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.n from the enemy at Ogdenbing, that they may laid at the feet of his Royal Highness the Prince ;ent.---I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) GEORGE PREVOST. le Right Hon. Earl 11a-burst. Burlington Heights, Head of Lake Ontario, June 6, 1813. ite—Having yesterday received information of e nemy having advanced from the Forty Mile .ek, with a force consisting of three thousand five Isired men, eight,or nine field pieces, and two ndred antl fifty cavalry, for the avowed purpose attacking the division under my command in this ; i t ion, and having soow afterwards received a re t that he had passed the swamp, and driven in • advanced posts from Stoney Creek and'-Brady's, :utenant-Coloi.el Harvey, Deputy Adjutant-Ge •al, immediately went forward with the light com aws se the King's and 49th regiments, and having vaticr•ti close to, and accurately ascertained the :my's position, sent back to propose to me a night ack on his camp.. The enemy's camp was distant out seven miles. About half-past eleven I moved , wards with the fifth company of the Bth (or ng's) and the 49th regiments, amounting together only seven hundred and four &clocks : Lieutenant- Aonel Harvey, who conducted it with great regu rity and judgment, gallantly led on the attack.— lie enemy was completely surprised, and driven .m his camp, after having repeatedly formed in tferent bodies, and been as often charged by our wave tioops, whose conduct throughout this brilliant .nterprise was above all praise. The action termi nated before daylight, when three guns, and one brass howitzer, with three tumbrils, two Brigadier- Generals, Chandler and Winder, first and second in command, and upwards of one hundred officers, non.commissioned officers and privates, remained in our hands. Not conceiving it prudent to expose our small force to the view if the enemy, wl.o, though routed and dispersed, was ;tiil formidable as to numbers and posi tion, he having fled to the surrounding heights, and having still tour or five guns, the troops were in mo tion at day-break, and marched back to their canton ments. Atter we had retired, and it had become broad day, the enemy ventured to re-occupy his camp, only, however, for the purpose of destroying his in cumbrances, such as blankets, carriages, provisions, spare arms, ammunition, &c. after which he com menced a precipitate retreat towards the Forty Mile - Creek, where he effected a junction with a body of two thousand men, who were on their march from Niagara to reinforce him. I cannot conclude this disrateh withotit calling your Excellency's attention to the following. Officers ;-...T0 Lieutenant. Colonel Harvey, the Deputy Adjutant General, my obliga tions are particularly due. From the first 'moment the enemy's approach was known, he watched his movements, and afforded me the earliest information. To him, indeed, I am indebted for the suggestion and plan of operations ; nothing could be more clear than his arrangements, nor more completely successful in the resift. The conduct of Major Plenderleath who commanded the 49th regiment, was very conspicuous. By his decision and prompt efforts, IL::: surprise of the enemy's camp was completed, and all his efforts to =alma stand were rendered ineffectual by the bayonet, which overthrew ail opposition. A party of the 49th, with Major Plenderleath oat their head, gallantly charged some of she enemy's fiel(i-pieces, and brought off two six"pounders. Major Ogilvie led on in the mostigallant manner the 5 compa sties of the King's regiment, and whilst one half of that highly disciplined and distinguished corps supported the 19th Regiment, the other part moved to the right, and attacked the enemy's I<ft fl.wk, which decided Our midnight contest. 1 have also received t!re great est assistance from Major Glegg, Brigade Mayer to the fortes, and beg leave to mention the names of Captains M.Doe al and Miles, your Excellency's Aides.de-Camp, who accompanied me to the attack, stnd upon All occasions have volunteered their services. 