The Sun. — London, England, 1814-10-19 00:00:00

t o p dis oc siog r tic „,0( 10 ' r et ' 1 :1 1 t ' f ' the ;ow t ' le ;eo' the UI tile ci 51 ' s itio t op?" re , eir "' till e s . t Ylip, • ( .11. a ''' aStOnlilled tile veterans of France and co In tith ,41111"dore 111 ‘Donotio•h has conquered a N ll Oll ll 4 TeriOr force —The b action continued two ric a i nd ‘'e minutes --He had one half of his A G I led or wounded.!' te4d a einiern an who arrived in Albany on Wed thebrY.eyeiling, informs, that the main body of ht'utsiltlsh ar _ iy 1 " were encamped on a hilt nem. 114 Y at ur "j and while the fleets were engaged I; b ic6p te ir , i,ltett to approach the fort by crossing ' ti a) tt." 7 ' l%. "ere they were driven back by our itni -40, kith the loss of from 2to 3000 killed. He 4tetsZ:ll, that the destruction oil board the ti" ( ' ; ` l li Il l ' e ry great ; that Commodore 111rDo l'hi(410,7 ( WI" two officers, a Lieutenant and a O'er ' ', 3 ," ; that the enemy retreated . suddenly, Il litid ;41I'rge quantity of stores and ammunition t4 t l lt . ) 'C el ls' ; and that our row-;;rallies Were all 11 ., 1 ,, ,Y t -,;' b ri:i.in g the enemy's large vessel into . "0 ' 4 " her from sinking,—Generals Scott „,di n ,,, W w i ne --4, With their 'suites, arrived in Albany )s(''os. r , aY evening. . ' in town I St ll ' S EPT. 14.—A letter received . ...' 4118 3 dated 25th ult. after mentioning '1'441 th , ti t, al (re o f several t , r .',` a Russian ship from . Bourdeaux, states W. - Capt.' 'Juiced States sloop of war a6P , . . le It .h, ' -8 safe arrived at Bayonne, where l h . ri ng. Litepi Maer , l er the clerk to the House of t04,,;',..H- tati v - " --' t) ' , (ig t - •es, has saved none o . .. , A (1 r , eel. I b that body. A most faithful diligent 1 ,4 ' 4 0 . 1 tit it is r said he has lost vouchers for (0 11 ars . in'w for • Timent account. anced g°`el li lt co nfi.. 3 ‘1( V Ca t , 4 grat ion at Washington will 'furnish kisa ' 'el* f thousand f • uds and -trees, or a frauds swindling o h 41 ve5 , ,,, diell Lt.a 17 .......A callbeen made La t 8, , AUG.O • , Militia ; l Lates of Ohio and Kentucky for __ _ It f , grl te , ,‘l) 3, , .- to furnish 500, anti the latter 10 . : 1 ) 1 0_ '4,44, "Iteittled for the defence of the not ~, 4 fr ontie r. vrt i ° 1 .,) , , - , 4 E,qIsLkTrIIES.—The Governors, of . New • . •,ts, tt'itillg%,,'"`' Virghlia ' have issued Proclamat. . . 11 ele - , xtraordihary Sessions of the Legislature :esPective States. !l it t ki , op i ,.. 5 , td • 4ntrii. 'ICIVERNINIENT• informed by —We are i.,,_ ilMf c . 4gencer, that accommodations aii ii ' th e arep of meeting of Congress in the City n to n , .. IttPORTED SPANISH WAR. tProen the Georgia .drgus Extra 4 at IMPORTANT NEWS. tt o 4it rl )ort ' r •vILLE AUG. B.—We arc informed, i t c/4 1 - reached General Jackson, that qd k i the 'ecitared W ar aza.;,-...'st - tite United States— ielk)rt Was confider' that General ~erta ! " dispached a Messenger to . ke t isa e Ola - oe 4 the truth of it. : 1 4 c ‘l ttt 'alnes, in a l e tt er t o th e S ecretar y a t : 1 1te 4` i . Port.Erie, Aug. 26, alluding to the k 1 ' - Ile' attack on that place, says—" the t ke 'ls r not wierely a de . kace of our position, or ep uis , A, sr ot. the enemy, as I find it c a lled by 41 (1 .t, by regards umelf, 1 ant satisfied with the % 14 .1 to t ,„ i' a tever name it may he called but it t brave men I have the honour to ‘ l.t tt e , "II sho u ld salt, that t 116 affair was t4ttic 4 1 Y a sore beating anti a defeat, and. it h andsom e victory"' " " • 4 4 i4 th, ou r 'ass of Foreign Arrirals force s Us t o exc l u d e 4 t • Il hiication many Articles prepared for insertion. iv"'l - MAILS. itt Erl,C al id, I Lisbon, I Guernsey anii Jersey, DUE-2 Gottenburgh, Hanabsstgb. • PRICE of 4 1 I,lt, R e dll !S DAY AT Tv 6 41 1 4 ' uns • .(4) • 1 ( 4% ns• 81 Lis.„‘4 4 r' 11 `l 5 15 - 1 . 