The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1814-10-17

Irish channel and sunk a si0oh of his nojes,ps.'
CAPT. BLAKELEY CRUIZE.
Cohy ef a letter from CAM. Bipkeley 70 ne
Secretary Of the Navy, doiSa
y. s. ship UasS, LO,ient, 8MJuy, 1eI&
SiR-On Tuesday the 28,h ut, beng aen
in lat. 4S, SO, N. and lon. H. Is, " We II
in with, engaged, and after on acton uf 9
minu'es, captured H. B. Majes,y's siocp of
war the Reindeer, William Manners, Lsq'r.
mmandcT.-Annexed aic the minute Of
our proceeding on that doy, pi,or TO apd du.-
ing the continuance of the action.
W here all did their duty ard each appear-
eel anxious to etce, ii is difficult TO diserirn;-
nate. IL is, however, only rendering the m
their meri'ed due, when IL is declared Of LIS.
heiiy and BUY, ist and ID Of this ves.elauS
whose names viii be found among those .f
the conquerefs OF the Gncrriere and he Ia.
va and OF Mr. TiliDgbast, Cd Lit. who WAS
greatly instrumental in the capture Of The,
Boxer that their conduct and courage ON
this occasion fulfilled the highes, expe ec,a,ion
and grstifed every wish. Sailing Master
Carr is also entitled to great credit Tor tie
zeal and ability with which he discharged lis
various duties.
The cool and patient conduct of every d.
hcer aid man while exposed to the f.e oiVe
shifting gun OF the enemy, and without IA
opportunity OF returning il, could only bs.
| qualled by lhe animation and ardor exbibu
when actually engaged, or by The promp,i;o
aud flfmness with which every attempt ofc
enemy TO board was me. and successfully
PEELED. Such conduct may be seen, bot q.
| not well be described.
Ihc Reindeer mounted sixteen 24ib. C.
ronades, Two long or 9 pounde sand a 81.
| Ting IL lb carronade, with a con; pliment
board OF one hundred and eighteen men II,
crew were said 10 be the pride of Plymouth
DIX round shot struck our hull, and man.
grape which did not penetrate far. The
foremost received a 20 ID. shot, which pas
sed through It's centre, and our rigging and
sails were good deal injured.
lbc Reindeer was literally cut to pieces in
q line with her ports her upper works, boats
and spare spars were one complete wreck.
a breeze sp:inging up the next afternoon.
her toremast went by The board
Having received all the prisoners on board,
which f.om the number Of wounded occupied
much time, together with their baggage, tho
Reindeer was on the evening Of the 29th set
on fire, and in few hours blew up.
have the honor to be very respectfully
your obedient servant,
]. BLAKELEY.
Honorable I'm. Jones, Secretary Of the Mary.
Minutes of the action 5etSeen the y. S. s.
Wasp, and II. 3. NJ S. Reindeer, on tie
ASA June, 1914.
A, 4, A. M. light breezes and cloudy az
IA efter 4 discovered, two sails, two points
before the iee.beam, kept away in chase,
shortly after discovered one sal. Jon the wealth
er beam /; altered her course and hauled bv
in chase of the sail TO windwa:d. AT 8, sail
to windward bore Z. n. l.. wind very light !:
at lo,lhe stranger sail bearing E. BY N. hois,-
cd an Enslish ensign and pendent, and dis
played signal at the main (blue and yellow
diagonally.) Mcridian, ligb, airs and clouds,
at half-past IL, p. VI. the enemy shewed q
blue and white Gag, Giagonslly, at The fore,
and fired gun, h. Is M. called all hands
TO quarters and prepared for action, h. &c
m. believing we coulc weather the cne my,
taekeu ship and s:ood for him, h. SO m. the
enemy tackled ship and stood from US, h. 55
IN. hoisted our colors and & ID gun TO wind.
ward, w hicb was answered by the enemy with
another to windwsrd, 2 h. 20 IN. the enemy
slill standing from us-set The royals, 2 h. IS
m. set the fyine jib. 2 h. 80 IN. set upper
stsyssils. h. 50 nv. the enemy having tack
ed for Us, took in the stsyssils, 3 h. AZ m.
furled the royals, b. s. m. seeing tina, the
enemy would be able 20 weather Us, tackled
chip, b. m. the eoemy hois,ed his {lyire
jib brsiled up cur nisseo, 3 h. IS m. G.r
srsny 90 eur vss,hcr quarter, t,is,sn, sbs-t