The New Hampshire Gazette

DUBLIN, January 29.

Letter from an officer in Sir Edward Hawke's fleet to a person of distinction in this kingdom, dated Quiberon Bay, Dec. 20, says, "Had Mons. Conflans reached this place, and escaped our squadron, the whole strength of the Duke d'Aguillon's army, consisting in all, here and at Rochfort, of 25,000 effective men, were to be landed on the western parts of Ireland, with at least 20,000 stand of arms; there to be left to try their skill. Among these are the five Irish brigades and one Scotch, who, as it is said, had among themselves divided all the estates of the nobility and gentry in the counties of Cork, Kerry and Limerick, Clare, and Galway, and such parts where they expected to meet most friends. Conflans was most assuredly ordered to leave them there, and the Duke, and those with him, were to make a conquest of the whole island, or lose their lives in the attempt. It is certainly true, that the Duke d'Aguillon has now in his pocket a commission from the French King as Viceroy of Ireland. All this I had from a Lieutenant Colonel, seemingly a very modest, pretty, well behaved man, and who (for his behaviour) has been genteelly treated by the Admirals, and all the Captains of the squadron: he commanded the regiment of Saintonge, who served as marines on board the Formidable."