The Sun. — London, England, 1828-01-01 00:00:00

Ti it PRICES, &c. OF. SHARES SIN-EUNICS, CANALS, RAILWAYS, ROADS, AT MALF-rAsT ONE THIS DAT. No. of Ahem. XV ON. I . o ot'aol. 3, NKVOIN - ' S OV.CNW IrEONOOXV.: (FUR THE SUN.) 1"65 alt. 14ey 720 BANKS. [Prior. Bank of Ireland 100/. sh. 25 pd. Bank of Soodand SS& es. Bd. pd. t Icorameavi a l D 0.... 500/. sb. 100/. pd. 17 Nation:ll Do lOO/. sh. 1010 d. I P.eyal•Do. • Mt pd. IS 1 131 O i 6 p. cent CANALS. a l 135 Ashton & Cliknm; Ay. 97L -P lB -; h . $3O ,„_BA.shby-de-la-Zouch.... Av la: 1i, 300 a a ste Y••••••••• .... ••••-* " .. " }5Ol. ah. 139 s.r noek & AbergavannY .l7l. los. soi Itkiningharn, i share •171 . 2.5/.14 7 ' ll th. & Liv. Juno. 1,, - , ' 'Bolton and B urY a :,..- ,)0 4 sh, 107 _wanton 1001. sh. Sti j Bridgewater and _ water .... _ ICheliner and Macs. 100 /. ah. V. 42 Coventry . lOO/. sh. 1220 Crontrord . lOO4 sh. 400 iDerby ............ ............%.,150/. sh. 170 .o , ldley ... .. EEllesmere and Chester Av. 1331. sh. 113 etp,th,........ lOO/. sh. 1400 Forth and Clyde.... Av. 400/ 16s. sh. 590 Grand Junchon lOOl. sh. Ittt 'GGrand Union ... ........ ; Mt wh. 27 rand Surrey ............ !Grand 'Western .... 100/, et. 791. pd. 8 IGl Gl anscrganshire ... Av. ow. 185. 4d: . 25C rantharn ......... . ..... .. . 1504 Rh. 21: Huddersfield...... et3v. 57/.68. Bd. sh. 11 Kennet& Avon 4y. 39/. 18s. 10d. s h. , 2S Lancaster . ... . ..„ Av. 471. Cls. Bd. sh. 3) _ .. eieest.eds and 1., , _ verpo o l 1 ,1 1004 sh. mg rer 1401. sh. wl Leiceste,,it Northarap. ,A.v.8.41. 10s. c I.A,u gh'Jorough Ay. 1421. 17s. sh. : . t , I,„klaerlestiold. lOO4 381. pd : 21e intnouthsliir e , t r.s ontgoineryshire 100 /. eh. 100/. sh. 'Melton Mowb ray 100/. sh. 11, rsey and Irw e ll ... ............. .. ... 0 4 1 .4 g ird .......... : ............ ............ llOO/1: sh. Peak Forest...-. Av. about 781. sh. Regent's Av. 40/. M. sh. RDo. New Shares ...... ?5i...13/. pd. ochdale ............ ‘,.. Av. 85/. eh. 1 .. . Sh roPshire.... . - .... VonOrd and Worcester 140/. sh. 8 .hrevrabt iry ...... ............ 1251. sh. IStourbrid ge 145/. Z Fh. Strattord-orl-Avon Av. 7W 9s Sd sh. 4 Stroudwat er 150/. sh. 45 Swansea 1001. ah. 30i Tharaft and Severn,bLack 1001. ah. 2, Ditto Ditto red. ... ,Tkv.unes & Medwty Av. 3014 s 3d all. J Warwick & Birmin 1 gham 100/. sh. 2C 'iVarcrick-and Napiem. .... .: lOOl. sh. 2( 'Worcester &Binning. Ay.7B/ 8e sh. Wilts and Berks...Av. 10117 a Brl ah. 51 Wyrley and Essington 125/. eh. 4C00&. 'Dividend per Share per Ann. 1 4 p. p. emit. o i 1 2 0 0 6 0 'l3 0 -r2 zo 400 5 0 44 & bds 18 0 v 6 4 S 0 315 ) 72 1.) „t 25 0 13 0 o 1 0 210 3 0 3 0 13/ Its*A 1 gl 10 0 loao ah l die 1000' _RV 23,Goct Mid 220 0 10 0 00 0 4 0 240 0 11 0 300 0 & 0 340 0 15 0 032 sz bd i 112 0 - - :4 0 9 1 1• 5 Igo 110 0 16 I 2 17 0 180 0 R AILWAYS. !Cheltenham .. . . ... . sh. {F lCr ocnford Ac P. Foresloo/.;h. . 100/. 501. pd. - it of 1ean...... ... -.50/. eh. 4; lAianch. and Liverp. 1001. eh. £'7l. pd. 4 "''ern and Wje . . . ... Ay. 35/. sh. !Stockton and Darlington ....lOW. ch. 13( 01 4' -- (1) o 7 0 o 40 0 o 10 0 o 10 0 lerA 231 :Mx) 3000 4 0,00 • 500.4 Z o .ooot, 41000 .1 ROADS. IConunsccial . . IDitto Dock Ind.Bratteh 1001. eh. Great Dov er -street.... ... 01. pd. !Highrate Archway A . v. :301. is. 10d.I New 14.orth Road ...... . Stock l'hanies 'l'unnel • 14 /..p - tt ... O 23 o O 11 0 0 16s. 6d U £1 10 ° 27 10 o 4 0 o 12 10 0 110 6d 4 O 6 0 1 BIDGES. ,flanunerstaitli ...... .. . • ..... ... .50 sh. a Soutircrark ............ Ay. 631: 3s. 6d. 'WDitto i1 1i;.......-- - y....... ...... Y.. ... SW. sh. a aterloo .. . —. .... ..... 100/. sh. Ditto Old Ault of Biper an. 601. pd. 2 Ditto N:tw . po. 0171 ditto... 40/. pd. 2. Ditto C....W5. )......yarios amunt& 111 fauXtlall... .......... .Ay. 701. Jo e . 3d. 21 WIND KOtoo -.JOT 12/i4 01 -- (16,Nt000.,_ 20 .te0 - 1 30) 'zoo :41, , 60 0 20 .000 • 4 0,000 ‘4 l looo zoo !4-xkooo los,o2st. izqa 001 214 -- 10 1 5 0 5 p. cent 10 —7. 0 5 p. cent. 0 AIWSURANCE COMPANIES. lhlon .............. ....5001. sh. 501. pd. Alliance_..... .. ....1001. oh. 101. pd. Dltto MArine.......1001. sh. 54 Pd. lAtlas .. . ..... 504 sh. pd. 113irmingilii Firs ... _2,501. 554 pd. 3414 th .... .... .........iiO4 sh. 501. pd. GlCounty Fire ... ..... ..100/.. sh. 104 pd. 4 obe ...................... ... ... . .... Stuck 15 Guardian . ....... ....lON. ah. 104 pd. 2 Imperial Fire .........5001 sh. 5 0 1 . Pd. Sr o:Tonal Life... ...... 100/. sh. 10/. pd. I London 0 ire,.....251. h. 191. 104. Pd. 1 ( MLondon 5 hip.......154 sh. 121. 101. Pd. z; al:r-hestr:r...... ........ 1001. eh. 101. pd. Wail...chill-A ........... 50/. sIL 21 . P d. or Fire ......... 204 ab. 21. - pd. It rovie dent Life __am. an. 14.. pfd.3l 24 Itd.' " 'b. It° l 2l 34enange --.200/—......;11.7. Stock 26(.201. 1.1 Aion ......« ~...._____ '8 o 1 2 4 0 19s. 3d. 0 0 lel 0 5 p. ceut. WATER WORKS. Alki9, Ea, t LOlldin 1 .................... 1 OW. Sh. 12 4 5 , 46 Grand Junction AY. 41/. 13e. -Id. 41 . 1 ;.11)) !Ke'it ..............Ah. il.iverpool 800 tie......... . ".............. 20/. sh. ill etneheater . ................. Ay. 4N. 3; River London Bridge Vdater Annuitiesham 5l Gas4cWat. 61.. pd. !0/. sh. ( N ...Ith London ............. ... 10(11. sh. est Middlesex ... Av. KW. 12s. Sm. 71 Buildings ...................100 th. 3( 8 0 210 9 10 4 p. cent. 410 • 0 010 3 0 5 0 • 0 4 p. cent. 2 0 210 O 0 7 0 '1 0 -- 70 5 0 - . 2a7/0 A 0 8 N 1 10 1 0 10 10 1 0 7 10 4 p. cent. 1 2 4 p. cent 1 2 h. 4d. 0 is 6d 3 0 9 p. cen t 0 s -Iwo 600 14 %.5 a i l,. • L - 0, 0/ 3 .11.4 3 00 0 ,: 13,500 01 s 0 o 0 3 a ittt 7e4 4.1:50 I DOCKS. J Co mmercial ....... 't.hi / . sh. klact Ind'.: ........................Stocky St. Katherin c ' s .. ... Lo :don ........................ . ..... Stock l .............. 70. pd. I NVe nt India... .................... Stock 01 410 01 - .... (1 370 0 110 GAS CO3IPANIES Ashton .................. .." .. _. ..9;i/. pd. p lEt{Bath .... ................ 201. ;h. 16/. pd 14 {B r ningharn.... ....... .. ........ 50/. sh. 03 ristol ... ~ . ........... —.. ... 2ti Iftirrn. & Sta . f. 5O/ sl{. 391. pd. 32 1f.71,t, of London 1001. sh. 9W. pd. 107 leYlltto New ....... lOOl. sh. MX pd. 02 ,Dcntinental ............ 2.5/. sh. 81. pd. 3 jleshy ...............................501. 611. ~ /121.6 .... ol ....................... —lOO/. 811. tAverpo.... . . , .... ... , .... 1001. sh. 280 London Portable . I'oo4 ;h. i B / 1 0 6 pd. 1 Itrncial Portable ...12/. 611. 9/. pd. 1/ 7s o?hdale ................. . ..... {Sh'Sheffield .................. 257. sh. 'IT/. lA. 37 lUrewsbury ....................... IN. sh. rnted General ......... 50 sh. •10/. pd. 22 !Wakefield .... Chartered . ... ......50/. sh. 22 { Westminster ... ... SO/. sh. 5.5 !YDittO New .... ...... 541/. sh. 10/. pd. 10 ork ............................... 2.51. sh. 018 p. cent. 0 4ip. cent. 0 4 p. cent. 0110 p. cent. uI id osi p. cent. ni .1 8 loop lay) 'non 10,000 6729 1 0, 1 000 10 ,000 .1.f003 I 0 97) 10 $ 0 91 slO 0 1 ii 0 - 1 14 12 ot p. cont. 10 210 0 !Li 19 Ui _ _ MINES. itc o t 4 del Monte ... ........ ~..‘4O/. 1 111 111 ° : ;C i ; ........ iour 3'1)1'3-2°o pd. 17i . 0 , a ,.. ....... .a • 01. pd. - MO/ sh .. AA,,,, ican . s:s/ . - .e.ica:.....--- -, .h...... „ „ a .„, an .... lOO l. all. 231. 'xi. 5/. pin 3../. sh. 201. pd. tr . , cotol ubi • - ~___ _e.in lOOl. sh. 20/. pd. te. mon 1,'L.,.!,',`„',,r a rnrian 4O/. sh. 251. pd. Vr'ii.'`,;,r... 2501. sh. 75/. pd. - ' 0 ,060 Illibernian - 5 1/- sh. 1111. Pd. „ , ,,, b0 i min. Co. nii . ; . i ... . ...... 50/. sh. Si. pd. 1 25/.5h.3/. 