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. -, ~.... EAST INDIA HOUSE, November 11, 1812. I THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the UNITED COM:PANT of M. CHANTS of ENGLAND, trading Oq the Is AST INDIES, do hereby give Notice, That the Court will be ready to receive Proposals in writing, on or befdre Wednesday the 55th instant, from any persons who may be willing to Let on Freight good COPPER-BOTTOMED SHIPS, of the burthen of from ..00 to 900 Tons, builders' mea surement, for the said Company's Service, for one Voyage Only. • The Tenders, with the words " Ship Tender" on the covers to be severally sealed up and left with the Secretary it or before Twelve &Clock at Noon, on the said 25th instant, beyond 11004sur no Tender will be received, W ILLIAM RAMSAY*, Secretary. . . The Particulars of the Terms and Conditions upon which the above Ships will be engaged in the Company's Service, may be 144.vp0n application to Mr. John Morice, Clerk to tbe Com fstritep etP Shipping, on qt after Thursday next,the 12th instant. 08N112.14 POST-OFFICE, TUESDAY, OCTOBIR 27, 1812. AB°7l' Seven &Clock on the Evening of Mon , day, the 26th instant, the LEEDS MAIL COACH was Fobbed of the BAGS of LETTERS for LONDON described at foot, between Ketterlrg and Higbam Ferrers, and within three riles of Highasn Fcrrers, by forcing the lock of the Mail Box.— The Bags stolen, are— Hali!ax, of the 25th Nottingham, of the 26th . Bradford, d;tto Melton Mowbray, ditto Leeds, ditto Qakbam, ,ditto , • Wakefield, ditto Uppingtiam, ditto Huddersfield, ditto Kettering, ditto . . . • " "ernesley, ditto Thrapstone, ditto Sive/field, ditto Rotherham, ditto ' Chesterfield, dine Mansfield, ditto Whoever shall apprehend the Person or Persons who commit. tad the said Robbery, will be entitled to a Reward of TWO HUNDRED POUNDS, one moiety to be paid in commitment Tor trial, and thi other moiety on conviction. If an Accomplice in the Robbery will surrender himself, and make discovery .whereby one• or more of the Persons concerned therein shall be 'apprehended and brought to Justice, such Discoverer will be en in the said Reward, and be admitted an Evidence for the By Command of the Postmarter-General, FRANCIS FREELING, Secretary. -VASHIONABLE DANCING, by Mr. ALLEN, 4- privately taught, at No. 19, Sherratd-street, Golden-square, to Lathes and Gentlemen of any age, who have never learnt that accomplishment, or have not the modern style. • Mr. ALLEN'S system of teachirg is expressly studied for those to whom it is an object to acquire easily that fashionable requisite for• genteel society expeditiously, privately, and in a superior style ,of grace and elegance. Those who do not want private teaching -may learn at a small expense, with a respectable set of pupils, on the public teaching evenings. Professors of dancing taught the post elegant fancy dances, and all the superior parts of the profes sion. The Subscription Assemblies are every Friday. - ---------- NY Gentleman or Lady in want,ot WHITE WINE, may be supplied with the most superior XERES ITer imported, at D. GaNMERO's, a Spanish Mer chant, No. 7, brpper Buckingham-street, Strand, in lots of two dozen, at 465. ; :delivered to iny part free of experice. D. Gonmero is enabled to refeito twenty different Noblemen, who have purchased large sisaistitSei of the Wine. Country orders du t y attended to. Hours from Ten to Five. r UNPAR.kLLELED BARGAINS IN LINEN DRAPERY. , No. 6, PICKETP-STREET, TEMPLE BAR. rrHE Nobility, Families, and others, both in Town and Country, are respectfully apprised, that J. JAMES aid Co., at the Manchester ' Scotch, and Irish Ware house, No. 6, Pickett-street, Temple Bar, opposite St. Clement's Church,liaie at present to offer an extensive Variety of LINEN DRAPERY GOODS of every description, adapted for the pre sent season, at unprecedented low prices : Cambric and Jacanett • Muslin, L adies'l Dresses, Irish Linens, Sheeting., Dimities, .Furnitures, Eec. will be Sold, by the whole Piece, at the precise Wholesale Prices : Silk and Imitation Shawls, Counterpanes, Bcd 'fickings, Prints and Callicoes, with every other .article kept by Retail Drapers, eioilly cheap. The Trade supplied on t4e usual low Prices. 111LLSII MEKINO WOOL HOSIERY WAREHOUSE,. 1.28, CHEAPSIDE, OPPOSITE FRIDAY-STREET. ;IN consequence" of the great demand which . 