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Show Eagidmce of Mr. G A L L o w A v. Err/127.775." 1.3;" M: . G A L L o W A Y. I .4. None came in. Offers came from the four lower count. tits, provided they were armed, di‘fciplined, and protected. Q. \i'as Sir \Viliiznn Howe's army inflicrently itroug to ad. nit St a detachment equal to the difciplining and protefling the loralifts in thole Counties ? .‘U ."i Indywnic _ rebels 13,093. He could fay, that the whole rebel 1A. He could not (my. torcc enzaged at the Brandywine did not exceed I 5,000 men. (L Aiter the defence of Philadelphia and the polls onthe Delaware, Pkc. was the witnefs of opinion that Sir William Howe could {pare a detachment futl'icient for the purpofe ? Q: What fortune had Mr. 'GallOway before the breaking out Lnf'c 40,0001. ofthe rebellion ? by the rebels. fl. About what would fell for forty thoufand pounds. (L If American independance Ihould prevail, and that we lhould not be able to fubdue that country by force of arms, has Mr. Galloway any prol‘pecrt of recovering his efl'ate ? .4. None at all; it has been already confifcated, and its pro- command lay hotted in the camp at Valley Forge. duce applied in augmenting the public revenue. Q'On the whole,willNIr.Galloway undertake to ay from his own knowlt'lqe, while he remained with the army, that he {aw any appearance or probability, eitherin‘ the four lowe'r counties, CL Has Mr. Galloway any other prefent fupport but what he derives under Government? A. None. Pennfyivania, the Jerfeys, or prorince of New York, of a number of inhabitants futiicient to naintain themlblves againll the power and. government of the Congrefs, though they had beeri armed ? 44. He believed not, unlefs the army remained with them in the receipt of it? He does not want to know its amount, but he dclires to know if it be not during pleafure, and not for life, with or without remainder to his family P that they were able to defend thernfelves, as foon as they loll: Examine/l 5} Lord Hmv'. (L Had not hIr. Galloway a conftant uninterrupted accefs Qgefiinned by atall times, and upon all occafions to Lord Howempon matters Lord HUN" x}. Certainly not, without they {hould be aliiiled by the Royal army. ' 0n his intim'h (L Has he not a penlion from Government? A. He has an allowance or maintenance, very trifling in comparifon to the property he loll. Q; Has not Mr. Galloway a penfion? Is he not this infizmt {ome timc; but the people of the Jerfics, who had been defer-ted and left to the power of the Concrete, were fearful of flicwing themlclvcs ever again friendly to Great-Britain. ' Q Will the witncl's undertake to lay, that when the inhabiants were armed, dil‘ciplincd, and protefied by the Royal army, the protection dellribcd, either in R: infylvania, New-York, Rhodc-Illand, or the Jcrfeys ? .. powe. an enquiry into general occurrences, and mere matter ofceremony. ton's force 27.113 greatly diminiihed, while the army under his .4. He could not lay, but he underllood, that Nlr. VVafhing- cv with Sir V. A. It fometimes was. It was oftner direé'ted to the fubjct‘l of the department in which he afied. He remembered, on his firll: introduction to Sir William at New-York, the converfation continued only for about ten minutes, and was directed only to Q; Did not Mr. Galloway live in the greateft intimacy with . Sir "'illiam Howe .> ‘ A. Yes, in the way 0F bufinefs. i .11. He never thought of the dillinc‘lion, He cannot fay that On his allow. he has a fixed pen lion. He has been promifed a {mall allowance. 311"- He has received as yet but a mere trifle. It'lpet‘ling his majelly's comn‘zili‘ion for making peace with America? 44. He had. Q; Did Mr. Galloway ever communicate to Lord Howe, the temper and difpofition of the inhabitants of the four lower counties P ‘ Q; Vx'as he ever denied accefs, as often as he called at Head A. He could not exaé‘tly fay or undertake to charge his me- (heaters :‘ :1. Never, he preformed, when SirVVilliam Howewas at home. mory. He imagined the arming and difciplining the troops, 81c. (L. "he not he frctpicntly with him, and near him? fl. Yes, hewas, in the way of bufinefs, and he lived next door to him. ' i ‘ QL Did not Sir 'William Howe frequently dine with Mb Galloway. and Mr. Galloway with Sir William Howe ? xi. Sir William never dined with him but once; he dined with Sir \Villiam Howe often. ' (L. XVas not the fituation of America, in refpet‘} of the tem‘ per and ditpofition oftlie inhabitants towards the Britifh Govern: merit, the conilant l'uhjeft of convertation between them, and (he bell means of improving that difpofition, (RG3 ' i A I , l came more properly under the cagnizance of Sir \Villiam Howe. CL Had he ever communicated to Lord Howe the errand which brought Mr. Brown to Philadelphia? .4. He had not. (L. Had he communicated it to Sir William Howe ? A. Not till after the troops landed at the head of Elke. (L Did not Mr.Galloway apply for a flag oftruce, in order to 8° Wt and [treat upon terms with the rebels, two days prevzous #0 the evacuation of Philadelphia ? A. He did, but he begged to explain: he did not go out to Treatswith the treat upon terms for himfelf, but only to feeit the congrelsrebcls. WQRld fuller his wife to enjoy her own cilate in his abfence, orhit 6 |