The Sun.
London, England, 1811-09-11 00:00:00

CAI".I*AIN BAINIIIIIDGE.

o:iptain Liainbridifu is a n3tiVe of South. Artiboy,
in the State of New. Jersey. He commenced his
career in the, United States aervice in the year 178fi,
as Lieutenant and Commander of a small pilot-boat
hunt schooner, intend d for a lock-out ve!isel off
Sandy Hook. He-sailed on a Soudiy from New
York, and returned cm the Salurday,followntg with
the schoonet's masts eat ried tiy the board.. His con-
duct was so mild, on this small exeurston, that her
foe the schooner could be repaired his Whole crew
had desitrted. The administi anon did not think lit
to re-man:her, and she was sold..

At this period the late Captain 'Decatur had capa,
tared, in the Dilaware- sloop of war, a French
schooner privateer, within the Capes of, the Dela-
ware, which the American Government took into
their serviCe,- and named her the Retaliation ; the
command of her was given 'to Captain, Bautbiidge,
which he Soon after h'st. She was sent on a cruis:!
to the West Indici, in company • with the NOrio:k
violet' States brig. •.
Oft M trigalante, four strange saill-hove in sight,
on which the 11/9rfollz brig hove out a signal that
they were enetnie.,, and stood (4; but cup,uitt 13.1r0.
bridge, conceiving he knew better, or lint wishing
to' be controuled, by the Commander of the '/Vorfoik,
who was senior officer, he 'stood on, and way cap.
Lured atter a very sight defence, and catried into
Goudaloope, 'where he and his crew rem lined pri
sober 'mail exchanged. He afterwards got the
command of the frigate-Essex., of 32 guns, And con-
voyed sumernerehantmen as tar as the C of Good
Hope, on there passage to the East Indies. The
frisate Congress was to have accompanied, but was
diSthasted in the Gulf of 'Mexico, and obliged to put
Welt.

0n his return, after seeing his convoy to their
place ot. destinat ton, he sailed irienwp.iny watt the
Pleilaelphin frigate for the INli.tditerianean, ahei
cruizing ►here I :It MOUT hi, dimly v erfeileil
any t'frnig.,he retorted to the wa•er- ut the, United
States. OW Sandy Hook hsi crew t.iutinted, noi.
for the .putpose of running iosa) wiih the ship, out
to get into the tosi Amer-it:in port to riot thetusetves
ut his command.-The it winy, sou* loss ot
blood, was put doWn, and the Es.scx arttviid.saie at
.WaNhington, 17 mutineers i,ettig in close irons ; but.
on 'their condoti being iniestigated t to by the then
Secretory of the .N.oy, they *Pete diseharged with-
out further punishment dui tog this:druize Captain
Bainbridge flittcocered that his seljeato at arms hau
kept a 'minute account Of evety p hishment that
hall been on board, and for Ins 'otiosity ct,ntmed
him tlirriettn wetiks in the ibakhine of 'the „hip op.
on bread and water. He was sa much. reduced On
his coming On shore, that lie was not able to ...Ili;
This person afterwards commenced to p. bliyh,
by .stib,cription, an account' ut.the cruise, hot it
wai bought `tt' by some of the Ca;itain's tiionda.
However a publieation was circulated et his prim
voyage to India by the schoolmastey of the ship,
which; from the cruelties there set firth, it is easy
to anticipate the contents of, what the latter was.
Captain 13 nobridge remained 'Unemployed until the
'year 1803, Witch he was orderers to join the frigate
Phi/driciphia, as Cummandet; laying op in ordinary
at Philaavti.dn:., and to .:(inip ,litl •
with dittiety, as it wasalmost impossible tot him
to °wain ship-carpenters Or riggers tor the purpose,
, so much was he disliked ; it was seldeM :hat a iiian
continued in the ship inure than a day. The difficult
point was then ft) m wt he ship; he was obligedw oiler
4 months paytin advance, tieing double the usual ad•
vance.(TheAmet lean Government never giveu bontity
to their sennen or soldiers). ' By opening remitzvnus
at New Yul Wand Baltimore, the ship, after a con.
side.fable length' of time; was at last manned. Ihe
Iminime Captain was then to his glory; .fluging
wis • the reneral order of the day, and before Cie
ship ?pros far down the river as Newcainle, two et
his commissioned officers- lett him, having 4oi per-
thisSion from the ,Secretary at the Navy. 04 mak-
.Mg Gibraltar, his First Lieutenant, Cox, the sun of
of the engineer of that name, who 'gave his assist-
ance in building the wooden bridges at Watertord
andWexford, in Ireland, was so disgoStvd with his
/eurnarre Commiindeestonduti that be left the ship.
anOetutned to Washington, and resigned his corn.
mission alter eight years service.
The next exploit heard of Captain' Bainbridge
Was, that he had run the Itigate on what he called
an unknown sunken rock, off Tripoli (although the
shoal is laid down in almost every chart). The ship
in thin situation was attai ked by the Tripolitan gun-
boats,' but without having done 'any injury to the
ship, or a man being wounded. Under thew
sir-
cutnstanct°s, the gallant Captain ordered the co-
lours to bu struck, hut not a man would Obey
trtnt;' he cut away the halyaids with his sword;
So 'frightened even then were the Tripolitans,
that they would tint venture' near ate frigate;
the crew perceiving this,, went aft, and ex-
postulated, but without effect, as the' brave Cotn.
minder swore the first man that attempted to hoist
the colours, he would run him through. He then
most prudently had the stern boat lowered down,
in• which be went and. invited the Tripoliiiitis. to
:take possession of the ship, leaving his favoutit,

