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I . , _ GERM4N SUFFERERS. The present is a good time to recommend the Cs .tressed Germans to the liberality of the British nation. The efforts of German warrior:, united with those of Russia, have gone far towards punishing the author of all the miseries of Europe ; and, it is hoped, are at the point of rescuing the world for ever from his tyranny. Now, if the sums which have been expended by Prussia and Austria, not to speak of lesser States,' in equipping their armies for the plains of Champagne, had been applied to the relief of their suffering sub jects at home, these would have. no occasion to look to strangers for aid. The British poor, it is true, are in n►► great affluence ; but they know nothing of the miseries of the inhabitants of Dresden or Leipsic, whose housls, fin nit iire, arid means of subsistence, have been whOly de - stroyed. Whoever has seen the effects pro duced by a fire raging in some of the meaner streets in London, when the wretched inhabitants are burnt out of their hOuses, and seek refuge under the naked roof of some church, may form an idea of the extreme misery of thousands upon thousands of those destitute beings for whose relief British humanity is solicited. The following additional sums were voted, on the 10th of February, by the . Committee for the Sufferers in Germany : Nam,: of Comparative Principal Thant and Placer Alarm EY avant. that have creired. 4E2000 I.iegnitz, Jauer, Buntzlau, New Saha, and vicinity. Baurzen, with the recommendation of Bishopswei de , Zittau, Bau bau, and Lebau,ditto. Culm, ditto. • Dresden, ditto. Friburg and Erna, ditto. Ltitzen, ditto. Torgau, ditto. Natimberg and vicinity. Erfurt anti Eisenach, ditto. . Weissentels, ditto. For the unfortunate Peasantry is the neighbourhood of Leipiiic. De,sau and vicinity. Fulda and Hanau, ditto. Frankfort, ditto. Schwerin, Rostock, Wismar, ditto. Lubeck, ditto. Lauenburg and Ratzburg, ditto. Luneburg and Zelle, ditto. Harhurg and Stade, ditto. Berlin, Whitstock, ditto. To be held at Berlin for the suf. fliers at Magdeburg, when that fortress shall be evacuated by the enemy. 1000 Hoaburgh and vicinity. 500 Wurzburg, ditto. 600 Bremen, ditto. • The Committee for the Sufferers in Germany feel it a duty they owe to the munificent Subscribers to the Fund for their relief, to make public the measures whist.' they have adopted for securing the application of the sums remitted to the various parts of the Con tinent, ayreeably to the intentions of . those whose liberal ty has afforded the means. The following is a copy of the letter usually sent to those to avhoni it is intended to afford relief: de Permit me to Worm you, that the London Com mittee for relieving the Distresses in Germany and os er parts of the Continent, deeply sympathising in the distressed situation of- your town (or district), and anxiously wishing to afford vane relief to its suffering lath ibitants, have devoted the sum of pounds to this purpose, in the distribution of which they re quest your attention to the folleuing points : Ist. The express design of this chaiity is to re lieve those only who have been plunged into poverty and distress by the recent calamities of ihe war. " 2.f. .In the appropriation of its funds the strictest impartiality is to be observed. 4 ' 3d. The distribution is to take place with the least possible loss of time. " 4th. Ni one family or individual is to receive too large a proportion of this charity : the amount of the loss, and all the circunistances of the persons to be relieved, are duly to be taken into consideration. 4 ' sth. For these put poses a Committee of distri bution is. immediately to be formed, consisting of Magistrates, Clergymen, Merchants, and such other persons ae are most generally respected for their know ledge, discretion, and integrity. Should a Committee be already formed for the disposing of contributions, received from other quarters, they are requested to choose from among its members, a Sub-committee, for the management of thesumsreceived from London. " 6th. The Committee is requested to keep an ac curate list of every person and family they relieve, as well as the sum allotted to each, and transmit to the London Committee such authentic accounts of the distress still prevailing, together with such parti culars relative to good effects produced by the distribution of the Charity, as may prove interesting the Public. 