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4 ani should have it in . rny power tO represent the z m ea44. 3 to my Government, •and thereby be the meane:trfl more readily effeBing his emancipation froth vassal.;:, 2 gel and the trod necessity of fighting ,the battles of the very Country whose Officer had thus unlaW. fully enslaved and in doing this; I consitiered I was doing no more than a" duty iinposed on' me by Thy situation,' consequently 1 felt regardless if, in accomptishing it, a further attempt should be made to insult my country by offering violence 10 the flag flying diet . my bead--as I was the n, am now, and ever shall be, prepored to repel any such , nsult or injury to the very uttermost of the force My command ; and that too without regard to the conseqUences resulting therefrom. "These, gentlemen, were my motives tor having Lchased the ship, which I supposed to be the frigate that impressed Deggio, but which afterwards proved obe I;ii Britannic Majesty's ship Lille Belt. But even if I had no such reason to justify my chasing, I maintain that the usage of nations, the.treaty con= eluded in 1783 between tbe Vaited States and Great 13ri tTn, as we:l as the British precedents almost without number, gave me that right : if it be ad irittted that our country possesses any comparative or reciprocal rights whatever. • " Although I admit I did chase the Lille Belt; I neverthless deny that her Commander wished to P re vent my coming up with him, otherwise he un doubtedly Would not have kept away, and set his 1111(1 0iug sails when he Was several miles to wind- w ard of me; added to this, his conduct was un ftiend4,, to say the least, as he declined chewing his .colours until after it was too dark, to distingpish what !It" were, although he mat have perceive& as well 4 .° 4 1 the course I steered, as fro . m my colours (of which he undouistedly" saw the peudant) that I \visited to speak him: Itideed, the several cireum• tances make it appear to tre, , that he Arai i&norant of our force, and wished to procrastinate our meet- Itic only until after it should be dark. " JOHN RODGERS." TUDGMENT OF THE The Court of inquiry, authorised and required by Precept issued 'by the HOD. the Secretary, of the Navy of the United States, bearing date the 24th of j eiY, 181.1, have, in confoimity with the sauce, Minutely examined into every circumstance stated in the l etter of J o h n Rodgers, Esq. bearing date, Off- Sa ndy Hook, May the 23d, 1811, , and addressed to the H ot). the se cre tary of the Navy of the : United M ates, relative the affair between the,. United : 11 t sirs' frigate 'the President, and his Britannic Ma -. A YR ship Lille Belt ; and having taken all the tega inaeny that could in any manner or degree elu- . eidate fan s , do, in obedience to the aforesaid pre eePt, state all the .fatss that have beep disclosed, 1" It has bean proved, to 'the satisfaction of the e° un s that Cool' Modore. Rodgers, ' on perceiving th at his Britannic Majesty's ship the Lille Belt to te a Ship of .war,. made every exertion to come up With her before dark - • 2(1 , That the flag of 'the United States was dis l'Llyed on boatelthe United'States' ft 'gate the Presi oelit' as soon as his Britannic Majysty's ship the 143 Belt was discovered to : be a ship of war, and pas kept flying until noon of 'the fallowing day. 3 d, That Capt. 'Bingham ackunwledged that the j e litl, pendant of the United States' frigate the Pre... nt had beeri'distinguished during the chae.frons I ship the Lille Bell. 4 th, That no colours were perceived king On.' hard. his Britannic Majesty's ship the Lille Bel t,' t)n e he hove to, and that it was then too daiic to 4146 49i5i) 1 . 0 what nation they * Plonged. 6th, That Commodore Rodgers hailed his Bd.. tit 'Tic Majesty's, ship the Lille Belt fist. u th, Th at C ommodo i e R o d gers ' h a il, was n o t sa rmaoorily answered. 