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;tect, yntt will co'n'siier the subject well, and pro put:e What Von think will procure the required relief: in aflording it you may rely upon the in x'issatit exertions of every department of the army to p;:rform whatever is practicable. In allotting Major-General Kempt to the command at Kings ton, I have given you an able assistant in an (fi tter of excellent ,judgment and much experience. On his arrival there, Major-General Stephen will join the right division. If it is practicable to send down your disabled men from York, it would greatly relieve you, and they would be taken better care of in the Lower Province. I am, dear Sir, very faithfully, your obedient servant, GEORGE PREVOST. COPY OF A LETTER FROM VICE-ADMIRAL COCIi- BANE TO MR. MONROE. His Majesty's ship the Tonnatit, in the Patuxent River, Aug►. 13, 1314. Strt,—Having been called on by the Governor ,General of the Canadas to, aid hint in carrying into effect measures of retaliation against the in habitants of the United States for the wanton de struction committed by their Army in Upper Ca nada, it has become imperiously my duty, con furinably with the nature of the Governor-Gene ral's application, to issue to the naval force under my command, an order to destroy and lay waste such.towns and districts•upou the coast as may be found assailable. I had hoped that this contest would have ter minated, without my being obliged to resort . to set-erkies which are contrary to the usages of ci vilized warfare ; and as it has been with extreme reluctance and concern that I have found myself compelled to adopt this system of devastation, I shall be equally gratified if the conduct of the Executive of the United States will authorize 'my staying such proceedings, by making reparation to the suffering inhabitants of Upper Canada ; thereby-manifesting that if the destructive mea sures pursued by their army were ever sanctioned, they will no longer be permitted by the Govern. meat. I have•the honour to be, Sir, with much con sideration, your most obedient humble servant, (Signed) ALEXANDER COCHRANE. Vice-Admiral and Commander in Chief of hisßritannic Ma. • • jesty's ships and vessels upon the NorthArnerica.n station The Lion. James Monroe, Secretary of State, &c. Washington COPY OF A LETTER FROM MR. MONROE TO SIR ALEX. COCHRANE, VICE-ADMIRAL, &C. Department of State, Sept. 6, 1814. have, had the honour to receive your letter of the ISth of August, stating that having been called on by the Governor General of the Canadas, to aid him in carrying into effect mea sures of retaliation against the inhabitants of the I.Tnited States, for the wanton deolat;on coin nutted by their army in Upper Canada, it has be come your duty, conformably with the nature of the Governor-General's application, to issue to the naval force under your commsnd, an order to destroy anti lay waste such towns and districts upon the coast as may he found assailable. It is seen with the greatest surprise, that this system of devastation' which has been practised by the British forces, so manifestly contrary to the usage of civilized warfare, is placed by you on the ground of retaliation. No sooner were the United States compelled to resort to war against Great Britain, than they resolved to wage it in a man ner most consonant to the principles of humanity, a ad to those ft iendlv relations which it was desir able to preserve between the two nations, after the restoration of peace. They perceived, how ever, with the deepest regret, that a spirit alike just and humane was neither cherished nor acted on by your Government. SuCh an assertion would nut be hazarded, if it was not supported by facts, the proof of which has perhaps already carried the same conviction to other nations that it has to the people of those States.- Without dwelling on the deplorable cruelties committed by the Sa vages in the British ranks, and in British pay, on American, prisoners at the river Raisin, which to to this day have never been disavowed or atoned, I refer, as more immediately connected with time subject of your letter, to the wanton desolation that was committed at Havre-de-Grace, and at George Town, early in the Spring of 1813. These villages were burnt and - ravaged by the naval forces of Great Britain, to the ruin of their un armed inhabitants, who saw with astonishment that they derived no protection to their property from the laws of war. During the same season, scenes of invasion and pillage, carried on under the same authority, were witnessed all along the waters of the Chesapeake, to an extent in flicting the most serious private distress, and under circumstances that justified the