The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-10-21 00:00:00

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The Duke of Brunswick Gels' Corps.
Ensign Schneider to be Lieutenant. vice Kunowsky,superseded.
Corporal Biertnon, from the Cavalry to be En‘ign, ice
Schneider. Hospital-Slate Ferdinand kunerbein to be As-
sistant-Surgeon, vice Lichlen, who resigns.
Chasseurs Beitunaig.ttes.
Ensign D'Olbreuse to he Lieutenant, without pnrehase, vire De
Chilillet, appointed to the Bourbon Regiment. A)liuer Dal-
ton, Gent. to be Ensign, vice D'Olbreuse.
Royal Corsican Rangers.
SiAjor Delaney Barclay, from the Royal York Rangers, to be
Lieut.-Colisuel, vice Ansley, placed upon half-pay.
AI BSI 0 RA N DU M.
Ensign Field, of the 41.1 Fool, is superseded, being absent
without leave.
Ensign L' Estrange. of the 68th Foot. is superseded.
The appointment of 11r. Roaert Paisley to he Hospital-Mate
for General Service, as stated in the Gazette of the 'l6th ult. has
not taken place.

Conuniftion in the Bedtard Regimetit of Militia, signed by the
Lord I.►cutenant.
William Sweetiog, Gent. to be Ensign. Dated September 19,

Croon-Office, Oct. 53, ISI2.

MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE FOR THE NEW
PARMAMENT.

County of Westmorland.
Sir John Pennington, BIM. Lord tiltinewiter of the kingdom
of Ireland, and the lion. Henry Cecil Lou ther.
Borough of Appleby.
John Coortenav, Esq. and James Wilber, Esq. Colonel of
the Westmorland Regiment of Militia.
Town of Pool.

Benjamin Lester Lester, Esq. and Michael Angelo Taylor,
-Esq.
Borough of Carmarthen.
George Campbell, Eq.
County of Leicester.
George Anthony Legh Keck, F.sq. and the Hen. Robert 'Wil-
liam Mannen. _ . .

Roronr,h of Leicester.
Samuel Smith, Esq. and Thomas Babington, Esq.
County of Rutland.
Charles Noel Noel, Esq. and Sir Gilbert lleathcote, Raft.

BA NK Rl7 PTCY ENLARGED.
F. L. Rodshon, Struod, brewer, from Oct. LA) to Nov. 3, at
Guildhall, London.
BANKRUPTS.
T. Kirkpatrick, Marypor , Cumberland, draper. to surrender
Nov. 11, 12, Dee. 1, a the ( rown and Mitre, Carlisle. Attor-
vies, Messrs. Mounsey and Giles, Carlisle; and Mr. li. Noun-
tey, Staple Inn
W. Marley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, linen-draper, Nov. 13.14,
Dee. I, at the George Ism. Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Attornies,
Stews. Bell and Broderick, Bow-lane, heapside ; and Mr.
Seymour, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
R. W. Chester. Poultry, hosier, Oct. 21, 31, Dee. 1, at Guild-
%all. Mr. Fitchett, Great Prescot•street, Goodman's-
T. Ridge, Pitminster, lime-burner. Nov. 3. 4, Dec 1, at the
George Inn, Taunton. Attornies, Mr. Buncombe, Taunton;
and Messrs Anstice and Cos, Temple.
J. Kell, Broughton, rail-merchant, Oct. 26. 97, Dec. 1, at the
Dog and Duck Tavern, Kingston-upon-HMI. Attornies,
lliessrs Nicholson. Brigg ; and Messrs Leigh and Mason, New
Bride-street. Illackfriars.
J. Sornervell, London-Wall, merchant, Oct. 27, Nov. 5, Dec.
1, at Guildhall. Attornie-, Messrs. Kearsey and Spur, Bishops-
gate-street Within.
W. Willis, North-street. City-road, merchant. Oct. 27, Nov.
it, Dec. I, at Guildhall. Attornies, Mr. AlAu&ley, Birming-
ham ; and Mr. andfield, Hind-court, Fleet-street.
ft. Charles, Saiut Alhan's-street, Pall-Mall, tailor, Oct. 21,
Nov. Id, Dec. 1, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Stott, (.ray's
Inn-square.
S. Jemmett, Tottenham-court-road. coach-maker, Oct. 27,
Nov. 5, Dec. 1, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Langley, Char-
lotte-street, Bedford-square.
J. G. Burks, Arundel-street, Strand, paper-maker, Oct. '!T,
Nov. 3, Dec. 1, at Guildhall. Attorney, Sir, ?kitten, Hatton-
garden.
F. W. Burn, Wapping, sail-canker, Om 97. Nese. 5, Dee. 1,
at Guildhall. Attorne), Mr. Share, Broad-street, Lo,iden
Docks.
H. J. Chappell, Bethnal-green, British lace-manufacturer,
Oct. 27, Nov. :3, Dec. 1, at Guildhall. Attornies, Messrs. How.
ard and Alirahams, Jewry-street, Aldgate.
B. Martingdale, St. dames's-street, cook, Oct. 97, Nov. In,
Dec. 1, at Guildhall. Attornies, Messrs. Field and Shear old,
Clifford's Inn.
W. Renshaw, Pritaro,e-street, City, silk-hniker, Oct. 21, 31,
Dec. 1, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. James, Bucklersbury.
[Dividends, &c. la-morrow.)

