The Sun.
London, England, 1814-11-03 00:00:00

ARMY CONTR.ICTS.

Commissary, in Ciiief's Oliice, Great George?
ae,
street, October 29, 1814.
NOTICE is hereby given to Persons de-
-4'll sirons of Contracting to supply the following Articles
for the of the Army, viz.—

BREAD to his Majesty's Laud I•'orces in Cantnutrients,
Quarters, and Barracks, in the under-mentioned Counties
and Islands :—Chester7-perhy—purhara (including Holy
I sland)—llunthigdoa—ancaster-r-Nottingliam—Stafford-7
Yitrk.

BEEF arid WTION, to his Majesty's Land Forces in
Cantonments, anafters, and 'Barracks., in the urrAr-iiien-
tinned Counties and Islands,:-13erks {including the 'kown of
liungerford)—Clunherland—Dnrhaal (incli.b ling Floly Isiund)"

-1-luntingdoti7iient--Leices,ter,—Noktitatuptou—NviAlatun-
„
berland—Oxford—Surrey—'6ussex.

OATS to his Majesty's Cavalry in Cantonments and Quar-
ters, in the iiinder-menti'oner.l. Counties and Island :—Dur-
liant—Gloueester—NortliumberlanA—Stafford.

..- • I
FORAG-F,;viz.—Oats, Hay; and Straw,—to his Majesty's
Cavalry in -Barrachs, and Oats in Cantonthents gnd
ters, in the under-mentioned Counties in South Britain:—
Lancaster—SumerLiet7Wilts--York.

That the Del iveries are,to commencc on and for the2stb day
of December next ; that Proposals in Writing-, sealed up and
mai:lied, 4( Tender fm:. Army -Sap pl ies," will be received at this
Office, on or before Thursday, the 24th day of November (but
none will be 'received after .tiverve •o!cluck on that day); and if
sent by pest, tl►e postage ►oust be Rzki4, •• •

Propo.als must be made separately, for, each_ County; and
each Proposal must have the Letter Which is annexed to the
Tender properly filled up by two Persons of 'known-Property
engaging to become hound with the. Party tendoring, iu the
amount: stated in the printed Partidulars, for the- due per- •
tormance of the
_Contract ;and no Proposal will he up-
ticed unless made on a printed Tender, and the Prices ex-
pressed in Words at length; and should it so happen, that
during the continuance of the Contract no TroopsSli'dulit
striatcit d or
andsupplied!inkthe -County, the exp.enee of the COu
t-
Bond, paid in the firstnstance by the Contractor,
une
to he refunded to him by the Commissary in Chief.

Particulars of the COntiucts may be had upon application'
it thii Once lyeiiveCtrthe TicitirecitEltien and Fire. '

NAPOLEON BrONAPARTE.
• -
THE Attention of the Fashionable Worlti is al-
Most exclusively directed to the magnificent Painting of
11UONAPARTE, taken in Paris by his special permission,
on his return from Moscow, by Lefebvre, and completed un-
der the immediate superintendanee of the celebrated David,
first Painter to Napoleon.—This grand and inimitable Paint-
ing represents him or the natural size, standing upon the
Throne of the 'llotilleries, invested with tile Imperial State
Robes; and was late the property ,if the Mayor and Munici-
pal Council of the City of Liege, and removed from the Mat-
sion-house of that City, on the :abdik.ation of Napalto
work of art, the Painting possesses transcendent merit,, and
the Portrait is allowed by the best judges to be the only na-
tural Likeness now 'publicly exhibiting in Enropt.
To be seen at No. 52, West Side of Leicester-srp.mre, from.
Teu till dust. Admission, One Shilling.
- N. B. -Subscription, for an Engraving of the above, by
Say, received at the Rooms. Subscribers will receive a Free-
.Atimission Ticket.
• .. •

***. Connected with the above Exhibition, it is intended to
ova a .Repositbry for the reception of Ancient and Modern
'Paintings, anU.otliciWOriss Art,.&c. on Sale by. Private
Contract, under the denOmination of the
IMPERIAL GALLPY AND MUSEUM OF ARTS.
As soon'aS'ti'stUlicient:,k. ollection•is made, a C,_atiiios.;u`e will
be* pUblished, smith the prices 'affixed ; a plan; it-is presumed,
-that cannot fail to insure public patronage.—Applications for
the Achaillion of Paintings,, &c. to he made by letter,-,,,
dressed to the Proprietor of the Exhibition.----AProspectus of
the'aboYii Institution to be had at the Room. •

