Arrived at Spithead his Majesty's ship Mercury, Capt. James Montague, express from Sir Peter Parker and General Clinton ait Rhode Island, with an account of the Provincials having evacuated tha:t island, and of their blocking up Admiral Hopkins's squadron, with about 40 sail of privateers and prizes which they had taken in Providence Harbour.
1. London Chronicle, January 23 to January 25, 1777.
