The Sun. — London, England, 1814-09-21 00:00:00

O te 50J" An -.qt!, ........,...—__ hi l: . ier 11 . aper has just come to hatgl, from itl i , v _ ti r , ' extract the following particulars ....... , ' , ru t 1,15i3 0 zt, IIUG. 16 • - -News of impoi•tance nay ~t 1 4 iici 4 , 1 ,Y be expegterl from the Niagara el,, 141, ail e head of the Lake.' It will be seen liB , t} 'lees from York, to be found in our.co -4,111,11,„ '" t he cast of the Americans, at Fit s 0 1 'it t ' l4 t • e Is .' d ere(l, in a manner, as desperate; 'r • I t wits expected t i • t few hours. would n,. i t , la a ;"!111 'e til t ir fate. Their capture . or defeat we t'tvlq(l,4" per, quietus to their spirit of . i, P Y I ofti'."litl that when once we obtain the mas. t lo li gh i l i n e l '"ke, the soil of the Canadas, at least til kor e - r ds the head of Lake Ontario, will he ; *e tr °ll ' l te ib • hostile foot -steps. But tin, that a e ~• • ( y th,`ii, -I're that mastery, it must be expected ~, i t , 0 4 uw„,_ . th e Ik 'res .L'' will be somewhat troublesonie to Ittsllttstilt`n4t border on the Lake, though, from 4,4, „ ioetified and. supplied state of our ft r--. oti h. .'0 Ve ki t 1111; be serious loss is to be . apprehended 11) 1'4 1'i l i des, it may be expected that Sir 41 1 ,: I tlay o b ) . ' , l. he be not strong enough to face 1114, t° 'hr, L ab le to create some diversion, per .. i„ •,..et i,• . " 4 1h ts " 4 1, in a crippled state, on his re in I lt • ort C A 1% il .. leorge. 1 1 i ,' , 1 l' '' tl "` , to 014 own strength only.that we . i ) 4 l "tiq 1;e exPected result. Into the calcula 411,it'ill h f , Q the very powerful ,diversions ItItIstg'1);t1"':1(le by Our shipping and land forces, Pit t - , ( 4t,. : , le Anlerican seaboard ; diversions that tlttitt'ttilari't 'llid divide the strength of the enemy, 'ttl i( 'lt t„ ''s . I. is said to be Admiral COCHRANE'D t:t'i411)(1 :li-tISI.QI3ICt a°lltill(Pit'en S-coast, -171)ears.t'' It IS ssitnrsall)gele.: 11 1: "Il i r t 'Ple . Co i'l 4 - 'I IR , err 4 hsttieren to be - calculators, should . -11,111:4(t1(,„ 8() gross as-to expose t hentsel% es to 4- (?` v qf,", °l the lex talionis from an arm mighty th e vtl, I, '" to punish. liktr4ltt'ttrigt'titviions thus far were written ., . o i n elk., ' hr e ' t the letter from York, of %%wen tq ;tor, ~,Riven in our columns. Advices from 'lrit4l,7l the 1, h tti•,.mtl y t ill, , ~. t state, that the American 1,:., , i,1 *lad 1,-e..40 that day off that place, Co (lie- I t i 'l - .,: . 'ci (I,,,lilLyrned without effecting any . thing,ace tp t t, , , 'lle tv to e ncounter our torts.—A p • t ' l . (l o f el 7 t hing, and that we think ere tie A l' l'it. 4 tier ' l3 " 11, 11 .'it, in II .'"' a Gentleman of respectability to a t' , tl y - lt i t 4 id R town, dated Yorh, 4th instant. ,e . il Ito s ,p, e,t,,t',r:lher canie in to-day. front or? Ge0r,,, , , 'ti• t atl"til . u'l niorni n - • t which. time it was lit t ,,., 4,, tt,l4. 'in atiael• .. 't was ` also sup itil:l44v, w il le s wo, , . %tout. tale rklact , 1 . .. as the It ,"!I„ . 't 5t.., 4 r e .. '1(1 surrender without resistance, . t i ' A "'s ti'a'f,,,,`""ang in liv 1 declare they are in a t, . %\., 'lt ;, k stit - - '•'' ' ••I .. force at pre -1 I , it . llt ~., 11ic,,,1, 01-provisions, &c. 1 lur. „) " s t t it i; t e l i tp t ' ‘ltl i s 'to more than :3000 men. Cal"• °. ' ;,' t :tt, ())'ott`',',!'(:' suoats the day the vessels 1::,t Fort. , liii t N, '! , 1:4, 10..41,-:ric, to cut out two schooners that were t 't t , - ' k tli l L,. l ,, row I hope we shall bear the result of I til'kc t '%il ,",le p„ !.? ti t i i), 1 1% „..,)4t ,vilkell feet are uaw in sight, twelv_e. Fart 1' !4,1 I lk t i t 1:11, 1 0 re t„; ll.. 'er they are for . this placF ... o t t .. l•t , , t: i ire u, t , ;i...,, g 3 1V ill decide. lnc Lilly 01 na • Lithe h `,' ' lig ,„ 14 41,, d . ' • 1),,,.v eseliai , :ri,.: shot ; toe remaitit er -.A! 't ), 4 ", 4 t , , 11)1 4 tow. •1- Is `... (:. ~, —The Express { kit e - ~,..,,-„,..,„ ...1t 71 • 1.1 L ,vor, . tii k e. 3 e , et, c u t tur,(:. to tell you snore. ti 41 , other Yankee accounts,. be lt., L I 44.4 Ye selected, of the battle of 54 01 IS, , , 5, e Id I cles 0` • •5 Olt ° t he .4y jes 5 PIP," i v :1 . :ti ti' 6(' el' I ~~j. J itl~~('w ' o r cv c ,c force against General ! hem- CAR in t.s.. at net.; Col , • f oamodore CliAtlNC** sailed oti Ist Aug. the lith on rein Sackett 's Harbour, and was oil Kingston 'quad No mention is made of the British r°n which was probably at -the Upper end of -mar; het Ping to_settle Gen. BROWN. c I•ne Expedition from Bermuda under. Admiral Amer.'cn4ANE also sailed on the Ist of August for the 4.4 i e 4, coast, Stipposcd for the`Citesapeake, and Bftc tnirat AlAtcoLika followed him in a day or two , 411.--Another. Expedition, consisting of the Parries 62(1, and 98th Regiments, two Rifle Corn' . of the 60 Om Regiment,' and a detachment tit, of Artiller l'is y, under the immediate auspices Excellency Lieut.-General Sir J. C. Snail °C4C'E the whole divided into two brigades, corn -11,411(led by Maj,,General GOSiELIN, and Colonel ,v4l°Ast., sailed from Halifax on the 26th August, Rio the Dragon, Admiral GRIFFITHS, the Endy arlani 13"echarite, Sylph, Ste. and sanguine hopes blow "Pressed that it will speedily strike a heavy arenti c'lv "Pon the enemy, though its object is not lri •tt_ e . u meantime, as will be seen from our b:leriean papers, their coasts are already filled fil,tll :terrPr Hod dismay. Retributfon and Retalia ke 0' the atrocities •comuitted in Canada, have O''lllere'Qiv med on by the Commander in Chief. evt ='S are issued accordingly-4o burn and destroy "Y accessiblii.le part. Isla4loarkations have taken place on Long beet lid Virginia is invaded—Washington has Daideclared indefensible, and its Garrison. pre kec. for retreat. The report of the landing in h. da is confirmed. in the Chesapeake and De 'Vare further Jrd(Tress has been made. Such are idel -iversat fruits of AlAmsoN's policy . N 'lies, Seas the Invincihli: Napo/eon of 24 buns, It2iglesl uke, of 18 guns, and the lierald, of 15 l'at'e been captured by. our frigates. It is tl that the Decatur privateer had been tinder the fire of a British frigate: firtltf• Mkblsou'had issued a Proclamation for an ttll,44:Petili.. of his Congress on time 19th of Sep 'vtri,: next, so that august, body would be as ed oil Alommd.ty last. • A t 11111 .1 ‘111)k 1")er of deserters from the American rli(soice the war, is stated to exceed 13,000. \\•tlit 'n'"or of PETION'S having hoisted time t.epeated. e ti • jlte ag is .114lians have refused to treat with the Ante c'fwhose faithlessness they have had bloody • hdifib • l'ttcarrival of the Bourcleaux Ex -4' &C. arrival full tomorrow. the 25th. The Aid-cfe-Cainps' is the itiost "cial ; but they are all _highly Afnusing from then. vaunting hbsurdity. We have 'received this Morning :Jamaica Papers to the 7th August, but their contents are very 'Unimportant: We are happy to announce the Ar rival of the Lord Forbes and Minerva East India , men, as also of the Isabella packet, from Batavia.' severe gale of Wind has been felt off the Cape of Good Hope, in which sons ot the homeward , . bound Indiamen sustained- considerable dantage AVe Lave French Papers to the 19th, but .nip room for them till ro-morrow. HAMBURGET, JULY 14.—We have just received news by express, that the Crlowrt l'amcE, hiss Son, &c. arrived on the 4th at Stbckhohn. Pr Teo° . 2 1 s t n eral itlP the I°''e 13 erF fr(11 e i c r e' fir!', Ic y ; 1 ,:, , c r i 's , D jog b c ,le . 