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A CASE OF DEEP DISTRESS. THE FIRE which broke out on M on d a y n i g h t , at the corner of Naughton-street, Clare•ruarket, has re duced an honest and industrious man, together with his wife and six small children, to the utmost distress. The furniture, the whole of their clothes, and the ftuits of the industry of a long and laborious life, have been consumed by the fire ' and in a few minutes a family, respected for thei r i n d ustr y fore series of years in the neighbourhood, were bereft, by this calamity, of all the humble comforts which they enjoyed.—Unfortunately, the In surance en the property had expired, and there is nothing left now but an appeal to British generosity, which, on the part of the indigent and truly distressed, never pleads In vain. Subscriptions, however trifling, for the above deserving and suffering individuals, will be gratefully received on their part at Messrs. Hodsoll and Co.'s, Bankers, in the Strand ; and by Mr. Phippen, l s, Catherine -street, Strand. Thomas Phippen, Esq. .£1 1 W. Phippen 1 1 James Perry, Esq. 1 1 Jas. Blake 1 1 Nicholas Byrne, Esq. 1 1 Thoe. Alderney 1 1 A. Franklin, Lq. 1 1 Thos. Haynes 1 I Rob. Barry 1 1 , Esq. 1 I C. Cowell 1 1 .Williams AMERICA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, MAY 26. BARBARITIES OF THE ENEMY. After the adoption of these resolves, Mr. CLAY (Speaker) rose, and adverted to that part of the Message which alludes to the inhumanity of the enemy, expressed his abhorrence of the enor mities committed by them, as well in the massacre of our citizens on the Western frontier, as the conflagra. Zion of our little towns on the maritime border. The latter outrage had not been pretended to be denied, but bad been apologized for, [by whom he did not soya on the pretence that our people had first fired on one of their Flags. Although he believed the al. legation false, he was glad that it was thought neces cessary to make any apology for it. The facts, how ever, in both cases, ought to be enquired into, and distinctly ascertained. If feund to be as public re port had stated them, they called for the indignation of all Christendom, and they ought to be embodied in an authentic document which might perpetuate' them onithe page of history. These were substan tially the remarks, as written from memory, with • which Mr. Clay prefaced the following Resolution : 64 Resolved, That so much of the President's Speech as relates to the spirit and manner in which the war has been waged by the enemy, be referred to a Select Committee." The Resolution was adopted without opposition or division. After the other Resolutions were agreed to, Mr. GROSVENOR moved to reconsider the Resolu• tion moved in Committee by the Speaker, for the purpose of amending it. Quoting the Message of the President, he said that the barbarity of the ene any was therein contrasted with the humanity which had characterized the war on our part. He wished to see the evidence on this head also, and therefore was desirous of amending the Resolution, if reconsi dered, by adding, after the words " by th e enem y," the words " and by this nation." Mr. DESIIA suggested the propriety of recommit ting the subject to the Committee of the whole on the state of the Union, that the mover of this Resolve (Mr. Speaker Clay) might have an opportunity of speaking to it, if reconsidered. Mr. GROSVENOR said he had not the slightest ob.' jection to this course. He also intimated a disposi tion to withdraw the motion be had made; but Mr. WRIGHT then rose. He was opposed to the pro.' posed reconsideration, principally because he thought the amendment suggested would cast a reflection by insinuation on the conduct of our officers. He was not disposed at this moment to give sanction to a procedure which would be a libel on our land and naval officers, who had distinguished themselves du ring the war as much by their humanity as by their valour. The same pen which recorded the great ex ploits of our navy, would record the humanity along with the bravery of its officers. The SPEAKER here apprised Mr. Wright, that he had misunderstood the Gentleman from New York, if be had supposed him to have cast any imputation on the conduct of our officers. Mr. Weronr then said he wished to know, that he might act understandingly, whether it was intended to insinuate or suggest that there had been any im ; propriety of conduct on our part? or whether, in re ferring the subject to a Committee, it was intended to state any facts, or shew any cause in support of that reference ? He hoped the resolve would not be reconsidered ; although, if there were the slightest ground for such a course, he should not hesitate to institute an inquiry into the conduct of any individual who should have dared to violate the usages of war, so sacredly observed by the Government and our people in general. Mr. GROSVENOR said he merely wished, as the ob ject of the Honourable Speaker had been avowed on making his motion to be the obtainment of an hist°. rical document to perpetuate the barbarity of the enemy; and as in the Message that barbarity had been contrasted with our humanity, that the facts on the one hand should accompany those on the other. He should hope, he said, that the call for such a pa der would be far from presenting a libel on our offi cers, as the Gentleman from Maryland seemed to suppose. Mr. Grosvenor was not, however, solici tous about the fate of his motion, for which, he said, he felt but little anxiety. The Proclamation of Sir GEORGE PREVOST, in an swer to the Declaration of Colonel PRESTON, has al ready appeared : we are now enabled to furnish the document which gave rise to that Proclamation. ADDRESS TO THE CANADIANS. " Fort Me, May SO, 1819. IS The Commandant of Fort Erie finding the peo ple in the vicinity anxious to obtain special protec tions, deems it necessary to make a public declara tion, that all those who may come forward and enrol their names with him, and claim the protection of the United States, shall have their property and per sons secured to them inviolable. He p invites all who mean to pursue this course to take it immediately, that they may be distinguished from the enemy; and while he assures them that their interests and happi. ness will be regarded by the Government of ti'e Uni ted States, he solemnly warns those who may obsti nately continue inimical, that they are bringing on themselves the most rigorous and disastrous conse. quences, as they will be pursued, and treated with that spirit of retaliation which the treatment of the American pr soners in the hands of the British so justly inspirer. (Signed) 4 , JAMES r. raLsroN." COTTENBUROR MAIL. BT. IH, JULY S. The Commander in Chief of the armies, the Gene ral of Infantry, Barclay de Tony, issued, on the 10th of June, from his head-quarters at Reichenback, the following Order of the Day : 4 6 His Majesty the Emperor having deigned to confer on me the Command in Chief of the Russian and allied armies,l am fully sensible of the impor tance of all the obligations which are attached to it ; but in older to meet the innumerable difficulties which are inseparable from it, I confidently rely upon the acknowledged merits of all the Generals—upon the valour, the constancy, and the devotedness of all the warriors in general. It is in ;his persuasion I de mand the co-operation of all the chiefs of corps, divi sions, &c. &c. It will be their duty, during the ar mistice, to devote all their attention to put in order the arms, £mmunition, and every other object be longing to'wat ; to watch over the health of the sol dier, and the observance of an exact discipline—to form the young soldiers in the art of war—in a word,' to carry every - branch to the requisite perfection, in order to run to fresh exploits. It is by those means that we shall be in a condition to appear with glory in the field of honour. 44 Warriors ! the universe resounds with your high deeds—in the midst even of the disasters which have afflicted your country, you have been signalised by victor es—in saving her, you put our enemies, who constituted the terror of the world, to flight. The road traced by their flight has been that of your triumphs; If their precipitate march was at length slackened, and if we left the theatre of our.victories, it was only in the noble design of arriving at the goal of our wishes. Every one will be convinced of this truth, when he considers, that, in the most murde rous battles which followed, we have gathered fresh laurels; that we have lost neither artillery nor men, except a few wounded; and that during the retreat, whole batteries and battalions have fallen into our hands. 