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Gutter Countess of MARLBOROUGH, taken May
31, one of the Crew committed November 21, 17$"
'"Nathaniel Howell, South Hampton.
Cutter ALLIANCE, taken June 5, Part of the Crew
committed November 21, 1,81.
Griffith Jones, John Thompson.—Philadelphia.
Letter of Marque Ship FRANKLIN, es Philadelphia,
taken October 24, Part of the Cre* committed Dec.
William Mason, Alexander Mercy, Elilha Powell,
Philip Mitchell.—Maryland.
Matthew Brooks, Pennsylvania.
Patrick Galiker. George Druer, Joseph Alexander,
Jacob Smith, Henry Ager, John Spade, Charles Lain,
John Sherry, John Murray, Nicholas Colder.=
Philadelphia.
James Bartlett, Jeremiah Church, J.hn Sack, Sii
vefter Church, Thomas Hays.—New-Jersey.
Edward Gibbons, Uriah Sutton.—New-York.
"Ship General WASHINGTON, taken June 9, one of
the Crew committed O&ober 27, iflb
Thomas Hillard, Maryland.
Ship LION, of Newbury, taken August 14, one of
the Ctew committed December 7, 1781.
Thomas Holliday, Newbury.
Ship LION, of Newbury, taken August 14, one %
the Crew committed November 21, 1781.
William Cooper, Boftoiu
Brig VENUS, taken JuneT, Part of the Crew com
mitred November 21, 1781.
Andrew Tooms, Daniel Hunt, —Portsmouth.
Benjamin Moore, William Mitchell, Nathaniel
Kennard, Edmund Friraall, Jacob Remmick.—Kit
tery.
Schooner SUSANNA, taken March 6, one of the
Crew committed November 21, 1781.
John Keeton, Virginia.
Ship LION, taken November 21, 1781, one of the
Crew committed.
Thomas Rudroe, New-Jersey.
Ship SOUTH-CAROLINA's Prize, taken September
44; one of the Crew committed November 21, 1781.
jaroes Fike, Boflon.
Ship PROTECTOR, taken May 5, one of the Crew
committed October 27, 17^'
Isaac Adams,.Bofton.
Brig VIPER, of Baltimore, taken September 12, Part
of the Crew committed December 7, 1781.
Robert Beard, New-Jersey.
Francis Tuckman, William Price.—Virginia.
James Glenn, Nicholas Pirkinfon, John 3rim.—-
Maryland.
Nicholas M'lnham, George Aufben, Robert Wil
son. Pennsylvania.'
James Bankfon, Baltimore.
Ship DISDAIN'S Prize, taken December 7, 1781,
Part of the Crew committed.
Lewis Gardler, Marblehead.
John Adams, Salem.
Ship FRANKLIN'S Prize, taken O&ober, one of the
"Crew committed December 7, 1781.
William Sanders, Boston.
Brig MONTGOMERY, taken August 4, one of the
Crew committed December 7, 1781^
William Hare, Salem.
Ship GRAND TURK's Prize, taken November, part
the Crew committed December 7, 1781;
Andrew Tufts, dead.
Francis Barker, William Arbuncle.—Marblehead.
Thomas Clark, Marblehead or New-York.
Richard Carvin, escaped ; William Miller, entered;
Timothy Oden, Joseph Gardener.—Boston.
Eliakim Liker Swain, Nantucket.
James Lovell, Benjamin Sprague.—Beverly.
James Rich, Lynn.
John Wallis, Miflick.
Ephriam Wilfou, Northborough.
John Knuland, Brantree.
Rupes Gullever, Milton.
Richard Batton, Salem.
Ship GENERAL NASH, taken at St. Euftatia,
July 27, part of the Crew committed February 15,
1781.
John Chellaw, dead ; George Styren, Samuel Al
- William Turner.-—North-Carolina.
Augustine Almond ; Virginia.
Thomas Graylback, Benjamin Bewill——New-Lori
don.
Harvey Ensign, Connecticut.
Brig BETSEY, taken July 23, part of the Crew com
mitted March 13, 1781.
Joseph Jeffrey, James Coxter. New-York.!
Edward Porter, Philadelphia.
Robert Hamilton, entered ;, Conneßicut.
William Martin, entered ; Maryland.
William Smith, entered; Anthony Blomy Vir
ginia-
John Langworthy; Pennsylvania.
Brig DIANA, taken at St. Euftatia, July 23, one of
the Crew committed February 2, 1781.
William Downs ; Philadelphia.
Ship BEAVER, taken July 23, part of the Crew
committed March 7, 1781.
Simon Jordan, dead ; Cafco-Bay.
William Williams, Benjamin Bray; entered. Isaac
Day, Joshua Day, Andrew Pajfons.=—Cape-Ann.
Robert Wheelright, Portsmouth.
Yesterday morning, between the hours of three and
four, a gentleman in palling through St. Martin's Lane
was feiz:d by four men near the church, who present
ing pistols to his breast, and threatening him with in
flant death if he made any nolle or resistance, obliged
him to go into a coach, which appeared to be in waiting.
