The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-06-04


officers and subjects by sea and land. do. as
much as in them lies, prohibit the rowing &
lowering OF men OF war, so near the entry
of any of our harbors, or our coasts, as that
merchantmen, home ward or outward
bound to and from any of our poris, shall
apprchend their passage to be unsafe. or
their danger ~ being set upon and surprised,
To the hindering and divesting OF trade and
commerce from our ports; And we strictly
charge and require our officers and subjects
TO rescue, succor & defend, all merchant
men and others, that shall happen to be
set upon, or surprised SO ar our coasts, or
the entry of our harbors. as may easily he
construed to be under our more special care&
protection and that they apprehend and
seize all offenders in this kind in order to
bring them to condign punishment. for dis
turbing and hindering the trade and COM
msrce between our subjects, and those Of our
neighbors and allies"
Extract from q charge gipen at an Nd
n,iraity ses Mons held at me Old Baily. By
Sir L. Jenkins.
'' You are therefore to enquire, if any
men of war under foreign commissions,
from any OF the parties now in war. do lie
lowering near any of his rnajesty's por,s,
Ravens or harbors; or skulking within any
OF those spaces called The kings chambers,
in order to surprise merchants ships be-
longing to the kings friends and lies, and
to snap them as they are coming or going
out OF our ports; you are to present such
1t you know any; and the kings maj ,sty is
to be informed of it out OF the records and
presentments of this Court {: that they may
be seized and arrested. if they be driven or
do Course in, cr else may be fetched in by
his majesty S ships, and punished as, wilful
Violations OF the treaties his majesty hath
with his neighbors, aud as malicious dis
tnrbers of our trade.
g You are 10 enquire If any men of war
have presumed to search. 8 op or carry a.
way by force, our merchant ships i'm their
course at sea, under pretence of suspicion
that they belonged to their enemies; it they
have brought hem out Of their course to
their own ports without sufficient cause.
such as is allowed Of by trehty between his
majesty and the Prince or State from which
the inan of war has his com mission: that is
gr'evous tresspass and the party that hath
done 1t, coming into any of his majesty's
ports may be arrested and his ship made
TO answer and satisfy the merchants da.
mage. II they have robbed or piilaged them
it is dasnright piracy, as I have already
told you.
The frisate United States, Commodore
Decatur, returned to Hampton Roads on Sun
of which she spoke many vessels, but
had obtained no information of the late
rencounter between the President g Little
Bet.
from TIE rIRGINIA HERALD.
Mr. GREEN
HE attention of this neigh
boarhood, has been tor some time past
strongly excited by an object somewhat
singular.
G w. aged -, Of an healthy habit of bo-
dy, who has borne, aud has still living. 9
children, independently. of the one which
constitutes the subject of these remarks, a
bout five weeks since, was safely delivered
OF an infant of ali unusually small size and
appearance.
The writer of this article. not having
heard OF the circumstance until or 8 weeks
after the birth of the child, could not ascer-
tam It's size, &c. except from repnr.s; nor,
G'deed, could these rumors be depended on.
as the accounts from all who mad either
seen or heard of the tact. seemed TO vary
us dIminutive form was, however, ut ested
by all.
Being necessarily engaged. could not
oestow that atten ion to the subject which
so extraordinary pheDom non might re-
au're, until the date of this paper, al which
time. the infant had completed the fifth
Wceh oi us age "A this time, having a
leisure hour or two, devoted the same TO
the investigation nf an object, which has
been a topic of conversation and remark in
th,s vicinHge.
AT the period of three weeks, the infant
was weighed in The presence of several Vi
stors, when ITS gravity was found not To
exceed three quarters of pound! A perv
small finger ring was at the same time
passed over the hand along the arm, with
- any exefion of force used in efiec,iDg
il!
he following statement exhibits a cor
rect view of its dimensions, as ascertaiDed
by actual measurement,when five weeks old
- he circumference of the arm is precise
one inch and three quarters-That of the
leg two inches.-The circumference of the
mead. round the NEST projecting part of the
forehead, three inches and All haif---the bo-
DIV two inches and three quarters. Length
oil tine face, two inches and an half. measn-
red from the commencement of the hairy
scalp to the extreme end of the chin. The
length OF the arm, from the top of he sh ul-
der to- he extremity of the middle finger
measured four inches-'be body twelve
The weight at his time is one ponod and
lhrce quarters he structure of the DO.
dy is Entirely complete. except the external
parts OF generation, which exhibited some
marks OF deformity. The visage of his
sport OF nature. bears the marks of ,x
freme old age with the strongest resem-
biance of Mamoset, exhibiting an An
.Dear3nCe at the same time as fr;gbtf,i s