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JIMERICA. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JULY 10. WAYS AND MEANS. Mr. Eppes, from the Committee of Ways and Means, made the following Report : The Committee of Ways and Means, to whom w►as referred so much of the Message of the President of the United States as relates to the establishment of a well-digested system of internal revenue, have had the same under consideration. They deem it unnecessary t say any thing as to the necessity of providing ad ditional revenue at a -time when the general rate of expenditure has been so much increased by measures necessarily connected with a state of war. It refer ence to reports from the Treasury Department, and tiom the Committee of Ways and Means, during the last and preceding years, will shew that a provision for the additional revenue can no longer be delayed, without a.viobation of all those principles held sacred in every country where the - valite and iinportance of national credit have been justly estimated. They have reviewed the system heretofore presented, and, taking into consideration its having been sanctioned, in its principles by a vote of the House of Representatives, have determined to recommend its adoption, with some Modfications, in preference to commencing a new system, at a period when neither the principles or details could receive That mature consideration on which ;dont: they could venture to recommend its adoption. 'rile Bills heretofore reported were founded on estimates which assumed for a basis the providing a revenue sufficient to meet the expenecs of the peace establishment, the inte►est on the o:d debt, and on such new ioans as have been:: or may be hereafter au thor;sed. To meet the sum of 4'5,600,000, which must be provided for, the Committee have to ask leave to re port the following: Bulls ; 1. s 1 till for ti.o assessment collection of direct taxes. 2. A Bib to lay and tuliet.t a claret tax walla' the United Butts. • 3. A Bill hying a duty on imported salt. 4. A Bill laying duties en licences to retailers of wings, spi. Simons liquors; i , trl foreign merchandise. 5. A Bill laying duties on carriages •for the Convenience of persons. 6 A Bill laying duties on licences to distillers of spirituous li t lore. 7. A Bill laying ' duties on sales at auction of foreign merchan- Abe, ;aid of slops or vessels. 6. A Bill lays. g duties on sugars refined within the United Stales. 9. A Bill laying duties on - bank-notes, and on notes of hand and foreign o.lls of exchange, of certain descriptions. .tO. A bill laying an additional duty on foreign tonnage. The several Bills above recited were read a first and second time, referred to a Committee of the whole, and made the Order of the Day for Monday. COPY OF A LETTER FROM MAJMI-GENEBAL DEARBORN TO THE SECRETARY OF WA it. " I-Tratl-quartrrs, Fort George, Zipper Canada, May 27. gg Siii—The light troops under the command of Colonel Scott and Major Forsythe landed this morn ing at nine o'clock. Major-GeAral Lewis's division, with Colonel Porter's command of light artillery, supported them. General Boyd's brigade landed im mediately after the light troops, and Generals Win tier and Chandler followed in quick succession. gg The landing was warmly and obstinately dis puted by the. British. forces, but the coolness and in trepidity of our troops soon compelled them to give ground in every direction. Gen. Chandler, with die reserve, (composed of his brigade and Colonel Ma comb's artillery) covered the %%hole. ••Commodore Chauncey' hal made the most judi cious arrangements for Silencing the enemy's batte ries, near the point of landing. The army is under the greatest obligations to that able naval Comman der for its co-operation in ail its important move ments, and especially in its operations this day. Ow batteries succeeded in rendering Fort George unte nable; and when the enemy had been beaten from Lis positions, and found it necessary to re-enter it, after firing a few guns and setting fire to the magazines, which soon exploded. he moved off rapidly by dif ferent routes. Our light troops pursued them several Miles. The troops having been under arms from one o'clock in the morning, were too much exhaus:ed for any further pursuit. We are now in possesilon of Fort George and its immediate dependencies—to-morrow we shall pro ceed on. The behaviour of our troops, bath officers and men, entitles them to the highest praise ; and the difference of our loss with that of the.enemy, when we consider the advantages his position afforded him, is astonishing. 