The Sun.
London, England, 1813-08-19 00:00:00

" RICHMOND AGAIN TRANQUIL.

We are happy to state, for the information of
our country readers, that Richmond is perfectly
tranquil again. From the force already collected
and constantly increasing at the camp below, and
from the martial activity of our citizens, whose
morning and even training still goes on, the idea
of a hostile visit,no longer alarnis us. Our volun-
teer companies are full to overflowing, and no
where cats be seen finer .looking corps than the
cavalry, artillery, and rifle of Richmond. The
British outrages at Hampton have tired every
heart wit,ls indignation, and nerved every arm with
strength.---Let the invader now approaA, and he
wilf suet with the fate he deserves."
GuADALoisr.a.—.BASSe MUM, JuJE
day, at six in the evening, 'his Excellency Sir
Alexander Cochrane, K. B. Governor and Com-
mander in Chief, and Vice-Admiral of the island
Of Guadeloupe and its dependencies, Vice-Admiral
of the Blue, &v. &c. easbarked on hoard his Ma-
jesty's ship Cressy . for England.. His departure
was announced by a discharge ofeatnicisi expres
sions of esteem and regret, less splendid, but snore
affecting, es2aped every mouth, and more than
one father of a family Was seen to shed tears.—
The 'quay from which Sir Alexander and his' te..-
Mily embarked, , the Court, and the neighbouring
pOilltS'Wel'e filled with spectators..
His Excellency General Skinner takes on hini
the administration of the Government of the Co-
lUny, on the departure of our well-beloved (So.
vernor. The honourable manlier in which he has
conducted himself in the different commands which
have been confided:to bins by his Excellency the
Commander in Chief of the army, leaves nu doubt
of the:mildness,and justice of his administration:
This poper also contains a high eialogiumva
the excellence of Sir A. C.'s Government.

[The following elegant epistle was picked up
by some of our soldiers iu one of the enemy's
tents, at the late-attack ow Sacket's, Harbour:—
We think it worthy of being preserved, as some-
thing exclusively American ; an original sample,
of the thousand letters of the kind, that alter 110-
dergoilig the polish of a Newspaper Editor, cir-
culate throughout the United States, and have
such-a powerful inflnenee in modelling the people
to be fat in-,tripnvits of..the ambitious demagogues
who get into power by exciting their passions and
prejudices. "An uncorrupted And enlightened
people" truly! well said, James Madison !]

Sackets,Harbour, May 200 191.1,

" DEAR FittEND—With my pen in my hand, and
my heart filled With the spirit. of Liberty, I now
sit down in order to communicate and whisper
glorious intelligence into the ear of a Friend, al-
thongh.we are placed some distance apart; es GO&
in the course of Divine Providence Wills it yet by
the simple means of pen, ink, and paper, with a
messenger, to transport, we can', hold the
sweetest communication, and as these are the
only means whereby we can converse, 1 thick.
it my duty to communicate such ideas tts
he the most useful and pleasing, therefore.
will'bilortn you in the first place, that on Sun.•
day t he 21st day of April last our little navy on
'Lake Ontario, which consists of one ship, one
brig, and thirteen beautiful schooners, left this
harbour, with :a rising:of two thousand of our
brave troops besides sailors and marines on-board,'
and steered their course for the Lion's "Den, in
Upper Canada ; and. on 'Tuesday the 27th, they
'came. in sight of Little York, the capital of the
upper,province; they passed up the lake about 3
miles,above the village, where they found a Conve''
meat place for landing, and there :they cleared
three vessels of the soldiers, and put them on
board of the others, and these three vessels went
down in front of the fort, to amuse thou while
our troops could effect their landing,: but the British:
General Sheatie sallied out of the tort, with a con-
siderable force, and marched up to preveot our
landing, as they made their lippearailee on the
bank opposite our troops, our, vessels opened it.
heavy tire upon them, and drove them ,back,, and
they did our troops but very little injury while
landing, Captain Thomas 1.4y0n, of Oxford, wits
shot dead in his boat while.going ashore, but our,
troops lauded very safe under the fire of our
small fleet, and fornied in line of battle on the
beach of the lake, and then oar vessels all rode.
down before the town; and instantly Sheatfe, with
his British slaves and bell-like. savage crew, in:
numbers supetiorto ours, made their appearance
on the batik again, and imniediately. discharged
their fire-arms at our troops and instantly ebarvti
hayotscr and rushed on with all their diimiled,
fury, undoubtedly thinking because the land
in their favor they would drive, our lueo into
lake, hot our ,brave yaiikt heroes stored tit t shoceki
of savage Vengence; repelled and , !..)atdo
with such Speed as Woniii Maio ittittning
keep with them, our sons of. liberty Forted
m the , With Charged -,bayouct, king proiniscu..
for the distai4e,en• oitt;ttil.ierttinAtitttlielz,s:
tiud tltrrootilin
thence so the turmoils they passed by the Mag-a-.
to
zine;. which the British he it-tutti !Mich, lire tai'
laall)111:11);111:1;11°iii:1 It
alf tlibip:erilirnv nearlyet u number
Brigadier 7aoci;ibi their
Eir:eet::"rieo'el
, liy tills ex•
man whose death is mach lamented in our army.
--We took an immense sigbt of prop err y by the
capture., that was brought into this.bliibot4e4s,

