toreign intelligence dartmoor prison concluded from our lust vow e national intelligencer of july 1 4 plymouth 26th april 1815 sir in purfuance of mftroions re ceived from meflrs clay and gallatin i have now the lienor to tranfmit to you the report prepared by mr larpcnt and myfef on behalf of our icfpeclve governments in relation to the unfortunate t ran fa dt ions at dartmoor prifon of war on the 6th of the prcfent month confideriug it of much importance that the report whateveit might be hould go frth under our joint fig na tures i have forborne td prefs fomc of the points which it involves a far as other wife i rniht have done and it therefore may not be improper in this letter to enter into fame little explanation of fuch farts of the report although it does appear that a part of tbe prifon era were on ihat evening in fuch a hate and under fuch circumftan- ces as to have jutlned in the view which the commander of the depot could not but take of it the intervenrion of the military force and even in a ftricx fenfe the 6rft ufc of iire arms yet 1 cannot but expreffi it as lliy fettled opinion that by conduct a little more tempoiifing thtt dreadful alternative of firing upon unyrmed prifonerw might have been avoided yet as l his opinion has been the refult of fubfequent examination and after having acquired a knowledge of the comparatively harmlefs sate of the ptilm oners it may be but fair to confider wheth er in fuch a moment of confufion and alarm as that appear tohaebeeu the oihcci com manding could have fairly cftimatcd his dan ger or have meafured out with prerifon the extent and nature of the force licctlfary to gusrd again ft it but when the fifing became general as it afterwards appears to have done and caught with rlectric repidity from the fquares to the platforms there is no pica nor hadow f ex- enfe for ii except in the perional cxafper- aiion of the foldieiy nor the more deiiber- a e and therefore more unjufririnble tiring which took place into three of the priions no 1 3 and 4 but more particularly into no 5 after the prifoners had retired into them and there was no longer any pretence of apotehcntions as to their cfcape upon this ground as you fir will perceive by the report mr larpent and myself had no dif- feretof jf optimr and i am fully perfuad- tu ihat my own tegret was not greater than hi at percxiviug how hopelefs would be the atttmpt to trace to any individuals of the military thefe outrageous proceedings as to whether the ordrr to fire came from capt bhonland i yec confefs myfelf tnabie to form any fat isf a cory opinion tho perhaps the bias of my mind is that he 6ii give inch an oder but his anxiety and reagh we have had interviews with him and mr goulburn on the fubjea of the trans portation of the american pnfoners flow ft this county to the united states and of the late unfortunatetvent at the depot at dart t fefet fla of sao fiertwo k the ne iw adwfld upo the bgh road pocedcrfby the whole of the ffo ants who liave on no nccafion beta all to ad in independent bodies under ft norni ation of mafa j on the contra have bten oblcgd to aft according moor on the cub fubjft we agreed to afvifi your acceptance of the proportion of lord caftlcreagh totranfport the prifdners at till joint expenfe of the two countries refervinr the conftruion of the article of the treaty which provides for the mutual rcftoration of priloners for fmure adjuftmtnt it was hat ed by us and was fo underftood that the joint expenfe thus to be incurred i5 to comprehend as well the requiihe tonnage 23 the fubiiftence of the prifoncrs and more- over that meafnrefl of precaution fhould he adooted relative to the health and comfort of the priloners fmilar to thofe which had taken place in america the details of this arrangement if you concur with us a to the expediency of mak ing it are left to you to fettle with the prop er bihiuh authority on the other iubjd as a ftatcmeut of the t ran fad ion has been received from the american priloncrs differing very materially in fift from thrt which had icfulted from an inquiry militated by the port admiral it has been thought adviblc thai lone means mould be devikd of procuring in formation an to the real late of the cafe in order on the one hrnl to iw that there had not beet any wanton or improper lac itice of the lives of an evfenn citizens or on the other to enable the britifh government to pnniih their civil and miutaiy oiucers ii it mould appear that they have