The National Register. — London, England, 1815-01-08 00:00:00

JAN. 8. TTIP, force sufficient at those places not only to frustrate any design of this sort, but efFl•ctual:y to defeat the enemy should be at tempt its execution. TIO EXPEDITION TO NEW ORLEANS. Accounts have been received from Jamaica•of the arri val of part of the army la►ely employed in the Chesapeake, an d the fleet which waq destined to co-operate in the at tack on film town, or come place in its vicinity, and that Sir A. r.ichrane was expected to join by the 20th November. Geneial Keane's force that left Plymouth about the 40th Sept. had proceeded onward. and it is supposed for the same destination. The ut ited force will be 8000 men. On the other h.►ud, the Americans have taken possession of %Vest Florida, and already holding the forts on the Mobile, will, we feal. deprive our Commanders of the necessary hat bourn for shipping, or force them into a contest to re-obtain them, thus essentially reducing their strength. The prrison at New Orleans is said to be 5000 men, bu t we fear there are greater impediments tl►ati these to be fund in the navigation, and cannot but expre s s our fear that its re , uk will n►►t be prosperous ; unless the inhabi tants, tired of the American yoke, should unite with us—but here again we are met with by the treaty—the status aide The expedition may be expected to arrive at the Missis sippi about the 10th or 15th December, and accounts of its more early operations will reach Charleston in about eight days. Ten days more will cpuvey them to New Yoi k, so that with the first fair winds lifter the 40th January we tnay expect accounts. Amer lean and Halifax Papers were received on Tuesday rp to a late date ; the war being terminated, the accounts in them have lost much of their interest to an European reader. It appears from the American Journals that New Hampshire anpt oves and adopts the motives and views of the Legislature of Massachusetts. Vermont has not yet expressed any opinion, though equally exposed to the pressure and mischiefs of the war. In their• ',solutions these are no expressions 9;ed tending to any idea of seperation from the union ; but if that had been the wish of the framers of the resolution, they would not have expressed it before hand. Besides, how often do public bodies go much further than they originall!. intended ? A speech of one of the Representatives for Massachusetts, Mr. Rufus King, may be referred to as an instance of this. He throws off all disguise---...' If a King of England," he says " by his corrupt servants chastised New England with whips, this Administration have chastised her with scorpions. A repetition of the same grievances will remind s ,f the remedy." Bernie the news of peace with America cr.n reach the Gulf of Mexico, a serious attack, no doubt, will have been made on the Americans in the Missisispi The expeditions which sailed from Portsmouth, Plymouth, and Cork, did not touch Lt Bermuda, but proceeded direct for the mouths of the above mentioned river, whither Rear Admiral Cockburne also had sailed to assist in the operations, which were to proceed under. the immediate direction of the Commander in Chinf, sir A. Cochrane. It seems extremely likely that the British exile ditto!' would arrive so as to be enabled to intercept the return of Geller J .Jackson; but if any means of escape be left to him it would be by the woods of the interior country. Ihe force under his orders was of an irregular description, but probably amounting to 8000 men. The British troops, troy supposed to be on t h e shores of the Miaissirpi would ST reach the nurneriehl strength of 10,000 or 12,000 men. The ci►mmunication between New Orleans and Pensacola is principally by water, which will considerably facilitate any operations that the British Commander may contemplate io direction. A Boston paper of the 7:IL November says—" Most of the deserters from the British army, whom we have seen, are not Englishmen. They are Germans, Italians, Portuguese. and Spaniards. Some of them ate Frenchmen, who according to their own account, were inveigled into the British army in France, under pretence of fighting to.restore the Bourbons, being attached to that dynasty, and were afterwards brought off against their consent. That such men should desert, is not only natural but justifiable Some of these Frenchmen are silk manufacturers, others have been bred in vineyards, and may do well in Kentucky and Ohio, were the cultivation of grape is daily extending. Among the British subjects who have deserted, we have noted men of almost eve'y trade, but especially a number of Scoth and Irish weavers, some of whom found immediate employ at several of our manufacturing establishments. Some of the deserters, not lii itish subjects, have enlisted in our army. We received sesterday morning Canadian Papers, from which we learn that the British privateer schooner Retalia tion, has ken taken by A stra'agem of the enemy. The French papers state, that the greatest discontent pre vailed in Italy; thedesertions from the Italian army continue to a great extent, in consequence of the troops being ordered into the Austrian dominions. The law respecting the liberty of the press, is not likely to remain a dead letter in Pali:. Of six persons lately tried for a libel, fitur, viz. a man of letters, a bookseller, a printer, and the corrector of the press. have been sentenced to five years imprisonment, the •uspension of their civil rights du ring that time, and a .fine of 5000 francs; one to a lesser punishment; and one was acquited. Beside the desire which every one naturally feels to see affairs of the Congress amicably adjusted ) there is another very material reason for our wishing a speedy settlement—so long as the Congress lasts, England is to pay the subsidies sti pulated for with Austria, Russia, and Prussia. The affair of General Excelmans having been referred by the Chamber of Deputies to the French Government, orders have been i , sued that he shall be.tried in the 16th Military Division ; and Marshal the Duke of Treviso, in quality of Governor, is to bring the business before the Council of War of that division. The accounts from Spain are of the same description as they have been for some time past, and the tyranny of the Government seems to proceed without any relaNa! i.t of its severity. Twenty-one persons, comprising pries 5, military men, administrators, men of letters, journalists, Aril • wore in the time of the Cortes, were, during the last month, con demned to the galleys or strong prisons for two, six, or eight years ; two conductors of the Newspaper called the Bec, were condemned to bri hanged, and their property confisuated they have holve-rer made their escape. Manrique and Givcii, both Professors of ;•' , -ielices, have been condemned to the galleys, in the arsenal -f Carthagena, for r . ears. STOPPAGE OF A COUNTRY BANK.—Th , Rank of Messrs. Mars'', Dean, IVestbrooke. and Co at o,Ace, stopped payment at half-mist eleven o'clock this ino.nin4 To at. tempt to depict the consequence would be futile it can be better conceived than described ! The firm 11.1 d opened as usual, at ten n'eto k, and at the Ithoye-me•iti ,, ned time at nounced their insolvetacy. Th hock wa. e:ectiical, and numerous farnikes are, to all appearance, invoked in utter destrurtion.--Rcaling, Jan. ( l o z' a