suspicion, that revenge and cupidity, rather than the manly motives that should dictate the hostility of a high minded foe, led to their perpetration. The late destruction of the houses of. Government in this city, is another act which comes necessarily into view. In the wars of modern Europe, no exam ples of the kind, even among nations the most Imstile to each other, can be traced. In th e course of ten years past, the capitals of the prin cipal Powers of the Continent of Europe have been conquered and occupied alternately by the victorious armies of each other, and no instance of such wanton and unjustifiable destruction has been seen. We must go back to distant knit( bar barous ages to find a parallel for the acts of which I complain. Although these acts of desolation invited, if they did not impose on the Government, the ne cessity of retaliation, yet in no instance has it • been authorised. The burning. of the village of Newark. in Upper Canada, posterior to the early outrages above enutherateti, was not executed on that principle. The village of Newark adjoined Fort George, and its destruction was justified by the officer who ordered it, on the ground that it became necessary in the military operations there. The act, howeicer, was disavowed by the Govern ment. The bhrning which took place at Long Point was unauthorised by the Government, and the conduct of the officer subjeeted to the investi gation of a military tribunal. For the burning of St. David's, committed by stragglers, the Officer wh'o commanded in that quarter was dismissed without a trial for not ,preventing it. I am commanded by the President distinctly to state, that it as little conJp-orts with •any orders issued to the military and naval Commanders of the United States, as it does with the established and known liumanPN of the American nation, to pursue a system which it appears you have adopt ed. The Government owes it to itself, to the principles which it has ever held sacred, to dis avow, as justly chargeable to its, any such wan ton, cruel, and unjustifiable wArfare. Whatever unauthorised irregularity may have been committed by any of its troops, it would have been read v, acting on these principles of sacred and eternal obligation, to disavow, and as far as might be practicable, to repair. Ent in the plan of desolating waifare which your letter so explicitly makes known, and which is attempted to be excused on a plea so utterly groundless, the President perceives a-spirirof deep rooted hos tility, vi pith, without 'the evidence of such facts, he could not have believed existed, or would have been carried- to such an extremity. For the reparat ion of injuries, of whatever nature they may be not sanctioned by the law of nations, which the naval or military forces of either power may have committed against the other, this Go vernment will always be ready to enter into reciprocal arrangements. It is presumed that your government will neither expect er propose any which are not reciprocal. Should your Government adhere to a system of desolation so contrary to the views and .practice of the United State:.:,, so revolting to humanity, and repugnant to the sentiments and usagcs, civilised world, whilst it will b;.! seen with time deepest regret, it must and will be met with ade termination and constancy becoming a free people, contending in a just cause for their essential rights and their dearest interests. I have the hUnour to be, with great considera tion, Sir, yotir most obedient bumble servant, (Signed) Vice-.Ntinlir - 11 'Sir Alexaitikr Cochrane, J.\S. MONROE. Commander in Chief of his Britannic ALijesty's ships and vtsseh, &c. Extract of a later from Sac.lictl's Harbour, dated Sept. 13, 1814 " One or two new vessels are on their way .up the St. Lawrence, or have already arrived at liin: , ston, in a . raft, which was pat together at Joh ns t own , an d consists of al their timber, spars, apparel and armament ready to put to. gether. " We are in doubt as to the point or object of the expe dition—it is evident, however, that one is on foot. It is my belief that this division intend throwing themselves in the rear of the British army at Niagara, as they probably do mot think themseives• strong enough for Kingston. If. Drum mond's army by this means he captured at the head of the Lake, and Brown and Izard form a junction, and make a descent upon Kingston before the new ship is ready, I think there would be a chalice of success, and this is the only one on which I can reasonably make calculations ; and this can only be done while we have the ascendancy on the Lake. The Oneida is in port and divested of her armament—her cannon are mounted on board the gun-boats—she will