The Statesman.
London, England, 1813-01-12 00:00:00

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AMERICAN
ROSTON, Or 9.
CAPTURE OF A BRITISH FRIGATF:.
EXTRAO4 OF A LETTER FROM NEWPORT, DEC. 6.
" This afternoon arrived in this harbour the Bri-
tish frigate 3facedonian, prize to the frigate United
States. The following are all the particulars we have
obtained of the brilliant naval action :—The IVdce:.:
*mints:sailed frOM Shithead on the 25th Sept..and on
the 29th Oct. in lat. 21). long. 90. fell in witit,!_the
United States frigate, Captain Decatur. The ill is
donian'broughv to windward, kept aloof from t).
action for some time, and a partial exchange of
took plice • When the Macedonian having her rtt
tope,l4l,a4.4eviaral, of her. spare thee away, ..
compelled. io.,Conm to a close action; which. only
lasted td minutes within pistol.shot, when she struck.
The Macedonian is rated at 36, hut monists 49guris,'
and had her full complement of 300 men in the ac•
iien, had 65 killed, and 70 wounded, 12 danger-
•Otrvly. The loss on board the United Stater was
five killed and seven .wonsisted.: amongst the killed
Was lieutenant Funk, a valuable Ondbrave officer,
who had his leg shot off. When the Macedonian
struck she had lost her misten-mest and miXenrrig-
ging ; her fore and main-mast were badly wounded,
and her spars and rigging very much cut she
has upwards of 100 shots in her hull, several of them
between wind and water; the fire of the United
Slates was very destructive."
BOSTON. Drc. to.

THE POIETIERS iIAW OF WAR.
The New York Grnette of Wednesday atates,lhat
Capt. 1.1.0 ms- saw, on Friday last, a large ship on
*ore, dismasted, and on fire, one mile soath of
Cape Henry, and spoke a vessel which passed her at
a very shod distance, who informed she was a two-
decker, supposed to, he the Poictiers British man of
war, 74 gong. The same paper mentions the arrival,
on Tuesday, of a schooner in three days from Norfolk,
-and a sloop two days from Hampton Roads, whit's-
made no mention of any vessel being on shore.
BurvAt.o, N0v.24.-0)% Friday evening the ar-
mistice between General Smith and General Sheiffe'
as Pi red._ PP Sa!Prda,La heliv.,y,fi ring was beard from
sTiagara; a gun is said to have burst in the 'fort, by
which three men were killed.

Ala Airy, Nov. 9.—General Dearborn and suite
have left" Greenbusit for Plattsburg. Whether ou
an excursion of idle parade, or to keep on to Mon-
treal, our neihbours the Yankees may, perhaps,
guess—we cannot.
The troops, excepting, we believe, one detach-
ment, which have been paraded at Lewistown, exc.
have fallen back to Buffalo. The militia volunteers,
sick of their summer game of play-soldier, are mak-
ing tries homeward by forced marches.
Letters from the Plattsburg army say, the British
forces !.aye left the vicinity of the lines, and retired
into comfortable winter quarters.
The " Army -of Canada," at Plattsburg, makes
the greatest show of the pomp and circumstance of
war. The regulars there are estimated at from four
to 5000 bayonets. The militia are principally vo-
lunteers—" lives and fortunes" folks. little ac-
count is made of them; when the cold weather sets
in they will be volunteering it to their fire-sides.—
Of the regulars there are two companies of artillery,
and one of light artillery, with a fine field train, and
a few excellent officers; there is one company of
dragoons, well commanded and well mounted, and
thy. 6th, 9th, 1 lth, 15th, 16th, 21st, and 25th re-
giments of the line. They form two brigades, com-
manded by Brigaders Bloomfield and Chandler.—
Th,. whole of course will be commanded by Major.
General Dearborn. What will the American people,
who must pay every cent. of these wasting war
charges, say, if it should turn out, after all this
parade, and cost, and rhodomontade, that instead
pf advancing forwards to Montreal, 'one of the first
otd-rs of General Dearborn should be to advance
back-Eare, and take up snug quarters in Green-
bush •

ALBANY, Nov. 6.—Reports from the Northern
Army, of a lite date, and entitled to credit, men-
tion, that it bad proceeded on the lines, and that
the two armies were in sight of each other, and
would probably soon he engaged. All accounts
agree in this, that General krborn has orders to
*inter in Montreal.

Accotints from the Western Army speak of it as
being very sickly, and many deaths daily take place.
They speak a;so of great complaints for the want of
necessaries for the soldiers,—of open discontents,
and even mutioy.
VERMONT, DEC. 2.—The so-much-boasted expe-
dition to Calla‘h has terminated, after six or eight
days' absence fi "al 13.1ttsburg; a standing memento
of the folly and imbecility of those who have in.
volved the nation in war. General Chandler's bri-
gade is to winter in Burlington ; General Bloom-
Eeld's brigade near Plattsburgh. The cavalry and
llyiiic artillery will go to the southward; and a part
of them have already passed through Vergennes.
The Vermont militia are to be discharged as soon as
they receive their pay.

HOUSP. OF REPRESENTATIVES, Dec. 1.
EXP(YRTATION OF PROVISIONS.

The atneeded Resolution of Mr. Newton r—
" Resolved, That the Committee of Commerce
and Nattufactures be instructed to enquire whether
any, and if any, what restrictions on the exportation
of provisions, and all articles necessary for military
and, naval equipments in vessels of foreign nations at
amity with the United States, may at this time be ex.
pedient; and tha• the Committee have leave to report
by 13111 or otherwise."
On the question of agreeing to consider this Reso.
lotion, the Yeas and Nays stood as follow ;
For considering it 66 Against it 57
So the House refused further to colander the sub.
jest,

wanewievet eisc. S.
Mr. gAIPSR said, that the House had yesterday
refused to coosider • Resolution, offered by a Gen.
timing from Virginia (Mr. Newton), on the subject
0 eiwpairing into the propriety of restricting the es-
perfidies et Isseetk.etuffs, &c. whi-n the House was
*Wee tittait prilletat some Members having bees
new; a view to try the question le a tilt
that the Hoes. ilo *ow reeved te
COp ift t%* Resolution.
iititipsidlig. was decided by You 5/1--Nees
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