which we would most seriously have to apprehend; for our ships, without a large military force, durst not enter the ports of the United States, and that military force, in our present situation, is nowhere to be found. The probable consequence would be the starvation of our West India colonies, and the loss of Upper, if not of Lower Canada; while the total want of specie (which latterly has been wholly drawn from the United States) to pay our troops at Halifax and Quebec, could not fail to accelerate the mischief."

PRIZES TAKEN DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST.

The British vessel Wabisch, laden with timber, and sent into Salem by the privateer-schooner Dolphin. Schooner Anr sent into Charleston, by the privateer Nonpareil of that place.

Ship Jarrett, with two guns and eighteen men, in ballast, from Bristol, England, for St. Andrews, sent into Salem by the Fair Trader, of that port. The Fair Trader had one gun and fifteen mer. The Englishmen

refused to fight, and four of them entered on board the privateer.

Three schooners laden with pork, wine, furs, cordage, etc., sent into Salem.

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captured by the Dolphin of Salem, and released, after taking from on board of her $1,000 in specie, and a quantity of beaver skins.

Schooner Ann Kelly, of Halifax, with an assorted cargo, sent into Salem by the same..

Brig from St. Andrews for England, sent into Salem by the Dolphin.

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sent into Marblehead by the Lion, of .. port, laden with lumber and naval stores.

Schooner

laden with sugar and indigo, sent into

Portland by the Argus of Boston.

Schooner Fanny, from St. Croix for St. Andrews, in ballast, sent into Baltimore by the Dolphin, valued at $18,000.

Ship Mary, from Bristol, England, for St. John's carrying fourteen heavy guns, a valuable vessel, having on board a considerable quantity of arms and ammunition, sent into Salem by the Dolphin.

Schooner, laden with provisions, sent into Wiscasset, by the Fair Trader.

Schooner Diligent, with fifty-five pipes of brandy, sent into Salem by the Polly.

Two schooners with cargoes of provisions, pork, corn, etc., sent into Salem by the Snowbird, of that place. Schooner Jane, from the West Indies for Halifax, sent into Marblehead by the Dolphin.

Ship Ann Green, of four hundred and thirty tons, carrying eight twelve-pounders, and two long-sixes, an excellent vessel, from Jamaica for Greenock, with a cargo of rum, etc., valued at $50,000, sent into Boston by the Gossamer, of that port.

Barque St. Andrews, carrying eight guns, sent into Portland, by the Rapid of Boston.a

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Schooner Nelson, laden with oil, furs, fish, etc., sent into Salem by the Buckskin

Schooner

sent into Machias by the Fame. Schooner Three Brothers, sent into Boston by the Wiley Reynard, of that port.

Barque -, sent into Portland, by the Catherine of Boston.

Brig in ballast, captured by the Polly, ransomed after taking out a few bales of dry-goods.

Schooner Eliza, of Halifax, from Jamaica, sent into Salem by the Polly.

Brig Lady Sherbrook, two hundred and fifty tons burthen, armed with four six-pounders, laden with lumber and fish, sent into New York by the Marengo of that port.

Brig Elizabeth and Esther, from St. Johns, for Bermuda, with a cargo of fish, pork, and some dry goods, sent into Philadelphia, by the Governor McKean of Philadelphia.

Brig Ranger, from St. Domingo for London, carrying six guns, laden with coffee and logwood, captured by the Matilda of Philadelphia, and sent into that port, after a short engagement, in which the British Captain was mortally wounded.

Schooner Polly, sent into Boston by the Wiley Reynard.

A ship and two brigs sent into Wiscasset, by the Wiley Reynard.

Sloop Mary Ann, laden with three thousand bushels of salt, sent into Philadelphia by the Paul Jones, of New York.

Ship Hassan, of London, from Gibraltar for Havana, carrying 14 guns, and twenty men, laden with wines, dry goods, etc., worth $200,000, captured after half an hour's combat, with the loss of her captain, and a boy wounded, by the Paul Jones, then of three guns. The guns of the Hassan were transferred to the privateer, and the vessel ordered for Savannah.

Brig Harmony, from Greenock for Quebec, a fine vessel, two hundred and fifty tons burthen, carrying four heavy guns, laden with a cargo of dry-goods, etc., sent into New York by the Yankee, of Bristol, R. I.

Brig, - captured by the Yankee, and given up for the purpose of disposing of her prisoners.

Ship Braganza, from Port-au-Prince, for London,

mounting twelve guns, burthen four hundred tons, deeply laden with coffee and logwood, captured and sent into Baltimore by the Tom of that port, after a running fight of fifty-five minutes.

Brig Peter Waldo, from Newcastle, England, for Halifax, with a full cargo of British manufactures, clearing for the captors $100,000, sent into Portland by the Teazer, of New York.

Ship Prince Adolphus, from Martinique for Falmouth, England, mounting eight guns, with thirty-six men, among whom were the Governor, Collector, and Postmaster of Demarara, sent into Philadelphia by the Governor McKean, of that port.

Brig Ceres, a valuable vessel, sent into Salem by the John, of that port.

Brig laden with timber, taken by a Salem privateer, recaptured by the English, and retaken and sent into Gloucester by a Lynn privateer.

Brig William, from Bristol, England, for St. Johns, with a cargo of coal, butter and sundries, sent into Boston by the Rossie, Commodore Barney, of Baltimore.

One ship, five brigs and a schooner, all laden with fish and timber, captured by the Rossie and burned. Brig Mary, from Scotland for Newfoundland, captured by the Yankee and released, to dispose of her prisoners, forty-seven in number.

Schooner Venus, with one hundred and nineteen puncheons of rum, a quantity of sugar, fruits, etc., sent into Portland by the Teazer.

Ship Osborne, ten guns, eighteen pounders, twentysix men, from Gibraltar for St. Andrews, in ballast, burthen five hundred tons, sent into Portland by the Teazer, after a long fight, in which no person on either side was injured. It is said the government of Nov

Scotia offered $30,000 for the Teazer. This privateer carried only two guns, and at the time she captured the Osborne, had not thirty men.

Brig Eliza, from Jamaica for Halifax, laden with rum and sugar, sent into New York by the Marengo of that port.

Brig Richard, three hundred tons, laden with timber, sent into Marblehead by the Industry of Lynn.

Brig Nancy, with a full cargo of provisions, sent into Salem by the Fair Trader, of that port.

Brig from Quebec for the West Indies, laden with flour, sent into New York by the Bunker Hill. Schooner, sent into Providence by the Leander, of Providence, R. I.

Brig Leonidas, of fourteen guns; a first-rate vessel, from Jamaica for Belfast, laden with about two hundred and thirty hogsheads of sugar, seventy-five puncheons of rum, coffee, pimento, etc., sent into Savannah by the Mars, of Norfolk. The brig was carried by boarding after a short resistance, in which she had one man wounded.

Schooner Skylark, from Quebec for Martinique, laden with provisions, sent into the port of New York by the Bunker Hill.

Brig Lady-Provost, from Halifax for Jamaica, sent into New York by the Marengo.

Brig Friends, sent into Boston by the Benjamin Franklin.

Brig Mary, from Pictou, for England, sent into Boston by the Benjamin Franklin.

Ship Jenny, twelve guns, and eighteen men, from Liverpool for St. Johns, with salt, sent into Salem by the Rossie.

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of one hundred and seventy tons, from