The Sun.
London, England, 1813-01-09 00:00:00

lIIR MAIN ARMY.

NEW YORK, Nov. 260—The army under the
Comm an d e r in Chief, General Dearborn, hrolie
up their catup tit Plat4burg, on the 114th instant,

and rnoehed to Chainplain, nti tte tatta la line,
neatest I.lOatreal. The force is somew!tqe be-
tweCo six and• 10,000`rnen regulars and ntilitia. •
By a Gentleman who 'hits 'returned' front the
army under Gen. Hopkins, 'we are informed, that
1u 2600 mountedt'ulat6ers who ,startect some
time since from Fort 'Harrison to go to the, Peoria.
towns, had inktaketi their direction; did returned
without effecting thttobject of the expeditioti. The
mounted ‘,6lnnteers, we 'are' told, are' .ntmr oa
their way home.

It is said that the last accnonts left Harrison's
army perilously situated. It had advanced, con.;
siderably ; the Indians had intercepted itcAttp.,'
plies ; and it eras suffering for wantolprovision‘
A letter from Washington, ..lated the 13th in-
stant, says, "The ConnnaCe of Ways and
Means, Which decided on Sat4oay last, 14 to
3, in favour of the reinission,of bonds for Bri-

tish goods, rrhcre the property was Ainerman,
are now for referrin., the subject to the decision
of Mr. Gallatin." .

I)ttc. 14.—Sailed on Monday his
Alajesty's ship St. Domingo, Admiral Sir J. B.
Nl'arreit, Captain ./wion and Statira frigates,
and Wanderer sloop, of war, with a convoy for
Be rm . •

Letters from St. John's; New Brunswick, on

the (itb instant, 'mention the melancholy loss of
his Majesty's brig Plumper, Lieutenant Bray, at
four o'clock in the mortising of the sth instant,
on a ledge of rocks near, Dipper harbour. Of
those on board; 42 unfortunately perished and
among them,• all the passengers, and ail the .of-
ficcrS, excepting a Mr. HaIL• niug the passen-
gers were, Dr. and Mrs. Wright, Mr. Canning-
hain, and Mr. Crawford,. Cotn►nissary Depart-
ment, and a very tine youngslad, son of the latter
tientleman.

. A letter from Annapolis of .illowlay last, says,
that a person had just arrived there, who left
Last Fort a few days before=-where it was re-
ported, that the American army under General
Dearborn had advanced into Canada, and hi.al been
completely defeated.

NVEsTAIIN-, rmt SESSIONS.

Tiff; FA XI: V. ft ORISTC-1/4STLE.

This was an indictment for a libel, published
by the dcfcmlant against the Queen's Lying- hi-
Hospital ar Bay miter. 'l'lae prosecution wn,.in7,
stituted by the Governors and Directors • of. that
institution. The'defeiniant, Horneastle, was
brought to the bar, in custody, and pleaded Not
Unilty.
Mr. ALLEY, for the
.proseention, opened•;the
case, by stating, that the defemiant was .a pub-.
Lifter of pamphlets, and kept 'a' kind of picture-
shbp in liteliborn6.street, 'llayntarket. He was
die pibliShei. of a six-penny pamphlet, which he
held m his hand, and. which Avas a most . gross
mid lihellmis attack' on an 'institution, whieh.was
one of the' most beneficial and liberal' that 'the
country hd' tO boast of. It • was founded from
charitable miitives, and stippotied by the voltimr,
tiny contributions cf Nohleniciitind Gentry of the
higheit rank, 'including the BOyal Family, who
were its Patrons.' Its GOvernors, Managers, Ml-
sieianS, &c. were selected from among the first in
rank, and the most, respectable of the community.
Was itthen to be antlered, that an institution like
thii was to be brought into disrepute, dis-
grace, •or infamy, 'at 'the- flatlets of • an' ImPrin"
Opted,
,Wielted, and. malieimik 'libeller The
ly fpieStion, stated the liimOst depravity and
lytekgrloOki 'to blis'e i?)tisted `among the Members' of
the hiStittition, Or those entrusted with the ma-
nagement (Alt. The LearnM Counsel read.sohie
'extracts front the paMphlet; and observed that the
'alternative, was ofiintd to tliedefendant to give up
the Unthor, in which' case'be wai to be freed 'from
'prosecution ; but be refused, 'pretending that. a
reiretable clergyman had lient bin 'the copy,
achieh he hailderived from aiithentic information,
`and itwould be a.breach Of einifuletice to reveal Lis
'name.

he prisoner hung OIL tar Ins tletlnce,
said be Was actuated by the pin e,,t motives to put
down vice and immorality; that he had a wife and
eight children, and that if they viiited him, with
severity,such was his poverty,,,that. they must be-
come a hurdler' to the parish.
The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and the
Court sentenced the defendant to be imprisoned
mouths, isud to enter into a recognizance for hi,.
good behaviour for 2 years, himself in 5001. and
two sureties in 1001.

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