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the Hone accordingly It totted War Bite t ebittlAttek ite then mond several clauses to be insetted in the Bills hesong . w hi c h he principal were, that Judges in thti Ge r d houets shook' he Advocates of tithe years standinj it the Court of Arche4. or Barristers of three years standing.' with the degree ef B.chLlor of Laws in either of die two English Universities; and that no action should be brought, or suit instituted for the reco ry of tithem, unless within six years after the same bad become eug. The clauses were agreed to, and the Howe haViag re• turned, the report w:s brought up. • Ihe other Orders of the Day were thed disposed of, and the House adjourned. FRENCH PAPERS. PARIS, JUNE 12. Her Majesty the Empress Queen and Regent has received the following intelligence respecting the si tiAtion of the armies on the 6th of June t The Emperor's head-quarters were on the 6th at Leignitz. _ ~ ti)e Prince of Moskwa was still at Breslau. a The Commissioners appointed by the Emperor of Russia for the execution of the Treaty are, Count Schntivaloff, Lieutenant General, Aide-de-Camp- General to the Emperor ; and M. de Kutusoff, the Emperor's Aide-de-Camp-General. Those named on the part of France are, the General of Division Count Dumoutier, commanding a division of the Guard ; and the General of Brigade Flahault, Aide- Ce•CIMP to the Emperor. a Those Commissioners are at Neumarkt. • The Duke of Friuli, with the young guard, had Lis head-quarters at Glogau. The old guard is returning to Dresden, where it is supposed the Emperor is going to establish his hehd-quarters. " The different corps d'armee are marching to furm camps in the different positions of Golberg, Loewenberg, Biitzlau, Leignitz. Sproleau, Lagau, &c.—The Polish corps of Prince Pontiatowski, which crossed Bohemia, is expected at Zittau on the 10th of June." JUNE 13.—Her Majesty the Empress Queen and Regent has received the following intell:.genee of the situalion of the armies on the 7th : His Majesty's head-quarters were at Buntzlau. All the corps d'armee were on march for their can traiments. ,‘ The Odcr was covered w h boats, which de stended from Breslau to Glogaii, laden with artillery, tools, meal, and articles of every description, taken frcm the enemy. " Hamburgll was retaken on the 30th by main force. The Prince of Eckmuhl especially praises the conduct of General Vandamme. Hamburgh was lost the last campaign by the pusillanimity of Gene r.:l St. Cyr ; it was to the vigour displayed by Gene. ral Vandamme upon his arrival in the 32d military division that the preservation of Bremen was owing, and the present retaking of Hamburgh. Several hundred prisoners were made. Two or three hun dred pieces were found in the town, eighty of which were on the ramparts. Works had been constructed to place the town in a state of defence. Denmark acted with us ; the Prince of Eckmuhl intended to march upon Lubeck. Thus the thirty-second military division, and all the territory of the Empire is deli vered from the enemy. " Orders have been given to make Hamburgh a strong place ; it is surrounded by a bastioned ram tart, having a large fosse full of water, and can, in part, be covered by inundations. The works are so costructed that at all times the communication with Harburg can be maintained by the Isles, " The Emperor has ordered another fortress to be constructed upon the Elbe, at the mouth of the Ha. vel, Konigsten, Torgau, Wittenhurg, Magdeburg, the fortresses of the Havel, and Hamburgh will complete the defence of the line of the Elbe. "T se Dukes of Cumin idge and Brunswick, Princes of the House of England, arrived in time at Ham burgh to give mote eclat to the success of the French. Their journey was reduced to this—they . arrived, and saved themselves. I. The last battalions of the Prince of Eckmuhl's five divisions, which are composed of the seventy-two battalions, and at their full complement, have set out from Wesel. a Since the commencement of the campaign the French army has delivered Saxony— conquered the },alt of Silesia—re-occupied the 32d military division •-confounded the hopes of our enemies." ii i 41 THE EVENING STAII ALTONA, MAY 29. Baron de Kass lately passed through this place : he is entrusted with an extraordinary mission to his' Majesty the Emperor of the French. All the Danish troops in Holstein have been placed, by the King, under the orders of the Prince of Eckmubl. It is said that Prince Christian, presumptive heir to the Crown, mho went to Jutland, Las proceeded to Nor way, where lie will place himself at the head of an arin)r o arid enter Sweden. All the provisions which the Danish Government v.islied to semi to Norway have been seized by the English and Swedes, and col lected in magazines close to the Swedish frontiers. The Norwegians thus devoted to all the horrors of famine by their neighbours' hatred, will retake in Sweden the succours which the fraternal cares of their Sovereign had destined them. VIENNA, JUNE 1. Different couriers, which arrived yesterday and the day before yesterday, have induced his Majesty to come to the resolution of proceeding to Bohemia. —He, therefore, set out very early 10-clay from the Castle of Luxumburg for Gilschen, a small town in Bohemia, situate upon the frontiers of Silesia. We are ignorant shether it is the Emperor's intention to afterwards proceed to Prague. An armistice, negotiations for peace between the Belligerent Powers are vaguely talked of. Count tl,;ttcrnich, M!nister for foreign affairs, Baron Duka, Li , :kit.-General of artillery, and Adjutant.Gencral Kutchera will form the suite of his Majesty. The Berlin Gazette has not been distributed this ?corning. It is said, that it contains expressions Which have displeased Government. JUNE 2.—The departure of his Majesty the Empe ror for Bohemia has had a very fortunate effect upon our paper money. They write from the frontiers of Silesia that his Majesty the Emperor Alexander has given to Count krclay de Tolly, as the oldest General, the com mand in chief of the combined army. • The Ge nera l o f C avalry Count Wittgenstein, who h as commanded s i nce t h e d eat h o f t h e Generalissimo prince Kutusciff, has taken t h e co mm a nd of the cav a l ry o f the army. LONDON. FRIDAt, JUNE 18, 18tg. PRICE of MCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK: *ed. 564-04ns. shut—Con% for ace. 57ft 4 per Ct. 7:—.; per Cent. thut--Bonds 3s. Pt. Mal Exch.ll4 Ss. Ss. pr.—Comnium pre. Batik Ldng Anus% 4 3-13ths. We are assured, that the delay in At departure of Mr. Rom jun. for the Continent is not owing to any change in the aspect of the politics of .the North.— From this assurance, added to the embarkation of General STEWART'S horses, and the more important circumstance of orders having been received at Deal fa- the proceeding of his Majesty's ship .W=ll vtith the German Hussars, &c. (lately embarked at Rams gate) under her convoy to their destination (stip posed to be Stralsund), we are disposed to infer that Ministers do not expect a peace, purely continental, to be the probable consequence Of the present armistice. The Little Catherine packet has arrived at Fal mouth in 19 days from Halifax. She brings the gratifying Intelligence that the fort of Little York, on Lake Ontario, has been evacuated by the Ame ricans, after they had suffered considerable loss, and found it untenable. The American accounts of the capture of this place were, as we anticipated, greatly exaggerated. The British force Consisted only of 900 regulars and 700 Indians, and they did not aban don the fort until it was a heap of ruins. We have selected from the American Papers such details on this subject as we deem interesting. By the Little Catherine we have also received Bos ton Papers to the 12th, and New-York to the 7th of May—besides Halifax to the 27th. From these we have made extracts. The British armed force is now actively employed in dictating a peace to the American Government, by burning their towns. Measures like these, coupled, with a rigorous blockade of all their harbours indiscri minately, cannot fail to produce the effect so devivly desired on both sides of the Atlantic by the friends of humanity. An intelligent American Gentleman, now at New-York, thus delivers his sentiments upon the subject of the relations between the two countries : PRIVATE LETTER. " NEW YORK, MAY 8, 1811 es Our Government have obtained the loan of 16 millions, but upon very exorbitant terms: the People are growing► mire and. more dissatisfied with the war, and had the blockade of our ports have taken place six months ago, the war, ere now, would have been at an end. Privateering is nearly at its last gasp, and very few instances of any of them having made money. Our ships of war have truly been fortunate: they have been well fought—and the tone of your newspapers, upon this subject, is as illiberal at it is unjust. iho new Congress, which will assemble in a few days, will not grant any supplies for carrying on this ruinous, unjust, and iniquitous war, and we do look forward to a permanent Peace this summer." 1, PHILADELPHIA, MAY 6. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM BALTIMORE. " Our situ.tion is more distressing than pride and obstinacy will permit most to allow, and many dare to complain of. Exactly that of a besieged city is our condition—nothing doing, all business at a stand ; nothing talked of but the enemy and the war. What an enormous tax upon us is the war ! The price of every thing almost doubled, and our supplies by water totally cut off ! If no change takes place in a iew months the middling classes of society must leave the place, and go where they can get employ and support their families. To be without employ, and pay double prices for every necessary, would require Fortunatus's purse. The expectation here is now, that we shall not be attacked until our army rc-enters Canada.