The Sun. — London, England, 1806-01-03 00:00:00

A.WERIC 4. • PRESIDENT's MESSAGE. Yesterday, Dec. 3, at twelve o'clock the President of ,the. United States communicated, by 'Mr,. COLES, his Secretary, the following Message to both Houses of Congress : . . To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, " At a moment when the Nations of Europe are' in commotion and arming against each other, when those with whom we have principal intercourse are tingaged in the general contest, and when the coun tenance Of some of them towards our pekeable Country threatens that even that may not be unaf feded by what is passing on the general theatre, 'a meeting of the Representatives of the Nation in both Houses of Congress has become more than usually desirable_ Coming from every Seecion of our Coun try, they bring with them the sentiment and the information of the whole, and will be enabled to give - a diredion to the public affairs which the will and the wisdom of the whole. will approve and sup " In taking a view of the state of our Country,, we, in the first place, notice the late affliction oft wo of our Cities under the fatal fever which in latter times has occasionally visited our shores. Provi dence, in his goodness, gave it an early termination . on this occasion, and lessened the number of vic titns which have usually fallen before it. In the course of the several visitations by this disease, it has appeared that it is strictly local, incident to cities and leu the tide-waters only, incommunicable in the _ Country either by' persbns under the disease or by .goods carried from diseased places ; that its - access is with the autumn, and it disappears with the early frosts. These restrictions, within narrow limits of time, and space, .give security even to our maritime cities during three-fourths of the year; and in the country always. Although from these fads it ap pears unnecessary, yet, to satisfy the tears of foreign nations, and cautions on their part not to be corn.; plained of in danger whose.litnits are yet unknown to them, ',have striEtly enjoined on the Officers at the head of the Customs to certify with truth, for every vessel sailing:for a foreign port, the_state of health respe&ing this fever which prevails at the place from which she -sails. Under' every motive from chara&Aer and-duty to.certify the truth, I have uo doubt they have faithfully executed this injunc tion. Much real injury has; however, been "sustain ed from a propensity- to identify with this endemic, and:txtall by the same name ; fevers of very ditThrent which have been known at all times, and in all countries, and never have. been placed, among' tho,e deerned contagions. As we advance in our knowlddge - of this disease, as fads develope the source from which individuals receive it, the 'State Authorities ; ;charged' v ith the care of the Public Healthe-and ,Congress that of the General Cond tnerce, will become able to regudate With area their respective .Tut etions in' . these departments. The burthen of quarantine is felt at home as'well as abroad—their efficacy merits examination. Altho' .the Health Laws of the States should be found to need no present revisal by Congress, yet Commerce claims that their attention be ever awake to theth: " Since our last meeting, the aspe6l of our foreign rclations - has considerably changed. • Our Coasts have been infested, and our Harbours watched by private Armed Vessels, some of them without Corn-- missions, others with those of legal form,. but com mitting piratical alts beyond the authority of their Commissiens. They have captured in the.very 'en trance of our harbours as well. as upon the high seas, not only the Vessels of our friends co hill to trade with us, but our own also. They have carried them off under pretence 'of legal adjudication ; but not dar ing to approach a Courtof Justice they have phinder -ed and sunk them by the way, in obseure places, where no evidence could arise against thern,mal-treat ed the crews,andabandoned them in boats in the open sea, or ou'desert shores, without food or covering. These enormities/appearing to be unreached by any controui of their Sovereigns, I found it necessary to equip a tierce, to cruize within our own seas, to arrest all Vessels of these descriptions found hovering on our Coasts, within the limits of the guilt stream, and to bring the offenders:in for trial as pirates. `` The same system of hovering on our coasts and