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(Here follows a statement 4 11w strength of the British rem into the valley of the Aldudss. The operation de.
ensosiil in the action of the 11th 14ovember—o 1230 Reptlisnt; , .
300 Militia; 40 tudiane—Total 2170.1—Upward' of I.W MU earussupreh i
isLordship's present dispateb„, is not in
more than there were. • 4 A [isitdikkerahuch importance, tipt the eirtihmstances at-
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* HAM Way 1%430 .'nit campsigiS.egeinst 140 wer I, Titir
ng *are extremely wos'of attletion. Lord
Canada is ovet for thisalein; The Aperients trooPs 1 egit!l*BT°l4 "Yst that " the inhtthitente of Bey'
hare gone into winter-lnaAers, and most orthe Ge. gores. were noted in the late stir for their opposition
neral Officers returned to their family firesides, where to the Spanish troops, and they are the only persons
they can contemplate, with uninterrupted. sure, wile, bribe present war,- have manifested any dib-
the brilliant achievements of the campaign. -
• - ' position to oppose the Allies : and I was in hopes
The American. Pipits contain the interesting let. that the measures which I had adopted would
tars of General Wilkinson to the Secretary at War, ha
announcing, with other, ierportant intilligenee, the
, hiduced them to remain quiet." ;..
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termination of the campaign ; and those %thigh issased . It appears evidently from this, that the inhabitants
between Gen. Ilatnptn anti‘ himself, shun ine the of Frauce are not disposed to submit to their invaders
circumstances that lett to This correspondence is without resistance. Why should the inhabitants of
remarkable for mister-Min-Wine and contradiction,.
nd virulence Of aleusaiks•ord recrimination. ~ ißeygetey be more resolute in their opposition to the
a
• uiral Wilkinsoni letter will form(pitiful' arid Allies than any other persons, having the same op.
Ge
g Mal in the history:of military events : it is as coat-' portuuity ? It would appear incredible on the face
ptete a tissue of nOnsense as thesconduct of the Ante. i of it, that they should be•the only persons who hats
ricau army,. throne/ot i. the campaign, ,has been ris manifested any disposition to oppose.the Allies ; the"
dieurous and ebsurd. Illi allusion's to the British are not, in fact, the only persons. Gen. D'UARISPa
totter comninntied by Col. Morrison, which he has'
had the assistance also of the inhabitants of Bidarray.
modestly magnified to nearly treble the number of that he hatti
men that really composed it, as harassing the rear of But Lord WELLINO2ON lets us know, ,
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Novem
his Many. after leaving Grenadier Island, on the 3d of adopted measures which he 'looped would have in*, is highly arousing—it hung on his rear, duced them to remain quiet. It is at least clear, then,
I'l4am/dyed him so much, that„ lie was tempted to that with respect to the inhabitants of those two
turn about, end put an end to al " tcazing and
nieces his Lordship has been mistaken, that his mea-
'srriddling ; but—" alas !".—he was confined to his • •
bed—tio dolt/ the St. Lawrence the General goes : sures•to keep them quiet have been fruitless, and
boldly determined, in turn,. to tent-.e and scratch the that he has lost possession of a military pose-
boldly
inhabitants of Montreal—but the rear division tion„ in consequence of the . aid afforded by the
of his army had not gone as fast as himself--he must inhabitants to the French army. That is, in
-stop for it—at last he finds that it has been cogged
'4:sonieitlfaissisraidenexpected by him b
for if head
with the enemy, had gained a great victory, with the . •
expected it, doubtfer it woad have been provided
loss, however of a gun, and 339 men in killed end,
ainst, 1 reitifelVit..t Mkaa,/ and the
the Alin of
wounded ! The division joins him, and at the mo. ,i‘g
position would litre en presereet This fact, like
ment of expecting to form a junction with the army
under General Hampton, he " alas !" receives a let- ; that of the Allied Army being fired on by the itoloa
ter from that hero, who so greatly distinguished him. I•bitatits of Langres, is decisive proof of the general
self at Chateaugay, refusing to meet him—a Council : inclination of the people of France. What should dis-
of War is then held : and a famous opportunity is .) •
tuogutsh the inhabitants of these places from the gene-
afforded for the officers who composed it, to save .l
! rat character of the French population ? Have they
their hard-earned honours—they unanimously agreed
in opinion, " That the attack on Montreal should! other interests,—other affections and passions than
be abandoned for the season, and the troops go into ' the rest of their countrymen ? Why shduid net the
winter-quarters !" • temper evinced by them be taken as a criterion' of th;
HALI!AX, Dec. 17.—1 t is reported, that the Pee. universal feeling of the country ? ':ln ail lair rea:.l
:Went frigate, Commodore Rogers, sailed from New-
soning it ought to be so taken. The same eonduct
port on the 4th inst. and there is little doubt but
not having yet. been displayed in other, places is no
that the frigates and sloop at New London, and the
Constitution, from Boston, will noon attempt to fol. valid objection to this conclusion, unless it could be
low them.. ,
. shown that the inhabitants of other places have had
BOSTON, Dec. 4.-;--Gen. Harrison is arrived at similar opportunities of exertion. Every incident
New York, and is to be honoured with a public . -- • • • •
winch conveys to us any information as to the dispo-
dinner. On Wednesday evening he attended the
theatre, which was brilliantly illuminated in honour sition ofthe Praia people is deeply interesting ;the
, fate of the French empire may, at the present crisis, be
of the conqueror.
said to depend on the spirit of its people. The armies
.
which have invaded it hive commenced an under-
la-king of 61061 danger,—it is in the nature of
Topelar_steeling to spread itself around with the
sapidity .ef lightning,— common danger seldom fails
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to produce common exertion to repel it,—partial
success, however trivial, furnishes an encourage-
ment of mighty effect, to the indignant enthusiasm
of resistance; let the population of France once be
aroused to action, and the mighty • hosts of the
1 Allies will be as nothing; destruction will hover
around them closely on every side; and if they
escape, it will be with precipitation and dis-
iv*. The British army in the South of France
,Is-stated by private letters to be scarcely equal
in 'force to that by which it is opposed, and
considerable disapprobation is felt, that the troops
' recently sent to Holland were not rather destined to
1
reinforce it. If any rupture should take place he-
/twelen our Government and that of Spain, an event
which appears to be by no means improbable ; and if
the army under SoULT should, as we fully expect it
will, receive the active assistance of the population,
the army of Lord WELLiNGTON will be in a situa-
tion of difficulty and danger, from which it will re-
quire all the ability of his Lordship to extricate it.
A private letter from France, which we have this
day inserted, represents the army collected by 80.
NAPA aTE in the most formidable colours. Europe,
it says, will be surprised that France should have
raised an army of 600,000 men, perfectly equipped,
and ready to take the field. This would be indeed
surprising, and we cannot but suspect it of consi-
derable exaggeration. But we are very far from
thinking the French Empire in such a state of utter
helplessness, with respect to military preparation,
as in this country it is generally thought. A conflict
'he most terrible may yet be expected to take place;
a conflict, too, of which the consequences appal us
In the contemplation. The Allied Sovereigns have
)ad, and still may have, an opportunity of concluding
;peace, on terms the most honourable and advantageous,
Icon terms which a very short time ago were their own. If.
the occasion be not promptly Seized it may escape, not
'speedily to return, One serious military disaster to
the Allies would bring down upon them the over-
whelming power of the French population, at pre-
sent restrained by their imposing aspect and un-]
broken force; in suck circumstances their array-
could not escape annihilation. Let the slightest pro-
bability of this, let its mere possibility, and the
—sm.-- i dreadful consequences that would attend it, be for a
The Gazette of last night contains an extract pf a 1 moment considered, and it must clearly appear tlitt:
dispatch from Lord WaLLINGTON, dated St. halt de prudence as well as honour dictate to ,the Allies a
Luz, the 16th ult. It relates to the repulse of Gen.l steady adherence to the terms already
offered to
MENA on the 12th. The General, it is stated, was France/ and which she has declared her readiness to
stationed at Murray,
on the left of the Nivel and at . accept. If such an overthrow of the Allied Armies now
St. Etienne de Baygorey, with three battalion! •of' In France, as we have described, should take place,l
his troops, to observe the movements of the enemy the Military power of every one of the confederated
from St. Jean Pied de Port., Geo. D'H A WWI. with Princes. would be destroyed, their respective states
a division of the army of Catalonia, and some port would' again lay prostrate under the power of
of the garrison of the last-named place, with tekeid . France, and her preponderance on the Continent be
of the isiltabitants of Bierrigl end Basgoreli, moiled again establislitd, and on foundations more secure
era gutesthvisioap vebil# mai compell44o reltive than ever. I* Make is muck too impottaut to be
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hazarded, either by inordinate demands on France,
by squeamish delicacy as to the choice of negociators.
The tone of triumph and haughtiness assumed by the
war-faction in this country, in which they at one
moment pretend to dictate the terms of peace, a,

at another to select the negnciator, through whom
the Allies may vouchsafe to treat, is at once ridi.
coleus and baneful. t~ rang will not be found
sunk in spirit nor In power, as to endure dictation,
and we earnestly hope,
.that the insolence
faction may not again, as heretofore, prove t pi
cursor of calamity.

• There has been two. further arrival of French Paper
since yesterday. We are, therefore, enable t
gratify-the anfiety 6f our Readers with any officio
intelligence from Parisi bat theteilf* abundance
reports and speculations
,afloat, ell tee,ding
,to. of
point, viz. the entire destruction Of fisak' •
kart fin
his armies, to make. room for th ' '. of ti
BouaaoNs. The Courier of lest night has, s
great'. sagacity and loyalty, settled: the affairs
France at one blow,,itt the following paragraph,
" In the course of the present week we shall pt
bably receive intelligence of decisive importance—,
no less importance than the account of the first,
may be the last, battle ~ice Usurper is doomed
fight—and the intelligence of the 'effect prodiced
upon the people. of France by the ,presenceof iitrell
Of the BOUIIIION Princes arnonvelope. What asqu,
since, the latter may have receliiiirom the All'
Powers, whether they are of mallet; or passive ii
ture, or whether they have received any, we preten
not to know : had any negociation hen in can,
templation with BONAPARTE, they would not '
been permitted, we suppose, thus to have hazarded
their lives."
The admirers of this Journal are, no aleobts
tip-toe, to receive a confirmation of inch kr
tidings. It was formerly the -fashion hr Englal
for the Government to have a- Paper of its o
called ."
the Kingdom's Intelligencer," to prereet
the °circulation of false news; but, alas! how differ.
ent now their employment, when most
,of the E,ng.
Ush Journals are prostituted altd obliged to disse-
minate such information only, as may best
the interest arid ends of their masters. The peoph
are equally to blame for the enComigement given
these hirelings, and it is not eve, NOW beyond "
limlbi of -probability, that the 14.414, isrrive,
their will have reeeott 4e lament their irtfittiuticm.
~.Never was the peace of Europe put to greater
'turd, tban at the moment the Allies crossed
ilia, with the professions, ‘l4 kir. 1,1-1.4 y
With the pretence, of hastening4.-d'Atoid teepei)
that balance of power more expotitd to those
ations, which, it has been said, the war origins
..aii
was intended to 'prevent. Whilst we cotish
therefore, the ambitious or rapacious, scheme
vading France, as condemnable in a general
of view, we find peat and particular occasion
meat the fate of Great Britain from her alliances,
the very midst of triumphs.which have been sonnf
so high. Viatoriei, that bring honour to the
may bring shame to the councils of a nation,
win a battle, to take a. town, is the glory
Commander, and of an army. Of this glory we
to be sure, the consolatory pride to say, we hie
a very large share. But the wisdom of a
is to proportion the ends she proposes, to her interest
and her strength. Great Britain ought neiti
have expected, nor to have desired, by the, mom
cessfut war, what she might not hate ohlatizt
putting an end to its ravages ten, nay Aileen:
ago. But she has been hurried beyond her it
good sense into the most extravagant hostility:
to gratify the passion of an eloquent and. amt
Minister ; and afterwards to feed the avarice's
of men from the emoluments and influence of
This, however, could not have been the case
venal press had not deceived the people cf
.En
and flattered their prejudices, giving (it sr
so express ourselves) a ' popularity to the
though fraught with ruin : the whole eon
being made unwilling to call for an end to'be
contest that has afforded so many occasions
lic. rejoicing, and so wide a range for rn
pride. The English Ministry, since the deati
Mr. PITT, have shown themselves equally lavii
the blood and treasure of the nation, in support
war, which, whatever it may be now, was unneces,
nary in its commencement, and the obtainment
whose honourable termination does most unq
ably appear in every view of the case, to be
the reach of the present men in power.

EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS RECEIVED AT LIVERPOOT;
THE HERMAN) MOIL BOITQN, DAUS) iO4ll
1814.
" We are expecting . another Embargo
course of a few hours •,'" we have been all in
to get off the few neutrals in port, hut a number
be caught, and must clear out in ballast. The
bargo Bill is reported to be very severe, and "
to be for 1t months."

" The Embargo Bill has unquestionably
and is expected to reach here to-morrow;
been the exertions to get off neutrals, that
i.t 'lltve been taking in, both by day and by,
'We understand the form of the Embargo Bill
isiT ; the features of it are very severe ; no •
that are loaded and cleared out will be perm
depart, after the Collector receives al, ial
the Act. Consignees, or masters of neutral
mot give bond to unload in 10 dam or be
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