The National Register.
London, England, 1814-11-20 00:00:00

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Ow officers and ~oltliers of which it was composed, but on Captain
Powell.' by om Ole enterprise was plhoned. Serjeaut Powell, 19th
Light Mago on *, has been named to the J,icutenant-Geiteral as having
again distinguished Wiwi If no this oeca,ion.
HARVEY, Lt. Col. Dep. Adj. General.

EN ERA ORDER.
Head-Quarters, Montreal, Sept. 29, 1814.
Ills 'Excellency the Conitimutle!r of the Forces having received the
offi:Mil Report of liententint-Ueneral Drummond of the 'affair which
took place at Fart Ede un tlw 17th instant, in which very superior
numbers of the enemy were• repulsed with loss, entirely coincides wilt
the lientettant.Oeneral in tl►e last tribute of praise he bestows on the
intrepid vulot.r and drterumiue►l discipline evinced by the division of
troops un•ler his command, as detailed in the District General Order
of the 18di inst. which his Esc elklicy is pl...:isvd to order to be pub-
li3lied fur the Va►eral inform idol) of the troop under his command.
(Signed) I.',DI'VARI) BAYNES, Adj. ien. Ni. A.

DISTRICT (ANERAL. ORDER.
rieud•quarters, Camp before Fort Erie, Sept. 18. 1814. II
Lieutenent•Creneral Drummond haying received the Reports of the It
General Officer in the immediate direction of the troops engaged yes- 1:
terday, beo to suer his best acknot‘ledgeweids for their very gallind ,
conduct in repnlsing the attack made by the enemy on onr batteries
%still his w hole terce, represented to consist of not less than live thousend I
melt, ieeludine usiLtia: The brilliant style in which the battery No. 2
was recovered, and the enemy driven beyond oor entrenchmeNts by
seven companies of the 80d Regiment, under Major Proctor, and
..a)tbir,re,e,
companies 4)f the 6th Regiment, detached under l‘lejorr
escit-d Lieutenant-General Drunnuoades admiration, and erratic(' those
troops to his particul,r thanks.
On the right the enemy's advance was checked by the Ist battallion
of the Royal Scotts,, supported by the 89th, under the direction of
Li44nenant-Colonel Gordon of the'Ro) ads ; and in the centre he was
driven hack by the Gleneary light infantry; under Lieutenant Colonel
ilatersby, aod directed by Lieutenant-Colonel Pearson, Inspecting
Field Oiiicer. To these troops the Lieutenant-General's best thiniks
are doe, as also to the remainder of tl:e reserve under-Lieutenant Col.
C4nspbeli, con,isting of the remaining companies atilt 6.h Regiment,
the flank companies of the 41st and the Incorporated Militia, which
buppo:ted she troops engaged.
The Lieutenant General deeply laments the unfortronte cireom
stances of weather, which enabled the enemy to approach unper-
ceived chose to the right of the position, and to capture a consideroble
cumber of the regiment De Watteville stationed at the point. The
severe 10,4 s in killed and wounded which the Bth or King's and De
Waneville's regiment 1 ave suffered, %Words 1 contestable proof that
Nit. 2 buttery was out gained without a vigorous resistauce ; it is
etetally obvious that the•block-hnuse on the right was well defended by
the party of the Klee!, regiment stationed in
Hew enant•Gene ra Drunittiorid feels greatly indebted bk. 'Major-
General De WAteville, for his
,judicious arrangement ; and he also
desires to offer his thanks to the respective commanding officers of
brigades and c-rps, and the officers and men of the Roval Artinery and
Eogineers, for their xerti“ns. To Major-General Sigel'', who joined
the army a short time before the attack, the Lieutenant-General is in-
,debted for his assistance, and also to the officers of the general and
of his personal staf.
Lieut.-Cenci-al Drummond greatly regrets the wounds which have
tieprivea the armc fur the present of the 5.‘
.rvices of Colonel Fischer,
Lie ntenant-Colonel( Pearson and Gordon.
Lientenant.Colonels Fischer, Pearson, and Gordon, have permission
fo pmoceed to the rear for the recovery of their wounds.
(Signed) 3. RVEY, Dep.-Adjt.-Geo•

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.

sttoNnAy, N0r.14.
The I\ Tarquis of Brct:tNn>it•sM rose, pursuant to notice. and moved
fm tl►e n►inntes of a Conrt-\lt►rtial ht•ld ut Portsmouth on Cavtai:: Bar-
clay, f•r ihe of a squadron of Briti!h gun-boats on Lake Erie. His
Lortisbip slated, thrt a very general opinion pre•aaed through.nt the
country, that a great inadequacy of means in our naval prep►►rations
had been suffered to exist ; and this opinion was borne out l.y the
9entelice of the Court Martial on Captain Barclay, which stated that
the e:twore of his Majesty's late squadron had been occasioned by the
ver! detective means provided, und the want of a sufficient Dumber of
1:10-1Ndied seamen.

