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- wens” A | | FRIDAY, Fesruary 11, 1763 [ Weeks fince this Bapea Numn 332 oo o (A was fieft Publitheds ' ) New-Hampft Containing the Frefbeff Advices, % Y BOSTON, February 7. ' Tusfday laft Capt. Farr arrived at Moyrihd's Viné=. yard, in feven IVeeks from LoxpoN : And on Saturday Afternoon feveral Gontlemen Péffengers came to Town by Land, with the public - Prints 20 the 6th o{ I{aember, Sfrom which we have taken the following important Advices, viz. WHITEHALL, November 26. 1762. NE of the King's Meffengers, difpatched by the Duke of Bedfard, arrived here this Marning \ with the RATIFICATIONS of their Moft Chriftian ' exchanged wiih bis Giace ¢ . [} v A andt Catholick Majefties, of the PRELIMINARY ARTICLES figned the id Inflant, which. were the 22d, at Verfailles, by the M#nsf Plenipotentiary of Thofe .‘Prin;e;, againft Thofe of His ]llajg/z'y. Upon ‘w.,bzc_/) Q;m. Joon the Tower and Part GUNS were immediately fired. . WESTMINSTER, Nowember 25. 1762; HIS Day His MAJESTY came to the Houfe of PEERS, and being in. His Roy AL Rosis Jeated on the THRONE, with the ufual Solemnity, Sir Septimus Robinfon, Kut. Gentleman Ufper of the Black Rod, was fent with a Meffage from His Jqueyiy to the HozfiIZ’ of Commons, commanding their Atendance in the Houfe of Pears. The Commons being come thither accordingly, His Majefly was pleafed to make the following moft Gracious SPEECH. My Lorps and GENTLEMEN, =g~ Found, on my Acceffion to the Throne, thefe My Kingdoms enfagcd in a bloody and expenfive' War. [ refolved to pro- fecute it with the utmoft Vigour ; deter- mined however, to confent to Peace; u_E‘ on juft and honorable Terms, whenever the E- vents off War fheuld incline the Enemy to the . ( fame pacific Difpofition. L A Negociation was accordingly begun laft Year, which proved ineffeGual. ‘The War became afterwards more general, by the Refo- - lution of the Court of Madrid to- take Part with my Enemy, notvgithfianding my beft Eudea- vours to prevent 1t. "This with the unexpeéted Attack of mfiy na- , taral ‘Ally the King of Portugal, greatly affected our Commerce, multiplied the Objects of our Military Operations, and increafed our Difficul- ties, by adding to the heavy Burthéns under which this Country zlready laboured. - My Objeét ftill continued the fame, to attain an honorable Peace, by purfuing this more ex- tenfive War in the moft vigorous Manner. I embraced therefore an Occafion offered me, of renewing the Negociation but at the {fame time I exerted fo cfi'ec’%ualiy the Strength which you had put into my Hands, and have been fo well ferved by my Fleets and Armies in the Execu- tion of my Plans, that Hiitory cannot furnifh Examples of greater Glory, or greater Advanta- gcs acquired by the Arms of this or any other YWation, in fo fhort a Period of Time. My Ge- ‘ sneral Prince Ferdinand of Brunfwick, and my Army in Germany, have gained immcrtal Ho- nog, by many fignal Advantages obtained du- ring the Courfe of this Campaign, overan Ene- my fuperior in Numbers, The Progrefs of the French and Spanifh Ariies in Portugal has been flopt ; and that Kingdom preferved by the Firmnefs and Refolution of its Sovereign, and by the military Talents of the Reigning Count 1a Lippe, feconded by the Valor of the Troops under his Command. Martineco, and other iflands in the Weft Indics, have been conquer- ed ; the Havannah, a Place of the utmoft im- poance to Spain, is in My Pofieflion ; and with it great T'reafures,and a very confiderable Part of the Navy of Spain, are fallen into our. Hands. : . 1 cannot mention thefe Atchievements, which reflect fuch Honor on My Crown, without gi- ving My publick Teftimony to the unwearied Perfeverance, and 'unparalled Bravery of My Officers and private Men, 'by Sea and Land, who, by repeated Proofs, have fhewn, that no Climate, no Hardfhips, no Dangers, can check the Ardor, or refift the Valor of theBritith Arms. Next to the Afliftance of Almighty GOD, it is owing to their Conduét and Courage,that My Enemies have been brought to accept Peace on fuch Terms, as, I truft, will give my Parliament entire Satisfaltion, Preliminary Articles “have been figned by MyMinifter, with thofe of France and Spain, which I will order in due Time to be laid before you. : The Conditions of thefe are fuch, that there "is not only an immenfe Territory added to the Empire of Great-Britainy but a folid Foundation laid for rhe Increafe of Trade and Commerce ; and the utmoft Caré has been taken ¢o remove ~all Occafions of future Difputes between My Subjects and thofe of France and Spain, and thereby to add Secwrity and Permasiency to the - Bleflings of Peage. ; While I carefully attend on the effential In- terefts of My own Kingdoms, I have had the utmoft Regard to the good Faith of my Crown, and the Intereft of My Allies. I have made a Peace for the King of Portugaly fecuring to him all his Dominions 5 and all the Territories of the King of Pruffia, as well as of my other Al- lies in éermany, or elfewhere, occupied by the Armiss of France, are to be immediately eva- cuated. Gentlemen of the Houfe of Commons, ) - T have ordered the proper Eftimates to be laid before you ; and fhall, without Delay, proceed tomake Redu&ions tothe utmoft Extent, where- ever they may be found confiftent withWifdom and found Policy. It is the greateft Affliction for me to find, that though the War is at an End, our Expénces cannot immediately be fo much leflen’d as I defire ; but us nothing could have carried us through the great and arduous Difficulties furrounding us, but tiie moft vig o- rous and expenfive Efforts, We muft expect, for fome Time to feel the Confequences of them to a confiderable Degree. My Lords and Gentlemeii, It was impoflible to execute what this nation has fo