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MOST DF4IR.ABLE F' r-,11.1) EIDENCE, AT GOREZ, NEAR ST IIELIBR'S, lERSTY. . TO BE SOLD BY PRIVATE CONTRACT, A CAPITAL HOUSE. standing alcn , -. in a re tired situation, hut near a pleasant village., and within an bour's ride of the capii•al of the Wand. It commands a proApect of a beaut'itil Bap and a Sea-port, wh re vessels are continually sailing To and frt..n Franc:. Attached to the Howie 14 a large walled Barden, stocked With the choicest Fruit, a fine Orchard, and Land sufficient to keep two Cows and one or two Horses. There is also some valuable Timber on the Estate. _ _ ...- Provisions of all kinds are extremely cheap, and arrive from France in large quantities daily. For further particulars inquire of A.B. No. £l, Tooke's.eourt, Chancery-lane, London; it by lever, post paid.. Or by letter (t,OA paid) ads:Leased to Mr. Jones, lleal's Hotel, St. Helier's, THE FOST OFFICE DEPARTIYIE;VT. TO THE EDITOR OF TFtt STAR. wis:l you could, through the me•linm of your P ;tv.r, $:.i511 , me. as well as many others, what can he tLe reason (if there is any) that stieh obstacles are put is ti:e way of our commercial intercourse with I.land , rs, t!Lit mercantile and all other letters to and fr , rn that country, are sent by the circuitous route of Jielvoetsleys or Calais ; and letters to and from Osten.f, can only find their way through Holland : rally tli;s seems x paradox, when I find vessels, as well as packets, sail regularly every week for Ostend drect even from Gravesend, after running over in tx..elve hours ; why should these vessels not be per :vitt .d 'n tat a bag of Commercial letters for the Pr.;l-o:licfq Besides there are what are termed Post-. Of Packets, from Dover to Ostend; but these, on encoiry, I found restricted to Government dispatches to the Congress at Ghent, and the Ministers at Great dissatisfaction is also given on the other side by this unnecessary Jelly of communication (often for eight days) and entrance of foreign postage ; and is rno , e ,, ver the very means of lessening the revenue to be derived therefrom, by the great inducements for sending letters over clandestinely. J trust this will • meet the attention of those concerned in that depart. ment.—l am, Sir, yours, v EWA& THE ARMY. The COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, in reference to the or ders relat:ve t re-inlistment of soldiers, whose period of service has expired, has directed it to be notified, tbA. Officers commending Regiments or Depots, will! be at liberty to use their dibcretion in re inlisting such non-commi-sioiled officers as they may consider it be.' medal to the service to retain ; altnough, in point of age and beigl,lll, they should not bestrialy confor milfi • to the regulations : taking due care, however, that t! e so retained, are in every respect efii:•ient - fer service in the field, and well qualified for their respective services. A lerge proportion of Marines is to accompany the Officers ordered from the Chatham Division, for America. Wednesday the East Kent Re7,iment of Yeoraanry Cava! !y, commanded by Sir EDWARD KNATCHPULL, Barr. were Assembled in Mr. HOUGVAbei paddock, near Canterbury, for the purpose c)f conveying to tittm the Th.nks of both HoUscS of Parliament, for thcir services during the late war: AMERICAN PAPERS. ,GErERAL GAINES:S OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF THE lIAT I I.E OF FORT ERIE. Head-quarters, I.t.ft Wing, 2d Dividou, Fort Erie, U. C. August —, 1814. r a Stn—l have the honour to communicate, for the infnr , •ation of the D?partment of War, the particu lars of tl'e battle fought at this place, on the 15th instant, hetween the left wine of the '2d divisiOn of 111 , 6 No•rh-rn Army, under my command, and the Lruish torus in the Peninsula of Lipper Canada, com manded by Lieutenant-General Drummond, uh'cit terminated in a signal victory, in favuur of the United A Enciican arms. " Our position on the margin of tke Lake, at the entrance of the Niagara River, being nearly zoutal plain, twelve to fiftept feet above the surface iii the water, possessing few natural advantages, had been strengthened in front •by temporary parapet breast-works, entrenchments, and ahatth, with two batteries and six field pieces. The small unfinished Fort Erie, with a '24, 18, and 12. pounder, forms the