The Sun.
London, England, 1814-10-28 00:00:00

PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE:

HAMUURGEI, 0CT:21,7-1A WhOleAlOiali wilthe:
occupied at Vienna in provisional. conferendes,7
until the opening of the,-Congress on the! Ist .of
November. Talleyrand continues to oppo,*.many
of;theitlanB in discussion ; hut as the other Powers
arein gener4l agreed, France can have no 'dee:sive.

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voice in these questions.
The following IS our• latest intelligence' fr6iii
Vienna, datid tite•l3th ins'ignt : :o it
It appears -now ihdabitahle that.Saxonry
remain undivided, and be wholly appropriated fol.:
Prussia. Apart- of Poland will' again becotne
Prussian ; namely, stich portion as may lte rej
quired'for rounding the Prussian States on that•

side. Discussions with' France- are impending,
and therefore it has hecome the more necesary,
as has been decided-within these few days, .that.!
the fortress of Mentz should' be. wholly. and en- '7
tirely entrusted ;to the Prussian arms.
" The affairs of Italy on the one side,.ard thok&
of the North of =Europe on the-other;arecstill vety

much perplexed."
-The interest /which the German Nation takes in
the- proceedings of the Congress is extreme, and
they view with a commendable jealousy that :in-
fluence which France has been for ages endeavour-.
ing to extend, and which the general use of her
language so materially 'contributed 'to promote.
In relation to this latter point, the following is •
an excellent article fro,n a periodical puhlicationi •
cntitled Chroniltdes allgenzeineit MotevlCongresves

(Chronicle of the General Congress of Vie'nna)
" To. what 'language 'should be assigned "the-pi-e
ference ipjrchnitig-the decisions of'the 'Vientia=Co

:grfsS

The
shortsighted alone will consider it. as- tvi
It-atter. of trifling imporranee in what, language,
'Abe discussions of a. Congress are conductc:d; and
their results cOnTintii&ated- in a solemn i&itrti-;'
ment. On the assemblage of the reprersentativesL
of tuaby nations, the selection 'of the language of
one of theta 'shews which of theUi played the
.principal part at the Congress ; hence it is, that
it has been stipulated in public deeds; that such
preference of th7e selected language should 'not
serve as a rule for' the future. , But there is.be-
sides this, a mOi•e important consideration, that
when in future any doubts arise with respect to
such contracts, the literati end statesmen to whom,
the selected torrgue is: vernacular, will seem to
neserve I.IIV.
the doubtful instrummt.
On these acconnts, in,,former times plat se-,
lected the neutral Latin tongue at Congressus.
The treaties of Airestphalia, Nimeguen, I.l:Yseck,
Baden, and :Vienna, which all had more or less
relation to the affairs of Germany, are written in
Latin, France had not tken acquired such a
preponderance as to impose her meagre inox-
pi-essive language on the negociators of other

nations. . .
" The Treaty of Paris of 1763, in which Ger-
. many was not concerned, andwhere only •Frince,
Spain,. Portugal, and England, appeared in CO'n-
gress, it is true, was drawn up, tot as formerly
\ in Latin, but in French ; and thus Franee,..n97
withstanding all her losses, contrived to giveher-,
self, an important air of consequence. St li,
however, an article was introduced into the Treaty;
setting forth that the employment of the French
language should not be considered- as an example
for eh:future. There Was. a Similar reservation
in the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748, hi
which Germany took no part.
The French, in the mean time, became. the
Court language of the German nations. The
fashion became. still more general, by mei'ins of
French pedagogues and governesses, to dissemi-
nate the French for generations among insigniii,
cant German apeS.
"Frederick the Great vas partial to the Fremdi
language, especially diplomatic proceedings.---
Thus he favoured the French in their speculations,
and they could with greater facility turn their
language to account at all future Congresses.--;-
This is not mentioned as a reflection on that truly
great man. The Gerthan was then little_ better
than low Dutch ; and who would ,not have
.pie-
fared French to the dialects of Cologne or. Al.:.
sace ? In consequence of -Frederick's little -esteem
for the German language, attention was p to
its cultivation through ail the North ofGer,liany.
But in the meantime the French were predomir
mint atC ongresses, and since that period all. ne-,
gociations, and all public deeds the result of
them, have been, in French. We reconecx,, the

