The Sun.
London, England, 1838-04-14 00:00:00

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

CANADA;
Colonial- Offii::ti, Ddivnind-siiidt; April i; Igdfit.
A despatch has been received from
John Colhorne; 0. C. B:, dotiriiander ofthe Forces in Canada,
dated Oth Allikch, 1666; of Vihicih th 4 klowing is an elifact:
Eztract of d. Pespitch frorii Lieutenant-General Sir J. Col-
bdriie; G. C: td Loid dierieig, dated riovernment house,

Montreal, March 9,183 a.
" I have the honour to transmit to you the accompanying
copy of a letter from Colonel Maitland, dated 4th March,
1838, reporting the result of an able and gallant attack which
he made on a party of brigands from Sandusky-bay, in the
State of Ohio, who had taken possession of Point Pelle Island,
in Lake Erie, about forty miles from Amherstburgh.
" Our frontier is at present so closely watched and guarded
by the volunteer corps of both provinces, that no serious im-
pression tan be made by the parties of brigands that are car-
rying on the piratical mode of warfare along our extended
line ; but I trust that the late disgraceful acts on the part of
the lawless population of the neighbouring States, will compel
the American Government to adopt effectual measures to pre-
vent a repetition of the outrages which have been committed
by the citizens of the United States."

Amherstburgh, U. C., March 4, 1838.
When I wrote to you on Sunday last, announcing the defeat
of the pirates at Fighting Island, I did not think I should
have to report to you another instance of a British island being
taken possession of in this quarter.
Early in the week I received information from different
quarters that Point Pelle Island had been taken possession of
by the Patriots from Sandusky-bay. This island is of con-
siderable magnitude, being from seven to nine miles in length,
and from four to five in breadth ; it is situated in Lake Eric,
about forty miles from Amherstburgh, and twenty miles from
the shore. I sent three or four local officers to ascertain the
fact of their being there ; they went close to the shore, and
were fired upon ; this, together with the circumstance of
several people who had gone over to the island to look
after their property and who were detained by the
Patriots, confirmed me that the report was true. I, there-
fore, on Thursday afternoon, dispatched Captain Glasgow,
of the Royal Artillery, to inspect the strength of the
ice, and report_ his opinion to me as to the practicability
of moving guns and troops to that place. He returned
the following day, at twelve o'clock, and reported that
the ice was practicable and strong enough to pass. I
therefore determined, without loss of time, to attack them by
day-break the following morning; accordingly, with two guns
(six-pounders), the four companies of the 32d regiment, one
company of the 83d regiment, a small detachment of thirty
belonging to the Sandwich troop of cavalry and St. Thomas's
troop of cavalry, one company of the Essex volunteer militia,
and a small party of Indians, moved that evening, under my
own immediate command, eighteen miles along the lake shore,
where I halted for some time to rest the horses, and, at two
o'clock in the morning, commenced my march on the lake ice,
arriving at the island just at break of day.
I had previously arranged my plan of attack, which was as
follows :—I directed Captain Brown, with the first and second
companies of the 32d regiment, to proceed round to the south
cod of the island, and to take up a position on the ice to in-
tercept any attempting to escape by that direction ; he was
accompanied by a detachment of about twenty-five men of the
Sandwich and St. Thomas's cavalry. Navin.- made this ar-
rangement, I landed myself, with the remainder of the force
and two guns, at the north end; the rebels fled on my ap-
proach, and escaped into the woods. I was here informed, by
some of the loyalists who had been made prisoners by the pa-
triots on the island, that they were in force to the amount of
about five hundred ; the troops moved on in an extended order,
and pursued them through the island ; but, as the wood wa
thick, and the snow extremely deep and heavy, the men were
much retarded in their progress.
The rebels, finding themselves hemmed in on every side,
moved out the south end of the island, the only place by which
they could escape to the American shore,' and advanced in
line, upwards of 300 men, well armed and organised, upon
Captain Brown's detachment, where they met with the greatest
resistance ; a brisk fire being kept up on both sides for some
time, and several of Captain Brown's detachment having
fallen, he determined to charge them, which he did, and
forced them back (to the wood, where they retreated in great
confusion) at the paint of the bayonet. I particularly beg to
recommend this circumstance to the notice of his Excellency
the Lieutenant-General Commanding.
On the road, inside of the wood, the rebels had a number
of sleighs, by which means they succeeded in carrying away
about forty of their wounded men, the others succeeded in
escaping at the southernmost point of the island, and got
over to the American coast] leaving killed on the spot their
commanding officer, Colonel Bradley, a Major Hovrdley, and
Captains Van Rensselaer and M'Keon, and several others;
some prisoners were taken, several of whom were severely
wounded.

I regret to say that the taking of this island has not been
gained without considerable loss on our part ; and I have to
request that you will report, for his Excellency's information,
that thirty soldiers of the 32d Regiment fell in this affair, two
of whom were killed, the others, some dangerously, some se-
verely wounded. I sincerely regret the loss of so many brave
soldiers, and feel it the more when I reflect they did not fall
before an honourable enemy, but under the fire of a desperate
gang of murderers and marauders. A list of the killed and
wounded I have the honour herewith to enclose.

Having scoured the woods, and satisfied myself that the
island was cleared, I re-formed the troops, and about five
o'clock in the evening proceeded back, and the soldiers re-
turned to their quarters at Arnherstburgh that night.
When you take a view of the circumstances of this affair, I
need hardly detail to you the arduous duties the soldiers hare
had to perform from the time they left this until their return,
travelling, as they did, forty miles in an excessively cold night,
twenty of which were across the lake ; accomplishing the
object I had in view, namely, liberating the loyalists detained
on the island, gaining possession of the place, restoring it to
the Proprietors, defeating, with considerable loss, the enemy,
and returning again to their barracks, within thirty hours.
My warmest thanks are due to the whole of the officers who
supported me in this undertaking, and it is impossible for me,
in words, to do justice to the gallant soldiers of her Majesty's
Royal Artillery, 32d Regiment, 83d Regiment, and the loyal
Volunteers of cavalry, infantry, and the few Indians, who con-
stituted the force under my command.
I have to regret that Mr. Thomas Parish, a private in the
St. Thomas' troop of volunteer cavalry, was killed in rear of
the 32d Regiment, by a musket shot. Colonel Prince of
Sandwich, Mr. Sheriff Lachlan, Captain Gir:y, and several
other gentlemen, asked my permission to accompany me,
which they did, and gallantly acted with their rifles, with our
soldiers, against the rebels in the woods. I found them very
useful, from their knowledge of the locality of the place.
I trust this second repulse on this frontier of the American
banditti (let it be understood that I have it, from satisfactory
authority, that the whole of the gang driven from Pelle Island
are American citizens), will be a lesson to them, that they are
not with impunity to hold British territory.
A large tri-coloured flag, with two stars, and the word
" Liberty" worked upon it, and eleven' prisoners, were also
taken, some of whom state that they were formerly on Navy
Island; about forty American muskets, some ammunition,
swords, 3,:c. were also taken. _

lam informed by the prisoners that it was the decided
intention of these people to land on the Canadian shore last
night, and march upon Amhurstburgh, destroying by fire on
their way, all the houses, &c., they had to pass, and for
which six sleigh loads of American citizeis, from Sandusky-
bay, had joined them the night previous to my attack, and made
their escape back again immediately on my appearance in the
front of the island.

I have the honour to request that you will lay the substance
of this letter before his Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor,
and forward it to Montreal, for the information of his Excel-
lency the Lieutenant-General Commanding.
I have the honour to be, &c.
JOHN MAITLAND,
Lieutenant• Colonel, Commanding 32d Regiment, and Colonel
Commanding Western Frontier.
Col. Foster, Commanding Forces in Upper Canada, &c.

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
T. D. Alderson, pewterer, Great Marlborough-street, May 4,
at half-past ten—W. Martin, wine merchant, Newgate-strert, May
4, at half-past eleven—G. Boughey, Jeffrey-square, St. Mary Axe,
May 4, at twelve—R. C. Rout, tailor, Southampton-street, Hol-
born, May 7, at half-past eleven—E. Matthews, silkman, Lad-
lane, May 7, at half-past twelve—B. Oram, chemist, Blackman-
street, April 24, at two—E. Cawley, upholder, Bridport, Dorset-
shire, May 4, at two—W. Charleton and J. H. Redden, white lead
manufacturers, Berners-street, Commercial-road East, May 5, at
eleven—J. Sandford, stationer, Shrewsbury, May 5, at one—B.
Fullwood, annatto-manufacturer, Somerset-place, Hoxton, May 4,
at eleven.

In the Country.
G. K. Loudon, stone-mason, Cheltenham, May 16, at three, at
the offices.of Mr. Gyde, solicitor, Cheltenham—R. Stone, surgeon,
Oxford, May 14, at ten, at the Roebuck Inn, Oxford—J. Everett,
grocer, Burwell, Cambridge, June 11, at the Bull Inn, Cambridge
_—G. Stevens, grocer, Wolverhampton, May 11, at three, at the
Swan Hotel, Wolverhampton-1. J. T. Hayward, common-brevrer,
Dounfield, Gloucestershire, May 8, at nine, at the Golden-cross,
Cainseross, Gloucestershire—T. Higgins. jun. watchm.ker,
Gloucester, May 4, at ten, at the office of Mr. Smallridge, Glou-
cester—M. Wood, boiler-maker, Manchester, May 9, at eleven, at
the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester.

CERTIFICATES, MAY 4.
J. Appleyard, acornmerchant, Leeds—C. Perkins, small-ware
manufacturer, :Manchester-_J. W. A. Parsons, hosier, Wigmore-
street, Cavendish-square—l. B. Martin, hosier, Salisbury—T.
Theobald, bombazin-manufacturer, Norwich—W. Joy, bookseller,
Paternoster-row—J. Calvert, dealer, Pall-mall.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
W. Davie and M. Body, woollen-drapers, Callington, Cornwall
—J. Williams and E. Smith, woollen-drapers, Hexham, Northum-
berland—H. Crawcour and D. De Lara, stationers, Mount-street,
Whitechapel-road—J. Radford, sen., and J. Radford, jun:, uphol-
sterers, Tiverton, Devonshire—E. Messenger and C. Wilford,
boot-manufacturers, Gracechurch-street—J. Bye and S. Cleaver,
cement-manufacturers, Sittingbourne, Kent—T. H. Alison and
J. Fairfield, cornmerchants, Liverpool—W. Yapp and C. E. Dra-
per, chemists, Hereford—G. and H. Turvill, butchers, West
Worldham, Southampton—J. Upton, J. Nicholls, and W. F.
Steer, engineers, Battersea—J. Sewell and S. Davis, watchmakers,
Liverpool—J. and S. Darby, brewers, Cookham, Berkshire—W.
A. Alger and J. Nield, woollen-manufacturers, Midge-hill, Saddle-
worth, York—R. E. Branston and G. Whitehead, printers, Fleet-
street.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
GEORGE and THOMAS KINNELL, millspinners, Dunferm•
line, April 17, and May 1, at t.co o'clock, at the Spire Inn, Dun.
fermline.

THOMAS COLLIER WALKER, commission-agent, Edin-
burgh, April 20, and May 7, at two o'clock, at the Old Signet
Hall, Royal Exchange, Edinburgh.

I'ItENCH LINEN TRADE.