The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-08-12
FROM THE AURORA.

Britjb HFassH'''ests, far not entorei1g f6e Nom
Importation Lazy.
| The following Abatement, TO which we cal,
the particular attention of our readers, is nnh.
llihed at the requef of the fupercargo of the
| Orion
! Ship Orion, Arnold, failed from the HE Of
France May ., 1905, at D. m parted with the
pilot, and Immediately after obferved fail in
chace of US, fuppoIing it to be one ofthe Briti(b
hips OF war cruiiing on this cation, and not
whining to he detained, hauled clofe hy the
wind, at II The fired three fhot at us, at a. m.
the wind being light, flle came I'D with us. and
hred four hot ue : =: f,,v- TO, after
which they fired feveral voevs of fmal arms
INFO us, which fortunately did no harm: they
then hailed us and ordered the captain on board
with his log-book and papers, at the fame time
uhng the mott abutive exprefiions when cant
Arnold got along iide, he was told TO return. nc
they ientt their boat on board of us with len
tenant and purifier, who rumlged the f,ip's hold
and BY far exceeded their captain in abnfe
They examined the Hips papers, and then or
dered the captain and fuoercargo on board their
mp (Which proved to be the Britifh frirate La
Pyiche, capt. -, the latter TO receive five
DOZEN ut the gang way for qnizgiug bi, y.o;e,.
rs oPcerS, as they termed il. On arrivinS on
board, the fupercargo was fGlown the main .7a(t,
and after much abufc, was, with the captain,
! ordered below on the gun deck; where we
were obliged to ftand comfortable while half
leg deep IN the water, the frigate having carri-
ell her lee guns under water during the chace.
At length we heard fome one fay. &c Won Gr,
jump up here. God damn you" fIppofng thew
meant the failors, we Good fill, although urged
by the Gentry to afcend-uptl we heard thnn-
dering voice pronounce, 4" | mean thofe dann'd
Yankee raf:as"-when on deck we were a1seA
t1sN.r ,Iar.
hib," and if we did not know it was the du-
ty of everY Yankee rafcaI 10 lower his ,onfsils
wren within fight of the Britih flag" The
captain enquired particularly of his Iieutenanr,
whether his fhot had killed any ofthe damn'd
REBELS, and on being anfwered in the mega
tive, sad he 1005 Dei-y sorry FIR it, and wifhtd
cannon lhot bad taken off the head of that
damn'd Internal Yankee fcoundreI, pointing TO
captain Arnold our papers were then return
ed us by the lieutenant, telling us their captain
conldered us too contemplate to admit us 10
his preience, although at the time he was ftand-
ing by rs, and threatening what he would do
to US if ever we gave his majeRy'5 hin another
chace off 90 miles, or attempted to quiz his of.
fcers.
MAY god, fell in with feet Of Enelifh Eat
Indilmen, conIiftiug Of IL fail from London,
bound 70 Bombay, Madras and China were
boarded by two OF them, the Enex and Ceres.
They informed us ofthe capture of the Cape
of Good Hope by the Britiih that they had
few DAYS previous to fpeaking with US, captur-
ed the Spaniih privateer Reparddora, of -
guns and $50 men, from the River La Plata
which they had fent into the Cape under con-
voy of the adtmant the remainder of the feet
conhled Of the Lady Jane Dundas, Elphen-
fone, Alnwick Cattle, Lord Catlereagh, Hugh
lngles, Dasid Scott, Winchefer, Walmer CAT
re, Sir William Ben0y, and Bengal, out eleven
weeks--all well.
June Q, arrived in Seamen's Bay--on coming
to anchor, the barbour-mafer came on board,
and inhted on our delivering up all the fhio's
letters, there being penalty of so dollars for
every one found on board after his FRI vift
we accordingly delivered him the following let
ters. (IIere follows the lift.)
Found going in Seaman's bay, the hip DIV
Branch, Shippard, of and for Nantucket, on
iesling voyage.