6t D I j i a s 16 ' STCCiCS 'ELSE n'et.ncK. India Stock, India Bonds ' 14s. 15s. pr. Exelleq. Bills, Is. 55. pr. ()minium dis. Consols fur November, 65i 66 E. EYTON, and 'Stock-Broker, No. 2, Cornhill, No. 18, Coventry-street. it l 4 l 41, CATER • Nib AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-NIC)RROIV. - illinutes after 6. Evening, 45 minutes after 6 30 1. -'--.—.. ' ---- ------. ~ . ,.5 ......_( _t '1l Ii!CERE FALSUM AUDEAT 11 '4.; L ONDON, z sv)../y; OCTOBER 19, 1814. 'IV - e h ae r • leat t . rda received the American Papers to which 4,i 4 th et s i: . al ludt(l, and lament to say that our tif et% n ' of disaster on Lake Champlain are k b , a tlea st 'eri cali so far as depends on the veracity s "Inm unications. That the def ea t o f flotill E littt .ti tleed a paralizecl the land operations, k tl ll Sir GEORGE PREVOST, after he had ep, 'a ftsburgl and gone t o bl oc k a d e t h e tot b t' ei rt . Morea u to retire, may be true, but troUa qa t else that such a circumstance would " ret reat_ 41 •14 e h ese to b e so pr ec i p i tate an d disas -4111 to r th a t represent. All owances b e i ng e high colouring for which the adver ts "tori 4 ,4 'ire let °us, there is still enough of mis 111 ever t to fill us with serious regret. After At e vet., 4 k Av• IS i r t4tL wpossibic to look for uninter- I,C t ler t il le and the affair at Plattsburgh is but I tr titL fir st I, general scale. ,I°4l-11")resicietir?elati:ation issued by the panic 4, `. after his return to Washington, th Al t l tl at , Nth e4e anio n Our voluminous excerpts :tr tora N th ePapers. We have no room for that i t °Pon i t to-day, but merely to - d t n El f 13 "ell more false than th e 13 S . 4°el i ments from th e M ADISON 41 la tQ ~ at an grY, and *splenetic as this person fr • Low e , • frailties , el, make some a ll owance 4114 ineonsitencies. Our con- . dative answer to the main, and only feasible charge, we extract from an American Paper : " The President says, the enemy wantonly destroyed the " public edifices, having no ; relation in, their structure to " operations of war; and adds, that the destruction was tin " der the insulting pretext of retaliation, for a wanton de " struction committed by the Army of the United States .in " Upper Canada,", &c. " Is it supposed that the capture of York is already for " gotten ? York was •the capital of Upper Canada, and there " ALL the public buildings were destroyed including the CA " PITOL; where a Scalp was found in the Executive and Le " gislative Chamber, suspended near the Speaker's chair, in " company with the mace and other emblems of Itoyalty."-- 7 [Vide Dearborn's Letter.] " This destruction was not only never " shown to be un authorized," but was the theme of continued exultation dur ing the whole of the second year of the war. We regret as much as Mr. Madison himself the destruction of the costly monuments of taste and . a the arts at Wasbington, and more particularly of the " public archives," because we fear that the conflagration hai removed evidence of the " origin of transactions" which ought to he preserved; but complaint certainly comes with an ill grace from the Captain General of our armies, under whose auspices similar atrocities have been committed." . We Must be very brief in our further notices.— A Philadelphia Paper of the 15th asserts, that the loss of the BaltimOrians in the late action was not great : . a paper war is waged between CHAUNCEY and BROWN there is another bitter squabble among ARMSTRONG, MADISON, MoNitop, &c. : a report, of no great authenticity, that Spain has declared war against the United States ; and dreadful • complaints of the escape of Captai❑ GORDON from Alexandria, though his passage was opposed by the Heroes Julius -Guar RODGEES and Leonidas PORTER. A British force has appeared within twenty miles of Sackett's Harbour : but the most 'mate rial intelligence, as 'affecting. the PACIFIC PRO SPECTS between the countries is contained in the subsequent Notes from the American Commis sioner at Ghent, Mr. BAYARD I—• " 217ewTork, Aug. 29. " Important Yote.