The Sun. — London, England, 1813-10-16 00:00:00

WEST INDIA PAH:R.S. ntopos-Towri, (13.kneADoF.$), AUG. 10.--The sehogner Vemts arri, ed yesterday, with letters from Admiral' Sir Fraoeis Laforey, ut the Saiots. We learn, that it was the Rapid, and not the Runt tender, which was lost at t!iat:anchorage ; but it is' tai be feared, lkowever, that a greater inkfortune has attended the naval set vice, in the fate of _the Ram, for she sailed awn th , .. Baiots, on the 19th a l ic. for this island, and, as she has not since been beard ut, it is conjectured that she foundered in the gale of the 2stl, and e‘'cry soul on board must have perished. (From the St. Christopher's Advertiser,. of 17th July.) " A gale, attended with very serious cause quenees to the shipi:ing la this road, set in on Friday morning laSt, and continued till the next lamming. In the afternoon, the wind increased to 9u alarming degree, blowing from th 6 S. E. and the sea raged violently; and during the even ing'and night 13 vessels (ovo ships, Inur brigs, twe BCllOOllerS, and two sloops) were driven on shore, and many of them totally destruyed...i Two seamen, we are sorry to add; were unfurtuntttely drowned," tanutrc.vsy °Fru: cnn OF AULT. jtoSE‘tl, (Do:M:4MA), JULY 29.---The weather for the few clays preceding the 2,:1d instant was not very remarkable, except being rather calm, with nil extreme degree of eonsequent heat. On Sa turday the lith, a very heavy rain fell, accom panied by as much thunder and as was supposed sufficient to clear the air, and for a tilde at least to cheek any accumulation of vapours likely to he destructive or injurious. Through the night of the - 22 d it was 'showery, and the wind 'early in the evening tar to the northward. Soon after day-light of the 231 the lowering sky, mid the rapidly. flying scud over the hills and the sea, Hnuotlnced the approach of a violent storm ; and providentially was it, that the violeot blow was lint struck in the dead of the night, for had it so linprned, to what inure aggravated dangers and horrors. windil IRA the sleeping inhabitants have been aa , akeheil The garrison at Morne Bruce, composed of the. Royal ll'est ladiAtaiigers, and a detach ment of the 4th West India . Regitneiit, from the elevation of the gtotind apoWirhich the' buildings were`assailei early - hind violently ; and the Barracks and other Quarters began to yield to the tempest about wren O:Cloek they continued failing until between eight. and nine. Trie hospi tal, which had then above 50 sick. patients; the 'officers' miss-rooat, and every other building, ex tent one officer's quarters, were Completely blown down, and by fragments scattered in the 'air, co yet-Mg the tops anti :-.irks of the hill. '' the losses sustained. by the officers, non-comet (Ali • C' ti, and privates, must be vo-y considerable, as the VW* were so sudden and heavy, and' the place so exposed, that nothing could be saved: The lois of his Alaiesty's thwertimetit must be as these buildings cost a cousiderable sum in their erection•a sew years agn. We lament to; s:iy, too, tiett the 1101111 Kr of killed and wounded is not inconsiderable : six being io the Humber of the former. awl 1 3 4 . the I.4ner s mad eight miss.. stypoSed to Li.' blown6ver the cliffs. Among rttir otfivers wmtudert are Major Ilrereton, by . a • , reeeiVed sonic very severe bruifies. From Prince Ituperes Head, the accounts are also distressiag.t The coomicticement Of the gale ,was about 'Six its the morning front the northward, and its extreme Vinlente WHS not felt until be tween nine and ten, when time buildings began to give way : the barracks of Fort - Slibley unroofed ; the Home called (iovernment 'house, and the Octagon, the same. On the other . cabrit, the .quarters of the eommandiug officei - (Major Eden,' who was confitted by gout) Were about one-half destroyer): himself unable to move, but luckily not wounded, Two ranges of officers' rooms were blown over the hill : ru thiesi! I;qter were Al• Clean, of the 4th West India giment ; Assistant Snrgeosts king and Dinialdsoa, and a female who Unfortunately %vent don't' the precipice ; Donaldson was outright , the others, although miserably bruised and mangled, miraculously escaped with life.