7th. Finally, the Committee of Distribution will have the goodness,. at the close of their benevolent labour, to draw up a concise report of the manner in which they have applied the funds entrusted to their care, accompanied with such documents as they may . deem necessary, and to send the whole to the Lon . don Committee., " The London Committee considering themselves responsible to the public, whose almoners they are, wish to lay particular stress on a fair, equitable, and impartial distribution of this bounty ; and as persons of different ranks and religious denominations in Great Britain have been the contributors, they anxi . owly wish that the most distressed, without regard to any religious community, whether Christians or, Jews, Protestants or Catholics, may receive their due proportion in the distribution. They now conclude with assurances of their deep interest in she sufferings of their Brethren on the Continent, and consider it not only a duty but a pri vilege to administer to their necessities, as far as the kind Providence of GOD, through the instrumentality of the Aritish Public, may enable them to dispense.— The Committee of Distribution are requested to ap point a Correspondent with the Loudon Committee, and to transmit their letters to R. 14 MARTN ? Secretaries to the Comtnmitee of LUKE HOWARD S the Distresses in Germany. 4 ' City of London Tavern, London." Cerntrier. S►ksia Lusatia CC 0 Bohemia Saxony 530 • 500 500 300 500 500 500 suo 1060 Anbalt Ho-9'la 500 1000 300 Mecklenburg IMO Lubeck 500 Hanover 1000 Brandenburg 1000 5000 Hamburgh Fr.mcwiia A" letter from Bretla, dated January al, says, " In consequence of thustrength of the garrison of Antwerp and the inclemency of the season, it has not beenidetrned expedient tf , retain possession of the vil lage Of lvierfxem, or of the battery which the enemy had erectel on, Divcaal Heath. On the 23d, 24th, and 25th instant, they were abamioned, but the enemy bas not yet retaken possession of thew," 4MAIIICAN PAPERS. NEW YORX, JANUARY is. 4 Mr. Russgl is just nominated Minister Plenipoten tiary to the Court of Sweden. JANUARY U. Letters received in this city, yesterday, from Wash. ington, dated the 18th inst. state, that the Senate have confirmed the nomination of Messrs. Clay and Rus sell, to join Messrs. Bayard and Adams, as Ministers on the part of the United States, to treat with Great Britain on the subject of Peace between the two countries. The negociations to be carried on at Got tenburgh. Nath. W Strong, Esq. of this city, has been ap pointed by the President of the United States, and approved by the Senate, Consul for the United States at Gottenburgb and its dependencies. • NEWS OF THE FRIGATE ESSEX. By letters from Nantucket of the Bth instant, we learn that Captain Clark has arrived home from Ber muda, whether he was carried from the Pacific Ocean. He saw a Captain Stivers there, who infor med him that he had been captured by the Essex fri gate, in the Seringapatam, a British whale ship, and that Captain Porter had also taken the Carlton, Cap tain Holcroft, and one other, and had manned two of them ; that he had dispatched the Georgiana (one of the vessels previously captured) for the United States with 1700 barrels of Sperm oil, and he had sent said Stivers in her as prisoner, which vessel was recaptured off Nantucket, and sent into Bermuda. It is thus ascertained that Commodore Porter has taken three other whale ships, besides those of which we have already advices direct from himself. The President, on Tuesday, transmitted to the House of Representatives, in pursuance of their Reso lution, the documents relating to the Russian Me diation. NEW LONDON, JANUARY 19. We are informed, that in consequence of a conver sation which took place under the cannon of the Ra mil►es, in the presence of, an American who has landed a few days since from that ship, it appeared to be the wish of Captain Hope, commanding the Endymion, and Captain Stackpole, commanding the Statira, to meet our frigates, the United States and the Macedb. nian. Commodore Decatur, on Monday last, dis patched a communication to Sir Thomas Hardy, commanding . the blockading squadron, proposing td gratify Captains Hope and Stackpole in their wish. This invitation, we understand, has been declined by the British. SPEECH OF TECUMSEH., THE INDIAN CHIEF. The following singular document affords a striking illustration of the talents and sound judgment of some of our Indian Allies. It was contained in a letter from General Harrison to Governor Meigs: rn the name of the Indian Chiefs and Warriors, to General Proctor, as Representative of their Great Father the King. 66 Father Listen to your children ; you see thein now all before you. The war before this, our Bri tish Father gave the hatchet to his red children, when our old Chiefs were alive. They are now all dead. In that war our Father was thrown on his back by the Americans, and our Father took them by the hand without our knowledge, and we are afraid our Father will do so again at this time. " The summer before last, when I came forward with my red biethren, and was ready to take up the hatchet in favour of our British Father, we were told not to be in a hurry—that he had not yet determined to fight the Americans. " Listen !