and had her fore-mast and fore-top-mast wounded by round shot.

The privateer removed from the Star a considerable portion of her cargo, and then put a prize-master and mate, with eighteen seamen on board, and proceeded in company with her towards New York.

On the 26th of February, while drawing near the coast, the Surprise separated from her prize in a snowstorm. They both subsequently arrived safe at New York with the whole of this valuable cargo.

The portion brought in by the privateer was valued at $150,000.

The entire cargo of the Star was estimated at $300,000.

It consisted of the following articles: 1,180 bags of sugar, 5,021 bags of coffee, 45 tubs of camphor, 297 bags of sago, 224 cwt. of sapan-wood, 22 bales of nankeens, 83 cases of cinnamon, and 45 cases of tortoiseshell.

The English three-masted schooner George, from Rio Grande, Africa, to Goree, with timber, captured by the David Porter, and made a cartel of, to get rid of prisoners.

British brig with fish and oil, sent into Portsmouth, by the Champlain, privateer.

Brig Susanna, of Liverpool, 200 tons burthen, coppered, with a full cargo, captured on her voyage from Havana, for England, by the Sine-qua-non privateer, of Boston, and sent into Portsmouth, N. H. The Susanna was under Spanish colors, and was called the Antonia, but her true name and character were afterward discovered; and both vessel and cargo proved to be English.

Brig Flying Fish, 240 tons, coppered, with a rich

cargo, captured on her voyage from London to Trieste, by the David Porter, and sent into New Bedford cargo valued at from $150,000 to $200,000. The Flying Fish was a brig 110 feet on deck, and in every way a fine vessel.

The English packet brig Lady Mary Pelham, mounting 10 guns and 25 men, was captured by the Kemp, of Baltimore, and sent into Wilmington, N. C. The packet opposed the privateer with a manly spirit, until she had one man killed, and eight wounded, when she surrendered to the Kemp, which vessel had one man killed and three wounded.

SUBSTANCE OF AN AMUSING CHASE BY AN ENGLISH FRIGATE AND THE PRIVATEER WARRIOR, CAPTAIN CHAMPLIN, OF NEW YORK.

On the 15th of December, Captain Champlin made the island of Fayal, and at 8 o'clock in the morning, while about entering the harbor, he saw an English frigate lying there at anchor.

As soon as the frigate discovered the privateer, she slipped her cable and made sail in pursuit of her. The Warrior, of course, carried all the sail she could bear, to avoid the enemy, and after a chase of some forty or fifty miles, with a strong breeze and squally weather, the frigate approached within long-gun-shot of the privateer, and commenced firing upon her from her two bow

guns.

At this moment, Captain Champlin brought his longtom to bear, and luffed-to a little, to show his starboard battery, which indicated a disposition to fight (as the enemy supposed), which induced the frigate to shorten sail, and give battle in due form.

Under these favorable circumstances, Captain Champlin

threw overboard all his lee guns with shot and other heavy articles.

After having lightened his vessel, he made sail and dodged the enemy during the night, and thus made his escape.

TRUE MAGNANIMITY.

The following statement was extracted from a London paper, called the Aurora, dated December 1st, 1814:

"MR. EDITOR: You will please a great number of your readers in Great Britain, who are zealous in spreading the Divine Gospel all over the earth, by showing them that there are some American citizens who are willing to unite with us in sending Missionaries to all parts of the globe.

The Rev. Mr. Benson read the following note, which was transmitted to him by one of his brethren in Wales:

A few weeks since, a trading vessel, laden with corn, from Cardigan, in Wales, was taken in the channel by an American privateer. When the captain of the latter entered the cabin to survey his prize, he espied a small box with a hole in the top, similar to that which tradesmen have in their counters, through which they drop their money, on which the words "Missionary box" were inscribed. On seeing this, the American captain seemed not a little astonished, and addressed the Welsh captain nearly as follows: "Captain, what is this?" pointing to the box with his stick. "Oh!" replied the honest Cambrian, heaving a sigh, "'tis all over now!" "What?" said the American captain. "Why, the truth is," said the Welshman, "that I, and my poor fellows, have been accustomed, every Monday morning, to drop a penny each into that box, for the purpose of sending

out Missionaries to preach the gospel to the heathen; but it is all over now." "Indeed!" answered the American captain, "that is very good." After pausing a few minutes, he said: "Captain, I'll not hurt a hair of your head, nor touch your vessel," and immediately departed, leaving the owner to pursue his course to his destined port."

CHAPTER X.

DESPERATE BATTLE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES SHIP HORNET, CAPTAIN BIDDLE, AND THE BRITISH SLOOP-OF-WAR PENGUIN-REMARKS ON THE BATTLE-CAPTURE OF THE BRIG LADY TROWBRIDGE BY THE PRIVATEER INO, OF BOSTON-LOSS OF THE INO OFF CHARLESTON BAR-CAPTURE OF THE SHIP MARY AND SUSAN, BY THE CHASSEUR-CAPTURE OF THE SHIP ADVENTURE BY THE SAME VESSEL-SENT INTO CHARLESTON-EXTRACT FROM THE LOG-BOOK OF THE PRIVATEER MC. DONOUGH-INTERESTING CRUISE OF THE PRIVATEER YOUNG WASP-CAPTURE OF THE BRITISH SHIP ARABELLA, OF CALCUTTA, BY THE SHIP RAMBLER OF BOSTON-CAPTURE OF THE PACKET-SHIP ELIZABETH, AFTER A SHORT BATTLE, BY THE LETTER-OF-MARQUE JACOB JONES, OF BOSTON-CAPTURE OF THE PRIVATEER HYDER-ALI, IN THE EAST INDIES, BY THE BRITISH FRIGATE OWEN GLENDOWER-CAPTAIN BOYLE'S CRUISE IN THE BRITISH CHANNEL, IN THE PRIVATEER CHASSEUR-A LIST OF PRIZES MADE BY CAPTAIN BOYLE CAPTAIN BOYLE'S BURLESQUE BLOCKADE-CAPTURE OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S SCHOONER ST. LAWRENCE, BY CAPTAIN BOYLE, IN THE CHASSEUR-ARRIVAL OF CAPTAIN BOYLE AT BALTIMORE IN THE PRIVATEER CHASSEUR, AFTER A SUCCESSFUL CRUISE IN THE WEST INDIES THE AUTHOR'S ADMIRATION OF CAPTAIN BOYLE AND HIS GALLANT EXPLOITS.

REMARKS ON THE BATTLE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES SHIP HORNET, J. BIDDLE, COMMANDER, AND THE BRITISH SLOOP-OF-WAR PENGUIN, CAPTAIN DICKENSON, ON THE 25TH OF MARCH, 1815, NEAR THE ISLAND OF TRISTAN D'ACUNHA.

I have selected this action from among many others, because I believed the two vessels as nearly equal, both in men and guns, as could possibly be chosen from the navies of their respective countries. Consequently, I think this action a very fair test between Young America and Old England, in point of seamanship, skill, and bravery. I consider this one of the fairest and best fought battles, on both sides, that occurred during the

war.

In some of the other naval battles fought between single American and British ships, it so happened that the force of the American vessels was slightly superior