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IV THE EDITOR OF THE STAR. Stn— Novels are now become an important biranch of literature, mid are read with such avidity by . all • ranks, that it is of consequence that the Authors of 'them, who, like Miss EDGEWORTH, mean to combine instruction with amusement, should sedulously guard against ollatever might retard the circulation of their works. Of all the novels that have lately appeared, there are n , ne I was so anxious to read as Marnion, from the •Author being the daughter of the celebrated Dr. CULLEN. I was desirous to see if she inherited any of the genius of fur father, and I found Mornton work of real talent. The story is extremely in teresting—the characters ably delineated—consider able humour exhibited—and with profound knowledge of life, much genuine feeling eloquently expressed.— But Msraton is still more uncommon, from the Author having dared, without the disguise of fictitious names, to launch her shafts at public characters, how ever sanctioned by fashion, rank, or popular favour. Though the virtuous intrepidity displayed in this may be much admired by some readers, it is to be regret • ted, as by exciting the displeasure of many it may lead to injurious prejudices against the whole work. Ardently sympathising in the moral objects which the Author of Moreton has in tiew, I venture to re. , commend to her, through the medium of your Paper, to avoid in future publications a measure which may mateliany retard their utility.—l am, Sir, your obe dient servant, A. S. FRENCH PAPERS. PARIS, OCTOBER 2S. An immense crowd yesterday visited the parapet of the Pcitt Royal and the two (pay b of the Seine, as far as Pont Lewis XVI. to witness the descent of a man in a machine to the bottom of the Seine. The windows of the Thuilleries were also crowded with spectators b6coging to the Cam, and the King hiniselt occasionally appeared at one of the casements. At a quarter before two o'clock, M. Malleville, the diver, titcAvti a beU of an oval form, of about five feet in height by tnree in dameter, and in which he was obliged to assume a curved and painful position. His pulse, as verified by a physician, speedily gave l'2o pulsations every minute, an evident symptom of great emotion, the number of pulsations is general not exceeding 70 or bO. His thermometer gave 131 degrees. The immersion of the machine was produced by the action of a weight of nearly 800 kilogrammes. After a short stay under water, M. Malleville gave notice that he was still in life, by setting at liberty two swans which accompanied him down, and which be followed wilts other signals. In 32 minutes, he re-ascended. His physiognomy exhibited, if not pain, at least considerable agitation ; and the number of pulsations arose to 164 per minute, nor was it possible to count them till after an instant of repose. The therm , meter had only risen half a degree. After being a few minutes employed in new preparations, be dived again, and traversed three-fourths of the basin which separates the .Pont Royal from Pont Louis XVI. During this immersion, which lasted twenty-four minutes, he let go, at intervals, three ducks. M. Malievilte on coining up, stated, that he saw at the bottom of the water the remains of a barge laden with glass and iron articles, which was sunk long ago. The small dimensions of his machine, and the disagreeable attitude which he was obliged to preserve, contributed, without doubt, to the fatigue which he experienced. Considering . the smallness of the Diving Dell, some persons im tgine that he must have found means to produce a supply of oxygen under water, and was thus enabled to support life so long : nevertheless this was not clearly ascertained. The moat lively acclamations recompensed this in genious elpeilment. . • FRONTIERS OF NAVARRE, OCTOBER 13. The aff.iir of Mina and his partizans is terminated ; the chiefs of the enterprize have disappeared and quit ted Spain. We shcni:l no: bt• surprised to learn that they have bciat arrested in tome town in France. LEIPSIC, OCTOBER S. Thee is I very . great concoursiof strangers at our fair, and business is very animated. Articles of mer chandise are in very great abundance. The English, ih particular, have sent large quantities of goods; but they do not find that ready sale which they expected ; b 'sides they demand too . bigh prices. The spun cot was, which were at fits: neglected, are now a little more in demand ; but the holders, who are waiting for the close of the fair in hopes cf obtaining a better price, may probably be disappointed. • The S. , xon manufacturers have been very success ful, and their goods have constantly obtained the pre ference. Cloths of moderate and ordinary quality Lave had a rapid sale; the finer were less enquired after. 