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• 7r 7 "7 -- • .11111111111111111 W - each Canton separately, and none of the Cantons being able to furnish a whole regiment, they must settle their respective quotas by new treaties among themselves ; 2dly, France and Holland are unwilling to admit, as formerly, foreigners to the amount ot one-third into the regiments to be furnished ;—the number of men demanded must be found amane the natives alone, which is a difficult, matter, since the progress which apiculture and manufactures have made in Switzerland, daring the last twenty years, , had rendered recruits much more scarce than they formerly were. The hale Council of the Canton de Vaud has an swered the Proclamation of the Council of War of Berne. In this reply are the fallowing paseages : • " It is raise that, preparations for cff:msive war against Barite are making in the Canton of Vaud.— For more than six weeks past the whole of the mili tary that we have on foot consists of two COMPAhieS) . one of infantry, which is treieing at Lausanne, and the other of artillery, ahich is training :it Merges. Surely these are not measures of aggression. • 4 , The Canton of Vaud might, with far greater justice, conceive jealousy cn accotrnt of the great movements which for some time have been making in .and about Berne, and which have converted that city into a real place of war. • I 4 , The C anton of Vaud has no intention of attack ing any one. ' It merely requires that no encroache ments be made upon its independence ; but, if at.. tacked, it will know how to defend itself ; and, as well as Berne, it throws, beforehand, all responsibility On those who shall first kindle the •torch of civil war." •It seems that the Allied Powers are about to inter fere in this quarrel ; and that they have resolved to pacify the discordant Cantons by force, if they cannot do it by remonstrances and exhortations. The Mini-. stets of Ruisia, Austria, and England, have addressed a very strong Note to the Diet on the subject, in which they plainly threaten Switzerland with an Armed Mediation of the great Powers. Already are voices' heard in Germany, proposing the incorporation of t Switzerland with the Germanic 'Body, of which it formed a part till the 15th century. WARSAW, AUGUST 15. The Commission named to digest a new constitu tien for Poland continues its labours; it is composed of Count Matasewith, Minister of Finance; Count Zarneski, Senator ; the Counsellors of State Linow sky and •Grabowsky, &c. Many Polish Generals have arrived here; among others, M. de Sierakow. sky, who had served in the last place, under the or. ders cf faosciusko. BANKS OF THE ELBE, AUG. 19. We learn from Hamburgh, that many citizens of that city having began to repair their demolished houses, the Russian Commandant informed them that they ought to suspend their operations; at'least that they should consent to demolish, at their own charge, their new !Muses at the first requisition. This dispo sition Ms given rise to rumours that the fortifications of .Hernburgh will be preserved, which displeases many of the inhabitano, RAO*ADT, AUG. 29. We are assured generally, that Bavaria will obtain • the left bank of the Rhine to the junction of the Mo . selje. It is iii contemplation to fortify the city of Spire, to oppose the fortress of Landau. The. Gar. mans still desire the establishment of other fortresses, along the Rhine, but it will be difficult to meet the very heavy expenses equal to what the project will ne ceasarily occasion. V'UREMBERG, AUGUST 23. Th-y state, that the Electorate ef Hesse is divided into two parties, the Westphalien and the German the first, it is said, had for sotae time obtained a great preponderance in the military, and it is particularly favoured by the Pt ince. Some German States continue to complain of the oncertaiuty of their late the result is a sort of an. arehy. PRIVATE LETTER. • PARIS ' AUGUST 31. U Weetrrived•iii the midst of gai et y, being the day of the Fete in honour of 'the King ; bet, having to seek lodgings, we saw no part of the amusements till the evening, when the illuminations and fireworks weee very fine—the latter, however, did not equal ", • those in St. James's Palk. • The illuminatiotss are in a different stile from our's, haviug no lamps, but small eay.hen vessels with a large wick—they have a very liiiint effect.