The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, June 11, 1762, Page 1

N - ~t 5 ~ o PN u"""" d - . R & . XY B FRIDAY, Jone 11, 1762, THE - New-Hampthirez: ‘Containing the Frefbefi Advices, [ 4s the Congueft of MARTINECO bas put us into Pof- Jelfion of the Neutral Iflands (Dominico, excepted, whiiich we had taken berore) goe apprebend the fol lowing Account of them [taken from 4 /ate Magazine) *will be acceptable to thife of our Readers whe may .+ mot bencquainted with their Situation and Vaise. F\OMINICO, which Lord Rollo snd Sir James Docuglas have é;lc_u Pofleflion g,é&’m Iflang " wwhich lies midway between Gandaloupe en 25. Miles, its Breadth about 6 or 7 Mites. Prince P.sg&n’o Bay lies to the N. W. it s large and con- enient for. wooding and waigring. Adminsl Sir E na’fimer Ogle ftopt here, with all his Flect, in his ‘Way to Carthagena ;gt this Place alfo LordCathcars, Commander in chief of all- the Land Forces of that Expedition, died in his Paflsge out...:Rbfeav, to- wards the S. W. of the Ifland, is the chief Settle ment : Here are 3 or 4 watering Placey; :nd as it s of Martineco, might bg 2 lizs within ten -Leagues ' night be = very convenient Place for thofe Ships ftationed to the Leeward of that I:nd to wood snd water at. There are on the Liland abaut 700 Men sble to bear ms,about 3000 white Inhabitants, and abour 7000 ves.... There are .fome of the Caribbee Indians toward the windward Side, but the Freach de(pife them, and keep them under. The whale [fland is well watered. The French cultivated on i great Quruiities of Coffee, Cocon, and Cortan. The $oil o many Places is very rich, and would praduce excellent Sugar Cane, but the French allow none to b= planted there, or on St. Vincents.... The, Enemy ‘nad ive Guns mounted st Roicau, whichferved fora Pro¥ion te: their Privateers, who fled here -when they were prefled by any of our Frigates, and if' they found & Marke, fold their Prizes withaut, Con- demnation.... Their Governor, Monf. Longpree, aéts under 2 Commifiion from the Governor of Martini vo. ~Irvis & valusbie [fland indilelf, and coufiderable to us on Account of .its Situstion and Convenience’ for waiering our Squadron upon that Stacion, St Lucia lies to the Southward of Martineco, about 5§ or 6 Leagues,, The French haye taken open Pofieflion of it, and bave fome Companies of Regulars st a Fort at & very fiae Harbour under two Hills called the Sugar Loaves... It is more cultivated ‘than Dominico. It is faid there wre in it 3000 Men fit to bear Arms. There is.a Sart of poifonous Seake on it, which is not much heard of on “sny other of ‘the Casibee Iflands. It is not fo long as Dominico, but better inhsbited. _8t., Vincent lies about 7 or 8 Leagues South ofSt. Lucis. Itis of a circular Form, excellently well watered, and & fine rich Soil ; SugarCane grows extremely well on it. The Caribeelndisns are pret- ty. numerous, but the French are too many to have any Thing to fear from them. It is of confiderable Extent, aad its prelent Produce is Coffee, Cocos and Tobacco. : Tosaco liea sbout 40Leagues South of Barbedos : fts Length from North. eaft to South-weit is about 27 Miles; where broadeft,abaut 10Miles over. There are a Number of watering Places and good Bays. It is an excellent Rendezvous for our lsrge Ships in the hurricane Seafon. TheCarribbee Indians live chief- ly on the South eaft Side, and are sbout 400.. There were about . 30 French Turtlers, but his Majefty’s Ship Arundel brought off 12 of them, took away all the Nets and Canoes, and burnt their Huts. Itis an excellent Soil, and full of very fine Wood, fit for almoft any Ufe ; plenty. of Fifli andTartle are caught about the Ifland :Barbadas has ufelefs ftarving People enough to plant this, e e —— ARTICLES of Capitulation of the Citadel of Fort Royal in the{land ofMartinico, 4thFebrusry 1762, Ari: I. ¥ HE commanding officer of the citadel B fhall mazch ou: at the head of the gar- . rifon compoled of troops detached from the marine, the royal grenadiers, cannoniers, bombardiers & Swifs; the different detachments of the military & free boaters, snd other volunteers, with the honours of war, drums beating, lighted match, colours flying, two pieces of cannon,snd three rounds of ammunition each. ~ An(. The troops of his moft chriftisn Majefty in garrifon fhall march out with drums beating, colours