound to ©}d Sp:in, very richly lsden, having on board fifty Chefts of Plate, and about 200 Bsgs of Cocoa ; all which M'Gillicuddy let flip thio’ his Fingers, unfortunately not knowing War had been declared ageinft Spain on the 4th of January 1762 ; But we are -in hopes ke got [ntelligence of it {oon after, and direétly made a Pufh for the Trealure. On the 16th of March the Mars fell in with two Sloops mounting 10 and 12 Guns, whom fhe was obliged to engage full four Glafles; when pouring a " hearty Brbadfide into one of them, it threw the Sloop upon the Careen; ‘and the Brig’s Boom giving way at the {ame time they.took the Opportunity to efcape. Two Weeks fince a Ship of 70 Feet Keel, was fet on the Stocks in Philadelphia, defigned for a Pri- vatcer againft his Mejefty’s Epemies : She is 'o car- ry 22 Nine Pounders on her upper Deck, and 4 T'welve-Pounders below : By Contract fhe is to be launched in 12 Weeks from the Day her Keel was . laid. _They sre alfo building a fmaller Privateer in Phi- lad=lphis, to row with 30 QOars, and to carry a few weighly Guns, : Thres Weeks sgo, #dead Negro Wench was found in the Woods nesr Kipp’s Bay, on this Ifland : To A rperrance fhe lay there for 6 Months before. ] y the 7:th of May next, is appointed a public Faft shroughout this Province. B'ry 421 T - Cipr Spelling informs us, that the Badger Slaop of.. W.'is {iationed for 6 Months between Madeira and itz Weftern Iflands; and that when her Cruile is our, another is tgtake her Place. Cepi Joleph French, in a Ship from the Weft- . of and for this Port, with zoo Hogfheads of wriiite Sugar, was lately caft away on onc of the Ba- hame Llends, and the Veflel withthe greateft Part of “rzo, will bz entirely loft ; but- the Crew we hear, ave all faved. i ‘ ‘Some Time jaft Winter, one Murphey, a Suttler, was killed by 4 French Canadians, about 70 Miles from Niagara, at a little Houle he and his Comrade had Buiit in the Woods, to refide in for the Winter, being too late in the Seafon toget a Paflage thro’Lake Erie to Fort De Troit. Two of the Frenchmen were sfterwards taken up at Niagars, and put into clole Confinement, ; B O 8T O -N, Apil 26 On Thur(dsy l1aft as Mr. John Wilwall of Dorchel- ter, was returning Home in a Canoe from Milton, it is tho't he fell over, and'was drowned ; his Hatt and the Paddle were found floating near each other ; but the Canoe was tound at a confidérable Diftance, not overfét ; his Body has been fince taken up. We hear from New York, thst on Friday Night, s yotng Man, who had been out on a Frolick, conclu- ded it by falling down a. Bank, about 8 or 10 Feet perpendicular, upon the very Edge ot the mainStreet, near where the old Block Houfe fftood on Cow Foot Hill, by which he was o bhart that he died foon after without fpeaking 8 Word. One John Mc Mullen;s Shosmaker,of New-York, fell down, as he was walking on Staten-Ifland, and taken up dead. ' By the HirtfordPoft' which came in onWednefday laft, we are informed, that on Friday Night & Hou'e at Windfor onthe Weft Side of Corneéticut River was confumed by Fire, with all the Goods that was thercin : It was occafioned by a youngMan’s leaving a-Candle burning” near his “Bed, when aflzep the Cloaths caiched on fire snd slmoft {uffocated him before he awoked; he immedidtely cal’d up the Family, buta young Woman lodging in one of the Chambers not ewaking, he ran up to fave her, bu: the Fize got.to fucha Hzighth before they could return, that both the young Man and young Woman perithed in the Flames..,,We hear that Laft Week en old Bachellor at Hartford cut his Throat in fuch g manner that he died inftantly: feoies Capt. Hills on his PafTage from South Caroling to this Piace, in Lat. 35, Long. 74 pafled by a Sloop that was wholly under Water, her Maft was floating Wc can now sffure our Readers.irom the beltAu. : 2t on the- sl of Mareh the Granades (ur- rendered to His-Mbajeiy’s Tiodps under Genersl Moncktob, on the fain¢ Terms with Martineco, and the Troops had taken Poffeflion of St. Laica, StVin. cent.