4ME RICAN PAPERS'.

[FROM THE NATIONAL I.::FELLTGEvrt:II.I

WA6IIINGTTONT, SEPT. S.—Captain Hull. in his brit-
Haut arid successful engagement nitli the Guerricrr,
hag fulfilled the expectations of the friends of our
navy, and merited the thanks of his country. The.
official accounts of this action at sea, which we now
publish, will prove a consoling balm to the feelings
of the patriots, which have received so severe a
wound in the late disastrous and unaccountable and
inexplicable incident in the war on laud.

56 United States frigate Constitution, of Roston, Aug, SO.
SIR,-1 have the honour to inform you, that on
the 19th inst., at two p. m. being in lat. 41. 42. and
long. 55. 48. with the Constitution under my com-
mand, a sail was discovered from the mast-head,
bearing E. by S. or E. S. E. but at such a distance
we could not tell what she was. All sail was in-
stantly made in chase, and soon found we came up
with her. At three p. m. could plainly see that she
was a ship on the starboard tack, under an easy sail,
dose on a wind ; at half-past three p. m. made her
out to be a frigate; continued the chase until we
were within about three miles, when I ordered the
light sails to be taken in, the courses hauled up, and
the ship cleared for action. At this time the chase
Ind hacked his maintop-sail, waiting for us to come
down. As soon as the Gonstihttion was ready for
action, I bore down with an intention to bring him
to close action immediately ; but on our coming
within gun-shot, she gave us a broadside, and filled
away and wore, giving us a broadside on the other
tack, but without effect, her shot falling short. She
continued wearing and manrcurring for about three-
quarters of an hour, to get a raking position ; but
ending she could not, she bore up, and run under
her topsails and jib, with the wind on the quarter.—.
I immediately made sail to bring the ship up site
her, and five minutes before six p. nr. being along-
side, within half-pistol-shot, we commenced a heave
fire from all our guns, double-spotted with round
and grape ; and so well directed were they, and so
warmly. kept op, that in 15 minutes his inlzen mast
went by the board, and his main-yard in the sliugs,
and the hull, rigging, and sails, very much torn to
pieces. The fire was kept up with equal warmth for
15 minutes longer, when his main,-mast and fore.
mast went, taking with them every spar, excepting
the bowsprit. On seeing this, we ceased firing; so
that in 30 minutes after we got fairly alongside of
the enemy, she surrendered, and had not a spar
standing, and her hull above and below water so
shattered, that a few more broadsides must ha.)e car-
Tied her down.

