Arrived here the Elizabeth, 2 Tune, from Quebec. She sailed from England the beginning of Sept. with a cargo of the following stores for General Carleton's army, viz. 10,000 stands of arms, cloathing for 10,000 men, 500 barrels of gunpowder, and a large quantity of ball. On her arrival at Quebec, the Governor would not suffer the stores to be landed, but ordered the ship to sail immediately for England, lest they should fall into the hands of the Provincials, who were then with a large army in full march to attack that place.
1. London Chronicle, December 30, 1775 to January 2, 1776.
2. The Elizabeth sailed from Quebec November 22, 1775; journal of H.M.S. Magdalen, PRO, Admiralty 51/3894.