The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-07-08
Nkw-YoRx, July 4.
ANOTHER
BRILLIANT NAVAL VICTORY,

1rEW-f DIRK, July q.
ANOTHER
BRILLIANT NAVAL VICTORY,
ACHIEVED BY THE
u S. SL00P OFst.iR no R.NET,
Captain BIDDLE,
l94ounfing bu. Twenty Gtns)
In the Capture and Destruction OF his Bri-
fannie Mdjesty's
SLOOP or ty.7R PEN-GULV,
captain SrICKINSoN,
lMountng II guns, & d complement of 1873
Den)
After an action of % minutes. on the 2sd of
MARCH lest, of tine island OF Tristan d'Cunha
or the following particulars of this brilliant
acton, The editors II che Mer. Advertiser are
indebted to the arrival at this port Yesterday
morning OF the y. s. brig Tom -Bo7rline, capt
Cariton, from 4 crulze IN the Pacific Ocean.
ihe Iom Bovine stiied from this port on the 18Th
o jan In company with te .atc u. s. tItgatc Preside,
aud sioops oil war Hornet aud Peacock, and private
armed merchant brig Mscet.onian AMI ,s,.ed Co n,
ny With tue Hornet the third lay out, aud did rot
tall IN with her again until the 24ta of March, off ,l
island oil Tristan de Ciinha. When they hrs, ,,,li,
her she hal in company the British sloop of war Pen
gum, herpr'ze, and apprehendI,s the Peacock and
ro"-bowne were British cruizers, she scutt! ed IA H.
ne 'oowiny are the particulars Of the action
ell by Lieut. Brownlow, OF the Marines belongiu- tn
the Horne who has ia charge the colours ofthe Pen
gum, and dispatches for government On the 23 al
he
e', captain bddle, rating iS and mounting go guns
lciSteen 50 pound carronaes and two long l's1 fell
IN WIN ms Malestys sioOpo Penguin rated lS
ana mounting II guns, eighteen So pounu car1ono,
TWO is's IL s. one lib caiTonsde the forecasle
ana Two oiass swVes in her tops,) with a crew of 5B
men, ana alter an action o 81 minutes succeeded in
capturing her, with loss board the Hornet OF oNIy
one man killed and IL wounded. The los, ON board
the Penguin IL killed incl,l;no the c.,,a;s ,,
boatswain, and % wounded
Lieut.. Browno~ informs US, that about n u,inuts
n'er 'ne feiiSnn stracS 70 the Hornet and the ac-
"o! ,iau ceased, shot was hrea from the Peny,in
r "ootIea capt hiddle severely in tae neck
, out rom which wound ie fast recovering The
he0sun Was much shattered, having So round eho,
" ner hui her toremast sl,ot away four feet ;b,v.
a"u 10" -,piit close to the nisht-heads. The
o'"e' e"'e OK with the less vi her sl,anker-boom
e"rt1ed away by round shot, and several p,.,n,.
IN her hull During the engagement Iieut c.
nor OF tne Hornet, wounded in the hand and
through the thigh, and in that situation remained nm
.eIN Nv tne oai,'e was over, peremptorily refusing
70 De carried beiow-The day ltier the action ,bs.
ON bnwIn.e, III with the Peacock fell in with
e hornet, and then put into the island of Tristan
ne Cunns, OH the BraZie, where they renoa nod so
Wy anu oi'n made cNtel Of the Tom-Bowjin..
shu sent her with the prisoners to St Salvador
wherc they were landed Before the Tom R,,v,i,
'eit ristan dc Cunha, capt lIidde had nearly re-,
covered J. ON ms wounds To he considered ont
"a u"iiser. n HUinrt spoke neutral vessel two
o! lhree days before the action, who inIur,ned nf t
reace, but capt Bid1le did not believe ;t-'rbt.
om-bowiInc did not hear of the peace until she ar
rived at ST Salvador. The brig MAJ edouian which
S"heu rom this port in CO. with tie Tom-Bowiine
eoucheh at Tristan de Cunha, and t,en n,,oceod Il
on her voyage 10 the East-iadies ieti at St SoIra
uo', ue private armed brig True Blo,ded Van
nee, bound to the Isle OF FTuee and the priYateer
e S"Ta'y' W HAAS, OF Boston, bound to HAVANA -
Spoke ON the 26th in lat So Io4s, CO. brig rr,,nbli
Hardy, from Bath ror Matnnzies
ne T. B0IcdHe brought home u6svar4Ls of 100 of
"ie c'e70S 81 the True Is. Yankee and ito BlakeAey