The Sun.
London, England, 1822-11-02 00:00:00

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1822.

answered it, as usual, and on the 22d of August, with mere
promises, and thus expressed himself : Although it (your
situation) may be one of difficulty. you cannot fail of.honour-
ably surmounting it, notwithstanding the numerical supe-
riority of the enemy's force, which I cannot but consider as
overbalanced by the excellent description of your troops and sea-
men, valorous and well, disciplined. The experience obtained
by ir Jas. Yeo's conduct towards a fleet infinitely superior to
the one under his command will satisfy Capt. Barclay that he
has only to dare, and the enemy is discomfited.' Who ima-
gine that the author of this taunt to the-gallant Barclay was
the same man who, but a few months back, had himself fled
before a routed enemy ! Who could suppose that thiswas the
language of the same individual who, within the compass of a
year, was to cover the heroes of. the Peninsula with unmerited
humiliation, and to tarnish the glories of his country by a shame-
ful flight before an Americanrabble alike contemptible in num-
bers and discipline ! One part, of this remarkable passage was
not suffered to pass unnoticed—' Your Excellency speaks, says
General Proctor in a subsequent dispatch, of seamen, valorous
andavell disciplined. \Except, I believe, the twenty-six whom
Capt. Barclay brought with him, there are none of that descrip.
ation on this lake. On board of his Maje'sty's squadron there
are scarcely enough hands (and those of a miserable alescription)
to work the vessels, some of which cannot be ussoi for want of
men, even such as we have.',—' I entertain th-a4iighest opinion of
Captain Barclay, and have afforded him every aid T possibly`
could., We have set too strong an example of cordiality not to
have it, prevail through both services. We have but the one
object in view, the good of his Majesty's service and preserva-'
tion of this district. And once-more,' seamen:should be pushed
on here even by dozens.' At length, after thesbeginnitv of Sep,
tember, when the situation of the troops on the Detroit 'had be-
come esperate from the total want of provisions, clothingand
stores of all kinds, forty seamen only arrived; and Sir GeOrge
Prevost's wishes were expressed, that, on their junction, Capt.
Barclay ' should make his appearance on the Lake to meet-the'
enemy.' If Capt.-Barclay had dispised the taunt, and chosen.
to disregard the wish of the Comniander-in-Chief; by avoiding
an action, the option was no longer left him ;_ there was no al-
ternative between his clearing -the waters of the enemy to open
the Lake communication, and the starvation of the troops and
Indians. On the 9th of Septeraber the kit barrel of flour had
been consumed, and Capt. Barclay was compelled to sail in
quest of the 'eneni y without further aid.
Never did a British squadron, encounter a foe under such dis-
advantages. The fleet was composed of two ships of 18 guns,
. a brig of 10, a schooner of 14, and two smaller vessels carrying
.3 and. 1 guns. It had been necessary to. strip the forts on the
Detroit of their ordnance to arm the flotilla. One of the ships
and the brig had each cannon ()flour different calibers en the
same deck, from 24 to 2 poimders, and the new ship could only
be rigged by robbing the five other vessels of a proportion of
their scanty and iniatequate equipment. There-were not above
60 British seamen in the whole flotilla, and 85 Canadians were
sorry substitutes for the aid which had been so ineffectually de-
manded ; 210 men of two different regiments completed. this
heterogeneous mixture of 358 Peasants, artisans, soldiers and
sailors, whom Capt. IQ•elay led into action against 580 chosen
American seamen, besides riflemen acting ,as marines. The
enemy's fleet was composed of two sloops of war -of 20 guns,
and seven other sail mounting 14 heavy guns on pivots; but
the disproportion of force will be best understood by the fact,
that the American broadside threw above twice the weight of
metal of the British.

Of the naval action on the 10th of September, which tenni-.
nated in the capture df our whole flotilla, we may be spared
from relating the details. It is sufficient to know that every
lidnourahle effort was made by our gallent officers to contend
against an overwhelming superiority, in numbers and artillery;
that the American Commodore's ship struck her flag to the
Detroit And could not be taken possession of from want of
hands, and that the 'day,was -not lost until the first and second
in command of. every one of our vessels had been killed or
dangerously wounded. The heroic Barclay had lost one aril
under Nelson, and flies ',other was now mutilated before he
quitted his deck.

(TO be continued.)

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, Nov. 1.

The Court met This day for the first time since the long va,
cation : it was the first seal.

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Bench at half.
past ten o'clock; and appeared to be in excellent health.

THE WATERLOO BRIDGE CO3IPANY V. DIESSRS. BROWNING

AND CO.

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Mr. Ilonx said, he liad'an application to make to the Court
of a pressing nature. It was a motion praying. that the
Court would grant an injunction, to stop an action at law,
which had been instituted by Messrs. Browning and Co.,
against an auctioneer named Croggon. The facts of the
case were these :—ln 1821, the Waterloo Bridge Company
offered for sale- by auction, certain freehold anckleasehold
property, consisting of wharfs, vaults, &c., in the neighbour-
hood of the bridge. Messrs. Browning and Co. bought two
lots, of this property, and they deposited in the hands of Mr.
Croggon„ who was the auctioneer employed to sell it, about
1,3001., on account of the purchase. Negotiations went on for
some time for the completion of the purchase, until the defend-
ants took objections to the citle of the Waterloo-bridge Com-
pany to the property. :All these objections had been refuted
except one or two, which he was convinced would turn out to
be worthless. In this state affairs stood when Messrs. BrOwn-
ing and Co. brought an action against Mr. Croggon to recover
the money which they had deposited in his hands. Under these
circumstances, the plaintiffs applied for an injunction. Mr.
Croggon had put in a statement of facts, and expressed his
willingness to pay the deposit into Court.
Mr. SIIADWELL was on the same side. •