Privateers and Privateering

by Edward Phillips Statham

If a merchant skipper has instructions, upon learning of the declaration of war, to hoist up the guns from his hold and act as a cruiser against the enemy's commerce, the margin between this and privateering is an exceedingly narrow one: moreover, we have had numerous instances lately of the treatment of international treaties and declarations as so much piecrust; so we must not be surprised if the Declaration of Paris shares the same fate. We may, in fact, in this twentieth century, hark back to the dictum of that shrewd old Admiralty judge, Sir Leoline Jenkins, previously quoted: privateers will probably remain, as "a sort of people that will always be found fault with, but still made use of."

[22] That is, a little south of the island of Majorca.

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INDEX

Achilles, [305], [306]
Actions (in order of relation):
Lion (Andrew Barton) and Jenny Pirwin and two English ships, [22]-24;
Amity and two Spaniards, [29]-32;
Duke (Captain Rogers) and Panama ship, [63];
Duke and Duchess and Manila ship, [71];
Speedwell and Spanish ship, [85]-87;
Alexander and Solebay, [95], [96];
Antigallican and Duc de Penthièvre, [99], [100];
Terrible and Vengeance, [106]-111;
Mentor and Carnatic, [113], [114];
Fame (Capt. Moor) and five French ships, [115]-117;
Ellen and Santa Anna Gratia, [118]-120;
St. George (Capt. Wright) and French privateer, [137]-139;
Duke (Capt. Morecock) and Prince Frederick and three French ships, [150];
Mars (Capt. Walker) and Boscawen and French man-of-war, [157];
Mars and French men-of-war, [158]-160;
Mars and Sheerness and eight French ships, [165]-169;
French ship and boats of George Walker's squadron, [177], [178];
George Walker's squadron and Spanish treasure-ship, [179]-185;
Anglesea and Apollon, [191]-195;
Lion (Capt. Brett) and Elizabeth, [195], [196];
Palme (French) and Neptune (Dutch), [202], [203];
Dauphin and Sherdam (Dutch), [204];
Trinité (French) and Concorde (Dutch) [210];
Diligente and six English men-of-war, [214]-216;
François and two English ships, [220], [221];
St. Jacques and four consorts (French) and three Dutch ships, [224], [225];
Jason (French) and English squadron, [226]-228;
St. William (French) and Dutch ship, [232], [233];
Cassard's squadron and two English ships, [235]-238;
Centurion and Diomede (English) and French Squadron, [246];
Cartier (French) and Triton, [251]-255;
Confiance and Kent, [258]-260;
Argo (American) and King George, [275], [276];
Argo and Dragon, [277], [278];
Argo and Saratoga and Dublin, [278]-280;
Pomona (American) and Rosebud, [283]-285;
Hyder Ali (American) and General Monk, [299]-303;
General Pickering (American) and Golden Eagle, [304], [305];
General Pickering and Achilles, [305], [306];
Comet (American) and four English ships convoyed by Portuguese war-ship, [309]-311;
Chasseur (American) and St. Lawrence, [312]-316;
General Armstrong (American) and Carnation, [317]-324;
Princess Royal packet and Aventurier, [330]-333;
Chance (colonial privateer) and Spanish ship, [334], [335];
Chance and Spanish war-ship, [335], [336];
Rover (colonial privateer) and five French ships, [337], [338];
Rover and three Spanish ships, [338]-340;
Bonaparte and Hippomenes, [341], [342];
Bonaparte and three English ships, [342]-353;
Windsor Castle packet and Jeune Richard, [354]-357;
Catherine and French privateer, [357]-360;
Fortune and French privateer, [360], [362];
Three Sisters and French privateer, [362]-364
Admiralty, High Court of, [11]
Adventure, [214], [215], [228]
Aigle, Captain de l', [235]
Albatross, The, [80], [81]
Albemarle, Lord, Admiral, [200]
Alexander, [95]
Alexandre le Grande, [106]
Algiers, [117]
America Cup, The, [325]
American War of Secession, [112]
Amiable Maria, [335], [336]
Amity and the Spaniards, [28]-32
"Ancient Mariner, The," [81]
Anglesea, [192]
Anne, Queen, [48]
Anson, Admiral Lord, [98]
Antelope, [147]
Antigallican, [97]-99, [103], [104]
Antigallicans, Society of, [96]-99, [103], [105]
Antigua, [239]
Apollon, [192], [195]
Ardent, [286], [289], [290] n.
Arethusa, [264]
Argo, [275]-277, [280]
Arica, [83]
Aristocrats, French Naval; their hatred of privateersmen, [205], [224]
Armed merchant vessels, Distinction of, [12]
Articles of War, [193], [198]
Augusta, [192]
Auguste, [226]
Aurora, [241], [242], [244]
Austrian Succession, War of the, [47]
Aventurier, [332]
Azores, The, [149], [171], [172], [317]
Backwoodsmen as Marines, [301], [302]
Bahamas, The, [72]
Baker, Mr. Peter, [111]-115
Balasore Roads, [251]
Ballet, John, [44]
Barbadoes, Island of, [155], [342], [343], [349], [354]
Barbary, [142]
Barkley, Lieutenant, [237], [238]
Barney, Joshua;
captured in a trader, [282];
first officer of Pomona, [282];
sails for Bordeaux, [282];
fights English privateer, [283];
a marvellous 3-pounder, [284];
reaches Bordeaux, [285];
captures an English privateer, [285];
is a prisoner of war, [285];
kindly treated by Admiral Byron, [286];
accused of incendiarism, [286], [287];
sent to England in Yarmouth, [287];
alleged cruel treatment, [287]-289;
sent to Mill Prison, [289];
his ruse to escape, [293], [294];
his escape, [294], [295];
gets off in a fishing smack, [296];
brought back to England, [296];
escapes to Plymouth, [297], [298];
gets away to Holland, [298];
arrives in America, commands Hyder Ali, [299];
his action with General Monk, [299]-303;
conflicting accounts of action, [303];
commands General Washington (late General Monk), [304];
revisits Plymouth, [304];
other reference, [325]
Barney, Mary (probably daughter of Joshua), [290], [291], [292]
Bart, Jean, famous French privateer captain, romantic stories about, [196], [206];
his origin, [197];
boy on board a smuggler, [197];
mate on board Cochon Gras, [197];
wanton brutality of captain, [197];
witnesses application of the Judgments of Oléron, [198]-200;
pilots French nobles to Harwich, [200];
joins the Dutch navy, [201];
returns to France and commands a small privateer, [201];
captures a States-General war-ship, [201];
is admonished for ransoming prizes, [202];
captures eight armed ships, [202];
his desperate fight with a Dutchman, [202], [203];
receives a gold chain from the king, [203];
his continued success, [204];
takes another Dutch ship after a bloody encounter, [204], [205];
gallantry of the Dutch captain, [205];
he is badly wounded, and his ship destroyed, [205];
returns to Dunkirk after peace is declared, [205];
accepts a commission in the Navy, [205];
is snubbed by the aristocrats, [205];
the cask of gunpowder fable, [206], [207];
chiefly remembered as a privateer, [207]
Barton, Andrew;
a leader of men, [20];
suppresses Flemish pirates, [21];
sends their heads to the king, [21];
his exploits under letter of marque, [21];
accused of piracy, [21];
two ships sent to take him, [22];
his fight with Howard, [23];
his gallantry and death, [23];
surrender of the Lion, [24];
the crew imprisoned, [24];
released on certain conditions, [25];
redress for his death refused by Henry VIII., [25];
"Ballad of Sir," [25], [26], [27];
the incident a true one, [27];
not a knight, [27];
no proof of his piracy, [28];
other reference, [203]
Barton, John, father of Andrew, [19]
Barton, Robert, brother of Andrew, [20]
Batchelor, [72]
Bath, William, [53]
Bayonne, [6]
Beginning, [61]
Bengal, Bay of, [250], [251], [258], [261]
Bentham, Com. George, [318]
Bergen, [206]
Bermuda, [314]
Betagh, William, [76], [77], [78], [80], [82], [86], [87], [92]
Betsy, [280]
Bienfaisant, [195]
Bienvenue, [243]
Bizerta, [233]
Blaize, Mlle. Marie, who marries Robert Surcouf, [255], [261]
Blanco, Cape (South America), [338]
Bloodhound, [308]
Blundell, Captain (of Liverpool Regiment), [118]
Bonaparte, [342]-[353]
Bordeaux, [264], [282], [285], [286], [333]
Borrowdale, Captain James, [117]-120
Boscawen, [157], [158], [160], [164], [166], [167], [176]
Boston, [220]
Boulogne, [266]
Bousfield, Captain Daniel, [350]
Boyle, Captain Thomas, commands the Comet, [308];
runs blockade of Chesapeake, [308];
encounter with Portuguese war-ship and four English ships, [308]-311;
captures one, [311];
his success in Comet, [312];
commands Chasseur, [312];
successful action with English man-of-war schooner St. Lawrence, [312]-16;
discrepancies in accounts of action, [314], [315];
posts "Proclamation of Blockade" at Lloyd's, [316];
other reference, [325]
Brazil, [52], [80]
Brehat, Island of, [212], [219]
Brest, [158], [162], [231]
Bridgetown (Barbadoes), [343]
Brilliant, [86]
Bristol, [41], [43], [150], [169], [177], [298]
Bristol Channel, [213]
Brittany, Sir John of, [6]
Bromedge, Captain Hugh, [177]
Brook, John, [82], [83]
Bruce, Sophia, [74]
Bucaille, Baron, [262]
Buccaneers, [14], [36], [39], [65], [73]
Buchanan, George, Scotch historian, [24], [25], [27]
Bulls, The Pope's traffic in, [29]
Burnaby, Captain Sir William, [140]
Byron, Vice-Admiral the Hon. John, [286];
wild chronology with regard to, [289], [290]
Cadiz, [100], [101], [102], [180], [241]
Caen, [209]

