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BOSTON. JUNK 19.
British account of the Capture cjthe
Ci a a pea he
YerterJay tin* Spanish fl->op Ju
ania. ai lived here tr<...i Halifax in
7 cays, bringing the papers of that
city t:> ihe 9th, which coivain the
following account of the late fun
guivary conflift tv tween the Chnfa
peake and Shannon frigates* No
letters have been received, nor any
other rcmaiks than the following
on the mJ-ucholy event.
tt.U.H AX, JUNE 9.
On Sunday arrived here his ma
;elly’’ ship Shannon from Boston
bay. with the American frigate
('lklapcake, late Capt. Lawrence,
hei puze.
!; is with pleasure we congratu
iate ( ur readers on the capture of
the American frigate I'hefapeake,
commanded bv ('apt. Lawrence,
by his majJly’s d.ip Shannon, capt.
Broke, alter an action of eleven
minutes.
The following particulars cf this
plotting event we have collected
from converlations with lonre of
the i dicers of the Shannon, and
have rtafon to think them material
ly cot re cl:
On the 25th of May, his Majcf
t)’s ship I cnedos, which hid tor
nearly three months been cruiling
in B linn bay with the Shannon,
Jtpetated from her, and capt Par
r was inltrucled by capt. Broke,
r.ot to rejoin him until about the
J4th ts June, This was done in
flu hope and expectation, that I lie
( heiaptakt f ligate finding t!te Shan
non was cruifmg alone < ft Boston,
v. uid come out and give her b.it
'd —nor w ere our tar.; difapp ftnt-. and.
• ily in the morning cf the lif i;i!t
the Shannon (food in dole to lfof
t- n fight houle, and observed the
Chefapcake lying at anchor, wit It
‘ey •! yards acrots, and apparently
ready for lea. Ihe Britiflt colors
were tiun h<lifted on board the
Shannon, and ftte hove too near the
tat ii. At 9 A. M the eriemy’s
frigate was oblcrvid to loosen het
nils and fito a gun ; at hall part 12
ftle weighed anchor and flood out
of the harbor, when the Shannon
oiled, and un fer yafy fail, edged off
the land, followed by the Clhcfa
peake ; at 4 fliorrcncd fail; at .7
Nve n o with topsails aback, for
fear the enemy would not bring h< r
t > action behire dark; in 20 min-
u r cs after, the Chefapcakt sheered
wit Inn mil ft; tfhot of the Shannon,
ft til (landing towards her in such
a wav as left our tars in uncertainty
which fide of their ship file intend
ed to engage; at hall puff .7 how
ever Ihe !lifted up on the Shannon's
weather quarter, and rr. her fore
maft corning in a line with the Shan
non’s ntizen, the latter fired her af
ter gun, and her others fuccriTtvelv,
untiithe cnemycame direftlyabrcaft
when the Chcfapeake fired her
whole broad fide, which the Shan,
non immediately luturned: ;md
here, broad fide to broadside the ac
tion c ommenced ; itt .7 minutes the
C hefapeaVe fell along fide the Shan
non. and was boarded in her tops
ns we.il as on her decks by our gal
hnt countrymen—and in 31 mi
nutes Horn the commencement cf
ih. aft ton, her throe etefigns were
hauled down, and soon afterwards
replaced with the Engfifh flag over
fhrm—her decks cleaied of the
and. ad—the wounded taken below—
a great proportion cf the prifor.ers
ror.trd rut cf her, and accompa
nied by the Shannon, fne was ftecr
cd lor this port.
On boat and the Shannon, Mr.
Watt, the full lieut Mr. Aldham,
the purler; Mr. Dunn, captain’s
clerk, and 2.1 femnett vverekilLd.—
C.apt. Broke, a rnidfhipman, and 56
leantcn wounded.
On board the Chcfupcake, Mr.
Ballard, 4th It. Mr. Broom, It. df
marines; Mr hite, the matter;
fevera) petty officers, and i.buu 70
men were killed —( apt Lawrence
ffince duid); Mr. Ludlow, the
Ist lieut. f:\erely ; It Mudet, do. ;
2J It. do. ; It. O x, 3J It (lightly ;
midfhipinen Weaver, Abbott and
Nicolls, feverjy, and B rt y (light
ly, and near 100 teamen wounded.