1 Ise fellowing additional Article of the Convention Of Mhss, 4the 14th of August, 1814, has appeared it Gottrnburgh : f• Ins Royal Highness Prince Christian declares, that he will, aitithaut any reservt, give up ail au hority into- die hands of the *sign; spd that be wiil, for this purpose, assemble the Diet.— ~f‘a soon as t shall be assembkd, he will renew this declaration, ii d publish it thrimyhout all Norway. 4 "- Mil Royal Highness will then quit Norway, even though the Diet should wish Lis stayth•Te to be protracted • ,‘ Prince (;beistiati will give this promise in writing. [Here follow the Signatures.] • .... pARTICULAII, AND SliCitla ARTICLES. " His Royal HigLoess the Prince will, under some pretext, lisimesliately entrust his authority to the Council of State, which resain'ir tilt the ereieluston of the Diet. " IYte Qtroneil.crt State will regulate its proceedings in unifor- Map to dm cfaistitutim—till the pit t meets, it will sign all pub lic acts. (Signed) " CNRISTIAN " 6 Written at hloss." I declare end solemnly hind myself to give up the executive nuthvrity into the hands of the nation without any reserve what soever. l will renew this declaration as soon as the Diet shall he maembled. i bep I will ',aye Norway, even if that Diet shousl leg My Ray WA,: prolonged. 6 . Cala lel lAN FREDLIMIC. " .10 his Maje•ty the King t f cfstricleri." [Hat% follows the Proclamation to the Norwegians, aheady Ordslobetl, , n whirl, he expiates the 'veils of his conduct.] . " quiirters, as Freaericks; adt, Augu-t 10. err - We , Charles John, Crown Prince of Sweden and Norway, . by virtue of ti e tull powers entrusted to us by his Ma- Jerry the KL.g of ..weden and Norway, declare, 1. I ha' we, in the nun , of his Maj• sty the King of Sweden and Norway, accept the Cons:tattoo decreed at Eiassvold, am: mare two tiro nto.t necessary ci anges shall take place. ' 6 it, His Maj" , y the King of Sweden grants an entireiallielit). without distinction of rank, ot persons. 3 Al. Dh r w g af,s [military probably omitted by niistakej err Gvil authoriuta shall Lie r t • ..tad with due respect.. (Signed) " loath" s.dMERICAN PAPERS. The following is an official Report of the proceed icnirof Captain Sinclair, immed iatel y after the failure attack on Michilimackinac : EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM CAPTAIN A. SINCLAIR TO TILE HON. WILLIAM JONES, SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, DATED " On board the United States sloop Niagara, Erie, September 9, 1814. " SlR—lmmediately after the attack on mukinao, I dispatched the Lawrence and Caledonia with orders w Lieutenant Commandant Dexter to make all possible dispatch to Lake Erie, and there co-operate with our army, &c. while I shaped my course in pursuit of the enemy's force, supposed to be about Nantauwasanga ; and I cannot but express my surprise at having passed those vessels and arrie. ed at Erie before them. By that opportunity I ap prized you of my movements up to the 9th ult. since which time I have been fortunate enough to find his Britannic Majesty's schooner Nancy, loaded with provisions, clothing, Ste. for the troops at Mackinac. —She was two miles up the Nantauwasanga river, moored under a block-house, strongly situated en the S. E. side of the river, which, running nearly parallel with the Bay shore for that distance, forms a narrow peninsula : this, ned the wind being off shore, afford ed me an opportunity of anchoring opposite to him, and within good battering distance ; but finding the sand-hills and trees frequently interrupting my shot I borrowed a 3 1-2. inch howitzer from Colonel Cro. ghan, mounted it on one of my carriages, and sent it on the peninsula, under command of Lieui. Holdop : a situation was chosen by Captain Gratoit, of the Engineers, from which it did great execution. The enemy defended himself very handsomely, until one of those shells burst in his blockhouse, and in a few minutes blew up his magazine. This set fire to a train which had been laid for the destruction of the vessel, and in an instant she was in flames. I had made the necessary preparation with boats for get ting on board of her ; but frequent and he ivy explo sions below deck made the risk of lives too great to Attempt saving her. She was, therefore, with her valuable cargo, entirely