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London, England, 1812-07-30 00:00:00

ryitlCE SIXPtNCE-ITALPPENNY.

which the castle is situated, and the works are
prosecuted
,with astonishing industry and effect.
A Commission has been lo:Ined for the Govern-
ment of all Lithuania. It at first consisted only
of five 'members.. His Majcsty has since added
two other members, Count Alexander Potoki, and
Sniadecki, itector of the University of .Wilna, On
the day of
.its installation, the Commissior. issued
three proclamations ; the first is addressed to =he
nation, and sets-forth-that the Committee ,fDr the
Provisional Government of Lithuania hold their
Session ut theJlotel of the former Government
and.expresses, with animation the' sentir of.
gratithde With Which all the Poles arc pencq,•ated,
for the august personage who has. restored the
liberties of Poland.

In the second proclamation, the Committee
address, themselves to the
.Clergy, and- exhort
theta to second, with all their influence, the zest
of the worthy Yoles ; and to implore, hy'their
prayers, the Divine- favour, in order that we may
render ourselves worthy of the beneficent acts
our deliverer. _ •

The third proclamation has for its object the,
recall of the Polish military serving in the Russian
army, It is as follows •
" Poles !—You are raider the -colours of. Rus-
sia; this service was allowed, to you at "a- period
when you had no longer a country ; but now a
mot important change has taken pace. Poland
is, as 'it were, risen from the dead : it is for its
entire „restoration, ,that it behoves you now to
fight, as it compels the Russians to acknowledge
the rights of which we have been deprived by ra-
pine and usurpation.
" The General Confederation of Poland and
Lithuania recals all the Poles from the service of
Russia. Generals, Officers, and. Polish soldkr,s !
Listen to the voice of .your.country ; abandon the
standards of your oppressors ; rally, all of you,
around us; in order that you may take yo it sta-
tions under the Eagle of the Jagellous, the Casi-
mirs, and the . Sobieskis. Your country calls,
and you must obey ; and honbur and religion
put in their irresistible claims to your services."
The Committee is occupied with incessant and
'indefatigable zeal on every subject that can pro,
mote the interests of the Government. The de-
partment of Wilna is already formed ; eleven Sub-
prdectures
.are established ; the new Functioa-
aries are installed in their respective jurisdic-
tions ; Commissaries have been sent into .every
arrondissement, to organize the national guard,
and to raise•lo4 corps. As to provisions, •the
Magistrates of each division .have received in-
structions to secure whatever may be strictly ne-
cessary fokthe subsistence of the inhabitants, and
to exchange the surplus for articles receivable in
payment of. the contributions. As the differences
of measures may be ,productive -of much embar-
rassment, the Committee of Government has re-
q'e.e7;ted the Conunisary-Creneral of the army to
establish a standard between the m&asures of the
country and the French measures.
• The Committee of the Government having
learnt by a letter from the Prince of Neufchatel,
that some Russian prisoners requested to remain
at Wilna on-their parole, has sent in answer, that
be knew nothing of the applicants, and proposed
that they should be, required individually to give
a pledge or security, which, it is presumed, they
will feel no difficulty in doing, as the greater part
of them are domiciled at Wilna. _ _

Instruction; have been sent to the Delegates at
Grodno,- Minsk, and Bialystock, to- instal in their
respective towns the public functionaries, embody
the militia, and to use every means in their power•
for the regular supply of provisions. In confor-
mity to the requisition of the Governor-General,
the Committee has issued orders to the Clergy in
the„ diocese of Wilna, to provide for the- quarter-
ing of the military. in the convents under their
jurisdiction ; and, lastly, the Committee is devis- -
ing the most effectual means of restoring the
posts, and supplying the deficiency of the ar-
chives, which the enemy has carried away or '
destroyed.
, BERG, (NEAR•MAGDESURG,) JULY 12.---Tor the
last fifteen days, we see almost every day about.
300 oxen pass through this place, destined,for the
grand army. They march four leagues a day, and
are yoked in pairs to wicker-carts. .
BEZECK, JULY 3.—The Russians quitted this
town on. the 2d. The inhabitants assembled o4i
the 3d. They immediately drew up a deed, de-
claring their accession to the general copfedera-
tion of Poland. They at the same titheappointcd
Deputies; who are on their way to Warsaw, It
is impossible to describe their enthusiasm.
TILSIT, JUNE 24.2—The, following Order of the
Day has been published her :
PatissrANs !—Russia wishes for war ,- she
has commenced it. The grand army, of which you
make apart, sees you with pleasure in its mulct,.
Our august Monarchs reckon upon your bravery :
they have their-eyes fixed upon you, to applaud
your successes, and to reward them,
"11,1ActioNALD, Duke of Tarentum."
WARSAW, JUL,Y 3.—lt is a fine occupation,
without doubt, to follow, a nation through the
different ages of its existence,--to contemplate the
developenieiits of its infancy, and its approaches
to maturity,—and to arrive, after a long succes-
sion of ages and vicissitudes, at that epoch of
strength and vigour .which leads to its prosperity ,
and glory. But this is only a spectacle ot every
day, and a matter of constant succession with us
since the events of yesterday. What an interest-
ing and memorable scene has, in fact, been open-
ed to us. An entire people exhibits itself on the
face of the earth, and completely formed : it rises
out of it, to make use of the expression, com-
pletely armed. Upon the single word---Poland !
PQ,land ! these vast countries, which for '2O years
were covered with:. mourning crape, now suffer
themselves to be -seen by. the istnnisheiLeye.—

