Not having received the return of the killed and wounded on the 13th, nor that of the ordnance and stores captured from the enemy, I am under the necessity of deferring sending them to your lordship until the next opportunity, when I also expect to forward the colours taken from the Americans, to be laid at the feet of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent.

Cap. Fulton, my aid-de-camp, will have the honour of delivering this dispatch to your lordship. He is very capable of affording such information as your lordship may require respecting the state of his Majesty's Canadian provinces.

Eight companies of the Glengary levy are in motion to reinforce Upper Canada.

I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) GEOKGE PREVOST. Commander of the Forces.

Fort George, Oct. 13. Sir, I have the honour of informing your excellency, that the enemy made an attack with a considerable force this morning before daylight, on the position of Queenstown. On receiving intelligence of it, Major-General Brock immediately proceeded to that post, and I am excessively grieved in having to add, that he fell whilst gallantly cheering his troops to an exertion for maintaining it. With him the position was lost; but the enemy was not allowed to retain it long. Reinforcements having been sent up from this post, composed of regular troops, militia, and Indians, a movement was made to turn bis left, while some artillery, under the able direction of Captain Holcroft, supported by a body of infantry, engaged his attention in

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front. This operation was aided, too, by the judicious position which Norton, and the Indians with him, had taken on the woody brow of the high ground above Queenstown. A communication being thus opened with Chipawa, a junction was formed with succours that had been ordered from that post. The enemy was then attacked, and after a short but spirited conflict, was completely defeated. I had the satisfaction of receiving the sword of their commander, Briga dier-General Wadsworth, on the field of battle; and many officers, with upwards of nine hundred men, were made prisoners, and more may yet be expected. A stand of colours and one six-pounder were also taken. The action did not terminate till nearly three o'clock in the afternoon, and their loss in killed and wounded must have been considerable. Our's I believe to have been comparatively small in numbers; no officer was killed besides Major-General Brock, one of the most gallant and zealous officers in his Majesty's service, whose loss cannot be too much deplored, and Lieutenant-Colonel M'Donnell, provincial aid-de-camp, whose gallantry and merit rendered him worthy of his chief.

Captains Dennis and Williams, commanding the flank companies of the 49th regiment, which were stationed at Queenstown, were wounded, bravely contending at the head of their men, against superior numbers; but I am glad to have it in my power to add, that Captain Dennis fortunately was able to keep the field though with pain and difficulty: and Captain Williams's wound is not likely to deprive me long of his services,

I am particularly indebted to Captain Holcroft, of the royal artillery, for his judicious and skilful co-operation with the guns and bowitzers under his immediate superintendance, the well-directed fire from which contributed materially to the fortunate result of the day.

Capt. Derenzy, of the 41st regiment brought up the reinforcement of that corps from Fort George; and Captain Bullock led that of the same regiment from Chipawa; and under their command those detachments acquitted themselves in such a manner as to sustain the reputation which the 41st regiment had already acquired in the vicinity of Detroit.

Major-General Brock, soon after his arrival at Queenstown, had sent down orders for battering the Ame rican Fort Niagara; Brigade Major Evans, who was left in charge of Fort George, directed the operations against it with so much effect as to silence its fire, and to force the troops to abandon it; and by his prudent precautions he prevented mischief of a most serious nature, which otherwise might have been effected, the enemy having used heated shot in firing at Fort George. In these services he was most effectually aided by Colonel Claus (who remained in the fort at my desire), and by Captain Vigoreaux, of the royal engineers. Brigade-Major Evans also mentions the conduct of Captains Powell and Cameron, of the militia artilery, in terms of commendation.

Lieutenant Crowther, of the 41st regiment, had charge of two threepounders that had accompanied the movement of our little corps, and

they were employed with very good effect.

Captain Gleg, of the 49th regiment, aid-de-camp to our lamented friend and general, afforded me most essential assistance; and I found the services of Lieutenant Fowler, of the 41st regiment, assistant deputy quarter master general, very useful. I derived much aid, too, from the activity and intelligence of Lieutenant Kerr, of the Glengary fencibles, whom I employed in communications with the Indians, and other flanking parties.

I was unfortunately deprived of the aid of the experience and ability of Lieutenant-Colonel Myers, deputy quarter master general, who had been sent up to Fort Erie, a few days before, on duty which detained him there.

Lieutenant-Colonels Butler and Clark, of the militia, and Captains Hatt, Durand, Rowe, Applegarth, James Crooks, Cooper, Robert Hamilton, M'Ewen, and Duncan Cameron, and Lieutenants Richardson and Thomas Butler, commanding flank companies of the Lincoln and York militia, led their men into action with great spirit. Major Merritt, commanding the Niagara dragoons, accompanied me, and gave me much assistance with part of his corps. Captain A. Hamilton, belonging to it, was disabled from riding, and attached himself to the guns under Captain Holcroft, who speaks highly of his activity and usefulness. I beg leave to add, that Volunteers Shaw, Thomson, and Jarvis, attached to the flank companies of the 49th regiment, conducted themselves with great spirit; the first was wounded and the last taken prisoner: I beg

leave to recommend these young men to your excellency's notice. Norton is wounded, but not badly: he and the Indians particularly distinguished themselves; and I have very great satisfaction in assuring your excellency, that the spirit and good conduct of his Majesty's troops, of the militia, and of the other provincial corps, were eminently conspicuous on this occasion.

I have not been able to ascertain yet the number of our troops, or of those of the enemy engaged: our's, I believe, did not exceed the number of the prisoners we have taken; and their advance, which effected a landing, probably amount ed to thirteen or fourteen hundred. I shall do myself the honour of transmitting to your excellency further details when I shall have received the several reports of the occurrences which did not pass under my own observation, with the return of the casualties, and those of the killed and wounded, and of the ordnance taken.

