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

0) I 'ail' Id I beg Lo ra. , esPe . tioti o qt ro r .I'l t at., 1)1 116- ,. of ti “ 0 11 0 ' . i l.g et r 311°1' el "1 0 , its P ° 4 ',,,1 w' " h i t e 31 E I ' , , lo s die • '01)14' its X O 5O t'r , s O P O 1 . 0 ti ` sit il .01 1 0 )4;0 [b e , ti,e',,N, - 6U e l ei ni t'' 'l ce l v SCE.`; ! , °l/(l liet fti ,-; ; act= hi wi th Or ' is ' ' .11°.„ Gate I‘. V ar " p. i y :t ' teltheri; anti marines k f the no;- reNti"ehal'y liad oct - tision to spt*R-- 411 . • . ai Co c kl in g Zeal and . exertion or Peal... Ad. I tli es : It°, during * the. time he coma) inded in the n 4bilityPeaike under. my orders :—t he interest and la te ' ‘ r oieh he has nranifested thaokartltious service; justly' entitle thi'oughout t rs hint to. mybest (is tor til s ? a nd to the acknowledgments: of illy Lor se.iissioners of the Admiralty.' ' ' . 44fit a-i!:nral Alalcolin, upon' every occasion, Particolarlv iii his arrangement for the speedy littha, . J tihl "t 4 Oll of the troops, 4414"88;statice ; and to him, as well as to Rta rendered me ess . e . t l. 3 - - ,leillial Cotirington, Captain of the fleet . , I am e lali or N for tile alacrity and order with °witch. tl t r n t he .‘rious duties in •the -- COrtveYint of supplies I liar ~, Par i., wre conducted. • ' lie s tue co nduct of the Captains and Officers of tile .(tPl4t,irnii employed in - the flotilla, And •w i. t ( t i lt . i iiip; , Ill Yi I !mist beg leave to refer their Lo . 4 44 t .° the report s of Rear -Admiral Cockbilin, tvlioni° call their favourable consideration to those tit u i, ithe Rear-Admiral has hat occasion. top• ' 1 4, 4 Y notice. While employed immediately . I. ti s i ill Y eye, I !tail every reaSon to be perfectly Ili at o'fd with their zealous emulation, :as . well L Ittice every seaman and marine, to promote 1 t a In which they were engaged. 114ht,Pt. AVainitright, of his Majesry's ship . To r n :- Par ch Il'ill have. the honour to deliver this (..i. _ -b:th „t,?,Y00, a nd ai:ihe was actually employed Thq.'ito the flotilla and w i t h the Amy in the to refer iLir•ef their proceedings, I _beg :leave • . s. lli• °ldships to hiin for any further partictlat. Ih, "e u m 1 0 -• yet received any returns from the il ell l . • L II "Ilee P `qed lit. the.Potownrack, the win ds hwy. ' "i tl ri tilifarOttrable to their coining down ; but pi e :,' inronnation I ~ a in front the country peo 164tiati?,1" completely §iicceerted in the which 11 bl own - , 1 1 . ave the honour to be,- &c. 1 igned) g Croker, ALEX. COCI!RANE, Chief. 4,11,0_ Viee i dmiral and Commander n Chi Esq.' - 0 . 1 1 K_ N it "ard the ReWntion Tender, offnonnt Calvert, tit er ''''l L., Vouday night, 2-2 d Aug. 1814. ti t i par t i u 'Lye thelionour to inform you, that ; 11 . 1 't 20 th f ront you at Benedict, on the evening hit's the hoarinnt, I proceeded tip the Patuxent, ," b e . s and . ten lers the marines of 'the 'NI of Ca etub • 1 .1 '' tor ot c a aiket, in Them, under . the coal titrPsf,'-1 ti,, , P, t ; Robyns (the senior Officer of that l i' t ,.`''''Pt. - j-ret), and the Marine Artillery, un 'tis,l' and i r ''',': - n, in their two tenders; the tlii,(l i . e 4e urn s frigates, aod• thd " :llLLily sloop, At , "et! t o f„llow th PIN its up the novel, Ea t• tli Practicable. ' Ns °ats . ( . .4„ ; th 4 411 d te n - ders••lpla:7ed. ir• - three divi rtit. - ,first t(I t rains son. under the immediate command of /41 11 e - ,, t1‘ ,.,t1ie n iv ao (the senior commander employ -44. ''apt a r eca sion) and Badcock ; the second, 1 4 4 ', I , 4.13 lan) and Somerville '; the•third, ; P 1,44111 flatosat,.._tbe whole under the Pt, wil . fla tie ,, , 11 , .-7 • . management o f ,_ 4 tt alo s „,. .lo nnmedtate 'ls( ( I st ."ght, of.the Tonnant, Litut James ~1 ai i ,„ . c 't . the Albioio I attending as my Aid tl,ltii,lv ‘ 1 ;ts °lire • R I 4 4 , (1 to keep with the boats and ten iiiiiiir.o' ag possible 1 am•east o f the army 1111- . . , tT 'th, i tit h. ei 'l'ill Ross, that - I might ertnmtint itkrlttil 111 1 a s , ing• to 1,,74,1 pr ey . - occasion Hired, •accord . ~ , l it 4 Y 1 ""'iv,arriin , ed.• and about nini-city ti, t, ac • . s , l' i tl e phsit cordingly anchAfed. at the . ferry ll . ',N. ile tal, : I ; ()%ver Nlarlborungtr, Av here I met t i) : 1 1 ) 41 e l , , W here th,- artny halted for some att Prne w illeb he nratchea for Nottingham, 4. eed . tp q ed oo fo r tile same place with the tr) s t (4 0' firer}l Xellhh ' a Pp r OaCillil/4 the toot n, a few shots , ,tli,"0(1 between the leading bOats and et, • . 4,, , tile,...__, li i `tlpi t !ltly ad 111 Y -b cavalry ; hilt the appearance k t S e ' 411(41 'ant:mg-caused them to retire with ,iti t Ke r r , • Captains Nourse a•hl Palmer, of . il l o c ,, ar e ti ' ' . ‘' ' • . , with t q 4 , i , UlebniS, joined k l' llt I l l v t lh 14„114viog fotind•it impracticable to get st 'lti t 'lloi!.',l,leP than Benedict. Mk t oVia —kzette•• 1 • - iwith th army at ' , k ‘te t 1 1,. a • 1 4 lernaine‘ e. lip i ti o u ' 4 l the .laoats and . ,,t eitde• r s continued I . l i , o..iit it (1,. •,• . . .. 1 1 4() t his `'lng the night ; and soon alter 1 :4„, lqi„' Illornin'• the whole moved again t v , ~ O s _ _. i, . t,l) '. th e '-.' unit! )lowing during the morn ". l 'ar. '.lwer tli 'tt, t( low ~ , 1111(1 the channel being excel ti t ilt, 11y 4 c'"( 1 the advance of our tenders I k‘, a th e b ° ",, I judged it advisable to push t Ol ia tli e „ ; °...at, only leaving the tenders to, ; 4t ill i i'llt o '''' Id. . 4 k. • IV ii - c h itl IP ,qit. 1 111 1,8 said , g ' ig Point (where the enerny'.s, 1 tal l ,,e t i ;oh \.„ ' b e), I lauded the marines under I ''' ° '' s oill ' • • • and r,, sid ltb t the eft bank of the mei, t h e t t 0 , I) ti ' Ell illdreil round and attack, on the It i , s ti e t, ) ,. , . . lii i 4t fo r Oe ittt n situated on 'the potnt, to draw too• L n ilti (iefciltion 'of such troops as might be 'Lleti. " I ce a 1 1 defenceof the flo „ erect b r , , tu•t ie l :t it ere th'e r•eetled o n with the boats, and, as ,1„, k-',,liitle4oll above Pig Point, I plainly '''‘i . ,Ne r - -"°,!t , )9(lore Barney's broad pendant in i f • e ssel - N t tl fo ''' ti l „ •, a larg e . sloop, and the re iti 't ' h ' 40611 0 t tl le er, a extending ln a long line 4 ,,'oi t , i htt e r4 as i. 4 Or r boats now' advanced to gtt,,‘p,,,,' w e P L 'dly as. possible ; but, on near -IL'lr4 .'itlai ° oserv e I 1 I bearing the 0 , 1. (1 3 i lt t„ ( tie s oop ' ''e. t)1. ''' 'Pe on fire, and she very soon , IL, le ~ et v I 't'li• ' l l 1 '- I now saw clearly that li i 'Al s rti i , "atkl o el WI. gazi ned, and on fire, with trains c ti i , i i t • k 4 th aeB; andout of the seventeen ‘0 4 ,, LI N c on) 'elth" Lk e! fi, t .l 3 '-'sed this formidable, and so It ti t f ',ti le ‘ l, 4 t o I",t, sixteen were in quick suc- I. ` 4 ). 1 fir e k atouis, and the seventeenth (in ki l „: Il le ' 'ON ' 4 lll no tv i nil cr e ,•., t taken), tie capture— il 1 ) le r si c() . tal, th e % u p was a large armed ves 'lii - i t i were „,. 1, i . ti t , 00%t, buit-boats, all having a long ''4l qiit t ( If ' attit t f, t, q e (1 1 , ~, a carronade in the stern ; 1,, N 1 ,,. 4 i ll I 'i l los And number of the crew of ,1ii , ,,•1, 1 44,. Pro,, . 'llA - tit il q i r , vortio n to the size of the il l 'l 't, t'tl's ni •-,,) .J--polinders and sixty men tli, "e itod f . . 'l4 o ;',* Ne ro the fl, .Gity men . I found here .. 