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After which his M jelly. made the following most
gracious Speech from the Throne :
“ My Lords and Gentlemen,
'' THE concuhon cf the public business, and
the consideration of the inconvenience which I fear
. yon must have fufl.-rd by io long in attendance, call
upon me to put an end to this ftdion of Parliament ;
but I cannot let you go into your fcveral counties,
without expreffiog my entire approbation of your
condua, and without thanking you for the unquef
tionabie proofs you have given me, and to ad the
world, of the continuance'cf your attachment to
my pciDn and government, of y< ur clear discernment
of the true inteiefts of your country, and of your
Ready perseverance in maintaining the rights of the
legislature.
“ Gentlemen of the Hoafe of Commons,
“ I cannot Sufficiently thank you for the zeal and
public fpiiitwitli which you have granted the large
and extraordinary supplies which I have found my
felf uidr the necessity of asking of my faithful
Commns, for the service of the current year ; and
I must at the fme time acknowledge the particular
marks of your affection to me, as well in enabling
me to difeha._e the duties contrasted on account of
my civil government, as in making so considerable
an augmentation to the civil lilt revenue during my
life.
“ My Lords and Gentlemen,
“ I tru'd in the Divine Providence, that by a well
concerted and vigorous exertion of the great force
you have now put into my hands, the operations of
this campaign, by sea and land, will be blcffd with
such fuecefs as may most effectually tend to the sup
pression of the rebellion in America, and to the re
eftablifliment of that constitutional obedience which
all the Subjects of a free Rate owe to the authority of
law."
Then the Chancellor, by his Majesty's command,
said,
“ M, Lords and Gentlemen,
.“ It is his Majesty's royal will and pleasure, that
this parliame; t be prorogued to Monday the 21R
day of July next, to he then here holdcn ; and this
Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Monday the
21st day of July next.”
When the speaker of the Houf@ of Commons
came to the fired the IL use of Peers lift Friday, he
delivered hm&lf to die following <ffc&:
“ Your Majtßr's loyal Commons have passed
five money bills for^he service of the current year.
The firft a bill for e cabling yon, Majesty to defray
the extra expenses of /the American war, and w
make geed the deficiency.of the gold coin ; the fe
cund for raiding five millions, by annuities, and for
eflabliihmg a lottery ; another for laying a tax upon
fervarks; anecur for laying a tax upon auctions,
and upon Dies of eilates' ,leads and goods, by auc
tion , and another for granting to your Majesty a
certain dim out of the finking fund, and for appro
priating the' fcveral firms granted in this feffi*n< to
uses therein provided, to which your faithful Com
mons, hr, numbly defae your assent. Your Com
mons, fir, in the comleof the preterit session, have
applied tfremfclves with all possible diligence to pub
lic bufmefs; and have done all in their power to
procure the ease, bappinefs, and prafperity of your
fuhj 6C ; and have granted the more ample fu,plies.
The, have (Lengthened the hands of Government,
3rid done all in their power to procure a speedy ard
[fßYfuaT reconciliation with America.. They are
fully concinus how neceflary it is, that the troubles
in An de? should be amicably fettled ; and that the
legislative authority of this country Should be efta
blilb nd maintained overall your Majesty's do
minions. Your fait'ful Commons, firmly relying
on $1 ui Majeßy's widom, and true regard to the
irteo 11 of allyouf fubje&s, hive Strengthened your
hands in the fulled nianner ; and have every reafen
to expe& that your Mejefty's fubje&s in America
will return to a proper feufe of their duty ; and that
disorder and jebelrion.will give place to peace end
conciliation.”
Yesterday-Earl Percy was at Court, and had the
honour of a long conference with the King.
Extrafl of a letter from Plymouth, June 6.
« His Maj< fryhShip the, Experiment, Capt. ,
from a cruize, has brought into this port the Betsey
transport, laden with previous, bound to New-
Yerk, which lie met with nearthis place, who in
formed him that they hid been taken off the Start
by an American privateer, and were then in their
hands."
We hear that the following changes took place
yesterday, viz.
The Ritht Hon. Welborne Ellis, is appointed
Treasurer of the navy, in the 1 oom of the late Sir
Gilbert Elliot, Bart, deceased.
Charles Towfofend, Esq; oneof the Lords cf the
Treasury, is appointed vice treasurer of Ireland, in
the room 0 .WeJbere Ellis, Esq;
Tins day Ids Majeft/•<nt in Rate to the House
Of Peer's, ard gave nis royal assent to the following
bills:
The bill for granting to his Majesty a certain sum
but of the linking fund, for the service of the pre
lent year.
