The Virginia Gazette

July 22. The Harriot Packet, Capt. Oak, was to sail from Falmouth on the 12th of June, and it was very unlikely she should be detained, as all England, and indeed all Europe, was preparing for a new and destructive war; which, to do them justice, has not been in the least degree occasioned by the counsellors of our gracious Sovereign, as it is confessed on all hands that no administration was ever more disposed to preserve the tranquility of mankind inviolate than the present, and the great credit they got by the vigour exerted in the two late terrific armaments of the British navy, presage the most prosperous events in favour of the fleet at this time, supposed to be thundering our just indignation against the united forces of the double visaged Sovereigns of France and Spain.

Last Monday two companies of the first battalion of the Royal regiment of artillery embarked on board the transports, and fell down to the Watering Place, on their way to Chatham barracks. They were commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James, the other officers were Capt. Stanhope, Lieutenants Houghton, Dysart, Douglas, and Cleveland: the Colonel's Lady and niece, with Dr. Fontenelle, and Lieutenant Campbell of the engineers, went passengers. The affability and very agreeable deportment of the officers, and the excellent discipline and decorum of the men, during their long residence in this garrison, eminently recommended them to the urbanity and most friendly attention of all the inhabitants.