Cagliari, [141]
Calais, [200]
Caldwell, Captain, [290]
Campo Florida, Prince of, [132]
Canary Islands, [76], [77]
Cancer, Tropic of, [48]
Candis, Mrs. (who married Alexander Selkirk), [74]
Cape May (Delaware), [300]
Cape May Roads, [300]
Cape Verde Islands, [50], [239]
Caper, [4]
Captain, [161]
Caramania, [129]
Cardigan, [271]
Carnatic, [114]
Carnation, [318], [319], [322]
Carolina, North, [155]
Carolina, South, [154]
Caroline, Queen (of George II.), [195]
Carronade, 9-pounder, [299], [303]
Carroway, Captain, [307]
Carthagena (South America), [229], [230], [231]
Cartier, [251], [252], [255]
Cassard, Jacques, French privateersman, his origin, [229];
joins expedition against Carthagena, [229];
gallantry and resource in attack, [230];
his suppression of pillage, etc., [230], [231];
appointed naval lieutenant, [231];
but goes privateering, [231];
desperate and successful action with a Dutchman, [232], [233];
admonished for ransoming prizes, [233];
convoys grain-ships to Marseilles, [234];
is cheated by the merchants, [234];
convoys more grain-ships, [235];
his desperate fight with two English war-ships, [236]-238;
he captures both, [238];
supervises military works at Toulon, [238];
commands a squadron and makes various conquests, [239];
jealousy of aristocrats and his own imprudence land him in prison, where he dies, [239]
Catharina, [169]
Catherine, [357]-360
Causand Bay (Devon), [296]
Centaur, [348]
Centurion, [246]
Ceres, [342], [343], [344], [347], [349], [350], [352]
Chance, [334]-336
Charles, Archduke of Austria, [47]
Charles II., King, [8], [11]
Charles VI., Emperor, [75]
Charnley, Captain John, [342], [346], [347], [350], [351], [352]
Charon, [195]
Chasseur, [312]-316
Chatham, [226]
Chesapeake Bay, [308]
Chesapeake River, [282]
Chiloe, [81]
Cicero, [298]
Cinque Ports, [37], [38], [39], [59], [61]
Civil War (American), [13]
Clarisse, [255], [256], [257]
Clipperton, John, commands Success, with Speedy as consort (Captain Shelvocke), [76];
ill-will between them, [76];
separates from Shelvocke, [77];
leaves record at Juan Fernandez, [87];
has trouble with his crew, [88];
takes some prizes, [88];
one of them recaptured, [88], [89];
captures rich prize, [89];
she is recaptured by Spanish war-ships, [89];
takes to drink, [89];
some of his crew desert, [90];
encounters Shelvocke, [90];
they disagree and part, [91];
sails for China, [91];
returns home in an Indiaman, [91];
his death, [91];
other reference, [38]
Clowes, Sir W. Laird, naval historian, [12] n., [313], [314]
Cochon Gras, [197]
Cochrane, Rear-Admiral the Hon. Alexander, [356]
Coëtquen, [212]
Coggleshall, George, American seaman and writer, [270], [314], [325]
Colbert, French Minister of State, [204]
Coldsea, Mr., [85]

