The Sun. — London, England, 1814-10-28 00:00:00

BQNDING SYSTEM. / TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Since I'last addressed ynu, the Mercan 7 tile Interest have succeeded in obtaining from his Majesty's Government a considerable indulgenc in . regard to Goods which have remained in the Warehouses - beyond the time allowed by law ; an indulgence so framed as materially to facilitate a return to the original system. Nevertheless it has been thought proper to call another Meeting, at which various 'Resolutions have been passed ; it is to these Resolutions, the result, it may be presumed, of the information and suggestions for which the Committee of Merchants 'previously advertised, that I ant desirous of calling the pub lic attention. .The First :Resolution states, in substance„ that an extension of the privileges of the Warehousing Acts, and not a suspension of the present faei- lities, is at this moment necessary. The Meeting have not condescended to inform us why a measure, calculated solely to meet-the extraordinary Decrees of litioNAL.AaTe, is at this moment peculiarly necessary, when every Conti nental ~ .ort is open to our cou►:nerce---why the time which was conceded in 1803, and found suf fieient until 1809, requires now to be extended ; they have been wisely cautious in only stating their :pinion on the fact. By this.caution, how ever, I left at' iberty to _suppose there is some truth in the report, that many cargoes have been warehoused -iu which deficiencies to a consider able extent have occurred, whereon the Ware housing Acts requirethe duties to be paid ; but that whilst the Treasury continues. to extend the Bonds'given on the original importation of these cargoes-, no legal proceedings for the recovery of this duty can take place ; and that it is not, there fore, so much to avoid bringing their Goods into the Market, as to avoid paying, into, the Exche quer what is justly due, that the Merchants are now so anxious for an extended indulge►►ce. The Second Resolution states, that, the Ware housing Bonds have, by their unifor►n suspension, b ee n virtually superseded, and that Ministers, by such suspension, have ad►nitted a system of limi tation to be incompatible with the commercial advantages of the country. The Meeting, previous to passing this Resolu tion, shendd have remembered that this uniform suspension had only existed five years, out of which twelve months notice had been given of its discontinuance ; that it was originally grant, ed, and has been entirely 'continued, in conse quence of commercial distresses ; and that our commerce. never flourished more than thirith. th►e : system previous to that limitation to which his Najesty's Minister§ are so anxious to return. The Third Resolution complains, that the Trea s.:cry Order of the 10th May was not published in tl►e Gazette. I trust, '6ir, this is the first time it was ever gravely resolved that it was necessary to give a Gazette notice that an indulgence would be discontinued. One might have thought it was so notorious that the circumstances which originally led to an extension of the time for Warehousing GOods had ceased to exist, that the Treasury would have "(men justified in requir ing a return to the old Law, without any notice at ail. Two distinct notices, however. were given to the parties interested, through the •proper channel, and I hive no doubt, if such notices had been made public in the way mentioned, these very Gentlemen %vould have been the first to com plain that information had been given to put.- Gthasers in consequence of which they would not lay in a stock, but wait the depression in the Matiet likely to be occasioned by the cessation of this indulgence, and that the publication of this Notice would have formed a prominent argu ment for continuing the extension. The 4ih Resolution states, that the Treasury Minute of the 14th inst. is wholly inadequate to the:real necessities and just claims of the Pro prietors of %Varehoused'Goods. lE by real necessities is meant pecuniary wants, arisimg from Merchants having engaged in specu lations beyond their..capital, it appears to me the only remedy is to allow the Law to take its course, which directs. the Articles to be sold, the proceeds to be applied ; Ist, to pay the Ware housing- dues and other charges ; 2dly, the Crown Dtittes ; 'and lastly, the surplus, if any, to he paid to the. Proprietors : it is true the price thus ob tained may not be so considerable as their ideas of . :profit,thaY have led them to expect ;. but the loss be but a si4! - Itt punishment for their hay ing so lung withheld them from t h e C onsumer, and so determinedly avoided those arrangements which the Notices 'Of the GOverninent called opOn tbein to make. t!)eir " - just claims"-I can say nothing . ; whenever they are o.i imper, I will answer-Om"; lilt It ‘c;otild idle t, enCleai , otir fo eotAiit point ut wl►ich 1 au► unable to see the The sth _Resolution 'states, that the di:ter mination to resort to 'the aw will mately bye detrimental to.the Revenue, destroy - tie confidence of the Foreign Merchant, and