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proclamation of Sir A. Cochrane, to which the Hon. Gentleman had alluded, he could only say, Govern ment was ign 'rant of any such being in existence. Mr. WHITBREAD wished much to know what were the outlines of the Convention, to which the Noble Lord li id alluded, as having been entered into between the tour great Allied Powers, for keeping up an armed force in Europe ? With respect to the ap proaching Congress, to which the Noble Lord was ping, he hoped the Noble Lord would return from it able to lay his hand on his heart and say, he had done his duty to England, and towards the rest of the Continent ; and that he would be able to state, that no passions of aggrandizement would be grati fied on the part of other Powers. He hoped the question of Norway wuuld be taken into considera tion ; he trusted the spoliation of Genoa and Poland would be abandoned. He hoped justice would be done to Sicily; and he fervently wished that Russia 'night be induced to resign Finland, and thereby pre vent the annexation of Norway to Sweden; a measure which would be the most contrary to the interests of this country of any which could be adopted. LordCASTLEREAGH did not believe the House or the Country would have considered him as making 1 a good bargain in the Treaty which had been alluded to, if he had engaged rather to.maintain a British army on the Continent than pay a sum of money. With respect to what he had said of the unsettled state of Europe, he did not say it was of such a feverish kind as to afford grounds for alarm ; but only that it required a degree of precaution, which would be evi. dent to ever)' one who recollected that a Monarch was returned to his Throne after an absence of 20 years. This Monarch was without an army ; and this was the ground of the Treaty which had been alluded to. If that Treaty could have been properly ratified in time, it would have been laid before Parliament be fore it broke up, but it could not. He, however, was confident it would, when it was produced, appear that . the interests of England had not been neglected in it. With respect to the provisions of that Treaty, he did not think it consistent with his duty to state any part Of it till the whole could be fairly before Parliament. With respect to the date of it, it was signed the day before the Ministers who were in this country left it. Mr. TIERNEY had heard it rumoured that the Congress was not to meet till October. It now ap peared there was a Convention depending on that Congress, which put the country to a great expense, and which had been signed three weeks, yet not laid before the House. He wished to know why the Con gress was deferred so long ? Lord CAS'I'LEREAGH said, the Congress had been fixed for October, for the convenience of all the parties. With respect to no. communication having been made to the House of the Convention, it was not usual to communicate matters of this description till the documents were in a state to be produced. Mr. WHITBREAD said, it had been intimated by some, that some delay bad taken place on the part of this country in appointing persons to meet the American Commissioners. He wished to hear from the Noble Lord a contradiction of that fact. Lord CASTLE R EAG H assured the Honourable Gentleman there had been no wish on the part of this country to delay meeting the American Commis sioners ; and that all possible expeditkm had been used in appointing Consmissioners on the part of this Icountry. Mr. WILBERFORCE hoped the influence of this *pantry would, *seise general Congress, be vied for Settling the affairs of Poland in a manner the most fa.. 'odrable possible to that unhappy country, the par tition of which he should always consider as an act of the greatest injustice. Mr. WHITBREAD reminded the House, that at the period of the infamous partition of Poland, the feudal Government had been overthrown. Against that GovernMent the Powers of Europe coalesced; in maintenance of their Government the brave Poles fought and bled; and that Government was at last pot down, in the most savage, cruel, and rapacious manner. • After a few words from Mr. N. CALVERT and Mr. WiLsanzonce, the House went into a Committee. On the motion of Mr. H. Anotaarou, some amend ments were made in the Alien Act. Mr. WHITBREAD mentioned the gross abuses which And been practised under the law. He then adverted to a memorial from Gravesend, wherein it was stated, that an Alien Officer having been fixed at one public house, the Aliens were persuaded that it was necessary for them to resort to that house in preference to others. Mr. H. ADDINGTON said, that the case ann. ded.to by the Honourable Member bad come to his knowledge, for the first time, this day ; and that or