The Sun. — London, England, 1841-12-29 00:00:00

%N% 1()RNIN(1 S the receipt of individual's deposits of ;old and silver to a limited amount; and the granting certificates of deposit, divided into such sums as may be called for by the de positors. It proceeds a step further, and. authorises the purchase and sale of domestic bills and drafts, resting on a real and substantial basis, payable at sight, or having but a short time to run, and drawn on places not less than one hundred miles apart ; which authority, ex cept in so far as may be necessary for Government pur poses excluSively, is only to be exerted upon the express condition, that its exercise shall not be prohibited by the State in which the-agency is situated. In order to cover the expenses incident to the plan, it will be authorised to receive moderate premiums for certificates issued on deposits, and on bills bought acid sold, and thus, as far as its dealings extend, to furnish facilities to commercial intercourse at the lowest possi ble rates; and to subduct from the earnings of industry the least possible sum. It uses the State Banks at a dis tance from the agencies as auxiliaries, without impart ing any power to trade in its name. It is subjected to such guards and restraints as have appeared to be necessary. It is the creature of law, and exists only at the pleasure of the Legislature. It is made to rest on an actual specie basis, in order to redeem the notes at the places of issue, produces no dangerous redundancy of circulation, af fords no temptation to speculation, is attended by no in flation of prices, is equitable in its operation, makes the Treasury notes, which it may use along with the certi ficates of deposit, and the notes of specie paying banks, convertible at the place where collected, receivable in payment of Government dues—and, without violating any principle of the Constitution, affords the Govern ment and the people such facilities as are called for by the wants of both. Such, it has appeared to me, are its recommendations, and in view of them it will be sub mitted, whenever you may require it, to your consi deration. I am not able to perceive that any fair and candid ob jection can be urged against the plan, the principal out lines of which I have thus presented. I cannot doubt but that the notes which it proposes to furnish at the vo luntary option of the public creditor, issued in lieu of the revenue and its certificates of deposit, will be maintained at an equality with gold aua silver everywhere. They are redeemable in gold anti silver on demand, at the places of issue. They are receivable everywhere in payment of Government dues. The Treasury notes are limited to an amount of one-fourth less than the esti mated annual receipts of the Treasury, and in addition they rest upon the faith of the Government for their re demption. If all these assurances are not sufficient to make them available, then the idea, as it seems to me, of furnishing a sound paper medium of exchanges may be entirely abandoned. If a fear be indulged that the Government may be tempted to run into excess in its issues at any future day, it seems to me that no such apprehension can rea sonably be entertained until all confidence in the repre sentatives reale States and of the people, as well as of the ,people: themselves, shall be lost. The weightielt corisideraticeii of policy require that the constraints nOw proposed to be' thrown around the measure should not, for light causes, be removed. To-argue against any pro posed plan its liability to possible abuse, is to reject every expedient, since every thing dependent on human ac tion is liable to abuse. Fifteen millions of Treasury notes may be issued as the maximum, but a discretionary power is to be given to the Board of Control, under that anus, and every consideration will unite in leading them to feel their way with caution. For the eight first years of the existence of the late Bank of the United States, its circulation barely exceeded 4,000,000 dol. ; and for five of its most prosperous years, it was about equal to 16,000,000 dol. ; furthermore, the authority given to re ceive private deposits to a limited amount, and to issue cer tificates in such sums as may be called for by the depositors, may so far fill up the channels of circulation as greatly to diminish the necessity of any considerable issue of Treasury notes. A restraint upon the amount of private deposits has seemed to be indispensably neces sary, from an apprehension, thought to be well-founded, that in any emergency of trade confidence might be so far shaken in the Banks as to induce a withdrawal from them of private deposits, with a view to ensure their un questionable safety when deposited with the Govern ment, which might prove eminently disastrous to the State Banks Is' it objected that it is proposed to authorise the agencies to deal in bills of exchange? It is answered that such dealings are to be carried on at the lowest pos sible premium—are m ade to rest on an unquestionably sound basis —are designed to re-imbarse merely the ex penses which would otherwise devolve on the Treasury, and are in strict subordination to the decision of the Su preme Court, in the case of the Bank of Augusta against Earle and other reported cases, and thereby avoids all conflict with State jurisdietion, which I hold to be indispen sably requisite. It leaves the banking privileges of the States without interference—looks to the Treasury and the Union—and, while furnishing every facility to the first, is careful of the interests 9f the last. But, above all, it is created by law, is amendable by law, and is repealable by law; and, wedded as I am to no theory, but looking solely to the advancement of the public good, I shall be amongst the very first to urge its repeal, if it be found not to subserve the purposes and objects fur which it may be created. Nor will the plan be submitted in any overweening : confidence is the sufficiency of my own judgment,. but with much greater reliance on the wisdom and patriotism c Congress: I cannot abandon this subject, withoet urging upon you, in the most em phatic manner, whatever may be your action on the sug gestions which I, have felt it to be my duty to submit, to relieve the Chief xectitive Magistrate by any and all constitutional means, froni a controlling power over the public Treasury. If, in th© plan proposed, should you deem it worthy of your:consideration, that separation is not as complete as you may' desire, you will, doubtless, amend it in that particular. Fur myself; I disclaim all desire to have auy control over the public mono) s, other than what is indispensably necessary to execute the laws which you may pass. Nor can I fail to advert, in this connection, to the debts which many of the Sates of the Union have con tracted abroad, and under which they continue to labour. That indebtedness amounts to a sum not less than :200,000,000 and which has been retributed to them, for the most part, in works of internal improvement, which are destined to prove of vast importance in ultimately advanc ing their prosperity and wealth. For the debts thus con tracted the States are alone responsible. I can do no more than express the belief, that each State will feel itself bound, by every consideration of honour, as well as of interest, to meet its engagements with punctuality. The failure, however, of any one State to do so, should in no degree affect the credit of the rest; and the foreign capitalist, will have no just cause to experience alarm as to all other State stocks, because any one or more of the States may neglect to provide with punctuality the means of redeeming their engagements. Even such States, should there be any, considering the great ra pidity with which their resources are developing them selves, will not fail to have the means, at no very distant day, to redeem their obligations to the uttermost far thing ; nor will I doubt but that in view of that honourable conduct which has heretofore governed the States, and the People of this Union, they will each and all resort to every legitimate expedient, before they will forego a faithful compliance with their obligations. From the Report of the Secretary of War, and other Reports accompanying it, you will be informed of the progress which has been made in the fortifications de signed for the protection of our principal cities, road steads, and inland frontier, during the present year; - - together with th e i r t rue s t a te a nd condition. They will be prosecuted to completion with all the expedition which the means placed by Congress at the disposal of the Executive will allow. I recommend particularly to your consideration, that portion of the Secretary's Report which proposes the establishment of a chain of military posts, from Coun cil Bluffs to some point on the Pacific Ocean, within our limits. The benefit thereby destined to accrue to our citizens engaged in the fur trade, over that wilder ness region, added to the importance of cultivating friendly relations with savage tribes inhabiting it, and at the same time of giving proteetbm - to our frontier set tlements, and of establishing the means of safe inter course between the American