The Provincial privateers have taken to the amount of
West India ships ー |
£ 1,069,000 |
Newfoundland — |
58,500 |
African — |
187,000 |
Canada and Nova Scotia ー |
16,500 |
Transports, victuallers, and storeships ー |
167,000 |
Irish — |
3,500 |
Mediterranean ー |
14,000 |
Sundry traders ー |
60,000 |
|
£ 1,575,500 |
Mr. Dean, Agent for the Congress at Paris, has received blank commissions from them for fitting out privateers: He has asked and obtained leave from the Court of France to fit out ships in their ports, and has sent over here to collect American officers for that service; so that we may expect great havock among our merchant ships in the channel, as no cruizers are out to intercept or annoy them, or any convoys for our trade to Spain or Portugal, which must evidently suffer.