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suppression of the duties eti salt, and the corvinua , tion of the Mediterranean fund, instead thereof; for a short time, after which that also will become un necessvy for any purpose now within contempla tion. When these branches of revenue shall, in this way, be relinquished, there will still ere long be an accumulation of money.. in the treasui'y beyond - the instalments of public debt which We are permitted by contra& to pay. They cannot then, witholit a tno - -• dification, assented to by the public creditors, be ap'• plied to the extinguishment of this debt and the complete liberation of our revenues; the-most desir - able of, all obje&s. Nor, if our Peace continues, will they he wanting for any other existing purpose. The question, therefore, now comes forward, to what other obje& shall these sUrplusseS be appropri ated, and the whole surplus of impost after the dis, charge of the public debt, and during those intervals when the purposes of war shall not call for them ? Shall we suppress theimpost, and give that advantage to foreign over domestic manufaCtures ? On a few articles of more general and necessary use, the sup, press*, in dap season, will donbtless beright; but the great mass of articles on -which impost is paid, are foreign luxuries, purchased by those only who are rich enough to afferd themselves the use of them. Their patriotism would certainly prefer its continu ance, and application to the greet purposes of the public education, roads, ''rivers, canals, and such Other objeas Of public - improvement as it may be thought proper to add to the constitutional' enurnera • tier of Federal powers. By these operations new. channels of communicatiqn will be opened between the States'; "The lines of separation will' disappear, their interests will be identified; and their - union cemented by•new and indissoluble ties. . Education is here' placed 'amen the erticles of public care, not that it would be proposed to take its ordinary branches • out of the hands Of private enterprise, which manages - sOniuch,better all the concerns to which it is equal : but - a public institution can alone supply those sci ences which, though rarely called for, are yet neces eary to complete the circle, all parts of which con tribute to the improvement of the Country, and some of them to its preservation. The'subjea is now pro posed for the consideration of Congress, because, if improved, by the time the State Legislatures shall have deliberated on this extension of the Federal _trusts, and the laws shalhbe passed, and other ar rangements made for their execution, the necessary fureTs will he on hand, without employment. I sup pose an Amendment of the Constitntion, by the con sent of the States, necessary ; because the objeas' pow recommended are not among those enumerated in the Constitution, and to which it permits the public monies to be applied. cc The present consideration of a National •Esta illisltment- for Education, particularly, is rendered proper by this circumstance also,ithat, if Congress, approving the proposition, shall yet think it more eligible to found it on donations of lands, they have it now ;n- their power to endow it with those which will be among the earliest to' produce the necessary income. This foundation would have the advan tage of being independent on war, which may sus pend other improvements by requiring for its own purposes the resources destined for them. " This Fellow-citizens, is the state of the public interests at the present moment, and according to the information now possessed. But such is the situation of the Nations of Europe, and suchroo the predieditient in which we stand with some of them, that we cannot rely with certainty on the pre sent aiped of affairs, that may change from mo• meat to moment, during the course of your Session, or after you shall have separated. Our duty is, therefore, to aa upon . the things as they are, and to make a reasonable provision for whatever they may be- Were armies to be raised whenever a speck of ivar is visible in our horizon, we never should have beep without them. Our resources would have been exhausted on dangers which 'have never happened, instead of being reserved for what is really to take Place. A steady, perhaps a quickened pace, in preparations for the defence of our sea-port towns and waters, an early settlement of the most ex posed and vulnerable part of - our Country, a tnilitia, so organized that its effeaive portions can be called to any point in- the Nation, or vo lunteers instead of them, to serve a sufficient time, are tneans which may