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itnrlied f.r the proceeding iv:A .(lire biiiitiOn 41., yard, Where I learned ivith_chagrin deYasta tion and pTage li>rrt copnenced, and fourta alVo tu. my surprise Hint the run-bat, which had keen :oaded.wit It provisions, had g . rotimied in en (lt avonring to get out of the .fleranch, nu the even it g of the 24th, wn. nearly discirarged of her cvrgo by a lumber of our people, without conikec- . I tion with each other. nobody has confitienee, nor have they confidence among theta elves. Then we had a Washington, given to us by Heaven, to raise our drooping spi rits—to pea! ont divisions---after exciteour energy; now we have Madison's, Arny;trong's, son's, :Munro's, and others, blind and _obstinate creatures of party, without any love of county, or regard to its -interests. What, then, shall we, do to be saved ? One thing only. The people must rise in their majesty, protect thenisie‘es, nod compel their unwort-by servants to obey their will. Love. to tie Consti tution which has been so shann.fully abused will preserve \lr. :Madison in his chair until his .1Q111) expires ; but he ought to be e- , mpelled to ase Hotter to save the country iron. inter destructiou. the imght to be compelled to dismiss his whole corps of incomp, tent or corruo i t llinistcrs,and re piace them with men of fortitude and love -Of country.. in any other countrybut this, the state of things which exists here would dethrone the au- Allor of the Mischief, or disgrace his advisers. In . England, in much less peribws, tin ie s t th e Ki ng has been obliged to dismiss . his favOurite Ministers, and appoint others more- agreeable to his people. And shall we, it; a free Cover»inent, submit to accumulating wretchedness two years more, _be cause Mr. - Madison is to be so long President ? 'Cod forbid ! The subjects ,ilespot;e . govern . - nieitts; in which . the head of the despot most ex- • plate his criminal abandonment of his country's interest, would• wag their heads . at'us. But let us not lose Ott invaluable Coustittition., because our present. rulers-arc not fit to execute:it: Let us officer and . man our ship anew, and then see whether site will weather the.storm.- • How shall this be done is the question. Let our Legislature, when assembled, choose C. m missiotiers, and invite the neighbouring Btates to do the saint. Let these Delegates proceed to Washington, or wherever else Mr. Madison is to be found, ;rind tell hint that he ought to change - his Ministers and his measures; that he must abandon the in; asi,:n Of Canada—to-say conquest, would be . ridiculous.; that Ite•onght to chew to the nation with wh i ten we are at - war, that those met' who that: war lvilerr Buonaparte \v as making his :last attempt to sithjugate England through,,ltussia, •are not in power ; that be must, if necessary, reeal some otitis present obnoxious Envoys, 111)11 appoint others ; and that he must make one fair'zind honest attempt to obtain peace without cunning or edits vocation. - It -he will do this; peace will he had, _my life for it ; if not, the country Will . rise, as one man, to finish a- war, then,_ and not till then, just and necessary., If he will not do - this,, but will continue to prefer his party to his country, these Delegates should he empowered to adjust terms of union with other States', aud to Make a, pieace . for themselves. Self-preservation, the great law of Nature, requires this, and it is worse than idle to expect any othercourse. Theunion is already ;dissolved practically. The Qovernment flow Can 'not protect the several - States, if it would. Massachussetts has already lostits wood cowl - fey, - and its million of acres of land. It has lost •Nuottucket—its fisheriesn—its commerce—its ships Sailors ! What has it left ? Nothing but the, pnop,ertyit acquired underthe principles of Wash iagton, alu f t its courage and spirit to defend the . rertmatit of its rights, ',lt unShaekled by a palsied am! nerveless Govert , ment; Men of Mussaciussetts !