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are of the instant . ; it lay before Fort Erie, • ‘v,iich the enemy had fortified very strongly by ap übbatis and entrenchments, and had their vessels to &tend one of their flanks, and batteries on Black Rock the other. Preparations were making to drive tflein oct. On the evening of the 3d, some light troops crossed the river, but found the enemy strongly entrenched, and returned with the loss of nine men. W e a re happy to add, Gen. Drummond was fast re. ce7cring from his wound. From Kingston we have accounts of the I Ithinst. which state, th.it the Americ4n fleet had just hove in kzht of; that pl:-ce, as the informant left there. We are informed th.tt a canoe from Fort William, on Lake Superior, arrived here this morning, by which intelligence has been received, that the enemy's .I:et had been at Sitilt St. Mary, and after having I,,:rnt all the build:ngs there, they had proceeded to ii.vest Michilimacki3ac ; from whence a very heavy firing was heard, when the canoe came away.. We have not been able to obtain any further particulars. We lament to state the information that, on Wed. nesday last, Captain klaillous, with six Indians, on a reconnoitring p lily, was surprised by an ambuscade of the enemy ; who, after wounding him in five places, nude !aim prisoner : report adds, that he died of his wounds. Captain Mailloux was a loyal and diligent partisan, highly useful to his Zug and Country. At Plattsburgh and Champlain, the enemy is is great force ; his number is said to amount to 12,000, one half militia. We understand he is fortifying himself against an attack, by the British, which is daily expected. We are not informed of the position of our troops on the frontier. 'Lieutenant Colonel Stone was the American-offi-' ter who commanded at St. David's, when that village was set on fire: he is endeavouring to defend himself from the accusation of having been the author of that barbarous act ; relative to which the following Or- der has been handed to us : GENERAL. ORDER. " Adjutant-General's Office, Queenvown, July t 9, 1314. " The Accountability for burning the houses of St. David's yes terday must reit with the Senior Officer: It was directed contrary to the orders of Government, and , those of the Commending general published to the army. LieutenutpColouel broNL will retire from the army. " By Order of Major-General BROWN. i ' C. R. GAkDNER, Adjami.t-General.” MELANCHOLY INTELLIGENCE. Thursday last,. at about fralf-past eleven, A. N. a detachment of about 55 men of the 81st regiment embarked in a scow, to cross the Lack River, near this town ; and, melancholy to relate, 39 men, includ ing Lieutenant Henderson, the ferryman and his twn tons, were 'unforttinately drowned by the filling of the scow;_ at this moment the ferryman and his two sons immediately plunged into the water—all was confu sion ; Lieut. Henderson, as well as three or four of the men, who had seized on some planks from the scow, remained aLcut a quarter of an hour above water, waiting for assistance from . the shore; but, dreadful to relate, their comrades, within 20 yards of theM, had not the means of affording any—at length, fatigued and exhausted, they sunk int.., a watery grace.--(Three Rivers, Aug. Is. ) MONTItEAL, AUGUST 13. Yesterday advices weres received from Major Ge neral Conran's army, dated the 4th inst. within two Miles of the American fortified plsition at Fort Erie. 1:0r* stiroral . days there had been many sharp Air mishes with the enemy. So keen have the British been oI the lookout, that Jonathan dare not stir from his strong holds. General Conran was received with every mark of distinguished respect by the army. As a proof of his . cOofid:nce in the gallantry of his troops, he gave a part of them an opportunity of presenting the:lilves in the teeth df the enemy. The light bri gade crossed the river to the American shore, where, at their leisure, they did all mischief they could, and returned Without much loss. The American tercels pita:tie-1 it 6or 7000 strong. A decisive, battle ins :soon expected, notwithstanding the good tioeition of tho,epenly. The heights near Fort E:ie Vete deeply entrenched, and every approach