Last Wednesday a ship, supposed to be the Scarborough or Cerberus, and a black brig,
¹ were standing off and on a little without the entrance of this harbour great part of the day; they were twice close in with the light house; two American brigs, and three sloops, the same day, were chased by the above black brig, but got clear and went in on the east side of this island.

Last Thursday night, the Continental ships Alfred and Columbus, and the brig [Cabot], arrived in our bay, and anchored near Hope; a station occupied by British pirates a considerable part of the winter.

Capt. Ebenezer Barker, arrived at Bedford last Thursday, in 23 days from the West-Indies informs, that last Wednesday, a little to the southward of Montague, he was chaced by two large ships, but night coming in, he made his escape; that the islands were in great want of provisions, and were planting most of their cane-land ー with potatoes, &c. and that the transports which were blown off the coast last winter, were to sail for Boston about the time he sail'd.