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proper certificate was owing entire!, to the
ignorance of his Majesty's officer, who clear
ed the (aid vessel out. Your memorialist
molt humbly prays, that your lordships will
be pleaftd to take the peculiar cireumftaoces
of hi; case into your most wife consideration ;
, and that you will be pleifed to order David
Phips, Esq. Marshal of the Vice- Admiralty
Court, and Edward Wirdl e, Esq. condor
/ of his Maty's cuttom, for the port of Bos
ton, to pay the net proceeds of the one moi
ty of the said one hundred and two calks of
oity (decreed to remain forfeit to the use of
his Majesty), to your memorialift; and grant
him Such other relief, as to your lordthips
Shall fcem meet." The result of this ap,li
cation does not appear, But Bourne, after
"employing the Lufimn^ i^ rhe manner be
fore mentioned, from Grtutbrirain, and ap
- <pearing in the charader, and Styling himfelf
, loyal fwbjea of Greatbritain, on the 21st
^ay of August, 1777, thirteen months after
the declaration of independence by the Unit
rd States, arid when of courfe^ll correfpon
,&nce was interdicted between the two host
the countries, failed from London intlfe brig
Luhnna, Mathew Wood commander, bound
to Hallifax, in Novafcoria, a Britify garriSon.
Atthe tipie of failing, the vessel by the reg
ister was Bourne's. Her cargo belonged to
a variety of owners * i ¥
An invoice amounting to about £2OOO
Gerling was Shipped by Messrs. Lane Son
and Fraser, consigned to Bourne at Halifax.
£2os 0 2 Sterling was Gripped by Bourne
mimfe!f, consigned to himfelf at Halifax, or
in his absence to Messrs Thomas Cockrao
and Co. and onfifted of chetfe, pork, beef,
, buker, bread, port wine, cyder) ale and por
ter. An invoice of 26c barrels and 26 tierces
of beef charged at £BB3 Sterling was Shipped
by William Enderfon and Co. and consign
ed to Bourne at Halifax, to fell for their ac
count. Messrs. Thomas Kellerfmand Co.
Shipped goods to the value of £64943 4 Ster
ling, to Mr. William Keith at Halifax. An
invoice of two trunks of goods marked I. S.
was Shipped by Lane Son and Fraser, and
consigned to Capt. James Shephard. There
are also many other articles, with bills of lad
ing, Shipped by various persons, and consign
ed to different names at Halifax. Previous
to the Lufanna's falling from Greatbritain,
* That this vessel and her cargo was in
fared against American privateers, appears
from the following deposition of John Lane,
one of the house of Lane Son and Fraser,
taken in perpefnam February 17th, 1787—
viz. " I John Lane of London, in the king
dom ofGreatbritain, Esq. legally summoned
at the request of John Penhallow, Esq and
;other owners of the late armed brigantine
M'Clary, Jolhui Stagpole commander, here
,by depefe the answers to,he questions fol
lowing, viz. : '"."
%'^% Was the Brigantine Lnfanna,
Matthew Wood matter, bound from London
to Halifax, in Novafcotia, in the year A D.
x x 777, insured by your house, under the firm
of Lane Son and Fraser?
^#/w?r. It was done by our house.
£Q- For whole accompt was said brigan
tine insured) and the goods you Shipped on
board her? %
A. It was an aecompt of Eittha Doane of
^elfleet, Commonwealth of Maffachufeetts,
Esq. deceased.
* Q; Was the high premium as charged in;
rhe insurance of said goods, given to Secure
the interest against the capture of American
F treed veflels ? '' 1 :
A. Yes, undoubtedly agaiaft a captureof
American Privateers, and every other rifqae.
QHave you recovered the infurarice that
was made on Said vessel and goods?
A. Yes.
Q Did you recover the inference made I
on faidintereft in consequence of the capture
She armed brigantine M'Clary,
>po!e commander t , '}
trered the insurance by pr^
g taken by an American priva
r >not recoiled her name. '
whose accompt is the credit given
fevered as afcrehid ? %
L A. To the credit of the Said Elilha Doane,
Esq. deceased. ,
' Wa ! thafaid brigantine Lufanna em.
