The National Register.
London, England, 1814-07-24 00:00:00

THE:: NATIONA 14 REGISTER.

JULY 21.

anxiety. The condnet of my officers and crew, williont hub-
xocption that has come to my knowledge, heloce,
and :.fter ;I:t% batt;e, was stie'l as became good and hiyal snlijc:•l4,
Teal 1114 for the honour of their much loved, though di•tant, King
wol :wintry.
I'i:e defence of the Feet, taking into consideration our supei iority
fo.ce, the very discouraging circimistance of Ler having lost tier
ain topmast, and being twice on fire, did honour to her brave
de'enders. and most folly evieced the courage of Captain Porter,
and those under hip command. lilts colours were not struck mail
the loss in killed and wounsted was so awfully great, her shattered
e idol) so seriously bad, as to render further iesi•tance
I w:li mulch hurt on hearing that her men had been encouraged,
when the result of the itetion was evidently decided, some to take
to tua; it boats, alitl others to swim on snore ; many were drown, d
in the attinyt ; -ixtet it were saved I;y the exertioles a my people,
and others, I believe between thirty and forty, effected Inch-
) lulling. I informed Captain Porter, that 1 con,adered the latter, in
poillt of honour, a 4 my I)6:oilers.; he said the encouragement was
rivt,m e the shit) was in danger fron tire, and 1 In:ve not pressed
the point. The Essex is completely stored and provisioned fur at
least six months, and although much injurtd in her imper
masts an I not lit such a state as to give i!.e slighte.t
alarm, rt.:peeling her belt.*; able to perhoin a voyage to
Europe with perfect safety ; our main and inizeu nee,ts and main
:.11-1, ale rather ‘eision-ly wounded, thee, with a l' ow shot holoi
10-hs ern ‘l,,intl and water, which WV can get at without lighteoiog,
arms lo4s of eativ as and cordage, which we' can partly replace from
enr well stored prize, are the extent of the injuries his Alaie,i)'s
Ain has sustained.

Til 'el i:. a pleasant duty to recommeml to their Lordships notice,
Senior Lientenant, Pearson, and Me,srs.lun, Gardner,
Pio ter, ant' DaW, Midshipmen : I snvold do very great innedice to
;;;:or;:e o,l;eica, th„. Mate of the Emily, merchantman, who
j,dieed a iroat's crew of mine in the hai hour, and pushed for the ship
the moment lie saw her likely to come 10 action, Wi IC I to Malt re-
commending trier tG their Lordshipq; his conduct with that of Mr.
N. M inter of the English brig Good Friends, %vele such as
to entitle them both to my lasting regi4d, and prove ta:t they Well!
Cl* It'dd i Vrn ill their country's honourable.
They cane on lu,ai ~then the at,t l'rapt was attrudetl % ith great risk,
and both their boats were swamped. I have before inflamed their
halships, that Air. O'Brien, wit: mice a Lcutemoit in his Majes
t'• service. (may caw ad.i, that youthful indiscretions appear to
have riven place to great corrretni.,,s of- enneli;cl), alai an he has
proved hi, laudable zeal for its honour, I think, if restoied, t:e will
be found one of its ereatest ornament% I inelwe returns ot'
evounded. And if conceived to have trespassed on their 1. ord.
Alps time by this very long letter, hope it %%ill kindly be ascribed to
the cause—an tamest wish that merit may wert its due reward.
1 have the honour to Iw, &e. .1.%31:s HILLY:tit.

P. ";. There has not been found a ship's book or paper of any de-
scriprion (charts excep.ted), on hoard the Essex, t,r any document
relative to the number serving in her previous to the action. Cipt.
Porter inForms me, that•he had upwards 01 two hundred and sixty
vietual:eil; our prisoners, including forty-two wounded, amount to
tme hundred and sixty-m. 4 ; twenty-three %veie found dead on her
flecks, three wounded were taken away by Captain Downes, of the
r.ie‘, ion. a few minutes before the colon's were struck, and I
tco.ieve tuenty or thirty reached the shore; the remainder were
or diem tied.

