The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, September 24, 1762, Page 3

- Ths Sloop Indufry, Henry Toompfon, Maf- ter, from Famaica, which arrived bere laft ~ " Thurfday, was byund for Briftol, laden wirh Rum and Sugary and put' in bere in the groat- e/t Diftrefs tmaginable. ~She bad been 6 Weeks out, 3 of which both Pumps bave been kept conftantly going, o that the Men are quite worn out ; and to add to their Suffer- #ngs, they bad- been deftitute of Water a ~ Fortnight, till the Morning they came in, ~ Juld to an Englifb Trader. ~ Mate of the Velfell at the time when they when they met with a Sloop from Philadelphia, paffing by this Bar for Georgia, one Fones Mafter, who wery generoufly and humanely Jent ou board a Cask of Water, and [everal other necefJaries, for their Relicf. ~ Augult 4. Don Fuan Iilicio, who was taken formerly by the Creeks, inftead of the Mountains ' of Dollars be promifed for his Ranfom, gavethem a Canoe loaded with Rum and Melaffes, forty Dollars and as much Rum as they would take, yet they delivered up all the Hoftages, except one Negro, whom they They killed the sook Don Fuan, and burnt one of the Crew. Letters from Augufta [ay, they had late accounts from the Creek nation, and that cvery thing was quiet there ; that all but the Point ~ or Chechaw Indians “had made peace with the Spaniards .5 and that fome others who bad been to St. Mark’s for more ram.returned not well pleafed, becaufe the Spaniards weuld not . give them any. » b - Yefeerday afternoon two of our pilos-beats, Mr. Kelly's and Mr. Waldren’s, narrowly efcaped being taken, about E. from this bar, by. a privaseer floop that came down upon them from the north eaft. Mr. Kelly's boat being Jartheft to windward, was pretty near before be difcovered wha: fbe was ; [be [bewed abund- ance -of men, bus uo guns, tho f[be might mount 10 or 12, was a@ long low veffel, with Ylack fides and brown bottom,and had a large New-England buile fchooner under her flern, with very few Hands on board, [uppofed to be a prize. It was about one o’clock when fbe chafed Kelly ; at half paft one, there being little wind, fbe heifted out a barge and fent ~ after her’and would certainly have taken her bad Waldron not foon appeared, whofe boat was much the largeft. Upon this the priva- teer fired @ gun to call off ber boat from the then prefent chace, fbifted the bands in her,and botb floop and boat chafed My. Waldron within amile of the [bore,tillnight & a fqualat S. E. came on.. Mr. Waldron was obliged tothrow . a'great part of bis ballaft 6verboard, and after dark faw the [loop make feveral falfe fires for her boat. The [chaoner followed the fluop dur- ing the whole time. o~ - Extra& of a Letter from Providence, Fuly 17. - ~*“ Onthe 10th the privateer [chuoner Hurnes, command:d by Caps. Thomas Wallace, arrived bere with a fnow called the Dulphin, from Port-au- Prince laden with fugars, ard faidto be bound to Bourdeaux. And onm the 11th came in the floep Good Intent, taken by the privatcer [chooner Hawke, of Philadelphia-; commanded by Capt, Archbold : She was bound from Martineco vo Bofton, and [eems a very .~ €xfraordinary capture. . Some days ago a [chooner called the Mary, avas likewife fent in bere, by Capt. Macdonald, in the Revenge of thisport, the ve[Jel belongs to . Boften, and s faid to be going as a flag of truce with money to redeem fome hoftages, and pay the ranfom money of Jome ve[fels takenby the French ; however Captain Macdonald thought Jit to take she money out of bery and fent ber into port for trial, €5c. it being fufpected that the cafb was intended only ropurchafe fugars, tndico, 3¢, from the Fremch.” Extrait of a Letter from Providence, Faly 25, “On the 20th injtant arrived “here, g Jchoomer from Philadelphia, or Jhine where in the river, mavigated by only the mnfler “and one band 5 one would imagine be wade . 1bs artempt to comie thus for fome confiicrable wager. - The fame day arrived the privarter Royal Cusier, Mathew Lrip jrom Virginia. “ The privateer Jchwoner Hornet; and the privateer brig Speedwell. are both failed on a cruize 5 andihe Beggar's Benifon and Ranger, are prepaving io fail on the fame bufinefs very Jhortly.” BOS T O N, Sept. i6. Having juft veceived a New- London Paper we bave exiralled the following Further ddvices by Cape. Lawrence, arrived atINew-London, Jrom Scotland. From a LONDON. Paper, July 1. A Letser from an Officer in the Artillery, from the Camp at Williamfball June 25. {7'] HAVE juft time before theExprefs L__]goes, to let you know that Yefter- day at day break, our army under the command: of the Hero Prince Ferdinand, marched from our Camp on the bank of Dymel in order to attack two. large corps of the enemy, pofted between us ana Caflcl. General Sporken with the corps was detached ur order o get round their, right flank ; whillt my Lord Granby with another corps confifting of the light guard, grenadiers and highlan- ders, &c. marched in order to gainjtheir left flank ; and the Dske with the main- body of the army advanced toattack the enemy in front. : ; ; ¢ The French did not perceive