The Sun.
London, England, 1814-01-26 00:00:00

AMERICAN'-PAPERS.

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BosTory, Nov. 24.—0 n MOnday
.serraight the
Congress of the United States will convene in
Washington. 'Many of the ; Eat tern Members
have gone on. The approaching season will pro-
bably ,be pregnant, with proceeding; of the highest
interest. From the commanding talents and
steady pattiotism of the minority in both .4ranches,
the people have a right to look for the full inves-
tigation and independent
,exposure of Coe. secret
sources of those evils under which they groan ;
and of the useless protraction of the ‘'ar. And
the people still retain confidence, that the pre-
eminent wisdom, independeucer and efficiency,of
the Senate, the sheet anchor of the,Constitation,
wilinot be relaxed in checking tbeeareer of those
who delight in war, and,an artnihilation of corn-
mercer

BURLINGTON,"Nov. j7.--All the news I can
give you. is, that General -Wilkinson's expedition
descended the St. Lawrence as far as .COroW•all,
followed by the British from Kingston and Pres-
cott; and near Cornwall. attacked the General's
rear on the llth instant, when a battle enstied,
in which it is said the troops were engaged at the
bayonet for twelve minutes ; that General W.
drove the British, pad encamped on the ground,
but immediately after recrossed the St. Lawrence,
and at the last account was at the French I\lills
on the Malone river. It is reported that we lost 400
men in the battle. The British loss is conjectured
to have been more. General Hampton has re-
turned to Plattsburgh from this manoeuvre to.
(Mazy; and part of his troops are expected at
this place to-morrow for winter quarters: •

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The Governor of this State having sent Gen::
'Davis to execute his order, for the return of the
Vermont Militia into the State,. he proceeded to
Plattsburgh for the purpose, where, he was ar..-
rested by Col. Clark„on tl►e charge of treason !
This measure has occasion-ed great irritation
among the people of this 'State, efid may lead to
serious consequences.

IMPORTANT ItEronT.—Extraet of tt letter, dat-
ed New lic.trk, 10th Nov. 1843:

f` I hear to-day that Mr; Madison has receiveft
some insolent letters from, M. Sunnier, in whiclk
he enters bitter complaints from his master Na-
poleon . against the Ainerican GoVernment, for
sending Commissioners to treat with .En7,land—
demands supplies or funds to enable him to entry
on the war—that this Country shall join him in a
war, offensive' and defensive, .against the Allied
Powers ; and that Mr. Crawford has not been
acknOWledged in France. An embargo,
it. is cx-
pectent, will he taut when r;'cingTegs7nieet , and -War
with France will probably be the result:'
BOSTON, Nov. 24.—Txr, CAMPAIGN CLOSIM.--•
By Major Snelling, who arrived in town last
night direct train the arniy, we have been 'po-
litely favoured with the following interesting par-
ticulars :

" Colonel Atkinson informed Major Snelling,
that an action of a partial nature took place ors
the Ilth November, in which about 1500 Ameri-
cans, of the 9th, llth, . 21st regiments, un-
der General Lloyd, were engaged. They three
_times routed the enemy -with the bayonet. Col.
.Atkinspn.lett Wilkinson on the 13th. 'The enemy
'retired to a strong: position about three quarters
of a Mile in the-rear, from which the Americans
did not 'attempt to dislodge them, but returned
to the battle ground, where they slept that night.-
One of their pieces of artillery being dismounted
by a cannon-shot, when they resumed the line of
march, .they were compelled to leave it, and the
British taking possession of it, from that circum-
stance claimed the victory.

" A number of prisoners were taken by the
'Americans: General Covington was mortally
wounded. Lieutenant Smith of the artillery Was
killed.

" General Wilkinson 'has been confined to his
tent by sickness foy'some time past: The roads
were bad in the extreme.

" The'Northern Army, ender Gene, al
ton; has gone into winter,quarteri at Plattsburg;
the cavalry at Burlington. Gen. Wilki.►son was
at St. Regis.

