The Sun. — London, England, 1813-07-09 00:00:00

4 V. • •' .! 4 NAVAL NEws. StiANNON AND CIIES'APtAKE. • . HALIFAX, JULY 9.—lt is with pleasure we con gratulate our Readers on the captare of the Ame rican friisie Cheiapeake, comma, detl by Captain LAWRENCE, by his Majesty's ship Sluff/fon, Cap . g i t4i n after an a. tion of eleven minutes. The following particulars of this pleasing event Nn e have collected front conversations with some c, the officers of the Shannon, and haVe reason to think theni material y correct. • the 25th M ay hi s M a j esty ' s ship Tenedos,. which had, for nearly three months, been:cruising in B os t on B ay, with the Shannon, separated fr u its der, and Capt. Parker was instructed i ,hy Capt. roke, not to rejoin him until about the 14th , )ace. This was done in the hope and expecta tion, that the Chesapeake frigate, finding the Shannon was cruising ,alone off Boston, would' Come out and give her battlenor were our I .,,ats disappointed. Early in the morning of YIC lst inst. the Shannon stood in close to Bus !lin Light-house, and observed the Chesapeake ling at anchor, with royal yards across, anti ap yarently ready fn. sea—the British colours. were lien hoisted on board the Shannon, and she frigate to, near the land ; at ! a. in. the enemy's itigate was observed to loosen her sails, 'and fire, at half pa s t twelve she , weighed anchor, and stood ont of the harbour, when the Siwnnon filled, and, under easy sail, edged off the land, :followed by the Chesapeake ; at four, shortened sail, a t fi ve, hove to, with the topsails aback, 'for fear the enemy .would not hang her to action before dark—in twenty minutes after, the Chesapeake cheered within mitsquet shot of : the bhannolt, still standing towards her in such a w aY as left our Tars in uncertainty which side of lir ship si t e i nt e n d e d .to engage — at h a lf p ast ttivll'-'e, however, she lulled upon t he Shannon's west , ti l ""rter, and on her foremast coming in a n ewith the Shannon's nilzei" the latter.firedAhe ai and her others, successively, :until the enemy vatic directly abreast, when the tChesapeaket [,, n rec t i , her whol e b roa d s id e , w hi c h t h e Stlalllloll retttrned ; and here, broadside to broad. , B ,! ‘ "e., the action commenced—in five minutes the ''besape a k e f e ll along-side the Shannon, and wt's 1 ` ''' ar ded in her tops,, as well as on her decks, by I ° ." gall ant countrymen, and, in eleven nil:lutes, '`"" the commencement of the action, her three "'lens were hauled down, anti soon afterwards yllsced with . the E .English flag over themher e "kg cleared Of the dead, the wounded taken he ('‘‘, it great proportion.of the prisoners removed ut of her---and accompanied by the Shannon, sh ewas teered for this port. !!ere follows a Et4teuient of the toss oti both sides : -- I: taptitin Broke, we understand, nohly led the 'Tllrders from the quarter-deck, and xas; we are . z urry to State, severely wounded, in the moment ff victory, by. a sabre, s ou the head, while exert himself- to save two Americaus.ftota the fury of his men ; he is, hoWever, we rejoice to learn, • a fair wuy of recovery, and we hope will soon stile to return to that station, which he filled much beriefit to his country, and with imperishable honour to himself. „Lieutenant W a tt was kill e d a f ter h oar di ng the 4e sapeake-1:e was an excellent °diver. 41 (311 Captain Broke being w oun d e d, t h e com - L a ud of th e Sh a n non d evo l ve d on t h e 'S e c on d Valenant, Air. Wallis, son Of Mr. Wallis, of the Ovy-yard, w h o conducted itimself in a very ',Aye mander., 11,- 4 4 t 4 s e h .Lusi arkbaard the Shannon ad's-Lent. Watt, Ist of grace and Ineritoriousotti.al; Mr. 41,dhata, .411r.1)1..1 a , Captain's Clerk; and es seamen and ma ; *hi .6a.1,;(!. Capt.., Broke, severely ; one ,1". ) . r 1 •,L ad maxi nes• , ' Ifalkrd, 4th ; Lieut. Broom, , ,ing-aiaster, szveral petty (nTh.!e ; ,, cal kilted.--Wouuded., C. Lawrc,..ce, -1.. 