By another Dispatch from Mr Arbuthnot dated the 17th instant the Admiral was informed that the Savage had Sailed with the Transport from Newfoundland, but that they had parted the third day after in a Gale of Wind: That they were putting the Yard in a State of Defence with the utmost Diligence under the Direction of Captain [William] Spry of the Engineers, by order of the General, as the Commissioner was informed: That there had been a great Neglect in providing Ordance Stores for supplying the Ships at Halifax, for that they were actually without Match, Cordage, Plank and Junk, for which Articles they constantly applied to the Navy Yard; and that the Commissioners of the sick and hurt allowed to the Surgeon of the Hospital there only fifteen pence a Man a day, for food, lodging, nursing, firing, and all the incidents relating to Boarding, Eight Shillings and Sixpence for every Patient, and Ten Shillings for burying the deceased, out of which the Clergyman demanded a Crown for his Fee. The Commissioner complained of the then Surgeons neglect of the sick, by not allowing firing nor visiting properly, nor administring Medicines; that since he had written the above Mr Greaves the then Surgeon of the Hospital had given up and he had thereupon ordered 1 Mr Phillips to act, who was well known to the Surgeon of the Hospital at Boston; and the Commissioner hoped the Admiral would confirm him in the Office. Mr Arbuthnot added that he should only caulk the Savage and not clean her untill the Spring, as she was not fit for those Seas in the Winter.
Captain Vandeput by a Letter dated Novr 1st (which came Yesterday) informed the Admiral that a Transport with two Land Officers on board had been cast away in Barn gut [Barnegut], the Vessel bulged to Pieces and the Officers carried Prisoners to Philadelphia, but that the People were not molested; that by their reckoning the Ship was 50 Leagues from the Land when she struck:2 That Governor Tryon had hired a Ship for his habitation, that it was certain the Attempt of the Rebels against St Johns had failed, where General Carleton was daily expected with a Body of Canadians of whom he had raised Thirty Companies: That Ethan Allen, the Man who surprized Ticonderago was taken Prisoner, having got with 180 of his People, some of them Canadians, on the Island of Montreal, where it was said he expected to meet no Opposition, but that he was encountered by the People headed by a Priest, who had killed and dispersed all but 30, before a Captain and 40 Men of the Army came up, when the Remainder with Allen were taken Prisoners.