The Sun.
London, England, 1839-01-07 00:00:00

THE LAST OF TILL BRIGANDS.

" The Commander-in-Chief,"after the manner of General
l3irge, is great on paper. Ile entered Canada with the fol-
lowing :

ADDRESS OF nin COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE PATRIOT
FORCES, PREVIOUS TO THE BATTLE CF SANDWICH.

" Soldiers,—The time has arrived that calls for action—

„.. _
the blood of our slaughtered countrymen cries aloud for re-
venge.. The spirits of Lotait, and Matthews, and Morreau,
are yet unavenged. The murdered heroes; of Prescott lie in
an unballwA «I grave, in the land of tyranny. The names of
the ill fated Caroline's crew can only be appetu.ed by the
bleed of the murderers.

" Arouse, then, soldiers of Canada ! - Let us avenge their
wrong,s. Let us march to victory or death ; and ever as
we meet the tyrant foe let our war-cry be—' Remember
Prescott.' "

(From the Toronto Patriot, Dec. 7.)
We stop the press to announce that we have just received
intelligence that the Brigands, to the number of about 500,
crossed on the 3d inst., from Detroit to Windsor, about a mile
and a half above Sandwich, and directly opposite the former
place, in a steam-boat, where they landed, and under the direc-
tion of their officers formed. They were immediately attacked
by Colonel Prince, at the.head of the militia, and alter a short
engagement they were thrown into confusion, and with the
exception of a few Who escaped to the American shore, were
driven into the woods. There were killed of the pirates 25,
and none of the gallant militia.
On their landing at Windsor, they burnt the British steamer
Thames, and bat racks occupied by the militia, in which, we
regret to say, there were two of the militia burned. We are
also infbrined that Assistant Surgeon Hume, who is attached
to the Staff, supposing the Brigands were a portion of our
Militia, rode up to them, and was immediately killed, and his
legs and arms broken after he was dead_ We have also heard
that General Brady conducted himself in a highly creditable
manner. He pursued the Brigands in an armed steamer, and
fired upon them several times. One or two shots passed
through the pirate steamer.
EXECUTIONS AT KINGSTON.

Colonel Von Shoultz, the Pole, was hung on Saturday
week. He was aged 31. His father was a major in the Po-
lish army at the battle of Warsaw. The prisoner also rose to be
major in the Polish service. In 1836 he came to the United
States, and settled at Salina as a chemist. Was induced to

join the " Hunters" or " Patriot Masons" by Mr Stone of
Salina, who also presented him with the flag that was taken
at the Mill. lie was told that the people of Canada would
receive them with open arms, and even that the British regu-
lars would join them on their landing. Trusting to these re-
presentations he embarked with others in the United States
at Oswega, took the two schooners in tow laden with men,
three cannon, and munitions of war; was baffled in the at-

tempt to land at Prescott, but finally he landed at the Wind•
mill with 180 men. Ile soon discovered bow he had been
deceived, as no aid came t' them, nor did any join them.
But as he. had no means of returning to the States, he
strengthened his position as far as possible, and made the best
defence he could.

Dorephus Abbey, a printer, and second in command, was
also to be hung on Saturday ; aho Daniel George and Charles
Smith, officers in the same expedition. Gorernor Arthur o•-
ders the execution of all the prisoners convicted, and a number
more were sentenced to be executed on the 12th.
A brass piece used at Prescott, marked S. N. Y., No. 54,
evidently came from a New York arsenal.

FROM HARRISBURG.
(Correspondence of the National Gazette )
Harrisburg, Dec. 13.
Quiet and order having been in a great measure restored,
leave was given to about one-third of the force on duty to re-
turn to Piiladelphia.
The House of Representatives is not at present transacting
any business—they are awaiting the decision of the Senate on
their case. The pseudo House meets also, lam informed,
and daily adjourns without doing anything.
The most important business done in the Senate this morn-
ing was the appointment of a committee-under the resolution
offered by Mr. Fraley!, of the city. The resolution gave rise
to a lengthened debate. It is in the following words:—
Resolved that a committee be appointed to inquire into and
report the facts so far as they can be constitutionally ascer-
tained in relation to the two bodies claiming to be the House
of Representatives, in order that the Senate may have before
it such evidence as may enable it to determine whether any
body is now holding sessions with which the senate can com-
municate as; the House of Representatives, and that such com-
mittee have power to send for persons and papers.
The resolution was adopted by a vote of 28 to 3.

