The Sun. — London, England, 1814-08-10 00:00:00

with his right resting on some buildings and orchards, close on the river Niagara, and strongly supported by artillery ; his left -towards the wood having a considerable body of riflemen and Indians in front of it. Our Indians and militia were shortly engaged with the - enerny's_riflemen and Indians, who at first che'cked their advance, but the light troops being brought to their support, they succeeded, after a sharp contest, an dislodging them,' in a Very handsome .style. I placed two light 24-pounders, and a five and a half-inch howitzer, against the right of the enemy's position, and formed the ROyal• the Royal Scots and 100th regiment, With the intention of making a movement upon his left, which deployed with the greatest regularity; and opened a heavy fire. •' I immediately moved.up the King's regiment to the right, while the Royal Scots and. 100th regi .ntent, were directed to charge the enemy in front, for which they advanced with the greatest gal lantry, under a most destru4*..fire. I.am sorry to say, however, in this &erupt- ,they suffered so severely, that I was obliged to withdraiv them, fit , ding their further effOrts :against the superior numbers of the enemy would be unavailing. • Lieut.-Colonel Gordon and Lieut.-Colonel the Marquis of Tweedale„ Comminding these -regi ntents, being wounded, as were most of the Officers belonging to each, I directed a retreat to be made , upon Chippawa, which was conducted svith good order._ and regularity, covered by the King's Regiment, tinder Major Evans, and the light troops, under Lieut.-Colonel Pearson; and I have pleasure in saying, that not a single pri soner fell into the enemy's bands, except those who were disabled from wounds. From the report of some prisoners we- have made, the enemy's force amounted to about six thousand men; with a very numerous train of ar tillery, having been augmented by a very large body of troOpS, Which moved down from FOrt Erie immediately before the commencement of the action. Oar Own force, in regular troops, .amount ed to about 1500,* exclusive of the militia and Indians, of which last description there were not -above 300. Fart Erie, I understand, surrender ed upon capitulation on the 3d instant, Although this affair was not at&nded with the success which I had hoped for, it will he highly gratifying to you to learn, that the Officers and men behaved with the greatest gallantry. lam particularly indebted to Lieutenant-Colonel Pear son for the very great assistance I have received from him, and for the manner in which he led his right troops into the action. Lieutenant- Colonel Gordon, and Lieutenant-Colonel the Marquis of Tweedale, and Major Evans, corn•- - manding the King's regiment, merit my warmest praise for the good example the'i.sliewed at the bead of their respective_regiments. The artillery, under' the command of Captain Mackonnochie, was ably served, and directed with good effect and I . am _particularly 'obliged to Major Lisle, of the 19th Light Dragoons, for the manner in which lie covered and protected one of the 2 4 -pounders, which had been disabled.. I have reason to be highly satisfied with the zeal, activity,- and intelligence of Captain. Holland, my Aide ile Camp, Captain Elliot, Deputy-Assistant Quarter-Master-General, ; Staff Adjutant Greig, And Lient. Fox, of the ROyal Scots, who acted as Major of Brigade, driring.the absepce of Major Clegg, at Fort George. The conduct of Lieut.- Col. Dixon; of the 2d. Lincoln Militia, has been most exetnplary and Van very much indebted to him for it on this as well as on other occasions, in which he has evinced the greatest zeal for his Majesty's service. The conduct of the Officers and men of this Regiment has also been highly praiseworthy. COlonel Pearson has. reported to me, in the most favourable terms, the excellent manner in which Lieut. Horton, with a part of the 19th Light Dragoons, observed the motions of the enemy, while lie occupied the position he took on his first landing, and .during his advance to this place.---I have the honour to be, &c. P. MALL, Major-General. , Lie'ut.