—When war was declared, our Father stood up and gave us the tomahawk, and told us he was now ready to strike the Americans—that lie wan ted our assistance, and that he certainly would get us our lands oar kwhich the Americanshad taken from us. " Listen !—You told us at that time to bring for ward our families to this place--:we did so, and ru promised to take care of them, and that they shouid want for nothing, while the men would go to tight the enemy—that we were not to trouble ourselves with the enemy's garrisons—that we knew nothing about them, and that our Father would attend to that part of the business. You also told your red children that you would take good care-of your garrison here, made our hearts glad. " Listen !—When we last went to the Rapids, it is true we gave you little assistance—it is hard to fight people who live like ground hogs. " Father, listen !—Our fleet has gone out ;• we know they have fought ; we have heard the great guns; but know nothing of what has happened to our Father with one arm. Our ships have gone one way, and we are much astonished to see our Father tying up every thing, and preparing to run away the other, without letting his red children know what his inten tions are.' Yon always told us to remain here and take care of our lands; it made our hearts glad to hear that was your wish. Our great Father, the King, is the head,and you represent him. You always told' as, that you would never draw your feet off 13ritish ground ; but now, Father, we see you are drawing back, and we are sorry to see our Father doing so without seeing the enemy. We must compare our Father'e conduct to a fat animal, that carries its tail upon its back, but when affrighted, it drops it between its legs, and runs off. " Listen, Father I—The Americans have not yet defeated us by land ; neither are we sure that they have done so by water : we therefore wish to remain here, and tight our enemy, should they make their ap pearance. If they defeat us, we will then retreat with our father. • " At the battle of the Rapids, last war, the Ame ricans certainly defeated us ; and when we retreated to our father's fort at that place, the gates were shut against us. We were afraid that it would now be the ciise ; but, instead of that, we see our British father preparing to march out of his garrison. 4 ! PAW f—You have got the arms and ammuni. lion Which our great Fatherient for his red children. If you have an idea of going away, give them to us, and you may go in welcome for us. 'Oar lives are in 'the hands of the Great Spirit. We are determined to defend our lands, and, if it is his will, we wish to lesve.qur bones upon them. ,0 Atisherstburg, Sept, fO, 1818." The death of this Chieftain is stated in several of the North- WA Papers, and that Commodore Perry and a British Officer recognised him among the slain i • but General Harrison does not mention the fact in my of bis ktten. • : -- • • FRENCH PAPERS. . . - PARIS. JANUARY S. The Moniteur of to-day contains the Decree of the Emperor, appointing the Empress Regent during his absence with the army. PARIS, FEBRUARY 4.- In order to increase the measures employed for the defence of the city of Paris, indentures lcmseaux). have been opened at some distance from each other, in the walls which are on each side of the barriers. The doors and windows of these barriers at the side next the country are walled up, and indentures also made there as well as on the palisadoes. Before the buttresses of some barriers ditches are digging, and bastions in palisadoes raising before the gates. Letters from Bayonne say, that the yellow fever prevails in the hospitals of the English army, and makes great ravages there. The divisions of French troops which have been sent to the interior, are already replaced by new re giments of conscripts. PARIS, FEBRUARY S. Our writers have called to rur remembrance the famous periods of our ancient history, when the French, led by able Chiefs, stopt armies which were bringing to them shame and slavery. But would not, instances selected from the present war still better animate the people and the army, to these last com bats which they have to maintain for the safety