The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-09-21

been stated, you viii remon strate strongly
against such practice and inform me u
the practice, and the result
| Referred 70 in the Dcereding extract.1
Port Rouai, 25h November, 1912.
| Masters OF veiscs ablut 10 procecj q
England with convoy, are irforned th It they
may he supplied 2i.h 2 limited number Of
| American seamen (pr;aoncrs Of war) 20 IS
sist in navigating their vessels, or the usual
ternls, by applying n
GEORGE MAUDE, agent.
E1rfr0Ct fj'0m nlento rial addressed fo the
SccTctq y Of Safe 6UJutnca Oi1l, Joseph
B. Cook. IHom4s Humhh-ics and Others,
masters Of .4iaericam vcaseis. geho were
prisoners Of rvar in Engiand, ard return
ed tn rhe u. States in tie cartel shit
Robinson Potter.
We shall now proceed t. give as cor
rect statement as we can Of the trc 1tment
oar counirymen [priaoncrs of wary by the
British in England On the arrival at Ply
mouth CT the masters, first mates, SUPERB ar
goes and passengers, they are sent to Mi
prison for cne day and night they have an
iron bedstead to sleep on, With 2 small ma
;rasS which might easily he put INTO cnun-
rYmar's wallet, ard sr2li coarse blanket
ihe allowance for twenty fur hours is three
| mail salt herriuES or a0ont tine same weight
y.
n AM half pnua1s of black bread, a lii
lie salt, &c. The sec md d2v they are pa
rolled and sent 20 ishDartor tVenty-tnnr
miles from Plymouth 'hev must Day their
'wn eXpcnCes 10 ct there. " lille they are
,hefc, they are allowed IL. 81. per diem, or
U.s. 90. sterling per week. Reef is 1ud. per
pound, hread in proportion. and every other
nee Ssary equally dear. the mates, Who
have nothing bp their pay 10 live upon, in
l-.fr-e. 1, 9 I u
a. their own cooking, washing, SC. and in
this v ~ make out to keep from starving.-
Masters, suDerca - and passengers re
Acla'iy have other - olrces, through their
correspondents M Englanc. and make on u
we, by great eco 'onv, at from SO IN S5v
sterling ner week the second mates and
other officers ar cent On board the different
rrSon ships. On board some az them they
are treated by The c0mmandrg ciicet a.
wei as the nature Of the SITUATION Will a!
nit; on board of some Others thcv are We
badly treated. This, it viii naturally occu.
to you, sir, is owing to the different char2c
ters ct the different comman 1crs. Their
allowance is IO1 9 lb. brown bread, . I-2
. beet, ID. bad fish. Id. potatoes, ana
10 ounces BARLEY per week for each man,
aud > ounces OF salt per week for ten men.
| Inc prison ships are kept very filthy, and
the prisoners are confined below at 4 p. NJ.
and are kept in that situation until or
a. M. At Portsmouth PARTICULARLY, they
ere very SICILY, and we are in rormcd die We
Ivy last, some DAYS fropa 70 % ; N fact,
they are rerY sckiy on board all Gfthen1 Sc,
teTai OF THIS descri0'ion ca ne home with us
n the Rob nson P tier cartel, and mad
wren they came on board, the appearance
q having made their escape from church
yard. It's not, perhaps amis, that we sin uld
state what we firmly believe THAT IS, it is the
pohcy OF the British government to select the
s.; KY to be frSt sent in cartels, & keep the
hale % hardy seamen until thev become sick
y thus rendering the waolc Of those gallant
sons OF Neptune who escape death, when
;ney retlrn to their homes, at lest for some
tire, perfectly useless to themselves and
quite SO TO their country from their debilita-
tsd state ., ~ TACT, the probability IS, tina.
manV 81 them VIII carry to their graves the
ndeiihle stamp upon their constitutions The
| treatment which hey received on board Bri
tlsh prison ships; for that nation seems to
nave lost its boasted humanity, & if We did not
md the word in their vocabulary we should
suppose It had never found place there.
Many ~ the seamen, prisoners on board
those prison ships, are impressed Ame,i.
/ ans who have gwen themselves up, resu
og to Eight against their country. -Four
hundre on board the feet in the Mediter.
ranean, Snort time before we left, Eng
| and, surrenlered themselves and were sent
20 Gibraltar and England several f them
we're INST severely a eyed for refusing to
| 70 theif duY, we're pus in irons, and mos
! II them t. thgir iDmortal credit, submitted
. the severe { punishment ~ preference to
sis'lig the enemies Of theircountry. Some of
as, whose signatures are annexed, we're wit
nesses 20 the cruel fact. 4 tablet If q Id is
o. rich enough Il inscri)e the names OF
UGH men upo1, and when a country can
cast OF such seameu, she has nothing t.
| iear IRON the enemy on the ocean on an
! e4ue! footing. Captain Jeduthan Upton.
ate master Of the private armed brig Hun
ter OF salem, of ~ guns, because he thre
them overheard in chase, was not allowed
his parole, bat kent in close confinement
Or "A long time in Mill prison and lately has
oeen sent on board pris ship at Chatham
we mention 'hssc facts in hopes that go
vernment vii ret eliate exactly in the sam
way Capt Samuel Turner, late master o,
TIE Purse schooner, Of New York, was IA
Ken on his passage to France IN October,
1911, prior to the war, and in re.takinc ms
vessel, the prize master British Midship-
man, was Killed he arrived safely in
France. and on his return TO America was
again taken, IN June 1912, and sent to En-
gland, when being recognized, he was i'm
mec'a.cly arrested and sent on board the
-. Salvador, Admiral Cal1er's fac shin
I4t Is.