The Sun.
London, England, 1807-10-13 00:00:00

DIFFEItiVb is*lfir;ilCarucA%

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the following Statement of the oripin of the late
AFfair With t lie.CktTapeake has been pablifshed by all.
thority, Halitait, tind we give it as a s.4nti.otiie,ial
Documeot, although many of tht related in it ,
have been already before the Publicrkt ‘`

" BY this time the orders of. ~,E,4424..75,ral J3cnOiT,;:4'
are made, known in the United Stithitiohey.were.
founded on the following fasts : • '
" In the month of February orAtteh, a Lieute.
nant of the .kuterican Navy openedi3/4rendezvous in
the town of Norfolk, in-Virginia, Tor the Cliesa
peake'frigate; then fitting out at Washington. Many
.deserters from his Majesty's ships, then lying in the
Chesapeake, entered with this Officer, in particular
from the ell/dialer, which, in Consequence of run-
' nitw' ashore, was alongside of the ..wharf at Norfolk;
and part of the Zenotia's crew:Which was Stranded
near the Capes. 'These deserters, and many more
belonging to the Hulyar,' Melamps, &c. were
openly paraded in the streets by the Lieutenant', tin-
der the American Flag, and frequently by their
former °dicers, who reclaimed them, but 'were told
by:the lieutenant, that although he knew they were
. deserters, he should not give them up without orders
frOm hip Government. • • .

" A:romonStiance was then made by the British
Consul to the chief Magistrate of Norfolk; ,who re-
fused athug in it, or authorizing any. • thing
which might be done by their own ' OffiCers to
take them. This was officially coma-Mille:fled to
Ms .Britannic Majesty's Minister at ',Washington,
who represented it to the Secretary of State and
President, whose answers were,, that having entered
'Me ilintrican service, and claimed its proteeTtion, they 1
lucre to be considered as citizens, and akrefore could
nat be given up • .besideS• that some, he Understood,
were int pivssed men:
" These applichtions- Were frequently renewed,:
and always e satnatis‘Vers returned. .At this' time
it was ascertained that above one hundred de-
serters from the British 'aCtualty composed a part of
thecrew of the Chesapeake; The aet.'zunt was sent to
England with a description of such men as ,Could be
positively fixed tipon,with the Admiral's orders issued
• upon*the occasion, • and similar accounts Were tTallti-
initted to every other quarter'Where the British Flag
Was flying. In the month of 'July the Chesapeake
sailed, and. the occurrence of scarching her took
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" The crimping of English seamen both front the
merchant service as well as from the men of war of
Great' Britain bad arisen to that height, that so far
from being able to avail themselves of that friendly
intercourse which; in a neutral country, the Eng:
lith had a right to exped, not a boat could be trust»
ed on shore front the ships in- Hampton' Roads, 'and
all' communication carried on by t%i. o pilot
bouts, hired for the purpose, and manned by Petty
Officers of his Majesty's Navy. The Officers- of the
Chichesier sere not exempt. One, a murderer, being,
sheltered from justice, 'although at last Surrendered
of his own accord ; the other, the Gunner of the
Chiehesler, seduced' by the Lieutenant's promises of
'promotion in the American. Navy, deserted and
adually Offitiatittg •in the 'Chesapeake frigate:, met
with, his death ; a circumstance totally dropt in the
account given of this. dfair by Commodore BA EON Or
his Officers, as well as the three other seamen who
were killed, and 06 were all Englishmen. and
deserter's. :The tnen taken by the Ltopani are all of
that description, and one, in particular, belonging to
'the Hatifiv.., had not only
received the King'sbounty, but' 171. auclitional, given by this Province.
.
There is no doubt but that if the Leopard could have
identified them by some of their own Officers, many
Of the Chichester's 'as Well as the Zenobia's men
'Weald have been found, as the prisotters:bave since
confessed they were on board ; but as the Captain' of
the Leopard could only identity those whose Offi-
cers were on board, and eartally recognized them,
they were sot-lewd:to remain." •
In a 'farther Number we mentioned" that' Admiral
licitlr,et,ty had promised a pardon to all deserters
from his Majesty's Ships in the American Seas, on
their immediately returning to their duty. The fol-
lowing is a Copy of thiS Paper, which, we arc happy
to hear, has, toa great degree, been productive of the
'desired effect :