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keeps a number of theta, "and they are allowed to
take apprentices, by which means they are a nume
rous body of people. These men are intended to
nd in the next campaign in America, and our mi
nidry plume thcmfelves much in the thought of
their being a complete match for the American
rifle men."
Feb 18. Commissions are issuing for immedi
ately buying tip in Ireland, for the use of the navy,
&% calks of beef, 600 barrels of fork, and great
quantities of flour, lalt'butter and potatoes.
Orders are given from the ordnance office, for
immediately taking down, and preparing for service
fix thousand hand of arms, froth the small armory
in the tower.
Feb. 1(, There will be five debarkations in Ame
rica in the spring; one at Quebec, one at New-
York, one in New-England, and two to the south
ward.
Letters from Cafla, by yesterday's mail advise,
that the body of 12,000 Hessians taken into English
pay arc commanded by Mr. Heifter;Lieut. General,
and that it will be composed of the regiment of
guards, and that of the hereditary prince and prince
'Charles, with the regiments of Werguneau, Det
fourth, Dojiop, Lofberg, Kniphaulen, Trimbach,
Mirb'ach, Ralf Stein,Wifbach Hayne, and Buncau.
The grenadiers of the above regiments are to form
a different corps, commanded by Colonel Donop,
and to the above are to be added some companies of
cannoneers, and loot chauffeurs. And private letters
from Hamburgh inform us, that they are on their
march to embark at Stade.
The Helhans, Brunfwickers, Waldeckers, and
Hanoverians, are to amount, it is said, to 20,000
men. 2o;Oco foreign troops at 45 1. per man,
comes to 900,0001 Transport service to bring them
to America will cost 350,000). Ordinance and ex
traordinaries may be reckoned at 300,000). more.
The embarkation in the fprihg will confid of
4^,000, men English and foreigners, and to rendez
vous at Portsmouth the lall day of March.
The transports to bring over 22,000 Germans
Hessians, Brunfwickers, &c. are to be at Stade on.
or before the 16th of next month.
Feb. 20. About one o'clock the Lord Mayor
attended by Alderman Wilkes, Bull, Crosby, Tho
mas, Efdaile, Rawlinson, Plomer, Harr, Hopkins,
&c. together with the two Iheriffs afeended the
hustings, when after the common crier, had opened
the business of the common hall, the Recorder came
forward and acquainted the Livery with the occasion
of their being assembled. The Recorder described
to them in general terms, that the qualities for this
important office were, justice firmnefs and applica
tion.
Mr. Alderman Wilkes then addressed the Livery
as follows. The Speech of Mr. Alderman Wilkes,
from the buffings at Guildball, February 20
" Gentlemen of the Livery,
“ Before we proceed to any business, I believe
you will agree with me,'that there is a tribute of
gratitude we ought to pay to our late worthy Cham
berlain, Sir Steven Theodore Jaffan, who with great
ability and integrity, has filled that important office
upwards of leven years. His whole life, indeed,
has been a continued leries of real and essential ser
vices to this city and country. On some of the most
critical occasions in our times, he has exerted him
felf with equal zeal and success in the public ca'ufe.
.One part of the late Chamberlain's condud among
us, I particularly approve, and desire to imitate.
I mean the application of a part of the income to
the payment of his debts. If I have the honour of
being his successor, I assure you gentlemen, that a
third at lead of the whole income of theoffice, shall
be faithfully applied to the extinction of all remain
ing debts, and of all just demands. The conduct of
the late Chamberlain, gentlemen, would be to me a
moupleafing fubjeft to enlarge upon; but it is well
known, and needs not the aid of my feeble endea
vours. His very superior merit is universally ac
knowledged. He has formerly been highly appro
ved as your representative in parliament, as Alder
man, Sheriff, and Mayor. He has now closed the
feene as your Chamberlain in the most distinguished
manner, and retires from public life fuller of honours
than of years. The heart of every Liveryman of
London I am sure will go along with me in the mo
tion, which I now beg leave to submit to you:
" Resolved,
« That the thanks of this common hall he given
to Sir Stephen I heodore Janffen, bart. late Cham
berlain of this city, for his various and important
services as reprelentative of this city in parliament,
as .Alderman. Sheriff, Mayor and Chamberlain, and ,
for his uniform zeal and activity in promoting, on
every occasion, the true interests of this metropolis,"
“ The other motion in my hand, is gentlemen,
only in compliance with the usual mode of business:
“ Ordered, That a copy of the said resolution be
fairly tranferibed, and signed by the town clerk,
and by him delivered, to Sir Stephen Theodore
Janffen, Bart."
' Gentlemen,
' This unanimous mark of your approbation of
this illustrious citizen, is peculiarly hriking and ho
nourable. If lam io happy as by your favour to
succeed him as Chamberlain, it will be my great
ambition to merit the like function of your applause,
tee of Safety for Greenwich, and committed to jail;
' two more were apprehended, but dilcharged for
want of fufficient proof. A lift of the names of a.
number of them that had inlifted, has been obtain
ed, and a party of men are gone in pursuit of them
defined for North-Carolina from England, are said
to be arrived at Cape-Fear, and that they took on
the passage a large French Ihip with arms and am
munition.
