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IRISH MILITIA.

Mr. CHARLES W; WYNNE tneved, according, to
notice, for leave to bring in a Bill to continue the
At for Enabling his Majesty to accept the otierS of
such of the Irish Militia as should volunteer: to ex-
tend their §ervices to this Country. His object: was,
.that the At should be coiitinued.dnring the. war.
Leave given.--The Bill was afterwards brought in,
read a2lst_tilne,,and ordered to be read a 2d time on
Tuesday next. .

• . MILBOURNE PORT ELECTION.
Lord FOLESTONE presented a Petition, praying for
an enlargement of time for entering into a Recog-
nizance in the- Case of the Mißiourne Port Elec-
tion. The' grOund of this Motion wasi that the
Agent for the Petitioner, a country,attorney, did not
know of the Order of the House requiring a notice
.to be given to the Sitting Member of the time when
the RecognizanCe was to be entered into by the
Petitioner. He held in his hand another Petition,
stating, that the Attorney, had not received the
Speaker's Order till the 14th of this month, owing
to its not being sent by the Mesienger, though the
Attorney had left directions for that purpose.. He
moved, That the time be enlarged to Wednesday
next.

The SPEAKER stated, that it was no gOod ground
for this Motion to state that an old andestablished
Order of the House was not known. The Messen-
gers were not. in the pra6tice of sending the Speaker's
Orders to any Agent .not residing in LondOn,, and it
would be attended with great inconvenience if this
should be altered. "

Mr. LEYCESTER, Mr. WYNNE, and Mr. PERCI:
VAL, severally objeCted to the Motion, and were of
opinion, that the prayer of the Petition could not
be granted. The first of these Gentlemen stated,
that the Speaker's Order had nothing to do with the
Recognizance. It only referred to the time when
the merits of the case were to be tried:
The Motion was then put and negatiimd.

From the AMRICRATIPAPERS.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

DECEMI3R 2.

This day the PRESIDENT' of the United States com-
municated, by Mr. • COLES, his Secretary, the
following Message to both Houses or Congress
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United Stoles of America in Congress assembled.

" It would have given- me, Fellow Citizens, great
satisfaaion- to announce, in the, moment, of your
meeting, that the difficulties in our foreign relations
existing at the time of your last separation, had been
amicably and justly terminated. , •
".1 have- lost no time in taking those measures
which were most likely to bring them to such a termi-
nation, by special missions; charged with such powers
and, instructions as, in the event of failure, could
leave no imputation on either our moderation or for-
kearance: The delays which have since taken place
in our Negotiation with the, British Goernment
appear to have .proceeded from causes which do not
forbid the expectation that, ,luring the course of the
SessiOn, I way be enabled to lay before you their
final issue.'

" What will\ be that of the Negotiation for set-
tling our differences with Spain, nothing whiCh had
taken place, at the date., of the-lastdispatcbes, en-
ables us to prOnoUnce. On the western side of the
Mississippi she advanced in -considerable fOrce, and
took post at the Settlement Bayou Pierre, on the
Red River., This village was originally settled by.
France, was held by her as long as she held Louisi-
ana, and was delivered -to •Spain only as a part \of
Louisiana. Being small, insulated, and distant, it
was not obServed at the :moment 'of re-delivery-to
Franceand the United States, that she continued a
guard of half a dozen j'en, which had been sta-
tioned there. A proposition however having been
lately made by our Commander in Chief, to assume
the Sabine River as a temporary line of separation be-
tween the troops of the two Nations, until the issue
of our Negotiations shall be known, this has been
referred by the-Spanish Commandant to his Superior,.
and in the mean time :bo has withdrawn his force
to the wi;,;*rn. side of the Sabine River. The cor-
respondence on this -subj&'et, now communicated,
will exhibit more particularly the present state of
things in that quarter.

"-The natitre of that Country requires indispen-,
sibly that an unusual proportion of the force em-
ployed there should be cavalry,:or mounted infantry.
In order therefore that the Commanding Officer
might be enabled to ac} with effed, I had authorised
him to call-oil the Governors of Orleans and Mis-
sissippi, for a Corps of five hundred Volunteer Ca-
valry. . The- tempory arrangement he has proposed,
may, perhaps, render this unnecessary. But I in-
form you with great pleasure, of the prOmptitude
with which the inhabitants bf those territories haVe
tendered their services in defence of their Country.
It has done honour to themselVes, entitled them to.
the confidence of their fellov-citizens in every part.
of the Union, and must 'strengthen the general de-,
termination. to protect them efficaciously under all
circumstances which may occur.
Having received information that in :another
&mot. the United States a great number of private
individuals were combining together, arming, and
organizing:themselves, contrary to law, to carry on
a Military expedition against the Territories of
Spain? I thoughrirnecessary, by proclamatiOn, as
well as by special orders, to take measures for pre-
venting and suppressing this enterprize, for seizing
the vessels, arrns, and other means provided for it,
and for arresting and bringing to Justice .its authors
and abettors. It was due to that good faith 'which
ought ever to he the rule of aelion in public, as well
as-itrPrivate transaCtions ; it was due to good order,
and 'regular Government, that, while the public
force was aeling stri&ly on the defensive, and mere-
}y to protect our citizens from aggression, the criminal
attempts of private individuals to decide, for their
own Country, the question of Peace or War, by
commencing a6tive and unauthorised hostilities,
should be promptly and efficaciously suppressed.
" Whether it will be (necessary to enlarge our
regular force will depend on the result of our Nego-
tiations with Spain. But as it is uncertain when that
result will be known, the provisional measures re-
quisite for that, and to meet any pressure intervening
in that quarter, will be a subject for your early con-
sideration.

The possession of both banks of the Mssissippi
reducing to a single point the defence of that river,
its waters, and the country, adjacent,. it becomes
highly necessary to provide, for Wat point,
,a More
Same security. me position above its Mouth,
commanding the passage of the river, should be ren-
dered sufficiently Strong to cover the armed vessels
which !nay be stationed there for defence ; and; in
conjunaion -with them, to present an insuperable
obstacle to any force attempting 'to pass. The ap-
proaches-to the city of New-Orleans, from the east-
ern quarter, also- willi-equire to be examined, and
More effeanallY guarded. For .the internal support
of the Country, the encouragement of a strong
Settlement on the western side of the Mississippi,
within reach of New-Orleans, will be worthy the
consideration of the Legislature.

f: `f7, 1 11)1' :In or Ole
ff.:lllc tyun-boat; ~anti-;(4l*.d, y Ac of tits
lasOessinn, are, so adV:piwed, that be:rp,-;.•
for service in the ensainif skririg:
,Circur,nsta.ncev
pet:mitred us to allow the lime necessary„tbr..tneg
more solid Construction. Asa much. larber..purnher.
will still be wanting. to place our sea-port towns,,,ap4,
waters in that state detenceto,whicu we are coml.
petent; and they entitled, a situilar,appropriation for
a further provision of them is recommended for the
.ensuing Year. „
.. . - • ... . . • •

" A furthei• appropriation. will also be. necessary.
for 'repairing fortifications already estabiihed; and
for the ereelion of such other works as may hava
real. effete`} hakohsttuCtibg the approach of an eperny
to our sea-port towns,: or their remaining before.

.„. . . .
" In a COuntry whose Constittftion is derived
from the will of the People, direCtly expressed by
their free suffrages, where the principal Executive
FunEtionaries, and .those of the Legislature, are re-
newed by them at short periods—where, under the
charader of Jurors) theyexercise in person
,the greatest
portion of the judiciary powers-,-where the Laws are
conseqUently so formed and administered as to bear,.
with equal weight and favouron all, restraining no,
man in the pursuits of honest industry,, and securing
to every one the preperty which that acquires--it
would not be supposed that any safeguards could be
needed against insurrection or enterprize on the pub-
lic peace or authority. The Laws, however, aware,.
that these should not be trusted to moral restraints
only, have wisely provided puniqnnents for these
crimes when committed. But would it not be salu-
tary to give also the means of preventing their com-
mission ? Where an enterprize' is meditated by
private individuals, against a foreign nation, in amity
with the United States, powers of prevention, to a
certain extent, are given by the lows. Would they*
not be as reasonable and useful where the enterprize
preparing is against the United States ?---Whire ad-
verting.to this branch of the law, it is proper to ob-
set*, that in enterprizes meditated against foreign
nations, the ordinary process of binding to the ob-
servance of the peace and good behaviour, could it
be extended to acts to be done out of the jurisdic-
tion of the United States, would be effeCtual in some
cases where the.offender is able to' keep out of sight
every indication of his purpose which could draw on
him the exercise of the powers now given bylaw.
" The States on the coast, of Barbary seem gene-
rally disposed at present to respect our peace.and
friendship. With Tunis alone, :some uncertainty
remains, Persuaded that it is our interest to .main-
tain our peace with them on equal terms, or not at
all, 'I propose to send in due tune, a reinforcement
into the Mediterranean ; unless previous information.
shall shew it to be unnecessary.
" We continue to receive proofs of the growing
attachment of our Indian neighbours, and of their
disposition to place all their interests under the pa--
trollop of the United States. These dispositions
are inspired by their confidence in our justice,, and
in the sincere concern we feel for their welfare.
And as long as we discharge these high and honour-
able functions with the integrity and good faith.
which alone can entitle us to their continuance, we..
may expect to reap the just reward in their peace and •
-friendship:: •