our army advaocing, till we had got within - 3 miles of them, whenthey immediately" ftruck rheir tenis in order to march ; but before they had got their tents ftruck, General Sporken bad got round and be- gun to cannonade their flank, whilt m Lord Granby advanced on the left. About 9 o’Ciock they begun to retreat in great confufion, upon which the cavalry of Genera) Sporken’s corps charged that of theenemy, and took 4 or 500 Prifoners. Lord Granby was notidle 6n his fide when at the head of the grenadiers and high- landers, he attacked a corps in a wood under the command of Gen. Stanville, and after avery heavy fire of fome Time,took Prifoners 4 or 5 battalions moftly of the grenadiers of France; while we the main body cannonaded them for 6 or 8 miles, and took alfo a- number of prifoners. The country hindred our cavalry from aéting, except the blues, who made the nobleit charge thatever was feen or hear’d of. “The brigadeof infantry which [ was with, with § pieces of canuon, wasordered into the wood where was a number of French, and after fome firing took moft of them Prifoners. We had the misfor- tune to lofe Lieut. Cock, an officer of our regiment by a cannon ball which took off his head. We loft feveral men, and a great number of horfes. ¢ I believe in the whole -the French lofs in killed, wounded, and prifcners, may be 50eo0 men: they loft five pieces of Cannon,anda greatmany coloursand ftandards. Capt. Foyof our’s after be- ing drove from his battery advanced again and took 2 or 3 French officers, and one ftand of colours; out of the En{ign’s hand. ¢ We loft two piecesof cannon, and 1 don’t believe we have loft 500 men. ¢ The Frenchretreated in great con- ¥ au? g f1v) more than-.their: own. number. out. ‘time to'fay any more. f'ufiohlipm their lines by C::Q'lJ 'f?xefy weretdirly {urprized; and our trogps 8- haved with a braverynor to besparaiiéd - “in Riftary, “efpecially ' sur gréMdiers and: - highlabders, who fent prifoners’(1 diFe’ of the wood: Thessth regiment, of: Hudfon's, behaved ‘nobly, “4hd took pri-- foners about twice their number. | ¢ Upon., the: whole, . the . Fre nch. de- clared that they” never faw' any thing - ; equal to the fpirit of our men. T my -~ lite. I never faw finer troops than the grenadiers-of France. I have no more I am well and in good fpirits; ‘but was very near be- - ing killed by a cannon ball, which gra<" | zzd ‘under my horfe’s belly.: ; ADIEU." EDINBUR GH, July s. Extratt of a Leteer from London, July x. ¢ Lesters from Oporto dated the 11th uls. mmention that the day before, they had received advice, that a party of Portuguefe troops, be- ing an their march to Port, fell in with a party of Spaniards in number abous 1000, whom the Portuguefe attacked and killed about 250 men, taking near 200 prifiners, the greateft part of . whom were fo worn ous with fatigye that they could fcarcely bear arms : The reft recurned in. Juch confufion that upwards of 6o were droson- sdinthe River. ** By Letters from Lisbon by a [bip arrived inthe Downs, thereis advice shat § Portugusfe [Eips of war Igyin the Taugus veady' to jrina like number of Britifb’ men of war cof the line; befides frigates which were hourly ezpected tbere to proceed againft the Spamiards.”’ On Sunday arrived at Briftol,the New-Grace, Capiain Karr, ofter a Paflage of 28 Days. #N E W-Y.O R K, Sept. 9.° . Extrattof a Letter from Madeira dated the ... 17th’ of July, 1962: “We bave mo certain accounts from Portagal,.of the proceedings of the Spaniards, only that they have made no furtker Progrefs there, upwards of 7000 Englifb Froops are arrived there, and are to he commandegd by Lord Loudon. The Duke of Bourghbourg is to command in chicf both the Englifb and Portuguefe Forces, "It is refolved #0 fupport. ™ the Portuguefe with all our Power. =~ .~ Extral of a Lester from Lishon, Fuly 11th.: * Count De Leppe Buckeburg, is juft arvived as Commander in Chief of all the Forces bere, greas Things are expedied from bis great Abi- lities 5 the Prince of Mecklenburg is alfo ar+ rived with a great many other Officers, hé'is t0 command a Regiment “of Portugucfe Horfe 3 Lord Loudon is every Hour expected bere * General Crawford is up with the Portuguefe Army, inflructing them, e isingreas Efteem here and at Cours 5 Lord Tyrawley, is is faid is going Home again. Capt. Sauyer in the Aiive of 28 Guns, and Capt. Pswnell, in the Favorite of 16 Guns, bave taken a Spanifb Soush Sea Man with upwards of a Million of Money,. fome fay a Million and a Half, without doubt it is tho'v to.be the vicheft fingle Prize that ever was taken. : L O N D O N, ZFune 26: At length the greatand difficuls affair of the Clergy isterminated in Ruffia. - All the icclefiafticks of the Empire are to secéivg an annual .rent ;5 the three Arch Bifhops, 5000 roubles ; the Bifbops,3000 ; the Abbes, 500, 300, and 150, in three claffes. dnd no Rufs for the future is to be admittedto the Alomaliic before the age of thirty. .\° We are conficenily told, That the French and their Allies have at laft produ- ced fuch terms 'of Peace as ‘may bé'ag- cepted by this Nation and our Alies.