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where iA the ltrength Et . mtlirtue to erect a tat& sh not for rhy own iiart, be so :inch mov at the corrupt and odious practices by inconsiderable men get into Parliament; nor even at the want of a perfect representation, (and cer tainiv can be less reconcilable to the the ory than the present practice, of the constitution) if means could be found to eotiipel such men to do .their duty (in- essentials at least) when they. are in Parliament. Now, Sir; I am convinced that if shortening the duration of Parliaments (which in effect is keeping the representative under the rod of the constituent) .he not made the basis of our new parliamentary jurisprudence, other cheeks or improvements signify nothing. On the contra ry,... if this be made the foundation, otter measures. may come .a-aid, and, as au diaries, be of consi derable atiautage. Lord .Chatham's project, for instance; of increasing the noinber of Knights of Shires appears to me admirable, and the moment we have obtained a triennial farlitunent; it ought to be tried. As to cutting away the rotten bo roughs, I am as much offended as any man at -see ing so manyof them under the direct influence of the Crown, or at the disposal of private. persons, yet I own I have both doubts and apprehensions in regard to the remecly you propose. I shall be charged, perhaps with an unusual want of political intrepidity, when: I honestly con fess to you, that I am startled at the idea of so extensive an amputation. In the• first place, I question the power de- jure of the legislature - to disfranchise ainumber of boroughs upon the gene -- ral -ground of improving the constitution. There cannot: be" a doctrine more fatal to the liberty and and property we arc contending fcir, than that which confounds the idea (Jf a 'supreme and an ar bitrary legislature. I need not point out 'to you the fatal purposes to which it has been and may be applied. If we are sincere in the political creed we profess, there.the many' th ings which we ought ,to affirm, cannot be done by King, Lords, and Ccimmons. : Among these 1 reckon the disfran chising a borough with a general view to improve ment. I consider it as equivalent to robbing- the parties concerned,, of their freehold, of -their birthright '. I say, that although this birthright may be forfeited; or the exercise-of. it suspended in particular eases, it cannot he taken. , away -by a general law, for any real or pretenOed purpose of • Inproying-the constitution.-, I believe there is no power in this Tommy to make such 'a law. Sup r posing the attempt made, I am -persuaded you cannot mean that either King - or Lords should take an active part in- it. •A bill, which only touches the representation of the people; must originate in the House of Comthons, in the form ation and mode of passing it. The exclusive right of the Commons most be asserted, as scrupulously' as iu the case of a:Money Bill. (79bec'ontinued.) ARRIVED-2 Dublin. T)u 1.13b0n, 2Gottenhurgb, IBra . • zils, 1 Guernsey, 1 Jersey, 2 Waterford. Consols • IPItICE OF STOCKS nus DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. • . 58t4 Tied. Ann 574 THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS !WERE r.u,sum AuavAT L 0 IV p o N, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1812. VICTORY IN CANADA. It is - with the most sincere pleasure that we announce to ouraeaders the further successes of our Army over the Americans'. At a very late hour last night; Captain FULTON, Aide-de- Camp to Sir GEORGE PRE vosT,' arrived wish ; dik patchs from that Gallant Officer, which, were published this' morning in the following Gazette Extraordinary : • ' FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, FRIDAY, NOV. 27, 1812. „ COLONIAL DEI'ARTMENT. Downing-street, N0c.27 1812. Captain Fulton, Aide-de-Camp to Lieutenant- General* Sir G. 'Prevost, arrived late last night , • with a dispatch from that officer, addressed to Earl Bathurst, one of his Majesty's Principal Sccreta= I.es of State, of which the foliowing is a copy. Logn, Dead-Quarters, Montreal, Oc tober, , 21, Ibl2. . i have the satisfactions of reporting. to your Lordshill . , that his Majesty's forces, aided by the t:s.i tin and Indians stationed on the Niagarafron t er, have - comOlctely repelled a second attempt of the enemy to invade Upper Canada, and that a victory ,has been gained which has left" in our,pos-, st!ssion nine hundred of the American artily, : and their commander, Brigadier-General Wadsworth, who surrenderedihimself cars the field of battle to Majoy44ancral Sheaffe. ,His Majesty and - the, country have to deplore 'the loss of an al,le 4nd• most gallant officer in .Major-Gen. Brock, who fell early in the'battle at the head of the dank com panies of the 49th regiMent, while nobly encou iagingfhem to sustain their position, in opposi .. Con to an infinitely superior force, - until:the reinforcements lie bad ordered to advance to'their junport should arrive, 'or further particulars of this splendid affair, I beg leave to refer your Lord ship tOMaj.-Geri.Sheaffe's report, herewith trans mitted. I also transrhit a general order I ha.ve just issued to the forces in ale British American pro- . r vinces on theoccanon or this iiiipoTtant success, .as it contaius.a statement of the services rendered by all whowho'hadthe good fortune tO Maintain on list day the fame of his Majesty's ahns, and to con- vince our deluded neighbours that their superiority in numbers cannot intimidate his, Majesty's army, nor shake the, fidelity of his Canadian subjects. Not having peccived the return of the killed and wounded on 'the 13th, nor that of the ordnance and stores captured from the enemy, I am under the necessity of deferring sending them to your Lordship until the next opportunity, when I also expect.to forward the colours taken from the.Athe ricans, to be laid at the feet of his Royal High ness the. Prince Regent. Captain Fulton, my Aide-de-Camp, will have the honour of delivering this dispatch to your Lordship. He is very capable of affording such information as your Lordship may require re specting the state of his Majesty's Canadian pro vinces. Eight companies of the•Glengary Levy are in motion to reinforce Upper Canada. • I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) GEORGE PREVOST, Commander of the Forces. SIR, Fort George, Oct: 13,1812: I have the honour of informing your Excel lency, that the enemy made an attack with a con siderable force this morning before -day-light, on the position of Queenstown. On receiving intel ligence of it, Major-Gen. Brock immediately pro .ceeded to that post, and I am excessively grieved in having to add, that-be fell whilSt gallantly cheer ing his troops to an exertion for maintaining it. With him, the position was lost--; but the enemy was not allowed to retain ,it long. Reinforce. meats having been sent up from this post, coma-• posed of regular troops, militia, and Indians; ,u • 'movement was made to turn his left, while some artillery under the able direction of Cap tain Holcroft, supported by a body of infantry, engaged his attention front. This operation was aided too by' the judicious position which Norton, and the Indians with him, had taken on the woody brow of the high ground above Queenstown, A communication being thus opened with Chipawa, a junction was formed' with suc cours that had heerrordered from that post. 'The enemy was then attacked, and, after a short but spirited conflict, was completely defeated. I had the satisfaction of receiving . the sword of their consinander, Brigadier General Wadsworth, on the field of battle ; and many officers,' with-upwards of nine hundred men, were made prisoners, and more may yet be expected. A stand of colours and one six-pounder were also taken. The.action did not • . terminate till nearly three o'clock in the afternoon, and their loss in killed and wounded Must have . been considerable, Ours I believe to have been comparatively small in numbers ; no officer was killed besides Major General Brock, one of the most gallant and zealous officers in his Majesty's service; whose loss cannot be too much deplored. and'Lientenant-Col McDonell,' Provin t eial Aide de-Camp, whose gallantry and merit rendered him worthy of his chief . Captains Dennis and Williams, commanding the' flank companies of the. 49th regiment, which, were' stationed at Queenstown, were wounded, bravely contending, at the bead of their men, against su perior numbers ; hut I am glad to have it in'my power to add, that Captain Dennis fortunately was able to keep the field, though with pain and tufty •; and Capt. Williams's wound is not likely do deprive me long of his services. • 1 am particularly indebted io Capt. Holeroft, of the Royal Artillery, for his judicious and skilful co-operation with the pans and howitzers under his immediate superintendance, the well-directed ' fire from which contributed materially to the for tunate result of the ch:y.' Captain Derenzy, of the 41st regiment, brought up the reinforcement of that