Catherine, Thomas Allen, commander; Takes in her cargo at Newport, and will be ready to sail by the 12^{th} Day of January.—For freight or passage, apply to said Captain on board or to Mr. Benjamin Greene, in Newport. PROVIDENCE, Nov. 7, 1766. June 15, 1772, the Newport _Mercury_ notes the arrival at Newport of “the brig _Joseph_, Captain Pie, bound to New York in 49 days from Waterford in Ireland.” July 19, 1773, the same paper states that “Last Thursday arrived the brig _Sally_, Capt. John Murphy, in 30 days from Jamaica.” She brought several passengers. This was probably the _Sally_ that at another time is mentioned as having reached Dublin under Captain Davis. The Providence _Gazette_, February 24, 1776, has this interesting note: “Arrived from Ireland, but last from Barbadoes, the sloop _N. York_ packet, Capt. John Freers, who informs that the people in Ireland and Barbadoes are very warm in the cause of America.” The _Gazette_ also published the following: FOR LONDONDERRY, THE SHIP FAITHFUL STEWART, _Captain McCausland_: Will sail from Newport in ten days.—For Passage apply to Messieurs Clark and Nightingale, in Providence, or the Captain on board. PROVIDENCE, Jan. 29, 1785. Special attention is called to the fact that “passage” is advertised in connection with these voyages. This is good evidence that passengers sailed direct for Rhode Island from Ireland. Some of these were probably merchants or their agents engaged in the Irish trade. The fact that such accommodations were provided, likewise justifies the conclusion that immigrants also came direct from Ireland to Rhode Island, and in considerable numbers, too. These immigrants, in all probability, landed, some in Newport and others in Providence. It may be, too, that Warren, Bristol, Westerly and other places, likewise received direct Irish accessions from this source. Further on will be found additional evidence of direct immigration from Ireland. Another advertisement in the Providence _Gazette_ reads as follows: FOR DUBLIN THE GOOD SHIP TRISTRAM, _Gideon Crawford, Commander_. Now lying at Mrs. Hayley’s Wharff, will sail in 10 or 12 days. For Freight or Passage apply to the Master on board or to Joseph and William Russell. She has good accommodations for Passengers. PROVIDENCE, Jan. 14, 1786. Here again “passage” is advertised, it will be noted. Soon after a news item appeared in the _Gazette_, stating that “the ship _Tristram_, Captain Crawford, sails this day for Dublin.” It appears that the _Tristram_ made many voyages to and from Ireland. On April 26, 1788, over two years after the trip just mentioned, the _Gazette_ had the following budget of marine news: