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I ' C and no» hav* ,
• n *s bn bar of our good ship (
() c GuKAHitRt before her.
did, \v»;h malice afore
ih right and evil iruem, on the
K trig’s high sea, commit assault
and battery cm (he aforefaid
ca I d ihe Gucniere, and
after having overcome her in
fmgle combat, did lend her to a
p a~e known to manners b\
the naa»c of Davy Jone*’
Locker, Contrary to the it a utei
to that case made and provid
ed—
And whereas the said frig art j
cahed (he Conflitution, uneLtj
the command of one WM j
1> AINBRI t>G E, dcl way lam
our good ship the Java, off
thec*art of JBiazi*, ;.n i feat he *l (
aifo 10 D-wy’s L cker, to on
cxirerr.it difap pointineni ant
liiornhcStvion —
And whereas wr havereafot
to fear that none of our Roy a j
ate able to cope wit I
tlie afoiefatd f t (gate called tb- <
Couft inn ion, we theicfore, th» i
Prince R gent, by and with tin ,
tOvice of our Ptivy Council.
a>e pleofed 10 make known to
l e captains ot all our fiigatc
t n the American liaiion, tha (
(the Itfs ibty have to do wid
the American Coniliuition th
1 cuu lor themlclves, 6c if they I
Ifcon'd have to conluluhetr Lie j
tv by fbgbi rtodifgiace will b< .
auached to them Done. &c
GEO- \V HELPS.
New-Yoik, March 27,
Capt. Waterman of the
cartel ship United States, j
March 25, on foundingj
ip ke the brig earl Percy,
Win. 11. Mcnt, rnidfliiptnan
\ rizc matter, prize to the U
biates Ligate Chesapeake,
48 days from the frigate,
the being left on the 6th
of Feb. in lat. 1, 53, long.
24. bhe had three
Vi lies, 01.e of which was
burnt, and the others were
ordered tor the United
States wlvch were laid toi
be valuable. March 26, 1
60 miles S E. by S. from
£>:»ndy Hook fpukc the pri
vateer York fuwn, Ricker J
fiom N. York, on a cruize.
Captain Waterman took
From the Earl Percy ‘her
former mailer, and his wife,
and brought them late into
poit: 1 lie prize is. proba
bly below.
HloM EUROPE.
By the cartel (hips Miner
va, and United States, arri
veu here on Saturday, the
editors ot the New York
Gizette have received Lon
don papers to tlie 2jih of
January. They contain the
following article* :
Mr. ILrry, a merchant in
De\otifhire iquaie, had been
detected in forging notes &
Phis on feieiul iioules in
London, to the amount ol
iuo,v.oo pouuds llerling
lie had maue his eicapc.
An a I inning and defini
tive lire broke out in Lon*
don uii the 23d of Ji: . j {
destroyed, Lewis c t. JameM
Coffee House, Fccadilly,
and several adjoining hous
es.
The miflion of General
Alexander Hope it is now
underflood is not to be direc
ted in the firfl inflance to
Denmark or Sweden, hut
to Eastern Pruflia. The
State of that country are a
| bout to aflemble, with the
avowed intention of refeuing
|thcmlelves from the dis
graceful yoke of Bonaparte,
i l hey will probable autho-
Irile General D’York to ad
jin defence of his King and
country, his King, a date
prisoner, like Ferdinand VII
n the hands of a pretended
illy, —and his country,
jwhofe tortrefse-, like thole
of Spain, have been trcacher
oufly occupied by French;
troops. H rnce we learn
from Paris that Koingfberg, 1
Dantzic, Thorn, 6cc. are!
already declared in a ilate
of siege.
Jan. 26.
A person of refpedaK lity
has just arrived from Giave
lins with the intelligence of
an order having reached
that place lor an embargo on
all ports of France. He al
to llatcs, that English news
papers, which used to be
received their legularly,
have been direded to be
burnt.
From Wilmington Delaware.
Watchman office, 20th
March.
A gentleman this mo
ment arrived from Lewii
town, Dclewarc, has fui
nifhed a copy of the
ing document.
| “ His Britannic Majesty’s
“ Ship Poictiers in the
j “ mouth of the De
, “ laware, i6ih
; “Match 181 3*
Sir,
“ As soon as you receive
this, I mull requtfl you wiiL
fend twenty live bullocks,
.with a proportionate quanty
of vegetables and hay to the
1 Poictiers for the use of his
Majefly’s fqua
.dron, now at this anchorage
j f vhich thall be immediate)',
■ paid for at the Philadelphia
prices. If you refufc to
comply with this request, 1
> (lull be under the neceifity
■of deflroying your town*
“ I have the honor to be,
“ Sir,
“ Your very obedient
> servant.
1 J P. Beresford. *
- Commodore, and com
-1 mandmg the hritifh fqua
( Iron in the mouth ot the
Delaware.
“ 1 o the firfl Magiilratel
• of Lcwiftown.
In confcquence of the a
t Sovc the Governor of Dela
■ ware, Pfasleft, ordered the
military to he ready to march
at a moment’s warning, and
the determination was to
refill the demand.
Office of the Watchman.
Wilmington, Ma.ch 29.
The foliowing conelpon
dence received horn Lewis.t
(own last evening by the Dover
mail.
HE AD. QUARTERS. ,
Lew March 23d, 18 3.'
Sir,
A< (he Governor of the S aie
of Delaware & the commander
*f its mi l ia r y foree, I improve
he e»r ic*it time afforded me
hnce my arrival at this place,
)f acknowledging the receipt
>f your letter of the 16th in(t.
inefted to the chief magifliate
of L^wis.
I lie refpefl which generoo
j »nd magnanimous nations, e*
jven when they arc enemies.]
take pride in cherishing towards'
'each o her, enj >ins it upon m
[as a duty 1 owe to the Hate o.
ver which I have the honor a<
his time to ore.fife; to the go
vernment of which this Hate i?
* member, and to the civilized
•vorld to enqui e of you, whe*
he 1 upon futliei andmoie ma**
u*e teHedi ft, you continue
elolvcd .0 a tempt the ddhuc
■ton of ihu u/w ? i
1 fha'l ptobahlv, thiseveningi
ective )< u tepiy to (he pte j
eni communication, and youij
leteimina lorvof executing ot
• tlmqudhir.g the demand ro'*r,-
lontd m you: lettei o " the 16 h
tnft. If that demand is Hid in
filled upon, I have only to ob
•tive to you that a compliance
vou d be an immediate viola
ion of the Ta'ws ©f mv country
d an ettrral Htgrna 011
he nation of winch I am a ci
izen : a compliance theiefoie
inuot be acced« d to,
I have the honor to be, sir,
Your molt obedient ler.
vant,
JOSEPH HASLET.
Governor of the Hate of De
laware.
His Brittantiic majesty’s
ship Po.ctiers in the m*uth
of the Delaware, 23d of
March, 181?. '
Sir.
j * n reply to your letter re -
ceived to day by a flag of
truce in anlvver to mine of
the 16111 inil. I have to ob
lerve the demand I have
nade upon Lewiftown is in
ny opinion neitherungener- 1
»us nor wanting in that'
nhgnanimity which one
a*ion ought to observe to
another with which it is at
war.
it is in my power to de
stroy your town, and the
( rcquell I have made upon it
is the price of its security
is. neither rliflrefling nor un
ihual. I mud therefore per
fill; and whatever fufFenngs
may tall upon the inhabitants
jof Lewis must be attributed
to you riel vc* by your no;
complying witha request so
easily acquiefeed in.*
I have the honor to be, firj
Your mofl obedient ser
vant,
J. P. ILeresford,
Commodore and com
manding his Britannic Ma
jesty’s squadron in the De
laware.
To the hon. Joseph Has
let, Governor of the state
of Delaware.
I
Copy of a letter from Capt at n
1 y**> Lawrence , of the U.
States' Shop of War Hor '
net, to the Secretary oj the
• Navy;
U. S. Ship Ho*nct.
Ho mes’ Hole,
March 19 1313.
