The Lords of the Admiralty have sent Notice to the West India Merchants, that they have received Advice from Admiral Gayton, at Jamaica, of a Convoy being appointed to come to England with the July Fleet; that the Admiral had purchased Armed Vessels; that Admiral Young, at the Leeward Islands, was likewise purchasing Armed Vessels; and that their Lordships have ordered Armed Vessels to be purchased here, all which are intended to be sent as a further Reinforcement to the West India Squadrons; that Expresses are sent to the West Indies with Orders that the late Convoys of this Year come the whole Voyage; and that Ships of War are sent from England to Cruize in the Track of the homeward bound West India Ships.
The Lady Juliana, Stevenson [Christopher Stephenson], is carried into Salem; the Reynolds, [Keylock] Rusden, into Dartmouth; the True Blue, ----, into Newport; the Juno [Samuel] Marsden, into Philadelphia; a large Ship with 200 Hogsheads of Sugar, &c. and three or four other West Indiamen, Names unknown, into Marthas Vineyard; and a large West Indiaman into Long Island.