The bill to raise a certain sum by annuities, and
for eftab filing a lottery.
The bill for granting to his Majesty a duty on all
mab servants.
The bill for granting to his Majesty certain duties
on licences, to be taken out by alt perlons anting as
auctioneers.
The bill for building a new shire-house and goal
in the county cf Weftmoreland.
The bill to promote the residence cf Parochial
Clergy.
The bill for allowing costs to conftibles and wit
ness attending the quarter sessions, &c.
The bill for budding a bridge over the river Se
vern, near Gloucester.
And also to such other bill, as are ready for that
purple. #
June 9. His Majesty was attended on Friday to
the Hold? of Peers by the Duke of Ancafter and the
Earl of Alhbmnham, when the royal client was
given to the bills mentioned in our last, and allo to
[he following, viz.
The bill to continue the encouragement of making
indigo in the plantations, &c.
The bill to make allowance on the duties on the
importation of damaged raisins and currants.
'fhe bill to enlarge the time appointed for the firft
mceting<f the commillioners for putting in execu
tion certain a&sof this 1 ffioc.
( The bill to enable the Lords commissioners of the
treasury to compound a debt due to r l e crown.
The bill for' the better relief and employment of
the poor in the parish of bi. Mary Abbots, in the
parifli cf Kensington.
The bill for elLblifhing a nightly watch within
the Hamlet of Mile End Old Town :
And the bill to explain and amend an a& for pa
ving, lighting, ard watching St. James's, Cleiken
well.
By the returns in the office of the Secretary at
War, the armies under Generals Howe and Carle
ton, on the fiift of lafb month, confided of 50,000
effective men, belides Canadians, Indians, and loyal
Provincials, who are supposed, on the lowest com
putation, to amount to full 10,000 men.
Many articles concerning frefh resolutions and
recent misfortunes at Madras, being circulated in
the papers, we are defiied to assure the public, that
the very last intelligence from that presidency came
to Col. Capper by the way of Bengal. The Colo
nel's letters bear date the 7,th of Novtmber last, when
every thing remained in the most perf<a tra quilry
at Madras ; and Lord Pigot lived at the Mount with
his family.
The Marquis of Lindsey, Lord Cathcart, and
several officers, will embark with the last division of
Hessian tro< ps for New-Y rk.
Extras oj a letter from Kinfale, dated Ma, 29, to
a gentleman in Dublin.
“ I have the pleasure of acquainting you, that
last Saturday morning, the 24th, a filhing boat be
longing to this harbour, being about five leagues
from the Old Head, fell in with an American sloop
called the Aftive, from Chailes-Town to Nantz,
with a cago of riee, carrying four swivel guns.
The crew had risen on the master, Mr. Osborne, a
native cf Belfaft, whom, with Mr. Price, chief
mate, they sent into Kinfale by the fifhing-boat, ard
acquainted her people that they would carry the sloop
to Liverpool. The Sovereign bring informed of
this tranfa&ion, has order'd the above master and
mate to.be closely confined, until the pleasure of his
Excellency, the Loid Lieutenant, shall be known."
Last night a Cabinet Council was held at Lord
•Suffolk's office, where all the great officers of Rate
rffißed, and did not break up till near twelve o'clock.
It is said to be on the consideration of some proposals
for accommodating matters with the American', Did
to be received from the Coigrefs by General Howe,
through the means of General Lee. Among the
conditions talked of, there is to be a free pardon for
Messrs. Hancock and Adtrns.
June 16. Two of the American vessels which
have been brought into England by their crews,
were lately condemned in the Court of Admiralty as
prizes to the King ; and his Majesty, cut cf his
royal bounty to reward those brave fellows of loy
alty, ^d love of Old England, has ordered two
thirds of the value of each flrip and cargo, which
Tuesday last arrived at Plymouth the Hanover, of
and from Glasgow 1 She was taken by an American
privateer, and twelve men put on board her; but on
meeting a French snow, the prize master went on
board, with two men, leaving nine Americans, the
Mate, one man, and 'a stout lad, belonging to the
vessel. On the departure cf the prize matter, the
three men, taking the advantage of some of the Ame
ricans going below, armed themselves, rede upon the
rest, and took the vessel; soon after meeting with the
Duke of York packet, foe was affixed with hands,
who brought her firit into Falmouth, and from thence
to Plymouth. She is bound to Jamaica, and laden
with coals and herrings.
