their custom after any battle of conse quence, returning to their villages with their wounded, their prisoners, and plunder, of which they had taken a considerable quantity in the boats of the enemy. Before the ordnance could be withdrawn from the batteries, I was left with Teeunorth, and less than twenty chiefs and warriors, a circumstance that strongly proves that, under present circumstances at least, our Indian force is not a disposable ane, or permanent, though occasionally a most powerful aid. I have, however, brought off all the ordnance; and, indeed, have not left any thing behind; part of the ordnance is embarked under the fire of the enemy. The service on which we were employed has been, though short, a very severe one; and too much praise cannot be given to both officers and men, for the cheerful-. mess with which on every occasion they met the service. To Lieut.-Colonel Warberton I feel many obligations for the aid he zealously afforded me on every occasion. From my Brigade-Major, Lieut. M'Lean, I received the same zealous assistance as an former occasions. To Captain Mockler, Royal Newfoundland Regiment, who acted as my Aide-de-Camp, I am much indebted for the assistance afforded me. Lieut. Le Breton, of the Newfoundland regiment, Assistant Engineer, by his unwearied exertions, rendered essential service, as did Lieut. Gardiner, of the 11st zegiment, from his science in artillery.The Royal Artillery, in the laborious duties they performed, displayed their usual unwearied zeal, and were well assisted by the Royal Newfoundland (under Lieut. Garden) as additional gunners. The laborious duties which the marine, under Commodore Hall, have performed, have been most cheerfully met, and the most essential service rendered. I have the honour to send an embarkation return of the force that served under my.command at the Miami, exclusive of the Indians, who may be stated at twelve hundred. I also enclose a return of our killed, wounded, and prisoners, who have, however, been exchanged. I had taken upon me to give the rank of Major to the six Captains of the line, as militia were employed on the same service with them; some of them are old officers; all of them deserving: any mark of Your Excellency's approbation of them would be extremely grateful to me. I beg to acknowledge the indefatigable exertions of the Commissariat. HENRY PROCTOR. BATTLE at BURLINGTON HEIGHTS. Burlington Heights, Head of Lake Ontario, June 6, 1813. Sir, Having yesterday received information of the enemy having advanced from the Forty Mile Creak, with a force consisting of three thousand five hundred men, eight or nine field-pieces, aud two hundred and fifty cavalry, for the avowed purpose of attacking the division under my command in this position, and having soon afterwards received a report that he had passed the swamp, and driven in my advanced posts from Stoney Creek and Brady's, Lieutenant Colonel Harvey, Deputy Adjutant General, immediately went forward with the light companies of the King's and 49th regiments, and having advanced close to, and accurately ascertained the enemy's position, sent back to propose to me a night attack on his camp. The enemy's camp was distant about seven miles. About half past eleven, I moved forwards with the fifth company of the 8th (or King's) and the 49th regiments amounting together to only seven hundred and four fire-locks; Lieutenant-Colonel Harvey, who conducted it with great regularity and judgment, gallantly led on the attack. The enemy was completely surprised, and driven from his camp, after having repeatedly formed in different bodies, and been as often charged by our brave troops, whose conduct throughout this brilliant enterprize was above all praise. The action terminated before daylight, when three guns, and one brass howitzer, with three rumbrils, two Brigadier Generals, Chandler and Winder, first and second in command, and upwards of one hundred officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates, remained in our hands. Not conceiving it prudent to expose our small force to the view of the enemy, who, though routed and dispersed, was still formidable as to numbers and position, he having fled to the surrounding heights, and having still four or five guns, the troops were put in motion at day-break, and marched back to their cantonments. After we had retired, and it had become broad day, the enemy ventured to re-occupy his camp, only, however, for the purpose of destroying his incumbrances, such as blankets, carriages, provisions, spare arms, ammunition, &c. after which he (Signed) HENRY PROCTOR. commenced a precipitate retreat towards Brigadier-General Commanding. the Forty Mile Creek, where he effected a I beg leave to mention the four volunteers of the 41st regiment, Wilkinson, Richardson, Laing, and Proctor, as worthy of promotion. I have the honour to be,&c. junction with a body of two thousand men, who were on their march from Niagara to reinforce him. I cannot conclude this dispatch without calling Your Excellency's attention to the following Officers: To Lieut.