The Sun.
London, England, 1837-12-22 00:00:00

We have two accounts of an important battle at St. Charles,
Lower Canada. As to the result, it will be seen that our cor-
respondents at Montpelier, Vermont, give us a very different state-
ment from the Montreal paper.
Watchman and Journal Office, Montpelier, Vt., Nov.
We have been favoured with an interesting letter from a gentle-
man in Alburgh, dated the 26th, from which Is e make the follow-
ing extracts:—
"We have had plenty of company here for a week past. Our
visiters are principally Radicals from Canada. They are collecting
arms and ammunition as fast as possible. The feelings of our in-
habitants are very much interested in their favour, 'and there ap-
pears to be a similar feeling among the citizens of St. Albans.
They have been presented with a great number of guns, swords, &c.
by individuals of this village, and the girls are preparing a standard
to present to them. Messengers are frequently passing to and
from Canada. The people of 7.llissiique Bay, who, by the bye, are
all Tories, keep a guard on all the roads through or near that place,
and stop and examine all suspicions persons. They are, in my
opinion, taking a very foolish course, for the Government is in no
condition to send troops there to assist them ; and, should the Ra-
dicals obtain possession of St. John's, which I have no doubt they
will do in a few weeks, they will then be in hot water. And in-
deed I believe that the Radicals now on this side of the line will
make a dash upon them when they leave here.
" Sir John Colborne, the Commander-in-Chief of Canada, has
issued a proclamation, offering a large bounty to all who will enlist
for a term of years, or during the war.
" The Radicals are concentrating their forces at St. Charles and
St. Zezerves, and have commenced fortifying the first-mentioned
place. It is expected that a Declaration of Independence will be
issued by the Canadians in a few days, and then the Yankees will
make tracks' for Canada. At least nine-tenths of the people are
Radicals. A crisis has arrived, and if ever they intend to revolu-
tionize, now is the time to do it. The feelings of the great mass
of the people are prepared for it ; while the Government have only
4,500 troops in the whole province, and cannot get more before the
opening of the navigation next spring."

" Two o'Clock, p.m.

" An express, from St. Charles, has just come in ; frOm 200
to 400 of the British troops were taken prisoners ; their colonel, a
capt„ in, and 50 privates killed. Ten patriots killed. The engage-
metrt was on Wednesday. 'Tis true—not a doubt of it.
" In addition to the foregoing, we learn that an express from the
.British Government (for New Brunswick, it is said) passed through
this place last night. Rumours are in circulation that the people of
the Upper Province have risen, declaring themselves independent,
and taken possession of Toronto, and other important places ; but
we know not on what authority this is given.
" By a slip from the Burlington Free Press office, we learn that
the patriots lost 90 men in the affair of St. Dennis.
CONFIRMATION.

" A gentleman from Montreal confirms the above statement,
excepting that the battle at St. Charles took place on Saturday
instead of Wednesday."
" Franklin Journal—Extra—St. Alban's Vermont,

Tuesday Evening, Nov. 28, 1837.
" Passengers in the stage who left Meßtreal last evening, and
arrived at Highgate this evening, report that the Patriots are
gaining at St. Charles.
" Frequent skirmishes have taken place, the result generally
favourable to the Patriots.
" Yesterday and to-day the firing was heard in the direction of
St. Charles.
" They contradict the rumour so current for the last twenty-
four hours, that the Royalists had taken St. Charles, routed the
Patriots, killed 400, and taken General Brown prisoner.
" The greatest excitement prevails in the community. Amidst
the multitude of rumours it is almost impossible to ascertain the
exact truth. A day or two will furnish something decisive.
6‘ LATER. STILL.-10 o'clock p.m.—We lean,. from a source we
credit, that on Saturday, at 11 p.m., the British attacked the Pa-
triots—there was hard fighting untils a.m.— for a while the Pa-
triots were put to confusion.
" A reinforcement of I,SOO Patriots came up, attacked the Bri-
tish in the rear and routed them. The Royalists had retreated to
a wood, and constant accessions of the Canadian tooops were pour-
ing in when the messenger left.
The Royalists had burned the village of St. Charles.
" We look hourly for further intelligence. The result isdoubtful.
" Great fears are entertained at Montreal of an invasion from
Terrebonne where a large patriot force was collected.
" Almost all the regulars were at St. Charles. The volunteers
were barricading the streets of the city.

