Star.
London, England, 1814-09-24 00:00:00

PARIS, SEPTEMBER so.

Tuesday were presented to his Majesty Messrs.
Andre de la Lozere, Lemerer, Couchery, and Polk-
sard, all of them embers of the Council of Five
Hundred in 1795, and proscribed on the 18th Fruc-
tidor, and who were enobled by a Royal Orden-
mince of the 16th August, with Mews. Borise and,
Camille Jourdan, Their colleagues.
On the 7th of this month, at 55 minutes past nine'
in the evening, a slight shock of an earthquake was
experienced at Genoa from east to west: it lasted
only three or four seconds, and caused no damage.
AU the Ministers from the Allied Powers to the
Swiss Cantons are now at Zurich. There are fre-
quent conferences among them.
The Helvetic Diet has terminated its discussions
on the Federal Act. It is understood that all the
Powers of Europe will recognize the complete neu-
trality of Switzerland in all future wars.
The Duke of Berri sets off to-morrow for Chad*.
ville and Alsace.

M. Framery is appointed French Consul-General
at Philadelphia.
The King of Sardinia has appointed the Marquis
Alfieri de Tostegna his Ambassador to France.
It is said that Wirtemberg demands the restoration
of its Provincial States and its ancient Constitution,
and that this subject will be discussed at the Con-
grass of Vienna.
The Gazette of Bayreuth announces, that not only
will the King of Saxony be present at the Congress
of Vienna, but that he has even been invited.
The marriage between the Archduke Char:es and
the Duchess of Oldenburg is regarded as certain. It
is added that the nuptial ceremony will take place at
Vienna, where the Duchess will arrive about the end
of this month.
Yesterday the Chamber of Deputies met in Secret
Committee, to discuss the Peers' amendments to the
law on the Civil List. There was also a discussion
on the motion of a Member for the free export of va-
rious articles the produce of the French soil.
It may be recollected, that some English Journals
concluded, from the sale of the house which the Prin-
cess of Wales occupied in Connaught Place, that her
Royal Highness did not mean to return to London.
The Straetzrzk Gazette contains the following answer,
to which the residence if the Princess in that city gives
an official character
" The article in the Star concerning the Princess
of Wales is not correct. Her Royal Highness con-
tinues always in possession of her apartments in Kee.
tingtoa Palace, where the Qfficep of her household.

habitually Nage, wady to receive her whenever she
pleases to return. The house in Connaught Place
was only rented by her Royal Highness being ,
close to London."
The Moniterr contains a long official account of
the consecration of the colours of the different regi.
tomoeuntspee
olaftheyesmn7 in h
linete of the firstte Champ militaryap de Mars. divisioa. T
division, whichhe
ceremony
was nearly similar to that which *took
place when the colours of the national gu.'rds were
consecrated.
The Dukes of Angouleme and Berri first reviewed
the line before the King came upon the grovnd, and
bad previously directed that the troops should reserve
for his Majesty all those expressions of joy and si:tis.
faction with which they were penetrated. Every re.
giment, from respect to the wishes of these Princes.
made it a duty to receive them in an attitude of it-'.
mobility and silence, the first characteristic cf
tary discipline.
At ten o'clock the King, accompanied by Madame,
entered the ground, and went round the whole
in a calash drawn by eight horses, the Dukes of An-
goulenre and Berri being on each side of the carriage.
chat moment the unanimous expression of their en-
tire devotedness, of their profound respect, and of
their unalterable fidelity, burst forth from all the
corps. In consequence of permission being given by
their Colonels, all the regiments spontanecusiy raised
their :chub: on the point of their bayonets.
The ceremony of the consecration of the colours
then took place by the Grand Al renner, and cravatta
were attached to the ttaakignis by the hands of Ma-
dame.

After the consecration, all the regiments were
drawn up in clout column around the attar ; and the-
colours and'standatds hiving been brought by the
Colonels to the front of each Regiment, Lieutenant.
General Count Maison pronounced the oath with a
loud voice, which was spontanenusly repeated by all
the troops. Nothing could be mote imposing titan
this oath, taken with one unanimous csy by t.'0,000
men under arms.

The troops then defiled before the King, who dis-
played in his aspect the pleasure which the sentiments
expressed by the trocps had afforded him, and his
satisfaction with their fine appearance. Count Maison
then advanced to the foot of the alcove, where his
Majesty was seated, accompanied by his Staff and all
the officers of the first division. He addressed the
Kmg as follows :
44 Stne—Tbe General Staff and all the Officers of
the first military division seize the honourable and
precious opportunity to deposit at the foot cif the
throne the homage of their boundless divotion. I
engage for them, Sire, they will all die, should it be
necessary, for the service of your Majesty, and that
of the State"

The King replied :
•' GEN TLZMW —I receive with the most lively sa-
tisfaction the expression of your attachment. I re-
garded the army as wholly mine; I gave it my most
entire confidence; but this day connects it with nie
still more closely ; and since a portion of the regi-
ments which compose it have received their colours
from my hands, I experience I know not what new
Sentiments still stronger than those I felt before."
These words, pronounced with that heartfelt ac_
cent, with that sensibility which belongs only to Lis
"Majesty, excitad transports in every begirt. Accl.i.
mations of « Vier It Roi " riven, It: Bourbon: !"
were incessant till the King left the field to return to
the Thuilleries.

