The Sun.
London, England, 1814-09-28 00:00:00

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EXTRACT PROM THE BOSTO&T GAZETTE, SEPT. 1.
BALTIMORE, AUG.2S, NOOK.-'-%we are all here
In a state of the utmost possible confusion, dismay;
,•ancl distress. The British, 15,000 strong, have
landed in the Patuxent, marched to Washington,.
and last night blew up the Capitol, ale President's
House, &c. and completely destroyed the Naval
Yard. . The sth regiment, the it of 13altimore,
sustained the fury of the. onset, but were soon,
.with all the associate troops, defeated, and fled in
every direction; miserably mangled. The victo-
rious arMy.. are now
.in full -march for this city
(Baltimore.), and will he here in 36 'hours ! ! !
Virtue!). hundred pieces of Orttnance were in
store at Washington, which is the only depOt for
cannon in the United States, It contains im-
mense stores, naval and military ! !.

- - ,BaSTON, SEPT. 1.
. THE LATEST PROk' B,ALTIMORE.—The publica-
tion of the Baltimore papers was suspended on
the 27th, and by a mutual arraagement was not
to be recommenced duriirg the impending inva-
sionof that city. The Printers; nowever, pro-
raise 'occasional handbills whenever any events of
consequence shall* transpire, The following ex-
tracts are from.a hand-bill, published from the
Telegraph 'Office, Ang227
" General Winder .arrivtd here this Mokning.
" We 4av'e heard a' number of verbal relationi
of the- late tranSketions at Nod near the *city of
Washington, but trti:« directly from any pervm
wtio Was in the city•at the time' the enemy took
possession 'of it. Such 'accounts as we can give,
can therefore only be ctinsidered as an abridge-
ment of part of the reports of the day. •
" We have stated the conjectures of those per-
sqns who returned from the-late scene of action •
near Bladensburg, that the British fofee was about
9000. _Other, and perhaps more correct estimates,
made by some of our officers, rate them at WO,
which •agrees with the account given by the Bri-
tish officers.
" The whole force. under General Winder is es-
timated at abdut 5000, but we (lo.not state this
is coming from any source which . we can say
is correct. ' These troops were judiciously des..
posed between Bladensburgh (where the enemy
(Mist necessarily pass) and the capiial, so as
to give -the most effectual opposition and annoy-
ance to the enemy in their approach. The
Baltimore artillery were so stationed as to bear
upon the bridge over the eastern branch at.Bla-
densburg; atill the enemy marching in coiumn,
suffered severely from their galling fire, which:
was kept up with great spirit until the near ap-
proach of the column made it necessary for the
artillery to retreat, which they dijl in good order,
taking with them their cannon. except one piece,
the Carriage -of which being rendered unservice-
able, they spiked the gun, and left it on the ground.
"The fifth regiment of Baltimore volume:lr in-
fantry, consisting of abOtit 500, like the brave ar-
tillerists, maintaiaed their ground with great gal-
lbaenrtsry„htai ndti lottilite..fleanneknelyd,
and nveearyrlysupscurii(!orotittlianei(-1
them ; nor did they then Abu:, any disposition .to
retreat, until.commandetitnilo so by the Oticers.
Not so: the militia under Gem. Stansbury; a part
of them gave way at the first are, and the Gene-
ral's ekertions to rally diem proved unsuccessful.
Of the condrict of the two regiments of regulars
we has- not heard any particulars ; they were.
stationed between the•Baltirnore troops and the
corps under Commodore Barney, which was st;t-
dotted nearest, the city, on the ground near the
Capitol:

• " The troops under Commodoreßeirney, a inoant -
mounted,.llh4 withing to about six hundred, were those which lately
manned' the flotilla ; •1
It'())lteiglilh he un
with
from their vessels,d
degree of bravery never excelled. Their rapid and
well ,directed tire 'proved very destructive to 'the'
enemy ; but they itere overpowered by -a vast su-
periority of numbers. Their gallant,commander
received two wounds, one of them severe, but
not dangerous, and was taken prisoner. We
understand he received very polite attentlon from
Admiral COckburn, who complimented hint highly
on the gallant behaviour of himself and his Awn.
The contest with the troops under Commo-
dore Barney was close to the city of Washington,
and terminated the oppesition Which the enemy met
with in their approach to the capital. Ot the loss
on either side during the action, and retreat of our
troops, we cannot speak with accuracy. Ou our

