The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-12-24 00:00:00

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aeeralge • a eensibility. Every view of what had
passed, authorised e belief that immediate bteps
wouid be takeii loy the British Government for re-
AlreSbillg a wrong. which, Wm inure it MKS 1114116-
gated, up,iotreit the sore .clearly to requife who;
had not been provided ffit in the special toisaois.‘,n
It is found that no steps.have been taken for the
purpose. 011 the contrary, it will be seen in thy
documents laid before you, that the inadoniasolle
preliminary which obstruct thki adjustment is 4111
'Lathered to ; and, moreover, that it ib now brought
into connexion with the distinct sad irrelative case
of the Orders in Council. The instruction* which
had licea .4iveu to our Ministers sit Loudon. with a
view to facilitate. if necessary, the rcparrtioli claim-
ed by the United State*, are included iu the duce-
anent* communicated.

"Oar relations with the other Powers of Europe
have undergone uo material changes sinew %our last
Session. The important negovistimis wits, Spain,
which had been alternately suspended and resumed,
wooemmily experience a pause, under the extraor-
dimity and intere.ting crisis tw hich distinguishes
her internal situation.
" With the 13.arbary Rawers we co:ltiaiie is bar.
many, with the exception of sin uojosttlishle pro-
ceeding of the Dey of Algiers towards ota. CuusUl
to that itagenci. Its eharatler and ems:animal:4:es
are eon laid beers you, and will enable you to:
decide how ha it may, either now or hereafter, call ,
for any measures not within the hinitrof the Exe-
cutive Authority.
WWI our Indian neighbours the public peace
has bees steadily maintained. Some instances of
individual wrong have, as at other times, Liken
place. bet in no wise sinpllfatilig. the will of the
'ahem. lieyoud the illissisuppi. the loways, the
and tile Alibaitiss„ have delivered np, for
trial and punishment, individuals from among
themselves, accused of murdering citizens of the
United States. OU this stile the aUts.irippi ; the
Creeks are exerting themselves to arrest offenders
of the saint Liad ; the Choctaws have mani-
fested their readiness and desire for amicable and
just arrangements, respecting depredations emu-
tuittill by disorderly persons of their trthe. And
generally from a conviction that we rousater them
usa part of ourselves, and cherish with sine: tits,
their aglsts soil interest., the attachment of the
Indian tribes is gaining strength daily, is extend-
ing from the nearer to toe u.ure remote, idol a ill
uuiply requite us for V.v. justice and friendslie;.•
prisen.ed to.,.li•ds Owin ; awl household
Eirtsitv ;ire a,ivauessl. among them Velure re-
piilly with the souther.' than the 110reUrril
fio,u circumstances of soil idol climate; and our
of the two great divisions of the Cherokee notion
have sow under cuosivieration, to solicit the
situp tie lYisite,l States, and to be identititorl
with us in LiWt. ;Ina goverisineut. in such. 11/I"llgrt.%
fiVi Millaller as we shall think best.
.!.
" Inconsequence of the appropriations of iliac
hurt Session of Congress fur the occurs! v of ourouin-
Crtowns and harbours. such work; of (1,11,0 t-e
ete been ersetsal a. seNkred to be callisl for by the
situation of the several irlAces, their relative 'import-
ance, and the sceie of
sexpease indicated by ;lie
amount of the appropriation. These winks will
chiefly be finished in the coarse of the present sea-
son, except at New York and New Oilsaus, where
asost was to be done; and although a great pro-
portion of the last appropriation kill been expeadrtl
op the former place, yet some further views ...ill be
sabisitarl to Congresi for rendering its security
entirely adequate against navel enterprise. A view
it whit has been done at several pleetv. Lind of
what is proposed to he done, shall be Communi-
cated as soon es the several reports sae reirived.
" Of the gun-boats auttionsed by the Act of
December last, it has been thought necessary to
build wily 103 in the present yeaar ; thew, .with
those before possessed. him sufficient for the liar.
bours mud waters molt exposed, and the residue
will reqnire little tiinefor their construction, ',btu
it shall be deemed necessary.

Under the Act of the last Session, fee rai%ing
an additional military force, so inauy Officers writ
appointed as were necessary for-tarry-
ing on the *business of recruiting; and ifrpropor-
tion as it advanced, others huge been added. We
have reason to believe, their success has been satis-
actore, although such returns have not been es..
CelVt4l, se enable me to present you a statement of
he numbers eivievd.
" have not thought it neeessary, in the emirs
the last season, to call for any general detachments
of Militia, or of Volsuteers, under the laws passed
for 'that purpose; for the ensuing season, however,
they will be required to be in renilitiew, should
their servire be wanted. Some small.and special
detachment" have been necessary to maintain the
laws-of embargo, on that portion of our Northern
frontier alOtls offered peculiar facilities fore, asion ;
but these were replaced us 1100111 u it could be done,
hylselies of new recruits. By the uiJ of these,
old of the armed vessels called into service it: oilier
quarters, the spirit of disobedience and nbuse,
which nisinfested itself early, and with sensible
effect, while we were unprepared to meet it. has
been considerably repressed.
tt Considering the extraordinary ehuracter of the
tunes in which we live, our attention should unre-
mittingly be freed ea the ratty of our cumin).—
For a people who are free, and who mean to remain
so, • well-orgsnixed sodomite' Militia is their best
security. It is therefore incuinlient on us at every
meeting, to revise the condition of the Militia. and
to ask ourselves if it is prepared to repel a powerful
enemy at every paid of our territories repotted to
invasion ? Souse of the States hoer paid a laudable
attention to this objevt. but every degree of ne-
glect is to be found among others. t:ongress alone
having the power to produce an uniform state of
preparation 111 Uss• great organ of defence, the
interests which they so deeply feel in their wu
amp their country's saeonty, will pre.eet this as
among the most important objects of then. deliber-
ation.

•' Codr7 the Art. of March 11, and April 23,
respectinx runs, the difficulty of proviiritig thein
from abroad, duriu; the present situation and di+
positions of Europe, induced lib to direct our whole
effort • to the tot ous of internal supply; the public
factories have, therefore, been enlarrid, additional
inachineriewcrct tt-d. and, in proportion as artificers
flu' he found or forsorti, their e.tii et. alreidv mere