The Sun.
London, England, 1815-09-19 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY.

Yesterday,, Warrea, a young man of
respectable. appearance, ,t.a.s Tut to the bar,
charged with a capital offence, hi ste,iling in the
thvelling-house of Sir Goilfrey Webster, Bart.. 30
hooks of various sizes and .prices, several prints,,
a 1u -book, and various- other articles, his
property.—The jury fotoiti a ve...diet of stealing to
the amount of 395..

Frederick B•liraits stood indicted for assluttil,2
Robert Gunn on the King', I►ighwaN'7,puttin,;.; hint
iii feu. and takin troth his person a slyer watch,
on the :;;it of Septetnner.
.• The ptiSoller Is 0 Ritssian sailor, and the pro-
secutor, typo is a sodier, deposed, that on the
night stated in the indictment, ,they were toge-
ther in the Golden Anchor, Swan-allev, Wap-
ping; the pi.is(mer,proposed that they, should re-
tire to attot her puldie-house, •v. hich was agreed
upon. They 1. ad • not proceeded Mail y yards front
the first house,how:ever,,when the prisoner
hint clown, and white on the ground snatched
his watch front the fob', and ran off. Witness,
however, got up almost instantly, pursued, and
laid hold oh him, until by his 'alarms he brought
the pattoleand watchmen to.his assistance.
."his was the only positive evidence as to the
fact, and the prisoner in' his defence, through the
meditun of nu interpreter,- denied that he had left
the publi.e.-house aheady mentioned, until he
heard a noise in the street, which induced lain
co follow, and see what it was.

To prove his, innOeence, three female wittwsscs
were called separately, tyhose evidence, however,
was Si) nincb.at variance Nv 1;11 eir,•ll other, and
with the prisoner's account, that the Learned
Judge again called upon the latter to repeat his
defence, through the interpreter, to preVe a mis-
conception. Tills was accordingly done, and the'
Jttry neing,charged by Mr. Justice BAILEY, who
observed, that there must he wiltul and manifest
pedury•on one side Or the othcr,lett it to them to
de( int: the ytesriott. 'Tie prisoner was found
Guilty—Dew/I.

SerreNBth 18.
Ships at Alarkvt. • Ships sold. Price.
If; Newc;istle 4 45, 0.1: to 539.'0,1.
. 8 Sunderland........ ....3.......... tlis. Od. to 4&6.
1 Stone Coal I . . . Oil. to --s.:od.
1 Cinders.
1 Colin 1 34s. Od. ti) Cd.

On Saturda'y last, Mr. 11F.LENS, a respectable
Of ~:Stith-latit, • 41,..hbc atuly into the
water at Green Mink, near Fainnwili, ;flul drowned
himseil. His coat, waistcoat, and hAt were !wind
on the beach ; and a few hours prcvi,ms to the
commission of the tut lanehely act, had depo-
sited some cash, his watch, ,anj zi lOU, in the
hands of a person at FahnOuth. Vyv,lict 'of the
Coroner's Jury, Lanacy.--slioyal Cornwall Gazet e,
•Sept. 15.

A fatal accident ha I Wed • oLs I t,
at , ay nigh ,
at Mr. ‘Vebber's, factory at Trowhridge.
pcars,that two mien were emillo;ed to lnok after
an engine, one of %Own'? whilst putting some oil
to a part of it, was struck on the shoorier
whit is called the governor, and torniog ,swhiehly
round, eras stfuck again on the head, and knocc-
cd into the fly wheel, by which he writs carr.cd
roam' and thrown upon L.x. governor-
: itrAp waS by the cjnieti,sio:,, so that the
cngine went round with unbounded velociiy.—
,men it was ,stoppvti Speetritie
peared—tbe brains of iii. unfortimate ,were
ont, the head neirly sever d from
the body, and almost every bone tlilocated.-z--
(Bath herald, Sept. 15.)