46 After Informing you that so bur a ship as the
Guerriere, commanded by an able and experienced
Officer, had been totally dismasted, and otherwise
cut to pieces so as not to make her worth towing into
port, in the short space of 50minutes, you can have
go doubt of the gallantry and good conduct of the
ta/Cefi Wad ship's Canny I We the bower to

command. It only remain ~ therefore, for nit% to
as,u►e you, that thry all fought with greit bravery
and it gives me great pleasure to say, that front the
smallest boy in the ship to the oldest seaman, not a
look of fear nas seen. They all went into action
giving three cheers, and requesting to be laid close
alongside the enemy.
" Enclosed I have the honour to send you a list
of killed and wounded on board the Constitution,
and n report of the damages she has sustained ; also
a list of killed and %sounded on board the ene►ny,
with his quarter bill, &c.
"To the lion. Taal Hamilton, Esq. " ISAAC HULL"

CLEVELAND, Aria. ^•l.
Trl YI 01!..C; cu AL WA DSWORTH.
Si re—The forts ;:t the westward are in possession
of On% British, and from the best information we can
procure, the enemy were at Huron last evening, on
their-way to this place, and we expect them every
moment. It has boon determined on by the inhabi-
tants to make a stand here. The troops are march-
ing to our assistance front the :adjacent towns. We
wish all the assistance which can be procured
instantly.
N. B. It is of the utmost importance, that expe-
dition is used; and if the troops are furnished with
ammunition, it will be of great use on the present
occasion ; but be sure to be on the spot without de-
lay.—Your's respectfully.
t4AYES PEASE, Brig.-Maj.
SAMUEL JONES, AO.

PIIT nttruiA.-I'he following description of the
state of that city, brought on by the war, and a
want of foreign commerce, is from the True Ame-
rican :
Between 300 and .100 houses empty, more clos-
ing ; nearly one-half are the most valuable pro-
perty iu the city, stands for business*, which for-
merly commanded extravagant rent, now reduced al-
ready one• third, and may ere long be reduced one-half
in price.
Merchant vessels of every description, more • espe-
cially of extensive burthens, moored economically in
the borough of Kensington and the Navy-yard, to
save the expense of wharfage : foreign goods, that for-
merly were in abundance, now scarce; the few re-
maining on hand advanced to exorbitant prices, to
such a degree as to prevent the indigent altogether
from purchase.
Shopkeepers, who once could scarce spare time for
their meals, now yawning and stretching their tired
inactive limbs, for want of more active employment ;
and what is more disagreeable, contemplating on the
(pecuniary, of course) time to come !
If national poverty be a national blessing, as some
antiquated philosophers believed, and some modern
philosophers appear to approximate with a rapid
stride, we shall have it to the fill.

LETTER FROM COMMODORE RODGERS TO 'THE SURE-

TARP OF THE NAVY.

Upiied Sim... frigate President, Mslnn, Sept. 1.

fiat,—l had the honour yesterday of informing
you of the arrival of the squadron, and now to state
the result and particulars of our cruise.
Previous to leaving New-York, on the 21st of
June, I heard that a British convey had sailed from
Jamaica for England, on ur about the 206 of the
pr,2cyding mouth, and on being informed of the De-
claration of war against Great Britain, I determined,
in the event of Commodore Decatur joining me with
the United States, Congress, and Argus, as you
had directed, to go in pursuit of them.
The United States, Congress, and Argus, did join
me on the (2lst, with which vessels, this ship, and
the Hornet, I accordingly sailed in less than an hour
after 1 received your orders of the 18th of June,
accompanied by Your official communication of the
Declaration of War.

