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• - .., , 1 , I " . t, ti I * i 1 ♦ , t 4. 4 •• /0 Jr . . 4 di 41 • .•- 4. • 4 t Wagner. Cr. that morning a serjeant was seal et with a patro eof cavalry, and reported s?satlint enemy had fired at him , and that he had I'4Bo wounded. The enemy was in the direction of Van dillos. On the morning of the 14th, a stalsat pinket, was obliged to fill back, and the cavatry bsgicte and some infantry were ordered np so their support. The enemy were in possession of the defile, and had some men on the plains.. ht' this altali'there was some men killed and wounded on hash aides. On the' • morning of the 14th, Fe: received orders - fitim Lord W. Bentinek, to find out the enemy.: lie began his march at day-break, and As hii troops advanced, the enemy fell back, until he discovered their main body, at Vandillos. Witness then sent an orderly to acquaint Lord V. Bentinek with the circumstance. He recollected seeing Sir J. Ms tray that daytoming up as the enemy ablandoned the last village they had possession of. Sit 3. Mairay requested - Witness to go forward and reconnoitre the enemy,. which .he did close in to Vandillos, and returned with the informa tion that they consisted of 3,000 men. • He was de sired to go forward a second time. On his retu rn he stated, that the peasant whom he had questioned at a village near Vandillos, Wormed him, that the enemy had, the preceding evening, occupied all their villages, and the road towards the plain, to the num ber of 9,000 men. One of his informants described himself to be the Alcalde. Witness believed Gen. Mackenzie was present when he made his second re port to Sir John Murray. On his advance to Van dillos lie saw sufficient marks of bivouacs to sbew that the enemy had passed the night on that ground. He recollected that at some titneeither in the month of .bily or August, the enemy passed the road bet Ween Venthill and Altafulla, notwithstanding the fire from our gun boats and other vessels. It tank place after Tarragona was again invested by Lord W. Bentinck. The enemy was suti.equeruly driven back to Torre del Biota. There were several toads by the hills, which he conceived were out uf the reach of the fire hem gun.boats. Cross-examined by Admiral HALLOWELL. Q. Do you mean to say that there was more than cue day on which the vessels fired at the enemy dur ing the siege 'of Tarragona by Lord W. Dentiuck A. No, I spoke only to one day. Q. Do you mean to say that your picquets stop red the advance of the enemy's column on that day, without any assistaive from the boats and the Vol cano bomb?--'A. It did not appear to me that they had any intention of advancing further on that day, as they did not drive in our outposts. Q. Do not yon ip point of fact know that this same column of the enemy was afterwards obliged to go 'by another road to Tarragona ? A. I believe it must, •or else it marched on the main road, after our ad irance had fallen back. Q. Are you not able to say positively that the ' '_enemy did proceed by another road, when you knew that the Malta and Royal George line of battle ships 'had anchored dose in shore, so as to cover the road, and protect the advance, which had halted ? Here some time elapsed before an answer surfi ciantly precise to satisfy the Culla was returned by the witness. A. I think they might have passed by the main road, but I did 130 L see them. Q. As the advance halted by the Vgh.road, was it possible-for them to pass without your seeing them? Admiral. Hallowell observed , that he was des i r ou s :of cautioning the witness to be on his guard. He altOuld be sorry to lead him into error. A. We fell back next day ; but so we did every evening, and resumed our pests the next morning. Q. Do you not know that ships of war can lie so near the shore as to cover the read for a great &s -tance ?—A. On one part of the beach they can, but Cie part of the road to which i allude is elevated on arches. I cannot speak much, however, as I am - n6t 'acquainted with the subject of anchirrages or naval Affairs. Q. Is not a great part of the road within musket shot from the beach ?—A. I should think not. Q. WAS the advance commanded If .Colonel Adam ever *Wicked in Altafulla ?—A. Not in the' town, but very neat it. The enemy *five hi ()Ur ca valry piecemes, and passed between theth endear in fantry stationed on the heights. Captain.Acwatpaa ShlaRP, R.l. examined. 'Witness . stated,' that he was'. Captive of bas Ma jesty's ship Hpaciatlis and that. lie was stationed off .the coast of Valencia in . the Month of Jung, 11113.