Star. — London, England, 1814-09-29 00:00:00

. 1 f . , • (r. • .AMERICAN PAPERS. . STATE OF NEW YORK.-GENERAL. ORDERS. Head-Quarter', New Yorlc, August 87, 1814. ?he detached division, consistinn of the fi rst bri gade of artillery, and the third and tenth brigades of infantry, will parade by brigade on Tuesday next, at an hour; and at places of rendezvous to be appointed by Major-General Stevens, and will then be formed into a division and be inspected and man=urred by the Major-Genet al. Every soldier is required to appear completely equipped, according to law. The inspectors will he particularly careful to ascere, taro the quality and quantity ef equipments, and will imme ii near repert an inspection return to the Commander-iii-Chicf., It is recommended to the Brigadiers, forthwith to emendate and organise their respective brigades:for actual service ; to assign the officers who are to take the field ; to cause notice to be given to every indivi dual of that organisation, of his place of rendezvous, in case of sudden alarm, and of the officer whom be is to respect and obey on his arrival there. When they are thus organised and notified, it is rcconi mended that the officers assigned to command, 'as semble at least three times a week for improvement; and that times and places be designated for the non commissioned officers and privates to meet for the same purpose ; and that competent and confidential persons be employed to instruct.them in discipline. The Commandeinin-Chief has repeatedly urged upon the militia to equip themselves with a musket, Sec. as is enjoined upon them by the constitution and laws. He trusts the emergency - which threatens us cannot fail to awaken to this important duty the im mediate attention of every patriotic citiaen who - has hitherto neglected it. It is recommended to the Associations of Exempts organised in the city of New York, to attend to im provement in discipline as often as possible. Any of these corm, or other associations of patrio tic citizens, who may wish to parade and be inspected with the division on Tuesday, will report themselves to General Stevens, and he is directed to assign them a station, and have them inspected. The Commander-in-Chief cannot omit this oppor tunity of exhorting the militia, and his fellow citi zens of the Southern district generally, to arm them selves, and turn their attention immediately and ardently to military instruction and discipline ; and he renews the instruction upon the commandants of the militia of Rocklend, Westchester, King's, Queen's, Richmond, and Suffolk Counties, to hold their corps eqiiipped, and in readiness to take the field at a moment's warning. By order of the Commander-in-Chief, (Signed) ANTHONY LAMB, Aide-de-Camp. Head•Quarcis, New York, Attest 29. 1814. The commander-in-Chief having been informed that several inhabitants of this city are possessed of cannon, pistols, broadswords, and other military articles which are not wanted for their own private use, and which will be of service to the public in case of invasion, reqeests that every inhabitant having articles of that description in his possession will re port them to the Commissary of Mintary Stores at the State Arsenal, where such of them as be fit for use will be received and paid for. By order of Cie Cortirnander-in-C::ief, (Signed) ANTHONY LAstn, Aide-de-Camp. Head-Quarters, New Ycr.-k, ikupst ftN, 1 el 4. The Commander-in-Chief with ingenise a h ittalion of sea-fencibles, npon the plan of organisation pre scribed by the Act of Congress NI itive to that corps, to act either by sea or by I Ind, in defence of the city and harbour of Yew York and its vicinity. Captains, mates, and mariner:, generally, are invited to form such corps immediately. The enicers cons znissi.ined as soon as companies shall be listed. fey order of the Commander-in-Chief, (Signed) ANTHONY LAMB, Aide-de-Camp. • New York, August 29, 1814.* The Commander-in-Chief is desirous of organising a regular corps of troops of one or two thousand men, including officers, for three months service, and to be continued, if sanctioned by 'the Legislature, for twelve months, or during the war. He will allow the same pay to the officers as is. allowed to officers of the army, and an addition of two dollars per month to non commissioned officers, Musicians, and privies, is lies of bounty and clothing, with such other encouragements as the Legislature may be pleased to grant. Time organisation of companies, regiment*, and of the brigade, will be - according to the United States reguisteen lieni the uniform will be provided by the corps, plain and cheap. The Commandei-in-Chief will commission the Offi cers as soon as the corps shall be enlisted. *rheir 4ervices will be confined for the present to the defence of the sea board of the State of New York ; and, . they will be subject to the orders of the Comman4r ife-Chiet of this State, until provision may be made At,perwise. . .