The Jamaica ship lately taken by the brig Andrew Doria,¹ Capt. Biddle, was last Friday chased ashore near Watch-hill, by the Cerberus, Capt. Simmons [John Symons], who had got almost within gunshot of her, but being afraid to risk his ship any nearer, was obliged to stand off again and leave her. The prize we hear, is a little bilged, but by the assistance of the Cabot and Connecticut brig, and a number of small craft, the cargo is likely to be nearly all saved, and 'tis thought the vessel may be got off.

Last Saturday night, as the Cerberus was lying about 3 miles from Block-Island, Frank Gould, a Mustee-lad, of this place, swam from the ship to the island, where he got a cedar boat with two sails, in which he came off, alone and naked, and landed at the fort on Brenton's point yesterday in the afternoon. He is one of the hands Capt. Biddle put on board one of the Scotch transport[s] some time past, and which was retaken by the Cerberus, and again taken by a New-York privateer.² He says, Mr. James Josiah, Capt. Biddle's former Lieutenant, who was prize-master on board the transport, is treated very ill on board the Cerberus, as are some others, for refusing to act against their country; that there are about 40 Americans on board said ship, her whole number of men being now about 160; she has taken on this station 18 vessels, mostly small sloops and schooners, 16 of which had been burnt; and that about a week ago they spoke with 7 sail of transports, with Scotch troops on board, bound to New-York, who had been into Boston Bay.

Yesterday the privateer Montgomery, Capt. Buckley [Daniel Bucklin], of Providence, went in the east side of this island, and carried with him a fine large snow, Capt. Gooding [John Goodwin], from Antigua, loaded with 300 hogsheads of sugar, and 100 hogsheads of rum;³ and we hear Capt. Buckley, in company with another privateer has taken 5 other considerable prizes, viz. 3 ships, a snow, and 1 brig, which were but about one day's sail behind him, two of which with the other privateer were to make some port to the eastward.