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London, England, 1814-12-03 00:00:00

CAN 213,1 PAPERS.

MONTREAL, OCTOBER 99.
The express from Upper Canada, which arrived
yesterday morning, confirmed the highly satisfactory
reports of the preceding day, that the enemy had
precipitately retreated on the 19th instant, from be-
tore Chippawa, after destroying a qisantity of pro-
visions and heavy baggage ; and that, on the 21st,
ihey had passed over to Dufraloe a great part of
their force, and were blowing up the works at
Fort Erie.
Further accounts from Kingston have been received
this morning to the 26th instant, when the official re-
pc t of the enemy's retreat from Fort Erie, after the
destruction cf the works, had not reached that place,
but thole was no doubt of the fact.
Major-General DeWaneville commanded the corps
pressing on the .enemy ; the master of a mail which
arrived at Kingston cm the 9.5 th, in 24 hours from
F,,rl George, further confirms the previous intelli-
gence, and reports that several hundred prisoners
were taken, before the Americans effected their escape
across the river.
On the 18th the British clme up with his rear-
guard, and, in a sharp action, thirty of the Ame-
ricans were left on the field, without a casualty
happening on our side. This was at Chippawa
Creek. The enemy then fled with the utmost preci-
pitation to Fort Erie, and Organ the destruction of
his fortifications.
A military courier from Kingston arrived this
morning, brings no additional news of importance.
tir James Yeo had returned to Kingston with the
sick of the army of Niagara on board. He again
sailed for the Head of the Lake.
A private letter from Niagara of the 19th instant,
says, that a severe action took place the day before
near Chippawa ; our loss is stated at ten killed and
rounded. That of the enemy is supposed to be very
considerable ; a field-piece made to bear upon one
of his columns did great execation. Another letter
denies any loss itt killed, but makes the wound
twenty-five or thirty.

MONTREAL, NOVEMBER 5.
From Upper Canada we have received nothing of
i)nportanee. The report of the whole American
army's having crossed the Niagara was a mistake, as
the last accounts from that quarter mention that Ge-
rierals Brown was still in possession of Fort Erie.
r• ••'v QUEBEC, NOVEMBER. S. •
We were in expectation of some further details of
the" operations on the Niagara fiontier by this day's
Montreal post: but they had not arrived at one
o'clock.
The evacuation by the enemy of our territory on
that frontier, is a striking illustration of the impor-
tance of the command of the Lake. The enemy did
not cross over to our side till the moment that his
fleet was ready to assume the superiority. The re.
appearance of our fleet effected what could not be
done by the expense of so much blood and treasure.
FROM. THIF., QUEBEC GAZETTE.
The American Government has published the pa.
pets relating to the late .negotiations at Ghent. We
confess that we have seen these papers with feelings
9f some. satisfaction and much regret; satisfaction
that we can now say that the honour of the British
Government is pledged to do something for the BA.
tish interests in North America, and regret that that
something is so little.
1,1.4 Ladians are to be, made independent of both
nitiittas.' This is perfectly just, and would, under
cerfain circumstances, greatly add to the security of
tTi l'lnvinces. The Lakes are to be exclusive)),
t,i.; ,h. On these subjects we must be permitted to
e,4, bow long they would remain so—how long the
Weans would retain their independence in the event

of another war, if the communication with them
should be in the power of the enemy ? The sole com-
munication for military purposes, with the Indians
and the Lakes, is by the river St. Lawrence, from
Montreal to Kingston, and from Niagara to Fort
Erie ; and the Americans ate to be permitted to re-
main in possession of one of its banks! The enemy
has hitherto been prevented from interrupting this
communication by the thinness of the settlements on
their side, the consequent badness of the roads, and
difficulty of supplying a large force. The possession
of the southern bank of the St. Lawrence, between
Montreal and Kingston, and the power of supply.
jug themselves, and operating on that frontier, by
'the roads now existing, and from Lake• Champlain,
'has been worth a large force to them, during the
whole of the war ; it has caused us to parcel our
force to support the line of communication, between
Lake St. Francis and Kingston, and keep a great
proportion of it to protect the base of that line in the
vicinity of Montreal.
The position of Canada, relatively to the United
States, with its present boundaries, is an extraordi-
nary one ; so much so, that intelligent military men
have pronounced it incapable of defence, much be-
yond Quebec. The miserable state of the enemy's
preparations, the superiority which we then had on
the Lakes, the good disposition of the inhabitants,
and the prudent conduct of the Commander of the
Forces, alone saved it. The waste of means in pro-
tecting and conveying supplies by a communication
of 500 miles adjoining the whole way to the enemy's
frontier, is conceivable only to those whom expiri-
ence has made acquainted with the fact, or who are
habituated to reflection; and whenever the commu-
nicaticn by the Lakes becomes interrupted, the sup-
ply of any force further advanced on the line becomes
utterly impracticable.
The enemy derives his supplies either by the Lakes
upon which an army can effect nothing, or from a set-
tled country a long way in his rear, protected by his
army, a country covered with woods, and a militia
more effective than the best troops in such a country,
always ready for the protection of their property and
their• homes. Under such circumstances the weakness
of an army beyond a certain' point, is to be counted
by its numbers.