4 , We had 17 killed and 43 wounded.. The enemy had 90 killed and DSO wounded t f the regirlar troops. We have taken one hunched prisoners, exclusive of the wounded. Colonel Myers, of the 49th, was wounded, and taken prisoner. Of ours, only one commissioned officer was killed, Lieutenant Hobart, of the light artillery. " I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) H. DEAPBORN. " Hvbn. C. J. Arrustrorg, Secretary at War.", BOSTON, MAY 21. Arrived the British packet-ship Mary Ann, (late Captain Cady,) M'lntosh, prize -master, from Malta, bound to Falmouth , prize to the privateer schooner Governor Tompkins, of New York, captured the 2d April, off Cape St. Vincent's, after an action cf about an hour. One man was killed on board her, and se veral wounded. The Governor Tompkins was not injured, and had none killed or wounded. The Mary Ann mounts ten guns, and had 38 men. Two large mails were taken tip by . the Governor Tompkins, which had not sufficient weight attached to them to &Slake them sink. A great many valuable articles mere taken on board the privateer, together with a consid,,ral?le amount in gold and silver. The Go vetoer Tompkins had taken the brig Ajax, of Aber. deen, bound tp the West Indies, cargo of dry goods, ace. Tile Mary Ann is a fine sailing 'nip, coppered co the bends, 240 ions; is now in loallAst, and hiss plenty of good stores. Spoke nothing—saw no croi aars.—Arrived at Salem, on Tuesday evening, the tirivateer. bOat Fame, from her sisth cruize, having captured the British schooner Delight, from Berm ait for Halifax, and has arrived. at Machins, with bushe:s of wheat, a very seasonable supply tor cd, four cases ipes Madeira Also, recap :re afterwards the cargo of :ander, Capt. B. Crowninshield,, of Salem, vas . ehased near Kennebank on-Wednesday last, by the Rattler sloop of war rated 16 guns. The Alexander had but about 4 .0 of crer crew on board, having put the rest on board prizes, and endeavoured to reach Portsmcitith; but being cut off, she was run on shore as above, and the Rattler was so close in pursuit, that she came to •anchor within half gun shot, immediately after the Alexander struck; so that only about twenty of the crew of the Alexander effected their. escape to the shore, some by swimming. The oversetting a boat retarded their escape, and the officers entered into an agreement with the British, that they should not be molested from the shore in getting off the ship, on condition of their paroling the rest. There were about sixty British prisoners on board the Alexander, and 10,000 dollarsworth of goods taken out of primes, all of which, of course, reverted to the British. The tide being flood, the Alexander was got off. The Alexander had captured seven prizes, one of which only has arrived. the starving inhabitants of the eastward bilk good:, II hogsheids rum, few 'pi] wine, 250 bags shat, flour, beef, &c, Lured two American coasters, which wet taktio . by the Bream—took out most of oue.—The corvette-built privateer Alex NORFOLK, MAY ie. On Saturday last, four British sailors were taken up by the patrole guard at the bay-side, and brought to town. They give the following account of them selves: that they belonged to the Marlborough, 74, (Cockburn's ship) ; that they had been put on board the late American letter of marque schooner Lynx, captured in the Rappahannock ; that the Lieutenant who commanded the Lynx ordered them, the even ing before, to man the boat, and put him on board the Arab, another of the vessels captured in the Rap pahannock, which lay about half a mile higher up ; after which, he ordered them to return to the Lynx. In rowing back, the wind setting in shore, and a heavy swell running, they drifted, in spite, of every . exertion, towards the shore ; and finally, after ex. hausting themselves, without being able to bring op even their lee-way, they all 'resolved, without a mo ment's previous consideration, that they would de sert, and accordingly they put about and rowed for the shore. They left the • boat. on the beach, aad straggled up. the country a little way, when they were takeu by the guards. What is uncommon. in the desertion of these men, three of them are Scotch men, and the fourth an Englishman—not a solitary son of St. Patrick !—The,/ also state, that the vessels . have come down the bay, except the Statira frigate and the Dolphin privateer ; that they heard their of ficers say, that it was Admiral Warren's intentiln to sail for Bermuda with the first fair wind, and that all the shipping in the lower bay would shortly go to sea, except the Marlborough, the Junon frigate, and the Racer, (captured schooner,) which would remain under the command of Cockburn. One of the Scotch men says, he was in the expedition against Havre de Grace, and that Cockburn led on the forces in per son. The fortress of Mobile surrendered on the 15th of April to a detachment of the United States army, under the immediate command of Major-General Harrison. The fortress is within the limits of the purchase of Louisiana, made by the United States, And has been rttained, under various pretences, from that period to the present time. This Expedition, which has been conducted with the skill of a soldier, and with the success