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carrying into effed the re establishment of peace.
M. the Count de end M. de t.uilay, on the
pet of Auir.ria ; and the Minister for Foreign Af.
fairs, M. T.tlieyrand, on the part of France, are
invested with tu:l p avers for this important nego-
ation. The brEt objen with which they will em-
p'cle e'er-melees, will he to lay down the prelimi-
' !series, whet' *VI serve as a basis hr the di.ii-atire
peace. If the negoeieions of Nicotshing shah
have the desired saccess, there is ground to hope,
that the Continent nil: enjoy a general peace. The
report circulated, that the preliminaries of peace
were already stFned, is destitute off ration.
. If we are to believe the news from liwana, M.
Custra Haugwitz was to set out from that city di-
redly, for Berlin, after having had, on the dth, at
S:boenbrunn, a conference with the Emperor of the
French.

After the battle of the 2J, there was, on both
sides, a great many wounded ; and in proteel them
from the cold, they were laid upon straw, and a fire
W.!s made all around them. Unfurtuately, a storm
arose, wi ich blew the fire upon the straw, and they
were newly all burned.
The Officers who have set out for France with
th: news of the Armistice, say, that the Mameluke,
Ro.!an, was killed in the battle, and that Prince
Murat was slightly wounded. These two ankles
of intelligence require confirmation.
The French have already construded upon the
Danube a small flotilla of transports, undia the
command of Capt. Lastange. the public prints
state, that the conference between the Emperors
'Francis and Napi.leun, took place at the Freach
advanced posts, in a mill, near Bruun, any that it
lasted two hours.
Private letters from Vienna state, that on the 2d
of this mons.:i, the day of the sanguinary bat:le of
Count Haug wits, Minister of State, and
of the Cabinet cif His Prussian Majesty, dined with
the French Nlir.;.:er Talleyrand, and that he dined
the precedizEt day N ith Count Stadion, the Austrian
Minister, with M. Cie./ace Governor of the city of

DCC. 14
Aecor_ling to a Bulletin from Pest, the Archsiukt
Chiles gained ...0 adva..tagc over a patt of Ns.y's
corps, at Furstes.feld, thirty miles trona Gratz, and
.took a considsrablc number of prisonets. It is add-
ed, that the Imperialists immediatsly took posses-
a:on of Grate, an i that the French Cove-nor of
seur.a was summoned by the Archduke Charles
evacuate that city. The latter, however, AC-
.1,:0 tad him vOth the armistice concluded on the
at Ansterlim We have no: yet seen any thing
cial mi this .atielt.
BERLI•4, DEC. 17.
•• IS 'h.! sane Journal are gi.en the t• Vowing
go--ticis ars concerning the loataa cf :twin-Liz:-
8, In co..s.locnce of the icft wiry of the Reill4ll
army hays:.i, advancsa ton f., me centre was kft
eadt.r riper d 4,n that side. Unfortasiately, in the
pXt-t so exposed, were tnree battalions of Austrian
recruits, ul.o had nelter born engaged before; thov
were not long -sf-Te slier give way, excepting one
battalion, winch was, bowtver, entirely cut to
pieces. The other two Bed. The ceoue was
thrown into confusion abaut one o'clock, and was
compelled to retreat.''

Ra Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Con-
EL:tine, is expefled here this day. This Prince
wishe, in a:ail himself of his stay in Germany, to
par a visit In our Court. It is thought. that he
will not stop long here, and that he will speedily
?cunt to the Russian army. His Imperial High-
ness will occupy, in the caste, the apartments of the
late King.
Hit Majesty the Emperor of Russia is upon his
way to St. Petersuiwgis, where this Monarch expeds
to arrive before Easter.
The Count de Harrach is arrived here with a let-
ter fr7rn the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order,
wh., snYeets the prote,Yon of the King, against the
usurpation of several neigllsnuring Princes. Maj,,r-
General Baron D'.kutherheim, is also arrived here,
otitis 1 letter from th 2 Emperor of Austria, ad-
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dressed to our Monarchs

DEC. 21.
The Aejatsnt-General of the Emperor of Rus,;a,
Prince Dulsorucki, arrived here a day earlier, and
has made. in the name of his Monarch, some im-
portant declarations and proposiit ,ns. We are al-
ready publicly assured, that the united Russinn
corps or Getwr-als E•sen and Bennizsen, will remain
in Silesia, tel farther orders. The return of the
id,ni,ter of Start. Court Ilangwitz, from Vienna,
is speedily eapeeled.

The English Generzl, Lori HArriagtoa, has az.
rived here.

His •ee.ne Highneis, the Metlot of Hesse, has
atrieLJ here. with his suite, c-. 41 is lodged Ls the
Royal Palace.

