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72" .!. • ' BOSTON, DECEMBER 4. Hogue and Tenedos were in Halifax the 26th itf November, to sail next day for Bost.m Bay. The Poietiers had sailed with a fleet for Englandrin which were, 400 American prisoners. • • [Prom the Albany Argus, of November 201 We have received for publication, copies of an in; teresting Correspondence between Generals Wilkinson and Hampton and• the Secretary at War, Mid. the official return of killed and wounded in the action at Williamshursh, opposite Hamilton, on the 11th inst. We will give the whole entire in the next Argun. The aggregate of our loss is as follows :—killed 102— wounded 237—total 339. Among the killed are three Officers, and among the wounded 16. • - General Harrison, it is believed, marched on the 18tb, with his forces at Fort George, once more to pay his respects tct Proctor, whom he expected to rind at Burlington Heights. It is also stated, that on' Saturday morning last Ceneral Hampton received an order from General Wilkinson to repair with Lis army to St. Regis, and that he etas preparing to obey the order, .on Sunday Or Monday. - [From the same Paper, of November 86] AMERICAN APEX?. ,• At the last dates from the army, Gen. Wilkinson was so seriously indisposed, as to render his recovery . doubtful. General Hampton arrived here on Sun day, from the Northern Army. The order for Hampton's division .o 1 die army to march to Saint • Regis, has been countermanded, except as it respects the '2 d battalion of the 11th, and a company of the sth.—M l Arthtit's brigade has arrived at Sackett's Harbour, on board the squadron from Fort. George, the enemy having abandoned Burlington Heights. THE ENEMY IX TORE amen. Patna of a Letter to the Editors, dated York Town, • November t.. 2. • 44 The inhabitants of this town ate placed at the ' present moment in a much exposed and alarming iituation. Six negroes have lately absconded from us and gone og, to the enemy, to whom they hive doubtless cotrimanicafed exact information with re spoet.to the state of the place, and its means, or ra ther want of means, of defence. 44 Two very large British brigs, the Sophia and the Acteou, are now at the mouth of the river, and a number of barges are to be seen within it. Owing to the sicknefs prevalent among us, and the absence of many individuals, our whole effective force, has tily assembled on the occasion, amotfits only to 16, added to which circumstance, many of our negroes appear on the watch, and disposed to join the enemy - aSonld . they land. Our female; are Much frightened, and with some reason. • NORWICH (CON.), DECEMEER 1. R.Erm.r4Ttorr.—Mr. W. Maytom, sailing-master of his Maiesty's ship Ramilies, was .some months a prisoner of war id this &Ct., and who left here in the expeCtation Of exchange. by the Analos;an cartel, has been detained and ptit-in close_ confinement at Novi. deice, as a hostage for the safety of Joshua Penny, . whom our Readers will recollect was taken from his .house on Long Island, same time last summer, by order of Sir T. Hardy, who then, commanded on this station. ~. BOSTON, DECEMBER 5. A reinforcement of one large ship (said to be a frigate) has been added to t he squadrons of New We understand it plan of their winter had fallen into the bands of Commodore' The ships at present are very near in ; but smallest apprehensions are entertained for our in the river, as the forts are well mounted mined, particularly that on the Groton side, lately received a number of additional (ers: NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 27. r of the 15th inst. from Jefferson county, the public property is ordered from Sackett's to Copperstowns, the- transportation of ' actually commenced. OF THE ARMIES. • latest dates from the armies, General Wil was seriously indisposed, and his recovery Riibtful. General ,Hampton has passed _lbany, on his way coins residence in the General M.Arthur's brigade,..and General regulars, and Commodore Chauncey's have all arrived at Sackett's Harbour front Genege. The enemy have abandoned Burling. Heights. Fort George is defended with patriotic from New York, under the command of Brii Radice-General M'Clure.- General Izard is sick at Plattsburgh. General Boyd is on his way to.Boaton. FROM THE BERMUDA GAZETTE. Vthe Right lion.. Sir JOHN BORLArE WA/MON Bt: . B. Admiral of the Blue, 'and Commander.