11* MILLS'S MERINO WOOL HOSIERY have experienced, And the approbation they have obtained during the last five _years, other Houses have attempted to introduce an inferior arti cle stamped Merino Wool." The Proprietors, therefore, In order to prevent their friends deceived, will invariably have their goods stamped " Original Merino Wool," which are finer and softer than any ,oilier sort nf Woollen Hosiery, Und warranted not to shrink in washing. • The articles consist of Stockings, Socks, Drawers, Waistcoats, : Shirts, Caps, Ladies' Coats , and all sorts of under loathing , :which may be had at 128, Cheapside, and at most of the reaped table Houses in Town and Country. A particular article of Stockings and Gloves made for the Goat 3 . 1 0 4c1.49Atint.1.1 .11111111111""wisimm"111"mssmossiorwomarsoverissimai's EXCHEQUER BILL OFFICE, November 18, 1812. All Exchequer Bills dated in the Months of November and December, 1811, , TO BE PAID OFF. THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS of HIS MA- JESTrs TREASURY, having given Directions for paying of the principal of the above mentioned Exchequer Bills, with the lateral Eluedereon, at the Exchequer Bill Office, in the Receipt of Exchequer, New Palace Yard, Westminster, on Tueiday, the lit day of Draw. her, 1812; attendance wilt be given daily (Sundays and Holidays ex. cered)'until and including Wednesda,y, the 254 instant, from MI IIWZO):1 sise the Adorning till One in the Afternoon, for the purpose of rotsiving.thesitane ; and, for the greater dispatch, the bearers of the said • . Bills are desired to place each deuirion of Bills in separate Lists (which are to be @Opined at this Office) classing them in the order of their respective dates, rut kali are for the same amosan being aumerically arranged, and specifying the principal Sums 'and inkre.t due thereon, computed from, but excluding the days as which they are respectively dated, to the said lit day y December, inclusive, when the Interest will ease; and the said Bearers (being Hotter: or not) are bah- feasibly required to indorse each. Bill with their usual signatures; and to write their Vanes and Residence at the bottom qf each separate List ; and they are moreover required to attend the Exchequer Bill Office for tayment, and to receive the mew .tills, and give the Receipt: for the same. If any of the holder: of the aforesaid Bills should be desirous of receiving Payment of the Principal and Interest, previous to the said Ist day of December, they may be accommodated, on computing the Interest to the day on which they wish to be paid, and leaving the said Bills fn. emaminatian one day prior thereto. Such Person: as may be desirous of having new Exchequer Bill: in whole or in part of Payment of Principal, upon marling new Bilk, and anitioaing the antosat at the bottom of their Lists; delivered on or before Wcdnealay,-tha 250 instant, may„ be accommodated with new Bills, carrying an Interest of Three-pence Halfpenny by the day, as every One Hustled Pounds, which said New Bills will bear date the said tat day of Dumber, and will be delivered, together with the In- terest due in rasped of the Bills so desired to ie exchanged, on Wednesday, the 241 day of hecemier, and the following Days. N. B. AU Exchequer Bills, dated prior to November, 1911, been advertised to be paid off, am the Interest thereon bas ceased. I' TO tYPP/R IrERVANPIII of FAMILIES of DISTINCTIOI4. A FIRST-RATE INN and POSTING HOUSE in full custom, in a most desirable situation, and possess ing many advantages, is now to be LE V. Any Persons, who from their former habits of life, are competent to the entertain ment of the first company, may be informed of particulars, 11 applying personally to A. B. at Green's Hotel, Serle-street, 'coin's-Inn Fields. It is necessary that the incoming Tenant should command at least £3OOO. To a respectable attentive couple every encourage ment would be given. guarantees of our Imposingexistence ; the has .00- c thing to fear from coalitions, the French revolution is ii proof it, for when that monstrous anarchy over. threw thrones and altars, social order could not en dure for the common salvation any two Powers to act unanimously, and only against the monster which 1 each wished separately to do. •• What then can Russia fear, whose own power guarantees her, and serves as a bulwark to the North and to all Germany ? • 46 I have viewed France as an ephemeral Govern. ment. The mutual fear and jealousy of France and MOSCOW, OC TOBF.R 17. I England lead these two Powers to seek new means 1 of destroying each other. The coalitions, the chances The following is a copy of a Letter addressed by France . r, only