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leer or pi. , Colonel 11l own, and id not say rake use of iring in the so appears, inificiesit to testrain td Qaentiat% sty, yet; its: Or it was of •ia isittroti - Halides at res orders to the division or, as his the enemy; esansple ia ; ~1 . as brallflit: iiial•khafrai coaater l i ether melts' . ie nest plait. hat**. tut. an& ireW knee thee trp charity. The' rant of feeling,- mild stet have 'tin. lie i? :•apmr. which he Wits is*, if he had If k t he4heit, hit part Of the eche, that the -s.i&Alszia11114111•111 ria - tibelaitit' upol thelieft7 t its tairriPat atilerbpAra - Id albottliPt inpfloit ie Of Rita be ron'tiftaltel hey froftt put alrotte . .Captain re the hat he (Captilit-, Its with his rfieft: rip that likpoop, - are to Atari and that eiekcetkey is duty to front ,mends, that the the evidence ad• consideration of Colonel Quentin any where oto is ided with danger. it was, he fOtitia day in (pestle:a-4 . t ding division= to the Tea of the the coo4oo. In& the iqpidecra. Itikkilieed the rem Mo.. WI; Clibil*ittilik' ole4-40111edins4. t 10 aActi r 134 "Ft,b e 3PT C1 ' , ftqrnlo tomn, - o r o piilcsiedittel is istoodecedettar 444. 1 14 I . l ° °y«. . . ci to this, his reply i • - part of the d.I Except tvids.teas - Ode's bataS P surided, toe r A evidence. t Vie-sheet it lid berme itea time ..114.10.Q440 1 Orord,sFpf,,4.o4o , Somerset For orders e ruin ; Captaiti iring latted also I beft'preiiiir**ltaik the **Oita is asetnary IMILTIPOS* ?lace sit she iig4. he ue he did Dot see dsc revious shot just be. r eo)onel Queniheir es or bias mach ere. • *lore the halt. 414 facts time proved- 7 . !tient the ffrtiv-3e‘. hie Major ad to:Lorckbeatird *Atomic-Ny*oam Edward oparset, to efoie itriffer of the . ' 'Veil inin in' the to katif a vigfreofett bi t Aar 0 140 fat . * t i onmandja, 0. di Culnifel` tient:, itikt, to'asceitain'tht 4 Otaetttia l epretencn nta Die imuit emeidiqr- • 4ts;i9stances, Was Tfeaftout tile CAS timyetit Wl* rigoect !and :last ,cletrierw' I eklielttfil 1 4thfr, 1 9 111 !pynewoisql . hi te e cnAtt ivir ANb. l etkaiflitie, l iitfAßeet tiPhirt &gni:maybe , ry can think that the ~ bit** femssoltdatelf 9f ate 4 tied aitgd vos 1- not their art w iriLe a representation - ietnewhere ?' 1 ask if - there can be the least reason to suppose that their conduct Ma boss engendered by feelings of Per. serial hostility ? And if it has not been throughout perfectly consistent with strict subordination and ex act military discipline ? I ask if the officers did not (Await to the service and to the Illustrious Personage connected with the regiment, to make the disclosure whit* they have done? I•say this in consequence of the alletios of Camel Quentin to the letter of the of. ken man evidence of party feeling. " Subalterns have, it is said, been asked to sign a letter which contained facts that did not come within their personal knowledge ; and this the superior of ought not to have asked them to do. Were offi cers, who felt a pride in their situations, to see their regiment daily falling to pieces in its interior ma nagement, and their complaints unheaded, without being allowed to take any notice of it ; and when they at last came forward with their complaints, was it proper that they should be told, that an so doing they bad violated the rules and orders of the service ? After this short discussion, having laid before the Court the cavalry orders of the 26th of February, .I have only farther to refer to the evidence of Lord Combermere and Lord Edward Somerset. There was not see syllable in favour of Colonel Quentin in their answers to any questions put to them, referable to the discipline of the regiment, when they were asked if the regiment had turned out in time ? &c. the an ewer was invariably No, and they attributed this to the want of system in -the Commanding Officer. - • Lord Edward Sohterset says distinetly, that he attributed it to the want of system in the Command. ing Officer. So far was their disapprobation carried, that Lord Edward Somerset at last ordered all reports to be wade to himself--thus virtually taking the com mand of the regiment from Colonel Quentin. Can sokf-oenseanoollee *sae itit e that the of fi cers should be dissatiafied with 'escort His wanly" discipline saws proved by every witness adduced, either for or against. Colonel Quentin. One Captain says, that lie at last gave over to report to Colonel Quentin, as it wasakogather ineffectual. Before closing, I may 1 ‘ be allowed to observe, thathowever desirable at home I it may he to dispense as much as possible with corpo ral punisbmeut, to attempt to abolish it in the field mill always be found disastrous to the service and ruinous to the army. Having said thus much, I leave the cause of the officers of the 10th to the wisdom and intpartiality of the Court." • • Here Colonel Palsnerconcluded his reply, and the qourt ° was immediately closed, for the purpose of de liberating on the sentence, which will not be pub lished till it is sanctioned by his Royal Highness the Pearce Reczirr. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1814. ALL LeinTs.4—Holiday at - the Steck Exchange. We have received Paris- Papers of Friday and Sa turday last. The debate on the unsold property of Emigrants still continues. Oa Friday the first Speaker iteaM, Snriorat Di S&cr. He contended for the wortriutitatiea, and *piste ui (Wow of the risiut limited liberality to the Emigrants. bf. - Tt+AuLt followed on the same side. Alluding to the property of Emigrants which had been applied for the support of public Inititutiens, he said, that every man of proper spirit who partook in any shape of the funds thus appropriated, ought instantly to ;We them up. He, for one, if he was the inmate of an Hospital so eudowed e would rather die of want under the asiopy. 121wwsla, than eat the bread thus dishonestly acquired. M. Darrourtiset. rebutted the charge which bad been made against the Emigrants of their exile being perfectly voluntary : he contended that they did not Mats maul the knife of the assassins was aimed at that iourfs, • Satiiit t ilr . onk *embers spoke on the same side : ledesti, they le beady unanimous on the question. with wax slight verbal amendments and modifica antis faveur of charitable Institution& The debate tau etwatmere adjourned. Wlranitinin the following estracu from the above VIENNA, OCTOBER 18. ;Ora . t affairs of Europe are treated of in se -ISt OW with steal and activity, and the results will be dasloped more quickly than pusillanimous per son, seem to believe. ' The Divan of ConstantinOple, penetrated with the importance of the deliberations of the Congreu, has asked the Grand Saguia" to derite to Vienna an are, Extraordinary. They speak also of an eat leasly frees North America, and it is added that the American Diplomatists, assembled at Ghent, w U 'palely proceed to Vienna. Among other reports which are circulated at Vienne, we may notice in preference one which as cribes to the House of Bourbon a determination to sup fort the pretensions of the Queen of Etruria to the States of Parma, Placentia, Ice. The young Prince of Parma generally travels about in a carriage with sir horses, and attended by his C;overneSS. He seems to regard with much attention ' : 4 e cosh ,b surround bins and the sentinels who promeatono as lie pews. XICCANGIN, OCTOBER 21. We tunuiticeived the following intelligence from Vienna : • lisnettin t as the 14th, leek Abe title of a *aim, and Heald it of strand duchy. The deemed dig ? nit's ii abertslted, and in future the Emperor of Ger i ma% will not be sleeted. Every separate State will base a right of Wllitifp2) Wormuisul 4 apply Disu4 Papal this u . airo bst weal a•• hiPlitisce of roPsuat. MESSAGE OP THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT, TO CONGRESS. Owillmr=•..ol At length we have received a Copy of this long expected and important document. It is dated Washington, 20th September, and was brought to Liverpool by a vessel which has arrived there in 17 days front Halifax. It will be seen that the framers of this document are notyetreduced to the humble at titude of Supplicants—a condition which the honour of England and the glory of her arms alike demand from America. If it depends upon MADISON and his party, therefore, Peace is far distant :—Congress, however, may think other language more likely to obtain it. We are happy in being able to lay, not an abstract, but an entire copy of this document before our Readers. We believe that besides that which we have received there is but one other copy in town• THE SPEECH. • " Fellow Citizens of the Senate and Howe of Rept rentativet—Notwithstanding the early day which had been Bari for your Session of the present year, I was induced to call you together still sooner, as well that any inadequacy in the eiisting provisions for the want of the Treasury might be supplied, as that no delay might happen in providing for the result of the Negociations on foot wita Great Britain ; whither it should require arrangements adapted to a return of Naos" or further and more effective provisions for prosecuting the War. 44 The tesult is not yet known, if on one hand the repeal of the Orders in Council, and the general paci fication of Europe, which withdrew the occasions on which impressment from American vessels were prac tised, suggest expectations that peace and amity may be established, we are compelled, on the other hand, by the refusal of the British GovernMent to accept the offered mediation of the Emperor of Russia, by the delays in giving effect to its own proposals of a direct negotiation, and, above all, by the principles and manner in which the war is now