always be ready, yet never preying on resources until actually called into use. •ihey will maintain the public • interests, while a more permanent force shall be in a course of prepa ration. But much will depend on - the promptitude with which these means can be brought into'aEti vity. If war be forced upon us, in spite of our long and cur vain appeals to the justice of nations, rapid and vigorous movements, in its outset,' will go far towards securing us in its course and issue, and to wards throwing its burthens on those who render 'necessary the resort from reason to force. " The result of our Negotiations, or such inci dents in their course as may enable us to infer their probable issue ; such further movements also on our western frontier as may sliew whether war is to be pressed there, while negotiation is protra&ed else- Communicated to you from time to lime, as they become known to me; with whatever Other information I poisess or may receive, which may aid your. deliberations on the great national in ierests committed to your charge. " TH. JEFFERSON." MAILS. Aka ivzr.--4 Dublin. Dui-.4 Gottenburgh, I Dublin, 2 Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols - - -`59 I Reduced Ann. TFJT SUN; - - s9i 30LIM QUI DICZYZE FAIIVM AUDI4I? 0 AV D ON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1807. YESTERDAY, as usual, there were a great number of reports circulated of battles having been fought in Voland. Some of these reports ascribed the victory io the French, while others gave it to the Russians. it was stated that the, cracker Pun -brig had sppken OLD DAtILEY.-JAN. tC, Jean Baptiste Louis Barrieullet, the Swiss Valet Lord Caledon, was tried on a charge of stealin4 several damask table cloths, and other articles, tho property of his master. The manner in which the Prisoner had figured ita the gay world, thing the gentleman, during his master's absence, was not here related, though it has come betbre the Public from another place. The Earl of Caledon stated to the Court and Jury, that he had received a most particularly good cha raCter of the prisoner from Lord Atcheson; with' whom he had formerly lived as servant; he under-. stood that the prisoner had also been in the servica of the Earl of Seftpn and other Noblemen. About the 27th of Septerilber he received an intimation from, the Admiralty to prepare himself with all possible dispatch for setting out to the Cape of Gqod Hop., according to his,appointtnent. He found it neces sary, previous to his setting out for a, distant place, where be might be likely to remain some consi derable length of time, to go out to Ireland, for tha purpose of adjusting some private affairs. lle took all his men servants but hiS valet and coachman with him. The trust which, if all his servants had remained behind, would have been reposed in his steward, as the case then stood, devolved upon the prisoner. What happened in his absence would bf related by the other wnliesses, John Smyth, of Piccadilly, linen-draper, de.. posed, that on . Friday, the 12th pf December, the Prisoner called on him with several articles of table.., linen, on which he wished the Witness to set a valuation. Thelarge damask cloths'ivere word) 3t le4st five guineas each, and the.snialletl-pnes he sup- . posed to 'be each worth about two. uipeas. prisoner added, - that he had several articles of china and plate also to dispose of to the the amount of about 10,001. He did not see the Prisoner after till th edi Monday following: • • The table-cloths Were handed up to his Lordship, who sat upon the Ranch; and he said that he . Wag , enabled to swear particularly to one large avid one stnall'one; the large having his arms woven in th e cloth, and the smaller one his initials and crest. Miss Ann Kennedy, of N0.'12 t, Charlotte-street ? Portland-place„ deposed, that she first became ac!. quainted with the Prisoner at Drury-Pane Theatre; that she afterwards breakfasted with him at No. 16.1 Stretton 7 street, .next door to Lord Howick's. He then made her a present of five pocket handkerchiefs. One of these was sworn to by his Lor dship to b. hig ,•. Property. His Lordshipls coachman, and the book-keeper - lc the Oxford A:rins, Warwick-lane, proved the sencle, ing of-32 packages tp that house; and the Prisoner having, at different timeS, brought pine ofthem baoc to his master's house in . his name. The Prisoner made no, defence, but called two re f speetable tradesmen, who gave him a most exceller4 chara6ter from 'acauaintance of twelve years dur4-. • tion. The Chief Baron, in sum ming up, informed thcl Jury, that they might relieve theMselves frhm at idea of