—We have been politely favoured with the following note " Messrs. Lewis and Hall—l have this morning seen ex tracts from letters from. Mr. Bayard, dated Ist and 12th May. They are as follows The, voice of the nation is bitter against us ; they say we attacked them in the moment of the greatest deSpondency, and now in the day of victory they ought to inflict exemplary punishment. - Bat the Ministry is much more favourably itklined towards us, and Ido riot de- spair of peace.' " Again, on the 12th May—" The prospect is less flattering than it has been. The name of. a Republic is hateful to the Sovereigns of Europe, and I fear the conduct of our Rulers will draw their vengeance upon our heads.' " A Dutch - Mail; which arrived this morning, has' the following important paragraphs. The specu lation respecting the th ee ;Viceroys is a very curious one : " BRUSSELS, OCT, l2.—Some libels printed at Lille have been circulated here; a parcel.of them hay just been seized in this city. Within these three days a great many English State Messengers and Couriers have landed at Os tend, said to be charged with dispatches of the highest importance, who proceeded respectively to Ghent, Brussels, and Vienna. " AUGSBURGH, Ocr. 2.—We hcar, that imme— diately after the opening of the Congress, Prince WILLIAM' of Prussia will be named Viceroy of Saxony ; Prince CONSTANTINE, Viceroy of Po land ; and :the Archduke CHARLES, Viceroy of Italy." We have informed ourselves that the paragraph which has lately appeared in this and other Papers, respecting an intended robbery of the Receiver- General's Office at the Post Office, was most grossly and unnecessarily exaggerated. Dispatches from Gibraltar were received yester day at Earl BATHURST'S Office. Dispatches from .Sir JAMES YEO Were received yesterday at the Admiralty. Dispatches for Lord GAMBIER and the other Commissioners at Ghent were sent last night from the Secretary of State's Office. " Great preparations are making to receive the Prince Regent of PORTUGAL with the utmost splendour on his return to Lisbon.":--Froth the Morning. Chronicle, which has. frequently, within . the last ten days, give n a p os iti ve contra di c ti on t o our statement., ' that the PRINCE REGENT would return to Europe ! ! ! Letters were yesterday received from Ghent to the 15th inst. They contain no account favour able to the progress of the Negociation, and the public curiosity in that city seemed in a great de gree to have sub,ided with regard to it.—(Chro-. nicle.) A letter from Paris, dated Oct. 12, says—" The Earl of HARROWRY has arrived here within these few days, and had yesterday a private audience of -his Majesty Louis XVIII. English Gentlemen continue to enjoy some privileges and courtesies, with•which no other Foreigners, nor the French themselves, are indulged :—that of ad►nission to the Chapel and other apartments of the Royal re sidence at the Thuilleries Withiait tickets, is not the least interesting nor pleasing." Yesterday forenoon the Austrian Ambassador arrived at his house, in Hanover-square, had a long interview with the Bavarian Ambassador, and ict the evening left town again for his seat at Chiselhurst, in Kent. Yesterday the CHANCELLOR Of t h e EXCEIEOVER gave a grand dinner to all the Cabinet Ministers in town, and a select party, at his house in Down., ing-street. NAVAL. NEW. The outward-bound - Bombay and China ships, the Elphinstone, Bombay, Cabalva, Lady Mel ville, and Neptune, which sailed from Ports- . mouth in December last, arrived safe at Bombay on the 21st May.—The Caroline private ship was to sail from Bombay the 12th Juue.