The Sun.
London, England, 1818-01-19 00:00:00

THE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE.

SERMON, preached before the UNIVERSITY of CAM-
BRIDGE, at Great St. Mary's Church, on WEDNESDAY.
November 19, •11317, being the Day of the FUNERAL of
her Royal Highness the PRINCF,SS CHARLOTTE AU-
til:sTA of WALES. By the Reverend JunN KAYE, D. D.
MaAer t Christ's Coll: ge, and Regius Professor of Divinity.

It would be offering an insult to the under-
standing and feelings of our Readers if we were
to apologize for the length of the Extract which
we have taken from this admirable Discourse ;
and it would be presumption in us to bestow our
humble tribute of praise on a composition that so
emphatically speaks for itself. Yet we may be
permitted to say, that of all the productions to
which the melancholy subject has given occasion,
we have met with none that is more.. strikingly
marked by pious simplicity, pathetic eloquence,
sound reasoning, moral energy, and philosophic
reflection, animated by a pure sense of devotion.
For the gratification of our Readers, we take the
liberty of stating who the Gentleman is to whom
they are indebted for those exhor:ations, which,
though founded upon a calamity of the highest
national importance, are adapted to every condition
of Ere, and must leave a useful lesson upon the
of every one that peruses them. The Reve-
rend Dr. KAYE was the Senior IVrangler and
Senior Medallist in 1804, being the HIGHEST
Mathematical and FIRST Classical Honours which
the University of Cambridge has to bestow. In
the same year he was likewise the second of
SMITH'S Prize Men. At this time Mr. KAYE was
under age. Soon after he became a Fellow of
Christ's College, and in 1815 was elected Master
of it. In 1i416 he was chosen Vice-Chancellor of
the University; in 1817, Regius Professor, on the
death of the late Bishop of LANDAU?, and in No-
vember last, at a Meeting of the IlEans of Houses,
hr Was unanimously selected and requested to
preach the Sermon before the whole University at
St. Mary's Church, on the death of the late
Princess CHARLOTTE of ‘VALES. We will not
any longer delay the gratification, though of a
melancholy kind, which we are sure our Readers
will derive from a discourse that presents consi-
siderations to the human mind calculated to raise
awful reflections, to awaken it to a due sense of
the transitory enjoyments of this life, and to pre-
pare it for the permanent blessings of a better :

" If ever an event was calculated to convince
us of the instability of all earthly grandeur, and of
the vanity of all earthly expectations ; to make us
acknowledge our own utter insignificance ; to
tause us to fall in prostrate submission before the
throne of God, and to look to Him as our only
stay and refuge ; the sad event which we this
day deplore is surely calculated to excite those
feelings. Where now are the bright prospects of
national prosperity with which we lately pleased
ourselves ? We 'fondly hoped •that the clouds
which had so long lowered upon our political ho-
rizon were at length dispelled ; that we were at
length about to taste the sweets of foreign and
domestic peace ; that plenty was again about to
smile upon our land, and to diffuse content and
gladness throughout our dwellings. And as the
consummation of all these blessings—we looked
forward with longing expectation to that event
which, to human foresight at least, appeared best
calculated to give them perpetuity ; to ensure the
continuance of internal trangitillity, by prolonging
the Royal line to another generation, awl thus
binding by an additional tie the affections of
a loyal people. We even dared to anticipate the
birth a our future Sovereign, and were pre-
pared to hail it with rejoicings. How is the scene
now charged ! A few short hours bare dashed to
the ground the fabric which our sanguine fancies
had teared. It haS pleased God not only to ,dis-
aappoiut our immediate hopes, but to take from
its the ground of future expectation. The tree,
which was but now so goodly to behold, and gave
such promise of new and vigorous shoots, is
mAimed in its very stock ; the transient gleam
which brightened our national prospect is passed,
and our minds are overwhelmed at once with
the sense of present, and the apprehension of
future calamity.
" Grievous, indeed, is the loss we have sustain-
ed : for though the illustrious Princess whom we
_now deplore was shown to us but for a brief space,
that brief space was sufficient to impress our
hearts with love and admiration ; to inspire the
liveliest presages of the glories of her future reign.
To the great portion of mankind, but especially to
the rich and powerful, youth is for the most part
the season.of unbounded indulgence. Charmed
with the novelty of the scene upon which they
arr entering, and transported with.the variety of
delights which the world displays before their
eves, they are intent only on present gratification:
the future has no place in their thoughts. En-
gaged in a pet petual round of dissipation, they can
scarcely bestow a single moment on their tempo-
ral interests ; much less can they consent to waste
'their time in preparing for that eternity, which to
them appears to be temoved to an immeasurable
-distance. Vet at this dangerous and susceptible
ae‘e, vaith all that power and riches could com-
tumid ‘vithin her reach, possessed of the means of
t al ity nig every ish which fancy could devise,
this excellent Lady chose the better part, and
looked for happiness not in the gaiety and splen-
dour of a court, but in the still retirement of do-
mestic life. She eat ly learned that wisdom, which
many never acquire at all, and few till after years
of dear hOtight experience—to feel the compara-
tive insignificance of. earthly pursuits, and to de-
•►ise the world and all its Gilded follies.
v.',ln eititnatiug the characters of Princes we
teldoin make due allowance for the obstacles which