44 Such is the fruit of that foresight which has go! verned all our movements and our operations. Pre serve the same confidence in your Chiefs; pay them the most perfect submission—with those sentiments, and the spirit which animates you, your arms will meet with no obstacles. Prepare yourselves for new victories : our Monarch is in the midst of us : he will be a witness of your effurts, and reward itch actor-' ding to his merit." GRODNO, JUNE 19. The Commander in Chief of the Army of Reserve, the General of Cavalry Baron Bennigsen, arrived in our town the day before yesterday. After reviewing the troops which are here, his Excellency continued his journey to Bialistocke. The Berths Gazette contains the details of the hor rible events which, under the direction of the French, steeped in blood last spring the country of Olden. burg. The facts which inclined men's minds towards independence, are known ; the following is an abstract of what has been the consequence of this noble movement : 44 The Sub-Prefect Frochet had, on retiring, ap pointed an Administrative Commission, composed of five members, charged with performing his functions during his absence. This Commission saw itself obliged, by the dismission given. it by the Mayor of Oldenburg, to establish in its place a Communal Commission, composed of five Meiribers of the an cient Magistracy of the town : at the same time it sent circulars into the province, in which it main tained ,the Mayors of the rural Communes in their functions, under the name of Communal Commis sioners. It charged them expressly to maintain tran quillity and good order in their districts, and to form each, for this purpose, a guard composed of land holders. This me.isure, dictated by the moseowise local circumstances, was condemned as a crime in a letter written by Prefect Count Urberg ; and as soon as the French re-appeared in that country, the five Members of that Commission were arrested and con ducted to Bremen. The Military Commission, assem bled by General Vandamme, stated, among the prin cipal charges of accusation against the Communal Commission, it having spoken in its circular, of troops which approached, without having specified that k by that meant it expected French troops ;—and its having signed, in quality of an Administrative Com mission, Without !riving declared that it was a French Commission established by the Sub-Prefect. On those charges art imp, isonment of six months was ad judged against the five Members. " An-ocular witness, worthy of credit, assures us, that during their interrogations they behaved with all that dignity which is the result of a conscience with out reproach, and that not one of them retracted, but all agreed in having acted in concert. But neither their conduct, nor theirolefence, had any influence upon the conduct of their oppressors; it was request. ed to make examples to spread terror. It was known several days before, at Bremen, that two of the Mem bers of that Commission were intended for them, and that the lot would fall upon Messrs. Borger and De Fenk. de The French had, undoubtedly, fixed upon those two victims, because they had, in quality of Chan. eery Counsellors to the Duke of Oldenburg, the first places in the Administration of the country—that they were distinguished for their knowledge, and by the general esteem—that, besides, their signatures were first in order, in the documents published by the Commission. The three other Members were M. de Negelein, and the merchants Bulling and Klaeve. mann. The interest they inspired is beyond all ex-', pression. We are even assured, a ransom of 40,00 q crowns was offered for M. de Fenk. Both evinced the greatest resolution to the last moment, in which the horrible sentence was carried into execution..— When it was wished to tie a bandage over Mr. de Borger's eyes, be begged to be allowed the asitect of that Heaven towards which he was about to proceed.—His request was granted, and he fell on the first fire. Mr. De Fenk suffered longer, and it was not till after several discharges that his life was terminated. His last words were, I recommend to you my wife and eight children. ,• The three other Members were forced to assist at the execution of their unfortunate colleagues.— They were condemned to au imprisonment; after. wards commuted for a fine. , 4 To give a proof of the little respect the French, SP.MvISH COLONIES. The Government of Puerto Rico, in consequence of a recent Decretipf the Cortes, has proclaimed vari ous new commercial regulations, adapted to promote the prosperity of that settlement. The privileges heretofore enjoyed by the capital of the island only, are extended to all the other ports ; where Spanish and neutral vessels may discharge their cargoes, and take return cargoes of the productions of the colony, or other merchandize, including the precious metals, without the necessity of referring to the Custom house of the capital. The importation of gold and silver is duty-free; on exportation to foreign coun tries, there is to be paid, on gold three per cent. and on silver ten per cent. The Spanish exportei of cattle pays two dollars a-head fth the large, and four reals for the small : the foreign exporter pays three dollars for the former, and six reals for the latter.