The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, July 16, 1762, Page 2

e L O N D O N, May. ‘A Extra8 of a Latter from an Officer in the Army cantoned wear 8t. David's, in the Eoft Indies, dated July 24, 1761, X You are without doubt informed before this, that by the Succels of our Arms the French are entirely drove out of Indis. The Fame of our Arms is now fo refpetable in this Part of the World, that but little fighting is required to obtsin what we wifh for from any oi the Country Powers. : Col. Coote with his Regiment is failed for Ben- gil; an Expedition being intended from that Part to reinftate the lawiul Heir in the Mogul Throne, the Highlsnd Regiment will foon fail tor Bombsy. The beginning of this Month the Seaford Frigate arrived from England with particular Orders to Admirsl Stevent, who died of an Apoplexy at Bombay. The Fleet from that Part is expetted daily; it confifts of nine Sail of the Line; and fix Frigates, now com- manded by Admiral Cornith. It is fuppofed that the Frigute from England brought Orders to fail with the Fleet for the Mauritee, where we are 1n- formed another Fleet is to meet them. By sall Re- ports the People there are alresdy half ftarved, fo that we fhall propsbly make ourfelves Mafters of it without much Dificulty. CuaTHAM, May 5. So fickly a Time as the prefent has not been known beré in Memory of the oldet Man living. The Princels Mary is commiffioned, and the Command given to Capt. Jumes Shirley. : 3 By & Lester fram Rome, received by the laft Mail we arc informed, that an Englifh Gentleman haviag been lately introduced to the Pope, his Holinefs was pleafed among other Things, to fay, *“ That if the Intelligence he had received of the taking of Mar- tinico had not been onqueftionable, he could not have believed we had been able to make fo difficult a Conqueft ; and that the Glory of the Englith Na- - sion was now arrived to fo grest a Height, that he fhiould have thought it sn Honor to have been an Englifthman. An aflocisted Body of Merchants, in hopes of bet_ ter Succels than Mr. Hanway had in his Travels thro, Ruffia to Perfis, are now preparing Wollen Cloths, Cutlary, snd other wfeful Anicles, the Produce of Great-Britain, to be carried to Perfia by the Way of Baflora, in Afistic Turkey, which is about 200 Zn- glih Miles from Ifpsham, were, utwith!tandxy‘ the late Diftrations of State, great Quantities of Silk Gums, Spices, and other valusble Commodities are to be had, befides Jewels, which the Jate Nadir Shah brought along wiih him, to s very confiderable A- mount, from Debli. : May 6. By s Letter from Paris we are informed that on the arrivel of the Marquis de Vaudreuil in France, from his lste Government of Canads, he ‘was fent for immediately to Court, in order to give ‘an Account of his Condu& ip that Department, when {everal Officers sppearing aguinft him, and charging him’ with bad Mansgement, &c. in his Proceedings againft the Bnglifh, he was commitied Prifoner to the Buftile, where he now lies. The B fhop d’An- tan, Firfk Almoner to the King, intexceded for him, and fpoke very ftrongly in his Favour, faying, that he had s&ted with fpisitin the Service of his Country; ana, if it did not meet with that Succefs ‘he meant, it _wisnot his Faalt: Adding, that the Marquis had Foemies, wha were much more deferving of being fent tothe Beftile. This Freedom, however, was fo far from being of Service to the Marquis, that, sc- ¢ording to thele Letters, the good Bithop himfelf got feverely reprimanded, snd has been ordered to quit the Court, and confine himlelf entirely to his own Diocele. An Hungerian Meffenger is arrived Exprefls from the Court of Vienna, which caufes much Speculation. By Order of the Parliamens of Paris, the Effeéls of the Jefuits in the College of Lewis le Grand, even the Church Orniments, have been (old [by Auétion. According to the French Account of the Proseed- ings before the Caftle of Arcerfberg, the Fire kind- led by the red hot Bullets thrown into the Place wes {o vi lent, that when the Hereditary Prince woull have spproached the Works, in order to of- fer Quarter to the Garrifon, the Flames burft forth wi:)y fo mueh Fury, that he was obliged to retire without an Anf{wer, having had one Side of the Hair of tis Head very much icorched before he could et off. . May 8. Our Letters from sll Parts of the King- dom bring Accounts of the prefent prevailing Epi- ‘demic Diforder, which in fome Places has proved fata}, and has been fo general as to feize on Pegple of sl Ages and Conftitutions. On Saturday an Experiment was made near High- gate, on the Tempersture of the Air, by tying a L] Picce of frelh Meat at the Tiil of a Kite, and thea flying it for a confiderable Time, when, upon draw- ing the Kite duwn aguin, the Meat appeared quite tanted, and fo dilcolour’d, that it was plain iome y muft at prefent prevail in the Air, to an amazing Efe&l overit. froms Merchant st Lifbon, ; his Portug jefty, who live on the Borders of that Kingdem next to Spain, are beginning to re- move their beft Effeéts to Places of more fafety, and that many Families have slready deferted their Dwel- lings, and carried every Thing away sloag with them {o that in fome Plsces, for many Miles yound, nei- ther Man nor Besftis to be feen, except where the Troopsere flationed, who are