The Sun. — London, England, 1812-10-28 00:00:00

, to which thieve all the-armies of France *ere advancing - With haughty : and..confident steps to drive the -British - troops crotnAhe..Peninstila.. , --. - 6;4)fident of success, and eertaiu of rendering Un availing all those exertions, Which eve bail made for giving liberty and independence to two oppreiseil natiOns,they advanced to the combat; but British • yalour, discipline, and skillprevailed, and the. ve teran soldiers of France were compelled toseck for aafety in retreat and-in flight. Another campaign has followit4, and that,-'.great General, of whose merited 'praise- langnAge does not enable tne to express whati would - lyillingly utter, has obtained . &decisive victory;:the remembrance of which will: live for evorand has afforded to the Spanish tinn an. opportimityof aching still more important exertions to those Which, with invincible perse-: yerance„ they have made in the midst of defeat,-' disaster, and calamity. But whatev.cr maybe their fate, or whatever May be the Tate of the Penin aula; the advantages which have h'een gained to the British Empire aresticha;i could-hot Italie been purchased at toO,liig4 -.. a. prieeL--for_ we have made it known to our enecties -We haventade it known to the world.:—/and .we-have left not a' doubt `upon our minds—that it is not Merely on that element which is peculiarly our own that British valour is pre-eminent, but - that the soldiers of the British Empire, in equal numbers; and in the fair field of battle, are-superiof to the soldieri of France. The invasion of these islandS; which some years ago was contemplated with aPprelicusiOn, should it now, therefore, by possibility exist, we are cone-- dent Would only produce, as its result to our ene mies, defeat and disaster,. " Whilst the situation of the Peninsula was, at the contmencement of the period to which I have referred, such as I havedeseribcd, the rest of: the - continent of Europe at'that tune was sunk in ab ject '.and servile subjection to the Ruler of France. Prussia had been annihilated, Austria had forged., her own chains, and-Russia-wastaately acquiescing in the general-submission 4 , bitt : •in- the course, of. these two years; the imoliahle• and_ encroaching ambition, arrogant' and n iusnititig tyranny, have provoked indignation,‘. bate _tuade, danger mani fest, and have produced dr . feasive resistance. The events which have followed and we have recently contemplated, have reflected lustre on the Russian name and charaCter, and- have: done -honour to hutnan nature. We have beheld—l refer not to it for example=-for, were the case our own, I trust in God we would require no example—but we have beheld With admiration, a great people, making property the sacrifice, making life the price, willing to wade through- blood and desola tion, in the gloriousstruggle for the maintenance of national indepentlencel4or.the preservation of the important,. the dignified; the, valuable bless ings which national indepeadence can bestow.---- May it be our prayer to GO that he will inspire them with unappalled perseverance, and will crown their patriotic exertions with success. " Upon-other political questions which - at pre sent interest,' agitate, "and divide the public mind, lam happy-to .have reason to believe and to know that my sentiments on those public questions have hitherto accorded and do now accord with your own. Nor need I add, that, in what particularly rev arils the county Dumbarton„ I cannot .fail to have an anxious.desire to promote the welfare and prosperity of this 'county, in which we all have acommon interett." - • • FROM TUESDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE. ry his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Re. , 'gent of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in the name and on behalf of bis Majesty. A PROCLANIATION, VOR GRANTING THE DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES DIM.. ING THE PRESENZf UOSTI,LITIES. GEORGE, P. R. Whereas by our Order in_COuncil, dated the 13th day of October` instant; we have 'ordered that general reprisals. be. granted against the ships, goods, .and citizens of the United States of Attle rica (save and except any vessels to which his Ma jesty's license has been granted, or which, have been directed to be released f•ront the embargo, and have not terminated the original voyage in which they were detained and .released), ,so that as well the fleets and ships of his Majesty, as also -all other ships and vessels that shall tic com missioned by letters of marque or general repri sals, or otherwise, by the CominiSsioners for exe— cuting.the office .of Lord ifigh'Admiralsif Great Britain, shall and•may lawfult'selie - idl ships, ves sels and goOds belongingVi itie . diwerninent of the United States of -Aineriebi..tir , to-any persons being:citizens of the United"S;cat'Of America, or inhabiting within ,any of *the YerOtories thereof, and bring the same to' judgment in any of the Courts of Ad minthy within his Majesty's dominions duly authorised aud'xeqUired to take cognizance' thereof, we -being desirous to. give due encour ageMent to his Majesty's faithful_ subjects whO 4hall lawfully seize the same, and having declared in Council, by our Order of the 13th of October ices ant, ourintentions concerning the distribution of trill manner of captures seizures, prizes, and re prisals_of all , ships and goods during the present hostilities, do now make known to all his Majesty's loving subjects,. and all others. whom it may con. tern, by this our' Proclamation, by and with the aft vie,: and consent-of his Majesty's Privy Council, that our will and pleasure is, inn name and ,on behalf-of his Majesty, that•tlge'Aet produce of all prizes taken (save as hereinbeVre excepted); the right whereals inherent in : hiS'Ajajepty and in.his Clown, be given to time takerS (save'also the pro duce of such prizes as are or- shall. be taken by ships or vessels belonging to or hired by, or in the service of the Commissioners of Custonis or Excise, the disposition of which we reserve to our farther pleasure, and also (save and except asbereinafter rue itioned ; but subject to the payment.of all such or like customs and duties as the same are now or wont& have been- liable to if the same were or might have been imported as merchandise ; and that Cie sante may he so given in the proportion anti • mann:T.lirreinafter set forth, that is to say, That all prizes taken by ships and,. vessels hav ing commissions and letter ;y and ,re prisals (sase and except suchi prizes_ ag are or shall be taken by the ships•Or W els belonging to o: hired by, or in the service of the Connnis *loners aforesaid) may be sold and disposed of by the merchants, , owners, fitters, and others, to I whom such letters of marque and reprisals are granted, for their .owtt .use and 'benefit, aftsr final adjudication, and not before. And we do hereby finder and direct,. that the net produce of all prizes which are or shall be taken by any of his Majesty's ships or vessels of war (save and except when they shalt be acting on any' conjunct expedition with his Majesty's land-forces, in which case we reserve to onitelYeS the division and distribution in all prizes and booty taken, and also save and except as here : : - inafter mentioned) shall be for the entire, bene fit and encouragement of the flag-offieet's,• cap tains, Commanders, and other commissioned offi cers in his Majesty's pay, and of the seamen, marines, and soldiers,. on board his Mjesty's said ships and vessels at the time of the capture ; and that such prizes may '_he lawfully sold and dis posed of by them and 'their agents, after the - atne shall have been finally adjudged lawful prize •to his Majesty, and not otherwise. The distribution shall be made as follows ; the whole of the net produce being first divided into eight equal parts. • The captain or captains of his Majesty's said ships or vessels of war, or offictr commanding such ship or vessel,who shall he actually on board at the taking of any prize; shall have two eighth parts ; but in case any such prize shall be taken by any of his Majesty's said ships or, vessels of war under the con A l and of a flag or ilagS, the flag officer or officers Ifelig actually on board ; or di recting arid ' assisting in the capture, .shall ; have one third of such two eight parts to be paid to' such flag or flag .ollicers, in such proportions and subject sueb regulations as are herein after mentioned-, The sea . :lientenants, captains of marines, and Icnd-forceS; and master on- board, shall have oaeL „eighth part,. to be equally divided amongst theirs ; but every physician appointed or hereafter to be appointed to a. fleet or-squadron of his Majesty's ships of war shall; in the distribution of -prizes which may hereafter betaken by the ships in which he shall serve, 'or - in which such ship's . company shall be entitled to share, be classed with the be