The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, February 18, 1763, Page 1

efiw/cig¢ i AY, Fepruary 18, 1763 THE — ’ Gontaining the Frefbeft Advices, ‘.__—_._...__--‘.--—-_-—""—‘_-_—“F , N . PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 18. N our lafp Paper we_inforted His Maj ESTY’S ~ 1 mofl Gracious SPEECH to both Houfes of PAR- LIAMENT, the 25th of November ; fince which we bave receiv’d the ADDRESSES of the Houfe of Psers and Covmons 2o his MAJESTY, which are as_follows, VIZ. THE humble ADDRESS of the Riaht Honorable the Lords SPIRITUAL and TemporaL in PARLIAMENT affembled. s Die Javisy25 Novembris, 1762- " Most Gracious SOVEREIGN, E, your Majefty’s moft dutiful z'm.d loyal Subjeds, the Lords Spiri- tual and temporal, in Parliament f affembled, beg Leave to return Y ourMajefty our humbleT hanks for your moft gracious Speech from the Throne. ermit us, Sir, to take this earlieft Opportu- nity, to entreat your Majefly to accept our‘xr}o& fincere and fervent Congratulations onthe Birth of an Heir to your Crown, which adds to your 'Ma{jefiv’s Domeftick Happinefs, and endears ‘your Royal Confort tothe People of thefeRealims ; and promifes, that, under a Prince formed to the Arts of Government by your Majefty’s Roy- al Example, the Civil and Religious Liberties, the Glory, the Commerce, and the Power of Great-Btitain will be tranfmitted to Pofterity. " It is with the utmoft Gratitude that we ac- knowledge Your Majefty’s unweatied Attention to the Profperity and Happincfs of your People ; which made your Majefty conftantly {olicitous, even amidft the Glory of your Victories, to de- R ¥ iiver them from the Burthens of War, by a juft and honorable Peace. ~ At the fame Time, we cannot but admire the Wifdom, which pointed ‘out to your Majefty the moft vigorous Efforts, as the fureft Means of procuring this Bleffing for our People. ) . We beg Leave to offer to your Majefty our humble Congratulations on the fignal Succefes, which have attended yourMajefty’s Arms in the Courfe of the prefent Year; on the Reduélion of the frong Iland of MARTINICO; on the ‘Congueit of the HAVANNAH, the Bulwgrk of the Spanith Colonies ; and of the Acquifiti- onof fo much Treafure, and of fo great a Part of the Spanith Marine : on the many Advanta- ! res obtained in Germany over the Arms of France, although fuperiour in Numbers, by the able Conduét of your Majefty’s General Prince Fer- dinand’of Brunfwick, and by the Valor of the + Troops under his Command ; and on the Pre- fervation of Portugal from the Dangers which threatned inftantly to overwhelm the Kingdom, and which could not have been folong withitood, * but bv the Firmnefs of its Sovereign, by the mi- litzrv Talents of the reigning Count La Lippe, and by the Valour of e Troops employed in (that Service. Thelt Atchievements muft be acknowledeed to be equal to whatever has been pcr(nr.vnr:d in any form "[usr,v sven cf this Emf'— perous War 3 tho’ a ncw Enemy neceffarily made our military Operations more exteufive, ¢ and added new Difficulties to thofe we fhruggled with be . Atchievements which reflect the hizheft Honor'on the Councils that planned $ ‘ Ci ore thein, on the Commanders who carried them in- to Execution, and on the Fleets and Armies, ‘whofe intrepidity no Dangers could difmay. Allow us to exprefs in the moft fervent and , grateful Manner, our Joy and Congratulations, y that by thefe repeated Efforts, your Majefty has at length compeiled your Enemues to confent to Térms of Peace : as well as to offer to your Viajefty our fincere 1anks; for your having iformed your Parliament that Preliminary Ar- ticles ‘are already figned by your Majefty’s Mi- nifter and thofe of France and Spain ; for your Majefty’s moft Gracious Affurances, that you will caufe thefe Articles in due Time to be laid w before them ; and for the