The American Dispatches brought over in the Aurora have afforded the highest Satisfaction to our Ministry. The Vessel was taken by the bravery of Four Englishmen, who happening to be upon Deck with their loaded [fus]es, whilst the American Sailors were up in the Shrouds, presented their Pieces, and ordered them to come down singly, secured them under the Hatches, and steered their Course for Liverpool. They then seized the Captain's Dispatches, whose Orders were to bear away for Nantz, and to avoid speaking with any Vessel in his Voyage.
Enclosed was a Packet from the Congress, for Dr. Franklin, sealed with their Arms, which with a Delicacy, not always to be met with in British Tars, they forebore to open, rightly judging it improper for the Contents to be made known to any other than Administration.
This Packet they brought to London, and on Saturday Morning delivered into the Hands of Lord North. The Contents of this Packet will inform Government of what they have long wished to know, the true Motive of Dr. Franklin's Journey to the Coast of France.
