Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-10-02
NEW-YOhK, SEPT. 27.

Extract Of a letter from the mate Of the
ship Vermont, captain Nichols. to his pa
rents in Ne70 1ark, dated Ghristiansand,
fully 20, 1910.
81 have to inform yo9 that on the 18th
inst. we sailed from Gestenburg, bound to
New York, in convoy bound or England,
Ireland aud Scotland, under the protection
Of one sloop of war and three gun briggs
that on the 18th, at O'Clock, P. NJ. the
feet parted company; those bound to the
English Channel, amounting to $50 sail,
under convoy OF sloop OF war and two
gun briggs, and those bound TO ireland and
America proceeded north about under the
protection OF small gun brig. On the 18Th
at 9 O'Clock, A. M. the Maze of Norway
bearing north, distance about - leagues,
we were completely surrounded by S Danish
gun briggs, who captured the whole of the
feet, amounting 10 about so sail, and car.
ried them into ChristlansaHd, situate about
8 miles to eastward of he Maze. Among
! the vessels captured are about 20 Amerl-
cans. 1t is the general opinion here that
the whole will be condemned, | have heard
some OF the Danish officers say that these
! prizes will make their iortunes.'
The editors Of the New York Gazette
have been furnished with INC following Gu
rious decisions, BY capt 6alch, OF the snip
| Mars, from Copenhagrn.
The ship Franklin, Adams, was taken on
! 2 voyage from A!lcant 10 S >ockho.m, laden
| with salt, on account of her owner, resd-
inp in Portland. The following is the SEN
l--oo-~~Vs riIT F;tGC court.
The records OF sentences pronounced
in the prize court at Copenhagen, establish
ed by royal authority, on the ooh July, in
the year of our Lord 1910, the prize court
was set and hrld in the usual place in this
city,"
The following was the case laid before
the court, viz.
Heorth, master Of q brivateer, VS., captain
Caleb, cf the slip the Fra7hl1n.
The following is the sentence pronoanc-
ed -
In this present case, it is fully proved,
that the ship in question The Franklin, is
employed in an expedition for and connect
ed with the enemy, in manner totally for
hidden by that government, under whose
protection she now seeks shelter.
"She is consequently to be condemned,
and the sentence to be pronounced in favor
of Heorth and Jensen as to the deposi-
tons of both, it must be allowed that the
ship struck TO them both the circumstance
of Heorth's boarding her few minutes
earlier, cannot be reflected upon, conse-
quently we judge to be right, that the ship
in question, the Franklin, captain Caleb
Adams, together with her cargo, is hereby
sentenced as good and lawful prize, to
belong to the cap,ors Heorth and Jensen
the expences before the court of Justice to
be betrayed out of the ship and her cargo"
"The ship Unicorn, captain Frazier,
belonging to Baltimore, and on her first
voyage, was taken by four privateers, after
she had paid her sound duties. This ship
was laden with cotton and rice, on account
other owner resident merchant Of that
place whence she was direct bound for
Kiel. In removing the sails after capture,
ONE grain of coffee was found, which, to
these honest privateers, was confirmation
strong, that part of the cargo consisted of
that article, and Of consequence established
this important fact upon oath, and petition
ed the court for an order to haul the ship
into dock for examination. A singular CO.
incidence of their honors brought forth the
order the ship was discharged and her
ballast carefully overhaulcd +; but to their
modification, no coffee was found. Where
upon the following sentence was pronounce
ed on the esth July, the formal part as in
tbs Franklin's."