The Sun.
London, England, 1838-02-14 00:00:00

GENERAL ARCULARIUS.

Head-Quarters, Chippewa, Jan. 2,183 g.
Sir—l have this moment had the honour to receive your COMITIMIL
cation of this (lay, in which you solicit a suspension of an attack on the
assemblage now lodged On Navy Island, until you can demand the sur-
render of any and all the arms, ordnance, and ordnance stores belonging
to the people of the State of New York, of which the assemblage have
obtained the clandestine possession, with permission to withdraw the
same if they shall ue given up, and assuring me that the above-appli-
cation will be made immediately and without any delay on your
part, or on the part of those citizens to whom the comrnun►catiou is
addressed.

As the above application evinces a noble desire on the part of the
State of New York sincerely to co-operate with the Govefiament of her
Britannic Majesty in maintaining the laws cf nations against the atro.
cious attack of a band of pirates who have equally insulted the Amefi.
can as well as the British authorities, by plundering their property, and
by openly setting their laws at defiance, I lose no time in assuring you,
that haring been directed cordially to co-operate with the authorities as
well as with the citizens of the United States in maintaining the treaty
which happily exists betweea them and the British empire, and to do
every thing in my power to avoid if possible the effusion of human
blood, I shall have great pleasure in suspendingmy attack on the pirates
on Navy Island, and will cheerfully consent, on the part of her Majesty's
Government, that any arms or property they may have stolen from your
Government, or from your citizens, may be withdrawn by you from the
island, for the purpose of be;ng immediately restored to their rightful
owners.

Relying upon receiving from you the earliest possible notice of the re,
suit of your laudable exertions, mid trusting that the sank goad feeling
which has determined your Government to deprive these people of the
arms of the United States, which you acknowledge they have clandes-
tinely possessed themselves of, will induce you to prevent them from re-
ceiving from your shores any further assistance or supplies.—l have the
honour, to remain, Sir, with the highest considebatlon, your obedient
humble servant,

A. N. M`Nan, Col. Corn. her Majesty's Forces
on the Niagara Frontier.
To Commissary Gen. H. Arcu!aritts, Esq., &c,

COPY OF A LETTER FROM CAPT. DitEW, COMMANDER ROYAL NAVY,
TO TILE LION. A. N. M`NAI, COLONEL COMMANDING HER MAJESTY'R
FORCER.

Head-Quarters, Chippewa, 30th Dec. 1637.

Sir,—l have the honour to inform you, that in obedience to your corn.
mends to burn, sink or destroy the piratical steam vessel which had been
plying between Navy Island and the American shore the whole of
terday. I ordered a look-out to be kept upon her, and at about five p.m.
of yesterday, when the day had closed in, Mr. Harris, of the Royal Navy,
reported the vessel to me as having moved off Navy Island. I imme-
diately directed five boats to be armed and manned with 4d volunteers,
and at about eleven o'clock, p.m., we pushed off from the shore for Navy
Island, when not finding her there as expected, we went in search, and
found her moored between the Island and the main shore.
I then assembled the boats off the point of the island, and dropped
quietly down upon the steamer; we were not discovered until within
twenty yards of her, when the sentry upon the gangway hailed us, and
asked for the countersign, which I told him we would give when we got
on board; he then fired upon us, when we immediately boarded, and
found from twenty to thirty men upo❑ her decks, who were easily
overcome, and in two minutes she was in our possession. As the cur.
rent was running strong, and our position close to the Fats of Niagara,
I deemed it most prudent to burn the vessel, but previously to setting her
on fire we took the precaution to loose her from her moorings, and turn
her out into the stream, to prevent the possibility of the destruction of
any thing like American property. In short, all those on board the
steamer who did not resist were quietly put on shore, as I thought It
possible there might be some American citizens on board. Those who
assailed us were of course dealt with according to the usages of war.
I cannot speak too highly of the conduct of the officers and men who
accompanied me; their coolness and bravery show what may, be ex.
pected from them when their country requires their services ; where all
behaved so well it would be invidious in me to partLularise any one ;
but I may be excused for mentioning the gallant conduct of Lieutenant
Shepard M'Cormack, of the Royal Navy, who nobly seconded me, and
had to encounter several of the pirates in the fore part of the vessel, by
which, I regret to say, he has received live desperate wounds; we have
also two others wounded, and I regret to add that five or six of the
enemy were killed. A return of our wounded I beg to subjoin..--I have
the honour to be, Sir,

