We hear that Lord Dunmore is under terrible apprehensions lest the inhabitants on the sea coasts and rivers, should move off with their stocks and grain; and that he has endeavoured to prevent this by an artful proclamation, encouraging them to stay where they are.
Yesterday arrived here William Robinson, Esq; and Captain Thomas Matthews.
A few days ago a schooner from Hingham, New England, bound in here for a load of corn, was taken by a tender, and carried into Norfolk.
A new brig, the property of Mr. Michael Christian of Northampton, just arrived from the West Indies with 3000 bushels of salt, &c. was drove ashore off the mouth of Cherristones, and burnt by the people of the Liverpool's tender, after stripping her of all sails, rigging, &c. They have likewise taken a quantity of stock off Hog Island, on the Eastern Shore; and on the same day possessed themselves of a brig belonging to Mr. Cornelius Calvert, arrived from Glasgow in ballast, with 200 guineas on board.