On Wednesday last, the 8th Instant; the Bristol, Vice Admiral Lord Shuldham, sailed for England; and, as the Wind was fair, got out to Sea immediately.
Many Prizes have been sent into the Harbor in the Course of the last Week; and the Ships are playing Havock with the Rebel Privateers. Some of the Frigates with Copper bottoms outsail every thing they see; and the swiftest Privateers of the Rebels find it impossible to get away from them.
Capt. Hammond, of the Roebuck, has taken the Lexington Privateer, one of the swiftest Vessels the Rebels had fitted out, and converted her into a Tender for his Majesty's Service.1
It is said, that the British Fleet is so disposed upon the Coast of this Continent, that it will be very difficult for any Ships of the Rebels in future to escape them.