• •
EtICK\iANS's PILLS are ant. FFLCT
GRAVEL and SCONE, s-roPpAc, F., of URINE
COM LAINTS in the RACK and LOINS, KIDNEYS
Jr...ADDER, aiid LUKIIAGO,

OF the varifius-Complaints incident to the hu-
mad frame, thrre-are none more dreadful in their na-
ture, nor nore,alarming in their consequences, than the
Gravel and Stone. They are complaints to which every
person is liable, as the water welirink is impregnated with
particles, which not only cause the excruciating. tenures,
but are a foundation for every other species of disorder.
HICKMAN'S ORIGINAL PILLS, composed of the
most innocent ingredients. have. been found of singular
cacy, in not only '-strengthening the vessels containing the
Urine, hut happily destroying the petrifying quality-of
from which proceed the above Complaints, &c. .removing.
the calculi, or gritty concretions, and banishing every per-
nicious tendency to those dis Orders, without confinement
• A Copy of a Letter.
To Mr. HICKMAN, Apothecary,.
believeHickinan's to be the hest Medicineever known for cuffing the Gravel, therefore I have taken the
opportunity to recommend them. Two Boxes and a half
• have cured me, .so that I have not-found it necessary to take
more ; and, although I have suffered greatly' from that dis-
nrder, I shall never be afraid of it when I can procure so
good a remedy. I am; &c.
flemsby, near Yarmouth, R, FERRIER.
Norfolk, July -

Sold, wholesale and retail, at R. Butler's Chemical, Drug,
and Patent Medicine IVarehouse, •4, abeapside, corner of
St. Paul's Chureh-yard, London • Sharp d Belam, in
Portsmouth ; lones, Weston, Minute and Mallory, Port-
sea ; Hall and Johnston, Gosport ; Coleman and Jacob,
Sheerness ; Peck, Ross, and Turner, Hull ; HoxlanttCook-
worthy, Granville, Nettleton, and Gilbert, Plymouth ;
Knott and Lloyd, and Swinney and Co. Birmingham ;
Bil Mtge, Edwards and' Penny, and Lathbury, Liverpool ;
'Staines and Lynch, Manchester ; Trewman, Exeter ;
"Manaerton; Readburn, Scott, Audi Baxter, Edin.
burgh ; Baxter and M'Donald, - Glasgow; Jiulgen and
Barry, Bristol;. Stevenson and _Co, Norwich ; Swinfen,
Leicester ; Bunn and Sutton, Nottingham ; Harding, Gos-
rirt.;. Simmoit{l3, Blandford ; „and retail by rmost Country
Medicine Veaderi in pines at as'.'9d. cachi artd 6s: each.

