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determination of executing or relinquishing,the derirnd m mtioned in your letter of the 16th iust. 1 1- 'hat flentand is still insisted upon, I have only to observe to you, that a compliance would be an inutediate violation of the laws of my country, and an et , ,iithl stigma on the nation of which I am a A compliance, therefore, cannot be ac ceded do. Citi7ien "I have the honour to he, &c. " slosEpti lIALsET, • " Governorof the State of DalaWare." (REPLY.) His B. M. ship Poictiers, in the Mouth of the Delaware, March 23,1813. Sir,—ln reply to your letter received this day, by a ling of truce, in answer to mine of the ltith'inst,int, 1 have to observe, that the'demand I have matte upon Lewiq lwll is, in my opinion, neither tingenerous - .nor wanting in that magnani mity which one nation ought to observe ano with which it is at war. It is in: my power to destroy your town, and the request 1 have made upon it, as the price of its security, is neither distressing nor unusual. I must therefore persist and whatever sufferings may fall upon the inha bitants of Lewistown, must he attributed to your selves by your not complying with a request so easily acquiesced in. " I have the honour to be, &c. BenEsFoap, " Commodore, and commanding his Britannic Majesty's Squadron in the Deleware." , , 1 (From a New York paper of the 10th ult:, it appears that the bombardment of Lewistown was carried on: vigorously by the lielvidera frigate, and two other Britigli ships of war. It was water only that the British Commadore reqnested, but which was' refused to the, last; and the ships were continuing hoStilities against the town when :the last advices came away.] New YORK, APRIL 2.- 7 -Enemy's Ships.—lt will be eett by our marine list of this day, that there is a British cruiser off Sandy Hook, so that no vessel can go out of this port, or come in With safety. Essex Frigate arrived.----The passengers in the Mail stage train Boston, state, that late on rues day evening, a ship, prize to the frigate Essex, arrived at'Boston, mid inforMed that the Essex was in thej3py; that she,had sent one other ship. a prize into Salem. New-Yorm, APRIL. 8.--By Capt. Wecm3, di rect from Hampton, we learn that the British squadron still retained their .former position in 1-I : lmpton roads ; that a conspiracy, among the ne grips had taken place, but was detected in the fol lowing manner :-,411 American vesel in James river was bailed during the night by several ne groes in a canoe ; who inquired if they were Eng lish ; the Captain suspecting them, replied in the affirmative, when they immediately came on board, and informed hint tram if he wouid furnish them with arms they siv'ould massacre the whites : that 2000 negroes.were embodied and exercised plAds by night ;• they mentioned in xiio should he their first , victims. The Captain of the vessel detained them for some time, -exercising them with swords, &c. until he oh . tallied the whole plan (If the conspiracy, when he beized them, and they are now confined ,in Wil liamsburg- jail. • Col. Barclay, (formerly .British Consul in this city) arrived here yesterday front England, via Bermuda, in the cartel Savannah packet ; he comes out as Agent for prisoners in the United • • States. NEW YORK, APRIL 10.--The blockade of the Chesapeake and Delaware has had the effect to drive into this port most of the neutral, as well as American vessels, bound to. southern parts. — This apparently has given a little life' to business for a few days past ; but we are mortified to see neutrals running away with our, carrying trade, which, if it, had not been for the bad manage ment of the present party in power, we might have enjoyed ourselves. Our own shipping are rotting at our wharfs, while neutrals bikve full and profitable employment. [FItOM THE NATIONAL INTELI4IDENCER OF WED- IsIZSDAY.3 The news from the