Coleridge, Samuel T., the poet, [81]

Comet, [308], [310], [311], [312]
Comte d'Artois, [195]
Concepcion (Chili), [81]
Concepcion, [91]
Concorde, [210]
Confederate States of America, [13]
Confiance, [257], [258]-260
Connelly, Mr., [66]
Constable, Captain Charles, [235], [236], [237]
Cooke, Edward, [51], [61]
Cora, [308]
Cork, [42], [43], [45]
Corunna, [99], [104]
Cosby, Captain, [281]
Courier, [246]
Courtney, Captain Stephen, [45], [60], [61]
Courts-Martial:
Captain Charles Constable, of the Falcon, [238]
Captain William Dampier, of the Roebuck, [36]
Lieutenant James E. Gordon, of the St. Lawrence, [314], [315]
Captain Thomas Griffin, of the Captain, [161]
Captain Savage Mostyn, of the Hampton Court, [162]
Lieutenant Baker Phillips, of the Anglesea, [193], [194]
Captain Edward Rumsey, of the Pembroke, [238]
Captain Matthew Smith, of the Diomede, [246]
Surviving officers of the Nonsuch, [221]
Creole, [247]
Crow, Captain Hugh, [12], [13]
Curaçao, [239], [340]
Curtis, Vice-Admiral Sir Roger, [334]
Cybèle, [246], [247]
Cyclones of the Indian Ocean, [242]
Dampier, William, circumnavigator and privateer, served in the Navy, [35];
a buccaneer, [36];
commands a man-of-war, [36];
is tried by Court-Martial and dismissed, [36];
commands St. George, privateer, with Cinque Ports as consort, [37];
South Sea voyage a failure, [37];
discontent, mutiny, and desertions, [37];
futile action with French ships, [37];
captures a large Spanish provision ship, [37];
parts from Cinque Ports, [38];
men desert with mate and steward, [38];
takes a brigantine and sails for East Indies, [38];
imprisoned in Dutch factory, [38];
arrives in England, [38];
controversy as to account of voyage, [38];
other references, [41], [44], [55], [58], [59], [64], [65], [73], [75]
Dana, Richard, [83]
Danes, The, [5]
Daniel, Captain James, [82]
Danycan, [211], [212]
Dartmoor Prison, [281]
Dartmouth, [157]
Dartmouth, [185]
Dash, [307]
Dauphin, [204], [205]
Dawson, Captain John, [112], [113], [114]
Death, Captain, of the Terrible, [106], [109], [110], [111]
Defiance, [98]
Defoe, Daniel, [40], [57]
Delaware Bay, [300]
Delaware River, [300]
Delft, [224], [225]
Demerara, [341]
Denham, Captain Robert, [177]
Dentelle, [195], [196]
De Pointis, [229], [231]
De Ruyter, Dutch Admiral, [200]
Deux Frères, [116]
Diana, [251], [252], [254]
Digby, Admiral, [296]
Dinan, [240], [241]
Dighton, Mass., [274]
Diligente, [214], [215]
Diomede, [246]
Dominica, Island of, [350]
D'Ongressill, Bernard, [6], [7], [8], [179]
Doris, [323]
Dottin, Captain Edward, [177], [183], [184], [185]

Dover, Thomas, [43], [44], [55], [56], [58], [62], [65], [66], [71], [72]
Dragon man-of-war, [214], [215]
Dragon privateer, [277]
Dreadnought, [161], [162]
Dublin, [115]
Dublin, [278]-280
Du Cange, French archæologist, [7] n.
Du Casse, Governor of St. Domingo, [229], [230]
Duc de Penthièvre, [99], [100], [102]-104
Duchess, [42], [44], [46], [53], [54], [60], [62], [65], [71]
Du Haies, Captain, [235]
Duke (Rogers's ship), [42], [44], [46], [53], [59], [60], [61], [62], [65]
Duke (Jas. Talbot's ship), [149], [150], [177], [179], [183], [185]
Duke of Bedford, [171]
Duke William, [154], [155]
Duncan, Captain, [285]
Dunkirk, [197], [201], [203], [204], [205], [207]
Éclatant, [233]
Edward the Confessor, King, [5]
Edward I., King, [6]
Elizabeth, [195]
Elizabeth, Queen, [25]
Ellen, [117]-119
Elton, Captain Jacob, [192], [193]
Emilie, [249]-251
Endymion, [324]
Esperance, [201]
Eurydice, [149]
Exeter, [298]
Fair American, [300]
Falcon, armed ship, captured by Du Guay Trouin, [220], [221]
Falcon, man-of-war, captured by Jacques Cassard, [235], [236]
Faluère, [225]
Fame (Captain Moor), [115]-117
Fame (Captain Wright), [128]-131, [135], [142]
Faussett, Lieutenant Robert, [322]
Fayal, Azores, [317], [318], [322]
Fenn, Captain, [357], [358]
Ferrol, [180], [186]
Feuquières, M. de, [234], [236], [237]
Fisher, Lieutenant, [36]
Flamborough, [97]
Fleuron, [158]-160, [162], [163], [234]
Fleury, Cardinal, [239]
Flodden Field, Battle of, [19]
Florence, [125]
Fly-boat, [30]
Forteventura, Island of, [47]
Fortune, [360]-362
Foster, Captain William, [97], [98], [101], [104]
Fourmentin, Denis, [262], [263]
François, [219], [221]
Frio, Cape, [77], [92]
Funnell, William, [38]
Gabriel, John, [68]
Galapagos Islands, [68], [69], [73], [89]
General Armstrong, [319]-324
General Monk, [299]-303;
conflicting accounts of action, [303]
General Pickering, [304]-306
General Washington (Silas Talbot's ship), [280]
General Washington (afterwards General Monk, then recaptured), [299]
Genoa, Gulf of, [234]
George, [169]
George II., King, [132]
George III., King, [55], [246] n.
Gibraltar, [100], [102], [104], [154], [357]
Gibraltar, Strait of, [29]
Glorioso, [181], [182]
Godfrey, Captain, [337], [340]
Godwin, Earl, [5]
Golden Eagle, [304]-306
Goldsworthy, Mr., Consul at Cadiz, [101]
Good Hope, Cape of, [334]
Gordon, Lieutenant James Edward, [314], [315]
Grain-ships, French, [233]-238
Green, Mr. John, [178]
Grenedan, [211]
Griffin, Captain Thomas, [161]
Guadaloupe, Island of, [350]
Guam, [70]
Guano, [83]