We scruple not to say, that whenever that part of
the State of New York, extending to the St. Law-
rence between Lake Ontario and Lake Champlake
shall be fully settled, the whole of Upper Canada
must fall to the United States, and Lower Canada
wili nut be defensible but at an expellee of means/er!
beyond its vhlue. . ..;
We had much rather see the Americans confinatel,
in the posscssioa of Sackett's Harbour, Presqu'ile,
Detroit, and. Michilimackinac, than in the pozsession.i
of the track of country just mentioned.
Great Britain will always have the means of estzb-
lishing a soperiority on the Lakes, whenever she
chooses to exert them, but she never will be able to
drive the Americans out of that frontier when once
fully settled, supported as they will be by the ico-1
mense population of the back parts of the State of
New ',lurk and adjoining States.
[eituti UNITED STATES PAPERS
LJRI3ANNA, SEPT. £5.
An express has arrived from Detroit to General
*Arthur in six days, in which Governor Cass says:
" A state of things has arrived in which your pre-
sence, with the force at your disposal, is essential to
the security and preservation of the country. The
Indians have recommenced hostilities on every side of
us. They are murdering the people and breaking up
the settlements.
" There is now a large force of them in the imme-
diate vicinity of this place, most probably within a
mile of it, with the avowed purpose of attacking the
town: We hare no force adequate to the defence of
the country, and none of the description ',roper for the
pursuit of Indians. My opinion is, that you should
hasten on with the mounted men with all possible
expedition."
The express came by water-, the 'awl communica-
tion being entirely cut off.
ALBANY, OCTOBER :7.5.

The Legislature of this State adjourned yesterday,
after a Session of lour weeks. The ptincipal laws
passed, are--
An Act to authorise the raising of troops for the defence of this
state.
An Act to encourage privatecring.
An Act to authorise the raising of a corps of Sea Pencibles.
An Act to provide for the repayment of curtain sums of money
advanced by the Corporation of the City of New York, fur the
defence of the State and. for other purposes.
An Act to prevent the apprehension of British deserters.
An Act to authorise the raising two Regiments of men of
colour.
An Act authorising additional pay to be made to the volun-
teers, and for paying the Militia called into service by the State
authority. •
An Act to aid in the apprehension of deserters from the army
and navy of the United states.
Thu first Act authorises the Governor to call into
actual service 12,000 men, for the term of two years,
provided the Government of the United States shall
;lave declared their intention to pay, clothe, and sub-
sist them at their expence.
The Privateer Bill authorises associations to incor-
porate themselves for the purpose of fitting oatiwin
you:yrs.
The following resolution, introduced by Mi. Mo-
nell, passed, both Houses of our Legislature unani-
mously, on Saturday :
Resolved Unanimously—That the House of Assembly of the
State of New York view with mingled emotions of surprise and
indignation, the extravagant and disgraceful terms proposed by
the British Commissioners at Ghent—that, however ardently
they may desire the restoration of peace to their century, they
can never consent to receive it at the sacrifice of national honour
and dignity—that they therefore strongly reccirmend to the Na-
tional Legislature the adoption of the most vigorous and effica-
cious measures in the prosecution of the war, as the best means
of bringing the contest to an honourable termination, and of
transmitting unimpaired to their posterity their rights, liberty,
and independence.
Extract of a letter from New Orleans, Sept. 23
." The disasters at Washington had thrown over us a
gloom, which our successes in this quarter have had
a very powerful effect in dispelling ; and we now feel
that it must be a very considerable force that will
carry this place. We think the army that burnt
Washington would find more difficulty here, even in
New Weans,"
[FROM AN AMERICAN PAPER.]
" Sbottos Great Britain, notwithstanuing, adhere
to her pretensions of impressing her own stamen, the
cause of the United States would thenceforth become
the common cause of nation,s."—Mn. MaotsoN.
" On a late occasion W. had a long and