•msttaoay. otc. 17.
Fr,..ot the 14.4 kr we have received accounts of
the 14th, that the precedirg night alt Easlish mins-
bort was lost neat- that pk.e. Oa: of the crew.

consisting of 2.50 soldiers, only foartaer were saved.
!\ a: tile Texel, :rim; transport got
ushers, with 1 ;it troops on blard ; of wtiom, how-
ever, mere than 100 have been already saved.
Extraa of a Latter from the Dutch trolltieTS, De-
cernbvr 1(4—.4 A considerable number of French
troops have arrived in the neighbouring towns of
Overyssol, flarJett4erg, Coeverden, Anwlo, 01-
tieoc sal, Otmar,otn, tr. It is, however, repot ted,
!..I.lt they have r•ceiveJ orders not to advance for
the present into the county of Bmtheitn."

Stilll6l4, plc 24.
The Grand Du:e Constantine of Russia has ar-
rived at Berlin, and has, it is said, offered his
Prussian Majesty the Russian Army to be at his
entire disposal; but it is likewise reported, that his
Prussian Majesty has declined accepting the offer.
Fit ANCOMIA, DLC. IS.
The Prussian troops are now on the frontiers of
the Bavarian provinces in Franconia.
The Casette of liaorerth contains the following :
" It is reported that the neighbouring provinces
will, very shortly, be taken possession of by foreign
troops, if no counter-orders arrive."
•Lonoan, Nov. 2n.
As English and Russian troops, to the number of
32,003, have landed at 9tranto. in the kingdom of
Naples, it is believed that Gene; al St. Cyr, who
has hither to been blockading the cit. of Venice, on
the land side, o.'ll march asfainst an,± that the
blockade will be continued by aiii.d.er corps. We
hope our country will not be made the theatre of
war.
EXTRACT or • LCTTER PRONII rut:mimeo, DEC. 19. I
His Majesty the King of Sweden, arrive i here,
this day, at five, in the afternoon, and al;giated at
the Castle. Seven hundred Swedish troops, of which
500 are of the regimeot of guards, arrived here I
yesterday, and :dis day.

H•NOValt, DfC.
e.ter.lay morning, the Russian infantry regiment
of the retcrsbargh grenalter guards, left this city
for Nienburg. The preceding evening they had
rysive the posts to the citizens, and had de-
-I,r,tzti the Fren:h soldiers taken near Harn-In to a
company of the British Ge:maa legion. The Ras-
sian General, Count Tol.toy, set out with them Inc
Nienburg ; and, in a few lic,urs, he was followed by
the English Gestial, Don.
From the vicinity of Hameln we hear, that the
• .'o battalions of Aus,ian infantry, and two bat-
talions of British German infantry of the line,
which still remain in that quarter, have retreated
to some distance from Hameln, and um:ll6l.'4i
near Springe.

bre. 21.
Since his Swedish Majesty, the day before yes-
terday, pasted through Laaenburg, he has been fol-
lowed by several r.unserous ciivibiJns of Swedish
troop;, acrots the Elbe, into r.trn-burl. Iher will
br qoattered partly at Lurie:Jug, and partly in the
adjacent villages.
Lord Cathcart is at Bremen.

IITLT1.11), DEC. 12.
A courier arrived here, yesterdPy rnornir.g, has
$57 -.u:;ht an leccnnt that an armistice .I.ts been ccn-
cluq, 1, art,: ;hat we may s'..ortly hope to see a ge-
neral peace. The Court has celebrated this erer.t.
by a fe Dear, by firing of cannon, tee.
We read in our Gazettes, of this day, the foliow.
ins article, upon this subjed :
•. armistice is con:luded between the Awtrn.
Russian and French arinh.s. the Rlsnans retu,n
home. The nuociations for peace are cpered.
The Emperor Francis had a conference of nen hours
with the Emperor Napoleon, and the two Sovereigus I
embraced each other cordially."

te.•nue, Gce. U.
The aheette of this city contains further accounts
of the aftizie w..th the Bavarians on the .s:h rf this
month, the day bef..re the Armist:,:e, in eonse.
quence of which Stoken and /glint were occupied
by our troops, and the total de:-eat of the Bavarian
General Wrede was prevented enly by night. The
loss of tie enemy in this engagement, so glorious
for the Austrian arms, amnunts (says the report) itt
killed, wounded, and pr;,,,e-es, to more than 1600
men. Among the latter were, besides 800 private
soldiers, 20 Officers, wire t Majors. The Colonel
of the Electoral Prince's Ligitt-horse, Count Sohns,
vt.o missing by the enemy's troops, early on the 7th.
In comparison to the advantage obtained, cur loss
was incoosiderable. All the troops, and especially ,
the infantry, which on azccunt of the inequality of
the ground, was obliged to bear almost the whole
brunt of the battle; and among these the batta-
lions of Reuss Graiz, Reuss Plauen and Gemmin-
gen, and of the cavalry, Nlcervslit's Hulans
fought with extraord‘nary 'lrwrery. The Bathensian
Jager' likewise obtained the approbation of his
Royal 'licitness the Archduke Ferciinar.d.

toss IBSSIIII4IU. soy 23.
A psrt of the Embass► destined for China, 11.1 s re-
tor:..l co Jrk.,zlc, because the Chinese Government
his found tits easSa.,sy too r.urneraus. In the
sutn-
persons returned, a:e A great many hietear.


