The Sun.
London, England, 1814-11-28 00:00:00

NAPOLEON.

Quench%l in deep clouds of slumber lie
The terrors of his beak,theTightning of his eye.

BUONAPARTE is manifesting in his retirement
the ssine grandeur of , character which has
marked his cometary career, and which never dis-
tinguished hiM more gloriously than at the mo.
went 'Of his abtheation. he man in The Pa.
triot may- call this rrn ch principle, nithoth
France is the enemy of this great man. .But this
is not so.. - We are..governed in this respect by
the same principle which induct's' us to a(!mire
ALEXANDER C/rs'SAR, SOLDN, SoCRATRS. BCON'A.•
PARTE had surpassed -the two firs: as a Hero, and
SoLos: as a I.4awgiver. It only remained tin him
to prove that in the practice of a Philosopher, he
is equal (and this is the highest praise mat cart
receive) to the Sage of Athens,7—(Dublin Evening
Post.)

E M ARK ET S.

•
Coot EXCHANGE, Nov. 28.-We had but few
arrivals, except from Essex and gent. Fine sam-
pies of Wheat sold at as reduction of 2s. per quarter
front this day week, and thiit of inferior qualities
quite unsaleable. • Barley and Malt were each Is.
Nearer than on Friday the sante may be said of
Oats. lir Pease and Beaus there was no altera-
tion. Flour remained the same.
English Wheat 565. 663. 7es. New White Pease- - 645. -s,
Fine ditto -82 s. -s. Grey Pease - - -33 t. 455.
Ohl ditto - - New grey Pease - 455. -s.
Forcigh do. -46 s . 563. GGs. Tick Beans - - - 363. 445.
Fine ditto - - 745. -s. -s. J Small Tick Beans 41s. 475„
Rye - - SGs. 403. Feed Oats - - -91 s. 245.
Fine ditto - - 445. -s. Tine ditto - - 983. 00s.
Barley -- - :325. -s. f Poland ditto - -91 s. 265,
Fine ditto • - - - 345. Fine ditto _ - - 223. 345.
New ditto - - 435. -s. .!'otatoe ditto - - 375. -s.
Malt - - - • (335. 695. Rape Sccd 281. 331. per last
Fine ditto - - - • 765. -S. Fine Flour - 653,705.
Whit e Pease (boll.l' 555. 60S. Seconds - -60 s. 655.
SMITHFIELD, Nov. 28.-This day's Market was well sup-
plied with prime Beasts, and the, show of Cattle in general
was pretty good; Beef, Mutton, Veal, and Pork, sold at last
prices ; and 'the trade, for the most part, was tolerably brisk.
The sales in the Hay-ntarket were somewhat lively ; Hay,
Straw, and Clover, fetched last prices. We subjoin 40 accu-
rate statement of the prices and numbers :-
To sink the 01fal, per Stone of 81b.
Beef, 4s, ed. to,ss. 2d. Mutton, ss. od. to 6s. Od. Veal,
ss._Od. to 7s. od. pork, 7s. ed. to Bs. (td.

Beasts, 2799. Sheep, 1 2,300. Calves, 180. Pigs, 320.
HAY-MARKET.

.Flay; :31. to 51. Oi. Straw, 11. 83. to 11. leis. Clover, 47.
its. to 7L us.

Mr. SADLER'S BALLOON.-Many thou sand spec-
tators assembled 00 Thursday morning at Ply-
mouth, to witness the as....ent of Mr. SADLER, in
his balltpcni j owing to the violence of thewind from
-the S.W. the netting got foul of the monument iq
the centre of the citadel, and one of the iron-
spikes is stated to iiave.entered the balloon, which
caused the gas to escape 5. and the wind having
increased to -nearly a gale, it had such power, that
the balloon became much. agitated, so that it
was found no longer possible to hold on, and it
ascended without Mr. -Sadler. The Balloon took
a north-east direction, and alighted pti D.illllloor,
CURIOUS ANECDOTE.—A few days ago, as a
gentleman was angling with the notiden 'slob for
trout, in a small stream runs_ down Com-
mondale; near Avton Magna, in the neighbour=
hood of Gnisbrottgli, an adder,, lurking in the
stream, took the bait while floating down, gorged
it, and was actually caught by the hook. This
singular circumstance.is a proof that those species
inhabit and occasionally feed in the water.
A Correspondent recommends to. Proprietors cf
Wood Lands, at this season .of the year, to cut
flown time Ivy, which may be found spreading its
parasitical branches round the growing timber
trees upon their estates'. it is astonishing, he
observes, what (lest! uction is occasioned among
timber, from the want of attention to the baleful
effects of the Ivy. Similar attention in brushing;and rubbing moss from time stocks and branches of
fruit and timber trees cannot also be too strongly
;Tema- wended.

