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London, England, 1814-02-09 00:00:00

IM PROM rru.

Imprison CLARKE for mouths just nine !•
'Tis strange, and hence folks might divine
Judges were Accoucheitrs, or Patrons,
The Jury but a set of Matrons.

LUCINA.

Mrs. CLARKE no sooner.reached her new apart,
rnents vin the Marshalsea, than-, with her usual
pleasantry, she issued. the following card to bel'
fashionable friends Mrs. M. A. • CLARXE.. At
liokiE' eV-Cry evening till further notice."
They are getting up Fontainblcau at Drury-lane;
in France the Cossacks are: getting up to it.

A new farce has been privately performed at
Covent Garden Theatre, entitled The Elopement:
The heroine is a person who, a few. years ago,
acted the
.same part; and, in spite of general dis-
pleasure, was forced upon the public.—lt may
now, however, be confidently hoped that she has
made her exit from theatrical life, at least upon the
London boards.

Extract of a letter from Captain LYLE, of the
David and Jean, of Banff:—" I have brought home
with-me, at this time, a female sailor, who went
away with the Ocean transport, of this port.-0
She has been five years at sea before discovered,
and wpuld not have been found out then, but
having accidentally fallen overboard: When taken
up, she was stripped 'to. be put to.hed, at which
time her sex' was dis Covered. She belongs to Dun-'
rice, and went under the name of William Macdod
.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, FEB.B, 1814.

zlrl.,tiratty-Office, Feb. 8, 1314.

•
Vessels captured, burnt, or destrOyed by h 111 is alesty s
Ships and Vessels eitiplo`yed on the Blockade of the Chesa-
peake, under the Orders of Captain BArttitE, of his Nfajesty's
ship, Dragon, between the 6th day of September, 1813, and
the 12th day bf January, 1814.
(Here follows a list of 76 Vestels of 'clilfercut descriptions.]

BANKRUPTS.
WHOA, Rosemary-lane, baker, to surrender Feb. 15, 22,
and March 22, at twelVe, Attorney, Mr.
ett, Great Prescott-street, Goodman's-fields..
T. ThotnalOtayleigh, Eswx, Felve-1ii,•:22,. and.
• March 2-2; at.twelve, atGuildtiall,'"Lundon. Attorney, Mr.

S. Amory, Bicoad -street, LOllllOll. • • •
IL W. Smith, Fleet .Market, grocer, Feb. 14, at twelve, 16,
and March 22, at ten, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr.' 1).

_ .
' .
- • •Jones,liize-lane, London.
'. Bowen,Great College-street, Westminster, plumbfr4Feb.
15, 22, and March X 22, at 'twelve, at Guildhall. 'Attorney,