On this ceremony we extract the following from two
minor Journals :

Ah ! may peace, the first of so many benefits
which we owe to the return of our good King, con.
sole us for ills and agitations without exarnple t but
if that peace should be disturbed, we shall await fu-
ture events with security. Those who have triumphed
in so many combats, march, in future, tinder the ban-
ness of the Dugesciins. the Dunois, the Condos, Tu-
rennet, and Villars—under that banner which Piche-
gru and Moreau wished to raise again. Could these
warriors, the ifire of 'the country, the dearest objects
of the paternal solicitude of the King, faithful to ho-
nour, to the ancient blood of their legitimate Sove-
reign, and bound by the sacred oaths which they here
just pronounced in the face of France and the uni-
verse, could these warriors be other than invincible ?"
(Garaiit de Frame.)
66 This ceremony will leave profound recollections
in the hearts of all who were present. Citizens and
soldiers are animated by the same spirit, and all, if it
were necessary, would be ready to make the greatest
sacrifices to maintain the independence of our fine
country, under the legitimate authority of ouz kings."
Journal de Paris.

The crowd of spectators on this occasion was im-
incase. Among the strangers of rank, we remarked
the Duke of Wellington. . The order, very strictly
enforced, to seclude from the cirque all but those who
formed part of the troops under arms, was dispensed
"Irish in the case of his Lordship and his suite.
The Paris-Papeee.contains the following pert not 4
Creation—it is unprecedented In our spartusic anuais
,4 M. Mona,. Rue Basse-du-Rempart, No. 48, com-
plains of a report having been spread that an illness,
which overtook his mare, alone prevented the race fur
the great prize of 4000 francs this year. He assures
the public, that this noble mare has not ceased for a
moment to enjoy the best health ; that she burns with
ardour to contend for the prize, and that if his Excel-
lency the Minister of the Interior consents, she is wil-
ling once more to dart into the career of glory !"
YEMEN MODEL—The following is the list notice
in the Areas/ des Dawn :--06 Some bonnets are
striped in slopes, whereas last week the stripes were
perpendicular. There are even serpentine stripes, but
these ate stuff. To make these striped bonnets ti e
Modists cut from the piece bands of stuff, and Adapt
them to the ends of ribband. and these stripes are ge-
nerally green and white, yellow straw and blue Flora.
pale yellow and white, rose and white, &c. Fur (mi-
nas of one simple colour, they must be either white ur
yellow ; and capotes must be green Some ut tud
hats, rose-colonr, are ornamented with a downy tc.it!itr
of the same colour. A fancy-flower, large an.: _Ai,
generally of rose-colour or poppy, or approaching to
A Sq6loWer,is worn on the head—hut the prevAdi..g
flowers are still 'the daisy and rose. Fur the moLti.s
of September and October, and before they it tome
their furs• She Parisian Belles have taken to .1/i, he. ;
but they are stench shorter than those worn by t e
Einglitall Ladies. The French do nut come brluw
bremt+the Enihib descend /wirier's; !make.

THE M'rEI4ING STAB

LONDON.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1814.
11VCi OF S InCKS THIS DAY Al' TWELVE O'CLOCK:
Co. sols 6sli—for account 63ii—.5 per Cent. Navy Slit
Olan. sfi dis.—Bonds is. 91. pr.—Excb. D'.% 3s. dis. Is. pr.