which always follows enter prizcs governed by genius and experience, has been completed by able dispositions, without the loss of a single life. We have been promised by a subaltern officer in the expedition a statement of the particu lars, which we expect by the next mail from Mob:le. Our troops made their landing on the 1 clah April, and the'first intimation which the Spanish garrison had of their approach was'the music of 44 Hail, Co lumbia !" by a full hand, and followed by a summons to the Commandant to evacuate 0:2 place, as a p.m of the United States territory. The scaling ladders were prepared ready for an assault, by escalade, and the armed flotilla presented itself at the. same mo ment in front of the fortress. The effect of the sur prize carried itself into the negociation, and the Spa nish garrison was embarked for Pensacola. The ar tillery in the garrison amounted to fifty-seven pieets, of various calibre, and five brass mortars and howit zers for battery and field, and a considerable stock of ammunition. . UPPER CANADA. The late victory obtained by Colonel VINCENT may be considered as having prevented the Province of Upper Canida from falling into the temporary pos session of the Americans. This was the general opinion at Quebec, where, previous to the intelli gence of that advantage being gained. much gloom. and some despondency prevailed. The success of the enemy is attributed primarily to their having gained a superiority on the Lakes. This assertion ,is fully borne out by the following paragraph in the Quebec Gazdte of the 1 Ith June : ,• The greatest fault of the English Government has been the want of sufficient exertion to preserve her superiority on the Lakes, without which it is impossible to preserve a chain of settlements ex tending six or seven hundred miles along these Lakes and the River St. Lawrence, and through which there is no communication for military purposes by land. The force of the Americans now acting against Upper Canada, is at le:, st quadruple to ours, but with the Indians and a decided superiority on the Lakes, they would have been unable to acquire any important advantage in that quarter." NEW YORK. New York Papers to the 20th ult. have been re ceived in Dublin. One of the Dublin Papers, in an nouncing their arrival, says—" Their contents are extremely important, but they are too voluminous for insertion in this day's publication. It appears that General DeennoaN had carried into immediate effect the orders of the Secretary at War, under the act which empowered the President to have recourse to a system of retaliation, in case the naturalized citizens of America should be subjected, when made prisoners, to the laws of a State which had exiled them, or which they had voluntarily abandoned for ever. General DEARBORN had committed, in pursuance of those or. ders, twentrreven British guyed: to close custody, on whom it was provisionally determined to inflict the severest retaliation I Those Papers likewise contain die official account of the capture of Fort George.— They also communicate some official intelligence re pecting the attack made on the American army or. !Ire Gth of June, by General VINCENT. They say, that the American advanced guard had been sur prised, and that atter a severe conflict, during whit! their artillery had been taken and retaken several times, they retired to the main body at Fort George." , ' o• PAPERS . - PARIS, JULY g 7. His' Majesty the Emperor left Dresden on the 20th, made an excunion to Lower Lusa°, slept at Luckau, has been to Luben, seen the Duke Reggio's corps, and returned to Dresden the 2 d, at one o'clock in the morning. Her Majesty the Empress arrived on the evening of the 25th at Mayence, in perfect health. PRAGUE, JULY IC • Sunday last, his Excellency Count Metternich, Minister for Foreign Affairs, arrived here from Brandeis. After remaining some hours, he returned to Brandeis, but on the 12th his Excellency returned here, and arrived at the Count of Schoenborn's hotel. —The Emperor arrived yesterday in our town ; his Majesty dined with his Serene Highness the Grand Duke of Wurtzburg, and afterwards returned to Brandeis.—M. D'Alptur, Russian Minister, arrived here on the 12th. JULY 18.—The Congress will not delay being opened. The Plenipotentiaries from the different Belligerent Powers are in part arrived. Mr. Adding , ton, nephew to Lord Sidmouth, is in our neigh bourhood, but has not yet appeared in- any public character. - His Majesty the Emperor of Austria arrived on the 14th at Prague from Brandeis, where this Mo narch passed some days. DRESDEN, JULY 17. We are still working with the utmost activity on the fortifications of our town, on the left bank of the Elbe. Tl:e camp at Perna is lined with new entrench ments, and it is even thought the old castle of ion ncnstein will be fortified. JULY 28.