corps from Fort George ; and Captain Bullock led that of the same regiment from Chippawa ; and under,thcir command those detachments acquitted themselves in such a manner as to sustain -the reputation which the 41st regiment had already acquired in, the vicinity of Detroit. . , Major-General Brock, soon after his .arrival at Queenstown,, had sent clown- orders for. battering the Atneriiari Fort Niagara Brigade-Major I:yaus, wrist was' left' in charge of Fort George, direated the 'operations against it with so much effect as to silence its tire,and to force the troops - to abandon. it, and by his prudent precautions he prevented mis chief of u most serious nature, which otherwise might, have been eli•;;etc'd, the enemy having u:;c:l beate.d shot in fiying at 'Fort George. In these ser vices, he was most effectually aided by Colonel Clans (who remained in the' fort at my desire)., and by Captain VigoreuX, -of the royal engineers. Brigade-Major . Evans also mentlons the conduct of Captains Powell and Cameron, of the militia 'artillery, in terms of commendation. • LientenantCrowther, of the 41st regiment - ,-had charge of -two three-pounder;, that bad accompa nied the movement of our little corps,. and they were employed with very good effect. Captain Glegg, of the 4slth 'regiment, Aide-de- Camp to our. lamented friend and 'General, afford= eel the most essential assistance ; and I found the services of Lieutenant Fowler, of the 41st regi ment, Assistant Deputy Quarter 7 Master-General very useful. I derived much aid too from the ac-4 tivity and intelligence of Lieutenant Kerr, of- the Glegary feheibles, whom I employed in commu nications with the Indians and other flanking parties. I was, unfortunately deprived 'of the aid of the experience and ability of Lietitenant4 l .olonel Myers, Deputy Quarter-Master-General, .who . had been sent up to Fort Erie a few days before, (in duty which detaiued him there. tieutinia-Coloriels Bud2i. and Ciark,•of the militia, and Captains Hatt, Durand, RciAre, gain', James crooks, Cooper, Robert t Hamilton, M`Bwen, and Ainean Cameron, and Litutenantt Richardson and Thomas Butler, Commanding flank companies of the Lincoln and York militia, led their men into action with great spirit. INlajor commanding. the Niagara dragoons, accompaniezl me, and gave me much ass;stance with part of his corps. Capt. A. Hamilton, belonging to it, was disbabled front riding, and attached ;inns& to the guns under Capt. Holcroft, who speaks highly of his activity and usefalne:,;s. I beg leave to add that Volunteers Shaw, Thomson, and Jarvis, -attached. to the flank companies of the 49th regiment, cOh ducted.thernselyes with great spirit; the first was wounded, and the last taken prisoner : 1 beg leave to recommend these young men to your Excel lency's notice. Norton is wounded, but not badly ; lie and the Indians particularly distill-, guished themselves, and I have' very great satis faction in assuring your Excellency that the spirit and good conduct of his Majesty's troops, of the militia, and of the other provincial corps,. were eminently conspicuous on this occasion. I have not been .able to itscertain the number of our troops, or of those of the enemy engaged : ours, I believe, did not exceed the number of the priSoners we have taken ; and their advance, which effected a landing, probably = amounted to thirteen Or fourteen hundred. I shall do myself the honour of transrnitiin to your Excellency further details, when I shall have received -the several reports of the occurrclices which did not past under my own observation, with the return of the oasualties,.and those_ of the killed and wounded, and of tie ordnance taken. I have the honour t; be, &c. - R. 11. :.;11 - IEAFFE, Maj.-Gen. To hit Excelleicy Sir G. Prevost, Bart. 8. Adjutant-General's Head-quarters, Mentreal, Oct. 21, 1812. GENERAi. ORDERS.