(From the tjcp2tine4 ercho' P.M;)
• The New York stages have arrived at usual.-,:.5:
The Baltimore stages ;mil not -reached Pltiladel=
phia when the NeW York stages left ;. bf court°
nothing additirnial has beOfi received.
BALI-I:NI-oat,. AUG. 26.—;C: Ittinel liogers; whd
Was taken by the British and paroled, says, there
was mud] more fighting than we at first imagined
that COMmodOre Barney made a brave resistance
near the city, was wotinded, and made prisoner.
,
He saw 17 wounded Oflicers in
.one town, at
• densberg. The ground, round the bridge was
streu'ed, With (leaf!. He alddri, That Nnvai
Yard; the Capitol; and Pr6ident'sl'alitee, are de-
stroyed, and other homes where the British were
fired iTon from the wihdoWs:
thir<4ilitia are nearly all returned j and I wit-
nessed them pdssing, d;spirited, fatigued; and ex-
hausted, with Ow most painful sensations..
'the public property.in the`Caphol is estimated
at 7,000,000 ((Oars. Some peopie say, no rears
need be apprehended about the Capitol and 'ere.z'
sident's Pali cei. es they cannot be burned, 4s6ilig
built entirely of stone---(4 mistake!)
The British.Odieers pay loviolabie respect to
private.property, and no 'peaceable Citizen is tnOz
tested.

side it was comparatively 'small—very few, ware
'killed ; the number of wounded were greater, but
none of them are considered dangerau3.
It is tolerably well ascertained, that the
whole force, under General Winder was much in 7

ferior in numbv to' the veteran'troops which-op-
posed .him , and. when it is considered that his
men had never before been in battle ; and that
his loss in killed and wounded was trifling when
compared with the enemy's, we have great cause
to congratulate our fellow.citizens on the result
of the action. •
"-The British army was halted on the plain near
the capitol.. General Ross, Admiral Cockburn,
and some other Officers, with about 150 men, en-
tered the city. On passing a house near the ca-
pitol, in which Mr. Gallatin formerly resided, a
shot from a window, said to be fired by a French
barber, killed the horse on which Gen. Ross rode.
This imprudent .act caused the. destruction of the
house and adjoining buildings. They proceeded
to destroy the capitol, the President's house, and
all' the other public buildings except, the house
containing the patent office.
" They also destroyed the cannon foUndery ;
the navy-yard, ,with -the new vessels building
there, having been previously destroyed by our
own. troops. The press and printing materials of
the office of the National Inielligencer were taken.
" Thus, after being upwards of tWo years at
war, so very provident have been our rulers of the
general defence committed to their care, that a
small force of six thousand men have lauded on
our shore, and in one short week taken possession
of the.seat of Government of the United States."
BALTistoag, Auo. 27.-1 have just seen Mr.
one. of Thompson's troop, who was. in-
Washington . yesterday. He states, that the Ca-.:
pito!, President's house, Navy-yard, Fort, POIO7-
mad( . bridge to Alexandria, frigate Essex, and
sloop of war Argus, Mrs. Hamilton's house, Jen-
kins's House, Tomlinson's hotel, •and Brent's
house, are destroyed—Georgetown and Alexan-
dria are not injured.
We expect a visit from them in a few days.—
There are a thousand repotts respecting their
force. They certainly have 5000, some say 8000,
some 10,000, and some as high as 15,000, but no
one knows.
Madison, Armstrong, and Monroe, are at Fre-
derick, and Winder arrived here last night ;- his
troops are in the vicinity of Baltimore.
The enemy were embarking last evening. The
banks have removed their species out of town,
and taken down their signs. The enemy, I learn,
treated the inhabitants of Washington well."
Another: letter, .of the same date, states, that
private property of every kind
.was strictly ordered
to be respected; ,that several soldiers -were severely
punished for some
.acts of plundering.
DEFENCE QF BALTIMORE.-The citizens of bah
tinio:e and its' precincts -have organized them-
selves.into four sections, and are to relieve each
other in the labour of throwing up fortifications
for the defence of the city. The service of slaves,
as weil as free people of colour, is also called for.
New-YoltK, AUG. 30.—We learn that the Bri-
tish einbarked on board their shipping on Thurs-
day night, after destroying Foxall's Foundery at
Georgetown, and burning the bridge-at Washing-
ton. They left all their killed and wounded. in
Washington, at the mercy of the inhabitants.
Alexandria surrendered to two British frigates,
and •a requisition of 20,000 barrels of flour was
made upon the inhabitants. It was not known
where Gen. *Winder's head-quarters were at the
last accounts, or where the heads of the.depart-
meat had gone.