THE ORlTlspirßEss..

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 3.
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Three of the four Hamhargh Mails due, vie. those'
of the 17:!„ 3.hh, and 24th, arrived yesterday.
They contii ,n the disastrous intelligence of the de-
feat of the Allies un the 21, and of the Armistice
on the dd., which put an cod to the late m's:
interesting and extraordinary war. They also
communicate two important events, which 44-
gravate thus deplorable result. On the ith, the
day before the signing of the armistice, the Bava-
rian corps, under General We toe, was defeated by
the Archduke Fee ot NAND, with the loss of upwards
of 1,600 men, and 40 officers. Night only saved
the Bavarian army from total destruction. The bawl;
was fought near 'glen, on the coufines of Bohemia
and Moravia, and his success enabled the ARCHOUISt
to occupy lglau and Stuken with his troops. This
aff.ir was no doubt the source of the reports of
battles between the Grand Armies, subsequent to
the 2.1. And of the reminded success of the Allies.
The other circumstance which aggravates the me-
lancholy termination of the war, is the success of
the Archduke kLES. That reliant and able
General, according to T/ie Peet Gateffe, obtained a
vidoty over a part of Marshal NIT'S corps, at
Farstenfelif, about thirty miles east of Gratz. The
less of French in ti is Anon is stated at 2,000
kiileJ and wounded, 4,000 prisoners, and twelve
piec,:s of cannon. The previous papers apprised
us that the French had celleeest a consider-
aisle force at Gratz, to cut off the A nominee's
march to Vienna. lids vidory secured his retreat,
and enabled him to accomplish a treasure, which is
considered a 44' d'ertivre in military tadics.—
He took peso's:ion of Gratz ; and the way being
now up in before him to Vi-nna, he dispatched
Woad lia 'Den tOSU/DiC:SI that city to surrender.
MIMIC arrived on the 10th, and suinmoned the
city; bur returned to the ARCHIDURet will the
mortifying answer to the gallant Falser., that all
his gallantry and perseverance were vain, a suspen-
sion of ernes having taken place.
Some farther particulars of the battle of the 21
are given in the thirty-third Bulletin of the Grand
Army, and paragraphs from all the place: in the
vicinity of the immediate theatre of war.—The
Bulletin is dated** 7th, at Austetlitz, then the
headquarters i f BORAFAI re. hut wisieft were to
be removed at night to Briton. It states the loss of
the Russians at 13,0. 0 killed, and 7000 wounded ;
Austrians, 600 killed ; Frercn, 300 killed. ant: 30-3
wounded. General BUlTlovtias, the Russian Corn.
mender-in-Chief, and several triter Russian Generals,
were killed in this engagement, and General Ku-
resr,W was in the number of the wounded. Of
the French, Generals Kteetestan, SEINSTISNI,
THILCIUT, DUMONT. Mk:IISSY, and V•Lift'ICNY,
were wounded. 'llse last is since dead of his
wounds. The unauthenticated accounts add, that
RCAT•Tv Bos AAAAA I'S f .vouthe kfatueluke, was
killed. Boerne r► Wore a grey great cs•at, es.
anly the same dyes, which he wore in the
battle of Marengo. He 11,1 a he-se killed under
hi nin the e..gagem• and several -67:ers fell at
his ride. The Russians eti..rgol five 5-Ten tirnes
sivi:h the hayoset, and .were as often repulsed, with
g.eat slaughter. The battle lasted s-vv:, hours.
It has been observed, that the Emperor of
Rests is not a subscribing party to the Ar-
mistice, as given in the French Papers. The
Hannsurgh Papers do not contain scityy of the ar-
ticle, but it is uniformly described as as Armistice
between the French and Austro-RD.s.an armies.
The Emperor of GIRILIIST is stated in a letter
from Breslau, of the 12th, to be at 11 ilitsch,
with a part of his army; and the Emperor Ate:-
•abaa, at Teschen, in Silesia, on his return to St.
Prersbuirgh. The Grand Duke CossrAsinet,
and Prince Den.octecen the favourite of the P.m.
peror Act:as/net, attired at Berlin, on the 13th.
Accounts from Newburgh, of the 24:h, state, that
the GRAND DUKE had offered to His PILgSIAt4
MAJISTT, the whole of the Russian army to be at
his entire t'isposal, but that HIS PRUSSI•N NIAJasTr
had declined the offer. We do not find any ittelli.
voice to this etresfl,however,in the Hambugh Papers
of the 24:h. These ifistinguished Russians may have
visited Berlin for the purpose of procuring some fa-
cilities for the return of the remains of the Russian
army. It is stated, also, in private accounts, that
the Preliminaries of Peace were signed on tke 9th
ult. between Austria and trance.
An articie, dated Amsterdam, 17th, states, that
an English transport was wrecked on the 15th, near
the Helder, and that only fourteen, out of two hun-
dred and fifty ssld,eis on boarl,wete saved. Another
English transport went ashore near the Texel, with
161 troops on board ; of whom sore than 100
Were saved. TLe latter was probably the lieuhr
transport.

