The Statesman.
London, England, 1813-07-12 00:00:00

- owellets, when the tides yard arms were locked"
Ili
,togother, that Mr. Cy an, who ciontmandedin
main-top, firstling himeilf screened from the e 1
by the foot of the topsail, laid est at the insin-ya •
awn to fire upon them, and idiot three men in that.,
. - situation. Mr. ?aid* who comniamiedie out foram
top, stormed the -eagety'a f0r...-top from the fore.
yard-arm, ,and. destroyed all the Americans remain•
lng in it. I particularly beg leave to recoMmend.
Mr. Ktongli, the Acting Master, and Messrs.'Smiths•
Lemke, Cheering, Raymond, and Littlejohn, Mids.
shipmen. This latter' °deer is tbetsositilaptala
Littlejohn, who was shin in the Berwickmo':l .
,The loss of the enemy was about .70 knled, and'
100 wounded. Among the fnreuv• were the four
Lieutenants, a Lieutenant of Marines, the
_Master,
,and teeny other 011cers. Captain Lagrone* hi since
dead of hiswounds. -
The enenif came into action with a complement of
fonr bundled-and forty men; the Shannon having
picked up some.resaptured seamen, had three bun=.
dred and thirty.
The Chesapeake ism fine frigate,and mounts fortys,
nine guns, eighteens on her main deck, two-ands;
thirties on her quarter deck ~and foreeastle. Botha
shire came out of action in tisemost beautiful osier,'
their rigging appearing as petted Olt. they had only
been'exobanghig a salute • .
Illate the honoqr to be, i!tc.
- • *0341 ' • P. 11 V. BROKE.
Ire Cep the Moo. 1:: eludes Gawk**. away.
per ei.toi+so en wissa-aws warsereaseseeesintow. •
Ta. T...t.. Watt, Vint thatteamtt r G. Aldhava..Purver ; John
pima. l'aptattl'a Clerk i G. Gilbert. W.lierillee. M. 011ebrilt,
T. *lay, .1. ;mug, 3. You's, J. Wallace. and J. Brawn, able
ear/ten 4 T. Barr,. M. Murphy, T. Malloy. T. Joao, mai J.
• .etcatuarily, ordinary seamen 4T. Davey, trat elms, boy. -
MARINI:B. •
S•muel Millard. corporal 4 -Janes .Taynts, privnie ; Demi-
triune aeder, pri‘atet and William Young. private.
itlPk:RP4l.3lF.ltAitr ES.
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vw liii"al atorrisitY t Julia hri arty i and Timms Germain.
(Sigurd) 'P. $..V.' /IRAK Ir. CiTtaia.
AI.LX. JACK, Siirgeoe.

V.

. (TRARRMITTED IT AMORAL UR 1. i. WARitef.]
His Majesty's sloop Fantasise. in the Elk
Riyelk th April, 1813.
fire,— I have the honour to acquaint you, that havingyester-
day gained infonnation of the depot of floor (alluded to in your,
hole to me of the 12d ital.) being with manse military and other
Kates, situated at a place called French Tows. a considerable
divtroce -is the Ri,er Elk. I caused his "Majesty's brigs Faa.
_doom and Alobawk. and the Dolphin, Lacer, and Ili/Myer ten-
ders, to tie moored, yesterday eveningots far within the entrance
firthis river as could he prudently effected after dark, and at
eleven o',•loek roil bight the detaihment of marines now in the
, jadsgered squadran, consisting of about one hundred and fifty I
men, 'miler Captains Wybunro and Carter, of that corps, with
-I.e artillerymen, yonder First Lieutenant Robertson. of the
arli:lery (oho eagerly vohotteered .his valuable assistance
es this oma.ion), proeSeded in the boats of the squadron, the
I've* acing ender the immediate directioU of Lieutenant
.igestpliali, tiro, of Inc Marlborough, to take aad destroy the
aforesaid stores, the Highflyer tender. under the command of
Liemenant T. Leo is, brit g directed to follow, for the support
. and pro action of the boats, as far and as closely as be might Sod
it pine idable. ,
Being ignorant of the way, the boats were unfortunatdl7ltd
up tile l'oltemia Rivers instead of keeping in the Elk, and tt be-
ing da%-iight before this Prow was rectified, they. therefore did
. did oat reach the destined place tilt between eight and nine
o'cle-k this morning, %%high ocro,ioned the enemy to have full
•w .rniug of their approach, and gave him time to collect his
forettand make his arrangements for the defence of his'etores
sod town. fur the securitv of which a siz-gun battery had lately
been erected, and from whence n oeevy tire was opened oa oar
boats the moment the% ap wombed wi:hin its reach. but the
losonchesi with their carronades oat/ the orders of Lieutenant
Niehob4, Alexander. First of the Drogue, palling onolutely up
In the work, keeping up of the same -lilac a constant amd weU-
dinuted lire on it. and the marines being in the act of dime-
barking on the right. the Americans Judged it prmleol to quit
their battery. and to retreat precepttatelv into the sumistrx
abandoning to their fate F-eneh Towa and its depots of
_Penni
the whole of the latter, therefore, consisting of much flour, a .
largequantity of army clothing, of auldku, bridles. and other
equlr.ents for cavalry, Sr. SteNSte. to 'ether with various arti-
old mercnandize, were 'attnediately set fire to, and entirely
emovarged, as were five vessels lying pear the place ; and the
tans of the battery, being too heavy to brim away. were din.
Ibled as effectually as possibk, by Lieutemsot Rqbertsna and
his artilleryseu ; after which guy orders being eoinpletely fist-
Stied the boats retarued down the river without molestation,
I and as happy to mid, that one woman, of the. MaidAmies
wounded in the arm by a grape shot, is the only commitz
have sustained.

