Sir

I desire you will acquaint my Lords Commissioners of the Admty, that I pursued the design mention'd in my letter of the 29th past, but was not fortunate enough to fall in with the Rebel Privateer; this disappointment was in some measure compensated yesterday afternoon by our intercepting a Bermudian built Sloop, called the Alice, John Porter master, from Charles Town in South Carolina, bound to Nantes, Bourdeaux, or the first Port in France, she could reach, and there, after delivery of her Cargo, consisting of Rice and Indigo, to arm and load with Cloathing and Implements of Husbandry, and to return to Charles Town ー The Prisoners relate, that on the 28th at Noon, they saw a Rebel Brig Privateer of Force, quite clean, Steering W b N with a Crowd of Sail ー She shew'd her Colours but did not speak with them.

The Sloop, tho' remarkable for her fast sailing, has had a long Passage, owing to incessant Easterly winds, which the Master imagines have prevented the arrival of many other American Vessels in the French Ports, so that we are in hourly expectation of falling in with some of them. I am Sir [&c.]