The Sun.
London, England, 1802-01-14 00:00:00

DEATH OF TIE EARL OF CLARE.

YESTERDAY an Express arrived from Dublin,
bringing an account of the decease of the Right
Honourable JOHN E4rl of , CLARE', Lord „High
Chancellor of Ireland. His Lordship for some
months past had suffered inconceivable tortures in
consequence of the accident which bele' him about
a year since in Hyde Pa'rk.' .The hurts which he
then received are supposed, i-hoWeyer, -not to have
accelerated his demise. The disorder which proved
fatal was a dropsy in the chest..
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• ~ino(2 .; •
Yesterday noon VI utLivi 41 EST ES accompanied
by the PR I ftcESSES AITGIXITN ELIZABETH, MARY,
SOPA lA, and AME L lA, cixme to BUCkingll3l2o-11OlISC,
to reside till after the celebration of HDrt MA) ES-

• TY'S Birth-day. -
THEIR MAJESTIES were visited on their' arrival
by His Royal Highness the DVIC E of Cu NIBERL AH
and several 4 the Nobility. -
At .one. o'clock .the KING held a Levee at St.
James's Palace, which was attended by His Grace
the Archbishop of CANT/ RECIE.Y, the LORD cHAN-
CC EEQR, the CHANCELLOR 'PI the •Exclicq.;TEß,
the Sncitrrkay at WaC, the Rev.-Dic VlD:ccwr,
the •Russian, American, Neapolitan,
French,'-i-4noverian, 'anti,' Danish -Ministers, and
the followini.Niblernert.' •

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Dukes—Montrose andl;cutland... ..
La
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i-is—Cork, Mrogton, Pile Carlisle,' Poulet, Harrington,
Cardigan, Stan', Erfingharil, Mansfield, and Cfipterfield.
Visc,unts—Hocd,,Boriqgdon, atu4,Tarnworth,
Lora's--.G. Tliynne; Brealalhane, Nertuarcugh, :•Willougitby
de Broke, Hinton, C. Somerset, Cathcart, land Hawkes./
b4ry.
Baron Nolleken. . : ' ' . .
Admirals--LlClitchell and Lambe.
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Generals—M.-, Lancey, Bertie,• ,Led, Hall, Thylpr, Finch,.
Mellish, Stevens, Sir J. Fultency,•..l-lotham, :Nil-or-0e:-
neral M.Cortrtick. ~ . . ..,,,, . J
Illajors—Tindaland Forbes. . . - . , -
Co/offc/s----Herties, Burnet, cirty, Hope, Fitzroy,-Kmvood,

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IlOwel,. and Cowan. . . . : ..
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Cr.:,)tains—Ellis; Hayward, Sadler, and Flotham.
Sirs—A. Edmonstone R. Ford, F. Wilson, and S. Cottret.
Messrs.—Anew, Paoli, Charles Long, ' Dawkins, Rose,
Dawson, Hind, Richt Wickham, and Fawkener." . .

The' Gentlemen .introduced to His MAJESTY
iverc—Mr. GORE, on his arrival from America,
but lasr from, France, by Mr. KING, the American
Ministti ; Major General .IVPCo itt‘ etc. ; Colonel
HOPE, Adjutant General of Ireland, on his being
appointed Colbnel cf',the, Nottingham Fencibles ;
Major 9entraLC?o-r.i,,,-On his arrival from Egypt ;
Major: Sir -ROBERT WIT,,,s'oN, of Hompesch Husi_
Sars, by Major General CooTE,orr his arrival from
Egypt; and Captain.Lio-r4A.hi, by-,Gen.
After the•Leveei-fis M.7AyEsTyigave an Audience
to the Ministers, and held a Privy Council, when
Messrs. Rosa, LONG, and Wicic4Am,-_.were sworn
in. Members of • His , Majesty's Most fan.. Privy
.Council, and took theii Seats at the Board accord-

ngly.

