The Privateer Brig Fanny, Capt. Whittlesey, of Connecticut, has taken and carried into Martinico a Snow from the Coast of Africa, having on board 297 Slaves; also a Brig laden with Fish, and a Sloop laden with Staves, which were all condemned and sold at that Port.
The American Revenue Privateer, of New-London, has taken and sent into North-Carolina a Vessel bound from London to New-York, with a Cargo of Dry Goods, valued at Thirty Thousand Pounds Sterling.
By Advices from France, we learn that Capt. [Lambert] Wickes, who commanded the armed Vessel in which Dr. Franklin took Passage, after his Arrival at Nantz went out on a Cruize, and took five Sail of British Ships, which were carried into that Port, and condemned.
We hear that two Vessels bound to New-York, laden with Provisions, have been taken and sent into a safe Port at the Southward.
On Wednesday last 36 square-rigged Vessels, among them two Frigates and two Tenders, sailed from the Harbour of Newport; but whether they had Troops on board is not yet ascertained.
