The Sun.
London, England, 1812-08-22 00:00:00

NORTHERN '-WAR

, .
EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM AN OFFICER OF THE
UNITED STATES' Al MY, DATED AT LIMA, 16

MILES wroT OF CANANDAIGTJA, J.UNE 30.
" We are on- Our march to Fort Niagara,- to
repel an attack meditated by the British for its
reduction. • We have about 250 effective men.—
Our little army seems to cheer as it passes ~along,'
and the' militia have derived from it great ani-
inutiOn.7
Letters from: St. Simon's and St. Mary's, of the
21st ult. mention, that there had been some skin-
mishing before St. Augustine, and eight or. nine
lives lost on both sides. It was reported that the
ComMandant of the garrison of St. Augustine in-
tended on the. 20th to give the. Patriots bAtle ;
and it was expected that the United States:.lni-
litia
would be there in time to take part in the
rencontre.

ei—
ITALIFAX,iIVI,Y days..afr.,O the Co
hr. arrived from New 'York (where she Avent *- a
fag of truce), with Mr. Foster and Colonel Bar-
clay. ; the Alt,!ante,•. which, ..was going' out as the
Co/Ori was Coining in,. has been ordered 'b:lek,
ztud.sails to-morrow with the Minister, -Colonel.
Barclay, General Wallis, and .Sir James COck,
burn, the Governor of Bermuda, ,for England :
the Oklibri had four days passage. An. Act of
Congress.has passed, allowing packets tc> have
ingress and egress until the Ist of
.September next.
The ilialante arrived five days ;igo from Bermuda
with the May, mail, which had been brought
there in the Alph'ea. ,Capt. Hickey did not bear
of the war until ,he arrived here ; he .had 'been
fortunate, however, as to capture, under. ,the Or-
ders•in Council, a Salem from Civita Vec-
chia,
.and iii company with the Guerriere, a brig
from Rochelle.

" Since my•last the ,Spiirtaa arrived from One:
bec, and sailed on a cruize six days ago ; alreaciy
she his sent in,two prizes, nue from Lisbon, with
salt, the other from Gibraltar, with wipes, opium,
'currants, and Merino wool, together with 12,000
dollars, which are on board the Spartoo. sails this
afternoop.the Maidstone, for the month of the
Bay'of }7undy. ;Ourc.cruizers are making prizes
.vcry fast.; the P/unper has captured eleven, and
let them all go, taking out of them 23,000 dol-
lars ; we are getting all their vessels coining from
Spain
:and Port,igal with specie. The Eatdo/a
took 36,000. dollars out of-or ship which she has
sent in ; she captured four others,. one from Ha.-

tannan,, with 'sugar; niolasses, and coffee,-.they.
are I believe; in the off,g. The:.4frEu has sent
shipfloM Liibdri to NeW-YOrk, of I suppose
500 tons, and coppered She is well known at
Liverp6(il; as the OronOke ithe Civita 'Vecchia
shill is likewise a very fine one.
" Five- days agO, the Afric4, Belvider 4, Shari=
noh, y/Eqtth, and Giierriere, _were. off New Irtirk;•
where I hope they will fall in with COMmodore
Rodgers -and hiS squadron."--
" RT. 20.. .The Eiiridous has just arichored
With .60,000 dollars which they have taken from
Atherican - prizes : eight laden square-rigged ves.
sels 'are likewise coming up the harbour, prizeS to
her. The whole coast from Canso to Cape Sable,
is Jiried with privateers and have just this mOL
meat learnt, that the Brandy schooner,
.whiCh I
dispatched this week to Quebec, was captured a.
day or two after, and sent into Salem,.
~" Several people have come to town. to day whO
have been
scaptureiii in coasting craft, avid jut on
shore by the privateers.., The Governor puts it
.serjeant and 12 men into the Harder, and sends
her off the harbour tomorrow.. A privateer was
bold enough to-day to go into Jeddore.
" By the Maidstorze.we.:learn that several frigatei
are aiming here. ,
• ". The Spartan the other day captured and burnt
an American pri:inteer. By the, l.sst advices front
New .fork, there was but one privateer fitting out
at that Dort, and none that we hear of' froth. Bos:
tort; but from. Salem and Marblehead, a number
of small ones have been sent otit."

