The National Register.
London, England, 1816-01-07 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

SAN. 1.

draper, at Guildhall.—Jan. 30. W. Elgar, Maidston, Kent, grocer,
at Guildhall—Jan. 30. L. R. de Joachim, Bowling-green Build-
lugs Middlesex, distiller, at Guildhall.—Jan. J. Hutchings,
Battle, Sussex, innkeeper, at Guildhall.—Jan. 27. E. Curteis, Bal-
last ,v, Greenwich, victualler, at Guildliall.—Jan. 27. J. Knott,
W. Smith, and J. Clarke, Duke-street, Southwark hat-manufactu-
rers, at Guildhall.—Jan; g 7. J. Webb, City of New Sarum, brandy-
merchant, at the Public Rooms, New Sarum.—Jan. g 7. 0. Mat-
cham, City of New Sarum, dealer, at the Public Rooms, New Sa-
rum.—Jan. 27. J. 'Faulkner, A. Atkinson, W. Atkinson, and A.
Atkinson, Crutched-Friars, merchants, at Guildhall.-*--Jan. 27. W.
1-louse, Cleveland-street, Fitzroy-square, coach-maker, at Guild-
hall.—Feb. 3. J. Hill, Staverton-row, Newington, Surry, pawnbro-
ker, at Guildhall.—Feb 3. J. J. Lindner, Broad street, in the
Hamlet of Ratcliffe, Middlesex, hat-manufacturer, at Guildhall.—
Jan. 27. 'l'. Gillespy. Coal Exchange, coal-factor, at Guildhall.—
Jan. 30. J. Jackson, Farnham, Surry, surgeon, at Guildhall.—
March 30. W. H. Blackinore, Croydon. Surry, corn-dealer, at
Feb. 3. 11 Parsons, Somerset-street, Aldgate, hay-
salesman, at Guildhall.—Jan. .27. J. Driver, Keighley, Yorkshire
cotton-spinner, at the Devonshire Arms Inn, Keighley.—Jan. 27.'
W. Metcalfe, Crooked-lane, merchant, at Guildhall. —Feb. 10. 0.
Carter, Camomile-street merchant, at Guildhall.—Jan. SI. J. Arm-
strong, Manchester, manufacturer, at the Dog Tavern, Manches-
ter.--Jan. 30. T. Goldsmith, Shnreditch, dealer in wines, at Guild-
hall.--Jan. 30. G. Port, Petersfield, Southampton, horse-dealer, at
G uildhall.
CERTIFICATES granted on or before Jan. 27.
J. Clarke, Old Brentford, butcher.—J. Headlam, Skinner-street,
warehouseman.—J. Gregory, Wakefield, Yorkshire, maltster.—S.
Cropley, Falkingham, Lincolnshire, itinholder.—E. 11. Bovvker and
T. Pearson, Salford, Lancashire, cotton-merchants.—T. S. Scott,
Great St. Helen's, Bishopsgate-street, merchant.-- A. M. Levy,
Leman-street, Goodman's-fields, merchant. —J. Gray, Billiter-
square, hardwareman.—J. Potts, H. Cooke, and R. Potts, Cole-
man-street, merchants.—J. N. Peacock, Lincoln, corn-factor.

AMERICA.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5, i 815.—This day, at twelve o'clock,
the President of the United States transmitted to both Houses
of Congruss, the following Message, by Mr. Todd, his Score-
tai y
" Fellow Citizens of the Senate and the (louse of Representatives,
" I have the satisfaction, on our present meeting, of being able
to communicate to you the successful termination of the war which
hind been commenced against the United States by the Regency of
Algiers. The squadron in advance, on that service, under Conuno-
dore Decatur, lost not a moment on its arrival in the Mediterra-
nean, in seeking the naval force of the enemy, then cruizing in that
sea, and succeeded in capturing two of his ships, one of them the
principal ship, commanded by the Algerine Admiral. The high
character of the American commander was brilliantly sustained on
the occason, which brought his own ship into close action with that
of his-adversary, as was the accustomed gallantry of all the officers
and men actually engaged. Having prepared the way by this de-
monstration of American skill and prowess, he hastened to the port
of Algiers, where peace was promptly yielded to his victorious
force. In the terms stipulated, the rights and honour of the United
States were particularly consulted, by a pci petual relinquishment,
on the part of the Dey. of all pretensions to tribute limn them.