ELIO:w1 LONDON ..GAZEI"I6, Nov 26.

• COLONIAL DEPAIMIENT.

Downing--strrrt, Ain,. 26,

A Dispatch, of which the following is a copy, has 'men
ceived from, Lieut. General Sir -George Prevost, Baronet,
3ddressed to earl Bathurst, one of his Majesty's Principal
Secretaries of State.

Head-Q.,atters Plattsburgh, State of
New York, Sept. 11, 1814.
MY LORD—Upon the arrival of the reinforce-
ments front the Ciaronne, I .lost no time iil iessern-'
bling three brigades on the frontier ot Lower Ca-
nada. extemling from the River Richelieu to the
st. Lawrence and, in torn.itig them into a divi-
sion, under the command of Major (;en. de RotL
tenbmg, for the purpose of carrying into effect
Isis Royal Highhness the,nince Regent's com.e
• mantis, which had been conveyed to rue by your
.Lordship in your dispatch of the 3d of'June last.
As the troops concentrated and approached the
line of • separation between this province and the
United States, the American army abandoned its
entrenched camp on the river Chazy.,.at Cham-
plain ; a position I immediately seized, and occu-
pied in force on the 3d instant!, The following
clay the whole of the left division advanced_ to the
village of Chazy, without meeting. the least op-
position from. the enemy.
On the sth, it halted within eight miles of this
place, ha\ big surmounted t'he difficulties: crested
by the obstruct in us in the road front the felling"ot
trees, and the removal of bridges. The next day
the division
.moved upon Plattsburgh, in two eo-
lumps, on parallel roads; the right coluinn,
,led
by Major7Geo. Powers'.s brigade, suppottetl by
four. cmunpanies of light infantry, and a demi-
brigade, under Major Gen. Robinson ; tire left. by
Major Gen, Brisbane's brigade.--The enemy's. mi-
litia, supported by his regalars, atteinpted to im-
pede the ildvaAce of the right coltono, but were
4 driven before it front all their positions, and the.
column 4-meted Plattsburgh. This rapid move=
ment having reversed the strong. 'position taken
Up by the eflenty at Dead Creek, it was precipi-
tately ahrtmoe;:ied and gan•boats alone
left to defend the ford,--and to precut Our restor-
ing the bridges, which had been imperici:tly de-'
.au.s rayed, inconvenience soon surniounteo.
Here I found the enemy in tl,e7or:eupation,of an
elet ateti ridge of lauti on the south brarich of t:,e
Saranac, crowned with th7ee strong redottbis ,ntel
other field-works; atid block; houses arni,ed with
heavy Ordnance, with their flotilla (the Saratoga,
tiU enns.; Stirptze,, '2O eons ; Thunderer, 16 gun; ;
Freble„ 7.gutis 3 ten gun-boats, 1-I .g ti ;) at au-
dio': out olgtin-F,:hoe from the dlore;•eonsistit; of
a schooner, a sloop, and ten gun-
t.oats.. I immediately communicated the eireton-
valley to Capt. Downie, who had been recently
appol4d to colinnand the-vesseli on Lake Cham-
plain, consisting of a ship, a brig, two -sloops,
aqd twelve gnu-boats, (the cettefiane, 36 guns;
Idnnett, IS gnils; Broke, 10 gulls ; Shatanon,
guns ;. twelve gun-heats, 16 guns ;') and request-
ed his co-operation, and in the meantime batteries
•vrere constructed for the guns brought from tiny,-
rear.