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C,;,,ilzaio r.ti h Aide-dt.-C ,utt) to I.,ietttr..>-
11Ai,tt h, roti!hmt:d-.
force,. the ;Vi:ftl•varti and
,;rived this ;-ni,tin,nll ;HI a
disrratrh., 11.1i:r,t ctf hiA
Ittincldsal St.c.tt:t,,riei ttt 5t ~f Ivirch
the following i, a copy
•• . itassvicrrei 'lug. 1.2. 1-;115..
Com:cued the Coro -
Mauder in Chief the necestntt.yiiiivai •-irrangeit-.' cuts.
Rear Admiral Sir Chirles Diaftam (iblight;r,
as to receive Me, with the licail-tiltarters, ntl
hoard his alajesty'sship be4ing his
sag.

fleet, consisting of the ves"sels of war, such
parts of the trOdps-as had been assembled front
the South American Continent," and front the
lVindward islands, sailed from Carlisle .Bay,:Bar-
bhdbes, on the 31st of July, whi?si the !awl force.
destined Co. proceed !row St.. Lucia Alarsinigne,
and Dbminique,.Were directed to re"ndevous with-
out delay at the Saint( s.
Your Lairdsbip will have already I.).en apprised;
by a former, dispatch, that the important-.post of
the Sainte's was already garrisoned by Britisit.
troops, and placed in a state tO have resisted
attacks of tire enemy, white the expedition was not
yet in a state of preparathin. It was important'
to keep the attacking force' to windward, of G‘l a -
daloupe, as long as the hu'rricane season (already
begun) might permit.
Rt division Prow 43arbaddes a.nchored
the Bay of St. Louis, Mariegalante, on the 2d Ati-
gust, and from thence were ordered to threaten.
a landing to windward 011-Point-a-Pitre and FOri
Fleur d'Ep6e,-, where the enemy was in force.
The 2d or Leeward division asiembling (but
were not vet collected) at the Stint es, threaten:-
ed tine whole coast from St. Marie to Basseterre
and Baillif.
It was deemed advisable to accompany the de--
monstrat ion of a landing in force from Gosier, by
a summons to surrender the forts Point-a-Pitre
and Grand-Terre. It was the Rearl.Admiral's in-
tention and mine to have met the Ist division in.
the ,Venerable, Which sailed, train tire Salutes for
that pnrpo,e ;, calms and current-E., "however, pre-
vented the 'Venerable flour reaching the coast, :And
obliged the Ist division to anchor. _

The appearance of the atmosphere denoteil the
approach of a linrricane, it became therefore ne-
c..-ssary to gibe up secondary objects, and to eni-
brace the_ first favourable moment for getting the.
fleet into the Saintes ; for which the Commander...,
in-Cl►icl made the ltecessary
It was aut until' the night of the nth that the
Irlioie force was assembled at the Saintcs.
l had previously reconnoitered the coast, in the
Barbadoe.; brig of war, which Pear-Admiral Sir
Charles Durham had sent with we for that pur-
p"se. • •
The ,intemal state of Guadaiolipe, and the sea-
son were both so critical, twit nut a moniv:“ was
to be lost ; 1 determined, therefore, to attack th 6
enemy on the morning of the Bth instant.
Having made the necessary arrangements with
the naval Commander-in-Chief, the whole fleet

got mukr weigh at break of day, and stood to-
wards the Ance St. Saovenr, where. the landing
most io windw.md,was to lie effected.

I had received information that the troops of
the line, and militia under arms, altogether
amounted to 6000: 1 determined, therefore, to
throw my principal force between that of the ene-
my in Grand-terse anti Basseterre, where it was
his intention to have assembled nearly the whole,
of his force, itinnediately after our demonstration
to. windward bad of necessity terminated. My
hl in' was to attack in three columns ; the scarcity
of boats, and the surf, required that the whole.
should assist in -etteh diseinham nm, which was

therefore effected successively. The first ,was
made at.the Ance St. Salt veur, where a detach-.
meta of the enemy, about 500' strong, ►nnyitt
from Gptml-Ttrre_ to join Admiral Count Linois
and Genera! Boyer, shelved a dispositi9n to or.
pose the lauding.
The brigs:of \var and gun -hdats, however soon.
scowered that ipoini, and 85(1 of the Koval York
Rangers, under Lieutenant Colonel , Starch, (Hs:-
embarked.(not ..vithst:timing a heavy surf) without
the loss of a. man.
Lieutenant Colonel Starck bad -instr'netions -to
make H rapid movement -to drive. and disperse the
enetiry occupying the strong country ond ravines
of Trou-sit-etutn, Petet Carnet, and lOoking to-
warde-TroiS.l6Vieres ; to threaten the left
and rear of the enemy, posted to•oppose• the land-
ing at Grande ENnee, And to. drive him frOM tha
important communication at Pantrizel, whicht
leads to„tnrn the strong post of
_Dolt', and i'd'orne
Paimi-ge, the latter being one of the •principal
keys to Basseterre.