'SixtV. thousand Poles 'pring forward towards
the Dana ; and in order that courage should.
be enlightened by wisdom.,
,prudent
ters, an ancient Senate., Nuncios, and zealous
Deputies, assemble; unite, and proclaim a coup-
- try so long lost. I, is in vain to repeat here-this
magic ward. The effect- of: it cannot be conceiv-
ed, except by those who have heard it echoed in
the Hall of the (;oafederates. Acclamations and
expresSions of tenderness Aere poured 'forth on
every side. In an instant the Hall was filled with
the national colours,. The spectators impelled by
their emotion, raised their hands to Heaven, and
made signs to each other from the opposite ex-
tremities of the Hall, as if they had only begun to
know each oilier frOm the moment when they could
again call themselves by their ancientnames, But
in the Midst of this agitation the observing eye could
not withhold itself from noticing the prudericea.tid
the wisdom of the measures decreed by the Repre-
sentatives of the nation. The experience of misfor-
tunes has unveiled the causes of them ; and there-
- fore the_ most effectual- precautions' have been
taken to avoid_ every thing that could be an inipe-,
diment to the spring of the nation towards its re-
estahlishment. 'Personal animosities, and ancient
feuds, have above all been marked as the enemies
most to be dreaded ; and from the fresh acclama-
tions excited by the declaration pf the oblivion 'f
injuries, We may -judge that this truth is not only
- felt by the wise, bq also that it is become evi-
dent to the mass of the nation. The enthusiasm
is general : the Polish ladies have not left to the
men alone the care of displaying their patriotism;
- --they appeared in public walks in different
dresses, in which the colours of the nation were
blended with a. great deal of elegance. In .the
evening the Ladies of the Nobility presented
themselves polish habits at -the hotel of his
ExcellenCy the AmbassadOr of France. They arc
anxious that the sows of Poland should be pro-
nounced on one side by the masepline and ener-
getic declaration of
,the Confederation, and- on
the other by their most touching and tender ho-
mages: "Ah !" said a mother; on finding hei
son asleep, " Awake! my child, arise ! thou art
a nile ! Approach, my children; I love you now
more than ever, kince you have once more .a coun-
try). ! !" What may not be expected from a people
which, in the midst of its calamities, has been able
to preserve so good a national spirit, and which
knows so well how to dispose itself, to arrive at
a state of strength and prosperity._
HA iatjaolli JULY 13.—0 n the sth or, trns
month a: patrole, belonging to the Customs of the
brigade of Bremen (Mouths of the Weser), per-
ceived "a vessel with two'masts, which appeared
to .wish to make:a. landing. An officer went im-
mediately to inform the troops nearest at hand,
n~hile-the others continued to watch the ma-
nceuVres of the vessel; which was by this time
ascertained to be an enemy; and-which shortly
after, at the setting in of the night, landed on
the sand banks, and it,three leagues from the.em-
bankmentrabout 1(10 persons, among whom were
:some women, and five children. The Officers of
the Customs judged,•from this eFitraordinary
ma-
nteuvre, that the landing bad nothing hostile in
it, and that the unfortunate persons whom they
perceived, were fresh victims devoted by the gra-
titude of the British Ministry to a destruction the'
more probable, as the tide was beginning to flow,
and the passes to the shore, over the sands; where
bottom may be, longest found, were necessarily.
unknown to those landed. Struck by thesecir-
cumstances, the officers, with an impulse which is
itself the severest censure of the, barbarity of the
English, advanced to meet these wretches, and
directed them, notwitstanding the danger, to a
point where they could gain a firm footing'. It
was full time to do so : in ten minutes later' the
greater number of them must hare perished. On
their landing, the inhabitants of the coast had
the afflicting sight of beholding disabled old, men
buffeted by the waves, which already covered
them up to the breast, and loaded with infants,
whose tender age could not melt the executioners
in • the enemy's ship. They hastened to- redeive
these wretches, and to direct them towards Ham-
burgh, where more ample relief was prepared for
them./ We will give, in an early future publica-
tion, the list of these unfortunate persons ; they
all belong,to the States of the Confederation ; and
have only to reproach themselves with having
supported, in the ranks of-the English army, the
haughty pretensions of the British Ministers.—
Was it for the English to-punish them ?