avowedly car. vied on, to infer that a spirit of hostility is indulged more violent than ever against the rights and pro sperity of this Country. " This increased violence is best explained by two important circumstances, that the great contest in Europe for an equilibrium, guaranteeing all its states against the ambition of any, has been closed without any check on the overbearing power of Great Britain on the ocean, and that it has left in her hands disposa ble armaments with which, forgetting the difficul. ties of a remote war against a free people, and yielding to the intoxication of success with the exam ple oT a great victini to it betore her eyes, she the = ' rishes hopes of still further aggrandizing a power al-, ready formidable in its abuses to the tranquillity of the civilized and commercial world. gi But whatever may have inspired the enemy with these more violent purposes, the public councils of a nation, more able to maintain than it was to acquire its independence, and with a devotion to it, rendered more ardent by the experience of its blessings, can never deliberate but on the means most effectual for defeating the extravagant views of unwarrantable passions, with which alone the war can now be pur sued against us. " In the events of the present campaign, with all its augmented means, and wanton use of them, he' has little ground for exultation, unless he can feel it in the success of his recent enterprise against this metro polis, and the neighbouring town of Alexandria from both of which his retreats were as precipitate as his attempts were bold and fortunate. " In his other incursions, on our Atlantic frontier, his progress, often checked and chastised by the mas terly spirit of the neighbouring citizens, has had more effect in distressing individuals, and in dishonouring his arms, than in pronouncing any object of legiti mate warfare, and in the two instances as mentioned, however deeply to be regretted on our part, in his transient success, which interrupted, for a moment only, the ordinary public business at the seat of Go vernment, no compensation for the loss of character with the world, by the violation of private property, and by his destruction of public edifices, protected as a monument of the arts by the laws of civilized warfare. " On our side, we can appeal to a series of atchieve meats which have given new lustre to the American arms. Besides the brilliant incidents in the minor ope rations of the campaign, the splendid victories gained i nn the Canadian side of the Niagara, by the Ameri can forces under Major-General Brown and Briga diers Scott and Gaines, have gained for these heroes, aad their emulating companions, the most unfading laurels, and having triumphantly tested the progres sive discipline of the American soldiery, have taught the enemy, that the longer be protracts his hostile of forts the more certain and decisive will be his final discomfiture. si On the southern border victory has continued also to follow the American standard, the bold and skilful operations of Major-General Jackson, cow ducting troops drawn from the Militia of the States loos distant, particularly et Teatime, having sub deed the principal tribes of hostile' nugget, and by establishing a peace with dims; 01.1#4, by recent eadezelPearl nbutismagatsPlin bAlllllol4etiapost 1 the lb schlef of their eo.operation with the British enterpetigehich may be planned against that quarter of our country. Important tribes of Indians on our north-western frontiers have Also acceded to stipula tions which bind them to the interests of our United States, and to consider our enemy as theirs also. In the recent attempt of the enemy on Baltimore, defended by militia and volunteers, aided by a small body of regulars and seamen, he was received with a spirit which produced a rapid retreat to the ships, whilst a concurrent attack by a large fleet, was suc cessfully misted by the steady and well•directed fire of the fort and batteries opposed to it. " In another recent attatk by a powerful force on our troops at Plattsborg, of which regulars made a part only, the enemy, after a perseverance for many hours, was finally compelled to seek safety in a hasty retreat, with our gallant bands pressing upon him. " On the Lakes, so much contested throughout the war, the great exertions for the command, made on our part, have been well repaid. On Lake Ontario our squadron is now, abd has been for some time, in a condition to confine that of the enemy to his own port, and to favour the operations of our land forces on that frontier. On Lake Champlain, where our su periority had for some time there been undisputed, the British squadron lately came Into" action with the American, commanded by Captain MiDonnough ; it issued in the capture of the whole of the enemy's ships. The best praise of this officer