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1 " • OF . 44.* AX ••• 41 MERICA TFIZ NATIONAL. LNTILLIGINCER 26]. LOAN ON 7,600,000 DOLLARB.—On Saturday last, being the day fixed for receiving proposals for the loan of 7,500,000 dollars, authorised by an act of the last session of Congress, proposals for more than twelve millions and a half of - dollars were offered to the Secretary of the Treasury. The loan was taken at 88 dollars - 85 cents in money, for one hundred dollars in stock, bearing an interest of six per cent. The privilege of prompt payment fOr the latter in stalments not being given to the lenders in this loan, a measure which subjects the Treasury to pay inte rest on the money before it is wanted, the terms are one per cent. better to the Government than those on which the loan of sixteen millions was contracted for six months since. BOSTON, OCTOBER 7. [tam ism Boma WLICKLIidESSENGER]. We have been expecting , for several days. last great news from Lake Ontario ; but, to oar mortifi cation, nothing has transpired from that quarter, or from General Harrison, who w,e expected to hear was either at Fort Malden or Detroit, since Comma. dore Perry had opened a passage to the valiant sons of Kentucky. • The war, Sa far as it is a war of conquest, must be now near its crisis. What is to be donein Canada, must be done. quickly. The campaign is nearly at an encl,and svitb it will end the army of 20,000 years' men. Ihe remainder of the army, it is well known, must be much diminished by desertion, disasters, and death. This diminution, we presume, will be great& than can be supplied by new recruits. We are assured from every quarter, that the service has become exceedingly unpopular ; that in many places' where recruiting has been attempted, not a man can be procured ; that particularly the district of Maine will furnish very few more men ; and that the year's men are almost unanimously so sick of the service, that the will not be induced to enlist anew. If these be the f acts, and our belief of them is founded upon much observation and enquiry, our land conquests will terminate with the present campaign. We cannot expect that our Generals will be able to accomplish, with a part of their force, what they have not been able to accomplish with the whole. The latest intelligence from the North Western army is contained in a letter from Commodore Perry, dated September 24, in which he states, that 1,200 troops were on the day preceding transported to an island about four leagues from Malden, and that the same number would be transported by the squadron on the day of the date of his letter. Malden, of course, was not at that time taken by our forces. A later from this army, dat"d September 10, states, that the whole force is between eight and ten thousand effective men ; and adds, « Harrison says he will have Malden in a week." The English force at Malden is said to be about nine hundred, and the Indians three thousand. ._= FRENCH PAPERS. RASMT. NOVEMBER 5. " The accotint . 'titai Prince Poniatowski had not pe tished is not cookoied: we are now assured that the body of this Prime Was found in the river Elster, and interred at Leipsic with military honours. ALTONA, OCT OBER 29. Tettenborn's corps, which was driven from Bre. inen, effected its retreat upon ikchern and Verden. The Director of the Imperial Customs has just ex. tended to the 30th of December, the term, during which time it ►hall he lawliil to introduce into the interior of the Empire, colonial products imported at Hamburgh, through the offices of Wesel, Leer, and Mentz. No intelligence has been• published respecting our auxiliary corps, which appears to remain in the same position. MILAN, NOVEMBER 4. We have received the following accounts, dated the Ist of November ;—they detail the manner in which the enemy was attacked and driven from Bassano The Prince Viceroy arrived on the 30th at Castel Franco. The same day he reconnoitred the positions of the enemy. On the 31st he attacked in the fol lowing manner : Gratien's division marched upon the S. Zinone road ;_ the cavalry and Rullier's brigade, and that of Schmitt; with the guards, were in-reserve upon the principal road which leads directly to the town ; it was to march in such a manner as to take the enemy reven, and make them prisoners. The movement _commenced at noon : n ifling resistance only was ex perienced on commencing the attack ; but at the moment when the troops approached the town, the enemy endeavoured to maintain himself and resist.