The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-11-30 00:00:00

•
The tatter was stationed about 50 miles to the t:nittlt
of Montreal, within the limits of the British territory,
The forces under General DEARBORN having been
-joined by General Ilcoommcn, with 4,009 wen,
were computed at 15,000, while those of the flrtisli,
lode-pendently of our Indian Allies, did not exceed
half that number : but active exertions were makinr.
to organize the provincial militia, and no apprcheu.
sions were entertained from this numerical inferiorit%
Our Quebec Papers state the comparative streiliti
of the respective forces in the action of Queenstowu
as follows :

44 ()cr. 9.1.--We learn by terbal accounts, that
the Americans who crossed over in the night conslit.
ed of 1500 men. The whole of these are
womuled, or prisoners ; and about 500 more, who
attempted to cross afterwards, were drowned.
44 The total number engaged on our side did r.c.t
exceed 700 men, of whom the loss is not more thaa
50 killed and wounded."

Saturday, at three o'clock, a Cabinet Council was
held at Carlton House, which was attendod by mos:
of the Ministers. At the close of the Council,
count CAsmtur kGI I had au audience .4 the pi,,,cc
REGENT, and introduced Baron Nicoi.‘y, the Rus-
sian Ainbasaador, who had also an audience of Ng
Royal jiighness.

A Privy Commit was then cld, which was at..
tended by the I'lw:ft RI:4EN; the Cabinet
stervtile Groom of the Stole, the Lord chamberlaiti,
the Lord Steward of the Housel;uld, the Couiptrol.
ler of the Household, and the Treasurer of thellouse.
hold. •

Satiirday, about four o'clock, the Princess CHAR.
LOTTE Of WALes, attended by Lilly Lr Curroitn,
arrived at Kensington Palace, to dine with the Prin..
cess of WALks. 'lie evening ber Royal Highness
returned to Windsor. •

More than forty Petitiostaiwprepared against the
returns to the new House of Commons, amongst
'which is one by Mr. J. JONES against Wottea • M.
miral CAMPBELL, brother to Lard CAWDOE, for the
Borough of Carmarthen ; and also another against
Sir Junta °wax, who was. reterned for the County
of Pembroke, after so severe a contest with the corn.
bined interests of no less than five` neighbouring
Peers !

General LOrd BOSTON was the Lord' in Waiting,
KEPPEL was the Groom in Waiting for Colonel
Sl .tthme i so
deatht,e, owho
f his
daughter,was unavoidably
whodied
on acee ulit
of Wednesday.
Mr. TILUNEY, not having' procured a return to
the new Parliament, waits; like Mr. SHERIDAN, in
lexpectation of an introduction front some vacancy
arising
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or
i the Lord Lieutenantcy of Ireland.
1 lani.dhleherepprreesseenn taheluArcrchholifisihroep.
i of Tuaat, and the Bishopi of- LIXEIHCE, RAPHOT
and Ditoment ; the three last are arrived in London':
i
MecriNo or Tilt ii: AT,H41.10 411,t1tOrs,---On Tues,
Meeting we
1
'day last the Meeting of the. Catholic Prelates of Ire-
!anti terminated. On the subject of the
.are confirmed in our former statement, that it had
for its object the appointment of a Select Committee,
as Deputies, to wait on Parliament in the ensuing
Session, in order to answer such polemical questions,
and give such other information touching Catholic
Tenets, as might be demanded of them. The Meat-
ing assembled in consequence of a Circular Letter
Written to each of the Bishops, which stated? that it
was intimated to the Right Rev. Doctor Tata, 'lltu-
f lar Bishop of Dublin, from high Authority, that a
I Message from Parliament, in the ensuing Sessiou,
I would be sent to the Prelates of Ireland, requesting
their attendance before the House, &c. ecc.—(Diil-
i lin Evening Post.)
That brave Officer and excellent man, the late
General BROCK, the PRINCE • Recr,rr, for his for,
Imer gallant conduct, at the onset of the American
• wtr, rewarded, by appointing bin an Extra Knight
0. the Bath. He was nephew of the gallant Admiral
.si: JAMis SALTMAIIEZ, K. B.
, Great credit is due to Lieut.-Gen. Sir GEoncr.
' PanvosT7 for mildly terming the surrendered army
of America, only his deluded ncietthours; with the
hope, no doubt, that coticiliatiNi may soon restore
• them to amity, with the vigilant and energetic Go-
vernment of his Majesty's Canat'ian Colony.
Three spa dr :its of the loth :tossers (the Pitts.'..?
Rye eNT'S o‘i Et) have receii- c, orders to prepare for
immediate service in the Peninsula.
The Earl of I.7XI3tIIDGE'S regiment, the 7th ,la.-
ears, disembarked at Liverpool, from Ditl..!iti, on
Wednesday last, when two squadrons immediately
proceeded .tp -Warrington. This regimeut is com-
plete, and a very fine body of.meti. They are in-
tended to relieve the 10th Haman in the duties of
the home distkiet. • ,
' The 550,,lter_vment of. Foot marched from Nee-
eastle-uneni-Ty ne
,tp .Nprth,Sbields, tna Tuesday last,
siihioisbarked -oft hood trauspertvfor the Kent dis-
Acid. ~ ...
The smalfdetachments of the 13th and 14th Dra-
goons, which were marched- from Winchester to em-
bark for the Peninsula, are halted at Southampton
till further orders.
jive sail of the line, part of the Dutch blockading
squadron, are arrived in lioseley Bay, for the par-
posse of 'receiving a supply of stores and provisions.
- The Mercurius sloop of nor has been some days
statioued below the Great more, with several 1)&9
on board, for the purpose of conveying the Iliwian
fleet to their respective moorings in the riverol-
,
Id
I way.
Tuesday evening evening It. Phillips, a yovng m. , ,
teresting appearance, went into tile parlour ofr
Green Gate public-louse, in the City-road, in 1..
it
were several strangers, when he' deliberately. &eq.
pistol from his pocket, and before they could ante
cipate his design, shot himself.
• will riin
On the Ist of rebru,,v, 1813, the sun
and continue
partially eclipsed, about hal f-past•seven,
in that state fur nearly two hoers.
os.
Two melancholy circumstances occurred on r.. tt
day evening, at the Army Depot, at Newpor Lot.
tlie Isle of IVight. (
---11 pinto -----,
t. of the /co!
'regiment., put a period to his existence, by cu,..
his throat ; and a private soldier; at the depot beat" c
1 iii, was found dead in hit bcd, with his throat