Star. — London, England, 1814-09-20 00:00:00

THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. TUESDAY.. SEPTEMBER 20, I 8 PRICE OF , tOCICS MIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK: s per Cent. Cell.. sta!f—for see. 6493;1 5 pat Ct. Navy 9 131 ) .—Orntl'unt 4 5 dis.—Bond:, I is. pr. l'schecuer 11,114 is. zo 3s. Frem. AT ON K O'CLOCK. Otunlum 31) cbs.-.-Cnr.sois 63/1 63. • Tly the arrival at Greenock of the ship Commerce, CATIttr.TT, 1M:11 Quebec, Montreal Journals to the a 4 at July have been received. They do not convey 'any intelligence of events subsequent to those which we had the satisfaction to detail yesterday, but they enable us to keep up the chain of information in the interval previous to the great battle of the 25th. Oar Readers will see that there is no cause whatever for alarm on the side of Canada. The game is up, in short, with the Americans ! MON MEAL, JULY 23. ' The American fleet still remain in Macket's bar hour, waiting for sailors. A few of our small vessels have le* Xing** with stores and provisions for Gederal.aiall'aOrmy, and the rensa'nder remain in pOrt. .From Mi;siquii Bay, we learn that Colonel Clarke had on the 20th instant made his appearance in the B 'y, short distance above Cook's landing, with a force of about 900 men. It is conjecture,' by some, thnt their oYct is to destroy some masts intended fir the Isle ans Isl.lx—while others suppose their in tention is igoin to visit the inhabitants of Saint Ar mand. We also learn that a body cf 200 men have bden detached from the Isle ails Noix to present any depredation, and to drive them from their present position. ram THE SUPPLEMENT CT THE ututpuem. HERALD,' 2.1313 INSTANT. • Dispatches have been received from Lieutenant- General Drummond, containing accounts from Ma jor-General Riall to the 17th inst. The Major-General was then at the Twenty Mile Creek, to which place, after !tatting strong garrisons in forts George, Niagara, and Missassaga, he had arrived with pan of the Royals and King's regi ments, some militia and Indians, and where he had b-en joined by Colonel Scott, with the 103 d regiment fon) Burlington, and part of the Glengary Fencibles from York. ;rhe Major-General's collective force asetott ted to above 4000 men, with which it was his intention to take up a position at the Twelve Mile Creek., The enemy in the afternoon of the 13th advanced ■ strong tolomn from Qucenston, consisting of about 3000 roma, with a six-pounder and howitzer, and approact.ed Fort Celrge, evidently with the intention of a:tab:idling their positions to enable them to carry on their operations aga;ost that post. Lieutenant-C ''lone} Tucker, who had been left in enromlnd of the forts on the fr . ontier, moved out from ForrMisuassaga with two six-runders and a detachment of the King's regiment, while at the same time a part of the Royals moved out from Fort George. A heavy cannonading comp nerd, which . laated for upwards of an hour, when the impression of our fite upon the enemy was such as is compel him to retire precipitately, and, as it is supposed, with considerable loss. Not s casualty occurred on our part. Accounts have also been received at head•gnartrrs from Lieutenant-Colon al McDonald, at Michillimaki um, dated the 10th instant, when the garrison was in the highest health and spirits, and amply supplied with every thing. The enemy's &et had not left Sachet's Harbour on the 21st, and it was not expected that they would be ready to sail before the end of the month. FROM TtIL MOSTRILLL.IIII3.ALD. . " Saturdef, Islt se: The Warspite, 74, which sailed from Bourdeaux. Stb June, is now in the river at No. S. Accounts are received from General RialPs head winters at Twelve-mile Creek, dated the 224 inst. The troops were is good spirits, bad daily skirmishes with* enemy, always to the advantage, bringing in Witty prisoners. The army was about being joined by flit 88th and De Watteville's regiments. Gene. rat Drummond would arrive on the 24th. :The Americans have resumed the barbarous prat ticrof spreading conflagration a every step. Th e y NOM again reduced Queenston to ashes, and the beau tiful village of St. David's has met the same fate. It is' evident from these circumstances, that the enemy Is oa the eve of retreat—we trust he will , be followed aid oVataken, no matter at what distance, chaitised for Mil wanton cruelties, and his country laid waste. Th. necessity is painful, but retaliation is the only way in which a stop can be put to this war of *eter nisation. Ali was quiet at Kingston on the 26th.—It was unAadstirod that the American fleet would not soon put 10 sts, but under very favourable circumstances., 14/ 0 sure happy tokens that Sir James Lucas WO is i* good health, and has not been seriously indisposed, as 11141$ lately reported. The 16th reerneot have marched ; troops are in motion every whare—hut the public, very properly, is ignorant of the paints of their destination. Oa Monday the Steam boat arrived, baying en board nearly 400 others sad privates of the Teth to r simile. We have seldom seen a corps of liter young men. Yesterday a part of the 97th regiment arrived; the remainder of them will be here in a few days.