— The duties upon other articles are to be lowered. - The following is a copy of the Proclamation, which discovers a just sense of some of the leading princi. pies of political economy . PUERTO RICO, MARCH xs. In orders issued by the Regency of the kingdom, conformably to the Decree of the General and Ex traordinary Cortes, for the establishment of this Intendancy, I am reminded and strictly charged, zealously to devote myself to promoting all the improvement of which the rich soil of this island is susceptible ; and that by giving a strong impulse to its internal and external commerce, the Supreme Go vernment may soon have the satisfaction of seeing that affluence and happiness cherished in all their fulness, which it desires may be the portion of such worthy subjects." That the effects of the Sovereign beneficence, so well explained in the above paragraph, may hence forward be experienced throughout the whole extent of the island ; and that its inhabitants may enjoy the advantages to which its situation, the fertility of its soil, and the convenience of its harbours invite them; convinced that commerce, in order to prosper, re quires nothing but liberty and I:reflection ; and in con cert with the Governor and Captain General, and the Provincial Junta of Exchequer, the following regula tions are to be observed Irons the present date I. AU the ports of the Wend, damnified as smaller ports, may carry on the same commerce u that of the capital, without any exception. 11. The Administrators of the said ports may furnish clearances and permits, and collect the duties in their own custom-hoases without the necessity of applying to this capital for such docu ments. 111. Every Spanish, friendly, or neutral vessel, may sell the whole, or any part of their cargoes, in any port of this Island, with absolute liberty to procure thrift returns to the best advan tage and conveniency, without detention, eitortiom, or hindrance of any kind—foreigners conforming to the laws awl regulations of Government. IV. Vessels may sail freely from one port to another, to dhposo of their merchandize, or complete their returns, entering their registers In the Custom-house most convenient for them. V. Transshipments may be made in the ports at the pkinsare of the parties interested, without their being obliged to land their merchandise. VL On goods introduced for re•ezportation, provided they re main in the same packages, without any sale having taken place, no duties shall be levied and der 'ball be repaid, If aireadl collected. VII. The exportation of all native and manufacturing produce of the Wand, and of every article of merehandise, whence-'Dever proceeding, shall be permitted. VIII. The exportation of uncoined gold and silver, in quality of merchandize, shall also be permitted ; and conformably to the Decree of the General Cortes of the 18th of December, 1811, 3 per cent. shall be levied on all gold, and 10 per cent, on an sil ver, enported to foreign countries. IX. The importation of gold and silver eball be free of nll ditty, whether in national nr foreign •easels. X. Cattle, like other produce of the Wand, may be exported, the Spanish exporter paying a duty of two dollars per head on the greater, ami lase reels on the water; and the foreign exporter a duty alt throe dollars on the hamar, and six reals on the latter. XI. Mel =hang duties so produce and merchandize shsll be moderated, if they are oppressive ; those founded en no legiti mate title, shall cease ; and with regard to them, I bare reques ted, and hope to obtain the necessary information. XU Besides the existing Custom-houses, other provisional onee shall be established, for the greater convenience of parties, that every pretext for smuggling may cease, and that industry may be left free in 4110 channels. XIII. The Officers or Outten» will exert thenuelves in the prompt dispatch of the drain of commerce, which always require brevity and activity. Persons of this class shall not be ezemptet: from their dude* en holidays. Even on the festivals, their offices shall be open two hours is the forenoon, and one in the after noon ; always holding in mind, that. they must proceed with equity anti mildness, to do justice to the intention of Government. XIV. On the doors of the Ctutotu-house shall be limed up the tariff er kale of duties to be exacted, veld& every one may as chew for the treaties which they have contracted, it snit; and that is cssAlf berg aggrieved, he may repregu i.ec will be :efficient to cite the two following facts, which same in the proper 'saner. took