put in a good state of derence. Opposite, on throther shore, batteries bad been congructed, and the shipping put wider proper cover ; so that 'the drivitt away the 'Yankees will jet cost a further loss of bli.od ; but of the result so one doubts. About 400 of the enemy were found dead ou the field of battle. • - FROM EAsTrown • Comnkodoie Hardy, by .Preclamation, invited the inbabitatits tb take the following oath of allegiance, or littitiliejiland with their property in seven days: " I swear that I will bear true allegiance to King ctiCorge of the-United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, end to his heirs and successors; and that I will aot, l lirectly o, indirectly, bear arms against hie f - libsbeirs or successors, either by sea or land.— So help. zne Goo." Vi r g blare that Brigadier. General Brewer has cm- Muuiea.tesi to his-Lacelleney the Commander in Chief, the following letter from the 'Briti4la Commandant in iiittv ikons% ick t 44 St. Andrews , Ugh July, 1814. 'a SIR-4 am directed by his Excellency Lieutenant IPeotral Sir John I;herbrooke, to make the following communication to the inhabitants of Robinstown, and elm:where, on the main land : " 'That the object of The Blitish'Guveraneat is 10 obtaia possession of the Islands of Passamaquoddy Bay, in Consequence of flair boll% contidertd within par boundary line :—that they have no intention of carrying on offensive opetati , ms against the people residing on the Ct,ntinent, unless their conduct should oLllAe us to resort to the measure; and in the event of their remaining quiet, they will not be disturbed in their property or persons. .I have the honour l:c your most obedient humble servant, (Signed)i " J. FITZEIKHDY.RT, Lieu:. Col. Com. !• Jelin Trewer, Esq. Itubin3tiewa." COPY ornirt PitOCIAMATION, by C:.ptaiu Sir Thomas I tardy, Bart. commanding the Naval ' rincts, and Licu:eoant•Co'.onel rakingron, comatanding the Lana Forces of his Britanaic Majesty in the Lay of rassa inaquoidy: 44 Whereas, his Royal Highness the Prince Regent fol Ore United Kingdoms of Great Brit.iin and Ire land, Las been pleXsed to signify his pleasure, that the Islands in the lay of PA ssiimaquoclify should be tccupied in the name of his Britannic Majesty, and the said Islands having beam surrendered to the forces under orders by Vice-Admiral the Hon. S:r Alexander Cochrane, K.B. and his Excdlency Lieu tenant-General Sir John Sherbroke, K.B.— " This is to give notice to all WAWA it may con- cern, that . the Municipal Laws established,, by the American Goiertinient, for the peace and tranquil lity of these Islands, are to remain in force until fur ther orders. " All persons at present in thew; Islands are to ap pear before' us on Saturday next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, on the ground near the School House, and declare their intentions, whether they will take the oath of allegiance to his Britannic Majesty ; and all persons not disposed to take the said oath, will be re quired to depart from the Islands in the course of seiten days from the date hereof, unless special permission is granted to them to , remain for a longer period." MICHILIMACKINAC. Lieutenant-Colonel M'Donall had felt himself suf ficiently strong to be able to detach a part of the gar rison, consisting of some of the Michigan Fencib:es and Indians, with a three-pounder, under Mijor M'Kay, upon an expedition against La Prairie des Chines, on the Mississippi, which the enemy had taken vssession of on the '2d of Juno, with a force under General Clarke, from St. Louis on the Missouri, in order to establish themselves there, and from whence it was deemed highly im p ortant to dislodge them. TRE EVENING STAR. LONDON. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1314. czor,Gt U. CROWN CD.