The impressions which have thus been made, strengthened as they
will have been by subsequent transactions with the Regencies of
Tunis and Tripoli, by the appearance of the larger force which
followed under Commodore Bainbridge, the chief in command of
the expedition, and by the judicious precautionary arrangements
left by him in that quarter, afford a reasonable prospect of future
security, for the valuable portion of our commerce which passes
within reach of the Barbary cruimrs.
" It is another source of satisfaction that the Treaty of Peace
with tire.at Britain has beea succeeded by a Convention on the sub-
ject of commerce, concluded by the Plenipotentiaries of the two
countries. In thisTesult a disposition is manifested on the part of
that nation, corresponding with the dispoSition of the United States,
• which, it may be hoped, will be improved into liberal arrangements
on other subjects, on which the parties have mutual interests, or
which might endanger their future harmony. Congress will de-
cide on the expediency of promoting such a sequel, by giving
effect to the measure of confinino. the American navigation to Nme-
rim seamen ; a measure which, at the same time that it m;;;ht
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of iZereasinit, the independence of our navigation, and the resources
of our maritime rights.
" In conforMity with the articles of the Treaty of Ghent, re•
sating to the Indiana, as well as with a view to the tranquillity of
our western and north-western frontiers, measure' were taken to
establish au immediate peace with the several tribes who had been
engaged in hostilities against the United States. Such of them as
were invited to Detroit acceded readily to a renewal of the former
treaties of friendship. Of the other tribes who were invited to a
station on the Mississippi, the greater number have also accepted
the peace offered to them. The residue, consisting of the more
distant tribes or parts of tribes, remain to be brought over by fur-
ther explanations, or by such other means as may be adapted to
the disposition theyenay finally disclose.
" The Indian trait s within, and bordering on our southern fron-
tier, whom a cruel war on their part had compelled us to chastise
into peace, have lately shown a restlessness, ivhich has called for
preparatory measures for repressing it, and for protecting the
Commissioners engaged in carryieg the terms of the peace into.
execution.
" The execution of the act for fixing the military .ticare esta-
blishment, has been attended with difficulties which even now can
only be overcome by Icgisiative aid. The election of officers; the
payment and discharge of the troops enlisted for the war; the
mcnt ef the retained troops, and their re-union from detached and
dist••nt stations ; the collection and security of the public property,
in the quarter master, commissary and ordnance departments; and
the constant medical assistance required in hospitals and garrisoue,
rendered a complete execution of the act impra cficab.e on the Ist
ofi
May, the period more immediately contemplated. As soon, how-
ever, as circumstances would permit, and as far as it had been
practicable, consistently with the public interest, the re.lection of
the army has been accomplished; but the appropriathins for its
pay, and for other branches of the military service, hayine poved
inadequate, the earliest attention to that subject will be net iee,ary;
and the expediency of continuing upon the peace establishment the
Staff Officers, who have hitherto been provisionally retained, is
also recommended to the consideration of Congress.
"In the performance of the executive de ueon this occasion,
there has not been wanting a just sensibility to. the merits of the
kmerican army during the late war ; but the obvious policy and
design in fixing an efficient military peace establishment, did not
afford an opportunity to distinguish the aged and infirm, on ac-
count of their past services; nor the wounded and disabled, on
account of their present sufferings. The extent of the eduction,
indeed, unavoidably involved the exclusion of many meritorious
officers of every rank, from the service of their country; and so
equal, as well as so numerous, were the claims to attention, that a
derision by the standard of comparative merit, could seldom be
attained. Judged, however, in candour, by a general standard t f
positive merit, the Army Register will, it is believed, do honour to
the establishment ; while the case of those officers, whose names
are not included in it, devolves, with the strongest interest. upon
the legislative authority, for such provision as shall he deemed the
best calculated to give support and solace to time veteran and in-
valid ; to display the beneficence a' well as the justice of the Go-
' vernmeet ; and to iuspire a martial zeal for the public service, upon
every Ware emergeney.
