Star.
London, England, 1813-05-22 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Mr. W. SMITH obtained leave to bring in a Bill for protect-
ing certain Bridges in Scotland from the bad effects of the Boat-
ing of timber.
The Scotch Mail Coach Exemption Bill was read a first, and
ordered to be read a second time on Monday.
Sir J. NICHOLL moved the order of the day for calling upon
the Defaulters at the last Call of the House. It was agreed to
postpone the business till Monday next, when be said a Right
Hon. Friend of his would enforce a Call of the House.
A person presented certain kapers from the Post Office, rela-
tive to the claims of Mr. Palmer.—Ordered to Ile on the table.
On the motion of Colonel PALbtElt, the order of the day was
read for a Committee of the whole House to take into considera-
tion the Resolution of the House on the 16th May, 1808, rela-
tive to Mr. Palmer's Claims. After the House went into the
Committee, leave was given to bring in a Bill to secure to Mr.
Palmer a net per centa&e on the proceeds of the Post Qffice, ac-
cording to the agreement of the year 1789.
The Martinique Sugar Bill was read the second time and com-
mitted.

On the Order of the Day being moved for the second reading
of the West India Trade Bill, it was ordered to be committed on
Monday next.
Mr. Alderman ATKYNS moved, that the Speaker's Writ he
issued to the Clerk of the Crown, for the election of three Bur-
gesses, for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, to serve in the place
of three who had been unduly returned at the last Election.—
Orch red.
The Committee of Ways and Means and of Supply, which
stood for this day, were postponed to Monday.
It was ordered, that the House, on rising this day, do adjourn
tiU Monday.
Mr. DUGDALIi said, that lac woikl4 fita Tite;day aabalit

Motion to the Hoge for securing the better 1.
and for erecting a Proof-house at liirmiortunt.
• Mr. WARD brought up the Ordnance Estii
to be taken into consideration this day sennight,
On the motion of Colonel Baum, the l -
was read a second time and committed.
Mr. U'ESTERN gave notice, that he would
make a motion relative to the Innkeepers' P"
Mr. TIERNEY (on the part of Mr. I.r.
notice of a motion for inquiring into the
part of the American War till Tuesday se'sm.,_
On the motion of Mr. Peas, the Irish Insolvent
was postponed till Monday se'craight.
On the motion of Sir C. MOI4CII, an account
laid before the House of certain Duties on '-
first quarter of this year.
. The Irish Lain Bill and the Irish Customs
a Committee of the whole House. The R.
on Monday next.
The Irish Hides Bill is to be taken into cmsideratioa
day next.
The Irish Malt Tax Bill Report was ri
be read a third time on Monday net!.
Sir T. BARING presented a Petition, signed
Inhabitants of the Metropolis and its Vicinit
to propagate Christianity in India. Ordered
The Irish Assessed Taxes Bill was read
committed for Thursday.
The Report of the Committee on the
was taken into consideration, and the Amend:
The Contect,d ElecEion Bill was recommi
of Mr. W. WYNNE—several alterations pr.
adopted, the Report received, and the further
it ordered for Wednesday next.
The Irish Road Bill was read. Sir F. Ft,
after various obintions from Sir Joust Naw
Mr. FITZGER ALL), and others, who said
Bill for Ireland was in contemplation, it was
Mr. FITZGERALD gave notice of a mr
Tontine Anauities from 1773, and of anus
the Clauses of the Deficiency of the Revetii
Distilleries.

Lord CASTLEREAGH stated, that .
Committee on the Catholic Relief Bill would
on Mooday, he expected he should be able
bx a day fur receiving the Report of the East
INtOLVENT DEBCORS
Mr. KENDRICK moved, th:
Debtors Bill should be committed.