— Three pri%ates of the tiOthSvere'killed, four other's wounded. 'The fort ;►yid K;krrision rxf Cachaerow have also suffered severely, every buil►ling being thrown down. .Lientensint Pilkington, of the 4th NV. "1. Regiment, was stationed there, with a detachment x►f the Royal W. I. R►tng►ers, and is nut hurt ; but his Servant was severely wounded ; the rest es caped without injury. The devastation of Roseau and of Charlotte Ville are of tilt most afflicting kind : several persons have perished, and a great number have been wounded and bruised. The commit of losses sustained by the proprietors of buildings which have fallen, and those falling, or otherwise Much injured, must be very great in deed. It is impossible to calculate those lositn i or to entinscrate all the individ-nals, as We have not been furnished with, nor can we procure the 'The destruction of f►►r►siture,. hedding, liquors, chink►, gluss,-ware, hooks, and inertliati slise of all sorts, must be extremely heavy, the storm being so very rapid its its tidy:nice as to pre (lade all precautionary measures of sutety tc►r tiny Vic public b►iildings hui•e experienced their fc►ll i pbare of this calamity; the King's-ho►►se, and erections at King's bill, used as the Quarter '4Niaster General's quarters, levelled with the ground ; the Government-house, with the out., building's, and all the other officers prostrate : scarce a tree of any decriptiou left standing in the • • books, and The loss to his Ji,xcellevy, In wines, s, and furniture, must be severe, as there was little time, as before o b serve d, to remove any thing ;• bis Excellency, when th e h ouse fell in, repaired with his Secretary, Mr. Bruce, and Mrs. Brace and children, to the Fort in town, where they were sheltered. The Court-house is levelled, as are also the Custom-house and l'ost.oilice ; the Commissary's Stores completely destroyed ; the Gaol unroofed i the Rowan Catholic and Metho- 1 tlist Chapels de4troyed in iota; and the MIA Ca- house unroofa. indeed, sdaMe a atable, kitchen, or out-house, paling,' or fence, remains attached to any buildings in - any part of OM()" t'" or country. The Ci ran d Bay Quarter, .it is stip- . posed, has suffered most ; but there, is said to be throughout great desolation; works and mills destroyed ; canes lodged' or turn up, and coffee estates almost completely deprived hyth of their old and young plants, and their buildings thrown down.; negro-grounds and ,gardons laid waste ge.i. neraily ; plantain-walks ruined ; _fruit awl ottier trees, (or fruit Or 01'9:OACilt, completely broken, and rendered (or ever useless and un,protitlble. One igrcunistatice :WO% e all othei astonished the inhabitants, particularly ,those4ilt the Pay of Roseatt and New-toWn, or 'Cliailotfe-ville, .anti. was the cause of great and anxious alarm.---the -sudden ruing of the -ea, after the-wind had veered' to the eastward and southtvard : certainly nothing could be more frightfully awful. The waves curled their monstrous heads as high as the silks of the -windows uu the ,second stories of houses on the dais, and thundering along, shook the build ings to their foundation. Many of the front walls and pillars of the galleries were destroyed on the Bay, and the stores and cellars filled with the sea through some of the stores the water broke tint-iy, and drove up above I :"9, feet- frtnn litigh wa ter mark ; scarce a boat, , flat, launch, or canoe, remains. The ships Venus, Capt. )Iroce, and Chard, Cain, Motherwell, loaded, and- it' the hay, ready to sail with the expected convoy, cut early, , and got OW to sea, tts did all the small craft. The ships lost their mizen-masts; but are in other re spects'said to have been unhurt; of the small craft returned, at present, is only the slot*Lune, Capt. Cunningham. Such are