The Sun. — London, England, 1811-12-05 00:00:00

1i ~i AM 4RICA. THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH. "In calling you together soon e r than a separa tion from your homes would otherwise have been required, I yielded to cansiderations drawn from the postore of our Foreigniftfirs, and in fixing the pie iiinffOr the time of yolk' meeting, regard was had to the: prObability of fdrther`developernents of the policy of the Belligerent Powers t. arils this coun t, y, which might the more unite the National Coun cils in 'he messureb to be pursned. f!' Ai the close of the. la st . Session of Congress, it was hoped 'that the succesiiive confirmation of the extinOion of, the French Decrees, so far as they violated our neutral commerce, would 'have. induced . the Government of •Great Britain to repeal its oe ders in Council, and hereby authotize alterrioval of the -existing obinruttions to her commerce with the. United States. • " Instead. of this reasonable 'step:towards satisfac tion and friendship between' the two nations, the Orders were, at a moment when least to have been expected, put into more rigorous execution, and it was communicated through the British Envoy just arrived, that whiNt the revocation of the British Government was denied to have taken place, it was an indispensable condition of the repeal of We British Olders, that commerce should be restored to a footing that would, admit the produce owned by neutrals into markets shut against them by the eneii , y, the United Statei being given to understand, that, in the mean time, a continuance of their Non. importation Ad would lead to measures,of retalia tion. • , • At a late date it has indeed appeared, that a communication to the British Government of flesh evidehce of the repeal of the Crouch Decrees against onr neutral trade, was followed 'by an intimation that it had been transmitted to the British Plenipo temiary here, in older that it might receive lull 'consul': ration in the depending discussions. Ts.is communication appears not to have been received, but the transmission of it hither, instead of found ing on it an actual repeal of the Orders, or an assur. ante that the repeal would ensue, would not per mit us to rely on any ,eifeaive.;changt. iti the Bri. tish Cabinet.- To be ready to meet with cordiality; satistaCtory proofs of such a change, and to pro ceed, in the mean tune, in adopting oun measures to the views which' lime. been disclosed through • that Minister, ,will best consult . our whole duty,-- I the unfriendly spirit of those disclosures, in demnity and redress for other wrongs haee'cotiti ‘ trued to be'witlifield, and our coasts, awl the moults of our harbours, have again wunosed scenes tint less derogatory to the dearest of our national rights, than vexations to Ate regular course of our trade. " Among the becurrendeS produced by the con. du& of . British chips of war hoveriog on our coasts was, an encounter between one of them and the American frigate, commanded by Capt. Rodgers, rentlete4 unavoidable on the pat t of the latter, by a fire commenced without cause from the former, who.e Commander is therefore alone chargeable 3.iittr the trlcxni anforttinately shed in maimitining k of the Arocrican . tiag. The proceedings in a Court 1.1 quiry, requested by 'Capt. Rodgers, e comtunnicated . , together with the correspondence retatitt4 to the occortences, between the Secretary /i his Britannic Majesty's Envoy. To arc aided the several cotrespondences which slit j i,:a of the British Orders in Council, 414 1•1 both the cortesplondenceyelating to the Vtotitia.4, in which Congre4s:will be made ac.; tplaiincli , with the interposition which' the vet arwot of Great Britain has thought proper to make as lost the proceedings of the United States. The jthticc... and fairnesit have been ev'mced on the },:art of the United States towards both:betthe and since , the revocation of her De rte: authol ked an expeAattott that her GOVall• it ettt. woold have itillowed Up that: Message by all such Others as Wore due to 'our. re:ss,onable claims, w,il as