the circumstances of their birth oppose to their
moral imptovemenr. Our blessed Lord has ex-
pressed by a strong similitude the greatness of the
temptations to Which wealth exposes its posses-
sor; but when wealth and power are united' iu
the 'same person, the danger becomes doubly for-
midable. Accustomed from their earliest infancy
to command the ready obedience of all around
them, and to obtain immediate compliance with
their desires ; besieged by flatterers who persuade
them that they are not bound by the same rules
to which men in humbler stations of life are sub-
ject ; the great are too apt to contract a habit of
neglecting the convenience and the feelings of
others, and of referring all things to their own
gratification. Even minds naturally disposed to
benevolence ate soon hardened into this callous
insensibility, unless they are early impressed with
religious principles and motives. By these our
illustrious Princess escaped its fatal influence,
Though raised so- fat' above the common level of
mankind,' she thought none so low. as not to be
entitled to her regard. • The power, which her
elevated rank conferred opOn her, was in her eyes
a trust for the discharge of which site was ac-
countable : and with this conviction deeply root-
ed in her heart, she omitted no opportunity of
gaining those qualifications which might enable
her worthily to act her part upon the busy theatre
of public life. She felt the awful responsibility of the
situation in ea hich her birth had placed her ; and
strove, by acquiring the mastery over her own
passions and desires, to fit herself for the arduous
task of exercising dominion over others. No pur-
suit had any charms for her which had not some
tendency to promote her intellectual or spiritual
iriprovement. Innocent and instructive recrea-
tions ; the acquisition of knowledge ; the per-
formance of acts of devotion to God and of bene-
volence to mankind ; these were the employments
which diversified her day : employmmts always
delightful to the pure of heart ; but doubly so to
her, who shared them with a companion of habits
and disposition congenial to her own.
" This was, indeed, the peculiar biassing of
her lot ; the crown of all the other blessings
which Providence had conferred upon her; the
blessing, without which her exalted rank would
only have been splendid misery ; without which
the opening graces of her character might never
have seen the light, and the fair promise of hi-
tore excellence have been withered in the bud.—
Had she been doomed to the too common fate of
princes, and compelled to sacrifice her own incli-
nations to mistaken views of national aggran-
dizement ; had she been united to one whom her
heart secretly disapproved, and, finding the
sources of doniectic happiness closed aaaiust her,
been tempted to seek relief from her uneasy
thoughts amidst the pleasures and dissipation of
the world, how different then might have been
her character ! Levity, indifference to the wel-
fare of her fellow-creatures, and dislike of reli-
gious duties might have supplied the place of se-
riousoess, benevolence, and devotion in her
breast. From this fatal rock, on which the great
too often make miserable shipwreck of
,both their
present and future peace, it was her happy lot to
be preserved by the firmness and rectitude of her
owo mind, and by the tenderness of an indulgent
father. She was united to the husband of her
choice ; and her choice had fallen on one, who
appeals of all met) to have been best calculated to
promote her happiness, and to bring her growing
virtues to maturity ; whose amusements, whose
studies, whose tastes, whose feelings accorded
with her own ; in whose affectionate bosom she
could with fearless confidence repose her most se-
cret thoughts; whose judgment guided, and
whose approbation cheered her progress towards
perfection. XVII() could witness the pure and un-
divided affection of this Illustrious Pair, and not
resolve, like them, to seek for happiness in the
calm enjoyments of domestic life ? Compared with
the moral efficacy of this bright example, how
iirs(;nificant -do all the advantages appear which
our country could have derived from the most
powerful foreign alliance !
" Such was the Illustrious Princess whom but
now we saw entering on the career of life ; and
never did fairer prospects open upon mortal eye,
t!tall those which lay before her. D,'scentied from
a line of Kings ; placed near the very summit of
earthly power ; united to the husband of her
choice ; the object of a people's fondest hopes,
,vho saw in her opening virtues the earnest of
their future welfare ; every source of happiness
which this probationary state affords seemed to be
hers. But what is the life of man ?it is even
a vapour that appearcth for a little time and then
vanisheth away ' An untimely death has torn
tier froth the world, and has left us to bewail our
, disappointed hopes, and to mourn over this awful
iustauce of the insecurity of all human greatness.
" * James, iv. 14."

