Star.
London, England, 1812-09-14 00:00:00

LONDON.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14.

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We this day present our Readers with a most im-
portant document on American affairs. It is the
Protest of the enlightened Minority of the House of
Representatives, against the ruinous war against
Great Britain, into which Mr. MADISON has rashly
plunged his country. While the dissentients thus
calmly advocate the cause of Peace and tranquillity,
h our Readers will perceive, that they utter the manly
and independent language of freemen on the subject
of the wrongs which America has suffered from the
Belligerents. We are the more anxious to fix the
public attention on this document, because the most
recent intelligence from America augurs a perseve-
rance in'the war, until Mr.MADISON gains some chi-
merical advantages on the subject of the Impress-
ment of American Seamen. His Generals are push-
ing
the Invasion of Canada with vigour, if vigour
can be expected from such raw unfledged heroes as
HULL, DEARBORN, and WILKINSON, when opposed
to veterans like Sir GEORGE Nevi:oar, and General
BROOK, who are now in the field at the head of a
gallant British Army, consisting of 17,000 men,
mostly regulars. The invading Generals cannot
muster half the number.—We have been under the
necessity of postponing, until to-morrow, the conclu-
sion of the American Address. The imptirtauce of
the foreign intelligence received to-day, must plead
Our excuse.

A French privateer was seen off Dover on Friday
morning : there being no wind at the time, the boats

of the BERMUDA sloop of war and DWARF cutter went
in pursuit of her ; bat a breeze springing up, the pri.
~'♦steer made off for the French coast. The BERMUDA
and DWARF made after her, and fortunately the &R.
MUDA got the French I.tind of her, when an obstinate

act on commenced, which continued till the privateer
had three of her crew killed and 16 wounded. She
has since been brought into the Downs. She is a

large lugger, carrying some 12-pounder carruna des on
deck, and a complement of 55 men. One man was
wounded in the DWARF, which is the only hurt sus-
tained on our-side.

The crew of the privateer state, that it was re-
ported and believed on the opposite coast, thit.in the
late battles fought at Smolensk°, the French lost up-
wards of 20,000 men in killed and wounded ; and
I that ip on• of them BONAPAATE and -his Staff were
surrounded by the Russians ; -but, observing a weak
' part, he succeeded. in cutting his way through, and
eft cted his esc pe. On Thursday we stated that wt
had seen a letter, dated off Deal, announcing, that
after three days hard fighting at Smolensko, in which
, the French had the advantage, the Russians, in a
fourth engagement, had obtained signal advantages
over the enemy. The accounts received from this

privateer are exactly of the same complexion, and

we expect that the next accounts from the Russian
head-quarters will demonstrate that a few such victo-

ries as the French have lately boasted will completely
ruin all the prosfects of advantage and glory in-
dulged by NAro!.soN Shen he altered ott the cam-
paign.

A Gpttenburg Mail arrived this morning, with in

telligence of high importance from the contending

_.armies in the North. The details do not embrace the
evacuation of Smolensko ; but the affair in which
OUDINOT was wounded in the shoulder, instead of
being a victory, was (a. we predicted) most disastrous
for the French. They were pursued by the Russian
General, Wu-Grimm, through the streets of Po.
husk, put of which town they were finally driven.—
•D.ring these occurrences, the garrison of Riga an-
noycd tile enemy in another direction, by a gallant
and successful sortie, the particulars of which will be
foiind among our extracts:

" 9OTTENDURG,,SEPT. 0.
4,, flu latest istelligence tram the Giand Armies
come down to the 18th ult. There had been a battle
In the streets of Polotsk —the French were completely
'driven back,
with the loss of 7000 killed and 2500
'prisoners. Atnoug the wounded is Marshal Ondinot,
, merely, in the shoulder. The Russians made a sortie
1 r
from Riga, in which they tor k eight guns and 500
prisoners.—lt is estimated that since the commence-
ment of the war, the Russians have made 14,000
prisoners.
a "On the 31st ultimo the Crown Prince returned
from Abo. He was received by the Em ' or Alex-
ander( in the grandest style, and decors d with the
highest Russian Orders. Lord Catlica w4s also
received with great distinction :—he was presented
With the 12:ghest order of Alex. Newsky."