10s. pd. 4 . 1 640) !Royal Irish gi'nd 160100, Potqai ........ .• ". 2 pm' 1 " 1 ' 2 d p d . v 0. 0 ,0 Gen. min. A.;::::......151. sh. 10/. pd. 1 10400 'Welsh Iron a - nl ' L . ,:j' iC k ) sh ' 51 * r d ' " . 1 ... ...... 251. pd. 1 s LLAATROIN 48, : A.netio M n Ma C r E t . , --* E. jAnztralian Co .... I . ooi ... 1 ;"•, 60 /_. sh. 15 Itlrai h Annufty Co 50i. Bth: ;; 1 6:EK' d ,,' 1 1 ? !%IC r i l- rt' , i).004 ,_ 1 tab Iron Co 1001. sh. 10/ '''' 51 Pd. tr ,.., (.7.nrda Company.. : loo/. sh. 101. pd . 7 iij c - ',3 gr, 11 ti7rtaonrdGy Dish n itpd . ...... 50/. sh. Si pd . 8 */ I ,ono 4ntn Brandy la_ ooo /, n . Stearn Nav•Co. 1001. sh, 131. pd. 8 v,06 11,1o0.JotntSt.ock Co. 100/. sh. 25/. pd. I T 1. )0 ,,, / i r. ,.. . Com. Sale Rooms ...... Ar. 751. 20 Lik.„46 10 , 11;,,p. Loan Co 100/. eh. 501. pd. 52 •• - 'Av . ; ' 4 . 4 11 Exchange 501. sh. 23/. 'xi. 23 ON siii ..ts:sion. Int. So. toot. sh. 70/. pd., 65 --, Its 7, EII,",„Z`.‘I I ARES in th e Birmingham, Coventry, 'irepsloire, Kennet and Avon, Lancaster, Roch iterter and tiZsnsea, and Wilts and Berke Canals ; , and Protee4:l ' O Ol Railway; Guardian, Man ; Oseurancss ; Manchester Water ! Ashton Gas 7 . , ARDY and lIAL:Z i . ng Companies, Ste. ke. I„ighare and Stock-Brokers, eel,quie-yard, Lothb secretairechazit, ........................‹0n.:........i0n; and Manchester. 117E7A . 111 7 y A less Don Miguel, 1 ;,. 3 . - -- The Suite of Sunday aftern,Z,,Peuton's Hotel, St. Extraordinai re et 4 i. 1.... e Cemmandeur Tres Fidele prea S. AT Plenipoten- I.Eroperear du 'ier de Camara, le Comte Henri de 1410,6 j.egation de in Brook-nil:et-I, tfArreue,t, Mn. Dampier, in . • Major Manley , Captain Parry, in Gloucester-p 4; _77 ,in Park -street ; Illrs. and M N , / P en :. iroavonor-place; Mrs. rid Mi° StlAd e , i Y ia Bath ; Sir Hussey and Lady Viria u . na new residence in Albemarle-street, fro m Its; Sir James Langham, Bart. at his 4 - . Li . angham-place, Portl an d -place, from hi s seat , 141,La-21).; in, Northanopt ons hi re ; Mr. and Mrs' 05.4d1. .4dl. at r t.ir a ft on-strset, from P ar i s; Lady War b urton ' to, 4 _ 41 . 4 ." Pion, at the London Hotel, Albemarle-street, 441,,,,:• t 4 5.1; J. Kinlock, Esq. at Fenton's Hotel, St. kt 4i,,7t:est, from Windsor; Thomas Hanunersley, Esq. feii,.'a .."'lll York; Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, at ditto, '7 . iY.,2 _ 4-IZrART . ts4,,r u ßts.-Prince and Pr i ncess Lieven, A11 1 4.."' -or indoor Lodge ; Major Powell, for Canis sit.,:eltle ; Mrs. and Miss V h ant nysen, for Bath ; t h __Atd. Mn. lunea, for Chathiun ; Captain Ross, for Z i . 7.5tc,,,_ tt-cressent, Brighton; Ma" .13 ' ' jor rrlgernan, for 'Jts4r• Pak, Worcestershire ; Captain Brown, front A . I !GUIs at. James's -street, for Brighton ; Captain 1110,,,„,_tbrirditto, for Bath ; the Count ess o f O nslow and kit - i - ,7ocifrok the St. George's Motel, Alb emarle . %S I M? Mai , Quildford. • . 01 2 o 01 -- 44 - - - 15 - - U -_ ol _ 14 p. cant. 0 - 0 —l6 15 5 p. cent. 5 06 01 1 0 ‘p.e. _._ t iIoNABI Highness ' TIM, on k:nvoy e E 6 • M. Tr, ,e Cherilier "°1 Pidele ; , C;ss. tb l,_ T ' ll)3l Safisur : 'Sra l -6 1 --- 7'lliare • j 4.24 al. r , ou g h i Ca pt.' t ti ' I:Abpmall, , Rre c , , ,f',,i 4 GrOever ;:tikw, . 4 " . te‘s from 11 1 4 4, :t, et i:keir neNi • '4.4 4 , 4" ; i n Rant! 44 N.. 37412 42 srui 41 .60 w. 4000 1 per Share. ----- • £25 SECOND EDIT lON SUN OFFICE, Half-past Fout. 8.1- EXPRESS. MESSAGE nx THE PRESIDEIT or THE UNITED STATES, COMMUNICATED TO BOTH HOUSES, At the comnie:-.cement of tht First Session o: the TWehtieth Congress. o the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States: FELLOW CITIZENS OF THE 58fiAtS, AND t?}' Litt Musa OF REPRESENTATIVES:-- A roVoltition.of the seasons has nearly been completed since the Representatives of the People and States of this Union were last assembled at this place, to deliberate and to act upon the common important interests of their con stituentt. In that interval the never-slumbering eye' of a wise and beneficent Providence has continued his guardian care over the welfare of our beloved country.' The bless ing of health has continued generally to prevail through out the land. The blessing of peace with our brethren of the human race; 'has been enjoyed without interruption ; internal quiet has left our fellow-citizens in the full enjoy ment of all their rights, and in the free exercise of all their factiltics, to pursue the impulse of their nature, and the obligation of their duty, in the improvement of their own condition. The productions of the soil, the exchanges of commerce, the vivifying labours of human industry, hare combined to mingle in our cup a portion of enjoyment as large and liberal as the indulgence of heaven has perhaps ever granted to the imperfect state of man upon earth ; and as the purest of human felicity consists in its partici pation with others, it is no small addition to the sum of our national happiness, at this time, that peace and pros perity prevail to a degree seldom experienced over the whole habitable globe ; presenting, though as yet with painful exceptions, a foretaste of that blessed period of promise, when the lion shall lie down with the lamb, and wars shall be no more. 'I o preserve, to improve, and to perpetuate the sources, and to direct, in their most effective chan nels, the streams which contribute to the public weal, is 'the purpose for which government was instituted. Objects of deep importance to the welfare of the Union are con stantly recurring, to 'demand the attention of the Federal Legislature; and they call with accumulated interest, at the first meeting of the two Houses, after their periodical renovation. To present to' their consideration from time to time, subjects in which the - interests of the nation are most deeply involved, and for the regulation of which the legislative will is alone competent, is a duty prescribed by the Constitution, to the performance of which the first meeting of the new Congress is a period eminently Appro priate, and which is now my purpose to discharge.: Our relation of friendship with the other nations of the earth, political and commercial, have been preserved un impaired_; and the opportunities to improve them have been cultivated with anxious and unremitting attention.— A negociation upon subjects of high and delicate interest with the Government of Great Britain, has terminated in the adjustment of some of the questions at issue upon satis factory terms, and the postponement of others for future discussion and agreement. The purposes of the Conven tion-concluded at St. Petersburgh on the 12th day ofJuly, 1822, under the mediation of the late Emperor Alexander, have been carried into effect by a' subsequent Convention, concluded at London on the 13th of November, 1826, the ratifications of which were exchanged at that place on the 6th day of February last. A copy of the Proclamatiou sued on the 19th day of March last, publishing this Con vention, is herewith communicated to Qingresi. The sum of twelve hundred and four thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars, therein stipulated to be paid to the claimants of indemnity, under the first article of the Treaty of Ghent; has been duly received, and the commission instituted con formably to the-act:of - Congress of the 2d of March last, for the slistribution.uf qte indemnity to the persons entitled to receive it, are now in session, and approaching the con summation of their labours. This final disposal of one of the most