The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, September 24, 1762, Page 2

By the. I{art_ford POST. NEW-YORK; September'9. N Sunday laft arrived bere His Majefty's ) Ship: Intrepid of 64. Guns,. Capi. Fobn olton, the Sloop Porcupine of 16Guns, Capt. | Fames Harwood, with 14 Sail of Tranfports under their Convoy, who left the HAVANAH with 14.0ther Tranfports under the fame Con- voy (which they parted with 2 Days ofter they [ait'd) all bound tothis Place; and on Tuefday and W ednefday 4 of the laster Num- ber alfoarrived bere . TheNames of theTranf- ports arrived are as follows, viz. ‘ Ships. Ranger, Turner. Unity, ----- ; Prince George, Farvis ; Amity's df]iftance, Smith; FPelicity, Hale : - Brotberly ' Love, «---- .5 Ann and ‘Elizabeth, Chandler ; Fohn & Mary, Skinner ; Pitt, Montgomery ;-----, McLar ; Garland; Brookwood; Amber /i, Nickerfon;Snow Nottingham, Cardie ; Brig Monkton,--- 5 Brig King of Pruffia, Grindly. Three other Ve[Jels -aohofe Names we. could not ges. . , ; dn the Inivipid came Major Moncrief, with-. Difpatches for His Excellency General AM- HERST.----In the above Tran[ports are, the XV 1Uth Regiment, or General Monktor’s, two Bagtalions of the Royal Highlanders, and Momtgomery’s Regiment, who left the Havan- nab the 19th of Auguft, merely becaufe they were by Sickne/s rendered incapable of Duty. By wbhich Ve[fels we bave mere particular Aecounts of the moft important Conqueft of R AN A NN R 1L ["GIN Eriday July 30. After One o’Clock 1.2, ]a Mine was fprung under the Walls of the Mgdra, at firft the Breach was not thought practicable,as not more than three Men could enter a breaft ; but it was at- tempted by a chofer Number of Soldiers, who fucceeded, put 150 to the Sword in the Fort, and made 300 Prifoners, befides many Spaniards. loft in the Water.----The gallant and amiable Don Velafco, Gover- nor of the Caftle was wounded, Don Gon- fales, Liegenant Governor, killed; and Don Lewis Velafco feat to the Havannah. _ “Onthe 31. A Flagarrived, withThanks forthe Tendernefs' thewn Don Velofco, and defiring the Budy of Don Confales, which was not tobe fouad. -Auguft r. Several Batteries were begun againit the Ponto and Town, viz. In the Mora,the Al- 4 Guns right of the ‘bemarle Battery = Spanifh Redoubts. 5 Guns, Saliant, 4 T'en Inch Mortars, 10 ditto, Glaces. 4 Eight Inchditto, A Bat.of 13InchMor. 4dit.theFreeBattery, 5:Gans, Hawitzers Battery, g ditto,’ 32 dit.on theBarbett, Hawitzers, 43 Pieces of Cannon, A HawitzersBattery. Thefe Batteries were eretted on the fame Eminence with the Moro Caftle, which ranges along the Eaft Side of the Harbour, abreft with the major Part of tbe City, and itsbeft Fortifications. The 12thDay was chiefly fpent in Mef- fages and Replies---- The Spanifh Admiral was .extremely vuwilling to give up his Ships ; be defired to know whether he with' § Men of War of the Line could be permitted to fail to Spain, unfearched and unmolefted ; He was an{wered, that fuch permiffion could notbe allowedeven to a - Long- Boat ; but that they fhould have ood Englith Ships to tranfport them to Spain: He was at length obliged to ~comply. The only TermsLord Albermarle would grant, were accepted by the Spanith Go- vérnor, which almoft amount to a Chart Blank. Previous to the Capitulation the fol- owing Letter from the General of the avaonah was fent to Lord Albemarle. - ATHE bumane Offers I'received fromyour. ¢ Excellency in-your Letter Teflerday, [ find ¢ myfelf obliged to liften to, by the Cries of . ¢ the_dnbabitants who have experienced the ¢ Miferies of War: Therefore the Sentiments € I expre[fed to your Excellency of bolding ¢ out the Placeto the laft Extremity are al- ¢ tered.---- I'mowenireat your Excellency for “a Truce of Hoftilities for the Space of 24 ¢ Hours;-during which Time no Works fball ¢ be.carried on in the Fortifisations of theCity, ¢ that. I may regulate and fubmit to your ¢ Excellency the Articlesof Capitulation by ¢ ahich I am ready to f[urrender the Ciiy, ¢ May God Préferve you many Years. «Sign’d, JUAN DEL PRADO. It is faid the Spanith Admiral reported, there were more Naval Stores then in the Havannah than would compleatly rigg all the Men of War in the Harbour.----- It is faid one of the Men of War had § Milion of Dollars on Board, and that 8 Million Sterling in Specie had been al- ready counted, that Lord Albemarle had declared that the Treafure taken at the Hayanah fhould be equally divided among the Land and Sea Forces, and that the Share of the two principal Officers woiild amountto £. 12,000 per Annum. The Capitulation included all that Pare of the Ifland which was under the Jurif- diétion of the Governor of the Havannah, but the Particulars are not yet known by the Pablick. Our whole Lofs was as follows, 400 Kkilled, 600 wounded, 200 of which fince dead. 700 dead of Sicknefs. The Spirit and Ardour of our Seamen during the Siege was of the utmoft Confe- quence.----T'he Service of all our Men was extremely fevere,but there was an abfolute Neceflity for it, or the Defign could not have fucceeded.