The Pennsylvania evening post — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-07-02 00:00:00, page 2

HA LI FA X (Nova-Scotia) May 14.
Since our last several transports and victuallers arrived here.
By the above vessels we hear that a number of transports,
with German troops, in his Majesty's service, on board, were
seen going up the English channel the latter end of April ult.
to join Admiral Howe, who was expected to fail for Ame
rica^ about the middle of this month.
Last Tuesday morning arrived a vessel from Canfo, by her
we learn, that a fleet of transports (about thirteen fail) full of
troops, uere seen off that place, supposed bound for Quebec.
Friday last arrived the schooner Britannia, Capt. Boden, in
twenty-eight days from Sr. Chriftophers, by whom we ae in
formed, that the provision fleet, under convoy of his Ma
jesty's ship Experiment, failed four days before, and may be
daily expeded.
Sunday last the G'afgow, Capt. Howe, with four vessels
under her convoy, failed for England : In this fleet went pas
sengers many gentlemen ofdiftin&ion, viz. Francis Legge, Esq;
Governor, and James Monk, Esq; Solicitor General of this
province, Governor Wright of Georgia, Thomas Oliver, Esq;
Lieutenant-G vernor of Massachusetts-Bay, and Prefiden; of
the Council, Hon. Peter O iver, Harrison Gray, John Mur
ray, Richard Leechmere, John Erwing, Nathaniel Hatch,
and George Erwing, Efqrs. Counsellors; Brigadier-General
Royal, Col. Vassal, John Gore, Esq; Adino Paddock,' Esq;
Capt. Joye, Mr. Laughton, Mr. Brindley, Mr. Bowes, Mr.
LONDO N, March 20.
Yesterday morning four waggons, laden with money, were
sent off from the bank, under a proper escort, to Portsmouth,
for payment of his Majesty's ships and the transports lying
there bound to America.
March 30. Previous to the departure of the foreign mer
cenaries to America, the sums stipulated for their hire and pay
is to be advanced by Great-Britain. The Prince of Waldeck,
and ftveral of the German Princes who have engaged to fur
nilh troops, are expected in England. Tbefe Princes have a
juster notion of the finances of England than to permit their
Subjects to embark before they are paid for their hire.
It is aftoniihing how any man could ever dream of fending
cavalry 10 America. Only let us for a moment conceive, a
dragoon with his bags, his bucket, his boots, his belts, his
havrefack, his cloak, his cantine, his broad sword and his
carbine, gallopping round a tree to catch a rifleman or an
Indian ! It is a cow. catching a hare. The idea is laughable,
if the consequences weie not serious.,
April 13, General Burgoyne carried with him twelve hun
dred flat bottomed boats, all ready framed, to carry his army
across the lakes, to penetrate into the back Settlements of New-
England.
Extract of a letter from Madrid, March 17.
" Our court seems to have quite given up the proposed at
tempt of a second expedition againit Algiers. All the pre
parations for that expedition have now another destination,
and are said to be intended to watch over our settlements in
America, as the war between England and its colonies ren
ders it necessary for all powers, who have any settlements in
these parts, to put them in so secure a situation, that they may
be in no danger of fullering from the abovementioned dis
putes."
Extra& of a.letter from Gofport, dated April ig,
" Since my last arrived at Spithead ten transports, to take
on board the guards, &.c. going to America.
“ His Majesty's ship Garland is put into commission at this
port,, and the command given to Capt. Eearfop, .who is or
dered to fit for America."
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Yesterday the Hon. Convention made choice of the fol
lowing gentlemen to represent this dominion in General
Congress, for one year, viz. George Wythe, Thomas Nelson,
jun. Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferfon, and Francis
Lightfoot Lee, Esquires.
This morning Captain James Barron came to town from
Jameltown with the agreeable news that he and hi brother,
in two small armed vessels, were fate arrived there, with the
Oxford transport from G'aigow, having on board two hun
dred and seventeen Scotch Highlanders, with a umber of
women and children, which they took last Wed ne day even
ing, on her way up to Gwyn's-island, to join Lord Dun
more. The people on board inform, that they are part of a
body of three thousand troops which failed from Glasgow for
Bollon, but upon hearing that place was in our pofleffion, they
fleered their course for Halifax ;. that they had been taken by
the Andreas Doria, one of the Continental fleet, who, after
disarming them, and taking out all the principal officers, with
such of the transport's crew as were acquainted with naviga
tion, put eight of their own hands on board to bring her into
-port, but that the carpenter of the transport formed a party
and.referred the vessel from them, and was conducing h r in
to Hampton road, when the two Captain Barrons very fortu
nately came across them, and moored them fife at Jamestown,
where they are now disembarking, and are expefted in town
this day.
On Monday Capt. Tufts, in the colony schooner Defence,
returned from a cruize, with a brigantine belonging to New-
York, that had been a whaling.. The fame day an Engliflv
man of war and her tender appeared off; and yelterday morn
ing Capt,Turpin, in the col ny brig Comet, with a large
ship,. a prize, hove in fight.. The man of wai had lain at an
anchor off the bar all the preceding night, and as soon as the
Comet and her prize appeared, weighed and gave chafe ; the
wind being at '. W. arid the man of war considerably to the
leeward, lhe could not come up with the Comet or her prize,
both of which bore down for the bar ; but, unfortunately, the
tidejuft then turning, and the prize ship drawing seventeen
feet water, it was found impracticable to bring her over, lhe
was therefore run aground ab ut three miles to the N. E. of
Fort Johnson. Capt. Tufts had, previous to this, gone down
with an intention of affording all the affiflance he could to
bring off the prize, but likewise run aground, and the tide
falling prevented the Comet coming near her. Tae man of
war, taking advantage of these circumstances, sent her tender
full of men to the prize, which had teen abandoned, and set
her on tire. She was the St. James, Capt. Wilson, and was
bound from Jamaica to Brilbd, with a very valuable cargo of
rum, sugar, &c. all which were entirely loft. A few random
(hot were exchanged between the man of war and the Defence ;
the Comet fired some guns at the tender, but, being at a con
siderable distance, it is supposed with ut effect.
By Capt. Joseph Cook, who arrived yesterday at Ports
mouth, New Hampshire, from Canfo in Nova-Scotia, we are
informed, that at the island of St. John's they have been
greatly dikrefled for provisions, and many have fyffered with-
Inman, Mr. Debfois, Thomas Danforth, Esq ; Benjamin
Gridly, Esq; Mr. Pitman, and Mr. Pelham, all of them
of Boston, and most of them with families; Charles Dudley,
and George Rome, Efqrs of Newport.
CHARLESTOWN (S >uth-Carolina) May 22.
WILLIAMSB U R G, June 22.
SALEM (New-England) June 19.