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Gazette Of The United States
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
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HMS Intrepid, Capt. Carpenter, arrives in Port Royal, Jamaica, with prizes: French ship Jamaica (ex-La Perseverante, 20 guns) captured near Puerto Plata, bound for French colonies with 16,000 arms; and Danish schooner Polly from St. Thomas to Cape Francois. Cayenne proclamation addresses famine and labor shortages.
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KINGSTON (Jamaica) March 7.
His majesty's ship Intrepid, Capt. Carpenter arrived yesterday at Port Royal, from a cruize.
She brought with her a prize, called the Jamaica, a ship lately from France, mounting 20 guns, 9 pounders, and can carry four more—he was directly from France, and only five months old; the crew ran her ashore, and escaped in her boats: also, the Danish schooner Polly, a prize to her, taken on her passage from St. Thomas's to Cape Francois.
The above ship was taken by the Intrepid and Mosquito, near Puerto Plata; She came from France with orders to give chase to no vessel, but to make the best of her way for Cayenne, Guadaloupe, and St. Domingo.
At Guadaloupe she left 16,000 stand of arms, her name was originally La Perseverante, but Admiral Parker, who judges she is fitted completely for cruizing round this island, named her the Jamaica.
The plan on which she is constructed, is excellent, as she has as much room to fight her guns as the Intrepid, and is in fact as complete a battery as ever floated.
It would have been impossible for the Intrepid to have taken her, if she had not got her between a neck of land and herself, and had a smart breeze, while he had none.
All her papers were carried off by the crew, except a single one that contained the above intelligence of her route; and the log book, which shews she must have had an exceeding quick passage.—
She was built at Rochelle.
By a proclamation published at Cayenne and found on board the Jamaica, it appears that a spirit of inactivity has spread itself over the whole colony, and a famine is likely to take place, from no attention being paid to the cultivation of the country.
In order to remedy this evil, the governor general has laid down rules for the wages of laborers and for their hours of labor, and at the same time it is enacted that the proprietors of land, if found guilty of remissness with regard to the cultivation of their estates, subject themselves to the severest penalties.
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Puerto Plata
Event Date
March 7
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french crew escaped in boats; prizes captured: french ship jamaica (20 guns) and danish schooner polly. ship renamed and deemed suitable for cruising.
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HMS Intrepid and Mosquito captured the French ship La Perseverante (now Jamaica) near Puerto Plata; she was five months old, built at Rochelle, bound directly from France to Cayenne, Guadaloupe, and St. Domingo without chasing vessels, leaving 16,000 arms at Guadaloupe. Crew ran her ashore and escaped. Also captured Danish schooner Polly en route from St. Thomas to Cape Francois. A proclamation from Cayenne found aboard notes colonial inactivity leading to potential famine, with new rules for labor wages, hours, and penalties for neglectful proprietors.