New York, June 19 [1775].
Friday last [June 16] the Mercury Frigate, Captain [John] M'Carthy [Macartney], arrived at Sandy-Hook, in 14 Days from Boston: He was dispatched from thence by General Gage to order whatever Troops might arrive here from England or Ireland for Boston; and last Wednesday he luckily fell in with a Transport from Cork with Part, of the 44 Regiment bound into this Place; but she soon stood to the Eastward, and Captain M'Carthy now waits at the Hook to give the like Orders to the Rest of the Fleet that may arrive there.