our short details of the me lancholy morning of . . July 23, and which we sin cerely hope may not be 'followed, and aggravated, by absolute want: or diSerrse in the colony. Ills Excellency, With great:" hUntintity and kitompti- , tude, assetubt:d the Privy Council, and has open. ed the ports for the importation of all sorts of, lumber and provisions, free of duty, by procla mation, for three months ;, and, we trust, the neighbouring islands, which have happily escaped • this deplorable calamity, may have some powers to relieve us, and will be expeditious In succour , ing our distress. MORE INTERCEPTED LETTERS. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM MR. 4. TO MADAME B. AT STRASBURG. Camp befote - D.ttiGet; - Seid. a, fBl3. ," I know not whether you , have received my letter of the lst instant, dated Vresden, in which I informed you of the frightful catastrophe which befel us, 12 leagues from kence, in LiOheinia. Our corps, commanded by General Vcinclaunue; has been almost destroyed through the blunder of that Gene t ral, who stuck us fast among mountains of prodigious height, which made it iasy for this enemy to surround us : we lost an infinity of men; the Colonel was made prisoner ; a great twiny other officers were killed or wounded, and rol34illed in the power of the . cnemy :•Cuptain Cuchereau is one of them. I only owed my safety, like all the rest who escaped, by plunging into the woods amidst a shower of bulls, and cliutb ing a moontain, or rather a rock. In short, I have again had the good fortune to escape once snore ; thanks to the ;goodness - of that tieing who presides user our destinies; and who doubtless pleused to piescree tne for sty beloved , _ reinanis of our carps. Ile told us that lie would give us a few days fur our re-urganizatiob, and then we sdioulil return and take our revenge. I atu tolerably well, but precisely in the same situation as 041 oty retuern from Moscow, that is, with only the clothes au my batik; and to beighteu our misfortune, we are not paid what is due to us. Thii adds. adds to the chagrin which overwhelms me, but still hope supports me may it he your support, also; and Act nut these gloomy details too munch affect your sen,iiiility." LETTER 1. 1 R9M M. T. TO M. P. 'vi' PA RI ;.. -- - - . I I.I3I)RESSED " Lenic particulicre pour 411. soul." Camp„ Sept. 7, 1.813. • " Our continual movements, my clear I'. hate hitherto pre , vented tile from givitig you any receotnit of the losses which the regiment has married in consequoice of the bad arrange ments of uttr , General in Chi e f ; 14 ollicers and 84 4:sUbalterns and privatiat are the whole Of it Oat vicaped deatlior captivity. The details, though keg, deserve - Imi lig given. Ott the 48th August. the regiment had an affair which will form the Mont epoeh in its military annals t it teas ordered to carry a formidable position which the eliemy occupied in front of the village of ; the command of the advanced guard was allotted to Major O. P.; and it was composed of our four com panies of Carahineers anti Viiltigeurs. This attack united so much skill acid ardour, that in three quarters an hour, all the positions were in our power; tire pieces of caution, one howitzer, five raisons, and iobl prisoners, were the fruits of this fine ntltir . -We had only to. regret the loss of Captain who fell a victim to his own valour ; ten men were killed, and about 50 wounded. .The Generals loudly congratulated the regiment on this hue at:thin, and have reason to hope that it would be specially reported to his Majesty. " Emboldened by this first success, our soldiers were fall of ardour to light and to conquer. If the love•of glory i, the first quality of a military nian, yet bow pernicions it is when care ricd to excess: Our General thonght- that nothing cools with,stand his, and that every thing must give -way to our arms; the enemy hithttif made us presnme as much by bis twecipitate retreat; but we were mistaken; Culm awaited us, dettined to be the place of our