Star.
London, England, 1814-02-21 00:00:00

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AMERICA.
So Muth apprehension was felt at Plattsburg frail
an expected attack, of the British in Lower Canada
that between the Bth and 12th of January
the inha
bitants were abandoning the place, and removini
their most valuable eacts. To meet the danger
1000, troops had been ordered-from Burlington, ant
several detachments froni,General Wilkinson's army
and the whole had been placed under the coalman(
,s 1 Colonel Purdy. •
Mr. Jones, acting Secretary to the Treasury, pre.
%tented on the Bth of January, the annual reports Alta
estimates from that department. It appears from
'these documents that the payments from the Trea-
sury-during the last year amount to nearly 40 mil.
-lions, The receipts, principally from loans, were
nearly, 42 millions. The estimates for the year Mit
are nearly 60 millions, most of which is to be bor-.
lamed. For the year 1813, not one word i 3 said
about the debts incurred by the United States, not
paid from the Treasury, which are said to be more
than 30 millions; iaor for the year 1811 are any cal.
t ulations made for militia expences, &c. but barely
for the pay and rations for the army and navy. The
.whole expences for 1813, paid and upaid, will exceed
:75 millions. Those for IS5# exceed 100 millions, if
the war continues.
Two letters froin Captain Porter, of the United
States frigate Essex, dated July 2, were published at
Washington on December 16. They are written
osithoet mach gasconade, and detail the particulars
of his late long cruize in the Pacific Ocean. He
'states, that the Policy and Georgiasia, British letters
-of marque, mounting between them 16 guns, and
lhatin¢:46 men, struck,-without firing a shot, to seven
sirmieir boats he had 4tred out. He adds with mach
ezultatinn, '6 De assured, Sir, that Britons have either
!rattled to *As*" t the courage of Americans, or they
are got to courageous themselves-as they would have
us helieve.r He states, that during his many
months' cruise, no instance of scurvy occurred on
jmaid, the nine vesath _he, fitted out hi that quarter,
and that die Governors in Peru' were so alarmed at
the formidable appearance of 'his fleet,- that they
would, if they dared, have treated him as an open
entity.'. They had obstructed the sale of his prizes
at. Qmaquil.t ,
An Aciorthe American Congress provides, that
'a bounty of 2.5 dollari be paid tollie owners, ofAcere
and crew of private armed vessels of the United
'States, commissioned as letters of Marque, for every
British priscrner of war_ by.them captured, brought
and deliver,ed at a port in the United States, to
an agent authorised to receive them,
The Boston Chronicle mentions the arrest of Gene-,
ral'Hampton in these words :—" Several days ago
Genera! Hampton left Plattsburg and hro army very
suddenly and unceremoniously; but at that time it
was not 'known that be had been arrested by General
Wilkinson for disobedience of orders in the late cam-
paign. Should he be acquitted on trial, I think he
will not be employed any more by the Government,
as he has become very unpopular with both armies."
The British schooner privateer Wolverine; John
Roberts commander, of .18 guns, was in December
cruising off Cape Ann, near Boston, and had on the
9th of that month taken 14 coasting vessels, eight of
which she had manned and ()Mewl to
'When the Wolverine departed on the cruize, she had
80 men s but from the number of prizes she had
:taken and manned, her crew was on the iSth De-
cember reduced to 10 men.

A. statement upon oath having appeased in an
American paper, from one Abraham Walter, late
pilot to the Growler sloop, who being a prisoner had
Made hisescape from Quebec, " that all that was al-
lowed to American prisoners on board the prison ship.
was daily one .pound of old wormy bread, which the
inhabitants declared had been twice to the West In.
