The Sun. — London, England, 1850-01-10 00:00:00

UNITED STATES EMIGRATION SOCIETY. TRUSTEES AND DIRECTORS. w allop Brabas T o . n l: E lZlE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. Maurice O'Connell, Esq.. M.P. Charles George Fairfield, Esq. M. Charles Maher, Esq. Anthony O'Flaherty, Esq., M.P. Edmond S. Syme,s, Esq. T. Colley Grattan, Esq. Col. C: C. Kemys Tynte, M.P. "Q. Valentine Maher, Esq., M.P. Clement Tabor, Esq. MEDICAL BOARD. /4 - .' --7 --" 1- z--_. et . ; -7 -----e.--6----C-e_. ..,... . - , '' .., .„ • ~.:-., • AP 4...., . . 4 - - i f i p' - ' --i T --, 7:.---4411 : 4 - ;t2 -.. 4. 4,4* , , , ,, , '‘- r:„ •.'g!..k 1, ,, t,,, r .. L , , ~ I: . ~ ? ~ , k i .. % ,:tt, .),i .... , '' -'4 ! 1 i1.. 1 ... gv - -- - : -'-'' . , ....t 1 4 , ...,, l ! .'• 1 ,1- , ,t.:f .-h - j i k s ) ) t ‘ ,.g. . ''''' ' --- (6 , ' -4 1 -..: 1 7..: 4 ` f .--: ~4) R, - , ~_ ~*. ~,. • i 4x _ 4 ,,,, / . -- '-..,k-.\ _. ‘-.L,.;„.;•.4.- eit., ,•,. . iiirT)--- ars ' , - 4 ,4,14- w ~.. ..:s.l. '.' ro -- i.2.0 v „,,,,,;• 1 ,, ... . . _ ~_:::,,,.„.....---, . ~.:,...,.. . __,...•.:,_._-." ...: ' ,.:-.17 , -.:-.i -17, -) 7 1 ; a.: * . ), , upon rank in the army heretofore given to brevet and staff commissions. The views of the Secretary of War on this subject are deemed importint, and if carried into eff ec t w ill, it i s b e li eve d, promote the 'harmony of the service. The plan proposed for re -tiring disabled officers, and providing an asylum for such of the rank and file as, from age, wounds, and other infirmities occasioned by service, have become unfit to perform their respective duties, is recom mended as a means of increasing the efficiency of the army, and as an act of justice due from a grateful country to the faithful soldier. The accompanying report of the Secretary of the Navy presents a full and satisfactory account of the condition and operations of the naval service during the past year. Our citizens engaged in the legitimate pursuits of commerce have enjoyed its benefits. Wherever our national vessels have gone they have been received with respect, our officers have been treated with kindness and courtesy, and they have on all occasions pursued a course of strict neutrality, in accordance with the policy of our Government. The naval force at present in commission is as large as is admissible, with the number of men autho rised by Congress to be employed. I invite your attention to the recommendation of the Secretary of the Navy on the suhject of a re organisation of the navy, in its various grades of officers, and the establishment of a retired list for such of the officers as are disqualified for active and effective service. Should Congress ad op t such measure as is recommended, it will greatly increase the efficiency of the navy, and reduce its expenditure. I also ask your attention to the views expressed by him in reference to the employment of war steamers, and in regard to the contracts for the transportatio n of the United States' mails, and the operation of the system upon the prosperity of the navy. THE POST- OFFICE. , I I X. E. S. Symes, Esq., R. F. Power, Esq. The Association agrees beforehand to sell at coax muck, adding "7. • 1 11 thereto a comm i ss i on. " — (See Prospe , Aus.) a_ 4311111- liIA.STERN TEXAS HOPKINS COUNTY, consisting of 0,000 acres, in o ne bl oc k, f or t h e mos t part prairie, aboundin,l rivers an 4 springs. scent and authentic information received from the Society's 4: 148 ,,, , Proves that no other state offers such decided advantages to ''inigrant, with a small or large car ital, either in respect to the salubrity of climate, health, and t,mperature, soil, growth and variety of Produce and markets (see Dr. Smith's recent travels and Work on North-Eastern Texas, price 25.) sti The Society contracts with the Emigrant to defray. for a fixed „ ra jas below, varyi ng w itk th e num b er o f acres and the number in ' 44,11 7) th e cost of a free passage to their lands ; stock, seed, and Pletnentsmonths' provision after arrival, a house, and a "▪ 'Mold of eighty acres of the finest laud. The above for the sum of - - - - - 1,61 g 9 For each additional male, with implements, &c. 13 10 0 For each a 'diaconal female - - 12 0 0 1:f less each additi onal ch i ld un d er 12 years - - 6 0 0 iVess land is required the cost proportionally reduced. offer 6 lands!Socety is in a position, from its extended connexions, to , and farms in nearly all the other states of the Union. Every information, with map and plan of settlement, description AS en• crthts erEt - h astern Texas &c ay b obtained (grati fro •t . a .e Society, or on application to the ,ecretary.s) m the ru ar , - first ship with emigrants will sail about the midlle of Feb • . a nd every succeeding month. Each application registered , ding prty. ,'Polications for Agents to the Society must be accompanied by "reflects, 1. `",g 446 1 45 2 N°. I LONDON. P THURSDAY g U 7,41 '" VY • g JANUARY 10 i 8,50 = [PRICE SD. NIGHTLY SHELTER for the HOUSELESS. PsEsmawr—The Right Hon : the LORD MAIOR. I have scrupulously avoided any interference in the wars and contentions which have recently distracted • Europe. AUSTRIA. AND. HUNGARY—NONTINTER VNTION. zen, who, in ti foreign country, purchases a vessel built in the United States, to the inconvenience of sending her • home for a new register, before per mitting her to proceed on a voyage. , Any alteration of the laws, which might have a tendency to impede the free transfer of property in vessels between our citizens, or the free navigation of those vessels between different parts of the world, when employed in lawful commerce, should be well and cautiously considered ; but I trust that your wis • dom will devise a method by which our general policy in this respect may be preserved, and at the same time the abuse of Our flag, by means of sea letters, in the manner indicated, may be prevented. CENTRAL AMERICA—THE SHIP CANAL— R AILROALf—POSTAG E, Sze. Having ascertained that there is no prospect:of the reunion of the five States of Central America, which formerly composed the republic of that name, we have separately negotiated with some of them treaties of amity and commerce, which will be laid before the Senate. A contract having been concluded with the State of Nicaragua, by a company composed of American citizens, for the purpose of constructing a ship canal, through the territory of that state, to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, I have directed the ne- TREASURES —JOHN LABOUCHERE, Esq . Tha Committee appointed to conduct the abo% e Charity beg to state that in consequence of the severity of the weather, the Asylum in Playhouse-yard, Whitecross-street, was opened on Monday Even ing, the 31st December, at Five o'clock, for the reception of inmates. The applicants have been as follows : THE UNITED STATES. augmentation of the revenue and the prevention of frauds) a system of specific duties is best adapted, I strongly recommend to Congress the adoption of that system, fixing the duties at rates high enough to rifford substantial and sufficient encouragement to our own industry, and at the same time so adjusted as to insure stability. The question of the continuance of the sub-treasury system is respectfully submitted to the wisdom of Congress. If continued, important modification of it appear to be indispensable. For further details and views on the above and other matters connected with commerce, the finances, and revenue, I refer to the report of the Secretary of the Treasury. No direct aid has been given by the general Go vernment to the improvement of agriculture, except by the expenditure of small sums for the collection and publication of agricultural statistics, and for some chemical analyses, which have been, thus far, paid for out of the patent fund. This: aid is, in my opinion, wholly inadequate. To give to this leading branch of American industry the encouragement whkh it merits, I respectfully recommend the establishment of an Agricultural Bureau, to be connected with the Department of the Interior. To elevate the social condition of the agriculturist, to increase his pros peri'y, and to extend his means of usefulness to his country, by multiplying his sources of information, should be the study of every statesman, and a primary object with every legislator. CALIFORNIA AND NEW MEXICO. -- • •• LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. The British and North American Royal mail steam -ship Hibernia, Captain Stone, arrived in the Mersey at one o'clock this morning, with accounts from New York of the 26th ult. inclusive, with up wards of forty passengers. She left Halifax on the 29t4 ult. I bier. Women. Children Total. Lodgings Rations of Bread. - -- -- -- 662 159 I 78 799 2148 During the late conflict between Austria and Hun gary there seemed to be a prospect that the latter might become sn independent . nation. However faint that prospect at the tune appeared; I thought it my duty, in accordance with the general sentiments of the American people, who deeply syniiiathised with the Magyar patriots, to stand prepar,(l, upon the contin gency of the establishment by her of a permanent go vernment, to be the first to weltorne independent Hungary into the family of orations. For this purpose I invested an agent, then in Eurove, with power to declare our willingness promptly to recognise her independence in the event of her ability to sustain it. The powerful intervention of Russia in the con test extinguished the hopes of the struggling Mag yars. The United States did not, at any time, inter fere in the contest ; but the fetlings of the nation were strongly enlisted in the cause ' ;;.!!d by the suf ferings of a brave people, wh o h a d made a gallant though unsuccessful effort to be free. PORTUGAL. 