EXTRACT OF A LETTER; DATED HALIFAX; JULY 20;

1812.

feThis will go by the Ata/unt.g. sloop of. War:
and in her Mr: Foster, our late AinbassadJr to the
Stales.. lie def:l9.red yesterday .they fnad not re-
cruited more than 1000 men for their regular
army, 1 believe this pretty correct. I believe,
,40, the Massachusets, and some other Mates;
will, not allow theirmilitia to march out ot their
States, except to repel invasion ; but at the same
time-they are bittingout every thing that can swim
for.privateers,—to say upwards of 100 are mlw tit
sea, is speaking lvithirt,bounds; and that the cruizers
on this station alone have already taken and destoy
ed upwards of 60 of their ships equally so. The Shan-
non`, with Capt. Brooks, senior Officer; the Africa,,-
Guerrierv,Eolus, and Belvidera, are look i lig' opt for
Commodore Rodgers; the/lfaidstone,,(our old friend,
Captain. Burdett); with the Spartan,. Indian,
Plumper, Colibri, and Juniper; are in the Bay of
Fundy, to bring out nearly 10.0 sail- of ships fat-
England ; the' Goree, Morgiana, Recruit, Ring-
'ove, Bream, Chub, Paz, &c. are cruizing some-
where. We have nearly 30 prizes in .port, none
less than a brig of 150, tons ; some ships from 300
to '5OO tons ; their cargoes fruit, wines (from
Chainpaigne to hunible Malaga); marble, silks,
'oil, brandy; feathers, salt, &c. , I mustsuddenly
break .of to attend, the Admiral, who, you will
ife quite glad to learn,: is rapidly making a large
fortune : 130,000 dollars have been taken out of
the vessels destroyed." • •

F.:KTa.A.CT OF ANOTHER LETTERS SAME ',ATE

Hundreds of these vessels sailed with flour,
&c. and are, now returning with salt and dollars
from, Spain and Portugal 3 so that our armies get
fed,: and we finger the cash. The Emulous, PluMper
. aid- Spartan, arrived last night with a vast (pan-
tity'Of dollars on board, taken from vessels of, this.
•description. There 'is scarcely a prize that does
not produce one or two Englishmen. The Alec=
ricaii•have upwards of an hundred privateers at
.sea,—they fast—frequentlygo into our har4
bourn, and are often in sight of our light-housei.
.They have • done much damage. Among other
captures, they have taken the arms, with ordnance
stores, 1200 stand of arms, and clothing for the
104th regiment. A transport ship is now in ii.hts
Nan. the \Veit •Indies, bound to Quebec, with
200' soldiers on board, of the Royals. She
been taken- by the ,Essex American frigate, and
ransomed for 7000 dollars.,"

EXTRACT OF A LETTER, DATED NEW YORK; STII

JULY, 1812.

" The war is.extremelv unpopular in the:United
States; so much so, that a certain change is
looked for in this government at the next. elec-
tion. The Eastern States have already maaifested.
a strong disposition to resift the general Govern-,
meat, by refusing; to place their -Militia at its dis-
posal ; nor will they grant the territory demanded
by the general Governinent for military purposes.
"I send- you a complete file of newspapers
containing all:thelaws that have been.passed sub-
Sequent to the declaration of war. You. will per-
ceive that our duties have been doubled; but every
article has risen-more in proportion, as the scarcity
of supplies will be great. Our direct taxes -(for
war taxes) have not been laid, as the Govern-.
Meat wish to save their popularity as long as pos-;
sible : salt, therefore,:rethaias free of duty ; and
Congress is likely to:a:l:pilra very soon, to Meet'
tirain in November; before which time I do not
think that-any thing will be done with the 'taxes;
bothllouses lend `a deaf ear to the calls of the
Treasiiry,althoiigh thedefiCit isalreadYgreat,w ith!,
out a prospect -of filling it, as the new duties will
be small in amount, owing to the loss of trade;
nor is-the loan half filled; as Monied men have no
confidence-to subscribe to it, on the contrary,
they are drawing back, and ,prefer sacrificing the
first instalment, -(122 per 'cent.)-„rather than pay
up what is subscribed for it.- You may easily form
your -opinion from all this, of prospects our
Government have for continuing the war, , I be-
lieve they will readily catch; at a fair oppOrtunity
rim*, to phtthings.on their formerfooting, par,,
ticularly if the Orders -in Council should be
'pealed, which I hope will be the case very soon:
- In the interim, we are reduced to a very passive
state, as all business is at an• end."

