The Sun.
London, England, 1814-01-05 00:00:00

ANTIQUITIES DISCOVIRgO AT

A few days since a labourer, eVoyed in agri-
culture, at a place called Cleve, /,;ir Worcester,
accidentally discovered a'11461 en treasure. Th
was digging., and stroTk the. j axe he
was working with into an earthen pot which
afterwards afterwards proved to be a Bourn') , urn), and
out tumbled a vast quar,tity of pieces, of silver
coin, about the size of a silver threepence.—
The finder immediately threw himself on 161
knees, and returned God thanks for !is good for-
tune. Searching farther he discovered another.
pot filled with gold. The man, overjoyed, ran
with all possible speed' to the town, to acqUaint
his friends with his good luck. After a mature
reflection, he made up his mind to assign to, the
owner of the estate the whole of his acquisitions.
The estate belonged to one of the Canons belong-
ing to Worcester Cathedral. On making the teii-
der to that Gentleman, he, with noble disinteres6-
edness, refused to accept of the money, taking
only a few pieces to be kept as memorials. rte
coins wereall Roman ones, and the while of great
antiquity, the great proportion being. coined 14
the third century, that is, 1500 years ago. The
man has realised 9001. by the sale.

Marshal SOWLT, having endeavoured to vain to
stop Lord WELLINGT9N's progress by fire anct
sword, is now, it seems, trying to throw cold water

on it.

Among the latest Pasquinades placarded at Pa-
ris, was the following 2

" Fine 77c4re ROi LoNA FLOX, 7t014 pas PoNA PARTE !"

The subscription of 10721. by the NobLemen
and Gentlemen of the county of Renfrew, in aid
ca the sufferers in Russia (being, atter dedneting
for advertisements and charges,. nett I 0601.)
upon the 21st of August last, througla the
attention of 'KIRKMAN FINLAY, Est}, M. P.
paid over at St. Petersburgh to ilince ALEXANDER
GOLITZIN, Intercessor of the conirrumity in,-
spection of .those ruined by the enemy," whose
official document for the same has. been trans-
mitted.

Sunday se'nnight, in the afternoon, a sermon
was preached in the Methodist Chapel, in Edin-
burgh, by a private in the Norfolk Militia, of the
name of MILES, in his regimentals. The chapel
was completely tilled by au audience, Many bf
whom were doubtless draw n,thither ant of Mere
curiosity to hear a preacher so unconunOni from
his situation in life.

Thursday se'nnigbt, a desperate bul unsuccess-
ful attempt was made upon the gaol at CarliSich
by a gang of Irishinen; to iescue O'Neil, ithpri-
soned there: The Under Sheriff, to prevent d re-
currence of such an Odtrage, has appointed a guard
to be stationed there in future.

CORN-EXCHANGE) JAN. s.—We had a good sup-
ply of Oats this morning from Lincolnshire, hut
owing to the present state of the weather there -
was but little doing ; the prices the same as ( n
Monday. Fine samples of Wheat may be con, i,..
tiered Is. and of Barley 2s. dearer. Tick Beans
have advanced Is. per quarter. Boiling and Grey
Pease remain the same. At the close of the Mar-
ket on 34ouday, Flpur advanced as. per sack.

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FROM' THE -LONDON 6AZ rrE,.JAx. 4.

COLONIAL DEPAI,,TMENT.
Downin:-r-dtreet; Jyn':'4, 1814.

A disPafch, of the following is a copy,
-bas been this rnoruint by Earl Bathurst,
bisMajesty's-I.),:incipal Secretary of Seate.for.the
Colonies, froni Lieutenant-General Sir George
Prevost, Bart.

ITead-Quarters, La "_7liine, Nor. 15, 1€1.3.

