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plain of neglect on the psrt of a community which, de tached as it is from the parental care of the States of Virginia and Maryland, can only expect aid from Con gress as its local Legislature. Amongst the subjects - which claim your attention is the prompt organisation of an asylum for the insane, who may be found, from time to time, sojourning within the district. Such course is also demanded by considerations which apply to branches of the public service. For the nesessities in this behalf I invite your particular attention to the report of the Secretary of the Navy. I have thus, Gentlemen of the two Houses of ongress, presensed you a true and faithful picture of the condition of public affairs, both foreign and domestic. The wants of the public service are made known to you ; and matters of no ordinary im portance are urged upon your consideration. Shall I be permitted to congratulate you on the happy auspices under which you have assembled, and at the important change in the condition of things which has occurred in the last three years ? During that period questions with foreign powers, of vital importance to the peace of our country, have been settled and adjusted. A desolating and lasting war with savage tribes has been brought to a close. The internal tranquillity of the country, threatened by agitating questions, has been pre served. The credit of the Governinerit, which had t xpe rienced a temporary embarrassment, has been thoroughly restored. Its coffers, which, for a season, were empty, have been replenished. A currency, nearly uniform in its value, has taken the place of one depreciated and almost worthless. Commerce and manufactures, a hich had suffered in common with every other interest, have once more revived ; and the whole country exhibits an aspect of prosperity and happiness. Trade and barter, no longer governed by a wild and speculative mania, rests upon a solid and substantial footing ; and the rapid grcwth, of our cities, in every direction, bespeak most strongly the favourable circumstances by which we are surrounded. My happiness in the retirement which shortly awaits me is the ardent hope which I experience, that this state of prosperity is neither deceptive nor destined to be tshort lived ; and that measures which have not yet receivod its sanction, but which I cannot but regard as closely con nected with the honour, the glory, and still more en larged prosperity of the country, are destined, at an early hour, to receive the approval of Congress. Under these circumstances, and with these anticipations, I shall Most gladly leave to others more able than myself the Roble and pleasing task of sustaining the public prove- I shall carry with me into retirement the gratify mg reflection that as my sole object throughout has been to advance the public good, I may not entirely have failed in accomplishing it ; and this gratification is heightened in no small degree by the fact that vs hen, under a deep and abiding sense of duty, I have found myself constrained to resort to the qualified veto, it has neither been followed by disapproval on the part of the people, nor weakened in any degree the:r attachment to that great Conservative feature of our Government Washington, December, IA4I. JOHN TYLER PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. In the Senate the treaty concluded by Mr. Cushing with China has been received and read. It is understood that it secures for the United States many important ad vantages, and it will doubtless be confirmed. Mr. Allen, of Ohio, renewed the motika he offered at the last ses sion, calling on the President for copies of all the cor respondence with Great Britain relating to the Oregon dispute. This motion was finally carried-24 to 16. So this will shortly be blazoned to the world. In the House, Mr. John Quincy Adams has fin .lly succeeded in having the rule of the House rescinded which provided against the reception of petitions refer ring to the abolition of slavery. Those petitions are now on the same footing as all others, and are received and referred. The vote stood 108 to 80. Mr. Adams has been working for this object, which he has now suc cessfully accomplished, for the last ten years. So much of the President's Message as related to the annexation of Texas having been referred to the Committee on Fo reign Affairs, the Chairman of that Committee has re ported a joint resolution for carrying the project into effect. The resolution is as follows : " Joint Resolution for Annexing Texas to the United States. " Resolved, &c.—That annexation and union between the United States and the republic of Texas take effect as settled, the 12th day of Ap ril last, in the folio , in.. words, viz. [Here follows a copy of the treaty of annexation.] " Resolved,—And the said articles are hereby de clared to be the fundamental law of union between the said United States and Texas, so soon as the supreme authorities of the said republic of Texas shall agree to the same. And it shall be the duty of the President of the United States, so soon as he shall be officially notified of such agreement on the part of Texas, to announce the same by proclamation. " Resolved further by the authority aforesaid,—That it is understood and intended that whatever was stipu lated to be done immediately, or at a fixed period, after the exchange of said compact, shall be done immediately or in a like period after the supreme authorities of Texas shall have formally agreed to these resolutions." Mr. Ingersoll gave notice that, on Monday, the 23d instant, he would move to go into Conimittee of the whole House on the state of the Union, for the purpose of tak ing up this Bill. Mr Benton, in the Senate, has introduced his counter proposition, proposing that Texas (proper) be annexed with assent of Mexico. The Bill is as follows: "A. Bill to provide for the Annexation of Texas to the United States. " Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the United States of America in Congress as sembled, that the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, authorised and advised to open negotiations with Mexico and Texas, for the adjustment of bound :- ries and the annexation of the latter to the United States on the following bases, to wit:— " 1. The boundary of the annexed territory to he in the desert prairie west of the Nueces, and along the high lands and mountain heights which divide the waters of the Mississippi from the waters of the Rio del Norte, and to the latitude 42 degrees north. "2. The people of Texas, by a legislative act, or by any authentic act which shows the will of the majority, to/express their assent to said annexation. "3. A state, to be called the State of Texas,' with boundaries fixed by herself, and an extent not exceeding that of the largest States of the Union, be admitted into the Union, by virtue of this Act, on an equal footing with the original States. " 4. The remainder of the annexed territories to be held and disposed of by the United States as one of their territories, and to bo called the South-west Territory.' " 5. The existence of slavery to be for ever prohi bited in the northern and north-western part of skid territory, west of the 100th degree of longitude, west from Greenwich, so as to divide, as equally as may he, the whole of the annexed country between slave-holding and non-slaveholding States. " 6. The assent of Mexico to be obained by treaty to such annexation and boundary, or to be dispensed with when the Congress of the United States may deem such assent to be unnecessary. " 7. Other details of the annexation to be adjusted 1,3 , treaty, so far as the same may come within the scope of the treaty-making. Power." The Bill was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs without being read. The other discussions of Congress, are not of any moment. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. The Secretary of the Navy, in his report, states the navy of the United States to consist of 6 ships of the line, I razee, 14 frigates, 21 sloops of war, 16 brigs and schooners, 3 store ships, and 8 steamers float. There are on the stocks, in en unfinished state, 4 ships of the line, 9 frigates, 1 store ship, an iron steamer at Pittsburgh, and 1 at the navy yard at Washington. The vessels in commission have been thus employ( d: --In the home squadron, under Com. Connor, the frigate Potomac, the sloops Vincennes, Vandalia, and Falmou;h 4 the brigs Somers and Lawrence, and the steamer Union. In the Mediterranean, under Com. Smith, the frigates Cumberland and Columbia, sloops Plymouth and Fair field, and store ship Lexington. On the coast of Brazil, tinder Com. Turner, the Columbus, 74; frigates Raritan and Congress, sloops John Adams and Boston, brig Bainbridge, and schooner Enterprise. In the Pacile, under Commander Stoat, the frigates United States and Savannah; sloops Cyane, Levant, and Warren; schooner Shark, and store ship Relief. The East India squadr,n remains as before, and is under Commander F. A. Parker. The squadron on the coast of Africa, under Commander M. C. Perry, consists of the frigate Macedonia, sloop; Saratoga and Decatur, and brig Passaic. The scptadi under intended changes will mount 83 guns. Of this squadron the report says:— " The