1 1 0 10. 5 ip heelthe 13 ". - AVY, I CI' I V to a t .:;11 10' • e s, ci) 11 1 " I is' •,' t ai 1 1e Tce e 1.1':!1(11121: tf' if es 01, tw• .0 1 Oft'. be ' `'. S tir 4. 1 , f t eC eit lie o ar r of, l l a lo cir i°l t l Y ? . 553 r ~ h f* j opt l ot ti} • I'.; 1)e ' fro" , t le ) fil; 5t to c ar s I it' q vii y- 4 ;c, ftr riat A "1 NL . ,$ 5 Icll6‘ NAVAL NEWS. East India house, Sept. 41, 1814. • Accounts have been received of the arrival at Plymouth, on the 19th inst.• of the extra ships Lord Forbes and Minerva, which left St. Helena, the 31st July. The Marchioness of Ely, outward bound, arrived at St. Helena on the 29th July. The Lord Forbes and Minerva spoke the country ship Isabella in the Channel. PLYMOCITII, SETT. 1 9. -:— Sailefi yesterday his Ma - jeity's ships Bedford, Norge, Dover, Alceste, Belle Pottle,' Hydra, Fox., Gorgon, Ulysses, Bucepba, Niobe, and Portia, with the Norfolk trans ports The above ships constitute the Expedition to A'merica, and most of them are full of troops, Amomg the .Reoiments embark e d are t h e 4 t h , 44th, 93d, and 9 - sth of Foor ; a brigade of Artil- - lery and Rocket brigade are with them.,--Caine j in his Maje s ty' s s hi ps Aj ax and Warspite, from America, and bring importaot dispatches. AlsO arrived kis Majesty's ship Scorpion, from_ the Mediterranean, aml sailed again to the Eastward. Came in his Majesty's ships Goldfinch ; and, Opos stini from a cruize. Sailed the Strontholo bomb, for Portsmouth . , Arrived the Minerva•and Lord F6O- jes East lodianten, from Bombay.; and the Company's packet Isabella, from Batavia, which place she left on the 27th April, and the Cape of Good Hope 2d Jaly. On her arrival at the Cape, she fonnd there the Scalehy Castle, from. England ; tint Marchioness of Exeter and Lus.h ington; from Bengal. Those three ships had suf fered mach from bad weather. The Union threw - part of her guns, and cargo' overboard, and Captain RANKENTE, of that ship, (lied the -day be fore her arrival at Simon's Bay : they came un der convoy of, his Majesty's ship Barraconta.— The Denmark,• of 74 guns, in Simon's flay, had . been joined by the. Stag frigate the (lay beforet he • abov(s ships leftit. Transports with troops were daily expected at the Cape, from the Isle of. France. The convoy was orderedfor the lit of.. August, and it was expected to sail- about the 15th. FALMOUTH, SEPT. I £3 . —Arrived the Princess Mary packet, with a mail from Halifax, in 21 days. IVben the packet left Halifax a report ,had leached of a great battle . being fought in Canada, but the result was not known. Arrived the Snake packet from Jamaica, .with a mail,. in 41 days. Seven day• before she sailed a fleet left that port for England.—Wind S. •PORTSMOUTII, SEPT. 20.—Ar1•ived his Majesty's ships La Hogue and Orpheus from ILlifax, having with t h e m the Chesapeake American 'fri gate, lately captured by the Shannon frigate. Also arrived his Majesty's ship President, from Lisbon, last from Cork ; and ,his Majesty's ship - Archer, from a cruiie ; also the Dexterous, from the Downs. Sailed, his Majesty's ships-Liverpool and Prospero, with .the convoy for Quebec, &c: The Mediterranean convoy, under the Aquilloo, are now not expected to sail until Thorsday. The ships, under convoy of, his Majesty's ships Liver pool and Prospero, arc at - anchor. in St. Helen's Roads.