• Our apartments were obtained with difficulty, and are most superbly fitted up with vdvetand ot hirniture, festooned with silk cads and tassels in the highest taste, elegant lookingeelesses to the.ciefipgs, all the coruices superbly gilt, the ta. bids with marble slabs, the couches, chairs, candela. bras, &c. &c. all magnificent. We went to the Palace Royal yesterday to dine, and in the evening • - to a Coffee, in the same place, to eat ice, and you • would have been amused to see the Lady who keeps • it-eohe was seated at a fine brass table, with every thing about her gold, a gilt bell on the table, gold Bower stands on each side, a large glass behind her, with glass shelves set out with plate, and a satin dra pery atteterawittogitr ornaments-elhis was eonthnted round the room, which was lined with looking-glasses separated by gilt co e lanipee The Lady herself was decorated with chalahaial and pearl ear-rings, neck lace, and comb.; , she bad a crimson velvet foot-stool, and sat in this style keeping the book and taking the m mey. lam told she is sometime; much more au perbly dressed. The room was brilliantly illumi nated, and it altogether had the air of enchantment, like one of the fanciful apartments we read of in the Eastern 'Pales. " We had a very pleasant journey here ; the coun try:see passed through wile beautiful, and the roads liner than any I ever saw, ; more like the avenue to ii seat then a public road : apple and walnut trees planted regui , tiy on eech side, no hedges, but the. core and yeses growing Close to the road ; most of the.folls richly cultivated. We 'were much pleased with Roden, and should 'tette remained there a little time, had . we nut wished tcr.get to Ellis tor the Fete. We reached Cheitres on Suuday, jusein tittle to see the lete there in henottr ot the Xing also: indeed, it appears to have been general throughout Preece, as we every where saw preparations. That at Chartres was opt ‘e Boulevards, which are fine avenues ot trees .enc t eing all the principal towns : they had ill eninetiees and transparencies with appropriate in ic • ilnicluis as orchestra elcyated in front of the Ws ... • • i 3 . "" I Wpi . . Pr!`" ~. k, !VW est transparency, and all the young men and %►omen of the place dancing cotillions with as nrch i order and as mtith grace as if it had been a private assem. bly, and none of the confusion we witness at our public places, although all the town Was out. Indeed all the country people we met with on our journey pleased me very much, all very clean and neatly dressed, and in such a picturesque stile,. that the sconce frequently more resembled a 'painting on the theatre than reality. The bonnets of our Ladies amused the spectators very much, and drew the same attention th:tt the enormous French bonnets attract in England." THE EVENING STAR: LONDON. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1814. PRICE OF STOCICS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK Reduced 651 6k-3 per Cent. Consols 65t 6.—for ace. 654 f. 4 per Ct. 680-5 per C. Navy 96t1—Bunds, 12s. 13s. pr. Ornrium 2 1 Hi dm —Bank Long Amis. shut. Exciiequer Bills par to 5 . 5. pre. • AMERICAN PAPERS. Today we give some further extracts from Ame rican Papers. Tl.ey contain, among other intelli gence, a melancholy List of Captures by American privateers: oae, of these, the Surprize, of Baltimore, has returned after a more than common degree of success : she was sixteen times chaced, and as often escaped—a proof that there is something in the builth of an American vessel which our Ship-owners would do well to imitate. Some letters from the Canada frontier describe the posture of affairs as rather more favourable to the Americans than they have been for some time past. In all other parts of America they seem to entertain no hopes of repelling the force which the British are now bringing against them. The account of Parson's having declared his ad hesion to the legitimate Government of France is repeated in the American Papers, and that so cir cumstantially, that we can no longer doubt the fact. We may, therefore, expect an arrival daily in Europe with an official confirmation. The Americans, from the proximity of their re. sources to the Lakes, have'promised themselves, and have obtained some advantages through their naval means. The ultimate triumph, however, whigh they anticipate, will prove illusive. Ibis true, that diffi culties to the transporting of ships from this country in frames, have caused that project to be abandoned; hut there is no difficulty in sending out carpenters. Every one sent becomes effectively six or more; for a part of the plan is, instantly on their arrival, to col lect a large body of such artisans as are in the habit cf using edge tools, and placing them under the so perintendance of the British carpenters; by which means, at no very remote pet iod, complete possession of the Lakes must be obtained. 