Mr. Serjeant ONSLOW objected
were many alterations and amendr
not to be found in former Bills, sol
important indeed—one inflicting
death. These amendments had oni
this day, and lie therefore suggested
postpeninz the re-commitment to a _
Mr. KENDRICK then proposed
should be committed for this day se'i
Sir S. ROMILLY trusted it woull
delay as would endanger the safety
was surprised at hearing Gentlemen
know what were the provisions of tats
a permanent Bill, which had origin.
House, had passed that House, am
House of Commons near two mow
production of years of consideration
ject by the first and most eminent
Law, viz. the present Chancellor, th,
the King's Bench, Lord Redesdale,
did not, indeed, entirely agree wii
but it could not be expected that
should be proposed at first. He
that it should pass as it came from
such amendments as should appear
afterwards be made. He could not
now expressing his objections to thr
the penalty of death for`concealing ,
creditors. Such a clause had never
cessary in any temporary measure .
the Lords had not thought it necessary
a clause, and he trusted the Hon.
Kendrick) would not now persist in p.
which would do moreharm than good,
Ater some observations from Mr. •
LOCKHART, Mr. Serjeant QNSLOW,
CROMBIE, the Bill was re-committed
night.

ADMIRALTY REGISTRAR'S
The Order of the Day for the further
of the Admiralty Registrar's Bill hay'
the Amendments proposed by the
read a first and second time.
Sir W. SCOTT then proposed the .•
he had given notice, which was agreed
Lord CASTLEREA.QH said,
proved of the Bill, but he thought
terests should be protected. It was
sake of the balance of 190,000, w)
hands of the Registrar, to do such
an individual as would be operated
stood at present, in the teeth of an eqi
legal claim, and at the same time indi,
sibility would be destroyed. Excessi,
already provided against, he should
to provide, that the enactments of
not have fleet before the cessation
interests.

The clause having beeri read a first
question that it be read a second time.
Lord MILTON said, that it wot
if the Bill was not to take effect till ,
the present interests, not to legislate ai
ject till that period. The Bill (he
did not touch the legal emoluments
but only his profits as a Banker.
Lord CASTLEREAGH explained,
gistrar, by virtue of his office, was "
Court of Admiralty.
Mr. ABERCROMBY contended,
the suitor's money by the Registrar
that the Bill did not operate injurioust
hold interest of Lord Arden, which -
a Grant of the Office, and its kutfs/
The clause of the Noble Lord would
gal act a sanction; and it went to estabi
that the enjoyment of unlawful emote
an equitable claim for its continuance.
was a friend to the inviolability of existinj
if the clause were adopted he should
Bill, as introducing this most injurious principle.
Lord CASTLEREAGH explained.
Mr. HERBERT (of Kerry) opposed the clause.
Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY said, that he hoped
that the ];louse would not be necessitated to divide en
this subject, before some legal characters on the othe:
side of the House had delivered their opinions can the
legality of this use of suitors' money. No I:twyet, 1:r
thought, would venture to state that it was legal ;--
and if such a clause were introduced into the Bill,
would become a measureof the most pernicious nai or
and lie should divide the House against it ; for it 't
passed with such a clause it would give a sanction :°
a practice which had never before received it. "r's
it not in Lord Melville's case admitted on every 916,
that a use to benefit of au individual) of public 100.1e/'