harbours,. under.colour of seekil ; rr enemies, has been also carried on by public armeTships, to the great annoyance and oppression of our commerce. New principles too have been interpolated into. the law of nations, founded neither in justice nor the usage or acknowledgment' of nations. According to, these a Belligerent takes .to itself a : commerce with its own enemy, which it denies to a neutral, (in the.ground of aiding .that enemy in the war. But reason revolts at such inconsistency, and the neutral having equal right with the belligerent to decide the questiun, the interests of our Constituents, and the duty of main taining the authority of Kkison, the only umpire betwc(n just, Naticins, impose on us the obligation of providing an efieCinal'apd determined ypposition to.a doetrineso injurious to the rights of peaceable Nations. Indeed the confidence we ought to have in the-justice of others, stillcountenances the hope that a sounder view of those rights will of itself induce from every Belligerent a more correa.observance of theM. " With Spain our Negotiations for a Settlement of differences have not had dsatisfaCtory issue. Spo , Nations during the former War, for which she had tbrnially acknowledged herself responsible, hate been refused to be compensated but on conditions. aife6iing other claims in no wise 'conneded with them. Yet the same pritaices are renewed in the present war, and are already of a great amount. On the I‘..lobile our commerce passing through that river continues 'to be 'obstructed by arbitrary duties and vexatious searches. Propositions for adjusting amicably- the boundaries of Louisiana have not been acceded to. While, however, the .right is unsettled, we have avoided changing the state of things, by taking new posts, or strengthening ourselvt'js in the disputed 'territories, in the hope that the, other Power, would not, by a contrary condua, oblige us to meet their . exaMple, and endanger coufli'&s of authority, the issue of which may not be easily controlled. in this hope we have now reason to lessen our' con f.dence. Inroads have been recently made into the ter " Whether it will be necessary to augment our land forces, will be decided by occurrences:probably in the course of your Session. In the mean time yon will consider Whether it would not be expedient, for a state of peace as c w.ell as of war, so to organise or class the Militia as would enable.us, on any erner, gency, to call for the service of the younger por tions, unineumbered with the old and those having Upwards of 300,000 able-bodied men, between the ages of 18 and. 26 years, Nt)liich the last census shews we may now count within our limits, Will furnish a competent number for offence or de fence; in in any point_where 'they may be wanted, and will give time for raising regular force when the ne cessity of them shall become certain; and the reducing to theearly.peridd of life all its a&ive service, cannot but bcdesirabi::. to our younger Citizens of the present as well,as- future times,inasmuch as it engages to them in more advanced age, a quiet undisturbed repose in the boSoth of their families. I cannot then but earnestly recommend to your early consideration the expediency of so modifying our militia system as, by a,separation of the more r-etive part from that which is less so, we' may draw from it, when neces- Sarv, an efficient corps, fit for real and active service, and to be calle&to it in regularrotation. Considerable provision has been made under former authorities from Congress, of materials for the construction of ships of war of 74 guns. These materials are on hand, subject to the further. brill of the Legislature. " An immediate prohibition of the exportation of arms and ammunition is also submitted to your de termination. _ _ _ " Turning from these unpleasant views of - violence and wrongs,.l congratulate you on the liberation of our fellow-citizens whb were stranded on the Coast •of Tripoli. and made prisoners of war. In a Govern ment bottomed on the v ill of all, the life and liberty: Of every citizen beCoMes interesting to all. In the Treaty, .therefore, which has concluded our warfare with that State, an article for the ransom of our citi zens has been agreed to. An operation by land, by a small band of our Countrymen, and others engaged for the occasion, in conjunCtion with the Troops of the Ex-bashaw of that Country, gallantly conduaed by our late Consul EATON, and their Successful en terprize on