„ By order of the Commander.in.ChieF, (Signed . ) As: - LASSO, D cro wn or oua Cay,—W e learn from good au thotity, that the' Hon. Rufus King waited on Gene.' sel Lewis yesterday morning, and strongly urged, bon to prompt aad vigorous measures of defence.— On the subject of money, he said--46 Let a loan be immediately c pened. I will subscribe to the amount of my whole fortune." COMMON:Me Dwaxon.—We are authorised to state, and we do it with pleasure, that Commodore Decatur has no orders to proceed to Baltimore with, his must, a; stated in some of the morning papers.— Commodore Decatur had it contempletion to vulun tier his cervices; but on further consideretien and cnnsuitatioa with the comtituaed atttberities, has cOh clod ni not to leave the city. We are requested also to .tote, that only twent)-five nue bate kit Gover nor% Island fi r the North, and that these men be longed to the teth regiment now in Ceaale. tottery or A 1.411741. FROM A GENTI.v.w.N IN EALTI.• 111010. 'lO retest) IN 'is..)WN, DATED AUG. Note.no can ? exceed tie: (Pisa: we have had here for a lira days—the din et' re-I war sounding in our ears--ties, trumpets, druies, aird the Inistling of bayonets and swords at every corner of tiee streets— we fieve'vhiettta eu tie soad from here to Washing ten to keep up a chain between this and the Amen'- tan army. The stores are mostly claitd id thimity„: Four deserters came in hers this nlenung, 110101 the force landed is 5000 men and a few cavalry and artillery. Barney's flotilla is blown up by himself ; and the enemy have burnt' Upper Marlborough, a viliage of 300 inhabitants, with tobacco-warehouses, court-house, &c. As to business, there is no such thing : files of men are daily parading the streets anti picking up those of the militia who have not attend ed their respective companies, and if they do not then regularly attend, they are advertised as deserters, and a reward offered fee them. We do not apprehend any clangcr in Bah:more at present." FROM THE NIAGARA BORDER. Lieutenant Russel, from Fort Erie, with dispatches for Government, informs, that there had been no fighting since the repulse of the British on the lith. 'fire British army.was posted at a respectful distance from the Fort ; and General Gaines had not thought it expedient to follow up his success. General Porter was at Canandaigua, collecting his volunteers, and General drown was expected to resume the command at Fort Erie shortly. The British were said to be short of provisions. Among the British Officers killed in the late attack, was Ma. or Vallatto, one of the hostage prisoners.— D?serters say, the British lost from 15 to 1600 men. The whole number taken is 480. NEW-TORE, AUGUST 27. WAR ON 'pia LAKE3,---We have advises from Plattsburg, on Lake Champlain, to the 19th instant, where our army, • under General lzard, was 96(X) strong, and within three or four miles of the British army, of equal or superior force. A sanguinary bat tle was daily expected. BURLINGTON, AUGUST 26. On Sunday an.expresi passed this town on its way to the head-quarters of the northern army, from the Secretary of War. The army is said to be under marching orders. LAKE ONTARIO. Lieutenant Claxton, of the Navy, has arrived in :own from Lake Ontario, and informs, that Cnm• modore Chauncey's fleet had been blown off its sta tion, but had resumed the .blcckade of the British fleet in Kingston. - -------- NEW ADMINISTRATION. As it is evident to all the world, and must be so to themselves, that the present Administration of the American Government are wholly incompetent to carrying on the War, or making an honourable and speedy Peace ; and as it is found they will not resign, some measures must be adopted to egve the Country. A politicrl writer proposes, that a partial change of the Administration be proposed, and insisted on by all parties. The sacrifice will not be a great one. Two of the Secretaries are known to be at swords points ; and an Officer high in military command has publicly &dared his opinion, that there were Subal terns in the army who would execute the duties of St.:meaty of War better than Armstrong—another Secretary is execrated by the greater part-of the oft- , cers of his department ; and none of them have Any claim on the public. In the mom of the present in cumbews, it is proposed that Rufus King be ins iud to take the Foreign Office ; Mr. Cheeves, of South Carolina, the Treasury Department ; George Brooks, to he Secretary of War ; and Mr. Lloyd, Secretary of the Navy. In this time of peril to. their country, there is no doubt these Gentlemen would put their shculdcrs to the wheel. The Administration then %%mild unite the whole American people ; and under the n is of union the war would be conducted to a glorious issue; or they would carry into the negocistion so honourable ind impartial a spirit, and love of peace, that they could not fail to obtain, not only a safe and advan tageous, but an early one. rßom TUE NEW-YORK EVENING MST, AUG. 27. This day we have the disagreeable task of record ing the capture and destruction of the city of Wash ington, the capital of the United States ! Six mouths ago, no one could have thought such an event could have possibly taken place. But this is the age of wonders I The city of Washington, containing va luable public buildings, which have cost the nation millicns of money, a large naval arsenal, cannon laundry, Sm.