We find that on the Twenty fifth Day of July AD: 1776, the Ship called the Star and Garter, with her Appurtenances and Cargo, being upon High Seas and bound from the English Island of St Christophers in the West Indies, to the Port of London in the Kingdom of Great Britain, were then captured and taken, by William Chace Commander, his Officers and men, belonging to the private Sloop of War, called the Diamond,³ and that afterwards, on or about the Thirteenth Day of August AD: 1776, the said Ship, her Appurtenances and Cargo, were brought into the Port of Providence, in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations: And we also find that at and before the abovesaid Time of Capture, the said Ship Star and Garter, her Appurtenances and Cargo, belonged to, and were the Property of some of the Inhabitants of Great Britain, or some of the Inhabitants of said Island of St Christophers, Subjects of the King of Great Britain, and were carrying Supplies to Great Britain, whose Fleets and Armies, are now acting against the united States of America.ー