Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-07-08

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SLOOP OF WAR PENGUIN,
Captoin SPYCRLNSON;
(Mounting Twenty-Five Guns, and com
plement of lob Menu
.9ier .action Of % n6nrfcs, on the 29d .Sarci,
Of che Lsia'blof Tristan d cUahG.
For the particulars Of this brilliant
action the Editors of the Mercantile Adj
vertiser are indebted 10 the arrival at this
port yesterday morning OF the U. S. brig
ToM-BowLINE, Captain Carleton, from a
cruize in the Pacific Ocean.
The Tom-Bowline sailed from this port
on the 18th of JANUARY, in company with
the late Z. S. frigate President, and si0ops
OF war Hornet and Peacock, aud private
armed merchant brig Macedonian & part
ed company with the Hornet on the third
day out, aud did not fall III with her again
until the cath of March. of the Island of
Tristan de Cunha. When they first made
her she had in company the British sioop
OF war Penguin, her prize, and apprehen-
ding the Peacock and L. Bowine were Bril-
tisb cruizers, she scuttled her. The fol-
lowing are the particulars eff the action,
furnished by Lieut.. Brownlow, of the Ma
rines, belonging to the Hornet, who has in
charge the colours of the Penguin and des-
patches for government. On the Esd of
March, off the Island of Tristan de Cunha
the Hornet, capt. Biddle, rated IL and
amounting 90 guns, eighteen 80 pound
carronades and two long 1885, fell in with
his Majesty's sloop of war Penguin, rated
l8 and mounting 81 guns, eighteen Sc
pound carronades, two long los, one 12lb.
carronade on the forecastle, and two brass
swlveis in her tops,) with a crew of 158
men, and aftor an action of % minutes.
succeeded in capturing her, with the loss
on board the Hornet of ONLY ONE killed
and ELEVEN wounded. The loss Oh
board the Penguin was SEVENTEEN
killed, including the captain and boatswain
and TWENTY EIGHT wounded.
| Lieut.. Brownlow informs us, that about
a minute after the Penguin struck to the
Hornet, and the action had ceased, shot
was fred from the Penguin, Which wound
ed capt. Biddle severely in the neck, but
from which wound he was fast recovering.
| The Penguin was much shattered, having
So rouud Shot in her hull, her fore -mast
shot away 4 feet above deck, and bow
spirit close to the night-heads. The Hor-
met came oil with the loss of her spanker
boom. carried away by round shot, aud
several grape in herhull. During the en-
gaSement Lieut.. Conner of the Hornet
was wounded in the hand and through the
lrhiga, and in that situation remained on
1 deck till the battle was over, peremptoriiy
refusing TO go below.-The day alter the
action the Tom Bovine in CO. with che
Pcacock fell in with the Hornet, and then
put into the Island of Tristan de Cunha.
on the Brazils, where they remained 90
days, and then made cartel of the Tom
Bovine and sent her with the prisoners to
st. Salvador, where they were landed.
Before the FUm-BOwline left Tristan de
Cunha, capt. Biddle had nearly recovered
from his wounds, so as to be considered out
of danger. The Hornet spoke neutral
vessel two or three days before the action
who informed Of the Peace, but captain
Biddle did not believe 1.-THE Tom
Bovine did not hear of the peace until
she arrived at st. Salvador. Thebrig Ma
cedodian which sailed from this port in co.
w tn the Tom Bovine, touched at Tristan
de Cunha, aud then proceeded on her vow
age to the East Indies. Lett at st. Saliva
dor, the private armed brig True Blooded
Yankee, bound to the Isle of France, and
the privateer Blakely, Williams, of Bos-
ton, bound to Havana. Spoke on the
10Th, in lat. SO, long. 60, brig Trumbull,
Hardy, from Bath for Matanzies.
The I. Bovine brought home upwards
of 100 of the crews of the True 3, Yankee
and the Blakeley.
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