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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1815. 
CHAPTER XIII. 
America.—Remaining incidents of the War with the United States.— 
Capture of the President Frigate.—Failure of the attack on New Or- 
leans.—Fort Mobille taken.— Treaty of Peace ratified,.and President's 
Message.— Treaty with the Creeks.— Actions of the American Navy 
against the Barbary Powers.—Commercial Connexion with great Bri- 
tain.—President’s Messagein December.—South America.—Arrivalof 
the Spanish Expedition.—Potosi taken by the\Insurgents.— Operations 
in Venezuela.— Mesxico.—Insurrection prevented in Martinique— 
Guadaloupe declares for Buonaparte : its reduction by the British. — 
Further Occurrences.— Transactions in the Assembly of Jamaica. 
HE signature of peace be- 
tween Great Britain and 
the United States of America at 
the end of the last year could not 
operate to put a period to hostili- 
ties till it had been made known 
and ratified beyond the Atlantic : 
and several actions remain to be 
related as the conclusion of a de- 
structive war, which wisdom and 
temper might have entirely pre- 
vented. 
On January 15th a_ British 
squadron, consisting of the Ma- 
jestic, Capt. Hayes, and three 
frigates, being stationed off the 
coast of New York, in order to 
prevent the escape of the United 
State’s ship President, Commo- 
dore Decatur, and other vessels, 
from Staten Island, descried the 
President attempting to get to 
sea, and commenced a_ general 
chase. After a run of many hours, 
the Endymion frigate got along- 
side the President, and a warm 
action ensued, which was main- 
tained with great gallantry on 
both sides for two hours and a 
half, when the Endymion’s sails, 
being cut from the yards, the 
American got a-head. At length, 
the Pomone coming up, and 
firing a few shots, Commodore 
Decatur hailed to say he had sur- 
rendered. The loss was consi- 
derable in both the ships, but 
much the greatest on board the 
President. She was a frigate of 
the largest rate, and had onboard 
about 490 persons. 
A series of operations of the 
British army in the neighbour- 
hood of New Orleans occupied 
the last week of December and a 
part of January. An army had 
been collected for an attack on 
that town under the command of 
Major-Gen. Keane, which, with 
the assistance of Admiral Sir 
Alexander Cochrane, was disem- 
barked without resistance on the 
23rd. During the following night 
the troops were assaulted with 
vigour by a considerable body of 
Americans, who, after repeated 
efforts, were repulsed with loss. 
Onthe 25th Major-General Sir 
