Foreign News May 19, 1808

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Q: What sub-type of article is it?

Naval Affairs, Trade Or Commerce

Q: What keywords are associated?

American Ship Capture, British Orders In Council, Falmouth Condemnation, Salt Cargo, St Ubes, Merchant Ships Detained

Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia

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What is this article about?

The American ship Active, loaded with salt from St. Ubes, was captured en route home and condemned in Falmouth under British Orders in Council. Two other American ships face similar detention in British ports, yet this news was not recorded in Coffee-House books or published locally, unlike hypothetical French captures under the Milan Decree.

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In this paper, on Monday, we stated the following fact: The ship Active, belonging to this port, with a cargo of salt from St. Ubes, returning home, was captured and carried into Falmouth, and has been condemned, vessel and cargo, under the late British orders in Council. This fact, and that two other ships under similar circumstances are detained in British ports has been well known at the Coffee-House for several days, yet it has never appeared on the Coffee-House books, notwithstanding its importance demanded an immediate insertion: Further, those facts have not been published in any paper in this city.

Had the French government captured and condemned an American vessel and cargo under the Milan Decree, it would instantly have been placed on the Coffee-House books, and published with countless remarks in the Federal papers.

Dem. Press.

What sub-type of article is it?

Naval Affairs Trade Or Commerce

What keywords are associated?

American Ship Capture British Orders In Council Falmouth Condemnation Salt Cargo St Ubes Merchant Ships Detained

Where did it happen?

Falmouth

Foreign News Details

Primary Location

Falmouth

Outcome

condemned, vessel and cargo; two other ships detained

Event Details

The ship Active, belonging to this port, with a cargo of salt from St. Ubes, returning home, was captured and carried into Falmouth, and has been condemned, vessel and cargo, under the late British orders in Council. Two other ships under similar circumstances are detained in British ports.