ders had been issued to examine into the truth of it. Upon the clause empowering the Secretary of State to issue his order for placing an Alien in the custody ' of his messengers, upon the mere presumption that the Alien was not likely to obey any order or procla mation for removal, some conversation arose. Mr. WHITBREAD and Mr. It. SHUN opposed it as a dangerous and unnecessary stretch of power, totally uncalled for by the present condition of Europe, while Mr. H.. ADDINGTON and Mr. PEEL defended it as a necessary measure of precaution. After some further discussion, in which the AT: TORNEY and goLICITOR•GENERAL and Mr. STEPHEN . participated, the clause was postponed. The other clauses then went through the Commit 'tee, with some amendments ; and tic House having re:unted, the Repent was received, and was ordered to be taken into further consideration ea Friday; and the 1 1, as amended, was ordered to be printed. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed ef, and :he House adjourned. Tux SIRPZI4TINZ REIT, so called by some pro. f::s.ed wags, is, a subicet of ridicule with a few who con,ipler themselves, no doubt, extremely witty, .whether justly or otherwise is not to the present pur pose ; but certainly, the same objections do not ap. ply to the preparations in St. James's Park, as the .produce of the Tickets of admission to that depart. Meta of the Grand Festival, is to be appropriated to N4finnal Charity ; and, as these Tickets can only be bad it the Lottery pflices, the public may at the same gnoineni combine amusement and benevolence with • profit, by the additional purchase of a Ticket or ',Mate in the Lottery, to begin drawing on the Ist of September, the smallest of the innumerable advan t,i;es of which is, that the lowest Prize exceeds the os t of a Ticket. THE EVENING Sl'Alt. LON I)ON. . THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1814. PRICE OP S POCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. Reduced 6811;--Cons. 6b i tif—for acc.4llllf,i 4 per Ct. b4} —S per Ct. Navy 97 t pre. Bank Long Anas.l6l 13-16ths—Indla Bonds, ISs. les. pre. Exchequer Bills, 'AL ss. pre. We have to announce the arrival in London, from Spain, of Count de TORINO, a Member of the Corte . s, (better known here by the appellation of Viscount Maratiosa). This patriotic and enlightened Noble ra..o originally came over in 1808, as one of the Deputies from Asturias, on the first breaking-out of that glorious spirit of insurrection against BONAPARTE which led the way to the final liberation not only of the Peninsula but of Europe. The arrival of Count de TOREN° has given rise to various speculations : on one hand, it is said that he is clothed with powers from the most enlightened part of the Spanish nation, ' to implore the interference of the British Government is behalf of the oppressed Spaniards; while others assert (and we fear theirs is the most correct version) that Count de TOREN° merely comes to seek an asv. lum from perseeutioa. His determined opposition to every thing like despotism caused hiln to be marled out as an object of the hatred of the new Spanish Court; and he escaped with difficulty to Lisbon, whence he has found his way to England. Accounts from Spain state that the arrests of those known by the name of Patriots is not confined to per sons directly within the reach of FERDINAND'S power; but that ALDUMA• COSURNANTIS, AZAIBAR, LOPEZ, and the wellAncnvn CABRERA, the author of a perio dical Paper, have been seized, by the order of the Governor of Gibraltar, and immediately transferred to Cadiz, and thrown into a dungeon with the cele brated Attotruxes, the opponent of the Slave Trade. We think there must be some mistake in this state ment. A British Governor would certainly not lend his power•to aid acts of oppression. If, however, under any wrong impression, he has erred, we doubt not that Government will apply the proper remedy. We regret to learn, by every arrival from the out ports, that American privateers continue to be fitted out, armed and •ictualled in French ports. With all due submission to the Diplomatic Authorities of Eu. rope, this is ts war in disguise", on the part of France, and it ought not to be tolerated an instant longer.— We know it will be said, that road the war between America and Great Britain the French are neutrals : this ware prepared to deny.