Capt Broke, we ur.derllaml, no
bly led the be at tiers Irom the- quar
ter-deck, and was, we arc lorry to
flute, levered y wounded ::t the mo
ment of victory, by a fibre on the
head, while exerting hintlelf to l ive
two Americans from the fury of his
men ; he is however, v.c rei >ice to
learn, :n a fair way of recovery,
and we hope will toon be able to
return to that llation, which lie- lil
led with so much benefit to his
country, and with such impuidia
hie honor to himh If.
I.t. Watt was killed after hoard
ing the Chefaptake ; he was an ex
cellent offi, es.
On ('apt Broke being wounded,
the- command of the- Shannon de
volved on tile- le-cond Lt. Mr Wal
lis, foil cf M>. Wallis ol the Navy-
YariL who conducted himfelt in a
vt ry brave manner
CJ ‘eat met it is tlue to Captain
Broke, on this occafiott, not only
for the per ft vc ranee with which he
f) I mg fought a conteil wit ft an A
nurwan frigate, but tor tl.e- promp
ti'Ueie and fi-.ill with which he has
decided the <jue-ftion of superiority.
In point of liz< & number of guns,
tfje two (hips were as nearly equal
as could have been willted ; what
ever advantage thare was, was in fa
vor of the Chcfapeake, both as to
size and number of men
Ihe icfpirct eije to a brave ene
my war yesterday shewn to the re
tnab.s cf Capt. Lawrence, ihe
Corple was landed front the Cheia
pt-ake under a dilcharge of minute
guns, and at two o’clock reached
tile King’s wharf—the American
Ensign was spread as a Pall over the
ccfHa, cn which was placed the
f-.voru of the deccafed. Six Cap
tains of the Navy officiated as pall
bearers—fix companies of the 64th
regiment, commanded by Sir John
Ward low, preceded the corple—
the cfiicers of the Chtfapeake fol
lowed it as mourners. The offi ;ers
of the Navy generally attended.—
Sir Thomas Sumarez, the StalT,
and officers of thegarrifon, and t';e
proofiion was doled by a number
if re fpedable inhabitants. The fu
neral i’ervice was performed by the
I’cvercr.d Reftor of St Bari's , and
three vcilics difebarged by tire
troops over the grave.
* O
rU P.THLR P A RT ICL' I. ARS .
A letter from Birnftahle men
tions the arrival at that place of a
vc (let from Halifax, with pape-s to
the 10th infc.—lrom which we have
the following particulars. “-Ihe
Chdupeakt* was taken in II : i
r.utes, by the misfortune- of Im’ng
Ids toplkil tie and J'ore-fhctt cut a
way, when endeav< ring to thwart
the bows of tlie Shannon, for the
purpnfe of bearding : from ibis cir
cumstance the Chcfapeake ca ne
’ -he wind, and gave the a:.. • y
the rru.ft favorable orpr.rtuniry of
boarding.
(’.apt Lawrence was firft wound
ed in the leg, and the lecond fltot
gave him a mortal wound. Not a
word did a paflenger hear laid a
bout the explosion and though
on board the Clu lapeake, did not
fee that her quarter clerk was blown
up Capt Broke was in a (late of
inlaniiy but tf.cre were hopes of his
recovery.
J
CAPTURE Os THE ( ‘IESAPF.AKL.
II iscasscty Jteesday evening, June 1 5.
A vefitl has just arrivc-d, and is
(aid to be a f wtV.ifh fehootter from
Sr. Barts. The foil..wing diftref
fmg information received by her
may be ttiicd on as substantially cor
ridt; i had it from the captain’s
own mouth, and have no doubt
but lie has ft-en the l.uglifh -fticial
account of the battle between the
Shannon and Chefaptake. My
feelings on this occasion will not
allow me any method in arranging
this fad t.de—Sad and dillr< fling
to the -.filleted Mrs. Lawrence, and
the patents, wives and children of
many brav- and gallant officers and
men. Ihe Chcfapeake commen
ced tfie engagement in a gallant
manner, by giving a broadside,
which was returned by the Shan
non. Capt Lawrence was danger
ously wounded by this broadside,
but did not quit the deck. I lie
Chcfapeake unfortunately flirt a
h ad and gave the Shannon an op
portunity of twice raking her
Still the bank was maintained for
a cofiliderable length of time, whin
f.dling on board each other, the
Shannon’s anchor caught in the af
ter port —Capt. Lawrence b<.ing
killed by a ficond (hot, and eveiy
officer killed or wounded on board ;
('apt. Broke headed two hundred
men, and lucctcifing in boat ding
tin Cii-f.ip .ike, cleared the spar
deck of t-v ry man—(fill, however,
the met. on the gun deck refuted to
surrender and fought to admira
lion ; and the men in the- tops, not
withfiandiog the enemy had 200
men on board, fought until they
were all killed or wounded. I he*
colors were not flrutk by any of
the crew but by the captors —eve-
ry officer except Lt. LudLiv was
killed : he- is wounded : total killed
and wounded on board the Chcfa
peake, one hundred and forty five.