. .
Mr. Veal, hingdon-street,. Westminster. ti t
Mason, Hastlebury„ Worcestershire, cord-factor, March 3,
.4,. and 22, at eleven, at the Star and Garter Tun, Worces-
ter. Attornies, J. Platt, New Boswell-court,
London ; and W. Williams, Wiltentb, Worcesthire.' '
J. Benson, Upper "Illtaines-street, tea dealer, Feb., 14, at
twelve, 14, and Nrarcli•22,' at ten, at Glrililltalt, Loudon,
Attorney, Mr..D. Poole, AdaMls-court, 01,1,131-pad-street.
J.Brooli, Leeds, cabinet-maker, Feb. 24, 25,.aud March 22,
at eleveni. at -the Bull and Mouth, Leeds. Attornies,
Tonle, Richardson, and Gaunt' Leeds and Ba-
.
singhall-street, London. • --
W... -.o,rster,' Red Lion-street, Clerkenwel4 watch-ma-
. nufacturer, Feb. 15, 22, and 'March '22, At one, at Guild-
Attornies, Messrs. Mayhew and;Price, Symond's Inn.
-.l‘,Feir, Down ham, in the Isle of Ely,. farmer, Feb. 14,. 15,
anti March:2,.at eleven, at the Black Bull Inn, 'Pruniping,
to ;-street, Cambridge. Attornies, Messrs. Kincleriey,
Long, and Austen,Gray's Inn.; 'and Mr. Ciusar,Trumping-
, ton-street, Cl3tapside. _
G. Masters, Newport, Monmouthshire, brewer, Feb. 21, 21,
and March 25, at one, at the London Inn and Talbot
Tavern, Bath-street, Bristol. Attornies, Sir S. Whitcouthe
rnd King, Serjeant's Inn,
.Londou; and Mr. Franki*,
Brista.
s, Frant, Sussex, shopkeeper, Feb. 15, 22, and March
19, at eleven: at Guildhall, London. AttorneY,Mr.
':ford, King's Bench Walks. Temple.
W. Parker, Moor-street, Soho, baker, Feb. 12, 22, and March
22, at ten, at Guildhall. Attornies, Messrs. Aubrey and
Curtis, Took's-court, Cursitor-street.
.*.M. Matey, Barbourne, Worcestershire, coal-merchant, Feb.
• 14, 15, and March 22, at eleven, at the Crown and Sceptre
Inn; Hereford. Attorney, Mr. Bach, Leominster.
J. Waclland, Nightingale-lane, butcher, Feb. 22. 26. and
March 19, at eleven, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. West,
Red Lion-street, Wapping.
W. Hooper, Baldwin's-court, Cloak-lane, factor, Feb. 12,
.24, :and March 22, at ten, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr.
'egener' Jewry-street,--Ahlgate.
T. Brown, Bishopsgate-street Without. haberdasher, Feb.
12, en, and March 22, at twelve, at Guildhall. Attornies,
Messrs. Sweet and Stokes, Basingtiall-street.
and J. G. Stevenson, Millhank, timber-merchants, Feb.
22, and , March .24, at twelve, at Guildhall. Attor-.
Messrs. Sweet and Stokes, Basiughall-street.
J. Tills, Ftuchurch-street, wine-merchant. Feb. 15, 22, and
March 22, at twelve, at Guildhall. Attornies, Messrs.
. • •
Wiltshire and Bolton, Broad-street.

SUPPLEMENT I'o TWE LONDON GAZETTE.

Foreign-office, Feb. El, 1814.

Di',patches, of which the folio% big are Extratts, have been
received at this Office, from the Right Hoy. Lorti Bum:-
- ungsu and .Lieutenant-Gen. the Hononralfle Sir CIIAHLES
Wm. STuw.lary lc, B.;

IXTRACT FROM LORD BURGITERSII, DATED VESOUT,
JAN. 14, 1814.

6purstiance of the system I had the honour of
detailing to your Tiordship in tny.last dispatch, as
Amving heen:dekeraiiiied upon by Prince Schwart-
zetThergi .the- reserve, under the' orders of the
orilesse, moved upon Besancon :on the
9th;•and completed the investment of that fort-
reSs.

General liana had been destined to advance
upon Dole, but the. direction of his march has
been changed, and he has proceeded towar.ls
Lyons.
Since I last had the honour of addressing your
Lordkhip, affairs of considerable importance have
taken phice between the corps 'of General Wreck
and the Prince Royal of Wirtemberg, and, the
French forces in their front.

The advanced guard Of Gefierat Wrede, under
the orders of General' De Roy,• was attacked on
the I Oth at St. Diez, by the corps of General.Mil-
haud, which bad lately been in occupation of Col-
mar This advanced guard was forced to retire
behind St. Marguerithe.^ General de Roy having,
however,' there assembled the force under his
command, attacked the enemy, though superior
to him in numbers, and drove him to Roon l'E-
tappe, tookfive hundred prisoners, and killed or
wo.mded a considerable number of the enemy.—
St. Dies,. was retaken. Gen. de Roy was wound-
ed in this affair ; the pursuit of the first advan-
tages was directed by Co!. Freyberg. ,
-General Wrede lost on this occasion ten officers
killed or wounded, amongst whom he regrets par-
ticularly MajorHarrett, of the Bth regiment of
infantry killed, and Major the Baron Pfetten, se-
verely wounded ; the loss in men amounts to-about
two hundred..