'ALBANY, JULY 5. We have no news front the frontier ; but it may be satisfactory to our Readers to know the present state of our military force at the principal stations : taking , the account from those who are disposed to .magnify it to its largest amount. Buffalo and Niagara iron.' tier, 7000 ; Sackett's Harbour, 5000 ; Burlington, Platsburg, and Champlain, :000 ; total 15,000. The probability is, it will fall considerably short of this number,- but as the friends of war count on this force, we readily grant it to them. Let us see, in The result, what they will mike of it at the close j the campaign. .; It is now said that Government have given er the idea of extending the naval force on the Lbbes— whatever may be the conduct of the enemy. There will be no fighting, it is said, between Chauncey and j teo ; for until the British have their new ship ready, they will keep within port ; and when they have it added to their present force, they will be much supe rior to Chauncey : PHILADELPHIA, JULY 9. Events of no small consequence may shortly be expected to transpire, as Commodore Chauncey's fleet is now about ready to be put in operation. We Lear that a junction of the right and left wings of the army is Shortly to be formed at Sacket's Harbour, not we hope for the purpose of another French mill scrape, The British and American armies continued in view of each other on the Champlain frontier on thel 27th oh. Each daily reinforcing and watching an opportunity to obtain advantage of the other. Our squadron-had returned vi.Plattsbersh: -The British have advertised for seamen, and offer twenty4ollars i bounty. '1 NEWPORT, JULY 13. Yesterday morning arrived in this harbour the pri. l vateer schooner Surprita,of Baltimore, Ca- Clement _ thell, Esq. commander, from a cruise of 113 days; during which she has been into the British Channel, as far as Kinsale ; through the Wesrern Islands, on the Banks of Newfoundland, and the coast of Nova Scotia. She had been chased sixteen times, but escaped by superior sailing. On Monday last saw four enemy's skips oft Long Island. The Surprise has parollecf 101 prisJners, and has 19in her different prises. The following is the list of the captures, 4c, 26th March, boarded the English ship Hope, from Halifax to Bermuda, cargo, lutifber, &c. :ordered in. 21th April, fought and took tkir English brig Ku. tusoff, mounting 12 guns, and' 30 men, from Laguira, `bound to Gibraltar, laden with cocoa, and coffee ; ordi red her in —arrived at Wiscasset. Lost in this actin❑ the sailing master of the Surprise. sth May, spoke the Lawrence privateer, from Bal- timore, cm a CrUirte j had takes tour emu, The 12th, toot the English brig Traveller, from Bergen,' bound to Palermo, laden w•th * Erick fish ; ordered her in—(arrived at a .§ou 4 hern Port.) The 15th, tool the English schooner Fox, from Pool to Cnrk, laden with salt, sent her in with prisoners. The 18th, close in with the harbour of Baltimore, Ireland, took the brig David and James, from Passage, bound to Cork, in ballast, cut away her masts, and let go with the prisoners ! Same day, at same place, took the brig Fidelity, from ditto, bound to ditto, and burnt her. The 26th, captured the English schooner Vivid, Ward, from Lisbon, bound to Belfast, ordered her to America. The '27th, captured the English brig For titude, Tanzeau, from Rio Janeiro, bound to Guern sey, laden with coffee, hides, rice, fustic, rum, and molasses ; ordered her to America. Same day, cap tured the English brig Margaret, Ormay, from Lis bon, bound to Dublin, laden with staves, flax-seed, and oranges ; sent her for America. The 20th, put all the prisoners on board a Spanish brig. Captain Cathell learned that the privateer General Armstrong, Champlin, of New. York, was off the English coast, committing great depredations on the enemy's commerce. The Surprize is a fine schooner of 300 tons, 10 guns, and has a crew on board of 83 men. BOSTOS, JULY 21. RETRACT 01 A LETTER TO GENERAL RAMIE, DATED SPORTING INTELL/GINCIA - - - - ••••.• BETTING ON THE ST. I.EGER STAKES, SEPT. S. Taken— 7 to 2 apt Petunia. Taken— 5 and 8 to 1 ag.t. Taken— 7 to I art. Mr. Mason's colt, by Sir Harry DI u dd & 11 to I agst. Bidduck. 18 to 1 apt. William. Taken-14 to 1 apt. Wesdemons. 14 to 1 apt. Brother to Burleles. 14 to 1. apt. Mr. Pieties g. f. by Orel; 18 to 1 apt. Friday. Talten—.2o to I apt. Jacky my Lad. Taken—llo to 1 ag•t. King Da•id. Taken--25 to 1 nat. Paddy Bull. TEE ARM?. _ The Rocket Brigade was embarked last week at Portsmouth for America. The re tj iments of Life Guards are now reduced to an est.l . 