On Wednesday, last week, [November 29] arrived here from Cape Fear, his Majesty's Sloop Scorpion, commanded by the Hon. Capt. Tollemache, with a large Transport Ship. These Vessels have likewise been at Bermuda, and we hear, that at both Places, they dismantled some Forts. His Excellency Govemour Martin, of North-Carolina, is on board the Scorpion.
On Wednesday last, the Scorpions Long Boat took off this Bar, the sloop Thomas and Stafford, Solomon Gibbes, Master, the Property of Elias Young, of Bermuda, bound in here, in Ballast, from St. Christopher, and the Sloop Hetty, Jacob Milligan, Master, the Property of Messrs. Crouch and Gray, and James and Neilson, of this Town, bound in here from Jamaica, with about sixty Hogsheads of Rum. Both vessels were regularly cleared.
They are, at present, in the Road, the Tamer, Capt. Thornbrough, of 20 Guns, the Scorpion, Capt. Tollemache, of 14, the Cherokee, Capt. Ferguson, of 8, a transport ship, the two Sloops above mentioned, and two Schooners, one of which has some Swivels.
