The Sun.
London, England, 1814-02-03 00:00:00

ing the orders to the Admiral commenling the
B:ltish squadron on this coast, .which your Loi (I-
shii), has communicated.
I have the honour .to be, &c. • • . .
. --- JAMES MONROE.

of war &net'. Rir. !lapel., we understaa, re-
peatedly ordered the flag of the Enterprize to be
struck in time (It action. Captain Hull is Presi-
dent of the Court.

A letter received Its Baltimoro from Washington,
M: T. of the date of Dec. 14, says,-" Information
was received last evening, that- a "British force of
2000 troops had "arrived at Pensacola, and swept
all the American property afloat .on the coast be-
tween Orleans and Peniacola.—(Nat. Int.)
HIGH TREASON.-LaSt evening- two persons
were committed to dui jail in this town on- the
charge of high treason. They were apprehended
in Berwicky-in pursuance of a warrant from the
Hon. Judge Story, by Mr. Thaxter, Deputy Mar-
shal', and conducted by him to- this place. We
understand that the charge alleged against them
is supplying the British ships off Cape Harbor
with cattle.—(Bost. Citron)

THE WAR ON THE NIAGARA FRONTIER.
• - ALBANY, Dec. 31. .
Extract of a letter, dated Batavia. Dec. 2s, 1813, toa,Gen-.
tleinau in this City.
I hasten to give you a correct statenient of' tbe
movements of the enemy on the Niagara frontier,
received here by expresses, and by people- that
have removed to this place in consequence-of-their
homes having.heen destroyed by the enemy. The
first express arrived here on 'Sunday evening—he
left Lewiston in the Morning, at which thine the
British .were crossing at the five mile meadows ;
their :force was estimated. at 700 regulars, and
the same number of Indians. They immediately
marched for Lewiston, which was commanded
by Major Bennet ; the force under his command
is stated to have been forty Tuscarora Indians:—
.
,The Alajor, after given the enemy a few . lIOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—JANUARY 6.
shots, set fire to the buildings that contained the . LIEUTENANT-GVNERAL PROPOnD,
~Mr. Musts's= of N. D. offered for considers
public property, 'and retreated; leaving them in •
ti.On the following Resolution .
full possession of Lewiston ; after having burned
o tlfiliaut. the Ct oni,mittee on Military Affairs be in.
the village, and as it is supposedonurdered a great strßueetse9divetd:
number of. faMilies who could not make their es- law the President ' q "Oef theilo tuUnitede e'c
PSetalls) c Yb(,)fanec with'e VI 'the ad
"
vice and consent of the. Senate, to appoint one Lieutenant.
cape, they proceeded eight miles into the coun-
stroll to command the armies of the United States, with
try, plundering and burnin, ' every bonnie. It is i_pow_qs and emoluments. as may be.de.emed expedient.
stated that Many women and children. were litho-. 'Mr. Musuotee said, in. his opinion the result 01
.
manly murdered by the Indians. After those out,' the last campaign had disappointed the expeeta-
rages,. they
.proceeded' to, attack Niagara Fort i f lions of every one. That opinion had been de-
the various repOrta relative to the circumstances- 1 cidedly expressed by this House in its recent vote
of this attack; render it almost impossible to .ob- for•inquiry_into the causes which led to the failure
tain any cOrrect..infortnation of the manner in i of our arms. However general might be the ()pi-
' which it was made ; bat it appears the Indims nion in this House, it was still more so in the
rushed into the Fort before out troops had time C nation. lie hoped and trusted the enquiry min-
to discharge a single gnu ;'the Commauder, Capt. braced, in the resolution just alluded to, would
Leonard, it is said, was •foar Miles distant Ulmen it he so prosecuted as to sinew where the blame real-
wasly-rests • that "if misconduct has teken plaCe, it
taken. by the enemy. After they had taken
'may be 'laid -at the door of the person by whom
possession, and munkered severalpersonsafter they
had surrendered, they sent out -in party So Schlos.- it was committed—for as site aatter• now stands,
ser, and burned that place to, "ether With Porter's I no two presorts in . the House tvaumld agree on the
-.llills, and probably ere this; they have plundered anises whence this unexpected result had pro-
and laid waste the country • for 15 or 20 .miles ceeded. But the inquiry, desirable •as it is,
around. By the last accounts they were at tine though it may point out time cause of recent fail-
mouth of Tonawanta Creek, '2O miles from this
'place, and 10 front Btfffaloe; the militia of this sties, cannot operate any beneficial effect on the
next campaign.—The time, Mr. M. said, was fast
place have all been ordered to repair.to time fim- approaching when that campaign ought to coin-
tiers without delay ; there js 1300 or 9000 assent- rice, and, so far as he had tr