the City of Derne, contributed, -doubt less, to the impression which produced Peace ;_ and the conclusion of this prevented opportunities of which the Officers and men of our Squadron destined for Tripoli would ' have availed themselves to emulate the atas of valour exhibited by their brethren in' the attack of the last year. Refleeting with high satisfaaion on the distinguished bravery displayed whenever occasions permitted in the late Mediter ranean service; - I think it would be an useful encou ragement, as well as a just reward, to make an open ing for some present promotion by enlarging our - peace establishment of Captains and Lieutenants. With TuniS somenlisunderstandings have arisen, not, yet sufficiently explained) but friendly discus sions with their Ambassadors, recently arrived, and a mutual disposition to do whatever is just and rea sonable, cannot fail of dissipating these. So that we nay consider our Peace on that coast generally, to be on' as sound -a footing as. it has -been at anY pre ceding time., Still it will not be expedient to with draw immediately the whole of our force from that sea. " The Law s providing for a Naval Peace Esta blishment fixes the rainier of Frigates which shall be kept in constant service in time of Peace ; and prescribes that they shall be manned by not more than two-thirds of their complement of seamen and ordinary seamen. Whether a Frigate may be trusted to two-thirds only of the proper comple ment of men, must depend on the nature of the service on which she is ordered; that may sometimes, for her safety, as well as to insure her objedt, require her fullest complement. In ,adverting to this sub jedt Congress will'perhaps consider whether the best limitation on the Executive discretion in this cage, would not be by the number of seamen which May be employed in the whole service, rather than -by the number of vessels. Occasions oftener arise for the employment of small, than of large vessels; and it would lessen risk as well as expetice, to be autho rised to employ them of preference. The limitation suggested by the ntimber'of seamen would admit a serOion pt yessels best adapted,to the service. Our Indian neighbours are advancing ; many of thein with spirit, and others beginning to engage in the pursuits of ag,riCulture and' household manufac ture. They are becoming sensible that the earth yields subsistenee with leSs labour than the forest, and find. it their interest, from three to time, ,to dispose of parts'of their surplus and waste lands, for the means LON DO : i'rinted by RICHARD, HA of No. 4, Niv,rtlett.ccitt . rf, tiow.:street ; At the SUN-OFDICE, No: 112, StT3:l2, whore /itivf.rtis..imeiz4s Orders titories of Orleari's arla tte NrtsFiissippl ; our Citizens have been seized, arid their property plundered, in the very parts of the former- which had been actually 11 delivered up by Spain, and this by the regular Oiti cers and SoldierS of that - Government.. have, therefore, found it necessary, at length, to give" or ders to our Troops on' that FrOntier to be in readiness - to prote& our Citizens - , arid to repel by arms any similar aggression in future. Other details necessary for your full - information of the state of thingS be tween this Country and that, shall be the subje&"of another communication. In -reviewing - these injuries from some of the Belligerent Powers,the moderation, the firmness, and the wisdom of the Legislature will all be called into aaion; We ought still to hope, that time, and a more corre& estimate of interest as well as of charaCter, will produce the justice we are bound to expea. But should any Nation deceiVe itself by false calculations, and disappoint that expectation, we must join in the unprofitable 'contest, of trying which party can do the. other most harm. ~Soine of these injuries triay perhaps admit a peaceable remedy. Where that is competent. it is always the most de sirable. But some of them are of a nature to be met . by force only, and all of them may lead to it.. • 1 cannot therefore but recommend such preparations as circumstances call for. The first obje& is to pkace our Sea-port Towns outof the danger of insult. Measures have been alfeady- taken tbr furnishing them with heavy cannon for the service of such land batteries as may make a part -of their defence against armed vessels approaching them. In aid of - these it is desirable we should have a , competent number of . Gun-boats, and the number to be competent