fore-mentioned officers with respect to one-eighth part, and be allowed to share equally with them; provided such physician be actually on, iloard at the time of taking such prizes. The lieutenants and quarter-masters of. rineS . , - and lieutenants; ensigns, and quarter-maa" ters of land forces, secretaries of admirals, 'or -of commodores with captains under them, - second Masters Qf line of battle ships, surgeons, Chap lains, purSers, gunners, boatswains, carpenters, master's-mates, and pilots on board, shall have one eighth part, to be equally divided amongst them.. The other four eighth parts *of the prize to be divided into shares, and distributed to the: persons composing the remaining part of the crew, in the following proportions, viz. to the first class of petty "Officers, namely, the midshipmen, surgeon's. assistants, secretaries' clerks, captains' clerks, schoolmasters, Masters-at-arms, captains' cock swains, gunners' mates, yeoman of the powder room, boatswains'-mates, yeoman of the sheets, carpenters'-mates, quarter-masters, quarter mas ters'-mates, ships'-corporals, captains of the fare eastle, master sail-makers, master caulkers, master rope-makers, armourers, serjeants of marines and of land forces, four and a half shares each. (To be continued.) MAILS: • Ao Iff Yen-1 New-York, I Dublin, ,2 Waterford. Du E.... 1 Ca diz,. I Lisbon, 2 Guernsey, gJersey, 2 Gottenburgh, 1 Wa terford, THE SUN. Sf/LEM QUIS MOLE FALSUM AuDEAT? LONDON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1812. We this morning received Halifax Papers to the 'ith of October, from which O t te following arc ex- tracts : HALIFAX, OCT. 7.—On Friday last a' Court Martial was held on board his Majesty's ship Africa, for the trial of Capt. DACRES, and the sur viving officers and crew of his Majesty's late ship La Guerrierc, for the surrender of that ship to the , United States frigate Constitution, on the 19th of Augnst ; Vice-Admiral SAWYER, President; Cap tains Sir J. P. BEREsFaan, Vice-President;_ B. liaoLE, J. BASTARD, and C. GILL, Members . . ---- After mature consideration the Court came to the following Opinion "'T'hat Lhe surrender of th.e.(4te rriere was Oo - per, in order to preserve the lives of her 'remain ing crew, and that her being in that lamentable situation was from, the accident of her masts going, - which N . Vas occasioned more by their dfective state than from the fire of the enemy, though so greatly superior in gems', and men. The Court do there fore unanimously and honourably acquit the said Captain DACRES, the Officers, and crew of ;his'Ma jrsty's late ship La Guerriere, and they are hereby honourably acquitted accordingly. " The Court, at the same time feel themselVes called upon to express the high sense they enter tain of the Conduct of the ship's company in ge-• ncral When prisoners, but more particularly, of : those who withstood the attempts made to sbak'e their loyalty,' by offering them high bribes to enter into the land and sea service of the enemy, - and they will represent their merits to the Coin mander-in-Chief:' His Majesty's ship Barbadoes, of 28 guns, Capt . HUSKISSON, sailed fiom Bermuda on the 15th ult. with 'three vessels under her, convoy, for St. John's, Newfoundland. AbOut ten o'clock on Stinda7 night, the 27th tilt. the wind biowink hard, with a heavti : sea and baiNi: weather, the Shiii struck on the Ncirtl-Viestdiar Of I.3able Island, and nOtWithstan'dink eYary eidtion was lest. TA-0 of the convoy, the schooner Em, zeiii4 with a cargo of sugar, and the sloop Swift, with ruin, went to pieces. The Captain, Officers, and crew of the frigate, with the exception of one man, and also those of the merchant vessels were fortunately saved ; as was also the cargo of the Swift, and paiit of the provisions, &c; &c. of his i)lnjesty's ship, lips-rox, OCT. had been always said that our army would be in Qt.iebec before January, Our -Administration are better than their words The.advanced guard under their favourite Gene ral, Governor HULL, arrived there in September. -Sure no man can accuse our Government of " de :litanqutr a la parole." ADMIRAL WARREN ON OUR COAST. NEW-YORK, SEPT. 29.—1 t appears from an .nr tick under our marine' head, that a squadron of seven ships, three of them two-deckers, and sqp posed to be Admiral WARREN'S squadron, from 'England, were seen, on, the 21st inst. about 100 miles from die Vineyard. A letter from Albany states, thatGenecal HULL arrived 'At the head-quarters of General DEAn- BORN on Tuesday morning, and in'the afternoon, .accompanied by biS . brother-in-law, Judge Alis 'mks „called on the GOvernor.