—His Majesty the Emperor has lately reviewed many troops. On the 20th July, a consi derable number are to commence arriving here.— Travellers from Eisinach state, that all the roads were covered with troops and convoys ;--among others, a conlPoy of 10,000 oxen was seen passing for the army. BERLIN, JULY 16. Many entrenchments are erecting in the neigh , bourhood of Berlin. At Zerbst all the English merchandise has been seized. The French are collecting great quantities of pro visions at Wittenberg ; an hundred waggons laden with meal daily proceed there from Magdeburgb. The Princes Henry and William of Prussia have set out for Frey enwaid. The English Envoy, General Stewart, has set out for Strelitz, and the English General Wilson for Pomerania. The State Counsellor, Kotzebue, having finally given up the editorship of the popular Journal, has gone to Konigsberg. The battalions of Prussian infantry; and the Meck lenburg Strehtz regiment of hussars, have arrived here. Prince Augustus of Prussia lately inspected the entrenchments which are established in the tieigh bourhood of Potsdam. ELSINEUR, JULY 10. I'rince Ferdinand yesterday reviewed our garrison. Ile also visited the fortress of Cronberg, and the manufactory for arms. A cutter, bearing a flag of truce, yesterday passed the Sound, in the direction cf the North Sea. VIENNA, JULY 17. We know that since the 12th instant, military posts have been est:iblished before the hotels where the Ministers of the Powers to the Congress lodge.— The garrison of Prague is formed of battalions of grenadiers. Lieutenant-General the Marquis of Chateler is charged ;with the guard of the gates, and has under his orders twelve butations. The Queen of Sicily has arrived at Polotta, a town in Lower Hungary, in the neighbourhood of Paab. We do not know where this Princess intends fixing her residence. I.ANDECK, JULY s. Yesterday, at five in the evening, we had the hap. piness to see his Majesty arrive with a trifling suite. We expect he will pass some days in our town.— The Royal Family inhabits Kunzendorff, but we have the pleasure of seeing them here every day. BREMEN, JULY 20. The inhabitants of Pomerania and Mecklenberg are much dissatisfied with the abode of the Russians and Swedes, and take no pains to dissimulate it.— They are obliged to make considerable supplies, and are only paid in paper, which has a forced circula tion, and which consequently loses considerably, whilst the French pay fur every thing in money. The works at Hamburgh are continued with the utmost activity, and that town will soon be one of the first places in Europe. Count Schulembourg, who commands the Danes who are at Lubeck and on the frontiers, has his head-quarters at Wandsbreth, a league from Ham burgh. They wished to attack the Swedes the day following that on which the Armistice had been pro. claimed, but the Prince of Eckmuhl opposed it.— Count Schulembourg having asked the Prince if the suspension of arms also comprehended the Swedes, was answered yes ; but adding, that in the event of the Swedes attempting an attack upon Holstein, he would protect the country with all his force. The Danish army has a superb and numerous cavalry. The Danish Government has dismissed the Consul General at Hamburgh, Resch. It is said the Go vernment is dissatisfied with his conduct during the occupation of that town by the Russians. They write from Copenhagen that Geneml Doebeln, who, with out permission of the Hereditary Prince, entered Hamburgh on the 21st of May with his corps, has been tried by a council of war, and on the 10th inst. condemned to the ordinary punishment for disobedi ence, vie. to be shot. The sentence recommends him to his Majesty's clemency.' General Doebeln has in effect obtained his pardon ; he.llas been placed under an arrest for a year at Wash°lm, but he preserves his rank, his military distinctions, his orders, and •!mployments. General Doemberg set out some time ago for England. HELIGOLAND MAILS. COPENHAGEN, JULY 10. A Norwegian post has arrived here. The last num er of the public paper 4wlrtilitat, contains the fol lowing communication of the particulars of the travels of his Royal Highness Prince Christian, in Norway : es On Sunday, 'wiz 6; his attended-dr- - vine service in the Church of Kongsvinger, and.af terwards caused the part of the Aggerhuns regiment ofilttupshooters laying in garrison at Kongsvanger, to manoeuvre ; and then inspected the fortress, with its barracks and arsenal, the hospital, and regimental school. After having dined with the Commandant. Lieutenant-Colonel Von Krebe, his Highness set off for Biornebye, in Solder, where he remained that night. On the following day the Prince visited l'a rangeu, where the brave Captain Von Dreyer fell for his country; and on the same day continued his jour ney by the way of Christiansfield and Elverum, where his Highness reviewed the entrenchments thrown up in that vicinity. The Parsonage-house at Van& in the Hemarken, was chosen for his night's quarters. 