The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-08-10


ny depreciation, and to drive them from their
present position
L Ne. Clark, 7cho 7VQs arrested.
GFNEREL ORDER.
+ -fG,Rfant- Generals office, H. Quarters, ;
Montreal, ls.h Juiy, 1914. 5
Ills Excellency the commander Of The for
ces announces to The troops under his com
manG, that having, at the invitation OF the A
merican government, deputed Colonel haynes,
Adiutan. General, and Lieut.. Col. Brenton,
Provincial hid-dc-Camp, to meet, ON Thurs
day last at Champaign, Col Lear, late Con
sui General OF the United States az Anglers,
forthe purpose Of re-consdering the couvcn-
ton for the exchange of prisoners, which had
been entered into on the 10TH OF April last, be-
tween Col. Baynes and Brig Gen. Winder -
and of removing whatever objections might be
made to the due execution NJ it:-h"l The
said meeting having taken place acc ely,
all objections to the said convention were then,
and there compile ely removed and the same
was, on the 10th instant, fully and definitively
ratified by Colonel Lear, OIL the part OF the
u. States (he having full powers for that pur-
pose,l with supplementary clause, by which
the twenty three British soldiers, & the forty
SIX American officers and non-commiSsioned
officers, the hostages mentioned in the first
article of the said convention, are declared TO
released and exchanged, in the same manner
as otherp prisoners OF war, mentioned in the
said articles, notwithstanding the exception 20
them therein contained. And his t.Xceiiency
is pleased hereby to direct, that this general
order be considered in explanation and confiI-
nation of the general orders issued on the 10th
April and ID July, 1914. t5igned)
EDWARD BAY MES, Adj. Gen. \. a.
81 n1t (yt-l1N no
Decatur ut Castinc from France,) arrived in
Boston on Saturday night. Hc states that he
was captured in Sept. 1871, few hours cut
from Java, bound to Bavonne, France. N the
schr. Mary, laden with spices and coffee by
the British frigatc Achor, and sent to BON
bay, where he remained a prisoner until the
18th Nov. last, whenhc WAS sent on board the
CORVALLIS, ~, Capt. Digby, and sailed for
England, in CO. with the Stirling Castle, ~,
hay ing a feet Of - sail Of Con'pany's ships
NADER CONVOY. The feet left Gaul Jan. 18th,
Cape of Good Hope latter end OF Feb. and st.
Helena 23d March, and arrived in the Downs,
June l. On the passage, the Stirling Castle
reCaptured the British big loan, from Bris-
FOL FOR Quebec, cargo, hardware, wine, cop-
ucr and dry goods, prlze 70 the prlyateer
Amelia, Of Baltimore, captured 9oth April, &
sent her into tie Downs. The ships captur-
ed nothing else duTihg the voyage. The Corn
mounted, with $50 men part OF them mvalIds,l
and brought to England the frame Of a ~ gun
ship made at BOMBAY. The CornwaiEs was
the first ship Of the line ever built at that
place Her keel was laid in 1910. The Lord
Wellington, of 90 guns was building at Bonn
bay.
Cant. You7g heard of - captures in india,
since the Alligator, Of Salem, Tor at the Cape
or St. Helena. \ frigate from England, with
Gen, Hyslop on board, passed Goa wnIc
feet lay there. At ST. Helena, 10 sail of South
Seamen Joined the convoy and ar. safe in En-
gland with it. Zen or fourteen impressed
american Seamen, discharged from the men
OF war in India, came in the Stirling Packet.
The Newburyport Hcrald states that the
prize brig Forttudc, (Which has arrived at
the eastward) was boarded by two English
crizers, and permitted to proceed in conse-
quence Of exhibiting papers stating her 10 be
bolnu to AslitaX
The Bn!warl, mas leftthe coast for Halifax,
having been relieved by the Spencer. 1t is
understood she is 10 proceed to England from
tncnce, and will b. dimantted.
The British ship Leopard, Of 80 guns, (of
Chesapeake memory has been wrecked in
the ST. Lawrence. she was armed On fute,
& had just arr. from England, wirh troops.
y chebacco boat, from Virginia, with 1900
bushels OF corn, ar. at Portsmouth On Sunday.
JCtTGct q (eftCT jTom 4s4Sfl}oTf, JUty %.
{" have no doubt of an immediate inter-
course iRneutr,d bottoms between this place &
Lubbock, WREN the American custom mouse is
established. which will favor and render Sc
cure the Introduction Of goods
The captors of this place have been very
liberal, cousi laring that the terms odeied were
not accepted. Private property or thc jslandr
belonging toinhaDitants of Passport, is secured
to the owners. Vessels Conhscatcd. Neutral
property, say 500 packages of goods seized
Tor triad, (but in the mect. time the Claimants
can receive it by plcdgins the invoice valuc.)
Zeal estate, belonging to non-rcsdeuts, and
those Inhabitants absent 1T tGe time Ct suireD-
Ger, laid over TOR the opinion OF the Prince Re
,gcut. III public property, of course, seized.
" Inc soldiers have behaved remarkably
wei, and excepting two cases Of petty theft,
for winch they nave been severely punishcd)
t1er conduct has Been bla.ncle ss--yet dis
corpsi tue same that was said to have COM
mtted such outiagcs at Hampton
Prirateer S0NcV lack.
On Saturday last sailed RON this port on
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