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SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 1823. PRICE SEV.E PENCE.. DiiIPTIORD VICTUALLING -YARD. Jan. I, 1823: rrii ESE are to give Notice, That on Thurs da y , " (lie lifthlnstant, will be exposed to PUBLIC SALE, at_ Nis Majesty's Victualling Yard, Deptford., sundry Lots oft hefollowing Unserviceable Stores, punt , lying in the said Yard,' viz.:— • Bread, Bread Ditit, Flour, Flour Sweepings, Raisins, Pease, Oiltmeal, Bakehouse Sweepings, Pea Screenings, Portable' Soup, Soup in Canisters and Bottles, Beef, Pork, Suet, But ter, Cheese ',eager, Butt, PtinChoon, Hogshead, Barrel, Half-Hogshead, Kilderkin, Irish 'fierce and Barrel Staves, Dry Hogshead, Barrel, Half-liogshend, and Small Cask Skates, Heading tight and dry ; Coopers Tools, and a quan tity of Old Iron. A number of Coats, Waistcoat s, Trowsers, Waxed Bags, Cocoa Bags, and Old Biscuit Bags, &c. &c. neposi I of 451. , per cent. is to be made upon the amount' ofeach - tor at Me time of Sq.., and the remainder of the pur chase-money to be paid before the Stores are removed, for which purpose a period offourtcenWorking days will be allowed from the day of Sale ; the Boyer:particularly observing that not less than'one hall' of the quantity is to be taken away within the first seven days, and the remainder in the seven following days,otheralse the Deposit Money will be finfeihq,' and the Provisions or Stores remain the property oil the Crown, as no extension of lime will, on amv account, be Kranted. The Provisions and Stores may be viewed during the work ing hours of the Yard, on the three days immediately preced ing the day of Sale. Catalogues mt.?' be had on application at the said Yard. IDOW WELCH'S FEMALE PILLS have obtained the sanction and approbation of Gen tlemen of the Medical Profession, as a safe and •valuable Medicine, in removing ohstruetiOns,. and relieving other inconveniences to which the female frame is liable, especially those which at an early period of life frequently arise from want of exercise, and general debility of ,the system. They create an appetite, correct indigestlbn, remove giddiness and nervous head ache, and are eminently useful in windy dis orders, pains in the stomach, shortness of breath, and palpi tations of the heart. rurehasers are requested to remarb, that, as a testimony of Authenticity, rash Bill of Directions is signed with the name of • • , ) a ,„„ - / . . . in writing Sold wholesale and Retail, in London, by Wright, No. rtt3, Fleet-streo ; Barclay and Sons . , Fleet Market ; New bery and Sons, St. Paul's Church Yard; Sutton and Co. Liu* Church Yard ; Sanger, MO, Oxford-street, opposite Bond street ; ;ins and sun, Lung Lane, Smithfield; .lohnotun t Greeh-street, Soho; Butler and Sons, Cheapsido; Godfrey, and Witidns, Bishopsgate-street : and by all Countryirentlers, arizs. 9.1 per Box. tit.* It is necessary to inform the public that KEARSLEY'S is the only original aisd genuine Medicine, and has been pre pared he thou for more than thirty years. l~ L._: NORFOLK COUNTY MEETING. NORWICH, FRIDAY, JAW. 3. This day St. Andrew's Hall was open to the public from eleven o'clock, and before twelve was nearly filled; Hustings had heen erected at the lower end of the Hall, on which the free. holders who intended to take part in the pro ceedings of the day took their stations. A few minutes before t , :t.elve Sir PAUL JODDIIELL, the High Sheiiff olf the County, entered the Hall, aud proceeded to take the chair, amidst the ac clamations of the crowd. Mr. COKE, ,IIIr.,WODEROUSE, the Rev. GEO. GLOVER, and many other Gentlemen accustomed to_ interest themselves in county affairs, accompanied the High Sheriff. The requisition calling a Meeting fur the purpose of peti tioning both Houses of Parliament for the adoption of measures calculated to relieve the Agricultural Classes, was then read. The Hum SHERIFF opened the business of the day by stating the purpose for which the Meeting had been called, and expressed his hope that the speakers who might present them selves would be allowed a fair and impartial hearing. He took a brief view of the present depressed state of agriculture, and set forth the importance of petitioning the Legislature for relief. A letter from the Earl of ALBEMARLE was then read, In which his Lordship declined attending the meeting, conceiving that it must be worse than useless, as it was not proposed to petition for a Iteform in Parliament. Mr. Alderman TRURTELL addressed the meeting, - and in a very few words having described the existing distress, intro duced the Resolutions which had been drawn up for the occa sion, and which he thought, though temperate, were firm and explicit. The Resolutions were then read. They were as follow :—.: " That it appears to this Meeting that the system upon which our national concerns has been hitherto conducted, has at length led to a state of Agricultural I)istress unprecedented and 'un bearable. That it teaming no longer an evil to be anticipated, but has now arrived, and in its progress reduced thousands of agriculturists to abject poverty, and threatens all .with a simi lar fate:* " That notwithstanding numerous and explicit representa tions have been made to the Legislature from this county and many other counties of the United Kingdom, and forcible appeals have been urged for speedy and' effectual relief, it appears to this Meeting that no disposition has been shown by his Majesty's Ministers to diminish the pressure of calamity, except by so partial a reduction of taxation as bears no pro portion:to the cause of complaint, and that the apathy which has thus been developed demonstrates either ignorance of the facts, or an