Treaties of Luneville and Presburg, as well as'
the fruitless negociations of Rasta& We have
even lived to see the ignominy of having the Con-
stitutiop of the Rhenish Confederation for German
people issued in French.
Who, then, can doubt that tliedecisiOns of
the Congress of Vienna should be delivered in
German language ? It possesses copiousness,
energy, and Germanicism sufficient to satisfy all.
In the n.egociations let every One tie his own lan-
guage ; let an accurate copy of the grand docu-
ment be delivered to every one in his own lan-
guage ; but let the original deed be German, since
the vigour o f the German people, ju tmion with
the Russians, has conquered the great land-mark
.on which we stand, pointing to the reward'
through the Congress of Vienna."
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BQNDING SYSTEM.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—Since I'last addressed ynu, the Mercan7
tile Interest have succeeded in obtaining from his
Majesty's Government a considerable indulgenc
in.regard to Goods which have remained in the
Warehouses- beyond the time allowed by law ; an
indulgence so framed as materially to facilitate a
return to the original system. Nevertheless it
has been thought proper to call another Meeting,
at which various 'Resolutions have been passed ;
it is to these Resolutions, the result, it may be
presumed, of the information and suggestions for
which the Committee of Merchants 'previously
advertised, that I ant desirous of calling the pub-
lic attention.

.The First :Resolution states, in substance„ that
an extension of the privileges of the Warehousing
Acts, and not a suspension of the present faei-

lities, is at this moment necessary.

The Meeting have not condescended to inform
us why a measure, calculated solely to meet-the
extraordinary Decrees of litioNAL.AaTe, is at this
moment peculiarly necessary, when every Conti-
nental ~ .ort is open to our cou►:nerce---why the
time which was conceded in 1803, and found suf-
fieient until 1809, requires now to be extended ;
they have been wisely cautious in only stating
their :pinion on the fact. By this.caution, how-
ever, I left at' iberty to
_suppose there is some
truth in the report, that many cargoes have been
warehoused -iu which deficiencies to a consider-
able extent have occurred, whereon the Ware-
housing Acts requirethe duties to be paid ; but
that whilst the Treasury continues. to extend the
Bonds'given on the original importation of these
cargoes-, no legal proceedings for the recovery of
this duty can take place ; and that it is not, there-
fore, so much to avoid bringing their Goods into
the Market, as to avoid paying, into, the Exche-
quer what is justly due, that the Merchants are
now so anxious for an extended indulge►►ce.
The Second Resolution states, that, the Ware-
housing Bonds have, by their unifor►n suspension,
been virtually superseded, and that Ministers, by
such suspension, have ad►nitted a system of limi-
tation to be incompatible with the commercial
advantages of the country.
The Meeting, previous to passing this Resolu-
tion, shendd have remembered that this uniform
suspension had only existed five years, out of
which twelve months notice had been given of
its discontinuance ; that it was originally grant,
ed, and has been entirely 'continued, in conse-
quence of commercial distresses ; and that our
commerce. never flourished more than thirith. th►e
:system previous to that limitation to which his
Najesty's Minister§ are so anxious to return.
The Third Resolution complains, that the Trea-
s.:cry Order of the 10th May was not published in
tl►e Gazette.