MEXICO.
The New Orleans Papers received yesterday bring us the
important news, that the Castle of St. Juan de Ulloa, which
commands the entrance of the port of Vera Cruz, had been
captut ed by the French squadron. The details of this event
will be found in the extracts we give below. We do not see,
if the Mexicn Government remains firm, of which, by the
by, we entertain strong doubts, that this success will neces-
sarily bring about an immediate termination of the difficulties
hew een France and Mexico. The French squadron is evi-
dently not provided with sufficient troops to make any im-
pression on the interior of the country, and unless this take
place, the possession of the castle will prove but a barren
conquest.
I here is a statement in the following extracts, which we
cannot give without remark. It is this—that the Mexican
Government acceded to all the demands of France before the
attack on the Castle, save that of allowing Frenchmen to carry
on a retail trade in the Mexican republic. This is clearly a
question of domestic policy, with which no' foreign nation has
a right to interfere.
Do the representatives of the people, now in Congress as-
sembled, arid particularly those representing the commercial
interests of the country, intend to allow this Mexican question
to pass unnoticed? We want to know, and the people gene-
rally wcnt to know, whether our neutral rights have been pro-
perly upheld, or basely sacrificed amid the miserable din of
party politics.
( From the New Orleans Commercial Bulletin of Dec. 8.)
IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO.—VERA CRUZ

TAKEN.
By the French steam-ship Meteor, arrived last night in GO
hours from Vera Cruz, intelligence is received that the Castle
of St. Juan de Ulloa was taken by the French fleet, after a
bombardment of three hours, with a loss of only four men by
the blockading squadron, while from 400 to 500 Mexicans
were killed. In the same ship came a messenger, who has
hurried on to Washington, king the bearer of important dis-
patches. From the Courier we take the following particulars
of the bombardment :

" On the 27th of Novemter, the French Admiral, Baudin,

sent word to the Mexican General, Rincon, that he was abo
to attack the castle of St. Juan de Ulloa. About two o'clock
the same day, thre e French frigates, a sloop of war, and two
bomb ketches, moored between the reef, within gunshot of the
castle, and so well directed were their bombs and heavy artif
lery, that in less than four hours they had silenced the fire o
160 pieces of Mexican art'llery, demolished all the outworks
including the famous redoubt called El Caballero, and killed
and wounded 600 men of the Mexican garrison.
" About six o'clock in the afternoon of the 27th, the Mex-
ican commander in the Castle hung out a signal for the cessa-
tion of hostilities, and begged to be allowed time to withdraw
his wounded from the ruins of the fortification. Admiral Batt-
din replied that he could consent to no truce, but would allow
the Mexicans to retire from the fort if they capitulated. To
this the Mexican General agreed, and withdrew his troops
from the Castle, which was immediately occupied by the
French soldiers and marines.

" The Mexican army near Vera Cruz was 5,000 strong, but
their officers did not consider themselves able to hold the
town, commanded as it was by the guns of the castle, until the
French Admiral consented that 1,000 of the Mexican troops
should remain in the city to preserve order.
" It was believed that negociations had been commenced
between the Mexican Government and the French Admiral
for the re-establishment of peace, but some time may elapse
before the result is known.

" The French Admiral, it was thought, would no longer
hinder the vessels of all nations from trading to Vera Cruz."
We have here given all the particulars which have reached
us. Of the ulterior designs of either the French or Mexicans,
we are ignorant.
At a late hour last night, we were put in possession of the
following highly interesting particulars of tne attack and
capture of the Castle of St. Juan de Linea, for which we are
indebted to the polite attention of an officer of the United
States' rcveuue cu t r Woodbury.
" United States Revenue-cutter, Woodbury, Dec. 7.
" Having been an eye-witness of the engagement between
the Castle of St. Juan de Ulloa and the blockading squadron
under the command of Rear-Admiral C. Baudin, at Vera Cruz,
I have penned the following account of the same, and which I
have directed to you for whatever purpose you may think pro-
per to make use of it. The 27th day of November was fixed
upon as the final issue of the message to the Mexican Govern-
ment from the French Admiral. According to reports, in
the morning a courier had arrived, bringing their answer, which
was War to the blade, and from the blade to the hilt.'
During the morning the French squadron proceeded with three
double-banked frigates, four sloops of war, as many brigs and
bomb-vessels, and took their :position abreast of the Castle,
without any interruption, at about one mile distant, the weather
being very fine, and perfectly calm.
" At half-past two P. . , the bombardment from the French
fleet commenced I at that instant the Mexican colours were
heisted on the Castle, and the fire promptly returned.
" The fire was continued by both sides without cessation till
between the hours of 4 and 5 p.m., when the bombs from the
French fleet having taken effect, two severe explosions took
place in the Castle, which for some time completely enveloped
it in smoke. Upon clearing away, we perceived that the ob-
servatory, which was situated eta the highest battery, from
which the warmest fire was kept up, was entirely demolished.
The other explosion took took place in ;he low battery, bury-
ing in their ruins upwards of 200 men, and dismounting up-
wards of 170 pieces of artillery, according to the accounts
I received frcm town. The firing from both sides conti-
nued until eight o'clock ; at which time that from the Caste
ceased.