HEgit.l7 TYE "FR• the Poet Laureai, pre-.
sented to Hp4ViAj EST Y -froth --the Literary Fund,. a
Copy of the " Claims ,of Literatuie.'.! •
Earl-ST. V; NC iN7,l,Titd,a,lopginterli:e'W with the.
Kriid, and laid before Hts E the-proceed-
ings of the.'irial
.of the Mutilieers. F3is i...0t-dshi:p
a •priva•te,roarns,,er, being ,set down tt the
garaen-gate; At five o'clflek Ins MAJEsTY. left
the Palace. for Buckingham HOuse,
~•There w ill tie no.Pub_ne,.,Zi.ay
...at St.. janie?'s. till
Monday nexr, the QuEttes-Birth-day:
THEIR MAJESTIES 3.64 the.,PßtrrcEsSLS I noun
COvgnr-Gardeo Theatre this evening with
.their
presence. ' ' • ,
Lord Wit t n-r ,Thiches•s of DoisEi•Vinci
family, leave I(.nOw le on Friday, ana return..o town
for the season. • .

. BERT is recovering from hC,,r,XerY.
serious and, alarming indispOsition.
The numerous fiends •of •the noble of
•-
CH ESTERTI ELD, wilt hear With sati4alionthat the
Countess promises to'malce a. speedy addition'to the
family. ;Her We believe, is, expe4ed,, to
be in the straw some time-next, month. •
Lord PA-I,MEtts-ro:i•i: his Seat ar BrOdlands.
There will be a. natt-stcal, Party to_worrok,v, which
will be attended brthe.Misses ABRAWAMS, Mrs,
THOMPSON, Egc. • : • .

Lady,,PALMERS'TOW h 4.5 established a Soup-shOp, '
at Rumsey, Hanys, front which the .Ponr,-are.
plied with large proportions, at :very :moderate
prices. 'This charitable establishment is under the
immediate inspedieri of her Ladyship, who ttt tends
the delivery of the soup every dpy. TliOre is
.also
an institotion. under • the -same 'Patroness, Sor..the
education of young girls, where above' fifty are
instructed in spinning and other aequirements ne-
cessary to make them excellent servings ; both these
libtral'instifutions are conformable to" the plans of
Count RuMFOR.a. .
The Banlt. has • advanced Half a Million on the
new Exchequer Billslately•-issued.- '
Government haye received intelligence from .Isle
de France of the zBth July last, at: that period
nothing new had occurred in the Colony.
Yesterday a Court.of DireEtots was held at the
East India House, :when the follOwing•Commanders
. took leave previous to departing for their.respedive
destinations, viz. .Capt. SW)NTON, pf the Lay
Buries, Capt. MEDO WS, •of .the .wring, for M:4-
dras and Bengal;, arid '.Capt. Tw:EEDA.Ls, of the
Perseverpice, for Madras acid China. The Court
adloUrned.at six o'clock ;o this day.
Tfie Neptune; for: waS'Ordeyed_to be'ailOat
the 4.th of March,- 18oa, sail to. Gravesend the
iBth, stay dine 3o days.; and be in the Dawns the
zd•April. - ' . •
The rarisqvi ch.'s times .were changed: to those
jetted t) the NAkiz4.#..
A Messenger .00stdistrateihed yester"day to sheer._
ness, with an orde'vr'fi'OirAhe Admiralty to'execcte
Godfrey, a seaman,/ lateloaonging to His Majesty's
Sloop Albinaise,, aCcuseil of-mutiny, and being as,
sisting in carrying he into Malaga,.
Orders have
a. Court Martbeen sent to:Yortsmouth to assemble
. .
Nil for the trial of ;he two remaining
Mutineers, belonging to the, "F.enityczire.
Saturday,.
.ao..ordei from the Navy Board, se..
yeraf,aged and infirm shipwrights, .erc. at Chatham,
were put on ttsc list for superitnwition.

AMERICA.

CONGRESS OF THt 4I}4TED -STATES.