klitated by its amicable prolesslons. No proof, bowe:er is yet git,•en of 811 intention to re pi( the other wrongs done to the United S'ates, and Roolculaily to restore the great amount of Anie, rican pri,petty . seized and condemned under edias, ulticil,,lhough not Sint:ling our neutral rehriions, ' and thritetote not entering haw questions betueen th , United States,and other Belligerent's, were, ne,- ertheless, foonded in 'such unjust ' principles, that the reparation ought to have been . prompt and ample , " addition to ihis and otbee denta'ncis of striel ;rights sit that riath,n, the United States haVe much reason to be dissatisfied with the rigoroutr-and'unex pectd., reotictioui to which their trade . with the kfei , cli.domitaiotts has been subjected, and whiCh, it not discontinued, will require at least correspond. log restriOions on importations froth hence into the United States. . ' " Ott ail thoe subjects, our Minister' Plcnipoten. tiary; titely sent to. Paris, has carried with bitn, the necessary instructions, the 'result of which will be communicated to you ; and, by ascertaining the tenor policy of 'he French Goverinnent towards th'e United Siates, will enable you; to adapt to it that of the Ironed States towards France. I Our other Foreign relations remain without • untayouranle changes. 'With Russia they are .. on the best tooting of friendship: The ports of Sweden have affoickd pouts of friendly 'dispositions towards our conimerce in the Councils of that nation also ; and the information from our Special Minister to Dem-Mali shows, that the tnisgion had been attended ilk valuable etfeCiti to our Citizens, whose properly had been su extensively violated and endangered by 'critiz,.rs under the Danish flag. Vnder tbese oininous mdtcatiens .which coin mantled attention, it became a duty to, exert the swans committed to the Execntive Department in providing for the general security. , The works of defence on our maritime frontier. have ,acoordingly beta_ prosecuted with an activity leaving-little to be added .for the -completion of the most important cures ;- and, as particularly stilted for co-operation in •ernergernies, a portion of ti,e gun-boate have in poticul.ir harbouts been ordered into use. The ships of war before in commission, ,ssith. the addl. tiott of ',a frigate, have been chiekr,eMploVed as a t,rpiping g uard to On rights of our coa#ti; and such a cl,..,,tus:itutt.has been ,niade of our land, forces as was sheath ein promise the services wool, appropriate ;,netimportant. In this diiposition is.trwl uded a ni retrularS and militia, embodied l ...tit, tik *tilt 11.1-.4111 the Indiana territory, and marched lowartis nor North-western trut.tter. This measure ‘t as tria.tv : rcqui.ite by several merders and tiepretlatii.ni com mitted by Indians, but more especially by the mr nac ing preparation% and aspett of a combination of them on the Wabash, under the intluene aid oirectlon of a fanatic of the Shawanese tribe. With these ceptions the Indian tribes retain their peaceable dis position towards us and their usual pursuits. " I must now add that the period is arrived which claims from the Legislative guardians of the no. tional rights a system of more ample•provisions for maintaining them, not withstanding the scrupulous, justice, the protraCted moderation, • and the multi, plied efforts on the part of the United State., to substitute for the accumulating dangers to the peace of the two centuries, all the mtrual advantages of re-established friendship and confidence. We have seen that the British Cabinet perseveres not.only in withholding a remedy for other wrongs so long and so loudly calling Or' redress, hut in the execution, brought home to the threshold of our territory, of mea,ure., which, under existing circuinstancesrhav ing the character .as Well as the effect of tsar on our lawfol . commerce.' With t h's evidence of bostil- in flexibility in trampling on rights, which no inde pendent nation can .relinquish, Congress will ter the duty or putting the United States into ari - ar rnour and an altitude dettialided