Star.
London, England, 1814-10-19 00:00:00

LI ANSON'S PROCLAMATION.

" lllitr.at, the enemy by suckle!' incursion have succeeded In'
invading the Capital of the nation, defended at the moment by
troops less numerous than their own, and almost entirely of the
militia; during their possession of which, though for a single
day only, they wantonly d.•~stroyed the Public Edifices, having
no relation in their structure to operations of war, nor used at
the time fur military annoyance; some of these edifices being
also costly monuments of state and of arts, and the others depo-
sitories of the public archives, not only precious to the nation, as
the memor.ai► of its origin and its early transactions, but inte-
resting to all nations, as contributions to the general stock of his-
torical instruction and political science:
" And whereas, advantage has been taken of the loss of a fort,
more immediately guarding the neighbouring town of Alexan-
dria, to place the town within a range of 4 naval force, too long
and too much in the habit of abusing Its superiority, wherever it
can be applied, to require as the •alternative of a general confiao
oration, an undistut bed plunder of private property, which has
been executed in a manner peculiarly distre.oicg to the
tants, wLo had ini:lnsiderately cast themselves on the justice and
generosity of the victor.

" And wlicreas it now appears by a direct communication
from the British Naval Commander on the American sta:iun to
be his avowed purpose to employ the force under his direction
in dt-stiaying and laying waste such towns and districts upon the
coast as :nay be tound assailable; adding to this declaration the
insuitmg pretext, that le is in retaliation for a wanton destruction
committed by the army of the United States in Upper Cana!la,
wt•en it is notorious that no destruction has been committed,
which, notwithstanding the multiplied outrages previously corn.
mitred by the enemy, was rot unauthorized, and promptly shewn
to be so, and that the United States have been as commit in
inch endeavours to reclaim the enemy from such outrages, by
the contrast of tneir own example, as they have been ready to
terminate tin /easonable co:dojo-1s, the war itself
" Attu whereas, these proceedings and declared purposes,
which exhibit a tieltberate disregard of the principles of humanity,
and the rules of civilized warfare, and which must give to the
existing war a character tit extended devastation and barbarism,
at tits very moten. of nt•bociauon for peace invited by the enemy
himself, leave no prospect of safety to any thing within the reach
tit his predatory and incendiary operations, but is a manly and
universal determination to chastise and expel the invader.
" Now, thereforeel, lames Madison, President of the United
Suits, du issue this my Proclamation exhorting all the good
people thereof, to unite their hearts and hands in giving erect to
the ample means possessed for that purpose: I enjoin •it on all
(Accra civil and military, to exert themselves in executing the
duties with which they are respectively charged. And more es-
pee ally, I require the 011:ers commanding the respective mili-
tary did rit ts, to be vigilant and alert in providing for the defence
therct.l; for the more effectual accomplishment of which they
are authorised to call to the defence of exposed and thrtatened
places, prcportiuns of the militia, most conveitient thereto, svhe-
ther they he or be not parts of tkr quotas detached for the see-
tice of the United Maces under requisitions of the.general Go-
vernment.

" On an occasion which appeals so forcibly to the proud feelings
and patriotic devotion of the American People, none will forge.
what they• owe to themselves; what ti.i•y owe to their country,
and the high destinies which await it—what to the glory acquired
now, to be maintainedby their sons, with the augotetited strength
and resources with which time and Heaven have ble-sed them.
" ha testimony whereof, -I have hereunto set my nand and
caused the seal of the U.tited States to be affixed to these
presents. (Signed) " JA/AtS MADISON.
ry the President, " JAMIE MONROE. Sec. of State."
" Done, Scc. at Washington, Sept. 2, 1814." .

THE EVENING S fAlt.

LONDON.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1814.
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Exchequer Bills Is. 49. pre.

We are now enabled to lay before our Readers the
particulars of the reverses to which we alluded yester.
day, and sail to have been sustained by our naval
and military forces in Canada.—See the preceding page.
—'lire account of these operations rests only on Ame•
rican authority, but we have no doubt that, allow.
ing for a little exaggeration, the general outline, as de-
tailed by a General MACOMB, is nearly correct.
The report in one of the American statements, that
.the British land forces had been deleatod W ith a losi
of 3000 men, is nit entitled to credit. The brief
fact appears to be this : On the 11th ult. the British
and American squadrons, on Lake Champlain, came
in sight of each other, when a desperate conflict im•
mediately took place. Very early in the action, the
British Commodore was killed ; and this unfortunate
event threw flue vessels under his command into

great con:Usion. .
'l'h..l contest, however, continued until the whole
of the Dritisii force, except some boats, which escaped '1
by rowing, was either taken or destroyed. Seven is
said to be the number of our vessels which fell into'
the hands of the Americans, and among them a 32-
gun frigate. We, however, believe, that there was no
vessel of that magnitude on the Lake I but be this
as it may, the result was sufficiently disastrAs. Sir
Gtottoz Pnevosr, relying en the support of the naval
force, had some days previously crossed the boun-
dary line at the Chazy River, and advanced about
30 miles along the western shore of Lake Champlain to

Piiiisbilrg. Of this town (lately the AMerican head-
.qtlarrets) he had made himself maftet, and had inyec,
ed Fort Moreau, into which Crn. IzAnn, with the prin
cipal part of his army, had thrown hirostrlf for safety.
—The unfortunate news from the I.,:tke no sooner
reached Sir GEORGE, than fearinz for his communi-
cations, and anxious to prevent his suprlies and iein-
forcements from being cut off, he resolved on an im-
mediate retreat but even this could not be effected
without some loss. Scarcely had he qu'tted the town,
when the American troops came out of Fort Moreau,
harassed his rear, and took several prisoners, whom
they sent with great triumph into Plattsburgh. Such
we conceive to be pretty nearly the real substance of
the unfortunate events which have occurred in this'
quarter, events which will no doubt serve in some
measure to cover the disgrace that promised to have
speedily overwhelmed the wretched war-faction in
America.

A Dutch Mail arrived this morning. It brings no
news of importance from Holland. It is stated in an
article from Augsburg, that immediately on the
opening of the Congres, at Vienna, Prince WILLIAM
of Prussia will be declared Viceroy of Saxony, the
Grand Duke CONSTANTINE of Poland, and the Arch-
duke CHARLES; of Italy.

N4l7.fL IqTELLIGENCR.

EAST-INDIA SHIPPING.

The outward-bound Bombay and China ships—the
Elphinstone, Bombay, CAbalva, Lady Melville, and
Mptune—which sailed from Port6outh in DPcem-
ber last, arrived at Boue,ay, on the 21st of May.
The Cnroline, private ship, was to sail from Bom-
bay the 12th o' June.
His Majesty's ship ACORN had been ordered to the
Gulph for the protection of the Trade.