Star. — London, England, 1814-10-17 00:00:00

'THE EVENING STAR.: LONDON. MONDAY, OCTOBER 11. ISA. TRICt" OF S COCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK Itednced 601 ez. dia.-4 per Cahn. 1111 ex. sltv. s p.r C, et. Navy 961#.—Comols 68—for acc. 631 64 611.1 Om. 11 dn.—bond-,14.. 15s. pr.—Exchequer Bills Is. 4s. pt. To-day we are enabled to lay before our Readers sv!ime further extracts from the files of American Pd.. pelt, of which we have been for some days exclu sively in possession We are desirous of calling the attention of the admirers of the American Goverm anent, wherever they are, to the detailed descriptions which we have given, from the elegant pens of Amt. bean Historiographers, of the conflagrations wu ; w hich they visited the helpless inhabitants of Canada. Those who have regarded the setting five to the pub lic buildings of Washington as an act worthy of Gen seri,- and Attila ! will, doubtless, after perusing this !nide, make the arnende honorable, - and transfer these polite iipFellations to the American Commanders in Canada. The British General who commanded the unfora tunste attack on Fort Erie, in his official dispatch, has, with a generous candour, but perhaps too hastily, aci. quitted the Americans of having wilfully sprung the mine which terminated the earthly career of so many brave British troops on that distressing occasion. The Americans, on the contrary, lay claim to the honour 01 practising that ruse de guerre themselves: we do ndt *man to enter into the question whether it was or was not justifiable : it procured them, however, but barren and unprofitable advantage. The following is the article in which the Ameri cans claim the explosion at Fort Erie, as a stratagem of war : MOM THE NEW YORK GAZETTE, AUGUST 24 . a We learn that 416 prisoners were taken at Erie ; it is certain that that number was counted after their arrival at Buffaloe, by a gentleman who came in the Fulton steam-boat.—lt was not Lieutenant MiDo.. nough who blew up the works alter the enemy got puss• ssiin, but a serjeant--who was afterwards of• fered 1500 dollars, or an ensigncy, by Genaral.Gainec He preferred the latter." FROM THR PAPER. " It is reported that the frames of the two frigates tlizr lately came out from England, are preparing at Xingston for the Lake ; one of which, it is said, will be launched next week." s.mmimmin.l.ll. Saturday evening the PRINCE RiG2NT left town on a visit to Viscount MILBOVItNit at Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire. Mr. eIIOKER is gene to Paris to enquire, by special authority from the Admiralty and the Cabinet, into the actual facts touching the alleged undue facilitire given tb American privateers in the ports of France $ to make the representations or remonstrances to the French Government which the nature of the case, ascertained by strict scrutiny, may require; and to come to an understanding and arrangement which may prevent any dispute from arising between the two nations.and their Sovereigns. The expected dispatches from America have not yet reached Government ; but the fact of the reduc tion of Plattsburgh is placed beyond all doubt by the receipt of letters from Nova Scotia, which not only mention the success which had attended the advance of the army tinder Sir Gaottoe Pnevost, but even specify the toss sustained by our troops on that occa sion. We rejoice to say it was trifling, compared to the importance of the service. Of the Officers, we have to lament the death of Lieutenant-Colonel WELL Luirsturt, and of Captain Cftoss. Aid-de-Camp to Ge. neral Dr Rorrestauao. There were not more than six privates killed, and an equal number wounded. The advance of a powerful British force in that goa t:sr, will facilitate an important operation of the cams paigni—the attack by land upon Sackett's Harbour, with the whole American fleet under ChauNcry.