Lient. Hunt, the son of a butcher at Trenton, iu
New Jersey, in charge of the ensip, to prevent its
being hoisted. This was wisely dole, as ho secured
quiet treatment for himself and favodrites, and left
the remainder at the mercy of the enemy, t hey being
under the opinion they would be put to the •sWord,
but fortunately it was not the caire. They were made
.slaves'
.of :for 20 months,t'and 'put- kr.the most de-
grading labour,. while Captain B iinbridge and his
chosen few 'were regaling theMSelves-on...the'best
Tripoli could afford. The ftigaie was got afloat
by the.Tripolitans in two hours 4lterwardii.
At the conclusion of 'the peace between the
`United -Suites and. Tripoli, Captain Bainbridge„-and
the crew of the late frigate Philadelphia, were re-
leased, it having been bravely destroyed by Corn-
modore Tlieywere received on board., the
frigate where a Court of Inquiry was
held, on Captain Bainbridge, a thing unknown m
the annals, of American history, and the opinion of
the CoUrt was, that.a Court w s unneces-
sat y. Capt. Bainbridge returned to Washington as
t passcnger, On 4.on!ii the frigate esidefit, but
h:1.6 since beeii employed by the Uult,-...0 States.

ClPlrclar [lv ttcl r. Wricrltirgia; aux wz-rairrirgaT,-
atm hies to- assume ear of a miiiipty

On Monday last. Sir James Riddall landed at
Dunleaty froni Holyhead after presenting the AI-
tIIeSS of the Cotit-ny' Dublin- Jury to the Duke of
york. Ile was received by Royal Highne9
in the .inost gracious intinher, The Address, with
his Royal Answer; we ore happy in
laying before. the public. It is only a mark Ofcom-
mon justice in us to observe, that upon ,every occa-
sion Sir Jatilei always ads according to the
dictates of an honest heart and independent mind,
And that . his following tip mark
this•distinguished Ark
of respect to one of the illustrious House of Brons•-
wick is a ttirther confirMation, if we needed 'any,
of Sir James's attachment to the 'King and Con-
stitution:, The following is a copy of the Addres
and Answer :—.

TO I,IELD MARSHAL, HIS ROYAI. HIGHNESS THE
DUKE OF 'YORK, &C. &C.
The Address of the Grand Jury t the County Dublin, at-
bentbi..d at the Court-hou3e, Kiltuatultaut, Alidbuituncr
Se4sions, t 8 I t: