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will, it is hoped, prevent all such fraudulent and pernicious
practices, and place the relations of the two couotriei ow 9
very amicable and i eimanent basis.
The commercial relations between the United States and
the BritiXe.'oliinies in the West Indies, and on this continent,
have undergone no change';.the British Goerninent still
preferring to leave that connni•rce under the restriction
heretofore ithposed on it, on each side. /t.is Satisfactory to
recollect, that the restraints resot test to by the United Ststrs,
were defensive only, intended to prevent. a monoply der
British rcinlations, in favour of Gleat Britain; as it Filse
wise is, to know that the experiment is advancittg in a spirit
of amity between the parties.

The qttestion drpendipg between the United States and
Great Britain, respecting the construction of the first article
of the treaty of Ghent, has-been referred, by both Gocern-
nients,.tu•the decision of the Emperor of Russia, who-has ac-
eepted the umpirage. _ ,

An attempt has been made with the Government Of Fiance
to regulate, by treaty, the commerce between the, two conn-
tri,:s, on the principle of reciprocity and equsdity. By the
last communication from the Minister Plenipotentiary of the
United States at Paris, to whom full powtt.had been given,
we lea, n. that the negociation had been- commenced there,
but, seriouschtliculties bating occurred, the French Govern-
ment had resolved, to transfer it to the United States, for
which purpose the Minister Plenipotentiary of Fonce had
been ordered fo' repair to this City, and whose arrival might
soon he expected: It is hoped that this important interest
may be arranged on just conditions, and in a li3anner equally
satiSfactery to both parties. It is submitted to-Congress to
decide; -until suell'arratigement is made, how far it may be
proper, on-the principle of the Act of thelast Session, which
augmented the tonnage duty on French vessels, to adopt
other measures 'for carrying more dompleteli into effect the.
policy of-that Act.

The act referred to, which imposes new tonnage on French
vessels, ha ink been in lore,: from and after the• first day of
JUly, it has happened that several vessels of that nation which
had been di:Tau:lied front France before its; existence was
known, hare entered the ports of the United States, and been
subject to its operation, without that previous notice which
the general spirit of our La►es gives to individuals in similar
cases. The object of that Law having been merely to coun-
tervail the inequalities which existed to the disadvantage of
the United States, in their commercial intercourse with
France, it is fubmitted also to the consideration of Congress,
whether, in the spirit of amity and conciliation which it is no
less the inclination than the policy of the United States to
preserve in their intercourse with other Powers, it May not
he proper to extend relief to the individuals-interested in
those cases, by exempting from the of•of the Law all
those vessels which hate entered our ports without having
-had the means of previously knowing the'existence of the ad-
ditional duty. .

The contest between Spain and the Colonies, according 'to
the most authentic information, is maintained by the latter
with improved success. 'The unfortunate divisions which
were known to exist some time since at Buenos Ayres, it is
miderstood, still prevail. In no part of South 'America has
Spain made any impression on the 'Colonies," while in many
parts, and particularly in Venezuela and New Grenada, the
Colonies have gained strength and acquired reputation,
both fur the manag,:ment of the War, in which:they have
been successful, and for the order of the internal adminis-
tration. The late change in the Govern-Went of Spain, by the
re-e,tatAishmeot of the Constitution of 181/, is an event
which polarises to be fas•ourabieln the revolution. Under the
authority of the Cortes, the Congress of Angostura was in.
. „ .
vite'd to open a nego-via ion for the settlement of differences
between the parties, to which it was replied, that they would
willingly open the negociatiOn, proiided th*e ackirowledgment
of their independence wavmatle its basis, but trot otherwise.
Of further 'proceedings between them we are uninformed.
No facts are known to the Government to warrant the belief,
that any of the powers of Europe will take part in the con-
test.; whence it may be inferred, considering all circum-
stances, which• must have weight in' producing the result,
that an adjustment will finally take,place on the basis propos-
ed by the Colonies. To promote that result by friendly
counsels, wilh other- powers, including 'Spain herself, has
been the uniform policy of this Government.

