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..The British took in B'>”d"a\2K liv- o;u V 4 and a briy; o r war and which had been used as ■m*d ship*. Two frigates on the wer&destnvedby the French ik-fee surrender took place. %3jocl#mations of Louis XV!II. pirciilaiion. promistng a gen crd amitesty and pirc baser* of m* tinnaf domain *in e the revolution should not be disturbed In a proclamation of Louis XVIII, it was stated, that he harl made a treaty with the allied powers for his restoration. Early in January, three members of the French Legislative bodv had been seized at Paris and sent to pri son. Among them was believed to be the member fiom Bordeaux, who had made a speech against Napole on in one of the sessions. It was currently reported at. Ro chelle. that Lyons had been taken by the allies— I bat Ferdinand had re turned to Spam ’That Murat, Kin* of Naples, had been assassinated:— & that Bernadotte was at the date of tht last information within 30 miles of Paris. Despatches for M. Serrurier, the French minister at Washington, came in the Ida. It is said they con tain the consent of the Emperor ‘Ki'pole on to the Minister’s marry ing in this country. * It was reported that Messrs. Gal latin and Bayard were at Amster dam ; but nothing had transpired from their mission. Very few let ters were brought by the Ida, and those for southern places. Mi . Crawford had taken Up the ship Saratoga to convey the British prisoners to England who had been taken in prizes made by the Ameri can cruisers; and expected to ob tain permission for about 40 Ameri can gentlemen then in Paris to take passage in her*- JProm Bell's London Weekly Messenger, NEGOTIATION'. WITH AMER wfyA- America, as is well known to our readers, proposed some months since that Russia should be the mediator between the U. States and ourselves, and that both parties should in sortie degree, qualify their pretension according to the decision at their arbitrator. The motive of this pro posal is very obvious. In the first place, however frienklly may be the p stnt connexions of England and Russia, it is a matter of notoriety that the maritimeirights of England, are in no great favor with the court Os Petersburg, and that the Empe xor Alexander and his Ministers, if they decently could, would gladly avail themselves of any opportunity to abridge us of them. 1 he proposal, therefore, tbaecwpt of Russia as a mediator, or in other words, as an arbitrator, [for it is im possible in practice to observe any line between them) was tantamount only to the admission of a third interested party, to adjust the differ ences between? two ; and as such proposal is evidently contrary to eve ry principle of common prudence, and common equity in ordinary and individual life, so is it equally un reasonable and unfair inpoliticalne gociutions. . Lord Castlereagh, therefore; as may be seen by his corresponde'noe, rejected this proposal on these sim ple grounds, tnat the question in dispute was the extent of the mar itime rights of England and there-* fore, that he couldi&gft admit of the arbitration of a third party—that these rights were fundamental laws of our policy, abroad and at home, & therefore could not be brought into discussion,- except as to their shape and formal exercise ; that they were founded more over upon the peculiar circumstances of Eng land as a Naval Nation having one oi tue arms of her strength, and one , of'the weapons of her defence, in her £Juvy—But tnat. tho* these several tights must always be considered by us as sacred and unalienable in their substance, still that there was tome room for modification, as to thosh&pe in wnich they might be Wxerc»scd and-that the English min isters baa no objection to open a con & rente and negotiation for such purpose. m the mouth of Genncsspe river . , On Thursday evening last tht Bri tish fleet was discovered standing to wards Charlotte, near the mouth of Gennessee river, where about 160 volunteers were stationed, with one piece of artillery. Capt. Stone the commanding odicer, immediately dispatched expresses with the infor mation to Col. Hopkins at Boyle, to Gen. Hall at Bloomfield, and to Gen. Porter at this place. On Friday at 12 o’clock, the commodore’s new ship to tiic.iof oil the mouth ol the rsver and scut an officer as no re with a £<.g demanding a surrender of the place } *i*d promising to respect private m case no’ re sitanee Was th*c!e, and a’* public * r property faithfully disH air' 1 riven up.