, Finns 41hany, <lug. 22.
DEAR Sta-Ene:losed yon hare ao.Extraßegistg,-publislied
this morning. We learn by an Officer immediately from
Buffalo, that.un Tuesday night last, the W,th, another pack
or skirmish took place between our troops at Erie and the
enemy. The night was very dark, and-the result was un-
lmown when the Officer left Buffalo.-
A Gentleman from tit. Lawrence states, that the British
bad in-fortued tins inhabitants of Ogdeoihurgli, that they
should immediately take possession of that town. . -
A letter. from Plattsbor,h to the Editor of the
.
Commercial Ackertiser, dated the 14th instant,

says—
Mr. (a person employed to obtain information of the
encrpy'.o movements) returned last- evening. ,He states, that
all the ,Canadian militia from Three Rivers to Prescot hare
been ordered forthwith to repair to the neighbourhood of
Odletown ; and in order that no delay or fatigue should take
place,' every kind of carriage capable of conveying men was
-pressed into service for 'their conveyance.—On Friday of last
Week, Governor Prevost passed along the frontier. It is said
that he' pubrished- an order prohibiting all intercourse with
the United States.—A violation of this ord.•r is death."
NEW-YORK, AVG. 24, 1814.—Capt. Porter,
with 300 men, left, this city, for Washington,
yes:cud:4y, The following is the animating
issued, sum-
mons which he to collect his men :

"FREE TRADE AND SAILORS' RIGHTS.

" TO"THE engw or THE OLD ESSEX.
" SAitoas,--:-The enemy is about attempting the destruc-
tion of your new ship at Washington, and I am ordered there
to defend her. I'shall proceed immediately, and all disposed
to accompany me will meet me at five o'clock this alteration,
at the Navy Agent's Office. ." D. PORTER.
St New-York, Ang.'23."
WASHINGTON, AUG. 16.—We understand, and
we believe correctly, that Government have au-
thorised a Loan to be 'negociated in Europe for a
considerable- portion of the 25 millions which
they were empowered to borrow by a law of the
last Session .of Congress. It is probable, there-
foil!, that they will not go into the market in this
country for more than the six millions for which
they are now receiving proposals.
BUFFALO, AUG. 15.—0 n the. night of the 13th
instant, two of our :armed vessels, carrying one
I,7;nn each, •and lying off Fort Erie, were boarded
by the crews of six boats fitted out at Long Point
for the PurpoSe, and made prizes, without the
loss of a nran on either side. The vessels were
towed down the 'river below Squaw Island, where
they lie at anchor..

i\-„th;), , as usual, sold
Lottery itt.zt finished, 2,712, a
_TEN THou.
sANn, 10,77.), a TWENTY TtIOUSAND POUND
P4'47,:, SHARES, besides, a variety .of minor
Capitall The Shareholders- limy receive their
:IVO'ney on demand, at either of his old-established
Charing-Cross, where
Iffiv-es, 4; Connhill,.or 9,
mid Shares are' selling for-the New Lot-
tery, to begin 'and finish on the 15th of next
ii;onth..--silSll;business in the. Public Funds trans-
acted with' fidelity anti dispatch.

The Gazette Extraordinary, with the grateful
contents, of which our columns are this day
largely supplied, speaks so trumpet-tongued, that
we should be loath to mar its effect by any co)n-

'Bents.

