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AMERICA. BOSTON, SBle'l EMBER 21. FORT Ente.—Accounts from Fort Erie to the 10thl of September have been received-1500 militia had volunteered to garrison it, and had gone over : and an equal number was to follow immediately. Letters of the sth mention that General Ripley had then the command of the fort ; and notwithstanding the preju dices of General Brown, enjoyed the confidence of the army— we have evidence that he did his duty in the battle of Bridgewater. General Brown has his bead-quarters at B3ffalo. The British army in front of the tort has been scrrngly reinforced. FROM CAPE ANN. The Leander and Spencer, British ships of war, appeared off Baker's Island on Tuesday. The for mer sent three barges into Gallop's Folly Cove, who were soon driven off by a party of about 50, which assembled from the vicinity with muskets, and one 6 pounder, after exchanging a few shots. A flag was then sent on shore, with a note from Sir George Col lier, demanding the examination of a certain fishing boat on shore ; wi.h a threat, that unless complied with, he would destroy every house within two miles of the C we. This request was complied with, and the barge , . findinft nothing in her, retuned to the ship. Same day, about dark, two barges from the Spencer, went into Kettle Cove (Manchester) and took out two fishing boats. They returned a second time for the purpose of taking or destroying the coasters in the harbour, but the inhabitants, being apprehensive of their designs, were prepared to defend their property, and succkeded in beating them of. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5,1814. GUNPOWDER Purr.—Holiday at the Stock Eschew. The Mail from Halifax, which arrived yesterday, I brings the most recent details from Sir ALEXANDER COCHRANE, with the usual lists of captures, &c. ad. dressed to the Naval Commander in Chief, by the su bordinate Officers, commanding on different stations. We have also received, by the above arrival, Ha lifax Papers to the 29th of September, but neither the Dispatches nor the Journals, furnish any particulars of consequence regarding the operations on the Ca. nadian borders, or on the coasts of North America. The Expedition, prepared on the return of Sir ALEXANDER COCHRANE to Nova Scotia, was enabled to proceed, on the 2d or 3d ult. in a southerly direc tion. In the opinion of some, it was returning to the Chesapeake, though it was the most probable opinion that the enterprise was destined against Rhode Island. The Paris Papers of Thursday reached us this morning. The article of principal interest, in a poli tical point of view, presented in these papers, is a letter of Parisian manufacture, but dated Imm Vienna, 21st October, explaining, a little, the system of policy by which the French diplomatists would inflame the proceedings of the Coligress. The principle avowed in the account of what is pretended to be actually passing, amounts, though not so intended, to a direct avowal, that, if possible, France will arm the world against Great Britain to annihilate her maritime sulteriority. Let every Briton mark the expressions made use of in this letter, and let him make up his mind to every exertion —every sacrifice which the honour, the dignity and the safety of his country may call for, at no very rvrec•te period, if France shall succeed in the views ascribed to her in her own Journals—which— let every Briton constantly recollect— are all published so der an avowed censorship. In the letter alluded to, we are told that the Conti nental Powers, represented at the Congress, 41 are now making war against England as England did against BONAPARTE. He wished to extend his despotism over the Continent, and it is wished to persuade Eng land to renounce her supremacy over the sea."—How was BONAPARTE'S despotism brought to an end ? Was it by persuading him to lay down his power ?—By ca joling him to renounce his schemes of boundless am-' bition ?—No, but by arming the world against him. AU our diplomacy was exerted at the different Courts to induce them to arm for the common deliverance. What then do these writers mean ? Their aim cannot be misunderstood. England is to be held up to the view of the world as exercising the same law less power upon dr! sea that BONAPARTE did upon land ; and of course, if the Powers of Europe can be "persuaded" that this is true, they are next to be persraded to arm against her, that she may be pea- WADED to renounce her supremacy over the sea. This language needs no comment.