— The private advice: also mention, that three thousand men from Bourdeaux were at Kingston, under Ge. iieral Kerne, to co-operate on the side of the Lake in such an enterprise. Tile Cork Paper of the Sth, refers to the capture of Plattsburg. l'he Carlberry, from Curasoa, a very valuable vessel, bound to Lond , in, was captured by the Chasseur, American privateer, and recaptured by the Castilian sloop of war, which sent her into Cove, where she arrived that. morning. The crew, Anse► ricans, who were put on board from the Chasseur, state,. that they had fallen in with another privateer, very late from America, whoinfonned them that Plans. burg was ato.ck.2d and carried by assault, with a loss, however, of 2000 men, principally composed of Ca nadian Extract of a letter from an Officer of the SPFNCER dated Penobscot Bay, September 7 :—We arrived from Boston three days since, to join the expedition against some places up the Penobscot River. When the force was landed, about 600 soldiers and sailors stormed a battery of eight guns within gun-shot of another batter y composed of the guns of the American frigate Adams, which we carried at the point of the sword. When *e first landed, a very thick fog pre vailed, and we advenced in it, unconsciously, nearly up to the mouth of a cannon, which was placed in the tniddle of the road, and which the enemy instantly fired, killing one man and wounding five. We in study returned the fire by discharging three pieces of artillery,- and rushed on them with the bayonet be• fore they were enabled to re-load. The Americans instantly ran from the Charge, while we closely pur sued, slaying them on every side. You w:11 judge what dastardly cowards they must be, to permit us so soon to put them to the rout, when they possessed heights which commanded the whole river. But - Yankee boassing will never withstand British intrepi dity. The Adams frigate-was burnt by the enemy themselves, the moment they perceived us. We have levied a contribution of 60,040 dollars, and bold pot. session of the priacipaltowua, SECOND EDITION, AMERICA. ATTACK ON BALTIMORE. This morning, at five o'clock, Captain C- ROFTON, of the Royal Navy, arrived at the Admiralty with Dispatches, announcing the result of an attack made by our coops upon Baltimore. We regret to state, that, after every prospect of success, the attack was abandoned, the enemy . Vaving sunk so many vessels that our land forces could not receive the co-opera tinn of the naval. We are grieVed to aid, that the gall Ant General Ross fell on this occasion. The particulars are detailed in the following OFFICIAL BULLETIN: 44 DOWNING-SMOLT, OCTOBER 17. " Dispatches addressed to Earl Bathurst, one of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, were re ceivel early this morning from Colonel Bstoome, dated September 17, on board his holljesty's ;drip Turmaar, in the Chesapeake : 46 The division of troops under Major-General Ross, effected a disembarkation on the 12th Septem ber, near North Point,jan the left bank of the PAtapso River, distant from Baltimore about IS miles. 66 Three miles from North Point, the enemy had ' entrenched himself across a neck 1)1 land, from which position he precipitately retreated upon the advance of the British troops. • 44 About two miles beyond this post, the British advance became engaged, when General Ross receiv ed a wound in his breast which proved mortal. 46 The advance continuing to press forward, the enemy's light troops were pushed to within five miles of Baltimore, where a corps of about 6000 men, six -.pieces of cannon, and some hundred cavalry, were strongly posted under cover of a wood. " Dispositions were immediately made for a gene ral attack, and upon the signal being given the whole of the troops advanced rapidly to the charge. gg In less than 15 minutes the enemy's force, being utterly broken and dispersed, fled in every direction, leaving oa the field two pieces of cannon, and a considerable number of killed and wounded and prisoners. The day being far advanced, and the troops much fatigued, they halted for the night on the ground from which the enemy had been driven. •4 At day-break on the 13th, the Army again ad vanced, and at ten o'clock occupied a position East. ward of Baltimore, and about a mile and a 'tali distant. 