-Colonel Harvey, the Deputy Adjutant General, my obligations are particularly due. From the first moment the enemy's approach was known, he watched his movements, and afforded me the earliest information. To him, indeed, I am indebted for the suggestion and plan of operations nothing could be more clear than his arrangements, nor more completely successful in the result. The conduct of Major Plenderleath, who commanded the 49th regiment, was very conspicuous. By his decision and prompt efforts, the surprise of the enemy's ramp was completed, and all his efforts to make a stand were rendered ineffectual by the bayonet, which overthrew all opposition. A party of the 49th, with Major Plenderleath at their head, gallantly charged some of the enemy's field. pieces, and brought off two pounders. six Major Ogilvie led on, in the most gallant manner, the five companies of the King's regiment, and whilst one-half of that highly disciplined and distinguished corps supported the 49th régiment, the other part moved to the right and attacked the enemy's left flank, which decided our midnight contest. I have also received the greatest assistance from Major Glegg, Brigade Major to the forces, and beg leave to mention the names of Captains M'Doual and Milnes, Your Excellency's Aides-de-Camp, who accompanied me to the attack, and upon all occasions have volunteered their services. I have likewise to acknowledge the assistance of Captain Chambers, of the 41st regiment, who had arrived some days before from Amherstburg; and Mr. Brook, Paymaster of the 49th, who assisted me as Acting Aide-de-Camp. To Mr. Hackett, Acting-Staff-Surgeon to this army, I feel particularly indebted, for his judicious arrangements, by which the wounded have received every attention, and are most likely to be restored to the service. It would be an act of injustice, were I to omit assuring Your Excellency, that gallantry and discipline were never more conspicuous than during our late short service; and I fell the greatest satisfaction in assuring you, that every officer and individual seemed anxious to rival each other in his efforts to support the honour of His Majesty's arms, and to maintain the high chaJacter of British troops. I beg leave to refer Your Excellency to the enclosed reports, for particulars res pecting our loss, which, I regret, has been very severe. I have the honour to be, &c. JOHN VINCENT, Brig.-General. His Excellency Sir George Prevost, Bart. &c. &c. FRENCH PAPERS. (Continued from Page 327.) Paris, July 17.—Madgeburg, July 12. The Emperor arrived here to-day, at seven in the morning. His Majesty mounted on horseback, and visited the fortifications, which render Magdeburg one of the strongest places in Europe. His Majesty left Dresden on the 10th, at three in the afternoon. He breakfasted at Torgau, visited the fortifications of that place, and saw there the brigade of Saxon troops, commanded by General Lecocq. At six in the evening he arrived at Wittenberg, and viewed the fortifications. On the 11th, at five in the morning, His Majesty reviewed three divisions from France; he appointed to the vacant situations, and granted rewards to several officers and soldiers. Setting out from Wittenberg at three in the afternoon, the Emperor arrived at six o'clock at Dessan, where His Majesty saw General Philippon's division.— His Majesty left Dessau at two in the morning, and at five was at Magdeburg, where are encamped three divisions of General Count Vandamme corps. Paris, July 18. On the 3d inst. the English attempted a debarkation, near Fiume. The troops who guarded the point of debarkation, retired, after a vigo rous resistance; but the enemy having learned that reinforcements had arrived, and that troops were in march from Trieste, made haste to re-embark. Copenhagen, June 27.The. Danish corps, which is on the frontiers, is now under the orders of the Prince of Eckmubl. The Swedes still remain tranquil at Stralsund, where they have hitherto expected, though uselessly, 30,000 Russians, who were to have joined them, and which recent events have forced to join the Grand Army in Silesia. Prague, July 3.-On the 28th of June, the Prussian General Scharnhorst died here of the wounds he received in the battle of Lutzen. Count Metternich returned to Gitschin on the 30th of June, from his journey to Dresden. Frontiers of Saxony, July 5.- Many French troops daily continue to arrive at Dresden and its vicinity. The passage of troops by the kingdom of Saxony is very active. The tetes-de-pont constructing before the strong places situated upon the Elbe, are nearly finished, and furnished with artillery. The new entrenchinents that surround Wastenberg are already formidable. Magdeburg, Wittenberg, Torgau, and Koenigstein, are already provi sioned for a long time. We are assured a new tete de-pont is going to be established in the environs of Dessau. Augsburg, ly 9.Several colums of French and falian troops are at his moment traversing the Tyrol, to proccel through the kingdur of Bavaria to their ulterior destination. Those troops are ac companied by some regimer's of cavalry, remarkable for their fine appearance and the beauty of their horses, We shortly expect in this town a corps of Neapolitan troops, proceeding from Italy for the Grand Army. The Tyrol enjoys the greatest tranquillity, and the inhabitants manifest a sincere devotion to the King. Accounts from Italy inform us, that the Army of Observation, which was formed there, is now encamped between the Piave and Adige, and that this army is daily reinforced by new regiments, which cross the Adige. We know, that several corps of infantry and cavalry are still in march to proceed thither. His Serene Highness the Prince Viceroy has his head quarters at Verona. The levy of Conscripts throughout all the kingdom is followed with activity, and the young men depart with the desire of obtaining glory; a great uumber.voan arity enrol themselves. * At Warwick House, Mrs. Gagrin, for 'many years an affectionate and faithful attendant on Her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte of Wales, whose last moments were solaced by the condescendSing and unremitting attentions of Her Royal Highness, reflecting a lustre on the native goodness of her heart superior to all the appendages of her exalted rank. At Willey, Surrey, the Lady of J. Ward, Esq. of a son. The Right Hon. Lady Harriet Bagot, of a son. MARRIAGES. On the 22d ins. Thomas Hart, Esq. of Uttoxeter, to Miss Elizabeth Sheppard, of Thornton-Hall, Bucks. On