The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-10-11 00:00:00

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LA CO.VCORDE AND PRIZI:S.

Extr.ta of a letter from an Ulcer on bard His
csr Y'S ship 1,1 Concurtk, doted Point de Gine,
East-ladles, 14th February, ISO), to his tither in
Elioburgli

". I suppose by this titer you will hare received my last let •
ter, dated xt sea, in conyairy witli..the India ships. -Met-
raving them, which we did in a few day:, we proceeded to'
the b.-yclielle island:, a groupe of French islands, not (rei-
fied, hut ail ruhahited,,itt expectation of falling in with some
French vessel.; its which we were not disappointed. After
lying a few itats at one of there, we dis:usered in the Fling a
em voisel; all our hosts were instantly manned and armed,
and .ent atter her, 4114, in about three hours, they btu 'gist
her in. She proved to Se La %Lamers a French schooner,
with a cargo of slaves en board. The schooner and 1.3 Con
cord, sailed that nit ht foranother of the island:, where we bid
intelligence of a French brig at anchor, cod, mutilate, we had
the g .04 fortune to yid her to the nu caber of our prises. She
is .added the Zephyr, hat had no cargo. The inhabitant: of
thee: id Inds treited us very well, and seru us a great ninth ,
of presents. We only staid a few days longer at these 14.111,111,
and all three sided for Bombay, where we arrived in sanity.
Toe sehremer sold for 4)00 rupees, the big xOlO, and the
slaves UYI each; several died on the passage. We had not re-
titaiired at Bentaay many days, before we git intelliedsce of 4
large French privateer being off the coast The Cencorde tee-
ing the only mesa war lying in Bombay harbour, wes, there
Gore, sent in quest of her ; and, in three days, we were so for
climate 44 to discover a largeead standing right fur II.; the C
cord,. being &gaited, so as to reetemble a mereheatnian, the
ptioatctr had run almost within g.ati:ilart. before she
sated her mistake, when she irenteliat-lv put Ai -ut, and made
all sal from us, and we in pursuit of tier, our ens a •
they could be brought to hear •am ant :he risen her
stem chase guns constantly at W. It wit ten p. ,s. before
we came el mes.de of tier, and" then we e.i.n.neneed a well.
d'retted fro of mend and grape shot, which she WelithA
very briskly. When she had gut all her rigging cut, and a...en
possihdity of mating her escape preeented, she struck. She
moved to doe La Fanune peivaterw, pierced tor 31 gees, havin4
24 on b 44.14, all long innespounders. A law days be of.. 'roe bad
taken the Fly, a Company's cruiser, with tile value •f oglit
lacks of rapeeten b.ra.d, three of wnieb were la money, and
fire in pearls; the pearls she left lit the Fly, and the oavney
she took ne board. During the chase, we evidently n• Iv, red
them heaving the Motley overlassa.d, it fading in the water I Ice
pebbles, and s,nee they base b-eta 0.1 sh..re they have conf-ssed
it , but, berme sending them ort shore, they were overitauted,
and every one of them stripped, when upwards of 40001. were
band about them, which they had plundered from d.ff.-rent
vessels they had taken. They had two men killed and six
w tended ; and, what is smpriaitig, ion a man hurt with us. I
she wdl turn out very well."