The Sun.
London, England, 1812-07-28 00:00:00

JAMAICA MIL.

KINGSTON, JUNE 13.—At the departure of the
Bari adoes frigate from Port-au-Prince, the' siege
of that place was 'vigorously continued by Chris-
tophe, Whose forces had been considerably aug-
mented, and great preparations were making by
them for 4 grand attack upon it. I'etion's naval
force is much stronger than that of Christophe,
.but they nevertheless declined bringing them to
action, which they had it lately in their power to
'do. Christophe's vessels, it . seems, are more
skilfully managed than those of his rival.
By the Garland we learn, that the. Junta of
Carthagcna, had sent a deputation to the Viceroy
of Panama (whom our previous accounts had
stated to have marched a large .body of troops
against thein), requesting, a 'cessation of hostili-
ties, until the arrival of the Commissioners, ex-
pected. froin England,and Spain, to Mediate be-
tween the Mother Country and her Colonies.
KINGSrON, JUNE 11.—Arrived the Hawker ;
on the 2d, ult. in Jat. 44. long 15. West, the
Hawker saw a British_ frigate in chase of a French.
privateer, -which there ,was every probability of
her coming up with and ,capturing ; on the same
day spoke. an American ship from. Lisbon bound to
Boston, and learnt
.th‘at she had two days before
been boarded by-the above privateer:
HALIFAX, JUNE 19.=—Cusrom-house entered
brigs, Arabella, Belding, from Jamaica, and Grace,
Martin, from Liverpool; schooners, Eight Bro-
thers, Hilton,. and Lark, ,Swaine, from St. An-
drews; and Brothers' Adventure, M. Herron, from
Newfoundland. , •

Cleared, ship Messenger, Pntzch, for St. An-
drew's ; brig Olive; Vandine; for Jamaica ; Sir
George Prevost, Walker, for ditto ; Happyilteturn,
Waide, for Liverpool ; schooners Ann, Andrews,
for St. Andrew's ; and Three Sisters, for :Hifi.-
machi.—Arriyed on Wednesday his - Alaiesty:s
brigs Julia and Plumper, and brig Beresfonl, from
Bermuda

Letters have been received in town from Riga,
which state; that all children and women, except
those necessary for'the service of, the hospitals,
&c. had been ordered t 9 quit the town, but no
passport's were given to the male inhabitants,who
were called upon to assist in the defence. The
works of Riga, althoUgh irregular and too exten-
sive, had been lately strengthened. The place
had a numerous- garrison, and it was. calculat:.d
that to reduce it would employ ail army of
60,000 men, for at least two months, besides the
chances of relief by sea.,

On Saturday morning Mr. Smith, jun. an Ame-
tican young Gentleman,_ aryived at' the Foreign
Office from Deal, accompanied by a Gentleman
of Deal, belonging -to the Alien Qffice.bf that
place.. Mr. Cook, the. Under-SeCretary of State;
not being at the' office, they prdceeded to his
house, when he not being, at home, they returned
to- the office, and waited till he carne.. Mr.
Smith has been at St. Petersburgh, but, left that
place on account -of ill health ; he has since been
in Sweden; and from thence he has been at Paris.
He is supposed to be the hearer of dispatches from.
the American Minister at Paris, and also from
the French . Government. The: Cabinet Council
did not meet in consequence of the -arrival of Mr.
Smith, as "stated Paper of yesterday, but was
summoned by the Earl of Liverpool, in Conse-
quence of dispatches received on Friday evening
at the Admiralty. • _ _ _

The American Government, it is said, demands
the restoration of 15,000 American seamen, whose
names ate mentioned, as being in-the employ of
Graat Britain. They also demanded a large sum
of money as a remuneration for the services of
such seamen.

It is a striking coincidence that the plan of
operations now adopted by the Russians, is pre,-
cisely that which Was acted on by the Scythians,
on-the invasion of Darius Hystaspes, as related by
Herodotus. " Darius crossed the Danube nearly
ftt`lsinail, between that and the Confluence of the
Purth With the Danube, He . marched through
Scythia, Eastward, to the Tanais ; the .Scythian
army, which Was divided into two bodies, retiring
regularly before, him, at the distance of a day's
march, filling up. the wells, and destroying the
produce of the fields." ..Darius proCeeded - east-
ward to the bank of the River .C.)arus, which
Major .Reynell takes to •be the Volga, and ,he
fixes the termination of the-
.march eastward,
at near SaratoW ; :where .he erected a chain
of forts, extending on t line of forty or more
English miles. Here he turned in pursuit of the
Scythians to the west, who regulated their retreat
at one day's march before the Persians, and drew
them on in this direction, tilt finding that the na-
ture-of the country, and warfare of the Scythians
was such as that no impression could be made
upon them, and being themselves reduced to dis-
tress for provisions, they directed their march to-
wards their bridge on. the Danube,. which the
lonians had preserved for drill ; • •but it was
not without great loss and disgrace, that Darius
and his army, after this dreadfulfquarch of many
hundred .miles, was able to recross the Danube.

A singular phenomenon was witnesssed at Mar-
seilles, on the 24th of %luxe. On a sudden a rush
of water from the sea came into the port, forming
a current so rapid that it drew every thing with it
through the gullet. The chairi was shut to keep
in the vessels, the alarm guns fired, and the gene-
rale beat. The sea then retired all at 'once,.leav-
-ing the harbour dry and all the vessels aground.—
Almost at the same instant the sea returned by
leaps and bounds, with extraordinary impetuosity-,
filling again the harbour, placing atioatthe vessels
and inundating the quays. Afterwards every thing
returned to its usual state. It .was at first believed
that it was the -effect of a water-spout, which,
having pumped the water from the sea a short dis-
tance from the harbour, had occasioned the cur-
. rent which left it dry, and then -having let fall ra-
pidly the column of water which it had left sus-
pended, produced the mass of water which inun-
dated the quays : but the same phenomenon oc-
curring again in the course of the day, and the
water in the harbour .flowing and ebbing without
ceasing, being in a continual state of Oscillation,
idea of attributing it to a water-spout was given
up. It is now supposed to have been produced
by a distant earthquake, and it is recollected that
a similarevent happened in that port in .1756, dur-
' ing the earthquake. at Lisbon.

*roir4y,

TiIRU STICKS.

ONE STICK Will serve a dog to beat,
ror forward,pniipies'treatment meet,
But GIILT and-GRENvILLE (plae ag-rce-
That they could guide the State with 'man,
And make BIIITANNIA' firm and hearty,