The Sun.
London, England, 1811-04-22 00:00:00

AMERICAN l',l PERS.

NATCHEZ, 1,1,-L4txtrat'.l of letter from St.
Francisville, deli d 1811.
" Governor Claiborne has formed this part of tie ,
tuunny into a couniy, which lie calls Fclici,uta, and
has ditided it into „frier parishes, viz. East B rton
Rouge, New Feliciana,'St. Helena, andt St. Taut-
many ; the latter parish is comnosed of the. settle-
meals of liochshitto, Tanchipaco, Pearl River, Scc.
and was called by the Convention St. Ferdinand. '1
I:tie people are much pleased at the change of ..Go-
ventnent, Out express some displeasure at the form-
ation of parishes), and delay in allowing them a re-
preSemation in the LegWature.
" The day before yesterday Colonel Kemper ar-
riviAl here from Fort 'Stoddatt. He 11,18 informed
me, that he left that fort on the 20th, at which time
the Spaniards still held Mobile fort, and that Co,
lonet Cushing was living jin the town, and Lietite-
tont'llextor, with the gunboats, was lying before
the place; that the Spaniards %oak) hold out hi
long as Ab lqiee was to be used, but that if orders
avre given fa take it, they would give it up rather
'time sacrifice their men that Colonel Carson had
been to. Pensacola, to inquire into the situation of
thit prisoners maie by Folch, when tie daeatcd the.
party of American i that croViell• the line a few ~
weeks sinee, and w,t ihloil:ed that they were well
treated, thunh he was not permitted to See them.
Kemper is of opinion that they are liberate./ • before
this time."
Ntw 'OItLicANS, .IzBß. 6.—We are nufhorised to
state, that Wood Cashing, with the whole of the
United State: troop:;. I; ordered to ,crttir-Alidbil..,, and
ascend The river to Fort StoUdart. This gives Gover-;
nor Gulch complete control. 01 that district ; and
shoold he receive the reininteements' t hat Lie cu,itew.
plan's, be can soon ex:end his powers to the.vrigine I

W/I.MINGTON) MARCH, ilf:—By the brig, Polly,
Stafford, in t6n 'days from the flayannah, we leave
r;ecitied the eery bnpleas,nt iinelligentie that them
arrived in that 'port, on the day Captain S. sailed, a'
Silaifisli.vcs,el nom Pensacola, having on board-11
Ainerie.in prisniftrs, including two officers. At trst
ti.ere were 15 pi ionerii, but in attetniSing to take
Ili vessel, 1.e.) wee ,ryvt rpowered by thabpaniards.
Font Attriricttils kiiied and two Spdniards. The
expetlatiol, ut .01 embargo was so strong at the Ha.
vanuaii, that ,9 ur 10 vessels immediately made
sail.

A letter recoived.by another vessel mtys, the above.
tneo were of Keriver's party, and probably those
taken in.art»s near Nlooite•hy a detachaient from
the Fort, previous to the arrival of the. President's.
proclattsaii,:n.

PHTLAPHLYIIIA, MARCII INtler from a
in AltPsancitia states, .that there is every
reason lo klievethe British ship of war or Chativo-
ton, is lying wait tor those %eKsels which were to
iftil from Charksioo fuld New York, onder. Buono-1
parte,s spaianicenses. Thisiette: is soppos'ed to
bee written by-Ja Mecob-t Congresi, aster the ad,
jaunt went.

EXTRACT OP A LETTER, ' •
rr NoRPOLK, FRET. c,;6-1:1)c hhip, Protoflross;
Captain Wilson, which arkiveil yesterdny Iron Li ;
verpoot, has bee nrizad under the .PresidUnt'spro4
donation.

" Attic:dean commerce is in a truly deplorable
state. otir vessel* go. to any part of Europe, ex..
cept Great Britain, they are seized, segnesiered, or
confiscated, by the orders ofour friend the Emperor
Napoleon, and so lost to their owners; if they go to
Great Britain, and return' hack,: they arty seized by
the laws of our awn c.mintry, and thus lost to their
owners : like a candle that is lighted at both ends,'
whith soon buts out.--We 'think,' between the
Einpetor of France anti Mr. Willson, our;.tner•
challis, shipwrights, and nil thooa contineeled with
commerce, may soon;cease astir avccations."l-:
P.IIILADP4I.I'IIIA, MARGH I i --.We are' informed
(says: the Baltimore Ame7ican) from respetlable u"
thority, that a few days rigo-ilw, Nde%ident. gal4l it as
his upinion:that an extra se.ssiun would be tiecemary,
on account: of Our foreign relations; attii that it was
highly probable tt,sl iwth Coligresswt,ulti be con-,
vened somewhere about the 20th of May next, car-
rying with them to the seat oh Government, the
temper and dispositions of the public, manifested in,
the causes, which secured their election. Wellope
the twelfth. Congress will ende'avour to rittrieve that
reaped for the legislative clutratier 'which the two
latter had forfeited by their imbecility. They, must
cease to' legislate upon contingent Circtimstances,
and attend- rmre to prineiple.
The object olthesecret sitting of Congress was to
,bintl the Members, to the closest privacy ,as to the
proceedings. .whick bad taken place with .closed
doors: Several Members declared 'they would ,not
be bound by any resolutions.that should be passed on
thesubjeCt.

The Sir Prancii Brtike, Capt.. H*rtnzs, lately
captured a Dutch corvette on the coast of Java, the
crew. of wlrich were, at their request, landed on that.
Island. During the same cruize, the Sir Francis
I)rake fell in with eight Malay 'prows, 'Capt.,Hs it-
eta, sent a boat to examine them : if' they were
artue,l, it was his orders to capture or destroy them ;
. if they were employed only in the peaceful pursuits
of commerce, they Were not to be molested. The
Malays made no resistance,to the examination,. but,
on the contrary,en deed ibur of the men below, whom:
they instantly murdered, rut Mein in quay ter:, and
hung their mangled remains up n tho shrouas !,
Copt. kiAllllls, highly exaveratvLl at tit''S ireacheroo;
and erne' murder of 4of his brave',crew, tht:
Sir Prancis Drnke closer to the show, and fired at
11)t.'10, 1011)01 a eSI igc thern were to be seen.—
l'he 'whole of the crevt s, consisting et ciorlehs
400 of these btablriani, who) were irk•l killed ny the'
shot, felted grave in the sea. • •