--There may exist trea ties of peace and amity between MADuoN and NA. POLEON BONAPANTE, but the abdication of the latter gentleman has rendered them nugatory in the eyes of every person of common sense. We know of no. treaty of peace between Louts XVIII. and MADISON, at least no official intimation has been. given of any such treaty, and, we trust, we shall never hear that any one of the legitimate Sovereigns of Europe has so far degraded himself as to take part against Great Britain, in the struggle with America. It may also be said that the abdication of Boxi. PARTS replaces America and Francs in the situa tion in winch they stood previous to his usurpation this cannot be the case; the &mason themselves were not restored upon such sweeping conditions ; besides it cannot be denied that it was BONAPAILTZ who urged the Americans to undertake the war in furtherance of his personal views of aggrandisement, and if the present French Government encamp itilein in its prosec ation, they art virtially ratifying . the outrageous policy which brought ruin upon their own country, and which, if persevered in, will ulti mately ruin the Americans. But let us hope that the injuriei to our commerce, and the insults to our fag, which are thui abetted by France, are evils so palpable that they require only to be mentioned in order to be remedied. CONFIRMATION Or THE CAPTURE OF • THE ESSEX AMERICAN FRIGATE. A British Naval Officer arrived this morning at the Admiralty with the Official confirmation of the capture of the Essex. The ship which brought the Dispatches has arrived in the Downs, direct from Valparaiso the following are such of the particulars of this gratifying event as have transpired : " FROM LLOYD'S LIST, JULY 21. “ The Essex, American frigate, of 42 guns and 275 men, was taken on the 28th March, about two leagues from Valparaiso, by the PIKEBE frigate and CHERUB sloop of war, after an action of near two hours. The Essex had 72 men killed and 80 wounded. The PHCZBIE and CHERUB 5 killed and l 0 wounded.” NAVAL INTLLLIGENCR. FALMOUTH, JULY 18. Arrived the Countess of Chichester packet, with a Ma'l from Gibraltar and Malta, fourteen days from the former place : on her homewartf•bound passage sloe fell in with a large black privateer, which chaced her from Friday morning to Saturday evening. The brig Mary and Betsey, of London, Smi rit master, was taken on the 20th ult. on her passage from St. Andero to Bristol, by the Kemp American privateer, of Baltimore, of eight guns and 65 men. The Kemp took out part of the cargo, and then burnt the Mary and Betsey. The privateer was from Nantz the day before, where she refitted, and was supplied with: guns and stores of every description, having thrown over board her guns, &c. &c. in a chace the cruize before. Sailed the Princess Mary packet with a Mail for Halifax.—wind North, fresh breezes, and very fine weather. PRBNCII FLORENCE, JULY S. The Governor-General, Count Stahremterg, has stopped 100 chests, filled with plate and other pre cious effects, stripped from the Grand Duchy of Tus cany, and which were on, the point of being carried away for Madame Eliza Bacciochi (Bonaparte's sister), as well as several other articles belonging to the State of Lucca, and to individuals. GHENT, JULY 11. .About IAO carpenters belonging to the English Navy arrived here from Bruges, set out yesterday for Antwerp, to complete the vessels. buildings there. ST. GALL, JULY 7. The Ministers of the Allied Powers in Switzerland have published a Note, in which they express their decided disapprobation of a proposal made by the Deputies of the Canton of St. Gall, for disntembering that Canton. MADRID, JULY 5. General Lord W. Bentinck has been presented to the Pope, and addressed him in the following terms; " Grand Monarch of Rome, and of the Two Le gations—My Sovereign congratulates you affec tionately, and, as a proof of his friendship, sends you this Letter of Credit, which is in blank, with the ex ception of his Britannic Majesty's signature, leaving it to you to fill it up with such sum as may be necessary folryour re-establishment in your kingdom." His Holiness could not refrain from testifying his gratitude, but for some minutes he was unable to give utterance to his feelings. Indeed—a King of England ! ! —To the Po'e, Chief of the Roman Ca tholic and Apostolic Church I I !—At length the Pope, with his eyes filled with tears, replied : " Illustrious General—Make to your King the most lively acknowledgments, and tell him that I shall never cease to implore the ALMIGHTY to reward his love for the Church, and that he may shed all his 1 1 blessings upon the English Nation." BERLIN, JULY 7. The Warsaw Gazette pf the 14th, announces offi cially, that the Emperor of Russi.4 has appointed a Commission, at the head of which is the Archduke Constantine, to organize the Polish army. The Em peror of Russia is expected here on the 23d. PLYMOUTH, JULY ir. Arrived the CONFLICT gun-brig will: a fleet of Mer chantmen from Lisbon ; among them the following Endeavour, Governor Manes, Trio, Allis, Richert, Comet, Echo, Emily, and the Caroline. Arrived the DCBLIN n,:tn of war, with troops from Bour deal's, and the Mooetvi gun-bi ig from lreland—they sailed on the tZ6th ultimo. Arrived the MiLsolto from Portsmouth. B:tiled the REDBREAST sloop of war on cruize, and the DuaLIN, 74, for BoUrde.tuz. PORTSMOUTH, JULY ft. Arrived the BITTER?. from Plymouth, and sailed again to the Eastward.