painful topics of collision between the United States and Great Britain, not only affords an occasion of gratulation to ourselves,. but ha had the happiest effect in promoting a friendly disposition, and in softening asperities upon other subjects of discussion. Nor ought it to pass without the tribute of a frank and cordial acknowledgment of the magnanimity with which an honourable nation, by the reparation of their own wrongs, achieves a triumph more glorious than any field of blood can ever bestow. The Conventions of 3d July, 1815, and of 20th Octo ber, 1818, will expire by their own limitation on the 20th of October, 1828. These have regulated the direct com mercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain, upon terms of the most perfect reciprocity : and they effected a temporary compromise of the respective rights and claims to territory westward of the Rocky Mountains. These arrangements have been continued for an indefinite period of time, after the expiration of the above-mentioned Conventions :—leaving each party the li berty of terminating them, by giving twelve months notice to the other. The radical principle of all commercial in tercourse between independent nations, is the mutual inte rest of both parties. It is the vital spirit of trade itself; nor ran it be reconciled to the nature of Inas, or to the primary laws of human society, that any traffic should long he willingly pursued, of which all the advantages are on one side, and all the burdens on the other. Treaties of Commerce have been found, by experience, to be among the moat effective instruments for promoting peace and harmony between nations whose interests, exclusively con sidered on either side, are brought into frequent collisions by competition. In framing such treaties, it is the duty of each party, not simply to urge with unyielding pertina city that which suits its own interest, but to concede libe rally to that which is adapted to the interest of the other. To accomplish this, little more is generally required than a simple observance of the rule of reciprocity ; and were it possible for the statesmen of one nation, by stratagem and management, to obtain from the weakness or ignorance of another, an over-reaching treaty, such a compact would prove an incentive to war rather than a bond of peace. Our conventio ns with Great Britain are founded upon the prin cirles of reciprocity. The commercial intercourse between the two countries is greater in magnitude and amount than between any other two nations of the globe. It is, for all purposes of benefit or advantage to both, as precious and in all probability, far more extensive than if the parties were still constituent parts of one and the same nation.— Treaties between such States, regulating the intercourse of peace betwen them, and adjusting interests of such trans cendant importance to both, which have been found, in a long experience, mutually advantageous, should not be lightly cancelled or discontinued. Two conventions for continuing in force those above -mentioned have been con cluded between the Plenipotentiaries of the two Govern-- ments, on the 6th August last, and will be forthwith laid before the Senate for the exercise if their constitutional authority concerning them. In the execution of the Treaties of Peace of Novem ber, 1782, and September, 1758, between the United States and Great Britain, and which terminated the war of our Independence, a line of boundary was drawn as the demarcation of territory between the two countries, extending over near twenty degrees of latitude, and ranging over seas, lakes, and mountains, then very im perfectly explored, and scarcely opened to the geogra phical knowledge of the age. In the progress of dis covery and settlement by both parties since that time, several questions of boundary between their respective territories have arisen, which have been found of ex ceedingly difficult adjustment. At the close of the last war with Great Britain, four of these questions pressed themselves upon the consideration of the negotiators of the Treaty of Ghent, but without the means of conclud ing a definitive arrangement concerning them They were referred to three separate commissions, consisting of two Commissioners, one appointed by each party, to examine and decide upon their respective claims. In the event of disagreement between the Commissioners, it was provided that they should make reports to their several Governments ; and that the reports should fi nally be referred to the decision of a Sovereign, the ehoar:nrort friend of both. Of these Commissions, two already terminated their sessions and investiga- Th e by entire, and the other by partial agreement. Cope by of the fifth article of the Treaty of Ghent . to finally disagreed, and made their conflictin their own Governments. But front these re g . reports t o ports a great difficult has occurrrd in making up a ques tion to be decided b y Arbitrator. This however, been effected by a foirth Convention, co b has, L o on o by the Plenipotentiaries of the two dnonthe 2 9th of September last. It will be e G lu o d y e e d rnn a l t en submitted, together with the others, to the consideration of the Senate. While these questions have been pending, incidents have occurred of conflicting pret ens i ons, and of dangerous cha racterupon th e territory itself in dispute between the two nations. By a common understanding . between the Go vernments it was a gre ed that AO exereivelof exclusireprie- 10 0 diction by either party, tvhile the negotiation Was pending, should change the state of the question of right to be defi nitively settled. Such collision had nevertheless recently • taking place, by occurrences, the precise character of which has not yet been ascertained. •A communication from the Governor of the State of Maine, with accompanying docu ments and a correrspendente bet Ween <the Secretary of State and the Minister of Great Britain, on this subjett, are now communicated. Measures have been taken to as certain the state of the facts more correctly by the employ ment of a special agent to visit the spot , where the alleged outrages have occurred, the retnit of whose enquiates, ' whenxeceived, will he transmitted to Congress. While so many of the subjects of his interest to the friendly relations between two countries have been se far adjusted, it is matter of- regret that their views respecting the commercial intercourse between the United States end the British Colonial possessions have not equally approxi mated to a friendly agteetreilt. • At the commencement of the last Session of Congress, they were informed of the sudden and unexpected exclu sion:by the British Government, of access," iu vessels of the United States, to all their colonial ports, excepi those immediately bordering upon our own territories. In the amicable discussions which have succeeded the adoption of this measure, which; as it affected harshly the interests of the United States, became a ,übjett Of expostulation on our part, the principles upon Which: I its justification has placed hate been of a 'diversified characters It has been at once ascribed to a mere recurrence to the old long established principle of colonial monopoly, and at the same time to a feeling of resentment because the offers of an Act -of Parliament, :opening , the colonial ports upon certain conditions, had not been graepediat with sufficient eager ness by an instantaneous conformity to them. • At a sub sequent period it haw been intimated