The intention of General Milhaud, in his. at-
tack upon the Bavarians, seems to, have been to
possess,himself of the debouches of the mountains
of the -Vosges into the valley of the Rhine. 'This
o!,ject (of the
.greatest importance to the French
armies) has been prevented by the good conduct
of time troops, .and the able dispositions of General
de Roy. General Wrede has since advanced with
his corps to Rombervillers and Bruyeres.
The Prince Royal of Wurtemberg having ar-
rived. at -Remiremont on the 10th, where he re-
ceived information. that a corps of trench,
arrionnting to fair thousand Men, and composed
Principally of the young guards of Buonaparte,
was in the occupation of Epinal, be determined
to attack it. lie nerved forward with the corps
under his orders to effect that object on the 12th.
General Coda Platow co-operated in this nrove-
Inent, and marched by the right of the enemy to-
wards Charines in' his rear. The French-force re-
on the advance-of the Prince Royal. That
°nicer, however, pursued with bis cavalry and
some artillery, overtook the enemy, and took a
considerable number of prisoners.
The advanced 'guard of 'General Platow, com-
manded by General Grechow, arrived, upon the
flank of the enemy, while retiring at Thaon,
charged its cavalry, dispersed it, and took a mim-
her c.. 1 prisoners. The artillery of General Pia-
tow was viebayed by the badness of the roads, but
arrived later-in the day, and did considerable exl
colon. • The enemy was pursued to Charmes
500 prisoners, a considerigile quantity-of baggage,
arms, and accoutrements, remained in time power
of the Allies. • The loss sustained by.the French,
in killed and wounded, has also been considerable.
The results of time advantages-obtained by 'Gen.
Wr-2do aud the Prince Royal of Wurtemberg, have

been to clear the stiiiit einntitry upon the 'Tight of
Prince Sch wartzenberg of the presence .of..an
my, to enable hith to employ the forceolnder
Prince Aoval, in hit operations in fron'. of this
place:iipon',tangtet,.6.nd th entrust the defence of
his light to theetypt 'only of GeneralWrede.. • .
Since the pasSfige of the Rhine byA:i-eii: Witt-
genstein,_ the •C6Ssacki under his orders::have had
several successful affairs with the enemy. • , •
.Un the 'ith, Genet:al Itudiger was directed to
take possession of -Wanzenan. Upon his approach
the enemy abandoned -the town, hilt took up a
lOW infantry. and 50 -cavalry, near
Hellbent] rneneral Itudiger chatged :this force,
Aouk two oficers.and sixty men, and pursued the
corps to the gates of Strasburg.. The enemy left
seventy men killed on the .field of battle, and
amongst them the Commandant of the corps.
Buonaparte appears to have taken every means
in his "cower to induce the people of France-to
rise against the troops ' of the Allies, now:esta-
blished within their frontiers ; as -yet be has been
tinsilccessful.- At Langres some shots were fired
at a patrole of Austrians that entered that town ;
if they were fired upon by the inhabitants of the
place, it-was under the direct influence Of the'
person sent for that purpose by Buonaparte.
It is due, in justictito Prince: Schwartzenberg,
to state to your •Lordshipthe excellent discipline
he has maintained in the army under his orders,
since his entry into France; 'no act of outrage of
any sort has been .committed by the troops :
Vio-
lence has been repressed with the utmost severity.
It is equally to the honour of the troops, that
they have abstained•frOm 'the pursuance of a far
different conduct, of which; in the differenit coun- •
tries•from which
.they have been here assembled,
'they have witnessed the cruel example field out to
them by the troops of France.

--1
EXTRACT EItOM LORD pURGHERSIT, DATED
LANGRES, JAN. 18,

It is with cousiderrblc satisfaction I are CH-
abled -to date this dispatch from Laugres.•
Your Lordship will have been informeq that a
force, consisting of Buonaparte's guards, had oc-
cupied the Important position of this place. The
mountains of the Vosges, which form one of the
principal barriers to the entry into tilt heart of
France on this side, offered a formidable position
to a defensive army in the neighbourhood of this
town.

