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. , the English iessels.b . raiting or the coast • that the 1 house's - hate been burnt; the Chtlicbei Ostia:led and destroyed. .. I t appears that the Officer*, anim ated by the pre sence of Admiral Cockburn, particularly distinguish. ed themselves on this occasion ; and that they Were impelled by the united motives of avarice and veh: seance, riot contented with appropriating to them selves articles of value, they destroyed all that could not gratify their insatiable cupidity. It has been' alledged, to excuse these acts of stupid cruelty, that a vessel sent on shore by the Admiral, had been re 'eeited by a discharge of musketry from the American Militia. The documents prove that this is false. This pretext has been found out to palliate a conduct Which no circurnstanc:.-can justify. • The Commissioners, fully consinccd that no per. itenu tithe' of this nation or of any other, can read with Out lively sentiments of indignation and horror the bare recital of all the shameful' violations of ho. nour, justice,- and humanity, of whick our •enemies have been guilty, abstain from making any reflections on the dOcuments which demOnstrate their abthenti. city; and let no one thihk of palliating these shameful ctioht, by alledging that they were committed by savages. Every civilized nation is responsible for the condtibt of the Allies under its command, and as it harti the advantap,es of their success, it ought also o partake the odium of their crimes. But this itakbning, though just, does not express the infamy of the conduct of the English, in the 1 air of the 22d, en .the Raisin River: The MAS. s re. of the 23d, after the capitulation took place, .1 hot, t 1 cert these circuit.. , nen not contribute ;}ti they shewed a i t mind the sr, the / , hinder it, is a fact, the unhappy re than all the . of the English •Aoldiecto the dead bodies the list The itrnen remained tzpc~d' ~~; the prey of wild the greatest re- titriitor•• - . of religion. --g . • etilstless,- the t.- My-is very con iemptihle, which is teat.- alternative. of con fessiug that its sayege,Allies - would not pasieti4 it to pay thela* ,d.u . ties to the dead. The Coutiedoners have nothrinAble to discover what effect such bar trariies . liifreproduced on the military and civil au thoilleeof the frontier, but the choice of an Indian tOpitt, to adorn the hall of :he Legislative Body of Vpr Canada, gives ground to conjecture it. * 4 ,- e-Coinmittee have considered it as their duty to *limit 'to the House the proofs of the atrocities corn sidittdjat Hampton, though it has been since they ttaft4oAsiake their report. Tsk,birbarous acts may reasonably be consi. dere Aleepatural consequence of the example given by the, , of the naval force on our coast. The4ll. - ' turpitude continues to increase, and the soltifitt*:prepared for the most abominable reds, by teftriNalblowed to commit smaller excesses with impunW.qt must excite isidignation, though uot surprise, ibUt troops who have been led, by the examplibf their titters, to plunder the property, and to burn the houiles o'f unarmed citizens, should be. guilty of violence and murder. But for every viola tion of the laws of humanity, our enemies and, or fabticate, an excuse, ' --_-.-:, 1... •• , .• ' ... The wounded prisoners on the Northern frontiees were massacred by the Savages, the sick put to death, the ivbinth insulted at Hampton—were so by foreign troops in the pay of Great Britain. These pretexts (if we admit their truth) are as disgraceful as the conduct which is forced to have recourse to them.— Honour and magnanimity impose it as a law, not only to forbid the soldier to commit these crimes, but to do the utmost to present the commission of them. If in such a case the soldier, in contempt ot disci pline, commits an act of violence on any individual, whom he ought to protect, the eiemplary punishment of the offender alone can te-establish the honour of the nation to whom he belongs. It will be seen by the documents, if the English officers behaved in this affair like men of honour, and whether the national character has been avenged in this manner. The groans and the cries of the innocent victims of t hellish immodesty at Hampton, were heard by the American prisoners ; but they were too weak to reach the ears and to disturb the repose of the English offi cers, whose duty as men it was to protect the worrien whom the chance of war had put into their power.