settlements at the mouth 'of the Columbia River, and those on this side of the Rocky Mountains, would . _seem to suggest the importance may benf pthreacxticaarbyle.will place of carrying into effect the reco mmendations upon this head with as little of present condition o e t ff •i a h r a t t i w m i p li or b t e - The Report the del a a Secretary s you iu possession of the ant arm ,of the national defence. _Every efficiency', and 1 ca nnot.o too strongly made to add to its t that b ranch of urge upon you, liberal appropriat ions the public service. Inducements. .or the weightiest i t n'• Our maritimea ty-Ont:tier, ca ll s ractor exist for the adoption of tins course of p extended and otherwise exposed for protection, to the furnishing of which an efficient naval force is indispensable. We look to no foreign con quests. nor do we propose to enter i nto competition with ocean ; but it i s any ocher nation for supremacy on the 0 , due not only to the honour, but to the security th e peo ple of the United States, that no nation should .be per mitted to invade our waters at pleasure, and subject our Economy in and villages to conflagration or pillage. in all branches of the public service, is due from c all the ) public agents of the people—but parsimony alone would suggest the withholoing of the necessary means, for the . protection of our domestic firesides from invasion , and our national honour from disgrace. I would most earnestly recommend to Congress, to abstain from all appropria tions, for objects not absolutely necessary ; but I take Upon myself; without a moment of hesitancy, all the re sponsibility of recommending the increase and prompt equipment of that gallant navy which has lighted up every sea with its victories, and spread an imperishable glory over the country. The Report of the I ostmaster-General will claim your particular attention, not only because of the valuable suggestions which it contains, but because of the great importan ce which, at all times, attaches to that interest ing branch of the public service. The increased expense of transporting the mail along the principal routes, neces- sarily claims the public attention; and has awakened a corresponding solicitude on the part of the Govern ment. The transmission of the mail must keep pace with those facilities of inter-communication which arc every day becoming greater through the building of railroads, and the application of steam-power—but it cannot be dis guised that, in order to do so, the Post-office Department is subjected to heavy exactions. The lines of communi cation between distant parts of the Union are, to a great extent, occupied by railroads, which, in the nature of things, possess a complete monopoly, and the Depart ment is therefore liable to heavy and unreasonable charges. This evil is destined to great increase in fu ture, and some tim e ly measure may b ecome necessary to guard against it. I feel it my duty to bring, under your consideration a practice which has grown up, in the administration of the Government, and which, I am deeply convinced, corrected. I a ll u d e to th e exerc i se o f t h e oug ht to be p ow er, which usage, rather than rea son , h as ves t e d i n the Presidents, of removing incumbents from office, in order to substitute others more in favour with the domi nant party. My own conduct, in this respect, has been governed by a conscientious purpose to exercise the re moving power, only in cases of unfaithfulness or inabi lity, or in those in which its exercise appeared neces sary, in order to discountenance and suppress that spirit active partisanship on the part of holders of office, which not only withdraws them from the steady and impartial discharge of their official duties, but exerts an undue and injurious influence over elections, and de grades the character of the Government itself, inas much as it exhibits the Chief Magistrate, as being a party, through his agents, in the secret plots or opon workings of political parties. In respect to the exercise of this power, nothing should be left to discretion which may safely be regulated by law ; and it is of high importance to restrain as far as possible, the stimulus of personal interests in pub lic elections. Considering the great increase which has been made in public offices, in the last quarter of a • •n!ttry, and the probability of farther increase, we incur the hazard of witnessing violent political contests, di rected too often to the single object of retaining office, by those who are in, or obtaining it, by those who are out. Under the influence of these convictions I shall ordially concur in any constitutional measures for regu ating, and by regulating, restraining, the power oPre moval. I suggest for your consideration, the propriety of making, without further delay, some specific applica tion of the funds derived under the will of Mr. Smith son, of England, for the diffusion of knowledge ; and which have, heretofore, been vested in public stocks, until such time as Congress shonld think proper to give them a specific direction. Nor will you, I feel confident, permit any abatement of the principal of the legacy to be made, should it turn out that the stocks, in which the investments have been made, have undergone a depreciation. In conclusion, I commend to your care the interests of this district, for which you are the exclusive legislalors. Considering that this city is the residence of the Govern ment, and, for a large part of the year, of Congress, and considering, also, the great cost of the public buildings, and the propriety of affording them at all times careful protection, it seems not unreasonable that Congress should contribute towards the expense of an efficient police. Washington, Dec. 7, 1841. JOHN TYLER. STATUE OF WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, DEC. 1, 1841. The colossal statue of Washington was placed to-day upon the pedestal erected for it in the Rotunda of the Capitol, in presence of a large number of persons. It is a magnificent piece of statuary, and the front view is particularly imposing. It is all hewn from one piece of marble. Washington is represented as sitting in his chair of state, with his right hand pointing upwards, and his left grasping the hilt of a sword inversed. The statue (after the model of Jupiter Tonans) is eleven feet in height. On one side of the chair is a carving repre senting Phaton in his fiery car, and on the other a young Hercules strangling a serpent. On the base of the chair is this inscription Simulacrum istud ad magnum libertatis exemplum nec sins, nec sape duraturum, Horatio Grenough Faciebat. The pedestal on which it stands is thirteen feet in height, making 25 feet from the surface of the Rotunda to the top of the figure. The likeness is recognized by every one, as taken from the best pictures of Washing ton, with which all are so familiar—the profile has a striking resemblance to General George Washington, of George Town, the nearest living male relative, who was present to-day. Some think the style of the statue too Roman to suit American tastes, preferring him in regi mentals ; but these crude notions will wear away in time It weighed thirty thousand pounds, and cost in all as many dollars. Mr. Easby is the modern Archimedes who raised it to its destined elevation. He was assisted by a large force of seamen from the navy yard. There is one objection—it takes too much space in the Rotunda; and the light strikes it from above, instead of from the side. The black bronze figure of Jeffemon has been re moved, and Capt. Levy can take it himself. N PIIILZDELPHIA, DEC. 2. Yesterday the city was thrown into no little confusion on ascertaining that several forgeries had been com mitted on our banks by a youth, a clerk with the firm o t Messrs. Massey and Co., whose place of business is 27, South Wharves. This clerk, whose name is Maurice Pitcher, left the city on Tuesday in a mysterious manner, when, for the first time, a suspicion was excited in refe rence to the manner in which he had kept his accounts. The bank books of the firm were inspected, and a visit made to each of the banks in which they kept ac counts, when it was ascertained that forgeries to the amount of several thousand dollars had been perpetrated. On the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank the forgeries amounted to $5,000; on the Bank of North America they amounted to $4,000 ; on the Bank of Pennsyli7ania to $2,500 ; ou the Phila delphia Bank to $1,500 ; and on the Mechanics' Bank to $5OO. The forgeries on the Bank of North America were committed in the name of Mr. Emanual Eyre alone ; the others were in the name of the firm. On an inspection of the checks, it appears that the sig natures have been carefully traced, by holding genuine checks between them and a strong light, as they are ex ecuted in a style calculated to deceive almost any unsus pecting person. Pitcher, it is believed, has gone to New York with the proceeds of this transaction, but from the efforts now being made for his capture, he will no doubt, be taken in a few days. He is the same individual who, with a brother, figured in the extensive speculations of the distinguished master Brooks, who, you may remember