POST CAPTAINS OF 1824.
189
BRITISH SQUADRON. | |||||||||||||
Long Guns. _-pounders. |
Carronades. _-pounders. | ||||||||||||
32 | 24 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 24 | 18 | 12 | ||
Detroit, | ship | . . | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | 1 | . . |
Queen Charlotte, | ditto | . . | . . | . . | 3 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 14 | . . | . . |
Hunter, | brig | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 2 | 4 | 2 | . . | . . | . . | 2 |
Lady Prevost, | schooner | . . | . . | . . | . . | 3 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 10 |
Chippeway, | ditto | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
Little Belt, | sloop | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | 2 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
. . | 2 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 2 | . . | 15 | 1 | 12 | ||
The long 18-pounder, one long 12-pounder, three long nines, and two of the carronades, were mounted on traversing carriages. The fort of Amherstburg was stripped of its guns, in order to arm the Detroit. | |||||||||||||
AMERICAN SQUADRON. | |||||||||||||
Lawrence, | brig | . . | . . | . . | 2 | . . | . . | . . | . . | 18 | . . | . . | . . |
Niagara, | ditto | . . | . . | . . | 2 | . . | . . | . . | . . | 18 | . . | . . | . . |
Caledonia, | ditto | . . | 2 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . |
Ariel, | schooner | . . | . . | . . | 4 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
Porcupine, | ditto | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
Scorpion, | ditto | 1 | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
Summers, | ditto | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . |
Tigress, | ditto | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
Trippe, | ditto | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
3 | 5 | . . | 8 | . . | . . | . . | . . | 38 | . . | . . | . . |
The guns of the Caledonia, and of all the American schooners, were mounted on pivots; the broadside weight of metal on the part of the enemy was consequently 928 pounds, – on that of the British only 478. The former had at least 580 picked men; the latter not more than 345 persons of every description.
Early in September, 1813, Captain Barclay received a small draught of seamen from the Dover troop-ship, then in the river St. Lawrence; and on the 12th of the same month, he reported to Sir James L. Yeo the disastrous result of a conflict between his squadron and the more formidable force under Captain Perry. The following is a copy of his official statement: