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AMMUCA. {FURTHER EXTRACTS FROM THE NEW YORK PAPERS.] OUR WESTERN ARMY.. , ' l'crw - Nr-aRK, Nov. 61--L-.Let OUT citizens, read the following address of General Harr'son " to the People. of Kentucky"—let them see our brave army destined, at the approach of winter, to 'cold region of Canada; without blabkets, and ,with no' warmer clothing than a linen hunting shirt—and then decide whether they are willing to continue in power an administration so improvi dent and unfeeling. (BY EXPRESS.) FRANKFORT, K. SEPT. 30.—His Excellency Go vernOr Shelby, yesterday, at noon, 'received a: letter'and the following. hand-bill from General Harrison, by which it appears that he had just, received dispatches froin the War Department, ap pointing him to the command of all the troops which havebeen called into service from the Western States. Ile will of course again-take the command of the North Western army, and it is expected will immediately adopt the most ef ficient measures to regain Detroit, and proceed into Upper Canada. • TO THE PEOPLE OF KENTUCKY. Head-quarters, Picita, Sept. 25,1812. FELLOW-CITIZENS - The Executive of your State, acting., as was believed, in unison with your wishes, conferred on me the command of that part of the quota of militia which was destined to relieve Detroit; and the General Government has confirmed and extended my command to all troops rich are called into service from the Wes tern states. Upon the point:ef leading these brave rae....n into a rigorous - northern climate, I discover that, many of them are without blankets, and much the greater part of then totally destitute of every article of winter clothing. It is iinpracti cable to procure the articles necessary for them imin the stores, and thereis no alternatiVe but in your feeling and patriotism : a.contributiOn of ar ticles, which will not be felt by you, will enable your soldiers tt• withstand the•keen north ern blasts with as much fortitude as they will the 'assaults of the enemy., Can any,patriot sleep easy in his bed of down, when he reflects upon the situation of a centinel exposed to the cold of - a winter's night,in Canada, in a linen hunting shirt ? Will, the amiable fair sex suffer their 'brave defenders to be'mutilated by. the frost for the want of mittens -or so'clis, they can, Irish so little exertion, procure them ? I trust that I knoW my fair countrywomen too well to believe that this• appeal to their"patriotism Fill be ineffectual !. BlanketS, overalls, round about jackets, shoes, socks, and mittens; are the' articles wanted. Colonel Thomas Buford, De puty Conimissary-General, will provide for the transportation of the articles, and will pay for the blankets and shoes, should it be required. Lind sey roundabouts, double or lined, will answer the purpose. w'{ x . HARRISOIT. (From the Albany Gazette, 0et."26.) MILITARY LltiE OF EXPRESSES. Captain Morgan's company 'of light dragoons are to be employed on this scrvice--;7each dragoon to be stationed at the,distance of about 10 miles from, each other, and to extend from the head quarters at ,Grecnbush to Niagara- 7 -twenty-tour hours the time calculated to he taken up in trans mitting dispatches from one post to the other-- the distance about 323 miles. Gen.'Dearborn's last dispatches for General Van. Rensselaer were sent by this line. 'Extract, to the Editors of The Baltimore Whig, dated New Orleans, Sept. 14.--" We have, re ceived intelligence that S. Antonia, in New Mexi co, has been taken by ColonelManchiaco. Salado, Governor-General of the interior provinces, has been taken in that town: Colonel l'il‘Cee: took Nacadoches on the 12th of Nugust; and I suppose is n o w with Manchiaeo at St. Antonia, or perhaps farther on. A, great many people are leaving this state and the Mississippi territory to join the patriots, whose righteous cause will most certainly prevail. When the United StateS brig Syren; left La Vera Cruz, that city was still blockaded by - the Mexican republicans, a proof that all communication was cut Off between the .city of Mexico and the sea." CHRISTMAE DAY,—Yesterday the LoRD MAYOR ordered every pri:oner in Newgote, Ludgate, and the two Compters, one pound of beef, one pint . porter, and half a three-penny loaf each. • Ten chahlron of coals was also, distributed amongst them. The it'lleriffs have ordered the like dona tion on New Year's Day. • The Revenues of Trinity College, Cambridge, are so much increased, as to admit of a, consider able augmentation this year to tin? Fellowship of that flourishing Society. • . Isis, 'or MAisr.---No ,potatoes - ,to he exported until .after the sth of july.