-General Drummond. return of the Killed, Wounded, and Missing, of the Right Dirisioh, in Action with the Enetny, in ads'ance - of Chip pawa, July 5, 1814., KILLED. • 11.4a1 Artillery—l rank and file. Ist or Royal Scots-1 Captain, 4 serjeants, 58 rank and file. Bth King's Regiment-3 rank and file. loOth Itegiment—asuhalterns,3 serjeants,'.64 rank and file. captains, 1 subaltern, 9 rank and file. Total killed-3 captains, 3 subalterns, 7 serjeants, 135 rank and file. WOUNDED. General Staff-_---1 captain. • . Royal, Artillery-4 rank and file. Royal Artillery Drivers—l subaltern. IDtti Light Dragoons—l serjeasit, 5 rank and file. - Ist or Royal Scots-1 Field Officer, 2 captains, 7 subalterns, 4 serjeants, 121 rank and file. • sth or King's liteginmit-1 gnbalterb, l serjeant, 22 rank and file, looth Regiment—l Field Officer; 2 captains, 6 subalterns, 11 serjeants, I I4:rank and file. - • Ililitiat-1 Field Officer, 3 snbalterna, 1 serjeant, II rank and Total wounded-3 Field Officers, ,5 captains, 18 subal terns, 18 serjeants,•277 rank and•Hle. • ISt or 'Royal Scots-3o rank - and file.. InOth Regiment—i subaltern.. 'serjeatit, 14 rank and tile. Total missing—l subaltern, I serjeant, 4.4 rank ond-file. horses--2 killed, 1 missing.—'l'otal 3. N. L. The men returned missing are supposed-to be killed or wounded. 1 twenty-four-pounder limber blown up; 4 tumbrils damafzed. (Signed) EDW. BAYNES, Adj. Gen. North Anierica. Names of Officers _Killed and Wounded. KILLED. Ist Batt. Royal Scots—Capt. loot Regiment—Lieut. CiLtimn, Ensign Rea. lliiitia—Captaius Rowe and Torney, Lieut. lienonnel. wovxneti. General Staff—Capt. Holland, Aid-de-Camp to Major-Gene ral Itiall, severely (not dangerously.) Royal Artillery Drivers—Lieut. Jack, Slightly. Ist Batt. lto'al Scots - -Lieut.-Col. Gordon, slightly; 'Captains Bird and %V ilskin, severely, and prisonerS '• . Lieut. %V. Camp bell, severely; Lieuts. Fo x , Jackson, auditenclricic, (not dangerously) ; Lieut. hi' Donald; slightly ; Lieut.. A. (:anipbell, severely; Lient. C onne l , severa;y. tth Regiment—Lieutenant Ilovde. 1010th Regiment-L-Lieut. - Colonel the Marquess of Tweedale, severely (not dangerously) ; Capt. Slierrard, severely (not dangerouslv,r; Capt. Sleigh, severely ; Lieutenants Wil liams, Lyon, and-Valentino; Lient. Fortune, wounded and missing, - suppoied prisoner ;_ Ensigns Clarke and Johnson, Adjutant Kingston. Ist Royal Scots, 500; ist:Battl King's, 480; 100th R tg i_ went, ion; with one troop of the 19th Light Dragoons, and a proportion of Royal Artillery, - • Dickson, slightly ; Lient. Clement, severely; Lieut. Bowman, slightly; Ensign Kirlivatrich, da.ngerottaly. Ailai:regty-Office, 1 1 '11g. 9, 1 g 1. Vice-Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane .has transmitted to John Wilson Croker, Esq. the undermentioned letters, viz.— Front Capt. Nourse, of Iris Majesty's ship Se vent, stating the capture, on the Ist of May, of the American privateer schooner Yankee Lass, of nine guns and SO men, twenty days from Rhode Island, withwut making any capture : Front Capt. Watts, of his Majesty's sloop .Ja settr, stating that her boats, touter the direction of Lieut. West, on the 2d of May, captured and brought out front under a -battery in the Chesa , . peake-, the American letter of marque schooner Grecian, - rierced for 20 guns, but only four mounted, with live swivels, and having on board 27 men : And from Capt. Hayes, of. his Majesty's ship Majestic, reporting- the'capture, on the 22d of May, of the American letter of marque schooner Dominica (formerly his Majesty's schooner of that name), mounting fully long six-pounderi, and manned with 36 men. [For the remainder of the Gazette, see - the List Page.] MAILS. ARRIVED...-1 Waterford. Due—l Holland, 3 Gottenbargh, 2 Ilamburgh. PRICE 0 THIS DAY Alf T 1 3 per Cent. Red. 674 i 3 per Cent. Cuns. 6714 4 per Cent. Cons. ill 5 per Cent. Navy Ann. 96,11 Bank L. Ana. 16 15-IGths E. EYTON, Stock-Broker, N 0.2, Cornliill, and No. IS, Coventry-street. STOCKS VELVE R CLUCK. llndia Bonds, 17s . IBs. pr. Excheq. Bills, ss. pr. ()annum, 0.41-;- pr. Consols fur August, 6711- HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW, Morning, 32 ►uinutes after 9. 