* Oiler of hit Majeity's Ships and Vesselsenipipied, Assd tiache employed, on the American siMk.West Wien Station, &c. &c. &c. " A PROCLAMATION. Whereas his Royal Highness the Prince Regent caused his pleasure to t signified to the, Right Lords Commissioners 'of the Admiralty, to - I should institute a strict and rigorous of the Chesapeake, the Delaware, and the harbours of New York.. Charleston, Pcrt Savannah and• the. rivet Mississippi, in the States of America, and to maintain and en same, according to the usages of war in cases ; and the Ministers of Neutral Powers duly notified, agreeably to the orders of `Highness, that all the measures authorised tis of nations would be adopted and o s er. I. respect to all vessels which may attempt the said blockade. id whereas, ih obedience to 'his Royal High commands, I did, without delay, station a 'force off each of the before-mentioned jeers, ports, and- harbours, sufficient to Royal Highness's order for the blockade ao strict and, rigorous effect ; but finding enemy, by withdrawiag his naval force from of New York; and establishing at the port London a naval station, to cover the trade from the port of New York, thereby endea to preve at far as in bit povter, the 'le- L;ndo;). blockade h ' Decatur. 1 not the smv squadron it and m.uine which has 24-pounder A letter my:, all the ' :Harbour I orttith hud At the It Janson was tether don through Al South. Harri;on's • squadron, h Fort Georg ton Height: militia frort gadier"-Gen4 Plattsburgh ,FR 44 By the Rl - K. B. Ai chteleif 1 And *la Lndiara • N When both caused Hon. the I direct that blockade n 1 ports end Royal - , Sal United Sta force the .1 gitililar CAS! bare been • Us Rn7a1 .1 by the lava 1 ' used with 1 is violate tl 1 46 And v rtess's corn earal 'ton h os , rive! carry his 1 thereef intc ‘at the end *Apart of of New Lc to 4ria Cron vowing to W eution of his Royal Highness's said orders i and also finding, that the enemy has, through the medium of inland-carriage, established a commercial intercourse between the said blockaded- ports, and the rivers, harbours, creeks, bay 4, and outlets contiguous thereto, Whereby 'loofa effect pf the said blockade has been to a certain degree prevented. In order to put a stop to tht same, I do, by vir tue of the-power and Authority to me given, and in obedience to the orders T have received from the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, declare that not only the ports and har bours of the Chesapeake, Delaware, New ' York, Charleston, Porc-Royal, Savannah, and the river Mississippi, here% betore- mentioned, aft still conti- I , nued in a state of strict and rigorous blockade s but 1 that I have also ordered all that part of Long Island Sound, so called, being the sea coast lying within Montuck Point, or the Eastern point of Long Island, and the point of land opposite thereto, commonly called Black Point, - situated on the coast of the main land or continent, together with all the . ports, harbours, creeks, and entrances of the East and North 'rivers of New York, as well as all .other the ports, creeks, and bays along the sea coast of Long Island, and the State of New York, and all the "ports, har bours, rivers and creeks, lying and being on the sea coasts of the States of East and West Jersey, Penn sylvania, the lower counties on the Delaware, Mary land, Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, and, all the entrances from the sea, into the said river of Mississippi, to be strictly and rigorously blookaded. And I do therefore, by virtue of the power and au thority in me vested, declare the whole of the said harbours, bays, rivers, creeks, and sea -coasts of the said several State's - to be ip a state of strict and rigo rous blockade. , • - 66 And.l do further declare, that I have stationed OA the sea coasts, bays, livers, and harbours of the said several Soma, a-naval force, adequate and suf• dent to enforce and maintain the blockade thereof, in the most strict and rigorous manner. 