Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1813-02-22
Fourth Naval Victory!

last evening arrived in the outer har-
bour, the u. S frigate Csnfitation, CON.
B,inbridge. 1t. Ludlow came 10 town,
and was the bearer of the following inior-
nation of another Brilliant Victory.
"On tho ao,h Dec. Lar -, 6, 5. Ion:
a8, w. about 10 leagues I, On the coat OF
Brszil. the Contribution fell in with and
captured lib Nj frigate Java, OF AZ guns,
and manned with upwards ot 400 men.
The action coptinued one hour and S.
minutes, 10 which time the Java was made
a complete wreck. having Der bo1Dlprf'
and eysry maj and par Jbot ont OF hrr.
"The Contribution had 9 men killed and
az wounded. The Java haG 90 killed and
IoI wounded, certainly among the
latter. MORALLY, was capt. Lambert, her
commander. a very diltinguihed officer.
oThe lava was rated SO, bui mounted
40 guns She was juft out of dock, and
ftted in the mott complete manner, to car
nv on, 1t. Gen. Hinop, Governor OF
Bombay. and his ftaf, with capt. Marihall
a commander 10 the BIitiih Navy. and a
nunber oil Naval Officers going to join the
Brit Oh fhps of war in the Eat Indies
"beliie tn ofe, aud having her own COM
element OF officers and men complete, The
had upwards Of 100 fupernumeraries OF
petty officers and r amen, tor the Admiraps
ihio' and other vefieis in the Eat India
Ratiops.
{" She alto had difpatches from the Brit
in G ,yernmeet for 81 Helena, the Cape OF
Good Fl pc, and to every BrItifh efabiih-
ment in the Faft iodies, and China Seas
and had copper on board for - gun fhip
and two Hoops of war building at Bombay
and il ia prefumed much other valuables,
all of which were blown up in her on
the an Dec when lhe was let on hfe.
The Conlitution was conGderably cut IN
fpars, rigging and fails. But not 70 much
Injured, but what fhe could have COM
nhenced another action Immediately AFTER
the capture of the Java, which latter veilel
was made complete manageable
wreck.
"AIthe Officers and feamen taken in
the lava, wer. paroled by Com Bainbr'dge,
and Landed on the al ot Jan. at 81 Salvador.
The following IS a lit 1t. General
- Msim-I Poft clptain-5 Lieuten-
ants-.a Lieuteuants of Mannes-I sur
geon--z sflitani surgeons Pnhrr-I5
Mllihipmeh-I Gunner Boalfwaio-I
MaOrr-I capenter-a capts. Clerks
total officers 38-and 3z3 petty offioers
feamen, marines aud boys-erclulive of 9
Portusuefe framen liberated and given up
N the Governor OF ST Ssyador-and J
paf, nesrs, private characters, whom the
Commodore did not conhder priioners Of
war, and permitted them to land without
reftraint
."By aie,ter written by one ofthe off
GER of the lava, while prlioaer on board
the Confitution,it is evident that the worn-
ded muf, have been comfortably greater,
fome of whom mutt have died OF their
wounds previoufly to removal The letter,
which follows, Rates 80 killed aud 40
wounded
Cor, ola letter from a BritJ@ Officer of the
Java. friioner on boN'd The american
Frigafe Contribution, ST. Salaador, Bra.
ziJ, Jan. /.
Dear Sr,I am forty to inform you ofthe
unple far, news of Mr.. CaGcoigne's death
Mr.G.&nyielf were flip mates inthe MARI
boroucb-and fri came to Tea together. -
He was flot esrlyin the aeti'n by round
fbot 10 his thigh, and died few minutes
after.-Four other of his mefs mates ihar-
ed the fame fate togC her with 80 men Kill
led aud 40 wounded-The official ac-
count you doubtlefs will hear OF before
this reaches you. | beg you will let all
his friends hear of his untimely fate-we
were on board the Java frigate for paiiage
to India, when we fell in with this frigate.
Two parcels ! have ient you under good
care, hope this will reach you.
Yours truly,
(Signed) II. D. CORNECH'
Lieut. Pe,tt v Wood. a7nd Regt.
Foo,, lie of France or Bourbon
L "a Indies.