The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, June 25, 1762, Page 2

A Letter from Lifbon, dated goth of March fays, our Forces are every Dy incresfing en Account of shzArmy affembled by Spain on ourFrontiers, which we are informed already amount to 40,00 Men. 'Our Fortifications in the Frontier T'own have o.en examined by fevesal experiencad Officers, and gre silowed to be in a good S:ate of Datence ; our Ar- wiy is sugmented to 32,000 Men,fome of whom have already begun their March. Thefe wiih the Troops end Arms, we expaéted from England, will enable ns o defead ourfelves againft 3 Times the Number of Spanierdd: Our Naval Force slioisin s better State than it has been for fome Yesrs paft, having 8 Ships of the Line in the Tagus,s!l well manned,2 of which ere 74 ; and 6, of 64 Guns, One of the largeft is Gilein a very extraordinary Menner, as if defigned for the Reception of fome of the RoyalFamily. The Spanifh- Ambaflador, has Ocders to leave this Court in z Hours; and we expett Spain will declare War in 2 or 3 Days. The laft Letiers from theH:gue inform us, That Sir Joleph Yorke, the Englith Ambsflidor, has had trequent Conferences with the Members of the Go- verument ; in whicn his Excellency reprefented, that hewas comminded to give them the ftrongeft Al furances that had arifen between the two Siates 1a India, and to prevent Difputes for the Future. If we may depend zpon Letters trom the Hague, the Intrigues of the Jefuits, produced, sgainft the Senfe of both Nations, the Rapture between Great- Britain and Spain, by the Afliftance of 2z Italian Mi- nifters. Thefame Advices {ay, that the French sre sgain refolved to demand a Pesce, and to make yet greater Conceflions than were offered by Mr. de Buffey. Itis faid that two Negotistions for raifing money have failed, the Deslers in that Commodity ot Amfterdazm being unwiiling to sccept a Mortgige af the Revenues of Countries that may very poflibly change their Proprietors. TheCzar has declared he will refpz€ the Liberties of theFree Cities of Lubeck end Hamburg The Swedes and thePoles will em- brace the new Ruflian Syftem ; and it is thought the Court of Vienna will concur with that of Verfailles in affifting the Crown of Denmark. : Private Letters tromPecerfburg intimate,that it was e:nersly believed the Imperial, French, and Danith Minifters would fpeedily leave tha: Capital. The Czar fecms determined to open his Reign with the entire Recovery of his Patrimoria! Dominions ; and with that View Patents are, or will be peedily given our, for raifing ix new Regiments. L is thought ¢hat. foms Changes of great Confequence will take Plac: immediately after the Coronadon of the Em- peror and Emprefs at Molcow. 2 They write from Plymouth,that two large Spanith Men of War have been feen to the Weltward of that ¥or: ; and that the Englith Colours were flying over the Spanifh : which we hope will prove true. Great Quantities of Stores arc fhipping from Woolwich, ior the Expedision Fleet fitiing out at Partimouth, the Command of which will be taken in afew Days by Admiral Sir Edward Hawke. By the Emanucl, Milbeck, arrived at Lieth, after a very quick paflge from Chritianfands, we lesrn, that juft before her departure, an embargo had been Iaid on ali che thips in the Dunifh ports, end that « large body of troops had been ordered inftantly to march into Holftein. By a Leuer from Naumbourg, dated April 2, we learn thaton the 27th of izt Month, about Ten in the Evening, Capr. Otio, wiih his Huffurs, march’d from Freyburg to Lanchfted:, at (helatter of which laces he took poft, and puifhed pacroles as far as {hlle, to alsrm the Enemy Major Sydow who commanded there, immeoitely ordered out 120 Dregoons or Huffars, with 100 Foot, to carry off thefe patroles, but they retiring with Expedi:ion to ‘Lanchftedt, as had been ordered, and -tne pruffians following them clofe, as foon