—I say, then, arise! Shake off•your stinnbers—aet for yourselves ; for, :it you &vend longer upon the wretched Rulers who halic.ruined you, you will indeed be restored to the rank of subjects, andvour proud common wealth -will _again take the name of the " Province of Maissaehussett's Bay !"--://2 Spirit 01775. • • • ' I have the honour to be, very respectfully, Sir, yo ,:r obedient servant, (Signed) Hon. Juncs, Sccreary of the Nary. T. TINGEY. CAPTAIN PORTER'S LETTER. The inteiligoicer gives a long letter from Capt. rotlctio the Secret►iry of the Nary, dated the ith of Septemhe'r, presenting a minute a c count of the preparations wade by hitn at the Nl:hite Ponse, on the west hank of the Potowinac, to tivstroy tire British squadron in their prissage down the,rivcr After giving- the previous operations -both of 11is and the enemy's force, for three or• tone days, still stating the force or t e enemy to he two fri gates, carrying U 5 guns ; three bomb- ships, 30 ; one sloop of war rocket-ship, 26 ; a brig, 18 ; a schooner and two barges, 3 ; • making a total of 173 pots--Captain Porter proceeds : guns mounted iti the battery were three l£-pounders, two 12-pounders, six 6-pounders, awl two fonts. My two mortars U•ere without carriages, as were alt my thirty-twos ; for, mit withstanding every effort was made by the Go vernment at Washington to have them' made there, as by myself on the spot, they could not he CORl rleted in time. ".On t. 4 morning of the ath the ~iv shoved a disprisitiqp -to move. I advised General Hun, gcrford, of the Virginia Militia, of the same,- and prepared.to meet than with hot shot. .• " About twelve o'clock the two frigates got under weigh with a fair wind and tide, and stood down for tia. The rocket-shop, bomb vessels, bldg, schooner and prizes following in succession, the gun-boats endeavonriog to flank tes• on our right. 1 immediately dispatched an Officer to General Ifungerford,to request hint to take the position agreed upon in the woods on the heights,; but from •the distance of his ramp, anirthe quick. approach of the enemy, he was tumble to march before the firing commenced, and, after that pe t iod almost impossible, as I have understood, from the vast quantities of shot, shells, and rockets, which were showered Over the hills and fell among. his troops. • As the enemy approached, a weft-directed fire was kept up ft om the battery with hot and cold shot, an hby brave officers' raid men stood the broads:des of the shipi'ivith.imparalicled firm- Less. •'' I anxiously expaned the militia would open their fire of musketry, but was disappointed—the curse was :not . explained until after the firing ceased. • theleiliole of the eseetny'S fire- R S directed at my force, and that in a kw mites all 4)ls ,fttrne would he brought to bear on me, and entertaining no hopes of preventing--his rssiug, as some of my men bad already been 1011'0 and is oultded, I determined not to make an nAeleSs sacrifice; ante, when the' enemy was.on flit. nowt at anchoring abreast •the battery; after stistaining his fire one hour and A cittarter,.4Ltii.! rec•e:t the officers and men to retire behind a ott mo left, attil, be in readiness :to charge . the enemy if he should land tO spike our guns. " The two frLates anchored abreast „the bombs, sktlts, end smaller vcs,els passed outside-them, aH 1106 ring—int - the battery and igld woods; a tremendous lire of every description of 116 , -ivr:! [Then follom , eulogiumS on .various offietrs, vo lat,tvvr, and corps ;: , who all behaved. with :great gallantry: 'The letter concludes.thus.:/-!- 'fiat nitinber we have bad killed and wounded' cm - this occasion I cannot ascertain exactly. lun indoor:4l to believe, however, it does not eiretal; ; awl when we consider the constant:6ra. w!lich had been kept up by the enemy for.thelour (14 precedingtheir - pusiage by the fort, we should eveptn otirselVes very. fortunate ; his damage can i.t•,-er• be known bY us-=sonic of ,his ships were much crippled, ;mill should suppose his loss con suierable. ALEANY, SEPT. 29.--The number of gun-boats now in readiness at Sackett's Harbour is 15, each carrying a long . 18-pbondcr in her bow, and a 32-pound carronade in her stern, and are capa ble of transportingl2o men each, s exclusive of their crews. A -Stfong detachme9t Of General ]nerd's army is etubarkiii". Some •sippose his destination to be up the . Lake ; while qther.i arc of opinion that his object is to co-operate with the fleet for the destruction of the ship lately launched at Kingstoit: " I have underStobd, that in order to bring.tbeir guns to bear 'on, our. battery:, they cut away.the !Inver port oftheir ports, •and took the inner trucks fom theit.gun carriagos, When, they had...paped it, 1 st!iit a torpedo after them ; it was heard to- exploile ;Atha:nine at ,flight, but I have- not ie trot.the .- 4tec.t it produces!. " I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) "4), PORTER. 4 , nem W. Junes, Sectetavv of the Navy." J. • • A NTI-ATTRITION:—We understand that one Imudred weight of. the Yatent.Anti-Attri tion, which cost about sixty.gninegs, is-more than veinal, in working a steam 'engine, to two tons and a halt weight of which costs two hun dred guineas, besides the . saving, the machinery, and saving tiruc . and labour, [From the Bo Stog Centinel of September 10.] THE 6, Ile that bath ears - tohrar, h-t him hcar."_nintE. . Thu present• aspeft of the war in w hi c h we have ~ ,c ousiderately and 'plunged bv. our profii.::;ate rulers, is, indeed appalling to every man Who values. thv securi .. y and even ,t he liberty e(qii)try,foi evc:i that is brought into (I •rarbegiin with the .hope: and expec- Siamlay morning last an alarming fire - broke ontju the house Of :Mr.'ANNi3RPIAU, Addle-hill, J)nctors' Coitituons, which shoitiv cototinied the same? together with the carpenters' and jOiners' work-shops, and a counting-house of Mr. JAmEs Cokomps, adjoining qt cc)tic„,:cit of rieilt-crl, it is appare'ut, has utzr country for placii% its coatittep.ce in Men *lto 180 e Aniforady set at deliatire the common rules of just policy and public Morality. Our ,capital has been * conquered by a brigade of the enitp\--, and evt_sty sea-port in the United States is now thnnbling for its safety. The Yreiiicut is nOw ttroaning over the ashes of that prou(l capitol, syhttice isslleti the decree of vengeance agaiiit Britain, which' is likely to terminate in ruin, titter `ruin th those who promulgated it, and those Who, Having s tandiqi in the yard, I soon ascertained i are unhappily pontfeatly connected with theta. that the enemy had ;left, the city, excepting only 1 Where is our Navy. the only defence against a a serjeant's unard, for the security of the sick 11 tld : ,pnwertnl maritime nation with whom we chose to wo , n t r .d. .I ludic i t impracticable to stop t h e ,,,„ make war ? it is destroyed, or, we fear, to be scene a plunder that had couttaenced, I d ete i, ' destroyed in Our very harbours—being incapable Mined instantly on repossessing the vaei with all I of going to sea. 1 the_force at my command. Repairing, therefore, • Where are our armies ? - Waiting with treMbling immediately to Alexandria, Lieutenant Haraden, the approach of a superior enemy ; . the ordinary men, and the few marines there, We ' re