LIcT OF KILLED AND WOUNDED.
• 'Total, 6 killed, 10 wounded

OF OFFICERS AND MEN KITIXD.

PutEnr..—%V. Ingram, First Lteutenuut ; Gilliltio, D. Mur-
phy, W. Knowles, at,!:. seamen.
Cu it U . Derbyshire, marine.

NAMES 01: OFi.ICERS AND MEN WOVNDFD.

CHERUB.—T. T. rucker2E,4•.Cal't. severely ;.".1. Edwards; corpo-
ral of marines, slightly ; C. lat-terty, marine, slightly.
Pil(1:11E. —R. Bruce, able seaman, severtly ; 11. Jamerson, yeo-
man of p••wder-ronin, seveiely ; 'l'. \Vat rcn, ordinary seaman, se-
vvrely ; 'l'. 111illety, sail-maker, slightly ; U. Fieldhon-e, marine,
severely; J. Evans, inarinelhlightly J. Madden, sail-maker's-mate.

* The following is an extract of another ',Ater from Captain Hillyai
•to Mr. Croker, doted Valparaiso, the t Bth February :
" The Essex carries forty thirty-two pound carroundes nod six long
guns, twelve-pounders ; about three hundred end t% tiny La thirty men ;
the corretb: twenty guns."

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473

Vice- \illitiral Sir A. Cochiatte ilaS tran•mitte•• J. W
Jettcr ti• ni the Hon. Capt. C.epcl, of La Home, ith one
froth Capt. Cote, of the Boner, repurting the 'nieces:rid re.mit of
an attack inhile on the Btit of April, tipun the vessels iyi-g hi the
Connecticut river, bp a detachment if seilinen and inacii.es
La Hogue, Manktonet Entlyinion, and Borer, under the direciitn
of Captain Cuote.

BA NKRUPTS.
W. Birt, of Plymonth; mabitsteri. •
h. Needham, of Miniel,estcr, merchant.
J. Needham, of Ittegate-m all, Derby, cotton spinner.
B. Joseph,- (it—Little-New street, pewterer.
R.. I mie4, of Cheltenham, bah( rdA-her.
M. li. liarves., of Witham, Essex, and J. W. Harvey, late of 1-Tad.
leieli hall, bankers.
R. Dint, R.iseinary lane, mealman.
W. Wiles, I'. Beghic, and T. Mackenzie, late of Tinter lane,
cora:a:tors.
'l'. Chapman, of Lewes, Sii%sex, shopkeeper.

THE HEBDOMAIDARY.

NIX.

Labouring the soil, and reapiog plenteou4 crop.—M!r.ToN.

24. Sercuth Sitordag glicr Ttinitth —Morning lessons Are from the
Samuel 21, and John I'2 ; the evening are from the. Samuel 21,
and 21 Timothy 3 --First quarter ul the Moon at 9 minutes atter 4 in

the morning.
illandsob—St. James's Day. Nelson is of opinion !hit this apostle
was called great, not metely to distinguish bun trout another apostle of
the saute Hume, but also on account of his being more hiLtloy tit favour
~ith his Divine Master, since he was b:otNer to the beloveds (lift:4de,
John, admitted to the more intimate transactions of Oor Sattour's
And cooveriition, and, with John, denominated Boanerge., or Sans of
Thunder ! Ile was put to death by King llerod, brother ot the abomi-
nable flerodtas, and nephew of Herod Antipas, who bad eoose.otcd to
the beheading of the Baptist John. Spain has elected Sr. JaLnes her
patron Sado, having a military order that bears his natue.--Wdsdon-
Green lair, Middlesex.
`!ti. Tnesdaq.—St. Anne, wife of Joachim, and reputed mother of
the Vngin Nlary.' Cathulics still celebrate a festival in honour ut her,
th, day, the following prayer being by them regularly offered.
' who didst toneltJal:t to bestow uu blet.sed Arine the honour of
being the Mother to Thy.ot.ly Son's Mother, mercifully grant. tloti we,
Who keep her festival, Illey be ascisted by her illterCeSslUll, through the
same Lord !' • . _ _

27. Iltilstesday.—Day is now 15 li. and :RI rn. in length.
Thursday.—Night is about Li hours and a halt.
t 9. Eridmi.— Commemoration of Cairn Ooi gee C tnibridge.
Slrtit,d(o.—Surt rises at 15 in. past 4; sets at 45 m, utter
Day lips decreased 1 hour and 4 initiates. .