7th iltat ,his , Majesty's ship the Lille Belt fired e first g un , • tlth m, Lhat. the first gun filed by his Britannic a j e stra ship t he Lill e B e lt was without any pre vi:ll P r evotalion or justi fi able cause. ' tit, That the shot fired from his Britannic.Ma 3elty s. snit) the Lille Belt was returned from the States frigate the President by a single gun. agth; That the general fite was commenced by hisßritannic Majesty's ship the Lille Bell. or 11 th, Th a t atter the fi r i ng h a d co ntinued for four five minutes, 'his Britannic Majesty's ship the Lille qt erased firing". Li l i t th, That a ft er his . Britannic Majesty's ship the e Belt h a d cease d fi r i ng , an d' the' fire of the u lei te4 Stat es ' f r i gate t h e P res id ent bad, in Copse• citl ette e thereof, ceased, that the for Mer ship had, in about three minutes recommenced her: fire Upon' th e latter, 13th, That the seem) fire continued about ',five w I, halt "en his Britannic Majesty's 'ship Lille v as totally silenced. g t l :th) That in both'insiances,whenjhe.Al'e o f his tinni e Majesty's ship was silenced, Commodore c gera tutted himself to' prevent, further injury i ng done her. -- , --77 - 7 --- ; , ,--- , ~.1- 7 - 7 277- 7 7 i , • ff iroio-, 4 , 1 1,,,, ~,, Aslh, , That Ore trnited- States' frig,ite the rag. etit' Was Iyinrk! %vitt)! lights lirtilierl d'ul:itig the night after -the ',lfffair With his Blit,innic M.sjesty's ship Lila Belt. , tEtl4 That Commodore Rodgers prorfered aid to the CoMmander of his Britannic Majesty's ship the Lille Belt the hurtling after the rencoun ter. 17th, That, in consequence of the fire from Rri tannic Majesty's ship the Lille Belt, one boy was wounded on board the United States' frigate Presi dent, one shot struck her main-mast, another struck her foremast, and some of her riggingwas Cut. 18th, That the lei ter .of ComModore Rodgers, bearing date off Sandy Hook, on the 234 of May last, and addressed to the Honourable the Secretary of the United States, is a coma and true statement of the occurrences, which took place between the United States' frigate the President, and his Britan nic Majesty's chip the Lille Belt. The Court adjourned, and met the next day at Mechanic Hall. FRIDAY, SEPT. 13. The Court met pursuant to adjournment—Pre sent, Commodore Stephen Decatur, President; Cap tains Charles Stuart,'and Isaac Chauncey, Members. The proceedinga of t h is Court of yesterday were read and approved. The Court thereupon adjourned without delay. (Signed) STEPHEN DECATUR ) PIE'S: Poulding, jun. fudge Advocate. NAVAL NEWS. DEAL, Dr•.c. 23.—The outward bound remain. Arrived the Indefatigable, PAiv, from Borbice. Came down six sail of vessels from the River, PORTSMOUTH, DEC. Majesty's ship Aiadem from LiShop, last from the wait ward the Mote from the Downs, and the iVercrombie from Plymouth. TOKIIIY, Dac. 220—"Sail'ed. his Majesty's ship Oropaira with a convoy of transprifts, &c. for Lisbon; also his 141ajoty' ship Tigre, for off L'Oritut. . , THE THEATRES.—Cotiolanus, drew a crowded audience again last night to Covent Garden Theatre, il{ifataLs exerted all,his pqwers in th e haughty patrician, 'and wa s'very warmly applauded,-- 'Mrs. Sfbbotis had, also an abtindain share of public approbation. On refiring from' the stage, atter having overcome her son; in the last ad, she. adroitly Wended 1 her parting reverence to him, with obeisance to theaddience, on leaVing thq Theatre rill Easte'm The'audience received this mirk of respect with `great applause, which indnced het then more distin6tly to pay homage to them. 'r X,YOEUSI;The ; Stranger waii "represented here last night.' A tolerable actress named BitettaToN, frOm Edinburgh, perfotmed the part of Mrs. Hal kii; and the audience warmly received RAYMOND, in !The Stranger, after his long illness. A new Pan entitled- The *kite Cat, followed, and was well received. It abounds in good sceneryand odd tricks... The Nl.inager, by way 01 anticipation, in troduced. an Elephant, as a new Beat:iris PEARS. 