that the new eXelu sion was in resentment because a prior Act of Parliament of 1322, opening certain colonial ports under heavy and burdensome restrictions to vessels of the United States, had not been reciprocated by an admission of British ves sels from the colonies, ane their cargoes, without any re striction or discrimination whatever. But, be :he motive for the interdiction what it May, the British Government have manifimted no disposition, either by nenociation or by corresponding legislative enactments. to recede from it, and we have been given distinctly to understand, that neither of the bills which were under the consideration of Congress at their last Sesion, would hrve deen deemed sufficient in their Concessions, to have been rewarded by any relaxation from the British interdict. It is one of the inconveniences inseparably connected with the attempt to adjust by reci procal legislation interests of this nature, that neither party can kuotv what would be satisfactory to the other ; and that after enacting a statute for:the avowed and.'sincere purpose of conciliation, it will generally be found utterly inedequate to the expectations of the other party, and will terminate in mutual disrppointment. The session of Congress having terminated without any act upon the subject, a Proclamation was issued on the 'l7thof March last, conformably to the provisions of the 6th section of the Act of let March, 1823, declaring the fact that t:e trde and intercourse authorized by the British Act of Parliament, of 24thJune,1822, between the United States and the British enumerated Colonial Ports, bad been 'by the subsequent Acts of Parliament of the hill 1025,-and the Order of Council of 27th July, 1826, pro hibited. The effect of this Proclamation, by the terms of the Act under which it was issued, hai 'been, that every provision of the Act concerning 'Nevi: l otion, of 18th April, 1310, and of the Act supplementary thereto of the 15th May, 1820, revived, and is in full force. Such, then, is the present conditionof the trade, that useful as it is to both parties, it can, with a single momentary exception, be car- Tied on directly by tke vessels of neither. 'Thai exception itself, is found in a Proclamation of tne Governor of the Island of St. Christopher, and of the Virgin Islands, invi- Aing, for threemonthr4 from the '2Bth of August last, tie importation of the articles' yf the produce'of the United States, which constitute their .export portion of this trade, in the .vessels of all nations,. That period having already expired, the state ofimuthal interdiction' has again taken place. The British Goren:merit 'have not onirdeclined negociation .upon this subject, but, by the principle they have assumed: with- reference to it, have-precluded even the means of negutiiition., become* uli theself-respecf of the United States, either to solicit gratuitous favours, or toiac eept as the grant of a Irianr that for- which an ample etuivaleut is exacted. It remains to be determined by the respective Governments, whether the trade shall be opened, by ads of reciprocical legislation. It is in the 'mean time satisfactory to show, that apart from the inconveniences re :Suiting from a disturbance of the usual channels of trade, no loss has been sustained by the commerce, the navigation or the Revenue of the United States, and -none of magni. tude is to be apprehended from this existing state of mutual .interdict. With the other maritime and commercial Nations o Europe, our intercourse continues with little variation. Sit.ce the cessation, by the Convention of the '4th of June, 1822, of all discriminating duties upon the vessels of the United States and of France. in either country, our trade with that nation has increased and is increasing. A dispo sition on the part of France has been manifested to renew that negotiation ; and, in acceding to the proposal, we have expressed the wish that it might be extended to other objects, upon which a good understanding between the parties would be beneficial to the interests of both. The origin of the political relations between the United States and France, is coeaal with the first years of her independ ence. The memory of it is interwoven - with that of our arduous struggle for national existence. Weakened as it has occasionally been since that time, it can by us never be forgotten ; and we should hail with exultation the moment which should indisate a recollection equally friendly in spirit, •on the part of France. A fresh effort has recently been made by the Minister of the United States residing at Paris, to obtain a consideration of the just claims of citizens of the United States, to the reparation of wrongs long since committed, many of them frankly acknowledged and all of them entitled, upon every principle of justice., to a candid examination. The proposal last Made to the French Government has been to refer the subject, which has formed an obstacle to this cocsideratiou, to the deter mination of a Sovereign, the common friend of both, To this offer no definitive answer has yet been received; but the gallant and honourable spirit which has at all times been the pride and glory of France, will not ultimately permit the demands of innocent sufferers to be extin guished in the mere consciousness of the power to reject them. • A new Treaty of Amity, Navigation, and Commerce has been eonlltuled with the Kingdom of Sweden, which will be submitted to the Senate for their advice with regard to its ratification. At a snore recent date, a Minister Pleni potentiary from the Hanseatic Republics of Hamburgh, Lubeck and Bremen, has been received, charged with a special mission for the negotiation of a Treaty of Amity and Commerce between that ancient and renowned league and the United States. This negNiation has accordingly been commenced, and is now in progress, the result of which, if successful, be also submitted to the- Senate fo' their consideration. Since the accession of the tmpCror Nicholas to too Im perial tLrone of all the Russia; the friendlydispositions to sv.-cds the United States, go constantly manifested by hit predecessor, have continued unabated ; and Ir:Ve recently been testified by the appointment of Minister Plenipoten tiary to reside at this place.—rront the interest taken by this Sovereign inbelialf tit the suffering Greek, and from the spirit with which others of the treat European Powers are co-operating with hiin, the friends of freedom and of humanity nia,y indulge the hope that they ob tain relief from that most unequal of , corqias, which they have so long and so gallantly sustained ; that they will en joy the blessing of self-pveinment, Which-, by their stiffer:- ing-s in the cause of liberty, they have se tidily earned; and that their independence Will he secured by those liberal institutions, of which thti.t country furnished the earliest examples in the history of mankind, and Whiebt be.