Ntlrth West is not so grati fying xts we could have wished. The expedition st aat ont by General Harrison, under the command of Captain Laugham, for the purpose of destroy ing the shipping at. Malden, had returned, having founts the ice ho far open as to defeat their object. Oetteral Harrison himself was, at the last ac counts, traversing the state of Ohio, with the view of nr4l.wg arrangements, it was said, for the Spt campa;ga. A letter from Philadelphia, dated April .7th, received this morning, says, " The whole loan , was taken yesteruay at n 8 percent. for 6 per cents. of 100 for 6 per cent. with an annuity of one and a half per cent. for 13 years. ,The parties• al lowed to the 15th inst. to determine which they will take."' Llstio,N` MAIL. . . Llf , )iON, MAY 4.--Extr act of an official diipater. from Alm-Alai tli Illarquis of W. ELLINGTON • to Don MLGU PERElit4 . i FORJA* " lUo(l.v:tuners, Frorkinhi s April '2B. isSince 1 addressed my .last dispatch, of the 2 1st instant, to your Exeellency, the enemy h as made no 'movement of importance, anti his troops remain in almost the same .points Intentioned to fo:Ir Excellency." BADAJOZ, APRIL 22.—Murillo's division, und the 3d battalion of the Spanish Guards, Lire go ing to Ca,ti:e. On the 19th, the' Regiment •of . r'ictoria marched from Badajoz, to join Murillo's is expected that O'Doonel, with his army of willprocced to Estremadura. of nn —Toe epati mg run A n itopaioo, APRIL she old works ot , this fortress, and the construct . fug of new Owns, are continued w ith activity. “"er , ti Don Carlo!, de rlispana, since his jour y to Andahncia, has 'again taken the . eornmand ts in Which are employed Brigadiers and Carrui, Ltstif.)N, 7.--It has been reported for fioine . dar, that the French have Corteentrate(l be tween' Valladolid and Salamanca :. th it finee is estimated at 30,000 men. It is Oat) stippused that Joseph this tittle intends in person to reVeOge the rend' .Alparstials, and particularly Alarwoat, is the same place where the latto ast }'car I)St the battle of Arapiles. Lisaoti, MAY EC—General Hill has advancea little beydra Coria. O'Donnel with his corps is to cross at the bridge of Alinarez. Lord Welling 7 ton is daily expected to move. HAMBURRH PAPERS, ROSTOCK, MAY 5. .On Tuesday moming the the Mecklenburgh regular regiment of ialantry marched to Schwerin, on their route, it is said, for !lamburgh. The English, muskets iutended for them have only arrived within these few days; by this delay alone has their march been retard ed : for they would otherwise have been long since opon the Elbe, where 400 of the Meelilenburgh . troops have been these four weeks past. ' The patriotic contribution, raised here within a single week, amounted to 23,1)00 dollars. Our two corps of yagers Will break up in a few days, to join the army. Prince Charles will set off again to-morrow. The Crown Prince of Sweden expected here forthwith.- MAILS. Aantren-1 Lisbon, IShiernsey, 1 Jersey, c. Dublilt, I Wa-, terford. Du E--*Tiottenburgli, t Heligoland. PRICE OF STOCKS TTIIS DAY AT.INVITAATE.WCLOCIC. CoPsols 59i I Red. Ann... 581 I 5 per Cent..... 881 THE SUN. Qt-I IS RE FA ?•1 AU DEA 4' L 0 N D 0 N, TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1813. By a Lisbon mail arrived this morning, we have received Gen. Etdo's details, dated 15th ►ilt. of tie action!, which led to, and of the battle of Cas tella. The following are the principal points: after stating the malts of the affairs of the 11 th ; at Yecla, the disgraceful surrender of Yill!ena is thus described : The Battalion of Velaz had pro6,sion. ntl nition in the town for two or three days, and when by the advance of the Trench, its retreat was exposed, orders were given to shut up every thing in the Castle, and there defend them selves,. The Colonel, however, Don JON lintck, did not observe that they were endeavouring to surround him and prevent his escape, an