somewhat unrestrained tnnversation with Mr. Madi-
son on the subject of our foreign affairs; in the course
of which Mr. Madison told him, that letters from Mr.
Crawford itt Paris had given him some unpleasantin•
formation. That the Bourbons and all France were
completely English, as between the English and us
in the present war ; that they would not hear a lisp
of "the justice of eiur cause," or free trade and sailors'
rights, declaring that it was the old story of Bona-
parte's, and had been adopted from him, and got up
second hand in America to serve a turn." Mr. Ma-
dison then added, that the influence of England had
closed the ears of all Europe against us, so that nbt
the slightest sympathy was felt for us cr our cause is
the whole continent ; on the contrary, that there was
reason to apprehend hostilities against us from ano-
ther quarter." (Meaning probably Spain.)
FROM THE PALLADIUM—A BOSTON PAPER.
Messrs. Editors—By admitting the following Que-
ries into your Paper, you will oblige an old friend,
but new correspondent :
t. Is any nation competent to dispossess any other nation of its
rights, by negociation with a third party, without the consent of
the principal.?
2. Is not the right of sovereignty co-equal with the national
right of soil ?
3. Have not the Indian nations been considered as entitled to
the rights of sovereignty, and thence inferable rights of negacios
dun, and all other acts of sovereignty ?
4. Have not the Americans and other civilized nations always
admitted these rights, by making treaties, &c. ?
5. Can a title to the sovereignty of the soil be acquired in any
other way than, 1. By possession for a series of years-2. By
right of prior discovery—Z. By conquest-4. By cession, and 5.
By purchase?
' 6. have the Americans ever acquired eitbet of these named
rights to the litigated territory,?
7. Is the simple act of purchasing by individuals sufficient to
give us these rights?
8. Did not the Treaty of Grenville, made by General Wayne
and sundry nations of Indians there named, recognize the right of
these nations to the very lands now in discussion t
9. Have the Indians ever exercised any act tt sovereignty by
wh!ch they have divested themstlies ut their rights in thL,e