the capital part 'of the offence, as th,at not been proceeded on. The Jury then, after a few minutes consideration' found the Prisoner guilty of stealing, but not in o.i! dwelli4g 7 hpus9, The charge adefrauding Mr. Alexaiiiler was PO entered into . : Wm-1147 ; 4qm and .16174e4 .!3141cr, ,theArst ;4 4;4 • the latter 15, years of age, w er e capliallyrcOnviaeal. for having stolen privately in a dwelling-kouse; c? 7 the value of upwards of 40s. • but they 'were red commended to mercy by the .Tury on account 9t their youth. Patrick ,Prendergast; ,C a tharine Prendergast, A, young woman about 20 yearS of age, his daughter/ and James Hayes, were tried on a charge o f bur glary and robbery in the lionse of Mr. Oeorge sell, a very infirm old Qentleman, near 80 years of age, ...a! Brent-bridge, in the Parish of Hendon, in the - niv of the I,Bth of September lasi. Noivvithstandin2 - .11) age and his infirm state, the Prosecutor g 4 vOlifi cos ; .: timony in - the most colleepd manner, and swore sitively to the person of P. Prendergast, whose ilang/r ter (one of the other prisoners) lived with hini house-keeper, and the father came often to his 'hoUse • The old Gentleman- said, that he saw P. Premier...! Bast coming up a ladder to his moth with a lighiO, torch in his hand ; he took a sw or d i n his 'ban d and went to the window, but as his hands were clean he would keep them so, and would not 4.110 blood;. he was convinced he had not long to live, and he would not have a hand in the blood of any man. It was rather s,trange, however, and was marked as such by Mr. Justice CI:TA...gm, that two other men who entered the room had ' theft faces disguised, and that the Prisoner, who w 0 well known, should be sworn to enter with 4 light. in his hand, and his face uncovered. The Prosecutor swore also, that this man had cut fill hands very much with smashing in the squares 0$ glass, as he expressed it; and Mr. Franklin, a neigh' hour, with whom the prisoner worked, did not set any appearance of a cut on his hands next day when he was at his work ; against the giii,A 4 :re was not 4, tittle of evidence; and against liayeroirlya sort 0 ; implied confession. P. Prendergast 'was fou rs Guilty-- , Death and the other two N'ot' Guilty. • BIRTHS. • , On the 15th inst. at Wonham Surrey, the Right Hon' ViScountess Temyletown sv.,s safely delivered of a Son. Lately, at .Twickenhain, Lady Elizabeth Cole, of a Son. On Tuesday last, Mrs. I. Stein, of a Son. DIED. On Saturday morning last, suddenly, in Dublin, in the 7 24 year of his age, the Right Hon. Brice, Earl of 'Milltovvor who succeeded to his brother Joseph, the late Earl, Nov; 27, 180 i ; he is succeeded in his title and estates by his grand : son Joseph, now Earl of Milltown, who ‘v-ill enter his B r, year on the I tth of February ; this young Nonieman is tri" .sun of Joseph Leeson, Es 4 eldest son of the late Earl, wi' o died before his father succeeded to the title, and EmilYt grand-daughter of Gen. Douglas. The young Earl 115 5 ' brother, Henry Talbot, born in !go o , and a sister, Cecili O f born in igs?r, shortly after the death of her father. On Tuesday last, at his house in Everett-street, Dittos' wick-square, after a lingering illness, John ((Anion, EA . Merchant. formerly 4 ot Morant Bay, Jamaica. On Thursday evening last, at his house, King's-road, Bed' ford row. ilollis Edwards, Esq . . in the 87th year of his age' HIGH WATER AT LONDON LIG E TO-MLYR" • ROW. • Morning, 30 min. after 8. ! Afternoon, to min. after 9' MONDAY Morning, 4i min. after g, 20 min. after 10f LONDOS : Printed by It icuA au IdAa4;s, of No. 4, lqartlett-court, Bow-st Jr eeeti and Published by WILL; Au ARI4IGaR. Seltzers, of South Moltoo.stre Grosv rcenor ebsquarei . • nririaccri with two Neutral Vessels from the French Coast of Normandy, the Captains of which declared that a strong report was current in Frante that the French Army had been defeated by the Russians. The Cracker is said afterwards to have fallen in with a Fish ing Vessel belonging to Havre, the people on board of which said, that it was generally reported that the French bad been defeated, and that no Paper had been published. for some days. It is by no means iniprObable that seine of the reports which have been circulated at Hauiburgh, Altona, of the defeat of the French Army, might reach the Coast of Normandy ; but it is extremely impro bable that the Paper's should not have been published even if the . Russians had obtained the - most decisive yi&ory, because it is well ,known that the French Papers dare not insert an article without the per Mission of the - Government. The French Papers' might easily