—Wind S. s: W. The Bothers, RALEIGH, from St. John's, New Brunswick, to Liverpool, was taken and inirnt on the Bth ult., off Cape Sable, by the Grand Turk privateer. - The Esther, LEYBURN, of Ay r , was stranded at Prince Edward's Island, 24th June ; crew saved. Since the action between the Wasp and Avon, no tidings have been heard of the enettly,which increases the probability of the Wasp haying gone down, as was at first conjectured. • The- PRINCE , REGENT yesterday evening had a .select party to dinner. The Earl and Countess of LtvrAnroot. left town about a week since for Widmer Castle, where they are likely to remain for six weeks. Lord SIMIOUTIi has returned from his estate in Devonshire, and yesterday the Noble Viscount had an'audienee of the. PRINCE REGENT at Carlton- . ilonse. A Common Council is summoned io he held at the Mansiou-House on Friday next. Yesterday a general meeting of the merchants in the Irish trade was held at John's Coffee-house, to take into consideration the resultof the inter view on Thursday last, between the Lords of the •Adthilalty, and the Gentlemen deputed by the former meeting ; and also the letter of Mr. CROKER. The Lords of the Admiralty declared their readiness to give every protection to the trade, and proposed to appoint regular convoys from Plymouth, and other places ; but they con sidered it entirely out of their power. to assure the safety of any vessel which might sail without convoy. It was affirmed, that there were more British cruisers in the Irish Channel for the pro-. tection of trade with Ireland than had ever been known during•the -war with Franca. The meet ing terminated, by adopting the suggestion of Mr. CROKER, to appoint a Chairman for the pur pose of any necessary correspondence. Mr. BBN !AMIN SHAW was unanimously chosen Chairman. 't'liE TITEATRJ; DEURY-LA THEATII', the alteratiOni anti improvements of 'ivhich h ave already described, opened for the S'eason la*St night; with the-excel lent gOltiedybf The find the Farce of The Bee= five.- Before the play; almost all the per forniers Of the house, and Subordinate officers; attendants, &c. &c. came fOrWard, antl . Jdined iii dinging God Sate the King, Which it'd§ received with shoats of applause thrtnighoilt.. The Whole constituted a very ilumerouS body, aridolay Serve to give smite idea of the vast expellee which - 111MA in general attend the establishment. Mrs. EiDwill then delivered the Address, which we this day present to our :leaders, and which does credit to the pen of Mr. ARNOLD. She 61elivered it w great animation ; but we conceive that it on rather to have been assigned to a ruiy tier former, as Ladies, are more suitably ,employed in 'speaking lively Epilogues. The chief per formers were very well received as they reSpec-- tively entered, particularly ELL tsToic, in Captain ' Absolute ; DowToN, in Sir Anthony ; Mrs. ED WIN, in Lydia Languish ; Mrs. DAVISON, HI Julia: SrAR KS, in Mrs. Malaprop ; BANNItTER, in Acres, e nd JOHNSTONE, in Sir Lucius 0' Trigger..= All these Performers have so often been seen in the same characters, that there is no occasion for any critical notice of their respective merits. It is sufficient to say, that none came " tardily off, - and that the Comedy 'was throughowt supported with spirit, and received With much applause.-=- The new drop curtain is a fine specimen of archi tectural grandeur, and beauty. The house made a splendid, striking, and elegant appearance, and was received, on the elevation of the stage lamps, with warm and re-iterated inarks of admiration, by a very numerous audience. Jr is proger to add, that the alteration in the proscenium has greatly improved the power of sound, and that the performers are distinctly heard all over • the Theatre: • • . OCCASIONAL ADDRESS, Written by S. J. AnN(po, EN. for the Opening of Drury- Lane Theatre, September 20th, Ibl4. At length, War's desolating banner furl'd, Sweet Peace descends to bless the weary world Welconic dear stranger from thy realms of bliss, Too long a stranger from all lands first Ulla! To all but lIRITAIN, round whose chalky sides Roll Ocean's subject, yet protecting tides! 