The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

NEW YORK, August 18.

Extract of a letter from London, dated June 7.

The petition of the American Loyalists will be delivered to the house of Commons next week; it goes in under the patronage and support of the Ministry, and it is expected will be attended to. They promised an inquiry into the losses and sufferings of all the Loyalists; that is some pledge for their making a compensation; and I am confident the present Ministry will do every thing in their power for them, that the circumstances of this country will admit. Commissioners are to be appointed by act of Parliament they will be under oath, and have the power of administering oaths to the witnesses, so that it will be necessary for all who have claims, to bring every proof in their power in support of them.

The provincial officers are all likely to get half pay; but not rank.

I must further tell you, that after the Commissioners have examined into, and ascertained the losses of those who can derive no benefit from the treaty, and reported thereupon, a grant will be made by the House of Commons of a sum proportionable to their loss; but to what amount will not be known till the Commissioners have declared the sum their losses require, as an equitable consideration; this will, in a great measure, depend on the sum, which I think will not fall much short of two millions sterling; and at the present state of the finances of his country, it will be difficult to procure from Parliament a grant to that amount: However something will certainly be done for them, and I think they will at least get ten shillings in the pound.