The cordiality with which this combined
service has been performed reflects a superior
lustre upon the Naval and Military Commanders
and Forces employed. NVhen Britons thus act
with unanimity together, they are not easily with-
stood. •

We continue to look for-brilliant accounts from
Lake Champlain, and from the Northern Coasts,
if not from New York itself. A report of a Bar-
tle at the former station, in which General IZARD
defeated the British, has been propagated, and
contradicted, in the American Papers. •

We yesterday noticed the receipt of, and sum-
marily extracted the Most, material facts from two
very curious American Papers, transmitted to us
from Washington, while in possession .of- the Bri-
tish Forces. These were the Washington Official
Paper, the National Intelligencer, of'the 23d, the
day preceding the entrance .of our troops, and the'
Baltimore Advertiser of the 24th, published at a
period when the Inhabitants of that City were
nearly in as apprehensive a state as their Brethren
of the Capital. It is, scarcely possible to con-
ceive any thing more amusing than the bombast
with which these ridiculouS Journals are filled ;,
they ars perfect specimens of the true Yankee style
and character, than which we can conceive nothing
on earth more despicable and hateful. Their armies
of Copper Captains, and Falstaff recruits; defy the
pen of satire to paint them worse, than they are
worthless, lying, treacherous, false, slanderous,
cowardly, and vapouring Hectors, with boastiMg
on their loud tongues, and terror in their quaking
hearts. Were it not that the course of punish
ment they are undergoing, is necessary to the ends
of moral and pOlitical justice, we de'clare, before
our Country, that we should feel ashamiaed of vic-
tory over such ignoble foes. The quarrel re-
sembles one between a Gentleman and a Chim-
ney Sweeper L-the former may beat the low
scoundrel to his
_hearts contentment, but there
is no honour in the exploit, and, he is sure to
'be covered with the soil'and dirt of his ig
nominious antagonist. But necessity will some-
times compel.us to descend from our station to
cbasti3e a vagabond, and endure the disgrace of a
contest in order to repress, by wholeiome cor-
rection, the presumptuouS 'insolence and mis-
chievous designs of even the basest assailant.

We have, to the extent of our limits, to-day-
made further Extracts 'of the most interesting
matter from these Papers. The chief points
worthy of notiee in addition to those in THE SUN
of yesterday, relate to the operations of the Creek
Indians and their BritiSh Allies in Florida. The
diversion 'in this quarter is of the foremost
importance, not only as taking the enemy
on a weak side, but as tending to defeat
the gigantic plans of encroachment which
he had marked out for himself in Louisiana
and the whole Western Continent. While
so deeply engaged on the Canadian fron-
tiers and along his sea-coast, it is more than
probable that a successful attempt will be made to
annihilate all the vast and ambitious projects which
had their seat on the Guiph of Mexico.

The only other material intelligence is that from
the Ned; York Evening Post of the 21st August,
from which it is fair to infer, that' that city has
some reason to dread thelateof,Washington.
The rhodomontade with which •these publica-
tions abound is truly farcical, when we look at
the result of their boasting;—it is, however, more
entertaining than instructing, and % only copy
it that our Readers may laugh with us at the vi-
gorous and heroic defence of IVashingtonl—in the
Newspapers the day before it was taken. We
should like to know if the printers bad tins to
work off theii entire impression !
The villainous accusations against the British
which abound in the Republican Press, only show
the inveterate animosity of these servile, but un-

NAY. adherents o AtIONAPARtE) Who little 'ek;•
pected when they began this wars that Pdris and
Washiqton Would be entered by Conip.iet"Ors with-
in five months of each other; in the year 180:

• ,
The ship Friwoof Orarwe, from Boston to not-
terdAm) passed through -the Downs yesterday
morning ; by her we have more recent
iiitelli-
gence than that alluded to in the above remarks
to make room for which we have been compelled
to exclude till to-morrow some of the *trades, of
news on which they are founded. The tone of
the enemy is muck lowered by the disaster at
Washington. _

There is great reason to doubt the truth of the
repulse of the attack on Fort Erie, and the de-
feat of the British assailants, on the 15th. Al-
bany Papers have intelligence from Fort Erie to
Tuesday, the sixteenth, at which period the result
of operations was-not ascertained.

Freud! Papers to the 26th supply us with a few
paragraphs, but by no means making amends for
their paucity by the value of their intelligence.

We are compelled to postpone the continuation
of the interesting case in Bombay, and many other
pieces prepared for publication.