indisposition to apply an effectual remedy. " That this Meeting 'fa convinced the time is now arrived when his duty to himself, to his family, to his country, and to his King, should impel every man boldly, yet respectfully, to declare, not only that taxation is the leading cause of all our national distresses, but that a burden so overwhelming cannot be borne, and ought not to have been imposed. " That from the failure of all the measures recommended by the Agricultural CoMmittee of the House of Commons, this Meeting is furnished . wi t th additional reasons for believing that the desirable transition from our present state of distress to fu ture Prosperity, cannot result without an abolition of all need le", and therefore useless places, pensions, and sinecures, and such a reduction of the National Debt as is required by the present circumstances of the country, and the imperative claims of public justice. " That the total repeal of the Malt and Beer Tax could not fail to operate botlyas a relief from a heavy burden, and as an encouragement to the consumption of. Barley—an object of greatimpertance to the Agriculturist; and would also enable the *labouring classes to partake of a wholesome beverage at a much cheaper rate. " That Petitions, founded on the foregoing Resolutions, be addressed to both Houses of Parliament early in the next Ses sion, and that the Earl of Albemarle and Lord Suffield be re quested to present, one to the llouse of Peers, and the County Members the other to the house of Commons, and to support the prityer of the Petitioners." Mr. WATSON seconded the Resolutions. lie said it would ill become the Oendemen of. the County to see their tenants sunk into beggary without coming forward to attempt procuring their relief. He trusted they wou,hl unite on this . occasion to demand that redress to which they were intitled, like men who knew their rights, and were determined to assert them. Mr. Cora: expressed satisfaction at the example now set by the County of Norfolk, which he hoped would be followed throughout the kingdom. The Resolutions condemned the system which had so long been acted upon, in such strong terms, that he could hardly have expected more from the most -determined opponents of Ministers. He described the sintation to which the County had been reduced, and expressed an opi nion.that it reduction in. the National Debt must be effected, together with a reduction of the army, and retrenchment in all departments of the Goxernment. Mr. WODEHOUSE came forward amidst the cheers of the spectators. Mr. COBBETT at the same time presented him. self. The former Gentleman obtained a partial hearing. Ile was anxious to concur in any measure that promised. relief to the Agricultural classes, provided it were nut inconsistent with the general interests of the country. He wished for a reduction of taxation, but at the same time he felt that it' this were done to the extent which Mr. Brougham and Lord Althorpe had proposed, the effect must prove fatal to public credit, by de stroying that which those great Statesmen, Mr. Pitt and Mr. Fox, had concurred to respect. The resolutions called for the reduction of the national debt, so far as present circumstances required. To this, he had some objection, as who was to be the judge of what present eircumitrinces did require ? Sdme, might think the Whole ought to be- . done away —others a part senly,--and these ideas acted upon, Aught produce a state of things, under which he should never care to enter the House of Commons again. Whatever • might be thought necessary to be done in this Aspect at a. thture period, he thought they owed it to the Public Credity, in common ho miny, nut to touch his property till 'everY-'possible expedient had been resorted to, in order to avert the necessity of taking, such a course. He considered much of the present distress to arise front the operation of Mr. Peel's Bill. FOr that Right HOn. Gentleman he had the highest possible respect, but he , believed that neither he nor these with whom he acted, had had a just conception of what 'would be the con se qu en ces of that measure which had brought misery - on one 'and all of those who were connected with the Agriculture of the country. These were part of' the sentimerns expressed by Mr. Wode- . house amidst frequent interruptions and contingee uproar, which made it impossible to hear with tolerable distinc tness ; him or any of the speakers of the day. When Mr. Virodehouse had concluded; ' . Mr. COBBETt again came forward, and was received with shouts of applause, mingled with hisses. Many minutes elapsed without enabling him to utter one word with the slightest chance of being heard. The Iligh Sheriff made repeated appeals to the Meeting in behalf of Mr.Cobbett, but without success. Mr. Cobbett' stood his ground, and manifested no intention of with. drawing, however long the tumult might continue. Many called on him to proceed, while others demanded that he should retire. Groans and plaudits combined to deny him an audience, while he invited munoderately, and . seemed to enjoy the uproar of which he was the cause. He replied to his opponents by dis• playing a paper containing an Amendment, which he gave them to understand he was determined` to tihne. Mr. W our noun: came forward to entuat silence, but was not listened to. • Mr; COBRETT "spoke; . but his voice was drowned in the clamour which prevailed. Ile seemed to indulge in good-hu moured expostulations. After ineKctually labouring . for more than a quarter of hour to make himself heard, he Was still striving against the storm, when part of the hustings . gave way. This varied, but did not diminish the tumult. h 1 speaker went on, and answered the