- His Excellency the Commander of the Forces has receive(! An official report from Major-General Sheaffes- of the brilliant .victory achieved on the 13th inst. by a portion of the troops under his ecinarnand, over a division of the enemy's army, which effected a landing ,at Queenstown, under cover of the night. ,That post was nevertheless defended with undaunted gallantry by the two flank companies of the 49th regiment, animated by the presence of their gallant and ever-to-be lanaented chief, Major-General Brock, • whose. va luable life was on this occasion devoted to his country's service. These companies displayed ex emplary discipline and spirit, although the Cap thins of both were wounded, and succeeded in keeping the enemy n chee:t. until the arrival of Major-General Sheaffe with reinforcements. The di'position of the forces and l ean of attack adopted by Major-General Sheaffe, cannot receive • a higher or more just praise than be stating.that nine Hundred prisoners of war, under the command of Brigadier-Gen eral Wath: worth, surrendered their arms to a force inferior in nu,nhers, and without sustaining any considerable loss on our part. A six-pounder .and a stand of colours:have been taken from' the enemy. Major-General Sheaife's report of the zeal and undaunted gallantry that animated every affice and soldier of his- army, affords the Commander of the Forces the most heartfelt sl.:tisfaction, and will be - a most gratifying duty zo liis Excellency to bring before the notice of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent. Lieutenant-General Myers, Deputy Quarter- Master-General, was stacioned in charge of Fort Erie, and succeeded in completely silencing the fire• of the enemy, drove a detachment from the encampment near the Black Rock, destroyed a barrack, in which was a considerable. depot ,of , ammunition. Its explosion must have killed many, The Caledonia, lately captured by the encmy,was destroyed at her moorings. Lieutenant-Colonel Myers Speaks highly of the discipline of the detallhanent of the 49th regimea under Major Orr.lsby, and of the skill and spirit with which the guns were served under Captain Kirby and Lieutenant Bryson, of the militia. Essential service was rendered by .Brigade-Ma jot Evans, left in charge of Fort George ; a well direeted fire from that work succeeded in silencing the enemy's batteries on the opposite side. Cap-. tains Vigoureux, royal engineers, Colonel Claus, and Captains Powell and Cameron of the militia, were zealous and indefatigable in their exertions, particularlYinextinguishilig fires which broke out in the Court-House and other places, from red-hot shot find by the enemy. Captains .1..) -anis and Williams, .:of the flan , : companies„ot the Mill regiment, have particularly distinguished themselves ; the former (Aker re tained the command of his company of grenadiers to 'the end of the conflict, though suffering severe ly from his wound. To Captains Holcroft, of the royal artillery, the highest praise is clue, for his successful and judi cious co-operation. • The well-directed tire of the artillery, militia ;is well as regular, is the lr.st proof, of the indefatigable zeal and talents of that offi • • • Major Merritt, commanding the Niagara dra goons, accompanied and rendered essential assist ance with part of, his corps. Captain A. Ilamil ton, belonging to it, was .diiabledl from riding, and attached- hiruself• to the guns, under Captain Holcroft, who speaks highly of his activity. and . usefulness. • Lieutenant Crowther, 41st regiment, had charge of. two field-pieces, which were employed with good effect. Captains Derinzy and Bullock are represented to have.. maintained the high reputation of the 41st regiment,• in the detachment under their respec tive commands,' Major-General Sheaffe reports having received essential service from Captain Glegg, the Aid de-Camp to Major-General Brock, Lieutenant Fowler, 41st regiment, Deputy-Adj utant-Quarter- Master-General, and -Lieutenant . Ker, of - the Ghtngary light infantry fencibles, employed with the flanking party of Indians. The eminent services . and talents of Lieute nant • Colonel Macdonnel, Provincial Aid-de- Camp and. Attorney4ieneral of the Province, are recorded by the most honourable testimony of the gallmit General, whose steps he followed „ . during L i s short but 61orious Caieer, nthr quitteA him in death, . , . , , • . • .• • , • Volunteers -Shaw, .Thrimpson; and 'Jarvis, et to to the flank companies of the 49th regi-: nient, conducted themselves • with great spire:; the - first was wounded and the last taken prisoner. The Major-General particularly mentions the. services of Lieutenant-Colonels Butler and Cherk; bf the militia, and Captains Hatt, Durand, Rowe,. Applegarth, - JaMeS Crodlts; edbper, Robert M'Ewen, and Duncan Cameron, and Lieutenant Richardson, 'and Thos. Butler, mu:- mantling flank companies of the Lincoln and' Irink Militia, who led their men into - action with great spirit. •. . The MajorXeneral reports the conduet of the Indians employed on this occasion as Meriting the highest praise for their good order and spirit, and particularly names the Chief, • Nortbn, Who wa4 • wounded. • Several Gentlemen volunteered their services id the field, and shared in .the honour of the day.