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the Bill, This was
ginated in the other
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and had been in tbe
nonths. It was the
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ent characters of the Si
the Chief Justice of
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with its provisions;
at a perfect measure
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not, however, avoid
the clause enacting a.
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ver been thought ne. ere
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in. Gentleman (Mr. cell
in pressing a clause wni
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ed for this day se'n•
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the Clause of which
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fa/emoluments.—
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aas'no ? The on. ij•titfesii ;Nit was, whether it
a civil offence, or an indictable one ?, In Lnrd
Macclesfield's case, age Of the 'articlei of impeach.
.
went was for permitting use of 'suitOrs' money by'
1.;,e Masters in Chancery,:fortheir own benefit. Such ,
a use of suitors money vrou)d now be 'sanctioned, it'
rould in these times have been " 1111 inequitable harsh.'
!ss" to deprive diem of it. Such was 'not the lan-,
lase in the days Of Lord Macclesfield. The late
Perceval had such an opinion of this practice, that
when the charge was brought forWaid in that House
he denied it, though, on inquiry, he was obliged to
Mess his error. This office also, which they were
so fearful of injuring, had loetlid emoluments to the
olount of 12 or £13,000 alittr, And was wholly
executed by deputy.
After some remarks by Mr. STEPHEN, Sir SAatiniz..
ROMILLY, and Sir FREDERICK FLOOD,
The House divided, when the numbers were,
Ayes 11—Noes 80.
ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS BILL.
The House resolved itself into a Committee upon
this Bill, when Sir W. SCOTT proposed several altera-
tions, some merely verbal, and others affecting the
principle of the Bill itself. Annng. the latter was one
that continued, to inferior. Ecclesiastical Courts the'
power Of etcoMintinication in consequence of the
difficulty which he (SirW.Scott), had found in ac-
commodating that part as it originally stood, to all
she variety of local circumstances throughout the
kingdom.
Sir S. ROMILLY thought the Bill was to be so
altered as to deprive it of its chief Value, in his esti-
mation, that which went to remedy the serious evils
a:rendant upon the power of excommunication in in-
terior Courts, and expressed his disappointment at
:Le alteration in the Bill relating to excommunication.
Sir W. SCOTT regretted that he should cause the
iinappointment of the Hon. and Learned Member,
sot he was compelled to do so from information he
received from different parts of the country.
The Amendments and Alterations were then
-greed to.
Upon the clause enacting that no person should be
appointed a Judge of any Consistory Court, who had
not practised a certain numbei of years as an Advo-
cate, which Sir W. Saorn proposed to omit, from the
difficulty of finding persons so qttalified, Sir Salmon
Roma intimated his intention of proposing that it
stand a part of the Bill on its third reading.
Several other clauses were then proposed, when the
House resumed, and the Report was ordeted to be
received on Monday.—Adjourned.

LIST OF THE MINORITY
ON TUE ADMIRALTY REGISTRAR'S BILL.

lobo Newport Sir S. RnmiUy Sir E. Bridges
H C. Combe P. Smith C. P. Symnions
Lard A Hamilton W. Courtenay
C. We.cerri Lord Tavistock

TZLLEIRII.

:1r M. W. Ridley Kirkman Finlay F. Barham.

Sir Wm. Rowley-

Forbes

Henry Alzrtin.

SPANISH COLONIES.

EXTRAORDINARY GAZETTE.
" BULNOS AYRES, MARCH 4.
VICTORY OF THE ARMY OF THE COUNTRY OVER

THAT OF TRISTAN.

3:O2SPATCN 07 GENERAL D. MANOR'. BELGRANO TO THE

SWPRZME GOVERNMENT.
" MOST EXCELLENT SIR--The ALMIGHTY has
owned our armies with complete success. The
ei:emy is defeated at the point of the bayonet. The
army under D. Pio Tristan surrendered, as appears by
the annexed Capitulation. I cannot give your Ex-
cellency an exact computation of the killed and
wounded on the one side or the other, but which I will
hereafter detail, saying at present only, that my Se-
cond in Command, Major General Diaz Velez has
been shot in the mouth by a musket ball, when he was
discharging his duty in conducting the left wing of
the army to glory.
His conduct, that of Colonel Rodrigues, who
commanded the left wing, and that of all the other
Commanders of Division, as well infantry, cavalry,
and artillery, deserves the highest praise • and the
deportment of all the corps is worthy of American
freemen, who are sworn to maintain the independence
of the United Provinces at the River Plate. It is
ny pleasing duty to repeat to your Excellency, what
Isaid in my dispatch of the 24th of September, that
from the meanest soldier to the highest officer, and
even the peasantry, have acted worthy of fellow-
citizens, and of the rewards which I have no doubt
year Excellency will confer upon them.
(Signed) 44 MANUEL BELGRANO."
" February 20th (Night), 1813.
" To the Most Excellent Superior Governor of the
United Provinces of the River Plate."
CAPITULATION.

the
the

" General Manuel Belgrano, commanding the Army of Buenos
Ayres, and Colonel D. Felipe de la Hera, on the part of the Van-
guard of Peru, have agreed as follows:
" Art. 1. The Army of Peru, at ten o'clock tomorrow, shall
leave Salta with all the honours of war; the troops of the River
Plate retaining their present position. At the three Squares the
.ormer .hall lay down their arms, including the andlery and
zArnunition, of which they shall give a proper statement.
" Art. 2. The General in Chief and his Officers shall make
4th not again to take up arms, and all the soldiers of the army
t:eneral Belgrano permits to return to their houses, as well in
the provinces of the River Plate, as in Potosi, Charms, Gotha-
tut-ay., and la Paz.

