The Sun.
London, England, 1820-12-12 00:00:00

AMERICAN PAPERS.

American Papers to a late date have come. to
hand. The Norfolk Journal of the 9th ult. con-
tains the following paragraph :
At this moment we have advice that Queen's
Town is on lire ; and the calculation is, fr9m the
winds, that the hole of the town will be de-

stroyed.
" Since the death of Tamahamaha, King-of the
Sandwich Islands, We hear there has been a des-
perate battle fought, for dip right of succession
to the Crown. It terminated in the dethronement
of the young Prince, son of the King, and the
Queen--Mother reigns in
_his stead. This Island
was snbdued With difficulty ; and- though it sub-
mitted to Tarnaharnaha, never—completely
subjugated. Its population is said to be 7Q;000."

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MCIINY Iv A RtiiSTAN. REGLMENT.—The fol-
lowing is an Extract of a Letter from St. Peters-
bur:th, dated the Ist ult., giving a more; particular
icount of this event than appeared before

"l'he beautiful regiment of Semou6sky, which has always
been distingniThed for its excellent discipline, is commanded
by a Colonel whose extreme severity in the minute details of
discipline the soldiers endure with impatience. For some days
the irritation of their minds was increased by the punishment
inflicted. upon a serjeant decorated with the older of St'
George, for some error in discipline.' The discontent of the
regiment was at the extreme, when, on Saturday evening, the
4rith; the soldiers were commonsted to hold -themselves in
readihess fir a grand manivuvre on• Sunday morning. Com-
plaints arose in every quarter; it was said that the Colonel
had no right thus to at ass the regiment, and to deprive I hem
of rest on Sunday, which is respected throughout the entire
Russian army. Their -spiritsAvere elevated, arrd the soldiers
of the first company sent 20 of their men to the ('Torch's
(piasters, to declare that they would not obey biro. Not find-
ing the Col One I at iton'e, they broke the windows of his house.
This st,,t, of cuutinued during the whole iif
-Sunday, the C.'9l h.' The General who'commanded the division
of the Guards, not. being able to gain them over, ordered the
soldiers of this company to a grand drill. They declared that
. they would not resist, but that they preferred exposing them=
selves to every pf.•,,i,b,..:nt • rather than remain under the'
command of their Colonel. They Were ordered to the for-
tress, whither they went without hesitation. The remainder
pf the regiment (prickly rare the satire exAniple of resistance,
and the same resignation to punishment. Being. called
together on the 30th to the parade; the soldiers went without
their arms; and • in their grey capores.. General Polemson,
their former Colonel, who-was very much beloved, proceeded
10 form them into Iwo battalions, but they immediately broke
their ranks, and declared that they would execute no ma•
nceuvres until they Saw the first company at their head. After
three hotirs useless attempts:- they were ordered to the cita-
del, where they immediately stirreudered themselves pri-
soners. ,On the :rev day, the 3lat, two battalions were em-
-barked for Cronst,oit ; each of these will be shut up in a fort
in Finland ; the third will remain prisoners ill the citadel
until their fete stud; be dote, mined.'"

EAnntousAKE.,--On Tuesday last, -.about eight
m. a slight. shock of an earthquake
.was felt at Leadhills and Wanlockhead, attend-:
ed with a hollow rumbling noise. 'The miners,
who were at work 150 fathoms below ground,
heard this alarmino- sound very. distinctly, and
being afraid lest the Works were rushing down,
many' of them left their work and came above
ground. In the, evening of the same day, about
eleven o'clock, :a similar or still louder Sound was
distinctly heard, at Leadhills and Wanlock-.
head, but not accompanied by any trembling or
motion of the earth. These phenomena have
been ohservecr for eight or ten miles east-
ward, and three or four miles westward, of the
above places, but whether they have extended
beyond'these limits is not yet accurately ascer-
tained ; but.it is probable that the more imme-
diate effects of these awful convulsions of nature
may have already been experienced in some dis-
tant quarter, particularly as th:. earthquake by
which Lisbon was almost totally destroyed 65
years ago, was very' distinctly felt in the- dis-
trict of Leadhills and Wanlockhead, according
to tradition, and in the' meMory.of several old.
residenters still alive.—(Duncfrics Journal.)