LETTER FRO|X CAPTAIN JONES. 335 
a blue flag, with three white fish in the upper 
quarter, flying over the town: this I was told 
was the new Iceland colors. Count Tramp, who 
was a prisoner on board the privateer, requested 
to have an interview with me, during which he 
stated that he had been extremely ill used, and 
in a manner that was contrary to the laws of 
nations; that Mr. Jorgensen was a traitor to his 
ow n country (Denmark); that he had first served 
Great Britain; then fought against it; and was 
now, by hoisting the above-mentioned flag, and 
by declaring the.island free, neutral, and inde¬ 
pendent, and at peace with all nations, acting in 
rebellion to both. I therefore thought it neces¬ 
sary to inquire of Mr. Phelps by what authority 
he acted. That gentleman having first declined 
to give any explanation to me, and afterwards 
sent me the enclosed written statement of his 
transactions, together with my being informed 
by Mr. Jorgensen himself that he had been an ap¬ 
prentice on board an English collier, served as a 
midshipman in the English navy, then command¬ 
ed the Admiral Juul Danish privateer, which 
was captured by his Majesty's sloop Sappho, that 
he was not exchanged, neither had he signed 
any parole of honor as a prisoner of war, but 
was set at liberty in London without any written 
documents : all these circumstances considered, I 
deemed it my duty to prevent his being left alone 
