The Phillips, Capt. Crockett, laden with staves, from Castleamer to London, was on the 24th of July, in lat. 47. 56. long. 9. 30. attacked by the Civil Usage Provincial privateer, Capt. Gibbons, mounting 14 guns, and full of men, who took him; the Captain of which told him he had been out three months from Newbury, and had only taken three other prizes the whole time.¹