The 21'd battalion of the 89th Regiment has been
ordered to embark immediately from Ports Mouth
for North Amerie:a ; the 97th, (-n. Queen's Own
Regiment, being countermanded/ and is to remain.
in Guernsey.
The Ist battalion of the' First Regiment of Foot
Guards, 1460 strong, will march on -Monday next
to embark for Spain..
The '2d battalion of 73d Regiment will march
into London, to do dut-i; in the Tower.,.on-Tuesday
next, from Deal J.3arraCks.

B,M)02(1'
-ON PUBLIC ERIF,NDITURE.

[Continued fru“,

pe,i of yeste

It may deserve consideration, whether it might
be more useful to est.iiblizh as a regiii4inn, that
all Agencies shall he transactedthe.sa'ne per-
sons; • by.
sons; or that they shall he all kept sepamte, The
number of Colonies.of whiA•the Ageats now at-::
count to the Office Audit,: arc mdre.than •
umne, and the.antraal emblarnerits of no cne of
these Agents appear tc, exceed 2001. ; but your
Committee i...'.:3,rved..large balances•in the hands
of some of them, frOm which -it is ,obvious that
advantages may be derived ; and these late mal-
Nersations denionstrate, if new pr.opfs were
wa.-Iting, with how much risk to
__the. Public
such modes of-employing public money are at-
tended. , _ .

'••• •
They feel therefore: no lies.: cation reCom-
mending that the custody .of all publie money.
should be in the Bank of -14. gland, -conceiving
that no allegations. as to, the coavznicnce of lodg-
ing it with private bankers should hate any
weight in contradiction to this salutary and uniYer.-
sal rule. . . •
It -is stated: by the Commissioners of Audit,
that there are no Agents for the Colonies or Pos-.
sessions of his 7,Niajesty, who do not render tlreir
accounts to the Commissioners of Audit;, but
that there are other persons, resident in this
,country, who are called Colonial Agents, 'and Ae,.
rive their appointment entirely from the...Assen:-
bly or Governor ot the Colony for which they
act, and whatever emolument they derive from
their situation is paid out ot the Colonial Re-
-venue. ,
_ _ _

he Accounts, however, of Mr. HvAision, as
Colonial Agent for Ceylon ; of Mr. Willimot; as
Colonial Agent for the Cape of -Good Hope ; and
of Mr. Penn, as, Colonial, Agent for the. Isle of
France, are audited at
.the Treasury; and these
Agents ale also accountable to the overnors of
ilhe respectiVe Colonies, to whom they transmit
their accounts.

A ummary.Statement of the Debt due to the Public from
-Mr. ChinnerY, under the sqeral heads of Money received
by him ;ab far as.the same-can at present be ascertained.
,C 110,500. Issued between April 1792, and Ja-
nuary 1312, for his Majesty's Special Service.
He may be considered_ as indebted, about 4,20- 0 0
£41,117 15. Issued between June • 1798, and'
.1812, topay Bills draivn from. abroad on ac-
count of his Royal Highness the Duke of
Cuiniberland.—lndebted abOut
£4l ;400. Issued in June 1800, to satisrly Claims
for_hisses by the destruction of Ships from
Mogad.,,:e. The Balance really due from the
Acountant cannot therefore be fairly taken at
snore n
,C110;3f3 14.: Issued between October 1805,
and February 1807, to be paid to Count Muu-
steri for the 'Service of Hanover.-,-ludebteid
ab;iut-- • •_ • 5,000 0 0

