Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-09-20
BOSTON, Sept. II.

| BOSTON, Sept. IL.
! Arrived, Russian ship Susannah Do
rothea, Frobos, 81 days from London, IN
ballast. Left the Russian ship Hoff-
nune, Hanson, chartered by the Anne
r:can Agent to bring home 400 Amerl.
can prisoners, to sail in about 8 weeks
for Boston.
Aug. S, lat. 40, Ion. 81, fell in with a
feet of $50 sail, from Guadalupe tor
England, under convoy Of the Cressy,
"a, and other war vessels-was boarded
from the Cressy, and after short dcten'
ton permitted to proceed, first putting
| on board captain Coffin, and pne man of
the ship Fame, OF and for Nantucket,
| from the Coast Of Peru, with cargo OF
Oil, which ship the Cressy had captur-
| ed.
August 18th, lat. 40 IL, long. so,
smoke ship Citizen, Alien, "a days from
Lisbon for Newport.
Capt. Frobos had on board London pa
pers to the 10th July, which he gave to
the commander Of the Greasy. | have
not been able to learn any thing new,
verbally, from him.
Captain Coffin. Of the Fame, has com.
manicated the following:
January 81, 1918, lat. -, 80, loag.-,
Tor so leagues from Lima spoke ship
Walker. West, IF Newbedford, with
1900 bbls oil. all well-also ship Char les,
Gardner Of Nantucket, with 700 barrels
the Charles had been carried into Ii
ma by Spanish privateer and cleared.
The ship George, Worth, of Nantucket,
also been sent in and cleared, had sailed
for the Coast of Chilli.
January 80. spoke the ship Rendon,
Barnard, Of Nantucket, with 400 bar
rels. lust out from Lima bound of the
! Locust Islands, also ship Barclay, Ran
dell, of New-Bedford, with 1900 barrels
boond on the Coast Of Chilli. A few
DAYS before she had spoken ship Lima,
Swain, of Nantucket, with 400 barrels,
ship John and James, CLASSIFY, of do With
900 barrels, and ship Lion, Clark, OF do
with 900 barrels, all bound on the Coast
of Chilli.
Feb "a, anchored in Patty, Coast OF
PERU and obtained information OF the
war. Sailed again on the s6th. March
l.t, in sight of Tombas, was boarded
from Spanish privateer ship OF l guns
So DAYS from Lima, bound Oh the Coast
Of Chilli, having on board 2 young men
which belonged to the ship Edward oil
Nantucket taken by an English Letter
Of Maique ship, since arrived in Eng
land, from them obtained correct Intor.
nation of the war, which we did not be-
lieve before A ship was in sight at the
time, which the privatee' smen said VAS
tie Suky. Macy, of Nantucket, with 700
barrels oil, which they also informed
had come out in company from Tombas
the day Def re About st OF Jan heard
OF the ship Mary Ann, Russell. of Nan.
tucKet, with 3es barrels oil; also, ship
Persevesauda,t Pr ddock of do. do. March
,, anchored in Tombas. and sailed a.
gain the 4th for h6me-from that time
saw several sail, (Which were avoided,)
but spoke none till the Goth July, In lat.
Is, l.n. 81, 80, when she fell in with the
Greasy, was captured aud the ship man.
ned for England, to keep company with
the fleet On board the Cressy were
the BUD lieut.. sailing and one
seamen, all late of the privateer John,
of Salem, which she was carrying to En-
gland for trial, On charge OF having
killed The captain of Drpgar in the w.
Indies. The Greasy had captured no.
thing, Except the Fame, on the pas.
sage. An American privateer had dog
ged the Acct for some considerable dis
tance, and had kept the convoy in CONT
nual alarm.
Since writing you at l-2 past P. M.
| have waited on the wharf till this hour,
IN order to furnish you with the follow
ing by Tomorrow mornings mail, viz
o'clock arrived, ship Roxana, Blake, s
days from Halifax (where she was sent
in ON her passage from Cadiz and clear
ea) Came out in CO. with the frigate
Shannon. Capt. Senhouse (la,e of the
Martin sloop of war, Capt. Broke not
being yet recovered sufficient to take
command /; Melpomene frigate, for Que
Dec; Regulus, for England.
1t was said the Shannon was to cruise
in Boston Bay for Il days, return to Ha-
iifax, when Capt. Broke would again
take command and proceed for England.
H. M. brig Curlew had arrived with
small feet Of prizes, among them sch.
Paragon, Weston, from Charleston, for
Boston:
Ship Hope, Emery, from Lisbon for
Boston taken BY the Loup Cervier, had