The Sun.
London, England, 1813-05-18 00:00:00

AMBRICAN PAPEItS.

COPY OF A Larktut Paog LAWRE7jCE nF Tilt
UNITED STATES SLOOP OE WAR, HORNET,
,TO
SECXETARY OF THE NAVY;
United Star I-L4rocti
.11tde,
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..jir,,-74have the liononr4.o you of the
arrival a this port, of ,the, Uihlcci
,States' eltip ,
.Hornet, untier tug command, fruit'ti,crnite of
145 days, iv Ito stateto you, that after COM-
modore.Bainbridge. left the coast of ,tle Brazils
(January i 3), Continued oaf the harbour of
Salvador, blockading the .Bonne.Citoyenne, until
the 2-16, when 6,- Montagne,l4, hove in sight, , •
•
•and 'chased me intathe harbour .; but alight Om-,
ing on, I wore and stood out to the southward.
Knowing that she :had left Rio huh.° for, the
• express purpose Of-relieving the Bonne Citoycune,
and the Packet (wbick.l had also blockaded for
14 days, and obliged her to send her to'Rio,,..
in a Portugue,se smack), I judged it most prnderit
to, shift my craning ground,. and . hauled by the
wind to the westward, with , the view of. eruiz-
ing off Pernainhueo, and on the dth of February
cart:yeti the English brig Resolution of
,ten guns
• freint Kio Janeiro, bound to Maranhant, With
coifee, and abaut 23,000 dollars in specie..
1 took out the money, and set her_on lire. 1 that
ran down the coa%:l for 111arittiliain,' and erulied
there itshort tithe front thenbeoa'Surintin. After
cruising off Clat coast:front the I:4 until the 22d
of February, without meetinda veSsel,A,stood` for
Demerara,' with an intention, should I'not be for-
tunat e on that station, to run throngh. the West
Indies On my way to the United States ; bu: on
the '2,l.th in the morning, I discovered a brig to
le.eward,,' to %OVA, I gate chase—ran into guar-,
ter-„less four, and not having a pilot, was obtiged.
, to haul off; the fiul'at. the entrance of Demerara`
'river it this dine bearing S.W. distant ;24 leagnes.
Previous to giving , up the
.I discovered
vessel at anchor, without thebar, with English
eolottrs eying, apparently a brig of war. In beat-
;l round Cambium Bank, in order to get to her,
at half-past: 3 rm. I discovered another sail
my w_etit her litlaeter, edging don't) for us—at-4,
20: she•hoisted English colours, *at which time we
diScovered her to be a large firm of war brig ;
beat tomiiarters, and cleared ship tor action, and
kept, close by the wind, in order, if possible, k•
gti.t, the ‘'veather-gauge. , At a. 10. tinning 1 could
weather. the enemy; I hoisted American .colours
an'ti tacked.. At 5,. 25. in psi sing catk other, ex- ,
changed broadsides *Willi half pistol shot. Ob-
Serving the enefity in the act of wearing 1 bore op,
and recOVed his starhourd broadside, run hitn
close on board on the starboard-quarter, and kept
no suck a heavy And
.well-directed tire, that m less
titan A,,1 minhies She snrrendered, (being totally,
Cat to pieces), anti hoisted an &Sigh, union down,
front his fore-rigying, us a Signillof distreSs. Shortly
after, his main-ninst weht by the board.,Dispatched
Lieut. Shubriek on board, who soon returned with
her First ,Lient., who reported her to be his Bri-
tannic MajeAty's late brig Peitcock, commanded
b cap' t. !cm, Peale, who fell in the latter part
of the action ; that a number of her crew were
killed And wounded ; and that ~he was sinking
fast, she having then six feet water in her '
I);svateheal the boats immediately for the wound-
ed, and btonght both vessels to anybor. Seeh
shot-holes as'could he got at were, then plugged
gun 3 thrown overboard, and e-very posSible exer-
tion used to keep her afloat, until the prisoners
could he removed, 'by pumping and baling, but
,without eileet, as she unlortonntely sunk, its ai fa-
t hams water,- carrying cloika 13 of her crew, and
3 of my bravo fellows,
[Here follows a list of the killer', Wounded, 'tic.
on board the Hornet*; and praise to the coin-
panyfor their conduct.] •-

NEIV Yorm, MARCH 29.—Extract of a letter
from Norfolk, /dated March 22 :---

" The 'fleet in Hampton Roads consists of three
ships of the line and one frigate. '.The Secretary
to the Rusiaa Legatihn arrived here on Saturday
night from \\faThington, and yesterday he went
with a flag of truce on hoard of Admiral Cock-
burn. lle has-obtained a flag of truce for a ves-
sel, to carry a Minister frmu this Govehmtenf to
ittt6sitt, to be met there by one from the British
Government, to negneiate a peace,
Admiral Coaching' has 'full powers to con-
clude an armistice, -and raise the blockade. It
will.depend on our Government, whether it is
•done or not. Dispatches for- the Russian Mini•
stfr were sent off this. morning, The Admiral
dhoes not mean to rani in his operations. We
jult learn from Richmond, that the enemy warn
landing at' Sandy Point,"

