The Sun. — London, England, 1813-11-20 00:00:00

i the corn.mencement and termination of ii e gup, t o 1; 0 wa pted for the distillation of spirits (tom grain in Scotland, Lord 1 1 4t,gtir,ToN laid upon the table various Estimates of the Army, as far as related to the Land Vorces, Fie said tliat he should on - Monday p r opesp a vote : upon • account, and would pro. ilurc the remaining Estimates in the course of the 'week. Mr. WHITBREAD objected to the present early period of the Session, when so few Members could attend. He begged to know the gross amount of the whole Estimate, 146 rd PAL:,,fii,nsTo: replied that it was 8,246,000 L inclu - diog nil the regirnents of the line except fo re4pi Corps. Ite slionld on Moitday propose to take sl* iuiliians or) account.—Adjourned tilt to- FROM T J AtM&RICAN PAPERS, • LEwtsTowN, OCT. 6,—;--The situation of this frontier is as lollows :--.—There are about . 300 . Idilititt at this place ; they, made down to Nia . .gara to-day; there are at Fort George 700 regulars, and 500 militia at Fort Niagara, 100 regulars, and 400 militia, the whole under the 'command of (eneral lq.Clure. Yesterday sailed an expedition, together with the fleet ; about 4i - r0 men embarked onboard the ship and boatS. Our news front the Northern Army and from the Niagara frontier, is to the Bth instant, from Sachet's Harbour to the 106. The Northeru Army continued at Ch` eaugay and Malone; their destination was still a secret. _ _ . We underst!ind that the troops at Saeket's Ilur boor were embarked on Saturday afternoon, The force from Fort St, George had passed tbe mouth of the harbour, and were at tiravelly Point, op posite Kinggton. General 11I'Clure's letter says, that t 4 BritiSh fleet was at -the head of the Lake, sad that Vort Cieorge had been summoned to sur reildC4%. HURRICANE. AT LONG. ISLAND, On the afternoon of the 26th of August last, the weather had every appearance of an approaching hurricane ; it blew fresh, and the wind rapidly in creased, , with - sharp - showers of rain. At ten o'clock, it was no longer possible to walk ; front • thence till eight it. increased, at which time the convulsion of the elements was most awful, and the gale ,continued raging until midnight in the most. furious manner, when it moderated gradually. Towards daylight a scene presented itself .which - bodies all description not one green leaf was to be seen on the face of the country, nor was a tree or shrub remaining in an upright position, all be im; either bent, hroken,.'or blown up by the roots; cattle were blown down in the open fields, many . of Which never recovered their feet, but- were driven from place to place, until they wore brais ed to death ; others were' blown into the sea cud drowned.' Some belonging to Mr. Mortimer (a planter on the island) have beep found washed on the beach, at the distance of ten miles from their pasture. CHARLESTON. SEPT. 24.---Ity the arrival yester flay of the pucka-boat Eclipse, we learn some father partienlars of the late gale on the southern coast. As before stated, it appears that but two or ‘ three vessels rode out the gale in St. Mary's river. A Gentleman whOWaS here in the gale of the 27th of August last, represents the one at St. Mary's. to" have been much more severe. The tide in that town rose sixteen inches higher than was before known. A- vast deal of property was da maged in the stores ; many houses were unroofed, and ehimnies blOwn clown. The privateer Saucy Jack, of this port, was driven into the marsh, but would he got off again, with. damages ; the Bri tish brig, ifer,prite, rode out the gale. One guns boat was sunk, and 23 persons out of 29, who were on board, peris"led, • Two other gun-boats were driven on shore ; one rode out the gale. .Thecus, tom-honse barge was stink, and two of her crew were . drowneLL The commodore's .de stroyed. Alt the small vessels in port were driven on shore: some of them into the town ; but most . of diem would be got.olf again, with more or less • (Linage. The large British ship Emperor . drove on shore op the river,' and it was said that the Florila patriots had threatened to burn . her. Most of the houses at Amelia Island were blown down. The injury to. the •plantations on the sea 'briar(' was i;»,nense. Although the &lipse was at St. Mary's nearly a week after the gale, the pl ace soil remained in the state of con- . fusion.. It was impossible to estimate the ilata-i her of lives lost . ; 41):itit 39 bodies had . beef taken up. Great numbers of carcases of cattle, hog:;, poultry, and alligators, were hourly thrown tan sh:o=e, which created a very,disagreeable Aertch in and about th.e