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IM THEATRE OP WAR. TUs day was published, on two Sheets, pike 9s. or on Canvas, and in 'a case for the pocket, 13s. ANEW MAP of the THEATRE of - WAR between the ALLIED POWERS and FRANCE; com pretending Germany, Poland, and Italy, with part of Franie, from the latest Authorks. Printed for C. Smith, Mapseller and Publisher, 172, Strand. TEN GUINEAS REWARD. LOST, on Saturday Morning, at the Bank of England, or between there and Lombard-street, THREE SANK NOTES, of XlOOO each, Numbers and Dates as under : 171 - 10th September - OEIOOO. 3124 - 20th September - 1000. 7470 - Sd September - ICOO. Whoever has found the same and will return them to Messrs. Bleasdak, Alexander, and Co. Hatton-court, fhreadneedle-street; or to Mr. C. Wrigbt, Goldsmith's-hall ; shall receive the above Reward. Payment is stopped, and every precaution willbe,taken at the Bank, Bankers, and Merchants, to prevent the circulation, and to tract them if passed. No greater Reward will be offered. FRENCH PAPERS. PARIS, SEPTEMBER 20. Intelligence from Dresden announces, that on the 23d his Majesty left the position at Pirna, to advance on the Bohemian side. The army which covers Ber lin is upon the right bank - Of the Elbe, and does not appear to be in a condition to risk the passage of it. General Thielman was, on the 19th, beaten at Frey burg, near Meisebourg, by General Lefevre Des nouettes. One or two more such affairs, and the route will be quite free. Besides, when the war com menced, it was well known that this interruption of communication had nothing disquieting in it. A pa trole of mounted Cossacks was sufficient to prevent the Estafette being risked for some days. . PARIS, SEPTEMBER 47. ABNEY OF CATALONIA. General Decaen, commanding the Army of Cata lonia, gives an account, in a dispatch, dated Gerona, the 19th instant, that Marshal the Duke of Albufera gained on the 13th, in theneighbourhnod of Tarragona, a fresh advantage over the enemy, who lost four pieces of cannon, a great number of men killed and woun ded, and several hundred prisoners. The Duke of Albufera returned OR the 'l6th to Barcelona, and Ge neral Decaen to Gerona, after having co-operated in this expedition, and announcing an immediate report from the Marshal, who will give the details of this *fair. FRONTIERS OF SAXONY, SEPTEMBER 19. We are assured that a great operation has taken place against the enemy's army of the Marche of Brandenburgh, which had penetrated on the Sazon territory, but was already in retreat. This army is Composed of one Swedish, one Russian, and two Prus lian corps. MUNICH, SEPTEMBER 18. According to letters from Brannan, General Count Wrede's head-quarters were still in that town on the 15th instant. FRANKFORE, SEPTEMBER 23. We have just at the same time received satisfactot y intelligence from the army and from Leipzic ; all whiCh had been reported here of what had passed in the environs of that tbwn is most decidedly false.— Letters of the 18th state that they have never been otherwise than tranquil there, that the French garri son is numerous, and that entrenchments have been thrown up before the gates. Thielrnan's corps is extremely weak, and as they are in pursuit of it from every part, it will be extremely difficult for it to escape the forces that have marched against it. His exploits have hitherto been confined to plundering two hospitals several leagues from Leipzic. SEPT. 25.—We have just learned that General Lefevre Desnouettes has completely beaten the de serter Thielman, who has, it is said, hastily retired upon Dessau. MTELLIGIINCE FROM C.4NADJ. We have received sets of Montreal and Qttebec Papers, which enable us to present a detail of the mi litary operations in Upper and Lower Canada, from the date of the last dispatches to the 26th July. After the defeats of Generals Chandler and Winder, on the 6th June, by General Vincent, the residue of the A merlcan army .effected a retreat to Fort George, under the command of Generals Lewis and Boyd, - who joined it by express from Newark, on the first information of its perilous situation. While encamp ed at Forty Mile Creek, ten miles in the rear of the ground of its defeat, it underwent a partial canno nade from Sir James Yeo's squadron. The Ameri: , ' caps answered with red hot shot. Sir James Y. then sent an efficer with a flag, summoning General Lewis to surrender, as the Indians had invested his rear, the fleet was in his front, and a powerful hrmy was on his flank. General Lewis received and that ed this demand with great indignation. An attack was then made upon the American boats, all of which had, as usual, departed contrary to orders without military detachments, who were instructed, if attacked, to carry the English vessels by boarding. Nine of the boats, containing baggage of the officers, were captured. In an attempt