lf about t topk three gen- e a and x prttomrw and arc w i j ot thc xvholc country xicli or 1 haw directed my military scc- to wait on vourllihir f patch ru 1 foeg iciyc to refer you to him torliuh turllier particulars as your lorciihiniuaybeclelirous or being acquiinteel with i haw the honor to be kg s aiciim uty lieut gen frrfjvirpoo fr fcv n b the incioiure alluded to in this letter is the deipatch from sirs aiulunuty to lord minto printed with the fubiequent inclo- lures mv lord bmvui 2 sipietrser ll i 1 have the honor to fubmit to yourlordihip a copy of jnv letter to the honorable the court o directors or the lit sep tember inclosing his excellency hrs auclmutys report of milita ry proceedings in java to the 3 lit iuiull touf lordfhipwillobscrve with fulfici ion that the conqucft of hvaisalreadv iubitantiallv accom- 4 plifeu although the operations at the arciy have not hitherto been niredcu to the eastern parts of the 11 yh 1 1 j jslaid but a povrriu force is mjvv vsubar jtin 15 agjmtt sounxbaya where with the exception of the crews of two french frigates the enemy have only a iinall body of native troops the armament which is now proieedinqundcr the personal com- mandofhis excellency commander in chief and which may reach its destination in ten days cannot fail qf overpowering any resilience thc enemy may make ir any ihould be attempted andlinally terminating theconteft in java an empire which for two cen turies has contributed greatly to the power proipcrity and grand- cur of one of the principal and molt respected states c ktirope hxcnh wivmca tern tte jhert usurpation ol the french cenunent added to the donnn- i oftlic britifli crown and con verted from a feat of hoilile inach- jnuion and commercial competi tion into an augmentation of brit- ih power and prolpcrity for this fignul and as your lonllhip will collect from the en closed document this molt fplen- did and illustrious fervice great britain is indebted to the truly britifli intripidity of as brave an army as ever did honor to our country to the professional fkill and fpirit of their officers and to thc wisdom decision and firmnefs f the eminent man who directed leir courage and led them to ictory your lordfiiip will i am fure are with me the gratifying re- cfion that by the fuccessive re actions of the french islands and lava the britifli nation has neither in enemy nor a rival left from the cape of good hope to cape horn i have c signed minto rfjlm fetmary 12 lateft from england captain taher has arrived in newport w liverpool and brought london news the 26th december i he prefident meflarre and documents o boucd a theme of commonplace remarks comments in all the london papers ofc fuppfcd ofien however errone- f to be ii the feeret of the cabinet do ttturfl i p an repeal or wsficallou of the orders to council on thc contrary they ante hem as a wll powerful cnrrine 8 gam ft franco which it would be fclfdcftrutftioli to abandon 5 arid thai france having fet thc example of fevftr- ity mull give the example of relaxation in thsdsf as well as words and thnt to long as tilts britifli government knows the decrees to be unrepealed die orders mult of nceelfitv be continued in force it is true the liv erpool merchants in their letters exprefs an opinion that immediately after the meeting of parliament in january thc orders will be abrogated r fo modified n to be agreeable to the united states much as we wilh fuch an event we fee no other foundation for the opinion than the hopes of the liverpool merchants on the i foil december the cor- duration ot london gave the prince regent a very fair opportunity if he wanted one to exprels his opinion wi flies or intention on the fuhjett but ml anfwer to that part of the nddrefs of the corporation which allu ding to the orders requeits that the channels of iutercouhe with foreign and neutral na tion miy be opened the regent only replies that nothing hall be wanting on his part to contribute towards the reftoiation of com mercial inter cod he whenever cireuu fiances flail wall it pratlicable this language can- nor he miluiiflerllood the dtitilh king was nigh the clofe of life at the bit dates he had rcfufed food for feveral days french pipcrstothe 12th december have been received the moniteur gives difpat cit es from spain but excepting the rc-occu- pitiou of the allurias they do not detail any events of importance it is remarkable that in oiu- moniteur there llould be ccufures ou tifftt of the fieuch generals in spit in on girartfi for groft negledl on ravnarj for prefumptiuii and on godinvt for fili cide we do not hear of anv frelh reinforce- ments pointr to spain 1 o itj lj4l f we live fiibiif accounts oftlic 2 5th yc cemher ulakc was gullsuitl dccucling va lencia num t uni states iliuji of rcprcfcntalhwu jnnuary 0 a reloluaon of the following tenor was offered by mr digelow rctolved that the pafjjcnt of the united states be requefted to caufe to be irid before this houfe fnch in formation as he may poflels refpefting fei- 7ine captures and