0//,—hat this our highly favour 'd Isle, Where, midst surrounding War, thou still bast deign'd to smile ! • Now parting tears are turn'd to joyous greetings, " Now stern alarmus eliang"tl to merry meetings," Auspie;ons moment hail !, when Peace restores Joy to our hearts, acid plenty to our shores ! ' Farewell !' along farewell, to taxes—debts— Farewell to. glorious - news! 'farewell Gazettes ! Farewell the warrior's tale , --tho' nobly sounded— Farewell ! thank Heav'n ! to list; of kili'd add wuunde Henceforth the Historie'page alone shall tell Who bravely conqueed, or as bravely fell ! But still that page shall name with honest pride Our cherished Heroes, who have fought and died ! Shall chew how well, on shore, omon the wave, Oar gallant Sailors, and our Soldiers brave, Kne..v how Britannia's thunder should be hurrd, And Peace be gaited by Vict'ry o'er the world ! England, be this thy just, thy noble boast! • The Exile still was welcome to thy coast ! Still, 'mid the direst rage of 'Wa•: , s alarms, The Wanderer found safe shelter in thine arms ! And,. if permitted, on our British parts To praise those deeds which honour British hearts, Be this our proudest !—to have atretch'd the httud /3y Freeduaz strragthezed, over Afric's land Still to have urg'd our stedfsst right, to be The Poes of Slavery, who ()arselees are Free ! Then hail, dear Peace ! thou generous, nurse of Arts, • Friend of the Muses-- - -welcome to our hearts! What time so fit—as when thy checriug ray Darts, like the glorious beam of new-horn day Theo' the long 'tight of darkness and of storm, To cheer and lighten every gloomy form-- • Whitt time so lit dress each scenick muse With brighter splendours, and with warmer hues! . To court the Arts to this their gay retreat, And deck, with richer tints, 'their favour'd seat ? • For now, when Comic scenes possess the Stage, To mock its follies—if not meta the Age— No thought of distant friends who strive in war - Shall damp yoyr mirth, and all our efforts-mar; , Now, when those e: 1•01 1S . WoOld.your cares beguile, No smother'd sigh shall half repress the smile ! Nor, as the Tragick Muse shall here rehearse Her well-wrought woes in mournful-ineasur'd verse, 'When some lov'.l Hero falls, or Patriot di es , Ni mere shall kindred claims demand vonr sighs ! No more I .er Sorrows to your hearts be - known • * To make, by sympathy, her pangs your own.. . Here-then, with-Hope elate, once more we come, And bid you, like our warriors, welcome haute. Long have we gladly la butted in your cause— Long- may this Dome re-echo soar applause. For sizeit reward, this brilliant temple Which now we dedicate to PEAcY, and You ! . The letters froth Lisbon, by the mail . of ,yester day, are accompanied by others from Operto, and the•former are to the 29th of last month.: There had been no rain there during the whole summer. Monday night -'Mr. MYeRs and another of the King's Messyngers were sent off by Earl BATHURST, in the absence of Viscount CASTLE REAGH, ill conitinction with Mr. limum-roN, the Under Secretary. of State, for Harwich, to pro ceed abroad with dispatches, which makes 22 MeSsenges ‘Oho are now abroad. -It is said . t hat the property • in Kensington Pa -lace, belonging to the Princess of 'VALES, iS send ing after, her abroad with. all possible speed. • MALTA, JULY .28,—The health of all these Islands is perfectly re-established, and there seems to be •no prospect of any further iliterruption to the intercourse of these Eastern parts, from na tural causes. BRIGHT*, SEPT. 19.'