The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, January 14, 1763, Page 2

be giren to underftand, that this proceeding of theirs s very ill relithed by this court, and that Capt. Mer- ayfi:ld, though neturslized at Embden, yet is to all intents & Britfh fubje&l, and es fuch will be demanded by us, together with the reftitution both of thip and cargo, and & fullicient fum befides, by way of indem- pification, L The K{ING’s moft Excellent M:jefty in Couacil. IS Majefty having bezn pleafed to eppoint the ; Right Hon. George Dunk, Ezrl of Halifex, to be one of his Principel Secreteries of State, his Lord . fhip was this Day, by his Msjefty’s Command, {fwore one of his Majelty’s Principsl Secretaries of State sccordingly. \ : Wkiteball, Ofts. 16. The King has been plealed to confticute and sppoint the Right Hon. George Grenville, George Huy, Doftor of Laws, ('homas Orby Hunter, B'q; the Hon. John Forbes, Hans Sienley, Elq; -the Right Hon. George Bufly Villiers, commonly called Lord Vifcouns Villiers, end Tho- mas Pelham, B'y; to be his Majelly’s Commillioners for execwting the Office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britsin and Ireland, and of the Dominions, 10snds,and Territorizs thereuntorefpectivelybelonging Charlfiswors (South Carslina ) New. 20, On Thurlday leit arrived here (rom theHavannah, his Msj=fty's thip- Mercury, Ssmuel Crafton Goadalt, Elq; commander, (of wham. Sir George Pocccks writes very sdvsnisgeoully) being ordered hithzr by Sir George ss an eddiional ftation fhip to the Succe(s and Bonnetts. She has on board the Spanith bifhop of St. Jago, snd other ecclefieftics accufed of daa- gerous practices, and ordered to be Janded at St. Au- gufline, where we hear they will be fent as foon as the Donasuta comss from her prefent cruife. Sir George Pocecke {eiled for England from the Hsvannah, the (smz day s the Mercury left ir, in the Namur, and took with him the follewing other fhips of war, viz. Temple, Maslborough, Davon- thire, Infan:, San Genaro, snd Affumpion, regifter fhips, (tbe two laft, with the regifter thip, taken at the Havannab) with 8o (il of Tranfports and mer- chantmen uader his convoy @ he was parted within let. of St. Auguftine, the 14th inft. snd had to that time taken the moft extranrdinary care of his convoy. The thips left at the Havannsh are, the Bellaiflz, Rippon, Hampton court, and Port Roysl flaop..... Loid Albemarle, we hear, goes home in the Rippon ebout the firk of Januery....On the 24th of O&ober, three. Englith tranfports were loff, juit as they came cut of the Hevannah by the north wind’s fuddenly fetiing in ; one of them was the genzral- Wolf (an old Indiamsn) the Lion was encther, the name of the third we have not learst, The Spiniards that arrived here on the 6th and 8 h Inftant, in two Englith lesky castel fhips, from the [lavannab, sre sll landed, and lodged in the new barreks ; snd the New Englasd provincials, thst came in another leaky veffel at the fame time, sre recovered on boerd the Betfey tranfport, to fail with the firft fair wind for New York.....Both ths cartzl fhips & the tranfporis are to be refitted with all pofiible expedition, to procesd on -their relpz&tive voyages. . The other cartel fhip that parted with the above two on this coalt, we hear, has got into Georgia. A tender belonging to the Eagle priva- teer, Capt. Dibdin, of Liondon was on the '8th inftant, loft upon Cape Romain fhoals, but all the crew were faved. The Erouve’s prize we hear is arrived “at Savannah in Georgia. .. Wilmington,(in Pbiladelphia) Dec. 17, An Extral? of a Leiter from an Officer 1o kis Relation bere,diuted at Fort Detroit, Oc- tober 26, 1762. *“ Thefe Settlements are about fifteen -Miles long (the Fort contains very near as many Houfes -as Wilmington) the Land -extraordinary good, and the People might live very happy, were they induftrious ; i+ inftead of cultivating the Land, they pay a moft exorbitant Price foralmoft all the Ne- ‘ceffaries of Life, and only carry on a lictle dirty Trade with the Indians. *“ The Nineteenth of thisMonth was the moft extraordinary dark Day, perhaps, ever feen in the World. At Ninein theMorn- ing it was fcarce lighter than at Break of- Day, and fo continued till about Twelve o’Clock, the Air being very full of Smoak, accompanied- with a-ftrong Smell, as of ‘Wood, Straw,and otherCombuftibles, when burning:; at halfan Hour after One it was fo dark, that they were obliged to light Candles to dine by : At this Time it rained a lictle, with which fell fach a Quantity of ‘black Particles, like Afhes, as turned every Thing it fell upon black ; even the River, which is twice as