served 'to unite the minds of men in Count Rastopchin to Count Simon Woronzoff, en. i tirely in the hand-writing of Count Rastopchin, The first campaign exposed the views of* and ; the Cabinets, each of which wished to make the Ma. found among his Papers : ' jesty of Bourbon pay dear. 7;'- • . It bears as a title—" Rough draft of a Letter to 66 Remark, that this unfortunate and bloody war Count Woronzoff, of June 30, 1801." • 4 has never had any other theatre than those of the " I have received your letter, and I have no oc- :I countries subjugated by the French arms , without casion to tell you how much pleasure it gave me — . their ever marching into France. The road was dif since the moment in which I left England, and till &tilt to clear. The late Generalissimo, who honou my death, I shall regard you as my benefactor— red me with his confidence, and who viewed things happy if I shall be able to give you some proofs of my justly, has frequently repeated to me, that a war car. gratitude. 1 tied into the heart of France by foreign arms would 6. I ceased to write to you because I believed my I unite in its defence all the inhabitants, and that as correspondence could not much interest you. The soon as an entire army, :oi-di:ant republican, should late Emperor was wrong. respecting you, and I sup... posed you might have thought me deficient in zeal declare itself openly for a Monarchical Government , i the counter-revolution would only exist in the pro to serve you. I f e c es and words of emigrant adventurers, and polio ••polio- ••Count Panin showed me a letter , in which you . cal dreamers. It is a question still to be resolved, gave him the title of " Dear Friend," and from that if France, dismembered and forced to return to her time, without importuning you with my letters, I ancient regime, would not furnish forces too impos. confined myself to be devoted to you from the bot- ing for the Houses of Austria and Brandenburgh— torn of my soul, and to nourish the sentiment which both our neighbours, and both jealous of our pre filled it with veneration for you. I could not con- ponderance ? W ceive how Count oionzoff, that respectable being, 66 The state of Europe last year was such, that could give the flattering title of " his friend" to a much might have been done to lower the frightful ' personage strabject as Count Panin. How did he despotism of England. Now, the taking of Malta, merit his esteem ? Was it by his talents ?They have . with the conquest of Egypt, in rendering her mis been consecrated , to low • intrigue and personal m terest—but to cause the negociation of Berlin to fail, tress of the treasures of that country, will cause , in unction with the Porte, all the trade of the Le because his uncle, late Prince Repnin, - was charged ven t to pass under their yoke, and in repaying her with it—to break the negociation with France, which self with usury for former expences, gave herself. might have been brought to a conclusion, and all this greater means of fomenting new wars, and paying because he viewed the French Revolution like an im- for the lives of men whom she employs, for her in becile French emigrant. terests was in the.confidence of the late Emperor, 66 He once wished to become Vice-Chancellor, anterior to his mounting the throne; afterwards char form a new chimerical coalition, the second result of ged with the Pertfeuille Militaire ; dismissed for not - which could only have been the unproductive lass of wishing to bend ; afterwards placed in the college bi thousands of brave men to Russia, the aggrandise - Foreign Affairs, because Prince Bezborodko , dis ment of the insatiable House of Austria, and the im- contented with the little worthless Abresko, wished moveable establishment of the arrogant despotism of to place me in his situation. Chance so ordered it, England. that I saw myself at the head of Foreign Affairs : I 46 I do not speak any more of the Count Panin's would have given much to have seen you or your conduct since he lost his situation of Vice. Chancellor, brother in it. it has been such, that he merits the scaffold, the con -46 Your refusal, and the prejudice of the Emperor tempt of honest men, and the admiration of beggars. towards Count Alexander, induced me to take the ' He, and these like him, did me the hcriour of con part of not refusing to accede to the wishes of my sidering me the only man who ought to be removed master, persuaded that I should possess more means —they have succeeded—they made use of the imbe than any other of preventing injury ; and I can cite Kutusoff and his mistress. boldly say, that I have rendered essential services to " I had uselessly submitted to the Emperor the my country, in three times preventing declarations depredations of that favourite , whom sonic wretches of war against Prussia, and twice against the House with the blue ribbon had made believe that he was, of Austria, and in arranging the affair of the Sove by his talents, formed to eclipse Prince Menzikoff.