I trust, '6ir, this is the first time it was ever
gravely resolved that it was necessary to give
a Gazette notice that an indulgence would be
discontinued. One might have thought it
was so notorious that the circumstances which
originally led to an extension of the time for
Warehousing GOods had ceased to exist, that
the Treasury would have "(men justified in requir-
ing a return to the old Law, without any notice
at ail. Two distinct notices, however. were given
to the parties interested, through the •proper
channel, and I hive no doubt, if such notices had
been made public in the way mentioned, these
very Gentlemen %vould have been the first to com-
plain that information had been given to put.-
Gthasers in consequence of which they would not
lay in a stock, but wait the depression in the
Matiet likely to be occasioned by the cessation
of this indulgence, and that the publication of
this Notice would have formed a prominent argu-
ment for continuing the extension.
The 4ih Resolution states, that the Treasury
Minute of the 14th inst. is wholly inadequate to
the:real necessities and just claims of the Pro-
prietors of %Varehoused'Goods.

lE by real necessities is meant pecuniary wants,
arisimg from Merchants having engaged in specu-
lations beyond their..capital, it appears to me the
only remedy is to allow the Law to take its
course, which directs. the Articles to be sold, the
proceeds to be applied ; Ist, to pay the Ware-
housing- dues and other charges ; 2dly, the Crown
Dtittes ; 'and lastly, the surplus, if any, to he paid
to the. Proprietors : it is true the price thus ob-
tained may not be so considerable as their ideas
of.:profit,thaY have led them to expect ;. but the
loss be but a si4!-Itt punishment for their hay-
ing so lung withheld them from the Consumer,
and so determinedly avoided those arrangements
which the Notices 'Of the GOverninent called opOn
tbein to make.

t!)eir "-just claims"-I can say nothing.;
whenever they are o.i imper, I will answer-Om";

lilt It ‘c;otild idle t, enCleai,otir fo eotAiit

point ut wl►ich 1 au► unable to see the

The sth _Resolution 'states, that the di:ter-
mination to resort to 'the aw will
mately bye detrimental to.the Revenue, destroy-tie
confidence of the Foreign Merchant, and Prove
subversive of the general benefits arising to the
Community at large from the Warehonsing System.
In what way this determination will be
mately detrimental to the Revenue requires to lie
explained—the immediate good. attained—not to
mention the money brought at once into the Ex-
chequer—will be the clearing out of the Ware-
houses a quantity of old GoOds, the cancelling
of Old Bonds, the receipt of a considerable stun
as duty on deficiencies, and the enabling the Reve-
nue Officers to be more correct in their future

accoiuts.

. That this measure will destroy the confidence
of Foreign Merchant cannot for a moment be
believed—rather should it be said it will prove to
him the detertnination of the British Government
to revert to the,Law, as soon as pdssible, after the
necessity for departing from it has ceased, and
prevent his calculating on these temporary indul-
gences, which are the greatest evils of the Mer-
cantile SyStem. ,

As to the general benefits arising to the Copt-
triunity at large from the Warehousing System,
they are at all times rather prOblematical. That
it is a great accommodation- to the Mercantile
World cannot be questioned, and, as such, may
ultimately prove beneficial to tare Nation ; it is,
how"ever, of the subversion of the original inten-
tion, by-continuing the period limited by Law
for Goods to reinaitivVarehoused, that the Public

have,a right to complain, as enables the Mer 7
chant to keep Lis Ciciod from the Market as lon,g
as he thinks proper, and charge his own price to
the Constnner ; and no man will tell me that this
is an advantage to the Community at large.

On the resolution of Thanks to Sir C, PRICE I
have little to Offer ; he has, no doubt, conducted
himself with his usual ability on this occasion ;
and I can only lament, that, a Gentleman so re-
spectable should have been found t) advocate so
bad a cause. —: am, Sir, yours,

AMERICAN PAPERS.