Guayaquil, [61], [63], [64], [69], [73], [88], [335], [336]
Hall, Edward, Chronicler, [24], [25], [27]
Hampton Court, [161], [162]
Hampton Roads (America), [307]
Haraden, Captain Jonathan, of Salem;
his skill and coolness under fire, [304], [306];
captures Golden Eagle by an almost incredible ruse, [304], [305];
captures Achilles, [305], [306];
doubtful story of capture of an English packet, [306];
other reference, [325]
Harrison, John, maker of first chronometer, [55]
Harwich, [200]
Hatley, Simon, [69], [76], [78]-81
Havre de Grace, [69]
Hazard, Captain, [276]
Henry III., King, [5], [8]
Henry VIII., King, [9], [21], [24], [25], [27]
Hercule, [213]
Heron, [241]
Hippomenes, [341]
Hirondelle, [234]
Hodgson, Captain, [360]-362
Hood, Commodore, [349]
Hope, Captain Henry, [324]
Hopkins, Samuel, [44]
Horn, Cape, [35], [37], [53], [80]
Hotham, Captain Henry, [264]
Howard, Lord Charles, [26]
Howard, Lord Edward, [22], [24]
Howard, Thomas, Earl of Surrey, [22]
Howard, Lord Thomas, [22], [23], [26]
Hull, [9]
Hussar, [111]
Hutchinson, William, [128], [134], [145]-148
Hyder Ali, [299]-303;
conflicting accounts of action, [303]
Immortalité (British), [263], [264]
Invention, [263]-266
Iquique (South America), [83]
Isis, [140]
Isle Grande (Brazil), [52], [53]
Isle de Rhé, [95] n., [96]
Isle of Wight, [149]
Jamaica, [13], [97], [118], [120]
James II., King, [212]
James III., of Scotland, [19], [20]
James IV., of Scotland, [19], [20], [25]
Jane, [257]
Jason, [226], [228]
Jean Bart, [246]
Jenkins, Sir Leoline, [11], [365]
Jenny Pirwin, [22], [24], [27]
Jersey, [140]
Jersey, prison ship at New York, [281]
Jesu Maria, [90]
Jeune Richard, [354]-357
"John Crow" bird, [62]
Jones, Paul, [13]
Jonquière, M. de la, [80]
Juan Fernandez, Island of, [37], [39], [40], [54], [55], [60], [66], [74], [82], [83], [87], [88], [89], [90]
Katharine of Aragon, Queen, [27]
Kent, [258]-260
King David, [201]
King George, [177], [179], [180], [181], [182], [183], [185], [186]
King George (of Rhode Island), [275], [276], [277]
King's Road, Bristol, [169]
Kinsale, [37], [150], [192]
Knights of St. John, [129]
Ladrone Islands, [71]
Lagos (Portugal), [6], [179]
Lambert, Captain de, [235]
Lanoix, a Huguenot seaman, [198]-200
Lansdowne, [257]
Lark, [140]
La Rochelle, [261]
Laughton, Sir John, [181]
Le Fevre, [362]-364
Leghorn, [127], [133], [134], [135], [137], [139], [140], [141]
Le Mair, Strait of (South America), [80]

Lenore, [224]
Leslie, Bishop John, Scottish historian, [20], [22], [24], [27]
Leslie, R.C., [72]
Letters of marque;
abuse of term, [4];
instance in 1295, [6];
may be issued in time of peace, [8]
Lima, [61], [62], [76], [83], [335]
Limeno, [336]
Limerick, [211]
Lion (Andrew Barton's ship), [22], [23], [27]
Lion, British man-of-war, [195], [196]
Lisbon, [6], [7], [98], [100], [178], [186], [311]
Liverpool, [12], [111], [112], [124]
Liverpool (Nova Scotia), [336],

[337], [340]
Liverpool, [146]
Lloyd, Captain Robert, [318], [320], [321]
Lobos, Island of, [61], [89]
L'Orient, [104], [243]
Louis Erasmé, [150]
Louis XIV., King of France, [47]
Louis XVI., King of France, [246]
Lowestoft, [134]
Lucca, [125], [127]
Lundy Island, [213]
Lutwidge, Captain Skeffington, [289];
his log and letter about American prisoners, etc., [295], [296]
Maclay, Mr. E.S., American naval writer, [270], [271], [272], [280], [284], [286], [287], [290], [292], [293], [297], [299], [305], [313], [314], [321], [322]
Madagascar, [103]
Madeira, [99], [171], [337]
Madison, John, President of United States, [325]
Madrid, [102], [105]
Magee, W., [87]
Magellan, Strait of, [87]
Mahon (Corsica), [238]
Majorca, Island of, [357] n.
Malaga, [208], [209]
Malartic, General, Governor of Mauritius, [258]
Malartic, [258]
Malo, M. Henri, [207], [262]
Malta, [129], [130], [136], [140], [142], [143], [233], [357]
Mann, Sir Horace, [125], [127], [138], [141]
Manship, [257]
Marcare, meaning of, [7] n.
Maria Theresa, [99]
Marquis, [69]
Marquis d'Antin, [150]
Marryat, Captain Frederick (the novelist), [262]
Mars, [157], [158], [159], [160], [161], [162], [164], [165]
Mars (French), [205]
Marseilles, [115], [130], [132], [137], [138], [233]
Martens, Von, [11]
Mason, Captain, [300]
Mauritius, Island of, [242], [243], [245], [246], [247], [249], [251], [255]
Maxey, Lieutenant, [307]
Maximilian, Emperor, [19]
McBride, Captain, [195]
McKenzie, Captain Kenneth, [341], [342]
Mentor, [111]-115
Mercury, [81], [86]
Mersey, River, [114]
Messina, [129]
Midshipman Easy, [185], [198]
Miller, Captain, [140]
Mill Prison, Plymouth, [289];
diet, etc., of American prisoners in, [293]
Mill Prison, Barney's escape from, [293]-295;
a very slack prison, [296], [298]
Monk, [215], [216]
Montserrat (West Indies), [239]
Moor, Captain Edward, [115]-117
Morecock, Captain, [149]
Morocco, [177]
Mostyn, Captain Savage, [161], [162]
Mount-Edgecumbe, Lord, [297], [304]
Mozambique, [242]
Munroe, Captain, [278], [279]
Nancy, [116]
Nantes, [229], [239]
Nantucket, [324]
Naples, [132]