1 have likewise to acknowledge the assistance of Cap tail) Chambers, of the 41st regimeht, who had ar rived s( me days before from Amtierstherg ; and Mr. 3irook, Paymaster of the 49th, who assisted me as acting Aide-de Camp. To Mi. Hackett, Acting Staff Surgeon to this army, I feel particularly indebted, for his judicious arrangements, by which the wounded have received every attention, and are most of them likely to be restored in.the service. It would be an act of injus tice were) to omit assuring your Excellency, that gi.llartry and discipline were never more conspicuous than during our late short service ; and I feel the greatest satisfaction in assuring: you, that every offi cer and individual seemed anxious to rival each other in his effort to support the honour of his Ma)jesty's arms, and to maintain the high character of British Troops. I beg leave to reier your Excellency to the enclosed reports, for particulars respecting our loss, which, I regret, bas been very severe. I - have the honour to be, &c. JOHN • VINCENI', Brigadier-General. )Efts Istelleney Sir George precast, Bart. &c. tleaeral Return of Killed, Wounded, and Missing, in action with the Enemy, near the lived of Lake Ontario, June 6, 1813. Staff-1 Fort-Major wounded. sib, or Kiag's Reg.-1 Lieutenant, It Serjeants, 7 rank and file, kited; 1 Major, 9 Captains, 2 Lieutenants, 4 Serjeants, 51 unhand file, wounded; 18 rank and Ale missing. 49th RA 'erjraot iv rank and file, kited ; 1 Major, Cap tains, Ensign , 1 A:l*am, S Serjeants, 2 drummers, 62 rank and file, wounded; 3 Serjeants, 39 rank and file, missing. Total-4 Lieutenant, 3 herjeants, 19 rank and file, killed; 2 Majors, 5 Captains, 2 Lieutenants, I Ensign, t Adjutant, 1 Fort-Major, 1 Serjeants, drummers, 113 rank and file, wounded ; S Serjtants, 511 rank and file, missing. List of Officers Killed and Wounded. RII LY.Dd Bth, or King's Reglmen4—Lieutenant Hooper killed. wot Staff—Fort Major Taylor, severely. Bth or Kirg's Regiment—Map! . Ogilvie, and Captain Munday, severely, not dangerously ; Captain Goldrick and Lieutenants Weiland and Boyd, slightly. 119th R4giment—Majcr Plenderleath, severely, not dangerously; Brigade Major Clark, dangerously ; Brigade Major Dennis, and Captain Mann, es, slightly; Ensign Davy, dangerously; Adjutant Steam, sughtly. (signed) J. HA IVEY, Dep. Adj. General. • EPWARD BAYNES, Adj. Gen. R:turn of American Prisoners of War, captured near Stoney Creek, in the Action of the 6tb instant. Burlington Heights, June 7. I Brigadier Generals, I Maj,.a., 5 Captains, 1 Lieutenant, 116 Nun-cemmissioned Officers and Privates. (Signed) J. ji.uvizy, Dep. Adj. General. EDWARD BAT N zs, Adj. Gen. Return of Ordnance, &c. &c. captured from the Americans, by a Division of the uoolis under the command of Bsigadler-Ge- he :el L meal Ylneeat, is Wen oa the sth luau, 191$, at the head of Lake Ontario. Ordnance-3 iron d=-pounders, I brass se inch howitzer. Carriages—l Umber, sit-pounder; 1 tumbril, with siz-pounder ammunition complete.* Harness-4 sets thiU, 4 sets trace. Horses-3 artillery. (Signed) Wai. Maxtor?, Major, Commanding R. A. N.B. Two of the above six-pounders were spiked, and left on the ground, in consequence of the impossibility of removing them. THE EVENING STAR ' LONDON. MONDAY, JULY 26, 1816. rit ICE OP STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK: Red. S6ll—Cons. 564—for sec. 571—Bonds Is. 2.5. 4 per Ct. 74-5 per Ct. 654 86—On►nium Sit • Long Ans. 14 4 3-16ths--Exc6. WIG par Qs. dis. The Public will be highly gratified by the agreea ble account of the operations in Canada, published yesterday in a Gazette Extraordinary. The details which it presents, though relating to military opera tions on a comparatively small scale, are of great value, inasmuch as they exhibit a fine display of the military skill, discipline and valour, which now per. vades every rank of the British army, enabling Cap tains, Lieutenants, and Ensigns, to perform the du ties of Field Officers. This is as it should be. A power laoldidg the rank which Great Britain does in the scale