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4MZRICif. WASHINGTON, NOV. as. This day, at twelve o'clock, the Prefident of the United States met both Houfes of Congrefs in the Senate Chamber, and deliiered the follow i g Speech I Vetakiten of the &Feati,assel Gesdkoses of eis Hoge Rorefestatives, " Immediately after the adjournment of Con grefs, at their laft Seffion in Philadelphia, I gave direCtioni, in compliance with the laws, for the removal bf the public bffices, records, and proper ty. Thefe diretions have been executed, and the public officers have lime refided and concluded the ordinary bufmefs of the Government in this place. " I congratulate the people of the United States on the affembling of Congrefs at the permanent fiat of their Government, and I congratulate you, Gentlemen, on the profped of a refidence not to be changed. Although there is caufe to appre hend that accommodations are not now fo com plete as might be wifhed, yet there is great reafon to believe that this inconvenience will ceafe with the prefent Seffion. " It would be unbecoming the Iteprefentatives of this Nation to affemble, for the firft time, in this folemn Temple, without looking up to the Surma I ketta of tbc Univerfe, and imploring his blefting. May this territory be the refidence of virtue and happincfs ! In this city may that piety and virtue, that wifdom and magnanimity, that conflancy and Pelf-government, which adorn ed the great ckarafter whole name it bears, be for ever held in veneration ! Here, and through out our country, may fimple manners, pure mo rals, and true religion, flourifb for ever ! " It is with you, Gentlemen, to confider whe ther the local powers over the diftriEl of Columbia, veiled by the Conftitution in the Congrefs of the United States, flail be immediately exercifed.— If in your opinion this important unit ought now to be executed, you cannot fail, while performing it, to take into view dte future probable fituation of the territory, for the happincfs of 'which you are about to provide. You will confider it as the capital of a great nation, advancing with unex ampled rapidity in arts, in commerce, in wealth, and in population; and poffefling within itfelf thole energies and refourccs, which, if not thrown away, or lanicntablv mifdireeted, fecure to it a long courfe of itc c.eriLy and felf-government. " In crir.pliance with a law of the laft Seffion of Congrefs, the officers and foldiers of the tem pnra ry army have been dikharged. It affords real ri,afure to recolleft the honourable teflimony they gave of the patriotic motives which brought the. :nto the fervice of their country, by the rea dinefs and regularity with which they returned to the !lotion of private citizens. " It is, in every point of view, of fuch primary • importance to carry the laws into prompt and faithful execution, and to render that part of the adminitiration of jultice, which the conftitution and laws devolve on the federal courts, as cone ' tient to the people, as may confift with their pre. fent circumflances, that I cannot omit once more to recommend to your ferious coafideration, the judiciary lyftem of the United States. No fub jeft is more interelling than this to the public hap . pinefs, and to none can thole improvements, which may have been fiaggefted by experience, be more beneficially applied. " A treaty of amity and commerce with the King of Pruffia has been concluded and ratified. The ratifications have been exchanged, and I have dirceled the treaty to be promulgated by proclamation. ' The difficulties which fufpended the .execu tion 9f the 6th article of our treaty of amity, commerce, and navigation with Great Britain, have net yet been =loved. The negociation on this fubjed is depending. As it mull be for the intercft and honour of both nations to adjuft dal difference with good faith, I indulge confi dently the expedition, that the fincere endeavours of the Government of the United States to bring it to an amicable termination, will not be difap pointed. a The Envoys Extraordinary ' , and Minilters Plenipotentiary from the United States to France were received by the Finer Cousin. with the re fped due to their charterer, and three perfons with equal powers were appointed to treat with them. Although at the date of the lift official intelligence the negociation bad not terminated, yet it is to be hoped, that our efforts to effee an accommodation will at length meet with a fuccefs proportioned, to the fincerity wish which they hare been fo often repeated. a While our bell endeavours for tke prefervation of harmony with all nations will continue to be ufed, the experience of the world, our own expe rience admonith us of the infecurity of trufting too confidently to their fuccefs. We cannot without committing a dangerou, imprudence, abandon thofe mcalures of far protection, which are adapt ed to our fituation, and to which, notwithftanding our pacific