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Ttii.,-.following Message was,deltvered by Mr.
LEwis;'.the President's Secretary,. to the Speaker
of the House, and read by the Clerk

Decemler 8, aot

SIR,

The circumstances under which we find ourselves
at- This place, rendering inconvenient the mode
heretofore,pritaised, of making by personal address
the 6r,skwujmunications between the Legislativ.
,and ,mcumAeipranches; I `haye adopted that by
Mes§me,,'AN,Juise(d on all subsequent occasions
theeg4i;,l4,Se4ion. 1n doing this, I hai-e
had' Rrin.fo rgard to the convenience of the
Legisliture, tO, the economy of their time, to their
relief. from 'the embarrassment of immediate an-
suiers, on subjeas' not yet fully before them, and to.
the benefits.thence resulting to the public afrait;s•----.
Trusting That a procedure, founded, on those mo:'
tives, will meet their approbation, I beg leaVe,
through you, Sir, to 'communicate the incloged"
Message, with the documents accompanying it,
to the. Hon. the House of Representatives, and
pray you to accept, fOr yourself and them, the ho-
mage of my high respea and consideration.
TH. JtFF'.ERSON.

The 11,4.. the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Fellow Citliens of the Senate,
and of the House of Representatives,
It is a circumstance of sincere gratification to me,
that on, meeting the Great Council of the Naiion-wl
am able to announce to them on grounds of reasona,.
tie certainty, that the wars and troubles 'which
have for .so many years afflided our .sister
tions, have ar lengt come to an end, Sand that :
the. communications 'of Peace and Commerce are ;
once more opening:among them. Whilst' we
devoutly return thanks to the beneficent t4-i
ing who has been pleased to breathe into them
the spirit of. conciliation and forgiveness, we* are,
bound, with peculiar gratitude, -to be thdnkful
him, that our own peace has been preserved throtiall;
so perilous a season, and ourselves permitted iuledi
to cultivate the-earth, and to pradise and itriproYe,
those arts which tend to increase our domiorts. The'
assurances,, ipdeed, of friendly disposition reeei.vd`
frotri all the towers With whom we have princi...,
pil relations, ti:td inspired a confidence that' &Ur
Peace with them would not have been disturbed.'
But a "cess'ation of the irregularities Whidli
afflided the commerce of Neutral Nations; and' Of
the irritations and injuries pro4ced by, them,
not but add to this confidence ; and strengthens," at
the same time, the hope, that wrongs committed 'on
unofFending. friends, under a pressure 'of. ciretim-
' stances 'will now be reviewed withcandour.„ a‘nd
w,ill be considered as founding just claims. ale-.
tribution for the past, and new.assurance forihS

future., •
Among our Indian neighbours also, a spirts of
peace and friendship gen,q-ally prevails, and I iaM
happy to inform you, that the' continued effoitts; to
introduce among them the irnplenients, and tie':
p'raEtice of husbandry, and of the household nts,
have not been with3ut success i that they al-Clic-
covii6 more
,analmore sensible of the superiority of'
thi'sdependance, for clothing and subsistence, over
the precarious resources of hunting and fishing and-
already .we :re able to announce that, instead nf that
constant .diminution of their numbers produced-by:
their wars 'and- their•wants, some .of them begin.to
experience an increase of population._ .
To this, state of general,Peace, with -which 404-
have been blessed, only 'one exception exists„
poli, • the , least considerable of, the Rtrbary States,
had came forward with demands unfounded 'either
in tight or in compaCl;:-.. and had permitted; it'se'lf
denounce- war, on our failtre.to couipiy before. ;given
day.' The style of -the de:a-nand' admittabtit One.
answer. I sent a small Squadron of Frigates into
the Mediterranean, with- assurances to that Power-
of oily sincere desire 'to remain in peace ; but with,
orders to protea our unnamed against ilie threaten....
ed attaelc:,.. The Measure. Ikas saasonable
taryi
.:Tr* Bey had alteady detlared War itildirn.:
His trili'iekilwere•Out. Two had arrived at Gibral4
tar. •Otir tiNinerce in the Mediterranean •was bloeki
aded';' .the Adair-tic in peril:- The it.-
," rival of dur,squadron dispelled the danger: One 'of
the. Tripoli tan &uizers hiving fallen in with and
gaged the small. schooner" Li'uterprize, 'com'mande'd
by Lieutenant Sterret, which had :gone. out,,,a* a
tender. to our larger vessels, was, ,captured,. alter
a heavy slaughter of.-her men, without the•loss...pf
single one on our part. Tire bravery exhilii-ted,
our Citizens on ~that element, will I trust beia•tes..
timony to the world,- that it,is not a want of -,t'ejat
virtue which makes. us seek their.peace ; but.a wbn
scientious desire to:ditea the energies:of our Na.,
tion to' the multiplication of the human race, and
not to its destruction. Unauthorised by the Con,
stitution, without the•sariftion of Congress, to, go
beyond the line of defence,. the vessel being
abled from' committing further -hostilities, :•wa;
•- liberated , with its crew. The
.Legislature will
doubtless consider whether, by authorising' mea...
sures of offence also, they will place our 'lnece
On an equal footing with that of its adversaries. I
‘• communicate all material inforthation on this sub-
-.jets., that in the exereise.of the important fur:air:i,
. Confided by the Constitution to the Legislattire.. ex-
cluSively, their judg;ient may form itself on a
knowledge and consideration of every circurnstanee,
of weight. ,
I wish I could say' that our situation with all the
other Barbary States was entirely satislataory.
covering that :some delays had taken, place in 'the
• performance.Ol certain Articles stipulated by .us, I
thOught it my duty, by immediate measures for fur-
filling thetn,'to vindicate to ourselVes the right of
considering the effed of departure from stipulation
,?4g. From the papers which will -be
laid beCorc:,you,, you will be enabled to judge. Whe:
ther our, Treaties are regarded by them as,fixing at
all the., measure of their demands,' or as guarding
• against the exercise of force, our vessels within.their
power ; and to consider how far it will be safe and
expedient to leave our affairs with them in their pre_.
sent posture.
I lay before you the result of the Census lately
taken of our Inhabitants, to a conformity with
which we are to reduce the
.ensuing rates of repre.