must be considerable. If immediately begun, they may be in readiness for service at the opening of tie next season. ' . of improvitg tliose they eccupy,atlaof gni) families while they are preparing their farms ; since your last Session, the Northern Tribes have • sold to us the. lands between the Connecticut reserve and the former Indian ho - undary, and those on the Ohio, from the same boundary and its rapids, and fora considerable depth inland. The CI7 ickaseiws and Cherokees have sold us the country between find ad jacent to the two distri&s of Tennessee ; and the Creeks the residue of their lands in thefOrk of Ocmul gee up to the Ulcofauhatche ; the three - former pur chases are important, in as much as, they consolidate parts ofour settled conntry,ftnd render their intercourse secure ; and the second particularly so, as, the small point on the river, which we expect is 4y this time ceded by the Piankeshaws, it completes our possession of the whole of both banks Of the Ohio, 'from its source to near its mouth, and the navigation of that, river is thereby rendered for ever safe to our citizens settled and sec - ling on its extensive waters ; the purchase from the Creeks too has been for some time particularly interesting to the State of Georgia: The several. Treaties which have been men tioned will be submitted to both Houses of Congress fur the exercise of their respeaive functions. (c Deputies now on their way to the seat of Go vernment, from various nations of Indians inhabiting the Missouri, and other parts beyond the Mississip .. pi, come charged with assurances of their satisfy c - ton with the new relations in which they are plated with us, of their dispositions to cultivate our peace and friendship, and their desire to enter into com mercial intercourse with us. " A state Of'Our progress in exploring the Princi, pal-rivers of that Country, and of the information respeCting them hitherto obtained, \will be commu nicated so soon as we_s4 al I receive some farther rela tions: which we have reason shortly to exped - . . - The receipts at the Treasury during the year ending on the 30th of September last have exceeded the sum of 13,000,000 dollars, which, with hOt quite 5,000,000 in the Treasury at the beginning of the year, have enabled us, after meeting other demands, to pay nearly 2,000,000 of the debt con= tratled under the British Treaty and Convention, upwards of 4,000,000 of principal of the public debt, and 4,000,000 of interest. These payments, with those which. had been made in three years and an half preceding, have extinguished of the funded debt nearly 18,000,000 of principal. " Congress, by their a& of Nov.. 10, 1803, audio tized us to borrow 1,750,000 dollars towards meet ing the claims of our Citizens assumed by the Con vention with France. We have not, however, made use of this authority because the sum of four mil= lions and an half, which remained in the. Treasury on the same 30th day of September last, with the receipts which we may calculate on for the ensuing year, besides paying the annual sum of -8,000,000 dollars appropriated to the funded debt,. and, meet ing all the'current demands which may be exped ed, will enable ps to pay the whole sum of 3,750,000 &liars assumed- by, the French- Covention, and still leave us a surplus of nearly a million of dollars at otir free disposal. Should you concur in the provisions Of arms and armed. vessels recommended by the cir cumstances of the times, this surplus will furnish the means of doing so. • "On this first occasion of addressing Congress since, by the choice of my constituents, I have en tered on a second term of administration, I embrace this opportunity to give. this public assurance, that I \vill exert my best endeavours to administer faithfUlly the Executive Department, .and will zealously co operate with you in any measure which may tend to secure the liberty, property, and personal safety. of our fellow-citizens, and to consolidate the repub lican forms and principles of our GovernMent. " In the course of your Session you shall receive all the aid which I can give for the dispatch of the public business, and all the information necessary for your deliberations, of,which the interests of our own country, and the confidence reposed us by , others, will - admit a communication. Dec. 3, 1805. " TH. JEFFERSON." FIRE.