opera. tion which was not finished till the morning of the 12th. On g in}; cult to a distance froth the city, I perceived that the Castle began to fire from all sides, knowing that the enemy bad snr. rounded it, and that the said . carps could not save itself without the assistance of a' force from the, allied army, I passed front Sax tO 'Qastelia; to confer with General MURRAY, and propose a 'move, meet upon Viactut: That General acceded to my request, but when the English cavalry began to march from - Biar, and about 100 Spanish horse, consisting of Olivencia, and sony parties of Chas scuts, from Sax ; it was !earned that Us atsmwitis the division he had it Ye:la; had arrived artrillena,and that tbe battalion ofVoeillnlaphad surrendered. Inconsequence of thia unfOrtunatc formation, which was soon dOnfirmeci,, so as to leave no doubt the expedition became useless and dangerous, from the soperiority of the French ea- valry, the I.llnglish fell back to Biar, and I remained without sight of Villena. But the enemy bringing up at this time a greai cohn of cuirassiers to uct against my cavalry, while they directed all . their infantry, the remainder: of 'their cavalry and artillery in quest of the Allies, the latter Waited for them at Bear, and artobstinate action took place; but as it was not the intention of Gen. MURRAY to' retain the village, he began to retreat; defending the ground inch by inch, and making a terrible slaughter of the enemy, who obstinately followed them to the entrance into Bear, where the firing ceased, becatmed night put an end to it. The allied army posted in Castella determined to wait the enemy, who took a position at tue, entrance of Bear and Onel. At Casteila Sum= attacked, but he paid for his temerity by the sa crifice of '2OOO men, who perished in the contest with the English line, where the attack was met with the utmost gallantry. Marshal SucniT led his whole army to the fosse at Castella, displayed his cavalry at Onel, and had the imprudence, at three in the after noon, to detach a body of 2000 men, in order to . force the left of this. line, Which covered the van guard of the division of General IVIiITTINdItANI. These troops and the 27th regiment of English infantry, which was there at the same thup, re ceived the attack,with coolness, suffLred the cue .my to advance to the points of their bayonets, and then charged and crushed,thein, taking prisoners 200 men, besides killing and wounding great numbers. When the Marshal saw the result of his first at tack, he was ohliticd to chnnge his plan, if that plan was to attack the line of the Allied Army, and there fore was forced to make a menacing movement to cover the retreat he was preparing. Gen, MURRAY perceived his inontion, and caused nine battalions, 900 horst anti, 10 pieces of artillery, to .outne out to meet him, and obstruct his march, in •Athich he so well succeeded, that in less than half a league, the distance td the entrance of Bear, where he had taken his position) he caused great havoc among his columbs. Night coining on, the enemy retired,' and the Allies returned to their former position. The Dispatch concludes with noticing some movements on the 14th, praising the valour of the Spanish troops, and describing the horrible r::cesses committed by the enemy. We have this day given Extracts from American Papers to the 11th alt. This intelligence is not of much interest, except as sheering the state of alarm and trepidation into which the activity of our squadrons has thrown the enemy's coast.-- A report is current that. Norfolk had been bom barded and burnt; and it is stated, in a still more authentic shape, that a like fate had been poured out upon. Lewistown. The deprecation at the American Governor in the latter case is truly ri diculous., His antipathy to the Omen's is re markablehe refuses water and objects to fire. But we trust tbe Britiih Commanders will turn a deaf car to all such appeals.