something over a year since, then not ten days out of the Penitentiary, proposed to enter into the transportation business, married " the pretty bar-maid" of Franklin-place, and by his address imposed upon car builders, holders of depot property, several merchants, and, by plausible and seductive pro mises, inveigled the two young Pitchers, both under twenty years of age, with others, to leave their situations, with the view of serving with him in his new business. These young lads were with him for three or four weeks, until he was discovered to be a swindler, and were with him indicted for a conspiracy to defraud; but it being the general opinion that the lads were " more sinned against than sinning," they were both acquitted. It is now feared that the virus of the villain Brooks took deeper root than the public hoped for, and that at least one of them is thoroughly innoculated with crime, if indeed there was no disposition to take it in the natural way. The present supposed criminal is about nineteen years of age, five feet six or seven inches high, with red dish hair and a florid complexion. Reinhart, the convict for murder in the Reading gaol, yesterday morning, having previously by some means freed himself of his irons, rushed past the female who had taken him his breakfast, and made his escape. He was shortly after captured, not, however, until he had re ceived a gun shot wound in the arm. The business in Stocks to-day was again light at prices much as yesterday. Sales IN ere almost wholly confined to State Fives at 60. They closed at 594 bid. Exchange on New York has again advanced to si. OFFICIAL—TREASURY NOTES. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, DEC. 2, 1841.—Amount of Treasury Notes issued under the provisions of the Acts of Congress of 1837, 1838, 1839, 1840 : $26,681,337 53 Redeemed of that amount 25,103,571 30 Leaving outstanding 51,577,766 23 Issued under Act of Feb. 15, 1841, viz.:— Prior to the 4th of March... 673,681 32 Since the 4th of March... 5,423,300 97 Making 6,096,982 29 Returned to the Treasury of that amount 415,890 68 5,651,091 61 Making the aggregate outstanding on the Ist instant 57,228,857 84 W. FORWARD, Secretary of the Treasury. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. NEW YORK MONEY MARKET, DEC. 2.—The sales at the Stock Board to-day were to a fair extent, but prices varied materially. Delaware and Hudson improved *, Stonington I, Paterson I, Mohawk Bank of America ; Long Island declined I, Illinois 6's 1- per cent., Indi ana s's ; sales of Bills on Philadelphia 5 a 51, Balti more 4, Mobile 10, New Orleans 6 a 6i. The ship Baltimore, tor Havre, carries out 53,000 Mexican dollars. :Anothei`sale - of the State credit was made to-day at auction, being 1014,000 dollars six per cent. stock, no minally at par. The actual price was much less than that. RATE OF SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE. $13,000 Illinois 6's, 1870, 3,t300 N. Y. State s'i 1858 1,000 Kentucky Bonds 5,000 Indiana Stl' 2,000 Indiana Dol. Bonds 120 Ditto Delaware and Hudson. 25 Ditto Manhattan Bank .. 10 Ditto State Bank 13 Ditto Bank of America 50 Ditto Patterson R. 50 Ditto Boston and Prov 100 Ditto Harlem ... b3 14 250 Ditto Lon g Island Railroad 10 Ditto Ohio Trust Co •• • • .. 25 Ditto F armers ' Loan 25 Ditto C anton Co. . nw 20 100 Ditto Vieksburgh .. .. k 10 Ditto Mohawk it an 62 25 Ditto N. J ersey It 75 Ditto Stonin gton 24 $6 , 000 E x chan ge on Phil adelphia szeoun B oARD. 60 shares Long .. . 'tto Harlem R ....................................... 16 Canal-stre e t 50 Dit.. . bbls of $l,OOO Indiana _ years lease of STATE OF TRADE.—The f0110wing;................... 33i was made at auction to-day. Pots have Twenty of real estate two-story house No. 194, , tree rent, sold for $5,000. of ground Ashes.—Since our last, about lon been sold at $6. No transactions in p earl s worth re porting. Cotton--The market remains dull. Flo!" — The market is rather u nsettled. The lar ge receivers refuse to sell common brand s Canal short of $6.50 , ? however have been made by som e holders at $ 6.25. 'ales rs NEW YORK MONEY MARKET, DF.e. 7. There has been a small business done in Stock s to day, and prices show but little variation. Delaware and Hudson declined 1 ; Harlem I f ; Canton 4 ; Long Island k ; Paterson rose -1 ; sales of Indiana Bonds at a declin e of 4 ; bills on Philadelphia 5 a 54 ; Baltimore Sit a 4. The Clinton County Bank failed yesterday at Albany, as we lon.. since predicted. 'The following is a li st of th e safety fund banks which have failed lately :-- BROKEN SAFETY FUND BANKS. Banks. Capital. Circulation. Wayne County Bank sloo,ooo $144,392 Bank of Buffalo 200,000 195,000 Commercial Bank of N. York 500,000 121,370 Commercial Bank of Buffalo 400,000 246,000 City Bank of . Buffalo - 268,922 Commercial Bank Oswego Clinton Co. Bank 200,000 193,616 Total . $2,250,000 $1,385,396 -- --=.. THE KN, 1,6 k Against each and all of these banks have we cati: tioned the public, and sounded the alarm in season to prevent loss. There are many others on the brink of an explosion ; among them the Yates. County, Chatacqui, Bank of Lyons, and the Genesee County Banks in par ticular. The weakness of these last-mentioned banks, arises immediately from the disastrous speculations in flour. There is now in this city over 200,000 barrels of flour, which cost the miller over 7 del. 25 c. per barrel, and which cannot now be sold f9r 6 dol. 25 c.; the con sequence is, that the drafts go back upon the Rochester banks, and, added to their other difficulties, will bring them down. ABOLITION IN THE HOUSE-TEMPER OF ___ THE WHIGS-THE -MESSAGE. WASHINGTON, DEC. 6, 1841.—We are to have a pro tracted fight on that most refreshing topic, abolition. The go-by was given to it for to• day, but it.is to be met and settled before any other business can be acted upon. It is difficult to say,whether the Northern or Southern men are most fanatical on this subject. A majority from all sec tions of the country are disposed to consider it tem perately, and without reference to personal objects; but there are always a few men in Congress who have some' petty interest to subserve by keeping alive an excitement, and they uniformly make a parade of the championship of the right of petition on the one hand, or of slavery on the other. If this class of men could be kept quiet, the difficulty would be settled at once. Let a Select Com mittee be raised, to which all abo'ition petitions shall be referred. Let Mr. Adams be the chairman, and let the Committee be composed entirely of rational men from the free States, and we shall have a unanimous report, which would be acceptable to all parties in the House, with the exception of ten or a dozen red-mouthed Abolitionists, who are bent on mischief. Unless some such plan is agreed upon, we shall have the same scenes of agitation and irritation year after year. A report from such a Committee would put an end to all discus sion and excitement for ten years to come. The question of the right of petition has become so mixed up with abolition, that, with hardly a dozen Aboli tionists in the House, about one-half of the members are arrayed against the South on the question of the recep tion of petitions. •At the extra session there was a, pro position for the adjustment of this question, but- it was never fairly presented, and the whole matter was laid over by common consent. Froin present indications, but a small portion of the Whigs will support the fiscal scheme of the. Admini stration. There is more bitterness toward th9,,l' r resideut among the Clay-men than was anticipated. . TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION.—SENATE. MONDAY, DEC. 6.—The Seeond Session of the Twenty seventh Congress, commenced this day, at 12 o'clock. with a full attendance of Senator* The President pro tem. having announced that there Was a quorunrpresent, a Message was sent to the House of Representatives to communicate that fact, and a Committee was appointed to wait upon the President of the United States, with a joint Committee from the. House of Representatives, to inform him that the two Houses were ready to receive any Message which he might have to communicate. The customary resolution for furnishing the Senators wit newspapers was then adopted, and the Senate ad journed until twelve o'clock to-morrow. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The Speaker took the chair at 12 o'clock, and the names of the members were called over, when a quorum was found to be in attendance. Governor Dodge, of Wisconsin, and Mr. Granger, of New York, took the oaths and their seats. A. Dickens, Esq., Secretary of the Senate, appeared below the bar with a message from the Senate, to inform the House that the Senate was ready to proceed to business. THE BOUNDARY QUESTIONS-COMMENCE MENT OF THE ABOLITION DEBATE-THE RULES OF THE HOUSE. Mr. W. Cost Johnson requested the Speaker to dis connect his name from the Committee on the Public LAnds, of which he was Chairman. He intimated that the great question of distribution, in which he had taken a deep interest, had been disposed of, and therefore his services there would be the less required ; but he was de sirous to devote himself to another important subject, and he gave notice, that at the earliest opportunity, he proposed to move that a Select Committee be appointed on the subject of our national boundaries. Whilst he was up, he would make an effort—whether it would be successful he knew not—to proceed with the immediate organiza tion of the House, and therefore he moved that the rules of the 26th Congress be adopted as the rules of this Con gress, until otherwise ordered by the House, or until the Committee appointed at the last Session to revise the rules and report thereon to the House, shall have com pleted their labours. He moved the adoption of the rules which were in force at the close of the 26th Congress, because he knew there were many who disapproved of the rules of the last session—to the one hour rule in par ticular, and he hoped his motion would be adopted. Mr. Adams said he had an amendment to offer to that proposition. He was perfectly willing to adopt the rules of the twenty-sixth Congress, as they existed at the close of its second session, with the exception of the twenty-first rule.=-(Laughter.) The amendment which he had to offer proposed to adopt all the rules of the twenty-sixth Congress, with the exception which he had mentioned. Mr. W. C. Johnson said that the operation of the rules which he proposed to adopt varied but little in re spect to abolition petitions from that of the rules of the last session, for under neither of them did one single abo lition petition reach the table. As, then, there was no matte-nal difference in their operation, why not adopt the rules of the 26th Congress for a few days, so that the bu 'SLOW of the session might be proceeded with?—(Cries of " Question, question.") Air. Adams said the gentleman's statement was in complete, and calculated to mislead. The rules of the last Session extended to all petitions—and not to aboli tion petitions alone—on all subjects that were not dis tinctly mentioned in the President's Message, and certain special eiceptions. Mr. Fillmore foresaw it was indispensable that this question should now be settled. The only question was, which was the best mode to settle it. He was in hopes that some rule would be adopted to govern the House dur ing debate, before they entered upon the discussion of the 21st rule; and for that purpose he was in hopes that a middle course would be taken, and that they should then take up the Report of the Committee made at the last Ses sion, and make it the special order until it was disposed of. If, however, they went into a debate on this exciting subject in the state in which the House then was—with out rules to guide and govern them—they might see scenes of exc 4 .tement and disorder unbecoming the dig nity of the House, and of the nation which they repre sented. He hoped, therefore, that the rules of the last Session would be adopted for a limited time, and that in that time the Report of the Committee at the last Session would be passed upon. Mr. Stanley hoped the proposition of the gentleman from New York (z.ir. Fillmore) would meet the sanction of the House, and he therefore made the motion, as sug gested by that gentleman, that the rules of the last Ses sion be adopted as the rules of this House for fifteen days, and that the Report of the Committee, appointed to revise the rules at the last Session be printed for the House, and be made the special order for to-morrow, and each subsequent day, until disposed of. He hoped they should then go on with the organization of the House. and snake a fair start with the business of the country. To promote this object, he would now move the previous question. Mr. Proffit saw no serious objection to entering upon this discussion at an early period. Mr. Adams—l object to the proposition now made by the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Stanley) be cause it will prevent the presentation of all petitions for fifteen days, which will be in direct opposition to a rule which provides that the presentation of petitions shall be the first business of every morning for the first thirty days of the session. If you take away the right of pe tition from Abolitionists, you take it away from all other' persons. Mr. Charles Brown said he perceived that they were about to commence the same circuit as that in which they ran the last session. He had hoped that the tem per in which they had appeared to meet would have led them to adopt a different course. He then expressed his desire that this question should be fully discussed, and that then the rules should be adopted which should best secure order, and restore peace and harmony. Mr. Wise said hp perceived if they continued that debate they would delay the business of the session for an unreasonable time. He would, therefore, with the general consent of the House, move that a Committee be appointed to join the Committee of the Senate, and wait upon the President of the United States, to inform him that the House was in session and ready to receive 'any communication he might desire to make. He made this motion at this time, because it was the most favourable time ; and perhaps the motion could not be made at all if it were not made then, and they should not in consequence be able to get the Message to -morrow. The motion was unanimously adopted, and Messrs. Wise, Briggs, and Clifford were appointed the Committee on the part of the House. The Speaker then recalled the House to the question before it, namely, the motion of the gentleman from Mas sachusetts (Mr. Adams). . _ The amendment of Mr. Adams was negatived—Ayes 84, Noes 87—majority 3. Mr. Wise reported that the joint Committee of the two Houses had waited upon the President of the United States, and informed him that they were ready to receive any communication which he might desire to make, and that the President replied that he would send a Message to the two Houses to-morrow, at twelve o'clock. On the motion of Mr. Wise the House adjourned. OUR ATTACHMENT TO LlFE.—Charles Lamb observes, " That the young man till thirty never f ee l s practically that he is mortal : he knows it indeed. If need be, he could preach a homily upon the fragility of life. In proportion as the years lessen and shorten, we set more count upon their periods ; and we would fain lay our ineffectual finger upon the spoke of the great wheel."' We cannot help these reflections, even while we enjoy that greatest of all blessings of life—health. To the invalid how vivid are the remembrances of suffering, deriv e d f rom var i ous causes ; an d h ow many affect i onate frie n d s can eac h o f us ca l l to m i nd, whose existence has b een prematurely closed, from that prolific source of nearly all th e that, if "Ills that flesh is heir to ; ' namely, colds and influenz a , from which arise coughs, proceedi ng on ward t o consumption, frequently terminating with possible, still more afflicting disease, asthma. These disorders hitherto deemed incurable, are now, ' by the a id of medical science which has happily led to the discovery o f Balsam of 8 that admirable invention, Holland's Mice, from the Use of which sufferers are not only relieved in all the abeVe cases, but cures, which had been considered hopeless, have been effected, as hundreds of sufferers have already testified. We understand _ that the Rev. John Cruick shank, the father of the Presbytery of Strathbogie, one of the seven ministers nominally deposed by the last General of Monday last, the 20 th inst. Glasse on the morning Assembly, died at the Manse of • 1 SPEECH OF THE KING OF THE FRENCH (From a Second Edition of the Times.) We have received by Extraordinary Express from Paris the King's Speech on the opening of the Session of the ChaMbcrs, which took place yesterday, at one o'clock. The King passed the Bridge de la Concorde at five minutes before one o'clock, on his way to the,,Clnunher of Deputies, in a close carriage drawni by,four horses, and attended by four other carriages. Precautions had been taken to pre vent the approach of any person within musket shot of the line of march, except the military on duty ; even the terraces of the Tuilleries gardens were closed. The King opened the Session of the Chambers with the usual formalities, and with the following Speech from the Throne:— "Gentlemen, Peers, and Deputies—Since the close of your laSt session the questions which ex cited in the East our just solicitude have reached their term. I have concluded with the Emperor of Austria, the Queen of Great Britain, the King of Prussia, the Emperor of Russia, and the Sultan, a Convention which consecrates the corn inon intention of the Powers to maintain the peace of Europe, and consolidate the repose of the Ottoman Empire. "The great burdens imposed upon the country have already experienced considerable reduc tions. It would have been my lively wish that a balance should have been immediately re-es tablished between the expenditure and revenue of the State. This is the result which we must 'new, prepare, and which you will achieve without. : weakening our military organization, and with out deferring the execution of those works which are, to increase the national prosperity. • " A project of law will be presented to you for constructing the