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te...cds respectively, in fishitig or coasting' trout one Itsrbotir or river to the other, within the iimits'ef.the country aforesaid; and it shall be lawful for such s essels when furnished with coasting clear ances, ap 1 pe-mits from the Koper Officer of the Cow rits Castine aforesaid, to c try, without mo -1,-..qation, ;nen one harbour to another, within said tits,rict, :he ptoduce of that c-suntry, or any goods, Ware; or tnerchandize, lawfully imported into Cas tine. Prrvidecl always that it any ship or vessel so licenced for fishing or coasting shall be found at the etszance of ten leagues from the shore of said country, br to the s9uthward, or Westward, of the eastern side Monhegan' Island, or shall be toured to the north i7ard or eastward of the line of the Province of New trunswick, the licence of such vessel, or vessels, shah t4lll' And void, and it shall be lawful to seize and Make pr , v of such vessel or vessels, the same as if cwaecl by the enemy. And it shall and may be lawful, until his Majes ty'.; pleasure shall be known, for any British subject, or person inhabiting within the said country, who shall be admitted to the privilege of a British subje: t, to imp 11, and bring from the United Kingdom of Great Britain, and Ireland, or any of the Colonies or Plantations thereunto belonging, into the port of Cas. tine, and no other port or place within the said dis trict, in British ships owned and navigated according to law, all goods, wares, and merchandise which can be lawfully exported fiom Great Britain or Ireland, to the British Colonies ; and all goods, wares, and merchandize, which can be lawfully imported from one British colony to another, and to export in like esaannet, in British ships only, from the said port of Castine, any goods, wares; or merchandise, the pro duce of the said country, or goods condemned as prize, and to carry the same to Great Britain of Ire land, or any of the British colonies. Provided always, that any British ship, entering, or attempting to enter, any other port, harbour, or place, within the limits of. the said country, save the said port of Castine, shall be liable to be seized as prize, and condemned as a Bri tish ship trading with the enemy ; And provided also, that nothing herein contained shall authorise British subjects, or persons trading to that country under the authority of this proclamation, to take up a residence ' in said country, unless specially licensed for that pur pose as aforesaid. " And all goods imported and exported into or ' from the said port of Castine, or carried coastwise within the limits of the said country, and all vessels tradthg to or from the same, whether coastwise or ' otherwise, shall be subject to all the duties, rules, orders, and regulations, which the laws of trade and navigittion, anti the British Acts of Parliament regu latieg the trade and fisheries of the British colonies appeint and which duties shall be collected, aad laws of trade, rules, and regulations, executed after the tame Manner as at we Custom-house in Halifax, in the province or Nova Scotia. " And we do assure and promise the inhabitants of the country taken possession of by us as aforesaid, that so long as they shall conform to this Procla mation, and behave themstlves peaceably and quietly, and shall take and subsCrihe either the oath of Allegiance to his Majesty, or the oath by this Proclamation appointed, they shall be protected, both in person arid propene, until his Majesty's pleasure shall be known ; and . as far as possible, shall have the laws which were in force at the time we soak posiession of that country, carried into execu tion by the Judges, Magistrates, and Peace Officers, who were in authority at the time we took possession of said country : subject, however, to such alterations, and ordinances, as the Officer Commanding for the time bring may deem necessary, and expedient, to enable him to support and maintain the power and authority of his Majesty, in and over .that country, and subject to the authority of that summary and military course of proceeding which the defence of the coun try may render necessary, and which the Laws of Wet, amongst civilized nations, authorize. *u. And we hope that the peaceable demeanour, and behaviour, of the Inhabitants under