CIVIS„

The following is an Official Report of the 'Pro-
ceedings of Captain Sinclair, immediately Rfter
the fitilurc of hiS attack On

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM CAPTAIN A. SINCLAIR

TO TUE LION. W. JONES, SECRETARY TO THE

NAVY, DATED •
Oa board the United States sloop Niagara,
Elie, Sept. 3, 1814..
Stn,--Immediately after tie att,nl.
*--oviplit-C,i-ett the awrence and
midi orders, to Lieut.. Commandant' -Dex-
ter; to make all possible dispatch to Lake Erie, •
and there co-operate with our army, &c. while I
shaped my course in pursuit of the enemy's force,
supposed to he about Nautanwassanga ; and. 'I
cannot but express my surprise at 'having passed
those vessels and arrived at Erie before them. By
that opportunity I apprized you of my movenaents
up to the 9th ult. since which 'time I have been
fortunate enough to find his Britannic Majesty's
schooner Nancy, loaded with provisions, clothing,
&c. for the troops at Mackinac. -
She was two miles up the Nautanwassanga river
moored under a block-house, strongly situated on
the S. E. side of the river, which running nearly
parallel with the Bay shore for that distance,
forms a narrow peninsula : this, and the wind
being off shore, afforded me an opportunity of
ar-
choringopposite to him,' and within good batter.
in; distance but finding the sand-hills and trees
frequently interrupting my shot, I borrowed a
3 1-2 inch howitzer from Col.Croghan, mounted
it on one of my carriages, and sent it on the pe-
ninsula, under command of Lieutenant Holdup
a situation was chosen by Captain Gratoit, of the,
Engineers, from which it did great execution.—
The enemy defended himself very handsomely,
until one of those shells burst in his block-house,
and in a few minutes blew up his magazine. This
set fire to a train which had heen laid for the de-
struction of the vessel, and in an instant she was •
in flames. I had made the necessary preparations
with boats for getting on board of her; hut fre
quent and heavy explosions below deck made the
risk of lives too great to attempt saving her ; she
was, therefore, with her valuable cargo, entirely
consumed. I cannot say whether those who de-
fended her were blown up in the block-house, or
whether they retreated in the rear of their work,
which they might have done unseen by us; as it
afforded a descent into a thick wood. I hope the
latter.

A number of articles were picked up at a con-
siderable distance off; among them was the Com-
mander's desk, containing copies of letters, &c.
several of which I herewith enclose vou for your
information. They serve to spew the vessel to
have been commanded by Lieutenant \Vorsley, of
the Royal Navy : of what infinite importance her
cargo was to the garrison at Mackinac, and that
they have- nothing afloat now on that Lake. The
Nancy appeared to be a very fine vessel; between
the size of-the Queen Charlotte and Lady Prevost.
There were three gnus on the block-house, two
24-powders and one 6-pounder. I cannot say
what was 'on the vessel, as all her ports were
closed. • I also got a new boat, called by them a
gun-boat, but unworthy the name, being caieti-.
lated to mount only a 24-pound carronade.
The Nautanwassanga is top narrow, and over-
hung with bushes; for a vessel to get up, except
by avarpini,r; which prevented my sending gun-
boats in, or Colonel Croghan from attemptint, to

.fitrnlisrea'r ;as we .s‘:c 'iltnni;er of inCiia;l3
skulkiii, and oceasiO•hally tiring across frown
the the liank-h'; it was in thiS way the only man we
had touched was W6unded.

You will see, the eficloseil letters, the short
State the'y Are in fOr provisions at Michilimac-
kinac ; and 1 am assurer!, trout -the.
that this is the only line of communication by
which they can be supplied; tiitt of the. Grand
River being rendered impassable for any thing
heavier, than a man can carry on his hack. by 6U
portages-; I have, therefore, left. the Scorpion aut"
Tigress to blockade it closely, unii the semOn:-
hecomes•too boisterous for boat transppetliti6n.
CM. Crogl►an thought it not advisable to fortify
and garrison Nautanwassanga, as the enemy's com-
munication from York is so .short and convenient,
that any force be could leave there would be cut
off in the %sinter.

