The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-05-02 00:00:00

CAPTURES 07 RUSSIAN PRIZES.

On Tuesday morning a, prize was towed into Artsmouth
harbour, which proved, to be the brig Livonia, of Riga, 232
tons, ten men, GeorgellutZkait, master, from Lisbon, with
300 tons of salt, bound; to Elsinore for orders. She sailed
from Lisbon on the 26th; ult., the Russian Consul there
assuring the master he might proceed in safety, as Eng-
land would never declare'war against Russia. Shehas no
great guns or ammunition, on board, andwas fallen'in with
twenty miles off the Owers-on Monday night, the light at
the time bearing W.N.W.- The Argus, screw revenue
cruiser, Commander Grand 'fired two pistols to bring to ;
the master of the brig immediately obeyed the signal, and
hove to on the port tack at lathe, p.m., when an officer and
five men from the Argus boarded her, and made prize of
her. The brig appears a sound,vessel, three years old, and
worth £3,000. The barque Alma and the brig Nadesehda,
from Lisbon, laden with salt, were also brought into Ports-
mouth, having been taken in the- channel by the Albaro.
The captain of the barque was, offered £2,500 for her at
Lisbon, which he refused.
A ten o'clock, on Tuesday night, the Avon, steam-ten•
der.to the Impregnable, guard-ship at Plymouth, returned'
from-a cruise off the Start, bringing with her the Russian,
barque Carl, from Lisbon, bound, to Stockholm, with, a
cargo of 500 tons of salt, Lieut. Miller and a party of
marhies from the Impregnable Ming in charge of the
prize: Four Russian vessels left Lisbon in company with
the Cfsrl. The Carl was captured 12 miles south of the
Startrand only four miles astern of the Brest fleet.
The,Mermaid, revenue screw-schooner, Lieut,-Comman--
der Henry Stokes, picked up a Russian barque, off the
bank of the Isle of Wight. Her name is the Vesta, of
about 400 tons burden, Captain Patterson, laden with salt.
She has been towed into Portsmouth, harbour.

On Thursday, her Majesty's revenue cutter, Petrel, Mr.
John Hughes, deputation-officer of the revenue service,. in
command, captured the Russian barque Fame, of Wasa,
laden with salt, from Sardinia, John Oltman, master. She
is a fine- ship of nearly 500 tons English measurement;
and has more than 600 tons of salt on board, with a crew
of fourteen stout hands.

The-Dart-Admiral's cutter Fanny, Mr. Scarlett, second
master in charge, returned from her- cruising ground to
Portsmouth on Thursday evening, bringing intelligence
that she had taken a fine barque of 400 tons, laden with
salt. Blag-Lieutenant Hankey (wheapecially commanded
the Fanny on this occasion) remained in the prize with
part of 'the Fanny's crew, navigating her to this port.
The-revenue cutter Active, Lieutenant J.. H. Traaey,
R.N., brought into Spithead on Saturday as a prize the
Russian barque Fyra Broder (Four Brothers), of 4,00 tons,
and fourteen men, bound from Hieres for Nystad, laden
with salt.

On. Friday night it was reported that Russian ships were
lying-off Folkestone. The coast guard succeeded inn, cap.
turing.a Russian barque of about 400 tons.
Another Russian prize was brought into Dover harbour
on Saturday afternoon by the Lion revenne cruiser, Capt.
William Pearn. It is a schooner, the Johannes, Captain
Sum:lan, of Burgo, laden with salt on• Russian account.
Her-Majesty's revenue cutter Wickam, Lieut. A. R. B.
Carter, captured a barque laden with salt, and.brought her
into Portsmouth on Sunday, apparently about 40040n5.