t,r the and corresponding with the national spirit expeeta- tiong. • " I recommended cccordingly that adequate pro vision be made for filling the ranks and the en istments of the regular troop« ; for an aux iliary force to be enogrd for a mine'llruited teico ; for the acceptance a vnlunte:_q corps N hos,: patri. otic ardour may court a participation in urgent •er vice, for detachments as they Irmy be wanted of other portionS.oi the militia ; and for such, a prepa ration of the 4rerit body - as will pioportion its useful ness to its intrinsic capacities. Nor can the occa.ion fail to remind you of the importance of those mill'. iarrseminalies which in every event will form a valUable mid frugal part of our military establish ment. The =nut - at-Jure of cannon and small arms has been procevded in with due success ; and the stock and resources of all necessaty munitions are ade quate to emergencies. It will not be inespedient, however, for Congress to authorize an enlargement of them. " Your attention will of course be drawn to such provisions on the subjeas of our naval force as may be required for the services to which it may be best adapted. I submit to Congress the seasonableness Ms., of an authority to stigmata the stock of such materiats'as are imperishable in theif nature, or may 1101 at once be as tainable. " Iu contemplating the scenes which distinguish this momentous epoch,. and estimating their claims to our attention, it is impossible to . overlook those , developing themselves among the great communi ties, which occupy the" Southern portion of our own hemisphere, and extend into our neighbour hood. An enlarged philanthropy and an enlightened forecast, concur in imposing on the national Coun cils an obligation to take a deep interest in their destinies—wcherish reciprocal senimeuts of good will-10 regard the prowess of events—and not to be unprepared 'or whatever order of things may be nit imateiy established. Undo - another lupe& of our sitnation the early attention of Congress will be duet() the expediency of further guards against evasions and infraetionctir our cominerciA laws. The practice of squinting, which is: odious every where, and particularly cri minal in free Governments, where, the laws being made by all for the good of ail, a fraud is com mitted upon every individfahl as %ell as on the State, attains its utmost guilt when it blends with a pur suit of ignominious gain, a treacherous subser viency in the transgressors to a foreign policy, ad ,verse to that of their own country. It is then that the virtuous indignation of the Public should be en abled to manifest itself, through the regular ani madversions of the most crimpetent laws. " To secure greater, respett w our mercantile flag, and to the honest interest which it corers, it is expedient also, that it be ma le punishable in. our, citizens, to accept licenses' from foreign Govern- Ments, for a trade unlawfully interdicted by - them to other American citizens, or to trade under false colours, or papeis Of any sort. A prohibition is equally called for against the acceptance by our ei , tizcns,'ot specid licenses to be used in a trade with the United States, and against the admission into particular ports of the United States, of vessels from fateign countries authorized to trade with' patticular ports " Although other,suhjects will press more i m me- diatey on . - your deliberations, a poition of thetn' cannot but be well bestowed on the just And sound policy of securing to our tnanuta,ctures the success they_ have attained and are soli aita;ning in some degree under the impulse of causes not permanent ; and to our navigation the fair extent of wnielt 'it iy at present abridged by the'unequal regulations of foreign Governtnents. Besides; the reainnableness of saving our manufactares from tat,ritice\v . hicti a change. of eircninstancci might bring on them, the national interest requires,: that,. with respect to sneh articles at least as belong to our defence and our primary wants, .4ie should not he left in uUne ce,sary dependence on external supplies ; and whilst Foreign Goveinments adhere tri the existing &MU . nations in their ports against our navigation, and an equality or lesser discrimination is enjoyed by their navigation in our ports,. the died cannot he mis taken,because it has been seriously felt by our ship ping interests, and in proportion as this takes place, the advantages of an independent conveyance of our products to foreign markets, and of a growing body of marines trained by their oecupsiiOns -for the so.