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LONDON, Jan. 2. The following communica tion was ha! f an hour ago made to the Merchant’ : Downing Jlrcet, “Jan. 1,1807. * 4 I have the honor of ac v quainting you, for the informa tion of the Merchants concern ed in the Trade with’America, that the Treaty of Amity, Navi gation and Commerce, between his Majesty and the U. States, was y- tterdav finned by the Commiffioncrs, refpeftivcly ap pointed for that purpose by both governments. The Trea ty will be immediately trans mitted to America ; bnt until the Ratifications on both files shall be exchanged, it cannot be made public. “ I have the honour, &r. < HO WICK. Philip Sav'civ, Esq. Chairman of tl>* Committee of American Merchants .” We are happy to believe that there is no truth in the ac count of Ruflia having declar ed war againll Turkey. —On the contrary, the bed “n derftanding is (aid to fubfitt between the two Powers. Ihe intrgues of Sebattiani had not been able to dellroy or dtflurb it-u-but they had, it is (aid, produced the effect of procur ing his own difmifla! and dc parture from the capita! cf the Turkish Empire. Some neutral (hips which failed within these lew days lor Holland, were not I'ufTered to enter a Dutch port. On their arrival off the coal!, a boat was sent off to them to tlop thetr coming in—as an embargo hau been laid in every port, and no (hips were permitted to go out or in. Nassau, JanuaTV, SO. Extract of a let'er f rcm New-Or leans, anted Dec 1 , ( 800, to a rentltman in Nassru “ Before Conclude, I cannot 1-efnvin from firing to vou ano ther observation, to shew the vantage guinwl bv the change of government liere. Previous to the cession of Louisiana to the United States, we had only two Lawyers residing amongst us, who with much difficult) and great economy, woe enabled by the scar..v income arising bom their practice, to maintain their families —at present the case is altered ; for there are now not less than thirty of tin R>, who live in the first sty le, and roll in their carriage'—and upwards of se ven hundred causes arc at present j pending in the District Court of | our che. COURT OF VICE ADMI- I RALIY. Nassau, Zed January, 1807. Sally, Johnson, master.—The Solicitor General pravecl the clatm by him given, {in hehal! ol citizen* of the United States of Amettca) to be admitted and the said ship -.tftd cargo, to be restor ed as claimed. Mr. Kerr, pravecl the said claim to be rejected, and the r-t.l chip and cargo to be con demned. His honor the Judge having heard the sa*d claim and pto.ls read, and the arguments of ad vacates and pioctors thereon, admitted the laid claim, | re nounced the goods shipped !y I ewis Gronirtg and John Has lett, to belong : s claimed, and by interlocutor, decree, directed thr. same to be restored to the claimants for the use oft 1.2 owners .nd proprietors thereof; and bv further interlocutory di rected further proof to be made within three months, with re meet to the shipment* made bv Kirk and Likens, and Aiaiga rec D. Schutt. GOTi F.NbUKGH, Der. 19. A icu.’ has just been received }; f-om Aitoua, Stating that ute French have betn defeated twice by the Russian."; another letter from Dantzic *avs, that they have evacuated Thorn, and that there is not a single French sol* d'er 011 the other tide of the Vis tula. Bonaparte is calling H-is troops tti him from all quarters; and the letters from btralsumi state, that there are not any Fiench troops in all Pomerania; from rhis it would appear; that he expects to meet a formidable resistance. M —r wm PHILADELPHIA, dan.*3l. Fire! —Between 7 and 8 o’clock lad evening, the city was alarmed bv the cry of Fire, which broke out in a tta hie in Buck’s court, in the fqu are formed by 4th and sth Spiuce and Pine Ift eets, which con fumed the fame, together wi'h three dwelling houses and seven ftabies; materially injur ed the hotife occupied by Frederick Warrance, befidcs a rnuriber of others, and threat ened to become exteufivelv in jurious ; but, the early efforts of the fire Companies, and the Citizens generally, soon arrett ed its.progrels. Extract of a letter from, Captain Cardin hr, dated “GIBRALTAR, Dec. G. * Yt-ffcrday arrived the ship Mary, of Salem, from N. Yotk. She was captured the 24th nit. by a Spanish Priva teer, and anchored under a Spanish battery. The captain, (Landers) noticing willing to lole his propetty without a ftruggle,thought proper to put the privateer’s men below, af ter fome reliltancc, in which three of his people being badly wounded, and the captain dab bed in the back, he arrived yes terday, and received every at tention from die English lltips of war in this harbour. The Spaniards plunder every ves let they fall in with, or carry them into port and condemn them.” BALTIMORE, February 2. To the po'itcncfs of a gentle* m?n jult arrived from St. Thomas, we are indebted for the latett intelligence from the republic of Hayti. The pa pers furniChed, contain an ac count of operations down to the 27th December, inefufive; on which dav the new republi can conttitufion was adopted. On thesth December, 1806, gepcral Chrittophe appealed on the skirts of Pot t-au- Prince, with an army of about 10.000 men, to compel the body of people aflembled together to ft ame a conjhtnlion , to appoint him Emperor of 11 ay ti. On his arrival there, he sent in a flag of truce, anti dciired to have a conference with gene’ ral I’ichon, commander at Porfau-Prince, who went out j to meet him with what loldiers he had, and in Read of a confer ence, as Toon as Pichon came within gun-lhot of him, his men. were fired on by Chrifto j phe; when a short engagement enlued, in which there were son e officers and men kilied on both I ides. Pillion got in* to Pott-au Prince, and kept Chrittophe from committing anv materia! depredations.on the town. As ins a-iny was but tew in number, he thought it moll adviiable to aft only on j ;he defen live, and not purine j Chrittophe, aitcr having driv -1 in his troops out of town, at j the end of which they had ur ! tired it. Dispatches were immediately fmt hv Pich.on to all parts of the South, where they have do minions for troops, arms am r munition and provisions, and on the day following; there was not a mule to he found or scarce a man t; at could bear at ins in the town of J acme l— all had repaired to Port au’ Prince, to join Pichon’s army, carrying with them provisions and ammunition for the occa [ion. Several fkirinifhes took place in thecourfe of eight or ten days —during which time, Chrittophe’s army w'as within two or three miles of Port'au r Prince, and had several times entered it, but was as often re pul fed. On the ioih of January, news was received at Jacmel, that Chrittoph'; fad been de feated, and that the greater part of his loldiers revolted and joined the other fide ; that he had fled for his life; that Pichon’s army were in pursuit of him, and no doubt prevail ed but they would overtake him, in which case, death would inevitably be his lot, as they were determined to be head him, and eltabfifh a fedc ral or republican government. On the night of the 10th January, Jacmel was illumina ted on the occasion. —— CONGRESS. HOUSE OF REPRESENTA TIVES. Monday, February 2. As soon as the Journal of Saturday was read, Mr. T. Moore rofeand said, to his lot had been assigned the painful duty of informing the Hotife, of the death of one of its mem ber!. Mis colleague, General LEVI CASEY, had died yes leiday morning. Ori which Mr. Early offer ed the fbflowing resolutions, which wete uuanimoufly *- dopted : Resolved, That a committee he appointed to take order for fupetintending the funeral of general L.evi Casey, late a rc _ p relentative of the ttate of S. Carolina. Resolved, That the member* of this house do teftify their refpeft for the memory of General L,evi Casey, by wear ing crape for one month. On motion of Mr. Holland, the following resolutions were likevvifc adopted unanimouflv : Resolved , That the members of this house will attend the fu neral of the late General Levi Casey this day at 1 o’clock. Resolved, That a message be sent to the senate, to notify them of the death of Gen. 1 evi Casey, late a member of this house, and that his funeral will take place at 1 o'clock. When, on motion of Mr. Early, the house immediately adjourned. Wednesday, February 4- The House took into consid eration the report of the commit tee of the whole on the report of a select committee, on the sub ject of fortifying our ports and harbors. When this subject was pre viously before the House, a mo tion of General Van .Cortlandt was and pending to authorise the President to man and equip such gun bo us ‘ and other armed ves sels el the U. S.’as he may deem expedient. j On this amendment along de j bate ensued, involving the dis j cussion at large of the policy of j protecting our ports and harbors. | Mr. S;urges advocated the a | mendment. i Mr. D, R. Williams oppo*ed it. Mr. FHiot ?poV<* in favor of *trrrg measures of defence. Mr. Lloyd declared himself against both the resolutions, and moved to postpone the further consideration of the repott till Monday week. This motion was advocated bv Messrs, Lloyd* Gregg, Smi lie, and Fisk,—and opposed by Messrs. Thomas, Lyon, Mum ford, Elliot. Van Cortlandt, Masters and Van Rensselaer; when the question was taken by yeas and nays, on the postpone ment. Yeas 40—Nays 76. The House *hen adjourned. Thursday, February 5. Mr. Early, from the commit tee of Commerce and Manufac tures, to whom was referred the airv-ndments of the Senate to the bill/or surveying the of the United States reported their a preement to the same, in which the House concurred—Ayes 58. The amendments extend the survey to the Gulph or Mexico, and appropriate 50,000 dollars for the same. The House resumed the con sideration of the unfinished bu siness of yesterday, being the re port of a committee cm fortify ing our ports and harbours. 