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We have received New-York Pi pets to the
last.- !hey annour.ceOrk•lllMlll44 •,1 Lar.gress
ilie 3.1, when Ca. Moveregiassf--eLc l'aisios wa
laid hrt Ire that 'Body. The Nlersislta;•46lhich is given
in* our I.st. page.. direftivriliciffralPf,.ssalllollle4-
bondu,ct of pii'she ansrprieare •ships..helmigirig.Nl
Belligetext Fowls/se !se pub!..c press of zrie
States IMO, fora lont time. repritic•ied Ragland,
particularly, with that cnnifup of which rite Pei;
; :roam r complains; and, thetel'ore, ire artist proen.aws
that this country is comnrehended in tha ehnsTaLs
Had the Pa estortir creasii.r-e-1 nur-ereht..ltiT
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proachable, be would have been Li;
i.!stice, to have made an express rscentior
our favorer. He advises the cann:ry
-same an imposi•ig attitude, and to pr,
nece,ssry means to protea itself against •i
agg-essi The sea-port towns, he say", beat
been furnished with }:envy cannon, to Lit•fri:d
coast from armed vessels, and De propns.-,,CA
gun-boats e.ould be built, and the Militia nrecke•;.•.i•
is ssch a manner, as to ho abler, upon a cur
errssargency, ra.ll.or the scrvic:3 of the youth e
Pantry. Alluding to this last rocaitue. ate bitYs•
" Upward, of three hundred thousand able•bodied
between the age of eighteen and twenty-sin,
years, will furnish a competent nuinher for offence.
dr defence, in any point where they may be wanted, •
and will give time for raii;ny; regular ((ay.", Ar:vr
the necessity of them shall become certa;n." $9
fir as naval means of defence are recomnsended,
we have no ground, for considering Frightid es:
9.pted from the charge; hut the measure of the
nislitis evidently apples to Spat, which is
expressly reprnarhed with various :Les •,f in-
jury and injustice towards the United Stares.
Among these, the President says, a Inroads have
peen recently made into the territnries of Chicane
and tl.e Mississippi; our Citizens beee been s-ized,
and their property plundered, in the eery parts of
the former which had been adtaally delivered up Ity
Spain. and this by the regular oNi•-ers and soldier,
of that Government." Tile American Finances are
represented to be in a very flourishing condition.—
Private letters from Freston state, that the Mer-
chants aril insurers rf that city have come to a der-
termination r.. 1 shut up the Insurance Offices, nntil
the Congress shall have taken into consideraricn the
coadult if Great Britain, r.datiee to the deterrion
of a certain description of American shy,,, bound tzt
the ports of France, Spain, and Holland.
Seven ,all of the lint, part of she Cbann4 Fleet.
under the enmmand of Attrtair.4l Dot:GL AS. anise
on T'r 'clan in Torbay, which, with six previatraly.
attired under Admiral Coes* tr. Lis, makes this
vrholci3lCe of tl.e Channel Fleet in that harbour 13.

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Yester.lay morning, His Merrir v. the Duke of
Kr,r, Pt illCeStr I IJOUST•, Sop :11 41. and Asa St le,
took a t airing oil horseback, by r-nenhe..!rn.
Her M...,rwry 4ii the other PRI sica;sas. took an
in.a c arrU four. by kk inkfieid.
the Dukes of Yost and Crams 66666 D left
Windsor on We Inesiay night.
Yesterday morning, the Duchess of Yosa left
Windsor, for Oatlinds.
Yesterday. at two o'clock. Messrs. Etswoarts
and Haaonavc the Messengers, arrived at Lord
Mt. so sv E's Office, from Berlin.
His Licellency the P•iii rt OVISe AMBASSADOR,
we are sort. to state, is indesposed.
Viscount Casrtra Aco areiverl in town on Wed-
nesiLiy evening from Bath. Yesterday ionising his
Lordship/at off for Windsor. and had a cunfor.-isee
with rite MaJtsrr. He will retain to tows this
day.
The following Bulletin was received at Ltovo's
yesterday. at half prat one o'clock :
ADMIRALTY peeler. J 74U•a Y 2, laoft.
te His Maitintol 'Coop La.k, whore Join-al toed C..hrog.
wood ye the 341:4 Ne.embet. reported shat um thc that noulb. in 961. !wag. 17 telt% a car.vey ,
fr., for the cm t A•fcd, they flfia ak it., -T
teed r••• 1; wh.•ti ,ilatt to th.••e nowt tem care:,
pr. %obit fil :r.ll/11.01.11114; Mid !fir s. 111)
suploted to be taken. HE.
pitched • peed-en in ,•••••Lin ni tits arm t Pas"Lai
e the Lrill. the Adusual N.: en, awl .I.e Mat.,
ssaped. hahu
The Aulenta (sopowed Atlaslic), L. me? .Let
The Lae, fegce, which spoke a S.veile, received
the intelligence from her, that tae squ.dris which
escaped (mt.' Brest. or, the lilt, consisted of It
sail of the hi... :rad seven frigates. They separate!
into two divisiuns.
It was reported, yesterday, that advice, bad been
received. of Lord CAT/IC tAT basing ordered the
transports in the Elbe to re-einbark the troops, and
return h.z.rne.

