I think it incumbent on me to acquaint their Lordships that Andrew Nastel Mate and Six Men, lately belonging to the Brig Good Intent of Guernsey, Paul Bieuvenn Master, are just arrived from Cherbourg and report that they were boarded by an American Privatier the 5th Instant about 4 oClock in the Afternoon, in Sight, and not two Leagues off this Island, and the next morning carried in the Harbour of Cherbourg, where they were put on Shore. The Brig was Loaded with Ginn and Oil, and bound from Rotterdam to Guernsey. The Privatier is a small black Schooner about 25 Tons, long built but very low, and when they want to fight they ta[ke] up their Hatches fore and aft and Stowd in the Hold. They carry Two Carriage Guns (4 Pounders) & Six Swivels with 32 Musquets, and had on board 26 Men, One of them a French Pilot. None of the Guernsey Men, knows the name of the Captain, who took them,² but they say that the Vessel is called the Montgomery belonging to Maryland, from whence they have been out five Months and had taken four Prizes, be­ sides this; One of which th[ey] sent to America with four of their Men on board. The Capt of the Privatier set out Yesterday afternoon, in a Post Chaise, for Paris to obtain Leave from the Court to sell his Prize; And Bieuvenn remains at Cherbourg 'till he knows if his Vessel will be condemned or not. —