Admiral Gayton's Order for the Merchantmen to rendezvous at Blue Fields, and to be convoyed from thence an hundred and fifty Leagues on their Passage to England, was certainly communicated to the Provincials, as the Ships which were taken were met with by the Privateers, not twenty four Hours after they were quitted by the Men of War.

There being so many of our Ships of War on the American Coast, some are in Hopes that on their receiving Advice of the Capture of the nine West Indiamen by the Provincial Privateers, and of their being carried into some of their Ports: a bold Stroke would be struck in order to retake them: Their Cargoes are so valuable, and so much of it falls as Prize Money to the Captors, our Tars it is thought will run any Lengths to accomplish it. It is true they have not a yet attempted any Thing of this Kind, but they never had an Object equal to a West India Ship loaded, worth 10,000 l. Sterling.

On Sunday the Officers and Seamen, brought Prisoners on board the Yankee Privateer (lying in Limehouse Hole) were shipped on board the Justitia Transport Ship, in order to their working on the Thames. A Correspondent wishes to know, "If these People are not sentenced without a Trial?" It is true that they have been declared Rebels; but it has not been customary to condemn Rebels, but by the Verdict of a Jury; at least it was not so in the Reign of George the Second: But our whole System of Politics seems to be reversed, and what was Law thirty Years ago, is not so now; or, perhaps, adds our Correspondent, the Distinction is made between Scotch and American Rebels; and if so, we shall cease to wonder when we consider the Operation of the over-ruling Influence.

"It is an ill wind that blows no one Good." When the above Seamen were removed, it was permitted for any Person to come on board, and many Hundreds gratified their Curiosity, to the great Emolument of a number of Waterman, who kept embarking and debarking their Customers for Hours. The Place was a perfect Fair. The above Yankie Privateer is a tight-built Vessel, admirably adapted for swift Sailing, and carries twelve Guns on one Deck. She lies very low in Water.