---- The Arrival of the Reinforcements from New York was cri- tical.----It is faid the Number of our Men fit for Duty wasbut little more than 3e00, but the Spaniards were in a much worfe Condition, it is faid thev had 6000 fick. T'he Seafon of this Year, by the Report of the Spaniards, has been more- favourable for fuch a Defign as ours than ever they have known.----The Country appears to be exceeding fertile and well cultivated, adorn’d with fine Buildings and Villages ; one avery large and rich one, within 3 Miles of the Havannah, in which was a fine Church and @ Monaftry, had been abandon’d by the Inhabitants before the taking the Havannah, with all the rich Shops of Goods, and Furniture, which was intirely pillaged by our Soldiers. Lord Albemarle, it is faid is to fail for England in O¢tober. Capt. Campbell -late of the Sterling- Cafile, of 64 Guns, who failed coming to the Attack, when he was ordered, it is faid is broke. and fent to England. Extrat of a Letter from on board one of the Tranfports of the fecond Divifion, which failed from New-York for the Havannah. «July 21 1762, Latitude 22. 34. 4 o’Clock in the Afternoon, fell in with a French Fleet confifting of two Ships of the Line, 2 Irigates, 1 Polacre and j5 other Ships. We faw them take 7 Sail of, our Tranfports,and if there had been half an Hour more of Day Light we fhould have fhared the fame Fate ; but the Night faved us. We put about and ftood off from them for about 2 Hours, and then alter’d our Courfe again. Inthe Morning we found ourfelves clear of them, and we fiw them fio more: . Thefime Morhing faw two fail which came np with us not- withftanding our Endedavours to avoid them._ They proved to be a Privateer be- longing 'to New-London, and her. Canforf; belonging to New:York. ~ Wethen bore away for Cape Nichola, but finding ro Ships there, we proceeded for the Flavan- nah ;onthe Paflage we mér with the En- terprife Man of War, of 40 Guns, and a Tranfport, going to :ake in the Troops that_had been calt away upon the Hland of Cuba.” On the 29:h we came in Sight of the 6 Ships which were caft away, they were bilged, but the Men-all faved. ' The Ships were the Chefterfield Man ot War,™ of 40 Gunsy and 5 Tranfports, viz. The Smiling Nancy, The Induftry, The Swal- low, The Juno and The Mafquerade.” The Conneéticut Troops weré in' the Tranfports that were caft athore ; by an Account received at Connecticat from Colonel Lyman their Commander, - dated at the Havannah the 17th’ of “Auguft, it is !faid that Regiment has not fuffered much by Sicknefs, fince their. Arrival there, and but few of them died. BARBADOES, 'Auzufts. By Captain Brunt, who arrived here Yefterday Morning from Martineco, we are informed, that a Brigantine, a Sloop, and three Schooners, one of which he himfelf commands, was cut out of Gran- . tant’s Bay in Martineco, on the 28th ult., inthe Afternoon, by two French Priva.- teer Sloops of 1@ Guns and 7oMen each: " That on the 26th they took a Snow be- longing to Marblehead, which failed a . few Days ago from hence, which they burnt the Friday Evening following, afrer plandering ' her * of every ‘thing ~ they thought proper: That they plundered bis (Capt. Brunt’s) Veilel of every thing valuable, not leaving bim even a Compafs, and took the white Shirt off his Back, which they exchanged for a check one, and quickly divefted himof the Buckles’ which were in his fhoes: That the Frenchmen carried them into St. Lucia, trom which Place heefcaped onthe g3oth ult. taking Pofleflion of -his Veflel in the Face ofthe Enemy, and bringing her off with him. (’Tis faid the Snow mentioned above" tobe burnt,is fince arrived atMarblehead. ) ........................................ Qerenatnsae Charleftown, Seuth Carolina, Auguft 4. Letters from Martinico fay, that the Grena- ~ des, which. furpendered with Martinico, is a very fine ifland, ard bas great plenty of every thing. Ihat the French bad taken great pains te forsify the hills, wbich were ftrong by mature, as they commanded both the town and fort 5 had they taken the [ame pains to defend them, the conqueft of that ifland would have been barder than that of Martinice, for it may be defended by swo thoufand men againft fixteen thoufand. To form fimeidea of the difficulty of getting to thefe works, the chief engineer told fome of our officers, that to-get up one of the guns, a 24 pounder, with. its carriage, was a rask for 3000 negroes for a whole day. : : According to Letters from Georgia, dated the 23d Inft. the Spani/b Deferters lately ar- rived there were confined, and no more bad come in fincethe 6 mentioned in ourlaft. They™ are agreed, that “St. Auguftine! is. much diftrefed, and that a Sloop was daily ex- pected from the Northward with Provifions ; that its military Force éid not exceed 500 Men, and the Soldiers were not paid, bus hard work- ed ; and that a wery fmail Force would make that Fortrefs odrsy when they hear sbe Ha- wannal is taken. : ¥,