Sir, I hive the honor 10 in*
form you of the arrival at
this port, of the U. States
Blip Hornet, under my com
jmand, from a cruise of 143
days, and to state to you
that after Commodore Biin
bridge left the Coaftofßra-'
zils (Jan. 9) I continued 1
off the harb r of St. Salva-i
dore, blockading the Bonne I
Citoyenne until the 24th, 1
when the Montague 74 hove i
in fight, and chafed me into
the harbor; but night com
ing on, I wore and flood out
,to the southward. Know-,
jing that he had left Rio Jan- I
eiro for the express purpose
of relieving the Bonne Cit- I
oyenne and the Packet
(which I had also blockaded 1
for 14 days, & obliged her.
to fend her mail to Rio, in'
a Portuguese smack) I judg
ed it mod prudent to fhift*
my cruizing ground, and
hauled by the wind to the
weflvvard, with the view of
cruizing off Pernambucca,
and on the 4th Feb. captu.-
ed the English brig Refolu
tio.i of 10 guns from Ri@
Janeiro, bound to
ham, with coffee, jerked
beef, flour, fufticand butter,
and about 23,000 dollars in,
Specie. As (he failed dull, <
and I could ill spare hands to '
man her, I took out the mo
ney and set her on fire. I
then run down the coatl forj
Maranham, and cruized
there a ftiort time ; from
thence run off Surinam.— '
1 After cruizing oif that coast <
1 from the 15th until the 22d,
•jot February, without meet *'•
ing a veil’d, I flood for
Dcmerara with an intention, 1
' fkould I not be fortunate on 1
that station to run thro* the 1
Weil lad ies on my way to'
the United States; but on 1
the 24th, in the morning, I
dife jvered a brig to leeward, 1
to which I gave chafe—ruu<
into qiartei-less four, and
not having a pilot, was o
bliged to haul otf. The
fort at the entrance of Dem
erara river at this rim* bear
ing S. W. diflant about 2 1-2
leagues. Previous to giving <
i ,J P lhe chafe I difcov,
a at anchor, wit;
the bar, with Englift c ‘‘;
n y {n g> apparently a bn .
var. In beating rc ...
Carobana bank, i n order *
net to her, at half pa <> ■
M I difeovered another'/:
,°n my weather quart*
( «iging down for us -at 4 ,
she L ho » ftcd English colon
at wh, c h tune w e discov cr .
ed her to be a large man c
war bug ; beat to quarter?
( and cleared tliip f or action
and kept close bv the wird
in order, if possible, sow
the weather gage- At ~
finding I could weather th
enemy, I hoisted America
colors and tacked. At 5 2
in palfing each other, ex
changed broadsides withii
half pifloi iliot. Obfervin
the enemy in the ad 0
wearing, I bore up, receive
his starboard broadfi !e, rui
close on board on the liar
board quarter, and kept u
such a heavy and well direc
ted fire, th it in left than 1
minutes (lie surrendered (be
ing totally cut to pieces;) 5
hoisted an cnlign uniond jwi
from his fore rigging a?
signal of diitrefi. Shortl
alter, her main-mast wen
by the board. Difpatcliet
Snubfck on board, wh<
foou returned with her fid
Lieutenant, who reportet
her to be his Britannic ma
jetty’s late brig Peacock
commanded by capt. Win
Peake, who fell in the latte
part of the a&ion; that:
number were killed am
wounded, and that (he wa
finking faft, she having thet
fix iect water in her hold
Dispatched the boats imme
diately for the wounded, &
brought both vdTels to an
chor. Such shot holes a
could be got at were thet
pluged, guns thrown over,
board, and every possible
exertion used to keep he
afloat until the prisoner
'could be removed, by pump
ing and bailing, but with
|OUt eftedt, as she unfortu
nately funk in 5 1-2 fathmv
water, carrying down thir
teen of her crew, and threi
of my brave fellows viz,
John Hart, Joseph Williams
and Haanibal Boyd. Lt.
Connor, and Midfliipman
Cooper, and the remaindef
of my men employed in re
moving the priloners, wit!
difficulty saved themfelve
by jumping into a boat tha
was lying on the bout^s A
she went down. Fourme f
of the thirteen mentions
»j
were so fortunate as to g* 1 *
the foretop, and were after
wards taken ofFby ourb^f 5 -
Previous to her going d jW ;1
four of her men took to f>ci
stern boat that had been m
damaged during the a-dofl,