The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-11-27 00:00:00

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Commissary-General of Police his passport, and his • •
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papers to be transmitted to his Excellency. $ /..on' DON:
. • $ • Every foreigner and every Frenchman coming from I FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1812.
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.1 the Colonies, and arriving by sea as a passenger in I —...
1$ the ports of Teste Pauillac, or Bourdeaux, shall be ! A Gazette Extraordinary has been published this
alto bound to present forthwith his passport, and the morning, containing the important intelligence of
papers in his possession to the Delegates of the Corn- another battle having been fought by the British and
ndssary-General o( Police, who shall prepare a
ti; proces verbal, in order that the whole may be by American troops, between Niagara and Fort Erie,
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them transmitted under seal to the Commissary-Ge- in which the latter were totally defeated, with the
neral of Police. loss of 900 prisoners, and a great number killed and
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A Gazelle Extraordinary has been published this
morning, containing the important intelligence of
another battle having been fought by the British and
American troops, between Niagara and Fort Erie,
in which► the latter were totally defeated, with the
loss of 900 prisoriers, and a great number killed and
wounded. The loss of the English is represented as
very trifling, with the exception of Major-General
Mutes, and some other Officers attached to him.
It is truly a painful task to record the destruction
of mankind ; but more especially those who are, by
every natural tie, to be considered as our friends,
oar relations, and our countrymen ; what must our
responsible guardians feel, if it should be proved, on
a dispassionate enquiry, that they have been the
aggressors in this unnatural hostility with our trans..
atlantic brethren ? What a train of unhappy
catastrophes must fill up the history of the pre.
sent war; but the most of all to be lamented is,
that those who act a principal part in this fatal tra.
gedy, who are, as it were, the projectile stovers of
the machinery, are growing rich as their country is
becoming depopulated and impoverished ; while the
great body of the people, whose blood is spilt to
cement their authority, are looked upon as mere gladi-
ators, subjected to the capricious and arbitrary sway
of a few weak individuals, who are unfeeling enough
in their scramble for riches and power, to break
through the ties of brotherly and social connection,
carrying their sanguinary contentions to a quarter
of the globe, where Providence had suspended the
scourge of war for thirty years, and where the most
sacred bond of filial affection and reciprocal interest
ought to have preserved tranquillity and commer•
cial prosperity between the two naticns, iustead of
strewing the earth with each other's carcases, and
calling the havock glory !!

Passengers shalt not land till after the vessels have
been searched, or except by virtue' of a special per-
mission. They shall proceed forthwith before the Com.
missary-General of Police, accompained by soldiers
du vais:eau, stationed on the shore, to go through
the formalities prescribed by the Decree of the 23d
Fructidor, year 13, and the intructions of his Excel-
lency, to whom thei papers shall he sent, if neces-
lary—the whole without prejudice to the measures
taken, or to be taken by the Mayor of Bourdeaux,
*ith respect to travellers above designated, who shall
have resided more than 24 hours in the city, in exe-
cution of Article 5, of the Decreee of the 23d Fruc-
tidor, year 13.
• 7. When a French or foreign merchant vessel shall
enter any of the afore-mentioned ports, the Delegate
of the Commissary-General of Police shall proceed
first on board, at the expiration of the quarantine, to
ascertain that there are no suspected persons or cor-
respondence on board.
if the vessel is a prize to a privateer, the Dele-
gate, and the Administrates of Marine' shall go on
board together, inspect the crew and passengers, and
examine their papers. They shall proceed in the
same manner with respect to flags of truce and vessels
wrecked on the coast. The Delegates shall not lose
sight of the instructions which have been addressed
to them relative to the precautions which these kind
of searches require, or the arrest of individuals
when necessary. They shall address to the Com-
missary-General with their proces-verbaux and the
interrogatories which they shall judge it expedient to
put, and all the packets, papers, &c. found on
board the vessels, privateers, &c. with the exception
of those addressed to his Excellency the Minister of
Marine) to the Chief of the sth Division of that Mi-

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nistry, -or to his Excellency the Minister for Foreign
Affairs, which shall be transmitted to the principal
Commissary of Marine who shall forward them to
their destination—(instruction of his Excellency the
Minister of General Police, of the '2d Feb. 1808).
8. No Whit:nal, seamen excepted, shall embark
oil board a privateer, without a permit from the
Commissary-General, which shall not be delivered
to him till after ho has proved that he has conformed
to the law of the conscription, and that there is no
other reason to oppose his departure. The papers
which he may produce relative to this subject shall
remain in depot at the Commissariat-General of Po-
lice, till his return.

LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY

NOVEMBER 27.
COLONIAL DEPARTSIENT.

Downing-strcrf, Nor. 27.

