The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, July 9, 1762, Page 2

\“r" dreutl, 12t Governor General of Canzde, has been fent to the Biftile ; and thst the Bifhop d’Autor, Fuft Almoner to the King, has besn ordered to leave the Court. The Ground cn which the houfle of the late Duie of Averio was fituated in Portugal, was fown with falt the 18:.h uit. By & meflenger whe arived yefierday et Lord Anion’s houlein the Admiralty from Bath, we lesrn thst his Lordthip is o far recovered from his indil pofition, that he has talen the air in his coach three hiours a'day for fcveral days paft. They write from Warfaw of the 2d ult. that the Grand Treafurer of the Crown had juft received ad- vice, that two waggons Jaden with money from Bref- lau, which had been ftopt by sn Officer of the Tresfury on the confines of Cracovis, were retaken by & party of Pruffisn troops, and conduéted back to Breflau, together with'the Officer himlelf as a Prifo- ncr. The Rufisn Genersel Fermer has demsnded leave to refign hiscommsnd in the army. He is the Ge- neral whoin 1758 commended at the Battle o/Zorn- dorff egainft the Pruflizns, and who fome time after was created by the Emperor of Germany, Count of k¢ Holy Roman Empire. Oxford, April 30. Yeferday Benjamin Franklin, Efa; of Penniylvania, eminent for his many extra- ordinary improvements in eleflrical experiments was prefented by this Univerficy to the honorary degree of Doétor in Civil Law.—— At the fame time his Son, who has diftinguifhed himfelf in the fame branch of natural knowledge, was preflented to the honorary degree of Mafter of Arts. Letters from Berlin of the 13th of April f{ay, the Treaty of Reconcilistion between Pruiiia and Ruflia is on the Point of being fignzd : And a Convention of the fame Model between Pruflia snd Sweden, is faid to be figned.....Letters from Hamburg fay, that there is an Accommodation between Ruffia and Denmark; but this is nat thoreughly confirmed....Its certzinly cxpeéted.. . Asto the Court of Vienna, that is refolved to continue the WAR, and has acceeded ta the Alliance beiween France and Spain Court of Verfzilles and Vienna have zgreed to form gnotherArmy inSaxony of 12,000French and 12,000 Aufrians. It iy faid, Marfhal Daun will command in Silefia, General Laudohn the fecond in that Pro- vines, Sount de Serbolini in Saxony...The two Armies of the Emprels Queen will be compofed of 125,000 Men, go,coo Combstants in Silefis, the reft in Saxcny....The whole Troops of the Empire will canfift of 143 000 Men...uuia ThePruflians amount to 142,000 Troops. £ At Spithead, the Admirals Hawke and Geary, with 12 fhips of War, ; PHLILADELPHTIA, June 24 Yefterdsy was launched by Meflieurs Thomas and James Penrole, the Privateer HERO,. a Ship of g5 Fect Keel, and 32 Feet Beam, and Twenty Four Nine pounders on one Deck. She hus been on the Stocks only feventy three Days, and is reckoned the fineft Veflel for that Parpcfe, that ever was built in America. EW-Y ORK, June 24, Yefterday srrived here in 27 Days from Jamaica, the Captains Goodwin, Webb,Kierfteed, SsDobfon: they came under Convoy of the Britannia Privateer, Capt. Mc Pherfen, of Philadelphia, who has tsken two large Dutch Sloops Prizes, loaded with Suvgar gnd Indigo, from Por: au Prince and Port Louis, * which he has carried with him toPhiladelphis ;Capt. Goodwin fell in with theleVeflels off CapeNichola ; where fie alfo fpcke with the DeptfordMan of War, abous the 3d loftant,wha, informed him of theJunct- . *fon