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 alternative 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 have 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 severely 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) on 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.

Inclosed 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 warehouses on the payment of the 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.

VOL. LIV.

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 expenses 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

mentioned for the relief of the united company of merchants of England trading to the East Indies.

An act to repeal an act passed in the 39th and 40th year of his present Majesty, for establishing certain regulations in the offices of the House of Commons, and to establish other and further regulations in the said offices.

An act for extending the laws for preventing the embezzlement of his Majesty's naval ordnance and victualling stores in Ireland.

An act to alter and amend an act, passed in the 51st year of the reign of his present Majesty, for the relief of certain insolvent debtors in England.

An act for granting annuities to discharge certain exchequer

bills.

An act for further continuing, until the 25th day of March 1813, certain bounties and drawbacks on the exportation of sugar from Great Britain; and for suspending the countervailing duties and bounties on sugar, when the duties imposed by an act of the 49th year of his present Majesty shall be suspended; and for continuing so much of an act of the 47th year of his present Majesty, as allows a bounty on raw sugar exported until the 25th day of March, 1813.

An act for the more exemplary punishment of persons destroying or injuring any stocking or lace frames, or other machines or engines used in the frame-work knitting manufactory, or any articles or goods in such frames or machines to continue in force until the first day of March,

1814.

An act for the more effectual preservation of the peace, by enforcing the duties of watching and warding, until the 1st day of March, 1814, in places where disturbances prevail or are apprehended.

An act for making perpetual an act made in the 12th year of his present Majesty, for encouraging the manufacture of leather, by lowering the duty payable upon the importation of oak bark, when the price of such bark shall exceed

a certain rate.

An act to amend an act of the last session of parliament, for granting to his Majesty a sum of money to be raised by lotteries.

An act to continue several laws relating to permitting the importation of tobacco into Great Britain from any place whatever, and to permitting goods and commodities to be imported into and exported from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, in any ship or vessel until the 25th day of March, 1815; and to the amending an act for consolidating and extending the several laws in force for allowing the importation of certain goods and merchandize into and from certain ports in the West Indies, until the 25th day of March, 1814.

An act to render valid and effectual certain oaths administered to and taken by certain members of the House of Commons before deputies of the late Lord Steward of his Majesty's household, during the vacancy of the said office.

An act for punishing mutiny and desertion; and for the better payment of the army and their quarters.

An act for the regulating of

his Majesty's royal marine forces while on shore.

An act for raising the sum of 6,789,6251. by way of annuities.

An act to continue, until the 25th day of March, 1813, an act for regulating the drawbacks and bounties on the exportation of sugar from Ireland.

An act to indemnify such persons in the united kingdom as have omitted to qualify themselves for offices and employments, and for extending the times limited for those purposes respectively, until the 25th day of March, 1813; and to permit such persons in Great Britain as have omitted to make and file affidavits of the execution of indentures of clerks to attornies and solicitors, to make and file the same on or before the 1st day of Hilary term, 1813.

An act for enabling the wives and families of soldiers embarked in Ireland for foreign service to return to their homes.

An act to amend an act of the last session of parliament, making provision for the families of militia men in Ireland.

An act to amend the laws relating to the militia of Ireland.

An act to provide for regulating the warehousing of spirits distilled from corn in Ireland, for exportation, without payment of the duty of excise chargeable thereon; and to transfer the custody of spirits so warehoused, from the commissioners of customs and port duties in Ireland and their officers, to the commissioners of inland excise and taxes in Ireland, and their officers.

Anact to repeal an act made in the 39th year of Queen Elizabeth, intituled an act against lewd and

wandering personspretending themselves to be soldiers or mariners.

An act for the relief of infant suitors in courts of equity, entitled to stock or annuities in any of the public or other funds transferable at the bank of England.

An act to continue until the expiration of six months after the conclusion of the present war, an act made in the 46th year of his present Majesty, for permitting the importation of masts, yards, bowsprits, and timber for naval purposes, from the British colonies in North America, duty free.

An act for altering and amending an act made in the 32nd year of the reign of his late Majesty king George the second, for the relief of debtors, with respect to the imprisonment of their persons; and of an act made in the 39th year of his present Majesty, for making perpetual an act made in the 33rd year of his present Majesty for the further relief of debtors; and for other purposes in the said act expressed.

An act to prohibit all intercourse between the island of Jamaica and certain parts of the island of Saint Domingo.

An act for granting additional duties on mahogany not imported from the Bay of Honduras, and for reducing the duties on certain species of wood imported from the said bay.

An act for settling and securing a certain annuity on Earl Wellington and the two next persons to whom the title of Earl Wellington shall descend, in consideration of his eminent services.

An act for amending the laws relating to the local militia in England.

An act for the more effectual regulation of pilots, and of the pilotage of ships and vessels on the coast of England.

An act to make provision for a limited time respecting certain grants of offices.

An act to amend and continue until the 25th day of March, 1813, an act of the 45th year of his present Majesty for appointing commissioners to inquire into the public expenditure, and the conduct of the public business in the military departments therein mentioned; and another act, of the 51st year of his present Majesty, for continuing and extending the same to public works executed by the office of works and others.

An act for amending the laws relating to the allowance of the bounties on pilchards exported until the 24th day of June, 1819.

An act for increasing the rates of subsistence to be paid to innkeepers and others on quartering soldiers.

An act for the erection of a penitentiary house for the confinement of offenders convicted within the city of London and the county of Middlesex; and for making compensation to Jeremy Bentham, esquire, for the non-performance of an agreement between the said Jeremy Bentham and the lords commissioners of his Majesty's treasury, respecting the custody and maintenance of convicts.

An act to suspend the exporta tion from Ireland to parts beyond the seas of spirits made or distilled in Ireland from corn or grain until the 31st day of December,

1812.

An act to grant to his Majesty duties upon spirits made or dis

tilled in Ireland, and to allow certain drawbacks on the exportation thereof; and to repeal certain bounties given to persons licensed to sell spirituous liquors, wine, beer, and ale, by retail, in Ireland.

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 Ireland.

An act to provide for the regu lating and securing the collection of the duties on spirits distilled in Ireland from corn, malted or unmalted, in stills of and under 100 gallons content.

An act to continue the period for purchasing the legal quays in the port of London, and to enable the lords of the treasury to purchase buildings in Thames-street, for the purpose of erecting a new custom-house.

An act to continue until three months after the commencement of the next session of parliament, and amend an act of the last session of parliament, for making more effectual provision for preventing the current gold coin of the realm from being paid or accepted for a greater value than the current value of such coin; for preventing any note or bill of the governor and company of the bank of England from being received for any smaller sum than the sum therein specified; and for staying proceedings upon any distress by tender of such notes; and to extend the same to Ireland.

An act to provide for the more speedy