The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-05-11
NEWS OF THE ESSEX FRIGATE.


On the ed inst. If the Capes of the
delaware, the SAINT was boarded from
the belvidera trigate, ,.hich put on board a
passenger, taken iii Swedish schr. by that
trigate, on his passage from Matanz as for
ProTideDce, ard the schr. sent TO bermuda
The BelvIdera had captured the evening
before. IN 20 fatdon water, the snip New :
Zealand. Omen in slightly John ]. King,
prizcmaster, (acted on board Of the Essex
as masters mate) prize to the u. States
irlga'e Essex, with cargo Of 1900 bbls oil
The gentleman put on board the Santiago,
canversed with the prize master and crew,
and learned the following:
me New Zealand parted from the rs
sex, 10th January last, (where, they would
not state) C the prize master had dispatch.
e. from Captain Porter, which he DESTROYED
Previous to recap.ure.
The Essex h?d taken, up 10 the 10Th ia.
nuary, TWENTY-FIVE sail, ships and briggs she
had cruizing in company with hcr, two ships
OF % guns each, and two brigs of 10 guns
each had hauled up the remainder of the
prizes IN small Greek, (where, not stately
and dismantled them had taken possession
of three small Islands in tine vicinity of the
Creek. and fortified it with 100 pieces can
non. With this fortlhcation, together with
the Essex and the armed ships and briggs
in company. Captain Porter fcl: himself
SCNOTCt CS safe, lEOI1 1TV dtLaCk that mt
be made from that quarter.
the officers and crew OF the Essex were
in good health--men, AMMUNITION and pro-
visions were plenty--n fact she was not in
want of any thing.
She had not met with any British cru;zers
since her arrival in the South Seas, and had
not been nolested by any body in fact, she
had the sole command of those seas. This
is all the information could obtain of the
Essex.
IA passenger in the Santiago. (Sh1 has
arrived in town. understood from MIR. Pc.
terson (who had it from the prizemas,er,)
that the New Zealand had cargo of 2 200
bbls. oil, and Left tue Essex on the IO.h Jan,
having in CO. two ships and two brigs, of 20
and 16 guns, cruising with her; that she
and her consOr,s had captured % sail th4t
Capt. Porter had fortified three small L.
lands in the South Sea in the vicinity of a
creek, where o; ost Of his prizes had been
hauled up and dismantled; that he had seen
no British cruizer since he had been in these
seas, and felt himself perfectly safe from
any force in that quarter 4; and that the Off
GERS and crew OF the Essex were in good
bealtb.1
Barbadoes, February 81. Arrived H.
M. $. Galatea, 80, from cruize. On
Monday last, to windward.Of the island, saw
a vessel on IRE, and priyateer schooner TO
windward, to which chase was given, but she
March Arrived II. M. S. P;que. Hon.
Capt. Maitland, from a cruise. On the
18th Feb. fell in with feet of four sail.
conveyed by an English bfig of war large
schooner some distance sstern of them.
The brig made signal Cor an enemy, on
which the schooner hauled her wind, end
the Pique made sail in chase. The Pioue
continued TO gain on her very fast but having
lost man overheard aud heaving 20 70
save him, by which she lost three quarters
OF an hour, the privateer made her escape.
Between IL and 10 at night isli in With her
again within gun shot, and soon If or lost
her III a squal. About days ago the
pique tea in with the American frigate
President, commanded by the renowned
Commodore Rodgers, to the north ward of
Porto Rico. The Pique Immediately hoist.
ed her colours, and invited her 10 come
down but she refused the challenge 1t
would not have been prudent for tse Pique,