66 In the morning of the Bth, the ruins at Great Hatinser were viewed, and before his Highness left Vaug, lie viewed the Observatory belonging to the learned and active clergyman, Mr. Pihl, and saw the beautiful astronomical instruments made on the spot by his own directions. After this, he commenced his journey to Eidsvold. At Morstuen, his High ness was received by the Proprietor of Eidsvold, the Conference Counsellor, Mr. Carsten Aneker, who conducted him to the iron-works . epened a few years since at Feiringen. After having surveyed these works, his Highness returned to Eidsvold, by the way of Messen and Minde. His Highness remained there on the 9th and 10th of June, and on the Ilth at noon arrived here, after having on the road inspec ted Klakier Fort, with its by-racks, storehouses, and other appurtenances. His _Highness was every ;here received with that heartfelt joy that might be expec ted from his distinguished talents, his high rank, and the national character. At all places where the horses were changed, and at others on the road, the inhabitants of the neighbouring districts had assem bled themselves to see their Stadholder, and congra. tulate him on his arrival ; and although the want which is severely felt 'in many places gave cause to many petitions for corn and provisions being presen ted. to him, yet it was astonishing to observe with what patience every one, both male and female, sup ported their deprivations, and were irepared to sup. port them, till the rich harvest, which is promised by ' the uncommon fine state of the corn-fields, shall have put an end to them. " His Royal Highness found much satisfaction in ' conversing with these people, in comforting them, and relieving their sufferings ; and the blessings of the assembled multitude accompanied the man from whom they hoped to relief, and with whom they are ready to sacrifice their blood and lives for their King and Country." LOWER RIUNF, JULY 7. On the Ist instant, two English Delegates to the Congress for Peace landed at Helvoetsluys, and pro. ceeded without delay to their place of destination. • HELIGOLAND, JULY 28. We are without any late intell Bence from Ham. burgh : according to the latest accounts from that city. immense fortifications were erecting, and the French had ielazed nothing in their severity, respect ing the contribution. HAMBURGH, JULY 19. On Saturday evening last, an accidental fire broke nut in a house at Barmbeck, on the left of the road to Wandsbeck, which communicated rapidly to two neighbouring houses, and all the three, in spite of every assistance, were entirely burnt down. Eleven horses perished in the flames. There was before the door of one of the houses which were burned, several carriages laden with tar, belonging to the administra• lion of the Imperial Marine ; but fortunately these were removed safely out of the reach of the flames. THE EVh&INO STAR LONDON. TUESDAY, AUGUST S, 1813. New York ALI other American Papers, to the 11th July, have been received. They furnish us with the heads of the Budget, by means of which the Ame- rican Legislature intends to carry on the war. The new taxes are nine in 'number, and will doubtless make the war bemore severely felt than ever. The same Papers also contain an account of sufferings of another description, occasioned by the perverse system which the American Government is pursuing; we allude to the vigorous exertions .made by oar Squa. drons to uphold the honer and dignity of the British Rag on the American shores. General Deansottx, in his Official Report of the affair of Fort George, commits a mistake is stating that Colonel *vans was wounded and taken prisoner. That gallant Officer Was wounded only. There was a report yesterday, which we mentioned in part of our impression, but which we must still re gard as premature, namely, that the Macedonian and United States had been destroyed at their moorings, in the port of New London, by the boats bf the blockading squadron. This is an event which has in all probability taken place by this time, but we have no authentic information on the subject. As some misconception has occurred relative to the extent of the blockade of the American Ports, we insert the following explanation, on official authority : On the I6th Mai ch, iirders were sent out to air J. IS. Warren, to blockade New-York, Chirleittin, ;364% 4.:mith, Port Royal, rad the Mississippi. On the curia of April, farther orders were sent out, directing him to maintain a blockade *tete of everc kstt of the ULU:eel States, to which his force may be adcquate. By the List Accounts twos . America, it appears time orders have been strictly carried into execution. There are many letters in Town of the date of t L e 19th nit. from the army with Lout WELLisc . roN ; out none of tttem that we have seen conrcy an) thing like gloomy irviostics of the present crisis. It :s 0 11