(From the Montreal Courier of Monday, Nov. 27.)
INIPOR CANT FROM LIEUTENANT-COLONEL
WETHERALL—TAKING OF ST. CHARLES.
" On Wednesday night Lieut.-Colonel Wetherell left Chambly
for St. Charles, at the same hour at which Colonel Gore left
Sorel. The force under his command consisted of four compa-
nies of the Royals, and one or two companies (we are uncertain
which) of the 66th, with two pieces of artillery under Capt. Glas-
gow,sand about 20 cavalry under Capt. David. Immediately on
their crossing the basin to the east side of the river, blue
lights fired by the rebels gave notice of their march to those lower
down. The troops proceeded, encountering the worst of weather
and roads, through the night, and through the forenoon of Thurs-
day, till, on arriving at Rouville, some six or seven miles from St.
Charles, they found a bridge of considerable size removed, and
were forced to bivouac there for the night.
" The next day appears to have been spent in getting up a new
bridge, refreshing the troops, and obtaining information. Major
Ward, with the Grenadier Company of the Royals from St. John's
also joined the main body, we believe, during that day. Major
W. had reached Chambly too late to join the march, and had
thereupon taken the precaution to procure scows and batteaux for
the eonveyance of his company down the river to Rouville, by
whiCh means they arrived at that place fresh and well prepared for
service.
" During the whole of this time the communication by despatches
with Chambly and Montreal was extremely irregular, most of
those sent out towards Rouville being driven back, and little or
no news being brought in from that quarter. All sorts of reports
of course prevailed by turns. Yesterday afternoon Mr. M`Gillis,
of the Montreal Cavalry, who had carried out despatches to
Chambly the day before, returned to town with intelligence re-
ceived there just before he left. From this it appears, on what
we have reason to believe the best authority, that on Satut day af-
ternoon, at two p.m., Lieutenant-Colonel Wetherell reached and
took St. Charles, with little or no loss to his own force, but with
a loss of 100 or snore killed, and about 200 prisoners, to its de-
fenders. Among the killed or taken, the names of Mr. T. S.
Brown and Charles Drolet are mentioned, but this statement, we
believe, rests as yet only on oral testimony, and perhaps requires
confirmation.
We understand that the capture was effected with great ease.
Mr. Brown had formed lines of defence on three sides of the vil-
lage, viz., along the river, and in the directions of Chambly and
St. Denis. On the 4th side was rising ground, which he had
reserved for occupation by a body of his own men, in case of tile-
ccssity, and which commanded the village. Colonel Wethera I,
having learned something of his preparations, made a detour to the
right, and coming in from this unexpected quarter, took immediate
possession of this ground ; acting from which he at once succeeded
in dislodging the rebels from their supposed stronghold.
" The village of St. Charles is stated to have been totally de-
stroyed in the attack, the houses and barns generally having been
fired by the discharge, we presume, of rockets or hot shot from the
artillery. A bright light seen last night in that direction, from
the city, and also from the deck of the British America, some
distance down the river, on her way up, strongly confirms the
report, though indeed it is hardly one that requires confirmation.
" Of the course taken by Col. W., after this affair, we have no
certain information. Up to a late hour last night, we believe, no
dispatches had been received direct from him, a fact easily ac-
counted for by the disturbed state of the country, which renders
their transmission extremely difficult. The report brought in,
via Chambly, we believe, stated that the main body of the fugi-
tives had taken the direction of St. Hilaire, followed, as we un-
derstood by Col. Wetherell. To this report, so far as the former
are concerned, we can see no objection on the score of probability.
The route to St. Hilaire was open to them, and the reported pre-
sence of a large body of their adherents at Point Olivier, still
nearer Chambly, may have induced them to take it. So far as
the Colonel is concerned, we are half inclined to question it.
" A bright light seen last evening in the direction of St. Denis,
between 7 and 8 o'clock, would seem to raise the presumption
that that village was then suffering the same fate with St. Charles,
and doubtless from the same hands. A short time will determine
the correctness or incorrectness of the surmise.
"In the meantime, there can be but one opinion of the skill
with which the gallant Colonel has thus far conducted his expedi-
tion, or the probable success with which he may be expected to
perform the remaiuder of the duty assigned to him. Should his
prisoners prove to be many of the rank that may reasonably be ex-
pected, we may hope that the results of his march from Chambly
will prove in the highest degree important and satisfactory.
" We understand from a gentleman now in town, who was at
St. Charles on Wednesday last, that on approaching the village,
two sentinels who were posted at the entrance levelled their gulls
at him, and demanded his business there ; that on his replying that
he was travelling, about the country buying wheat, Mr. T. S. Brown
came up, and also levelled his gun at him, but afterwards recog-
nising him, spoke to him in a haughty tone, stating that all the
wheat in that part of the country would be required for the use of
the army. Tice gentlemau was finally allowed to pass, and escaped
from the place, on the plea of corning to town to get an additional
sum of money, to pay for a quantity of wheat he had purchased
from an individual who refused to take his nate, He says that the.
village was fortified on three sides with large trees, but di a not
• appear to be very strong. A great number of men appeared to be
town last night (growing, we presume,
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out of the preparations known to have been making all the week
previous, for further disturbances in the county of Two Moun-
tains, and the statement that a grand muster of the mal-contents
was to be held early in the day in that quarter), that an attack
upon the city was to be expected during the night. Strong guards
of the several volunteer battalions were posted accordingly at an
early hour, on every avenue leading to the city. The rumour
proved, as w as indeed expected by almost everybody, to be ground-
lees, but the spirit with which the volunteers came forward in all
quarters to the discharge of their duties, was in the highest degree
satisfactory, and gave good evidence of the probable effitiencv ei
their several corps, should their seryjoes ever b‘ •
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