1 lie question was taken on the amendment offered by Mr. Van Cortlandt, which was disagreed to—Ayes 51—Noes 54. The question then recurred on filling the blank, in the 2nd re solution with “ 250,000” dollars for building 50 gun boats. Mr. Mumlurd spoke against a. greeing to this amendment, and expressed a hope that part ot the sum would be applied to fortifi cations. Mr. Smilie coincided in opi nion with Mr. Mumford, & said if the amendments were not a greed to, he would then move to fill the blank with 150,000 dollars and be in favor of applying the remaining 100,000 dollars to the protection of New-York. Messrs. Thomas and Cook spoke to the same effect, when the amendment was disagreed to —Ayes 4. The amendment, authorising the President to arm and equip as many of the gun boats as in his opinion tb- e public service may require, was likewise disa greed to —Ayes 34. Mr. Thomas then moved to fill the blank with * 150,000* This motion was supported by Messrs. Stamon, Thomas, Smi lie and Fisk ; and opposed by Messrs. J. Randolph, Elmer, and Holland. Mr. Gregg suggested the pro priety of postponing the further consideration of the -object to gain information. \\ ith this view Mr. Early mov ed a postponement to Monday week. This motion was nega tived— Ayes 49—Noes SS. Messrs. G. W. Campbell, Al ston and Smilie spoke in favor of appropriating 150,000 dollars for the building of gun boats; and Mr. Elliot against it. Mr. Early moved a postpone ment to this dav week. This motion was advocated by Messrs. Early and Chandler ; and opposed by Messrs. Lloyd, Mumford, Elmer, Tallmadge, Stanton, Fisk and Dwight. This motion wa* likewise dis agreed to —Aves 49 —Noes 56. A commute was appointed to bring in a bill to carry into effect the objects of the nrst resolution. On motion of Mr. Early the House adopted the following re solution .* k K< solved, That the President of the United States be request ed to cauee to be laid before this House such information a* may be in the possession of the exe cutive department tending to shew the efficacy of gun.boats in the protection and defence of ports and harbours, and particu larly a list ot such of the princi pal ports and harbours as may be delended or essentially assisted in being delended by gun-boats, together with the uumber neces sary lor cah. Message from ‘he PresitL m , f, United Si ties,. ratisttutn,,,, r* 1 Bier information relative t 0 f conspi ac v of Burr. ‘!* To the Senate and house 0 f g J present atives of the U. Si. a;ti By the letters ofcapt. who commands at Foil sac, ana of Mr. Murtell, t 0 n e neral Jackson, of Tennefo copies oT which are now com] rnunicatecl to congress, it he fecn that Aaron Burt p a sf t j F’t Maffic on the 3 1st j) e cembcr, with about ten bod; navigated by about fix ham!,’ each, without any military an. pearance ; and that three bonij with ammunition, were Laid to have been arretted by the mili tia at Louisville. As the guards of militia post. ed on various points 0 f the| Ohio, will be able to preiej any further aids pafling that channel, (hould ant hj attempted, we may now efti.l mate, with tolerable certainty I the means derived from the I Ohio and its waters, towards I the accoinplifhmer.L of the pur-1 poses of Mr. Burr. I THOMAS T FFERSOM, I January 23, 1807 r I Nashvslle, .lan. 3th. ]*Qg. I Gen. Andrew Jackson, I Sir l received your m.I flructions, datedfhe 2d inltTl agreeable thereto I delivcrcdl your letter, addressed to geirl ral Thomas johnfon, to cokl nel Cheatham, and it was fur-1 watded to him immediatelJ I arrived at Centerville on the! 4th infl. heard a report therel that col. Burr had gone down* the river with one thoufanfl armed men ; arrived at ikl mouth of Cumberland ri.rß that evening, and made enqui-l ry concerning col. Burr, was informed that he kit ih;l place on the 28'h of Deceinbtf J 1806, with ten boat, nf ditf; ent descriptions, ha i (ixty nd H on board, bui no apueatancß of arms. I left there on ihH sth inst. arid at rived 2t FaiH Maffac that evening, dtlivcreß your letter to capr. ILifc-l, anfl received his answer; maa® iome enquiries of him, tnfl was informed that col. But® had left that place on the 301)® of December, 1805 with iei® boats. He likewise informs me that he had been on boari the boats and leen no app ar ance of arms or ammunition On my return to the moutfco Cumberland river, I was n formed that three boats to been flopped at with a quantity of ammunitio? There are about fifty menfta tinned at the mouth of Cu berlaud, under command colonel Ramsey. I remain with the high* est esteem, vours, JOHN MU Kb IT Fort Majfac . Jan. sllh Sir— l'his day per exp rt * I had the honor to receive yu* very imerelfing letter cfthe* inlt. and shall pay due rcipd to its contents. As yet not received the President proclamation alluded to, !l have I received any from the depart me.u oi relative to the subject m jl,c ‘ ’ your letter. There has not, to my ledge, been any a Hem blags men or boats,at this ot an) l y place, u.iantiioi ifsd by prelidency ; but iliouid a ™ thing of the kind make <t**l pearance, which c tri .es wit the lea It mark ol hilpi>- iun! having illegal ‘ projects in view 7, peace and order “■ e