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MO NDA Y, JUNE 25, 1834.

From the LONDON GAZETTE, lane 23, 1804..
Downhrg-street, June 22, 1804.

A Dispatch, of which the following is a copy, has
been received from M4jor_General Sir Charles
Green by Earl Camden, one of-His Majesty's
cipal Secretaries of State :
MY LOR D, •Paramar;bo, May 13, 1804..

It is highly gratifying to 'me to have the honour
of informing your Lordship, that the Colony of
Surinam has surrendered to His ,Majesty's arms ;
and I have the farther satisfaftion to acquaint your
Lordship, that this valuable, acquisition to the Bri-
tish Dominions. has been made witty very little loss
on the part of His Majesty's Troops.
In my Dispatches from Barbadoes, of the zd of
April, I had the honour to repoit to your. Lord..,
ship, that the arrangements for proceeding on the
Expedition against Surinam being nearly completed,
1, had reason m exped we should be enabled .to sail
from Barbadoes in the course of thiee or four days;
aced Commodore Hood having previously signified
to me that every titing 'in the Naval Department
was -ready, I direEted the final embarkation of the
Troops, Stores, &c. on the 6th of the same month.
The following day thc_whole Fleet weiipecl anchor
and sailed.

On the zsth, His Majesty's Ship Centaur, having
the Commodore's brOad pendant, and. on board of
which I was embarked, came to anchor about. ten
miles off the mouth of the River Surinam ; and dur-
ing that and the next day the greater part of the
Fleet also anchored.

On the 26thi'a Corps, consisting of the flank
Companies, of. the 16th. and 6+th Regiments, the
Rifle Company of the 2d Battalion 6oth Regiment,
made up by' detachments from the Battalion Corn.
parries of the 16th, 6+th,
.aml 6th .West, India Re_
girnents, to about six hundred men,. and 'the Ist
Brigade of Royal Artillery; `besides armed Seamen,
was detached -in different vessels under 'convoy ot.
His Majsty!'s Ship Hippomenes, Captain Shipley.
This Corps was commanded by Brigadier. General'
Maitland; who was direCted -to -effett a landing at
the Waralipa Creek, .about ten leagues to the east..
ward of the Surinam River, 'where.the Enemy' oc.
copied wpost. The objet} of.this.operation was to.
olitain a 'water communication with the Commewyne:
River, to procure plantation, boats in sufficient.
number to transport the Troops down that River
towards its junction with the Snrinam; and thereby
facilitate our approach to take a position in the rear
of. Foil New Amsterdam ; and, also with a view to,
cut "off a considerable detachmenrof the Enemy sta-
tioned at Fort Brandwaeht; on the Mud Creek..
On the same day. preparations were made for
landing a body of Troops to take possession. of
Bram's Point, where there is a battery of seven
.cighteen:lullit-lcii, which defends., the entrance off`
th;_. River Surinam. Brigadier. General Hughes un.
der-took to superintend this service; the wind prov-
ing'favoura6le, His Majety'S Ships Emerald, Pan.
dour Allaying the '64th Regiment on board), and
Drake Brig of War, got under weigh
.to attack the •
Battery, when a fire was opened onthe_Ships, which,
however, ,was soon silenced by a few broadsides,
-and the Enemy struck their. collpts. A detach-
ment of Troops under Brigadier-Generalflughes,
immediately landed, and took possessiorrof.Jiratn's
Point, making prisoners a Captain and.fiirty:fopr,
men., The entrance being thus secured, the. COM,
modore made, signal for the Ships to,-go into the.-
River as soon as possible ; in the course of that and.
the following day, the most considerable part of the
Fleet anchoredin the. River. . •

At this reriod the Commodore shifted his pen.
dant to the Emerald, and.l accompanied him on
board_thatShip. We then judged it expedient to
send Summons to the. Glvernor of Surinam, with
Proposals for'the,Surrentki• of the Colony. •
Captain' Maxwell, of the Royal Navy, and Cap,
tain litummond, of the 6cith Regiment (adin-g as
my Aid-de-Camp), proceeded up theßiverwith a
Elag of 'Trbee ; and,..l4Ving delivered .our:
mans to the Governor, -returned in the night with
information that an answer` would be sent next
morning.

On the zBth we received the Governor's answer,
conveying a. retusal to capitulate. (Copies of our
Summons, with the proposed terms,, and the answer
thereto, are. herewith transmitted.) It was•de.
terniined that we,should lose no time' in endeavour
big to make some impression on the Enemy's posts
but I must here beg leave to observe t9.your Lord.
ship, that the Coast of Surinam is of very difficult
approach, shallow, and full of banks ;. that a latich
in is-only to be at empted at the top of, the tide,
.and at particular points ; the coast is unclearedond
from wood, arid the marshy nature of the soil, it is
impossible to penetrate into the interiar, except by
the rivers and the creeks. . •

The shores on both sides of the River Surinam
are equally difficult of access, for the same causes,
until',you reach the battery Friderici, with the ex-
ception of one spot.ori the eastern shore, where a
plantation, called Resolution, has been lately esta-
blisho„ :Our points of attack were therefore eon,
fined ; and the Enemy, by means of their forts,
Ships of War, and other armed Vessels, were corn.
.pletely -masters of the navigation of the River Su-
rinam above Fort Amsterd'am: •

The defences of the River, Ale? passing Bram's
Point, are Fort Amsterdam, situated on the conflu-
ence of the Rivers Surinam and Commewyne s up_
wards of eighty pieces of'ordnsnce are mounted in
this fortress.

fence.