From the arrival of the guirds, it had been pre-
Sinned, that a considerable corps of- French
would be assembled here. Prince Schwartzen-
berg, in consequence, determined to advance. up-
on it with a force which should secure Itim suc-
cess in the attack of the position.,
Marsbal Mortier did pot await the advance of
-the Allied army. It appears• that- on the .16th
be began his retreat .from this place. On the
17th, General Gyulay pushed forward his ad-
vanced 'guard. 'The Commandant of the town
endeavoured to capitulate for it, but he was told
he must surrender ; he was left without the means
of resistance. The levy en masse which had been
ordered by Buonaparte„ had not been carried into
effect by the people.
General Gyulay, took possession of the place ;
thirteen cannon which bad 'been- brought from
Dijon, a considerable'. quantity of powder, and
200 men, have been capttired by-the Allies. Mar-
Mortier retired towards Chaumont ; be oc-
cupied this place with 12,000 of the old guards,
unsupported by any other troops.
At Chaumont there does nut appear to he any
reinforcement arrived for him : the Prince-Royal
of Witrtenburg has been directed to march upon
that town, and it is expected he will be in pos-
session of it this evrning.
General Count Platow has arrived with his Cos-
sacks at Neuf Chateau, and has alrbdy pushed
his patroles in advance of that place.
The head-quarters of General Blucher were to
have been • yesterday at Nancy. fhe Cossacks
under Prince Tcherhatoff„ according to the last
report from that Officer, were advancing upon
Toni.

EXTRACT FROM THE pox. sill C. W. sTr.WAivr,

DATED, BASLE (lAN. 17.

. .
The details from all the advanced coro con:•:
tinue to be of the most encouraging description.,.
Marshal Blucher has taken near three thousand.
prisoners and twenty-five cannon, since his
pas-
sage of the Rhine—his laSt reports, are from St.
Arrol, of the 10th instant. Detachments of his
corps occupy Treves, and in:a fcw days Luxemu-
bourg will be invested. "
Marshal Marmont has been under the necessity,
of making the most rapid forced marches .to pre-
vent the Silesian army gettink into his rear by the
Vosges mountains. In his retreat, he has broken
down all bridges over the Saar ; but Marshal
Blucher is pursuing him.
Your Lordship will:have from the advance of
the armies, more detailed information than I -can
give. Prince Schwartzenberg was still at Vesoul
on the Vith. The enemy were collecting at
Langres, and the Prince Marshal was prepetng
to attack them if they remained there, which I
should doubt ; be had made his dispositions for
this purpose. The main' Russian army under Ge-
neral Barclay de T olly, will.be ready to support
Prince Schwartzenberg's offensive movement.
General Wittgenstein's corps occupies the country
between General Barclay de 'folly and Marshal
Blucher, and the ILISSiaII and the Prussian re-
serves, together with his Imperial Majesty the
Emperor of Russia, have left this' place to march
on Vesoul.

The,French garrison that retired into Besancon
amounts to eight. thousand men.—Befort 'is still
bombarded, and General- Schoffer commands the
forces which it engages. General Bubna's last
reports were from Bourg en Bresse, having left
detachments at Geneva and Fort L'Ecluse (which
was taken) and Setten. The Simplon and St.
Bernard are occupied. The Prince of Wurtcm-
burg bad advanced from Espinal, the enemy re-
tiring; after their deteat by General de Roy, to-
wards Charmes. The Prince of Hesse Homburg,
from role, and Gen. Scheither, surrounded the
fort of Satins.
,Gen. Platolr's Cossacks arc heard
of in every quarter.

EXTRACT FROM THE HON. SIR C. W. STEWART,
DATED BASLE, JAN. 22, 1814.
The details' which your Lordship will receive

]•
froth *the (1 Vhf.lide twf .grand trmy, will be m 1
rire
satisYactory ththn any 'could Velate. /I'h'c entry
iyt the Emperor "ot Itir,Aia into VesOul with 'the
Russian and Prus'sTan 're'serves, the abandonment
of Laii-rreS and the ipxVSition a"rotind it by the enc..;
my, the adVance.of the Prince Royal of Wurteni-'
burg to Channiont, aee all scitijects of collgratula-
lion. The Movementt of so powerful a force as
the Allies now possess in all (Erections; upon any
central point, render any position the enemy takes
up so precarious, that I was 'satisfied (as I ventur-
ed to express in a fOrmer dispatch) they would
riiit'hOld out, at Langres.
Marshal Blucher's last reports are of the Mb,
front 'Nancy. lk sent the keys of this town fo
the grand bead-quarters ; the Emperor of Russia,
met the otlicer bearing them, as lie was on his