and Deftination of the Fleets under Sir George Pococke, and Sir JamesDouglafs,which united make 211 Ssil, of which 29 are Ships of the Line, and 15 4. Drigstes, having on board 12,000Regular Forces,&c. Com. Pouglals zlfo carried with him from Jamaica, 2500 Sfaves, and 150 free Negroes as Bufh Cutters, Ringers,-&c. the Whole bound to the Havannah; an Engligh Cutter was Rationed in the old Streigius, where fhe was to ply, and advife the Admirsl if any Fleets appeared. N EW.Y OR K, June 28: The fecond Fieet of Men of War and Traniports are near ready to f{ail from this Place. The 6th of May Cept. Hervey, with & Fleet of feven Sail of the Line was cruifing off Cape Francois, wiiting for the coming out of the French Fleer, corfifting of 6 Ssil ofthe Line, and three Frigates, which were unmoored and going to fail, but ona {udden returned to their old Mooiings, owing its faid to Intelligence being given them of cur Fleer, by a Vaflel juft arrived there from Coraccoa. St ‘Jago, de la Vega, in JAMAICA, May »5. We Jearn thet onthe6thInftant, 75ail of our kleet under the Command of Capt. Hervey, were cruifing off C2p= Frarcois, waiting for the coming out of tha French Fleet, confifting of 6 Ssil of the Line and 3 liigates, which were unmored snd going to fail, But op a fudden returned to their old Moorings ; awing, its believed, tolntelligence being given them of our Fleet, by sn Engiifh Flag of T'ruce, juft then grriv’d from INorth America, To be Sold, a likely NEGR :" \ Mz:y 21. Since cur left errivad gt Port Royal, the Ferret Sloop of War, iram & Cruize off Cubs; fhe brings Advice, thet the Sparisrds are ftrong'y for.ifying every de'enfive Part of the [fland, having fometime 2go had Inform of theDefigns sgsintt the Havaanah, they ey will defend that Jfland much better t onledersics theFrench did Mardneco. . Arrived at Port R fhe failed with Com. Douglafs, the Deck falling in by Means of fome of her Beams giviog Way rendec- ed her unfit for Service, B, 05 T 0. N, uly. s Laft Wecek arrived-here Captain Andrew Newell, from Guadaloupe : He failed from thence the 6th of June,icCompany with & Fleet of Merchentmen,con- fiting of between 2z and 300 Seil, from the Weft India !{lands, bound for Europe and North America: They werc convoyed by his Majelty’s Ships Van- guard, Crefcent, A&eon and Norwich ; when the Fleet was clear otthe Ifl:nd, the Vanguard and Cre- fent reiurned to their Stations,the other twoMen cf War proceeded with the Ships bound to Europe. We hear of no late Captures in the Weft Indies. The Negro Fellow mentioned in our laft to have left his Cloaths on a Wharf and was tho’t to have been drowned, rcturned home laft Tuefday Night, almoft ftarv’d, having hid himfelf naked in a Store near where hisClosths were found, for four days and Nights without the leaft Suftenance the whole of that Time. We hear from Rhode Ifland, that laft Friday le'n- night, 2s a Nomber of Perfons were mowing Grals in the Town of Portfmouth on that Ifland,a Thunder Shower came up, whereupon they betock themfelves to s Tree for Shelter,and one of them hung aScythe on a Limb over his Heed : Scon aftera Siream of Lightning came down theT'ree, tock itsCourle along the Blade of the Scythe, and from thence went off the Point onthe H-ads of one Mr. Fifh, end a Lad named Murphy,and kill’d them both inftantaneouily. :.... The other Perfons that ftood under the Tree re- ceived no Hurt. We hope fome Obfervations will be made on thisOccnrrence, and on the Nature and Utility ot Eleétrical Points : In the mean Time it msy not be amifs to re print the the following Extras fromMr. B.Franklin’s Letters onElefricity. wr..