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THE M'rEI4ING STAB LONDON. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1814. 11VCi OF S InCKS THIS DAY Al' TWELVE O'CLOCK: Co. sols 6sli—for account 63ii—.5 per Cent. Navy Slit Olan. sfi dis.—Bonds is. 91. pr.—Excb. D'.% 3s. dis. Is. pr. To-day we present our Readers uith some most interesting communications from the Western Hetnis. phere. St. Domingo, the largest, and when in a state of proper cultivation, certainly the richest of the West I , lclia islands, is about to occupy a large space in the ere of the European politician. Whatever may be the individual quarrels of Period and CHRISTOPHE, the rival Chiefs of that Island, or whatever may be the influence of each in point of character and re sources; there subsists a unison of feeling, and which we are happy to learn, is common to all the inhabi. tams on one point, from which *e augur the most auspicious consequences to humanity. The Sovereign of Hayti openly and decidedly de clares it to be his intention, and doubtless to this ex tent he is seconded, from motives of self-interest, by the whole population under his controul, to resist, to the last extremity, all attempts at subjugation by any European Power, which is Jikely to be followed by the restoration of the slave-trade, add a renewal of the horrors which once visited the island, in conse quence of the ferocious conduct of the French to the natives. Here we have a striking picture of the ab horrence against Frenchmen which has pervaded every part of the world, which their armies have visited since the revolution, and while this tide of execration runs 3 , strong against them, it really would be worse than madness to stem it at the point of the bayonet. Let cis hear no more,therefore,of expeditions of armed men to St. Domingo, where they must inevi tably meet an instant grave. If unarmed Commis. sioners cannot conciliate the differences between the rival Chiefs, and produce something like a promise from them to do homage by suit and service" to' Prance for her protection, all the armies now at the disposal of the Allied Sovereigns will never effect the conquest of a people, so enlightened as to their best interests, as the Haytians are. The door of concilia. tion is left open by CnamroPuk—there is wisdom and moderation in this line of conduct, and we trust it will be eagerly caught at not only by the Frcpch Government, as the principal, but by the Biitish as the mediator. One thing is certain, and we hail it as an inesti mable blessing to mankind, the Slave Trade never will be permitted to be revived in St. Domingo. It is, in fact, to preserve their liberty and independence, such as it is, that the whole population hate threa tened to take up arms. . The letter Of tnaisrovnes Secretary of State WM be perused with much pleasure—it is evidently the composition of a person capable of taking a hound, philo , .ophieal, and Statesman-like view of what is recrisite i.. use present state of affairs, for the main. tenance of general peace and good order: The pri irate letter from Pertoes side of the Island holds an equally decided language on the topics to which We Lave Let us hope, therefore, that the present Frefleb Go verninent will not be led astray by- the cupidity of the ex-Colonists of St. Domingo, to undertake a Worse than Quixotic etpedition to that " frightful climate." Let them have an indemnity elsewhere. In the mean time, we, presume the friends of humanity may safely look to the mild and philosophic character of the French KING for the deliverance of his fellow-crea. tures from all evil which he cad possibly avert. In his Royal breast s we doubt not, that the claims even of the Blacks of St. Domingo will hays their due wcight. 13y the arrival of a neutral vessel, the Jenny, Cep tain Merms, at Dartmouth, in. 23 days, from Ame rica, we have received an American Paper of so late a date as the 27th of August. The Jenny sailed from Bristol, Rhode Island, 28 days since, and the News paper she brings is called the Rhode blond Wessels,. It contains an account of a check sustained by she British army, in an attack upon Foot Erie, to which the Americans retreated, after their signal defeat on the.2sth of July. We regret to state that the brave officer who commanded the attack, Colonel ,Dituu 240ND, nephew to the General of that name, perished on the occasion. The whole statement, short as it is, is doubtless exaggerated, and we look with confidence for official evidence to this effect from our own Com manders. As a counter-balance to -Ibis painful not:fication, we learn with satisfaction, that