The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-06-15
Miscellaneous.
CONSCIOUS INFERIoRITy,


and Shannon, may justly be considered az a
victory on the part of the Americans. While
s. was conducted upon fair and honorable
principles, the advantage was evidently on
the side of the Chesapeake, That her FIRE
was much more vivid and effectuai, is prov
ed by the fact of it's having carried away
the jib-boom and fore and, mizen royal masts
of the enemy, while it does not appear that
tie Chesapeake lost a single spar. When
the fygates closed, the Shannon threw OH
board the Chesapeake an immense body of
com5usti6tes and tafdmn1a6te matter, (like
IN INTERNAL MACHINE of new and hor-
riblc -construction) which enveloped the
Chesapeake III a volume of fame to her very
tops !-Of the destruction and confusion
which must have ensued, it is not probable
that any one who was not present can form
an adequate idea. immediately after the ear
Htosion, the Shannon boarded and from
the all destroying effect of the com5usti6ies,
doubtless had little else to 90 bus take auiet
possession.
1t is said that all sfretogem is Justifable
in war--yct in cases like this, the maxim
will not apply. Had the Shannon been a
vessel of inferior force, it might have been
admissible /; but as she was unquestionably
superior, her conduct has disgraced the
British Rag, more than any thing that has
yet happened. When we reflect that the
class, the Chesapeake only 36-that the
former sent challenge to the latter, and of
course must have been in perfect prepare
zion, exclusive of the I'm fcrnaf mo chine 9"
and that her commander was an old expe-
rienced officer who had long been accus-
toned 10 fr;gate 1--WE Cannot but look upon
fhe resort 70 "ez hfes;on'' as base & COW ardly
in the extreme.-It proves that they felt
themselves inferior to-ths Americ ans, and
-: ~.,H H.
thing like equal terms. Had the Shannon
conquered the Chesapeake by fair fighting,
>slthongh she is = heavier frislte, and proba
ely had a greater number of meo, we would
awe acknowledged il To have been a victo-
re-. But a. it is. il must be viewed as str-
King evidence of conscious ix}eriority on the
part of the British, and that they dare not
engage upon equal, manly, and honorable
terms. The British officers feel that their
naval energies are rapidly on the decline
and they resort to dishonorable means to
preserve the appearance of their former
,4per:ority. Bosf. Chronicle.
BosroN, June S.
After tho engagement between the Chesapeake
md Shannon, written challenge from Commo-
dore Broke was received the Navy Yard, thu ough
the Salem Post-Ofiee. Conn Broke states his force
" "a guason broadside, and one light shifting gun.
Sspt Lawrence had received only verbal dehances
layed in the convey anee, RePrfOry.
Much has been reported OF challenge having
beeS sent by capt. Broke 10 Captaia Lawrence,
which we beleye las not any foundation in truth
aud the Salem Regisfer has asserted that aCapt.
flocum who had arrived there from the iShdnnon,
by whom he hal ,een captured, :" vas the bearer
81 a spritfer ckaiiesSe from Com. Broke to the
commander of the Chesapeake''-This we also dis
credited. 1t appears that Capt s. was the bearer
eff letter from Capt. Brske, with this superscriP-
G.nn -
/" On se,Viee Jofhe CAPTAIN Of ti.e u States
,TiPate Ckesaaeake. .Shannoa
il was scaled With Com. Broke's arms. and UNI
Ger the seq, was written -
Sod-d, svhich IsuiH gios yea for az many British
sellers, if ye1 sriH send them ovt-0'herzyise be-
;sg ryiVateerszner, fhey a'1rst sc detained"
This letter was received in the mail from Salem,
and now lies the post Office in this town. There
"a nothing on the outside which looks like chsl-
IsDse, whatever the inside may contain.
Boston Cent.
CONGRE.vE ROCKET.
We hear that piece Of the composition of
Conyreye Rocket picked up at Havre-de Grace, hav-
;ug been transmitted to the President of the United
States he sent some OF il few days ago tn Thomas
Cooper Esq chemical professor OF Dickinson Col
ledge, Carlisle. This gentleman has so far ascertain
cd the Constituent barts, and their proportion, Of
this comhustihle substance as 10 make acompostion
In color conscience, taste odour, and combustibity
so nearly alike the Congreye Rocket, rs to remove
all doubt Of their siii'srity, and equal competence
For any destructive purpose. As TO .he form and
shane Of the Spring Rockets, MIR. Peach OF Bos-
ton in the presence of Commodore Rodgers, Cap
Tain Hull and others, succeeded in Throwing rocs-
e., Of six pounds weight, 1000 yards, whch 10 500
cards beyond the Congreye Rocket OF IL Tbs. weighs
The Cylioders Of MIR. Dcsths rockets are made OF
iron terrNinatng At the head with cone l2 inches
Iong. which may be charged with balls or combus-
BE matter; springs attached to them when the
o5ire, is to FIRE shipping. The two inventions
eprnhrcd may put par esto these ins'ru-
yos,,s NJ destruction with the British whose rig
sng may ere long feel the effects of machines intro
dueed by themselves. Cant6erfaad Register
NEW YoRv, June L.
Estract ola t-ttey tron, an officer Belonging 10 the
eyiprteey Youhe YeaSsr, IA hisfriena an tins CT
~, dated Portland, -nriael May 20.
'che next day after we left New-Nork we fell in
,;tb the Rar,i'lies ~, and outssiIed her. From
thst time to the 22d OF May we we're chased
f;,,es bV different Of war, End had up~srds of
for b,ndret, shot thrown ct us. IN the afternoon
NJ the qqd nf May, we captured the English sshoo-
,,.r C;revlound from Nova Scotia bound TO the w.
ycd;es with fsh aud lumber. The next day (the
tadS we fell IN With ship and ON giving her gun
80 run M English coiors and bred broadside
a, ma we then run down 70 her and gave
IT, .hout thirty veli-slireeted shots. when she
sst,,,L was se1.- ia the boat 70 bosrd her, sod
,ss os,on;si,ca 90 ind her ship n guns, Us and
a oourdsrs) With lieutenant, p1idsliipman and Is
yrsr LeIooging TO The Shsnnon lrigate. Sh9 had
Laen orivstsey and taken by The Mutine English
.Iaor nf var. and ia about the size OF the United