Lights your Majefty ads been pleafed to give concerning the Condi- tions of them, which afford to your People the faireft Profpect of future Happinefs, Profperity, s and Security. &4 ’ Z55 @ Numn 333 o o v S%0 47 W% o OR300 X3 Your Majefty may Weaflured; that me will not fail on our Part, to take as foon as poflible into our Confideration, the proper Methods for the .Settlement of our new Acquiiitions ; for improving their Commerce, and thereby render- ing them ufeful to the Mother Country. Truly fenfible of the Merits of thofe gallant Men, by whofe Valor, thofé Acquifitions have been made, we fhall be ready to concur in every reafcnable Propofition for rewarding them ; 1:1meming at the fame Time, as we do, the Lofs of fo many of our Fellow Subjedts, bywhich thg national Strength is greatly impaired. We cannot fuffi- ciently admire that Wifdom, which feized the fortunate Hour of reaping the Advantages of our Vittories, while we were yet on the Sum- mit of our Glory, and before we had experienced any reverfe of Fortune. In grateful Return for thefe many Bleflings which your Majefty’s Royal Wifdom and Fortitude have procured for us, Your Majefty may depend on our warmeft Zeal, on our conftant Endeavours to promote that Unanimity your Majefty recommends in all our Proceedings, and our Attention to thofe Meafures of Oeconomy, which are the peculiar Bufinefs of Times of Peace, and which alone can relieve your Majefty’s faithful People, from the oppreffive Burthens of fo long and fo ex- penfive a War, Hig#MAJESTY'’s meft GrAcious AN SWER. My LORDS HIS very affcéiiozate and loyal Addrefs gives M the truefl Satisfaction. I thank you beart- ily for 1t 5 aswell as for your Congratulations on the Birth of the Prince, My Son 5 and for the Regard you exprefs on this Occafion for the Queen. The cheas ful ard fleady Sz,/‘(:{:on of my Parliament throughout the IVar, has been attended with uninter- rupted Succefs : And the Ratification of the Prelimi- nary Articles ailly 1 truft, fom be followed by the Completion of the Prace on fafe and honourable Con- ditions. My only wifh is, and ever will bey to promote the lafting Happinefs, Prefperity, and Security, of My Jaithfwl People. The Humble A D D R ESS of the Houfe of Commons to the K I N G. Moft Gracious Sovereign, “\/’)‘ E your Majeity’s moft dutiful and loyal Subjects; the Commons of Great- Britain in Parliament aflfembled, beg Leave to return your Majefty the moft humble and hearty Thanks of the Houfe, for your moft Gracious Speech from the Throne. Permit us, at the {fame Time, to congratulate your Majefty on the aufpicious Birth of his Royal Highnefs the Prince of Wales, and the Recovery of your Poyal Confort, endeartd to us, not only by this important Event, but by her own perfonal Virtues. We acknowledge with the utmoft Gratitude, your Majefty’s Great Attention to the Welfare of your Pecple, in the vigorous Profecution of the War ; and (ongratuiirc your Majefty on the happy Effect of ity the Profpe& of fuch a Peace, as may give Stability and Permanency to the Bleflings we promife ourfelves under your Majefty’s moft aufpicious Reign. We affure your Majefty,that our faithful Com- mons are truly fenfible of the Wifdom with which your p}a-ns have been concerted, as well as of the fuccefsful Zeal with which they have been carried into Jixecufion by your Flects and Armics. The Refolution and Intrepedity of your Ma- jefly’s Army in Germany, and the military fkill, and diftinguifhed Adétivity of syour General Prince Ferdinand of Brunfwick, which have obtained fo many fignal Advantages, over an Encmy fo fuperior in Numbers, are Objects of our higheft Admiration. The ftopping the Power of the Erench and Spanifth Arms in Por- tugal, and the Prefervation of that Kingdom, by the Firmnefs-and Refolution of its Sovereign, and by the fuperior