A few days ago lord Dunmore, in consequence of a piece in the Norfolk Intelligencer, commanded about a dozen of his men to go and seize the publisher of that paper, as also all his materials. The printer fortunately escaped, but they succeeded in their other attempt, and carried every article belonging to him on board the man of war. ー Shameful as the proceedings of these harpies were, we forbear, at present, to insert a single syllable against the people of Norfolk; time, however, will evince whether they acted in this affair becoming the character of freemen, or whether pusillanimity had not too great a share in their conduct.

Lord Dunmore, we hear, has, in a taunting manner, promised the inhabitants of Norfolk that they shall sustain no great injury by the loss of their printer, as he will execute any thing in that way for them which they may please to send to him. But here, too, his lordship may fail, as it is reported he did in a certain other duty; though probably, by sending for his Minden hero (his old speech writer, &c. &c.)¹ he may procure some aid. ー Suppose, then, [Edward] Foy to be his foreman, would not [Matthew] Squire make an excellent printer's devil?

We learn that two of the Norfolk printer's workmen were also taken on board the man of war, but are since released.²