Iskied in March 1811, and June fol-
lowing, for re-building public Edifices a,t'Bri-
nidad.—rlmlebted. about . 2,350 0 0
,0522. Issued in January 1812, to pay Bills
drawn by. S. M. Phillips', Secretary, to the
Commissioners for inquiring: into the Laws,
&.c. illative to the-Election of .Jurats in Jer-
•sey, for Expences attending said Commission.
Indebted about - -
/7493,398 19 4. Issued between August 1797,
and November 1811, to pay-Bills drawn front
New South Wales.—ludebted about, . .... 8,000 0 0
,C-13,035. Issued between July 1896, and Ja.!
nuary 1812, to be paid to Sherifli for Corwic-
tioirs and Overpayments.—lndebted'about ... 3,300 , 0 0
[4'3,355 0 10.'. Issued between Sept. 1802, and
January 1312, to pay Bills for the Support,
&c. of Convicts.—lndebted about _
7,;842 19 lot Amount of,Deinnads Intl unsa-
tisfied, -and for the payrueut • whereof Issues
bye 'been made to tht. Accountant at various
periods, to pay Trea.sury Salaries; AllowanCtiD,
and Tradestnen's Bills, chargeable on the ree
liotd.—ladebted r 7,842 19 10
,C 22- 14 2. Ditto, for Stationery and for Com—
munion Plato for New .South Wales.—lu-
debted
,073,272 8 44. Received between July 1792,
and March 1312, for Fees of suppressed Of-
ces.—lnttebted about
0a the various Issues for the Civil Establish-
therit. of Naw _South Wales.—lndebted about 19,000 0 D
Do. for the Civil Establishment of the Bahamas. •
Indebted about

1O GC

:50 0 0

.... 2,700 0 0

.A.n.ACCOUNT of the Steps talc,th for the Ilecovery of the
flebt due tc the Public froth Mr. CIIINNERY, and the pro-
bable Amount 'of the Effects applicable in liquidation of
the

Extents have been issued into Middlesex and
Essex, being the only Counties. in witch any pro-,
perty of Mr. Chinnery has been discovered ; tin-
der which all his property, real and personal, has
been' found by inquisition, and seized into his Ma-
jesty'slands, as follows, viz.— •
Freehold Estate iri the County of Middlesex :
Two undivided third, parts of a Freehold M9Suage
and Premises in Vine-street, in the parish of St.
let for a term of ninetv:-nine
yr...Ars. from Christmas M 3, at
.a rent of 1?:.,/. per
annum.
,

Lealehold Property in the County of :Middle-
sex :—Two Houses in .Chandos-street,, in the
Parish of St. paul, Covent-garden, for a term 'ex-
piring at Michaeltnas 1817, :at a rent of 70/.'per.
annum under-let at rents of 1151. and 551. per
an n ' -

Freehold Estate in Essex :—A capitalMessnage
and about seventy acres of land at Sewardstone,
occupied by William Chinuery ; in the greater part
of which hits-wife, MrS. Margaret Chinnery, claims
an Estate for life, which claim she is now prose-
cuting in the Court,of ExchcqUer.
The same part, togetherwith the Freehold and
Leasehold property in Middlesex, is like Wise sub-
ject to an Annuity of one hundred' and forty-five
pounds, to Eliz. DoveeTresilian, for her life.
Mrs. Margaret Chinnery has also a claim of
Dower -upOn•nearly the, whole of the freehold
propertY. One-field of about five acres at SeWard--
stOne, is claimed by James Preston, Esq, who is
also prosecuting his claim in the Court of ExClie-
qacr.
These Claims have prevented an OrdFr being
fObtained from the, Court of Exchequer, for the
sale of ,the real .Estate-; and.under the circum-
litances- before stated, it is quite impossible to form
ny reasonable Conjecture as to the value of it.