Navy-yard, tirashing,taa, Aiigast 1811. •
St.it,---After receiving, your orders.of the 124th,
directing the public shipping, stores, &e. at this
establishment to be destroyed, in case of the sue-
cess of the enemy, over our army, no time was
lost in making the necessary at rangemeurs for
'firing the xvhote, and preparing boats for depart-
ing front the yard, as you had suggested.
About four P. M. I received a message' from an
Officer from the :Secretary of War, with infortta-
tion that " he could protect Inc no li,,nger."
Soon after this, 1 was informed that the confla-.
gration of the Eastern Branch Brid,e had coin- ,
menced, and ii) a few minutes the explosion an-
nounced the blowing up of that part near the
draw, as had been arranged, in the morniag. •
The intended fate of the yard hail before been
publicly announced to the neighbours, in,order
that they might take every possible precaution for
the safety of themselves, fatuities, and property.
immediately several individuals came in succes-
sion, endeavouring to'prevail on -me to deviate
from my instructions,, which they were invariably:
informed was unavailing, unless they could bring
me your instructions, in writing, countermanding
those priviously given.
. A deputation, also, of the most respectable wo-
men came on the same errand—when I fourail my-
self painfully necessitated to inform
.th.e.m, that
any farther importunities would cause the tnatches
to be instantly' applied to the trains,, With assur-
ance, however, that, if left at peace, I would de...
lay the execution of the orders as long as .1 could
feel the least shadow of justification. •
Captain Creighton's arrival at the yard, with -
the men who had been with ',hint. at the bridge
(probably about five o'clock), would have justified.
me in instant operation, but he also was stt canons;
in the desire to obviate't he intended destruction, .
and volunteered to ride out and gain me positive
information aS to the position of the enemy, under,
the lope that our army plight have rallied
pulsed them. I was myself indeed desirous of
delay, for .the reason that the wind %vas then blow-
ing'tresh from SW _ . which would most pro‘.:
• ball' have caused the destruction of all the private. •
property north and east of the yard, in its neigh,-
bourhood ; being of opinion, also, that the close
of the evening would bring with it a calm ; in
which, happily, we were not disappointed. Other
gentlemen, well mounted, voliinteeret),,as Captain .
Creighton had done, to g 6 out anti bring we po-
sitive intelligence of the enemy's situation, if pos7
sible to obtain it.
, The evening came, and I waited %vitt) much
anxiety the return of Captain Creighton, haying .
almost continued information that the enemy
'were id the neighbourhood of the Marine liar-
reeks, at the Capitol Hill; And thia,t,thair ad-
vance" was near George ".!'own ; 1 therefore deter-
mined to ‘vait only until halt-past 'eight: o"clock-,.
to commence the execution of my orders-, becom,
ing apprehensive that Captain Creighton had,
from his long stay, fallen into the bands of the-,,,

enemy.
During this delay,. I ordered a ,few marines,
and other persons Who .weric then „near ine, to go
off in one of the small which was done,
and that boatis
.saved.. . .
Colonel Whallon had been furnished vein: a
light boat, with which he left the yard, probably.
between seven and eight o'clock..
At twenty minutes past eight, Cap.taln Creigh,-
ton 'conned ; he was still extremely advv,rse tc)..•
the destruction of the property, hitt having in-
formed him that,your orders 'to me wete.inipera- .
tive, the . proper, disposition of the boatspe
made, the matches were applied, fete
moments .the whole was in a state of irretrievable
conflagration.
,Wh.en about leaving the wharf, I observed the
'fire had. also commenced at the souks at Gm.. en-
leaf's Point,;, anthin the..way out of the Branch,. _
we observed the. Capitol on fire.
It- had. been my intention not to leave the
.einity of the yard with my- boat, during the night;
but having Capt. Creighton and other gentlemen
with me, she was too much int:ln:in...ld and °Vet-
laden
_to render that determination proper. We
.therefore proceeded to Alexandria, in the vicinity
of which 1 rested till the morning of the 25th,
when' we left Alexandria, at haift-past seven
o'clock, and proceeded again up to the yin d,_
where I lauded, unmolested, about a quarter Le- ,
fore nine.
The schooner Lynx had laid alongside of the .
burning wharf, still unhurt ; hoping, 'therefore,.
to save her, we hauled her to the quarter of the
hulk oftheSew.York, which bad aLo escaped the
ravages of the flames.
. The Detail Issuing...store of the 'Navy Store-
keener had remained ..Zafe from the lire during the
night, which the enemy (being in force in the
yard),about eight o'clock set fire to, and it was',
speedily consumed.
It appeared that they had left the yard about
an hour when we arrived.
From the number and movements of 'the enemy,
it would have appeared rash temerity to have at-
`tempted returning again that day; though nay
elMation strongly urged it ;" therefore reconnoi-
tering their motions, as well as conic( be effected,
at a convenient distance in the gig, until evening,
I again proceeded to Alexandria for the night.
Yesterday morning, the 2Gth; it was impossible
to form, from the various and contradictory re-
ports at Alexandria, any sort of probable conjec,
ture either of the proceedings and situation of our
army or that of the enemy. Determining, there-
fore, to have a positive knowledge of some part
thereof from occular demonstration, I again em-

itnrlied f.r the proceeding iv:A .(lire biiiitiOn
41., yard, Where I learned ivith_chagrin deYasta-
tion and pTage li>rrt copnenced, and fourta alVo
tu. my surprise Hint the run-bat, which had
keen :oaded.wit It provisions, had g.rotimied in en-
(lt avonring to get out of the .fleranch, nu the even-
it g of the 24th, wn. nearly discirarged of her
cvrgo by a lumber of our people, without conikec-. I
tion with each other.