as the latier were got into the open Field, Capt. Ouo with his Corps feil upon them. This unexpected Attack throwing them into Dilorder, they were purfued to Halie, and 44 of the Foot, with 17 Dragaons and Huffars, aLicu tenant Colonel, and Major Sydow himfelf, who commanded ¢hem were taken, W*J e\ s o) o FOREIGN ADVICES Y advices from Lifbon we are informed, that the King of Portugal bas at laff fent to the court of . Madrid bis difinitive declaration,importing, “That bismoft Faithful majefly not baving any griefto alledge either againft Spain or Great- Britain ; nor ba ving any engagement, either offinfive or defenfive, with o0ith one or the otber of thofe two crowns, he was ré Solved ts keep within the bounds of perfec? impartiality, ig refpels to the rapture broke out between 1hews : That, confequently, be (hould permit the entrance into the parts uf bis kingdim, as well of Spanifb as of En glifb foips, provided they conformed to the regulations and ufages generally efiablifbed in the maritime places .of Eurcpe ; and that if, contrary to all expeflation, they fbould attempt by violent means to make bim defars from this newtrality, and fo woxnd bis rights of fovereignty, be would oppofe [uch a flept with all bis forces. ¢ " Paris, March ao. O tbe 5th Sentence was paffed 4t the Teouloufe on three Gentlemen of that Prevince,a Proteflant, Clergyman, and fevera! private Protsflants, on aceount of their affembling in a Defart. Tbe Clar gyman was tondemned to be banged, the ibree Centle mes to be bebeaded, all the others, to be fent to the Galleys, except ome, who was banifped for ten Years. D beir Sentences were execyted next Day. TheEfeéts of the three Gemtlemen, who were Brothers, were tox- Jilested, but Penfions were affigned 03 th tbe Sxd- [fience of toeir Widows and Children,”" Letters from Hamburg, Feb, 16. ¢ The Rupture between Spuin and England is 2 Phznomenon that muoft foon ceafe. Hiftary, perhaps, capnot furnith zn Example of 8 War begun on fuch frivolousPretzx:s. What have the two Nations to charge esch ahér with ? It is fomething fingaiar, that this War fhould take its Rife from a pacitic Negociation. other, is the Meafure of the Vigour and Continuance of the War between them,this Wer will not lait long»® Mareh 9. They write from Vienna of theazth ulg that the following Demands had been made by that Cour: to the King of Pruflia, by Way of Prcliminaries to & Pesce : Firft, That the King of Poland, Eleétor of Ssxony, fhould have t¢welve Millions of Florins sllowed him for the Damages his Electorate has {ul- tained by being the Seat!of War. - Secondly, That three Millions of ditto fhould be granted to the Duke of Mecklenburg Schwerin for theDamages his Dutchy bas fuffcred. Thirdly, That three Millions fhould be paid for the Damages snd Lofles the People have had by the Pruffian bafe Coin. Fourthly, That the Dutchy of Silefia fhould be reftored tathe Houfe of Auftria. And Fifthly, That on Complisnce with thefe D:=mands, it was sgreed that Ducal Pruflis, Pomerania, sod the’ Dutchy of Cleves, thould be re- ftored to the King of Pruflia. T wenty-three women were delivered of twins ; five brought three chitdren st a time ; one child was born without a tongue, with fix fingers end & thumb on the left hacd, {even on the right hand, ard feven toes on each foot, befides the great tce. Among thofe who died, 394 lived to the age of 90 ; 63 to the sge of 100 ; and 7 to the age of 101. Inthe diocele of Bergen, the. perions who died smounted only to 2580, of whom 18 lived to the sge of 100 ; on¢ woman to the age of 104, and ano- ther women to the age of 108, ; PeTersBURGH, March 9. Great Numbers of Reeruits are saifing.in this City, for ourArmy going, to Holftein. The Czer has given Orders for' the Regiment of Guards so be ¢cloathed in the Pruffian Mannes. e ; i April 3. Yefterdsy morning, # very fierce duel was fought behind