The Sun.
London, England, 1812-10-12 00:00:00

CONTESTED ELECTIONS.

LONDON—SIXTH TAY.
State of the poll at the closing of the books on
Saturday"wa:i as follows :
ti nubs 4581 Atkins t .
Curtis . 4096 I Waitinuan.,
Shaw TiC5.l Wood

Silt;

SOUTHWARK-SIXTH DAY.
.2130 I Burdett
.1755 ••

Calvert
Thornton

LIVERPOOL

..,2995
.2233
...206S

. 506

The Election at -Liverpool commenced on
Thursday : the CandidateS were, General Tarle-
ton, Mr. Broughath, Mr. Creevey, General Gas-
coyne, :Canning. G?,neral TarletOn said
he had been- their Steward for twenty-two years,
and had been a faithful 'one to -the best of his
judgment and abilities. "General Gascoyne sflid
he had offered himself on the same principlesae had
tiOne 16 years ago. He and his , brother had re-
presented. them 32 years in Parliament;-and his
family 160 years. Mr; Brougham said he, for one
thbught it was time there was a change, though
Itti had no personal animosity against any of the
Candidates. Mr. Cree'vey said he had 'the good
fortune to be born,in the town, and if he should•
be returned by the. Freemen, it would be one of
the happiest days in his life. Mr. Canning said he
disc aimed dill personal pretensions to represent
Liverpool ; but it they returned him, whoever was
the other successful Candidate, they might rely
on his cordial co-operation in every thing that
concerned the interest and prosperity of the town.
At the close of the Poll on Saturday, the numbers were.
as follows—
Canning 520 Creevey 473
Gascoyne :1 4Bl Tarleton 6
Brougham . 487
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NORWICII—LAST DAT.
William Smith 1544 1 Patteion 1221
Harvey . 1349 i
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BIVSTOL,---OcT. 10.
' Bong 919 Davis
Protherue nog I Hunt 256

ST.Air'ORD—LAST DAY. •
lienni)wr 354 I tiGel
380 J „ .

- BOSTON.—LAST n Ay.
Murrell Ol I Sir A. Hume.2o6
M*lideck

TAUNTON.—StCONT) DAY.
A. Bai-inz lll I C. Graves:
P. Collins

OXFORD..,--SATURDAY, 10th
Lockhart • ' •`,361 Eden
Wright, tAB -I •

„540

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-- IS:OTTINGIIAISI.--THIRD DAY. . .
;T. Smith . • y 427 ( Lord Itancliffe . . 324
ILArkwrigilt • i7;3 I It.'Cromptov' , resigned.
. , ~,

r. 9.
Sir .E.Brydgeq 389 G. Longman . 211
G..Simpipit. 2t9
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Souirtiv:6ll-. LEcTioic.=-(z, nNehtli Dpi})—The
state.Of'.the Poll for the Boi•ough of Sotaltwatls. at
12 O'Clock this clay, AN'as As follows :--.-
'Charles Calvert, Esq. . 2142
Henry Thornton, Esq.; , I76S , ' .
~.T. B. Burdett, Esq. -; , . 516,
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rite. Election
.£ Middlesex took place this
moininv An opposition was expected, but
no
one appearing to propcse-as-a Candidate the per-
sorewbo it bad been announced would offer
,self, •MeSsrs:.MELLlsit and Bvsa declul'ed
dilly 'election.
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GAZETTE; G.

4thdraity Office, Oct. 10, 1812

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Copy; of a Letter from Sit.wyer to JAI° Wilf,o
.crpliehEr,%. Oetik.sAia-boaiti his Mltjesty'S ship .'Erica,tialitax, Sept. 1.5;162-.

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It is tsi b Av;ttienle: 'concern I bare to request
von he pieL:sed to lay beforethe Lords- Coui
niissioners of the Admiralty the enclosed copy of
letter kom Captain, Da6..es, of his i\Lijety'
i,te silip Ouerriere, givElg an account of his hay-
sustained a Close action, bf near two hours,
the 19th ult. with the Aniericau fi%ate Colistax-
ti.on, of very supeeior force; hothin guns and ii;e11;
(of the latter alancisc double) when the Guernerti
being totally disiarated", she rolled So deep as to
renderali farther efforts at the guns. unavailinu;
and it became a duty t(Apare the lives of the re-
nvaining part of her valuable crew, b h•auling doWit
her colours. the !mists fell over the, side from
which.she was aboat to be engaged, in a very fa.-
voUrable posititin for raking by the enemy. A few
hours :.j:ter,;sli.e, was in no:is'ession of the enemy,• it
wasfou‘id.lninossiblei t o keep her above water ;
`she was thei49re a t fire to and abandoned, which
i 'Wtisiytheir Lordships sbe was defend—
ed to the last.
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Captain Daci•es has fully detailed the partic;ilar
Of the Action, as ‘vell as the very ,rallant conde.,:t
of, and ib'e support he received fKoin, the whole of
his officr2rs anti ship's-company; and I am happ!!
to hear he is, with the rest of the vyounited, doinc
well :th have bten treated the grente!kt
humanity A.;;:i ItrivinetS, ari r:lchange for.
been agreed i.nl„ 1.. riuti daily expectatif4l:.tif.tl.:::it
a;Tival here.' . • 1.,
A list bf the killed and wounded is hetewith.
Sent; ',vbich, I re;llret to say, is very lege.
1 have the honour to .be,
(Signed) I. SAWYER,

