Star.
London, England, 1814-10-07 00:00:00

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1814.
PRICE OF ' )CRA THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK:
Consols 65it —Consols for account 651
S per Cent. Navy 241-osonlons, 224 clis.
Bands 13s. to Us. pos....Exchequer Bills par, 9s.

Letters were reteived yesterday from Ghent to the
lath inst. Several of the Commissioners, both Arne-

rican and English, were absent, and nothing was
known respecting the progress of the negociation
BAYARD had returned front a visit which he
made to Mr. CRAWFORD at Paris, who, it was re.
ported, !tad received no encouragement to hope that
the French Government would take any part what-
ever .e behalf of America in her present awful cir-
cumsn Ince'. It was also stated, that on Wednesday
last die answer of the British Government to the last
comer innication of the American Negociators, which
was t trade on the.26th ultimo, would be formally
delivi :red, and that the whole body of Public Agents
timid dbe re-assembled on the occasion.. The letters
ftons Paris continue to speculate upon a speedy peace
bets, Teen Great Britain and America, but the writers
food d their opinion upon the mistaken notion that
the' affair df Washington was so, decisive as to place
Grl •at Britain in the attitude of a conqueror in the
ayks of Mantsou and his adherents, and that they
will .instantly accede to-any terms which may leave
them in possession of the reins of Government.—
We say that this is a mistaken idea, for obstinacy in
persevering in a bad cause is what such thorough-
paced Jacobins call virtue and public spirit.—
The probabilities are, therefore, that MADISON will
persevere until a Baltimore mob (and perhaps the
same groupe who. murdered General LINOARq and
who were so humanely kept back even from trial by
the President's Neil itraropi), take justice into their
own hands, and seal the rrpose of the civilized world
by a sudden burst of popular indignation. Certain
it is, that England has a right, after every new sue-
tess to her arms, to rise in her demands : this ought
to have been foreseen both by the Negotiators at
Ghent, and the Incapable: at Washington. If they
had any thing like a regard for the true interests of
their country, they would instantly patch up an ac-
commodation, even if it thoold be but a hollow Ar-
mistice, to enable them to re-organize their army and
their navy. Thus we now hear it rumoured, that
net only are Ministers determined to insist on exclu-
ding them entirely from Lakes Erie and Ontario, but
also from the trade with our West-India Colonies-.
from the trade to India and China i and though last,
not least, from the great Fishery on the Banks of
Newfoundland.

The American States have been, in short, ruined,
in a commercial, military, and naval point of view,
by this short but unprincipled war ; and twenty ,
years of peace will net restore them to the rank
which they held when they elected that miserable
driveUer for their Governor, who promised them the
empire of the Seas and the possession of Canadas in
the course of a single Session of Congress !

By some further extracts which we have given this
slay lion Paris Papers, it will be seen that MURAT,
the soi-disant King of Naples, was shot at when re-
viewing his troops : this is one of many warnings
which this Gentleman has received from his 44 be-
loved subjects" the Neapolitans, and we trust he will
profit by it, to resign to the lawful owner a crown
which can never sit gracefully on the brows of the
person who commanded the guard which conveyed
Louts XVI. to the scaffold, and (strange coinci-
dence !) the person who, as military Governor of
Paris, furnished the platoon by whose fire the Doc
d'ENGIRUIX was murdered !

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rt mut be gratifying to our Military headers to
learn, that Generals DRUMMOND and RIALL, who so

recently distinguished themselves in Canada, and who
were both wounded, are soon likely to be restored to
their country and the service. The following letters

from the British Army in that quarter contain some

highly gratifying particulars reipecting these gallant
heroes :

Fauract of a Letter from an Officer at York (in Upper Canada)

to a Frkod at Montreal—dated August 9, 1814.

" We have bad two very severe engagements in this neigh-
bourhood—the latter of which (on the 25th July) was bravely
contested, and but for the skill and intrepidity of General Daus-

MOND must have ended in our defeat. The numbers ►ere so

disproportionate, that the greatest exertions were neeessluy.—
It will delight you to hear of the gallantry of the General. He
formed his men, brought up his troops as they arrived, and gave
his orders with as much coolness and judgment as if he had been
in his closet: After he was wounded, he never betrayed the

smallest appearance of uneasiness; and but for the blood, no one
would have known that any thing bad happened to MM. He

tied a handkerchief round his neck, and continued in the hottest
of the fire, animating the troops and encouraging them to pen.-

vere. Every body delighted vrlth him; and had it been day.

light, the enthusiasm which his conduct inspired Into the Army
would have enabled it to capture that of the enemy. Though

bis wound was se►ere and painful, he still pursued them ; and If
be comes in contact with them at Fort Erie, I trust we shall have
a good account. You will have seen the Order Issued by General
DRUMMOND, which gives a very modest and impartial account
of the battle."

The following is a letter received by Aavaint RIALL, Esq. of
Clonmell, brother to the gallant General of that name, who was
wounded and taken rrisoner by the Americans, in the sane
battle in which General Dauatesonn distinguished himself:
" Head-quarters, Falls of Niagara, July 31,1814.