Fort Leyden is armed with twelve heavy guns,
and situated on the right Bank of the Surinam,
where it meets the Commewyne ; is opposite. co and
commanded by Fort Amsterdam, at the distance of
abuUt two thousantlyards.

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The Battery Friderici is about two hundred
yards lower doyvn,- and armeddwith twelve heavy
guns.
the-left bank of the River, nearly opposite to.
Fort Amsterdam, is Fort Purniurent;- having ten
guns mo‘mted,; its rear _and = flanks proteded by
impraeticable.marsh arid woods.

• The fire of- all these works -and batteries inter.
sea in the channel for Ships go;.ngup the River.

The :town of. Paramaribo is—defended. to W 3 I'AS
the water by a battery-,of about ten guns, mount..
ed in Fort Zelandia; a plaCe Qtherwise of no 'de.

The 28th, the Shirs of War and other Vcss'els
proceeded up, the River as fast as die tides vvi:ud
admit of.

A plan was formed .for ma%ing an attempt on
Fort Purmurent : a detachment 'of the 64. th Re..
giment,. under Captain Burton, accompanied by
Captain Drummond, my Aid.de.Camp, wit'.} a body'
of armed seamen, commanded by Captain. Jervis,
embarked at eight o'clock at night for that pur-
pose, but,. on approaching the fort, they found the
tide was onfavourab4 for the undertaking, and
returned.

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On the. 29th, Lieutenant-Colonel Shipley, corn.
manding Engineer;• went on shore at the Plantation
before stated, below the Enemies Batteries, .ro en.
deavour to procure intelligence; and on returning
reported, that he.. had every reason to believe that
there .was a praffiCable way through the woods,
by.whicha body of men might be conduCted to the
tear of the Forts 'Leyden and F7iderici,
narit-C,olonel Shipley was indefatigable in ascertain.
invite accuracy of this information, in which he
was ably assisted by Lieutenant Arnold, of the Royal
Engineers, and Mr. Hobbs, Alling Engineer, and
the result was such, that a detachment of one hun-
dred anti forty men, of the 64th Regiment, nnder •
the command of the Honourable Lieutenant-Colonel
Cranstourt, with Major Stirke, of the 611) West In.
dia Regiment,• ten men of the 6th West India Re. -
.giment, with side arias, having telling axes, twenty .
of the Artificers Corps, provided in the same man.
net., and about thirty armed Seamen, commanded
by Captains 'Maxwell, Ferris,and Richardson, of
the Royal Navy.; the:Whole
,under.the command of
Brigadier-General Hughes, accompanied-,by !Acute.
nant-Colonel Shipley, lieutenant Arnold, of the
Royal 'Engineers, and, Mr. Hobbs, .Acting Engi.
fleet, whose local knowledge provedexiretnelY use.:
ful on this occasion, 17inded between the hours of
ten and eleven. at night, at Resolution Plaetation,
and proceeded through the woods with Negro Guides.
A great quantity of rain having recently fallen,
it was found that thespath, at all times diffieult,bad
become almost impassable, but no obstacle could
damp the enterprizing spirit of Our Seamen and
Soldiers who, with persevering co.arage,,after a .
.laticirious. march of five" hours,
,Ain h d peer the-' - -
rear of Friderici Battery. The alarril having been
given, a considerable:-fire of grape
,shot was made 1
upon the Troops before they quitted the wood,
whilst forming -for the attack, and Of musketry
as they approached the Battery. The assault of our
intrepid Seamen and Troops with fixed bayonets,
was so animated and vigorous as to prevent any fur..
ther resistance. The Enemy fled too-Fort Leyden,
having.: set fire t,o the P(Avtier Magazine, by the
exploSion, of which a few British (4ficers and Men
were severely wounded. Brikadier-General Hughes
used no delay in moving on to the, attack of Fort
Leydefi,but being under the necessity oftnarching by
a narrow road, which was enfiladed by four or rive
.duns, received a considerable fire of grape shot on
his march; and of musketry on-his nearer approach,
which, however, was soon put stop to by a rope.,
tition of the same impetuous attack.on our part, and
'the Enemy, after some firings called for quarter,
which was generously granted by the Conquerors,.
although in. the. Montent. they _Were highly exasPe.
fated at the condutt of the Batavian Troops, ire .
blowing up the Powder Magazine at FortFriderici,
after it had been in Our,possession. A- Captain,
with some other Officers, ,and ore hundred and
twenty men; were taken at this Bost, about 'thirty
having made their escape across the River Comte.
wytte to Fort New Amsterdam.-

.By this brilliant affair a position was seeured, by'
Which .a heavy fire could be..brought, do Fort .New
Arnsterdam, a cornmunication with the River Corn..
mewyne opened, the means of forming a junction
with Brigadier-General Maitlanci's Corps establish-
ed, and the command of thefinest.part of the Colo-
ny, abounding with resources of all kinds, obtained.
Brigadier-General Hughes's exertions upon thil
occa4in were highly 'meritorious", and by his ani.
mating example contributed much to the success
of theday...