— Why raise the resentment of the enemy by pursuing a phantom ? It is cruel, when the distress it will bring upon so many families is thought of. This circum stance is making a serious impression." " NEWCASTLE, MAY 1 i. " On Sunday last the Neptune, Captain Jones, sailed for St. Petersburg!), carrying out Messrs. Gal latin and Bayard, and their Secretaries, on a mission to Russia. 6, BOSTON, MAY ii. 41 The British have burnt Havre-de-Grace, Mary. land, on the West side of the Susquehannah. This town contained about 100 houses, and 1000 inhabi tants, and was on the Mail road from Baltimore to Philadelphia. The Mail, however, would cross higher up the river. An important furnace for the casting of ball, cannon, &c. was destroyed, with some el its finest work. Charleston, in its neighbourhood, was the next place expected to be destroyed. Havre de-Grace is not far from the frontiers of Delaware, and 500 of its militia, with some Pennsylvania militia, under General Bloomfield, were under orders to march against the English, who wlll be obliged to return to their ships, though not till after having done much damage." By the following paragraph, copied from the New York Papers, it appears that the British Squadron were informed of the sailing of the Amurican frigates : " NEW-YORK, MAY 7. " The S} dish ship Adolph arrived at Boston last Tuesday :—she was boarded by his Majesty's ship Emulous. The boarding Officer informed him of the sailing of the President and Congress frigates, and that they were seen off Cape Cod, on Sunday, steer- South-East." " HALIFAX, MAY 26. K Sailed on Saturday last }fig Majesty's ships la Nymphe, Minerva, and l'Arrnide, with a tlet transports for Quebec, having on board the 2d batta- NMI ii§th tegittient. N. lie Wafter;ileit regiMent, and a detachdQht of the Royal Artillety--upward s Or Wboo vettfan troops." the follotving is the American bfficiat Aeconat or the capture of Fott Ybtk i nosy said tb bt aban doned by the enemy : tf WASHIkOTON, MAY 114 44 OFFICIAL.GAPTURE OF YORK. *do General IllAssoan to the Secretary or War, dated !lead- quarters, York, capital of tipper Canada, April 28, 1 818 4 C Sir—After a detention of some days by adverse winds, We arrived at this place yesterday morning, and at eight o'clock commenced landing the troops about three miles westward from the town, and one and a half from the enemy's works. The wind was high and in an unfavourable direction for the boats, which prevented the landing of the troops at a clear Meld, the scite of the ancient French fort Tarento. It prevented also many of the armed vessels from taking positions which would have most.effectually covered our landing ; but every thing that could be done was effected. " The riflemen under Major Forsyth first landed, under a heavy fire from Indians and other troops.— General Sheaffe commanded in person—he had col lected his whole force in the woods, near the point where the wind compelled our troops to land. His force consisted of 700 regulars and militia, and 100 Indians. Major Forsyth was supported as promptly as possible—but the contest was sharp' and severe for near half an hour, and the enemy were repulsed by a number far inferior to theirs. As soon as General Pike landed with 7 or 800 men, and the remainder of the troops were pushihifor the shore, the enemy re treated to their works. Our troops were now formed on the ground originally intended for their landing, marched through a thick wood, and after carrying one battery by assault, were moving in columns to wards the main work. When within sixty rods of this a tremendous explosion took place from a magazine previously prepared, and which threw out such an immense quantity of stone as most seriously to injure our troops. •' I have not yet been able to collect the returns of the killed and wounded ; but our loss will, I fear, ex ceed one hundred ; and among these I have to lament the loss of that brave and exellent officer, Brigadier- General Pike, who received a contusion from a large stone, which terminated his valuable life within a few hours. His loss will be severely felt. " Previously to this explosion, the enemy had re tired into the town, except a party of regulars, to the number of forty, who did not escape the effects of the shock, and were destroyed. 