consumed. " I cannot say whether thosl who defended her were blown up in the block house, or whether they retreated in the rear of their work, which they might have done unseen by us, as it afforded a descent into a thick wood. I hope the latter. " A number of articles were picked up at a consi derable distance off; among them was the Corn mender's desk, containing copies of letters, &c. :.eve. ral of which I herewith enclose you for your infer mation. They a..rve to shew the vessel to have been commanded by Lieutenant Worsley, of the Royal Navy : of what infinite importance her cargo was to the garrison at Mackinac, and that they have nothing afloat now on that Lake. " The Nancy appeared to be a very fine vessel, between the size of the Queen Charlotte and Lady Prevost. " There were three guns.on the block-house, two 24-pounders and one 6-pounder. I cannot siy what was on the vessel, as all her ports were closed. " I also got a new boat, called by akin a gun. boat, but unworthy the name, being calculated to mount only a 24-pound carronade. " The Nautauwasanga is too narrow, and over , hung with bushes, fur a vessel to get up, except by warping, which prevented my sending gun-boats in, or Colonel Croghan from attempting to tutu his rear; as we saw a number of Indians skulking, and occa sionally firing across from the banks ; it was in this way the only man we had touched was wounded. You will see, by the enclosed letters, the short state they are in for provisions at Michilimackinac ; and I am assured, from the best authority, that this is the only line of communication by which they can be supplied; that of the Grand River being render ed impassable for any thing heavier than a man can carry on his back by 60 portages; I have, therefore, left the Scorpion and Tigress to blockaJe it closely, until the season becomes too boisterous fur boat transportation. • gi Colonel Croghan thought it not advisable to fortify and garrison Nantauwasanga, as the enemy's communication from York is so short and convenient,' that any force he could leave there would be cut off in the winter. .‘ I was unfortunate in getting embayed, in a gale, on a rocky iron-bound shore, which occasioned the loss of all the boats I had in tow, among which was the captured gun-boat, and my launch : I felt fortu nate, however, in saving my vessel, lumbered as she was with 450 souls on beard, and shipping such im mense quantities of water, as to give me very serious alarm for some hours. " I was compelled to strike some of my guns be low, and nothing saved her at last but a sudden shift of wind, as these is nothing like anchorage in Lake Huron, except in the "mouths of rivers, the whole' coast being a steep perpendicular rock. 46 I have been several times in great danger of total loss, in this extremely dangerous navigation, entirely unknown to our Pilots, except direct to Mackinac, by falling suddenly froth no sounding into ' three fathoms, and twice into 1-4 less twain, all a craggy rock. Those dangers might be avoided, irom the transparency of the water, but for the con tinued thick fogs which prevail almost as constantly as Cm the Grand Bank. " By the arrival of the mail'a few hours after I anchored at Detroit, I learned the critical state of our army on the Peninsula, and that the Somers and Ohio had been captured. The craft from the Flats, with part of my guns and shot, had not yet arrived ; but being certain my presence would be necessary at the earliest possible moment, I availed myself of a lair wind,and sailed for this place, where I am happy' to learn that our army fed themselves perfectly se cure- where they are. I have, however, sent the L , wrence, Lady Prevost, and Porcupine to Buffalo, there to render any assistance which may be required, and shall follow them myself in the course of twenty. four hours. ,41 There is such an imminent risk of the loss of the fleet at this season of the year laying to an anchor near Buffalo, where the bottom is composed entirely (4 hard rock, a strong current setting down, and ex.+ e :,se t l to the ()pen Lake, from whence the heaviest' .oks are experienced, that I shall not, unless ordered positively to do so irons the department, continue 'here a moment longer that I can ascertain the Corn- mantling General's views, ang in what way the &et can co-operas with Mm. Dally' and dear-bought experience teaches us we ought not to risk our fleet in a situation where tile) , are so liable to be lost. Lieu tenant Kennedy has, 'no doubt. informed you of the total loss of the Arid, after being on float, and ready to move from there. 