The Sun. — London, England, 1814-09-28 00:00:00

side it was comparatively 'small—very few, ware 'killed ; the number of wounded were greater, but none of them are considered dangerau3. It is tolerably well ascertained, that the whole force, under General Winder was much in 7 ferior in numbv to' the veteran'troops which - op- posed .him , and . when it is considered that his men had never before been in battle ; and that his loss in killed and wounded was trifling when compared with the enemy's, we have great cause to congratulate our fellow.citizens on the result of the action. • "-The British army was halted on the plain near the capitol.. General Ross, Admiral Cockburn, and some other Officers, with about 150 men, en tered the city. On passing a house near the ca pitol, in which Mr. Gallatin formerly resided, a shot from a window, said to be fired by a French barber, killed the horse on which Gen. Ross rode. This imprudent . act caused the. destruction of the house and adjoining buildings. They proceeded to destroy the capitol, the President's house, and all' the other public buildings except, the house containing the patent office. " They also destroyed the cannon foUndery ; the navy-yard, ,with - the new vessels building there, having been previously destroyed by our own. troops. The press and printing materials of the office of the National Inielli g encer were taken. " Thus, after being upwards of tWo years at war, so very provident have been our rulers of the general defence committed to their care, that a small force of six thousand men have lauded on our shore, and in one short week taken possession of the.seat of Government of the United States." BALTistoag, Auo. 27.-1 have just seen Mr. one . of Thompson's troop, who was. in- Washington . yesterday. He states, that the Ca-.: pito!, President's house, Navy-yard, Fort, POIO7- mad( . bridge to Alexandria, frigate Essex, and sloop of war Argus, Mrs. Hamilton's house, Jen kins's House, Tomlinson's hotel, •and Brent's house, are destroyed—Georgetown and Alexan dria are not injured. We expect a visit from them in a few days. — There are a thousand repotts respecting their force. They certainly have 5000, some say 8000, some 10,000, and some as high as 15,000, but no one knows. Madison, Armstrong, and Monroe, are at Fre derick, and Winder arrived here last night ;- his troops are in the vicinity of Baltimore. The enemy were embarking last evening. The banks have removed their species out of town, and taken down their signs. The enemy, I learn, treated the inhabitants of Washington well." Another: letter, .of the same date, states, that private property of every kind . was strictly ordered to be respected; ,that several soldiers -were severely punished for some .acts of plundering. DEFENCE QF BALTIMORE. - The citizens of bah tinio:e and its' precincts -have organized them selves.into four sections, and are to relieve each other in the labour of throwing up fortifications for the defence of the city. The service of slaves, as weil as free people of colour, is also called for. New-YoltK, AUG. 30.—We learn that the Bri tish einbarked on board their shipping on Thurs day night, after destroying Foxall's Foundery at Georgetown, and burning the bridge-at Washing ton. They left all their killed and wounded. in Washington, at the mercy of the inhabitants. Alexandria surrendered to two British frigates, and •a requisition of 20,000 barrels of flour was made upon the inhabitants. It was not known where Gen. *Winder's head-quarters were at the last accounts, or where the heads of the.depart meat had gone. , Finns 41hany, <lug. 22. DEAR Sta-Ene:losed yon hare a o.Extraßegistg, - publislied this morning. We learn by an Officer immediately from Buffalo, that.un Tuesday night last, the W,th, another pack or skirmish took place between our troops at Erie and the enemy. The night was very dark, and-the result was un lmown when the Officer left Buffalo. - A Gentleman from tit. Lawrence states, that the British bad in-fortued tins inhabitants of Ogdeoihurgli, that they should immediately take possession of that town. . - A letter. from Plattsbor , h to the Editor of the . Commercial Ackertiser, dated the 14th instant, says — Mr. (a person employed to obtain information of the encrpy'.o movements) returned last - evening. ,He states, that all the ,Canadian militia from Three Rivers to Prescot hare been ordered forthwith to repair to the neighbourhood of Odletown ; and in order that no delay or fatigue should take place,' every kind of carriage capable of conveying men was -pressed into service for 'their conveyance.