The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1812-12-10
NAVAL iNlGILiGtNCE.
NAsdiNGroN, NOV. ~. 1872.
Cohy ef a letter from M S. 4. .lnderson,en
closing one from Cam. Caaaacey 10 she Sec
fesary cr fhe .lavy.
SAcKrI's HhHanR.


.iore was written, the Grower has returned w.ih
prize, and in her Capt Brock brother To the late
General of that name, with the baggage or the lat
ter By the prize VIC learned that the Earl Nog~
was off the False DacSs, and the Commodore has
put of in la The hope OF cutting her OF
from Kingston By Information received FROM Capt
II. ock there is question but that Kingston Is 'efy
strongly defended lie exp essed surprize to iind
our vessels had got out of the harbor after having
been in ii and says that the regiment 10 which Ia,
belongs is quartered there, 500 strong. besides 9th
er regulars ana well appointed militia The resis
tance made fully justifes this report. BE assured
sir that in the action OF Which the commodore has
given YOU an account, the national honor has been
most ably supported. In great haste, your most o
bedient servant, SAML. L. ANDERSON.
1ae R,n. Paul Hamilton, Secretary Of the Macy.
SAcxEr's HARGoR, 18Th Nov. 1872
SRI arrived here last evening in gale Of wind
the pilots having refused TO keep the lake. ID, the
9Th, f. in with the Royal George and chased her
into the Bay of Qunt where lost s,ght OF her the
night. In The morning Of the 9Th again Got sight
of her lying in Kingston channel. We gave chase
and followed her into the harbor of Kingston where
We engaged her and the batteries for orc hour and
foriy.ive minutes. l had made up my mind to
board her. but she well protected by the
batteries and the wind blowing directly in, it
deemed mprudcnt to make the attempt at that time
the pilots also refused to take charge of the ves
sels Under these circumstances, and it being after
sun-do yn, l determined haul off and renew the
attack next morning We beat up ia good order uil.
der heavy fire from the Royal George and batter
les TO 4 mile Point, where anchored II blew
heavy in squalls from tie westward during the night
and there was every appearance of gale of wind
The pilots became alarmed and though, il most
prudent TO get into place of more safety there
fore (very reluctantly deferred renewing the attack
upon the ships and forts until more favorable op-
portunty.
At7, A. M. on the 10th, / made the signal to
weigh, and We beat out of very narrow channel,
under a very heavy press of sail TO the open lake
At 10, we fell in with the Governor simcoe running
tor Kingston, and chased her into tie harbJr She
escaped by running a reef Of rocks, under
heavy fire from the Governor rompkins, the Hamil-
ton and the Julia, which cut her very much All
her people ran below while under the fire of these
vessels The Hamilton chased her in,o nine feet of
water before she hauled of. We tackled To the
southwark with an intention of running TO our sta
ton the Ducks, but it coming to blow very
heavy, the pilots told me it would be unsafe keep
the lake. bore up for this place, where l arrived
last night.
In our passage through the Bay of Quinti, dis.
covered a schooner at the village of Arnnas:own
which We took possession of, but finding she would
dctan u.s. (seing hen in chase of the RJyal George)
ordered Lieut.. Mcpherson to take out her rigging
and sails and burn her, which did. We also took
the sch. Mary Hail from Mia CARA, at the mouth of
Kingston harbov, and took her with us 10 our anch
orage The next morning, finding that she could
not beat through the channel with u.s. ordered the
salng g-maser in the Growlcr to take her under con.
voy, and run down past Kingston, anchor on the
end of Long Island, and wait for wind to come
up on the east side. l only in hop that the
Royal George might be induced to follow for the
purpose OF retaking our prize, but her comnla,der
was too well aware OF the consequences to leave his
moorings.
We lost in this affair one man killed and three
slightly wounded with few shot through ous sails
The other vessels lost men and received blt 1t
tie injury in their hull and SAILS with the exception
OF the Pert, whose gun bursted in the eary part of
the action, and wounded her commander (sailner-
master ArundeD badly, and midshipman and three
slightly. MIR. Arundel, who refused to cult the
deck, although wounded, was knocked overheard in
beating up to our anchorage, and am sorrp to say
drowned
The Royal George must have received very con-
siderable injury in her hull and in men, the gun
vessels with long 80 FOUNDER seen to strike
her almost every shot. and it was observed that she
was reinforced with troops four dHeIenr times dur
ing the action.
have great pleasure in saying, that the officers
and men on board Of every vessel behaved with the
utmost GOODNESS, anG are extremely anxious to meet
the enemy on the open lake; and as long as have
the honor to command such officers and such men,
i can have doubt of the result.
think can say with great proprety, that we
have now the command Of the lake, and that we
can transport troops and stores to any part of it
without any risk of attack from the enemy, al
though the whole OF his naval force not collect
ed at Kingston vet the force Of the different batter
les would more than counterbaance the vessels that
were absent 1t was thought by all the officers in
the squadron, that the enemy had more than thirty
cannon mounted at Kingston, and from 1000 10 1900
men. The Royal George protected by this force was
driven into the inner harbour, under the protection
OF the musquctry, by the Oneida and four small
schooners, fitted out as gun-boots The Gov Tomp-
kins not having beea able to join in the action until
about sundown, owing to the lightness Of the winds
and the Pert's gun having burst the third shot
We are replacing all deficiencies, and sha. pro-
ceed up the lake first wind in the hopes to isil in
with the Ea.l Moria and The Prince Regent at any
rate shall endeavor to prevent them from forming
a junction with the Royal George again this winter.
shall also visit Niagara river it practicable, in or.
der to land some guns and stores that have taken
on board for that purpose. II the enemy still I'm
possession of Queenstown, shall try 10 land them
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