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lP for lime-stone, loaded at Lang s-quarry, Ply-*e* 1 mouth.lP* On the 21st ult. the American vessel Mi-1,11 nerva, from Boston to Lisbon, with a cargo ofir cotton, tar, turpentine, naval stores, c. putr » into Galway in an injure*! state. This vessel waslP' I met on her passage on the 15th, by the Lej Milan French privateer, in lat. 51. 40. long.15 W. by which shrip she was fired on, boarded, 5°1 I and made a prize ol. Alter ull her papers, *P* letters, c. had been examined, her crew, with “d the exception of two men, viz. the Captain, who had been confined by illness to his ham-I mock, and the Mate, who is an Irishman, werero“ taken on board ).e Milan, and a Prize-masterc,* and nine men from the latter vessel were put os,i »m board the Minerva, with directions to takethe J her into the most convenient French pojrt,After having proceeded some way on* thpir cil, I destination, the Captain (who had recovered ton I from Ins indisposition) and the Mate formedat j the resolution of rescuing their vessel;with this intention, watching ate | nity, they on the 18th shut the Prize-master tip iii the'rabin, to which be had accidentally re-lr. J tired, and arming themselves with (rifetolacamere* j upon the other nine, while in anstate, whom they also shut ttp_ in the cabin with the Prize-master. Four of the nine happened to be Portuguese sailors, who then con-er I sentcd to unite with the Americans, and help ise. I to work the vessel, which they have brought ich I in,—The six Frenchmen are confined in Gal-lo 1 way, prisoners of war. dft The brig Industry, Lynch, Master* was
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London Westminster Journal and old British Spy
London, Middlesex, GB
Sat, Oct 28, 1809
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