Montsgue houle, by two valiant Cavaliers, who had quarrciled about « young lady, to whom they both paid their addrefles. The canfe of their quarrel, it feems, was owing to one of them baving fpoken ill of the other to his miftre(s behind his back, which the perfon defamed taxing him with, and his rival not clearing up the matter to his fatis- fs&ion, & challenge enfued, purfuant to which they both met a¢ the time and place sppointed, where they diicharged their piftols, with grestfury, at each other. Having given this dreadful proof of their mag- hood, in vain ; and being furprized, as they were within a few paces of esch other, that neither was burt, they began to enquire into the csufe of the pheenomenon ; when on interrogsting their fervants, who had loaded their piftols, it appeared that Tom and Jick, being a Jittle wifer than their mafters, had agrecd to charge only with powder, and thus this bloodlefs battle ended w thout any harm on either fide ; the two combatan:s being by this time grown cool enough to think of a reconcilement, which being ¢ffeCed without much difficulty, they returned home very good friends. ) PHILADELPHTIA, June ro. Capt. Watfon from Montego Biy, in Jumeics, on the 2oth of May fell in with Adm. Pocock’ 1 et off of Cape Nichols, where they were waiiing for Sir James Douglais’s fquadron from J.maica.— He lelt ihe fleet there the 21t ult, And by Cept. Story, who Jeft Kingfton in Jameice the 16th of May, we learn that Com. D uglafs fail’d four days before him, with 8 or g hips of the line, and two bombs, in order to join Adm. Pocock ; that on the 22d he faw his fqusdron between Cape Ti beroon and Cape Nichola ; and that on the 23d one fhip of the line and the two bombs, had got to the laft mentioned Cape, but' he faw none of Adm. Po cock’s fleet, There were lcit &t Jamaica only one fhip of the line,the Centaur ; and the Boreas frigate. Com. Douglss’s tender had taken after a {mart cngagement, & large {loop, full of fugar, and fent ber into Jamaics, but was afterwards taken by a French privateer. Capt. Watlon on the 23d of May, faw a veffel afhore on Ackland’s keys, inthe windward paflsge. To Jemaica they had raifed about 2000 Negroes for the expedition, wha were all embark’d in order to join the fleet. ftis faid the French flect in Cape Francois, hed made sn attempt to get out, but tnding that fome of our men of war were waiting for srd refolved 10 attack them, they returned. ' Capt. Stawart in a fhip from this plsce for Ja- i 1 fhell only® add, that if the Animofi'y of one Nation sgainft an- maice, wag taken and earricd into Port au Paix, but aticrvvarts cui cut by one of cur men ol war, NeBE W.Y O R X Jike 14 [The follswing Pariiculars are cxtrafled from she Papers, and daviees broughe 3y the Packet, wiz, ““That another Expedition is ou Foot in the Eaft Indies, and wiil be exfeuied in proper Time, nothing leis than the Philipire (finds, Manilla being the fiift Objeét in view : Thac the Portugusle sre in duly Expettation of the Spanizrd: enteiing cheir Couniry with « powerful Army: That the Coart of Poriugsl has sfked a[Subfidy oi Two Hundred Thoy. {and Pounds, which will be granted ; this thews Ol _Eaglend does not want for Money, nor is in Danger krupicy, as was artfully propagated by fome ¢ [. 120,000 of fsid Money is aiready lLid Warlike Stores and gone toPortugsl, the other £- 80,000, will be paid in Money: That Lord ‘U'yrawley, and feveral other General Officers are at Lifbon waiting as its faid for 8oce Tso6ps from Belicile, Ircland, &c, The Portuguefe has 30,020 at this Time under Arms, fuch as they are, bur its hoped, not worle than the Spaniards : That theKing of Spein intends to befiege Gibraltar (but its fuppofed = great Diftance) in Perfon, ney and will take it too, if he can: And that as 1o Germany, ‘Things look well, the Face of Affeirs fince the Dzath of the late Emprefs of Ruffia, sre