flying, two pieces of cannon, two rounds of ammu- nition, .and fhall be. embarked and (ent to France as foon a: poffible,at thi expence of hisBritsnnicMajefty, The miliiis, treebagiers and others, belonging tothe -iflend, fhail lay- down their-arms and be priloners of war, till'the fate of it is determined. * Art 1L The garrifon ‘fhall be fent to the port of Rochiors inFrance, by the moft fhort and expeditious way, at the expence, and in the thipsof hjs Britannic Mazjefty. Anfwered in the firft,, P Art. HI. The faid garrifon fhall be lodged and muintsined in thetown of Fort. Royal, till their des pasture, at the expence of Mis Britannic Majefty. They hall be maintained at. the expence of his Brivanpic Majéfty, snd did be embarked as “in clic fisft Arsicle. Fi0 " Ary, LV. That it Thall be lawful for the offigers, Creoles and othess, to go into the ifland and ftay there a3 long as fhall be neceflary to fettle theirAfairs. + Arcsfombletime will be allowed to the officers to fetle their: effuirs, they behaving according to the rules of war,. ’ . Art. V. That the officers end others who have cftetts” in the country fhall keep them. - Granted. ¢ 'Auty' VL Fhac the officers fhall take their fetvants along with.them, - Grenced. . : " Art. VII. That the militia and other inhabitants who pow meake part of the faid garrifon, may retire to their homes with their fervants likewife. An- fwered in the £ ft anticle. | , g . A VIIL Thet the volunteers of St. Vincent, who._came here to the fuccour of the plsce, fhall be furnifhied’ with « boat and provifions, to carry them home egain, with their fervants, ‘arms, and baggage, @s foon as pofiible. To remsin priloner: . of war. . Art.}X. Tha: the inhabitsnts likewife fhail be furnifhed ‘with fuallops or boats to carry them to-the difierent quarters of this ifland. Refufed. o Arg X0 That the fick and wounded fhall be re- moved ta the holpiei of this city, to be thire taken care ol by ¢ r uwn fu-geons, till they are perieftly recoviréd 5 ond that th. commiflsry of his Britan nic Majefy fha!l taie:care to Farnifh *em wiih (ub- Gilance. 1 -« oy They hall be taken the. fame care of 8s our own, and msy be attended by their furgeons. Art. XT. That the faid hofpital fhall take sway with them their medicines, and' all their uienfils and effe@s in general. Granted. Art. XIL. Thatthechaplain of the troops fhall be permitted to adminifter fpiritual fuccours to the fick, as well as others of the troops, and publickly to bury the dead without moleftation. Granted. Ari, X1L1. That the faid fick fhall, after their re. ccvery, tollow the fortune of their refpective corps, as well as thole who fhall be s&tuslly in the hofpitals without the town. ~ Granted. An. XIV. That there fhall be s general inventory taken by commifiaries ramed by esch party, of the artillery,ammunition, provifions, and all other effefts within' the place, Granted. Art. XV. Thatthe Englifh prifoners detain’d in this citadel, fhall be exchanged for ours. Amang others, M, de Cappone, Major of this city snd ifland fhall be included in the exchange, to follow the for- tune of the cfficers of the place. Refufed. Art. XVI. Theeffeéts of the officers and men be- longing to the RoyslGrenadiers, which we lefc upon MérneGarnier,fhall be reftored to chem. It cannot be complied with, as it will be impoffible to recover them. Ast. XVII. That the ermed freeNegroes andMu- Isttoes, that entered into the citadel as attendants on the companies of militia, fhall go out likewile with the{sid companies. - They fhzll remain prifonecs of war until the fate of the iland is determined. Art. XVIIE. Thatthree days fhall be granted for the evacuation of the place, at the end of which time the gate fhall be given up to his Britannic Majefty, whilft the garrijon fhall march out. The gate of the fort fhall be given up to the troops of his Briannic Majefty this evening at 5 o’clock, and t'e French garrifon fhall march out at § to morrow morning. . Art. X1X. That bofore the capitulation is fettled, the commending officer of the place fhall be permitted to communicate it to the General, and in the mesn time there fhall be s {ulpenfion of arms, and that all the worka fhall ccufe on both fides. § After thé capitalation is figned, and the gate of the Jort poffefled by the Britifk trosps, the Commantdans Jball be alloewed to acquaint bis General with it Ros. MonckTon, ‘ G B. RobNiY. An_account of all the Frewch brafs and -iron_guns, « Moriars, fout, focks, pemdery ordinance, flures, and Pe Licyery, Nuwms._ 297 T WrexksTiote this Parza was firft Publit’d, 1 Foreign and Domeftick. babiliments: of war, taken at the diffirent pofis, bat> teries, and fortified redoats, by bis Majefly's troops JSrom the time sf their landing at St. Ann's Bay; the iotb Fanuary, ‘te furtender of the garrifn an citadel of Fors Royel, the 5t5 of February 1762, oith the places where taken. ; . At St, Ann’s Bey, e Tron ordinance mounted, § 18 pounders, unfervice. 