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hlled and gvounded.
Killed, and since dead, 81
Wounded, dangerously, Is
Severely, IS
Slightly, ~
cSigned)
FRED. PAUL IRBY. Captain.
STEPHEN WILLIAMSON.
Surgeon.
From taceLan4oa Yy,nc, oc ~, .,

From, thc-EondoH Times of March %
New YORK and Boston papers to the oath ult
nave TINS day come TO hand, containing much
interesting matter. Among other important Z
curious articles with which we are firnished
by the present papers, one of the most prom;.
nent, which we have, therefore, extracted n
length, IS the Report OF the Committee. nj 70.
reign Relations, introducing Bill to prevent
the employment of British seamen ON board or
American ships. Against the Bill we can have
no objection. 1t imposes penalty of 1000 dol
iars on inc commanders of men of war; and of
'Oo dollars on the masters ofnerchantmen. for
every foreign sailor employed by them. TO h.
recovered IN the manner of a 2ui t9,a action bv
common lniormer. We are far from gavin,
that tins, connected with other precautionary
measures, may not form the basis of q fair ar
rahgement tor the suspension of our undouhted
rlsht OF impressInS our native born subjects.
we VIII go further and say, that the mere ak
emPtlon OF those seamen, that, up to the nre.
sent time, have actually been nat,iralized in A.
ii,ericd' Is not circumstance worth disputing
about. We,know the extent of the evil and
we know 1t cannot materially inure MS. It's
only against principles, against prsteps;ons of
indefinite extent, or of runous magnitude. that
nations Can be justified in contending by war.
but whist We applaud the principle of the
Biii,-ior every step towards a real reconcile.
ton OF Great Britain and America deserves H.
gratitude OF mankind,-we can by no means as-
sSht 10 All the arguments contained IN the ac-
corhPahying Report +: but upon the whole the
language OF the report is more moderate and
reasonable than we have been accustomed 70
near from the supporters of the American Exc
cative. We wish we could have traced in II
any latent sparks of that more comprehensive
and nobler policy, before which The question oF
impressment sinks into nsignificance. WIN
should tie United States he backward to de
clare their de5estatOn of the atrocious princ;-
pies against which this country has so long and
so honourabiy strugglcdl How comes it thai
they 90 not feel it to be their olu.y To range
themselves Jour aide, in defence of the erest
cause ofnationai independence, against one who
mas openly declared that he will acknowledge
neither the rignts nor even the name of neu-
,rAlty Whennature, when reason, when nol-
'cy all plead so powerfully for the intimate md
CORDIAL union oftwo nations sprung from the
same nigh heroic stem, Oh why should thew
suffer mere technical objections, and matter.
OF casual lncppvenlepce, TO turn them aside
from their honorable and brotbcrly career In
our lastSpaPer we had occasion to cenxure The
weak policy of not putting forth our whole
strength ia The naval war with Ameries I'M,
.iie warm and vigorous prosecution OF hostili-
Ties, whist they unfortunately exist is not in
the teast incompatible with the most sincere
and earnest desire for an honorable peace,
he Amerlcanpapers inform US of the extra
ordinary honours which haze been PAID 10 Com
nodores Decatur and Bsinbsdge The former.
on his arrival in his native city, (Philadeiohiai
was received by military escort, and compIiz
mented with addresses from the municipal au-
thorit'es the latter lande2 at Boston amidst
salutes ofartilleH, and with every respect from
the naval and military officers present, as well
as from the delighted populsce-ro have 40
repeatedly conquered the English on their own
eIenen,' intoxcates the new republicans with
an exultation the more inordinate, as Il was To-
tally'uncxpscted.