principal lines of a gre a t sys tem of railroads, calculated to ensure those rapid and easy communications with 'all parts of our territory, which will prove a source of force and riches to the nation. " I am endeavouring, at the same time, by negotiations prudently conducted, to extend our commercial relations, and to open new markets for the productions of our soil, and of our arts. " Such labours honour peace, and render it stable and fruitful at the same time. I have reason to believe that it will not be disturbed, re ceiving from all the Powers the most amicable assurances. " I have taken measures to prevent any exter nal complication from disturbing the security of our African possessions. Our brave soldiers are pursuing on that land, henceforth and for ever French, the course of their noble labours, in which I am happy that my sons have had the honour of concurring. Our perseverance shall complete the work undertaken by ourconrageous army . , and France will introduce into Algeria her civilisation as the consequence of her glory. "The financial laws and others, having for their object to introduce useful improvements in the public administration, will be presented to you immediately. " Whatever may be the burdens of our situa tion, France would support them without difficulty if faction did not unceasingly obstruct the course of her powerful activity. I will not dwell upon the intrigues and crimes of the factious, but let us not forget, Gentlemen, that it is that which debars our country from fully enjoying all the bles sings which Providence has conferred upon it, and which retards the development of that legal and pacific liberty which France has at last achieved, and of which I make it my glory to ensure her the possession. "We shall follow up this task, Gentlemen. My Government will do its duty. It will main tain everywhere and constantly the authority of the laws, and cause them to be respected, as it will respect them itself. Your loyal support will aid me. In enlightening . the country with persevering sincerity with regard to its true interest, we shall strengthen by its sup port, and by our union keep entire, the sacred deposit of order and public 'liberties which the charter has confided to us. Future generations will reap the fruit of our endeavours, and the gratitude of our country will be our recompense.'' The journals of this day contain two important documents—the declaration of the major part of the newspaper press of Paris, and that of the Com mittee of the Literary Society (Societe des Gens de Lettres), on the late conviction of M. Dupoty, the editor of the Journal du Peuple, by the Court of Peers. The address of the journalists is cool and mo derate up to the last paragraph, which contains in italics, an appeal to the patriotism, and the courage of the National Guards and of all French Citizens. " Take it for granted," says our Correspondent, " that all will pass off quietly." PROBABLE SCHISMS BETWEEN THE FRENCH AND SPANISH GOVERN MENTS. We have by this express received letters from our Madrid Correspondent to the 21st inst. inclu sive. Their contents are important. Our Correspondent writes " Serious difficulties, which will necessitate the sending of several couriers to Paris, have arisen between the Spanish Ministry and the French Ambassador, on the subject of the presentation by the latter of his credentials. " The Spanish Government pretend to the right of exacting that M. de Salvandy (the French Ambassador), shall present his cre dentials to the Regent only, and the instruc tions of M. de Salvandy are positive to present them only to the Queen, but leaving to her Majesty the discretion of communicating them to the Regent (Espartero), who will be present. Thisproposition (our Corresponde n t o b serves ) i s in st rict conformity with the usages, ancient and modern." "It is not possible,"con tinues our correspondent " that this difficulty can be got over before there,- turn of the couriers who have been sent to Paris by M. de Salvandy, and which will be about the 28th inst. It is said here that if the Spanish Government persist in its pretensions, M. de Salvandy has orders to quit Madrid Without pre senting his letters of credit. This would be a deplorable result, and which would impart vast gravity to that difficulty which at first might have only appeared a matter of etiquette." "The _Eco del Comercio.aunounces, under date Gibraltar, December 10, that the English Levant packet had arrived in that harbour in so damaged a condition that she was unable to proceed on her voyage. There were upwards of one hundred passengers on board, and the Fenicio steamer was to be freighted for the purpose of conveying them and the mail to Malta. There were then four ships of the line in Gibraltar, another had sailed for Lisbon, and two more were expected." "The Madrid funds (Actives) on the 21st were at 331 cash ; and 34, 60 days." By this express we have also received our correspondence from Egypt and Turkey, brought by the Levant Mail. It announces. that a total change has taken place in the. Turkish Ministry. . CONVICTION OF IMPOTY. DECLARATION OF THE FRENCH PRESS. The following ISthe - impofant Declaration of French Press against the conviction and 'sentence of M I)upoty. . _ The Journals have published a deelaration against the conviction and sentence of M. Dupoty of a most energetic character, which will be found subjoined. This declara tion has excited a great sensation in Paris : " The press never, at any period, has shown more re spect for legal ord er — never wa s it ex posed to such bitter persecution. Violent and immoral circulars have given the signal to the law officers, forgetting that political considerations should never inspire justice. Innumerable processes have been tried against papers of every shade of opinion. Eight Journals were in one day seized in Paris, on pretenc e o f pu bli c or d er ; that is to say, with out the least presumption of offence. Public writers and gerunts were arrestedon presumption. Many were dragged along the. road chained by the neck, before Judges who declared them not guilty. It required all the firmness of a Jury to hold this re-action in check, whose audacity was unbridled. " The press' had been already attacked in its security and in its rights. It was sought to strike it more di rectly in the person of individuals, in order, without 1 - WEDNESDAY, DECD; ER "29,..1841. doubt, to accomplish this expression of M. Guizot on the discussion of the laws of September, 1835—` We desire not to punish, not to ameliorate, but to suppress, nay, to annihilate, the 734 - press.' "A politital %triter, ind'yith him a journal, have been implicated in the process against the authors and accom plices of the attempt committed Sept. 13, 1841. Had M. Dupoty conspired not one of the undersigned journals would have raised a voice in his favour. Conspirators against the laws deserve to be punished by the laws. M. Dupoty has been accused by the Procurenr-General, not of complicity direct and positive, but of a moral com plicity, and for a political tendency, rather than for a crime or an offence. He has been condemned by the Court of Peers as guilty of a provocation followed by an effect (provocation suivie d'effet), although the Court had not recognised any personal relation between M. Dupoty and the authors of the attempt, and although•it is im possible to find any relation between the article published the 12th of September, by the Journal du Peuple, and the sinister event of the following day. "We respect the principle or a thing judged. We know that no right exists of protesting against the de crees of a tribunal, even when one is convinced of that tribunal having . fallen into error. But it will be per mitted us to point out a result which rises into the pro portions of a public grievance. In a State in which the citizens make a part of the Government, a judicial fact like that which now afflicts and excites even the Minis terial press, ought to alarm society. " The decree of the Court of Peers is not confined to the striking down of a political .writer—it presses upon the very liberty of discussion itself. The jurisprudence that this Act tends to establish goes even far beyond the laws of September ; it is still more menacing, and one more arbitrary has never been so formally stamped with legality. " In order that the laws of September may be made applicable to any writer, book, or Journal, it is essential that the writer should have so directly excited to the assassination of the person of the King, or to the over turning of the power of the laws, that such provocation, even without having produced an effect, should consti tute in itself an actual offence. The writer thus knows whit he did, and to what risks he exposed his honour and his life. But by the interpretation given by the Court of Peers of the law of 1819, every hostile word contemporaneous with a political disturbance, a conspi racy, or an overt act, will be sufficient to constitute com plicity in such acts, and to bring upon the writer penal• ties such as detention, transportation, hard labour, and even death. The feeling Of the times in which we live rises up in horror at the bare thought. " The