wide as Chriftiana, was covered with 2 black Froth, which when fcummed off the Surface, refembled theLa- ther of Soap, with this Difference, that it was (and as black as Ink) more grealy. At Seven in the Evening the Air was more clear, and the difagreeable Smell was now almoft gone..... We have been fince inform- ed, by People who were twenty Miles from hence that Day, that the Darknefs, Rain and Smell, was with them.” St. John’s, in Antigna, November 24. Whether the French Inhsbitnts of the conquered Iflands are concerned in the Privateers under Com- miflion, which have fo much infefted thofe Iflands, yet it is ceriain fuch Privateers have been too mach counienanced there. They have been hove down, refitted, snd found every Afiitsnce they ftood in Need of; tnd have feveral Times cutEnglifh Veflels from the Oaibays, under fuchCircumftancesas would hardly hive been ventured upon, withcut good Corrzfpondence with the p2ople on Shore, Thele Pro- cecdings have at [aft been followed st Martineco by fuch an event &y might have been expeted. ANum- ber of the molt abandoned Negroes have been fpiri- ted up to take Arms. headed (at itis (aid ) by Priva- tee:s Men. As, iache Beginning of Infurreétions, it can never be known who are Enzmies, the Governor took every Precaution, and cven the Englith Merch- ants ware obliged to kespGusrd, TheAdmiral, and fome of the c.uiziog Ships have moved that Way; and we have pow nothing to apprehend but the Troubie of purifhing the Delinquents. By s Gentleman errived bere on Sunday laft from Gualaloupe, we are informned,that Ifland i3 fo infefRt- ed wih Privateers that there is no going to or from it, without the greatel Danger of being taken; the Privateeis anchoring in ihe Bays round the Ifland, in Security. A fmall Schooner (a Spanith Privateer) called the Mary Ann,end well known in thatIflind, fsiled fo nesr the Shipping in the Road of Baflstere left Friday, that the wss fired st from Fort Royal ; ge hed her Spanith Celours cut, and rowed with 18 a8 ' On Sunday laft his Majcfy’s Brig Virgin, William Rodney Boydy, E‘q; Commander, brought in a Schooner under Danith Colours which losded #tCape Francois, with Sugars, Coffee, &c. and was bound to St. Euftatius, The Virgin {siled from hence the 13'h ult. in Queft of two Spsith Privateer Sloops, which hove down at St. Bartholomew’s ; but they hed failed before fhe arrived thers. Capt. Boydy was informed that they were both taken, foon atter they failed, by Capt. La‘ory, of the Levant; and a little to the Northward of St.Euftatius the Virgin faw ihe Levant, with twoSloops inCompany, which is believed to be the above mentioned Privateers ; one of which mounted 8 the other 6Guns. B O 8 T O N, Jsaryto: " We hear from Ruiland Diltii&, thet on Mondey Night, the 27th Inftant, a Fire broke ou: in the Dwelling Houle of Jobn Caldwell, Big; of that Plece ; it is fuppos’d to have began in the Mantle. Tice of the Lower Room Chimney, in which there hed been @ great Fire the preceeding Evenipg:. ..In abcut ten Minutes from the fiift Alarm the Houle was allin a Flame, and theFamily had but juftTime to efcape with their Lives, and very little of their Cloathing or Furniture fsved, The loweft Compu- tation of the Lofs fuft:in’d in the lsrge Houle, Shop Goods, Merchandize,Money, &c. is faid to be not kefs than One Theuland Pounds Sterling. We have Advice that Csp:, Pulling in a Brig, late "Capi. Dommete’s, was lately taken on his paffige from Guadaloupe for thisPlace,and carricd into Si. Mariin’s. : By Cupt. Oliver, who artived at Barblehead, luft Week from Lisbon, in 6 Weeks we have the followi: gArticles from thence. Extral of a Letter from a Gentleman at Lifbon, dated November g, 1762 “ UR left Advices from Lnglsnd are to the 26:h ult. from whence we infer, that no ¢ thing will, be concluded before the Parliament meets, and { lcemstobe much doubted whether ¢ g Reconcilisticn between the contending Powers can be comprimized this Seafon; Spain they fay is cbftinge in their Demands, and our prefent Situ- ation docs not intitle them to any greatIndulgence, unle(s it be with a view to the Prefervation of this Country, where, thank God, we are ealed of our Fears for the prefen:, asthe Rigour of the Win. ter Seafon hes compell’d the Spaniards to retire, without « ff:&ing eryThing of muchConfequence ; butif Prece is not concluded, they will of courfe renew their Efforts in the Spring, in which Cafe wehope for further Afliftance fromEngland, which tho’ they may fave the Kirgdom from Cenquett, cannot prevent the Commerce from being reduced to the loweft Ebb ™. . ' 'To the Honour of Pomona, and for theConfolation of all