of their country? Twenty-orie years ago we gained the victory of Valmy. The French, to be invincible at home, have enly to be like themselves. •The flight of the Allied So vereigns, and the rapid conquest from the enemy of our fortresses on the Rhine, are a living lesson for our soldiers, and a presage of the victory which awaits them. Here follows a description of the battle of Valmy, in which it is stated that seventy thousand young French troops, and Marshal Kellerman and General Bournenville, stopped in the plain 150 thousand of the best troops of Prussia and Austria; saved Park from pillage; and, by unforeseen obstacles, put a sudden stop to the rapid and brilliant, but transitory successes with which Frederick William had begun his career. PARIS, FEBRUARY 6. The mandiment of his Eminence Cirdinal Maury, ordering public prayers for the success of his .Ma: jesty the Emperor and King, against the invasion of the French territory by the Allied Powers, has just appeared. It is distinguished by manly eloquence, enriched by the Holy Scriptures, by tradition, an.i by history. We regret that we must confine ourselves to a few quotations. The•aggrnsion and the danger .admit here no choice of duties. There can, there does no longer remain among us but one unanimous cry of courage, of national defence, one only feeling. one only wish ; the immediate and simultaneous desire of the Sove reign and the People to ►epel the invasion with all the energy of the French honour." Letter from his Majesty to the Bishops : Yes, every question is finished, necessity speaks to every heart, the sight of the hostile banners waving in our country, ends all diversity of opioions, by a general call to arms and to the field of honour, for in the principles of religion, as well as by all the laws of civilized nations, a defensive war is not only lawful as a national right, it is commanded as the most sacred duty which the urgency of the public safety,imposes on all people, reanimating their courage by tl:e mos: powerful springs that can act on the human bean; religion then becomes the guardian, and she conse crates the guarantee of social order, established and sanctioned by Heaven, when she professes this tine., lary doctrine in our Temples. " The French people, united with their Sovereign, always have been, and ever will be, invincible on' their own soil. France ! 0, France ! rise then at the voice of the hero who makes thee the partner of his glory—enrich with thy courage our devotion, the pictures which the present epoch is preparing for thy history—continually confront thyself with thy memo rable triumphs—enlarge with all thy recollections, the sphere of thy hopes. It is . for the fathers of the present day to shew themselves as brave as their chil dren have been, worthy to serve them as models ; such a noble emulation ought to adjourn every inte rest but the safety of the State. The moment of action'is come for every Frenchman. There can now be in the nation only one reigning thought, the thought of its august Monarch, the holy and salutary thought of flying to the defence of our provinces ; iikensed at enduring a foreign yoke, and impatient to behold their native soil delivered from all these northern hordes, who must. find there their entire de feat. To a great people, a distant war is only a burden ; a war in the bosom of the Empire is the most horrible of calamitie4. To stand still before such a sight, would be base—to insulate one's self, would be ruin—to fall asleep on the brink of the pre. cipice, would be throwing one's self into it—to be discouraged, would be annihilation—neutrality would be ignominiously cutting one's self off from the num ber of citizens. Whoever is able to serve his country with arms in his hands, and does not defend her when she invokes his aid, is an ungrateful and unna tural son. 64 The enemy, my dear brethren, the enemy is, as it were, at your gates. Will you then wait his com ing to oppose to:hirn a tardy and then soo late re sistance ? No, it is not in your walls, it is on the frontiers of the empire that you must defend this capital, it is only there that you can save it and preserve it from all injury. The fate which Heaven reserves for' our rash 'aggressors, is written before hand in our annals in bloody characters. Since the ever.melnorable expulsion of the English, dri ven from our country by the Duke of Guise, never to return, no conquering invader has been able tr) get a footing in this empire. Arise then now from your tombs, brave and illustrious defenders of Fra!tce you whose dear names will be immortal in our his., tory, rise from your tombs, to animate