jurisprudence which flows from the decree of the Court of Peers aggravates the already flagrant in conveniences of this jurisdiction. It is, moreover, a mo tive for demanding that the competence of the peerage may be defined and limited in criminal matters and in political offences; but until this shall have been done, it is another danger created for the press and the country. Public writers are deprived of those guarantees which are a natural right in every civilised community, and which the Revolution of July had promised, and the Charter, had consecrated. The entire press is placed in a permanent state of restraint.' The accusation of moral complicity is suspended over the heads of all writers. It is the law of suspicion that is established against them. " The press cannot accept this position. Writers who take part in daily discussions owe to their country and to themselves to resist, by every legal means, this new system of intimidation. They will resist. " Since the last elections every Ministry, with the ex ception of the existing one, have engaged to reform the laws of September. The public wish calls for a change proportioned to the extent of the evil. We shall pursue it. " The Ministry may continue the desperate struggle in which it is at present engaged with all the forces of power—the press will not recoil before the chances of the combat. whatever these may be. Right and modera tion are and will remain upon our side—we will fulfil a mission, the severity as well us the greatness of which we fully recognise—we will go to the uttermost limits, for we have confidence in our cause as well as in the energy of public spirit. Whenever power has declared deadly war against, it is not the press which has perished. "In circumstances so solemn and so critical, it has ap peared to us necessary to make known to the public, whose suffrage sustains us, and whose sentiments we be lieve we represent, that oer faith in the great principles we defend is not shaken. " We declare then— " With the Charter, that 'the French have the right to publish and t 3 print their opinions, conforming them selves to the laws ; ' " With the Article 69 of the same Charter, that 'the judging of offences of the press belongs exclusively to the Jury ;' " With the Constitution of 1791, that no man can be pursued by reason of the writings which he has published, unless he has designedly provoked disobedience to the laws. " With the Article 202 of the Penal Code, that 4 pro vocation, to be made a crime or an offence, must be direct,' and not the result of a connection, more or less arbitrary, between a fact and the writings which have preceded or accompanied this fact. " With the Article 60 of the Penal Code, that there cannot exist complicity where there is no -knowledge of a plot. " With MM. Royer Collard,'Odilon Barrot, Lamar tine, Berryer, Dufaure, and Dupin, that it is 40t wise to give judicial attributes to a political body, and that, in making the Chamber of Peers a Court for judging the press, its sincerity has been compromised, as w ell as the force of our opinions. " With citizens of all opinions, that the degree of liberty at which a people has arrived may_beSudged by the degree of liberty which its press enjoys, and that in this respect France, since 1830, has positively retrograded. " In fine, that this is a point on which all can agree— writers, electors, deputies, and citizens of every class. It is a duty to refuse concurrence to the policy of any Administration which will not repair the attempts made against public rights by the laws of September, as well as by the last decree of the Court of Peers. "In presence of this situation, we appeal to the Chamber of Deputies—we hope that it will rise to the duty which circumstances impose upon it. " And if, contrary to all expectation, it fails to do its duty, we shall appeal to the electoral body which is in vested with political rights, well convinced that it will not forget the 66th article of the same Charter which which has confided the rights of the press, as well as all other rights consecrated by the Charter to the patriotism and courage of the National Guards and of all French citizens. (Signed) The Commerce, The Echo Francais, The Courrier Francais, The Journal du Peuple, The France, The Revue Independente, The National, The Revue du Progres, The Patrie, The Mode, The Quotidienne, The Charivari, The Siecle, The Corsair. The Temps, " The delegates of the independent provincial press have adhered to the present declaration." It is remarkable that the foregoing is not signed by M. Thiers' paper, the Constitutionnel. DECLARATION OF THE SOCIETY OF LITE RARY ME N. " The Committee of the Society-of Des Gens de Lettres, considering that the fourth article of the social laws is thus conceived : " The object of the Society is to substitute the power of association for the weakness of isolation, to defend and support, by common power, the rights and interests, whether moral or material, of all its members ; ' " Consequently, in all that concerns moral interests, to assure literary men the rights and advantages which belong to intelligence, labour, &c., has decided that the following declaration be rendered public : " The Committee of the Society of Men of Letters has no right to mix itself in a political question. It is therefore in the interest alone of the literary body it re presents that it thinks it right to mark the dangers of an interpretation of the law which would assimilate to coin - plicity,' a thought expressed in a public writing pub lished beforh the, act took place, especially when no re lation whatever existed between the writer and those accused of the guilty act. Such interpretation would take away all personal security from writers, and all freedom from the expression of thought. The author is answerable'fOr his work, as well for its expressed inten tion, as for its direct action ; but the moment it shall be admitted that he is answerable before criminal jurisdic tions for the acts of others, by virtue of a pretended re lation between his work and a deed to which it v. as a stranger, all security will have disappeared, the liberty, and consequently the dignity, of letters will be compro mised, and one of the most sacred principles, as well as the most civilising of our institutions, will be perilled. " Paris, Dec. 23, 1841. ARAGO, de l'lnstitute President. CAUCHOES LEMAIRE, } Vice Presidents. FELIX PYAT, LOUIS VIARDOT, CLAUDON, Rapporteurs, ALTAROCHE, J. DAVID, Secretaries. HENRI CELLIEZ. HENRI MARTIN. ` . 4. a LOUIS DESOUYERS. P E TRE CHEVALIER. • CHARLES DIDIER. LOUIS REYBAUD. HIPPOLYTE LUCAS. GEORGE SAND. A, LUCHET. F. TimaE." THE KING OF PRUSSIA. The Presse is very jealous of the visit of the King of Prussia to England, assuring its readers that a commer cial treaty with the German League, highly favourable to England, will result from it. REDUCTION OF WAGES.-EMPLOYERS AND THE EMPLOYED. —One of the largest works in Ayrshire has reduced the rate of wages to the workers within the last week—others will imitate the example. We do not wonder at the reduction in wages in any part of the country ; the wonder is .that they are still so great. When masters.suffer, the workmen feel the immediate and insuperable consequence. , When- profits are good, the demand fur labour i 3 enhanced, and better and more constant wages•follow,-as a' necessary consequence. We are yet to learn that'cheap provisions would lower the price of labour. What we do know' is; that emplver and employed`sufter alike ; when the one is in difficulties, he has no alterriative. but to fall back on a cheaper sys tem. Our upuratives have been long instructed to believe that their masters have been their natural enemies ; but times like these unravel mysteries. Who are the mas ters, as they are called ? Unprivileged workmen, who have emerged, by their own industry and talent, from their own rank, giving bread to thousands, the discon tinuance of which is the cause of so much argument. Who are the masterk? Ask the Gazette.—Glasgow Argus. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.