1 1(1 1 1 4 ) 111 1 04,,t ",{rota, tinder its protection, ti' Ir t • I ‘l, brif llooner- eof s‘hich not ,' 1 ,, 1 t „ t4 e .tgi i ,„ by some r, , 1.,,,5' p• Iti • ') 4 way, I caused to be burnt I ' l l'he! t p , c)od cuurrt- ' I directed to be h o e .''it It t i ' til e l' Whilst. employed taking IQ 4 N4 f • \‘' shot • by some Oq i f th„ Were fired :at us Oq l I li (it tit S ; } "°(illa f ro:11 , 111e bushes on the t l e . at )tl t I: I had ti„ ; si ii p ut , tent. Scott, whom . plq '''Ten, Pose ,ll 1 of th em, , L t,1Pr,,, ),, , , Soon i,ot 10 ( Itt a ti) ( .,, , e 's• Some horserne:‘ like ' rc ieli et ''''ves o n the neighbouring 14 i'clo dispersed then]; and . , taiitain Ilobytis, tvhii bad got . possession of Pig Point witliout•resistance, now spreading -his men through the country ; the enemy retreated. to a distance, and left us in quiet possession of the town, the neighbourhood, and our priieS. • A large quantity of tobacco having been found in the town E Pig Point, I have left Capt. - Ito byns, with the marines, and Capt, Noursp, with two, divisions of the boats, to hold the place, and ship the tObacco into the prizes; and I , have moved back with the third division to tbis point, to enable me to confer•on •ont• future operations, .with the Major-General, who has been good enough to send his Aide-de-camp to inform me of his safe arrival, with the army under his com mand, at Upper Marlborough., In congratulating you, Sire which I do most sin-.. cerely, on the complete destruction of this flotilla of-the enemy., which, has lately' occupied so much of , our attention, I must beg► to be permitted to a.-.sure you', tharthe-cheerful and-indefatigable exertions on this occasion, of Captains Wain ! wright, Nourse, and-Palmer, and of Captain Sul livan, the other Commanders, Officers, and men in the boats you have' placed under my orders, j• most justly entitle them to My warmest acknow ledgments and my earnest recommendation to Iyotir faVottrable notice. The enemy hittiself, on our entering the town; set•tire to the.navy yard (filled with naval stores), a frigate of the largest class, almost ready for launching, and a sloop.of war lying off it, as. he also . did to the , fort which _protected the sea-ap proach to Washington. On taking possession, of the city, we also set fire to the President's Palace, the Treasury, - and the War-office ; and in the morning Captain Wainwright went with a party to sec that the de struction in the Navy-yard was complete, *hen he destroyed whatever stores and buildings had escaped the flames.of the preceding night ; a large quantity of ammunition and ordnance stores were likewise destroyed by us in the arsenal, as were about 200 pieces of artillery of different calibres, as well as a vast_ quantity of small arms. Two rope-walks, of a very extensive nature, full Of tar-rope, &c. situated at a considerable distance front the yard, were likewise set fire to and con sinned ; in' short, Si r , I d o not b e li eve a - vest i ge of public property, or a ,store of any kind; which could be converted to the use of the Government, escaped destruction ; the bridge's across - the East ern Branch and the Potowasack, were likewise destoyed.. This general' 'devastation being • com pleted during the day of the 25th, we marched agaia at nine at night on our return, by Bladens berg, to Upper Marlborough. We arrived yesterday evening at the latter without molestation of any sort, indeed without a single musket having been fired; and this moroing ,we moved on to this place, where have fOund his Majesty's sloop Manly, the tenders antl•the boats, and I have hoisted my flag pro tempore, the former. The troops will ppobahly 'smith to-, Morrow, or the next day at farthest, to Benedict• for re-embarkation, and this flotilla will of course join you at thessatne time. • Inelosing,.Sir, sny statement to you, of the ar 'duous and highly important operations of this last week, I have a most pleasing duty to perform,:in assuring you of the good conduct of the Officers and men who have' been serving under me. I have been particularly indebted, whilst on this service, to Captain Wainwright, of