The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-06

cutter belonging to the navy. carrying
eighteen snine-pounders; with the Al
lance, new frigate, belonging TO the
United States: but as the guns had not
yet arrived from Ansoulemc the Good
Man Richard was armed from an OLD pat
terry Of twelve Founders: and, as the cx-
petition was intended against the en-
emy's forts, mounted six old eighteen
Founders in the gun room, so that she
in some measure might be called forty
gun ship. AS 1t was impossible to Sc
cure a sufficient number or american
sailors, / determined to supply the defl-
cheney by enrolling English ones. who
happened to be prisoners of war In France.
md In addition to these some peasants
were levied, so that we may say that
we had as bad a crew rs was ever ship
ped on a vessel. was given to UNDER
stand, however. that the chosen body OF
troops, Z under the command OF Marquis
dc Lafayette would serve as a guar
antce OF their good conduct; but, no
sooner than was the little squad ready,
than received letter from the Mas
quis, lntimating that the object of the
expedition having been divuged at Paris,
tho King had issued orders to prevent
the embarkation of the troops, In conse-
quence Of which he had Joined his regi-
ment. ft4
| Thus the project. which was no less
than that OF putting Liverpool. the Sec
ond town In England. under contrlbu-
ton, failed In consequence Of having
been lndiscreetlyA communicated.
II ought also to remark that. according
to my first arrangement, my little squad
ron was to have been Joined by two
fIreships, and five hundred men of Walsh
Irish regiment, but the minister did not
keep his word. for he neither procured
for me tho fireshlps nor tho soldiers, so
1t became impossible for mo to fulfill
the plans ! had concerted, although 1t
was still more important than that of
selling on Liverpool @
Escorting Transports.
/ now received orders to escort a
fleet Of transports and merchantmen
from II'Orient destined for different
ports, between that and Bordeaux; and
after that l was to chase away tho
English cruisers from the Bay OF Biscay,
and then to return for further orders.
After executing this commission, on
my representing how necessary It was
to make diversion In favor OF tho
Count D'Orvlllers then cruising In the
channel, with slxly-six ships of the line,
l received n carte blanc, during six
weeks, without any other restriction
than that of repairing to the Texel by
the first OF October by this time I
received intmation from England that
eight East Indiamen were expected on
the coast of Ireland near to Limerick
This was all object of great attention.;
and as there We're two privateers at
Port I.Orlent ready for sea- Le Mon
slellr of forty guns; and LIE Granville of
fourteen, the captains of which offered
to place themselves under my orders.
I accepted the proposition. But the
French commlssary who superintendent
the naval department, acted with great
improperly on this as we'll as on many
former occasions.
The little squadron at length set sail
from the road of Groays on tho 14th of
August, 1910, but we did no sooner pro-
coed to the north mouth of the channel
than La Monsieur and la Granville
abandoned mo during. the night and LIE
Cert soon afterward initiated her con-
duct, I was extremely anxious to
cruise for a fortnight in the latitude CT
Limerick, but the captain OF the Alli-
ance, arter obJecting to this also left
mo during the night, and as q had now
only with me the Pallas and the Ven-
gennce, was Obliged to renounce my
original intention. took two prizes on
The coast OF Ireland, and within sight or
Scotland came up and seized two Prl-
yateers Of TWENTY-FIVE guns each, Which,