rio'ith-east, and the Douglas Battery, with an i 8 and 6-pounder, near the edge of the Lake, the south-east angle of our right. The left is defended by a redoubt 'battery with six field-pieces just thrown up on a small ridge. Our rear was left open to the Lake, bordered by 'a rocky shore of easy ascent. The battery on the left was defended by captain 'Towson; Fort Erie by Cailatin Williams, with Major Trimble's command of the 19:h infantry ; the batteries on the front by Captains Biddle and Fanning; the whole of the artil y commanded by M.ljor Hindman. Parts of the 1 !tit, 9!1), and 22d infantry, (of the late veteran bri glde of Major-General Scott) were posted on the ht under tne command of Lieurenant,Colonel As. pidwaii. General Ripley's brigade, consisting of the '2lst and 28d defended the left. General Porter's tAade of New York atid Pennsylvania Volunteers, with our distinguished rifl?men, occupied the centre. .4 I h4ve 1 0 eretofore omitted stating to you, that' daring the ISth and 14th, the enemy had kept up a brisk Cannonade, which was sharply returned from our batteries, without any considerable loss on our part. At six p. sr. one cf their shells lodged in a small magazine in Fort Erie, which was fortunately almost empty. It blew up with an explosion more awful in appearance than injurious in its effects, as it did not disable a man or derange a gun. It occa !i,ixed but a momentary cessation of the thunders of the artillery on both sides; it was followed by a loud aid joyous shout by the British army, which was instantly retuned on cur part; and Captain Wil liams, amidst the smoke of the explosion, renewed the contest by an animated roar of his heavy cannon. 66 f rpm the supposed loss of our ammunition, and the consequent depression such an event was likely ;o psodisoe un 'the minds of our. men, I felt per. suaded that t his explosion would lead the enemy to anal* ;n , and ode rat arrangements accordingly. ' 6 '7ll_ 'tight was dark, and the early part of it rlie;sks . Atytt the faithful Sentinel slept not; one-third 91* the irubPs were up at their posts. , g At half-past two o'clock the right column of the ersenii npproacited, and though enveloped in dar4. Ines*, bhiFk i s his designs and principles, was diatinctly heard on our and promptly marked by our 6 . musketry under. Major Wood, and cannon under' Captain Towson. • Being nr•unted at the moment, I repaired to the ;mint of attack, where the sheet of fire rolling from Towson's sattery, and the musquetry of the lett wing of the 21st infantry, under Major Wood, enabled me to see the enemy's column of about MOO men, approaching on that point. His advance was not checked until it had approached within ten feet of our infantry. A. line of loose brush, representing an abattis, only intervened. A column of the enemy attempted to pass round the abattis through the water, where it was nearly breast deep. Apprehending that this point would be carried, I ordered a detachment of riflemen And infantry to its support ; but having met with the gallant commander Major Wood, was assured by him that he could defend his position without reanforcenymts. At this moment the enemy were revised, but instantly renewed the charge and were again repulsed. • 41 My attention was now called to the right, where our batteries and lines were soon lighted by a most brilliant fire of cannon and musketry ; it announced the approach of the centre and left colitmlis of the enemy, under Colonels Drummond and Scott; the latter was received by the veteran 9th, under the command of Captain Foster, and Captains Bough ton and Harding's companies of New York and Pen. sylvania volunteers, aided by a siz-pounder judici ously posted by Major M'Kee, Chief Engineer, who was most active and useful at this point—they were repulsed. That of the centre, led by Colonel Drum. mond, was not long kept in check ; it approached at once every assailable point of the tort, and with scaling ladders ascended the parapet, but was re pulsed with dreadful carnage. " The assault was twice repeated, and as often checked, but the enemy having moved round in the ditch, covered by darkness, added to the heavy cloud of smoke which had rolled from our cannon and um quetry, enveloping surrounding objects, repeated the charge, reascended the ladders; their pikes, bayo nets and spears, fell upon our gallant artillerists.