r he
heard him say he wou'd go to the Govern'r,[14] to the Admiral,[15] and
to the Judge of the Admiralty, that accordingly he saw the Captain go
to Sir Chaloner Ogle, who was the Admiral, and to the Governour; that
he heard Capt. Dumaresq Say the Admiral told him he believ'd the
Vessell would be condemn'd; and that the Person called the Judge of
Admiralty at Gibraltar, upon Capt. Dumaresq application to him for a
Tryal, told him he had no Commission or Instructions to Try any
Capture but expected the same from England every Day; That upon the
arrival of the Sloop _Amsterdam Post_ at Madera there was an officer
put on board her from the Provedore[16] and Judge of the Poor, that he
remain'd on Board till other officers came on Board and unladed the
Vessell and that Capt. Dumaresq paid the officer two Bitts[17] a Day
and his Victuals during his Stay on Board.

[Footnote 14: Lieut.-Gen. William Hargrave.]

[Footnote 15: Rear-Adm. Sir Chaloner Ogle, afterward distinguished in
the Cartagena expedition, and admiral of the fleet. See doc. no. 117,
note 14.]

[Footnote 16: Superintendent.]

[Footnote 17: Two reals, or a quarter of a dollar.]

Abraham Martin, being Sworn in Court, Declared that his Examination
already taken was true. The Court was then adjourn'd to Saterday the
23d Curr't at half an hour past 2 a Clock p.m., at which time it was
open'd and several Papers were produc'd and Read in Court, which are
as follows, viz.

_129. Sea-letter of the Amsterdam Post. September 22, 1739 (N.S.)._

To all Potent Kings, Queens, Princes, Princesses, Dukes, Lords, etc.,
who may see this open Letter or may hear it Read, We Magistrates and
Rulers of the City of Amsterdam Declare that AEneas Mackay of Amsterdam
appeared before us and on Oath Solemnly Declares, That the Vessell
named the _Amsterdam Post_, burthen about Twenty Lasts,[1] of which he
is Master, belongs to a House in this Province, and that no Foreign
Enemy has any part in her Directly or Indirectly, as he hopes to
answer it to Almighty God, and as We are Desirous that the
aforementioned Master should follow his Lawfull Calling, it is our
Desire of all whom it may concern that the aforementioned Capt'n with
his Sloop and Lading may be well received and treated handsomely, and
have Liberty to proceed to and from any Port he may chuse, in a Lawful
Trade, Which We desire and are willing he should do, and have caused
this City Seal to be hereunto affixt. this Done t