" The Expedition of Messrs. Lewis and Clarke,
for exploring the river Missouri, •and • the best com-
munication from that to the Pacific Ocean, has had
all the success which could have been:expeCted.
They
_have traced the Missouri nearly toits source,
descended the Columbia to the Pacific Ocean, ascer-
tained with accuracy the geography of that interest-
ing communication across our Continent, learnt the
character of. he country, of its commerce, and inhav
bitants ; and it is but ' justice to say
,that MesSrs.
Lewis and Clarke, and their brave companions, have,
by this arduous service, deserved well of their Coun-
try.
" The attempt to explore the Red River,' limier
the direction of Mr. Freeman,..thoUgh conduced
with a zeal and prudence meriting entire approbafioh,
has not been equally successtul. Ater proceeding
up it about six hundred .miles, nearly as far as the
French Settlements had extended, 'while the coun-
try was in their possession, our geographers' were
obliged to return without completing their wwk.
" Very useful additions have also been made to
our knoWledge of the Mississippi, by Lieutenant
Pike,. who has ascended. it to its source, 'and whose
journal and map, giving the details of his journey,
will shortly he ready forsommtmication to boa;
Houses of Congress. ThOse, of Messrs, Lewis.,
Clarke, and Freeman, will require further time to be
digested and, prepared. These important shrveys,
in addition to thoSe before possessed, furnish mate-
rials for commencing an accurate map at' the Missis-
sippi and its western waters. Some principal rivers
however remain still, to be explored, towards which
the authorisation of COngress by moderate appro-
priations will be requisite.

" I congratulate you,: Fellow Citizens, on the ap-
proach of the period at which :you may interpose
your authority, const i tut ionally„to
,withdraw the Ci-
tizens of the United States from all further partici-
pation in those violations of human rights which
have been so long continued on the unotfending in-
habitants of Africa, and which the morality, the re-
putation, and the best interests of our Cuuntry, have
long been eager to prescribe. Although no law you
• may pass can take prohibitory effe& till the first day
of the year one thousand eight hundr:d and eight,
yet the intervening period is not too long to prevent,
by timely notice, expeditions which cannot be com-
pleted before that day.
." The receipts. at
.the Treasury, during the year
ending on the 30th day of September last, have
amounted to near fifteen millions of dollars, which
have enabled.us, after meeting the current demands,
to pay two millions seven hundred thousand dollars
of the American claims, in paft of the price of Loui-
siana; to pay, of the funded debt, upwards of three
millions of principal, and nearly four of interest,
anti.; in addition, to reimburse .in the course- of the
present] month near two millions of five and a Ilia
per cent. stock. These' payments and reimburse-
ments of Ale- funded • debt,. with those which had
been, made in the four years and a half pre,leding,
will, at the close of the present year, ha►e extin.
guished upwards of twenty-three millions of p"rin-
cipal___ _ _

" The duties composing the Mediterranean fund
will cease, bylaw, at the end of the present Be.,sion. •
,Cons'i'dering, hoWever; that they zire levied chiefly
on luxuries, and that we havesan impost, on salt, a ,
necessary of life, the free use of which otherwise is
so important, I recommend to your consideration the