lands ?
10. Even supposing t his territory to bt long to the United States,
which by the above-Cited treaty it certainly toes not, is.it of ad-
vantage to this section of the United States, or important to any?
1. Arc the .Nete England and middle States to consent to tut:
prosecution of an interminable war, to keep possession of what is
unimportant, and dots not belong to us?
12. Can it be wise in any nation to prosecute interminably a
war, th•astrcrts in as effects, and. ruinous in its consequences. ra-
ther ;kin mar...: any sacrifice ?
13. Are thd terms proposed by the English to us more &grace-
ful than :hoes that have been imposed on every nation at sortie
of its hicamongory—witucas, among other instances, conditions
rt7,lp9d unposed open UMW., compelling her to give up nada, dis.
emotes Dunkirk, and to permit the Engh.h to kit? a Consults-
sary In the place to prevent the.erection of new w orks ?
• 14. Are the Americans mightier and more removed from the
chances of national mosafication than all other people of the
earth
15. Is there not danger, if peace is not made, that the English
will take posse,. Ann of New Orlt.ns, or some eq tally important
j post, and make the perpetual possession of it a Jim pa non in any
future negotiation ?
16. Is it not probable, in this event, that the inhabitants of all
the Wc.tern Territory would either secede from the Union, or,
like Nantuchet, templed by the prospect of commercial advan-
tage, mkt a separate peace, or declare themselves neuttal, and,
.ter gef tiag us into the war, leave the Atlantic States to get out
of it as they can ?
17. Is not this expectaticn a reasonable one ; and is it pro •
ball c, ttai, after carrying on the war for three or five
the,. we shall be better enabled to bring Great Britaat to
trains then tor present?
18. It the Euglath, with a disposable force of certainly not ex-
ceeding, six thousand men are'able to keep upwards of one hun-
.dred thousand mllitia untilr arms, and all the aea-baundesi
in constant and great alarm, what will be our situation when
Lord Hill arrives with fourteen thousand additional troops ?
19. Is the country rich enough to pay all the taxes that are
and w ill be demai.ded of us by the General Government, and yet
able to meet all the demands of the State Government for pro.
tection their own territories ?
In short, Messrs. Editors, I could fill a quire of pa-
per with little queries; but these I consider 115 amongst
the most important, and I trust that some gentleman
will discuss them in the fullest manner. If there ever
was a moment when the federal party stood upon cri-
tical grounds, this is the one. The English have pro-
posed rather hard terms, yet such as they believe to
be honourable and just they insist on the Indian
boundaries—but all unit' other propositions are liable
to be modified, and perhaps not to be insisted upi.n
in any offensive degree. They are evidently desirous
of a peace with us, because our commerce is valuable
to them, and because their pride and glory are rote.
rested in treating us with magnanimity. Let the fe-
deralists ponder well upon the course they pursue...
let them unite in exerting themselves to enlighten
each others 'minds upon points that may not be per;
fectly clear at the first blush. Let them make no rash
declarations and pledges ; but let them unitedly cry
aloud for peace, and patriotically support cur state
authorities, and mylife for it, you will in one year drive
the present party from power, and will then have
peace, prosperity, and happiness, once more restored
to us. Let them adopt a different course, and declare
their readiness to support the present administration,
and they assuredly Leal the ruin a their country.-
-Reflect then, Federalists, before you are too far
committed, to recede. Recollect how general was
your outry at the time of Jay's treaty, and how soon
you discovered your error, and were willing to almost
worship the man, whom a short time before some ap-
peared almost willing to sentence to the gibbet. Re-
collect that if this negotiation is broken off without
peace, we shall have none for many years, and thin
only perhaps upon terms truly degrading.
YORK, SEPTEMBER 3.
Colonel Talbot has the honour of stating to the
Loyal and Patriotic Society, that on the 16th of last
month, the enemy, amounting to upwards of one
hundred men, composed of Indians and Americans,
painted and disguised as the former, surprised the
settlement of Port Talbot, where they committed the
most atrocious acts of violence, by robbing the under.
mentioned fifty heads of families of all their holies,
and every particle of necessary apparel and household
furniture, leaving the sufferers naked and in the most
wretched state.
Here the names of the sufferers are enumerated.
They in all amounted to 49 men, 37 women, 148
children—Total 234.

On the 15th of May, a detachment of the Ameri-
can army, under a Colonel Campbell, landed at Long
Point, county of Norfolk, district of London, Upper
Canada, and on that and the following day pillaged
and laid waste as much of the adjacent country as
they could reach. They burnt the village of Dover,
with the mills, and all the mills and dwelling-houses
in the vicinity, carrying off as much property as 7/as
easily portable, and killing the cattle, &c.-19 dwel-
ling-houses burnt, 3 grist mills, 13 barns, 6 stores, 3
distilleties) 1 tan-house) and 1 saw mill. Estimated

value of the property taken and destroyed,
sand dollars.
The number of families wantonly ruined
occasion is twenty-five. There was no public
within fifty miles of the place, and the say
city exhibited by the American troops, and
by their Commanding Officer, could only
by GeneralJacksin'tspol massacre of the
Creeks. • •

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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3,
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Reduced 6541-4 per Ceul. per Cent. Navy sha!
Consols shut—for account, 87H—Omnium 1# dfs.
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kschequer Bills Is. to Ss. prom.

To-day we hare the satisfaction to present our

Readers with some farther interesting intelligence
from America, brought by the Lirrer frigate, the:

an ival of which we noticed yesterday. This intellT.

Bence, although not conveyed in the eficial form o:
dispatches; is nevertheless of undoubted authenticity.

Private letters and papers to the 10th ult. have
been received from Quebec,•and to the sth frcm
;Montreal: they do not, it is true, confirm the ac•

*count of the capture of S.tcl:ett's Harbour, but they
assure hs that the cuper:ority on take Ontario nclr
rests exclu'ively with our gall:lnt sqUndron under Sit

JAltrs Yro.

This spirited and experienced Officer had availed
himself of the advantage of his sitifaticn to silpply
Ditt-NINIOND amply with .provisions, stores,
and zeinforcanents ; this division of the .P.Titish army

been placed in rather a perilous situatidn by

[he junction of Generals Bftowx Hod lz um. On the

:15th of Ocrober the united forces of the American
Generals, 6090 strong, made an attack on our army
at Chippewa, but'were most gallantly repulsed 03
the 19th foll Owing, a body of 1500 Americans, which
had been detached with a view to turn our right,
was also met and beat back with considerable loss.