NAT U RALIST'S CALENDAR.
Colchicum, the autunnotl cruet's, (ittern,e) •lity, and the autumnal
narcissn., may Le severally 1)1 silted, for the puipo.e. of flowering ai,,mg
the Autumn.- -heart',ease of lunge kinds must be multiphen uy
',lips and offsets, the seed not being to tic depended on; and they
must be well wiitered.
I-HUH-WATER •AT LONOON-BRIDGE.
J1:1 Y.

Days. Morning. Afternoon,
24:
25.
116. •• • 9 li. 7 111.
`.:7.
V.
2).
,
30. . • 1-.! h. :35 m. —•• s. • 1 h 1 IV.
..* .Depth of waiter is v 4 feet 11 hiches'itt I.;:ihoutt ISildge.

.
A llambugh mail arrived On Tuesdar, with piers to the
.13th inst: It Was reported in that city, that the Enghsli nad
carried of Buonaparte from Li ha la St. Helena.
have been offered to Prince it ..t••
ted, would lead to an amicable adjustment of the al
Norway.

.iis
Pee'
• s of

ton Dun,
SUND.4I, JULY 24, 1814.

CAPTVRE OF THE ESSEX.

The official account of the capture of the American frigate
Essex, by the Phcehe frigate, Captain Hiltyar, and Cherub

sloop of war, Captain Tucker, will be found in our extracts
from last nig-beg Gazette. Captain Ilitisar's description of

the action, and his merited eulogium on his Officers and
ship's company will be read with considet able interest.

Stocks have declined this week; and. to whatever cause it
may be owing, are not likely to get better in the face of the
Vote of Credit taken by
_the Minister : in fact, we are not
Avithlut our apprehensions that much financial difficulty may
yet be experienced before the next meeting of Parliament.
We have now a peace with a war income—the sources of ex-
pellees limited with increased tayation, and a sudden com-
mercial impuLe succeeded almost by a total stagnation.
The retinination of the 'ar indeed must necessarily give
Ilse to much mercantile embarrassment, which, we
fear, will not be relieved by the state of manufactures
in France. Nor are we perfectly satisfied that Lord
tastleleaeh meant to be literally understood, when he
pretended to deny that any cause existed to threaten new
hostilities. The similar declaration made thr ugh the Vienna
Corm Gazcite, and alinest at the same moment ; betrays a
lurking desire opt the part of both Governments, to conceal
their teal opinions.
We hope, however, that we may he allowed to look to
these things as more speculative than real : at the same time,
we either expect Measures that shall flv in the face of what
we have Vither,o been taught to consider as the Balance of
Power, or some sorb aggranclizemeut to individual states
as mad• lay the foundation of future wars. We ourselves
have to great expectation of what the Congress may do to-
vat ds the permanent petite of Europe.

We have much respect for the Times, and are amongst
those who esteem their general principles, but we really find
it extremely difficult to reconcile their acknowledged regard
for true liberty with their fulsome compliments to the ad
ministration of Louis the 1 gth, because we see little distinc-
tion between a government of secret influence and one of
open hostility. Elet.ce the folly of Ferdinand is less disgusting
than the duplicity of Louis, though both systems have the same
tendency to corrupt and mislead the people. In what has the
disposition of Louis the 18th to fulfil any of the promises he
made to the French nation shown itself? In disgracing
Monsieur for ,irting
.p •to the spirit of the.compact en-
' Government? There is in
the profession of Princes
. meet the 'rebuke. it de-
ny common rule to France.

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