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London, England, 1814-11-21 00:00:00

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(From...the N'itiiisohitl'friieltikeneti9
COPY 'OP A LETTER FROM '3AC-KSON T 6
• THE Si;CRETARY E►Y WAR, DATED,

-}leathquarters, iti Nliliitry District, Dios ile, Sept. 17.
With lively eimstiOits Of §Atisiaction, 1
.cartuntinicate 'that success has crovvottl the galiaut

• vtforts. of (,nr !nave soldieis in resisting arid re-
• pulsing :1.-combined. British naval and land force,
which, on the 151 b inst. attacked Fort Bowyer, on
. Point of Mobile. I inclose a copy of the Official
.:I.leport of Major William Lawrence,. of the ':2d
flurry, ivlso Commanded. In additition to the
-,particidars communicated in his letter, I have
-'4eaTin that the ship which was destroyed was the
• Hermes, of from '24 to 28 guns, Captain the Ho-
nourable Wm. IL Percy, senior officer in the Gulf
of Mexico ; and the brig so considerably-damaged
. _ is the. Stvhie, 10 guns, Capt William (dodger.
The other ship wai the Carron, of from 24 to 28
guns, Captain Spencer; son of Earl Spenceri the
other brig's name unknow. On board of .the
8a men were killed and wounded ; among
the latter• Was Colonel. Nicoll, of the Royal Ma.
lines, who lost an eye by a splinter. The land
. force consisted of 110 marines, and 200 Creek
„..indiatti, under the command of Captain 'Wood-
- bine of marines, and about 20 artillerists, with
. one tour and an half-inch howitzer, from which
they discharged shells and nine-pound shot. They
re-embarked the piece, and retreated by land to-
wards Pensacola, whence they came. By the
morning report of the 16th, there were present in
. the tort fit for duty, officers and men, 138. _

COPY OF A LETTER FROM MAJOR LAWRENCE TO

- MAJOR-GENERAL JACKSON, DATED
Fell Bowyer, Sept. IS, 14 o'clock at night.
SIR-After writing the inchised, I was pre-
vented by the approach of the enemy from send-
ing it by express. At meridian they were under
• full sail, with an easy and favourable breeze,
standing directly for the Fort, and at 4 r. m. we
opened our battery, which :was returned from
two ships and two brigs, as they approached. The
action became general at about 20 'minutes past 4,
and was eonthned without intermission on either
- side until 7, when one ship and two brigs were
eonipelled to retire. The leading ship, supposed
to' be the Commodore, .mountin!.; twenty-two 22-
Atohnd carronades, having anchored nearest our
'battery, was so much disabled, her cable being cut
'by our shot, that she drifted on shore, within GOO
:yards of the battery, and the other vessels haying
got out of our reach, we kept such a tremendous-
fire upon her, that she was set on 6re austaban-
cloned by the few of the crew wbo survivetl.
. ten P. At. we had the -pleasure of wituet:sing the
explosion of her magaiine. The hiss of lives on
'board must have been immense, as we are certain
no. boats -left' her except three, which had pee-
, :vidusly gone to her assistance, and one of these,
1 believe, was sunk; in fact, one of Ler boats
was.burnt alongside of her.
The brig that followed
_her, I am certain, was
titleh danDiged both in hull and rigging. The
other two did not approach near enough to be so
'Thnch injured, but I ant toufident did not escape,
a Well-directed- fire was kept on them the
• whole tune.

.seild the Aineiia down We way probably save
must di- all' of the ship's guns, as the wreck lies
in six 'feet water; and some of them are just ea-
vered."

• The enemy's fleet tlai morning at' day-break
*etc 'at anchor in thy Channel, about font' mike.
from the Fort; Shortly after it got under weigh,
and stood- to sea. After passing the bar they
love to, 'and- boats 'tire constantly passing be-
tween the dis'abled- bfig -amt. the others.: I pre-
'stne the-former is so touch injured as to render
it necesary to lighten her.
Fifteen Mitt. past-One; Ni.—The Whole fleet
hare this moment made sail,' and are standing
to sea. - -

N4wTortK,'Oct. 20.—8 y the steam float this
morning from' Alhaiiy: we leiirit 'thai the British
'fleet on Lake Ontario were out, including their
large ship, and that our fleet Was at Sackett's
Barbour. •
'FITE BRITISITLANDtD'AGAIN IN TIIE CIIE§AREAKS.
The enemy's whole fleet, consisting of upwards
of forty vessels, have descended the Potomac,
:and since their arrival at St. George's Island
have built *upwards of •one 'hunch-et' boats,
multy of they' of a large size. They have de-
vastated several sections, of Wesmoreland coun-
ty, iu Virginia, and all the upper part of Nor-
thumberland upwards o'2ooo of them encamped
eat 'the tourthouse of that county on the night of
the sth instant.

