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snre Papers res:wetiag the bhip VT:trust% an 1
the TVa/wittgketx Pa,:ket, e ere Ttlt.e.bll- pre‘euteti
to the nott.e of Co:it:twos, from e hare ex-
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AFFIDAS IT OF MU. romot. IN VERIFICATION OF

itla O.AL:4 SIROUN 2; CH Ott'. 17!0..

Arrested personally, Home Hens Popham, &merely of
Ostend, nuacaaut, but now an Officer it, the lorries. of His
Britamfc M...sesty ; and ensile oath, that in the year t7iii*,
he am a 1.,. oteria,t Nt the Ilroall easy, and that in the
unnith of March i 7 7, he olitaate.l leave of RIACIWP from
the Lords of the Admiralty, Cui the paepose of going to the
Cast ladles, oa condition of ive tre.gning his half eery dee-
m:, sal 11 Ihs absents,. fret tl.r service ; and that upo., his so
obi.. lease of absence, he went to Ostend, ss here he re-
mained for some tone ; and that having entered into a in,.
mode cu4emru there, he mmictime in the yea: 1707 went to,
Itlia, on hoard an Imperial idler, and whilst in India, car-
ried oa trade then', sad was melt Liman to I',rl Cornwallis,
then C.iserneralieneral to Fence', to he by birth a Hellish
subject, and dined ferieently at 1,,s t thin by his own invi-
tation, and wes nut interdie tad or in any manner tin-bidden
, to pursue his met-cantor concerns in loans, but on the con-
' tram, whilst openly careslog on Le trade, hr was employed
by the said Correensw-Feud rah, in taking :1 sum try of deffreent
Harbours, on account of the British Gmenement ; and he
farther with, that whilst he was in India on souls voyage,
he married, and afterwards returned with his a iye to Oa-
ten'', and tilted her there as his established domicil; and
he further that to the Year 17N, he set not tot ea-
other voyage to India, leaving bit said wife and family
at Ostend , and he further Pith, that whilst he was
at Calcutta upon the voyage last-mentiuned, he carried a
cargo of rice intended tOr the Company's settlement at Bom-
bay in the neighbourhood of which the British army aas
then acting, and in great want of provisions, bat be was
obliged oa amount of the weather to go to Prince of \Vas
Island, in the Straits of Malacca, and that whilst there, he
we. employed in making *survey of the South Channel,
shich bad Wee? before been ascertained, and that for such
✓endee he over eJ the poetical*, thanks of the said Governor-
General in Council, and was presented to them with a gold
cap ; and to' further midi, that in the month of Dmnuler,
I;sit, h.: this deponent pm chased tl:e American ship Pn se-
dent Washincton then lying at Colter, in the river Ganges,
and since called L'Etnasco„ being the ship pruceeded against
in this anise' and that a Till of sale for the said ship WAS
remitted hie-y Thomas \tilling Francis duly authorised fur
that purposely! John Brown and John Frances, of Provi-
dence, in the State of Rhode Island in North America, entv•
chants, tleammema of the amid ship, asstveying the same, for
greater caution. "tti St:Menem P.m, •whicis bill of sae
afterwards assigned by the said GiOCUIIIO Pons ti, isatilia, in
Giorgi, but both *lnch persons held the tried sliip in t.
for him thin deponent ; and he further sant., ,hat Ie isa
frequently invited to and dined at the table of the lintionr-
aisle Charles Sir..tot, then acting as (Sol creor.G,-.eral in the
ahornee of Earl Curnwall*, and was acquainted with many
persons who held highsintatima in the service of the East In-
dia Company ; and be smith, that some of the principal of the
East lades Coluoany's servants have seeded the I/eminent
on hoard the said ship L'Etruseo, and the Deponent is well
curivinew,l, from the tenor of what frequently passed in mo-
ve ~,,, that the said permits knew that be owned, or was
yoineirally ink-rented* the said ship ; and he further smith,
that in the month of Derembee, 179-2' be being then at Cao-
tnn aith his saes' ship, them called 11:Etruseo, did jofatly
nth Charles Samuel Caseation de Rebecque, and Jeaa Bap-
tiste Piron, rtspeetteely residing and carrying on trade at
Canoe annesaish ship ua board the said ship L'Etrusco the
several goods, warm, and merchandises, particularly specie
fled ie the Schedule hereto annexed, matted A. ma their joint
amount and risque, awl upon the terms and conditeaus set
firth in a certain Agreement, vino remaining in the registry