66 And I do -hereby require the respective Flag Officers, Captains, Commanders, and Commanding Officers of his Majesty's ships and vessels, employed, and to be employed, on the American ag4l West- India station, and all others whom it may concern, to pay the strictest regard and attention to the execu- . tion of the said orders of his - Royal Highness the Prince Regent, and also to the execution of this or der. And I do caution and-fin :rd. the ships or ves sels of all and evert nation in peace and amity with the' Crown of •Great .Britain, from entering, or at tempting to enter, or from Coming out, or attempt ing to come out of any'of the ports, harbours, bays, rivers, or creels before-mentioned, under any pretence whatsoever; and that no person hereafter may plead ignorance, of the measures which his Majesty has been reluctantly compelled' to adopt, in order to en force his enemy to put an end to the war, on their part unjust)/ declared against his Kijesty and all his subjects, I have caused-this proclamation to be puii -ished. 46 Given under my hand, at Halifak, the 16th day of - November, 1813, a JOHN BORLASE WARKEN, Minim! of the Blue, and Commander-in-Chief, ace.:. " To the respective Flag-Officers, Captains, Corns , minders, and Commanding-Officers of his Ma jesty's ships and vessels, employed, and to be employed, on the American and West -Indian station, and all whom it may concern. 44 By command of the Admiral, 46 Geo. REDMOND IitILBRUT I &Mary." PRIVATE LE fTER. " cuitessea, Nov. 4, 44 I have just come over from the Main, and am sorry to say, that the fine province of Venezuela reams fast merging to a statelike that of St. Domingo. In the valley of Santa Luiva and Santa Theresa, 29 whites have been Murdered, mostly women and chil dren, in the name of Ferdinand VII. whilst to wind ward similar atrocities • have been perpetrated for 46 la Patria." In La Guayra .14 innocent Spaniards were shot on the Most frivolous and improbable pre tences, without a murmur ; but when some black soldiers were to be flogged, their comrades interfered and rescued them; and this dangerous breach of dis cipline passed unpunished. WA it be believed 'oat women have taken an active part in the horrible pre. ceedings carried on, and have scourged the ladies of the royalist party in the most cruel and indecent manner. Every thing, in short, announces an ap:' proAchiog struggle,. wherein every species of cruelty will be exercised, and the different shades of t °lour in the skin will stitersede the necessity of. all other external distinctie:ls. The negro officers have al ready the finest liralses, mules, and arms, and speak with a freedom which even a white - creole dare not use without running the risk of becoming the inhabi• tants of a jail. • .... a j • " Before quitting La Guay'ra, I was' witness to a scene which made a deep impression on my minds and indeed - which never whilst I live can be erased, from it, The Spaniards had so long and so co . nft.; dently talked of reintorcethents arriving from Cadiz, that - they were no longer credited, and the matter began iw'be. treated as a jest by the patriots. AO lengei, on; the 12th September, a squadron, consist— ing of a frigate and six transports full of troops * made its appearance in the o ffi ng. Immediately a l was in motion, and every thing was prepared is ceive them, should they be igporant of the real state; of affairs, onto give them a warm reception, should they attempt to force a landing. It was not, how ever, till noon the next day that the ships drew near, ,and the headmost were already within reach of the batteries, when they- suddenly stood off the land and lay to. It was then evident that they were suspi. Iteious that all was not right, although the royal stan dard was displayed on the fort above the town. d After a short time a boat was _seen approaching the shore, and measures were immediately taken to' deceive those who were in'her : the tri-coloured was ' replaced by the red cockade • the picture of Ferdi nand was ;gain hung up at Goremittent House; . tha populace were instructed to hail (heir approach b loud acclamAtions ; andoo crown all, the farmei 'Commandant of the town. Colonel )4armol, was taken' out of his dungeon and threatesied wkh instant death ' unless he turned traitor, and consented still to act the part of Commandant for the King. The infamy of ' this act of the base .ffibas needs no comment, when twe learn that Marnsol was a than 'of good - character, and had surrendered on condition °fining allowed to :quit the country—having