Master BI.TTY attempted the arduous charafter
of Al,7c..:eth. a: Deuty-:arte 'acne*, last night. and
tutal'y taiicil in the part.
A (..entlernan obier-ing, the otlvr day, that the
new Play of " Tse $4044 fer Friesitie,' continued to
draw full audiences, a •S/y/sistr, in ccrnearry, es-
siairned—" But tell me of a Play, that, inured of
chaining, will fill the purses of aay part of an au-
dience E--" 171 do it." replied the former ; ** the
Pliq comes out on the 3d of nett montn—.soo.3 Fraids make their nitre iu ti.e first *clews, oy
whom many an individual in the audience, may
make his exit, with a plheatre is that of Ce.pere Hal; tor an Adam.: on to wslicla Fortune now peurnpti ;ler votariek to inse an tine
in turnidshig themselves with a Lottery Ticket. or
Yesterday morning. about seven cid:stk. a Ere
broke ou: in the bac& premi•es of Mesw,. IV . •
and TYltfut, cca:T.-ikers. Long-arrz,
did comielirt4bl; th
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PRESMENTS MESSAGE.
Tenneday, I tee. 3, at 12 o'clock, the President
the United States cnrnmanicated, by Mr. Coles,
c Secretary, the following Message, to both
louses of Chores%
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rise SIN ATI AND 1401%R Olt REPRESL,TATIVIs
or rug merrier senesce,' AMERICA.
" At a moment when the nations of Europe are
commotion, and arming against each other, when
with whom we have principal intercourse are
' its the general contest, and when the coun-
.e of some of them to waids one peaceable
ire threatens that even that may not he un-
Ay what is passing on t e general theatre. a
of the Itepresentatives of the Nation. en
uses of Congress, has hemline more than
desirable. Corning trom every seCtion of
awisetry, thee bring with him the setents
the information of the whole, and o ill be
Us& to give a direCtion to the public aEotrs.
which the will and the wisdom of the whole will
approve and support.
64 In taking a view of the state of nor country, we. •
in the first place, notice the late ailhlion of two of
our cities, under the fatal tever, which, in latter times..
, has occasinnaily visited our shores. Providence, in
'his goodness, gave it an early termination on this oc-'
canoe, an i lessened the number of victims which,
have usually fallen before it. In the course of the
several visitations by this disease, it has appeared
that it is strittly local, incident to cities, and on the
tide waters only, incommunicable in the country,
either by persons under the disease, or by goods
carried how diseased places ; tha' its Access is with
the autumn, and it disappears with the early frosts.
These restriedions within narrow limits of time and
I space. give security even to our maritime cities, dur-
ing three-fourths of the year, and in the country
always. Although, from these tags, it appears un-
treeessary, yet, to satisfy the fears of foreign nations,
and cautions, on their part, not to be complained of,
in a danger whose limits are yet nnknown to them,
I have strialy enjoined on the Officer- at the head of
the Customs, to certify, with ex tet truth, for every
vessel sailing for a foreign Fitt, the state of health
respelling this fever which prevails at the place from
which she sails. Under every motive, from charac-
ter
and duty, to cettify the truth, I have no doubt
they have faithfelly executed this irjonCtinn. Mach
• real itijiry has, hoveener, been sustained from a pro-
pensity to identify with this endemic, and to call by
the same namh levet s of very different kinds, which
have been known at ..11 times, and in all counhies,
and never have been placed among those deemed
contagious. As we advance in our knowledge of
this disease. as foes develops' the source from which
individuals receive it ; the State Authorities, charged
with the care of the public health, and Congress
with that of the genera's commerce, will become able
to regulate, with etfeft, their respective funaions in
. these departments. The but then of quarantines is
felt at home as well as abroad ; their efficacy merits
exorni.htion. Although 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 them.
." Since our last meeting, the aspect of our foreign
relations has considerably changed. Our coasts
have been infested, and our harbours watched by
private armed vessels; some of them without com-
Missions. some with illegal commissions, others
with those of legal form, but committing pith-
times& meth beyond the authority of their coninessions.
Thai bare captured, in the very entrance of our
berbosts, as well as upon the high seas, not only
les swede of our friends coming to trade with us,
but our own also. They have earned them off,
ender pretence of legal adjudication ; but one dar-
ing to approach a court of justice, they have plun-
dered and sunk them he the way, in obscure places,
where e,o evidence could arise against them, mal-
treated the crews, and abandoned them in boats in
the open sea, or on desert shores, without food or
coverirg. These enormities oppearing to be un-
reached by any controol of their Sovereigns, I
found it necessary to equip a force, to cruise within
our own seas, to arrest all vessels of these descrip-
' lions found hovering on tin coasts, within the limits
of the Gulf Stream, and to bring the offenders in
fur trial as pirates.
h The seine system of hovering on our coasts and
harbours. under colour of seeking enemies, has been
also carried en by public armed ships, to the great
e and oppression of our commerce Ncw
i
• , too, have been interpolated into the law
of nations, founded neither in justice, nor the usage
Of acknowledgment of nations. According to these,
belligerent takes tJ
denies a neutrals on the ground
-lay in the war But reason revolts
sistencv, and the neutral having
the belligerent to decide the ques-
tof our constituents. and the duty
se authority of reason, the only
just notifies, impose on us the
:witting an fErSuAI and determined
doctrine so injorieus to the rights of
as. Indeed, the confidence we ought
justice of others, still countenances
sounder view of those rights will, of
rem every belligerent a more tarred
them.
• our negociatinns for a settlement of
not had a satisfactory issue. Soo-
; the firmer war, for which she had
,veledged herself responsible, have
' compensated. but oa conditions
its, in no wise truce fed with
same pra&ices are renewed in the
are already of great ametrit. Oa
commerce. passing through that
be obstrufted by whiners, duties
searches. Propositions for astjuving,
blend-tries of Louisiana have not
• While, however, th • ight is um
retorted charging the mote of
1.1„r,p, , _ „,,.. raw p sot, or 1. trengthe: ing our-
toms in the disputed turrituries, is the hot e that
the other power w .sal 1 not, by a contrary conduCt.
o' %gain to meet thrtif example. and endanger eon-
' -•-. 'y . the issue of which may nt be
hhhhees
.4 ; but In.this hoax we have now
t . en,oist -rce
c then yet- th mule into tt•r• ter
.. ..r.- • ::, -.: -....• nor :if if;