IVhere is our money, our credit ? Blasted and ordered directly up, following myself, and got full destroyed upon the most miserable projects which possession again at evening. madmen ever devised—or to effect 'electioneering lam now collecting the scattered purloined pro- purposes. When, then, ,is our trope and resource visions ready for your orders, presuming they will in diis hour of difficulty and danger ? Are .we to now becOme, very scarce indeed : the quantity i submit to be subjuga:ed, revolutionized ?' thud 1(10141! And yet elle prospect is ,dismal : even in saved you shall be informed of when known t o me . The Lynx is safe, except her foremast being .1775 or 76 we were scarcely as near . being e con carried away i n th e s to rm o f t h e 25 t h, a b out t our quered as we are at this mom en t, Then w had P. m. We have also another of the gun-boats, nerve, a heart, and a good cause. Now we have with about 100 barrels of powder ; anti one of the neither ; as we - are humiliated and diScouniged, large yard cutter: nearly f u ll w i t h the filled ~,i;„_ and the war we have waged is wicked and wanton, (lyre for our different guns previously mounted ; Then we had a Congress, composed of enlightened the powder of those, however, is probably much I patriots and true friends to their country; now wetted by the storm. . , / we have President and his . ... Ministers, in %%how FRENCH PAPER union iu the conferences. Gerittailv. „ . tracing over defevAs. Oct.'lB.—Countilegarde was yes terday at the Theatre of Scala, which was crowded with spectators. In the tuiddle ,of the piece some voices were heard in the pit, crying, ” Vire Napole on I" These clamours at first turbed the performance, but they were soon kneed, and his Excellency seemed not to think any more of it. The criers, however., recommenced with more. violence at the t!H-of tlre third act. The Count de Belk:garde (who hail been observed giving orders to one of his Aid-de Camps) got up, and addressing- the Pit, said--- " G:•ntlemen, 1 give you notice that the house surrounded, and if the authors,of these seditious cries are not immediately - given•up,.l Own cause the Boxes to be cleared; and will introduce my soldiers, who know very well - how to find theth out,'' Nine of the guilty persons 'were delivered up, and were shot the same night by torch-light: This measure rttlier astonished those. who affected to treat .with indifference those cries which can henceforth be only considered_as the signal if re• volt, and toyeeal-the man who was .so. long 't.be scourge.ofEnrope. •—• . : • -• • -, VIENNA, OCT.' 19.---Sonte person aitacir great 'importance to the departure of the Dirke Of, Rocca Ronytua, .Envoy from Naples to the Ena.. peror of Austria. It is known that several. Powers, among others, England, interests her. self for: King . Fcrdiiu rind • that that Prince claims the integrity of his States. He has been constantly attached to . England, and it is to his alliance with England that Le owes the loss of Naples. • , MILAN, • 0CT.. 20.--Vestertlay, at one o'dock, the Princess of Wales left•tlris city. for Plaisance, with a suite .of five carriages, and escorted by a detachment. of cavalry. Count Bellegarde and Count Kletaau visited her Royal Highness in The Princess was pre#ent at a grand review on the 18th. morning. PARIS, °ca. 30.—0 n 28th Atit. his Majesty or dered the formation of a Commission composed of General Officers of Artillery and Engineers, to de. termine the classification of places of war in the Xingdotni and their restoration to an efficient state. We arc assured from Vienna, that the emperor of Austria has refused to resume the title of Elm. .perot of Germany. 