-- He recollected. recerving informatiOa. on tlfe 9th, that. Ae enemy was siv.tflcing toiv*di 441 1 34 a. O We 111101 he cisaanitinicated, yids i>r titcipper, ova board ot which were several pearanti, o[ ohs of !born he lad some previous knowledge, and final whom he learned that the Stench force coniisied:4 from 9to . 10,000.1ne with about 1000 or 1100 cavalry; that their 'last dreiaion, amounting to woo foot, and 3 or 400 him u, liailleft Castiglione de la Plana at two o'clock off the Bth, and that Jllariiial Stichet in per. son backatnitted the same place at 'ten o'clock on the night of thatilay. The intelligence which he receiv ..erlon. the 9th be trantrsiued to Admiial HsUoaell by a Gibraltar sriniggler, and that of the 10ili be dispatched the Buzzard to convey to Alicant and, immediately set o ff himself for Tarragona. Ile be lieved Admiral latelloWell received his commuuica %ion, as the AdAliral subsequently acknowledged ii ; ' but he mild not name the particular day of his so dping. He was weliAennamted with the beach of Tarragona, and with .the kind of weather which le , .nerally prevailed, on. the eastern coil& SPain. Did', . not think it. was alwayi 'to be depended on for the; embarkation of an army, Cross-examined. Remembered the hour it. which . he sailed in the Hyacinth, with Captain Ca/m . l/on board Ba laguer, on the 14th t about, one gelisek P. from: Ile wen& hinuelf on board at fOur O'clock, and made Lieutenant D ad bee'''. vespea, WCII4 UUbalM* 6- ••••• ..`'`.....7.7 •I''' . -- T - — ,P made sail. Lieutenant Piz; R. N. swote sod examined. 1-4sd been.iu hictdilesty'S sa i vice 'l6 years, and an agent for tienperte deriog the laic, four or sre.lires stow upon half-pey.was employed in the Bay of , Tarragona in i the month, of Tune, 1814 . sad, 14 0 1,ifie . kiil affernitp.datica of the Beath tit/4_llla day, geac :figspia* s th to the TO, When'.Cattitinitliera be. % .: , le eimridiretthlit, duty, au at lip end.. . ~ ... i : al;iii, he - alit duty under. the direction •Ar i , ''.: ithert, .0; of 44" well. 1 TS awrl toriff, Qitile i ck.: the •Cetlit idjuunied tig to-titorioiv ithii don at tei o'doik. • , I Axing 4 . „ • ,• Hoktst.OritOßEmplwrivEsi DEC. e. Toe Atom Ile .=The Hopi.: *churned the CORSi• &titian 4 the am en'autharise the Presided of the United States to ac t . the. service of volunteers who may associate and o+- nise themselves and offer their szrvices to the Government of the United States; — and the amendments thereto having been agreed to, it was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, and was accordingly afterwards read a third time, passed, and sent to the Senate for concurrence. The hill from the Senate, cc making further provi sion for filling the ranks of the army of the United States," was read a third time as amended. it motion was made by Mr. Fisk, of Vermont, to recommit the Bill to a Committee of the whole House, which motion was negatiied by yeas anti nays, 95 to 51. The Bill was then passed by the following vote—For the Bill, 95—Against it, 52 ; and the amendments were sent to the Senate for concurrence. The Bill from the Senate, supplementary to the act laying duties on the notes of certain banks, bank ers, &c. passed through a Committee of the whole, and was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading. l (fROM Tilt NATIONAL INTIILLIOLNCER, NOV. SO.) EXTRACT OF A LETTER F1(0111 ARTHUR SINCLAIR, M. CAPTAIN COMMANDING THZ UNITED SPATES NAVAL FORCE ON THE UPPER LAKES, TO TIIIIMECRETAET OF THE NAVY, DATED Off Erie, Nov. 24, 1 4. Thinking it probable information will not you before this; of General 'McArthur's excursion' into Canada, I have the satisfaction to inform you. that by the cartel Lady Prevost, which vessel has just returned from folding . prisoners at Long Point, I have learned of his having visited that post, where he was opposed by five or 600 militia, who had en. trenched themselves. He charged their works, and captured snore than one half of them: He passed down as low ris the Gtoll River, on his way to join I General Izard at Fort Erie ; but hearing of the di.' struction of that post, and the evacuation of the Pfb vince by our atiny, lie returned to Detroit. The citizens on the other side spi...tk in high terms of his generous and humane conduct in his whole route through the country. FROM THE GEOIWtrowN FEDERAL REPUBLICAN OF NovEMBEIt 29. - I STATE OF THE COUNTRY. A litter from Mr. Dallas was read in the House yesterday , representing the country to be in the most alarming situation, and intimating that there was not a moment to be lost, in the adoption of measures to save the nation. The letter awakened feelings in the House which gave rise to one of the most animated debates. A motion in the House to print it was lost; but the people shall not be kept in ignorance and de lo A.m. Unless something Miraculous occurs, we have no hope of Congress ever meeting again after the 4th of March, if it is not dissolved Wire. When the motion was made to print the letter, it was opposed by Mr. Fisk of New York. He said the Committee to which the letter bad been addressed had concluded that it ought not to be piloted. It conveyed truths relative to our treasury too Immi lia:ing and portvmous. He had no doubt die letter would get to the public, having beep publicly lead in the House, and beiug on the public journals. The' letter contained the truth, and. nothing but the truth. Yet he ardently hoped its publication would never re ceive the sanction of the Houle. Anoikar lad Omm.—The Chancellor of the Exche qUer (Mr. Eppes) made a false step yesterday, and fell over from his seat, chair and all, into the main aile of the 'Patent-c ffice. The day before, the bank question WAS disposed of definitively by the House, where no other bank bill can originate this session. The last dep endence is upon the Senate. And on the smite day Mr. Dallas sent in wiener, the' like of which was never berate seen or heard of, for the candour of explanation and the boldness of disclosure. It is published to-day. All the props of Government seem to be giving way.: The prospect brightens. Alter ten weeks squabbling, the House of RepresentativeS his at last passed one revenue bill, a tgx on whiskey, 107 members voting for it. If the patient be not too far gone to be saved ,- such a vote upon all constitutionaland juilicieus_mea. tures, for the defence of chi country and the reco very of the finances, may hive the desired elect. • STATE PAPERS. PO. 111.11111TISMI NOT& .111031 TIM IBITLIII TO THE ALISSICAII ISIWISTIRS. • 0 Ghent, Tnetembior 4. 1844: , 41 The undersigned hare the honour 0 acknow ledge the receipt of the Note of the American Mai pcitentiaries, dated die 24th ultimo. ; " ti. is WO unfeigned regret that' the under signed observe,'lodi in the tone and substance of the whale Note, .so little proof of any 4i4PPsition on the part of the Voyerarneat of . the Unites' States to: enterinto an amicable discui!ion of the severe; points subrnitted by e ondersived in their s former co phi poupicatiptt. andereig oed ape perfectly aware' t.lotgln *NON %ward those points for,,coneWoral tiom an . cl . st#t**l with so inuch frankness, as they dot tie v 6 41, which they. mere proposed , ;W.* PatliCl fro i ,;itt4 I P - P4 cosicse of negortsUolge. by-. tliet closing aPAPe Obic'ols of. the GoverOißosqo MO' those whic h the Arnerir-S0 Ci.ovet•noleot.hed is 140 were withheld;. hit in sq tieing they were: priaciply actuated by a saocere desiroot bringing.tbs oegneta tion aisopo aspoisilils to a faiourable termseatioas #0: in sosP,.AselisOf# OLOSix..williogoo, t9.401P1Y Ir_,itn 4 1 0 wss*SSMlreged lir ti*Amaiwaa rieuipo. germane' .men- t,41 Dierfilftly Mf ibst the , !gar betw een his iNty . ea 4 ,thiolJnite6l Sows . was *dared by the *ter power week* precool 131 ma :Mime rights alleged It by assert •11 COol4,Britaasi end di by the Veite4-Stilhll•74lthe war *Jai !declaid the U*94l StaM•aill: 1'116" .net h 4 spit MlO.tcir - JeC, I P P9_47 of , Males or i the 41aCiti te4e.is hgd t/M olio& on . Clisailta had been 1 9 1. 41 " . ,9(iliVorgi4o49llingbP.way.ol4 . 4 P7 pods, 'ffince - --- -".- - btista thattlsey would h aye avallehbenneleertiliteirsitua tion to obtain on the side of Cintada important cessions of territory, if not the entire, Ibandonment of that country by Great Douai's.? Is the American Govern ment to be allowed to pursue, sa foir as its means will enable it, a system of acquisition and aggnmdizement 'to the point of annexing entire provinces to their da , minims', and is his Majesty to be precluded from AYR:I -ing himself of his means, so far as they will enable him, to retain these points whin) the valour of Bluish arms may have placed in his power, because they hap• pen to be situated within the territories allotted ueder former treaties to the Government of the United States ? Such a principle of negociation was never. avowed at any period antecedent to that of the revolu tionary government of France. If the policy