3lishnunt of 50 men per troop, and will be habituated, in rotation, to the ordinary duties in coun- try quarters, from which both officers and men con sidered themselves to be fully exempt. Monday the 9.5 th Regiment of Foot marched into Dover from Hythe, to re-place the London,lerry, which errshark-d, and sailed on Saturday for Dublin. Two hundred men are reported to be unfit for fur ther service in the Ist Regiment of Folt Guards alone, and are to be discharged immediately. Wednesday morning sailed the Name cutter from Cork, with the Atlas and Mars transports, hay. ing on board the 87th Regiment, for Portsmouth. Monday seinnight, the greater part of the 2d bat. talion 42d regiment, under the command of Major DAVIDSON, embarked at Aberdeen for Portsmouth, from whence they are to proceed to join the Ist bat talion, on service in America. . The Royal North Downshire Regiment of Irish Militia embarked on board of four transports, at Chat. ham, on Fr:day last, for Carlingford Bay, in their native country. This highly disciplined and well-re gulated corps has been stationed in Chatham for the 'last sixteen months, where the elegant manners of the officers, and the general gvd conduct of the sol diers, had gained them the gosd will of the inhabitants. whose warmest wishes they carry with them. A son of the celebrated Mrs. CLARK has lately ob. tained a Cornetcy in General de Lancav's regiment of Dragoons. We are happy to fird that it is at last in contern lation to mike the Lieutenant-CoJosels of Cavalry who are Major-Generals participators of the liberality of Government. It is known the Mdor-Generals of Infantry have, by the late regulations, had their pay increased from 17s. to 255. per day ; and the Guards have got theirs fixed at 4500, 4700, and £9OO a year; whilst the General Officers of Cavalry have had no adequate augmentation to their regimental allowance. We understand, however, they are now to receive 141 10s. which will about make up the interest on the difference in 'value of their commissions and those of the Infantry, • The Duke of WELLINGTON, with the permission of Governmint,:has purchased the B'rghese Palace, at Paris, fur 03,000, as a permanent residence of the British Ambassador at the Court of France. It is said to be the intention of the Duke of War.. ztt.-orori to appmpriate the sum vorect to his Grams by Parliament, to the purchase of land in his native country. Land can no doubt be had in Ireland on much bAter terms than in this part of the empire. • The last letters from Jamaica inform us, that the Duke of MANCHESTER had signified his fixed deternii. nation to return to Englund at the expiration of hit third year. • Yesterday morning .their Serene Nightie:set the Princes of Baunswicz quitted their maireloh at Vaux hall, with their Preceptor and household, to tike up •their residence at the Court oltheir Iltustrions Father, -in. Oermasy. BREAD.—The LORD MAYOR, having inspected the. Mealweighers' Return's, ordered the price to be con. tinned the same. SECOND DAY Or DRAWINO (TUESDAY NIECY)...6 Hnnwsnv and Co. Stock Brokers, No. 26, CornhiU; are Selling Tickets and Shares (warranted undrawn). It is rem srkable that no Prize above 4'loo was drawn the first day.—Orders by post or carrier executed with fidelity and dispatch. Thejirovision intended for the Midshipmen who have.passed the examination qualifying them to be Lieutenants, will comprehend a very large appoint. ment, extending to the :mount of 1000 to Lieutenant's commission. • • The Admiralty ought to be aware, that, in conse quence of the nature at the American war, there are' no privateers cruizint:tagattsr the ships of the United States; so that the naval service does not at present receive that assistance from the mercantile cruizers which it formerly did. That there are vessels with, letters of marque - against the United States, we do not doubt, we know indeed that there are; but u hut we assert is, that the war, offering in chance of to the owners of privateers, there are no private of war. DUNCAN, Captain Unfelt. is fitting up at Ports. with much splend , •ur, being destined to m ay flag of Rear-Admiral Sir JOHN Poo Bean who will, almost immediately, pr,tceed to the for the purpose of conveying to Portugal the ROYAL FAMILY of that Country, who are enabled to return from their honourable exile by the freedom of their country being firmly established. The Duscarr will take out to the Brazils a considerable sum of money on account of the Merchants. A Frenchman, a naturalized subject of the United States, alto said to be the iptoprtetor of the 'Rattle snake and Scdurge privateers, which have committed such havoc on our trade, is actually at this moment resident in London, and consequently in the way of Luning the liana: and destination of every ship that sails, Iron, all known pints, upon which an insurance as niadc at Lloyd's Codec-iikkuse. Wednesday last, the depot prison at Forton was finally created. It is expected theprison.will be taken don't]. • Tuesday morning, the body of a female, about 22 k years of age, was taken out of a pond in Stockwell ' green. Wednesday an inquest was held, when it ap peared she had been a servant to a family CB L;h: Ciapham,road, but no satisfactnry evidence was hi . ed how she came into the water.