On board the Shannon, captain
Broke dangi a.ufiv wounded; lft
lieut. killed; total 81 killed aid
wounded. t here are many ether
particulars; but my feelings are
such at this moment that I cannot
communicate them. Thank God,
although this cv=nt is diftnfling be
yond my pow.rs to express, yet it
is by no means difltonorable to A
menca and the gallant heroes cf the
navy, ihe memory of Lawrence
v.iil live i t the bolom of every true
America;), as long as time Aral I en
dure. I can fay no more at preict.t.
Lata! fra:i Dance —The fch’r.
Beit.ma, ol Philadelphia, has arri
ved at New Bedford from Nantz
with a valuable cargo. She left
Nantz on the 2Sth April. We
learn by the prHangers, that Bona
parte anived at l.is head-quarters
at Magdeburg!) on the 20th April;
and tVit the Jimp-ror of Austria
had agreed to furtiifh him with 80,-
OiK) r.iin, 40,(XX) of which to be
cavalry at id receive i:i corn pen fa-
t ’ u) the 1 ytol, the port ol i ti-.lU*,
and tht nr viure of Si’-.fta.
M 0 A I T 0 R.
Raturpav, Ifl.Y It).
WE have rcot iv* <i Congressional
proceedings to the Vi-di ult. noth
ing of importance had l.en cone,
they were then engaged cn the Tax
Eli!.
COMMUNICATED.
The anniverfat y of our Indepen
dence has again rolled round, and
the citiz ns of VVafhington could
rot pass unnoticed a day that de
clared us a free people. An ap
propriate address was delivered in
th< Court- ll< use by Mr Richard
11. Long, after the Declaration of
Independence had been read by
Mr. John Burch.
The citizens and such of their
county men as chose to join them,
then withdrew to Major Worfham’s
where they fat down to a pl .nritul
dinner. After dinner they drank
the following toasts, accompanied
by a dilcharge of cannon. If ever
pc*rteft harmony prevailed it was
on this occasion The company
retired about 4 o’clock, without a
drawback on the p I cal u res of the
day.
Ist The Day -aie celebrate —N no
but Freemen can fee! the Lr.timc.its
it inspires.
2d Th: Father of cur Liberties —•
At the remembrance of whol great
and virtuous deeds e-vi ry Patriot
bolom heaves with delight May
we benefit at this awful crisis by
his example and precepts.
3d. The Constitution of the United
States —GenuineHonu-lputu Who
would barter for European ftufi an
article that is none the worse for
wear at the end of twenty-fix years.
4th. The President of the United
States —A faithful watchman on the
highest tower built by the p> ople.
.7th The Conans: of ihe United
States —Their talk is arduous we
regret that any portion ol the Arne
t ican people fliould endeavor to
make it more so.
6t h l ‘nanmit'i of St Kliment — We.
fliould all tiiii.k afike when the en
emy is at our door, and cling to
out government while its views arc
directed to the preservation ol the
liberty of every individual. We
inuft be Ires on Land and Sea
7th. The V.’ar —Acknowledged
by ever) true American to bt just.
3th. Our Army and Navy — I'hey
fight not to gratify the ambition tit
a Despot or et fl.ive a People, bur to
convince nn arrogant and utiiofr
nation that there are such things as
“free Trade and Sailor's Rights .”
9th. Out Revenue —The people
v.iil not fuller this to be dtficient
when they confider that it is to de
f iay the expences of a government
formed by thtinft K-es.
loth. Aviculture df Commerce —
When one pines the other mint
languid).
1 lilt. T'e Throes cf the Revolu
tion—The heroes of the pretent war
have given the llrongeft pro< is that
they inherit the valor < f their fath
ers; may they, when the wrongs
of their country are red rifled, pr< vc
that they inherit their virtue, by re
figtiing with cheerful alacrity, their
power into the hands c f thole v.l.c
gave it.
12:h The memory of Gen. Pile —
Who encouraged his nun in the
hour of death, arc* ltd centti.tvd
’ i tb standard ol th. ti unv.