The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-10-05

The editors Of the New. York Gazette
have been furnished with the following Gu
r,ous decisions, by capt. Balch, OF the ship
Mars. from Copenhagen.
The ship Franklin, Adams, was taken OF,
a voyage from Alicant to Stockholm. laden
with salt, on account of her owner, residing
in Portland. The following is the sentence.
of the prize court:
1.-The records of the sentences pronounced
in the prize court n Copenhagen. establish
ed by Royal authority. On the 2Oih July. ir
the year of our lord 1910. the prize court
was set aud held in the usual place in this
city,
The following was the case laid before
the court, viz
Heorth, master OF privateer, ps Captain
Caleb Adams Of the ship The Franklin
The following is the sentence pronoan-
ced 49,.
-" In the present case, tits fully proved.
that the ship in question, The Franklin is
employed in an, expedition for, and con-
nected with the enemy, in a manner to
tally forbidden by that government. IN
der whose protection she now seeks shell
ter.
4" She is consequently to be condemned,
OF Heorth and Jensen as to the dispositions
OF both it must be allowed that the ship
struck to them both /; the circumstance of
t1eorth's boarding her a few minutes earli
err, cannot be reflected upon, consequently
we Judge to be right, that the ship in ques
ton. The Franklin. captain CALEB Adams,
together with her cargo. is hereby sentenced
as good" and lawful prize, to iriong to the
captors Heorth and Jensen; the expences
before the court ofjustice. to be betrayed out
OF the ship and her cargo"
The ship Unicorn, captain Frazier. be-.
longing to Baltimore, and on her first vow
age. was taken by four privateers, after she.
had paid her Sound dues. This ship was
laden with cotton and rice, On account of her
owner, resident mel chant of that place -
whence she was direct and bound for Kel.
In removing the sails, after captures. ONE
grain OF Coffee was found, which to these.
honest privateers was confirmation strong
that part OF the cargo consisted of hat arti
Gle, and OF consequence established this i'm :.
portant fact upon oath, and petitioned the
court tor an order to haul the ship into dock
tor examination. A singular coincidence of
their honors brought forth the order; the
ship was discharged. and her ballast care
fully overhaulcd; but to their modification
no coffee was found. Whereupon the fol
lowing sentence was pronounced on the
2Srh July, the formal part as in the Frank
Inns"
Ronne, master Of a hriUateer, and other
Persons. Us. Cant Frazier, Of The shit
Unicorn.
SENTENCE.
We cannot but pronounce the release of
the ship The Unicorn, & her Cargo but not
being provided with the necessary documents
we cannot at the same time grant any IN
Identification for her capture.
"With regard to the supercargo who
was on board, no proper documents were
alleged, nor does the receipt for the Gus
toms paid, mention wherein the cargo
consists.
Consequently, we do not consider Capt.
Frazier entitled TO obtain any indemnlhcati-
on Tor the capture, whereas. on the Contrary
the expences before the court of Justice are
to be betrayed out of the ship. The expen-
ces OF the unloading of the cargo (or which
there existed no degree of PROBABILITY ten
ding to the illustration of the case) are, on
the contrary, to be paid by the captors -
consequently we judge to be right, the ship
IN question, The Unicorn, Captain Frazier,
with her cargo. is hereby released, save,
however, that the expenses before the SQUIRT
ofJustice are to be betrayed out of the ship
lthe expenses on the contrary. attending
VI TIC 10 DC
further is to be paid to r. Rome, Corfex
Nelson, Anderson, Bodfner and Larson,
800 rix dollars: whereas OH the contrary,
the said privateers within the space of ID
days after the lawful annunciation Of this
sentence, are to have shipped the said goods
into the said ship, forfeiting penalty of
ZOO rix dollars to the poor of this city, and
an equal sum to captain Frazier, for every
day the orders Of this sentence be not compli
ed with"
Extract of n letter from The n,ase of Tie ship
Vermont, Captain Nichols, to MS parents II.
Nezogfork, dated Christiaasand, .Taiy %, 1910.
SCI have TO inform you, that on the 49,, inst
we sailed from Gottenburg. bound to New.
York, in convoy bound for England, Ireland
and Scotland, under the protection Of one sioop
OF war and three gun briggs; that on the IB,h,
at o'clock, p. M. the feet parted COMPANY
those bound to the English channel, amounting
to $50 sail, under convoy of sloop of war and
two -brigs, and those bound to Ireland and
America proceeded north about, under the pro-
lection of small gun brig On the 19th, at
o'clock, A. NJ. the Neze on Norway bearing
north, distance about - Leagues, we were
compeatly surrounded BY five ID inish gun briggs
WHO captured the whole OF the feet, amounting
to about so sail, and carried them into Christi
ansand, situate about eighteen miles 10 East
ward OF the Maze Among the vessels captured
are about 20 Americans IL is the general oni.