A letter received yesterday from Capt. [James] Jones, of his Majesty's ship Beaver, dated, St. Kit 's, June 15, by a Gentleman in London, con­firms the account of his having taken the Oliver Cromwell American priva­teer,¹ as mentioned in our last, with the following additional particulars:

"I had a very narrow escape indeed; I received a musquet ball through the fore part of my coat, waistcoat, and shirt, near the breast, and grazing the skin. We had the day before chased her consort the Rattlesnake, of 16 guns and 121 men, and a sloop of 10 guns, but falling calm they got off by the help of their oars. These with the Cromwell had concerted and agreed together to attack the Beaver, which you will say with me would have been too much; but a more lucrative object offering separated them.

"I cannot enough express to you the great politeness and hospi­tality we received on this occasion from Lord and Lady Macartney, as well as from all others at Grenada; and the gentlemen planters and mer­chants there, to give a further proof of this, have done me the honour to order a piece of plate to be presented to me in London, and will send it as I have directed them to your care to keep for me when ready.

"I had not been idle before, having taken three other American ves­sels, and though not of much value will tell, and the Cromwell will make full amends being valued at 10,000 1. sterling."