'Ludlow, Ist, severely; Lients. . and ; mews.au l d ; Verry, arc;, , ; Livermore, chaplain; and nearly WO. sea- Ca s k m . is due to Capt. BROKE, on this °C ho ,i htis, "(4 only .for the perseverinice with which. Z leas tong - sought a contest with an Ame- Ulth I% , l l l ,gite, but fur the 'promptitude an d skill rio r i t „ "ta. he has decided' the question of s t ye. Whi c h la pat an end to all the vapouritig:with fill et ! , ( tie Ann:lie:An papers have of late been Th e %Le w "Peet clue to asbraveenemy was yeiterday eotlyhe to the remains of Captain Lawrence.—The di el ,. % SAS landed from the Chesapeake under a Il e of mi mute guns, anti at two o'clock reach pr e King's wh arf --- t h e American ensign was e Ll'i as a pall Oser the coffin, on which was ii t ''ed the, sword of the deceased—six captains of 1 ;! . • navy oßiciated as Imil- hearers 7 -six. conytt j„',3 of the 64th. Regiment, commanded by .S;r ~,I " l W ardlow, preceded the corpie—the Officers `1,, , th e Chesapeake followed' it as mourners—the u heer s of the IN sty generally attended—Sir Tho , 4 ; r " Sauniatez, the 'Stall, and Officers of the Gar u'l"l), and the procession was closed by a number , lespeetable inhabitants. The funeral service t ,, .1 lan formed by the Rev. Rector of St Paul's, 0: t hree v o lli e S di sc h arge d by th e tr oo ps over e it evioa. s to t .f( i )Inwitr , Order was issued .the clay pre t f unera. " llalifax, 7th June, 1613. 4 rEnter ; i, GA141 , 1 SON. . 0 U 1 a: PS. , RPgitrient a 4 ' l Y Rill be furnished to-mor . row, hy .n tl e le r Gatti °"'" 01(j ° 0 9si ' ti, ig of 300 rank - and file, with . a p p I rolinds of lank c i. , ~ ', l- 'vrs, and to be supplied with tli re . ' nf (.3.i lain wre„,', - y . ..`4'es each man; to inter tins remain! -. , o ' l l i ' l _,. _ !Clow, vt ‘ . .: ''Ve of the American frigate o!,iesapealit, Jr tlic Th e ij,..,14::-I?at half-past OM'? O'Cinek P. M. . tOrnt.. .:." 1 1 , t stint corps will attend, and the . party will be. r,_" tl , l , l Ft, by i ent. - Colotiel.Sir J. t!,,, ' k nacets of t.lie •ir ' • Vll he pleased to a en Wardlos. , .. tt the 1tna,0 4 . 1 . t ~ .g. mon ‘i . . tr• . s there , at a gith i st e r hefote two, to march in tiN:"lon, wearing a hies; of black crape round their left f, (Signed)Brigade. .., vrdep,, ~ , F. T. TIMM" Major of t for the 'l4 -- equally indicative of respect ~ /14 - 4.-1 . :tivl'4"l(l' were also given by the Senior Officer of A, Y * de,i.,,r r eat numb er of vessels find boats of every 441!11)tion, filled with spectators, were ernizing b urr ton ' C aPt.Lawrence informed the inita to ti t m of that tow fl ,' they might expect Iti4 vet tirri £t 4± harbour of .1 t:o hours and „ii .h.alt 0 , _ . ... , . - '4. I . lle t ulle of ills departure with the ,Shannvn, whicli.be had no doubt of capturing, and deiired a,s i.ii tuoiiy dinner might be - prepared for him self and crew. MO - NTREAL, MAY B.—We understand that the ship - , Sir George Prevost, was launched at King= ston .on the 29. th ult. She is said to be a re markable tine ves , ;el, and of equal force to a Of 38 guns. The following is a correct list of the. American Navy on the Lakes, exclusive of three or tour small craft which serve ;as store ships, but:are not not named':-,--Ship Madison, 28 gtins ; hi ig Pnei da, 18 ; schooner Hamilton, 9 ; Governor Tom.p.- kins, 6 ; Conquest, 3 ; GroWler, 5 ; Pert,3 ; Fair American, 4; • Julia, 2 ; Ontario, 1 ; Scourge, 8; Elizabeth, ; and Lady of the Lake, 3. INIAy 11.—We are informed the first division of tliV . sti6ruen arrived at the Coteau du Lac yesterday ntticuisig', and the remainder left Lachine about They will provably all be a t Kingston on Thursday next, just six weeks from their departure from 4ngland—the. expedition with which they have been wafted to our assis tance, is in our opinion the happy prelude t o th e i r successful efforts in our defence, and we confi dently hope that events will yet prove that our ever-to-be-lamented Brock has not died in vain. Colonel Halket of the 104th Regiment arrived here yesterday from Kingston. We are informed that Major-General Sheaffe With the troops he had retreated with from York, had arrived there. Nis Excellency , and Suite, and Sir James Lucas ,Yeo,, left this city for the Uppor—Province, at half-past two o'clock this afternoon. MAY 15.