—Three men, convicted of riot,••are sentenced to be imprisoned for three mouths. Several others, put upon bail, to he called up at a convenient opportunity. At pre sent, there is no room for them in the Manx pots . . The Governor-in-Chiet, by a solemn proclama tion of the llth instant,' declares, that he will set his face against" alt riotous proceedings, and oppose them "with all his might, and with all his strength." METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL: , i3Y 11. BANKS, PHILOSOPIIICAL INSTRUMENT MAKER, STRAND. Thermometer. O t 4 i) J ;;.; J, CI 7,4 C c/ • . 0 c. Do, Snovr 30 05 o o 39 140, 38 34. c 23 36, 39 37, 36 3 5 35 I 34 33 23 Weatb DOCUMENTS WHICH ACCOMTANIED THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. 29.53 MR. RUSSELL TO LORD CASTLEREAGH. MY Loan,—lt is only necessary, I trust, to Call the attention of your Lordship to a review of the conduct of the GoVernment of the United States to prove incontrovertibly its unceasing anxiety to maintain" the relations of peace and ,friendship with' Great' Britain. Its patience ,in suffering the many wrong which it has received, and its perseverance in endeavouring .by amicable 'means to obtain redress are known to the world. Despairing at length of receiving this redress from the justice of the British Goverrunedt, to' which it had so often applied in vain, and feeling that a further forbearance would be a virtual 'suf. , render of the interests and rights essential to the prosperity and independence of - the nation con fided to its protection, it has been compelled to discharge its high duty by an appeal to arms.—, While, however, it regards tins course as the only one which remained for itto pursue, with a hope 'of preserving any portion of that 'kind of character which constitutes the vital strength of, every nation, yet it is still ,willing to give an other proof of the spirit which has uniformly dis tinguished its pro&edings, by seeking to arrest, on terms consistent .with justice and honour,. the calamities.of war, It has therefore authorised. Me to stipulate' with his'Britamnic Majesty's Govern ment, an armistice to commence at or before the expiration of sixty days after the Signature of the instrument provi!ling, for it, on condition that the Orders in Council be repealed; and no illegal blockades : to be. substituted to them, and that or:- deis be immediately given to discontinue the ins preSsment of persons from American vessels, and to restore the 'citizens of. the United States al ready impre - ssed ; it being moreover well under stood that the British Government will assent to enter into definitive arrangementS as soon as may be, on these and every other difference, by a Treaty; to be concluded either at London or Washington, as on an impartial consideration of existing circumstances shad be. deemed most expedient. N - As an inducement to Great Britain to discon tinue the practice: of impressment from American vessels', , I am authorised .to give' assurance that a law shall be passed (to, be reciprocal) to prohi bit the employment of . British seamen in the public or commercial service of the / : United' States..' It is Siucerely,helieved that such an arrange ment would prole more .efficacious in .securing tso'Great Britain her .seamen than the practice of impressment so derogatory to the sovereigw.at - tributes of the United States, and so incompatible with the personal rights of then' citizens. Your Lord;hip will not be surprised that I have presented the revocation of the o,rders in Council as a preliminary to the suspension of hostilities, when it is considered that the act of the British Govern ment of the 23d, of June last, ordaining that re-,' vocation, is predicated on conditions, the per : - formance of which is. rendered impracticable by . the change which is since known to have occur red in the• rclatihns between the two cc entries It cannot ,now be expected that the Government of the United States will immediately, on • due notice of that Act,,revoke'or cause to be revoked its Acts, excluding from the waters and harbours of the United States all British arined,vessels, and interdicting commercial intercourse with Great Britain. Such a procedure. would necessarily in volve consequences too unreasonable and extra vagant to he for a moment presumed. The Order in Council of the . 23d of June last will therefore, according to its own terms, be null and of no effect, and a new act of the British Govern ment, adapted to existing circumstances, is obviously, required far the effectual repeal of the Orders .in Council, of whiCh the United States complain. • . The Government of the United States considers indemnity for injuries received under the Orders in Council and other edicts,. violating the rights of the'American nation,• to lie incident to their repeal, and it believes that satisfactory provision will be made in the definitive treaty to be here after.negociated for this purpose. The ,conditionS now offered to the ' British Go veljunent for the termination of the war by an armistice as above stated, are so moderate and, just in themselves, and so entirely consistent with its interest and honour, that a confident hope. is indulged that, it will not hesitate to accept them. In so doing it will' abandon no - right; it will sa crifice no interest ; it will abstain only from vio lating the rights of the United States,, and 'in re turn it will restore peace with the Vower,. froth whom in a friendly 'cothmercial intercourse, so many advantages are to be derived. . Your Lordship . is undoubtedly aware of the serious difficulties with which the prosecution of the \val., even for a short period, must necessarily embarrass' all future attempts to accommodation. Passions exasperated by injuries—alliances or con quests on terms which forbid their abandonment —will inevitably ) here:ifter embitter and, protract a contest which might now be so easily and hap.: - pily‘terminated. • Deeply impressed with these truths I cannot bur persuade myself,that his Royal Highness the, Prince Rcgeut will take into his early considera tion the propositions herein made on Lehalf of the United States, and decide 'on.' them in a spirit of conciliation a7;:d - . I have the honour td be, With high consideration, My Lord, your Lordship's most obedient servant, • • (Signed) JONA. RUSSELL. . To - the Right Hon. Lord Viscount Castlereagh, &c: LORD CASTLEREAGH TO MR. RUSSELL. Foreign Offioe, Aug. 29 SlR—Althou s gh the diplomatic relations between the two Governments have been terminated, by a declaratiorr of war on the part o( the United States, I have no hesitation, under the peculiar circumstances of the case, and the authority un der which you act, to submit to the Prince Re gent the proposition contained, in your letter of the 24th instant, for a suspension of hostilities. Ole period at which your instructions must have been issued, it. is obvious that this owi-ture was determined upon by the Govern ment of the. United States in Ignorance of the 0 - ,-(ler in. Council of the 23d June last, and Ks you i:l4.'ori-n me that you are not at liberty to depart from the condition set forth in your letter,,,it only remains for me to ecTrailit you, that the Prince Regent feels - himself unt:er the necessity_ of de clining to accede'to.the pi opositions therein.con tained, as being on carious grounds absolutely in admissible. • _ As soon as there was reason to apprehend that Mr. Foster's functions might have ceased in Ame rica,' and that - he might have been obliged to with draw himself. in consequence of war being. de— clared, from the United States, before the above mentioned Order of the 23d Julie; 'and the in structions consequent thereupOn, could have reached him, measures were taken for authorizing the British Admiral on the American station, to propose,to the United States an immediate and re ciprocal revocation of all hostile orders, with the tender of giving full effect, in the event of hostili ties being discontinued, to the •provisions of the saidupon Condition§ therein specified. lir order,oi iltii§ statement you will perceive that the . view you have taken of this part of the subject is incorrect, and that in the present state of the re lations between the two countries, the operation of the order of the 23d of June, can only be de feated bv.a refusal on the part,of your Govern- , ment to desist froM hostilities, or to comply with thecondititins expressed in the said order. Under the circumstances of your having. no powers to negociate, I must decline entering in to a detailed discussion of the propositions which you have been directed ,to bring forward. . - • I cannot however;. refrain on one. single point from expressing my surprize -, namely, that, as a condition, preliMinary even to a suspension of hostilities, the Gowernment of the United States should,have thought fit to demand, that the British Government should desist from its ancient, and ac custonied practice of impressing 'British seamen from the merchant 'ships of a Foreign- State, - simply on the assurance that a law shall hereL.iter be passed, to prohibit the,eruplovment of British seamen in . the,public Or commercial service. of that State. - , _ ~ The British Government now, as heretofore,. is ready to receive feom, the Government of the United States, and amicably to discuss any rro-, position which. profe'sses to, have in view either to check abuse in the exercise of the practice of im pressment; or to ace6mplisb, by means less liable to vexation, the 'object for, which impressment has hitherto been found necessary, but they can not consent to suspend the exercise,. of a • right upon 'Which the naval strength of the empire mainly depends, until they are fully convinced that means can be devised, and will he adopted, by.which the object to be obtained by tbe exer cise,of thq right can be effeetnallY secured. . „ I have the honour to be, Your - ip9st obedient humble servant, (Signed) CASTLEREAGH. J. Ruskell, Escf. &c. MR. RUSSELL TO LORD CASTLEREAGH. 