defeat. " The enemy; retired in haste upon (Vim and awaited us in po , i ions whiat nature had formed, but schiCh . edifkr not have been made inure of by There the 2d• dirision commenced action; an order was received by the ist division to accelerate itsMareb,Which our regiment led. Arrived in presence of the enemy, the General-in-thief ordered _the regiment to carry with the bayonet a battery of 26' pieces,'w;th which the enemy was •playieg upon and which did• tier considerable mischief. That I may clod (NISI a slur •011 th e memory of any one, I.shall be compelled to throw a veil over this action, and simply state that the regiment was ordered to charge in close column by divisioos, without having any square 'to .secure n retreat, and without, being Mode to deploy; so that when ar rived tinder the battery, Ma regiment lust two-thirds of its complement, and the enemy's cavalry, which was ready to support their artillery, pereeiviug this stupidity, took advan tage of it, 411Iti charged us. Our regiment retreated moth inure quickly than it would otherwise have wished, and left 80 wounded in the power of the - enemy. The number of killed might amount to 715 subalterns and privates; in fine, at the close of this discomfiture there renfained GOO men un der arms. All toe regiments which were ordered, in Sue- .• cession to make new attempts, failed in theta, but with less glory than ours (this was on the 291 h.) " Hitherto our loss wainothing,--the 30th had not yet ar livtrt Tolkive you on Men . of the erenti of that day, yon must know Sjust-the village of COM is situated' la a small val ley,, and is.comutandad on all. ".des..-by tren4irdraneiseights, hi this valley our baggage and our artillertwere buried, without maintaining in our rear a second hut to coverro treat ; so that the enemy, who already mustered 150,000 strong, caused reconnoissances to be made 10 ascertain our tunic • and having learned that We had flat 40,000 m an t o op- Posebiro, in addition to our bad dispOsittons, Inroad us by on the - evening of the 291,11, without even giving hithself the trouble of masking: his we movements . (for may hody . perceived them), and u-hr giefaine road Whitwhich;tad tett in our wer e Aih planted his cavalry on th e very s' , l , Em Qv:4 r.ust'm LONDON, N , ..1777R1).-.IY, OCTOBER 16, tsr4. • d'i'e. have just received a letter from one of the Of:leers of the Di:Mho, stating, that he was an eye witness of the movement of Lord IVELLING.. TON'S army into France. He saw it distinctly front the heights ; its numbers amounted to 55,000 men, itt the higNest state of discipline, and he adds, that the French were flying in every di rectipn.—A vcssrl was waiting for the Dis pat dies. The advance of Lord WELLIN&TON into France, which we yesterday announced., is indeed a theme on which we would.strike the note of triumph. It restores us to the Old Times of Britain's Glory : Ile, scenes of our national history which are dearest,to the memory of Englishmen 1400ni again fresh and fair before our eyes. Poicders end Cressy and Agincourt .revire,-the age of oar IhNnies and EnwAans, of our WattwlcKs, our Tautors, our P.E.SIBUO,K-El p our LA :ASTERS, oui' BEnrouns and Nownttps (for our BEDFOLT)S and Ilowmtns of those days ~ w ere, npthing' like the creatures who now wear tht‘ir:p'ainei), tine age of OM' SMASBURYS, our IVEsTNIORLtAs , our GLo'sTults, seems on the eve of ! veturoo,..,;- once more. The ‘,‘ vasty fields of France" rt:.e again troaden upon by British valoeir, ,and tat! glorious ensign of St. George flouts, while it-vies with, the blue sky of Gascony,! This, is as it should be—worthy of a country justly denomi ' nated " Great ;" worthy of the immortal cause in which we are engaged —every way worthy of the Government and of the People who are fighting . the battle of universal liberty, in which they have no peculiar interest ; for the world combined is in . co mp e t ent to tvp.