town. . • DAMN, CAVINTOSti COVNTA SEPT. 27. L--rat the night of the Kith instanr, our 'sea-board wag. visited by one of those p)w, ; •(.04 agsnts of nature * , which since the year I A 4 have oceasionally spread ruin anti desOlation on the fairest portion of our Maritime border.. We shall not attempt to. rmrtray the horrors of that awful night, or to give a minute detail of the dre-adfol effects it pro- Oneed : but stints entLeavour, by general dest.rip tion, to Convey an pea of the violeive of the gale, by pointing out the damage, as far as has come to our knowledge, that has-been sustained by it. For miny weeks past the unsettled appearance of the weather gave reason to believe that a gale was'brewing : but it' was hoped that the torrents of raja. that had.tallen, together with the frequent peals of thunder, hail purified the atmosphere. On the morning, ho:vever, of this dreadful night, the wind began to blow from the north-cast, and continued to increase in violence until the close of evening, When. it somewhat ahated,• and a lumi nous appearance of the sky afforded a temporary prospect of a clear nit ht---but the delusion soon vanished. The wind, suddenly shifting to the east, brought with it an tolitquiVoCal tokc,i of an impriuliog g.ile-tcirrents of rain began to fall, attended oceAsionally with the distant roll of thunder, whikt the hoarse roar of the ocean was trom time to time drowneti by. the noise of the tempest. The still, cairn that sneeeedell the via lent pint's of Wind, added to the awfulness of the . night, the sky was quite luminous, and meteroit; ishes or eleetr:e soaria, somewhat resembling distant stars, were distinctly seen in the heavens. The wind and rain beat on the houses with such 'impetuosity, that in many instances the doors and windows were driven in, and scarcely a dry spot could be found to afford shelter from the " pelt ing of the pitiless ttorits." The gale continued the whole of the night, and did not entirely cease until the following evening. The tide rose in many situations seven or eight feet above the common spring -tide, so that all the river-side plantations were under water. Butler's Island, so welt protected by banks, was completely over flowed, and the rice, which had just been harvest ed, is said to be entirely lost. The Island of Broughton was covered many feet, and every thing swept off except the hurricane and dwell ing -houses--.but for the former building, every soul on the island must have perished. On Broad Face (the plantation of Mrs, Brailsford), part of the crop is lost ; and a rice machine,which was nearly completed, thrown down. Independ ent of the loss 01 the crop on Sapelo island, the sugar-works of Mr. Spalding, which were in a rapid state of progress, are entirely demolished. NVe understand that on Turtle river the gale was still more violent, and the damage sustained greater titan in this neighbourhood. In the town of St. Mary's, 24 houses have been blown down ; and on the island of Amelia, the town of Fernandina -has lust 28 houses, besides other valuable property. SPAIN. [From the Coneiso, t,f the 24th September.) TO THE EDITORS. In your publication of the 23d, you observed, that rumours were 'afloat, that Lord Wellington was about to resign the command of .the Spanish army. I have since impatiently Waited for the expression of your sentlments on a point of such vast importance ; but not hay* . been hitherto gratified, I now transmit to you a few brief reflections on the subject. . I cannot yet discover what malignant genius of disunion and discord reigns amongst us, which secretly and grednally preys upon our vitals, and which, should it acquire all the influence at which it aims, will end in destroying our political exis -tenet. I hale seen excited ill-timed disputes about etiquette with Russia, in the midst of her glorious career, and When she was annihilating more than 300,000 enemies of our liberty and in dependence ; I have witnessed harmony dis turbed with Sweden and her Crown Prince, at the very moment when, throwing off their connections with the universal Tyrant, they 'haul • declared theMselves for us ; and though these misunder standings have been terminated, 1 - k Laving, how ever, I fear, some root of bitterness which may spring in the Cabinets 1 observe with pain, that our nearest and most constant allies, since the commencement of this contest, continue to be assailed, having motives attributed to them which they never entertained, and which those only who ascribe them art capable of feeling. Such, in deed, has been the language of some, that were its spirit acted upon, division and enmity would soon reach their utmost