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THURSDAY,-JULY 30, 1812

ZYe
ti)is morning received American Papers,
containing the following Manifesto,. and. the Act
of Cdngress declaring War. against Great'Britain.
The Declaration.of War is dated the 18th June,
only,two.days-after it was anounced in the Pouse
of Commons that the Prders in Council were to
be given up. We have not room at present to
male any comments upon these documents

WASHINGTON, JANE 18., 4 o'CLocK, P.mr—The
Injunction of Secrecy was about an hour ago
.re-
moved flinnithe following Message.and Act .

MESSAGE

TO THE SENATE ANT) HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES

OF THE UNITED•STATES.

I communicate to'Congress certain Aucuments,
being a continuation of -those heretofore laid be-
fore them, on the subject of our affairs. with Great

Britain

Without going beyond the renewal in 1803, of
the war in which' ,Great Britain is engaged, and.
°witting unrepaired. wrongs of inferior magniti

tude, the conduct of htr Gocztrament pre.4ents
series of acts hostile to the United'States as an
independent and neutral nation.
British c'uiacrs have been in the continued'
practice of violating the American flag on the
great higliway of nations, -and of seizitig and
carrying off persons sailing 'ender it ; not in
the • exerci,e of; a belligerTent right, foimded on
the law of nations against 'an enemy, Init of
a municipal prerogative over British- subjects.
British jurisdiction is thus extended to neutral
vessels in a situation where no laws can oPerate
but the law of nations and the laws of the cOmp-
try to which the vessels belong'; and a self-redress
is assumed, which if British subjects were wrong-
fully detained and alone concerned, is that sub-
stitution of force 'for a resort to the responsible
Sovereign, .which falls within . the definition of
war.—Could the seizure of British subjects, in
such eilses, ,e regarded as within' ;he exercise
of a Belligerent right, the acknosi-ledged laws of
war, which forbid an article of captured property
to be adjudged, without a JegAilar inveAigAinn
before a 'competent tribunal, would imperiously
demand the fairest trial, where the sacred rights
of persons were at issue. In place of such trial,
these -rights are subjected to the will of every
petty commander.

The practice, hence, is so far from ,affecting
British Subjects alone, that' under the pretext of
searching for-these, thousands•• of American
zees, under the safeguard of laws, and of
their national ,fiag, have been torn from their
country, and from efery,thing dear to them
have bCen dragged on 'board ships or *ar of a
foreign nation, and exposed, under the severities'
of theb:discipline, to be exiled to the most dis-
tant
and deadly climes,, t 6 risk their lives, -in the
battles of their oppressors, and to be the melan-
choly instruments of taking away those of their
own. brethren.

Against tits crying enormity, which Great Bri-

tain would be so prompt to avenge if committed
against herself, the United States have in vain'
exhausted remonstrances and expostulations. And
that no proof might be wanting of their conci-
liatory dispositions, and no pretext left for con-
tinuance of the practice, the British Government
'vas formally assured of the readiness of the United
States to enter into arrangements, such as could
not be' rejected, if the recovery • of the British
subjects were, the Teal and the sole object. The
communication 'passed without effect.

British cruizers have been in the practice also
of violating the rights and thepeace of our coasts.
They hover over and harass our entering and 4c-
parting commerce. To the most insulting pre-
tensions they have added lawless proceedings in
our very harbours; and have wantonly spilt Ame-
rican blood within the sanctuary of our territorial
jurisdiction.---The principles and rules in-forded by
that Nation, when a neutral Nation, against
armed vessels of, belligerents hovering near her
coasts, and disturbing her commerce, arc well
known. When called on, nevertheless, by the
United States to punish the greater oficnces.com

mitted by her own vessels, her Gol,ernment has

betowed on their commanders additional marks of
honour and confidence.

Under praended blockades, without the pre-
sence of an adequate force, and, sometimes with-
out the practicability of applying one, our ca.m.;
merce has been plundered in every sea; the great

staples of our Country have been cut off from their

legitimate markets ; -and'a destructive blow aimed
at our agricultural and maritime interests. In