of Nations, should never have its army in such a feeble state as to be in danger of losing its ef ficiency by the death of a superior officer. • The capture of Yorke, the capital of Upper Ca nada, by the enemy, was before known. The tem porary triumph of the enemy on that occasion has been snore than compensated by subsequent events. We have captured the Growler and Eagle, - American armed vessels. An attack was made by the enemy on Colonel PROCTER'S position on the Miami River, on the sth of May, terminated in the defeat of the Ame ricans, with a loss of probably 1000 or 1200 men. The position of Detroit is thus rendered secure, and we are relieved from all apprehensions of the enemy passing the Huron river, the north-western most frontier of our possessions in Upper Canada.— But the most important intelligence in this Gazette, relates to the battle near Burlington. The enemy in tended to attack that post; but was anticipated by a small corps of 700 men, surprizing his camp in the night, putting his whole force of 3500 men to route, and taking twb Generals ! The attack upon Sackett's Harbour, though in other respects of little import ance, serves also to displiy the discipline and bravery of the British troops, and their great superiority over the enemy. The Mary and Jane has arrived at Liverpool from Quebec, which place she left on the 25th ult . When this vessel came away it was reported, that Sir Jazuzs YE() had fallen in with the remains of the beaten army of the Americans, and nearly de stroyed the whole of them. A Gottenburgh Mail arrived this morning. Every preparation was making to commence hostilities, and the Expedition, consisting of the German Legion from England, had arrived safely in the Baltic, The following are extracts from the Swedish Papers : " COrI'ENBURGII, JULY 17. " Yesterday arrived the Expedition from the Downs, consisting of 32 cavalry transports, one rocket ship, and 25 ordnance ships, with the 3:1 Ger. man Hussars, and a regiment of German artillery, in charge of Lieutenant Clayson ; they will proceed to Rostock as soon as they have taken in water. 44 The Prince Royal of Sweden is gone to Ruten bach to meet the Emperors of Russia and Austria and the King of Prussia. 4. A Leith convoy arrived yesterday under protec tion of the Gallant." •, WISMAR, JUNE so. " The first column of the German Legion, which is coming from Konigsberg, under the command of General Arenschildt, arrived on the 26th instant at Schwetit, and was On the 12th or 15th July to join itself with our troops on the borders of Pomerania. " His Royal Highness the Crpwn Prince yester day took a morning repast with the Duke of Meck lenburgh, and arrived here at half.past ten o'clock in the evening. The city was illuminated, and the joy was general. It was easy to perceive that Wismar had formerly been a Swedish city. His Royal High ness's departure is deferred till morrow, when he will return to Rostock, and on the following day go from thence to Griefswalde." The Townsend Packet has arrived at Falmouth, in four days from Corunna, with dispatches from the Marquis of WELLINGTON of a most gratifying nature. -They are dated at Zubieta, on the 10th July. • Ge neral CLAUSEL is moving from Saragossa upon Jaca, without waiting for SUCHET. The fact is, that Ctau- SEL seems anxious to get out of Spain with as many troops as the Allies will permit him to carry with him. SUCHET, on the side of Catalonia, has now been frighientri" in his turn, and is moving up the Ebro, as quickly as he can. On this subject our Private Letters state that « So great terror did the Marquis's movement, in the direction of Saragossa, throw on the French army, that on hearing of it CLAUSEL'S army fled in the ut most consternation from Saragossa : nor did they stop till they entered France by the eastern Pyrennees- This flight entirely defeated the projected junction of the armies of CLAUSEL and SUCHET ; who, together, would have been formidable, and acting on one Bank of Lord Warm:fro% weats have, prevented the Allied army venturing to enter France" 14 Had not the Alicant army been so extremely unfortunate as it has been at Tarragona, SucHim would by this time have been in the most imminent danger; his army must inevitably have surrendered, surrounded as it was by the great army under the MARQUIS, the Alicant army under Sir J. MURRAY, the triumphant Spanish army under the Duke del PARQUE, and several smaller armies, besides detach ed corps." 