NOV. O.

br 41 B.sl UIIST opposed the m stion on the ground that there was
evidence given on the Court-Martial, which. if entered on the Journals,
would record proceedings highly disgraceful to the army under Gen.
Proctor. That Officer els° was severely censured by Sir G. Prevost,
and as he wus about to he tried by a Court-Martial, it would be im•
proper to investigate the subject at present. Under the above mute-
meta Lord Grenville advised his Noble Relation to withdraw his mu-
tion, which he did accordingly.
The Marquis of Larrenowls Y. moved an humble Address to the
Prince Itegsnt, praying he ssould he pleased to order to be laid before
the House, Copies olany Treaty or Engagements with Foreign Powers,
for the employment by this country of British or Foreign Troops on
the Confluent. His Lordship, in riving his reasons for the present nip.
lion, stated, that en enormous expence had been incurred in fulfilling
this Treaty—that the excess of espenaure beyond the ordinary esta-
blishments of the Army and Navy amounted tre 30,000,0001. and it
was, therefore, sar. ly not ton touch to "usk, that authentic copies of
these engagements, under which such an enormous expenditure had
been incurred, should be laid before the House. Independent of this
ituportuut point, he could not in duty exclude from his view of the
subject, the nature of the object to which our influence. upon the Cons
tinent seemed to be exerted. Passing by the minor considerations of
he once iodependunt republics and states of Italy, Stich as Genoa,
Lucca, and Vrniee, he alluded more particularly to reported spoila-
tions ie Germany, which trusted might yet he prevented. lie
great Pewers of Lurore, in their Declaration at Chatillon, expressly
stated their deg;le to keep up and muintein those social relations, upon
which the E ectuity of states depended, and their aeborreece to the
principle of incorporating states with others, on the grounds of. coo.
venienee or expediency. Were these declared sentiments, was this
pledge, thus solemnly given to Europe, so soon forgotten ? They all
knew the melancholy consequences that bad resulted from the unprin-
cipled partition of Poland. From that was to be dated that cverthrow
of states—that scene of horror End desolation, which had been for a
series of years experienced in Europe. Yet this unjust principle of
partition 'was again to exert its baneful influence, lied
.Saxons, the
happiest country in Germany, was to be distnembercd, and lose its
national existenre. The reasoning urged uhy Saxony was to be de-
stroyed as a kingdom, would be applicable not only to the smaller
states. but even to Austria, for she also had been cent,;:t:l!eipbc to
d.eiteisde
with France. Was not the conduct of the Saxon Root ,
be received as some atonement for the adherence of their Monarch to
Buonaparte ? What though,
" Quenched in dark clouds of slumber lie
" The terrors of his beak and lightning of his eye,"
that extraordinary man was now circumscribed within the limits of
Elba, would not injustice raise him again to importuner, or furnish
some other military adventurer with the means of disturbing the peace
of Europe ? Great B.itein should protest earnestly against all spoila.
tions and acts of injustice. The Noble Marquis, after sonic further
ohs. ryatiens, concluded by moving the Address.
The Earl of LIVFRPOOL said, till the Congress at Vienna was
finally adjusted, it was obs ions that the on'', safety fur the Allied
Powers, that the Treaty of Paris would be duly executed;was the
keeping up armies till every thin was adjusted. A day would emee
when explanations might satisfactorily be made on ell the points to
which the Noble Marquis had adverted; but such communicatiems
could nut now he disclosed, without danger to many muterial objet is
which were to conic under the consideration of the Congress assembled
at Vicuna.
Lord Gni:rrtr.r.r said, it was unprecedented and most unconstita-
thrillsl to carry on measures of such 'importance as requited a force of
40,000 men, without some communication to Parliament. Ile thought
a crew oversight had been committed in concluding a Definitive Treaty
of Peace before the affairs of the Continent were finally rdjusted.
Had the preliminaries only be signed, and the French Col, nies te-
tained in our hands, their possession would have ensured us an Win-
tme in the Congress, and the burthen of retaining the Ne herlands
weuld not, have fallen on England. .
Ihe Marquis of Lansdowne having altered his motion, so es to
request the " substance" oily of the T.euty, the sense was agreed to,
tern. di, and the House their adjourned.

TursDAY, NOV. 15.
Earl DARNLEY, plllltßint to notice, moved for various papers
relative to the conduct of the Naval Department in the course f the
present contest with America, with the view of ascertaining whe that
or not the heads of tl.at department ivrr, culpable fur the disgrace
experienced by our arms on the Caupdian Lakes.
Lord Alet.vrt t E said, he sl mild be fully prepared to justify the
conduct of the Admiralty %%hen the proper lime arr.ved, and would
give the Noble Earl every information is his power.—The motion fa
papers Wils agreed to.—Adjourned.