THE A 11111 Y.

COURT-MARTIAL ON MAJOR BAILLIE.
(Concluded from Tuesday's Su N.)

Lieutenants SMALL and ANDERSON detailed the
facts of the case much to the same effect as Major
PEAT.

Colonel CODD stated, that about the 22d of
March he received a letter from Major Peat, com-
manding the right wing, calling on him to inter-
fere respecting a combination of the Officers, who
had been acting improperly, and, among other
things, had changed their hour of dining. He
told Major Peat it was his business, arid that
he did not choose, to interfere. He, however,
related to him the manner in which he had him-
self acted upon a similar occasion, when the
Officers under his command had changed their
hoar of mess ; they had voted for five o'clock
instead of three. He did not attempt to control
isimm otherwise than by .adopting this stratagem :
—He paraded his regiment, and at. three o'clock
he ordered dinner to be got ready for himself and
the Officers who had voted for three o'clock,
and, during the dinner, he kept the Officers who
had voted for fise fully employed in drilling the
men. As soon as his own dinner was.finished, he
returned and dismis-sed the troops, having first
directed the messman not to bring in a second din-
ner. This continued for two or three days ; at
last they came all in, expressed their contrition,
and consented to their customary and regular

hour. The witness did not recollect that Major
llaillie was one of the Officers complained agaiust,
though his name was mentioned. Several of the
Officets transmitted a paper to him, in' which
they alleged that they were perfectly right, and
were supporting their own honour and that of the
army. He communicated his disapprobation to
the Officers, and be expressed to Major Baillie
how much he was hurt at their conduct. He re-.
ccalitedvrdering orb of Officers into the bar-
racks, because he had accommodated those who
had seceded from the mess. He had never any
complaint •to make of Major Baillie ; on the con-
trary, lie was an Officer who had always done his
duty. The parade usually commenced at half-
past five ; its continuance depended upon circum-
stances. He remembered having addressed him-
self to the regiment. It had been reported
to him that several of the privates bad take❑
Major Peat's horse, which had been sent to
water ; that, they had beat the animal in a cruel
manner, and led it into a point, where it was
drowned. Having in vain endeavoured to find
out the offenders, be rode up to the regiment,
told the men he lamented their conduct, and was
sorry they would screen a set of scoundrels. lie
had attributed this outrage to the conduct of the
Officers, but did not mention the Officers of the
mess particularly. After Col. Farquharson ar-
rived at Barbadoea;witness heard that he had ar-
rested several of the Officers. On his cross-
examination, he said Colonel Farquharson had
told him the- conduct of the Officers who had se-
ceded from the mess was under the examination
of the Commander-in-Chief. He said he did not
consider a late hour of mess injurious to the dis-
cipline of the mess, or inconvenient to the Com-
mander; at least it never had been so to him, for he
always kept the regiment out as long as he pleased,
without consulting the convenience of the Offi-
cers ; the lateness of the hour was consequently
inconvenient to themselves only.
Colollel FARQUHARSON wished to call the Mess-
man to detail conversations of the Officers which
he said indicated a spirit of insubordination, but
Major Baillie submitted whether the Court ought
to take any notice of the evidence of a private
soldier acting in the capacity of a servant, who
was called upon to betray what he might have
heard his Officers and Masters say among them-
selves after dinner. The Court was cleared to
deliberate upon this objection—the result was,
that the evidence was inadmissible.

