Last Friday arrived here, after a passage of 12 weeks, the Letter of Marque ship Richard, Captain Lyon, of 16 guns and 70 men, of and from Liverpool:—About the middle of May, he took a snow from France, bound to America, laden with salt, wine, brandy, cloathing, &c. there were found on board of her a number of letters directed to Congress.1
About ten days since, Capt. Lyon spoke with the Letter of Marque ship Marlborough, from Liverpool for Philadelphia, with two prizes, one of them from Carolina, with rice and indigo, and the other from Chesapeak with tobacco.2
Last Saturday night, about 11 o'clock, a small party of rebels, from East-Jersey, landed at New Utrecht, on Long-Island, who, having procured a waggon and horses, proceeded to Flat-Bush, where several Gentlemen of this city, have country-houses: The rebels, being well informed of this circumstance, proceeded to the house of Major Moncrieff, whom they surprized in bed and, after allowing him time to dress, carried off. They were not so complaisant to Mr. Theophylacte Bache, of this city, who, upon the first alarm, went and opened his door without any other cloaths except his shirt, the skirt of which one of them tore off in the scuffle, and dragged him away in that condition. About the same time they surrounded the house of David Matthews, Esq; Mayor of this city, who ordered his doors to be secured in the best manner, resolving to defend himself to the last extremity, in the mean time he sent a negro to the top of the house, who by discharging a musket gave an alarm, which so intimidated the assailants, that they ran away after breaking two muskets in endeavouring to force into the house: His worship immediately sent an express to Brooklyn, for a party of the 35th regiment, but the rebels, being too expert in a retreat, had got to their boats with their prisoners and a Mr. Forrester, one of their Lieutenants, then on parole there.3
Yesterday was sent in here by the armed sloop Harriot, Capt. William Austin, of this port, the schooner Sally, Charles Henly, master, of North-Carolina, bound to St. Eustatia, with lumber, and the sloop Bacchus, Stilson Hinson master, laden with tobacco. &c. At sea they parted company with the schooner Betsey, —— Seldon master. with a cargo of tobacco. These vessels Capt. Austin cut out of Carratuck Inlet, North-Carolina, on the 9th inst. where he burned a sloop after taking four hogsheads of tobacco out of her: A sloop with dry goods, he was obliged to leave aground, not having hands to bring her off.
. . . . There are now at Cranberry inlet, in New-Jersey, three gallies, from New London of four guns each, that have taken several vessels, among them a schooner from Cork with provisions;4 and a vessel from the West-Indies with rum and sugar.5