014 AS VAL/G II At4't Estio—Thisgentleinan,whoso death we recently announced, was formerly welt known in the circles of literature and lash on. He used to declare that he was the person mentioned by'Cnuttourt.t. in the following lines of his Ros• ciad:— While Vaughan, oY Doper,.eall him what yowwill, " Shall blow the trumpet; or give out t he hill." It IS nidie probable that the VAUGHAN here al. ! . hided -I'o was the hitither of Mrs. PRITCHARD, the Celebrated Actress, and who was on the stake at t,he same time. Mr. VA' VGLIAt , !, however, in con • se4uence of this assUmOtinn, generally went by the nanwor Dapper VAUGHAN. He wa also called Vinegar Va taina v, among his friends, nor from any teal sourness temper, but from a kiiid of Sarcastic humour. He' was the anthot of two or three Plays, Farces; Prolog' es, End, te,i and No-` vels: For many years Oast he' had beta in the eqbstint, and aliiintiCdaily habit of sendiog his .pcieticpl colitribntidoi to the several . pUblic.prititS„ 4ubsetibid " T. V: Lambeth iload," where be had long retiided, though - without neeeSSisy, lie was a tolerable good scholar, wit h a ready amid' lively hu mour iti.conversation, 'Which he retained to the last.—He was maneyeats 'Clerk of the Ivea'ee' to! Westminster, and held diat 'office at his The Anniversary , nciety of Schoohnas ters, held on Friday last at tho Crown and - Anchor Tavern, was very numerously attended,, and. the accession of new Members much greater than at any former Meeting, The 4eriebaintia subscribed by persons not of the proles•ion, were likewise con siderable, and the Treasurer's Itenort . of the.state of the Society'ti Pundit and of their annual Donations, was, Highly sati.taaoiy find, auspicious. he great success of this benevolent and usetul institution ruusi be truly gratifying to every real friend of .rature a e nd humanity. Thelloraugh of l'ontefra4 is on the very, vortex , of an ele6tion contest; three . est'ididates bs%e an• rictunced their intention of waking a tender of their ieivicei to the eletitors at 11w next general ele6tiou, namely :—The tion. Henry Lascalles, Lord Polliiigton, and R. S..Milnes, Eq. aced alio. them name is expected to bo added to this list in .a day or two. 13a0An...--There was,noCourt of Aldermen to thy. The Lord-Mayor, after inspeeting the re. turns, ordered it to ctinttoue at !rearm vices. The quartern loaf 1-7 td. I ) 4I ,I ERX. Buciutzst, Nov. M).—The followisig is tt Itccediii'of the late alietatiotta of 'tic; &Isaiah army, dated Giurgewo, Oct. 3uth On the g6th of Augnst, - the Grand Vizier, with a skill and courage which did him honour, had C.m -veyed'aooo Janisaries across the Danube, and took up *position which he gradually strengthened, both With additional troops and fortifications. We op posed to hiin a considerable force; . and for thirty ? five days, the hostile armies bivouacked in preslmce, of each other, within eann ot i- s h o t, an d w e re d a il y engaged in sanguinary skirmishes, in vvhich both sides displayed thelmOst depernte valour. However, our General confined himself tore venting the Turks from making incursions into the surrounding country and the Grand Vizier„ em boldened by this apparent . weakness, which masked the real plan of the Russian General, conveyed ovef the greatest part ol'his knees . to his entrenclird camp on the left bank. 