refouej to meafmes ofexlremc fevevity without neccility or vitli too much preciptain lord caftlcreagh proppfed tbrt the en quiry mould he a joint one conduced by a commiflioner fefected by each government and we have thonght inch an enqnity rroit likely to produce an impartial and laii-fac- tory refult we prefumethat you will hive too much occupation on the mill fubjeci and the othtf incidental duties of your othcc to attend to this enquiry in pcfn 0th fuppoijuou we have tared to the brittol government that we hould recommend to you the felecti n oi chas icing zd a a fit peifon to conduct it on the part of the american goveinrxjiu if m kin will undttt ke the buliuefs lie willf irthwirh oroceed to dartmoor in con- junction with the britfth cfvmmiffioners who may be appointed on the occaiion will ex amine the pcrwi4codeined aiad fuc2i hmi evtmences as may be ihonght necilary and make a joint report upon the frn of the cafe to john q adams efq minifter iie- liiptentiiry of the united states at 1013 court and to the britifh government the mode of executing this fervice niuft be lefr to the diferetion of rvft king and his collagne f they can agree upon a narrative i the fctcts after having herd the evidence it will be hettet thu repojtipo the exertions to top it alter it bud continued for 11 r r n- al1 u f e c whole mats or icttimimy ra oeuil which iome little tine are fully proved and us 4 c it a c 1 j 1 they may perhaps una it necumiy to do n they cannot com to fuch an agreement we are fir your obedient humble servta signed h clay albert gallatin 7 g beasclev esq c c v hav been obheged to act according the approach of the troops the enemy cecim- military daphne and under the t haftily abandoned his po of the regular officers i have the hono pbatand nattily abandoned hw po- v behind him many prifouers fa rn rlr to the village of ive c tuouiauu piuv- quat tty of arms and military equfp- ken and the whole of the enemys genera conduct previous to this occurrence a5 far a we could with propriety enter ino fuch details appears to have been character- ifed w great firnef and even kindnefs in the relation in which he ftood towards the prifoner on the fuhjet of any complaints again ft their own government exiftiug among the prifouers it wad invariably anfwered to f-v- cral dillinil quel ions put by me on that head that none what foe ver esifted or had been expretted by them although they con- fefted tfiemfcfcee to entertain fome animofily agamft mr bcafeyho whom they attri buted their detention in this country with what juluce you ii- will be better able to judge tley made no complaint whatf o- cr as to their provifione and general mode pf living and treatment in the prifon i have tranfmit ted to mr bcafely a lift of the killed and womukd on the melancholy occafion with a requcft that he would for ward it to the united states for the infot- nation of their frinds at home and i am pleafed to have it in my power to fay that the wounded arc for the mod part doing veil i have alfo cnclcfed to mr bcafeley the notes taken by me of the evidence adduced before us wirha requell that he would have them fairly copied as al o a copy of the de- pofitrons taken before the coroner and de- crcd him to fubnit them to you when in order 1 cannot conclude fir without exprefling xny high fenfe of the impartiality and manly fairnefs with which this enquiry has been jondnaedon the part of mr lerpct nor without mentioning that every facility was afforded to us in its profecution as well by the militaiy officers commanding here and at the piifon as by the magiltrates in the vicinity i have the honor to be with much refped your n oil obedient humbe fervant signed charles king uu excellent j adams c fc 1 c r ft r from the london morning chronicle june 5 1815 army of naples head quarters of general count nugent san germano may 17 ic my lord my laftdifpatch dated from the bivouac of arce brought the details of the operations of general count nugcnts corps up to the date of the 15th hill 1 have now the fatisfaction to inform your lordhip thatfiree that perid a feries 02 bold and rapid movements on the part of that general have been crowned with the moft complete fuccefs and the enemys ar my oppofed to him defeated and totally dif- peifed- on the night of the 15th the advance guard moved forward frojti the camp of ar ce on the road towards st germano hav ing the enemy in front ftrongly polled on the banks of the melfa during the night however