‘ , The 7th of October, .1813, is the day made for ever memorable by the invasion of France by Lord WELLINGTON and his gallant Compeers. The Ist and sth Divisions of our brave Army crossed the Bidassoa at Irun, attacked the advanced posi tions of the Foe on French ground, and heat them Wand with the toss of nearly 200 slain and 504 taken prisoners. —The Allircl lOss amounted in tell to about two hundred, among whom was no Officer of rank. Our troops Were "come: quently established between the Rivers N i ive and Bidaisoa, with Bayonne 04 their front, distant not more than some twctve or fumleeniniles. Such have been the first Operations in a mea sure which we . have never ceased to Contemplate with enthusiasm and delight. The paltry, paITY-0 inhaled, degenerate Party, who infest and dkgr.4c:e this land, with a spirit becoming thetnselves; and a lodgment worthy of their known talents, call upon us not to venture to invade France—to beware of their invincible BtroxArArt.re; not to provoke, in ,the centre of a people by whom he is beloved and adored, the hdro of their admiration, the military idol of their patriotic praise, the divinity of their political idolatrN Wretched drivellers ! It was thus three years Ago they bid us ( beware of the conte s t in S pa i n ; t h ey wi,hed our V EbLINtnT.ON and his Army were sale at home, and they feared they could not hope the i ,Leopards would be so fortunate as to escape from the all -potent . grasp of the Corsican' Vulture ! The Ministers of the Crown, strengthened by the voice of the people, laughed at their bolings of disaster (for they Itttpw the prophets) and .com mitted Britain boldy, yet prudently, to the awful contest. The result is befOreus—a nation res cued, a people delivered, the glo7y of our native, land elevated to the proudest pinnacle that ever adorned the annals of a country. But the Inatl' Ilion of fame is seated Upon many The mountain we .have climbed in Spain bus a parallel in•Franeed l 4Vhose top and shilimit we May -also gain,. Tbe r attempt is full of honour—replete with blessings to Mankind. We are told (talsCly told) that the people of France are devoted r 6 their Tyrant. It is not in nature that BUONAP,IftWV ; can be loved. But there are those who serve him: through fear; it is against these that the. united trugli Britain and Spaia aad PortugaLadraPcF the former to perform her grand antlainzil universe, "Imoting. the welfare o f-the P latter tO avenge their wrouga on the 01 ; i°' ! treachery, rapine, and fou l usurpation What is there in France that its be so dear to our pretended patriots. P elll4 posing, that the pe o p le were: as t lCVOtcdil at tat , to BUDNAPARTE. as they assert and Ohl , should not France be visited by those I: rots which she has inflicted on °tilers' en o are the dominions of our most desperate tlieltl to be entitled to all the re s p ect which organ, e,FF. through. their rgan , claim for them ! but the baseness and p erversion of partYlW: cunt for the promulgation of t hese alni' l3lr ' doctrines. What we reproved yesterdaylo'!' m out of bravado, been repeated in a this day, with a little sp king r of petitions of venal hireling and milli and the usual censure for calling by his proper titles of -Ruffian, al and Coward, instead, forsooth, of iroLeoN. Surely, venality itself tue ; surely, the mo st l o w a nd ab were elegance, when compared iv tural dereliction of every moral duty, this subserviency, in far mind, iu least and in soul, to I of humanity, the throned assalsi eat aim is our annihilation as let the Dog go to his VOWit pledge ourselves'to make him and hateful to their country a's the are inflicting upon their coney ' s l t 'l r 'z i l i n g s alc ptlua.ont,eladystawiltlheseirlivotse jai/stir:ha these d to, the population of Fra nce to p , ; —to suppOrt the fluter soli -.--bccause they are told in an tag) that riaiglaiul is exhausted, that the is not so much detestell as . . they ntif that they ought to arm for hi indepamietice ! f' + Fie on't, 'ti► an unweedcd gardem.! Thing rank and' posi iii duce ' I'iKi6css it wholly.