Star.
London, England, 1815-04-04 00:00:00

IfifLIF.IX. ACV.! SCOTI.I, M:4140,1? .5, itiiiS!

YttIVATI LETTEn—iteceiVED ay THE HALIFAX MAP •
Arrived his Majesty's ship Tamar. Capnin 8;)-
tliU.sY, in 19 days from Plymouth, with dispatches,
and duplicates of the Treaty o' Pelee with Ame-
rica: HUcal ST tfa nr, Esq. of L. ad 11 t: burst's
Office, eagle passe:l,ler in the 'Pain ,r. arrived
his Majesty's ship liarigar.4o, Captain Hucc, in
days from Portsnimith, v ith •lisp fte es tor the Ad-
tn:rd : —t!ie Kaageroo h err rienced much bad
weather (ti this coast, and dime.. the greatest pars of
her guns overt: '4IJ.
Major-Ge•ierd Sir Genetic Munn snd his Staff,
Comnruilire U ovev, and some other Officers, who
arrived at Habits in the Niche frig le, the latter end
of December last, arrived at Fiederi.ktown, New
Brunswick, about Ow Vas February, on their way
up to Quebee—whie:4 lattor place they expected to
reach About the beginnino of March.
The news of Peace has already b.•loin to have con-
siderable influence cn the markets r.f. Halifax, which
it Ave hitherto I,,:en most extravagantly high : a cord
of wood. wtfcli a week or ten days since sold tar 11
Jolla's, now sells for five ! and Hour, tot which nearly
£6 per bane! k% AS lately th-ught not a sufficient pries
by speculators, now sells tot 40 and 455. I !
A Proclaircualin has been issneil by his Excellency
Lieutenant-General Sir JoSIN ettettilltolKt. bearing
date 4th Aloe), permitting the imputation into Ha-
Rot of Anielican produce, and the exportation of
British goods to America.
The winter in the Provinces of Nista Scotia and
New Briinswick, leas been excessively severe
Halifax the harbour was entirety frozen over for
many days; and in the latter Province, the mercury
in the thermometer has been frequently as low as 30
degrees below Zero or 0. Such a season for severity
and continuance thereof, has scarcely ever been ex-
perienced by the oldest inhabitant of these Provinces.
Numerous accidents have omitted, and many indi-
viduals, both at sea and on land, have been severely
frost-bitten. On the coast much damage has been
done to shipping.
The 4th battalion of the Ist regiment, or Royalc,
and the 103 d and 104th regiments, are now in gar-
rison at Quebec—the latter, previous to the intelli-
gence of peace, was intended, it is said, to have been
sent to garrison the important post of Michilimachi-
nac, in Lake Huron, Upper Canada.
In the American regular army, in 1812, the deaths
were 13,476; desertions, 5,072. In the militia,
deaths, 977 ; desertions, '2,01.5. In 1813, regular
army, deaths, 16.409 ; desertions, 6,104 :
deaths, 990; desertions, In 181.1., regular
army, deaths, 18,015; desertions, 6,`284:
deaths, 870; desertions, 1,:;438 !—Here then, in the
short space of Once years of Mautsos% War, 50,737
Americans have fallen victims to his disastrous policy,
and 22,110 have voluntarily deserted his standard,
and this for the Conquest of Canada and Traitors'
Rights !—sn :ranch for War.
Mancii 8.--This evening arrived the Osborne
Packet, which sailed from Falmouth the 25th De-
cember last, and for which serious apprehensions were
entertained—she had a very boisterous passage s
many ,passengers were en board, chiefly Officers of
the Commissariat Department, and, on her arrival.
she was :.early out of water and provisions. Within
three weeks .titer sailing, she was twice attacked by
privateers, which were beat off. The Packets of
lomat y and February are both daily expected at
Stsersl ships of war are now lying ready at Ha.
Wax, waiting the an ival at that plaLe of die official
notification ef the President of the United States
having ratified the Treaty of Peace, when they will
in.tantly sail for different quarters et the world. The
Furieuse frigate, Captain Mousers ; Tamar, Cap-
tain SOTHLBY ; and Arab, Captain Jatill, are the
ships in readiness for this service.
The 64t1i, 93th, and 7th battalion 60th regiment,
now form the garrison of Halifax; two companies of
the latter ate at Annapolis. The New Brunswick
Fencibles are quartered at Fredericktown, and St.
John's, New Brunswick; the 102 d regiment at Moose
Island and St. Andrew's ; the 19th, 62d, and 99th
regiments at Custine, from which place preparations
are making to withdraw the gatrison. The com-
panies of artillery now in Nova Scotia and Depen-
dencies, are—Majors F4RRINGTONPS, CRAWFORD'S,
P. CASTIMELL's, and JONES'S, which last arrived at
Halifax, in the Niohe frigate, fiom England, the
latter end of December last.
Lieutenant BALTHOLONIEW Ks.str has been appoint-
ed Master and Commander, and has now the Weser
troop ship with the expedition tinder the command of
Sir Acxxascien COCHRANE on the southern coast.
Accounts have been just received here from Cus-
tine, which state it as the opinion of the Boston
Lawyers, that British vessels arriving in any port of
the United States, were, with their cargoes, liable to
confiscation, in consequence of the Non-impor Won
Act being in force.
Mancu l4.—Sailed his Majesty's ship Alban,
Captain Boil), with dispatches for Sir ALEXANDER
Cc CHRANE; and a brig with American prisoners fOr
the United States.
MARCH 15.—The official intelligence of the Pre-
sident of the United .`,sates having ratified the Treaty
of Pease, has reached Halifax, and the Furieuse
frigate, Captain MOUNCET, proceeds immediately to
England with dispatches on the occasion. There is
as yet no appearance of the January and February
Packets—the wind for them is fair, but it blows
fresh, with snow, sleet, and thick weather, so that
vessels will be afraid to approach the coast. The
January Packet is the Lady Wellington, Captain
?stoma, and we have accounts of her sailing kttont
Falmouth on the 12th of that month.
The latest accounts from Cumbeiaid Island, in
the River St. Mary, are to the tlthit uary,
mli at
which time the British garrison there was anded
by Lieutenant-Colonel IViaLialtis, of the Royal Ma-
rines, and consisted of druid:wrists of that corps, and
241 West India regiment.
The Intelligence of Peace with America appears
to be received in Halifax with peitect indifference—
no symptoms us joy or satisfaction manifesting itself
on the occasion ; and illutninatioas, and similar de-
monstrations of popular feeling, which have taken
place in the United States,
appear quite out of the
question ; and, !rum what we can learn from other
quarters, a similar spirit of indifference seems to pre-
eari throue,hunt British North America.
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