The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1813-02-04
rAmerican Prize List.


Rolla, Dooly, from cruizs. She experien-
ced severe gales, and threw over all her guns
except the long one---had 60 mcn--,he loss
Of her guns did not at all cool the ardor Of
her gallant officers and crew for from the
18th to the 18Th December, near Madeira,
they took the following vessels, without tie
loss o u n,an,all OF which have been ordered
10, and three os them arrived. They were
of the Cork leet :--Ship Mary, of Bristol,
IL guns, with hardware, crates. &c. ship
Eliza, of do. 10 guns, with 20, 1000 bushels OF
wheat (; ship Rio Nouva,of London, l8 guns,
with dry goods ship Apolio,of do. 10 guns,
deeply laden with Kings stores ! brig Boro-
sa, Of Cork, guns, with beef, candles, dry
goods, &c. {; sch. Swift, Of Plymouth, from
St Mich1ls, with oranges, (5urnt J.; and a
sch. of Aberdeen, which she gave up to some
Of the prisoners the remaining prisoners,
100 in number, were landed at Tenciifre and
Madeira. Came up to Annapolis with the
United States frigs,e Constellation.
Arrived,at New.York, British ship Rio
Noava, prize to the RoiIa, Of BaI,imorc,wiah
dly goods valued at one hundred and sepenty-
eight thousand dollars. She was captured on
the l4th Dec. off Madeira, after a short ac-
sidc.-The prize Is q London bull, ship, OF
nearly 400 tons, coppered and copper fasen-
cd, Of guns, and uot years old.
Arrived, at Tarpaulin Cove, S7Ih ul, B'h
brig Barosa, 6 guns, prize to tho Rolie, OF
Baltimore louded with dry goods, beef &c.
The Captain of the prisatcer stated, when
,hc prize left him, that the captures he had
made amounted in value 70 8 100000.
Arrived, at New-London, British sch. Re-
becca, from Trinidad, for Halifax, prize 10
The Jacks Fayotite, Of New.York cargo,
sugar and molasscs.
The ship Walter, Capt. Whitney, Of Phil.
adeiphia, was captured by a British brig, on
her passage from ST. Jago, for New.Orleans,
prize master end seventeen EngIishmcn put
on board and ordered for Nassau. Captain
Whi.nes,and two boy, being left on board,rc-
took the ship and have arrived at Savannah.
NORFOLK. Jan. 1e.
We understand that The French ship Tamerlane
was blown off the Middle Ground, where she lay
stranded, in heavy gaze on "Wednesday night, and
drifted the Shoals at the entrance Of the Capes.
The English crew on board Ia Eetenant and twenty.
four nen) conccivng their situation to be extremely
hazardous (the artarus having gone off and left
Them to shift for ,hemselyes) abandoned the ship
and made for L, nnhaven beach here making a vir-
tue Of necessity, they won't TO the first habi,stior
they saw and pesccabiy delivered themselves up as
prisoners Of war. They arrived here ON Friday
ghtescorted by detachment Of the Princess Anne
militia, and were delivered over to the custody Of
the Marshal The ship lies on her beam cnds with
only three planks width Of deck out Of water, and
her masts anG spars gone 1t is probable that she
will 60 to pieces with the first castcrly gale.
rGw-YoRK, JAN. ~.
Sneeessfid Privaseering.
The small ptivstscr Esgle, fitted out Of this port
at an expense Of about $4,000, took two prizes on
her first cruixe, the saics Of which amounted TO
one hundred and ninsteen thousand fire hundred and
Ey-eghs dollars After dcductIng duties, fees com
missions aud charges, there renamed balance to
divide Of S49,452, half Of which, S247iS accrues to
the seamen and officers of the privateer She was
manned with IS men and allowing their shares in
addition those Of The officers to make an aggregate
of 80 shares, the will divide S50s-ss To cncll
shsie. The owners Of the priysicer nave dividend
of SOS on each shsre, or, clear gain, sftsr .hc
vessel is paid for and retted for another crise of
S425.
sailors share in the Saratoga, her first ruise,
amounted to SSH net. proceeds.
The French privsiecr Venus, IF ig guns
and so men, has ar. in Hampton Roads from
Bordeaux.