\re nu scanted to .immortal remembrance the ~ r&y ;oil for which they are now again profusely pOttring forth their blood. The sympathies with which the People and 'Government of the United States have so warmly indtdgeti witn their Gauge have been acknowledged by their Government in a letter of thanks, vvbit:li I have received from their illustri ous President, n translation of which is now communicated to congress, the Representatives of that Nation io whom this tribute of gratitude was intended to be paid, and to whom it was justly due. In the Araeican hemisphere the cause of freedom and In dependence has continued to prevail ; and if signalized by none of those splendid triumphs which had crowned with glory some some of the preceding years, it has only been from the banishment of all external force against which the struggle had been maintained.. The shout of victory has been superseded by the expulsion of the enemy over whom it could have been achieved. Our friendly wishes and cordial good-will, which have constantly followed the southern nations of America in all the vicissitudes of their war of Independence, are succeeded by a solicitude, equally ardenl and cordial, that by the wisdom and purity of their instituttions, they may secure to themselves the choicest blessings of social order, and the best rewards of virtuous liberty. Disclaiming alike all right and all intention of interfering in those concerns which 'it is the prerogative of their Independence to regulate as to them shall see fit, we hail with joy every indication of their prosp er ity, o f t h e i r harmony, o f their persevering and infleiible homage to those principles of freedom and of equal rights, which aro g alone suited ,to the genius and tetnyer of the American nations. It has been therefore with some concern that we have observed indications of intestine divisions in some of the Republics of the South, and appearances of less union with one Another, than we believe to be the. interest of all l , Among the reults of this state of things has been that the Treaties concluded at Panama do not appeat to have been ratified by the contracting parties, and that the meeting of the Congress at Tacubava has been been indefinitely ' pestponed. In accepting the invitations :to be represented at this Congtess, While a inabifestotiott • was intended on the port.olthe United Statei, of the most friendly dispo sition towards the Southern Republics by whom it bad been proposed, it was hoped that it would fvrnish an op portunity for bringing all the nations of this hemisphere to th e c ommon acknowledgement and adoption , of the prin ciples, in the regulation of their , International relations, whioh would haire r;eciired a lasting' peace and harmony be tween them, and bait proinoted the cause of rnntital bene volence throughout the globe. But as obstacles appear to have arisen to the re-assembling of the Congress, one of ahe two Ministers commissioned on the part of the Uaited States has returned to the bosom of his country, while the Minister charged with the ordinary mission to Mexico re mains autlibriked iti attend at the conferences of the Con gress whenexer they may be resumed. • - A hope was for a short time entertained, that a Treaty of Peace actually signed between the Government of Buenos Ayres and Brasil Would Siipereede all further occasions for those collisions between belligerafit pietensions and 'neutral rights, which are so coMmonly the result of maritithe war, and which have unfortunately disturbed . the harmony of the relations between the United States and the Brazilian Governments. At their last session, •Corigress were ,in formed that some of the naval officers of that Empire had advanced to and practised Upon principles in relation to blockades aue neutral navigation, which We eoidd not sanc tion, and which our commanders found it 'necessary to re sist. It appears that they have .not been sustained by the Government of Brazil itself. Some of the vessels captured under the assumed authority of these erroneous principles, have been restored ; and we trust that our just expectations will be realised, that adequate indemnity will be made to all citizens of the United States who have suffered by the unwarranted captures which the Brazilian tribunals them selves have pronounced unlawful. In the diplomatic discussions at Rio de Janeiro, of these wrongs sustained by citizens of the United States, and of others, which seemed as if emanating immediately from that Government itself, the Charge, d!Affaies of the United. States, under nn impression that his representations in be belt of the rights and interests of his countrymen were totally disregarded and useless, deemed it his duty without waiting for instructions, lo terminate his officiol functions, to de . mand his passports, and return to - the United States. This movement,' disctated by an honest zeal for the honour and interest of his country ; motives which operated etclusively upon the mind of the officer who resorted to it, has not been disapproved by me. The Brazilian Government, however, complained of it de a measure for which no adequate inten tional cause had been given, by them ; and upon an explicit assurance, through their Charge d'Affairs, residing there, that a successor to the late Representative Of the United States near that Government, the appointment of whom they desired should be received and treated with the respect due to his character, and that indemnity should be promptly made fur all injuriee inflicted en citizens of the United States, or their property, contrary to the laws of nations, a ternpory,' commiesion as Charge d'Affairs to that country, has beets iSstleci, which it is hoped will entirely restore the ordinary diplo'natic intercourse between the two Govern ments, and the friendly relations between their respective nations. Turning from the momentitous concerns of our Union, 0 ;its intercourse with foreigh nations, to those of the deepest interest in the atlminittratioit of othainternal af fairs, we find the revenues of the present year correspond ing as nearly as might be expected with tne anticipations of the last, and presenting an aspect still more favourable to the promise of the next. The balance in the treasury on the Ist of January last, was (1,358,686 dollars and 18 cents. The receipts from that day to the SOth of Sep tember last, rs near es the returns of them yet received can show, amount to 1ta,886,581 and 32 cents. The receipts of the present quarter, estimated. at 4,515,000, added to the above, form un aggregate of 21,100,900 dol lars of receipts. The expendstures of the year may per haps amount to 22,300,000 dollars, presenting a small ex cess over the receipts. tut of these twenty-two millions, upwards ofsix have been applied to the discharge of the principal of the public debt ; the whole amount of which, approaching seventy-four millions on the; first of Jar - lma , last will oil the first day of next year fall short of sixty-seven millions and a half: The balance in the treasury on the first of January next, it is expected, will exceed five millions four hundred and fifty thousand dollars; a sum exceeding that of the first of Jan. 1825, thokSgh falling short of that exhibited on the first of January last. It was foreseen that the revenue of the present year would not equal that of the last, which had itself been lers than that of the nevt preceding year, But the hope has been realized which was entertained, that these deficiencies would in nowise interrupt the steady operation of the dis charge of the public debt by the annual ten millions de voted to that object by the Act of 3d March ; 1817. The amount of ditties secured on merchandize imported from the commencement of the year until the 30th of Sep tember laet s it tWenty-one millions two hundred and twenty-six thousand, and the probable amount of that which will be secured during the remainder of the year, is five millions seven hundred and 71 thousand dollars ; form ing a sum total of twenty-seven millions. With the alio* , ances for drawbacks and contingent deficiencies