The Sun.
London, England, 1814-07-26 00:00:00

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14zr free, I NtiJ:.sti,the 29tt flit.-
learn, that Captain Poilham of his wounds
three days after the' affair, at Oswego. Tlic-siosie
letter says —". AbolAt officers anchnen, chiefly
belonging to De Watteyiile's regiment, have land-
ed at Atontreal, who wet e made Prisoners by the
Americans in Upper Canada, and ,since released.
Luring the period of their captivity, every art of
seduction was put in practice to incitic:c them to,
retnaln in the United States. They were t)romis-
ed..the distinguished honour of Citizenship, and
exemption frotip Militia service; but true to the
oath they bad' taken, and the cause in they
had fought, not one -of them accepted the oder.
They all, to a man, treated it with the greatest
contempt. Now observe the contrast :—the•Ame-
ricans that are made prisoners by our troops,,offtr
in great numhers to take the oath of allegiance
to our Government. It is needless to state that
such advances have been rejected with indigna-
tion.

Government intends to establish settlements
between Lower Canada and New Brunswick', to,
facilitate the communication between the latter
and Quebec. several men belonging to the 10th
Royal Veteran Battalion, with their wives and fa-
milies, are to be the settlers, and they have al-
ready-proceeded for the- spot.
'.• By the following extracts will be perceived
that our ships on the American coast are not in-
active. ,It is the only:way to bring the enemy,to
his senses—capture every thing.. •Madison has
sent a
.fiag of truce fo Sir George Prevost :in a.
great hurry; We arc anxious to know..on what
subject : ••
Banal, Juxts 1-I.—The sloop Mariner, of and from Sand-
wich, ;or' Boston, with wood (a new vessel), wikcaptured •
this morning, by a barge from the BtilWaik, 74, at ivnehor
about seven miles from Scituate, in company with the N.,iinplie
"frigate. The barg-e also captured two sloops roll' Coliasset
rocks; and. five barges Went into Scituate harbour this morn-
ing, cut out two schooners, and burnt the remainder in Taal,
consistingof nine sail of schooners and slootis,—Six, I'. M.
A n
with thefts, apparently a privateer."
BusToN, JUNE 12.—Arrived the Pdgrim, from the Bay—.
i hiphas am:hared
this morning she was taken alongside the Nymphe still at mi-•
ehor off Scituate with the Bulwayk, and was permitted to pro
seed : about 11 o'clock, three miles southeast of the light-
bonsc,was. ly:arded front aslool), tender to tho Btilwark, Which
put on board tire men and forii women, taken out of i.e
schooner.Botsey, from hence for Proridencertown ; this ...es-
' gel she had captured, and ordeled down to the Bulwark. '1 be
prisoners stated that three schooners-were alongside the Bul-
wark this morning, which were captured on Saturday
evening—alio, that the schooners Nightingale, 1,11.-, and
Beauty, were all captured on Sat ,t lay evening by 1 los barges
and tenders. Two tenders, and live er six barges, ware Out
all night, soouring the shore from North to South ; in fact,
so numerous are the barges ,nd ,ruder; in the 8a3.,,, that n is
almost impossible for a vessel to escape capture, boon:; in or
out ; the skipper of the Pilgrim in.tirms, that he saw tun or
twelve small schoon...rs standing for the Bulwark shortly after
he left the Nymphe, supposed to have been captured ov the
barges and tenders on S nrchty evening. •
• It 'has been generally understood that a Protla-
matton would be issued by Government, without'
loss of time, addressed to British subjects in Awe-
rica, requiring them to return. home to .their al-
legiance ; but it will be remembered that tln's has
been already done at the commencement of the
war with iiinerica (a rule always 'obse;ved• id)
respect to .all nations) :Abe Proclamation, there,
fOre, in question, must• needs go hilted farther,
and threaten those who .have hitherto neglected
to attend to -the call of Government with out-
lawery, or soine equivalent peualty,in cas.:• they
do not immediately return to their native countiy.

Til 'E• 6UN itl.lBtlE %V

(No. XIV.)

lIIStORICAI SkETCHE§ OF POLITIC 4 AND PUBLIC MEN for
the Vet- 1513. 7'e ,be continued Annitally.—LtiNGMAN,
4EES, ORME, and PatowN.,-8.00. price 7s:

boartlo.

