Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1807-10-26
GaletIG ehr1 j2Pips.
PORT or PoRTLEND.-Iso7.


Arrived brig Stranger, Brsi;don, "A days
from Point Peter, Gaud.
SHIrINc MEMORABILIA.
The sch End1a or, from Boston, ar At Fal-
mouth. J. - sept when tn Hamilton,
cleared 20 P ,rdand, and Nancy. for r. l.
The brig Bellona, OF kennehunk, 50 days
from Tohago-Er. al Salem
The brig Hope, Farquhar, q 81. Johns,
On. B. was ran down, at sea, 2yth June
Capt. +. and Of the crew drowned.
Capt. Strong, Al. Norfolk from Marti-
nique, informs that he was boarded Of VI. &
informed, by the officers OF the BIRTHS frigate
Latona, that British vessels If war would
capture ell nntr;l vessels, trading frcm Fench
Spanish, & Dutch islands To British islands
The sloop Portland P ,cket, 10 days from
Portland, at Holmes Hole, 9th inst.
The brig Mary and Nancy, from Portland
in 10 days, ar. at Philadelphia 14th inst
The schr Betsey, Hens, from St. Jago,
for Philadelphia, was struck by a sea Oct
], while lying to. and immediately filled.
Two Seamen, the only persons saved, were
taken of, after being lashcd to the mast II
hours, by the ship Polly, Gray, fr Turks
island for Providence, which was very leakv,
and had been obliged to heave part Of her
cargo overheard. Among the persons lost on
board the Betsey, were capt. II. his wife
and little son, and 6 passengers. The mate
and Mrs. Hewes, had forced their way
Through the sky lights, but were lost before
they could reach the shrouds.
The British are sweeping the seas Of
Danish ships. The Quebeck frigate has sent
IN 8 Greenlandmen.-At Dover, from aug.
90 to sept. l, no less than Is Danish ships
were detained; at other ports in like proper
tion. The British have begun the same work
IN the West Indies. This rupture between
England and Denmark leaves all the profits
of neutrality to the American flag alone, that
being the only neutral one
Capt. Lark, arrived at Charlstcvn, fell in
on the 1st inst in lat 81, 2, long. 30, with
brig William Gray, Saunders, 40 days from
Jamaica for Boston Capt 5. being ont Of
provisions, had put into St. Marys, snd sent
his mate and four hands ashore, in the boat,
20 procure some-a gale coming on, Capt.
s. was obliged 20 cut his cable and put to sea
without his hands-ke had SINCE lost ore
man overheard, and another had fallen from
the fortopvard and was almost dead-the
capt and one negro alone remained to
navigate the vessel--capt. Lark again fell
them with provisions, &c. The briggs salts
were much damaged, and it was the inten-
ton Of Capt. s. to put into the fast port be
could make
Capt. Tipling, Of the ship VIM. s. Mary
arrived at Norfolk, informs, that being bund
from Grenada to St. Thomas, lie was
brought too off the harbour Of the latter
island, on the 22d last month, BY British
brig The capt. Of the brig warned capt.
T. not TO attempt to enter St. Thomas - a
ny other Danish island, as they gyeYe ~ bIocf-
dde. Being short Of provisions, capt. Il.
wished to get to Porto Rico, bat was inform
cd if he did and was boarded by any of tie
squadron, he would be made prize Of.
The commander Of the brig would no
endorse the ships papers, stating that as
the Danish island were n blockade. All let
tcrs were broken open, and strictly exam
ined The brig had " Enterprise Of Bos-
ton" painted on the stern.
We learn The Rising States, Meryman,
Of Harpswel, from Passamaquoddy, fa
Boston, was cast away near NuragUasus
vessel ana cargo lost, PEOPLE saved.
Snip Gen. Butler, Lake, from Liverpool
for New Orleans, has been captured of tho
.Flondas by 4 Spanish privatecr, and carried
into Caracas.
Capt Learick, At Salem, from Ma-tinico
wircA he left Sept III. informs that the
markets were upon the decline At that place
At G4udaloupc, markets glutted with a.
! iads Of american produce.