LATEST,FROM SAKErI"S HARBOtTR.
7NEW YOM,. OCT. 22.—An Officer belonging
to the United States shifi Madison arrived in town
on Tuesday n'ght. He left Sackett's Harbour on
the 'l4th inst. and idOrms that Com. Chauncey's
fleet returned to the harbour on the 13th, and
were moored: head and stern across the harbour,
,in battle" order, that Sir James's fleet, including
the large ship,- catne out on, the 11th, and re-
turned the next day,, that the guns on board the
Oneida were to be taken ashore, and a battery
erected with them that it Was expected (as Sir
..Ja Ines l'*e' 0 had now the complete command of the
:Lake) that the fleet would not. go out again this
season, hut v.•ould remainin.their present situa-
tion to defend. the place.
.
• imevoRTANT REPOTIT.
New" j: Oc:r. report froni the
Treas.ury _Pepartment . was yesterday laid before
the 11mi:se err iteal:csent;.itives, from the pen of.
the tier' Secretary, Mr. 'fife deep interest
6f the sLibjeet of the letter, gave a point to the
attention with wliich the maiden report of a pub-
lic oicer is .generally rec.elved. That attention
wen bestowed 6n the present occasion, 'on a
copious report, of great abilityias•t6 the inkier,
'and precision and .perspicuity as to the -style..
• Not having room to-day to' piMlish.the:report,
A faint otitiine will give the 'Eteaderca general idea
of its nature. 14 present wants of the nation,
„;he inAdequacy of its receift.means of defraying.
Them, and.the'deprcciatina of public credit, arc
frankly exposed; the necessity for a prompt' ap-
Ocatio.ii of a freinedy is stated,- the extensive re-7
source i of the nation developed; 'and the remedy

t ht &pre?,Os is fed tYita in. sfiSt,
the twO principal features are; 1. A considerable
increase of the present direct and in.ernal taxes;
'calculated to produtO S.l. Well or ;eight miiiithis
year., its oilier, with the pioeeeds of the present
revenue, ro establish a solid basis, which will
support the public faith in unbroken .stren‘gth.
2. A bold recommendation of the establishment
Cat Philadelphia) of a Natinual_ Bank, of a capi-
tal of tiny millions of dollars, two-thirds 'Of the
capital to be subscribed by individuals; the re.
mainder by the United States—payments on the
stock to be made partly in specia, partly in stock
of the, United States, at 6 per cent. fie. The
Bank to be 'obliged by law to loan to the United
States when required, at an interest of 6 per cent.
any sum nor exceeding thirty millions of dollars.
NEw.Yoax, OCT 22.—,Captain Parker, of the
sloop Ultor, who arrived here yesterday in 24
bout's trots New Bedford, informs us, that on
Friday last, to the southward of Nantucket, the
privateer Prince of Neufchatel, Capt. Ordineau, of
this port, was attacked by five barges, containing
120 men, from the Endyinion frigate, Captain
Hope in which attack the enemy lost their First
Lieutenant, who commanded, a midshipman, and
69 men killed, and 27 wounded, including the
Doctor ; the remainder escaped in one of the
barges. The other four barges were captured.
The Lieutenant was killed. The privateer,
at the commencement of' the engagement,.
bad but forty-two men, nine of whom were
killed and 16 wounded. The Prince of • Neuf-
chatel was front France on a cruize ; had captured-
-13 vessels ; and had in company with her the
Douglas, a large British ship of 450 tons, from .
Jamaica, laden with runt and sugar, which was
run on shoe on Nantucket Shoals Tde Prince
of Neufchatel had on board 40 prisoners, tihoin
she kept in irons daring the action, and after Wards
set ashore at Nantucket The privateer, having
a pilot on board, bore away far Boston.
The privateer had on board a prize cargo, es-
timated a million of dollars, consisting of 13 tons
orsilks, besides British dry goods and SpeCie.
. . .

P. N. The Neufchatel Las 7arri ed at Boston,
having had only eight Men able to mirk her into
port. She had on-board 156 packages, and 'had
taken eighteen prizes. -
The enemy was repulsed in every. attempt he
made to board. About 20 minutes after the cont..:
mencement of the action, the enemy cried out for
quarters, which ‘vere granted. Of the five barges
and launches (which contained 104 men, includ-
ing Officers), at the commencement of the action
ofie was sunk with forty-eight men, two only of
-w1114;11 ‘Vere saved ; three barges drifted otf front
along. sltis, apparently with no living soul on board,
and one witb taktn possession of. , She contained
36 men sit the commencement of the action, one
eight of which Were killed, twenty wounded, and
tight unhurt. The second Lieutenant of the fri-
gate, V. Ormond, who was unhurt, three mid-
shipmea, two of which were severely *wounded,
and ow; master's mate also wounded, Were per-
mitted to co► e on board ; the remainder of the
privmerS (25 ,stameil and marines) were kept in
the launch, after midnight, after taking time arms,
oars, e.:c. as Captin Ordenaux dared not trust
them on hoard, having only eight men left for
duty. The prisoners have alt since been released