- - The Commissioners will not insist on this shameful subject. Human language has no terms strong enough to express the emotions Which the exa. mination of the documents, proving these horrible facts, has excited in them ; anti they rejoice that the American people consider them as forged. For the ;rowels of human nature, they deeply regret that their truth is too clearly tonfirrned. In the correspondence of the Commander of the English and American forces, there are phrases which are equivalent to an express declaration of the facts of which we have spoken abode. As such atrocities, instead of inspiring terror, as ..he enemy had doubtless imagined, can only produce a contrary effect on the minds of our fellow-citizens, the Committee submits to the consideration of the .House the following Resolution : Resolved--That the President a the United States be reques .ted to collect and to !Ay before the House, during the continua- Stun of the war, the proofs of all the infracticnis of the enemy of .he Lives of mit in use among civWzed nations. BASLE, DECEMBER 7. We have just-learned, with indignation, that the Burier, with the mail from Basle for Frankfort, of tie Ist December, has been robbed by the Cossacks, Id that they have carried off all his dispatches. A ouriet was inutediately sent to the Landanunan, to cretaint him with this intelligence. SC. GALL , DECFMBEIi 3. The "Iran Gazette announces that Marshal the since of Moskwa is to command an army of reserve a the neighbourhood of Besancon. All the troops from the Duchy of Baden which tail marched to Fribourg, in Brisgau, have returned 'J Carlsruke. The wirrison of Glogau lately made two very mur derous sorties. The fortress of Konigstein is still occupied by the trench. - A Saxon Gazette announces that the Grand Duke . 0 Frankfort has written to the King of Bavaria that 6 'anal abdainte Shat dignify in favoui of his suc. cessor, the Prince Itkerby otr Italy , son-io4a* to his BaVarian Majesty. His Majtity, it. ii said, replied, .that heAkbeld reltir-it to the Allied Powers. • " HANDVER, itit4EMEER 24. Prince d'Eckmdhl, in concert with the Danes, still occupies the position•of Ratzbourg, Lubec, and Ham-i burgh ; a. position which, according to a memoir of the late General Ewald, is impregnable, so long as the lakes and rivers do not freeze. LIEGE, DECEMBER It appears from letters received here, that every thing is tranquil on both sidei of the Rhine. Atcord ing to letters of the ;thy General Molitor, with-his corps d'armee, were still in the island of Borne!, and the best spirit reigned among the troops of all arms, which were under the command of that Generals and ' those under his Excellency the. Marshal Duke of Tarente. NAPLES, DECEMBER 2. The intelligence of the departuie of his Majesty for the army, has excited the most lively joy throughout all Italy. They write from Rome, that the arrival of the first division has produced an unanimous en. thusiasm, and that all the inhabitants disputed who should best receive our trooi. • • )ut their - maiing any effort t o hind ertainty ofirhielt it proved by all es ; alsel•if the English officers did is carnage with , ' own-hands, nal indifference. • • fate of ded. But tb . • yes mor the &pre • • at ter c sto Oki" • to tb, st thltbieothosii Or e cor.pies4tour ••• , "Ilnuntri ed to eveiPic e me tbi tin thelik of • affect to , for• itlieTeYrsof htwty and ctiesst th e Character at arts] able, which is reduced the alt.! THE EVENING TAR.. LON DON. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1818. - ;- PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY 'T TWELVE' O'CLOCK Reduced 611-E—Cona shut—for acc. 621 4 pet Ct. 76f 4—Navy shut—Esok Lung Ann.. 151-16ths New Onm.ll4—ionds, ls. as. die.—Eadi; Bats ar. Ss. pee. =ammo. To-day we have given some further extracts from the French Papers received yesterday: they contain some entertaining matter.—The only allies who now adhere cordially to BONAPARTE are the Americans-6- or rather the atheistical diabolical faction in that un happy republic which owns JAMES MADISON at. its liege Lord. The French Government, having now no means of silencing their enemies in the field— having no armies, no finances, no marak, no materiel, they resort to the musty old revolutionary trick of libelling the British nation. In France, our troops , behave well, and, With the exception of the Cossacks, SO do our allies. PLATOFF'S light troops, however, now and then excite indignation, by robbing a courier with dispatches !