The New Hampshire Gazette

Our Letters from Barbados, dated the 10th of Oct. contain the following particulars, viz. That the day before a vessel arrived there from St. Eustatia, advising that many captures were still carried into Martinico, notwithstanding the vigilance of our men of war; that a Dutch fleet was arrived at St. Eustatia and Curacao, under convoy of an admiral and several Dutch men of war; and that St. Pierre's at Martinico was almost totally burnt down, by a fire that broke out in an apothecary's shop, which consumed near 200 buildings, and all the merchandise, consisting of dry goods and provisions; the loss scarce conceivable as to value; and that the inhabitants had thereupon declared to the French general, that if the island should be attacked, and the English would grant them the same terms as the Guadeloupeans had obtained, they would surrender themselves.