senta:tioti taxation. 'You wilt perceive than ti*
iticreits.s of numbers, during the last ten years, pro-
ceeding. in geoniettieal ratio,. promises a duplication
in little more than twenty_t*o years. We contemy
plate, this rapid growth, and thee prospeft it holds
up to us, not with a viecsr to the injuries it may
enable us to do to others in some future day,, but to
the settlement of the extensive country Still remain-
ing vacant our to' the niultiplication
of men, susceptible of happiness,:educared in the
love of, order, habituated to Self-governnient, and
valiiing its blessings 'alicive all price.

Other circumstances cOtribined with the increase,
Of numbe-rs have produced ap -auguieKtatiiiii' of
arising friita coslsuniption, oa fatio-fat
yond that •Of' Population alone ;.L•tritcl ftlicaigh:..the
'changes in'foreign 'rel4tions, liow7,taltifrplacr'So•
desirably for the. wilt/le-world, may-lor . season
afFea this biatiel`.elkevenue; yet,'weighing:all pro.'
liabilities of expenat, as-well as of income, there
reasonable greifnd of confidence that we may note
safely dispense with all. the internal taxes, corn.'
prehending, excises;''-stamps, auaions,' licenses,
caeri.iges; and refined sugars : to which the postage
on new4TaperS -may ''be'added to faeilitate the pro.
.press of InfofmatioTi, and that the, remaining--
sburees of 'revenue will. be sufficient. to provide
for: the" support Of" Government, to pay -The in.'
tetests Of public debts, and to discharge the prip.,
ipals• in shorter periods, than the laws,, or, the
general .expeetation .had contemplated. War, in
4eed,...and untoward events, may change .this pros- ; I
ped.of.things, and call for the expences which 'the.,impoSt.A.could. not, meet. But
,sound, principles
not jUitify_ our taxing the induStry of our fellow.
eitizens.to accumulate treasure for wars to 'happen
we know not when, and Whieh.might.not perhapS,
happen, bui. frOtu, the .teMptation offered by tfia.t
. .•.
treasure. .