" It is with the greatest concern I have to inform you, that
your gallant brother, General RIAU., fell, wounded, into the
hands of the enemy, in an action which took place near this spot
on the 25th instant, in which our brave twiny obtained a com-
plete victory. I have, however, the consolation to acquaint you,
that I this morning received a letter from the General, in which
he

tells me, that it bad been indurated to hlm that he Is to bo
removed to-day further into the interior, to Batavia, and the
every care was taken to render his journey as easy as possible;
and he desires me to write to you, that there is not any danger
to be apprehended from his wound. I had myself considerable
apprehension, as I heard he bad lost his arm, but I afterwards
found the report incorrect, and indeed be wrote tome In his own
hand great part of the letter, and the wound I am almost confi-
dent is In his right arm—lndeed my recollection cannot so far
fail me, as I was close to him when he was wounded.
" I requested those about him to stay by him, while I rode off
to procure a Surgeon. When I returned to the ground, I found
he had been led off, and was afterwards told be had been placed
on his horse, and with his orderly dragoon had gone off towards
Fort George. The enemy's dragoons were unfortunately in pos-
session of that part of the road at the tine, and I imagine he was

intercepted, as the orderly dragoon h among the missing. lam
greatly in hopes that an exchange for the General may be at no
great distance of time effected. I have applied to go to the Lower
Province, where I may have better opportunities of bearing of
this, and I shall not fail to write to you whenever I may receive
any information on a subject which must be the source of so
much anxiety to you. I have the honour to be, dear Sir, your
very obedient humble servant, " 1. W. HOLLAND,
" To Arthur Esq." Aid-de-Camp.

A letter from an Officer of his Majesty's ship RE-
ouLus, dated Patuxent River, August SO, communi-
cates some particulars of the destruction of Fort Was-
hington by the dives sion appointed for that purpose s

" On the morning of the 25th, I was sent with three Officers
and 200 men, down t. destroy Port Washington, built to pre-
vent ships coming up the River to attack the town. About 150
barrels of gunpowder, found here, were thrown into the well
of the Fort; when one of the artillerymen most unfortunately
dropped a lighted port-fire into the well, which, with a maga.
sine, about 12 yards distant, full of shells, charged and primed,
blew up with the most tremendous explosion I ever heard.—
One house was unroofed, and the walls of two others, which
had been burnt an hour before, were shook dews ; large pieces
of earth, stones, ►rick, shot, shells, &c. burst into the air, and
falling amongst us (who had no where to run, being on a gar-
row neck of land, with the sea on three sides), killed about 12
men, and wounded above SO more, most of them is a dreadful
manner. I had the good fortune to escape with whole skin and
bones, but somewhat braised. The groans of the people, almost
buried in the earth, or int& legs and arms broke, and the sight
of pieces of bodies lying about, was a thousand times more dig-
pressing than the loss we met with in the field the day before."

The 2d regiment of Life Guards, commanded by
Major FITZGIMALD, did duty yesterday at the Horse
Guards.

The 3d battalion of the Ist regiment of Foot Guards,
commanded by Colonel DORYILLZ, marched to St.
James's yesterday, to relieve Colonel RAMSDEN.
Lieutenant-Colonel Toosaas Tammany, from half-
pay, is appointed to the Woolwich Division of Royal
Marines, •ice DAVY, placed on half-pay, retaining
his Government of Van Dieman's Land, with the
local rank of Colonel in New South Wales only.
The 47th Regiment has marched from Chichester
fee Liverpool, with the exception of 200 men, who
are stationed at Sandhurst, near Bagshot, employed
on the works of the Royal Military College.
Four companies of the 7th, or Royal Fuzileers em-
barked on Wednesday at Portsmouth, for America.
The men cheered heartily as they went off. It is
supposed they will call at Plymouth for convoy.
Such is the slow promotion in the Ruyal Marine
corps, that the senior Captain has been thirty-six
years arriving at that exalted situation, and the senior
Subalterns :sateen : the latter without any hope of
further advancement, in consequence of the late ea-
tensive reduction.
Gineatran, SEPT. 12.—0 n the 10th instant, the
body of Lord Montgomery was landed from a ship
in the Roads, the men of war and battery firing mi-
nute gu;s, flags half mast and half staff high, &c.
and yesterday he was buried with military honours
in the Convent Chapel; the troops, on the occasion,
were commanded by Major-General Widdrington.
General Smith, Commander-in-Chief, chief mourner,
and General Griffiths, Sir Charles Holloway, and the
six Officers next in rank were pall-bearers, followed
by the Civil; Military, and Staff Officers of the gar-
rison : his Lordship died at Alicant in January last,
on his way home horn Palermo. The 'following is
the inscription on the coffin :—' Major-General Lord
Montgomery, his Britannic Majesty's late Minister at
Palermo, died 24th Jan. 1814.—Aged 41.".