Captain Fulton, Aid-de-Camp to Lieutenant-
General Sir G. Prevost, arrived late last night with
a dispatch from that officer, addressed to Earl'
Bathurt, one of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries
if State, of which the following is a copy.
Head-quarters, Montreal, October 41, 1814.
M Y LORD,—I have the satisfaction of reporting to
your Lordship, that his Majesty's forces, aided by
1 the militia and Indians stationed on the Niagara
frontier, have completely repelled a second attempt
of the enemy to invade Upper Canada, and that a
1 victory has been gained which has left in our pos-
-1 session nine hundred of the American army, and
their commander, Brigadier-General Wadsworth,
who surrendered himself on the field of battle to
Major-General Sheaffe. His Majesty and the coun-
try have to deplore the loss of an able and most
gallant officer in Major-General Brock, who fell
early in the battle at the head of the flank companies
of the 49th regiment, while nobly encouraging them
to sustain their position, in opposition to an infinitely
superior foi-ze, until the reinforcements he had or-
dered to advance to their support should arrive. For
further particulars of this splendid affair, I beg leave
to refer your Lordship to Major-General Sheaffe's
report, herewith transmitted. I alio transmit a Ge-
neral Order I have just issued to the fora)s in the
British American provinces on the occasion of this
important success, as it contains a statement of the
services rendered by all who had the good fortune to
maintain on that day the fame of his Majesty's arms,
and to convince our deluded neighbn rs that their
superiority in numbers cannot. intimidate his Ma-
jesty's army, nor shake the fidelity of his Canadian
subjects.
Not having received the return of the killed and

9. Every French or foreign seaman aniving by sea
in this port, shall be hound to exhibit at the Com-
missariat-General of the Police, the extract of the
role d'equipage, which shalt be delivered to him by
the Commissary of Classes. Foreign seamen shall
be also hound to produce with such extract, a certifi-
cate of their respective Consuls, in order to obtain
from the Commissary-Geueral of Police a card of
safety, which shall indicate their domicile on hoard,
or on shore, and which in the latter case the lodging-
house keepers shall mention in the declaration pre-
scribed by Article 4.
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Every foreign seaman coming from ether ports,
and proceeding by land to Bourdeatm, must on his
arrival make himself known to his Consul, and fur.
nish himself with a certificate, which he shall present
forthwith to the Commissary-General of Police, in
order to go through the formality before prescribed.
lie shall then appear before the Commissary of
Classes, to prove his nationality, and answer to such
questions as that functionary may judge necessary.
It is exprilsly prohibited to hotel-keepers, inn-
keepers, lodging-house-keepers, or others, to receive
even for a single night, any foreign seaman not
hav4n.l a card, as abovementioned, under the penal-
ties enacted by the law of the 22d July, 1791,
to. Every individual, whatever may be his condi-
tion, or profession, and whether belonging to Go-
vernments friendly, cr allied to France, who shall
be at this moment, or whose business may lead him
to Bourcleaux, or the rural Communes, shall be
bound to present himself to the Commissariat-Gene-
ral of Police within thirty days at farthest, to ex-
Whit his cart' of safety.

The pending questics as to the claim of the Col- i wounded on the lath, . nor that of the ordnance
leges upon the Booksellers for copies of all works ! and stores captured from the enemy, I am under
is of great consequence, and will operate as a serious I the necessity of deferring seeding them to . your
bar to printinz. The Boydell shal-speare, for in- Lordship until the next Opportunity, when I also
stance, .wriuld he a tax of a thousand pnund!;. If
to forward the colours taken from the Anso,
the'Booksellers were to undertake e tran4ation from ;expect
tr
the French of the last edition of their Natural Ilis-
icans, to be laid at the feet of his Royal llighne
pry, they would he forced to give away One Thou- the Prince Regent.
sand Three hundred and Ninety-seven Volumes ! : Captain Fulton, to)' Aid-de-Camp, will have the
The printing presses of London are even now nearly !honour of delivering this dispatch to your Lordship.
at a stand ;
annihilated. it
Cambr wouldidge, if th
Universite tax werefeeliestlenforced be He .
Is
very capable of affording such information as
no flipence of printin, and has owned it ht the ; •
)ocr Lordship may require respecting the state of
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price which they hare put on the last classical work his Majesty's Canadian provitices. 1
that issued from their press. ; Eight companies of the Glengary levy are in moo
The ,lronide, of 44 guns, arrived at Plymouth on tau to reinforce Upper Canada,
Monday, from off Quiheron Bay, where (ns our I I have top honour to be, Sze.
despondent states) " she has landed a French
, P General (piker on soma special service; but what (Signed) Gr.on“t; it EVOST.
ii not knpwn." Com ma
mander of the ro"!
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It is proposed, we understand, that Cadiz, and Fun Grow, Oct. 19. 1811.
the ot;:er principal ports of Spain, not in the hand* Sirt,—l have the honour of Inforwing your 14101?
- lency that the enemy made au a,tta.ck !lilt 4 pok
;If eke French shall 4, ivockm! NI [lofts:
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siderablo force this morning before daylight, on the
position of Queenstown. On receiving intelligence
of it, Major-General Brock immediately proceeded
to that post, and I am excessively grieved in having
to add, that he fell whilst gallantly cheering his
troops to an exertion for maintaining it. With
him the position was lost ; but the enemy was not
allowed to retain it long. Reinforcements having
been sent up from this post, composed of regular
troops, militia, and Indians, a movement was made
to turn his left, while some artillery, under the able
direction of Captain Holcroft, supported by a body
of infantry, engaged his attention in front. This
operation was aided too by the judicious position
which Norton, and the Indians with him, had
taken on the woody brow of the high ground above
Queenstown. A communication being thus opened
with Chipawa, a junction was formed with sue.
cours that had been ordered from that post. The
enemy was then attacked, and, after a short but
spirited conflict, was completely defeated. I had
the satisfaction of receiving the sword of their
commander, Brigadier-General Wadsworth, on the
field of battle ; and many officen, with upwards of
tune hundred men, were made prisoners, and more
may yet be expected. A stand of colours Red one
six-pounder were also taken. The action did not
terminate till nearly three o'clock iu the afternoon,
I and their loss in killed and wounded must have been
considerable. Oars I believe to have been compa-
ratively small in numbers; no officer was killed be-
sides Major-General Brock, one of the most gallant
and zealous officers in his Majesty'; service, whose
loss cannot be too much deplored, and Lieutenant-
Colonel M'Donnell, Provincial - dc-Camp,
whose gallantry and merit rendered him worthy of
his Chief.

Captains Dennis and Williams, commanding the
flack companies of the 49th regiment, which were
stationed at Queenstown, were wounded, bravely
contending, at the head of their men, against superior
numbers ; but I am glad to have it in my power to
add, that Captain Dennis fortunately was able to
keep the field, though with pain and dillicUlty ; and
CaptainWilliams's wound is not likely to deprive me
long of his services.

I am particularly indebted to Captain Holcroft,
of the Royal Artillery, for his judicious and skilful
co-operation with the guns and howitzers under his
immediate superintendence, tho well-directed fire
from which contributed materially to the fortunate
result of the day.
Captain Eklrenzy, of the 41st regiment, brought
up the reinforcemeet of that corps from Fort
George; and Captain Bullock led that of the same
regiment from Chipawa ; and under their command
those detachments acquitted themselves in such a
manner as to sustain the reputation which the 41st
regiment had already acquired in the vicinity of De-
troit.

Major-General Brock, soon after bis arrival at
Queenstown, had sent down orders for battering
the American Fort Niagara : Brigade-Major Evans,
who was left in charge of Fort George, directed the
operations against it with so much effect as to silence
its fire, and to force the troops to abandon it ; and
by his prudent preCautions he prevented mischief
of a most serious nature, which otherwise might
have been effected, the enemy having used heated
shot in firing at Fort George. In these services he
was most effectually aided by Colonel Claus (who re-
ntained in the fort at my desire), and by Captain
Vigoreux, of the Royal EngineerS. Brigade-Major
Evans also mentions the conduct of Captai!is Powell
and Cameron, of the Militia Artillery., in terms of
commendation.

Lieutenant Crowther, of the 41st regiment, had
charge of two three-pounders that. had accompanied
the movement of our little corps, and they were em-
ployed with very good effect.

Captain Glegg, of the 49th regiment, Aid-de-
Camp to our lamented friend and General, afforded
me most essential assistance ; and I found the ser-
vices of Lieut. Fowler, of the list regiment, Assist-
ant Deputy-Quarter-Master-General, very useful.
I derived much aid too from the activity and intelli-
gence of Lieut. Kerr, of the Glengary Fencibles,
whom I employed in communications with the In.
diens and other flanking partici.
I was unfortunately deprived of the aid of the ex-
perience and ability of Lieut.-Col. Myers, Deputy
Quarter-Master-General, who had been sent up to
Fort Erie a few days before, on duty which detained
him there.

Lieutenant-Corot:els Butler and Clark of the Mi-
litia, and Captains Hatt, Durand, Rowe, Apple.
Barth, James' Crooks, Cooper, Robert Hamilton,
M'Ewen, and Duncan Cameron, and Lieutenants
Richardson, and Thomas Butler, commanding flank
companies of the Lincoln and York militia, kd Cie*
men into action with great spirit. Major Alerritt,
commanding the Niagara Dragoons, accompaniedj
Flee and gave me much assistance with part of his
I corps. Captain A. Hamilton, belonging to it, was
Disabled froni riding, and attached himself to the
guns under Capt. Holcroft, who speaks highly of
; his activity and usefulness. I beg leave to add, that
i Volunteers Shaw, Thomson, and Jarvis, attached
to the flank companies of the 49111 regiment, coo.
ducted themselves with great spirit ; the lira was,
wounded, and the last taken prisoner : I beg leave
to recommend these young men to your Excellency's
notice. Norton is wounded, bat not badly : he
and the Indians particularly distinguished them-
sad I have eery great satistectien in auwing

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