Star.
London, England, 1814-09-22 00:00:00

TRE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1314.
czor,Gt U. CROWN CD.—Holidny at the Public Office..
he bell* rang a tn.:rry prat. and thr Park and Tower guns were
Lied at one o'clock.

To-day our columns present a mass of intelligence
from America, the leading features of which are
highly interesting and gratifying to our national feel-

ngs. The Americans are now smarting under that

sweeping lash of vengeance which they have so peal-
nacious'y provoked. Their recent attempt on the
side of Canada, where only their regular troops are
posted, has completely failed ; for, with all their
',wasting, they have once more retired within their
own frontiers, leaving their recent acquisition of Fort
Erie closely blockaded by the pursuing army. That
General linowN will make another attempt is scarcely
within the bounds of probability : he may indeed
make another desperate attempt—for desperation
marked his reccnte,s iy, but it must be unavailing.
His fears had magnified the numbers opposed to him

,hreefoli, but the corning up of the British reinforce-
meats will of course realiz his apprehensions.
From the Lakes we may expect to hear that the
American CommodoreCu.tusczy has again measured
nis strength with that of Sir JANE: Yzo, but we can
entertain no fears as to the result. At the date of
the last accounts, the Americans had 225 guns
mounted, and the British 207. No eff.nt whatever
was r,.ade by CHAUNCEY to cover the movements of

BnowN's army, and we must therefore presume that
ne did not think himself strong 'enough to force his
way out of Sacket's Harbour.
In the Chesapeake the war now rages with unmi-
tigated fury; and et there is a character of forbear-
ance shewn toward, private individuals, which can-
not fail greatly to shorten a war which can have nu
Cordial supporters among the mass of the pcpulation.
The object of the British expeditions to the Chesa-
peake and Potomac Rivers is evidently the capture
or destruction of Baltimore and Washington, and,
by moving in this line, the States which have re-'
frained from lending their aid to this unjust and un-
necessary war will be spared, and an opportunity will
be afforded to them to declare more openly against
the infamous Government under which they have the
misfortune to live. The army intended by the Ame-
ricans for the invasion of Canada will also, by this
plan of operations, be placed between two files. The.
British troops in Canada will of course press for-
ward, and the Americans must retreat upon the Sus-
quehannah and Delaware, where they will be met
by one or other of our armies.
The language held by the American Journalists is
truly entertaining : their abase, which was formerly
directed against the British nation exclusively, is now
turned against their own Government. Indeed we
need no longer waste in giving utterance on this
side of the Atlantic to the just and honest indignation
which BONAPARTE'S only remaining sycophant slave,
JAM Ls Mit EasONi the ignorant and illiterate expounder
of mai itime rights, has excited in the minds of all
upright and intelligent men.: it is sufficient to torn
to the Journals of the unfortunate country of which
this demi-barbarian impudently retains the govern.
ment, to paint the dis'ress and ruin which he has oc-
casioned. An. American Paper now before us, con-
tains the following lively picture of the expectations
entertained as to the result of his favOurite war :
WELLINGTON'S A1tN1Y....--S0 it appears that a de-
tachment of one of the greatest armie sin the world,
has come to pay us a visit. It is dreadful news to us,
but we must make the best of it. What are they come
for ? Surely not to play, but to fight in earnest. They
cannot be put into Canada for the purpose of defence,
fur we know, to our cost, that the enemy were too
strong fur us there before.
a The brief picture of our situation is this—a ve-
teran corps is come to cope with the worst disciplined
and least efficient army that ever disgraced a Chris-.
tian nation. This corps, backed by an abundance
of supplies, a vigorous Commissariat, a rich Go-
vernment, a proud, united, and victorious Na-
tion. Opposed to this—a distracted system of disci-
pline, a starving Treasury, a divided, sickened, and
dying people. Again, the same corps have not
only a confidence in their Officers, but in themselves ;
have never elreartit of defeat, and have never felt a
check, and are to fight with an army without subor-
dinatien, without discipline, who never dreamt of.
victory, net imagined glory ; and bete we are; a peal

reptile, fighting Ourselves out .I house and home,
gaining nothing. and losing every thing. Half the
people tannot divine what we are fighting for, and
the other halt don't care."

Our Readers will not fail to remark, on perusing
Sir Tnomts HARDY'S Proclamations, that America
is doomed to be stripped of a great extect of territory
and of a considerable number of her most valuable
possessions, before Great Britain accedes to any
Treaty of Peace. Several important static ns on the
American coast have been formally occupied, as ap-
pendages of the British trans-atlantic dominii)us.