— Our soldiers, animated by their natural valour, and by the pre:;ence of his Serene Highness, charged the enemy with the bayonet, and with such vigour, that be was driven from all the posts be occupied. The enemy then hastened to.evacuate the town for fear of being taken in the rear. The Prince pursued the enemy briskly on the Trento road. A company of the 42d regiment, which formed the head of the column, charged, and took one piece of cannon. We have killed many of the enemy, and taken at least 600 prisoners. On the morning of the Ist of November, the cavalry marched forward, and will undoubtedly bring back a geloci number of other prisoners. CARLSRUHE, NOVEMBER 2. The letters which we receive from Frankfort, Meets, and its neighbourhood, contain the most in. teresting dettilc respecting . the courage which the French soldiers displayed in their late march upon the Rhine. The Officers taken prisoners report, that the Ba ',aro-Austrian army imagined that it was going to block up the road against the Emperor Napoleon ; and the allied Generals had the presy.mptuous folly to boast of it. They had rallied all their dispersed corps; they had made them advance by forced marches, in carriages ; in short, by all possible means. According to them the enemy was Ytry numerous ; his army was composed of three Austrian divisions, of which two were infantry, commanded by Generals Fresnal and Bach, and one of cavalry tip Genital ! Splenys, besides three Bavarian division", et the NO of which were Generals Rechberg, Butlers, Ms Sprelty- Prince Charles commanded .a brigade in the of Hanau ; he was exposed to the greatest clang": Gen.Wrede was mortally wound and is no longer in a condition to command. retinal lost a great part of his division, and received several wounds. A Bavarian division was annihilated. Seve ral Generals were put hors de combat. We continue to enjoy here, and in all the grand Duchy, the most perfect tranquillity. The enemy themselves allow that it has not been possible for them to reach the French army during its march to the Rhine. They experienced such a loss in the battle near Leipsic, that they were not able to follow the movements of the French army ; and as often as any of the partisan core dared to approach too near, they-were always repulsed to a distance. The Prus sians have been obliged to confess that they lost, from the 18th to the 20th, more than 25,000 men ; and the loss of the Austrians was still more consider able. Thus these corps find much difficulty in re forming themselves ; recruits do not arrive, and the army wants an infinite number of things. • The . Allies consider Saxony as a conquered coun try, and overwhelm it with the burthens of war.— Their troops disperse themselves over it, observe no discipline, and maltreat the pestceable inhabitants.— They have appointed General Repnin Governor- General, who has the business of police performed by Cossacks. The affairs, ecclesiastical, civil, and military, are under his jut isdiction. The celebrated Baron de Stein has been . appointed Administrator of all the German countries occupied by the troops of the coalition. The conduct of the allies towards the respectable and unfortunate King of Saxony has excited general indignation throughout Germany. It has produced . 'the most lively sensation in the different German Courts. Nov. s:—Tt is pretended here that General Wrede treated with Prince de Reuss, without being autho rised by the Bavarian Government; that an estate in Austria, and the title of Austrian FielctZeugmeister, were the price of his treason ; and that he threatened to march with his army upon Munich, if the treaty of alliance which he had concluded was not ratified. These reports, which we do not guarantee, are spread throughout all Germany; but what we can certify is that the same General Wrede owes all his military fortune to France ; that the Emperor Napoleon had given him a magnificent estate, and that he bad re ceived the title of Grand Officer of the Legion of - Honour, and that of Count of the Empire. WARSAW, OCTOBER 5. On the 17th, September, irwas attempted tolsorn bard Dantzic on the sea-side. The flotilla approach ed, supported by the English vessels stationed in the road. The fire lasted from six in the morning till six at night ; but towards noon, the wind having become strong, and the French batteries being more elevated than the gun-boats constructed for cruizing along the coasts of Finland, the Allies could not accomplish the end they proposed, and,, notwithstanding the bravery of their crews, the enterprise completely fail; ed.—The batteries of the place were not damaged and the flotilla of the allies had 85 men killed, and . 192 wounded : a red-hot ball, fired by the French, blew up one of the gun-goats. MENTZ, NOVAVIBER 4. His Majesty mounted on horseback this morning at eleven o'clock, and crossed the Rhine to visit the fortifications of Cassel and its neighbourhood. The inhabitants of Mentz pressed upon the road by which he passed, aid the cry of Vive l'Emperetir resounded from all parts. It is immsible to give a just idea of the enthusiasm and devotion evinced by all the inha bitants of the left bank of the Rhine. Our town and its environs are crowded with troops of all arms. For six days the bridge over the Rhine has not ceased being covered with them. • BAYONNE, OCTOBER ro . Since the affair of the Bth, in which the English' were repulsed, no reniarkable event has occurred The weather has set in cold, and the rtfonntains are already covered with snow. It is not thought the enemy's General will undertake any thing before spring, and at that epoch it is doubted whether he will be