‘ - • ..!--- I—woo--
have been seized, and their property plundered, in
the vet y parts of the fortnet which had been aileslly
delivered no by Spain, andehis by the regular offo
cers and soldiers of that Government. I have,
therefore, found it necessary, at length, to give or-
ders to our troops, on that frontier, to be in readiness
to proteel our citizens, and to repel, be arms, any
Similar aggi esSion ili filtine. Other details, necessary
for your ttel intorruatiou of the state of things be-
tween this country And that, shall be the subjea of
another communication. In reviewing these injuries
from some of thy belligerent Powers, the moderation,
the firmness, and the wisdom of the Legislature, will
all he c fled into oaion. \Ns e ought still to hope, th.tt
time, and a more correa estimate of interest as well
as of choratier, ss ill produce the justice we are bould
to expert. But should any nation deceive itself by
false colculations, and disappoint that exyeaation,
we must join in the unprofitable contest, of trying
which party can do the other mr'st harm. Som.( or
these injuries may. perhaps, admit a peaceable re-
medy. Where that is competent, it is always the
'most desitaOle. But some of them are of a nature
to be met br fo-ce only, and all of them may lead
M it. I cacoot, therefore, but recommend such
preparations as circumstances call for. The first
object is to place our sea-port towns out of Ow dan-
ger of insult. Measures have been already taken
for furnishing them with heavy cannon, for the ser-
vice of such land batteries as may make .1 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 imme-
diately begun, they may be in readiness for service
at the openin,-4 of the next season.
o NVbether it will be necessary to augment our
land forces, will be decided by occurreuces proba-
bly in the mime of your session. in the mean time,
vet will consiJer whether it would not be expedient,
f. r a state of peace as well as of war, so t o organ-
ic? or class the militia, as would enable us on any
sodden emergency, to call for the services of the
younger portions, unincurnbered with the old, and
those-having families. Up
wads oft t able-
' bodied men, between the ages of eighteen and twen-
ty-sit years, which the last censri shews we ma)
now count within oer limits, will ruroish a com-
petent number for offence, or defence, in any point
where they may he wanted, and will give time for
raising regular forces, after the necessity of them
shell become certain, avid the redaciog to the early
pt., iod of life, all its aftive service, cannot but be de-
sirable in our younger citizens of the present as well
as future times, inasmuch as it engages to. them in
more advanced age. a quiet and undisturbed repose,
in the bosom of their fotnilies. I cannot, then, but
earnestly recommend to your early consideration, the
expediency of so modifying our militia system, as
that, by A separation ot the more aftive part Irons that
which islets so, we may draw from it, when neces-
sary, an efficient corps, fit for real and waive ser-
vice, and to be celled to it its regular rotation.
" Considerable provision has been made ;seder
former authorities from Congress, of materials for
the construaion of ships of war of seventy-fner
guns These materials are on hand, subjea to the
further will of the Legislature.
44 An immediate prollioition of the exportation of
arms and ammunition is also submitted to your de-
termination.
[The Message then alludes to the events that
have lately happened at Tripoli and Tunis—enters
into a view of the tron-aaions that have taken
piece with the Indian Nations, and concludes in the
following manner :)
" The receipts at the treasury tiering the year
ending on the 30th day of oeptember last, have ex-
ceeded the sum of thirteen millions of dollars,
which, with not quite five millions in the treasury, at
the beginning ot the year, have enabled us, after
meeting other demands, to pay nearly two millions
of the debt contrasted under the British treaty and
convention. upwards of four millions of principal
of the public debt, and four millions of interest.
'I hese rayments, with those which had been made in
three years and an halt preceding. have extinguished
of the funded debt, nearly eighteen millions of
principal.
'• Congress. by their att of Nov. 10, 1103, author-
ised us to borro.e 1,750,000 dollars towards meet-
ing the claims sf 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 a half, which remained in the Treasury on
the same 3Jth day of September last, with the re-
ceipts which we may calculate on for the ensuing
year, besides paying the annual sum of eight mil-
lions of dollars, appropriated to the funded debt, and
meeting all the current demands which may be ex-
peeled, will enable us to pay the whole sum of three
millions seven hnndred and fifty thousand dollars,
assumed by the French Convention, and still leave
us a surplus of nearly a million of dollars at our free
disposal. Should you concur ht the previsions of
arms and armed vessels recommended by the cir-
cumstances of the times, this surplus will furnish
the means of doing so.
•• 011 this first (occasion of a Idressing Congress,
since, by the choice ot my constituents, 1 have
entered no a second term of administration, I em-
brace the oppostanity to give this public assurance,
that I will elect my best endeavours to administer
faithfully the Ezeentive Department, said will
zealously co-operate with you in any treasure which
may tend to secure the liberty, property, and per-
sonal safety of our fellow citizens, and to consoli-
date the republican forms and principles of our Go-
vernment.
" In the course of your session, yon 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 cottony, and the confidence reposed in us by
others, will admit a tommanicetion.
'• Dec. 3, 1805. " TH. Jet 'unix."

