The Sun.
London, England, 1814-02-26 00:00:00

DISTRICT GENERAL ORDER.

Head-quarters, I7pper Canada, Dec. 19, 113.
tient-General Drummond congratulates the troops under
Lis command, upon the brilliant success which has crowned
the attack made tlfiS morning on F-rt Niagara.,' It was as-,
_sablted an hour before day-light, and after a short, but se-
vere contest, it was carried, with a Very slight loss on our
part ; that of the enemy and 15 wounded, all
by the bayonet ; the remainder of the garrison, to the num-
ber of about 350 regular troops and artillery, were made pri-
soners; 27 pieces of ordnance were found in the Fort. Our
lost: does not exceed fire killed end eight wounded. Lieut.
Nowlan, of the. tooth regiment, a very promising young of-
ficer, is the only officer killed.—The 'Lieut.-General has to
regret, that a severe wound which Col. Murray has .receir-
ed is likely to deprive the army of the services of that gal-
lant-officer for some time.
The troops employed on this occasion were the lOoth Regi-
ment, the Grenadier Coeipany of the Royals, and On Flank-
Companies of the 41st Regiment. Their inStructious were

trot to fire, but to carry the'plftce at the point of the bayonet
These orilei•A were pnrietnally obeyed, a circumstance that nol
only proves their iotrepAity, but reflects great credit on their

discipline. Colonel Murray expresses, his admirag.ion of the
valour and good conduct of the whole of the hoops, particu-
larly of the tooth Regiment, which led the attack. He also
bestows his particular thanks on Lient.-Col. Hamilton and
Capt. Martin, of the Muth, Capt. Bailey, north: ;Grena-
diers), Capt. Elliott. T). A.-Q. M. G., Lieut. Bitliock, 41st
Bank company, Lieut. "harlton, Royal Artillery, and Staff
' Adjutant Brampton. f-le likewise notices the bravery and
exertions of Capt.r Irby, Lieutenants Ball and Hamilton, and
Ensign. SerVos, of Militia. Of the brilliant services of
Lieut. Dawson. of the 100.1. who led the forlorn hope, and
Capt. Paweeft of the ,tooth t4renadiers, in entirelF elating off
tko ofithe c::emy's picquets, and surprising the sentries on
the GlaCis and at the Gate, by which means the watch-word
was obtained, and t!-e entrance into the Fort greatly facili-
tated, the Colonel s. eAts in terms of the highest and most
deserved praise.
Lieutenant-General Drummond will perform a most grate-
fill duty in bringing under the nof••^ of his Royal Hi hues
the Prince Regent, through his Excellency the Commander of
the Forces, the admirable execution of this brilliant achieve-
ment-on the part of every individual concerned. The usafui
services of the Militia Volunteers in lannching the boats and
(owing tin! troops across the river, were not unnoticed by the
Lieutenant-General.
The Lieut.-Ge has received from Major-Ger. Mall a
vet' favourable report of the zeal and alacrity of the detach-

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ment of the Royal cots, under Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon,
and the 41st battalion companies under Majqlt Freud, who
adVanced'under the Major-General's command to dislodge the
enemy from the heights of Lewiston—their steadiness and re-
gularity under circumstances of great temptation, were highly
creditable to them. Nothing could more strongly indicate
their anxious wish to meet the enemy, and the Lieut.-General
has only to regret that his rapid retreat from Lewiston heights
did nottfrord to Major-Gen. Riall an opportunity 'of leading
them to victory.

Lieut.-Gen.. Drummond begs that -Major-Generals mall
and Vincent will accept his acknowledgments for the assist-
ance he has received from them in malting arrangements for
the late operations. • .
Lieut.-Col. Hamilton, tooth refit. is appointed to command
Fort Niagara, and the. Lieut.-General will recommend that the
same command arney be anuexed to it as was granted at
Fort George.
A board of survey, composed of Lieut.-Colonel Hamilton,
Commandant, President, Major Holcroft, commanding Royal
Artillery, and a Captain of the 100th regiment, members,
a ill as,enible as soon as possible in Fort Niagara, for the.
purpose of taking an exact account and inventory of the iin-
xuense quantity of ordnance, stores, arms, previsions,,cloth-
log, &c. captured in that place.
J. II Lt .-Col . D. A. G.

Extract of a Letter from an Officer of high Rank in the
Army, to his Friend in- this City, dated Queenstown,
- Dee. 19, 1513.
" 1 have the happiness to • acquaint you that
Fort Niagara was taken by assault an hour before
day-light this morning. Col. Murray commanded
the stormingparty; which consisted of the 100th
regiment (the Prince Regent's own. Irish heroes)
the:Grenadiers, the 9th royal, and flank companies
of the 41st our loss is but trifling—Lieutenant
Newland, of the 100th grenadiers killed ; Colonel
Murray wounded through the wrist, .and perhaps
half a dozen other casualties. The quantity of
ordnance, stores and ammunition, proxisions, &c.
found in the place is very great ; 3000 stand of
arms, and 50,0001. worth of cloathing are among
the articles ; the remainder of the troops, with
the whole of the Western Indians, who had been
passed over to support the attack, imnieCiAely af-
ter ascertaining tl:e sueeess. of Col•-nr4 Murray's
column, moved towards Lewistown, to attack the
heights, 014 v, 114:11 the enemy hrid planted some
heavy guns, avowedly for the purpose of laying..
Queenstown in ashes ; both heights iiicA Queens-
town- were, . however, precipitately abandoned on
the advance of General Itial's column ; a -War-
whoop font 500 of the most -savage Indians
(which they gave just at day-light, o'n -hearing of
the success of the attack on Fort Niagara) made
the enemy take to their heels, and our troor in
pursuit: We shall not stop until we have cleared
the whole frontier. The Inthaai are retaliating
the conflagration of Newark—not a house within
my sight but is in flames—ghis is a melancholy but_
just retaliation."

