I designed to have finished the sheet, but, an opportunity offering, I
close, only just informing you that, May the 7th, our privateers took
two prizes in the bay, in fair sight of the man-of-war; one, a brig from
Ireland; the other from Fayal, loaded with wine, brandy, etc.; the other
with beef, etc. The wind was east, and a flood tide, so that the tenders
could not get out, though they tried several times; the lighthouse fired
signal guns, but all would not do. They took them in triumph, and
carried them into Lynn.
Pray be kind enough to remember me at all times, and write, as often as
you possibly can, to your