— The gallant spirits of our favourite Captain Williams and Lieutenant: M'Donough and Waimough, with their brave men, were overcome. The two former, and several of their men received deadly wounds. Our bastion wos lost. . " Lieutenant M , Donough being severely wounded demanded quarter—it was refused by Colonel Drum mond. The Lieutenant then seized a hand4pike, and nobly defended himself until he was shot down with a pistol, by the monster who had refused him qur•rter, who often reiterated the order—" give the teamed [ Yankees no quarter." " This officer, whose bravery, if it hid been sea. soned with virtue, would have entitled him to the ad miratirn of every soldier--this hudened murderer soon met his fate. He was shot through the breast by of the regiment, while repeating Cie order, " to give no quarter." " The battle now raged with • increased fury on the 'right, but on the •left the enemy was repulsed and put to flight. Thence and from the centre I ordered reinforcements—they were promptly s:•tit by Bri gadier General Ripley and Brigadier General Por ter. Captain Fanning, of the corps of artillery, kept up a spirited and destructive fire with his field pieces on the enemy attempting to approach the fort, " Major Hindman's gallant efforts, aided by Major Trimble, having failed to drive the enemy from the bastion, with the remaining artillerists and infantry in the fort, Captain Birdsall, of the 4th rifle regiment, with a detachment of riflemen, gallantly rushed in through the gateway to their Assistance, and wi'h some infantry, charged the enemy; but was repulsed, and the captain severely wounded. " A detachment from the I lth, 19th, and 22.1 in fantry, under Capt. Foster, of the I I th, were intro duced over the interior bastion, for the purpose of charging the enemy. Major Hall, Assistant Adju tant-General, very handsomely tendered his service s , " The charge was gallantly made by Captain Fos ter and Major Hall, but owing to the narrowness efl the passage up to the bastion admitting only two or three men abreast, it failed. It was often repeated, and as often checked. The enemy's force in the bas-1 ti ai w is, however, mteh cut to pieces, end. dimi-1 nishetl, by our artillery and small arms. 'At thie me. :rent every operation was arrtEed by the explosiiu of some cartriiges deposited in the end of the stone buildieg adjoining the contested bastion. The explie sion was tremendous—it was decisive—the bastion was restored. " At this moment Captain Biddle was ordered to cause A fie!d piece to he posted to as to enfilade the ea erior plain and salient glacis. The Captain, though recovtrcd from a severe contusion in the shoulder received from one of the en any's shells, pro:nptly took his position, 'and served his field piece with vi vacity and effect. Captain Fanning's• battery like wise played upon them at this time with great effect. The enemy were in a few moments entirely defeated, taken, or ptit to flight, leaving on the field `22 22 killed, 174 wounded, and 186 prisoners, including 14 &ft cers killed, and severt wounded and priiunert. A large portion are so severely wounded that they can not survive ; the slightly wounded, it is presumed, were carried off. 6 4 To Brigadier General Ripley much credit is due' for the judicious ditposition tot the left wing previous to the action, and for the steady disciplined courage manifested by him and his immediate command, and for the promptness with .which he complied with my ()Hers for reinforcement during the acti•in. " Brigadier-General Porter, commanding the New York and Peasyleania volunteers, manifested a de gree of vigilance and pidgment, in his preparatory ar rangements, as well as militai y skill and courage in action, which proves Lim to be worthy the confidence of his country, and the brave vulunteet - ,s who fought under him. Of the volunteers, Captains Blughton and audit*, with their detachments, posted on the right and attached to the line, commanded by Cap lain E. Foster, of the veteran 9:11 infant-y, hand somely contributed to the repulse of the kft column of the enemy under Colonel Scott. " The judicious preparations and steady conduct of Lieutenant-Colonel Aspinwall, commanding the Ist brigade, merit approbation. 'ro Major M'Kee, chief engineer, the greatest credit is due for the excellent arrangement and skit ful execution of his plans for fortifying and defending the right, and for his correct and seasonable sugges ' tions to regain the bastion. 