—On Friday of last Week, Governor Prevost passed along the frontier. It is said that he' pubrished - an order prohibiting all intercourse with the United States.—A violation of this ord.•r is death." NEW-YORK, AVG. 24, 1814.—Capt. Porter, with 300 men, left, this city, for Washington, yes:cud:4y, The following is the animating issued, sum mons which he to collect his men : "FREE TRADE AND SAILORS' RIGHTS. " TO"THE engw or THE OLD ESSEX. " SAitoas,-- : -The enemy is about attempting the destruc tion of your new ship at Washington, and I am ordered there to defend her. I'shall proceed immediately, and all disposed to accompany me will meet me at five o'clock this alteration, at the Navy Agent's Office. ." D. PORTER. St New-York, Ang.'23." WASHINGTON, AUG. 16.—We understand, and we believe correctly, that Government have au thorised a Loan to be 'negociated in Europe for a considerable - portion of the 25 millions which they were empowered to borrow by a law of the last Session .of Congress. It is probable, there foil!, that they will not go into the ma r ket in this country for more than the six millions for which they are now receiving proposals. BUFFALO, AUG. 15.—0 n the. night of the 13 th instant, two of our :armed vessels, carrying one I ,7;nn each, •and lying off Fort Erie, were boarded by the crews of six boats fitted out at Long Point for the PurpoSe, and made prizes, without the l oss of a nran on e i t h er s id e . The vessels were towed down the 'river below Squaw Island, where they lie at anchor.. i\-„th;), , as usual, sold Lottery itt.zt finished, 2,712, a _TEN THou. sANn, 10,77.), a TWENTY TtIOUSAND POUND P4'47,:, SHARES, besides, a variety .of minor Capitall The Shareholders- limy rece i ve their :IVO'ney on demand, at either of his old-established Charing-Cross, wh ere Iffiv-es, 4; Connhill,.or 9, mid Shares are' selling for-the New Lot tery, to begin 'and finish on the 15th of next ii; onth..--silSll;business in the . Public Funds trans acted with' fidelity anti dispatch. The Gazette Extraordinary, with the grateful contents, of which our columns are this day largely supplied, speaks so trumpet-tongued, that we should be loath to mar its effect by any co)n- 'Bents. The cordiality with which this combined service has been performed reflects a superior lustre upon the Naval and Military Commanders and Forces employed. NVhen Britons thus act with unanimity together, they are not easily with stood. • We continue to look for - brilliant accounts from Lake Champlain, and from the Northern Coasts, if not from New York itself. A report of a Bar tle at the former station, in which General IZARD defeated the British, has been propagated, and contradicted, in the American Papers. • We yesterday noticed the receipt of, and sum marily extracted the Most, material facts from two very curious American Papers, transmitted to us from Washington, while in possession .of- the Bri tish Forces. These were the Washington Official Paper, the National Intelligencer, of'the 23d, the day preceding the entrance .of our troops, and the' Baltimore Advertiser of the 24th, published at a period when the Inhabitants of that City were nearly in as apprehensive a state as their Brethren of the Capital. It is, scarcely possible to con ceive any thing more amusing than the bombast with which these ridiculouS Journals are filled ;, they ars perfect specimens of the true Yankee style and character, than which we can conceive nothing on earth more despicable and hateful. Their armies of Copper Captains, and Falstaff recruits; defy the pen of satire to paint them worse, than they are