6472 Subscriptions since At the Coramitoe-room. The Rev. Win. Watson.£ I 0 C Mrs Watson . . 1 0 C G. J. Steer, Esq. . . 2 0 C those last reported. jW. AV. Smith, Esq .£,5 Ctrs. Bell . . . 5 5 At the Treasurer's H. B. 11., per Rev. G H. Thompson [A 'summary of the following important document appeared in our paper of yesterday.] Mrs Steei J. U. Shears. Esq. Mrs. Benj. Kilburn G. L. . . . .2 2 0 .1 1 0 .3 3 0 2 0 01 5 0 f 4. Drummond, Esq. . 5 0 L. M. Simon, Esq. . 1 1 M. J. E. Frewen, Esq. 2 0 THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. C. V. S. Tidswell, Esq. A. R. Jaffray, Esq, J. A. Jaffray, Esq, F. Wiltshire. Esq. . 2 2 01 ./ 2 0 .1 1 0 .1 1 e .1 1 o Ntiss M. A. Lee : -. 2 0 B. It hiteloct, Eeq. . 2 2 Dr. Thomas Hume . 2 0 Months Thist'ethwayte Esq. . . . 10 0 Miss C. Bosanquet . 2 0 Rev. J. L. Petit, . . 10 10 Viscountess St. Vin- Z' Roy itl Exchange-buildings, —....._ D. BYRNE, Secretary. On Monday, the 24th of December, both branches of the Legislature being at length organized, General Taylor delivered the following Message to ilia 31st Congress of the United States : Fellow Citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives,— 2 0 01 1 0 0 Rev. John Wilson rs. Sedgwiek W. Chr,f6rs, Esq . 2 2 01 Dr. Miles I. S. A. C Messrs. T. Usborne and 1 1 01 1 1 el cent . - . . 2 0 John Salt, Esq. . . 3 3 ?. T. G. . . . 1 0 John Hamilton, Esq. . 2 0 J. IL Urquhart, Esq. . 2 0 P. Gardner, Fsq. . 10 0 Geo. Haldimand, Esq. . 5 0 R. M. . . . 2 0 At Messrs. Bouverie's. J. L. Mallet, Esq. . 2 2 At Messrs. Glyn's. Son . G. Smith 2 2 01 I 0 0 2 2 C T.T.lt. Strangeways, Esq. 31 iss Harriet Gould, per 3 3 01 0 10 of N. Gould, Esq E. Ililke, Esq. Mrs. Hawkins, din. J. T. C. . . . 1 1 (I . 5 0 01 . 0 10 01 .1 I f P. S. M. J. G. Urim, Esq. . 2 0 . 5 5 Edmund Ludlow, Esq. 2 2 C T. B. . . . . I I C. At Messrs. Hoare's, Lord Cottenham 20 0 At Messrs. Nisbet's. SALE OF HER M A JESTY'S SHIPS. Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy, 7 be c o Somerset-place, 9th January, 1850. o f the Mmissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admdral lieti ee : t u tted Kingdom of Great Brttain a-d Ireland, do herehy give be rea d that on TUESDAY, the 29th instant, at One o'clock, they mill Bblp s „„ Y ! 0 receive Sealed Tenders for the Purchase of hr Majest3's ""oormentioned, lying at Woolwich Dockyard, viz e .:— Tons. ItOCKET GRAPP .. LER •• • • .. .. 570 57 Ig o Te. tor a , ender will be received after One o'clock on the day of treat', teak, anoticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him, to t,„ dePosit of 251. per cent. on the amount of each purchase. ra,. Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of th • Admi and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Per„' an 4 must also be delivered at Somerset - place . 'ni , eri n i ns wishing to view tile Skips must apply to the Commodore e atal., endent for notes of admis•ion for that purpose. fines and Conditions of Sale may be had here and at the yard. 0 COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS. -..... A patty of Commercial Travellers staying at the Castle 4 11 IL At t .tillillikiia, thArinsjn this Town, unanimously agreed that Net, ..' 11 is be made to each of Utlik rThprictors of the above `_liep C n `. REDUCE the PRICE of OATS aid BEANS, wishing 4h t er eharce Fourpence per Quarter for Oats, and Eightpence per Itre u "AT Beans instead of Fivepence and a Shilling. Owing to the Nr ,.. , re Istekd.u.e_tinon in the price of these articles, they did not think they 'Hire uo „,,"PS n 3 thlng unreasonable ; notwithstanding every means , We th e Under induce firm . ; te comply with this request, they refused. er,Driere Under ignel beg .to inform. our brother travellers, the ~Qqltrt,,,7 a the Came ' ron Arms Hotel is charging Fourpence per ~ ar,i ero. , o r n - Ms, and Hghtpence per Quarter for Beans. As the li t L e r)' iy a rms is situated in a central part of the Town, and in .erai 1 ,..y adapted for t a Business, we hope that the ii :va t GruPrietor will be generally supported. 110 A-1- 0 , 41 °° d 3 Stables, Lock-up Coach-houses, and Commodious J. G. ASPINWALL, JOHN MORTIS, JOHN CHARLES WILLS, THOMAS JOHN TRIM, HENRY HARDING, ROBERT ATICINS,N, PEBBLE PRIMAYE 3Y. January 7th, 1850. 1-1 LE S WADLEY'S CAMERON "kitt4'. l lS HOTEL AND COMMERCIAL HOUSE, HIGH °. SWANSEA. k _beils to inform Commereal Gentlemen that he has fitted 10 thei r a r're hous e for their reception, and hopes, by strict attent on ef.ll TThfOrts and intere to meet with their supt. govr ` 4 ° o cl Stables, Loc k up ' Coach Houses, and por Commodious Beans, Bd. per Quarter Peck- Oats, 4d. ditto ditto. • 11 ROYAL POLYTECHNIC o „Ins LICBTITUTIO, REOE-. Fi rst of a 111 rhil series of Illustrated Le ctures, by STREET Dr. Backholher, ~ ,,,PhY of Scientific Flecreation, daily at TIY3 o f'clock. and " r e t , Of L '', 41 ,8 3 , at Eight. -An entirely new Set of issolving t hp "tic r iruon in the Sixteenth Century, and as it now is, with te at a li v e Lecture, daily, at Half-past Four, and in the Even f2its of, 'Miter to Ten —The Views of R,orne, including new ieti. a die Interior and Exterior of St Peter's, with Diorami • ef- Zkat r :,, lll °lrn at One o'clock.—Lectures on Cheint.try, with pihri'Teriments, by Mr. Ashley.--Experiments with the Diver -40try0;;IC-h.ell.—New Exhibition of Chromatropes.—The Ma '4l; &a., explained. Admission, Is --Schools. Half-price. 4 ' ASONABLE PRESENTS. tov„,.At this festive period of the year, the following unrivalled die , liq r for the toilet are called Into increased requisition, nameli 40 k "S' MACASSAR OIL, for creating and sustaining aa "t head of h • 'thin KALTDOR, for rendering the Skin soft, fair, and a 40 w r g , ;and -4 ari I—,,ftNna' ,TortODONTO or Pearl Dentifrice. for imparting a , ".e ivhiteness to he h. N 1 10 ), patronage of royalty throughout Europe, and theuhbigheapprecy % Y rank and fashion, with the well-known infallible der ffi t r em I tp t 4 l a tides, give them a celebrity unparalleled, and ren fitly elegant and sea'onable present. O'he„ .s a * BKWARE OF SPURIOUS IMITATIONS. n..IY genuine of each bears then ame of "ROWLANDS pre ;101,1 that of the Article on the pper or Label. t'llt 4 Z,bY them at 20, Hatton-garden, London, and by respectable • la and Perfumers. NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi ho, dently recommended as a simple but certain remedy to all ,D4 l T' lf fer from indigestion, sick headache, bilious and liver eom aqi4.lleartbarn, and acidity of the stomach, depressed spirits, dis 444illeeP. violent palpitations, spasms, general debility, costive '4. They act as a powerful tonic and gentle aperient ; are per`, th eir operation, safe under any circumstances, and thousa n d s %sir des can now bear testimony to the benefits to be derived from C l e Be tties at Is. 1)44.1., 2g. 9d., and ils. each, in every Town unatlew . 0 17,°N—ne sure to ask for " NORTON'S PILLS," and do not purchase an imitation. i i°l t r E CURES OF A.SI'IIMA ANI) COUGH BY L OCOCk'S PULMONIC WAFERS. t i'Yern i - :: r t e aet of a letter from Mr. W. Tomlinson, bookseller, g n i t i:l. ntb l _et, Newark ~4 1' rei a ', l . l 7 , ,—l can fully prove the value of Locock's Wafers, as nt ., l 'e of mine was speedily cured of a most severe asthma duration by them, and many ether cures equally fi ly .q constanti u .ier my notice. so that I can con - 1), "e" "lend th Y et e ri o , n W ie hie n h I do with very great pleasure. ist •I. (Signed) " W. TOMLINSON." I .4 , 'l oe C c i () , C i k' S WA.FERi give instant relief and a rapid cure of Tor tqw,g,lsi and all disorders of the breath and lungs.~tret. RS and PUBLIC SPEAKERS they are invaluable t gtheni n n klto g and clearing the voice ; they have a most plea -04 1 ;4 , . 