furpriiingly changed in Favour of the King of Pruffis.” Ina London Paper of April 10th, it ir mention’d that the Alarm Privateer of Guernfey, has rcuke; the Polley Wynn from New-York for London, snd carried her into Guernfey : The faid Privateer hag alfo taken & French Ship from St. Domingo, called the Syren, worth Eight or Ten Thoufand Pouads, The Right Honourable the Earl of Sterling, hag been plealfed to appoiat the Rev. Mr. Auchmuty, of this City, one of his Lordfhip’s Chaplains, Yefterday was launched here, aRow Galley pier- ced for 12 Guns,to be called the Harlequin, to be commanded by Capt. Wright. By a letter from London we learn,that on the 17th of "March Iat, the Lords of Appeal reverfed the fen- tence of 10 veflels belonging toNorth America, thet were lately taken and carried down to Jamaica, in their voyages to and from Monto Chiifto. The flect at SsndyHook got uuder way Iaft Thurf- day morsing ; but were obliged to come too again, his Majefty’s fhip Intripid having ftruck on the mid- . dle ground ; and they were obliged to far: fity tons of her water before fhe could be got off : But they again put to fea on Friday evening. Lef faturday afternoon, his Majefty's thip Lizard, Capt. Banks, arrived here from Antigus, in 14 days - peflage ; on board of whom returned his Excellency the Hon. ROBERT MONCK I'ON, our Governor end Commandér in Chicf, end Msjor General of his Majefty”s forces ; from his fuccefstul expeduios a- gaintt the ifland of Martinico. His Excellency Jand- ed at Whitehsll flairs, where he was received by his Honor the Lieut. Governor Coiden,end & greac number ofother Gentlemen, under the difcharge of the cannon of Fort George ; his Excellency’s fudden {tho’ not unexpe&ed) arrival, affording no time for the militia, who were under muftering orders, 1o sp- pear for his more general welcome reception, Sir Harry Seaton snd Mr. Porter, camc with the General, in the Lizard msn of war. The Lizard had under convoy & Schoonrer which had on bosrd Governor Monckton®’s baggage, and five of his Domefticks ; but the third day after they failed, they were efpy’d by two larg: fhips, who gave chace, came up with the Schooner,and detained her; from which it was conje€tured thcy were enemy’s fhips. i is faid one of them appeared to be a dou- ble decker, the other a frigate. The Schoorer has pot been heard of fince, and *tis feared is made a capture of. NEW-HAV EN, Funea. We bear from North Guilford, that on the 261b of lafp Month, as three young Men of that Place svere bathing themjelves in a Pond, one of them, named Fonathan Spencer, ( about 20 Years old, an Apprentice so Mr. Jacob Quoan ) was [eiz’d with the Cramp, and called to bis Companions ( one of whom, was bis Brother ) to belp bim out of the Water ; they came to bis Affifance immediately, but they being in a great Fright, coutd not prevent bis being drowned, though the W ater was mot more than four Feet and a balf decp. Lhey bad been bard at Work, were very bot, and wvent into the Water to caol themfelves. The unfirtunate young Man that was drowned, bad a fair Chbaratier, and bis Death is viry much regretted. Laft Monday, 2 very unhappy Accident happened at the Mufter of the Militia in North Haven. After the Arms and Accoutriments of theMilitary Company in that Place were view’d by the Officets, for the Sike of Mcriment, ic was sgreed to have a Mock Indian-Fight, and a Part of the Company drefs'd in sn Indisn drefs, and incounter’d the other Part of the Company ; when one Enoch Ives, s young Man about Eighteen, who was one of the Indian Pany, had his Windpipe, Jugular Vein, and his Throas tore in fuch a Manner, by the Dilcharge of a Gun, thas was clolc by him that he expir'd in an Inflan LOST Iaft Wedneldsy a Stay Hook, fet with Stones, between Mr. Heoes's MeetingHoule, snd Mr. Stoodley’s ; Whoever brings it to the Printer kercof fhall be well Rewarded, '