trra triinions of sf Anti
destroyed at least half a million mo c, which we
eaold trot fetch away, we got ap-)r,:., )y !Isis expv-
ditiun, then we ost last summer and ivinter,'on-
don . slim, We took one hun-

tired • of c.roiflott, two hundred
411(1 a V 11101 i• dollar* itt ca It---

" Our fleet cleared nut from this .harbour again
ctti 10,;(1,,y t, with about two thousand troops
for Vint George, wail she will s,ttcll the hellings
this week ; . they stillit onr.post here very naked.;
there was but-about live hundred, fighting ine'n kit
here wLi< u the flect,rdeared out, but since, there
has rising -el -fifteen hinitlred. regidar troops.; they
got hel'e to-day. our flet.t will he buck again in
the 'coune of twelve clays, and tiosv; we 81,011 Pits])
fin:Kingston, if we have Success in.the.expediL
tion. 1 wotild thank you to write every opportu-
nity, and I will'ilo the same ; no more atpresent.
•
• • VI
yoHr ijend.

Dtuncr TAX.—.Vuothir of the Qaotti proposed
to be aasigned to each Stoic of . the Direct Tax,
proposed t 9 h [lid by the bill before Congress,
prertred from the documents accompanying the
report of the Committee of Ways end Means, of
the 10th instant, upon the subject of the War
1 AXCS :--- .
'Nil./ (lamp,like ,
i11)0t1e, lilantl
V , vritmikt • 98,3,13 71
1' vw N'ut k
'Petutle)',,,,,,li , 665,470 I 1
- • ~_

.
• ' I ,elawure 3!,016 .25
IVaryllitol . A,,
N1,....40) mutts
t '
otillectitut 11;3,16,7 71
Ns: re Jev,ley ... 108,871 2,3
• Virginia • • '0;9,019 44
North (....urol inu • 2u,:2:18 98 '
Saab Carolina
_,
(ieurgia
I}lli., ~ . ' ,
Kentucky . 168,9'28 76

EXI'IIACT FRONT A Lin-Fgt.: DATFD HALIFAX, NOVA
SCuTIA, ',W1,17 6.

•
I inclose you at list of the prizes taken by the
Lit:4'l7)oo7 Paclit privateer, which at length has
be as c;lpcored by the Americans, and of the Sir
jOirn Sherbrooke privateer- These vessels hove
rendered these provinces much *service on the
station. '.The privateers of the enemy swarm off
this harbour : these piccaroons have taken a great
mailY prizes, they Capturedi.the Diana front the
last London convoy, got her into Portland, and
she sold for laOjioo,/ This capture will be the
means of bringing its plenty of ‘isitants."
Thg. Priu,3 taken the LiverpOol Packet 1)1Iva:eel', of Liver-
pool, in Nova Scotia, all of which were laden.

Taos.
Ship Vector, = • 8,10
Brig, - 100
firlio, tier Colombia - 00
Tuici Friends 60
Three Friends 71
Polly -10 f;
Lucretia - 100
Dove - 7g
Anson - 90
Little Jou -

New Forge 50
Brothers 13i)
- 80
Edward ikiliram 90

90
tloieorn 100
!rho taken hy the 'Brig
• • of Novo Scotia,

Tons.
The Sinop Rel Bird
tichonner Miry 97
Sloop r 1 polio - - 54
Sittmoncr Rising Sun • ' 7
'Sloop Ilerny- 45
Schnoticr Maria Wind,or 131
Sloop Betsy - 11(i

HAMBURG

' Tons,
Sloop Susan • - - 50
Drig•Econosny • - so.
Swift. - ~.- , 157
SclioniteritivetY . - 103*
Skov General Green 60
--, . Itt'l i a nce . - SS
Schooner Nymph. - 5'5
,*- '------ Banker Hill 25
&bop Bunter - '... .70
--,-,-- Consolation 70
Schortect Lydia - 19
Brig !Tabu - - 130
Schooner - - - 300
------ -- Frio-id:44 . 1(10
Sloop IN.:num:fa - 'so
Schiuner 1,c,i,:10n . 90
Privateer, Sir John SlietbrocfLe,
ull with canoed.