In looking to the internal concerns of our country, you will,
I am persuaded, derive muchiatisfact ion from a view of the
several objects to which, in the discharge of your official du,
ties,.yourattention will be drawn.,...Among these, none holds
a more important place than, the public revenue, from the
direct operation of the power by which it is raised, on the
people, and by its influence in giving effect to every other
power of the, Gurernnkent. The revenue. depends on the
resources of the Country, and the . facility by which the
amount required is raised, is a strong
.proof of the extent Of
the resources, and of the efficiency of the Government. A
few prominent facts will Ogee, this great interest in.a just-
iight before you. On the 30th of September, 1815, the
filnded and floating debt of the United States was estimated
at one hundred and nineteen millions six hundred and thirty-
.
aye thousand five hundred and fifty-eight duffers. If to this
suns allied the aroount of 5 per cent. Stock snbxeribed to
the
.13ank of the United States, the amount of Mississipi Stock
and of the Stuck which was issued subsequently to, that date,
the balances ascertained to be due to certain States, for mili-
tary services and to individuals, for supplies furniihed, and
set vices rendered. dpring_ the late 'sear,' the public debt may
be estimated as amounting at that.date., and-aS afterwards li-
quidated, to one It-kindled and fifty-right Millions Seven hun-
dred and thirteen thouiand forty-nine dollars.
.(itri the 30th
of September, 18?0, it amounted to ninety-one 'millions nine
hundred and ninety-three Urethand eight fidndred and 83 dol-
lars, having been reduced in that interval, by payments,
sixty-six'millions eight 'huirdred and seventy-Oine thousand
one hundred and 'sixty-five dollars. During this term, the
expenses of 1 be government of the United States were like-
wise defrayed, in every branch of the civil, reilititry, and naval
esiabliOmentS; Site public edifices in" this city have been re-
built, with considerable additions; extensive fortifications
have been commenced, and are in a train of execution per-
manent arsenals and maeaziues have been erected in various
parts of the Union; our navy, has been considerably augment-
ed, anerthe ordnanc, omunitions Of war, and stores, cf the
Army and Navy, Which were pinch exhatnitell,during the war,
Bare heen replenished.

By the discharge of so large a proportion of the public debt,
and the execution • of such extensive and important opera-
tions in so short a time, a just;estimate tray be formed of the
great extent of our National Resourtes.,' 'fhb demonFbration
is the more •cornplete. and gratifying; %Oren it'is,recollettcd,
that the direct Tai and Excise were repealed
.soon after the
termination of the Lite Was-, and that the rcceoue applied to

these purposes has been derived almost wholly from other
so tUCCS.

Title receipts into the Treasury from every source, to the
30th September last, have amounted to sixteen million seven
hundred and ninety-lonr-thotriand orre'llundresi aneseielf
dollars and sixty-six cents; Whilst the public expenditures, to
the sante period, amounted to sixteen millions eight hundred
and seventy-one thousand five hundred and thirty-four dollars
and seventy-two cents; Nving in the Treasury, on that day,
a sum estimated at one million nine hundred and fifty thousand
dollars. Fur the probable receipts of the following year, I
refer you to the statement which will be transmitted from the
Treasury.
The ..sum of three millions of dollars, authorized to •be
raised by loan, by an Act of the last Session of Congress, has
been obtained upon. terms advantageous to the Government,
indicating not only an increased confidence in the faith of
the Nation, but the existence of a large amount of capital
sacking that mode of investment, at a rate of interest not•ex-
reeding five per centom per annum.'
It-is proper to add, that there is DOW due to the Treasury,
for the sale of publie-lands, twenty-two millions nine hundred
and ninety-six thousand five hundred and forty-five dollars.
Its bringing this subject to view,,LconSider it my duty to sub-
mit to Congress, whether it may not be advisable to extend
to the purchasers of these lands, in consideration of the un-
favourable change which has occurred since the, sales,
a reasonable indulgence. It is. kuown
.that the -ptirchases
were -made when the price of - every • article had risen
t 6 its greatest height, and that the InitalMents are • be-coming
due at a period of great depression.—lt is presumed that'
some plan may be deviied by the wisdom of Congress, com-
patible with the public itrterest, which would affttrd great
relief to these purchasers. - •
Considerable progress has been made, during the present
season, its exaatiningt he coast and its various-bays, and other
inlets; in.the collection of materials, and-in'the construction
of fortifications, for the defence of the union, at several of the
positions, at which ithas been decided-to erect such works. At
Mobile Pointand-Dauphin Island, and at the Rigolets, leading
to Lake Ponchartiam, materials to a considerable amount have
beets collected, and all the necessary preparations made for the.,
commencement of the works'. At Old Point. Comfort, at the
mouth of James River, and at the -Rip,rap, on the oppOsite.
shore, in the Chesapeake Bay, materials to a vast amount,
have been collected; and at the Old Point some progress had
been made in the construction of. the fortification, which is on'
a very ex•ensire SC:11-C. The work at Fort S'ashington, on
this river, will be completed early in the next spring; and
that on the Pea patch, in the Delaware, in the course of the.
next season. Fort Diamond in the Narrows, in the harbour of
New-York, will be fissished this year. The works at Boston,
New-York, Baltimore, Norfolk, Charleston, and Niagara, have
been in part repaired; and the coast of North Carolina, extend-
ing south to Cape Fear, has been examined, as have likewise
other parts of the coast east ward of Boston. . Great exertions
have been made to push forward these works with the ut-
most dispatch possible; but, wi►en their extent is consi-
dered with the important purposes forwhich they are intended,
the defence of the whole coast, and, in consequence, of
, the whole interior, and that they are to last for ages, it will
he manifest that a • well digested plan, founded on mili-
tary principles, connecting the whole together, combining
'security with economy, could not be prepared without -re-
peated examinations of the most exposed and difficult parts,
and that it Would also take considerable thin to col-
lect the materials at the several points where they
would be tecuired. From ail the light that has been shed
on this subject, I am satisfied that every favourable anticipa-
tio❑ which has been formed. of this great undertaking, will
be verified, and that, when completed, it will afford
very great, If not complete, protection to our Atlantic fron-
tier, in the event of anotherav;tr ; a protection sufficient to
counterbalance, in a single campaign, with an enemy power-
ftil at sea, the.vapense of all these works,- without taking into
the estimate the saving of the lives of so many of our•citi=
Jens, the protection of our towns and other property, or the
tendency of such works to prevent war.
Our military positions have been maintained at Belle
Point, on the Arkansas, at Council Bluff, on the Missouri) at
St. Peter's On the Mississippi, and at Green Bay, on the
Upper Lakes. Commodious barracks have already ...been
erected at moil of these posts, with such works as were ne-
cessary fur their defence. Progress has also been made in
opening communications between them, and in raising sup-
plies at each fur the :support of the troops, by their own.
labour—particularly those most remote.
With the Indians peace has been preserved, and a progress
made in carrying into effect the Act of Congress, making au
appropriation fur their civilization, with the prospect of
favourable results. .As connected equally with both these
objects, our trade with thUse tribes is thought to merit
the attention of Congress. In their original state,
, game is their sustenance, and war
..their occupation ;
and, if they find no employment from civilized Powers, they
destroy each other: Left to themselves, their extirpation is
inevitable. By a judicious regulatiOn of our trade with them;
we supply theirwants, administer to their comforts, and gra,
dually, as the game retires, draw them to us.. By maintain-.
ing 'posts far in the interior, we acquire a more thorough and
direct controul over them:. without which it is confidently be-
lieved-that a complete change in their ananuers..can never be
accomplished. By such posts, aided by a proper regulation of
our trade with them, and a jodicions..Civil Administration
Over them, to be• provided for-- hos law, we ihall;, it is
presumed, be enabled net only to protect our own settle-
ments from their savage incursions, and preserve peace among
the several tribes, but accomplish also the great purpose oh
their civilization.

