William Beanes resistance in the Battle of Bladensburg, northeast of the Capital along the upper Eastern Branch stream of the Anacostia River on August 24, 1814. After a decisive victory by the British they continued to Washington and burned most of the city's public buildings, including the White House, The Capitol, the Navy Yard, and various other Federal buildings and structures in retaliation for the earlier American Burning of York, the capital of Upper Canada (later called Toronto, capital of the Province of Ontario) the year before. On their return trip back to their ships they again stopped briefly at Upper Marlboro.
Orient (1814 ship) Orient (1814 ship) Orient was launched in 1814 at Calcutta. She sailed to England and from then on was based there. She traded with India into the 1830s. She participated in a naval punitive expedition in 1819, and performed four voyages for the British East India Company. From the 1840s she cntinued to sail widely until she was condemned in 1865 and sold for breaking up. Shortly after her launch "Orient" sailed to England. She first appeared in "Lloyd's Register" in 1815 with W. Rutter, master, Js. Murry, owner, and trade London–Bengal. From 1814 the EIC lost its monopoly on