114,1 ' •-•, 2s. 9d., and I Is. per box. Agents—Dr S . ilva and Of Fleet-street Loudon; sold by all medicine ven th. horn also may be had, ' of - ,.% 1 Y LOCOCK'S FEMALE WAFERS, "iedititle'ellY recommended to be taken by ladies. Have no taste t t 13 eWare of imitations in the form of Pills. POET at the PARTY. eti, Ti m __b rated bard—myself I mean— r l a t ely at a fi r st- ra t e p ar ty b een , 1).0,4 ev ery,_ singl e l oo k, an d ever y a ction, Ztt e nini to be an o bj ec t o f a ttr ac tion. adies smiled, and many struggled hard the sitting nearest to the bard ; 1) 11 , e ,! 1 honour fell, it must be understood, Cecilia Clara Collingwood, tlj;`7° it young lady, with peculiar grace, hose looks adorned the animated place." p,t le ver mind C ec ili a Cl ara ' s b eau t y , bus iness call,, and I must do my duty. lio,',,Dan) oet's health was then proposed, and I, this noted poet, made reply ; lie as I think 'twill please you, all and each, give you, werd for word. THE POET'S SPEECH. Ladies and Gentlemen, must allow ;Me proudest moment of my life" is now. 11 1 e llottouraide toast which you propo% , e is, 1, 0 , 51 111 to my humble self, " The Bard of Moses. TO be not say that I am proud at heart oe connected thus with Moses' Mart la k art titan which no greater can , found, r eh London the rovinces around. I cannot J east my and eyes around this room, Ip oi n i mit admiring Moses' choice costume. n 'aY the lyre be struck ill such transcendent beauty.—(Greatsensation.) o4es and Son are stamped on every vest. 4, iA t on the coats and trosers of each guest. It a ; I l ),, rceive the ladies, ` Ws, their hearts, e laid a visit to the " Mart of Marts." Of if M 'LY I live to a d voca t e th e canoe A na osese far-famed Warehouse—(More applause)— naay Moses' Dress-mart be displayed, "ulv it is —The Sovereign of the Trade. tin' OF PRICE% BILDT ADE. kit alrin M and Winter Over Coats, in every pi, =t and ...... £0 8 6 ,v,...... - • .......... - • • • • • • •• • • • • •• •• t.7s4l Wer,handsomely and warmly trimmed 0 lti 0 ,.. •,,!,‘ Paletot, ditto... •..••• • • • • • u l6 u, ;',lesterfield, ditto.. ••••.. . . • • • • 1 0 . 'at Albert Wrapper, a very handsome style 1 4 ,°t . lavr Coat ..... ..... ......... ..... • 1 6 J a‘ i l t g or Morning Coats .. •••••• • - '• " 0 bitt o and Winter Trousers, in Tweed .. • • 0 4 6 1 ) 144 3 ditto Doeskin .. 0 7 6 0 2 6 lg e k 0 13 6 Dl '34 'Velvet Vests.... •••••••• • • • • • • • • Vesta Itc' s, Coat, .. .. .. .......... ...... 0 17 0 Isicitittkbabanittdo n . 0 . 3, .. 5 :. :civ: Over : : Coats,.. i ... .. .. every„ , style,... .. 0 19 0 to, : tr and TunieSufts •• •• •• ••••••• • • • • • • • 0 14 • 6 .4 A.litntlln and Winter Vests ••.••• • • • • 0 0 8 Item, , MADE TO lizasiian. 1 Tilt (..,,•!,eturan and Winter Over Coats..from 1 te,,..Leetertield Wrapper, in a waraL . 1,1 !" . ' 1 6 0 Th e i:.• ••....•••••••••••• The -,,!' l kiot handsomely and warmly trimmed 1 16 0 e n, - ••• er alint o ' n Wrapper, a very elegant style of 2 0 0 t e°4t *—*** ———— • • t styl, 4 „ihrnore Watley Over Coat, 'ewes 2 10 0 Atit,,,,,• li ned throughout * • • • ••• • • • i , bee s - 1 4 M Winter Trowsers, in Tweed ancl 0 10 6 ?eat 1)1.1' • • .. 1 6 0 4 k,,1114,,,,, --, ,. & Castdmere ditto ••• • .0 8 6 , s nest ii",a,11 4 Winter Vests •••• • • • •ole c k Z7,ox. Cloth ditte • • •• • . . h.. "ok Velvet ditto •• ••••••••• • • ' ' • ' • • • 0 113 6 p r i. F r e . s !Coats • ... .... from 325. to 215 0 —lo7 ssai - t''' •• .. . ...... ..... from 355. to 3 3 8 0 0 . thipe a 4 Tunic Stilts" • • . .from 1 IlnP l , !',.! •••• ..-- .... 4 41 A., o,,ooting Coat ••••—••••• • • • • • • 0 15 0 4 - .ant brtwn, R o b es , in great variety, tm - 4 iT4I •• •• ... - 41 -•'41114e,,' ontatnlng an Almanac for the year 1850, wii be pre- A t„„ ' ' l7 C ustomer. --"te %lock of Fur Coats, in every shape, from 60s. to 201. k lc raval and Military Uniforms, Liveries, &c. —6 , llr nina to any extent at Five Minutes' notice. 41, 111 4 6,, )4 .• Snit of Mourning complete for 11. 10s. thibitijOsZi.b°ok_, entitled " The Minion of the Million," with MI 4,,,. - ^•‘. Don f' ,oll- measurement, can be had en application, or for ti",tce,. ree, to any part of the kingdom. 1110 F ur replete with every novelty Wieseson. Department is new 44-471ar"Ali k oar n , Y article purchased, either ready made, or made to li, 14 0,40, ° ` alt.Droyed of will be exchanged, or the money returned. ;OS, Pi 2, 111, 14 S@N Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, flatters, tom ' 6 6 - •••z a ,,,,ers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, 154, gst4P ii. l ' eli — e ,," 167 Minorier and 52, 84, 85, and 86 Al4gato, City, es.7lllaearMinualcating*ivith each other, and forming one vast ii t.. ..,4 104 ...... S/4 ti tit ii4pc!. Moses and Son regret having to guard the public , );,_°t orb:; . .t_lon I but having heard that the untradesmanli 2 o - .on ~....,„'Lg connected with them, or "It is the same concern, _ 4 4'_ 4 „ - 4 ., te in many instances, and for obvious reasons, W A - "Jt or i_"'''. o that they have so connexion with any other hours 1 b .e "heduirhdon, eXcept their Branch Establishments, 36, Par kol '`. ; and ot to in, 19, T hornton's-buildings, Bradford, Yorkshire; 4 , 4 , to requi ~„,„.. ...._... .. , genuine elc , thi , rr, ca:! o rliam, i „, the Itin,,rx, 4w•l Al , idat.e, k.,ity 1....,i...al , ...r• ulti.er u. to 11.L'Itahliehinents, as above. ' '"•-ThIS Establishment is closed from sunset Friday, I When Wein* 18 Mourned till twelve oleleek. Mrs. Francis Lloyd . 1 0 0 W. F. Gestling, Esq. . 5 0 Mr. Porrett . . 2 2 f. Mias Zenogle . 1 0 f• Miss Eliza Harman . 1 0 0 Robt. Moore, sen., Esq. per Child and Co. .10 0 0 Miss Davis. ditto . . 0 10 0 T. Dunn, W. P. W. Sir R. I'. Glyn, Bart., Ray. .Tohn Robinson, per Mr. Taylor 0 6 to o 1 0 ( Hatieltnn, Esq. . 1 0 C Captain Barber . . 1 1 0 Lewis, Esq. ass Lewis Lewis, Eq. G. Stodart, Esq. . Mr. Thoi. Wilson H. Johnson, Esq. 1 1 , . 1 1 of o 10 el J. Coster. Esq 2 0 01 . 1 0 2 0 C .2 0 C Mrs. Barnwell . . 1 1 of .1 0 ( Allen Williams, Esq. . 1 1 6 Mrs. Davis . . . 0 10 0 Sir E. Bacon, Bart. . 5 0 0 G. C. Wiltshire, Esq. . 1 1 0 J. Illnehliffe, Esq. . 1 1 0 Mrs. J. Hinehliffe . 1 1 Ilinehliffe, Esq . 1 1 0 Mrs. N. Hinchliffe . 1 1 0 G. S. Hinehliffe, Esq. . 1 1 0 J. W. Casterton, Esq. . 5 0 0 Mrs. Smith . . 5 5 0 Subscriptions rec , City. Messrs. Williams and Co. Sir J. Lubbock, Bart., and Co. Messrs. smith, Payne, and Co. Messrs. Glyn, Hailifax, and Co. _ _ Messrs. Jones Loyd and Co. Messrs. Barnett, 'Boars, and Co. Messrs. Sapte. Muvratt, and Co. London Joint-Stock Bank. Londcn and Westminster Bank. Union Bank of London. N.B. This Society employs no II Homeless Committee-room, 75, January 8. • 4 „; EA, FIRE, and LIFE (late PORT of LON DON) ASSURANCE COMPANY.—Persons having claims upon this Company, are requested to communicate the same to Messrs. Cox anti Stone, Solici!ors, 33, Poultry. F REEMASONS' AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. -" 11, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. Notice is hereby given, that the HALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND to the 31st ultimo, after the rate of Iglx per Cent. pet annum, wlll be in COURiE of PAYMENT to the Shareholders on and after the 10th January instant. JOSEPH BERRIDGE, Secretary. Just publisho (11;,7 FINAL CURVATURE—Its Theory; its Cure; illustrgted by Cases and Coloured Plates. By GEORGE N. EPPS, Surgeon to Harrison's Spinal Institution, &c. Sherwood and Co , 23, Paternoster-row ; Balliere, 219, Regent street ; James Epps, 112, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury. BOND'S PERMANENT MARKING INK, the original, requiring no preparation, is particularly recom mended at this season of the year, for mArking newly-made a-titles of household linen and wearing apparel, for the security of which artic'el this is by far the best production that can be similarly applied. Prepared by the inventor, JOHN BOND, 28, Long-lane, West Smithfield, City, and sold by most Chemists, Stationers, d M.d - eine Ven.Zers. Price Is. a Bettie. 2 0 0 1 1 0 .-10 0 0 .5 0 0 West. Messrs. Hoare and Co. Messrs. Strahan, Paul, and Co. Sir Claude Scott and Co. Messrs. Cocks and Co. Messrs. Bouverte and Co. London and Westminster Bank. Messrs. Hatchard and Co. 111essrs. Nisbet and Co. Merant collectors. C. W. HICK, Chairman, Old Broad-street, APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad, and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfectly digest the food. The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe guard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 6, Vere-strect, Oxford street, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other Oilmen and Merchants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in auce. N.B. To gnard against imitations, see that the names of " LEA and PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. a 1d ii 1 A Ono hall the vroria are desolately single, and the other Apposieg them married, questionahly contented. Diffidence, or a erse of right determine the former, and miscalculeted hopes cm •:iter the latter. The aolittry one may shield himself ander the plea 4 cantion and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un ereierosieg harry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical Incapacity, ,r,4 broken health, aro the great hindrances to domestic happiness ne noels' content. The dowry should not be the only marriage stet ieaient. Honour and jttstice denaand that health shouldform ae item o the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes sr -eglect weend more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if nose surmises concern yen, procure Dr. CITIVERWELL'S little F.MOIRS "On single and Married Life, " cub. in 2 vols., Is. :soh (by coat, in stamps, 12. 6d. each). Lot no imaginatively - eilnod, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered re misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining hem. They are net intended certainly for mere idle carieeity, hat tar the closet perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whore V•ey aro offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on the above sub!ects, by =qualified authors, which alone or ::-ether, are a diegraee to the age. Furthermore, two other PtitAleations claivo your attention (same price Is. each, lost to, 6d.) called " What to tat, Drink, and kveiel," z.r.d " How to be flrippy." They are not merely 1 , lets bite equal it quantity a library volume, not are they the mere ephemeral seribblings of the your, hut the sturly of the rtui.her's who ewes his present existence, healti, and poaltien to this eh e.rsr.eeee of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he WM./ he done unto—to live atter natare's laws—and to keel , always on the " sunny side of the way." The above works may be had of eherwoci, 23, Paternoster-raw ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street • Mann. 83, Cornidli Spokes, 5, liolborn hlil ;or direct (by port or 6,U:ter seLe) •••••• the , anther ',Trio may he conferred with personally, mornings - ._.,0•, are •• • • gr, s i r Book..llorp THIRTY-FIRST EDITION. iliostrated by 2ii Anatomical uoiouraci Engraviagson 14 PUYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA. CITY, ANT) IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. • .ditioes, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or greet from the Esial)lishrnent. 6d. in postage iigams, 74 : SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work 073 :`••• 'b. , ,rsaltivs ael doca: , of the centrative system, Alm; , meetion, and the inordlnate c3c CV ma Ircurf , , i4arrisse. aid tLe mettru ohvinting ce3t ttn r7r,r .....-. „... ~ . I.attons. Illustrated Colorore4 Eligravbws. By H. PEIZRY. alifl CO., Cousultireg Surgeons, 1 %. BerzErs-itreet, US ord-street, London. rnblithed V the Antnors : sold by strange, :I, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Banger, 153, Oxford-streal ; Titellberne-street, Haymarket; and Gorden, 145, Leaden- l'Aier I. treat% of the anatomy and physiology of the re-prodnctite rganc, and is illustrated by Rix Coloured E.sgravings. PAST 11. treats of the =sequences resulting float excessiveihdn'. once, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing merdsl old bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative neapacity. cduqrated by `tree Explanatory Engravings. Paw'. 111. treats of the diseased resulting from Infection, either in tximary or secondary form, and esr.tabis explicit directions for treatmeta. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured Engravings. I'AXT IV. contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Dise.•ise ay a simple application, by which the danger of infection la ob vlsted. This imports.nt part of the Work should no east •20 the e ader's notice. PAST V. is devoted to the consideration: of marriage, and its dares. The causes of unproductive anion are elan zonsidered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically ~,:tired into. Tax sAMDIAI. HALT* or Eimactrst is exe'tisi—^,ly employed in treat (eg nervous and sexual debility, impotence, etc., 11w. and 331. per b flits. The Concentrated Deters' re nisence, as anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood Iv case: - efinfectios, secondary e7mp toms, eruptions, and the abuse ~f rr-:cury, I le. and 3&s. per bottle. Perry's Perl.tying Specific ms, 'As. 9d., ds. 6d., and 1I s . per box. a certain remedy for gonorrl.cea, y:eet, stricture, and chronic hillamma ion of the blad ler. ..,onsrlfstiou fee, if by letter, 11. A minute detail of the case is Legal - ri : age, habits, and position in society. cl Packets, ?, - it't advice, to be had at the Establishment only, by vh'ch the t0e,11., l saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in atten a"ce u.l.- a , 1 ( 1, der-er.-streut Oxford-street, London, from Fie von till T , •n arIA se. V i,hf ,a.0,,1 EXPERIENCE IN THE GOLD REGION.—An intelli gent young friend who has just returned from California gives his experience in brief but emphatic language. After a wearisome voyage round the Cape he reached San Francisco, and left immediately for " the diggings." There he was sick nearly three months. His tent was in the midst of dry sand heaps, with the thermometer at an average of 112 degrees during the day. Many of the amateur gold diggers were exhausted with the hard labour and suffering from blistered hands; others were going about with their arms in slings from the same cause. Finding his recovery doubtful if he remained at the mines, after paying the nurse 500 dollars, and his phy sician 700 dollars more, he was able to reach San Fran cisco and embark for home. Just before he left that place two young men, whose parents are opulent in New York, and whom he had often seen in fashionable costume on Brom Tway, accosted him. Their rough exterior had so disguised them that they were not recognised. One of them was driving an ox team at 200 dollars per month, and the other, at similar wages, was carry ine bricks cn a board strapped reund his neck, as tender to some masons. With scarcely an ex ception the gold hunters were all anxious to return. Pride prevented some ; want cf means others. Some of them congratulated him that ho had such a good excuse for returning. They would willingly exchange their health for his inability if they could only reach their homes again. Disappointment and dejection were common. Scereely one had realised even moderate expectatii.ns.—New Yorh Journal of Commerce. 1k .1.;qt1(.. A. b ac , an interview with Earl Grey, yesterday, at the Co lonial-office, Sixty years have elapsed since the establishment of this government, and the Congress of the United States again assembles, to legislate-for an empire of freemen. The predictions of evil prophets, who for merly pretended to foretell the downfall of our insti tutions, are now remembered only to be derided, and the United States of America, at this moment, pre sents to the world the most stable and permanent government on earth. Such is the result of the labours of those who have gone before us. Upon Congress will eminently depend the future maintenance of 9ur system of free governmeni;and the transmission of it unimpaired, to posterity. We are at peace with all the world, and seek to maintain our cherished relations of amity with the rest of mankind. During the past year we hare been blessed by a kind Providence with an abundance of the fruits of the earth ; and although the destroying angel, for a time, visited extensive portion s o f our territory with the ravages of a dreadful pestilence, yet the Almighty has at length deigned to stay His hand, and to restore the inestimable blessing of general health to a people who have acknowledged His power, deprecated His wrath, and implored His mer ciful protection. While enjoying the benefits of amicable intercourse with foreign nations, we have not been insensible to the distractions and wars which have prevailed in other quarters of the world. It is a proper theme of thluksgiving to him who rules the destinies of nations that we, have been able to maintain, amidst all these contests, an independent and neutral position towards all belligerent powers. FOREIGN RELATIONS—GREAT BRITAIN. Our relations with Great Britain are of the most friendly character. In consequence of the recent alteration of the British Navigation Acts, British ves sels from British and other foreign ports will (under our existing laws), after the Ist day of January next, be admitted to entry in our ports, with cargoes of the growth, manufacture, or production of any part of the world, on the same terms as to duties, imposts, and charges, as vessels of the United States with their cargoes, and our vessels will be admitted to the same advan tages in British ports, entering thereon on the same terms as British vessels. Should no order in Council disturb this legislative arrangement, the lata Act of the British Parliament, by which Great Britain is brought within the terms proposed by the Act of Congrees of the Ist of March, ABl7, it is hoped will be productive of benefit to both'countries. G. M. Hicks, Esq. L. P. N. Robert Low, Esq. E. C. . . .100 . 