7 - Itornuaon,' OCT. 21,—The Chevalier Rist, lately Charge d'Affaires ifrotti Denmark to Ham- burgh, has gone to Paris upon a particular Mis sion from his Sovereign to the King of France. 1 All the Liurgesses assembled here yesterday to • thEbElVEDttris mORNINo,) OCT. 20. - = Nras 4. - 01 - larked 0.t , ;1:0 ein ,fp ' talleyrand pre ented the Note in which lie exprescii himself as becomes' the Reprt-,entative of a great Power, which feels its (lignity . kind pisrer, it was at fi rst t•cceived w ith a certain tit gree of etliness. But reason gained strength by time, and seem! of the Diploniatis4 found t..4t it ttaq Founded in the principles :if justice. Since that time ther e his been more cordiality and The number of strangers auginents every by t . Several who could not find lodgings in the city, have taken up their residence in the snbutbs. • The Exchange upon Nugsborg is 251. There appearS to be no longer any doubt butt that till Saxon ) ' will be incorporated with Prussia; a fragment of Poland will also be united to that Monarchy. Discnssions are on the lapis with France, the object of w;lifli is to determine whe- ther•Mentz shall•or shall not be given to Prussia. It isliaeved that the negociations relative to Italy are not far advanced. Prince Eugene (late Vie - eroy) leads here a very retired life. PA it IS, OCT. 31.—1 t is said that the Prince Re gent of Portoggl has granted to every flag free trade with the Br;4ziis. It is stared at Vienna that the Emperor of Aus tria dots 'refued to take the title of Einperoi• of . 1u order to maintain tranquillity on the Conti 7 rent, each of the great Powers will keep on ftiot an Army of 60,000 men. PARIS, OCT. 30.—1 t is stated 7 in a . .Tournal•that an offer has been mule to the Ring of Naples of the Dui:hies of Ber&t anti Juliet*, on condition that he Should give up..NapleS. - .The fact is, thtit - the Counsellor of'State, Baron Sack, go verns those two provinces in the• name of his Soveteign tire King of lrussia, that that Sine reign has sent au Enroy to the King of Naples, and that he is not likely to give up these provinces. Within thes'e few days there hay . e been offered for sale several plates, representing the retreat of the French Army from Moscow, and the various events of that disastrous campaign. It is needless to say that these engravings came from tier Many; ocy good Frenchman would ethploy birliself in Te: It neon the tw'd folio ig ita "t to them by the seiiate :--- 6tr. .4 . 411 the Jews be admitted t° „id! t° Oise or eivitiightsri n t he sato tna st,J'h.lslll var idtis Connatunion;. •Christi3ns 1,,• in they be p'ertnitteiV dwell promiscru°,ll' Taaite.rs of tire 1.4 i• The Asse niblY. ace . 0 0' tiii tb g:u the ia ' ir jo h n "it s i ; pe a c i r tl * slab't alcl Aio i° fall force As the ! :' were. in 16 10 . te fo? Second, Si ll Catholics, perso ns of 1.11 rely, ion ; and ilienonisies be eli!;i 1 ) 1 ' t()'' .auts lll e PriiteStAnts Of - the- Confession of 1 ! 1 • 1 ' .. . 1 1 0e. 'a ii o fce'' The decision was in the' a ilirinati‘ e. vfttheies resolved' that Protestants °of Cvnifession s h ou ld Aone be .coi4eteod•-c.oil to ancient itSake)' to eater the Senate aild of Ancients: •. GOTTENBEiIiGII MAIL! reooic," Yt :fi,frflooGaii:l:lllleialtizll7lle.gBaritultligiaolalt'es(3.lfldit,sC.llere• D'il,SlVla°rloll(l°liilecniye,leilstri.'lll'l.l:l:le2Xaec':t9let)iitirl'igitil'lll'iitl:ivi4a:ll.l':iiv'el.lllC::(l3l'l(lt'iii:.ti.tne.°l,..eiri ; .1 1:ed i g. 1,: 'i o '_1.trf il P:' '''. :11 . t..: ri ccell' telop::::- f I ' , s and,l's,...Torway, - till they ‘ 'le fr esh °' ill° iroin th eir respective cities. -In eOns etil ~i 0 i c s ro n ‘ o v t ii .I , , e 'ri t r t l i c e e ct i : i: it ti i y n et t , h ( r )rLl:e,l: ,, ,, y .' t):: ; L.':: l ' i c e r:' ,cf e c o""'' --- army to march fitiward 'anCi take th e -, , l' force.