The Sun.
London, England, 1812-09-19 00:00:00

DATED NEAR BALTIMORE, AUG. 3, 1812:

" Next to the death of General-Lingan, whose
exit was truly noble and. characteristic, the panic
prevailing among the people in raid near Bahl:-
more,. has smote my heart more severely than all
the wrongs and sufferings inflicted by the. blind
11.nd ferocious agents ,of„ malignant cowardly,
blood-thirsty enemies, sheltering ,themselves for
a time under an irresponsible banditti. My
wounds, it is true, are numerous and severe ; but
.they reach not my mind, nor give a moment's un.,
easiness or grief ;. but the gloom and despondency
pervading' the body Of Federalists within the.
sphere of Baltinthrei influence and inflame my
very brain, and arc as a thousand daggers aimed-
at my heart. .The late scenes in the Emporium of
Maryland, originating demonstrably at Washing-
ton, and made by many a party question,.:l con-
sider merely as the Cominencement of .a long' se- ;
ries .of troubles, to terminate happily or unfor-
Aunately.for the country; as men of respectability,
property, and talents, perform the parts assigned
them by patriotism. If they look on quietly, or
rather fly their posts, and permit the hundredth
part of the population of any given place, and
that too composed of pickpockets, footpads, °fo-
reign vagabonds, and, priv steers men, to usurp'
, the government, they may blame themselves
when their property, persons, and families lir!
disposed of by the Same. rules of summary adjudi-
cation. .

" 0, my friend's and fehow-martyrs, when- I,
say they would. vie with the niekeil meri of Leoni-_
das, facts, wilt attest the truth ,of the assertion.
Although they had not slept for the last 36 hours,
to the lest moment they were cheerful, conversi-
ble, and sometimes gay. Not even When the forc—
ing of the jail-door was announced by the savage
yell of the mob,, nor when they Caine to the door
of, the apartment in which we were confined,' Was
there a look, a word, a whisper, a motion of the
body, of any thing,_ but cool, collected courage,
and contempt: of death. A different conduct was
not to be expected of_ men who had embarked in
such a cause,. with a perfect knowledge of all
the consequences,, though they never could have
anticipated being delivered over to the ex,ecu-
tioner, 'through the inhuman treachery •of the
civil authorities. The liberty of the press, the
security of person and property, the rights._
civil and political, belonging to the meanest
citizen, the very principles and priVileges for
the -assertion and defence of which the War
of independence was declared, we had pledged.
ourselves to maintain, and at the risk of our lives,
and at every extremity, not forbidden' by
With. the mob and:civil authority united against
Us; the contest Was .indeed unequal. However,
my tituation allows me to add but little. All
my partners in persecution and suffering whom I-
have seen or heard from since the massacre, agree
in subscribing the injuries to the same men. The
names of Nlayor,General Struker, and John Mont-
gomery, are the first on the catalogue of the-per-
fidious barbarous monsters, and it will appear that
the advice of the latter, dictated by cowardice, pro-
duced the, catastrophe.
My writing to you is more of an experiment
thanot'herwise, and I cannot dictate, as no one,
will tie my'ainanuensis, the 'doctors and .nurses all
insisting that I shall neither Write 'nor talk, and I
can 'do neither Without danger. - ' ,
_ _

" I have six wounds on my head, eithe'r of
whiclp sufficiently severe to induce an inflamma-
tion of the brain, without great care. -Both
lar,bones.are hurt. The extremity of the spinal
bone injured, ond extremely painful. The breast
bruised, and now painful. The fore-finger o'/ the,
right hand broken, and the whole hand injured-,
having been twice stabbed, once through with a
pen-knife, and the nose broken. :These are the.
injuries I have received,.but they do not give'me
half the pain that the despondency of my political
friehd3

,Ln'AX, AUG. 24.—His Majesty's ships Maid,
stone;
.Spartan, and Indian.,• with a fleet of Mer-
chantmen; arrived on • Tuesday last from Ne*
BrunsAriek..- The Rosina, mast-ship, is one .of the
fleet, onboard her are Lieut-Gen': Hunter, his
Lady and family. - • •
- • •BAVTIMORE.

- On Tuesday evening they resolved to pull down
the Post Office, is the most effectualway of pre-
venting the circulation of the Federal 'Republican
in Baltimore. On this act they were as fully bent"
as they ever were,.-upon anv of the numerous out-
"ages they have perpetrated' with so much impu-
nity, but they-were prevented by calling out the
militia, who have been'On duty every nightsince
in considerable numbers. 'Even the Mayor, of
clear conscience, has made a spew of acting by
issuing a Proclamation in the Ronaparteau style,
threatening " summarily to punish t4e riotous and