he retreated to san germano breaking down the bridge acrofs thit river no tune was loft in throwing a bridge over the melfa and at 10 oclock on the morning of the 1 6th it was crolkd by the infantry the cavalry j the mean time having paffed it where it was fordable for horfes on the fameday before day light gene ral nugent advanced his whole corps to the melfa and having there received a vemforce- ment of hnftars and chaffeurs ire matched forward in order of battle to attack the en emy at san geimano where the united for ces of macdouald manheis and figuatclli had taken poft a fmall corps of advance had marched from pontc corvot to turn tk enemys left flank and which had al ready got behind bis poftion and the arm ed inhabitants of the village of piede montc with a few soldiers pofieifcd themfelveb of the ftrong pofirion of the convent of monm- pp ed the com fition leaving and lfertersand fell back to the village o mignano nine miles diftant from this place snn germano was in confluence immedi ately occupied by the allied troops the taking of san germano was but the prelude to a movement which terminated gloriondv for this army m the total annihi lation ofthe enemys corps oppofed to it n the pontion of mignano where his whole force vvas again- united he wa attac ked at midnight by the advanced guard commanded bv baron dafpre with about feven or eight hundred men the darknefs of the hour preventing him from afcertain- ina the ftrengh of the attacking corps the enemys troops after a few discharges of mnfketry were totally routed laving on y his cavalry and artillery in this attack fmrnlarlyfuceekfui ad highly creduble to baron dafre and the troops under his or der above cu thouland prifcuera have been made a q mentstal infantry diperfed deferters in compa nies of hundreds have come in and are hour ly joined this camp this brilliant affair has concluded the op- ei at ions of cotint nugent in th quarter in which he has deft royed tfcs army called the army of the interior with a force ori- inally very inferior to that of the enemy during tn taft ten lays he kapolitau ar- my has loft at ieaft from fix to ieven thou- fand men and the whole number of this a aluding folely to the army oppofed to general nugent efcaped fiom the gene ral overthrow cannot amount to more than 700 meii in the courfe of tb- geierals movements commencing at iv oia he has at different periods defeated the enemys generals carafcofa menheis livron mac douald and the two pignatellis befides oth ers and not even the prefence of mai dial murat himlelf at san oarmanoon tie 15th could prevent the defiuction of his army and confequently tfo ruin of hi authority general count nijgeuts head quarters are at mignano from whence 1 have return ed and forward this report and the column or u3 riht wing which advanced from ter- iaiu5 occupies mnlafdi gueta the enemy hrl the fj irigliano and bur ned the bridge be sec o c i iiavc the honor to c churcrf f slotted j liis excellency lieutenant general lord stewart g c- b c- c vienna army of naples head quarters binouac of cajanfelle ner calvf my rb 18 1 5 my lord i had the honor to tranf mit to your loidfhip a report dated yefter- hv with details of the occupation of st germano and of the defeat of the enemy at maycaenoj i have now to report the junc tion of the whole auftrian force under the command of general baron bianchi at th camp cuuniello bein the angle of the junction of the high roads hading frm rome aquila and pcfara to capua and naples the different divilion commanded by the general nugent mohr neipcrg and dfc- kart from for the moment but one corps the advanced guard of which under gene ral slarheuberg is at calvi the mattered and wretched remains of the enemys army which then tittle move than a month ago martha murat publiihed to the world as confiiting of eighty thoufand combatants is now reduced to a cop prrhapnot amoun ting to eight thoufand effective men inclu ding the detachments of invalid gendarme rie fivc guards c drawn from naples and the province- with this force broken in fptrity the majority of which deleft thi caufe of the ufurpcr it appears that rnar- ihal muiat will take poft in and about ca pua until finally overwacalmed by the u perb and victorious army which will tiovv furround him in every direction having but this moment readied the gen eral head quarters with general nugcnts corps i crmnot yet urate which of the auft rian corps will march on naples by caijag- ga and