By two gentlemen from Newport we have certain intelligence that Mr. John Brown, Merchant of Providence, was employ'd by the General Assembly to procure provisions for the use of the troops now raising in that colony ー That on Tuesday last [April 25], he went to Newport, where he purchased a quantity of beef, pork and flour, some of which he shipp'd on board two of their packets for Providence, in one of which he embark'd, when unexpectedly, soon after they left the wharf at Newport, the men of war then lying in the hal'bour, brought them too, and took out of the packet not only all the provisions, consisting of 400 barrels but the said Mr. Brown, who is still confined on board one of the men of war, and not allow'd to speak to any of his friends from the shore, nor to write to any of them. [QUERE,] Is it not full time to adhere to the resolution recommended by the Continental Congress, and make REPRISALS, by securing the Kings officers, a quotation from which is as follows, viz.

Resolved, That the seizing, or attempting to seize, any person in America, in order to transport such person beyond the sea for trial of offences committed within the body of a county in America, being against law, will justify and ought to meet with resistance and reprisal.¹