The Sun.
London, England, 1814-10-10 00:00:00

.S.UPPLEIIENT TO THF LONDON GAZETTE

COLONIAL DEPARTMENT,

I)ol4ning-,,tr( et, tictolier P, 1814.

I antic AnnisoN arrived yesterday witio Dispatch frotuttient.
General Sit J. C. SPF;fIB:I9 N:11. addressed to Earl
ILirtitiasT, one of his NlAltsTY'sTrinciPal Aceretaries cf
,state, of which thelidlowing is-a.copy.
Castine, at the entrance of the Penobscot,
Set. IS, 1814.
,ArVIA)I),—I have now-the honour to inform
your Lordship, that after closing my dispatch on
the 26th .ultimo:, in which I mentioned my inteii-
.tio••s of proceeding to the Penobscot, Rear
miral,Griffith ,and myself, lost no time in sailing
.from Halifax, with such a naval force as be.deem-
,cd necessary, and the troops as per Margin*, to
accomplish the object we had 11), view. Very
early in the morning of the 30th., we fell in with
the Rifleman sloop of war, when Capt-Pearse in-
formed us, that the United States frigate, the
Adams, bad got into the Penobscot, but from
the apprehension of being attacked by our craz-
ers, if she remained at the entrance of the river,
she bad rnn tip as high as 'Tanic!), where she
had landed her guns; and mounted them on slime
4oriher -protection. On leaving Halifax it
.was
my original intention to have taken possession of
Alachias, on our way hither, hilt on receiving
• th's intelligence the Admiral and myself were of
opinion, that no time should •belost in proceed-
ing to our destination, and we arrived here very
early on the morning of the Ist instant.
The fort of Castine, which is situated upon
peninsula of the eastern side of the Penobscot;
near the entrance of that river, was stunnvined
little after sun rise, but the American office': re-
fused to surrender it, and imtnediately.opened a
fire from four twenty-four pounders upon a small
schooner than been sent with Lient,,,Colonel
Nicolls (commanding Royal Engineer); to recon-•
noitre the work.

Arrangements were immediately made for dis-
embarking the troops, hut before a landing could
be effected, the enemy blew up his magazine, and.
,escaped up the Majetaquadous River, carrying off
in the boats with them two field pieces. As we
bad no means of ascertaining what-force the Ame-
ricans had on this peninsula, I landed'a detach-
ment of royal artillery, with two rifle companies
of the 60th and' 98th regimeuts, under Colonel
•Douglas, in the rear of it, with orders to secure
the isthmus and to take possession of the heights
;t4hich command the town, but I soon learned
that there were no regulars at Castine, except
the party which had blown up the magazine and
escaped ; and that the militia, which were assem-
bled there, bad dispersed immediately on our land-
ing. Rear-Admiral Griffith and myself, next
turned our .attention to obtaining possession of
the Adams, or if that could .not be done, to de-
stroying her. The arrangement for this service
;saving been made, the Rear-Admiral intrusted
the execution of it to Captain Barrie, Royal Navy,
and as the co=operation of a land force was ne-
cessary, I directed Licut.--Colonel John, with a
Attachment of artillery, the flank companies of
the 29th, 62d, and 96th regiments, and one rifle
company of the 60th, to accompany and co-
operate with Captain Barrie on this occasion ;
but as Hamden is twenty4even miles above Cas-
tine, it appeared to me a necessary measure of
precaution first to occupy a post on the western
bank, which alight afford support if necessary to
the force going up the river ;,and at the same time
prevent the armed population, which is very nu-.
merous to the southward 'and westward, from an-
noying the British in their operations against the
Adam's. Upon inquiry I found that Belfast, which
is upon- the high road leading from Hamden to
Boston, and which perfectly commands the bridge,
was likely to answer-both these purposes, and I
consequently directed Major-General Gossclin to
occupy that place with the 29th regiment, and to
maintain' it till further orders.. As soon as this
was accomplished, and the title served, Rear-Ad-
miral Griffith directed Captain Barrie to proceed
to his destination, and the remainder of the
- troops were landed that evening.at Castine. Un-
derstanding that a strong party of militia from
the neighbouring township, had assembled at
• about four miles from Castine, on the road lead-
ing to Blue Hill; I sent out a strong patrole on
the morning of the 2d before day-break ; on ar-
riving at the place, I was informed that the mili-
tia of the country had assembled there on the
alarm guns being fired at the Fort at Castiue, up-
en ur first appearance, but that the main body
bad since dispersed, and returned to their respec-
tive homes. Some stragglers were however lea,
who fired upon our advanced guard, and then took
to the woods a few of whom Were .macie
soners. No intelligence having reached us from
Captain Barrie on Saturday night, I marched with
about 709 men and two light field-pieces upon
I)tsekston, at three o'clock On Sunday morning
the.4th inst. for. the purpose of learning- what
progress he had Made, and of Affording him as-
sistance if required. This place is about 18 miles
higher up the Penobscot than Castine, and on
the eastern bank of the river. Rear-Admiral'
Griffith accompanied me on this occasion ; and as
we had reason to believe that the light guns which
had been taken from Castine, were secreted in
the neighbourhood of Thteliston, we threatened
to destroy the town unless they were delivered
op, and the two mass three-pounders on travel-
ling carriages were in consequence brought to us
in the course of the day, and are now in our
possession. At Bubliston we received very satis- •
factory accounts of the success which had attend-
ed the, force employed tip the river.. We learned
that Captain Barrie had proceeded from Hamden
up to Bangor ; and the Admiral sent an officer in
a boat front Buckston to communicate with him,
+when. finding there was no necessity for the troops
remaining longer at Buckston, they marched back
to Castine the next day. -

Having ,ascertained 'that the object of the ex-
pedition up the Penobscot had Leen attained,
it was no. longer necessary for rue to occupy Bel-
last ,; I therefore,
or the evening of the 6th, di-
recteil Major-General Gosseliti to embark the
froops, and to join me here..
Machias being the only place now remaining

First Company Rnyal Artillery, two rifle companies of
the 7th battaliuu 4igth resiwant, 2ytb, Gad, and fir4tk refits.