Gardner, Mayor," presumed to be intended for the signature of the Mayor of Liverpool.

As this statement is not under oath, and as there is no seal attached to it, it does not even amount to an _ex parte_ affidavit.

Vessel and cargo condemned.
* * * * * Some valuable supplies were extracted from these two ships, and the prisoners--one of them a female--having been transferred to the Alabama, the vessels were fired on the evening of the day after their capture.

As was but too frequently the case in boarding prizes, access was by some means obtained to their strong liquor, and that evening saw a good deal of drunkenness on board the Alabama.

Unfortunately, the delinquents were but too often some of the best men in the ship.