—This defeat compelled Generals BROWN and IZARD
CO fall back on Fort Eric, whither they were followed
by :` lajor-Genrra 1 DE WATTEVILLE2S division, which
lt:Aveccr, found them too strongly posted to be at•

tacked with any prospect of success. Lieutenant:
General DitUANIOND having been afterwards rein.
fenced by 1500 men sent from •Ringston by Sir
GC nvc PitEvosr, it was expected that he wou!3
silo:ay make an attempt to drive the enemy from
F.ll Erie. Reports had, indeed, been received, that
1.11,1 Americans had abandoned that post, after bloc ing
op the fortifications, and had passed over the chief
part of their forces to Buff aloe : but these statements
were evidently premature. Sir GEORGE PREVOC,
it-ter having superintended at Kingston all the neces-
sary arrangements for reinforcing General DEUX•
WON% 2ratd raturoad oar the Aala a. Montreal. A)
though Sir JAMES YE° possessed a complete ascend-
ancy on the Lake, CHAUNCEY was safely moored in
an unattackable position at Sackett's harbour, where

he evidently meant to remain on the defensive, with.
out risking any attempt to come out and give battle.
The Quebec Gazette contains some interesting re.
marks on the terms proposed by the Commissioners
at Ghent: on behalf of his Canadian brethren, he
expresses their gratitude to the Mother Country for
taking advantage of the opportunity which circum-
stances afforded to demand a new boundary for her
North American Colonies; but this judicious ad%
cute for the true interests of his country does not
think the Government at home will discharge its
duty if it recedes one jot from the terms proposed
in this branch of the Negotiations.
The possession of the Southern Bank of the St.
Lawrence, between Montreal and Kingston, by tLe
Americans, places us under such disadvantages in the
distribution of our forces, that we cannot expect to
preserve Canada for any great length of time, but at
an enormous and disproportionate expense. " We
had much rather," says the writer, " see the Ameri-
cans confirmed in the possession of Sackett's Har-
our, Presqu'isle, Detroit, and Michilimackinac,
than in the possession of the country just mentioned."
We have no doubt that serious attention will be
paid by Ministers to these opinions of the loyal ids.•
bitants of our colonies, who will have no occasion to
'regret the blood which•has been spilt in their tern.
'tory,• when therfind it has laid-the foundation for the
-tranquillity and independence of future generations.
Our Readers may form some idea of the impor-
tance attached by the Americans to the retention of
their present Canadian boundaries, from the subjoined
article. We extract it from the Jonrnal de Paris of
Monday last : it comes from the same elegant pen
which furnished a recent phillipic against us fa the
burning of Washington. Our Readers will observe
that the writer's zeal has considerably abated L:ece
that " shocking event" ; his style is somewhat rug.:
moderated, but the matter must be equally oceusUe
to all but American. ears :
" In order to form a precise ide 1," says this Ls-
mane antics: curie, " Of the prop sals made by dle
English Commissioners to the American Plenipoletl•
tiaries, relative to the fixing of the limits of the Ie•
dian territories and that of the United States and
Great Britain, (proposals of which we gave the bll4.
stance), it is necessary to observe, that the line a
demarcation established by the Treaty of Urenrin-41
concluded in 1795 with the Indians, traverses tee
State of Ohio, meld the most popclous and flJuti•
ing of the States recently admitted to a participtull

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of Ole Union. T. Mar line ,141 take from this State,
• st. At teal a third of its present extent, i. r.
about 12,000 square miles, and a population of 50,00;
persons.
46 2do It will deprive the union of the totality of
the Michi pan territory, which is 130,000 square miles.
and contains a population 0f.55,000 persons.
44 3d. The Indiana territory, of 35,000 square
nixes, and 25,000 inhabitants.
4411. The Nods territory, of 200,000 square
toiles, and 12,000 inhabitants.
a sth. A 'oast Country to the North-west, bound-
ed on the North and Narth.wtst by the Lake of the
Woods, and the territorial limits of the United States.
established by the Treaty of 1783.

" This vast extent of country, which is double the
extent of the present Kingdom of France, is situated
between the 57th and 50th degrees of North latitude.
It has for its boundaries in the East and North-east,
the great Lakes Erie, Huron; and Superior, the river
Ohio to the South, and the Mississippi to the West.
It completely incloses the great Lake Michigan. The,
whole country is entirely covered by an inexhaustible
stratum of vegetable earth, accumulated for many
centuries, and which produces coessaussibsu anon: sixty
bushels of wheat per acre. It is watered by a great
number of considerable rivers, among which are.
the Illinois and the Wabash, situated under a favour-
able climate, and with a soil equally inviting : tbis
part of the territory of the transatlantic Republic pro-
mises to become, at no very distant epoch, an impor.
tam portion of the union, and the granary destined to
feed a numerous population."

We have been favoured with the perusal of a letter
from a distinguished and gallant British Officer, high
in tile Spanish service. At the present moment we
think it important, as depicting the real state of that
unhappy country, for which so much British' blood
appears to have been sited in vain. The letter is
dated last month, from Madrid :

44 You will not believe how cheaply Britons are
valued in this country, but the inhabitants are mise-
rable in the.extreme, and deserve the pity of all Chris-
tians, and the aid of every citizen of the world—they
are immersed in the most profound ignorance. I
have had a letter from a brave Spanish Officer who
deserve` a better anititry, and he says to me, that the
state of his unhappy country agonizes him. The
country is in the same state as when the Prince of
Peace govemed them—friars, inquisitors, the absurd
and barbarous privileges of the ancient nobility—
every one indeed of the ancient monstrous etablish-
roans has been revived. There is neither commerce
nor agriculture in Spain, nor science nor industry.
" You may conceive how a Spaniard may be dis-
tressed at this, but I am on the contrary glad of it,
for I see that the only remedy for so many evils must
sow be new at band, the political death .of the present

state of "ripsin, and anew order of things.
" D.-content is now become general, you find it
in every class of society, but more particularly in the
army. Every Officer who dares to speak has been
threatened with a dungeon—you kr,ow that the ncble
Aiava, who gained the friendship of your Wellington,
to be in this State t likewise ♦ ♦ •
We would prefer Bonaparte, or any ether clever ras-
cal, to our present unsettled state."

The Malta and Gibraltar packet has brought let.
ters horn the latter place to the 17th of last month.
At the former, hopes were entertained that the repre-
sentations of the new Government would be success.,
fel, and that the capital of the island would be con-
verted into a free port. At Gibraltar there had been
only one death for eight days, but there had been a
few .new cases of a mild character. Applications had
been made for the early opening of the intercourse, to
which the Governor seemed to be disinclined, until
by white-washing and other expedients all the build-
ings had been purified. It was not expected that
business wouli be resumed before Christmas.
We have received letters from Cadiz to the 12th,
and from Madrid .to the 20th ultimo; and other ac.
co :uts, by au arrival from Corunna, in four days.
The British merchants at Cadiz, it appears, have ab.
solutely refused to contribute to the forced loans, and'
in resisting this act of Government, have placed them-
stir. u• .:er the protection of their Ambassador. The'
reps t t the arrest of Don PSDRO DR CiVALLOS is
no iy unfounded, but we learn that be has been
appointed Prime Minister, and that the Duke of SAW,
CA IILOS has been dismissed. The Spanish Consul re..
siding in,London has refused tograot any more ca."'
tiftcates for the admission of cottons into his country,
either of British or Indian manufacture. Trade was
is a state of almost total inactivity throughout the
Northern Provinces, from Corunna to St. Sebastian.

From the Havannah a merchant vessel has ar-
rived, which left that station on the 14th October:
The report was that the Revolutionists had prevailed
in Mexico, hitt that the ports of the Isthmus still con-
tinued under the Spanish authority. In the island of
Cuba the inhabitants were ripe for revolt, in conse-
q knee of the abrogation of the New Constitution in the
mother country. The Govemor,Apodaca, was indebt•
ed iliS influence alone to the ebtimation in which he
was personally held. The troops at the Havannah were
but 400 strong, and they were occasionally assembled
to alarm the fears of the disaffected. We are assured
that if any means were taken to-shut the port or to in-
terfere with the liberty of commerce and navigation,
there would be a general insurrection, and the lives at
the public functionaries would be seriously endan-1
gere-l- It will scarcely be credited that the magoi-
ficent port of the Havannah is blockaded by two
sloops of war belonging to Carthagena, although it
had for its protection one frigate, two brigs, and two
+loop► of war. This state of things must be attribu-
ted to the imbecility of the Government and the insu-
bordination of the maritime force.