—On Sunday afternoon the premises of Mr Catton, cheesemonger, of Lambeth walk, were robbed of the till, the cash-box, and every moveable article which the thieves could lay their hands on. Mr. and Mrs. Catton spent the day in the country, and left the house unprotected. The shopman, who was the first to give the alarm, has been taken into custody EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals—The Romeo, Pollock, from Bengal, in .the Downs, sailed Aug. 5, Cape Oct. 23 ; Anna Robertson, Hamilton, from Madras, in the Downs, sailed Sept. 5, Cape Oct. 23 ; Osceola, West, from Bombay, in the Downs, sailed Aug. 27, St. Helena Nov. 5 ; Amity, Bell, from China, at Liverpool, sailed May 29, Cape Oct. 6 ; Nith, Shaw, from _Bengal, sailed Aug. 11, St. Helena Nov. 5 ; Maid of Mona, Sievie, from Ben gal, in the Downs, sailed July 1, Cape Oct. 10, St. Helena Oct. 28 ; Adelaide, Dryden, from Port Philip, off Dover, sailed Aug. 10, Pernambuco Nov.; Apolline, Deane, from China, off Dover, sailed July 17; SL Helena, Nov. 2 ; Navarino, Warming, from Bengal, off Margate, sailed Aug. 9, St. Helena Nov. 5 ; Balfour Butler, from Bombay, at Liverpool, sailed Aug. 26, St. Helena Nov. 4 ; Samson, Brown, - from Bengal, in the Downs, sailed Sept. 1. St. Helena Nov. 6 ; Chanticleer, Wilson, from Mauritius, in the Clyde, sailed Sept. 25, Ascension Nov. 9 ; Herculean, Grindall, from Bombay, at Liverpool, sailed Sept. 5, St. Helena Nov. 3. Arrivals in Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope—The Earl of Clare, Scott, Oct. 24, from China ; Beatson, from Bombay ; Tapley, Mallory, from Cal cutta ; Joshua Carroll, Lieut. Charles Crowley in chart• . trom Zanzibar, detained by her Majesty's ship Lily ; Hero, Cloyde, 21st, from Algoa Bay ; Claudine, Brewer, 21st, from Madras ; Candahar, Ridley, from Bombay. Departures from Table Bay—St. George, Oct. 15, to Calcutta ; William Salthouse, Burn, to Port Philip ; Plantagenet, Domett, 20th, to Calcutta ; Thomas Wood, Gray, to Calcutta ; Briton, Barrow, 21st. Arrivals in Algoa Bay—Louisa, M'Donald and Couch, Bell, Oct. 12, from Table Bay ; Friends, Brown, 12th, from New London, and sailed, 13th, for whaling. Departure from Algoa Bay—Laura, Day, Oct. 10, to Mauritius. Arrivals at Mauritius—Exmouth, Cook, Sept. 13; Champion, Budd, and Gentoo, Dods, 13th, from Bengal; Fortitude, Mutton, from Lombock, bound to Cowes, put in fur medical assistance ; Rainbow, Winn, from Algoa Bay ; Caledonia, Laturg, 17th, from Tamatave ; Alfrid, Anderson, 19th, from the Clyde ; Lerwick, Currie, 22d, from Penang ; Janet Boyd, Topping, from Calcutta. . Departures., from Mauritius—Maria, Palmer, Sept. 12, and Isabella, Cole, 13th, to Calcutta; Charles Heddle, Clement, and King Fisher, Stains, to Madagascar ; Martha, Donaldson to Madras and Calcutta. The Ann Gales, Giles, from China to Sydney, which put in here 12th inst. dismasted, grounded on a. reef in entering the port, but was towed off, and has discharged to be hove down. Ships loading, 24th Sept.—For London, Juliana,' Parker; Arabella, Jackson; SuccessiGorllon; Richmond, Furber; Sir Charles Forbes, Bacon; and Minerva, Mills. For Liverpool—Frances Ann, Thomson. For England —Amphitrite, Ansell. For the Clyde—lmogen, Shields. Arrivals at St. Helena—Black Nymph, Hall, Nov. 2, from Singapore, and sailed 3d to London ; Rota, Carl, 3d, from Batavia, and sailed 3d to Copenhagen ; Graven hage, 3(1, from Batavia to Rotterdam ; Vanguard, from Singapore to London ; Bombay, 4th, from Bourbon to Bordeaux ; Bahamian, Stroyen, sth, Bengal to Liverpool. Arrivals at Port Philip—Caroline, July 30, and Ade laide, from Itaart Town ; Sea Horse, 31st, from Syd ney ; Hamilton, Bradbury, Aug. 1, from London ; Aus tralasian Packet, from Sydney ; Catherine, 2d, from Sydney; Will Watch and Paul Pry, 4th, from Launceston. Departure from Port Philip—Ann Sophia, Aug. 9, to Port Nicholson. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. The Middleton harriers will meet on Friday, at Bess Bottom-11. The N. F. 11. on Thursday, at Roche Court; Saturday, at Ashley Lodge-101. The Hambledon hds. Fri., at OWselbury Down-101. The Brecon hounds, Friday, at Talwen-10. The Carmarthen hounds, Saturday, at Foxhole-10. The Hursley hounds on Friday, at Tanner's Pond. The H. H. Thurs. Lannard Farm; Sat. Herriard-102. Mr. Morgan's (Ruperra) hounds on Thursday, at Piecorner ; Saturday, at Castletown-101. The Cowbridge harriers on Thursday, at the Three Ashes; Saturday, at Clementine Gate-101. Tickham hounds, Thursday, Tong Mills-10i. Cambridgeshire hounds, Fri., Downing Arms-101. Puckeridge hounds, Saturday, Great Minden. Mr. Watson's hds., Sat., Morpeth Quarry Bank-10. Allendale hounds, Saturday, Park Gates-9 Staley hounds, Saturday, Bog Hall Plantation-9. Haydon hounds, Saturday, Kennel-9. Berkshire hounds, Friday, Foxcomb Hill-101. Prudhoe and Derwent hounds, Saturday, Kennel-10 Whitefield harriers, Thursday, Troy Mill-10. Odiham har., Thur., Clay Hatch Clump of Firs-10-i. Duke of Grafton's hounds, Friday, Wappenham-104. Sir W. Carew's hounds Saturday, Stover Lodge. The F. B. hds., Sat., Punch Bowl Inn, near Trelis sick-10. Sir John Cope's hds. Friday, at Mortimer ; Saturday at Lodden-bridge-101. The Pembrokeshire hds. Thurs., Blackpool Mill-101 The Tiryside hds. Thurs., Pontersally Bridge-10. The Torquay harriers, Thurs., Lumitor Berry. The BorOughbridge harrs. Fri., Clet,House—:lo. The Marquis of Hastings's hds. Sat., Draycott-104 The Duke of Beaufort's hds. Thurs., Dyrham Park. Lord Portman's hounds Friday, Milton Park. The Tytherley hars. Friday, Sutton Scotney Road. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, DEC. 29, Her Majesty's Servants will perform the Play of THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, from the Text of Shakspeare. Duke, Mr. G. Bennett; Antonio, Mr. Phelps ; Bassanio, Mr. Aoderson; Lorenzo, Mr. Elton ; Shylock, Mr. Macready ; Portia. Mrs. Warner ; Neris,a, Mrs. Keeley ; Jessica, Miss E. Phillips. After which will be repeated the New Christmas Pantomime, ea led HARLEQUIN AND DUKE HUMPHREY'S DIN NER OR, JACK CADE, THE LORD OF LONDON STONE: Doors to be opened at Half. past Six, and the Performance to begin at Seven o'clock. Boxes 55., Second Price, 2i. 6,1. Pit 35., Second Price 2.5. Lower Gallery Is. 6d., second Pr ce Is. Upper Gallery la., Second Price 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-UAR6E.P4. UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRP THIS EVENING, DEC. 28, Will be presented the Historical Drama of CHARLES THE TWELFTH.—CharIes the Twelfth, Mr. W. Farren ; Adam Brock, Mr. Bartley ; Eudiga, Madame Vestris. After which, the Farce of FREE AND EASY.—Sir John Freeman, Mr. Charles Mathews; Mr. Charles Courtley, Mr. Bartley ; Michael, Mr. Harley ; Gertrude, Mrs. Orger. After which will be repeated the New Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled GUY EARL OF 'WARWICK ; OR, HARLEQUIN AND THE DUN COW. Doors to te opened at half-past Six—the performances to commence at Seven. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second Circles, ss. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 35.; Second Price. 25. ; Gallery, h. Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken of 11r. Grogan at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had upon application. Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller, 1.67 New Bond-street. To-morrow, Norma, with the New Pantomime. AWYAL SURREY THEATRE.. UNDER Ti-1E 11IANA(JERIEN'f OF MR. DAVIDGE AND MR. WILLIS JONES. The most extensive Christmas Novelties ever produced. Al the talent of London. Grandeur and expence unequalled All New. THIS EVENING. DEC. 29, Will he acted a New Domestic Drama, entitled MADAME LAFFARGE, from Memoirs written by Herself. To conclude with a Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN AND THE ICE QUEEN; OR, JACK FROST AND KING SHAM.—With gorgeous and charac teristic Scenrry, splendid Properties, ludicrous and Quaint Dresses, ingenious Tricks, magnificent Panorama by Brun ning, &c. Hatlequin, M. Huline ; Patch, M. Bochet ; Pan taloon, M. Lehman ; Flip, Signor Feliz Carlo ; Clown, Mr. Buckingham ; Columbine, Miss Sharpe. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. ___ UNDER THE DIRECTION OF Niit. OSBALDISTON. Splendour—Novelty —Attraction and Interest ! Undoubted ! Unequalled I Unprecedented; THIS EVENING, DEC. 29, Will be acted, SUSAN HOPLEY ' • or, THE TRIALS AND VICISSITUDES OF A SERVANT GlRL.—Wil liam Dean, Mr. E, F. Saville; Dicky Dean, Mr. Paul; Susan Hopley, Miss Vincent (the acknowledged Heroine of Domestic Tragedy), After which, ROBERT MACAIRE.—Robert Macaire, Mr. E. F. Saville ; Jacques Strop, Mr. Gardner. To conclude with a New Grand Romantic Aerial Comic Pan tomime, entitled HARLEQUIN PETER WILKINS ; OR, THE KING OF THE AIR AND THE FLYING IN DIANS,—With new and extensive Scenery, Dresses, Decora tions, Tricks, Transformations, and Effects—A new Nautical Panorama, to be entitled " Our Native Sea-girt Isle !" con sisting of Maritime Views along the Coast of England. Also, a new Grand Dissolving Diorama, by Childe, the Great Illu sionist ; and the Opening of the Pantomime supported by the Comic Talent of this—the Popular Theatre of London. NEW STRAND THEATRE. SPLENDID CHRISTMAS NOVELTIES. Wednesday, Dec. 29, and every evening during the week, Mr. JACOBS, the ROYAL VENTRILOQUIST and GREAT MODERN MAGICIAN, whose performances during the last two seasons created a great sensation, will, for a third time, have the honour of submitting to the public his unrivalled and truly pleasing performances. His NECROMANTIC TEM PLE will be found superior in every respect to those on former occasions. His Ventriloquism has undergone considerable change and improvement; in the delineation of the various characters he is the first in Europe ; a great treat is afforded to the audience in this department. Mr. Jacobs, in addition to his own interesting entertainment, has added those of Mons. ROSSEAU, the celebrated FRENCH EQUILIBRIST ; Herr KREUZER'S PHAN TASNIAGORIAL DISSOLVING PORTRAITS, which are on an entirely new system ; and the Classical Experiments of the PATAGONIAN WONDERS. The tout ensemble forms a Combination of Talent not to be surpassed. Doors open at half-past Six, commence at Seven. Boxes, 2s. 6d., Children, Is. 6d. ; Pit, Is. 6d., Children, ls. ; Gal lery, 6d. Half-price a Quarter to Nine ; Boles, Is. 