:Meanwhile the fleet dronned down
,to Grande
Ance, to cat'_'et the principal landing, where the
enemy was in torte, and p.,sses,,•ed astrong posi-
tion, with batteries conituanding the binding place;
which was sw,:ceptible of obstinate`-defence. The
brigs of war anci.it gnn-boat, placed to enfikile),
soon obliged the enemy to abandon his-gnus, one
ci wbich only, ?( long t2-pounder) , WAS found
,mounted. The surf was very great, and one of
the gun-boats %vas loq, but tie exertions of the
navy, and the steadiness of the troops; surutouitt&
ed every difficulty.
The 15th and 25th regiments, with the rca•
!Minder of, the Ist and 2d brigades, under -.11-ajot.
(ienerals Sir Charles Shipley and Sitelrelin, o:re
safely.diseutharked. limmediately tuoved forWlitti,
;he troops to drive thr einfniv ; but if he' had be. 7
fore nifty hopes of maintaining his position for the
night, a sharp lire of masquetry, by -which we
speedily drove theta front Patitri4el, placed his left
Clank to Pair, and ‘dilied him to retire.
lie approach of darkncis left no farther mean 3
of attack ti
.at night, anti 114tced tic troops in
titer bivouac. At bre;4k of day oil the 9'th, tite

.
Iroods were pot at,it!,)t.t l‘vo columns the
first brig de, Ala,l"r-Genet it f•iir Ciautrs
ittt)vell (limit ocewlivti DoltS ; the 2:1
Majur-(ietietill Stetteliit, ntitreheil upon the
14:ft of the Alurue by rautrizel. It

tllat Conte ac:Linals and Gen-eral 'toyer
had twciiated DOl6 ill the night. Tilc enemy,
-Lu'crever, shewed himself in conaeruble force on
the kit of the Palmicte, and on tile face
of that mountain, commanding the main road to
Bacse-terse; his advance occupied Petit's plan-
Ctrptain 'Leith Hay, my aide-de-camp, was or-
ierr,i to gain the top of Mollie V;oncanier,. by a
difiknit detour, with a rifle company of the ROyal
West In;!ia.H.auger.;, and, light company Of the
tt;i Wcst "India regimen", to Morn) the enemy's
'right flank and nor, Which being accomplished,
oh:igud hint to witildra‘v : his posts were every
.\viurt: (kiwi), and he retyeated, to the ?dome I'al-

determined to push the enemy at rapidly as
Aral
pOssible, cculsidering the nature of the coun-
try, of which every part is -trot only susceptible
difence, but is eve') difficult of access without
t,csistinice, especiAy .under the heat of a tropical
ti

- •
A 'neavy cannonade now announced the disem-.
bat Lation of the 3d brigade tinder Major-General
;Dirlglasi, in the viciniiv of liaillif, and to leeward
nisseterre. I had instructed him to seize the
Battelle des Trois, to occupy the capital, to mask,
or if, Facticable, to take Fort St. Char!es, by a
coup-de-main, to open his comMtmication with
the columns moVing to the attack of Morne Pal-
Thiste, and to menace his retreat.- froni thence to
7.lorue libuel.
Major General Doogla-ss was, if necessary, also
detach from his rear, for the pnrpose of ;;12.iing
pastes of Zougeres, Pont de Noziere and Con-
antine , commanding the approae','es to the st mug
ltri: ills of Matottha, in reverse; so that the enemy
might not have thy means of etptivocati4 between'
those position:, but be cothpelled to choose at
*nice his dernier resource.
The enemy, who had been
_driven 'by the ves.•
sets covering thelanding, collectedowthe heights,
and attacked the light company of the 63d regi-
ment, who were- advanced ;'they gallantly main-
tained their ground against upwards of 300 of the
enemy, who came down to attack them.. Captain
Lynch and Lieut. \Vigley were wounded on that
occasiou.
Ilajor7General 'Dott..,,lass, in person, supported
them by part of the York Chasseurs., under Lieut.
Colonel Etrart, and lie was immediately driven'
With loss. •
Wili4C this operation was going on, the co-
lumns of the Ist and 2.d brigades, gained the
heights of Morne Palmiste, from whence the enc-
.
Illy was driven at all points, and was now retiring
tn+Morne Honel, which he had fortified with eight
pieces of artillery. This was the position where
Comte- Linois and I.4etteral Boyer had professed
their. determination of 'ultimately disputing. the
superiority in the field.
I received in!'ot minion that the CoMmandant of
Grande-Terre, with the whole armed force, was,
as 'I expected, moving in toy rely to form a junc-
tion with the main bOdy at Moyne Hotiel. I ac-
cordingly reinforced my rear-guard to protect our
cminnunicatio.es, and occupied in force all the
passes of the Gallion, a river running through a
forrnidaie ravine at the foot of Moyne Palmiste.
Thus I+ e troops from Grande:Kerte were com-
pletely en. off front forming their junction, which
they. attempted ‘vithout success by paths through
Wood, late in the afternoon, but with light suffi-
cient to pint out to and General
I.lnyer tat all their plans of concentration were
defeated.
-After these laborious movements, which the
troops executed in the most creditable manner,'
thele was only time before nigilt to place the co.,
houns in readiness, to attack the formidable po-
sit ion o Morne liouel at day-break in the morn-