P. 4, '"''"g the fate war between Great
hn&„irf America, as an ordnance vessel in
the Service of the King ofGreatbrimin, and
t^tfr,^^
arfen^s in England, toother parts of his W
^* T"^,^ or procured one for
foX%%l"' 5 ft °" s '° G ^"" # a " d
Portfwonth, Feb,..,, „, ty^
1&M ts Nrefr,fare,l fyfooitb, PArua- |
^romg^mj/, ) , 17,1737, 1
';&^baiW named fobs Late Bfa. ,& |
on her voyage to Halifax, Bourne had licence
to draw at Halifax, bills of exchange, on the
house of Lane Son and Fraler, tope amount
k# three thousand pounds Sterling. Tre
house ofWarfon antißafhleigh ii a tetterlo^
John Butler Esq. alto guarantee tfe payment
of Bourne's bills, to the amount offour thou
sand pounds sterling. M ;
Bourne allo wrote to Messrs. Thomas,
Jameland William Cockflfl of Halifax, or
dering the goods consigned tohim on board
iheLufanna, to them, in case any "Occident
Should befal him on his paflage there, as he
did hot go out in his own Ship," in which he
informs them ; " by'the 'inclosed invoices
and bills of lading, you will find federal con
signments m\de to me of several articles, oh
board the Lufanna Ship,Matthew Wood mas
ter ; viz. cue by MetTrs. Enderfon and Co.
of 26$ barrels and 26 tierces of good IriSh
beef; and one other by Mr. Thomas Lath
am, of wine and porter ; all which you will
please to take charge of, and fell to the belt
advantage tor the, owners and adventerers
who dwell in London ; and account with
the owners for the net proceeds arising from
such sale, or with myfelf; observing that if
", goods find a good market, the owners
wilt make you farther confignmente, adv -
ing me or them from time to time of the state
es those goods. You allo hate inclofed here
with, two other invbfces, one containing pro
visions, the other wines, ale, cyder and por
ter, belonging to myfelf, which you will
please to difpbfe of to the heft advantage for
my interest, and which will doubtless by the
time they arrive there, require a fpe.edy mar
ker, accounting with me Messrs. Line Son c
and Fraser, merchants in London, or Messrs.
Elitha orlfaiah Doane, merchants in B fton,
°% oceither of our assigns. As to the re
maining part of the Lufanna's cargo, that
particularly which is on freight, you will
please to fee delivered, according to the bills
of lading, to be produced by the corifignees ;
a !, '"' other goods contained in one other
bill of lading, herewith inclofed and marked
S. B. belonging to me, you will Wore, and
wait the farther orders of myfelf, Messrs.
Lane Son & Fraser, Elilha or Isaiah Doane.
You will also please to difehargethe master
and men on board the ship Lufanna, and lay
her up, until you receive further orders from
mty Messrs. Lane Son and Fraser, Elisha or
Isaiah Doane : the above corresponds with
the advice I fentyou of the 4th of June last."