The Merchants and Imurers of Boston, it seems,
have coax to a determination to shut up the In-
surance Officet, until Cosign,' shall have taken into
consideration the vandal& of Great Britain relative
to the detention of a certain description of American
ships bound to the p.m of France, Spain, and
Hollan,t ; and, upon this sistakft, they have Jr awn
up a remoivaranca-, which is to be promoted to Con-
gre.s immeiPately
I he 1 MC... PLC ICI4 a a, from Baltimore, for Nanta,
if Jetaiae,l dad sc.it into Falniout:a.

NAVAL INTELLIOENCE.
PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 1.•
Arrived the Ahirifir.iie man of war, from a cruise,
and the Chance cutter, from Guernsay ; the squa-
dron under command of Sir J. B. Warren, con-
sisting of nine sail sal the line. His Majesty's ships
Mediator and Sytorrrl are hourly expeeted to sail
for Cork. —W iad Westerly.
TOPIC At', DM 31.
I yesterday informed you, that tl.e B.p://eue ar-
rived with Admiral Cornwallis. bat I since and it
was the Prince George.
Arrived this morning seven sail of the line, onJer
command of Admiral Douglas.
SHIPS HOW RIPIAININO IN TORRA.T.
SAS. Gum. ent,n,
Arnie de Tanis
Huber oia
San J.asei 520 --- Cu, tot,.
I Prince George 9B C4pt. Irrasick-
-98 Reyno!ds.
Windror Castle 9B Boyle,
G ,ry
Mika . 4,4
lionetnrui - Martin.
C.pt.a.tl - Stepltr.l:.
. 74
Triuitelt 74 Lent Molomorttt, Aciing.
Also, the Lively privateer of Plymouth.
DEAL, JAN. 1.
The outward-bound West Indiameu, and a Ott
of Coasters, have just got under weigh. The ship-
ping, in general, have sustained serious damage
4rom she severity and continuance of the late gales.
A number of vessels are missing, and several pieces
of wreck, and dead bodies, have been seen Boating
at sea.
Remain in the Downs, the rest of the ships as per
last. This morning. Vice-Admit al Hollaway hoisted
his Bag on board the rtre,ht, in the Downs.
. .
LORD N.ELSON'S FUNERAL

