The Sun.
London, England, 1814-12-15 00:00:00

traoT.l THE NATIONAL I NTCLLIGI:NCER OF WEDNESDAY.I

COPY OF A LETTER FROM MAJOR-GE'N.• BROWN TO
COMMODORE CHAUNCEY, DATED
• • Head-quarteri,7 Rd/itlo, Sept. 4, -ISI4.
• Sin,--Ymr letter of
:the lOth ult, alter going.tbe rounds,
" was delivered to me a few days• since, on my way to this
place:
The ex..-teption you. take at my letter to the Secretary would-
he very reasonable• and proper,,:provided the fleet of lake
Ontario was your private property, over wbieli the Govern-
nr•ii t had no controul. But A I have been induced to believe
that it was the property of the nation, subject to the orders
of the Government; and as the Government led Me to b'a-
lieve that the fleet under your command scold be upon Lake
Ontario, to co-operate with my division of the ariny,
.the
first reek in July, I have deemed it tit and proper to let the
nation know, that the support I had a right to expect was nut
afforded me.
I consider the conduct tow-ards,yourself and the navy, as.
not. only homiurable,- but, Sir, as 1-11..ing- very liberal and
friendly from the date. of my report of the battle'at Sackett%s
Harbour. to the present hour. The troops under my corn-.
mand have always been disposed of so as to meet your views
to the extent of toy power and authority; and as far as was
consistent with the rights and honour of the army.
• Your informationappears very incorrect as to the situation
of the artily previous to .the arrival of reinforcements from
Lient.-Gen. Drummond. From the 9th of July, to the 14111,
. the whole country was in our power, from Fort George to
Burlington Heights ; and could the arms have been supplied
with provisithis from the depots provided on the shores of
Lake Ontario, we should not have, doubted,onr
• out reinforcements or additional guns) to carry the height.;
wizen wecould have returned upttniForts George and Niagara
or advanced upon Kingston, (as might Pave heed, thought
Most advisable), with the co-aperatiouof tli fleet.
- You speak-of responsibility. I
,do not desire you or any man
to be responsible for me. 1 hare' endeavoured to exeentc the
orders given roe; success ha 4 not attended my endeavoUrs
but I humbly trust in Heaven, that the honour of the brave
men intrusted to my command- has been and will pre-
served, let what may happen.
It will be very difficult to retire from Fort Erie, airessiul as
the remains of ine gallant little army are, by a soperior.force
•of the enemy.` But no other alternative will be left. us,' un-
less reinforcements speedily arrive. The Milli is are Coming
• in, in'very,considerable numbers-, but it is not yet ascertained
how many of- them will cross. The Secretary has given me.
to understand, that General Izard woulel move to the St. Law.;
reuse, with a vie w of attaching kingiton,.'(shOnld he and you
deem that measure advisable.) • Should you deride otherwise,
that Gen. hard wonid-Conie with, or send to toe a reinforcc-,
molt of from two to t bier thousand
I have not heinat nom Gen. hard. arid bregin to apprehend
that sourething has occurred to retard ov'pravent • his ntove-'
ment,:. I will thank you for any information you can give me
oil this subject.
I , with great consideration and respect, your most
obedient :ATV4W, J.C. BRQWN.
Cow.'lsaac Chauncey.

CONGRESS.

IN SENATE.-MONDAY, OCT. 24.

On the motion, of Mr.•GoldsborOugh,

Resolved, That the President of the United States be re-.
quested to lay before the Senate, provided be shall not-consi-
der the same improper to he coulatunicated, the proof of any
traffic carried on in the West. Indies ,by the sale of Negroes
t;Aen from the United States by the British forces since the
preseht war, which was 'alluded to in the letter of the Secre-
tary of State to the American Plenipotentiaries at Gotten-
hdrg, of date the 9.Bth of January, 1814, and contained in the
late Message to Congress.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
TUE.,DAY, OCT. 25;--WAYS AND MEANS.

The ffonse resumed, the consideration of the
unfinished business, being the-Report of the Com-
mittee of Ways and-Means, recommending the
imposition of additional taxes ; and the first Re-
solution, for adding 100 per cent. to the present
amount of the direct taxes, being on its passage,
Mr. CALHOUN, of South Carolina, took the
floor, and- in an able and eloquent speech pour-
(rayed the exigency of the times, and enforced
the necessity of present action, instead of recur-
ring to former scenes, ant! fighting over again the
old themes of contention.

- Mr. WEBSTER, of New fiampshire, spoke
briefly in explanation.. ._
Mr.\FisK., of Vermont, in his usual pointed.
manner, assigned the reasons which induced him
to vote for the increased tax. s - •

Mr. SHEPHERD, of NeW York, spoke at great
length, and with his accustomed warmth, in op-
position t(, the tax.
Other Gentlemen spoke also on this and. the
following questions :
A division of the ques-tion having been called
on, the Resolution' respecting the Direct Tax, the
question-put, was on the followink part
Resolved, that it is expedient to cont►:ue the
Direct Tax." -

On this question the votes were—
Tor the Motion
Against it .

-The question was then taken o❑ the remaining
clause of the ResolutiOn, ‘.l and to increase the
same 100 per cent."—end decided as follows

Yeas • S 9
Nays • .. 57
So it was determined to continue the present
direct tax, and encrease the same 100 per cent:
The second Resolution, " to encrease the duty
on spirits distilled 'by atr additional
.duty of we've
and a, half cents per gallon," being under consi-
deration, together with the amendment made in
Committee of the whole going to increase the
same to 12 cents per gallon.
M. Fisk, of New York, renewed his motion
to insert 25 instead of 15.

Mr. Gaston, of North Carolina, in the eourse
of-discussion, nuoved to lay on the table so much
Of the Report of the Committee of the Whole as
applies to the second Resolution which motion
was agreed to ; and then 'the House adjourned at
half-past three o'clock. -

LEGISLATURE 01, RHODE ISLAND.--lIOUSEOF RE-
PRESENTATIVES, Nov. 1.

At twelve o'clock, his Excellency the Governor,•'
by his Private ,Secretary, Thomas-Burgess, Esq.,.
communicated the following Message and acorn- •
panying documents
Gentlemen of the Semite, and Gentlemen of- the House
of Representatives—We meet again with less sanguine hopes
of the restoration of peace and prosperity, than we indulged
at the last:Nession. All the flattering expectations induced
by he' meeting of the Ainbassadors at Ghent, have bten dis-
appointed, and we are to look forward to tie longer Conti'
nuance of an unhappy war. •
" Though the original causes of pretexts of the war are now
abandoned by our Administration, and they &re willing to
=lie peace with Great Britain, without requiring any stipu-
lation on her part, on the subjects of blockade or impress-
ment, yet peacecannot, in the opinion of our Government,
be restored un the terms proposed by the enemy. It is qx-
elusively the province and the duty of the general Govern.
Meat to decide on °of-foreign relations—they only can declare
war or make peace, yet Imlay be permitted to express my re-
gret that. the negociation had not 'seen permitted to proceed
to such further leugth as to have ascertained with more pre-
cision the•real pretensions and demands of England.
" Present appearances forbidding us to anticipate the
speedy restoration of those blessings which peace alone can
restore, it becomes our duty to look, at the actual state of
things, and to prepare for those exertions, privations, and
sitfterings thaw!' which, in the righteous providence of God,
we May be called to pass. You will perceive, ha the cur-

vespondenne betweenthe Sxecutiee of thi* State and the De-
par t Incas of the GeneritlGovernment, econtinued exertion
on 01.11 part to induce their attention to our exposed .condi7
tiou, mufti) prevail on-them to extend to us that support and
assistance which, by the terms of the national compact, and
by every consideration of prudence as well as justice, th•ey
were bound to have afforded ; and you will as readily dis-
cover, their part, repeated and continued delayi- and,
finally,,a4-implicit refusal or acknowledgment of their- fait:
bility to comply with ourtrequets.
" On the part of this State we have exhibited a constant
readiness to conform to the views of the general Government,
and to'co-operatc yith them, agreeably to the Constitution,
to the extent of our power; and it is not understood that the
general Government, itself has discovered or complained of
any unwillingness or reluctance-in us: yet, notwithstanviing
one constant, impprtunity, and our readiness to act in con,
• cert with the Officers of the/United States, our reqnisitions are-
uncomplied with, and, so far as dep'ended on the General Go-
vernment, one situation has continued as defenceless as at
the commencement of the war.
-•-" You will perceive by the correspondence, that the Go-
vernment have, in .fact,- reftised.• to make the accessary- ad-,
minces for expences which their own Officers have ordered
and approved of, and that the utmost extent of the promise
of the Secretary at War is, that if we will advance the money,
they will apply to our defence.
" In this unheard-of and unforeseen condition of things,
the General 4ssembly, are called on to make further arrange-
ments for the defence of the State. _

. _
" The large States of course have more abundant means.
In this State, Which has paid, and continues to pay such im-
mense sums into the national treasury, our means, by way of
direct taxes, Owing to the very iitnited extent of our territory,
must necessarily be much circumscribed. The taxes already in
operation, and those proposed at this Session, must draw from
us -a slim of pulley, t•ute hail of which, is applied to our own
necessities, would inert ase, in a very respectable degree, our
means of defence. The direct
.tax On. houses and lands alone,
will lindoubtedry exceed the sum of 69,000 dollars, no part of
which is applied to the •purpose of our particular defence. But
.forb'ear further to enumerate our grievances, our sufferings,
nail dangers—the catalogne might be swelled to a frightful
size, anti instead of furnishing us with motives for exertion,
might sink us into despondency.
shall always be ready to concur in every measure pro-
posed by tne. General Assembly for the deface of our native
'Lind, and of our, invaluable liberties; and 1 trust, the
Iwo-
pit, notwithstanding the 'extent of their losses, and the dis-
;cooragement of the tiufes, will be found worthy of theit pri-
and of their former prosperity. Having done all
we can do, we look for a blessing upon our arms and our
cause, to Him who alone raleth 'among the nations of the
earth. •

"" In pursuance of the Act passed at the last Session, au-
thorising nie to horroW, on the credit of the State, a sum not
exceetliin, 100,000 dollars, a loan has been opened at the se-
veral hir7lis, and proposals have beep sent to different towns.
The soceess of the measure has not fully equalled my hopes;
a part only Of the luau has been obtained, and a particular
statement of its progress witl be made fur your information
in the course of the SessiOn. •

" i have the spleasnm of being able to inform you, that at
some late inspections and reviews of the Militia which J have
attended, 1- have the satisfaction or flndiug an evident nu-
provement in discipline, mid particularly in the quality and
good order of their arms. There is also.a very 'Coinniendable
zeal and alacrity excited among the Otlicers, and a correspond-
ing; emulation among the men. We May be permitted, there-
fore, to believe, that in ease of . an invasion, . orn militia will
support the character fnr discipline and .6?:.-tvery, "which-they
acquired in the war of the revolution; and that as tney.have
now become almost our sole military dependance, they will
not disappoint us in the flout of trial. • .
" From the neglect and disregard of our wants which we
have efskieridlced from that quarter. to which we naturally
look for assistance, • I have been induced, for the supply of
some of the individual requisites for taking the field, to issue
orders to the Quarter-Master and Commissary-Generals to
make such preparations in their several departmentS as our
scanty resources admit.
" I communicate, for yoUr more particular information,
my correspondence with the Secretary at War, and also with
Governor Strong and Governor Smith, on the subject of mu-
tual aid of the Militia, in case of invasion. •
" I also lay before you a communication from Gov. Strong,
with 'several resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusets,
which, from the importance of the subject, and respectabi-
lity of that State, claim, and will,• I have no • doubt, receive
your early and serious attention.
" I cannot close this-eolinnunication without adverting to
some of the many reasons which the people of this State have
for gratitude and thankfulness to the Over of all Good, who,
in the mjdst of judgment, has remembered mercy. By his
goodness we have reaped of the fruits of the earth, our health
and lives have been preserved, and shores protected from in-
vasion, and our laws and religious liberties continued.
(Signed) -" WILLIAM JONES. "
" Providence, 0ct.31, 1814."

FUNERAL OF Sax PETER PARKER, BART.

BERMUDA, OCT. 14, ISl4.—This day the body
of the brave Sir PETER PARKER, which had been
previously embalmed, and conveyed to thin island
in hiS Majesty's slap Ilebrus, Captain PALMER,
was brought on shore and buried. Every honour
and every testimony of respect duet() the rank,
and to the exalted heroism of this gallant and,
lamented young officer, was paid to his remains.
The whole Garrison, with detachments of seamen
and marines from all the fleerand ships in the har-
hour, the Governor, the General,,. the Admiral,
and all the respectable inhabitants, attended the
mournful ceremony, which was awful and impres-
sive in the highest degree, and many a .tear
companied to . the grave the last remains of this
,true naval hero. The officers and crew of his
ship (the Menelaus) anxious to unite in this last
testimony of respect to the remains of their be-
loved Commander, have appropriated the entire
prize-money of a vessel captured by the Mene-
laus, on her first arrival in the American seas; for
the purpose of rearing a noble and lasting testi-
mony of their affection to his memory.; -and Ad-
miral COCKBURN has also put on foot a • subscrip-
tion amongst those of his brother Officers, by
whom'be was loved and regarded ; the amount
of which is to he added thereto : so that there
will be a sufficient sum to mark,' in the most dig..
nified and liberal manner, the high estimation in
which Sir PETER was held by that profesiion to
which he was so (mean ornament.