¢As ele@rical Clouds (fays he) pafls over the ¢ Country, high Hills and bigh Trees, lofty Towers, « Spires, Mafts of Ships, Chimneys, &c, as {o many ¢ Prominences draw the Eleétrical Fire, and the ¢« Whole Cloud difcharges there ; dangerous it is to ¢ take fhelter under a Tree dusing a Thunder Guft ; ¢ it has been fatal to many both Men Beafts. It is ¢ fafer to bein the open Field for another Resfon : ¢ When the Cloaths are wet, if & Flafh in its way to ¢« the Ground fhould ftrike yourHead, it would run ¢ in the Water over theSurface of yourBody,where- ¢ us if your Cloaths are dry, it would go thro’ your ¢ Body. Hence a wet Rat cannot be killed by the ¢ exploding eleétrical Botile, when adry Rat may.’ An Extraét of a Letter from St. Pisire, inMartinico, dated May 24, 1762. ¢ We had s moft terrible Earthquake lsft Night, tho’ no Damage has been done; it conlifted of three Shacks, each lefs violent than the other, and at about half snHour’sDiftance. I did not quit myBed, tho’ almoft thrown out of it by the firft Shock, which was very terrible, on Account of the ftrange rumbling Noile which accompanied it ; the Earth trembled violently for five Minutes after it, while the Noile gradualiy died away. All the French quitted their Houles.” I do not exaggerate, when I compare the firt Shock of myHoulfe to aChair being pufhed vio- lently trom you, and as viclently drawn back ; every _Beam in it cracked ; but as the Houle is of Wood, [ thought if (afer to be fill, and depend on the Bed- pofts, than to endeavour at an Eicape, for I had no Hopes that the Houles would not fall.” T'he Snow Lucretis,Capt. NathanielGreene, bound from London for this Place, wss teken the 11th of May, in Lat. 35. 6. Long. 38. 49. by a French Fri- gate (formerly the Earl of Leicetter Packet Boat)be- longing to Breft, and bound on &2Cruize to the Capes of Virginia: The sbovg mentioned Frigate a few Days atter sllo took aBrig fromW hitehaven for. Vir- ginia, which they ranlomed for [.500 Sterling, in this Veflel Capt. Greene, Capt. ThomasAllen, Capt. Caleb Prince, Capt. Frederick Hamilton, Mr. John Hsmmet, and Mr. George Henderfon, all of this Town, who were coming Paflengers from London, were put on board, and arrived st Virginia, from. which Place they want to Philadelphis, and cameto town from thence laft Friday Evening. The fame Day arrived here from a Cruize, the Province Ship of War King George, Benjamin Hol- lowell, jun. Efq; Commander. In Capt. Jacoblon, who' arrived here Yefterday from London, came Psflengers Mr.John Hurd,Capt. Swmith, Capt. McAdam, Capt. Wyer, & Capt.Archer. We hearthatthe Rev, M. Barrett, who went from hence in Capt. Jecobfon, died inLondon of the Small Pox foon after he srrived there. : P50 R B S M Qe T H. Laft Friday arrived here Capt. David Perry, in the Brigt. Nancy. in 35 Days drom Lifbon, by whom we he dvics, that thedilh norchern Frontiers of Portogai, with a largs Aty s thatthe Portuguele had raifed sn A mvaof 4- ,3:,; Men, joined by two Repiments from —ln_-',.