Star.
London, England, 1813-08-03 00:00:00

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.

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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
lit 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