Naval Chronicle, The, [265]
Navigator, [243]
Navy Board, The, [265]
Nelson, Lord, [12], [51]
Neptune, [159]
Neptune (Dutch), [202]-204
Newcastle, [9]
Newfoundland, Banks of, [115], [149]
New York, [274], [281], [285], [286], [289], [290] n., [307]
Nicolas, Sir Harris, [7] n.
Nonsuch (alias Sanspareil), [220]-224, [226]
Norman, Mr. C.B., [200], [217], [233] n., [235], [238]
Notre Dame de Deliverance, [150]
Nova Scotia, [336]
Oléron, Judgments of, [198], [199], [200]
Onslow, Captain, [290]
Oppenheim, Mr. M., [29]
Oran, [142]
Orissa (India), [252]
Orotava (Teneriffe), [47]
Osborn, Captain, [246]
Ostend, [75], [76]
Oughton, Captain (in Marryatt's novel), [262]
Packets, description of, [329]
Page, Mr., [51], [52]
Painpeny, French captain, [352]
Palme, [202], [204]
Panama, [62], [63]
Panama, Gulf of, [35]
Parfait, [235], [236]
Paris, Declaration of, [364]
Parker, Admiral Sir Hyde, [51]
Parker, John, [44]
Parnell, Captain, [165]
Payta, [84]
Pembroke, [235]-238
Penelope, [342], [343], [344], [347], [348], [349], [350], [352]
Peregrine, [86]
Pernambuco, [308]
Peru, [61], [68], [69], [89], [334]
Philadelphia, [299]
Phillips, Lieutenant Baker, [193];
his tragic end, [194], [195]
Phillips, Captain, [95], [96]
Phœnix, [235], [236]
Pickering, Captain, [37]
Piece of Eight, The value of, [67]
Pirates, [1];
confused with privateers, [1], [14], [72];
Flemish, [20], [21];
Mediterranean, [153]
Pitt, Mr. William, Minister, [103], [105]
Plantagenet, [318], [321], [323]
Plymouth, [76], [106], [216], [264], [296], [297]
Pomona, [282]-284;
inaccurate accounts of her capture, [285], [286], [287], [290]
Pondicherry, 242
Port Louis, Mauritius, [256]
Port Royal, Jamaica, [120]
Portsmouth, [99], [195]
Portugal, King of, [6], [7] n., [8]
Portuguese mate; his hatred of Surcouf, [244], [245]
"Pretty shop-girl," Du Guay Trouin's friend, [216]-219
Powell, Commodore, [74]
Prince de Neufchatel, [324]
Prince Edward, [178], [179]
Prince Eugene, [75]
Prince Frederick, [149], [177], [179], [180], [183], [184], [185]
Prince George (Jas. Talbot's ship), [149]
Prince George (Geo. Walker's tender), [178], [179]
Prince of Orange, [214], [217]
Princess Amelia, [177], [178], [179]
Princess Royal (Admiral Byron's flagship), [290] n.
Princess Royal packet, [330]-333
Prisoners of war, alleged cruel treatment of American, [271], [287]-289
Privateering, origin of, [4], [5];
only applicable to a state of war, [6];
value of, [9];
when fully recognised, [9];
success in 16th century, [9];
drawbacks of, [10], [11], [12];
against Spanish treasure-ships in South Seas, [35];
French men-of-war lent for, [192];
future of, [364], [365]
Privateers, number employed in French and American wars, [10];
Scotch, [11];
some fine men among commanders, [12];
diversity of opinion about, [11], [12], [269], [270], [271], [273];
exaggerated accounts of actions by, [271];
an American, and Welsh prize, [271], [272];
humanity of American, [272], [273];
exploits of two colonial, [333]-340
Private vessels employed as men-of-war, [5]
Profound, [213]
Prudente, [246]
Puna, Island of (South America), [63], [64], [66], [68], [335]
Quakers, [41], [43]
Quebec, [300]
Querangal, Lieutenant François de, [103]
Quibo, Island of, [90]
Ranc, Captain (Dutch), [204]
Rangoon, [250]
Ransoming prizes forbidden, [202], [233]
Reid, Captain Samuel C., [317], [318], [319], [321], [322]
Rennes, [209]
Revenant (the Ghost), Surcouf's last ship, [261]
Rhode Island, [275], [281]
Richardson, Captain, [349]
Riddle, Mr., [178]
Rio Janeiro, [52], [256]
Robertson, Mr., [357], [360]
Robinson Crusoe, [40], [57]
Robinson, Captain Isaiah, [282]-286
Robuste, [281]
Rochefort, [219]
Rodney, Admiral Lord, [287]
Roebuck, [36], [37]
Rogers, John, [45], [63]
Rogers, Com. Josias, [299], [300], [301], [303]
Rogers, Acting Captain W. (of Windsor Castle packet), [354]-357
Rogers, Woodes;
wrongly alluded to as a pirate, [14], [72];
his birth and parentage, [41];
proposes expedition to South Seas, [41];
some Quakers among his owners, [41];
his lucid account of his voyage, [42];
sails in Duke with Duchess, [42];
puts into Cork, [42];
constitution of council, [43];
staff of the two ships, [43], [44];
Dampier sailing master, [44];
mixed crews, [45];
"continually marrying," [45], [46];
condition of the ships, [46];
sails for Madeira, [46];
refuses demand of crew, who mutiny, [46];
"breaking unlawful friendships," [47];
captures Spanish vessel off Teneriffe, [47];
his amenities with his prisoners, [47];
dispute about his prize, [48];
crossing the Tropic, [48], [49];
his rules about plunder, [49];
loses his linguist at St. Vincent, [50];
frequent exchange of visits at sea, [50], [51];
more mutiny; his firmness, [51], [52];
he has prayers read daily, [52];
refits ships at Isle Grande, [52], [53];
"logs" Mr. Carleton Vanbrugh, and sends him to Duchess, [53];
celebrates New Year's Day, [53];
a mishap to Duchess, [54];
goes far South, and doubles Cape Horn, [54];
arrives off Juan Fernandez, [55];
finds Alexander Selkirk and makes him a mate, [56]-59;
leaves Juan Fernandez, [60];
Vanbrugh received on board again, [60];
more rules about plunder, [60], [61];
converts two small prizes to his own uses, [61], [62];
Vanbrugh again in trouble, [62];
captures two prizes; his brother killed in action, [63];
arrives in Gulf of Guayaquil, [63];
captures Governor of Puna, [63];
disquieting news, [64];
sends boats to attack Guayaquil, [64];
finds people alert, [65];
cautious counsels, [65];
lands and attacks successfully, [66];
disappointed of treasure, [66];
the "modesty" of his crew, [67];
agrees upon ransom, [67];
returns on board, [68];
leaves Guayaquil, [68];
sickness and lack of water, [69];
trouble over plunder, [69], [70];
trials of a privateer captain, [70];
captures a rich Manila ship, and loses another, [71];
is severely wounded, [71];
dispute about Dr. Dover, [72];
returns home by way of the East Indies, [72];
is made Governor of the Bahamas, [72];
his death, [72];
other references, [75], [76], [77], [80], [88]
Roosevelt, Mr. Theodore (late President United States), [270]
Rosario, [88], [89]
Rosebud, [285]
Rota, [318], [321]
Rover, [336], [337]
Royale, [201], [202]
"Royal Family" privateers, [177], [178], [185]
Rumsey, Captain Edward, [235]-238
Russell, [183], [185], [186]
Russo-Japanese War, [28]
Safia, [177]
Sailing ships, American and British, [325]
Saint Aaron, [212]
St. Antonio (Cape Verde Islands), [50]
St. Catherine, Island of (Brazil), [80]
St. Denis (Isle of Bourbon), [247]
St. Domingo (West Indies), [229]
St. Eustatia (West Indies), [239]
St. Fermin, [82]
St. Francisco, [28]-32
St. George (Dampier's ship), [37], [83]
St. George (Wright's ship), [135], [136], [138], [141]
St. Iago (Cape Verde Islands), [239]
St. Ives, [176]
St. Jacques des Victoires, [224], [225]
St. Malo, [106], [150], [210], [211], [212], [219], [224],

