The Sun.
London, England, 1813-04-27 00:00:00

fIALIrA MAth.

EXTRACT OP A LETTER FROIYI IiALIPAIC, DATED
rEn. 25 1813.

" Sir George Prevost is on his way -to Mon-
treal. The Americans are much in fear of hiv;
he is, very popular with. the ,army.. The Anted:.
cans have certainly lowered theirtnne, since they
have have heard of the distiitrous campaign in
Russia.
" Sir John Warren is croizing off the coast of
America, taking and burning every thing that
falls in his way. Ike irls the Stadia, Cedibri, and
Sophie, with him. The Dragon,-Belvidera, and
Alolu.•:, are off the Chesapeake.-
" All the American frigates are in port, except
the Essex and the , Hornet sloop. The Macedo-
nian and States were of Newry on the 12th
of rehruary, getting ready for sea with all expe-.
dition. *The President -was then at .11oston, ready
for sea, - . : .

f‘ The Americans have taken the tlupe, from,
,St. Thomas's, for Glasgow ; the Ralph Nichol-
son, from Quebec to Loudon the Etipliemia,
1111113 Lagtlira, for. Gibraltar ; the Red Nova, from
London to 'St. ; with the ships Mary Eliza,
Raymond,. and Apollo, with Government stores,
and the Brig Barossa, part of the COrk fleet ;: and
sent them *.td France.'
• "The 08th. regiment is arrived herefrOM Ber-
,ninda in 14 days, under convoy or' the Cti ittleit and
.• , •
‘‘. The Marlborough, Aduural Cockburn, Pnic-
ticks, Victorious, mid Nareiss,ns, were lying at
Bermuda. The Orphemi and Atalante sailed from
thence on die lith inst.

. " The Shannon, Captain Broke, Nrophe., Te-
nedos,.and .Curlew, arrived here yesterday, after
a cruise of twelve weeks, having made only one
capture and two recaptures. We have received
accounts of the safety. of the Recruit. She got
into Sydney& having hail many' of her crew frost-
bitten, where she is now frozen tip: The Rattler
is gone to New Brunswick, to co-operate with the
troops acting in the defence of that province."

hear-AdmiralAthol Moonv. will' sail from
Portsmauth in the Erebus, Cupt LYroao, to take
the command in the Baltic, the moment the wind
is fair. Ile hoisted • his flag on Wednesday
evening. • • r

NAVAL COURT MAaTtAt..---A Court Martial was
held on Saturday at Portsmouth, on the remaining
Officers and ship's company of his Majesty's late
ship
.Java, •to inquire -into the circumstances at-
tending her capture by the United States'. ship
Constitution, on the 29th December, 1812, a few
leagues OW the port of I3altia, and to try them for
theircondUct on that occasion.. The official letter
toile Admiralty upOn"the event having been read,
Licht. Henry Dual: ,Chads, late First Lieutenant
of the Java, was asked if ,he had any further ac-
count to offer to the consideration of the Court ;
upon which he produced a .narrative, ,eclat cog all
!the circumstances that attended the action in a
more minute form,' This being read by the-
Midge Advocate, Lieutenant Hervingliam, Lieu-
tenant
( 13uchanan, and the remaining Officers,
.were than called ; ...and they corrobotated
`tlie statement made ...by Lieutenant Chads,
Whereupon•Qapt. John Marshal, It. N. and Cie-
fleral Hislop (passengers on hoard the. Java),
both spoke in highly flattering terms Of the gal-
lantry displayed by Copt Lambert, to the mo-
ment when hm fell mortally wounded, inspiring
every-individualunder his command with a steady
and honourable sense of their duty ; and stated,
that the distinguished conduct of ',kilt. Mils,
when the. command
,devolved on him, •was admir
able; and.that be maintained the hotiaur of the
British flag with the most determilled.spirir, till .
the loss of the three, masts and hwesprit reduced'
the ship to a perfect wreck, and till he was bereft
of every means. of defence.. They spoke also of .
the general gallantry of every officer seaman and
.
marine on board.

The Cotirtagreed, that the capture of 'his AU,.
jesty'slate ship Java wiis caused by her. being to-
tally dismasted in a very spirited action with the,
United States, ship Constitution, of considerable
superior force, in which the zeal,.. ability, and
braVery.of•the late .Captain, Lambeft, her (em-
mander, was highly,eopspienous and honourable,
being ,-Const.antlythe assailant, tititiithe inonient
of his, nmeli,lainented;fall ; anti, that subsegnently
theretts..the action was continued with equal zeal,
ability, and bravery by Ucut, Honry Dacie
Chads, Lieutenant, and the other offi-
cers and ship't .company, -and otherofficerrand
peesons,vho iyereTassetigers,onboard her, until
she became a.perfect wreck, and, the continnanee
of the action wOuld have been a useless. sacrifice
of lives; and did adjudge the said Lieut. Henry
Ducie
.Chads, and the other surviving (Akers
Anti ship's company to be. most honourably ,ae:
dttitter
l.
On Wednesday, the 14th inst. •the Edinburgh
Regiment of commanded by the'4arl of
Arica/km, was inspected and reviewed by MajOr
Gen. liftowrit, on the fithi, near Plymouth. They
went !In-tough their ditrertnt movco-mpts with great
covreCtoe,ss, timi appeared to give much satisfac-
tion t.() the Revielying Officer.
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