A proposal is said to be on foot for eftablihring a
Mint for coining at Dublin, in confid-ratmn of the
Irish Submitting to theimpeding a Land Fax.
A letter from the Hague, dated June 3, lays, " By
letters from the Danube we hear, that the Imperial
Ministry has lent orders to the CommiiTaiies of War
at Bude, to get ready in the magazines of the king
dom of Hungary one year's provision, and forage for
60,0:0 or 70,000 men."
It is said that Earl Percy will return to Aoerica
with a Commiffic.p of importance, and will embed;
for that purpose on board a frigate whichis to fail
for New-Yotk the middle of next month.
His Excellency the Dutch Ambafiddor has given
notice for the Subjects of the States, who belong to
their Army and Navy, at this time resident in this
kingdom, to return home with all speed.
Yeffeiday some frefh difpatcb.es were fnt from
Lord Germaine's Office, to Falmouth, to be put on
board a packet for Gen. Howe, which is to fail imme
diately for New-York, with lira orders not to ftp
at any Port, if they can possibly avoid it.
General Willbn goes to General Howe's Array, in
the Experiment man ofwar, capt. Sir James Wallace.
A letter to a Gentleman in Dublin, from a friend
at Dartmouth, in Devorrihire, dated the 20th uh.
relates that the Amiable Martha, Capt. Duhamel,
had just put in there, in hei way from Madagascar
to Bred, who informed several pc ions at the coffee
house, that two of cur l^ft outward-bound India
meu, supposed to be the Egmont and Newcastle, had
been attacked on their voyage, near Cape- Verde, on
the coast cf Africa, by fore American privateers,
who were cruizing in that latitude, but the India
Dips, being but about five or fix weeks at sea, an 1
the crews healthy, and in high spirits, gave the Yan
kees so warm a reception, as obliged them to bear
away for the island of Thomas, where Capt. Duha
mel fays he saw them, on the 12th of March. It is
supposed, by this Time, if the wind continued fair,
they must have got conliderably beyerd the Cape of
Good Hope, in their way to Madras, where they are
expe^ed to arrive about the middle of June.
June 13. Yesterday Earl Percy was at court, and
had the honour of a conference with his Majesty, on
the state of affairs in America.
The fame day a Privy Council was held at St.
James's, on the fubjeft of the last dispatches received
from New-Yoik, at which all the great officers of
state in town affined.
No less than 14.n0 men have been atti fted for the
land service in Sheffield during one year.
When General Burgoyne embarked for America,
it is said the inst nations he carried cut with him for
General Carleton and himfelf, were, That the ope
rations of the next campaign should begin at Lake
Champlain, and that they should endeavour to join
the army under the command of General Howe ;
that whild trie army remained within the boundaries
of Canada, General Carleton was to have the chief
command, but when the army passed the frontiers of
Canada, General Burgoyne was to have the chief
command.
Lord V/eßcote so futcced Mr. Townsend alt One
of the Lords of the treasury..
Sir Ralph Payne, K. B. is appointed one/ef the
Clerks of the Board of Green Cloth, in the room of
the Hon. John Grey, deceafid.
Whittled Keene, Esq; is appointed Surveyor Ge
neral of the Baa rd of Works, in the room of Iko
mas Woi fley, Esq; deceafid.
Thomas De Grey, Esq; Groom of the Bed
Chamber, (and son of the Lord Chief Justice) to
be oneof the Loi ds of Trade, in the room of Whit
fhed Keene.
June 11. In the course of the last Si ffion, his
Majesty went five times to the Iloufe of Peers, and
including the Bills signed by Conimiffian they
amounted to 253.'
It is said that a Blue Ribbon is intended to be
given to Earl Percy, as an acknowledgment of his
meritorious conduH in America.
I amounts to a very conndtiable sum, to be uhub.d
among the crew ; and we are afiured, tuat it the
crew of any disguised foreign flip, chat is laden wiih
arms or ammunition, or any kind of dores for the
rebels, sh uld bring her into a British port, and she
or ber cargo fhJuld'be in like manner condemned in
the Court of Admiralty to the King, that his Ma
jesty would give the fame ihare to the crew— Rare
encouragement to the heneft Johns, who hzve been
kidnapped into the rebels employ, to return to their
King and Country's service!