In a letter, dated. Birmingham^ i6rh July,
1777, from Edward Crofoy to Capf.' Wilf,
iam Spry, commanding engineer at Halifax,
Novafcotia ; the intentions of Mr. Bourne
aft thus explained, " He (Bourne) soon af
ter the present contest in America, made his
escape to this country ; he now"propofes
going to Halifax, in the firft armed vessel
that is sent out with fores, and with the flat-,
tering hope of the rebellion in America be
ing finally fettled this season, & to be there
by enabled to join his family in Newengland
—if not, to remain at Halifax until that e
vent takes placet—he has loaded a brigantine
of his, with the different kinds of goods suit
able for the Halifax market, which fails with
the firft convoy ; be will likewise have a ves
sel or two which he would gladly get into
government service, if you can be of service
to him of yourfelf, or in recommending him
to your acquaintance; 1 shall esteem it as a fa-
From the depefirion of Capt. Thomas Ca
fvy, a passenger on board the Lufanna, at
the time of her capture; if appears that the
said vessel was publirkly adver+lfed in Lon
don, tocarry height from thence to Halifax
—ffiat he underftgod from Mr. Bourne, ihe
.Wa, formerly o^ned by Mr. Elisha Doane;
of Welfleet, hot that afterwards she was
made over to the said Bourne, who had so% :
goods on board the said brigantine ; that
Bourne further told him, if the goods would
fetch a good price at Halifax, he intended to
fell them there ; if they would not, he deter
mined to ffore them there; 'and keep them
two years, reher -than not fell them tp ad
vantage. He farther understood from Bourne
that his faiberin law (Mr. Doane) together
with his (Bourne's! brother, were concerned
in trade together. He farther fays, the said
vessel was part of a fleet, which failed coder
convoy of the Bririfh frigate Venus, bound
to Newfak, obeyed her signals, and kept
company with the bid ft&t, Until the weath
er being fogg. they parted. That after wards
they ftret&d to the wettwardfor two hours,
^* h °" !°' ^ order to join the fleet
if p,ffible ; & afterwards shaped their eourfe,
and made the best of their way to Halifax
^'^^ on Monday morning, and on
But ^l'(re&&tero4rch proved
^be the brig WQ failing too Est for
1 nqu lc wiin m, alia alter
& anu
I fn4lldAGhla 1 mL 4
I & ealien per-ne^rri BAnrrim in rfbnvprlatiritt'GiTr 1
tine Infinite, was, that the belof ged to his
father Doane; 2nd in case of her being tak
en,he would elaini her ;& aito letac Bourne
lay he expelled ro pay prize vefl<h at Hali
fy; and by that, and his other ttade there,
in the course of the ensuing winter, to clear(
five thousand pounds ; that Lfter the cap
ture, he said tie flinuld loose all the profits on
_his goods, and wished the Lufanoa would be
retaken by some of the King's ffiigs And
that she understood Bourne, his brother and
father Doane were in partner flhip.
, [TO be continued.]
"='"''"T""""""""" ra ™ rai ™^^
VARIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
OMITTED LAST WEEK.,
BOSTON."
NEW INVENTION ^ 1
The municiparity of P^h having ad
vertised in i 7 Bg for &&R mode 0,
firing of fewer, wiihoor diminifrig
the mast pf hgac in the interior part
of hcufa. A Mr. Coioteraux of that
city in confiquence invented fovea
made of bricky which he fays are not
only a laving of fewel, but give fucb
an agreeable heat in a chamber, as
may be compared to the delightful
warmth of Ipring.
Mi Peale, proprietor of the Phila
delphia Museum, has lately built two
Roves in his mofeum, after the direc
tion of" Mr. Cointeraux. Tory are
haodiomer (had metal ftdfo, al&*
made of coarse mMeriah—the <ff>&
are promifihg on a Ihorc triai—when
he has more experience of their utili
ty, he means to communicate the re
fylt of his observations to the public.
JVlA^^^
A letter from an American at Brur
deaux to his friend in Newyo/k, gives
a melancholy account of the troubles
and intestine disorders in France. So
violent are parties, that fofofo are
frequent io various parts. This gen
tleman few a tertorift drugged from
the theatre at Bourdeaux, ftabed with
penknives, and at °)aft fhgt b'y about
twenty enraged citizens. Humanity
prompted the American to" attempt
to save the man's life, but at the, fk
of his own, and his efforts were inet
feaual.
—- —:— troon—
W^R! HORROR! >
A periodical work in Germany ex
hibits the following eftimace of the
expenfei and loss of men, incurred by
the powers at war, from 1792 to '95.
Men. Money. Florins.
