The Sun.
London, England, 1811-07-12 00:00:00

r ter 'VI 0)4 i'.l4tarice; It zwc,iyet-, (1'; i„;'',47,13'.
their prb;:ceded alone from motives of!timannir,
and'a deteimirigtiou riot to. spill' 0 dr(n) iif blood
necesiartl') I. ita:l to less thati toUr" Mitltltel some,
reason to regret, As he renewed hi 4 fire, of Wl)icli
two 32 poUnd Shot cut. off one of our fore-shrouds
and injured our fore-tria'it.' It was now that I found
M) self under the painful necessity of giving orders
for a repetition of our fire against a forbe which my
fOrbearance alone had enabled, to do us any injury
of moment ; our fire was accordingly renewed and
continued frorn 3 to S • minutes longltr, whets per-
teivitig our opponent's tiff and colours &km, his
nt ontdp.sAil yard-upon the.,cai and his fire silenced,
although it was so dark that I could not discern any
od•ter particular injury we had dtmel or how far
he was in a situation to do us further harm; I
nevertheless embraced the'earliest moment to stop
our tire;t and prevent the further etftpiion of blood.
Here a pause of half a minute or: more took

lam, at the cud of which, our adversiry uut,shew-

ing a further disposition to fire, I hailed, and again
asked g‘ What ship is that ?" I learned, for the first
time, that it Was a ship of hia Britannic .Majesty's ;
.but, owing to its blowing rather tresher..than it had
dons, .1 was unabletn learn 11ePname; After hav-
ing informed herGotnmander of the name of this"
ship, .I:gave orders to wear, run under his lee and'

haul hy. the wind on the starboard tack, and heave.
'to under t4sailti, and repair what little injury ,we
bad sustained in uur rigging, which was ace,rdingly
exe::uted, and we 'continued lying to on
.diffc.
tacks with a, number. of. 11;lus displayed, in .ordes
thi►t our adversary might the better discern oar poii.
lion, and cuaunand our assistance, in ease he found

t neuipry duriqg the night.

" At day-light on the ilth, he was disco'eted se-
veral mites to leeward, when: I gave orders to bear
up and fun dOWn to him under easy sail ; atter ball.
ing him, I sent a boat on board with Lieut. Casing.
SON, to learn the names of the, ship and her Corn-
mandcr, with:dirt:Mont to ascertain the' damtge• she
had sustained), and inform her Commander bow
much I regretted the necessity oa my part, which.
hod led to such an unhappy result, and at the same
time to offer alt the assistance that the ship under
my command afforded in tepairieg the damages his
had sustained. At IMIE: A. M. Lieut. CRISIGHTON
returned with intortnatinn that it was his Britannic
;Majesty's ship Little ,Belt, commanded by Captain
limitintst, who, it) a polite manner, declined the
'a‘ceptotice at any assistance ; saying, at th 4 same
'tune; that he had-on board all the necessary requi-
, 81i414 to iipair the danaages, lutliciently.to enable
hirn'to return tofialitox.

This however, was not the most uupleasant..
part of Capi..BitiGnAm's communication to Lieut.
CREIGnTON,'ss lie informed him, that in addition to
the injury his ship had sustained, between 20 and
30 of his crew had been killed and wounded.
" The regret that this information caused me was
such, you may be sure, as a man Might he expeeted
to feel, whose greatest pride is to prove, Avithuot
ostentation, by every public as well as private ad',
that he possesses a humane and generous heart ; and
tt ith these sentiments, believe me,, Sir, that such a
cOinillUtllnation would cause me the most acute pain
duriug.the remainder of my lite, had I not the con-
solation to know that there was no alternative left
trip between such a sacrifice, and sene which would
bare been still greater, namely,. to have remained a
pasdve speotator of insult to the flag of my coun-
tri, whilst it was confided to my protedioe—and I.
would have you to be convinced, Sir, that however
much individually i may previously have had re.,:sou
to feel incensed at the.
.repeated outrages committed
on our flag by British ships of War, neither my,
passiops nor prejudices had any agency in this
affair. . • • •
" To my country, I am well convinced of the
importance of the. transaction which has
,imposed
upon me the necessity bf making you this commu-
iticatidn ; t twist, therefore, from motives of,deli-
eacy, Connected with personal consideration, solicit
,that you will be pleased to tequest the President to
authorise a formal inquiry to be instituted into alt
the circumstances, as well as into every part of my
Conduct connected with the same. .

" The ii,jury suktrtir.ed by the ship under my
command is very trifling, -except to the fore nod
main masts, ,which I cetore mentioned; no person
killed, and bat one (a boy). wounded.
"" For further pirticolars I refer you to Captain
C4L6WELL, who. is ' charged with the daively of

this coilmounicalioo. •
1 have the tumour to be,
" With great respe:(l, Sir,
" Your obedieut ServPst,
(Signed) " JOHN RODGIRS.
The Honourable Paul
Secrctary aline Navy.

It is understood that COIDMOdOce RODGERS'S or

'ders reritfired him to proceed to sea immediately
frurn Aimpolis, and resume his former station, cruis-
ing along,,the coast; as before, for the purpoie of
guarding our maritime juris.liction from 'violation by
tor‘ign ciuizers.-•.(Natiuna/ Pitelligehcer.),