On the morning of the I I Ut, our_ flotilla wai,
sr.eir -bvvr the- isthmus which joins Cumberland-
Head With the main- land, steeling' for Haus-
bz.rgh Bay. I immediately ordered-chat pact of
the brigade, under. Major-General. lic4inson,
‘Thich had been In'ought- for Ward- consisting of
four light infantry companies, 3d battaiion 27th
and 76th reiziments, and Major-Gcn: Powers's
brigade, eonsi,..!ing- of the 3d, rrth, Ist battalion
27th and 58th regiments, to force the tore) of the
Saranac,-and.a Iva:ice, provided with scaling lad-
ders, to e,calade the enemy's ',yolks upon the
heights: this force -was plaeed wider the-oom-
natid of Mojor-Gcni?ral P.ohinson. .The' hatte-
lieg oncneti their fire the illStallt the ships en-
gaged.-

it is now, with deep concern, I inforiirvour
Lordship, that, roimithstand;ng
,the . intrepid
valour with which Capt. Downie led. his flotilla
into actiOn, my most sanguine hopes of complete
inece,:s
_Were nor long afterwards blasted, by a
combinazion,_ as it appeared to us, of -Unfortunate
events; to which naval.warfare -is -peculiarly ex-
posed. " scarcely hod Ilajesty's'trOops
a passage- across the Saranac, am-I ascended the
height 00 which stand the enemy's works, whet)]
had the extreme mortification to bear the shout.of
victory t! oat the eneTy's works, in consequence
tke Britisli, flag being lowered On noard the
Contiarice and Lonvt ; and to see our gait-boats
seeking thuir s,alcty flight.' This tinlooked for
event d epri v i toe of the co-operation of the fleet,
withnut .vHell the, further prosecution of the Ser.-
vice.NVU hectunt impraeticalde, I did not hesitate
to art est the coarse of Abe troops advancing to
the attack, because the most complete success
would have been unaviiing;,and the possessiOn of
the eneniv's wotlis offered no 'advanfage tO•.coni-
pensate for the loss we most have sustained in
acquiring posSessitp of thew.

I have ordered ihe,batteries to be dismantkd,
the guns withdrawu, 'kind tire baggage, nith the
Nvounded men vi,ho eats be removed-,'40; be sent to
the rear, in order that the troops may be sent to
'Chazy'to-tuorrow, and on the following day to,
Champlain, where I propose to halt until a have
aseertaitied the use the enemy propose•making:of
the naval ascendancy, they have acquirefq on Lake
Clain ,lain. I have the honour to transmit here—
with •••• returns of the loss sustained by the,lclt
dt-
'i•ion of this army ;nits advance to Plattsburgh,
and inforein,, a piisage across the River Sara-
nac.-1 have'te hononr to be, &c.

• (Signed) GEORGE PREVOBT.
Right florv. E arl Bathurst, &c. &a.

; This rzetiii:o of the I.9th

instant.

Admiraltv; Office, got,. 26, 1914.•
Copyof a Letter from- Coitiroodoreir .J. L. Yeo,'Commander-
inChief of iiisi\lajesty"s Ships and Vessels on the Lake::
Canada, to J. W. Croler, Esq. dated on hoard pia Majesty's
ship St. Lawrence, at ivingstoni 2,1 h Sat,t. 1514.
li}iVe th Ilmtottr totrattsmit, kir the in-
Coinruistioners of the Ad-
formation of the Lords
Iniraitv, a Copy (,i• a letter from Captain Pring,
late Commander of his ..qaiesty's brig Linnet.—
It appears to me, and I have good reason to be-
lieve,'th-at Cmitain- Downie was urged, and his
ship hurried into action -before she was-in a lit
:Aate to meet the enemy. I am itlo•of
that there was nut ihe least necet3ity for our
squadron giving the en...mv such deaided -advari-
tugct, by going into their hay to engage theta