1 Evening, 57 miaates after 9. THE SUN. SALEM QV'S DICERS r A LSU :.1 AUDEAT ? LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1814. We have great pleasure in stating that the Ex pedition from Bermuda against the American Coast has _been completely successful in its first operations_ Accounts have this morning reached the Admiralty, detailing the particulars, cf the at tack and capture of all the Islands in Passama, quoddy Bay. We are not informed what ulterior proceedings are in contemplation, but this blow must add greatly to the alarm and consternation of MaDisoN and his Colleagues. No French Papers have arrived this morning. We are, therefore, still without further informa tion on the subject of the Liberty of the Press in France, and the mode adopted to induce' the La dies to take no part in the discussion. If is said that the dispatches, with which the French frigate sent out by the Restored Govern ment to America, has returned to L'Orient are of a pacific nature. It lett America on the 6th July. The Gazette o f last night contains the Official Details of the Action. on the Niagara Frontier, and we lament to see that our loss was erect Inore serious than the first accounts 'from Col. HARVEY (See THE SUN of Monday) led us to believe: The Enemy forced Fort Erie to surrender, before they advanced, which we imagine would be nior rea dily done . front their having the command (If the Lake of the saute name, on the borders -of r witich it stands: The direction taken by our troops is down the Niagara ; Chippawa being about half. way be tween Fort Eric on Lake Erie, and Fort - George on Lake Ontario. Here they were joined, as we have stated, by a regiment front fork ; and, 'as . the Chippawa river falling into the Niagara forMs strong position; They will here be .enabled at least to , impede the progress and prepare' the in vaders for a second disaster after the fashion of General HULL. The Americans had nut offered to advance ten days after the action. The Greenland Whale Fishery has this .year been uncommonly successful. By the accounts received from .1-lull, and the other out-ports most interested in Ibis Commerce, it appears that al - - most every ship is full. The South-sea men also have been equally fortunate ; many have lately arrived with full cargoes, and many more are expected. We May, therefore, reasonably hope to experience a very considerable reduction in the price both of Spermaceti and Whale-oil. One would think that 111AntsoN must be so out of suits with fortune at present, as to be unable to retain the services of any persons who are not his friends on pure and disinterested principles. It is therefore that we firmly believe, that the Chronie/e supports his cause against Great Britain, from the most patriotic motives, out of unfeigned. love to him and America, and out of unfeigned hatred to the -Gomernment of that ill-conducted Kingdom, England. In the. straits - to • which this Journal is now driven, it is whimsical enough to- mark the pigmy size of its late terrible denun, ciations—what was thunder once, is now scarcely, audible, so faint and struggling l►ave become die growling mur►nur3 of humbled Opposition. In- stead of dread predictions of the swallowing up bf our mismanaged ArMY in Spain, we ars. appalled by the frightful array of unredeemed plwiges at the Pawnbrokers, in consequence of the dissipation induced by rejoicings for peace : instead of being bearded ‘vith innumerable Gallic hosts in Portugal, we are held in salutary fear, by being informed, that " a list of French Officers, who intend to proceed to America, has been handed about in the Parisian circles ; instead of being ruined by useless foreign subsidies, we are to be destroyed by our idlers spending their money in foreign parts ; instead of the conquest of Rus sia, we are informed that the discontinuance of the reduction of our military establishments, till the conclusion of the negociations at Vienna, is " sad news for the Stockholders ;" and instead of the total subjection of Europe to the overwhelming, irresistible, BUOINTAPARTE, our apprehensions are excited by the ' remonstrance of the Marshals of France against the cession of the Netherlands to the House of ORANGE !" " Oh ! what a falling off is here, my Countrymen!" What a praise to Ministers that all the in genuity of their bitter adversaries can conjure up no stronger bugbears than these phantasmas ! that all their big predictions have dwindled into these little gossiping quibbles. But we beg pardon ; there is amore grave charge against our Rulers, and it was to notice it that we took up. our pen. The Party Organ of yesterday undertakes to prove that our choice of Negociators generally ex cites wonder, as we rely on individuals unfit to meet those