Last Thursday morning, 7 night [January 25], Capt. Manly being on a cruise in the Bay, discovered a ship a league or two S.E. of Boston light house. He immediately gave chase to and took her within sight of the ships in Boston harbour. He then stood for a snow which he espied off Cohasset; and soon coming up with her, she struck to him without hestitation. Just as Capt. Manly had manned his last prize, a schooner of eight carriage guns, with many swivels and full of men, convoying two little provision vessels from Halifax, came up, and began an engagement with Capt. Manly; but being soon convinced of her error, she steered off for Boston. ー Capt. Manly would undoubtedly have taken her also, with the two provision vessels, had not his crew, (which was at first much short of the complement) been considerably weakened by manning the two prizes. In the engagement his gunner was wounded, and his rigging something damaged. We have not heard what loss the enemy sustained. Both of the prizes which were loaded with coal, from Whitehaven, in England, Capt. Manly got safe into Plymouth with the ensuing night.
A wood vessel, bound to Boston, was taken by one of our cruizers, this week in the Bay.
Last week one of the continental cruizers got into a harbour at the Eastward, after having been chased by the Lively man of war, who fired about 170 shot at her.
On the 25th of December last, was taken by a Plymouth Privateer, and carried in there, a small Sloop from New York, Moses Weyman, Master, laden with Provisions for the Ministerial Army in Boston, consisting of 35 fresh Hogs, 100 Barrels of Pork, 50 Barrels fine New York Pippins, 20 Firkins Hogs Fat, some Quarters of Beef, Turkeys, Geese, &c.&c.