—The Nay, 'therefore, returned a verdict, *onnd Drowned. UTICA, JULY 13, 1614. " I have heard this evening from the army in Ca nada.—Major-General Brown has pursued the British to Queenstown Heights, wlaerehe was on the 10th in staat, and was to wait the arrival of his baggage, &c. The British have retreated towards Burlington heights, and arrangements were made by the Major-General to cut him off. General Brown will, certainly suc ceed in the conquest of that part of the upper pro vince from Burlington Heights; say head of Lake Ontario to Malden, and probably the whole. .; gg If the fleet now at Sackett's Harbour coope rates with Brown's army, the British must surrender ; if not, it is probable they will escape by water. The fleet was to sail this morning." Another account says, Commodore Chauncey is waiting for seamen. The New York Evening Post contains some re marks on the war events at the northward, which in duce a belief that the main strength of our army will be directed against Upper Canada, while only suit. a: , force will be kept on the banks of the St. Lawrence and Lake Champlain, as to act defensively against- the enemy. Generals Brown and ,Scott haveaheedybe. gun their operations on the plan hinted at by the writer, as the probable course of this campaign; tnat having progressed along the western side of the Streights, they were to attempt gaihing the heights of Burlington, where being co-operated with by Com- 1 , stiodore Chauacey's fleet, they expected to make good their way to Kingston. We have no positive information of the arrival of Admiral Cochrane in the Chesapeake, but it is ter tain that a considerable reinforcement of ships hai entered the Bay and from the annexed article, we ifind several of them standing up for Patuxent or Petipsco.. COPY OF X LETTER FllOll POINT LOOKOUT TO THE POST. MASTER GENERAL, DATED JULY Hp 1816; MALI PAST S s P. 21. " Sin—There are seven sail of the enemy's vessels, viz. two 74's, two frigates, mounting from 46 to 48 guns each, one sloop of war of 20, one brig of 18, and one sloop now opposite this point, ascending the Bay with a fresh S. E. wind. They will in all prthability reach Patuxent to night, which will aug meni the force in that vicinity to three 74's, four fri gates, one sloop of war, one brig, three schooners, and.one sloop ; making an aggregate of 13 sail. 44 Six British frigates, it is said, have passed up the Potomac; committed some depredations at Saint Mary's, and are expected to go up as .far as the depth of water will float them." • • We have advices from ltt i alta to the 24th of July. Nothing can be more satisfactory than the accounts of the state of health of that,lsland, and the little neighbouring dependencies. , Gozo is, perfectly re. ,stored, and in consequence of the acceptable change :commerce is reviving, but its permanence must in a great measure depend upon the facilities or obstruc [ elms with regard to those ports in the Mediterranean ertfiCh were formerly • Thrones -srprioote vices from Santa Fe, lespondents may be Spanish Government, , ith the exception of Parent State. . Under the deficiency of any military details fa. yonrable to the Spaniards, they acquaint us with the history of the factions into which the country is di— vided ; and at Caraccas they tell us there are four distinct parries, one for plunder, another for indepen dence, athird for King FERDINAND, and a tourtn for the union with Spain, with the sanction of the new Constitution framed by the Corte;, which admitted the Colonies to a free and fair participation in the Na tional Legislature. .The Sublime Porte having by recent treaties gua ranteed 411 vessels under the. Austrian flag from be ing attacked by the Barbary corsairs, •the Gran,. Seignior found it necessai y to issue, on the `l4itti of June, three &mans, addressed respectively to the Dry of Algiers, and the Bey s of Tunis and Tripoli, enjoining then' and their subjects not only to abstain from smacking, searching, or impeding Austrian ves sels .at se, ; hut to give them rotection and assist ince to thcir cs , ramercial enL,..prizn, us is usually sraitoed by the Porte to &A bubp.v.4 of the must la. voured nations. Innis us Luc aucuacrragueiau . prtU free. sessels channet - tre have ine!trtm 1 4 1:. The I and however desirous outh to conceal the disasters •. m • , , it appears that South we t ell Peru and Mexico, are 1.. o • e OF ltD, Brazils, _ _