44 General Sheaffe moved off with the regular troops, and left directions with the Commanding Of ficer of the Militia to make the best terms he could. In the meantime, all further resistance on the part of the enemy ceased, and the outlines of a capitula tion were agreed on. 44 As soon as I learned that General Pike had been Avounded, I went on shore. To the General I had been induced to confide the immediate attack, from a knowledge that it was his wish, and that he would have felt mortified had it not been given to him. " Every movement was under my view. The troops behaved with great firmness, and deserve much applause, partkularly those first engaged, and under circumstances which would have tried the steadiness of veterans. " Our loss in the morning, and in carrying the first battery, was not great, perhaps forty or fifty killed and wounded, and of them a full proportion of officer.. M-twithstanding the enemy's advantage in po sition and numbers in the commencement of the ac tion, their loss wis greater than ours, especially in officers. It was with great exertion that the small vessels of the fleet could work into the harbour against a gale, but Is soon as they got into a proper position, a tremendous cannonade opened upon the enemy's batteries, and was kept up against them un til they were carried or blown up, and had, no doubt, a powerful effect upon the enemy. ,‘ I am under the greatest obligations to Commo dore Chauncey, for his able and indefatigable exer tions in every possible manner which could give faci lity and effect to the expedition. He is equally estimable for sound judgment, bravery, and industry. —The Government could not have made a more fortunate selection. " Unfortunately the enemy's armed ship Prince Regent left this place a few days before we arrived. A large ship on the stocks, and nearly planked up, and much naval stores, were set fire to by the enemy soon after the explosion of the magazine. A consi derable quantity of military stores and provisions re main, but no vessels fit for use. •4 We have not the means of transporting priso ners, and must of course leave them on parole. •6 I hope we shall so far complete what is necessary to be done here, as to be able to sail to-morrow for Niagara, whither I send this by a small vessel, with notice to General Lewis of our approach. 66 I have Cie honour to be, &c. (Signed) gg HENRY DEARBORN." Hon. General J. Armstrong, Sec. of War. Washington. Terms of Capitulation entered Into on the 271 h April, 1613, foi the surrender of tte Town of York, in Upper Canada, to the Army and Navy of the United States under the command of Major-General Dearborn and Commodore Chauncey. That the troops, rcgtilarQ and militia, at this post, and the naval officers and .eamen, shalt' be surrendered prisoners of war. "Ille troops, regulars and militia, to ground their arms immediately on parade, and the naval r , lllccrs and seamen be immediately on pa rade, and the naval officers and seamen be immediately surren dered. That all public stores, naval and mirtftry, shall be immediately given up to the Commanding Officers of the arnw and navy of the United States—that all private propcny shall h.: guar..nteed to the citzens of the town of York. That all pap( rs belonging to the civil officers shall be retained by them—that such surgeons a., may ha procured to attend tha wounded of the British regulars and Canadian militia, shall not be considered as prisoners a war. ' l4 That 1 Lieut.-Colonel, I Major, 13 Cat;tains, 9 Lieutenants, 11 Ensigns, 1 Qum - ter-Master, 1 Deputy-Adjutant -General of the Militia, [Here follow their names] 19 serjean. 5, 4 corporals, and 204 rank and file of the militia, one of the FiOd Train de partinent, I Captain, 1 Lieutenant, 2 Ensigns, 1 Clerk, 1 Boat swain, nt lb Naval Artificers of th e Provincial acy, I Lieutenant, and 1 Serj -Major, of his Majesty's troops ; 1 bombadier and 3 gunners of the Royal Marines, sha:l be surrendered prisoners of war, and accounted for In the exchange of prisoners between the United States and Great Britain. (Signed) G. S. MITCHILL, I.t. Col. 3d Regt. United States. S. S. CONNER, Major, and A. D. C. to Gets. Dearborn. W. Kura, Major, 15th U. S. Infantry. 'Eng D. Er.Liotr, Lieut. U. S. Navy. W. CM&WITT, Lieut. Col. Corn. 3d Regt. York Militia. W. ALLAH, Major. ad Regt. York Militia. f. CavitatAtt, Lt, M. Dpt. HELIGOLAND " We this Mottling tieeitted int lligenee from Hen, goland oil the 10th 6f June " HELIGOLAND, !UNE to. The French, for th, purpose of pun hit% the citizens of Hamburgh, have denianded a contribtr• don of 84 millions of franks, to be p sid within lode weeks from the 12th inst. ; She one half in cash, the remainder in bilk, payable at Park. Those who have been most liberal in their subscriptions for the liberty of Germany, are to pay the greater part of it. " Eight of the most resyect able inhabitants of Ham burgh (among whom are Messrs. P. Godeffry, S. Schroder, Taber de Chapeauruge) have been formed into a commission to regulate the sums to be indi vidually paid. " A battle is said to have been fought on the 29th ult. in which the Prussians were victorious. It is also stated that Brunswick is In possession of the Russians and Prussians." SECOND EDITION. DEFEAT OF THE FRENCH. ENTRANCE OF THE ALLIES INTO BRUNSWICK. Ministers have received dispatches from Helig°. land, confirming the. intelligence of the entrance of the Allies into Brunswick, after defeating the French . with great loss. The Russians, tinier TarraNsona, who recently left Hamburgh, are now in motion its conjunction with the Swedish troops under the CROWN PRINCE, who,. it will be recollectei, is no party to the Armistice. The following Bulletin has been issued on the subject : " Accounts have been received from Heligoland, which state, that the Allies had beaten the French near Halbenstadt, taken 14 pieces of cannon, and en tered Brunswick. Colonel TITTINBORN had put ,himself in communication with the Swedes—he has 10,000 men under his orders, and his head-quarters, at the date of the last accounts, were at Boitzen• burgh."