'T - hen, however, General Kutusow resuming Oe! offensive in his turn, ordered a corps of 8000 men, under the ootoinand of f..ietrt General Mai koW, to cross the Danube a little above Rudschuck, who, marching agaißst the enemy without losing a .mo ment, surprised him, overthrew some weak detach ments of cavalry, and took his camp. The Turkish army, put to the rout and struck with a panic, threW itself Ma body otto Rudschuck,.where, while Gene ral Markow, ,pointing against it th very artillery which it had abandoned, 'announced to it the bril liant viaOry cif the Russians by a shower of grenades and balls, General; Langeron played upon it from the other bank with too pieces of. cannon. The prin cipal result of this well-concerted movement was the total separation attic Ottoman troops' entrench.' ed on the 'left bank, from the rest of their. army.'--- The booty on this occasion was immense the whole camp, the very tent of the Grand Vizier, his Chancery and that of the Divan, all the allillery, arms, and baggage, alieap of' colours, the maga zines of the whole army, tiro hundred bazars, With several millions of property, and a great nuMber of prisoners, many of them of rank, fell into otir powtr. The field Of battle wi:i•covered with the dead.. The Grand. Vizier, who was' in•person on she left bank, demanded an armistice on the very day of his defeat. As it was not `grairrecl"; he availed himself at a heavy rain, which fell 'on the night following, la make his escape ; end reached 'Rads chuck in a isrriall two-oared borst,,idorie, and unat tended. To cut Off :till commtiniesitlem between o Rudteltuck and thenetny's corps, which Was thus cut off, General Kinusow made his flotilla advatfee, and placed in such a mariner, that the stri'allest bark could,not pad.' Au island . was then' taken flesse4-' Sion !of, where the Turks had •eretitg,d- a h.itfrry, which wavimmediately dire6test igairt:st thorn, The son cif CzaparrOglott, , wish 40u15,•, other bashaws, cornmands the corps which was thus cut oft It was already reduced to'feed, on its horses; andlcottld not long' have - resisted the tire of our batteries . ; when a. cessation of hostilities, Ordered by the Gee nerd* Chief, suspended, our operations4or the present. While these operations were going on, the other divisions of the .Aussiart army were not idle.. Gene ral Gamber crossed., the river ,in another quarter, took:Silistria hy assault, with all its artillery, the. sr• rie-nal, transport vessels, and a considerable,hOory, besides, taking, too() prisoners. le then pushed on as far as Setiurnta. ,s. lietßihrßeY o,Seres, ;Who 4(tantete4 Wallachia, 1 :t5 fa:01i1104 to te•cross: the .DAnabe, pursued by ( 401 1 Mit§3.44, , .; AFv f Oipg 10, the latest econunti, the Grand zidr...,a s tinv.dayst after. thuainsiitiee, demanded he goCiations for Ole purpose . Ofi trcatiog of a peace.,--- After.qu eicliange of several flags of truce. on ; both sideii;4l(li Italinsky. , repaired, , from Bucharest to Giiirsamo,. where he was met by &Turkish plenipo. tentiary ; and thefitst conferences took ptacc on the day o# ' tlw dePart Orqt:Pf .COUrigt• • • J•! • :al 1 A' very . extraordiriarY cirdumstance occurred on Sunday, 'in the neighbourhood of Battersea: ..TWo Otentlemen, who hod' been =dining friiend there, received .0 blunderbuss' inailed;' 'to titlite4 theinselvestin going linentl. They . .wehle fottiut the morning" lying in In itadjoining otitrldesd ,end the_other wounded, it t irfeiired ; , The blanderbuis was found .diseltarged:blvdile 7'4e Gentleman who is:-sti/ nilviiints';not , been able . to igive any account of the extraordinary' tratiehc tion,..- • • '•- • •• , • A .113 w night.s.figo the of Mr. Norteitiqgra. eer, in.Drury.lone, atteinpted to , be tirokeofkql,. but he being awake, gave the alarm, end the'llohl.h4s ran 0ff..., . ``./' Friday night.;be la P. TheattleidligliOli Drury.lanti, broltvn.' open , and' robbed,nl fout.great cants, t sant) .ladles and a buantity of table linen. If. ic'styposetl I lkieve,i hod secreted themselves in the limifek t tip(gre. the I n ritiilly went to hod, as,the street door \vat clt4§o in . the mottling, and did not exhibit atiy.msrk ut vialtnice. Late on Frittly 'night the house of ?tr.' Ale;onder - , D4vison; in tit, Jaroecs-stioare, was euierrA sorn't , villains. One of the doincAticS hearing a noise I kc . that of the Moving of hirtlitore irrorerilingl,lcom the dr3witig4ooms, and Ittlow!pg the 'family; had t s : ! l 4 Since retired to oed, g.tve thealitrtn, rind the m4delbeir 'escape without' any hotly. Tlic4, en tered by climbing to the ilra rlhroom w and by trtettins of act ow .turOitg'4ii&ii (Von, Two watchmen have their boxes each With n Q.O yards of Mr. D'sdotar.,' . k Saturday morning, ' shout nair-rif,t twon*cloek,, most Mantling fire broke out in ttio diop aod pre- Inhies •rif Meisrs. ,Meggy and booksellers el l ehusmrd i. Essenx. The dre.tdful elemeht- raged with' violence for hothe' hours; and entirely con sumed. their 'valuable Stock . of 'stationery, circulating librafrof books, 'l3efore the games weretyith the adjoining premises sustained considerable dainage, • • -The house - which was set fire to, in Pall 'Mall, on S4turday morning, was No, P 3, uric! beloaga Mr, KieWatl, who was with his, family at Mr. Drown'o, silversMith, next dot., The' house VYJS repairing,- end the fire-was, in all probability, wil. full; raised by some villaito, who • intended to rdb the neighWuring house in the midst of the conib• lion which would have followed; had the fire not been discovered, and gniall suppressed. i; P6LICE fifiß,Prna. multugas AT RA-TO.tlFit EXAM INA Oil OF SUSPETTI4II_PritaiCS. Snnovviii.L.OFFicii.--Yesterday john !!Willi is Was brought up for examinutiOn, under suripicion, at, being "concerned in the Murder of Mr. and Mrs. ,- The story which the prisoner gave, or himself,was very far front astisfaCtary It likewise" .appiared that the prisoner,. on the day of file mut. tier, borrowed sixpence from the landlady of the' Pear-tree public house, in, Wapping ; when he w 0 taken into custody the nektiday, 11. 14i. in silver, and a pound note, were found On ;his perstin. The count he gave of his 'poSsesSiOn Of the Money %fat front pawning hi s shi rts , ttc„ The Cid was not clearly ascertained, nor the atiki to the time he ; was', at home on Thursday night. Accotilingly he was remanded for - another hearing. At four tie.lock, Goff and Fried% the police 0111- - '• eels of Union-hall, brought up a man of the Winne of Wmt. - Mitchell .who had been previously' tiaa; , .. mined before G. Hicks, Esq. and who Was note remanded fur farther hearing. • • About one o'clock on Fridey, morning., the office, s. .having'heard of the fatal mur d ers i n N ew GraveP-.', lane, they instantly took their stations' don‘bridge,, and searched every suspicious, person:. " passing.., They saw the prisoner and • izisnetited clothes, inquired his business,, and, yariobi partiqi r „ tars as to where he had been. He Answered, that no :1,. was looking out for smugglers, and gays and 'address. The Offieets'Were prettaded }Bon let him depart. Shortly ,afterwards they teceived a description of one of the irmidererg, and jUdging•that the prkoner's appearance corresponded„'. went in illy 4W.,ttaid Ini,lived,,.which they found wn a wrong address. They coinMencede .in all the - house's of ill-fame 'their district; east de leaed the prisoner in the neighbourhood of3sakley street. He is about six feet in height,,dresiielin'a loose watchman coat; he.atafeshe ed; 9Ma4 :cl,o.llml,l)orts evident marks at: clay lining been scraped °Twirl) a knife. He aektirew;. 'edged he sustaint but gave no accuUnt evOr ,ol ,4iMAP(re'siLlivink.: . . , ,WHITRCHAI'EL.