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tribute of respect to the guar dian of our civil liberties. Remember this last charge as in a few days 1 expect to leave you :—it may serve as a les son to yourselves and posteri ty- u Mr. Devezac gave the substance of the preceding re marks from the general in French , after which the gen. was conducted to the coach, and drawn to his quarters in Fauxbourg Marigny , followed by the multitude echoing— u Five le General Jackson.” Peace Establishment . Washington, May 20. Adjutant & Inspector GeaeraVs Of fice, May 17, 1815. GEINERAL orders. In pursuance of the act of Congress, entitled “Anactfix ing the military peace estab lishment of the United States,” approved the 3d of March, 1815, the President of the U. States has judged proper that the military peace establish ment shall consist of the fol lowing proportions of artillery, infantry, and riflemen; the coprs engineers being retain ed as at present established. 1. Os the corps of artillery, there shall be thirty two companies, or eight battal ions, making 3200 men. 2. Os the light artillery, there shall be ten companies, or one regiment, making 660 men. 3.. Os the infantry there shall be eighty companies, or eight regiments, making 5,- 440 men. 4. Os the riflemen, there shall be ten companies, or one regiment, making 680 men. Total, 9,980. And the President of the United States has further judged proper, that the United States be divided into two mil tary divisions; and that each military division be subdivided into military departments, as follows : No. 1. New-York, above the highlands and Vermont. No. 2. New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. No. 3. New-York, below the highlands, and that part of New-Jersey which furnishes the. first disvion of militia. No. 4. Pennsylvania, Dela ware, Maryland and that part of New-Jersey which furnish es the second divison of militia. No. 5. Ohio and the terri tories of Michigan & Indiana, The division of the south, to comprise four military de partments, to wit: No. 6 Virginia, North Car olina, and the District of Co lumbia. No. 7. South Carolina and Georgia. No. 8. Louisiana and the Mississippi Territory. No, 9. Tennessee, Ken tucky, and the Territories of Missouri and Ilinois. And the President of the United States has further judged proper, that the gene ral distribution of the regi ments and corps constituting the military peace establish ment, shall be made in the fol lowing manner : To the division of the north; The second, third, fifth, and sixth regiments of infantry, forming two brigades. Four battalions of the corps of artillery; and the regiment i of light artillery. To the division of the south; The first, fourth, seventh fie eigthth regiments of infantry, forming two brigades. Four battalions of the corps of artillery ; and the regiment of riflemen. And the President of the U- States has further judged it proper, that a part of the se veral regiments and corps con stituting the military peace establishment, shall be detail ed and apportioned for the following named stations, and that the rest of the regiments and corps shall be disposed of as the Major Generals com manding divisions may here , after direct. j In the divisions ofthe north; For the posts and fortresses i on the coast of New England, The regiment of light ar j tillery, ten companies. Os the corps of artillery, four companies.—Total 14. i For the harbor of New- York, and its dependencies, of the corps of artillery, four companies. For Fort Mifflin, and its de pendencies, ofthe corps of ar tillery, two companies. For Fort M‘Henry, and its dependencies, of the corps of artillery, two companies. For Sackett’s Harbor, of the corps of artillery one com pany. i For Plattsburg, of the corps of artillery, one compa ny* For Niagara, of the corps of artillery, one company. For Fort Washington, on the Potomac, of the corps of artillery, one campany. For Detroit, and its depen \ dencies, of infantry, ten com panies, of riflemen, four com panies.—Total 14. , In the division of the south; For Norfolk Harbor, and its dependencies, of the corps of artillery, three companies* j For Forts Johnson and { Hampton, N. C. of the corps i of artillery, one company. For Charleston harbor, and • its dependencies, of the corps of artillery, four companies. For Savannah, of the corps 1 of artillery, one company. For Mobile, of the corps of j artillery, one company. For Placquemin, of the corps of artillery one compa ny. For Forts, St. Charles, St. John, and Petite Coquile, of the corps of artillery, three companies. For Natchitoches, of the corps of artillery, one compa ny, of riflemen, two companies. Total 3 companies. For St. Louis, and its de pendencies, of infantry, ten companies, of riflemen, four ; companies.