. Lord, the auctioneer, setting forth
that he would sell--

"At his warehouse, Sydney, at noon precisely, the 3rd of November, the
good ship _Swift_, prize to _Policy_, Charles Foster, commander. French
built in the year 1800. Was condemned a prize to his Majesty's ship _La
Minerva_, and sold in 1801 to the Americans, as appears by the bill of
sale, and by them sold to the Dutch at Batavia, where she was examined,
copper-bolted, and new coppered in August, 1802. It is unnecessary to
say anything respecting the properties of the _Swift_ further than that
she was the companion of _La Brave_ and _La Mouche_, which so very much
harassed the British in Europe, and set all our cruisers at defiance
until her capture, prior to which she was justly celebrated as the
fastest sailing-vessel the French Republic had."

The prize was knocked down for L3,000, and Captain Foster's share was
spent in a handsome wedding present for Dolly, which, at her particular
request, took the form of a passage to Batavia and a hundred guineas
delivered to Captain Portveldt immediately after the marriage ceremony.

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