the 'Formant; for the assistance he has invariably afforded me ; and to Captains Palmer and Money, for their ex ertions during the march to and from Washing ton. To Captain Nouse, who has commanded the flotilla during my, a bs ence , my acknowledg ments are also most austly'due, as well' as to Cap tains Sullivan, Badcock; Somerville, Ramsay, and Bruce, who have acted in it under him. . Lieutenant James Scott, now FirSt Lieutenant of the Albion, has on this occasion, rendered me essential services, - and' as I have had reason so often of late to mention to you the gallant and meritorious conduct of this Officer, I trust you will permit me to seize this opportunity,Of recom mending him particularly . t6 your favourable au tice and consideration. Captair' Rohyns (the Senior Officer of IViaribes, with the fleet), who has. hzui, (luring theSe•opera-, tions, the marines of the ships united under his orders, has executed ably and zealously the several services with which he has been entrusted, and is entitled to my best acknowledgments accord inrir; as is also Captain Harrison of the marine artillery, Who, with the Officers and men attach ed to him, accompanied the army to and from /Washington. • • Mr. Dohie, Surgeon of the Melpomene, volun teered his professional services on this occasion, and rendered much assistance to the wounded on the field of battle, as well as to many of the men taken ill on the line of maech. One colOniaLmarine killed, one master's mate, two sedeants,. and three colonial marines wound ed, are 'the casualties,sustained by the naval de partrilent ; a general list of the killed and wounded of the whole army will, 'of course, accompany the report of the Major-General. 1 have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) G. COCKBURN, Rear Admiral. "(Ike-Admiral the Sir A. Cochrane, K. 13. & c . l P. S. Two long six-pounder guns, intended for a battery a t Nottingham, were taken off and put on hoard the Brune, and one taken at Upper'Marls borough,,was destroyed'. • I, have the honour to be, &c. (signed) G. COCKLIURN, near -Ad m i ra l. The Hon. Sir 4. Cochrane, K. IL ilsc. H.M. Sloop Manly, off Nottingham, Patuxent, Aug. 27. have the honour to inform you tllat, agreeably to the intentions I notified to you in my letter of the 22d inst. I proceeded by land on the morning -of the 23d to Upper Marlborough, to meet and confer with Major-General Ross as to our further operations against the enemy, and we were not _long hi agreeing oa the propriety of making an immediate attempt on the city of Washington. In conformity;-therefore, with the wishes of the General, I instantly ;sent orders for our marine and naval forces at Pig Point, to be forthwith moved over to Mount Calvert, and for the ma rines, _marine artillery, and a proportion of the seamen to be there landed, and with the utmost pbssible expedition to join the army, which I also most readily agreed to accompany. The Major-General then made his dispositions, and arranged that Captain Robyns i with the ma rines of the ships, should retain possession of Upper Marlborough, and. that. the marine artil 7 lery and .seamen should follow the army to the ground it was' to occupy for the night. The army then moved on, and bivonaked before dark, about five miles nearer Washington. In the night, Captain Palmer of the Heb'rtis, and Captain Money, of the Trave, joined us with the seamen and witl i t the marine artillery, under Captain Harrison. Captain Wainwright, of the Tonnant, bad accompanied me the day before ; as had also Lieut. James Scott (Acting First Lieu tenant) of the - At dnylight, the morning of the 24th,• the Major,General again put the army in motion, di recting his march upon Blandensherg ; on reach ing which place, with the advanced brigade, the enemy was discOiered dravC•ri up in force on a rising, ground beyond