observe the same silence about a defeat in Poland that they . have hitherto dene respeding the defeat at Trafalgar. We are, therefore, not in clined to give much credit to these reports. The ac eoun4,of the defeat ofthe Russians do not stand upon much better authority. Letters ate said to have been received from Holland which mention the total defeat of General BENN INGSEN'S division ; but upon investigation it appears that Papers more recent in date by two days than the Letters al luded to, have been received, 3.vkich do not men tion a word upon the subject, It was added, in confirmation of the report, that there has been con siderable rejoicings on the French Coast ; but our Letters from the Coast do not mention any such circumstance, and we can positively assert that no, such intelligence has been received by Government. There is also a report, from Flushing, of the. French having been defeated with the loss of 50,000 men, and all their cannon ; but we can state positively that at the time this Paper, was put to Press, Government had received no intelligence from the Continent. YESTERDAY Sir JOrIN NEWPORT, in moving the second reading of the Bill for Abolishing certain Of fices in the Customs of Ireland, and regulating others, declared that the recommendations of the Commissioners of Inquiry, so far as depended upon the Government of Ireland, were either carried into execution, or were in a train of being so.— The principal, regulations recommended by the Commissioners were contained in the Bill then be• fore ^the House. One or two others would be sub mitted to Parliament in the course of the present Session. The exertions of the worthy Baronet, and the other Members of the Irish Government, for the Correaion of Abuses, have been incessant, and entitle them to the gratitude of their Country, . THE Press still teems with yiudications of . the Patriotic Fund, and reflexions on Lord Howlett. It can, therefore, scarcely be deemed useless to re-. peat what has been so frequently urged, that Lord - HowicsCs Speech did not first announce the recall of Sir HOME POPHAM, bqt that Mr. CANNING .brought the fadt into discussion, and that Lord -.Howlex then explained the motive's of his condu&. The only argument which has been used by the zeal of indiscreet advocates in defence of-theprema ture proceeding of the Patriotic Fund, is founded on' the supposed ignorance of the Committee respeaing' any imputation against Sir H.,PonnAm. But 'this 'ground is clearly untenable, as the existence of some Charge against that Officer was a subje& of notoriety before the Vote of the Committee. His recall, and the cause, were currently reported and were topics of general discourse, and a Newspaper, of the 16th and. i 6th September did not scruple to advert to the subjeet. The 25th of February is appointed for the Fast in England, and the 26th in Scotland. • Yesterday the Princesses ELIZABETH, MARY, and AIIELIA, honoured Lady C. FINCH with a visit. Yesterday a Court of Dire6,toiiwas held at the Fast India House, when the following Captains were. sworn into the command of their respeaive ships : viz. Capt. JAMES MARTINI, Woodford; Capt. ALEX ANDER ROBERTSON, Surat Castle, for China dire&. The Court adjourned, at seven o'clock, till Tuesday next. The Scotch Papers which we received this morn ing do not contain any accounts - respe&ng the Crew of the French Privateer which landed on one of the Orkneys. The illness of Mr. GOOLD, the Proprietor of the Opera, has advanced with such rapidity, that it was last night supposed that he could hardly survive till this morning. The Tempest had a crowded House at Covent- Garden Theatre last night. Admirably as Ic...camg performs the part of Prospero, he has for smite time past incurred the disapprobation of a few " Ground lbws," because he committed the fault of being ac curate to the text in pronouncing aches as a dissyl, cable. Last night, however, this warfare ended. Great complaints have been made of the bad con dition of, the pavement at the West End of the town, but they are equally applicable to most parts of the Metropolis, which has not been in so bad a condition in that respea for a very long period. NA JAL NE WS. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 15.---Anjved the Danish Brig Juliano, HANsoN, laden with xvine, fi.om Teieriffe, bound to Tonningen, detained by the Plover Sloop of War) also the Roden, BEAN, from Dublin; Qarland, jO4TES, from Lirnericl - ; and Maria, Co wEr. t,, from Liverpool. Arrived the Lavinia Friaate from a Cruize in the Channel. PORTWOUTH, the, PitSCOTT, from Bristol: ailed the Three Brothers, CoopEß, for Qhepstow. It was not until this morning that it was discover ed that the Si. George had brought up at St. Helen's, it being extremely foggy the whole of yesterday. JAkr. 0.