The National Register. — London, England, 1814-10-16 00:00:00

(2 w raw — • fi j ; ocir utl hie, wesuittleti ; otIC laid% il•• tt C 91.!•,•;1/V-. I+t Ali, was mcmilded wi's loutlisig 1114 r iwato. tatorli del.rive l n.P of 1.1% arttve anti useful alieistance ; I ails ta) mitt, lie la reeovvi I linbe t 1.016 ,Scr. iiLNRY JOHN, Lieut.-Col. (Sagurd) (linelo:tirc. - • Rfturn 4I Ornn.anee sad Pores taken. Sitot.—:'.36 roitiol uoilesi., 500 ro und eigliteen• Itounilvrti;* I ammunition ‘Nagetni, 1 amititimiton Ca ; 12 conittuat Itandspilie4 ;40 has Celt 110k.tier. ty lour p4.inidrib. 70 eighteen pottni!erF. , N. B. The in.ozazine t Castine 4.4 1,10.+u up by the enemy. on hoult pl aisle!' the powder was, ran ou shore, anti th e o hole ites-im ed. Ek eii of the 16 pound( ire deAroyell by order of Licutenaut• Cuiout'l Joint, 1910 ItaYstig time toliriug tht.in otf. AD:SIIIIALTY-,FFICE, OCT 8, 'Bl4. Capt Senhon.c, nt 1.1001) the M.utin, ha 4 arrived tt.i all 4 lino.. at tn.,: ()diet., 111 in:ling a dispatch front Rear-Admit -a; Grafitti. add , J , Lan IVil on Croke!, 1.1.1., of vt h, and ni its etielostires, the Inman%+i 4 ore copies : .I.lis - Alajcbt)':. ship Entlymion, off Cabtine, Sri.% 1. 1214. Sin,— 14(1z leave to transmit, for time. iofnm motion of my Lord's Costmimmisaitimmoto of the Antimony , tt miimphe.mte o• my leAer. ot termia 'e to. Sim AI. ximeimier Cmmehe one, IS. 13. Commow.er ;n -ein( t, 1%1.00 ling_ thy prtmeet (Imps .immee 1 qmiii Ltd Halifax in his Ma jesty's Wails Dragon, tie :6th nit I ijea VC the honour 11 W Ste. EDWARD GRIFFITII. Joie►► Wilson Croker, F:sq. 6 c. &e. • September 13, 1814. P. S I open my di patches to acquaint yon, for thew Lott!ships' infoita,,t tuber elw.ittg it 1 wive wee well a pl ivate tenet l'i'm "Wain Patkut, .It the et.eilos. informing tt.e that he Lot oil Aidecift.e. 10:n in• taint, where the troops were landed with ' tnit.t.ppositi. , it. :nut a.ti r. a mo-,t tatigoing march, lo`ek set.Mc:it of the fort la': ALiceilids Wltstont He has seat me 111 4. e.4p;tulati .n %limit the otliver..eommanding the .railitia has entered into t .and which lis atr,risil.iterewi;h. • Sit Joon S..e..truo e 1,0 cetshioz the iMartiti to he detained. I di‘palett her witi,..nt tOr C,..piai , l Parkes'• offirtat lets: r. ' The arid etse. I- antler Capt. l'arl.ti• ortieti will he sent to their triipeen%t• -lattotsu as soots a• tae guns taken at the foil ate enthaiked 4uti the works destro.yed. • EDWARD GRIFFITH. His 51a)cqy's ,hip En.lymion. off entrance • 01 file PVii4rtlSCol. River, Sept. 9, 1811. • Stn,—My letter of lice 431 of AnJu-t, bow tfaidax, by the 1 1 "• yea-. wt t li.ivi on. acynaititi4l with in% iotention of accoinini , vying Inv that abfait to proceed meter the continand of F.Acelleni rhrooke, K. 11. fir this place. 1 1111111. 11.1111111 1 C 111 . 11.1111111' to Milt! Ol %tin, that 1 pot tl., sea on the 26th ult. with thr ships an • .loops a:until in the margin'!, anti ten sai;,ot tgansports, nab Ina the troop, on hoard, and shrived of Ow Metiniett. I41'1"1"" 11w inoi-ing ul. Inc SW ) iynere 1 was joined by the bill wirk, Teile•ins. and Ploton. Front Captain 'citie.e, of tine num, 1 . learned.. that the United States frigate Ad 411:4' had a few la ) . newt e.got rhto Petinte.eut ; hut not. ronsideo herself 111 p•a!ety there, hod gone on to Hamden, a place twenty aevi n ,taitlc4. bight.; up the river,,wl.ere her gnus had been lauded, and a position tortif)ing for her protection. Tow,iid% wand being tatr and the weather favourable, the fleet mad. sail itv the Pctiob•cot Bay. Captain Parker in tkr Tenetlos, leading. We pas Nit between the .Nletitt.cus mud Gucci' islitous aluint zitid steering through the enamel formed by lox 1-lititits,initi Head, ran tip to the eastward of Long Island, and found.. our.els es, at day light in the morning in sight of the. fort and town .of Castilie. ,A* we approached, flitie %hew of resistanet trail made, and a few shot ; were. ; but the fort waa spoil after abanOoperi unit ni t iwn up. At about eight a. M title men of whi and transport* were anchored a littk to the in rthward of the penis). aula s3f Ca•titse, Anil the smaller vessels taking a station nearer its for C° 4 tain tire landlog, the troupe were put on „shore, and teak pas ofthe town, anti works without opposition. , - - - • . . anon, Baccbaute, and:Sylph. a;;eu, orT. 16. The G. Iola! wis(iiiig to occupy a post at. Belfast, SID the %%Vittl.n side of the hid ktloongli SA Inch the holt road from Boston rims) for the porpose of cutting off all communication with that side of the country. the Bacchante and Rifleman were detached with the troops destined for this sei vice, and quiet possession was taken, and held; as long as was tlionglit or( e-sary. Arrangements were immediately made for attaekinz the frigate at Hamden, and the General having proffered e:eiy roilitary assist= mice, six hundred picked teen nutter the command if Liens.