—At near seven o'clock yesterday morning ' a fire was discovered in. ,the back premises of Mr. Tyrrell, a coach-maker in . Long-acre. The work men bad not at the time come to their daily labour, and there had not been any person in any part of those premises since the night before ; so that it is imagined that a snuff of candle must have fallen in to the painting loft the night before, and smothered there till morning. Soon after the fire was disco vered, it communicated to. the Red Lion, in Hart street, and also to the premises of Mr. BOTT, a far rier and veterinary do6tor. The upper parl of each of theSe houses was destroyed in a very short time; but, by the active working of a pump op the pre mises of the latter, and the throwing of pails-full of water on the places contiguous to them, the pro gress of the flames was arrested before they had reached a quantity of turpentine, and other com bustible matter, which might have endangered the whole neighbourhood, as the greater part of the work-shops and back-buildings between Bird-in hand-court and Banbury-court, where the fire broke out, are bUilt in wood. Notwithstanding a num ber of engines arrived very soon after the dis - - covery of the flames, and the exertions of Bott's and the publican's servants, the fire was not •com pletely got under before ten o'clock, though it was prevented from extending its calamitous effeas. The neighbours evinced a most humane feeling for the unfortunate sufferers ; but one villain stole a hammer and a file, of stamped leceipts amounting to nearly the value of 5001. belonging to the farrier. Howevdr, he happened to offer the hammer for sale to a friend of the owner, and upon the Juan's name being' known in thereceipts, be absconded, leaving the receipts.to be returned to owner, whose ac counts would have been left in a state of the utmost confusion if they had not been , reStored. Though very material damagliwas done in the Workshops of the coach-maker, the flames did not reach to the front part of the building, which forms the dwell ing-house and the repository fot the carriages. BATH, Jilt:. I.—About nine o'clock, on Sunday evening an alarming fire broke out in an old tene ment at the bottom of an obscure ,pa;isage called Slippery-lane, situate near Mr. Mary's. house, in .Bridge-street. By the exertions of the neighbours, 0 and the timely assistance of the engines, the fire , was subdued without having extended be the, premises which it . oi , igitited. A mist tue'an choly circumstanee oecirred . darizig the fire. Mr. Chatterten, a repeelable:. and : ingenious tradesman of this cit;, while in the Alai of assistiti in the reduaion of the 'conflagration, fell fret', a Window at a conEiderable height, and was so sei ere 1Y injured, that after - langni'sning: in gream pain till Tuesday morning, he expired. MARtBOROVGA-STRn:ET.—Yesterday Charles Pye Turner, w ho calls himself a Neutenant in the Nav , -, was charged with 'fraudulently obtaining goods of different tradesmen. the Prisoner was taken info custody ',by Mr: JagrO, a butcher, in Oxford -street, who was'defrauded by him some months since. It appeared that the Prisoner had ordered a quan tity of Meat, and by artful means committed a fraud: He plied at the shop of Mr. Jago again on Wednes day, and ordered some meat, but his person was re- - cogniied, and he was secured. • Another:Charge was preferred against him by Mr. James l'egn - , a jeweller, in Oxford-street, who stat ed that the Prisoner called at his shop some months since, and an order for a variety of jewellery. The order was completed and delitered, when the Prisoner paid for them with a cheque on his azent. —The agent, however, could" not be found, and Mr. Tegg never saw ,the Prisoner again until he was apprehended on the former charge. On the Pri-, • saner being questioned by the Magistrate, he replied, that he was a Lieutenant on halfmly, having served in the Navy ten years. He added, that. M. :Afton, one of the Officers belonging to thc Office, could speak to hii charaaer ; but, on beisn called; Hamil- , ton stated; that all lie ktiew of dl e Prisouer \vas. that he had hcr - ien long a notorious switiolei - en the own, particularly, at Coffee-houses, seine instances of, which he related. The. Prisoner was then remanded, for further ex amination. • - The 'pra6lice of cutting'away trunks from the tra velling ,carr'icies of Gentlemen when:coming into town is again reviving, under cover of the dark., nights one carriage, in paSsing from Bond-street to Westminster-bridge; had a parcel cut from the top' of a