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OR the 3oth in the, morning, the Cornmodore
and "wenton shore at the- captured Forts,
and direetions were given for covering the Troops
and Guns from the fire of Fort Ne,v-Amsterdain,
to which they were greatly exposed, and for priini.
ing^the.fire of the Forts towards the Enemy. The
Troops underwent great fatigue in executing these '•
works, which, however., . they cheerfully, submitted
to, under the direCtion of Lieutenant-Colonel Ship.
ley, who,, asosual, was ttnce4sing.in his exertions, -
Brigadier-General Hughes 'remainedin the command
there, giving every necessary support and counte.
tance. The 'Enemy fired from time
,to time from
Fort New Amsterdam, by which three'inen at Fort
Leyden were wounded, but 'some shells being thrown
in, return from two mortars, which We had got on
shore at.fir Fort Leyden, the ing'on the part of the
Enemy ceased.
that a landing Had beenOn the same day I received a report from Baia..
Creek by the first-division,
dt
ffiecra-GecienaetratlheMwaiatrlaair,tpda,
of his Corps, under the command of ILlbjor: Hardy_ •
man, of, the first bat: ;ion of the. Royalsvyihn took_

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po,session of the . Enemy's post, where there were
t::•) guns, after a short resistance; and the 13ti-
g.-Ller-General 'further stated, that he was proceed-
,;.g to land 'with the whole of his Corps. Under
these circumstances, no time was lost in cliserubark-
ing'at F'rt Leyden the mess of the Troops, and
pushing them on by the north bank of the Comme-
wyne to neatly opposite Zoolatid's Plantation, where
it was intended to Cioss The River, to form a junc-
tion with Brigadier-General Maitland's on its ex-
peered arrival there. T.,e artillery, stores, and
provisions, were_ also conveyed in beats, by the in,
defatiga,ble cAerriorjs' of the Navy, into the Comme-
wyne river;' and an armed naval force established
therein.

On the 3d May, Brigadier-Qeneral IViaitland
having, with great diligence, procured a number of
plantation boars to convey his Carps, appeared
coming down the\Commewyne in very good Order,
and landed at a plantation on the south side of that
river.

On the same evening part of the 16th Regiment,
crossed the Commewync 'to join Brigadier_General
Maitland, and were -followed the next day by 'the
remainder of that regiment ;,orders were also given
for all the troops to pass as quickly-as possible:
On the 4th; between two and three o'clock, Bri:
sadier-General Maitland's Corps moved on through
a wood, and approached Fort NeW 'Amsterdam
within a mile to reconnoitre, with a view to extend
`'-their position towards the River Surinam, and
thereby invest that fortress. Some shots were fired
• by the Enemy's advanced c'entinels, who retired.
Ai *this time .CoMmodore Hood being with me at
Head, quarters on. the Comtnewyne, we received a
Flag of Truce from the CoAnancling Officer of the
Bat;reirm Troops; with proposals to surrender on
• terow Of Capitulation, a' copy of which is herewith
incli);ed • orders were. in consequence issued to sus-
pena hostilities until the•condttions shotld be Itqally
.agreed upon.
-‘•;lsrcitenant:-Crllftnef Shipley, and" Captain MaX-
well of the Royal Navy, were sent to
,settle.the
terms. They returned early on the, morning of the
with:two .separate Capitulations, signed by.
Lie'u'tenantX6lonel• Ifitenburgli,f commanding the.
Batavian Troops, and -gorrmOdore Bloys, 'Chief of
the Natal Department ; but an article in the- one
signed by the Military. Comrnandint not 'being stir-
ficienrly clear, Brigadier-General Maitland was ern.
'played to- arrange' '-the.btisiness,' which.being corn,
pleted to our satisfsaion, at five o'clock."-on the
sans t vetting, thecadyariced Corps, 'under the COM-
. mand of Brigadier-General 'Maitland, marched in
'and took 'possession of Fort New Amsterdam: The
-EatavLin Frigate:and Stoop of War were also taken'
possession of 4r the same hour. .
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•Having thus detailed the particulars of our ShOrt,
but aelive operations, it is a very pleasing part of
my Linty to state to your Lordship, the names
those Officers whose situations enabled them "co
come forward, with distinguished' honour and de.
(lit to themseives.
I:have the • greatest obligations to Brigadier.
.• Gene:al Maitland, Quareer.master and Barrack.
toaster General, for • his ready and cheetfulsaid and
, advice upon all occasions, and for his unwearied,
zealous, and able, exertions to promote the Nblic
, service, both- previous to the Expedition leaving
Be.:3.;docs, and during the whole of our operations

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'flte oificer:.like manner in which the Brigadier.
General fulfilled the. im;-:,:rtant obje6is of his-de,
tached command, is highly creditable to his: mill-
- racy charcler; and I aln Well, persuaded, that if
there had been further occasion ,for Lis services, I
Nhou:tl have continued to find in him a most useftil
Second. May I therefore beg leave to recommend
him, through your Loiciship, to His Majesty's gra-
cious notice.
Brigadier-General Maitland, in his Report, ex.
presses his satisfaction at the Co-operation and as.
`sistance he had received from Captain Shipley, of
Majesty's ship Hippomenes. He..menrions in
termi 0f great approbation, Colonel Mq.,-e.an, of the
Moth Regiment, Major Hardyrnan,• First Battaliop
Royals, both.aling with the advareed Corps, arid
he describes the exertions of Captain M'Kerilie, of
the Royal Navy, cot-tun...ll:ding the Seamen, who
proceeded up the River with the Troop, as being
unremitting, and of great advantage to the public
service.