—Gsn. Porter [who test Canandaigua, 8 miles distant 7 o’clock in the morning, w’th Mxj Noon] arrived while the flag was on shore and returned for answer to this disgraceful proposal the place would be defended to the last extre mity. cin the return of the flag two gun boats with from 200 to 300 men on bo trd advanced to the mouth of the river which is about a mile from the town and battery, atid commenced a heavy cannonade directed partly to the town and partly to the bodies of troops who had been placed in ra tines near the mouth of the river, to intercept the retreat of the gun ! boats in case they should enter* At the expiration of apt hour and a half during which time they threw a great number of rockets, shells and shot of different descriptions from grape to 68 pounds, a second flag was sent from the commodore’s ship, requiring in the name of the com mander of the forces, an immediate surrender, and threatening that if the demand was not complied With he would land 1200 regular troops and 4 hundred Indians. That if he should lose a single man, he would raze the town and destroy* every vestage of property—and that it was his request that the women and chil dren might be immediately removed, as he could not be accountable for the conduct of the Indians; He was told that the answer to this demand had already been explicitly given— that we were prepared to meet him, our women and children having been disposed of—md that if another flag should be sent on the subject of a surrender , it would not be protected. The flag returned with the gun boats to the fleet, the whole of which came to anchor about a mile from the shore Where they lay until 8 o’- clodk on Saturday morning, and then left the place. Gen Porter speaks iri the highest terms of the good conduct of the oflcers and men composing the Vo lunteer corps—and col. Hopkins and the militia wno had rallied on the occasion, and Were placed under his com nand.-*3ur force at 12 o’clock on Saturday was 303, and was in creased to 500 during the night. Dispositions were sp made that if the gun-boats had entered the river as was expected, they must have been cut off, before they could have been reinforced. Every man was at his post during the night, in constant expectation of an attack. The Brit ish squadron consisted of foUr ships, two brigs, and five gun-boats.—*On tario Messenger of May 17. GENERAL. ORDERS'. Head Quarters, Sacketts , Harbor , v il/zy 12. 3\faj. gen?. Brown to the satisfac tion to announce to the forces under his command, that the detachment stationed at Oswego, under the im mediate order of lieut. col. Mitchell, of the ad artillery, by their gallant and highly military conduct, in sus taining the fire of the whole British fleet of this lake for nearly two days, and contending with the vastly supe rior numbers of the eroerriy on the land, as long as the interest of the country or tire honor of the profes sion required, in the face of the supe rior force of an enterprising and va liant foe, the depot of naval stores which it became their duty to defend, have estaolished fol* themselves a name in arms, worthy of the gallant nation, in whose cause they fight, 4 and highly honorable to the army. That it may be known to the army what regular troops were, engaged on this occasion the general deems it proper to state that there were four companies of 3d artillery under the command of capt. Boyle, capt. Romayne, capt. M’lntire, and capt. Pierce, one company of light artille ry under the command* of captain Melven, and a detachment of sailors, under the command of lieut. Pierce of the navy, in all less than 300 then* the force of the enemy by land and water, exceeded 3000. By command, R. JONES, Assistant Adjutant General . 4 DOMESTIC TREASONS Extract of a letter from a gentle man in England to his friend in this city, dated March 29. “ fear from what i am told ‘ of your militia army, that there is lit tle room for promotion, for it would appear 4 from what I hear that the militia, that great bulwark of the na tion, as they say in the senate, is not ambitious in that respect; you must get another sort of force, or you are gone as a nation.