Tuesday Morning last, on receiving the very interesting Intelligence from France inserted in this Day's Gazette,1 Thirteen Cannon were discharged at the Battery on Fox-Point, and a like Number on board the Providence Frigate.2 At Sunset the Salutes were repeated, followed by a Feu de Joy from Col. Tillinghast's Artillery Company,3 a Detachment of Col. Elliott's Regiment,4 and Captain Keene's Company of Militia.
Saturday last a Sloop of 80 Tons Burthen, laden with Coal, and bound from Halifax to Newport, was taken by two Boats from Pawcatuck River, and carried into a safe Harbour.