The National Register.
London, England, 1813-11-21 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

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company with the Cokress on the ;Ade ut the sane month, it now*
only remains for me to make you acqaainted with my. proceedings
since the latter date.
" his a few hours after ...ening
light from the to sea., the wind, whirls had been
westward, :hilted to the S. E. and obliged mete heat,
tausetrearly prevented our getting clear of the hay until the 34 of
lay. when in the afternoon, while in chase of a British brig of
th re war
ar the shoal of George's Bank, we passed to the windward of e
Navel which, from their appearance and informatiou peevi-
y received, I judged to be La Hogue, 14, and Nymph frigate,
the thitd d a merchant brig. After clear of George's
the win veered to the ttorth-castward,getting and we emanated
east sontherly in the tlireetion of the southern edge of the
Stream, 'Wit the 3th of May, in long. 60. W. lat :39. 30. N.
parted company with the Cent-cgs. After ►parting corn-
\aped a. course as near as the wind would permit to. in-
s enemy's Wed India commerce passing to the sunlit-
?. Grand Bank : not meeting will; any thing in this direc-
t American vessels front Lisbon and Cadiz, I next par-
to the northward, on a parallel with the eastern edge,
Bank, so as to cross the tracks of his West India,
'tee, and St. John's trade. In this route, experienc-
;clt fogs for a number of days, and not nteeting any
-Ling the latitude of 48 N. I steered to the S. E.
ofi whielt, in different directions. I continued
ilte V itl.utet YiiCetini a single enemy's ve.sel, or
two A:ss.ri.-atss. At this time lathier, in with an
al to Cadiz, and receiving infurmation that the
re, pa,sed an enemy's convoy time the West
giand, I crowded sail to the N. E. and, A-
n its with the convoy, I nevertheless
I oven the 9th anti 13th ofJunc.
4t. of id N. and lone. 2t W. I detertnined
Sea, and accordingly shaped a course that
ilittg in with vessels boom! t' Newfound-
unntel by the way of C;q'e Clear, as well
'en!' about to the Northward of Ireland ;
in all this mate, I did not meet with
le. the Shetland I.lands and even off
;els trading to England under Britith
'ld the Shetland 14hrtils, a considera-
id water (keine expended, it became
'velem to detennining what course
ly, for this purpose, pot into North
much to my scent ire and disap.
ally thing hot water, there being
ry part of Norway,. and at the
• sufficiency for its inhabitaats
be case, after replenishing my
and stretched over towards
Nowards the North Cape, for
V 25 to 30 sail, which it, was'
piddle of July, under
,pro-
a. ' • and which was further
the 13th am, l Bib of the
I the good fortune to di•-
vrigate making their ap-
v, just as I was in inn-
' on first deatovering
owing to the haziness
'tit precision, I stood
!re, I hauled by the
It, owing to faint,
in that lat. at
• above the hori.
wards of eighty
,;es of the wind
was desirable.
the privateer
e slay before,
issed by the
without ap'
ov, and a
I.ermined
'erect to
,C Irish '
ed of
v had
ntt
id,

NOV. M.

• - .
near to which I made two more captures and by the latter one found
that the Bellemphon, 74, and Hyperion frigate, were on the eastern
part of the Bank, and only a few Mika to the westward of me; I,
however, did not fall in with them. From the eastern edge of the
Grind Bank, to which I had beat all the way from the north-west
coast of Ireland,.(the wind having prevailed without intermission,
from the tst of Aug. to the middle of' Sept. from west to south-
, west), I steered for, the United States, without seeing a single
vessel of any kind until the 22t1 of the present month - being near
the south Shoal of Nautuket, I met with a Swedish Crig, and an
American cartel (the Russian ship Hoffnung) from London bound
to New Bedford.
" By this time my provisions, and particularly bread, was so
nearly consumed, as to make it indispewahly necessary that I should
put into the first convenient port, after gaining the requisite infor-
madder of the disposition of the enemy's cruisers as could citable use
to steer clear of a superior force ; and this I was enabled to do in a
manner which I shall communicate in another letter. On the q 341
inst. I captured his Britannic Majesty's schooner Highker, ( tender
to Admiral ‘Varren,) with which vessel I now have to inform you
of my arrival at this port.
4‘ During my cruise, although I have not had it in my power to
add any additional lustre to the character of our little navy, I
have, nevertheless, rendered essential service to my country,
hope, by harrassing the enemy's commerce, and employing to
his disadvantage more than a 'dozen times the force of a single.
frigate.
" My officers and crew have experienced great privations since
I left the United States, from being neatly five months at sea, and
living the last three months of that time upon a scanty allowance of
the roughest fare ; and it is with peculiar pleasure I acquaint h
on,
that they are all in better health than might be expected, althoug
you may well suppose that their scanty allowance has not been of
any advantage to their strength or appearance.
" The Highflyer was commanded by Lieut. Hutchinson, second
of the St. Domingo. She is a remarkably fine vessel of her class,
salts very fast, and would snake an excellent light crezer; pro-
' vided the Government have occasion for a vessel of her descrip7

firm.
" int. at the moment of closing my lett'r, a newspaper has been
hawk a t„ me, c,mtAining Capt. Brake's challenge to my late gal-
lant. friend Capt. Lawrence, in which he mentions with considera-
hle emp)tasis the pains he had taken to meet the President and
Colvvress with the Shannon and 'rowdy..
"'lt is nnueeessary at preient to take further notice of Captain
Broke's observations than to say ,
.if that was his disposition, his
conduct was so glaringly oppwite , as to authorise a very contrary
belief. Relative to Captain Broke, I have only furtlitir to say,
that I hope he has not been so severely wounded as to make
it a sufficient reason to prevent his re-assuming the command
of the Shannon at a Wore day.
I have the honour
JOati ttr ax.
“ RODGERS.°
il " 'Fite Hon. W. Jones, Secretary of the Navy, Washington,

Di-PER/AL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE Or LORDS.

MONDAY, NOV. O.
Lord HOLLAND presented a Petition fromeertain Insolvent Deb►
tom in the- Fleet Prison, complaining of delay iti carrying into
execution the Insolvent /ebtors Act. As it would not be proper
to enter into any discussion in the absence of tlic Noble ,Lord
(Redesdale) who framed the Act, he should move, that this. Petition
do lie on their Lordships' table, with a view• that,
qs soon a: he
Noble and Learned Lord's presence will adMit, their'ca6e should be
taken under consideration. _
' The LORD' CrIANCELLOR And Lord StnmouTH explained the
progressive steps which had been taken to put the Act in force, and
assured the House that the delays which had arisen rested not with
Goeernmentrbut were solely occasioned by the difficulty of puttiog
the Act in execution.
Lord EKLENTIOROUGII stated, that it was morally impossible to
carry the Act into execution into in its present shape ; there ne
was a Bill passed less adapted to its purposes t He then pover
inted
out several parts of it %%bid' WCYCimpwsible to be acted on ; in the
first place it Wag ascertain whether one or three Judges were to
preside in tlic Court of Appeal—it was not:news where tiny were
to —and whn they even proceeded to •letermine a gaestiou, they
bad sit
no powers
to send for a single witntss. tie ws no friend to,