4 , The good fortune that has attended SUCHET has infused some courage into his troops, who are now advancing on the left wing of the Allied Army, and disturbing Lord WELLINGTON in his movements on the grand road to France by Bayonne, and will oblige him to keep a large part of his army to watch SUCHET." Another letter from the Army, dated Camp be fore St. Sebastian's, 13th inst. which has beer in vested for some time, and is now closely besieged, states, that 2000 of the retreating enemy threw them selves into it. " It would have been taken," says one of the letters, a before this time, but unaccount ably there are no men of war on the coast to_attack • it from the sea side." The following is the Bulletin issued by Govern tient on the subject of Field-Marshal WELLlFozotes dispatches : WAR DEPARTMEN T. sr DOWNINO-STREET, JULY 25, 1813. " Dispatches have been received from Lord WELLINGTON , dated Zubieta, 10th July. " General MINA reports to his Lord.hip, that General Ct SEL has marched from Zaragoza, towards-Jaca. " Though the enemy had withdrawn the whole of their right and left wings into France, still three divisions of the centre un- 1 der General GAZA N remained in the valley of Bastan, of which they seemed determined to• keep possession, as it is very rich and full of strong positions. Upon the 4tb,sth, and 7th instant, they were successively dislodged from all their posts by two brigades of British and two of Portuguese infantry, under Sir RowLA ND HILL; and were obliged to retreat into France. The loss of the Allies bas been only 8 killed and 119 wounded. Aunt% the latter is Lieutenant BALL of the 34th regiment. " By private accounts it is known, that upon tke 12th the head-quarters were at Emani ; and Lord WEL LIN cro x bad re ceived letters of the 7th instant, from Lord WILLIAM BEN. TINCit, dated at San Felippe, and from General ELI°, at Valen cia. Marshal SUCH LT was retreating towards the Ebro, having left 2000 men in Murviedro." The Mail from Corunna, by the Townsend Packet, though it arrived at Falmouth on the 22d inst. has not been forwarded to London ; and by reference to the Falmouth letter, it will be seen that the Townsend Packet has been sent into quarantine at Stangate Creek, in consequence of having been at Malta, the voyage before the last. A Lisbon Mail arrived this morning, but it brings' , no intelligence of importance from the Armies in the Peninsula. Mr. A'Counr, the British Minister at Algiers, has succeeded in negociating a Treaty of Peace between the Portuguese Government and the DEY of ALGIERS, upon terms highly advantageous to the former. Yesterday the new Form of Prayer, as agreed upon in Council, and issued by the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, was read in the Cathedrals, Churches and Chapels in the Metropolis, and most parts of the country, for the decisive victory of Vittoria on the 21st of June. The Princess CHARLOTTE has lately had six beau tiful grey ponies presented to her, which came from the Island of Java. Madame CATALAN' is to sing two nights; in the third week in October, at the Theatre, Hereford. Mr. TROTTER, the Store-keeper General of Eng land, who recently went out to the B .ltic, in charge of an immense equipment of appointments and mi litary stores for our Allies in the North of Europe, returned to town yesterday. The dispatches, of which he was the bearer, were opened by Lord Lt vEr.:,oot., in the absence of Lord CASTLEREAGH. We understand that Commodore RODGERS has made his appearance at Thurso, where he landed for fresh provisions, and paid for what he got. The American Papers ascribe the surrender of the Chesapeake to an explosion which took place on board of that vessel while in action. This we know to be false. Letters have been received, dated on the 2d inst. from the BARHAM, 74, Captain SPRANGER, which ship WAS cruizing of the Western Islands, with the CEN TAUR, 74, tilaptain CHUTE ; MADAGASCAR, Captain CURTIS ; and TUSCAN, Captain JONES. They had not made any captures, though they had given chase to every vessel that had fallen into their view.