---We understand Captain BARKLAY of the Navy, ordered 8 or 10 gun-boats, of 60 feet keel, 'to be immediately bi+ilt icr Kingston ; these will he finished in a very few weeks, QUEBEC, MAY 6.—fhe Officers of the Navy and seamen arrived yesterday morning, embarked, in course of the day, in-the St. Lawrence Go vernment schooner and several, river craft, nod Proceeded with a fair, wind to Montreal. It i s t probable that in ten or. well e days they will be at Kingitmw Sir JameS Yeo is one of the'most .characters in the Navy. All the Officers has:ealrealy distinguished themselves, and the sea meit-se6n to be principally young men. The Ame rican gotilla We lm vc,reason to suppose is well oili cered and manned. It is superior to ours in the number of the vessels and . the size of one of them. the attack on York the ,following Avert! =Ong the • 13ritiSh casualtics :-,-The grenadier . company of the B th had one captain (M'Nicl), and' live setjeants killed, and 70 rank and file either killed or wounded. Our men behaved nobly.— The Yiinkees stripped ,pcO:•lll'Neil's body, and threw it indignantly into a jArge hole. - A convoy is appointed, %vett :de..stand, for Bar• badOes'arid tl•e 13th in t. HALIFAX, MAy 18.-It . is 'with no. small plea sure that we announce. in this day's Paper, -lie arrival of his Majesty's ship of war :cygnet, with .a number of transports, containing the 10th liLtht dragoons, the 2d battalion of the (ilst regiment of toot, and recruits as well for th different re4i meats in the country, 'as for'.Watteville's, Melt- Ton's, the 13th and 89th regiments, not yet ar rived. For some days past this town hits been quite in a bustle. It was particularly theYise ... on Sunday, when the Whole day was enuil tle d its shipping stores, besides. carpenters at work in.the house, mincing and putting up mangers for the cavalry horses, about 70 41 which are arrived. The remainder of tht dragoons; consisting of about 500 is the wlr.ole, will be mounted in the cob ntry. Ott Priday vet off from this garrison, for Upper Canada, 30 of the artll , .!ry ; on Sunday, six com panies pt the 103 d regiment ; anti yesterday the greater part of the 2d battalion of the 41st regi ment, with the recruits for the different regiments alyncp. With the troops. art ived General Duroeft mire family. NEW-YORK; MAY . 26.---The frigates United States "Commodore Decatur, Macedonian, Captain' Jones, and Hornet, Captain I.3iddle, have gone to sea through the Sound. • A small expedition, of about 200 men, landed . at it, British post at the head of .Lake Ontario,, took tile stores, burnt the public buildings, and. returned in safety. ANTorti ER Exrentiltolst.—On the 18th otir lake flotilla left Sacket's Ilarbotu. on a new expedition, probably : for Newark and Port George.. Impor -taut- news from that quarter 'way b daily ex pectcd. . _ triday arrived his Majesty's brig Manly, from Newfliundland, 14 days, and his Majesty's ship Mi nerva from Canso. His Majesty's Ship Minerva s piled from hence with the last fleet for Quebec, but unfortunately on Sunday the 23d ult. struck on Cranberry Reif, near Chedebucto Bay, at the entrance of the St. Lawrence, and so injured her bottom, that, 'until the Tuesday following, when they succeeded in getting a sail under it, she mittle six fee( water an hour she was consequently compelled to return to this ,port-She left the Nymphe and Armitle, with the transports, all on the 27th ult. near Ship Harbour. FALMOUTH, JULY 6.