44 I have the honour to remain, with great respect, " Sir, your obedient servant, (Signed) " A. SINCLAIR. ig N.B. A company of riflemen, from Sandusky, has just arrived here, and have been forwarded on to Fort Erie, without delay. OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE I.OSS OF TIIE AMERICAN SHWA OHIO AND SOMERS. COPY Of A LETTER PROM LIEUTENANT CONKLIN° TO CAPTAIN KENNEDY, DATED " Fire George, Upper Canada August 16, 1814. ---• " SlR —With extreme regret I have to make known to you the circumstances attending the capture of the Ohio and Somers. On the night of the 12th, be tween the hours of 11 and 12, the boats were seen a short distance a-head of the Somers, and were hailed trom that vessel : they answered " provision boats," which deceived the officers of the deck, as our army boats had been in the habit of passing and repassing throughbut the night, and enabled them to drift athwart his hawser and cut his cables, at the same time pouring in a heavy fire before he discovered who they were. Instantaneously they were alongside of me, and notwithstanding my exertions, aided by Mr. tvl , Cally, acting sailing-master ( who was soon dis abled), I was unable to repulse them but for a -mo ment. I maintained the qui:rter-deck until my sword fell, in consequence of a shot in the shoulder, and neatly all on deck either wounded or surrounded by bayonets. •As their force was an overwhelming one, I thought farther resistance vain, and gave up the vessel, with the satisfaction of having performed my duty, and defended my vessel to the last. LIST 01 KILLED AND WOUNDLII• Ohio—Killed, 1; uounded, 6. Sonleas—Wounded, 2. " The enemy's loss in kilted and wounded is much more considera;)le; among the killed is the Com manding Officer of the Netley (lying here), Captain Ratclitf ; he fell in attempting to come over my quar ter. Notwithstanding the number of muskets and pistols which were fired, and the bustle insep.q.able from enterprises of this kind, neither the Fort nor the Porcupine attempted to fire as we drifted past them, nor did we receive a shot until past 131.ick Rock, though they might have destroyed us with ease. " Respectfully, your obedient servant, (Signed) " A. IL 'CONKLIN. P.S. We expect to be sent to Montreal, and per haps to Quebec, directly. " Ed. P. Kennedy, Esq. Commanding United Stares Naval Force on Lake Erie. COPY OF A LETTER FROM LIEUTENANT TURNER Tr/CAP . TAIN A. SINCLAIR, COMMANDING ON LAKE ERIE. a United States schooner Scorpion, off MichiLinacktitac, July 29, 1814. have the honour to inform you, that agreeable is your orders of the 22d instant, I pro. ceeded on the expedition to Lake Superior with the launches. I rowed night and day, but having a dis tance of 60 miles against a strong current, informa tion had reached the enemy, at St. Mary's of our Approach. about two hours before I arrived at that place, carried by Indians in their light canoes; seve ral of whom I chased, and by firing on them aid killing some, prevented their purposes ; some I cap tured and kept prisoners until my arrival, others escaped. The force under Major Holmes prevented any thing like resistance at the Fort, the enemy with their Indians carrying with them all the light valu able articles, peltry, cloths, &c. I proceeded across the strait of Lake Superior without a moment's de. lay; and, on my appearance, the enemy finding they could not get off with the vessel I was in quest ot, set fire to her in several places, scuttled and left her. 1 succeeded in boarding her, and by considerable exertions extinguished the fl tmes, and secured her front sinking. I. then stripped her and prepared for getting her down the Falls: adverse winds prevented my attempting the Falls until the 26th, when every possible effort was used, but I am sorry to say with out succes to get her over in safety. The fall in three-fourths of a mile is 4.5 feet, and the channel very rocky ; the current runs from twenty to thirty knots, and in one place there is st perpendi cular leap of ten feet between three rocks ; litre she bilged, but was brought dawn so rapidly that we succeeded in running her on shore below the rapids before she filled, and burned her. She was a fine new schooner, upwards of 100 tons, called the Perse verance, and will be a severe loss to the North-west Company. Had I succeeded in getting her safe, I could have loaded her to advantage from the ene my's storehouse. I have, however, brought down four captured boats, loaded with Indian goods to a considerable amount ; the balance contained in four large and two small storehouses were destroyed, amounting in value to from 50 to 1000 dollars. All private property was, according to your orders, re spected. The officers and men under my command behaved with great activity and teal, particularly Midshipman Swartwout.