The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-10-20 00:00:00

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change of things, awl having received an. 477. press mo Snt olutioso in the relative streugh of the contending
(ien. liall, rommairtlia7 oppisite the British shore parties; or in the measures of resistance in our
pewod. That we were far superior to the enemy,—
on the Niagara river, t;) which it appearee Vial these
nas no prospect of an.rco-oporation fromt that ear. that upon any ordinary principles of calculation, we
ter, mid the two senior eilir.: Aof( ho artillery having wounk defeated them, the wounded anditindjg.o
stated to me all opinion that it would he. extremely sant folio of every man there will testify.
Ili.oult4,9inot rinpAsilile,rtis^pass,The Tuiltyy !liver A few vs before the surrendi4l. was informed
and River Aux Cannard, with the 21-poueders, and by General ;nail, we had 40() roiande of 24-pound
that they could not be. trrtitsported, by worr, as the shot fixed, ea about 100,00) cartridges made. We
Queen Charlotte, which carried eighteen 'll-pounders, soorrentlered with the fort, 40 barrels of powder, and
-}ate
phe,litiver Use visit above tbernsout la a tion.llikeor 2500 stand of arms.
Aux Catmard ; and as it appeared indispettAbly,tre- The state of our provisions has not been generally
cessnry to open the. 'cAniitinicistion in,tise)Rher Auntiersoini.- -On•the day df the;-surrender we had
Raisin and the Miami, I found in) self comelled to 15 days' provisions of every kind on hand. Had Ire-
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sits-pi: Mite operations against AniherAnirg, and Lon- been totally destitute of provisions, our duty rind
&Wolfe the milli force "ot the tsrmy at Detroit. our interest undoubtedly was
.tp tigivt. ,But basely
lie then states the failure-of the attempt to open to surrender without firing a .gun,..—tamely to submit
the 'communication necessary for the supply of the without raising a hayonet,—disgraceholly to pass in
troops, and that in consequence the want Of WIWI, revie* before an enemy 'as inferior •in the quality as
sions and ammunition. anrrthe sickness of his arnis, in the number of his forces, were circumstances which
compelled him to' surrender. , excited feelings of indignation more easily felt than
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described. .
I em expressly atithorised to stilt', that Colonel
M'Asthur and Colonel Findly, and Lieutenant-
Colonel Miller, viewed this transaction in the light
which I do. •
' • Confident I am, that had the courage and • con,
duct of the General been equal to the spirit and
zeal of the troops, the event would have been as
brilliant and successful as it now is disastrous add
dishonourable. , . 4 # 1

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EXTRACT FROM Tilt LETTER or COLONECtASSTO.TItt,

SECRETARY OF WAR.
When the forces landed in Canada, they landed.
with an ardent zeal and stimulated-with the hope of
conquest. No enemv 41ppea'red -Within view of us,;
and had an immediate and vigorousettack been made
upon Mahlen, it would doubtless have fallen an eli.sY
victory. L know General afterwlrds declered
he regretted this attack had not been Illetlee In the
course of.three wee!:s the cannon' wereo;ounted,' the
ammunition, and every preparetion made for en im-
mettiate investment of the fort. At a' Conn6t, at
which were present all the Field Officers, and;
which was held two days tefdre .our dpreparatiens
were completed, it was unattintonsly n:;;.ettl to make
an imnt diate attempt; to accomplish the object of
this.expriiit inn ; but rt chatq,e of measures', in op.
posi:ien to the wl-.:ter. aufi ,opinir;us of all t:.e
OAi-
,cer:, was:adopted by ilierGetteral. . The plan of at-
tarkin,; :.:al•lc,n was al:andolletl, aitr instead of ect.
o;fcisively,' we lirol:e up our ;atop, and evacn.
atetei.u:,(4,lkid 're-crossed the river in the night,
%%if !lout evo3 sh,u7.wx of en enenry to injure us.
We left to the iewler tuNcy. of Cie _enemy the. misc.
rattle Cahatlians who had joined us, and the pro-
tection we afforded them was but a passport to yen. '
geance. This fatal eel unlcconoth'sle step dispirited
the troops, and destroyed the little centiletlee which
a series of timid, irresolute, and iiplecisive measures •
had left in the Commiteling..Otticer.
.About the lath of A.ugmt, the enemy received the
reinforcement of 100 men. , On the 126, the Com, -
mending Officers of three of the regiments (the 4th
was absent) wore informed, through a medium m Mat
admitted of no doubt, that the General had stated,
that a capitulation would be necessary.
.. As no enemy was near us, and as the superiority of
our force was manifest, we could see no necessity for
capitulating, nor any propriety in alluding to it. We
therefore determined, in she last resort, to incur the
responsibility of divesting the General of his corn.
stand. _ This plan was eventually. prevented by two
Commanding Officers of regiments being ordered upon
detachments.