place after the conclusion of the Armistice, and I 'XV. To facilitate the dispatch of business, formularies of all which are inserted in the Berlin public Papers of the the documents for maritime clearances shall be sent round, which 28th and 29th of June:— will require no fattier trouble than to be filled up with the cur " The cavalry of Lutzow's corps, which was with . responding words and names. a small detachment of infantry in the neighbourhood XVL Whoa any doubt occur in they matters, the tu.zue• of Gera, made a kind of convention with the enemy, snatconsult me without delay, in the understanding tha• I J:.. by virtueof which it was to he escorted to the passage I authorised, by the Re g en c y o f Spa in , to reso l ve a ll suc h as nay of the Elbe : arrived at a defile, where a regiment of occur In the execution of the Legislative liecrees fur the int- Wurtemberg cavalry joined the said escort, the ene- provement of the prosperity of this island. my, superior in number, suddenly attacked Lutzow's All All which I communicate f or th e i n f orma ti on o f corps, shred several cava li ers, and took the rest pis all the inhabitants of the island, and of all foreign. toners of war.. A small number, who escaped death traders who are here a t pr esent , or ma y arrive :x or captivity, having arrived within a short distance future. ' (Signed) ALrXANDRO RAVIREZ. of Lelpzic, sent a flag of truce to the Duke of Padua, with complaints of this infamous treason, and at the same time to request, during the Armistice, a free passage. The Duke of Padua, as an answer, caused them to be surrounded by his troops, so that there was no other resource for those brave Prussians, than that of surrendering. It was in the same manner, and in contempt of the law of the Armistice, that they seized upon the brave Major Blucher, and his comps- ' nion in arms, Katt. It is said, that Major Blucher has found means to escape. They have undoubtedly not drawn this example from the barbarians of the North. We recollect that General Tschernicheff, when on the point of taking 6000 men at Leipzic. abstained, nevertheless, from all ulterior hostilities, when the intelligence of the Armistice was duly noti fied to him." COPT OFTHE FREATT OF PEACE LATELY CONCLUDED BETWEEN PORI UGAL AND ALGIERS. In the name of GOD, gracious and merciful 1 . Treaty of Peace and Friendship between the High and Mighty Prince, the Prince Regent of Portugal. and of the Algarve:, ilce. and the Right Honourable and Noble Sid Hage My, Bashaw of Algiers, agreed upon between the said Bashaw, with his Divan and the chief men of' his States, and Jose Joaquim da Rosa Coelho, Captain in the Royal Navy, and Fr. Jose de Santo Antonio Moura, Interpreter of Ara. hick, and belonging to the office Of Secretary of State for the Afairs of Marine, duly authorised to con. dude the said Treaty, in which his Britannic Majesty interposed as mediator, and for that purpose Mr. William A'Court, Envoy Extraordinary from the Court of London, presented himself with the neces sary powers. Art. I. There sball be firm, stable* and perpetual peace, be tween the two High contracting Parties, and their respective subject's ; and all vessels, whether of war or commerce, may freely navigate, and with full security, according to their con venience, carrying with then for that purpose the nectissry passports. 11. All ships and subjects of Portugal may enter, depart, re. min, trade, and provide themselves with every necessary in the dominions of Algiers, without being placed under any embar• rassment, or having any violence done them. The subjects and wesssels of Afgkts shall be treated in the same manner in the dominions if Portugal. 111. The ships of War belongs* to the Crown of Portugal may provide themselves with stores, ue any thing they stand in need of, in the ports of Algiers, and at the current price, with. out being obliged to pay any thing additional for that privilege. IV. No Aigerine corsair shall cruise within thedbtance of six miles frons-xbe coast of Portugal, mad its {airs, or remain in those waters, for the purpose of giving chase to, or visiting Portuguese ships, or those of any other nation, the enemy of Algiers, visiting the said ports for aosisnercisl purposes. Por tuguese ships of war on the Algsrlos coast shall follow the same regulation. V. When any Portuguese merchant vessel h met by an Alge. rine corsair, slid the latter domande to visit bet, be may do so ; but not more thee two persons are so is on board the said ves sel, to cumin her papers and passports. VL Foreigners of any nubs, and nserehandize of fiver ownership, found an board any