—l have the honour, &c. (Signed) " DANIEL TURNER." NEWBURYPORT, SEPTEMBER 16. PROM THE EXCHANGE COFFEE-HOUSE BOOKS. A boat arrived this afternoon from Eastport and Machias, with accounts of the capture of the latter, by six British vessels of. war. The guns of the Fort were rendered useless, and the Fort was blown up on the appearance of the enemy. The Arab brig was the only man of war at Eastport on the l0c!1 instant. About 60 head of cattle, seized by Lieuteita,t t Man ning, were destroyed in the fort. BOSTON, SEPTEMBER 19. The British ships Spencer, Leander, and Nymphe, were at anchor and watering in Provincetown (Cape Cod) on Thursday last • a tender came in, hoisted a signal, when the Lea nder immediately got under weigh and stood out into the Bay under a press of sail--the Spencer and Nymplie remained at one o'clock on Saturday—the Leander was passed off Marshfield on Saturday evening. The above ships, while watering, kept a guard night and day, by sea and land, to stop all communication with them. A person recently on board of one of them reports, that Au officer said they should water in Boston in about a month, tor they expected alarge reinforcement of ships awl fifteen thousand men, when they should effect a lamting at Cape Cod or Cape Ann. THE ARMY. The following Circular of the Palms Runewes Warrant, orders and instructions for disbanding cer tain 2d Battalions of Regiments of Foot, has within these few days been issued : " C. R. Whereas we have been pleased to order the Battalion of our Regiment of Foot, commanded by our truss} and well-beloved , to be disbanded and discontinued tot the Establishment of the At my: our will and pleasure then fore is, that you do proceed to disband our said Battalion ac•or- Jingly, an the llth instant ; and that in the execution of this ser vice the following Rules be strictly observed: " Muster—l. You are to cause an exact muster to be talon by the Paymaster of the several Companies of the said Battalion up to the day of disbandment inclusive. " Transfer-2. The Non-commissioned Olcen, Drummer:. and Private Men, who are i• every respect & for service, are to be selected, and transferred to the Ist battalion of the said Rep. ment, with their arms, clothing, accoutrements, and great coats. " Arms, ece..—.3. The spare arms end tents are to be returned into the Stores of Ordnance, and acquittances to be taken for the same from such persons as shall be appointed to receive them. " Quarters-4. The quarters of each company are to be &11 , cleared, and the accounts of the men made up, and all their just pretensions completely satisfied, to the time of their being tzars. ferred or dismissed. is Clothing of Discharged Men—S. It Is oar pleasure that earn Non-conunissloned Officer, Drummer, and Private Man, herkby to be disbanded, be permitted to carry away with him, his knap sack and other proper regimental clothing for the present year: but if from any circumstances the clothing has not been, and cannot now be delivered to the men, before the date of the dis bandment, then, and in such case only, the men are to receive compensation in lieu thereof, for the periods of their several claims, at the rate prebcribed by the regulation for clothing, dated ISth July, 1812, the amount of which is of course to be paid by the Agent, on the part of the Colonel, and is not to be charged by the Paymaster in his public accounts, viz. Each Serj' ant at the rate of - is 0 per Ann. Each Corporal, Drummer, or Private, 1 13 " Great Costs-6. The great coats in wear will also he allowed to be taken away by the Nomconamlssioned Officers and Max who may be discharged, if the same shall have actually been worn for the space of two pars, but if not they are to be packed up, trgetber with any other camp necessaries in possession et the battalion, and forwarded to such place as shall be pmeted out by the Storekeeper General, to whom an inventory tl.ereof should be sent. tt Marclfr.g Money-7. The men who shall be discharged, and not recommended fur the Chelsea Pension, are to receive march ing money, Is. iod. per diem beyond the dates of discharge, ac cording to :be distance which they shall have to travel by land, by the nearest route to town or place in which they were invec tively entitled, reckoning 