Prisoner on board the American frigate Constitution. To LIEUTENANT PETER V. WOOD, 22d Regiment of Foot, St. Salvador, Brazils, January 1st, 1813. Isle of France or Bourbon, East Indies. My dear Sir: I am sorry to inform you of the unpleasant news of Mr. Gascoigne's death. Mr. Gascoigne and myself were shipmates in Marlboro', and first came to sea together. He was shot in the early part of the action by a round shot in his right thigh, and died a few minutes after; four others of his messmates shared the same fate, together with 60 men killed and 170 wounded. The official account you no doubt heard of before this reaches you. I beg you will let all his friends and relations hear of his untimely fate. We were on board the Java frigate for a passage to India, when we fell in with this frigate. Two parcels I have sent you under good care. Hope this will reach you safe. Yours truly, H. D. CORNECK. [A true copy.] William BAINBRIDGE. No. 29. (p. 171) PLATE XXX. _September 4, 1813._ Edward [Rx]. McCall navis Enterprise præfectus. Sic itur ad astra. [Rx]. Vivere sat vincere. LIEUTENANT EDWARD RUTLEDGE McCALL. [_Capture of the Boxer._] EDWARD R. _(Rutledge)_ McCALL NAVIS ENTERPRISE _(sic)_ PRÆFECTUS. SIC ITUR AD ASTRA.[81] (_Edward Rutledge McCall, Commander of the vessel Enterprize. Thus one attains glory._) Bust of Lieutenant McCall, in uniform, facing the right. FÜRST. F. (_fecit_). [Footnote 81: Virgil, Æneid, Book IX, 641.] VIVERE SAT VINCERE. (_To conquer is to live enough._) Naval engagement between the United States brig-of-war Enterprize, of fourteen guns, Lieutenant-Commander Burrows, and the British brig-of-war Boxer, of fourteen guns, Captain Blythe. The Enterprize is raking the Boxer, fore and aft. The latter has lost her main-topmast. Exergue: INTER ENTERPRIZE NAV. AMERI. ET BOXER NAV. BRIT.[82] DIE IV SEPT. MDCCCXIII. (_Inter Enterprize navem Americanam et Boxer navem Britannicam, die 4 Septembris, 1813: Between the American vessel Enterprize and the British vessel Boxer, September 4, 1813._) FÜRST. F. (_fecit_). [Footnote 82: It is singular that on some of the silver coins of Great Britain the abbreviation BRIT. (Britanniarum) is spelled with one _t_, and on some of the copper coins, with two _t's_, thus, BRITT.]