easure,
bled no
bled in this village, all ready to march, except the , the tendency of which was to reader lire ensuing
want of arms, which are- coming on as fast as campaign snore successful than-thelast,' had been
possible. I have no doubt there will be 5000 adopted. _
men on the march in 2-1 hours front this time. Mr. WRIGUT, of 2,ld;saici he did not rise to op_
[From the Ontario Messenger of the 28th ult.] • pose the reference of this subject to the Military
FROM FORT NIAGARA, &C. ' Committee, hut be rose to put the Gentleman
CANANDAIGUA, DEC. 18.—We learn from a ere-
right as to the feeling of time house and of the
(lade source that the enemy's force; consisting of nation, which he appeared so much to have na-
-1100 regulars, 200 militia, and about 200-Indians., dcrstood. Have the arms of the United States
landed undiscovered at the five mile meadows
failed in the campaign ? have we not on the con-
in. the evening of the 18th instant. At two Crary been marvellously successful ? We have
gained a province taken from us. Is that nothing?
o'clock in the morniag• foll Owing., Indians; mi-
Lake Erie, a great inland sea, occupied by the
litia-, and a few regulars proceeded up the river
enemy at time dommenctmenrof time campaign, and to Lewiston, while the main body went down
all its shores, are ours. We conquered and look
the river towards Fort Niagara. On their way
the eneany in that quarter ; we reduced an the
to the fort they inhumanly massacred -a manlier of
defenceless maisoaocas ssf General Harrison's Indian tribes under the yoke of the United States,-
army, left in the hospital at Youngstown—took and , compelled theist to beg for subsistence for
by surprise a centinel, and extorted frinn him the - their wives and children from 'us.. Here, 'there is
countersign, by the assistance of which their van.... a whole Country--emanciPated frolir. the . British
sway. Yes, Sir, we regained
_a province we hail
guard gained tninsittance into the fort, the main
body followed, and the garrison is said to haVe lost, and conquered all Canada to the'East end of
Lake Ontario. Under a Pike did we silt succeed in
been so completely surprised, that, before oarsmen
had tints to rally, they were compelled to surren-
taking Vork ?—did see not entirely succeed in every
der at direction.
. thing previbus to --the close of the campaign ?
For the Commercial Advertiser.. On Lake Ontario the great. Yeo, • who was to
CAYUGA, Dec. 24, IBl3.—You will have conquer us- with so much facility, was driven into
heard, ere this comes to band, that the British port, and we were in possession of. all the waters
of the Lake, with the exception of the water in
passed the NiaLosra on Sunday morninag ;.'that
the vicinity of. tine harbour of :Kingston. Three
they captured Fort. Niagara, with the garrison, -
weeks storm and rain- washed our troops into ge-
consisting of about 200 regulars,,and an immense
neral sickness and debility; and yet they proceed-
quantity of stores ; and that, they have destroyed
ed on, and are now lying at the key of Canada,
every thing, both public and private, from Lewis-
and ready to descend to Montreal the moment the
town to the Font. This is all correct sis far ;- hut
season permits. No Officer had deserved con-
happily no lives were lost. The Fort was coin-
demnation until evidence appeared against Mai ;
pletely surprised—not a gun was fired on either -
side. and there was no evidence against time courage or
" Yesterday morning the enemy appeared at
conduct of our army, which had displayod,- not
Raman but American valony—so consplenbas, in-
Oak Orchard Creek, between Niagara and Gen_ bad been the courage displayed by both our
nessee river, where they destroyed the Mills, &c,army and pavy, that he hoped the fllOll4llO should
when the express came away they were on the '
hereafter speak Of Roman valour, on this floor
wayto Gennessee river, Where a large quantity of • a
provisions are deposited: would be• considered as speaking of the second
Our people :have all
• marched to the different points of the frontier i degree, and not the first ! ! 1
ThieMOtiona -was agreed to without a division ;.where the enemy might be expected. I have no
apprehension that they will attempt any other
and the Resolution lies over for further considerplace, there being no object worth the
.risk." ration.
The United States' Barracks at Derby, Vt.. Were
burnt on the I dth .ult, by a small party of British,
there being no troops in that quarter to oppose
the marauders. Their contents, consisting, it is
stated, of about 1000 cartridges, 30 camp ket-
tles, several axes, saws, &c. and about 300 pounds
of lead, were carried off by the enemy. .
The Champlain squadron, under COmmodose
McDonough, have put into mouth of Otter Creek,
Vergennes, Vt, for winter quarters.

PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.

GOVERNOR CHITTENDEN.

Mr. SHARP, (of Ky.) after a number of intro-
ductory remarks, explanatory of the laws relating
to the Militia, which subject.thern, when in actual
service, to. the rules and articles of war, and place
them during such time, in all respects, on the foot-
_ ing of regular troops, adverted to the recent Pro-
clamation of-Governor Chittenden, of _Vermont,
calling the Mil:tia of that State. from the position
assigned them by military orders. This act, hesaid,
was in direct violation crfthestatute which makes it
penal to entice the soldiers
.in the service of the
United States to desert. This act was done too
at a critical time, and by a person standing in so
conspicuous a station as to require particularly the
punishment due to this offence. Mr. S. adverted
to the peculiar state of- the militia thus ordered
home, on a frontier requiring their presence for
its protection, and whence he said, from their
character, they might indeed have been expected,
being the descendants of the Green Mountain
Boys who So much distinguished themselves'
dul-
ing the Revolution under the illustrions Aliens;
to have voluntarily aided in the invasion fol the
territory of 'the enemy. Under these circum-
stances, and when.their services' were most need.:
ed, they. were invited by Governor Chittenden to
desert their
.position. - His conduct in this respect
oust meet the decided reprehension, not only of
every member of this House, but of every good
citizen in the nation. It ought then to receive
legal scrutiny. [His offence ought to be punished,
lest :our laws should be subject • to the .remark
which was applied to Solon's—that they were likse
cobwebs which entangled the weak, but which
the strong could' break through. To bring this.
subject directly before the House, he offered the-
following resolutions :
Resolved, That the Militia of any of these United States
or the territories thereof, when lawfully employed in the ser-

[From the Albapy Reg Mer—extra)

Monday Morning, Jan. 3, CI o'clock,

DIStRESSIN.G INTELLIGENCE

An express arrived last evening with dispatches
for the Governor, from whom we have received the
distressing intelligence that the villages of Buffalo
and Black Rook were destroyed by the BritiSh
'Thursday 30th ult. that Mrs. Lovejoy, whose hus-
band was serving; in the militia, was murdered by
the Indians of British—that Col Chapin was taken
prisoner—that Major=General hail had retreated,
and had his head-quarters at Eleven Mile Ct
that General McClure had retired to his residence,•
accompanied by about, 150 regulars, as a safe-
guard,- to gayer his retreat from . nn exasperated
populace. The enemy, nice', burning and plun-
dering:lYUffoloe-, again returned to Black Rock,
with the intention, as was supposed, of re-cross-
ing the river.
Our informant also adds, that there were four
small schooners at Buffalo Creek, which had been
used as grin-boats,- had' Olen -into , the hands of
the enemy, And were des!royed.

PORTSMOUTH, N. H.- JAN. Court-Man-
tial has been held on board the Congress this
week, for the- trial of Mr. William Harper, sail-
ing master of the Enterprize, on a charge of
cowardice in the late action with the British sloop