historical chronicte. 
in town from Sierra Leone, | 
giving an account of the safe 
arrival there of the com- 
pany’s fhip. Harpy, and, other 
velsels which sailed from Eng- 
land about the beginning of 
the year, as well as of the fleet 
from Nova Scotia, with up- 
wards of 1100 free blacks, all 
in good health and spirits. 
A warrant has lately recei- 
yed the royal signature, for if- 
‘suing from thetreasury L. 1674 
Zos. and 3d. to Evan Nepean 
esq. for presents to the In- 
dians. 
» A number of the freemen 
of Carlisle, after timely notice 
given, accompanied by Mr 
Lowthian their attorney. pro- 
ceeded on the 4th of May 
to Kingsmuir, near that city, 
and took pofsefsion ofan estate 
there, by breaking open a gate 
and digging a turf. This, it 
seems, is done in order that 
the pofsefsor may join ifsue, 
and try the rights of property 
therein. The question also re- 
spects several other estates in 
that place. 
_ We learr. from Dumbarton, 
that,on the 3oth of !ast month, 
a liberal subscription was en- 
tered into to support the free- 
holders of Kirkcudbright in the 
appeal, relative to the eldest 
sons of peers being entitled 
to vote in the election of com- 
Moners, or to he chosen as 
representatives of the commons 
in Scotland. At the same 
mecting, the following gentls- 
vit 
men are appoiited delegates 
from the county of Dumbarton, 
to meet the delegates from the 
other counties’ in Scotland, in 
Edinburgh, on the 2d of July 
next, to take into-consideration 
the present state of the election 
laws: of the country, wz. lord 
president, lord. Stonefield, Mr 
Graham of Gartmore, Mr 
Campbell younger of Claw- 
thick, and Mr’ Buchanan of / 
Ardock. 
Oa the 15th inst. a daring 
and most ingeniously conduc 
ted forgery, was imposed up- 
on the public, as news from 
the East Indies. It so far an- 
swered the purpose of those 
concerned in the plot, as to 
raise India stcek jive, and con- 
sols two per cent. 
We never remember any 
stery (the spurious gazette ex- 
cepted) to have been practised 
upon the public: with greater 
succels, Letters were recei- 
ved by the court of directors, 
and by the secretary of state, 
dated from Bristol, and with 
the Bristol post mark, inform-. 
ing them that a vefsel had spe- 
‘ken off Scilly with the Vestal. 
frigate, which had been dis- 
patched by Earl Cornwallis, 
with the important intelligence 
of his proceedings : That lier= 
tenant Abercrombie was char-— 
ged with dispatches to govern- 
ment; that the Vestal had 
been beating up fer severak 
days against a hard gale of 
wind from the N. E. and, bes. 
