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*lice of Secretary and Interpreter to Gen. Monne('
wils watched by Gen &Armes, end all his papers

were seized, together with a huge quantity of Eitg-
Loh manufactures, concealtxl ins' loft, in the upper.
part of his house. Eykenbrock himself was not at,
home; he was gone to Paris to claim the cargo of.
whip, laden with EnOish manufactures, which was
,Jetisiatel at Breakem, and this event 'estate to have'
occasisiwil the unexpected search of his house.
According to a letter from Vienna, of the ~.i6th of

Jut month, Field-14.'1%1nd -Lientelausit Prince

Charles of St•hwarzrnberg ha.l Iseen appointed by
the Emperor of Austria Ambassador to the Court
of St. Petershurgh.

MAIL.

wrocsNoi.m. Nov. 17.

A few days since' was publi►hed. in this capital,
a French trauslatiou of the statement of Don
Cavallo% wherein he esposes the treacherous
Conduct of Bonaparte towards the •tnJurtuuate
. Royed Family of Spain. It is read with the at..
most avidity, and is likely to be circulated from
hence through a great part of the Continent.
The utmost activity prevails in all the Royal
Dockyards, and several ships are on the point of
being launched, and fitted nut for immediate ser-
vice.—(Siockholda Gaunt,. Nor. 17.)
•

SPEECII AP 771 E GOYER NOR OF NEA' YONL

" Gentlemen of the State and <4...eimhly,
44 At the commencement of the last Session I
itad the honour of expressing to the Legislature
my opinion reslwrting the measures adopted by
the national Councils, to prevent oar being involv-
c4 iu the desolating wars of Europe. Nothing has
ti Iwo occurred to produce a change of that opinion.

or to impair my confidence in their exertions
and .zeal to avert, as Ear as is consistent with the
welfare and irdepeadence of our country, the cala-
mitimofook 4 ava, isearevar. compelled, with re.
wet, to halm you, that I ins sot apprised of may
inertial alteration' in the stabs of our foreign rela-
tions sites that period. The embarrassments to
commerce and agriculture, isicident to the exist-
ence of the embargo, are still experieueed, and
should they ematias ie. they moot be 'scribed to the
piamapaggiaa oldie Belligerents its their illegal and
uidost- darlineleibe epos' the mammy* of the
Visited Slam. Thu ociesidetatioo died, addi.
ispolpikiii for oadoeing with patience the
43111100 rarldring dims w couuteriwting inassures
of our own rulers. and for yielding a warm, um-
., lelltems Illeidaimproitt to their prudent and
41110104101 0
...."61 without appeal to
3- Apo.: ma larisor of our country, and the rights
...4111111411Misillity of its Citizens. Should our bnpes
emondsle accommodation of existing differ.
irgom be frustrated by an obstinate adherence of
tlhlt Prlligerents to their unprincipled and arbitra-
ry litlitaints upon neutral commerce, and a resort
to dmiword become inevitable, we can meet the
• event with a consciousness of the rectitude of our
cause ; with a firm dependence on the patriotism
• red bravery- of freemen, and with an heuilde
reli-
•-• um oa the protection of that Providence who has
-atM laveared ma.
" lite period fir which the President and Vice-
President of the United States were elected, ex.
pins as the fourth dny of March net. The sp.
paieduseat of Electors to represent this State in the
etimiletta iiimeemsois to those distinguished person-
ages, is the priucipal business for which you are now
convened.

It etTords me pleasure to inform you, that the
fortifications erecting under the authority of the
17iiitell States, for the defence of the city of New
York, have been prosecuted with activity and zeal.
A variety or circumstances have retarded the COM-
tneucement of the expenditure of one hundred
thousand dollars appropriated for that object by the
legislature of this state. To accomplish their views,
by devising and commencing works upon which the
greatenn number of distressed persons might he
employed, and which might be in concert with the
411Fenvive operations of the general Government,
and at the acme time to apply the sum granted in
the most ecmicounical and beneficial manlier, was a
task replete with anxiety, responsibility, and em-
oorroserineut. I have the satisfaction to inform
you, that, with the intelligence and generous assist-
ance of Colonel Williams. Chief Engineer of the
United States, whose services merit the highest
encomium, those difficulties have finally been sur-
mounted, arid I flatter myself the place which has
been decided upon, and the plan of the works to be
erected, will meet your approbatien.
" it is our lot, Gentlemen, to live in a porten-
tous period. Tlw old world is shaken to its centre
by the mad ambition of its potentates ; am! Eu-
rope exhibits cu infecting spectacle of blood sad
warfare. It has hem) the attenuate policy of two of
the belligerents to entaugle us in their quarrels ;
hitherto we have escaped ; but it requires almeot
soperuntural wisdom in our rulers to preserve• oar
a+reneignty noel independence, and to avoid being
engaged in their wars. Tllll4 situated, it is our so-
lemn duty, to second the efforts of those to whom
we have entrusted the highly responsible rights of
peace anal wan It is our duty to strengthen the
bands of Government, by imparting a liberal crush-
our dravest rights arc not only ur jeo-
actuallj invaded, and tja prove to the

dence, when of
partiy, but ad