taunts he received by brandishing his amendment. - Ile seemed at last indignant at the Opposition he experienced, but continued to press his point, and presented to the !life' Sheriff a Petition, which he wished to lit preset)* as that of the County,"instead olthe.'Petition'contemplated by those who had called the meeting. - The limit SHERIFF objected to receive the Petition, as to do so would, in his judgment, be irregular, seeing it was not founded on the Resolutions which had been moved. Mr. ConBETT pressed the reading of his Petition, and con tended that the Resolutions • which bad been brought forward were not fit for this occasion. The tumult still 'continued. The HighSheriif consented to the reading of Mr. Cobbett's Petition. It was accoplingly read by the Under Sheriff. While this was doing, Mr. Conn E T T called out that it would relieve the Farmers of England immediately. This remark produced a renewal of the former varieties of discord, to which he replied with a laugh. The Petition of Mr. ConnET T set forth, in strong terms, the existing distress, and the causes of the distress. It prayed the Legislature to repeal the malt, salt, soap,' and other taxes.--to pass a law to suspend all distraints for rent and tithes for one year ; and it especially called for a Reform in the Commons House of Parliament. ' The question was then put on this Petition. A considerable show ofbande appeared in its favour, and .but few were raised against it. The majority of the persons in the Hall did not vote either for it or against it. From the strong opposition which Mr. Cobbeit had experi enced, this result was not expected ; and it was the opinion of many of the Gentlemen on the hustings that the question sub mitted to the Meeting had not been understood; and it was therefore proposed, to put it again. Mr. ConsETT saitthis Petition had already been carried by a great majority, and it would therefore be preposterous to put it again. The Rev. Groficit GLOVED. addressed the Meeting, anti was occasionally heard for a few moments. He thought it would be a most disgraceful circumstance if the Petition of an individual were carried who had never shewn his face among them before, and the labours of the Gentlemen of Norfolk put down by a side-wind. He strongly called upon theni not to make ineffectual the exertions of the Yeomanry of this County, who seeking justice for themselves, sought Justice for those whom he then addressed. The Rev. Gentleman. then read the original resolutions. When he had finished these, he was called upon to rem' the petition which had been offered as an amendment. lie replied Mr. Cobbcu would not permit it, subsequently the - petition was handed to him, but he declined read►ng it. It was then read again by the Under-Slieriff. Mr. COKE was of opinion the question which4id been sub. mitted to the meeting was not understood. Ile had highly ap. proved of the original resolutions, and these he again recom mended to them. _ Mr. COUBETT insisted that his Petition had been fairly car. tied ; but consented, from respect for Mr. Coke, 'to let the question he put again. The question being put again, was carried as before. Sir T. BEEvon called for the decision of the High Sheriff: The Mott Situ ntil , declared the Petition of Mr. Cobbett to have been carried. Mr. CouuF.TT declared the present to be the proudest day of his life, and congratulated the county on the glorious triumph which they had achieved. Thanks were then voted to the High Sheriff, for his impartial conduct, and to the Requisitionists for their exertions .in the cause, after which the Meeting broke up, Towards the close of the Meeting, a table on the hustings on which ten or twelve persons had elevated themselves, gave way with a sudden crasli. The noise and confusion thus - created were considerable, but nothing more serious occurred than the crushing a few hats which had been placed.beneath for safety. AMERICA. 'WASHINGTON, .DECE:MBER This day the Presidetif - of the United States rangrnitted to both Ilonses.of Congress the fol. - . itigow 111ESSAOIL Fellow Citi.l,xs of the . S.:7tate and .11Juse of Reprelentatlves, Many causes unite to Make your present meiting pednliarly interesting to our constituents. The operation of our law, on the various subjects to which they apply, with the amendment s which they occasionally require, imposes, annually, an impor tant duty on the Representatives of a freepeople. Our system has happily advanced to such maturity; that I an not aware that your cares, in that respect,; will be augniented. Other causes exist which are highly inteuts:ting to the Whole civilized' world, and to no portion of it more so, in certain views, than to the United States. Of these causes, • and of their-bearing on the intejests of our Union, I shall communicate the sentiments which I have formed with that freedom which kt sena* of duty dictates, It is proper, however, to invite your attention, in the first instance, to those concerns- respecting • which legislative provision is thought to be particularly urgent. , •.: ,• -- On the Nth of June last a Convention of navigation and, commerce was concluded, in this city, bet Ween tie United States and France, by ,Ministers 'duly atrthorized for the purpose. The sanction of the Executive havieg,been given: to this convention, under a conviction that, taking all its stipulations into View, it rested essentially on a bask of reciprocal and equal advantage, I deemed it. my .duty.. in complianCe with the authority vested in the Executive, ,by,-the second section of the Act of the last Session, of the 6th of May, concerning_ navigation, , to suspend, by , proclaination, until the end of the next Session of Congress, tlWwera. tion of the Act, entitled " An Act to impose a new tonnage duly on French ships and vessels, and for other purposca," and to suspend, likewise, all other duties on French. vessels . ' or. the goods imported in them, which exceeded the duties on Ameti- Can vessels,, and on similar goods imported in them. . I. shall submit this Convention forthwith to the Senate for its advice and consent as to the ratification. Since your last Session, -the prohibition which had been posed on the commerce between the United States end the Pri.. tish Colonies in the West , Indies and on this. Co n t inen t„ h as likewise been removed. Satisfactory evidence having been ad duced that the_ports of these Coloniee had been opank'd. to-the . vessels of the United States by an,A et of the 11,044 . ..jh5 e 11 e .