Major BAII.LIE now entered upon his defence,
which was a very eloquent and masterly composi-
tion. He expressed his regret that a gentleman
of Colonel Farquharson's experience in the army
should have thought it necessary to put an officer
of his rank upon his trial for an alleged offence of
so very equivocal a nature, and unsupported by
any evidence which had the most remote tendency
to bring the charge home to him. He declared
upon his honour as a British officer, he should
hold himself disgraced if he thought he was ca-
pable of acting in any way calculated to embar-
ras the operations of a superior officer, or pre-
sent to those below him an example of insubor-
dination or disregard'ot that strict discipline so
indispensible in the army. He had ever consi-
dered the hour at which the officers should dine
of mere private regulation among themselves, to
interfere with which was an act of arbitrary and
captious interposition on the part of a superior in
command. He wholly disclaimed any intention
of opposing the orders of Major Peat. It had
not been proved that he was present when an of-
ficer had stated that the authority of a Commander
in Chief was only a matter of opinion ; he had
never heard such an expression made use of,
and therefore, even if such words had been
uttered, no imputation attached upon him.—
Equally unconscious was he of the advertisement
fur a Civilian in the Barbadoes'papers. He had
no further acted in this affair than by giving his
sanction to the proposed alteration of the hour
of mess, and his reason for adopting it was, that
the Parade at Barbadoes was a place of considera-
ble extent, and round which the battalion was
constantly marched, in slow time, quick time,
and double quick time. His own health, as well
as that of the other dismounted officers, had felt
the injurious effects of so violent an exercise in
that warm climate so immediately after dinner.—
Acting upon this feeling only, he had acceded to
the latter hour of mess. As a proof that he was
actuated by no improper or disrespectful m,ative,
he had uniformly continued to attend the regular
mess, except on the garrison parade days. He
conceived the present charges were not sufficiently
sustained against him to require him to call any
evidence to refute them. He had an abundance
of witnesses, who were ready to bear testimony
to his conduct and character during the whole pe-
riot, of his military service. It %yrs, he thought,
wholly unnecessary to adduce them ; he should be
only occupying the time and attention of the Court
in refuting accusations as unfounded as they were
disproved, even by the witnesses on the part of
the Prosecutor. On their evidence alone he should
rest his defence, confident that, in the wisdom
and justice of a Court composed as the present
one was, his honour as a soldier and a gentleman
was perfectly secure.
The Court was cleared, and after a short inter-
val adjourned. The opinion of the Court cannot
be promulgated till the proceedings shall have
been submitted to his Royal Highness the Prince
Regent and the Commander-in-Chief.

INSANITY.—Last night, about eight o'clock,
several of the inhabitants of Norfolk-street, in
the Strand, were suddenly alarmed by the report
of a pistol, the sound of which proceeded from
the end of the street adjoining the
Thames, and
on hastening to the spot, were shocked to find
the body of a Gentleman, expiring, apparently
near 60 years of ege, shot through the head, and
weltering in his blood. He was recognized by
an eminent Solicitor in the neighbourhood to be
a foreign Officer of the name of Brown ; and the
body, after his clothes had bgen searched, was
conveyed to, the parish work-house in Strand-
lane, till the Coroner's Inquest shall be assemble:l.
Mr. JOHN GREENWOOD, attorney, of Halifax,
aged 24 years, and second son of the late WIL•
LIAM GREENWOOD, Esq. of Leeds, banker, in rid-
ing through Burnley, on Saturday se'unight, fell
from his horse and fractured his skull. He. lin-
gered until Sunday afternoon, when he died.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.
We must decline the insertion of the spirited Letter front IVlri
MANNERS, addressed to HENRY BROUGHAM, Esq. as it
would probably subject us to a criticism rather more for,
midable than any that could result from the literary powers
or political wisdom of the latter. We have only to. addt
that we are assured that this Letter was delivered to tb,
party concerned,.but rcceivq no ansibcr.
We shall be glad to be favoured with the Correspondence of
BETA.

1,,* For Tice COUNTRY, see the Fourth Page.

THEATRICAL REGISTER.

Perfuented cm Saturday Night.
THEATRE ROYAL, bRURY-LAN::.—Town and sCountiy: Re`i-
ben Cilenroy, Mr. Kean ; Rosalie Somers, Mrs. Robinson.
After which, Harlequin's Vision.
THEATREROYAL,COVENT-GARDEN.—Guy Mannering : Henri
Bertram, Mr. Braham ; Lucy Bertram, Miss Stephens'
After which, Harlequin Gulliver.

