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ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, DECEMBER 41.
:.Copy. of a,-Letter from Vice-Admiral Sir R. a.-Kettio',lC:Bi to
Sohn Ilion Crokii, Esq. dated on board his Majesty's ship
Bellerophon, off the Isle of Wight, the 19th instant.
SIR—I beg you will report to the Lord. Commis-.
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:Freiich.lugger privateer, of 16 guns and i 3 mai, by
ha.Bellecpphon, thia,morning off Portland. .
am, itc. it. G. awn.
COLOIIIAL DEPARTMENT. ,
DOV4TING-STREET, DECEMBER 21; 1813.
Dispatches, of -Which the following are copies and.
extracts, have bee t. tiria day received .by Earl BA-
, TkLUEST from Lieutenant-General Sir GEORQS PRI-
Vaal Bart.

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Head-quarters, Montreal, October so.
MY Loan---On the Bth instant, I had the honour
to report to your
.Lordship, that Major:General
Hampton bad-occupied, with a considerable force of
regulars and militia; a position on the Chateauguay
River, near the settlement of the Four Corners.
Early on the' 21st the American army crossed the
line of separation between Lower Canada and the
United States, surprised a small party of Indian war-
riors, and drove in a -picquet of • Sedentary Militia,
'posted at the junction of the Outard and Chateau-
. gusty Rivers, where it encamped,' and proceeded in
establishing a read of commut. .
.;ion with its last
p•,—,ion,. for the purpose of LiiaA 4 forward its ar-
.tillery.
AiAjor-General Hampton having completed•hls ar-
rangements on the 24th, commenced nn the follow-
ing day his operations against iny advanced posts :
at about eleven o'clock in the forenoon of the 26 h,
his cavalry and light troops were discovered aclvan,
•cing on both banks of the Chateauguay. by a detach.
Affirm covering a working party of habitant employed.
in felling timber, for the purpose of-constructing ab-
batis. Lieutenant-Colonel De Salaberry, who had.
the command of the advanced pieqpets, composed of
the light infantry' company of the Canadian Fenci-
bles and two companies of Voltigeurk, on the north
side of the river, MaitesOexCellent disposition of
his little band:.-that he checked the advance 4of the
enemy's principal column, led by Major-General
Hampton in 'person, and accompanied by Brigadier-
General Izard ; whilst the American light brigade,
under. Colonel./•Carty, was in like manner repulsed
in its progress on.the south side of the river, by the
virited advance of the right flank company of the
third battalion of the embodied militia, .under. Ca-
ptain Daly, supported by captaia Brnyer's company
of Chateauguay chasseurs ; Captains Daly and Bru-
yers being both wounded, and their companies hav-
ing sustained some loss, their position was imrnedi-
. ately taken up by a flank company of the first-bat-
talien of the embodied militia ; the enemy rallied,
and repeatedly returned to the attack, which termi-
nated only with the day in his complete disgrace and
defeat ; being foiled at all points by a handful of men,
who by their determined bravery maintained their
position, and screened from insult the working par-
ties, who cunt:nued their labours unconcerned.
Having fortunately arrived at the scene of action
-shortly after its commencement, I witnessed the con
duct of the troops on this glorious occasion, and it
was a great satisfaction to me to render on the spot
that praise which had become so justly their due. 1
thanked Major-General De Watteville for the wise
Measures taken by him for the defence of his pcJii-
, the advance, and Lieutenant-Colonel De Sala-
_berry, for the judgment displayed by him in the
choice of his ground, and the bravery and skill with
which he maintained it ~ I acknowledged the highest
praise to belong to the officers and men engaged that
morning, fer their gallantry and steadiness, and I
called upon all the troops in advance for: a continu,
:we of that zeal, steadiness, and discipline; as for
that patient endurance of hardships and, prie4tions
which they have hitherto evinced ; and I partiailarly
noticed the able support Lieutenant-Colonel De Sa-
laberry received from Captain Ferguson, in command
of the light company of the Canadian Fencibless and
from Captain J. B. DUcliessiay and Captain .1, pu:
chesnay, and Adjutant Hebden, of the Voitigeurs,
and also from Adjutant O'Sullivan, of the Sedentary
Militia, and from Ca twin La Motte, belonging to
the Indian warriors.

Almost the whole of the British troops being
pushed forward for the defence of Upper Canada,
that of the lower province must depend,• in a great
degree, on the valour and continued exertions of its
incorporated battalions and its sedentary militia, until
the 70th regiment, and the two battalions of marines,
daily 'expected, arrive. ft is, therefore, highly satis-
factory to state to your Lordship, that there appears
a determination among all classes of his Majesty's
Canadian subjects to persevere in a loyal•and honour--
able line of conduct.

