A sailor who came home with the Howe transport, which arrived on Sunday se'nnight at Greenock, in 25 days from Halifax, gives the above account. He went out with the Mayflower, of Whitehaven, Capt. Crosbie, having on board Capt. Aenaes M'Intosh's company of the 71st. An old man and his two sons came out in a fishing-boat, and informed them of the evacuation of Boston, and the capture of the said two vessels. On their way to Halifax from Boston they were attacked by a privateer of ten carriage and six swivel guns, whom they fought for seven glasses, and were on the point of being taken, when a man of war came in sight, and relieved them.