— reignty of Georgia, which may be considered as very I, myself, had told Count Kutusoff, that it was time ; important in regard to the Turks, and by the time , that in his ridiculous conduct the ba rber should g ive on account of the entire dominion of the Caspian ;place to the Grand Equery. Sea in Asia, and the diawing of part of the Levant " In regard to my political system, I could have trade into our ports. I have also had frequent op. none with a Sovereign who wished to do every thing the of gratifying my own heart, in sacrificing ; by himself, and who could not bear any de la y in exe the self-love of making myself known as the author curing his orders, nor any contradiction to tht m. The of good ; I found myself sufficiently satisfied by its greatest management, the most favourable mom ents, success, and I feared giving offence to a master and a happy disposition on his part, were requisite to who was jealous of doing' good by a spontaneous have his orders revoked—make him change his opi movement. nion, or lead him to adopt that which are considered 6‘ It was me who caused the subjections of Live the best. nia, Esthonia, Finland, and the Polish provinces, to " I know, that tome is attribut ed all that has p assed the general law of all the remainder of the Empire, with England. I begin my accoun ts to y ou of the of furnishing recruits. I obtained permission to es- , events, by assuring you, that I love and esteem the. tablish-Commanderies for the Officers'who in war' English nation and Government, as much as I detest distinguished themselves—of pensions for the widows the policy of their Ministry. It was the Em p eror and orphans of officers killed. I suppressed the plan himself who had the idea of re-establishing• the ma which the intriguing Pestel, previous to his dismis ritime coalition in favour of neutrals. The first em sion, had caused to be adopted, under the pretext of bargo was decided, in spite of my representations, augmenting the revenues of the Porte, of fothidding by Prince Gagarin, who only in it considered his in all persons to take charge of letters, and 'givng the terest. It was me who afterward; caused it to be Governors and Commandants of towns leave t o search raised. The second wis the consequence of the con all travellers and peasants; I obtained from the Em-' duct of the English at the Island of Malta. I believed - peror the establishment of a new State Collegt for* and I still believe, that the mo ment was ver y favour Foreign Affairs , and the return of the excluded into rn able for having the most just r i g ht, that of tree co the service. I remitted 2,400,000 rubles into the merce, sheltered from the injustice of that Power, post-Office Treasury, the revenues of which I dots.' who gave law upon the seas, acknowledged. If the I bled, by preventing fraud and robbery. 1 saved the late Emperor had lived four months loeger, England Crown nearly 30,000 rubles in the appointments of would have found herself in a grand crisis—she had ; ,my person, for I never had any others than thote 'l to dread France—she sew herself de p rived of all re. sources of support—the ports on all the coasts of En- lof a Member of College ; whilst I occupied the rope.were shut against her , with the exce p tion of the post of Chancellor, was Director-General of the' Adriatic. Know this system wo uld not have ended Ports (10,000 rubles), and might have occupied a . &c. in nothing—to make it succeed , it was necessar y the house, &c 66 Wom en had no credit with me ; I loved mile Emperor should not be precipitate in his measures ; ; i too much ; my stomach refused the allurement Cl that he should not hold the chimerical wish of pos i good cheer ; adulation, baseness, and intrigue could sessing Malta With the title of Grand Master—an - 1 i not reach me, because I have studied men. I have idea that Princt Bezborodko gave him , wi t hout fore ained such as I was—l have preserved my anr dent seeing the unfortunate consequences which have se- rem ; friendships, and my heart and my honour went' salted from it, only to amuse and induce hitn•tojoip out untouched from that gulph in which all virtues with Austria' and England, by establishing the Both - are swallowed up. bons upon the throne of France. 