The Sun.
London, England, 1812-08-21 00:00:00

UNITED STATES.

NrW-YOR,_, JULY 10.—A cliange Ministiy
is rngland having probably removed t' e Orde s
in Council, if- the new Cabinet should pursue a
Pacific policy towards this country, and evince a
disposition -to arrange other differences, nothing,'
could be wanting in the United States but, a ecen,:.
lentaneous change of measures to died a cotnprd;;)
,‘;
laise between the two Governments, and prevent
• the calamities of A"var. Whether a cliange.qf Mi-,
sisters here is necessary to that .purpase, -we do
Lot pretend to say; but are confident-that such-'a
Consummation between the two conntries. would
be hailed with-pleasure by nine-tenths' of tbe-in,7-:
habitants of both.—Columbrian. • .
A FLAG Oi`'TßUC.—The Earglish man of war.:
brig Colibri, of 16 guns, arrived yesterday at Sandy. _
}Loh, in ten (tar. from Halifax, with a Messen-
ger and DispatChes to Mr. FostEn, the Lite Bri-
tish Minister.
The.. Colibri confirms the account of the action
between. our squadron and the Belvidere. The
Belvidere had rekurned to HalifaX, and the 'Captain
stated,, that concluding from the attack on him
that war.was declared, he captured on his way to
llalifax, the ship Fortune, of Newburyport.; brig
MalcObiz, of POrtla n'd; and brig Pickering, of
Glouester:, • • -
In furtherance of that spirit,of• amity and con--
Ciliation SO,: re”eateCily displayed, Admiral Say.r-.
YE& ordered thou e ships to be discharged, and ,per-
Initted to proceed to their portS of (estination.
The above-inentionedaetion took place on the
23d of June, and lasted about 'three hours 3 all the
squadron were in sight, but the'Commodore. only
Came near enough to'. engage. The Belvidere
had two' rhea Killed, four severely and 18 slightly
Wounded.

BosTo&, JULt 7.

E.XTRACT OF A LETTER FROM, SALEM TO THE

KEEPER OF THE EXCHANGE COFFEE-HOUSE

BOOk9, DATED 6TH INSTANT

" ArriVed at GlouCester, thiS -.day, the b*g •j
Pickering,.:DAvis, from,Gibraltar, who 'was taken
a week ago last Saturday, by the frigate Bark! ere,
and a prize-master and eight men put On board,
knd ordered "for Halifax ; was re-:taken by -the.;
crew within • six miles of Halifax Light, and the
then brought into Gloucester.- They spoke very
tinfavotirably of Coinufiacrore Rooogiis. The 1:14;•'-1
bidere was much shattered in,her stern, andika?L,
lost one topmast. Tlie above was communic4ed
to the by a Gentleman direct from. Gloucester."-
• • •
Whatt'news of Commodore RODOkas, is the to
ie of -frequent inquiry has he had 'a battle Yeti?
Will he fall in with the ja!rnaica fleet ?' •That our
officers and men will dotheir will fl,dat -even
desperately, we have *no doubt ; and it is possible
that our frigates incy yet capture a great number
of the hoiiiewar&botind fleet. All this may bap- ~
pen--tae captors. may be made rich, and the mer-
chants, whose prosperity is that the
.people,
tvili certainly become poor. Let success; in the
eommencement -Orthis -war; be ever so brilliant,:
'one thing iS..,C6'tai fist—that .this.part the-Coun-
try will be-iMpoveished urid.ruined. in ninety
Slays 'froni this time,. a coaster will not be able to
to from thiS•tartin to Portland—=fifty millions of
Property-will-have been 'swept from the ocean, and
twenty,
,thousand native seamen thrown into pri',
ton. And
,yet we are told, that this :is :a !war to
redresS the wrongs Ofour seamen„and to vindicate._
the Tights of oiir einramerce
On receipt of the•m-elancholy intelligenee of the
deelaration,of
.war at Augusta, (Me.) -the-Anie-
rican Flag Was displayed at half mast
While the inhabitants were at dinner, the United
tates'. troops , stationed in this tOwn,' marched -,
from their rendezv_o-us in battle array, and twee&
it to the ground. As soon as this Oring
Colt was made known to the citizens, they as-
tembled and hoisted:it .again; and; poisessing the
true spirit and intrepidity
,of free Americans, re-
Solved to defend it at the risk of ,their lives. The
toldiers again formed, and marched, to the flag staff,
out discovering the invincible spirit of the
lens, dared not again to cut - it 'away. Theiq
Nrould probably have' been blood shed, . had-it nuti
ueen tor the interference of the civil authority.
As a proper expression. of the feeling of the. inhas.T,
bitants on this occasion, the flag was kept flying
fo.r the space.of two days. -
NEw YORK, JULY 7.—The elegant privateers,
Jones, Captain HAZARD, and Tectzer, Capt.
VoosTER,. went to sea yesterday.
On Friday last the House. of Representatives,
tent
into a Committee of the whole -House on a
111. permitting 'importations from the Eastlnclies,'.
Nrhere the vessels sailed from the United StateS
Previous to the Proclamation of the President of
t. United States of the 2d Nov. I SlO, which was
reported to the House,and ordered to be engross...
td fora third reading: 2
A Bill was reported by the Military Committee
Providing for the safe custody Of-prisoners of-war,
was committed to a Committee of the whole •
"d reported to the Honse, did ordered to be en—
grossed for a third reaering.
The" Bill respecting:naturalizing aliens, and per-
/hitting alien enemies to dispose. of their .etiects,
41Id depart from the United States, were severally
read a third time andpassed.
NEW YORK; JUNE 23.—We understand, that,
In pursuance of the usual etiquette, Mn FOSTER‘
has been informed by the Secretary- of State;that<
lyar has been deClared against Great Britain ; auai.
that on Friday' Mr. FOTER -demanded his pass,.!
Ports, which Were sent to hiin.
We also learn, that the'Consuli will be allowed
to remain here six months, if they think proper
flo to-do. „
41-TikTt 24.—1 t appears'by .the Bill now before
°Ltgress, that the President of the United States
.„.cropowered to grant letters of marque and re-
Vsal under. certain stipulations, and that, he may
Pleasure revoke and anitul all such letters of
marque or reprisal. •
)!''7.-14ACT OF A LETTER, DATED GEORGE TOWN,

JUNE 20.

ir e I expected to have informed you that licences
cqn FOSTER were to be procured for shipping
Attu.-
tO England.

\Pc'

" toiTna .said, that Ie would grant li
tenses, but on tscond thought, he wished to con-
cider over night on .the subject, and' to-day he
told the applicant, that his functions had ceased,
.and that the Igitish Commanders *cal& not re-
spect his licenses, as they- would be dated subse-
i
quent to our declaration of war."
!' 'Commodore Rodgers' Squadrdd pursuit of the
.rnmaica fleet of 100 sail.—Capt. MST.EIt, of the
~ftbrig Indian Chief, from Madeira, informs, that on
the -18th inst. in lat. 36..30. long. 67, he fell in
with and spoke the Jamaica fleet of 100 sail,
.bound home, under convoy of .a frigate and brig;
and; on Tuesday morning last, the 22d, lie spoke
Commodore RODGER 3 and his squadron, and
formed him .of speaking the Jamaica fleet. The
crew of the President gave three cheers, and. went ,

in pursuit of the fleet:
It will be observed, that the fleet is only four
days a-head, and from some of them being dis-
masted, there is strong probability of our squadron
coming up with\tshem.