" Although the embarrasemente arising from the wanntce t3f an eni•
form national currency have not been diminished,
sihe ad-
journment of Congress, great satisfaction has been derived, in
contemplating the revival of the public credit, and the efficieney
of the public resources. The receipts into the Treasury from the
various branches of revenue, daring the nine months ending on
the With of September last, have been estimated at twelve millions
and a half of dollars; the issues of Treasury Notes of ev eiy deno-
mination, during the same period, amounted to the sum of fourteen
millions of dollars : and there was also obtained upon the loan,
during the same period, a sum of nine millions of ileillars, of which
the sum of six millions of dollars was subscribed in cash, end the
sum of three millions of dollars in Treasury- Notes.—With these
means, added to the sum of one million and a half et' dollars, being
the balance of money in the Treasury on the Ea of January, there
has been paid, between the Ist of January and the Ist of October,
on account of the appropriations of the preceding and of the pre-
of the amount of theTreasery Notes subscribed
slumstoentth-se.ellort(tne,NticilliCisl;heelYam redemed in the payment of e, ties and
taxes), the egeTegate of thirty-three millions. and a half of
dollars, leaving a balance then in the Trensnry est:mated at th!
sum of three millions of dollars. lielepenilent, however, of the
1 erre:wages due for military services and supolies, it is resumed,
that e fin then suet ef five millions of dollars, iticludiag e aterest

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on the public debt, payable on the Ist of January next, will he de-
manded at the Treasury to complete the expenditures of the pre-
sent year, and for which the existing ways and means will suffi-
ciently provide.
" The national debt, as it was ascertained on the lit of October
last, amounted in the whole to the sum of one hundred and twenty
millions of dollars, consisting of the unredeemed balance of the
debt contracted before the late war (thirty-nine millions of dollars),
the amount of the funded debt contracted in consequence of the
war, (silty-fnur millions of dollars) and the amount of the unfunded
and floating debt (including the various issues of Treasury Notes),
seventeen millions of dollars, which is in a gradual course of pay-
ment. There will, probably, be some addition to the public debt,
upon the liquidation of various claims which are depending; and •
a conciliatory disposition on the part of Congress may lead honour.-
ably and advantageously to an equitable arrangement of the mi-
litia expences, incurred by the several States, without the previous
sanction or authority of the Government of the United Stet( s.
But, when it is considered that the new, as well as the old, portion
of the debt has been contracted in the assertion of the national
rights and independence; and when it is recollected, that the pub-
lic expenditures, not being exclusively bestowed upon subjects of
a transient nature, will long be visible in the number and equip-
ments of the American navy, in the military works fur the defence
of our harboursand our frontiers, and in the supplies of our arse-
nals and magazines; the amount will bear a gratitving comparison
with the objects which have been attained, as well as with the re-
Sources or the country.
" The arrangement of the finances, with a view to the receipts
anti expenditures of a permanent peace establishment, will neces-
sarily enter into the deliberations of Congress during the present
Session. It is true, that the improved condition of the public re-
venue will not only afford the means of maintaining the faith of
the Government with its creditors inviolate, and of prosecuting
successfully the measures of the most liberal policy ; but will also
justify an immediate alleviation of burthens imposed by the neces-
sities of the war. It is, however, essential to every modification
of the finances, that the benefits of an uniform national currency
should be restored to the community. The absence of the precious
metals, will, it is believed, be a temporary evil ; but until they can
be again rendered the general medium of exchange, it devolves on
the wisdom of Congress to provide a substitute, which shall equally
engage the confidence, and accommodate the wants of the citizens
throughout the Union. If the operation of the state banks cannot
produce this result, the probable operation of a national bank will
merit consideration ; and if neither of these expedients be deemed
effectual, it may become necessary to ascertain the terms upon
which the notes of the Government (no longer required as an in-
strument of credit) shall be issued, upon motives of general policy,
as a common medium of circulation.
" Notwithstanding the security for future repose which the
United States ought to find in their love of peace, and their con-
stant respect for the rights of other nations, the character of the
times particularly inculcates the lesson, that, whether to prevent
or repel danger, we ought not to be unprepared far it. This con-
sideration will sufficiently recommend to Congress a liberal
_pro-
vision for the immediate extension and gradual completion of the
works of defence, both fixed and floating, on our maritime frontier,
and an adequate provision for guarding our inland frontier against
dangers to which certain portions of it may continue to be exposed.
" As an improvement on our military establishment, it will de-
serve the consideration of Congress, whether a corps of invalids
might not be so organized and employed, as at once to aid in the
support of meritorious individuals, excluded by age or infirmities
from the existing establishment, and to preserve to the public the
benefit of their stationary services, and of their exemplary disci-
pline. I recommend also, an enlargement of the military academy
already established, and the establishment of others in other
sections of the Union. And I cannot press too much on the
attention t,f Congress, such a classification and organization of the
militia, as will most effectually render it the safeguard of a free
state. If :,tperi,•:•:tee acts shewn in the late splendid achievements
of the value of t•.is rtruurce for the public defence, it has
shewn als(s the importatee of.that skill in the use of arms, and that
familiarity with the essential rules of discipline, which cannot be
expected from the regulations now in force. With this subject is
ullin,-. ,nnected the necessity of accommodating the laws, in
, to the great object of enabling the political autho-
'ion to employ, promptly and effectually, the physi-
,. Union, in the cases designated by the Constitution.