in a condition to assume the offensive.. Our army has been reinforced • and his is much dimi nished by the desertion of t he Spaniards, and the sol diers of the foreign corps in the pay of England. The day before yesterday 22 deserters arrived : yesterday, 50. A day does not pass without some deserting to us. Towards Saint Jean Pied de Port an entire post of 90 men, almost all Andalusians, deserted with arms and baggage., These are positive facts, and which, besides, ought not to excite astonishment ;—as the enemy's army must necessarily suffer much in the position it occupies. The Engl;sh and Portuguese want for nothing, whilst the Spaniards .are neither paid, clothed, nor fed. This difference excites jea lousy ; and the Litter, who willingly made war in their respective provinces, drily remain by compulsion in line. The Chiefs of bands who were independent, with difficulty conform to subordination, and with pain see their best soldiers taken from them to be in corporated with the regular troops. It is certain, that from Vittoria to Valladolid there are guerillas which hold the country, and which do not even respect the English convoys. Our works daily advance, and will soon be com pleted : they will, in case of necessity, be vigorously defended ; but if, since the Bth, the enemy has not considered himself in a condition to attack us, and if he has tranquilly seen our troops erect, under his eyes, entrenchments upon entrenchments; it is not probable that be will undertake any thing serious, at a moment when our means of defence are ready, and the most formidable works executed. ORDER OF THE DAY TO THE 25TH LEGION OF THE " Mentz, October 31, ten o'clock at night. 46 GENDARMES — Announce every where, that yes terday, at Hanau, near Frankfort, his Majesty the Emperor exterminated the Bavarian and Austrian united army, which intended to block up the road against him. His Majesty will to-morrow be within the walls of Mentz the prisoners taken at Hanau will arrive in the suite of the Conqueror. AnnounCe again, that the retwa of our august Sovereign must talpreerai all mutatialippespectiag the enetoy's pro. • - • , The molt inan be conveyed by an extraordi rnbtlf messenger, viz. Ist, From Mentz to German- Juim ; 2dly, By another messenger from Mentz to ( Wesel. Each brigade will read it, and announce this .happy intelligence to all the Authorities and inha bitants.—The Officers of the Gendarmerie will hasten' to announce it in the rear of the line of the Rhine, • Ind particularly at Coblentz, Treves, Cologne, and RASTADT 2 NOVEMBER 3. The suburbs of Leipue suffered en the day of the 19th of October; the Allied troops plundered a great number of houses in them. -The interior of the town was not so badly treated ' • no house in, it was burnt. The Russian Gent.ral,Prinee Repnin, has entered Leipsic, and taken upon him the office of Governor- General of Saxony, by announcing, that the coalesced Powers had confided to him the supreme administra tion of civil and military affairs of the kingdom, in the Duchy of Altenburg, and the countries of the Princes of Reuss. He acted so m•:ch under the in. fiance of the British Cabinet, that he immediately caused an Ordinance to be published, by which are annulled all Edicts issued in the kingdom of Saxony. relative to the impost laid upon colonial products, the prohibition of English merchandize, and the prohibi tion of importing cotton or thread goods coming from Pjussia. This Decree, published in the other Saxon towns, had.spread consternation among all the manu facturers in that kingdom, who see in this measure the ruin of their manufactures. It is known that the Saxon merchandize had an immense sale, since Eng lish goods were prohibited: SICIL r. PRIVATE LETTER. " Palermo, September 16. " At length, - after reiterated attempts on the part of Lord Montgomerie, the Parliament of Sicily was , yesterday prorogued for twenty days. There. is nothing but the Parliament can overthrow the pre sent Government, and at the sense time excite the people against the English. We have obtained from it, with much difficulty, the continuation of the subsidies for two months, which will expire on the 31st of October. It is time that something should be done fot the public good, and yet the truth is, that the revenue will lose considerably by this measure, these subsidies being of that nature that they cannot be accurately levied when they are voted for so short a period, and when it remains uncertain whether the Parliament will prolong them. This Parliament has never been desirous of discussing the question of sub sidies, knoWing that the preceding Ministry had left a plan of taxation upon the consumption of articles of luxury, which would greatly relieve the people, and which would fall chiefly upon the higher classes, to whom belong the majority of the Members. It was not till the 4th of September that the lea ders of the House of Commons, frightened by the menace of ail approaching prorogation, determined at length to pass precipitately, without discussion, without the report of a Committee, and without the