policy, the violence and iuftice of others may again compel us to refort. While our raft extent of fea coaft, the commercial and agri erdtaral habits of our people, the great capital they will continue to truft on the occan, fuggeft the Often of defence which will be molt beneficial to nerfelves—our diftance from Europe, and our re f-mem for maritime ftrcngth will enable us to em t lov it with ;led. Seifonable and fyftematie ar • fa ngerounts, fo far as our iefources will jullify. for a navy adapted to defenfive war, and Which may, in car of nec-ility, he quick, brought into life, feeri to be as much recommended by a wife and -.e ...canonry, as by a juft regard for our future trot:v.ll4y, for the fafety of our fhores, and for 0 1 • protetion of oar property, committed to the ter. The prefent navy of the United States • ter! fuddenly into exiftence by a great national • •,gency, kss raifed us in ..ur own diem, and by the atedion afforded to out commerce. has ate- T ed to the extent of our expectations, the objets (Or which it was created. " In connation with a navy, ought to be con templated the fortification of Come of our princi pal fea-ports and barbours. A variety of confe derations which will readily fuggeft themfelves, urge an attention to this meafure of precaution. To give fecurity to our principal ports, confidera ble rums have already been expended ; but the works rem* incomplete. It is for Congrefs to de termine whether additional appropriations !hall be made in order to render competent to the intended purpofes the fortifications which have been com menced. " The mannfadure of arms within the United States Rill invites the attention of the national le. giflature. At a confiderable expencc to the public, this manufactory has been brought to fuch a Rate of maturity, as with continued encouragement, will fupercede the neceffity of future importations from foreign countries. " Gentlemen of the Naafi of Reprefentativa, " !hall direft the eflimates of the appropria tions, necelfary for the enfuing year, together with an account of the public revenue and expenditures, to a late period, to be laid before you, I obferve with much fatisfadion, that the produd of the re venue, during the prefent year, has been more con fiderable than during any former equal period. This refult affords conclufive evidence, of the great refources of this country, and of the wifdom and efficiency of the meafures which have been adopted by Congrefs, for the protettion of commerce and prcfervation of public credit. " Get:amen off the Senate, and " Gentlemen of the Houle of Rejorefentativet, " As one of the grand community of nations, our attention is irrefillibly drawn to the important fcenes which furround us. If they have exhibited an uncommon portion of calamity, it is the pro vince of humanity to deplore, and of wifdom to avoid the caufes which may have produced it. If, turning our eyes homeward we find reafon to re joice at the profped which prefents itfelf; if we perceive the interior of our country profperous, free, and happy ; if all enjoy in fafety, under the protection of laws emanating only from the gene ral will, the fruits of their own labour, we ought to fortify and cling to thofe infiitutionc, which have been the fource of fuch real felicity, and re• fift, with unabated perfeverance, the progrefs of thofe dangerous innovations, which may diminifh their influence. 6 , To your patriotifm, Gentlemen, 1.. s been confided the honourable duty of guardwg the public interefts, and while the pall is to your country a Pure pledge that it will be faithfully dif charged, permit 1.. e to allure you, that your labours to promote the general happiners will re ceive from me the moll zealous co-operation. (Signed) 8 , JON! ADAMS." BRITISH PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 3z. This day at three o'clock the King came down in the nfual State to the Houfe of Lords, and being fcated, in his. Royal Robes, upon the Throne, Sir Francis Molyncux, Bart. Gentleman Miler of the Black Rod, was fent to &fire the attendance of the Commons, who forthwith, to a confid..rable num ber, entered the Houfe. On coming up to the Bar, and prefenting the Exchequer Bills Bill, the SPEAKER of the Houfe of Commons addreffed his MAJESTY in the following words : " MOOT OILACIOVII lOTEISIGN, " The Bill now tendered to your Mayfly by your faithful Commons, completes the Provifion which has been made for the levet-AI branches of the Public Service, till that period, when Tour Majefty will receive the advice and afilftance of your Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. linpreffect with a well-grounded confidence in the Strength and refources of the Empire, and partaking, as they modify do, of that follcitude fur the reftoration of peace, of which your blajcity has given a rxent, though . unyrailing 'Proof, your Commons arc convinced, that nothing can contri bute more effeCtually to the