-* attempt will’ be made,to divide the New England States from the union amoon as a suffi cient force can be withdrawn from the war on the continent . There is v now a large force afloat for Canada"” par ticularly in sailors and marines for the lakes: you will .have frWtty hot times of it next summer, as well in C rrult is airing sho ;, dbe niv t force goi ’j md goiii£ is in so that yo'i mxv look out tor about the shores of the C 10 * ik. : and that very soon too ; ts to you n*:goci stors. they wfllre i n as they ame without Effecting my thin ; even if they were to give up every point you are contending for. War with America, and most inveterate war, is in the mouth of almost every one you meet in thiswise and think ing nation ; so that you must na »ke up you r minds for the worst. Great hopes and calculations are made on the imbecil.-y of your councils and the disaffectionsoftfie senate. “ Immense quantities of goods art now shipping for Canada. Halifax and New-Brunswick, with a view of having theixi smuggled into the U. S. and several of your true blood ed Yankees are now here engaged in that honorable traffic ; and as their governor will say it is all to assist the righteous cause. I have of late bad a chance of hearing a good deal aboilt this maritime trade. Several Canadians recently arrived here tell me, that since C. is become Governor of Vermont, they can do as they please, both in getting sup plies from Vermont, as Well as get ting them British goods smuggled into that state—they say, that some little time before they left Montreal, C. sent into Canada for some tew hundred troops to coirie and make prisoners of a few United States 1 horsemen, that were placed on the Lines, to prevent smuggling—and that they effected their object by carrying off the obnoxious Ameri cans as prisoners; they have also mentioned a number of gentlemen that have beerijeminently’serviceable to them - particularly a Judge F of Ogdenssur£. I get these things form them| they not knowing who I am, but ff things be carried on as they state >o openly, your govern ment should be acquainted with the facts : as it respects the state of af fairs on the continent you will have the particulars in the news papers taken out by tbe;passengers in the Fair American, more in detail than I could give in a letter ; 1 will there fore decline saying any thing on that important subject, and sub scribe myself yours, &c. Balt. American. i wmA r From the New York Columbians * The following .s a small Specimen of the sallies with which Mr. Samp son! enlivened the grave and impres sive arguments, which he enforced with much sensibility and vigor, at the public meetings, during the e lection. 4 Our dangers* are riot great. What are they ; Not famine, for our soil teems ; not bankruptcy, for our re sources are untouched ; not the en emy for they have felt our courage t and their frigates go with convoy— Domestic treason; that Will now receive its death blow, for the trai - tors are unmasked. Much mischief has been done by ati impostor of the name of Wash ington, and a gang that follows after him ; but I can tell you who he is. He is not connected with the great and good by any rela tionof bloodor affinity, in the ascend* ing or descending lineal or collate ral * or Itvitical degrees of kindred ; ne was born at Passamaquoddy—was oi ! the party of Arnold in the revolu -1 tionary war—his name is* not George but Peter Washington, though he ‘sometimes travels by the name of John Henry, and draws bills upon London.’ Hfe is one of Castlereagh’s friend's in'America, and understands the use of pitch caps and the walking gallows and talks much of necessity and maritime rights, andthe systeor •of Copenhagen Jackson; He is* ve ry ill-favored—Squinting, deformed andshuffling in his gait.—lt was not he that beat the Hessians at, Frenton, and took lord Cornwallis. His only battle was at Pettipaugi which he terminated by a commercial treaty, giving the ships to be burned tnac thd” houses might be spared. He has by a surprise’from the §pHtlog forces, under the com mand of Coody ; which nas greatly ■ weakened his strength and reduced bin confidence. He is at the point > of dissolution, and much troubled in imagination—fasts often—prays loud and openly in the day Time, and burns blue lights atnignt, by which lit is thought he worships the devil; to whom, in case he dies intestate, all that belongs to hini (including the slaves ) will go by administration i> being his principal creditor, to Wuom he is greajtiy indebted. # x Mr. S. also speaking at the Tam many Hall, at the close sf the polls observed, that the slock now so high that the profits might be applied to purchase Peter Wash* ington's palace at Bioadway, for thvP charitablepuvpose of an for the unhappy persons wao frequent jptha? they'might not wander to othefs <d Uieix* kmd formerly dcjaq, and parish i>• ff int, of Tare, on the treasury