trunk, in front of the carriage ; another lost a portmanteau between Blackfriars-bridge and the: Obelisk, with a large quantity of wearing apparel and other articles; and another between the Elephant and Castle and. Stones-End; in each case the robbers escaped with their booty. The half year's pensions to, disabled seamen be gan. paying, in alphabetical order, at Greenwich, on Thursday. In the epidemic Fever which is so prevalent at'.. this time, the genuine James's Powder is found.to• be particularly efficaciotts,as.it was in the Influenzas' of 1782 and 1783. Eight or ten grains should be, given on the first attack, and 'continued every six. hours, for a day or two, if the Fever should not sooner, subside. In the menu time, the irritating Cough may be allayed by a sea-spoonful of syrup-of poppies, or by ten or fifteen drops of laudanum, As occasion may require. The early use of this Fever . Powder will not only effed a speedy cure, but will prevent those dangerous and long-protraded diseases which often arise from colds and-contagious dis orders, when negleaed, or injudiciously .trQated. Married, at Sunbury, on Wednesday last, THO BIAS ALLAN; Esq. of Edinburgh, to Miss C. SniTn, daughter of GEORGE SMITH, Esq. of Coniston. SIIIP NEWS. GRAVESEND, JAN. 1. Passed by—th.e 'Minerva, Davidson, from Montserrat; Lion, Young, from Jamaica; Eurydice, • Compton, from Suynain ; Justitia, Janson,- twin Salve; and Columbus, Holman, from Pillau. Sailed—the Vruw Anna, Vangouer, for St; Michael's; an the Alms, St.:liroder, for IlarriOrce. BIRTH. On Wedne'sday last, Mrs. Jackson, of NeW Broad-street, of a Daughter: MARRIED Lately, at St. George's, Hanover-Square,' Mr. Richard Searles, of the Kent-road, to Miss Lot., eldest daughter of G. k. Low, Esq,. of idiners',Hall, London. On Wednesday last, Richard Shavve, Esq. of Dulwich hill, to Miss B. French, eldest daughter of Nathariiel Bogle French, Esq. of the same place. - The same day, at Chevening, Kent, Mr. Tames Ferguson, Printer to Earl Stanhope, to Miss Varley,' of Chevening. Last week, at St. Pancras, Mr. Carter, of Stangate, Lam beth, Timber-merchant, tu Mrs.' Fellow-s; of Fennel's .Lodge, LoudvV - atet,- near High Wycombe, Bucks. 1)1ED W !Li-IAM ARMIC,F;R SCR tr Ps, ut. South 4.,ft2SVCilor-aiitt.Ail: :or the Paper, 'Letters for the Editor, &c, fbost-pciidbruust be, addressed. On the 24th ult. at Edinbtlrgh, lames - Dewar, Esq. Mer chant, and Treasurer to the City of Edinburgh. ' On Saturday the 28th ult. at Totness, Captain R. Cuth- • bertson, of, His Majesty's Royal Marine forces, much re•- gretted by all who knew him. On Tuesday who last (and not-before, as erroneously stated), M. Samuel Marriojt, late one of the Bridge Masters or, the City of London.' On Wednesday se'nnight, at Glasgow . Miss Grizel-Dick, daughter of the late Robert Dick, Prufessor of Civil Law in the University of Glasgow. PRICE OF STOCKS. IEST ERDA Y. Navy 5 per Ct. shut India Stock, 5 per Cent. 1797. 99 1 India Bonds, is. a ss. dis. Irish 5 per Cent. Exchequer Bills, par, zs. is. 4 per Cent. 76 i i i I dis. 3 per Ct. Red. 59 4i58 a 591- (Minium, 59 I 3 per Cent. deferred, 3 per Cent Cons shut 1 mperial 3 per Cen:. Bank Long Ann. re-& is- r6ths Cons. for Op. 60 i 4. i 59 1 Ditto Short Ann. 2 60 Li 60 . ---.----... . • ESSEX. • WALTHAM-LODGE, near CHELMSFORD, With immediate Possession. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, .ByCl - lALK and MEGGY, On Friday the zest Day of February, 180, at the Black Bay lon, Chelmsford; at Twelve o'Clock, 'unless' previously „disposed of by Private Contratt, - THAT New-built FREEHOLD VILLA, WAL THA NI-LO E, most deli 6 htfuli'y situated in • the Parish of Little Waltham, fOur ?dices-irons • Chelmsford, at the union of the Turnpike-roads leading to Cambridge and Bury, about 33 Miles from London. • Waltham Lodge is situated in a beautiful and healthy part of the County of Essex, where, the Roads are, excellent, arid in . a good Neighbourhood. Stag,e-coaches pass to. and from London every day. - The situation is truly desirable . : ter any • Gentleman fond of the Spurts of the Field, there being plenty of Game in the Neighb , Airhood, and a Pack Vox-bouf;ds at a short distance ; the River c.;heinter ranniny, riirectly in tymt of the ifouse,• rot only makes the View truly Picturesque, but allords good kishing. For further particulars apply to Mr. Cookney, No, 9, Castle-street, Holborn; ItOert 'lnitial, Esq. ; or to toml . - ,uctioneers, Chelinsiord F I