The Pennsylvania evening post — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-04-06 00:00:00, page 2

LONDO N, January 18.
Extract of a letter from the Hague, January 2.
“ His Serene Highness lately appeared personally in the
full Assembly of the States General, and delivered a letter of
his Britannic Majesty's own hand writing, in which their High
Mightinesses are solicited to dispose of their Scots brigade;
the answer the Prince received then was not very favorable,
namely, that the Assembly of the Representatives could not
resolve upon a business of so important a nature, without
previously consulting each province separately. A messenger
was soon after sent from the Assembly to Sir Joseph York,
that, if there be any possibility, the request of his Britannic
Majesty Shall be readily complied with."
Extract of a letter from Paris, January 4.
“ General Carlton has sent a Ship express from Quebec,
with the decisive news of the surrender of that city. This
Ship being very leaky, and in distress of weather was forced
to put into Nantz, and by this the court of France has had
,an earlier intelligence of this news than the court of Great-
Britain can possibly have. The number of the King's forces
who on this occasion surrendered themselves prisoners of war,
including the Britilh sailors, amounts to sixteen hundred.
By the fame advice Ship we learn, that the Provincials, now
joined by the Canadians, will be two hundred and forty thou
sand Strong before the spring."
The reduction of Quebec, we hear, was effected by the
following manoeuvre of Colonel Arnold. He divided his
men into five parties, and prepared to make an assault on the
town in five different places; the garrison perceiving this,
and not being able to discern in which part the main force
was planted, were at loss where to place their artillery, and
were by that means put into such confufion that they Surren
dered immediately.
Yefrerday the Stocks fell two per cent, and a farther account
from America will have greater effect upon the funds.
Discoveries of a most alarming tendency, it is reported,
have been made by our Minister at the court of Madrid, re
lative to forae deep laid Schemes carrying on there in reiped
to America.
CAMBRIDGE, March 28.
The Commissioners appointed by the court of Great-Britain
to treat with the colonies on the fubjeft of fettling the present
disputes, it is said, failed from England about the tenth of
January, bound for Philadelphia,
any throne but yours. Let not England set an example which
is but too easily copied, by drawing into a free country the
insidious and mercenary aid of foreign forces, trained to the
Support of a barbarous despotism. The moment that a great
army of such, or of any foreigners, Shall enter your territo
ries, the liberties of your people are at an end; and your
Majesty's authority will be more endangered by their assistance
than it can be by any rebellion which can aiife among your
own fubjeds.
When we have such terrible objects in profped, we forget
the millions we a e spending, and the millions more we are
like to fyend, in this unhappy and fruitlefs contest.
Deign, therefore, most gracious Sovereign, to attend to
manifeft reason delivered by the affectionate voice of duty
and fidelity ; Strenuous as we are for the honor of our coun
try, we cannot be forgetful of its peace and concord. It is
therefore we abhor the idea of encouraging foreigners to make
a prey of this nation and its dependencies, under the mise
rable and uncovered pretext of difeountenancing faction and
sedition among ourselves. (Signed by 840.)
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%EW -YO RK, April 4.
From Montserrat we have an account that Captain Fergus
and some other London Ships are arrived there in thirty-five
days, and that they bring the news of fifty fail of transports
failing through the Downs with them for Boston.
Ever since our last, American troops from Boston, Con
ne&icut, New-Jersey, and Pennsylvania, have been conti
nually arriving in town, so that we already have here, it is
supposed, besides the colony troops, ten thousand men, with
the Generals Heath, Thomson, and Lord Sterling, Colonel
Mifflin, &€. and it is expected Generals Putnam and Sullivan
will arrive this day with more troops.
A GENTLEMAN'S SERVANT, who can be well re
commended, may hear of a place by applying at the
bar of the lndian King, Market-Street.
FOR SALE, fpermaceti and train OIL, by the cask. Also
New-England FLAX SEED, of the last year's growth,
for sowing, by the cask or bushel; mace, cinnamon, cloves,
nutmegs and pepper, by the pound or quantity. Apply to
William Barrell, at his Store the north east corner of Market
and Second Streets, where he has a variety of DRY GOODS,
the remains of his last general importations, which he will
fell on reasonable terms.
FULLER and FISHER have for SALE, at their STORE
in Water-Street, a little below Walnut-ftreet —Striped
and plain Mantuas, white and black flowered Satins, plaia
black ditto, black Taffaties and Persians, black and white
Gaufes, womens black and white Silk Gloves and Mits, Cam
bricks, Ribbands, Fans, Shalloons, Durants, Velvets, Hair
and Worsted Flushes, Worsted Hosiery, Ofnabrugs, fine
white Russia Drillings, Dowlaffcs, Pins, Sheeting, and coarse
linens.
We hear that J. Wentworth, Esq; the late Ministerial Go
vernor of New-Hampshire, G. Meferve, Esq; late Collector
at Portsmouth, Edward Lutwythe, Esq; Samuel Hale, at
Portsmouth, attorney; Rev. Dr. Caner, Thomas M'Donogh,
Secretary to the Governor, with fandry others, and a number
of women and children, about fifty in the whole, in the
grand ministerial flight of the 17th instant, all went off from
Boston in a fifhing schooner.
We hear that on the last Lord's day the Rev. Mr. Bridge,
of Chelmsford, preached a most animating discourse from
those words, 2 Kings, vii. 7, “ Wherefore they arose and
fled in the twilight, and left their tents and their horses, and
their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their lives."
This passage of scripture is a good description of the late flight
of our ministerial enemies, for they left their tents, and their
horses, and a number of TORIES for ASSES.
We hear that the enemy left about a hundred peices of can
non at Castle-William ; but each of them either with a trun
nion beat off or spiked up.
Near or quite all the enemy's fleet lay below the castle till
Tuesday last, when a considerable part of them (said to be
about one half) put to sea. Near all the remainder failed
yesterday afternoon.
The general opinion is, that the enemy's fleet and army,
lately fled from Boston, are bound to Halifax.
This day Gen. Sullivan, with his brigade of the Continen
tal forces, begin their march from hence for New-York.
The man of war building at Portsmouth, for the Continen
tal service, will, it is said, be ready to launch in about a
month.