.These vievs, however, of redticing.our burthens,
are formed, on the expe4atiern,. that a sensible, ar.4'
at.: tl;lte same ..titne.:.a,salutary,_ relluetion.
.may take' 1
place in our shabitpal expenditures.: For this i?ur-. -
:pose, those of the Civil Goveroiient, the Army antt
Navy, -will need revisal.. When.We-Con'Sidey ii4e
this .Goveknitient, is , charged with the, exterti`alt.;'
and - mutual rel.4tiOnS -..0n1y of- these, States ; t 1?.?..,.
the States ..thcruSel,yes have principal 044 Ornui per.-.
....: , , , . .....
sons,- our property, and our repptilttoiri;,conStittitin,,
the,..great .field 4f human colic s, NV,,0a.57....*,we1l
doubt. Whether_6lrorgariiza tio. kno ctedri-nlicit-,
.., t• - .
.ed,-too expensive ; Whether:o
,F,ffba ' f,11:6_,r:.- hay:
not *la multiplied tinnecesati yi 191 AtTlemnie-s 10
:juriotisly to the service .they.weie meant '-to pro'
mote. ,I:l7Vill.Cause to be laid be.fore'YoU an,ess,aii
. ..
.
towards
.-a...statement of .those 'who, -Under -publi
employment of Various 14-1114., draw money frogl
the Treasury, or frOm pur,Citizens-. Time has. ri9e
permitted a perfeEl:entimeration, - the ramification 3
Hof .office being too; multiplied and remote to V.
-completely traced ' in: a first trial. Among thos6,
who are'dependent on executive 'discretion, ;-1 hat's
began, the reduftion of what was deemed unneccs''
sary.-. The expellees of Diplomatic Agency have,
been. considerably diminished. The Inspeetors 0'
Internal' Revenue, 'who were found to obstruct 016
a cchuntabilitY of tile institution, have been discoll',
tinned.: Seyeral Agencies, created by EXecutP4
Kuthority, on salaries fixed by that also, have been
.suppressed, and should suggest the expediency?:
regulating that_ power by law, -so *as tO. subjea It'
exercises to legislativc inspeaion and sandion;
Othet, reformations Of the, same kind, will he purstiLu
with that caution which- is requisite, -, im removit'g
. useless things, riot to injure what is, retained. Bat_
~
the great masspf Public officers 4 established Pl'
•
:. Law, and thereforoby Law alone can ,be abolished;
Should the Legislature think it expedient to ri4.
this Roll in review., and to try all its parts by public
utility, they may be assured of. every aid and iis
.
: which executive information can yield, . . -4,
,i
-Considering. the general tendency to multiply ci'r,a
. ..
fices and.dependenele4; and to increase 'expellee, to
the ultimate "term of borthen which, the Citizen 0,
bear, it 'behaves trs to. avail 'ourselves of every ciec2-
sion :which presents itself,, for , takilig-.off• the.silti
charge; -shat- it-never may be,seatAiere: that, afte.l.
leaving to labour' the smallegtliotioti of .it&-calli"
ings on which ,it can-subsiser,Qoyeritcwit„shall it„'.
self consume. the residue of wha44,was. instieuted t„"

. guard.
.In
_out .care: too'' of the public contributions
trusted, to Sur direaion„ 0
it would be pruden9
-,multiply.blrriers, against their .dissipation, by: 0';
propriating sp'ecilic_surns --to every specifie purp°s.
susceptible, of-denitian, by disallowing all applic3:
tiotis of money
jeas.or,trariscend,ing it in amount, by reducing ~,'"
undefined' fields of contingencies, and thereby circuit':
scribing discretionary powers over money ; and II)
bringing bkek.'fo a single department Al accounr3;
bdiries for money, where the examination may 17
prompt, efliCaZious, .and uniform.
of
..An account of the receipts .and expenditures
the last year, as prepared. by. the: Secretary of. ~.z,,r';e
Treaskavy, will, as usuois-be- Lritt--trefire- 3- our "Jhe
success which has attended .late • Sales of t),
Public Lands sheivs that; with attention, they u're
be made an important source of receipt.. Alll°le
-• the payments, those made in discharge of tilt
principal and .interest of the National Debt, svio,
shew that the Public Faith has beeti'exadly
ed. . To these, will be added an estimate Of
priations necessary for the ensiling year. This
will of course be . affeaecl by such. modificati.o"s 0
the system of?expences as you shall think proper `
adopt.
A Statement has been formed by` the SecteratY d
:VVar, on mature -consideration, of all the postsitlof
stations where Garrisons, will be-expedient, and,,
the number of men requisite ,for beach Gorrison•re,
The whole amount is considerablk-thort.of-the Poo
sent military. establishment. For she surplus; nce ,
particular.use ;can. ,be .pointed adv.' For
against invasion, their number is as nothing; joiy
is it.censidered needful or safe that a-Standing Ar ogs
should be kept up in. rime of Peace. Uncertain 4,,
we must ever. be of the.particular point in our 'ode
cumference, where an Enemy may chose to inv
of
• us, the. only force which can be ready at cve
point, and competent to oppose them, is the
neighbouring Citizens, as formed into a I\4l coo
On these colleted from the parts most conveni is
in numbers proportioned to the invading faro) It