ai leaving New York I shaped our course south.
'easterly, in the expectation of falling in with vessels
by which 1 should hear of thehefore-mentioned con-
voy, and the following night met with an American
brig which gave me the sought-for information ; the
squadron now crowded sail in pursuit, but the next
morning was taken out of its course by the pursuit
of a British frigate that I since find was the Belvi-
dere, relative to which I beg leave to refer you to
the enclosed extract from my journal ; after repairing
as far as possible the injury done by the lklvi dere to
our spars and rigging, we again crowded all sail, and
resumed our course in pursuit of the convoy, but did
not receive further intelligence of it until the `29th of
June, on the western edge of the Banks of New.
foundland, where we spoke an American schooner,
the master of which reported, that he had two days
before passed them in lat. 43. long. 53. steering to the
eastward : I was surprised to tied that the convoy
was still so far to the eastward of us, but was urged,
however, as well by what I considered my duty, as
by inclination to continuethe pursuit.
On the Ist July, a little to the eastward of New-
foundlntl Rink, we fell in with quantities of cocoa-
nut shells, orange-peels, &c. which indicated that the
convoy were not far distant, and we pursued It with
zeal, although frequently taken out of our coury by
vessels it was necessary to chase, without gaining
any further intelligence until the 9th July, in lat.
45. 30. long. 9.3. we captured the Blinsh private
armed brig Dolphin, of Jersey, and was informed by
some of her crew that they had seen the convoy the
preceding evening, the weather was not clear at the
time, but that they had counted 85 sail, and that
the force charged with its protection consisted. of
one two-decker, a frigate, a sloop of war, and a
brig.
This was the last intelligence I received of the be.
fore-mentioned convoy, although its pursuit was
continued until the 13th of July, being, then within
11 or 20 hours sail of the British Channel.

From this we steered for the Island of Madeira,
passed close by it on the 21st July ; thence near the
Azores, and saw Corvo and Flores ; thence steered
for the Banks of Newfoundland ; and from the lat-
ter place (by the way of Cape Sable) to this port, it
having become indispensithly necessary, by the time
we reached our own coast, to make the first conve-
nient port in the United States, owing, I am sorry

• in Innis-street. at present; for y.two homes and Mores are
unoccupied. N. Front frees High.street to Mulbevy.steerl.
upwards of a dozen houses and stores have been to let mere than
One yellr--ORLIVehIANCIE! Formerly it was fashionable to
purchase the stock of goods of a more-keeper, to procure tie
pod•will o(a stand fur Imms.
•

to say; to that wretched disease the scurvy having
made its appearance 6n board of the •essels, most
generally to a degree seriously alarming.
From the western part of the Banks of New-
foundland to our making the Island of Madeira, the
weather was such, at least sic days out of seven,
to obscure, from our discovery, every object that
we did not pass within four or five miles of, and in-
deed for several (la's together the, fug was so thick
as to prevent our seeing each other, even at cable's
length asunder, more than twice or thrice in the 21
hours.

From the time of our leaving the United States
until our arrival here, we chased every vessel we saw,
and you will not be a little astonished when I inform
you that, although we brought too every thing we
did chase, with the exception of four vessels, we
only made seven captures and one re-capture.
It i► truly AS unpleasant task to be obliged to
make a communication thus barren of benefit to our
country; the only consolation I imliridually feel on
the occasion being derived from knowing that our
being at sea obliged the enemy to concentrate a con-
siderable portion of his most active force, and there-
by prevented his capturing an incalculable amount of
American property that would otherwise have fallen
a sacrifice.

I am aware of the anxiety you must have experi-
enced at not hearing from me for such a length of
time, but this l am sure you will not attribute in any
degree to neglect, when I inform you, that not a
single proper opportunity occurred from the time of
leaving tho United States until our return.
Mr. Newcomb, who will deliver you this, you
will find an intelligent young man, capable of giving
such further information as you may deem of any
moment. lie will at the same time deliver yen a
chart, sheaving the tract in which we have cruised :
Annexed is a list of vessels captured, re-captured,
and burnt.

The four vessels we chased and did not come up
with, were the Belridere, a small pilot-boat schooner,
snpposed to he an American privateer ; the herma-
phrodite brig privateer Yankee, which we lost sight
of in a fog, hut whose charact►r we afterwards
learnt ; and a frigate supposed to be British, that we
chased on the WWI ult. near the shoal of George's
Bank, and should certainly have come up with, had
we have had the advantage of two hours more day.
light.
On board of the several vessels Of the squadron
tkere are between 80 and 100 prisoners, taken from
the vessels we captured dui* our late cruise: the
Government not having any agent for prisoners here,
1 shall send them to Commodore Bainbridge to be
disposed of in such manner as best appears with the
interest of the United States, and which I hope may
meet your approbation.—With the greatest respect,
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
JOHN RODGERS.