nobody has confitienee, nor have they confidence
among theta elves. Then we had a Washington,
given to us by Heaven, to raise our drooping spi-
rits—to pea! ont divisions---after exciteour energy;
now we have Madison's, Arny;trong's,
son's, :Munro's, and others, blind and _obstinate
creatures of party, without any love of county,
or regard to its -interests.
What, then, shall we, do to be saved ? One
thing only. The people must rise in their majesty,
protect thenisie‘es, nod compel their unwort-by
servants to obey their will. Love. to tie Consti-
tution which has been so shann.fully abused will
preserve \lr. :Madison in his chair until his
.1Q111)
expires ; but he ought to be e-,mpelled to ase
Hotter to save the country iron. inter destructiou.
the imght to be compelled to dismiss his whole
corps of incomp, tent or corruoit llinistcrs,and re-
piace them with men of fortitude and love
-Of country.. in any other countrybut this, the state
of things which exists here would dethrone the au-
Allor of the Mischief, or disgrace his advisers. In.
England, in much less peribws, tiniest the King has
been obliged to dismiss. his favOurite Ministers,
and appoint others more- agreeable to his people.
And shall we, it; a free Cover»inent, submit to
accumulating wretchedness two years more, _be-
cause Mr. -Madison is to be so long President ?
'Cod forbid ! The subjects
,ilespot;e. govern.-
nieitts; in which. the head of the despot most ex-•
plate his criminal abandonment of his country's
interest, would• wag their heads .at'us. But let
us not lose Ott invaluable Coustittition., because
our present. rulers-arc not fit to execute:it: Let
us officer and
.man our ship anew, and then see
whether site will weather the.storm.- •
How shall this be done is the question. Let
our Legislature, when assembled, choose C. m-
missiotiers, and invite the neighbouring Btates to
do the saint. Let these Delegates proceed to
Washington, or wherever else Mr. Madison is to
be found, ;rind tell hint that he ought to change -his
Ministers and his measures; that he must abandon
the in; asi,:n Of Canada—to-say conquest, would be.
ridiculous.; that Ite•onght to chew to the nation
with whiten we are at -war, that those met' who
that: war lvilerr Buonaparte \v as making his
:last attempt to sithjugate England through,,ltussia,
•are not in power ; that be must, if necessary, reeal
some otitis present obnoxious Envoys, 111)11 appoint
others ; and that he must make one fair'zind honest
attempt to obtain peace without cunning or edits-
vocation. - It -he will do this; peace will he had,
_my life for it ; if not, the country Will. rise, as
one man, to finish a- war, then,_ and not till then,
just and necessary., If he will not do- this,, but
will continue to prefer his party to his country,
these Delegates should he empowered to adjust
terms of union with other States', aud to Make a,
pieace.for themselves. Self-preservation, the great
law of Nature, requires this, and it is worse than
idle to expect any othercourse. Theunion is already
;dissolved practically. The Qovernment flow Can-
'not protect the several -States, if it would.
Massachussetts has already lostits wood cowl
-
fey,- and its million of acres of land. It has lost
•Nuottucket—its fisheriesn—its commerce—its ships
Sailors ! What has it left ? Nothing but the,
pnop,ertyit acquired underthe principles of Wash-
iagton, aluft its courage and spirit to defend the.
rertmatit of its rights, ',lt unShaekled by a palsied
am! nerveless Govert,ment;
Men of Mussaciussetts !—I say, then, arise!
Shake off•your stinnbers—aet for yourselves ; for,
:it you &vend longer upon the wretched Rulers
who halic.ruined you, you will indeed be restored
to the rank of subjects, andvour proud common-
wealth -will _again take the name of
the " Province of Maissaehussett's Bay !"--://2
Spirit 01775. • • • '

I have the honour to be, very respectfully, Sir,
yo ,:r obedient servant,
(Signed)
Hon. Juncs, Sccreary of the Nary.