to recover these baats, a partial engagement to' k place between 450 men of the Sth and 40th foot, which, with very slight loss, terminated in favour of the latter. Gen. Lewis art ived at Fort George on the 12th, and he confesses that ti.e loss of the ,Americans in the different en gagenvints and retreat was 000 men in killed, wounded, and priscners, besides five hundred tents, the greater part of their artillery, ammunition, camp equipage, &c. Imm.diately on the arrival of the army at Fort George and Niagara, Sir James Yeo•took measures to cut off the enemy's communication by water ; and as the sides of the lakes in America are nearly in a state of nature, with scarcely any roads, it had been found rufficult to transport provisions to the army.— This had occasi( ned the American Commanders to detach the greater part of their troops across the Straits, which connects Lake Ontario with Lake Erie. But there still •remained on the 26th July about 4000 troops at Fort George, and 2000 at NiA gara. These were completely invested on the loth, by Generals de Rottenburg and Vincent, at the head of the Bsitish Army, which was in greatlorce on the Niagara River, with its right at Queen's Tope, and its left on Lake Ontario. . The Americo} forces were circutliscribed within a .. narrow space, scarcely extending three miles from Fort George. They bad 1200 sick in their hospitals. They dared not venture beyond their fortifications ; and unless Commodore Chauncey should be success ful in the naval engagement with Sir James Yeo, which we know has been fought, they would in al.l likelihood be compelled to surrender prisoners of war. General de Rottenburg had made no attempt to dis lodge them, because it would have cost many lives, and it would have been attended with no permanent advantage, while the mastery of the lakes remained in a state of indecision. If Sir James Yeo shall have beaten the American Commodore, Fort George will, as a natural conse quence of that victory, revert to the possession of the British. It must not be imagined, however, that the British army remains inactive, or that General de Rotten burg does not sedulously improve his advantages.— The subjoined official accounts will prove to the con trary. The first informs us of an attack made upon Fort Schlosser, which was surprised in the night of the 4th July, by a _party under Lieutenant-Colonel Clarke, of the Lincoln Militia, who brought away the guard, and a quantity of provisions, stores, &c. without the loss of a single man. The second was an attack upon the enemy's post and dock-yard at Black Rock, by a party of 240 men, under Lieute nant-Colonel Bisshoppi who gave, during the last campaign in Canada, repeated proofs of great skill and bravery. The attack, which took place on the 11th July, was remarkably successful in the outset ; but the enemy, having been reinforced before the British had evacuated the post, pressed upon the small detachment, killed Captain Saunders and 15 men, and wounded Lieutenant-Colonel Bisshopp and Lieutenant Montpesson. The fact of Lieutenant-Colonel Bissbopp's having been wounded, though doubted by his friends in England, is thus confirmed by the General Order ; and we apprehend that the statement of leis death, which we recently gave upon the authority of private accounts, will prove equally correct. These attacks, which show that we occupy the whole frontier on our side in that quarter, must be both harassing and mortifying to the enemy, besides the. loss they occasion. It is probable that a large proportion of his marine stores for Lake Erie were deposited at Black Rock, though he has lately made Presq Isle, called by the Americans Erie, his princi pal naval station on that lake. The Amesicans are increasing their regular army, and making large drafts from the militia ' in order that they may retain possession of Fort George, the frontier of Canada, and be enabled to resume the offensive. The estimate of their principal army is about 15,000 men, which is probably not overrated. —The British army, under General Sir G. P4evost, amounts to 8000 men. General Hampton having been appointed to suc ceed Gen. Dearborn, in the command of the North Western Army ; arrived at Burlington on the 13th of July. Afraid of the British naval ascendancy on Lake Champlain, which threatened him with attacks at different points, he had called in his outposts from Plattsburg, Swanton, &c., and concentrated them at Burlington. They amounted to 4000 men. A British force, under General Murray, had landed at Platts burg, took possession of the public stores, from whence they carried off provisions, arms, ammuni tion, Scc. and then burnt the buildings. The estimate of loss was 60,000 dollars. AT TACK ON FORT SCHLOSSER. [FROM 11IE GUEBEC MERCURY.] " Hescl.quat tens, Kingston, luly 13. a By accounts from the army under Major• Gen eral de Rottenburg, dated