—The 46 Emperor-Journalist, or Imperial Libeller," as M. Scimeort. calls him, has therefore nothing to say of the conduct of the British troops in France. Lord WELLINGTON takes care to see his humane proclamation put in force. But in America, alas ! bow changed the scene I The Moniker gravely copies a report edited under the inspection of Mr. MADI9ON, by a Mr. MA61.1 ) a Transatlantic Legislator anti Interpreter of the Laws of Nations to the sublime Sanhedrin of Statesmen and Philosophers which occasionally .assembles at Washington, In this document the British are charged not only with decoying American' seamen into their service, but with subjecting to rigorous im prisonment all those who will not be thus seduced.' 66 Thereby (says the learned Mr. Macon) will- the naval force of Great Britain increase in proportion to the number of our sailors who shall be impri soned." And lie emphatically adds—A , Great Bri tain has thus the means of continuing and even ex tending her commerce, without diminishing the num ber of sailors employed on board her men of war.", Bravo ! Great Britain-. we commend her policy. We have here the secret of the hostility of the Ante:, ricans to Great Britain. How much will it be increases when they learn that the ‘vhole of the Continent is open to the British flag and shift to the American ! —Tile plain English of all these grievances is this— the Americans have no longer aiiy trade, of course they have no employment- for seamen of saber and decent habits; and these poor fellows prefer a life of industry at sea to one of idleness on land—they pre fer navigating a vessel under neutral colours to con finement in a prison-ship. This is what Mr. MatooN calla " illicit trade." It is, its short, the gg war in disguise" which his immaculate Government has been carrying on against Great Britain for twenty years. The tables are now turned upon them.--that is all. The fifth and sixth articles relate to what is termed cruelties practised in - the war in Canada. A Dr. KEEHAN, an American practitioner in surgery, was sent, it seems, to take care of his wounded country men what became of him we are not told—whether he was intercepted himself, or only his man Oannann with the catholicons, we know tiot ; certain it is, how. ever, according to the American statement, that he never reacted his patienti. This was a matter of triumph to the English, according to this malignant and stupid blockhead ; for he boldly insinuates, • that " it was regarded as very good policy to hinder the American Surgeons from giving assistance to their countrymen, because the Savage Surpass have a more sure and expeditious method of terminating their sufferings." An idiot, capable of hazarding such nonsense upon paper, scarcely deserves an answer I The charges against us for employing Indian allie.s with Indian principles of right and wrong, are appli cable to the Americans themselves—their arguments on this subject cut both ways. " Mutato nonabe, de to fibula oarratur r A woeful picture is drawn towards the close of this document of the 4 turpitude" of she Eaglish soldiery, and the meek unoffending nature of the ioJsabitants of America. The most serious and awful calamities which can, bef.sl humanity, any by se narrated as to (Imite the The Gazette of last night contains the official de tails of the late affairs in Canada; from the pen of that most gallant and enterprising General of the British forces, Sir GEOttGE Paxvosr. They will be read with interest by every friend to his country, as exhibiting another specimen of the prodigies of va lour and persevering enterprite of which British sol diers are capable, under an experienced leader. The fOrce appropriated for the defence of Canada has never been equal in numbers to that of the Americans in any action, and yet the latter have been repeatedly beaten ; and, what adds to their disgrace, the regular British troops in the field against them have never borne the proportion of one to twenty : to the Cana. dian Militia and #enciblec, therefore, the greater share of the laurels acquired by► British valour in - America is justly due ; some Royal or Legislative act of munificence, of course, awaits them. On the Lakes, we regret to say that our force is still inferior; and while this inferiority continues, we must hold Canada by a precarious tenure. Every exertion is, however, making