44 Arrangements were made for a night attack, but during the evening, Colonel Bnooxto received a com munication from the Commander-in-Chief of the Naval Forces, from which it appeared that from the sinking of vessels in the harbour, naval co-operation against the Tuwn and Camp was impracticable.— Under these circumstances, it was determirni not to persist in an att.tzk upon the town, and the troops were withdrawn on tre 14th, three miles from their last position, where the army halted in expectation that the enemy might be induced to quit his en trenchment. The enemy, however, shewing no dis position to fellow, towards the evening the troops retired, and took up ground for the night about three miles and a halt lurthet. 64 At a late hour on the 15th, the • army was re emb4rked at North Point. 64 The total loss of the British was 3 Officers, 2 serjeants, 85 rank and file, killed ; 7 Captains, 4 Subalterns, 11 serjeants, '229 rank and file, wounded. NAPES OF °mesas KILLED AND WOUNDED. KILLED. Major-General Ross. 41st Foot—Lieutena:lt Gracie. 44th Foot—Captain Hamilton Greenshields. wouNDAD. 21st Foot—Brevet Major Rennie, slightly; Lieutenant Leaver+ severely. 44th—Brevet Major Currie. sligl:tly; Car3in George Hill, Lieutenant Richard Cruiee, and Ensign J,White, severely. 85th—Captains W. P. De Bathe, J. D. Hicks, and Lieutenant G. Welling', slightly. Royal Marines—Captain John Dobbins, severely. The private advices state, that the destruction of the shipping in the Harbour of Baltimore by the Americans themselves, WAS nearly as ccmplete as if it had been effected by an enemy. The armed ves sel% were burnt, and every merchantman scuttled and sunk, to the utter destruction of the cargo, if not the vessel itself. A letter from Paris, in the Hamburgh papers, at. cuses the Doke of WRLLINGTON with being the cause of the violent proceedings in Spain. His Grace is ass serted to leave counselled FERDINAND to reject the Constitution he found established by the Cortes. We believe this statement to be a base calumny, written by some Frenchman who considered the laurels won by his Grace as a reproach to his countrymen. General ruirr3 is mans the visit:se at Paris. NAvAL 1 RLLrOEivd~. ocront f 4. Arrived the French national cutter le iirliteifips. Captain Fouttstatt, from Alireiraraer bound to Brest. Ina thick fog this morning she went between the Manacle Rocks. Also arrived ttvo sloops of war aft,' a transport froM Plymouth, hi.und to Cork, nanses not known. Sailed e)e Chat - les, RUSSEL, for Ply mouth, for convoy to the South Seas ; and the Eliza, HOOKER, for CcYrk and Newfoundland. PORTSMOUFI', OCTOBER le. Arrived his Majesty's ship Rovzu, from America,' with Dispatches ; and the CALYPSO t rom Plymouth. Went out of harbour the.SNAP. S.iiita the GROWLER on a cruize, and the MisLeroz for Plymouth.-- Arrived yesterday the Dexrnot•3 from a cruize. Sailed the STEADY and SURLY 0 , 1 a cruize, FREYA fur the Downs, and the Asia transport with troops for Ramsgate. Went out of harbour the STATION.— The VALIANT for Cork and the West Indies, 'PM (mu for Bermuda, &c. CYANK for Newfoundland, and the SNAKE for the Brazils, stiil remain at this port.—Wind West. DIAL. OCTOBER ii. Came down from the River the Schofield, EVANS; and the City of Bourdeaux, —, for Bourdeaux ; and the Fife, Ileaft, for the West Indies. Arrived his Majesty's ship Fr i•YA, from the Westward ; Oswin, Prince George, Esk, and Montreal transports, from Ostend. Th ANIARANT!IE and BADGER shops of war lost two anc:-.ors and cables each in the Downs this morning during sudden squall.