The Samuel and Charles, Pinlartin, from Barbadoes to Virginia, ran ashore in Chesapeake River [sic], and was taken by the Provincials, but retaken by the Otter sloop of war, and given to the Supercargo. She is since arrived at New-York.
The Minehead, Whithorn, taken on the Banks of Newfoundland, is retaken by the Liverpool man of war, and arrived at Halifax.
The Esther transport from Cork to Halifax, carrying eight three-pounders, and twenty-five men, on her passage was attacked by a schooner privateer, whom she fought for near an hour — when the privateer attempted to board her; but the transport's people had got to their close quarters, and from thence had killed seven of the schooner's people, and wounded several others. — The Esther had not a man hurt; she was a collier, and fitted for close-quarters, having been built during last war.
