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''''' eir ,, do Ar- i- 5. - -4 W-.. r 401--- ,,, * iii ' ;;)l l .- al.11:-'7'.. ,,,D . :;.i 5 '''' ...• -',-; „ ..... 17e2:: :ill' il i:g:';‘ , ": 4$14.* °l4 -"< : '* -4 ' .. %;*--;4' ' ''' ' '' -4)21 (1.-' - ' \s\ —s '. .. )e ' ' : 'sr: - 'N 1 . ' . `,.. ': 4- ....="ga ~,,,, .....:, : , , N VI " I would als o in call your attention to the fact that —, and, finally, to transfer t e business — of im ,ton to foreign and irresponsib gents, to the great o efrnent of our own citizen therefore again most earnestly recommend the adoption of specific duties, wher ever it is practicable, or a home valuatio n, 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 manufac tured from it, the consequence of which is that the duty operates to the encouragement of the foreigner ancithe dis couragement of our own citizens. " For full and detailed information in regard to the ge neral condition of our Indian affairs I respectfully refer you to the report of the Secretary of the Interior and the accompanying documents. "The Senate not having thought proper to ratify the treaties which had been negotiated with the tribes of In dians in California and Oregon, our relations with them have been left in a very unsatisfactory 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 has 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 are therefore mere tenants-at sufferance, and liable to be driven from place to place, at the rlea , ure of the whites. ZAST INDIA HOUSE, 3d NOVEMBER 1352. -E4 COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST IS' 71 kg —TA COMPANY do hereby give notice, I i ',,,QUARTF.RLY GENERAL COURT of the said C om p an y ki2d ti 'd at their House in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, ec enaber next, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. ou r g ilt Pe f fib, t 51b ;gu ll t Y2ib, I nd b t u' 'eas find [PRICE SD. __- LONDON, TUESDAY, EVENING, DECEMBER 21, 1852. No. 18,798.] • Infe, rlor• 4 Et )- 4 0 1 1 6 1 1 11 4 v LAURENT'S GRAND CASTNO. A RGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, St. James's, Lessee, Charles Emile Laurent, Onslow House, Brompton-road, Licensed pursuant to Act of Parliament, of 25th George U. and to establish the important port of San Juan de Nica ragua under the Government of a civilised power. The pro position in question was assented to by Costa Rica and the Mosquito Indians. It has not proved equally acceptable to Nicaragua, but it is to be hoped that the further negotia tions on that subject which are-in train will be carried on in that spirit of conciliation and compromise which ought always to prevail on such occasions, and that they will lead to a satisfactory result. " I have the satisfaction to inform you that the Execu tive Government of Venezuela has acknowledged some claims of citizens of the United States, which have for THE NEW NOVELS. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vol., ITT. BS TL E A. ON. By the Author of • Emilia Wyndham." An entrancing narrative."—Globe. " For roman.ic interest few tales of fiction can vie with Castle Avon. It forms a powerfully drawn panorama of life, in which the workings of the human heart are displayed unAer a great variety of aspects, and delineated by a master hand."—John Bull. Also now ready, in 3 vole., BROOMIIILL; or, the country Beauties. Jtrit ready, in 3 vols., THE LIEUTENANT'S Si'.RY. Ey LADY • CATHERINE LONG, Author of "Roland Ashton," &c. • Colburn and Co., Publishers, Great Marlborough-street. Ire the Prices C A Open every evening with Laurent's Celebrated Band. Principal onset-a- r teton, M. Boulcour. Admirdon—ONE SHILLING. Doors open at Half-past Eight o'cicot. Dancing to commence at Nine and terminate at Half-past Eleven precisely. EAST INDIA HOUSE, Dtc. 15, 1852. r x ,,, COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST 4 - 4 ,.._"Lt COMPANY do hereby give notice, . ,x;ogrietor of East India Stock has given notice that at the 10, General Court of the said Company, appointed to be held ' l lll l ,9a s e in Leadenh all-street, 00 WE DN E •,, , DAY, the 22d inst., 'h a , Bit the following motion, viz : 'to accordance with a principle which obtains at the Royal F4Colleges of Woolwich and Sandhurst, it he recom mended to ': 4 n ra'le the Court of Directors to establish at Addiseo mbe a Lot I nd r a le of payments for Cadets, reducing the charge for the Da ' a n officers proportionably to the ascertained means of Nifti e r's , Provided that the same can be effected without in- IL tier's to the East India Company." Z` 4o ther i, tyro ilat Proprietor has given notice of his intentio n to sub ng , z:— —Pies follo th of emotions vi Report of , the Commission which was ap • ' 11 . 11 850-51, by the G..vernor-General of India, to investigate t of the Minutes thereon by the Indian Gov , rriments : also !1ii,,,01l Sind by Sir George (lark, Ite Governor of Bombay, bef ore the Court of Proprietors." ~,' !bine improved organization of the Survey Department in farT aloft he Mapping Office in this country, is ureently cared irlth 'g available to the public in a or c .nvenient form, matreater expedition than heretofore, the,gores of sLatistical theogh delineations with which there is reason to -. records of Government have been long enrichgl ; also for ': i g t) the public; by means of miye systematic and timely pub eft advantages of the surveys still in progress, and of thos e /ni t 43r be hereafter undertaken in our own territories a s well as 44 of our allies." an other Proprietor has given notice of his intention to Bub ,b 0 following motions, viz:— this Court is it opinion that the privilege of Election o! l ' of the E as t India Company should be extended to parties s ' ' ll l t. , ° ,Ok of the Government of India." to this Court is of opinion that an opportunity shou ld be af iht t he natives of India of being heard by their repre s e ntatives „, 'sonssions about to take place in Parliament relative to the ) 44tn of the Ch arter o f th e Nast India Company." tliefonother Proprietor has given notice of his intention to sub , Iliat 11 "ing motions, viz. : ' Atte there be laid before this Court such 'oation as the Court ‘I it, t °fs deem proper, concerning the conductor services of Cap kjlilower Crisp in connexion with the pres ent Burmese war." ki the present crisis in the Company's Government of India i'Di;l t taVcourable occasion for requesting the numerous clerical 0 1/h t .fit of India Stock to consider the several appeals made by ‘;l 4 4.,POlitan in India, and others, concerning the further support Ila tt ' ‘ ,.'llt3' in India" t_ Court consider the propriety of having a Permanent Of the Company." JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. „„ SR SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH COMPANY. NICE, ; IS HEREBY GIVEN (in pursuance k 4; the Statute passed in the first year of the reign of her pre 1148tY, Queen Victoria, entitled, "An act irr better enabling : 4 tt„ 54 '„,LY to confer certain powers and immunities on ti &ding and s ill i ,..Panies"), That application has been made to her Majesty ttl, for a Supplemental Charter, extending the time limited :Tei._arter incorporating the above Company for establishing t;heraDh in the said Charter mentioned , and that such applica , ~ been referred by her Majesty, to the Committee 0 1 Privy uit tt iP, l 7 . Trade and Plantations. 44111 9th day of November, 1852. JOHN OWEN, Solicitor, \._ 4, Princes-street, Bank, London. Oltir AMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, S. -11,1 Dining-room—consisting of Vases, Figures, Groups, Ink ' Zbelisks, beautiful Inlaid Tables, Paper Weights, Watch /151.t..:, in ITALIAN ALABASTER, MARBLE, BRONZE, A k ,,,,k , tllßE SPAR, &c., imported and manufactured by J. ti . '"T , 14 9, Strand, London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary s., tp,"," of Shells, Minerals, and Fossils, which will greatly tacit efkresting science of Geology, at 2,5, 10, 20, to 50 guineas e also gives private instruction in Mineralogy and Geology. 1 1 t , ALBION GOLD MINING COMPANY, oqvvorkin g the Gold Mines on Burns' Creek, and the Quartz ,Ntzb„ %under a Conveyance in Fee simple, of 1,000 acres, near 'ill g rgh, Mariposa, California. ' £ l OO,OOO, in 100,000 Shares of £1 each, to be paid up in fUll h w ithout further liability. t , —0 Cost Book system, requiring no d eed of settlement. ' Nu: , the directors nor any co - advent urers will have power to it it to bind this Company in California , there be in g a law " la that State. TRUSTEES. Of Donegal', G.C.H. and P.C. Sir Robert Price, Bart., M.P. DIRECTORS. • ~ rt., M.P., Foxley-park, Herefordshire rot 420 via 374 440 °I 45 si t ' 524 ' 1) 1 ,1 505 46 .)14 Tssa t° per 6d, 4010 as hel ; b 3 rto red, 408 r A s Iti , Od t° ; Oct Pe l l, lb, f r- 6 a. tto rAns; lb, ' 0 13 ,1 ; sot° (,- to sow- s oti P air ditto, turk e ut Pl 6d ; brit -5s Od ;ig ; t° rio e ' holesal e P,ork , 3 i d 0,4 ; to 4s Currer; e o l ; Ocl—' tove 9d-g °4°. 4d-- -364° ‘ d Gd o. 6d per C'C't. . 0 bey, st Nve ci 'r9 6l ' oats, ••- ,e. .71. 170 04; tra, • 0 ol 3g 'gs9 4; ; 6d t o is u`'' 51 ,o od ; c o* e SO to t0n.„ 60 ,„, ;II loaf , ga butter , ge ef , Meat ,/ 4a 0 rIC, • p 0 j ot] il, l4.eVj OO P ;, 24s tO,IO 9d; °' e ill 's. / )11 ..agll°o )er C 1 , 01)., 31. Pe r o!. 71. to Jai ; 'Cll° S late d ni ePr of e b of f ot:v day's jor° joic-o• 25k ; dito 5; t h ira sb.l; rhit4).oo ditto b it!: 4 lob o Dour' head' 94, ca}' r 9-01011- ie Wall?! d etk, 010/ ro le o f ecis iooi he 70 t i / Taie ij itf or °q Y effecta ll en O r 0 3 ' ; HA /O W' op g %0 irn?il l t oo t h rralpg Sl; s ello o : 3l iesi , ley, 4li I yell"We r a ri_t ;o o ire u , w Da b k W e ' ;t. 4 110 t ° gge for tea 7 6 ' •••• so 5 6 ' 45, Si r lloutt Nstrai tT PRICE, Bart., _ Hon. the Chairman. 3irtost lion. the Marquis of Donegall, GC. .H. and P.C., Ormeau eitaj , Antrim, and 6, Portland-place. t a ,".n Villiers Shelley, Bart., Marestleld-Park, Sussex, and Albe -41.._'.4-Btreet. 111 0 :nt Francis B. Murphy, M.P., 3, Berjeant's-inn. 1 1 7 r n n . Swift, Esq., M.P. (late Sheriff of London), West Hill klttren' Crae, 'Wandswwfor orth. d, Esq., B. 4.L., Middle Temple, and Haverstock- Re T Z tampstead. W. Wood, Esq., Britton Ferry, Glamorga.nshire. 'E, Bh BANKERS. A..? . Price, Marryat, and Co., 3, King William-street, City. 4 t Cegsrs. Cocks, Biddulph, and Co., 43 , Charing - cross. l lokuus.—Messrs. Carden and Whitehead, 2, Royal Ex change-buildings. T INQ MINING ENGINEER.—David T. Anted, Esq., F.R.S. wad P.G 8., Professor of Geology, King's College. BECRETABi.—George Jackson, Esq. OItOFFICEL-3, Coptball-buildings, Bank. „_cations for shares may be made In the usual fo rm to the 4 b1 41 7Y, at the Company's Offices, where f 4,11 prospectuses may be ed., Or through the brokers. FOIM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. G e „,To the Directors of the Albion Gold Mining Company. i etriZeinen—l request you will allot me shares of one pound t b `g each , in the above undert ikb,g, the whole of which, or any Nd :inber that may be allotted to me, I hereby agree to accept, b li, Tl required, to pay the amount thereon, and subscribe the of the Company. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Date • • Adress .............• Reference •• • •• •• r tlIE CHARTERED AUSTRALIAN LAND, tiy t tinsTlNG, IMPORTING, and REFINING COMPANY. e Royal Charter the liability of each Shareholder will be limited. Capital, 500,0001., in Shares of Si. each. ,„ it() Deposit 1/. per Share. ~_", t otment of a less number than 10 bares will be made. k "tent of the Deposit Money and signing the Preliminary Agreement, Scrip Receipts will be issued. air DIRESTORS. °WI s liers Shelle n y, Bart M P P ar k-lane, and Marestield , ussex—Chairma. lij ur eY Brown, Esq., M.P., Westminst er, and Tewkesbury— Itowl'aiY-Chairman. anc l, G. Alston, Esq., Harley-street, Cavendish -square. ta:,.alin Esq., Piccadilly. and Putney Heath, Surrey. r ge b g, e la Poor Beresford, Bart., Travellers' Club and Oriental as Brighton. ~=! , s Chandler, Esq., Rotherhithe, Surrey, Shipowner.. honourable George Hamilton Chichester Connaught-terrace, Usti Ri ver View. ci i A trd Esdaile, Esq., City Saw Mills , Regent's Canal. t 4l ;.Zard Graham,Admiralty, and Esk, Cumberland. Charles Edward Mangles, Managing Director of the II tyal t o — ,,ad_Steam Packet Company. 1 01 ; .I[ uskerry, Carlton Club, and Springfield. Sharland, Esq., Croydon, Chairman of the North Devon Lail. aY and Dock Company. tssinura CousseL—Sir John E. Eardley-Wilmot, Bart. tiautotExes—Messrs. John aid Alfred Blyth, Limehouse. METALLURGIST AND Assume—Charles Watt, Esq. ."..41.‘xxes —Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchin-lane. 4 M:tams—Messrs. R. and J. Sutton, 22, Royal Exchange. SOLICITOES—Messrs. Mullins and Paddisou. SECRETARY George Byam, Esq. OFFICES—No. 6, Broad-street Buildings. Itse: ll lrectors, with much confidence, submit to the Public this tothe making for Mining, Importing, Smelting, and Refining Gold, on improved system. The conte m p lated operations of the tile tiny (which. until the Charter is is sued, will be conducted on Oat-book system) will be principally confined to the auriferous e t iat e cts of Australia, where, even the quantity no w raised, by a very or , rocess, is of vast magnitude. ett;_, great number of persons who are working in the' diggings of Rhrrdia, afia, a large majority are labourers, who not being famished 0)4 3 ," any means for reducing the poorer ores, can avail themselves fei k r.the comparatively small quantities of the auriferous deposits m . _ such a state of purity, and uncombined with other sub tlit,,7s, as to render gold actually visible to the eye, ant at once, 1%,;.. 1 .? re, marketable without scientific aid. The " Times" (of the I)l t i g i pecember, 1852), under the article " Australian Gold Fields," ,;":" is i s may here remark that the gold exported since October last, si t F'sents a value of 2,863,4771., and all these accounts, we a• e as Ti l ed by the ' Melbourne Herald,' are rather under than overstated. Ite ea k e , atitounding results have been obtained by unskilled labourers, t, king without either plan or concert." q: Science,' says the' Argus,' "has done little or nothing for us. it processes in obtaining gold are of the rudest nature. The search i tr Olaracterised almost solely by what the s ailors call sheer l etiith and stupidity "'because they to, a e nY thousands of tons are actually thrown away tu s .elit no immediate benefit to the diger and yet by numerous late si ti Ys. that very refuse often contAns g , a larger proportion of gold, "°tlgh not in view, than cad been already extracted. Ail richore, in which the gold is visible , is certain to be a constant wee of plunder; but moderately rich; and even poor ore, in which M R g o ld is nor visible, and which is not wor the while of any dopeger even to look over a second time, would hive a very large pro those who judiciously purchase, and reduce it. This will be C o ander the immediate superintendence of the offices of the .itParty. AEU ayer and Chemist;of the Company, Mr. Charles Watt, has ii ..ettithod for reducing the ore by which amalgamation is entirely e m Prseded, the great expense of quicksilver being totally avoided, ~° Yet every particle of gold or silver is extracted at a mpare ?lovely s i ,, mall expense. Mr. C. Watt has also a patent for ce r elining kr, and silver in the most expeditious and least expensive mode n ave known. In confirmation of this statement the Direc:ors "e received the following letter from Mr. Charles Watt : Selwood Place, Brompton, Dec. 15, 1852. GEN-Lima/4,—T have read the paragraph in your prospectus re ng tome and my patent, and l beg to assure you that I am fully 11, , - Pared to carry out the announ cement therein made.—l have the `°ar to be Gentleman, your obedient servant, • " CHARLES WATT." Id - 're the Directors of the Chartered Australian Importing, end Refining Company." 't has been deemed expedient previously to the application for and t r 1. 4 4 at of a royal charter for securing certain privileges, and for limit -8 the liability of each shareholder to arrange for the purchase of eat a 1 40 te in the country where it is proposed to commence opera 1 ) , Accordingly, after a protracted negotiation, en agreement has °t ea Concluded for the purchase, in a si eh known auriferous district, 4 large freehold Estate, situate Ir. the County of Argyle. On one ode of it there is a long range of rocks , c a pp ed with Quartz, and in e valley beneath a rapid stream flows into the lower levels, present all the features of an immense accumulation oflarg gold. al luv These il i wer levels are occasionally overflowed, and e 0110 w, have been formed, where, in obedience to the gravity of the ; I rtose matters and the force of the impelling torrents, the precious stale are deposited in the sand or mud. " Gold," says Mr. Stutch hul7. his Report on the Geological and Mineralogical Survey of IL^ South Wales, "in small quantitieshas been found on the summits it tears theflanks of the mountain ranges, but, With few exceptions, k.,arts evidence of abrasion, The largest produce in every instance — Z,Deen found in the lower levels." it itao estate will be of the most essential service to the Company, as u t : not only rich in itself, but is in the vicinity of an immense qua rt Of refuse gold ore. It has always a plentiful supply ef water, and " i tn ,the high main road to Brt.dslbane and Goulb urn. It will also • testa Materially aid (by the means it will afford of subsistence ea to of burthen) the transport of t he concent r ated ores to the s — 7? t i ox distance of ~bout 50 miles, , i e vendor, having the greatest confidence in the undertaking and t_,.,!•°e advantages to be derived to the shareholders, has consented to 1 7: 1 the whole of the purchase-money (which does not amount to • et i f generally paid for grazing land in the agricultural districts be in shares of the Company. s m ,°e Directors refrain from estimating the returns for fear of over rating the profits, though their thorough conviction is, that a most successful result must speedily ensue. 22 4 ' , tiPlications for shars to be made to Messrs. Sutton, „„, 110 Yal Exchange; and for informatio n to the Secretary, at the o "tees of the Company, 6, liroad-street Buildings, London. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. T EX SMARTER= AUSTRALIAN LAND, MINING, IMPORTING, AND REFINING COMPANY. To the Directors of the Chartered Australian Mining, Importing. and Refining Cornpany. Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot me shares of S.!. , in the above undertaking, and I agree to accept the same, or 073: less number which may be allotted to me ; to pay the amount to" Posit on those shares, and to sign the necessary documents in. mental to the Charter. Dated the , 1852. day of Name in fall • • • ..... • • • • • • • • --- Degree, Profession, or Trade • ..... ::: • . .. Reference ••• • • • Addams of Referee. EW WORK BY SIR E. BULWER LYTTON BART, On I st January will be publl %bed, Y NOVEL ; or, Varieties - in English Life. M By PISTSTR ATUs CAXTON, WILLIAM 13LAcKwoon & Sons, Edinburgh 2nd London. MOORE'S BALLADS AND SACRED SONGS. In 16mo, with a Vignette by Richard Doyle, engraved on Wood by Thompson, price ss. cloth, or 12s. M. bound in k.mooth morocco, by Ha, day. ONGS, BALLADS, and SACRED SONGS. 3 By THOMAS MOORE. First collected Edition; uniform with the Irish Melodies and Lalla R.)okh. Just published, in post Bvo. MOORE'S MEMOIRS, JOURNAL, and CORRESPONDENCE, edit'd by the Right lion Lord Joni( RUSSELL, MP. ; with Portraits and Vignettes. Vols. I. and 11., price, in cloth, 10s. 6d. each. *. 31, A new and cheaper issue of MOORE'S POETICAL WORK% the first collected Edition, with Portrait and 19 plates, in 10 vols. fcp. Bvo. price, in cloth, 355. ; also in course of publication Pt Monthly Volumes, price 3s. 6d. each. London : Longman, Brown, - Green, and Longman. THE TRAVELLER'S LIBRARY. On Friday, the 31st inst., will he published, in 16mo , price Is., LORD JEFFREY'S ESSAYS on SWIFT and RICIIARDSON. Reprinted from Contributions to the Edin burgh Review; and forming the Thirty-sixth Part of the Traveller's Library Just published, In the Traveller's Library, Sir EDWARD SEAWARD'S NARRATIVE of his SIIIPWRECX, tic., abridged from the Third Edition. Ifimo. Price, in cloth, half a-crown ; or in Two Parts, price Is. each. London: Lot gman, Brown, Green, and Longman. Just published, Bvo., sewed, price Is., ALETTER to THOS. BARING, Esq., M.P., • on the INDIAN CIVIL. SERVICE. By Sir EDWARD COLEBROOKE, Bart. London : 'Upham and Beet, 46, New Bond-street. THE HYGEIAN Health h College of ALMANACK h . New , containing the Report of the Br i tis •- road, London, for 1853, fs NOW READY, and may ba had gratis, on application to any of the agents for Morison's Vegetable Universal Medicine. T HE INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY COMPANY, No. 72, Lombard-street, and 24, Connaught-terrace. TRUSTEES. Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. I Richard Malin., Esq., Q.C., M.P. J. Campbell Renton, Esq. , M.P. James Fuller Maddox, Esq. William Wilberforce, Esq.l The POLICIES are, INDISPUTABLE, in terms of the Deed of Settlement of the Company, duly registered, and are thus rendered CERTAIN FAMILY PROVISIONS, and NEGOTIABLE DOCU MENTS of SECURITY. This Company has introduced, as more peculiarly applicable to the Middle and Industrious Classes, a plan of SELF-PROTECTING INSURANCE, whereby in one Policy for one rate of Premlnn are combined au Insurance of a Sum payable either at death or on attaining a specified age, and a pension or annuity after that age ; and giving the full benefit of all Premiums that have been paid, although the payments should at any time be discontinued. ALEX. ROBERTSON, Manager. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Established by Act of Parlituaent in 1834. 