Thursday, the 22d inst. at Acton, the Rev. David Evansy B:A: of Landilo, Carmarthenshire, Chaplain of the Royal Navy Hospital at Haslar, to Miss Essex, of East Acton, Middlesex. On the 22d inst. the Rev. George Green, to Miss Key, of Denmark-Hill, Surrey. Lieut. Edward Thompson, of the 31st Regiment, to Miss Mary Hopkins, of Burr. Lieut. John Sparrow, of the Waterford Regiment, to Anne, only daughter of the late Walter C. Poole, Esq. of Ballyanket, Waterford. ** Mr. Phillips, of the Theatre Royal, Drury-lane, and the Lyceum, to Miş. Rhames, relict of F. Rhames, Esq. of Dublin. On the 17th inst. aged 84, John Yarker, Esq. of Devonshire street, Queen-square. On the 16th inst. Miss Wilkinson, of Bedford-row. On the 17th inst. aged 72, Mrs. Oliver, relict of T. Oliver, Esq. inte of Layton, Essex. Same day, at Field-place, near Stroud, endeared to an extensive circle of friends, Ann, the beloved wife of James Tyers, Esqal The Rev. T. Morgan, aged 34, B. D. Vicar of Eglwswrw, Rector of Bridell, and Master of the Grammar Schools, Cardigan. He was carried to the grave by six of his senior pupils. At Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, aged 65, J. Westwood, Esq. He served the office of High Sheriff in 1799 for the counties of Cambridge and Huntingdons****** London: Printed and Published by M. Jones, No. 5, Newgate-Streets THE hope that the late Armistice and intended Congress would lead to the establishment of a general and a lasting Peace, has at length been set at rest, and War, in all its exterminating horrors, is again about to burst forth and overspread the hapless plains of Germany.It had been strongly asserted that the weakness of France had not only instigated the cessation of hostilities, but would be a powerful incentive to temper her demands in the general conference: so far, however, from such proving to be the case, it is now declared to be the haughty and inadmissible demands of the French Emperor that have occasioned the abrupt termination of that conference and the unlooked-for accession of AUSTRIA to the cause of the Allies. Thus are we completely borne out in our uniform conjectures and opinion, that France was still possessed of power, notwithstanding her recent losses, sufficient to assert her haughty pretensions, and to maintain them against all hazard. -It never was a question with us, that the French Emperor would agree to concession; he knew his own strength too well; and it will remain to be seen if he have over-rated it.-He now, as is expected, will have to contend against a combination of more formidable appearance than ever yet offered itself to oppose him. Russia, Prussia, Sweden, Austria, Spain, Portugal, and the British Empire; in fact, all Europe seems risen in arms to brave him, to brave that Power, which, but a few months since, was said to be annihilated, and yet is still found to defy them all!-But what becomes now of the position, that Russia and Prussia alone were able to dispute the palm, and liberate the reputed slaves of Germany -The accession of Austria, (if indeed she really VOL, III, have acceded,) may do much; at least it will call forth all the energies and resources of the French Emperor to withstand so vast a coalition. This his penetrating genius has not ouly clearly foreseen, but amply provided against.-From a plain statement we have seen, the different corps now at his disposal on the frontiers of Silesia are computed at nothing short of the collective force of 550,000 men, of which 100,000 are cavalry!-It was this latter species of force, whose loss was so much reckoned upon, when summing up the items of disaster in the Russian campaign. Men and cannon he may re-supply, it was said; but horses are not so soon reared, trained, and brought into action; and now here is a host of cavalry surpassing every former computation.— But, as if unsatisfied with this overwhelming force, we understand it is in contemplation to enforce the Conscription-Law still farther; and it is inferred that the Extraordinary Meetings of the Senate on the 23d and 24th have a tendency to that object.-That there Meetings are for important purposes will not be questioned; but we apprehend they have a more particular reference to the policy of Austria and the peculiar situation of affairs in the Peninsula.-To regard the aspect of the present Coalition, it must be acknowledged to be in appearance the most formidable; but how it will prove in effect may yet beget a serious doubt.-Like all other modern Coalitions, its formation has been illtimed: had Austria seized the moment that was offered to her only a few months past, or Sweden been as zealous for the general cause as for her own exclusive benefit, they would not now have had to contend against half a million of warriors, commanded by the ablest and most experienced generals of the age. To the Crown Prince of Sweden, who so well knows the active genius of his old associate, that delay must have appeared to argue a total failure; circumstances, however, having in some degree tended to revive the hope, he has ventured to place himself in the confederate ranks, and to fight against that system and its supporter, in whose cause he had so often and so lately drawn the sword, and waded to renown through plains of blood, of that blood for which now he seems prepared to risk his own!-The banished MOREAU has also ventured forth from his peaceful retreat, again to bustle in the ranks of war; it is said, to command the horde of prisoners taken in the last campaign, Poles, Germans, Italians, French, &c. and to lead this motley groupe to the field to fight against their brethren and their Emperor! Surely some more honorable post might have been assigned him than to make him leader of such a Company!-We wait with impatience the first |