The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-08-04 00:00:00

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InT 200 tons, I do teem, that the l'rese•lont is es-
ereded as mach by ether 44's in the British service,
t shy exceeds the Rodymiott. The Jaya, the 14;"
antler, the Liverpool., the Newcastle, and several;
other 44's, are at least 200 tons larger thask the
largest Americas' frigete —and the Egyptian, tried.
only 40 sons, eqnslly eiteeds them in size. In the
fall of 1805,she lay at Lisbon, near the Constitution,'
• then commended by Commodore Rodgers—both ships
Were me. Atwell by their officers, and, on a come
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.11s7 tonnage 260 tens.' • The Constitutionet that time
. 7taoauted only 44 guns. The, Egyptian, although
--lifilig-OnlY 40 mounted Si. The Coustitutino, the
i United States, and the President, are of the same
".. ' fete, and, by a comparison of the latter ship with
• 4he Egyptian, 40, every one may judge, how correct
- Is tbenmertion, that 'the Fordyrnion it the largest
and forsaidoble.44egio frigate belonging. to the
t.
BrtiS '' and that there wi5.6.00-goropeen frigate
•- of thib- Aresensions, but what wei known to be,
it thiid Miellir, and a third *esker than an Aillfiri•
can frigatiriordt gone - ' - •
"Tile practice in tint BritiOr Set/ lies been,. tafeeie, '
ir, 'Ohl* frigate* by tai number... lif :guns. moanted.
on their deck, without referehee to the whole
liembet mosited. A frigate mmenting terenty-sis
gene en the kunideck W4ll cited a 32; 28 a 36,
gnd if
.30 a 44. _ The same role • answered equally
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• well to air flan.: l'w Essee 32, minted 36 guns
on her *SW deck. The. Constellation 36, meets
, 38,end the Coati ta ti on, United States,eod President,
• 44's, Boogied esti bOgens. The iiile,whOthor.geod or
• '` • lid, Is a British tele; and whether, the introduction.
i:,. of it into our service arose' from *sign or trim sc.
'AIA,' it's premised that if we approve of it, we
Jilin not discontinue it, because England, by en
• Order in Coeocil, has made. to tbti florid the de.
articling confession of the diseeptioni•ahe has bees 'so
' long practising! Nor do I deem it. 'necessarySien.
i. .
what is ~...m
quire the practice of ether maims. alim
it to say, that tech is ewe's -nom. We atiattr•ct , lift
, . . **and man our ships to please. 'oasselres, and not
• to gratify others, end we shell in this instance feel
4.L.,_. anissivos no more ' shamed' •by the 4. ezereple' ,of
Ingland, than we were by the ' Order in Commit,
forbidding Aide frigates to engage ours singly I We
did not folkeit the one, nor can I perceive the moral
obligation for following the other, but if England
hie really learnt the tubes ,of 'houetty,- end intends
practising it, we de;;liiitink 'case,. in justice to our.
• islees, claim the mestalabayiectaeght her by our
ptcept, whatever
.6110lt the may be entitled to by
',
,ftrer **Nipple; and, one we think, will not be ' for-
gotten sooner than the other.
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ellitiaasisks...ll***W.pellirrADJUTANT-ORNERAL.
.P- DIVISION OS TM 500111.
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a t ' " Adjutant-Genera' 01Bre. Warms,
/, Mel 27, 1818.
.« FELLOW •Snif.inius..—You were called lute the
Sold, to punish Savages and Negroes, who had, in a
,imeguinary manner, used the tomahawk and. scalping
*nits upon our helpless citizens on the frontier.—
You have pursued them to Mickasuky, St. Mark's,
Sewaney, and lastly to this place, through an ones.
plored wilderness, encountering immense dilficulties
and privations, which you met with the spirit of
American soldiers without a murmur.
"Your General anticipated a close of the campaign
on 'his return to Fort Gadsden, and hailed the hour
with feelings of gratitude to Heaven, at the prospect
of relieving you from your labours, by placing you
in quarters, or Mauling you to your home: bet
how great was the disappointment, when he heard
of therecent murders committed on the Alabama,
by a party of the enemy from Pensacola, where they
were furnished with previsions and ammunition by
a friendly Power Under this state of things, you
were marched here under difficulties which you alone
can properly appreciate, meeting on the way the
protest of the Governor of West Florida, threaten-
iog to employ force, if we did not immediately eve.
caste the country. This new and unexpected enemy
has been taught to feel the impotence of his threats.
You entered Pensacola without resistance; and the
strong fortress of the Ilaraucas could hold out but
one day against your determined courage. Your
General moot help admiring the spirit and military
zeal which you manifested, when it was signified that
it would be necessary to carry it by storm."
The remainder consists merely of thanks to di&
rent officers for their conduct on the occasion.
In addition to the confirmed news of the capture of
Pensacola, the capital of West Florida, by General
JACKSON, reports have reached Charleston, direct
front St. Augustine, that the inhabitants of that capi-
tal were in eepectation of a visit from the American
army, and that the only force there was about 400
men, badly provisioned. It was further reported from
Amelia, that the American troops were on the point
of embarking for iSt. Augustine by water.—(Besten
.Paper.)

This day, which is the time lived for the Miro of
the Write, the Members of the New Parliament will
receive doe notice of the postponement of its Meeting,
for 59 days. We have no means of jedgiag whether
•reu at the end of that period it is to meet for the
dispatch of besieess, or whether it be iuteeded that
a still farther prorogation shall take place. We find,
by referring to 37 G. 111. cb. 127. that this Act con.
twins a spacial provides, that in cue of the4ismise of
the Crown preriottsly.te the alai on which a New
Parliament is to meet by the Writ of gammons, the
Old Parliameot assembles; if after that day, the
New Parliament mast meet, whether he Member.
bus been sworn is or so.

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that the, liarashingtaii the ladapendance, and I
Franklin, are much mitaller than many 74's in
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