Thursday last, towards night, the ship Scarborough of 20 guns, a transport ship of 200 tons, and 16 guns, a brig loaded with provisions, and a sloop loaded with salt, came into this bay, and anchored between Goat-Island and Connanicut. In the evening two row galleys, commanded by Captains Grimes and Hyer, with a number of volunteers from the army on this island, took the brig and sloop; after which a battery at the North part of the town, a battery at Brenton's Point, and the gallies play'd so briskly upon the ships, that they were soon obliged to move out of the reach of the batteries, and went under Conanicut. Capt. Hyer, in one of the gallies, lay within musket shot of the Scarborough, firing upon her, while Grimes boarded and sent off the brig and sloop. The Scarborough did the galley some damage in her hull and rigging, and the musketry from her tops wounded one of Capt. ~yer's people, which was all the injury received on the American side: This bold action, of taking two vessels close under the stern of a 20 gun ship, may possibly convince our enemies that the Yankees are not such dastards, as the Tories in this country have represented them. . There were 17 hands taken in the above vessels, who inform that the ships were from Georgia, the transport having on board 140 soldiers; that the Scarborough was commanded by Captain Barclay, and had on board James Wright, Governor of Georgia, his family, and some other Tories of that place: That' the brig was from Philad[e]lphia, taken going into Georgia; that the sloop was from some of the islands, commanded by Capt. Gregory Cozzens of this place, and taken near Georgia; that they were bound to Boston, and had parted with several other prizes, one of which, a sloop, arrived here on Saturday, and arichored between the two ships.

Saturday night and yesterday morning a battery at Connanicut so disturbed the quiet of the Scarborough, the transport ship and the sloop, that they took advantage of a fair wind and pushed out to sea; but as they passed the mouth of the harbour, a battery on the east side near Castle Hill, hulled the Scarborough twice, and sent one 18 pounder through the sloop. The Scarborough returned a very heavy fire on both the batteries, without doing the least damage. Our bay is now free from pirates.