On Thursday night [November 2] Lord Pitt, son of the Earl of Chatham, and Mr. Pownal, son of Governor Pownal, arrived in town from Quebec, and yesterday they went to Court, were both presented to his Majesty, and graciously received.
A letter was received on Thursday by a merchant of this city, from Quebec, brought by the Pomona, Capt. [John] Green, arrived at Dover, which says, "On the 25th of September, in the morning, a party of the King's troops, and a party of the provincials met within a few leagues of Montreal, when a smart skirmish ensued, in which about twenty of the provincials were killed and wounded, and several taken prisoners, amongst the latter is Col. [Ethan] Allen, the commander of the provincials: On the side of the King's troops, Capt. Patterson, who, it is said commanded the regulars, was wounded, and several of his men."