Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-22
a FAMOUS PRlvATEeR.
Remarkable Exploit of the Grcatest
of LivcrpOOl'N nrrneH.

Remarkable Exploit of the Grcatest
of LivcrpoOIs Heroes.
The greatest OF Liverpoors priva-
teering heroes was parsonage famous
in his day, and not yet utterly forgot
ten-namely, Capt. Fortunatus Wright.
Soon after the outbreak of the war
with France in l744 he, conformity with
some English merchants in Leghorn.
htted OUT The Fame privateer to cruise
against the French. The Gentleman's
Magazine for December, 1916. stated
that the Fame. Capt. Wright. had cap
tured sixteen French ships in the Lee
want, worth 100000. Capt. Wright's
most remarkable achievement, howev-
err, was in 1856. when the renewal Of
the war with France became imminent
In that year he built small vessel at
Leghorn, called the ST. George. to
cruise against the enemy. His project
becoming known. a French xebcc of
sixteen guns and two hundred and
eighty men bore down upon Leghorn,
and lowered outside the harbor in or
der 10 capture him when he came out.
So much injury had Wright done to
French commerce during the last war
that the French King had promised
the honor of knighthoud, a pension of
5000 livres per annum for life. and the
command of Il sloop of war to whoever
should bring him into France alive or
dead. The candidate for knighthnod
therefore, impatiently waited for him
Inc tuscan government. being at this
time in close sympathy with the
French, would not allow Wright to
leave the port with more than four
guns and twenty-five men. With this
armament he left the harbor on July
20, having three other small vessels un-
Ger convoy. No sooner was he clear Of
TIE harbor, however. than he took on
board eight other guns which had
been secretly slowed by the convoy for
his use. He also prevailed upon fifty
fiHe or their men. composed OF Sfavoni-
ans. Venetians. Italians. Swiss. and a
rev Englishincn. to enter Oh board his
ship. Next morning the Frenchlnan
bore down upon him. and at twelve
o'cl ock the engagement began. in s,..h,
OF shout three thousand wel-wisI, ,rs
Oh IRE french. In three quarters OF an
houl the Xebec was so mal:reatcd that
she was hors de combat, with the less
or her Captain, Lieutenant, and eighty
eight men killed, seventy more being
wounded. There being no wind, she
escaped with the aid of her sweeps. else
she would have fallen Il prev to the
victor. Wright had only lost his
IN q ~, nj Il
eight wounded. The disguised Tuscan
authorities Immediately seized the ST.
George. and refused to give her IN;
but the appearance at I.eghorn OF Nd
mlral Hawke, with two line-of-battle
ships, speedily induced them to a more
complaisant frame Of mind After fur
tller distinguishing himself at the ex-
pense OF the French the brave Cant.
Fertunatus Wright was lost Will, his
sh.D IN a storm in March. 1851, while
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