—Wind W. HARWIt. ti, OC !DEER 16. Arrived this eveniii-• the Earl of Leicester packet, .C..ptain HAMMOND. 'Tie two Bremen and two Ham buigh Mails were lande.l at ten o'clock in the morn ing At Aldborough, and sent to London in a chaise and four. At leaving Luithaven the 12th, the Beau loy packet, Capt. Notous, was entering the harbour. Yesterday, at three o'clock, she Prince of ORANGE embarked here for Helvoetsluys. Arrived to-day, at 12 o'clock, the Reliance, Capt. NASH, with Mails ; left Ov.end ye,t. rday. Remain here several trans ports.—Wind N. W. CAP I'URES BY THE AMBRICANS. The following is a list of English vessels ciptured and destroyed by the American privateer schooner Chasseur, during her crnize between Scilly and Cape Clear, copied from the priv.tte Lng of the American Prize Master of the Carlebury, recaptured ioy the Cas tilian and sent into Cove : August 18, Isl4.—Captured the Ecl'iise of Greentoclt s lat. 42. 30. N. lung. Is. S. W. mowing 14 guns, after a running fight of one hour a nd a halt—from .tyres, laden with bides, W hitt, horn, a:id Jo? are. August 19.—Cal.AturA in lat. 43. 1 t. long. 14. 12. W. the brig Commerce, of Pool, with salt fish, from St. John's, bound to Corunna. August 22.—Captured in lat. 44. 22. N. long. 10. TO. W. the Art-l•ipe, of Guerr.sty to if..;ibriltar, with sugar, from is malca. • August 23 --In lat . 41. N. Ichg. 14.9. W. captured the schooner Fox, ut Pool, with salt fish, bouttil for Fegaria—made a cartel of August 24—ia ht. 44. *27. N. long. 14. 0. W. captured the sloop Curistian of Kirkhaderay, with Walla, from 'reueriffe to 13eit.t.i, which we liberated as a cartel. August 215.-1 n ht. 47. 11. N. ion. 10. 10. W. captured the sloop Favourite. &Oar Pahertrette, boitul to London, with wine and barilla, took that things we wanted eat, and burnt bet. Au:tust lat. 49. t 7, N. t I.:. W. captured the brig ?Aar guts Curt. , from bJutid to Porismout la, laden wii barilla, cleared lox (note query. was the Commander a bro th. r n 11 3 ,11. ---) August •29—in lat. 42. 21. N. leNr. 10. 10. W. captured she brig Atlantic, of I.ondon, and ship Lone*, of London, trutn flue nos .Iyres, hound to London. laden with hide., tallow, and Pe• ravian hark—the (cinder retake') by the Castilian. September 4—ln tat. 54. 1:t. N. long. 10. 40. W. captured the brig Dromedary, of London, horn Port-au-Prance, bound to Lon don, laden with coff.-e and sugar. September o—ln lat. 50. 48. N. long. 10. 29. W. captured the ;nig Theodore, of Liverpool, ft as Mal anham,la4en with cotton. september 19—Captured in lat. 50. 13. N. long. 10. 19. W. the brig Harmony, of Aballeeu, tram 'it. John's, laden with tim ber; took out all the Englishinen, and math a carrel of her. Serer/111er 110-19 la:. 40. tn. N. long. to. so. W. captured the brig Alert,of Pool, from Nova Scotia, with timber, and burnt her. September NI--C-aptured the ship C.arlebury, of London, from the ktpanitit Mains Cult of Mezims, and Curiista, with a most vAtrible cargo—took out from brr steerage about X3S,MIO worth of in I go, a:.d sent brr for tha United States. ritURIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY. he inteUigeur, for the Charier, will be paid the ldtk instant, at No. 2, Adelptsi Terrace. The 1 ynx, tor the Jacobus Zeeper, the 22d instant, at No. 22, Norolk-street. The Thrasher, for the Sea Nymph, the lath instant, at No. 23, Norfolk-street. The Tate frigate, Captain CHRISTIAN, arrived at Portsmouth on Thursday, from South America. She sailed from Rio Janeiro three months since ; staid a fortnight at Pernambuco, and s tiled thence wish nine me;chantment two months since. The PISINCR RE GENT of PoitruGAL, at her departure, had no intention of returning to his European possessions, and he seemed well