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

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. to he satisfied with the arrangements of AsAistant-Conanissary-Gt neral Lawrence. As an attack upon an enemy so strew:ly posted could not he et feeted without loss, 1 have to lament that the wounds rectived by Colonel Thornton, and the other officers and soldiers le M la denshing, were such as prevented their rem oval. As m ft any of I the ACollndt'd as could he brontlit off were retnnvcd, the others beim: t»edical care and attendants. Ihe arrangements made by St.itt Surgeon Baxter for their accommodation hiive In en a , satisfactory as circum,tances would admit of. 'I he A7‘.'nt ler Bri tish primmers of war very fortunately residing at Bladensburg, I have recommended the wounded of:icers and men to his particular attention, and tio.t to his being able to ctTect their exchange when suiiiciently recov , Capta;n Smith, ,Issistant Ad . intant General to the troops, who will Ihive the honour to dcliyur t;,i. dispatch, I beg leerve to recommend to your Lordship', pr(lltetimi. ay an officer of much merit and great promise, and capable of affording any further in formation that arty be requisite. Sancmine in hoping for the approhation of hi. the Prince Itev,ent, and Of his 'Nl;.je , ty's Oovernn.eLt, as to the conduct of the troops under my command, 1 have, &c. (Sigmti) ROIL It OS S, Mi.' , w•General. • I he:: leave to inclose herewith a return of the woun1!e:1 and tnissing, in the action of the in,tant, tove!ller ‘‘ WI a statement of the ordinmee, ammunition, and ordnance stores t:then frnm the enemy In.Necn the 19th and 25th of .‘nost, and like wise sketches of the scene of action and the hue of match. nehirtt of the NVlcel, Wonn , !cd, ei:i: Missing of the Tre riziltr comnwnd of Major Gozeral Ross, tfo net;w: trilft the Luton!, on ti.a 111 A Avs - uxt, 18 14, 6n the Lieig-hi,r ol:cre T:)1 , 11-1 C4i)tai::, 2 Lientenanti„ 5 scjrantg, !,# rank nrul Io d ; Liun!eintnt Colonel?, I Major, i Clptailt, 14 Licatetrttit(, r.r...igns, 10 setjtants, 1.55 falik ;,lid B Nantes of Oifirers Kil!a2 and IFoutidvd. 85th Infklitry--•Cipt. I). Honliltnn, Lieut. G. I'. 4th, oi• uwn--Licut. Thuomas Wow.ixs Trqurdcd. 2:i111 Tufantrv—C(l. ‘Viftivait ceverelv (left at IrllclertAnn - g. ) ; I ,ictit. COT. William sevcrely (left at Bla densburg); Major Ceurze screre:y (101 at Blalensbur7). gist nizileers —Ca:lt. Rob. Rennie, sever; by (not dangerAicly). 4th .11.(gbrent--) , :e!:t. E. P. Hopkins, st'VereTV ; Lit!lt. .1. K. I‘.laekervie, slight!y: ; Lieut. John Stavely. sevrrely (:01 at Bladens burg); I.lent. l'etct Boldby, Lient. Frederia Field, slightly. Fitziterrs---I.iolt. 1:111e1 Grad•, sli J. 111; v. \l'ii;i:1:11 W Lieut. .1 Won 1111r1 ell, Lieut. M.4lwell, ; l.ient. G. G. O'Connor, Lieut. Fr.‘kricl. Ga4c.r ., yne, sev..rtly ; Hickbun, Lieut. G. R. Clcig, ; --- Cionvhly, F:cverrly. 401 JameA I;nclor.in, stvcrcly (left at Bin dcastinr;;) ; Lly<ign P.,lldock, (Signed) H. G. SMITH, D. A. A. G. Peturn .1 Ordnance, A mmtiniti.,n. and Ordnance Mores taken !rim the Enemy by the Army under the conmoind of llajur Genera Ross, belie:en the IL3at and ‘.. l llth ilup,-ust, lal Total amount of rantmu taken MI barrels of po‘N der. 100,000 min i& of milart ball cartridge. 40 ha; rrls of fine grained powder. A large piantity of ammunition of diffr tent natnres made tip. The. navy yard and arsenal having ben n set on tire by the enemy before they retired, en inmiunsf! quantity of stores of every de scription WA% destro:ed, of which no account could be taken; se‘en or eight very heavy exylosions during the night denoted that there had been large magazines of powder. (Signed) F. G. J. WILLIAMS, Lieutenant Royal Artillery, A. U. M. N. B. The remains of near 20,000 stand of arms wire discovered, which had been destroyed by the euemy. ADMINALTY-OFFICE, SEPT. `Z7, 3814, Captain Wainwright, of his Majesty's skip Totowa, arrived this morning at this 03ice, with dispatches from Viee•Admiral the lion. Sir A. Cceliraoc, K. B. to J. W. Ciokcr, Esq. of %vhiett the fullowiug are copies. _ 7 4nnant, in the Patuxent, Sept. 2, 1014. • Stn--T the honour to acquaint you, for the information of my Lords Centniiscioners of the Atlinicalty, of the proceeditois of his litjety P P cDttlisitiud yea and land forces since my arrival with the fleet within the Cape% of Virginia ; and I beg It'aee totfrer tuy congratulation% to their Lnrihhips upon the succeN-ful termination -f an expedition, in winch the whole of the euenty's flotiila 1u ~lcc RArrivy Ins been captured or destroyed ; lii• thott::11 !:I;atly .superior in ottnibtr, uod strongly- posted non, drtentid at illatlCWitiOrg----11:e city of Wasitioff„tott t,:hen, 11. e capital r ith the public military clock-yard, and let.: of ir naval e!tanlishments, wit!' a Not r.altal and military .