" The next morning, by a despatch from town, we were in-
formed that the loss in the Castle was 400 men killed. and
wounded, among whom were thirty-five officers. The second
in command of the Castle, Colonel Cela, of the battalion
Aldama, being among the number killed.

" From the French squadron, no authentic information has
been received of their loss ' • yet you may form an opinion,
when I assure you that the frigate Ephiginic alone received
upwards of 100 round shot, according to the report of an offi-
cer of the United States sloop of war Erie, who visited the
French Admiral on the morning after the action. During the
night, a flag was sent from the Castle to the French Admiral,
demanding a cessation of hostilities, for the purpose of ex-
tracting the bodies of those killed and wounded from the ruins
caused by the explosion. The same morning, between the
hours of ten and twelve, a number of boats left the squa-
dron, and proceeded to the Castle. The French having pos-
session of the Castle, the town must either capitulate or be de-
stroyed : nevertheless, it is well fortified in all its passages,
every street being barricaded. The troops are numerous, and
appear to be in good spirits.
" An officer of a French vessel of war informed us that the
Castle bad capitulated, and that at twelve o'clock, the
French flag would be hoisted, which was accordingly done
at two o'clock, under a general salute from the whole squa-
dron, consisting of twenty-seven vessels of all classes, includ-
ing two steam ships.
" The capitulation says that the French are to remain in
pcssession of the Castle, the Mexican authorities retain full
pcssession of the City, exercising all their functions as be-
fore, 1,000 troops only to remain, the balance to go into the
interior.

" I was given to understand that the French Admiral
had issued circulars to all the Consuls, opening the port to
all flags.
" The interior of the Castle, and almost all the lower bat-
teries, are destroyed by the explosion, and the effect of the
bombs. The bursting of a single b 'nib of 82 lbs. destroyed
the Observatory, as before mentioned, burying a number of
troops in its ruins.
" The Prince de Joinville, in command of the sloop-of-scar
Creole behaved in a most gallant manner, which came under
my immediate observation, as I was within pistol-shot of the
French fleet when the bombardment commenced.
" Thus has this celebrated Castle, heretofore deemed im-
pregnable, yielded to a petty force, after five and a half
hours' bombardment. The number of shot fired from the
French squadron is said to be upwards of 5,000, and Gom the
Castle about 1,700.

. -
I am unable to give you any further details, as we sailed
the same afternoon, at four o'clock, for this place."
(From the New Orleans Bce of December 8.)
We are told that the English Consul had requested Admi-
ral Baudin to spare his house, if he attacked the city. The
Admiral promised to observe his request. By a curious fata-
lity, the only bomb that reached the town, fell and exploded
near the dwelling of this functionary, carrying away a portion
of the roof.

The French squadron now consists of 23 vesselF.
FROM MEXICO.—The consignee of a Mexican essel which
arrived at New Orleans on the 4th instant, from Campeachy,
has communicated to the editor of the Courier the following
items of Mexican news :

" General Piedras, with 300 Mexican troops, had re-taken
the fort which commands the bar at Tampico. General Cos
was in Puebla Viego, with 800 men. General Canolis was
in Almiras, at the bead of 1,300 Mexican soldiers. It was
thought that all the troops in the interior who had pronounced
for the federal system would give up, and join the Government
party. A great scarcity of provisions existed at Tampico."
We have been favoured with a copy, which we annex, of
the treaty concluded between the French Admiral, command-
ing the squadron which bombarded and took possession of the
Castle of St. Juan de Ulloa, and the Mexican officer com-
manding the troops in the city of Vera Cruz. It is of a most
singular character, and affords another proof of the utter im-
becility of the Mexican Government, and the inefficiency of
her military power.
We needed not the destruction of the Castle of St. Juan
to convince us of the great proficiency of French artillerists
in the exercise of that particular branch of military science
to which they belong, but we must have some other instance
than this before we can believe that the wooden sides of ships
of war are better calculated to resist the effects of a cannon
ball, than the sodded or stone walls of a fortress. Had the
guns from the Castle been served by French artillerists, we
guess the result would have been very different.
We regret to observe from our marine news, that the French
frigate Ilermione, with Commodore Bazoche on board, who
till lately commanded the station at Vera Cruz has been to-
tally wrecked off Bermuda.
_ _ _

(Translation.)
" Treaty between his Excellency Vice-Admiral Charles 132 U.
:din and his Exe:llency Gen 2ral Don Manuel Rincou.
" Article 1. The city of Vera Cruz will retain but a gar.

rison of 1,000 men ; all above that number will leave within
two days, and not approach within ten leagues. General.
Rincon will retain his authority in the city, and binds himself
in honour, that the garrison gill not exceed the limited number
of 1,000 mil, until the differences between France and Mexico
have been completely adjusted.
" 2. As soon as the present treaty is signed by both parties
the or of Vera Cruz will
,be open to all flags, and the
blockade will be suspended for eight months, expecting that
an amicable arrangement will take place between France and
Mexico.