—Holidny at the Public Office.. he bell* rang a tn.:rry prat. and thr Park and Tower guns were Lied at one o'clock. To-day our columns present a mass of intelligence from America, the leading features of which are highly interesting and gratifying to our national feel- ngs. The Americans are now smarting under that sweeping lash of vengeance which they have so peal nacious'y provoked. Their recent attempt on the side of Canada, where only their regular troops are posted, has completely failed ; for, with all their ',wasting, they have once more retired within their own frontiers, leaving their recent acquisition of Fort Erie closely blockaded by the pursuing army. That General linowN will make another attempt is scarcely within the bounds of probability : he may indeed make another desperate attempt—for desperation marked his reccnte , s iy, but it must be unavailing. His fears had magnified the numbers opposed to him ,hreefoli, but the corning up of the British reinforce meats will of course realiz his apprehensions. From the Lakes we may expect to hear that the American CommodoreCu.tusczy has again measured nis strength with that of Sir JANE: Yzo, but we can entertain no fears as to the result. At the date of the last accounts, the Americans had 225 guns mounted, and the British 207. No eff.nt whatever was r,.ade by CHAUNCEY to cover the movements of BnowN's army, and we must therefore presume that ne did not think himself strong 'enough to force his way out of Sacket's Harbour. In the Chesapeake the war now rages with unmi tigated fury; and et there is a character of forbear ance shewn toward, private individuals, which can not fail greatly to shorten a war which can have nu Cordial supporters among the mass of the pcpulation. The object of the British expeditions to the Chesa peake and Potomac Rivers is evidently the capture or destruction of Baltimore and Washington, and, by moving in this line, the States which have re-' frained from lending their aid to this unjust and un necessary war will be spared, and an opportunity will be afforded to them to declare more openly against the infamous Government under which they have the misfortune to live. The army intended by the Ame ricans for the invasion of Canada will also, by this plan of operations, be placed between two files. The. British troops in Canada will of course press for ward, and the Americans must retreat upon the Sus quehannah and Delaware, where they will be met by one or other of our armies. The language held by the American Journalists is truly entertaining : their abase, which was formerly directed against the British nation exclusively, is now turned against their own Government. Indeed we need no longer waste in giving utterance on this side of the Atlantic to the just and honest indignation which BONAPARTE'S only remaining sycophant slave, JAM Ls Mit EasON i the ignorant and illiterate expounder of mai itime rights, has excited in the minds of all upright and intelligent men.: it is sufficient to torn to the Journals of the unfortunate country of which this demi-barbarian impudently retains the govern. ment, to paint the dis'ress and ruin which he has oc casioned. An. American Paper now before us, con tains the following lively picture of the expectations entertained as to the result of his favOurite war : WELLINGTON'S A1tN1Y....--S0 it appears that a de tachment of one of the greatest armie sin the world, has come to pay us a visit. It is dreadful news to us, but we must make the best of it. What are they come for ? Surely not to play, but to fight in earnest. They cannot be put into Canada for the purpose of defence, fur we know, to our cost, that the enemy were too strong fur us there before. a The brief picture of our situation is this—a ve teran corps is come to cope with the worst disciplined and least efficient army that ever disgraced a Chris- . tian nation. This corps, backed by an abundance of supplies, a vigorous Commissariat, a rich Go vernment, a proud, united, and victorious Na tion. Opposed to this—a distracted system of disci pline, a starving Treasury, a divided, sickened, and dying people. Again, the same corps have not only a confidence in their Officers, but in themselves ; have never elreartit of defeat, and have never felt a check, and are to fight with an army without subor dinatien, without discipline, who never dreamt of . victory, net imagined glory ; and bete we are ; a peal reptile, fighting Ourselves out .I house and home, gaining nothing. and losing every thing. Half the people tannot divine what we are fighting for, and the other halt don't care." Our Readers will not