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London, England, 1812-12-31 00:00:00

CORVLTTI.

Jphn Adana - 26 Captain LUDLOW
MIPS O WAS.
Wasp . ... 16 ' IS Captain JONES
Hornet .. . 16 18 Captain LAwarstcs

Bales.
- Syren - 16 Lieut. Gomm'
Argus - . ]6 ..---- CRANL
Oneida - • 16 ......» WOOPIRT
ICHOONRILI.
Vi;en . . 1! . Lieut. GADSEN
Nautilus - . 42 ,-.—.-- SINCLAIR
Enterprize - - 12 ii-- BLARELET
Viper - - 12 .---- BAINBRIDGE
• 170 Gun-boats, 20 at New Orleans, Captain SHAW.
BOMBS.
Ventgeanee, Spitfire, /Etna, and Vesuvius, In Ordinery.
THE SWALLOW RACKET.

COPY 01. A LITTER RECEIVED BY THE SECRETARY OP THE
NAVY PROM COMMODORE RODGERS.
"Upitad SOWS Frigate, President, at Sea, Oct. 17.
SS zet-1 have the honour to acquaint you; that,
on the. 16th inst, near the Grand Bank, this ship,
the emigres* in company, captured the British ding's
Packet, Swallow, Joseph Morphew, Commander,
haunt! from lingston JaTaica,:to*Falmouth. The
ratik of the Comaias;deT of this vessel is that of a
Master and Commander in the Navy. She li4d no
cargo in, except eighty-One boxes of gold and• silver,
amounting to between one hundred and fifty and two
hundred thoLsand dollars :—the. specie I took out of
her, and had intended sending her to England in the
character ea cartel, with her own crew: having

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fallen in at this moment, however, with the Ame-
rican schooner Eleanor, bound from Baltimore to
France, dismasted% induced me to change my first
determination, and instead of sending her to Eng-
land, have sent her to the United States, in charge
of the Master and crew of the before-mentioned
schooner, who at the moment of writing this,
have charge of the Swallow, with the schooner in
tow, but which, as soon as the weather will permit,
they intend abandoning after having taken her cargo
on board the Swallow.

46 I parted company with the United States and
Argus five days since : they are not, .however, far
from me at.present, I apprehend.
We have not seen a single British vessel of war
as yet, except one frigate, which the want of wind
and the approach of night prevented our chasing
with any effect ; although from information after-
wards received, 'we must have passed very near a
squadron of five frigates the evening preceding that
on which we saw the one before mentioned. I have
the honour to be, with the greatest respect, Sir, your
obedient servant, " JOHN RODGERS."
Hon. Paul Hamilton, Secretary of Navy."
NEW YORK, DECEMBER 14.

A report was brought to town last Saturday by an
Albany skipper, and published in the papers, that an
express had arrived at Albany from the Northern
Army, with information that General Smith had
crossed the Niagara river at Lewiston, with the troops
under his command, and carried Queenstown and
Fort George ; and that General Harrison had taken
Detroit and Fort Maidon. Indeed all Canada was
said to be conquered.
Expectation was on the tip-toe to have this agree-
able news confirmed, and the docks were lined on
the North River yesterday forenoon, anxiously await-
ing the arrival of the steam-boat. I3ut, behold, when
she came alongside of the wharf, instead of confirm-
ing the news, it was ascertained by Gentlemen, pas-
sengers, that the express came to the Governor, with
information that the army were in want of ammu-
nition.

The following extract cf a letter, dated Washing-
ton, November 11, says Mr. Speaker Clay his
received a letter from Kentucky, ;taring that Gene-
ral Hopkins, with about 3000 men, after a search of
eight or ten days for the Indians upon the frontiers
near the Wabash, has been obliged to return without
success, and that his men have barn disbancfed, and
have returned to their homes, not being able to con-
tinue auy longer for want of provisions."