to repair our losses, and to enable Sitierees Tao to assume a threatening atti tude. Government have recently ordered reinforce• ments and supplies for that quarter of the globe, on a most liberal and extensive scale. A Mail from Hllland arrived as this Paper was putting to Press. The intelligence it brings is highly f tvourable. Gorcom is bombarded. In a sally made by the garrison, they were repulsed with great loss, and they have also failed in an.attempt to burn the flotilla. The following are extracts from the Dutch Papers : " HELVOETSLUYS, DEC. 18. " It Is reported here that almost the whole of the Allies have passed the Rhine ai different points, and that the advance of the Russians is within a mile and a half of Antwerp. 64 Gorctim, Breda, Bergen-op-Zoom, Bommel, and Heusden, all strongly fortified places, are said to be in possession of the Dutch. 46 The British are collecting in great force at VOl - and General Sir T. Graham arrived yes terday at Stevenes, in the island of Tholen, and will take the command. di The Tele' fleet is said to hare been given up to the - Civil Authorities)! " HAGUE, DECEMBER 14. 41 According to intelligence received, we must conclude that Bergen-op-Zoom has surrendered, it being asserted, that the French Lave left that city, and that the same event has taken place with the Bosch and Antwerp: it appears evident, from all circumstances, that there exists great confusion and disorganization among the French. It is even re ported as a fact, that the Conscripts in several de. partments of France have refused to march." " UTRECHT, DECEMBER 17. 44 On the Prussian troops having collected a nuts• ber of vessels, as well from the Linge as other places, to proceed to Bommel, and being in readiness to mak* the passage over the Waal, the French, who were at Bommel, took flight, so that the Allies took possession, not only of the town, but of the whole dietrict of Bommel. gg We are this day occupied in throwing a bridge of boati over at that place. fur which the needful schuyts, anchors, Ice. are put in requisition.". :fly. • .. „ . visibility Orate most lnimane and feellig auditor : Mr. - MatoN has thL ktlick td gdaiiiititai—after desttib ing maasacreii burnings, iilUnderings, violations of honotir, justice and humanity, witliimt number, as feelingly as any illiterate lying blockhead in time. • • • rica tan do, he sums•up the whole by adding, that STAR-OFFICE, TWO O'CLOCK. the sanguinary drama war closed by a still more atra We stop the Pitts, to State, that there art letters in clods scene, namely, that 'ollexving the demi bodiei - Tot= front Holland; of the 17th, mentioning tilt Unburied . • • Hamburgh had.capitulated; and that kagdebtitgh The Americans would, no doubt, have. b een d e . lighted with the performance of this act of humanity was on the etc oftapi tu la t in g . r.-it would hate given them an oppoett Oiry . to bring The vessel which brotight the Dutch Mail of to. up their teinforcemints and _fall mars the burying day dot bring any dispatches for parties. but the itikular Picket t when on her way for the F..it • • - We now take our !rate of Mn Malmo* and Mr. lish Coast, was' tetaged by signal. to Walt foi MAcon. Were it OM that their friend NAPOLEON BONAPARTE had ordered insertion to their Article in P atch " ii ° 6 44o ~ C444I4EAATE, said to be of gel 4 the Mossiteur, we would not have wasted to much 1111 1) 011 =ft ". • • time upon them. The inititha lita bags' Were then put CO bawd The same Journals Inform us, that 16,060 French . ; soo th er verse!, Which has since arrived. troops have assembled at Antwerp.--J 4 The Govern. I I T he intelligence From Lord CLANCART * , ihiCh id bunt doet not talk, but k acts," says this Editor.—lt I , expected to arritie every hoar, will, it is Suppoied has had ncithing to talk of for these many dap--..bei stiles it hat discovered that talking will not always Contlrln the fall of Hamburgh and M.igdeburgh. pin victories.—Antwetp must fall ) notwithstanding - these 16,000. At Naples; the departdre of . the King ( Muait) for the army has " excited the most lively joy."---Sci it ought—the lleapolitani have thus another chanee of getting rid of a severe taskmaster. The Grand DUke of FRANETORTi ashamed of the blushing honours conferred upon him by lIONAPARTE I wishes tb resign them in favour of BEAUHARNOLS this is a civil way of declining all further connection with the Napoleon Dynasty. The Cossacks have seized certain dispatches which were on their way from Basle to Franktorta cir cumstance which excites the most lively indignation, and the Landamman hat been informed of it. : It it a gross violation of the Swiss cordon of neutrality, and will, we trust, be resented as such, for the sooner the Swiss take a side the more speedily will the con test be ended.