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I am also extremely indebted to Brigadier-Gjeneral
Hughes, who Hits 'strewn a constant readiness to un-
dertake every duty that required the diredion. of
36 'experienced- an Officer. Tile bare -relation of the
attack of Forts-Leyden and Friderici, which he
headed with most distinguished per4Vera,nce-lind-g4.:
I~t:~trr, sufficiently unark.!; the merit "of that Officer ;
but I must oeg leave- to add, that 13tigad16..G6,eral
steady and encouraging ex..imple,*doriog
the tittle of his command at Fort Leyden, whit. 4
expmed to the fire orthe Enemy's 'Batteries-, must
ever ----entitle him to the reputation of a brave arid
excellent Ofiker,:- and I 'hope wild insure to him
His 'N'lajeSty's raciMis approba_tion.
The i3rigOier.General reports the followlng Of.
ficers as having distinguished-themselves ;,the Cam-
- mandi-itg. Officers- of the different Corlw employed
Under .hire at..,thet..itormicig of the Vont; vie; tiro
Honourable Litutenint_Colonel Cranstouri, 64th Re-
' siinent--; Trieutcnant.(olonel Shipley; toninfAinding
Engineer 4 ; Captains -Maxwell,- Ferris, and
'Richardson of the Royal ; Major Stirke, 6rlt
West tritlia Itegiment.; nejor of 'Brigade Brnwo_
iigg ; Lieutenant Jetnisan, 6.4:11 Regiment Lieu.
tc:feint •Arnold, Royal Engineers ; Mr.. Hobbs,

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acting -Enginecr,
To Lieutenant-Colonel Shipley, the Cm-nnianding
4;ngirfcr, I have obliptions fa-r beyond my power
io express, Having been upon the former' Eitpedi„
*ion to this Colony, his lOtal knowledge enahied him
• to furnish most usetul information ; and upon every
omoion he was foremost to execute in person the
Tana adoptea in consequence of his intelligent sug_
geofic)os such, indeed, is my tense of Ili& services on
this Expedition, that I cannot. help attriiiiiting its
ariy success, in a great measure, to his exertions ;
net I shall consider, as a kindness done to myself,
any favourable representation your Lordship may be
pleased to make to His Majesty tespee,iing Licute.
bane-Colonel Shipley:
I have great' reason to he satisfied., with tile dill.
'vent a,sist4r a ,afforded me b.), all the heads of deL
parsments, Major Wilscin 'commanding the Royal

Artillery, and the Officers and &ten of that excellent I
Corp; ; Major Robertson,. Actipg Adjutant-Gene.
ral, Acting..Commissa.ry-General Ciptain
M‘Ge-aeliy; Aisistant-Quarter-Master-General; and
the liberty to mention Captain Drummond,
of the 60th Regimenr,•ading as my Aid-de-Cap-Ip,
who has been very a6tive and useful to me on, many
ucc4biniis.

In all conjunft Expeditions, the: zealous co.ope.,
ration of the Navy becomes of the most essential
importance, but such, is the peculiar nature.of the
military positions in 'this Country, that our suc-,
.ceis depended chiefly upon their exertions, no,move,
merits being possibly made without their assistance.
It it therolort in umbent upon me to bear my sin.
etre testimony, to the cordial, zealous, and.able
support the Army leas received from Commodore,'
Mood; and all the Captains and other Officers of the
Squadron under his comm4nd, which must ever_ be
remembered with gratitude. Captain Maxwell, of
the Centadr, having been more particularly:attach-
ed to the Troops under`my immediate command on
shore, I am bound to. notice his spirited and exem-
plary behaviour ; and. I use the freedom to_mention
Captain Kempf, Agent
,of Transports, as: haying
discharged the laborious' duties of his office .With
every possible skill and diligence.'
I have the pleasure to assure your 'Lordship, that
the principal inhabitants of the Colony appear in
general to be extremely rejoiced at the event which
has taken place, restoring to them the powerful,
proteetion of the British Government, and the solid
advantages arising therefrom.
Captain Campbell, Amy Aid-dc-Camp, will have
the honour to deliver this Dispatch'to your Lord-
- ship ; he is a-very old and deserving Officer, and
I beg leave to refer your Lordship to•-him for.-fur- •
idler information.

I have, &c. , •
'Sigried) CE.Ii%. GREEN, Maj.,-Gen,

To Exc. ellency-the Governor of the Colo 7. of S-lii-in;z7n.

A considerable British Annament of Sea 'ancl•Land Forcei
being arrived in the:River-Surinam, we, the Commanders is
-Chief of the same, judge it expedient at this crisis•to sum-
mon the Colony surrender to f•lis Britannic
Majesty's Amts.
' the important situation which we now possess,, with the
decided superiority oteur, Force, most, in case resistance be
atterripted,.enSure a speedy and favourable issue to our opera-
• tions; out the motives which have chiefiyiaduated His Ma-
jesty in sending this Expedition, and upuii the principles of
which we are directed to govern our eo4ict, induce. us to
propose a Capitulation, so highly beneti*Cuil' to the interests
of the, Colony of Surinam, as to leave little doubt on our
minds of being joyfully accepted. •
But if, contrary to our ‘vell-touncled expedtations, the of-,
fers we taw' make 4houlti be rejected, it becomes us to state,
in the clearest manner, that the effusion of blood, and all the
_calamities of War in -particdflar the destruction and. ruin
brought upon private property, .which win be the inevitable
consequence; must be attribU led to you, and no; to us.
Being destruuslo evince our iiiclination'tslow every pos-
tible iodul,geive to ti!e .I..,:olonyonS.rlictit with our duty, and
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nowing it may req'utre some time to assemble the Constitut-
ed; Authorities -for Their decision, we are willing to wait
.twelve hunts lime tbryour Answer, .and at the expiration of
which, should you not acectie. to our Proposals, we shall
consider it ineuMbein upon us to
.paiceed to such further
treasures as our instfuettons point out.
Dated on .board His IVlajestz's Ship Centaur, off liram's
Voint, 27th ;4151. iBe4..
• • • - •S' 11 • CHARLES ',GREEN.
SAMUEL HOOD.
Termilreporg fly rhtjr s.,frellercies illajf.r-Getteral Sir Charles
6,egn, and COMM :74/.91e •Samud Commanders in Chief of
Ills Alaje.qy.'s Land 'tte? Sea Foces, ji,r the Surrender to the
lit'itisth.GAteinnteta ifte Colony of Surinam.
Art. I. The Colony of Surinam to be surrendered in tten-
ty-four hours to the Ara'is and-Protection of the British Go-
vernment.-