marcle to Vesoul ; he immediately sent two of the
keys td. the King of Prussia,, reserving two for
himself, with an appropriate message;, whiCh
slims the anxious attention and consideration that
exists between the Allied Sovereigns on every oc,:,
casion. Marshal Blucher is in communication\
with General \Vrede's corps, and thus with the
grand army. This animated veteran gives a vi-
gour and lite to all his proceedings, that affords
an invaluable example to every professional man.
It is with no small satisfaction I announce to
your. Lordship another brilliant achievement of
tinl Prussian arms. His Prussian Majesty is again
master of Wittenberg, and by 110 other means but
the glorious valour of his brave soldiers. The
siege was' begun on the 28th of December, and
the place was in pin- possession on the 12th of Ja-
nuary. No' impediment of the season arrested
the spirited exertions of the besiegers : the enemy
made a valiant -resistance. A breach was tuah
on the 1 lth, and it was: practicable on the 12th,
when a proposal to surrender was made, and re-
fused- At midnight the assault was detennined
on in four columns ; the gallant Prussians over-
caine'every obstacle, and in less than half an hour
they were masters of the place. All the gal rison
that did not throw down their arms were put to
the mord,. • The Governor had entrenched the
Castle and the Hotel de Ville : the latter was car-
ried by
.the troops, and the Governor, Wlao wars
in it, surrendered at diicretioli, with the rest of".
the garrison'.

capture would add much to the fame of
that distinguished Officer, General Tanentzien,
were it capat4e of addition, but his exploits in
this war are too well known, ever to be obliterat-
ed .from the records of posterity. The siege has
cost about 300 men killed and wounded, and the
.assahlt about 100, and 7 Officer% wounded. The
Prussians found sq pieces of artillery, and made
200o.prisoners. Torgan they already bad ob-
tained possession of 316 pieces. In these tort-
resses the Prussians have found considerable
.razines of corn and glinpavder.

,
General Tauen
tzienwill now proceed, to Mae,-
debonrg. It is not to•be overlooked here, that
every fortress thaCno‘v falls by the admirable dis-
positions that have, been made, augments very
materially the loree advancing against the enemy.
We hive thus reinforcement and three lines of re-
serve, as it were pu the Oder, the Elbe, and the
Rhine, from whiCh we constantly derive aid. The
head-quarters of the Emperor of Austria and the
King of Prussia, will he transferred this day to
Vesoul. • -

WAR DEPARTMENT.

Downing•-slrect, Feb. .SO, 1814

A Disßatch of which the following is a Copy, has loen re-
ceii,ed by Earl liAinvasT, addressed to his Lordship by
Gen. Sit. T. dated

licad-Cinarfers, Calnihout, Jan. 14, 1114.
MY LOID--General. • llnlow, Commander in
Chief of 'the 30 corps' of, the PrusSian arms, hav-
ing signified to me,—that in tho morning of the
th lust. he was to carry into execution hisin-
tentiOn of driving the enemy from their position,
at Iloogstraeten and Wortel; on the 'Alerk, in
order to make a reconnoisssnce on Antwerp, and
that he wished me to cover theiris,lit flank of his
corps ; "Moved such parts of the two divisions
under my command as Avere.disp9s9ble front Ro-
sental, and arrived here at day-break on the
morning of the 11th. The• enemy were driven
back, with loSs, front West Wesel, floogstraeten,
Ste. after an obstinate resistance, by the Prussian
troops, to Braeschat, Westmeille, &c.

Dispositions were made to attack them again
tl►e following day, but they retired in the night
of the 1 Ith, and took up a position near Ant-
werp, the left resting on Mercxeni. Gen. Billow
occupied Braeschat in force that evening (the
12th.) 1 moved• to Capelle, ,;:u the great road
from Bergen-op-Zoom to Antwerp, to be ready
to co-operate in the intended attack yesterday.
Maj.• Gen. Cooke's division remained hi re-
serve at Capelle, and Maj.-Gen. M'Kenzie's
moved by Ekeren and Done to Mercxeru, so as
to avoid botl► great roads occupied by the ,Pros-
shins. While the Prussians were engaged consi-
derably more to the left, an attack on the village
of MereaSSen %vas made by Col. M`Leod's , bri-
gade, led by himself in the most gallant style,
and under the immediate direction of 'Mal-Gen.
M'Kenzie.

