The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-07-12

fOOuS bCdCu lnlO tIe az E''
Olof Burgh into the Cumberlxi no.
Wishing you fortunate cru ise'
am faithfully yours, j, 1v1p,
Captain D1cKrNsoN,
H. NJ sloop Penguin.
Our letters of the 5th from uNew-Orieans,
say, /" The river which had threatened US
with an inundation, has begurwa 10 1aii, and
we are relieved from all apprehension. Bu-
siness has slackened very muP'ch since the
last news from Europe-Cottoo IN mas fallen
from Is to 161 cents, and is d,.ul at that.
Freights are likewise dull, and there IS no
prospect of favorable chas inge, as we
have feet of upwards of so larplose sail in our
river boundrD,s APhH. Gaz
Tic
We have been favored with me Following
extract of letter from an off Ger on BOARD
the sloop of war Peacock, off tristan dc
Cunha. April 10, 1915 {:
Nat. IN 4dvocdfe.
The Hornet separated, in chasEee' two days
out, and we only fell in, off here, d Kew Gays
since. We were delighted to h ear OF her
good fortune, so superior to our oWh--shs
had captured, two days previous,ua ., H. d. NJ
brig Penguin, after an action of 22f't minutes.
The Penguin was fitted out by IA 1mirai ~
Ter, at the Cape of Good Hope, e; o"Pressly 10
| take the privateer Young Wasp, &c VINO hal
captured an Indiaman in that neiA ShDofhood,
| and landed the prisoners, and wal s. supposed
to have brought her prize here to "trip her &
to refresh. The +. was CONN S'anded by
| Captain Dickinson, distinguishlned young
man in their chronicles and it apptSsars' from
| some OF his papers, Of respectabIem conneC-
| tons. and a vreat favor;te in the NO wy. Ad-
| miral Tyler loaned him twelve mart mes from
| the Midway, and was very minute ?. III MS m
| structions and grave, to degree, ii 4 ms IN
| functions upon Dickenson as m ths manner
OF engaging the priyateer to get clos { enough
was the great consideration-whaA man
| seeks earnestly heis almost sure IN t--hnd, and
| Captain u. supposed he Lod the Wal Sp, when
he only say the Hornet, vessel CO ,nsldera-
| by smaller in all her dimensions, al nd deci-
dedly inferior in her armament to tie prlva-
teer The Hornet on nerceivino iTI,hat the
brig bore up for her. laid all aback la me orig
! came stern on, lest the H. might DISCOVER her
| guns and be of, and brushing close aiv ohSside
! of her, fred gun ami run no her 81 2hTeOrge.
An entire broadside from the Hornet, ll every
shot of which told, opened the ey9 es 81 John
| Bull upon Yankee mar OF war, lust what
they had beeF. wishing for ever since they left
England la 90 minutes the P. had her fore
mast FoVer the side--her bowspritin two pie
l-ores--her broadside nearly driven n--20 men
killed, including the captain and one of lord
Nelson's boatswains and IS wounded, inclu-
ding the 81 lieut.. mIdshipmen and masters
mate, &c. The Hornet, untouched in her hull,
was severely cut up in her rigging, especially
about her man and foretopgallantnasts, her
mizzen being vast deal too low for British
gunnery--one marine killed--the capt. & lst
lieut.. Conner, (severely) & eight others woun-
{ ded. The Penguin was not SO long as the
Hornet OH deck by 2 feet, but had n &c deck,
, more BEAM thicker side and higher bulwarks
had, by their own account, 1872 men at
, quarters, and mounted is 80 h. carronades.
4 and ionu % On her CnD
: pivot upon her torecastie, light carronade
on her capstan, and swivels in both ner tops
Her officers ascribed their misfortune entirely
. to the superiority of the men belonging to the
Hornet-have repeatedly said, they would be
. glad to try it again with her if the Penguin
r. was manned with such men. Now, these
gentlemen, left England last September, and
. the prisoners are stout, fne-lOokng fell
" lows as l ever saw. One fact, which is prova-
BILE, is worth all speculation in such an inqui-
. ry. On examining her guns after the action,
32lb. carronade, on the side engdFed was
; found with lis tomfion as nicely hutfy'd and
- stohfed in as it was the day she left Spithead
;. OrkensoD, towards the close of the fight,
told his first lieut.. M'Donald, that " them
e fellows are giving 1t to us like hill, we must
b.. get on board"--and on being asked by Bid
= die why he did not, as there never had been
a better opportunity, he said, he did try" but
found the men rather backward-and so, you
:, know, concluded to give it w" After Mr.
- MD aid had repeatedly called out that they
= had surrendered, and Biddle had ceased his
fre, two fellows on board the Penguin, fired
20 upon him and the man at the wheel-B ddle
|, was struck on the chin, and the ball passing
'c round the neck, went off through the cape Of
mis- notwithstanding him, however, Sc
:; verely, but not DANCE ously; the man escap-
u ed, but the ruffians did not, for they were OBJ
= served, by two OF Biddle's marines who le-
=, yelled and laid them dead upon deck at the
- instant 1t seems to me these fellows grow
&c worse instead of improving by the war, and
the further you catch them from home the
;, worse they fight. We are OFF tomorrow tc
= the eastward and you will probably not hear
from us again till the cruise is either knocked
> up and we in Bombay, or accomplished, ant
> the Peacock in her native port.
u Communicated f6r The Democratic Press.
NARRATIVE
OF THE
e ESCAPE OF Mr.. RIG.
| mn m he r,y