of the United States had been essentially pacific. as the American Plenipotentiaries assert it ought to he; from theic political institutions,• from the habits Of their citizeps, and from their physical situation. k might not have been necessary to propose the prec cur tionary provisinns now under discussion. Thati• of late years at least, the American Government hive been influenced by a very different policy ; bf a spirit of aggrandizement not necessary to their. mini security, but increasing with the exteneoftheir empire has been too clearly manifested by their progressive occupation of Indian territories—by the acquisition of Louisiana ; by the more recent attempt to wrest by I force of arms from a nation in amity, the two Seri das ; and lastly, by the avowed intention of pernta nently annexing the Canadas to the United States.. '.lf, then, the security of the British North American dominions requires any sacrifices on the part of the United States, they must be ascribed to the declared policy of that Government in making the war not one of self defence, nor foe the redress of grievances, real or pretended, but a part of a system, of conquest and 'aggrandisement. The British Government. in its pre present situation, is boond in duty to endeavour to se cure it: North Ametican dominions against those at , tempts at coLquest, which the American Government have avowed to be a principle of their policy, and which, as such will, undoubtedly. be renewed, when , ever any succeeding war between the two countries shall Aim d a prospect of renewing them with success. The British Plenipotentiaries proposed that the mili tary possession of the Lakes, from Lake Ontario to • Lake Superior, should be secured to Great Britain, because the command of those Lakes would afford to the American Government the mean s.of commencing a war in the heart of Canada, and because the com mand of them, on the part of Great Britain, has been shown by experience, to be attended with no insecurity to the United States. When the relative strength of the two Powers in North An* ica is considered, it should be recollected that the British dominions in that quarter do not contain a population of 500,000 persons, whereas the territory of the Un;ted States contains a population of more than seven millions ; that the naval resources of the United States are at hand for attack, and tharthe naval resources of Great Britain are on the other side of the Atlantic. The military possession of those lakes is not, there fore, necessary for the protection of the United States. The proposal for allowieg ibeterritoriesonthe southern banks of the lakes above mentioned to remain in the possession of the government of the United State; ptovideil nu foitificatious should be crested on the shores, and no armament permitted on the waters., has berm wade, for the purpose of manifesting, that security and not acquisition of territory is the object of the British government, and that they have no de sire to throw. obstacles in 111 ‘ . ..., way of rany commerce which the people of the United States may be desire ous of carrying on upon the lakes in time of peace. The undersigned, with the anxious wish to nctify all misunderstanding, have thus more fully explained the grounds upon which they brought lot ward the propositions contained in their former note respecting the boundaries of the British dominions in North America. They do not wish to insist upon them be ypnd what the circumstances may fairly require. They are ready, amicably to discuss the details of them with a view to theadoption of any modifications which the American Plenipotentiaries, or their Go vernment, may have to suggest if they are not in compatible with the object itself. With respect to 'the boundary of the district of Maine, and that of the North Western frontier of the United States, the undersigned were not prepared to anticipate the objec tions contained in the note of the A inerican.Plenipo. tentiaries, ; 4 they were instructed to treat for the revi sion of their boundary lines,' with the statement Which they have subsequently made, that they had no authority to cede any part, however insignifi cant of the territories of the United States, although the proposal left it.open to them to demand an equi- Valent for such cession either in frontier or otherwise. 