At, the tithe this step Was taken, applies.tiori WAS
made, ag -we are informed, to the rostmaster, to
'exclude, our:Taper from the office. The mob
hare sworn ,they would have it down in less than:
Ave sights.; and thuS far thetf;ave generally made
go ) cid their threats. Should ti proclamation nre7.
vent- Omit, success, ou the. present occasion, how
clearly will the Mayor convict himself of copuiv.=
ance and perfidy on t: Very former occasion ! Why did
he not issue his prlelarnation in an. earlier stage
of mobocracy ? lie was timely and pointedly ap-
prised of each of the three mobs which affected us;
but in the two first he declined interfering—and
in the last he had just so much agency, as to con-
vince the populace that they had nothing to fear
from his prevention, in the perpetrlition of what
must appearo every man a preconcerted massacre ;
his own express and avowed language proves his
,He now declares, in his ..proclamation—
" Whereas a disposition has: manifested itself, on
the pariof some of our. misguided citizens, to dis-
turb the peace of our city; and whereas it is be-,
sieved that the promoters ,or disorderly 'conduct
arssafew in number, that, if not countenanced by
others, who are, in fact, only ,spectators, they
would desist from such conduct." If this be' true,
,what exct-,:se has he for all that is past ? He can ne-
ver pretend tbk so fewpersons could uotbe restrain-
ed, had be tholght proper to exert his authority.
Is it not IIQW clear to demonstration ? Is it -not
liow manifest from his own confession, that the.
printing,offiCe and dWellintz-house of one of us,
with their ‘-respective :contents; were destrove,
and our friends ruassacred.in the prisons, ha' a,few
whom the., constitute4;;authorities did not choose
to oppose? And why not oppose them ?
other ansv,-er cap be given, if the premises be trUe„
that their Condpct was approved, if not procured
and iuSthrated.
. The :Postmaster of Baltimore sent an ex:ptess,to
Washington, containing an account of the dan-
ger, and askia for assistance, which, as we have
heard, has for the present been.declined.,

The 20th Regiment of Foot, and the Ist batta-
lion of the 6th, are to embark forthwith from
Ireland for Spain ; the Ist battalion of the 91st
Regiment has the same destination:

Four hundred rank and file of the 7th and 82d
regiment& may be speedily expected at Portsmouth
from. Jersey and Alderney, to embark for foreign
service.

• Detachments for the following regiments .at
Cadiz are preparing for embarkation : 2d batta-
lion 47th regiment; 4th• battalion 67th ditto ;
95th ditto, and BE WATTEVILLE'S:
The detachment of the 2d battalion 23d regi-
ment, which is stationed at HaverfordWest, is to be
removed to Barnstaple.
• A detachment of volunteers from the Irish mili-
tia embarked on the 9th' inst. for the different re-
.
giments in England, under the command of Lieu-
tenant WALS7I, of the 11th Foot.

To promote cleanliness and the convenience of
the soldiers, six married women, of good charac-
ter, are permitted to reside ii the barracks in Great
Britain, for every troop or company consisting of
100 men ; but.no articles are to be furni.shed by
the Barrack-materS on this account.

BoxING.—A pitched battle which excited. much
attention, took place yesterday in the, neighbour-
hood of Ealing, between Carter, from Laues.sitire,
and Bone. The men, who were of tolerably pqual
weight, set to at one o'alock. Betting was even,
but Carter had the.turn.—After a battle of seven-
teen minutes continuance, in which Carter dis-
played some skill and considerable-courage, be was
declared the victor. There were very few of the
amateurs present and the fight did not excite much
interest.

MuRDER,!---Tnesday, the 9th instant, a 'horrid
murder, almost raiparalleled in the Principality,
was Committed it the neighbourhood of Tre
Madoc, -Carnarvonshire.—Thomas Davies,' who
had .been: -employed at ivir. Machiock's embank-
ment. nearly four years, and who, lodged at the
house of a small farmer, returned from his work,
and robbed the cottage of his host, while the fa-
wily Were occupied harvest work, 'at a short .
distance;: Before he had-completed his plunder,
the danghter canie.home, for thepnrpose of car-
rying provisions to her father, and- the family in
the qield. Davies immediately.seized the young
Woman, and; with a pair of shears,. Stabbed her
seven or .eight times, and finally. cut her throat
With them. The girl not rani-fling in due time,
the brother- was dispatched to ascertain the cause
of her (Way. he approached. the house, he
saw the_ murderer washing his face, who said he
had fallen down a rock and cut his face : but
when the boy entered the door, and beheld his
sister's bloody corpse on the floor, he ran -and re-
lated the matter to.his parents, who, with some
neighbours, hastened to the spot. On questiOn-
big DaVies, he declared in the most solemn man-i
ner 'that -he knew 'nothing of the murder; and that
•he came home, at an ,unusual hour, because he
was un well. His hsir ',icing wet, he was asked
why-lie had washed his face ; but he denied hav-
ing done : sso: This contradiction of the. child's
testiiitony, with other circtunstanees, excited sus-
picion,` and Davies was tipprehended, in order, to
,lie-exaMined by a Magistrate: For this purpose
he was fastened upon a hors.e,.his legs tied to the
girths of the saddle, his hands fastened together,
and the rope from thence was held by an attend-
'ant. When'night came on he contrived to etinin-
cipate himself; and . having fastened to the Saddle
the one end of the rope, Which was also held by
the person who had him in custody, he slipped
off,' and absconded anrong the mountains,. near
TanTbwich. The prisoner was, however, soon
missed, and a hue and cry being raised, he was
retaken next morning, with the pocket-book,
watch, and other property which.he had stoleii,
found upon. him, and is committed to Dolgelly
Gaol. The consequence of his escape, therefore,
is, that by his returning to a field where he had
secreted the property, which was finally found in
his pOssession; a stronger evidence of his guilt . is
'brought to light. He is a native of Lucton, near
CleObury-Mortißer, 68 years-of age, and 6 feet
' 2 inches high '; 'tie had worked at Paris Mountain,
•in Anglesea, 14 years, .andifrom his astonishing
muscular power, was called. The King of the Mann-
tains . —We regret to add another tragicaLoccur-
rence-,-the uncle of the murdered girl, when
seaafning after thevillain, accidentally fell from. a
precipice, and was killed.

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