The Sun.
London, England, 1811-12-24 00:00:00

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

WASHINGTON, Nnv. ig.—Mr. Sevi presented
the Petition of Nillll/lllio Ruggles, of Roxbury,
Masiachusetts, praying for liberty to import a quail-
lily of crockery,,w.hicii -was purchased at Liverpool
previous to a knowledge of the President's
mitt= of the Id of November. Referred to the
Committee of Commerce.and Manufaaures.

Mr. PI?KJN presented the Petition of a number of
Merchants in the city of Hartford, Conneaicut ;
praying for liberty to °import property under similar
circumstances with the above, and referred as
above.

Nov. M.—Mr. POINDEXETER presented a Peti•
tion of the inhabitsnts of West Florida, praying to
be annexed to the Mississippi territory—,that the
whole may be admitted as a state into the Union.
Ordered to lie on the table, and to be printed.,

Nztv YORK, Nov. 14.-4 letter from Halifax
states, that five persons, calling themselves:.Ahseri.
cats, are, now confined in prison, at' that place, as
prisoners of war, having been taken in the French
privateer brig Adele, captured off Charleston, a' few
months since. By their own confession they enter.
ed voluntarily on board, but assert, the plea, that
they presumed the was a Merchantman, and were
allured by lite high wages offered them. Applica.
tinn was made to Admiral Sawyer for their release,
but without effed ; the Admiral observing, " that
bad hey been impressed from American vessels, he
would- not detain them, after an application was
;nada for their enlargement but the subjea of a
neutral nation, who would voluntarily inlisi. under
the flag of the common enemy of mankind, to aisist
him in hi- rinlawtul depredations on the property of
their- owo conntrytuen and against the only nation
that is tiOiting the battles of the world, ought not
to go unpunished."

LISBON AWL.

EIVILTHILIt ZITKACTS.]

tassori,,Dac. Cadiz Gazettes, yester-
day received up to the 2.511) ult. do nor possess
nruclt interest. • Valencia, according to,the last ac 7
counts, had kutieftd 'no attack', and the garrison,.
which had been augmented, was animated with the
greatest enthusiasm against the enemy.
General Wake had omitted no means In place the
ci y and army on the best footing possible, to op-
pose the attempts of the invaders. The. intrapict,
Mina, by his movernents,, continued to •do them
considerable, harm.

VALENCIA DU ALCANTAIIA, Nov. 26.--The pa-
filmic parties have augmented so much in the
viciaity• or Badajoz, that they frequently make
prisoners antler the' artillery of the fortress, and
hate divided very considerable stuns among them-
selves.

CONFIDHNTIAL INFORMATION FROM GVN, It-

bIONT'S Aiuivl riATLD TllB
,191',11 NOVE4IIII..tt.

Marinotit was yesterday in,Tietar; Where he:
went to see the works on the tOrtitiCations. Ilu
afterwards 41ent, to Tarnavacas, and from' thence to
Avila, where helmet Getierul Clausel, Commandant,
of the 2d division, and General Nob% ihe s.th;
who had arrived with the greatest part of his divi. '
sion, which occupied l3exar; in consequence Of a
want,of proviiionZ The fith division, under Gen.
lirennler, is in Placentia Timm*, whore the artillery
Is, Reololos,G4ilslo, and. Grariadilla„ ~The '34 divi-
sion, under General Turi, in Argues, Islavalmoral,
Calcattr de Oropeza, and Talavera, where are the
betul.quarters, with the reserve park of artillery,
con posed of 25 pieces of eight, and tO4r-pounders,
and all the edmicistrations ; its garrison 'consists
bf, the 47th and 70th regiments, and 400 horse.—
The 4th division, cutnmanded
,by General Sarrat,
keeps open the communications on th.: Madrid road,
The In. division, directed by General Voy, is in
Toledo and it, neiglibimrhood. The total force of
tilts army it 28,(100, but a v,600 are, only lit roi
duty 3200 horsey with General Month:Ain, were
tst the bridge of Afahispo i they 'want provisions of
every description, and are greatly distressed for mu-
neit, shoes, and clothing,"

