250 cannon locks. Cartridges-120 thirty-six-pounders, filled. About 200 of different natures, filled. About 700 bundles of parchment, empty, for thirty-six, twentyfour, eighteen, and twelve-pounders. 1,500 parchment skins for making cartridges. 79,650 musket ball. 19 boxes, quantity unknown, of musket ball. Musket ball-20 casks. 20 boxes. 25 kegs. 100 reams of cartridge paper. 80 pieces of kersey for making cannon cartridges, (damaged). 9 casks of musket flints. 25 boxes of lead ball for amuzettes. Powder-468 double barrels. 97 single barrels. 48 single barrels (damaged). Small kegs, number not ascertained. Chests containing cartridges of different natures (2 damaged) 130 barrels of musket-ball cartridges (damaged). A considerable quantity of slow-match. Fire-balls, and composition for fire-ships. 2 carriages for thirty-six-pounders. A vast quantity of unserviceable naval stores, grape shot, &c. A quantity of loose cartridges,formers, mallets,&c. &c. 280 pigs of lead. A great quantity of entrenching tools of different sorts. Blocks of wood for musket-stocks. In the Armourers'-shop-six vices, and a quantity of other tools. 1794. T. PATERSON, Lieut.-Col, commanding Royal Artillery, Windward and Leeward Islands. General Return of the Ordnance, Ammunition, and Stores found in Fort Bourbon, Martinico, March 24, 1794. Guns, Brass, twenty-four-pounders-8 serviceable, 2 unserviceable Sixteen-pounders-2 serviceable, 4 unserviceable. Guns, Iron, twenty-four-pounders-18 serviceable, 8 unserviceable. Eighteen-pounders-6 serviceable, 1 unserviceable. Six-pounders 2 serviceable. Four-pounders-15 serviceable, 1 unserviceable. Howitzers, Brass, cight-inch-8 serviceable. Six-inch-3 serviceable, 1 unserviceable. Mortars, Brass, twelve-inch-5 serviceable, 2 un serviceable. Ten-inch-1 serviceable. Ninc-inch-6 serviceable. Eight-inch-3 serviceable. Seven-inches eight-tenths-2 serviceable. Mortars, Iron, twelve-inch-2 serviceable, 1 anserviceable. Gun-carriages, twenty-four-pounders 8 service- Eight-pounders-1 serviceable, 2 repairable. Six-pounders-1 serviceable, 1 unserviceable. Sixteen-pounders-1 serviceable, 4 unserviceable. Four-pounders-3 serviceable, 4 repairable, 1 un'serviceable. Four-pounders, Field-1 serviceable, 4 repairable. unserviceable. Nine-inch, with bolster-1 serviceable. Eighteen-pounders -1,530 serviceable. 1,000 unserviceable grape and case shot of differen calibres. Shells, twelve-inch-679 serviceable. Nine-inch-41 serviceable, Eight-inch-569 serviceable. Spunges, twenty-four-pounders-20 serviceable, 2 unserviceable. Eighteen-pounders-17 serviceable, 17 unserviceable Eighteen-pounders-8 serviceable, 4 unserviceable. Sixteen-pounders-4 serviceable, 4 unserviceable. Twelve-pounders-12 serviceable, 5 unserviceable. Q 2 Ran Rammers, eight-pounders-6 serviceable, 2 unser viceable. Six-pounders-5 serviceable, 1 unserviceable. Ladles, twenty-four-pounders unserviceable. Eighteen-pounders-2 serviceable. Twelve-pounders-2 serviceable. Eight-pounders-1 serviceable. Six-pounders-4 serviceable. 12 serviceable, 3 Wadhooks, twenty-four-pounders-6 serviceable. Eighteen-pounders-2 serviceable. Twelve-pounders-2 serviceable. Eight-pounders-1 serviceable. Four-pounders-2 serviceable. Spunges and rammers, for different calibres, for Carcasses, twelve-inch-98 unserviceable. Cartridges, parchment, twenty-four-pounders-3,900 serviceable, 750 repairable. Eighteen-pounders -3,252 serviceable, 1,050 repairable. Twelve-pounders-2,000 serviceable, 375 repairable. Cartridges, paper, sixteen-pounders -100 service able. Reams of paper for gun cartridges-24 serviceable. Miners' tools of different natures-317 serviceable. Camp forge, and box with smith's tools-1 serviceable. Copper scales and weights, sct-1 serviceable. Beam Boxes filled with four-pounder, round and ease~6 serviceable. Jacks-i serviceable, 1 repairable. Rampart Muskets-800 serviceable. Ropes of various sizes, coils-4 serviceable, 1 unserviceable. Fuzees for shells, twelve-inch-933 serviceable. Nine-inch-644 serviceable. Six-inch—1,098 serviceable. Fuzees for hand grenades-630 serviceable. Signal rockets-20 serviceable, 10 unserviceable. Slow match, lbs.-2,000 serviceable. Gunpowder in barrels, supposed to make 111,918 French lbs. computed to be equal to 1,300 bar rels English-1,300 serviceable. Musket-ball-cartridges, 14 to the pound-52,14 serviceable. 18 to the pound-55,336 serviceable. Musket flints, barrels-2 serviceable. Tubes-1,500 serviceable. Portfires-50 serviceable. The above is a copy of the return given in to m by the officer commanding the French artillery in For Bourbon, which, upon inspection and observation o Captain De Ruvynes and Mr. Sowerby, the Commis sary of artillery, they believe to be nearly correct. J. PATERSON, Lieut.-Col. com manding Royal Artillery, Wind ward and Leeward Islands. |