The following ii a brief outline of the order of
procession from Grienwich to Whitehall, by water;
from thence to the Admiralty, where the body is to
remain on Wedoesday night ; and next day's grand
solemnity from the .kdmiralty to St. Paul's:—
V.10'4 GREENWICH HOSPITAL TO WHITEHALL iT AIRS.
Ist Barge—Drum, Trumpets, the Guidon, each horns by a
Captain, and supported by 2 Lieutenants; two Purvuivants
of Arms.
21 Ditto-4 Trumpets, Officers of Arms bearing the surr.iat,
target, sword, sours, Ste. of the deurate:d. earners as ah. B.
zoil the Great Banner, supported a. above.
.7.1 Ditto-6 'frinnpet. 5 Itanserolls each s de, each su3parted
by a Lieueenant ; BODY ; Viscount's Coronet, su,morted
by Nvlroy, hiog 01 Arms; Union fig Lt the had; Black
teethes,: and Arms of deceased.
4th Dittc--Chiet Mourner, Supporter:, and Train.bisater;
Banner in Ertiblzms, borne by a C..ptain, and supported by
two Liei.tenants.
Three of the bares to be covered with black cloth, that cu-
rsing the body, with black velvet.
From Whitehall to the Admiralty, the Music,
Banners, Herald's Officers, Ike. to follow in the
same older as on the water. A canopy to be carried
over the body, supported by fur Admirals.
1 aOtt THE ATM IR A LTIL TO ST. Palit..S.
Marshal:hen, to Ara, the way.
'Messenger to the College at Arms.
Six C liductors, with the Viscount's Crest
and Badge on theft
JIM% stases with C noort.
48 Greenwich Pensioners, in black cloaks.
4A Semmes of Ilia Majesty's ship the Victory, with crape
lir bands
6 Watertnen of deceased, in ,withblack witon their mow
lams and s. badges
Drum Major.
Trumpets.
•
Serjrant, Ditto.
Rouge Croix, Pursisinota of Arms; a Standard in front of the
Coch, b,nne by a Captain in the It •.ysl Nosy, sure.rtett by
two Lieutenants.
Chaplain of the Deceased.
Officers of the College of Aqui.
Masters in Chancery and other Dignitaries of the Law, .twos
Chief Justice to be last.
Judge of the Admiralty.
Chambeytain of the Exchequer.
Groom of the Chamber.
, Master of the Ceremonies.
Knights of the Bath.
Gentlemen of the Privy Cbather.
Knight Marshal.
Baronets.
Gentleman t sher, carrying a Carpet on a Cashion, for T:u-
phies tui be deposited on in the Church.
Officers of household to Deceased.
Peers and Pohlie Officers in rotation.

Trumpets.
Richmond Newel&
Great Planner, inseam and supported as berme.
Gauntlet, Helmet, Soon!, dre. of Deceased, each borne by a I
Herald of Arms.
4111
I. met C 1 1 a Cashion,l4l home by ,nm, King of Arms, acting
tor Cl.teticcus, mth Gendemen UAtere ou each side.
THE RODT.
(the Pal supported by four Admnals.)
Sailors of the Vi,:tory, drawing the Cu,.
Garter Kill of Arms.
Chief bloomer,
11. Tam supported by s Captain in the Renal Navy t G-nn
term* Ushers on each side )
bia Assistant Moinnirs.
Banner of Emblems.
Relator; of the Deceased.
Wirers of the N try and Army, Seniors nest to the WA!.
The Lord Slat or, Sheriffs. tsc. are to fall into the
procession when it enters into the City at Temple-
Bar. The diffet-ent gradations of rank to be in-
vered in the order of
.procession before the Body,
but to 11 Ilcw the Body in the established order, the
highest in rank taking precedence of the net., and
so downwards, that persons of the highest distinc-
tion may be next the Body.

1 Oar .
bAtalki;oerwelnetslFamkec:tt,i)
eneov, which it den
of aiding, that enemy
at such an inconsio
equal right with the
1 ton. the interests of
of maintaining the
umpire between ju
obligation of itentrit
oppoeition to a do&
i peacea."le VIA' Mag.
to h .ve in the just
the hope that a sour
itself, induce from e
observance of them,
" With Spain, nu
differences have not
Nations, during the
form-illy aclinowle,
been refused to be
affe.fhtig nther chip
them• Yet the SA
present war, and AT
the Mobile, nor CI
rife', CaetlaUra 10 1
and •tidltinalt iOXTC
atricablv. the ble
been acceded to.
&e.tled, we. have
things, hs. taitine
r've% in tte Unfit
the other power w
o li,•,e. its to meet I
' • lit4rlils
•,:.
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- ' 4'A .e. „ . .