The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, August 6, 1762, Page 3

Bxirot of a Letter from & Gentleman on board the Fleet which fail'd fromJemueics, dated Havennsh Fuly 14. €] HIS is the 4th Day fince we arriv’d, -~ - and fcarcely sn Hour paffed in all this Time, but the Roar of Cannon and the Noile of Bombs have been ringing in our Bars : The Event has been very doubtiul. 83 they made & moft obflinsteRefiftsnce,and ourArmy is very fickly. The Moore Caftle 85 the principal and almolt oniy Objett we ‘sre at prefent engag'd with, having trom § to g Baiteries conflantly p'sying sgainft it; they are often deftroy’d, but as often re- bui't aggin. [t is certain thatiftkey do not forrender in 3 or ¢ Days from the above ‘Dite, the Eng ith are determined to form. A moft fatal Event ta many Thoufands | We did not expedt to have met with any Detention here, but this: Day we teceiv’d Qrders {rom the Commodore for all the Fleet 10 come to Aichor teLeeward of the %tbofl-_ We fhall not fail in 8 Days. *The General has ordered »ll the Veflels in ‘our Fleet toland all theirCotion in order to fill up the Ditch to ftorm the Caftle, fo that the Affsir will be determined c’cr we leave this......Our Batteries have been open 23 ‘Days. We have lait by Sicknefs and kill ed 2200 Men and gieat Numbers are ftill ;,ick......They have almoft given over the Hopes of s Reinforcemen: from Nowth “Americs ; Ifthey would now ercive, we fhould foon compleat our Defigns hare.” "Extra of a Letter from Halifax, July 1. ¢ Arfhal Law is pablifh’d here .i..a ; Company of Militiz mount Guard “every Day ;.....n Embargo is laid on all Shipping for ebout ten Day. We are putt- ing this Town in the beft Pefture ot D=- fence that is poffible ; and, fhould the French pay ws a Vilit, we fhall be in a Condition to give them a very warm and fuitable Reception.... This comes by Capt. ‘Church, who is premitted to (si!, by Resfon of his cerrying fome poblic Letters,. . .Qur “Harbour: is fitled with Topfsil Veflels and Schooners from Newfcundlsad ; but no “ Advice s received from Autherity ofthe Particulars of St. John's being taken ; but ia geaeral, tis faid, shat the Inhabitar:s had 8 or g Duys sllowed them to (eule, and difpofe of their Effc@s to the beft Ad- vantage they could..... The Freneh Com modore has weighed the Gramont Fiigute, snd fizted her for the Sea.” ... .- Extra® of another Léster from Halifax. € ¥ Herewith inclofe you'a Notificaiion, whigh was fent to the Inhabitants of Bay of Balls. viz. * »E, the Commmander of bis Moft “ Chriftian Mzj:fly's Fleet in Bay o Bulls, make it knswu to all the ¢ Inbabitants of the |aid Plate, that they ““ may coms to their. Habitations witbeys “ being molefled ¢ A ‘board of bis Maj 7y's Ship the Ro- ““bufte, the 24¢h of Fune, 1762. (Signed) Le Cb. de"Turnay.” “ THE Aatilope of 50 Guns, with her Convoy from England, are thought to be upon the Coalt of Newfouandlend a: this ‘Time, but hope they will receive fome Advice oFthis [sd Affair, before thgy get t00 nesr and arc taken by ‘the Enemy ™ By feveial Veflels eriived From New- foundisnd fince our I:ft, we have the fol- lowiag farther Accounts from. thence ; the Mafter of one of them informs, that he left Ferriland the 1ft of July, that he was at Halifax on the 14th, snd was informd by a gentleman who left Feriland in the Afterncon of the 1ft of July, that he faw on the (aid Day, four Freach Men of War come out of the Bay of Bulls, and fleer as he judged for St. John’s, that two of the Ships were of 74 Guns, one of 40 Guns, and & Frigate ; and it-was generally tho’t there were no other French Ships on that Coalt ; but that the other four fuppaied French Ships which had been feen off are now judged to be Englith Ships bound up ¢he River St. Lawrence : It was faid the Freach landed 1500 Men ; 1000 of which were dilembarked from the two large Ships, and the Remsinder from the other two Ships, thers being no Tranfport Ships in Comnpeny with them.. We have Advic:‘irem Halifax, that Cept, James Brocks, Mefter of cne of the Veffeis that were taken at the Bay of Balls, which be left on the Appesrance of the Linemy's Ships, has deppled, that haviag got to Ferri land,on the 30tk of June lalt, 2 Man came there and declered t0 him, that he was in the Fort of St. Johr's when it furrendered, which was on the 27th’; that he lett the Fort that Dy ; that the Number of the Enemy who invéfted the Fort wasfaid to b from 12 to 1500 Men ; that they march’d by Lend <o St. joon's from the Bay of Bulls, where the Ships lay ; that they brought no Cannon with them againft faid Fort; and that they had nmot 2t the Time ofhis De. parture defltroyed sny of the Houles st St John’s ; but he knew not any of the Par ticulars of the Capitulstion. And 1R Evening sisived here Captain Cockran in & Brig from Newfoundland,but laft from Halifax in § Days, in whom came Paflenger the Mailter ofa Veflel who was taken at St. Joho's, end made his Efcape from thence the 4th of July, 6 Days aiter that Place furrendersd, who intorms, that the French Foice which march’d from the Bay of Bulls to St. John's confifted of 16co fine Troops,and that the Garrilon fubmitted writhout making any ,Op?fitim or any Articies of Capitulation ; That the Prench were erécting newFortificationsat St. John's and were determined to keep the Place ; that they had slfo fitted out 14th fail of Privateers, which were all fail'd on s Cruise before he got from thence ; that they had ‘deftroyed the Bay of Bulls, but had done no Damage at 5t. John's, the Inhabitants retisined in quietPofleflion of their Houfes; but that & Guard of French Scldiers ware 'aced at all the Stores : That the Freneh leet corfitted of but 2 Ships of 74 Guns, one of 44. snd two Frigstes, the Jatter bf which kept conttantly cruizing off theMouth of the Hurbour ; and thst they all came from Old France: vue Ceptsir. Cochran informs that ne Englith Nien of War were arrived at Halifax,neither nad they received Advice of any being on that Coaft . fo that theFitherman’s Accouns, who arrived at Marblehead laft Week, of 1+ Jail being chere, is withcut any Found Huilfsx two Days before Capi. Cocliran {ailed. \ ’ , . The following is a Psragraph from M d’Arc of the Cemmerce and Navigation of the Antients ; which no doubt the French would be gldd to put into Ex ecution. : PR E moft attack the Engiith colo- nies, for all the ftrength of our enenties lies there. 1 (hall keep to this point,and thew the means.of putting it in- to BExecation. A fuperior fleet wiil eut off the Englifh commeree entirely. The op- plence of their colonies confifts in, and arifes from, their conneétion with their mother country. We muft cut off this conneicn by our fleet, and then they will dwindle away and become our prey.”’ Exira&t of a Letter from Quebec, June, 29. “ There is no pas =5 nt&’f%&g This day a veflel arrived - ip 44 days from London, and brings aa account that they are raifing three new artillery companies at Wool wich, and that peace is again talk'd of this fammer. Veflels are daily arriving here with provifions from England.” Nine fail of Englith veflels were taken oft M™rtinico between the 10th and 12 of Jore, by three privateer floops, fuppoled to be French. They burnt 2 brig which they took belonging to New-England ; 1obbed a floop of 400 half Jshannes, her colours &c. and then returned her to the Captain. Ore or two of his Majefty’s frigates are now ctuifing to convoy ( if poflible) the Monfieurs into port. Mr. George St. Lawrence, Colleftor of the caftoms at