Talents, and able Conduct of the reigning Count La Lippe, feconded by f Weeks fince this Parven | was frit Pablithed. GAZETTE e e e Foreign and Domeftich. the V‘aln!u‘ of the Troops under his Commani, are 'chm’s of the higheft Importance to th's ;\atzqn_:md its Commerce. ‘The Redudjion of Martinico, fo glorious to your Mejefty’s Arms, and the ftill wnore glorieus and imporsant Coi- queft of the Havannah, by which great Treafure, ;md.a very confiderable’ Part of the Navy of Spain, are fallen irnto your Majefly’s Hands, f;zcak the Wifdom of your Councils, and the hY al_nur of thefe employed in the Exgcution of thefe great Commands, and fill our Hearts witl Gratitude and Satisfz&ion. The public Teflimony which your Ma'efiy has, therefore, gracioufly given to the unwearied Perferverarice and unparallelled Bravery of yeur Officers and private Men, by Sca and Land, to which under God, thefe glorious Atchicvements are to be attributed, is no lefs Honourable, than deferved Reward of their Services, and muft be an additional Recommendation of them, to the Efteem and Gratitude of their Country. Allow us, Sir, to thank your Majefty tor having promifed to diret the Preliminary Ar- ticles of the Peace to be laid before us. And we receive with the greateft Satisfaltion, the Information, which your Majefty has conde- fcended in the mean Time to afford us, from which we promife ourfelves that, with your Majefty’s Dominions our Trade will be increaf- ed ; and that all Occafions of future Difputes being removed the Bleflings of Peace will be thereby rendered permanent and fecure. We return your Majefty our moft fincere and humble Thanks for ‘yofn' great (Goodnels und tender Regard for the Welfare of your Subjects, in proceeding without Delay to the Conclufion of the Negotiation of Peace, fo expedient for this Cguntry ; and for your gracious intentions, as foon as -1t -thall be conchided, to reduce the Public Expences. Your Majefty may be anured, that your faith- ful Commons will chearfully affift in the Sup- portof fuchExpences as may be ftill neceflary with due regard to that Oeconomy, which your Ma- jefty recommends to us, as far as may be con- {iftent with Wifdom and true Policy. We will not fail to confider of the moft eflec- tual Methods of fettling our new Acquifitions, of fecuring thofe Countries to us, and of im- proving our Commerce and Navigation. And lamenting the Lofs of thofe many brave M'en, who have fallen in this glorious War, we will pay all due Attention to the Services of thofe who yet remain, by whofe Valour thofe Acquifi~ tions have been made. And we will continue to cultivate that Union, to which we greatly owe the Succefles of the War, in order thereby to make the beft Advantage of Peace, and lay the Foundation of that Oeconomy, which we owe to ourfelves and to our Pofterity. Es2OQ1 N VDO NI Tranflation of the French Pafguinade. The Houfes where the Miniflers of Foreign Couris at the Congrefs for a Peace are to lodge. T he Minifter from: the Emperor, at the Good- Will, Impotenit-ftreet. Ruffa. At theCaftlein the Air, Magcot-ft ceet. France. At the Cock ftripp’d of his Feathers, Canada-fireet. Auflria. At the bad Alliance, Tnvalid-firect. England. Atthe Fortune, Viétory-fquare, Sub- fidy-ftreet. - Pruffia. At the Four Winds, Fox-ftreet, near Guinea-fquare. Sweden. At the paflage of the Couriers, Wltim- fical-ftreet. Poland. At the Sacrifice of Abraham, In- nocence ftreet, near Superftition-{quare. Princes of the Empire. At the Diet, near the Hofpital of Incurables, Montebank-fireet. Duike of Wirtemberg. At the DonQuixote,[Hob- . gobiin-ftreet, near the Mountzin in Labour. Holland. At the Whale, Checfe-Market, near the Great Obfervatory. As your Friend in Holland forgot the Spani- ards, pleafe gg add. Spain. At the Fool’s Cap, pride-ftreet, near *'the Court of Deceit.,