— this morning his Excellency the Governor in Chief 'left town. The coasting trade of the United States suffers ex.' ceedingly from the activity of the British auizers ; to copy the Boston marine lists of capture! would exceed the limits of this paper. British operations are not confined to the sea, our sailors and marines now and then make dukes en shore, to the great an noyance of the coast, and have lately made them selves masters of the important military position of Eastport, its the bay of Passamaquoddy. This place can, at a small expense, be fortified so as to bid de• fiance to the enemy, if defended by 5 or 600 men, and may be converted into an extensive mercantile depot. When a sufficient number of troops arrive on the coast, it is probable that a part of them will oc copy that portion of the district of . Maine, between Penobscott and St. John's Rivers; a track of country double the extent of the surveyed part of the district of Three Rivers. This too, like the western territory, was shame fully ceded to the United States in 1763, as a . present which was never looked for ; but which it is hoped will be attended to in the next Treaty of deice. The district we speak of is the most valuable in the United States for fishing establishments ; has a coast of 6( leagues abounding in excellent harbours, (rpm whence much lumber is sent to Europe and the West Indies, The bays of the Chesapeake and Delaware are most rigorously blockaded, and much mischief is done to the enemy on shore at many points. The British from their movements evince the design of occupying Elktown, situated on the neck of the Pen insola, formed by the two great bays :—Across this neck the distance is only 7 or 8 leagues, which mai. tary men say can be maintained by 10;000 men, against any force the Americans - can bring against them. This would secure the conquest of the Penin sula, which contains the entire state of Delaware, and eight or ten counties of Maryland dud Virginia ; it is about 130 miles in length by 70 in breadth ; exceed- ingly fertile, and . capable of supporting an army of 30,000 men in every necessary of food, to profusion. ISOSTON, JULY ts. THE LOAL—Notwithstanding.all the vaponring of the National Intelligeneer, the Loan oath. Of the fifteen millions to be raisedoevita are yet uncontrac. ted fT. The following are stated as facts relating to the negotiation of these seven millions. certain Ca. pitalists have offered to take it at 15 per cent. discount, which the Government at first refused—And offered it at 14 per cent. After some haggering the Govern. user came to the offer first made ; and the Capitalists, haying ten days to consider of it, and finding in this time that six per cents. could be bought in the market at from 16 to 17 per cent. discount, the gentlemen refused to close at 85 ; and there the business stood at the last date. In proportion as the money of the Treasury runs low, the &mantis on it are high and overwhelming. It appears that a few additional ships have arrived in the Chesapeake, but we do not learn that either Admiral Cochrane, or any troops, have arrived there. The Philadelphia papers of the 18th contain an official letter from Commodore Chauncey, detailing the account of the destruction of the schooner build ing at Presque Lle, which is stated to have been done by a party cornmaaded by Lieutenant Gregory. EXTRACT OP A LETTER raost (TEM, RECEIVED DT A UNIICANTILE NOUS( IN GLAsGi.W, DAM) AUG. 1. 44 General Brown is reheating, and burning and destroying on his way. Queenston and St. David's are both burnt ; but we hope the enemy will soon dearly pay for their conduct. Heavy artillery have crossed frem Montreal, and the expedition from our side must soon move. Unfavourable winds have .continued for five or six weeks past, and a change is mush desired, 'that the troors in the river may get up. Only part of General Powers's division has yet reached us ; and this day the Sd, urder Generals Kempt ind Robinson. with 43 sail, under convoy of his Majesty's ship Ycrk, from Bourdeaux, are an nounced per telegraph. The Wasspite and Ajax are .within 45 miles cf Quebec. These - reinforcements will not be very pleasing to Jonathan, who, from the papers we forward by this vessel, you will see now begins to think that John Bull is in earnest." Lord STEWART had a particular• audience of the PRINCE REGENT on Sunday, at Carhon-house, his Royal Highness having come to town for the pur pose, from Hampton-Court, .where he now resides. The Noble Lord set out in the course of the day for Harwich, to embark for the Continent, in order to attend the Congress at Vienna. .Notwithstanding the paragraph in the F a lmou t h letter, that the Malta and Brazil Mails would not be in time to sit off by the Mail.coach that night, they have arrived at the Post Office. The following Packets have arrived at F a lm out h, viz :—The Prince Ernest and Duke of Kent, the Tormer left Lisbon on the 28th August, and the latter on the 3d instant. The ChestetAeld from Malta, with the Mail nf the 29th July, and from Gibraltar, with that of the 21st August. The Louisa. from the Brazils, left Rio Janeiro on the 18th July, with. Mails. In the month of August last MS 'vessels had passed the sound. A letter received from the coast of Holland men . !inns the loss (Inine ships in Swinirm 'nde Roads, on the 90th ult. and the damage of rumelous others. BRKAD.