The National Register. — London, England, 1814-10-02 00:00:00

OCT. t 2 of Rear Admiral Cockbown, pa%4Nl up the river, beim; instructed to keep upon the ri;:ht flank of the army, for the double purpose of supplying it with provisions, and, if necessary, to .48 it over to the left bank of the river, into Calvert county, vshich secured a safe retreat to the shipi should it be judged necessary. Tile army reacheil Nottingham upon the (21st, and on the follow log day arrived at Marlborough : the flotilla continued advancing toward.; the station of Conninidure Barney, about three miles above Pig Point, who although much superior in force to that cent avuinst him, did not wait un attack, hut, e.t the appearance of our boats, aft fire to the fLtilia, and the whole of his vessels, excepting one, Mere blow) up. For the port:colors of this well executed service, I must refer their Lordships to Rear Admiral Cockburn's report, No. 1, who, On the same evening. conveyed to me an account of his %neves:4, and intimation trotn Major General Ross, of his intention to pio cee I to the city of Washington, consii;ring, from the information he had received, that it might be wailed, if done with alacrity; and in consegoence had at termined to march that evciiiii:4 mom lThi denstetrz. The remaining boats of the fleet were immeiliatt ly em ployed in conveying up the river supplies of provi-ions for the torres teeni their retina to Nottin , iimit, agreeably to an arrange ment made by the Rear Admiral, who proceeded on in coiopony with the rainy. The I:: le,rt No. c.!. of Rear Admiral Caekbnrn's, will inf . orot their Lordship. of the brilliant snecesses of the foi - ets , ;, aticr their departure from Mar'horonelt, where they returned upon the e6th, art! having relched Benedict upon the 2911 t, the expedition wits embarked in good order. On entrbined services, *ltch as we have been engaged in, it Elves Mc the gre:ttest pleasure to n:id myself united wit!, so able and ex p:., e:iceti an officer as Major-General Kiln=, ul whin ore blended ti: 3,e q:etiities so esseotial to promote success, where co-operation between the two services becomes necessary ; i4V;i I he 4 111110!% sat•isfaction in noticing the mumintliy that pi ev;iiloil beteett the Riley ,::11l navy, ac I have also ill stating to their hir , ;ships that Major-(ion. Ross has e-spies-ed ills toll approl,ation of the conduct of Cie (stile( Fs, anki marine , . arting the army. I have b e f o re orea .ion to speak of the voiroinitiloL , zeal and clic:lice: of Rear Adneral CoeiJetrn &win:: the time he compute:led in the Chesapeake under my orders intere ability which he has manifested throneliont this late arduous service justly entitle Itim to my best thanks, and to the ackine.vledgments of toy Loriis Conniti,kioners of the Admiralty. Rear-Admiral Malcolm, upon every occasion, and particularly in his arrangement for the speedy of the troops, 1 CACI cd me essential assistanue; and to him, ai well a. to Rear- Codringten, Cdptain of the Fleet, I indebted for the alacrity and order with whirls the laborious duties in the conveying of supplies to the army were conducted. For the conduct of the Cautai::s 011 .- " leers of the squadron Pm played in the flotilla, and with the army, I :wst beg leave to neer their Lordsips to the retetri4 cut Rear-Admit al Coc!<lhnrn. and to call their f.lvourable considetatioo to wtheo the Near-Alb:id - al has had occasion to particular!y notice. eon, loved inene• sliately motet my e% I*, I hail every rowan to he pi rt e etly saibtled Kt bto zealous t. ninlqtion, as well aj that of t vity seionan and mariue, to promote the service in vi'aich they were engaged. Captain Wainwright, of his M•l . l ,e•ty's ship Toinnent, will hove the honoor to &liver this diTatch to you, gnil, a+ he was actually euip!oyed both with the rettifla end with the army in the whole of their pr._•reedisels, I beg leave to refer their Lordships to him fur 2;3y faither particulars. have not yet received any returns from the ships employed in the Po toss mar, the winds havim: been wirovrma;,k to their c.liwatt,t down ; hut by the information I eon) from the eotintry periple, they have vo:llr;ktely sucreeded in the ci:pritre and destruction el Fuse Washiugtor, which tins been blown up. I have the honour to be, Sc. ALEXA T;Elt COCATRANP., Vice-Adniii Al and Cynnuarider in Cilia. ("ignud) John V►'ilsuu Croker, On bard the ltesoliition 'render. off Mount Calvert, Motiday night, Stti Attgtot, 1814. have the honour to inform von, that after pas tittg from tt r. t Benedict tin the evening Of the 20th instant, I prt.eeeiled up tac Patuxent with the bunts arid tendcrs, the marines c•f the ship THE NATIONAL Ii_EGISTEII_ : being embarked in them, nailer the command of Captain Roftyna (the senior officer of that corps in the fieet)anti the marine artillery, *miler Captain Itarrison, in their two tenders; the Severn and lic hrtni frierites, and the Manly sloop, being ditected to