Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-06-23
Guns, 81

Weieht Of shot in a 5roodside.
CoNsTIrUTioN.-Gun deck, IS guns,
22Ib. shot each, 330lbs --Quarter deck
and forecastle, II carronades, 2sib.7 OF
each, 325Ib. or -Forecast!e, long
gun, 22ib 2i-677s5. S OF.
JAvA.-Gun deck, IA guns, l9lb. shot
eaaa, 66lb-Qunrter deok and foTr'
castle, 9 carroaadcs. 52lb, Is az. each
3JSlb -Forecastl,, len@ g4U, i-ib 49,
Shifting quo, S4b.--6 5bs.
As to the British report OF the NUN
Der Of men on board INC Java being IN
~orfcct, the officers of tfe irigatc Cor
sttetion are not 10 the least @s;crlatat.
well knowing the Tact Of ~ r(s "a. ica'
ton that the cheers ot the Java dad use
Oh board tat Conssi,u ion, re- speeding ,hs
number Of the Javs's crew, LicuteIant
Cbads and captain Marshall, preyipual.
to the prisoners being ali removed iron,
the Java to the Constitution, Oh beng
asked The number of men the Java had
on board, did declare, tina, it did rot ex-
coed $40 when they lief, England. But
after the Constitution had received more
than that number On board, they then in.
creased the number to s3l; and cap
tain Marshall did expressly declare to
the commodore, that en- leaving England
they had not 3s5 souls, including every
body Oh board. Captain Marshall con.
hrmed his declaration by sayings" sire
you ray word, sir, as British officer,
that We bad not" When all the prison.
ers were removed from the Java, and
the commodore found he had S4l, he OBJ
served to captain Marshall < lieutenant
Chads, on the quarter deck Of the Con-
stitution, that il the Java left England
with emily 335 men, she certainly must
have gotten some recruits on her pas
sage for there were 34l received on
board the Constitution, and ups ards oil
SO killed on board the Java, according
to the reports of the divisional officers
belonging to her. He concluded his oh.
servations by saying, he did not see the
propriety of their coIcealing the force
of the Java; that he had 10 hesitation
in stating to them the real force of the
Constitution, (Which he did, and that
from the prsyaricallQn which had been
sbewn or their part, he did not expect
TO receive from them correct state.
ment of the force Of the Java. On
which, Purser Ludlow, who was stand
ing BY, observed to the Commodore,
.ha, the Purser of the Java had the ia
vas muster book The Commodore
then addressed lieut.. Chads as follows:
"Lieut. Chsds, the purser Of lie Java
has The muster book of that ship-it is
public property. ! therefore request
you will order him to deliver it to me"
Ga which lieut.. Cbsds, with capt. Mar
shall went into the ward-roem, aud with
the purser Of the Java, overloaded at the
ward-room table the muster-book, and
er-sed thcrcfrom great number Of
names, between 50 and 40, who they
said were discharged in England previ-
Gus 10 the ships sailing; when the fact
was, that the muse book was made and
dated $ days after the ship left England.
In this alteration they neglected to alter
the date Of the book. They were en-
ployed alone an hour in this honorable
work, instead Of fairly and candidy de.
livering, the mus,er-book Immediately on
its being called for. During the period
OF this o6eer-kke transaction, capt. Mar.
shall came on the quarter deck of the
Constitution, and observed to com. Balm
bridge, "Weli, was really mistaken,
for ! now find we had $50 men';-to
which the commodore replied, "I have
no doubt, sir, of the Java's having had
more than 400 men at the commence.
ment OF the action I" Shortly after. lieut.
Chads brought up the book, and
said, " l find, sir, we had on board 3ee
!. Perssns;" and al the same time deIiy-
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