present circumstances, will be such as will enable the Offi cer commanding for the time being, to carry into effect, every sneasutoe necessary to promote their present security, and happiness ; but nothing con tained in this Proclamation is to extend, of be con strued to extend, to the establishment bf any form of Government, that shall exist longer than until his Majesty's pleasure shall be known, and subject to all such orders and regulations as the Prince Regent of the United Kinitclom, acting in the name and on the behalf of his:Majesty, may think expedient to appoint and establish for the permanent Govern. meat of that country ;''until which period we promise to carry into effect this Proclamation in every way that will best conduce to the safety and prosperity of the inhabitant; of the country. Provided they contri bute by their peaceable demeanour to the measures ne cessary and expedient to he taken to hold possession of the country against his Majesty's enemies, to which object the Officer •commanding in that country- for the time being is to employ his whole force, and any opposition from the inhabitants of that country to the measures necessary to accomplish that object, will render this Proclamation null and void. " Given under our Hands and Seals at Arms at Halifax, this 21st day of September, in the 54th year of his Ma jesty's Reign, Anno que Domini, 1214. (Signed) Is JOHN COAPE SHERBROOKE, —.— • lieu tenant-General Commanding. " EDWARD GRIFITH, Rear-Admiral." FURTHER EXTRACTS PROM AMERICAN PAPERS. NEW-YORK, SEP 1 EMBER S. We have seen a letter from Georgetown, stating, that Obstructions were secretly sinking at the Nar rows, below Fort Warburton, Potomac; and san guine hopes were entertained of preventing the enemy's ships from descending that river. A detachment of the United States Dragoons are said to have taken prisoners, after a sharp action, Brigadier General Thornton. Lieat.-Colonel Hood, and Major Brown, 85th Regiment, with aliont 100 noncommissioned officers and privates. General T. and Colonel H. were severely wounded. BOSTON, SEPTEMBER 7. ALARM AT SACKETT'S HARIOUR•EItnet of a letter from Sackttt's Harbour, dated Fort Pike, Au- gust 2.9, 1814 :-- 46 An express has just arrived here with information that a large number of British troops, in about 300 boats, have arrived at Gravelly Point, about 20 miles from this place, down the St. Law rence, and when the express came away. a line of four A A . 'or 500 had formed , acid the others were landing at "ast as possible. Their objeet is supposed to be this place, and if so, tve shalt probably have a sight or them before long." F:ICM TIT E CHAMPLAIN PRONTIka. —On Wednesday I last 1;000 British, under General Brisbane, crossed the line from o.lLltown, and encamped at Champlain, and on Thursday they took up the line of march as waa sup posed fur Plattsburg. This information was brought by express from Chazy. Of course great alarm prevail: d at Plattsburg, and every thing move able was carrkd away. CAPTUR t; or CASTINL—tre have received a letter from Belfast. dated September 1, stating that a very formidable British force NOM appeared off Castine early that ret . ,rning, and had taken possession of that .place and of Belfast. It states that there was but iittle force at BelfasL to oppose them. LI ANSON ' S PROCLAMATION. " lllitr.at, the enemy by suckle!' incursion have succeeded In' invading the Capital of the nation, defended at the moment by troops less numerous than their own, and almost entirely of the militia; during their possession of which, though for a single day only, they wantonly d.•~stroyed the Public Edifices, having no relation in their structure to operations of war, nor used at the time fur military annoyance; some of these edifices being also costly monuments of state and of arts, and the others depo sitories of the public archives, not only precious to the nation, as the memor.ai► of its origin and its early transactions, but inte resting to all nations, as contributions to the general stock of his torical instruction and political science: " And whereas, advantage has been taken of the loss of a fort, more immediately guarding the neighbouring town of Alexan dria, to place the town within a range of 4 naval force, too long and too much in the habit of abusing Its superiority, wherever it can be