Admiral COCHRANE had arrived in the Chesapeake with 46 sail of men of war and transports, and had Landed 4000 men. The capture of Washington, the capital of the United States, seems to be the object of this Expedition. Some of the Letters state, that the American Go. verament had collected a force of 7000 men to meet 46 RHODE ISLAND, AUGUST 27. •' General Gaines 'pined the army the 7th August at Fort Erie ; on the 15th the Fort was attacked by the British, under Colonel Drummond, nephew to the General, and after a desperate action, Colonel Drummond was defeated, leaving 600 killed, wound ed, and prisoner& Colonel Drummond is among the killed. " Fresh advice: from Washington, of the 24th August, give an accouttt Conitnectore Puler hav ing arrived with 530 seallien for the protection of the new frigate, and that the inhabitants were in daily exi.ectatimi of an attack from the British. Seven thousand troops were assembled ia Washington city. At the date of the last advices, Commodore Chauncey was off Kingston. Admiral Cochrane, with 40 sail of ships of war and transports, has arrived in the Chesapeake, and landed 4000 men. " A blig, mounting /2 32-pounders, was built from the keel in Lake Champlain, and launched in fourteen days." CORRESPONDENCE ON THE SUBJECT OP THE POISONED I•PlltITS LEFT BY THE AMERICANS IN THE WAY OF THE BAITIsII TROOPS. icu-t•natit -Colonel Parker, 41St Regt. linked States Army. DE %it girt—Your letter, addressed to the Com ma•.ider of his Britannic Majesty's Fotces in the Po tomac, which I was ordered to carry, I delivered to Admiral Cockburn; whom I found to be the Com- mander, on board the Albion, 74. " The subject of the poisoned spirits was the first to which he directed his conversation : it appeared to have made considerable impression on his feelings. He remarked with much propriety on the horrors of such a mode of warfare—was glad to Understand from you, that you received it in the saint light— and alluded to the Suggestion in your communica tion, that I was possessed of facts which would repel the imputation. I remarked, that the character of Virginians was a strong assurance that none Of them could be found so base as to practice means so vile. That the particular facts which -you had directed me to state to him were—that the spirits had been brought out by Mrs. Thouipson for the refreshment of a Gentleman who had gone to her house upon the apjroach of the barges, of which he drank—that when the forces landed, Mrs. Thompson hurried from her house, leaving the spirits, glasses, &c. standing out— that you and some other Officers entered the house as she retired, meeting her at the gate, and discovered the liquor, of which you all partook—that you conti. nued there until the nearness of the forces rendered it unsafe lodger to remain—that upon retiring, some of the company, and I believe yourself again drank, that it was quite impossible, in the short interval between your leaving your house, and the arrival of the Bri• tistt at it, that any poison could have been infuted in spirit. I learn that the name of the person, charged with the fact, was an individual in you; regiment, named John Crabb. 1 told him you were not advised at the time you wrote your communication, who was the person charged. That although not particularly instructed by you to say what course you would yet take, I felt no hesitation in saying, that as a Virg'. nian; and an Officer, you would feel equally interested to institute a rigid examination into the affair—such as should be satisfactory to him and to the world. He alluded to a similar occurrence in Mary. land, as having excited a suspiciousness of such prat:- tices. I could not forbear remarking, that the honour able and prompt Manner. in which an individual had come forward on that occasion, to arrest the fatal ef fects, was a strong assurance of our abhorrence of the means, and that they would not be practised or coun tenanced. He had stated that the information had come from a prisoner, but could not tell of what de.' scription. i observed, that I had learnt on board the Albion, since my arrival, that a negtoe had given the information. That it would be hard if credit were given to such testimony, to fix an imputation upon bur people, which, fir the hdnour of human nature, Was almost incredible. That it was very probable that a slave in the moment of his liberation, might wish to excite as angry and vindictive a spirit as possible, in the bosoms of the enemies of his former masters, and that no suggestion would be more effectual than the one under consideration. He said that he knew not before that it was a prisoner of that description, and sent an officer to inquire in the ward-room if it was known what prisoner had given the information. The officer returned and said, that the officers stated, they received the information, or be.trcl it as coming rem a negro. The conversation concluded upon that subject, with my a:pressing my readiness and my wish, to receive any information from him, which could aid in an investigation. Mr. Pearce he would not consent to liberate. 