The cargo of' the Mercer, lately carried into
Whitehaven by the crew, is supposed to be worth
40,0001.
June IS. The number of recruits lent to America
this campaign, foreign as well as English, amount
to upwards of io,oco, besides the new corps from
En^ land, those from Anfpach, and the new railed
Chrffeuis from H ffe and Hanau.
General Patterson, we are told, will embark for
America in a few days, where he is to take the com
mand of the Aitillery ; which, with the additional
P a "y go^g o "t with him, will make them the mod
numerous body of men in that line ever known to
have fervid in that country.
Extract of a letter from Guernsey, June 5.,
“ An American privateer of 12 guns came into
this road yesterday morning ; tacked about on the
filing of the guns from the Castle, aid just oft the
island took a large brig bound for this port, which
they have since carried into Cherburgh. She had
the impudence to fend her boat in the dusk of the
evening to 1 little inland ' off here, called Jetto, and
unluckily carried off the Lieutenant cf Northey's
Independent Company here, with the garrison adju
tant, who were fhoetmg rabbits for their diverhor.
I Two gentlemen cf conDquerce aie gone to Cher
'burgh to demand them. Ihe poor pilferers got
notiling but fix or seven little gurney pigs made uno
a pye for the gentlemens dinners, and a few bottles
of claret, though the brig Qey took is valued at
70001. belonging to Squire Tupper."
June co. The following are the names of the
fllips from New-Yoik arrived at Cork, viz. The
; Empress of Kuffia, Kidd; the Royal Sceptre, Stokes ;
Ithe Nancy, Seller; the Carter, Brocklebank ; the
j Polly, Steb'in ; the Hawke, Copeland ; the Valiant
• Thomson; the Be fey, Wolfe; the Jennet, Chal-.
imer; the Neptune, Wright; the Mercury, Low-
Ithcr ; the Providence Incieaie, 1 homas ; the Prince
I Frederick, Sawyer ; the Yeamans, Todd ; the Ree-
Ihampton, Hunter ; and the Unity, Wardell ; which
I are ordered to return to New-York with provisions
as soon as possible. (
June 23. Yesterday fom? dispatches arrived at
Lord George Germaine's office from G.neral Howe,
brought to Glasgow by the I ?y Jane, Patrick
Sinclair, master, who had a very short paflage.
Extrafl of a letter from Guernsey, June 11.
“ The privateer that took the bug bound to this
place, was taken by the surprise two irghts ago.
A party of Northey's Indemnknt Company going
frem town to the Castle, in the Cow, a vcffel so
called, imaged at their Lieutenant's being carried
off, agreed to pufli out to sea after her. I. he Ser
jeant M jor of the garrif n, a most bold daring
man, headed the party, and in a few hours came up
to her in the race of Alderney, n ar Cherburgh.
The privateer taking her for a Fitnch fifhing vifßl,
b ng a remaikabe failing boat, got ah ng fide be
-Ifore she was difc.vered, boarded her, and carried
;her into Alderney, with the l?f of only four m n
I killed, and a volunteer wounded, a Baren de Fraife,
jan isl nd gendem:n, who was it the boat when the
[ agreement was made, and to his hon:u, would 11 >t
be put ashore. The brig with the officers on board
I were lent to Cherburgh. This is looked in here as
lone of the most gallant exploits that has happened
1 in the memory of the oldeltmao living, and dare fay
!will be properly rewarded by the war office. The
Barrn de Fraife has been obliged to faffer an ampu
tation, his leg being much Mattered by the fliot.
.This has put us in such an alarm, that martial law
lis proclaimed through the island."
I June 25. All the frigates and sloops of war in
1 the Royal Navy are said to be prpvided with long
! oars, to expedite their voyages in case of calms.
T'ic Master of a vcffel arrived in the River yeffer-
Iday firm Portugal, informs us he saw five English
men of war and a frigate cruizing off the rock of
Lisbon.