operations of the squadron have, it is believed, exercised a favourable influence in preventing the slave trade. With the provision of our law denouncing it as piracy, and the presence of our own naval forces, with authority to visit all vessels under the American flag, it is not probable that our citizens will engage in this graceful and perilous traffic, or our flag be used by others to any great extent. " If other Christian nations would inflict the same punishment on the offenders, it is not improbable that the trade would cease." The following vessels have been employed in the spe cial service designated:—The Constitution to carry H. A. Wise to Bio, and cruise in the Indian Ocean ; 11w steamer Princeton, to try sundry experiments ; the steamer Poinsett, to make surveys near the I3alize ; the brig Truxton, to bring home the remains of Corn. Porter; the steamers, Colonel Harney and General Taylor, to transport recruits and supplies ; the schooner Phenix and brig Oregon, as packets between this country aid the Isthmus of Darien. The force proposed to be em ployed during the year, commencing on the Ist day of July, 1845, consists of 10 frigates, 13 sloops-of-w,:r, 7 brigs, 2 schooners, 4 armed steamers, 3 small steamers, 4 store-ships, and 2 small vessels, less than last year, but more than is authorised by the appropriations. The above particulars comprise everything of interest to the English reads-r. REPORT OF SECRETARY AT WAR. The report of the Secretary at War is a long docu ment, and the everiasting rotation in office principle, practised at the will or caprice of an imbecile or partlsaii executive, secures for the public service all the verdancy inseparable from beginners at every trade. The paper under consideration forms no exception to this remark. We extract from it, however, the following information, only wishing Mr. Wilkins had saved us the trouble of separating it from the froth and bombast with which it is encumbered. We are told that the regular force of the United States army consists of eight regiments of infantry, four of artillery, and two of dragoons, under the command of a Majer-General. Fort Kent, on the Mada waska settlement, has been occupied, so as to give pro tection to United States citizens in that vicinity. The system of defence is so advanced that there is so point north of Cape Hatteras unprotected .; big in order to full security . the Secretary mentions certain prominent positions t which works should be com menced. He recommends the erection of per manent work on Seller's Point Flats, about ten miles below Baltimore ; the resumption of the Work upon Fort Delaware, for which the 20,000 dollars appropriated last year would be sufficient, if it could be rendered available ; the purchase from New York of the position on Staten Island, opposite Fort Hamilton ; the sale or exchange of Fort Gansevoort, and the renewal of Fort Calhoun at the Rip Raps. South of Cape Hatteras enough has not been done. An officer has been engaged in surveying the Florida reef, and has reported that a work should be constructed either at Key West or the Tortugas Rock. The Secretary thinks that the United States can easily become the strongest naval power on the Gulf of Mexico, though the small appropriation of 50,000 dollars he thinks entirely inadequate to the con struction of the required work ; " a million of dollars," he says, " would be a moderate expenditure for such fortifica,;iens as we should have on the Florida reef." Concerning the defence of the gulf, the report further While making allusion to our possession upon the western waters of elements to be employ:el in the defence of the Gulf of Mexico, I am justified in regard to the union of action of the two military powers of the e try, to suggest the expediency of forming, in ample time, depots of coal for the supply of such armed steam ves sels as may be employed upon the coast. " Pursuing this interesting subject of the permanent defence of the commerce and possessions of our southern fellow-citizens upon the gulf, it cannot escape us that Dauphin Island, at the mouth of Mobile Bay, has here tofore attracted the attention of Congress, end has always been recognised by engineers as necessary and fit for the erection of a fortification. Whilst Fort Morgan defends the main channel of entrance, it leaves, without the means of resistance, a free passage to an enemy's steam-ships, through the ample depth of water undo'. Dauphin Island." A - military post has been established at Copper Har bour, on Lake Superior, and the Secretary recommends two others between that place and St. Peter's, the head of navigation on the Mississippi, in order to complete a cordon of posts on our north-we 'tern frontier. lie also urges a renewal of the buildings at Fort Gratiot and Fort Brady, and the construction of a canal at the fal:s of St. Mary's. These measures would secure that fron tier in a military point of view. The Secretary advies the organisation of a territorial government, to be called the Nebraska Territory, and to be confined to the undisputed possessions of the United States on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains. The limits are proposed to include the extreme head of the navigation of the Arkansas, all the good lines of com munication with California, the road from the Unit( d States frontier to the Mexican boundary Santa F 4 and an excellent direct pass to Oregon about 150 miles south of the great south pass. This is projected with a view to its effects upon the jurisdiction over the Oregon territory, and they are forthwith stated. The report says : A territorial organisation of the country, and a military force placed on the very summit whence flo all the great streams of the North American continent, either into the Gulf of M'exico or the Pacific Ocean, would no longer leave our title to the Oregon territory a barren or untenable claim. Its possession and occu. parley would thenceforth not depend upon the naval superiority on the Pacific Ocean. Troops and supplies from the projected Nebraska territory would be able to contend for its possession with any force coming from the sea. Natural obstructions in the navigation of the Columbia river would enable settlements gradu ally to approach the coast in defiance (if it should come to that) of any navy in the world. The time, indeed, might not be distant when these very settlements would supply all the elements which might be needed, of naval strength, to give us our natural and proper position on the Pacific Ocean. In carrying out these views I would recommend an appropriation of 100,000 dollars for erect ing the military posts from the Missouri river to the Rocky Mountains.'' REPORT OF THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL. The Postmaster-General, in his report, says that the department, in the aggregate amounts of four years, mure than pays its expenses, and that the amount of service is greater than ever before. The total revenue for the past year is 4,237,285,83 dollars, and the ex penses are 4,296,857,70 dollars. He says public opinion seems to demand a reduction of post rates. New laws, which shall effectually prevent the private mails entering into competition with the department, are declared to be necessary under any circumstances. The report recommends the employment of Govern ment steamers for transporting the mails between the seaboard cities, to Cuba, to Great Britain, France, &c. Mr. King, the American Minister to France, is nego tiating with that Government for the interchange of mail matters and the pre-payment of postage on letters to and from that country. annual meeting of Congress, in December next, or unless Mexico is informed by them, previous to that time, that she must confine herself to the west side of Eio (impale, Texas will iMmealattly assuble its oftensive attil min th all the means which she an command, and she will not feel restrained from the employment of auxiliary aid in the prosecution of the war. Her action will be an united action, and the limits of her enterprise will not be bounded by the Rio Grande or any other point. The region of Santa INS will be one point from which her operations will progress. Texas can and will marshal as army sufficient to overcome the country dependent on that point. " Should another marauding party of Mexican soldiery make a foray into Texas between this time and the next meeting of Congress, the President will feel himself constrained to assume this attitude from and after the period at which the foray may be made. " In the treaties which the President has concluded with the Indian tribes he has not sought to stimulate them to the massacre of the Mexicans, but, on the eon trary, has endeavoured to inculcate a different course. Mexico has waged a savage war upon this country, and in her forays has associated with her regulars un tutored savages. " If the war is begun by Texas it will necessarily be a war of retaliation. The President has heretofore sought a pacific policy under the most annoying circumstances; but if the war is necessarily begun, he will use all his energies in sustaining it, and in insuring success to the Texian arms. " The feeling in Texas is decidedly in favour of war. The President has deferred the measure thus long, with the hope that another resort to actual war would not he necessary, and that the mediation of the foreign friendly Powers, to whom Texas had protested against the course of Mexico, would be successful. He yet indulges the hope that their interference may not fail. " I have .the honour to be, with the highest respect, your obedient servant, " ANSON JONES." CANADA. HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY.—MONTREAL, Nor. 28. IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO. WAR THREATENED. (From the New York Courier and Enquirer.) NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 27. By the arrival at the Southwest Pass of the English rigate Spartan, Hon. Captain Elliot commander, which vessel sailed from Vera Cruz on the 17th instant, we have intelligence fifteen days later from Mexico. The Spartan brought dispatches for the English Go vernment, and in the present critical state of Mexican affairs they are doubtless of great importance. The city was rife with rumours yesterday morning, to the effect that our Ministar to Mexico, the Hon. Wil son Shannon, had demanded his passports, and was on his way home, and also that a serious revolution had broken out in Mexico, which had resulted in the overthrow of Santa Anna. There certainly was some foundation for this startling intelligence ; but the news does not turp out as important as was at first reported, althougk still of a momentous nature. It would appear, from such of the published correspon dence as we have seen in the Diario, that on the 31st ult. Governor Shannon addressed a letter to the Mexican Government, protesting against the proposed invasion of Texas by Mexico, and especially against the manner in which the invasion was to be made. To this the Mi nister of Foreign Affairs replied—(we have not seen his communication)—denying the right of the United States or any foreign Government to interfere in the internal affairs of the republic. Governor Shannon, in answer, characterises :the Secretary's letter as being grossly of fensive, inasmuch as it charges the United States, its Government and people, with falsehood, trickery, intrigue, and designs of the most dishonourable character. Go vernor Shannon alleges that the note of the secretar} is so gross in its character, so offensive, that he can•onl) demand that it be at once withdrawn. The Mexican Minister replies with the utmost warmth. He treats the earlier part of Mr. Shannon', correspondence as being supercilious and offensive, justi fies all that he has himself written, protests that the Mexican Government has done, and is doing, all that it can to prevent a rupture with the United States, but that affairs have reached such a crisis that it i 3 neces sary for his Government to speak out plainly before the world. He, therefore, declines to withdraw the note. From the tone of this letter it it; evident enough that the Mexican Minister is of opinion that Mr. Shannon does not speak the sentiments of a majority of the people of the United States in relation to the Texas question. He considered, too, that our recent Presidential contest must have resulted in the election of Mr. Clay, and he speaks of that gentleman, Mr. Adams, and the United States Senate in terms the most dainty, while he holds Mr. Tyler's Administration alone responsible for the present complication of affairs between the two countries. What effect the result of Mr. Polk's election may have in Mexico we are unable to say. From the officers of the Spartan we learn that General Duff Green had arrived at Vera Cruz, from the city of Mexico, with dispatches for our Government, and em barked immediately on board the cutter Woodbury. The Woodbury sailed for Pensacola on the 17th, the day of sailing of the Spartan. The dispatches of General Green are thought to be of the greatest importance. So far as we can learn from a most hasty perusal of our files, disturbances have broken out in the State of Jalisco, the capital of which is Guadalajara. General Paredes appears to be at the head of the movement, and the affair is evidently regarded by the press, and by the officers of the Government, as extremely serious. A singular circumstance in the business is, that General Canilizo, the " Provisional" President is now giving or ders to the " Constitutional President," Santa Anna. The latter having received notice to place himself at the head of the troops concentrated at Jalapa, at once joy fully complies. His orders were to march at once to Queretare, a city three or four days' march from Mexico, and on the road to Guadalajara, there to operate as the exigencies of the case might demand. Santa Anna put his troops at once in motion, and announces to head quarters that he lias under his command 7,000 infantry, 1,500 cavalry, and twenty field pieces, all in the best state of equipment. From Encero—one of Santa Anna's baciendas, near Jalapa, where he met his new bride—he issued, on the 6th inst., a brief and spirited address to the army. Ile denounces the conduct of Paredes in stirring up a revo lution in Guadalajara, declares him a traitor and the instrument of a faction, and appeals to the troops by their former exploits to stand by him and chastise the infamous crime. General Canalizo, too, issues his addresses from the capital to the Mexican nation and to the army, appealing to them to stand by their country and by Santa Anna in this moment when the nation, already involved in a war with Texas, is now threatened with new internal dissen sions. He appears to regret that the march of the army upon Texas should have been interrupted by this last outbreak, but promises to mete out to the guilty all the punishment the laws will authorise. General Arista appears to be all this while engaged in repressing the Indian outrages in Northern Mexico, the accounts of which already given by us have not been ex aggerated. The loss in the affairs of Los Moras are stated by him, in his official report, in nearly the same figures as we gave. The Bee says—" We learn that the American Minister Plenipotentiary, Wilson Shannon, Esq., has temporarily suspended all his official relation with the Mexican Go vernment." DEBATE ON THE SPEAKERSHII'. At one o'clock the members of the Lower House as sembled in their Chambers, where they were shortly after summoned to meet his Excellency in the Chamber of the Legislative Council, which was crowded with a fashionable audience of ladies and gentlemen. After be ing absent for a few minutes the Assembly returned, tied as soon as they had resumed their seats the Attorney- General East, and Colonel Prince rose together. For a moment the latter refused to give way, but the cries for the Attorney-General prevailing, he at last sat down, when Attorney General Smith rose to propose that Sir Al lan M'Nab do take the chair of Speaker of the Howse. The motion was seconded by Mr. Scott. Colonel Prince regretted that he could not vote fur the resolution which had just been submited to the House by the Hon. Attorney-General, and should take upon himself, to propose another gentleman to fill the office of Speaker—the lion. Mr. Morin—and he trusted that Honourable Gentlemen, especially from Lower Canada, would see the propriety of electing him as Speaker. Mr. Christie seconded the motion. After a short debate, the clerk prooeeded to take the votes. The numbers were announced as follows : For Sir Allan M'Nab 39 Against Majority _ _ _ _ _ Sir Allan M'Nab was accordingly declared only elected, and was led to the chair by the Attorney-Ge neral and Mr. Scott, the proposer and seconder. Sir Allan 11PNab addressed the HoUse. He felt it difficult to express all he felt, selected, as he had just been, by the representatives of the people of his native country, to fill the highest office in their gift. Ho could not regard the selection as having been made upon any merits of his own, but as an approval of his conduct oa various occasions during the fourteen years he had en joyed the honour of a seat in Parliament. As Speaker of the House he should feel it his duty on all occasions to protect its privileges—he should know no party—and he trusted that in the discharge of his duty he would meet with the support ofall. He trusted that if any un friendly feelings were entertained against him, or had been engendered during the debate, they would be for gotten, and that he should receive that assistance and support which would enable him, as Speaker, to dis charge his duty to the House. He again expressed him self grateful for the honour which had been conferred upon him, and took his seat amid the cheers of the House. The House then adjourned until Friday at half-pas ;wo o'clock. SPEECH. " Honourable Gentlemen of the Legislative Council, and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly, " I have assembled foll at the earliest period that the completion of the recent general election would allow, and I have high satisfaction in meeting you, in order that we may devote ourselves to the care of the great interests committed to our charge. " The season of the year being unfavourable for the prosecution of those avocations in which many of you are engaged, you will be enabled, I trust, with less in convenience, to attend to the discharge of the important functions which you have to perform. " I have the happiness to announce to you that the