The Newport gazette. [volume] (Newport [R.I.]) 1777-1779, 1777-10-30

which orSers they i-msdi-tely Pct 10 lea.
The Lords Of the Admiralty have ordered
q new let Of fssals TO b, obisrved BY the
ihlos that as gong aascr convoy from
Soi,h.sd to Ansries, in order 70 prevent
tne;r being decsivsd by the R bel P ivateen,
who ere we'll seqs.in,ed with ;hs lgnal'
ufsslly prsetiled 10 our navy.
Portfnos,h, Asg. J. Mondiy his Ma
j,e,'s nip Vali,nt arrived at Spithead frcn
= sciuize, win two p izss, one Of tasm .
brig, asd tho other lhlo o! near 500 tons,
bsrh lfdeu with rice, Indigo sni tsbseco.
from Carolins. Tbs Va iaat has ale, we
hear, fer, in another Friz: to Penzancs.
COPY Of letter frou al officer belonging 9
to hi, M jsay', mp the LsvaAt, date
Gibraltar. Jassa7.
Z" Tais daJ we returned from . three
week, cruiz:, Parsieu. an a. follow: After
four day, fail from the Srsi', mouth, We
fell in with . - gun privatssr, called the
VisiI.ns, h.,ing wi h her brig from Lie.
bos, named the May Flswe', bound to
B,eol, which lhs had taken tive day bs;ore.
We gave ehaee, snd in two hours Game
song & e, .ad engaged her for ten mi.utss
o.iy, when fhc aruek, af:er Aaving oas man
kill, d ana tsree W unded. Ths weather
being mode at,. and osr Captain finding
the brig making sAF, ordered 'hs Lsussaant
on b.ard the Friva.ssr, with ioms men. -
ca, al the i.rysrds OF her hreuis and
aay,, to p,.,en, her ea'ryi'g fail while We
paffa,d the b ig, which ~s came y? ~ith il
abcu. sa hour, and tovk her without any
oppol.io,. Having taken her hsad', and
replaced them with sighssn OF ours. ~e
spain made fail for oar former prize, which
We cane up with ia about two hours. Our
men foon repaired her damage, AID without
Asy kh Of time, Fut her ia lailisg Pof-
ture. Oar Cap,siu, ~ tearehiag her papers.
fosad he N iAsf's nsme TO Os Richard W.T.
teur, that a.. vas f;ted oat st Dankirk.
which Yiscs he left swsi.' dats ssfsr:; /; sad
fiid he haa bssn eaaisd BY two.d ok hip.
witch he fsppe6sd to be the Worcester.
asd got clear Of hsz aadsr the csvsr Of the
night.
s' Oar Captsin ordered the officer 70
maks the bea Of his way for Gibraltar, with
the Nay Flower under his conway; we con.
tiuus {; u;ziae to the N. w. for swo days
without nestiag any thing, ill the third day
., noos, W faw tesp laden ihip, shish ws
eavs ehaee 70, snd bsfo.s dark came up
with. and 6-sd N u At her, which 70 ian.
m dated the crew. thas they nrsck. Shs
Proved 70 b. aboat two hun ,red tens, cal.'l
the Pit, Eiva,d Sh.ers, m,fsr. &: ed out
at Cheresrgh, ani bound {, Bo&oa, having
On boa 4 two br.fs mortsrs, one headed
md fly fwiye:s, bar iron, fms ihot, maf
kets. &s. tbs ~hole fappofed to be w-rth
three op'snd pounds ae.l lisg.
We fsiled for Gib-altsf. which cs
Ne msds il & . days. aaa had the fatisfac.
hon to find cur two Pr,zss both fAfs Arrived
he day before.
TIE Rave, came Ia Eve days bsfsrs
With vslsabls prize. called the vsnaearee,
IT ten CO -risgs. gons and &, f~issl', and
sdss with ice, obaeeo, Indigo. &c. wheh
Sizs hs mes si,h shout for.y leagas to sAs
s'ksa'd Of S.. Eufatis."
kxtrtd ef Letter from Poffhouth, dassd
sly z8.
T" o. bos-d the Priseefi Aselis, in this
'arboss, srs dirty F,sreh pri ioasrs, noiily
fieers. wAs have bses thsrs sbsst three
'eeks. aad wee fsrt ossr by 0sa. Hove,
wing been skss in s'ms oa tbs eoaa sf
Ina'cA. A Agsuslsnaa Of The Law bsoag.
~ TO- sAs Jersws,; hss been 90 board the
bovs nip. 10 exsains ths fsid .rri'ors1,
I'd TO taksdo1n shs snfwe, s.ss the qus(-
oss pot TO- thsm.0 sas