--The • i! i ~ A L hl tune :thotteu expirco...y ' .., BRUSSELs AN'b Fit . 46rii,FOlC-C ~.,1 .„.„ , i :....._ 1....._ _.-. ... .. . e cio4Fo TiIANIOEINT, ()a:T. 15.2.—The Comulittebet°l4, }raneevi•itil . t ll , e i• Trod'tt ( ;fi: n t i i a a i n iy o! o t i l i i 'e t i n .m t i f . : l ' e " c ; i : e i i i e 1t h ,7 ,1 , has begun its labours. ; ; 0 , 1 IiKUSELS,.()Ci:3O. Tile 7.Aftftl'C . ii r fi ~,,e i, C, t O I ( : ,f lVi t ll li g iS ti c i i e t i Y r 10 t ex - ening. ' - :: 3 5 Sk o' l The day before • yt'sicrd; * there - idi•-' `) • the I ), o ne very tine rate of English horses , i'' - pet' •;, :'.lonplaiser, which was trivoatcd LI th e I, ')lfr i " l‘ di cr. The Duke of Rich mo ffl .f, lit ' 4l: vendish, mat CiiptAle s ketli, Sect: 114- e ~t)cc s e : I t N i l E g aN r eNs t A l t t y, a ot iirp ice t T l E t . b l2 i i t o t p i . o c_:_r n o . %iv. e : ha. ,. 14 . ll ' I..c :tic . ; il ,: (l ls . c lf t.g % c .i o is u f_ rs i e j . nctt i l" Airs. Mountain still continues tc" k (41 • - ' I 1;; e l° o f litlf' ol t . ( i fi til'll ol. 4 the head of the Iteghttent . oi itil le Z• ii 'foll 'a : is , t g i r ic an d tt i il, 3 l tr i i l ml itar o y::::::, , ,, ibc,'. flue description of this cireunistaof° !g ,e 0 o. lo _, ___. „ol eo,. 4. ,. to "As. the '11e441 PI-the.liegialcut Of . " itt „rt)l P io his Alajesty our it mperor gaVe in ' t he . ~pi',.( 41 ,0 tef to' 4 t the Emperor -.Alexander, approa c°- . st oon' t ',l;° the .golutitn - where.. the Soy-er e:l g " , i ,,t i . .4 . 0 s i:' Emperor Alexander, who had beco "'`,.. 0 0° 4 ~-. ~,-1 ol l i' 1 ,4% side of our Sovereign,. vil°P - - ' bc‘ j i f i , i c Sword, acid 'Placed himself in the.iP -6 1 04 p os t 53 0 t oo to . him as Colonel, led the fiegUnel" ~.c t O ,;;11 ae ov „t , , ins, past our bmperor as Colctuei. ' itc iii 0 • 00: 0 , to do 'Oil such occasions, halted oPr" . lot°. ‘li e his 6N'vorti presented, till alt the, t hree the ' a ry'' had. passed. Then he golloped." 1) t° lii° ° l' i 1' it 0 1 3 i, :i f ',, reign again, saluted three tioics , - r' mid threw himself into the arins °''.. fe ll °l f it i ! moo- - r ,ii. e Sovereign. It is impossible 00 10 j . I , ' scribe the emotion which,this sce lle ' it i "P 1,e3) . 1)1 : 113113 in bktOrY excited in the ,rd'iiip . , Geo` many hundreu Princes, 111nister5, so f rj j of who were present, front a ll the nat i " )ll . il f r e ig i 1 , t uao". ii" and the loud and anattimous aec`'" • 1 th e the most sincere that ,arose frog • crowds of delighted spectators. . LAW 1 03' COURT OF CHANCER/, So v• re or a pir . _ This being Paper day, 11'1', Clineellor sat for the h ear ing of 1 ;1 1 11 ' 3 1 ) 1c exceptions, .&c. but [lOO6 itg of LOY occurred. ready' at nine o'clock, hot althoogh cie c i.coisequenccs o f t h e w o* sted to cause 9u A b eni ait:ll:oCpsiElin)jtiE j ury causes set (lq t C' none ot the parties were r lug somt considerable tiOC adourited, observing that those Clssf take the conscquenccs oftiC' O' d " the phlic t ime s en e ax l s f kt takene a f r relict discovered. ci 0: v et. e t d o . the Germ c e 01 ill receives{ Sjt c 0 1 ' w s a it ''sl:ll)4l'r''''eb i ai p ‘rj::: si 'ltelinte c ('''rgi')*((s , ll(l):llf:Ce iv illF(lFtl:4 : .'olit i efFlui e eosltet'. r :tr t toßce e .(°sii l piNip-° l lLin s e lliogela l t l fel e t k fsisa i liel.lt r sg o lleel e eeni s ir c 'al i i e lnlil'e' i tnis s atit'Ye e vacF t eti i °lll:l:t:etlite..toilcqsl 11;:cfjl'fr:c:Iell.11111'ej:1:11)1CAS::4it55-‘11(t1111;112:fetill111'11:ef:1 • H ► B e. die ce parties s co uld eu i i ‘tF d G t ° : o ra I IN t s 3: i t 111 3 or v tE a l a l in rc ) .1 :31‘1:1 e ct e : : re 5 ' f r o f It 1 4 4 : 11 ) i atactlik:sntelv a cv SiiIVIIIP:-er e ir d 'ie° This Ainazolob; lot German, of 25 years of age' years in the Army. a; , : .1) lt44ti '+! fi