Star.
London, England, 1814-10-21 00:00:00

GENERAL ORDERS.

" Head-quarters, Odell Town, Sept. 13, 1814.

" The Commander of the Forces has to thank the left division
for the steady discipline, unwearied exertions anti gallantry
which have conspicuously marked the short service in the terri-
tory of the enemy, so unfortunately arrested in its cease by the
disastrous fate of the flotilla that had advanced to co-operate in
the ulterior objects of the campaign.

" The intrepid valour with which Captain Downie led his
di/01a into action, encouraged the most sanguine hope of com-
plete success, which was early blasted by the fall of that gallant
°Mee, combined with accidents to which naval warfare Is pecu-
liarly exposed, in consequence of the rudder of his Majesty's
eltip Cerilance being disabled. and the brig Linnet grounding
early in the action; thus homing those ill-fated vessels, almost
without resource, expelled to the whole force of the enemy. All
that undaunted devotion to the service could elect, was evinced
ion dds infortonate occasion. The Officer in command of the
division of pus-boats acted with judgment in securing those yes-
eels to the ureic* when Isis further *efforts in action had proved
unavailing.
• " Thb high spirit anti conduct displayed by his Majesty's troops
ft surmounting every obstacle to the occupation of Plattsburg,
aid in 31,e:wards forcing the Passage of the Saranac, Laves no
doubt in the mind tif the Commander of Nye forces, that the most
eotripfete and brilliant success would have crowned their ulterior
operations, bad not the existing circumstances imperiously im-
posed open him the necessity of restraining their ardour, as with,
opt naval 5o-operation, the farther prosecution of the service
Would have been highly inexpedient.

The Commander of !tie forces avails himself of this oppor•
iunity to acknowledge the bigh sense he entertains cif the cadial
soppon he has experienced from Major-General De Rottcnburg,
and the Major-Generals commanding Brzades.

•1 The orderly march, made by the left division on re-occu?y-
ng the poiltion it bad advanced from on the 4th instant, notwitha
ittandiog,SbisMabromMoy of ilso.loisether, and the very wretched
. •
state cif the roads, evinces, in the strongest manner, the judicious
Mrangemints of the Quarter-Master-General and Commiasary-
gteeseral, ah.well au,* ippwMried atuentlno of the Commanding
Oilmfm, of Corps if 41111,
Ibtrotliostopr,q(•skhh. Forms has to express his entire
lippirobutist:itld.44:pmetgettroso sod sealous erenions of Major
9isllaira4ths Ikon qtthilliloyal Artilkry ; nor Is he dispostd
toinrerbsolubft. intttaigencoof the junior Officers of
*.4.141. irell*Proir Who fra.siselthy entitled to hit ecknows.
4tralitirt ijjr NM kedifiNT 110113te it k just tribute dee to the
Cfasaial) Itcaltoirs Ito& Allavaseisi pitiodarly is node* the
Aapoitlf-MajorTalstard stbat- the :aladret of those
stops ht Osoll gsrtolior dorier of llghi troops, has oo He oe-
soleaSbeso coospiesonsly *Woos and gallant.
(Signed) •14 Ei ISA v as, Adj.-4301:itst." •
The reverse mach we :have sustained on Lake
Champlain will eventually be found comprised in the
loss of only dlor vissels enumerated—the retreat of

Centval Partv,intiitras a necessary consequence, and
musthave taken place whether the enemy had had a
land force there or not; for his supplies in that quar-
ter depended ill a great measure on the flotilla. His
retreat will be productive of no advantage whatever
to the enemy, who. will not venture to follow him.
The worst thing to be apprehended from this partial
success of the enemy is a disposition to prolong the
war 3 -Met •Witittirtala no fears, respecting the issue
of our pi4selit Operation& From the immense line of
the enemy's territcry4,4! been deemed expedient to
divide our force; mph. the attack and defence are
combined of. milittostond naval means, %then one
stanch of the seiricestiablios a check, the other is
mutated ineteetive fm' the moment. It is perhaps
impossible tq remedy this defect in the system of tour
hostilities. If' we make the war aggressive, and pour
our whole force upon one point,wc can only woand one
member of the Republic. Canada must be protected;
abd however anxious our Government may be to re-
Woge on the enemy a long train of grievances, yet
they cannot' abandon that valuable and faithful pro-
vince to a k °Wk.' bypath the frightful conse-
gdencesof a retaliatori warfare. We know in what
manner the American :abused the right of the
zonger in MO gredatory incursions.
This will explain the vicissitudes, which have hi;
therto marlicctihe contest ; and when our mean of
annoyance are folly developed, we must even then be'
prepared for necasibnal reverses. Circumstances still
prevent that develepententland, until the interests
of the Old World are satixfidloriii arranged, we can-
not prudently detach a Whim lorca-to the New.—
As long as Europe fixes our chietnetiniions and re-
quires the presence of the greater part of our force,
the American war 'must be subject to transitions ;
and a discomfiture, such as appears to have taken
?lace on Lake Champlain, cannot be well avoided.
We lament this disappeintMent as keenly as the

most seniitive of Mir contemporaries ; but, in mourn-
ing over this unexpeckd reverie, and the loss of so
inuch valuable life, we knew that our arms have been
marked with signal success in other quarters. Our
triumphs infinitely counterbalance our defeat ; and
the injury we have inflicted, greatly transcends what
we have sustaincd.

