Captain Collins of the Nautilus acquainted the Admiral that on the 10th instant he had chased and driven a Schooner on Shore near Beverly Bar and intended to set her on fire, but that while preparation was making for that purpose the tide left her, that he continued firing at her until great numbers of armed people came to her assistance, when he thought it best to leave her; that the Nautilus by casting the wrong way, obliged him to leave an Anchor behind, yet not without getting aground, and in that Situation receiving a number of Shot through her Hull Sails and Rigging and having two men wounded besides other Damage: That his Carpenter suspecting the head of his Main Mast to be sprung, he desired the Admiral would allow him time to lift his Rigging and examine all the Masts, which he had not an Opportunity of doing since he left England: and that he had met and convoyed in a Vessel with live Cattle and Carcases of Beef from Halifax for the Ships at Boston.
By this vessel the Admiral received Letters from Governor Legge and Commodore Le Cras; the former thanking the Admiral for his great care in protecting the Western Coast of Nova Scotia by keeping a Force in the Bay of Fundy, and desiring that the men of War might touch at Passamaquody; and the latter informing of the Foweys arrival at Halifax, whose Masts were found to be rotten, and that the Somerset had been hoven down, and was from the Wharf, wanting only a few inconsiderable Jobs to be done to compleat her for Service.