By the report of prisoners taken from the enemy
in the affair on the Chateauguay, the American force
is stated at 7000 infantry and 200 cavalry, with ten
field-pieces. The British advanced force, actually
ens.•ged, did not exceed 300.
the enemy suffered severely from our fire, and
frotp their own ; some detached c.rps in the woods
fired upon each other.
I have the honour to transmit to your Lordship
a return ut the k►tled and wounded on the g6th:—

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I avan roller of thig*tieetentty' Humbly to solicit
from his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, u
mark of his gracious approbation of ,the conduet of
the embodied battalion of the Canadian Militia, five
pair of colours for the .Ist, 2d, Sd, 4th, and sth
battalions.—l have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) OZORG& PREVOST.

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RETURN OF KILLED, WOUNDED AND MISSING, OF HIS
MAJESTY'S FORCES, IN ACTION WITH THE ENEMY,
IN ADVANCE OF CHATEAUGUAY, ON THE 26TH OF
OCTOBER, 18/1
Canadian Fencible Infantry, Light Company—S rank and file,
killed; 1 serjeant, 9 rank and file, wounded.
Sd Batt. Embodit d Militia Flank Company-2 rank and file,
- killed ; 1 Capr.i a, 6 rank and file, wounded; 4 rank and file
Missing.
Chateauguay ChaAieurs--1 Captain wounded.
Total—Swank and file, killed ; 2 Captains, 1 Serjeant, IS rank
• and file, wounded; 4 rank and file, missing. •

NAMES Of 07FICCRS•WOONDED.
sd.Battalion, Embodied Militia—Captain Daly, twice wounded',
severely.
Chateauguay Chasseurs—Captain Bruyers, slightly.
(Signed) EDWAILDaBATNES Adjutant-General.
Head-quarters, Montreal,Dctober 30.
•Dafr LonnSince I had the honour of addressing
your Lordship in my dispatch of the 22d of Septem-
ber last, I have received the enclosed communication
from Major-General Proctor. I have however
been informed from other quarters, that he-com-
menced his retreat froM Sandwich on the 24th of
that month, having previously dismanded the posts
of Am. hertsburg and Detroit, Atne totally destroyed
the public buildings and stores of-every description.
—That on the sth of October following, when within
a few miles of a strong position, which it was his in-
tention to take up at the Moravian village on the
river Thames, he was attacked by so overwhelming
a force, under Major-General Harrison, that the
small numbers he had with him, consisting of not
more than 450 regular troops, were unable to with-
stand it, and consequently compelled to disperse;
that he had afterwards rallied the'remains of his divi-
sion, and retired upon Ancaster, on the Grand River,
without being pursued by the enemy, and where he
had collected the scattered remains of his force,
'amounting to about 200 men, and had with it, sub.
sequently, reached Burlington-heights, the head-quar-
ters of Major-General Vincent.
Tecurnseth, at the head of 1200 Indian warriors,
accompanied our little army on its retreat from Sand-
wich, and the Prophet, as well as his brother
Te-
cumseth, were of the most essential service, in arrest-
ing the further progress of the Americans; but as to
the extent of our loss on this occasion, or the parti-
culars of this disastrous affair, I am, as yet, ignorant;
Major-General Proctor having signified to Major-
General de Rottenberg, commanding in the Upper
Provinces, that he had sent a flag of truce to General
Harrison, to . ascertain the fate of the Office% and
soldiers who were missing, and requesting his indul-
gence for a few days until its return, ill order to
make his official report.
I also understand, that the enemy, so far from at-
tempting to improve the advantage they had gained,
by pursuing our troops on their retreat to the Grand
River, had retired to Sandwich, followed by Tecum-
seth and his warriors, 'who had much harassed them
on their march. Five or six hunched Indians, be-
longing.to the Eighth Division, are reported to have
joined the centre.
I regret to say, that I am still without any official
account of Captain Barclay's action on Lake Erie,
the result of which hes led to •ur relinquishment of
the Michigan territory, excepiog Nlichilimackanac,
atd Our abandonment of toe posts in Upper Canada
beyond the Grand River.
I have the honour to be, &c.

E 0 It G E PREVOST.