—Arrived the Montague packet with a mail from Gibraltar and Malta, 20 days from the former ; by her we learn, that Tarra gona has fallen. Also arrived the Speedy, PIER, with a mail' from:Bermuda hi 29 days; by her we learn, that Sir J. B. WARREN, was to sail from Bermuda the day after the packet left, with a force of three sail of the line, four frigates; five sloops o f war, three troop ships, and.a rocket ship;' With 3000 troops on board ; their destina tion was supposed to be Baltimore. The whole of the American navy were at sea. The United States has on board, eight 64-pounders on her main-de c k, s and a complement of 620 men. i\ Nymphen, with a fleet f rom Ports mouthaniiette k, ship for Portugal and t he Mediterranean, are now off this port ; his. Majesty's ship Unicorn with the , • ships agsembled here, have sailed to join them. Anwi cii, "Jinx westerly wind emtbled all the transports to get out of Qar btubour this morning, and by 10 o'clock they were out of sight; and as the %vim' is as fair as it can blow, it is exrcted they s. ill have a N'er'y favourable passage it is understood Gottenburgli is to be their' rendezvous.. There are two- large trans - ports now waithfg to receive, the 33d regiment, now on their inarch to tlu place ; oteourSe, tbey will folloW as soon as possible. The Latfii Fraiices, _ituvrEat, arrived IlLte last eveuing .from (rotteillnusgh; .she brings three passengers- front the armies. .. YAkmopTli, .1114 Y, $.---Sailed this morning:the Princess of wales hired cntter,• with two transports, having on boaill part of tbe German Legion, for the Mather, to proceed from thence to their,des tination with the first conroy.—Last night aGen. delimit of distinction was landed at Lowestolie, and who is reported to be the bearer of important dispatches front the Bead-quarters. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE, MALTA MAIL. CADIZ, JUNE 11.- I -SUCtIIET was on the 4th at Carlet, with ab(int 8000 foot, and upwards of 1000 horse, having left 5000 of the. former: and 400 - of the latter in the lines on the Xnear. An article from Murcia, 29th May, refers to the General toroNs' achievement against MA THIEU. After, bestowin ,, meritcd praise on the brave Spaniards engaged, it states, that Generals MATHIEU, EXPERT, Ultd DEVAUX, with 4000 foot, 300 horse, one howitzer, and four mountain pieces, composed the enemy's force which at- . tacked us, and we drove them back, and routed them, with scarcely 3000 toot. and.3o horse. The field of battle Was strewed with dead bodies and military spoils, after. lin obstinate action, which lasted from half past seven to half-past twelve in the morning. The enemy have withdrawn up wards of 400 wounded, exclu,ive of j a good many ‘vtiom they abandoned on the Villafranca road, by . %Odell they precipitately effected their retreat,. A number of muskets and other effects have fallen into our hands, and also a pretty considerable number of prisoners, moSt of them wounded. GIBRALTAR, JUNE 19,—A packet Lame , in yes terday, front Malta.—We are greatly concerned to . have.to state, that the hopes have been disap pointed which were expressed in (tea. ()AKE'S letter of the 10th May,. with respect to the malady having been arrested in it 3 progress. The re verse has, unfortunately, bet:ll.oe case. .Eight days bad scarcely elapsed since the date of his Excellency's 'letter, when the Board of health found it necessary to inform the jiublic that it was sin eading—that seven individuals, had been 'taken iii on the vets day they imparted this intelligence (the 16th), and that one of them bad died. On the 19th eight died, and .three were taken ill. .4.)n the 20th. 10.4-lied, at eleven' vt , Oe taken ; and on the.2lst (date tat the last 014- . - ciai report we have seen), six died and Live were taken ill. The military mid prisoners of vvar continued perfectly healthy, commerce was completely at a stand, no strangers were admitted into La Va letta, but such as had very urgent business to transact ; proiier precautions ' had been taken to maintain cleanliness in t:,e town ; atnl lastly, subscriptions have . been , opened for relieving the wants of the poor persons suffering in consequence of the disease. ' - KONINGSEEEG, JUNE 12,--Late last night reached us the' following publication, signed by his Majesty, . at his head-quarters, Ober-Groditz, near Schweidnitz, dated June 5, 1813 The enemy has proposed-an armisticel have, with. my Allies; accepted - it till the 20th of July. This has been done, to the end that the national strength, which Tiny people has in so laudable a manner put forth, may attain its full growth. An unweariefl activity, uninterrupted exertions, will lead to this end. Hitherto the enemy has surpassed