and his intrepid comrades is, in the likeness of his triumph to the illustrious victory which immortalized ano ther officer, and established, at a critical mo ment, our command of another Lake. On the ocean the pride of our naval arms has been amply supported. A second frigate, has, indeed, fallen into the hands of the enemy; but the loss is hidden in the blaze of heroism with which she was defended. Cap tain Porter, who commanded her, and whose previous career had been distinguished by daring enterprize, and by fertility of genius, maintained a sanguinary contest against two ships, one of them superior to his awn, andj other severe disadvantages, till huma airy tore down the colours which valour had nailed to the mast. This affair and his comrades have added much to the glory of the American Bag, and have merited all the effusions of gratitude which their country is ever ready to bestow on the champions of its right and its safety. 66 Two smaller vessels of war have also become prizes to the enemy, but by superiority of force, which sufficiently vindicates the reputation of their Com manders ; whilst two others, one commanded by Captain Warrington, the other by Captain Blakely, have captured British ships of the same class, with a gallantry and good conduct, which entitled them and their companions in a just share in the praise of their oonntry. In spite of the naval fere, of the accumulated on our coasts, .t ur private cruisers also have not ceased to annoy his commerce, and to bring their rich prizes into our ports; contributing thus,with other proofs, to demonstrate the incompetency and the illegalitysof a blockade, the Proclamation of which is made the pretext for vexing and discouraging the commerce of neutral Powers with the United States. To meet the extended and diversified warfare adopted by the enemy, great bodies of militia have been taken into the service, for the public defence, and great expenses incurred. That the defence every where may be both more convenient and snore eco nomical, Congress will see the necessity of immediate measures for filling the ranks of the regular army, and of e►larging the provisions for special corps, mounted and dismounted, to be engaged for longer periods of service than are due from the militia. I earnestly renew, at the same time, a recommendation of such changes in the system of the militia, as, by classing and disciplining, or the most prompt and active service, the portions most capable of it, will give to that resource for the public safety all the requisite energy and efficiency. 66 A part of the squativn on Lake Erie has been extended to Lake Hu and has produced the ad vantage of displaying our command of that Lake also. One object of the expedition was the reduction of Mackinac, which failed with the loss of a few brave men, among whom was an Officer distingaished for his gallant exploits ; the expedition ably conducted by both land and naval Commanders, was otherwise ve ritable in its elects. “ The monies :received into the Treasury during the nine months, ending on the 13th of June last, amounted to 32 millions of dollars, of which 11 mil lions were the proceeds of the public revenue, and the remainder derived from Loans. The disbursements for public expenditures during the same period, es• ends 34 million of dollars, and left the Treasary an the Ist of July near five millions of dollars. The de mands during the remainder of the present year al ready authorised by Congress, and the expenses inci dent to an extension of the operations of the war, will render necessary that large sums should be provided to meet them. 66 From this view of the national affairs, Congress will be urged to take. up, without delay, as well the subject of pecuniary supplies as that of military force, and on a scale commensurate with the extent and character which the seat has assumed. 64 It Is not tO be poised that the situation of our country calla !0 . .* greatest efforts—our enemy is pow v4l in mess end money—en the land and on the wafer, .; Aveiro. himself of fortufions circumstances, be ieaberwig wink asienffivfded foie*, a dotty ma at our growing prosperity ; perhaps at our nation Al existence. He has avowed his purpose of tramplin, - ; on the usages of civilize! warfare, and given eaitiesty of it in the plunder and wanton destruction of private , • • ' property. 44 In the pride of maritime dominion, tiistin . l47 thirst of commercial monopoly, be strikes with pecu liar animosity at the progreu of our navigation and manufacture,. His barbarous policy had not even spared those monuments of taste with which out eon& try had enriched and embellished an infant metro. • polis. From such an adversary, hostility in its greatest force and worst forms may be looked for. The Ame. rican people , will face it with undaunted spirit which in their revolutionary war defeated his unrighteees pro jects. His threats and his barbarities, instead of dismay, will kindle in every bosom an indignation not to be extinguished but in the disaster and expulsion of such cruel invaders. In providing the means necessary, the National Legislature will not distrust the enlight. coed patriotism of it constituents. They will cher fully and proudly be.tr reef y burden of every kind which the safety and honour of the nation demand.