applied, to require as the •alternative of a general confiao oration, an undistut bed plunder of private property, which has been executed in a manner peculiarly distre.oicg to the tants, wLo had ini:lnsiderately cast themselves on the justice and generosity of the victor. " And wlicreas it now appears by a direct communication from the British Naval Commander on the American sta:iun to be his avowed purpose to employ the force under his direction in dt-stiaying and laying waste such towns and districts upon the coast as :nay be tound assailable; adding to this declaration the insuitmg pretext, that le is in retaliation for a wanton destruction committed by the army of the United States in Upper Cana!la, wt•en it is notorious that no destruction has been committed, which, notwithstanding the multiplied outrages previously corn. mitred by the enemy, was rot unauthorized, and promptly shewn to be so, and that the United States have been as commit in inch endeavours to reclaim the enemy from such outrages, by the contrast of tneir own example, as they have been ready to terminate tin /easonable co:dojo- 1 s, the war it se lf " Attu whereas, these proceedings and declared purposes, which exhibit a tieltberate disregard of the principles of humanity, and the rules of civilized warfare, and which must give to the existing war a character tit extended devastation and barbarism, at tits very moten. of nt•bociauon for peace invited by the enemy himself, leave no prospect of safety to any thing within the reach tit his predatory and incendiary operations, but is a manly and universal determination to chastise and expel the invader. " Now, therefore e l, lames Madison, President of the United Suits, du issue this my Proclamation exhorting all the good people thereof, to unite their hearts and hands in giving erect to the ample means possessed for that purpose: I enjoin •it on all (Accra civil and military, to exert themselves in executing the duties with which they are respectively charged. And more es pee ally, I require the 011:ers commanding the respective mili tary did rit ts, to be vigilant and alert in providing for the defence therct.l; for the more effectual accomplishment of which they are authorised to call to the defence of exposed and thrtatened places, prcportiuns of the militia, most conveitient thereto, svhe ther they he or be not parts of tkr quotas detached for the see tice of the United Maces under requisitions of the.general Go vernment. " On an occasion which appeals so forcibly to the proud feelings and patriotic devotion of the American People, none will forge. what they• owe to themselves; what ti.i•y owe to their country, and the high destinies which await it—what to the glory acquired now, to be maintainedby their sons, with the augotetited strength and resources with which time and Heaven have ble-sed them. " ha testimony whereof, -I have hereunto set my nand and caused the seal of the U.tited States to be affixed to these presents. (Signed) " JA/AtS MADISON. ry the President, " JAMIE MONROE. Sec. of State." " Done, Scc. at Washington, Sept. 2, 1814." . THE EVENING S fAlt. LONDON. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1814. PRICE 0? 'MIS DAY A I' TWELVE O't. I .00K Retluctd 64;F 1 -4 per Cent. SI i-5 per Colt. Navy 961 Consols 65a—ior account, 65; 56—Win. 2. Batik I.ong Anns. 15 15•l6ths-13otds 153. 16s. pr. Exchequer Bills Is. 49. pre. We are now enabled to lay before our Readers the particulars of the reverses to which we alluded yester. day, and sail to have been sustained by our naval and military forces in Canada.—See the preceding page. —'lire account of these operations rests only on Ame• rican authority, but we have no doubt that, allow. ing for a little exaggeration, the general outline, as de tailed by a General MACOMB, is nearly correct. The report in one of the American statements, that .the British land forces had been deleatod W ith a losi of 3000 men, is nit entitled to credit. The brief fact appears to be this : On the 11th ult. the British and American squadrons, on Lake Champlain, came in sight of each other, when a desperate conflict im• mediately took place. Very early in the action, the British Commodore was killed ; and this unfortunate event threw flue vessels under his command into great con:Usion. . 