accompliihment of that great ob- Jed, than to manifelt the ability and determination of this eountrj, to be fully prepared for the further prolekution of a conteft, the continuance of which may justly be earthed to the unwarrantable pratenfions of the enemy. " Bin , on no °mafiosi has the attention of your Parliament been moredceply and anxioully engaged, than by dude import+ ant Confiderations, to which it was peculiarly diredted, at the opening of the pretest Seam, in con!equence of your Me jefty's paternal concern for the welfare and comfort of your people. To alleviate, to the utnuort of their power, the prcf fure upon all deferiptions of their fcllow-fuhjedts, and upon the poorer claffes ill particular, your Commons have deemed to be the firft, and the moil urgent of their duties. The mea lures, adopted for this purpofe, are chore, which they raft, arc heft calculated to afford fubftantial and extenfive relief, and to provide for the neceffary demands of the year. Much of their Macy molt, however, depend upon that temper, good Imre, and fortitude, which this country has difpbyed under the fe vemft trials, and which were never more confpicuous than at the prefent conjuncture. " Tilde, Sire, the left Proceedings of your Parliament, pre vious to the great ma new on the point of commencing, are the indication and refute of that common intereft, and fellow leaps with the people, by which it has ever been aCtuated, and which are the belt falqtuard of an that is molt valuable in kicker. To that ara your Commons took forward, with a confident emettation, that the confolidated wifdom, and authority of the Legiftature of Great Britain and Ireland, under the aufpicious Government of your Majefty, and of your illuftrions Houle. will diffufe, throughout every pan of the United Kingdom, the full benefits of that Conflitution, which has been proved to be favourable, in an unexampled degree, to the enjoyment of Civil Liberty, and public profperfty, and which cannot there fore fall to animate the teal and determination of thole who may mare its bleffinp to cherifh and maintain it, in their own times, and to tranfmit it, as the belt inheritance, to their pofterity." After his MAJESTY had notified his perfonal af fcnt thereto is the ulna/ way, the fame was an nounced in the accullomed manner by the Clerk, to 33 public and private Bills, which waited the Loyal Approbation. Among tilde were the Ex. eter Bills Bills—the Population Bill—the An. trlndemnity—the Grenada and St. Vincent'. Merchants' Re:aief—the AmOerdam Free Port — the Bread Regulation—the Well India Army Ac , counts—the Habeas Corpus Sufpenfion—the Navy and Army Seduction—the Stale Bread—the Aliens Regulation—Earl Bathurtt's Elate—and Weltjie's Naturalization Bills. His MAJESTY was then pleated to deliver the following moil gracious Speech from the Throne. MY LORI'S AND GENTLIMEW " I cannot fuffkr this &tram to dole without returning Tea my particular nowledgements for the diftinguiffted Indultry and zeal with which ) ou have applied yourfelves to the intereit ing object which, at the enmmucement of the Sefton, I moft efpecially recocuneudvi to your attention. It has been sty carnal wins that nothing fhould be omitted which could tend to relieve the preffure occalioned by the pre fent dearth of provifions, and to infure a fufficient fupply till the produce of the next barveit can be brought into ufe. " The diligence with Which your inquiries have bon con dudtal has afforded you the bell means of afcertaining the true circumftances of our prefent fituation ; and the extenfive ma tures which you have wifely adolced to confequence, for dimi- Milting the confumption of grain, and procuring an entreated fupply, will, I doubt not, be found produCtive of the molt fi- Mary &ed. " Much, however, mutt depend on the ditpofition which will, I am confident, be manifellcd by all thofe who have the means of carrying into execution my teleran recommendation aid injunduon, Wiled at your &fire, for the adoption of all predicable ceconomy in the ufe of thofe articles which are no =fiery to the fubfiftence of the poorer claltes of my fubjeds. 0 The time fixed for the commencement of the Union of Great Britain and Ireland will neceffarily terminate your pro ceedings ou this important fubJetl; but I am perfuaded that the confideration of it will be taunted with the fame :extend tem per On the firft meeting of the Parliament of the United Windom " The early period which I have appointed fur that meet i ng will afford a fpecdy opportunity of completing whatever you may have neceffarily left unfirtilhed, and of coalleleriag what meafures may tend further to alleviate the preffure on my pm. ple, or to prevent the danger of its recurring. " Gratkwfrn et& Haffi Cosmorstr, " I thank you for the readinefs with which you have gritted the fupplies neccfrary, wader the prefeat drewaftaacts. for the public Service. " My Lai J,, aaJCcntkstn. " The detention of the property of my fubjeas in the ports of Ruffia, contrary to the molt iblemn treaties, and the impel fonment of 'hula (Aura in that country, have excited in me fentiments in which you and all my fubjetits will, I am true, participate. I have already taken filch ffellias this OCCafi oo in dirpertfably required; and it will afford me great fatisfadtion if they prove effedtual; But if It Dian become neceffitty to main tain, againft any combination, the honour and independence of the Britith Empire, and thofe maritime rights and Interefts on which both ounprofperity and our fecurity mutt always effeo aally depend, I entertain no doubt either of tbe forcers of thole means which, in fuels an event, I %all be enabled to exert, or of the determination of my Parliament and my people, to af ford me a fupport proportioned to the importance of the inte rcita which we have to maintain." Then the LORD CHANCELLOR, by his MAJESTY'S command, faid ; " My Lords, and qenderottn, 6 ',lt It his maiettri command, that tie Proclamation de. daring his Makfty's . moft Gracious Intention, that the Mem bers of Parliament rompofing this Parliament Would be the Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, on the part of Great Britain, and that the Paid Parliament Would be affenabled on the sad day of January next, be delivered in full Parliament and now read, which doles the prefent &Rion." His MAJESTY then retired in the ufual form.... The Sword of State was borne by Earl SPENCER, and the Cap of Maintenance by Lord Vifcount Hoop. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. Ntemosts lamented that he had yefterday been prevented from making the motion, of which he had given notice, for an Addrefs to his Ma: jelly ; he had, however, by no means abandoned his intention ; on the contrary, he was determined to move the propofed Addrefs. He wifhed, be fore the Houfe feparated, to make one more ap peal to its good fenfe, and to put it to its feelings, whether the diftreffed Rate of the country, and 'the miferies of the people, did not imperioully de mand the adoption of fome meafure for the at tainment of what alone could afford effedual re lief—the relloration of the bleflings of peace ? Such was the fubjek of the Addrefs he thought if his duty to move. He fhould, without further introduCtion, read his motion, leaving it to the wifdom of the Houfe to f a y w h et h er it merited their concurrence and fuppnrt. It was as follows : " That an humble Addrefs be frefented to his Majefty, humbly requefting that he would is gradually pieafcd to take into contideration the unhappy condition of hie fuhjeas, fal tering front famine, the confequenee of thofe *matures which his Minfiters have adopted in the protecution of the prefent war; that peace alone can afford immediate and complete relief from this calamity ; that he would take into canfiduw don the derivate *IOW gold coitt, and the imminent dangrr of national bankruptcy, from the iffue of paper money.—That his faithful Commons fee with much anxiety the preiped of new conceits with other powers. That they are penetrated with the deepdt when they behold his MaJeßy's Minthers, alike mut:ties of the honour and fhfety of the King, and the welfare of his people, obrtinately perfevering to raft every offer from the ‘nony to treat for peace. That his faithful Commons have then:fore thought it their duty to recommend to hi, Maj.:fly immediately to take matures for opening a Negotiation for Peace with France." The motion was feconded, and read from the Chair, but no Minifterial Member urged any ar gument againft it. The Houfe divided—for the Motion 1, againß it 4.1; majority 41. Mr. Menet:in brought up the Report of the Committee on the Coal Trade. Mr. Titan v profelTed his unwilliagnets to ca ter into any argument on the fubjed of the Report; but though he lhould not (+prate the motion for its being printed, he was not difpo(ed to. p5,...1 any compliment, on the labours of the Committee.— The Report was then ordered to be printed. The fupplemenury Report of the Committee appointed to :itquire into the caufes of the reran hii er bnice of provifions was alto brought u p a n d r to be printed. Mr. Winousayrefented an account of the men railed, wounded, and killed, during the Relen t war. This account, which he was under the tie. ceffity of now delivering in, was, he feared, ex. tremely imperfe&, owing to the different per irk: ; of the fervice at which it was taken, and to the hands into which thofe accounts had fallen._ Another imperfeetion in the account arofe from there being no dillinition made between th e men difcharged - and thofe transferred into other corp s . Much time was neceffary to complete fetch an ac. count, which he delivered in as complete for the prefent as poffible, and would have given it in before, it having been made up to the 24. th of thi s month; but as the Houfe fat - but one day fence that time, and that day he happened to come down to the Houle try-fore he went to his o wn , t hi s• was the earlieft opportunity in which he could de: liver it.