.dies, and condemned for ipoiled bread, and one halt
pound of exceeding bakd Meat, which in almost any
:other situation:4/MM' -be. absolutely 'not citable ; no
liquors, oo aoapuno candles, and none of the other
coati* of life; end that. it was the opinion of all
the prisoners that many of them had actually been
starved to death, not being able to, eat the provl-
swats ;" the publication of this statement has drawn
a spirited, contradiction from Mr. Barclay, the tri-
tish,agent for prisoners in America, who states, that
by the 7th article of the cartel concluded in May,
1814, " the prisoners were to be furnished by the re-
spective Governments in whose possession<they may
be, with a daily subsistence of sound and wholesome
plovisious, consisting of one pound of • beef, or 12
ounces of pork, one pound of wheaten bread, a quar-
ter of a pint of pease, or sic :assincesnt rice, or. a
,pound of potatoes per 'day to each man ;" and' he
.calls upon Colonel Gardener,' the American agent
at Quebec, to say if this agreement hits not been fol:
;flied; or why, ij Walter's state/Am betrue, he had
not remonstrated with the officer-at Quebec; 11 nd re-:
ported the-facts to llis Government I ,
EXTRACT FROM THk CIGNEFAIf.OVE#O,CENERAL W.
KiNia;.olP THE Sig. ,iOI44IIBER.
64 +he troops are to embaik Oithout loss of time,
`yet are not to be hurried 01 10044 the Canadian
shore, from whence the Commander-to-Chief is coni-'
felled to retire by the extraordinary,,unexampled, and
it appears unwarrantable coocruct of Major-General
•Hatiipton, in refusing to join the 'tiny with a divi-
sion of 4.000 Men under his command, agreeable to
'positive orders from the Commander-ln-Chlef,"and
as he has been assured by the Secretary at War, of
aspicit inttraaiosi from the War Departninst. Thus
deprived of a large portion of his promised force, the,
,Commander.in-Chief feels himself bound by a sense
of regard to this meritorious corps, and of sacred duty,
to the United States, to spare the lives of brave men,
and not to. hazard the character or interests of the
Cation, by an unequal conflict. He, with lively re-
gret, and the deepest mortification, suspends the des-
tined attack upon Montreal, but,he assures this army
that it ir not abandoned."
A Aritish naval force. consisting of the Herald,
of 26 guns; Forrester, 22 ;.Cootest, 18; with a ten-
der, arrivtd off New Orleans in December, and cap-
tured most of the coastingeyessels-
Application was intended to be made to the Legis;
Louie for the incorporation of eighteen new tuition
companies in the State of New York ; sever! et Al-
batiy, and eleven at New York, with at; aggregate
Cileitatl of fifteen millions of (1.41415.
The following was the Message of the President,
on the occsioo of the Secret Se.stoti,
.whe9 the Ern.
bars() Law was recommended by thg facecutive Q.

vitnriteitt i and by the terms if it be 4:01-
die spirit and temper under which tibia restrictive ii..
was iriclopted.,
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anCaST PhoOSEDinas. —soon ov avantainwrATlvss•
The foklowing Message was received from the Pre-
sident of the United States, v(hiCh wai read *and re-
ferred to the Committee on Foreign Relations :al.
u to 'Tat 11111 Art AND noviieer aseasssitrartili OS
sat 1/11117114 klt4DDik, ,4
4, The tendency olpur commere4l Jul navigation
}sees id their present stirs to favour tiFilmemi, and
itt:Yrnire'and more develo-
ped by experience. - Sappliei of the most essential
iind find their way, not only to British ports and
laritish armieat a distance; but the armies in our
neighbourhood, with which our men are contending.
derive
.trom our ports and outlets a subsistence,
trainable with difficulty, if at all, from other tources.
...43ven the fleets and troops infesting our' coasts
nd waters, am bylike supplies accommodated and
encouraged is their predatory and isciirthe warfare.
46 Abuses having alike tendency take place in our
import trade. British fabrics and• products find their
vay into our ports, under the name And from ports
6 other countries, and (Ain in British vessels, di:-
piked as neutrals by false colours mid papers. ' To
these abuses it may be added, that illegal importa-
,.
:ions are openly made with advantage to the viola.
