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Foreign News
February 22, 1817
Daily National Intelligencer
Washington, District Of Columbia
What is this article about?
News from Havana: British frigate Active returned from demanding specie seized by Spanish vessel from wreck of HMS Tay, without success, leading to opinions of impending rupture between Britain and Spain.
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CHARLESTON, FEB. 17.
We learn by the British brig Mohawk, Captain John B. Avelhe, arrived here yesterday evening from Havana, that the British frigate Active, who went from Jamaica some time since to demand the specie forcibly taken from the wreck of the British sloop of war Tay, by a Spanish government vessel, had returned without effecting the object of her mission. It was the current opinion at Havana, when the above vessel sailed, that a rupture between the two governments would grow out of this occurrence. Letters received in town yesterday from Havana, via Savannah, also mention that such a result was very probable.
We learn by the British brig Mohawk, Captain John B. Avelhe, arrived here yesterday evening from Havana, that the British frigate Active, who went from Jamaica some time since to demand the specie forcibly taken from the wreck of the British sloop of war Tay, by a Spanish government vessel, had returned without effecting the object of her mission. It was the current opinion at Havana, when the above vessel sailed, that a rupture between the two governments would grow out of this occurrence. Letters received in town yesterday from Havana, via Savannah, also mention that such a result was very probable.
What sub-type of article is it?
Diplomatic
Naval Affairs
What keywords are associated?
British Frigate Active
Spanish Seizure
Havana Tensions
Sloop Tay Wreck
Diplomatic Rupture
Where did it happen?
Havana
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Havana
Outcome
frigate active returned without recovering the specie; current opinion at havana of likely rupture between british and spanish governments.
Event Details
The British frigate Active, sent from Jamaica to demand specie forcibly taken from the wreck of the British sloop of war Tay by a Spanish government vessel, returned to Havana without achieving its mission.