The Sun.
London, England, 1814-10-25 00:00:00

issued to the military and naval Commanders of
the United States, as it does with the established
and known liumanPN of the American nation, to
pursue a system which it appears you have adopt-
ed. The Government owes it to itself, to the
principles which it has ever held sacred, to dis-
avow, as justly chargeable to its, any such wan-
ton, cruel, and unjustifiable wArfare.
Whatever unauthorised irregularity may have
been committed by any of its troops, it would
have been read v, acting on these principles of
sacred and eternal obligation, to disavow, and as
far as might be practicable, to repair. Ent in the
plan of desolating waifare which your letter so
explicitly makes known, and which is attempted
to be excused on a plea so utterly groundless, the
President perceives a-spirirof deep rooted hos-
tility, vi pith, without 'the evidence of such facts,
he could not have believed existed, or would have
been carried- to such an extremity.
For the reparat ion of injuries, of whatever nature
they may be not sanctioned by the law of nations,
which the naval or military forces of either power
may have committed against the other, this Go-
vernment will always be ready to enter into
reciprocal arrangements. It is presumed that
your government will neither expect er propose
any which are not reciprocal.
Should your Government adhere to a system of
desolation so contrary to the views and
.practice
of the United State:.:,, so revolting to humanity,
and repugnant to the sentiments and usagcs,
civilised world, whilst it will b;.! seen with time
deepest regret, it must and will be met with ade-
termination and constancy becoming a free people,
contending in a just cause for their essential rights
and their dearest interests.
I have the hUnour to be, with great considera-
tion, Sir, yotir most obedient bumble servant,

(Signed)
Vice-.Ntinlir-11 'Sir Alexaitikr Cochrane,

J.\S. MONROE.

Commander in Chief of his Britannic

ALijesty's ships and vtsseh, &c.

Extract of a later from Sac.lictl's Harbour, dated Sept. 13,

1814

" One or two new vessels are on their way .up the St.
Lawrence, or have already arrived at liin:,ston, in a. raft,
which was pat together at Johnstown, and consists of al
their timber, spars, apparel and armament ready to put to.
gether.

" We are in doubt as to the point or object of the expe-
dition—it is evident, however, that one is on foot. It is my
belief that this division intend throwing themselves in the
rear of the British army at Niagara, as they probably do mot
think themseives• strong enough for Kingston. If. Drum-
mond's army by this means he captured at the head of the
Lake, and Brown and Izard form a junction, and make a
descent upon Kingston before the new ship is ready, I think
there would be a chalice of success, and this is the only one
on which I can reasonably make calculations ; and this can
only be done while we have the ascendancy on the Lake. The
Oneida is in port and divested of her armament—her cannon
are mounted on board the gun-boats—she will probably act
hereafter as a transport,

•
The whole of the American force now on Lake
Champlain, independent of the captured British
ships, is
_

Ship Saratoga, Commodore M'Donough, - 26 guns.
Brig Surprize, Master and Commandant Henly, 20 do.
Schooner Ticonderoga, ditto - Cassiu, 20 do.
Sloop Preble, Lieut. Budd, - - - 7 du,
Do. Montgomery, Sailing-Master turuus, - 7 do.
Do. President, Masters-Mate Freeborn, - 10 do.:
Six new Row Dailies; the Santepead, Viper, Nettle, •
Borer, Burrows and Allen, .cacti mounting .24 aucl
a short uiuder, - - 12 do.
Row Dallies, No's I, 2,3, and 1, the two former
mounting each a long 9, and the two latter each a
long 12 pounder, - - - -- 4 do.

Total, - 106 guns.

NEW YORK, SEPT. 20.—A Gentleman arrived
in the mail stage, who left Baltimore on Saturday
afternoon, at three o'clock, where he had tarried
two days. lie informs us, that the whole of the
British fleet had passed down the bay ; that only
three vessels, belonging to the last of the fleet
were to be seen from the Observatory ; and that
the enemy dug 63 graves on North Point, some
of which had been since opened, and were found
to contain on an average four bodies each. Many
dead bodies of the enemy, found in the woods,
have been also brought in by our rifle corps.
NEW YORK, SEPT. 21.—0 n Wednesday the
13th inst. the interment of the American and
British Officers who -fell in the late memorable
battle on Lake Champlain took place,. in a man-
ner to do honour to the bravery with which they
defended their respective flags. The coffins of
the American Officers, covered with the flags of
'their vessels, were taken on board a boat from the
Commodore's ship, and followed by him and his
Officers in another boat to the British ship, where
they took on board the deceaseid British Officers,
covered with the flags of their own vessels, and
followed by their surviving Officers, and proceed-
ed to the shore. During the procession, minute
guns were fired from the COmmodore's ship.
BOSTON, SEPT. 29,-,-Our accounts from. Eric
are to Sept. 10. Between 3 and 4000 militia had
volunteered to cross to Fort Erie ; 1300 had gone
over that day. The remainder were to follow the

next morning. The Albany Papers of Friday last
contained nothing new from Erie or Sackett's
Harbour. An expedition of troops from the inte-
rior of Maine into the province of New Brunswick
would probably either compel the British to
abandon Penobscot, to defend their own Colony,
or to punish them for their temerity, if they con-
tinued to retain possession. Expeditions from
Vermont, &c. into Canada, may be expected, if
the enemy does not altogether abandon his inva-
sions of the United States.

SCPT. 24.—We have received a letter from a
Gentleman at Castine, in which he informs us,
that all was quiet at that place, and that all re-
sistance to the British east of the Penobscot had
ceased. Deputations from the several towns were
daily coming in to signify to the British Com-
manders their assent to the terms which were
proposed to the•inhabitants.

NOVA -SCOTIA, s.—Captain Carson has
arrived with the colours taken in the ever-Memo-
rable battle on Lake 'Champlain. The privateer
Sabine, Rowlond, of Baltimore, has arrived at
Wilmington, N. C.; brought in with her the Bri-
tish brig Firefly, from Smyrna to London, with
a full cargo of drugs, &c. The Sabine has on
board a large quantity of dry goods, &c.—After
the retreat of Sir G. Prevost, General Macomb
ordered the militia, consisting of 2,500 men, to
be disbanded, as :yell as the regular troops,whose
numbers consisted of 1,500 men. •
MONTREAL, SEPT. ; 7.—We learn that the
Racoon sloop of war, after separation from the ,
little squadron in the Pacific, proceeded' to the