The Public are aware of the harbour succours
which the Americln ships of war obtain from the
neutrality of the French ports. We have one remedy
within our reach, and we hope it will speedily be
adopted. The ports of France are open to us as well
as the Americans. Let a British ship of adequate
force be placed alongside of every American armed
vessel in the harbours and waters of France, to sail
when she shall sail, cr as soon after as the established
regulations will admit, and to attack her the moment
she gets beyond the neutral bounds. Why not
blockade them in the. French ports ? We have a
right to lay off the French harbours. This i; one
way, and it would be a most decisive one, of scull/3g
the question with the French Government.

Yesterday Mr. CANNING paid his respects to the
PitINCE RILGENT, at Carlton-House; who left town
soon after three o'clock, for Windsor.

Monday, the Right Han. Lora LYNEDOCH was
admitted Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow.
On this'occaston, his Grace the Duke of 11iloNritoss,
Lord Chancellor of the University, was present, who,
Kith the Principal and Professors, walked in proces-
sion from .the Faculty Room to the Common Hall,
whet e the LORD Recron was sworn into Office, in the
presence of a crowded asumNly of Students, Gentle.
men from the country, and Citizens, who waited to
see his Lordship, and who expressed griiat j.iy on his
installation. A Iterwards, the Principal and Profes-
sors gave an elegant entertainment, in the College
Hall, to the LORD CHANCELLOR, LORD RECTOR, Lord
ARCHIBALD HAMILTON, the LORD PROVOST of the
City, ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, Esq. of Blythswood,
KIRKNIAN FINLAY, Esq. M. P. JOHN HAMILTON, Esq.
of North Park, &c. &c. •

The Deputation from the Merchants to the Crt.tw.
CELLOR of the Excifiatuen, respecting the Bonding
System, are not to wait upon the Minister again until
atter the next meeting of the Merchants.
The Danish Consul-General in England has re-
ceived official information, that an agreement has
been entered into by the Algerine Government, ac.
cording to which Danish vessels will not be molested
by the Algerine cruizers, for the space of six months
at least, front the 12th of August last.
The Lords of the Treasury have given their con.
sent to the remova!, with being subject to the •provi-
sions of the new Ship Letter Act, of all the letters re.
ceived at the India.house for India since the dispatch-
ing of the Cuffnells and Royal George, to the WI
Instant. The letters so received amounted, it is said,
to nearly .50,000, and the inland-postage, ship charge,
and Captains commissionk, would h.tve amounted t.i
several thousand pounds. The boxes containing the
correspondence has been sent, through the medium
of the General Post-office, to Portsmouth, for 'con-
veyance to India by the Moira, which is to siil with
the Brazil convoy, under the protection of the DUN-
CAN man of war.

The following letter, dated Alost, October 13,
has been received in town :

46 The Prince of Orange has received a dispatch,
stating that things are nearly settled, and that Bel-
gium will certainly be attached to Holland. The
Getman Legion will march in strong columns to
Hanover, there to be broken up, and out of it are
to be firmed six battalions of Guards, on the same.
plan, and with nearly the same privileges as the Eng-
lish, but to be on the Hanoverian establishment. The
British half-pay to he assigned to the Hanoverians,
and the Officers to receive the same full pay as Bri.
tish troops. The Captains are to have rank as in our
Guards. There are, besides, forty commissions kept
open in the Hanoverian regiments for such Officers
as cannot be attached to the Guards.

gi It is said that Llanover is to be much enlarged,
and that the standing force will be 40,000 men.
There are at present here'more than 50,000 men
in cantonments. A brigade is expected to be formed
by the 4th King's German Legion, now here, and
the 3d and Bth King's German Legion, just arrived
from EaglAnd."

Extract of a letter from listen HUGHES* master of
the brig Georgiana, London, to Newfoundland, dated
Halifax, 22d September, 1814:
41 After one of the most disagreeable passages I ever
encountered, sse are safe in port. Our provisions are
`nearly exhausted ; but in comparison to some, we had
superfluities. The victualling ships have been so ligh-
tened, as scarcely to be in ballast trim, from the num-
ber of applications at sea for provisions. The Ame-
ricans were so well informed of our sailing, that
they had adviccs fr.nn their own papers, six weeks
previous to our arrival. 'the brig &teward, and ship
William, are hare; the former damaged by the latter
running total of Ler. No convoy is yet appointed, but
I expect upon the arrival of the Admiral, who is to be
'here thk -evening, he will appoint one immediately, as
'there are troop ships with us for Bermuda. We ar-
rived here on the 18th instant ; the Georgiana sailed
from Spithead the '23d of June, and from Botany Bay
the lath of July with a fleet under convoy of the AN.
ITLOPE."
Wednesday, Mr. BOND, of the Baptist Head Ta-
vern, Aldermanbury, was suddenly seized with a fit
of apoplexy, at a Boarding-liouse, Brighton, and ex-
pired WWI after.
Saturday, as an elderly Gentleman was returning
from town to his house in Duval's-lane, and being
somewhat intoxicated, he suddenly fell in. the Isling-
ton-road, under an eight-horse waggon, the hind
wheels of which passed over his thighs and left hasidi
which most dreadfully lacerated the latter.
A destructive fire broke out on Sunday, on the ()re-
mises of Mr. Coneerr, at Iteglington, Hampshire.
All his barns, stables, &c. were burnt to ashes. The
live stock, including oxen, horses, &c. were all saved.
The property was insured. The fire was caused, by a
spark accidentally catching the thatch.
The politicians, who propose to transport BONA
:mare from Elba to the West Indies, seem to fancy
(hat there is no plate roe kot fot him.