ueps % for hunger and eoid. night in this Washington Hall, be comfortably kept* and kindly treated. he princes of blood royal that ivas to be, 1 might be put in the ‘.be garrets, and the diike and mar quises in the attic story, and so with earls, viscounts and barons, down to the ground floor. The servants and meaner sort could be accommodated in the celiacs which arc very com modious This with spare diet and good watching, ffffgflt Vffftg them providentially to their right senses, and would reflect infinite honor on the humanity panther tribe* This was received with bursts of laughter. AMERICAN NAVT. OFFICIAL. Natj Depattmenty March 4, 1814. Sir—Agreeably to your intimation I have the honor t» transmit here with a list of the ships and vessels of the navy of the United States, with the rote, station and name of the cominander of eaeh. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, sir, your obedient servant, W; Jonse. Hon* John Gillairdy Chairman of the naval committee of the Senate, List of the Naval Forte of the United ’ »■ States, S £4, building at Portsmouth, (N. h.) ■ * 74, building at Charlestown, fMases > —, 74, building at Philadelphia * President, 44, New-York, John, Rodsrers Captain. 6 * United States, 44, New-London, Stephen Decatur, ciptain. v Constitution, 44. cruising, Charles Stewart captain. Guerriere, 44, building at Philadelphia. Java, 44, building at Baltimote. Columbia, 44, building at Washington, Constellation, 36, Norfolk, under sailing or ders, Charles Gordon, captain. Congress, 36, Portsmouth, (N. H.) fitting, John Smith, captain. Macedonian, 36, New-London. Jacob Jones, > captain, Essex, 32, crubsing, David Porter, captain. Adams, corvette, 24, crui2ing, Charles Mor ris, captain. John Adams, do. 24, cartel to Gottenbiirg, Samuel Angus, master commandant. , Alert sloop, 18, New* York, guard-ship. Hornet, do. 18, New-London, James Biddle, captain Wasp, do. 18, Portsmouth, N. H. under sailing orders, Johnston Blakely, mas ter-dom*t. Frolic, ditto, 18, cruising, Joseph Bainbridge master-commandant. Peacock, do. 18, New-York, under sailing orders, Lewis Warrington mas. com. Erie, do. 18, Baltimore, ready for sea, Charles G. Ridgely. mas. com. Ontario, do. 18, Baltimore, Robert T. Spence, mas. com. Argus, do. 18, Washington, fitting for sea. Louisiana, do** 16, New-Orleans, D. TANARUS, Patterson, mas. com. commanding officer. Essex, junior, do. 16; cruising, John Dowhs, mas. com. Greenwich, do. 16, cruising. JEtna, bomb brig, New-Orleans. Trump, brig 16, Savannah, guard-ship. Siren, do. 16,cruising, G. Parker, mas.com. Rattlesnake, do. 14, cruising, John O. .r Creighton,* mast, com’t. Enterprize, do. 41, cruising James Renshaws, lieut. (commandant* Carolina, schr. 14, Charleston, S'. 6. J. D. Henley, mas. cam. Nonsuch, brig, 14, Charleston; S. C. Law rence Kearney, Lt. commandant. United States Naval Force on the Lakes. General Pike, ship, 24 guns, Lake Onta rio, Isaac Chauncy, Commodore. Madison, ship, 20 guns, Ontario, William M. Crane, M 1 Commandant. Oneida, Brig,. 16 guns, Ontario, Thos Brown, Lieut. Commandant. Sylph, schr. 14 guns, Ontario, M. C. Woolsey, M. Commandant. Governor Tompkins, schr. 6 guns, St. , Clair,’ Elliott, Midship. Com. Hamilton, schr. 8, Ontario. Growler, schr. sg. do. Pert, schr. 3g: Ontario, Samuel W. Ad ams, Lieut. Com. . ; Conquest, schr. 2r g: Ontario, Henry Wells, Lieut, com. Fair American Schr. 2 Ontario* Wolcott Chauncy Lieut. Com. Ontario, schr 2 g, Ontario, John Stephens Sailing Master. Asp, schr. 2.g. Ontario, Philander A. Jones Lieut, com. Julia, schr. 2. g. Ontario; r Elizabeth, schr. 2 do. Lady of the Lake, schr. 1. g. Ontario, m: P» Mix, sailing-master. Mary, bomb, Ontario. , ‘ * Lawrence, brig 18 g. Lake Erie, Jesse D Elliott, M. C. commanding officer. Niagara, brig, 18, do. . Queen Charlotte, ship, 2u; Erie. captured Detroit, do. do. do. I from the Hunter,’ brig 10 do. r, enemy Lady Provost, sloop 12 do. J Caledonia brig, 2, do. Ariel schr. 4, do. \ Somers do. 2, do. Scorpion do. 2, do. Porcupine do, 1, do. ‘ « ■ . Tygress do. I do. President sloop 8. Lake Champlain,. Tbomai - Macdonaugh, master commandant com manding officer. - Montgomery sloop, 8, Lake Champlain. Oom. Preble, do. 2, do. Gun Boats , Barges , &c, New-Orleans, 6 gun boats,£ barges building; schooners Flying Fish, Sea Horse; sloop Tickler. Georgia, 5 gun boats, 6 barges building; Charleston c.) 2 gun boats, 6 barges eqtnpt, 6 do. building ; shooner Alliga. Wilmington, (x. c.) 6 gun boats, 1 balge equips, and six building, 1 horn as X. Can tier, acting lieutenant, commanding i ; officer. Norfolk, 23 gun boats, 1; barge equ'pt, 10 buricUegfi bdmb, Tafbeil captain commanflanr. # * % * Potomac, v gun *hr>a*B, 3 barge* «<|u*pt, bu schrs Scorj>i< », Horn*!, cutter A*p. £ V ‘V Baltimore, 1 gun boat, 13 barges equ pr, IQ pilot boat. Delaware, 19 gun boats. 