ARRIVED-3 France, 1 Brazils I Guernsey and Jersey.
2 Dublin, 3 Waterford. Brazils,
Brazils, 2 Flanders,
1 Hawburgh, '2 Holland, 1 Malta, 5 Gottcnburgli.
QUEEN'S Bt RTH- DAY.—Holiday at the Bank, Exchequer*,

East ladies and South Sea Houses.

Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed,
from the Returns made in the Week ending the 14th day °I
January, is 495. Hid. per cwt.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO•NIORROW•
Morning, 17 minutes after 12. I Evening, 42 minutes after ~_

THE SUN.

SOLEM QUIS DICERE FALSUM AUDERT

LONDON,
MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 1818.

A few Palls Papers of Monday, Tuesday, and
Wednesday last reached town last night tl►rough
a private channel, from which we give extracts to
another column ; and this morning, by the usual
course of arrival, we received five days' Journals
to Friday last inclusive.

The Committee on the Concordat had, it er
pears, discontinued their Sittings, in consequence
of the division of opinion amongst the Members
respecting the Projet. It had been, however'
agreed by the Members to call in the Doke dc
RICHELIEU and M. LAINE, to give their opinions
upon the question, for the purpose of hearing
which the Committee were to have a special
meeting.

The Count de PALMELA, the Portuguese Minis'
ter here, who had gone to Paris for the pwrposc
of conferring respecting the differences between
Spain and Portugal, left the French capital OP
Monday last, on his way back to this Country.

The following are Extracts from the Journals
received ibis morning, in addition to those given io

another column :-
4, CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. JAN. 14.

opened on the Projet re—
" The discussion was
specting the recruitment of the army.

" M.Josse de. Beauvoir opposed the Proiet
the ground of its being a conscription under al"
other name, and proposed instead, there 511004
be the offer of a voluntary enlistment to the
amount wanted in each department, and that only
on the failure of that, the ballot should be rc'
sorted to.

" The Count de Bondy defended the. Projtt•
contending, that the usual means of recruiting
having failed, it became indispensably necesssri
to resort to the present plan to provide for con"
tingencies, whilst, as the supplies would be all'
nnally voted, the subject would be always in the
power of the Chamber.
" M. de Caumont spoke against the Projet, atla
deprecated employing men from the same depart'
ment under one standard, as they might be actu-

ateci by a dangerous spirit.
" The Baron de Brigode advocated the Projet,
on the principle of its being necessary in a period
of peace to provide the means of forming an arm/
in case of the recurrence of war.

" M. de Courtaruel opposed the Projet,
on the ground of its trenching upon the Royal per'

rogative.

Discussion abjoutned till to-morrow.
" JANUARY 15.

" Discussion resumed on the Projei respecting Re-

cruiting.

" The Count Dupont, Deputy from Charente,
supported the Projet, contending that it was ab.•
solutely necessary. He concluded by proposing
several amendments, amongst which was one pur-
porting that the Royal Guards should be recruited,
half by means of men seleCted from the army, and
the other half by voluntary enlistment.
" M. Barthe Labastide opposed the Projet, as
unconstitutional.

" M. de Chauvelin supported the Projet gene-
rally, but proposed some amendments with the
view of enacting more exactly by law some of the
details, particularly with regard to the number of
men to be raised in each department.
" M. de Salaberry condemned the Projet, as
being neither Monarchical, Constitutional, nor
Politic. •

" Discussion adjourned till to-morrow.

" CHAMBER OF PEERS, JAN: 15.
fr The Report of the Committee on the Projet

lesPeeting the Liberty of the Press was made by
the Martinis de Pastoret.
It was ordered to be printed, and the discus-
14°n Was atijourned till Monday next.