—The kind of persua sion aimed at, is to place a pistol at each ear and one in the mouth of John Bull, to bring him to this reasonable concession. But look at the exercise and effect of-the two species of power thus attempted to be brought into a state of parallelism. The Power of NAPOLEON was created and maintained for no other purpose but to enslave the nations While it existed they had not a moment's respite from insult, degradation, rob bery, and violence. But how has the great power of Britain—that power, the object of French jealousy and envy, been exerted ? In succouring the oppreised, assisting the weak, cheering the disconsolate, emancipating those who were degraded and enslaved by the power of BmiaPAitrg ! In its very nature the power of NAPOLEON could not rest for a moment—could not cease from acts of i►.jury.—While it continued in existence there could be no cessation of hostilities—no Peace. It has been annihilated. Has the Maritime Superiority of Eng- land been, since that period, a dispenser of desolation I and misery to the Continental Powers ? If not, its elements and functions are essentially different from ' that which BONAPARTE reared and put in exercise.— The latter was, in its very nature, a polutual meiioe— the former is never put in action but for legitimate and laudable purposes. Europe has experienced the truth of this statement. _ _ Where would the Powers which are now repre sented in Congress at Vienna have been ! what the circumstances in which they would now have been found! but for the unwearied and unceasing exertions of Britain to deliver them, by the efforts of her power, from the gripe of that Tyrant whose power was ex- erted only for their destruction ? Persuade England to renounce her maritime supe• riority I When the same species of argument by which it was created, shall be found sufficiently weighty in the opposite scale to wrest it from her—and not till then will she cease to maintain her superiority, for her own safety and glory, and for the defence of the Nations of Europe against every machination of France again to enslave them. The holders of colonial produce in this country will rejoice to heir that the demand for cotton wool upon the Continent has greatly enhanced the price. In the hope of a cheaper !supply, the manufacturers had allowed themselves to get bare of the article ; and the interruption to commerce, by the plague in the Levant, has increased the scarcity. Our statement of yesterday, that MURAT only waited for an indemnity to give up the Throne of Naples, is repeated in the French Journals before us. We hope the Allied Sovereigns, for the honour of humanity, will remind this gentleman, that he has enjoyed the kingly dignity for six years, during which he has doubtless filled his private Treasury to an overflow; and though last, not least, that he has the honour to be married to a sister of the invincible NA POLEON. What can he require in addition to these dignities ? FERDINAND of Spain has affected to signalize his birth-day by a general amnesty to criminals. On looking over the list of offences excepted from this Act of Grace, it really appears that a Bill of Excep tions ought to be its title. In the Chamber of Deputies, on Wednesday, the subject of the unsold Property of Emigrants was again agitated. Baron Louts, the Finance Minister , according to appointment, ascended the Tribune, He stated, that nothing could be more judicious than the idea of indemnifying, by inscriptions on the great book of France. such persons as might be losers by the restitution of some descriptions of property. But in thus disposing of a part of the revenues of the State, it might perhaps be necessary to find an equi. valent. He avowed his willingness to do all in his power to facilitate any Arrangements which the Chan. ber might make as to the Emigrants. M. Banco, the original reporter from the Com mittee, then delivered a long and eloquent harangue, as a kind of reply to or summing up of the arguments against the amendments. He contended for conti nuing the words restitution instead of remission. Hu thought that there were strong reasons why the emi• grants should be formally relieved from the penalties of civil death pronounced against them, and quoted the opinion of Chancellor Aggresseau, who, in writing to the Parliament of Besancon, on civil death and its effects,lhas established that it necessarily resulted from a confiscation pronounced. He thought the hospitals should not be deprived of what had been given to them from the emigrant funds. Every tenant of these Hospitals, in his opinion, stood in the shoes of an individual possessor of emi grant property. He thought it wrong to reimburse some individuals and not others : all ought to be re imbursed, or:none, and