6d. ; Is. ; Gallery, no half-price. Carriages to be in waiting Ten Minutes to Eleven. COSMORAMA ROOMS (ROOM 7), 209, REGENT- STREET. - THE IVORY MODEL OF TIIE TAGE MURAL, or Crown of Edifices, at AGRA, in the East Indies. " There is at present an Exhibition at 209, Regent-street, as elaborate a Model as was ever perhaps presented to pub lic view. It is a copy, in • ivory, of the celebrated Tage Muhal, one of the most remarkable edifices in modern Agra, erected in 1650 by Khan Shah Jehan, the fifth Great Mog u l, as the cemetery of his favourite wife, Sultana Mehd This mausoleum is built entirely of white marble, ani some idea may be formed of its splen dour, whoa it is state d to have cost in its erection 60 Lacs of r u p ees, or 75C,000/ Th e M odel occupies f a e n e e t i , and in its point of extent heightit six feet. I is unmatchable, it is als o one of the finest s pecimens of that p is the i work a spice ic o e f ° Indian nine artists, square minuteness of detail and delicate manipulation for which Indian ivory working is so noted. The amount of labour bestowed on this model must have been immense. It is not the hasty pro duct of a day,' but the result of many years' patient applica tion. All the multitudinous carvings and inlayings of the ori ginal building are e x p ressed in t he copy with every appearance of exactness ; nor is the resemblan ce li m i te d to the outs i de alone : the interior is also finished in the same minute style, and contains the tombs of the Shah and his Consort, exqui sitely and elaborately worked. On the whole, this model pre sents a s urprising and beautiful effect, and terms one of the most interesting exhibitions in the metropolis."—Morn. Chron. Open from Ten to Six o'clock, Admission, ls. ; Book, 6d. MORNIISr.O s.r.N,l4f. THE AGE NEWSPAPER. 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CONSUMP- D EATH -BED SCENE— gsiecku-fbleidugsetarituegofillltuferaa.—Kwnoast: u o p f TION," Ike. last sta ge given up as " a bad case, verbally" by his Docro a—a te n i ht, no t over as " the usual shield" (after unseen visits, by ---g ) at a daily) to '6 iiiientit" for his Bone-setting fee (IL 15 ' The crisis when " DEATH" became " the Li word of Lir!' a , a ll near relatives of this young man—were persuaden, to others would in like position—" to grasp at altrals; and adopt the practical views for assisting Nature in th 011760 of Captain Ackerley, for an immediate creation of-an.,6ll;chel change in climate—to relieve by natural moisture , a P I c t he t S 0w1 1 11 1: 23 w- d str p e e ed i ae , t i um u rn ber t ed be , Mouth of this " Gasping Epoch," as well as to e'ne° lll . 2 t, o ut breathing through the " nostrils as the Life " for a liv i n g in health. ter. beenose - Mr. Knot has, since the 23d to the date of this let sea r sleeping under a SHAWL -TENT, about six inches lila c , is his face, under which " covert " at the bedsites ( L e w arts hung one of the vital air, or A S THMATIC LAMP S. Th one Atmosphere —without smoke—from the oil -burning and within, and underneath the Shawl is always a scent' w i t° rarifies the tented space to a regular temperature, likeens 'lure of a tropic SUMMER heat. The Inventor had the ,21- I. of seeing Mr. Knot " revive " at the same ratio ILV; inp oisoni Earl-street, Exeter-street, Lisson-grove, alike • v , fie from the " stormy tempest of spasmodic hurricananecreipectork:- of the sea's tranquillity. The youth's cough' action strong, tion was subdued by soothing sleep, his P ui _Ttion and in perfect time, evidenced the r . 2C ,cp S° as well as by the moistened skin wi th out. ting aAL T roG , GOOD, barring inhumanity, on the cold suf fbea a ne arly a of Saturd mornin. This debilitated PersL.„ cer ing early victim to "professional malice ;" Mr. Knot, f theurner that the Oil of his Lamp had been taken out 0 the Dry, during his " sleep;" the Wet-fog having usurpT_T:o,,,,at„. temperature of his camp-equipage. Providentia4 FM ;,f OR O I .. DiaN't soon re-trimmed the Lamp for him, early, of t h e r ot as ing of Christmas-day," although the:shops were Sri that occasion. ; t. • rfichin This marked "malicious jealousy," ' as L an oily-a-genus at' bute of the human passions—occasioned the molt's' being es f gaished, the wished-for cause and effect bcing father to criminal thought, and its results. The following " audacier,.• note of the Apothecary's-shop Doctor, in set language, " fair . 7 the eye, bite false to the ear,' is offered to the public calumnious attack—.of a falling profession—penned b y aOs d y. under erturbation and isma "My p Dear Sir-I r oii really must not interfere with my Pa tie . nt ' Mr. Knot, or I must take some summary mean of feeling it. Remember -- I do not charge you with any wantthe world or benevolent consideration, but you know th w .d atal l do among believes you to' be insane about your Lamp; the number.—Yours, , very faithfully, YOUNG' 44 THOMAS s of preventing " Piecvlill, D The indecor y ous ecember medical proce B eding that took for preventing Mr. Knot using the above remedy—lucioll‘ had place, after the required effect on his systein--ocls the giving publicity to the above detail, and this question---is , Father and Mother's death and BANKRUPTCY to be followed up by the putting out, of the male branches of this farnlY• su •,1,i4 . within six months ? " Since when th' accurs'd their brother slew; ''' . l • A len, less malicious, poison brew ; Sons fall fall by sisters ;we have known place this cis?. That, which will be believ'd by n one." ,y c. H.ACKER Lr ' Wet, Dec. 28,1841. No. 5, Swallow-street, Qu ,4 , 4. Author of the Vital Flame Lamp for Asthma, C° 144 1 te• The apparatus is obtained for 6s. 6d. If furnished coP3llt the Post-office money order must be for Bs., to h ale °l l e Oa e real . ly v f i o d r e i , n , s c ta ,u n t t ti u n s g e, ef fo T r e persons in a similar state to y Queen Dowager.• the " lu ath-lullaby to sucking bates ' "'Odd Fellow".of this, and next week. --- . 2 8 . THE WEATHER.—NOON, DEcs"f:rititscl' TR h o Thermometer... A m t ; m GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAI°; ...... 2 9 etr... 40 Highest 4O iij inst 2 Barometer 29.92.—Wind «'.—Freezingle Deg: _ - - - DAY ,- HIS HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDG,,S T uteS ,„r Morning 13 minutes after 2. ,"in Evening ......... 9 s O(i i LONDON: H'ii i.- ' 9l • 4 4, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 184 b i'"7 _...—....--_ , a Our Evening Edition yesterday contained, and our present edition contains, the Messagelif the PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES on OPen i " '. Congress, and the Speech of the Ktrro of % s he Session 1841-1842. One is comparatively FRENCH on opening the Chambers for the' and comprehensive,detailing the condition of . the country in relation to foreign States, and giv ols 6 a copious outline of the Legisla tive inea l re d, .' which the PRESIDENT means to bring foriviat,Ot or which he recommends to the attentitiilliot Congress; the other is so meagre that it' do es paratively gull even allude to the late affair in Spain, ° :bri caused a large increase of the French alr l ,,Y rb - s the side of the Pyrenees, and at present` : the relations between that country and On one point only is the Royal Speeelveor;; The two longest paragraphs, constitutingcge'l nea rly the half of it, are devoted to denouncing'the rigid obedience intrigues and the crimes of the factions, and 34,11 vain-boastful threat that the Government *- zealously Ire the Laws of September, and in orcsuee to monstrous mcoonusrtsreousof ifewnst:ore. li ke with a rigour beyond the law. Mr. PresidgrlL TYLER'S Mcssage contains. no word. about ft,c' Lions no allusion to the useful activity Of the 6 19 :,, vernment being obstructed; it.neitlier boasts of ferocity nor threatens punish ment; it;SPeaks of tii' • "enjoyment of freedom," of "the progress of Oa' governia, thil cation," of " the State increasing i n every l, which promotes human and social Kapp ne ss , n !,, and his devout heart, an i ndex, we believe, to the hearts of his countrymen, is filled with gratitudic to the Giver of all Good, " for the protection ant,: merciful dispensations of Divine Providence's The opening passage of Mr. President TyLSII Message supplies a striking contrast, w orthy t°, be studied, to the contemp tible denunciations f?; masses of the French p eo p le by their ---_ - KING. , in„ , The fruits of the confiding ,policy fbe the - r e i publican Government, and of tile, P,_110414P:,,,t1 and coercive policy of the Monarchical,Go93l,-; ment, are made apparent by a passage in t h e Pre s id Speecl Catio n bei ng nature, Louis Project structi railroa Is achi agail Past, y In t th e Pr, t he Gc ting ti tramp' Sod' T he at 'ttrtt ka le the des el* en NV arid psi 1340GL 4 toting tru st, , lg Fonelti, fount the lay Thou Pears s the Sp no Inca produc Written trifli ng fir s t en I Nde 4 e nds tl litide r 'An ter t his sul v 4ri endi,3 not but l'ern ine 48 a ru h as bee , . • .. ~ ?.* . , .saa,4 i ' t) ‘ ....I,' . v,,,, ,. . _,, nu, 4 4 €..~ lff,,, .. ° , AA,..,L . • It ION ct: : ....:,.: t I .... , ... ~ , ~..„ 1 s.Z., , A .. . ~.. r 4 . ,, ArTh 1,-..:4 s , ~,, ; ilift, ~, .....t • , *4".l, s _ f ' . rite • ~~ ~,.