Notice is hereby given,

To the officers, seamen and others, who belonged to the Brig of war called the Defence, Capt. William Pickering¹ commander, at the taking of the following vessels, viz. the ship Cæsar, sloop Friendship, sloop Nancy, and scooner Nancy, that there is a dividend to be made to the faithful captors, arising from the prize money of the deserters from the said brig Defence. The proper claimants to the said dividend are desired to call at my house on the Bay, and receive their respective shares.