birth of a Prince has gladdened the hearts of the subjects of our gracious Queen throughout her vast dominions in every quarter of the globe, and her Majesty's continued safety and health demand our gratitude to the Almighty Giver of all good. as Many subjects in which the welfare of the province is deeply involved will be entitled to your earnest consideration. None can be more important than the improvement of the education of the people, which is one of the most urgent duties of the State ; and I anxiously hope that in addition to such other amendments of exist ing laws on this momentous question as may be required in either section of the province, your wisdom may be able to devise some arrangement respecting the Uni versity of icing's College that may receive sanction of the Crown, and give general satisfaction in the colony. " The municipal institutions of the province, the provi sions for which have, in Lower Canada, proved, to a great extent, nugatory, will, no doubt, engage your at tention, as well as the state of the prisons and the want of lunatic asylums. The amelioration of the means of communication throughout the province, on which its prosperity mainly depends—for production is unavailing, if means do not exist of reaching a market—also deserves consideration. The eastern townships of Lower Canada are peculiarly destitute in this particular ; and the town of Kingston in Upper Canada, which has unavoidably suffered much by the removal of the seat of Government, is devoid of a road through the inland territory towards the Ottawa, which is essential for the prosperity of that neighbourhood, _ 4- The militia law of Lower Canada having expired, the substitution of another seems to be requisite, and it may be desirable at the same time to revise the existing militia law of Uppir Canada, and to frame a general law for both sections of the province. " It aftbrds me great pleasure to be able to inform you that the flourishing state of the revenue forms a fit sub ject for congratulation. There is reason to believe that it may be further improved by wise legislation and that judicious economy may contribute to the same results. " Her Majesty has 'Rost graciously received the address from the Legislative Assembly of the last Parliament on the subject of the Civil List. " Alihough the only subjects sought by the Imperial Legislature, in making provision for a Civil List, were to give stability and security to the great civil institu tions of tae province, to provide for the adequate re muneration of able and efficient officers in the various public departments, and to enable her Majesty to make moderate provision for the declining years of those whose best days have been devoted to a faithful discharge of public duties, or who, by eminent services, might have merited the favour of the Clown, her Majesty is, nevertheless, fully persuaded of the concurrence of her faithful subjects in Canada in effecting these objects ; and would gladly owe the means of obtaining them to the spontaneous liberality of her Canadian people. Whenever, therefore, due and adequate provision shall have been made for them by the Legislature of Canada her Majesty will be prepared to recommend to the Imperial Parliament the repeal of so much of the Act of Union as relates to this subject. Until the Imperial Parliament shall have assented to such a recommendation, her Majesty, equally with all her subjects, is bound by the provisions of an enactment to which her sanction has been given. " Gentlemen of the House of Assembly— " The financial accounts of the province for 1843 will be immediately laid before you, and those for 1844 as soon as they can be prepared after the completion of the year. The estimates likewise will be submitted to you at an early period. "Notwithstanding the unavoidable expenses attendant on the removal of the seat of Government from Kingston to Montreal, and other claims to be submitted for your consideration, a considerable surplus revenue will remain, affording the means of making some provision towards the liquidating of the public debt. " I entertain no doubt of your willingness to provide for the exigencies of the public service, and you.lnay rely on my exertions to diminish expenditure by all practical economy. I have availed myself of the several opportu nities for retrenchment that have presented themselves, and shall continue to pursue the same course whenever reduction may appear to be consistent with efficiency. " Honourable Gentlemen, and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly— " You will, I am sure, concur with me in desiring that the welfare of United Canada may be promoted by our joint labours. To that great end I invite your earnest efforts, and you may be assured of my hearty co-opera tion in every way that may be calculated to secure peace and prosperity, justice and happiness, to this province. " The charge entrusted to me by our Sovereign I shall continue to administer, according to the acknowledged principles of our provincial constitution, and with a view to the wants and wishes of the community. " On the occurrence of vacancies in several of the most important offices of administration I immediately endea Toured to fill them by.the appointment of gentlemen sup posed to possess the confidence of the people. Extraor dinary. obstacles produced a delay in the accomplish ment of that purpose, notwithstanding my incessant exertions to effect it. "Confidently believing that the several branches of the Legislature, in the full exercise of their constitu tional powers, will maintain the harmony essential to the well-being of the people for whose benefit alone these powers are conferred, I will not detain you from the im portant duties which await you further than to express my humble hope that the Almighty may bless our en deavours, and render them efficacious for the public good." MISS CLARAWEBSTEIL—A nearly similar acci dent occurred to Miss H. Cawse, during the perform ance of the White Maid of Avenel, at the Theatre Royal Covent-garden, some years ago, by her dress catching fire in the last scene, rilE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 31, 1344. RIOTS IN MONTREAL-ANOTHER MAN SHOT. Moth a font lac Paper.) We briefly announced in our last number the death of one man (Finnell) from the effects of a pistol-shot received on Friday night. Great excitement pre veiled on Saturday and Sunday, in the immediate neighbourhood of his residence s and the municipal elections on Monday appear to have increased it throughout the city. After recording the circum stances attending the death of Finnell, the Gazette of Tuesday gives the following account of the proceed ings on Monday, which corroborates our own Cor respondent's letter :7-- The next day (Monday) was the day of the mu. nicipal elections, and that event did not tend to allay the excitement. We may as well observe that all the interest of the day centred in the Queen's Ward. In the St. Lawrence Ward Mr. Glennon was returned ; in St. Mary's, Mr. Garrie ; in Centre, Mr. Footner ; in West, Mr. Lyman—all on the Conservative inte rest, and with little or no opposition ; and in East Ward, Mr. Peri- . non the other interest. In Queen's Ward, Mr. Routh was the Conservative candidate, and was opposed by Mr. J. E. Mills. The diturb ance commenced almost as soon as the poll was opened. A body of Irish labourers took possession of the front of the polling place, which was merely a window in a house. They were charged by a num ber of the other party on horseback and on foot, and driven back. Some severe injuries were received on both sides. But two or three shots, some say more, were fired into the streets and from windows of houses in the neighbourhood. By these one man was wounded rather severely, but it is hoped not dangerously, in the neck, and one or two others it is said, but of that we are not so sure, slightly. This was, as nearly as we can make out, about tan o'clock ; and a detachment of artillery having been called out and stationed near the poll, every thing went on pretty quietly, and the polling was rapid, Mr. Mils leading. About one o'clock Mr. Routh's voters mustered strong, and Mr. Mills's seemed exhausted, for, in the course of the next hour the former shot rapidly a-head, and continued to do so until the close of the poll, when we believe his majority was 101. It was towards three o'clock, we believe, that a most shocking affair occurred. We had quitted the polling place at two, after giving our own vote, without any obstacle except the presence of a not at all ill-humoured crowd of persons with the same object. No one could have the least suspicion ' of the terrible scene about to take place. After some experience of election riots and of the difficul ties of giving a consistent account of them, we must say that we never met with one in which the accounts were so conflicting and at variance in material facts To write a party account, a mere one-sided invention, would be very easy, but to state the mere truth and nothing more is a very difficult matter. So far as we can learn, an opinion prevailed that a house, occu pied by a person named Brennan, and from which it was said shots had been fired, contained persons pledged, and armed for the purpose, to take "blood for blood" for the death of Finnell. In this excited state of feeling shots were fired from that house, and one near it, on the Constitutional party, and two of these took effect, one wounding a young gentleman very severely in the back. This led to an attack on the houses, which were defended by a numerous body of men, principally, we are informed, canallers, and armed with fire. arms. Several shots were fired, one of which took fatal effect on the person of a young man named Johnson, son of Mr. Johnson, cabinet-maker, Great St. James's-street. He was shot with two balls, which entered each side of the chest, and killed him almost instantaneously. The noise of the conflict brought the military to the spot, and the persons within continuing to fire, several volleys of musketry were fired into the two houses, and the soldiers charging took prisoners all who occupied them. These having taken their post in the cellar had escaped the musket balls. We are told (though for this fact we do not vouch, but we state it as it comes to us from a credible source), that among them are several of the, witnesses on the inquest on Finnell and a near relation. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) G'LERKEIV WELL. Mr. flenjamin Taylor was charged with the following ciutrigebtis dohduct. The prisoner came borne in a cab on the previous night, and, although he had a key In his pocket, knocked so violently at the door as to alarm the whfyle neigh bourhood. He was admitted, and immediately went up stairs and beat his wife in a cruel manner, lie thk came down► again, went out, and continued his violence in the street, so that all the inhabitants of the street were aroused from their beds. " With this sad affair the day closed. Mr. Johnson has left a widow and three children. Finnell has also left a widow and young family. A grave question arises—what is to be done ? It is impossible that such a state of society as now exists in Montreal can continue." A private letter from Montreal says : " Never did I witness such a scene as yesterday presented, and, for the credit of my country, I pray never to see the like again. The municipal election for Queen's Ward was going on, and hundreds of canallers abandoned their works and came into town to carry the election of their candidate, J. E. Mills, by force. They were well armed with fire arms bludgeons, and stones, and took possession of the polls. The several associations came down, both horse and foot, and drove them, after a desperate fight, from the ground, and along the neighbouring streets. I heard pistol shots firing in all directions, and the S.'s,' on returning, showed marks of the deadly nature of the struggle. I saw a fine young man, a son of H. Griffin, Esq., notary public, most awfully injured by blows on the face and bead, and another poor fellow was shot through the neck, and has since died. A youth, of the name of Johnston, was fired at from a h ouse , an d killed on the spot; and when the 93d attacked this building, its inmates had the hardihood to fire upon them. They were all taken prisoners, and although none were killed, some showed most ghastly tokens ' of the rough handling the enraged troops gave them." The wife said the prisoner had treated her in a most cruel manner and had threatened to murder her, and she earnestly implored the magistrate's protection. The prisoner was ordered to find good bail, which not being able to do he was locked up. ORDER RESTORED AT MOGADORE. Our attention has been called by the gentleman who supplied us with our previous intelligence from Mogadore, to an official communication which has been received from her Majesty's Consul-General at Tangier, awl published in the Gib r alt ar Ch ron i c l e o f the 6th December. The new Governor of Mogadore, El Arby Terres writes thus, under date of 22d November " Praise be to God. There is no force or power but in God. We have received your letter, and understood its contents ; and the European merchant, William Grace, your agent, in the port of Sweera (Mogadore), and its vicinity, has arrived. "He (Mr. Grace) has found that the town is inhabited, and that the market is plentiful and well supplied from all the vicinity, and the government is restored as it was before, and better; and that ships are beginning to come to the happpy and prosperous port. May God prosper it, and increase its welfare ! Amen." Mr. Grace had been able to confirm the above welcome intelligence. The Governor had preceded him by a few days, and restored order. The re establishment of the British flag was hailed with satisfaction by many, who had not been content to remain, without the assurance so given that tran quillity was to be depended upon. Mr. G. writes— " The Sultan is proceeding slowly, but surely, in arresting those of the authorities of the town and provinces, who either had a hand in the plunder, or did not attempt to stop the ravages at the time of the bombardment, and in punishing the tribes who, by that conduct and plunder of their brethren, placed themselves without the pale of Islamism. " The native Jew merchants had not yet returned from Morocco (city), but were daily expected ; the market was well attended, and most of the Moorish inhabitants bad come back." The accounts in our last number were dated Oc tober, fully one month earlier. It is understood to have been the indirect character of the reports hitherto received, the uncertainty as to whether Alogadore was yet re-inhabited, and the difficulty of obtaining favourable opportunities of frei?ht, which prevented an earlier transmission of the aid collected here. A large quantity of rice, and clothing materials for both sexes, have been prepared for sending.—Voice of Jacob. MITIGATION OF THE RUSSO POLISH CONSCRIPTION. We have been obliged with the opportunity of ex tracting the following gratifying particulars, from letters addressed to London by th e e ld ers o f the Wilna congregation. That congregation had just received dispatches from Amstislow, dated 6th of Kislev (17th Nov.), informing them that on Wednesday, the 13th of that month, a courier had arrived from his Excellency the Minister Wrioutrnik Diel, announcing the speedy approach of that functionary with good tidings for the afflicted Jews of that place. Then followed an other estafette summoning the Jews together, in order to give the Minister a reception. He himself arrived on the 14th, and read to the assembled congregation an imperial decree, the substance of which was as follows : 1. The decree ordering the levying of one in every ten Israelites, is recalled. 2. The thirty-six - men already taken in pursuance thereof, are to be returned to their families. His Excelle nc y said, that he was charged with dis patches to the Governor-General of the Province of Wittepsk, containing other gracious concessions. The elders of \Vilna convey this intelligence to the Anglo-Jewish authorities, in return for the com munications made to them of the proceedings taken by the Board of Deputies of British Jews, on the occasion of the Emperor's visit to this country; they express the most lively gratitude for the sympathy so exhibited on their behalf, and state that they have good reasons to believe that this important mitigation of the rigour of the Russo-Polish Conscription may be considt-red the fruit of that ihAt:rnal sympathy. We will revert to the subject at an ?arty opportunity, —Voice of Jacob. SOUTHIVARK. The business was opened at this Court by Mr. Edwin, the chief clerk, reading the order to that effect from the Secretary of State, and also the boundary comprising the district. John Buckley was charged with committing an as -fault on James Bryant.. The parties were present at an Irish funeral the pre ceiling day, and as soon as the ceremony concluded they, with several others, adjourned to a public-house, where they became intoxicated, and this led to a "regular row." The defendant, who seemed to be the ringleader in the disturbance, struck the complainant a violent blow in the mouth. The defendant begged the Magistrate would make due allowance for the funeral of a countryman, and said that it was an " ould Irish custom to take a little spirits when an ould friend departed this life." The defendant was fined, and in default he was com mitted for 14 days. LAMBETIL This morning the New Police-court in Kennington lane commenced business for the first time. Mr. Henry took his scat on the bench at eleven o'clock. The court, though small, is replete with every convenience, and furnished with great neatness. Attached to the court is a range of small cells, for the accommodation of the pri soners, which are exceedingly well ventilated, and thoroughly warmed with hot air. There are also win 4lows, which admit a good light into each cell, and the prisoner can communicate with his friends by a small opening in the door. . . . . _ . The only fault to be found with the fitting-up of the court is the small portion allotted to the public, nor has the convenience of the reporters been in the least con sulted, the only accommodation provided for them is a small box, scarcely large enough to hold one person. George Cook was the first prisoner brought up and placed in the felons' dock, charged with passing bad money on Saturday afternoon, at Mr. Kemp's, chemist and druggist, Lambeth. The prisoner was remanded until Saturday. in order for the attendance of Mr. Powell, the Mint solicitor. STATE OF THE COTTON TRADE (From the Liverpool Albion of yesterday.) The annual circulars of the cotton-brokers, showing the imports, &c., during the year commencing. on the Ist of January and ending on the 21st of December, will be made up to-morrow. It may be useful, meanwhile, to extract from their circulars the amount of the business transacted in the staple up to the 27th instant, four days only within the close of the cur rent year. IMPORT.