6f/ ~ For two years I enjoyed unlimited credit ;and I 6 This right of neutrals finds con vincin g „pro have done injury to no one ; calumny has pursued of its utility in the firm conduct which the Courts- of I without reaching me—it had sold me to the French Stockholm and Copenhagen have evinced, hint of ; —it said, I received plate from Bonaparte ; forged Berlin has been much more so than could have been ; letters co ruin Count Panin, &c: 1 leave it to time expected, notwithstanding those who favoured Eng ! to do me justice, and in the mean time I eoy the land had prejudiced the Emperor a g ains t the Kin g greatest benefit of Divine justice—the tasting pure of Sweden, during his last journey to St. Peters burgh • had induced him to send back M . de Rosen- ..P 3 PP iness. % • cranz;the most loyal and brave of men, and finally, " In.a retreat which I have chgen myself, I reckon after my departure co make demands upon the King , upon remaining ten years in it, and afterwards of of Prussia, which were followed by a declaration - of 'finishing my children's education in a foreign. coun war. I believed that one could not sufficiently die- try—l have a fortune of 50,000 rubles rent, 260,000 of debts. I have said nothing f r o you in this long let trust the systematic conduct of a Cab i n et as that of St. James's, which, fur half a century has spared no- ter of the late Emperor; thirty benefits bestowed upon t h e seas, an d sue, during a reign of four years, close my mouth, 1 thing to arrogate the sovereignty of and fill my soul with' l w hi& has now arrived at the epoch, in which a wareternal gratitude'; besides, my ruinous (in all other times) and even continued eulogiums upon his good qualities mighthe suspected. The only thing .I can attest is,. that this Sovereign, against the wish of the nation , under a p retext ho aest in appearance, serves to enrich her by captures With all the means of reigning gloriously, and making iiiid conquests, and make her arrive at the comple- films& 'adored; never enjoyed a moment's happiness, .Lion of her projects, which is the ruin of France. I and died as unhappy as he had lived. never believed that Russia was in a .situation to fear " The expos/ will not displease a man whose soul the French Government, of whatever form it might is so elevated as your's • it will serve to make it bet. be s the distance of the country, the gigantic forces ter known , and consolidate that esteem which you of our Empire, its physical posltion, and the shield have granted i failings judged wrong, but the iiiteu me. Every man has his faili • t s o4 .via. per ; which it presents to other Sovereigns, are so many hays FRENCH PAPERS. 'pure. Judge me according to my actions, and pro. nounce. I need not tell you how impatient I shall 'be to see your son. All that they write me from St. Petersburgh renders him the more interesting, and must render you the most happy of fathers. Here is a worthy recompence of your virtues 44 Live a long time ; but, when dying, rejoice that you yourself will survive in the son you leave Russia." COPENHAGEN, OCTOBER. 24. On the 19th his Majesty executed grand mantel', ores with 20,000 men at Herschholm, six le igues from hence : Prince Christian Frederick conatanded. VIENNA, OCTOBER 24. The accounts of the ravages committed by the plague at Constantinople have been greatly ezagg e . rated. We now positively know, that the disease had rather the character of a partial nervous fever. WARSAW, OCTOBER 17. Troops are daily passing through this city, ally* daily expect more. Some days ago we had here a division of heavy hotse, a battalion of \rakes under Prince Borghese, and a division of hussars and cui. rassiers ; likewise yesterday a corps of 9000 infantry. All these were proceeding to the grancLanny. AMERICA ..,IM• QUEBEC,OCTOBER I. Late accounts from Upper Canada state, that no. thing has recently occurred in that quarter. FROM THE KINGSTON UPPER CANADA GAZETTE. His Honour General Brock landed here yesterday from the Royal George, and was saluted by a dis. charge of 19 guns by the royal artillery, under the direction of •Lteutenant Richardson. In-the-afternoon he reviewed the Militia, and expressed himself highly pleased with their appearance, and the