"3. The Commander of the city of Vera Cruz 'will strictly
observe that no difficulty is placed in the e,ay of the French
t:oo1s occupying the Fort of St. Juan de Ulloa providing
themselves with fresh provisions from that city.
4" 4. Vice-Admiral Baudin binds himself to cause the
evacuation of the Fort of St. Juan de Ulloa by the French
troops, and return it to the Government of the Republic,
together with the utensils of war received, with their corre-
sponding inventories, as soon as the actual differences with
France are settled.

" 5. The French citizens who in consequence of hostilities
had been obliged to leave Vera Cruz, will have full liberty to
return there. Their persons and property shall be respected,
and any damage their property may have sustained during
their absence, shall be repaired by a competent indemnification
on the part of the population and the Mexican authorities ; the
indemnities due to the French citizens will be arranged ac-
cording to the decisions of the tribunals of the Republic.
" The present treaty is made by duplicate, one in French
for Admiral Baudio, the other in Spanish for General Don.
Manuel Rincon, and after having been read by the contracting
parties, was signed on board his Majesty's frigate Nereide.
" C. BAUDIN.
Vera Cruz, Nov. 28, 1838." " M. RINCON.

ADMIRAL BAUM—This veteran officer is as courteous u
he is valiant. The American cutter Woodbury, Captain Ru-
dolph, lay v.ithin pistol-shot of the Nereide, the Admiral's
flagship, wl,en the attack commenced on the Castle of St.
Juan de Ulloa, and consequently her officers had a fine view of
the action. Captain Rudolph speaks in the highest terms of
the gallantry and seamanlike manner in which the French
moved their vessels towards the fortifications, end of the weight
and terrible efficiency of their fire. The Admiral treated Capt.
Rudolph and his officers with marked politeness before and
after the engagement.
ARRIVAL OF TILE REVENUE-CIiTTRR WOODRVIIy..—The
Woodbury, which was ordered to this station for the purpose
of transporting Government despatches and private letters,
arr:ved at Belize on Friday last from \ era Cruz, which she

eft a few days after the action which took place near that
town. The details of this affair, given by the officers, are
entirely similar to those we have already communicated to our
eaders.

MONEY-MARKET, &c., DEC. 18.
The stock market to-day has evinced a further tendency to
improvement, a large business having been transacted at
prices in many instances showing a considerable advance on
previous sales. United States Bank closed at 1211 ; Dela-
ware and Hudson ' 724 • Harlem Railroad 461; Boston and
Providence 1051 ; and Stonington Railroad 24, &c.
The demand for Sterling Bills for transmission by the
Liverpool packet leaving to-morrow, has been very moderate,
and the market having become comparatively well supplied, a
decline of about -1 per cent. was fully established; the sales
effected were at 91 to 91 per cent. premium, the former rate
chiefly for Southern Bills. On France sf. 17 c. is otstained.
A letter from Vicksburg, dated the 4th instant, states that
the Convention of Mississippi Banks, which bad assembled in
that city for the purpcse of deciding on a day for the resump
tion of specie payments, bad adjourned, without having agreed
on any definite period for a resumption. The Old River Banks
would, however, probably resume on the Ist of January. The
same letter states that the bills of the Brandon Bank had
ceased to circulate, and that the institution was collecting its
debts very fast, and would probably assume a little footing in
spring.
The State Bank of Illinois has declared a dividend of 4 per
cent. for the last six months, receivable by stockholders in
Now York at the Phoenix Bank. The Commercial and Rail-
road Bank of Vicksburgh has also divided 5 per cent., pay able
to the stockholders in New York, at the same place after the
Ist proximo.
The monthly statement of the condition of the New Orleans
Banks to the 3d instant has been published, from which it
appears that the circulation of the sixteen banks on that day
was 6,290,553 dollars, deducting from which, the notes held
by the different banks themselves, say 1,723,244 dollars,
would give an actual circulation of 4,567,309 dollars. The
specie held by the banks is stated at 3,987,697 dollars. The
above statement, as compared with that made on the sth of
November, shows a diminution in the circulation of the banks
equal to 223,480 dollars, and an increase in specie of 161,637
dollars.

The Savannah Cotton Market for the week ending Bth in-
stant had been more active, and prices of Upland had improved
about ie. The sales of the week amounted to 7,665 bales, at
10 to 131 e. Sea Island was nearly nominal, only a few bales
having changed bands. Stock in port 19,954 bales Upland,
and 87 bales Sea Island.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW.
Morning. 2lminutes after 71 Evenir, 44 minute, after 7