Last Saturday his Excellency the General, with
his two aids-de-camp and secretary, Colonel Bullit,
&c. set out for Suffolk, since which, we learn that
his Excellency has marched from that place at the
head of a large body of troops, upon some secret
expedition.
NEWPORT, April 29.
Last Wednesday a ship supposed the Scarborough
or Cerberus, and a black brig, were Landing off and
on a little without the entrance of this harbor great
part of the day; they were close in with the Light-
House; two American brigs and three sloops, the
fame day, were chafed by the above black brig, but
got clear, and went in on the east fide of this island.
Last Thursday night the Continental ships the
Alfred and Columbus, and the brig arrived
in our bay, and anchored near Hope; a station occu
pied by British pirates a configurable part of the
winter.
N E W-Y OR K, May I.
By a Gentleman from Connecticut we are inform
ed, that last week a certain Mr. Cable, in Fairfield,
had sent a load of provisions to the ministerial plun
derers, and was loading a second time for the fame
purpose, but was difeovered by a Tory who was
concerned in the affair, and who made oath before
a magistrate of the scheme in agitation. The said
Cable was observed to be founding for deep water
about the channel, which he found at a place called
the Black Rock, and througli which place he was
to pilot a gang of cruel murderers, about one thou
sand in number, whole orders were to massacre
men, women and children. The signal of their
landing was to be three cannon fired in the night.
This gang chiefly inhabited about Newtown, in
Connecticut, and from that place all along to Dob's
ferry on the North river Cable was on this difeo
very apprehended, and committed to Fairfield jail,
and allo another villain, named Pardelow, at Green
wich, who was detected in enlisting men for the
and to finifh my public life &h such endearing
proofs of public regard.'
Mr. Hopkins supported Mr. Wilkes ihLis elogium
on the late Chamberlain, and concluded by second
ing his motion.
Mr. Luke Stavely then came forward, and beg
ged leave to addrels the Livery in a few words; but
here a mixture of such hilling and clapping succeed
ed, as to prevent his speaking: After some time,
however, he spoke for about five minutes; but the
clapping and hilling continued so uncommonly vio
lent and uhinterupted, that it was impossible to hear
diftindtly what he said. His speech was a refutation
of some charges made against him in the public pa
pers by Mr. Alderman Hopkins.
A calm at lengtli ensuing, the two candidates,
Messrs. Alderman Wilkes and Hopkins were seve
rally put up, when the shew of hands appeared full
two to one in favor of Mr. Alderman Wilkes, the
iheriffs declared him duly ele&ed.
After this a poll was demanded in favor of botli
the candidates, which was announced to begin at
three o'clock this evening, and @nd at five.
Yesterday evening a young recruit, who had been
enlisted in the country for a soldier When in liquor,
in order to prevent his going to America, in a pub
lic house near Chelsea, with a large carving knife,
chopped off his left thumb and two fore fingers.
Orders are lent to Cork to get ready immediately
provisions for victualling 50 fail of transports which
will arrive there it the wind permits, by the loth
of March; the rest of the transports which are or
dered for America will take in their provisions in
England, to prevent the Irish from being distressed
by to great a consumption of the necessaries of life
in that country.
A new regiment of light infantry is now railing
to be sent to America; a ferjeant in the fame regi
ment in a new-uniform, was presented to his Majesty
on Friday last, and went through the whole manuel
exercise on an entire new plan, before his Majesty
and several general officers, in the King's riding
house, which gave universal fatisfaßion.
Several of the Captains have complained by letter
to the A , that their refpe&ive ships were too
weakly manned to proceed to lea, which has been
taken no notice of; in consequence of which they
have had private surveys, and attestations signed by
several officers of the exact date of their comple
ments. in order to exculpate themselves, in case of
accidents that may arise from the scandalous man
ner in which they have been sent to sea.
Kilkenny. Feb. 24. Yesterday the firft division,
confiding of five companies of the 9th regiment of
foot, commanded by Major General Lord Viscount
Ligonier, and this day the second division arrived
here from Dublin, on their march to Cork, in or
der to embark for America.
WILLIAMSBURG, April %
Thirty-eight fail of the men of war and transports
mifterial service, was examined before the Commit-
By EXPRESS arrived last night. -
A vessel is just arrived at Newbury Port, from
Bilboa. The Captain fays, on the 14th of April in
lon. 45, he spoke with a brig from Plymouth, who
a few days before parted with a fleet of sixty fail,
bound to Boston, with twenty-seven Commissioners
and 12,000 Hessians; and that Gen. Burgoyne with
4000 Hannoverians was soon to fail for Quebec.
Extract of a letter from an Officer in the Continental
army, dated Trois Rivieres, March 24, 1776.