They then tied an handkerchief over his eyes, and in
that fituafion, after driving through many streets, he
was brought to a house, where the furniture and every
appurtenance indicated the greatest magnificence and
(pitador. One of the parties, as soon as the gentleman
was in the room, took the handkerchief from his eyes
and repeating his charge not to make any noise, left
him for near an hour, during which he heard in th^ad
joining apartment, a great number of voices, as if in
earned debate. At last a gentleman came and informed
him, that the persons concerned in this business were of
the firft rank, and that it was of the most important
consequence; but that although they imagined their in
telligence right, they had mistaken the person, the gen
.leman now taken, appearing, upon investigation, not to
be hi whom they wanted. He made many apoligies
for their copdua, and also that they could not fend
him away for some hours, but offered wine, and many
other refrefhments, with a bed, which the gentleman,
being much fatigued, accepted. :u the morning an
elegant breakfail was provided by caitale-light, tne Gut
ters of the bed chamber being kept clofe.after which Ihe
gentleman was again blindfolded, and conducted, he
thinks, by a back paffa^e, to a coach, which in about
twenty minutes flopped, and the handkerchief being
taken from his eyes he was set down in Oxford street;
so confounded and astonished at this strange adventure,
that he had not power to utter a syllable, till the coach
which was driven off with great rapidity, was quite out
of tight.
Admiralty Office, March 12, 1782.
THIS mourning captain Henry Euwin Stanhope,
late of his majesty's Blip the Russel, arrived
here from rear admiral fir Samuel Hood, bare,
with a letter to Mr. Stephens, dated Barfleur, Bas
seterre road, the 7th of last month, es which the fol
lowing is an extrad:
" the design of the count de Graffe was most un
doubtedly against Barbadoes, could he have got to
windward ; but failing of that, owing to strong easter
ly winds, and a lee current, he bent his course to this
island.
The moment his views were made known to me, I
quitted Carlifle Bay, and got off Englifli Harbour,
with all the hafts in my power; where I could only
hear of a formidable attack being made upon St.
Christopher's, without any certain information either
of the enemy's sea or land force. I anchored in St.
Join's road, and the Prudent having joined me, I
failed on the 23d in the evening with 22 fail of the line,
and was close off the S. E. end of Nevis; at day light
next morning, when I directed the Squadron to be
formed in order of battle, with a design of attacking
the enemy at anchor, if 1 saw it practicable to any
advantage ; but the figual for the line a-head w^s no
sooner thrown but than tear admiral Drake made that
for speaking with me, and brought too ; and soon
learnt that he had only repeated the signal of the Al
fred in the rear ; and that that flip had tun on board
the Nymphe, arid almost cut her asunder. Itwas re
ported to me, each had received so much damage as
to be unable to keep the sea. I immediately ordered
a survey on both, and was happy to find the Alfred
could be put in a state for present service in the course
of the day and the following night; but that the
Nymphe could not, I therefore fhifted the troops she
had on board to another frigate, and ordered her to
English harbour, where she arrived fafe This mf
fortune to the Alfred obliged me to remove her from
being he leading Blip, into the centre of my line, and
to place the St. Albans in her room. That morning
the look-out frigate a-head fell in with and took a
very large king's cutter, of 16 fix pounders, but (even
months old, and commanded by a knight of Malta ;
she is named L'Efpion ; she came from Martinique a
b®ut thirty hours before; and was full of shells and 0-
ther ordnance ftores.——•—ln the afternoon the
count de Graffe quitted this road and kept a few miles
to leeward of me the whole niflit.
At day-light we plainly difeovered 33 fail of the
enemy's ships, 29 of which of two decks formed in a
line a-head. I made every appearance of an attack,
which threw the count de Graffe a little from the shore;
and as I thought I had a fair profpe& of gaining the
anchorage he left, and well knowing it was the only
chance I had of saving the island, if it was to be saved,
I pushed for it, and succeeded, by having my rear
and part of the centre engaged.
The enemy gave the preference to commodore Af
fleck; but he kept up so noble a fire, and was so (up
ported by his seconds, captain Cornwallis and lord
Robert Manners, that, the loss and damages fuflained
in those ships were very trifling, and they very much
preserved the other ships in the rear. The Prudent
had the misfortune to have her wheel foot to pieces
the firft broadside, which occasioned her loss to exceed
that of any other ship./
Would the event of a battle have determined the fate
of the island, I would v/ithout hesitation have attack
ed the enemy, from my knowledge how much was to
be expe&ed from an Englifli Squadron, commanded by
men, amongst whom is no other contention than who
should be most forward in rendering services to his
king and country: herein I placed the utmost confi
dence, and should not, I fully trust, have been difap
£oigted.
LONDON, February 9.
11 H F. following account was left at ouroffice yes
terday by a gentleman of acknowledged probity
and honour, and who vouched in the mod solemn
manner for the truth of it.
Brig PHOENIX, of Boston, taken July 20, Part of
the Crew committed April 13, 1781.
William Straton, Pofton.
William Edwards, Portsmouth.
Samuel Webb, Situate.
