Whereas, on or about the seventh day of October last, a certain small sloop, said to be the tender of the Viper sloop of war, was taken with three persons on board, in Barnegat Bay, and is now detained in possession of the Committee of the county of Monmouth, in New-Jersey: Said Committee, in pursuance of the direction of the Provincial Congress, do publish the following descriptive advertisement, viz.

That the length of said small sloop from stem to stern is about thirty feet; depth of her hold three feet and an half; her quarter deck twelve, and her main deck eighteen feet long; three cloths in the head, and eight in the foot of her main sail; her bowsprit five feet over her stem, with a bar of iron up the same; her horse piece of iron, and her burthen about three cords. ー The person, who says he is a midshipman, and had the command of her, informs, that she was taken from the Provincials at a place called Holme's Hole, laden with fruit, &c. and was sent by Admiral Greaves to the Viper for a tender. ー If the original owner shall apply, prove property and pay charges, any time before the first of May next, he may have her again, in present condition.