5 barges equ pt, tk %i*>ck sloops and 1 schooner. New-Vorjk. 39 gtm boats ‘ Lake Chstfbpiain, 2 gun boats, 2 barges equips 15 bu ding. New London, 2 gun boats. Newport,(R 1.1 7 do. Ntw-Bedford, 42 do# Boston. d<>* Newbnrvport, • / 2 do, Portsmouth, (N. H ) 6 do# V illiam Jon vs. Navy Department March 4.1814# Charleston , May 2^# Arrived, fast sailing privateer sch^i Sai’cy jack, of this pott Johti Chazel commander, from a cruise of three months— with her prize th* beautiful new British ship Pelham of 540 tons, having a valuable cargos of dry good, from London bound to Port-au-Prince. CAPTURE OF TrfE SHIP PELHAM. Arrived at this port yesterday th£ large and elegant British Peb» ham, slate captain Alexan der Taylor, prize master, prize td the privateer Saucy Jack, captain Chafcel, of this port. Her cargo con* sists of dry goqds, hardware, &c# and invoiced x at 18 000 pounds sterns lin^i The Pelham was captured on tho 30th April off Cape Nicola after a well contested action of upw , wards of two Hours. She was fi nally carried by hoarding, after her crew had made a stout and gallant resistance of from 10 to 15 minutes ©n her own decks. We learnt tt'a board that the otficers arid crew of the Pelham behaved threughoUt tlm action in the most heroic manner# and did not yifeld Until actually over* powered by numoers The S.iucf Jack had her first lieutenant and on* ntan 5 killed,’ and second lieutenant# captain of arms and 7 men wound ed ; on board the Pelham were fom? killed and eleven the latter was captain Boyd, d.»n gerously in the breast. He witli the passengers were landed At Port* au-Prince. The Pelhaifi was from Londofi ,bound to Port-au-Prince, and, s&iled from Portsmouth the 9th of March; with the same convoy some of w hicblk weMiave already had accounts froiti As having arrived at Halifax and bringing London dates to the 70* March i of ephrse she brings noth© ing new. The day previous to hi* capture she had an engagement two Carthagenian privateers which ,she succeeded in beating off; but the Courage and preseverance of the officers and crew pf tne Saucy Jack were not easily overcome, ‘Phis is another honorable specimen, of the bravery and good conduct of American seamen. We hardly remember to have seen a finer ship than the Pelham * she iss4otons,copered to the bends# mounts ten 12 pound carronades and long 6’s, and had a complement of from 35 to 40 m'eh, exclusive of several passengers. She is almost new fThis being her second voyage) and in every way fitted the most complete of any merchant ship that has entered oilrport for a lohg time*#. Her cabin is hung round with a great variety of large and elegant colored naval prints, in rich guilt frames* amongst which was a represen tion of the engagement between the Chesapeake and Shannon in two views—During 4ier skirmish with the Saucy Jack an 18 pound shot from “Long Toro” found its way through the ship’s side and demol-f shed one of these vie#s with seve* ral others* <. . f Extract front the Log Bookjof the Saucy Jack. Sunday Ist May —Light breezes , and clear weather, all sail set in chase of a ship at 3 quarters past 1 f. ar. within gun shot of her, but# owing to the lightness of the wind# not yet able to distinguish her co lors ; she under all sail apparently not taking notice of us—lioisted our ensign and fired* a gun to bring her too, which she immediately return ed from ther whole of her larboard gnws—the *ind dying away, and not being able to near her, firing our long guns from time to time, a brisk fire'kept up on her part. At threo quarters past 2, almost within mus ket shot, in her then play* ing her stern’ chasers And musketry* At 25 minutes past 3 a breeze spring ing up, we ran alongside and board ed tinder her lee quarter ; cleared her decks after a short but stout re sistance ; hauled down her colors and took possession of her—she pro ved to be the British ship Pelham, Archibald Boyd, master; #4O tons, 10 guns, |pes and twelves ; 3$ men# from London to Port-au-Prince, with 100 tons of merchandize* per in-s* of boarding Stephen Dunffa»y one. of out* seamen, was shot dead; an#, our first lieutenant, Dale Carr, ina tally wo while fighting* oij/