• ment, bearing date on the' 4th June last, on the Conditions ape-, citied therein, I deemed it proper, in compliance: witlfehe pro. Vision of the first section of theActof the.last Section ebtivere cited, to declare, by proclamation, bearing date on the 24t1tuf August last, that the ports of the United. States should thence forward, and until the . end of -tlicenext•Seeelon,of Coligress, -be open to the vessels of Great Britain employedin that,trade e am, dcr the limitation specified in that. prochiMatipti. A doubt was entertained whether the Act of Coregressapplied to the British Colonies on this continent, as well as to .thozie. In the West Indies, but, us Ate Act of Parliament opened Ow in tercourse equally I tit both, • and it was the manifest intention ;ri Congress, as well as the obvious policy of .the-United.States, and as also the Act of Cougrees was supposed to yeet.in tho Pre sident some discretion in the execution of it, I thought it advis able to give it a corresponding construction.. ' • • • • ShoUld. the constitutimial,sanction of the Semite begiven, to the ratification attic tAntventimi with FranCe, legislative provi-, *ion will he necessary to carry it sufficiently into offset, as it likewise will be to continnejn foreo, on such eunditiumasseiney-- be deemed .jnst and proper the intercourse which has,bera, opened between the United State--; and the British Colonies. Every light in the possession of the Executive, will, in due time. be communicated on both subjects. • Resting essentially on a basis of reciproeal and equ a l a d van tago; it has been the object of the Executive, in • transactions with other powers, to meet the propositions of each withat Jibe- . ril spirit, believing that thereby the int eres t o f our countr y would. be most -eireetually promoted. This course has been systematically pursued in the lute occurrences with-Fiance-.and (;rent Britain, and in strict accord with the views of thv,Jeee gislature. A confident - here is entertaied, thitt, by the ar rangement. thus commenced with each, all ditrerences,respect ing navigation and commerce with the Olin:lions in question will he adjested, and a solid foundation be laid thr an active, and permanent intercourse, which will.prove egnally'adviitize.- geous to both parties. The decision of his Imperial .113jes• ) :ih e tuiperor of Russia, on the question submitted •to him by the United States and Greet Britain, concerning the construction of the First Article of the Treaty of Ghent, has been received. Convention has since been conclpded between the parties, under the inedieti, , of his Imperial' Majesty? to prescribe the Mode by which that Article shall be carried into effiect, in conformity with that de, vision. I shall submit this Convention to the Senate ter its ed. vice and Consent, as to the ratification, aed it' obtained, shall immediately bring the subject before Congreas,.for.such provi sionsns may require the interposition of the. Legislature. In compliance with an Act of the last SeSsitin, 4:territorial government has been established in Florida, on the prineiples this Act. the inhabitants arc secured in the of our etiiov system. n euts oTtheir rights and liberties, and to admission into the Union, with • equal participation in . the Oovernnient with the original States, on the condition heretolbre prescribed mother territories. By a du* in the ninth Artiele of the Treaty with Spain,' by which . that' territory was ceded to the United States, it is stipulated • that satisfaction shall be made for the injuries, it' any, which, by process of law, shall be este , Wished to have been suffered by the Spanish Officers, and in dividual Spanish inhabitanti, by , the late operations of our troop' in Florida: NQ provisions •haVing. yet been • made to carry that stipulation into er ect , i t is aftmitted to the consi , titration of Congress, whether it,will not be proper to vest the competent power in the District-Court at Pensacola, or in some tribunal, to be specially oiTanized for the purpoec. The fhical operations of the year 'have been more successful than had been anticipated. at the commencement 'of the last Session or Congress. The receipts into the Treasury:during the three first quarters of the year have exceeded the sum of - tome= millions seven hundred and forty-five thousand dollen+. , 'rite payments made at the Treasury during the same period have exceeded twelve minions two hundred and seventy-nine thousand dollars •, leaV ing the Treasury on the 30th day of September last (including one million one hundred and sixty-eight thousand five Imitated and ninety e two dollars and twenty-four cents., which were in the Tresury on the Ist day of January. last), a snit . ' ex ceeding four millions one hundred and twenty-eight thousand dollars... • Besides discharging all demands for the current service of the year, including the interest anti 'reimbursement of the