Richard Fothergel, Cape-Cod.
( Concluded.)
I think myfelf perfectly secure against the enemy's
present force, superior as it is; and am happy to find
by a letter I had received from governor Shirley, that
Brimstone Hill, to which his excellency retired, is in
the most perfed security. I have not a thought of
moving, and think the count de Graffe will not vent
ture to attack me again, unless he should attempt some
thing by fire vessels, which I am prepared against as
much as possible: If therefore Brimstone-Hill ban hold
out, which I have no doubt of, the marquis de Bou
ille (who landed with 8000 men upon the i£land)as well
as the coug de Graffe, will, I think, be glad to retire.
When I sent an officer to Brimstone-Hill, he was ac
companied by one from general Prefcot, (who em
barked with the 28th regitnent and two companies of
the 13th regiment from Antigua, at my request, know
ing well Brimstone-Hill and every part of the island,
who brought the follbwing message from that brave old
soldier, general Fraser; " that as he had taken the
trouble to come with troops to his assistance, he should
doubtless be glad of the honour of feeing him ; but
that he was in no want of him or his troops " Upon
my being made acquainted with this spirited message
from general Fraser, I propdfed to general Piefcot, hit
taking post on shore in the vicinity of Baffetterre, and
offered to land two battalions of marines of 700 each,
rank and file, with the 69th regiment, which, with the
28th regiment, and the two companies of the 13th,
would make a body of 2400 men : His answer was, " he
did not think it practicable to maintain a post, but was
sanguine in the withes to be put on shore, with his An
tigua troops and the 69th regiment." They were ac
cordingly landed on the 28th, immediately got into ac
tion and drove the enemy with considerable loss. He
remained on shore all might, and next morning the mar
quis de Bouille appeared at the head of upwards of
four thousand men ; but not caring to attack general
Prefcot; on a hill he possessed just to the ea ftward oL
Frigate-bay; where he landed, led his troops back to
his encampment under Brimstone-Hill; and as it then
appeared to me, that no (olid purpose could be answer
ed by the continuance of our troops on shore, I sub
mitted it to the general's consideration, whether it
would not be advifeable to re-embark, and he readily
concurring, all were taken off that evening without
the lofsof a man. The general had about forty killed
and wounded in his skirmish with the Irilh brigade.
General Skeene landed with the 69th regiment, and
had his full share in putting the enemy to the rout.
All communication being now cut off with Brimstone-
Hill, I thought it expedient, as did the general also,
to fend him and the Antigua troops back, and they
failed in the Convert and Fortunee on theist inflant.
On that day the Tiffiphone joined me, and I propose
shall return to England with an account of the situati
on of things here, which I think of importance their
k>rdfhips should know.
I fend the copy of my line of battle, and an account
of the killed and wounded. I have much pfeafure in
telling you, his majefly's ships under my command,
are very immaterially injured in their masts and yards,
pdrf6;aiy healthy and the people in the highest Qirits.
The count de Graffe appears one day with 32, two
decked ships (the whole of the present force in this
country) and another with only 29, so that I imagine
two or three are constantly watering at Old Road.
Return of killed and wounded on board his majesty's
fliips under-mentioned, in adion with the French
fleet on the 25th and 26th of January.
Ships Names. Killed. Wounded.
St. Albans - - 0 0
Alcide - - - 2 4
Intrepid - - 2 0
Torbay - - - 0 0
Princeffa - - 2 4
Prince George - 1 3
Afex - - 1 12
Prince William - -03
Shrewsbury - 3 7
Invincible - - 0 2
Barfieur - 9 34
Monarch ^ - 2 2
Belliqueux - - 5 7
Centaur - - 3 12
Alfred - 2 so
Russel - 8 2,
Resolution - - - 5 11
Bedford - - 2 15
Canada - - 1 12
Prudent - - 18 36
Montagu - 7 23
America - - 1 17
Champion - -it
Total 75 254
Officers Killed.
Mr. Charles Martin, master of the Resolution.
Mr. John Chartes, master of the Prudent.
Officers wounded.
Lieutenant Elliot, of the Ajax.
Lieutenant Porfer, of marines, Centaur.
Lieutenant Patey, of the Montagu.
Mr. Raven, matter of the Montagu.
Captain Strickland, of marines, Prudent.
Lieutenant Griffiths, of marines, Prudent.
SAM. Hu O D.
I anchored his majesty's fquad/on in a close line Ji
head ; but commodore Affleck having acquainted me
that the Bedford having driven off the bank, I Ordered
her into the van.
Next morning about eight o'clock, I was attacked
from van to rear, with the whole force of the enemy
(29 fail) for nearly two hours, without having the
least visible impression made upon my line. The French
ships then wore and flood off again, and in the after
noon began a second attack upon my centre and rear,
with no better success than before ; since which the
count de graffe has kept at a fafe distance. Many of
the French ships must have fuffered very considerably,
and the Ville de Paris was upon the heel all the next
day, covering her (hot holes.
By information from the shore, the French ships
have sent to St. Euftatius upwards of 1000 wounded
men.