The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-09-04
Vol. 9-----No. "a.

CORNERS, upon seizures which they make.
Is q distinct question, and not within .he
scope OF the present enquiry se
upon the whole, / am of opinion, that
Lne snip superior is liable to seizure upon
ooth grounds /; Blu. that being seized bv /.
public armed vessel, as prize of war. he
'ore any SEIZURE by the Collector of Della
ware, Tor a breach of the non-importation
ace' thc proceedings against her must. in
tue INST instance, DE, OH behalf of the can
tors. viz NAp-
4 am, sir. with great esteem, your obedi-
ent servant, .
9th August. AR DAJIAS
10 CON- ALEXANDER Murray. b..
1t is singular fact, that at this nome,.,
upwards or two months. after the declara,
eioh OF war, our coast is freer from British
snips OF war, than ut any other known me-
riod.-Com. Rodgers' being or mav ha,,e
occasioned This.
BosToN, Aug. 24.-Ar. sch. Fair pIav.
Lowe, OF an Tor Alexandria from London
wa plymouth, f. in ballast. Sailed from.the
iatter place July 3, IN Co. with shin Castor.
Lewis OF New Bedford, bound to New,
YORK. with GO distressed American seamen
on BOARD Aug 4, lat. 40 lon. SO. was taken
oy the English privateer sioop Elv. Phil;ns
guns and 80 men, Is days from St. Johns
~. L. commissioned by Admiral Duckw
Tor cruize of weeks-took out z seamen
}Put Oh board by the American Consul IN
- rsoIdo.,? ana the mate and all hands OF the
iTi lay put on board prize master.
homas Southcott) and men. ana oraer'
cd her Tor st. Johns. GA the 18Th, being a.
oout 90 miles from her destined nort and
having an Easteriy wind, Capt. l.. with tbe
assistance of Mr.. Payton Page of Pic5,,,o,,-i
a passenger, recovered his vessel. whit ~
Prize"master and 4hands were below tha
FORMER IN the cabin and the latter in the fore.
castle at supper. Capt. l.. had no yyeaDons
y. ueiemce' out TWO axes, with which he
Coliil 'eIe,t Cae man at the helm to assist in
securing those below, by tying them H..
and Mr.. Page have not had their cIotbes of-
SINCE she was taken, but three of the me-,
by compulsion assisted To get the vessel in
On the 9th Aug. lat. ~ 49, lone. so snoi-a
the British ship Antelope of SO guns From,
newfoundland on a cruize Had taken ths
Caseor which sailed in CO. and one other
snip. Aug. 3. the Ely spoke an Am. shir,
prize to an English brig bound into ST. John.
Understood ,ti she was from Liverpool for
baltimore, with cargo of dry goods and
salt--the ship had bright yellow sidss
ABOUT sos tons, and man head--(coniectur'
ca 10 De the t'om Hazard of n York \ Th.
place where she belonged begun with NJ
ne LILY sailed from St. Johns JULY On g.
had taken nothing but the Fair Piay. Teft
Che,e ships LYDIA and Triton of n York
an Am. snip with woman head. bright sides
ana ports SAID to be from LiuerhooI a
ship WIN "hite bottom, said to be from Wa.
terford, ireland, brig from Gibraltar wifi
wines, &c NJ York schr said to ha Gon,
OH6An, with red bottom and negro head
all prizes. Several privateers were 6tt;,,
out he cutter Hero had arrived, lis
from Guernsey, which she left about ths
f1rst OF July Schr. Falcon and several otha1.
vessels brought in under the Orders in Conn.
eli' were there. Can't. Wilson of the Falcon
iiau recovered OF his wounds. Adj Duck
mor'h renamed IN newfoundland. There
were 10 men OF war there, exceot a brir &c
10 IL. guns, just arrived. The Jason, ofber
tlgates' and several sloops of war were
crnizii'S on the Banks. The Fair PLAY saw
Two Am shlps standing to the Westward
the day after she was taken.
new .YoRK, Aug. 29.-Arr Brig Csn,o,
Brown, In So days from Liverpool W III 80
S1ous' hardware and coal to Smith and
a afd L. cannon, owners, VIM. Wat
kinson, Gordon, Trokes, Leitch and Co To-
iy 80, i'll lat. 45, 80, saw feet of "a sa;,
standing eastward, apparently under CONVOY
OF men Of war.
british brig Eliza, from jamaica for Hall
TAX iaden with rum and sugar, a prize tn
the Narengo privateer of this port-.tbe
Eliza was captured on the LIST inst. Aup. 1sth
was boarded by the British Letter of Marn,,.,
Marquis OF LansdoWne, of London. and tnIJ
them OF the war, but did NOT feU men, ~.
Eliza qvaS a Hrize. 'O
french letter of-marque brig Comet. Bri.
cue from Sordeau&,and 90 days from Brest.
with $50 pipes of brandy, 100 of wine oil
irult, exc. to Gaze and Richaud. Julv 1Ath
Gays after sailing, captured Spanish
snip from Montev.deo FOR Corruna, and ran
somed her tor 100000 francs, i'm bills Nm
Bliooa. Il lew days after fell IN with and
boarded British brig from Tenerife for
Londen' laden with wine, and let her nro-
cecd, not havinS men to spare. Julv *
near the Western Islands captured q Sna.
nish brig from La Vera Cruz for Cadizl
laden with sugar, 100 ccrcons of cochinenI
Il Thousand dollars. ToDk out the ncnev
capt. and crew, and put prize master and
ere" on BOARD, and ordered her for FRANCE.
HuGusC r. lat. 81, is, Ion. SO, spoke the
snip Aniabie- Matilda, from Ncyy-Yorlr for
LISBON the capt. Of which informed, that he
had mat morning seen squadron of fri
ga'es' and the Commodore bore uD to him
that on the Matilda hosting the American
CoioIs' the iTieate stood on for the rest of the
squadron, which were to the north ward rs
the Matilda, and permitted her TO procfed
ne capt 0i the NJ. is confident it was Comi
Wodore HouSerss squadron They had &C.
vera' merchant ships in Company.-Aue. Ia.
spoke the brig Warren, from New York fo,
ihs0on, 10th, boarded the Spanish brio "a
taiina from New York, and suffered be, -
proceed. W