TOLEDO, Noy. (S.—General Foyt& division is in
thii city and its environs ; two other Generals of
Brigade are also here, Whilst General Marinont
remained here he inspeeed the torts and hospitals,
and on the,4th set out for Talavera, eficorted by HO
I,ollle, and she orisons °title place's through which
he 'ravelled j he carried with him one piece of ar-
tillery.
ALOCA na, NOVA, Nov. 19.--Marmont has re.

tired' towaids TA:tvaid, and, by his orders, the
Trirt of Mirtivete is to be supplied with warlike
stores. The gcirrison of 13adajoz Amounts to 3400

num.
As soon as Souk Wag informed of Girard'a defeat,
he dispatcheo pne 'Officer to Girard. and another
to Marmon% The first ordered 9000 men to C(ir-
dova. and from- this city 1470 matched tor Pedro-
dies, having 8000 ratiOn* previously preparenm
The second demanded goof) men of Marinont,
hich lid' did not choose to give., ,

VALIMCJA Dif....ALCANTAIIA, Nov .-11-fr...-On the
15th inst. oirived here two pieces of artillery, one
howitzer, 111(1 lour waggons laden. with ammunition,
taken Arroyo del klolinos.
' Getout Hill has made a prefent of General
Dombrowski's carriage to the Chief of the Star,
P. A. Girth, who, by his military (Mem, so
grail Ir contributed to the fortunate reitult ml that
action.

LONDON: .
TUBSDAY, DECRIID6II $l4, 1.81114.

We received this niuriiiug Curunna Papers to,the
ith from which the followiq are ex-
traas : •

CGItUNNA;: DEC; 10.--On the 6th inst. in the
vicinity:of,AstOigit, d partyof the inounted Caen.
dores, belonging:lathe van-guard advanced to the
village of Carmeosto reconnoitre . tha.enerny, and
having observed 25 hinge, who werdeicorting some
waggons .to Astorga, they mart:ied upon them.
but they precipitately tied to the Mills; 'where, upon
hearing of the fire, they 'were sac:cc:m-0 by some
infantry and cavalry Who were cxerFising, so that
this'braVe attempt, made almost under the walls of
the fortress, did not succeed.

• BAT4s of the.Dopuo,:'Nov. 30.—The enemy
inaintain- a regular garrison in Lidisma, and' have
burned all the boats at Torme4.

Deserters from the French army daily present
themselves, and on the 17th ult. arrived some Jura-
mentados who escaped from Madrid ; among them
two Oftioers►' Their reason for doing this was that
all the Spanish soldiers in the service of JOSEPH
BUONAPAItTE were intended to be sent to France.

In Zit-flora there i 3 a small prrison, and a com-
pany of germ d'artues. In Toro there are 1000 in-
fantry, too lancers, and two pieces of artillery.

VICINITY OF LEON, Nov. 24.—l'he custom-
ary garrisons remain in Lint, Astorga, Orbigo,
Mansilla, &c. &c.; partial movenients ate conti-
nually taking place; the walls of Astorga are daily
mouldering away, and they' have desisted from re-
pairing them. The enemy continues to ereet forts
on the neighbouring heights. On the f2ad tilt. was
interred the Bishop'of Leon.

PRINCIPAIITY Or ASTURIAS.—The Officers who
lately deierted to General LOSAD/t, as we ba'e
flounced before, are, a Lieutenant .and Ensign
of the 118th Regiment... They assert, that BONNRT
WO received orders to maintain possession of the
Orincipality as lung is possible, and that 4111111w-
rial‘Gtiaida would quickly quit Spain, His Excel.
lency Senior Don F. SILVEY RA, otters, by a lettei
dated from Cintves of the 23d ult, to assist with the
division under his command, in case of necessity,
the Opermioris of th,ts .arrnsr
YELVES,' N0v.:23.-116r' write from our head-
quarters, that • under the appearance of itiaaion the
utniust aaivity is.observed, and that the Patriots ael
very advaptageousty,, and daily bring in priioners,
aihnughin small numbers.
CIIALICO has taken 400- •11