us all with the same spirit an the same courage which mad, you triumph over every usurpation of your natal soil, and quickly reinstate your posterity in the ancient inheritance of your glory :" PAWS, FEBRUARY 7. Letters of the 6th, in the morning, were to-day received. No event of importance had passed in the army. The Emperor continued to enjoy the best health. The second division from the army in Spain ar. rived to-day in Paris, and will tomorrow begin itc march for the army of his Majesty. Versailles ani the environs of Paris continued to fill with troops of all arms. • We have already'deseribeiT the vast system of de. fence of the enclosdre of Paris, on an extent of more than 13,000 toises. In the interior every hand it, employ ed.in the fabrication of arms. It seems as if wood, iron, and steel had no other use ; and the re. sources of industry and the secrets of science no other application. The Plats der irosget is, as it was 20 years ago, converted into a manufactory for the con. struction of artillery; forges have been established under the walls of the public markets. Other vast edifices, which have for a time changed their destina tion, are provided with every thing .proper to form military hospitals. A call has been made on all the *citizens to furnish linen for bandages. Neither the means of defence nor of succour will be wanting in case of an attack. FEBRUARY B.—The second division of the army of Spain, of which we announced the march yesterday, Arrived the day before yesterday at Versailles ; finer troops, and better disposed, are no where to be found. They are eager to meet the enemy. The army of his Majesty the Emperor receives every day new reinforcements. All the individuals who compose this army are animated by the best spirit. They fight for their country in the presence of th:ir Sovereign. What more. noble motive can here be to inflame their courage !—When they h o ar the signal for battle, they recollect th it their lies, their friends, and all France have their eyes up9a then). The works undertaken for the defence of Paris ate at length completed. The intelligence ai,d Activity employedln their execution do much honour to the persons ctarged with them. The artillery h ready. as welt as the harnesses, and every thing is ready to place it in ►attery. The brave pupils of the technique School have Off red m serve the piece, And they are already sufficiently exercised. They are establishing at the etheraities of the bridge of Charcnton, (a village a league from Paris,) pallisa• does similar to those which were constructed at the barriers of the capital. SOIMSONS, FEBRUARY L. Ten thousand National Guards, trom the seven next departm?nts, forma camp here, under the G. neral of Division Rttsca and two Generals of Bri. gade. The tsnvil is well furnished with artillery, and 500 men are employed on the forttfi,ations. ROUEN, FEBRUARY 4. Mr. Fouquet, Procureun-General of the Imperial Court of Juliers at Rotien, on presenting the letters patent concerning the 'Regency to be enrolled, made an excellent speech, representing the importance of the moment in which this mark of confidence is bs-, stowed, and sheaving the necessity of a firm union between the people and the Sovereign, which after a severe but short contest will deliver the French ter ritory from the hordes that ravage it, and uselessly shed human blood, after the Emperor has accepted the terms of peace that have been proposed to him. LYONS, JANUARY SI. Tt is said that General Bubna has quitted Pont d'Ain and returned to Geneva. He had made a part of his troops fall back, which he had assembled between Meximieux, Pont d'Ain, and Bourg. The 800 men who arrived at Seyssel on the 27th, are or dered to fall back towards Geneva. We are now recovered from our first surprise, and estimate the enemy's force at its just amount, which is supposed net to exceed MO men, under General Bubna. The Genevese bitterly repent tifeir weakness, now they find how the allies treat them, and load them with requisitions of every kind. A party of the army at Lyons is said to be going to drive the enemy from the position which he occupies on the road to Geneva. GRENOBLE, JANUARY 26. Here and at Lyons we are perfectly easy ; troops from the interior and from Spain have arrived, both here and at Lyons. The number of old troops trom the army of General Suchet which have arrived At Valence and Lyons, is estimated a 9010 men. We had already 6000 between Lyons and the hire. In a fortnight the troops of Lyons and Dauphin,' will amount to 20,000. The enemy know this, and have, it is said, retired to Pont d'Aia. For these six 1 :• 1 ' b.