Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-07-06

signed by Captain Bingham, Is a orSer!y
His reasons for this belief are, in sub
stance, 4. That Capt. Bingham could not
have written it, unless he was druak while
SO doing, as well as during the engage
ment spoken of. q That we had no in
timation before, nor any confirmation
since Of the Presidents having been on fire.
3. That the British vessel is stiied the
Little Belt, instead Of the Leele Belt, and
that the name Of the American frigate is
never correctly mentioned being some
times called the "The United States fri
gate," and sometimes " The President Of
the United States" +. That it is uncOm-
mon for British officers to apologize for
their conduct, or make comments On their
narrative, as is done in the present in
stance. ). That it is equally unusual for
them to pass .encOnliums On the valor of
their antagonists, as is the case with the
letter in question, when we are assured,
that " it appeared evident that had com
modore Rodgers fallen in with a British
,frigate, he would certainly have brought
her to action, g.. That the following SEN
tenee has strong marks of being a bur-
iesque, viz. " cannot speak in too high
terms of the officers and men / have the
honor to command for their steady and ac-
tive conduct throughout the zcholc of this
business, who had much to do, as q gale
Of zcind came On the second night AFTER"
7. That it is ridiculous to suppose that
Capt. Bingham would recommend his first
Lieutenant to the notice Of the admiralty
merely for his good conduct in " stopping
the cracks during the gale" Thela para
graph we give in the writer's own words {:
We shall remark but another SEN
tence not inferior to the latter for the pur-
pose ola quiz. 81 beg leave to enclose a
list Of the SO men killed and wounded;
most Of them mortality fear" The 80
men are here joined together, and it is
feared that most Ofthem are mOrtally iii.
led, and zcoanded; perhaps there is not
among the list one who was worthy Of be-
coming immortal, or probably it is intend
ed to convey the idea, that those who
we're killed, were Immortality killed, and
those who were zcounded were MORALLY
killed."
From Halifaa, June a." The fri
gate Guerrero, Captain Pechell, arrived
here yesterday, and this day we made ap-
plication for the,release of William Har-
ding, producing copies of his protection
and other documents you sent US from
MI. Doane, Of Cape Cod; and Mr.. Har-
ding was discharged Immediately ; and
now only waits a conveyance to PASSPORT
to return to his family and friends"
A gentleman from Halifax informs that
Commodore Rodgers statement had been
published there, and had tended to check
the public ferment !; and that such an &C
count had been anticipated by many there.
A board Of enquiry has been instituted at
Halifax, i'm which all the officers of the
Little Belt have been examined on oath !;
and the result has been transmitted to
Washington and England.-Boston Cen.
A letter from Liverpool, dated 2lth of
May, mentions that a bill was before par
Lament for INCREASING the duty on cotton
i'd. per lib. and on ashes IS. 81. per cwt.
and it was thought would pass on the ESD.
The President of the United States has
issued his e~xequatur, dated June ii, 1911,
recognizing John Griffith Bogert as Vice
Consul of his Imperial Majesty Of all the
Russias, for the state of New-York.
Our ambassador appointed to France,
and the French minister, have lived to-
yether at Washington for several months