—The squadron did not expect to return to Spithitad until November. _ _ _ MARGATE, Juror 25.—Yesterday a dreadful thun der storm was experienced here ; and, although it passed over the town without injury, it was produc tive of fatal effects in our immediate vicinity. A donkey party, common at watering-places, consist ing of a gentleman, two• young ladies, and two little boys, had gone in the evening to Ramsgate • on their return they were overtaken by the thunder s•orm: They immediately sought for shelter under the porch of a house on Chapel-hill, and the two boys, who drove the donkeys along with them, leav ing the donkeys on the road. The storm still con tinuing, the donkey-drivers, fearful lest the poor animals, frightened by the storm, might run home, went out to see if they were still there. They had scarcely reached the spit, when a tremendous flash of lightning struck one of them dead, threw the other to the ground, scorching his eyes and arms, and i killed three of the donkeys. The boy, who is alive, was carried home, and hopes were entertained that he would recover. Towards evening his case be came mere doubtful ; to-day, however, he is much better, and there is every reason to hope, that he is now in a convalescent state. There is a large hole in the left arm of his jacket, where the fluid appears' to have entered ; and his shirt is scorched almost to tiuder. )J . 4;041; Min unmet FALMOUTH, JULY rs. Arrived yesterday his Majesty's ship ALBION, '74; Tazacrr and Parstaose sloops of war, with the cut. ward-bound Newfoundland and Halifax convoy, con. sisting of about 40 sail, put in here by contrary win is. Arrived, also, the Townsend packet, from Cnrunna, with a Mail in four days; his Majesty's schooner MACKAREL t Lieutenant lkorras, from St. Andero. Sailed the Townsend packet, Captain COCK, for St4n gate Creek, having been ordered there in contequence of king at Malta the voyage before last. The following Packets are gone into the Roads : the Eliza, for Sr. Andero ; Prince Ernest, for Lisbon ; and the Diana, for Cadiz.—Wind W. PLYMOUTH, JULY 24. Came in, the ROYAL Sommer.; man of War and PYRAMUS frigate, from off West. Sailed the DE,• TEROUS gun-brig, with a convoy to the Downs. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 25. Arrived his Majesty's ship MEDUSA from off Cher. burgh ; GOLIAH, PRESIDENT, ETHALION, and JASECH, from the Downs ;ALNIZA, from Guernsey ; and the DrotTEnots, with a convoy, from Plymouth. The latter will take convoy back to the Downs.—Arrived here on Friday, the THAMES, Captain PEYTON, from the Mediterranean: she sailed previously wise Vo. LONTAIRE : she is under strict quarantine : a few `days before she left Balaguer, she met a severe acct. dent—a quantity of ammunition which was under the half-deck caught fire, by which ten men were killed, and a greater number severely wounded—no Officers among them.—Wind W. DEAL, JULY SIS. Put back by contrary wind the Etewr cutter and her convoy, that sailed from hence 41st inst.—Came down from the River a few merchantmen, and, with the outward-bound, remain.—Arrived his Majesty's ship CHRIMAN VII. from off Flushing, and the SWAN cutter with a convoy from Portsmouth. HARWICH, JULY 25. Arrived the Fret:ling packet, with a Mail and pas. sengers from Gottenburgh. Sailed on Saturday the 17th inst. on which day a fleet of transports of about 60 sail, having on board the German Legion, arrived there, and were getting a supply of oats and hay, t►nd intended proceeding on Monday or Tuesday ftllow. ing. A convoy of about 87 sail, from the Baltic, had arrived at Gottenburgh. Passed two other con voys in the Sleeve, outward bound. GREENOCK, JULY 21. The brig Collingwood, GILCURISI', from Quebec, is in the River—sailed from thence the 170 ult.