Prove subversive of the general benefits arising to the Community at large from the Warehonsing System. In what way this determination will be mately detrimental to the Revenue requires to lie explained—the immediate good. attained—not to mention the money brought at once into the Ex chequer—will be the clearing out of the Ware houses a quantity of old GoOds, the cancelling of Old Bonds, the receipt of a considerable stun as duty on deficiencies, and the enabling the Reve nue Officers to be more correct in their future accoiuts. . That this measure will destroy the confidence of Foreign Merchant cannot for a moment be believed—rather should it be said it will prove to him the detertnination of the British Government to revert to the,Law, as soon as pdssible, after the necessity for departing from it has ceased, and prevent his calculating on these temporary indul gences, which are the greatest evils of the Mer cantile SyStem. , As to the general benefits arising to the Copt triunity at large from the Warehousing System, they are at all times rather prOblematical. That it is a great accommodation- to the Mercantile World cannot be questioned, and, as such, may ultimately prove beneficial to tare Nation ; it is, how"ever, of the subversion of the original inten tion, by-continuing the period limited by Law for Goods to reinaitivVarehoused, that the Public have,a right to complain, as enables the Mer 7 chant to keep Lis Ciciod from the Market as lon,g as he thinks proper, and charge his own price to the Constnner ; and no man will tell me that this is an advantage to the Community at large. On the resolution of Thanks to Sir C, PRICE I have little to Offer ; he has, no doubt, conducted himself with his usual ability on this occasion ; and I can only lament, that, a Gentleman so re spectable should have been found t) advocate so bad a cause. —: am, Sir, yours, AMERICAN PAPERS. CIVIS„ The following is an Official Report of the 'Pro ceedings of Captain Sinclair, immediately Rfter the fitilurc of hiS attack On EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM CAPTAIN A. SINCLAIR TO TUE LION. W. JONES, SECRETARY TO THE NAVY, DATED • Oa board the United States sloop Niagara, Elie, Sept. 3, 1814.. Stn,--Immediately after tie att,n l . *--oviplit - C,i - ett the awrence and midi orders, to Lieut.. Commandant' -Dex ter; to make all possible dispatch to Lake Erie, • and there co-operate with our army, &c. while I shaped my course in pursuit of the enemy's force, supposed to he about Nautanwassanga ; and. 'I cannot but express my surprise at 'having passed those vessels and arrived at Erie before them. By that opportunity I apprized you of my movenaents up to the 9th ult. since which 'time I have been fortunate enough to fi nd his Britannic Majesty's schooner Nancy, loaded with provisions, clothing, &c. for the troops at Mackinac. - She was two miles up the Nautanwassanga river moored under a block-house, strongly situated on the S. E. side of the river, which running nearly parallel with the Bay shore for that distance, forms a narrow peninsula : this, and the wind being off shore, afforded me an opportunity of ar choringopposite to him,' and within good batter. in; distance but finding the sand-hills and trees frequently interrupting my shot, I borrowed a 3 1-2 inch howitzer from Col.Croghan, mounted it on one of my carriages, and sent it on the pe ninsula, under command of Lieutenant Hold u p a situation was chosen by Captain Gratoit, of the, Engineers, from which it did great execution.— The enemy defended himself very handsomely, until one of those shells burst in his block-house, and in a few minutes blew up his magazine. This set fire to a train which had heen laid for the de struction of the vessel, and in an instant she was • in flames. I had made the necessary preparations with boats for getting on board of her; hut fre quent and heavy explosions below deck made the risk of lives too great to attempt saving her ; she was, therefore, with her valuable cargo, entirely consumed. I cannot say whether those who de fended her were blown up in the block-house, or whether they retreated in the rear of their work, which they might have done unseen by us; as it afforded a descent into a thick wood. I hope the latter. A number of articles were picked up at a con siderable distance off; among them was the Com mander's desk, containing copies of letters, &c. several of which I herewith enclose vou for your information. They serve to spew the vessel to have been commanded by Lieutenant \Vorsley, of the Royal Navy : of what infinite importance her cargo was to the garrison at Mackinac, and that they have- nothing afloat now on that Lake. The Nancy appeared to be a very fine vessel; between the size of-the Queen Charlotte and Lady Prevost. There were three gnus on the block-house, two 24-powders and one 6-pounder. I cannot say what was 'on the vessel, as all her ports were closed. • I also got a new boat, called by them a gun-boat, but unworthy the name, being caieti- . lated to mount only a 24-pound carronade. The Nautanwassanga is top narrow, and