We cam, with great sincerity, recommend this
useful' volume, because though temperately and
ably Written, there are many of its political opi-
nions, espe.eiallynn kite subject of Home PUlitics,.
(in' the nceufacy 'of which we can by no
ugree.---A-voluine -of the same kind was, we be,-
lieve, though we have not seen it, published last
year, so -that this is the second of the inteadtd
-Series. The Author, Whatever he is, conies to
his task with so evident -a desire to treat his sub-
jects fairly anti i:npartialiys that it t..-ould he ttei-
tiltr .nor impartial in -us; even where we most
differ troth hint, to treat his arguments in any
other way than -as the offsprihg kit honest-princi-
ples, and independence of The arrange-
ment of the matter is lucid.; and the style is pos-
sessed that character of and fierce
Which is best adapted to historical. narrative and
political disquisitiOn.
We do not know whether the public generily
will be as' much gratified with the perusal of those
portions of the Sketches, which are purely histo—
rical, as we hare been. •Sure, however, we are,
,that they Cannot be read by, tiny one without •
giving high Satisfaction. ,To us, they wete peen-
itarly agreeablea- After turnw_iling, as Public
Journalists, through all the events, piecemeal, as
-they Ocenrred,which arc herecleatiy auci systemati-
cally recorded, we were quite delighted to.glide so.
-smoothly through the saute matters svhich we had
before passed with such infinite pain and actable.,
Like the huntsman, who, with many efforts and
almost intiderable toil, has Cleared himself a path
through the tangled forest, we were charmed-to
find the path, whiloin -so • laborious and painful,
all at- once easy and agreeable. Though every
Reader may not, peyhaps, experience this feeling,
we are vet convinced that every one will be pleas-,
ed by . view In this condensed state of those
momentous affairs, scattered over the surface of
1813, which, both in Russia and Spain, led to
the happy consuunnation in which the world re-
joices
in 1814.
The subjects treated of in this volume (which is
hottest printing and margins, and therefore contains
a good deal of reading) are as follow.:-1., Minis-
terial abut Party changes during the year. 2. The
Princess of Wales and delicate investigation.
3. The Catholic Question. 4. ReneWal of the
East India Company's Charter. 5. Finances.
6. Campaign in the Peninsula. 7. Campaign
iu
the North and in Germany. And S. America.
To all these important topics the Author brings
good information, and certainly a calm and dis,
passionate spirit of inquiry. There is much plain
sense and often great acuteness in his reinarks,
though we are inclined. tr' think that he some-
times permits himself to, play oa the surface of his
.and rest contented with a superficial ex.'
amirfation, wa,cee ntinutv
would give a very'llifterent result to his reasoning.
This we deem to be particularly the case with time
second article abosve eatimerated. His praise of
Ministets in the first short Essay is, to say the
least of it, as niggard as it could well be, consider--
ing the prosperous estate into which they have
conducted the country. On .the Catholicit ques-
tion, we question much if. any man could -advance
any thing either new or entertaining in discus-
, sion. With regard to the settlement of the affairs
of the E. S. Company our Author is extremely suc-
cessful in his remarks, and on the religious part of
this controversy in particular we have derived
much pleasure from his statements respecting the
employment of Missionaries. The fifth_ Chapter
on Finance is less to ours taste than any of the
others—it is a drY detail of opposing systems,
neither of Which are explained with the clearness
so observable in the rest of tha work. The three
last chapters are unusually accurate and entertain-
ing, and, afford a concise and intelligible picture
of all the mighty military events which so Much
distinguished this Wonderful period. With re,
gird to the policy which ought now to be pursued
towards America,. we differ tot° ccelo from the.
Author. He prudentially recommends extreme
moderation—we equally prudentially recommend
a hearty drubbing—" indemnity for the ,past and
security for the future."
Every man actmainted with the Yankee Charaa,
ter is convinced that this is the only way to'make
. them act, justly now, and keep the peace here-
after.. - • - _ • _

Snell a production as this admits of no extracts,
and we therefore close our, notice with repeating
cur tribute of approbation to the design and to