fag:
The troops accordingly took up their bivouacs.
It rained hea‘ity. At .1 I o'clock R. m. in the'
itiOtt of the 9th, the Commanding French Eingi-
Deer-came to toe On the top of Monte Palmiste
verbally to propose a. capitulation in the name of
Le Comte de Linois, to which I replied, that the
only terms 1 ever wouid accede to Were already
published in the Proclamation issued on landing,
and that I w:Aild not delay the- attack Ott Morne
lltmel to wait for any farther communications. It
wits so dark, and the. rain fell in subh torrents,
that the Officer front the enemy and Captain
Moody, my Aid-de-Camp, took Op the greatest
part, of the night in finding their %lay to the ene-
my's position.
The troops were put in motion at day-break.;
An ()dicer soon after met me with written pro-
posals, which I positively refused, and proposed
some additional cOnditions. A white flag was dis-
played On 'Monte Hood ; but I sent lljor-Gen,
.Murray (who had' joined the army ft oat Dente-
vary the preceding night), and my Aide-de-Camp
Captain•Leith Hay, %vith the thiti,h flag, to say,
that the only signal which should stop the troops
vowel ire ;a see it displayed on the parapet.
the sqtisfaction itnmediately after to see
the I')..i:ish standard flying on Morne Hone', and
thereby to -ascertain that all the troop; were pri-
souers o war, and as the torts and the colony

opir possession-.
Zallt happy to he enable(' to assure tour Lord-
- ship that the eonduct of ttie troops has been most
zealous. gallant, and exemplary.
yo the naval Commander la 01110, Rear Admi-
ral Sir Charles Durham, the service is highly in-
dc.Oite.4 for Iris prompt and active exertions „in what-
Fret concerned the co-operation Of the naval force
the army on this expediti,u.
'F rani 'Major Generals Sir Chas. Shipley, Stehe-
-,thifrJfihnston, nod Douglass I have received most
and zealous assistunce, as also froth Major
Ge—yei Niutrav since his 3oliiing the army.
'l4ll Sir Charles Shipley was employed in
pre;i:Ltinary o„,,p,ttion of Mariegalante, and
whtch he execitted ,
reconnoitring Giindalope,
. , n ,
-wan Inen advantage to the service.
Major-General Douglass, So ‘rbose assistance
-(;,•avral I ant lunch indebted,, served
tlik expedition with a iii.tgade, executed
the service on hicat he was detached lag gallatit
soldier-Ue Ala ogler
Yoe exerilous Of la the
.Captains cud Orticcrs
of the Nays; ho conveyed troops, covered, and
cOoducted (he disclubrirkation: are deserving of
the liiol,•st commendation, and I hope way re-
elpitio.,nd them to favour.,
....x.lajur-Gederui Douglas has C.Speciai.- reported

