Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1812-10-05

ime day Arrived brig Gossypium, Capt.
Sargent, ot Gloucester, 49 days from Bergen,
Norway LEFT there brig Csmelion, Hew-
| III suPercargo, Of Phiisdelph iss condemned
I as unseaworthy.
\ Raijfd&, Sept 21--His M. ship Shannon,
| So guns, Capt Brooke, arrived yesterd "
4 from cruise with three ships, The Planter,
| British, a recapture the Fabius, American
! from Amela, for Portsmouth,, and the Hun
| ter, American, from England for Phladel.
| phia, which had been captured oy an Amer
ican privateer. Being ucsnced vessel, she
has been liberated.
The Shannon also fell in with the ship
| Minerva, American, bound 10 Bal,imure
| wnish having !Iceace, was allowed ID pro-
coed The Shannon has burnt an American
brig from Lisbon for N. York from which
! Captain Brooke learnt that the Essex frsate
was then in sight far to windwsrd. The
| Shannon gave immediate chase 10 her, but
| in vain.
The American vessels from Liverpool,
Eng. with licenses, which were lately
brought into this port, have been liberated
and several Of them have sailed.
"A New. York paper states, that the arri
walls in that place from io.egn ports during
the embargo to 10Th June last, were 733 -
since l9th June 1903, total 1886 that the
captures and burnings BY the English were
los and that the Captures and burnings BY
the Americans have been 126 Among Tie
latter is estimated the Guerrier 40 guns, and
Alert ~ guns.
News ofthe capture Or Gen. Hulrs army,
and "a the destruction az the GnerFier, arr
we'd al Halifax ~ the same time, " the PEG.
lie Of Halifax, conceived Tie destruction Of
one Guerrier u he of more conse quence
than the capture Of a aosea such armies as
| Hubs"
100 American vessels had been licenced
On the 18th Of August Cat L0nd0n) by The
| Board of Trade, On condition that they pro
| ceeded To tile ports Of Spain and Portugal
Six ships and sch'rs belonging 70 New
Bedford, and valued vessels and cargoes)
AZ 158, 600 dollars have already been cap
| tured by the British cruizers since The mad
declaration of war.-A heavy three month TAX
TO support an unjust and unnecessary war
! BY late decree Sweden has opened her
| ports ID All natiOns-but vessels are Only u
bring the produce Or manufactures Of tie
country they belong 10, OF lis colonies
Foreign vessels pay 40 per cent more duty
than Swedish. Swedish vessels may i'm
port articles Of every description.
4 Sch: Nancy, Harris, II. Boston, for Rich
| m0nd, il said "a have been captured last
Wednesday, off Long Island NY the B'h,
\ who took out every valuable article and per-
mitted her To proceed, 10 Newport. A day
| or two previous il is also said they captured
\ brig Ambition, Shaw, of Portland, from Bal
tmore, for Boston, with 500 hbls. -four, s
ordered her ID Halifax.
BOSTON, SEPT. gar. ship Ceres, Web
Der, S days from HaIif4x, where she was
carried IN and released The following
| ships had IT. sent in--Fabius, fl. St. Marys
| cargo timber Hunter, Stafford, from Liver
! pool, (taken by the swordiish) retakcu by the
| shannon, and ordered 70 be released imme
| disteiy-tfe priv ,eersmen taken out and
| marched 10 prison, and sufficient number
| Of prisoners PUT On board To work her home !;
| PIant-r, from Jamaica, taken BY the Atlas,
| Of phiIal and retaken By the Shannon
| The only armed vessels in port were the
Junon, shannon, and Africa laid UP.
The following IS lis. Of American priva-
teers taken liz the British, since the wars
far Is at present known.
Ship Cathatinc briggs Cossamer and Cur
lew and schrs. Dolphin Bunker.Hll. Ar
gu. and -, Rict, Of Boston ; sch Cleaner,
Ksnnehunk sloop Pythagoras, Saco sch.
Intention, Wiscassset Actress, New Ha-
ven Active, Fair Trader, Buckskin, Reg
ulator aud Dolphin. Salem Mars, and Morn
ing Star, Pouland,; Madison ard Dolphin,
Gloucester /; Lewis, Stonington; Polly, Mar
behead sch BUnker-H Hill, New York g.
sIoop Science, Portsmouth Nonpareil,
Charleston.
Of National Vessels, there have been ia
ken, the brig Nautilus, anu The revenue cut
tiers Com. Barry and James Madison.