probably act hereafter as a transport, • The whole of the American force now on Lake Champlain, independent of the captured British ships, is _ Ship Saratoga, Commodore M'Donough, - 26 guns. Brig Surprize, Master and Commandant Henly, 20 do. Schooner Ticonderoga, ditto - Cassiu, 20 do. Sloop Preble, Lieut. Budd, - - - 7 du, Do. Montgomery, Sailing-Master turuus, - 7 do. Do. President, Masters-Mate Freeborn, - 10 do.: Six new Row Dailies; the Santepead, Viper, Nettle, • Borer, Burrows and Allen, .cacti mounting .24 aucl a short u iuder, - - 12 do. Row Dallies, No's I, 2,3, and 1, the two former mounting each a long 9, and the two latter each a long 12 pounder, - - - -- 4 do. Total, - 106 guns. NEW YORK, SEPT. 20.—A Gentleman arrived in the mail stage, who left Baltimore on Saturday afternoon, at three o'clock, where he had tarried two days. lie informs us, that the whole of the British fleet had passed down the bay ; that only three vessels, belonging to the last of the fleet were to be seen from the Observatory ; and that the enemy dug 63 graves on North Point, some of which had been since opened, and were found to contain on an average four bodies each. Many dead bodies of the enemy, found in the woods, have been also brought in by our rifle corps. NEW YORK, SEPT. 21.—0 n Wednesday the 13th inst. the interment of the American and British Officers who - fell in the late memorable battle on Lake Champlain took place,. in a man ner to do honour to the bravery with which they defended their respective flags. The coffins of the American Officers, covered with the flags of 'their vessels, were taken on board a boat from the Commodore's ship, and followed by him and his Officers in another boat to the British ship, where they took on board the deceaseid British Officers, covered with the flags of their own vessels, and followed by their surviving Officers, and proceed ed to the shore. During the procession, minute guns were fired from the COmmodore's ship. BOSTON, SEPT. 29,- , -Our accounts from . Eric are to Sept. 10. Between 3 and 4000 militia had volunteered to cross to Fort Erie ; 1300 had gone over that day. The remainder were to follow the next morning. The Albany Papers of Friday last contained nothing new from Erie or Sackett's Harbour. An expedition of troops from the inte rior of Maine into the province of New Brunswick would probably either compel the British to abandon Penobscot, to defend their own Colony, or to punish them for their temerity, if they con tinued to retain possession. Expeditions from Vermont, &c. into Canada, may be expected, if the enemy does not altogether abandon his inva sions of the United States. SCPT. 24.—We have received a letter from a Gentleman at Castine, in which he informs us, that all was quiet at that place, and that all re sistance to the British east of the Penobscot had ceased. Deputations from the several towns were daily coming in to signify to the British Com manders their assent to the terms which were proposed to the•inhabitants. NOVA -SCOTIA, s.—Captain Carson has arrived with the colours taken in the ever-Memo rable battle on Lake 'Champlain. The privateer Sabine, Rowlond, of Baltimore, has arrived at Wilmington, N. C.; brought in with her the Bri tish brig Firefly, from Smyrna to London, with a full cargo of drugs, &c. The Sabine has on board a large quantity of dry goods, &c.—After the retreat of Sir G. Prevost, General Macomb ordered the militia, consisting of 2,500 men, to be disbanded, as :yell as the regular troops,whose numbers consisted of 1,500 men. • MONTREAL, SEPT. ; 7.—We learn that the Racoon sloop of war, after separation from the , little squadron in the Pacific, proceeded' to the Columbia river, on the N. W. coast ; that an ex plosion of gun-powder happened on board of her, whilst firing her great guns, by which 21 men were wounded, seven of 'whom were in a few days buried in the. deep.- 7 -The Racoon made .a stay of a_month in the Columbia, arni t. onfortul !lately, oh her way out, struck on the bar, which obliged her to put into St. Francisco, where site met the Isaac Tod, who gave her all the assist ance in her power to repair the damage she had sustained. The Racoon 'then proceeded to the Sandwich Islands,. where there were some me, rican ships. Ire now those seas are well eleared of all enemy's vessels, HALIFAX, SEPT. 28.—Artived his Majesty's ship Tonnant, Vice-Admiral Sir A. Cochrane, K. 13. Capt. Kerr ; Surprise, Hon. Capt. Cochrane, and Diomede, Capt, Pigott, seven days nom the Chesapeake. The Diomede brought the soldiers wounded at the attack on Baltimore. We stop the press to announce that a letter has just been received from an Officer of our Army, dated Fort Erie, 6th inst. stating that a hot ren contre had taken place with our pickets on the 4th inst. in which 'l' Wilcox was killed, and 70 of his party put hors de combat.