Last night arrived an account of the capture of the brig Richmond, by the Congress, fitted out of this place. She was bound from London and Nevis for Halifax, and had on board the following articles, viz, 1078 joes, 672 guineas, 15 moidores, 41 hogsheads of rum, 6 hogsheads, 5 tierces, and 5 barrels of sugar, 1 hogshead of loaf sugar, 24 hogsheads of prize molasses, 3 cases of drugs, and a trunk of Irish linen. The brig was arrived at Egg harbour; the gold they hid in the water cask. The cash, and several London passengers, are on board the privateer, who was left in chase of a three-decker. They took several London letters directed for people in New York, also some newspapers, one of them of the 23d of April, which is the only one we have not seen before. It contains very little, except advices from Jamaica, by which they seem alarmed at the arrival of the French troops at Hispaniola, and that some of the merchants had forbid their orders for goods, expecting a visit from them. That seven ships, one of them the Hancock and Adams, with wheat, had arrived at Lisbon from Philadelphia; and that two with tobacco, and one wheat loaded ship, were arrived in France.
Mr. Gibb's ship, capt. Robinson, is below, from Marseilles, with 1100 arms, 37 tuns of lead, 15 tuns of powder, flints, &c. I have just seen the supercargo, who tells me they are seven weeks out; that he could not procure a newspaper, although he offered a guinea for one, but saw one as late as the 25th of May.