he preferred the latter alter. native. The property in Canals, held by emigrants, was all transferred to widows, orphans, and wounded sol diers : bad as Bonaparte was, it ought to be admit ted, in fairness, that this was a proper disposal, and it ought, by no means, to be touched. He admitted that by the law as amended by the Committee, many emigrants would get nothing, ut he thought they would be easily resigned to their lot. M. &moat spoke upwards of three hours, and the Chamber broke vp to hear him out next day. VIENNA, OCTOBER 21. Report states, that the Marquis del Gallo, Minister for foreign affairs to the Kingdom of Naples, set out in great baste, in the night of the 17th instant, on his way to the Congress of Vienna—he did not wish him self to be known. The demands of the Court of Sicily on the King dom of Naples, assume an alarming character for King Joachim. Several persons even think that the stay of the Neapolitan troops in the Marches, and in Romagna, are prolonged, because these countries will form part of the indemnities which are proposed to be given to King Murat. The cause of the country at large is in the mean time advocated by several good writers—they de mand the liberty and independence of Italy. We know well that it is impossible for the inhabitants to live happy in the midst of the uncertainties to which they are abandoned. They constantly appeal to the magnanimity of the Allied Sovereigns, who ought to have no other object but the repose and happiness of mankind, and who will not attempt to treat Italy as a province which conquerors divide among themselves. According to appearances, they make war at the Congress against England precisely as England did against Bonaparte. He w,s7 , ed to extend his des• potism over the whole Continent, and it is wished to persuade England to renounce the supremacy which she wishes to exercise over the seas; but will she he so persuaded ? The Ministers work more than ever, but the public is not better instructed as to the results of their discussions. Prince Talleyrand and Lord Castlereagh have sent Couriers to their respective Courts to demand instruc tions in sevcral important points. These Couriers will return, it i; said, before the end cf the month. Cotton is very dear here, in consequcnt_e of the large demands which have been made for it, and it is to be feared that they will still increase, for the ma gazines are exhausted ; there is none at Trieste, and the plague, which has desolated Smyrna and the Le vant, will prevent all arrivals from that quarter be fore the bad weather. No colonial produce has been received at Trieste yet, but the trade with the shores of Italy and the Greek Islands is very animated. The affairs of Southern Italy are, it is said, now settled : the changes which will result from the ar rangements made, will be effected without difficulty. Prince Metternich has received the diputation of German Booksellers with many marks of good will, and has pledged himself as the protector of the lite rature of Germany. Cardinal Oppizoni is expected here every day. Yesterday the Emperor and the Allied Sovereigns hunted in the Prater. SCHAFFHAUSEN, OCTOBER 42. The affair of the natives of Berne, accused of hay. ing received money to favour the passage of the Al lied Troops through Switzerland, continues to excite a considerable sensation. It results from the docu ments published on this subject, that it was the Eng- lish General Wilson who made the avowal of those facts to some of the principal inhabitants of Basle— particularly to Messrs. Gysendoerfer, Fork wurd, Wyss, and Colonel Burkhardt. It was M. Streikeism, of Basle, who gave the first notice of this to some of the Select Council of Berne. We look with anxiety for the publication of the documents which the Bet-- , nese Governor has promised to make known. Several Swiss Cantons have complained to this Go vernment against Professor Haller, as having tra versed the smaller Cantons, in order to excite them against the other Swiss Cantons. At Berlin (query Berne) they have confined themselves to exhorting M. Haller to conduct himself with more prudence in fu ture. In the same Canton, heavy penalties have been denounced against the inhabitants of Ebetland, who Are accused of having organiZed an insurrection.