Extract of a-Letter from M:t.jor Gen. Hull, commanding on
the Niagara Frontier, to his Excellency Gov. Toinkins,
'-dated }lead-quarters, Niagara Frontier, Dec. 30, 1812,
• '7 o'clock, P. M.

" Sir,—l have only time to acknoWleige the re-
ceipt of your letter of :the 25th inst. and to add
that this frontier is Wholly desolate. The British
Crossed over, suppoiled by a strong party of In-
dians, a little before day this• morning, near
Black Rock--they wee met by the militia under
my command with spirit ; but," overpowered by
the numbers and discipline of the enemy, the mi-
litia gave way and fled on every side-; every at-
tempt to rally them was ineffectual. •
• k! The enemy's purpose was obtained, and.the
flourishing village (t Buffalo is laid in ruins. The.
Nia4ara frontier roi' lies open and naked to our
enemies. 'Your judgment will direct you what is'
most proper in this einergency... 'ram exhausted
with fatigue, and must defer,partieulars till to-
inarow. slany valuable lives are lost."

Zrtract from a Letter clattil'lattsbingh, Jan. 2, 1814.

iS, yet to renmin quiet in this qnarter—no
att:ck 1;13 yet been. 'made by the enemy upon
;eriny, though lye ilre not without appreben-
,,i,•tn; for the safety of Wilkinson's r.rtny., as, the
iorces art still collecting (as report says)

on the opposite side of the river st. Lawrence,;
and can, -in three hours time, march to our army
after the river freezes. The General, it is sup-
posed, expects an attaA, from the circumstance
of his granting no furloughs to neither officers or
soldiers- General lzard, Commandant of General
Hampton's arniy, a. few days since had a relapse,
and hai given up his command to Colonel Purdy.
I am informed that General Wilkinson has lately
issued another general order of 'considerable
length,. relative to a General Court Martial, in
which he uses sonic very harsh expressions against
General Hampton,_and reflects upon the conduct
of General'Brown, in ordering a General Court
Martial for the trial of such officers and soldiers
as were tinder arrest, and who had their trials at
French Mills, while General Wilkinson was at •
Malone for' his health ; and the immediate, com-
mand of his army devolved 4on General Brown.
.The Major General declared the whole proceed-
ings coram non judice, and ordered a. new Court
Martial, and the delinquents put to,plead denovo-,
whet) they refused upon the ground that they
would not'submit to a second trial for the same
offence." •

SERIOUS NEWS.

Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman in Nashtillio his Bro.
tilt's- in Baltimore, dated Dec. 17, past 9 o'cloelc, P.M.

'"fhere has an express arrived from General
Jackson, informing the Governor, that 8 British
frigates had arrived at Pensacola `on the Mobile
Pay, ,not far from New Orleans, and it is the ge-,
neral belief, that they will join the Indians on our
frontier."

HALIFAX, JAN. 26.—Mr. 'MadMan's new Em.
barge Act is an instrument which far exceedsl al

the anti-commercial edicts of Buonaparte—The
bitterest enemy of the United State 3 could not
have wished greater evils to befal them than this
Act is calculated to produce. How long the in-
habitants of that ill-fated country will patiently
endurc such evils, the present. season, will proba-
bly determilie. At no period of the convulsed
state of the world could this measure !lava been
adOpted with sp little probability of its doing in-
jury either to Great Britain or her -Allies. The
crops of the past year have been unusually abun-
dant throughout Lucite, and acocunts -from Eng-
land state, that flour coulcPbe landed here at 3/.
the barrel. The anti-commercial system of Boo-
naparte in tiurope is at au end. The ports of the
principal powers are now. 4pen to the commercial
enterprie of Great Britain—the manufacturers
are fully employed, and all commercial embarrass-
ments removed by the most extensive, demands of
the Continent far every article of West India pro-
duce, much of Which had been laying as a drug in
the hands of our merchants.

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The.extracts we have made from a' Boston pa-
per of the 10th iust. fully confirm the disastrous
events which the American army has sustained at
Niagara. The wanton destrtiction of our settle-
merits has been retaliated on a great extent of
their frontier, and the evils they have sought to
inflict on the peaceable inhabitants of Upper Ca-
nada have thus been, with interest, inflictei upon
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them.

BALTIMORE, ,JAN. I.—The Briti-st schooner
Canso arrived in Lynnhaven Bay on Saturday
last, from Halifax, which she left in company with
Admiral Warren and 8 or 10 sail of ships of war ;
parted company in latitude of the Delaware, they
being bound to Bermuda.