The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-04-16
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VATEfRS
From The Baltimore Pario..
THECoMrTos CRUlsE.

THE COMETS CRUISE.
Sailed from pc Henry on the mo ming of the
ftt, OF Oct after passing tn, night. all the exc
my's squadron, laying in the bay. bound On eru'ze,
10 company with the priv. Revenge. of Baltimore
On the SiS OF Oct boarded the SIP. ship Precioss,
fr. Cadiz for Hsvsnns. Nov. 1, bosrded the Sp brig
Fernandez, frorD Malaga to Hsvsnns the same
morning parted with the Revenge. Nov. g, boar
oed the Sw. brig Lueetts, from Boston TO St Barts
Nov. S, to the windwsri of ST Bsrts, boarded the
prussisn ship Del Bene, from Gottenbur< to Hs-
vapna; sarpe day, lost overheard that
drowned On the 5th Nov. to the northwsrd of Som.
p-era, boarded the Sp sch. Nues.ra S.nor del Cor
men, from Tenerf- to ,Havsrna. On IN 9th, chs
sej sal to the northwsrd of = bs. which proved to
he sn Eng. Egate, outssiIsd her with -sse. On the
9TH Nov at night, near the harbor of st. Thomas
took the Eng. ,loop Experiment, of Gsudsioupe, in
ballast and destroyed her. Nov. II, chased TO
the north OF ST Thosnss by man of war brig, ont
sailed her. Nov IS. ss Off Sail Rock Passage. dis.
covered the St. Thomas convoy, about co ssil Of
large ships, under convoy OF the Marlborough "a,
Venus frigate, and three large men OF war brig,-
Ihe trigste aud briggs gave chase 20 me, sad after
hours chasing, gave the ctace; sane day, sen,
on sbore at Totols, parole, tn. captain aud part
OF the crew OF the Exp rinent, md went in ehass
OF the convoy On the lith, discover, the convoy,
and WAS chase offsy the frgate and brg.-kent ia
sight OF the CONVOY, and regnlsrly chased daily TIL
the 2tst, sometimes very is dyan sgeous US, anS
very advantageous to them, but always eecsd IN
out sailing them. Nov. 2lsi, la. -, boarded the Sw
ssa. c reserona, from st Bar,s TO s.,h. Frcm the
c2d to the 9Th was chased every Jay Nv tn frgsie
asd brigs OF the convoy. 81, the frigate in sight
took the Enc. sch Messenger Of ST. Johns, from ST
Vincents to 81. Johns loaded with rum and solss-
ses; manned and ordered her for the ". s. Nov
qSth, was sgsin C. ased; same day, bosrded the Rus
sian ship Ha7wd, from Liverpool to Amelia sand.
soth, was chased again, and continued daily, till
the al Dso when finding il impossible for single
vessel 70 do any thing with the convoy, they being
% strongly guarded, and would freqent,y chase me
~ miles from them, concluded to abandon the cha
sing OF them any iuyther. On The Sd Dee recap.
uVeu tnf1u rf ~ tnaf hab
captured by II. NJ. brig Recruit, proceeding from
Charleston to N. York; ordered her for por, in
are u 9.
The Comet thes proceeied etn'zng aw.y to n
g. E. Of Bermuda, pr crossing far to the eastward
as the long Of SO, 90, w. and then southward and
westward, as far as the coast of Su-rinam, where
she arrived on the 9sih Dsc.--the same day, cha
BED brig Into Surrnam river, hut could not succ ed
IN getting her, she having got under cover Of the
battery there. % h Dec. 20 iesward of Surrinsm
took the Eng. s'oop Little Cherub, Of Surrinsm, of
small ourthen, having only P'aEtsins in, took some
of them ou', gave up the slop, end sroled ell the
prisoners hsf on board, and them on shore to
SurrDaro same day, took the Eng. brig Hannah
of Bermuda, loaded with laDphsr; r. somed her.
Jan. 9, 10 leeward OF BsrbaGoes, took he Eng. ~,
Jaekmsu, Of Bsrbsines loaded with amber soa
few cases OF vine, took dat the wine. jan s. toaS
co leewsrh of Martingls, the Eng. sloop Industry,
OF ST Lacia, ia ballast rsnson,ed the Jsckna 8,
Put the er VS. OF beth vesseis hoard of her. on ps-
role, and sent her away; ssme day, destroyed the
Industry.