the town ; and by the fire he sc.mii opened on us as we entered the place, gave us to understand he was well protected with art illery. (jet). Ross, however, did not hesitate in immediately a , ivanciag to attack him, although-04 troops were alm ,, stexhatisted with thelatigaeof the marcktheyhad just made, and but a small propor tion of our little army had vet got up ; this dashing measure was, however, I am happy to add, crowned With the success it merited ; for, in spite of the gall ing fire of the enemy, mar troops advanced stea dily on both .his in his front; and as soon as'they arrivvil on even ground with hid], he fled in every direction, leavings behind him ten pieces of cannon, and a considerable number of killed and wounded, amongst the latter commo dore Barney, and several. (Wier . officers : souse other prisoners were also taken, though not many, owing to the swiftness with which the enemy went, off, and the fatigues our army! had previOusly un dergone. It AVINIId, Sir, be deemed presumption in me to attempt to give you parti,iular details respect ing :the nature of this battle ; I shall, therefore, only remark generally, that the enemy, 80007 ' strong, on ground he ha v e chosen as b es t a d apte d for him to defend,.wherz he had had time to erect his batteries, and concert all his measures, was dislodged as soon as reached, and a victory gained MIDSHIPMAN or. HIS MAJESTY'S .13RIG.W0P. over him by a, division of the British army, not Never was bravery more conspicuous,. and never amounting to more than 1,500 men,, headed by did soldiers behave • 1110 re gallantly. They ad our gallant General, whose brilliant achievement. vanoed through a narrow defile under a dreadful of this day it is beyond my power to du justice fire from the American artillery and musketry; on to, and indeed no possible comment could en- coining, to the foot of the hill, the Americans gave hance. , three ch eers , an d. fi re d a tremendous' volley, a p- The seamen, with the- guns, were, to their P e arl'ig,nsifit wa's, anexpiring eflo - rt ; theycharged' , great mortification, with the rear-division during up the' hill, some dying, whilst others tell through fatigue (the, day being dreadful hot). O o ayriv this shirt but d ec i s i ve act i on : those, ,however, * attached to the rocket brigade werei n the battle, ....,ng at the moment, th e Americans &inn all di and I remarked with inuch - ' pleasure the precision ructions, with Mr. Madison 'at their head. We with which the, ro c k e t s were t h rown b y them, un- took possession of a ll t h e cannon, and pursued the der the directio n o f Fi rst Li eutenant L awrence, flying en em y ; too k C ommodore Barney previous of the Marine Artill er y ; M r. J erem i a h M'Daniel, ly , who was mortally woanded: . . On the r ema i n d er of 'the army coming.up, tee mate of th e T onnant , a ve r y fi ne young se continued our marc h , an d towards evening we man, ' who was attached to this p art y, b e i ng se verely wounded, I b eg p erm i ss i on to recommen d entered W as hi ngton .w i thout any f urther opposi him to- your favo u r a bl e cons id erat i on. The ,coln tion. We , immediately went to a l l the public buildings, and to Mr. Madison's house in the ca pany of ivarin es I h ave on so many occasions had cause to mention t o y ou , comman d e d b y First pitol, and blew up th e d oc k -yard, d estroyed a 6U- Lieut. Stephens, wa s a l so i n t h e act i on, as were gun frigate an d a s l oop of war, that were just ready for launching. When the General entered the colonial marines, under the temporary cum- My. Madison's house, he found the table spread mend of Captain Reed, of the 6th West India re for dinner, and . all the fruit and wines in cool. giment (these companies being. attached to the light brigade), an d t h e y respect i ve l y b ehaved with The Officers r ega l e d themselves with whatever they wanted, and Oleo set fire to the house. P r i. their accustomed zea l an d b ravery. None other vate houses were res p ected, 'except the Jose p hin e of the naval department were f ortunate enough to Hotel, one of the most beautiful hotels ever boitt.