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f , I 4 0, , AMER/C.f. CONGIMSS, WEDNESDAY, Du . . 13. Te following Message was &livered to each House by Mr. I.r.wts, Secretary to the Presidcnt: "Ito the Sert.tte and House et Reetzseutatives attic United States "When we assemble together, Fellow Citizens, to consider the state of our beloved country, our jasst attentions are first drawn to those pleasing ell-- camstances which mark the goodness of that Being from whom: favour they flow; and the large mea sure of thankfulness we owe for his bounty. Ano ther year haecome around, and finds us still blessed \ with pr:•: and friendship abroad; law, order , and .eligien at home; good affection and harmony with ow Indian neighbours, our burthens lightened, yet our income sufficient for the public wants, and the produce of the year great beyond example. 'these, Fellow Citizens, arc the circumstances under which we meet;, and we remark, with special satisfaaion, 'hose which, under the smiles of PROVIDENCE, 're sult from the skill, industry, and order of our Citi zens, managing their own affairs in their own way, And for their own use, unembarrassed by too much -regulation, unoppressed by fiscal exactions. " On the restoration of peace in Europe, that por tico of the carrying trade which had fallen to our share during the war, was abridged by the velure jag con/ectafon of the Belligerent Powers. This was to be espected, and was just. But, in addition, we find, in ?ame parts of Europe, monopolizing dis crimir.ations, which, in the form of duties, tend ef fectually to prohibit the carrying thither our own produce in our own vessels. From existing amities, and a spirit of justice, it is hoped that friendly dis cussion will produce a fair and adequate reciprocity. But should false calculations of interest defeat our hope, it rests with the Legislature to decide whether they will meet inequalities abroad with countervail ing inequalities at home, or provide for the evil in any other usay. "It is with eatisfaction I lay before you an Act of the British Parliament, anticipating this subject, • so far as to authorise a mutual abolition of the du ties, and countervailing duties, permitted under the treaty of 1794. It shews, on their part, a spirit of justice and friendly accommodation, which it is our duty and our interest to cultivate with all nations. Whether this would produce a due equality in the navigation between the two countries, is a subject for your consideration. " Another circumstance which claims attention, nc directly affecting the very source of our naviga •ion, is the defect of the erasion of the law provid i'g for the return of seamen, and particularly of those belonging to vessels sold abroad. Numbers of t!sem, discharged in foreign ports, have been thrown en the har.ds of our Consuls, who, to rescue them from the dangers ir.to which their distresses might plunge them, and save them to their country; have found it necessary, in seine cases, to return them at the public charge. The cession of the Spanish province of Inui s;ana to France, which took place in the course of !he late war, will, if carried into effect, make a hange in the aspect ef our foreign relations, which -oil' doubtless have just weight in any deliberations of es Legislature connected with that subject. M There was reascn, not long since, to apprehend that the warfare-in which we were engaged with Tripoli, might be taken up by some other of the Barbary powers. A reinforcement, therefore, was immediately ordered to the vessels already ;here. Subsequent information, however, has removed these apprehensions for the present. To secure our commerce in that sea, with the smallest force com petent, we have supposed it hest to watch strictly the harbour of Tripoli. Still, however, the shallow :less of their coast, and the want of smaller vessels on our part, his permitted some cruizers to escape unobserved; and to one of these an American vessel unfortunately fell a prey. The captain, one Ame rican seaman, and two others of colour, remain pri soners with them ; unless exchanged under an agreement formerly made with the Bashaw, to whom, on the faith of that, some of hie captive sub j..ets had been restored. " The Convention with the State of Georgia has been ratified by their Legislature, and a re-purchase tom the Creeks his been consequently made of a part of the Tallasscee county. In this purchase has been also comprehended a part of the lands within the fork of Oconee and Oakmulgee rivers. The particulars of the contract will be laid before Congress so soon as they shall be in a state for corn snunicatron: " In order to remove evert , ground of difference possible with our Indian neighbours, I has e pro ceeded in the work of settling with them, gild .narking the bouadaries between us. 