—The Emperor NA POLVON'COIIid not baveattracted more attention. By the late accounts from General HA4taxsoN'l army, it appears that three thousand - troops. were at St. Mary's- on the Bth inst. Which is, fifty five miles from Fort Wayne ,Kentucky troops :werelassing through Cincinnati for the army, as late as the liith inst. j. a Council with the Indians at Piejua, had been concluded, and there was rea an to believe that the Indians who attended the „ - Council will be -frient4. The Boston. Paper states, that the - celebrated actor, CooKE, • died on the 28th of September, at New-York, •in the 57th year of his age.. FROM THE BOSTON GAZETTE OF SEPTEMBER 24. A • letter from New-York, dated .Saturday last, says ; " The Member of the Cabinet who is now in this State,' declares that - it matters not what may be the propositions of peace which Admiral WARttEzsz may bring out, the war will be continued till Canada is. Conquered ! This you may rely on, and ,yon may.. also be as :slued, that while the French Minister remains in the United tates, the present Adnaitisfration'will not make peace. " [FROM THE NEW YORK PUBLIC ADVERTISER, sEtir: 24.] A subscription has been Opened at Charlestown, South Carolina, to raise a sum for the ptn•pose of purchasing a sword or service of plate, (as may be determined on) to' be presented to Capt. HULL, for his gallantry in the late engagement with the British frigate GOrriere. 'UNPRINCIPLED POLITICIANS. The Essex Junto denounce every Federalist that is opposed to the election of Mr. CLIIizTON. It is notorious, that " not a feelers' Paper in the traion, in the pay of the aforesaid junto, is hos tile to the -New York Candidate. Every petty scoundrel of their party is vocifel•ous in eulogizing the supposed merit of the Apostate. Even an OTIS, a SEDGWICK, a WHARTON, and a WALSH, have condescended to become his tools. The patriotic followers of. WASHINGTON hare set themselves up to auction, and they have been purchased for a less price than West India planters pay for their negroes. Some of. the federal Ge- . neralissimos have been rewarded with cash in hand, - some with the promises of .office, and som e with the hope of a British alliance. Thus the world. goes.—The Junto ..are conscious of their .• influence and power, atid'use it to . the deitruction of the , pdople's rights, But, let them beware ;' the awakened vengeance of . the Atherican people wilt .crush their expectations, and . hurl them 'into a gulph of horror and despair. • The following is a list of ships of war on' the Halifax station, the Bth instant :--San Domingo, man of war, Admiral Sir JoHN B. WARREN ; ::Poittiers, man of war; Africa man of war; Spartan, Maidstone, Nymph, Acasta, fielvidera, CEilus Sta tira, and Shannon frigates ; Rattler, Morp,iana, Pectiiii, Tartarus eolihri, and Plumper. sloops of war; Paz, Juniper, hreant, and cattle schoonerS. TOtal-3 men of war, 9 frigates, 6 sloops, and 3 schooners. American Papers reached town• this morning,, but they are quite barren of intelligence.; some of them contain a list of captures made by the ATTIC.. rican privateers; but more than two-thirds of the vessels were mentioned in the last American pa . pers. The Americans think to swell the account by mentioning the names of the captured vessels twice. Ia addition to the intelligence which we yes terday laid before our Readers, from Russia, we have to notice a.,letter which has been received from yetersburgiv,.datetilthei 4th instant, which . states, that 4yery ha,d taken place in the Koluinna Road, between a pait of General Kiltusow's army and a Jarge French detachment which had lett Moscow for the purpose of forag ing.: The action was long and sanguinary, but the French were --defeated with the loss of 4000 killed and wounded, 2000 . prisoners, and 5 pieces of cannon.—We think it right to add, that this in telligen c is not official. NAT Sa CPLTXQU 0 T. 26.----Arrived the Horatio, 1 r beloneipg td and from Guernsey, Saiwtrai. Tozae inastlrp with a. cargo of paving stones for his jestr e s DOA-Yard at this port. She sailed front hence about a fortnight since, in .company with the cutter Ganibier, belonging to duansey, whither she Was bound, EDWARD LE GROS; inns" tet, botl; which were chased shortly after departure frinn hence, ,by a French cut ter privateer, which succeeded in :apturing the .Gambier, 'but litre her up on the same day to the Mast& and Crew-, and she has ar rived safe at her destined pert; after' being plan-, tiered by the crew of the privateer, which k a very fine vessel of her class, quite new, and was on her first; criqe when •she captured the Gainbier. We understand she has sixteen 18-Toun(krs, mounted, an& a complement of , PO men .; her name is the Gleltner ii 9j - the Channel... 