— Doctor Matter and M. Seiler, both refugees at Zurich, have been condemned to death ! The other parties accused have been sentenced to banishment and long imprisonments. All have appealed against their sen tences. MADRID, OCTOBER 20. It will be recollected that towards the end of June last, the King's Lieutenant of the city of Valencia received an order, apparently clothed with the sig nature of the Minister of War, by which he was en joined to arrest and shoot the Captain General of the Province, Lieutenant General Elio, without any other form of process. The same fraud was 'practised on the Authorities of Andalusia, to pin an end t 9 Gene rals O'Donnel and Villa Vicencio. The prudence of the Chiefs to whom these orders were addressed, ren dered the foul plot abortive. After a long investigation, the object of which was to discover the authors of this crime, the Government has now published the result of a process followed up with rigour against M. J. de Sevilla, one of the Chiefs of the division of the War Department, whose hand writing appeared similar to that of the dispatches which directed the putting to death the three Com manders of Provinces. It results that this Gentleman is perfectly innocent. His Majesty has recognized the injustice of the suspicions which were raised against him, and in restoring him to his employment, gave a pension of 1000 francs tolls eldest son. It seems as if the perpetratots of the above crime will never be discovered, so artful have they been in their combinations. On his birth-day his Majesty published an amnesty in favour of all those who were detained in prison or absent from the kingdom for any other crimes than the following, which are excepted :—tbe crime of Lete-Majetti, divine or human, premeditated assassi nation, false money, the murder of a Priest, incen diaries, blasphemers, robbery, forgery, resistance to officers of jastice, duelling, and malversation in the finances of the State. The benefit of this amnesty is thus extended to all the individuals who are out of Spain, fugitated and adjudged for non-2ppear.ince, provided that they present themselves within a year before the competent tribunals, and that they are not guilty of the crimes above mentioned. We cannot say that this beneficent disposition of his Majesty annuls the rigorous measures of the SOth of May last, with respect to expatriated families, nor those which were taken posteriorly against free-ma sons, and the acquirers of national domains; for the arrests continue, and several cities in the interior solicit from his Majesty, as a favour, the right of expelling from their territory various persons who had returned to their firesides. The people of this capital are delighted with the popularity of our young BDvereign, who has. never. theless, no fears of derogating Irons t'..e etiquette ni his predecessors. NAVAL INTELLIGTNCE. The Albion, ROBINSON, from Lisbon to Nur dean:, is retaken, and carried Mtn Halifax. The Magnet, from Grangemouth to llamburgh, has foundered at sea. PORTSMOUTH, NOVEMBER 4. Sailed his Majesty's ::hip bus for the Downs, and the FORWARD for Plymouth. The fleet for the Me diterranean, kc. kc. are still in St. Helen's Roads— We expect his Majesty's ship Swlrrsoart. with the ships bound to the West Indies, "will sail to-morrow. DEAL, NOVEMBER 4. • Arrived several ships from the River, and sailed for Portsmouth ; Pioneer, GIBBS, from Hamburgh, and sailed for Portsmouth ; and the Nautilus trans port, HARBERT, from Bremen, and remain for ortle , .. Also arrived the WRANGLER gun-brig, and remaiw. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET THIRD OCTOBER OR HOUGHTON MEETING, 1814. FRIDAY, NOVEDIBEIt 4. Sweepstakes of 25gs each, Bst. 71b. each, T. Y. C. Mr. Charlton's Mistake - - - Lord F. Bentiack's Monkey - - General Grosvenor's Old Dad - - - _ _ 5 to 4 on Mistake. Sweepstakes of ISgs each, for 2-yr olds, 6sl. 91b. and :1-7: (1:., gst. 121 b. T. Y. C. Duke of Rutland's e. by Selim, 2 yrs old - - Mr. Neale' s Capricorn, by Zodiac, 2 yn old - Duke of Grafton's f. by Cardinal York, S yrs old Sir J. Shelley's Amber, 3 yrs old - _. _ _ 5 to i igst Duke of Rutland's c.—Even on Capricorn. Mr. Udney's Emily, Bst. 41b. beat General Goner. Bourbon. set. Ab. M. ioOgs.-8 to 4 on Emily. Lord G. H. Cavendibh's Cat, est. beat Lord Foley's Teasdale, 91b. R. M. 200p.-11 to 8 apt Cat. Forced Handicap Stakes of lOgs each, for three year olds and upwards. A. F. Lord Sackville's Polntora. 