‘ NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. FALMOUTH, JUNE 16. Arrived the Little Catherine, VivrAN, with Mails from Halifax, 19 days passage; left it Halifax. his Majesty's ships PoLustc and CURLEW, IS guns. The Hocce. had captured and burnt the American brig Ac..on, which had been boarded on the 7th of May. in lat. 42. long. 01. by the President, in company with the Congress, out eight days and had taken nothing. PLYMOUTH, JUNE ie. Arrived this morning, a fleet from Lisbon. From the Ist to the sth of May it ble4r a hurricane from the Eastward, by which the British squadron cruizing off New York, were all driven to the Southward, and the moment it ceased several privateers and merchant. men availed themselvet of the opportunity to escape and put to sea, which they did without molestation. The United States sailed from New-York, with the Gustavus Adolphus, on a cruize, and the Macedonian was to sail from thence in a day or two; the destination of the latter was not known. Arrived this morning a very valuable homeward-bound Portuguese East-India ship called the Oceano, of about 700 tons burthen, commanded by J.. 1. MARTINS, from Bombay, where she loaded tea and other goods, last from Pernam buco, in the Brazils, where part of her cargo was discharged and sold, and sugar, coffee, Scc. shipped on board from thence for Lisbon • which vessel was captured on her voyage thither by the French schooner privateer Lion, of 16 guns, and retaken on the 14th rust. by the ACHATES brig of war. VARmou rH, JUNE 17. Arrived the Princess of Wales hired armed cotter, from Heligoland, with convoy ; and the Levant, from Harwich. The Aquila, from the River Plate, has brought ut letters to the 6th April from Buenos Ayres. One of them has an indorsement written after it was closed, at half an hour past midnight, stating that General GOYONIECHE, subsequent to the disasters which led to his retreat from Potosi towards Dessuguadeno, was assaulied during amutiny, and made prisoner by the joint efforts of his own troops and the populace. The Gazette of Saturday, the sth instant, contains the following Proclamation: " WHITEHALL, JUNE 5, 1815. " Whereas it bath been humbly represented unto his Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT, that on Monday morning last, Mr. fIIOISISON BONAR, and Mrs. BONAR his wife, of Chafe burt, in the Ccunty of Kent, were fi.und in their bed-room men inhumanly and barbarously murdered. " His ROYAL Hionieess, for the getter apprehending and brining to justice any Person or Pet sons who may Lave beers aiding, ass i sting, or in any trainer concerned in the perpetration of the said atrocious murders, is hereby pleased, in the name and on the behalf of his MAJESTY, to promise his MAJrsres most praeous Pardon to any such Person or Persons so siding a . nti assisting in the said murders as aforesaid (except the Person i'ersons who actually coruniled the same), who shall discover Lis or eleir accomplice or accomplices therein, so that he, she, or they May be apprehended and convicted thereof. (Signed) " SIDMOUTII." " And, as a further encourazement, a Reward of .C..",; - 0 is hereby offered by Tito NISOIS BONAR, Esq. son of ;he &ceased, to any Person making such discovery as aforesaid (except as is before excepted), 011 c Hundred Pounds, part th_relf, to lie paid to any Person who shall give such information as may lead to the commitment for trial of any one or more of the Offenders; and the sum of Four Hundred Pounds, remainder thereof, to be paid on his or their conviction." Any one who shall give material information, touching this matter, to the Polize Office, Great Marlborough-street, shall be handsomely rewarded fur his trouble CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE JUNE 18. Since Monday we have had but a trifling increase ro our press vious supply of Wheat ; Out having A consitlrrable quantity at Ma. ket, and rite ilemacil slack, (seers' sale : where rhry are forct d, lower price, are submitted to—Having but :ew arri vals of Barley, what appears goes off fr..ely at l'slond.Y, pmts. k.lats fully maintain their pricy, notwithstanding our extensive tupplic4.—Fcas, Beans, and other Articles remain at uur last quo tation.