The Sun.
London, England, 1812-12-07 00:00:00

AMERICA.

The lidver oni-brig has captured, and sent into
Plymouth, the tinitea States brig Express, which
left New York for Bourdeaux- on the 6th'of No-
vember: Through this source the follol,Ving inC
-telligence haS ---
been received :130th Houses of
Congress met, at Washington on the 2d Of No-
vember, and *the President's Speech was expected
to be delivered on the second day of their sitting ;
but, though hourly exnected, no Copy of it had
been received at New .51*ork previously to the sail-
ing of the Express. All speculations on this sub-
. •
ject represented it as breathing hostility 'against
Great Mritain, under the pretence that negqia-
Lions for peace could not be entered into without
eomprothising the .rights of the United States.
The, overtures from this count=y were expected to
be alluded to ; but the telim; it was supposed,
would not be made public, but referred to a Se-
cret Committee. The 'proposal. for levying the
war taxes was expected to be warmly opposed.
Several of the States not averse from hostilities,
had yet given htitructions to their Representatives
to Vote against this obnoxious measure.

... . .
It was believed that an order fbr a general emu.'
bargo would' be one. of the first Acts of Congress,
on account of the' innnense exportation of grain
and flour from the United States.

Accounts are stated to have been rtweived at
New York, that the American ship which engag-
ed the ;Frolic 'Was the Hornet sloop of Iyar. After
a severe action of two hours, hUth lay disinastcd,
and the Honet 'could not board from the heavy
sea. The' Poictie?s, cruising on that station, hear-
ing the fining, borc.down, captured the American,
and carried her with the'Ffolic into Bermuda.
The British frigate Junon,, with dispatches from
Sir.J. B. Warren, which had been at New York
about 14 days, left it With an.answer to the dis 7;
patches about two :lays .before the departure of
the .Erpress ; nothing was. known of the nature. of
the reply. The Swiftsure packet was waiting. foe
dispatches, and shortly expeetedlo sail for B'pg.
land. _
EXTRACT OF A LETTER Fhom THE lINTITEP STATES.
" The, war is beginning to be geveruly felt in
this .country. In the interior the farmers and
great landholders have 66: store-houses filled
with grain, without being 'able to find any market.
Until within these few months, the produce of
their lands was purchased by merchants and
others, mho kept stores in the cities and towns of
the Atlantic States, and made periodical voyages
in batteaux, along tie hanks of the great rivei's,
to collect it. Their price was low, perhaps not
more than three dollars and a half for a barrel of
flour, (and other articles in proportion), which
they sold again,' for exportation, at 12 or 1-1 dole
lars. They never paid in, money, hut gave an
order upon some neighbouring storekeeper for at-
flies to the amount.

This mode of condlicting business was not•
very advantageous to the fin'tner, as he:neve—ob.=
tained the filch part of the-value of his superfluous
produce ; but it-was better than letting it rot in
his barns, and that is precisely lns present situ-
ation. Ever since the Non-Importation Act; the
value of produce has decreased, as it was very dif-:
ficult to export from -any of the ports on the At-
lantic; the number of travelling, purchasers has
consequently diminished : and now that hostilities
have commenced, no exportation of grain being
allowed, except to the Spanish; colonies; the situ-,
ation of the settlers in these immense regions is.
not ,enviable.

" The produce of their lands procures them-
food-and drink ;• but if Odor have sunk their ca-
pital in purchasing theik farces, how, are they
to procure agricultural implements, ,clotlies, fur-
niture, &c.

" In consequence of this'state of things, many
of the settlers in the interior are feeding their cat=
tle with grain. Party dispute's,' no6vithstanding,
run high -, and • there is every probability of Mr.
Madison being re-elected.

" In the absence of all foreign trade, those
,towns where.manufactures'are
,carried on promise
,to he- very flourishing; but the persons engaged
in them bear no proportion to the mass of the po-
pulation who live by other means.
" Most of our young men very gladly join the
army: in the present state'of the country, this is
the best -method of obtaining money, as they 'are
found in every thing at the expence of the State,
and receive for pay at the rate of 2s.' per day."

At the !Middlesex Sessions, at Hicks's-Hall, on
Saturday,
trkrisporta,tion, having been Convicted of obtaining
Cl. I2s. tinder false pretences, from the Earl of
'Besborough.---Ile came to the hOuse of the Noble
Earl with three trunks, which he pretended were
the property of Colonel Ponsofibv, now in Nati-
gal, Maid) were expected from Waterford, in Ire-
land. The trunks were addressed to the Earl,
with a bill for carriage, wharfage, &c. subscribed
by the of Fisher. The stratagem succeeded,
and the money was paid by the porter, but on
opening the trunks, they were found filled with
stones and hay only.---The prisoner attempted a
lilte fraud at the Marquis of Waterford's, where
he was apprehended.