Sunday night an express arrived from the Admiralty-office, at Commissioner [Charles] Proby's, with orders to fit out the Jersey, of 60 guns, commanded by Captain Halsted, with all possible speed, to serve as an hospital ship in North America.
Monday sailed from hence for America, the Brune frigate, of 32 guns, Capt. [James] Ferguson.
1. London Chronicle, March 12 to March 23, 1776.