I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) R. H. SHEAFFE,
Major-General.

To his excellency Sir George
Prevost, Bart. &c.

Admiralty-Office, Dec. 29. Copy of a letter from Captain John Surman Carden, late commander of his Majesty's ship the Macedonian, to John Wilson Croker, esq. dated on board the American ship United States, at sea, the 28th Oct. 1812.

Sir, It is with the deepest re gret I have to acquaint you, for the information of my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that

his Majesty's late ship Macedonian was captured on the 25th instant by the United States' ship United States, Commodore Decatur commander: the detail is as follows:A short time after daylight, steering N.W. by W. with the wind from the southward, in lat. 29 deg. N. and long. 29 deg. 30 min. W. in the execution of their lordships' orders, a sail was seen on the lee beam, which I immediately stood for, and made her out to be a large frigate under American colours: at nine o'clock I closed with her, and she commenced the action, which we returned; but from the enemy keeping two points off the wind, I was not enabled to get as close to her as I could have wished. After an hour's action, the enemy backed and came to the wind, and I was then enabled to bring her to close battle; in this situation I soon found the enemy's force too superior to expect success, unless some very fortunate chance occurred in our favour; and with this hope I continued the battle to two hours and ten minutes, when, having the mizen-mast shot away by the board, topmasts shot away by the caps, main-yard shot in pieces, lower masts badly wounded, lower rigging all cut to pieces, a small proportion only of the foresail left to the fore-yard, all the guns on the quarter-deck and forecastle disabled but two, and filled with wreck, two also on the main deck disabled, and several shot between wind and water, a very great proportion of the crew killed and wounded, and the enemy comparatively in good order, who had now shot a-head, and was about to place himself in a raking position, without our being enabled to re

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turn the fire, being a perfect wreck, and unmanageable log; I deemed it prudent, though a painful extremity, to surrender his Majesty's ship; nor was this dreadful alter native resorted to till every hope of success was removed even beyond the reach of chance, nor till, I trust, their lordships will be aware every effort had been made against the enemy by myself, my brave officers, and men; nor should she bave been surrendered whilst a man lived on board, had she been manageable. I am sorry to say, our loss is very severe: I find by this day's muster, thirty-six killed, three of whom lingered a short time after the battle; thirty-six scverely wounded, many of whom cannot recover; and thirty-two slightly wounded, who may all do well:total, one hundred and four.

The truly noble and animating conduct of my officers and the steady bravery of my crew, to the last moment of the battle, must ever render them dear to their country.

My first lieutenant, David Hope, was severely wounded in the head towards the close of the battle, and taken below; but was soon again on deck, displaying that greatness of mind and exertion, which, though it may be equalled, can never be excelled; the third lieutenant, John Bulford, was also

wounded, but not obliged to quit his quarters: second lieutenant Samuel Mottley, and he, deserve my highest acknowledgments. The cool and steady conduct of Mr. Walker, the master, was very great during the battle, as also that of Lieutenants Wilson and Magill, of the marines.

On being taken on board the enemy's ship, I ceased to wonder at the result of the battle. The United States is built with the scantling of a seventy-four gun ship, mounting thirty long twentyfour pounders (English ship guns) en her main-deck, and twenty-two forty-two pounders carronades, with two long twenty-four pounders on her quarter-deck and forecastle, howitzer guns on her tops, and a travelling carronade on her upper deck, with a complement of four hundred and seventy-eight picked men.

The enemy has suffered much in her masts, rigging, and hull above and below water: her loss in killed and wounded, I am not aware of, but I know a lieutenant and six men have been thrown overboard.

Enclosed you will be pleased to receive the names of the killed and wounded on board the Macedonian; and have the honour to be, &c. JOHN S. CARDEN.

To J. W. Croker, Esq.
Admiralty.

An act for continuing to his Majesty certain duties on malt, sugar, tobacco, and snuff, in Great Britain, and on pensions, offices, and personal estates in England; for the service of the year 1812.

An act to permit sugar, the produce of Martinique and other conquered islands in the West Indies, to be taken out of warehouse on the payment of the like like rate of duty for waste as British plantation sugar.

An act to revive and continue until the 31st day of December, 1812, so much of an Act made in the 49th year of his present Majesty, to prohibit the distillation of spirits from corn or grain, in the united kingdom, as relates to Great Britain; and to revive and continue another Act made in the 49th year aforesaid, to suspend the importation of British or Irishmade spirits into Great Britain or Ireland respectively; and for granting certain duties on worts or wash made from sugar during the prohibition of distillation from corn or grain in Great Britain.

An act for raising the sum of 10,500,000l. by exchequer bills, for the service of Great Britain for the year 1812.

An Act for raising the sum of 1,500,000l. by exchequer bills, for the service of Great Britain for the year 1812.

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An act for making provision for the better support of his Majesty's household, during the continuance of his Majesty's indisposition.

An act for granting to his Majesty a certain sum for defraying the expences incident to the assumption of the personal exercise of the royal authority by his royal highness the Prince Regent in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty.

An act for the regulation of his Majesty's household, and enabling her Majesty the Queen to meet the increased expense to which her Majesty may be exposed during his Majesty's indisposition: and for the care of his Majesty's real and personal property; and to amend an act of the last session of parliament, to provide for the administration of the royal authority during his Majesty's illness.

An act to repeal an act of the 25th year of his present Majesty, for better securing the duties on coals, culm, and cinders; and making other provisions in lieu thereof; and for requiring ships in the coal trade to be measured.

An act to amend an act of the 50th year of his present Majesty, for granting a sum of money to be raised by exchequer bills, to be advanced and applied in the manner and upon the terms therein S mentioned