The National Register.
London, England, 1811-01-06 00:00:00

MALT DUTY.

Mr.Wrl.Linss SMITH called the attention of the House to a
report which had gone forth through the medium of the public
papers, stating, that his Majesty's Ministers had entered into
an agreement with the Malt Distillers, to suspend the Malt
Duty Act for the ensuing six months, and representing that
this complaint would be attended with the worst effects, as it
went to promote speculation. He felt it his duty to bet the
public right on this subject, and to state that so far was the
measure, which had been adverted to, from creating a spirit of
?peculation, that it had a contrary ttnde►;cy, and put an end to
that speculation which had already proved so injurious to
trade.
Adjourned at half past eleven.

SATURDAY, JAN. 5.
The House, by Deputation, forwarded the Resolutions re-
verting the Is.;ue of Public Money, to the Lords.
The Commons then received from the Lords certain
;mended Resolutions, desiring their copcurrence.—Adjourned
to Monday.
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AMERICA.

THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.
WASUINGTON, DEC s.—The President of the United States
this day communicated by Mr. Ed. Coles, his Private Secretary,
the following Message to Congress:
Fellow Citizens of the Senate, and of the
House of Representatives,
The embarrassments which have prevailed in our foreign re-
latioas, so much employed the deliberations of Congress, make
it a primary duty, in meeting you, to cominueicate whatever
may have occurred, in that branch of our national affairs.
The Act of the last Session of Congress " concerning the
Commercial Intercourse between the United States and Great
Britain and France and their dependencies," having invited in a
new form, a termination of their Edicts against our neutral
commerce, copies of the Acts were immediately forwarded to
our Ministers at London and Paris, with a view that its object
might be within the early attention of the French
.and British
Governments.
By the communication received through our Miaister at
Paris, it appeared that a knowledge of the Act by the French
Government was followed by a declaration that the Berlin and
Milan Decrees were revoked, arid would cease to have effect
on the first day of November ensuing. These being the ouly
known Edicts of France, within the description of the Act,
and the revocation of them tieing such that they ceased, at that
date, to violate our neutral commerce ; the fact. as prescribed
by law, was announced by a proclamation bearing date the 2d
day of November.
It would have well accorded with the conciliatory views, in-
dicated by this proceeding on the part of France, to have ex-
tended them to all the grounds of just complaint, which now re-
main unadjusted with the United States. Itewas particularly
anticipated that, as a further evidence of just disposition to-
wards them, restoration would have been immediately Wade of
the property of our citizens seized under a misapplication' of
the-principle, of reprisals, combined with a misconstruction of
the lalw 4t. the United States. This expectation has not been
fulfilled.,''
From • the • British Government • no, communication on the
subject Of the Act 'has :been received. To a communication
from. our Minister at Loudon of the revocation, by the French
PoVerntraett *the 13...r1in. and Milan* decrees, Ira& answered,
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