the 9th inst. the following particulars have been received of a bold and success ful attempt to surprise the American post at Fort Schlosser. so In the night of the 14th instant, a party, con sisting of Volunteer Thompson and six privates, of the 40th regiment, under Ensign Winder, and thirty four of the militia, the whole under the command of Lieutenant Colons* Clarke, of the Lincoln. Militia, crossed over iu boats from Chippawa to Fort Schlos ser, which they reached a little before day-break, and completely surprised the guard, cOnsisting of two Lieutenants, one Serjeant, and eight privates, whom they made prisoners, together with three ciegians and three of our own subjects found in the Fort. The party remained in the Fort about one hour, loading their boats from the public stores and wharf, and brought off with them one brass 6-pounder, 57 stand of arms,_ 24 kegs - of musket - ball cartridges, six bul warks of musket proof curtains for boats, one gun. boat, two batteaux, 20 barrels of salt, 17 casks of tobacco, eight barrels of pork, and one barrel of whiskey, with a number of spades, oars, and axes ; a small party of the enemy had collected as the last boat pushed off from the shore, and several shots were fired, but the boats returned to Chippawa with their prisoners, and the articles they had captured, without a man being hurt on this service. 66 Furthers accounts have also been received from the army, highly creditable to the Indian warriors serving with it. On the Bth instant, a party of the King's regiment, and a body of Indian warriors were sent to endeavour to recover a considerable quantity of medicines and surgical instruments which bad been buried near Fort George when our troops retired from it. A skirmish ensued in consequence between the Indians and the enemy, in which the latter lost one officer and twenty men killed and ten taken prisoners; the whole of the medicines and instruments were brought off by the party of the King's, the only loss sustained being three Indians wounded. " Captain Norton led the Indian warriors with great spirit, and much credit is due to Captain Mer. tit, of the Provincial Dragoons, for reconnoitering the spot where the medicines were deposited, and con ducting the party to it, A few nights ago the - Barracks at Gravelly Point were burnt by our gun-boats, and more than 100 bar rels of pork, flour, and other articles, brought away from thence, together with a very fine Durham boat; 500 oars collected and partly loaded iii' hir for Beck et's harbour being destroyed.' ATTACK ON BLACK ROCK. " Head-quarters, Kingston, July 15. " G. 0..-His Excellency the Commander of the Forces his received • a dispatch from Major-General de gottenburg, repgetitti a succestful 'attack upon the enemy?' post and dockiiird a; B)aitc Rock, at day break un the morning c4,4he llth instal)", by*. tachmepu of the King's teed flst resithcatr ) together with Lieutenant Fiteglbon's party of tke 49th, and about fogy militia, the whole amounting to 240 men under the command of Lieutenant. Colonel Bisshopp. The enemy's position was carried by a spirited attack, without the loss of a single man. " Several large boats loaded with stores and pro visions, and three field-pieces, a twelve and two sax pounders, were brought away; a vessel, and all the naval store-houses and barracks have been burnt. . ~ Unfortunately. before the evacuation of the post' was completed, a strong reinforcement of the enemy, aided by Indians, pressed upon this small detachment, by which Captain Saunders, of the 41st, and 15 men, were killed ; Lieutenant-Colonel Bisshopp, Lieute nant Montpesson, of the 41st, and 15 rank and file wounded—the wounded were brought over. s , Lieutenant-Colonel Bisshopp has received three wounds, severe, but not considered dangerous. " By his Excellency's command; " EDW. Barnes, Adj. General." BRITISH EXPEDITION TO PLATSKIROH. The following is an extract of a letter from a re spectable citizen at Burlington, dated Aug. 1, 1813 : , 4 An express arrived at Burlington on the 30th July, with intelligence that the Britishhad left the Isle au Noix with a force consisting of the two armed sloops, of 11 gun& each, and fotir gallies, of one gun each, and 100 batteaux full of men, and had pro gressed within one mile of the lines. The camp was instantly alarmed, and the troops 'under arms, but no enemy appeared. Next day we learnt that about 1000 troops, under the command of Colonel Murray, had landed and taken possession of Platsbuigh with out opposition, there being no force to oppose them except the Militia of the town and vicinity, who being only 400 in number retreated as the enemy advanced. The arsenal belonging to the State, Pike's encamp ment, barracks at Serenac cantonment, and every building belonging to the United States, were imme diately burnt. The enemy obtained both provisions and