St. Lucia, has been carried away by the Crew of a Spanifh pettiaugre privateer, after they had cut him in a very inhuman manner, and fet-his houfe on fire : It’s thought feveral of the French Inbaki. | tant aflited.the Spaniirdr, who, we hesr, his Mojelty’s Brig Antigud is gope tor,” ia veder 1o wake thewr wial 2t Mardin co, B Qs R D o8 Mo Q LU v H., Tuelday 1ot arrived hee Capt. Wiliiam Pearnn 7 Days from Halifax; by him we - are isfermed that St. Johos, 1 Newfoand - land furrendered to the Freach @ orces aiter firing of two Gans only, which they ave ftrongly fortifying obliging zcoBaglithmen every Day to doDuty on the'Warks There fell into the French Hand« at bt. Johna between 40 and o 1ail of Eaplith Vs, one of them a 20Gan Ship, - x - On monday toe 5ib of I Month s kil'id at the upper cobes in this previmce, a latge black buck Mov'e, whick wwighed absut 79® Weight, very fat._nire mer dincd plentifully on tbe marrow of bimi; nkar two barreis bf choice Pieces was bro’t diwm 12 ‘the lowoer cobes, and the Remainder Servid fip the min frveral days, bifides oneor fde bug dred Weight left bebind, ¥ TO BE SOLD, By EB:NEZER SHAW of Hampton, A fmall Ifland, lying nedr the Maqtb of the Harboyr, ewbiih contaiks Sixteen deres of Upland, and Four HAires of Salt Marjb, geod for Mowing, Plowing axd Pafluring, together with a good sew Houfs, Barn, Fifb Houfs and Wharfe belonging to the [ame. Alfo a go0d Schooner, four ¥sarg o/d, of abeut 3§ Tens ; & Gundels and Conge [uitable for the Place. Ingquire of fwid Shaw, living on the Premifes, or of Caprain Celeb Ssnborn of Hamptow Fall:, or the Priater bereof. [7) TO BE SOLD, At PUBLICK VENDUE, On Luefday she 241h of shis Infians Auguft, «at the Houfe of Captain Zscharish Fols, dankolder in Portfmouth, Z7he ROPE WALKS belonging to the Efiate of Joun Massrve, late of Pertfmenth, decesafed, mear the Marfom Hoyfe of tbe late Col. MRSERVE ; sogesher with tba Utenfils thereto belonging : Alfo the Warchonfe and Wbharfe. As the fume Time will be Sold, a Right of Land in Rye Towm, ene in Dantzick, and anotber Right in New Chefler. Alfo fome Houfbold - Fur niture. the whle of which belonged so the Efate of the abovejaid Meissve. Conditions of Sale may be known at Time and Place. (7] To Mr. Joun Davis, Taylor: y HEREAS You bave been plesfed in your great Wildom, to regrefent me iw toe public Prints, as ap sbfconding Wile, witiout eny juft Caufe for fo doing, and fill refule to live with you, tho' often requefled: And as an additional Aggravatios; o pompleas my Charalier, you fay, 1 bave left three (nnall Chtidren in & very unnatnral Manner : b This is therefore so give public NOTICE, That your Charge is unjafi, as I can eafily prove 1 chalienge yos 1o produce ome Inflance wherein I bave mifbebaved towards you. If Lam yiur Wife, I am not your Slave, and litsle thought when I acknowledg'd yoy as my Hufband, that you would pretend. 1o silume an unreafingble POWER to tyraanize and infult over me ; and that without any juft Caufe. What is become of your pretended Love end Afts&tion ? The Confeguence of your Condull, Bndthe Childrens Misfortune, isa great Trouble that lays upon my Mivd, as tbey ought mat to [yffer for the Iniquities of their Father. /1 always was, and pill am willing to do My Duty, provided you put it.in my Pewer, and behave as you ought todo. Tbo' for fix Years paff you bave bad the Power over me, you flail mt any lomger. if Juflice can be obrain’d, unie/s JSomething Ex:raordinary - fbonld bappen im gour Condul¥. My Propofals of Reconciliation you fball know at a proper Seafon. . In the mean Lime, the frff Step you bave to take, is tomake an Acknowledgemant, in a publie Manner, and retrieve my Charater, wiich 304 bave unjuftly afperfed, Your Injur’d Wife, Bunice Davig.