—NO alteration in the prce this week. baturday a duel took place between two gentle- men, in a Welsh county, one of whom was killed on the spot. • SECOND EDITION• OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION OP THE DEFEAT OF THE AMERICANS.' STASpOITICE, TWO O'CLOCK. The knowing Bulletin has this instant been issued BULLETIN. DOWNING-STRUT, SEPTEMBER *O, ism " Captain havotss, Aide-de•Camp to Lieutenant- General Driustmotio, arrived this morning at Lord BATHURST'S Office, with Dispatches from Sir Gsnarinc PazvosT, containing the details of an action between [ the division of hie Majesty's forces under Lieutenant- General DRUSIMOND, and the American army, com manded by General &tows. •" The American force attacked General Demi- MOND'S advance, on the 25th July, with upwards of 6000 men. •1 The British for the first three hours did not exceed 1600 men, and were increased during the action to not more than 2200 of every description. 44 The Enemy were repelled in all their attempts, which were renewed with great obstinacy, and Isere 'at length compelled to retreat with the loss of 1300 men. They were pursued by Gs i neral DItUltilOND to Fort Erie, to which position they had withdrawn. •, The British loss was $4 killed. and 794 wounded and missing." A Dutch Mail arrived this morning with the fol lowing intelligence: COPENHAGEN, SEPTEMBER I. Several ships have arrived here direct from Nor way. One of them brought the Norwegian Cham berlain. Colonel Broiker, and Professor Sverdrup, President of the last Assembly. who had a great in fluence on Prince Christian and the Norwegian na don. and on several occasions made violent speeches. Colonel Broiker is especially charged with the re storation of the communication between Denmark and Norway. Prince Christian Frederick is expected back imme diately. He has been for some time indisposed and low spirited, seeing himself deserted on every side. After the last convention, he was so weak that he was obliged to be carried on board the ship. The Norwegian Diet will the less hesitate to pro. claim the Union of Norway with Sweden, as almost the whole Norwegian army has separated, and is en tirely disbanded. The whole business, therefore, of this Diet will consist merely in bringing before the public, in a proper farm, the orders which the Swedish Government shall suggest. With respect to the circumstances which preceded She conclusion of the Convention of Moss, the follow. Ing May be added :—The Commander of Frederick etadt, General Ohme, had declared he would defend himself to the last extremity, and he made a most de. termined resistance. Colonel Kuds had also assembled about 10,000 peasants near Kongswinger, to attack the Swedes in the rear ; but all these efforts were in vain. When I the Norwegian merchants saw there was no hop of ' assistance from England, they retired. Lieutenant- , Colonel Hall, Commandant of Frederkkstadt, was a traitor, for he gave up the fortress without firing a l l shot. Colonel Stadell and General Staffeld behaved so ill that they were cashiered. General Haxthausen suffered the army to be three days without provisktas, so that it is said, in the report of General Ahren6eld, the troops were exhausted,, and suffered every kind pi priva t ion. Finally, an opposition party expressed their sentiments openly. All this together so affected Prince Christian that he signed the Convention. BAYREUTH, SEPTRMBIR R Their Imperial Highnesses the Grand Duchesses of Russia, Maria and Catherine, left Franzensbenn on the 26th. The Princess Maria has taken the shortest road to Vienna. The Duchess of Oldenburg travels by way of Dresden and Leipic—she sets out on the 17th few VienvA, where the Emperor of Russia is expected op the 25th. FRANKFORT, SEPTEMBER is. Prince Bernard of Saxe Weimar, who arrived here soMedays since, goes to.day to Coblentz. The &son troops, which lately entered the Electorate of Hesse, him rederosmdthe Rhine. • BAs I LE, SEPTEMBER S. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales is ex. petted at Geneva : it is said she has hired a country house in the neighbourhood of that city. BRUSSELS, SEPTEMBER 14. Letters from Ghent say, that, since the arrival of an English Courier, the Commissioners hive inter changed some notes. This correspondence excites a hope that the nego ciations by means of correspondence will be renewed. However that may be, it appears that the English and American Ministers will remain at Ghent the greatest part of the winter. Our countryman, General Evers, is appointed Lieutenant-General and Inspector bf the Belgian Ca valry, which is to be increased by a new regiment of - Hussars. This General will immediately enter on his office. (It is, perhaps, worth observing that Ge neral Evers was considered as one of the best Gene. rals of cavalry in the French service.) ,The motions of the troops stationed in Belgium are not yet ended, besides fresh troop. continue to arrive daily. The Hanoverian' march for the