—lt was ordered to be laid on the tabl e and printed. COLD BATH FIELDS PRISON. Sir FRANCIS Boum"- Jonas gave notice of a Motion which he would make the next &Arlon on the (Late of Cold Bath-fields prifon. He read the creditable, but he could not Report made by the Commiffioners, and tho ug h t the extent of their commilE or , their ccroondltu beyondhighly which was fo limited in its powers, that it gave them no opportunity to do what they lhould have done. He had brought forward charges of an afro. cious nature againft Arts, the Governor of that prifon, of whom he particularly complained ; th e r e complaints had as yet no redrefs. The Min filer had infulted the Houfe after they had voted an Addrefs to his Majefty, in iffuing fuch a conunif. fion, which had fo limited the powers of the Cont. milloners, as to confine them to examine and pro. teed only upon minutes, and not to grant them the authority of admiuillering an oath, which could render their examination full and effeEtual. sir Francis here read Tome abftraCts from the Report in confirmation of what he afferted, and infifted that fuch a Report could never fully latisfy the Houfe, as long as Aria was in fuch a fit nation. The Report, limited as it is, Dates, that in this Prifon no rules of proteftion are obferved—no limits fet to the arbitrary will of the Ruler—that the cells are of (Lone and damp, and that ptrfona confined in them can have no warmth communi. cated to them s and that the allowance of bread is not fufficient for the fuftenance of map, which they are often kept out of from eight o'clock one morn. ing till eight on the fucceeding one. Such were the adtual and fecret abatis of the Prifon, that it required more than human courage to get accefs to them, yet he had procured information. Among thofe abn&s he Rated the cafe of R cafe, n, Which was fo atrocious that Aris at firft denied it, but when preffed under the teftimony of the Sut. geed, who bad humanity, he was compelled to admit it.—This unfortunate man (Redfern) had a piece of cow's udder adminiftered to him as food, which was fo bad that the milk was found in it, and proved to be in a Rate of putrefaCtion ; and this flatement was corroborated by the Surgeon: But what was the'confequence of fuck complaint and remonfirance ? Redferta was takeb, and, with out any one charge againft him, was threatened to be tranfported, and was tent aboard the hulks.— He befeecbed members to read the Report and examine it : if they had bowels of compaffion they would make up their minds againft the next let , Don on it. The CHANCFLLOR of the ESCHEQIIIIR.--" Sir, I do not think it very refpoftful in the Han. Ba ronet to addrefs the Houfe as if no one had feel ings of compallion but himfelf. I think it would be better and more confiftent with his feelings to have, inftead of making a fpeech, only recom mended to the Houfe the perufal of the Report, in which I readily admit there are many things which nciman can approve; but Curdy it cannot be very judicious or temperate in the Hon. Barn. net to call upon the feelings or judgment of the Houfe, at a time when. there are no documents to carry on the difctason." Sir Faericis Mocv Nave acquainted the Houfe , that the King commanded their attendance in thi Honfe of Peers. The Houfe then proceeded, and on their return, The SPEARS% acquainted them, he had obtained a copy ofhis Majefly's Speech, which; on hi; read ing, they immediately withdrew. • . • LONDON. TO OR FRIENDS. is ufual for News-papers at the comae:.:: ment of a new year to make new profeffions of induftry, fidelity, and indejrneleare I At the com mencement of a ceritarry, Tome of our contempora ries teem to think they (hould make them es huh. dred fold. We cannot follow their example, and if we (hould, we would not deferve the confidence with which our Patrons, Tel Piraxic, have he noured us. We have exerted ourfelves all that was in our power not to difappolnt that confidence, and we can only promife to continue fimilar exer tion, and isseorroptiile &eel& of pocitle. The allonithing events with which the eighteenth century has clofed, may be confldered as the birth pangs of the nineteenth ; and there teems no like• lihood at prefent of the News-paper prefs testing loon to be interefting. Thole who contemplate the palling occurrences of the prefent day, as deeply involving the fate of their pofterity, tan not difpenfe with diurnal publications—to loch it is of importance that they be condußed with pro' bity ; and he who feels not an intereft in being dr , eeived himfelf, or in deceiving others, will readily 'admit that, making allowance for the imperfec tions of humanity, Twit Braa, under the fame m.r.agement that it has been for the 1211 ten years, is as likely as any other print not to chfaP• rains kis hopes.