glorioufly perfermed in all parts of the world, without thelofs of great numbers of men. When you confider this. lofs; whether on the pringiples of policy or humanity, you will fee one of the many reafons which induced me to enter into the negociation, fo as to make a con- fiderable progrefs in it, before the fate of many operations was determined ; and now to haften to the conclufion of it, to prevent the neceflity of making preparations for another Campaign. As by this Peace my Territories are greatly aug- mented, and new Sources opened for ‘T'rade and Manufa&ures, it is my earneft Defire, that you would confider of fuch Methodsin the Bettle- nents of our new Acquifitions, asfhall moft ef- fe&tually tend to the Security of thofe Countries, and to the Improvement of the Commerce and Navigaticn of Great-Britain. I cannot mention our Acquiiitions, without earneftly recommend- ing to your Care and Attention, my gallant Sub- jects, by whofe Valour they were made. We could never have carried onthis extenfive war, without the greateft unionat home. ' You will find the fame union peculiarly neceffary,in order to make the beft ufe of the great advan- tages acquired by the peace; and to lay the foundations of that oeconomy which we owe to ourfelves, and to our pofterity, and which can alone relieve this nation, from thie heavy bur- thens brought upon it by the neceflities of this long and cxpenfive war. _ MAGDILEDBOUR G, Now 18 HE King, fince his arrivalin Saxony, hath gone to view the ficld of battle of the 29th pait. His Majefty, to exprefs his grateful fenfe of Prince Henry’s fervices, hath made him a prefent of an eftate of#40,000 crowns a year (with a reverfion thereof to his Princefs) which fell to his Majefty by .the death of the Margrave Charles. Al the officers who have diftinguifh- ed themfelves in the affair of the 27th, have re- ceived recompences: Dublin, Nov. 130. Ve hear that. the regiments 1fbme. of foot on this ¢/lab nt, are to be reduced from 70 to 28 men each company. By the KING. A PROCLAMATION, Dedaring the CESSATION of ARMs, as swell by S’ea as Land, agreed upon between his Majefly, the moft Chriftian King, and the Catholic Kirg, and enjoining the Obfervance theresf. GEORGE R. 7 BEEREAS Preliminaries for reftoring Peace were figned at Fontainbleau on theThird Day: of this inftant November, by the minifters of Us, the moft Chriftian King, and Catholic King: and whereasfor the putting an end to the calamities of war, asfoon and as far as may be poffible, it has been agreed between Us, his moft Chriftian Majefty, and his Cathiclic Majefty; as follows ; that is to fay, "T'hatas foonas the preliminaries fthallbe fign- ed and ratified, all hoftilities fhould ceafe at land and fea. And to prevent all occafion of com- plaint and difputes which may arife on account of flxips, merchandizes, and other effeé&ts which might be taken at fea; it has beeh mutually a~ greed, that the thips, merchandizes, and ‘effects which thould be taken in the channel, and in the north feas, after the fpace of twelve days, to be computed from the ratification of the prefent preliminary articles ; and that all fthips,merchan- dizes and effe€s which fhould be taken after fix ‘weeks from the faid retification, beyond the - channel, the Britifh feas, and the north feas, as far as the Canary iflands inclufively, whether in the ocean, or Mediterranean ; and for the fpace of three months from the faid Canary iflands to the egquinoctial line or equatoer ; and for ‘the {pace of fix months beyond the faid equi- no&ial line or equator, and in all other placesof i~theéworld, without any exception, or other more particufar diftinction of time, or place; fhould be reftored on both fides. j And whereas the ratification of the faid préhi- minary articles, in dueform, were exchanged at Verfailles by the Plenipotentiaries of Us, of the moft Chriftian King, and of the CatholicKing; on the twenty-fecond of this inftantNovember ; from which day the feveral terms above mention- ed of twelve days, of fixweeks, of threeonths, and of fix months, for the reftitution of all fhips, merchandizes and other effets, taken at fea are to be computed. We have thought fit, by and with the advice of Our Privy Council, to notify the fame to all Ovur loving fubjeéts; and we do declare that Our royal will and pleafure is,and we do hereby {trict- ly charge and cominand all our officers, both at {ea and land, and all other our fubjeéts whatfo- ever, to forbear all aétsofhoftility either by land or fea, againft his moftChriftianMajefty, and his Catholic Majefty, their vaffals or fubjects, from and after the refpeétive times above-mentioned, under the penalty of incurring our higheft dif- pleafure. Given at Our Court at St Fames, the Twenty-. Jixth Day of Novembers in the Third Year of Qur Reigny and in the Year of Qur Lord, One Thoufand fever: Hundred and fixty-two. GOD Sa\:zigw KING: Mk&l? QCS)X%%? 613)7< Q- N, Beci s . On Monday the Royal-Union, Smith, cleared out for Dieppe in France, be- ing the firft thip for that port fince the figning of the preliminaries:_ Stettin, Nov, 16. Part of the bravé gayrijort of Schweinitz, after furviving fo many dangers and Jatigties af the famons fiege of that place, hath pe- rifhed at the mouth of the Oder, 6 barges, in which they were going, with other prifoncrs to Konigjvergy being overtaken by a flarm, part of them were dafh’d againft- the rocks, and the. reft funk. Of the whold number only nine men were [aved. We hear the Dake of York arid Sit Charles Hardy dre gone to cruize off theCanary Iflands; and will ftay there to_the utinoft time that ‘the preliminary articles allow ; as there are fome rich fhips #ill expected home belonging - to the French and Spaniards.

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