which may occur, though not specifically foreseen, we may safely estimate the receipts of the ensuing rear at twenty-two mil lions three hundred thousand dollars; a revenue for the next equial to the expenditure of the present year. The deep solicitude felt by our citizens of all classes throughout the Union for the total discharge of the pub lic debt, will apologize for the earnestness with which I deem it my duty to urge this topic Upon: the eoftsiderit tion of Cotigtess—of recommending to them again the observance of the strictest economy in the application of the public funds: The depression upon the receipts Of the revenue which had commenced With the ";ear 1826, continued with increased severity' during the two first quarters of the present year. The returning tide began to flow with the third quarter, and so far as we tan judge from experience, may be expected to continue through the course of the ensuing year: In the mean time, an alleviatirn from the ' , awn of the public debt will in the three years, have been effected to the ambisfit of nearly 16 millions, and the charge of annual interest will have been reduced upwards of one million. But, among the maxims of political economy *bielt the stewards of the public loonies should never suffer without urgent ne cessity to be transcended, is that of keeping the expendi tures of the year within the limits of its receipts: The apprdpriationt Of the two last years, including the yearly 10 nfillioht of the sinking fund, have each equalled the promised revenue of the ensuing year. While we foresee with confidence that the public coffers will be replenished from the receipts, as fast as they will be drained by the eipetidittiree, equal in amount to those of the current year, it should not be forgotten that they could ill suffer the exhaustion of larger disbOrsements: The condition of the Army, and all the braiielleti of the public service under the superintendence of the Secretary of War, will be seen by the report from. that officeis and the &Senn:lents With *Lich it is acCompailled. burin the aourse of the last summer, a detachment of the Army has been usefully and successfully called to per fortis their tinpropriate duties. At the montent when the Commissioners appointed for carrying into execution eett'aita provisions of the Treaty of Aug. 19th, 1825, with various tribes of the Northsvestein Indians, W e r e a b on t to arr iv e a t the app o inted place of meeting, the unprovoked of several citizens, and other acts of unequivocal hostility com mitted by a party of the Winnebago tribe, one of those ass sociatred in the Treaty, followed by, the , indications of a nielSteliik character, among other tribes of the seine : L cg/O.i, rendered necessary an immediate display of the defensive and protective force of the Union in that quarter, It was accordingly exhibited by the ithnwliate and .koncetted riovaiiients of the Governors of the State of Illinois and of the Territory of Michigan, and compotent levies of militia under their authority; with a corps of seven hun dred men of United States troops under the command of General Atkiiisbn, who, at the call of tio'iertior Cass, iris , mediately repaired to the scene of danger, ftditi their station at St. Louis. Their presence dispelled the alarms of oar fellow-citizens on those borders and overawed the hostile purposes of the Indians. TIM perpetrators of the murders were surrendered to the authority and operation of our laws ; and every appearance of purposed hostility from those Indian tribes has subsided. Although the present organization of the Army, and the administration of its various brances of service, are, upon the whole, satisfactory, they are yet susceptible of much improvement in particulars, some of which have been here tofore submitted to the consideratson of Congress, and others are now first presented in the Itcpert of the Secretary of War. The expediency of providing for additional numbers 01 officers in the two corps of Engineers will, in some degree, depend *pen the number and extent of the objects of na tional importance upon which Congress may think it pro per that surveys should • be made, conformably to they Act of the soth of April,' 1.924. Of the surveys which before the last Session of Congress, bad b e en ma d e un d er th e au thority of that Act, reports were made : I. Of the Board of, Internal Improvement, on the Che sapeake and Ohio canal: . 2, On the continuance of the National Road from Cntn herland to the tide waters within the district otrColumbia, 8. On the continuation of the National Road from Can ton to Zanesville. 4. On the locational of the National Road from Zama vile to Columbia. • - b. On the:continuation of the same road to the seat of Government in Missouri. 6. • On a Post Road from Baltimore to Philadelphia. 7. On a survey of Kennebec River (in part.) s. On a National Road from Washington to Buffalo. 9. On the survey of Sangattick Harbour and River. 10. On a Canal from Lake Pontchaatrain to the Missis sippi River. . 11. On a survep at Edgartown, Newburyport, and Hp antda Harbin ., 12. On survey of Lake Plaisance Bay, in the TerritorS of Michigan. And reports are now prepared, and will be submitted tO Congress:— On surveys of the peninsula of Florida,. to ascertain the practicability of a canal to conneci the waters of the At lantic with the Gulf of Mexico. across that peninsula; and also of 'the country between , the Bays of Mobile and of Pensacola, with the view of connecting them together by a canal. ' On surveys of a route for a canal to connect the waters of the James and Great Kenhawa rivers. On the survey of the Swash in Pimlico Sound, and that of Cape Fear below the town of Wilmington, in North Ca rolina. On the survey of the Muscle Shoals, in the Tennessee t . liver i and a route for a c o ntempl a t e d commun i ca ti on hetWeen thy Iliwussee and Coosa rivers, in the -State of Alabama. • Other reports of surveys upon objects poicted out by the several acts of Congress of the last and preceding sessions. are in the progress of preparation, and most of them may be completed before the close Of this scission. All the offi cers of both Corps of Engineers, with setae' other persons duly qualified, have been constantly employed upon these services, from the passage of the the Act of 30th April, 1824, to this time. Were no other advantage to accrue to the country from their labors, than the fund of topographical knowledge which they have collected and communicated, that alone would have been a profit to the Union more than adequate to all the expenditures which hate been devoted to the object; but the appropriations for the .re pair and 'continuation of the Cumberland Road, for the construction of various other • Roads, for the removal cf obsiructious from the Rivers and Harbors, for the erection of Light-houses, Beacons, Piers and Buoys, and for the completion of Canals undertaken by individual associations, but needing the assistance of means and re sources more comprehensive than individual enterprise can command, may be considered rather as treasures laid up from the contributions of the present age, for the benefit of posterity, than as unrequited applications of the accruing revenue of the nation, TO euch objects of permanent im provement to the condition of the country, of real addition to the wealth as well as to, the comfort of the people by whose authority and resources they have been affected, from ehree to four millions of the annual income of the nation have, by