---Let America feel the -weight of our resentment and if this does not change the hearts of her Itulers, it trill at least convince her population of the firipolicy of a war withllritain,whieh can injure her—in the cause of France which.can afford her no protection. In our last page will he rcad; With more than ordinary feelings of national pride, the detailed account of the surrender of the Java frigate, as fur nished on the Cou4 Martial appointed to inquire into thecatise of the loss of thAt vessel. Most of the evidence is strikingly characteristic of the in trepidity of,British seamen, but we cannot resist our inclination to point out particularly that of litlmßut, the Boatswain. The undavted spirit displayed by this braVe man is worthy of record, and the:heroism of his conduct, while.it equals the most renowned anecdotes of Roman firmness and . magnanimity, sheds alustre round the British flag,. which no want of complete success can ever tar- . nisi!. His companions. in arms proved themselves worthy of such an assorAnte. In the absence of fUrther intelligence from the North reports, from various quarters, allude to ano ther great battle, said to , have been fought on the Bth and 9th, in which the Allies were completely victorious, and pursued the enemy to the Saute. 'Though we believe that considerable ad vantages have been gained over the French since the 2d, we are not aware that any informat:on to the extent stated, and reaching so late, could have been recoived., The - Meeklenharihersliave been very active and Very succeisful - against the French at iiarhurg.— , The lost of. the. enemy is mentioned to have been so great' as .2009 . /11q1; ,The following- form the Leadtn article of a Morning Viper of thia clay " It was nuneureti yesterday, upon the antharity of infoc mathat received from a.Duteh fishing yessrl, that.subsequent to the battle of the 6th, the Russians renewed the attack 03 the 6th at Caidha, and the condict was resansted nn the 7th inst. The Bth was passed in preparations, and the 9th and 10th wr:e more sanguinary than any of the former days, the result being a prodigious slaughter . on both !titles,. especially of the enemy, and Ins retreat to the itunoutiate vic inity of the Sdale. Little or no reliame, however, is to ite placed in these rume , lr.Y."—.lfornittg Chronicle; Afay 19. " ft was also reported that the Vreneh, who. ere driven front entiburg, had again returned, an d threatened liara bargh from that Island. It seems; that in order to , facilitate their passage across the Elbe, they had collected about 8$ boats at Bremen, which they conveyed by laud carriage to flarhurgh."—Same Paper. . But no memorandum of doubt ! " A Hantburgh letter of the 9th states the loss of the Prussian , : in the battle of Latzen at 10,000, •untl'that of the Fsetteli at !SOW° killed. The Canto computation is given, in nue of our Heligoland letters. it is added, we &lime, ern neouslv, that Marshal Aileron is 412'0140e slain." Again, Hemmed in by saucy doubts andii.ars. The Catholic Bill went through a Committe, prolormq, in the_ House, of Commons, last night. 'the Main debate is fixed for Monday. 'ERIiATUM —ln the Suzy of yesterday, ii ,the patagraph ~respecting the Meeting at Mr. Pox soNaY's of the friends of the Catholicks, for the word " rejoice" we will thank our Reader to in+ sea the more applicable word " regret." As for the likelihood of the ,Bill passing the Corn mittee without much debate, there is no pro bability of its escaping the most determined opposition from the well-wishers ti) the Constitution of these realms, and the Pro lowt succession and ascendancy, as by 11:v established ;' and we trust, too, so effectually urged as to defeat. this .alarming measure altoge ther. if it be true, as confidently reported, that Louis the 113th is about to leave this country 4nd visit the head-quarters of the Emperor