'That with the Choctaws nation is fired in one part, and will be through the whole within a short time. The Coun try, to which their title had been extinguished before the revolution, is sufficient to receive a very respect able porlannn, which Congress will probably see tie expediency of encouraging, so soon as the limits :all be declared. N e are to view this position as uu comport of the United States, surrounded by s :tong neighbours, and distant from its support. Arid how far that monopoly, which prevents rm , itien, should here be trended against, and actual abitation made a condition of the continuance of title, will be for your consideration. A prompt set tlement too, of all eristing rights and claims within this tatitory, presents itself as a preliminary opera i ion. " In that part of the Indiana territory which in stades Vincennes, the lines settled with the neigh bouring tribes fix the extinction of their title at a breadth of twenty-four leagues from East to West, and about the same length parallel with and includ sng the Wabash. '1 hey have also ceded a track of tone miles square, including the Salt Springs near the mouth of that river. " In the department of finance it is with pleasure I inform son, that the receipts of external duties, for the ink tvielve months, have exceeded those of any former year, and that the ratio of increase has been also se 'ter than usual. This has enabled us to answer 11 the regular exigencies of Government, to pay from the Treasury, within one year, upwards et:eight inßhons of dollars, principal and interest, of the public debt, exvlusive of upwards of one million paid by the sale of bank stock, and making in the v hole a redaction of nearly five stallions and a half . i_mscoPels lad to have sow in the Treasury four ma T ims and ahalf of ilobays. avillth sae in • wane of applicarioh to the finther &charge of debt and ' current demands. Expes ience, too, so far authorises us to believe, if no extraordinary event supervenes, and the expences r.hich will be actually incurred shall not be greater than were contemplated by Con gress at their last ses-ion, that we shall not be dis appointed in the. expeflations then formed. But, nevertheless, as the effect of peace on the amount of duties is not yet fully ascertained, it is the more ne cess.n-y to practise every useful (economy, and to incur no expence, which may be avoided without prejudice. " The collection of the internal taxes having been completed in some of the States, the officers em ployed in it are of course out of commission. In others they will be so shortly. But in a few, where the arrangements for the direct tax had been re tarded, it will still be some time before the system is closed. It has not yet been thought necessary to employ the agent authorised by an Act of the last Session: for transacting business in Europe relative to debts and loans. Nor have we used the power, confided by the same Act, of prolonging the fo reign debt by re-loans, and of redeeming instead thereof, an equal sum of the domestic debt.— Should however the difficulties of remittance on so large a scale, render it necessary at any time, the power shall be executed, and the money thus unem ployed abroad shall, jn conformity with that law, be faithfully employed here in an equivalent ex tinEtion of domestic debt. When effects so salutary result from the plans you have already sanctioned, when merely by avoiding false objects of expence, we are able, without a direct tax, without internal taxes, and without borrowing, to make large and effectual payments towards the discharge of our public debt, and the emancipation of our pos terity from that mortal canker, it is an encou rage mem, Fellow Citizens, of the highest order, to proceed as we have begun in substituting ceco norny for taxation, and in pursuing what is useful for a Nation, placed as we are, rather than what is prac tised by others under different circumstances. And whensoever we are destined to meet events which shall call forth all the energies of our countrymen, we have the firmest reliance on those energies, and the comfort of leaving for calls like these, the ex traordinary resources of loans and internal taxes. In the mean time, by payments of the principal of our debt, we are liberating, annually, portions of the external taxes, and forming from them a grow ing fund, still further to lessen the necessity of re cruiting the extraordinary resources. 