stores. The loss cannot be less than 60,000 dol., lats. The enemy left Platsburgh on the Ist, and are understood to be proceeding this ways ~ Ai their naval force has the ascendancy on this Lake (Champlain), it is not improbable that our flo tilla will be attacked this night, but they will scarcely attempt any thing against our army, which consists of 4000 effective men, commanded by Hampton and the best Generals in the United States." On General Dearborn invading Canada, and taking possession of Fort . George, he sent o ff toGreenbosh, as prisoners of war, the following respectable inhabi tants :—Messrs. Edwards, Murehead, Dickson, Ly mington, Lawe, two Kerrs, M'Ewen, Parson Addi son, Howell, Heron, Green, Baldwin, Clinch, Jones, Ball, Decoe, and John Crook. Messrs. Lawe, M , Ewen, and the two Kerrs, Vete wounded on the 27th June. General Dearborn expected that the in habitants would have joined the Americans. General Dearborn resigned the command of the Niagara Army on. the 13th June, on account of in disposition. General Lewis says, in his dispatch to the Secre tary at War, that he did not think the General would ever again be fit for service; that the unfortunate events of the war had deranged his understanding ; and that though sometimes in a state of convales- 1 cence, he uniformly relapsed when military topics were alluded to. General Lewis having been nomi nated to the command at Sacket's Harbour, is suc ceeded at Fort George, Niagara, and en the Cana.' dian frontier, by Gene r al Boyd. The Indian Chief, Tecumseh, has seized the fa vourable moment of the diversion by our shipping in Virginia, for surrounding Fort Meigs with 2000 war riors. He had deprive d the garrison of all possibi lity of receiving supplies. General Clay, who com manded there, had written urgently to General Har rison for assistance. The latter was collecting his army to march to his relief. 4ir James Yeo, after the retreat of the enemy's army y Fort George, swept the American side of Lake Ontario. He landed a body of troops at Great Sodus, and took the whole of the provisions, consisting of several hundred barrels of pork and floury-and burnt the buildings. The llritish loss was a serjeant and four privates-of the Royals killed. At Genessee River, he inflicted the same loss on the ene my, taking 500 barrels of pork, and 1700 bushels of corn. The provisions were delivered to General Vincent. Four companies of the Royals were em barked on board the fleet to serve as marines. There were at Quebec, on the '22d July, 1000 Ame rican prisoners of war, captured since the commence ment of the campaign. At Beaufort, there were 50 officers, including three Generals. In consequence of the conduct of the American Government, and of the o ffi cers, the latter are no longer permitted to re. turn hOme on parole. The Melpomene frigate, with De Meuron's Regi ment; front the Mediterranean, arrived in the River St. Lawrence on the 20th July. James Gready, private in the Bth or King's regi. ment, and Terence Hurst, private in the 6th foot, were in the latter end of June, tried by Court Martials for deserting to. the enemy and being found in arms, and were publicly shot at Kiniston, Canada, pusuant to their sentence. It appears from the Quebec Papers, and from the General Orders issued by the Commander in Chief in Canada, that on the late defeat of General Wilkin son on the banks of the Miami river, the American military chest, containing £15,000 sterling, was among the property captqed by the British. Captain Waugh, of the 103 d regiment, died at Cbambly on the 2d July. General Hampton has arrested Colonel Clark, the late Commandant at Burlington, for a defalcation of about 50,000 dollars. We hve great satisfaction in contradicting a state ment which has been made, namely, that the JUNON frigate had had 150 of her crew killed and wounded by a number of American gun boats having attacked her in a calm—The Jutiov had only one man ' at the time, and she sustained tha most trifling da majie in her hull. The ATALATAp Captain HICKEY, arrived at Ha lifax, on the 10th of August, hop the Cheasapeake, with the Official Report trnm Captain R. LLOYD, of the PLANT/a:WM, of An attempt made by the Ame deans jo'clettrtly thae stip, hi Lynnhaven Bay, by the cOinitnn of a combustible machine, called a olds. Ilse horrid instrunient fortunately went off when it had reached about halt a Bible's length of the ship otherwise, it is apprehended,lhe effect!' would have 7 been fatal both to the ship and the whale of the am .It did not, however, do any injury ; it threw up an immense column of flame and water, and excltail a tempovarY alarm, but nothing further. One of these instruments has been picked up by the Vtcrosuous . of 74 guns, Captain TAtaor, at the same place, and is -sow on board that ship. It is a case containing about six barrels of gunpowder, to which a