" Art. 3. General Belgrano agrees that all the prisoners, whe-
'`.u•r Officers or soldiers, shall be restored, and he requests General
Tristan to urge his subordinate Officers to collect the prisoners
tilde in the different actions since the battle of Desaguadero.
" Art. 4. The property belonging both to the army and to
te people of the country shall be respected, and no one shall he
r.ulested on account of his political opinions, whether in a mill-
or situation.

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An. 5. The public property shall remain in the Treasury,
tfJrct 'u the account which the Minister of Ficatice shall
I ~Ply.

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" Art. 6. The corps of troops which are in Juju: shall be per-
ivitt.-d to retire with their arms, but with the ttigagemeat not to
-....rntint any hostility in their retreat.
" Art- 7• Cr aeral Belgrano permits General Tristan to send a
tii;patch to the General in Chief, with a copy of this arrao.enient
f" its Confirmation it is hereby signed in the Hotel of
Ilth of February, 1813.
(Signed) " scstaitzt. RI:LCRAND.
FELIPE DE LA DELA.

(Countersigned) riu TRIST AN.
T. O. DE LOCASA.
(And by the other Officers of the rank of Lieut.-Col.)"
We congratulate eur countrymen on this happy
period of our history, and the victory we have now
recorded will render ever dear to their memory the
return of the 20th February. The triumph of this
fortunAte day will animate the feelings of a thousand
generations in this part of the world, and the disgrace
of the inhabitants of Peru who have endeavoured to
?upprcis liberty, will be equally remembered in ages
uzborn.

THE EVENING STAR

LONDON.

SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1813. •
PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK:
Red. 557a—Cons. 581i6 }—for acc. 58i-4 per Ct. 72 7111
5 per Cent. 87ii—Bonds 1 S. 2.5. dik—Each. Bills 3s. ss. pre.
Bank Long Annuities 14 11-16ths

Farther extracts from the letters and papers from
Germany, received by the Heligoland Mail of yes-
terday, will be seen above. The most prominent-
and interesting article is that which informs us of
the levy cn•mane in Prussia, a measure to which
the King had declined to give his consent at the
commencement of the campais;n, and thereby in-
curred some degree of unpopularity. Berlin alone
furnished 40,000 men within a few hours to this for-
midable defence ; they are to be clothed in no uni-
form, and to be armed each man with his favourite
weapon. This is as it should be. If the inhabitants
of Prussia had been thus a foot in this way when the
remnants of the French army retreated through
Prussia from the Duna, not a man would have es-
caped, and should the French army again be led into
Prussia by the madman who commands it, these Pa.
triots will do their duty.
The report which we stated yesterday of I.eipsic
having been once more in possession of the Allies is
confirmed by subsequent arrivals. Halle is also free
frotn the enemy. There are 'some hopes, therefore,
that a movement, with a view to come in the rear of
the enemy, may have been made by the Allies after
the battle of Lutzen. They do not seem to have re-
treated before the French army—at least we have
no direct information to this effect. As at Borodino
and Moskwa, they may have merely made way for
the French to pass on. The speedy occupation of
Dresden- and Meissen may thus be easily accounted
for, but their situation must be precarious in the ex-
treme, for they have numerous armies if not in their
rear, at least on both flanks—to say nothing of the
population of the countries through which they have
already passed, and among whom the seeds of pa-
, triotism and independence have ere now been widely
I sown.

It was yesterday reported that occurrences of the
description just alluded to, had compelled the French
army precipitately to abandon Dresden and Meissen,
bur this is not true.