61 A search was ordered through the fleet for the books, &c. which Mr. Douglas wanted. " I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, 44 JOHN TAYLOR LOMAX." " Ws Britannic Majesty's Ship Albion, in the Potomac, July u 4. 4 ' tut— I am honoured with -your letter of the 22d inst. by Captain Lomax. Mr. Pearce having been taken in arms against us, must, of course, be consi dered by me as a prisoner of war, and detained as such, until exchanged. ea I am most happy to learn, by your letter, that you view -the idea of poison having been lift in the way of our people with the horror such an act ought to excite in every honourable breast. ,6 I have explained to Captain Lomax the particu lars respecting it, which wire detailed tome, to enable you to mike such further investigation, relative there to, as you may deem proper. " I have the honour to be, with high considera. tion, Sir, your obedient humble servant, (Signed) " O. COCKBURN." The dismasted brig which was said yesterday to have arrived at Sandy Hook turns out, as will be seen by the following letter, which we received this Mottling from an Act* staitiolte4 at Sandi Hoot, tot be ab esteM crui zee y's T. " 1 Aantly ll.ok, August 1, eleven o'Zock. in We this moment dis . covetod an enemy's reser off the Wm, with the loss of • her main and mizen- Masts ; which she lost last evening in the squall. .She fired several glans as signals Of distress. Two Bri 641'6*atea are now in sight to leeward, beating up 471' hcr. The flotilla of gun-boatr, in all about 2() nil, got under way from Sperntaceti Cove, for die purpose tif attacking the razee, but were prevented, by the two frigates coining up to.hei assistance.— The gunboats returned, and th 4 enemy all stood close toAthe Long Island shore, and about 5 o'clock three barges, crowded with linen, put off from the ships of war, and landed two or three miles Eastward u( Coney Island. The private armed brig Regent, and private armed schooner Amelia, are at anchor in the Bay." NAVAL INTALLIGENCR. The homeward-bound Jamaica Fleet, tinder con voy of his Majesty's ship Wiearoe, consisting of about 64. sail, were off Kinsale on the 20th instant : they leR Jamaica 26th July, and may be hourly looked for two of the fleet have already arrived, visa the Susan, DOOM, in the River Thames I and the Eliza, ATICINiON, at tristol. The Leeward Island Fleet, under convoy of his Majesty's ship Gtouceenta, arrived yesterday in the Downs, and proceeded for the River. GALE IN THE BALTIC.—The Alezandel, Elizabeth, Alcibiades, Carl Henrick, April, and another ship, bound to London—the George, bound to Leith...the Florentine, bound to Hull—Jurger Jauh, bound to Liverpool—the Johan Carl, from Liverpool—the Derrison, from London, and the Aateverolt, Were all lost in Dantzic Roads, during a gale, on the 4th inst. The following outward-bound Ships were, on the 16th March, in lat. 31. 50. S. long. 27. 8. W. viz..••• ELPHINSTONE, BOMBAY, CA EALVA I LADY MCLVILLE, NEPTUNE, and SCALEJIY CASTLE. The ROI AL GEORGE and Cumtius were, on the 4th instant, in lat. 42. 80. long. IS. W. FALAIOUTH, SUPTEMBER 21. Arrived the Fox packet with a ntil fr-rm Seri• nam, in 38 days, and the Princess Eliz•tbeth pad:et from Lisbon, in 12 days. Sailed his Majesty's ships Exvaniiiawr, CONQUEST, and WEYM :UTH, fcr Ply. mouths and several coasters.--Wind W. PLYMOUTH, sr.I 3 TEMBER 22. Arrived the Yont:, 74., from Ametic.t. Sailed the MACKEatEL schooner to the Westward. PORTSMOU fH, SEP EMBER 23. Arrived a fleet of transports from Scilly, and re main. Sailed the SPITPIRP. for France. The Medi terranean Fleet remain at St. tielen's.