The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-08-07

NEw-YoRK, July 30.---Captain James
Brown, passenger in the ship Eliza Oracle,
arrived here yesterday, and informs that
the Eliza Oracle. after she was captured
by the British squadron off Nantucket Shoals,
was set fire to and burnt /; and that the
ship Oroonoko woald have shared the same
fate, but they expected she had money con-
cealed on board, and therefore sent her to
Halifax. The officers who boarded the E
liza Oracle gave as a reason for burning the
ship that they were in pursuit of Comma
dore Rodgers, and would not weaken their
crews by sending in vessels. They gave
captain Brown and the officers of the Eliza
Oracle permission to take away ali their
private effects.
NEw-YoRK, Aug. 1.
EXTRACT of a Letter troma Gentleman in
the Island Of ST., Vmceat, TO his Cores
PENDENT in this City, communicated for
Publication in rhe Mercantile '.4dueritiser.
:. :. Our Volcano has lately made 4 most aw-
full display of its horrid entrails, and has
laid full third part Of this fine island un-
der its ashes. All the lands In it's vicinity,
both, to windward and ieeward, are,render-
ed unfit for cultivation, and two Of the lar
yest rivers dried up. They have been dug
for, and found boiling. The mountain ex
hibits a frightful prospect. Nothing TO be
seen but lava not a tree nor shrub and
even most of those awful chasms, giens, and
falls, formerly seen, are filed up yet,
strange TO tell, very few lives have been
, lost" ,. &C.
Ertraet ofa letter from Cant. Porter, Of
the u. States Frisate Esscr. dated at
Sea, .Juiy ID, idt. S3. long. 66, 10 his friend
ia This city. '
9. At 2 o'clock this morning, fell in with n
British feet of transports of seven sail under
convoy of the Minerva frigate, from Barba-
does, for Quebec, with 100 troops, and
Captured one of them, a orig with 1877 SOL
diers on board but not having men to spare
TO send her i'll, permitted her to proceed !;
not, however, without first taking out of her
all the small arms and other munitions of
war, ransoming the vessel, and putting the
troops upon their parole of honour, not to
serve again during the war, unless regular
1y exchanged. We endeavored to bring
the frigate to action, but did not succeed
Extract ola letter from Nezu Bedford, da :
ted Jniy 9Th, received by a Packet which
grr,Ued here last evenms.
Z" a brig arrived at Nantucke ct on the 25th
July, and the captain reported. that on the
22d he saw a fleet of 80 sail of Merchant
Ships, standing to the Westward"
We understand that the Commanders of
our Forts and Gun Boats in this harbour.
will commence firing at Ship in the North
River this morning about 8 o'clock. The
ship is to be unmoored above the North Bat
terry at ebb tide, and as she drifts down, the
Forts and Gun Boats will fire cold and red
hot shot at her.
He'll Gate, the ship Rising-Sun, Berry, of
Baltimore, in SO days from Liverpool, in
ballast.
Capt. Berry sailed from Liverpool on the
22d of June, at which time the Orders in
Council were not repealed.
TAXING JOHN BULL BY THE HORNS
blythe Portuguese schr. Anne Fisher, from
the Isle of May, arrived at this port last e :
yening we learn that accounts have been
received from the United States frigate Es-
Sex under the command of the gallant Por-
ter, stating. that about 9 O'Clock in the NOR
the Essex fell in with the British frigate Mi
nerya, having under her convoy seven sail
OF armed transports with eleven hundred
troops on board, bound from Barbados to
Quebec that the Essex boarded one of the
convoy, mounting six guns, carried her out
of the squadron, and lay too that at day,
Light the Minerva, with the residue of the
squadron, was five or six miles distant that
capt. Porter hoisted his colors, in the ex-
pectation OF drawing the British frigate into
action, which was prudently declined.
In the course of the day, capt. Porter
teob from his prize, all her musketry and
other munitions of war, entered into "a writ
ten contract with the officers and troops,
not to engage in the present war, unless ex-
changed, and suffered her, under this parole
and with a passport, to return from whence
she came, and repeat the disgraceful tale
OF her disasters. On board the transport
was one hnndred and Ninety Seven British
troofs and officers. The Essex is one of
the smallest frigates in our service.
The British government brig Bloodhound,
Capt. Rubridge, sailed on Sunday morning
last for Plymouth ENGLAND. )-fnnah. haf.
! -IAHERIC.fN GEWEROSITY.
MRS. ELIzABETE BELL, of Nova Scotia,
passenger on board schr. Ann, Kelly, mas
Fer, from Halifax, taken and sent into Sa-
Fem. by the privateer Dolphin, begs leave
70 acknowledge with much gratitude, the
sentiemanly and humane treatment of the
Captain and prize master Of the Dolphin.
n returning to her 900 dolls. together with
: all herpersonal effects &c.
Cow. RoGERs. The British officers de
clare, that when the President frigate came
up with the Belydera, there were four fri
gates in sight! Now the President had
come up, there could not have been more
than tho frigates in sight. The vessel that
SO keen'y stnns the Belvidera, was, without
doubt the swift sailing Hornet-and those in
sight, the three frigates, and the Argus.
we have strong reasons for believi1p
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