Boston, Sept.. 7, 012
rani Sortl: In -acTritaint `bit of the capture of his
.M.ijesty's -JAW .Querriere by the Ainerica:,
fripte CoDst}tu.tion„,after a severe action, on the
19th Atigtist, in ratande 40 deg 20 min. N. wad.
longitude 55-d'eg.-W; At tWo P. M. being by •
the wind on;the starboard tack, we saW a bail on
QOT weather heam,,bearing down on 118. At threit
made herunt to be a man cf
.war, beat to quartcr
and pre pared for action. At fOur, she closing fltlst;
wore to prevent her 'raking. us. At ten ttutte3
past tour hoisted our coloars, and fired Several shot
at her ; at twenty Minutes past four she hoisted
her colours, and returned our fire, wore several
times to avoid being raked, exchaugin4 broad-
sides. At five she closed on our starboard beam,
1)66r keeping up a heavy tire and steerin:.; free, his
intention being evidently to cross our_ bow. .At
twenty minutes past five our mizen-mast went over
the starboard -quarter, and brought the ship up
the wind ; theenewy then placed liioiself on our
larboard boW, raking'tis, a few 'only of our bOw
guns bearing;,-tinf&his grape and r,tiemcn
mug our deck. At forty minutes past five the
.not answering her helm, be attempted to lay is on
board ; at this time Mr. Grant, commanding the
foreca-2tle, was carried below; 'badly wounded. I
immediately ordered the' marines and hoarders ffom
the main deck 3 the master was at this time shot
through the knee, and I .received a severe wound
in the hack. Lieutenant Kent was leading on
the boarders, we brought some of Our bow guns
to bear on her, and had got -clear of our opp(3-
nent, 'when at twenty minutes past six•our forelind
main-masts went over the side, leaving the ship a
perfect unmanageable wreck. The frigate shoot-
ing ahead, 1 was in hopes to clear, the wreck, and.
get the ship under command torenew the action.,
butjust as we Ind- cleared the wreck, our spritsail
yard went,.ani the enemy having reve new braces,
&c. wore round-ixithin pistol-shot, to rake us, the' •
ship laying in:the strOrigh of the sea; and rolling,
her main tleciru guns,Rn der water, and all attempts
to 'get her heforethe being fruitless;; when
my officers together, they
were all of -opinion.tbat, any farther resistance's
„would only be a Aeedless waste of lives, I Ordered,
though reluctantly, the'cblours to be struck.
The loss of the ship is to be ascribed to the early
' of the mizen-mast, Which enabled our opponent
to choOse his position-.I am sorry to say we suf-
fered severely .in killed and wounded, and niostly
'whilst she lay on oar 'how, from her grape and
musketry, in all fifteen killed, and sixty-three
wounded, many of them severely; none of the
wounded Officers quitted the deck till the tiring

ceased.
The frigate prover to he the United States ship

Constitution, of thirty twenty-four-pOund.n.s
tier main 'deck.; andzwenty-four thirty-two pound-
ers and f‘Vil -6g-titan-pounders on her upper deck,
and forirlitintited'a\nd seventy-six men ; her' los's
,in compaxisokrwith ours is tritting, about twenty-,
the First Lieutenant of marines and eight killed,
and First Lieutenant and Master of the ship, and
eleven men wounded, her lower masts badly
wountle"A, and stern much skattered',. afttl_ very
much cut up about the rigging.
The Guerriere was so cut up that all attemys
to.get her in .would have been uselc%s. As soon
as the wounded were got out of her, they set her
on fire ; and. I feel it my day to state that the.
conduct of Captain 'lull and his Officeri to - ou'r
men has been- that Of a brave enemy, the greatest
care being taken to prevent our men losing the
smallest trifle, and the greatest attcntioa being
paid to the Wounded, who, through the attention
and skill of Mr. Irvine, Surgeon, I hope will do