follow us up the river, as far as might prove practicable. lit boats and tenders I placed in three diviaions: the first under the imetethate commaiel of Captain , Sullivan (the senior commander employed on the eccaaion) and Badeock ; the second, under Cap. tante Money null Smaerville ; the third, under Captain Itentsay ;—.. the whole 'wider the superintendance anti immediate matinzemeut of Captain Wainwright, of the Tennant, Lieut. James Scott (Ist of the Albion) attending as my Aide-decamp. I endeavoured to keep with the boats and tenders ns nearly ae pen. slide abreast of the army under Major-General Rosa, that I might communicate with him as occasion offered, according to the plan pica inusly arranged ; and about mid-day yesterday I accordingly anchored at the krryltouse opposite Lower Marlborough, where I met the Geneve', and where the army halted for some hours, after which he mat . clicil tor Nottingham, and I proceeded on for the same place wilt+ 11w boats. On cur approaching that town, a few shots were exchanged le tweet' the leadieg boats and some of the C11(111'1 C:viary Ina the •appeartwee of our army advancing caused them to retire with precipitation. Cipteins Notnee and Palmer, of the Severn and Helm's, joieed me this day with their Imats, having foned it impraetivable to get their ships higher than Benedict. The Majer-Ccneral remained et•ith the arms. at N e tti lez h am , an d the 6:mrs tvliderA continntA aechored etf it during, the ; and soen encl. thy lit:lit this moiling, the whole moved again ter ward h e t th e w i n d wowing during the tiiOrl:hip; deeXtt the river. and the channel being excessivpi. narrow, :eel the advance of oar tenders conserpleetly slow, I judged it advisable to pinli on with the boats only, leaving the tenders to posh on as they could. 011 approachine Pitt Point (where the enemy's flotilla wag said to be), 1 landed the Mat inf'S ender Captliti ye, On the lift bank of the river, and tilt.: eted into to march rented aid attack, on the land side, the town sitteited en the point, to draw ft um us the nt. tention or , och troop.. a might lie flu rep for I:4 th•retiee, and the dee feeee the : I then preeeeded lift wi!hi the b o ats, an d, as :s e opened the rrewh shove I'ig Peint. I plaiely diaeov teed Comm°. dove Barite\ bread pendeet in the heieimost vessel, ala reeedoop. and the remainder the addle extele!iret in a kite line a ,tern of her. Oer boat: now advanced towards them as rapidly as . . possible ; lint, on hearing them, we observed the sloop bearing the In cad pendent to be mi tire, and she very coon afterwerds ble w n p, I Haw saw (dearly that they were all abataloned, anti on Ire, with trains to their toitgaziees; and oat of the 17 vessels svhiell composed this for midable awl so illitt.ll vaunted flotilla, 16 were in qiiiek sue ee'sion blown to moms, and the seventeenth (in which the fire had out taken) we captnred. The Coremodore's sloe') was a large armed vessel; the (eh. te were ginnboat all having a love gun in the bow, and a earronede in the stern ; the calibre of the gnus and saintlier of the crew of each differed in proportion to the size of the boat, varying , from 32-peenders and en men, tell U-pounder; and an men. 1 foetid lure, lying above the tietillo ' tinder its protection, 13 merchant sehooners, some +'f which not bring worth bringing away, I calmed to he Vntait ; such as w etc in good condition 1 directed to he moved to Pie Point. Whil.t employed in tal:ing these vessels, a few shot were fired at nit by some of the men of the flotilla from the bushes ma t h e s h ow n ear us but tient. Scott, whom I bad landed for that purpose, anon got hold of tlit in, and made them prisoners. Some horsemen lii:ewise showed theee , elv es on the neighbouring heights, but a rocket or tau dispersed them : and Captein Rohyns, who had got possession of Pie Point without resistance, now spreading his men throtigh the country, the enemy retreated to a distance, and lett us in quiet possession of the town, the neighbourhood, and our prizes. .1% hrze quantity of tobaceo having been found in the town at P.int, I have lett Captain llobytis, with the marines, and Cap tain Nfnme, with two divisions of the boats, to bold the place, and ship the tot-Jeco into the Pilzes ; and I have moved back with the third di vkion to this point. to enable me to confer on our tnture °pc; t with the Major-Grueral, %vim has been good enough to Nem, his A ide-iie.taitip to In me Id' his safe arrival, with the ,Iruly under his command, at Upper Ahiriinirmigh. Iu congratutAting von. gir, which I do most sincerely. ort the COM' n plete destructio of this flotilla of the enem y , hay lately oe copied lunch of our ut'eution, I must beg to be permitted to Rs- Ante you, that the Owe) fill and i n defati:•able exertions on this oc casion. of Captoins Wainwright, No - lupe, and Painter, and of Cap , twin Stillivau, the other Commanders, officers and wen, in the boats C l . - ; 7