—The returns of the import of cotton from the Ist of January to the 27th of December instant, show, as compared with the import in the corre spondent period of 1843, a decrease to the extent of 74,290 bales, the amount in the respective years being 1,477,537 bales this, against 1,551,827 bales last year. In 1843, up to the 22d of December, there was an increase in the import beyond that of the preceding year of 322 024 bales. EXPORT.—The export of cotton ha,s iw!teased by 4,870 bales us compared with the years 1842 and 1843, betwe.n which there was hut an extremely slight difference. Up to the 27th instant, the export amounted to 67,060 bales, against, same ilate last year, 62,190 bales. TAKEN FOR CONSUMPTION.--The large increase on this head in the years 1842 and 1843 has again been experienced, though, certainly, not by any means to the same extent. Spinners generally, however, have held back until lately. On Saturday week and Mon day last the sales were enormously large, amounting to not less than 15,000 bales each day, showing an extraordinary activity in manufactures at`this, which is generally the dullest season of the year. The re turns for 1842 showed an increase of 57,500 bales, those for fifty-one weeks of 1843 an increase of 185,100 bales, and now there is again an in crease, in the period between the Ist of January an d the 2 7th instant, as compared with the correspondent period of last year, of 25,700 bales, the figures being 1,330,400 bales this, against 1,313,700 bales last year. The average weekly consumption, of course, also shows an increase, being, this year, about 26,000 bales, while, last year, it was about 25,147 bales. STOCK.—With a decrease in the import of 74,290 bales, an increase in the exports of 4,870 bales, and an increase in the quantity taken for consumption of 25,700 bales, making a total drain, as we may term it, upon the stock here of 104,860 bales, there was, on the 27th of December instant, the large increase on the head of stock of 101,000 bales as compared with the correspondent period in 1843, the stock being, on the 27th instant, 725,100 bales, against 624,100 bales on the same date last year. This is accounted for by the fact that we com menced the present year with a much larger stock than in the previous year. FORWARDED UNSOLD.—This head shows a de crease, this year, of 42,240 bales, the quantity for warded unsold this year being 24,060 bales, against 76,300 bales last year. TAKEN ON SPECULATION.—AS compared with last year, the operations of speculators show a decrease of ' 13,600 bales. Up to the 27th instant they had taken 476,600 bales, against, up to the same date, 490,200 bales. PRlCES.—Prices have been low. STRANGE SIGNS. RE-OPENING Or THE CHURCH OF ST. PETER-LE- BAILEY.—This church, which has been closed for some weeks for alterations and decorations, was re opened for Divine service on Sunday last, and this event has since formed a topic of discussion in the city in consequence of the unexpected character of some of the decorations. The whole of the pews, which were of very fine oak, have been removed, and are replaced by open seats formed of the old materials; and the whole of the interior has been painted and coloured ; the church furniture—the pulpit hangings and cover of the coin • munion table are new. A new and very large dipping font, in the style of the early Norman period, has been placed just is ithin the door. The walls of the church have also been somewhat profusely covered with. Scripture texts in the Old English character. Some of these texts are disposed in the form of crosses ! One of these text-forlned crosses of small proportions ii placed ever the north door exactly op. posite the worshipper as he enters the church. Another of larger proportions stands out boldly from the east end of the church above the communion table. The crucial figure being very bold and distinct, but, of course, not the text or the letters of it. A large cross embroidered in gold enriches the velvet pulpit cloth, and two large gold, or silver-gilt candlesticks, with tapers, decorate what must now be called " the altar." The most startling thing of all, and which cannot be seen without a shudder, is what looks like a bold yet artful attempt to enforce the doctrine of tran substantiation on the people. The text wrested by the Roman Catholics, and by Dr. Pusey, in order to sustain the idea that the literal body and blood of our Lord is taken in that Sacrament which was instituted to commemorate our Blessed Lord, is written imme diately over, almost upon, the communion table. Our Lord's own explanation of his words, which would seem to have been given to prevent so gross a per version, are nowhere to be seen. He said, " The words that speak unto you they are spirit and they are life." The text inscribed over the communion table is the well-known declaration, "Except ye eat my flesh and drink my blood," &c. Before the re-opening of the church the curate (Rev. W. B. Heathcote, of New College) addressed a long circular letter to the parishioners, in which he made and argued two requests :—First, a division of the sexes in the church; and next, that none would place cushions in the seats, so as to make a kind of appropriation by so doing. With these requests the parishioners complied on Sunday last, when the congregation was larger than usual, though there was much uncomfortable feeling on account of the novelties. No collection was made towards the expenses, the curate being responsible for the entire charge of these somewhat costly alterations and decorations ; it has been suggested that certain members of the Camden Society, who are anxious to bring our churches into external conformity to the plans and designs adopted in our ancient churches for the purposes of Roman Catholic worship, will assist in defraying the expense. An intelligent and observant person, who has travelled much in Catholic countries, has" loudly ex pressed his wonder and astonishment at the resem blanee to a Roman Catholic Church which St. Peter le-Bailey now wears. The great size of the font (above which is the text enjoining faith and repentance before baptism) leads to the idea that the curate, who is a rigid Ru brician of the Tractarian school, will obey the rubric which enjoins dipping as the mode of baptism in our Church.—(From a Correspondent of the Oxford Chronicle. The Earl and Countess of Egremont are surrounded by a circle of friends at Coombe Satehrille, Devon, IMPORTANT FROM TEXAS. The most important intelligence from Texas is com prised in the following declaration by the now President relative to Mexico:— " DECLARATION. "In referring the termination of her difficulties with Mexico to the mediation of foreign friendly Powers, Texas has given an earnest of her tiesire for peace. " In anticipation of the failure of this mediation, she feels it her duty to declare to those Powers, that if peace or a satisfactory armistice is not concluded oefore the MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE. SUICIDE OF A FATHER, AND ATTEMPTED Da- STRUCTION OF AN ONLY CHlLD.—Shortly before noon on Saturday last, a great sensation was excited in the neighbourhood of Lower Whitecross-street, Cripple gate, by the p.evalence of a rumour that a news vond,r, named Noh Flood, carrying on buiine-s xt N 0.50 in th:it street, a most respectable and thr4 ing tradesman, had poisoned himself, after having at tempted to destroy the life of his daughter, a child not inure than eight years of age, a circumstance which, as the sequel will prove, was discovered after patient investigation to be too true. It appears that on Tuesday last the unfortunate man followed to the grave the remains of his wife. Upon the Saturday morning after her funeral he was ob served to be unusually dejected, and begged of a fe male of the name of Scott, - who lodges, with her husband, at a neighbouring cornchandler's, to look after his shop and his daughter while he went to the several offices fit his weekly supply of newspapers and periodicals. Subsequently to this period up to Friday last, he exhibited the same deep melancholy, and upon one occasion he said to his child, " Kathe rine, shall you and I follow your dear mother, and go with her into the grave ?" Upon another occasion he said to Mrs. Scott, " You have been very kind to me, and so has your husband, since the death of my imp wife; di-die first, see that lam properly buried, and follow me to the grave; if either of you die before me, I will do the same for you." On Friday night, just before closing his shop, deceased appeared to be very melancholy - , and quite in a desponding state. He was heard to " I wonder how lam to get on to-morrow ; who can I leave to take charge of my business at home while s t. e.0 . t0 supply my customers ?" About eleven o'clock tb.2t night he closed his shop, and in the morning of the en suing day (Saturday last) a Mrs. Smith, to Iv:2 6 m he was in the habit of supplying a newspaper daily, thinking he was very late, went to the shop, and I was surprised at finding the shutters closed. Wondering what could be the matter, she went up stairs, and after having informed the neighbours of the fact, she went to the door of the sleeping room, to which she was attracted by the piteous cries of a child calling upon her father in the most imploring manner to " awake." Upon try ing the door of the room it was found to be fas tened on the inside. Assistance was immediately procured, and upon entering the room the poor fellow was discovered upon the bed, apparently in a dying state, from the effect of some narcotic poison, a bottle which had contained laudanum lying beside him, and his daughter unable to move from the effects of a similar dose, her extremities being partially in a pa ralysed state. Medical assistance was sent for, the stomach pump was had recourse to without delay, and some portion of the stupifying liquor was ejected. Other remedial measures were tried, but the patient appearing to be sinking fast, immediate steps were taken for his removal to the hospital of St. Bartholomew, where he was received about two o'clock in the afternoon of Saturday. Notwithstand ing the utmost exertions of Mr. Reid, the house surgeon on duty, and the utmost attention on the part of W. Lawrence, Esq., and other eminent men connected with the establishment, it proved that the deadly draught had done its work, and deceased ex pired within an hour and a half of his admission. Remedial measures were resorted to for the recovery of the child, through which she so far recovered as to he able to give an account of the tragical occurrence, which she does with the most artless simplicity, and with a degree of intelligence far beyond her years. Upon the table in the room was found a letter folded, of which the following is a copy My wish is to be iitifiefl with my poor wire; and Mr. , .. Scott, ofsl, ‘Vhitecross-street, and Mrs. Kings mill, living at a cornchandler's, just by St. Giles's church, at the top of tiolborn—tbat these two per sons bury me, and they shall have all my goods. (Signed) " N. FLOOD. " Mrs. Scott, 51, Whitecross-street." The visit of her Majesty and Prince Albert to Stowe, the mansion of the Duke of Buckingham, is fixed for the 15th of January. The following c.eek Oft royal party will honour the Duke of Wellington kith their presence. It is not yet known whether the royal guests will journey by railroad as far as Wolverton, or whether they will travel the entire route in their own equipages along the high-road to Buckingham. DISTURBANCE BETWEEN SOLDIERS OF THE 44TH AND SAILORS.—One of those disreputable quarrels, which for a considerable time have not disgraced the services here, took place in Pembroke-street on Wednesday evening. It appeared that some dispute had occurred between some of the soldiery and sailors, which ended in a general melee. The men issued from the barracks, armed with bludgeons and missiles of all descriptions ; nor had their opponents been less active in preparing either for assault or defence. The picquet was ordered out, the police were dispatched to the scene of the disturbance, and with considerable diffi culty dispersed the mob, the soldiers expressing a determination to have satisfaction the following day. About noon on Thursday, the soldiers came out of the barracks with the full determination to wreak vengeance on the sailors, and the " row" immediately commenced. For a time it was terrific, but it %v :s thought that the sailors had the best of it. The picquet was again called out, and the police authorities exerted themselves to restare something like peace. Fortunately the fighting parties were separated, and the soldiers, with the exception of a few who managed to escape, were marched off to the barracks. There have been broken heads and bruises, but we have heard of no injuries likely to prove fatal. Notwithstanding the measures adopted to prevent a recurrence of the disturbance, there was a repetition of it on Friday afternoon. The fighting between the men was very serious, but, as be fore, the picquet and police put a stop to it.—Devonport Independent. THE CURRENCY QUESTION.—On Saturday last, at a county meeting, held at Aberdeen—Mr. Grant of Tillyfour in the chair—resolutions, strongly condemna tory of any interference with the monetary system of Scotland, were proposed, seconded, and unanimously adopted, and copies of them ordered to be transmitted to Lord Aberdeen, the Duke of Richmond, Lord Errol, and other Peers connected with the county.—Scotsman. CALAMITOUS AND EXTENSIVE FIRE IN DUMFRIES. —On Wednesday morning last, about two o'clock, a fire broke out in the large workhouse of Mr. Beck, coach builder, immediately behind New Market-street, Dam -16.3 ; the alarm was instantly given, and the police, with the fire engines, hastened to the place, but the destructive element had obtained so extensive a hold upon the combustible matetials in the building, and spread with such feartul rapidity, that all eflbrts to arrest its pr%tress on that part of the premises were considered horAess ; rti:d as soon as water conk] be procureil, the engine• were directed to play upon the houses fronting into New Market-street, us the frorn being in an easterly direction, brought an immense quantity of sparks into that quarter, end se chion2e,y, vver6 on tire, on both sides of the street.. The w millerate, th, progress of the fire in that cirection was arrested. In the mean time it continued to progress in the other direc tion, and the whole o , thi* workshops, store-rooms, u 4 ,1,1 belonging to Mr. Beck, were soon involved in a universal confla gration. Almost as soon as the workshops ad joining tilt, dwelling-houses were on fire, and be fore the flames b, gall tt, is , ue from the ro,,f, it was observed 4 from the *mission of smoke, that the dwelling-house had &so caught fire. Every exertion was now 'wide to sire Mr. Bt-ck's hold furniture, and eater valuables in the dwel!- ing house the gri-ater part of which, we be lieve, were got out with little damage. None of the ad joining buildings, except those belonginc , to Mr. Beck, have been at all damag*d by the fire, while the whole of his property is entirely burnt down. The property is to some extent insured. The cause of the fire is not known.—Dumfries Standard. 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Independent of every other bad symptom attending the limb, it swelled most alarmingly, and was likewise acc o mpanied with great inflammation, which made her case one of extreme danger. She was taken to King's College Hospital, where they could do nothing with it. The leg, however, like " thousands of others" which are given up as in curable at the hospitals, was soundly healed in about a f ,rtnight, by the use of Holloway's Pills and Ointment. Sold at Professor Holloway's Establishment 244, Strand, her: advice may be had gratis), and by almost all respectable vendors of medicine throughout the civilised world. MARKET NE WS-(YESTERDAY.Y CORN EXCHANGE. The past week's arrigals of all kinds of Grain forP, market have, in consequence of the prevailing 10 and contrary winds, beau on a very limited scale, 7 comparatively speaking, inferior quality, arising fr° r / the d st•!e of the atmosphere. Fresh up, scarce'. any Wheat came to hand, coastwise or by land cant g ° mut sample , ; the stands were, therefore, scantily spa plied with parcels of both red and white. The sit e° someof buyers being small, we have to report a 11°— t h. what sluggish inquiry fur English Wheat. Howerer i . , .. q , best parcels were mostly disposed of, at prices Pil, equal to those obtained on this day se'nnight boa, P: t all other kinds, only a limited business is a s doing , ; barely late rates. At present a large fleet of yes * , is coming up from almost every part, bent`{ should the cr wind continue in its present gua r good supplies may ba expected this ~,, Very little foreign Whet* was brought forward, Ye t 4, demand for that article was by no means active• though previous currencies were paid in every instance' Bonded Grain was nominal in value. The show of Oa r . ley was small. The best malting parcels were in fair° . que*t at fully previous rates, but grinding and distal sorts were very g dull. Notwithstandin we had onli limited quantity of Malt offering, that ar ticle was a sloes 01, sale, at last Monday's quotations. Not a single cargo . Oats came to hand last week from Ireland, but to - re, three vessels were entered at the Customs. From *— want of supply, next to nothing was done in Oath the quotations were the same as those obtained on day se'nnight. Beans, Peas, and Flour were A 'fa sale, yet prices were supported. Linseed Cakes r,.. 54 freely; but in all other kind of Seeds next to nothing P— oing. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. , tn . WHEAT—Essex & Kent, !MALT—Chevalier... u" - red. .... 4os to 5.0 O Ara —Y or k s hi re a nd , ft sgs Ditto, white 46s to 56s Lincolna., feed ... :,." os .. Norfolk and Lin Potatoe ... ........ - coin, red 383 to 48s Youghall an d Cork, re 91. Dittoithite 42s to 50s black .............. SIS s sg Irish, red..