manner in which they went through their exercise. In the evening he was waited . upon. by the Magistrates, Clergymen, Officers of Militia, and others, in a body, who presented him an Address, a copy of which, and his answer, I lay before my Readers; " To his Honour ISAAC BROCK, Esq. President, administers log the Government of Upper Canada, and Major-General, commanding his Majesty's Forces in the said Province, 0 ' MAP IT-PLEASE 3101,1 R HONOUR, • de We, the Magiitrates, Officers of Militia, and others, inhabitants of the town of Kingston, beg leave to congratulate you on your arrival, and to offer yeti that tribute of applause and, admiration which the conquest of Detroit must every whe'te . excite. That army which was to look down all opposition—and that General, whose Proclamation denounced eater minativn to his opposers, were unable to withstand your judicious and intrepid operations • and submit. ted to the terms which you were pleased to dictate. The confidence which your conduct and talents thus eminently displayed have diffused through his Ma jesty's subjects in this province, will, we trust, be ishewn by a general emulation of the spirited conduct of those of our fellow subjects who had the honour '.of sharing in your toils, and participiting in your success—a success so extraordinary and so rapidly atchieved, that posterity will, perhaps, regard it as a fiction of the historian, that you prorogued your Parliament at York en the 6th day of August, ad that after encountering every obstacle from roads and weather, you were, on the 16th, master of the fortress of Detroit, defended by thirty-three pieces of cannon, and an army of 2500 men, which laid down their arms before your gallant band, of less than half that number. " Kingston, September 4th, 1512." .To which his Honour was pleased to make the following reply; _ ee Nothins but the confidence which the admi. rable conduct otthe Yorrand Lincoln regiments of Militia 'excited, could have induced me to undertake an expedition such as _lately termidated so muted; to the advantage of the country, I have reason, front 'the Reports made to me by the Officers stationed at Kingston, to • rely with equal confidence on the dis cipline and gallantry of the Militia of this district. It is with the highest satisfaction I understand% th4t in the midst of unavoidable privations and fattens they bear in mind that the cause in which they are 'engaged involves their dearest interests, and the hap piness of their families.—Gentlemen, believe me seat sible of this mark of your esteem." This morning, at ten o'clock, his Honour the Prt sident left town, it is supposed for Niagara, in c:0111 sequence of hostilities being renewed. ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE. " Head-Quarters, Montreal, Sept. 21 " G. o.—His Excellency the Governor-Genna 4 and Commander of the Forces, has been pleased co approve of the following appointments of Of . fieers , the several divisions of Indian warriors, staresed at the outposts of the Camp of Blairfinde : NATIONS, NAMES, AND RANK. St. Regis, or Oghpuassagay, iroquois—Louvigny de kfontirrs Resident and Captain ; St. Germain, Lieutenant ; 4 01 ". 1 meter. need Coghuawagos, Iroquois—Chevalier De Lorimer, Siggi dect Captain ; De Lorimek, Lieutenant and Interprets Lake of the Two Mountains, N isseugnes and Airiqb ll-Da. charms, Resident and Captain ; Chevalier De L!stocri Li m " . nant and interpreter ; Chime, Interpreter. St, Francis, Abenoquis—Simon Evans, Llelilenaa and v pretei; Stanislans Vassal, Lieutenant and Interpreter. Abenaquols and Iroquois—Chenier Gaudier, Liesitganl au Interpreter; Pierre Hubert, Interpreter. res " pec T r o iv rec e r e a i e v k e s fthreom the payanlsdrbani. d nsr allowances , o f " 11sIVARD BAYN&Sk Adj. ATTACK ON LOWER CANADA.* nr ti of the' MONTPELIER, SEPT. 18 .-- From all r ri--- ,L. country there are accounts of the movements ix w o l regulars and militia. Plattsburg is their,% i r oaar destination, where Generals Dearborn ;nit __ field Th e h l3 av rh e already d l y sth arri N ve e tw E it t l: t m he are 6 h th ril a e n s d d l i B n t s h r. , troops are also at this place. Gyneral to command the van on this expedition s at ro for militia and 80 regulars passed through tbis t .7 4 7b 8 Plattsburg. If Dearborn enters the wil oo b .4 ought to have.Bo,ooU men, as no dOsi bl ` l 7 o4 :o4 Governor, of Canada being able to briD4 7" - * fofrNlatNtsebwogralYgab:;CduktA2®9l:wtheeteillienin::::f.l:,.. into tic o.4.appgt #11,1t..