IThurfday last arrived at Southampton, the Susan
-1 na, Le ;Patpurel, from Guernsey, by which we have
I advice that the Sherborne cutter has brought into
I Guernsey, the Captain au^ Lieutenant of the Mont
j gomery privateer, who a few days before tock a
'brig belonging to that Island, Bienvenu, Matter,
I and canied'her into Cheri u:gh, which brig we hear
was condemned to be fold on lurliay last. Fee
' Captain and Lieutenant were taken by the following
Rratagem :
;The Sherborne cutter took ir a Pilot at Guert fey
ifor Cherburgh, where the privateer lay. Un their
arrival there the Pilot went on shore, and after some
time met with Capt. Bienvenu, (whom he personally
knew) with the Captain of the Privateer. The
Captain afting the Pilot where he came from, he
replied, t^.t he was^ a smuggler, and was drove in
there by the Kings cutters ; the Captain of the pri
vateer then invited him to dine with him, in com
pany with his Lieutenant and Capt. Bienvenu, which
invitation he accepted, and after Dinner, the Pilot
asked the Captain and Lieutenant to go on board his
vessel, to drink some good English beer, and also to
look at an exceeding good spy-glass, which he had
agreed to fell the Captain. They accordingly got
into a boat in order to go on board the cutter, but
when the Captain set his foot on the gunne', he saw
the Lieutenant of the cutter, with whose Father he
was an apprentice; and on finding himfelf thus
taken in, jumped into the sea, in order to drown
himfelf, but was prevented by the crew, who took
him up, and conveyed him and his Lieutenant to
Guernsey. The above privateer is from Baltimore,
in Maryland, is commanded by Captain iohn
Burnell, carries two small carriage and fourteen l.vi
vel guns, and thirty men.
An amazing quantity of blankets were contra&ed
for on ThuifJay last, so; America ; some fay twenty
five thousand pair.
I June 27. This morning about 9 o'clock, the
I Revd. Dr. Dodd was put into a mourning coach at
Newgate, in which he was att< nded by a friend, and
was conveyed to Tyburn, amidtt as great a concourse
of people as ever attended on such an occasion.
Harris, for robbing some passengers in the Islington
Rage, near the Shepherd and Shepherdess, was car
ried in a cart.
Upcn the arrival of the coach at the place of ex
-lecution, the Rev. Mr. Villette, the Ordinary, and
the Rev. Mr. Dobey, got out of the carriage, and
went with Dr Dodd into the cart, where they prayed
by him, and after some further time spent in prayer
to himfelf, he was, with the other convict Harris,
turned off.
The unfortunate Divine met his fate with great
WHEREAS by an A&, made in the Sixteenth
Year of the Reign of his present Majesty,,
(intitled, An A& to prohibit all Trade aud Intercourse
'with the Colonies of New Hampshire, Mlfftchufet's
Bay, Rhode Island, Conneaicut, New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, the three lower Counties on
Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, and Georgia, during the Continuance
of the present Rebellion within the said Colonies ref
peaively ; for repealing an A&, made in the Four
teenth Year of the Reign of his present Majesty, to
difeontinue the landing and difebarging, lading or flip
ping, of Goods, IVares, and Merchandize, at the
Town and within the Harbour of Boston, in the Pro
vince of Maffachufet's Bay; and also two Afis,
made in the last Session of Parliament, jor refraining
the Trade and Commerce of the Colonies in the said
APIs refyeaively mentioned; and to enable any Perforc
or Persons, appointed and authorized by bis Majesty to
grant Pardons, to issue Proclamations, in the Cases,
and for the Furpofes therein mentioned;) it was
(amongst other Things) provided and ena&ed, That
no Capture which dr uli be taken by Virtue of the
said Act, should be carried into any cf the Colonies
or Plantations in America, therein before particularly
mentioned, during fu long Time as such Colonies or
Plantation refreftively fhunld continue in a State of
Rebellion : And whereas many such Captures have
been, fine the passing cf the said A&, cairied ii)to
the Port and Harbour of New-York, and it may be
expedient to allow that such Captutes should be car
ried into the said Port and Harbour, in his Majesty's
Dominions aforefad, provided the fame be done witli
the Conferit, Licence, and Warrant, of the said Per
son or Persons, appointed and authorized by his Ma
jesty to giant 3 Pudon or Pardons to any Number
or Defcrip ion of Persons ; be it therefore lenaaed
by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with
the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and
Temporal, ard Commons, in this present Parliament
assembled, and by the Authority cf the fime, That
it fliall and may be lawful for the Person or Persons,
appointed and authorized by his Majesty to grant
Pardons, as aforefaid, and they er either or any of
them, are hereby empowered to grant his or their
Licence er Warrant, authorizing any Captor or
Captors, or any other Person or Persons whatsoever
in their Behalf, to carry any such Captures into any
Port, Harbour, or Plzce, in any of his Majesty's
Dominions aforefaid; any Thing in the said Aft
contained to the contrary netwithßapding.