worthless, lying, treacherous, false, slanderous, cowardly, and vapouring Hectors, with boastiMg on their loud tongues, and terror in their quaking hearts. Were it not that the course of punish ment they are undergoing, is necessary to the ends of moral and pOlitical justice, we de'clare, before our Country, that we should feel ashamiaed of vic tory over such ignoble foes. The quarrel re sembles one between a Gentleman and a Chim ney Sweeper L-the former may beat the low scoundrel to his _hearts contentment, but there is no honour in the exploit, and, he is sure to 'be covered with the soil'and dirt of his ig nominious antagonist. But necessity will some times compel.us to descend from our station to cbasti3e a vagabond, and endure the disgrace of a contest in order to repress, by wholeiome cor rection, the presumptuouS 'insolence and mis chievous designs of even the basest assailant. We have, to the extent of our limits, to-day made further Extracts 'of the most interesting matter from these Papers. The chief points worthy of notiee in addition to those in THE SUN of yesterday, relate to the operations of the Creek Indians and their BritiSh Allies in Florida. The diversion 'in this quarter is of the foremost importance, not only as taking the enemy on a weak side, but as tending to defeat the gigantic plans of encroachment which he had marked out for himself in Louisiana and the whole Western Continent. While so deeply engaged on the Canadian fron tiers and along his sea-coast, it is more than probable that a successful attempt will be made to annihilate all the vast and ambitious projects which had their seat on the Guiph of Mexico. The only other material intelligence is that from the Ned; York Evening Post of the 21st August, from which it is fair to infer, that' that city has some reason to dread thelateof,Washington. The rhodomontade with which •these publica tions abound is truly farcical, when we look at the result of their boasting;—it is, however, more entertaining than instructing, and % only copy it that our Readers may laugh with us at the vi gorous and heroic defence of IVashington l —in the Newspapers the day before it was taken. We should like to know if the printers bad tins to work off theii entire impression ! The villainous accusations against the British which abound in the Republican Press, only show the inveterate animosity of these servile, but un- NAY. adherents o AtIONAPARtE) Who little 'ek;• pected when they began this wars that Pdris and Washiqton Would be entered by Conip.iet"Ors with in five months of each other; in the year 180: • , The ship Friwoof Orarwe, from Boston to not terdAm) passed through -the Downs yesterday morning ; by her we have more recent iiitelli gence than that alluded to in the above remarks to make room for which we have been compelled to exclude till to-morrow some of the *trades, of news on which they are founded. The tone of the enemy is muck lowered by the disaster at Washington. _ There is great reason to doubt the truth of the repulse of the attack on Fort Erie, and the de feat of the British assailants, on the 15th. Al bany Papers have intelligence from Fort Erie to Tuesday, the sixteenth, at which period the result of operations was - not ascertained. Freud! Papers to the 26th supply us with a few paragraphs, but by no means making amends for their paucity by the value of their intelligence. We are compelled to postpone the continuation of the interesting case in Bombay, and many other pieces prepared for publication. The Countess of -Harcourt, from London to the Isle of France, which was taken in June - by the Sabine privateer, is carried into St. Mary's, Georgia. - .I=he Dee, DAY, arrived from the Havannah, «•as hoarded on the 28th • ult. by the Whiting schooner, bouna to Bermuda, and was informed, that they had recaptured, the day before, the brig Antelope, from the Havannah to Naples, and a ship, supposed to he the Prince Regent, also from the Havannah to the Mediterranean. ' , Utters were yesterday oht ained through France from Client, to the 24th instant, when no altera tion had taken place as to the circumstances of 'the Negociation.