public debt, the six per eant. stock of 1196, amounting to 80,800 dollais, has been redeemed. It is estitnated that, after defraying the current expences of the present quarter, and mkt rung the two millions of six per cent. stock of 1820, there will remain in the treasury,. on the first day of January next, nearly three mil, lions of dollars. It is estimated that the gross 4tUOUllt, of du. ties which have been secured, from the Ist of ;January to the 30th of September last, has exceeded 9,500,000 dollars, anti the amount for the whole year will probably not fall shell .of 23,000,000 of dollars. Of the actual force in service under the present military esta blishment, the posts at which it is stationed, and the condition of each post, a report from the Secretary of War, which is now communicated, will give a distinct idea. By like reports, the state of the Academy at West Point will be seen, as well as the progress which has been made in the fortifications along the toast, and at the national artuourks and arsenals. The position on the. Red River, and that at the Sault Of St. Ma rie, are the only new posts that have been taken. These posts, with those alread ,r occupied in the interior, arc thotight to be well adapted to the protection of our frontiers. AU the force not placed in the garnsons along the coast, and in the owl.: mince depths, and indispensably necessary there, is placed on the frontiers. The Organizatien of the several corps composing the ftr rny i s such as to admit its expansion to a great extent, in case of emergency, the officers currying with them all the light which they possess to the new corps to which they it ti , ,;ht beappointed. With the organization of the Staff, there is equal cause to be satisfied. By the . concentration of every branch, with its 4 - .ldef this city, :in the the, of the Depart*t, and with 41 grade in the chief Military station, to keep alive and cherish a military spirit, the greatest promptitude in the execution of orders, .with thogreatest economy and efficiency are secured. The same view is r taken of the Military Academy. Good order is preserved in it, and the youth Lire well instructed - in every science - connected with the areat-objects of the . institution. - They are also well trained and disciplined in the - practical parts of the profession. It has always • been found - difficiilt to control the - ardour inse parable: from tiutt early age, in such manner as to give it a pro per direction. The rights of - manhood are too often claimed, prematurely, in pressing which..too far,the respect. which is due to age. and . the 'obedience necessary ton course of study . and Stractioa in-every Such institution, -are sometimealost sight of. The..gxeat objeet to be accomplished is the restraint of that ardour by such wise . regulations and government as, by direct-. inlwall the energies of the youthful mind to the attainment 'of Useful knowledge, will keep it within a just subordination, and at the same time elevate it to the highest purposes. This ob ject`. seeritic to be essentially obtained in this Institution, anti with great advantage to the Mon. • . ;De :klilitary Academy forms ;he. basis, in regard to science, oiiithich the military - . establishment rests. It . furnislief an-. nuttily, after due examination, and on the reLiort.of the Aratle rnic.Stalf, many well-informed youths,. .66-vacancies which occur in the several corps of dip army, while others, who retire to private life, .carry with them such attainments, • as, under the righteeserved to the several States to appoint the of ficers and to train the Militia, will enable them, by affording a wiLler field for'seleetiOn, to promote the great object of the power vested in Cdlieress, of providing for organiiing, arming, and disciplining the militia. Thus,. by thamiutual and harmonious co-operation of the two Governments in the execution ofa power divided iTetween them, an object always to he cherished, the at tainment of a great result, on - which our liberties may depend, cannotfail-to be secured. 1 have to add, that in proportion as our regular force is small, should the instruction and discipline of the militia, the great resouree on which we rely, be pushed to the utmost extent that circumstances will admit. R.,..ptirt from the Secretary of the Navy will communicate' the progress whidt his been made; in the construction of vessels' of war, with odwr interesting details, respecting the actual state of the :fli:irs of that department. It, has been found necessary, fin' the protection 'of our commerce, to maintain •the'tnival squadron orr the itlediterranean, .the Pacific, and tho Atlantic coost;extentling dlecruizera of the latter into the West Indies; where piraey; organized into a system, has preyed on' the com - tnelte ,of every country. trailing thither.. A cruizer has also been maintained on the coast of.Afriea, when the season will permit for the suppression of the Slaye_Trade t and orders baye been j ren to th6,CorminnAlm of Ourlaiblie ships, to seize Mir Own vcasebt, shouhl, they find any. engaged in that trade, and to' bring them in for. adjudication. In the West Indies piracy is of recent date, which may cz phillt the cause why otherpowers have not combined against it. v the documents.communicated it,will be seen that the etforta of ;hc Vnited States to suppress it have had a very salutary effect: • The lieneVolent provisions'of the Act, under wideh the protection.has,heen,extended alike, to the commerce of other nations, cannot fail to be duly appreciated by them. In compliance, with the act of the last Session entitled, "An Act to 'abolish' the United States' Trading Establisimtents;" agents were immediately appointed