Lion of the law. produced by under-valitations.or
other circumstances involved in the course of the ju.
dicial proceedings against them. It is found itl.o,
that the practice of ramoining. is a cover for collusiire
captures, and a channel, for intelligence advantage-
ous to the enemy. ,
u To remedy al much ia poi aible these- ego ;1444
dummend that au effectual embargo on exisciOsiiteo
immediately- enacted: ' ... •
'' ii That all articles knoira to be derived eithei nbt'' •
it sill. or in an immaterial degree, only from the pro-
ductions ,of any other country .than Great
.Britain,
and particularly the extensive ankles made of wool
and cotton materials, and ardent spirits made fro*
the cause, be expressly and absolutely. prohibitt*
from whatever port or place, or in whatever yam&
the same may be brought into she United States. *id
that all violation of the Non-importation Aet.bn,,sob.:
jetted to adequate penalties :—.that stn o the
_pnOtiTs
pf the neutral and national character ,of fOreigit.
gels, it be required that the saiaiters and aupeicargvineil.
and three-fourths at least of the crews be citizens or,
subjects...el the country under whose 4,11; the vesse)s
boil
sail—that all persons concerned in collusive captor!
by the enemy, or in ransoming vessels or ttleix car.
iota from the enemy, be subjected to adequate pe-
talkies.- To shorten as much es possible the duration
'of the war, it is indispensable that the enemy should
' 1-all tbe pit.sssre that can be given to it, and the
ailttr4mtt having that tendency will be borne with the.
.greatest cheerfulness by all good citizens, as the ri.l
'atriums will affect those most who are most maid,- tol
sacrifice the interests of their ,country, in pursuit of
their own. 44 JAitse ma.Daso."

'- . • Durchr-,N4 GERMAN PAPERS.
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VANOVER, FEBRUARY a.
'the Crown Prince of Sweden, with Isla'golie, le
edeon: on his
• or Prussian Minden. an hoer a/ter the Crown tteatlmit. .
fow o'clock yesterday aftet
?Nimes departure, lour battalions of Swedish troops
arrived here, who halt here this day ; they will be
followed by several more regiments tomorrow. -
BREMEN, FEBRUARY 11.
A report has gained ground here today, that ne-
gociations will immediately take place with Hach-
burgh. .
LEYDEN, FEBRUARY iS.
According to the latest intelliwence from Brussels,
5,000 fresh troops had arrived' there on the 4th,
among which was a regiment of hussars, slimmed
the Death Heads, which, in the reign of the Great
Frederick, was the terror of the French. , The Allier'
wiitituie to spread themselves still more in Flstiseei-s,
'Ulmd their forces 'Mal constantly increasing, by the-
continmil arrival of fresh troops. At Cologne, there
arrived on the Nth, 9th, 10th, and 11th of this ni .uth,
36459 men, and 16,624 horses, to pass the /iliac
at that place. . 1

LEYDEN, FEBRUARY ie.
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The Rotterdamo.Courant, of the 15th irissent, states,
that. General B,ulow's heackuarters had been re-
moved from Brussels to Mons.
istoCLAMATiON TO THE INHABrTANTS OF.
BEL.GIVM.
•
a The-Proclamation which you have already re,
-ettireil, trill have caused you to perceive the split of
Moderation which actuates the Mies and their Ge.
nerals in entering your canary. •
•' The people i4l all the countries whose delivessea
we hive hitherto been until this day, have epreased
their wishes to give their aid to the general cause.—
They have every where taken up ATMs—every where.
equipped themselves and marched forwards.- . Depu.
ties, arrived from all parts of Belgium, have assured
me that the inhabitants of these fine Provinces are
animated with the same spirit. The hopes ef throw.
ink; off the insupportable yoke of foreign tyranny, in-
spires them with the needful courage to tread in the
steps of their ancestors god become their own libera-
tors. I hasten'toineet this noble enthusiasm, and as
I approach nearer, will' support it with my whole
forte, and for this purpose shall employ all the means
which are put into my hands. 'Such persons as may
allow themselves an understanding with the enemy,
I win severely punish. I will supply with arms thbse
who find die courage of their ancestors to revive in
them, and contempt shall'be.the punithruent of the
cowardly. The first.shall be well received, and the
ethers would but badly defend themselves, and we
might fear that they would only increase the enemy's
force. Despotism has ceased t,, reign, and the re-
storation of good order will commence.
