The Sun.
London, England, 1814-01-04 00:00:00

FRIVATS I,ETTER FROM THE ROOMrOir.

Ads:l.:Aral YOUNG has nearly 20 sail, of the live
besides frigates xvith him in the Roompar. The
British Troops have invested the Fort of Bartz,
which is expected to surrender immediately, and
then they will proceed against Fort Lillo. Coq:-
modore Owltr, has gone up the River above -16
mile§ with abotit 400 marines, to assist in the re-
duction of Battz. The French are poUrinifresh
troops into Walcheren every day, and are very ac-
tive in forifying the Island, all round. Some of
our troops have intercepted .a letter from the Com-
mandant at Flushing; to the General at Antwerp,
in which he says, if they do not speedily ~end
him a suffidient number of troops, it will,be 'im-
possible for him to keep the Inhabitants quiet, and
expresses the greateSt apprehensions lest the Bri-
tish shoUld effect a landing. • They seem to think
we may take ail the Island except Flushing, which
they consider 'as impregnable. The French have
landed All the guns out of four of their frigates,
to fortify .the places most liable to be ,attacked.
All provisions are remarkably cheap. Bread,
six loaves. of wh4e flour, and nearly as large as
our half-quarters, cost only. 10d.—Ducks, is. a
couple—Pigeons, 2s. per dozen,---Apples, ss. per
sack—Hollands, I 6s. a tub, containing 4 gallons—
Claret, Is. 3d. a bottle—RabbitS, five for a shil-
ling, and every thing else in ..proportior except.
Tea,' Coffee, and Sugar, which ;ire very dear ;
common moist sugar, 2s. 6d—Coffee, ss. and 6s.
and indifferent—Tea 17s. and 18s. per Ib,

EXTRACT OP A LETTER FROM THE HAGUE, DE-
CEMBER
28, 1813.
" The performance at the Theatre, on the 24th,
for the benefit of the unfortunate sufferers at Woer-
-den, produced 620 f. ; in this sum is iicluded a
very handsome present from Lord CLANCAJITY ;
nearly all the English in the Hague were present.
Yesterday his Royal Highness the Sovereign Prince
held a Levee, which was attended by nearly all the
persons .of distinction in this place. Among the
=fiber were, Lords CLANCARTY LEVESO.N
aowEn. The Hereditary Prince has returned
from his inspection of the troops on the Waal, the
Maas, and the Lower Rhine. He gave audience
to a considerable number of persons to-day. It
is expected that he will again leave this for the
army in.a day or two."
The Hereditary Prince of ,ORANGE has recently
paid _his respects to -Sir T. GRAHAM and the reEf
of the British Officers at Tholen, inspecting the
Military condition of the country through which
he. proceeded.
A very successful enterprize of the Cossacks
under the walls of Hamburgb recently took place,
which has not been noticed. DAVOUST has swept
away about 8000 , houses, forming a subarls
be-
tween Hamborgli and Altona, on which he order-
ed batteries to be raised. The inhabitants of Al-
tona .remonstrated very strongly agginst this,un-
dertaking, since the artillery, if planted and dis-
charged from thence, would inevitably destroy
their town, DAvousT, however, was inflexible,
and sent out of Hamburgh between four -and 500
workmen to accomplish his design. A body of
Cossacks, however, under the orders of the intre-
pid Count LUNING, had penetrated to• the imme-
diate vicinity, and under the very walls of Hain-
burgh, within sight of the garrison, carried away
as prisoners the workmen who hall just begun to
open the trenches, without-the loss of a single lite
on either side: .
Some few -Cossacks have made an incursion as
far as Mechlin, and brought off with them the
Mayor, Prefect, and Magistrates of the place.
The principal Prqissian force is in the neigh-
bourhood of ; the Cossacks near
Thiel ; and the. Russians advancing through the
country between Zutphen and Arnheirn. BuLow's
head-quarters are at Orten, in -Peelland ; WIN-
ZINGERODE'S near Arnheim ; and Prince NARISH-
KIN'S, who commands his advanced-guard, at Ein-
merik.
The French, either to exercise their recruits,
or to obstruct the approaches, have formed an
entrenched camp between Westwezel and Ant-
werp.
,LANGROI, the French Commander of Goreum,
is said to he
.of a most undaunted spirit, very
cruel,' and not likely to have any consideration
for the unfortunate inhabitants.
Advices ofthe 25th tilt. from Antwerp, state the.
number of the enemy at 15,000 men, besides .5000
more, Who were, stationed betweeh that town and
Breda.
The exchange, with England, which, on the
14th, Liras asf.9. 12, has fallen to f.B. 10.
This is accounted for, by the great influx of 13z
tish Paper, for which, as vet; there is little de-
mand. In a few weeks, however, the exchange
will doubtless assume its former elevation.

1--WTLNGS 4N.,1.--Duriug the last week that
the metropolis has been enveloped in fog And
darkness, the town of Hastings and the neighbour-
hood, have enjoyed the most- clear and delightful
atmosphere that 'was ever known at this season.
Not a cloud, a nist, or a fog, has obsured the
skv ; the horizon has been perfectly clear, and
the mornings and evenings have borne that charm-
ing glow which we experience in September and
,October. On Friday, the last day of the old year,
so mild and clear Was the air that the Parade was
deserted, and parties ',found traversing the fields
to the Lover's Seat, the Fish-ponds, and Fair-
light. From the heights to the eastward of the
town, the coast of I.ranee was seen to a great
extent, although at the distance of forty miles.
At this time, we are informed, no object was vi-
sible in Lyndon at the distance of forty inches.