Star.
London, England, 1814-06-23 00:00:00

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AT a MEETING of the INHABITANTS of
the TOWN of NORTHAMPTOIst, held pursuant to
. Public Notice, at the Guildhall, in the said Town, the 16th day
of June, 1811,
WILLIAM BROWN, Esq. Mayor, in•the Chair,
Resolved unanimously, That an bumble, dutiful, and congra-
tulatory Address be presented to his Royal nighness the PAIN C
R sot N T on the happy Restoration of Peace.
(An Address was then proposed, seconded, unanimously
adop-ed, and ordered to be engrossed).
Restdved unanimously, That the said Address be signed by
the. Mayor on behalf oTtiii.Meeting.
Resalved unanimously,' That the Mayor and Members in
Parliament for this Town be most respectfully requested to pre-
sent such Address.
Resolved unanimously, That these Resolutions .b”lgned by
the Chairman, and published twice in the Newspapers called the
Vorthantp:o.l Mercury, the STAtt, and the Courier.
WM. BROWN, Mayor.

The Mayor having quitted the Chair,
Res()lred unanimously, That the Thanks of this Meet ng be
given to WILLIAM Bitowst, Eq. Mayor, for his readiness in
calling the Meeting, and for his very excellent and exemplary
conduct in the Chair. • . .

TO THE. MILITARY WORLD.
REDUCTION, Of THE ARMY.
MR. SHEE, Land Surveyor,. and Agent for
Selling, Letting,. Hiring, and Buying Landed Estates,
Farms, Town and Country Horsy', Advowsons, Tythes, Patent
Rights, and for negociating the Disposal of, and Partnerships in,
Protessional, Commercial, and Trading Establishments, offers his
services to Military Men, who may find it desirable or expedient
on the approaching Reduction, to devote capital or themselves
actively or dormantly to other pursuits of profit, either in Agri-
ci.l ore or P.lpintss ; and pledges himself to the most profound
seereey in all negociations whicts,mry be committed to him.

AMERICAN P4PERS.

.NEW-YORK, MAY 18. ..•
The MelW:ewer has published a number:of letters
from oar Naval Commanders to-the secretary of the
Navy : .
• PROM COMMODORE CHAUNCEY.

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The first is dated on board the General Pike,- Sack-
ett's Harbour, Lake:Ontario, April 26, and men.
tioni• that. the Lady of the Lake. had -looked into
Kingston .harbour, tnd seers the old British fleet
moored, with all sails bent and topgallant-yards
across, with a,number of gunboats ready for sailing,
and that one.of the new ships had her lower masts
in, and the other appeared preparing to take her's
A. second, dated as above, the 27th of. April,
states, that three of the British guard boats had been
faliess in with• in the
_night of the ,26. th instant, and
fired upon : thyt upon examination of ;the creeks next
day, six barrels of. powder .were. foinel :in the water
ncar -the, shore ; which were evidently:designed for
blowing up the large ship. at the twining:.
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The-o,3ismodore. states, that it would have been

impossible, if the enemy
,had succeeded in eluding
the guard-boats, to have executed their project,,from
the precautions taken to.guard the vessels in the har.
bour, particularly• the large One building., .
A third lett4s,,,tron; the Commodore; dated. as
above, I'vla y 1, announces That ithe ship Sliperipr was
launched that day ; that she is a. beautiful areil-built
ship, larger than the President frigate ; can carry, if
• necessaq, 6-1. guns; that she had been built
.in 80
clays, in Nihich time two.brigs of sogtons.eackhave
also bee built, rigged, and fitted' for service, 'since
the Ist of Fehruaiy. The Commodore midi, ;4, the
mechanics employed on thislt*tion hive One their
duty,s,

..ATTACK Ott OSWEGO.
*STE ACT Oi A Lin-ran !ROM A UNIT ED STATES OTTICEII,
TO' WS. IpRI4ED IN Tills TOWN.

'1" Oinoo Fella, Miy 7..
ir I arrived at this place about sun-set last evening
in company • *kb about two hundred troops.. We
escaped from the fort about ante P.sr. after a very
severe coatist. Our }Dice was in an about three
hundreJ men. • The enemy's fleet made its appear-
ance on the morning of the sth, about six o'clock,
and consisted ul four ships and three brigs. We had
no doubt of their object, and fired alarm Bugs to col.
lect the militia.
4, About three r.u. the fleet formed fi line, ar.d
commenced embarking their .hoops.. in
.b 04.11.1 We
bad onlz four pieces of ordnance to oppose. their
lapriitig.. The cannonading began oft our fide about
four, and was immediately returned fy them-4t.
continued until silt, ,at which time we saw them take
their men on Ward, arid cut four of their boats adrift,
there being every appearance of a squall.' The fleet
left us, kn 4 came to anchor about ten stiles from the
fort; clown the lake.
" 4 On the mt.rning of the 6th, the fleetingain made
sal Tor the fort. The wind being nearly a-head; I
could not form its line until eleven. The Militia had
assembled to the number of two hundred. The enemy'
placed his trot ps in boats, and the cannonading
began on nur side immediately.
4-6 Our batteries prevented their landing until about
ball-past ones when they effected their purpose, under
cover of a continual stream of giant and cannister
shrt. The milit;a at this time thought best to leave
us. I do not think they tired a gun. The enemy was
net by two companies of our troops at their landing,
but his advantage was so great, it became impossible
to prevent his progress, and our soldiers retreated to
the breast.wcrk. •

,6 We now formed one line of defence, and stood
our ground for about thirty minutes, when the retreat
was, ordered by Lieutenant-Colcriel ltelitchell, a brave
and active officer. We retreated' in good circler,
.
though exposed to the brisk tire of the enemy. Our
loss in killed and wounded we have not lyet ascer-
tained ; only one officer; however, was killed, Lieut.
'Wiley, of our corps. Lieut. Robb, of the light ar-
tillery, was wounded, but very slightly."
DISTRESSING FRESIIET.

• liruntwtck, (Me.) May 16.
Our situation is melancholy indeed; 'the wind va-
rying frem S.E. to N.E. It has rained incessantly
for six days. The Androsconin is higher than it
has been tor twenty year, and now rising last; eight
saw.triiils, owned by • ti.e Hon,. Benjamin J. Porter,
N. Quint, H. Puriiigton, John Rogers, and otheri,
have gone. Mr. Halley's lulling-mill, anti the ex-
tensive and valuable aqueduct are swept away; a
great part of the bridge 'between Topsham and
.Brunswick is carried away by the mills anti logs. H.
Vuttinan's valuable new grist-mill has stalled, but is
saved for the present by great exertions of the inha-
bitants,' iit niust be soon loit if the Freshet 'rises
hirer. The Woolltri,anst cotron factories tiave sut.
fired injury; and
_are in imi*nrill 4abger"-all She
Ik*Tis are tieetioye3, end Inge; tf). the-.a,tno,int.of
1(X),040eollars hete.gritie to se* S Man, tills 49'1
.tier buiainki hai4 gone eiee:t,let fan i but what
of the darmigei• B.s yei. •

tie extent