T. TINGEY.

CAPTAIN PORTER'S LETTER.
The inteiligoicer gives a long letter from Capt.
rotlctio the Secret►iry of the Nary, dated the
ith of Septemhe'r, presenting a minute account of
the preparations wade by hitn at the Nl:hite
Ponse, on the west hank of the Potowinac, to
tivstroy tire British squadron in their prissage down
the,rivcr

After giving- the previous operations -both of
11is and the enemy's force, for three or• tone days,
still stating the force or t e enemy to he two fri-
gates, carrying U 5 guns ; three bomb- ships, 30 ;
one sloop of war rocket-ship, 26 ; a brig, 18 ; a
schooner and two barges, 3 ; • making a total of
173 pots--Captain Porter proceeds :
guns mounted iti the battery were three
l£-pounders, two 12-pounders, six 6-pounders,
awl two fonts. My two mortars U•ere without
carriages, as were alt my thirty-twos ; for, mit-
withstanding every effort was made by the Go-
vernment at Washington to have them' made there,
as by myself on the spot, they could not he CORl-
rleted in time.
".On t. 4 morning of the ath the ~iv shoved
a disprisitiqp -to move. I advised General Hun,
gcrford, of the Virginia Militia, of the same,- and
prepared.to meet than with hot shot. .•

" About twelve o'clock the two frigates got
under weigh with a fair wind and tide, and stood
down for tia. The rocket-shop, bomb vessels,
bldg, schooner and prizes following in succession,
the gun-boats endeavonriog to flank tes• on our
right. 1 immediately dispatched an Officer to
General Ifungerford,to request hint to take the
position agreed upon in the woods on the heights,;
but from •the distance of his ramp, anirthe quick.
approach of the enemy, he was tumble to march
before the firing commenced, and, after that pe-
t iod almost impossible, as I have understood, from
the vast quantities of shot, shells, and rockets,
which were showered Over the hills and fell among.
his troops. •
As the enemy approached, a weft-directed
fire was kept up ft om the battery with hot and
cold shot, an hby brave officers' raid men stood
the broads:des of the shipi'ivith.imparalicled firm-
Less. •'' I anxiously expaned the militia would open
their fire of musketry, but was disappointed—the
curse was :not
.explained until after the firing
ceased. •

theleiliole of the eseetny'S fire-
R S directed at my force, and that in a kw
mites all 4)ls ,fttrne would he brought to bear on
me, and entertaining no hopes of preventing--his
rssiug, as some of my men bad already been
1011'0 and is oultded, I determined not to make an
nAeleSs sacrifice; ante, when the' enemy was.on
flit. nowt at anchoring abreast •the battery; after
stistaining his fire one hour and A cittarter,.4Ltii.!
rec•e:t the officers and men to retire behind a
ott mo left, attil, be in readiness :to charge .the
enemy if he should land tO spike our guns.
" The two frLates anchored abreast „the bombs,
sktlts, end smaller vcs,els passed outside-them,
aH 1106 ring—int- the battery and igld
woods; a tremendous lire of every description of

116,-ivr:!

[Then follom, eulogiumS on .various offietrs, vo-
lat,tvvr, and corps ;:,who all behaved. with :great
gallantry: 'The letter concludes.thus.:/-!-
'fiat nitinber we have bad killed and wounded'
cm-this occasion I cannot ascertain exactly. lun
indoor:4l to believe, however, it does not eiretal;
; awl when we consider the constant:6ra.
w!lich had been kept up by the enemy for.thelour
(14 precedingtheir-pusiage by the fort, we should
eveptn otirselVes very. fortunate ; his damage can
i.t•,-er• be known bY us-=sonic of ,his ships were
much crippled, ;mill should suppose his loss con-
suierable.