- arrive up in time to take their share in this battle, it - was burnt. We remained ii,posseash ) ,.. ,of excepting Capt. P a l mer , o f t h e lieb rus, with his Aid-de-Camp,' Mr. Arthur Wakefield, Midship- Washington 23 hours, when finding there was no manthing more t o do, we' commenced our retreat on of that ship, an d Li eut. J ames Scott, First of the Albion, wh o ac t e d a s my Aid-de-Camp, the evening of t h e '26 t h , not having been in the and remained with- me d ur i ng t he w h ole time ' . . least molested i n our retreat b y the Americans. • The contest bei ng comp l ete l y ended, and the We embarked the troop.s, that night and the ' fol enemy having reti re d- f rom t h e fi e ld , the General lowing day on b oar d our respective ships. The General,• duri ng t h e act i on, behaved most gal , gave the, army about tw_o hours re s t, when lee General, moved forward on to Washington ; it was lantly, riding through the , ranks, cheering the however dark before we reac h e d t h at city, and on soldiers. 'He h a d t h ree h orses shot \ under him. It is supposed w e s h a ll attac k P ortsmouth, or N ew, the G enera l,. myse lf, an d some Of advanci ng a short way p ast t h e fi rst h ouses of the ' town, London , it for tune f avour us much as it has, we shall do great thi ngs : without being accompani e d by, t h e troops,. the PRIVATE ACCOONT , ---FROM A 'LETTER OF A YOUNG Onetny OpenectuTion•itt.a heavy tird ninscinefi'y; fron► the cap itol and two other houses these 'Were, tiftr,2i . ore; hintost iminediiltely stormed by Our people, takenspossessi,ou df; and Set On fire; after which the town Submittal Without furthei s resistance. AlkihriiAl - •i ii.AititB, EXTRACT PROM THE BOSTO&T GAZETTE, SEPT. 1. BALTIMORE, AUG.2S, NOOK.-'-%we are all here In a state of the utmost possible confusion, dismay; , • ancl distress. The British, 15,000 strong, have landed in the Patuxent, marched to Washington,. and last night blew up the Capitol, ale President's House, &c. and completely destroyed the Naval Yard. . The sth regiment, the it of 13altimore, sustained the fury of the. onset, but were soon, .with all the associate troops, defeated, and fled in every direction; miserably mangled. The victo rious arMy.. are now . in full -march for this city (Baltimore.), and will he here in 36 'hours ! ! ! Virtue!). hundred pieces of Orttnance were in store at Washington, which is the only depOt for cannon in the United States, It contains im mense stores, naval and military ! !. - - , BaSTON, SEPT. 1. . THE LATEST PROk' B,ALTIMORE.—The publica tion of the Baltimore papers was suspended on the 27th, and by a mutual arraagement was not to be recommenced duriirg the impending inva sionof that city. The Printers ; nowever, pro- raise 'occasional handbills whenever any events of consequence shall* transpire, The following ex tracts are from.a hand-bill, published from the Telegraph 'Office, Ang227 " General Winder .arrivtd here this Mokning. " We 4av'e heard a' number of verbal relationi of the- late tranSketions at Nod near the *city of Washington, but trti:« directly from any pervm wtio Was in the city•at the time' the enemy took possession 'of it. Such 'accounts as we can give, can therefore only be ctinsidered as an abridge ment of part of the reports of the day. • " We have stated the conjectures of those per sqns who returned from the - late scene of action • near Bladensburg, that the British fofee was about 9000. _Other, and perhaps more correct estimates, made by some of our officers, rate