LEWIS CASS, Col. Sd Relit. Ohli.
The lion. William Eustis, Secretary at War.

ELECTIONS

On the 13th, the British took
.a position opposite to
Detroit, and began to throw up, works. During that
and the two followings days, thOy istivfuetT their ob-
ject without. interruption, and established, a battery
for two 18-pounders and an 8-inch howitzer. About
sun-set on the evening of the'l4th, a detachment of
350 men from the regiment commanded by Colonel
-NPArthur and myself, was ordered .to march to the
Raisin, to escort the provisions. •
On Saturday, the 15th, about one•p'clock, a flag
of truce arrived from Sandwich, bearing a summons
from Gentoal Brock,' ror the surrender of the town
1111.1 iort of DANA', statit4:, he could no longer ,se-
Istrain the fury of the sA%ilf;:'S. To this au immediate
at;cl spiriled reft,s4l was returned. About four
n't•:,,ek, their bat tecit.ts li(vin to play upon the town.
Tut. tile it as returned autl continued without Inter-
'option and with little effect until dark.. Their
0;015 wore thrown till eleven o'clock.

At dal -tight the firing on both sties recomthenced ;
a bout ilk! sAme time the enemy began to land troops
at the Springwells, three miles below Detroit, pro-
tected by two of their aimed vessels.

Bet %%Teti ti a d 7 o'clock, theV had effected their
landing, and linnwcliately took up Ih^ir line of nr►rch.
niored in it clime column of platoons, 12 in
front, upon the bank of the river.

The fourth regiment was stationed in the fort ;
the Ohio volunteers, and a part of the Michigan mi-
litia, behind some pickets, in a sitnatio'n in which
the whole flank of the enemy would have been ex-
posed. The residue of the Michigan militia were in
the upper part of the town to tesist the incursions of
the savages. Two '2l-pounders loaded with grape-
shot, were posted upon a commanding erninenc.e,
ready to sweep the advancing column. In this situa-
tion, the superiority of our position was apparent.
When the head of their column` arrived within
about 1663'ards of our line,. orders *ere received
from General-Hull, for the whole to mitrett to the
fort, and for the 21-pounders not to open upon the
enemy. The fort .was in this manner filled ; the
men were directed to stack their arms, and scarcely
was an opportunity affo,*d of :moving, . Shortly
after a white liag was bung out upon the walls. A
British Officer rode up to enquire the' cause. A
communiattion pissed .between the commanding.
Generals, Which ended in the capitulation submitted
to you.

Our morning rep-off-had that morning .made
effective men presentAti, for duty 1030, without in-
cluding the detachment-hviore alluded to, and with.l
out including•3o() of the.Micitirati milOittott duty.
I have been informed* Culapel Madly, who saw
_the return• of their Autitter.fdasterpGeueral tire day
after the surrender, that their whole -force', of every:
desctiption, white, red, and hiatk, Witall()80. They ,
had 29 platoons, 12 ina platoon, of igen dieised.itt ;
uniform. Many of these were evidently Cantedian,,
Tte-rest of their increased" their .
white forte tnaluittt7oo melt, • • -
—44re--nombee-ef—their Indistureould- not he-aster-'
talned with Atiy4legrce, of .pihcloto%.• not mewl ,were
irdble evetliSf att"agiCk ppatt the-than
and flirt, it was a speciqs. a farce which, conic' have;
afforded no material adrattragelo the empty. •
In endeaatioring to aPprecitite,t4.o4tir,o4.,.:lol4lAPi
investigate .the causes, tdiiph ted-asatt.revent so Un-I
expected ind •disir'utioOtobto-}
.to flack