three readings ordered by the Constitution, a Reso lution for the payment of a part of the Civil List ; and on this occasion they determined to revenge themselves upon an Illustrious Personage, who has always shewn the strongest love for the Constitution 'Ad the alliance, by refusing the payment ef the ma. trimonial agreement with the Princess his wife. This Act, by which neitheer the payment of several debts, one of them due to England, nor of the expences of the Administration, tl:e 'Tribunals, the Prisons, flre. are provided for, is happily rendered a nullity by its I not having been sanctioned previous to the proroga tion. It was at the same time that the House of Commons meditated another piece of revenge—irri tated against the printer and author of a periodical journal, it was on the point of directing a Committee of its Members to arrest,. prosecute, and try then. " It should be remarked, that this House only exists by virtue of a constitution which has established for the liherty of the press rules analogous to the laws pf England ; that so far from this Journal having at hacked any privilege of the House, the Member who i denounced t could not even specify any charge, and that by the constitution, if any offence had been com mitted, it must be adjudged by the tribunals. The leaders, nevertheless, talked of even arresting several of the Members_ of the House who defended the Jour nal, when the prorogation came and interrupted the disorder. " Lord William Bentinck is expected, and we doubt not that he will put an end to it. The pre. sent Ministers have coalesced with the•prevailing fac tion in Parliament, and have shewn nothing but weak ness. Should this party make an attempt to recal the King to the head of affairs, he will come back, and there will no longer be any time to lose, " To give you an idea of the manner in which this party treat the English, I send you two Resolutions of the House of the 25d of August. It is necessary to premise, that when there is any danger, certain Magistrates and certain Ecclesiastics assemble of right, by virtue of a law of one of the late Kings, and form themselves into what is called La Suprema Deputazione di Salute, which it independent of the Government. This law took its origin from the venal negligence of office in the times of the Viceroys, and from,this indepen dence of the Deputation great abuses naturally re sulted. Belmonte, before quitting Messina at the end of July, had prepared a law, in concert with the English, to render this Deputation dependent upon the Privy Council, but since the retirement of the old Ministers,the Parliament has not occupied itself with the subject, because the Leaders hoped to derive from circumstances, and the neighbourhood of Malta, the means of indisposing the people against the English. The following are the Resolutions : " House of Commons, 234 August, 1813. " Having seen the circumstances et and proved by the Deputation of Health of Mrs. ina, the Parliament sees with pain that it cannot remain in culpable indifference, and that it will be responsible to the whole nation which it represents. It there fore decrees, ghat orders shall be given to the General Depots'. den of Health, to take Immediately the most energetic measures, and to employ the whole of the disposable force. It also decrees, That his Royal Highness shall be prayed to direct the Offices corresponding with the British Authorities, to recall the General: of ilfemiwir to their deity. " GASPARD VACCARI, President." " House of Commons, August 23,1813. " The Parliathent direct s , th at t h ere s h a ll b e sent to L on d on a Special hessian of fou r I n di v id ua l s , at the expence of the Na tion, torment to the Prim Regent, in the name of the Psince Vicar, the complaints of the nation on the violation of the law of public safety, committed by the English Geserah in Sicily, ac companied by instractfons which the Parliament will decrie, and whldthls Royal Highness will be pleased to sanction." PARLIAMEN7'dIRr PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, NOVEMBER 111. The House met at h&f.past three o I e • and after waltinr half-put four, there being no public busk:sae, adjourned : . morrow (this day). HOUSE. OF COMMONS. Mr. Serjeant ONSLOW presented a Position front re-,.., Masters mad Artificers in Bath, praying the Repeal of the Sth Ordered to lie on the table. The Honourable Member then presented another Pe•klo-i from certain Electors in the Cour.ty of Galway, naiiist the chi.. slog of the Committee of that House, appointing the siu.og Member for the said County.—Ordered to lie on the rabic, at to be taken into consideration on Tuesday the 15th February %et MILITIA FORCE BILL. ' Lord CASTLEREAGH moved that the When no the P port of this Bill should be postponed till to•morrow (this may;. SUBSIDY THEArths.. Lord CASTLEREAGH intimated his intention of taking in consideration to-morrow (this day) the Supplementary Cowie /ions concluded by Great Britain with Austria, Prussi:‘, Russia, and which had been laid before tlar Home sobsequer. to the original Trooties, the consideration of which wood : that day. commirrcr. or scribcr... Mr. LWSHINGTON broutkt up the Report of the Corett.