The National Register.
London, England, 1814-09-25 00:00:00

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SEPT. 25.

the war is vigorously pursued on the sea coast ef the United `,
States. Our ships ascend every river, disembark troops, and
spread alarm and dismay in every direction. On the 9th of
August an attack was made upon.the town of Stomengen, in
New London County, 14 miles E. by S. of New London.
Our firing did great damage, particularly the Copgreve
rockets—but this attack upon Stonninp,en was supposed to
be subordinate to a more serious one upon New London,
whery the enemy have the Macedonian and United States fri-
gates, and Hornet sloop. These our gallant seamen are de-
termined to take or destroy. A detachment Of British troops ,
has landed and taken possession of Montan!. Point, the eastern
extremity of Long Island.---Washington is considered to be
unsafe, and it is in ,contemplation to remove the seat of I
Government to Carlisle. Virginia and New York are also
considered to be in danger, and thus is the enemy menaced I
on ye! y side. Mr. Madison, it is saki, has in this exigency
summoned Congress to meet in an extraordinary Session on
the 19th of September.--•-The expedition to Bermuda under
Admiral Cochrane sailed on the Ist of August for the Ameri-
can coast ; its destination is supposed to be the Chesapeake.
Admiral Maloplm followed in a day or two after.---Another
expedition, consisting of the 29th, 62d, and 98th regiments,
two rifle companies of the Goth regiment, and a detachment
of Royal Artillery, under the inunediate auspices of his Excel-
lency Lieutenant-General Sir J. C. Sherbroke ; the whole
divided into two brigades, commanded by Major-General
Gosselin, and Colonel Douglas, sailed from Halifax on the
c.2Gth August, with the Dragon, Admiral Griffiths, the
Lndymioo, Bacchante, Sylph, &c. and sanguine hopes are
explessed, that it will speedily strike a heavy blow upon the
enemy, though its object is nut mentioned. Amidst these
successes and flatter ing prospects of further and more decisive
triumphs, we regret to learn, that Lieutenant-General
Drummond, as Governor of the Province of Upper Canada,
has been under the necessity of making some severe examples
of persons found guilty of high treason. Fifteen were tried
at .‘ncaster, under this charge, and their crime being proved
eight suffered the awful sentence of the law, at Burlington,
io the district of Niagari, on the 20th of July ; the remain-
ing seven have been respited.

It appears to be the intention of the Trench Government
to attempt to reduce the emancipated negroes of Hayti to
the condition of slaves ; to wrench the Crown ft oin the brow
of the sable Sovereigns, and to sacs ifiee thousands of whites,
to restore all the horrors of shivery in a country from whence
they have been extirpated, with dreadful vengeance, liv the
sword. The French Reporter who introduced the subject
in the Hou,e of Repretatives, pretended that the surren-
der of the Ilaytian Chieftains might he expected, as soon as
they should know the intßution of Louis XVIII. to recover
the colony. The documents which we this day publish, and
which have been translated by the agents of those very Chief-
tains, Christophe and Polon, show, on the contrary, that
instead of a voluntary submission, the most obstinate and
sanguinary is ;stance is to be expected on their part. And
who is aloe who will not bieathe a wish fur their success ?

By a Proclamation in la-,t night's Gazette the meeting of
Parliament is f.., ther prorogue,! Tuesday the sih of No
veinher, when Loth Ilonsi-s will sit for the dispatch of divers
urgent and important affairs.
The Leeward Island fleet arrived on Friday in the Downs.
The Jamaica fleet may be hourly expected. l'hey were
oft Kinsale on the 20th instant, Two of the fleet have utread:
arrived in British pmts.