To Lieutenant G. A. Westpball. who has so pliantly ems-
ducted, and so asly executed, this service, btighrse email
mann sal best acknowledgments are due, and I trust, Sir, ,yost
will deem him to have also thereby merited your favourable ems-
sideration and notice. It is likewise my pleasiag duty te.ac-
quaint vou, that be speaks to bsgbest. terms of.tha geak
and good etioduct. of cvety 011eer anifewn employed with him
on this °evasion ' • but particularly of tbe very great assistance
be derived from Lieutenant Iteimelsos, ell the 4?,17. • Wu'
tenant Alexander, of the Dragon, Lieutenant of the.
Itlifildvers and Captains Wyteura and Carter. -the Kora
)eta nes.
I have no* anchored the above-mentioned brigs and, tMd.rn
near a farm, on the right bank of this river, where tbere- ap-
pears to bc a considerable quantity of cattle, whkb I 'Mead
cnt, eking for the use of the neat coder sour twelesewel, aid if
Ic meet will nit resistance or impediment is so.delem
give the owner hills on thi Victualling Ogee fqr:the fair valor
of whatsoever is so taken; but should resistance be made. I den'
eim-i4er them as prize of war, which I intstmlliewet rem ajPr
•, and 1 porpose taking on heard a further supply. for
the fleet to-morrow , to similar tenni, from %testicle wand,
%Olich lies a little below Ilayre 4e Grace, sad which I. have
been iuformed is abio well stocked.

I have the honour to be, Ite.
(Signed) G. COCKBURN; Raw-Admiral.
Tp thr Right liolmnrable. Admiral Sir .1. B.
Warren, Batt. Is. B. AC. atf, 4c.

Admiral Cockburn, In a second report, doted of Turkey
Point, May S gives an account, of the attack made apl_n 'levee
de (bare, at Age entrance of the Sesquehanna Ritier.-Thls place
had acquired an import:lace from the American colours being
boosted on a latelpereeted battery Thu attack was made in
two di Woes g one under the Command of Lluotratint Weobal,
noddle other under Ocytrdn react, of -the Tantalse, A,
seam are trasepenetl.en the place at dav-lighi by Captain Dew-
ren.x's di rine*, which was .mincily reienied freastihe. balker
far a vhort time, but which soon slackened e whets Capt. Law,.,
trace elected eluding with the Marines, the Americans with.
Men from the battery, and look shelter ig the town,
Westphal gm possession of the battery, tented Abe guns uplink
the enemy, aua thereby forced throe to retreat with their whole.
force to the farthest extremity of the town, where they were
per•ued, and at kngth forced to takesbelter in the woods. This,
gallant Liedtenant received a shot through his hand, in the put._
salt, but notwithstsediug. succeeded with the other in taking,
prison,,r, and bringing in, a Captain of Militia; an Ensign,"
and af. w, armed individuals, were also taken,
:bat the rest W-
illie trated the woods. ens not deemed prudent to pursue,
, and therefore, adds Admiral Cockburn, " afier setting'
lee to some of the Insoles, to cause the proprietors (who had
dratted them, and formed part of the militia who bad fled WI
the woods), to understand and feel what they were liable to,
being upon themselves; by building batteries, and aetias.th.i
wards us with se much useless rancour, I embarked is the duals,
the pm (rain the battery. and having also taken and destroyed,
*beet /30stand of.anall arms, 1 detached a' snail divitten of
butt up be Sniquelmoun. to take and destroy whatever their,
aright meet with in It, and proceed myself with the remaintag,
boats. under Captain lawrence, Is search of a cannon foundry,
which I had gained Intelligence of, whilst on Mire lg. Havre as
being :heated about three or four sib to the hoethweed.ll4ere
we foend it accordingly ; and getting polemic* of it Willptet
dilleulty, commenced instantly hi destruction, mid that or the
Nam*** which
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Runs and other anderiaie we fanadlihere, ta einip
occupied us during the remainder of tie day, as the
veral buiklings, and made ettlegkellad heavy so
tacked to it.' -It was knows by aaate of the Cee,
il • cipio roundery., and was donne 4he.pst 'addable w
Itesigh77o:l 6herweeeinniteartilfore zrz.:.=
i -
• hind is Arne: tea i the destriedia of It, therefore,
meat, will, I trust, prove of nub national ;spar
*ref up the Susquehanou destroyed Ove remit and a A
--Xtrtal taken tread destroyed—a° pas, aadl,7oMal