The prize ship Venus, from Jamaica, ladened with rum, sugar, cotton, &c. taken by Capt. Pierce in a Providence privateer, was unfortunately cast away lately on Great Trip, Nantucket shoals: and the people, twenty-one in number, providentially saved their lives by taking to the boat.
We have authority to assure the public, that by some late arrivals from France, we have the strongest assurances of being supplied with all sorts of warlike and other stores, and that our vessels shall be protected clear of their ports.