0 10 6 .2 2 0 .1 1 0 At Messrs. Hatehard's. Hon. R. P. Arden ;amuei Davis, Esq. .2 0 0 .2 0 0 arslts,cll4 .- 4 , : --1-4..0 0 Colonel W. Douglas' . 1 0 Geo. Hammond, Esq. . 2 0 0 Mrs. Pollen . . 1 0 0 '7ol. W. Douglas, 2d sub 1 1 0 Mrs. Sharp . . . 5 0 0 3, H. CroHs, Esq. . 2 0 0 Mrs. Pack. . . . 1 0 0 Henry Hill, Esq. . .0 . 10 6 Mrs. Howls . . . 1 0 0 Miss Howis . . . 1 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 Miss Emma ['owls Miss Percival . At Sir Claude Scott and Co.'s. P. W. Martin . . 1 1 0 A. Lady . . 1 0 0 tt bir J. Lubbock, Bart., and Co.'s K. Niessrs.Drammond 0 10 0 5 0 0 I. H. Smith, Esq. NI. E. 8., per Harris and Co. • • • W. F. . • • • Messrs. StEddon and Sons It. °Ryerson, Esq. :Ived as under : FRANCE. A slight interruption of diplomatic intercourse, which occurred between this Government and France, lam happy to say has been terminated, and our Minister there has been received. It is therefore unnecessary to refer now to the circumstances which led to that interruption. I need not express to you the sincere sa'isfaction with which we shall welcome the arrival of another Envoy Extraerdinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from a sister republic, to which we have so long been, and still remain, bound by the strongest ties of amity. GERMANY AND DENMARK. Shortly after I had entered upon the discharge of the executive duties, I was apprised that a war steamer, belonging to the German empire, was being fitted out in the harbour of New York, with the aid of some of our naval officers, rendered under per mission of the late Secretary of the Navy. This permission was granted during an armistice between that empire and the kingdom of Denmark, which had been engaged in the Schleswig-Holstein war. Apprehensive that this act of intervention on our part might be viewed as a violation of our neutral obligations incurred by the treaty with Denmark, and of the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 20th of April, 1818, I directed that no further aid should be rendered by any agent or officer of the navy; and I instructed the Secretary of State to apprise the Mi nister of the German empire accredited to this Govern ment of my determination to execute the law of the United States, and to maintain the faith of treaties with all nations. The correspondence which ensued between the Department of State and the Minister of the German Empire is herewith laid before you. The execution of the law and the observance of the treaty were deemed by me to be due to the honour of the country, as well as to the sacred obligations of the constitution. I shall not fail to pursue the same course should a similar case arise with any other nation. having avowed the opinion, on taking the oath of office, that in disputes between conflicting foreign Governments, it is our interest, not less than our duty, to remain strictly neutral, I shall not abandon it. You will perceive, from the correspond ence submitted to you in connexion with this subject, that the course adopted in this case has been properly regarded by the belligerent powers interested in the matter. Although a Minister of the United States to the German Empire was appointed by my predecessor in August, 1848, and has for a long time been in attendance at Frankfort-on-the Maine, and although a Minister, appointed to represent that empire, was received and accredited here, yet no such Government as that of the German Empire has been definitively con stituted. Mr. Donelson, our representative at Frank fort, remained there several months, in the expecta tion that a union of the German States, under one constitution) r form of government, might at length be organized. It is believed, by those well ac quainted with the existing relations between Prussia and the States of Germany, that no such union can be permanently established without her cooperation. In the event of the formation of such a union, and the organization of central power in Germany, of which she should form a part, it would become ne cessary to withdraw our Minister at Berlin ; but while Prussia exists as an independent kingdom, and diplomatic relations are maintained with her, there can be no necessity for the continuance of the mission to Frankfort. I have, therefore, recalled Mr. Donelson, and directed the archives of the lega tion at Frankfort to be transferred to the American legation at Berlin. CUBA-THE INTENDED EXPEDITION. having been apprised that a considerable number of adventurers were engaged in fitting out a mili tary expiditioo, within the United States, against a foreign country, and believing, from the best information I could obtain, that it was des tined to invade the Island of Cuba, I deemed it due to the friendly relations existing be tween the United States and Spain, to the treaty between the two nations, to the laws of the United States, and, above all, to the American honour, to exert the lawful authority of this Government in sup pressing the expedition and preventing the invasion. To this end I issued a proclamation, enjoining it upon the officers of the United States, civil and military, to use all lawful means within their power. A copy of that proclamation is herewith submitted. The expe dition has been suppressed. So long as the Act of Congress of the 20th April, 1818, which owes its existence to the law of nations and to the policy of Washington himself, shall remain on our statute book, I hold it to be the duty of the Executive faithfully to obey its injunctions. While this expedition was 'in progress, I was in. formed that a foreigner, who claimed our protection, had been clandestinely, and, as was supposed, forcibly carried off in a vessel from New Orleans to the Island of Cuba. I immediately caused such steps to be taken as I thought necessary, in case the information I had received should prove correct, to vindicate the honour of the country, and the .right, of every person seeking an asylum on our soil to the protection of Our laws. The person alleged to have been ab ducted was promptly restored, and the circum stances of the case are now about to undergo investi gation before another tribunal. I would respectfully suzgest that although the crime charged to have been committed in this case is held odious as being in conflict with our opinions on the subject of national sovereignty and personal freedom, there is no prohi bition of it, or punishment for it, provided in any ut ,::kedienvy of :styplying this defect in our criminal code is therefore recommended to your consideration. Our claims upon Portugal have been, during the past year, prosecuted with renewed vigour, and it has been my object to employ every effoi t of honourable diplomacy to procure .their adjustment. Our late Charge d'Affaires at Lisbon, the Hon. George W. Hopkins, made able and energetic, but unsuccessful, efforts to settle these unpleasant matters of contro versy, and to obtain indemnity for wrongs which were the subject of complaint. Our present Charge d'Affaires at that court will also bring to the prose-. cution of these claims ability and zeal. The revolu tionary and distracted condition of Portugal in past times has been repseeented as one 4f the leading causes of her delay in indemnifying our suffering citizens. But I must now say, it is matter of profound regret that these claims have not been settled. The omission of Portugal to do justice to the American claimants has now assumed a character so grave and serious that I shall shortly make it the subject of a special message to Congress, with a view to such ultimate action as its wisdom and patriotism may suggest. With Russia, Austria, Prussia, Sweden, D enmar k, Belgium, the Nethe r l an d s , a nd the Italian States, we still maintain our accustomed amicable relations. ITALY. which, indeed, h e was During the rec en t revolutions in the Papal St a t es , o p u re r se C n h t ar h g is e l d e ' t A te ff r a o i f re c s re a d t en ß ce o , me has been u na bl e t o directed by my predecessor to withhold until he should receive further