us in-force---we could only regain our national honour; we, must avail our selves of this short interval to become sufficiently strong, that the end we may conqiier our rode- peßdence. Be firm in your rem:4116011; put con fidence in your King ; and then_ continue your. exertions as you hare done hitherto, and we shall gain our sacred point. (Signed) HIEDERICK WILLIAM." " Ober-Groditz, heal: Schweitinitz, • ,sth Amt., 1113," " The armistice proposed by the enemy has been granted to him ; but it will he sulti, ient for the comfort of every honest Prussian to know, that this Armistice will not lead us to a peace, but to a renewal of morepowertul and energetic warfare. 'The inhabitants of his Majesty's domi nions-between the Russian frontiers and the Vis tula , have distinguished themselves in every • by their patriotic zeal, an d part ie u l arly b y y the numerous detachments they have formed of vo lunteers, composed of eavnlry as well as in fantry ; also their having completed, with men and horses, the five national cavalry re giments, and the corps, twenty thousand men strong, of the Land‘Vehr, composed of hardy sol diers, full of spirits, who in a short,thne have been brought to a state of discipline to be employed in the most useful enterprises. All this has been •done, Pl4llOllOl every empinytnent if) this country has been stopped altogether, and the poverty of the inhabitants had reached the biKhest pitch ; e°nseciue ii lt i the extreme. er From rtimlor t I this a ir part difficult tsas r spirit, and from the extraordinary. zeal of the inhabitants of this part of his MaJestYss;l°llll - c c x x t il i e l e it t ) i ns %v :% t l l l.l l 11 ) i e te c "(3" :a isltaecdt) " ll(tihenteleit; same effect, in the proNecutiou of this sacred war ; and that they will manifest that just and ardent hatred whieb every brUft' PrU . 05.1311 and every Ger mon ought to feel agmost to v cooomol enoniv, find that our bc'oved cororryineo w themselves %%:orthv of the btowt so Ocroicall y shed by our luethren. (Signeil) I)OtTIcA, " iaL-twe:4ll the . V " Dated Konitig - 51,.1,;, 13.". Extrac - ts from the .I,thr of a Prem.!, Central ,Of fire) ia icith the list hits _ 4rmy. patuf the 15111 "of front i c ti lit:L.d , qutTeers, •" According' to all the tiews,.,llo*ceive from . London, people are there in a statilk_ alarm ;-- the Armistice, the reports of a Cougress 7 -the fear and hope of a pence,, perplex the politici:ms, impart new activitylto the tongues of the formed, add to .the apprebetisions , ol` the , smooth the brows, and , elevate the expectation of the Buonapartists. Cau you listen to the ptedic tions of the alarmists so, you are no longer one of us. I approve of the Armistice to the 20th 'of July :1 should even approve 9( it to ;lie lath of August, because tilt then there ,are no provisions in Saxony, unless they ate, brought from a great distance at an immense expeuce. The forces -Of the monster cannot he it uch aug mented, and must,. necessarily be divideS; thOse of the Allies will be augmented threyaid. , I dirt only afraid of one thing : 'it is that Buonapaitc should avail himself of the armistice to get Out of the.scrape into a'liicis he has been plunged by `hi s presumption, which oothin..7 can econd but the apparent apathy of the French oat ion. You judged as an intelligent military man when you announced that the campaign was to take place on the Rhine. What a difference to the Corsican, bad he re mained on the left hank of the Maine, amidst his resources, secure of his retreat, having Italy and Switzerland immediately under eye, and touler his hand the part of Germany the: most fruitful and populous; keeping Austria in check; and forci ng his enemies to over-rim the desolated Countries which he arty Occopies, after having deluged theur with the blood of two Marshals and 30 or 40,000 of his be:4 soldiers. Ile might have brought us into the same situation in which he has plated himself ; hut Heaven has „blioded hint a second time, to rush on to his own undoing. He cannot burn the growing torn—he cannot ev e n spoil it to any extent, because he is h e m me d i n 01) all sides by the Cossacks, and he will meet, in summer or in nut onus, the sante fate which he experienced in the whiter of last campaign. His ruin would line been still -more certain, had the Allies retreafedas far as the Vistula? 