The Countess of -Harcourt, from London to
the Isle of France, which was taken in June -by
the Sabine privateer, is carried into St. Mary's,
Georgia. -

.I=he Dee, DAY, arrived from the Havannah,
«•as hoarded on the 28th • ult. by the Whiting
schooner, bouna to Bermuda, and was informed,
that they had recaptured, the day before, the brig
Antelope, from the Havannah to Naples, and a
ship, supposed to he the Prince Regent, also from
the Havannah to the Mediterranean.

',Utters were yesterday oht ained through France
from Client, to the 24th instant, when no altera-
tion had taken place as to the circumstances of
'the Negociation.--(Chronicle.) -
We had further adviccs yesterday from Gibral-
tar, which seem to indicatc that there will not be
Much to apprehend from the present state of the
fever. A letter from San Roque
:mentions the
expectation, that it may be supuosed, by the be--
ginning of next month, perket health will be re-
established- within the. fortress, The return of.
the disorder this manilla i's attributed to the pre-
valence of the easterly winds, which leave 'confi-
ned uninterruptedlyldnrin,r the whole summer.
The Secretary of 'Mr. 13;YARD, one of the Arne.
dean ~COmmissioners, left town last night for
Ghent.

Yesterday Earl BATHURST and Viscount MEL-
VILLE had several interviews with the PRINCE RE-
GENT, at Carlton-house. The former was accom-
panied by captain SMITH, who brought the dis-
patlhes'from America.
Yesterday the Earl of BATHUEST transacted
business with Lord Ltrtarbo.L., at the Foreign
Office, Downing-Strett.
Yesterday the Earl of Lay Earont transacted
business; with Lord MELvILLE,-at his Office at the
• Admiralty.
Lord G. L,•GOWER is to be called up to the
House of-Peers, with the title of Lord- fxrcn-
FIELD.
Letters reached u? yesteaday from Teneriffe, to
the 20th of last Month. Four British ships of
war' were cruizing 'in the immediare neighbour-
, hood of the. Canaries. !Inc vintage, we are sorry
• to say, Wits. not productive.
Commodore Por.tEn, his officers and crew, are
officially declared by our GOvernment to be re-
leased from their parole, given at Valparaiso.
The gallant •Sir P. 'PARKER received. his wound
the muscle which vulgarly is called the Pope's
eye, in the inside of the right thigh, and which is
said to be always mortal. He felt the stroke, hut
• with the most heroic spirit he placed his band on
the wound, and cheered his men, calling on them
to follow him. He ran forward a few steps, but
•in two initiates fell and expired. •
• WINDSOR, SEPT. 27.--This morning her .MA-
JESTY, Princesses ELIZABETH and MARY, tdok all
airing in a coach and four on the Maidenhead-
' road ; the Princess AUGUSTA rode on horseback
in the Great Park ; the Princess SOPHIA rode in.
a carriage in the Little Park., • -..
CITY BustNEss.Yesterday a Court of Alder-,
men was held a Guildhall.—JOHN LFllQ'i, Esq.
and JOHN • REAY,. Esq. Sheriffs Elect, attended
the Court, and: gave bond to take upon themselves
that office for the year ensuing.—The Court una-
nimously elected Sir JOHN EAsten Knight Jus-
tice of the Bridge-yard, in the room of RoBB-ET
PECKHAM, Esq. deceased.
A private print from the statue of Mr. PITT,
which ornaments Cambridge University is engrav-
ing by Mr. HEATH, and promises to rank with
• the best work of his hand.
Yesterday evening as Colonel QUENTIN, of the
10th Dragoon Guards, and Mr. BICKNELL, of the
Admiralty, were coining to town in the Colonel's
gig, • through the Edgware-road, at a very brisk
pace, the horse suddenly fell, 'as if he had been
shot, by which the Colonel and his
_companion
were thrown from the carriage with great vio-
lence into the road ; providentially the former
escaped 'unhurt, and the latter received only some
slight bruises.
• It is a singular fact, that the contract price of
the best ox beef. furnished to the military in the
County of Middlesek, is but Gd. per pound, and
in many of the other counties, from 4d. to sd. per
pound, and yet• meat of like quality cannot be
procured in the London _markets under 10d per
`pound.
An order has been issued for pulling down the
Plymouth Yard Chapel, which has long been in a
dangerous state. A new one, on a very elegant
plan, is to be erected on its site.