!t& greater part of
them brainaotadosi who are daily expetled in Va.
lencadeAlcantara. Our small division is in Cuero,
but is in great want of , provisions. We have not
yet learned that MARM'ONT has passed the Tejo,,and
Only know that he caused a part of his troops, who
had arrived at. Truxillo, to retrocede to their former
positions. What pleaso us much, is this observing
the activity of: our generals, and the persuaiion
that the =greatest union and friendship subsists be-
pwc.on theM.
.„

CASTROPOL, Nov. 19,—.We have just been., in-
twined here, that the troops of the 7th Army, COM.
tnanded'by Gen. MENDAZABEL, have destroyed 400
French near Llitnes.
iPOITTAIIADA, Nov.',26.—rThe ititelligetice which
we have received from Madrid and Valencia COmes
clOWn iitihe 3d inst. and is veryfiyotirahle. to the
Usti arras. In elicit, SUCIIET tinds'himseil the
Spurt of the brave andiigliatit Valeneians, who, in
oonsetjecnce of the:04,0404444nH of their wor-
thy chiefs have retired: witit the twig of some war.

„stores. Some :letters of the 2d, and' others
say, that their loss
had'bien of'great consideration, and' thin' the Pa-
Wow, had entered vititorioiti into Zaragoza. Re-
fetiloitiLia, their positions, this will not be doubted
news requires cootirmation.

SIXTII A 101 Y.
The Supreme Government, in order to prevent
tlist.least indulgence to deserters, or those who take
any ;part, dired or in& Lief, in this critne,;direkall
the tribunals tti -conform to the decrees' find
orders alreadY rutted +on tbis,., subject 'ln Wl-
filittiettt Of the most, sacred;. duty, and obe..
(Lent* •to the Sovereign,- resolvedthat the
Vestment. have adopted tie most energetic area-
surps,,tp prevent desertion in every direction, and
parktihttly in that made to the Guerillas,

Wo have inserted from the American Papers. the
Address of Commodore Ronauns to the Court of
intiuiryi in which he endeavours to justify its con-
dua in regard to the Lille Belt. His statement,

however, that lie chmed her, under the supposiCon
tlun 5110 Was Olt! G,,erri ere R.-the t
ornest story that
ever was told, even by an American.

The accounts brought by the Anholt Mails (four
ni which arrived yesterday afternoon), are extreme-
ly
contradielory with refiPea to the state of affairs
between Russia and the Porte. The Ruisians
towards the:middle of 06lober, obtained a decided
advantage over the Turkish Army ; and an article
from Bucharest, dated the 22d of that mouth,
sup-
poses that it would pave the way_to a Peace ;- but in-
telligence frOm the time place of a later date, namely;
of the sth ult. says, that it will put an end to the
negotiations. Which of these statements is right,
we have no Means,at present of ascertaining.

We are sorry to see a respeEtable Morning -.113.
per deluded by daily reports of His MAJESTY'S
health, professedly signed by the attending Physi-
cians, which have no foundation in truth. The
paper alluded to is thus, unconsciously, no doubt,
made the tool of persons who have some pitiful in-
terest to promote. by these repeated
His MAJESTY'S bodily health and appetite are in a
good state.