The llnn. Paul fiamilton,
Secretary of the Navy, Washington.

list of vessels captured, re-ca. tnred, and destroyed.
July 2. Brig Traveller, 277 tons, .1. Amory master. of New-
castle, E. !Omen. bound from the Hwy of Fundy, owned by Geo.
Watson, Mat. Dann, Geo. 0111111, and John Stoker, cargo of tim-
ber—burnt.
July 1. Brig Duchess, of Portland, 6 guns, it men, of New-
castle, F.. hound to Newcastle, N. S. in ballast—hunt.
July 9. Brig Dolphin, 211 tons, 12 guns and 25 men, Philip
Cahhot, of Jersey, Fog. honed from Jersey to Newfoundland,
in ballast and scone cargo, owned by %% into r and N ienl!—scut
into the United States.
July 24. Ship John, of Lancaster, 16 CUPS and 30 men, hound
from London to Martinique, in ballast—sent into the United
States.
Aug. o. Brig Argo, 165 tons, 10 wins and 10 men, Win. Mid-
dleton. Master, of London, laden with cotton, rustic, and about
8,003 dollars in gold—ordered for the United States.
Aug. 7. Scho ner Adeline, of London, 10 men, bound from
Hayti to London—laden with cofee--ordered for the United
States.
ag. T 5. Schooner Betsey, of Marblehead, from Naples,
laden with brandy, re-captured from the Guerriere who bad
ordered her for Halifax—•lmen and a midshipman (prize-mat{
ter)—ordered her fur the United States.
JOHN RODGERS.

EXTRACT FROM THE JOURNAL OF commorlogE

RODGER.).

After describing the first ineffectual attempts of the
President • upon the Belvidere, the American Com-
mander thus proceeds :
" now endeavottreil, by altering course half a
point to port, and wetting our sails, to gain a more
effectual position on his starboard quarter, but soon
found myself losing ground. After this a similar at-
tempt gas made at his Inboard quarter, but without
any better success, as the wind at this time being very
light, And both ships sailing so nearly alike, that by
making ass angle of only half a point from the
course she steered, enabled him to augment his dis-
tance. No hope was now left of bringing him to
close action, except that derived from being to wind-
ward, and the expectation the breeze might favour
us first : I accordingly gave orders to steer directly
after him, and to ke'p our bow chase guns playing
en his spars and riggine,-, until our broadside would 1,
more effectually reach him. At five, finding from
the advantage his stern guns gave him, that he had
done considerable injury to our sails and rigging, and ,
'heiug witliivi point blank shot, f gave orders to put
the helm to starboard, and lire our main deck guns ;
this broadside did some further damage to'his rigging,
and I could perceive that his foretop-sail yard was
wounded, but the sea was so very smooth, and the
wind se light, that the injury done was not such as
materially to affect his sailing. After this broadside ,
our course was instantly renewed in his make (under
a galling fire from his stern-chase guns, directed at
our spars and rigging), and continued until half past
six; at which time, being within reach of his grape, and
finding our sails, rigging, and several spars, parti-
cularly the main-yard, which had little left to sop-
port it except the liftland braces) very much disabled; ;
I again gave orders to lull across his Meru, and gaite ;
hini a couple of broadsides. •
" The enemy at this time finding himself so hardly
pressetlonul_seeing_ while in the act of fidng our
head-sails to left, and supposing that the ship had in
a measure lost the eifeet of her holm, .he gave a broad
yaw, with the intention of bringing his broadside to,
bear ; findi(ig the President answered helm too quick
for his purpose, he iminediately re-assumed his course,
and precipitately fired his four after main-deck guns I
on the starboard side; although they did, not bear
upon us at the time by IS to 30 degrees, and he stow
commenced lightening., his ship, by throwing overt.
board all his beets, waste: 411cbOrs, &c. &c, end by
,eldsiopeas wimabled by quarter bears seven,
st• • .!At• 111. Cit