best to rely, not only to meet the first attack, bat
if it threatens to be permanent, to Maintain the
- liefence until the regulars may be engaged to relieve
ern. Those considerations, render it Important
~
;;lat we should, at every session, continue to ;linend
defeas, which from time to time shew them-
Pves in the laws for regulating the Militia, until
J'erare sufficiently perfect: nor should we now, or
at any time, separate, until we can say we have
(I°lle every thing for the Militia, which we could
"s were an. enemy at our door.

The provision of military stores on hand will be
laid, before you, that you may judge of the addi_
tibns still requisite.
With respeec to the extent to which our prepara-
,lons should be carried, some difference of opinion
Ybe expeeted .to appear; but just attention to
the circumstances of every part of the Union will
doubtless reconcile all. A small force will probably
contitt.ue to be. wanted for attual service in the Me-
di tertinean. Whatever annual sum beyond that, you
may think proper to appropriate to naval prepara.
boas; would perhaps be better employed in provid.
log those aiticles which may he kept without waste
or consumption, and be in readiness when any exi.
genre calls them into Use& Progress has been made,
as will appear by papers now communicated, in pro.
viding materials for seventy.four gun ships as
direaed by. law.

How far the authority given by the Legislature
for procuring and establishing sites for naval pur-
poses, has been perfeftly understood and pursued in
the exezutiun, adirilts of some doubt. A statement
of the expences already incurred on that subjea,
shall be laid before yoo. I have, in certain cases,
suspended or slackened these expenditures, that the
Legislature might determine whether so many Yards
are 'necessary as have been contemplated. The
Works at this place are among those permitted to go
on ; and five of the seven Frigates clirefied to be
laid up, have been brought and laid up here, where,
besides the safety of their position, they are under
the eye of the Executive Administration, as well as
its Agents, and where yourselves also will be
guided by your own view, in the legislative pro.
v.tsions respeding them, which may from time to
tnte be necessary. They are preserved in such con.
dition, as well the vessels., as whatever belongs
to them, as.to be at all times ready for sea on a
short warning. Two others are yet to be laid up,
so soon as they shall have received the repairs
requisite to put them also in a sound condition.
As a superintending officer will he necessary at
each Yard, his duties and emoluments, hitherto
fixed by the Executive, will be a more proper sub_
Jeff for Legislation. A communication will be made
of our progress in the execution of the law respea-
log the vessels directed to be sold.