I was unfortunate in getting embayed,' in a
gale rat wind, on a rocky iron-bound shore,
which occasioned the loss of all the ,buats I had
in tow, among which was the captured gun-boat,
and my launch : felt fortunate, however, in sav-
ing my vessel, lumbvred as ,she was with 450
souls on board, and shippiog such immense titian-,
titles of water, as to give me'very serious alarm
for some hours. 1 was compelled to•strike sOlocH
of my guns below, and nothing say it her at last
but a .sudden shift of wind, as there is. iiothiui;'
like anchorage in . Lake Huron, except in the
mouths of rivers,.. the whole coast being ,a steep.
perpendicular rock. I have been-se'veraltimes in
great danger of total loss, in this extremely <lan-
gerons navigation, entirely unknown
.to our pi-
lots,• except direct to Mackinac., by hlling sud-
denly from no sounding into three tAtiroms, and
twice in 1-4 less twaio, all,a cr rock. Those
dangers might' be avoided, from the trau.spareney
of- time water, but for .tite continued thick togs,
which prevail almost as constantly as on the Grand
Bank.

By the arrival of the mail a fewhours after I
anchored at Detroit, learned the critical state
of our army on the Peninsula, and, that .the •So-
mers and Ohio had been captured. The craft,
from the Flats with part of n y gnus and shot, had
not yet iirriyed ; but being certain: my presence
would be neeessary.at' the •earliest possible mo-
ment, I availed myself of-a fair wind, and sailed
for this place, where 1 am happy to find that our
army feel tliemselves perfectly secure where they
arc. I have, however, sent the Lawrence, Lady
Prevost, and Porcupine to Buffalo, there to ren-
der any assistance which may
.he required, and
shall follow them my§elf in the course of '24'
hours. There is such 'an imminent risk of the loss
of the fleet at this season of the year I:y:ing to an
anchor at Buffalo, where the bottom i% composed
entirely of hard rock, a-strong current setting
down, and exposed to the open iake, faint whence
the heaviest gales are experienced, that I shall
not, finless ordered posjtively to do so from the
department, continue there a moment longer titan
I can ascertain the Commandins General's
and in what way the fleet can co-operate with
hint. Daily and dear-bought experience teaches
us we ought not to risk our fleet in a situation
where they are so liable to be lost. Lieutenant
Ken nedy has, no doubt, informed you of the to-
tal loss of the 'Arid, after being on float, and
'ready to move froth there.
_

I have the honour to remain, with great respect,
Sir,. your (..I)edit!nt errant,
N. B. from SlaTiritiql;v has itiqt
rired here, and bare been furwardeit oq to Fyn: Erie, with-

OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE LOSS- OF THE ANIERI-

t AN SHIPS ECHO AND SOMERS.

COPY OF A LETTER FROM LIEUT. CONKLINC+ TO

CAPTAIN KENNEDY, DATED

•- Fort (icorge, tipper Canada, Aug. lti, 1814.
SlR,—With extreme regret I hare to make known to you
the circumstances attending the capture of the
Somers-. 'On the night of the lab, between the hours of
eleven and twelve, the boats were seen a diart distance
a-head of the 'Somers, and were hailed from that vessel :
they answered "provision boats,'• , which deceived the of-..
fief sof the derl,, as our army !mats had been iu the habit of
passing and repassing throughout 'the night, and mabled
them to drift athwart his hawser, and cut his cables, at the
.same time pouring in a heavy lire before he discovered who
they were. Instantaneously tile!: were • alcinkside -of me, and
notwititstanding my exertions, aided by Mr. M'Cally, acting
master pwho was sown disabled), was unable to re-
poise them bitt for a moment._ I maintained the quarter deck
instil my sword fell, in consequence of a shot in the shoulder,
and nearly all on deck either wounded or surrounded by
bayonets. As their force was an overwhelming one, I thought
farther resistance vain, and gave op the vessel, with the sa-
tisfaction of having performed my duty, and defended my
vessel to the last.