laws enacted at the three most recent sessions of Congress been applied, without intrenching upon the ne cessities of the Treasury i without adding a dollar to the taxes or debts of the community : without suspending even the steady and regular discharge of the debts con tracted in former days, which, within the three years have been diminished by the amount of nearly sixteen millions of dollars. The same observations ate, in a great degree, applicable to the appropriations made for fortifications upon the coasts and harbours of the United States, fur the main;enance of the Military Academy at West Point, and for the various objects tinder the superintendence of the Department of the Navy. The Report of the Secretary of the Navy, and those from the subotditate branches of both Military De partments, exhibit to Congress, in minute detail, the pre sent condition of the public establiehmentss dependent upon than j the execution of the acts of Congress relating to them, and the infnrrs of the officers engaged in the several branches of the service, enneernin the improvements which May tend to their perfection. The fortification of the Coagts ; and the gradual increase and improve ment of the Navy, are parts of a great system of national defence, which has been upwards of ten years in pro gress, and which, for a series of years to come, will continue to claim the constant and persevering pro teceion and superintendence of legislative authority.— Among the measures which have emanated from these principles ; the Act of the last Session of Congress for the gradual improvement of the Navy, holds a conspicuous place. The collection of timber for the future construction of vessels of war ; the preservation and re-production of the species of timber peculiarly adapted to that purpose ; the consideration of dry docks for the use of the Navy; the erection of a Mating Railway fur the repair of the public ships, and the improVement of the Navy Yards fur the preservation of toe public property deposited in them, have all received from the Executive the attention required by the Act, and will continue to receive it, steadily proceed ing towards the execution of its purposes. The establish ment of a Naval Academy, furnishing the means of theo retic instruction to the youths who devote their lives to the service of their country upon the ocean, still solicits the sanction of the Legislatnte. Practical seamanship and the art of navigation may be acquired upon the cruises of the stinadrons, which, from time to time, are despatch ed to distant seas bat a competent knowledge even of the art of ship-building, the higher mathematics and autro noinn the literature which can place our officers on a level of polished edocation with the officers of other mari time nations; the knowledge of the laws, municipal and national, which, in their intercourse with Foreign States and their Governments, are called into operation; and, tanni; all; that acquaintance with the principles of honour and justice, with the higher obligations of morals, and of general laws, human and diVine, which constitute the great distinction between the warrior patriot, and the li censed robber and pirate ; these can be systematically taught and eminently acquired only in a permanent school, stationed upon the shore, and provided with the teachers, the instruments, and the books, conversant with and adapted to the communication of the plincipies of those re spective sciences to the youthful and inquiring mind. The report from the Post Master General exhibits the condition of that Departments, as highly satisfactory for the present, and still more promising for tile future. Its receipts for the year ending the first of July last amounted to one million tour hundred arid seventy-three thousand five hundred and fifty-one dollars, and exceeded its expen ditures by upwards of one hundred thousand dollars. It cannot be au over sanguine estimate to predict that in less than ten years, of which one half have elapsed, the receipt will have been 'more than doubled. In the mean time a reduced expenditure upon established routes has kept pace with increased facilities of public accommodation, and ad ditional services have been obtained at reduced rates of com pensation. Within the last year the transpor . ation of the snail in stages has been greatly augmented. The number of Post Offices has been increased to seven thousand ; and it may be anticipated that while the facili ties of intercourse betwen fellow citizens in person or by correspondence, will soon be carried to the door of every village in the Union, a yearly surplus of revenue will ac crue, tOsiels May be tpplied as the wisdom of Congress, under the exercise of their constitutional powers, may de vise, for the furthsr establishment and improvement of the pnblic roads, or by adding still further to the facilities in the transpottation of the mails. Of the indications of the prosperous conditions of our country, none can be more pleasing than those prosented by the multiplying relations of personal and intimate intercourse between the citizens of the Union dwelling at tha tetnotest distances from each ether. "'Among the subjects which bate heretofore occupied the earted solicitude and att;ntion of Congress, is the manageiheltiernt and disposal of that portio n of the pro perty of the Nation shit consists of the public lands. The ocqnitition Of them, mad e a t th e expellee of the whole IThion, not only in the treasure, but in blood, marks a right of property in them equally extensive. By the roport and statements from file Otnefal Land Office now com municated, it appears that under the preseut Govern ment of the United Stater a sum little short of thirty three millions of dollars has been 'said from the com mon Treasury for that postion of this property which has been purchased from France and Spain, and for the ex tinction of the aboreglnal titles. The amount of lands ac quired is near 260,000,000 of acres, of which, on the Ist of su c a ,.y rt i o d a , r y, and lf3 21 intatlß bout e l 3 0 9, 1 a O n o l o, o 0 ,0 0 0 0 0 0 , o f o a o cr o e f s a l t r re d s been sold. The amount pail into the Treasury by the purchasers of the lands .old is not yet equal to the stuns paid fso ttlieiet proceeds of leaves of srna b l a a l n a ti n s ee h t a o ve be io r n e - fe been pledged to the creditors of the Nation ; a pledge. from which we have reason to hope that they will in a fen years be redeemed. The system upon which this great fled by the progress of our populat ion, and the l es s ons o experience, it has been hitherto e min e ntl y tu s l ic e s d u a l t n d of n l , ( od sg i successful.-- . interestnd pers i e persevering has e g nn deliberation anage d w ; a s m thea N an a x t i i o o l u ic a , l More than nine-tenths of the lands still remain the commof ((•. •1 - - - - --7 : 71--- ''''•:.":'\:‘;',.), ~, 4 ,..., ' ti_gt...-•,, ,: _ • z.z property of the t'4 .th ... :, L . 1 - "'" -- A • ( 3 -1. • '-: ,• t% c 3.,‘ R: . 3 / 4 1 1 . op ' ioi,ao isposa of which are sacred"-trusts ' . of- Congress.— Of. the said lands sold, W it;OnsideAtAti. part WE'..e Con veyed - under extended P Eredits, which in the - vi' cissitudes and fluctuations in . the . value of lands, and of their produce, became oppressively burdensome to the purchasers. It can never be the interest or the po licy of the nation to wring from its oivn citizens the reasonable profits 'of their 'industry and . enterprize, by' holding them to the rigorous import' of disastront engage ments. In March, 1821, a debt of twenty-two millions of dollars,• due by putthasers of the public lands, had accumulated, which- they 'were unable to pay. An act of Congress,. of the 2d of March, 382,1, came to their re lief, and has been succeeded by others,. the latest being the Act of the 4th of May, 1826, the indulgent provisions of which expired on the 4th of July last. The effect of these laws has been to reduce the debt from the purL chasers, to a remaining balance of about .four millions three hundred thousand dollara due ; more then three.: fifths of which are for lands within the State of Ala bama I recommend to• Congress the revival and con tinuance for a further term, of the 'beneficieut accommoda tions to the public debtors, of that statute; sad submit to their consideration, in the same spirit -of equity, the .remission, under proper discrimations, of the forfeitares of partial payments on account of purchase of the public lands, so far as to allow of their ,application to other pay-• ments. • There are various other 'subjects of deep • interest to , the Union, which - have herethfore ,been reeoul. I mended to the consideration of Congress, as well by any predecessors as, under the impression of the duties de- - volvieg upon me, by myself. Among these are - the debt rather of justice tnan gratitude to the serving war riors of the Revolutionary war ; the extension of the , Judicial Administration of the Federal Government, to those extensive and important members of the Union, which, hexing risen into existence since the organiza tion of the present Judiesary establishment, now eon - stitute at least one third of its territory, power, and pis: pulation ; the formation of a inore effective and uni form system for the' government of the ltiilitia. trial 'the melioration, in some form or modification, of the di versified and often oppressive codes relating to Insol vency. Amidst the multiplicity of topic; Of great na tior.al concernment which • may recommend. - themselves to the calm and patriotic deliberations of the Legisla-. ture, it may suffice to say, that al! these, and other mea sures which may receive their sanction, my hearty co operation will be given, conformably to the duties enjoined upon me, and und under the sense of all she obliations pre scribed by the constitution. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. Washington, December 4, 1827. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. (From the New York Stcitesmen of Friday Dec. 7, 1827.) This long and interesting document appears to be spoken of by all parties with -a due degree of modera tion. It is perhaps less exceptionable,: both in muter. and manner, than :any of its predecessors. , For aught we cats discover from a cursory perusal, it presents a- fair view of our foreign relations and tqe domestic state of the country. Both are as prosperous, as the public had reason to anticipate There is one ideaiu the paragraph relating to our claim upon the French Government, which appeared - to us somewhat de ficient in spirit and firmness. The President remarks, that " the gallant and honourable spirit, which has at all times been the pride and glory of France, will- not ultimately permit the demands of innoeent , sutkrers to be extin guished in the mere consciousness of the power to re ject them." This is a handsome appeal to the justice and magnanimity of the French government; but ought the United States of America to concede to any foreign state the " consciousness of the ponier to - reject " equitable claims? With the domestic condition of the country and its great interests, every citizen has reason to he satisfied. Of some of the leading topics embraced in the Message, we 8611 hereafter take occasion to speak. DAPARTURE of the RUSSIAM AMBAS- SADOR FROM CONSTANTINOPLE. S'UN-OFFICE, Half-past Four. It is confidently *reported on 'Change, that an Express had arrived from Vienna, stating that the Russian Ambassador left Constantinople on the 4th Dec. for Odessa, and that the English and French would leave in a few days. FOUR o'CLOCK--CLOSING PRICES. Consols, 84 i; Mexican, 45,1; Colon Ibian, 261 7. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TA TTERSALL'S.—DEc. SI . The betti4 was not very brisk this day, and the odds closed thus :-- DER/il". 15 to 2 agat Mr. Thornhill's Merchant 10 to 1 agst Hon. E. Petre's The Colonel (taken; 12 to I aget Duke of Rutland's Sorcery colt 16 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's Druid 20 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Johanna Southeote colt 20 to 1 agat Mr. Thornhill's Shoveller colt 22 to I agst Lord Exeter's Folly colt 22 to 1 aget Sir J. Shelley's An;v colt 24 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Mat iner 25 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's Omen (taken) 25 to 1 agst Lord Grosvenor's Finesse colt 25 to 1 'agst Lord Grosveoer's Larissa colt 50 to 1 agst Sir J. Shelley's 13arnardo (taken) 4GO to 200 the field agst 111erehatit, Colonel, Sorcery, and Druid (taken) OAKS. to 1 on the field. ST. LEGEIt. 10 to I on the fie Li. Sir T. Mostyn has entered Ultimatum and another or two for this Stakes. THE GREAT DONCASTER ST. LEGER. YORK, SurcnAv.,---Tbe greatest anxiety prevail,: !tote as to the nominations for the above Stakes, which close on Tuesday. Very little is known, as yet, ou the subject; for it is customary with the subscribers to defer giving in their nominations till the last day ; it will not, therefore, surpriee, when we state that up to twelve o'clock last night there was wily one entry, which is a " Lady Vane"—u filly that was entered in one of the Two-yr-old Stakes at York last season in the name of Mr. Bowers. The entry from Scott's stable will be remarkably numerous—it is expected to be thirteen, including five of the Hon. E. Petre's, Velocipede, &c. &c. Two of Mr. Petre's will be named by Lord Morpeth and the Hon. J. Stuart Wortley, the Stewards. The general opinion here is, that how ever numerical weak or strong the nominations may be, it will in guilty exceed all former years. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LIVE[ pooL. SUNDAY, DEC 30.---High water 23 minutes past „iue o'clock.---Wind S. to S.S.E.--Arrived the Etter, Emerson, from Dublin ; Caledonia, Duncan, from West— port ; Ruby, Jsaac, from Sligo ; Snowdon, Jenkins, from Galway; Robert Russell, Bell, from the Bay of Chaleur, sailed Dec. 2 ; Enterprise, —, from Glasgow; Bit- , mingham, from Dublin. ITOLYIIEAD, DEC. 29.—Wind S.E., light breeze,, fine clear weather.—At 40 min. past 8 a.m. the Washingtou was off, from London.—At three p.m. calm. from L C i a v i e r' rpoi, at Monte Telegraph Office, December 30. At eight a.m. the brig Washington passed Holyhead homeward. Wind S.W. light breeze. The Ann Brunette, Orr, from Londonderry for Livcr pool, with oats and butter, wa's totally lost on the 25th instant, off Port St. Mary's,'(lsle .of Man)—the crew de Verdes, at saved. Monte T T h h ee Video.Hercules,Corsair, R :11 0 1 1 :17 5 d o n e 11 , , Video. :Robe1..11:: Doris,Pe t 11 ' Harris, from - Seville, at Dublin. rts, sailed from Monte Video for Rita -1 r gonia, Oct. 13. The Clifton, —, from Liverpool, at Rio de Janeiro WINDSOR, DEC. 31.—His MAJESTY, yes terday forenoon, attended Divine Service at the P r iv a t e Chapel, accompanied by his Suite. The Rev. Mr. SEY AIOUR officiated. Yesterday Count MuNsTra arrived at the Royal Lodge. Don ilhuun. is expected at Le Royal Ledge, this Afternoon, frOin London.