8, Waterloo-p'ace, Pall-mall, London. HONORARY PRESIDENTS. Viscount Falkland Lord Elphinstone Lord Belhaven and Stanton William Campbell, Esq., of Tillichewan. Earl of Cenrtown Earl Leven and Melville Earl of Norbnry Earl of Stair Earl Somers BOARD. M, Esq., Chairman. Esq., Deputy Chairman. J. G. Henriques, Esq. F. C. Maitland, Esq. William Railton, Esq. F. it. Thomson. Esq. Thomas Thorby, Esq. MEDICAL OFFICERS. PHYSICIAN.-Arthur H. Hassell, Esq., M.D., 8, Bennett-street, St. James's. SURGEON —F. H. Thomson, Esq., 48, Berner& street. The bonus added to policies from March, 1834, to the 31s )eceml4er, 1847,15 as follows: LONDON CHARLES GRAHA CHARLES DOWNES, FT. Blair Avarne, Esq. E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., Resident Charles Berwick Curtis, Esq. William Fairlie, Esq. D. Q. Henriques, Esq. gum Time Assured isured. Sum added ta Stun addedtol Sum payabl Policy inlB4l Polieyin 1848 at Death. £5OOO 13 years 10 mthsl 4638 6 8 *lOOO 7 years •• •• 500 1 year ' X 787 10 0 £6470 16 8 157 10 0 1157 10 0 11 5 0 511 5 0 * EXAMPLE.—At the commencement of the year 1841 a person aged thirty took out a Policy for 1,0001., the Annual Ps ymont for which is 24/. k. Bd.; in 1847 he had paid in Premiums 1651. 1 is. Bd. but the profits being 24 per cent. per annum on the sum insured (which is 221. 10s. per annum for each 1,0001.), he had 1571. 10s. added to the Policy, almost as much as the Premiums paid. The Premiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and only one-half need . be paid for the first five years when the In suranceis for Life. Every taformation will be afforded on application to the Resident Director. rriHE EUROPEAN (and AMERIC AN ) ELEC. IL TRIO TELEGRAPH COMPANY. incorporated by act of Parliament, 14th and 15th Vic.. cap. 35. In connection with the Submarine Telegraph Company. Capital, 200,0001., in 40,000 shares of 5/. each. Offices, 30, Cornidll. DIRECTORS. Lord DE MAIILEY, Chairman. Sir JAMES CARMICHAEL, Bart., Deputy-ChairmEn. W. J. Chaplin, Esq., M.P. Ernest Bunsen, Esq. Samuel Laing, Esq., M.P. Rear-Admiral Sir Richard The Hon. Frederick Cadouan. O'Conor, K C.H. John Masterman, Esq., jun. Francis Edwards, Esq. John W. Brett, Esq. SECRETARY—G. L. Parrott, Esq. BANSEES—Messrs. Masterman, Peters and Co., Nichola s-lane, Lombard-street. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Davies, Son, Campbell, and Hand, andar a ick street, Regent-street ; Messrs. Hughes , Kearsey, Co., 17, Bucklersbury. On the Ist of November• last this C om pany opened a subter ranean line of telegraph from their offices, 30, Cornhill, to Dover, where the wires are united to those of the submarine telegraph between Dover and Calais, thus insuring a direct communication (without any break) between London and the Continent. The Submarine cable to Belgium will be laid down between the South Foreland and Middlekirk (near Ostend) In the ensuing month, when its wires will also be connected with the wires of this Company at Doverlarge accession of business will thereby be obtained for the E u ropean and American Electric Telegraph Company. Traffic arrangements have been made securing the European and Anlerieall Telegraph Company the exclusive privilege of conveying all messages to and from London and any part of the Continent via France and Belgium. The capital hitherto expended is 50,0001., for which sum the Com pany has obtained an underground line of telegraph between London and Dover, constructed in such an efficient manner that a responsible contractor hes guaranteed the maintenance of the works for the ann ual payment of 100/. All the preliminary expenses, the cost of obtaining the act of Par liament and ,pes:, me to for patents; are also included in the above mentioned expenditure. Although this line has teen ope upononly six weeks, the net returns and already show a profit of 5 per cent. the capital expended 4 this satisfacaory result has induced the shareholders, at a General Meeting held on the 6th instant, unanimously to resolve that this subterranean system of telegraph should be extended to the towns of Birmingham, Manchester, and Liverpool, so as to afford direct and unbroken Intercourse between their several exchanges and the Con tinent. out these lines insulated in C on tracts have been made to carry gutta percha, and laid underground, for a sum of for this 50,090/. ose, ten In order to provide the necessary cap ital purp thousand shares of 51. each, to be pad up in full, n ill forthwith be issued ; and as the whole expense of the undertaking has been thus clearly defined, no liability can • e incurred by the abet'. holders be yond the amount of their shares, as the Directors will undertake no new lines, nor enter into any further engagement, without the consent of the proprietors. Whilst the working expenses o: the Company w• 11 be but slightly increased by the proposed extension, the business between these main [arteries of commerce is known to be of a very lucrative de scription, and the ratio of profit on the existing line will be largely augmented. '1 he works to Liverpool, Manchester, and Birmingham are already in progress. Appl•cation fors'. ar s may be made to Messrs. Foster or and Braied th- waite, Stockbrokers, 69, Old Broad-street,, City, on or befe W ne.alay, the 22d instant. O MORE PILLS nor any Ot her MEDICINE. N:DU BARRY'S delicious R EVALENTA ARABICA FOOD is the natural remedy which has obtained 50,000 testimon , als of cures from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de Moles, Archdeacon Stuart of Ross, and other parties, of indigestion (dyspepsia), constipation, and diarrhoea, nervmsness. biliousness, liver compl Int, flatu'ency, distension, palpitati.n of the heart, nervous headache, deafness, noises in the head and ears. pains in almost every part of the body, chronic inflammation and ulceration of the stomach, erysipelas, erup tions of the skin, impurities and poverty of the blood, scrof incipsick- ent con sumption, dropsy, rheumatism, gout, heartburn, nausea and ne-s during pregnancy, after eating, or at sea, low [veldts, spasms, cramps, epileptic fits, spleen, general debility, asthma, cough, inquie tude sleeplessness , involuntary blushing, paralysis, tremors, digitise to society, unfitness for study, less of memory, delusions, vertigo, blood to the head, exhaustion, melancholy, groundless fear, indecision, wretchedness, thoughts of self-destruction, and many other com plaints. It is, moreover, the best food for infants and invalids gene rally, as it never turns acid on the weakest stomach, but imparts a health relish for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty of dies tion, and nervous and muscular energy to the most enfeebled. g Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London. A few out of 50,000 cures arehere given : Cure No. 71, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de De,cies " I have derived considerable benefi t from Du Dal Ty's Re valenta Arabica Food, and consider it due t, yourselves and the pub lic to authorise the publication of these lines.—Stuart de Decies." Cure No. 49,832.—" Fifty years indescrib able agony from dys pepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, seasms, sickness at the stomach, and vomiting, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent food.—Maria Jolly, Wortham Ling, near Dies, Norfolk." Cure No. 51,418.—" Major W. Edie, H.M.S., 14, Buckingham street, Strand, London, cured of t w o y ears' liver complaint and inveterate diarrhoea, with total prostration of strength which had resisted the best treatment in India and at home." Cure No. 47,121. - " Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Nazing Vicarage, Waltham-cross, Herts : a cure of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies." Cure No. 48,314.—" Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gate-acre, near Liverpool : a cure of 10 years' dyspepsia and all the horrors of nervous irritability." Da. WIIIIZEII'S TESTIM Bonn, 19th July, 1852. This light and pleasant Farina is one of the most excellent, nourishing, a d restorative remedies, and supersedes, in many cases, all kinds of medi Ines. It is particularly useful in confined habit of body, as alifo in diarrhoea, bowel complaints, affections of the kidneys and bladder, such as stone or gravel; inflammatory irritation and cramp of the urethra, cramp of the kidneys and bladder, and hemorrhoids This really invaluable remedy is employed with the most satisfactory result, nor only in bronchial and pulmonary com plaints, where irritation and pain are to be removed, but also in pul monary and bronchial consumption, in which it counteracts effectually the troublesome cough ; and I am enabled with perfect truth to ex press the conviction, that Da Barry's Revalenta Arabic% is adapted to the cure of incipient hectic compRED laints and con ,sumption. Dr. . WCILZER Counsel of Medicine, and practical M.D. in Bonn. In canisters, suitably packed for all climates, and with full instruc tions-11b., 2s. 9d. ; 21b., 48. 6d. ; 5113., 1 Is.; 12113., 225.; super refined, 51b., 225., 101 b., 335. The 101 b. and 121 b. carriage free on receipt of post-office order. —Barry Du Barry and Co.. 77, Regent street, London ; Fortnum , Mason, and Co.. purveyors to her Ma jesty, Piccadilly: Hedges and Butler ; Dietrichsen and llannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Barclay ; Sanger ; Sutton ; Edwaids ; RumseY ; North and Co.; Crosse and Blackwell; also at 60, Gracechurch street ; 49, Bishopsgate-street Within; 4, Cheapside ; 330 and 451, Strand; 54, Upper Baker-street; at the Post-ofOce, Camden -town ; 24, Motcomb-sMet; and may be ordered through au reopeetable BOOkSellery, Grows and Chemists. pHE PORTSMOUTH RAILWAY COM- A. PANY.-,Capital, 400,0001., in 20,000 Shares of 201. each.— i)eposit, 21. 2s. per Share. Under the approval and support of the following, amongst other landowners and gentlemen locally interested in the counties of surrey, Hampshire, and Sussex. The Earl of Winterton, Shillinglee Park, Sussex. Viscount Monck. M.P., Portsmouth. The Mayor of Portsmouth. John Deverell, Esq., Peubrook Park. Sir Henry John Leekc, West Leigh William J. Evelyn, Esq , M P. for West Surrey. • Sir William (4. Hylton Jolliffe, Bart., M.P. The Mayor of Petersiirld. Johli Bonham Carter, Esq., M.P. J. H. Waddington, Esq., Langrish. War-Admiral Sir Phipps Hamby. Little Green, Cu sea. The Hon. J. J. Carnegie, Fair Oak, Peterstial. Major Mundy, Hollybank. Colonel Hugonin, Niirstead. Joseph Martineau, Esq., Basing Park. The Rev. William Legge. Colonel Charles Wyndham. Rogate Lodge. Sr Charles Taylor. Bart.. ilollycomb. Sir Archibald Keppel Macdonald, Hart., Woolmer Lodge. Thomas Bdtler, Esq., Downlands. DIRECTORS. Charles Henry Blake, Esq., 15, Devonshire-place, Major Butler, Liphook. William Eldridge Butler, Esq.. Le Cur flel t, near Petersd. 