The National Register.
London, England, 1814-10-23 00:00:00

OCT. 23.

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die contest terMitiate. so unpropitiously, the Com-
mander in Chief ordered a retreat.
Our loss in the naval attark is estimated at 170, in killed
ond wounded. In the land attack, the private accounts rate
it at 800 men.
Considerable dissatisfac!ion is said to prevail relative to
this retreat. Some private letters declare, that one General
bad been put under' arrest, that. two others had tendered
their resignations. The army had, at the latcit date of the
advices (the f 7th ult.) returned to nearly the same positions
as those which they occupied previous to the attack on Platt:-
burg. Considerable loss of provisions and ammunition had
been sus'ained in the ret eat.

The following ig the British official account of the late
operations on Lake Chainplain and at Plattsburg:—

48 llead-quarters, Odell Town, Sept. 13.
GENERAL ORDER.
" The pummander of the Fo-c'ss 1111% if) thank the left division for the
steady discipline, unwearied exertions, end gallantry, which have
marked its short .service to the territory of the enemy, so unfortu-
nately prreated in its course by the disastruts fat.- of the flotilla; that
bad advaT, rd to cu—perat- in the ulterior object of the campeigi
The intrepid valour with which Captain Downie led his flotilla into ac.
lion, encouraiec ttie most sanguine hope of complete success, which
was early !:lasted by tne fell of that g Mani officer, combined with ac-
cidents to which naval warfare are pet uliarlN exposed, in consequence
of the rudder of his.lllttjest.y's ship Cottft ace being disabled, and the
brig Linnet grounding early in the acties. ; thus leasing those ill-fated
vessels almost wi•t:out resource, exposed to the wit rle force of the
enemy. All I. at undaunted devotion to the service could t Get, was
evinced on this 'unfortunate occasion. The officer in command of the
divisioo of Run-ooats, acted with judgment, in securing these vessels
to the service, when his further efforts in action had become un-

availing.
" The high spirit and conduct displayed by his Majesty's troops in
surmounting every obstacle to the occupation of Plattsburg, end in af-
terwards forcing the pxo-age of the Saranac, leaves no daub: in the
mind of the C2mmander of the Forces,- thr:t the .most complete and
brilliant success would love crowned their ulterior operations, had not
the existing circumstance imperiously imposed upon him the necesity
of reAraining their ardour, as without naval co-operation the further
prosecution of the service. would have been highly inexpedient.

" The Commander of the Forces avails himself of this opportunity to
acknowledge the sense he entertains of the cordial support he has.
experienced from Major General be Hottenburgr and the Major Ge-
nerals commanding triodes.
" The orderly nasrch made by the left division iii re-occupying the
podion it had. adviinced from on the 4th inst. notwithstanding the iu.
Clemency of the weather, and the very wretched state of the roads,
evinces, in the strongest manner, the judicious arrangements of the
Quarter Master General and Commissary General, as well as the Ull•
vearied attention of the commanding officers of corps to their ditti'.
" The Commander of the Forces has to expr( as his'entire approb.:•
ti n of the arrangements and zealous exertions of Major !Sinclair, and
the officeis of the of al Artillery ; nor is tie disposed to overlook the
alacrity and intelligence of the junior oflice.s ot. the Ito 3a! Engineeis,
who ate thereby entitled to his acknowledgments. His Excellency
feels it a just tribute due to the Canadian Voltigeurs ano C asseurs,
publicly to notice the report of Major General Brisbane, tl„it the con-
du( t of these corps, in their peculiar duties of light troops, has on
every occasion been conspicuously judiciou, and gallant.
(Signed) E. BAY YE':, Adj. Gen. N. A.
The disastrous -new; from Lake Champlain and Platts-
burgh, and the -failure of our expediticu against Baltimore,
will raise the drooping spirits of the Americans.' After the
gallant •achievement•at Washington, the public were not pre-
pared for such •unfortunate events. The destruction of out
flotilla took place three'days before the tuettihg of Congress,