suppression of the duties eti salt, and the corvinua,
tion of the Mediterranean fund, instead thereof; for
a short time, after which that also will become un-
necessvy for any purpose now within contempla-
tion.
When these branches of revenue shall, in this
way, be relinquished, there will still ere long be an
accumulation of money.. in the treasui'y beyond-the
instalments of public debt which We are permitted by
contra& to pay. They cannot then, witholit a tno--•
dification, assented to by the public creditors, be ap'•
plied to the extinguishment of this debt and the
complete liberation of our revenues; the-most desir-
- able of, all obje&s. Nor, if our Peace continues,
will they he wanting for any other existing purpose.
The question, therefore, now comes forward, to
what other obje& shall these sUrplusseS be appropri-
ated, and the whole surplus of impost after the dis,
charge of the public debt, and during those intervals
when the purposes of war shall not call for them ?
Shall we suppress theimpost, and give that advantage
to foreign over domestic manufaCtures ? On a few
articles of more general and necessary use, the sup,
press*, in dap season, will donbtless beright; but
the great mass of articles on -which impost is paid,
are foreign luxuries, purchased by those only who
are rich enough to afferd themselves the use of them.
Their patriotism would certainly prefer its continu-
ance, and application to the greet purposes of the
public education, roads, ''rivers, canals, and such
Other objeas Of public- improvement as it may be
thought proper to add to the constitutional' enurnera-
• tier of Federal powers. By these operations new.
channels of communicatiqn will be opened between
the States'; "The lines of separation will' disappear,
their interests will be identified; and their - union
cemented by•new and indissoluble ties. . Education
is here' placed 'amen the erticles of public care, not
that it would be proposed to take its ordinary branches
• out of the hands Of private enterprise, which manages
-sOniuch,better all the concerns to which it is equal :
but-a public institution can alone supply those sci-
ences which, though rarely called for, are yet neces-
eary to complete the circle, all parts of which con-
tribute to the improvement of the Country, and some
of them to its preservation. The'subjea is now pro-
posed for the consideration of Congress, because, if
improved, by the time the State Legislatures shall
have deliberated on this extension of the Federal
_trusts, and the laws shalhbe passed, and other ar-
rangements made for their execution, the necessary
fureTs will he on hand, without employment. I sup-
pose an Amendment of the Constitntion, by the con-
sent of the States, necessary ; because the objeas'
pow recommended are not among those enumerated
in the Constitution, and to which it permits the
public monies to be applied.
cc The present consideration of a National •Esta-
illisltment- for Education, particularly, is rendered
proper by this circumstance also,ithat, if Congress,
approving the proposition, shall yet think it more
eligible to found it on donations of lands, they have
it now ;n- their power to endow it with those which
will be among the earliest to' produce the necessary
income. This foundation would have the advan-
tage of being independent on war, which may sus-
pend other improvements by requiring for its own
purposes the resources destined for them.
" This Fellow-citizens, is the state of the public
interests at the present moment, and according to
the information now possessed. But such is the
situation of the Nations of Europe, and suchroo
the predieditient in which we stand with some of
them, that we cannot rely with certainty on the pre-
sent aiped of affairs, that may change from mo•
meat to moment, during the course of your Session,
or after you shall have separated. Our duty is,
therefore, to aa upon.the things as they are, and to
make a reasonable provision for whatever they may
be- Were armies to be raised whenever a speck of
ivar is visible in our horizon, we never should have
beep without them. Our resources would have been
exhausted on dangers which 'have never happened,
instead of being reserved for what is really to take
Place. A steady, perhaps a quickened pace, in
preparations for the defence of our sea-port towns
and waters, an early settlement of the most ex-
posed and vulnerable part of - our Country, a
tnilitia, so organized that its effeaive portions
can be called to any point in- the Nation, or vo-
lunteers instead of them, to serve a sufficient time,
are tneans which may always be ready, yet never
preying on resources until actually called into use.
•ihey will maintain the public • interests, while a
more permanent force shall be in a course of prepa-
ration. But much will depend on- the promptitude
with which these means can be brought into'aEti-
vity. If war be forced upon us, in spite of our long
and cur vain appeals to the justice of nations, rapid
and vigorous movements, in its outset,' will go far
towards securing us in its course and issue, and to-
wards throwing its burthens on those who render
'necessary the resort from reason to force.
" The result of our Negotiations, or such inci-
dents in their course as may enable us to infer their
probable issue ; such further movements also on
our western frontier as may sliew whether war is to
be pressed there, while negotiation is protra&ed else-
Communicated to you from time to
lime, as they become known to me; with whatever
Other information I poisess or may receive, which
may aid your. deliberations on the great national in-
ierests committed to your charge.
" TH. JEFFERSON."

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1807.

YESTERDAY, as usual, there were a great number
of reports circulated of battles having been fought in
Voland. Some of these reports ascribed the victory
io the French, while others gave it to the Russians.
it was stated that the, cracker Pun-brig had sppken