I have a Letter from London, dated May 31, (by the Ship Rebecca, Capt. [John] Hazelwood, who sailed the first June) says, "You will find by the Papers, that we have received an Account from Salem, of the Defeat of Col. [Francis] Smith, and the precipitate Retreat of Lord [Hugh] Percy. ー This Intelligence, so contrary to the Expectation of Government, who had daily announced the Americans Cowards, has panic struck Administration, and their Tory dependents, and has established the Spirits of the Sons of America, in this Metropolis, and the Friends to Freedom, in the most exalted Manner. It is impossible to describe the Shame and Vexation which are visible in the Countenances of North and his tyrannical Abettors; they are constrained to acknowledge the Regulars were the Aggressors, and equally forced to admit the Intrepidity of the Americans: But what alarms them most, they expect every Hour to hear General [Thomas] Gage's Army is cut off, or meanly sheltering themselves in the Castle, or on board the Men of War. In the mean Time Stocks here have a Shock, and the People denounce Vengeance against [Lords John Stuart] Bute, [William Murray] Mansfield, [Frederick] North, [John Montagu] Sandwich, and their ignominious Adherents; I impatiently wait the next Intelligence."