Your most obedient humble servant,
ANDREW DREW, Commander of Royal Navy.
P.S. I beg to add that we brought one prisoner away, a British sub

ect, in cons:guence of his acknowledging that he had belonged to
Duticombe's army, and was on board the steamer to join 111`Kenzie upon
Navy Island.

ANDREW DREW.

Return of the Wounded.
Lieutenant S!)e.,,herd M'Cormack, Royal Navy, desperately; CaptaltA
\Varren, John Arnold, severely.

ANDREW DREW.

(From the St. Catherine's Journal.)

The following document in MS. has been placed in our haudg, whiett
sets the matter in its tale light.

GENERAL ORDER.
Heal Quarters, Clappewa, Jan. 3, 1838...

Colonel M'N:ib has great satisfaction in announcing to the forges um,.
der his command, that the destruction of the steam-boat Caroline, in
the employment of the pirates on Navy Island, which was effected In a
manner so highly creditable to the gal Lint •olunteers from the naval
brigade and troops, on the night of the `2oth December, 1897, has mes
with the unqualified approbation of his Excellency the Lieutenant-
Governor ; and that his Excellency desires t. express to Captain Drew,
and to the brave volunteers who accompanied hint, his thanks fin the
important service they have rendered to this province, and which hie
Excellency will lose no time in making known to her Majesty's Govern-
tuent.—By Order, &c.

BROCK YOUNG, Assistant Brigade Ma}o►.
(From the Buffalo Journal.)
State of New York, Erie County.

Samuel M. Langley, residing in Buffislo, being sworn, deposes and
says, that he has just returned to this city from Canada; that while
there he was in the village of Qucens.town. That be was in said vil-
lage on the evening of the 30th of December, 1837 ; that whilst in the
barroom of the Queen's Hotel, where he put up, he saw there a num.
her of poisons, among whom was a man whom this deponent was In-
formed was Lieutenant M'ainald or M'Donough, of the militia; also a
young and tall man of the name of Allen, as the deponent was In-
formed. There were several others with the said M'Donald and
Allen. The said M'Danald or M'Donough stated in the presence of
this deponent, that he was one of the party who crossed from the
Canada side to Schlosser, to attack the steam boat Caroline ; that
there were in all from 40 to 70 persons in the boats which crossed; that
there were four boats in all that crossed ; that the boats were under the
command :of three naval officers ; that the enterprise was undertaken to
excite the people of the United States to war ; that they were acting
under authority ; that before leaving Canada, they knew where
the boat lay ; that on their approaching the boat, they were hailed by
the sentry un board the boat; that they replied, " Friend ;" that they
immediately boarded, and commenced firing upon the persons on board
the boat, who were then rushing up from the cabin. The said Id`Dca.
rouge, or IVs`Donald, further stated that the names of - the naval
officers who were in command were ♦Varren, Mosier, and Drew.
On answering to the sentinel that they were friends, they were hied
upon by the sentinel from the steam-boat. They immediately tired
at and killed bins; that, on ascending the boat, they commenced eta
indiscriminate slaughter, giving no quarter. A mall of the name
of Arnold attacked a man on board of the steam-boat, who re.
listed; the said Arnold received a wound; he then knocked dawn
the man, and with his foot held him down, and with his pistol beat the
1110.10 i thee until his teeth wore all beaten out ; that As cold theta