—(Nola Scotia G6izette, Oct. 5.) • " SON OF ERIN.---The Volunteer Irishmen in Boston and its vicinity are requested to appear on Thurday morning, with their day's provisions, shovels and pickaxes . complete, to, march to the Fort now building on Williams's Island. " JAMES MAGEE, President. 4 ' God save the"—United States ! Commndore M'Donough, who commanded the American fleet, and in whose ship every Officer except himself are said to have been killed at the• commencement of the action, is thus characteriz ed in the New Yvr•lc Paper, Sept. 17 : " The United States are rich enough in Native Merit to afford to another the laurel that ::tdorns it. You will please, therefore, to correct the error i❑ your Paper of yesterday, which makes Commodore iNPDonough a native of Delaware. He is a native of Ireland. He came young to this country, entered early into the service, and has proved that a Republican Irishman makes a very good American." AMERICAN PHILANTHROPY. We are . informed by an Officer, high in the army, who accompanied the advanced piquet on the 28th ult. in - to the village of Champlain, that the first and principal object which struck him, wits a picket for punishment of the troops for the most trivial offences, in form nearly like a frame gallows, about 8 feet high On the Friday even ing before, an unfortunate soldier, who had got a little intoxicated in the village, and did not appear in camp at roll-call, was, when found, tied up in this infernal machine, and suffered to remain till he (lied, by strangulation ! ! ! On the loi,Ver beam-spikes are placed for the feet to rest upon, so that it falls to the option of the wretch, to let those run through his feet, or struggle to keep his body up by strength of his_ arms. In either case, lite can be but of short du ration. Such is the service of the American Re public.—British soldiers, look at this horrible and authenticated portrait, and you will soon learn to know the real blessings you enjoy. On the under beam the human blood lay thick and coagulated, as in a slaughter hoUse. Such had been the num ber of , victims MAILS. Arm! vEi)-1 Dublin, 2 Waterford. DUE-1 France, I Haul burgh, 1 Holland, 3 Gutteuburgh, 1 Guernsey and Jersey. • TUL KING'S ACCESSION.—HoIiday at the Exchequer, East Inda and South Sea Houses. COURSE OF EXCHANGES, LONDON. Amsterdam ..35. 0. B. Us. Ditto at sight . 34. 8, Hamburg!) ... 3:2. 6, 21 Us. Paris, one day's date Portugal Gold in Coin (per (ounce) .. .... L. 4 7 0 %Fs Doubloons .... ..... • 4 G 0 New Dollars FRENCH EXCHANGES. Amsterdam current London Hamburg!) St. PetersbUrgh Y BO days. 90 days. 56. 561 22. 15.. .22. 10. 188. 194 110 'HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning, G minutes «Stet 12. 1 Evening, 31 minutes after 1. THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICENE FALSUM AUDEAT ? LONDON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1814. We this day conclude our copious Extracts from American Papers. It would seem that the Wooden Building had not been completed for the Opening ,of Congress on the 19th ; for though the dates are sufficiently late to allow of its reaching us, had the President's Speech been delivered on that day, no document of the kind has arrived. The general aspect of this intelligence is far from satisfactory. We can only hope for better news, and abstain from dwelling upon events so contrary to our well-founded expectations. As we always suspected, the explosion at Fort Erie was not accidental. The Serjeant who fired the train has been promoted to the rank of an Ensign. " ALBANY, A EIG. 22.—1 t was not Lieutenant M'DoNoUGH who blew up the works at Fort Erie after the enemy got possession, but a ser. jeaut, who was afterwards offered 500 dollars, or an ensigqcy, by General GAINES : he preferred the latter." The Chronicle. says—" In a New York letter of the 22d, we have the following remark on the subject of the negociations in Europe :—The ate . m elts ~' terms offered by the British Cover 6- t .elll'; known, and it is, in consequence, distil. known, certained that neither the Obey or tile I t ' coi lli. the Republic can allow her.to see eje ° A dons so injuri ou s an d hum;liating." 0010 1t n - o F s i -t i - i n s l t ( l,e ks terms like to tb 6lll ' would have sta.