6 , Major Wood, of the. engineers, alsi greatly con. . . tr ibuted to the pratious measures of defence. He had • accepted the command of a regiment of infantry, (the 21st) for whiCh he has often prowd himself well qualified, but never as conspicuously as on this occasion.. 44 Towson's battery emitted a constant sheet of fire. Wood'i small arms lighted up the space, and repulsed five terrible charges made between the bat tery and the lake. Brigadier-General Ripley speaks in high terms of the officers and men engaged, parti cularly C.ptains Marston and Ropes; Lieutenants Riddle, (of the 15th, doing duty with the 21st), and I fall ; Ensigns Benn, Jones, Cummings, and Thomas, of the 21st, and Keally and Green of the 19th. 66 Major Hindman, and the whole of the artillery under the command of that excellent officer, displayed a degree of gallantry and good conduct not to be sur passed. The particular situation of Capt. Towson, and the much-lamented Captain Williams and Lieu tenant M.Donough, and that of Lieut. Watmough, as already described, with their r.tspeetive commands, rendered them most conspicuous. The courage and good conduct of Lieutenants Zantzinger and Childs, is spoken of in high terms by Maki!. 'Hindman and Captain Towson, as also that of Serjeant Major Denhon. Captains Biddle and Fanning on the centre and right of their entrench. ments, threw their shot to the right, left, and front, and annoyed the Indians and light troops of the enemy, approaching from the woods. Lieutenant Fontaine, in his zeal to meet the enemy, was total - . tunately wounded and made prisoner. Lieutenant Bird Was active and useful, and in fact every indivi dual of the corps did his duty -66 The detachment of Scott's gallant brigade, con sisting of parts of the 9th, 11th, and 22d infantry, did its duty in a manner worthy the high reputation the brigade had acquired at Chippewa, and at the Falls of Niagara. The 9th, under the command of Captain E. Foster, was actively engaged against th left of the enemy, and with the aid of Liemenarst D.-uglass's corps of bombardiers, commanding the tracer battery, and that of the volunteers, under Cap tains Broughton and Harding, effecied their repillse. The good conduct of Lieutenants Childs, Cushman, and Foot, and Ensign Blake, deserves commendation. .4 The rtil.:ers killed are, Captain Williams, and Lieutenant M.Donough of the artillery. 64 Wounded—Lieutenant Watmough, of the artil lery; Ensign Cisna, 19:h; Lieutenant Bushnell, 21st; I.:entrn•tnts Brown and Belknap, 23d ; and Captain 4-h rifle regiment—all severely. Lieutenant Fontaine, of the artillery, who was taken prisoner, writes from the British csmp, that he fortunately fell ints the hands of the Indians, who after taking his money, treated him kindly. It would seem then, that these savages had not joined in the resolution to give no quarter. " To Major Jones, Assistant Adjutant.! enertl; and Major Hall, Assistant Inspector-General ; Cap tain Harris, of the dragoons, Volunteer Aide-dc- Camp; Lieutenant Belton, Aide-de-Camp, much credit is due for their constant vigilance and strict at tention to every duty previous to the action, a::t! they steady courage, zeal, and activity which they mani fested during the action. " The Surgeons—Doctors Fuller; 23d ; Tron bridge, 21st, with their Mates; Doctors Gale, of the 13d, and Everitt and Allen, of the 21st, deserve the warmest aprri.hation for their indefatigable exertions and hutnane atteraion to the wounded of our army, as well as to the rrisoners who fell into their hands. " I have tie honour to be, Sir, " Your very obediento (Signed) " E. P. GAINFt, lion. John Arms:rorr, Secretary/ Briz.-Gen. Conunan.'ing. ut War, Washing:on. REPORT GS the KILLED, WOUNDED, and PRISONERS, taken at %Le BATTLE or liltlt Upper Canada, August 1 5, I g 14. KillAl,leit on the field, 22..--Wounded, left on the field.l74. Prisoners, Int; —6 rand Teal, £B2. Two hundred supposed to be killed, on the left flank, near &Jahr Hill, (in the water), and permitted to float down the Niagara. '1 he number on the right flank, near the woods, could ro: be ascertained. •" Given at the Inspector-General's Office, Fort Erie; Upper Canada. (Signed) . 46 NATH ° L. N. HALL. Assist. Insp.-Gen." " Brio.