66 Inhabitants of Belgium, remember this word,
Order. May the once so flourishing Belgium be re-
stored, but let her be restored under the shield of
good order and tranquillity. Her independence is no
ortodeber, eaffeendtebdy the- by
tlhonegperresedirvibiaotuions ;
obfuitntettlisaireggnetiires
,orit,aririation of a military which shall combat
for liberty and honbur. Adopt the most proper meanie
for these purposes.
66 Let every thing remain provisionally in the same
limy it now is. •Let the course of business, and the
Croverrinsent go on is the same manner as hitherto.
Jet plc Mayors be supported in their 'cations. Let

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ftohifient.ciCltei6onvelurepartor°rtniehleoinStit,thwbie.thPAreftheirradiectrs.rresimnienelL:ntth,epePerCrironnfornmsetheallosents .
1
of the Prefects. They 'shall all contribute to pre-
serve tranquility in their leveret cantons, arrondisse-
Mi""nighdsnessesHble for their
I
. They shall, with
itismoeednnotsain.tien, doifndiarertmenniisamtietvs.r.
etrotheitt am
gentry, iMPtison'such °MOM fettxma atinay be sue-
d)* ailiStaTlCeot the well-disposed Inhabitants of the
-. A. -Such persons hi Office, as are Frenchmen br
trth, kunst riot- retaiO their places. Let them retefn
'homed And no longer obiltilTb the repair of a country,
which ia•recovering brienree. condition, and gem
.4 ",l•
parity: •
0 Let theretore:the4partments be orgaitised in .:
the best manner by public spirit. Let them, as I ap- •
proach nearer, send' a Member of nth-Council to my
tiead;quarters. I Will confer with them on the mea-
sures do be adopte, and
.procure them passports for
the!).
rpOse of en7ling• them to lay their wishes be.
tore. Allied-Sovereigns;
ntwerp being still in the rueuion of the ens.
• my, the chief place of the department which is situated
between the two Nethes shall provisionally be Mechlin..
-.•. , : (signed) " Dula 4 ars zwiesinaa, Commander
of dui vatted itassisa, Prinstan, anti 4
-
Salon Army' is llcsliaitt.
. “ dettersl Von:Levt, Castmander fit
. • • Chief at the Psalmist) Corp.' ,
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•'. • • DORT, FLISRUAItOa.
Messrs. Levers, lArignete,l4o4
_Prince, who }ast
year went as Deputies to Paris Weinithe to called goof ,
i of Rotterdam, tame hitter`.y*streetiltry eveniog
L•c ; Antwerp, having been t see sin a stater -.-1
serest. They set off this nicienhit to Rotterdam. -: •
• The following additional particularetelitilto to** . .
proceedings of the dissolved French I.4etislative Fkillt '
hate been comtmmicated to us : •• -p:. •
M. Leine, a celebrated lawyer of Botirdeaitii-int
the report (see STAR of Saturday)., and when hetad
done speaking, the President, the Duke of Maisa,
immediately rose, add declamdhirn al outlaw. •M.