“ My business at this post is to furnifh horses,
carriages, &c. lor the palling army, and fee them
supplied with provisions, which business takes up
almolt my whole time. 1 have it also in my orders
to call in the old commissions given to the officers
of militia, in the seventeen parilhes in the diftriCt of
Three Rivers, by the late Governor Carleton, and
to have new officers elected. Some of them seem
shy of receiving the post, being afraid either that
the minilterial troops will drive us out of the pro
vince, or that we, after carrying our point with
Great-Britain, will leave them to fall a lacrifice;
but in general, they feera to be fond of holding
commissions under the Congress ; in some parilhes
there have been three or four candidates for the
Captaincy, and 1 receive information, that bribery
and corruption is already beginning to creep into
their elections; at some the disputes run so high,
that I am obliged to interfere ; at one I was under
the neceflity of going 27 miles to superintend the
pole, and was obliged to give them a new election,
with which they were fatisfied. I have lent up about
thirty names to the General, in order to get commis
sions under the Right Honorable the Continental
Congress, which have been new elected, and expert
soon to fend more. I have been extremely sorry
that our forces do not come forward faller; of late
some have come up, but upon the whole, I must
fay I think this department has been negle&ed. I
have troubled you with an account of all the frefh
forces which have past this post, exclusive of those
who were at Montreal, who have been nearer the
feene ol action. Officers are included in the account.
Jan. 31. Capt. Seaban, from the Bay Govern
ment, the firft hero that came to our assistance, 25;
Capt. Smith, with 19. Feb, 9. Lieut. Munson and
Pettibone, with part of two companies, 25. 21.
Lieut. Walker, 17; Captain Wetherby, 33. 22,
Lieut. Mecham, 12. 24. Capt. Hinman, 23; Capt..
Pierce, 25 ; Uziah Wright, a gentleman volunteer,
8. 26. Lieut. Sunderland, 32; Serjeant Clark, 20.
March 1. Lieut. Loomis, 58; Lieut. Talbot, with
the firft Pennsylvania company, 60; Lieut. Deane,
from the Bay Government, 40. 4. Serjeant St.
John, 15; Serjeant Gideon Brenfon, 7. 5. Capt.
Gooderidge, 35; Lieut Frifby, 31; Lieut Wal
bridge, ^9. 6. Capt. Gideon Doud, 48; Captain.
Wright, 63. 10. Lieut. Hughes, from Philadel
phia, 60, Lieut. Grant, from New-England, 30;
Major Safford, of Colonel Warner's regiment, 60;
Capt. Groveinor, 42. 12. Captain Jenkins, from.
Philadelphia (his company chiefly palled by before)
8; Captain Cooly, irom New-England, 40. 16.
Lieut. Yard, the firft of the Jersey forces, with an
elcort with provisions, 34. 17. Major Ray, of the
Jersey battalion, 179. 20. Captain Cailifle, 29;
Lieut. Grant, 14. 22. Lieut. Stone, 34; Captain
Wait, 47; Lieut. Stainer, 81. Gone from Montreal
garrison, 300 ; remained after the defeat, 600; by
recruiting among the Canadians, 500. Total 2762.
General Wooller's baggage passed through here
yesterday, and I expert to receive his Excellency at
this garrison to-morrow. —Passed by this post also.
Colonels Warner, Williams, Ervin, Maxwell, Wait,
. and Major Morris."
PHILADELPHIA.
Extrari of a letter from an Officer in Cumberland
County, West-New-Jersey, May 6, 1776.
“ This serves to inform you of an alarm we had
about 11 o'clock this day, of a party of regulars
landing on Fiddle's-lfland, in Bacon's Neck, about
• four miles from Greenwich, supposed to be about
30 in number; Footing down the cattle, taking
them on board, &c. whereupon I called the militia
together as soon as possible, and upon our appear
ance, a gun was fired from on board one of the ves
sels for them to repair on board, which they did
with the greatest precipitation. Our men pursued
so closely, that we were near taking 3 of them pri
soners, one of whom left an excellent musket behind,
which we got, with some cartridges. They hollowed
to our men to go on board the King fifher and they
would pay for the beef. It is supposed they took
off between 20 and 30 cattle, 5 they left dead on
the shore, and wounded many others; which, with
all the others, we have drove from the water fide.
They have taken, this morning, a fhallop belong
ing to Daniel Richard's, bound from Philadelphia
to Morris's river ; but the hands escaped to shore."
Extrari of a letter from the Camp before Quebec
March 30.
“ The last week there came information from the
parilhes below the river, that the people, instigated
by their priests, were beginning to take arms to
destroy our guard at Point-Levi, and from thence
fuccour the town. The general sent off immediately
Major Dubois with 100 men of the York forces,
who were joined by a great number of country
people that were friendly to our cause, and made
so much dispatch, that an advanced party of th: