The Express. — London, England, 1852-12-21 00:00:00

FRANCE. PARIS, MuNDAT ETON INC,. Tlir King of Miniver and the 1/uke of Brunswick kale arrive.. at Berlin. 1, a darn sluts: I. alluded to the existence of a irs!,.c t inplated report, to the effect that M. Carnot, b, t , n :•l•etm sent for to the Tuileries, had given wale ii,urances to the Emperor of the disposition .(the republican party to support him rather than the eat de Chambord. lat the same time stated i on certain intormation that this report was incor n,i, and that M. 4 . .traot had had no interview with the Fusiwnw. It appears, however, that, although ▪ thrvugh the medium of M. Carnet overtures a mot remarkable kind have lately been 6 1 ,, to the republican party, overtures winch have as , w ith the in.x.t signal failure. I have to-day been • fay..nred with the sight of a document, in which the L eine alai result of the negotiation that has takep are esplaiuel. 'lltis paper has been drawn un ; w i t t he sanction of some of the most eminent, as WC:IAA the most moderate among the levelers of the rq u'i.icais party, for the express purpose of correct 's; the loo.i• rumours that arc abroad in rebtion to the satinet, ..mid of informing their friends of what bat tally occurred. It is as follows : A eertion number of foreign journals have spoken of turbans mule to men belonging to tae republican pasty ; ▪ Lei even been said that an interview had taken plain be rin, a the present head of the state and Y. Carnot. In eh i• has been stated on this eubjeet there is • mixture of truth mid falsehood. It is true that an attempt has been ▪ t. , tally the republicans to the new government, but i t; exit true that M. Carnot was sent for to the Tuileries, er th it he hes had an interview with the head of power. R. Carnet has had nothing to do with what has taken pair. In order to egahlish the truth. and explain pea ei.tle the situation, we will in a few words make known what has really occured. l'ert Ain exalted pcniontiges enjoying great intimacy with the head of power, halo di rectly addressed du to certain republicans, eha may be called republicans des sur-lendemitio,"• to l o i n in short who found themselves in the position of M. b.l oil% for 'sample. before he became distinguished by b:s 111,i111 to the system of this reign, which, .• unlike 110 winy when known to history, did net originate in violence, gamiest. er anat./gem." The official personages of whom los has. spoken said to the republicans: .• You have to thew , between a g eat proceeding from the people ma has all • revolutiouary origin, and • dynasty sop py', d by the foreigner, in • word, • restoration. Itaircia these two, they added, you cannot h,sitate ; your earse hto support, with a view to its amelioration, that which Oust*. is °Tiler to escape from that which may come. Mali the view of tempting those who were thought likely briome converts. it was endeavoured to lead them to hope that their coops tett in with the government might turn to re yrotit of Warty. By inhering, it was said, you will ewer, terhansertary government while you escape from the Romani.. After beeline said " L' Empire c'est 14 pais," g w.d he soid L' Empire c'est la Republique." TI., eouvrrsatioo, the principal features of which we have jilt mentioned, wm accompanied by oilers of high official regions The bench, the SOME!, the Council of State, the sdinc.tration in all its branches were open to the much icor .1 proselytes. Baring low mule known the prapositions that were made it b. cows our duty to declare, that, brilliant as these oilers were. the y unit with no sort of success. The total example given by M. Billault, M. Cormenin, tad Fele others, will have nu imitators. The republican tarty, is its entirety, with some despicable individual ea to.ivi4 has r,mainrd and will remain entirely eloof from the acts accomplished in these unhappy times. This is now we:l goon 111 a high quarter, and it is also known that gay who w. re rupaeeit to be weak, and to whom the lint csiitares w• re made with the intention cf using them as • h s ,,Ez r by •Leh to reach the more important members of ' Pe piny, have disappointed the hopes that were entertained et aelaang them. h.:• reliaAlii have bees positive—the moderates, the en tame republicaos,—all answer in the same manner. now say that these refusals have given pain in a q uarter, but it is strange that they should not have tern i spected. In truth, to have locked for the Oilers,. of th step to which we have alluded, infers a detestable idea • nature. Honourable Olen are of all parties. A ego arse he inntalen ; his views may be wrong, but hr who .1, pert% his gag at the lament of danger d )es not tisaze Ids opinion. he abdicates, betray*, sells it, and sa one .1 the parties who was insulted by the offer expressed The ti publicans will not give such examples. They us t. Lea to afloat invasion, coalition; well, if the country tho J : I t• in danger the repuhlicaris would rise to defend it. Lit :too. Mart-root or alsotAer they will stand aloof. It a... n t be f.und prosible to seduce either " great poets, i .;..te i n u . soldier,, celebrated sdvueates, or formidable ar.tt —tote, to short, who desire to preserve the repute.- t.Jo of au bourt: loan. W. are AWAIT that many clever people will call this policy laish.:ise This policy will nevertheless be followed. To arras e the good there as 120 necessity for trafficking with Is.i. .t lin economical Memoir's are no aufficient excuse s.r ..yEinistic immorality. The fear of the Ceunt do Chem hod u.d the lloly alliaace teapot, as baa beta supposed, 0.. t the reecolketiiia of December 2. The pair, the yre.nt, rod the future. must never be contemplated with. Lai 14..r.i..{ is mind that date, and the events that pri ced.:, acompaased, sad followed it. •T...ramoraa Mors to patilktarie vb., were withal? repab:traaa th• r••• , :eltIon of February brute out (re•ahtte••••• d I. • ron Fetevary feta, when they supported • ref, ey wow e•verts (tbe "rert..t.tramo ea lawdsmata ") but who rat -, .ae nottaue swinedtautly afterwards. ITALY. PIEDMONT. The diwrossion on the Llvil - Marriage Bill corn rtv.erd in the Piedmontese Renate on the 15th. MM. Store, Roberto d'Areglio, and Cutegaeto wrerally attacked the bill, the principle of which sr.is dtkeded by M. de Sea Martino, Minister of tie Interior. It has been stated (said the minister) that— IM Civil Marriage Bill was inspired by irrelit sod immoral sentiments. In my opinion there is n o th in g ait mural to morality or religion, nom it leaves every. '147 at fall liberty to fulfil the duties hie need imposes. re tints a wide ilitfereoce between beim/irreligious and folloving laws not made by the civil power. The lint Cu.. mean. that the state, as • towel body, rimer IJeS a PriiatOS, at the move time that the laws wasessing has the Phonon authorities NS Me Tad as laws 11th. lead. The C. , ngtitutigla states that *the psi. wadi from the King, and, esseemseady, lamas the latter with the power of framing haws and reforms in mooed with justice. It is said that the law will be ant - IN, to our friendly Isiatiana with foreign countries lint, that law cam Mu ems Indluesee over the interests of Ow soon.. mad, seandly, I maintain that it will semi the measure of etsw civil progress, and prove an ad dition/I claim to the esteem of all, if we outsider the ial.nority in which we stand with regard to ether sit. toes as respects civil inditatioes. Catholiat will teminit so wt reproved by the estkolie Jaw, and as to those +bade b. hag to that chard', no clergyman or ildividnal what never has a right to interfere with the dictates of their amen ace. Some speakers have complained of this inob servance of the Sabbath and holydays. I trust that the as;onty of say fellow-citizens concur is my sentiments yob 'turd to the catholic religion, but I do not believe the 'evict for religion can be commanded by the civil more natural that it should be inspired by the ticleviasticil power, which ought to conform to the ROM of ' the times Ihe tendency of our population is good, and and improve with liberty, and I am pansadod that the wont WS', of deluding them would he toelpeet too much from the law, u if certain duties were to be accomplished wet hroegh fear thou through conviction. I view the future destinies of my country without apprehension. The people protege a great respect for the person of the Lat. who has accepted the constitution and all the Worts, it consecrates. I cannot in any manner admit rental reservations, buena* no law acknowledges the right of titirons to choose their judges. The Anomie was afterwards adjourned. The Piet fete Gazette of the 16th instant an t‘tincto that the government have decided to dis ontinue, after the end of 1842, the line of steamers lictetcn Sardinia and Piedmont. GERMANY. Ti c Au s t r i an E mperor arrived ßEßLlN this day at noon by the Anhalt Railway, in company of the King, who, ao stated yesterday, had met him at iiiterbogk. The Emisror wore the Prussian untorrn ascolonel of the erment F.mperor Franz, and the King the uniform of his regiment of Hungarian !fussier& 'The monarchs did not e titer the city, but drove off in a carriage and four to Ilarlottenburg, the Emperor sitting on the f.glit of hi s h ost . A secon d carriage contained the I Aichduke brother of the Emperor. The Emperor of Austria's visit to Berlin is meant Is a ..alutary hint to the French that the German Brest posers remain cordially united for the mainte- Duce of the treaties of 1815, and that any attempt to disturb the arrangements on which the peace of Europe has so long rested would meet with an 'gully prompt and formidable repulse. On 8411 urfty morning there will be a grand parade of the whole garrison in the Lime Tree•walk, the chief street of Berlin ; and when the Emperor and King, with their suites, ride through the tri umpiret arch of the Brandenburg -gate a salute of a hundrid guns will be tired. T he youthful figure of the Emperor, with his ardent martial spirit, will probed). cause no less excitement among the spec tators than that raised by the commanding appear ance of the Czar. The dretu Zriguny remarks that this is the first ocesidon on which Berlin has had a visit from any reigning chief of the House of Haps burg. The Official Gazette questions, without denying, the truth of the report of a new loan, which hag circulated for the last few dip in Vienna and Frar,g fort. SWITZERLAND. The Federal Council has sent to the chiefs of the various cantonal governments copies of a French diplomatic note, calling their attention to a fabulous plan, attributed to the revolutionary party, of over turning the government by !means of counterfeit wit , . Ile cantons are warned of the great danger to which they are exposed, and recommended to be upon their guard. The Swiss newspaper., in report ing this warning, complain that foreign governments , are mystifying Switzerland. THE UNITED STATES. TILE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE We announced yesterday the arrival of the Ame rice, and in part of our impression we published a summary of the President's Message. The document itself will be found below, slightly abridged. The America brought 61 passengers, and 323,000 dollars iu specie. Tho Europa arrived at New York on tho evening of the 2nd, and the Niagara at Halifax on the 10th instant. _ A great fire had occurred on the night of the Ist instant at Boston, by which property to the amount of 21)0,000 dole. was destroyed, and upwards of 100 persons thrown out of employment. From Cuba we kern that the Crescent City affair is at last settled. The Governor. General of Cuba takes Mr. l'urser Smith's recent affidavit as satisfac tory, and admits him and whatever vessel he serves upon to the port of Ilavannah, and toquiet obscurity as before. This is wise. But it seriously interferes with the hopes of the Flibustiers, who desire that General Canedo should continuo to prove himself a big fool, and kick up a rumpus that only a war could end. If the rulers of the island do but maintain a reasonable discretion in their future management, the emancipation of the vast body of slaves that it contains, and its conversion into a negro republic, or a pat of the black Empire of the Tropics, may llong be delayed. A great plan for tic importation lof Chinese labourers into the island is said to be on foot. It is thought that their labour will be cheaper land better than that of negroes. The British ship John S. 1)o Wolfe, from Liver ' pool fur Savannah, with salt and coal, recently went ashore near Black Beard Island, and is a total has. The passengers and crew were all saved. We have from Tampico information that great ex citement existed in consequence of a formidable revolution which had broken out in the state of Tamaulipas. The city of Victoria, the capital of the state, had been captured by the revolutionists, who were hourly expected to attack Tampico. Accounts from Souora report that Conn De Bout bon had rebelled, and that a battle had been fought with the government troops under General Blanco, in which the latter were defeated. The ►tate of Aguas Calit mei had pronounced in favour of the plan of Guadalajara, and contributed large quantities of arms to the revolutionists. The authorities of Oriziba were treating with the insurgents at Vera Cruz, and probably would sur render to the latter. At Mazatlan two vessels of war, which were sent from Acapulco to blockade the port, had joined the insurgents. By the arrival of the British brig Roseway Belle, Captain Acker, from the city of St. Domingo, we have advietv to the ot h jest. We learn from Captain Sturtevant, late of the brig Henrietta, who came home passenger by the above vessel, that it is very sickly at St. Domingo, the fever prevailing to an alarming extent, he having lost two men of yellow fever, and left the mate and one man sick on the coast, and the cook at St. Do mingo City. Captain S. also states that Captain ' Soule, of the brig Four Brothers, of Philadelphia, which was wrecked on the coast about the 10th Oct., has since died, also his mate and four men, leaving only one man alive, and he sick. A merchant, named Dalton, recently from Boston, died in the City on the 30th ult. Captain Sturtevant also re ports that his brig (the Henrietta, of Portland), was wrecked on the morning of the 30th of October while beating in the Bay of Neson, she mis-stayed, and went on a reef, where she soon went to pieces. She was in charge of • government pilot at the time. Captain Sturtevant tenders his thanks to Captain Acker, officers, and crew, of the brig Raceway Belle, for their kindness to him during the passage to New York. CO3I3IERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, DEc. 7. The abundance of mosey is manifest by the operations at Stock Exchange, end is to continue cheap for some time to come. The rates to-day are precisely the same as quoted last week. Then was a fair demand for foreign ex changes, particularly for continental ("tads, which closed Arm. We quote on London, 110 to 1101; do., Paris, 5.131 to 6421; do., Amsterdam, 411 to 411; do., Hamburg, 361 to 361; do., Bremen, 791 to 130; do., Frock fort, 41 to 411. Corrou.—The sales of the four days put amount to 7,600 bales, without change from the rates last advised. Nothing of lot crest has occurred in relation to this subject slam the sailing of the hut steamer, except the advance in freights at the south, which is about equivalent to the de. libe Y 11111000. _ . _ IFLS.S.—Notbiog of importance has been deem is floor dia tssaniug. Prima are without alteration. rassours to Esrey* me firs. To Liverpool—Tobacco, pit UAL, 40e. ; flour and meal. per bbl., 3e. 3d. ; rods, do., la 4111. to 3s. 64. ; heavy goods, per ton, 30. to ass. ; grain is 161114 lid, to ibid. ; beef, ptr tierce. 6d. To Lodos— Telsess, per bbd., 455. ; flour, per bbl., 3e. 6d. to es. ; wbost. 11d.• turpentine, per 280 lbs., es. to es. 6d. ; mew meseaest geode, per ton, Ws. to 355. ; heavy goods, oil, , 76a. es 40s. ; cheese, 40e.; beef, per tierce, 7s. to Bs. ; oil sake, per bbl., 6d. to 49. To Havre—Cotton, 'wire We, per lb., le ; sshes, per ton, 8 to 10 doll. ; rice, 10 dots.; sessanrestest goods, 10 dole ; flour, per bbl., 75c. To Olas. per, Roar was takes at 3s. 71d. THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21, 1852. the United States have, s'ocis the Bay of Fundy was re opened to our fishermen in 1846, pursued the most liberal cou!se towards the colonial fishing internee. By the revs n'a law of 1848, the duties on colonial fish entering our rota were very gristly reduced, and by the Warehousing Ain it is allowed to be entered in bond without payment of duty. In this way c o lonial fi s h h es acqu i re d th e mono p o ly of the export trade in our market, slid is entering in some extent into the home consumption. These facts were among those which 410.1111ft' the sens.bility of cur fishing interest at the movement in question. These circumstances and the incidents above alluded to have led me to think the moment favourable for • recourideration of the entire subject of the fisheries on the coast of the British provinces, with • •iew to Immo teens upon • more liberal footing of reciprocal privilege. A willusguess to meat us in some arranuememt of this itiud is understood to exist on the part of Greet Britain, with • desire on her part to include in one compreheunve settle ment as will this subject RS the comnierciel intercourse be tween the United States and the British provinces. 1 have thought that, whatever arrangements may be made ou these two subjects, it is expedient that they should be embraced in separate conrentious. The illness and death of the late Secretary of State prevented the commencement of the contemplated negotiatio.. Pains have been taken to collect the informative required for the details of such an arrange ment. The subject is attended with considerable difficulty. It it is found practicable to come to an easement mutually acceptable to tho two parties, conventions may b.:concluded in the course of the present winter. The control id Con gress over all the provolone of such an arrangement Mime. mg the revenue, will of course be, reeerved. Idroolgollt language against the cruel treatment to which our ehipwrecked - mariners have often been subjected. and to insist th►t they shall be treated with humanity. lie is instructed, however, at the same time, to give that pvern sent the amplest assurances that the objects of the United States are such and such only as 1 have indicated, and that the expedition is friendly sod peaceful. Notwithstanding the jealousy with which the government of Eastern Asia regard all overtures from foreigners, I ant not without hopes of a beneheial re►ult of the t xpi dition. Shoulu it be crowned with tucct u, the sdvanteges will not be confined to the Uni ed States, but, a. in the eve of Chins, will he eiluilly enjoyed by all the other maritime powers. 1 have much satistection to stating that in all the steps prepare tory to this expedition the government of the United States has been materially aided by the guod offices of the Kattg of the Netherlands, the only Eutopi an power having any commercial relations with Japan. DOMESTIC eremite. In passing (torn this survey of our foreign relation., I in vite the attention of Congress to the condition of that de. pertinent of the government to which this brianch of the public bunnies is enures& Our intercourse with foreign powers has of late year, greatly ince, axed, both in conse quence of our earn growth and the introduttlon of many new states into the family of nations. In this way the de pertinent of state has become overburdened. It has, by the , remit atablialiment of the department of the interior, been I relieved of sonic portion of the domestic business. If the I residue of the business of that kind, such as the distribution of congressional documents, the Ise. ping, publiehioe. and distributien of the laws of the United Stat.*, the encution of the copyright law, the subject of reprieves uud pardons, and some other subjects relating to juts rior administration, should be transferred from the department of state, it would unquestionably be for the benefit of the public service. I would also suggest that the building appropriated to the state department is ant fire proof, that there is reason to think Gore are detects in its construction, and that the archives of the government, in charge of the department, with the precious collections of the manuscript papers of Washington, Jefferson, Hamilton, Madison, and Monroe, are exposed to destruction by hut. • similar remark may be made of the buildings appropri ated to the War and Navy Department. 1 he conditien of the Treasury is exhibited is the annual report from that deportment. Tho cash receipts into the Treasury for the fiscal year ending the 30th of June last, exclusive of trust funds, WI - fa forty-nine millions seven hundred and twenty-eight! thou rand three hundred and eighty six dollars eighty-nine cent., (19,726,366 dots. 8i s.), and the expenditures her the same period, likewise exclusive of trust funds, were lorry-six millions seven thousand eight hundred and ninety-six dolt. and twenty cents. (46,007,896 dolt. 20e.) ; of which nine millions four hundred and tifty-five thousand eight hundred ane fifteen dollars anti eighty-three cents. (9,465,815 dole. 83c.), was on account of the principal and merest of the public debt, including the last instalment or the in. demnity to Mexico, under the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, leaving a balance of 14,632,136 dolt. 3ec. in the Treasury on the first day of July last. Since this latter period fur ther purchases of the principal of the public debt have been made to the extent of two millions four hundred and fifty six thousand five hundred and forty-seven dollars and forty nine cents (2,456,547.1015. 49c.), and the surplus in the Trea sury will continue to be applied to thatlobject whenever the stock can be procured withia the limits as to price autho rieed by law. The value of foreign merchandise imported during the last fiscal year was two hundred and seven millions two hundred and forty thousand one hundred and one dollars (207,210,101 dohs), and the value of domestic productions exported was one hundred and forty-tine millions eight hundred and sixty-one thousand nine hundred and eleven dollars (149,861,911 doh.), besides seventeen millions two hundred and four thousand and twenty-six dollars (17,204,026 doh.) of foreign merchandise expelled, making the aggregate of the entire exports one hundred and sixty seven millions sixty-five thousand nine hundred and thirty reven dollars (107,066,937 dole.); exclusive of the above there was exported forty-two millions five hundred end seven thousand two hundred and eighty-five dollars (42.507,285 dolt) in specie; and imported from foreign ports five millions two hundred and sixty-two thousand six hundred and forty-three dollars (5,262,613 dole.; REVISION OP THE TARIFF. In my first annual message to Congress, I called your attcr,tinn to what seemed to me some defects in the present tariff, and recommended such modifications as in my judg ment were best adapted to remedy its evils and promote the prosperity of the country. Nothing has since occurrei to change my views en this important question. Without repeating the arguments contained in my former message, in favour of discriminating, protective duties, I deem it my duty to call your attentien to one or two other considerations affecting this subject. The fleet is, the effect of large importations of foreign goods upon our currency. Most of the gold of Cali- (orals, IA fast as it is coined, finds it way directly to Europe in payment of goods purchased. In the second place, as oar manufacturing establishments aro broken down by comutition with foreigners, the capital invested in them is lost, thousands of honest arid industrious citizens are thrown out of employment, and the farmer to that extent is deprived of a home market for the sale or his surplus produce. In the third place, the destruction of our manu factures leaves the foreigner without competition in our mar ket, and he consequently raises the price of the article seat hero for sale, as is now seen in the increased cost of iron im ported front lingland. The prosperity and wealth of every nation must depend upon its productive industry. The farmer is stimulated to exertion by finding a ready market for his earplug products, and bent fited by being able to exchange them without loss of time or expense of transport ation for the manufactures which his comfort or conve nience requires. This is always done to the best advan tage where a portion of the community in which he lives is engaged in other punuia. But most manufactures require an amount of capital and a practical skill which canoed be commarled, unless they be protected for a time from ruinous competition from abroad. Henn the ince* city of laying thou duties upon imported goods which the constitution authorises for revenue, in such a manner as to protect and encourage the labour of our own citizens. Duties however should not be fixed at a rate so high as to exclude the foreign article, but should be so graduated as to enable the domestic manufacturer fairly to compete with the foreigner ix our own markets, and by this com petition to reduce the price of the manufactured article to the consumer to the lowest rate at which it can be pro duced. This policy would place the mechanic by the side of the farmer, create a mutual interchange of their respec tive commodities, and thus ,stimulate the industry of the whole country, and render us independent of foreign animas for the supplies required by the habits or ennui- , ties of the people. Another question, wholly independent of protection, pm seats itself, and that is, whether the duties levied should be upon the value of the article at the place of shipment, or, where it is practicable, a specific duty, graduated according to quantity, as ascertained by weight or measure. All our duties are at present ad vakoress. A certain per ventage is levied on the price of the goods at the port of shipment in a foreign country. Moat commercial nations have found it indispensable, for the purpose of preventing fraud and per jury, to make the duty specific wh he article is of such a uniform vales in weight or measures as to justify such a duty. Legislation should never encourage dishonesty or crime. It is impossible that the revenue oaken at the port where the goods are entered and the duties paid should know with certainty what they coat in the foreign country. Yet the law requires that they should levy the duty accord ing to such oat. They are therefore compelled to resort to very unsatisfactory evidence to ascertain what that cost was. They take the invoice of the importer, attested by his oath, as the best evidence of which the nature of the ease admits. But every our must see that the invoice may be fabricated, and the oath by which it is supported false, by reason of which the dishonest importer pays a part only of the duties which are paid by the honest one, end thus indirectly receives from the treasury of the United States a reward for his fraud and perjury. The reports of the Secre tary of the Treasury heretofore made on this subject *hew conclusively that these frauds have been practised toe great extent. The tendency is to destroy that high moral charac ter for which our merchants have long been distinguished; to defraud the government of its revenue ; to break down the Lonest importer by a dishonest competition; and, finally, to transfer the business of importa•ion to foreign and irresponsible agents, to the great detriment of our own citizens. I therefore again most earnestly recommend the adoption of specific duties, wherever it is practicable, or a home valuation, to prevent these frauds. I would also again call your attention to the fact that the present tariff in some cases imposes a higher duty upon the raw material imported than upon the article manufactured from it, the consequence of which is that that the duty ope rates to the encouragement of the foreigner and the dis couragement of our own citizen,. INDIAN APPAIRS. For full and detailed information its regard to the gene ral condition of our Indian affairs I respectfully refer you to the report of the Secretary of the Interior and the scum pu_tying documenss. The senate not having thought proper to ratify the tree ties which had been negotiated with the tribes of Ind.ans in California and Oregon, our relations with them have been left in a very unsatiefectory condition. In other parts of our territory particular districts of country have been set apart for the exclusive occupation of the Indians, and their right to the lands within those limits hen been acknowledged and respected. But in Cali fornia and Oregon there has been no recognition by the government of the exclusive right of the Indians to any part of the country. They arc, therefore, mere tenants at audience, and liable to be driven from place to plus at the pleasure of the white,. I The treaties which have been rejected proposed to remedy this evil, by allotti k . g t o th e different tribes distriets of country suitable to their habits of life, and sufficient for their support. This provision, more than any other, it is believed, led to their r e j ec t ion, an d as no substitute for it has been adopted by Congress, it has not been deemed advis able to attempt to enter into new treaties of a permanent chmacter, although no effort has been spared by temporary arrangements to preserve friendly relations with them. If it be the desire of Congress to remove them from the country altogether ' or to usign to them particular districts more remote from the settlements of the whites, it will be proper to set apart by law the territory which they are ts occupy, and to provide the means necessary for removing them to it.—Justice alike to our own citizen, and to the Indians requires the prompt action of Cnitgreu on this subject. like amendments proposed by the Senate to the treaties which were negotiated with the Sioux Indians of have been automated to the tribes who were parties to them, and have received their assent. A large tract of valuable territory has thus been opened fur settlement and cultiva tion, and all danger of collision with these powerful and warlike bead. MI been happily removed., The removal of the remnant of the tribe of Seminole Indians from Florida has long :been a cherished object tf the government, and it is one to which my attention has been steadily directed. Admonished by past Imperious of the difficulty and ant of the attempt to remove them by military furor, mart has been had to conciliatory measures. By the invitation of the eoutiniutuner of Indian affairs 'eve- ral of the principal chiefs recently visited Washington, and whilst here aeknowledgtd ill writing the obligation of their tribe to remove with the least possibie daiy. Late advices from the special agent of the government represent that they adhere to their promise, and that a council of their people hit been called to make their preliminary arrange malts. A general emigration may therefore be confidently expected at an early day. ?ROOKED; 011 , LAND lIVICORTB. The report leum the Cionoral Laud ()dice show. increased activity in its operations. The surety of the northern boundary of lowa has been eompleti I wilt unexampied despatch. Within the lust year 8,422,1)43 acres ol public land have been surveyed, and 8,03... f it:ZS acres brought into In the last fueal year there were sold 1,553,071 acres. Located with bounty laud warrants 3,201,311 " Located with other certificates lls,lifit " Making a total of 4,1370,067 " In addition, there were— Reported under swamp land grants 6.219,188 " Fur internal improvements, null oath, &c 5,0!e,920 Making an aggregate of 13,115,175 Being an increase in the amount of limit a0.:41 and located under laud warrants of stitt,22o nem over the pro vious year. The whole amount thus rild, located under land warrants reported under swamp laud grants, and selected fur in ternal improvements, exceed, that of the previous year by 3,342,372 acres; and the sales would, without doubt, have been much larger but for the extuusivo reservations for railroads in Missouri, Musi.sippi, and A:Abanta. Fur the quanta. ending 3.ltit Sliteinber, 1t452, there were sold 243,256 acne. Located with bounty land warrants 1,327.110 „ Licated with other certificates ... 15,6 l 9 „ Reported under swamp end land grants 2,44.5,233 Making en aggregate for the quart( rof 4,131,2.53 „ Till UILA SWIVEL By the latest advices from the Nesican Boundary Com mission it appears that the survey of the river Gila, from its confluence with the Colorado to its supposed intersection with the western line of New Mexico, has been completed. The survey of the Rio Grande has ale.) been finished from the point agreed on by the commissioners as " the point where it strikes the southern boundary of New hiesieu " to a point one hundred and thirty-five miles below Eagle Pa's, which is about two-thirds of the distance along the course of the river I. its mouth. MISCZLLANEOUS. Permit me to invite your particular attention to the in terests of the district of Columbia, are coLlieled by the constitution to your peculiar care. Among the measures which seem to 1316 of the greatest importance to its prosperity are the introductim of a copious supply of water into the city of Washioron, and the con struction of suitable bridges across the Potomac to replace those which were destroyed by high water in the early part of the present year. of the Senate and of the House of _ -- Representatives : The brief space which has elapsed sines the close of your last Keeton km been marked by no estraordioary political event. The Quadrennial election of Chief Magistrate has passed off with less than the usual eaciternent. However individuals and parties may have been disappointed in the result, it is nevertheless • subject of national congratulation that the choice has been effected by the independent suf frages of a free people, undisturbed by those influences which in other countries have too often affected the purity of popular elections. Our grateful thanks are due to an AU-merciful Provi dence, not only for staying the pestilence which in different forma has desolated some of our cities, but for crowning the labours of the husbandman with an abundant harvest, and the nation generally with the blessings of peace sad pro sperity. Within • few weeks the public mind his been deeply affected by tho death of Daniel Webster, tilling at his de cease the office of Secretary of State. His associates in the executive government have sincerely sympathised with his family and the public g fly on this mournful occasion. Ilia commanding talents, his great political and professional eminence, his well tried patriotism, and his long and faith ful services, in the most important public trusts, have caused his death to be lamented throughout the country, and have d for him a lasting place in our history. ..._-..-- THIS FISHERIES DISPUTE. . ..._ ....._-.--.......-. In the coons of the last summer considerable anxiety was caused fora 'hart time by an official intimation from the government of Great Britain that orders had been given for the protection of the fisheries upon the eosin of the British provinces in North America against the alleged en eroachmenta of the fishing vessels of the United States and ' France. The shortness of this notice and the meson of the 1 year nested to make it a matter of urgent importance. It was at first apprehended that an increased naval force had been ordered to the fishing grounds to carry into effect the British interpretation of those provisions in the convention of 11418, in reference to the true intent of wnich the two governments differ. It was soon discovered that such was not the design of Great Britain, and satisfactory explana tions of the real objects of the measure have been given both here and in London. The unadjulted difference, however, between the two governments as to the Interpretation of the tint article of the convention of 1818 is still a matter of importance. American fishing vessels within nino or ten years have bete minded from waters to which they had free access for twenty flre years after the negotiauon of the treaty. In 1815 this esciusion was relaxed so far as concerns the Bay of Fundy, but the just and liberal intention of the home government, in compliance with what we think the true construction of the convention, to open all the other outer bays to our fishermen, was abandoned, in oonaequence of the opposition of the colonies. Notwithstanding this, INDIAN INROADS. Every effort has been made to protect our frontier and that of the adjoining Mexican states from the incursions of the Indian tribes. Of about 11,000 men of which the army is composed nearly 8,000 are employed in the defence of the newly-acquired territory (including Texas), and of emi gran s proceeding thereto. lam gratified to sty that three efforts have been unusually successful. With the exception of some partial outbreaks in California and Oregon, and occasional depredations on a portion of the Rio Orande, owing, it is believed, to the disturbed state of that border region, the inroads of the Indians have been effectu.illy re strained. Experience has shown, however, that whenever the two races are brought into contact, collisions will inevitably occur. To prevent these collisions the United States have generally set apart portions of their territory for the exclu sive occupation of tlie Indian trilus. A difficulty occurs, however, in the application of this policy to Texas. By the terms of the compact by which that state Wilt admitted into the Union, she retained the ownership of all the vacant lands within her limits. The government of that state, it is understood, has assigned no portion of her territory to the Indians; but as fast as her settlements advance lays it off into counties, and proceeds to survey and ad! it. This policy manifestly tenth', not only to alarm end irritate the Indians, but to compel them to resort to plunder for sub. sistence. It also deprives this government of that influence and control over them without which no durable peace can ever exist between them and the whites. I trust, therefore, that a due regard for her own interests, apart from considerations of humanity and justice, will induce that state to assign a small portion of her vast domain for the provisional occupancy of the small removnts of tribes within her borders, subject, of course, to her ownership and eventual jurisdiction. If she should fail to do this, the fulfilment of our treaty stipulations with Mexico, and our duty to the Indians themselves, will, it is feared, become a subject of serious embarrassment to the government. It is hoped, however, that a timely and just provision by Texas may avert this evil. COAST FORTIFICATIONS. No appropriations for furtilications were made at the two last sections of Congrets. The cause of this omission is probably to be found in a growing belief that the system of fortifications adopted in 1816, and heretofore acted on, rr quires revision. The subject certainly deserves full end careful investiga tion; but it should not be delayed longer than can Le avoided. In the meantime, there are certain works which have been commenced—some of them nearly completed— ' designed to protect our principal seaports from Boston to New Orleans, and a few other important points. In regard to the necessity for them works, it is believed that little difference of opinion exists among military men. I there fore recommend that the appropriations necessary to prose cute them be made. I invite your attention to the remarks on this subject, and on others connected with this department, eontainid in the accompanying report of the Secretary at War. MMARITSME IMPROVEMIINTB. Measures hare been taken to carry into effect the law of the last session making provision for the improvement of certain rivers and huboun; and it is believed that the arrangements made for that purpose will combine efficiency with economy. Owing chiefly to the advanced season when the act we. paned, little has yet been done in regard to man, of the works, beyond making the necessary pre parations. With respect to a few of the improvements, the sums already appropriated will suffice to complete them, but most of them will require additional appropria tions. I trust that these appropriations will be made, and that this wise and bencfient policy, so auspiciously resumed, will be continued. Great care should be taken, however, to commence no work which is not of sufficient importance to the commerce of the country to be viewed as national in its character. But works which have been commenced should not be discontinued until completed, u otherwise the sums 'speeded will, in most cases, be lon. THZ WATT. The report from the navy department will inform you of the prosperous condition of the branch of the public ser vice committed to its charge. It presents to your consi deration many topics and suggestions of which I ask your approval. It 'albite en unusual degree of activity in the operations of the department during the past year. The preparations for the Japan expedition, to which I have already alluded; the arrangements made for the explora tion and survey of the China Seas, the Northern Pacific, and Behring's Straits; the incipient measures taken towards a reconnoissance of the continent of Africa' eastward of Liberia; the preparation toren early examine tion of the tributaries of the River La Plata, which a re cent decree of the provisional chief of the Argentine Confe deration has opened to navigation ; all these enterpriser, and the means by which they are proposed to be acoom plished, have commanded my full approbation, and I have no doubt will be productive of most useful results. Two officers of the navy were her, totore instructed to explore the whole extent of the Ainamm river from the confines' of Peru to its mouth. The return of one of them has placed in the possession of the government en interest ing and valuable account of the character and resources of a country abounding in the materials of commerce, and which, if opened to the industry of the world, will prove an inexhaustible fund of wealth. The report of this explora tion will be communicated to you as soon as it is com pleted. Among other subjects offered to your notice by the Secretary of the Navy, I select for special commendation, in view of its connection with the interests of th e nav y, th plan submitted by him fur the establishment of a perma nent corps of seamen, and the suggestions he haapresented for the re-organisation of the Naval Academy. In reference to the first Cl these, I take occasion to say that I think it will greatly improve the efficiency of the service, and that I regard it as more entitled to favour for the salutary influ , nee it mutt exert upon the naval dis cipline, now greatly disturbed by the increasing spirit of insubordination, resulting from our present system. The plan proposed for the organisation t f the seamen furnishes a judicious subititute for the law of September, 1850, abo lishing corporal punishment, and satisfactorily sustains the policy of that act, under conditions well adapted to maintain the authority of command and the order and security of oar ships. TOR TOMOVER'E. Your attention is respectfully called to the report of the Postmaster-tleneral for the detailed operation of his depart meat during the last fiscal year, front which it will be seen that the receipts from portages for that time were less by 1,431,696 dollars than for the preceding fiscal yeti', being a decrease of about 23 per cent. This diminution is attributable to the reduction in the rates of postage made by the act of March 3, Issl,which reduction took effect at the commencement of the last fiscal year. Although in its operation during the last yesr the art re ferred to has not fulfilled the predictions of its friends by increasing the correspondence of the country in proportion to the reduction of postage, I should nevertheless question the policy of returning to higher rates. Experience war rants the expectation that as the commutity becomes accustomed to cheap postage, correspondence will inertme It is (relieved that from this cause, and from the rapid growth of the country iu population and lupine's, the re ceipts of the department must ultimately exceed its expenses, and that the country may safely rely upon the contatuance of the present cheap rate of postage. TIM 111CCTIVE. I Wilk it due to the mend exemltive departments of this government to beet teltimony to the efficiency end integrity with which they ere conducted. With all the careful superintendence which it is possible for the heads of these deputmenta to morels*, still the due admitiistration awl guardianship of the public money must very much depend on the silitance, intelligence, awl fidelity of the subordinate officers end clerks, and espeeiaby on those entrusted with the settlement and adjustment of claims and amounts. lam gratified to believe that they ItAve gene rally performed their duties faithfully and well. They are appointed to guard the approaches to the publie treasury, and they occupy positions that expose them to all the temptations end *eduction' which the e,pidity of pecu lators and fraudulent claimants can prompt them to em ploy. It will be but a wise precaution to peon et thu go ' vernment against that source of mischief arid corruption, ea far as it can be done, by the tnectment of ell proper legal penalties. The laws in this respect ere supposed to be &fee titre, and I then fore deem it to be my duty to call your attention to the subject, and to recommend that provision be made by law for the punishment not only of thaw who shall accept bribes, but also of tle.se who shall either pro- Ml44` give, or offer to give to any of those officer, or clerics a bribe or reward touelung or relating to auy matter of their official action or duty. URA. The Wain of Cuba formed a prominent topic in my last annual m. ssage. They remain in an uneasy condition, and • ftfling of alarm and irritation on the part of the Cuban authorities appears to exist. 'lbis feeling has interfered with the regular commercial intercourse between the United States and the island, and led to some ac s of which we have a right to complain. But the Captain General of Cuba is clothed with no power to treat with foreign govern ments, nor is lie in any degree under the control of the Spanish minister at Washington. Any communication which he 'my hold wish an agent of • foreign power is in formal and matter of courtesy. Anxious to put an end to the existing inconveniences (which seemed to rest on a mis conception), I dirwed the newly appointed minister to Mexico to visit II , on his way to Vera Cruz. He was respectfully received by the Cepmin General, who conferred with him freely on the recent occurrences; but no permanent arrangement was effected. In the meantime, the refusal of the Captain General to allow passengers and the mail to be landed in certain cases, for a reason which does not furnish in the opinion of this government even a good presumptive ',amid for such a prohibition, ha. been made the subjezt of a serious remon strance at Madrid; and I have no reason to doubt that due respect will be paid by the government of her Catholic Ma jesty to the representations which our minister has been in structed to make on the subject. It is but justice to the Captain General to add, that his conduct towards the steamers employed to carry the mails of the United Sates to Havana has, with the exceptions above alluded to, been marked with kindness and liberality, and indicates no general purpose of interfering with the commercial correspondence and intercourse between the island and this country. Early in the present year official notes were received from the ministers of France and England. inviting the government of the United States to become a party with Great Britain and France to a tripartite convention, in virtue of which the three powers shoal severally and col lectively disclaim, now and for the future, all intention to obtain posscuion of the Island of Culm, sad should bind themselves to discountenance all attempts to that affect on the part of any power or in lividual whatever. This invita tion has been respectfully declined, for reasons which it would occupy too much space in this communication to state in detail, but which led me to think that the proposed measure would he of doubtful constitutionality, impolitic, and unavailing. I have, however, in common with several of my predecessors, directed the Ministers of France and England to be assured that the United .tat. s entertain no designs against Cuba; but that, on the contrary, I should regard its incorporation into the Union at the present time as fraught with serious peril. Were this island comparatively destitute of inhabitants or occupied by a kindred race I should regard it, if volun tarily ceded by S,rain, as • moat desirable acquisition ; but, under existing circumstances, I should look upon its incor poration into our Union as a very hazardous measure. It would bring into the confederacy a population of a dd6 ferent national stock, speaking a oaf rent language, and not likely to harmonise with the other members. It would probably affect in a prejudicial m he industrial in terests of the south ; and it might revive those conflicts of opinion Intim n the different sections of the country wt ith lately shook the Union to its centre, and which have been so happily compromised. TE/IVANTErEC 11.0VTIL The rejection by the Mexican Congress of the conven tion which h 4.1 been concluded between that republic and the United States for the protection of a transit way emcee the isthmus of Tehuantepec, and of the interests of those citizens of the United &etre who had beemne proprietors of the rights which Mexico had conferred on one of her own citizens in regard to that tran sit, has thrown a atrious obstacle in the way of the attain ment of a very desirable national object. lem still willing to hope that the differences on the subject which exist, or may hereafter arise, between the governments, will be amicably adjusted. This subject, however, has already engaged the attention of the Senate of the United States, and requires no further comment in this communication. Till NICAVAOUAN DITTICULTY.: The settlement of the question respecting the port of San Juan de Nicaragua, and of the controversy between the republics of Costa Rica and Nicaragua in regard to their boundaries, was considered indispensable to the commence ment of the ship canal between the two oceans, which was the subject of the convention between the Gaited States and Great Britain of the 10th April, 18.10. Accordingly • proposition for the same purpeoea addressed to the two governments in that quarter, and to the Mosquito Indians, was agreed to in April last by the Secretary of State and the ministers of her Britannic Nlajesty. Besides the wish to aid in reconciling the differences of the two republics, I engaged in the negotiation from a desire to place the great work of • ship canal between the two oceans under one jurisdiction, and to establish tho important port of San Juan de Nicaragua under the government of a civilised power. The pr.praition in question was assented to by Costa Rita and the Mosquito •duns. It has not proved equally acceptable to Nicaragua, but it is to be hoped that the further negotiations on the subject which are in train will be carried on in that spirit of conciliation and compro mise which ought always to prevail on such occasions, and that they will lead to • satisfactory result. TINIZORLA AND ICINOI AYRES. I hive the satisfaction to inform you that the executive government of V • hi has acknowledged some claims of milieus of the United States, which have for many years pmt been urged by oar charge d'affaires at Cameras. It is hoped that the same seam of jamice will actuate the Con gress of that republic in providing the means for their pay mask TIM resent revolution in Buenos 'Ayres and the con federated mates having opened the prospect of an improved Nate of things in that quarter, the governmects of Great Britain and France, determined to negotiate with the chief of the new coafederacy for the free access of their commerce to the extensive countries watered by the tributaries of the La Plata ; and they gave a friendly notice of this pun& so to the United States, that we might if we thought proper pintas the game mune. In compliance with this tante don, oar minister at Rio Janeiro and our charge d'affaires at ButnosAym, have been fully:authoristd to conclude treaties with the newly organised confederation, or the states oont posing it. The delays which have taken place in the for. minion of the new government have as yet prevented the execution of those instructions; but there is every reason to hope that these vast countries will be eventually opened to our commerce. THZ RIPUBLIC OF URUGUAY. A treaty of oommeros has been concluded between the United States and the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, which will be laid before the Senate. Should this Con vention go into operation,.it will open to the commercial enterprise of our citizens a country of great extent and un surpassed in natural resources, but from which foreign nations have hitherto been almost wholly excluded. Loool ISLANDS. The correspondence of the late Secretary of State with the Peruvian chargi d'affairee relative to the Lobos Islands wee communicated to congress towards the close of the last session. Since that time, on forther investigation of the subject, the doubts which had bean entertained of the title of Peru to those islands have been: removed ; and I have deemed it just that the temporary wrong which had been unintentionally done her, from want of information, should be repaired by an unreserved acknowledgement of her sovereignty. I have the satisfaction to inform you that the course pur sued by Peru ban been creditable to the liberality of her government. Before it was known by her that her title would be acknowledged at Washington, her Minister of Foreign Affairs had authorised our charge d'affairs at Lima to announee to the American vessels which had gone to the Loins for guano, that the Peruvian government was willing to freight them on its own account. This intention has been carried into effect by the Peruvian minister here, by an ar• rangement which ia believed to be advantageous to the partite in interest. THE JAP.Or uxrenersost. Our settlements on the shores of the Pacific have already given a great extension, and in 401110 respects a new direc tion, to our commerce in that ocean. A direct and rapidly increasing intercourse has sprung up with Eastern Asia. The waters of the Northern Pacific, even into the Arctic aim, have of late years been frequented by our whalemen. The application of steam to the geoeril purpose. of Devise lion is becoming daily more common, and makes it desirable to obtain fuel and other necessary supplies at convenient points on the routes between Asia and our l'acific shores. Our unfortunate countrymen who from time to time sutler shipwreck on the coasts of the eastern seas are entitled to protection. Besides these specific object., the general pro sperity of our states on the Pacific require s that an attempt should be made to open the opposite regions of Asia to • mutually beneficial intercourse. It is obvious that this at. tempt could be made by no power to so great advantage u by the United States, whose constitutional system excludes every idea of distant colonial dependencies. I have accord ingly beta led to order an appropriai o naval force to Japan, nuder the command of a discreet end intelligent officer of the highest rank known to our service. lie instructed to endeaeoar to obtain from the government of that coun try some relaxation of the inhospitable ...ad anti-social system which it has pursued for shout two centuries. Ho has been directed particularly to remonstrat• is the ICIIVIEW OF I•ul.lCY. It has been the uoiturin policy ot tins government from its foundation to the pet seat day to 'baton' from all inter ference in the domestic affairs of other nations. The eon sequence has been that while the nations of Europe have been engaged in desalting wars, our country Iwo pursued its peaceful course to unexampled prosperity and happimas. The wars in which we have been compelled to engage, in defence of the rights and honour of the country. have been fortunately of short duration. During the terrific ecntest of nation against nation which succeeded the French revo lution, we w e ee gnal t. by th.• wisdom and firmness Of President Washington, to maintain our neutrality. But it is now mild by some that this policy must be changed. Europe is nn longer separated from es by a voy age of months, but steam navigation has brought her within a few days' sail of our shores. We see more of her move ments, and take a deeper Mterest in her controversies. Although no one proposes that we should join the fraternity of potentates who have for lazes lavished the blood and treasure of their subject% in maintaining " the balance of power," yet it is said that we ought to intertere barmen contenuing autereigns and their subjectr, far the purpose of overthrowing the monarchies of Europe, and cstabliehing in their place republican ine.itutions. It es alleged that we have heretofore pursued a titian nt course from a sense of our weakness, hut that now our comenous strength dictate, a change of policy, and thit it is consequently our (loty to mingle in these c- ntests and aid those wuu are etruggling fur liberty. This is a most seductive but clangorous nppeal to the generous sympathies of freeman. Enjoying as we do the blessings of • free government, there is so man who ha an American heart that wou'd not rejoice to see tnese blessings extended to all other nations. We cannot witness the struggle betwcn the oppressed and the opcinasor anywhere without the deepest sympathy for the former, and the most anxious desire fur kia triumph. Neserthelcss, is it prudent or is it wise to involve ourselves in these to:. jail wars ? hit indeed true that we hate heretolore refrained from t od,,inr merely from the degrailin7 motive of a conscious weakness Y For the honour of the patriots who have gone before us, I cannot admit it. In closing this, my last annual communication, permit me, . fellow-citisens to congratulate you on the prosperou s condition of our be loved country. Abroad its rel aims with all foreign passers ore friendly ; its rights arc respected, and its high place in the family of nations cheerfully r, cognised. At home we enjoy an amount of happiness public and private which has probably never fallen to the lot of any other people. Braid a siftrding to our ON n citizens a degree of prosperity, of which on so large a scale I know of nu other instance, our country is annually affording a refuge and a home to multitudes, altogether without example, from the Old World. _ _ We owe these blessing•, under Heaven, to the happy constitution and government which were brqueathe to us by our fathers, and which it i. our sacred duty to transmit in all their integrity tooar children. We must all consider it a great distincCon and privilege to have been chosen by the people to hear a part in the administration of such a government. Called by an unexpected dispensation to its highest trust at a Season of embarrassment and alarm, I entered upon its archon' duties with extreme chtlidence. I claim only to have discharged them to the best of en bumble ability, with a single eye to the public good ; and it is with devout gratitude, in retiring from office, that I leave the country in a state of peace and prosperity. MILLARD FILLMORE. Washington, Dcc. G, trpt COWL OSBORNE, Morintv. Her Majesty, Prince Albert, the Primo of Wales, the Princess Royal, Princess Alice, and the Prince of Leiningen attended divine service at Osborne, yesterday morning. The Iton. and Rev. G. Wellesley officiated. The Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting and the domestic household were also proent. A meeting of members of the House of Commons, Imp porters of the Earl of Derby's administration, was held at twelve o'clock yesterday, nt the official resieence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street. The con ference with the Earl of Der!iy lasted about one hour. Mr. D. Waddington, M.P., had an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole yesterday, at the Home-office. Mr. Hall had also an interview with the Right Hon. Secre tary. Despatehet were received a' the Colonial-office yesterday from the Governors of the West India Islands. BREAK DOWN OF THE ADELAIDE AUSTRALIAN STEAMER. (BT ELECTRIC TELEGRAVIL) PLYMOUTH, Dec. 20. The Adelaide Australian steamer put back here leaky yesterday. She takes in water at the hawse boles, and her rudder is defective. She is expected to be detained ►ere several dap. Letters have been received from the Australia (Austra lian packet), dated Port Phillip, Sept. 5. She left the Cape on July 2'2, and arrived at Adelaide on Aug. 29. The crew took the gold fever, and refused to work, but eventually agreed to go round to Sydney, and be discharged there. Seamen want W. each for the voyage home. Her crew and passengers were well, and the vessel proved a good one, bat through the lou of the crew, it is uncertain when she will be in England. FRETTING HORSES.—If horses will not cat their oats, mix it with chaff and beans—a sprinkling of salt is a good thing, and an are cut carrots. In Austria they give their horses small doses of arsenic, but I should not like to try it. I once had a mare so thin as to be a di•grace , to any stable, yet so fast and high.eouraged, and with such sport ing points about her, that I could not make up my mind to get rid of her. Yet she was the argue of my riding life, a perfect Rosinante. I tried everything I could think of, but what with, ejecting her food and fretting over her work, she was nothing but a bag of bones. At last, chance brought me acquainted with a noted character, now no more, Dick Wetherell, the trainer. "My Iced," said Dick, who always used this form of address as a matter of refined diplomacy, " I'll tell you what you go and do with her. Take • lot of barley, a go , ,d lot ou it. Power ame biting water on it, jilt enough to cover it. Then putt it, or leastways afore you putts the biting water, putt the barley in • glazed pan so as nothing of the steam can git through, and there let it soak. Next mornin go and putt some manses in along with it, and stir it all Don't trust your groom to do this if he 'diet one of the right sort, coo he'll eat the mel asses if ylnu do, or perhaps t a ke 'em 'rime to his missus. When you've made this mister up (it's like a stiffish pudding, it is, when it's made right; or a jelly, as you nine say), give her a lot on it mixed in with her corn, and it she don't slobber that into her, and get fat on it too, never you trust me again. Let her have four or live feeds on it a day." Much was the summary of Mr. Wethi roll's wi.dom, and the best advice I can give the reader is, in the words of the Duke of Wellington to Sir Charles Napier, " If you under stand these instructions, go and execute them."—Diehlins's Ilmuelsold Words.” REGISTER-OFFICE SWINDLING.—A keeper of a bureau de placement (office for finding places for servants), named Perrot, was on Saturday tried by the Tribunal of Correctional Police fur swindling. It was proved that he bad caused a great number of poor creators' to pay him different sums, on the condition that he would procure them employment • and that after sending them on different fools' errands, he had disappeared, and had commenced operations in another part of the town. I n one ease , h e had had the impudence to send a pour fellow who hail paid hint for a place to a writing-master, who had paid him to procure pupils. It appeared al.o that when any pretty servant girls went to him, he used impudently to propose to them to go and lire with single men, and dazzled them by promises of luxury and wealth. There was reason to fear that he had brought many of that class to ruin. In his impels was found the following letter, which, though disgusting, is curious, es showing the infamy which exists in ce r t a i n classes of society :—" 1%6., 2Gth July, 1862 Sir, I take the liberty of asking you a service. lam in want within the neat fire nays of lOnfr., to which must lie added your commission, which you will fie yourself. If you think you can find a foolish young fellow, or in default of a young one an obi fellow, write to me immediately, to the address, ' Mlle. L. 0., Poste Itestante, Paris.' En attendant—A prompt reply. I hate the honour to salute you. L 0." fLe tribunal condi tuned Perrot to thirteen months' impri sonment. A Belgian woman, named Itlessiau, was tried with him as his accomplice in the swindlings, but was acquitted. A., however, it appeared that she had been ex pelled from France for misconduct, and had returned without permission, she was, for violation of the law relative to foreigners, sentenced to three months' impri sonment. Tit r: Niw Foal. sT DEER ItraorAt-- Yesterday, a bill in the Rolm of Commons, brought forward by the late government, was printed, to amend the act passed last year, respecting the New F. r, st as regards the publication of claims, and the pri (erring and delivering objections thereto. It apps ors tl at the el rims made exceed 1,200, and the retort cannot be eons cniently advertised ; and further, it is i eccuary to off rd further time to make objections to such claims, and al , o toeomplete the register of claims and objections. It is proposed to repeal a provision in the for mer act, and that the making of objections shall be before next August, and that the completion of tho register all ' , be extended to the Ist November next. , 1 / 4 : \: . s!, :8: I , ' 1 :, i <, a., °%, sl; -sw i ~ le ... \3 [ ,.. ...„. Z - -*i ''','•'-7 . ''',.. ~. - ••:...'il:77iV .i , • ) •:::::. ( L;::.1.,17 S a ;":.•-•,- HI.", ;111 • , •: . : , .•i\ ~. i• • t i ‘,-- •' . 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