orders. Such was the unsettled con dition of things in those states, that it was not deemed expedient to give him any instructions on the subject of presenting his credential letter different from those ith which he had been- furnished by his late administration, until the 25th of June last ; when, in consequence of the want of accurate infor nactin of the exact state of things, at that distance from us, he was instructed to exercise his own discretion in presenting himself to the then existing Government, if, in his judgment, sufficiently stable; or if not, to await further events. Since that period Rome has undergone another revo lution, and he abides the establishment of a Govern ment sufficiently permanent to justify him in opening diplomatic intercourse with D. MEXICO. With the republic of Mexico it is our true policy to cultivate the most friendly relations. Since the ratification of the treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo, nothing has occurred of a serious character to disturb them. A faithful observance of the treaty, and a sincere respect for her rights, cannot fail to secure the lasting confidence and friendship of that republic. The Message of my predecessor to the House of Representatives, of the Bth of February last, commu nicating, in compliance with a resolution of that bady, a copy of a paper called a protocol, signed at Queretaro on the 30th of May, 1848, by the Commissioners of the United States and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Mexican Government, having been a subject of correspondence between the Department of State and the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten tiary of that republic accredited to this Government, a transcript of that correspondence is herewith sub mitted. The Commissioner on the Flirt of the United States for marking the boundary between the two republics, though delayed in reaching San Diego by unforeseen obstacles, arrived at that place within a short period after the time required by the treaty, and was there joined by the Commissioner on the part of Mexico. They entered upon their duties ; and, at the date of the latest intelligence from that quarter, some pro gress had been made in the survey. The expenses incident to the organization of the commission, and to its conveyance to the point where its operations were to begin, have so much reduced the hind appropriated by Congress, that a further sum, to cover the charges which must be incurred during the present fiscal year, will be necessary. The great length of frontier along which the boundary extends, the nature of the adjacent territory, and the difficulty of obtaining sup plies, except at or near the extremes of the line, render it almost indispensable th a t a lib e ral provision should be made to meet the necessary charges during the fiscal year ending on the 30th of June, 1851. 1 accordingly recommend this subject to:your attention. In the adjustment of the claims of American citi zens on Mexico, provided for by the late treaty, the employment of counsel , on th e par t o f th e Govern ment, may become important for the purpose of assisting the Commissioners in protecting the in terests of the United States. I recommend this sub ject to the early and favourable consideration of Congress. THE ISTHMUS. Complaints have been made in regard to the ineffi ciency of the means provided by the Government of N e w Grenada for transporting the United States mail across the Isthmus of Panama, pursuant to our postal convention with that Republic, of the 6th of 4 d'Affaires at Bogota has been directed direleBt4e4d. to o Ou m r ha a C kes r u g chrep resentations to the G o vernment of New Gr ena d a as will, i t is hoped, lead to a prompt removal of this cause of complaint. THE SOUTEI-ABIERICAN STATES. of Venezuela has for s ome time past been ravaged h Civil War with w hi c h th e R e p u bli c brought to a c l ose. In i ts progress, t h e ri a g sT h bhts:en sanguinaryof some of our citizens resident or trading there had been violated. The restoration of order will afford the Venezuelan Government an opportunity to examine and redress these grievances and others of l o ng standing, which our representatives at Caraccas have hitherto in effectually urged upon the attention of that Government. The extension of the coast of the United States on the Pacific, and the unexampled rapidity with which the inhabitants of California, especially, are increas ing in numbers, have imparted new consequence to our relations with the other countries whose territo ries border upon the o cean. It is probable t h at the R intercourse between th ose countries and our posses sions in that quarter, p ar ti cularly with the epublic of Chili, will become extensive and mutually advan tageous in proportion as California and Oregon shall increase in population and wealth. It is desirable, therefore, that this Government should do everything in its power to foster and strengthen its relations with those states, and that the spirit of amity between us should be mutual and cordial. I recommend the observance of the same course towards all other American States. The United States stand as the great American Power to which, as their natural ally and friend, they will always be disposed, first, to look for mediation and assistance, in the event o f any coll i s i on b e t we e n th em an d any European na ti on. As suc h, we may often kindly mediate in their behalf, without entangling ourselves in foreign wars or unnecessary controvenies. When ever the faith of our treaties with any of them s h a ll require our interference we must necessarily in terpose. BRAZIL. A convention has been negotiated with Brazil, providing f or th e sa ti s f ac tion of American claims on that Government, and it will be submitted to the Senate. Since the last session of Congress we have received an Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from that empire, and our relations with it are founded upon the most amicable under standing. THE SLAVE TRADE. Your attention is earnestly invited to sn amend ment of our existing laws relating to the African slave trade, with a view to the effectual suppression of that barbarous traffic. It is not to he denied that this trade is still, in part, carried on by means of vessels built in the United States, aed owned or navies gated by some of our citizens. The correspondence between the Department of State and the Minister and Consul of the United States at Rio de Janeiro, which has from time to time been laid before Con gress, represents that it is a customary device to evade the penalties of our laws by means of sea l e tt ers . Vessels sold in Brazil, when provided with such papers by the consul, instead of retur n i ng t o th e United States for a new register, proceed at once to the coast of Africa, for the purpose o f o bt a i n i ng cargoes of slaves. Much iviclitional information, of the SalLe character, has reeentl3 been transmitted to the Department of State. It . has not been cons id ere d the policy of our laws to subj ect an American citi gotiation of a treaty with Nicaragua, pledging both Governments to protect those who shall engage in and perfect the work. All other nations are invited by the State of Nicaragua to enter into the same treaty stipulations with her ; and the benefit to be derived by each from such an arrangement will be the protection of this great inter-oceanic communica tion against any power which might seek to obstruct it, or to monopolise its advantages. All states enter ing into such a treaty will enjoy the rights of passage through the canal on payment of the same tolls. The work, if constructed under these . guarantees, will become a bond of peace, instead of a subject of contention and strife, between the nations of the earth. Should the great maritime states of Europe consent to this arrangement (and we have no reason to suppose that a proposition so fair and honourable will be opposed by any), the energies of their people aril ours will co-operate in promoting the success of the enterprise. Ido not recommend any appropria tion from the national treasury for this purpose, nor do I believe that such an appropriation is necessary. Private enterprise, if properly protected, will complete till work, should it prove to be feasible, The parties who have procured the charter from Nicaragua for its construction, desire no assistance from this Govern ment beyond its protection ; and they profess that, having examined the proposed line of communication, they will be ready to commence the undertaking whenever that protection shall be extended to them. Should there appear to be reason, on examining ,the whole evidence, to entertain, a serious doubt of the practicability of