To-day we present our Readers uith some most
interesting communications from the Western Hetnis.
phere. St. Domingo, the largest, and when in a state
of proper cultivation, certainly the richest of the West
I,lclia islands, is about to occupy a large space in the
ere of the European politician. Whatever may be
the individual quarrels of Period and CHRISTOPHE,
the rival Chiefs of that Island, or whatever may be
the influence of each in point of character and re-
sources; there subsists a unison of feeling, and which
we are happy to learn, is common to all the inhabi.
tams on one point, from which *e augur the most
auspicious consequences to humanity.
The Sovereign of Hayti openly and decidedly de-
clares it to be his intention, and doubtless to this ex-
tent he is seconded, from motives of self-interest, by
the whole population under his controul, to resist, to
the last extremity, all attempts at subjugation by any
European Power, which is Jikely to be followed by
the restoration of the slave-trade, add a renewal of
the horrors which once visited the island, in conse-
quence of the ferocious conduct of the French to the
natives. Here we have a striking picture of the ab-
horrence against Frenchmen which has pervaded
every part of the world, which their armies have
visited since the revolution, and while this tide of
execration runs 3, strong against them, it really would
be worse than madness to stem it at the point of the
bayonet. Let cis hear no more,therefore,of expeditions
of armed men to St. Domingo, where they must inevi-
tably meet an instant grave. If unarmed Commis.
sioners cannot conciliate the differences between the
rival Chiefs, and produce something like a promise
from them to do homage by suit and service" to'
Prance for her protection, all the armies now at the
disposal of the Allied Sovereigns will never effect the
conquest of a people, so enlightened as to their best
interests, as the Haytians are. The door of concilia.
tion is left open by CnamroPuk—there is wisdom
and moderation in this line of conduct, and we trust
it will be eagerly caught at not only by the Frcpch
Government, as the principal, but by the Biitish as
the mediator.

One thing is certain, and we hail it as an inesti-
mable blessing to mankind, the Slave Trade never
will be permitted to be revived in St. Domingo. It
is, in fact, to preserve their liberty and independence,
such as it is, that the whole population hate threa-
tened to take up arms.
. The letter Of tnaisrovnes Secretary of State WM
be perused with much pleasure—it is evidently the
composition of a person capable of taking a hound,
philo,.ophieal, and Statesman-like view of what is
recrisite i.. use present state of affairs, for the main.
tenance of general peace and good order: The pri-
irate letter from Pertoes side of the Island holds an
equally decided language on the topics to which We
Lave
Let us hope, therefore, that the present Frefleb Go-
verninent will not be led astray by- the cupidity of the
ex-Colonists of St. Domingo, to undertake a Worse

than Quixotic etpedition to that " frightful climate."

Let them have an indemnity elsewhere. In the mean
time, we, presume the friends of humanity may safely
look to the mild and philosophic character of the
French KING for the deliverance of his fellow-crea.

tures from all evil which he cad possibly avert. In
his Royal breasts we doubt not, that the claims even
of the Blacks of St. Domingo will hays their due
wcight.

13y the arrival of a neutral vessel, the Jenny, Cep-
tain Merms, at Dartmouth, in. 23 days, from Ame-
rica, we have received an American Paper of so late
a date as the 27th of August. The Jenny sailed from
Bristol, Rhode Island, 28 days since, and the News-
paper she brings is called the Rhode blond Wessels,.
It contains an account of a check sustained by she
British army, in an attack upon Foot Erie, to which
the Americans retreated, after their signal defeat on
the.2sth of July. We regret to state that the brave
officer who commanded the attack, Colonel ,Dituu-
240ND, nephew to the General of that name, perished
on the occasion. The whole statement, short as it is,
is doubtless exaggerated, and we look with confidence
for official evidence to this effect from our own Com-
manders.

As a counter-balance to -Ibis painful not:fication,
we learn with satisfaction, that Admiral COCHRANE
had arrived in the Chesapeake with 46 sail of men
of war and transports, and had Landed 4000 men.
The capture of Washington, the capital of the United
States, seems to be the object of this Expedition.

Some of the Letters state, that the American Go.
verament had collected a force of 7000 men to meet

46 RHODE ISLAND, AUGUST 27.

•' General Gaines 'pined the army the 7th August
at Fort Erie ; on the 15th the Fort was attacked by
the British, under Colonel Drummond, nephew to
the General, and after a desperate action, Colonel
Drummond was defeated, leaving 600 killed, wound-
ed, and prisoner& Colonel Drummond is among the
killed.
" Fresh advice: from Washington, of the 24th

August, give an accouttt Conitnectore Puler hav-
ing arrived with 530 seallien for the protection of the
new frigate, and that the inhabitants were in daily

exi.ectatimi of an attack from the British. Seven

thousand troops were assembled ia Washington city.
At the date of the last advices, Commodore
Chauncey was off Kingston.
Admiral Cochrane, with 40 sail of ships of war
and transports, has arrived in the Chesapeake, and
landed 4000 men.

" A blig, mounting /2 32-pounders, was built
from the keel in Lake Champlain, and launched in

fourteen days."

CORRESPONDENCE ON THE SUBJECT OP THE POISONED

I•PlltITS LEFT BY THE AMERICANS IN THE WAY OF
THE BAITIsII TROOPS.
icu-t•natit -Colonel Parker, 41St Regt. linked States Army.

DE %it girt—Your letter, addressed to the Com-
ma•.ider of his Britannic Majesty's Fotces in the Po-
tomac, which I was ordered to carry, I delivered to

Admiral Cockburn; whom I found to be the Com-

mander, on board the Albion, 74.
" The subject of the poisoned spirits was the first
to which he directed his conversation : it appeared to

have made considerable impression on his feelings.

He remarked with much propriety on the horrors of

such a mode of warfare—was glad to Understand

from you, that you received it in the saint light—
and alluded to the Suggestion in your communica-
tion, that I was possessed of facts which would repel
the imputation. I remarked, that the character of
Virginians was a strong assurance that none Of them

could be found so base as to practice means so vile.
That the particular facts which -you had directed
me to state to him were—that the spirits had been
brought out by Mrs. Thouipson for the refreshment
of a Gentleman who had gone to her house upon the
apjroach of the barges, of which he drank—that when
the forces landed, Mrs. Thompson hurried from her
house, leaving the spirits, glasses, &c. standing out—
that you and some other Officers entered the house as
she retired, meeting her at the gate, and discovered
the liquor, of which you all partook—that you conti.

nued there until the nearness of the forces rendered it
unsafe lodger to remain—that upon retiring, some of
the company, and I believe yourself again drank, that
it was quite impossible, in the short interval between
your leaving your house, and the arrival of the Bri•
tistt at it, that any poison could have been infuted in
spirit. I learn that the name of the person, charged
with the fact, was an individual in you; regiment,
named John Crabb. 1 told him you were not advised
at the time you wrote your communication, who was
the person charged. That although not particularly
instructed by you to say what course you would yet
take, I felt no hesitation in saying, that as a Virg'.

nian; and an Officer, you would feel equally interested
to institute a rigid examination into the affair—such
as should be satisfactory to him and to the world.
He alluded to a similar occurrence in Mary.
land, as having excited a suspiciousness of such prat:-
tices. I could not forbear remarking, that the honour-
able and prompt Manner. in which an individual had

come forward on that occasion, to arrest the fatal ef-
fects, was a strong assurance of our abhorrence of the
means, and that they would not be practised or coun-
tenanced. He had stated that the information had
come from a prisoner, but could not tell of what de.'
scription. i observed, that I had learnt on board the
Albion, since my arrival, that a negtoe had given
the information. That it would be hard if credit were
given to such testimony, to fix an imputation upon bur
people, which, fir the hdnour of human nature, Was
almost incredible. That it was very probable that
a slave in the moment of his liberation, might wish
to excite as angry and vindictive a spirit as possible,
in the bosoms of the enemies of his former masters,
and that no suggestion would be more effectual than
the one under consideration. He said that he knew
not before that it was a prisoner of that description,
and sent an officer to inquire in the ward-room if it
was known what prisoner had given the information.
The officer returned and said, that the officers stated,
they received the information, or be.trcl it as coming
rem a negro. The conversation concluded upon that
subject, with my a:pressing my readiness and my
wish, to receive any information from him, which
could aid in an investigation. Mr. Pearce he would
not consent to liberate.
61 A search was ordered through the fleet for the
books, &c. which Mr. Douglas wanted.
" I am, Sir, your most obedient servant,
44 JOHN TAYLOR LOMAX."
" Ws Britannic Majesty's Ship Albion, in the
Potomac, July u 4.
4' tut— I am honoured with -your letter of the 22d
inst. by Captain Lomax. Mr. Pearce having been
taken in arms against us, must, of course, be consi-
dered by me as a prisoner of war, and detained as
such, until exchanged.
ea I am most happy to learn, by your letter, that
you view -the idea of poison having been lift in the
way of our people with the horror such an act ought
to excite in every honourable breast.
,6 I have explained to Captain Lomax the particu-
lars respecting it, which wire detailed tome, to enable
you to mike such further investigation, relative there-
to, as you may deem proper.
" I have the honour to be, with high considera.
tion, Sir, your obedient humble servant,
(Signed) " O. COCKBURN."
The dismasted brig which was said yesterday to
have arrived at Sandy Hook turns out, as will be
seen by the following letter, which we received this

Mottling from an Act* staitiolte4 at Sandi Hoot, tot
be ab esteM cruizeey's T. "1
Aantly ll.ok, August 1, eleven o'Zock.
in We this moment dis.covetod an enemy's reser
off the Wm, with the loss of • her main and mizen-
Masts; which she lost last evening in the squall. .She
fired several glans as signals Of distress. Two Bri-
641'6*atea are now in sight to leeward, beating up
471' hcr. The flotilla of gun-boatr, in all about 2()
nil, got under way from Sperntaceti Cove, for die
purpose tif attacking the razee, but were prevented,
by the two frigates coining up to.hei assistance.—
The gunboats returned, and th 4 enemy all stood
close toAthe Long Island shore, and about 5 o'clock
three barges, crowded with linen, put off from the
ships of war, and landed two or three miles Eastward
u( Coney Island. The private armed brig Regent,
and private armed schooner Amelia, are at anchor
in the Bay."