Art. 11. The Inhabitants of the Colony shall enjoy full
security tor •their,peo,ons, and the free exercise or 'their Re-
with thp immetriate and entire possession of their pri-
vate property, .whether on .shoe or afloat.
Att. 111. The'Laws of the COlony, as they existed at the'
-period of its being 'Aiven up by the I.3ritish Government, shall
remain in force untiiiiis Majesty's pleasure shall be, knOwn ;
but this article is not Meant to restrict His Majesty's Repre-
#entative: from making such teMporary. Regulations as may
iappear to him, abtolutely necessary for the security. and de,
fenceof the Colony • nor must it be construed to militate
against such estabt4ments as May be necessary for agutat_
it.% the Cornmeal: cat the Colony, agreeable to the practice in
the British West 1 ntiia. PoSSessions. I

Art. IV. The dillerent persons at present employed in the
Civil Autninistration of the 'Colon:v.; shirtt all of them, the
Governor excepted, continue in Office, provided they take
Oath of AI iegiance and Fidelity to the British Govcrn-
mem, and. that their Condutt is such as to attOrd•nc reason-
able ground toriusptiaing their subirtiss.)ort thereto. • ,
• Arr. V. All siiips or War, Artillery,. Provisions and Stores
in the public Aiagazines and Warehtnists,. as •well as the
etlects of every description belonging to the Batavian Go..
vernment, shall•be given up to His Britannic Majesty in the
State they now are, regular Lists being jinmediaitty taken by
0 tlieers.appointed tbr the purpose; by each of the contract-
ing Parties.
Art. VI. The Batavian Troops in the clitkrent•C`arrisons
of this Colony. areto Surrender as Prisoners or War, to remain
so tuttil -exatanged or released ; they are to tiel:ver up their
Arms, AtsCoutiernents, and Ammunition, to tlie-persons-ap
pointed to receive them; they will be allowed all ,the usual
Honours of War, and the Orti,:eis and. Men will be allowed ''
to retain their private Baggage.
Art. Vi I. The port or New Amsterdam is to be delivered
up to the British Troops betine time expiration of the,tv4riry-
thar hours stipulated in the first Article, and tile other
forts and buttertes in tne'Col.onY are
,to' bc-stirrenoersAl as-„soOn
As possible.
On board-I-Ps Majeety's Ship Centaur,
Ili vita April 180. i.
• (Signed) - -C. G 4 E
. S 4 NI 110 Oierr
The Cotninissioner General.of the llatavices'.•Repablit, &c. &c.
to Mni ir-Gesiera/ Sit CLtsles (41., een.,. and Contmadote'rdaninel
11041 Cominandir'i in Chief of the Land and-Sea Forces of
his kis !tannic Majescy, destinedakainst.tbe Colony vr Surinam.
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GENTLEMtN,
The i ruposalx ftvhicl4 yqu have made to tile are such as I
cannot accept.
••- I_sive... 3um , this • infoimatiop that ,'nit m$ rein late your.
.
selves accordingly...,
(Signed) P. 1 4
-ERtNGER.
plaatatign Ncerbuy-, 28/.6 April, •1804. i a'
v , .
Ai • --- ' "
On board till. itrajett.,“ 527,:p Emerald,
-,:- SIR, :. 2,81.6 Alai!, 1804. .

We !z4ve hae, the honour to receive 'your answer to our
Surninciiis of ytsterday'ssiate, by which it appears that you.
;et Use to accept the Terrrrs of Capitulation we have propofed,
aod, as on your part no proposal& are iiiade,'W shall consider
ourselves at lib, rry to act .accordingly,
We 'nave_ the:/tonOur.to be,...Src;
CHARLES GREEN'.
SAMUEL' 1-1001):
To likExcellency the•Covernor of the
Cule.ny of Surinam. . •
• (COPY.)

Lieutenant-Cdanel B. A. Baienburg. commanding the 1341 a,
vian Dovirs in the Caen& of Surinam.

&IR, •
We *Wive had the Honour to receive the Proposals upon
wiliefi you Olier to capitulate, and to each Article, as specified
by yin!, we have sent our Answer, and for any further arrange-
ments we refer you to Lieuienant,Colonel Shipley, of the
Royal Engineers, and Captain Maxwell, of the Royal Navy,
the Bearer of this..
The LivaenantColonel in Chief of the sth Battalion of Batao,:lan
Chassemrs, commanding the Troops in the Co/oly of Su:-loam, to
the Commanders in Chief of the Land and &a FOrces oj.Flis Bri-
tannic iilajesty,Tit and. trio& the Bi'ver Sttrinatn.
'CHIJT
- .
LEMEN,
The Force with which I have for a comiderable'tirne been
expelling to be attacked, has not caused ui the any, cicv;e3i,in
from tite duty I owe. to my Country. - •
•