ALEANY, SEPT. 29.--The number of gun-boats
now in readiness at Sackett's Harbour is 15, each
carrying a long .18-pbondcr in her bow, and a
32-pound carronade in her stern, and are capa-
ble of transportingl2o men each,
sexclusive of
their crews. A -Stfong detachme9t Of General
]nerd's army is etubarkiii". Some •sippose his
destination to be up the. Lake ; while qther.i arc of
opinion that his object is to co-operate with the
fleet for the destruction of the ship lately
launched at Kingstoit:

" I have underStobd, that in order to bring.tbeir
guns to bear 'on, our. battery:, they cut away.the
!Inver port oftheir ports, •and took the inner trucks
fom theit.gun carriagos, When, they had...paped
it, 1 st!iit a torpedo after them ; it was heard
to- exploile ;Atha:nine at ,flight, but I have- not
ie trot.the.-4tec.t it produces!.
" I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) "4), PORTER.
4, nem W. Junes, Sectetavv of the Navy."
J. • •

A NTI-ATTRITION:—We understand that one
Imudred weight of. the Yatent.Anti-Attri
tion, which cost about sixty.gninegs, is-more than
veinal, in working a steam 'engine, to two tons
and a halt weight of which costs two hun-
dred guineas, besides the . saving, the machinery,
and saving tiruc.and labour,

[From the BoStog Centinel of September 10.]

THE

6, Ile that bath ears-tohrar, h-t him hcar."_nintE.

.
Thu present• aspeft of the war in which we have
~,cousiderately and 'plunged bv.
our profii.::;ate rulers, is, indeed appalling to every
man Who values. thv securi..y and even
,t he liberty
e(qii)try,foi evc:i that is brought into
(I •rarbegiin with the .hope: and expec-

Siamlay morning last an alarming fire -broke
ontju the house Of :Mr.'ANNi3RPIAU,
Addle-hill, J)nctors' Coitituons, which shoitiv
cototinied the same? together with the carpenters'
and jOiners' work-shops, and a counting-house of
Mr. JAmEs Cokomps, adjoining

qt cc)tic„,:cit

of rieilt-crl, it is appare'ut, has
utzr country for placii% its coatittep.ce

in Men *lto 180 e Aniforady set at deliatire the
common rules of just policy and public Morality.
Our
,capital has been* conquered by a brigade of
the enitp\--, and evt_sty sea-port in the United States
is now thnnbling for its safety. The Yreiiicut is
nOw ttroaning over the ashes of that prou(l capitol,
syhttice isslleti the decree of vengeance agaiiit
Britain, which' is likely to terminate in ruin, titter
`ruin th those who promulgated it, and those Who,

Having standiqi in the yard, I soon ascertained i are unhappily pontfeatly connected with theta.
that the enemy had ;left, the city, excepting only 1 Where is our Navy. the only defence against a
a serjeant's unard, for the security of the sick 11 tld : ,pnwertnl maritime nation with whom we chose to
wo,n tr.d.
.I ludic it impracticable to stop the,,,„ make war ? it is destroyed, or, we fear, to be
scene a plunder that had couttaenced, I detei, ' destroyed in Our very harbours—being incapable
Mined instantly on repossessing the vaei with all I of going to sea. 1
the_force at my command. Repairing, therefore, • Where are our armies ? -Waiting with treMbling
immediately to Alexandria, Lieutenant Haraden, the approach of a superior enemy; .
the ordinary men, and the few marines there, We're IVhere is our money, our credit ? Blasted and
ordered directly up, following myself, and got full destroyed upon the most miserable projects which
possession again at evening. madmen ever devised—or to effect 'electioneering
lam now collecting the scattered purloined pro- purposes. When, then,
,is our trope and resource
visions ready for your orders, presuming they will in diis hour of difficulty and danger ? Are .we to
now becOme, very scarce indeed : the quantity i submit to be subjuga:ed, revolutionized ?' thud
1(10141! And yet elle prospect is
,dismal : even in
saved you shall be informed of when known to me.
The Lynx is safe, except her foremast being .1775 or 76 we were scarcely as near . being
e
con-
carried away in the storm of the 25th, about tour quered as we are at this moment, Then w had
P. m. We have also another of the gun-boats, nerve, a heart, and a good cause. Now we have
with about 100 barrels of powder ; anti one of the neither ; as we -are humiliated and diScouniged,
large yard cutter: nearly full with the filled ~,i;„_ and the war we have waged is wicked and wanton,
(lyre for our different guns previously mounted ; Then we had a Congress, composed of enlightened
the powder of those, however, is probably much I patriots and true friends to their country; now
wetted by the storm. . , / we have President and his.... Ministers, in %%how