opposed to them ; and in proof of this it utters some heavy accusations against the Commissioners appointed to meet the Americans at Ghent, whose high qualifications and.abilities it, on the other hand, eulogizes to the , third Heavens, spewing clearly that* they are in fact the " All the Talents" of the United States; We shall not refer to a CASTLEREAGH at Vienna, to a CANNING at Lisbon, to a WELLINGTON at Paris, to refute the general allegation ; nor shall we.ap -. peal for that answer to the eminent abilities dis•- played by Lord ABERDEEN, Lord CATHCART, Sir C. STEWART, and others; who so admirably held together the mighty frame of Continental opera tion, and united jarring and dissimilar 'elenients, in the accomplishment of the one grand point de sired by this country ; we will meet this depre ciator of his country's talents upini his own grounds : Lord CASTLEREAGH is twitted with having "Appointed Lord GAMBIER—who was a Post Captain in 1794, and happened to fight the Revenge , ' decently in Lord HowE's action—who slumbered for some time as a Junior Lord of the Admiralty—who sung psalms, said prayers, and assisted in the burning of Copenhagen, for which he was made a Lord." Without dwelling on ; the liberal construction of this contemptible assault, we would ask the Writer, - what harm there can be in having been a Post Captainin 1794 As for having, by fighting -" decently " in Lord Howe's :action, , helped to . beat the enemy, we know that that is an offence -in the eyes of those who never toyed in their couutry!s victories. • s We 'deny that Lord GAMBIER slumbered more than was reasonably allowable while he held an honourable office in .the service of the State ; but as for the 'crime of his saying his prayers, we 'fear we cannot deny it; and thereforeqhe Chronicle must he right in-asserting, that the man..who _ does, not,forget his duty to wards Gop, is incapable Of dOing his duty towards Man This strong fact, 'combined - ,With the un! pardonable error of executing the -eon-man& of his Sovereign as an Officer at COpenhagen, ap peaTs to be sufficient to .stamp .him` as unfit to be entrusted with theperformanee of a very simple . trust at Ghent. -The second Commissioner, and we 'assure oai readers we copy the whole charge against these men, is not so covered with impettectious : all that is said of him, to shew his unfitness, is, •-• "Next comes Mr.. 'tiout,soKitx--Unaer Secretary of State under Lord B ATtt V RST." _ ' • Upon weighing this imposing paragraph we can discover no direct proof Oilllr. GOULBOURN'S inca pacity in it; though weconfess much maybe implied under the two unclers" at the distance of three words froni each other. It. is.a happy . 'figure of language to depreciate the petson mentioned.-- "Under Secretary under Lord BATHURST ! !" we 'can never admire it sufficiently. It is more than enough to overthrow all the claims founded on the known abilities, the unremitting - assiduity in official duties, the intelligence, thorough inti macy with form, and intellecttial endowments which distinguish this individual. He ought not to have been sent to Ghent ! Last of all, we have Dr. ArAms ; and of the reasons for assuming his utter worthlessness, we are thus infOrmed, upon the best authority, fOr As a proof of accuracy! Ought it not to have been the DEFENCE.; acknowledged by every person in the action not omly - to have been as gallantly fought, but one of the -hest disuiplined ships in the British Naq. m the just Writer neither knows any' t ' .l " boli t him, or about any one who does ! ! " As to Dr. ADAMS, he conies, Terra in c . ognita ; for can fi :ut vc ant: thd know' la% o f atnog amonz. the lawyers, ,airtong the politic ian~', chants—they all say we really do not bow w bothi svr. p ,aP i is, but that he is a civil Doctor of cieirlaw, 63 L. 11. -4. S. ; rid? Cri.:7lVl , ; . be il4 From this it appears, that being in the , :\ T d v ii 46( ‘ in - Office, and being in the 1 1. aw, alike itic'`P'7,,,;ce persons from being fit to meet, ‘vith anY 4 c. , l of success; the - prodigio.is abilities of f cre ' plomatists, and especially ol cunning ,j; , JO. or seems to CoMe, f.;7111,1t1': Commissioners. We know as littic vr ' G o as the Writer of the above, and vet we c31 . 1 .;5 1 agree to take his c a ndid oninion of him. c°' upon one ground.