'l'h..l contest, however, continued until the whole of the Dritisii force, except some boats, which escaped '1 by rowing, was either taken or destroyed. Seven is said to be the number of our vessels which fell into' the hands of the Americans, and among them a 32- gun frigate. We, however, believe, that there was no vessel of that magnitude on the Lake I but be this as it may, the result was sufficiently disastrAs. Sir Gtottoz Pnevosr, relying en the support of the naval force, had some days previously crossed the boun dary line at the Chazy River, and advanced about 30 miles along the western shore of Lake Champlain to Piiiisbilrg. Of this town (lately the AMerican head .qtlarrets) he had made himself maftet, and had inyec, ed Fort Moreau, into which Crn. IzAnn, with the prin cipal part of his army, had thrown hirostrlf for safety. —The unfortunate news from the I.,:tke no sooner reached Sir GEORGE, than fearinz for his communi cations, and anxious to prevent his suprlies and iein forcements from being cu t off, h e reso l ve d o n an im mediate retreat but even this could not be effected without some loss. Scarcely had he qu'tted the town, when the American troops came out of Fort Moreau, harassed his rear, and took several prisoners, whom they sent with great triumph into Plattsburgh. Such we conceive to be pretty nearly the real substance of the unfortunate events which have occurred in this' quarter, events which will no doubt serve in some measure to cover the disgrace that promised to have speedily overwhelmed the wretched war-faction in America. A Dutch Mail arrived this morning. It brings no news of importance from Holland. It is stated in an article from Augsburg, that immediately on the opening of the Congres, at Vienna, Prince WILLIAM of Prussia will be declared Viceroy of Saxony, the Grand Duke CONSTANTINE of Poland, and the Arch- duke CHARLES; of Italy. N4l 7 .fL IqTELLIGENCR. EAST-INDIA SHIPPING. The outward-bound Bombay and China ships—the Elphinstone, Bombay, CAbalva, Lady Melville, and Mptune—which sailed from Port6outh in DPcem ber last, arrived at Boue , ay, on the 21st of May. The Cnroline, private ship, was to sail from Bom bay the 12th o' June. His Majesty's ship ACORN had been ordered to the Gulph for the protection of the Trade. AMERICAN PRIVATEERS. Extract of a letter from St. Michael's, dated 21st August—" I have information that the Peacock Ame rican sloop of war is now cruizrig on . the coast of , Africa to annoy our trade in that quarter." The Duck, STEVENSON, from Gibraltar to London, is taken by the Peacock American sloop of war ;,crew landed at Teneriffe. •t The Stranger, LAVI)IIN, from Buenos Ayres to Greenock, and the Seatiov:er, HEssoN, from New foundland to Bermuda, have be:m taken and burnt by the Peacock American sloop of war. The Graff Witgenstein, M.‘w; from Cowes to Ha vanna!), has been captured by two Carthag ni.an pri vateers. 'Fbe Favourite, from Port .Lickson to and the Betsey, from Sumatra to Loridi:n, have been saken by the Hy der Ally American letter of marque; the former (on the !Thh April) since re7aken by his Ma]esty's ships the A LBION schowier and Pvt.Amis, and arrived at Halifax. The Charlotte, A LLPN. frim Anti ;in to Gree— node, and tae AlexariJer. INTF:wv, from St. Thomas's to Liverpool, are ret. , ki.n by the WASP sloop of war, and arrived at Halifax. I'AI.MOUTIT, OCTOPER Pt. Arrived :be Arabella packet from Lisbon, in eight days ; the Qucensb-rry packet from Halifax, in 20 days. Sailed his M tjesty's ships WANDERER and A cHAttn, and the Wi:harn transport, for Cork. The Francis Freeling packet, for Lisbon ; and the Queen Charlotte packe , , for Surinam, are gone into the Roads.—Wind fine weather. PLY Minn' OCTOBER 17. Came in the SCAVANDEI: frig::te from a crude off Bermuda ; Two Fr:ends, WITITTINGTIAM, from Ma laga, leaky ; Mar}, P}REINs, from Cork ;. and a trader, from Liverpc,nl. roaTsmourri, OCTOBER la. Arrived his Ist hj:•Lty's ship Gitowinn, and a few vessels, from the coast of France. Sailed his Ma jesty's ship Ei , iPE on a. cruize. His Majesty's ship SNAKE, Wittt the ships to join the DUNCAN, for the Bra zils, &c. still remain in Yarmouth Bouts. DEM., OCTOBER 19. . . Put hack by' contrary winds, the Fife, Hebe, Kings ton, Mercurio, and several other West-Iradiamen. A foreign brig parted .frlm her anchor, but ins let go iinother, and rides well. Passed at the hack of the Sands a large ship from the Westward, with loss of maintop-mast. The Hope, American S.mthseaman, prize to his Majesty's ship NritEus, has had an an chor and cable from the shore, and rides well. Five o'Clock.