And be it also ena&ed by the Authority aforefaid.
That all such Captures which have been already car
ried into the said Port and Harbour of New York, or
which, before the firft Day of August, One thousand
seven hundred and seventy-seven, fhdl be carried in
there, or into any of his Majesty's Dominions, with
such Licence and Warrant as aforefaid, shall be
deemed to have been lawfu ! ly carried into such Port
or Haibour; and afttr Condemnation as lawful
Prize, the fame shall and may, with the like Licence
and Warrant, be exported.ffom thence, and brought
and imported into this Kingdom, or any other cf
his Majesty's Dominions, upon Payment of the farce
Cufloms and Duties, and fubje& to the fame Re
ftriaions and Regulations in all other Refpe&s as the
fime now are fubjeft to by the said recited AR ; any
Thing therein to the contrary thereof notwithstanding.
And whereas, since the passing of the said A&,
fcveral Ships and Vessels, with their Cargoes, which
had been taken by the Inhabitants cf some of his
Majesty's rebellious Colonies or Plantations in Ame
rica, and were afterwards retaken, have been con
demned in the Courts of Admiralty or Vice-Admi
ralty in the Wes Indies, and in America, and after
wards fold, in "order to afeertain One-eighth Patt of
the Value cf such Ships, Vessels, and Cargoes, to
which the Recaptors are entitled by Virtue of said
A&; by Means whereof the original Owners, and
others interested therein, have been greatly damnifi
ed : For Remedy whereof, be it declared and ena&ed
by the authority eforefrid, That when any Ship,
Vessel, or Boat, taken by virtue of the said A&, or
any Goods therein, fliall appear and be proved, in
It is said Government hath received some advices
by the way cf the Hague, which leave no room to
doubt of the pacifick disposition of the French Court,
notwithßanding all the late reports to the contrary.
Yesterday orders were sent to Plymouth, for two
of his Majesty's frigates to fail immediately on a
cruize between Lisbon and Madeira, as some intel
ligence has lately beer i received that several Ame
rican privateers were cruizing about that place, and
had flopped several English fllips, but being in bal
last releafid 'hem.
His Maj Ry onWednefday fooke of the late conduct
of Governor Tryon, in the warmest terms imagin
able; indeed he seems to have acquitted himfelf
through the whole of the present n billion, in a man
ner that cannot fail to endear him to his King, as
well as his fellow fubje&s.
It is said, that his Excellency the Spaniffi embiffa
dor has delivered in a categorical answer to a memo
rial from this Court to that of Madrid,' which con
tains assurances of the most pacific intentions towards
Great Britain.
An ACT to authorize the carrying of the Captures
therein mentioned into any Part of bis Majeftys Do
minions in North America ; and Jor ascertaining
the Value of such Fart of Shifts and Goods as belong
to the Receptors.
fortitude and refolutkm, took off his coat, put on
the cap, ad pulled it over his.eyes with iris own
Irands. The time the Doftor was in the cart, before
he was turned off was about half an hour.
Mrs, Dodd took a final leave of her husband ye
sterday afternoon ; the feene was a most affe&irig
one; the Do&of supported it with firmnefs, but flic,
being unable to withstand the fliock, was taken away
aimed frantic:
June 30. Yesterday several officers in the army at
tended the levee at St. James's, and killed his Maje
sty's hand on account of their late promotions.
The fame day after breaking up of the levee at
St. James's, George Mackenzie, Esq; just arrived
in town from New-Yoik, waited on Lord George
Germaine, delivered his dispatches, and had a long
conference with his Lordship.
July 2. Yesterday Earl Percy was sent for to Kew,
and had the honor of a long private conference with
his Majesty.
Yesterday on Government having received intel
ligence of a number cf provincial privateers being
cruizing about the North part cf the Irish coafty or
ders were immediately sent down to Portsmouth, and
the other out ports, foi several es his Majesty's fri
gates to fail in pursuit cf them.
On Monday evening a messenger was sent from
the plantation office with dispatches for Lord George
Germaine, at Stoneland, from New-York, brought
by a ffiip arrived from thence at Cork.
Extrafl of a letter from Portfavutb, June 27.
“ On Saturdav the Bristol received failing orders,
and on Sunday die fell down to St. Helen's, witli
the Hessian troops and several ftoreffiips under convoy.