" At Montpelier, Nfajor Snelling saw the sail-
ing-master of the Growler, who made his escape
from Beaufort, near Quebec; on the 10th. lie
informed, that all the American officers on parole
at that place (the three Generals .excepted) vertt
put in close confinement by order 61 Sir George
Prevost, ,to be detained for the security of the
23 British hostages."

New CFIEMICAL SUBSTANCE..-.--MCSSPS. DC.•
sormes and Clement lately presentetrto the French
Institute a
.yery singular substance discovered in
the ashes of sea-weeo, by M. Courtois, salt-pet;-c
manufacturer in Paris. Mary experiments have
already been made on this-curious- matter, but its
nature is not yet ascertained with certainty. It has
properties so peculiar, that it is not known in
what class of bodies it ought to be arranged. Its
most remarkable property is t? produce a superb
violet vapour by the action of a mild heat. At the
ordinary temperature it has the appearance -of a
metal; but about the 70th degree it melts, and
rises inn violet vapour. Red heat, oxygen,. And
carbon, do not act upon it. It is produced by mu-
riatic acid as well -as by phosphorus. It 'directly
attacks the metals, and combines with them with-
out effervescence) it combines in like- man-tierwith oxides, and forms with them combinations
almost, all soltible in "Nvater.. With ammoniac it
produces au intangible fulminating powder.

usTitiIoRDINARY
JAN. 25, 1514•

.Voreig;:-Office, January 25, 1814.
it Ilieury Addington arrived here this.day with
clisilvatgles of which the following are copies
l:d c ;tracts, fr',m General Viscount Cathcart,
Lictstenaitt-Gerieral the Honourable Sir
Charles William Stewart, K.B. and Edward
• Thdliton,

Basle,l4tb January 1814.

I LORD,—The Emperor of Russia arrived at 1
I.,orrach oa ale 1; al, and the reserves of the army
braving assembled in the course of that and the
succeeding day; his Imperial Majesty crossed the
Rhine on the 13th, after divine worship, accettr-
panied by his Majesty.the King of Prussia.
•
The Emperor of Austria, who had arrived at
1-isle the 'preceding'evening.,. went to meet the
"Emperor Alexander at some distance, and their
Imperial and Royal Majesties entered Basle. on
horseback at the head of the Russian and Prus-
sian guards, and some . other regiments of the re-
serve. These troops afterwards passed in-parade'
, -
hefore their Majesties, and Foe-ceded several
league s on their march in thc, direCtion of Mont-
Thetaralry reached Ferrette the same

night.
The reinforCements whiclt have joined the Rus-
sian gliards, are very fine, and I have never seen
these regiments appear in so great force, or in
better condition, at any period of the campaign.
Indeed some of the regiments have additional
battalions. -

I saw the reservesartillery on the march, part of
which iisquite fresh, and it is impossible to have
any preparation in more complete order as to
ordnance, carriages, Nen, and horses. The men
in.particular are r-emarltably fine.. There are
some batteries of horse artillery with twelve

pounders.
The Prussian reserve is also in very excellent

conditkin.

The accounts I have received on, arriving bare,
of the progress of the armies, are as follows

The Field-Marshal's head-quarters were at Ve-

soul, and are now, I understand, on the move to
Langres, which place has for some time been,oc-
cupied by General Pialay. I 'me no.certain.
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accotint of General 13flbna, but I hear he moved
frbm Geneva on Dole, and that it was his inten-
tion to occupy Lyons. Dijon was also to he oc-

cupied:by this time. . •
TkiLtrshal-Bincher was expected to reach Metz
abut this time. Gened Coietnt Platoff, sup
,
ported by the Prince Royal ,of 741(ortemberg, haS
bad. 5n affair between Epinal and _Nancy, in which.
cOnsiderable nutaber of the' enemy has .been
Villed and taKen.