• .Rut with a view to the interests of the Inhabitants of t hht
Colony, and of the. brave Troops under my - command, for
which I' have to Answer to-the.Batavian Republic, for an ho-I
nourable'Capitulation, I anyinduced to propose to you the
thlloi.ving Articles;
Art. That the Garrison shall retain their arms and their
baggage. and march out with, all theiHonours of War.
Answer—Tile Garrison shall be alfowe4to march our with
the usual Honours of War. The. Officers to retain their side
arms, and the Officers 'And- SOldiers..their priVate baggage;
but the Soldiers must lay downtJheirartny.
Art.- i I. • That the Garrison shalt be sent ever within four
Week to sot he fort of the Batavian Republic, all at the ex-,
''penee of His Britannic Majesty. •
Answer,--7Granted; or as soon as proper-vessels for that
Purpose can be provided.
Art. I I That they shall be allowed, as soon as they ar-
rive, to serve under-the Batavian Republic, •but not against.
His Britannic Majesty, nor any of his Allies.
Answer. G ranted: . •
Art. IV.. Fort New AmSterdam, and the other posts, to-
getherwith the Magazines, and Stows in this Colony, shall, be
delivered up Commissioners, to be noihinated on both
sides, tai commence within forty-eight .hoitrs from the sign-
ing of the CapitillatiOri.- .
.Answer,—The principal gates and: barriers of:.fort New
Amsterdam, must be put in possession of the British forces
at two o'clock to-Morrow, aftetit:On

The Remainder of this Article, is igreed to. • •
• Art. V. That none- of the Troos under my• command
. shall be engaged into the service of His,Britannic Majesty.
•Answer.'His Britannic Majesty receives no other Soldiers.
•but such as voluntarily enterinto his service. , • • • '
Art. VI., All the Articles proposed in the late Summo,ns,
to the advantage of the Inhabitants; shall be fhltilled.. •
Answer.—His NialeSfy•having instructed •us =to &your: the
, Colony of Surinam as .muclrls possibte„oqc ~~illiilg to
rant it the same terms as first .proposmf.
Art. VII. Women and Children, and air persons
ever annexed to the Garrison, shall be comprehended _hi this
Capitulation, and enjoy all theadvantages,p.ltached
• Answer. --G ranted. ,
Flattering myself that I shall 'be honoured vOath your an
slker, I remain with the greatest rospecl, .• • .
Gentlemen, ...

Your Servant, • " ' "'
(Signed) 13ATENBURG.
Additional Article prepared on the part of His- Britannic Majesty.
It is to be clearly understood, that all the Ships, Vessels,
and Boats employed in the Colony in the Service of the I.ia-
tavian,Republic, are w be delivered up :at the same hour as
spceified in rile 4th Atticle for the delivering up of the prin-
cipal gates and barriers of fort New Amsterdam, the Officers
and Men to be placed on the same looting as those of the
A rrnj'
w.'
To hours"will be granted for your consideration of these
Amcles,

Quarters of the Army, six o'clock afternoon, 4th
INlay, iBO4. •
- • (S►gned) - CIfAS.,GR LEN, MO.-Gen.
SAM. HOOD, Commodore.

Return of the Killed amyl !rounded of the Troip: under the C'om-
inand 4 Major-Gemral Sir Charles Greei,, •aY the',As.xaultand
Capture of the Foits Lyden and Frideriri, in the Colony of
the snaringof the 304.4 April,iBo4.-4:liad. Quarters
.1•;:d t Amsterdam, 41,1691 6, 1834-
Royal Engineers and. Artificers.---r Rank and File, killed ;
Subaltan and i Staff; Wounded. - •
64tit-Regiment.—z Rank and File; killed; Field-Officer,
SuNiltern,- t Serjeaq, and 7 Rank File, 'wounded.
s7;llSubal;;ern, wounded. •
Tbta.i. —3 Rank and File, killed ;`r Field-Officer, Subal-
--q'terns, I Staff; 7 Serjeatit, and 7.Rank and Fife, wounded.
• 'Officers Irotifided.
Lieutenant-Colonel the-Hon. George -Cranstotm, of the 64th
Regiment. Lieutenant Arnold, ot -the Royal -Engineers:
Mr. Hobbs; Assiiftairt Engineer : Lieutenant Ross, of the
64th Regiment. :Lientenani BrOviirigg, ofthe 87th item.
menc, 13lig3de-mior to Brigadior-General lftighes., •
JO f-1N ROBERTSON,
. .
- ' • Capt. 60th Reg. A ftmg, Dep. Adj. Geri.
Return of the killed and rvounled- of the Rgal Nazy, wider the.
Command of Comm9dore Hood, at the lArraolt ami Capture 'of
Ecru Leyden and Friderici, in the Co/my of Surinam, on the
Morningqi the 3oth of April iSo4,. '•;
Centaur.--t Lieutenant, r ,Petty Officer, and a Seamen,
killed; Lieutenants and 4 Seamen, wounded. ~4
Drake.-t Warrant Officer;killed ; •
Pandour.-1 Seaman, wounded. •
Unique.-1 Lieutenant, wounded.. --•••
Total.---i.Licutenant, it Warrant Officer, ePettY 0 tncer,
and a Seamen, killed; 3 Lieutenants' and
,5 Seamen,
Wounded

Officers Killed.
Lieutenant Smith, First'of the Centaur, mortally wounded ;
died the following day.
W. Shulawn, Midshipman of the Centaur.
Mr. Boatswain of the Drake.
Officers Wininded.
Lieutenants King and Henderson of the Centaur.
Lieutenant Brand, of the Unique.
(Signed) •101-IN-ROBERTSON,
Capt. &tit' Reg. Acting Dep. Adj. Cen.

[Here follow the Return of Batavian Prisoners taken at the
Conquest of the Colony of Surinam. Total number of Pri-
soners (Navy included) exclusive of Stall and Departments,
is 2001.] .
Return cf Ordnance, Ammunition, and Ordnance Stores.

