I have a letter from Statia, dated August 3d, which says, a French frigate arrived at Martinico last Sunday, from old France, with dispatches as late as the 22d of June, to the Governors and Commanders in Chief of all the French Islands, to put themselves in the best state of defence, and to aid, assist and protect, all American vessels that might put into their ports, as far as possible.
1. New-York Journal, August 29, 1776.