LIVERPOOL.
The Toms, Houghton, belonging to this port, on a cruize in the West Indies1 has taken a schooner loaded with Spermaceti, candles, &c. and sent her into Antigua.
The Lydia, Evans, of this port from New York for Barbadoes,2 has taken a very valuable ship loaded with masts &c.
The True Blue, late Beaty is lost near Cameroons;3 sixty slaves are saved and put on board the Ann, Barclay, belonging to this port.4
The Waddell, Scott, from hence to New York, is taken and carried into Martinico.5
The Lively, Calvert, from Lancaster for Jamaica, is taken by the Americans.6
The Hamden Privateer belonging to Salem of 12 four Pounders and 70 men, is taken by the Seaford man of war, and carried into Dominica the 2d of March.7
A Letter of Marque, belonging to Dominica took and carried into that Island the 3d of March, a sloop from Carolina loaded with rice and indigo;8 the same day a Privateer called the Harlequin belonging to Antigua brought in a brig from Suri- nam bound for Boston, loaded with molasses, &c.9
An American Privateer sloop belonging to Georgia, of 12 carriage guns and 14 swivels called the Revenge, Capt. Samson, that was going from St. Peirs, Martinico, to Point Peter, Guadaloupe, with only 10 men on board, the rest of the crew was to have been ship’d at Point Peter; four of the men rose upon the Captain and the other 5 men, and carried the vessel into Dominica.10
Three Ships took fire at Sea out of the 5 that sailed from Bristol, loaded with coal, owing to the Sulpherous matter in the coals; two of which were entirely burnt, the crews were saved; the other the fire was with great difficulty kept under and was beating away to Antigua, but was taken 30 leagues to westward of Dominica, and carried into Martinico.
Three of the Cork fleet are taken and carried into Martinico.
The Kitty, Thompson, belonging to this port, and another ship Henry Gilbert, Master; in going from Rhode Island to Philadelphia, in company, were taken on the 7th of March, in the Delaware and burnt; they people made their escape and got safe to Philadelphia.11
The Sloop Endeavour, Potter a Prize to the Ellis, Capt. Jolly, of this Port, is put into Antigua, the cargoe consisting mostly of tobacco, and the vessel are there sold.12