- „ v ot , -----,.....,,aX.1M•w• -• noci V A Morning Paper has published aA- 1010 1 t h P IQ purporting to be an Address fool' '' -e. c h is?' Belgium to Louis XVI 11. the _jet (if c c- 1",1„loi pray' his Majesty to declare War 04 8115 t (00 0 and Holland, and march LI F.'renchl“l/1/ do nion of Great Britain, , t t he , LoW Countries, to wrest them tr °- 'pill' : tahegyratuitous forgery. We have not room for th'i‘sileoaisie:F"aoPteltr t° 'ltli'lli'll' (r l i oto sll° in faCt, the history given of it i" t he' ' 1 which it appears, is so conclusive Ot "" o tr French, and not of Flemish manufact°l'toportil . do not conceive it has stronger eta° obti °‘ cular notice than the multitude. of ° ther e 04c tions of the discontented party in F r° :: 6ef' they they meet the world's eye in P titc ti l i i let s " ) I man or Paris Papers, or in separate 11, " About three weeks since, (says ou rs „ to' l/5 , !t p) , ilt " a meeting of the inh Abitants of Oleo' bela " and districts of the Netherlands v i° , s l , i to t j ilil Lisle, consisting of persons untrieiwlfitet, " 11 e‘V order of things, to the numb er e bee p":l " two and three hundred. alicy hod a de ; , coo' " moiled by circulars dispatched by / ha' o f " messengers, and addressed to thos e 1 0 0, " known to be inimical to the incorno,,er " their country with Holland. A fter ° ti red', " cession, during which the AssemblY °Prt o do' lb‘ ; " fluenced but by one common feeling' ( i t o; n o t " the Address was unanimously agreei!,,o)„ " has been since actually presented t ° ; 5 0 14 I :. " FRANCE, not iwdeed througl i his .I\ll lol re d ° memorial :: i aa n nny t I: p e ffir hand ." or petitionllliglit es efilt ,1 el' r iii iß c v i ao a ty l ea mi l ianner, but in the u sua ber b, From this it appears that the pseti,.° R V ' (re of a V tives of Belgium, were an assembl'i" ptb er i t fo g_ Do , discontented who could be gatherer' . co r" t i the movement of some master-conse. i't they amounted to between two ° Tl(ithree : 3l f liVi li °,l r a an r d ren tn c e h t at Lisle, a French town' the 0 11°' these persons fairly It r is present tile i tiie, a lion—no ! they are only a collection 001..1 with French appointed, who, whatever their eo untri ot iill e oi not e,veili3Periegitae:, roe 1 1 1 :: won ° t i i s i n:d had, individually, better rea son t° be rtv ° oe , , / independence , ha. • their own cession, e a:: Their reasons for this preference's?"' 5 t i re; • t ,o l io " What, Sire! whilst the c onscoP os i s l''' ir " lated our country, and odious i n l,i ost iti ct ie . " our land, we were Frenchmen f....--" op ;I I • el 0 0 , than cleil.l• O f ti:lisl:2 " portable military sated '•,,0 5, I ta il.. d r oppression " sides, and shaclftrlinflotuhreidedrrile: : t e l li fiti el e tc e 1 iv " desolated our population, we ` vere ., t cor ilill ,o 4 " Whilst our ports were closed, w. 1111- .11P c ( 1 was a tr i e: . 1 ; , nought but shame and do , ' lO ,ar e ' 1 " were called upon for our bloo d °I) lif, t' ,i ) " were Frenchmen I—ln short, Oi l *itic€' i A 5 ,0 , f , " years, throughout which we Illa ' e abj ect' 4 • 11 5 e sib " every kind, in order to ret n°l ro ge ''' " France, whose manners and hilu: ' tli eil es, " adopted, we were Frenchmen es al l Upon which foundation of hies 0 0 i subtle Logicians, in another part' °Y..' slot' IA ` •(//is i ft ee " If the conscription no more It' ll ? , p"e .i t li ft 1 “ el f u r s o , m t h t e h L e ct d n r d o z i l;e: r ir eu t 7 1 i t i r s e , a l t ir e ,e ns a t f t: o I el° 0 c v ow - I v ie ,4 Wh at O r P " taxes and military charges• gained ? Nothing What h ave we ° 1 s t? `` d o • rff , " THING." , ce ioos I.° And then they conclude this pi. i n e:: n i s ,o i s conclude inconsistencies-- e. , Sire, tbenl ° ! t- o tab iltiL. lll fitofti- 10 0 " interests are about to be decided, d ° , voll ee ,c .. when ca Ilea ' it people who for twenty Ye° l.s ~„try Pi f 9 " the endearing. name o f Ai-other •Co.- ; iv - e s, 5 ; seems,'7 Jupiter ! Gentlenteu RePrese,net:eco b6coe, on your own shoving, to b ° re . o .e t ° ,. (fl i Stepmother ; and. we confess, dot we la 1 ,111 ~, ono t, cide on your own statement, ' ve t r 0r e, I . ) ° , o f that the threatnings of the Lan d ' . e irhe , i 1 e ell g ' ' ii OL very intolerable as the actual "• a . to' 4; the Conscription, nor the lenzP6l. a 1 ~g „t P"' rl ttfiv• charges so grievous as the P er " - Closet ; e rg ~ Reunis. gi r ° I , garilitll' Ilel C ( The Address," says "e • the iti 'red 113 roei " was notat permitted to lie 00,/00.- ois 5 0 oi o it was printed, and, . fari;, 0, enlY ;/) sire ') t " copies ti ° ' 'stand that 20,00 0 " priv i•T theria° sen of it are circulated oP ds, ately through the .1-e bel l t ca' " de •- " distribution in 31'11' GerroanY, " larly at Vienna." ___._. fO tl° A ----sona• --- ' ill be- 04 0 r o' In another part of our Po.P'' 0, t' s or Copya bY 13' l'ati°ll of the Treaty impose li tic ni I on Austria in the dors o f her copies liaccoore Par; r„,, To : e d