46 The usual account of receipts and expenditures for the last year, with an estimate of the expences of the ensuing one, will be laid befoie you by the Se cretary of the Treasury. " No change being deemed necessary in our mi litary establishment, an estimate cf its expences for the ensuing year, on its present footing, as also of the sums to be employed in fortifications, and other objects within that department, has been prepa red by the Secretary at War. and will make a part of the general estimates which will be presented to you. 44 Considering that our regular troops are em ployed for local purposes, and that the militia is our general reliance for great and sudden emergen cies, you will doubtless think this instiution worthy of a review, and give it those improvements of which you find it susceptible. " Estimates for the naval department, prepared by Ike Secretary of the Navy for another year, will in like manner be communicated with the ge neral estimates. A small force in the Mediterra nean will still be necessary to restrain the Tripoline cruisers : and the uncertain tenure of peace with some other of the Barbary Power's, may eventu ally require that force to beented.—The ne cessity of procuring some smaller vessels for that service, will raise the estimate : but the difference in their maintenance will soon make it a measure of economy. " Presuming it will he deemed expedient to ex pend annually a convenient sum towards providing the naval defence which our situation may require, I cannot but recommend that the first appropria tions for that purpose, may go to the saving what we already possess. No cares, no attentions, can preserve vessels from rapid decay, which lie in water, and exposed to the sun. These decays re quire beat and constant repairs, and will consume, if continued, a great portion of the monies destin ed to naval purposes. To avoid this waste of our resources, it is proposed to add to our navy-yard here a dock, within which our present vessels may be laid up dry, and under cover from the sun.— Under these circumstances experience proves that works of wood will remain scarcely at all affected by time. The great abundance of running water which this situation possesses, at heights far above the le vel of the tide, if employed as is practised for lock navigation, furnishes the means for raising and lay ing up our vessels, on a dry and sheltered bed.— And should the measure be found useful here, si milar depositories for laying up, as well as for build ing and repairing vessels, may hereafter be under taken at other navy yards, offering the same means. The plans and estimates of the work prepared by a person of skill and experience, will be presented to you, without delay ; and froth these it will be seen that scarcely more than has been the cost of one vessel is necessary to save the whole, and that the annual sum to be employed towards its completion may be adapted to the views of the Legislature as to naval expenditure. " To cultivate peace and maintain commerce and navigation in all their lawful enterprises : to foster our fisheries as nurseries of navigation, and for the nurture of man, and protect the manufactures adapt ed to our circumstances; to preserve the faith of the nation by an exact discharge of its debts and contracts, expend the public money with the same care and ccconomy we would practise with our own; and impose on our citizens no unnecessary burthens; to keep in all things within the pale of our consti tutional powers, and cherish the federal union, as the only rock of safety ; these, fellow citizens, are the land marks by which we are to guide ourselves in all our proceedings. By continuing to make these our rule of action, we shall endear to our country men the true principles of their constitution, and promote an union of sentiment and of action, equally auspicious to their happiness and safety. On my part you may count on a cordial concurrence in every measure for the public good ; and on all the information I possess which may enable you to dis charge to advantage the high functions with which per are invited by your country. (Signed) Tnoatas JharlltiOti." SAW INDIES. • CALCUTTA, ME 26. • AIIIILVT Rabe has written to the English General PEstaom, desiring him to evacuate the districts of Rampoora and Noutuck, an hereditary possession of his family, and in the occupation of the Holkars, when forcibly