The Sun.
London, England, 1814-02-11 00:00:00

CANADIAN WAR.

717;ser since the commencement of hostilities by
the United States of AMerica against this country'
the cruelty of employing the Indian Tribes to 0.
sit in defending our North American proVince',
has been an inexhaustible subject of the most 01h,
lent invective on the part of America and ber,at
vocates ; and in the President's Message,. whic/,
has recently made its appearance in this county f,.
the same topic is expatiated. upon at consider,'
able. length. The British officers in that (fga
ter are charged with " systematic pers.eveWea
in enlisting the savages Into a war with a notify
desirous of mutual emulation in mitigating
calamities*," and which, after a " protriete„9
forbearance," haS at length had the servic"o
of a small number of " savage. associete9m
force 4 upon it. Much censure is likewise bot°"'o_
eel upon theta for not condoling the Indians fr°o
their " USUAL praclicc of indiscriminate massacof
on the defenceless inhabitantS." For the sake 1,
humanity and. Mr. President Madison'; fine feed,
ing3; it is to be hoped that the officers corninallev.
ink; the troops of the United States and P,
Allies, will never have an opportunity of bei.tjo,
practically convinced of the impossibility of c°ol
troling their savage associates from their Out
practices ;" and after perusing the- following
tides , extracted from Anierican neWspapell.'o(
will perhaps cease to be matter of astonishroebe
that savages
ishpuld not exactly conform to
established Usages of civilized warfare, or thatio
their acts of retaliation they should not stop

short of•the example of the enemy." tg,.
"By a.Gentlemaa just arrived from St. IdarYo
we learn, that Colonel Newman,* with -his 01,.,•:1
have arrived near St. JOhn's, and joined
Kinsley. • In the different skirmishes Colonel
0a
has had with the Indians, he had 7 men killed 70t
16 wounded, and has brought in 16 scalps: Yelp
knows not bow many may be wounded, from tb of
raetice'of leaving no wounded on the field
\
practice of leaving ilo wounded on the li' .
ttle."—(SaVafln(h Museum, Oct. 29th, 181'ittio
I:xtract of a Letter from a Oentleman to his Friend ill st.
City.of Richmond, Virginia, dated Catnp PinclineP
Mary's-Rivr, March «I, jitps,
" We have had a smartbi.ush with the Imo
taken some scalps, and 1000 head of liorsi=s Aid
cattle, and burnt (176 huts."
That these: instances " mercileiss wartor:t
are not solitary ones, nor confined to the 1,.,.,--01
,•)
day, the following advertisement, taken alscl.e:
an American newspaper, will satisfactorily Pr( 1,
* A, stoking proof of this is to be printl in the Verdunl:i:
_detention of British subjects, not Vl!isoters of war,. "c"
the lirriltqd titateS of America.

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You will, I trust, 611oW tilAt there are not Many
het sous who have better notions of the rights of
t `l,lngs, with regard to fighting) than myself.--
lerefure it appears to me, that a number of Flats
i 'i
„il!he Opposition 'tiny; are quite mistaken in'their
- about the style of milling practised by
the
Allies in France. It seems to me, that they
are acting upon the best system, and that
'eir victory will he the more decisive from
i
not flooring the adversary by one L'low.
:I.""re you I have always, on experience, found,
by holding up my enemy's head a little, and
2.lig him most gloriously, I made more sure of
."'Plering him, with sufficient punishment to
his rising again, than if I had put in a
'-'lll3l-e body blow or two, which, though they
•ay aim senseless for the moment, so that
e could not he brought up again in time, Aromar°t in the end so effectually prevent him from re-
t;iewirg the contest, as the way I have recom-
-1=(1.-11 e Allies appear to sme to be follow-
thj,", Illy plan, and a more clarety fibbing than
are ttow It
BIJONAPA RTE, while they hold
Gls tread under their arm, could not be desired by