— , His Majesty's ship Acorn had - been ordered to the Galph for the protection of the trade. Extract of a Letter from St. Michael's, dated Aug. 41. . - " I have information that the Peacock Ame rican sloop of war is now cruizing on the Coast of Africa, to annoy our . trade in that quarter." The Arabella packet, from Lisbon, passed a convoy on the Bth inst. under convoy of the Pelican gun-brig, going up the Tlgus. The Redwing sloop of war sailed from Lisbon 4d inst. with a convoy for England. The Duch, Stevenson, from Gibraltar to London, is taken by the Peacock, Acierican sloop of war—crew lacded at Te nerife. The Graff Witgenstein, 'Mac°, from Cowes to Havaunah, has been captured by two Carthaginian privateers. The Charlotte, Allen, from Antigua to Greenock,/ and the Alexander, Newby, from St. Thomas's to Liverpool, are re taken by the Wasp sloop of war, and arrived at Halifax. The Favourite, from Poit Jackson to Bengal, and the Betsey, from Sumatra to London, hare been taken by the. Hvder Alley, American letter of marque ; the former on the 27th April—since retaken by pis Majesty's ships Albion (schooner) and Pylades, and arrived at Halifax. The Denton, Stephenson, from, NeWcastle to St. Peters burgh, is totally lost in the Gulf of -,Finiand—crew Faced. The Stranger, Lavden, flout Buenos Ayres to Greenock, and the Seaflower, Henson, from Newfoundland to Bermuda, have been taken, and burnt by the Peacock, American sloop of war. HALIFAX, SEPT. 16.—Caine, in the Newcastle frigate, and several of her convoy, fro'm England. OCT. 16.—Arrived .the Avabella packet, from Lisbon, in eight days Queens. berry, from Halifax, in 20 clays. Sailed hib Ma jesty's ships Wanderer and Achates. HAnwicw, OCT. lB.—Arrived the Henry Free ling packet, with' a trail. and passengers, from Cuxhaven.—Wind S. W. PORTSMOUTH, OCT, 1 S.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Growler, from a cruize ; and a, few vessels from the Coast of France. sailed his Majesty's ship Hope, on a cruize. His Majesty's ship Snake, with the ships to join the Duncan, for the Brazils, &c. still remain in Yarmouth Roads.— Wind Westerly. PLYMOUTH, OCT. 17.--Cause in the Scamander frigate, from a cruize off' Bermuda. DEAL, OCT. 18 : —Put, back by contrary wind the Fife, Liebe, Kingston, Mercurio, and several other West Indiamen. Five o'Ciock.—The whole of the outward-bound tranTorts and colliers appear to ride well it continues very squally, with rain, and the gale increases.—Wind S. W. PENZANCE, OCT. la.—The body of Captain LE Coca, of the ship Mentor, lust here so far back as the 14th of January last, with two of his people, were picked up near the Mount on FridaV evening last. Captain LE Coca had his 'gold watch in his pocket when found, whiCh is in pus session of Mr. 15AEKER. They have been decently interred in the Mount burying-ground. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER.MEETING. TUESDAY, OCT. is. Gen. Grosrenor's 85t. 11b. beat Ld F. Bentinek's Henry, Est. 71b. /lb. M. 50 gs , h . f t. Fifty founds, for two yr old colts carrying Bst. 41b. and fil - lies, Bst. 21b. T. Y.C. Sir J. Shelley's ch. f. by Walton, out of Fanny - - 1 Gen. Gower's ch. f. by Ruhens. - - _ IThe Judge placed but two.-5 to 1 agst Sir J. Shelley's ch. 1. Mr. Watson's. Paulus, Bst., Sib, beat D. of Grafton's Jewel ler, 3st. T.Y.C. 100 gs, h. ft.-4 to lon Eaulus. Yesterday the Earls of LIVERPOOL and BA.; THIIRST, Lord SIDMOUTH, and the CHANCELLOR of the ExcHeQueaoransacted business at the Fo reign Office, after which a Cabinet Council was held, and' attended by the LORD CHANCELLOR . , and all the Cabinet Ministers in town. The Council did not break up until a quarter after five o'clock. The Bidding for a new LOttcry of 20,000 Tickets took place yesterday morning at twelve o'clock. SWIFT and Co. L. 14 '5 7 Bisr~ l4 `..2 0 The former of course are the Contractors. Nine of the unfortunate people who were kill ed by the ExplOsion on Monday night last at lIENnt . MEux & Ca.'s 'Brewery, have been found in the ruins, six of whom lie at St. Giles's 'orkhouse, where an inquest will be.heldthis day at two o'clock, before Mr. HODGSON, Co roner for the county. • CORN EXCHANGE, OCT. 19.