Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-09-07

made to answer Go not know what
should have thought" I, is impossible
that ahould have made that answer, for !
iust before stated that MIR. Blannerhasse,.
had told me he had embarked with col. B.
aud never bad any reason doub. il.
With respect to the questions generally
about Mr. Blannerhsssets's properly. Ibid
DOT speak positively. The expression
from Tyler, / was positive 10.
Enquirey-l
To the Editor Of the New York Mercan-
tie Advertiser.
SIR,
AMONG allthe depreda.ions aud out
RACES committed on American commerce
by the belligeren,s, the following dsseryes
place in our attention..
The American ship Vermont Lyman Of
New York. bound from ,ha. pot, to Leg.
horn. was cap.ured in The beginning Of
March last In sight OF her port IF des.ina.
lion, and carried into Porto Ferrago, in
the island Of Elta,by French Privateer.-
The consigoses made an immediate appli.
ca,ionto the court Of Pisa, which granted
the requisite permission for obtaining the
liberation Of the said vessel under a garan.
, tee, with which the Marine agent refused
to comply, until he had received inssruc
tions OF the subject from the Project at
.Goulou. Every measure was taken BY the
concerned TO hasten the reply, .bu. to no
purpose, cone could be Obtained. Thus
cncum.,aneed the copsiguees made ano-
Their application 20 the court of Pisa, aud
obtained Its special sanction and authority
to bring he,ca,go ,o.markes, (pars Of il
being perishable) under such guarantee as
the capters should require The notorious
injustice of the capture of the said vessel
induced the French consul to inIerpese
his influence, and the French merchants
resident at LrshoIn offered their security
and guarantee, (Which the laws ofFranee
require TO be French 10 such casey in or.
der 10 OBJ ain the release Of ship and cargo.
All was of no avail, however. The ma
rine agent peremptorily persisted in his re.
fusal. to sccep, of any security or guarantee
whatever aud iniima,ed. that the original
papers Of ship aud cargo were transmitted
20 Paris for the Inspection OF the tribunal
dc prizes, whose report alone should go.
vern him. This report had not arrived a.
Porto ,Ferrago in June last, and very pro.
|, baby may 90, do So for months to come.
10 the mean time this valuable ship aud
cargo remain underthe mos. unwarr ,ntable
and Infamous detention In most cases of
the kind by the British, where satisfactory
security for ship apdproceeds Of cargo have
been offered to the captors or court Of ad.
miral,y, permission has been granted to
proceed 10 malkes. This detention 10
therefore attended with peculiar aggrava.
lion no, singular, however, for there are
seve raj vessels de.ained 10 the same si,ua-
ton at Porto Ferrago. The VERMONT AZ.
tracts peculiar attention on account Of her
value, which is. two hundred and ffty thou
sand dollars.
There is Of late In some OF the British pa.
pess an unprecedented boldoess OF at.
tack aud accusation that spares no per-.
son, however elevated 10 rank. The
following IS a. specimen, is extracted
from the London /" Independent Wing"
Of July5.
There are. however variety Of abuses,
which both factions are pruden,ly silent .
bout, because beth parties had an equal
share 10 the business, and are afraid TO let
the whole ca, out Of The bag neither of
them Say syllable abou, the amassed .rea-
sure of the king, said to amount to the
enormous sum Of fpe miAians- sterling -