[231], [239], [255], [261]
St. Martin's Road (Isle de Rhé), [95]
St. Mary, [6]
St. Mary, Island of (Madagascar), [103]
St. Paul's Bay (Isle of Bourbon), [247]
St. Pol, M. de (French mate), [242]
St. Peter, [28]-32
St. Vincent, Cape, [182]
St. William, [231], [232]
Sandy Hook, [278], [281]
Sanspareil (alias Nonsuch), [220]-224, [226]
Santa Anna Gratia, [119]
Santa Familia, [91], [92]
Santa Rita, [339]
Saratoga (American man-of-war), [290]
Saratoga (American privateer), ridiculous story about, [278], [279]
Sardinia, [141]
Sauret, Antoine, [197], [198], [199], [201]
Scarborough, [9]
Schomberg, Captain (Naval chronicler), [237]
Scilly Isles, [214], [228]
Scottish Rebellion of '45, [151]
Selcraig (original name of Selkirk), [74]
Selim, a young Turk, [142]-144
Selkirk, Alexander;
sailing master in Cinque Ports, [38];
been with buccaneers, [39];
his hatred of Captain Stradling, [39];
determines to desert at Juan Fernandez, [39];
he is landed there, [39];
the prototype of Robinson Crusoe, [40];
is rescued by Woodes Rogers, [56];
describes his adventures, [57], [58];
is reluctant to sail with Dampier, [58], [59];
made a mate on board Duke, [59];
returns to Scotland, but laments his island, [73];
elopes with Sophia Bruce, [74];
marries Mrs. Candis, [74];
dies in the Royal Navy, [74];
other references, [62], [66]
Semmes, Captain Raphael (of the Alabama), [13]
Serieux, [233], [235]-237
Seychelles Islands, [249], [250]
Shannon, River, [211]
Sheerness, [165]-167