taken from them by the orders of Ge neral PEaeou : that it was necessary for him to pro vide for the-establishment of the widowed Baees, whom, if he knew right, he ought to look upon as his true Sovereigns. The last care he recommend ed to him was his own particular interests ; to which, he trusted, the General would have the kindness not to be inattentive ; that he hoped General PER RON would treat these several subjects with the con sideration their respective merits demanded ; if not, that he and his master should prepare to resist the pretensions of the English General in the field. SCINDEAH, it is said, is not a little disconcerted by these extraordinary propositions. To add to his alarm, the movements of his army are impeded by the menacing positions which his enemy has assum ed in several different places. He appears to be totally cut off from all possibility of a retreat to Hindostan ; while a scarcity, little short of famine, owing to the devastation of the country, and the entire neglect of agriculture, continues to prevail throughout his camp. It is further stated, that Se is DEMI will not permit General PER RON to leave him ; that he had, it would appear, appointed Co lonel SUTHERLAND to the uncontroulled manage ment of his affairs, and ordered him to set out for Hindostan ; in which case his arrival might'be daily expected. The Holkars are now completely united, and engaged at this moment in laying waste the territory on the opposite side of the Bunnda, where no one had yet ventured to oppose their ravages. AM RUT RAo's forces are encamped on the banks of the Soliun, near Salmatpoor, where it is supposed he will soon arrive to take the command of hii army in person. SUICIDE. On Wednesday morning last a gentleman of fa mily and fortune put an end to his existence, in a fit of insanity, at the Portland Coffee-house, Portland street. The way in which he effected his death was the most shocking it is possible to describe. He had retired to bed early the preceding evening, de siring he might not be disturbed in the morning, as he was fatigued, having just come off a journey, and might probably sleep after his usual hour. The morning came, when a gentleman who had slept in the adjoining room to the deceased, asked the waiter, while he was taking his breakfast, what kind of being his master had lodged on the same floor with him, as he had been kept awake the greater part of the night by his keeping up an incessant murmuring and talking ; at times ap pearing to be in earnest conversation with some friend, and at others railing against the miseries of life. The waiter replied, that the gentleman was frequently at that house ; that he resided at some distance from London, and whenever he came to town on business, slept there. He added, that he had never heard any complaint of his being restless before, and that on the present occasion it might be owing to the fatigue of travelling. Nothing more was said till near twelve o'clock in the day, when the waiter, was ordered to knock at Mr. C.'s door, and inform him the time of :h. day.— The waiter went up, and finding the chamber unlocked, opened the door, when he discovered the unfortunate gintleman in bed with his throat cut, still bleeding from the wound. He ran down and alarmed the family, who instantly dispatched a servant to Mr. Johnson, the Surgeon, in Queen- Ann -street, acquainting him with the melancholy tact. When Mr. J: entered the chamber he found the unfortunate man still alive, and apparently sen sible, though incapable of utterance. He immedi ately sfnved up the wound in the throat; but, while be was doing it, discovered a wound. in the arm, which ha..! ....narated the sinews from the bone. Still he irna„ there was a hope of preserving life ; till the L: ~ased himself, in a convulsive effort, threiv the be.:-cloaths from off him, and a most shocking spectiaJe presented itself. Besides the for mer wounds, he had inflicted another across the lower part of his belly, from whence the bowels were hanging out. The surgeon did every thing his pro fession suggested, but without effect, the unfortu nate man dying shortly after. The razor with which he inflicted the wounds was lying in the bed by his side; he was completely undressed, and is supposed not to have committed the horrid act till late in the morning. We understand he has not been married more than a twelvemonth, and has left a wife ready to lie in with her first child. Last Wednesday, a waterman's wherry is passing through London-bridge with two watermens' ap prentices, one almost