~.rviees which have been rendered by our navy,
.s it has developed for the successful co-operation

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in the national defence, win give to tha t portion of the public force
its full valus.in the eyes of Congress, at an epoch which calls for
the constant vigilance of all Governments. To preserve the ships
now in a sound state ; to complete those already contemplated ; to
provide amply the imperishable materials for prompt augmenta-
tions, and to improve the existing arrangements into more advan-
tageous establishments, for the construction, repairs, and the se•
curitv of vessels of war, is dictated by the soundest policy.
" In adjusting the duties on imports to the object of revenue,
the influence of the tariff on manufactures, will necessarily present
itself fur consideration. However wise the theory may be, which
leaves to the sagacity and interest of individuals the application
of their industry and resources, there are in this, as in other cases,
exceptions to the general rule. Besides the condition which the
theory itself implies, of a reciprocal adoption by other nations,
experience teaches that so many circumstances must occur in in-
troducing and maturing manufacturing establishments, especially
of the more complicated kinds, that a country may remain long
without them, although sufficiently advanced, and in some respects
even peculiarly fitted fur carrying them on with success. Under
circumstances giving a powerful impulse to manufacturing indus-
try, it has made among us a progress, and exhibited an efficiency,
which justify the belief, that with a protection not more than is
due to the enterprising citizens whose interests are now at stake,
it will become at an early day not only safe against occasional com-
petitions from abroad, but a source of domestic wealth, and even
of external commerce. In selecting the branches more especially
entitled to the public patronage, a preference is obviously claimed
by such as will relieve the United States from a dependence on
foreign supplies, ever subject to casual failures, for articles neces-
sary for the public defence, or connected with the primary wants of
individuals. It will be an additional recommendation of particular
manufactures, where the materials for them are extensively drawn
frem our agriculture, and consequently impart and insure to that
ereat fund of national prosperity and independence, an encourage-
s.
ment which cannot fail to be rewarded.
" Among the means of advancing the publie interest, the occa-
sion is a proper one for recalling the attention of Congress to the
great importance of establishing throughout our country the roads
and canals which can best be executed under the national authority.
No objects within the circle of political economy so richly repay
the expellee bestowed on them; there are none, the utility of
which is more universally ascertained and acknowledged • none
that do more honour to the Government, whose wise and enlarged
patrotism duly appreciates them. Nor is there any country which
presents a field, where nature invites more the art of man, to com-
plete ker own work for his accommodation and benefit. These
considerations are strengthened, moreover, by the political effect
of these facilities for intercommunication, in bringing and binding
more closely together the various parts of our extended confederacy.
Whilst the States individually, with a laudable enterprise and emu-
lation, avail themselves of their local advantages, by new roads, by
navigable canals and by improving the streams susceptible of navi-
gation, the general government is the more urged to similar under-
takings, requiring a national jurisdiction and national means by the
prospect of thus systematically completing so inestimable a work.
And it is a happy reflection, that any defect of constitutional autho-
rity which may be encountered, can be supplied in a mode which the
constitution itself has providently pointed out.
" The present is a favourable season also for bringing again into
view the establishnu nt of a national seminary of learning within
the district of Columbia, and with means drawn from the property
therein subject to the authority of the general Government. Such
an institution claims the patronage of Congress, as a monument of
their solicitude for the ads ancement of knowledge, without which
the blessings of liberty cannot be fully enjoyed, or long preserved ;
as a model instructive in the formation of other seminaries ; as a
nursery of enlightened preceptors ; as a central resort of youth and
genius from every part of their country, diffusing on their return
c samples of those national feelines,those liberal sentiments,and these
congenial manners, which contribute cement to our union, and
strength to the great political fabric of which that is the formation.
" In closing this communication, I ought not to repress a sensi-
bility in which you will unite, to the happy lot of onr country, and
to the goodness of a superintending providence to which we are
indebted for it.—Whilst other portions of mankind are labouring
under the distresses of war, or struggling with adversity in other
forms, the United States are in the tranquil enjoyment of pros-
perous and honourable peace. In reviewing the scenes through
which it has been attained, we can rejoice in,the proofs given, that
our political institutions, founded in human rights, and framed for
their preservation, are equal to the severest trials of war, as wen