14 'The 'American Plenipotentiaries must be aware, .that the boundaerof the district of Maine has never. ,been correctly ascertained; that the one asserted at present by the American Government; by which the direct communication between Halifax and Quebec becomes interrupted, was not in contemplation of the British Plenipotentiaries who concluded the treaty of. lifS3, and that the greater 'part of the territory in question is actually unoccupied. The Undersigned 'are persuaded that an arrangement on, this point might beeasily grade, if entered into with the spirit of conciliation, without any'prejudice to the interests of the district in question. 6 As the necessity for fixing some boundary for the north western frontier has been mutually acknowle4g4 ed, a proposal for a discussion on that subject cannot be considered as a demand for a cession of territory, unless the United States are prepared to assert that there is. ne limit totheir territories in that direction;' 'and that, availing themselves cf the geogeaphical 'error upon Which that pan of thetreitty of l7Sa was was founded, they will acknowledge no boundary , Whatever, then unquestionably any proposition, Id fix one, be it what it may, must be considered as do mending a large cession of territory from thir. United Stites. Is the 'Ainericin gevernment prepared to assert such inlimited net- so contrary / to the evident - cf. el- easy itself ? Or, is his underhand that the Ame willmizacrateknowledge s toahe Mts. stion in 181)8,.but. Government is are ins4r4.lctok ioi or to d . may be subm; le s 'f ence eg 4iiil l ikli - 4 1 7 4 w W 4 1 - ibii" a " - i i, sy ;:i i - .., -- ' assert such an unlimited titan- so con ,dust asap tfril, betoodoei.4.ocamanna• b g. hii' s evident intention cf. the treaty *lli ingt chi t s= ::iirthe be ttilos e loteync,thpe i tioaiii:en.,:roi c ii,L o ti.. .n a:ze s tat t4e: uq,si.:l4o776:;l9ipeetti:44ll:o,sit ' i uilike bbaie4iha : e siN 4".;:poo,j,49o6o: f iroisr s t:4444,4pifirele4;4 : oo4nswin.o„...o4. l (sonoci l eticomilisloa :;9l94.los ocuitigelsontoisnaohia. ra i i :ii.sitte : nocs a ss:; : i:iirtbdundoprp :s :t t irieit t ,if(erhay s t i :: o dq.are v rrassf4testsv ar f : ::nitybaskur nwiT en iwietheriestuirenen t bi ji ! ratwbyek : :prwpseti, reiciadaraheir7:o4o4ejactlEllet.eiondimaernretaiatlyi 1 .0 ,for consideration.. it is with equal istonishment undersigned find that the American Plenipotentiati. , s hare not only declined signing any provisi mai article, by which the Indian nations who have taken jei: t with Great Britain is the present contest iney be it,. eluded in the peace, and may have a trite:slaty as signed to them, bat h .ve aho thought proper to ex press surprise at ary proposition on the sahject tem ing been advanced. , s The American Pleniptacetiaries sta.e, that their Government could riot have e;:pected such a disetf,- sion, and appear resolved, at once, to reject any pro. position on this head ; ropreienting it as a demand contrary to the acknowledged principles of piiblie law, tantamount m a ceqsion of one third of the teri v.rial dominions of the United States, and requite 4 to be admitted, without discussion. The proposition trEch is thus represented in that the Indiatrnations, which have been during tl.: war in alliiiitiewith Great Britain, should at its tc: - Minutia's be included in the pacification ; and, with a t view to their permanent trampillity and security, 'that the BritjshlGorrnment is willing to take as . a basis of an 'aside •ml the subject of` a boundary far 'thine natidni,"Vireat;pulations which the American Coierninetit altar:lc:tad in 1793, subject, however, to modificati . ons. Afitete the declaration, publicly made to tho 4 Indian natieks by the Governor-General of Canna, - that•Gret Britten w•suld not ;kw t them, could the American Government really persuade it bed that -no proposition relating t those nations would be advanced, and did Lord Castlercagh's note of the 4th November, 181 a, imply so great a . sacritice of honour, ur exclude from discussion every subjf.ct, excepting what immediately related to the maritime questions referred to in it ? When the undersigned assured the American Plenipotentiaries of the anxious wish of the British Government that the negociatiori might terminate in a peace honourable to both par , ties, it could not have been imagined that the Ame rican Plenipotentiaries would thence conclude that his Majesty's Government was prepared to abandon the Indian nations to their fate, nor could it have been foreseen that the American Government would have considered it as derogatory to its honour to ad mit a proposition by which the tranquillity of those nations might be secured. The British Plenipo•en tiaries. have yet to learn, that it is contrary to the aeknowledged principles ti public Law to include allies in a negociationfer peace, or that it is contrary to the practice of all civilized nations to propose that a provision should be made for thter ;inure security. The treaty of Grenvide eatabliAted the bound:ail-a between the United States and the In.iian nations.