The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-12-29
(VOL. 11.---NO. II.

uestiu'uon Oh winch was unknown, was pre-
pairing at that place. The land force there
consisted OF j battalion of the Goth, the 64th,
and the SSth REGIS. and considerable num-
Der OF royal artillery. The 37th, on its way
from Quebec, had not arrived. There were
ships OF the line, frigates and on 6 brigs
Sir John G. Sherbrooke was preparing to
leave Halifax, it was supposed by some to
command the expedition, by others to assume
the command in Canada. IF the latter were
his destination, it would probably have been
NO secret. All Americans there had been or
dered of, as before stated, most of whom ar
rived some days ago at n. York, others, it is
said, escaped in other directions.
AT Castine, at the latest date, convoy
had been expected for some weeks from Ha
itaH. Its non-0rr;vst was Considered As
confirmation of the srfpposition that preuara-s
.ions were making there for military opera
tons.
The only naval force at Castine is the Furi-
euse SO, & the Peltre, dull brig. The land
force remains the same as it has been for
some time past, the Gath and 62d regts, and
one company of the royal artillery amount
ing i'll all to 1900 or 400 men. The state
ment which has been made of the arrival at
Castine OF "a, razee and two frigates with
convoy, is not true.
The expedition which has been contempla-
ted by the governments for executing which.
5000 Maine militia were ordered into services.
under gen. King. is said to be Abandoned
Maj. Gen. Dearborn is on his return from his
eastern tour More Judgment has been shewn
IN the early 'rclinqushment, than in the ORR
sinal projection of this scheme for harrassing
the militia OF this state.-Daiiy .4dL.
NEw-YoRK, Dee. 90.
From CGnada.-It appears from the Quebec and
Montreal papers to Pee. H. received at the office of the
fost, mat the Psyche, one OF the trigaes that
sent there from England in frame, has been thrown
out and lengtened, so as to carry Sc guns, long cas-
and 50 pou.ders Sh, is to be launched the 18th of
this month a "a, to be called the Ontario has
been laid down al Kingston She to be fitted to car
ny seventeen 81 Founders each deck and is to he
ready for the Lake BY lie middle Of March next A
number OF transport boats fer tie service Of the di-
rent posts on the Lakes also constructing at Kings
ton.-Ca-.
From The Quebec Mercury, Nou. 10.
Since our last, London dates have been re
ceived to the Goth of September The la
test date by the mail, which arrived on Sun
day Morning, was to the eighth of that
month.
There is nothing which strikes us so forcibly
on perusing the English papers, as the want Of
knowledge of this country evinced by the
London writer's, particularly with respect 10
our boundaries. Even the Commiss acrs dc
not seem t. have quite correct ideas OF .he.
whole llne III boundary. In t..e letters to he,
American commissioners, it appears the Bril-
fish commissioners, in the course of the neeo-
Citations, in speaking of the line, that by the
last treaty OF peace was made erroneousIy tn
run from the Lake of the Woods to the Mis-
sissipp, instead of saying Lake OF the Woods,
repeatedly mentioned Lake Superior.
hough the American commissioners once
erdeaVored tn set them ght, they still per
sisted in their error Ii appears 70 US thas
In negotiation. so great share of which so
particularly regards the Canadas, it is to be
iamented that no person is joined in the Com
mission who has resided in and is well ac-
quainted with the country. Such a person
could only carry into the negotiation the re-
quiste local information to treat with the A.
mericans respecting American boundaries
1T not the ignorance evnced by w,itere
respecting our boundaries only but the same
want OF information extends itself to a total
absence OF due impression of the Importance
OF war spreading to such immense extent
Uf border and coast; and at such distance
| from G. Britain. To read of such war. in
which the British army daily melts away in
considerable numbers, to say nothing OF the
sutferings of tire inhabitants and t. see n
treated as not deserving the name Of war
but as amounting 10 10 more than kind Of
insOrrecticn, IS TO excite Contempt for the in
tehccts OF such coCkneys, whose ideas are
wholly bounded by an European horizon.
Gould their vision burst through its present
clouded veil, they would discover a seat of
war, compared with which all Europe is Of
little more extent than German prircipality.
Let them have recourse to Steeles List. g see
how many Of our ships Of war are ON the A.
| merlcan station, and yet how nadequ te they
are to Il full blockade. Let them next have
recourse to the army lists, and see how ma
ny British troops are shipped off to America.
TO these let them add the numerous colonial
| mllitia.-Then les them, If they can, ascer-
tam how small! : part of Canadian border
these are able TO cover. In the late Euro
pean wars they have learnt Something OF
numbers Would they wish to have anv
knowledge OF space, they must oper. their ewes
and tier understanding to an American war.
when they have acquired some IDEAS of this
| vast continent, and particularly Of Canadian
border let them reflect on the time REQUISITE.
and the difficulties and hardshps that prcseuf
themselves, III concentrating scattered forces
| at required point : and the still greater.
difficulties in forwarding the necessary sup
! plies to these let them add the diseases IN
| cidental to an unsettled country all these
| after two or three months VOYAGE across
| the Atlantic ocean. When their minds are
| sufficiently expanded to traverse so vast a
| field OF warfare, with all its numerous ans
| multitarioGs casualties, if they can conte1n
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