fail to remark, on perusing Sir Tnomts HARDY'S Proclamations, that America is doomed to be stripped of a great extect of territory and of a considerable number of her most valuable possessions, before Great Britain accedes to any Treaty of Peace. Several important static ns on the American coast have been formally occupied, as ap pendages of the British trans-atlantic dominii)us. We have altVays maintained that the Negociation.l at Ghent were merely suspended, and not entirely' broken oft and every arrival fr , )nt the Contkent has borne us out in our conclusions. The following pti vate Letter gives a correct account of the actual state of the diplomatic intercourse between the Commis sioaers of the two nations : GHENT, SEPTE`.IBER. 16. . _ _ . " As I perceive many rumours in the Papers, I will mention what is the state of the negociations 'held at this place.—The day after the arrival of the British Conamissioaers at Ghent, they had an inter ' view with the Commissioners on the part of the United States. This w.ts followed by several con ferences. The British Commissioners then reduced their propositions to writing, and about the 20th of August sent a formal communication. " In this, it is understood, that they enumerated tlic principal stipulations on which they were prepared to negociate a Treaty of Peace. A cession of some part of the territory of the United States, bordering on the Cana,fian Provinces, and the di!-mantling of the fortified posts, which the United States po.>sess on tip, frontiers o! Canada, are understood to have formed a part of these stipulations. The American Commissioners sent a reply to this communication, about the nth of August, in which they are understood to have given an tvqualtfied re jection to the above demands. And, at this stage of the correspondence, the John Adams was dispatched to the United States, with M. Dallas, one of the Ss.- cretaries, to apprise the Anitr;ean Governmilt. . " The communication of tlAt American Commis. sioners was transmitted to London by the British Commissioners ; and great spculation on American produce was occasioned, by a rumour of the ite,,tnia eons being broken off. On the receipt of further in structions, a reply was sent to the Ametican Com missioners, about the sth of September, ill which the contents of the former communication are presumed to have rrceived some modification. An answer to thii last communication, was sent by the American Commiusi.mers, on the 9th imtant, whi,h is under stood to have been also transnnttcal to London, I.y the British corlu clip&nuitire, and the correspondence is of course interrupted, until advices from the Court of St. James's can airive. The suspensions s 4 hien have taken place have been only occasioned by Ow time occupied in these refeteltces to Clic P.::tiffs:ry at ,I,l,ndon. No confer:nal !Ave taken plfice since di,) two' negociatiog parties cermenced tbeir auric. - n e2ternuri. Cahoot. Every thing is undetstood to have Lwen .con ducted with the utmost personal courte,y on bah sides, whatever may be the actual state of the uegociations. "The American Commissioners gave a dinner to the British Commissioners, on Thins:lay, S:ptember 15 ; and are to receive ooe in return, on LLnday, the l9th instant." Yesterday a Quarterly General Ceurt, mule. see- cial, was•lield at the East India House. After the usual forms the CHAIRMAN stated, that the Board of Commissioners far the Affairs of India had approved the 'Resolutions of the General Courts, granting a pension of &SOO, to Mr. Rictiaan OWEN ; a salary to Mr. MtCou.ocic of X 1,200; an annuity to the Rt. Hon. WallltEV HASTINGS of af.looo far lite; ditto of 4500 to Sir *JOHN KENNAWAE ; ditto of £5OOO to Marquis WELLESLEY for lift ; a grant of 5(',000 ru pees to Sir JOHN Maccorm ; ditto of £20,000 to the executors of the late Lord 'Anvil-LK. The CHAIR MAN acquainted the Court, that the Difectors had come to a Resolution permitting Colonel BEATSON, late Governor of St. Helena, to retire on the pay of a Colonel, viz. £456 per annum, his former retiring pay and pension, amounting to 5€332 10s. merging in this sum, and in consideration of his eminent ser vices, to grant him £44)0 as a pension. Tuesday a General