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which, wilt give Mr. Madison an opportunity of rallying Lis
dispirited partisans, and of encouraging the democratic fac-
tion to persis' in the war, in case the force under Co:onel
Brooke does nrA perform some new exploit.
Halifax Papers have been received to the 25tb —They
are filled with details of our operations in the Potomac and
Chesapeake. The principal article of their contents, is a pro-
climation issued by Sir John Sherbrooke and Admiral Grif-
fith, at Halifax, on the 21st ult, in which they announce that
they have taken formal possession fur his Majesty of all the
eastern side of the Penobscot, and the country 12:ill between'
that river and *the boundary line of the Province of. New
Brunswick, including Long and other islands. They have
established a Provisional Government till his Majesty's plea-
sure be known, and appointed Major General Gosselin Go-
vernor. They require all persons to take oaths not to bear
arms against his Majesty, and promise them protection Tor
their persons and property. They give leave fur lititish
produce to, be imported in British ships into the pit of Cus-
tine, and no Wier port. By this Proclamation it thus offi-
cially appears that our Government require a new boundary
line to Canada.

By the arrival of the Calypso, we lament to learn, that
the b:.ats of the Plantagenet, liota, and Carnation, had at-
tacked the General Armstrong American privateer in the
port of Fayal, and were beaten off, with the loss of Lieute-
nants Matterface and Norman, of the Rota, killed; awl
Lieutenant Bowerbank, of the Plantagenet, shot through his
lungs altogether we suffered a loss of 133 killed and
wounded. The crew abandoned her immediately after the
attack, and the Carnation was sent in and burnt her.

Frankfort Papers to the 15th instant, and Brussels 'to the
191 b, have reached town. The intelligence from Vienna,.
in these Journals intimates, that the Congress would not
openly meet till the 18th, but that the conferences conti-
nued in the mean time in a sort of secret Congress. The
following are extiacts: —•
VIENNA, Oct ti.—Tiie oanferences between the Ministers of the
principal Powers, are cuntintied with the greatest activity. and they
are already agreed on the principal articles of the systern of partition,
and on the basis of a general and durable peace. However, it is not
expected that any thing will appear radive to the operation, of this
secret Congress before the 18th of thi; month. Then, on the anniver-
sary of the Battle of Leipsic, ;he world will he made acquainted watt
the important results of that ever-memorable day.
• VIEN.NA, OCT. 7.—Yesterday afternoon, at half-past funr o'cloel,
was celebrated in the Aniosiine, in the presence of the. A.:gust Hve-
feigns, the Princes, and their numerous suites, the grand testiv.ll ..it
occasion of the peace, itt honour of the Austrian veterrins, which li..D
been so long and so eagerly expected.
The crowd of spectators was iainience. The Austriaweetexans, 'rho
i were invited to this fete, filed oil before the Sovereigns and then:
Courts, military music playing all the wink, I,rused in a iine heforo
the seat* where the Court was placed, and then went to tie (..,ts nre-
, pared for them. The persons M Ito were to perform in tile (lid:- f t*Pkt
..mirsements then enteied, and were placed in tour places a•ol;9,v(i
,i them within the trihunos ; font and hors ~1 r.ces, ainl /younts!ie cser-
-1 cises, succeeded ; alter vriiieli dt'i) yen-lan, timed. nt !•:%t".11 1 :!1)11";
trophies of arms were raised near the Orr:Lc:eras, ard Ifunizatians,llo-
beinians, Austrians, and I'vrokse. in four tents, perfroiswd tlizir na-
tirmal dances to the pr. ;it r music:.
The fireworks begau at ingia-fai!. Th.. first rat repretivr(Cl it
Grotto, trothwhich torrents of lire issued; the second a Glory, :Itin-
-10 lugollS to the li:te, which disapperirtiw, di.cov...red the city awl li'e
towers of the Cathicd, al magnificently i:litinir wed. Above 0,00;)
lamps gave at light equal to the (Iziy. A ri!o:ig IL e. it.of,t strildw: 4,14. CII
that were illuminated was the Brandenbur..! ;;;(tt., Li lir rlia, with the car
of victory.
' LIECF, OCT. 13 --The annieer,,ary of thr. gr.at hank of Leipsic
will be celebrated on the 18th here, and in the 0 1!,:le deparrarem, as
a. national festival. Te I),,uin Sc ill be eliainsted in rail Le en:lei:es.
preceded by a mass ti,r the s tins of the brave men who f. II on ti;..t
fututoritble Onv; in w'a:;lt the ourupuce and the power La the enemy