-41 large French hog boat arrived on Sattirday evening, with nuts,' fruit, &c. ; in this vessel a Gentleman came pas senger, who st a t es , t h a t at the time of hi s leav inglintien, it was currently reported and believed there, that BUONAPARTE had escaped from the island of Elba, and was supposed to have directed his flight. towards Corsica. The Captain of the vessel says, the dame report prevailed at Dieppe. Fifteen English Gentlemen have established a Subscription Hunt at Rouen, and have purchased a pack of excellent barriers. Their uniform is scarlet jackets, gilt buttons, and black velvet col lars, Caps, white waistcoats, and leather breeches. Hares and partridges are in great abundance ; large parties of our sporting countrymen daily, go out with their pointers and dog -carts, and return loaded with game. CORN EXCHANGE,'SEPT. 21.—We . had some fresh arrivals of' Wheat •and Oats, both English and Foreign ; fipe samples of which supported th'e prices of Monday, but the sales in general,were dull.—Pease, Beans, and -other kinds of .Grain, remain at the last.quoted prices. SUi ; i i itiilhN - I . ' 4 , 6 TtIE igi*M4 foA2I3TKi kj • •• ' , COLONIAL IJEAMTICIE ' F . . , Sept CO, 181.i'. • _ UAlitaio Jer'rois: to Lienteriant;(4ene'rAl uun,d, arrived this inorn.hig with a bisvatch 11-44 i Li • eiit:e; anat-Oeneral Geoig-e Piei7ott, I.latt. E4l liathurA, of ithicli thZ, fUlloWir4leae atniet'. • I have he }l ti i. :t d. a l e c:i ii, a : r l i tet o s f Lord:ship; Lieritenanteneral Driunnuitid - s di tail of the diStiiighiVied etertions of that diviSion of the army near..the falls of Niagara; uia the `5lll Of Lest month; when the Skill6l hiS Majestv'S Generals', and the v a lour and diScitifine of Iris troops; Were eniinentlY tonSpiemias ; and I beg leave to join the Lieutenant. General,. in fitiothly Soliciting his Royal Highness the Prince Regen't 's griieiouS consideration, 01 the Meritorious gerVi'c'eSt of the officers partietilarized in his report, This dispateh will be delivered to yocr by Capt. dervoise; Aidede-Canip' tet Lit tit.-Gc= nerd Drummond ; having shared in the events of the 25th, he can satisfy your Lor'dship's itiquirieS respecting them; And is %veil calculated; from hiS local Itnolvledge, to give your LordShip,full :ration. upon the state of the Upper, Province. Head-quarter . § Upper Canada; n ea t Falls, 27th July, 1514.. . fR , einharked on board his Majesty's sett:ool)er Netley; at York; bh Bntiday evening, the 24th inst. and reached Niagara• at day-break the foll Owing Morning. Fnieiog, from Lietit. Colonel Tacker, that Major-Gen. Riairwas derstood to be moving towards the Fails of Nia., gars to support !die ativaoce,of his division, which lie had posiied oti to that place on the precediog evening, I ordered Lieut.-Colonel Morrison, %kith. the 89th regiment, and a detachment of the„Rovali and King's, drawn front Fort George and AiisSisa:- • ga, to proceed to the satae point, iii order that; with the united force, I might Oct aaaiirsi- the enemy (posted at Street's Creek, with his advance , . at Chippawa) on my arrival, if it :should he found expedient. I ordered Lieutenant-Coionel Tucken; at the saute time to proceed up the right hank of - the river with three 'hundred of the 41st, and t tvo hundred of the Royal Scots, and a body of Indian 'Warriors, .supported (on' the river) by a party of armed seamen, under Captain Dob-Ss, • Royal Navy. The 'object of this movement iva. to disperse or rapture a body of the enemy which was encamped at Lewiston. Some unayoidable de- . lay having occurred in the march of the troop's up the right bank, the enemy had moved off previous to Liter.-Col.'flicker's arrival. I have to express myself salisfied with the exertions of that officer. Having refreshed the troops at Queenstoo, and laving brought across the 41st, Royals, and In:- ' haus, I sent hack the 41st and 100th regimenti o form the garrisons of the Forts George, .Mis sissaga and Niagara, under Lieut.