-4.rrived the Heron Sloop, Capt. DG-E• COMBS, from Newfoundland ; Safeguard and Locust Gun-vessels from a Cruize; also the Juno, REED, from Barnstaple ; 141.aoue, from Chepstow ; and Susannah, TuoaiAs, from Waterford. Sailed yesterday the Crocodile Sr4Sop, Capt: PET-, •TPSWORTI T ; Grasshopper Sloop , Captain SEARLE Emulous, same force, Capt. S T UPART, on a Cruize and to-day the Zebra Bomb, Capt. WH I NYATEs, for the Downs, and the *ever Sloop, Capt. Itlr4tTE, on a Cruize ; also Prouidence, MARTHA, for Qhop stow ; Surprize, LANE, for Lynn; and Ole ender, PE AKEN, for London. Yesterday came into the Ifar4our the Phterfix Frigate. The St. George, of 98 guns, has not been able either yesterday or to-day to beat down Channel. FALMOUTH, JAN. 14. Arrived the Pia 1r Schooner from a Cruize off the Lizard. Sailed His Majesty's Ship Solio'n on a Cruize, and the Morristown Armed Brig with a Transport under Convoy for Plymouth. POOLE, JAN. W.—Arrived the Nancy, Rqwx. Olive Branch, HAYWARD, Albion, WALTERS, and Swan, WARREN, from Newfoundland. The above four Vessels are arrived ,under convoy of two Ships of War : many others were to have joined, but did not arrive early enough at St. John's to sail with the above. DEAL, JAN. 0.--Arrived His Majesty's Ship Trusty from Yarmouth, Vestal, Thungs, and thQ Shannon Frigates, Miur and Griper, from off the French Coast, and remain in the Downs with the Ships as per last. Arrived and sailed for the River the ilke/ia, WHlrms, frpity P. S. The outward-bound East Indiamen, &c. are just under weigh. GREENOCK, JA N. 14.--The Wester; Trader, WHITESIDE, arrived at Liverpool on Friday ; sihe sailed from Philadelphia the 2d Dec. On the sth inst. at 8 A. M. off Cork, saw a Brig on the lee bow, at. 10 A. M. she came alongside and tired two Mus ket shots through the main and. fore-sails ; the Master then came on board : she proved• to be a French Privateer of 18 guns. She detained the West ern Trader one hour and a half, and then bore away fora Ship to leeward. On the 6th saw two Brigs and a Ship standing to the Westward; the Ship hoisted American colours as she passed. On the 7th, at half past 4P. M. the Bmall Light-house bore S. distant 5 leagues, several Sail in sight, standing to the Westward; spoke the Ship Harriot, bound to New Orleans, and a Brig from Liverpool bound to the Western Islands, to whom she gave information of the Privateer. Yesterday morning a Gentleman, belonging to the Stock Exchange, was bit by a mad dog in the leg, in Cornhill, and in as short a time after as possible underwent amputation. Two mad dogs were de stroyed on Thursday - in the Borough. Several Gentlemen having been bit by mad dogs, the Lord Mayor yesterday caused notices to be posted up on • the subjea. The following melancholy accident happened on Saturday se'nnigit, at Moreton-Valence, near Glou cester : As Samuel Palmer was standing in his mother's garden, a person with a gun in his hand, in passing hastily through the gate, with the inten tion of shooting at a small bird, struck the trigger of 'the gun, which went off, and the whole charge lodged in the body of Palmer, who only survived the accident till next day. Two Prizes of 30,0001. each, and the usual Prizes of 20,0001. 10,0001. 5,0001. and 1,0001. &c. are vet to be determined in the present rich Lottery : the next day of drawing will take place on Thursday the 22d of this month. The linclrawn Tickets and Shares will be on sale at HODGES and Co. Cornhill, Oxford-street, and St. James's-street, as long as any remain, and where all Prizes will be paid on de mand. From the considerable diminution, by last Tues day's Drawing, of the number of Tickets in the I.ot tery Wheel, the interest which is so universally ma nifested towards the two immense Capitals of 30,0001. each,• is in proportion obviously increased. Though the Wheel is extremely rich, independent of these momentous Prizes, still they are the great magnets which are operating so powerfully and ex tensively in the world of adventure. OnTuesday the lath inst. the State Lottery com menced drawing, when N 0.24,490, the First Drawn .Ticket, entitled to 20,0241. was sold at Messrs. HAZA4D, BURNE, and Co's .0413ce, Royal Exchange, in one Half, one Fourth, one Eighth, and two Six teenth Shares. Tickets and Shares, warranted un drawn, hre selling as above. The Second Day of Drawing will be on Thursday -next, the 22d inst. .and on the Monday following the Virst-chawn Tic:- • t;pt will he entitled to 10,0041. .