MY tottn,----Majiw.-General Wilkinson left Gre-
nadier Island,. on 'Lake Ontario, on the 30th ul-
timo, with ten thousand men 'in small craft and
battcaux, and proceeded down the St. Laurence,
in orclerto co-operate With -Major-General Hamp=
ton in the in,7 ;or of Lower Canada, and for the
avowed _purpose of taking up Iris winter-quarters
at Montreal ; having
,on, the 31st halted a few
miles below Gravelly .7.)int, on the south side 'of
the river; his position.was on. the .following day
sreconnoitred and afterwards cannonaded by a di
vision of gun-boats, under the command of cap-
tain;Mulcaster, of the Royal Navy. By keeping
close to his own shore,-the enemv.arrived, on the
6th instant, .within. six miles of the port of Pres-
cott, which he endeavoured -to pass unobserved
during the night Of -the 7th ; but the vigilance of
Lieutenant. Colonel Pearson, who commands
there, frustrated his attempt; and the American
armada was obliged to sustain .a heavy and de-
structive cannonade during the whole of that.ope-
.ration. . .

,
Having anticipated the possibility of the Ame-
rican Government sending its whole concentrated
force from Lake 'Ontario, towards this part of
his Majesty's territory, I had ordered a corps of
observation, consisting of the remains of the 49th
regiment, 2d battalion of the 89th regiment, and
three companies
.of voltigeurs, with a division of
gim-boats, the whole-to be placed under the cow-
Nand of Lieutenant-Colonel,Aloriisonof the 89th
regiment, to follow the movements of Major-
General Wilkinson's army, as 'soon as they should
be ascertained to point towards this quarter. I'
have now the satisfaction of transmitting to your
Lordship copy of a report made by:Lieutenant,-
Colonel Morrison to Major-General De Rotten-
byrg, containing the details of an attack upon the
corps of observation placed under his command,
by a part of the American force under Brigadier-
General Boyd, amounting to near four, thousand
Alen, which 1n urinated in the complete repulse
and defeat of tin:enemy, with very considerable
loss ; upwards. of one hundred poisoners, toge-
ther wish a field-piece; remained in our possession;
and, as I understand that more than one hundred.
were found•dead on the field, their total loss, in
killed, wounded, and prisoners, could not hitless
than. eight hundred men._ The consequence of
this gAllant affair, which reflects such high cre-
dit on all the officers and men engaged in it, and
particularly on Lieutenant-Colonel Morrison, for
the skill and judgment . manifested by him in his
choice of position, and-for the coolness and intre-
pidity with, which he maintained it, has been, that
the enemy, disheartened by their losses and ill-
success, re-embarked the whole of their forces on
the 13th, and crossed to St. Regis and Salnion
River oh their n share, not leaving a manin
Our tidrritory, cept
~inAuth as iveril'prisoners.
L is yst cerratie whettv General Wilkin-
seri meat- o ardsOute- his ortginal inteption, Of
proCeee• in Jo-is small craft 'Old boats 'twirl Sal-
mon. er to Montreat, or to uipite his tupopS w:Ltii
those_under Major-General Hampton`, and at-
tempt to advance inti, the province by the Cha-
teangey., or oclet Town roads. Mior-General
Hamptkhn has received positive o rs to resume
titre positionnvlnch heliad abandon6d on the Cha-
teaugay'River, when Ire retreated iga Plattsburg,
immediately after the dis.gracefal defeat„he lately
experienced ; but the state of the weather is be-
coming so highly unlayourable to combined ope-
rations, that unless General Wilkinson, in a very
few days, succeeds in -forcing the positions I have
caused to be occupied in the Rapids of the Coteau
de Lae, and on the BeauharnOis Channel, which
I have no reasein to expect 'he will do, or that he
can make his way into the province by either of
the other routes 1 have mentioned, which I think
very improbable, the American army 'mist soon
be compelled, by the severity of the season, to go
into winter quarters, and to abandonall thought
of the conquest of Canada for this campaign. I
have. also the honour of transmitting to your
Lordship copy of a letter, . with its inclosures
therein referred to, addeessed to Major-General
de Rottenburg by Lieutenant-Col. Morrison, in
which you will ,See a further proof of the vigilance
and activity of that officer, in executing the duty
with which he has' been entrusted ; and I have
the "further pleasure to report to your Lord Ship,
that a thirteen-inch iron, and a ten-inch brass
mortar, with their stores, and a large supply of
provisions, depGsited bythe Americans at Ogdens-
burg, have been brought away from thence by
Captain ilduloaster, of the navy, and lauded at
•
Prescott. - • --
I have again witnessed, with , peculiar-satisfac-
tion, the loyalty and active 'zeal with which all
classes have been animated in their endeavoitrs to
oppose the threatened invasion of the enemy, and
which I have great pleasure in reporting to your
Lordship.
- - I have the honour to he, &c.
(Signed) GEOII.UL PItEVOST. •

Christler's, Williamsberg, Upper Canada,
November 12, 1813.

Sty—l have the h.partitivgratification to -report.
the. brilliant and gallant conduct of the detach-
ment- from the centre division of the army,- as
yesterday displayed in` repulsing and defeating a
division of the enemy's force, consisting of two
brigades of infantry, and a • regiment of cavalry,
amounting to between three,and four thousand
invn,, who moved forward; 'about two o'clock in
the afternoon, front Christler's-Point, and at-
tacked our advance, which gradually fell back to
time position selected for the detachment to oe-
-eupy ; the right resting on the river, and the left
on a pine.wood, exhibiting a front of about seven
hundred - yards.
The ground being open, the troops were thtms
disposed the flank -coniiieunies of the 49th regi:
Lama,- the detachment or the Canadian Fencibles
with one field-piece, ,sauder Lieutenant-Colonel.

Pearson on the right, a little advanced on ..the
road ; three companies. ot. the regiment,
under Captain Barnes, Nvil a. gun, formed .in
eciiellon ‘with the advance ten its left supporting•
.
it. The 49th and 89th, thrown more to the rear
with a gun, funned the main body and reserve,
extending to the woods on the left, vsnich were
occupied by the voltigeurs under Alajcie H-erriot,
and the Indians under Lieutenant Anderson. At
about half past two the action became general,
when the enemy endeavoured, by moving forward
a brigade from his right, to turn out left, hitt
was fepuiseti by the 89th, foraging in potehae with
the 49th; and both corps moving forward.; occa-
sionally firing hy Riatoons. His etforts were next
directed against our right, and -to repulSe this
movement the took ground. in that direction
in echellon, followed by the 89th ; when within
half musket ',shot the line -was- formed, uedti a
heavy but irregular fire from the enemy.
The.49th was then directe-n to-charge the gun
posted opposite to ours, but it became necessary,,
when-within a short distance-of it, to check the
forward movement, in consequence of a charge
front their cavalry on the right, lest they should
wheel about, and fall upon their rear ; but they
were received in so gallant a manner by the com-
panies of the 89th, undet' Captain Barnes, and
the well directed fire of the artillery, that they
qUickly retreated, and by an- immediate charge
from those companies one gun was gained.
The enemy immediately ',concentrated their
force to check our advance, but such was the
steady countenance and swell-directed fire of the
troops and artillery, that about half-past font' they
gave way at all points from an exceeding; strong
position, endeavouring by their, light infantry to
coveitheir retreat,who were soon driven away by a
judicious movement made by Lientenapt-Colonel
Pearson. The detachment for the night occupied
the ground from which the enemy had been striven,
and are now moving forward in pursuit.
I r—t-ret to find our loss in killed and woundeq,
has been So considerable, hat•trust a most essen-
tial service lips been tendered to the country,
as th- whole of the enemy's infantry, after the
actio2, pr-eLipitately retired to their own shores.
It is now my grateful duty to point out to
your Hotiourthe benefit the service has received
from the ability,. judgment, and active exertions
of Lieut.-Colonel Harvey, the Deputy-Adjutant-
General, far sparing whom to accompany- the de-
tach ment, I must ag lin publicly cxpres- my acknow-
ledgments. To the cordial co-operation and ex-
ertions of Lieut.-Colonel Pearson, commanding
the detachment front Prescott, Lient.- Colonel
Plenderleath, of the 49th, Major Clifforti, of the
89th, Major Herriot of the Voltigetlis, and
'Captain Jackson of' the Royal 'Artillery, com-
bined, with the gallantry of the troops, our great
success may be attributed. Every Man dish his
duty, and I believe I cannot more strongly speak
their merits than in mentioning, that our small,
force did not_exceed eight hundred rank and_ file.
To Captains Davis and Skiuner.of the Quarter-
master-General's department, I am undet the
greatest obligations, far the assistance I have re-
. ceiv.ed from thtim; their zeal and activity have been
unremitting. Lieutenant' Hagerman, of the mi-
litia, has also for his services, deserved my public
acknowledgments, as has also Lieutenant Ander-
son of the Indian department.
As the prisoners are hourly bringing in, I am
unable to furnish your Honour with a correct re-
turn of them, but npwards 'of one hundred are
our position; neither of the ordnance stores taken,
as the whole have not vet been collected.
have the honour to he, &c.
(Signed) J. W. MORRISON, Lieut. Col. 89th,
Commanding Corps of Observation.
RETURN OF KILLED, WOUNDED, AND MISSING.
Royal Arti:lery-2 rank and file, wounded. -
Royal Artillery Drivels-1 rank aud file, wounded.
49th Foot-1 captain, 1 drummer, 5 rank and file' ;
subalterns, 3 serjeants,-34 rank and file, wounded.
89th Foot-1 drummer, 4 rank and file, killed; 1- captain, 1
subaltern, s serjeants, 57 rank and file, wounded.
49th Foot, Flank
.Company-2 rank and file,-killed ; 1 sub-
altern, 1 t rank and, file, wounded; 6 rank and file, missing.
Canadian Fencibles-4 rank mid tile, killed;
rank and file, wounded. 2 subalterns, 14
Canadian Voltigems-4 rank and file, killed; 9 rank and file,
wounded; 3 rank and file missing.
Militia Artillery-1 rank and file, wounded.
Militia Dragoons- -I rank aud file, wounded.
Indians—l warrior wounded; 3 warriors missing.
Total--1 captaio, 2 drummers, 19 rank and kle, killed;
captaia, 9 subalterns, 6 serjeants, 131 rank aud file,
wounded ; 12 rank and file, missing.
NAMES OF OFFICERS KILLED AND WOUNDED.

KILLCD.

49t1i Foot—Captain Nairne.

woriNnEn.
49th Foot—Lieutenant Jones, dangerously; Lieutenant Bart-
. ley, severely,- not dangerously ; Lieut. Clans, left' leg am-
putated; Lieut -Morton, severely, not dangerously; Lieut.
• Richmond,
89th FootL---Captain Browne, severely, not dangerously; En-

. .
'sign Leaden, slightly. . . - -.•
. . .
49th Foot, Flank Company—Lieut. Holland, sererefy.
Canad►an Feneit;les—Liei►t. l)elori►niere, dangerously, since
dead; Ensign Arinstrong, dangerously. •

Williamsburg, Upper Canada,
• 11th Nov. 1814.

Sir..--1 have the honour to inclose a copy of
file .agreement,autered into by Alplcaster,
of the Royal Navy, and myself with two of the
principal inhabitants of Hamilton, in the State of
,New Yok. Having Understood, when passipg
that place, that public property was' depe4sited
there, and being informed hy tieutenant7Colonel
Pearson that his Excellency the Commander of
the forces had directed a small force to act against
that village, we considered it our duty, as we pos-
sessed the means, to fulfil the intentions of his
Excellency ; but .not having sufficient conveyance,
or time, to bring the property away, and as it
•appeared that it, principally belonged to merchants
at Kingston, we deemed the errclosed terms best
to propose,
1 also inclose herewith a copy of Major-General
Wilkinson's proclamation.
' , I have the honour to be, &e.
(Signed) •J. W. MORRISON, Lieut.-Col. 89th Reg.
• Commanding Corps of Observatio.
Major-General De Rottenberg.

. . _
We do hereby promise, on our respective words
and hOnour, to deliver, on theopposite side of the
river, at the house of Jacob Wager, it a 'flag
should be permitted to land, all the public proper-
ty of the United States, if any should be found
here; also all property belonging to his Britan-
nic Majesty's Government, and the.. individuals
thereof; now deposited in the house el Charles

Itichardi. It big .&xpre.i;sly.' TT mierstood that
,the persons and prolit!rtv of the inhabitants of the
village bald he'el3,,s-pared. in consideration .of thc
preceding arrangemen,t. And, n:e do hereby farther
pledge our honours, that the boats.: shall alsri he
delivered, which belong either' to the Government
of the United Stites, or tp his Britaanic Majes-
ty's Government. And, we do farther admit, that
on the non-coniplianCe with these Conditions, the
village be:Snitreet to be cksfroved '
(Signed) DAVID A. OGDEN. ,
ALEXANDEIt RICHARDS.
' W.:H. muwAsTmt, Captain Royal
Navy, commanding Flotilla.
.3. W. -MORItISON,-•Lieut. 89th
• . • B.egiu; eat, commanding Corps of 013-
,
. serration.
Hamilton, Nov. 10, Isl 3.

. . ... .
[Here follows Peneial Wilkinson's Prnclarna-
tion, which app6ared in THE SUN Of Wednesday
last.] .
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NiTATA ItY PROM anoNs.

Irar' -Off cc, Janiciii-y 4, 1514.

To he Lieutenant-Colonels lathe Arum—Majors Wm. Cross,
336th Foot, S. 51. t Foot, It. 'Buckner, Riival
lery, .W. F. P. Napier, 43d Four, and John Olce.„ Gist.
Foot.
To be .Majors in the Army.—Captßins D'Arcey,3!)th Foot;,
J. G. Douglas, 5,2 d Foot, Q. Clarke, sth In'loot, C. Cameron,
;id Foot, B. Stone, 35th Foot, W. Balvaird, 96th Foot;
T. S. Nicholls, 31st Foot, W. N. Ramsay, Royal Artillery,
.1. K. Colletoo, Itoya. Staff Corp, S. Stretion, 40t1 Foot,
LY. O'Kelly,?lith Foot, :1-I.l3ri,ht, 57th Foot,. and C. Ll,'
Churchill, Ist Foot Guards.,
Office of Ordnance, 'Dec. 16, 1513.

Medical Establishment fo'thC Military beliattinent of the

Ordnance.

Assistant-Surgeons Mttnro Blackwell and Min Ridtoy, to be
Surgeons.
:Second assistant-Surgeons John Mackintosh, vice Blackwell;
-and Joint- Wooldridge, .vicetO Lie Assistant Sur-
- ;eons.
Temporary Assistant-Surgeons Jainei Barlow, vice-Macbin-
tosh, and Edward Donovan Verner, vice Wooldridge, to be
Second Assistant-Surg-eons;

Artillery of•tlie King's German Legion. •
Lewis de Wissell, Gina. to be Seeinid.Lieutenant, vice Goe-
.
ben, promoted. •

Wee of Ordnatice, Dec. 20,,1813, •
Royal Regiment of Artillery.
To be Second Lieutenants.—Ger,tlemen Cadets Wm. Harvey,
Vice-Wheatley, promoted; Win. H.,Hennis, vice Hodges,,
promoted ; Fenton Robinson, vice Wea.therall, promoted ;
Edward Greene, vice J. Hill, promoted; John JOhnstlit,'
vice. Forster, promoted Charles. U. vice .Cozens,
promoted;
.Gcurge Hare, Vice'Michell; promoted; I're-
derick A. Grilliths, rice Talbot, promoted; and Gustavus
T. thane, vice Storej, promoted.
Ojice, of Old/mice; Dec. 21, 1818.
• Royal Artillery Drivers.,

Second Lieutenant Edwin Griiii.ths to, be First Lieutenant,
vice W. Weaver, deceas'evi.'-
• Medical Estaliiklimmt for the Military Departnicut of the
Ordnance.---teniporarV Asslstant-Sargeon «Villiasu S'protill
to be Second AssistanC7Surgeon, vice I,ytno4e, cashiered.