Saturday last [June 17] his Majesty's ship Rose, Capt. [James] Wallace, and the Swan Sloop Capt [James] Ayscough, with a Tender, came up the River as far as Connanicut Point; but not meeting with any prey, they returned to their station at Newport; while on this cruize, five Vessels, which they had piratically taken, and left in the Harbour of Newport, were boarded by a Number of People, and carried off ー The Men of War have since taken several Vessels in the River.