Philadelphia, October 11.
Captain [Thomas] Read, from London, on the 24th ult. in Lat. 39:30, spoke the Ship Peggy, Capt. [William] Barron, out 19 Days from New-York, bound for Falmouth, who, on the 11th, lost his Main and mizenmasts, had his Boats stove, and lost most of his Water, which obliged him to put back. The Night after the Gale Captain Barron saw a Sloop almost sunk, with her Masts alongside, but could not perceive any Person on board.