—Total 14. For Chefuncta, ot infantry, ten companies. For the vicinity of Augusta, Geo. of infantry, ten compa nies. And the President of the United States has further judged proper, that the non commissioned officers, musi cians and privates, of the seve ral regiments and corps now in the service of the United States, whose term of service has not expired, shall be so ar ranged as to form out ot the same the non-commissioned officers, nytisicians fit privates, constituting the military peace establishment, in the manner following, viz. To ib rm the regiment of light artillery, Brig. Gcn.|Por ter, there shall be mustered for selection, the light artillery proper, the 15th, 26th, 30th 31st, 33d and 45th regiments of infantry. To form the corps of artille ry, there shall be mustered for selection, the corps of artille ry proper, the reg’t of dra goons, the 41st, 42d and 43d regiments of infantry. To form the regiments of infantry, m the division of the north, thre shall be mustered— For the 2d regiment of in fantiy, colonel Brady, the 6th, 16th, 22d, 23d and 32d regi ments of infantry. For the 3d regiment of in fantry, colonel John Miller, the Ist, 17th, 19th, 24th, 28th and 39th regiments of infan try. For the sth regiment of in fantry, Brigadier General Mil ler, the 4th, 9th, 13th 21st, 40th and 46th regiments of in fantry. For the 6th regiment of in fantry, Colonel Atkinson, the 11th, 25th, 27th, 29th Ik 37th reigihents of infantry. To form the regiments of infantry and riflemen in the division of infantry and rifle men in the division of the south— For the Ist regiment of in fantry, Brigadier General Bis sel, the 2d, 3d, 7th and 44th regiment of infantry. For the 4th regiment of in fantry, Colonel King, the 12th, 14th and 20th regiments of in fantry. For the 7th regiment of in fantry, Colonel M‘Donald, the * Bth, 10th, 36th and 38th regi ments of infantry. For the Bth regiment of in fantry, Col. Nicholas, the sth, 18 th, and 25th regiments of in fantry. For the rifle regiment, Brig. Gen Smith, the Ist, 2d, 3d and 4th rifle regiments. irw >Jmut v.rrwr.a>i vjz, wu >j FOREIGN'NEWS". London, April 10. The last accounts from Holland state, that certain intelligence had been received from Vienna, of the King of Saxony having at length given in his acceflion to the deci sions of the congress. It was M. Autofe de Montes quieu, wfio w’as employed to carry off the young Napoleon from Vien na—He went to Vienna under pre tence of feeing his mother the boy’g governess. The cdun ter-adion of the plot has produced the greatest conflernation at the Court of Bonaparte, who had be forehand announced the success of the enterprize, which he believed so certain, that equippages had been already sent off to meet the Arch duchels and her son. Di stnrbances at Dartmoor Prison. r Friday last, a moft fericus affray took place at Dartmoor Prison, where the American prisoners of war are confined. It appears that the unfortunate prisoners who a mount to 5 or GOOO, had recently became extremely impatient to be set at liberty, and aferibed their de tention to Mr. Beaflely, their coun tryman, who is agent tor American prisoners of war in London. This person they burnt in effigy on Friday, and then proceeded to force their way out of the prison. Capt, Shortland, the resident British a gent,, went in among them alone and unarmed, to endeavor to pa cify them, but a pistol was snapped at him, and therefore the soldiers fired among the insurgents, when about 12 were killed and 30 woun ed. A musket ball grazed Capt. Shortland’s cheek. The profnpt interference of the military quelled the infurrection', and tranquility was restored. One hundred addi tional soldiers marched from Ply mouth to Dartmoor in the course of Friday, to reinforce the guard. Latest from Fratice. * Last eve ning arrived at this port, the brig Monkey, in 40 days from Bor deaux, which port the left on the 12th of April, at which time all was quiet there. The military and civil officers and the populace, were devoted to the Emperor Na poleon. v An Engliffi 74, a frigate and brig of war, Were cruising off the Cor dovan. Several French coasters had been captured, and a blockade of the coast was daily expeded : an embargo was also talked of.—- The Monkey was also chafed but escaped by superior failing. By the above arrival, the Editors of the Mercantile Advertiser have received a file of Bordeaux papers to the 10th of April, from wiich the following translations were made. Paris , April 5. His Excellency Gen. Claufel, Governor ot the 11th Military Di vision, has received official news, that Bayonne, Tarbes & Pau, had hoisted the tri-colored flag together with Mentauban and Agen on ths