Extraa of a letter from an officer on board
kb!
St. George, dated in the Belt, Nov. 22. 4 -
" I am sorry to inform you of the disastrous eon-'
dition of the St. George: Olt Saturday the 00:
insf."ttbdout:two o'clock A. M: we observed a mer,
chaht ship on out hawse, and immediately the cable
parted.. rWe' let go anoth,tr
,ancher, the cable of
which also gave, way ; we then let go the slieeran-
. char, but the 'ship still drifted. About three.o!clock
we cut away the forematt; and soon after the main
topmast,weoi. ' half-past three o'clock we sttucis'
in four fathoins, water, of Danish coast ; we
immediately cut away the wizen mast, the. ship
continuedstlikieg, and above five o'clock, we, lost.
our. rudder. - All was now ,apparenttrOver with as.
The officers and crew bid each ,ot her farewell ;ex-
pe6ting every moment the ship wduld go, to pieces,
as she beat so'violently that we could hardly keep
on our legs. , The night was dark, and no .vessel
could come to our assistance ;
,some of the heains,,
were. Already split, and every thing indicated her
speedy destruction. About A.'M.. the
storm' abatea a little, anrat daY -break thentose and
Bellette anchored near us; but no boat could come
to us': In this state
ing made for all the bciats of the squadron, atid the ~
wind getting dawn, witiovarping,"and the isiist,H
anee of the boSis, the St. George was got oil. We
have set Iq jury-masts, • and the Cressy, has-aisisted
in getting us a temporary rudder."
• Musr:broto;.--"This private Subscription SOCieiy
cominetit'ed their fifth season, last week at Freema.,
sons' Hall, to a crowded arid elegant audience. Se-
veral.•glees were exqUisitely swig 1).), C. Sirire,(‘ lie
composer), T;441.0it,,Wt CD, and FITZSIbtMONS, and
the Misses Bor.robr. MOZART'S beautiful duet o 2
.4hPerdado,.wait well executed 'by Miss E' BOLTON
and C. Smern, as was likewise The. Putterfly, by
the latter gentleman and rtritiltltorts.-,:Miiii E.
BOLTON also displayed, mfich,ttiste,and -science in
delieve air of ,Zep4r, tome, thou:playful
Minion ; norshould we omit. to botice the delicacy
and teeliog with which Mr. PTNa sung the favourite'
cif4taid Mr. WA T 3 led the in-
strseerital 'department, which consisted
amateurs. Seveill eiCellonk, IVeadings., werecHgrien
in tote coursed. the evening from seine of ouribest.
comic :and serious writers. Upon the strlftile' the
perferlitincea 'presented a' rational 'and enligbteeed
entertainment.. worthy ~the. distirigdisked applause
with which they were received.

CATHOM DtwNlta......This long announeCd.,rio-
litical.festival took place on Thursday 'last in-Dub-
lin. About nine hnedred persons,.atroemhled on the
occasion. A lohg list of toasts . were given, of a
loyal and constitutional kind, and theAvhdle .OM NI A
off in a, temperate decorous manner, which could
hardly be expet4ed, considering the violence whiCh
.
had characterised many of the 'persons who were
chiefly instrumental in promoting, the measurts
which nave OCCaSiOrt.to 'this celebration. lA
siderable' number of high and-reopeetable fpetss?
were present.
smart contest expected to take place, sleietry
after the ensuing meeting of Parliament, forOne'4f
cpe seats for Aldeburgh, in Suffolk, vacated by Co-
lottel MiMsiterr's acceptance of the Paymastership
of Widows' Pensions. A cortain_Noblentan, who ..
has of latie"yeais spent much of hii"tiMe; and Some of
his metieb, in the pursuit, of political influence
thavlicifough, is said at last to have determined on-.
fryinhl'l'llirereth on the aept °aching occasion.
The' trottingbain Parper we received ititirday
stateoerhat the hosiers .have' agreed to an alteration
in the' printed Mist ,of prices., .4peroximating ;awe.
nearly to the general wishes of the workmen. As
therefore every symptom of violeneF
since Monday last, 'we trust" the disturbaticia are at
an end.
Master 'Henry W,ast:,lietty, the once popular
Roasetnsi whe was hunted after by all the _Empire,
iy nqw hnntiog himself, not atter theatrical 'fame, or
fortune, but after hares:end
.fazes • he 'is-now' one
of the first. sportsmen
,in'SfirOpii:ire,..presidji4
some of the
principal hunts to
.the county.
Ott Sundly evening about seven o'cleck, as a
.
young. woman, respectably: dressed, was passing
through Hays's-court, St. Ann's, she was surround-•
ed by ilk,or' sever mer, who tripped he .tp back-
welds, and robbed her of a valuable shawl;
with which they made off. Afellow, no'doubt ono
Of the gang, name up to oer, inquired what waa the,
miter, and offered her his services to help her, up,.
but which was only to delay. titre to
prevent his
companions being phoned.: •
Curious Advertisernent,ea.traeled from a periodi-
cal work published in 141 reign if Queen' Anne
" A Gentlewoman, who has a great aversion to
marina, wants a maid 'who can le silent, and, help
her in the gov'uninelit of her family, If .the:said
servant ~can clear-starch, whisper, and tread re/f/li,
ills 'shag haste- suitable 'encouragement in
*agcy.".