3 On Grand Aunce Bay, t Iron ordinance, 3 eighteen potindets, unfesvicesble s round fhot, 210 ferviceable. e On three Batteries nesr Cale de Mavierre, Iron ordnance, 1 eighteen' pounder, ferviceables 1 ditto, 4 fixteen diito, unfervicesble, At five battes ‘@s on MorneTortenfon. =, Iron ordnsnce, 1 twelve pounder fervicable ; 1 ditto, unfetvicesble ; 1 efght ditto, 4 four dittoy ferviceable ; 7 four ditto, unferviceable. ' Bra{s mortars, 2 feven inches, {ervicesble, Round fhet, 25 four pounders, ferviceable: Mufquets of different forts, 155 ferviceable ; 27 Bayonets, 32 unferviceable.-”" [unferviceable; Powder barrels, 42 {erviceable. ; Mufquet flints, 1800 fervicesble. On or near the Morne Garnier, Iron Ordinance, 6 twenty fix poundeis, lervicexble § 1 ditto, unfervicesble ; 2 twelve pounders, fervis cesble ; 4 four pounders, unferviceable. Brais ordnance, 2 fix pounders, {exvicesble, Brafs mortars 13, 2 {ervicesble. . Shel empty 13, 162 {ervicenble: Muiq Balls, 28 Cwt. ferviceable. Mulquet flints, 300 Cwt. ferviceable, Powaer barrels, 76 {-rviceable. Match, 1 Cwt leivicesble, Mufquet cartridges, 28,000 flerviceable, Fuzees fired, 120 thir een inch, fervicesble) Shot for {ix pednders, round fixed g7 i#:viceablel Ditte, for ditto, grape fixed, 24 fervicesble, On the River Mocficar 8 R-doubss, . Iron ordinance, 2 ecighteen p unders, 4 fixteeny ditto, 2 twelve ditto, two fix dito, 17 ihree . ditto, unferviceable, Round fhot, 50 eighteen pounders, 365 fizteen ditto, 5o twelve ditto, 20 {ix ditio, 468 thiee _ ditto, fervicesble, Mulquit ball, 6 Cwt. and a Lalf, ferviceable, Dicto cartridges, 14,000 [erviceable. Powder, § barrels, {erviceable. In Fort Royal, Iron ordpance, 13 thirty fix pounders, fervicesble 3 : duto unicrvicesble; 30 (wenty four poun- + ders, fervicesble; 4 ditto, unfervicesble ; 24. eighteen pounders, fervicesble ; 12 dit:o, upfer- viceable; 21 one pounders,and s half, fervicesble. Brale ordnance, 1 eight pounder, ferviceable ;1 twor ditto unferviceable ; 1 feven ditto, ferviceable. Brafs mortar, 1 five and a half ditto, ferviceable Powder, including filled cariridges for cannop,’ 677 barrels, lerviceable. Round fhot, 350 forty two pounders, 1600 thirty- fix ditio, 2009 twenty fix dito, 2476 twenty- four ditto, 1500 ecighteen ditto, 550 nine ditto, . 3620 three ditto, ferviceable. fhells, 575 thirteen inches, ferviceable ; 22 ditto unferviceable; 22 ten ditto, lerviceable. 4020 . grenades, ferviceable ; 300 ditto, unfervicesble.’ Shells fixed, 25 thirteen inchies, 22 nine ditcoy Muiquet ball, 18 tons lerviceshble. [ferviceable. Muiquet: of different fort:, 1760, unfervicesble. Axes unhelved, 150 ferviceable Carcafes fixed, 50 thirteen inches, 53 feven ditto. ferviceable. Tuomas Orp, Lieut. Coly of the royal Regiment of Artillery W SaLTtonsTaLL, Commiffary of Artillerg] The defeétion of the inhabiaan ¢, which M. delg Touche, the General, ftiled rebellion, obliged him to capitulate, in order to fave the town of St Peter’s,’ the largeft and beft built in all the Weft Indies, it being two miles in length,and a quarter of a mile in bresdth, the ftrcets regular, and sbounding in large commodious houfes On cafting sn eye over the map of the Weft Indies, it appears that his Mejefty, by the pofleflion of this Caribee Ifland, is as much mafter. of the Weft Indies as Gibraltar makes hiny of the Mediterrsnesn;all the enemy’s fupplies to their colonies being obliged to tske this track ' ss appears by the large Spanith fhip which Admirsl Rodnsy took on the 4th of February, losded with., powder, cannon and all forts of smrmunition, defigned for he “ Spanifh forts a¢ I.s Guire! This capture, tho’ of {mall alue to hisMajetty, is of great detriment o hisenimis,, e een s