At the last Board of Admiralty several letters of marque were granted, which ships are now fitting out in the river, they are to carry goods to different ports in the West Indies, and afterwards to sail on a cruize against the American ships and privateers.

A letter from Havre de Grace brings advice, that Cunningham, with his new privateer, was sailed from thence; he mounts 16 carriage guns, 12 swivels, and 130 men.¹