The Sun.
London, England, 1813-01-05 00:00:00

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IMPORT:\ NT :NENV'EXP,ECTEn.
" MON.:rap:At, Ndv`,!l.4.--From undoubted, au-
thority We learn that ayartV•ofstheA.tneriletin 6t.nry
had made a landing a few iuik abOVe,Kilvgstioo",
ott TnesdaY inornity, last: •_`oinepeoplethat were
there! wittiloaded'hOuts, Took.theiv•departureabouc
thetiinethat the attack euminenced, and report
that they 'heard A einistanC throughout the
day: •
••• '" On "Thursdav,ikteii were redei4ed-in town,
mentioning"that the'l..Atielican army on th t bdriiers
of LaltVehannplain; on the Vermont,froutier,
niakivg 'lnovetrients that indicated,a• retire-
irkenielo`. W'rtftth' qinartemc By.letters received -in
it is stated; that the camps at Bur-
aniel'Plattslitik•gh'- are °not broken up, nor
'is th :!re any thing that' mdicatessneli,a movement
—on the contrary, it• is said that the American
OfEcers speak confidently of taking their winter.-
quarters in Montreal(Ctinadian-Courant)
"'On Thursday arrived from Lachine 100 men
of the first battalion Montreal militia, after having
performed a ivepk's' duty at that place. They
were relieved by an 'equal number from the second
battalion. •
We have it upon the authority of several
boatmen of integrity, that a large body ofAmeri-,
cans (stated at more than three thousand), from
Sacket's .Harbour, had landed,. about thirteen
miles abOve Kingston, on Tuesday last. The.
, British forces of every description were instantly
:put in motion, and about five P. M. an incessant
firing of artillery was .distinctly heard, which
•lasted till dusk. The result was not known, but
we doubt not of its having been as glorious as
the battle of Queenstown. Every one acquaint-
ed with the brave 49th, and the loyal• and
high-spirited people of Kingston, will ugrec
with us in opinion, that their- invaders will be
discomfited and covered with' shame. It is added,
that the 40 gun-ship, laid about six weeks ago at
• Sachets Harbour, is already launched: We be-
lieve this report, because it is 'known 150 carpen-
ters were employed, besides 300 sailors. • Such a
number of hands were perfectly .adequate to do
the work in that short space of time. Unless we
use every exertion, the Americans will soon be
superior to us on the lakes. If we had but 300
experienced seamen, with proper officers, we might
set them at defiance.

" We beseech our fellow-subjects to place no
confidenCe in the report,of the American camp
being broken up at •Plattsburgh---the troops con-
tinue there in full, force, and are determined' to
attack us. They are accurately informed of our
number:, but are unacquainted with our
That the. first is the case, 'can be no' wonder, for
they have no need of spies in this country to send
them intelligence.—(Montreal herald)

The annexed particulars, respecting.the manner--:'
in which General Sir nA'i'icloci: received the
wound, Which
,deprived his country of hiS valu-
able services, are interesting :
Int:1 about a (platter of an hour previous to
the death Of General. Brink, every effort of the
t-Netny to Succeed in landing was- foiled, except
xt ,the extreme point in the Queenston Bottinn,
which, from .itE, situation, was entirely out of
the reach of; :or cannon ; a this particular spot
they, had suc.ceeded, before break of clay, in
landing a part of the 13th regiment and three
boats with militia ; and the Head of the Lake
Militia, and a part of the 29th, who disco-
vered them as day was dawning, all formed close
under the hill.—The enemy received a volley, lost
six men killed, besides wounded, and retired to
their boats, under cover of a steep bank,
,front
whence a continual fire was kept up, And was re-.
turned front our side. for about an hour, with the
loss of one inan killed and four wounded.
" It was front under this bank, and the ledge of
rocks up the river, that the enemy first attempted to
ascend, a fisherrnan's•path up the mountain, shaded
by small trees and shrubbery from the view of our
troops at the battery and-elsewhere, at least until
they had got up in considerable numbers, when they
were discovered by a party near the stone house of
:.Er. G. Hamilton, and iturlediate information sent
from thence twice toward; the battery, stating the
ciretnnstanee—the 'first information was unfor-.
tunately disregarded/ ,and the last, when the
General himself was flotified, a small party
of about thirty or forty men, wv.e ordered to-
w:arch With Lieut.-Colonel .APDonnell, joined by
Major, - Robinson, as ,a • volunteer, front the
battery along up the mountain, to drive them
hack again—by the time, however,. that they
reached the summit, they found the enemy formed
to the amount of about:2oo men, who immedi-
ately oonunenced tiring, and front the superiority
of their namber,'succeeded in driving back our
men,' and caine clown on the battery, front
which
.General Brod( and his • small force re-
treated towards _Queenstown. It was 'a small
field, inear to the tavern, formerly occupied by
one Miller, that General .Brock received his mor-
tal wound, supposed to have been a musket -shot
fired from near the battery, and which entered
below his breast and lodged near
,his batk-bone:'
The. brave Chief had rallied his men, and was in
the act of cheering to the charge part of the
light•company of the 40th and some militia, when
the fatal ball was' received ; his last words were,
" Pysla on, »ty Boys, never mind me!" and well did
• th'e risen perform his orders,- In,r, notwithstand-
ing the disadvantage of being obliged to ascend
the hill, exposed' to a heavy fire, from the
top, (which, by this time, was covered
with troops; who had followed up the path
before - mentioned), , and a cross firs front
near the battery, they gained the heights), at.,
tacked, and throve the .enemy even to the, very
•etige of the rocks on the river, where they found
a tresh reinforcement of them,
anal who, in
their..turp, succeedell in . forcing our party to
retire on 'St. David's .and Vroonian's battery, and
.for a. while they remained in
WI) Ileights and Batter
possession- of Queens-
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