-Col. Tucker, and moved, with the 89th, and detachments of the Royals and Kings, and light company of the 41st, in all about eight hundred men, to jeiti Major-General Riall's division at the Falls. When arrived Within a few miles .of .that posi , Lion, I Met a report !coin :Major-General Riall, that the enemy was advancing in -great force. I immediately pushed on, and joined the head of Lieutenant-Colonel Morrison's ,colnuin, just as it reached the road leading towards the Beaver Dant, over the summit of the hill at Landy's Lane, iii stead. of the whole of Major-Gen. Ri-ill's division ; which I expected to have found occupying .this position, I found it almost in the occtipatinu of the enemy ; whose columns were within 600 yards of the'top of the hill, and the surrounding xeo o d s filled with his light troops. The advance of Ma jor -General division, consisting' of• -the Giengary Light Infantry and Incorporated Mi litia, having commenced their retreat upon Fort George, l countermanded tiiese corps, and form ed the 89th regiment and ti e•Royal Scots detach !limits and 41st ligit compani es i n the rear of the hill, their left restMg on the great 'road ; my two 24-pounder brass field guns a little , advanced in front of the centre on the summit of the !till.; the ' Glengary Light Infantry on the right, the batta- • lion of Incorporated Militia, and the detachment of. the King's regiment on the left of the great toad ; the squadron 19th Light Dragoons iii the rear of the left on the road. I had scarcely com pleted this formation, when the whole front Was warmly and closely engaged. The eoemy'S prin cipal efforts were directed against our left and centre. • After repeated attacks, the troops on the left were.partially forced back, and the enemy gained a momentary possession of the road. This gave him, however, no'material adyantage,.as the troops which had been forced back, formed in the rear of the 89. th regiment',.4:ronting the road, and Securing the flank. It was, during this short in terval,. that Major-General Riall, ' having re ceived a severe wound, was intercepted as he was passing to the .f rear,. by-aarty of the enemy's ca valry, and made prisoner. In the centre, the re peated and determined attacks of the enemy wen: met by the 89th regiment, the detachments of the Royals and King's and the light company 41st regiment,'.with the most perfect steadiness and in trepid gallantry, and .the enemy was constantly repulsed with very,beavy -loss. Of so deterniirted a manner were these attacks directed against our guns, that our artillerymen were bayonetted by the enemy in the act of .loading; and the nozzle, of the enemy's guns were adYanced within a fey* yards of ours. The dal kness of the night clueing this extraordinary conflict-occasioned several un common incident's : our troops' having for a mn- meat been pushed back, some of our guns renni)... , ed for a few minutes in the enemy's hands ; thtna were, however, not only quickly recovered, hut did • two pieces, a 6-pounder and a 51- inth howitzer,' which the enemy had brought up, were eapttireili by us, together with several tinnbrils, and in lha , bering up our guns at one period', one of the ene- , . my's six-pounders was put, by_ mistake, upon a limber of ours, and one of our six-potinders litn 7 bered on one of his ; by which means the pieces were exchanged., and thus ; though sve Cavort :if two of his guns, yet, as he.obtained one of ours, we have gained only one gun. , • About nine o'clock (the action having com menced. at six) there was 'a short intermission of firing, during which it . appears the enemy was employed in. bringing up the whole of his re maining force, and he shortly' afterwards re..