Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-07-28
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2 <be crew OF the British sioop OF Waf Lily
rantured on the 18th inst. BY the French
brivatrer La Danme Ambert,capt. Charles
.emarque, who, the day before, captured
sthe ship Mary, Belonging to Liverpool,
frora Africa to Savannah, with valuable
largo of slaves. ivory, Sc. and ship trom
Honduras to London, laden with mahogs-
Inv. After taking ont the most valuable
part of the Mary's cargo, they gave the
crew " deed of giG' of her, and put the
q .lly's and the other ships men on board.
T ney detained Mr.. Ashton, captain OF the
Mary, on board the privateer, and pur-
pose carving him TO Guada!oaPe as an evi-
dence for her condemnation.
! TIE fSzosviag accougt gf TIE capture q the
English Sz9op Of Var Lilly, has 6een gi0-
en- rs By. Mr.. Norcosk, the tu,aer:
Ibeg leave to acqaainr you Of my ar
rival here this day with the renainiag Off
3 GERS and crew of II. NJ. sloop OF war Lilly.
On the l4th instant On or about the hour
8 of 2 P. NJ. being then in latitude 35 II,
N. and long. 70, 10, ~. we observed TWO
( sail 10 windward, to which We immediately
gave ckace. At half past 3, perceived the
one to be an armed vessel LAYING too with
French colours Rying, boarding a ship,
which we supposed to be English, and con-
tinued in that position till dark, when we
lost sight of them. lacked occasionally,
working to wlndwar& during the night; at
half past A. NJ. observed two sail to the
westward, which we supposed to be the
same as Yesterday made all sail in chace,
aud cleared ship for action. Al 9 distin-
y guished them to be the two ships we saw
Yesterday, the one having the other in tow,
standing 20 the S. E. Oh the starboard
tack. Half past 8 the one hoisted Eng.
iish colours, which we returned passed
to windward tacsed on our wealth beam,
and cast the vessel she had taken In tow of
thrae quarters past the edgw y taking as
for a merchansyessel, we showed no guns,
and having Temporary poup rugged to de,
coy her. Alas minutes past 10 she rang
ed upon our weather quarter, shifted her
colours to French, andcofnmenced heav,
FIRE upon Us which we immediately returp-
ed; she then dropped aseern and kept UP
ahsavv discharge OF musquetrv, musqus-
toons, cohoras rom her tops and decks,
and that Of grape and langrage from her
bow chasers winch cut our braces, bowlines,
{ and running r: Sging in such a manner as 10
renatr the ship totally unmanageable and
coupleteiv defeated all our exertions to al.
te- our position so as.to gSta get gun to
bear; and the only resistance we were
aNie to make [having nc stern chasers) was
that of the small arms.
It is with the greatest concern | have to
mention the death ofcapt William Conn
ton who fell early III the action. She still
kept (taking every advantage of or uago-
vernable state under our stern raking us.
fore and afr with her bow chace. guns ans
one hundred men az museuetr, making
sundry fruitless attemptsto board iYlnoon
when she passed to vindward, on VIII ch we
gave her the whole of our larboard broad
side, and laying athwart-hause, raked us
sundry times, which am sorry 10 saw de
prived US ofthe assistance of the whole of
the officers on deck ;leutenant Fowssr be-
ing the last who fell, giving instructions to-
strike the colours the ship then iaving a
perfectlog on the water; standinq, running
rigging and sails completely cut to peices
masts and yards severely wounded. In this
state the enemy made another desperate
attempt to board which they effected on the
oowsprlt with upwards Of one hundrsdnen
and the feeble resistance we were then able
to make, having then eighteen men out Of
our small number, being only seventy six
at the commencement of the action, killed
anc wounded. It's with the utmost con-
Germ have 10 add, We were compelled to