—We had but few arriVals of any kind of Grain this tnorning ; but what there was, and the Grain left over from last Market-day, was quite equal to till demand; the few sales effected were on the same terms as Mon day. - Acctom.---Last night two young women, one of the name of Goodge, and the other Rich ardson, in company with a man named Stoat, after having some liquor at the bar of the Public house the corner of Wych-street, left it, and on coming out, Sloat instantly pushed Goodge off the pavement towards the Angel Inn, St. Cle ment's, when at the instant a cart coming along went over her, and she wag killed on the spot. Her body was afterwards taken back into the Crooked Billet, from whence they had, only come a few seconds, and where it now lies for a Coro ner's inquest. Since the evening of Saturday last, it bad been currently reported that a man had been barba rously murdered on his way home that night, in crossing Stepney-fields : on enquiry this morn ing, we find that no such occurrence took place. The facts are as follow :—A labouring man, of the name of Dwyer, who, after being paid his week's wages, was found on the road leading to wards the fields where it was stated that the act had been committed, and afterwards taken into the Guy's public-house, where he had not been many minutes before he expired. And yesterday after noon a Coroner's Inquest was held on the body, when the Jury returned their verdict, that the de ceased had died a Natural Death. TI-1E THEArrnr.S. The new ComerlY Of Policy - xvas represented for the second time last night at Drury-Labe Theaa tre. It lras been, as we yesterffay stated; reduced to three acts. The omissions were judiciously made, and a few passages were added, in Order to render the pint.more clear. It was shortened by nearly an hoar in the representation, and expc, , rienced a very favourable reception. COvENT - GAapP.Ni•---Th e pleasant Opera of The Maid of the Mill was - revived at thls Theatre last.night, but not in its original state; many (}f the songs having been omitted, and new ones ina troduced. . The new music. was creditable to the respective cumpors, Bisuop, fly p ARR y i &c. but, with all due respect to the merits of these Gentlemen, we think it would be' abetter appli cation or their talents by the Manager, were they called on to dente them to adorn new pieces, rather than to supersede the prodoetit4ns of their predecessors, which have enjoyed the utmost on pularity for many years. The words; too, we . re. not only very deficient •in poetical merit, but diculously inapplicable to the characters and situa t?ons. We do not approve of these transmogrifi cations of dramatic Pieces of establislied ntert, and, of cou rse , approve them still less when, as in the present instance, the changes are by no means improvements. Nothing. could be more in. terestiug that) the performance . of Patty by .rtil,3 STIU'HENs, who acted and sung delightfully. Sir Harry, Lord .4iniworth, Giles, Ralph, Pairfield, and Fanny, were Ivell supported, by FAwcErr, SIN -INCLEDoN, EMERY, Morta:).y, and MiS. LISTON. It FOUL( be unjust to overlook Mr. Du- RUS'ET, who performed the part of Merrill, and displayed so munch merit in a song composed by lirstloP, as to be universally and most warmly encored. The new scenery was admirably painted, parti cularly a print rooni, in Lord Ainntorth's mansion, in which were some excellent copies of well known engravings, front subjects by REYNOLDS. VEST, HOGARTI-I MORTIMER, 'StC. There was a select rather than a numerous audience at the begiHning, but the house was at last well attend ed. The Earl and Countess of LivEnPont. weie present in the PIIINcE REGENT'S private box. MODERN CRITICISM. Mr. EDITOR,—Tire Public at large do not seem to be sensible of the assiduity With which Some of the diurnal Critics endeavour to enlighten