11. Bonham Carter, Esq. , 6, Whit ,, b all, an d Peterstiel,l. The Hon. Thomas William Gage, Wests,ury, near Petersfteld. Fielder King, E q., Buriton. Henry Lacy, Esq., Petersfleld, Banker. Ross D. Mangles, Esq., M.P., Woodbridge, Guildford. W. Barron Mew, Esq., Newport, Isle of Wight, b• ewer. Francis Mowatt, Esq , Petersfield. and Devonshire-place, London. Thomas Ellis Owen, Esq., Dover Court, Southsea. Edward John Scott, Esq., Portsmouth. John Stewart, Esq , Director of the London and Westminster Bank. Admiral Sir James Stirling, Belmont, Havant. ENGINEERS.—Messrs. Locke and Errington. BANKERS. The London and Westminster Bank, London. Mes.rs. Grant, Gilman, and Long, Portsmouth. The London and County Bank, Pctersfield. The West Surrey Bank, Guildford and Godalming. SOLICITORS.—Messrs. Roy, London. SEchmkay.—Alexander E. Lloyd, Esq., pro tern. OFFICES.-37, Great George-street, Westminster. PROSPECTUS. It is intended to construct a Railway between Godalming and Havant, 32 miles in length, to afford a more direct and a cheaper communication between London and Portsmouth, as well as Railway accommodation generally to the large extent of unopened country through which it will pass. The deposit of plans and sections , a nd all other necessary steps, have been taken with a view to an application for an Act of Incor poration during the present Session of Parliament. The line will commence at the end of the Godalming Branch of the South-Western Railway, and will pass the towns of Godalming, Haslemere, and Petersfield, and generally following the route of the Direct Portsmouth Railway as sanctioned by Parliament in 1846, to Havat, it will there unite with the Coast idne of the Brighton Com pany,n and the Fareham Extension Line of the South-Western Com pany, and proceed thence directly to the town and harbour of Ports- Mouth. The landowners and others locally interested in the district have conurred in promoting this measure, and have, to the extent of nearly three-fourths of the length of the line, signed agreements for the sale of their land at its mere agricultural value, and in several instances have agreed to take the company's shares in payment. The connexion with the South-Eastern Railway, near Godalming, will secure to the proposed line the advantage of a second entrance into and exit from London, the one to the west end, and the other to the heart of the City, establishing by the same means also a direct communication, and with a great s3.Ying in distance, between the metropolis, Woolwich, Chatham, Sheerness, Reigate, and the South-eastern Line generally, and Guildford, Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight, as well as with all the intervening country. The line will effect all the objects contemplated by the Direct Portsmouth Act of 1846, but at the reduced cost of 400,0001. now, instead of 1,500,0n01. then required. It has been also thither greatly improved by a late survey made under the directions of Messrs. Locke and Errington, by which it will not only be materially shortened, but three out of the four most serious and highly objectionable tunnels in the former plans have been entirely got rid of in the present, and the fourth, near Peters field, reduced to one-third its length. To avoid all risk and uncertainty, however, on these essential points, the promoters have entered int* a provisional contract with perfectly responsible parties, for the completion of the entire line from Godalming to Havant, for the extremely moderate sum of 372,0001., or 12,0001. per mile, including the cost of land, rails, sta tions, and all other necessaries, excepting only the locomotive plant ; and further, the same parties have come under a formal and binding engagement to take a lease, if required, of the line when completed, for the first five years, at a net minimum rental of 4 per cent. per annum, with one-half of the profits beyond that amount. Parliament having already, in 1846, sanctioned this line now pro posed to be constructed, its promoters cannot believe that any se rious or effective opposition can be again offered to it. To sum up, it may be safely asserted that the undertaking holds out advantages to subscribers and the public generally that have rarely yet been offered by any other railway project, viz. : It all afford the most di-act. and by far the cheapest route be. tween London and Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight, being the shorter by twenty-two miles than either ofthe two existing lines, and being contracted for at 12,0001. a mile, - n lien of about four times that a mount expended on the Brighton and South -Western lines will have, through the South-eastern, from Goda'ming, a double entrance into London; from which it follows, almost as a matter of course, that it will command the entire traffic of the Isle of Wight and Portsmouth, on terms that. while highly remunerative to its proprietary, must snake competition on the part of its rivals hopeles if not impos 1- ble, Further, the whole cost of the entire works and material has been ; nndertaken, by respectable contractors, for a specific and fixed sum thus freeing the calculations and estimates of the engineers from all doubt and uncertainty. And, finally, the Shareholders will have the power of accepting or not, at their option, the offer of a lease of the line when completed, for five years, at a minimum rate of 4 per cent. interest en their capital, with half the profits beyond, with the interim payment also of 4 per cent. on the deposit and calls during the construction of the line. In the event of the Act of Par liament not being obtained the expenses will be limited to 4s. per share, and the balance will be r. turned to the shareholders. Below are given the particulars of the lengths of the different Tines, together with the existing population and traffic, referre t d o. London to Portsmouth by Brigh ton Railwa y . • . 95 miles PP PP by South-Wevern . .94 PI by proposed Godalming and Ha: Pe vant line . . • . .73 .• by South-Eastern via Godalming . 81 Capital expended on South West ern Railway . . £8,614 814 on Brighton and South Coast . . 7,200,000 Pe Pt „ to be expended on proposed single line from Godalming to Havant . • Population of Portsmouth • • • • Isle of Wight • . • • •• Existing Through Traffic from those two sources only, exclusive of all Local Traffic £150,000 per annum. The following is a statement given by the Directors at the last meeting of the London and South-Westernßailway C he past half omp4ny of the comparative number of passengs7a booked ß during t year at the principal stations on their liner— ' Dorchester 23,000 Salisbury 31 ,000 ,000 Portsmouth and Gosport • • • 188 126,000 Sout hamptoa • • • • • 52,000 Winchester 34,000 Basingstoke • . . . . Applications for the Company's Shares remaining undisposed of, may be made to Messrs. Joshua Hutchinson and Son, Stockbrokers, fO, Lothbury, London ; to the Solicitors, Messrs. R. and W. G. Roy, 4, Lothbury. and 37, Great George-street, London ; or, to Thom rs. Havanas Mellersh, Esq., Godalming ; G. J . Parson, Esq , Haslemere ; Mess ; Mitchell and Minty, Petersfield; C. J. Longeroft, Esq., t the London and Westminster Bank, London ; the West Surrey Bank, Guildford and Godalming ; the London and County Bank, Peter field ; and Messrs. Grant, Gillma n, and Long, Bankers, Portsmouths .n the following form : 400,000 70,000 50,000 FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Portsmouth Railway COD:TaIIY. G en tl e men,—l request that you will allot to me Shares of 20/. each, or such smaller number as you may think proper, in the above Company ; and I undertake to accept such shares, and to pay the deposit thereon, and to execute the subscribers' agreement and sr. bseription contract when required. Dated this day of Name •• • • ....... Profession or Business . Reference • • ..... . .... • . Offices, 37, Great George-street, Westminster. Dec., 1852. ,1852. IFIHE PORTSMOUTH RAILWAY.- NOTICE TS HEREBY GIVEN, That NO APPLICATIONS for SHARES will be received atter FRIDAY next, the 24th inst. By Order of the Board, ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE, AND THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. WITH FIFTY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. In French, English, German, Dutch, Spanish, and Italian, in a Scaled Envelope, 2a. ed., or nost-free. for Forty-two Stamps, S+ ELF-PRESERVATION; an Analytical Investigation of the Physiology and Functions of Marriage, in all the bearings in which that important subject affects the health and happine.s of Man, with its Disqualifications and Impe diments, tracing their origin to the effects of juvenile solitary habits, youthful excess, tropical climates, or close study ; followed by prac tical remarks, founded on twenty years experience in the treatment of Impuissance. Nervous Debility, Local Weakness, spermatorrhosa, Syphilis, and all diseases of the Urinary and Gegerative System. Il lustrated by sO coloured Engravings, on the Anatomy of the Repro ductive Organs and their relative conditions in Health and Disease. By SAMUEL LA'MERT , 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, D. ctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin 'atrgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Au( ' , wearies' Ball, London. &c., &c. The essential ect of this treatise is to point out the fearful consequences resn'ting from irregularities and excesses, which have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man hood, and premature decay at all stages of life, than, perhaps, any other class of disease known to modern pathologists. The treatment adopted is founded on experience gained in the most celebrated schools of medicine both in this country and in continental Europe. The results of the knowledge thus acquired are here condensed under the personal supervision 9f Dr. La'Mert, himself one 'of the few egally qualified physicians who have devoted their whole and un divided studies to this important branch of medical science. In short, every peculiarity relating to the treatment of the diseases incidental to the generative system. and the means of immediate relief and ultimate cure are described in detail. The professional reputation of Dr. La'Mert, who has taken the most distinguished medical and academic honours at home and abroad, is in itself underh a sufficient gu arantee that those who may place themselves is care will, in every instance, meet with that delicate consideration and inviolable secrecy which are so requisite in the treatment of these cases. P u blished by the Author, and may be had of J. Gilbert, 49, Pater noster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Stacie, Titchfor borne-st forty-rtwo eet, H aym arket ; Mann, 23 , Cor nhill ; or free by post stamps, from the author wh may be consulted personally, or by letter daily, from Ten till, Twoo and from Six till Eight. IMPORTANT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WORKS, Just published, by 11. Sniffler% 119, Regent-street, London. No I. AVO.. in cloth. price sq. by cost free, ss. &L. (I N TRUE dr FALSE SPERMA.TORRHCEA, .r with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors in relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from Debility of the Generative System, or Sexual Ilypochondriasis. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. "Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practi cal contributions to Get man medical literature. This is the first • ime, he informs us, that be has addressed himself to the non-medi cal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equelly flagrant evil which it may be in his 'owe to correct."—London Medical Gazette, May 30, 1951. "We promised in a former number that we should recur to this work, in order to exhibit its aim more clearly. The author lashes with great severity the impostors who make a livelihood by preying on the credulity of the public. The tribe of ' Quiet symathisers: and ' Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed ; and if this book could find its way into the hands of those who suffer from the com plaint of which it trots, we are satisfied that msnyhundreds would be saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of less importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— much money .. This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spermatorrhcea, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, likely to do much good."—Medloal Circular, June 16, 1852. No. 11. ave., in cloth, price 3s. 6d., by post free, 45., THE CURE OF STRICTURE OF THE URETHRA, on Princi ples at once Simple, Safe, and Efficient, in even its most Inveterate and apparently Intractable Forms. BY F. B. COURTENAY, • Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. "Tn proof of his views he (Mr. Courtenay) has given the history of a great many cases successfully treated, as bad as any which Mr. Syme adduced, and on which he had operated. Such are cases ix., xi., ail., and xviii. No. ix. had resisted, for a period of twelve yen's, the treatment by dilitation, and was finally removed in as many weeks. But cases xvill. and six. appear, both in duration, severity, and complication of symptoms, of a more ag gravated character than any detailed by Mr. Syme, and yet th , treatment adopted by Mr. Courtenay proved eminently gaccessftl." Professor Lime on tile Treatment of stricture, THOMAS HOOD'S GRAVE.—At a General Meeting of the Subscribers to the HOOD MEMORIAL, held Dec:2d. at the Whittington Club. it was resolved that the Subscrip tion List be CLOSED on the Ist of February, 1853, and Miss ELIZA. COOK, Ma. MURDO YOUNG, and Ala. JOHN WATKINS, were appointed Trustees to 'the Fund. The amounts subsctibed are depo•lted at Interest in the London and C••mmercial I ; ank. Contrlhotions are received by Mr. William Strudwlcke, at the Whittington Club, , trand ; by Miss Eliza Cook, Treasurer, 54 , Great Ormonde•str et, Itlootnshury by Mr. John Watkins, Hon. Sec., 34, Par;iament-street. Among the subscribers are the following ftis Grace the Duke of Devonshire, £25 0 0 Tne Right Hon. Lord John Russell, ...... 5 0 0 The Right Hon. R. Disraeli, ALP .• 5 0 0 The Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, l'•••••••••• • . 5 0 0 5 0 0 Sir Will .am Frazer, Bart . • ....... 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Leslie Melville, Sub-Governor. George Pearkes Barclay, Esq., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Charles John Manning, Esq. Edmond S. P. Calvert, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. John Garrett Cattley, Esq. Edward Howley Palmer. Esq. Alexander Colvin, Esq. Sir John Henry Pelly, Eart. Edward Maxwell Daniell, Esq. Abraham George Roberts, Esq. William Davidson. Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. Riversdale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. Thomas Smith, Esq. Robert lianhury, jln., Esq. William Soltau, Esq. Robert Amadeus Reath, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq. William Tetlow Ribbert, Esq. Thomas Tooke, Esq. Lancelot Holland, Esq. William Wallace, EEL. Sir John Wm. Lubbock, Bart. Charles Baring Young, Esq. MEDICAL REFEREE—SamueI Solly, Esq., F. R.S., Consulting Surgeon, St. Helen's-place. Notice.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of Fire Pre miums falling due at Christmas, will expire on the 9th of January. Life Assurance may be effected to the extent of Ten Thousand Pounds on one Life; with, or, at lower Premiums, without partici pation in profits. The Reversionary BONUS on Participating Life Policies has amounted on an average to 46 per Cent. on the amount of Premiums paid. The Fees of medical referees are paid by the Corporation. The Assured may serve in the Militia without affecting the validity of their Policies. position during uowards of a unquestionable secuaty by its ca pital-stock. y Corporation n Quarter , affords a high CeTnhtuisr ALEX. GREEN, Secretary. I[l[OW TO ENJOY CHRISTMAS. it is useless to complain about the weather, since no one can alter it ; it is our policy to make the best use of the means of enjoyment within our reach. The DREGS prepared for Christmas by E. MOSES and SON is the most suitable for Christmas parties or Christmas journies ; it consists of the splendid and elegant, or the warm and the waterproof, in clothing for every person. The JUVENILE CLOTHING prepared for Christmas by E. MOSES and SON is Cut on principles of art, only known and prac tised at their Establishment. A Stdt of this ATTIRE will enable youths to enjoy Christmas in true style. The Hosiery Branch of E. MOSES and SON'S is highly available for the season; every choice article to Gloves, Ties, Handkerchiefs, and articles celebrated for neatness, taste, and beauty. The HAT and CAr section at E. MOSES and SON'S furnishes great additions to the means of enjoyment, being replete with the most stylish and elegant nmnufac'ure ever witnessed. The BOOT and SHOE department exhibits a stock of fancy and substantial goods for Ladles or Gentlemen. In each kind the articles are adopted to the season. The way to enjoy christmas is to purchase the best articles, in the most fashionable styles, and the most accomplished workmanship , at a cost conside rablir lower than you might pay elsewhere. This m a y be done at E. MOSES and SON , s. CHRISTMAS EVE, Wile' FRIDAY, E. MOSES and SON'S establish ments will he closed at half-past four o'clock. N.B.—EMIGRANTS purchasing their OUTFITS at E. MOSES and SON'S get all the advantages of the largest wholesale and ex port trade in the kingdom ; the goods are arranged in a separate department, where the Emigrant can immediately select to such amounts as he may be disposed. Every class of Emigrants—cabin, intermediate, or steerage passengers —are provided for with a com pleteness sod econ omy which cannot be equalled elsewhere. Ship Sailing Information and Lists of Outits may be had on application, or post free. CAUTION. —H. MOSES and SON" reg ret having to guard the üblic against imposition, having learned that the untrade sman-like p falsehood of " Being connected with 'heir Establishment," or " It's the same concern," has been resorted to ix many instances, and for obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have. No CONNERION WITH ANY OTHER ROUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154. 155, 156, and 157, Minories, 83, 84,85, and 85, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. Branch, 505. 507, 508, London West-end New Oxford-street, 1,2, Rua Tlart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, IQ • Bridge street. Sheffield Branch, 36. Farzate. Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers. Boot and Shoe Makers, and Gmeral Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT —Should any article not give satisfaction, it will be exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned without hesitation All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, from which no abaiement can he made. The Establishments are slosed from sunset Friday to sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A new Book, entitled " The World's Pharos," containing the Emigrant's Assistant, full list of prices, and directions for self mea of surement, may be had on application, 61 . post-free, to any part the kingdom. A handsome Alm anac for the year ending 1853 can be had, gratis, on application. Ici l'on parle Franca's. Hier srricht man Deutsch. I Qui 81 parla Italian°. I Aqua se habla Espanol. DR. C ULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. To he had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street ; Mann, 39, Cornhill ;or direct from the author, price One Shilling each ; by post, Is 6d. ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. " Health, Recreation, and Rational Use of Time." CONTENTS: —Early Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings—Ex cursions about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills, Forests, Fields, High-roads, and other pleasant places —Country Trips and Rambles —The Sea —London at Night —Evenings at Home Music—The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Rest, Ease, Occupation, Bcc., FRAGMENTS FROM V THE FOUNTAINS. Two Vols. VISIT TO THE LAKES ; SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, &c. Vol. 11. THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY ; &c REMINISCENCES OF DUBLIN, . WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID, " That three score years and ten our course may run." A popular review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner vously-debilitated hlth and enfeebled constitution that harrasses the younz. besets theman of pleasure, business or study, and em bitters old age ; with tables and rules for the diet and physical regu lation of every-day life. IT. THE PASSIONA. " What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." SUBJECT :—Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old ago. The ad vent of the passions. Chastity and its infringement. The casualties o f licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, - tive, and remedially°. Advocacy` of early marriages. THE MARRIAGE STATE. „ To be or not to be, that is the question." Fitoonamma :—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and reli gion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and choice, on both sides, as to age temperament, complexion, and figure, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them. Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. Cases, Ifix. By R. 3. C ULVERWELL, M.D. ( 1841 ) , M.R.C.S. ( 1827), L.S.A. (1824), Twenty-five years Medical and Forensic Referee in these matters. Reception hours daily till Five. Evening'', Seven till Nine. 10, Argyll-place, Regentltreet. BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY having been now before the Public since 1825, the pro.sf of its excellence in its use by discriminative consume •s being coctinuons and increasing. and its purity and excellence being vouched for by the HIGHEST M EPIC/U. AUTHORITIES, warrant Messrs. J. T. BETTS ant CO. In inviting universal attention to it as an article of incomparable merit. Their PATENT METALLIC CAPSULES are, at the same time, effective security to the public against the fraudulent sub•titution of any inferior article, whether as regards their PA LENT BRANDY, their celebrated Whiskey, " TILE DEW OFF BEN NEVIS," or their STANDARD Or' COGNAC BRANDY; either of which may be o twined of respectable Wine and Spirit Merchants throughout the kin,dom ; or in quantities of not less than Two Gadons, from J. T. BETTS and CO., Distillery, 7, Smithfield-bars, London. OUND AND WHI LT TEE CH ere sot "uly LY indispensably requi.Fite to a pleasing exterior in both sexes, but they are peculiarly appr.-eiated through life as a blessing highly conducive to the purposes of health and longevity by the proper mas tication of food. Among the various preparations offered for the purpose, ROWLANDS' ODONTO, or Pearl Dentifrice, stands unri valled in its capability of embellishing, purifying, and preserving the teeth to the latest period of life. It will eradicate all tartar and con cretions, impart a pearl-like whiteness to the enamelled surface, re move spots of incipient decay, render the gums firm and red, fix the teeth firmly in their sockets; and from its aromatic influence im part sweetness and purity to the breath. Price 2s. 9d. per box. TO LADIES.—ItOWLANDo' KALYDOR for the SKIN . and COMPLEXION.—It effectually dissipates all redness, tan, pim pies spots, freckles, discolourations, and other cutaneous visitations. The healthy bloom it imparts to the cheek, and the softness and delicacy which it induces of the hands and arms render it indispensable to every toilet. Price 4s. 6d. and Bs. 6d. per bottIe.—BEWARE OF SPURIOUS IMITATIONS. The only genuine of each bears the name of " RowiaNDs'," preceding that of the Article on the Wrapper or Label.—Sold by A. BOALAND and Sox, 20, Hatton-garden, London ; and by Chemists and Perfumers. AMERICA. THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. Congress met on the 6th, and after the usual forms had. been gone through, President Fillmore's Message was read. It is as follows : " Fellow-citizens of the Senate and of the House of Rev presentatives,—The brief space which has elapsed since the close of your last session, has been marked by no extraor dinary political event. The quadrennial election of chief magistrate has passed off with less than the usual excite ment. However individuals and parties may have been disappointed in the result, it is, nevertheless, a subject of national congratulation, that the choice has been effected by the independent suffrages 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 all-merciful Provi; della:, not only for staying the pestilence which in different forms 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 and prosperity. " Within a few weeks the public mind has been deeply affected by the death of Daniel Webster, filling 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 generally on this mournful occa sion. His commanding talents, his great political and professional eminence, his well-tried patriotism, and his long and faithful services in the most important public trusts, have caused his death to be lamented throughout the country, and have earned for him a lasting place in our history. " In the course of the last summer considerable anxiety was caused for a short time by an official intimation from the Government of Great Britain that orders had been given for the protection of the fisheries upon the coasts of the British provinces in North America against the alleged encroachments of the fishing vessels of the United States and France. The shortness of this notice and the season of the year seemed to make it a matter of urgent impor tance. It was at first apprehended that an increased naval force had been ordered to the fishing grounds to carry into I effect the British interpretation of those provisions in the convention of 1818 in reference to the true intent of which the two Governments differ. It was soon discovered that such was not the design of Great Britain, and satisfactory explanations of the real objects of the measure have been given both here and in London. " The unadjusted difference, however, between the two Governments as to the interpretation of ? the first article of the convention of 1818 is still a matter of importance. American fishing-vessels within nine or ten years have been excluded from waters to which they had free access for 25 years after the negotiation of the treaty. In 1845 this ex clusion 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 outer bays to our fishermen was abandoned, in consequence of the opposition of the co lonies. Notwithstanding this, the United States have, since the Bay of Fundy was re-opened. to our fishermen in 1846, pursued the most liberal course towards the colonial fishing interests. By the revenue law of 1846, the duties on colonial fish entering our ports were very greatly re duced, and by the Warehousing Act it is allowed to be en tered in bond without payment of duty. In this way co lonial fish has acquired the monopoly of the export trade in our markot, and is entering to some extent into the home consumption. These facts were among those which increased the sensibility of our fishing interest at the move ment in question. " These circumstances and the incidents above alluded to have led me to think the moment favourable for a re consideration of the entire subject of the fisheries on the coasts of the British provinces, with a N iew to place them upon a more liberal footing of reciprocal privilege. A wil lingness to meet us in some arrangement of this kind is un derstood to exist on the part of Great Britain, with a de sire on her part to include in one comprehensive settlement as well this subject as the commercial intercourse between the United States and the British provinces. I have thought that, whatever arrangements may be made on these two subjects, it is expedient that they should be em braced in separate conventions. The illness and death of the late Secretary of State prevented the commencement of the contemplated negotiation. Pains have been taken to collect the information required for the details of such an arrangement. The subject is attended with considerable difficulty. If it is found practicable to come to an agree ment mutually acceptable to the two parties, conventions may be concluded in the course of the present winter. The control of Congress over all the provisions of such an arrangement affecting the revenue will, of course, be re served. " The affairs of Cuba formed a prominent topic in my last annual message. They remain in an uneasy condition, and a feelinc , of alarm and irritation on the part of the Cuban authorities appears to exist. This feeling has inter fered with the regular commercial intercourse between the United States and that island, and led to some acts of which we have a right to complain. But the Captain- General of Cuba is clothed with no power to treat with foreign Governments, nor is he in any degree under the control of the Spanish Minister at Washington. Any communication which he may hold with an agent of a foreign Power is informal and matter of courtesy. Anxious to put an end to the existing inconveniences (which seemed to rest on a misconception), I directed the newly appointed Minister to Mexico to visit the Havannah, on his way to Vera Cruz. He was respectfully received by the Captain-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 ground for such a prohibition, has been made the subject 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 Majesty to the representations which our Minister has been instructed 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 States to Havannah has, with the ex ceptions above alluded to, been marked with kindness and liberality, and indicates no general purpose of interfering with the commercial correspondence and intercourse be tween 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 vir tue of which the three Powers should severally and collec tively disclaim, now and for the future, all intention to ob tain possession of the island of Cuba, and should bind them selves to discountenance all attempts to that effect on the part of any Power or individual whatever. This invitation 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 measures would be 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 States 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 inhabit ants, or occupied by a kindred race, I should regard it, if voluntarily ceded by Spain , as a most desirable acquisition. But, under existing circumstances, I should look upon its incorporation into our Union as a very hazardous measure. It would bring into the confederacy a population of a dif ferent national stock, speaking a different language, and not likely to harmonise with the other members. It would probably affect in a prejudicial manner the industrial in- ! terest of the South, and it might revive those conflicts of opinion between the different sections of the country which lately shook the Union to its centre, and which have been so happily compromised. " The rejection by the Mexican Congress of the conven tion which had been concluded between that republic and the United States for the protection of a transit way across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, and of the interests of those citizens of the United States who had become proprietors of the rights which Mexico had conferred on one of her own citizens in regard to that transit, has thrown a serious obstacle in the way of the attainment of a very desirable national object. lam still willing to hope that the differ ences on the subject which exist, or may hereafter arise, between the two Governments, will be amicably adjusted. This subject, however, has already engaged the attention of the Senate of the limited States, and requires no in fur ther comment this communication. " 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 canalbetween the two oceans, which wasthe subject of the convention between the United States and Great Britain of the 19th of April, 1850. Accordingly, a pro position for the same purposes, addressed to the two Go vernments in that quarter ,and to the Mosquito Indians, was a greed to in April last by Secretary of State and the Minister of her Britannic Majesty. 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 a ship canal between the two weans under =jurisdiction, many years past been urged by our Chargé d'Affaires at Caraccas. It is hoped that the same sense of justice will actuate the Congress of that Republic in providing the means for their payment. " The recent revolution in Buenos Ayres and the confe derated States having opened the prospect of an improved state of things in that quarter, the Governments of Great Britain and France determined to negotiate with the chief of the new confederacy for the free access of their commerce to the extensive countries watered by the tributaries of the Plata ; and they gave a friendly notice of this purpose to the United States, that we might, if we thought proper, pursue the same course. In compliance with the invita tion, our Minister at Rio Janeiro and our Charge d'Affaires at Buenos Ayres have been fully authorised to conclude treaties with the newly-organised Confederation, or the States composing it. The delays which have taken place in the formation of the new Government have as yet pre vented the execution of those instructions • but there is every reason to hope that these vast countries will be eventually opened to our commerce. " A treaty of commerce has been concluded between the United States and the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay, which will be laid before the Senate. Should this conven tion go into operation, it will open to the commercial en terprise of our citizens a country of great extent and unsurpassed in natural resources, but from which foreign nations have hitherto been almost wholly excluded. " The correspondence of the late Secretary of State with the Peruvian Chargé d'Affaires relative to the Lobos Islands was communicated to Congress towards the close of the last session. Since that time, on further investigation of the subject, the doubts which had been 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 acknowledgment of her sovereignty. " I have the satisfaction to inform you that the course pursued by Peru has been creditable to the liberality of her Government. Before it was known by her that her title would be acknowledged at Washington, her Minister for Foreign Affairs had authorized our Chargé d'Affaires at Lima to announce to the American vessels which had gone to the Lobos 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 arrangement which is believed to be advantageous to the parties in interest. " Our settlements on the shores of the Pacific have already given a great extension, and in some respects a new direction, 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 Sea, have of late years been frequented by our whalemen. The application of steam to the general purposes of navigation is becoming daily more common, and makes it desirable to obtain fuel and other necessary supplies at convenient points on the route between Asia and our Pacific shores. Our unfortunate countrymen who from time to time suffer shipwreck on the coasts of the eastern seas are entitled to protection. Besides these specific ob jects, the general prosperity of our States on the Pacific requires that an attempt should be made to open the oppo site regions of Asia to a mutually beneficial intercourse. It is obvious that this attempt could be made by no Power to so great advantage as by the United States, whose con stitutional system excludes every idea of distant colonial dependencies. I have accordingly been led to order an appropriate naval force to Japan, under the command of a discreet and intelligent officer of the highest rank known to our service. He is instructed to endeavour to obtain from the Government of that country some relaxa tion of the inhospitable and anti-social system which it has pursued for about two centuries. He has been directed particularly to remonstrate, in the strongest language, agains the cruel treatment to which our shipwrecked ma riners have often been subjected, and to insist that they shall be treated with humanity. He is instructed, how ever, at the same time, to give that Government the amplest assurances that the objects of the United States are such and such only as I have indicated, and that the expedition is friendly and peaceful. Notwithstanding the jealousy with which the Governments of Eastern Asia re gard all overtures from foreigners, I am not without hopes of a beneficial result to the expedition. Should it be crowned with success, the advantage will not be confined to the United States, but, as in the case of China, will be equally enjoyed by al the other maritime Powers. I have much satisfaction in stating that in all the steps prepara tory to this expedition the Government of the United States has been materially aided by the good offices of the King of the Netherlands, the only European Power having any commercial relations with Japan. In passing from this survey of our foreign relations, I invite the attention of Congress to the condition of that department of the Government to which this branch of the public business is intrusted. Our intercourse with foreign Powers has of late years greatly increased, both in cone ' quence of our own growth and the introduction of many new States into the family %.)f nations. In this way the department of State has become overburdened. It has, by the recent establishment of the Department of the Interior, been relieved of some portion of the domestic business. If the residue of the business of that kind, such as the distri bution of Congressional documents, the keeping, publish ing, and distribution of the laws of the United States, the execution of the copyright law, the subject of reprieves and . pardons, and some other subjects relating to interior administration, should bo transferred from the Depart ment of 'State, it would unquestionably be for the bene fit of the public service. I would also suggest that the building appropriated to the State Department is not fire proof ; that there is reason to think there are defects in its construction, and that the archives of the Government i n charge of the department, with the precious collections of the manuscript papers of Washington, Jefferson, Hamil ton, Madison, and Monroe, are exposed to destruction by fire. A similar remark may be made of the buildings ap propriated to the war and navy departments. " The condition of the Treasury is exhibited in the an nual report from that department. "The cash receipts into the Treasury for the fiscal year ending the 30th of June last, exclusive of trust funds, were $49,728,386 89c., and the expenditures for the same period, likewise exclusive of trust funds, were $46,007,806 29c.; of which $9,455,815 83c. was on account of the prin cipal and interest of the public debt, including the last in stalment of the indemnity to Mexico, under the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, leaving a balance of $14,632,136 37c. in the Treasury on the I st da y of July last. Since this latter period further purchases of the principal of the pub lic debt have been made to the extent of $2,456,547 49c., and the surplus in the Treasury will continue to be ap plied to that object, whenever the stock can be procured within the limits, as to price, authorised by law. " The value of foreign merchandise imported during the last fiscal year was $207,240,101, and the value of domestic productions exported was $149,861,911, besides $17,204,026 of foreign merchandise exported, making the aggregate of the entire exports $167,065,937 ; exclusive of the above, there was exported $45,507,285 in specie ; and imported from foreign ports $5,262,643. " In my first annual message to Congress I called your attention 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 occurred to Change my views on 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 attention to one or two other considerations affecting this subject. The first is, the effect of large importations of foreign goods upon our currency. Most of the gold of California, as fast as it is coined, finds its way directly to Europe in pay ment for goods purchased. In the second place, as OUT' manufacturing establishments are broken down by Forrste tition with foreigners, the ca p ital invested in them is 1 ; thousands of honest and industrious citizens are thrown out of employment, and the farmer to that extent is deprived of a home market for the sale of his surplus produce. In the third place, the destruction of our manufactures leaves the foreigner without competition in our market, and he consequently raises the price of the article sent here for sale, as is now seen in the increased cost of iron imported from England. 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 surplus products, and benefited by being able to exchange them, without loss of time or expense of transportation, for the manufactures which his comfort or convenience requires. This is always done to the best advantage where a portion of the community in which he lives is engaged in other pur suits. But most manufactures require an amount of capital and a practical skill which cannot be commanded unless they be protected for a time from ruinous competition from abroad. Hence the necessity of laying those duties upon imported goods which the constitution authorises for re venue, 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 graduated as to enable the domestic manufac turer fairly to compete with the foreigner in our own markets, and by this competition to reduce the price of the manufactured article to the consumer to the lowest rate at which it can be produced. This policy would place the mechanic by the side of the farmer, create a mutual inter change of their respective commodities, and thus stimulate the industry of the whole country, and render us theiepe n dent of foreign nations for the supplies required b nd y habits or necessities of the people. presents"Ano "Another question, tiont,hawt is, wihndetehpeerndtehnet odfuptireostelcetviioend, 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 ascerttained ad t by weight or measure. All our duties are at present rgemoods. at A thecert paionrtpoefrshcieptaegnetiisnleavi. f e o. d rei o gn n the price of 3i . the t commercial o f preventing nations hfarvaeu fraud found it e it ri n ryed. op emake purposethe duties or L m e v gi al .sl u a e t.io in n weight t c owrhmeneeaysuerrethase article i j c u le sti i&of su s e u h ch a should never encourage dishonesty or crime. It is impossible a d u u t n y i f . that the revenue officers at the port where the goods are entered and the duties paid, should know with certainty what they cost in the foreign country. Yet the law re quires that they should levy the duty according to such cost. 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 case admits. But every one mu st see tha d tt b h y e inthve pays a part only of oihceonmestay one, and and thus fabricated, reason a nd the oath by wh ich it is su p ported false, b the w e d h is ar ho e ne p s ai t importer othf indirectlyewhi chdnt ies hi receives from the Treasury of the United. States a reward for his fraud and perjury. The re ports of the Secretary of the Treasury heretofore made on this subject show conclusively that these frauds have been practised to a great extent. The tendency is to destroy that high moral character for which our merchants have long been distinguished, to defraud the Government of its re venue, to break down the honest importer 14 digtoneot "The treaties which have been rejected proposed to re medy this evil by allotting to the different tribes districts 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 rejection ; and, as no substitute for it has been adopted by Congress, it has not been deemed advisable to attempt to enter into new treaties of a perma nent character, altholgh no effort has been spared by tem po-. ary arrangements to preserve friendly relations with .11G1/1. " If it be the desire of Congress to remove them from the country altogether, or to assign 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 to occupy, and to provide the means necessary to remove to it. Justice alike to our citizens and to the Indians requires the prompt action of Congress on this subject. "The amendments proposed by the Senate to the treaties which were negotiated with the Sioux Indians of Minesota have been submitted to the tribes who were parties to them, and have received their assent. A large tract of valuable territory has thus been opened for settlement and cultivation, and all danger of collision with these power ful and warklike bands has been happily removed. "The removal of the remnant of the tribe of Seminole Indians from Florida has long been a cherished object of the Government, and it is one to which my attention has been steadily directed. Admonished by past experience of the difficulty and cost of the attempts to remove them by military force, resort has been had to conciliatory measures. By the invitation of the Commissioner of In dian Affairs, several of the principal chiefs recently visited Washington, and, while here, acknowledged in writing the obligation of their tribe to remove with the least possible delay. Late advices from the special agent of the Go vernment represents that they adhere to their promise, and that a council of their people has been called to make their preliminary arrangements. A general emigration may, therefore, be confidently expected at an early day. " The report from the General Land-office, shows in creased activity in its operations. The survey of the northern boundary of lowa has been completed with unex ampled dispatch. Within the last year 9,522,953 acres of public land have been surveyed, and 8,032,463 acres brought into market : In the last fiscal year there were sold. Located with bounty land warrants Located with other certificates Acres. 1,553,071 3,201,314 115,682 Making a total of " In addition, there were : Reported under swamp land grants 5,219,188 For internal improvements, railroads, &c 3,025,920 .. 1,870,067 Making an aggregate of 13,115,175 Being an increase in the amount of lands sold and located under land warrants of 569,220 acres over the previous year. " The whole amount thus sold, located under land war rants, reported under swamp land grants, and selected for internal improvements, exceeds that of the previous year by 3,342,372 acres : and the sales would, without doubt, have been much larger but for the extensive reservations for railroads in Missouri, Mississippi, and Alabama. For the quarter ending Sept. 30, 1852, Acres. there were sold ... ... 243,255 Located with bounty land warrants ... 1,387,116 Located with other certificates ... 15,649 Reported under swamp land grants ... 2,485,233 Making an aggregate for the quarter of 4,131,253 " Much the larger portion of the labour of arranging and classifying the returns of the last census has been finished, and it will now devolve upon Congress to make the neces sary provision for the publication of the results in such form as shall be deemed best. The apportionment of re presentation, on the basis of the new census, has been made by the Secretary of the Interior, in conformity with the provisions of the law relating to that subject, and the recent elections have been made in accordance with it. • " I commend to your favourable regard the suggestion contained in the report of the Secretary of the Interior, that provision be made by law for the publication and dis tribution, periodically, of an analytical digest of all the patents which have been or may hereafter be, granted for useful inventions and discoveries, with such descriptions and illustrations as may be necessary to present an intelli gible view of their nature and operation. The cost of such publication could easily be defrayed out of the patent fund, and I am persuaded that it could be applied to no object more acceptable to inventors and beneficial to the public at large. " An appropriation of 100,000 dols. having been made at the last session for the purchase of a suitable site, and for the erection, furnishing, and fitting up of an asylum for the insane of the district of Columbia, and of the army and navy of the United States, the proper measures have been adopted to carry this beneficent purpose into effect. " By the latest advices from the Mexican Boundary Com mission it appears that the survey of tho river Gila, from its confluence with the Colorado to its supposed intersec t:on with the western line of New Mexico, hi a b 3cn con • pleted. The sur vey of the Rio Grande has also been finished from the point agreed on by the commissioners as ' the point where it strikes the southern boundary of New Mexico, to a point 135 miles below Eagle Pass, which is about two-thirds of the distance along the course of the river to its mouth. " The appropriation which was made at the last session of Congr..ss for the continuation of the survey is subject to the following proviso : " Provided,—That no part of this appropriation shall be used or expended until it shall be made satisfactorily to appear to the President of the United States that .the southern boundary of New Mexico is not established by the commissioner and surveyor of the United States further north of the town called Paso' than the same is laid down in Disturnell's map, which is addel to the treaty.' " My attention was drawn to this subject by a report from the Department of the Interior, which reviewed all the facts of the case, and submitted for my decision the ques tion whether, under existing circumstances, any part of the appropriation could be lawfully used or expended for the further prosecution of the work. After a careful conside ration of the subject, I came to the conclusion that it could not, and so informed the head of that department. Orders were immediately issued by him to the com missioner and surveyor to make no further requisitions on the department, as they could not be paid ; and to discon tinue all operations on the southern line of New Mexico. But, as the department had no exact information as to the amount of provisions and money whichremained unex pended in the hands of the commissioner and surveyor, it was left discretionary with them to continue the survey down the Rio Grande as far as the means at their disposal would enable them, or at once to disband the commission. A special messenger has since arrived from the officer in charge of the survey of the river with information that the funds subject to his control were exhausted, and that the officers and others employed in the service were destitute alike of the means of prosecuting the work and of returning to their homes. " The object of the p roviso was, doubtless to arrest the survey of the southern and western lines of New Mexico, in regard to which different opinions have been expressed ; for it is hardly to be supposed that there could be any objection to that part of the line which extends along the channel of the Rio Grande. But the terms of the law are so broad as to forbid the use of any part of the money for the prosecu tion of the work, or even for the payment to the officers and agents of the arrears of pay which are justly due to them. I earnestly invite your prompt attention to this sub ject, and recommend a modification of the terms of the proviso, so as to enable the department to use as much of the appropriation as will be necessary to discharge the ex isting obligations of the Government, and to complete the survey of the Rio Grande to its mouth. " It will also be proper to make further provision by law for the fulfilment of our treaty with Mexico for running and marking the residue of the boundary line between the two countries. " Permit me to invite your particular attention to the interests of the district of Columbia, which are confided by the constitution to your peculiar cart. " Among the measures which seem to me of the greatest importance to its prosperity are the introduction of a co pious supply of water into the city of Washington, and the construction of suitable bridges across the Potomac to r e . place those which were destroyed by high water in the early part of the present year. " At the last sessiox of Congress an appropriation was made to defray the cost of the surveys necessary for deter mining the best means of affording an unfailing supp l y of good and wholesome water. Some progress has been mad e in the survey, and, as soon as it is completed, the result will be laid before you. all t d he lla c cl i ° ty sin o g f " Further appropriations will also be necessary for gra ding and paving the streets and avenues, and embellishing the public grounds within. Washington. " I commend all these objects, together With the cha ritable institutions of the district, to your favourable re- .., . gard. " Every effort has been made to protect our frontier, and that of the adjoining Mexican States, from the incur sions of the Indian tr ibes. 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 emigrants proceeding thereto. lam gratified to s ay that these efforts have been unusually s uccessful. With the exception of some partial outbreaks in California and Oregon, and occasional depredations on a portion of the Rio Grande, owing, it is believed, to the disturbed state of that border region, the inroads of the Indians have been effectually restrained. " Experience has s h own, h oweve r, 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 the Indian tribes. A difficulty occurs, however, in the application of this policy to Texas. By the terms of the compact by which that State was ad mitted into the Union, she retained the ownership of all the vacant lands within her limits. The Government of that State, it is understood , has assi g ned no portion of her territory to the Indians, but as fast as her settlements ad vance lays it off into counties, and proceeds to survey and sell it. This policy manifestly tends not only to harm and irritate the Indians, but to compel them to resort to plun der for subsistence. It also deprives this Government of that influence and control over them without which no d ur able peace c an ever subsist between them and the whites. I trust, therefore, that a due regard for her own interests, •- . apart from considerations of humanity and justice, will .. . 1 ' induce that State to assign a small portion of heriast do- , . • . main for the provisional occupancy of the small re - Mnants ' ir .... of tribes within her borders, subject of course to her ownership and eventual jurisdiction. If she should faij ick do this the fulfilment of our treaty stipulations with Make, and our duty to the Indians themselves, Willy it is i . qrs., qrs., qrs., xl. 10 °WU oP tpii' Et lB( ' 10 0 ' 0(1. , o f ate OW p too' loci° oe °