—The whole of the outward-bound trawports and colliers appear to ride well.—lt conti nues very squally, with rain, an.l the gale increases. . - HARWICH, OC...TOBFR 18. Arrived the Henry Freeling packet, with a mail and passengers, from Cuxhiv.w.—Wind S.W. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 17. Arrived the Caroline, MITCHELL, from Havannah. Sailed, Gth ultimo, in company with the Etheldred, hound to London, and patted from her on the Ist in stant, in Tat. 40. 11. long. 44.46. having lost her top masts. On the 28th ult. spoke the Two Friends, from, Havannah to Curasoa, with loss of topmasts. PENZANCE, OCT. 16. The body of Captain LE Cccq, al the ship Mentor, lost here so far back as the 14th of January last, with two of his people, were picked up near the Mount on Friday mon:sing last. Captain LE Coto had his gold watch in his pocket when found, which is in the pos session of Mr. BARKER. They have been decently in terred in the Mount burying-ground. MARGATE, OCTOBER 1 tt. The boat, with the trench people, supposed to have been overwhelmed between Ramszate and the opposite coast (which was the topic of conversation here on Monday and Tuesday last, and subsequently at Calais) was carried by the wind and waves down to Dunkii k, where the whole of the passengers were landed in perfect safety, when hope was lost and dire despair sat on the countenances of all. The inte:fel ence of PROVIDENCE has been noticed this morning in the pulpit. HALIFAX, SEPTEMBER IS. Cane in the Newcastle frigate and several of her convoy from England. The body of the late lamented General Rou was taken to Halifax for interment. -SPORTING iNtBLiGENCE. NEWMARKET SEtomi OCTOBER MEETING, let q,; • 71.11tsDAY. ter 'Brit 18.. General Grosvennes Ilellaria, es. ttb her. Lord Fatt•ntinek's Henry, 7th. Al. M. 50g.. F.—No bettoig. £.lO for 11-mold cults, car yi. , g M't elb, and bliiel, Rst 21h. T. Y. C. sir J. Shelley's ch. f.• by Wtt on, out of Fanny General Glswer's ch. f. by Ruben, - • 5 tot arst tir I St:lley't ch. f. Nine others sworted, b t the Ju'g, rived only two. Mr. Watson's Paulus, sat 5.1), brat aike of Grafton's Jeweller, Sst. T. Y. C. longs —4 so 1 on Paulus. The Garden Stakes of It 0.,. each. T. M. M. was won on Monday by Mr. Watson's Peck'. s, Bst 10 b. COURT MARTIAL ON COLO.VEL QUENTIN. Yesterday the Court met at ten o'clock, when Serjeant Mn itctiANT and Se ;cant HoneeF, of the 10th, and Serjeant FARR, of the 15th H;;essirs, were examined on the first charge,when Colenel Pont FR ex pressed a wish to put Som.: farther qeestions tol3rigade Major Joults, who not being in atteedance, the Cotirt proposed that in the me in time the second charge should be proceeded with, as, wi!lt the CY.repo.)n of Major JJNES, all the evidence cat the first charge had been gone through. Before any witness was called to the second charge, Colonel PALMER begged leave to state to the Court, that when he ascertained that his becoming prose cutor was unavoidable, he wrote to the Duke De Guiche, (late Captain De Grammont, of the 10th Hussars,) now in France, r-questing his presence in England; or, if that were impossible, that he would reply to the questions Colonel Palmer proposed re. lative to trans ittions which took place whilst the Duke De Guiche was with the regiment, touching the defendant's conduct as Commanding Otficer.—. The Duke de Guiche, it arp?.tred, in his reply to Co lonel Palmer, anse ered his questions., hut at the same time stated his inability to come to. England %mime the 20th of November next, and transmitted Colonel Palmer a copy of a letter that he had received from Colonel Quentin, on the same subject, and of his re• turn thereto. Colonel palmec begged to assure the Court that it was his wish to avoid all unnecessary delay,. ar...1 although he considered the evidence of the Duke de Guiche of the greatest importance, lie would not now reque.t them. to wait his appearance in England before they .prlceeded 0 a decision on the facts lie should bring before them ; bit if the letters of the Duke de Guiche could not be :Omitted as evi dence, he hoped, at least, that he