their minds and improve their judgement, respecting the merits of theatrical Performers. it might be thought, that when a play of SHAKESPEARE is re presented, his works are too "di-known to re quire any description of thepriuelpal charactqrs in those works, and particularly those characters which might be supposed to be familiar by the frequency of representation ; but this is a narrow, Churlish, and indolent mode of viewing the sub ject, and, therefore, much praise is due to those Critics who -are more assidious in the discharge of public duty. For instance, some.of the dili gent and obliging writers to whom I allude, when they give an account of the representation of Hamlet, are not contented with tel:Og 1114 Readers how far the Performers came. near the intention of the Author, but ki-ndly enter into an investigation of the character of Hamlet, and ge nerously dilate upon the sentiments, feelings, and expression necessary for every scene in which h e •appears. We are told, th a t he should be incre dulous whe n h e i s first informed of t h e appear ance of his father's ghost; that he should spew marks of terror when the Ghostactually-preseuts himself to his eyeS ; that he should manifest sac. row at the, lo . sS of so good a parent; that he should express horror and indignation against his uncle, and feelings of a similar nature, though not in an equal degree, against his mother, for de grading herself so much as to marry an Usurper, lafter having had so good a King, and so excel lent a Husband. We are then favoured with a delineation of :the character of Opheliq, with _incidental noti'ces of the Queen, Polonius, Laerte, - ;, and, indeed- the. whOle Dramas Personte.--1— . Now, •Sir, certain grumbling people, who have ,no sense of kindness, may. consider ail this obliging labour as unnecessary, presuming that few can be 'so ignorant as to'Tequire such infor mation. ,But it is 'always rash to suppose that thv world doesvot.reqUiee instruction ; and the more, information which 'it receives, '' it needs no ghost" to tell us, that tire more knowleke it is likely• to possess, unless, indeed, people happen- to be inattentive, or, have bad lite mories. There is, however, one point. in which the benevolent Critics to whom I 'allude are. rather deficient in attention, and that is in not adding to every account which they give of a play written by SHAKESPEARE, that he was born . atStratford-upon-Avon, in the y e a i r 1. - )G4, that he was baptized by the nam e of WILLtANI, thßt he was an Actor in London, and that; he died in the ~year IGI6--circumstances %%hie!), in the opi nion of all candid Readers, it is full as•propi.r them to relate upon every new representation cr . his pieces, as it is for them to delineate each , his more striking characters, and to particularize the .sentime,ltts, feelings, and deportment •flott should mark every scene in which they arc toap- . .pear. To prove the necessity of stating partici:- , lady who 'SHAKESPEARE really was, and what works he produced, it is sufficient to refer to t farce of High Life below Stairs, in which one -of the Ladies of the Bed-chamber, or Kitch6s7., after having heard SHAKESPEARE praised under the name of Shitespur, asks who wrote Shilespur, and answered by one of the Knights of the Bros!,, " BEN JoNsoN"—a proof of ignorance which would hardly •be considered as probable, if the courteous-Critics whom I have •mentioned • been as copious in their account of dramatic .au thors, as they are in explaining the nature of, their characters, and detailing the events anti emotions of all their scenes: VINDEX. Another Thenty,Thousand !—The Lottery began and finished on Saturday last, when Btsn, as usual, sold the only Capital Prize in the Scheme, viz. 4158, a Prize of 20,0001.: he also sold a Prize of 10001., &c. &c. and the fortunare holders may receive their money ca dci4and, at 4, Conklin, or 9, Chafing-cross. v re' )rai