- . . vice of their country its the tune of . datiger, must be diminished, The receipts into the Treasury during the year ending on the 30th of Sept. last, have exceeded thirteen millions and a , half of dollars, and • have enabled us to defray the current expenses, includ ing the interests an the public debt, and to burse more than five millions of dollars of the prin cipal without recturing to the lean, anthonztd by the aa of the. last Session. The temporary loan obtained in the latter end of the year tBLo Lai also teen reimbursed, aad is not included in that arn.unt. , 1 The decrease of levenne arising from the situa. tiara .~f our commerce, and the extriordinaty,ex pencce which bas© and way become necestary, &44,v)f ae - mast be taken into ties in twking rornrnen4nr3te proviOon for tlkikitn,uing year ; au i I fecoiii.nend to your co: sichiratton the propr,ti'y t,t' en-, , ,r•tig a antlleiettcv of annual revenue, tit le,ist to defr:i•, the ordinary expel ce of Govtertinti-nt, and to, the interest on the public debt, including thit oh new loans which may. he authorised.. " I cannot close this communication witbout expressing my 'deep - sense of Crisis you are as - semtled inpcutifidence in a wise and honourable result to your deliberations, mid as surances of the faithful zeal with which my co operating duties will he dischatged, hivoking at the smile time the blessing etf Heaven on our beloved country, 'and on all means that may be employed in vindicating its rights and advancing its welt at e. (Signed) " JAMBS MADISON. "Washington, Nov. s, 1811." MAILS. • A Ritt v Cadiz, t Libbt.m, t Dublitt, 2 Watt:fwd. Dux. —lUraziis. PRICE 01; STOCKS THIS DAY AT TIYRLVt O'CLOCK. Cons. for Opening - 64 ; Red. Ann. . 6gi - r T H E 'S U N. 11011.1./.1 QUIS Ott:tit& PALStINI ALJOILAT L 0 N 0 'A', THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, MI, Last 'night, Pais Papers to the eath reached town. thev.,are completely barren of news. Ve. have ex traded from the Monitor a curious ar,ticle respect ing our .1 elatious with Sicily, in which BUONAPARTt (fur we have nu doubt that it is his riling) gravely censures the Government of this country for ititer tering With the rights of independent Sovereigns. — tut though BUONAPARTE disapproves of uur con duct towards his Sicilian Majesty, be is still anxious to promote our interest, and kindly points out to us the sort of policy, the adoption of which will tend most to our advantage. It is rather singular that he should persist in throwing away good counsel upon us, which we arc :Do 'stupid to adopt, and too ungrateful to thank him for.— Two years ago he found out that Lord WaLLING TON was a very Ullskilfl,ll General, and he earnestly aclised the BritishGovernmeut to employ ware other General. His ItL4 ice, however, was , igot taken, and our unskilful General has since beat every one of the French Marshals that he encountered, and drove the Invaders out of Poitagal,, We stopped the press yesterday afternoon to an nounce the arrival : of the NiesSage of the President of the United States to the Congress. This &cu mem is (as we expected it would ,be, from the whole tenor of Mr.MAnisos's a n.luct), extremely . hostile to this., country. it complAins, that not.. withstanding the revocation of the French De crees, the British Oi'ders in Council ate not rescinded. But •it is worthy of observation, that though so !Ong a period has elapsed since the nomi nal' repeal of the 'French Decrees, Mr. MAntsos dors' not venture to assert, that that repeal has been really acted upon. 