About 9 o'clock last night the Signal for an Enemy was made by the advanced ships up the Bay,¹ which was soon after answered by Lord Howe in The Eagle; who at the same time made a Signal for the Unicorn to Slip. She soon got out to the harbour's mouth; and about 12 o'clock a good deal of firing was heard to the Westward.² Nothing appears this Morning but a Frigate coming in. Tis now said that two of the Rebel Frigates³ went down the Naraganset passage, past the Renown last night.

A Rebel Sloop⁴ came through Bristol ferry last night, and was not discovered until she came abreast of the Diamond stationed near Dyer's Island, who immediately sent a boat on board and took her. It appears she came from Swansea, and was bound to Hispaniola with a Cargo of Fish, Onions, Apples, kc., and had five men on board.

Sailed the Neptune Armed Schooner for New York