condemnations ot the ihips and merchandie of the citizens of the prefident had difebvered mr b htftc read a part of the presidents meflage of no vember 5 i8iinor had he felcdcd his enemy fo as to be blind to the faults of his friend mr harper withdrew hio motion for ly ing on the table mr blackledge propofed an amendment to know under what regulations orders or decrees the captures had taken place how long perfevcred in when abandoned c tw this mr bigelow confented as a part of the refolution the ycm and nays as they could not fltbve it afide were at length called yeas 101noch 6 nothing but the demand of the yeas aad nays carried it yet i doubt whether the prefident gives the information tfi ulterior meafurcs are decided ev pofl thurfday february 6 mr williams from the committee on military afiairs reported a bill for detaching 100000 of the militia the bill authori zes the prefident to call for tihe whole or a part who are to be ready at a moments war ning for a term not exceeding fix months if called into fervice the pay and rations are to be iimilar to thofe of the regular army and appropriates one million of dollars twice read and referred to thc committee of thc whole the bill for thc fupport of the fix com- pjtnies of rangers that for the fupport of the military eftablihmcnt that for thc fup port of the addition military force and that for the fupport of lite navy al in the year 181 j were fcverally read a third time and paffed mr condit offered a refolution direcliilg the committee on military afiairs tobriiv in i bill for arming the militia thc refolu tion was adopted without a divifion february o jthruary 10 tlit- lull intorjiuiij a ctichueiit of i oo- 000 miiiria wvs 1 tiil i 3o time und paocil the fenate were engaged iv debate today on a refolution offered by gen smith cal ling for further information as regards the berlin and milan decrees it was opoofed as unneceftary by the adminiilration mem bers kings t c n tofsnw maxcb i3i2 united states under the authority of the govennnnts of europe or cither of them which has not been heretofore communicat ed thifl refolution mr bigelow obferved was aiopted laft feffion by the houfe the latter part of january the clerks in the department of ilatc he had underllood had made out the lilts of molt of the captures c previous to the clofe of the feffiou but not having had time to complete them they yvhe mails from montreal and torkj had not arrived when this pa- per ivent to prefs from the arcy york public adverifir of february 12 the reports which are ill circulation that the scererary of state and mr follcr are ticgqciatittg on the fubjedt of thc treaty pro pofed by lords holland and auckland and which treaty mr jefferlon refilled to fubrnit it hi our power to aftert frfim the mott ref- peclable authority arc totally dcitiiute of fjundation m wt tew to pip r j ii fmw th smt m te intned tbu had the information been called for tin feflioiif the lionfe before this time might have been in pofleffion n it the in fo nvuion was certainly highly important and he hoped the houfe would now adopt the refolution there was a vifible uneafinefs immediately difcoverable what tell the people how much we have fullered by france and per mit them to compare french and britiih out rages it wont do but how to be rid of it was the qncllion the queftion was put for it 28 a- gainll it 28 there was no quorum mr harper moved to poflpone the con- fideration of it till thelirft monday in march next- mr bigelow called for the ayes and nays on the motion granted he had no idea of exciting debate or the feelings of the houfe the information aflced was certainly of high importance and he could fee no reafon why the houfe ihould hefitate in requiring it mr milnor fpoke fome time in favor of the refolution why not agree at once to the proportion at the prefent crifis when we are informed that ulterior meafures are fhortly to be laid before the houfe it is pro per it is indifpenfable that we fhould receive all poflible information on fubjecfts fo impor taut nor could he fee any poflible motive for refilling it if any gentleman will how that the information will be attended with a- fly ill confequences perhaps he might doubt but he prefumed no fuch were feared he hoped the houfe were not afraid to let the people fee our fitnation since beginmg this i have received a qflelfl paper and i perceive that nothing of which 1 have been describing ha been perceived there its direction therefore mud not have been in that of the course of the river but acrofs it in a line connecting this place with berthier dijldy in this town on the morning of the jth ult mrs sufannah patrick aged about yo advertifemcnt the fubferfber earncftly rcquefls thofe who are indebted to him to pay or o- therwife fettle their accounts before the com mencement of the enfuing term of the dis trict court as he will then be under the ne- ceffity of placing fuch of his accounts a- can be fuedtn that court in the hancfa of an attorney charles smyth kingston zjth feb 