General Advertiser (Newspaper) - September 27, 1748, London, Middlesex The General 4344* September 27, 1748. September 25. AME the for the for Arrived the John a d from for Exon and remain with the Grampus Sept. 26. by from Sailed the Kmg George aud Vrow for Sailed Elizabeth and Wills for the and John and for Seville for Came in V arrived I with Wine the Sweet from London and lay to an and Idr Sailed the for South Came in and is failed the J the London for from is arrived at from at from at at and at from at St. b from at from at from and the in 5^ The Pope has writ to the In- of rhe v. io Cider the cf to me Pe of MaiTes on the Day of che having given a cai thai r has been or to the witL that the T vr for that r die of Alms or is arrived at ar the Duke aud of fa car their for their Seat Coc r. fr r the at Office in Ka- ai fuch nic ihc of the and isao Fenn 0} faid ( in of that Srer of near that make a V we that the real Advantages and that bar -ai the of E Ly the Dublin will wm reaSer Places and Method of daily in were by Thomas their on the Lord's 5 XT a of Mr. a Broker fell out of a Two-pair of by viuck his Skall was and he that his Life is of. was drawn a Prize of 1000 1. aid 55W915 of 500 L and 60,024, 12,720, too L June 2. We are forry we have no better News to give our than the following Account of the late Proceedings of the Enemy's Privateers on our and even in our Bay On laft an arrived from in Salem to acquaint this that one George had the Night from a then lying off in the and before the that flie was a Spanilli Privateer from the of 14. Carnage 6 and 4 with 160 Evening an arrived from with that about 9 o'Clock that the laid George came and gave the fame Information that within an Hour after the Brigantine came and anchored before the with a Spring on her and to boarding a large lying in the Road but being fired at from the Batteries made and from the Jamaica fhe down and away with the firing under and giving three which were As but about two Leagues and it was apprehended might with the a Number of Men from the Town was put board the Ship for her and the Country being came cheerfully in for Defence of the In the mean Time the Inhabitants removed their valuable &c. On Friday we had Advice that the Privateer attempted to Men at but the for fome Miles having been alarmed the Day and a Number of People appearing under ready to the Boats put back without their On Friday Night arrived a Number in a Boat that had been given them by the wiio them adrift without Sails or Among them were William Mafler of rhe Sloop Andrew MaRer of tJie and William Mailer of from to who were chafed into the Capes the 2 2d by the Clinton and a Schooner her Confort up to Reedy came to an Anchor But in the the Brigantine fent her Boats aboard and took them Capt. had Money on with a valuable Cargo of &c. Billings and another of the Captains were wantonly and cruelly by a and are here under All the to rhe Number of 55, were to rhe laft and very ill By who were in the Privateer when fhe came up to we that the were much at being tired at from the which they did not and that one of the Shot falling within a Yard of her ard another on her they and Hands were ordered into the Boat to tow her down Stern which was accordingly were out every Thing prepared juli before for boarding tJie above Jamaica With was taken tke and of this then riding at Illand outward-bound He and his Men were had nothing left on but a Pair of Being brought on board the he found her to be the St. Michael of and from the commanded by de her Crew fome Renegade apd many and fome Capt. Ambler with 45 more ing a Boat given went on Shore a little above Morris Lifton's High after the at which Town the Enemy had in the Morning to bum Sloops they as the inform taken a Number of Small with which they both Sides of the Bay and fo that nothing could pafs them and landing in Places plundered the bringing off 3jc. Saturday Evening we had that the Inhabitants forf many Miles along the had removed their Families and hack into the and drove off their On Sunday came to Town Capt. late of the Mary Schooner of this Port was inward bound from with a very valuable Cargo of was chafed into the Capes by the Clinton and her Confort on got into the and up with the Flood on Friday fhe was boarded by a with 30 Hands with and out by the then in and fo Capt not any Arms could make no but v as obliged to All his Pc were carried on board the where he their Boat had been Miles of and returned with Intelligence that the cf War hove and the 1 and that they hpd a Confort at the 150 arc were to have the before left the The fame Day they took a Bermudian Sloop Capt. and another Sloop the in a Boat belonging one cf the with which they arrived Sunday Evening arrived a Number of that had been on board the n that the Capt. bound from ro with a valuable was taken by u e laid Privateer on the 25 Leagues from Capes That on the 17th fhe teok a Sloop bound from Providence to Smith laden Sugar and That on the 21ft fhe took Capt. Hii from Virginia to Thar on the 25th iTie to an Anchor in and they ufed all their to get a Pilot to carry her up into the but in vain and a Sloop the fhe w. and gave chafe to bat the Sloop got clear the Chafe they faw a large which proved to be French commanded 180 14 Carriage Guns and 3oSv.ivel5 in 33 Days from Cape during which Time they had taken fix The Sloop in again for the faw two Sloops at Anchor in 16 Miles Northward of Cape May and manning their two they fent them in to take which was A Boat belonging to one of was given to 27 to carry them to the while they were on board the they learnt had been oui from Cape between 8 and 9 and had taken i i five of which they cut out 1 of in and e were then j 14 Sail of Privateers between and ai rived here Capt. Thomas Elake late of the Schooner bound this laden with White taken by the La Capt. Ramong from the ct o C arnage Confort to St. bound into Delaware to join her this came up on the Side of the Bay and her Confort nho went the other fhe landed her at and returned to the While the were on board they that four Sail more of Privateers were fitting out for this This Sloop had taken Capt. Edwards in a Sloop from St. bound hither with Weft India At the fame Time rame Capt. who had been bound from Virginia to taken ofT the Coaft and who had been taken in a Ship from to by a French after an Engagement of 4 in the Enemy loft 12 and Capt. Roberts The Sloop Thomas was alfo taken by the St. on the 22d bound from to Edenton they barnt her at She alfo took in the River the Shallop and John of laden with Flower and Two were alio drove at the Capes laft Week by a who fent her Boat and one of was alfo heard from Lewis that four fail were taken in the on Morning lafi in fight of che but who they were is yet And that a Sloop from to Virginia being into Lewis came to Anchor under the of the Guns of their the Enemy however fent in their Boat to cut her out but fome Shot from the Cannon on Shore near the they put about and went and the Sloop was afterwards got fafe into the Soon after it was known that the Enemies Privateers were in our a was to a Sum of either by way of or of ro the in of being bv ne when they next in to fit for are takoi in at in