„.„ —s to --s, Cork, white ..».»« OA t° as Ditto white RYE—Ohl 3os to 34s 8EAN5—Tick............. 3 51 ' 0 New 35s to 364' Pigeons ... 994 ° to' Rumor—Grinding 26s to 3111:PHAS- Grey . .7......... 3 PS ........... , 0 Malting a.eyaliEr. ...... .- 3BB to 4001 White ..«.«.«.» .« •• VP" - j3A MALT--hi . ..' troll :and ilor . 80der5....... 394 tow folk ... 580 to 62. FLoua—Town made ... 40 8 ' 530 63 51 t o o 60 6 4 .. . 3 31 e' ° su Brown ....-v a T e • Kingston and • . S St u oc ti kt k o . n ... i . gearfelk 33 , " - FOREIGN PRAIN AND FLOUR IN BOND. . is „gel WHEAT—Dant sic - sia Hamburgh ..... BARLEY .............».„ . 275 to 2i.: FLoua—American ..... 2 0 - .4 OATS—New Feed ..... SMITHFIELD. the As is almost invariably the case at ibis season of elf year, the supply of Beasts brought forward here but limited, and of very inferior quality. The atle7 i , ance of both town and country buyers being small; A b e at for all kinds of Beef was in a very sluggish sle at a decline on last week's quotations of 2 d.per 8110, ,t.., highest figure realised for the few prime Scots offal not being more than 4s 2d per 8 1 bs, and at whicls,, clearance was not effected. Since this day se'unig h ; the imports of foreign stock have been ;nisei * " 41 1 . small, in consequence of the severity 0-f or weather in Holland ; and very few Beasts „ ce , Sheep are expected for our market for some time b ens. The bullock drones fresh up from Lincolnshire, Let s „'" u t tershire, and Northamptonshire, were composed of 11 ,,r„, 800 short-horns. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and 1 . . ) :;: bridgeshire, we received 400 Scots, &c. ; from the 7.,,,, e tern and Midland districts, 600 Herefords, Deg . Runts, &c. ' • from other parts of England, 40 0 of vsrle t, kinds; and from Scotland, 185 horned and polled Se c :" The numbers of Sheep were sufficiently numerous; r t , very primest old Downs were in fair demand, at : I ll it, rates, but the general trade was extremely dull, 90 dore was with great difficulty that last Monday's prices eed. supported, a ekaranee of the supply not being eir ee Notwithstandif:g the supply of Calve , . was nattily , ceso inquiry for them wit,. inactive, at about stationary P 6 4, Uiewnrcis e° 2oll Pigs were on sale, tram Ireland • rf' n. , tlic pork tre.dc wa, in a sluggish state, at our (1110t# 5° Per 81tw. to sink the ottaL 8 11. t° -, I- s. *1 s. d. . 5 Interior Beat:, 2 B to 210 Second qualityditto... 3 A., 4 0 Secon, quality ditto... 3 0 3 4 Coarse.woolled ditto.. SlO 4 4 Prime large 0xen...... 3 6 310 Southdown Wether :4 3 . Prime Scots, &c. Large coarse Calves 3 4 4 0 Large Hogs ........... 3 y 6 0 Prime small ditto 4 2 4 4 Small Porkers.-- .. 3 °,.. s o 0,,. Suckling Calves, each 18 0 31 t Quarter old Pigs, sachl6 F., .0 u Inferior Sheep ...... SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. 1 MP' 280 3,063 24010 , 75 l'lM'Cr/C4,3. 1 r32 ARID T. EALD 1131V1310 1 X. - *rt. , Since this day se'unight the arrivals of counitile , ILughterei meat have been but moderate, whi le 0, supply of that killed in the metropolis has been gm a Still, however, our markets have been tolerably 1, supplied, the time of year considered. As is tou gl , l , the case just after Christmas, the general demand 15 '- active, and prices are with difficulty supported. At per sto toene, by tne Carcase. s, d to t s. d. d . . 6 . noel, inferior 2 6 2 8 Mutton, inferior ..«» 2 .. s middling 2lO 3 0 ---- middling... 3 :, 3 # --- prune large - prime ..... ... 3 6 4 --prime small .. 310 3 6 Pork, 1arge...........• s 9IC Veal ........«.«.»....« 3 4 4 4 --5ma11....•........ - ARRIVALS DURING THE PAST W__,Fx,,t tips Beasts. Sheep. ova' ... ...... . ..... «••••••••• ..... 40 300 --- VP Yorkshire ..... .................««.. 20 450 --. 40 1 Norfolk ...........«....«.«.......».. 8 SO 6o' Suftblk lO 60 .. 80 Cambridgeshire Essex 22 200 40 2 2.. ° xo• Surrey 2O 340 El „ 0 Devonshire ............ .......... - 60 Wiltshire Other parts ............. ...... 180 1,771 170 1,400 Previous week's arrival Diffbrence since our 1a5t............ 920 1,180 380 1,501 BOROUGH AND SPITAIMIELDS. Very limited supplies of Potatoes—or only about 5 0 ° tons—have been received during the past week; bo ever, as the show has been miserably small prices bare ruled extremely irregular. Some few York Beds sold as high as 6/. per ton; while the quotations of other kinds have been from 75s to 110 s per top. These rar cannot, however, be supported, as a very large quansl i f of potatoes is close at hand. nonoucts HOP nuutairr• In Mid Kent and Sussex bags we have s steady de" mand, at very full pricess. In all other kinds of Hop s ' s the supplies of the fine qualities of which are soo n fair amount of business is doing, at late rates. W. This market is steady TALLO in price, and the derail? e tolerably good. There is now only one vessel to grillor from St. Petersburgh, with about 480 casks, and to°,l theee vessels from other places; but it is not anticiPn that the arrivals can effect the price. The home 7 4 4 is unquestionably short. Town Tallow is 41s to 415 nett cash. WOOL MA ET. in the We have to report a decided improvement ; of demand for most kinds of English Wools, eoPe e ' ar for clothing qualities. The only alteration in the go o . tations is a slight advance in those of flannel vvogl• but reign and Colonial Wools are in improved request" ri a not dearer. The imports continue limited, yet c eve rg e vessels are now off the coast from New Holland. 14 , 5 , 1 ,ii e , public s/iles are expected to take place about the nnur o! R;bruarv. COAL ItTILEZET. Trine: per ton at the eliy.e the market West Hartley, 27s ; West W . yl:tn, • 3 6s ; Wyla:l l . ls i; W. E., Bell and ito'onon 28, ; W. E., Iteid, 28. K ollo 4', 30. 4 : W. E. Adel.nde. 30, ; W. E.. lit ° s - f f ,, I 'ean"',Y. 30s ; W. E., Hunwiek, 27s 6d • W. Hvlen's Tet.s, 28s 6d ; W. E., Tees, 31s 6d ; G i. 113 1 .4 . ` . ; Stone, 26s ; Graigola, 24s.—Ships arrived gat '— day, 21. The Marquis and Marchioness of Ely, though °l li av+. idably al)6ent from Ely Lodge, have, with'their liberality and kindness, ordered the distribution (3 0$ large quantity of clothing suited to the present seas mong the poor of the district. BIRTHS. Wif of This mor n i ng , a t O a kla n d H o use, Cricklewood, the e Adam Rivers Steele, Esq., of a eon. irife °I On the 2d inst., at the Grand Parade, Brighton, the D. Wilson, Esq., of Calcutta, of a daughter. A i f of On the 22(1 inst., at ban Court, Cheltenham, the la-:,n,, George Browne, Esq., Captain in the 44th Regiment, 0f,_ 1 56 On the 27th inst., at Cambridge-terrace, Hyde-psn't wife of William Pye, Esq., of a daughter. On the 27th inst. at Hull, Mrs. B. J. Thempeenof 41 , 3°11. 06 On the 27th inst., , at Peasemore ReCtory, the lady ° I Rev. Thomas Archer Honblon, of a daughter. the On the 27th inst., at the Rectory, Levermere, Suffolk , wife of the Rev. Asgill Colvile, of a daughter. _.----"' MARR lED. tb. On the 28th inst., at St. Margaret's Lothbury, v•l l , le s Venerable A rc hdeacon Hollingworth, William Butler, Cr son of Dr. Langmore, of Finsbury-square, to Mary eldest daughter of Mr. Alderman Moon. ie On the 26th i ns t., at St. P e t er ' s . Thant, Edmund i 3ol Church, Esq., to Annabelle Maria, youngest daughte r Lieutenant-Colonel Clarke, C. 8., late of the Scots Greys',.. t h, On the 27th i ns t., a t St. Pancras Church, M ar ia Eliesiii r , eldest daughter of Mr. Worrell, of Hunter-street, t o _ m of Haslewood, only son of the late Roger Haslewood, Ems'' Islington. DIED. On 114 ., 30th inst., in Bruton-street, the lady of Clau de Scott, aged 25, from exhaustion a ft er an inflanuna" attack. On the 13th inst., Mr. William Baker, of Trinity-P i Taunton, aged 66. goi cir On the 18th inst., at Heidelberg, Frederick William man, Es., aged 55. On the 20th inst., Jonathan Arnett, Esq., of BaMptol4 Oxfordshire, aged 64. On the 22d inst., at Boulogne-eur-Ater, S. D. Lewin, On the 24th inst., at Canonbury-place, Miss E. Oatea•,,.. On the 25th inst., Mrs. Margaret Fordham, of St. AP' place, Limehouse, aged 66. On the 25th inst., the Rev. Richard Francis Davis, — 103)4 Rector of Pensock, Worcester, aged 78. On the 26th inst., at Wadenhoe House, near Cant% General William Croxton, of the Hon. Foigt India CoMPIAT Service, Bengal Establishment. On the 26th in s t., Thomas Bellett, son of the Ref . -• Crosthwaito, Rector of St. Mary-at-Hill, London. fr. On the 27th inst., Mary Sarah, only daughter of gr. Layton, of Kew-bridge, Brentford. On the 27th inst., in Jermyn-street, Thomas Stephen* Esq., of Barnstaple, aged 35. On the 27th inst., Charles Edward, second son of lair. Yr' Hawes, Lamb's Conduit-street. We' On the 24th inst., in Colehill- street Eaton-square , Robinson, aged 74. On the 24th inst., Mr. Henry Spratt, of Caerleoll, lf ‘— °rl- moothshire. On the 25th inst., Frances, the wife of William Bothell' Esq., of Stratford-place. On the 24th inst., at Shouldhara Thorpe, near Downh ill* Norfolk, John Brackenbury, Esq. Lou d6n: Prin:ad and Ptah . liahad by MURDO YOUNts. 112, Strand, Printer, at The thas Office, NO. I '4 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the (Multi Midd l st% Tues4.7l Dissuba 81, 1844. Cel I. I sr3 Prii liftl Wa atia, *lll )141 , P IN • It f 4OP Vl* opt t _bu 1 441 tatid,