'With what justice, then, he can exped ,the „British Oomninent ,to consider these Decrees as repealed, when he, after the lapse Of above a year,:, cannot venture to assert the faa, we are nt tcrly unable to concell c. Mr. MADISON k even compelled 'to confess, that Fralce has not fo:lowed the revocation of her Decrees by sudi other tura. sureans Were duo to the claims of Aluvrica that " no proof haii been given of an intention /o pair the other wrongs due to the State and, particularly, to 'restore the great amount of Acne . rican property seized in Fiance." • But theue,ii Mr. MADISON could not, attempt to conceal tact that were .known to every man, 'woman, and child, in America, he passes them over as lightly and in as general terms as possible, , and does not, ', how them up with any threats of war, as he does when he recapitulates the injuries whiCh the United States are said to have sustained (rain Great Britain. This message' in faa differs very .toile from those of the last four or five years. It professes in terms a dis position to adjust all differences in an amicable man ner, but all the rest. of 'the language breathes- A hostile spirit, 'and if it has any distinguish ing charaaeristics, they are, that it is more unintel. 'ligible, and 'less grammatical than usual. Mr. MA• DISON recommends an increase of the military force, and the adoption of defensive measures. After all the reasonable alarms which have taken place throughout the country on the 'vast number of 'Foreigner's who are strangely permitted to find harbour among us, it is impossible not to WA. with surprise 'and regret at the ensuing esta blishment 'of another OPeurt House. it might be conceived,, that, in these critical times, it would be much wiser to refuse a, license even to the OW Opera 'House, rather than io'afford a new opening for an influx of Foreigners, who, if they Should not all be agents for our'rancorous and unappeasable enemy,' have doubtless, twiny among them who may be jootly , suspected 01 aCtit;t; its that capacity: But, independcutly of all political cott,iderations, in a metal point of view, the number of foreigners Who Ore suffered to intrude . among tad must awaken seriou re . f t ie . i t cm in spoi?ntsetbvl:ryforfi sheett d p e t o op v l i e rt o u f e , o s i n is d c g ot o i et ri 1 . order. ' I is • • try, in general, who a groper feel sense of religion and are ittsched to theieprinciplesh. ' w ichgive do• meatic corn for t, and a dignified chara de s to a State, to form any notion of the depraved qualities whith prevail M most parts of the Continent, where luo' sal qualiti. ~,, is well as ,religious duties, are held in oen conteitpt and ridicule , and where all sense of p patriot ,sin has been des;roy ea: by t he overwhelm in g ir,fluene.of France, and the Metru su bmission of Ills P r inces.uf other States t o the French Usurper.--13 this aaitge. then fOr us,to tven ,a new avenue lot the introduaion of Foreigners, of's profession, ton, that is in general nearly allied to profligate habits? Surely no; and on the contrary it s h o uld he t he zea lous endeavour of all t ow ho r n the regulation of Alta is intrusted, rather t o exiilure, with the u tmost • jealousy and scrutiny, the list of those at Ipre sent here, and as soon as p m s,ble to rid the coabec" a ny of a host of wretches who ought never to have: suffered to enter it, arld who, w hile they have.beea sisted by t h e most dishon ourable among us, hate su p r aaices, which 'li. ye brought 'ruin on many o f our credulous countrymen . This subj ect is one o ( i 0 serious and important a Oatuie; th;tt it ii weir 'ea• titled to the notice of ours R ea ders, and we (.101)13' doe a not that they will beatow on it t tention a nd rrgard. It moss bit obvious that ,we have oo hue !Any toWattls the Cooductors of the Forrign E'l4 of blishurents in questiOn, bu t it is the 0.1013100 spat-Establishments to whiCh w e Sho.lil Ohj-ailt till • • • ' fillies - i and more Particularly at this awful ertis m..heis w e have reason to a ppreltenti ever) rbilig from the artifice as well as th e declared entnit , " l s" greatest- enemy this country ever hai 1 ' ) c°l " tend against. If it be J.Rieess3ry O r the m provement of our musical taste. that sbould ford;" pro' lessors should come among us, _they 0,1% as indisiduals, but not be constituted into 3 s.trrai e establishment. How mint the also Pa rt yr ". i e n Jailt• people on the Continent despise Ot4 101Iy 1 0 ' -' to ting such numerous tribes of Aliens among 0, I him a distinct body, while Evglislaueo are he ld I tux sts . captivity, or treated wit h the m ost jai"' ----u in every other country in Europe ! el as Thus, the credit of our intelleettial cbstael r. - L .,. ~ m ows well as our national security, salters gli " r ; „i, which has been the solute of great misc hief. ' " ' r • ' differ., vale life, and is by no means an object of lo , ence in a political consideration. ...--.---.-.........----. We have great pleasu.re in statiog, that the FRIO! RBORNT i s sufficiently recovered from his tare no:. dent to be able to return to York House ro dent esening to dinner. Highness the Duk e of Ci. Yesterday his Roya l!• "rice arrived at his house in t he Stable Yard, 5t . Jac ' nes I, from Portsmou_th . • of "i •- 01 14 Yesterday ' his !loyal Highness the Duke left town for Oatiarida. 4. The Marquis NVELLeaLes! arrived in town y‘.. terday from his seat. in Sorte r r i ve d in town l . • oiti his Y es t e rday,Eerl CAMDBN arl seat s the NVilderness , in Kent. i ROVE R tv du?, S The CHANCOLLoR of the EXOH grand Cabinet dinner yesterday, Wile ll wes i Ilt i . , te . o t aa e,!t.rhy all the Cabinet Ministers,- except t ia t.. liaNeahl.oll. • 1 A t own .1 0 t. y , .4 sli-rd:ty Mr. Secretary RYPen .v• - , pi I ,,as Oatlaacts, and had a long interview. *O ll I ' le 1 ItRGENT,.. " tp.Avi ct Of ', The Rev. Dr, EittiNGTON, the nevi t i-• 1- to , Trinity College, Dublin, IS spoken of as the l'.'`'ilid ble successor of the late lamented Dr. 1 -1034 " 1 Sec of Di•omore. e, IA" niAintlui-D, we are cont,4ol to 1i1.' . , has experienced a serious leis • of his 9110" pst, . disnrder. ' . r•lid A Military Recruiting Debut is to he estab it Gores forthwith.. : „ Gres l A telegraph is ere3ing at theaignal•sl3l'''''' . Wakering, Essex. f a Yesterday the LORD IVIAYOR went in stat e i f it the Mansion Houser° Goildhall, and held l' ) . „`",, l i c h Court of Centincin Council in his,Mpyoralty,"" w as attended rn v ery neeroni4 i t oo . ~, ova The Thanks of t he Court Wdte unannsir • to theism Lord Mayor. revo lt The Lotto NIAVOtt stated, that he had ce t n • to d the Court in ,con Sequence of a Requisition n. } r ib received, to consider the propriety of I.dresild, Royal flightiest the paiNCE RtiOaNT, s l og sof I o f ! In the use of Grain Mantels •Distilh.riesf ento adopting such other mas msy be best i 0 1l fated to prevent a farther rise in tire plic gs ° kinds of Corn. A MP , . Thebasinesa was opened by Mr. Alcieimon , 010 and atitki ,tt 'considerable debate,. a Corntrilte,"o el appoinieci, who withdiew, and prepared the "'", bi an Addiess, which wits itritroved, ordered l'aba - 7 Royal' Highness by the whole Coca, and tile eil , Titt were directed to whit tipoti his Royal High° to'. I .;tioW , tith;in-he would reeAve the sarn, s; t iWRATii4tNSTER Pi.AY....-Ttle. ' IP/drift of trgittco, was-last night perfortned 1/ some of the Yoll r ',.LlO Ilemen of Westminster School, and, Well o fo i , merits of former scholars have beep ado)irca in ° die lar exhibition's, 'hoe was hardly Icier 4 0 0 0 play of ability than appeared on - this 'occasion, iiijell young Gentleman who Chi .fly disiingoi.il'el l ' 1 ,0 was Mr. BEN NlaT, in D avus. Messr4. 1,01.413. ir e PALNRR, and Wresors, also diapotyed “'',Viiiiiili milling talents. There was a muse Pe ' - respe,aable body of visitors. .. • ~,etlt ,' ' l'sfe TIIRATttit,—T he lioneiJ Ilionn,' 0 c'l7listo, - vviitlon in the vigurotii styli: of ‘the u!,er do(*itroil• and in which the; author, Without arty ,erup t''. ed hitrasa of the in.yertals which ti , el 1.1 • 11 ; f1 ° '„ ti re ' in table, sentiment, and di;:tion, was , l' pr ',..;01 1 : 11 time, represented last alight,. at (;peens 7 , , Theatre, and was Very well received.