— The American Plenipotentiaries must be aware, that the war whichhas since broken out has abrogated that treaty. Is it contrary welt* established prin ciples of public law for the British Government ta propose, on behalf of its allies, that this treaty shall on the pacification, be considered subject to such mo difications as the case may reader necessary ? Or i; it unreasonable to.propose, that this stipulation should be amended, and that on that foundation some ar rangement should be made which would provide for the existence of a neutsai pthver between Great Bri tain and the lin.ited States, 'calculated to secure . to WO 3 longer continuance 4.)f the bress'ags ttt place So 'fat was that sp e cific propos; awl respeciial :he Indian boundaries Irian' )ini ie-iated upon its the note, *or in the continence which preceded it, as one to be admitted Without discitssiOn, that it would have been difficult to use terms of greater latitude, or which appeared more adapted, not only not to pre. dude hut to iiivire discusiosi. It the basia.preposed could coovey.awey snit-third of the tert:tory.nt the United States, the American government itsckhutsc have conveyed it *way by the Grenviik . treoty of 1795. It is . impbssible to read, diat . trca ty without remarking how incousident the. preview pretensions of the American government are, with its preamble and provisions. The boundary line between the lands of the United States and thoseOf thi Indian nation's, is therein expressly defined. The geaeral character of the treaty, is that of a treaty with independent na tions; and the verTstipulation winch the American Plenipotentiaries refer to, that the Indian nations should sell their lands only to the United States, tends to prove that, but for that stipulation, the Indians •had a general right to dispose of then,. The Anw.i can government, has now for the first, time, in effect, declared that all Indian nations within its line of de.. merkation are its subjects, living there upon suffer ance, on lands which it also claims the exclusive right of acqniring, thereby menacing the final ex tinction of those nations. Against such a system, the undersigned must formally protest. The under signed repeat, that the terms on which the proposie !fun has been made for assigning to the Indian nations some'boundery, manifest. no nnwillingneos to discuss any other proposition directed to the same object, or even a modification of that which is offered. Gre)r Britain is ready to enter into the same engagements with respect to the Indians living within her. line or demarkation, as that which is proposed:to the United States. It can, therefore, only be from a complete misapprehension of the proposition, that it can be re presented as being not reciprocal. Neither can it, with any truth, be represented as contra! y to the ac knowledged principles of public law, as derogatory to the honour, or inconsistent with the rights of the American government. nor as a demand requirel to be admitted without discussion. After this lull tl - of the sentiments tit his Majesty's gob ment on the joints abuse stated, it will be tor tai , ! American Plenipotentiaries to determine, whet!.,l they are ready now to continue the negotiation. ; whether they are disposed to refer to' their govern ment for further instructions"; or lastly, whether t!.t. will take upon themselves the responsibility • t hie.& ing off the negociation altogether. The ti.ikturtiyor-1 request the American Plenipotentiaties to accept the assurances of their high consider ation. • (Signed) 4i GAmitea, " Haxay Gootasu UN, WILIJAMADA M." )V.—THE AMERICAN TO TIicARITIS/1 COMMON EIV. cheat, tier. 9 1514. " The undersigned have had the honour to receive the note of his Britannic Majesty's Plenipotentiaries dated the 4th *instant. It; in the tone of substance of the formet note of the undersigned, the • British Commissioners have perceived little proof of aria Fposition on the part of the American government , for a discussion of somegalie.propositione advanced In the fi rst note, which the undersigned. had the ho sour of receiving from them, they will ascribe it to