The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-08-11
condtct On this as well as al other occasions,
entities him to credit. Ndt. I,i..

New YosK, Aug. 4-Thc brig Nerina,
Stewart from Newly, for ~ York, has nj,
rived 1T New-l.ondon. C'rhe Neriaa was
captured British cruiser, and all the
ere" except the captain taken out, and a
british priLe-master and Grew put ual board
AMI the brig was proceeding for II ,litax-
Capt =. had prev. cus!y To his capture, pat
all the passengers, about 50 in number, in
the hold, aud susgestc d 10 tie prize master,
the propriety OF opening the matches TO air
the vessel, which was readily complied
with, when to his great astonishlnent, the
passengers rushed upon deck, and the org
was immediately given up.l
The ship Fox, Muzzy, from Algesras for
New York, with wine and 1O1. 900 dollars in
specie. has arrived ut Newport, Rhode. Is
land. Spele the slip Canton, from New
York for Lisbon. and was informed OF the
war. Saw British feet of merchantmen.
about 90 in number, a little to the south
ward of Georges Banks.
From tie HaAJa,r or $. } Royal Gazette
Of Jniy gid,
number of American vessels arrived
Yesterday, as prizes to the different ships of
our squadron--they were from Belfast Lis
bon, Iiavanna, ST. Bsrts and Buckstown.
The ship Mary. of 6 lasgow, for St. Johns
n. e. and the Transport brig James and
Sarah, (No. 299) Capt. Somes, from Barba-
does bound TO Ogebec, with detachment
81 the lst. bat. ROYALS, (145 men rank and
hie,) also arrived yesterday--the former
was captured on Sunday last, about so mile,
60 the southwai'7 uf.this port, by the Tea
ger priyateer of Newly ork aud ietaken the.
same day by II. NJ. brig Colibri captain
thompson, which was LEFT in chase of the
ieaZer The transport was taken the 1lth
inst. IN lat. 49, long. IS, -, by the Anne
rican frigate Essex, Capt. Porter. In con
sequence OF his having detachment of hi,
NaJesty's troops on beard, capt Somes soil
cited the ransom of his vessel, which he %
tanned tor 10, 600 dollars, and the troops put
upon parole. Capt. Somes speaks in hand
some terms of the treatment lie e.;pari
enced from Capt Porter.
The Cleaner Ketch arrived last evening
from Plymouth, in so days passagc-she
was bound to the u. States with diso,tch. g
Tor Mr.. Foster but hearing Of The war put
into this port.
Erfract cfa letter from an Officer. of His
AIyeSfy's shin ShaTtnm, dated off .l,ina
Holls, Ju!y 1e.
We have captured three privateers--
! the Active, of Salem, musquetry, 20 men ;
the Actress, of Newburyport, guns and
musquetry, SIS men the Intention, of Wis
casset, gun and 20 men"
4 letter from an officer of II. M. shin
Indian, dated at St. Johns, n. B. the 10th
INST mentions her having chased several
pnYateers On her passage to New-Bruns
VICE. and OF her reCapturing the barquc
William, from ST. Andrews bound to Bris
tol-and SAYS, " on the 5th inst the Pelly
priVateer, of Salem, took the Berbice Pack
ct Brig, from St Andrews bound to New
toundland, and the following day the brig
t1ernine, OF Teignemouth, from ST. Andrews
bound to Bristol--amoug tie Privateers fit
ted out at Salem are the ship America, of
900 tons. % guns and 200 men, and the Cur
lew and Catharine of 20 guns each. Seve-
raj privateers are ost from Boston, and at
the last accounts 1O7 vessels of different 81
yes and descriptions were fitting out as pri
yateers at that place. The Chesapeake
irigaie has nearly completed her repairs at
Boston.
Since our last we have heard Of the can
ture OF the brig Ann, Saunders, from hence
Tor New Brunswick ; sch. Eliza Dewoif
tor Liverpool sch. - Dugas, from hence
Tor Quebec and on Wednesday last, two
schs. were taken in the County Harbour,
out afterwards retaken by II. Nj sch. Paz.
Saturday arrived, the Am brig Mary.
from Algesiras and Gibraltar, 50 DAYS out.
bound to Boston, prize to II. NJ. ship Spar
tan.
on Cape Sable, on Wednesday last, the
Co'ibrI tell i'll with h. M ship Spartan, and
received on board the crew of an American
priYateer, which the Spartan had sunk the
day before.