Shelvocke, George;
commands two privateers under a foreign commission, [75];
goes to Ostend, [75];
commissions altered to English, [76];
commands Speedwell under Clipperton in Success, [76];
his hatred of Clipperton, [76];
sails from Plymouth, [76];
they separate in a gale, [77];
he robs a Portuguese ship, [77]-80;
alleged mutiny, [80];
runs far south, [80];
his officer shoots an albatross, [81];
Coleridge's albatross, [81];
rounds Cape Horn and sights Chili, [81];
lingers on the coast, [81];
captures two small prizes, [81];
his men are ambushed, [82];
burns a prize, [82];
sails for Juan Fernandez, [82];
finds there record of Clipperton, [82];
his disingenuousness, [83];
takes two guano ships, [83];
fires the town of Payta, [84];
action with a large Spanish ship, [84]-86;
his officer's account of the action, [86], [87];
is wrecked on Juan Fernandez, [89];
builds a small ship, captures and exchanges into a prize, [90];
unpleasant meeting with Clipperton, [90];
they part on bad terms, [91];
exchanges into another prize, [91];
Spanish Governor announces peace, and demands return of prize, [91];
he disregards, and quits, [91];
in difficulties, contemplates surrender, but eventually sails for China in another prize, [91];
his suspicious conduct at Whampoa, [92];
returns home in an Indiaman, and is arrested for piracy, [92];
proofs failing, is imprisoned for fraud, [92];
escapes and leaves England, [92];
writes an account of his voyage, [92];
his officer writes a very different one, [92]
Sherdam, [204]
Sibylle (British frigate), [256]
Skinner, Captain John, [330]-332
Slave Trade, English, [12], [13]
Slave Trade, French, [242], [243], [247], [248]
Smith, Captain Matthew, [246]
Smith, William, [97]
Smollett, Tobias, historian, [124]
Smyrna, [234]
Solebay, [95], [96]
Somerville, Captain Philip, [318]
Sonson (Sumatra), [256]
Spanish Succession, War of, [47]
Spanish treasure-ships, [35]
Speedwell, [75], [76], [81], [84]-87, [90]
Staremberg, [75]
Stendard, [234]
Stradling, Captain, [37], [39], [40], [61]
Stretton, Mr., [72]
Stuart, Charles Edward (the young Pretender), [195]
Success, [75], [78], [82], [88]
Sumatra, [250], [256]
Sunderland, [161]
Surcouf, Nicholas (brother of Robert), [255]
Surcouf, Robert, famous French privateer captain;
his origin, [240];
destined for the Church, [240];
sent to a seminary, [240];
resents chastisement, and runs away, [241];
ships on a brig, [241];
volunteer on Aurora, [241];
behaves well in a storm, [242];
wreck of the slave ship, [242];
his zeal and courage afterwards, [243];
returns home, [243];
back to Indian seas, [243];
mate in a trading vessel, [243];
enmity of the chief officer, [244];
nearly dies in a fit, [244];
episode at death-bed of chief officer, [245];
joins a colonial war-ship, [245];
in an action with English war-ships, [246];
is commended, [247];
commands a slave brig, [247];
episode with the Health Committee, [247]-249;
offered command of a privateer, [249];
commission refused, [249];
sails as an armed trader, [249];
narrowly escapes capture, [250];
determines to act as a privateer, [250];
captures several ships, and exchanges into one, [250], [251];
captures the Triton Indiaman, [252]-254;
his brig is captured, [255];
arrives at Mauritius and finds his actions condemned, [255];
he appeals home successfully, and pockets his unlawful gains, [255];
becomes engaged to Marie Blaize, [255];
goes to sea again, makes a prize, and arrives at Mauritius, [256];
narrow escape from an English frigate, [256];
captures an American ship, [257];
the Governor prevents him from fighting a duel, [258];
his capture of the Kent East Indiaman, [258]-260;
returns home and is married, [261];
his last ship, the Ghost, [261];
complaint of merchants and East India company, [261];
settles down at St. Malo;
his death, [261];
other references, [207], [262]
Surcouf, Robert (great-nephew and biographer of the privateersman), 248, 251, 252, 256, 258
Syracuse, [234], [235]
Talbot, Captain James, [149], [150], [151]
Talbot, Captain (or Colonel) Silas; his birth, [274];
ships as cabin-boy, [274];
captain in U.S. army, [274];
commands a fireship, [274];
captures an English vessel at Rhode Island, [275];
commands the Argo, a small privateer, [275];
captures a Rhode Island privateer, [276];
action with the Dragon and marvellous escapes, [277];
in company with Saratoga captures a Dublin privateer, [278];
ridiculous story, [278], [279];
encounters an honest Scotchman, and takes his ship, [280];
commands General Washington, but is soon captured, [280];
his alleged ungenerous treatment by a "Scotch lord," [281];
imprisoned at New York, [281];
sent to England and imprisoned at Dartmoor, [281];
vainly attempts to escape, is eventually liberated and returns to America, [281];
his death, [281]
Taylor, Captain, [165]
Tea, recipe for making at sea, [148]
Teméraire, [234]
Teneriffe, [47]
Terrible, [106]-111
Thetis, [342], [343], [344], [347], [348], [350], [351], [352]
Thibaut, Captain, [264], [265]
Three Sisters, [362]-364
Thurot, Émile, successful French privateer captain, [262]
Times, The, strong comment on American successes by, [324]
Topaze, [74]
Torrington, Mr. (an "Antigallican"), [97]
Toulon, [238]
Toulouse, [234], [235]
Trinidad, Island of (off Brazil coast), [52]
Trinity, [88]
Triton, [251]-255, [256], [257]
Trouin, Luc (father of René Du Guay), [208], [209]
Trouin, René, uncle of René Du Guay, [208], [209]
Trouin, René Du Guay, famous French privateer captain;
his origin, [208];
destined for the Church, [209];
sent to a seminary, [209];
elects to study law, [209];
but learns nothing except fencing, [209];
dissipating in Paris, encounters the head of the family, [209];
his family sends him to sea in a privateer, [209];
distinguishes himself in action, [210];
takes part in capture of convoy, [211];
takes command of a privateer at eighteen, [211];
pillages in Ireland, [211];
gets a better ship, [212];
with a consort captures a convoy and two English sloops-of-war, [212];
escapes at great risk from an English squadron, [212];
his skilful navigation, [212], [213];
narrow escape in Bristol Channel, [213];
has some bad luck, [213];
sickness, short food, and mutiny, [213];
his dream comes true, [214];
sails round the Prince of Orange, [214];
fires at her under English colours, [214];
chased by six men-of-war, [214];
his desperate scheme, [215];
holds out, though surrounded, [216];
his crew shirk and fire breaks out, [216];
brings his men up with grenades, [216];
is badly wounded and surrenders, [216];
kindness of the English captain, [216];
on parole at Plymouth, [216];
his "pretty shop-girl," [217];
is recognised by captain of Prince of Orange, who denounces him as a pirate, [218];
imprisoned pending decision, [218];
allowed to receive friends, pretty shop-girl included, [218];
plans escape with her assistance, [218], [219];
a love-sick young Frenchman, [219];
buys a boat from a Swede and is completely successful, [219];
returns to France, and finds a ship ready for him, [219];
captures two large English ships, [220], [221];
his king presents him with a sword of honour, [221];
with a consort captures three Indiamen, cargoes valued at one million sterling, [222];
commands one of his prizes, and captures two Dutch ships off Vigo, [222];
falls in with English fleet, [222];
his bold and successful ruse, [222], [223];
his ill-treatment by a French naval aristocrat, [224];
with four consorts engages three Dutch war-ships with convoy, [224];
desperate action with Dutch commodore's ship, [224], [225];
gallantry of the commodore, [225];
he captures all three, with heavy loss on both sides, [225];
an anxious night, [225];
he brings in his prizes, [226];
is made a commander in the navy, [226];
his marvellous escape from an English squadron, [226]-228;
his death, [228];
other references, [229], [239], [240]
Tuckerman, H.T. (biographer of Silas Talbot), [281]
Turkey Company, The, [132], [133]
Twiss, Sir Travers, [15]
Underwood, George, [44]
Univers, [116]
Valbué, Jerome, [197], [198], [199]
Vanbrugh, Mr. Carleton, [48], [53], [62], [70]
Vengeance, [106], [109], [111]
Vernon, Admiral, [11]
Vestale, [234]
Vigo, [222]
Vigor, John, [44]
Villeneuve, M.E. de, [103]
Virginia, [290]
Walker, George, a great English privateer captain;
eulogised by naval historian, [152];
enthusiasm of his biographer, [152], [153];
his modesty, [153];
served in Dutch navy, [153];
commands Duke William, [154];
frightens a Spanish privateer by a ruse, [154];
clears Carolina coast of Spanish privateers, [155];
sails for England with three traders, [155];
in peril in storm, [155];
intervenes from sick bed to save ship, [155], [156];
his ruse to obtain assistance, [156];
arrives in England to find that he is ruined, [156];
trades to the Baltic, [156];
again escapes capture by a ruse, [156];
sails in Mars with Boscawen, [157];
fights a French war-ship, [157];
"prudence" of Boscawen's captain, [157];
falls in with two French treasure-ships, [157];
Boscawen runs away, [158];
surrenders Mars to two French ships, [159];
French and English politeness, [159];
unusual projectiles, [160];
four English war-ships give chase, [160];
Mars recaptured, [161];
incapacity of English captains, [161], [162];
arrives at Brest and is liberated on parole, [162], [163];
Fleuron is blown up, [163];
his tact and courage, [164];
arrives in England, [164];
commands Boscawen with Mars in company, [164];
Boscawen a "slopped" ship, [165];
outwits an Exeter privateer captain, [165];
sails and meets Sheerness, [166];
sights eight armed French ships, [166];
his admirable speech to his officers, [166];
sinks one and captures six, [167];
his device for protection of his men, [168];
rigs out an old lady prisoner, [168];
her tragic account of the action, [168], [169];
acknowledgment of his services by Admiralty, [169];
captures and buys a vessel as tender, [169];
his dealings with mutineers, [169], [170];
a foolish joke, [171];
his perilous voyage home and heroic conduct, [173]-176;
wrecked in St. Ives, crew saved, [176];
his owner's eulogy, [176];
commands the "Royal Family" privateers, [177];
loses one ship, [177];
chased by French, escapes; one ship parts, [177];
cuts out a French ship at Safia, [177];
his dealings with his officers, [178];
makes a tender of his prize, [178];
puts into Lisbon with much gain and no loss of men, [178];
buys a ship at Lisbon, [178];
but loses her by an extraordinary accident, [179];
chases and engages a 74-gun Spanish ship alone, [180];
an extraordinary engagement, [180]-182;
Spaniards' poor gunnery, [182];
his courage and self-possession, [182];
Spaniard desists and retires, [183];
Russell joins in chase, [183];
Dartmouth joins and is blown up, [184], [185];
Lieut. O'Brien's apology, [185];
Spaniard captured, but treasure already landed, [186];
ungenerous conduct of his owners, [186];
deprived of his ship, [186];
goes home in packet, [186];
saves her from a pirate, [187];
is imprisoned for debt, [187];
his integrity, [187];
his death, [187];
other references, [96], [116], [117], [194], [280]
Waller, Edmund, the poet, [153]
Walpole, Horace, [125]
Wapping, [46]
Warren, Captain, [216]
Warren, Sir Peter, [98]
Warwick, [98]
Wassenaer, Baron de, [225]