‘r:,l_. ;n;j were ia daily Expe&aiion of four more from the {tme Place; (he whole ta be commanded by an Fa- glifh General, under whofe Conda@ the Purtuguefe expeted very [bontorepel the [nvaders. & Thofe Perfons who are Subfcribers in this Town for Dr. Wartrs’s PSALMS, may be fupplied by Deacon SamusL PenHarrow, immediately. CUSTOM HOUSE, Piscataqua, JuLy 8. Entered Inwards, Sloop Montreal Samuel Stebbens from Grand Terre: Sloop Charming Sally ThomasPar(ons from Antigua. Scheoner Mary, Thomas Beck from St. Kicts. Sloop Elizabeth John Seaward from Philadelphis. Ship Nancy David Perry from Lifbon. Schooner Pelly Ephraim Jones from Maryland. Sloop. Defiance Thomas Stu:gis from Rhede Ifland. Brig Calliope Jofeph Wells from Antigus. SloopCharmingPoily Nath.Saxton from Long-Ifland. Sloop Swallow Nath. Goodin from Menis. Brig Hanneh Nath. Kent from Grand-Terre. Brig Mary Andrew Ford from Philadelphis, Cleared Out, Brig Rainbow Jofish Larken for Antigua. Schooner William and Hannah P. D. Woeodbridge for Halifax. Schooner Rye Benjamin Rendall for Rhode Ifland. Sloop Joanna Zecbulon Harmen for Halifax. Sloop Swallow Nathanicl Listlefield for Barbados, Sloop New Port George Janverin for Rhode Ifland. Sloop Syren William Vennard for Weftern Iflands. RAN-AWAY from his Mafter Lient. Fofeph Sias of Durham, a NEGRO MAN, nemed Syrrinam, sbout 25 Years of Age, fpeaks good Englifh, a thick fet Fellow, one Leg lefs than the other, with a large Scar on the fmall Leg, and a Joint cfone of his Thumbs is off ; had on when he wentaway, a check’d cotton snd wool Shirt, two {Vtckus, one ftriped and the other Fuftin, and a Pair of foofeSkin Maugerfons :—WHOEVER will take up {asid Negro, snd convey him to his faid Mafter, or fecure him in any of his Msjefty’s Goals, fo that he may be had again, thall have Twenty Pounds O.T. Reward, and all ncceffary Charges paid by me Durbam, Fuly 34. 1762. JosepH Sias. All Mafiers of Veffels and others are forbid to en- tertain, conceal or carry off Jaid Degr, : all NOTICE ®hereb Perfons that have Demands on, or sre indebted to the Eftate of Capt. Trifiram Coffin, deceafed, That Attendance will be given at his late Dwelling Houfe in Dcver, on every Monday for three Months from the Date hereof, foradjufting, paying and receiving faid Debts, by Hannab and Elipbalet Cofin, Exe- cutors of faid Deceas’d’s Will. Dover, July 7. 1762. oo sl \’[-"ON Very cbeap for CASH or /bort CREDIT, By EDWARD EMERSON, Oppofite the Town- Houfe in York. A freth ASSORTMENT of Englith and Weft Indis GOODS :—Ssid Emer/orn continues to carry on the Taylor’s Bufinefs. ' NOTICE is hereby given to all Perfons who have any Detnands on the Eftate of William Eagres, late of Londonderry, deceafed, or are Indebted to fiid Eftate, that the Executors to (aid Eftate will attend to fettle the Accounts of the faid Eftate, on the firft Tucldays and Wedneldays in three of next enfuing Months after the Date hereof, at the Houfe of the Decealed in Londonderry afterfaid. Tuly 7. Feleph Eayres, Willam Eayres, 4 Exzecutors. Fames Eayres, e s st i s s D oo, D To BE sOLD A gocd Double HOUSE, Barn, Well, Garden and other Conveniences, st the North- End of the Town ; for furtber Particulars Enquire of the Printer hereof. TO BE SOLD At publick VENDUL on Monday the 12th of July next, at the Houfe ot Major Titcomd’s in Dover, at Two o'Clock in the Afternoon, A LOT of Land in Rochefler, containing about 150 Acres, well timbered,being in the Third Divifion ;any Perfon may have their Choice out of three Lots in frid T'own, which lays near the grest Ponds,all belonging to Eleazer Colman, junr: of Rochefter, and Foleph Colman of Newington, of whom any perfon may inquire for Particulars 3 Conditions of fale to be leen at Time and Place of fale. { O WOMAN about 18 Years of Age. Inquirgf the Prin_tcg x - > i