— We have seen them. every where paying their taxes, direct and indirect, with the greatest pmmptness and alacrity. We see them hastening, with enthusiasm. to scenes where danger and duty call. Ia offering their blood they give the surest pledge that no other tribute will be withheld. 44 Having forborne to declare war until to other aggressions had been added the capture of nearly a thousand American vessels, and the impressment of thousands of seafaring citizens, and until a final de claration has been made by the Government of Great Britain, that her hostile orders against our commerce would notbe revoked but on conditions as impossibleas unjust; whilst it was well known that these orders would not otherwise cease, bnt with a war which has lasted nearly twenty years, and which, according to appearances at that time, might last as many more. Having manifested on every occasion, and in every proper mode, a sincere desire to arrest the effusion of blood, and meet our enemy on the ground of justice and reconciliation, our beloved country, in still opposing his persevering hoszility, all its energies, with an undiminished disposition toward* peace and friendship on honourable terms, must carry with it the good wishes of the impartial world, and the best hopes of support from an omnipotent and kind PROVIDENCE. (Signed) JAM Es M ADMIN." REPORTED DEFEAT OF COMMODORE' CHAUNCEY. The Letters received this morning from Liverpool, state, in the most positive manner, that Commodore CnAuNcsy has been made prisoner, and his Fleet completely destroyed on Lake Ontario. emery, t - . - • f VAL INTALLIGENCR. PORTSMOUTH, OCTOBER 31. Arrived the Ros.tato, CoitorLiA, ALrTIS, and PICKLE, from the Downs. No sailing!. The STA• min, with General PARED:H.OI and his Staff; will sail from hence for America to-morrow.—Wind E. DEAL. OCTOBER 31. Came Gown Loin the River, the Rambler, GOD. FREY, for Lisbon.—Wind N. W. FALMOUTH, OCTOBER vs,. Arrived the Grand Sachem whaler, Capt. Count, from the South Seas, with oil, a full ship, bound to London. The Grand Sachem parted with another • whaler last night off the Lizard, supposed to be the • Maryann. They are part of the BARRACOUCA'S • convoy. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET THIRD OCTOBER OR HOUGHTON MEETING, 1814. MONDAY, OCTOBER 31. Sweepstakes of 200 gs. sack. Ab. M. Mr. Watson's Pericles, Bst. I 21b. - Lord Foley's o.4's Dyke, Bst. 51b. - Lord Jersey's AsmodeBl, Bst. 11 to Bon Periclesti to 4 egst Ora's Dyke -7 to 4 apt Asmodeus. The Gold Cup, value 90gs. by a Subscription or legs. each (the surplus to the winner in specie) for 3-yr-olds and upwards. A.F. Lord G. H. Cavendish's Cat, 5 yrs old, 8r 61b. • 1 General Gower's Bourbon, 3 yrs old, Stt. I lb. - it Duke of Grafton 's Vestal, S yrs old, 7st. Ilb. - 3 2to I agst Cat-6 to 1 agst Bourbon Five others started, but the Judge could pl.tce only three. There are no fewer than seven vessels laden with cotton from Amelia Island in the hands of the Cus tom-house of Liverpool. The cargoes amount in the aggregate to 5,500 bags of cotton. The packet from Gottenburgh has brought letters from Archangel to the 25th, and froM St. Peters bnrgh to the 27th September. At the hiriner the shipping season was rapidly drawing to a conclusion, and at the latter trade was almost wholly suspended. The exchange was at 11i. Joanna Southcott has published a letter, stating that TOWZER'S announcing her recantation is a forgery. She has however, put off the time of her accouchement tine ail" Bagan.—This day the LORD'MAYOR, after inspect. ing the Meal Weighers' Report, ordered the present price to remain. BONAPARTE.—A letter from Nurembe , g, dated October 15, has the following article : Is According to the assurances of two Polish officers, who left Elba on the 11th of September, Bonaparte seems to enjoy perfect health. On the Ist of Svtem• ber, having received dispatches from England, he sud denly put a stop to the building of his place, which he had hitherto carried on with great ardour. From expressions let fall by the English General Posser and several Englishmen it is conjectured, that he will be conveyed to England ; this, in some measure, con firms the report that the future residence of Nape. leon will be definitively fixed at the Congress at vi enna. A great many Englishmen go no Elba to se e him—be is treated by them with the greate.t attention and respect." •