Star.
London, England, 1814-08-23 00:00:00

AMERICAN PRIVATZERS.

The following is a copy of Mr. CAOICEIt'S reply to
the Merchant's of Bristol, respecting the America►►
privateers in the Channel:
. Admiralty-Office, 17th August, 1814.
SIR-1 have received your letter of the 18th instant, respect-
ing the capture of the Berwickshire packet, by the Prince of
Neufchatel American privateer; and 1 have laid the same before
my Lords Consmiss.oiter. of the Adastralty.-1 am, Sir,
Your very humble servant, ' w. caora a.
Thomas Maki, Esq.

Note from the Captaia of an American privateer:

Captain -..., of the Shark American privateer, rresents
his compliniesits to the 'Gentlenien at the Commercial Rooms,
Bristol, and begs their acceptance of a few American P..pers, sit
recent dates.
The papers which accompanied this prditc message,
were sent by the Master of one of tl,e captured ves-
sels. They are from New York to the I%,th of July,
and are now filed at the Commercial Room.

The following letter was yesterday received by Sir
A. PEIUUERI President of the Chamber of Commercc;

Baltimore, August 11, 1814.

SIR—As President of the Chamber or Commerce. we beg
leave to inform you, that on the evening of Friday the. mil,
large vessel, lidos with square balk, was set on fire by an Ame-
r:can schooner privateer, ab tut 30 miles S.W. u. this harbour,
and was yesterday towed into a creek in the island of Sheath,
near this, by a number of fiihhig boats; on bearing of which we
immediately repaired to the place, and as Mag.stra,es or the
county, took possession of the vessel Irmo a great numher of
people, for tile owners, and brought her in bore ; •siir continued
on fire until tour o'clock this morning, when we I.w:reviled in
getting it under. -1.1. e vtoel is burut down wt: .e water's clge,
and the balk mostly consumed. We cannot hod ..uy thing that
would lead to .a discovery of what she wis, out bcbrve ' eeto
be a brig of about 400 tons burtheu. by thfursua:ikih h e
re-
ceived from a pilot• who woke the privateer, we are sorry to In-
torm ym that she -committed many more depredations un our
Made, baring taken a.id burned many or our vessels on this coast.
We have the honour to be, &c. J 'UM

MICHAEL O.DRISCOLL.

GREENOCK, AUGUST lg.

Arrived here yesterday the ship Sir Edward Pel:
lew, Captain KeLLY, trom Quebec: sailed fiom the'
above port the 20th ultimo, under convoy of the.
CENTAon, 74., and CYANE sloop of war, about thirty.
seven sail in company : on the Banks of Newfound-
land, parted from the fleet in thick weather. On
Monday last, when about two and a half degrees to
the westward of Torry (Ireland), was captured by
the American sloop of war Peacock, which plundered
her aif part of her cargo (staves), a few barrels bees,
cordage, &c. and allowed her to proceed. The day
I previous, the Peacock took the William, Wttr►•rwAY,
from St. Andrew's (North Britain), for thin port,
timber-laden, and sunk her : she had also taken the
slo►►p Peggy and Jean, Duacatir, of Rothesay, Iron►
Liverpool to Limerick ; the sloop Leith Packet, or
Campbeltawn, from Teneriffe to Dublin; and the
sloop William and Ann, from Glasgow to Clare—the
crews of which vessels have arrived ►n the Sir Edward
Pellew. It was only to the accumulation of British
prisoners on board the American that the S►r Edward
Pellew's being given up could be attributed. The
Peacock was steering North, supposed for the pur-
pose of watering at the Orkneys, or some of the Nor-
thern Islands.

The Wanderer, from Newfoundland to Corunna,
is reported also to have been taken by the Peacock
The Nancy Barr, sailed in the above fleet for New-
foundland. Arrived on Tuesday morning the brit
Matilda, CONNELp from Newfoundland, in 15 days:
sailed under convoy of the CIakCENT frigate, any
parted in thick meather five days after sailing. 11,
Earl of Selkirk,JonNsToN, Wasin the fleet for London.