cafenta nor which will blockade the enemys po fit ion of capua and in the prcfent ftate of affairs it feems immaterial tie great objeeft being now to fave the capi tal from any riling of the populace and the coufequence that might folow an event fo much dreaded by all claffes of the inhabi- tants the organization of the napolitan volun teers has gone on unahngly well j and it h even probable that a rletuchmem of them maybe fentm pals the volt utuo at its month and pufh on to napkm by 1 ii- road of poz- fcnuli in tint cafe 1 believe 1 ftiall be eu- trniled with this operattoii i am very happy lo ftate that altln th h urpers f- th noatf difurdtr on be c signed r church hn excellency lieutenant general i 1 stewart g c b b w extrad of a fecond letter from edv cookeefq dated rome may 22 18 i have kept my courier hoping eves hour to hear from lord burgherft a have now the fatisfaction to fend an extras from hi letter which has juft been rccawl dated tcano the 2 1 ft intlant i feud thi1 letter in great hade a rml itary convention has been ugned by which the whole of the kingdom of naples favej few place gcta pefeara and alio ano na have been fuuetdered to the allies- murat has not retreated nor is it aacllr known where he is but he ha been inform- ed he muft eo under a guard of honor ta a u ttria the army goes into capua to day tomorrow we occupy the height round naples and the ict day the jd we go tno the city the offices who brought the letter f murat was at salerno lord burgherft had received no intelligence of lord lxmouth but his lordfhip mud have arrived atnapj london june 12 on the 9th inftant the ninble cutter ar rived with officers meffengcr from the roy al army in la vendee they left st gilti on the evening of the 3th inrtant aau give a moft favourable account of the prouenof the royal caufe may 28 an action took place in which bonapartes general tiavot with 3000 men was routed with greatlols june 1 and j the enemy were rcpaljidia their endeavors to prevent the landing ci cannon arms and ammunition from enj land thefe officers fay there are 65 coo bour bons in arms in la vendee alune aid thsi the white flag is flying at boidwus m muiiv other towns on the coalt a letter from the minilter of war at p tis lias been intercepted it is a reply w one from general travnt fot ff inforccments the minifler wmti to hility to comply with the fcfla iug a man to ipare henna a7ny 27fouch and j whole rrt fcnvoyvtero ed by bonapartes people at b faid to have made another attcmr 2rt a confidential agent to the allv t am very happy la bate that abhongh he whole of the country through which we law paffed has rtfen in arms airhinil the ni- f p3th0lar propofal v 4acj thoie or bonaparte uu in foe blitift houfe of cotimcns ph of j q ygj whether any arrangement had been j7 with the united state refin zv foundlandfifnery regh replied that the treaty of 178 expired and that the fubjedt was to he c itrucd by the genera law of nations ycfterday we received bruffels papr to the 8th mr movements ofanycon on ihe part or either of the u arrr is yet announced letters from gu of the 5th of june announce that on the 27h may there was a fevete ttrgftgeiam 3 means bween a regement of ciafeira and a rear lancers one had fclarcd for louis xv11i the other fur bonaparte several were killed and woandd on both fides the emperor of aulma lefc vienna on the 27th to iepairto the head qnartcn of the allied strmtjea jt was ft ill the general opinion at brunei that hoftilitics frould commence on the i cth inft june 12 this morning the paris jour nais of friday reached its bonaparte had not eft the- capital on the preceding day but every meafure denoted his imed ii of eo tine parturc he was prcfent at a rn millers held on thurfaay it ta flrted ia fe vera 1 of trie papers that he had juft reccir- ed defpiches of the greatefi impnrtanc part of his equipage had actually fet out the fortrtfft of bavonne navarrcn jean pied-de- port and bjaye have been de clared in a tte of frge from the united statb t selected toasts r excel the following are fejed from the ioih which we have ten publiihed as having been given on the 4th in ii they furnifii a pretty correct index to the public it iug at nortlwrvoh waf the prtlident of tu uuitcu states nowned alike for wijilem fatefyjdjl valerbk war mee and itttriflift ip tern evince hs iiflfdm hu declaration w the french decrees were repealed pro veracity and hi gallant defence of the capi tal proclaims hl toufjfftt