and instructed, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, to close the business of the trading houses among the Indian tribes, and to tile accounts of the . factors and 'sub-factors engaged. in that trade, and to cwcute, fdl other respects, the injunction's of that act, in the mode prescribed therein. - A finatreport of their pro ceedings aball Coonnonieatt.d. to Congress as soon as it is received. it is with Brent regret that I have tostate that a• serious maletly haw 'deprived Mt ot many valuable - eitizen'S at Pensacola; -and checked the progess of some of those arrangements.Whie are important to, the territory. This effect has been .sonsibly felt in respect - to the Indians who inhabit that territory, consisting of the remnant& of several tribes .who occupy the middle, ground between St . -Augustine and Pensacola, with extensive claims, but. nriletined boundaries. 'Althotigh peace i.preserved with those'lntlians,•pit - theirpositiono and claims tend essentially to interrupt die intercourse between the ,eastern and western parts ot'tie t..tritery,on Which our inhabitants are principally settled. t esgt:ntial to the Lmiwth and prosperity of the territory, as Well as to the inlet course of the Union, that these Indiana should be removed, by special complies with thent,- to some other Position, or concentrated within narrower limits where they are. With the limited means in the power of the Execu.. tive, instructions were given to the tiovemor to accomplish this Object., se far us it mietht be practicable, whieh was preVented by the distressing malady referred to.- To carry • it fully, into itßet in either mode,. additional .6,414 be necessary, to the provision of which the powers eftongrees alone are competent, With n - view to stich provision as may be deerned proper, the Subject is submitted 'to your consideration, unit hi the interim, further proceedilees are suspended. It appearing Wet so notch of the net, entithd ".An Act re. garding the sue of' the army," which passed on thel4th Vila, as :elates to the. commissariat, will expire in April next, and the•praetical 'operation of that depertment 'having evinced itA 47. at utility; the propriety. of its renewal is submit tett to your consitleedion. The View which has been taken of the probable peothictive 4ess of the lead urines,. connected with the importance of the material to the public defence, makes it expedient that .they Should be managed with peculiar hare. It is therefore seggest ed whether' it will not comport with the public interest to pro vide by - law: for the • appointinebt of an agent skilled in mine. rangy, to Stlptlillteini them, under the direction of the proper department. - It is ,ututemtood that the Cumberland road, which was eon. strutted at a great expellee, has already stittileti from the want of that regular supertnteodetiee, atal of those repairs, which are indispensable to the preservation of such a work. .'This road isof incalculable advantage, in facilitating the intercourse' between the Western und.. the Atlantic States. Through the, whole country, *on% the nothrrn extremity of Lake Erie to the ltliesissippi, and from ell the waters which empty into each, finds an easy and direot communieatkn to the seat of Govern. ment, tutu thence to the Atlantic. The facility •which it tifibrds to all military and corimiercial operations,.`and also to those of the post-office department, cannot lie estimated too This great work is likewise nn orteunent and an honoor to - the nation. Believing that a competent pnwer to adopt , and exc. cute a system of internal improvement. has not been granted to Congress, but that such ,tower, conilllo to greet national . purposes, and withproper'lnnitarioaa, Weeld be peoductive of eminent advanutge to our, Union, I have, ..tiought it adVisable. that an ameudinent of the Constitution to that eifeet should be reeommendtil to the States. ;A 13111 which assumed the right to adopt and execute such a systent having been presenttd for ixty signature, at the last Session, I was compelled, from the view which I hail taken of the powers of the General Govern ment, to negative it, on which occasion I thought it proper to' counnunicate tho.sentiinents, which I,had . comet!, .on, mature • consideration e en the whole subject. To that cduntimnication, in all the Views in which the great interest to which it Menet, may be supposed to merit your attention', I have now to refer. Should Congress, however, deem it improper to re. e)liimend such an amendment, they have, aceording to my judgment, the right to keep the road it; repair, by pro_ riding for the superintendence of it, and appropnating the money necesesary for repairs.. Surely, if they had the .right to appropriate money to make the road,. they have a right to appropriate it to preserve the road - front ruin. From the ex ereiSe of 7 this power no danger is to be apprehended. Under our happy system, the people .are the sole, and exclusive foun tain of power. Each government originates front them, and to them alone, each of its prom constimenta, are they r, sp etive- - ly anti solely responsible, for . the , faithful discharge of their duties, within their constitutional limits. And' that the people will confine their Oldie agents, of every station, to the strict line of their constittitienal duties, there is tut rause to doubt. llavin •, h 6 wevers• communicated my sentiments 'o ("mg-fess,. at the test SesSion, fully, in the document to which I have referred, - respecting the right of appropriation, a- distinct from the right of Arisdiction and sovereignty over the territory in question; 1 deem it improper to - enlarge on the subject here. Fromlite . best informauon-that 1 havebeen