Welbe, George, [38]
Welch, an Irish captain of a French privateer, [212]
Wentworth, Sir John (Governor of Nova Scotia), [337]
Weymouth, [164]
Weymouth, [74]
Whampoa, [91]
White, Captain William, [334], [336]
Whiting, [307]
Whittaker, Admiral Sir Edward, [238]
Whyte, Captain Thomas, [28]-32
Williamson, Secretary, [11]
Wilson, Captain William, [323]
Winchester, Bishop of, [24], [25]
Windsor Castle packet, [354]-357
Worcester, [226], [228]
Wordsworth, William, the poet, [81]
Wright, Fortunatus, a great English privateer captain;
his father, [123];
his epitaph, [124];
allusion by Smollett, [124];
settles in Liverpool, [125];
retires and lives abroad, [125];
his adventures at Lucca, [125]-127;
settles at Leghorn, [127];
war with France, [127];
depredations of French privateers, [127];
commands the Fame privateer, [127], [128];
his plan of cruising, [128], [129];
captures a large French privateer, [129];
his success causes bitter feeling against him at Malta, [129], [130];
a vessel specially fitted out to take him, [130];
captures and brings her into Malta, [131];
his sense of humour, [131];
captures a ship under safe-conduct from George II., [132];
submits to the Admiral's judgment and restores her, [132];
seizes two French ships with Turkish cargoes, [133];
action of the Turkey Company, [133];
refuses to refund prize-money, [133];
imprisoned in Italy, [133], [134];
gives bail to answer the charge, [134];
emerges triumphant—his dignified reply, [134];
engages in commerce with William Hutchinson, [134];
war being imminent, builds a vessel at Leghorn, [135];
vigilance of Italian authorities, [135], [136];
his plan to outwit them, [136];
rewards offered for his capture, [137];
fights a large French privateer sent out to waylay him, [137]-139;
disables her and returns with convoy to Leghorn, [139];
is detained there by force, [139];
liberated by two English war-ships, [140];
his unfair treatment at Malta, [140];
sails round a big French privateer, [140];
refused admission to Leghorn, [141];
unaccountably disappears, [141];
suggestion of political intrigue, [141];
the romantic story of Selim and Zaida, [142]-144;
"unhappily exiled" from England, [144];
other references, [117], [152]
Yarmouth, [281];
treatment of American prisoners on board, [287]-289
York, Bishop of, [24]
Zaida, a Moorish maiden, [142]-144
Zephyr, [116]

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