independent portion of the inhabitants of L!Terpo4l
—(Liverpoo(Mercary.)
OcT. t7.—This morning, although Mr. Broughact and Mr. Creevey had declined the contest, a perioa
ttheir interest attempted to keep open the poll.
ut he was immediately hooted from the hustings:
Sheriff d
and the eclared the Right lion. G. Cannini
and Lieut.-General Gascoyne duly elected. At let
o'clock the ceremony of chairing the successful Cl,l.
didates took place. The procession was extremely
grand. A standard was carried by some pilots,
borne aloft, with the inscription if—" The Pi!ot
that weathered the Storm." Tuffs expretsion,
-ne•setansilleitiagvehaltjhadjfibs.*o4 chorus of the cep.
brated song, written ,by • Mr. Canning for the am'.
xersary-of the.birth-clay 14 Mr. Pitt, was exhibit?,
iu brilliant colours.

NOTTING/iAk, OCT. 18.—The termination of VI
contest here, yesterday, has ensured to the bid,
pendence of Nottingham a triumph the most glmie ,
ever witnessed in its electioneering annals ; and nhi,,t,
may serve as a lawn to Candidates whose sentimerti
are in disunion with the best interests of ttseempir,
and as an example to the rest of the kingdom. La
the course of the preceding night Mr. Atkwrigh;,
the avowed supporter of that faction that has brought
so many miseries upon the country by supporting,.
twenty years' war, sent in his formal reFignation
the Sher;irs ; and, in the morning, John S:ni!
our old Whi,z !toprneitojr.,, and Lord Rai• y•Te.
were declared duly elected the number. Doing
Stritli 9011. itsoclife 1515.

Ar;sr

On thjs be 1.14 kNown, p•ltceahlf, exut •
rose to sa.higher pitch : the itihabitants et large, awl
the mass of the couptry people, it being market-dar,
seemed tp iie with each other who should di.play the
most soberey ; and to-morrow the two worthy an.t
successful Candidates will be chaired in orange ad
mazarine blue.