-46 Plague on all Neutrals !" $ . • -.it FALL OF HAND u Rota FURTHER EXTRACTS PROM THE DUTCH PAPERS. “ KOTTER AM, DEC IS. With regard to flushing, the Island ot cheren is already relieved, and it is the tame Tholen ; but we are yet without any intrUirduce froth south Beseland. At Bergen-op-Zoom the sited are shut, but there ig no garrison. The spirit of entering into the service tinder the Orange colours is not deficient here. A considerable transport of troops are daily sent Off to the Hague; and it is reported that no recruiting parties are seen in that city." gg WILLIMSTADT. DEtEMBER 14. " The enemy id his hasty fight from thi!place has not time to do much injury. to the excellent maga: tine Which th e French Emperot Canoed to be built - there, and which cost him.upwardi of s.oo,o3oftincsl there is remaining about 200,000 poundeof gutipow: der, and i 32 pieces of artillery on bur walls. .The enemy had indeed spiked the latter, but they have all been rendered serviceable by Lieut. yon, Vughte of the Coast artillery, who for that purpose came hither from the Plaat. • a It is the same with the flotilla ; the cordage and sails of the several vessels are rather in bad condition, but will All be shortly iepairid ; and the Ajar, which was sunk, is pumped out, her bottom caulkedt and sent to Helvoetsldys. We can therefore reckon the whole flotilla as heist saved." • LEYDEN, DECEMBER 44 All the Dutch troops hale left the Helder. This infamous Admiral Verintel has not mote than 7 or 1 800 men, Mottly French donation, who ate in fort La Salle : he has threatened to burn all the ships which are in the Tezel, unless he is allowed •to pro ceed to France." “ DORDRECHT, DECEMBER IS. a According to reports that have been received here this evening, and which may be relied on, the passage from the Tielerward to the.Bomnseleaward has been forced, and the enemy compelled to retreat. after a very severe engagement, in which the Prur. sian troops distinguished themselves; so that thelown and the whole island of Bommel is now in the power of the Allies. " It is reported from atsgther quarter, that the enemy, after a trifling affair yesterday, near Veen, (between Wondruhem and Heutdeny, left . Heusden. and the town was immediately taken possesile* of by the Allies. Wendiuchem and Loevenstein. hogs wlsieh places appear to be still in the enemy's hands, wdl, probably, be this day attacked in great force. - - it Antwerp does not, as yet, appear to be in the possession of the Allies, at least we here not, hither to, hal any certain information of it. bleanwhilt the force of the Allies, in the Barony of Breda, is conti nually increasing ; and, according to reports, there May be about 5000 men in the town of Bredaitaelf. 41 We have again a report from several, of 90,000 Austrians having passed the Rhine, at Dusseldorf. after repairing the draw-bridge before that town, for tlz . purpose.of of marching to Brussels. l a We hope soon to receive official intelligence of this matter. Mail 9 from Cadiz and Corunna also arrived this morning, but they bring no news. By letters from Gibraltar of the 94 inst. we are /alarmed that the fever has abated so much as to in. duce a hope that in afortnight from that date the garrison would be declared healthy. The new cases were reduced to two daily. We understand Mr. PHILIPPART, the Author of the Northern Campaigns of 1812 and 1819, will, in a few days, give to the Public a Correct Memoir of General MORS" and a Statement of all his Cam paigns. It is important that a Work of this kind should be before the Public, and we are happy to find the Author of the Campaigns has undertaken it under the auspices of Madame MOREAU. We refer our Readers to an Advertisement in our columns. CORN EXCHANGE, MARL-LANE, DEC. Ith. Having no freak arrival; this oaring, what little fine Wheat was left over from Monday's ,apply said readily at that day's prices. Barley sold full as well as on last market day, having very little e ra of line quality. Osts, in eanswpience the short supply, are rather dearer. l f Peas, Betas, sad oth er Arddos, ewe is no alteration.