The rapid; but orderly advance of the detach-
ment of the 31 battalion of the rifle corps,' under,
Captain Fullarnin's command, and of the 2d
battalion of the 78th, commanded by Lieutenant-
Colonel Lindsay, supported tiv the 2d battalion of
the 25th, commanded by Major APDonnell, and
by the 33d, • under Lientenant.;Colonel
stone, and an immediate charge with the bayonet
by the 78th, ordered by Lieutenant-Colonel Lind-
say,' decided the contest much sooner, and with
much less less than might have been expected,
from the strength of the post, and the numbers of
the enemy: •
Colonel Macleod received a severe wound
through the arm, in the advance to the attack,
but did not quit the command of the brigade till
lie became faint from'loss of blood. lam happy
to think that the army will probably not be lo:ig
deprived of the services of this distinguished
enemy were driven into Antwerp with
consi<lerable loss, and some prisoners were taken.
I have the greatest satisfaction in expressing
my warmest approbation of the conduct of all
these troops no veterans ever behaved better
than these men, who then met the enemy, for the
first time. •

The discipline and intrepidity of tbe. Vightand
battalion-,, which bad the good fortune to lead the

'attack into the vitiate, reflect equal crei •
,the 6flleer's And men. TUC same spirit.was If/al 9
74ted the other` trOdps emPloyed. T%Vo
Of INWor Fver's brigade were advincted in sur
The attifac, and, by their excellent,
tiCe'sohn silenced a battery of the enemy. • , t
'l' The 32d Regiment, under the command of Oa
ekPe'rienced officer Lientenatit-Colona 01)1)5'
Was afterwards moved into the village of he
' rcxem, in order to cover' e withdrawing of
troops Iron's it, which was ordered a 3 soon as tlje
Prussian c6hnn arrived by the great road, "
head of whiCh had already driven in the out''
posts when our attack Vegan.
Lieutenant-Colonel 'Gibbs: remained With th(!
52d, and 3d battalion Dstb, till after dark. 'o's.
reconnoissance .having been satisfactorily acc9111::
plished, the Pruisian troops are going into
tonnients, and this corps %vill resume nearly 605;
it.occupied before.—The severity of the
weatbq
has been excessive. The soldiers have borne .4
with, cheerfulness and patience,. and I hope
, not suffer very materially. fi oat it.—l sead in
closed a return of the killed, and wounded.
I have the honour to be, &c.
. (Signed) THOMAS Mill:VA':

RETURN' of KILLED, WOUNDED, and MI:=ING of the 11
under the Command of his Excellency General Sir '1.0!),11,
GRAHAM, K. B. in the Village of Mercxem, connected " •
• the Reconnoisance upon Antwerp, on the 13th JaarlarP
1814. efil
25th Foot, Batt.-1 rank and file killed ; 4 rank and -
Is-minded.
:33d Foot--1 rank and file missing.
7tith 1•'oot,---2d 11att.-1 Ensign, 7 rank and file, killed; 1 Lief
tenantcolonel, Lieutenants,. 2J rank and tile, 3 bor'e'r
wounded.
614
95th Foot, :33 Batt.-1 rank ,and file killed; 1 rank wiz -
wolindcd,
ltoyal Artillery Drirers-1 ma and tile, 2 limses,:irounileri#
i
Total-1 ensign, 9 nr,ls and tile,. killeJ; 1 heat •!ta"
colonel, 3 lent enants, 2G rail and Me, will horsc-
wounded ; I rani: and file missing. •
Names of Officers Killed and Wu:voted.
KILLED.-7Sth Foot, 23 Batt.—F.nsign .linnes'Orinshr. ,
WoONDED.-781h Font, 2d Batt.-:-Coln-,•I
not dang4Tonsl ; Beat. William 11I'lienzie, set,r-1,•
dead ; lieut. William Bath, severe 4; Chishou'd
- -

Prisoners trilierkfrorn the Eneniy.
2 corporals, 23 privates.
• (Signed) ',4I..II,IACDONALD, Dep. Adi

WAR DEPARTMENT.