of this Client, and hearing date the ltd day of October, 17qa,
inwhich he erases leave to refer; and he farther saith, that
lie tins Depoiwat also shipped out board the said ship, for his
OA sole account and risque, the several goods, wares, and
itereliu.dees particolarly specified in the Schedule beretsmimed,
mimed, merited B.; and he farther smith, that the said ship,
with the said goods on board, sailed from Cantos aforesaid
tie month of January and use the 18th duo of July
&Hoeing, woe seized and taken ma prize in Ilia road to Os-
tend by His Majesty's nap of war the Brilliant, Mark HAM-
-136, Esq. Cesseasader; and he further sanh, that tuning
*selected to obtain a renewal of his lease of absence by
the Lords Cosonaut:wee of the Admiralty, be was in the
Mouth of April, 1791. stench off the list of Liratemats; and
be meth, that the said Goveruordierieral in Council dml, bs
their letter des the Coati of Diretters, dated the aith of May
1792 (an authentic copy whereof is hereto annexed, marked
C.', request, that the senices of the 1/epanent might he re-
printed he the said Coat to the Leeds Commiseioners of
the Admiralty, and be Inheres the same were represented at-
cordiagly ; and kw further with, that in the .month of Au-
gust, 1:93, he came to London, aud made application to the
Right How the Earl of Clisiliam, then First Lord of the
Admiralty, to he reinstated as a Lieutenant in Hit Majesty's
Navy. Inch aus immediately panted; and he further saith,
that epos his being so reinstated, le was appointed by the
Navy Board, first, as Agent of Transports at °stead, and
anerwards as Superintendent of Inland Navigation to the
Arms on the Continent, and he thereupon joined the arms
under the command of His Basal Highness the Duke of
V ark; and he further mitts, that whilst with the said army,
he was renployed on various inspurtaut terriers, +hie h re-
quired Its attendance upon the t'untinent, from whence he
returned to England in the month of Felbritary last, and in
verification of hi. being so employed, he hereunto an-
nexed sundry "%titbits, marked from NO. 1. to No. 9, all
which ale genuine and authentic awed he said', that on
1,,c re tern to Enelan.l, he was its etpeetation of being
im-
undiately employed sanin on foreign service; and that he
reason of the perm see, he this Deponent was induced
to moisten the pros. ratios id his claim See the said ship
and Zlarts 1av991111-bel'OT9 111,11 i .....j to the can of agents,
bat that the same was cot .:one (rum any intention of
abandoning his said claim, or from any unwillingness to sop-
port the tenth thm rof by his own attestat:ou ; and he
father oath• that the Lent ship, her tackle, apparel" and
furnAlare, and sidnatitting lonised to the low) the .1,44, or
at least one- dof the and goals, wares, NIA merchan.
diva. pm Waist ly specified in the said Schedule marked A.
and all these pas secularly soecifieJ in the Jute marked
B. Mei teeleent tu him this Deponent at else tint. of the lad.ug,
and at the time of the capture thereof, and (Wine the vale
the reef antler the decree of this Court, do belong t., hien at
this present time ; rant that on r 9-10 wpets.* being a
subject or ottLieros of Item*, Spain, ow the tnit,d Pi o-
vine tr, or inhab,t,ne ..:then any of the tetr:Meries of kranee,
Speer, or Ow • nitro Proeitires, tb.ne facto: s magi ie.., 110 C
MINI, a GI lines of the Crown of Great Brtaiss, base, been, an
had, ehecily or led... try, any ri,:ht, intere.st in on
to the s.iid siito.ao,l cootie., or any peel thereof: and hr seilh,
that the claim herein annexed is a nor and just diem. arid
that he it. be able to make doe proof sand sin nth. steno
thereof, as lie ;mils hehts es. Ile K.

Mon .lay, riirouant to ,eotroce. the roll!' utifortu-
itte men. a ir. Thomas lintchims. fit liorse-.t.aline;
Wthpon tOr au ttruiatural critu.• : sildlll Sams,
and John Paw. for 'burglary, were taken Inuu Maid-
,tout ;zaol, to tlot• place of e.,..1.111...0).
alNiiit Wit.% Cii o'cl.ick. Ihi tlielt :arum, La
the f,titlNpot, they haul little to ray. aptly ceittuning
the pal•iic against their unfortunate elnl ! th.•c died
hardihuott and nalitferenee, de-
clared they would not die in their ahneo. and kick-
ed than u 8• amouto the mt.aertitii isectuttir..

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