Meeting of the Merchants in the Irish Trade was held at John's Coffee-house, to take into consideration the result of the interview on Thursday last, between the Lords of the Admiralty, and the Gentlemen deputed by the former Meeting ; and also the letter of Mr. CanKER. The Lords of the Admiralty declared their readiness to give every pro tection to the trade, and proposed to appoint• regular convoys from Plymouth, and other Places : but they considered it entirely out of their power to assure the safety of any vessel which might sail without convoy. It was affirmed, that there were mire Brit i,h ernizers in the Irish Channel for the protection of trade with Ireland than had ever been known during the war with France. The Meeting termiaated, by adopting the suggestion of Mr. CHOKER, to appoint a Chairman for the purpose of any necessary correspondence. Mr. BENJAMIN SHAW was unanimously chosen Chairman. It was reported in Paris on Wednesday se'nnight, that an affair had taken, place, in the .course of the day between Marshal N—v and Lord CA--Ysr—tar : the latter is reported to have received a ball in hi:. arm. The quarrel . is said to _have originated in the censure pronounced by the Noble Lord on the mea sures of the KING, and which the new loyalty of the , Marshal could not brook. Sturbitch Fair, near Cambridge, commenced on Monday, with its customary sports and men intents. By the late fall of a mountain, near Ampezzo, in Tyrol, two villages were buried, and 362 persons lost their lives. NOTHING EXTRAORDINARY.--Blsti, as u;ual, Soli in the Lottery just finished, 271'2, a Ten Thous Ind, and 10,775, a Twenty Thousand Pound Prize, in Shares, besides a variety of minor C.tpitals. The Shareholders may receive their Money on Demand, at either of his Old-established Offices, 4, Combat, or 9, Charing Cross, where Tickets and Shares are Selling for the New Lottery, to begin and finish on the 15th of next Month.—All "tininess in the Public funds traucted wittl Fidelity 4114 Dispatck. 4PAL INTSLLIGENC: N, Y.I. FALMOUTFI, SEPTEMBER 30. Nn arrivids..--Sailed the Did,* packet for Surinam ) and I:lizabctli packet for the Brazils. PLI'MOU a!, Brp LIAM R 20. Arrived thr Alert, JoN es, from Cidia : she sailed with the UNITE and WIRNIAID frigates and SWALLOW sloop of w.ir, and a fleet that passed up Channel yes terday. The W.% metre man of war re-captured, on her rr yage, the A (lulus, boat Newfoundlaad to Dris tol.—Sad,:d the TicatE man cf . war for Cos k. roaTsmuu scv rEMBF.R 21. Arrive! thp Swift stoi-ship, from liAlif ; Glynn trAliTort s frotn ditto ; thiritous guu-brig, and b4 ; :c '111!.2 Quebec ore still at ticku:s. fi.et is now cornit.g up eiannel, but ...:ere from.—.S:ad Westerly. DEAL, SEP rEMBER 21. Arrived the SWALLOW 0. - vso of war from Isti and is put under quarantine ; l'..lsAttto sloop of war from flamhurgh ; ARCHER sloop of war from P qt,s mouth, and - his MAjest y's ship FRCYA, from PI yrnozith. the British Volunteer, Heart of Oak, and Choice, JO: Itamsgate chembaric 6:fd of the Goads. CRAVESE?D, SEPTEMBER I. Arrived the S.trah, Coie ; Charles, Nallerdvn ; and Valiant. front Os;rnt, : Peat ,in ; Good 11opt-, Pnlgan ; and .lawa Flora, qtati4, from ltat..rdam : Vrow laohye, O' as; Vrow G.-rtroJei, liftoff; and VI ow (Ater, filcher, from Gio. Mogen: Phan, Gut rosey, Rota B.,rfl•ur; Harmw.y, ii.tz ss, frorn Bremen; Porata,•l allnvis, from I iavre ; Flute Fr ric h, Purv!s, from Midditburzli; l'oar Sistets, Gi!lard. fr .In Pocklington, Sampson, :runt Emma Afros ; anti Lowjer —, front tiontbay.—Sal:ed Ist Far Anna Maria, 't, I..sboit ; Lucas, fur CaJiz ; No: vr.l, I.it:gow, for Gthraltar; Cl...steward, fir ; Kan.;ar.'o, 11.1crotv, for Gip. ' end ; Nisei rrraman, stevcrt ; 1 r us' ry , C..c; Lours ; .1:11 r MagthaLua, Dozen ; and Juti ; ze G.! rt, Lluentgard, fur ilaatiturk,h; ILitgen, for Bretr.en. PROM AN AMIXICAN PAPER. • BALII&IgilE, ACIOUST - _ _ The priv,ite armed scbloner Lawrer.e4 Va .ZZY, of this port, has arrived :it W.lmington, North Caratha, from a cruiz,l of five months t.ff the coast of Europe, dining which she had captured two shps, live brigs, .11.1 one schoct:er, with pi operty e.titaaLed at Four Hundred Thuthand K!NGSTON, AUGUST 0. On the 