Tour.
Sloop France . sr,
Ship, 1,r,-(lr.rick Augu%tin • a'24
I'anlina - 100
-- ----- Carolina - :29
Ufiiorl -
Brig - 117

I PAPERS.

vuon rug JOURNAL DRS HOT/CUES DE L'ELBE,
AUOV b7' 10.

Baths at Taeplltz, July 20.

Scarcely have I arrived at the Baths, where
Dave come to endeavour to, re-establish my
bealth, nod already do you, ny friend, overwhelm
me with questions. Although near the town where
the Plenipotentiaries front the Continental Powers
are asi:emblipg, 1 'canoot, any more; than you,
toresee the result of thitt assembly, which appears'
to have to regulate the destiny of the world. in
the absence of positive facts, public cariosity is
exercised "in conjectures'.: The secret Intentions
ofCom ts are • attempted to be di:wort:red in the
choice of their reFesentatives; their prisate lives„
their moral lives are scrutinized ; in /heir ,ktiown
characters they look for the proof of the good in,.
tentions tE,f their Governments.

If the tumperor of France bad not already
pr4ved iti9 high magnanimity in arresting the car
of victory, the choice which he imai made, in the.
Duke of Vicencc and Count de Narbonne would
be an unequivocal proof of his wishes for a gene-:
rat pacification. These Plenipotentiaries arc in-
vested either with time first employments of the
State, or the intimate confidence of their raster;
their rank, their moral qualities, guarantee to
Ft'ance the care which they will talie to support
the dignity of their Sovereign, and the noble ef-
tutrh they will, in MS name, make to 'ensure the
repose of the world. • ' • • '
Auktriu honottro byrself, and is honoured, by
•the belligerent powers by the choice of her Am-
bassadors at the Congreses. tilt; reiipett due
to the well-known intentions of her Ciovernment,.
.is joined that of their illustrious names. '.
" The King of Prussia imas chosen his Plimipo.
tentiaries from among his Statesmen. The long
delay which Russia employed in her choice, seem-
eiti to be justified by the importance of ttim RICO to
he chosen.
or The annals of Russia also afford glorious
names. The title of Plenipotentiary to a:Con-
gress, the result of which must affect the most
distant posterity, could and would•havettlattercil
the pride of the iltaieflt Russian fentilics ; this
banotir has devolved upon strangers.
It. is asked, it is wished to be known, if
the Prussian Plenipotentiary, D'Ansletton, is the
satne.D'Ansietton horn at. Strasburg-It, :whoscfa-
ther was a clerk in the. Intendancy of Alsace ?
It may be r'ecoilected that home ordinary-ta
lents prtitaived for 014 individmil the slut stint) of
a copying' elork in the itusOan
iiiio
at Vienna ; that riiing rapidly by his
ii,;',l.7l4usity,
Como Boazlt him Secretary' of Leta:.
m
Lion, that he tice,i4;e the intermediartof

In the absence, of official intelligence froM Spain
we have every clay produced for our edification
letters well denominated "private,!' and purportr.
ing to be received from ofileert and eye-witnesses
on the theatre of war. Sortie of these, We doubt
:
not, are, bortaji-de, authentic. epistles ; but others,
numerous class, are so evidently -of-home
nutacture, that they :fill us with-doubt and tiU4-
, pition of their real brethren, and we dare scarcely
rely upon any statement which approaches us in
this shape unletS we absolutely.see. the original,-
It will occur to the mind of -every reflecting man
that officers of high. rank and competent judg-
Ment, Will; of course, be very slow ju coinmiting
themselves to opinions on the eamprtign,
.and especially of diipatching these: opinions
to porsons through whom
.they are likely to' find
their way into puhlic Newspapers ; persons of in-
fetior rank, -and acting in a more circumscribed
sphere, althoul.:b up6n the spot, are: not so well
able to form 'a correct klea of 'the' suite of affairs
as those uneogtgerl in'the conteSt, who look at
es cnts even from a .distance. remarks
ply. to every 'species cA spe4ulation founded on .the
dicta of such Unties as we see daily relied upon
by writers in some of the public Prints, several of
whom, we fear;first pr ochres; ei 1.-arguments, and
then invent the facts tO support them. It is only,
therefore in -the detail of particulate occurrences,
and the ennincration of finch CiknnisttiriCes as do
not hod their way into a Ciertral's dispatchem,
that we are' to look tor any information in private
correspondence. With these precautions, we re-
, fer:our readers to the exti•acts from various tiortt-
,
mentii- of this kind, Which they will find in another
part of this Paper. _
EVeryincidcnt connected with our gallant bands,
who are so nobly sustaining the hon Our of t.bel-r•
Country, and consummating the deliverance -of
, i
• Spain, must be interesting to their fellow-citizens
at-home. We contemplate With infinite gratifi
cation- every little 'narrative whiCh describes any
portion, of those splendid enterprizes, which in
capacity to admire
the aggregate we bave not
and estimate. surllcientlY., SYERNE, with
his captive, therefore, we desire to select in-
tlividual images' of herobith, and front , view
of a, thousand separate instances, of bravery, '
magnaniarity, And devotion', fonn an idea some,