• • of Supply, the several Resoluttoris of which were agreed to. COXIAIITTEII OF WAYS AND 34EiNg. Mr. LUSHINGTON at. brought up the Report of the ZIOYU. Committee R the __eio'utior.s of "Flea were likewise agreed The Malt sod Pen,kut Duty Bills Rerc rm. a second time. The Local Tokens Bill was rea i a third time and passed. Tbs Annual indemnity Nil was cousin iltel.—.l‘ etwrt to be re. ceived to-morrow. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' RILL. Mr. LOCKHART presented a Pitition from cer. tain Insolveet Debtors in the King's Bench, com plaining of the delay which had Liken place in carry i ig into effect the Insolvent Act of last Session, and in consequence of which delay they had sustained many hat dsl.ips. The Hdrrourable Member proceed, d to observe, that every motive which had induced the Legislature . last Session to pass the Act in qtrestiot, ought now to induce them to take its deti:iencies immediate consideration. Though he ( Mr. Lockhart; was a determined enemy to all Insolvent Acts in the. 7 principle, as tending to hold nut temptations to prac tice k valley of frauds which were, inlet), the ais. • grace of the country, yet, as they had passed an Act for the relief of debtirs, they certainly ought to take the necessary steps f,:r rendering . that Act as efficient las possible. For that reason, and also because the delays already experienced, at, well as those that must inevitably attend upon executinn the provisions of the Act in question from the numerous individuals who would claim under it, delays really injurious to those persons whose relief the Legislature contemplated, he should, unless he saw a disposition to do it in an. other place, propose on an early day to &legate to the Courts of Quarter Sessions a concurrent jurisdic. tion for hearing and discharging insolvent easel, leaving the disposal of the debtors' property to the Commissioner appointed under thE Act.—The Peti tion was then ordered to lie on the tale. ACT Of TUE FIFTH ELIZASETI'. • Mr. PROTHEROE presented a Petition from certain Masters and Artificers of Bristol, praying the House against the repeal of the above Act. The Hon. Member expressed his opinion, that it would be ! prudent in the House, before they proceeded to act upon the representations of those who were adverse to the Apprentice system, to hear evidence on the other side.. He wished, therefore, to know, from the Hon. and Learned Serjeant whom he saw in his place, whe- Cher it was his intention to propose any Committee? Mr.-Serjeant ONSLOW said, he certainly did not intend to propose any Committee. In what he had done he had acted entirely from himself, and not un der instructions from any person or persons whatever. Some little conversation ensued further, in elle course of which Mr. Serjeant Wu-ow said, it was not his intention to press his measure with precipita tion. If the House permitted him to bring in his Bill, he did not mean to move for the second reading till after the recess. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, when the House adjourned. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1813. I The Lady Wellington packet has arrived at Fal mouth from Halifax in fourteen days, bringing New. York Papers to the 15th, Boston► Papers to the 21st, and Halifax Papers to the Slat ult. By this pac ket we have intelligence from the seat of war in Canada, more recent than any yet received. The Americans, under General HARRISON, have taken possession of Fort Malden, but not in consequence of any rencontre with the British force. General Psoc- TOR and his brave little army had previously retired in the best possible order. We stated the comparative force of the American and British troops yesterday, and, with such a nume• rical superiority as the Americans have (ten to one) at that particular point, it would have been madness to have retained Malden. On the 28th SepteMber there was a severe engage. ment on Lake Ontario, between the hostile fleets, under Sir JAMES Yzo and Commodore CHAUNCEY. The Americans claim a victory : from their own statement, however, it appears that it was a drawn battle. There has also been another desperate naval engagement, between an American and a British armed vessel.—The Saratoga American privateer has taken a British packet, after a desperate engagement. The detail will be found among our Naval Intelli gence. The following are extracts from the above Papers : NEW-YORK NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, OCT. 14. THE CAPTURE OF MALDEN. - - COPY OF A LETTER PROM MA JOR•GENERAL HARRISON TO THE WAR DEPARTMENT. " Head-quarters Atrtherstburgh, Sept. 39,181 3 . SIR-I have the honour to inform you,, that I landed the army under my command about threc miles below this place, at three o'clock this evening. without opposition, and took possession of the town in an hour after. General Proctor has retreated to Sandwich, with his regular troops and Indians, hav• 6 • V I cot but ID i . ;mu ti.. , Fa ; al