were mentioned to the captain of the
cruiser, he placed at the husband's disposition all that part of the
vessel where their quarters were, posting a sentry to prevent intrusion
and to secure all their personal effects from molestation. Scott's
Autobiography, vol. i. p. 70.

[240] Afterwards Rear-Admiral Emmons.

[241] The new United States sloop of war "Frolic," named after the
vessel taken by the "Wasp," was captured by the frigate "Orpheus," April
20, 1814.

[242] Ante, p. 3.

[243] Porter to the Secretary of the Navy, July 3, 1814. Niles'
Register, vol. vi. p. 338.

[244] Porter's Report of this action is to be found in Niles' Register,
vol. vi. pp. 338-341. Hillyar's in Naval Chronicle, vol. xxxii. pp.
168-170.

[245] The Secretary of the Navy to Blakely, March 3, 1814. Navy
Department MSS.

[246] Blakely to the Navy Department, Niles' Register, vol. vii. p. 115.

[247] The particulars of this action are taken from the minutes of the
"Wasp," enclosed in Blakely's Report, Niles' Register, vol. vii. p. 115.

[248] Blakely's Report, Niles' Register, vol. vii. p. 192.

[249] Niles' Register, vol. vii. p. 173.

[250] James says that two of these guns were 18-pounders; but the first
lieutenant of the "Peacock," who brought the prize into port, and from
there wrote independently of Warrington, agrees with him in saying
eighteen thirty-twos. Niles' Register, vol. vi. pp. 180, 196.

[251] In a "Synopsis of Naval Actions," between British and American
vessels, contributed to the Naval Chronicle by a "British naval officer
on the American station," occurs the remark relative to the defeat of
the "Avon": "Miserable gunnery on our side, attributable ... above all
to not drilling the men at firing at the guns; a practice the Americans
never neglect." Naval Chronicle, vol. xxxiv. p. 469.

[252] For Captain Warrington's report of this cruise, see Niles'
Register, vol. vii. p. 155.

[253] Naval Chronicle, vol. xxxii. p. 244. See also, Ibid., pp. 211,
218.

[254] London paper, quoted in Niles' Register, vol. vii. p. 175.

[255] Niles' Register, vol. vii. p. 190. Naval Chronicle, vol. xxxii. p.
244.

[256] Niles' Register, vol. vii. p. 190.

[257] Writings of James Monroe.

[258] Captains' Letters, Dec. 11, 1814. Bainbridge's italics.

[259] It will be remembered that after the repeal of the Orders in
Council, June 23, 1812, impressment remained the only _sine qua non_ of
the United States.

[260] Americ