Lieteroot, Ocr. 16.—1 t is pleasing _to observe,
that the interests of neither of the parties opposed to
them were separately of any considerable effect--
Dissimilar as their principles are known to be, •on
many leading political points, still were Mr. Canning
and general Gascoyne *compelled' to unite their
forces, or.to submit to an overthrow. It is itself a
victory that men, jealous 'of each other, have peen
comeelled to unite for their mutual success. Me.
Brougham anti-Mr. Creeverhave numerous ronttected
motives of action ; in all that relates to the Welfere
of the town, to religious and political liberty,. to
and '
peace commercial intercourse, they have lone,
and sincerely united, and in sending them up to
Parliament, the Freemen of Liverpool would have
sent up two cordial and and efficient instruments of
good. The other two Candidates have but one point
of connection—that point is the preservation of -cor-
rupt inflmence—corrupt lilt X ISTEn IA i. infinenee,an
iiillumiee by which the Crown and the People are
equally degraded—an influence, by which those who.
obtain official distinctions are enabled to slip into
snug sinrcurrx, or.to pension their near and dear re-
latives. Send ilythese two men to Parliament, and you
semi tWoalissirttilarond discordadt, but. no ' less effi-
cient, inetrontrnie If aril ! . ': . - - - . • .
• Would we forth an opistion of the manner in which
General Gascoyne and the Right Honourable George
Canning still act in their public eapaeities, -let us
observe their actions at this cliticel moment when ; - „- • •
their Parliamentary esisteaceis.lit the hands or the 1 StlOTLA,NrissitnE.—Saturday the Election of ts;
Freemen of Liverpool. Do they lease any stoug; Memberi to represent the County of ittitland in Pal.
007Tirttanient,*took place at Oakham, the County Town:
turned in their wardh for undue influence,?
Independent of the usual hustle attendant upon A. 3
, not perceive the whole Corporate Body in motionL.
Election, this had a novelty about it, which cold
their wives and daughters, and servants—all coaxing
blue? And
threatening, sculdilig and wheettliog, kissing aed not fail to call a most numerous assemblage togetlit::
and
;I :the Coenty having for sixty years past, b en vie,
cursing, to raise recruits its poppy and
any sort of opposition. Sir Gilbert ileatecote •tf
not there a long Chain of speculators and war-trier-
chants employed in the same mariner?. The come-- s
Normanton Park, whose residence is lathe centre of
• quences of their exertions are tallies of dependants, this County, has stepped forward in a manly wiy,
and given the Electors an opportunity at length J
whose votes are every thing but free! The Custom-
house and the quays are ransacked for port-rs ::rid asserting their just rights and privileges. The Me s-
:
ing took place at ten o'clock ou. Saturday, in ~.-
carters—the Town-hall brings forth its beldles, and
. the Very church-yards are compelled to give up their County Hall, about which time Sir Gilbert lies
-et.•xtonc—nay, in many instances, have the vory dead cote was seen approaching the town, followed by at
beets polled. But for all these/w/o placemen, no man least five hundred respectable Freeholders on hove.
can have much compassion—the humble emblems of back. Mr. Noel had previously arrived, and at,..r
those for whom they vote—there is not one of these the esual formalities had been gone through, •Atatff•.:
ipoor creatures at the hustings but, oho, in his heart, is O'Brien, Esq. proposed Charles Noel Noel, F-l.
• the counterpart of George Catinir,g in the Privy Ceun- . which was seconded in a very animated speech by
!'til ; yet thesoul of every honest man must he harrowed Sir Robert Hearne, Bart. The Hon. Gorge Ws..
with salliction, when he beholds the hardy workman, son then proposed, as a new Candidate, Sir Gilt e.
on whose labour, the pride and atfloence of his em- Beathcote, Bart. upon widen the hell resounded ;or
ployer is dependent, compelled to app' (AA the bar several minutes with the most enthusiastic raptm
of the Right lion. G. Canning or of Ge.i. Gascoyne, hat we ever witnessed. Thomas Hotchkin, Esq. -,.
; where he must vote against his conscience, or lose his coudel the nomination, when the honourable I
I,bread, Among tliiir class of nimi there art! many who
read, and who think.for themselves—confident in the nowt stepped forward, and addressed them is
exertions of industry, they have in times of the pros- •
speech of considerable length, and replete with t A
perity ef the conntry, considered their skill and their . Constitutional principles, and of which the follow ;
is a faint outline:—
Gentlemen ,—I will trespass o n the attention i
strength as their securities against waist ;and they have :
boldly regarded the obligations between their masters this Mrr
,Meeting, whilst I make a few obseoi _;
-and themselves as mutual. But now, through the rib- .
surd and arrogant measures of our Ministers, trade which are so indispensibly Called for on the pre;
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has failed and employment is scarce :their wives and ' occasion. It is most gratifying to my feelings,
witness so numerous and respectable an assembl:, •
children.loek up to them for susteriance,ond they are
obligetto give their industry and their consciences to 'ref Freeholders, as it proves to demonstration, t! ..
the greedy dna tyrannical ensployers. One of thastroicvlad le' exercise
although for sixty years past, they have been enact...-
their elbetive reancbise, yet tho•
wor.thyinat isefortonate OW Wks observed at the bust.:
are not insensible to the value of this great Coastl
ings—he tretnlsted as fie wens up teethe bar of the Rt.-Ilona! Privilege, a privilege• which cannot be
ills. G. Catsping--as he returiiedtremtbehostiegs his ilbighly appreciattocl, which gives to every one c
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.countenance wait, Pale, the. tears started in his e• es ; sensing it, -some controul savor the affairs of
and amid the busters of the-venal mob, he pulled los 1; State—a privilege which, -if properly exercised
Alt
• hat over histire"w4., and stlitile iiis'breoat. with inclignik- I prodiKtike or the most beneficial consequences, :
lion. Good Go4l. and is. it tinuethat She great-Icons. -,ilperverted to sordid and corrupt views, must entail
'lnertial town of 141t1trpnol is to st od' Representatives
...-
;the greatest evils:
.
to Plitliamentl-:Wioresentati,viii • Are men forced -, Gentlemeoso-' The state of the Nation' is most cri•
ospron•ats thus, our'llopeeseetetitesi-o-rhey maybe the stical, whether lve,fegard the power of the enemy
Represent:44.4 of 3.f.r.
....,7.1, •--"---;.;. :Ws '=-;--- and Mr. •Ippimped to . us, or .the: situation of our finances at
—, but they arocestaistly.noalon Represeutatives , home. What measures are intended to be persuei
. 3
of the free and brdofieiltignitglectitri ofi.iverpool! 'by Ministers 'I 'am a stranger to; but in respect to
• -1.) :, ,• ~_ ,
. But ntit by slichncos.alline.. have, totes been Ob- the duty -of those sent to Parliament, it does aP•
tamed for these two Candidates. Other arts havobeea
.pear to me that their conduct '(from which
resorted *to :tit.-ttrirtiust tmiptplbteosloV7C-..•-3crd ;;aitte. of 't4i Ileitis Chosen) should be atteutiely
These aria resider theidiicii of Mr...Canniiiii.etilrfiesid ; watched—that the . Constitution should be •,,e"
,4,thg )5.fY1l far from biong 'enviitf le bienty 10.4'Ortas I.servid inviolate—that all acts of the Legisla 0.1,e
:cetutdry.--Wheiher, or not a, number ofWe andlis- !:be framed. in .consonance with its true pri ~.i
;.dependetti Electors, suflicientioanatch,therepresen-'1 pies; so that this National and envied fain '!,9
. iiktfOi) 'or the town . out, 201: tkie.hands"of,.:these Mee, erected' by' the ' labour, and cemented by -"
; remain isispotled,"we.hovemO torrect moans of ascers blood of our ancestors, may be gul
lcary . re'
Veining; but we shot fly tope theteach Ft-Centex servtld...; The transaction of the priva ss .-
thatevecoley.,be„theie narnibers, will tonne foloirited, of 'too county, , from its internal si • ition,
,st ! 2_:
,if it'serte.otity tei express more' fully the real 'sense as • Ills be-a light and easy task ; and having re: e..
: of 'the towif 1.-o4hboltl 'they be able. to reverse Ike sented a large and neighbouring county in three •11..c_
! stateot the pony whiclast few boars will, now deter"- cesaire Parliaments, while great improvements , iv_
Imines we shalt intfeeitinost heartily rejoice forwe. -carrying on, I feel competent on this head. .".
i are atnong.,fbese•kro fe'9l 0014 Fouvinc:isk thirthe Candidate for your favour, a most gratifying a 7:
return of Geneeol, Gascoyne. and Mr.-Canning is pleasing task presents itself, to return thanks
totallydiardididi with the general sentiiiinn4 of the' those (Kea and valued friends who now Pero '
. .

Soren years ago, the war party were enabled to
return Cwo Members, and now they cannot return
one; _though Mr. Arkwright's money. has down liko
hail, and every engine was set to work to comptl
the 'Burgesses an.d Freeholders to vote for him:—
misery and information have been alike progressin
and the'people are no longer to be intimidated c
dziped. Mr. Smith's conduct in Parliament had en
slued his election; but the return of Lord Ranclitl
is chiefly to be attributed to the exertions of thA
working men. Mr: Coke, who had represented tis
town more than thirty years, had, by his attentiot
to the individual interest of private persons, ensure;
a majority in his favour, notwithstanding he had ban
a constant supporter of war: attachment was heir'
toge:her by :it kind of magic spell ; but there %CPI
many of his friends who disdained-to he t,lnsferre
by him to anotherot he mistook private atta.lune
for public sentiment; and he deservedly failed in
project to. cutstroul the independence of the tow .
The poor solicited Lord Rancliffe to rescue the-
' from thiptdoni ; he obeyed their call; and afterward:,
being aided by many of the wealthy, the triumph .t
Nottingham has thus been secured.