actually his passport irrhis • , pocket when arrested, without the shailfgrniit crtnse ; 1 whatever may be thoi.ight of his conduct, the plan was wellialit, and succeeded at first beyond all eel ; pectation. After various parties, the second in com mand, with a gukird of ten or . twelve men % lande with all the dispatches and letters; anti direetly.eifter d w ards the frigate and all the transports came to an chor directly under the batteries. No one now dreamt that it was possible to escape, and our only concern was, what could be done with so many. prisoners. This, however, gave the patriots little concern, ii they told me they, supposed it would be easy to get them landed in small parties, and then disposed Oft pap" sacring the whole. 44 My feelings were now wound up to the highest' pitch of anaiety. Fortunately the brutal ferocity of 4ibas, and the consummate ignorance of the artil lerymen, saved the lives of perhaps two thousand men. Mistrusting the answer that was sent to one of his Messengers to the frigate, he ordered the firing to commence, as it did immediately—sixty pieces of heavy - artillery playing on the frigate alone: She in stantly cut her cables, and stood off, followed by all her convoy, yet the breeze was so light, that it can be only attributed to the ignorance of the gunners' that every vessel was not :lurk. Upwards of an Sour And a quarter elapsed, during all which time a lurious cannonade was kept up without the (dilate deigning to veturn a single shot. What is singular, not a spar was seen from the shore to be carried away, nor was a single English schpaner touched by their ill direct ed shot. Yet some damage must have been done, as. the frigate, when out of gun - shot, was seen to heel, and have carpenters busy in plugging holes in her side. The'whole loss, I have since been informed, was about 40 men. Monte-Verde has conducted Affairs very badly, rand has returned Le Puerto Cabello wounded in the neck. What` was to be expected from such a here ditary ignorant man,. upon whom the most striking lessons were lost Alas! that province which we traversed with so much pteasere—how changed is its. fate ! " • . ... \ . FRENCH Ad PERS. 'TETHER EXTRACTS. I ' • ANTWERIA, JANUAR); 10. The affair which we had here on the 19tit, , was very hot. The Prussians and Russians came ttp`to, our very gates ; they were repulsed with great 1ots• Our young conscripts conducted thenuelves with est trerne sang froid and bravery. 'Up to the present, the enemy has not aga•n appeared. His conduct has been horrible in our country ; he ill treats the inhabitants, pillages and takes every thing away from them. The fine country-houses, which ornamented:skim neigh bourhood, have been ravaged and dettrood. BT. DIZIWt, JANUARY 14. It is affirmed that the enemy has passed Nancy, and that he isitdriancing to Bar-sur•Orriaih ; but he find troops on his•way•to stop him. Troops ate continually passing to Troyes and Eperny. MITZ, JANUARY 16. r The Marshal Duke of Ragnsa left Metz this morn ing to proceed to the htights of Go avelotte, two posts , from Metz. In the night to.s.tween the 14th and 15th the enemy threw about thirty shells into the town of Thionvine, but without doing any datissige. The inhabitants of .this town are full of seal and courage ; they do not suffer themselvEs to be lulled to gimp by the deceitful proclamations of the enemy. They are determined to defend their property. This is an example to cite and to follow. • It yesterday rained all day=the Moselle is no loos: ger passable at any point. _ TROYES, JANUARY.IB. -For - several days the passage of troops through this town has been continual: They-are in general -of fine appearance. There are among them many cavalry, and they have niinwous trains of artillery. Thesight of them inspirreeconfidence, and new energy. These brave men all-vveicamed with eagerness, who, on their aide, diaplaf the greatest desire to come to an engage inein.whh the enemy, to whom #rance has constantly, and: i t the, midst of her victhries r offered the olive branch of peitce. These troops take the road to Chaufaout. COLOGNE, JANUARY The accounts from the othei side of the Rhine state, that the enemy confines himself to the observ ing of Magdeburg, all his attempts upon that place 'haring been as Truidess as his suthmons to the brave ga*son. The fortress of Erfurth still holds-out.