ALux aFnea, we trust, that, in addition to the most re.olute preparations to subdue the Usurper of France, tt Proclamation will be issued by the right ful Monarch Of that country, to those unfortunate Frenchmen who are dragged so the field in order to gratify the ambition and revenge of the Most odious Tyrant that was ever elevated into -so yereignty,.. An animated appeal to the loyalty, connurm stunt', and humanity of Frenchmen, if the Revolution has not entirely annihilated those qualities, may forcibly aid the anus of the Allies, and contribute towurtts the deliverance of Europe. POETO,Y. ow ref: if Britain once more should *Oak td +A* West) La soon be exhausted lutaggot and rep Refornsersott once, will enlighten our days, Aud our old Constitution be quite in a bliati SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, ----. NEW ^ 110' Mr. Vitliers's Don Cosoo.:1, let; 1):::tt IA G. It Can u ' l i Halide' ' , sit. fib. I'. Y. t. '20041,-4: to 4 an st Dori Coot D. of Itotlatas Sorcery, Bet. 61b. beat IA JeisLly's A 91 ARKE'rmS6l3sCDAOy'rm!l:l.ltil,i, Q MEETING. deus,Ab. M. Itoo. h. ft.--6 to 4 tegst Asatateo/ Sweepstakes of 10.30. each, h. ft. for colt.; 1 " 61 3 1 1 ' ili named ill the Derby or Oaks; colts, Ist. /001" ' Est. 41b. ' U.M. . 1 ;,,i I . Mr. Vamittart's f'. PCiltril4oll, by Vim, bin by nel', 7 ',.. 0 i1i Gen, Großtrenor's c. 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Skeleton Reatment (ono. . Isiot o, yesterda hani to recruit in p"in' " v . e . r r C l i: o l o . S2 l ' "" f n i nih o bsle r g4 l ll' h i tvid'itinasay l ei3 r ei'rs e 6.atle i brns a gr. n te d niftle . , : . t:tirettildYol:2. h t:°:l4l.e/cittill:t;r‘ t)iitc'lingri:t4i°el'esua‘ i .tfi:tirJle:'lll:4:.:l:°l;lti';:j4iit'l-°::'''1;:l ' 15(:11°fI:: 4 .1% 1 . 1 1 V i0 i. 1 5 .t i 1 0 . nwiendair:ehsteladyfaunr dAVI-airiruirnsk::: : l e , ' :: f or o 11 : 1 1 , ; . , day :t t la he ar se r c i:e l d ‘d a d t i L vi i 6 v i er a p orno3:::e:l:Ctll':l3c'f: : r a o l F l i t i t i riday se'nniglit, the Caeni btril'".' Liverpool netaine.iit It is rep or ted for Dublin.. ~.rt Tdili t° . inc fleet-now under dispatch 11)r,:itlit::,cei141'' —.........p.---- in,, rortstnoutb its c"fralipt ids' been . received , of ;he capture of .` lie ,,, pi . vesselsj is43 - vo 'l , :l l : 3l)c t i c a oti c . . lo l l t a( 7 3 : .ai s iaz i v p sr i tt ee t i : l hr : l e f e linfi o l s l f gi fr r t . : f o t t r i ntriol 6 r t e : n h ,l " i9 ll ; lll .s 2 : 4 ll : 4Bt e hiP;r i l ' is tlet d rs(c i : el o : ll:° l l: :'!'il i i' t s iL:' ( lt i 'l l e Y' f i d ): : !l oo )-re o i i .lt i t: o f::"t: r: Itrll1q1 .. ; 1, 44 , 11:: : American , •• 1:Irt Pl' of our frigates. .. ...• ~. , The Vounif phanix, DuvALL, o:ioici, .Cape Breton, was taken thelatit ulti ll ; tC,iyt I'', I°,ng• 31. by the. Paul Alta Aniellf lf, ills A I 0 f ; % after an action of an hour till',"„'` r j et te 0 () , teer had taken the ilfury of ut i d to ,-• ir roar), trout Bristol and if Rhode Wand, with a license. . j ELl!"lti:a.ox,osftla:iestolll,mtiblaatdlsvrerhafislilinggstTi°r'rtil':'.le'cirlb4Ac6 who were discovered on h°'lr.hecti e) teers. That 18 of them luta M u te d 4 A f • .. „ t oo ~4 (~f., Yesterday the araiShOPPel srfsr•-`0,1,,1-1 launched at Portsmouth. cot . ~,..i 0 , , ,the Archbishop of Vong -) is ta iil 4ll lW The Laurel frigate, building tict.13034 r ' b lat e t i n ti c o h n e c tl h e o d n a the 31st e 3 d b l b e s r e : l ti igen: t lL e : roo tr'l ' ' Ir' , li '°' it l month. - t Pai ldis i ; I ' I N The once celebrated Bird °I ;, 4 4fit$ li ‘ i . is on the eve of relating 'all hC`l'imae 'f.o3• lir ; but her day has long since orniO4Aft plumage of youth anti begat g ',. recitols • who might be interested in a' wing to another world. con tiototlr llREA.D,—Present price ly 3 ich led !~'enh +'~ t • q 'I) I), 1. widt rust 1/ .(J1)1, li{! II lie t tein th:l of Bh i 11,6, i„ ' r ( Sir [ "ir Nveye