—this city, situate at such a distance from the ocean, and only approachable with shipping by long, crooked, and narrow rivers, on a spot select ed above all others as the most secure from foreign invasion ; who could'have supposed that it could so easily have been destroyed by an enemy ? Is is Fos that after being two years at war, our capital, tic seat of cur general Government, should have been left so defenceless? Can it be believed that a small armament of a few ships , and from six to ten thousand troops, which came into our waters on the 17th instant, could demolish our capital on the 24th? lint !tic!' is the fact. In less than , one month from the 6,1i1in2-, of .the expedition from Bermuda, the Bri tish General has fixed his head-quarters in the heart 'of oar nation—in the seat of our Government.— What shall we think of such things ? Where have otirmen‘ at the head of affairs been all this time ?!-- 'Why have they taken no measures to'clefend the ..capiielL;Were their no places on the Patuxent and, Polcante *!Tch might h ive been fortified ? Was theri go means .of defending the property of the lnption ? Can men who manage in this way be 6t to govern a great and free people ? Let their Consti ituents answer. We cannot close this article without turning the attention of the public to our own situation. We are :now erecting fortifications for the defence of our city weer re are the guns to mount in them ? Where are men to man them ? And who takes the charge of what few men we have under arms ? How often .does oat Commander in Chief review them ? These are serious questions to the citizens. Oar forti6ca tions will be worse titan useless, unless they have guns in them, are well manned, and the men are trained to the use of the guns. l'llOXl TII TELFCRAPU. Untortmate as the capture of this city is, we are prone ift the fir st paroxysm of our astniathment, to , aggravate Inc importance of the conquest, and at such ietsons to im tgine the toss greater titan it really is.• We Rio thetith ideas of despr.nJeucy now, which we shill; ifs astonished at, in no distant thy.— It is the pet b ne humanity to look upon our mis• fortunes calmly and leriiprrateiy—to bee where they may be repaired, or if irreparable, where they may e mitigated and their aeperitiee softened. BuCh ideas of despondency are of themselves far 6 melt dreadful to be encountered than the flash of hostile bayonets. They palsy our remaining resources they render incompetent our means of defence, and array every report that stalks abroad in supernatural horrors. to the present instance, troops hastily collected, and scarcely f.trziliar to the shackles of military dis: cipline—raw recruits, and sudden levies of men were opposed by veterans, then who had borne the fs; of European campaigns, accustomed to subordiaatton, and familiar with danger in all its forms. NA NTUCKET NEUTRAL. [TROD[ THE BOSTON DAILY ADVERTISER, SEPT. I.] The following is an extract of a letter from Nan tucket, dated Aug. 22, to a gentleman in this town :• gg Since I wrote to you on the 20th, the whole island has been in an upro*. The British brig Nim rod, Captain Newton, came up and anchored just outside the Bar yesterday afternoon. A Lieutenant came on shore with sixteen men in a berge, with some kind of mission to the select men; they tarried till near dark, and returned. We knew nothing of the nature of this proceeding till this forenoon. The select men, and two or three of the principal inhabitants, went down in two beats with flags, at about ten o'clock. In about an hour they returned with Captain Newton and several of his officers ; the Captain went up into the hall of the Upper Office, where about 150 inhabi tants were assembled, and delivered to the Modera tor of the meeting a paper, containing sundry pro posals. Pi..vious to his arrival,' however, a letter was read in the hall, which was brought by the Nim rod frohe Commodore Hotham, dated yesterday, off Gardner's Island, on board his Majesty's ship Su. pert). This letter stated, that the Vice-Admiral (Cochrane) had received tele communications of the magistrates of Nantucket, requesting relief, and re presenting the inhabitants to he in a state of stereo tion,oand that he had sent the Nimrod to inquire into the truth of the statement. 