Saturday last a large Sloop being observed from an eastern Port, standing westward, Capt. Charles Jenckes, of this Town, went in a Boat, with 7 Men, and brought her in. She proved to be a Transport from Halifax, bound to Rhode Island, laden with Coal for the Troops, having one Swivel and two Musquets, but made no Defence. The Crew, which consisted of 4 Seamen, beside the Captain and Mate, have since been conducted here. 

Sunday last about 30 Transports, under Convoy of a Frigate,¹ sailed from Newport, and steered to the Westward. 

Capt. Joseph Smith, in the Sloop Victory,² of this Port, on his Passage from the West-Indies, was lately taken by three British Tenders, and ordered to an Enemy's Port; but he soon after re-took the Vessel, and carried her into SouthCarolina.