&Tobago, the foriner of whichPlace capitulaced; “Satorday Eveninglsita Gemlemsn came to- Town fram New York, which he left laft Wedneday, by whom we learn, That on Monday Iaft in the Atter. Capt € ibers-arrived there from Plymcuth inEngland, whkffl’kt:fié‘kff thez7th {olF ebn)lllry laft and has brouglit Englith Prints to the 18;h of the fame Month....We hesr that the largeft Fleet almoft ever known was fitting out at Portfmouth, with the greateft Diligence, which was to fail early in the Spring on fome grand Expediticn. -By Capt. Smallin 20 Days from New Providence, ' we have Advice, That one of his Majefty’s Frigates was arrived there with & Declaration of War agsint Spein, and with Orders to take into his Majefty’s Service a Number of Pilots:; whezeupon an Em- bargo”was laid there for ten Diys. Several Veffels had beea. taken and canied in there lately...: The Sloop Fairfield of this Place was condemned. Wedneldsy arrived here Coptain Gowen, in 30 Days from Martineco, by whom we learn, That on or about the 10th of March laft, a Flect of French Men of War, confifting of 8 Ships of the Line, and 6 Frigates, with 5000 Troops on board, put into the back Part of that Ifland ; end an Otficer was fent athore with a Party, to enquire whether the Englith hed landed and invefted it ; being informed thst the whole Ifland had furrendered to his Britannick Ma- jefty, they immediately came under fail, and preceed- ed to the Leeward ; in their Paflage they met an Englith Frigate, which elcaped from them, sfier re- ceiving confiderable Damagefrom their Fire....Upon Advice of the above Fleet, a Number-of Ships of Admiral Rodney’s fgusdron failed in purfuit of them ; butit was thought could not come up with them..... I’s (sid an Englifh Frigate had taken & Merchsntman ;i;:hly Iaden, that bad been under Convoy of the above ileet. Y ' ‘ Yefterday arrived here Captsin Hall from-Halifsx, by whom we learn, that tbe Schooner which went from hence with difpatches from General Amhert for Lord Colvill, srrived there in 4 Days, and that in two Days after three Men of War with the Ran- gers under Convoy, failed from that Place for New-" York, but that Lord Colvill with the Northumber- led fiill remained there. . ! We hear from Wrentham, that one Day Jaft Week #s a Man of that Town was drinking at 2 Brook he- was befet by two large Spekes, which twifted sbout his Body and Neck to that Degree that he could hardly Breath, but having one Hand at Liberty, he took out s Knife that he had with him and cut them aflunder ; the Snakes were 8 Feet in Length, black with a white Ring sbout their Necks. i T Saturday laft His Excellency our Governor was pleas’d to Diflolve the Great and Genersl: Court or Aflembly of thisProvince, sfter making the following SPEECH. ; Gentlemen of the Council, and Gentlemen of 1he Hoyfe of Reprefentatives, HE Unanimity and Dilpsich with which you have complied with she Requifitions of his Majefty, require.my particular Acknowledge- ment: and it gives me additional Pleafure to obferve, that you have therein afted under no other ‘influence than a due Senfe of your Duty, both as Members of s general Empire, and as the Body of a particular Province. , ; IT willalways be my Defire that Freedom sand Independence fhould prevail in your Councils, snd that the whole. Credit of your Proceedings therein fhould be placed to your own' Account. It will be a fufficientHonour for me to prefide over aPeople whofe Motives to Loyalty and public Spirit arife from their own Breafts. : Council Chamber, dpril 24, 1762. FRA. BERNARD. Port of BOSTON, ~Apiil 24. Entered In, . Coggefhall, Taylor and Knspp from Conne&icut. Cobb, Bartlet, Cornelius'and Abner Holmes from North Carolina. Hatch, Sohier, Cobb and Smith from Maryland. Hills {rom North Carolins. Lobdell and Wimble from New York. Nickels from Vir- ginig.. Catheart from Kirkwsll. Gowen from Montferrat. Coflin from Philadelphia. Small from New Piovidence, Auftin from Georgia. Cleared Out, ; Burroughs, Stocking, Tinker and Hurd far Con- nelicut, . Sheppard, Penfon and Dill for Newfourd- laud. Davidfon for Welt Ludies. Doggot for Halifax. Kent for Guadaloupe. . -Bartlet for Briftok o0 R AL 8NGOV T I, The 16th Inflant, as. five or Six -Perfons were com- ing down Connelticut River from the Loswer Cooborfe, to Fort Dymmer in_a Cance, it overfet, and one ) hnlon ébelonging to Hampfiead was drosoned. Laft Wednelday. arrived here Capt: Palmer in 21 Days, trom Antigus, in whom came Paffenger Capt. Brown, who was calt away the 24th of February Hfollowing Veflcls fale st Antigus, yiz, e I a“.\ww \\; ST Nw with Ten Ssil of the Life, feiled from £, Kites i3 4in Intt. for Jamhaics, together with 4 Trinfports, o Frigate and a Bemb Vffcl, in order to reinfo, ce the Commanding Offiter there. Capt. Brown slio informs usof the Arrivel of the Vv Fio ufk Parker, Wells, Wentworth and.