t'ne rtliligatiotA he is 'tinder ITt Capiains Chad s
and Deacon, in the service of the second leeward
Lieutenant Sandilands, 1)1 the flag ship. accom-
,,
pxhied toe as no aide-decamp, and assisto(i
nta
with such Intelli4ence and activity as
1 hope, may
recommend him to the LordS Con'onissiootts
of
the Admiralty. • •
Lieut.-Colonel Starek condneted,theservite in-
trusted to loin with intelligence and gallantry.
Litut,-Colonel Farqulnoson displayed tlfrongh.
out the service a ze d_nod attention to the dis-
cipline of the 25th regiment, , whirl' Was proved
by the usual efficiency and good conduct of that
Corps under ltiS comma-no,
,
Lieut.-Colonel .17.4A.art, York r,hassenrs, is re-
potted to me, by Major-General DoOglass, as hav-
ing distinguisheol himself.
the absence of Major-Genernl Douglass
with the line, Li...titenaor4fAdonel iienkeley, De-
puty-Adjutant-General, has conducted that de-
partment with zeal alvil ability-, and has rendt;red
essential nsnistance, 1 8111 particularly indebted
to Lieutenant-Colonel Popham, and the• Officers
of the Qoarter-M-aster-General's 'Department.—'
Lieutenant-Conrad Walker, Assistant-Quarter,-
'Master-General, fitted up and conducted the 'nor-
tar boats, which would hoe loan of great use,
had an opportunity of employing .then) presented_
itself.
The medical arrangetnents; Nvere conducted. by
Dr.Ver.gosson,lnspectOr. of Hospitals, in a manner
tli4it might he expected from his zeal, knowledge,
and experience ; an,i I have every •reason to be
sotisifed with .7).1t. Bullock, Commissary General,
and the Officers of his departmeot. •
l must not omit to mention to yoor Lordship
the zeal and intelligeuce at the Offieers of the
Royal Artillery and Engineers.
received every w,:,..istance front the intelligence,
and activity of the Officers of my personal staff.
. • I have the honour to transmit herewith returns
of the killed, wrionded, and missing, of the troops
tinder my command, which, I am happy to-say,
are inconsiderable.
When it is considered that this beautiful and'ex-
tensive colony, with a population of 110,000 souls,
with forts, and an armed force numerically greater
than ours -when it is known that every sanguinary
measure had been devised, and that the worst
_scenes of the Revolution were to be re-commenc-
ed, that the 15111 of August, the hiyth-day of
Boonaparte, was to have been solemnized by the
execution of the Royalists, already.coodemned to
death, it is •a subject of congratulation tO See
Guadaloope completely shielded from Jacobio fury
in two days, and without the loss of many lives.
Thus, my Lord, the flag of the most unprovetk-
ed rebellion, tinder which the
,slaves had been
called to arms, and many were wrought up to a
pitch of sanguinary frenzy., threatening the ho-
mediate destruction of the colony, has aisppear-
,ed from-the Americo') Archipelago, while the-co-
lonies, faithful to his Most Christian Majesty, are
secured to his dominions by British garrisons. I
cannot avoid on this occasion expressing toy sense
of the hononrable, firm, and, wise condeict of Ad-
iniral le Comte de Vaugirand, Governor-General
of Mnrtiniiioe, Nvho hid atiorded ow every infor-
'nation alitl assistance in his power against the

common enenny.-
\ This dispatch will be delivered to you by Capt.
Leith 1-lay, my aid-de-camp and militaryseeretarY,
who was on my staff the whole Peninsular war,;
he will be enabled to' give any information which
you may be pleased to reodtire. I beg-lebve to re-
commend ,him to your Lordship's protection.
1 have the tumour to be, &c.
JAMESO, LEITiI, Commander of the Forces..

His Majesty's ship venerable, Aug• 3, 1815.

S,l II —We send you h Proclain-ation, which it is
our intention to circulate upon landing at Guada-
loupe.—lt is unnecessary to make
,any'comments
upon the conteilts, as they are applicable to you,
Sir, as well as every other individual of th,:: coon-,
try. • We.are, Sir, yours, 4tc,
(Signed) JAMl2,i' LEITH, Lieut.-General, 'C7nro-
-li-sander nt i,is Britaunie SLijesty's Laud
Forces, &c.
P. C. DCRIIANT, Commander in Chief
of his Britannic Majesty's Ni,val Forces.
To Le Cotnte De Linois, &c. ac. &c. Gandalot:pe.