—Wind S.W. ANOTHER LETTER SAME DA IT. Arrived, this !limning; the ship Hadwick, Captain PHILLIF3 I from Q•iebec ; came under convoy of his Majesty'l Yom and VENOCeit : was taken on :be 2:1 insta!,t, by Oa- American brig cutter Scourge, Mr. SA:JI:2I. Err ; :ts was also the Trident, Mr. 1). Mootte, and the Lord Hood (of Liverpool), Mr. Prenso . s. Thelladwick was given up to Mr. PHIL LIPS ; the Lord I4ood was sunk, and the Trident was ordered to be destroyed, but she did not sink ; and Mr. PHH.Los stiggested to Mr. MOORE, to take one of his boats to go on board and try to save her, as the privateer had now left them. The whiple of the crews of both these vessels were- accordingly put on board the Hadwick. She was supplied with s-'me provi sions (being plundered of alt her stores), but was lost sight of the same evening, and has not since been SC.:II. His Majesty's ship Bvinow arrived here to-day, from the West Indies ; her convoy are gone by, as is also a fleet from the Mediterranean, under convoy of the UNITY and litossoss. Four of their convoy are ar rived on the Motherbank, viz. Montreal, Paragon, Pevisnal and Aria. Remain, wind-bouild, at St. Helens, the outward-bound bets for Quebec and Ha DEAL, SEPTEMBER 21. Arrived the Esmaralda, Fz:"Leuttica, from Sierra Leone, and sailed for the River. Also arrived the Seahorsc, Oswin, Doncombe, August', Wakefield, and several oiher transports, with detachments of the King's German Legion on baud, from Gibraltar ; also from the same place, the Swift, Reward, Oxford, Ann, George the Third, and Fairlove, store ships, all ender,convoy of the Br.osso►t sloop of war—they are under quarantine. Put back the Nautilus trans port, Rad several others, that sailed a few days ago. Five o'C!ock.—Arrived the GLOUCESTIK, with a convoy from the West Indies, which are sailed for the River.—Wind S.W. and squally. SCILLY, SEPTEMBER IS. On the 19th an American privateer was dose in with this island; a pilot-boat was along side her. His Majesty's ships Poommusand °Possum being off im mediately g.lve chase. The Captain and crew of the brig William, MiGis, from Senegal to Liverpool, have been landed here : they were captured the 31st August, by the I)eratum, American privateer. It has been finally agreed upon for the Parlia ment to meet, for the dispatch of buiiness, on the 10th day of November, which will be ordered by the Ponlug REGENT in Council this day at Carlton House, and a Proclamation will be issued afterwards accord ingly. By the way of France letters from Gibraltar to the 2d instant have been received, and the following is an extract from one of them, with very paiaful genCe I " GIBRALTAR, SIFT. 1. "I am very sorry to inform you that the disorder here, instead of being removed, as the public accounts state, has re-appeared under very unpleasant circum stances. Not the least doubt of the existence of the malignant lever being entertained, all the usual pre cautions which had been abandoned are aphi resorted to, to lessen as much as possible the &fusion of the malady." P . y L. I e . tag Atitstr. : 41 . • The expected general reduction of the addhional Bittalint:s of the Regiments (fair Line eid 1:ot Ate place th daf ai was expected. The second tote lion of Ate 47th. we understand. and that iSkttat:on alone, it to be reduced immedi.ttelt. A considerable redacti In in the Stair of the Kent District, is to take pl,ice frtm this diy, aster . which the head-quarters are to be fixed at Di met, and Major-General PACK is to KSIIIITIC the command of the District. Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Giltenoc.it is also appointed Assistant Qnarter-Master-General, in the room of Major READ, rernoved to the Stag of the Garrison at Dublin. The td Battalions of the 21st, Mai, and 91st rent; meats, were landed at Deal, from Ostend, on Tues day and Wednesday, and have since proceeded front thence for their respective destinations—the 56 . 11 to Sheerness, to relieve the detachments of Militia doing duty at that port, and 21st and 91st to Canterbury, to remain for a short period, previously to their ulti mate destination in North Britain to recruit. Yesterday the Ist division, consisting of about 800 of the Ist battalion of the Guards, which have been disembarked at Ramsg ice from Brabant, msrched into Canterburr, on their route for Isondon, an4was followed by another division of 400 of the 2J and Sd battalions this day, for the same destination. Monday morning the Derbyshire Militia marched from Cork for Monkstown, where they are to em bark for England. Tuesday the Derby and Dorset Militias embarked et Cove.. on board the transports appuhated to take them to England. The Oxfordshire regiment of mil tia, o mmanded by Lieutenant-Colonel WALL, embarked at Cove oa Wednesday for England. GENERAL ORDER. -- The COMMANDER-IN-011SY is pleased to approve of General Officers commanding Districts grunting leave of absence to Officers, and turlonghs to non. commissioned officers and soldiers, under the follow ing limitations and restrictions, between the 25th of the present month and the 10th of March next, when, in conformity to his Majesty's Regulations, all 04 cers and men are to