Adrian moxartby, 150,000 200,060,000
The empire & Pru^fa, 60,000 100,000,000
Greatbritaix, 98,000 600,000,000
Hyland, 29,000 160,000,000
ty/., 114 000 480,000,000
Portugal, f 5,000 40,000.000
Nafa, ' 5,000 40,000,000
P^,al demitiont, 'lO OQO,OOO
Sardinia, §O,OOO 38^000,000
R*Jfo> h 5,000,000
?•' -—— — ... —;—'
Total. §OI,OOO 167^,000,000
~l,ooo'ooo 2302,500,000
Total of botb ,artitt. 1,501,000 4475,500,000
•And all this because two or three
kings would teach the French how to
take care of their own affairs. Look
at thi, ye friends of royalty and to
chy ! fee the frightful butcheries of
tte human race I fruitful fields, once
cfoathed with grain and adorned with
flowers, now covered with human car
cases, reeking in gore I See the peace
fol swain, while whittling along his
farrows, driven before the butte, end
his furrowr ftreamiog with blood !--
See the fond parent and brother dug
ed lrom the tender endearment of
family happinefr, to hew down (heir
fellow mortals, and murder men they]
never law and never learnttn hire 11
IdeploraS'eldeploraS'e wretch^do^ 1 — Lt arn to
d&eft the monarch, the prince, that
nobie, the dnarchrtf, who are the four- ,
ces ot fach calamities, and venerate
the tooftiweion and laws of that coon-'
fry, which deliver ,00 from the pow
er of thole butchers pf the human,
I race.
F'or in E^glJb pabre,
CARRIAGE witbota HORSES. (
Thi# ex raordioary vehicle, which has
been long in contemplation at Liver
pool, is now completed, and exhibit,
ed to the public there, ft has been
repeatedly tried in the night 00 unfa
vocable roade, and is found to fur.
mount every difficulty. The mechan
ism is inert fimpie. This mode of ac
im it to be spiked to the mail cach
es, and Ihou!d' it faceted, must be of
gres? commercial importance, and fa
v>r(he c^u^ of humanity, too much
violated in the treatment of pubfe
pfrioge° horses.
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Os ibe BRITISH.
LONDON. NOV. 11.
The following r^uriont puffed at
the so much talked of meeting, near -
Copenhagen house, the 27^ ulr. Up
ward# of 100,eoo perfoua were pre
fect.
Rrfoived,,
That the present awful and alarm
ing state of the British -empire, de
mands the furicui attention of our
fellow countrymen.''
That its unexampled distress calk
for immediate and effectual redrefi.
That we are fully persuaded the
prefeot exorbitant price of the necef
fariet of life, (not withstanding the late
abundant hu^ft) is occasioned partly
by the prefect ruinous war ; but chief
ly by that pernicious fyfiem of mo
nopoly which derives protection from
the mutilated and corrupt slate of the
parliamentary reprefeniarion.,
That the enormous load of taxes,
under which this almofl ruined coun?
try groans, together with its unparal
leled national debt, (which has been
and will be greatly increased by the
prefect war) threatens the British 0&- ±
tion with total ruin.'
That the inftiib!e obflinacy of
minjftera, in continuing the present
cruel, u just, and difg^ceful war, a
war which has stained the earth and
feat with so much human blood, calls
Wchd for the execration of every friend
of humanity,
That the prefect government of
France is. as cap,bh of maintaining
the dccttflotoed relations of peace mid
amity with the King of Greatbritain,
as with the Elector of Hanover.
Tint we remain fully convinced,
that the permanent peace, welfare, &.
h^ppineG of this country, can be ef
rawiihed only by reftoiiog to our fel
low countrymen their natural and un
doubted rights, “uoiverfal fuffrage,
and annual parliaments."
That the evasive conduct of hit
Mm&'s minivers rrfpeaiag our late
address, convinces us that our fellow
countrymen have little to,hope from
the executive part of out govern
ment.
That, in order the chore effectually ,
to obtain the co-optation and assist
ance of the whole country, deputies
than be sent from the society to tfaQ
principal towns m the kingdom, for
the purpose of explaining to out fel #
fofory^nthe fofyois,
piocur
limentioM^^end th© teoodetft of our
I threats of our enemies % we again fol.