—W e hay?. seen tha t I'e gr te:l i misrepresents the tw o p ersons whom h e P re WI to know, and therefore we cannot but in fcr ' ti a.Writer of his accurac y an d f a irness 19115 0 v right with respect to the third, of wh °l ' l . , he fcsscs he kn ows n othi ng . B u t, bes ii 'W ADAMS is an L.L. D. and A.S.S. ; and it b ' rc ylfr Yo rt an insult to the understanding= ` lle ion' to hold the hono urs o f thr. teamed Instit-telorr the Country at least as cheap as linder-Sccrocc‘'s' ships, and ridiculous Lords, who thillk it to sary to praise God for his mercies, ar ld their Maker! ley# I1 ; Our remarks have gon e t o a gre ar o fe r.# than we contemplated, or we w ould b 3v- bacil c : a few observations on the v er y control' - 5 0 1 ' ters given of the efficient Yankees. probably return 'to the subject. thecotir time, we trust the Public may be souieWb':_ratitf forted by the reflection, that though t he 11'' tt lIsf of the Negociators is indeed very gre 3t ' r . s °( the British are strengthened by the g° ° ' -je iili ct their cause, the plain simplicity of all t4e ea ti''' to demand or can concede, and the cons e9 o .o" telligible nature of the instructions alidcli they will be appointed to act. V ° THE Sul , : has been honoured with t ' i Nl t from another just and liberal Irish polit ic 2 0 0 1 ' 1 room, for which we are again compelled to t t o our most sincere thanks to the parties , '1.11'4 irr sure them we shall endeavour to nier' t ~It° tore favours. As gratitude, however, ce /IC exaggerate in speaking of benefits vece`;;Jsr the ir , c o se beg to refer them to the returns of office, and they will find that we hav e g oo' f to acknowledge their patronage, a 3 111° ,L re : publication have been ordered for I reI " they took us tinsior their coo:sewed than during the preceding six months , 1150i4 ,1f SUN has been progressively and uoviribucdrei creasing in circulation in Great Britain ` 111“1 • 5 1 ' land for the last eighteen months. ~e r g The following letter, selected fro nl ' milar in effect, will shrew these P ers rbe much reason we have to be satisfied wit) creased countenance of the virtuou 3 84 ; 0.' 4 which the misrepresentations and the disaffected and wicked have procu re- I Sus. 50 % firit' " TO THE FDIT • OR OF THE - , 00 r, sm,--Be . so obliging as to addr ess 0 11 and patriotic Paper to • \Ver b ° ) 1 (painted with the system of terror es ta-lis :0 11c1 parts of this country, you would not be si tic se' oc a if t et y tyi 7 a r t being excluded from our de ll ' 3s°El bee l ""7"---, without resistance °l' t 01 - r f well-disposed and loyal r rti° , rl cOmmunity. I assure you, Sir, 0 11ti o u t i . c rt):' ..si :: have sent is the best proof I can - cerity), that though I atimii:e J s'''' t , o cri t disgusted at the illiberal and unjus t tre3 ov er s ° experienced, I du rs t no t oppose the nrr±Y 1J that unworthy Resolution. If I I I3d : re' might have 'been forfeited to the 11 ' 41 ' 1 1 ," venge of these cut-throat assassins, and r ovb guided and vile instruments: T r Ashi lle " !c f Trusting,q that many othar --- o f tlt i ()l a,re wish well to. the Laws 'and Constit Cric oto Iyeo Country, will stand forward to 'efforts .in favour of Ireland, and re wll ( li ` j. the honest use of a free Press, "' , l ' ie t ij o i s l •nit e(l : cause it touched them to the quick/ deep and rooted a h a t e in the Faction, ""011' are., as you truly s a id, a clisgra t° Irela a disgrace to the civilized world." " I am, &c." raor.' , . . The PRINCE REGENT . 17r: Vy td ill' s to 0 Yesterd (- 17 ‘ ' nex ' t n x e v ... Feet Cil, &c. this I will hold a . ay.—ord K •,1 I ts l es il PfitNcE • . EITI-I pai, i te 9 .The REGENT at Carlton House. . til to oil e p ek uk t e o of Duke of WELLINGTON dilled " 1 /v0 0( 1 / 0 ., sund LIVERPOOL at his seat at Coombe 1 fo r Vr ti :,, , a y , o 1) his way to leaving Eggl3l„“„e - sel "' His Grace only took with biol -.-04 e. riy Camp , ri ,, three servants, .and one plAi" c n ' i c eeti e i g --,' of CAMBRIDGE %IVOil issPtiri:rnv%ibilt;ii: verninent of Hanover, of - I 'cli h is ""°)1:0 °IT' Ns , ii i g t.' l , ,c , ' ness. is Regent .. Hi s Royal Nignnesi wi! , 1 , ic z him a considerable Establishment, I' ll , l le is C` 1 ,,, - :, companied by General 13AYt.S, O n° . ' O ,l .1 ( I i 0 4 and RENNETT, Captains PAvinsoNl'l,l,o3o ac. One of the li..oyal yachts is it !. 4 50i1 . . at Deptford for liis Royal Ilig,liness.°ll