rARIs, JAN. !G.—The King has recovered
own his slight attack of the gout, and is in good

t " it appears that Mathurin Brtmeau (the pre-
tended Dauphin) has been several times appre-
ilended on charges of vagrancy.
"It is said that the Fourth Number of The
Coler des Chambres has been seized.
Intelligence has been received at Marseilles,
that
an American squadron of 8 ships of war bad
been before Tunis: The Bey entered into a ne..
Veciati" with the Commodore, and the differences
tween the Regency and the United States were
i
ti/jealAY arranged by means of a sum of money
ki)h)bV the Bey. The American Consul had
ren reinstated at Tunis. According to the same
lters, the plague continued its ravages at Bona,
on
the frontier of Tunis.
it
Recent letters from the United States of
.I:lleriea contain the following statement, which
Aglle ",ithout guaranteeing its authenticity :
ei. neqed ngst several French Officers, who had pro-
- .
") the Brazils at the period of the conspi-
acy breaking out at Pernambuco, were a M. P—
li„d' Colonel Lepatre. They were both ar-
rested by the Portuguese, and important pa-
le" were, it is said, found on them relative to
the insurrection which had broken out. They
*ete.in consequence brought before the tribunal
established for the trial of the rebels, condemned
la death, and executed:
" The came of the Duke of Orleans and M.
Itllien was again proceeded in on Wednesday,
Ind further adjourned till the 24th instant.
to

PJV PEE CENTS.

" Monday 66 f,
" Tuesday
" Ni"rdnesday 66 f. t o c.
"'Thursday 66 f. 25 c.
j...EIPSIC, JAN. 2.—Madame tie Krudener is
" waiting, she says, the return of M. de Berk-
~ei~n~
her cousin, who has set out to proceed to
111(Iscovv. She pretends to have had an important
I,,*isic"i On the 24th December, the birth-day of the
•Etnperor Alexander.

" VIENNA, JAR. 2.—The Prince de Lichten-
"" to every day expected to be appointed Pleni-
P"t"tiary from our Court to the King'of Bavaria,
;1:4 SPecial mission, to demand the hand of the
rintes Caroline of Bavaria for the Archduke
1,
"444", Prince Royal of Austria.
it: The relations between the Courts of Austria
havaria become every day more intimare.
Intelligence from Leghorn announces the
hale arrival of the Archduchess Leopoldine, Prin-
s' !loyal of Portugal, at Rio Janeiro.
4 All the Polish Journals have been prohibited
•14 (1"r Monarchy, and also the Journals of the
tz
ethellands, which are published in the French
t;lng"Age. Four of the German Journals, viz.
Yieremberg Correspondent, the New Rhenish
lereary, the Neuwied Gazette, and the Opposition
%Nal, are also prohibited."

(From the Commercial Advertiser of Dec. 20.)
IMPORTANT.—GENERAL MINA.
We express some hesitation in giving full credit
rci the Report of the Capture of General MINA by
4"Prise, as received by a vessel from the Havan.-
114 h, arrived at this Port.
The following Extract of a Letter, communi-
e4t%d by a Gentleman of the first respectability to
Ile Editor, will tend to slim, at least, that his
tapttoe by surprise is not very probable.
lIXTRACT OF A. LETTER FROM NEW ORLEANS,

DATED NOV. 27.
e have to-day a rumour of General MINA
ing in the vicinity of Mexico, with an Army of
0.000 men, and .of his possessing the confidence
11:1 affections of the people at tame. The pro-
bability of his final success gains strength daily.
(From the New York Advertiser of Dec. 20.)
SAVANNAH, Dec. ---(From the South.)--=By
a r.L.
—'ntleman arrived front St. Mary's, which place
ie left on Friday evening last, we learn that Col.
Als'ilEAD, with the United States troops, bad
reived at Point Petre, the object of the concen-
tration of troops at that fort.
ituay. appears to be aware of this, and is only
xWaiting for vessels to arrive, when he and his
tack Heroes will evacuate the Island of Amelia.
W
e also learn that the Woodbine has arrived at
Pensacola from New Providence, with an Expedi-
tion fitted out front the latter place, and that he
1)4(1 enlisted in his cause a number of Indians, and
It is said that M'GREGOR is with him ; we hope

bot.

The United States brig Saranac took possession
°f a prize on Thursday last going into
?lorida will be taken possession of by the United
States troops, as soon as the frigate John Adams,
brigs Prometheus and Enterprize, and schooner Lynx
l'rrive, Which Were expected daily. There was a ru-

moor at Amelia that a British Expedition W 23 fit-
ting out its some of the Vest India Islands, for
the purpose of taking possession of the Floridas.
At Amelia the most shameful outrages have been
committed by AURY'S troops ; several murders
have been perpetrated by them with impunity—
neither life or property were safe if within the
reach of these freebooters and brigands.