- Limplons lfinaR :ff» faid that Capr, Mills is fafe arrived a Montlerrat, We are turther informed, That 17 Sail of Spznifh Ships of the Line sre at the Hevennab; fome of whom we hope to give a good Acccunt of Lereafter. We can’t learn but of one Privateer beirg -, w.bp failed from Martinico before that Plice wes taken ; the Capt. of which fands s chance of being hanged, for not coming in_beiore, as fome of cur Veliels are in Pacluit of him, : By Captiin Edward Grow' who &rrived a York left Sunday from Caroling, we hear, th?xk:l Spanifh Priva:eer that had teken fome Veflels off jhe . Capes of Virginia, was {o - unfortunate s to come acrofs & Letter of Marque from Philsdelshi cbliged him to make & ‘\'}lifit to New York.le’ ™ We hear from Kittery, that laft Thusldsy was fev’night, s Houfe belonging to my Lady Pepperrcil of that Place, took Fire and was intirely confumed. —And from Newington, that one Day this Week, 2 Houfe belonging to one M. Pickering of that Place, took Fire and burnt to the Ground. NEWLONDO N, April 16. Extra&t {from the Journal ofa Voysge cf the Sloop Three Sifters, . of Bermuda, Jeremish Poulton, Mnfi_er, dated Turk’s Ifland, March 12, 1762, 8ail’d from Chrifto December 4, ™61, bound for Philadelphia, and on the 16th arrived in Lat. 37: 443 and then having very hard Gales of Wind was obli- ged to quit theCoaft, and then ftrove fome Time for South Curoline,but meeting with exceflive hardGales was obliged to quit that Coaft after meeting with many bad Accidents, and made for Bermuds, and ftill moft of this Time had excefiive bad Weather which drove us 8pwards of 600 Miles to the Eaft- ward of the Ifland of Bermuds, and then ‘the Wind ftill continuing to blow hxrd from the 11th of Jsnu- ary to the 9:h of Febrnary 1762 In the Lat. of Ber- muda the People very Sickly and Weak, being then 40 Days on fhort Allowance for Victuals and Water and no hopes of getting to the Iflend. aforefaid, made for the Weft Indier, that is the Port e fail’d trom, and on the 9th of March arrived st this Iland, almofk perithed for Want, and no relief ‘from any Veflel, ' heving been our 94 Days, and on fhort Allowance 55 Days. : NOTICE is hereby given to the feveral and refpeQlive proprietors of the Towfifhip of Guilford in the Province of New Hampthire, at « Meetipg held by Adjournment the 4th of left Augufly "That purfusnt to the Votes of the faid Propiietors, & Tax ot Fiwe Dollars, equal to twenty two Shillings and Six Pence fterling, on each whole Right or Share’ of & proprietor in theTownthip of Gailford aforefaid, has been affefled 5 and for the proprietors of which Townfhip T am Colleftor ; and hereby NOTIFY the leveral proprietors aforefsid, to pry the feversl refpeQive Taxes aforefaid to me, or fend the fame to me at my Dwelling Houfe in Guilford aforefaid . by the 31ft of May next ; and that in Default (hereof , the Land of thole proprictors aforefaid who hegle&’ i/l be Sold as the Law of faid Province in fuch Cafes: provided, directs. "~ Michia' Rice,Colleétor.. Guilford, April 19, 1762, : STRAYED away from me the Subfcriber living- in Haverhill, on Sunday the 18th of April laft, a Byy MARE, about Thirtcen Hunds and half high, dark Main and Txil, Trots all, about Five Years Old, was fho'd all Round, when fhe weng: away : Whocever takes up faid Mare, snd will bring or fend her to me the Sublcriber, fhall have Two Dollars Reward,and all necefflary Charges paid by me,. Haverbill, April 29tb. Nathanie! joknfon, : 10 BE SOLD ‘Thirteen Acres.and one Third ot an Acre of Land laying in Kittery, being Part of an hundred Acre Lot, Number Twenty One, in the firft Check, laid out in the Commons of Kittery and Berwick, formerly fo called . Inquire of the Printer: SOLD TO BE One Sixteenth Part of all the Lands belonging ta the Sheepfcut Company, (o called, lying on each fide Sheepcnt River, which is fome- thing to the Eaftward of Kenebeck River... Perfon thet has an Inclinstion to purchafe the fame, may apply to the Printer hercof. TO be SHOT for next Friday, being the 7th of May, at T'wo of the Clock in the Afterncon, at the Mill-Pond in this Towe, & good Fithing Boat, together with her-Anchor, Sails, &c. vatued 2t 150 Pounds O. T. may be compleatly fitted in two or three Days : The Tickets at five Pounds, N.B. Sundry cther Articles will be fet up, it Com- . pany strends. Diftance 55 Yards.—Tickets may be had of Mr. Samiél Dyer. : by the Side of hiee, Suppofed to be aWeRt India man Lufts by bim we learn, that Ccmmocere: Douglais , [ Advertifments omitted will be in our next. ]