Cartels & Prisoners

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=185 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="040b9c00dduajq.jpg"> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="70" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 76 WIDTH="66"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="76" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="66" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFBF0" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Falmouth Packet Archives 1688-1850</B></FONT>    |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Falmouth Packet Archives 16881850"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id173.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Health"><U>Health</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id175.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Steam "><U>Steam </U></A>   |   <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Freemasonry"><U>Freemasonry</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id188.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="HRH Prince of Wales Masonic Ceremony at"><U>HRH Prince of Wales & Masonic Ceremony at Truro Cathedral 1880 & 1887</U></A>   |   <B>Cartels & Prisoners</B>   |   <A HREF="id115.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lighthouses Navigation"><U>Lighthouses & Navigation</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id109.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Piracy "><U>Piracy </U></A>   |   <A HREF="id71.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Smuggling "><U>Smuggling </U></A>   |   <A HREF="id72.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Customs Excise"><U>Customs & Excise</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id75.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="British Navy"><U>British Navy</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id76.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Merchant Convoys"><U>Merchant Convoys</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id78.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="American Navy"><U>American Navy</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id77.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="France Navy, Privateers, Convoys"><U>France - Navy, Privateers, Convoys</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id108.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="French Pacquets"><U>French Pacquets</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id149.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Trinity House"><U>Trinity House</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id56.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Philatelic "><U>Philatelic </U></A>   |   <A HREF="id129.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Genealogy"><U>Genealogy</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id158.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dress of the Packet era"><U>Dress of the Packet era</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id117.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sailing (Racing)"><U>Sailing (Racing)</U></A></div> <div> Cartels & Prisoners</div> <bR> <div> SM Monday 30/9/<B>1799</B>: Falmouth Sept. 26th.</div> <div> Sailed WALSINGHAM packet on Monday last [23rd], for Lisbon.  The Russian Ambassador to the Court of Lisbon, and his suite, are passengers.</div> <div> The GRANTHAM packet with a mail for New York and Halifax is endeavouring to go out of the harbour on Monday last (23rd) ran on board of a vessel lying at anchor in the harbour, by which means the Grantham's bowsprit was carried away and she sustained some other damage. </div> <div> <B>The French cartel ship which arrived here several days since from St. Ives, was stopped on Saturday last (28th) by the officers of the Customs on account of her having on board a large quantity of goods purchased in this town: It is expected that they will be liberated. </B></div> <div>  </div> <div> SM Monday 7/10/1799: Falmouth, October 3.</div> <div> Since my last, arrived the PRINCE ADOLPHUS packet, Boulderson, in 11 days from Lisbon; she has brought over 10 passengers. By her we learn that the shock of an earthquake was felt on the 14th ult. [Sept.] all over the city. It lasted about three seconds; one house fell in consequence. Fortunately, no lives were lost. The SPEEDY man of war arrived at Lisbon prior to the sailing of the packet from thence; she had captured three Spanish privateers, one of 14, one of 12 and one of 10 guns. </div> <div> <B>The French cartel ship, ... has been liberated and sailed on Saturday last [5 Oct.] for Nantes.</B></div> <div> <B>The goods taken out of her (valued at about £1,500) were not restored.</B></div> <bR> <div> SM 16/9/<B>1799</B>: Falmouth, September 13.</div> <div> The outward-bound fleets for the West Indies, Lisbon ETC, passed this port on Saturday last. The ship <I>Sarah,</I> Captain Shawe, of Liverpool, which joined them from this port, struck on the Manacle Rocks in the night of Saturday.  She was bound to the West Indies with a cargo of horses and mules, which were all drowned the same night; the crew is saved.  Her masts have been cut down and preserved, together with some other articles, but the hull, it is said, will be lost.</div> <div> <B>Arrived a French cartel, last from St. Ives, where she landed part of the prisoners; the remainder part were taken on board the of the Channel fleet, whom they fell in with.</B></div> <div> [<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Arial" >Pressed crew</FONT> ?]</div> <div> On Monday last the volunteers of this town were called out, and fired a 'feu de joye' on account of the late success of the British forces in Holland, and the surrender of all the Dutch fleet.  In the evening there was a general illumination on the same occasion.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>1813</B>: Cartel for the Exchange of Prisoners of War Between Great Britain and the United States of America May 12, 1813</div> <bR> <div> American prisoners taken and brought within any of the dominions of his Brittanick majesty shall be stationed for exchange at <B>Halifax</B> in Nova Scotia-- Quebec, <B>Bridgetown</B> in Barbadoes, <B>Kingstown</B> in Jamaica, <B>Falmouth </B>and<B> Liverpool </B>in England<B> and at no other posts or places</B>. -and British prisoners taken and brought into the United States shall be stationed at <B>Salem</B> in Massachusetts - <B>Schnecteday</B> in the state of New York,  <B>Providence</B> in Rhode Island, <B>Wilmington</B> in Delaware, <B>Annapolis</B> in Maryland, <B>Savannah</B> in Georgia, <B>New Orleans</B> in Louisiana and at no other ports or places in the United States.</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >[qf. 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