reigia be permitted to avail hiniselLaal the . statements tlicy contained in his reply. The Jtnoa ADVOCATE; ohserved, that he :12d issued a summons, orJrniag tlic attendance of the Dulv. de Guiche, in cce,seqineice of Colonel Palmer hiving given his name in the list of wer.essec, though he was share at the time he issued it that the Duke de I Guictie was in France. and that he had no means of entorcing his attendance. He had thought it very necessary that the trial i. , !iolli proceed with all pos sible eel: rite, and wrote to the Duke de Guiche, re questing his att:lrdance, whose :ince: r stated, he could not leave 1 - race betcee November, L'Jt that he was ready to reply by letter to any questions that might he proposed to him. He r.presented that it was the general uslee of Courts-Martial to allow a greater latitede t': Defendants, relative to rrneuring witnesses. than to Prost cater ; Oat he had stated to Colonel Pallie-, that any thing ps. to the Dike de Guiehe by letter could net he adm:rted in ev:el•nce, neither could his replies thereto. He now said, that Iby permission et Colone l Quentin, the letter from the ._ . ... ___ Duke De Goiche might be atta-hed to the proceed. ings of the Court Mai tial ; thoug!!, C donel Quentin withnold such permissi2n. be was sure the Court would not theretore he prejudiced against him; and it was r:tquisite the Col. Quentin should have time Allowed todecide upon the el Igilliii!y of such ;let - mission. —Colonel l'Alme: declared it welc tit horn his inten ,iou to press any unfair miventage, or to urge v:hat the Couft might deem an improper regre-t. Time was accordingly granted for Colonel Quvit:in to de. termine whether the letter fr im the Duke de Guiche to Colonel Palmer should be attached to the reply or no.t.---It was understood, that if Colonel Quentin al lowed Colonel Palmer to attach the Duke de Guiches letter to his reply, he alio might make use of it in his defence. The second charge being read, Colonel Elly, As sistant-Adju'ant-General to Lord Wellington, Lieu tenant Eversfield, Lieutenant Fitzclarencc, Mr. Beau. champ, Aide-de-camp to Sir Stapleton Cotton, Ser. jeant Lacy, Serkont Marshall, Kemble and Stoner privates, Serjeant 1-Lodges, Earl and Williams, pri vates, Serjeant Shadwell, Captain Fitzgerald, and Captain Stuart, were examined no the second charge. Brigade Major .I.‘nes completed his evidence on the first charge.—Adj-,urned to this day. The Officers of the Westmeath Mili•ia, on their be. ing disembodied at Athlone, have voted a handsome P:cce of Nate to their Surgeon, S tr.ettEx TAarre, as a memorial of their esteem for him, bt to profession ally and as a private individual, during a period cf twenty-nee years service. The passion for gaming seems very I . .v,enf.rally dif fused throughout the world. Or:countrymen now at Paris and brussels, may be seen daily a, those fi , uses which are licensed for play on the Continent. M.tny writers think that a general la:n‘x•leclge of the Laws of Chance would tend to check, not only the ruinous consequences of gaming, but the had passions it en gender.; for without professed Gamesters there would be much less play than at prese . nr, if it did not cease altogether. Now a gamester by profeision, will pursue the trade no longer than a sup:ilo!' ki.-wledge of chance gives him an advantage, and the a!vei sary is less likely to concede this advantage when he can convince himself it exists; therefore the Dovrine cf . Chances, made easy to all persons acquaioted with common atithinetic, and just pnblished, s likely, by diffising the knowledge, to do much g.:roti to sockt:r. Last n.g.it, between eight and nine o'cluck, as nn unfortunate female was passing the end of Wych street, towards the gate-vray of the A. , gel Inn, a -nen, with whom she was in company, shoved her trom off the pavernent, in cos.. q hence of which she fill into the middle of the street, and a cart passing at the instant, w,a , t over her •,nd killed er of the spot. CO. , N 11XCWANGE, MARK-IAM: 2 t OrIER 19. Th. wird bang ai:verbr, ba- preven..ci 111, a: •iv I orally trash grain s nr.• 244. way, and hay— g .tut few buy. no VittP . it at ma... ktt i wry 1 tile bubauess was doge, and cur to. ,, lnue wi.h. out yaiiation. Deans are civil sate, and r. h rth ra p er . in Jars, Larl-y, and ether articles, there is no .11taration.