PARTFIFII tiAtilACl,; FIIcST Dig AMERtCAP PAttiltS

1111.ATIVP, Td
THE I'I2FSIDENT AND LILLE lIELT•

The National Inklligenrer, haying given all the
material evidence in this affair, concludes with Com-
modore Runnetts' AddresstittirCotift of Tni
uiri
:Ind ►he judgment of said. Court ; both of which
follow _

„,,,Icfoorta..Nettoesniodretneti.aoloidnGGettialtsleriTicori9Tri:e
cCootUkt.T. , :• .
aleintir:ltrnsitaion
avail 'myself of the present moment to vv.
tpi roe: 3:
ma
nyr 1 thanks
I' 1 e:: for the patient investigation of the
ndludruilcsedofi:til which caused its conveni-
perfealy convinced that the evidence
asutficient to ensure that my earth
dua in .146004 will meet the approbation of eve/
unprejudiced mind, at' well for its general tenor as,
for the lenity
sltewn to •an assumed enemy, whom
I had it in My.' power to destroy by a single broa,i•
side more, and that too without any risk of injuring
the ship under my command.
Many of the
interrogatories put by my o
self t
the witnesses May
have appeared to the Court su-
perfinous, I fear : but when it confiders the odioes
featurestlienowfsptalipe:rtsa,tebamidentot tbveheical-plttaaisnhDeirotgi
le.:nliii,bsioteict
in _
ficial statement tofAdmiral Sawiei, Caw.' hi'' Ma.
jesty s sloop Lille Belt, May fil,-. ffilf, 1at.3.5. t.
long. 74. 4,1); NV. Cape Charles best iO„ wegt, di”
'tont 48 titiles);A am sure it 'cannot complain of the
time thave._..token ...up in p;ovin&.(while I had it in
• my power) that unblushing representation to be pal.
. . g I shiidld .not now longcr trespass on
,60ably and wilfull)' false. .
, and
~ Le a,
patien. ' fthe Court, i
-- -
the present proCtedings in:l' ,he published to the
WO!Id, and a consequent desire 111;4' even my nfl
u'
the fur chasing the Lille Belt should be gitown, nud
tins. L'am-the more desirous of, es greet Pair's b"e
the dans '
• bell taken by a few intlividurast,whocallthemselves
American's, to impose ay:belief that I chased with :3
becaise I entertain
hostile intention, not however
a' hope of producing any change ill sentirnen"
of men like, themselves (and' for' the.
of m- y country I hope_tliere are butieii such)
v'thi'
.1 ; Gu-
aredispegicd to reop,,,seof firrositi, .01 to.k,r.
vernrnent; as well as :of -its agenfs, in an 'odious
light.; but to undeceive /net Only my own c""11"1"
mere, but even ever'' libetal Eliglishin,to whu may
live been deceiVed by their'sopliistry. honour
" That' I did': ehase:the .Libßelt, I. neiCam" .
lege ; but that i aid iio.:iith the int:ention. Of of •
in the
presence oaf niy 66d, It without any founds-
menaee'or look iathe Briiigh flag, I declare,
.ing-
1, tlcth:tw. hateVer i' n6itlier would the orders under
*hick I W'ai fining' authorise such a conise, all
mare than -they would, justified my subinis
ttin
io an insult a British or any ship war.
of
from
a Wilh-otit inriliir ObSeivtitions or comment (h°
i., -; -,%c , At!' !.. ,-1 4 i follow'
is necesshiiiyeanneaed with the subjel, the ,
4i1.)-:—Oti.the 'lotli of 'May, being then at onelifir
ins are thettilire'llifi treasons foe having chafe
thet
Off:l.nnapcilli,, I got 'ittideiWeigh,
of
to AT
station' at New York, in consequenCe of 'l,loll'orikl,
from the Honourable Secreiari. of. *the Nol t" Lb",
eire tit ; i n which 'he acquaint Wittie (;'l. hitt bav3ll6
4stied this,: arAler, owing tcr his being inform ‘
that the trade of Noe 'Yorim had '.'become in'
.... . .........—.•.
terrupted by British- and French; crotzers. At
this time I dlicovered by the New§paperi, thai,
' a British trigklie, SUppOsed to be the &ter
do.
rier,
had, in the vicinity ''of Sandy. Hook, and
*mg my -absence from the station, irnPfesOd (41i
Of tic Arner‘can brig Spitfire, bound ..cosetvan
il'e'' A
young,ittap 4,,y the m
nae of Doggio, on Americ:il.
and aiipretitide fo the fluster otithe brig on the I.r:
of May; at a little past meridian,-being rit the lints
~
r fitter°
in seveUteen. fat hoots Watyy about Norton° ,
Iseagnes to the northward and eastwiti d of C.aPe HOrl:
k i liVaral
ancLahoot...six leagues from -1 he iand-to the sou d
of chi"coteti, a-saii I,V3S disctivered to the ettstol*,
standing towards. us under a press of eaDvat4
as lei
•), • • ,:' .. . vibJcliAl
goon ortadeotitbv it e shiPeof ber iipr r sail4' 11
lie ounOf
4ecame,tl:stiogiiiiihnble from odidect,.lo -- ar'
"
Ors t"
ivar. Not luttling heard of tiny othersbip p
,t,,, I .
ti which she was discoyeied) . that 'it wa4
On.) beforcitientioued frigate boingo c'`'. ic,;°,,aßioei'
40ncluded ow more p trticul.trly from the oP-- I
accordingly determined to speak her, as well btcat ,
I conside d ' d , know the names AO
....sc)t,.: mi.., qv to , A
cruj'e% ,
diameters,' it-ipossible, of all foreign,
hovering On' burr; `coast', .as . front *an
vesseligiPr 1
51011, it •it turned out to be tt-e .O
-Conceived t I
'.
-Eli her Commander, WO haying
learllt, through the rnej iurn:or,the outragenewilrriPe
the sensation which the before-rnentionea ht
had produced throughout the United. States, °lig
of
be induced, if he was - not; totally. regefdles9lol
her . sins:
dtmerican'ellipit'te justie, tO•nlenlion that ire
the soveteign rightS
the yoeng man in quection art bard) 116'1,ft:toe'
deli'%er him' up to me, and perhaps at the $11‘"-0 ~t
assign some cause- for such a gross viel°ti° At
4ny rate, whether he was disposed et tli,A.rd, I
could learns from him. that the MO 09 QI/ w 1.
Of the A ericsa tnif.9:)' iI,