able to obtain, it appears that our manufactures, though depressed intniediately. after the peace, have considerably increased, and are still in creasing, under the encouragement given thent by the tariff' of 11116, .anti by subsequent lawa. Satisfied 1 am, whatever *Tiny bee the abstract doctrine in favour of unrestricted commerce, provided all nations - Would concur in it, and it was nut liable to be interrupted-by war, _which has never occurred, and cannot be expected, -,that there. are other strong reasons applicable to our situation, and relations with otht.reCtltltrii,S, Much impoee on its the obligntion- to - cherish and sustain our manufactures. Satisfied, however, I likewise Inn, that the Orwrest .of every part of our 1 rni,n, even of those mom benefitted by nuttnithe•. titre's, fetiches that this subject should be to netted with the greatest . caution, andea. critical knowledge. of thteelreet tobe - produced by the slightest change. On roll consideration of the 'subject, in all its relations; lain persuaded, that a f k erthee au • •mennitionmay new be made . of the duties on- certain foreign articles, in filter of our own and without affecting injuriously any other interest. For more precise details, I refer you to the communicatioes which were made to congress during the , last Session. So great was the amount of accounts for monies :advancitte dining the late war, in addition to othe of a previous date which, in the' regtdar operations of the Government, necessarily, eentained unsettled, that- it -required a considerable length a time for their adjustment. By a report from the Find, troller of the Treasury, it appears that on the 4th of Alum)) 1817, the accounts then Unsettled amounted to one hundid and three millions sixty-eight thousand eight hundred and se. venty-six dollars and-forty-one cents, of which, on the 30th SepteMber of the resent yeer, ninety-three millions one hun dred and severity-hve thousand three hundred and ninety-itix dollars and fifty cents hattAkeneettled, leaving on that dart balance unsettled of nine millions eight hundred end ninety. : three thousand fourhu ndreil and severity-nixie dollars and eighty e five cents. That there have been dra wn from the Treasury, in . paying the detn; Aug : sF,tamong t h e, wren - anent mall its operations acid ills tirseinentie, 'Once the 4th of Al arch. 11117 I one hundred and lifty:seven naions qne hnndred and ninety ninetthousend three hundred and eiglity.dollers and ninety six cents, the accounts for which have . .hettn !settled to the amount of one hundred and thirty-seven millions five hundred and one thousand four hundred and fifty-one &diets and twelve Bents ; leaving a balance unsettled of nineteen millions six huns tired and ninety-seven thousand. nine hundred and twenty-nine dollars • and eighty-four cents: For precise details respecting each of these balances, I refer to.the report of the comptroller * one, the documents which accompany it. Front this view it appears that our commercial differences with France and Great Britein have been placed in a train of amicable arrangement * , ennonditions fair and honourable, in both instances, to each party ; that our finances are in a very productive state ;• our revenues being at present fully compee tent to all the demands up= it; that our military force is well • Organized in all its branches, and capable of rendering the most important services, in ease of emergeney, that its number will admit of; that due progress has been made, under existintitne propriations, in the construction of iOrtifications, and in the , operations of the ordnance department ; that due progresa has in like manner, been. made in the:canetruction of ships of war ; that. our, navy is in thet:hest. : conelition, felt . Atil respected in every sed in which it is employed for the protection of our *tierce ; that our manufaetures hatteaugmentedin amount and improved in quality; - that great *greet has been made M the. settlement of accounts, and in the recovery of, the balances due by individuals; and, that the utmost economy is secured and observed in every department of the Administration. • Other objects will likewise claim your attention, because, from the station which the United States hold, as a number of the great community of nations, they have rights to maintain, duties to perform, and dangers to encounter. A strong hope was entertiiinedethat pellet; • would, ere this, have been concluded between Spain and the Independent Go unlink-tits south 'of the'United States in this hemisphere. Long experience having evinced the. competency 01' those Govern- • meats w maintain the . independence which they had declared, it was presumed that the considerations which intlheed their re.. eognition by the United States would have had equal weight ' with other Powers, and that Spain herself, yielding to those • magnanimPue ft:Alpine of which her hisaory.furnishesso many extunples, would` have iernittialtd, on th a t haeis, a controversy so Unavailing; and at the , same time so destructive. • We still cherish the hope that this result will.notiong be postponed. •• Sustaining our neutral pqeition, and allowing to each petty, while the War continues, equal rights, it is incumbent on the' United States to claim of each with equal rigour, the faithful obeervautee of our,riglu ts, accoediqg die well-known law of nee ; , Boris. From each, therefore, a li ter co. operation is expected in . the Atippression of the piratical practice which has grown out Of thia ware and of titian:des of extetteiee coasts on both seas, which, considering the small force • employed to sustain them, : have net the slightest foundation to rest o n . Europe is still