.---- THE NATIONALRECTSTER 71115 vancina to the attack, because the most complete success would have been unavailing, and the possession of the enemy's wor ks offered no ad- v antage to compensate fur the loss we 'must have sustained in acquiring I po4ies.ion of them." Hat follows a letter from Commodore Sir • J. L. Yeo, dated on hoard the St. liaysterice, at Kingston, Sept. 24. inclosing a letter from Capt. Pring dated on board the American ship Saratoga, Sept. 12. Sir James says, "It appears to me, and I have good reason to believe, that Capt. Doweie was urged, and his ship hurried into ae lion before she was in a fit state to 'fleet the enemy. I am also of opinion, that there was not the least nece.sity for our squadron giv ing the enemy such decided advantages, by going into their bay to engage thetas ; even had they been successltd, it would not in the least have assisted the troops in storming the batteries ; whereas had our troops taken their batteries first, it would have obliged the ene shv's squadreo to quit the nay and given oar's a fair chance." • Capt. Pring, who succeeded Ls the command in consequence of the toss of Capt. Downie, who R;11 early in the action, states that “. in coosequenee of the earnest solicitation of Sir George Prevost for the co-operation of the naval force on Lake Champlain to attack that of the enemy, who were placed for the support et' their works at l'lattsburg, which it was proposed should be stormed by the troops, at the same moment the naval action should commence in the bay, every pos••ible exertion was wed to accelerate the armament of the new ship." Capt. P. then relates. the occurrences during the action, in which he gives ample testimony of the good conduct of all engaged. Ile spesks of the equipment of the Confitnce in the following vvn is The Confiance was sixteen days before on the stocks, with an on iriTanized crew, composed of several droughts of men who had re eentl7. arrived from different sh.ps at Quebec, many of whom only joined the day before, and were totally unknown either to the 4fieers or to each other, with the want of gun locks, us well as other necessary appointments not to be :4r ~ c ured in this country. I trii,t you will feel sausfied of the decide d advantage the enemy possessed, exclusive of their great sotwritrity in point of force. I have much satisfaction, (says C.mptaitt P.) in making von ac (painted with the !mistime treatment the wounded have received from Commodore MiDonough ; they were immediately removes; to his own hospital on Crab Island, and were furnished with every requisite. His generous a n d polite attention also, to myself, the officers, and men, will ever hereafter be gratefully rctnrw bered." NAMES OF THE OFFICERS Eli.! ED AND WOUNDED, Eir.r.un.—Coilfiance, G. Downie, Capta;n ; A. Anderson, Captain of the Royal Marines; W. Gann, midshipman. Linnet, W. Paul, actinglienteuatit ; C. Jackson, boatt wain. WOUND D —OO01/1/CC, Sinclair, midshipman i—Chub, J. AP(lhee, lieutenant. BINE RU PTS. 3. F. Grant, of Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-bquare, merchant, B. Child, late of Weeden Beck, Northampton, ianholder. C. Long, of lloy laud, Yori:, t:r gem'. E. Stanney, of Gorton, litre aster.joiner. .1 Blackburn, ot mite, York, grocer. R. Drake, of Teignmouth, Devon, i longer. J. Lane, of Eflw ;rd-street, Cavenclisi.outuare, coach•m:dicr. AV. 13entlev,• of ;Mile End-rodd, victualler. P. Iyun ..nd F. O'Heyne, of Pancras-lane, merchants. AV. Whitebrook. of Little Aluortields, and of Angel court, Throg morton-srreet, wine-merchant. J. 'Bird. of Saint Martio's-lane, cheesemotv , er. Ii ; Cooke, late of !ping, end of Millard, Tvotten, Sussex, stationer. T. Edge, of York-street, Westroioster, engineer. The American Merchants in the City have a strong per snation that Peace will be made Ghent ; and although, pub lickly, an apparent negative matt• have been given to our proposals respecting a Canadian frontier, nothing is more probable than that private instructions may have been giver, to accommodate the poin, which obviously is capable of ac. commodation without much sacrifice. Certainly, the .Ameri cans in London have a strong presentimeni in favour of Pace since the arrival of the Fingal, and hence the English Funds have experienced a considerable advance ; an advance which has occured since the nature of the Fingal's dispatches could have been known in London through Ghent. THE lIEBDOMADARI". NOV EMBER. -D ECEMBER. NOV. rr. Fed is the blasted verdure of the fields; And shrunk into their beds ; the flowery race Their sunny robes resign. Timms f. t 7. Advent Sunday —Blaming Lessons are from i. and John six : Evening are from Isaiah ii. and Hebrews iii.— Full mo.:n at 40 minutes past 11 in the forenoon, and moonlight from hall put five till seven in the moraing. 18. Monday.—Michalmas Term ends. 29. Tuesday.—Balial College Election. 30. Wednesday.—St. Andrew, having been called by Jesus, found hie brother Peter, and brought him also to Christ. Andrew was c lied to the apostleship just after the miraculous dratight of fi•he.. He preached the gospel Scythil, and, having planed in severzil places, Mkt! to Patix, in Achaid ; where, endeavowing to cony, iEgeav, the P ro . consul, and to preserve his new converts from apostatisi , r, the G o . vernor, enraged at his proceedings, commended i _Loa to he ,4courgeo ud crucified, being fastened to the cross with cords! St. Andrew in ed two days in this state, exhorting and encouraging the people to believe in the Saviour of wen. DECE NI HER. 1. Thursday —December (an abridgement of deems oh inshre) is Ilia wilt' month from the glows. Before the time of Ito• the year was reckoned by the time of the snows, and by that ii!ter Friday.—Twilight end.. srvvri ruirintes past six in the evening. Saturday.—Day is eight hours fool minutes in length. NATURALM":3 CAI.END IFt. Almond trees, of tlw dAarf kind, may be planted in shrubberie', ;Ina are finely ornamental in their early finweting.—Deciduous tiers and shrubs, if all the h.irdy sorts, way still be freely planted ; also her baceous perennials and biennials.—Off sets may be slipped from pe rennials and planted ; but Elie planting of all bulbous off sets must fail'. with be completed. --Erompton -iccks, together ssith the now in pots, must be removed to warm ,itudtiotis. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. NOVEMBER. Days. Morning. Afternoax. 27. • 1 I. 46 m. 28. 29. 30. DEC E'3l BElt. 1. 2. S. It is reported that the French GovernMenthave prepared orders fur an additional levy of 80 or 100.000 men. The latter measure is reported to have been suggested by Talley. rand, in order to give additional weight to his negotiaton at Vienna. A Circular has been transmitted from the Commissioners to the Proprietors of Hackney Coaches, stating, that after the expiration of one month, if any just complaint shall be made of their suttei ing their coaches to stand in the street in a dirty or ruinous state, either externally or internally, their licences will be either revoked or suspended till they shall have procured couches fit in every respect for the accomino dation of the Public; that no excuse will in future be ad- . mitted for employing horses of an improper size or strength; and that any person against whom a complaint of this kind is proved, will be deprived of his licence ; as will any person who shall be proved to have employed a driver who be been convicted of wanton cruelty to his horses. Various Candidates have started for the Treasurership of the county of Middlesex vice Mr. Boulton Main waring ; and three for the chairmanship of the Middlesex Quarter Ses sions, on a supposition that this office also gill be resitued by the secior Mr. Wilmaling,