over hung with bushes; for a vessel to get up, except by avarpin i ,r; which prevented my sending gun boats in, or Colonel Croghan from attemptint , to .fitrnlisrea'r ;as we . s‘:c 'iltnni;er of inCiia;l3 skulkiii, and oceasiO • hally tiring across frown the the liank - h'; it was in thiS way the only man we had touched was W6unded. You will see, the eficloseil letters, the short State the'y Are in fOr provisions at Michilimac kinac ; and 1 am assurer!, trout -the. that this is the only line of communication by which they can be supplied; tiitt of the. Grand River being rendered impassable for any thing heavier, than a man can carry on his hack . by 6U portages-; I have, therefore, left. the Scorpion aut" Tigress to blockade it closely, unii the semOn: - hecomes•too boisterous for boat transppetliti6n. CM. Crogl►an thought it not advisable to fortify and garrison Nautanwassanga, as the enemy's com munication from York is so .short and convenient, that any force be could leave there would be cut off in the %sinter. I was unfortunate in getting embayed,' in a gale rat wind, on a rocky iron-bound shore, which occasioned the loss of all the ,buats I had in tow, among which was the captured gun -boat, and my launch : felt fortunate, however, in sav ing my vessel, lumbvred as ,she was with 450 souls on board, and shippiog such immense titian-, titles of water, as to give me'very serious alarm for some hours. 1 was compelled to•strike sOlocH of my guns below, and nothing say it her at last but a .sudden shift of wind, as there is. iiothiui;' like anchorage in . Lake Huron, except in the mouths of rivers,.. the whole coast being ,a steep . perpendicular rock. I have been - se'veraltimes in great danger of total loss, in this extremely <lan gerons navigation, entirely unknown . to our pi lots,• except direct to Mackinac . , by hlling sud denly from no sounding into three tAtiroms, and twice in 1-4 less twaio, all,a cr rock. Those dangers might' be avoided, from the trau.spareney of- time water, but for .tite continued thick togs, which prevail almost as constantly as on the Grand Bank. By the arrival of the mail a fewhours after I anchored at Detroit, learned the critical state of our army on the Peninsula, and, that .the •So mers and Ohio had been captured. The craft, from the Flats with part of n y gnus and shot, had not yet iirriyed ; but being certain : my presence would be neeessary.at' the •earliest possible mo ment, I availed myself of - a fair wind, and sailed for this place, where 1 am happy to find that our army feel tliemselves perfectly secure where they arc . I have, however, sent the Lawrence, Lady Prevost, and Porcupine to Buffalo, there to ren der any assistance which may .he required, and shall follow them my§elf in the course of '24' hours. There is such 'an imminent risk of the loss of the fleet at this season of the year I:y:ing to an anchor at Buffalo, where the bottom i% composed entirely of hard rock, a - strong current setting down, and exposed to the open iake, faint whence the heaviest gales are experienced, th a t I shall not, finless ordered posjtively to do so from the department, continue there a moment longer titan I can ascertain the Commandins General's and in what way the fleet can co-operate with hint. Daily and dear-bought experience teaches us we ought not to risk our fleet in a situ a tion where they are so liable to be lost. Lieutenant Ken nedy has, no doubt, informed you of the to tal loss of the 'Arid, after being on float, and 'ready to move froth there. _ I have the honour to remain, with great respect, Sir,. your (..I)edit!nt errant, N. B. from SlaTiritiql;v has itiqt rired here, and bare been furwardeit oq to Fyn: Erie, with- OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE LOSS - OF THE ANIERI- t AN SHIPS ECHO AND SOMERS. COPY OF A LETTER FROM LIEUT. CONKLINC+ TO CAPTAIN KENNEDY, DATED •- Fort (icorge, tipper Canada, Aug. lti, 1814. SlR,—With extreme regret I hare to make known to you the circumstances attending the capture of the Somers-. 'On the night of the lab, between the hours of eleven and twelve, the boats were seen a diart distance a-head of the 'Somers, and were hailed from that vessel : they answered "provision boats,'• , which deceived the of-.. fief sof the derl,, as our army !mats had been iu the habit of passing and repassing throughout 'the night, and mabled them to drift athwart his hawser, and cut his cables, at the .same time pouring in a heavy lire before he discovered who they were. Instantaneously tile!: were • alcinkside - of me, and notwititstanding my exertions, aided by Mr. M'Cally, acting master pwho was sown disabled), was unable to re poise them bitt for a moment._ I maintained the quarter deck instil my sword fell, in consequence of a shot in the shoulder, and nearly all on deck either wounded or surrounded by bayonets. As their force was an overwhelming one, I thought farther resistance vain, and gave op the vessel, with the sa tisfaction of having performed my duty, and defended my vessel to the last. ist of Killed and Wounded. Ohio—Killed 1; wlnitidt(l, G. tionieri—Wounded, 2. The enemy's loss in killed and wounded is much more con siderable; among the killed is the Commanding Officer of the Netley (lying here), Captain Ratliff; fell in attempting to come over my quarter. Notwithstanding the number of mus kets and pistols which were fired, and the bustle inseparable from enterprises of this hind, neither the fort or the Porcu pine attempted to fire as we drifted past them, nor did we re ceive a shot until past Black lock, though they might hare destroyed us with ease. Respectfully, your obedient servant, A. M. CONKLING. P. - S.. We expect to be sent to Montreal, and perhaps to Quebec directly. Ed. P. Kennedy, Esq. 