— ;mild seem by the same account* that the enemy has not yet ventured to make any serious attempt against Hamburgh, whist), by the works that have, been constructed thereon, is become a fortress of the greatest importance. Westphalia is at this moment in the greatest anar chy the Allies exhaust it by contributions of every kind; and the ancient Elector, far from trying to lessen the burthen, addi to the distresses of the inha bitants; by loading them with imposts which are Tamed, for his own account. , CHALQNS-SUlt-SAONE, JANUARY 16. General Legrand arrived here yesterday morning. The national guards of the -neighbouring country, hasten from all sides: It is probable that within a few days the enemy will be entirely driven out of our Department. The enemy told us they did not come to make war lajtainst the 'French. We replied—Why are they then in' France ? and why, do they not retire nut of out territory ? We have not been the dupes of these art ful words, and we congratulate ourselves upon it. A party of the enemy presented themselves at ITournas, but seeing the inhabitints disposed to &- Void themselves, they retired. Such is the good eft rof courage and firmness. The enemy, on the 15th, had at Macon only 263 men. The enemy, on taking possession of the town, ,bad, according to his customary tactics; ordered the • Mayor to provide 20,000 rations for a corps which would arrive.the same day, but which has not arrived l yet.- The inhabitants of the - country are irritated against the people of Macon. As to us, we are de .terruined to profit by the lessons of experience, and not to,suffer ourselves to be surprised, like the people of Macon, who have bee* overloaded with requisitions and contributions.: - • 1 ' , h~ _ ~..~: SICIL r. we bye f rom time to tine inserted tonamunications reer.ved from Sicily, respecting the very unfortunate dissentions which .have Wren place between the Government And the Legiolati ve Body. The following extract of a letter, evidently written by a partizan of the latter, will give our itsadprs some idea of their wore than unmeant,* Chili - ours. They are mad to think that the power of the Government should pA adios to defeat even , 4culect %proud aitiost it, eves whom carried on under colour of attachment w the Canting:so. 17. tt.E.VItAcT OF;41. LETTER FROM rithi4frntraix, Diovetnhie ia, 11813. " I have titian Attained some account of the posi tion of affairs r in Palermo, and' I tate this opposeuaity of giving you the result.of my iinqui:ties., ••• As . SOOll es Lord Wu. Bantu:clic had departed for Spells. its May list, Mr. SgITH was called fro M t Sardinia, in order to fill the place of Secretary under General Lord Mot:roma/tin. The Queen, in a very bad state of health, was made to depart from Sicily for Zante, on the 14th of June, and from thence, for Constantinople, on the 3d of August last. Tlite Parliament was summoned according to the new Constitution; but the elections did not turn out, in the Members returned, according to the wish of the Ventimiglia party. During the first sittings after 'the meeting, which took plaee,ou the Bth of July. some symptoms *ere observed 'of a disposition to ' t hrow elf the Baronial yoke, and arrange the state of affairs in such a way, as that instend of one King, they should not now be subject town hundred tyrants, The speeches of the Members of the House of Com. mons were full of energy, apd I assure you that could nevei have imagined that Sicily produced men of such abilities and such patriotism. . 4 * . The Treasury Neas tpiNe alai/fled, aid as Lord William was absent, who had hitherto supported the Covettunent by loans from England;iif the instance: . Eof Ventimiglia and his party, Castelnovo, the Mini. 'suer of Finances, brought forward his budget, which, to say the truth, was not a budget, but a plan of new impositions, imagined and dictated without any one principle of political economy. .The author of this scheme thought to Anglicise, without having the ,smallest idea of die - principles of Finance as under stood among the English: Here you sea taxes im. posed. an horses, Mnles, asses, servants, and carriages; but in spite of this English varnish, it was easy to perceive the ancient systern hitherto so oppressive to the lower orders of society : the tax ottiour was ad :vanced to sixteen tari the !alum (quarter), a -F'arlia. mentqry tar unheard of in Sicily, not even in the most unhappy times, before this beneficial undertak ing of the British Cabinet : for, besides this general tax, the townships are'obliged, for their current ex. 