The Sun.
London, England, 1814-10-11 00:00:00

NORTH AMERICAN PAPERS.

[Ft.IBTHEB EXTRACTS.]
QUEBEC, SEPT. 8.-The 6th hattalion:Of
_Em-
bodied Militia, which has done arrion duty in
this city since Match-, 18E3, _waS 'disbanded on
SU-11day moaning last.

The battalion was inspected the preceding day

by Gen. Glasgow. Of its military appearance
„ and general good conduct it would be prcsunip-
Nous in us to speak, after the unqualified appro-
bation of both the Commander in Chief and of
Gen. Glasgow, •►ncter whose immediate command
they have constantly served.
The privates of the battalion in particular, de-
serve the thanks of their fellow-citizens for tl►e

readiness with which they submitted, as was the-.
case in many instances, to the sacrifice of from
five to ten shillings a day, for the pay, allow-
ances, and discipline of a soldier ; aud for their
remarkable quietness and good behaviour while
they bore arms, though lodging dispersed In every-
%quarter of the city and suburbs.
The manner in which thenimparted with their
officers, does honour to both. Col. Ti:An and
Major itfure were embarked in a carriage and
conducted through the principal streets of the
town to' their respeclive quarters, aluidst the
cheers of the whole battalion. The pro Cession
'was joined after some time by the band of the
Royals, and the adjutant was also embark.ed in
the carriage.
We are sorry to state, that considerable •injury
has been done in the vicinity of this city by frosts.
About twelve days since, a slight frost was expe-
rienced in several low situations; and on Monday
and Tuesday morning last, the frost was so severe
as to destroy nearly alb the tobacco, melon and
cucumber plants, as also the potatoc stalks. Late
oats and peas have also been injured. Few of
the inhabitants recollect a similar degree of frost
so early in the season. It was preceded in this
instance, by some very warm days; succeeded by
showers and thunder.

The panic of the Americans may krell he esti-
mated from the following extracts. Your Fear is
a grand magnifier of objects, and multiplies an
army much faster than any recruiting system ever
invented ! !

" NEW-YORK, Au4,-27

"The following summary of the News by till:. Expedition
Stage was published last Evening iu a Commercial Advi'rtiscr
Extra.. " Friday, ~lug. 26 Seven o' Clack, p.m,
" DISASTHo(rs txTrLitnEscE.-

" The Expedition Stage from Philadelphia brings the fol-
lmin melancholy tidings: At 1 o'clock, p. m. -on Wednes-
day last,
.the British troops, consisting of 9000 Infantry, nn-
der the command of General; ;toss and Piston, and 4000 Ar-
tillery, under Lord Hill, in person, entered Bladenthurgh,
and commenced a battle which continued four hour;, when
our army fell back,- and retreated to Washington. General
Stanshury, it is said, was killed : Ma"or Sterrett, wounded;
Major Pinckney, mortally wounded and tal(en prisoner; and
the sth Baltimore regiment, composed of fine young men, al-
moit entirely destroyed.
" The Capitol, the Navy Y.lrd, the President's House, with
.all the °the Public Buildings in the City of Washington, are
destroyed, .

" Yes, Fellow-Citizens, we have to record the humiliatio,„
disgraceful fact, that, in the third year of the War, the City
of Washington, the seat of our GoYeriuent, situated three
hundred miles from the ocean, and in the very heart of this
great and extensive country, has been captured, and its pub-
iic buildings destroyed, by the paltry finer.. of 5000 hten !
But we forbear. We will suppress the lauguage of crimina-
,
lion ."

" By the last accounts, Ross, with his .5000 troops, were
still in the city; and Lord Hill was at Illadensburgh with the
main army of Imo° men. All, is now consttrultion here—
every body moving that can get ofr under the full expectation
that the enemy will be 'here by to-morrow night; although
we have no certainty of their having- taken up the line of
march yet. There is no effective force here to prevent them
from destroying this town in a few h rs.—Baltimore,...lng.