Concluding Operations 187 



of Sunda, and on the 3Oth of June, off the fort of 

 Anjier fell in with the East India Company's cruiser 

 Nautilus, Lieut. Boyce, a brig of 180 (American 

 measurement over 200) tons, with a crew of 80 

 men, and 14 guns, 4 long g's and 10 1 8-pound 

 carronades. 80 Captain Warrington did not know of 

 the peace; one of the boats of the Nautilus, how 

 ever, with her purser, Mr. Bartlett, boarded him. 

 Captain Warrington declares the latter made no 

 mention of the peace, while Mr. Bartlett swears that 

 he did before he was sent below. As the Peacock 

 approached, Lieut. Boyce hailed to ask if she knew 

 peace had been declared. Captain Warrington, ac 

 cording to his letter, regarded this as a ruse to en 

 able the brig to escape under the guns of the fort, 

 and commanded the lieutenant to haul down his 

 colors, which the latter refused to do, and very gal 

 lantly prepared for a struggle with a foe of more 

 than twice his strength. According to Captain 

 Warrington, one, or, by the deposition of Mr. Bart 

 lett, 81 two broadsides were then interchanged, and 

 the brig surrendered, having lost 7 men, including 

 her first lieutenant, killed and mortally wounded, 

 and 8 severely or slightly wounded. Two of her 

 guns and the sheet-anchor were disabled, the bends 



80 "History of the Indian Navy," by Charles Rathbone 

 Low (late lieutenant of the Indian Navy), London, 1877, 

 p. 285. 



81 As quoted by Low. 