Denritim,r-strett, Febreary 131,1.
A Dispatch, of which the followin4- is au Extract, has hl
.this ILI V received at Earl P. tTIZ asr's (Mice, and addres,,r_,
to his Lordship by Field Mavilhil,th ro e Marii, of
TON, dated
The enemy withdrew on the 21st in t.lie.morni
inn, all their Out-posts.in front of the rntrencheit
camp at ila'yonne, between the Achim. end the lets
of the Nive ; itnd, at the saint! time, the tr"( 11
which I h 'reported_ in my last to lama inoa`
11)1011 liidarey and llaygore ona.rehed from tly2o(e
~
apparently towards the ecutre of the arm v,
has been considerably tviuforced. 1 fact ha?l
reports from Catalonia since I addressed you 104..

SECOND

(517PPLE3fENT to the LONDQN. GAZETTT'

COLONIAL DEPARTMENT.
Eturni7ig;-.tirect, Feb;`,3ilt3l,l.
Dispatches, of witith the following are'copies, have brens
- day received•front Lieut.-Ceit. Sir G. Pnt..vosT,
dresceil tv Earl 11,attult,i1C, one of his Majesty's Pritte:r•
Secretaries of State.

I!rntf.gitarters, Dec. 12, Tqll.„,
MY Loan—Mtving had the honour •to rer"R
to your Lordship on the 30th of October,
1.7-th November last. the affairs which took
M 1.11" c;
e
between his ajestv's forces and the Anteric,i
armies, led on by Major-Gen. Hampton anti 2.11;-
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jor-Gen. Wilkinson, I have near the satisfacti°,
to inform-your Lordship, thitt the signal defeat;
experienced by the enemy on -the Chateaugn%
Ith'er, in 'Lower Canada,. and near Chrystler
Farm, in Upper Canada, have relit ved bitth- PT°:,
vinces from the pres'sttre of the armies invadiai
them,' and have obliged' the divisions of Genell..
Hampton and Gen. Wilkinson to retire to the'i
own territory, and seek for winter-quarters,
der circumstances so highly. disadvantageous:as
•have prodneedin both of them discontent, doer
Lion, and disaster.
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The well-timed appearance of a small regn I' A
force in Gen. Wilkinson's front, which I
pushed_forward from the Coteau de Lae, to soil
port and give confidence to the Glengarry
Stormont ntilitia, very shortly after the sees
jti
lesson his vanity-had received front the corp' `)c
observation, operas ed so powerfully as to inda'r
hint to counnente a precipitate retreat from (il:4
shore to-St: Regis, and up the Salmon River, ,t
to. abandon his avowed project of passing b'
winter in Montreal.
It appears the American army, upon arriving 01,
the French Mills, whifdt arc situated on the .
mon River, about six miles from its moat WI;
ceeded to-dismantle their river craft and gb):
boats, and to arrange on'shore, round their Vocr';
house, a most cumbersome train of artillery,
the preservation of which the whole of ,111:0.1'1,4.'.
General Wilkinson's infantry is retained in te'';
and huts, at this inclement season of the ye°l,'
until the winter roads shall be ,sufficiently est's„;
blished to enable hint to retire-his guns to Pliit
burg.
A rapid succession of severe frost, light stlo
and sudden thaw, to which the Amecican
has been so long and so'much exposed,• has 111.1,j'e
it impossible tor me to execute any enterrti;
against it, without risking 'lune than my moll
could justify:
A. division of gun-boats witli a-detachment, i 4
troops, which I bad ordered on the Ist Of t...°0
monthr-to advance into LakeShamplain, for
,r 111; molesting General Hamptolt's
succeeded in burning ail extens.ve building late
erected near Platsburg, as a depot magazine
some batteaux, together with the annnunitic'iler
provisions, and stores found in it, were eit
brought away or destroyed.
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The severity of the weather: ohliged Car' 1
Thing, of the Royal Navy, under whose coinruisftl;e's
I had placed the expedition, to return to the ivo
aux Noix on the sth ; in effecting which, he "ie.,
.
obliged to cut a channel for his boats through ,-;t
veral miles of ice. The enemy's troops werea,
co,nsiderable number in the vicinity of Platslo,;,,
but no attempt Was made to annoy our 4.orce
ployed on this occasion. •• •
I;I Upper Canada a conjoint attack on 1311r1).1,00-
ton Heights, planned by Major-General Harr:ol
and Connuoridie Chauncey, has' been fruso4