Portuguese vessel, even though belonging to a nation hostile to the Regency of Algiers, shall not be seized under any pretest whatever. The same rule shall be obserVed by the Portuguese, in maid to property found by them on board any Alembic vaseL In like mangier the subjects and goods belonging to either of the contracting parties, found on board the vessel of an enemy of either of she said parties, shall be respected and set at lib.rty by both. But they are not to commence their voyage without a prow ?sports and if that should happen to be mislaid, such permsa shall not es that account be accounted slaves; but, on the alosarb upon its being verified that they are subjects of the centrambi parties. they shall be immediately set at liberty. • VU. Should any Portuguese vessel, chased by an enemy, take refuge in any port of the kingdom of Algiers, or under its forti fications, the inhabitants shall defend the said vessel, and shall not assent to Its receiving any damage. In like manner should any Portuguese vessel fall in with an memy's ship in a port of Algiers, and wish to depart on her destination, her enemy steal not be permitted to sail front the port till twenty four boles after her departure. The same shall take place with regard to Aw hile vessels in the harbours of Portugal. VIII. Should any Portuguese vessel be shipwrecked or strand ed oa the Algerine coast, the Governor and Inhabitants of the district shall treat the crew with dce humanity, doing them no harm, nor permitting them to be robbed: on the contrary, the, shall kord them all possible assistance in saving the said skip and cargo; the crew not being bolted to pay any thing to such sal vors but their salary or day's wages. The same shall hold with regard to any Algerine vessel wrecked on the rortuguese coast. IX. The subjects of Portugal nay trade In the Algerine pens in the same Winner, payiag the saute duties, and enjoying the same privileges as those stipulated fir the English. Algerine subjects shall pay hs Portopl the same duties es those paid by the English. • X. The Portuguese Consul, established in the dominions of Algiers, shall be accounted and treated like the'lkitish Ctinsul ; and he, as well as his servants, and all others Who may wish to practice It, shall enjoy the free exercise of his religion in his own house. The one Consul may decide all controversies and dis putes arising among Portuguese subjects, without the judges of the cowry, or say other authority, being entitled to interfere; except where a controversy arises between a Portuguese and a Moor, in which case the Governor of the country may *Me it, b the presence of the said Consul. I. XL The said Consul and his agents shall not be bound to pay any debt contracted by Portuguese subjects, unless where be has bound himself by writing under his band and seal. XII. When any Portuguese dies in the dominions of Algiers, all his property shall be delivered to tbe Portuguese Consul, in order to be remitted to the heirs of the deceised. XIIL Should there happen any infraction of the present treaty on the part of the subjects of Portugal, or this'e 4 Algiers, it I shall not on that account be considered as dissolves, ; but the ori gin of such circumstance shall be examined into, and proper satis faction given to the injured party. XIV. In case of war being declared between the two high con tracting parties (which Goo avert), hostilities shall not be coin mined on either side till the expiration bf six months after the said declaration. During that interval the Portuguese Consul, and all the subjects of that kingdom, may retire with all their property, without receiving the least hindrance; and Algerine subjects in Portugal shall do the same. XV. Whatever is not specified in the above Articles, shah he regulated by the Articles of Peace established between his Bri tannia Majesty and the Regency of Algiers. XVI. And that this Treaty maybe firm and durable, the two high connecting parties accept as Mediator and Cuaran•er of its observance, the King of Great Britain : in testimony of which this Treaty is signed by Mr. A'Courr, Envoy Ilatraordinars from the Court of London, jointly with the above-mentioned Envoys of Peetupl, and two copies of the Same shall be es tracte4. one fir the Sovereign of Portugal, and the other to remain in the possession of the resident Con,ul at Alders. Pone at Algiers, this 14th of July, NI S, corresponding to the lith of 'rani, in the year luxe of the Hegira. . (Signed) 1051 JOAQULM OA ROTA COILIIO. MM. A . COMILD. !R. jOSf os IT. ANTONIO movie. [Here foßews the Ratification of the above Treaty by the Loa4t Grimm of requiaL)