The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-03-16 00:00:00

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OP AMERICA,
ITS ENIPLOYMENT AND CONDITION.
Navy Department. Dee. 11. 159.0.
Sta—l have the honor to acknowledge the receipt
of your letter of the 4th inst. on behalf of the Com-
mittee on Naval Affairs, and to furnish in compliance
11ith your request the following statement, which con-
tains the information require:l.
Columbus, of 74 guns; Peacock. sloop of war, IS
guns; Spark,(brig) 14 guns ; these vessels are employed
for the protection of oar commerce in the Meditetra-
nean—to prevent the Barbary States front committing
eepredations on the persons or property of citizens of
she United States. The Spark is principally em-
7!oyed as a despatch vessel to and from the ports of
Barbary.
Ontario, sloop of war, IS guns ; in readiness to pro-
ceed to the Mediterranean, to relieve the sloop of war
Peacock, ordered to the United States.
Constellation, frigate, :Id guns ; cruising in the
Pacific Ocean fur the protection of trade and whale
sheries.
Macedonian, frigate,36 guns; returning to the U sited
States from the Pacific, after being relieved by the
Lanztellation.
Congress, frigate. 36 gams; crili7;nz in the Indian
•ss, and the several Straits, to atfor.l convoy anti pro-
& t ection to onr trade to anti from China, and to give se-
e, a.; t y against the native Orates.
Corvette !oho Adamr, 24 suns; corvette Cyan.,
24 guns; Hornet, sloop of war, It, gnns; cruising on
the coast of A Erica, for the suppression of the slave
trade, and capture of piratical vessels; with instruc-
ts its to cruise, for the same purpeae, on their return
to the United States off the coast of Guinea and among
the West India Islands.
Enterprise, (brig) 14 met ; cruising along the
tacit Indies, Gulf of Mesieo, and occasionally round
the Bahamas, and along the southern coast of the
I: ailed States.
• Lynx, schooner, 6 guns ; Nonsuch, schooner, S
gun' ; cruising as the brig Enterprise; all these yes-
acl being employed to carry into effect the several acts
of Congress for the suppression of the Slave Trade and
punishment of the crime of piracy.
Gun Boats, Numbers 158 and 16S ;--ernising for
the saute objects along the Coasts of Georgia, Flo-
ride, Ste. Lc.
Timm small vessels, mounting one sin each, are em-
ployed off the Mississippi in the proket ion of the trade
and revenue of the United States.
The objects contemplated the orders to the seve-
ral ships and vessels of the navy are briefly esplained
avian their names and stations.
As respects the force now employed in the Mediter-
tartan, it is presumed to he not greater than the ser-
vice and the interests of the United States require for
the purposes of protection : the other ships and
vessels are cruising separately, and are considered
reeesary fur the aer% ice to which they have Iwo
asslrnetl.
'have the honor to be, with great respect, Sir,
your most obedient servant, S. Toomesos.
iion. Philip P. Barbour. Chairman of Naval
Committee, Howe of Representatives.

BOXING.
A rue match and treat to the amateur took place yes•
terday on Barham Downs, in alerts and Bucks, as the
spot divided the two counties. It was between George
Granger, a tried good man, who beat the Bath hatcher
and others, and Thomas Hauling, better known by the
name of Huntingdon Tom, for 3(hrs. a side. It was a
el:*rt hot merry fight of four rounds only, in twenty-
nine minutes.
Round 1. Harding hit his adversary away from hint
as a machine would chaff; but tiranger ttsaac• his stand,
oropping the claret from every organ, and be g nuexrd
hi. adversary by a belly go first.
2. Had either tried science, it would have failed ' • they
went to work like slaughtermen, at a bullock's head.
;tad hit away fearlessly for six minntes, when Granger
was thrown a tremendous snmmtrsti, which brought
forth an involnntary heave from the lungs, like a pas iour
using his instrument.
3. The men bad been busilv engaged for fifteen Imi-
tates, and five more were employed at the piping sp.
teat : a manly rally followed, amt Granger was hit down
by a blow roundly delivered on the ear, and the claret
4. Harding was all abroad: he was weak toil insensi-
b:e, tiranger won the light 11-q hitting hit:: down,
ald drawing two of his jaw teeth.

Prorsrataxissi.—Crisp, the celebrated pedestrian,
i•••• backed for three httnilrml guineas to walk against
:s.s;otlier celebrated pedestrian, from London to Liver-1
p 01. They are to start from Hyde Park I:6rner on
sster Monday morning, accompanied by two I'mpires
sai horseback. They are to halt on the road at %et
places, and to sleep but two niehts on the way. Ile I
thst takes the least time in walking their respective
staces to be declared the winner. Many bets are de-
pending on Cue occasion, but at present Crisp is the
frvonrite.
No 110:14 nen V. brothers of the sister kintr-
en bare the name of blundering. and are allowed to
s;•rak : hut it was no blonder they having the
while of one of the .£21,0110 Prizes in the present Lot-
tery, as the entire of 4,053. Class A, .£41,000 was
sent to Pnblin; and whether it is owing to the fore-
going Sitt:CeSS, or To-morrow, Saturday, being the day
of their Saint, cm which dap the Lotter!, entiee!ri
finishes, we are not aware, but from the number of
Irish adventurers, and orders from all parts of Ireland
for Tickets and Share'. we should not be surprised if
tbev expect to speak trice to a .£21,000, or even as
ire of them, who wrote to an Office-Keeper, expressed
• I imself, desiring Three Tickets, said, " I hope you
will get use the Three Twins Next Saturday," al-
luding, no doubt, to the Three A'21,000, uhich must
ha drawn To-morrow.
A suicide of a singular kind took place lately near
'Lanark. A gentleman's gardener, having suffered his
work to fall behind, and afraid of the reprimand
which he thought he merited, gave his melancholy
t'ougbts the direction of self murder. He had pre-
viously keen afflicted with the desire of lifting his
hand against himself, and mentioned to his son that
he was afraid of what be. would do when he next be-
came ill. On that occasion he had procured a rope,
awl was about to hang- himself upon a tree in the
• Pardon. when lie recollgctea the passage in scripture
which says, " Cursed is he who hangeth upon a tree."
oppestede teminiscence Nand him for that time.
•Ilya *kis ominous • appiebensions were ultimately
realised; for be was seta *fits found drowned iu a
tub pond.

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