unsettled; end altitottgh the war long menaced between Russia and Turkey has not broken ',.out, there is no cer minty that the differences between thew Powers will be mi. , cably adjusted. It impossible to . look to th oppressions of the country, respecting which those differences arose, without being deeply affected. Tim mention of :Glreec tills the mina' with the west exalted sentineetts, a nd atomics eteeW i leitioree the best feelings of which oar reo ere ;le Superior - skill,and refinement in the arts, herein gallant in action, dis- , interested patriotism. etalutsitistie 'seal end devotion in favour of public anti presonal librty, ere o,SOCillied with our recent:es tions of:lndent iretTe. Snoll a country sheuld have been overtiltelmed, and so long iti,nicit as it were, from the World, under a gloomy despotism, hes heel) a cause of unceasing rin d dece i t regret to generous minds for ages past. It was natural, therefore, that the re-appearance of those people in their origi nal character, contending in favour of their liberties, should pros due that great excitement and sympathy in their farmer which: have been SO signally skiplanes throughout the United States. A simile- hope is eiteetained that this pe,sple will recover their independence, and resume their equal station among the nations of the earth." .1 great effort has been Matie in Spain anti Port te;al to improve the eondidon of the people, anti it vilest be very cousoling to all Is nevelt:tit minds, to veetheeXtrionlinary tnieleration with Which it ;cis teen conducted. That it mays promote the happinessof both, nations, is the ardent wish of this whole people, to the exprete: sion of which we confine ourselves; for whatever May be the feelings or sentiments Which every individual under our tleverne meat has a right to indnign, anti it is nevertheless usages maxim, equally with the nment and the people, that the destiny of every independent nation, in what relates to such im provements, of right belongs, and ought to be left, exclusively to thems.Aves. „ Whether we reason from the late wars, or from those menac ing symptoms which now appear in Europe, it is manifest,. that if a convulsion - should take piece in any of those countries, it will proceed from causes which have no existence, and are utterly unknown in these Staten, in which 'there is but one order--that of the people, to whom the sovereignty exclosively belongs. Should waribreek not in any of those eettntries,erho can foretel the'extent to which it may be carried, or the desola. , thin which it . may spread ? ' Exempt as we are frone those ,causes, our internal tranquillity is secure —and tliseinced as we are from the troubled scene, and ttithful to just principles, in regard to' other powers, we Might reasonably presume, that we . should not be molested by them. *This e howesti, ought nut to be calculated our as certain.. Ilnprovoked injuries are ofnei in flictedend even the peculiar felicitY of our situation, might, with some, be a cause for excitement , and aggress ion. The history of the late wars in Peirnpe furnishers a complete dernori itration, that no system of conduct, however correct in prin. Cipie, can protect netttrol Powers from injury, front any petty ; that a defenceless position, and distingiushed hive of - peace, aro the surest invitations to war ; and there is no way to avoid it, other than hy being always -prepared and Willing, for jest cause, to meet it. If there be a people on earth, whose more especial duty it hied be at all dines . rreepered to defend the sughts with which they are blessed, and to stirpase othets in staining the neceettary burthens, and in whit:titans to sacri fices to make such preparations, it is tindoubtt dly the petiple.of • these States. When we see that a civil war of the most frightful character rages from the Adriatic to the Black Setieeeltat strung ey nip tortes of war appear in other parts, proceed from causes which, slusuld it break etut, may become general, and be of long aeration-- that the war still. continued between Spain and the ltelepentleatt Governments, lam late provinies in this hemisphere— that it is likewise menaced between Portugal and Breen, in conse+ittCflee or the attempt of the latter to diernewbee itself from the Ammer . ,-anti that a system of piracy, of great extent, i' maintained in the neighbouring seas, which will require greet vigiltince and decision to suppress it, the reasons liar austeining the attitode width we now hold, and for pusliing forward all our measures of defence with the utmost vigour, apnear to me to acquire new force. • The United States owe to the world a great example, and by means thereof, the cause of liberty anti humanity, at . ‘genttrotus support. They have so tar succeeded, to the setiethetion of the virtuous and .enlightened of every country.--There is no rea son to doubt, that elicit whole movement will be regulated by a sacred rey,:etl to - principle, all our institutions being fieinded , on that The ability to support, our own eause, tinder s any trial to it Melt it may be exposed, is the great point. on L . which the public solicitude rests.. It lets been often charged against free tiovernments, that they have neidter the foresi g ht 'nor the virtue, to provide, at the proper Season, for great tut.' ergencies that their course is improvident and expensive n; that war will always find them unprepered, and whatever may be its calamities, ilea its terrible wiatiin i vi will be tli,regneed and firryinten as soon as peace returnee I h ave f e u eon tet esese i that ties chaise., so hit he rebus to the . United Settee, will ho, . shown w be utterly destitute of truth. JAMES. MONROIIt Witsltington, Dec, 3, 18;12. • , .