-Cen. E. P. Gaines, Ste. BURLINGTON, SEPTEMBER Is. The enemy in their flight from Plattsburgh de stroyed all the bridges, and obstructed the road by trees, baggage, &c. They were, however, pursued a; tar as Chazy, but on account of the obstructions of the road, and their precipitate retreat, our heroes rere not able to overtake them. The enemy have learned a less( n long to be remembered, that the " soil of frez.lbm is sacred, that it must not, shall nor, be pol luted with impunity." In this, their expedition by land and water, we can account to Sr George for mole than 2060 cf his men, ki:led or prisoners, and more than 9:; pieces of cannon. • To the interposition of HeavEN be ascribed oar glorious ricory. Our veil tge last evening presented a most brilliant spectacle. Every house was illuminated, which, with the ringing of bells, discharges of musketry, and sa lutes of ordnance from the wharf and eacampment, proclaimed the joy ofour citizens, and their gratitude to their heroic deliverers. • PO STSCR !PT; M'edoeXlay Morning, Sept. 14. New:, his just arrived, giving the heart-k.heeringin tellig-uce of the capture of itOU of, the enemy's rear guard. SEPTEMBER 15.—1 t is said our Commodore intends to go to the Isle du Moue, to•see Sir George's battery there. • G-v:rttor Prevost has 'made a precipitate retreat. Soule think it a ruse, to draw our men across the it. bicon, bat I think not. The Saranac has been a fine place for our militia, for on its banks was nearly all the execution done.— Theenemy repeatedly attempted to ford it, but were repulsed every time but the last, when a few officers and men got over, but afterwards straggled into the wands and surrendered to our men. Sir George re treating without calling them in. Four lieutenants are bete on parole. Z bey speak in terms of admira tion of the kindness of Macomb, but are very severe in their remarks on —. They say, bad Wellington, or even Brisbane (whom they term afre•eater), com manded, they would have had Plattsuurgh Forts.— They say they havp beaten the cleverest soldiers in the world,latid have now been taken by a rabble. Their Captain I'urchess, they say, was lulled by the militia, while holding up his white jacket as a flag. The Vermont militia are returning, but the New- York militia are still flocking into Plattsburg, Its there Me but regulars enough to man the forts. Many de. serters came into Plattsburg 'yesterday. and many more are in the worlds. Brooks has greatly distil)• guished himself at PlattsbUrg. • ALBANY, SEPTEMBER no. Letters from Slckett's Harbour, to the 16th, state, that the army under General hard had arrived, which, together with the militia, make our force amount to about 7000 men. [POSTSCRIPT TO THE BALTIMORE AMERICAN, SEPT. 15 ] a THE ESZAIT LANDING AGAIN.....AWe have just re• ceived information, that the British have been land ing at Colgate's Creek, on the western or souther* side of the liver, about nine milts from the City." PROTEST OF THE P - AR OF ?Alai iIGiIINST ITS SUPPRESSION. • .1 We, Princes of the Blood, Dukes and Peers of France, and We, Councillors of the Parliament of Paris, forming together the Court of Peers, " Considering, th:it it appears but too certain that hii Majesty, penetrated with the ardent desire of securing the happiness of France, to the throne of which the love o! his 'people has so glOriously recalkd him, has been surprised by the amiable, but deceitful, illusions of a system, called liberal, that delivers into the hands of the people a co , ,siderable portir.n of the Royal authority, which zgitatOrs are alwais ready to abuse; • " Considering, that 'in consequence of this deeek fol and melancholy system. his Majesty appears de termined nn longer to employ in Fir service and thilt of his Crown, tither the ParliaMent of Paris, Cr the Parliaments of the Provioczs, the natural dcletiderS oC zlinse Provinces ; Consicierin:;, hcwitv:r, that the first duljr Of ft King of France, is to maintain and gnard thil eft ntficent and exceitent c:titi:r, the no) al Ordeinantes, the fruit of the wisdom of thirty-two reigns, and at eight ages of experience, and to maintain also the franchii.es am! iiherties of the Provinces, fn . which purpose he takes a solemn oath at his Coro nation ; " That at the same Coronation, the Pe-rs a/ France place the Crown on the head of the King, because it was those who freely