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well.
1 hope, though success his not Crowned our el-
fOrts, spa will pot think it presumptuous in me'
to say;-the4:reu-K,.st credit is due tothe officers and
ship's eanyr.,,q for their exertions, Farticularly
when exposk,tki,to the heavy raking fire of the ene-
my ; 1 feel particularly obliged for the exertions
of Lieutenant Keat, who, though wounded early.
by ksolinter, eontinued to assist me ; in the Se,-
cond lieutenant the service has suffered a.severe
loss ; Mr. Scott, the master, though wounded,
was particularly attentive, and used every exertion
in.clearing the wreck, As did the
,warrant officers.
Lieutenant Nichol!, of the royal marines, and his
party,
_supported the honourable character of
their corps, and tliey 'st,itrered. severely I rinist
etcymmend Mr: Snow,_gastes-mate, who CWAk-
f

minded the foremost "main-deck guns, in the ab-
sence of Lieut. Pullman, and the whole after the
fall of -Lieutenant Ready, to your protection, he
having received a severe contusion from 'a splinter.
I must point out• Mr. Garby, acting purser, to your
notice, who volunteered his services on deck, and
commanded the after quarter-deck guns, and was
particularly active, as well as Mr. Bannister, mid-
shipman.
I hope, in considering the -circumstances, you
will think the ship entrusted to my charge was.
properly defended; the unfortunate -loss of our
masts, the absence of the third lieutenant, second,
lieutenant of marines; three midshipmen, and
twenty-four men,- considerably weakened our
crew, and We only mustered at quarters two hun-
dred and forty-four men, and nineteen boys, 'on
coining 'into action.;' the enemy had such an ad-
vantage from his marines and riflenien,when close,
and his superior sailing_enabled him to choose his
distance.

I enclose herewith a list of killed .and wounded
on board the Guerriere ; and hare.the honour to

be, &c.

J IS.YN :: ? CPJ S. .

A List of Officers, Seamen, and Matines','Kitlectaild.Wounded
on hoard his Majesty's Shi/Guerriere; the:Action of the
19th August, 1812.
Killed.
Henry Ready, second lieutenant, White captain of
forecastle, George Griffiths, qualier-qiinner, Henry Brown,.
ordinary St'7l.llall, Airrn.F.rov.a (2), able seaman, Alaxamler
Cowie, ditto, Richard C7hceieman, landmaii,-Joha Peter-
son, able seaman, Joseph Tack, ordinary seaman, Robert
.Roz,ers,.able seaman, John Smith (2), gunner's-mate, Wm,
Bake:, ordinary seaman, J. A. Fox, scrjeant royal marines,
This. Pratt, private marine, lVni. Wohdcock,"ditto. •

Won nd .
J'arnes-Rd. nacres, 'Esq. captain, severely, Bartholomew Kent,
itirst• lieutenant, slightly, Robert Sci.tt.; master, severely,
Samuel Grant, master's-mate, ditto; WM. 3. Snow, ditto,
corittision, James Enslie, midshipman, slightly, Robert
Baillie, boatswain's-mate, dangerously, Hugh--NPKinley,
ordinary seaman, ditto, Wm. stone, captain mast, slightly,
Patrick Murphy, quarter-guotrer, dangerously., Henry Dent,
ordinary seaman, slightly, John Little • able seaman, dan-
gerously, Peter Peterson, ditto, slightly, Wm. Millington,
ordinary seaman, dangerously, John O'Hare, ditto, ditto,
Cooper, able- seaman, slightly, Laurence Norman,
ditto, dangerously, -Wm. Jonas, landnian, slightly, Ken-
neth M'Donald, able seaman, severely, James Cromwell,
quarter-master, severely, Robert Taylor, .able seaman, dan-
gerously, Samar et Miller, captain Of aftergaard, ditto, James
Miller, ordinary seaman. ditto, George Read, able seaman,
setserely, Ralph Williants, ordinary' fieattlari 'Slightly,. Jos.
Copland, dittO, dankeronsly, Ilenry-Viiihieditto, severely,
Philip Dwyer,landman, slightly, Alexander Ferguson, or-
dinary seaman, ditto, Wm. SoMers, ditto, ditto, Joh nHebbs,
dine, severely, James Campbell, ditto, ditto, Peter Stem-
.sted, ditto, slightly, Geo. Eramersen, sail-maker, severely,
George :Mather, able seaman, slightly, Matthew Reardon.
ordinary seaman, severely, William Hull, able seaman,
Slightly, David M'Michau, carpenter's crew, ditto, John
Southgate, ordinary- seaman; ditto, Thomas Chandlers,
landman, severely, John Smith (3), able seaman, ditto,
Henry Bolt, ordinary seaman, slightly, James Crooki, able
seaman, ditto, Antony Griffin, la.ndman, ditto, Thomas
1-lardy, ordinary seaman, ditto, James Morris, able seaman,
ditto, John Sholes, boatswaia's-mate, d:tta' Thomas Har-
rington, armourer, slightly, John Roach, ordinary seaman,
dittof Stephen Kelly, boy, ditto, John, Robson; marine, se-
verelo, Thomas Crowther, ditto, ditto, Royer Sury, ditto,
ditto, John Tab e, ditto, dangerously, Melchisedech Archer,
ditto, ditto, William Jones, ditto, slightly, John GO3, ditto,
dangerously, Thomas Chambers,
,Severely, Samuel
, Long, ditto, slightly, J. Fountain, ditto, severely, William
Coope, ditto, dangerously, -Edward Da en; ditto, ditto,
William, Ryan, ditto, slightly.
15 killed, 63 wouuded.—Total 79.
(Signed), JAMS R. DACRES.
JOHN IRVINE, Surgeon.