----- Theinvasion of France, even as ration with our Allies in (lemony, in the common cause, the most P°' by passibility he made, is stilic4niq it ed to our utmost exertions productive of ulterior ana still nlor''r vrig' tO e sequences we have every, re.: 1 39.1 PCDP I .C. of France hive 10 4 19° Mn` be tired of RVON'AP.AIIT4 thitg Itrlied.to him in . rhi. itiomtry ',OK 0 1 j oin of concealed and deserted o' to join aay force that can prut.- are hundreds of t h ou san d s of k'reo c.fl col under the 'insufferable yoke of lorign• ig for an. opportunity of tbr'u~c 43 asserting their native rights. e ll ' 'l'he army of Lord IVF;LLINGI.°I : t oo" them t0..d0 , this. '!'lint Chi e f, we undertake no enterprizt L e h a s li ot we' - `0; in an its parts. Discretion and vsi° llr 311'' tlis eminent irr all he lias done, awl wi th of the Almighty, we are confident glory will, be rendered still mare tft4iiirli; by what he will accomplish on G:olic The invading force, we rejoice t° lear" tr : mined rend' augmented by continual r eillfur i ), 1 3 y t he Dictator is mentioned the arrival at' t o i r o s nfte °° tr l :il f r iti t7 Y art l illrry O , Tire next accounts are dnxiously laolict Cavalry, and s from this caonr);f,i. sterial -----iump----- The 1— lf orning Chronicle, awls resp eetablgv ing Paper, arc entreavonring to get op 314 ;4_ a l very on the subject of L o rd iVet.t.tist ,sv.s ol most of Our re a d er s have allowed' to p'a's fl' negociations—a matter which we° minds into oblk:lon, without caring that i r ever be thence redeemed. it is very Lucia) t°,lo' this palier War about 1-ni, whose vory 0 0 1 % in the memory of the nation —who arc on; much forgotten as if they had never 10 0 ' c ol political Gladiators, " the a a mvs ond 1 i viLT4s;" have, Hi _.ic mm more coou perso o „t I b rl I Belchcrs and Big liens, had their run. .0 6 i - e ,i pie do not cure Pile jot about them. 'licher foes or friends dist orb t h a t r epose (d. os:, , A h Wil 6 iI , N entity so auspicious to their characters? s";* ~s t 'i their. unfortunate names be ripped vr , ,4 w would contrast what e wou have beef) " d ti r jr !i i i nbilpOily influenced the Councils of !k ir ' with what we arc at this new ond 0 1 '1 in which they have been furNiii;dexteo.,, nioeJ from all conduct in, puldicl4lo[o laPitY to diem, we beg their ehlogi°'...,:, ° ; . lgi' or we must refer to their words itud dce"., " oll'', and show how much peril the c ontitt'YrdefeJ i "` and how much glory she has won by Ill. ' their arrogant pretensiol/8, 1 14 --....0w...-- if! "' Or We continne the. Senatorial 1) 0 c 11 '::',: ) :ri t* I' ) ," j, e Trove a great deal more, awl lean 1(' ; , i t .c e''' Ileilees than the Tyrant de.iianc - d; '''. Yet nu spare to resume our Wu1111"1°' pt►hlica Ittl►. and erg nd a busive `+ red with moral and' , to the assassio wilosl ) ar e 4t ;1: 1 uit 8 gala • u and his . 1 , 11 i; as the ier; of t country owe go , the e Is the b et ) to peis ergr :,P tier whelol7/ n 1,1410 l ' c off , hat theiace, Icy might Link An d 1° garilel! natu et ofr r e n as 311 41 t ei f i rut any, )st 11()".°1. re 0 ", Inc 'ier,(l)! , t of the !ttt ! of A.:l;mq, the attic commenced sv , ,tl; a frieitful chseii.trgeorillevy at points-4 - mm, rear, altd left renutined to ni notbiaz to secur44nr tafety hut a:ren thiek wood,: almost itla:Tessihle, to ottr - right, and there we sought saft:tv, r.ftrr Itailo4, however, bravely defendrd onr selves nitre in the afternoon ; there w.: deft all our ar tillizry and our baggage ; even nor ;14 1/Crst, VAIN Ilfttile• brought off. Stich, nly-tlear P., in a few ‘Porsis, was vur we tanchnly catastrophe. I ant strippe4 of every thinis just as on buy return front Itussia." NLAII.S. • ARRIVLD-4 Dublin, 2 Waterford, but—i L►sbon, I Got . tenburgis, l'ItIC).; OF S'iscftliS THIS DAY Al rwci.vvirecLocK. ...... .574 • I; kin WATER AT U)Nl)taN 11ftli)GE TO-NIORKOW. Oilliboit :After 7. I Evitamr,l3 suitintn after . C. E SUN.. Mt! F~ tnir lic 14,1, tie" 1V;11 the now tlni n r egii Plitt tri",l tO ; Ik t , 1 4 POI/ tei