be present wit* their respective ltegiments. In the event of Regiments, or Batta lions, being in stations, not conirrised in Military Districts, the Officers commanding are at liberty to use their discretion in granting the indulgence of leave i.f absence, under the same restrictions, to the Offi. cers ant me:l under their command : " r, one ball of the Captains, and one half of the Sut:altern ere always•to • be present w.,h thir "No ()facer (ex:-pt in the performance of emy, or for the put-r s.: of joininy hit regiitent) Is to quit Unuesi Kb: F awn, wit t having brat rec.:swathe PalnaL Rum we* ip.xial pet " Oaken employed on the recruiting service, or upon the staff of the army, are not to be Included In the number hcriby fixed for the contttnt duty of the regiment or battalion. " The applications for leave for Regimental Paymasters, and Medical °Meer., are to contiaue to be male in the anode pra icrled in pages 52 ant 5:: of the General Regulations of the Ar:ny. " In case of short leaves of absence being requested by Adjo. tants Quarter-Masters, or Veterinary :surgeon, of notimenta, It will be necessary that a special report should be ni.ide as to the mode in whic:i their duties are to be performed dar.ng their absence. " The proportion of non commisslonel officers, tromperers, drummers, and private men r ee-whom iterlinstas may be granted, axe not to exceed ten per troop or company." This Order does not apply to the Officers and Mai doing duty at the depots of regiments on foreign service. liAtenY CALVaIt; Adj.-Gen. Answer from the Admiralty to the Memorial of the Bristol Merchants : " A./miralry-Offiee, Sept. 16, 1814. 4 SIR—I have reedy( d and *laid helot emy Lords Commissioners of the Aciaiiralty, your letter of yes terday's claw, with the Memorial from the Merchants and Ship owners of Btistoi which accompanied it; and I am commanded by ti:eir Lordships to acquaint you, that the several points ad vetted to in the Menlo. rial have not failed to engage their serious attention; but that, however desioats they may be of affording idequate protection to the trade of the memorialists, and although a considerable force has been, and is now employed on the stations t• which the memo rialifts particularly advert, their Lordships not only do not concur in the proposition that a number of cruizers can afford complete protection against tl.B occasional attempts of privateers; but they are satis fied, on the contrary, from the exi.lerience of ail for. mer periods of war, and particularly in the instance of the coasting trade in the English Channel, that nothing but a system of convoy will afford the desired pro tection. " Their Lordships have commanded me furtherto state, that though they have no power by law to com pel the adoption of convoys lor the trad e b e t werm une port and another of the Uoited they are nevertheless desirous of in..king such .tt ingt . ments for that purpose, as upon cornznunica: ion w4ll the merchants of Bristol. or of any other port, may be deemed proper and necessary. " Their Lordships take this opportunity of stating to you, fur the information of the Memorialists, that from the accounts which their Lordships have re ceived of the descrtption of vessels which have formed the largest proportion of the recent captures in the Iri.ll and Bristol Channels, it appears that if their Masters had availed themselves of the convoys ap. pointed for their protection from foreign ports, or had not, in other instances, deserte.i from the convoys un der whose protettion they h.d sand, before the final conclusion of the voyage, many of the captut es would not have been made. It is their Lordships' determine; tion, as far as they may be ena!:led, to bring to pu. nishment the parties who may have been guilty of such illegal acts, and which are attended with such injoriou., consequences to the trade of the country. 44 To the tiaservatism made in the Mk•rnori)l ai to the course of communicatica which the Merc..an.s e .f Bristol have adopted, my Lords c mm old me to re ply, that they are always happy to pay to the repre sentations of so respectable a body as the Merchants of Bristol, every attention in their power.. " With regard to the observation in your letter, re. 'atin to the fitting out of privateers in the French ports, I am to state that this matter has been long since made the subject of a communication, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, to thu French Government, which has been answered by th a t Government on satisfactory principles... a ' I am, Sir, your most humble servant, 4. J. Fowler, Esq. Mayor of Bristol. at J. W.CILOICIELE'