20th of June, within 20 min. of La Vera Cruz, Moselle brig, of 18 guns, Cain. Maberly, fill in with a 1 irge top-sail schcanter, to which she gave chace, and on Nearing her a gtin was fired frorn the brig, and cokurs disilayed, to bring her to. The Schooner hoisted Spanish coloars, and con tinued giving way s ith her sweeps, ar.d at all times avoided being on the same tack ; the Moselle coati. rued nearly within gun-sitot the a :aole of the day, evenieg corn' .eg on, the weather became per fectly tabu. The boats were then I.allted our, insa sled and ans.:, for the purpose of baa:daz t: schooner, which allowed them to approach wl;en she hauled down the Spatrah hoisted Cart!-.ae s enian colorirs, brailed up her foie sail, aed 4:en:me:iced a tremendous fire of muskstrf, a part of her crew g'v:ng way with the sweeps to prevent the boats from clo.,ing with her, so that in few ininbtes they were so much disabled from the loss of killed and Wounded, having Mr. Dimes, this . Meister, and four Men killed, a Midshipman and IL men ss . ounsle..!, that it was with great difficulty they were enahied to make good their retreat . from Ott pirate an I join the Mosel!e. The Mohawk brig, of eight Captain arrived on Thursday horn Negril-bey. She I.tft port on the 21th, and gave protection to a brig from Port-it-Prince, which appeared in the offing; but the latter parted the same night in a heavy squall from the Soutli.east. The Mairawk anchored at Ne gril on the afternoon of the 2Gth, as the fleet were get ting under way. She put into Ocho-Rists Bay on the 29:h, in consequence of its Ll.rwing a gale, and pre ceeded to sea on the 31st instant, and encountered very bad weather off Annotto Bay. On the lit she was struck with lightning, and five of her crew, who were aloft, were somewhat injured by the same. • The Variable brigantine, of 12 guns, Lieutenant j Raldey, sailed on Sunday morning on a . cruize, but returned into pert yesterday morning, with the Spa. nisi letter of marque brig Union, from the coast of the Brazils, bhund to the Havanna, with 248 slaves on board, which vessel had been captured by the Car. thagenian privateer White Horse, of one long 24- pounder, a midsliips, and two carronades, with a complement of 180 .nen, on the lit instant, off Bar.. racoa, after an obstinate engagement of three hours and a half, during which the Union had two seamen and one slave killed, and four slaves wounded, and the privateer had a loss of two killed and five wounded. A prize-master and 17 men were then put on board of the brig, with directions to carry her to Carthagena, but on the 4th instant, in sight of St. Jago de Cuba, the Variable fell in with and re-captured her, atter a chace of aline hours, during which she fired several shots at the brig. 'rhe White Horse sailed from Carthagena on the 12th ultimo, wad Is commanded by one Jean Gan, later from New Orleans. She is a very fast sailer, and was ch . ased by three different men of war, all of which j she ootsailed. It is understood she was to cruize fur d:ret months on the coast of Cuba. A ship from CaJiz to the Havannah, with a valua ble cargo of si:ks, wine, &c. was in sight during the engagement between the Union and the privateer, but fortunately ecaped ca:iture. We understand that the R ii:gdove brig, of 18 ctuns, Captain Dowers, after seeing the packet to a certain latitude, proceed to Barmuda. The Warrior, of 74 guns, Captain Lord Viscount Toirington, arrived at Negril Bay, on the 2ith ult. where she found the Plantagenet, of 71 guns, Cap tain Lloyd, Contest brig, of lei guns, Captain R it tray, and the brigs Janus, Brae g, amid Dearnouio, Pratt, hum St. Jago de Cuba. The Carnation brig, of 18 guns, Captain Bentham, arrived the same d ,y, with the ship Martha Ma:. On the `..!.5th, some of the North side skips, which sailed under protect-tee of the Rota friga:e, of 38 guns, Captain Somerville, arrived, and the Sapphire anchored in the course of the day; as also the si:ip Keidergton, from P.irtetu. Prince. On the V 6.11, the Rota appeared in the Witig with the bhirs Eliza, Atkinson ; Irvin, Petnaertoa ; Loyal Briton, Allard; brig J.einy, ich, and three otters, and the whole proceeded about out o'clock on that day.