The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1814-07-13

PORT OF NEWPORT.

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Yesterday morning arrived in this harbor, the pri
vateer SCH Surprize, of Baltimore, Clement Cathel,
Esq. commander, from a cruize of 1l3 days |; d ar
ing which she has been into the British Channel, as
tar up as the Lizard, up the Irish Channel far
Kinsae, through the Western Islands, on the Banks
OF Newfoundland, and the coast OF Nova-Scotia.--
She has been chased sixteen times, but escaped by
superior sailing On Monday last, saw four enemy's
ships off Long Island The Surprize has paroled
l0l prisoners, and has l9 in her different prizes.
The following is list of the captures, &c.
Goth March, boarded the English ship Hope from
Halifax to Bermuda, cargo lumber, &c. ordered in
Oath ril,fought and took the English brig Ku,ou
soff, Capt. Turnbull, mounting IL guns and 80 men,
from Laguira bound to Gibraltar, laden with Cocoa
and Coffee; ordered her n.- .arrived ar Wiscasset
Lost in this action the sang.master Of the S.
5th May, spoke the Lawrence privateer from Bal
timore, on a cruize; had taken four prizes.
18th, took the English brig Traveller, from Ber.
gen bound to Palermo, laden with stock fsh or.
dered her n.-C Arrived at a southern por 81
18th, took the English schr. Fox, from Poole to
Cork, laden with salt, sent her in with prisoners.
l6ta, close In the harbor OF Baltimore, Ireland,
took the brig James & David, from Passage bound
to Cork, in ballast. cut away her mssts and let her
so with the prisoners.
Same day, at same place, took the brig Fidelity,
from do. bound to do. in ballast, and burnt her.
Goth, captured the English schr. Vivid. Captain
Ward, from Lisbon bound to Belfast, laden with
cotton; ordered her to America.
21th, captured the English brig Forttude, Capt.
Tauzeau, from ho Janeiro bound to Guernsey, la
den with Coffee, Hides, Rice, Fustic, Rum and Mo-
iasses; manned her and sent her for America
Same day, captured the English brig Margaret,
Capt Orrhay, from Lisbon bound to Dublin, laden
with slaves, fax seed and Oranges put crew on
board and sent her fer America
29th, put all the prisoners on board Spanish bri
OF Capt: Cathel learned that the pr. Gen. Arm
strong, Champlin, of Nsw.York, was off the Eng
lish snrU I'll aJat;o sJ,,
emy's commerce.
The surprize is a fine schr. Of 3O2 tons, 10 guns,
and has crew on board Of SO men,
Extract Of letter from Capt. E. Sno4u, commander
81 Me pr'vate ar med brig YANKEE, 10 his e.u,er
IN Br1stsi. or. L. dated at Sea, May 10Th -
20 have this day captured, as English property,
Qrom papers found on board,) the reported Portu-
guese ship st. Joze Indiana, days from Liverpool
bound to the Brazs. We have captured previously
one English ship, (the Hugh JoDes,) and have Ia.
Ken considerable quantity Of linens, cacoes, &c.
out OF her, and ordered her for Savannah. We have
had some hair breadth escapes from capture"
The hrst ship is the one which has arrived at
Portiand-Her agent writes, that she is $40 tons,
and has full cargo of dry-goods, and 100 casks of
Wine. valued al about .6ve hundred thousand dSiars
Mr.. Carpenter is prize-tnaster.1
The privateer xebec UItor, Matthews, of Balti.
more, from cru;ze of several months. arrived at
New.Bedford July 1st. She brought in IS prisoners.
She has made fwenfy-one prizes, Of which have ar
is at sea, 10 soops and schrs given up to prison.
ers, and burnt 8, viz private armed sch. 7nty, of
Antigua, mounting one brass 6-pounder, with "a
men /; brig Lord.Nelson, Of Belfast, from Rio Jane
iro for Havana, cargo tallow and jerk beef schrs.
Nancy, Of Demarara, in ballast, small sch. with
16 hhds. sugar on board, took 4 out: small schr.
with III hhds. sugar, all burnt The Ultor has been
chased several times ,and narrowly escaped capture.
The Fairy privateer, of Baltimore, has arrived at
Charleston, from a cruize, having made prizes
sch. and sloop, with dry-goods and provisions, Or
dered in; soop given up to prisoners, and sloop
Active, with lumber, burnt.
Privateer schr Revenge, of Bait. has also ar at
Charleston, from a cruize, having made S prizes
schrs. ordered in, and burnt British sch Alert fir.
Cumana, bound to Martinique The Il. has been
chased . number of times.
The Am. sloop Julia, taken by the B'h. pr. Retail.
alton, has ar. at KeGnebunk, with Engllshmen
board. The J. was blown off the coast Of Halifax,
and owing to the ignorance Of the prize.master and
one Of the JuIia's crew throwing overheard their
provisions, they bore away for Kennebec.
GRoRoETows,(S. C.) July 2.-On Thurs
day, MIR. M'Iotosh, prize-msster Of the Swe-
dish brig Franshaft (or Friendship came a.
shore from the brig, then st anchor of North
Inlet. He informs the the brig was csptur-
ed, on suspicion of being enemy's property,
OF Cape Finis,ere, IS days since, by the pr
sch. Herald, of New-York, With a cargo Of
dry-goods, invoiced at one hundred thousand
pounds sterling, from London bound to Lis
ben. The wind and tide not suiing 10 cross
our bar, she bore away for Wilmington, NC.
in preference to remaining at anchor until the
mex, day. The b. ig was the fifth prize made
by the Herald, Of which she had ordered in,
.nt Of, h~e q h.(s h.I
bsen OFT Of water twenty-five days, the crew
h,,f,,~ m <,hor irfrt tb.o 4 Do~e~e