The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

Captain Boardman, in the ship Thomas, of this place, arrived here on Tuesday last, from France. He sailed from Nantes on the 15th of June. The most material advices received by this ship, are contained in letters to Gentlemen in Boston, a summary of which we find in the Independent Chronicle of this day, viz:

That the account of the disaster that happened to the Count de Grasse and his fleet in the West Indies, had reached France; that far from abating, it only served to invigorate the exertions of that nation in military matters; that the King, immediately upon receiving the news of the loss of his ships, had ordered an equal number of the line, and of the same force, to be put upon the stocks, and carried forward with the utmost expedition; that he knew the resources of the nation to be adequate to every emergency of the war, but at the same time had declared, that if they had not been so, he would part with the jewels of his crown, rather than not support the vigour and efficacy of his navy; that the extensive commerce of France had been uncommonly prosperous; and particularly, that a fleet from the West Indies, of more than 150 sail, many of them very large ships, and full loaded, had arrived safe in the various ports of that nation; that the King of Spain had offered his Most Christian Majesty, upon hearing of the ill fortune of his fleet under the Count de Grasse, to send off 20 ships of the line, to be joined by a number of the French, provided the Count d'Estaing should be appointed to the command of this combined squadron; that the Dutch had with a complete union of all the States, acknowledged the independence of America; that their vigour in military preparations was daily increasing; and they seemed fully determined to make a common cause with the enemies of England, till the latter should consent to a general peace. A gentleman of particular intelligence writes, that Holland was now as distant from every appearance of making a separate peace with England, as France to America. This situation of Holland, as well as other circumstances, render a report not altogether improbable, that some British agents are in France, feeling for some outlines of a general pacification.

It is said that Lord Howe was watching the Texel; this however, is considered as a temporary business, if true.