The Sun.
London, England, 1813-02-18 00:00:00

G A.M./A-NT itc TION .

The alrlicera s.c!looner; Lieut.
arrived at Deal on Sunday, from a ecue the
Fren4i coast. On Thursday last, the Ilth instabt,
the Barb rit Ituute.an attempt to destroy three large
privateexs„lying in Boulogne roads', which
brought. out tour more, of the same clas, fton,
the pitir to their
.i,tSiLt'4llC6, it illy Manned and
-well
;111.110, actin commenced,an attack upon the Ear-
Larn, assisted by a heavy fire from thu haitterie.;,
which she.gallautly t.iistqine'd, and kept up an tn.-
: gagement with the whole !ev:.•!ii for t'a aids of
forty miuntes, when they, finding therwielves ma-
terially injured in their hulls and rigging from the
Parbaro's grape and inti-,ketry, with, which they,
plied them warmly, thought it„prudeut to make.
the heat of 1:1161* WAy back to .the shore.
• Jr, this very unequal, conteA (the . Barbara
mounting only ten 12-pounder carronades, and a
complpneut of fifty men, and the sevt.l privateers,
mounting each•from I'2 to 14 guns, with- a coin-
plement
of seventy-five men, supported by a
fire . from the batteries), the Ilarlitacr :;trifered
sonic damage in her sails and rigging, which prc-
vented her from following them farther iii ; and
on Frithy, .the • 12th instant, .-.he felt in Ivith
large lugger privateer„ a little to the Westward of,
.I.loulogne, bearing up along shove for the purpose
of crossing the Channel, which sire attacked, alai
succeeded in driving.on shore, on the rinks under
the batteries, nfter a warm. engagement.of about
twenty minutes, duritig which. time the Piriwra.
wa again ex;posed to at. heavy fire front the hat-
terics,, and had,the,satisfaction of seeing the pri-
vatecr, shortly alter, a total•wreck..
praise is due to Lieutenant:MO' Ro.v:l. and
the brave crew of the 'little for their .
persevering bravery in their 'attacking the,priva- ,
Leer on the secopd day, though much disabled in
:their rigging,:and the privateer oneof.the largest
clasi on that station, well manned, , consequently
of snperiorforce.. • I arn happy Ito. say, not one of
those brave fello4!syeeeiVed the 'slightest injury,

EX'rkiAC' OF A LET'rEit FROM, AN ovrlcErt,, DATrx)

ALIVANT BAY, JAN. V.

HaVing. a favourable opportunity' of inform-
ing you of onr.proceedings, i embrace it.. Since
my last' another ,supply of troops is Arrived here
from Sicily. They. lauded the 2d inst. consisting
of the 2d Battalion 27th Reginient, 800--Batta-
lion Italian Levy, 1300--One Peginient—
one trnop 20th Dragoons, 100:---Sicil'an' Cavalry,
200 Calabrese •free 400—Artiliery, 100.
The troops which hail previously sisse'rnbled at
'this place intoiinted ti) 5000'. Lord AV.BENTINCX
was expected with. them; but is not )et arrived ;
believe lie will Call at Mahon, and that our
lon het will accompany him 'here, The Fame,
,of 74 gam, is gone to;,Gibraltar, for gun-boats to
act On the libri). is expected our army will ad-
vance in that diritction, and that' the transports
arid other ships will remove to Alf:tires, where
they lay out of gins-shot. Lord WILLI,s.:It is ex-
pected *here: in the 40; he %vas to sail froin
Palermo on tbe 26th Detember. The only man Of
war here at present the Naito, Admiral .11. L-
i.cArEta.; arid Cephkaas sloop, and 100 sail of
transports.
Orders have:been received for the immediate
equipment of' a number of tlfe,,smaltest class of
brigs of war, which,' it is 'understood, are to.pro-
ceed to the river St. Lalvcnee, Among those
tended for the service, we understand are the
Thiltle; Sitap, Dahl, Rorer, Boxerfrand
neat vessels, from their easy draught of water,
with the m:sistancc of a newly invented mai
chine, be (boated over the shallows above Quebec,
for the purpose of 'eruizing in the lakes in Upper
Canada,and prevent the passage of the Americans'
across tc, the BritiSb lines. The Royalist, Rifiewan,
Trinealo, Prinirme, Raleigh, and a ',amber ot ship's
of the largest 'class 'of slo6pB of war, are alio fit-
ting oat to etaize against the AmeriCanprivatt,:rs
in the West Indies,

On,-Monday evening; lust, between 'eight and
nine o'clock, a most daritig attack was inside opal
two Of his Majesty's% game-keepers, by five
poachers, who were, discovered in a plantation of
Mawr GrearPark, in Alm; act of shooting' the
pheasants.- These men were all aemed,with fire-
arms eutl.bludgeons; and some With long. poles of
a peculiar com,tructiOn, with which they tire ac-
customed to discharge the spring guns. which are
set in their Nay., ify this unequal force the
keepers "were overpowered, although they manfiit-
lrfonglit with dm 'pikes ivhich they usually early
when they, expect a conflict,, and inflictei many
severe wounds on their opponents. One of the
game-keepers was so dreadfully beaten thnt. his
life is in:the. utmost danger, from the severe blows
he received ou.liis beau with the butt end ofagun,
till it was shattered from the barrel,-and the lock
brOken in pieces. , One of the offenders is.in cgs-,
Cody, and a reward of 501 is ofiered for the appre-
hension of two others who have escaped..
A considerable riot and affray tack, place on
Mondayinorning, in a brick-field in the. neigh-
lutUrherod of Newington, between abont a dozen
labourers employed on 'the ground, and a small
natty of military, who had gone th'ithe'r to secure
fleserter from a regiment of light horse. The
militarysnceeeded in their object,:bilt the deserter
was. afterwards rescued .and got blear oil'. A
A battle with sticks, bricks, /ice. took place, and
two of the assailants •Weresd lunch' hurt as to be
conveyed to an infirmary. • • '
Arresting c 1 'dead liody,--it will be in. the recol-
lection of our Readers, that, Soul:4 few months ago,
the corpse or a person who died in circumstances
airif indigence, wici arrested by a creditor for a.
small debt, and tiro the Bailiff, . who was con—
cerned in the transaction). after the caption, car-
ried it out irony; the -shell' wherein it lay; and
lodged it in theteellarof the treditor,front whence
it was itt last, removed, and iiiterrtel by time sur-
viving relatives. For till's p..,rve..r,iou the lilty
of hold limit: brl.,;.;ht their action
awin,st the eigoe..,3or, who permit; ingitidgment to
go by default, th:e cause cane.l on li(4f)re Uiw She-
aud Jury on Friday 11,,t, to assess the &-
magas, when, alter
' Coun:.el and witetes.,e4'
on both shies, the Jury, after consultatiwt,
brought iii their verdict. for the plaintitr,---Dit,.
mage4 2001. '

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