In the mean time, an additional• Russian Army,
that of the West, under General BARCLAY DE ToLLY,
in fast advancing to the seat of war. We believe it
may be rated at 100,000 effective and well.appointed
troops. Amidst these cheering prospects, it would
be gratifying to hear that Austria had decided for
the hopeful cause ; but even her neutrality is an as-
sistance not to be despised, and upon this we think
we may firmly rely.

The new complexion which matters in the North
have recently assumed gave us occasion, on Tuesday,
to hint at the seeming anomalies presented by recent
events. Sweden, in a demi-official form, announces,
that causes may exist which will justify the annexa-
tion of Norway to her dominions; and more than
hints, that Russia and England have agreed to gua-
rantee the possession. This naturally suggests the
question :—ls this measure to be considered as the
caw, or as the effect of the hostility to the common
cause that has been imputed to Denmark ? If Den-

. . . , . . ... , .
k be from principle, Cr fiestnr . a mistaken vie* of '
her own interest, attached to the French Despot, how
is her recent ccifidnie, in not merely 'promising, but
actually rending, an armedloree to defend Ham-
burgh; to Abe reconciled with such in attachment ?
If it be true that any part Of the conduct* of Enk.
land or Russia has given the semblance of a warrant
nar
to the assertion that they agree to the 'dismemberritent
of Denmark, is it not possible that 'this conduct ba3
only gone to the length of a semblance ?—ln other
words : is it trot probable ?—pay we may say cer-
tain ; that this would be made to depend only on
certain contingencies ? If, in spite of every argument
and remonstrance, Denmark bad, by her conduct,
given complete proof that she was determined to
make common cause with France in the present
struggle, nothing could be more natural than that
the Allies should endeavour to make her suffer the
fruits of her own folly, and heap upon her all the
calamities and miseries of war ? In this view nothing
could be more reasonable than that another Northern
Power that had promised, and given some indications of
an intention to take the field in the cause of the
Allies, 'should be encouraged to hope for a reward
from the possessions of the hostile Power.
All this reasoning is, however, completely nega-
tived by the actual'conduct of Denmark, in sending an
armed force for the defence of the Hans Towns : nor
is this all•we announced yesterday (but the late hour
at which the news reached us prohibited any remarks)
that a Danish naval force had convoyed twenty-five
craft from Heligoland, past Stadt, to Hamburgh !
Such a procedure on the part of Denmark gives ten-
fold force to every argument she may offer, founded
on that justice which independent nations owe to each
other—and we are strongly inclined to believe that
the opinion above hazarded will prove to be correct,
namely, that any Measures contemplated by the Al-
lies, of a nature hostile to Denmark, were made to
depend on the conduct of Denmark herself ; and
consequently that some new way of remunerating
Sweden (if Sweden must be paid for doing her duty)
will be devised, and the possessions 'of Denmark be
left entire.

Such appears to ns to be a reasonable view of the
present aspect of Northern politics. But the whole of
what we have hazarded is merely a matter of opinion
founded on public facts. There may be facts un-
known to the public which may influence the conduct
of the high parties interested; but certainly the whole
argument, so far as it rests en public conduct, is fa-
vourable to Denmark. We go farther. We say,
that the conduct of Denmark has been highly map.
nanimous. Convinced of the danger with which the
arrogant pretensions of France threaten Europe, she
acts with promptitude and vigour, under circum-
stances which would probably have induced some
other Powers to pause, at least till their own security
and integrity were guaranteed.
Has Sweden exhibited stronger proofs of a wise
policy in favour of general interests than Denmark ?
We mean not to arraign the conduct of the CROWN
PRINCE: we are willing to allow (and we believe it
(to be true) that he has done every thing that strict
prudence and the extent of his means have yet ena-
bled him to perform ; but if Denmark has at least
equalled all his performances, and that too without
any vaunting professions, we may rest confident that
Great Britain will not act unjustly towards the for-
mer in favour of Sweden.
The defence of the Hanse Towns is a matter of
the first consequence, not to England only, not to the
Allied Powers only, but to all Europe, in the present
struggle. If their independence cannot be maintained,
and that it cannot by their own means it evident, the
next best boon that could be conferred on them by
the Allies, would perhaps be to put them under the
entire protection of Denmark. They would them•
selves highly prefer this to passing again under the
galling yoke of NAPOLEON, who, in his inveterate
enmity to England, thinks nothing of sacrificing the
commercial comforts and interests of every territory
that has the misfortuse to be subjected to his sway.