a grown man, was upset by a ship's bow, the boy was picked up, but the other was drowned and has not been yet found. A letter received on Wednesday from Deal states the Hindostan to have sunk very much forward, within these two or three days ; and as the swell comes in very strong from the eastward, little can be done, in regard to taking out the remainder of the cargo, as it is become very dangerous to approach the wreck, during the present blowing weather from the north-east. Part of the cargo has been landed at Deal ; but it is a doubt whether the woollens will be worth the risk attending the get ting them out of the ship. All hopes are now . given up of the recovery of any of the chests of sever in the hold of the Hin dostan. Every means has been tried, but hi:htt to without success, as a great quantity of different ar ticles are in the way, and no one can venture to de scend any of the hatches on the gun-deck. Eitearotte—ln the Ipi.aph on Mr. Toreson, hmerted in the British Press of yesterday, for Sorter ama read Segiortia. PRICE OF iris= Bank Stock, lB6 7 $ per Cent Red 711 1 1 Spa Cent. Cons. '.. 701 7 1 4 per Cent. Cnns. 5 per Cwt. Amts. .. 100,1 1 5 per Cam. 1797. .... 10.1 Bank L. Alin. .... 1101 9-16 Bank Short Atm. ... .41 9-14 bock . 207 at &v Dotto Bonds E STOCKS. Excheq Bills Irish 5 pet Cent 99j I Consols for Feb..... .71.4 i twain far Open 212 Bank for Om. . , . . Omnium.. .4} :1 disc Trish Omnium Eug. Lot. Tick..... 171. 15s Lap. 3 perVeitt. .... WI 70 Ditto Alin . 111 11-16 AT LONDON BRIDGE. ?xis DAT. Morning, ..... after 6. I Afternoon, 29..aftee $ HIGH WA? PORTRAIT, ETCHIN(GS, DRA . .VINGS, &c. By Mr. RICHARDSON, At his House, the corner of Viper;-street,, No. Si, Strand, THIS DAY, AValuable COLLECTION OF PRINTS, DRAWINGS, and rtia.ly ETCHINGS, by Bergltem, Bogie, Caliot, Vandal. Caber, Le Ducq, Dusan Hollar, Flamen, the Pass'4, Rubella, Vandyck, Redinger, Rognsan, Suyderhoof, Van listen,. Rican, Vacher, Eartotn, WooHet:, &c. &c. seat malty of them proof's. Curious, historical, dr;:. a plan of Madr.d, on 20 sleatts, by Saw/. An original latter front art Emperor of Morocco; portiqes of the Sovereigns of Etirope, Peers, eminent Men, Ladies, tcc. many of them very rare. A large collection of Saipture subjects, by th e Base's, Weirix, bachtlar, Ste. &c. and Portfolios. Collected by art Abbe, gone abroad. To be viewed the morning.; of sale. Catalogues mir to had, price Is. of Mr. Ctarke, B)okseller, Bond-straet; and ~1 Mr. Richardson, No 31, Strand. : Proited be J. CFILLE I, Nu. 18, Crywri-court, Fleut-street ; and published by W. I. CLLWINT, Nu. 201, Strar,d. Advertisements and Letters (post paid) must be addreired to the Wiles, Nu. 13, Salisbury square. LENT CIRCUITS. Werthera.—Lord Ellenbotouilt, and Mr. Justictlitooica. Notywit —Lord Alvanley, and Mr. Justice Grose. AsaMoid.—Lord Chief Baron, and Mr. Baron Graham. Home.—Mr Baron Hotham, and Mr. Jesttce Heath. 1$ esterts —Mr. Baron Thompson, and Mr. Justice Le Blanc. Ur;ord.—Mr. Justice Lawrence, and Mr. Justice Chambre. MEETING OF CREDITORS AT GUILDHALL, ON MONDAY, JA*. 31, 1803. p . George Cooke and Jueeph Kilner, of Nicholas-lane, Lom bant-street, London, merchants l9 MARRIED. Yesterday, at Mary-le-Bone 4hur:h, John Rolls, Esq. of Ber mood, io Surrey, to Mist Ramat, of Harley-street. At Houston, on Monday stfnunight, Mr. Thomson, of Woudfoutfieid, to Miss Monteith, daughter 01 the late Rev. Mr. Juhn Monteith, minister of Houiton. D4ED On Saturday List, at his Rooms in Trinity College, Cam brut in the I 9tli year of his age, Edmund Parry, Esq. only sun of Edward Parry, Esq. one of the Directors of the East India Company, of a sc.irlet fever. Monday la,t, Charles Newman, Eq. of King-street, Golden square. ANCIENT BRITISH IMO6RAPHY. This Day is published in a neat Pocket Volume, price 7s. 6d. in boards, with an appropriate Frontispiece of Cambri#. THE CAMBRIAN BIOGRAPHY or Histo rical Notices of celebrated Men among the Ancient Bri tons. Containing Biographical Sketches of the Lives, and some account of the Action, and Characters of near 1700 Bri tish Heroes, who flourished in Britain, from the remotest pe riod to the present time, collected from authentic information and Ancient Records. By WI LI.IAM OWEN, F. S. A. Printed fur E. Williams, B bokseller to the Duke and Duchess of York, No. 11, Strand, and sold by all Booksellers in Great Britain and Ireland. LARGE OFFICE-PENS, peculiarly Well Cut. TH' evident advantage of having WRITING PENS well cut and well shaped to the Fingers, and of that true elastic mould, as ripe and seasoned Quills only are capable of answering, and bearing that nice exactness of points, which a clean and open slit will render smooth and fine, as to write any kind of hand with perfect frisedoiu and pleasantness. This circumstance must not only be very con venient, but truly interesting to every person in the habit of writing; great pains has been taken to select a proper Stock of prime, qualified, and seasoned quills, for this purpose, its order to remove the evil of bad pens, so justly and uni%ersally complained of in this country. Made and sold by E. Williams, (successor to Mr. Blam ire), Stationer to the Duke and Duchess of York, No. 11, Strand, London. N.B. Old Pens mended, and made as new. audion. By LEIGH, SOTHEBY, and SON, At their House, in York-street, Covent-Garden, on MON DAY, the 31st Inst. and Two following Days, AVery fine COLLECTION of CLASSICS and MISCELLANEOUS BO'JKS, chiefly the Duplicates of a Gentleman's Library. Among which are, Iferodutus and Diudorus Siculus, Weeelinga—Thucydides, Pulceri ; Ste. phani Thesaurus Liug. Gres, cum Apnendice et Glovario, et Scotti Appendix, 7 tern. largt paper, Russia, in folio; Quistc titian, 2 tom..chart max ; Virgil, Lucan, Suetunius, 2 tom. Phedrus, et Poeta Latini MinJres, 2 tom. Burmaniii, Xeno phontis Opera, Hutzhinsoiti, 2 torn. large paper, Russia, in quarto; Oratores G•eci, a Reuk? , 12 ulna Appian, 3 tuna and Polybus, 7 tom. se iweiglisuier; and many of the Variorum Classics, octavo. Lik.misc a fins Copy of Lyer's History of England, 52 Numbers; Mackiin's Bible, compLte Cham berlayne's Portraits, and others equally valuable ; alio a Copy ing Machine, by Watt and Co. To be viewed .tad Catalogues had at the placa of Sale. TU THE PUBLIC. THOMAS KING,Jun. returns his sincereThaaks to the Public for them any favona confetred upon him, and trusts, by the punctuality and strict adherence he has uniformly paid to their interest, to m:rit a continuance of their pa tronage. Mr. X tan disposes of every spec es of property, on the moat reAsanable term 4, and all itc,munts settled w.thin a short time after each Sale. Eitatea, Books, Furniture, and Effects of all Kinds, appraised, in Town and Country, or re moved from any part of the Kingdom to his Auction Rooms, No. 36, Tavistock-street, Covent-garden, and the value, if re quired immediately, given for the same. N. B. Plans correctly drawn and Estates surveyed. PRINTS, DRAWINGS, AN() BOOKS or PRINTS. By Mr. KING, At his Great Room, in King.street, Covent. Garden, o TUESDAY next. and following Day, at Twelve o'Clock, N excellent ASSEMBLAGE of PRINTS, chiefly purchased from the Sale of Mr. PICKARD:: cu riotii Collection, late of Yolk, dec2as..A. Tagettier with a for Drawing; and Prints, in Colours; the Gallerie Le Brun, 2 vols. Russia, gilt leave; the Bible, as published by Macklin, 72 Numbers, complete, very fine impressions, ire. May be viewed on Monday till the Sale, and Catalogues then had at the Room. BOOKS, PORTRAITS, COPPER-PLATES, COINS, d:c. By Mr. KING, Jun. _ At his Auction Room, No. 36, Tavistock-street, Covent-Gar den, on WEDNE SDAY next, and Three following Days, at welve o'Clock, A Good COLLECTION of BOOKS, chiefly' A in English and French Literature ; many in elegant Bindings. A few Portraits, C.lplimpiato, Silver and CoFeer Coins, &c. May be viewed on Tuesday, and Catalogues then had at the Rooms. By Mr. ELNG, At his Great Room, No. :IS, King.ltreet, Covent-garden. on THURSDAY NEXT, and two following Days, at Twelve o'Clock, by Order of the Executors of Mr. SAMUEL SMITH, lately deceased, II A Choice ASSEMBLAGE of PRINTS ; in eluding a fine Collection of Woollen's Works, many of them Pcoofs and Etchings--; among them are the Death of Wolfe, a Proof superlatively fine ; Battles of the Hogift and Boyne, Proofs and Etchings; Oliver Cromwell and the Resto ration, Piooft and Etcliiiim ; Cicero at his Villa, and Compa nion, firA Proofs; Macbeth, a proof; the Fishery, extremely fine; Ceyx and Alcyone; Celadon and Amelia; N lobe, Cottagers, and Jocund Peasants, Dido and /Eases, Morning and Evening, Proofs and Etchings ; Draw.iig and Engraving of the Watch Paper and Crocodile; Dep:ford Dacia- .rd, Proof and Etching. A flew Boob, and Books of Prints, in cluding Hearne and Byroe's Antiquities; Cabinets do Poullain and Lebrun ; VVA•s's, Middiman, and Smith's Views. Ma hagony Easels and Eng-ay:es Tools. A few Copper-plates, particularly the Niobe, with 210 impressions, in the finest con dition possible. May be viewed on Tuesday till the Sale, and Catalogue ; then had at the Rooms. MI I_ 1