'but then be would have been braught too near the . magi mines established on that river, svhose Stream lie ;:hall never more behold ; he: Would have been put in posseS - sion of the canals,' and of the course of the Havel, the Spree, mid' the Netze, which connect the Weser with the Elbe, the Elbe with the Oder, and the Oder with the Vistula. Count Bauct.p.'y tir:Tom.4 knows a little more than the Corsican, whose only principle is to push forward. Sec on the map the position of that audacious. adven turer, the object of the admiration of so many . senseless ideots (imbeciles). On his right, his movements are impeded by the chainS of moult tains, known under the mime of Ilidetes, the Giants', and rErzzellirge ; on his rear, the moun. tains of Barg and Thoringi,t, swarming with "t ir. tizans, cut him off front his StIrpHICS ; Ott Ilk left, in a" line Irma:lel to that of o perations, n o w pa vigable rivers, which communicating with the great. streams, carry ahundauce to his ettemica from the Elbe to the Vistula. • " My opinion then is, that Buonaparte 'is greatly embarrassed ; that it Is all' over with him, with his army, and with his Empire, if the al. lied powers avail thein'selves of the present op portunity, but 1 own I am afraid they will be, content with clipping his wings, and reducing him to accept the terms of .the Treaty of Luna. ville. The military plan of the Allies is admirable so far; 150,000 men 'iA) the banks of the Wertha, the Spree', and the Havel ; 35.,0Q0 Stoetles, 25,000 Prussians, 25,000 German Legionaries, 15,001), 'Hanoverians, Luheckers, Mecklenburgers, &e . and 50,000 Russians, making together another 150,000 inch, on the banks of the Oder, trout the Hidetes to Grand Ginger ; 40,000 Prossiansi, .35,000 . AuStrians from Gallicia,.7s,ooo Russians, Swartzenberg moving forward, either towards Dresden, or by Egri ; towards the Maio, to joist either the Saxons or the Bavarians, (din not l a u g h, for there is no doubt eNery one will have a • hand in it) ; 18,000 Hungarians marching on Venice, and rousing the brave Tyrolians ; Lord Welling ton advancing; with gigantic step, upon, louse, and raising around him the loyal Frauchtnen whom the monster oppresses—such is the plan of this campaign. What can litionaparte oppose to this ? 200,000 men iii ! Germany ; 60,000 Italy nothing in the South of Vratice, for he announves that the army of Spain is arriving at Mentz.— Yon may tell me, that he has more trail. 260,000 men, but you flutist recollect that he wants 240,000 to ,keep down the 'rising • spirit Of the countries he has invaded or usurped: All thht glisters is not gold. Only try to induce the t t l ie i i t g 7 n L a t t e ( l a l n t . l c i e t i t s ( e ) r f i h c ,F t it r ,France e let thtt:i e p e ; tained tinder constraint, or are forgeries aod that, in short, they are completely null in point of right and of faet, and Buonaparte would not be able to employ another thottsaud men oto: France. It is said the 4irril6t jet! giVeSjilly to t int' Corsican to bring up his trOtillS ; that is ric h , , hitt lie bas fewer to bring : tip that) his en uric':, ct►it sire m o re he brings into these deserts the too.. great) e. ietisli nti*rtatels. 11 . uoge l. r ie tited Some distrietS, and you mayeta art 1!„: to see in the French l'aper3 that has given orda, to evacu ate Snail). Let its kin., above all things, that lie shOold taste it into lTeiid to l)Iny the part of a taint, anti that lie sh: bid publish that ire o evacuate dotterel, U ' ni nty~, and Italy. st y : t t y. l , l a e s f n ( o n t rn in at non ottrott.:ea it was necessary to the a llies, as is proved uristiee of two months ; army between Stettin toni Magdebur4h, an armistice of some vents to bt u o i l l: b n ' t i s betia an 1 fftiai England. the o b tlieers Le lii.cs !Wt., and to form others to replace those wl n have been slain or frozen to death."