The fortifications of our harbours, more or less
t.,,vanced, present considerations of great difficulty.
While some of them are on a scale sufficiently pro.:
Portioned to the advantages of their position, to
the efficacy of their proteCtion, and the importance
(3f the points within it, others are so extensive, will
to:it so much in d,e first ercaion, so much in their
maintenance, and require such a force to garrison
them, as to make it questionable what is best now
to be Aone. A statement of those commenced or
Prg=is,ae4_, of the expenses already incurred, and
estimatescirfheir future cost, as far as can be fore-
seen, shall be laid bo-e4 you, that you may be
enabled to
in judge whether any alteration is ne-
cessarythe laws respes%ng this subject.
Agriculture, Manufaftures, Commerce, and Na.
vigatio7', the four' pillars of our prosperity, arc then
most thriving, When left most free to individual
_enterprise. Protedion from Casual embarrassments,
however, vever, may sometimes be seasonably interposed.
If in the course of your • observations or inquiries,
Y
t!le should appear to need any aid,. within the
limits of our constitutional powers, your sense of
their importance is a sufficient assurance they will
occupy your. attention. We cannot, indeed, but all feel an anxious solicitude for the difficulties under
Which our Carryiug Thule will soon be placed.
How far it can be relieved, otherwise than by time,
is a subjeCt of important consideration.
The judiciary system of the 'United States, and
especially that-portion of it recently ereeted, will of
course present itself to the contemplation of Con-
gress ; and that they, may be able to judge of the
Proportion which the Institution bears tothe business
It has to perform, I have caused to be procured from'
the several States, and now lay before Congress, an
eltaft statement of all the causes decided since the.
first establishment of the Courts, and of those which
Were depending when additional Courts and Judges
Were brought in to their aid.
And while on the judiciary organization, it will
be Worthy your consideration whether the protec-
tion of the inestimable institution of Juries has been
eltended to 'all the cases involving the security of
Persons
_ also bein g essential and property. Their impartial selec-
tiontial to their value, we ought
further to consider whether that is sufficiently se-
clued in those States where they are named by a
Darshal depending on executive will, or designated.
7 the Court, or by Officers dependant on them.
Cannot omit recommending a revisal of the
Laws on the subjeft of Naturalization: Consider-
ing the ordinary chances of human life, a denial
Citizenship under a residence, of fourteen years, is
a denial,to a great proportion of those who ask it ;
controli a policy pu:;ued, from their first settle-
ment, by manrof these States, and still believed of
consequence to their prosperity. And shall we re-
fuse to the unhappy fugitives from distress, that
hospitality which the Savages of the wilderness ex-
Tended to our fathers arriving in this land ? Shall
9Ppressed Humanity find no asylum on this globe ?
'the Constitutioniindeed, has wisely provided that,
,rcir admission to 'certain Offices of important trust,
residente'shall' be. required sufficient to develope
*dri aarOnd design. But might not the general
• ''-I.lttattiretind capabilities of a Citizen be safely corn-
' • ,nioititi to every one manifesting a bona fide_ pur-
VAfitibarking hi:; life and. fortunes permanently
19417tiO''withrestriaions, perhaps, to guard against
Cttt Aistireation of our Flag ; an abuse
7e7l"twl'.l3.t.lngs so innee embarrassment and loss on
e-getPirteleiriaen, and 'so much daoger to the Na-
".," pf being inVoived in war, that no endeavour
-.:93l°.te;fpared t 9 detedt and suppress. it.
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• tnesei are the fetpeet_
iig the State of the Nation; which I have thought
of imptittance tá be submitted to your tongideratton
at this tithe. Some others of less moment, or not
yet -ready for comMunication; will be the subjed of
separate messages: lam happy in this- opportunity
of committing the arduous of • our Gotetutuent to
the collefted wisdom of the Union:

Nothing shall be wanting on my part to inrorm,
as far as in my power, the legislative judgment, nor
to carry that judgment into faithful execution. The
prudenee and temperance of your discussions will
pro!Tinte, within your own walls, that conciliation
Which sfl much befriends rational conclusion, and by
its example will encourage among our, .Constituents
that progressive opinion which is tending to unite
them in object and in will. That all should be sa-
tisfied with any one order of things, is not to- be ex_
petted ; but I indulge the pleasing persuasion, that
the great body of our Citizens will cordially con-
cur in honest and disinterested efforts, which have
for their object to preserve the General and State
Governments in, their Constitutional form and equi-
librium---to maintain peace abroad, and order and
obedience to the Laws at hometo establish prin-
ciples and pradices of Administration fa7Ourable to
the security of Liberty and Property—and to re-
duce expellees to what is necessary for the useful
purposes of Government.

TH. JEFFERSON.

PARIS, JAN. 10.

