This night and morning blowing and raining very hard. At five o'clock in the morning or a little after, heard a heavy cannonade up the North River; it continued to increase, and canie nearer to us. About seven o'clock all the batteries in and near the town and opposite shore were firing away very fast; at this time very thick, raining and blowing. A little before eight the Phoenix, Rose, Trial schooner, and Shuldham sloop, appeared in sight close to Bedloe's Island. The two ships fired away on both sides, and soon after anchored here at Staten Island. The ships received no damage whatever, and not one shot struck the Phoenix; the Rose had two men slightly wounded.