66 The paper handed by the Captain contained proposals to this effect : viz. the inhabitants of • the -island shall declare themselves neutral, and continue so during the war : they will be allowed to import from the Continent fuel and provisions in a small and limited number of vessels, which are to be licensed by dee British Commodore. All Government property, if any, shall be given up or destroyed, such as artillery, arms, ammunition, &c. [there is none here.l .The inhabitants will not be allowed to carry on 64 their fishery," EI presume, he meant the whale fishery] ; they may export as well as import such articles, how• ever, as will not pay a duty to Government ; oil and candles, I presume, pay no duty. Should any of his Majesty's yen t as arrive here, they are to be allowed to take whatever provisions and supplies they may wart, not distressing the inhabitants therefore, pay. ling for the same. A deputation of the Magistrates For select men are to proceed hence to the Commo dore, in 'Gardner's Bay, to-morrow, if possible, to conclude the treaty. se-Teere is so be atowe meet ing this evenin AIL the inhabitants art rejoicing at the prospeetlebidki this arrangement affords them, particularly the de tooerats, who are the first to beg favotta trans that very enemy whom they insulted and abused. 44 Captain Newton is enito a gentleman : be h. s been treated as such by all those who bear the same character themselves. He staid on shore near!: all this day, riding out of town, &c. ; he dined on shure with several of his officers. 44 This evening, at six o'clock, the inhabitants met in the open street, near the Town-house, that letild ing being too small for their accommodation. The proposals of the British Commodore being read, they I passed the following Resolutions, new. con.: " 1. We will not bear aims agslnst his Britannic Majesty tinting the present war. " 2. We will deliver up all public property on the island. " 3 We will no-. oppose any British vessels which may arrive here for provisions, &c. such as may he spared without distress ing the inhabl.ants, paying for the same.—[This vote was origi nally txpressed thus, by recusimeodst.on of a democrat—" we will supply the British vcssvis of war with such provisions as glary may demand;" which being opposed by a fsderalist, was modified as it now stands.] • " 4. A Commitiee a :Our of the select men and Magierates shall proceed forthwith s • use British Commodore to ratify the agreement. " 5. This Committee shall consist of Joseph Chace, ZensW Cofhit, Josiah Barker, and Aron I.lltchelltwo democrats and two fderatst..]. •' The inhabitants of this island, by this measure, are inconceivably relieved. They will soon be sup. plied with abundance of provisions, fuel, &c. by means of those vessels which will be licensed for the purpose. Those who have not paid the direct tax' will get clear of the same; for the United States' jurisdiction over this island ceases, I presume, during its neutrality. Vessels will be going direct to Bos ton. There will not be eny obstructions to the nevi gation of this island while the deputation is away— the Nimrod being ordered to convoy the vessel con veying them (the packet sloop Experiment) to Gard ner's Bay. It is expected they will be absent about a week. 46 Aueurr 23, Evenine;—l have just returned from on board the Nimrod, where I have been treated with great politeness and hospitality. We were saluted and cheered as we left her. About seventy vessels have applied 'for licenses ! it is not likely they will all be granted." BALTIMORE, AUGUST 2G. Notwithstanding the clear unclouded moon Anne on the last evening with unusual lustre, the light of the conflagration of our Navy yard at Washington was clearly discernable. As the moon went down, the lustre became more clear and defined,' rising and falling on the horizqn, like the fitful corruscations the Aurora Borealis. The enemy are now in pos. session of our capital, and this will sound as a deed of mighty exploit in the Journals of Euroce. DEMME OF BALTIMORIG—The citizens of Balti more and its precincts have organized themselves into lour sections, and are to relieve each other in the la bour of throwing up fortifications for the defence 4.f the city. The service of slaves as well as free people of colour is called for. Large reinforcements are marching towards this city; and it is expected they will make a gfeaf chew of resistance. Daelixce PIIILADILFMA.—The citizens cf Phi:. ,ladelphia have had a public meeting, fot the porpon of Hieing on some general plan for the elotnce rsf that ( .lace. They bave chosen Commissi,ness to or•' ganize thelsitinens, and take all necessary measuref to that end. The meeting - was via y crowded, an.. the Commissioners embrace the active and leading inen et all partien. ICINGDQMAF 1M271 CAPE HIM?, I. • There have been dispatched within these eight days, from this port, six gAlliots or boats, under Swedish and Spanish flagi , for St. Thomas and St. Barthelemy,and guo it a nd several Swedish and Spanish brigs for the United States of America, all "tided with sugar and-coffee. The fallowing vessels, richly laden,' sailed the lath of last month, ur.der convoy of h is Britannic MA -, ... jesty s brig Argo : The English brigs Logan and Cossack. the Tog. lisp ships Thomas and Gunson, the galliot Active,' and the Swedish brig Palmeira. These six vessels will proceed to JAMAICA, whew they will join a large convoy for England. These vessels have exe.