drawing together in large Bodies, as faft s they can, towards the Fron- tiers, in order to oppofe the Operations of the Spa- nisrds, who, on their Side, are getting together their Artillery to befiege the Garrilon of Eivas, which has been lately seinforced with 2000 Infamtry, and 1500 T (3 The Spanisrds, when the laft Advices came away from Lifbon, had not entered the Portuguele Terri- tories, and thg who were beft acquainted with that Country and Climate, think that the Sesfon is fo far advenced, that to prevent being expoled to the ex- trease Heats, they will, according to the old Ufage, go imto Quarters of Cantonment till the Month of September, in which they may commence their Au- tumn Campeign. They write from Bonifacio in thelfland ofCorfics, that early in the Morning on the 8th of April, the Garrifon of Corti made aSslly on the Genoefe Troops, which are befieging that Place, of whom they killed and wounded many, took others Prifoners, and nailed up ten Pieces of Cannon ; sfter whick they fet Fire to their Gabions, and retired in good Order back to the Town,having had but 2Men killed & 7 wounded Yefterday it was currently reported that theCourts of France and Spain had prefented &« Memorial to the States General, equally as infolent s that {ent to the Court of Portugal. : Capt. Tidéeman, wbo (ail'd from Madras with five mes of war, is to join Admiral Cornifp, and it was thought voeuld attempt Mayriiius. Tbe Faimouth and Prince Edward bave om board Mos/f. de Larce, theFrench Governor of Pondicherry ; all the fortifications of which were satally defiroyed and tba:ftm carried to Madras. bere is an account come of Admiral Cornifs, with the [quadren ynder bis command. baving beex off the dfie of Burbon ; but mot meeting ibe reinforcement which be expelied o fnd there, be retired and is gowe t0 the Cape of Good Hope. Tbe King of Pruffia privateer belonging to Gutrs- Jey, wbo iately took a French prize from St, Domingo, laden with fugar and coffe, and alfs re took a brig from America with ligwood, rum8c. carried only two [mall carrigge guns, four fwivels, and twenty three men, [o shat the prizes will tarn oyt to a very good accoust - wong the caprors, as tbe number is fo fmall. ThePruffian General Werner, by Permiffi- on of his RoyalMafter, has entered into the Service of the Emperor of Ruffia ; he is to have theCommand of theRuflianTroops deftined for Pomerania, with a Salary of 12,000 Rubles per Annum, befides the In- come from a Regiment he is to have given him. PP PRAS PP PRt o PAT Cs (P, (s, oy L ON D O N, April 13, 19, 22. The Du:chsccording to fome private advices, will not be aliowed to preferve their neutrality any longer, fince they tell us, that theFrench have juft deman- ded and infifted upon their High Mightinefles imme- diately declaring themfelves either for France orEng- land. The Falmouth and Prince EdwardIndismen from Madras, are arrived st Spithead,and bring an account of the death of admiral Stevens, The Prince Soubife arrived at Francfort the 17th of April, to take the Command cf theFrench Army. The Prince 0/Conde commands on theLower Rhine ; Licut. Gen. Chevert will command uncer him, and will open the Campaign with the Siege of Munfter. The Hereditary Prince with 15000 Troops is in the Neighbourhood of Lipftadt,& intends to go :0Caflel. A fhip arrived at Cadiz, from theHavannah,brings "an account, that the diftemper, call'd the black vo- mit, raged smong the Spanith faflors, on board their fleet, and had carried off great numbers of them. e g Aoy SN ! T N ) e Nk S - Fiad ol 3 in Town fays, that the Subjectsof § 4 5 urchale the y to the ’ Perfon that hes an In. clination to p me, msy @ fame P_mm; s OO W= o ! QM Sa33 SIif [ e% ed -« = ["2 L ey u-i O C =S B O % 22%.8 S25E S MERu 525 5 ad -v'g:;;:d o iz SEEES Bow 20 POER s - p £8s38 1 543 §Ez8f ¥g™ R el - PR B ' RC] a“wh %?30"6 UV og BEe28 & Bad 25208, = 24 Gy ¥ = = gsEfv gcte = S8 8, T 0o FE355C° 3245 1 9 - ™ e~ ,.!“ - - E Ga3if dr B.3E0 4E 4 OSga g5 30.5.:.-. K1) e % %5 € ECe R - o83 - oS8 o235 b_&-n E _Efl: ™ 2B L2 E“'o 8 - > S = [~ Q - B for Turin, with Inftru€tions to affure Letters from Genoa The Count d’Herouville Majefty,that dueAttention fhall be paid to his Claims in this future Settlement of Ital Rendezvous. nifter st of Ssrdinis, and he haa It is un- Some talk of the Kevenhuller, Minifter Prince of Conde, in therank under him. He fet out the- 2 crifis. This fudden change furpri- Command of 45,000 French, g near Dunkirk. Five Lieutenant April 24: 'Aubeterre, lately the French M e will have the aign under the P of Lieutenant General. ) zes people inHolland in the prefent ofed in their line, and well garrifoned, and found * certain whe is to fucceed him. y the Cam Madrid. Verfailles, which are affemblin from Paris de Cls prels | pages ready immedi- ately, and to fet out for the Lower Rhine, to make Generals, and eleven MajorGenerals aretocommand tholick Majelty, in anfwer to the theCount d’Affry, the French 2, (which theFrench had fortified received anEx On the 15th inftant Mi inifter at theHague, By this Diy’s mail there is advice, that theHere- with orders to get his field equi ditary Prince, in his late Expediiion, toek the litile town of Arenfber inci there 27 pieces of cannon, and made fome hundred Viicount d priloners, slorg with ten cfficers.