Yesterday Afternoon, about Five o'Clock, sailed his Majesty's Ship Preston, Commodore Hotham; Rainbow, Sir George Collier; Emerald, Captain [Benjamin] Caldwell; Brune, Captain [James] Ferguson; Jersey, Captain Halstead; Strombolo, Captain [Charles] Phipps, and Carcass Bomb, Captain Read, with the Transports with the Hessian Troops, Foot Guards, Artillery, and many Victuallers, under their Convoy, for North America. It is expected Lord Howe will sail on Thursday.