satisfied with reserving his South Ame rican possessions. The NEREUS is on her passage Mime from the River Plate, with a large quantity of specie. • BoNotvo SYSTIM—From inadvertence, a mistake of some importance to the mercantile interest crept into the article upon this subject in our Paper of Sa turday. Instead of the Ist of January, 1815, the ex tended period as to all other articles than bark and barilla, not already warehoused, twelve months be yond the legal term, reaches to Ist Juts:, 1815. The contemplated robbery in the General Post- Office was discovered in consequence of the confession of in accomplice, who developed the whole scheme, and stated, that they had repeatedly ex twined the Receiver-General's box, in which they one night found *SOO in silver. Monday evening, about seven o'clock, Mr. SAMUEL HARWOOD, of Aldham Hall, an eminent land agent, was thrown, with great violence, from his gig, ne.,r the bridge, at Clare, in Suffolk, anti by the tall, his skull was severely fractured, above his right temple. He was taken up speechless, and continued in a st:tte of insensibility till Tuesday night, when he expired. Mrs. SOUTHCOTT, whose accouchensent was to have taken place early in the hut week, having, caught a cal' by her removal to her new habitation, has dpredria delivery till her health shall be m . .re favour.dk ! ANOTHER TWENTY THousaun.—The L )ttl•ry be gan and finished on Saturday last, when hest, usual, sold the only Capital Prize in the Scheme, •.•' 4158, a Prize of 4'20,000: he also sold 3643, a Prize of 41000: and the fortunate holders May receivt their money oa demanJ, at 4, Cornbal l or 9, Charing Cross. both& coLimTL &EArivg. • The Court Martial on ColoiLl Quiwrzv, or Ole 10th Hussars, eonstnenteci ht . ; poet edings tI4 day. The tollbtving are tilt thirties (iit the ofhcers of whoni t)* Court was composed Ptesident—rr•teral V T it. ucMuc RI. Lieut.-General Houston. Champagne. I ------ "nr.° — enerit 8 11 .. 4' 1) (7 %1;7 .. sir W Pringle. SirS Ancktuuty. Bu irr. Frazer. keyt.ardsat. Cnnipbell. --- 1431100. Major-General Bolton. The charges were four in numb:T. The Right Hon. CIIAIMPS M.u.txta: Surroy. Judge Advocate, read his M tj,.sty's W 'mint for holding the General Court-Martial, after which he proceeded to Omar eaci of the M ambers ; and the PRESIDENT having administercd the like oath to him ; the Judge Advocate then read the charges, four in number, preferred by Lieutenant-C , ,ionel Cumuli P.ttramt, belonging to the same teginunt. Colonel QUEN taw pleaded N rt Glary. The Prosecutor then addreLscd the CGurt, in the course of which he observed, that the painful task which devolved on him was no way mixed with per sonal animosity, but was the result of imperi- us duty to his King and count: y ; and he was well aware that that justice each of them now song' t for from the M to' ..r. comp sitig the Ilon;,urable Court would be from the Jecisi.ll of an impartial tribunal. The Court :ac uncommonly crowded at the cosn• mencement ; and from the nature of the charges it is expected that the investigation will contiaue some time. Lieutenant-General JOW'S was tl:e first evidence that was called for the prosecution but as the Court prohibited any publication of the proceedings, the re. spect we owe to authority prevents oar Bring into p:trticulars, or even printiog the charges—the publi. cation of which in some the Morning Papers of this day WAS highly it probated by the Court. The following singular circumstance took place na Saturday :—On the arrival of the Dover mail.coach at Rochester, on its way to Town, the Guard was unexpectedly and peremptorily called upon by Sharps the Custom-house Officer, to deliver up an official parcel in his care, addressed to the Right Hon. Lord Castlereagh, purporting to he from his Grace the Duke of Wellington. This the Guard. with much fear and reluctance, complied with : it was inst.