We have altVays maintained that the Negociation.l
at Ghent were merely suspended, and not entirely'
broken oft and every arrival fr,)nt the Contkent has
borne us out in our conclusions. The following pti-
vate Letter gives a correct account of the actual state
of the diplomatic intercourse between the Commis-
sioaers of the two nations :
GHENT, SEPTE`.IBER. 16.
. _

_ .
" As I perceive many rumours in the Papers, I
will mention what is the state of the negociations
'held at this place.—The day after the arrival of the
British Conamissioaers at Ghent, they had an inter-
' view with the Commissioners on the part of the
United States. This w.ts followed by several con-
ferences. The British Commissioners then reduced
their propositions to writing, and about the 20th of
August sent a formal communication.
" In this, it is understood, that they enumerated
tlic principal stipulations on which they were prepared
to negociate a Treaty of Peace. A cession of some
part of the territory of the United States, bordering
on the Cana,fian Provinces, and the di!-mantling of the
fortified posts, which the United States po.>sess on tip,
frontiers o! Canada, are understood to have formed a
part of these stipulations.
The American Commissioners sent a reply to this
communication, about the nth of August, in which
they are understood to have given an tvqualtfied re-
jection to the above demands. And, at this stage of
the correspondence, the John Adams was dispatched
to the United States, with M. Dallas, one of the Ss.-
cretaries, to apprise the Anitr;ean Governmilt.

.
" The communication of tlAt American Commis.
sioners was transmitted to London by the British
Commissioners ; and great spculation on American
produce was occasioned, by a rumour of the ite,,tnia-
eons being broken off. On the receipt of further in-
structions, a reply was sent to the Ametican Com-
missioners, about the sth of September, ill which the
contents of the former communication are presumed
to have rrceived some modification. An answer to

thii last communication, was sent by the American
Commiusi.mers, on the 9th imtant, whi,h is under-
stood to have been also transnnttcal to London, I.y
the British corlu clip&nuitire, and the correspondence
is of course interrupted, until advices from the Court
of St. James's can airive. The suspensions s 4 hien
have taken place have been only occasioned by Ow
time occupied in these refeteltces to Clic P.::tiffs:ry at
,I,l,ndon.

No confer:nal !Ave taken plfice since di,) two'
negociatiog parties cermenced tbeir auric.-n e2ternuri.
Cahoot. Every thing is undetstood to have Lwen .con-
ducted with the utmost personal courte,y on bah sides,
whatever may be the actual state of the uegociations.
"The American Commissioners gave a dinner to
the British Commissioners, on Thins:lay, S:ptember
15 ; and are to receive ooe in return, on LLnday,
the l9th instant."

Yesterday a Quarterly General Ceurt, mule. see-
cial, was•lield at the East India House. After the
usual forms the CHAIRMAN stated, that the Board of
Commissioners far the Affairs of India had approved
the 'Resolutions of the General Courts, granting a
pension of &SOO, to Mr. Rictiaan OWEN ; a salary
to Mr. MtCou.ocic of X 1,200; an annuity to the Rt.
Hon. WallltEV HASTINGS of af.looo far lite; ditto of
4500 to Sir *JOHN KENNAWAE ; ditto of £5OOO to
Marquis WELLESLEY for lift ; a grant of 5(',000 ru-
pees to Sir JOHN Maccorm ; ditto of £20,000 to the
executors of the late Lord 'Anvil-LK. The CHAIR-
MAN acquainted the Court, that the Difectors had
come to a Resolution permitting Colonel BEATSON,
late Governor of St. Helena, to retire on the pay of a
Colonel, viz. £456 per annum, his former retiring
pay and pension, amounting to 5€332 10s. merging
in this sum, and in consideration of his eminent ser-
vices, to grant him £44)0 as a pension.
Tuesday a General Meeting of the Merchants in
the Irish Trade was held at John's Coffee-house, to
take into consideration the result of the interview on
Thursday last, between the Lords of the Admiralty,
and the Gentlemen deputed by the former Meeting ;
and also the letter of Mr. CanKER. The Lords of the
Admiralty declared their readiness to give every pro-
tection to the trade, and proposed to appoint• regular
convoys from Plymouth, and other Places : but they
considered it entirely out of their power to assure the
safety of any vessel which might sail without convoy.
It was affirmed, that there were mire Brit i,h ernizers
in the Irish Channel for the protection of trade with
Ireland than had ever been known during the war with
France. The Meeting termiaated, by adopting the
suggestion of Mr. CHOKER, to appoint a Chairman for
the purpose of any necessary correspondence. Mr.
BENJAMIN SHAW was unanimously chosen Chairman.
It was reported in Paris on Wednesday se'nnight,
that an affair had taken, place, in the .course of the
day between Marshal N—v and Lord CA--Ysr—tar:
the latter is reported to have received a ball in hi:.
arm. The quarrel
.is said to _have originated in the
censure pronounced by the Noble Lord on the mea-
sures of the KING, and which the new loyalty of the
, Marshal could not brook.

Sturbitch Fair, near Cambridge, commenced on
Monday, with its customary sports and men intents.
By the late fall of a mountain, near Ampezzo, in
Tyrol, two villages were buried, and 362 persons lost
their lives.

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