lock is . affixed; and attached to the lock is a line, reaching to the person or boat that has the execution of the de sign. It is next suspended to a stage of planks, at each end of which are about 50 fathoms of sma ll line, with a buoy at each end. The machine thus put together, and let into the water, the combustible case sinking about twelve feet, and being kept at that depth from the surface of the stage, it has many chances of success in close anchorages; the buoys being extended by the line the distance of 100 fathoms, will most pro bably, one or the other of them, convey the line, by the help of the tide, across the cable of any ship at anchor, which, the moment it touches, will cause the machine to swing round to the side or the bottom of the ship ; and the person using it, finding by the line that it has been stopped, judges that it has reached the intended object, pulls the trigger of the lock by the string, and the explosion takes place. Should it, thus situated, not blow the ship up, it must start a butt-end of one of her planks ; when, from the sudden. rush of water, which no efforts of the crew could possibly subdue, she would inevitably founder. One reason, it is considered, .why it fortunately did not succeed upon the PLASPIGENET, was, it was the first experiment of its humane projector—a Mr. E. Mix. of the American navy.—Our blockading ships on the coast have kept the most sharp .look-otit, in their guard-boats since this infernal attempt was made. TH.p. EVENING STAR. LONDON. •/ MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1813. A Cadiz Mail arrived this morning. We select the - following extracts from the Papers brought by it. We regret to learn, that the Plague at Malta coati. nued its ravages. if GIBRALTAR, AUGUST gq. With grief we announce, that the riague con tinues mike ravages at Malta. In May, 110 pe rsons fell victims to it ; in June, 800 ; maul in Suly e 1532." VALENCIA, AUGUST 41 It is undoubted, that an expedition with troops has sailed from pear Tarragona, we believe, to mit., nceuvre upon 4osas ; but are not certain of its real object. Suchet covers Barceloz;a, without daring tct venture a movement." " VALENCIA, AUGUST U. “ The want of subsistence has obliged the third army to repass the Ebro ; cons e quently Lord Wile liar Aentinck's situation was very precarious, an 4 that Chief adopted the measures pointed out in his instructions ; The allied army, in whateyer dire!. tion it may manccuwz, will paralize Suchees efrJrts r although the rumojt that he has rfceiveil a reinforce. ment of 8000 men should be true." " VALENCIA, AUGUST 87. Our troops !lave again passed the Ebro. "the for-: mat siege of Tortosa is much nearer that► Such , * imagined fifteeq days ago." " CADIZ, AUGUST Si. f " It appears that the celebrated Mini . has ahead arrived at Lesaca, and that Lord Wellington wen out to meet him : the esteem that the Englisb Hero has for the Navarran Hero is well known." CADIZ, SEPTEMBER ff The garrison of Matteu has surrendered ;a 01 troops of the gallant gina." " CADIZ, SEPTEMBER 6. 44 A ridiculous report having got into circulation that the yellow fever had made its appearance in this city, Government published the following ; 66 GOVERNMEN T JUNTA O$ iIEALTM.. " The undersigned Professors, in compliance with the order from the Supreme Junta of Health, whicfs has been communicated to them thrcugh that of this city, certify, that in neither the dis;ricts of which we are Inspectors, nor in our private practice, have we observed any illness which either in itself or by its symptoms announces a suspicious character of the con tagion of the yellow fever.' (Here follow the sire tures of 15 medical gentlemen.") " CADIZ, SEPTEMBER 7. " Among the vague and even rare, but not im probable rumours which are propagated, one is, that the Allies in the North of Europe wished Lord Wel. lington should command in those countries. It is added, that the English Government left the decision Upon the said proposal to Lord Wellington, who pre ferred remaining in the Peninsula. We do not know what degree of confillenteMar be given to this intelligence, but in case of the pro. posal being certain we could not have doubted Wellington's determination—his principal grcs began in the Peninsula; in it then he ought to con tinue, till the independence of Spain is assured. " This opinion will be common to all good Spa. niards, and we have no doubt in saying Lord Wel, lington will think in the same manner." " MONTIVIDEO, JUNE et. " The enemy straitens us more daily. , lie has already placed two more batteries against this place ; made three redoubts, and cut up all the roads. 46 On the 19th about 3000 mep approached us foy the purpose of assaulting the city, but they retired to their encarppmelit on only fire cannon wills gtapei shot being fired. Thete is mulh enthusiasm here : and these faith