--(Chronicle.) - We had further adviccs yesterday from Gibral tar, which seem to indicatc that there will not be Much to apprehend from the present state of the fever. A letter from San Roque : mentions the expectation, that it may be supuosed, by the be- - ginning of next month, perket health will be re established- within the . fortress, The return of. the disorder this manilla i's attributed to the pre valence of the easterly winds, which leave 'confi ned uninterruptedlyldnrin , r the whole summer. The Secretary of 'Mr. 13;YARD, one of the Arne. dean ~ COmmissioners, left town last night for Ghent. Yesterday Earl BATHURST and Viscount MEL VILLE had several interviews with the PRINCE RE GENT, at Carlton-house. The former was accom panied by captain SMITH, who brought the dis patlhes'from America. Yesterday the Earl of BATHUEST transacted business with Lord Ltrtarbo.L., at the Foreign Office, Downing-Strett. Yesterday the Earl of Lay Earont transacted business; with Lord MELvILLE,-at his Office at the • Admiralty. Lord G. L,•GOWER is to be called up to the House of-Peers, with the title of Lord - fxrcn- FIELD. Letters reached u? yesteaday from Teneriffe, to the 20th of last Month. Four British ships of war' were cruizing 'in the immediare neighbour , hood of the. Canaries. !Inc vintage, we are sorry • to say, Wits . not productive. Commodore Por.tEn, his officers and crew, are officially declared by our GOvernment to be re leased from their parole, given at Valparaiso. The gallant •Sir P. 'PARKER received . his wound the muscle which vulgarly is called the Pope's eye, in the inside of the right thigh, and which is said to be always mortal. He felt the stroke, hut • with the most heroic spirit he placed his band on the wound, and cheered his men, calling on them to follow him. He ran forward a few steps, but •in two initiates fell and expired. • • WINDSOR, SEPT. 27.--This morning her .MA JESTY, Princesses ELIZABETH and MARY, tdok all airing in a coach and four on the Maidenhead ' road ; the Princess AUGUSTA rode on horseback in the Great Park ; the Princess SOPHIA rode in. a carriage in the Little Park., • -.. CITY BustNEss.Yesterday a Court of Alder-, men was held a Guildhall.—JOHN LFllQ'i, Esq. and JOHN • REAY,. Esq. Sheriffs Elect, attended the Court, and: gave bond to take upon themselves that office for the year ensuing.—The Court una nimously elected Sir JOHN EAsten Knight Jus tice of the Bridge-yard, in the room of RoBB - ET PECKHAM, Esq. deceased. A private print from the statue of Mr. PITT, which ornaments Cambridge University is engrav ing by Mr. HEATH, and promises to rank with • the best work of his hand. Yesterday evening as Colonel QUENTIN, of the 10th Dragoon Guards, and Mr. BICKNELL, of the Admiralty, were coining to town in the Colonel's gig, • through the Edgware-road, at a very brisk pace, the horse suddenly fell, 'as if he had been shot, by which the Colonel and his _companion were thrown from the carriage with great vio lence into the road ; providentially the former escaped 'unhurt, and the latter received only some slight bruises. • It is a singular fact, that the contract price of the best ox beef. furnished to the military in the County of Middlesek, is but Gd. per pound, and in many of the other counties, from 4d. to sd. per pound, and yet• meat of like quality cannot be procured in the London _markets under 10d per `pound. An order has been issued for pulling down the Plymouth Yard Chapel, which has long been in a dangerous state. A new one, on a very elegant plan, is to be erected on its site. MAILS, ARMED... 4 Guernsey and Jersey. DUE-1 Lislion ) 3 Got trnburgb, Ilarnburgli 1 Waterford. PRICE 01 • Ttits DAY at 11 BaOk Stack; shut 3 per Cent. RAIL shnt 3 per Cent. Cons. (i‘ii 63 G 2 4 per Cent. Cons. stint 5 per Ct. Navy Ann. 93111,* Bank L. Ann. shut E. EYTON, awl S CCiCS 'ELVE O P CLOCK. India Stock, Italia Bonds, 6s. 7s. pr. Exclic.q. 4%. (lii. par Oomioni, 6i 5i 64 tlis. Consols forAcconut, 63 621 Stecic-Brolcer, N. 2, Cornbill, No. 18, Coventry-street.. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning, 2 minutes after 2. I Evening, 27 minutes after THE SUN. stILENI QUIS DICEKE FALSUNI AUDEAT ? LONDON, IrEDNESD , 4Y, SEPTEMBER 28, 1814. i'OETRY. . • KING NIADISoN'S DOWNFAI° 0,11, zr Heigh ho I" artys Jgr.igt. JAzdr3 ICIAni . soN would as a GelierKi " Htzza!" says . ..Nmatr-- 4 " At Washington City I'll wait fur the Fr e ' , /01 , " And Aniericati-Heroes shall soon k ph' " With uur YANKEE DOODLES, link ,n They shall," says President JrslslY• The Britons were landed on /3enittlict sb°"-° Sad news for JEMMY--.. •orPl' Brave Marines, sturdy Tars, and a fine Pc"- I°l' fe• With troops, who to conquer or die with they Spite tf Yankee; &c. " Heigh ho !" says President Jialgt. , Af The Britons reach'd Nottingham, burning O r -wh " Heigh-ho 1" says JEMMY; ; U tz - Pool Commodore BARNEY, who witriess'o to - With seventeen gun-boats, went of a 4 114 l With his Yankee, &c. " Black !" says President Joil'iirv initf)". " Pray, what do they want ?" (in a sort 01 3 " Heigh ho !" says JEMMY; „ell? , " I'll stay the beginning, but if they're t o° r " ,411; "By Heav'n I shall think I have then see n el' With my Yankee, &c. " And tiy," says President JEmmr• Our Tars an attack upon BARNET prep are ' " Heigh hO 1" says JEMM Y ; And soon his flotilla was blown into air, Except his last gun-boat and merchantmen rac°' • With his Yankee, &c. ' " Oh! dear !" says President ilro ll4Y ' For Washington then our troops move in 4 Cr'" " Heigh ho !" says JEMMY ; Six miles trout the p lace, they a t n ight biroloc'l, And soon the next morning c'uunneuce the Ou the Yankee, &c. " do," says President .10.01 Y. a iEsl The Force of the Yankees was eight thoosauu " Bravo'." says .JEMMY; thee Our's were not a quarter the slumber The British prevailed, and will du so 14e 9, O'er the Yankee, &c. • " off," says gresident Our Enemy then in the dumps shew'd his ba 4i ' "Sod sight!" says dummy; They march'd for Virginia, in m otion aot ei°l4 And strait, heifer shelter, dash'd o'er mats' ,3 * /4 • With their Yankee, &c. As quick as PresidentJE , MltM Y. At Washington next our brav fellows took " Heigh ho ! says JEMMY; The whole of the City they set in a fla O u 3 4 ' th e" And, their work having done, retur f i'd Bl Froni the Yankee, &c. "I'm lust," says President sai l 11 ,0' Then here's to those worthies, b o ld Coal" — " Curse them !" says Jzium'Y'''' tc o J, To them and their Mesa off ou r bottle's I.l ' ot ie Who gaited such great triumphs, wit', 7.° '"gb O'er the YANKEE DOODLES, 1bik2072 /7'1(.1 Good night to President J Ens>i f• • . , .'* '- Paper i Publisiled at New; Fork" t$ , —_—__--,--...------- "5 e j account T her e of will t h b e e ( g i e r s e t a r t u j e t; i 0 l ' i (~,t 1 )0111-It r t : c i ir ( i i io , s o :bf i e i. , : :,, ' o ' l i y in s n o a il t .e i n o o n t i; se l t a‘ r lc e rl e ae : i i il l ni l n s_ , as the pe o plc 1 ,1 " Y or er, 13 a ,fab u l ous origin. They will, 11°"—. 1,4 tgitieonlVie;aci4):rteoCfltTienic:vi,Se.A tlll:vit,ii;l: tise t t i i i len li t o..f.tihel‘rl.r.. Hotel). 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J ric. , s ki: o the Chinese Bridge, in St. Jolicl :0,31,005'00;04 plains that it consists a sh ani ' ) 11( 1 ; fi° I bells, and sham ' dragons. heal vvail' have them real bamboos, bells ' a 'Ole 5 dragons. P in r , i n z i e cy , tl i) e a ._. c i k 't:rc i : i i , a el se . r eil is bc ,01 t el . IP i f . 1,,0t o t c , Every Ticket in th e rese ll * d og- e e Jo ~,i s houg , „shoo enough ctok,:vlaiyllillitoisldl o f is; t.i t i ' e 'rs V l7l.le'lltY ' 40' 1 , i s l t e tre a g, e , t to t 17 ~1,, some hire other gre a ,2______--- -illies. . _ ~ , fri v4 ,, , o , attrka in Nt d ( F., ,f x ( cr r:t t i N u o t c h , is s t zL i e:r:in ' t e„, ;l a i t ,-d t tt i , :i t el t'ef :4 s , t r e';';l4t;l:': day was quite evual to,the" eniand. 1 , ot i,er 41 ,,.bic1 i jug heavy, at INionday's prices, and t II"' oats, remain at the last'quotations, excep titer dearer. . R ill' -----: VM ° 4, MAW -UM)* -11i 0 • •co'; ter IS ' 4 1 . or l'' t ° Ott Thursday last, at Bridge.,vaca,,,,v IV,„ i" . 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