Admiralty-Office [London] , June 29, 1776.
Vice-Admiral Shuldham, in his Letter dated the 20th of May last, gives an Account, that the Cruizers of his Squadron had intercepted and taken Twenty-four Ships and Vessels belonging to or trading with His Majesty's rebellious Subjects in North America, in Addition to those mentioned in his Letter of the 25th of April, among which was The Lyon Schooner, bound from Cape Francois to Rhode Island, laden with Arms and Ammunition.