. .
• , •
Personal Property in the Counties of Middlesex.and J4ssert
*.A.Uxim t of sundry Goods and Chattels sold, and
ci its isecove. eJ Z 12,905 14 1
' Tins will *be reduced by the Sheriff's Poundage and ex-
/ e sei of sale. .
P.-ouaole Amount of outstanding Debts, and Of
Poo& and Chattels remaining unsold

' ton4s of Sul-eq.:, : '
Poi. th t Office-of AT.,--entqL Alexi.; Davison, E. - 4 :;n6O
fortiewSouth-Walf3l,.Tolro Fctr,..-.44:, I--,,,q. tincca.sed 't Mil
For the office of Rt.- Fienryl.-iollanfi,Ewl.fiecßas?d 1'.".Y.)0.
1.,
Ceiver Of Fees of sop- John ‘lrizglerwortb, E. 51. de-
press-,'.d oilleel ... . ceasea— -
..For the office of agent tl'h,e s?..toe
- far' the Bohan:Mt.... f ruco Grenfell, .I.:q

1 On
1303
1000

• Notice teen given to the several Parties
who are living, and to the ilepresenstlitik-ts cf
those wlto are dead', .of the claim of the!(rown
on them ; but the u.nliquidated stalT of .gr.
accounts has hitherto renderA'd it possi:)le
to take any legal measures for fmforcilig.pziythear.
against his Sureties.
1.1. C. LITCHFIELD,

1912. •
[To he. coutiniied.]

I\IILITARY.

GENERAL OltaErt

I.:taytsz-GuAl ns, 10.---.-With reference to
the Genertil Order which was issued to the Army
on the 18th Stine last, on the subject of abuses
anifirregularities-which have been coTtimitted iii
the lst :Royal 'Surrey Regiment of Militia, the
Commander in Chief has directed, that the fol-
lowing-Copy of a Letter, which was addressed- by-
his Royal flightless; on. the 6th instant,. to-the
ceneral Officer commanding the Eastern District,
respecting: Captain 'Joseph Dawson, of the Ist
Itegiulent. of Stirrey?,,lilitia, shall be Tend .at the
head
_of every regiment, and. entered in the Gene-
ral 0...der.800k of each corps.....
By command of hi..S'ROyal Highness the Com-
mander in Chief.

' -HARRY CALVERT, Adjutant-Getizral.
Copy of a Letter- addressed by his R ,yaL Highne,ss the 1.-';_;
m.,t,ader-in-Chief to Generi.i. the Eirt;cif Chathi,,n, •".3.
Gt;lerel °dicer cornruft.udingthe Esstern Distrio.
• I4orse Gnaras; Aug. S.
~ •
MY Loan—ln reference to the Prince Regent's •,
as conveyed in my letter of the,iath Ju'ae o:.• y.-
tieral Court Martial should be asse,illhiga f9y_t,P, ._,?-
tain J. Dawson, of the Ist Royal .Snrrey Re•-;)•7,, a .
according to the requeit made by that •,, the
Board Zif General Officera_,assembted the
abuses and irregularities prevalent in that ; n''oar
to acquaint you, that :..:though the ioisco.iaa.ct epEaan
Dawson appeared to bo of a more culpable natu,:e, taun
that of others who have already iacurrea the a.,,,ty of
removal from the service, inasint_!h oe a,d•tar.ed to
be himself guilty of those gross instances a; pzetto.,,i,,ci and
injustice, which certain of his Bruner pcfmitted
,to he practised by the p.ty-serjeanta of their respective ions-
panics ; yet, under ali the circainstances of the case, I have
considered it expedient to submit to ibe Prince ttegent, that
the application of Captain Dawson to withdraw. . his .re-
quest for a Court Martial, should ne'acceti,d'to, 'upon the
condition of his dismissal from his Majesty's seiviee, with
such- marked publicity as-may be considereu due to the
infamy of conduct acknowledged, by the prisoners desire
to avoid investigation, and
,his voluntary acquiescence in such
penalty.
I have, therefore,. to acquaint you, that the Prince Regent
has been pleased, iu the name and 'on the betialicif his Ma-
jesty, to command, that Captain Dawson shall be dismissed
from his Majesty's service accordingly, and that the, grounds
of such disunssal shall be circulated throughout the Army,
in reference to tire communications of the decisithis already
pas Sedition irregularities of the Ist Surrey. Militia, in which
the intimation of Capt. Dawson's trial by Court Martial was
included.- .
_ .

Your Lordship will acquaint Inc with the day upon which
the Prince Regent's pleasure is mitde known to Capt. Daw-
spn, as from that day ke will cea_se to receive pay in his 'Ma-
jesty's service. ,L
I ani, Sce. _
(Signed) FREDERICK,
Commander-la-Cilia.,