-rted about four millions of coffee, and 10:),(Ko millions of cotton. When we consider the very short time they remained in the port to effect the s.tle of their cargoes, and take their lading in return, and yoke* we think of the co/entity of produce which :111 in the migaiines of this place, indeperde:ttly of those of Government and the prevent crop now gathering, but not vet brought in, it clay be easily conceived in what a very flourishing state agrical. ' ture is, and how very lucratin the commerce r.f this kingdom is to foreigners, as well from the profit! ' which they r . , - Ake share, as the facility of dispatching • their vessels promptly. H.4.IIBURCII MAIL. . BRANDENRURC, SEPTEMBT.i: 17. We hear that the King sets out from Berlin oil the 18th to go to Vienna, where he wilt arrive . on the 25th. He will travel by way of Greenberg. Breslau. and Neisse. His Royal Highness Prince William of. Prussia is already set off. (in the 15:h Baron Yon:' Eyben,thel)anish Ambassador Eatraordinary, hide an audience of the King, ia which he delivered-ble credentials, and was very graciously received: BRUNSWICK, SEPTKMBER t e.• His Highness the Duke, with hie. two sons, wise arrived from London with their tutor, Mr. Prince l At. ont this morning fon Carlsruhe, where the Prineee will remain till the Duke returns from Vienna. HANOVER, SEPTEMBER In. . His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge is 'expected shortly to make a tour to Hamburgh. HAMMecti, SEPTEMBER fa. His Excellency Field-Marshal Count Von Stedioglr, arrived yesterday from Paris, and will return to SAT `den by way of Stralsund. The Hamburgh Paper, called the Boehm liall T Liit, contains an authentic letter from Paris, which states that Davoust having hitherto 1 iiiivi in getting him self declared free from the complaints against him, Marshal l'ey undertook on Sunday, the 50, before Mass, to beg the King to put an end to the exile of Marshal Davoust, to restore him t' society, and allow him to wait on his Kielty as hi. comrades had done, who Al' demanded hits back, convinced that lie had rcted in Hamburgh at a soldier and a max If Amur. Marshal Ney's intercession is said•to have 114 d the effect that Davoust will shortly have an audience, though the day is not lined. It is certain that f the kil t; yields on this occasion, it will be more to oblige the army than Eekmahl. SBITEMBER 17. Co-int de Caramart, the French Ambassador. is arrived here from Paris. The Ring's High Cham berlain, Prince Wittgenstein, isgone to Vienna, and Mr. Haenl En, the Prussian Minlater and Plenipoten. tier}}', to Cassel. The King, by a Cabinet order of the IJI ies de clared his intention of naming some streets places (or squares) in Berlin, after important events in the late war, and has ordered already the square at Brandenburg-gate to be called the Paris-square, and the Octagon at the Potsdam-gam, the Leipsie-square. The Russian Minister, Alopeus, is refarmed from Paris. On the 9th, at; order appeared, by ablch the ge neral law of the Kingdom, and the . fhtifls mf justice, shall be again introdurelfraiii tile'llt of-January 1815, into the Provinces fortnerlrseparated from the Prussian dom:nions, and now testnrefi to them. Count Zochy, the Austrian Ambassador atiour Court, is ordered to Vienna, to remain there during the stay of the King. He leaves Berlin to-morrow morning early, and will wait on the frontiers for the King, wlio sets out in the evening. WARSAW, SEPTEMBER 8. A Russian Count chapel is erecting the Royal Palace here. M. Mikulicz, Deputy to the Die:, who was imprisoned at Pultova, is set at liberty by order of the Emperor Alexander, as well as all the other Poles, from the Duchy of Warsaw and Russian Po- land, who by the command of the generous Monarch return to their homes. The Polish troops lay aside :he French uniform. The Hula's& keep their na tional dress. Exclhinge nn London, 18th Sept. 92 sebill. nem. MOSS, IN NORWAY, SEPT. 8. While we look with lottging eyes (or the end of tl•e troubles which have threatened c•ur country, we tr joice that our !mule Government will par icularly attend to the execution of useful enterprises in Nor way. The Kiitg of Denmark, whose care we o:a9 always gratefully remember, did every thinN t h at such a good King could do in the difficult circuit:- ctances, and Moss owes bim especially the under. taking of a canal, which has been unhappoly inter• misted by the return of Mr. Kramer, the Dilec:ot tue work, to Copenhagen. We hope, however, that the Swedish .Government, which announco. such fk nevolent intentions towards Norstr:” , will ruse work to he completed, which may be in future sit use fill to commerce. After all that the Danish Governo ment has done for us for these VO years past, we s'j'' eant mitch assistance to be able fully to crijaT riches of nature, with which we are not so scants y endowed ac rhr -nerally helieved. ;FITMBER 13. -II Saxony, .1:41 th st t! Dresden as King '0 b.5..r.!. hart the Duchies of c. • its circulation that the Iy wrsivcd 4 herb'', hat.: A4or II f 4 Uge .1% %ad :for bykops returning (TOM bath a Omuta p ;en. 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