height. That memorable Decree of thi . :Cortes though at first so loudly censured by some, has prciduced the greatest and most solid advantages to our country, would have been already abrogat eoad this spirit been listened to. ' Then would the cruel invaders of . Spain, and those of her'un- grateful children united to our enemies, have re joiced et a step which promised the termination of their calamities, The 'advantages which have accrued to Spain, front placitig her troops under the command of reird Wellington; the liberation of the Andalusias, of Va lencia, great part of Catalonia, Navarre, Arragon, the Castiles, and l%isoay ; the victories of Vittoria, Paptplona,.and Iran ; the surrender of Tarragona, San Sebastian, Vancorvu, and other. fortresses ; in fine, .as many prosperous events during this au spicious eriod, as the Allies have had engage ments, all• these, exclusive of othercircimistunces, form that practical and irresistible proof which comes home to every man, of the wisdatit of our Congress,.in confiding the direction of the national armies to the immortal Doke of Ciudad Rodrigo. An impartial posterity will alone be able justly to. appreciate that admirable decree, wizen private interests and temporary passions arc mute, and when the benefits which it has produced; and will hereafter produce ; arc seen in all )heir extent and importance.• Misfortune, disaster, losses without number, preceded that memorable measure the uninterrupted successes;the recovery of fortresses and provinces, which have succeeded it, are suf ficient to put to silence the secret intriguers of . our ruin, and to undeceive the credulous. admirers of so ninny pretended patriots • and counterfeit Spa niards. In' truth, it is by no means impossible that Lord WAlingtonA .fatigued with invectives and calm n, nics t tlisgic:ted by false and low imputations 4 , and deprilic4 t.f suitaitie meats, may throw tip a command in whicir he cannot attiwer to the hopes of.tbe nation, but may compromise his own fame end reputation--a reputation which has 'passed far beyond the Pyrennecs, ned whi h, through out the world, both now and in future times, will remain united to the French name, for the burni, nation of its pride, Ile may, probably, relinquish a command which can neither be lceepted, nor re tained, without a due regard to the resources of * The Editors of the Concise are convinced that the jour nalists can never retard Lord Weilingtoir in his splendid ca reel ; do they believe be makes that account, which Aome intagiite, of the hostile opinions of various writers, Ills Lordship has been too much ilfelmtumed to the effects of the liberty of the press in his own country, and to the criticisms and diatribes of some English journals, to lay much stress on that suet ut weapon. We have an example of lieentiourness in another direction, in the P.-Ire/nor King nf Spain," of th e Evening Post. I:Tliis refers to it false anti foolish paragraph which we yesterday reprobated.) Unquestionably his . lordslifp, ?xttiatett !rya noble amhition, twist havefor object, inhis m ili tar y career, the welfare of humanity, the aatiskict ion whi c h f rom having mainly co-operated in restoring the independence of Spain, and through her, of that of all Europe, awl the glory which his country acquires front the triumphsof her g it u on t son and his brave soldirirs. It is also certain, that if in the midst Of his comer he finds himself thwarted by the wan t o f nic:ins, or drivitn to (Meaty operations,.this cast Duly impair his military renown with those who app ignorant of the s ecre t causes which impede his VoßrOs, These causes t h e author of this, article mina to point out to us, that the misfort a nes likely to result from thein.may he avoided. The author ni;tk koow sow of thew, And there Inv be nave of th em Iho lice prelditi!re. every kind which are ftfTnlshvitt, him-as a General ; but in that case, the relinquishment will not be voluntary, but forced ; it will not be his own act, but that of those who compel him to it He would renounce a command which he neither has ac cepted, nor could accept, with any other object than that of establishing our independence,—thus at the same time serving Spain and his own coun try, the solid interests of which are founded on the commerce of nations, on their independence and balanced power, ,not on subjugation and conquet. What, besides, would the Northern Powers say to such a separation of command ) Why, that the ties which bound together the different com batants in the Peninsula were broken.; that we had reverted to our former state of dissolution of force, the sure presage of disaster ; that the French in Spain would only have to combat corps separate, and without the necessary combination of operations, or unity of plans ; and that the mi litary operations would decline in the same pro portion as the armies were divided in direction and command. NAVA L NEWS. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 19.—Arrived his Majesty's ship La Brune (a frigate) from the Mediterranean, and is put under quarantine. Sailed his Majesty's ships Hope and Griper, with a fleet of about 30 sail, for the Downs; and his Majesty's ships Centaur, J)anemark, Seahorse, and Minstrel, for off Cherburgh ; and the Orestes for Plymouth.--• Came into harbour his Majesty's ship Columbine. PLysiount, Nov. 18.—Sailed the Brune fri gate to Portsmouth, to perform quarantine ; Andromache frigate on a cruise ; and the Ville de Paris man of war to join the Channel fleet. DEAL, Nov. 19.—Came down from the River filo Na► bier for Jamaica; Dundee for the Cape ; Renow►t for ISabia ; and the Eagle for Honduras, and remain, with about 30 sail for Jamaica; the Conwoli for India, and 'upwards of 50 sail of merchantmen for the lVest Indies, 84e. SHEERNESS, Nov. IB.—The convoy for Gotten. burgh sailed to-day, under the protection of his Majesty's ship Stork. No other convoy will sail until the next year, unless by special orders from the Adtniralty. MILFORD ; Nov. 17.--Sailed the Foxhound sloop of war for Plymouth. The ship Draper, from Belfast, last night shipped a sea to the Westward of the Smalls; lost two men, and bad at one time three feet and a half of water in her hold. It has blown an uninterrupted gale of wind from the Westward for the last fortnight, but I am happy to say, that it has done no material daunt on the coast. COPY OF A LETTER PROM AN OFFCER BELONGING TO MS MAJESTY'S SLOOP BRITOMART, DATED NOV. 14 : I wrote you the 16th September, sinee'which we have been cruising off the Texel, watching the motions of the ene my's fleet. On Friday, October Rt 2, the wind shifting from the northward and westward to the east, we anchored in the Britomart close in shore, within three or four miles of Kyk down, the fleet in the Teed bearing E.N.E. with the inten tion that should the enemy get under weigh during the night, we should discover his movements. On • Sunday the 114th, about eights.. ai. the look-out man on the starboard-bow re lented two .strange sail on the starboard-beam, which were found to be two large brigs, under easy sail he fore the wind, bearing down, upon us. We then beat to quarters, Bleared for action, and made the private night signal; about that time they were within pistol shut of us; we then cut the cable, and were immedi ately tinder. sail. When they observed us to be under can vass, they hauled to the wind on the larboard tack, and we after them, opening at the same time our broadside of round and grape. They were then within tai: of each others about a cable's length to windward. As soon as we gave them our broadside, observed them to make all sail from us : we pursued them, and arta raoor 40 minutes chase, drove them unties a battery of eighteen guns, a little to the south ward of Kykdown, where they anchored. From the hazy weather, and darkness of the 'night, in so intricate a passage as that between the Haak Sands and the shore, and front the strength of the battery by which they were sheltvr• ed, Capt. Riddell did not think it prudent to attack them at their anchorage. We now laid the main-top sail to the .mast, and in this situation watched their manceuvres till daffy-light, when, to the great mortiAcation of oar gallant little crew, observed them to get under weigh, with several gun-boats, and anchor safe in . the.Texel. We conceive it had been their intention, aided by the darkness of the night, to have dropped elongsidu nod boarded us while at an chor; but I am happy to .ay their designs were frustrat ed ; and no doubt they expected to find us napping, and not prepared to receive them; but in this they erre also mistaken. The enemy had every adeantage possible, hating the weather-gage, and both taken together, were more than three times the force of the Britomatt ; they had at least 150 • men in each, while the llritomart mustered only 76. From the darkness of the night toe. he rather surprised us, and wit elese Alongside. : before we sli‘eovered. him, notwithstanding when we opened our fire, both brigs 'made.sail from us. WS .offered fairly : they wo uld not accept. " S. We returned to our former•anchorage the folloWing day, and recovered our anchor and cable in sight of the ene my's fleet in the Titml.” Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India Douse, when the Sittrrell, of 443 tens, engaged to convey convicts and Atom to New South Wales, Was permitted to proceed from thence to China, to bring home u cargo of tea. The Mary, HALL, from Dublin to London, was driven on shore on Wednesday. near Cardigan, dismasted. The Draper,*DAV rsoti, from Belfiutt to Palermo, put into Milford on Wednesday, with three. feet and a half ,water in her. bold, and loss of two men washed overboard. The Queen Charlotte has arrived at,Falratrth from Passage with a mail; sailed s on the 10th instant. no mail will not be delivered until Monday: We are happy to hear, and we most cordially congratulate our readers on the circumstance, that the trade of this town is so much revived, that not less than 100 frames are at this moment unemployed Or want of Workmen.-4 Nottingham Gazette. The price of the quartern loaf :n the Borough of. Huntingdon is eleven-peace-halfpenny. -- At Canblidgc it continues at one shillings SECOND 1?4DITION. SU N-OFFIOE, 'FORGE O'CLOCr. The Dispatches received by GoYmnleatir° Sir C. S TEWA RT are dated Leipsig t h e 22,!. They mention, that up to that date Thrceno: Pieces of Cannon bad been taken, and no than Twenty -seven of th e Corsican's Generals, boys de combat. A This is the amount of the intelligence has reached Government. We have received-ter lin Gazettes Of the with news from Leipsig up to the evonini (41 22d. . The late hour at whic h these M a ils 2r '' ' renders •it impossible for U s to do morell''' than give a brief abstract of their chief CO , 11$ 11 It was YonCK's Corps which tin 1 e • PARTE in his attempt to esca p e by the p -1 Cosen (between Naumburg and Weisseoftls) defeated him w ith the loss state d in our c ion. The tyrant then turned to the rit;l't fled by Freybetg. ; i in the city of Leipsig t h e Germans ' Corsican's service surrendered. REG5'$lO LAtrairrort were taken in the city, orther 103 pieces of cannon and 23,000 wwi nded. , PoNivrowsm was drowned id the Del' I , like fate is assigned to AtIGEREAti. M4vdocrap bad his leg amputated, al l P °/ LEON obliged him to depart : he died 11'11- Leipsig. sides an infinite number found cb~ stol' Thirty Thousand Stands of A rms la tle,'und 1,500 Baggage and Ammunitiol Bons, are in the possession of the A ll ies, Th e Ki ng of W " IRTS MAER G IS in die r( any otir ' Is ~ i !,‘„ Landwehr. . .., , te il s: him h ;ski Tilt:a:in:oof SAXONY had neithe r 11 ,:'. o il had already been visited by the Allied Monarchs. jr 1 .40 that the E m peror ALEL,Noo, „ iit 0 in c!v 4 osh i la litit as ° broken li P is °si word l)ili sPloca,4l:l:lliigiAlir Ag could now consider him in no ittOr-uht Captive Prince. • o c tket Marshal ST. CYR is reported, i n ' art Halle of the 20 th October, to be i° end with Twenty:Eour Thousand I \ l° ' k erai4rl 10- 1; he had been summaned to,sorreou e. account from Leipslg of the WPC thite 5 after an action with Count TOLSTOY'S (I°' t s 30,000 men belonging to BErOOO.O be : bad quiqed Dresden, and taken th e f Cbeiimits. Count MEERPELDT Was taken Prisc)ner' CO Aditi Oil at liberty by BuoNAr RTE. OD bosom.friend VANDAt4MR S hould be 111411° A, • This will not be acceded to. hilt , B U O N AP A RTE, on the clay before to- eiit, called all h Marshals allshals together, and dec hr r if be did not gain the victory he Wo uld ne/1 them more. The joy in Germany is indescribable, mu nl inations and rejoicing unbounded, in Berlin. We bare time for no more —on INI°11u" titer. • , W "1117"" m " . " - " -- / There are Dispatches from Lord WEL i 4 not of dated Vera the Bth, hut they are -They contain the Capitulation of P 31112100 The following Steam Boat : 1 1 ro f n ) is 9-----clescripti on o f therwiei'; --The extreme length 7. ) if: um.; the breadth 14 ; height of the cabins 6. She 11 ,,i: . The after-cabin is 20 ft. long, and is at '1: the fore cabin l 6 ft. long, and entered irom t)%iii,., the paddles' -16 in number, form two vilic:l 9 . ft. diameter, and 4 ft'. broad, made of 11 01 ) 11 !" 1 ,, , :' engine is 12 -horse power:sit t. 6 in.; she runs ttt the rate o f 4or ,i,ier. an hour in calm weather, but against a C O " ci , they dip into the water front I ft. fil,,,ii‘ .: able breeze only 3 ; can take in 25 0 P' s . s ne cl i t . near 1-I_, and_ is wrought by five men. The engciofv;l sumo 12 cwt. of coal curries The farm ~ : h per adore ow, feet broad. ' P""1 rtt•e , - 0 'boiler is 25 feet high, and a 1-1 On Monday was found drowned 10 °ciche NO' Irigto4i-road, a boy about three Yeavrn, gatherill' aggerston, bet Ween Hacneys': old, iii mother, who was within a field or tvk i i rt:ca 1 water-creSSCS, was almost distracte( Caine back and' foutul the child tical' ..,is