-..itly opened, and found, instead of important dispatches, to contain many small valuable packages of contra. band articles, addressed to distingMshed persons in this country. Sharp's seizure of course was made, bat he allowed the mail to continue its journey. A Serjcant of the ihih or Royal Irish Regiment of Foot, named PATRICK PA Cala, was recently stabbed at Jamaica by Michael AfGue, it private, who had been committed for trial tor the murder. The vari..us Lraiteles of the Consolidated Fund have been rem irkably productive the (platter end. ing the 10th instant, Amounting to no less a sum than escre4ing the like quarter r f last year, by upwards of 4600,(00. There has been an increase in the produce of the Stamp Duties of J€ 61.000, and in the Customs of /€665,000 in the recent qua: ter.— The Excise, howilrer, has fallen off in the compara tive period about Je2t)6,ooi). The charge upon the Consolidated Fund is re 8.750,000, lcss than the corresponding quarter of last year by £244,00.). This ar:fes from the circumstance of haviog taken the n..it of the stock cancelled by the 54th o: the King. amounting to £36,542,000, the lialf-yeAr's muity upon which, amounting to £548,130, is withdrawn Imm the charge. The War Taxes received at the Exchequer in the quitter end 11.! the 10t;, instant, -Twinning to upwards of R 5.215,0410, if which sum t.5,21'2,000 is on account of Pr operty Tax. This tat alone has pro.laced in the year eniing the 10th inst. ' N 14,189.000, and the total of the War ax •s upwards , •.1 £-19.470, XOO. The sum at which they were taken by the Chancellor of tire Exchequer in the last year's litidget was but £E21,(i00,0o0. Lauer-L.olg THEATRE.—Sattvday night, a new Comedy WA• performed at th , s Thettre,c,lled or Thu: Hun:The 'Pork! ./sway!—The lau g hable per pl:•xtty of a politician in prof ate We, the i to sim plicity of an in:xpetienced gill, the contemp:ible tectation of an impostor and a top, and the mhir. rassing senshUlity of a c , ,nscientious lawyer, were! the chief sources on which the author has r..1:e3 for drama, which was up ,, n th.. whole wel. Tee •,ved.— All the performers received repeated an I dcsrrved applause in the course of theirexertious. Tit- Prologue and Epilogue, (copies of which are givrn u: the next page), wereexcalently drliveted ; the I ,, riber by Mr. WALLACK, and the latter by Mrs. GLovi..tt, and much aprlauded. The House was crowded in all 'Lots at an early hour, and afforded a pleasing testimony to the attr..ction of a new piece, founded upon the old school of dramatic nature. Tuesday night last, as S. Day, aged fifteen, was coming along Girtford-bridge, Bedfordshire, in a wag4on, tae hyrses hecomizg frightened ran away with it. The lad war called by his father to jump out behind, het unfortunately in his fright jumped out before, and the wheds goin; over him, killed bun co the sp, t. SMIII-IFIELD MARKET, OCIOSER 17. Beef 5s Sd to Is 041 Veal 6. 01 to 7.1 ail Mutton Ss 041 to 6s 04 _Purk Is Si to 74 641 Cattle at Market. Beasts 2340-.. Sheep 14,7110—CaIre" 160—Piss 360. HAY AND STRAW, PAM 1 OAD. Meadow Hay 41 to 51 Ss Clover St Os to 7, Os Straw 11 I.os to sl 04 CORN EXCHANGE, MARX-LANE, OCTOBER 17. Althouy,lt our market continues abundantly sub; 11.4 with Fe. reign Wheat, and the arrivals of our awn growth from Kent sal I•sses being pretty !vie, that of flue quality meets rea•ly silo, as prices fully equal to thwe a last Monday, tn.t t.rdf, ary eons are taken of very -Um ly, at a r.•ductten of from sta. to 4.. pet quarter. We had bey little at w liariey at tuark.•r this morel to when prime samples (tent :ndlolk sold Is. per quoit," high •r; in the thin and inferior tor. rrt. rather enterer. Beene and Oats are 26. per quarter lower, having large at r.e of both fu e articles. Wbite and Gr-y as are Inn Ys. per quartir chtseer. Its ether articles as varletiep.