Lovers of Cyder, the Publick may be informed that from one Tree in Hingham, nesr Capt. Theo- philus Cufhings, was gethered 87 Bufhels of Apples, and in No. 28295 choice Fruit. . We hierr thata Man in the Town of Roxbury, on Chriftmafs Day mowed his Bottom Marth of Hay, which made the {econd Crop this Vear. Wadngiday next the Great and Genzral Courtor AT>mbly of this Proviice is to meet &nd fic here,” €USTOM HOUSE, Pifcataway, Jea. 13. Cleared Outwerds, Ship Dublin, George Tusner. for the Welt Indies. Ship Keppel, BstholomewFa: flall, for theWeftIndics. Brig Triton, Edmund Coffin, for the Welt Indies, Siip Ifabelle, Peirce Long, for Andgua. . Schgoner Puzaix, Joha Phillips, for North Cerclice, All able bodied fit MEN, who have an Inclination to ferve His Majelty King George the Third, inthe Corps of Rangers, (whereof Yo/epb Gorbam, Efq; is Major Commandant ) may hear the Encouragement that’s offered in Bounties, good Cloathing, Pay, &c. of Captain Jofepb Hiller, now refiding at Captain Fames Stoodley’s, Innholder, at the Sign of the King’s Arms : That the Corps is now ordered for the Duty of the Provinee of. Nova Scotia. And they may depend on being difcharged at the Expiration of the Time Enter’d for, and have every En- gagement puntually comply’d with. Portfmouth, Fanuary 11th, 1763. PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. THE Proprietors of the Town of Rechefier, are hereby NOTIFIED, that their Mzeting held the 2oth Day of December laft, at the Houle of Mr. Epbreim Hazfon in Dover, ftands Adjourned till the fecond Mondsy of Februsry next, at/Ten of the Clock in the Forenoon, then to meet at faid Hanfon's : There was Vated at {nid Mesting that each whole Share Proprietor psy Five Pounds tess Shillings Old Tenor to defrsy the Charge of msking the Fourth Divifion in faid Town, that the fsme be paid to the Clerk within forty Days from {sid 20th of December, and thst thaole Propriztors who do not pay their Proporiion, end draw their Loits within that Time, fhould be procteded sguinft a3 the Law direfts. I propole to sttend that Bufinels every Mondsy till tbe Forty Days are Expired. - Joun WentworTH, Propirstors Clerk. ALIL Perlons that are Indebted to the Eftate of Dofor Natbariel Sargent, Biq; late of Portfmouth, decealed, or the Parwnerfhip of Sar- gent end Dearborn, on Back ; are hereby informed that the Books belonging to the faid Sargent ‘sn Dearborn, sre left with Mr. Samue/ Cutt, Merchant in Portfmonth, with whom all Perfons concerned sre (ll)cfired ;Jfbmle the fame, fome Timée before the 10th ay of Feburary next, or they may depend on bein Sued at March }écurl. ik g J Port/month, Yan. 12. Thomas Cutt, Executor. A PIG between Seventy and Righty Weight, Strayed from s Perfons bsck Yard in Town ; lately bought of of Mr. Heeks in Green- land, Marked on the Right Ear; white Colour'd except fome black Spots on his Neck : Whoever will fecure faid PIG, or bring him to the Printer hereof, fhall be psid all reafonable Cherges. Wanted Ten Hundred of good Englith HAY, for which the Cafh will be given ; Enquire of the Printer. PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. Whereas Application hath this Day bzen made to me the Subfcriber, cne of His Majefty’s Jultices of the Peace for faid Province, by the Owners and Propriciors of more than one Six- teenth Part of the Townthip of Sewbegan Eqft, or Narraganfett Townthip No. Five, eliss Bedford, and Part ot the Town ot Merrimack, in the Province a‘orefaid, to call 8 Meeting of faid Owneys and Pro- prictors ; This is therefore to NOTIFY and Warn ell the Owners and Proprietors of the Townfhip aforelaid, to meet st the Houfe of Mr. Fames Walker on Monday the Twenty Fourth Day cf Jsnuery next at 12 0’Clock at Noon, to 2& and vote on the fol- lowing Articles, viz. 1. To chule a Moderator. 2. A Pioprietors Clerk, snd to impower him to Demand and Receive the Proprictors Books, Papers and Plan, and to fue for the fame if the Perfon or Peifons in whole Hands they are, fhall refufe to deliver the fsme, 3. Toasgree on a Method . to call Proprietors Meetings for the future. [29] Bedford, Dec 29 1762, JOHN GOFFE. To be LET by SFobn Moffatt of Portfmouth ; & Farm in Kittery commonly known by the neme of Catt’s Farm, containing about 160 or 70 Acres of good Mowing, Planting and Pufture Land, well Wooded and Waeted, with s goodFerm Houfe and Barn, with fome Stock on it, to be about the beginning of April next. ; A ) ) D NI \pnd \ s PP Taken up by Fames Marden of Barrington, in the Way between Newmarket and Duarhsm Felis, a Silver Watch ; The Owner may have it again, by defcribing the Marks and pving Charges, 3 entered on