--Yetehriiytkreie bought up fat. examinm e kop, An Niue, .a Portugucie, suspected of tieing an accomplice of Siivklind.Barnard.:fatio; who haVe ntidetgOno two citkillit)all9ni s ate tie:!:: paralqiy,coll4.lied, iu Clerkenwell prison. informa , Gun being given at the Office, that An'onie bad left the •neighbourhood and entered on`boatd Oltin'E4st. Indiamatkimwas apprehended ; (as tilOntiontli to a Ictier tivm Peal, in our paper of yeatertiny),' Peritont WCrerteaffy'ro\glve #!iidettc4, tbat hiitl been . see J -, tilt L M eB. Silvte and J ov i e a b out t h e Litno Mr. all anii family were-tittfidered. It'appeats'ittat‘ AhNini e , • on, the n e xt, or , the 'Oncoeedine'driy; entetetron board , tllo 'Vdsial, which Oa"caslnned 0.. • hidbeing concernetl.th the Murders, particulady: o 4. dm woman vith whom he coltibited prev,nicitted when questioned by het 'kquaintances,, nuire.,,sch"bieoesamii)ed by the officers. Hti was - ernandad lot further examivaoon. I . . , (...luttati-sctu(tte.l,-On:-Sattarday i .Symonds, the man in •eustody for beitig coiitcerned (accotthng to Leis own confession) in the murder of the Marrs, underwent a final ettatmitation bolore Mr. Cot.W.Y.. Hour/ and Mr. . I'thz.otmo, the Magistrates at thi's : Office. . . , • .... - The prisoner's father and his landl a d y xave their 'evidence on 1114 occasion, and the Ningistfints were 'lO 'men satisfied, by the. wei4ht,f ri:9pectable=te s ti .. .i. l .." l . tunny, that' the prisoner w as at. hoziAe.4!rfl'en'.,ll)l l l "./ ' nnirdcr was .committed,. that. they ~declared .bids ', ;1 'innocent of that atrocious deed. After fie hM , abet. d','" l l . liftinohished,' end wal ned `te' L avoid intoxicitfidn : i t t 7;, t,,, ce Ire, het watt discharged. , . .. h them , , .i. (peation en arose, w%ther he oyglit to hik";'', 'de ined as soldier:) ~but the: atiitrateillonlatiekt i . 4 ,ill wed hint to escape tho ileereiting Officer ) watt:, . i pa, ing the smart' He was atebitlingir tieent' Mete` on Tayment of sous.,sous., 4p4 l ,:ii, chfliat.B he :had inta4ol.l '. .: with a piiiilican, .... e:.," t ~ 4 i , ~ , i atik,j, I '', ~' ' ' • ~. ,1, Skittlastaillgit - rritaivri.—Johri lianoori, a ryeA,_xe: chine?, wpr yesterdsy examined, on his 0411 Cori. fefilion of having 'heed concerned in the late emits, onbiders, • • it aill)e:?rod in evWence, that IhO,prisonei had said' in b public-hotnie that be was able to develove the whole circuenstances—of. the- morderai but at the d'ximination , having , any knowl e d ge o f snot) elier4iitn'oeip and attil - jote'd' hid entidtie• lo inebrimintk The Ofitnieer Wate remanded 'feir another • [elevation. •P' • • . , A bt'othere th 9 late Mrs. Mall, who 411 . 0, haehney•eozi6h7kts berwOriVately examined twice rdative to thelhuider. apfienhed that hv had Hilt Npok'ti'to Idollitter forsetveral , years 1 ,.1 t: but what it 4 tolik'extirtiOlion was, that ho bait confused dri'ying a Iltre front Cheapide to within ct tew ddors, of ,Mr, Mart . 4 on the night the mtittier 'Wag pent' Bow. STU 1it1'...4)t1 Saturday evening, about tevbn o s olock l .33lil girl, aboLlt ti yearsof . agev thr01301.4 Col3ft 141Itilag to dement's-lane, , the Wls ,titiacked , by::two robbers, one of- theft stepped. itle imiluth while the other took from her two popre of I've of halfpenee-; rhepboth tan (gf, ,otirued , b h y some person s p ass i ng at the time, with the cry of stop thief! and one of 'heat wa stoperd by the parish patrole, ih Plough.enort.; and the pgeritt . Of :halfpence found near wheit he was taken. Heft its brought totbeDtlice, .80d on , dement an examination betore , Mr. G 14114111 and 4tr. .Antl oomtuitted for further examivatioo; 6 As . t GeetlemanAvas- walking tip .Westniinst e r, roitti,.abaut eliwen o'clock .ott. Friday night, h e re . telved thectintente,of a blunderbuss in his breasti add immediately expired. Another Gentleman, who Was walking after him, observed that it was discharged Iron's the balcony of an-opposite house= On inquiry, the lady of .the house said, her eon, a boy about fourteen yette of age, had frequ en tl y o* . pressed e wish to fire off the hbinderbuss, and lather being aosent, • lie look that Opportunity to do so. On learning its fatal etretts,ishe told the boy hp would be hanged/. on which h e rus h e d out tat the house, exclairitiog, , will throw rtyielf in the Thanitql,":-autt Ks not been since heed crf.