Flour was selling, on my arrival at $16.00 but in consequence of the Embargo, & the war then rageing in that vicinity, the flour holders had a meeting, & agreed to raise the price of Flour to $20.00.--& finally, altho” I waited some time I obtained that price for my Cargo.-- Soon after my arrival, I rec^{d.} a letter, by a vessell under Sweedish colours, adviseing me to bring home money, providing there was liberty to export it; & finding, upon enquiry, that was the case, I immediately took out a license from the custom house, to export $72,000, having funds here, of last voyage,--but before I got ready to sail I heard of the repeal of the orders in Council, & allso, of the _Milan_ & _Berlin_ decrees, & beleiving this would have a favourable effect, to America, in our Exchanges, & finding I cou’d buy British government Bills, at a great discount, I concluded to give up my Licinse, & remitt my money to England,--(I mention this circomstance to shew, how fortunate it was--as I was captured, on my return, if the Monney had been on board, we shou’d have lost it.--The day before I sailed I dine’d in a large party, at the american consul, & it being mention’d that I was to sail the next day, I was congratulated, by a British officer, upon the safety of our Flagg.--well” I tho^{t.} the same, when at the same time, the _War_ between England & America was then rageing. [Sidenote: Spoken off the Grand Banks] I sail’d from Cadiz, the 5^{th.} day of July 1812 bound for Boston, & I never felt myself saffer, on account of enemies on the high seas,--I had just entered upon the eastern edge of the grand Bank--at day light, of the morn” of the 17^{th} I went on deck; we had a light breeze of wind from the north, with all sails sett, that would draw, in casting my Eye to windward, I saw a sail, to appearance, bearing down directly for us--not having spoken any thing, I told the mate, to back the maim yard & would speak her, we accordingly did; & at sunrise I ordered the Insign hoisted, at the Mizen peak; no sooner were our colours up, than his went up in the smoke of a gun, I saw that she was a Schooner, under English colours, & that she was armed; but did not alarm me, I continu^{d.} to lay by, she run down across^{t.} my stern, with the usual hail, of, where from, where bound, how long out, &c &c--& he concluded from my replys that I did not know that war existed; he said to me, very mildly, I will thank you to continue laying by, & I will send my boat on board--Seeing she was a cutter Schooner with 10 brass Guns, I, of course, acquiesed, & her boat came on board, with two petty officers, rowed by _only_ two men--One of the officers requested me to go on board the cutter with my papers; well” I asked the 2 officers below, while I shifted myself and got my papers; while I was in my statroom, one of them, says to me, Cap^{t}, ‘what cargo did you carry to Cadiz? Flour,’ you got a good price, I presume Yes,’ said I--got Cash on board I suppose? No, said I, I