— The Cork fleet had arrived ont in the beginning of June. Arrived the Brunswick, litscor, from PArA— left thence on the 2d June. On the 3d July, in lat. 38. long. 41. was boarded by his Majety's friyla MADAGASCAR, in company with the BARHAM, CENTAUR, 74, and TUSCAN brig.—On the 9th July, spoke the brig George, of this port, from Cadiz to Newfoundland, out 16 days, all well. THE AMERICANS BLOCKADED. Hartford, N. A. June O. We learn from New-London, that on Monday last Commodore DWATUR, with the frigates Unite,' States and Macedonian, and are sloop of war Hornet, having attempted to go to sea, and lound the British naval force off Montauk too powerful, returned. into that harbour, and were followesi by Commodore HARDY, in the RAMILIES, 74, and some other 'tips, who came to anchor off the mouth of the harhnitr.— In consequence of the alarm which this state of things occasioned, and the apprehensions entertained that the British would follow our ships into the har bour, Major-General WILLIAMS ordered out a boiy of Militia. I i i . The VOLONTAIRE, Hon. Capt. WALDEGRAVE, which is under quarantine at the Mother bank, left the fleet off Toulon on the 29th ult. and after stay ing two days at Alicant, left that p irt on the Just before the VOLONTAIRE left, Lord WN. Bay rtlicK had begun to move his army towards Valet!. cia. The Ist division, under General CLINTON, had advanced ; the remainder of the army were to march on the sth. SUCHET had re- • tired to his former position, at St. Felippe, but, on the Ist inst. he began to fall back to the Ehro :—it is supposed, in consequence of Lord WELLING TON'S success at Vittoria, accounts of which had just reac:••ed the Coast. The Alicant 4rmy had been again reorganised. On the return fif the Ex pedition from Tarragona, sixteen transports, stray ir;g from the Convoy, got on shore in the night, at the entrance of the Ebro, (the Sr•trhampti.n, Alfred, Magnum—Bonum, and Harlequin), were totally wrecked.' No lives were lost. Some guns, how. ever, and ammunition, could not be recovered.-- —The VOLONTAIRE left Gibraltar on the 6th • the Pomona and lentoma. were lying there. The latest accounts received at Gibraltar from Malta, stated, that the plague had considerably diminished at Va lette ; in the town the number of deaths was reduced to two per day. The /Watts., of 74, Capt. Hot.- Lis, was to sail . from Malta on the Ist of July, with a convoy for England ; the EAGLE, of 74, Cap tain ROWLEY, was to bring home the September convoy. Sir SIDNEY SMITH, in the HISERNIA, had been to Cagliari, and settled sonic differ.nces in a satisfactory manner. Capt. JoslAs ItowLeY, in the AMERICA, had succeeded in a similar employment at Tunis.—The following was the disposition of the fleet in the Mediterranean, on the 29th nit. via. : Cakdonta, Hibernia, Royal Georgg, San Joseph, Satlleur. Ocean, Prince of Wales, Union, Scipio, Panne, Repulse Riovenge, venge, Aboukir Malgrave, Swiftsure, Bombay, and Berivick s off Toulon; Ar mada, Curacoa, and Euryalu', off Genoa; Mil ford, Tremendous, Eagle, and Elizabeth, in the Adriatic ; Malta, . Fame, and Invincible, at Alicant; Edinburgh, at Palermo; Up. daunted and Redwing, off Marseilles; Resistance and Mow, at Mahon; Purituse and Impe rieuse, off Napies.-1 he Redwing, l'Espano, Minstrel, and Kingfisher , are on their way home, haying been lung on the station. Voluntaire has btee five years from England. CORN-EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, JULY s 6. Although we had a good supply of W hear 111. day front Kent and Essex, that of fine quality was readily taken off at an advance of Es.• per quarter, whits fhe interior description. continue rz ceedingly dull sale, and whet ittla was disio,ed td, was on rather lower terms than on la.t Monday. beans urc 11, per (mast • cheaper, and heavy sate, having a pod supply, and but few buyers. Oats go off slowly, and are Is. per quarter lower. la Dailey, Malt, sad f atb;ts Gain, ;hare is Iltsle sir no variative.