The National Register.
London, England, 1813-09-12 00:00:00

SrPT. 12.

Itc malle to me, ha, he not co,.milited a. perjury ?". The mealman
attempted to excuse nv stating. that the awr hail been sent
in on tlic Matti ihy morning hefire twelve o'clock, art the pt ice.
at market had not byes) tidally settled: Hi?. Lordship said, that
stich practices were highly iojarion• to the Public, and in oppo.l.
lion to Vie Act of Parliament ; Mite°, Lir such an utfrsiee, Awarded
a reit Ity 01'204 Tnis was ioiperative, and he theiefore ordered
the defendant to pay that %um,
The Corporation of Norwich like that of Bath, have recnlved
not to fix the as,i7e of bread, but to leave the puce to be settled by
the competition of the baker,.

TUESDA Y'S LONDON G Z ETTE.
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A Willi ALT Y -OFFICE, Sa PT. 7.

Copy of a letter from Capt. Oliver. < f Hi% Maie*ty'4 shin Valiant, to
the Right Hon. Admiral Si' J. B. Warren, Bart. dated at Sea, June
18, 1813, and trenqiii Mil by the Admiral to J. W. Crnkyr, Esq.

Stn-1 beg leave to actin:tint you, that His Majesty's ship under
nw comniand, :Intl the Ara fa. ye •terday at day-light, fell in with
His Majesty's sloop Wasp' then in pursuit of an enemy's brig, off
Cape Sable; and after a further eimee of mole than 100 miles,
ive captured the American letter of maique Porcupine, OE2O gllll4,
and 7t! nwn, from Ila‘oniti2 to Boston She is a beautiful vessel,
of more tleui SO3 tons, only eight months old, and saik uncommonly
Ctst.
The Wasp has retaken a prize of the Young Teazer privateer,
and is now gone in quest ()flier.
11 have the honour to be, Re.
(Signed) ROIIT. DUDLEY OLIVER, Capt.

Extract of a letter from Rear-Admiral Cockburn to the Right HIM.
Admiral Sir J. B. %Varre•n, Bart. K. IL and transmitted by the
Admiral to J. W. Croker E.q.

His Majesty's Ship Sceptre, off Ocracoke Bar, July 12.
Rear-Admiral Cockburn states, that lie took up the anchorage
off Ocracoke liar, with the ships named in the margin'', having on
boal:d the detachments of troops under the milers of Lieut. Col.
Napier, on the nth July ; and conceiving that much advantage
waa likely to he derived by carrying into immediate execution the
orders he had received, for putting an end to the commerce carried
on from the the port of Ocracoke by means of the inland navigation,
and for destroying any vessel, that might be iii the port, he di-
rected preparations to be instantly commenced for the debarkation
of the troops, and for making the intended attack.
Au advanced division of the best pulling !soaks, with armed
se-elle:1 and same marines of the Sceptre, was directed to precede
the others, for the purpose of attacking the enemy's %Kipping, and
of oceopyi.ig and (levelling the firs' of any armed vessels stationed
at the place ; Lieutenant Westphall, First of the Sceptre, was
entrusted with this (*vision, supported by Capt. Russ, with the roc-
ket-boats.
C4.pt. Patterson, of the Fox, commanded the division of flat
and heavier boats with as many of the 102(1. regiment, artillery,
&c. as they could carry, which were destined to ;mark and
occupy such positions on the surrounding lands, as circumstances
and the enemy's means of defence might point out the propriety
of after day-light. The third and last division was composed of
the Conflict, the armed tender,, and small vessels, which were
directed to take the remainder of the troops on board, and to
follow the boats into the harbour, as fast and as tar as might be
found practicable : Captain Ross of this ship was charged with the
general soperinteildance of the whole arrangement, and Captains
Knight and Maude, with much laudable zeal, also attended to
render me their personal assistance wherever circumstances might
require i:.
The whole moved from the ships towards the shore about two
o'clock this morning, but owing to the great'distance from the bar
to the harbour, anti the belt,/ swell which was rmining, it was
considerably after day-light, 'before the advanced division tinned
a projecting shoal point, behind which the vessels lay, and round
which is the only possible wiy by which the shore can'be approach-
ed %rill& safety; the enemy, theretiire, had some little time to pre-
pare for defence, which he did not fail to avail himself of, and
immediately the boats doubled the point, a heavy fire was opened
on them from a brig anti schooner, which hoisted American colours.
and were soon discovered to be the only aimed ves,els here ; Lieut.
Westphall, theretOre, with his division, pulled dicectly and re-
solu-tely for these, under eover of some'r:ckets, which hew thrown
by Capt. Russel with admirable precision.
The fire of the brig now began to slacken ; and cu Mr.