AT the customary audience of Ambassadors on
the sth, Mr. FRANCIS JAMES JACKSON and the
Chevalier SERREsToRI, presented their Letter!! of
Credence to the First Consul, the former as Piet,.
potentiary Minister of His Britannic Majesty, the
other as Plenipotentiary of the King of Tuscany.
Mr. JACKSON, was accompanied by Messrs. DAW-
SON, WARREN, and HILL, part of the English Le-
gation.
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On the same day the Members of the Diplomatic
Body dined with the Chief Consul, with a number
of Foreigners of different Countries.
On the 4th LOUIS BONAPAR.TE was married to
Madame BEAUHARNO is, daughter of Madame Bo-
NAPARTZ.
GUTtrai Jouao4N has been presented by the
Chief Consul as a Candidate for a place in the Con-
servative Senate.

The Two Legislative Bodies adjourned on the
7th to the tith inst.
All the principals in the late forgeries on the
Bank have been apprehended.
A part of the Consular Guard has been sent for-
ward to Lyons.
GEtIOA, DEC. 19.--Our Minister of War and
Marine has received the following Letter from the
Commandant af Porto Ferro jo :

ON Board the Pbwnix, in the 111-diterranean, Dec. 7,18 oz.
"

" j have received your Letter relative to the infamous con-
dud of some Ships bearing the English Flag, and calling
themselves Privateers of that Country. I have the honour
to inform you, that I fed great pain at what has happened,
and I can assure ybu, that the guilty pers.ns have no excuse
tpallacige for such conduct, as they must have been welt in-
forntedof the re-establishment of Peace. They consequently
belong to no Country, and can be considered only as Pirates,'
and treated as such. If they belong to Porto Ferrajo, they
must have known that Hostilities ceased immediately on my
arrival, and of this I gave notice. I heartily wish they may
meet the punishment they deserve.
" I have the Honour to be, &c.
(Signed) " L. W. HALSTED."

VIENNA, DEC. 21.—Government has received
intelligence here from Count Co B ENTZE e at Paris,
that Marquis ComsrwAeets had recognized, as one
of the first points of the Definitive Treaty, the
cession of Belgium and of the left Bank of the
Rhine, and the obligation on the part of the
Empire to indemnify the Grand Duke of Tusc ANY.
GENOA, Ded. 22.---Within these few days our
Captain ARCHANGZ LO CAC AU has arrived from
Tunis. He has brought intelligence that the French
Goverment had intimated to the- Regencies of
Africa, that within 40 days they must give up all
the Slaves of all the European Nations, and declare
themselves at peace, or if they faikd, they should
be compelled so to do by force a arms.
HAGUE, JAN. I.—We yesterday received the
most alarming intelligence respecting the situation
of the Dykes in the Department of Gueldres. The
Led anti the IVaal, the waters of which have over-
flowed their highest banks, have -done great mis-
chief
in the neighbourhood of Rotterdam and Gonda.
It is hoped that the waters may not be frozen, as
in that case the greatest misfortunes would ensue.
HAVRE, JAN. 6.—On the day before yesterday
the wind being E. S. E. a Frigate and two Cor-
vettes sailed from our Port. Yesterday the wind
being N. W. another Frigate sailed. This day the
superb Frigate La Yaloureuse, 0f..4 guns, Captain
LAIGNEL, and the Frigate La Revanche, of 4.0 guns,
Captain EPERON, set sail.
BOURDEAUX, JAN. deVALLrjo,lntendant
General of the Province of La Mancha, and Mem-
ber of the Supreme Council of War, passed through
this City on his road from Madrid: He is repairing
to Amiens, where he is to-aet as one of the three
principal Secretaries of the Spanish Minister.
SIU TTGARD, DEC. z 7 banking house of
JonN OBW E X ER, Jun. at Augsburg'', has stopped
payment. He has requested time, as its embarrass.
merits are merely momentary, orising wholly from
having purchased a considerable quantity of paper,
and from having lent large sums to the Catholic
Clergy during the War.

Mrs. BILLING LON, we are very sorry to hear,
is still much indisposed. She is attended by Dr.
REYNOLDS. There is very little probability that
even with such able medical assistance she will soon
be restored to the Public.

An extraordinary instance of skaiting took place
in 1760, from Montreal to Qaebec, by two Couriers
sent by General AMIIFRST to General MURRAY,
who in the space of eighteen hours went over a sur_
face of ice, extending 19D miles.