18, Tientinck-qtreet, Ist Sept. 1812 MY Loan,-1 have learnt with Much regret, by your Lordship's note; dated the 29th ult. which I dirl_not receive until this morning, that the Prince Regent has thought proper to decline to accede to the proposition for 'a suspension of hostili ties, contained in my note of the424th of August. It has been matter of surprise to me that my view with regard to the revocation of the Orders in Council on the 23d of June last, should have been considered to have been incorrect, when appearS'by your Lordship's note that the : British Government itself had deemed it necessary to give powers tq the British Admiral to stipulate for its full effect,. and - thereby admitted that a new aet was required for that purpose. 'it now only remains for me to announce to your_Lordship, that it is my intention to embark immediately at Plymouth, on board the ship Lark, for the United States, and to request that permission may be granted, as soon . as may be, for the embarkation of my servants, baggage-, and the effects of this legation, and that the necessary passports may he furnished for my own and their safe conduct to that destination. I avail myself of this becasion to apprize your Lordship, that I am' authorised by the enivern-. ment of the United States to leave Renben,Gaunt Beasly, Esq. as its agent fcir nrisoners of war in this country, and . to ,dcsire that every necessary facility may be offered him in the exercise of that trust by the British Government. I have the honour to be, • *My Lord , ‘ ‘ Your Lordship's most obedient Humble servant, .(Sired) JONA. RUSSELL. The itigbt Hon. Lord Visiwint Castiereap.. LORD CASTLERF.AGH TO MR. RUSSELL. Foreign Office, Sept. 2, 1612. , . . . . . . 5,,---I have laid before his Royal Highnes's the Prince Regent your letter of the Ist inst. in which you announce your intention to embark immedi ately at Plymouth on board the ship Lark for the United. States. , I haVe already the honour df forwarding to you an Admiralty, Order for the protection of that ship as. a cartel on her voyage to America, and I here with inclose to you a passport for the free em barkation of yourself and family, in conformity to your request. The Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury, will issue direetiOns to the Commissioners of the Customs to give every faci - lity to the embarkation of your effects. • If, previous to your departure from England, you can point out to me any particular manner in which I can facilitate your arrangements, I beg that you will command my services. His Royal Highness has commanded me to sig nify to you, for the information of your Govern ment, that there will be no difficulty in allowing Mr. R. C. Beasly, as stated in your letter, to re side in this country, as the United States agent for prisoners of war. I have the honour to subscribe myself, With great truth and consideration, Sir, your most obedient humble servant, (Signed) ,' CASTLEREAGH. J. Russell. Esu. THE ARMY. • At a Court-martial held st Lisbon, on the 9th of September, 1812„Lient. WILLIAM i‘I'VEAC;Ii, of thelith rtgitnentof foot, wa, arraigned upon the under.uncier-mentioned charges, viz, : For 'behaviour unbecoming an Officer- and a. Gentleinan, aqd subversive of good order . and military dkeipline, iu tne -several inttauccs set forth ,in the following Ist.. Forunoffieerlike conduct a'nenting him self from his quarters .without leave, v. hen in the 'surgeon's report, , from the 3a to the 7th of - July,, • -1 . ,_812. • 2d. ,For disobedience of orders in not return ing to his quarters from the 17th to the 29th of JUly, 1812, although positively ordered 'to do so by, his Commanding Oliicer'in a letter dated . 25th of the same month. 