NGTON, MARCH kie folloven. tg e;tr-,
respondence was re,:eived fro -at Le'wiitcnvti, hoc
eveuing, by the Dover :quit
44 fteini-rinartvcs, Lovixtown, AT..trAi istt.
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t.t. "'Fic):.,l
improve the earliest time afforded me, since iny
on.iyut ut this place, of acknow/edging- the receipt
of your lerter.of the 16th instant, directed to the
Chief nig-istrate of Lewis:

The respect whicb generous and magi ni.
mous oationi, even when they are enemies, take
pride: in cherishing towards each other, enjoins it
upon me, as a duty I owe to the State over which
I have the honour at this time to, preside, toile
Government of which this State is a member, and •to the eivilized world, to inquire of you whether,
upon further and more mature reflection, 'you con-
tinue reolved to attempt the destruction or this
Own 1. shall, probably, this evening, receive
your.rePlY to the ?resent coannunication, aud your

determination of executing or relinquishing,the
derirnd m mtioned in your letter of the 16th iust.
11- 'hat flentand is still insisted upon, I have only
to observe to you, that a compliance would be an
inutediate violation of the laws of my country, and
an et,,iithl stigma on the nation of which I am a
A compliance, therefore, cannot be ac-
ceded do.

Citi7ien

"I have the honour to he, &c.
" slosEpti lIALsET,
• " Governorof the State of DalaWare."

(REPLY.)
His B. M. ship Poictiers, in the Mouth of the Delaware,
March 23,1813.
Sir,—ln reply to your letter received this
day, by a ling of truce, in answer to mine of the
ltith'inst,int, 1 have to observe, that the'demand
I have matte upon Lewiq lwll is, in my opinion,
neither tingenerous-.nor wanting in that magnani-
mity which one nation ought to observe ano-
with which it is at war. It is in: my power to
destroy your town, and the request 1 have made
upon it, as the price of its security, is neither
distressing nor unusual. I must therefore persist
and whatever sufferings may fall upon the inha-
bitants of Lewistown, must he attributed to your-
selves by your not complying with a request so
easily acquiesced in.
" I have the honour to be, &c.
BenEsFoap,
" Commodore, and commanding his Britannic Majesty's
Squadron in the Deleware." , ,

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(From a New York paper of the 10th ult:, it
appears that the bombardment of Lewistown was
carried on: vigorously by the lielvidera frigate,
and two other Britigli ships of war. It was water
only that the British Commadore reqnested, but
which was' refused to the, last; and the ships were
continuing hoStilities against the town when :the
last advices came away.]
New YORK, APRIL 2.-7-Enemy's Ships.—lt will
be eett by our marine list of this day, that there is
a British cruiser off Sandy Hook, so that no vessel
can go out of this port, or come in With safety.
Essex Frigate arrived.----The passengers in the
Mail stage train Boston, state, that late on rues-
day evening, a ship, prize to the frigate Essex,
arrived at'Boston, mid inforMed that the Essex
was in thej3py; that she,had sent one other ship.
a prize into Salem.
New-Yorm, APRIL. 8.--By Capt. Wecm3, di-
rect from Hampton, we learn that the British
squadron still retained their .former position in
1-I:lmpton roads ; that a conspiracy, among the ne-
grips had taken place, but was detected in the fol-
lowing manner :-,411 American vesel in James
river was bailed during the night by several ne-
groes in a canoe; who inquired if they were Eng-
lish ; the Captain suspecting them, replied
in the affirmative, when they immediately came
on board, and informed hint tram if he wouid
furnish them with arms they siv'ould massacre the
whites : that 2000 negroes.were embodied and
exercised plAds by night ;• they mentioned in-
xiio should he their first , victims. The
Captain of the vessel detained them for some time,
-exercising them with swords, &c. until he oh-
. tallied the whole plan (If the conspiracy, when he
beized them, and they are now confined ,in Wil-
liamsburg- jail.
• Col. Barclay, (formerly .British Consul in this
city) arrived here yesterday front England, via
Bermuda, in the cartel Savannah packet ; he
comes out as Agent for prisoners in the United
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States.
NEW YORK, APRIL 10.--The blockade of the
Chesapeake and Delaware has had the effect to
drive into this port most of the neutral, as well
as American vessels, bound to. southern parts.—
This apparently has given a little life' to business
for a few days past ; but we are mortified to see
neutrals running away with our, carrying trade,
which, if it, had not been for the bad manage-
ment of the present party in power, we might
have enjoyed ourselves. Our own shipping are
rotting at our wharfs, while neutrals bikve full and
profitable employment.

[FItOM THE NATIONAL INTELI4IDENCER OF WED-

IsIZSDAY.3
The news from the Ntlrth West is not so grati-
fying xts we could have wished. The expedition
st aat ont by General Harrison, under the command
of Captain Laugham, for the purpose of destroy-
ing the shipping at. Malden, had returned, having
founts the ice ho far open as to defeat their object.
Oetteral Harrison himself was, at the last ac-
counts, traversing the state of Ohio, with the
view of nr4l.wg arrangements, it was said, for the
Spt campa;ga.
A letter from Philadelphia, dated April .7th,
received this morning, says, " The whole loan
,
was taken yesteruay at n 8 percent. for 6 per cents.
of 100 for 6 per cent. with an annuity of one and
a half per cent. for 13 years. ,The parties• al-
lowed to the 15th inst. to determine which they
will take."'