Total.-28z Pieces of Iron and Brass Ordnance, besides im-
mense quantities of A untunition and Ordnance'S totes.

.
Admiralty-o;re, June 24 1804.
Caty pica Letter'reeeived at this ()fee by Capt. Max- •
froin.Commodore Hood, Commander in Chief
of His Majesty's Ships and Pres3els at the Leeward
Islands, to William Marsden, 4sq. dategon beard
His M'ajesty's..Pip 'Emerald, in Surinam River,.,
the 6th May, 1804.
slit, - _ _ _

T have the honotir- to 'inform you, I Arrived off'
this River in the • centaur, with the Pand mr, Sara-,
,pis, Alligator, Hippomenes, Drake, Unique armed •
Schooner, and Transports, having on board near
zbo.a Troops,
_under M4ar.General Sir Charles
Green, on the zsth ult, atter a passage ,of 2Q day.s
from Barbactnes,s- wherf immediate measures were
,•:rsken to send a Division of the" Army, of about
Men,boo to -land.at Warappa 'Creek,-..under, the.
-eqintnand of Brigadier-Genesral Maitland, the direc_
tion of which was left tO-Capt. Shipley Ql-
- Wh;+, with, that. Sloop, a:riansport, anti
three armed Vessels, landed,,theTroops ori,,,t lie night
of the, 3oth, assisted by Caps. M'Kenzie of His Ma.
jerty's Stoop Gochupin, who had with great zeal
qtlit tea his Sloop flit.), leafues to )7.5-ward with all her
Boat's, on finding, from baffling winds and current's,
!rile could not get up; _ ' • •

That no time should be lost, Brigadier-General
'Hughes was ordered on 'board the Pandotit, to en-
- deavour to gain possession the next night (26th)- 6f
'Briam's Point, and instruaions sent to.CaptAn
O!Bryen, they lying off the Bar in the Emerald, to,
carry this service in 'concert with the lirigadier in-
-IQ-execution; he, with his usual .intrepidity, lost
not a moment, but as the tide flowed, pushed in
over the Bar, and anchored cli:se to the Battery of
seven 18-PoUnders, followed by Captains Nash and,
erris,'in the Pandour; and Drake. The Fort corn_
menced a brisk fire on the Emerald, but was silenced
by; a. few broadsides, after
,the Ships.had. anchoreti
Without anY loss on our side ; in it were captured
forty-three Officers and,Men; three of whom were
wounded; - • ..
Not being able to approach nearer in the Centaur,
the General 'and myself the next morning removed
to this Ship at the 'entrance of the River, and having
surfirnoned the Colony, the 'Answer was 'reeeived,
' containing a refusal of the Terms.' The moment

ttleretore the tide served, every efrort waq, male to
ger. up the Aiver, which., from the' shallovyneis of thC

. .
water, was very, difficult, the Erner ild having Ps' eeo j
through the mud in three feet less than she d•',o
and it was only till lait night we were enabled to
get her to this station near the Forts', from the
lowness of the. tides. '
The Officers of Engineers haying explurea the,
road through the woods,. close to the Bfittery 43r
Ftidetlici, ithich communicated with Leydeo 1-ea.
doubt*, an attack .was made on the morning of 114
cath by, a. detachment of Troops under Brig rain
Hughes, concluded in the Boats by Captain,
Maxwell of the Centaur, and Captains Ferris and
Richardson.; :they landeli at Plantation Resolution',
and after a tedious march ' through woods an
°
swamps,. the' Brigadier and Detachment,' accom-
panied
,by; the two.first named Captains, with soul °
Officers' and about thirty Seamen, carried the Bat'
eery of Friderici, and though the Enemy blew IP
the Magazine, by which many of our bravg Pf°l::.,9r
suffered on entering the work, they were ,n-j
delayed in passing :a. causeway of seven hen'
sgoyftivr..h,o,op.l:cefritirliltidlicriino:.l:ces,auset,j4rlbl:.lm;s:sgywics,blh,arlot,oie,tyioi,Rhrihrnc4h,do,e.eatbailifitolNt:v e pieces -of cannon bearing rher " r! '
and carried the Redoubt of Leyden in a few 411.1,1 t; •
alutes. „ The 'gallant Condua of the Brigadier,
et
Tiiir\4lomil:le_oe'
titiadnhoensjr:t'ogoae;al,
slanrtinee,ndnd.fdicGg"yrcsueic
.0'
ede%iratvrntleinolsollliceeltttrnesrshiahtid)aotuienteeda,)d;ttpinszet:objoc,aereui:Nrusamn,
eb‘itiltdairsstii.,
teioniibto;:nt„hue;eufa:lnnicsia:Bausaciiifficiririlrp,,iidigic;tl mailaialeait;:_pnviri;letoills.:o:Y,o:ll.
arty,, as
ir:,c6.; .
I
.. .nnts
to add, is Lieutenant SMith, mortally, Liel't",zo, •
King and Henderson, severeeislyiel,,3rada:neyd:ur,i,-.0 S.htuu'tlic
Midshipman, killed; Lieutenant Brand, ?1'
Unique, is-also severely wounded.
Brigadier General Mlitland having come 01'70;1
the River Commewyne; and the Ships, all got .
near Friderici with the 'Troops adv'ancingt a°
.. .
' the Enemy's communication nearly intercepted lay ,
the adivity of our armed Baats, .as well as Prciv" ,
sFioornts',
Nstenwres,Aamnsdtecradnanmo,n,
yesterday
for • attacking
Commandant, Lieut,_b,lone
prOper -to send a Flag of Truce, when ath:4l)Bittaluit°laauvt4:ll:c
Fla
ee
hsaudry
'was soon after signed.*
Commodore Bloys Van Treslong, on our claiming
epnladeeerdl}tihethPeroSsheirppsin
• : ,
e3gnieen.pounders, near to Fort New Amsteru,%,"
and extended a line of defence across the !WI
With the Pylades Corvette, of _eighteen gu°s',2:
ee,ntered into the terMse
the other 'extreme, about ,a mile above the "";;.
dtmbt Purmurent; three M.:rchantmen i° t:
of thirty-'two gl.onif:
J $ :
centre„ • from eight to twelve grins, an..rrei
Schooner' of -ten. guns, emploYed to reconnolo
ri
.",
and cave!. the shore at Voorburg, should our Tr°dcs'
haVeafteMpted• to advance. by that side, he'l
gun...boars. stationed as.occasion re
seven vireo.
at
• 'Tile indefatigable
,zeal of .Captains O'BrYef 01
Nash, in arranging arvil forwarding the supPlrjho' rd.. '
Captains, M-4Xwell, Ferris,
.Waring, and r..c,,iaira
'ion, in giving aid to the apny, as well 05 '''-`llnesi
1 Kempf,
Br. :1 pri:i
gi
cl aell neze,
ir A.ea ed
n 0
tP. STIL ;t o Transports,
piancSiaiilirin:leYmYlivCl?'''''.lrll.
Gi.oernehriaslM servicesa i t lanw(PistiDl
flaytv isiuseoa,pi!roinin:atirl;
ing that part of the army on thef r°"-eyo 1. "
lWa i aer, 4tPiraat Ci
hreeecko::.olPie ri:t I': ni t 10l of the Asar:riiisYfaaT" tried
-
d Navy'n
withem !°aYne:deaogriert.helinsuttPioecinittoi°Fra:silsTeabcehenoticlaerr" ilecat:
indeed could' but he expected frOm the corai'Green.
sures adopted by Major..Generat Sir Charles dettvet
Captain Maxwell will have the honour to ~as
this pispateb ; and from the able manner Pe
co,
concluded himself, as my .Captain, will, I sr" in.
fident, giye their Lordships every satiSfatttY
forMation,• ' .
.1 have the- Flono4' to be, g.-c. 013°
, SANI.• 140