The Swedish brig Concordia, JUKES, has arrived
at Plymouth, from New York. She sailed on the
2d ultimo, at which time that port was not blockaded
by the English. On the coast of America she was
boarded by a French corvette, with dispatches from
New York for France ; and off Sandy Hook spoke
the ACASTA frigate—all well.

Mr. SYLVT-STER, one of his Majesty's Messengers,
in cqmpany with Captain Hesse, a Russian Officer,
left town last night with dispatches for Lord CATJI.
CART, our Ambassador at the Court of St. Peters-
burgh.
The subsidy to Sweden is £50,000, not £500,000
per month, as has been stated, by mistake, in most
of the daily Papers.
Buenos A yres Gazettes to the sth, and letters from
the same place of the 7th of March, state, that on the
4th of that month the Peruvian army was completely
routed on the plains of Salta, by the Revolutionary
army. A capitulation was signed on the field of bat-
tle, by which the former delivered up their arms,
and engaged never again to serve, and a corps sta-
tioned at Jujui was compelled to return to Peru with-
out committing any act of hostility in the province of
Buenos Ayres.

We are concerned to state that the Earl of Sur-
POLK, in getting out of his carriage on Tuesday last,
in Harlow•street, missed the step, fell, and had the
misfortune to break his leg. His Lordship is about
74 years of age, but is in a fair way of recovery.
1

'4174 Y4L INTELLIGENCE.

, ,•
CAPTURE OF THE EXPRESS PACKET;
(tROII THE BRAZILS).
. . FALMOUTH, MAY 19. •
Ar;ivcd this day the Express pAckct, Capt.Qulcx;
from Rio de Janeiro, 57 days passav on her
sage fell in with, and was captured by, the American

brig privateer Annaconda, of IS guns, long nine and
12-pounders, with a compliment of I'2o men, 75 days
from Boston ; then in lat. 6. '26. south, long. 29. S.
west; after an action cf one hotir and a half, in
Which the Packet had all her masts and yards crip-
pleA, and all her rigging cut to pieces. The privateer

had not made any oche; capture; and no mention is
made of the killed or wounded on either side. The
privateer took out £20,000 sterling in gold, and all
the stores, spars, canvas, cordage, provisions, acc.—
threw all the guns overboard, and then gave her up,
giving the passengers all their private property. The
packet put into Fernando deNoronko to water, when
she learnt that his Majesty's ship CASTOR and-a sloop
of war had proceeded on for India.
His Majesty's ship RACOON sailed from Rio for
Pernambuco, with the following vessels under con-
voy : Levant, SMMI ; Esser, MILES, for Liverpool;
John Panic, WISHART ; Eliaaceth, FEATHERSTON ;
John, —; American ship Pert, for Lisbon ; ditto
Hope, prize to the RAcoos ; ditto Hazard, for
Greenock; ditto Peter, for London. —The DAnt
cutter, with the David Shaw transport, arrived at
Rio on the 15th March, from St. Sebastian's Bay ;
and the EMERALD, from River Plate, for London.—
The Young Holkar and Yankee, American priva-
teers, were cruizing on the Coast of Brazil. The
Swiftsure packet had not arrived nut. Yesterday
sailed the following packets, with Mails :—Duke of
Kent for Corunna, Arabella for Lisbon, Queen
Charlotte for Lisbon and Cadiz, and Hinchinbrook
for Jamaica.—Arrived the Dispatch.BOYD, horn Pa.
lermo, in 22 days ; spoke his Majesty's ships SCYLLA.
and MYRTLE off Cape St. Vincent, and was informed
that they had seen several American privateers, but
could not come up with them.