5 yrs 01d, sae. s Lord Stawell's Goldenleg, S yrs old, let. Sib. - Lord Jersey's Asmodens, aged, est. 21b. Mr. Lake's Aladdin, 4 yrs old, Bst. 121 b. D. of Rutland's f. by Eagle, out of Yolumnla, S yrs old, 6st. 91b. Mr. Craven's Eaglet, 4 yrs old, Vat. 101. b. The Judge placed but 3. Ilto 4 apt Pointers—Stn 1 apt Goldenleg-4 tot apt A5m0d...... 4. Sir 1. Shelley's Amber, Sit. 91b. beat General Grosvenor'. Old Dad, Sat. 21b. Y. C. 25gs-4 to I on Amber. The Audky End Stakes of SOP each, for hot ses of a:1 age;, (i-yr olds excepted). To wan at the Starting Poe; of the T. Y. C. and to run to the end of the B. C. Mr. Valet's Merryfield, a 7n old, Ilst. 131 b. - Lord Jersey's Cannon Ball, 4 yrs old, 7st. Sib. Lord Sußleld's Little Turk, S yn old, Est. Sib. - 5 to 2 apt Merry field-5 to 4 on Cannon Ball. O - 3 • I • 3 • 3 The races on Thursday, excited more interest, than any that have taken place during the present Meeting. On the match between Sckeberazade and Alcohol, large sums. were depending, it was a smart contested race until near the end, when the mare won pretty clever. Hamlet won both his races in gallant style. The race between Cannon Ball and Young Eagle, was severely contested and won by a head. His Royal Highness the Duke of YORK again honoured the Course with his presence. WINDSOR Nov. 4.—Yesterday the Marchioness of BATH arriv ed at the Castle. In the evening the Duke of KENT left Windsor.—The Duchess of YoaK left today for Oatlands.—Princess AUGUSTA rode on horseback this morning. The Quamr, Princesses AU OUSTA, ELIZABETH, and MARY. wept to Frogmore to spend the day. Yesterday evening Mr. KAYR, the King's lessen. ger, went with dispatches abroad. The Earl of LIVERPOOL gave his first grand dinner for the season yesterday, at Fife House. Another Cabinet Council met yesterday, at three o'clock, at the Foreign Office, when, it is understood, the Speech for the opening of the Session was taken into further consideration. This Council was attended by Lord WESTMORLAND, in addition to the Ministers who met on the preceding day. The Countess of Limner was delivered of a WE and heir, on the 4th instant, at Uffington House, Lincolnshire. . . At Vienna, the Allied Sovereigns dine in the Riding-how—in London, they slept in the Starle•yardl Bags of letters are now making up at the Ship. letter Office for Madeira, the Cape of Good Hope, Bombay, Madras, and Bengal, to be forwarded by • the TYNE, a new sloop of war, which takes out dis. patches of great urgency and importance to th Su. preme Government at Calcutta, and letters for all the Presidencies. The Expedition which sailed from Batavia in May last, under General NIGHTINGALE, has, it ,sc lid, twofold object—the reduction of the island of Cvleisec, which nominally belongs to the Dutch, who have erected several forts and factories in it ; and the ex tirpation of the pirates who infest the seas in those parts, and commit great depredations on the vale. The following are arrivals at and departures from the York Hotel, Dover : October 28th.—Mr. Burroughs, from Paris to London.-Mr. Thompson and Sons' from France to London.—Mr. John Elliot, frum London to Paris. 29th—S. R. Sully, Esq. and Family, from London to Paris... Messrs. Bueley, Wright and Pabuman, from Antwerp, via Cahliss ' fur London.—Mr. Win. Wright, from Amsterdam, via Calais. to London.- -Sir Isaac Heard, Batt. King at :firms, suavity, from Brussels, to London.—Hon. Mr. Edgcuaib, son of Lord }d o n cumb, from Paris to London. 90th.—R:ght Hon. Lord Carmarthen and Family, front Lon don to Brussels.—Mr. and Mrs. Nash and Family, from Parif. !J London.—Mr. John Alexander, from Paris to London.—Mr.. and Miss Hankey and Fans _ y, rom Paris to London.—Mrs.Ro bertson and Servant, from Paris to London.—Captainßridgeman , R.N. and Mr. H. Brldgeman, from Paris to London.—Mers• T. Rider, and J. Martins, from Malaga, via Paris, to London.-• Mr. Aveling and Family, from Brussels to London.—Mr. Shag and Family, from Paris to London.—Mr. Fuzherbert and Suit, from London to Park. 31st.—Mrs•rs. Soulange Bodin, Foncier, and Albion Rynnr. from Paris to London.—Mr. and Mrs. Clark, from Pal is to Lon don.—Mr. Sberlug, from Paris to London. November 10.—Lord Cranbourn, son of Marquis of Sals , bilri • from Vienna to London.—Chevalier De Ville O'Reffe, one of the Ministers of Finance to the King of France, from Paris to Li isle. Mr. 8. Ballet to London.—J. 'filler, from Amsterdam to LOU. don.—Mr. Bonsor and Mr. Parkinson, Gem London to Pali.-- Messrs. Broughton, Pigeon, Wm. Murray, J. Murray, Cape Richard, 66th Foot, and Monsieur shabral, from Paris to Lon• Jon.—Hon. Mr. Chaplain from Malta, Airs. Robinson and fa mily, front Holland, and Count Macnamara, (governor of the Pages of the Chamber to the King of Franc..., to Loodnu. .id.—Mr. Henry W. Hoare and Family, from l'ans to I.m* don.—Mrs. Maaenburgh aad Family, iron, London to Paris. ed.—Sir C. Cbandospool, But. and Family, [ruin Eastbourne to Paris. 40.—Mr. Baker and servant, from London to Parb--Mr aad - Mrs. Ibblions, from France • Mr./. Penn, Mr. Fraser, and ilia. C. Spear, from P ar i s to London.—Mr. Hw.ter, King's Moss" ger, from Vienna, and Mr. J. Wheocky i frum B our iout. •.0 , London. ~,~ - ..~.