The Rhode Island Republican

"England wars not for the destruction of cities," exclaims Lord Exmouth in his letter to the Dey of Algiers. His lordship's memory must be very treacherous. Did not England war most savagely with the cities of Washington and Alexandria? Did she not war with the cities of Baltimore and New-Orleans? before which, however, her arms received a signal and salutary check. Not only did she war with cities, but defenseless towns and villages felt the weight of her malignity. Did not Admiral Cockburn declare that his orders were "to lay waste every town which he might find assailable?" and did not he and his followers execute their orders to the very extent of their ability?—The exploits of Cockburn and his banditti in the Chesapeake bay, and the transactions at Frenchtown, Havre-de Grace, Hampton, &c. &c. will forever attest to the enormity of their conduct.

At Stonington, however and many other places, the bravery of the citizens protected them from British rapacity, notwithstanding the "fearful odds," against which they had to contend; but pillage, rape and murder were the order of the day, upon almost every occasion. And ought to have been impressed on the colors of every British regiment, and on the ensign of every ship sailing under the Prince Regent's commission.—Boston Patriot.