3d For unoflicer and ungentlemanlike conduct in drawing rations Of forage for a horse, between the 9th and 11th days of June last, and also be tween the Bth and 29th days of July following, although he, Lieutenant M'Veagh, had not one in his gossession, thereby defrauding the public of rations of forage as aforesaid. For unodicerlike conduct in writing two letters, of a disrespectful tendency of and to his. Commanding Officer, the one dated Lisbon, 27th of July, and the other dated Passe D'Arcos, Ist Of August, 1812. sth. -For unofficerlike and tmgentlemanlike conduct it; demanding a bed, to which he was not entitled by the regulations of the Commander of th'e Forces, between the hours of hive and twelve o'clock, by -night of Wednesday, the 29th July, 1812, and for using violence by drawing his sword, and thereby terrifying Senhora Margaritta .De ,CohnO Correio into a compliance with his detnands. Ist Additidbnl Charge— I,+'or breaking his arrest on or about the Bch of August, iBl2. 2, Additional Charge For unfficcrlike and ungentlemanlike conduct in preferring charges, 'dated Lisbon, 9th of Au 7. gust, aga . inst his Commanding Officer, Lieutenant , Ca!onel Bromhe t ad, through the irregular channel of the Major-General commanding in the first in stance, being subversive of good order and mili tary discipline, after charges had been delivered to him, Lient. M'Veagh, by the Adjutant of the regiment ~,on the day !preceding and after having actually been under arrest. Upon which charges the Court decided,:‘ that the prisoner was guilty a the whole Of the charges preferred against him, and therefore sentenced him to , be disniiss,ad his Majesty's service, and rendered' incapable of ever serving his Majesty At a Court. Martial held at Palermo, in Sicily, on the 25th of August, 1812, Lieutenant John! Goff, of the 21st Regiment of Foot, was arraigned upon the undermentioned charges, viz2:— lst.. For highly insubordinate conduct in using provoking language to me, his Commanding Offi cer, in the public streets of Palermo, on or about the 9th day of June last, stating, as his motive, my . having reproved him in my official capacity, for an irregularity on the 4th of June, 18P2. 2d.' For contempt .of the Ist Article, 12th sec- , tion, of the Articles of War; in stating his being aggrieved by me, his Commanding Officer, to his Excellency the Commander of the Forces, with out my knowledge. 3d. For disobedience of my special order, in absenting himself from the evening parade of the Ist of Aug. - 1812. 4th, For repeated neglect of duty; and a direct violation of the Regimental Orders of the 10th of May,,1812. sth: For speaking of me, his Commanding Offi cer, _r.► a disrespectful and contemptuous manner to different Officers of the regiment.; all tend ing to the prejudice of good order and Military discipline, ALEX. JAMES Ross, Major, Commanding 21st Beg. R. S.F. Upon Which - charges the Court decided, that the prisoner was guilty of the first and second charges preferred-againSt him. • With respect to the 3d charge, that he was not guilty. ' In regard to the fourth and fifth charges, that he was guilty. , The first, second, fourth, and fifth charges, upon which "hie prisoner has been found guilty, being a breach of the Articles of War, the court (loth ad judge that he shall be cashiered. At a Court-martial held at Fuente del Maistro i in Spain, on the 15th of . August, 1812, Cap tain J . Francis l'Estrange, of the Ist battalion 3d foot, ,wes arraigned upon the undermentioned charges, viz. For conduct highly unbecoming the character of an Officer and a Gentleman, and tending in the most direct manner to subvert good order, dne 'subordination, and-military discipline, in the fol lowing instances, viz. Ist. For repeated and - obstinate. disobedience of orders, both written and verbal, in persisting to come . repeatedly to parade dressed unlike an Of ficer, at various periods, between the 27th Fe bruary, and the 17th May, 1812; in open de fiance of.his Royal Highness the Prince Regent's regulations respecting dress, as well as of Re,, gimental Orders issued to enforce obedience thereto-. - 2d,. For obstinately disobeying his Command ing Officer's orders on parade at Villa Franca, iii Spain, on or about the morning of 17th of May, 1812, in refusing to quit the parade ,and go home to his quarters, when requested and desired toElo so by the Commanding Officer in person, in con sequence .of his having again come to parade im properly dressed as an officer, and thereby setting a determined example • of insubordination to the whole Corps. 3d. For making use of disrepectful, violent, and threatening language to his Commanding Officer, purporting to give him a challenge, in presence of several officers and soldiers of the regiment, on or near file parade at Villa FranCa, En Spain, in or about the morning of the 17th May 1812: 4th. For disobedience of written Orders issued by desire of the-Officer commanding the biigade, Do. Do. 'Mist eldy. - Do.