-Colonel John, of flu• 60111 ii g inclit, ocre.embiirken the same afternoon, on ooard his Majesty's slater Peruv ian and Syl;ili, and a- 'small trails-- port. l'osthis toter' %%toe added the marines of the Dragon, and as many armed ho -ts from the squadron as was tle•ugl:t necessary for ! dio in:iarking the troop. and co% cling their laiitling ; and the whale placed finder the command of -Captain Barrie, of the Dragon ; and, the Lit ut.-Colonel made sail up the river at six, o'clock that evening. fI huge the honour oi coclo-e Captain I:miles acrnant of his pro evenings; and taking into considarati , m the enemy's fo:ce, and the formidable strength °tins po-iticn, too Mach prai•t• cannot be given liiin, the officers and men nyder his command, for the judgment, de cisioo: and gallantry, with %bleb this little .enterprise has been r elies ed. S.) s' on as acemitits were received from Captain Barrie that. the Adams eras destroyed, and the fincc to‘embled for her prof. coin dispersed, the troops stationed at Belfast were embaikesl, and ar riingemetits made for sending them to take possession 1.1• Macchia*, the wily place occupied by the enemy's troops between this and Pa•samarinaddy Bay I dirt•eted Captain l'aiker, of his Majesty's ship Teuedos, to rercive on board Lieu!.-Coloi , cl Pilkii glon De puty Adjutant Gene . ' al, who is appointed to command, and a small detachment of artillery and riflemen, imil to .take mid r his com mand the Bacchante, Rifleman, mid Picton schoon( r. and proceed to the attack ef that place. He sailed on the 6th instant, arid most likely, by this t'ine, the troops are in possession of it. Atter de. A ioying the (kit lives they aro directed to return litre. • The inhabitant- of several townships east of this have sent de pistatious here to tender tileir submission to the 13ri:i ti authority; a nd such of them as cool(' give ressona'lle security lb .1 their arms w ould he used holy for the protection of their pets us and property, have heeirallow) dto retain tiheni. This indulgence was alisolively accessary. in order to secure 'the quiet and imollending ii;:itinst vjo. he o ce a nd outrage from their less peaceable neighbours, and for the maintenance of Vie pea - re and tratiqs!illity 7 4 the roan - ry. All prtr. IWrly on shore, bona-fide belonging to the inliabitauts of the country in our possession has been respected: AU public proptrty, and all property. allaat,rhas been confiscated. - Sir John Stierloooke co.nreiviog it to be of importance that the Government should-be informed, o itlo-ut delay, o' other successes here, has requested that a vessel. of war may take- It:s disf.atehes to England. • . I have, in compliance with his wishes, appropriated the Madill ' for that service, - and Captain Senhonse will take a copy of this letter to the Secretary of the Admiralty. • I hale the honour to he, ke. . . EDWARD GRIFFITH. r To Vice Admiral the Hon. Sir Alexander . : . . - Cochraue, K. B. Arc &e. ice. . , • His Majesty's Sloop Sylph, off Banger,. in the Penobscot, Sept. 4, 1814. Sut,--Having received on board theships nannA in the margin f, a detachment of twenty men of the royal artiliery, with one live and half-inch howitz.;.r, - commanded by Lieut. Garsmiia ; a party of eighty marines, can inanded by Captain Carlo., of the. Dragon ; the fl-ek companieA of the vgth, 6`d, and 96th regiments, under the of command Ca;itaitts Gcll and Coaker, Majors Biddel, Keith, . and Crcwdailc, and Captain IWPlmerson ; also a rifle company of ihe 7tlk oat talion of time (Olt regiment, commanded.by Captain Ward; and the whole under the orders of Lient...Col.;Johu, °Utile 60th regiment ; I proceeded acreeably to your order, with the - utmost dispatch lip • the Penobscot. Light variable winds, a most it t irate channel, of which we weme perfectly ignorant, and thick taggy weather, pre vented toy arriving .ott Frankfur l / 4 before.two p. in. of the 2d instant. Here Colonel John and myselfAnaght it advisable to Feud a mes gage to. the inhabitants; and having received their answer, • we ronshed on towarda.Haneden, where we received intelligence that the enemy. had strongly : posted himself On our way up, ,several troops were observed op the•east side of the river making .for Brewer; tikes" vi ere driven into time woods without any loss on Mari-side, by a . party nutter the. orders nt Major Croastlarile, and the 'gins from the boats. The eueuiy had one killed, and several wound:d , • • T 1 1 .7 NATIONAL lirrilqTrft.