Considerable progress has-;Also been made in the con-
struction of ships of rear, some of which have .been launched
in the course of the present year.
• Oar peace with the powers on -the coast of Barbary has-been
preserved, but we owe it altogether to the presence of our
squadron in the Mediterranean. It has,• beets found equally
necessary to employ some of -our vessels, for the• pro-
tection ,of •our commerce in the- Indian Sea, the Pacific,
and along the Atlantic •coast.---The interests which we have
depending in .these qua ters, which have been much int
proved of late, arc of great extent; and of high importance
to the nation, at well as to the parties concerned, and would
undoubtedly suffer, if such
.protection was not c:vtertded
to them.• In execution to --the law of the last session,
for the suppression of the Slave Trade, some of our public
ships bare also been employed on the coast of Africa, where
several captures have already been made, of vessels engaged
in-that disgroceful troth?.

JAM ES M UNIZOE.

Washiugton, Nov. 14, 1810

[The House of Representatives proceeded
seven times to the Ballot for the choice of a
Speaker, in, the room of Mr. CLAY, resigned, but
in no instance could an absolute majority be
obtained for either of the Candidates, and the
House at length adjourned without coming to any
election. The result of the nine days' Sitting is
not yet known. The two Candidates-between
whom the votes were nearly equally "divided
were Messrs. Lowmns-and l'ArLoit.j

:.
rip BIS/1 respectfully returns his grateful ac'
JL • knowledgments to his best FYiends, the Public, fur
the great patronage bestowed upon the Three Last-Lotteries/
for which he was Contractor. He fuels equal pleasure is be-
ing 'ahle to recommend the Nee Year's Lottery as stroogif
deserving their approbation.—NlNE PRIZES of 91,0001.
each, '(Consols. and Money), and not Two Blanks to a Prize/
ris in the Unite Schemes of the First and Second Lotteries f,.°.
181 n. The t Lottery' will be all drawn 23c1,1-anuarY/ t'e
day iviien Par iament ineets;.. and When Three Prizes of
41,0001:S1,10st/re to be dTawn in the first Five Minutes.
4, CORNHILL, and th; CFIAR VG:CROSS.
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TO CORRESPONDENTS.
HOLY ORDERS, Nu. IX. in DErcNcE of the LUrd BisboP
of PETERI3ORQtroCt. Questions, is unavoidably patpoued
until next Saturday.
CARMINA ‘VICCAMICA, No. V. is also postponed until
the same day. •
FOREIGN LI FERATURE, on Monday.