them at WO, which •agrees with the account given by the Bri tish officers. " The whole force . under General Winder is es timated at abdut 5000, but we (lo.not state this is coming from any source which . we can say is correct. ' These troops were judiciously des.. posed between Bladensburgh (where the enemy (Mist necessarily pass) and the capiial, so as to give - the most effectual opposition and annoy ance to the enemy in their approach. The Baltimore artillery were so stationed as to bear upon the bridge over the eastern branch at.Bla densburg; atill the enemy marching in coiumn, suffered severely from their galling fire, which: was kept up with great spirit until the near ap proach of the column made it necessary for the artillery to retreat, which they dijl in good order, taking with them their cannon . except one piece, the Carriage - of which being rendered unservice able, they spiked the gun, and left it on the ground. "The fifth regiment of Baltimore volume:lr in fantry, consisting of abOtit 500, like the brave ar tillerists, maintaiaed their ground with great gal lbaenrtsry„htai n d ti l o t t ilite..f l e a n n e k n e ly d , and nveearyrlysupscurii(!orotittlianei(-1 them ; nor did they then Abu: , any disposition .to retreat, until . commandetitnilo so by the Oticers. Not so: the militia under Gem. Stansbury ; a part of them gave way at the first are, and the Gene ral's ekertions to rally diem proved unsuccessful. Of the c ondrict of the two regiments of regulars we has- not heard any particulars ; they were . stationed b e tween the•Baltirnore troops and the corps und e r Commodore Barney, which was st;t dotted nearest, the city, on the ground near the Capitol: • " The troops under Commodoreßeirney, a inoant - mounted,.llh4 withing to about six h un d re d, were t h ose which lately manned' the flotill a ; •1 I t '( ) ) l t e ig lil h he un with from their vessels,d degree of bravery never excelled. Their rapid and well ,directed tire 'proved very destructive to 'the' enemy ; but they itere overpowered by -a vast su periority of numbers. Their gallant,commander received two wounds, one of them severe, but not dangerous, and was taken prisoner. We understand he received very polite attentlon from Admiral COckburn, who complimented hint highly o n the gallant behaviour of himself and his Awn. The contest with the troops under Commo dore Barney was close to the city of Washington, and terminated the oppesition Which the enemy met with in their approach to the capital. Ot the loss on either side during the action, and retreat of our troops, we cannot speak with accuracy. Ou our (From the tjcp2tine4 ercho' P.M;) • The New York stages have arrived at usual.-,:.5: The Baltimore stages ;mil not -reached Pltiladel= phia when the NeW York stages left ;. bf court° nothing additirnial has beOfi received. BALI-I:NI-oat,. AUG. 26.—;C: Ittinel liogers; whd Was taken by the British and paroled, says, there was mud] more fighting than we at first imagined that COMmodOre Barney made a brave resistance near the city, was wotinded, and made prisoner. , He saw 17 wounded Oflicers in .one town, at • densberg. The ground, round the bridge was streu'ed, With (leaf!. He alddri, That Nnvai Yard ; the Capitol ; and Pr 6 ident'sl'alitee, are de stroyed, and other homes where the British were fired iTon from the wihdoWs: thir < 4ilitia are nearly all returned j and I wit nessed them pdssing, d;spirited, fatigued; and ex hausted, with Ow most painful sensations.. 'the public property.in the`Caphol is estimated at 7,000,000 ((Oars. Som e peopie say, no rears need be apprehended about the Capitol and 'ere.z' sident's Pali ce i . es they cannot be burned, 4s6ilig built entirely of stone--- (4 mistake!) The British . Odieers pay loviolabie respect to private.property, and no 'peaceable Citizen is tnOz tested. ~-