1812 6 ytu mmmm n m l 4 boxes garden seeds raifed at ebanon state of new york for fale at the store of john macaulay march 3 16 by auion tttill be fold at the store of the fub- vv fcriber adjacent to mr alexr m- donell on monday the 2d march next and to coiuiiiiie through the week if purehafera come forward a valuable alio tment cf goods vi cotton checks 34 and 6f wide stripes do 54 44 6 4 and 74 shawls and hand kerchiefs comprising a very general afltort- utgh is knliu w c white cottons ctrit i ion- plain lucd clocks robe patterns and trimmings rt4 seeded muflin 44 tamborej gauze 64 qneen3 spot do fancy purl 44 tumbor- cd whip nett 44 drop nctt 6- jubilee shawls 74 crape do ounce threads and brown hollands the goods are frelh from montreal and well worth the atten tion of purclnfers as they will be fold low for culh good wheal r flour sale to begin each cay at 1 1 oclock- john young n b private sale jamaica spiit su gar ten and tobacco with a variety ofo- thcr articles kingston t ztd f indry fsl2 is qitebec feb 6 extras of a letter from ivilliam henry zqtb january 9 1812 il ii as i see no notice taken inahe montreal papers of the earthquake that was felt here on thursday morning laft it is probable its effedls have not extended far beyond this neigh bourhood an account of it therefore may not be unacceptable and this will perhaps be bell given by adverting to a few inftances in which its efles were principally observable on thursday laft a gentleman from mis- fiskouy bay while landing before the glafs to have himself felt an inability to keep him- felf heady ad looking round towards his brother who was fitting by him in the room and who from a like feneation was at that moment quitting his chairand observing that the clock flopped and the weights knocked again ft the fides of the case a circumftance this that has been fince observed to have pre vailed pretty generally among the clocks both here and at berthier he concluded that the cause mu ft have been fomcthing foreign to themfelves amongft those moft particular of its ef fects were fome ladseswho being in an upper room together were from that circumftance more affected by it than were others in a lefs elevated fituation for the motion was not tremulous but vibratory and not accompanied with any noife it was judging from my own feelings like that experienced at sea mr harper withdrew his motion for poft when a perfon firft feels the rolling of a fhip dved that it lie on the table in a well it returned after an interval of a william baker respectfully informs the gen tlemen of kingfton and the public in general that he intends commencing the joiner and cabinet bttjincfs at point frederick where thole who may f k isi- iifil iiiuit vho pnayi tavor him vvilh their cuitom may be alturett tliat their work hall be done in the- beft man- ner and on the horteil notice february 12 14 genius unpatronized by the great too often withers into obfeurity pennmanship y aught by the subfcribcr up on a new improved and sy hematic plan being a fhort and eafy way to acquire a lair and plain hand writing in a ihort ami fimple manner there being many who aie dcllitnte of writing and arc grown to thc late of manhood an opportunity is now prc- fented to them to improve themfelves in pennmanlhip in a courfe of fifteen exerci- fes only me hour and a half at each spe cimens and improvements of thole who have been inllrudled to their perfect fatisfadtion may be feen at his school room where gen tlemen are invited to call and tittsfy their curiollty the fubferiber has opened his writing school this day at the houfe of mr henry baker kingfton febru ary 18th 1812 n b ladies and gentlemen defirous of improving their hand writing the lublcrib- er will attend them at their apartments for a reafonable eompenfatiou charles macdonell i4tf inftruaor of writing take notice ponementand mov mr wright thought ill confequences might arile we have chofen our enemy why by a lift of wrongs publilhcd to the woild at this time do what may irritate a friend especially when our minifter is in friendly negociation for the reftoration ot veflel taken by fance mr bacon was furpiifcd at the fqneam few moments but with dimiuifhed violence and then ceased the limits of its duration from firft to laft 1 hould from recollection eftimate at about three quarters of a minute the ladies juft mentioned complained to mc fome days afterwards that they li ill felt an uneasy feusation in their heads and another yong lady ken her bed i rnderfland for iflmeft difcovered by the houfe on the fubjes fome days afterwards from indisposition ars of french fpoliations much gieater than the fmg from affright all thofe indebted to the fubferiber are req netted to call and make payment immediately or they will be fued without further notice all thofe who hold notes or accounts are dcfirecl to bring them for ward richard smith february 7 it w dollars reward to any perfon who q will prove toconviion the peilon or pcrfous who fiift reported that x had ab- ioouded j4 3v f