most part to Ghent—the English who land it Ostend, to their different desti 'miens. The gd Ilelgiaa regimeist or 'foot has left Ghent for Bruges and Termoude. A camp rot Courtray is spoken of: By accounts from Ariennes, it se ms that the Prussian troops are going into a may between Ar lon and Luxembourg. On the other side, the whole line of the Fr lea frontiers from Nets to Dunkirk is minty occupied by troops of an descriptions, the organinatioa of which is compktad. MIDDLESURCI, SEPTEMBER IS. Today we have daelongespected pleasurecfsee. ing - his Royal Highness the Prince Sovereign in this lowa, where he was received with every densemstra. tion of joy and afection by all classes of people. ' VIENNA, SEPTIMIER 4. Several auiltbers of the family of Bonaparte seem desirous to is their abode in oar monarchy, and even in or near the capital, but it has not been judged pro. per to allow of their presence, and they have been 'suddenly ordered to leave the country without loss of time. • ROTTERDAM. SUPTEMIBIEeti. 'Yesterday waslaunched here j in the pinnace artlieir Highnesses the Princess Sovereign and the Dowager Princesses of Orange and Brunswick, the frigate the Amstel, of 44 guns, amid a vast concourse of spec- tators. This frigate, the fine construction of which deserves all praise, is the first that was ever almost wholly finished in Holland on the stocks. The Prince Sovereign has published a Decree, re• specting the inoculation of the Vaccine. CONSTANTINOPLE, AUGUST I& The health of this city remains much as before, and we can hardly expect any improvement as lorg as the Plague continues its ravages at Seouichi, Smyrna, in Scio and other places, end extends in and bordering on the Archipelago. AUGSBURG, sEPTEMI3.IIIt s. A respectable Paper of the south of Germany ban the following letter from hay 3 " The re-establishment of the Jesuits cettainit ea cites more interest in the South of the Alps than any where els: r their superiority in talents, learning, influence, and riches, baring made them many eat+ mien, not only among the Protestants, but also among the Catholics, especially some of the religious orders, Their long quarreh with the Augostins, the Francis. cans, and the Dominicans, are well known ; also lb. Rousts„ who have existed nearly one hundred years, And dedicating their attention also to edneatioa, had much irouble to maintain themselves with the Jesuits for competitors, are displeased at theirre.ex: tablishment. But our eotemporaries may 0 : 1;trt themselves that for the next generation they will so; be able to de much, chiefly for want olthe satt4* timer once possessed, and which is glow is oche, hoods, en 4 it cannot be supposed durthe7 will so soon Imo ver it, in these times when people ale net so ready- m open their purses. Enlightened Catholics who readily acknowledge the good which theiesuits did, think that it was a great fault to alsOlidi this Order, instead of reforming it, but that it is a greater fault tore...Sahli:ls 11 They believe %bat except she name and the dress we shall see nothing of rite old Jesuits." We have received Paris Papers of Friday. Thep contain but hula news. The following are a few se. !actions; : STIMIBTAGIf, luirri.MßEß thirmarade which took place to-day was very grand, and attended by anvnnsual nuniber of troops. Her Royal Highness the binCeSII of Wales appeared at the windows of a house overlooking the panicle. This Princess proceeded to the Cathedral today, where she was stationed on one of the great corri dors, in order to witness a solemn mass. Since her arrival in our City, the Priaaesiof Wales has not once been absent from our theatre on the nights of tepresentation. French and cerrtaan pieces are *ted alternately, This Princess chews much af fability. She is applauded every time she appears as the theatre. PARIS, IIiPTEMBEI ta. The Duke of Wellington, it is said, bas purchased the beautiful residence of Villiers, which belonged to thi. Lug of Napliss,..Joacialm. This.. Palace of -1124) Princess Borghese, firmerly purchased by has Grace, is rat apart for the English Legation. We are assured that the Port of Calais is to enjoy the privileges of an esinejser, as an acknowledgintnt of the distinction which it enjoytd of being the first to receive Louis XVIII. on his return. Several vessels richly laden hawalifi Nantk for Madeira, and Spain and Portugal. The manufactures at Lyons have revived, and the commerce with the interior has resumed 1 new acti vity in that charming city. Yesterday, at three o'clock in the afernonn, two femalei in the Rue St. Martin quarrelled on account of jealousy, aiid both became so enraled, that not contenting themselves with their lists, each of them seized a hammer, with which they struck each other so violently, that both their lives are despaired of. Yesterday, at four o'clock, the Putuct Rigour rived at Carkon•huuw, iron Hampton Court. Yesterday the splendid Temple in the Park, with the range cf booths Ir m the I;br.►ry (1, iwn to The el tremity of the Duke of York's Garden, including the Rotunda, were sold by public auction in small lots. The sale was uncommonly brisk, and the wow Ili Kill be reutuved with all possible expedition.