Providence; March 16.

Last Week a large Ship from Whitehaven, bound to Boston, laden with Coal, Porter, Cheese, &c. was taken near the Vineyard, and carried into Dartmouth.
¹ This is the seventh Vessel that has been captured out of eight which sailed from Whitehaven.

On Friday, last Week, the Ship Swan, Capt. [James] Ayscough, in going down the River, ran on the Black. Rocks, near Newport, where she lay 5 Hours, but got off without receiving much Damage.

The Vessel ashore at Long-Island, mentioned in our last, proves to be a Ship from the West-Indies, bound to New-York, laden with Salt.