Last Sunday morning several guns were fired off this harbour, but the air was so foggy that nothing could be diserned from hence till 9 o'clock, when a boat appeared rowing in over the bar. By 10 o'clock the weather had cleared up a little, so that two men of war could be seen coming down from the northward, the Hinchinbrook anchored at the bar, and another ship coming up from the southward. At 11 o'clock the boat, before observed, got up to town, with eleven men in her, who informed, that they belonged to the ship Friendship, William Towell,¹ master, from Boston for this port; but that having been chased by the two men of war, and finding it impossible to escape the brigantine, they had quitted their vessel early in the morning, which was taken possession of by one of the Hinchinbrook's boats, while another pursued them. At 12 o'clock, the Hinchinbrook weighed from the bar, and stood to the northward, and in the evening the four sail were seen standing the same course.

Yesterday morning, the three ships and brigantine were seen by the pilots, all at anchor a little to the southward of Sullivan's Island. At 2 o'clock they were observed from town, the largest (supposed the Lizard) near Sullivan's Island, the other (supposed the Perseus) and the Hinchinbrook, under sail, more to the southward, and standing in; the prize std more southerly and farther out; and another ship coming from the southwestward before the wind. At 4 o'clock the fog was so thick, that only the northernmost ship could be discovered till at anchor, and that the ship and brig which had been standing in, had put about, and were then standing off to the N.E.

This day has proved as foggy as most of the past: But, at 8 o'clock this morning, the ship (supposed the Lizard) appeared to remain at anchor, with the ship that came from the southward yesterday afternoon, which is also a man of war, to the northward of her; where they remained at 4'o'clock. The ship and brigantine which stood off last evening, have not been seen to day; nor the prize ship, which probably has been sent off for New York, or burnt. Four o'clock, a smart westerly wind rising and clearing the horizon, the two men of war at anchor got under way, and, at five, continued standing off to the eastward.