—Sailed the FZKVENT for Havre. No further convoys appointed —The fleet for Spain, Portugal, and the Mediterranean, are still in Cowes Road:. —Wind S.W. DEAL, JULY 20. Arrived and sailed for the River the Russian ship Joseph, CHEMIN, from Boston in 40 days. Also ar rived several transports, with part of the Royal Wag gon Train. from Bourdeauz, bound to Woolwich. HARWICH, JULY to. No arrivals. Sailed the Auckland packet, for Gottenburgh ; the Henry Freeling packet, for Cux haven ; arid the Beautoy pact for Holland—all with SUMO 111.OtT OK LOKI ONTARIO. Prince Reg. In 56 gum., Princess Charlotte Montreal (Wolfe) ki George Melville Moira ... AMMAN ►L[RT ON LAIR ONTARIO. Superior Ship, not 'lamed 64 Pike 2s Jones Jefferson • l4 Madison ....... ........ 26 Sir Sidney Smith...— 12 Sylph. , Beresfurd 8 —l9O ()nada lf Building, a large ship.lo2-292 Governor Tompkins ll-279 Extract of a Letter from Commodore &taxer to the Secretary of the American Navy, dated Patuxent, St. Leonard's Creek, June 9.-4 , Since mine of the 3d and 4th inst. the enemy has been reinforced with a razee and a sloop of war brig ; I then moved up to the mouth of this creek. At five A. N. yesterday we perceived one ship, a brig, two schooners, and 15 barges coming up the Patuxent, the wind at east ; I got the flotilla under way, and moved up the creek about two miles, and moored is a line abreast, across the channel, and prepared for action. At BA. Si. the enemy's barges came up the creek—the ships, &c. anchored at the mouth of the creek—a rocket barge wad advanced upon us—we fired several shot to try the distance, which fell short. I got my barges (13 in number) under way, leaving the Scorpion and gun ' boats at anchor, and rowed down upon them, when they precipitately fled from their position behind a point, and sailed and rowed off with all their means. We pursued them until near the shipping, fired seve ral shots among them, when we returned to our moor ' lags. In the afternoon they came up again, again threw rockets, and again were pursued out of the creek. The Militia under Colonel 'fancy, are on the alert. lam this moment informed the ships, &c. have entered the mouth of the creek. A requisition made by Colonel Taney upon Governer Winder for tents, camp-kettles, canteens, Stc. was promptly at tended to.' FROM THE HALIFAX JOURNAL OF JUNG 27. Arrivals at Quebec, since our last, from Ports mouth, Cork, Liverpool, and Greenock, 39 vessels, in which came ten Naval Officers, 722 seamen, ship. wrights, and other artificers. for the Lake service : ten Officers and 230 men of the Royal Artillery ;- 67 Of and 1208 men belonging . to different Re gimens. Total, for the public service, 2247. The Americans, in their late predatory expedition to Long Point, • committed every crime attached to robbery and conflagration—nothing escaped which came within their merciless fangs. The Dover Mills and house, owned by Robert Nichol. Esq. was con. sawed to the ground ; that Gentleman's loss is esti mated at 20,000 dollArs. Many private buildings. belies bib, Were also been by the C11C037. ARMr. The reduction in the Cavalry of two Troops takes place on the 24th insts The 9th Royal Veteran B ittalion is ordered from Scotland to London, with the view (.t is understood) of being disembodied. Ministers haVe the 15th Regiment of Foot at their disposal by the death of General Powsu.. Lord Htt.tr is named for the Government of Hull (to he vacated by the Duke of RICHMOND), which will make a vacancy at Blackness Castle. General PAYNE, from the 2•3<1 Driven., is to haver the 19th Dragoons, vice Eal How, deceased ; and Major General FAN; from the Ist (King's Dragoon Guards) gets the 23d Dragoons. , • • The 45th, 79th, 83d, and 91-a Regiewnts were, it appears, by a letter from an Officer on hoard, em barked in Verdon Roads on the 4u, inst. destined this country. Detachments of the 12th Light Dragoons and ISth Hussars, were landed on Monday, at Ramsgate, trom France. the Ist Battalions of the following Regiments t the 1 I th, 20th, 28th, 32d, 40th, 42,1,48:11, 61st, :end 91st, are arrived in Ireland irons Bourdeaut, and are to be stationed there. The DUBLIN man of war, of 71 , guns, Captain ELPIIINSTON, has arrived at Plymouth with a 1 urge detachment of the 4.3 d Regiment. under the corn. (nand of Major DAI BELL and the 3d Batt .lion of :he 95th, under the command of Major Bate/that— The QUEEN CHARLOTTE, Lord KRIM, as howl* expected at Plymouth. EXTRACT OE A PRIVATE LETTER PROM QUEBEC, DATED JUNE 19, 