1908.) 
and an half, which remained in the Trea- 
fury on the fame 3cth day of September 
Yat, with the receipts which wwe may cal- 
culate on fer the enfuing year, befides the 
annual fum of eight millions of dollars, 
appropriated to the funded. debt, and 
meeting all the current demands which may 
be expected, will enable us to pay the whole 
fum of three millions feyen hundred and fifty 
thoufand dollars afflumed by the French con- 
vention, and ftill leave us a furplus of a mil- 
lion of dollars at our free difpofal. Should 
you concur in the provifions of arms and arm- 
ed vefleis recommended by the circumftances 
ef the times, this furplus will furnith the 
mieans.of Holts fo. 
On this firft occafion of aid vetiing con- 
grefs fince, by the choice of my conftituents, 
T have enteted on a fecond term of adminif- 
tration, I embrate the opportunity to give 
this public afiurance that 1 williexert my'beit 
endeavours to adminifter faithfully the execu- 
tive department, and will zealoufly co-operate 
with you in any meafure which may ei to 
fecure the liberty, property, and perfonal fafety 
of our fellow-citizens, and to confolidate the 
republican forms and principles of our govern- 
meat. 
“In the courfewf yeu feflion you fhall re- 
Geive all the aid which I can give for the dif- 
patch of the public bufineéfs and all the infor- 
mation neceflary for your deliberation of which 
the interefts of our own country, and the’con- 
fidence repofed in’us by others, will admit a 
comniunication. 
THoma’s JEFFERSON,” 
Tn anfwer to the Prefident’s fpeech, the 
Congre(s came to the following refolution: 
6¢ Refolved, that fo much of the Meflage 
of the Prefident of the United States, as re- 
Jates to the conduét of the belligerent Powers 
towards theUnited States, and tothe unjuttifias 
ble conftruction lately given by fome of them 
to the law of nations, as it regards the rights 
of neutrals, be referred to a committee of 
Ways and Means; with inftruétions to in- 
_ guire in what refpeéts, and to what extent, 
our neutral rights have been violated, and 
what Desileeve meafures the true interefts 
of the United States requirey to counteract 
fuch violations,” 
BRITISH EMPIRE. 
Parliament was opened by commiffion 
or the 21f, and an Addrefs from his 
Majefty to Parliameat. was read by the 
Lord Chancellor, the King being pre- 
vented by the Rate of his fight from at- 
“tending in perion. The fpeech is as 
follows : 
| &* Ty Lords and Gentlemen, 
“In purfwance of the authority given to 
us by his Majefty’s Commifiion, under the 
Great Seal, among other. things to declare the 
caufe of his holding -this Parliament, his 
Miajefty has direéted us particularly to call 
your attention to the moft decifive fuccels 
State of Public Affairs in Fanuary, 1806. 
oo 
with which Providence has vouchfafed to 
blefs his Miajefty’ s arms at fea fince you were 
ee affembled in Parliament. 
‘The aétivity and perfeverance of his 
Whajethy* s fleets have been confpicuoufly dif- 
played in the purfuit and attack of the dif 
ferent fquadrons of the enemy, and every: en- 
counter has tetminated to the honour of the 
Britith flag, and the diminution of the naval 
force of the powers with whom his Maje&y 
is at war; but the vidtory obtained over the 
Combined Fleet of France and Spain, off 
Cape Trafaigar, has manifefted, beyond any 
exploit recorded even in the annals of the 
Britifh navy, the fkill and enterprile of his 
Majefty’s officers and feamen; and «the des 
firuction of fo large a proportion of the naval 
firength of the enemy, has not only con- 
firmed, in the moft fignal manner the meri 
time’ fuperiority of this countty, but’ ias ef- 
fentially contributed to the fecurity ‘of his 
Majetty’ s dominions. 
* His Majefly molt deeply regrets that the 
day of that miemotable triumph fhould have 
been unhapsily clouded with the fall of the 
heroic commander under whom it was 
achieved ; and he is perfuaded that you will 
feet that this lameuted but glorious termina- 
tion of aferies of tranfcendant exploits claims 
a diftinguithed expreffion of the lafting era 
titude of the country, and that you will 
therefore cheerfully concur in enabling his 
Majc&y to annex to thofe honours which he 
has conferred on the family of the late Lord 
Vifcount Nelfon, fuch a mark of national munis 
ficence as may preferve, to the lateft pofteritys 
the memory of his name and fervices, and the 
benefit of his great example’ His Majefty 
has commanded us further to inform ypu that 
whilf th? fupeviority of his arms at fea has 
been thus uniformly affertéd and maintained, 
he has not been wanting in his ‘endeavours 
to apply the means, which were fo liberally 
placed at his difpofal, in aid of fuch of the 
Powers of the. Continent as had evinced a 
determination to refit the formidable and 
growing encroachments of France. He has 
directed the feveral treaties entered into for 
this purpefe to be laid before you; aad 
though he cannot but deeply lament that the 
events of the war in Germany have difap- 
pointed his hopes, and led to an ubfavourable 
iffue, yet his Majefty feels confident that, 
upon a review of the fteps which be has 
taken, you will be of opinion that he has lert 
nething undone, on his part, to fuftain the 
efforts of -his allies, and that he has acted in 
ftri€t conformity to the principles declared by 
him, and recognifed by Parliament as ellen- 
tial to the aterene and fecurity of his own 
dominions, as well-as ‘to the genéral fafety of 
the Continent. 
‘(leis agreat confolation to his Majeftyy 
and onein ee ich he is perfuaded you will para 
ticipate, that althoug +h the ane of Ger 
many has felt hinateté compelled to- witle 
draw from the contelt, his Magetty ‘Gontinues 
; ce £0 
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