'commanding U. S. Naval Force on Lake Eric. COPY OVA LETTER FROM LIEUT. TURNER 'TO CAPT. A. SINCLAIR, COMMANDING ON LAKE ERIE, DATED U. S. schr. Scorpion, off Michilimackinac, July 29, 1814. SIR—I have the- honour to inform you, that agreeable to your oruers of tke 22d inst. I proceeded on the expedition to Lake Superior with the launches. I rowed night and day, but having a distance of 60 miles against a strung current,. information lard reached the enemy, at St. Mary's, of our approach, about two hours before I arrived at that place, carried by Indians iii their light canoes; several of whom I chased, and by firing on them and killing some, prevented their purposes; some I captured and kept prisoners until my arri val, others escaped. The farce under Major Holmes prevented any thing like resistance at the fort, the enemy with their In dians, earning with them all the light valuable articl es , pel try, cloths, &c. I proceeded across the strait of Lake Supe rior without a moment's delay; and on my appearance,; the enemy finding they could not get oil with the vessel I was in. quest of, set fire to her in several places, scuttled, and left her. I succeeded in hoarding her, and by considerable exer tions extinguished the Names, and secured her from sinking., I the❑ stripped her and prepared for getting her down the Falls. Adverse winds prevented lay attempting the Falls until the 26th, when every possible effort wat used, but I ion sorry to say without success, to get her over in safety. The fall in 3-4ths of a mile is 45 feet, and the channel very rocky; the current runs from twenty to thirty 'knots, and in one place there is a perpendicular leap of 10 feet between three rocks; here she bilged, hot was brought down 0 rapidly, that we succeeded in running her on shore below the Rapids before the filled, and burned her. She was a fine new schooner, upwards of 100 tons, called the Perseverance, and will be a severe hiss to the N. W. Company.. Had I succeeded in getting her safe, I could have loaded her to advantage from the eneiny's storehouse. I have, howercr, brought thiwn., four captured boatsjoaded with ludiau goods to a cuusideruida se '2l) jtono . . .- . -tot r amount; the ba:ance contained in four 13 1 r, o , to f' n ,9 , 9 storebou, , es were destr.yeil, amounting i 9 r 3 ~,,15, '" CC f T l 'l to tour dollars. All private propO l Y ell Cr to y orders, respe,cted. The Officers ant , ' 0) 1 partic conimaari bettat ed with great activity and It'a ' 1 . GP ' M i &hi moan Swartwont. ,, v o' . I have the henunr to be, Sir, with grey" K 101" 'client servant, ,'I— DANIEL' ussEr.s, OG P T. U 2 T 2 C .- 11 T i‘ h l e A t i r f : 111 P' 5 is, I t tt at Ostend consist of infantry, thus seurs' me and artillery of the German Legion.' S tic3 0 1. sikres are taken inEngland,•that these V9P5',010, , in a short time be reinforced . by 1 : 2, 0 ivell n ' t irs ll I\ivaevehaal‘l,eiii:ltetiaertnleiedc:iititpilaimgnuschin Spain i trea-t th I?ritssian" . troops - that were eucattrP e(t in - pltices- between the Rhine, the Maesc, 4111000 Moselle, have received orders either tv cantonments, or return to their foriner g"J-111, GETENT, OCT. 20.—The organizatioo Oe ° d el army ‘ proceeds with activity. T"' • l '‘ te e ,, ll , le o bl4 taken by the tioverament hare had a ,;° o lo l ' Influence on the recrnitin , service. tti. Tier of excellent Officers, rctur.:.;.', trian or French se • ff ) th e ' r ,g l service, now .e i plersttre,tiladertcllll: tiy, whichls.4oin independent, their. their talents. The Bel , Tianswere • able for military glory. VIE -N"`", f3.—The French Plcr'10:01, tiaries are exerting themselves . to procure the re-establishment of the iT*itioil' the Two SiCilies, as well as for the re' t() lii ,,l s°l the King of `worry, and nianv of the A' r epl" vereigns are said to be much inclined E° 1: 1 011 this Monarch on the Throne. Count Ainnster much better, a nd ° lre3‘ :ll l ' l to leave his bed. All who know the olc' slf Minister take the Nvai4 ncst i n terest in -1.-e tion of his health, n) vEn---1 Ti a lif a - x 1 7 , 11111 "' A n IP" land, 1 Gottenbtu A\7.th"-ford. .ler 4 ' 1 Waterford. Glle rlise Y _ - 1.1e4 0:.• Sr. SINoN AND jUnITT-I. ,Thaliel), at the E l '` 4 . ' • East Inds and South Sea t i 1 1 ° 1'14 ' 11-1161-i \S';\'I I ETI Al' CoN , • Mornim.: - . JON 131111)6 liotte- A, , a niondes after 2.1 Evening, 4" Fll o ro 74 F stiN. 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