Gelteral Wyede has Als o bad an action, in which

the enemy is'saicl to have saStainecl censicterable
lOss, but the oaicial•accounts of these affairs have

not as yet been received.

I have the honour to be, &c

CATHCART.

The Viscour.t Castlereag'n.

E.ar,le, January 14, 1314.
MY LORD,—The columns of the allied armies
continue their advance on all sides.
The h;.ad-quarters of Marshal Prince Schwart-
zenberg were• on the 12th at Vesoul,, and were
moving on. On the advance of General Giulay's
corps to Langres the inhabitants fired on
.the
troops, but this is the only instance in.‘vhich the.
allies have not been well received. The Field-
Marshal's head-quarters were at Larin-res the' 15th
or 16th.

Gcnetal Bubna's corps bas bad a new directiGn
given it from 11..)olp towards Lyons, and it .is on

its march.

General Bianchi, still operates against Befort,
Besancon is investe4 by the corps of •Licliten-

stela.

The Bavarians under General Wreck have had
a vei•.,• serious- affair iyith the enemy, near St.
Drcy, uncles• Marshal Victor. In the comn►ence-
.tnent of the Action they were 'repulsed, and the
French cavaby, commanded by Genera/I Miami,
bad some success, but on the• arrival of General
De ti.oy•s Bavarian brigade, the enemy ivere'dom-
, pletcly repuls9d, and retired towards Ltuteville,
‘vith the losii of several officers, and some bun-.
dyed, prisoners.

Tile Cossacks continue very far in, advance.
I ttai;.!(l, to your Lordshili i❑ my last ,dispatch,
bo‘v anxiously we expected important events
from Marshal Bl►►clicr. It seems,. however, Mar-

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!dont Ntitedwiih -precipitation from Kayserslan-
tern, and passeid the Saar. Marshal Btucher had
his head-quarters on the 10th at Kussel, and it
is said he is as far as Saarb,ruck, and that he will
be at Metz on the 15th orltith.
By accounts from Paris, the enetny are collect-
.
lug some force-near Chalons, if sce, they will pro-.
babl.y retire on it from Nancy.
The Russian and Prussian Guards and reserves,

to foe arnoaot of 3Q,000 men, crqs(-ta, the
yesterday at 03ls place, and cleEled Lcfore

lied Sovekeigns. ,
It is quite impossible to, give an of these
troops, by any description. Their warlike appear-.
ance, their admirable egdyment, their military
perfection; and when one com;ide.rs what they
.have undergone, and.contemplates the Russians,
who have traversed their own regions, and
marched in a few short months front Aloscow
across the: Rhine, one is lost in wonder and
admiration.

4P.
The condition ip which the Rnpian cavalry ap-
peared reflects the highest reputation on this
branch of their service ; and their artillery, your
Lordship knows, is not to be surpassed.'
I have the honour to be, &c.
- . CI -L1311.1.5 FFEWART, Lieut.-General.
'Viscount Castlereagh, 6-. P. &e. •

Extract of a Dispatch from Edvl/4%.-tzti Thorr.ton, Esq. to Vis-

. . . .
count Castlereagh, dated Kiel, 14th .an. 1814

It is with the greatest satisfaction that I have
the hOnour of informing your Lordship, that
Baron de WCterstedt, the Swedish Ministers and,
my!elf, have this thy signed Treaties of rea.:e
with the Plenipotentiary of his Majesty ,the King
of Denmark.

13ULLEITIN OF illE F:,lll,WiailAN Alpl,y,

" St. Wendel, Jrn• J, 1c,14

", The corps of Sacken base. found. .at WornAs
and at Spires, up,Wards of 500 sick in, the enemy's
hospitals, and considerable quantities of military
stores.

" General Lukofkin, on the 3d of January, took
in a skirmish between some cavalry in the vicinity
of Neustadt, a Colonel, two officers, and live dra-