----; Mr. Clinch and Mr. 'Wilcox were of the nuliber; and the Major-General witnessed the zealous duct of many others not named iii this report. - ' Major-General Sheaffe had humanely consented to a cessation of offensive hostility,-on the soilei tat ion of Major-General Tan Ranseller, for the purpose of allowing the •Americans to remove the bodies of the slain and y.'ounded. G. 0. • Major-General Roger Hale Sheaffe is appointed to the command of the troops in the Upper Pro vince, and to administer the civil government of the same. EDWARD BAYNES, , Adj utant-G cue rai. A Gentleman who arrived in town yesterby from Morlaix, states, that before he sailed, he had seen the 26th and %di Bulletins of the Frencli Army. He ie., unfortunately., unable to recollect dates, or the names of places; but he says, that according these Bulletho, the French Army was advancing towards the Polish Frontiers, but not . by way of Smolensko ; it had . taken a more southerly course, and was marching in the direc tion of Mohilow. It appears 'that the Russians had not suffered BtTONAPARTE to continue his march without interruption; they had attacked the French rear-guard : of course, they are repre sented as having been repulsed with considerable loss. - .The 26th refers again to the defeat of SE-, nxsTIANI, but says, that instead of losing lOU . baggage waggons, as stated in the 25th Bulletin, be only lost 36. IORTIER, who was left with a garrison in the Kremlin when the French evacu ~a'ted Moscow, had blown up the whole of that immense pile of buildings, and had joined the main army. The above is the whole of the ijitel ligence in these Bulletins, but though they are deficient in news, they ag'e abundantly lavish of panegyrics upon BUONARARTE for his humanity l!! —The French troops, it is said; were desirous of burning all the Russian towns through which they passed, but they were prevented by the benevo lent feelings of the Emperor_ WINDSOR, Nov. 26.—The QuzEzt - and Fria ethes ELISABETH and MARY have gone to Pro - more during the last three days. - The Prihcesses AUGUSTA, SOPHIA, and CHARLOTTE Of WALES; have rode on horseback. .Last night, at half-past eight o'ick, the PRINCE REGENT arrived in tor . vi, at 'Carlton- House. . We under Stand that the PRINCE REGENT 'Will open -the. present Session of Parliament on Mon day next, in person. A Cabinet . Council eras 1141 resterclay at the Secretary of State's Office, vihiel; sat upwards Of two hours. On Wednesday, the PRINCE RECENT, accor.:- panied by the Duke of CLARENCE, and Colonei BLOOMFIELD and .APINIAHotr, arrived at Ipswich, front Lord HARcoußT's seat, at Sudbourne.— The whole party dined with LieutenantGenerat Baron LINSINGEN, who commands the Cavalry of the German Legion. After dinner the Royal party attended a concert at Prigg's Coffee-room, given by the General and the German Officers. To-morrow the Earl of LIVERPOOL will give a Parliamentary dinner, at Fife-House, to twenty five Peers. • Lord CASTLEREAGH Will give three Parlia mentary dinners next week. Yesterday a certain number of the Yeomen of the Guard received orders to Attc:rat the PRINCE REGENT to the House of Peers on Monday. A letter from . Palermo says, that Lord WILLum BENrINCK shewed to a great Personage a" dispatch which he had intercepted, addressed to BUONA.- PARTE, containing an accurate account of the Bri tish force in the Island of,Sicily, and stating bow a descent anight he made with certain success, as, the M;riter's party would he . prepared to ioia them. There was no possibility of denying the letter . , as it was in the liana-writing of the person to whom it was shewn ; and upon this the final resolution was taken of removing the person front the Jslang. The Amide, of 44 guns, arrived at Plymouth on .filonday from off Quiberon Bay, where (as our ,Correspondent states) " she has landed a French General Officer on some special -service ; but what is not known." Saturday, the 14th inst. the light company of the Cupar, or Ist Regiment of Fi feshire Local litia, yolunteered and enrolled to serve for four other years, without a bounty. A Court Martial. commenced its sittings on board the Sdlvador del Mundo, in Hamoaze, on Friday last, on four seamen of the Sparrow, for mutiny and desertion. The Court finished its de. liberations on Saturday; when three were ac quitted, and the other (J. Barnes) was sentenced to receive 300 lashes, and to be mulct of his wages and prize-money. ' llle , Cor