EXTRACT Ol'A REPORT FROM MAJOR-GENERAL PROC-
TOR, TO LIEUTENANT•CENERAL SIR GEO. PREVOST,
DATED SANDWICH, SEPT. 21, 1813. .
I have the honour to acquaint your Excellency,
that the enemy have been reconnoitred at and in the
vicinity of the islands, by an officer of the Indian de-
partment, in a birch canoe, who has seen seven ves-
sels, some of them large, standing into Carrying
Bay, situated between those of Sandusky and Miama,
and, soon after heard a salute fired of 13 guns.. He
also discovered in Put-in-Bay, four large vessels with
their lower masts in, and two rigged vessels, one of
which a gun-boat, came out, and chased the canoe.
We must expect the enemy soon with their increased
naval force, which we most unfortunately have not
the means of opposing with effect.
Your Excellency will perceive that the enemy,
having the command of the waters, would be able to
cut off my supplies, and my retre.lt, were I to re-
main in my present extensive position.
I have therefore determined to 1.111 back, and to
make a stand on the Thames. I have succeeded in
bringing the Indians : I am in expectation that the
principal part of them will accompany us. tlany are
arrived at this side of the Straight with their families.
The enemy is on the advance, and in very considera-
ble force, accompanied by their small vessels and
gun-boats. It would be too hazardous to tight them-
on the other side, as our retreat might be cut off so
easily.
Head-quarters, Montreal, 3131 Oct. 1813.
MY LORD—I have the honour to announce to your
Lordship the arrival in the River St. Lawrence, of
the troopships named in the margin,* having on
board the two battalions of Royal Marines, and the
two companies of Marine Artillery attached to them
from Halifax, in consequenceof a representation which
I I. had Made to Admiral Sir J. B. Warren, requiring
this reinforcement on account of the disaster that had
befallen our fleet on Lake Erie, and the danger to
which the right division of the army in Upper Ca-
nada was exposed by that circumstance.
By the latest accounts from Major--General De
Rottenburg, 'dated at Kingston the '2Bth inst. I am
informed that the enemy still menaced that post, but
no attack had actually taken place.
The American Armada; under Major-General
Wilkinson and Commodore Chauncey, was at Gre-
nadier Island on the 28th, within 18 miles of Kings-
ton, where it had collected, after having been dis-
persed in its first attempt from Sackett's harbour to
pass over to Kingston.
The state of the weather prevented the attack of
Major-General Hampton on the lower province, and
that of Major-General Wilkinson on Kingston, from
being simultaneous, as was expected.
I have reason to hope their enterprise against
• Diadem, Diumecle, az, Nemesis, Success, Matiiscr,

'IC atgston will eiperienee a similar fate to that again* (
Lower Canada.-4 have the honour tohe,-Btc.
.. (Signed) GEO. PREVOST.
EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM LIEUTENANT-GENERAL
Bat GEORGE PREVOST, BART. TO EARL aa.moarr,
DATED MONTREAL, NOVEMBER 4.
The loss Qf our fleet on Lake Erie, which I had
the honour of reporting to yowl Lordsbip;in my dis-
patch of the date of 22d September last, together
with the increasing sickness among the troops of the
centre division, And the diminution of the force in
Upper Canada, by the different actions which had
'taken place, induced me to send an officer express to
Halifax, with directions for the embarkation of the
second battalion of marines, and the artillery corn-
pan)? attached to it, which sailing from thence with
a fair wind, and being much favoured by the weather,
arrived in the St. Laurence at the same time with
the other battalion, as I have already had the honour
of reporting to your Lordship.
I have now the honour of acquainting your Lord-
ship, that both battalions, together with the two com-
paraies of artillery and a rocket company, having
been disembarked at Quebec, proceeded to this place,
where part of them have already arrived.
I have the satisfaction to report to your Lordship
the arrival at Quebec of the Eolus, with three hun-
dred seamen, and my intention of having them im-
mediately forwarded from thence in the steam-boat,
that I may, if possible, get them to Kingston before
the navigation of the river closes. I have also re-
ceived a report of a part of the 70th regiment being
in the St. Lawrence, together with a fleet, having on
board the remainder, which I cannot but consider as
a peculiarly fortunate circumstance.
In my former dispatch, I communicated to your;
Lordship the-movement and disposition of the ene-
my's flotilla and force upon their quitting Sackett's
harbour, on the.lBth ultimo, and of their being on
Grenadier Island on the '2Bth ; I have now to inform
you, that on the Zith a part of this force war sent to
Gravelly Point, where it was observed on the 30th to
be employed in constructing huts ; but it is not impro-
b;ible it may have had some other object in view, per-
haps to proceed down the river, and by landingjat Ga-
nanoqui, to aid in a combined attack on Kingston, which
Major-General De Rottenberg still thought on the
30th, the date of his last dispatches, was likely to
take place.
General Hampton's army has altogether quitted the
'Lower Province, and from the reports of-the different
parties hanging on its tear, is retiring to its former
encampment at the Four Corners.
I am happy to tell your Lordship, that the sick-
ness amongst the troops is diminishing, and the con-
valescents numerous. The Lake fever has been the
most prevalent disorder, and has affected the officers
inaore than the privates.