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.HIGH WATER AT LONDC
Morning, 0 iniautts after 0.

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I Evening, 7 titilitites alter 13.

THE SUN.

SOLEM (2t :VS DICERE FALSUM .lUDELT?

• LONDON,
SATURDAY DECEMBER Iq, p 20.
, .

We'this morning receind New York Papers
to the, rth ult. They contain the PnEstnEzils
Message to Congress, which we give in our pre-
ceding columns, and to which we refer\ oar
Readers, having no time, from the lateness of the
hour at which it arrived; to make any remarks
upon it. -

We received this morning, the Paris. Papers
of. Tuesday and Wednesday last. The folloW-
ing are -extracts :

" PAII4, DEC. 13.—Yesterday the Baron d'Uchtritz, the
Saxon Minister, presented to the King at a private audieniAt
a Letter from.his Sovereign, notifying the death of the Prim.'
cess Mai is Anne, Duchess of Saxony, his sister. M. Schrader•
Russian Cbargi d'Affaires, its the absence of
,General Polz9
di Burgo, was presented in that quality to his Majesty. The
Ambassadors and Foreign Ministers also paid their respect.,

to the King.
• " It is said that the christening of the Duke of Bordeaux,.
will be deferred till spring.
" The bears multiply in the mountainous part of the De-
partment of !'lsere. They have already committed -many
ravages. Premiums have been offered fOr their destruction.
" A fire broke out on Bth inst., at 9 P. m. at Beauvais.
in the stables of the Sieur Bregeaux, borsC-dealer and con"
ttactOr for the diligences called l'Hirondelle. *A
great Van'
tiiitif oats, &c. were destroyed, together.with some adjacect•

FIVE PER CENTS.

Monday
TUesday ^e t. 15 c.
Monday. Tuesday.
Of the 2,2 d Sept. 1 R 20... .94 f. Ro c. f. so c.

" VIENNA, DEC. 2.—lt is expected that the definitive sew"
lution of the Sovereigns at Trappau respecting Naples wilt
to officially made in the course of this month. the answeF
of the Government of the Two Sicilies. is expected on the
10th ittst.,or at latest on the 15th. The ramours.that circu-
late arc all pacific.
." NAPLES Nov. 2'4 —ln the Sitting of the Parliament of-.
the 21st. a eetter from tire English Ambassador to the Mit*.
stet for Foreign Affatrs, was read,- soliciting a prompt ileci-`
slots of the Parliament respecting General Church. Tits
Papers respecting this case were ordered to be referred to A
Committee to make a report.
" INlAntun. DEC. I.—Since the 46th nit. 66 persons have .
been arrested here, most of them charged with having dis-
tributed considerable sums to operate a movement against
the Constitution."

It not surprising that the extraordinary oc-
currence-at Troppau should have excited parti-
cular. attention. The first intimation of this event
appeared in The British Monitor of Sunday
last, but, considering it as a probable exaggera-
tion by the foreign Correspondent of that Paper,
we did not insert the article till Wednesday, when
the report appeared to be gaining ground. We
have ourselves received a communication from the
North of Europe, where the account.of the fracas,
We understand, is very generally credited. Our
Correspondent assures us,that after the blow had
been`struck, the Sovereigns required from all the
Ministers assembled'; at Troppau their parole
of honour that no publicity should be • given to
this unfortunate rencontre. The' primary cause
has been variously stated, but it is confidently
said, that it arose from a declaration on the part
of the British and French Ministers, addressed
to the Austrian Minister, that their respective
Governments would
.not in any manner interfere •
in the affairs of Naples. This declaration pro-
duced an insinuation of shuffling from the Au-
strian Minister, which provoked. that unguarded
exertion of British -.indignation, which has na-
turally occasioned a considerable agitation among
the several Continental Powers.

We mentioned some months ago that a sum of
money had been sent to the Austrian-C overnment,
which we have since heard was not deemed .tif-
ficient, but that regular subsidies had been re-
quired. This requisition, we understand, has
been rejected.

DUCHESS, or CLAnENcE.--The Bulletins re-
specting the state of the Duchess of CLARE:Icy
and the infant Princess continue very favouratle.
The following was issued this morning : •
" King's Palace, St. James's, Twelve
o'Cluck, Dec. le.
" Her Royal Highness- the Duchess of Clarence 'is going
on in the most satisfactory manner, and the infant Princes
Eizabeth improves Oily.
"H. HAL.PORD, "A. HALLIDAY:- .
" W. KNIGHTON,

Aftpr the Doctors had issued the above, they ie
proceeded to the KING to. make their report,