'peaces, to burden the grinding of core with additional duties. • Palermo must he charged with twelve taxi, since for die two last centuries the tax has been said to the creditors of the township, who receive their dividends, and are denominated Birnestranti. sina must be charged with other thirty tari on the salm, on the tax alienated and funded in the same• manner, so that the tax would amount in Palermo to twenty-eight sari, and at Messina to forty-six. While the Minister of Finances was asking for an augmentation of the taxes, to the amount 431 half a million and upwards, he never considered it as his duty to give any account to girliAment of the em ployment of the funds granted the foregoing year.— Ile House therefore resolved not to enter into the question of fresh . grants, until the accounts of last year's•expendituretad been laid before them. The Parliament displayed some firmness in re ducing the pension of the Duke of Orleans, which had been most prodigally granted to him through the in. Auence of the Ventimiglia party, to the proportion of the dowry of his wife, the Princess Amelia. And I cannot but acknowledge that an assignment of 24,000 ounces per annum, which, according to the present exchange, is equal to alflB,ooo sterling, was a burden beyond the powesrof the kingdom to bear, especially if we consider that, by the Civil List, the King and Queen were allowed no more than 15,000 ounces per month, with the obligation of paying their whole Court. " This being the state of the finances, the Minister ;committed 'two acts of- the most despotic nature.— r These acts, in the sight of a free people, ought to be :subject to an impeachment on the strongest grounds. The first of these was an order of Council, in a case where the object of it could not be considered as a political regulation, but as a law, and at the same time a judicial decision, .was in favour of the Prince of Castlenovo, the Minister of the Finances, and one of the Members of the Privy Council, by which it was (ordered that he should obtain the inheritance of the estates of the Duchy of CILIUM.. In this manner the Privy Council saperceded the courts of justice : they not only assume a legislative power with the judicial, by superseding the authority of the tribunals. but have openly attacked the very vital principles of .a free government, and have done what would never be permitted in England, not excused even in a court try Justicrof Peace. "" The English Minister has never remonstrated against this flagrant contempt of the Constitution, but admitted as a principle that Members of the Privy Council may assume the right to decide in causes where their own interests are concerned. " The other act. was on account of a slight popu lar commotion (which I find has been magnified in the London Papers) on account of the high price of povisions; a riot took place in the public prisons. but the prisoners neither escaped, nor was any one 'killed among the people, nor wounded, except a few pacific citiaens. killed by the soldiery. The Privy Council, of their own authority, and without passing any Bill in Parliament, as would have been constitu tional with you, placed the City of Palermo under military law, investing General Boureard, a Swiss, at the head of a Military Court, with fall authority ; this is another violation of the Constitution, as no to ,reigner, according to it, can hold - any employment. civil or military, This Junta was empowered to try. in a summary manner, and punish immediately, and , without appeal, all persons connected with the tit 'oinks ; 111 this, without any authority from the Le gislature, is a pretty specimen of the English Cow .stituticsa." _ I , t • 'r I I )r ie of er T. to of s. en to he ii. ew his , the er. es; to to id. the Lk- rl ex. nal slit eir CS. the me- 1 to Pot alf his thy ast re. lad in- of iI of the VAS the 100 leir ter be ds. LSO i me ice ine +as I he ier e. 1 he ' as, of 7Yr ' in- :ed wt VI bes , in of 'I s. IR* eW VT rig tu- ler • iss,,