Laine replied, "You yourself :21:a to be declired
an outlaw; who have dared tO vs-attack on the
freedom of the national representation !" ' • •
. The Emperor inforrued of this address, wbieh was
characterised as insurrectional, unexpectedly ap-
peared in person next day in ft. Legislative Body,
and told the Members, that
.thet 'would Lay waste
?ranee, and that -the loss o(!mhattles in the heart
of the kingdom could not invne. sefnuch uneasi-
ness lis.ahla behaviour, whge he hisine other.objects
but the honour and prosperity of Fratice. He spoke
a long 'time, while, with a furious .restlessness, he
broke ihrough the rows of the. assembled Deputies.
fliMaine was arreged ou thiespot&-•but coatrary
to all expectation, he was permitted, by. the Wainer
of Police to return to Botudeenx on "his own respon-
sibility. whither he *use:et:inverted bY *CoinSoitr
sary. When the Kobel% were
.assentbled op, new..
fear's-day to preseit Napoleon d* cowgirl, is ,of
the season, he addressed them as foliowss am/
there ate traitors among yop, who would aims
sign a peace even more disgraceful thou dig**
posed by the enemies of Frances they would withal
bring me to the scaffold, like the unfortunate tails
the Sixteenth ; but I shall know how •to trustrate
their nefarious view[. - Every one of you shaffreturft
to your homes; I kuow you will be there plasua;ng
mischief, but I shall counteract yon; and if the at.
dress is made known in the departmeros, I will came
it to be published in the Moniker. with Acoompany.
ing notes, and you shall be personally responsible for
tie consequenees. lamabit it to put myself at the
head of my army ; I will rape! our enemies from ow
territory, and in three months obtain a glorious rue%
or cease to ezist !"
Then addressing himself to the Mayor of JParis, 110
said—" I place you, Sir, over the organisation of the
National Guar., of Paris; I ch age you u hit the coot !
scientious selection of the persons who are to cot*
mend it ; I entrust to you the care of the Empress„
and of the King of Rome; I shall return aiming you.
and shad know how to clisioganh th.se who shall
'hale known how to execute We trUM contond• to
them."
FRANIEFORT, UNWARY a.
Upon a courier taken by some of the light troops
of the Allies, Go then enti•iiii6 . au Alsace, ..,erg We,
found a variety of papers, aria aruous Other% a dectee
which has not appeared its the Motiters, na..king, toe
following appointments of Geoerals t‘. Command the
levy.en-m.isse in ditferent , departments : •••• Goitre'
Choeart for the Lower Rhine, General Berkhenn tor
the Upper Rhine, General Beurnian that of the
Vosges, General Preval to, the Jura, colonel Malta"
for the Doubs, and General LeMeine ft, the Upper
Saone. All these departments ate n. ,w in th • posses.
sin of the Allies, and it is nattily n steamy to adds
without the smallest opposition on ti.. 1, ,of the 1:4,-.
habitants. The following is one of these doceineoto,
and iv)II serve to show how the measules of Goversk-
meat pre eXteutess in she p-partments t . .
flea 4.111-10aLtaCT Or Tim insTRIcT Olt --- TO ---.
•• " 4.---, Deseatbfe al, tam
4g M. Baton—Before proceediiig, in pursioacte of
your orders, to the orginis.ition of the National.
Guard, in the communes of this circle, permit me to
make to you some observations of the greatest im-
portance. lf, atter mature deliberation,you insist upon
my organizing the sational Guardin the small com-
munes, I will do it: 'but I cannot coated from you
that this measure appears very delicate and very.
dangerous.
" When I demanded of you authority to organize
the Nition..l Guard at -- my object was only (4
seem* to myself one means Of maintaining order lad
tranquillity in the • interior, and I did not thiak of
making it an instrument of resistance against the
enemy. This measure was principally directed against
the country people, and die lower classes, who are
very numerous. I therefore wicked to Owns the Na.
tionel Guard only at -----. and —, becalm the'. '
are thetwo towns in the circle where 'disturbances
might most easily arise, in consequence of the num-
bers who assembie th4.re en market days.
" all vie intelligent people whom_ have con-
sulted, and who recollect with honor the seditious
movements and bloody scenes which took place
lieu: last September, view only ;with alarm the mea-
sure of aiming toe country pimple; and tiii;ilt, on the
contrary, that it is more necessary to deprive theta di
than tq give them arms.
" It you weighed what l lately communicated to
you, iwto the views which actuate a great number 4
she rifle :Una thp enemy ?asled the Mine, "6