The National Register. — London, England, 1815-09-03 00:00:00

TH whir lad taken place in America. The detail of this ar rane-iisent, if you concur with us as to the expediency of Issakt..g it, are left to you to settle with the proper British auth , tity. On the other subject, as a statement of the transaction has been received flout the American prisoners. tiiffering vet)• materially in fact from that which had resulted from an inquiry instituted by the Port Admiral, it hag been thought advisable that some means should be devi.cd of pr ocuring information as to the real state of the case, in order, on the one hand, to shew that there had not been any wanton or improper sacrifice of the lives of Ameri can citizens ; or, on the other, to enable the British Qoveriimen to punish their civil or military officers, if it should aepear that they have resorted to measures of ex- t; eme sever try without necessity, or with too much pre- • , capitation. Lord Castlereagh proposed that the enquiry should be a joint one. conducted by a Commissioner selected by cad, Government. And we have thought such an engeiry most likely to produce an impartial and satisfactory result. We presume that you will have ton much occu pation on the (list subject and the other incidental duties of your office, to attend to this enquiry in person. On that supposition we have stated to the British government that we should recommend to you the selection of Charles King, Esq. as a fit person to conduct it in behalf of the American gcvetnment. If Mr. King will undertake the business, he sviil f o r thwith proceed to Dartmoor, and in conjuction with the British Commissioner, who may be appointed on the occasion, will examine the persons concerned, and such other evidence as may be thought necessary, and make a joint report upon the facts of the case to John Q. Adams, Esq Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States at this Cow t, and to the itish Government. The mode of execu ting this service must be left to the .discretion of Mr. King and colleague. If they can agree upon a narrative of the facts, after having heard the evidence, it will be better than reporting the whole mast of testimony in detail, which they may perhaps find it necessary to do, if they cannot come to Welt an agreement. —We are, Sir, your obedient bumble eer van ts, ALBERT GALLATIN. (Signed) 11. CL AY. R. G. Beasley, F.,44. BUONAPARTE'S PORTFOLIO. . . LITSEILS 01 RUONAPARTE FROM NO. 3 Cy HIS FORIEFEUILLE. No. i. TO IHE II tJOR oarenat. Avesnes, Jane 13. • Give orders for the equipages of the Pontoons to repair this evening behind the Sobre, on the road to Beaumont. • No. 2. TO INP SAME, SA - NIE DATE. .. Since General V s wD A Ret At E is arrived at Beaumo n t, 1 d o not t hi n k i t proper to make him return to Philippeville, which would fatigue his troops. 1 prefer letting this General encamp in the first line, a league anti a half from Beaumont; I shall review his troops to morrow. The 6th corps will then be plaoed a quarter of a league behind. In this case, the army of the Moselle will- join tomsorrow near Ln ilippeville the detach men t o f cu i rass i ers C om i ng from Alsace. ake this change in the general order. No. S. sO bENkRAL DROTIP.T. Avesnes, June 13. • Give orders for the divisioneomposed of the chaiseurs and red lim ier% to repair this eveuistst in advance of Sobre, and let,a/l_tbe divisions of chasseurs lii.eivisa repair to Sobre. An the grenadiers at Avesnes, the grenadiers en horseback, and the dragoons in advance of Avesnes. each corps will have its Artillery with Tut ioniveattillety i4a4dreswe of A MIN lb ER. SEPT. S. No. 4 . P 9 PRINCE JOSFPU Avesnes, June 14. BROntElt..4 remove my head quarters this evening to Beaumont. To-morrow, the 15th, I shall advance to Charleroi, where the Prussian army is, which will occasion a battle or the retreat of the enemy. The army is fine and dm weather pretty fair ; the country perfectly well disposed. I shall write this evening it the coin '--sums are to be made on the' 16th. Bleat:time we must prepare. Adiuu. No. 5. TO THE )11:1151ER ♦T I hope to pass the -Sombre to-morrow, the 15111 ; if the Prussians do Mit evacuate, we shall have a battle. Suchet must take Monitueilhin. and fortify himself there. Recommend that there be 10,000 muskets as Lions to arm the National Guards. The 300 cannon of the marine must be placed in batteries at Paris; let them be there before the '2stb. Lastly, let the company of cannoneer •• • • march. Let them go en diligence to Vincennes on Thursday. Do not be too prodigal of muskets to the federes : we are in great want of them every where. I direct « • * * from Maubeuve to Paris. [The blanks are for two words that we cannot decyptier. the rest of the letter is quite unintelligible, except a few words ; we see that mention is made of the Rlome. ut the Saone, of Rapp, who is to defend Alaace to the utmost, ut Be tort, of :Mane:, &c. His Imperial Majesty seems very uneasy about all this ; he had much business on his hands at this moment, and never wrote with more precipitation.] No. 6. TO PRINCE JOREPV. Beaumont. June 15. Ban-man—The enemy being in motion to attack us. I march to meet him ; hostilities will then begin to-day. Thus I desire that the communicat ions which have been prepared may be mule.—Beaumout o 15th► June, three in the morning. Your Hffectionate Brother. No. 7. TO TITS MINISTSR AT WAR. MY COL'lllll—Send me all the Generals I have if , mended, and particularly General Menton Duvernet ; send me also General Leper, of the Guard ; Ne u'sderstands the use of the sabre (c'est un box subreur), and will do well us the grenadit rs. Charleroi, June 16, 1813. Ne. 8. TO PRINCE JOSEPIL Baornr R —the Bulletin will intitrm you what it passed. / advanee .my head-quarters to Sembref; we are all in mAion. I much regret the loss of General Letort. The loss .yesterday was inconsiderable. nod fell chiefly on the tour squadrons of the guard on duty. The con. ftscatlun of the Property of the Traitors who hold meetings at Gent i 3 necessary. Charleroi, June 16. Your affectioaate Brother. LETTERS FROM PARIS. Paris, August 24. The grand Russian Review will consist of 140,000 ►fen. There will also be another great Review of the British Army, near St. Denys, after %hid, I believe the Allied Armies will go into cantonments. Yesterday morning, about 10,000 British troops were reviewed near St. Deny'., by the Duke of Wellington, attended by the Emperor of Russia, the Heiman Platoff, &e. They made a grand appearance, sad were in high order rind equipment ; they are the newly arrived troops: chiefly from America. The Louvre promises to exhibit little else than empty frames, an im mense number of paintings, have been taken away since the Prussians gave over. The latter took from 35 to 40, but they are removing them now by scores:' Tim told the Belgians are doing this at the same time; I dare say the Trench are taking many themselves, and blaming others for it. The doing so accords completely with their general condnet ; for the poor inhabitants of the places though which the armies ma►ched, exclaim chiefly . against the French, who were so zealous in the work of destruction, that little was left for the Prussians and Belgians to do in that way, whatever their inclinations might have been. Paris, Aug. t'. ) s. Letters from Poictiers, of a recent date, confirm the account I gave you in my last, of the infamous conduct of the military towards the Duke and Duchess of Angouleme. I understand that the Dike be. hated with the greatest courage on this occasion. and that be cut down, with his own hand, two of the men who attempted to remove the white Rag from the windows of his hotel. - Pell; Mtg. 36. ".4 grand conspiracy is add to have beavrogaigd o ttschavat 4114