Jan took the Egg zig Eaterprze o.7t. Kits.
from Grens q, 'onnd 70 Gsniaopps hsv On board
few barrels Of bread and sorne specie Took cut
of the bread. the specie, & several other SIN all
Srteles Of the provision kind, and ransomed her..
My reasons for ransoming an! not destroying this
vessel, was because she had TIE yellow fever ON
90 -rl Bot wish it made pubfsky Known, that
9iie romrs ndor nfthis English ves..lis n American
named JOHN HOWE, a man, >, li-ve " I'll In v,r
- be uuriendly to his native country, and not long
from ia native Of the state of Connecticut un
derstand, and Is to all aPpesrsnce, scoundrei
Jan. 8, took tie Eng. sioop May OF St KITS load
ed with plantation stores, &c. manned h or for the
u. S:-sinee foundersd at sea. Jan. s, took H. g.
M. sch. Vig'Isnt, John Benson. comm ander, tender
IN Ad. Laforey sent her for the u s. Same day.
I psroed and sent to St. Barts, the crews Of the
Vgilant and Mary. Jan. 9, CHI sed brig all nigh
AMI fired several shot at her--in the morning, at
daylight, within gun shot OF he, fred again at
her, win abe rounded to, hauled upon the wind
and made all sail in chase of us. We then found
her TO be man ct wsr brig, { st had been trying
20 decoy US. We exchanged several shot--out
sailed her easy, and she bore up before the wind
Jsn. II, per To- discovered sail, made all neces.
sary sail 10 chsse'~ 1T r. VI. discovered her 10 be
ship, running before the wind, to appearance toll.
cradle large, carrying great crowd of sail. AT iP
NJ coming up with the chase fast, called all hsrIas
10 quarters, and got all clear for action. Could dis
yellow sides and ports which took to be false
ports Az p. NJ the ship began 10 take in sail
She took in her sky sails royss, top-ealIant and
lower studding sails. We took in sail Also and furl-
ed the square-ssil, going directly before the wind
had not an opportunity of seeing his broadside dis
aaody. At hsif pas 2, lnifed up and gave him one
Of our how guns, which he Immediately retb-uch
with his stern chssers We thea closed, and IN a
few minute, the action begun, and was warmly con
tested on both sdes-st 90 minutes before 10 p M
we Rad all the RAINING rigging with the boom top.
in-lift, shot swsy--was compelled to bap of to re-
pair. At this time we had one killed AID mum.
her wounied. The ship had boarding MEETINGS.
re aching nearly up to her tops.
In a very short dime, we bad repaired the dana
xes x re commenced close actoH again, within half
pistol shot, when he sgsin sbot away the boom TOP
In if I compelled to wnfk the rnsin boon,
with the peake hsbaris Made several auernp,s
70 board him, bDt was not able to Ell ct it, we
kept up 3 continual Ere. on both sides shot acros,
his bows, and rnksl him several times within 90
var 5 at him, but his tremendous height prevented
much execution. At half past 10. n1idni-ht fre-b
breeze; he now attempted 10 run uz down, aud so
far succeeded to run his b boom into orr ain
ssii little below the gsff aud come with his bows
against stern, without doing ANY damage 10 cnr
hil though he tore nsinsa all to PIE .es broke
she main gait, and unshpped ti.e msiu boom. In
fbs ,itastpn attempted TO hoard him, bBt could
NOT suoseet, he hesving quick away, and her height
% great our men -oud scarcely up1oh tho hpbst. g
from our tsfil ~ though Notwithstanding we lad
several Of orr men almost on her bobsisys. We
slot several OF hia ien wiio hih hugsprit a
soreea5le and took two of their boarding. pixies from
Them as they reached down II Ms He appeared
10 have many men on his fnrecsstle, aud splinter
nets from his maiurpast ait; hss'ed of sgan to re-
pa;r and bend another nainsal All a. VI. had
a. rnplstely repaired, and commenced este action
a,.a;n which lasted n 9 A. NJ 81 which ti,rs W.