10 miles a-day's march, without halting days. If in dividing the cumber of miles by ten a fraction should remain, such excess niay be considered as an additiimat day's march. The Non-commissioned Officers and Men recommended for the out-pension of Chelsea Hospital, are to receive an advance of money sufficient to carry them to London, the amount of which is to be reimbursed to the Regimental Paymaster of de tachments at Chelsea, who will alms subsist the men accordin to their respective ranks, up to the dates of their passing an exa mination before the Chelsea Board. The men sent to Chelsea, whether admitted on the pension list or not, are to receive atm.'s mg money, from Chelsea to the place of their intended residence, at the rate and ander the rules above specified; but if placed on the pension list, their out pension will not begin until the day subsequent to that up to which the said marching money shall have been advanced, and the pension, instead of being issued at Chelsea, will be paid to them at their own lames. A statement of their names is to he transmitted by the Regimental Paymaster to etc Agent. Passages by sea will be granted as hereinaf.er mentioned. " Allowances to Families of Discharged Men-11. We are fens thee pleased, that an allowance shall he granted to the families of the men to be discharged, whether recommended fur the Chelsea pension or not, at the rate of three halfpence per mils for each of the wives, and one penny per mile for each is' ti.e dren, for the distance to be necessarily travelled by land, t.) ena ble them to proceed to their homes. The allowance for the fa mulles of men who will have to pass the Board at Chelsea, is to be paid for the distance to that place ; and the remasnin; pro portion of the allowances to carry them home wail he issued on their leaving London, by the Paymaster of detachments, who is to reinshurse the advance made by the Regimental ravines:cr. le pa ssage by Sea-9. la all cases in which the men or 'kit families can conveniently proceed partly by sea, they are to Ise sent by that conveyance, and of course are not to receive the al. lowauce per mile for such proportion of their journey. " The following rules in respect to Passage Money, are fobs observed, but it is not to be understood that whenever passages can be provided, the same is to be done In preference to paying money to the individuals, via. " If discharged in England, and proceeding to Ireland, they are to be provided with free passages, in vessels for conveying soldiers, from Bristol to Liverpool. " If discharged In Scotland and proceeding to Ireland, passage money from Port Patrick to Dmiaghedee will be allowed, a: the rate of Ss. each fur themselves, and 94.6 d. for each of their wises and children. " If discharged In England and proceeding to Scotland, an allowance will be granted for providing passeges from London as follows Berwick, one guinea for each of themselves and wives, and half a guinea for each child. To any part North of Berwick, Al. I Is. 6d. for each of themselves and wives, and 15s. 9d. for each child. • " The like allowance will be granted on account of such :nee discharged in Scotland as may have to proceed to London en the way ao their respective homes. " If discharged in Jersey or Guernsey, the proper expense of passages to Weymouth or Southampton, according to the ulterior destination of the individuals, will be allowed. " The Passages from London to Scotland are to be procured and paid for by the Regimental AsPnts concerned; who will be reimbursed the amount of their advances by use Regimental Pay iii.sstcr, or Paymaster of Detachments, according as the march ing Allowance shall have been paid through one or °Art of the said Officers. " Accompts-10. If upon represetnation of the Coloael, or Commanding-Officer of the said Battalion, you should mit rapedieut to retain the Serjeant-Major„ Quartermaster-Ssijeact, Paymaster-herjeant, or Vay-Serjeant of a Company, loyond thy day of disbandment of the Bistuiwn, fnr the purpose of assisting is finally closing the Accompts, the said Noo-commissinlx 4 Officer will, while so detained, be petntiqed to receive the!: usual pay and allowances, provid,d the iwitod of dete..tiou kid out exceed seven days from the date of the disbandment. " It. And to the and, that be said Non•coatmi4moed 00• cers, drummers, and private men, may be sensible or the Cat Mg have taken of them upon their dischar .is, you err to cause thew directions to be read at t►e head of each ciimpany. Glveta a: olir Court at Larlton doe day ii