- •
•
tIST KILLT.p,AND ~VOi.TINTDEn• jeUte'
Ceptaur.—l Midshipman and a Seamen, '<die( ;,
y
Pant mortally wounded (died the following b"l'
nants and a Seamen, severely, and a ScA!,l.)..'—'

wounded.
Drake.— i Boatsfrain; killed.
Paodolir.--1 Seawan, slightl% wounded.
Uaique. --1 Lieu tenant,..seier:ly wounded.
Total.--5 killed and S wounded.. ,
' DisPtcl..
41 See iVl.ijor-General, Sir Charles 'Green's

Whitehall, 7ulle' 2 1 803•
by
lurCi.opie,l of the follojwing, Letters, `rrittevii tb
Es.ceococv,3s,..
Givi,:lior-L7eneral Wellesley, E., His
jaertim,),tt;sGe,en;nracli,o.sle)(lvienbaeeDnisrpeactecihved at If
ehe 6°'
Ir~cjfrom uloth
vernor at:4! Council at Qpinbasr, dated the
.1474,1)—', SC°:r:p' ats.
'l7. I).;c* ' 18°3.
5'

After tl''ficiell.:‘,lit'Oe: of .Arg' 31}1. ic.r.icieet:errnin(l4"iti();
IoS no: time in commencing All° '''`be 0., -yeti
ghor,,mi accordingly,
marcbed on, anu arrt
.0
at. Elechpook on the -sth :instaet with hod' I), 'lc,lll
sions,•apd..hatted -on
-- 01w6t1t, in order to esta 0
r•
an 170slital fur the Wouivisd in the Battle of
A
gain.:; • •• • ' '
~, ~ , , ~. cOf
niO:,ti'litca il'n'Ps r.te°!•MiseCe.an. titilhgeltsuoiu'tessi(t)ut. a'
:IV Riversin
a r
range
1
an;', Taptee, It stands On'a' lort, mountain io 11.
range,' itnd -consists of One compiefe Inner For"c
which points to the South, where the r-ck is rousr
steep, •and an Outer Fort,, which covers the Itioei,
to the North Westward and North, -rhis 00:6
Fort has a third wall, which covers the aPP„ 1
to it from the North, by . the village of 1,31)3",;'
Atli these walls,ate strongly built, and fortified ril .
ramparts and, toWers.- aft
TheCoiniminiCations with' the-Firts are !Will;
t
three- gates,' -ode to the South with the In";
Fort, one to the, North West with the Outer l'(1, :
and one--to the North, with the Third Walt.. lll-
apsrcfanitc•athoieth6erilfiss'ti„;.sinvehery long arid steep, 1 a insd :It:
.
a road used for tlieoMmon comtnimications of t"-, •
Garriiona, with the 'Cotintrie to 'the Southwaltii 1.
itaher:yro.ba,yd passes rounctrhe' West Sideof file Fi'rr' 3,0
riilaretC(3POli°site4s..tio.'intaF a't-c ge
rirrimpdri_..aill''iiriecaeblteo ti:otsapfilT':lti r:11,1":
thiS'iroad'; and the Rcick is scraped on ei,Cl) Side;
~ .
~
.. ID leads, no far thc; 'Oar) 41i: gate.
, ii