11114. i ge Since the arrival of Mojar-General Conran, with the 16th infantry, 200 artillerists, and 300 seamen, the greatest spur has been given to the military pre parations fur a vigorous campaign. That most active and indetatigab.e officer, Sir S:dney Beckwith, of the 95th regiment, is the admiration 01 the army ; the ability he possesses, and the friendly and cheerful at tention he bestows on all ranks, attract universal con tidence and esteem. We are all very anxious to have a • glorious dad' at cur Yanky neighbours. under our truly Fopular Generals Drunun nd, Cowan, lietk with, Stewart (Royals), Murray, &c. The Yankies scent also to meditate some active and hot Mork, as tlicy have removed their old 69yr. [ mean di wom:n, from die command of their armies, and Ira pointed yning and esderftritin: men' to the Tani/ of Guieral, and to the command of their tro ps. As 6 new Lrooms sweep clean,' these active Generals .spear judiciously occupied in making preparations for some splendid achievement. They have formed azorlu :Pride of 6000 men on Lake Champlain, sod Are hourly augmenting their strength at Sackett's liarboar and on Lake Ontario. Every thing indi cates an approaching hauls. Sir o•!orge Prevost is industriously engaged in nieastues to avert the sue ass which the Yankies (who arc vain-boasters in the extreme) calculate on. _ " T:le species of warfare in this country is mere trying to officers and men than any other. Very few places are' cleared sufficiently fora brigade to move— immense forest trees afford a very advantageous ab •satis to the Americans, who are, individually, very brave, and excellent marksmen. They creep through woods which are deemed impenetrable, and after firing, are not to be found or pursued. Our mops can find no positions, but such as are surrounded by forests, where every individual is exposed to a species of military assassination. The I iitians ate of a pri mary importance to us, but they are not able to .odge the Yankies from a wilderness. A. red coat is a fatuous mark, and so well do this American ban ditti understand their business, that they select officers And serjeants in preference to privates. Our men are in high order and fit for any thing—it is, however, a most lamentable species of warfare. The enemy will never thew himself in an open spot, and the Fround which he occupies is generally strongly entre, ched, and secured on its front and flanks by a thick forest, in which they form, with the greatest ease, " echelloni abattis," or " retiring-abatis," of the immense trees which they either fell for that purpose, or which are, most frequently, self-fallen. 66 Their bodily strength and exertions are very great, and no men could manage forest-fighting with the same agility and skill which they display. The jungles of the East are said to be a mere trifle to those of this country. They admire our superiority in g the field of nianseuvre,' but allege, that a kw months 6 tight drilling' would give them the same quality, if it was necessary to adopt it. Should they attempt to cross to our side, which is expected, they must try it, as we have a more clear country on this side than that which the troops now occupy. Their present force is computed at 40,000 men, includi•ig militia. On Lake Champlain they unavoidably pos. ben a maritime superiority, and it is in this quarter that the most formidable efforts will be made. We all hope, that the war will not terminate without giviog Jonathan a most exemplary dressing. His arrogance should be humbled. The 98th are ordered from Halifax, and the 7th battalion 60th regiment (which might have come direct) has been sent so Halifax, for the purpose of relieving that corps ! This surely must have been a mistake at home I Chauncey has launched a famous 64 at Sackett's Harbour, and we have one to launch in August ; he has also a second " line of battle frigate' on the stocks. We expect some bloody work upon both Lakes, and on the frontiers. The Indians are all anxious that we should drub the' doodles" soundly." Monday afternoon, at four o'clock, the Prinern CHARLOTTIL and attendants arrived is two carriages, at Cranbourn Lodge, Windsor Forest, where her Royal Highness was received by the Bishop of SALLs- BURY and General GARTH. Tuesday her Royal Highness took an airing on. horseback, in Wind►or Great Park, attended by Go astral GARTH. The Dukes of YORK and CA/HARMS visited the PENCIL Rzsawu yesterday. Yesterday the Duke of CA/ARMOR dined with the Qusart and PRI NORMS. Yesterday the Earl d LtviarooL, Viscount Stu. 1/0161114 Earl CATHCART. and the Austri.o Aruba,. sador, bad audiences of the Paires Rustic, at Carlton House. Arrangements are nearly completed for the return of the FMCS RiMiIIINT of PORUHAAIN figai t,ss Draails to Lisboa. 1