•4 tor a frigate of the hugest class, '4 SitiOlo Of War afloat, either blown np or re• 41ue.«1 to Such a sz.vies of sm•resses in the revtre of an evenly's contitrr, •int winded by nimivrow. pt.pulation. -wild not he acquired with• ao,l we. have to lament the fait of .ume valtnible 4.lhet uml *wit ; hut cow.blcrinl the diliiettlties the forces Iltid to l'Ontell:1 with, the extre;ne M the climate, a;11 their co mirz into action at the end of a long march, our easnaitics are astonibtiil,;6:y tuts'. IkTy letter of the 11th of Aligust will have acotc,inted their Lord •liip., et' Inv w;,itilig in the Chesitpealsr, f:•Jr the ariival of Rea Athilirai AlllCOhlt, N‘itli the expedit;o;.: from litrniutla. The f: car Admir7 , l joiord inc on the 17th, and as I had g,iiiied inf•irinAion Irvin Bear Admiral Cockburn, whom 1 found iii file Potow!unch, teat (...oinnintiore Barney, with the Baltimore flitiHa, 11A token sioll.er at the head of the Puttil;eut, Cll.: afforded a pre text for aSCCI;dhle that river to attack him io_!.n . its sonrce, above P,g Point, while the nit.inate destinatitnr of the coin!lined force ...,: W:l'ltiogton, slit:ldd it be loons! that I;.e iltifillpt I..ight be wild , ! with any proret of success, To lye doll. 1.0.. - dships a more eorteet idea of the place of attach, i scud a sketell'ot the country upon which the movements of the inniy and navy ore pourtraed ; by it their I.o . rd!*liips w ill observe that the best ap• pro;;e11 to Witshis::4ton is by Port l'obacco, upon the Potowni,,ek, and i - A. - oedict, upon the Patu nt, from both of -which are direct 1 and good rungs to that city - , and their distances nearly 411 hr : the roads-from Bettediet divide about five miles inland ; the ore by Pisrata:vav and Bladensburg, tho other follow iiii; the course of the river, although at smile distance from it, owing to the creek: that run up the romittv ; this last passes ilirme.;li the towns of Notting ißann nil '. l tl srlhotourli to Bladensburg, at wh i c h town the river called the Eastern Brancli, tint bounds ‘VaAiington to the cast ward, is fordable, and the distance is al;out five miles, There are two brid!:cs co. cr thk river at the city ; but it was rot to be ex pected that the enemy would leave them accessible to an invaein,4 ate'. Previonsly to niv entering the PAnxent, I detached CaptJin Gordon, of his ship Seahorse, ith that ship and the fhips and imul!):. naincd in the margin*, up the Potowturiek, to bon:bard Fort Wa-hittoti (which is situated on the left hank of that rive', about t:-.1 or twrive wiles below the city), with a view of destroy hie that roil, and opening a frue ccunininication above, as well as to cover the retreat or the at ni3, slionld its return by the Blativa-.- burg road be found too. linzaidous born the acce , ion of strunyth the euenly trom ; it was also Li asonahlt to expect, that the ii , il•tia the count' v to the northward westward wcedd 11:,:.11 in, so soon as it kilUtild be kIIOW 11 that tlitir capital xvas tlaeatt.ned. Captain Sir Port . T'i , .4:er, iii ti .e Menielaue, with some mall vesgcls, was scot up the Clicape:.te :dime Ilaltimore, to (belt the attention of :lie enemy in that gliart, , r; and I prorecile; , , with the remainder of the t:; 'a] fi,rrc a;,41 fire iloops, up this river, and lauded the two) , upon the lgth and both, at Benclict. So soon us the ncervery proviioro , and stoics could be asscniblell mut arranged, Major General 110:-4, with his army, moved towards Notiingliarn, while our enusistina of the ainizil launches, pinnaces, bargcs, and other boats of thr &et, under the co:moans! • groyalus, Devustatiou l .Enna, 14 , tner, 9la►uty, and Erebus OCT. 2.