0 Thursday last she cli'Oed by the Albieore •sloop of war, aiici ,Pickle gun-brig, but escaped by superior sailing. .Arrived in Caw Sand Bay, last tril,4it from , the Channel Fleet,, the-,Boyne, Tigre, and Sterling Castle men of war; , the ff'irmer is the flag ship of Rear-Admiral Sir 11 XXRY BURRARD NEALE". Also arrived his Majesty's ship Melpomene, with a fleet of-transports from Lisbon, which flave hoard sick and wounded troops, invalids, and French. prisoners. Arrived the -*hates brig•. of war from a cruhe • in the Channel ; the Hee, CURTIS ; ...1/qii„, ;11.1k;HARDS ,and the Ant, PEARNE, from Penzance; .1 . Young Henry, , SANDECOMEE, 'from Looe ; .trientiP MADDICK, , from Southampton ; Uniwa, TKENNICK from 'Dartmouth; and the Success, DEEBLE, from Falmouth. Sailed the Virago gun-brig with a small ,convoy for Ireland. Inc Stork sloop of war is appointed convoy to Pormnonth, and, it is ekpeeted, 'Will sail this evening, dr:to morrow morning. OCT. down from the Ifiyer five sail. of - Merchantmen, and, with a large fleet of outward-hound, still remain. Flvq 4 CLocK.-The wind canie•suddenlyah to fro it the S. B.ly. and has every ap `pearknce of increasing. tit shipping at preseitt ride it well. TORBAY, OCT. 26.—Remains his Majesty's *l4l Semiramis and Castor. FALMOUTH, OCT,. 25.--61 tile- bis MtljeS . tyls ship Rota on a crnize. The license of - the American ship /ITaysi•ilie, now lying here, having expired to-day,' the Com manding Officer afloat has thought proper to seixe her. • Y644IOUTEI, OCT. 27.--Sailtd the Primrow for off the Texel ; Thrasher for Heligoland r and the BritisJi Pair - for the Humber: HULL, OCT. 26.—A large ship teas (WITCO aftt of Sunderland harbour in the gale at the begin ning of last week, with only a single kand 444 . board, and has.not since been heard uf. . On Monday Mary' Ann, SALVIN. from Le nu put into ScarliorOugh, with loss of maid boom; anti tive-George and .4nn,. FOSTER, for Bostxiii:\ with loss of rudder, both from Sunderland, with coals ; the latter was obliged to discharge her cargo. Tlie. Friqiship, of Sunderland" was driven oft 11 shoe at I f ymington on the 15th inst. and had four feetwiatt in her hold. Ma* . se'nnight, the Fortuna, THOMPSON, and , Thames, kliwArto, arrived at Leith from Archangel.4—The master of the Thames reports that the snow was 12 inches deep when he left Archangel, twenty-two days before. NNV AL_ APPOINTWiIWPS.--..Cflptain Arstpag o . corliroantling the Ettiaitomb, , at - Ports:nouth, to command the Pelican fitting for service at Plymimth. Lieut. W.. Strting to the Wizard sloop, in Portstuouth harbour. Lie*, 'it. Bastard to the Queen • ',lent. the H0n...). Gordon t, the • Revollitionnaire frigate, at Portsinouth. Lieut. T. Woody: r to the Sealiorse frigate, at. Woolwich. Lieut. It: Louey to the Reindeer sloop, at Plymouth. 'Lieut. J. Irwin to the Bat ham, of 74 grins, in Portsmouth. Mr. T. Terrey, Purser of the Ist - Take s :Aube Purser of the Hotspur, of 38 suns, off the Fref.teh.so,44l It is ., -innitted, that preparations are making at PortSlitOiithotor the aCcommodation of theßuSsiali fleet. ; -:mnitehli expected from the Baltic before that Seanhe dosed by the frost. _ . Admiral HOPE, o'ne of the Lords of the Admi ralty, is gone to the Baltic, where he will have the command of the fleet during the absence of Sir JAMES SALIMAREIt, Wl 4 lO . is *coming home in consequence of the death of his daughter. Ad miral HoPt has hoisted his flag in the -Belloncr, 74, in the Downs, - and retains his seat at the Ad miralty Board. On 'Monday se'nnight, during the severe storm, the wooden but, tonstructed as a temporary dence for the workmen employed in erecting the Light-house on Tuskar Rock, near Wexford, was swept away ; by which unfortunate accident, 14 persons perished : five - were saved by clinging to" part, of4tthe - newly-erected building. They were brought on shore yesterday evening by an oyster boit„-almost exhauster[ through hunger and tigue,:ai-no boat could before venture to their as sistance.a4wo- of them are so . -much bruised, that it is feared they cannot survive.