4

ani
should have it in.rny power tO represent thez mea44.3
to my Government, •and thereby be the meane:trfl
more readily effeBing his emancipation froth vassal.;:,
2gel and the trod necessity of fighting ,the battles
of the very Country whose Officer had thus unlaW.
fully enslaved and in doing this; I consitiered
I was doing no more than a" duty iinposed on' me by
Thy situation,' consequently 1 felt regardless if,
in accomptishing it, a further attempt should
be made to insult my country by offering violence
10 the flag flying diet. my bead--as I was then, am
now, and ever shall be, prepored to repel any such
,nsult or injury to the very uttermost of the force
My command ; and that too without regard
to the conseqUences resulting therefrom.

"These, gentlemen, were my motives tor having
Lchased the ship, which I supposed to be the frigate
that impressed Deggio, but which afterwards proved
obe I;ii Britannic Majesty's ship Lille Belt. But
even if I had no such reason to justify my chasing,
I maintain that the usage of nations, the.treaty con=
eluded in 1783 between tbe Vaited States and Great
13ritTn, as we:l as the British precedents almost
without number, gave me that right : if it be ad-
irittted that our country possesses any comparative
or reciprocal rights whatever.
•
" Although I admit I did chase the Lille Belt; I
neverthless deny that her Commander wished to
Prevent my coming up with him, otherwise he un-
doubtedly Would not have kept away, and set his

1111(10iug sails when he Was several miles to wind-

ward of me; added to this, his conduct was un-
ftiend4,, to say the least, as he declined chewing his
.colours until after it was too dark, to distingpish what
!It" were, although he mat have perceive& as well
4.°41 the course I steered, as fro.m my colours (of
which he undouistedly" saw the peudant) that I
\visited to speak him: Itideed, the several cireum•
tances make it appear to tre,, that he Arai i&norant
of our force, and wished to procrastinate our meet-
Itic only until after it should be dark.
" JOHN RODGERS."