approximating the immortal brilliancy ofThe
giatid mass. Neither ought.our enemy's courage
401 to be forgotten, as the more we 'crilip
to tlitlll thos.e rqualifiee, the possession of which
they -to eminently displayed in these battles,
the• more we justly enhance the merit sof .thrir
compiccors. We are told, that theix leading
columns were composed of troops that had
n.evcr yet met Britons face to face, and -con-
sequently little knew the invincible character
of those to whom they were opposed, Their ma-
nteuvring was beautiful. .Sout...r was personally
conspicuous, and all his officers emnhted the
bravery and activity of their Commander, who is

reported to hive had a narrow escape from being
tai...en prisoner. 11latty French Officers were seen
with colours in their bands; leading on their men
—others with drums heating, at the head of their
troor ; but the soldiers, though brave, were not
thought fully equal to their officers.
Itwould seem that the active siege of St. Sebas-
tian had not been resumed, but that the utmost
exec Lions were making to bring so heavy a force of
artillery against it as to atfoul the best hope of its
being immediately reduced. The defeat of Somr
must he very disheartening to the garrison. Pam-
plona is represented as being likly to fall imme-
diately from the want of provisions. So .vitally
important are these strong frontier positions, that
it is not unlikely the enemy may make some further
desperate efforts tt relieving tlicm . It is now„ there-
fore ,that the connexion bet ween. Spain andGerinany
begins to he most materially felt, attd the' coati.;
nuation of the armistice or an immediate rupture
becomes of infinite considpration on the Pyrenees.
Many speculations ou SOULT'S probable future
operations have been very ingeniously set forth ;
:some Or them are well imagined, but we abstain
from, the subject on account of the total insuS.
ciency of the
,d Am on which rational conjecture
Carr pr9cea •

It is asserted by a contemporary .I,otirratlist,
that an express reached.town. yesterday from the
Continent : its contents are of course unknown,
but it has given oecasimi to a multiplicity of 4-e-
-ports on the subject of the. artnistice,:—Of these
reports the following are the principal, and we re-
cord thern for tl4 present without comment, pre-
cisely in the shape in which they reach us, with-
pot vouching for one syllable of theix authenticity.
The Emperor of,AurratA has,•we learn, writ-
ten to one of the Allies (Sweden) stating,
what he wishes is a general, lair, awl impartial
pacification of. Europe ; nod that such a pacifibt-
tion his Majesty was using his utmost endeavours
to obtain, by negociation first ; but if that Liled,
he was then ready to employ his armies, and to
join the Allies for the attainment of the same end.
It is also said, that the Austrian Ainbassadois
at certain of the Allied Cqurts have -declared to
the above effect ;, adding, that similar intimations
bad been given to BUONXPA wrE himself by their
master, that in case be would not accept of rea-
sonable conditions, be must expect to find Aus-
tria in the mimber of lain enemies.

The above accounts ore confirmed by. further ar-
riviils. The Emperor FRANCIS is further said to,
have laid a plAu for the commenting cairipaign be-
fore the Allies, in case 111.10';i,APARTE rejects his
proposals. Hattilmrgh is rumoured to be a bone
of contention between France on the one,part,
and Rusiia and Prussia on the other: and upon
this unhappy city BUONNPAUTE appears to be ex-
ercising such spoliation, as if he Apprehended', he
might lose it, and was deteradned to leave., it sis
little worth possessing 'us possible, He has at
length succeeded in zo apportioning his contribu-
tions, that the city. has engag,ed to attempt the
proof of their practicability, by advancing what
they can: Fourteen millions of francs is the sum
to be exacted. •
Such is the Momentous, and we trust authentic
intelligence_brought by the la.st Mails from Ger
many.

The French Editor of die Hamburg!' News-
paper . has been' impoSed upon -*by a pretended
friendly communication front Toplitz, and has in-
serted in his publica,tion or?. of the severest satires
upon France and BUONAPARrE: that has ever yet
issued from the Continental press. His offence
,would have been enough to h.mg a German.
printer, if the tyrant could lay hold of hitu,
know not how it will end with thii unfortunate
person, who, among some animadversions on the
Russian Minister at Prague, which seem to ; -ve
been written to betray him to his ruin, thus