called to the throne Hugh C. pet, in 9,47, who have tlefelickd tha. Crown, and hire maintained it in his august Farah irom. that eplch :or eight hundred years , and upwnrdq, as duration, of NVhiCh the history Of 'no Monarchy fur ni.liec any eXAmp!e ; " That they have punished the disturbers of public or.ler by solemn juAgments, supported by their swards and those of their vassals ; _ Considering, that the Peerage in France is es. senrially uni!ed to the Crown ; that in consequence it cannot by trot be abolished without the throne expe riencing the most melancholy effects, simiiir to those of whizli France and all Europe will still for a long time feel the deplorable results; " Considering, that if the right of votlng imposts and their assessments belongs neither to it nor to other Parliaments, bring alone the privil.-ge d the States-General, and there b:Litgs howeverto it, as well as to other Parliaments, the right of 'freely re. gist ring, and, in consequence, of examining, ehethei the ordonnances issued according to the demands of the States General, affect in any respect the rights of the Crown, or those of the Provinces, of which the respective Parliaments are the defenders, the said PArliaments being no other than the immediate sue. cecirxrs of the Sovereign Courts of the same Provinces before their union with the Crown, and whose pre:cr y:Won has always been strictly stipulated by the char ters of their successive unions ; _ _ " Considering, that in consequence of these prin ciples, and because they could not be at once The makers and the revisers of the laws, it followed that neither Dukes or Peers, or Councillors of the Parlia ments, presented themselves to be elected to the for mer States-General—that is to say, to those which preceded those of 1789, an assembly of which the convocation was illegal, null, and erroneous sn its principle, and which overturned the m narchy be cause it violated by its convocation the tunoamental and constitutional law of the equality of the ieetc sensation of the three ordets ; _ _ " Considering, that pis Majesty, in his Proclama tion of the Ist of Jantiry of the present year, given in Englund (not verified in any Court, and v.'sicfa may therefore be revoked, in doubt as to its exigence or validity, not being countersigned either by the Chancellor of France, or by any Minister Secre. tail of btate recognized as such), has isi the excess of his paternal goodnels, forgotten, that if cl niency is one of the finest prerogatives of the theme, justice is its first and most inflexible duty ; that it is crimes, above all, which the immutable laws of Divine jus tice, and those of man, who is its weak im.ttic, prc hibit to go unpunished, because they sap tile most material foundations of social order, for the proierva- Lion of which Kings have been appointed by the Divinity, and to whom they must render All account equally severe and terrible; 64 That these unpardonable crimes are treason against the Divinity, or the first litimaA chtelf ; • " That the latter eminently consists in raising a pa ricidal hand against the person of the Sovereign ; 46 That in any kingdom, and above ail in F:aace, the law does not permit the Sovereign to grant a par don to regicides; " That it prohibits in France all tribunals from confirming them, or paying any regard to theta; 16 That, however, by the suppression of the Parlia ments, and particularly by that of the Court of Peels, the svecial guardian or the rights of the Crowa, the regicides seem to be protected Crum the undouh.i d in flexibility ot the law, and enjoy also a frigiulii invu nity, in contempt of the religion ot his Majesty, add At which all France and Europe are justly indignant ; 46 That it is only, perhaps, to the just tern' r, Ind spired by the prompt, inflexible, and terrible ju*t!ce* against the factions with whom France st,ll a!,oundh that they owe the false insinuations by which their abr. !Ilion has been obtained from his Majesty ; 46 Considering that nothing can be more easy to his Majesty than to find in the preservation 01 ine Court of P "r 114124 I '4l'l4=l4s, gtea; means ot rec.iniret, , e for the persons whose services . he may wish V . knots/ledge, either by m n . t i u r tE to his truly ti ancient Peerage . the of Franc ! , _ilia personages judged worthy by Mai of lb* ' or iucorporeging with the rah:mem •-••