TUDGMENT OF THE
The Court of inquiry, authorised and required
by Precept issued 'by the HOD. the Secretary, of the
Navy of the United States, bearing date the 24th of
jeiY, 181.1, have, in confoimity with the sauce,
Minutely examined into every circumstance stated in
the letter of John Rodgers, Esq. bearing date, Off-
Sandy Hook, May the 23d, 1811,, and addressed to
the Hot). the secretary of the Navy of the:United
Mates, relative the affair between the,. United:
11t sirs' frigate 'the President, and his Britannic Ma-.
AYR ship Lille Belt ; and having taken all the
tegainaeny that could in any manner or degree elu-.
eidate fans, do, in obedience to the aforesaid pre-
eePt, state all the
.fatss that have beep disclosed,
1"
It has bean proved, to 'the satisfaction of the
e° uns that Cool' Modore. Rodgers, 'on perceiving
that his Britannic Majesty's ship the Lille Belt to
te a Ship of .war,. made every exertion to comeup
With her before dark - •
2(1, That the flag of 'the United States was dis-
l'Llyed on boatelthe United'States' ft 'gate the Presi-
oelit' as
soon as his Britannic Majysty's ship the
143 Belt was discovered to:be a ship of war, and
pas kept flying until noon of 'the fallowing day.
3d, That Capt. 'Bingham ackunwledged that the
jelitl, pendant of the United States' frigate the Pre...
nt had beeri'distinguished during the chae.frons
I ship the Lille Bell.
4th, That no colours were perceived king On.'
hard. his Britannic Majesty's ship the Lille Belt,'
t)n ehe hove to, and that it was then too daiic
to
414649i5i) 1.0 what nation they*Plonged.
6th, That Commodore Rodgers hailed his Bd..
tit
'Tic Majesty's, ship the Lille Belt fist.
uth, That Commodoie Rodgers' hail, was not sa-
rmaoorily answered.
7th
iltat ,his, Majesty's ship the Lille Belt fired
e first gun, •
tlth
m, Lhat. the first gun filed by his Britannic
ajestra ship the Lille Belt was without any pre-
vi:ll Prevotalion or justifiable cause.
'tit, That the shot fired from his Britannic.Ma-
3elty
s.
snit) the Lille Belt was returned from the
States frigate the President by a single gun.
agth; That the general fite was commenced by
hisßritannic Majesty's ship the Lille Bell.
or 11th, That atter the firing had continued for four
five minutes, 'his Britannic Majesty's ship the Lille
qt erased firing".
Lilitth, That after his. Britannic Majesty's ship the
e Belt had ceased firing, and' the' fire of the
u leite4 States' frigate the President bad, in Copse•
citl ettee thereof, ceased, that the for Mer ship had, in
about three minutes recommenced her: fire Upon'
the latter,
13th, That the seem) fire continued about ',five
w I,
halt "en his Britannic Majesty's 'ship Lille
vas totally silenced.
gtl:th) That in both'insiances,whenjhe.Al'e of his
tinnie Majesty's ship was silenced, Commodore
cgera tutted himself to' prevent, further injury
ing done her.

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Aslh, , That Ore trnited- States' frig,ite the rag.
etit' Was Iyinrk! %vitt)! lights lirtilierl d'ul:itig the
night after -the ',lfffair With his Blit,innic M.sjesty's
ship Lila Belt. ,
tEtl4 That Commodore Rodgers prorfered aid to
the CoMmander of his Britannic Majesty's ship the
Lille Belt the hurtling after the rencoun ter.
17th, That, in consequence of the fire from Rri-
tannic Majesty's ship the Lille Belt, one boy was
wounded on board the United States' frigate Presi-
dent, one shot struck her main-mast, another
struck her foremast, and some of her riggingwas