constructing such a canal, that doubt could be easily solved by an actual exploration of the route. Should such a work be constructed, under the common protection of all nations, for equal benefits to all, it would be neither just nor expedient that any great maritime state should command the communi cation. The territory through which the canal may be opened ought to be freed from the claims of any foreign power. No such power should occupy a position that would enable it hereafter to exercise so controlling an influence over the commerce of the world, or to obstruct a highway which ought to - be dedicated to the common use of mankind. The routes across the Isthmus, at Tehuantepec and Panama, are also worthy of our serious consideration. They did not fail to engage the attention of my pre decessor. The negotiator of the treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo was instructed to offer a very large sum of moley for the right of transit across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, The Mexican Government did not accede to the preposition for the purchase of the right of way, probably because it had already contracted with private individuals for the construction of a pas sage from the Guasacualco river to Tehuantrpec. I shall not renew any proposition to purchase for money a right which ought to be equally secured to all nations, on payment of a reasonable toll to the owners of the improvement, who would, doubtless, be well contented with that compensation and the guarantees of the maritime states of the world, in separate treaties negotiated with Mcxico, :binding her and them to protect those who should construct the work. Such guarantees would do more to secure the completion of the communication through the territory of Mexico than any other reasonable consideration that could be offered ; and as Mexico herself would be the greatest gainer by the opening of the communication between the Gulf and the Pacific Ocean , it is presumed that she would not hesitate to yield her aid, in the manner proposed, to accomplish an improvement so important to her own best interests. We have reason to hope that the proposed railroad across the Isthmus at Panama will be successfully constructed, under the protection of the late treaty with New Grenada, ratified and exchanged by my predecessor on the 10th day of June, 1848, which guarantees the perfect neutrality of the Isthmus, and the rights of sovereignty and property of New Gre nada over that territory, " with a view that the free transit from ocean to ocean may not be interrupted or embarrassed" during the existence of the treaty. It is our policy to encourage every practicable route across the Isthmus which connects North and South America, either by railroad or canal, which the energy and enterprise of our citizens may induce them to complete; and I consider it obligatory upon me to adopt that policy, especially in consequence of the absolute necessity of facilitating intercourse with our possessions OA the Pacific. THE PACIFIC—THE SANDWICH ISLANDS. The position of the Sandwich Islands, with refer ence to the territory of the United States ou the Pa cifi.? ; the success of cur persevering and benevolent citizens who have repaired to that remote quarter in christianising the natives and inducing them to adopt a system of government and laws suitable to their capacity and wants ; and the use made by our numerous whale ships of the harbours of the islands as places of resort fir obtaining refreshments and repairs, all combine to render their destiny peculiarly interest ing to us It is our duty to encourage the authorities of those islands in their efforts to improve and elevate the moral and political condition of the inhabitants ; and we should make reasonable allowances for the difficulties inseparable from the task. We desire that the islands may maintain their independence, and that other nations should concur with us in this sentiment. We could in no event be indifferent to their passing under the dominion of any other power. The principal commercial states have in this a com mon interest, and it is to be hoped that no one of them will attempt to interpose obstacles to the entire independence of the islands. THE TREASURY--A DEFICIT. The receipts into the Treasury for the fiecal year ending on the 30th of June last were, in cash, forty eight millions eight hundred and thirty thousand, ninety-seven:dollars and fifty cents.' (48,839,097 dolls. 50c.), and in Treasury notes funded, ten millions eight hundred and thirty-three thousand dollars (10,833,000 dolls.), making an aggregate of fifty-nine millions six hundred and sixty-three thousand ninety seven dells. and fifty cents (59,663,097 dolls. 50c.), and the expenditures, fur lb? same time were, in cash, forty-- six millions seven hundred and ninety-eight thousand six hundred and sixty-seven dollars and eighty two cents (46,798,667 dolls. 82c.), and in Treasury notes funded ten millions eight hundred and thirty three thousand dollars (10,833,000 dolls.), making an aggregate of fifty-soven millions six hundred and thirty-one thousand six hundred and sixty-seven dollars and eighty two cents (57,631,667 dolls 82c.) The accounts and estimates, which will be sub mitted to Congress in the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, show that there will probably be a deficit, occasioned by the expenses of the Mexican war and treaty, on the Ist day of July next, of five millions eight hundred and twenty-eight thousand one hundred and twenty-one dollars and sixty-six cents (5,828,121 dolls. 66c.), and on the Ist day of July, 1851, of ten millions five hundred and forty seven thousand and ninety-two dollars and seventy three cents (10,547,092 dolls. 73e.), making in the whole a probable ,deficit to be provided for of six teen millions three hundred and seventy-five thousand two hundred and fourteen dollars and thirty nine cents (16,375,214 dolls. 39e). The extraordi nary expenses of• the war with Mexico, and the purchase of California and New Mexico, exceed in amount this deficit, together with the loans heretofore made for those objects. I therefore recommend that authority be given to borrow whatever sum may be necessary to cover that deficit. I recommend the observance of strict economy in the appropriation and expenditure of public money. THE TARIFF-PROTECTION. I recommend a revision of the existing tariff, and its adjustment on a basis which may augment the revenue. I do not doubt the right or duty of Con gress to encourage domestic industry, which is the great source of national as well as individual wealth and prosperity. I look to the wisdom and patriotism of Congress for the adoption of a system which may place home labour at last on a sure and permanent footing, and by due encouragement of manufactures, give a new and increased stimulus to agriculture, and promote the development of our best resources and the extension of our commerce. Believing that to the attainment of these ends (as well as the necessary No civil government having been provided by Congress for California, the people of that territory, impelled by the necessities of their political condition recently met in convention, for the purpose of form ing a constitution and state government, which, the latest advices give me reason to suppose, has been accomplihed; and it is believed they will shortly apply for the admission of California into the Union as a sovereign state. Should such be the case, and should their constitution he conforznahle to the requisi tions of the Constitution of the United States, I recom mend their application to the favourable consideration of Congress. The people of New Mexico will also, it is believed, at no very distant period present themselves for ad mission into the Union. Preparatory to the admission of California and New Mexico, the people of each will have instituted for themselves a republican form of government, "laying its foundations in such prin ciple:;, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness." _ _ _ Tay awaiting their action all causes of uneasiness may he avoided, and confidence and kind feeling pre served. With a view of maintaining the harmony and tranquillity so dear to all, we should abstain from the introduction of those exciting topics of a sectional character which have hitherto produced painful ap prehensions in the public mind; and 1 repeat the solemn warning of the first and most illustrious of my predecessors against furnishing " any ground for characterising parties by geographical discrimina tions." A collector hag been appointed at San Francisco under the Act of Congress extending the revenue laws over California ; and measures have been taken to organize the custom-houies at that and the other ports mentioned in that Act, at the earliest period practicable. The collector proceeded overland and advises have not yet been received of his arrival at -San Francisco. Meanwhile, it is understood that the customs have continued to be collected there b . ) officers acting under the military authority, as they were during the administrative of my predecessor. It will, I think, be expedient to confirm the collec tions thus made, and direct the avails (after such allowances as Congress may think fit to authorise) to be expended within the territory, or to be paid into the Treasury, for the purpose of meeting appro priations fur the improvement of its rivers and harbours. A party, engaged on the coast survey, was dis patched to Oregon in January last. According to the latest advices they had not left California; and directions have been given to them, as soon as they shall have fixed on the sites of the two lighthouses and the buoys authorised to be constructed and placed in Oregon, to proceed without delay to make recon noi,auces of the most important points on the coast of California, and especially to examine and determine on sites for light-houses on that coast, the speedy erection of which is urgently demanded by our rapidly-increasing commerce. I have transferred the Indian agencies from Upper Missouri and Council Bluffs to Santa Fe and Salt Lake; and have caused to be appoilted sub-agents in the valleys of the Gila, the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers. Still. further legal provisions will be necessary for the effective and successful extension of our system of Indian intercourse over the new territories. I recommend the establishment of a branch mint in California, as it will, in my opinion, afford important facilities to those engaged in mining, as well as to the Government in the disposition of the mineral lands. I also recommend that commissions be organized, by Congress, to examine and decide upon the validity of the present subsisting land titles in California and New Mexico; and that provision be made for the establishment of officers of Surveyor-General in New Mexico, California, and Oregon, and for the surveying and bringing into market the public lands in those territories. Those lands remote in position and difficult of access ought to be disposed of on terms liberal to all, but especially favourable to the early emigrants. In order that the situation and character of the principal mineral deposits in California may be ascer tained, I recommend that a geological and mineralo gical exploration be eonnected with the linear surveys, and that the mineral lands be divided into small lots suitable for mining, and be `disposed or, by safe or lease, so as to give our citizens an opportunity of procuring a permanent right of property in the soil This would seem to be as important to the success of mining as of agricultural pursuits. The great mineral wealth of California, and the advantages which its ports and harbours, and those of Oregon, afford to commerce, especially with the islands of the Pacific and Indian oceans, and the populous regions of Eastern Asia, make it certain that there will arise, in a few years, large and pros perous communities on our western coast. It, there fore, becomes important that a line of communication, the best and most expeditious which the nature of the country will admit, should be opened within the territory of the United States, from the navigable waters of the Atlantic or the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific. Opinion, as elicited and expressed by two large and respectable conventions, lately assembled at St. Louis and Memphis, points to a railroad as that which, if practicable, will best meet the wishes and wants of the country. But while this, if in success ful operation, would be a work of great national importance, and •of a value to the country which it would be difficult to estimate, it ought also to be regarded as an undertaking of vast magnitude and expense, and one which must, if it be, indeed, prac ticable, encounter many difficulties in its construc tion and use. Therefore, to avoid failure and dis appointment, to enable ongress to judge whether, in the condition of the country through which it must pass, the work be feasible, and if it be found so, whether it should be undertaken as a national improvement, or !left to individual enterprise, and in the latter alternative, what aid, if any, ought to he extended to it by the Government, I recommend as a preliminary measure a careful reconnoisance cf the several proposed routes by a scientific corps, and a report as to the practicability of making such a road, with an estimate of the cost of its construction and support. For further views on these, and other matters connected with the duties of the Home Department, I refer you to the report of the Secretary of the Interior. I recommend early appropriations for continuing the river and harbour improvements which have been already begun, and also for the construction of those for which estimates have been made, as well as for examinations and estimates preparatory to the commencement of such others as the wants of the country, and especially the advance of our population over new districts, and the extension of commerce, may render necessary. An estimate of the amount which can be advantageously expended within the next fiscal year, under the direction of the Bureau of Topographical Engineers, accompanies the report of the Secretary of War, to which I respectively invite the attention of the Congress. The session of territory made by the late treaty with Mexico has greatly extended our exposed fron tier, and rendered its defence more difficult. The treaty has also brought us under obligations to Mexico, to comply with which a military force is requisite. But our military establishment is not materially changed, as to its efficiency, from the con dition in which it stood before the commencement of the Mexican war. Some addition to it will therefore be necessary ; and I recommend to the favourable consideration of Congress an increase of the several corps of the army at our distant western ports, as proposed in the accompanying report of the Secretary of War. THE ARMY AND NAVY. Great embarrassment has resulted from the effect By an Act of Congress, passed August 14th, 1848, provision was made for extending post-office and mail accommodations' to California and Oregon. Exertions have been made to execute that law; but the limited provisions of the Act, the inadequacy of the means it authorises, the ill adaptation of our post office laws to the situation of that country, and the measure of compensation for services allowed, by those laws, compared with the prices of labour and rents in California, render those exertions in a great degree ineffec'oal. More particular and efficient provision by I .w is required on.this subject. The Act of 1845, reducing postage, has now, by its operation during four years, produced results fully showing that the income from such reduced postage is sufficient to sustain the whole expense of the service of the Post-office department, not including the cost of transportation in the mail steamers on the line from New York to Chagres and from Panama to Astoria, which have not been considered by Congress as pro• perly belonging to the mail service. It is submitted to the wisdom of Congress, whether a further reduction of postage should not now be made, more particularly on the letter correspondence. This should be relieved from the unjust burden of transporting and delivering the franked matter of Congress, for which public service provision should be made from the Treasury. I confidently believe that a change may safely be made, reducing all single letter postage to the uniform rate of live cents , re gardless of distance, without thereby imposing any greater tax on the Treasury than would constitute a very moderate compensation for this public service ; and I therefore respectfully recommend such a reduc tion. Should Congress prefer to abolish the franking privilege entirely, it seems probable that no demand on the Treasury would result from the proposed re duction of postage. Whether any further diminu tion should now be made, or the result of the reduc tion to five cents, which I have recommended, should be first tested, is submitted to your decision. Since the commencement of the last session of Congress, a postal treaty with Great Britain has been received and ratified, and su Ai regulations have been formed by the Post-office departments of the two countries, in pursuance of that treaty, as to carry its provisions into full operation. The attempt to extend this same arrangement, through England, to Prance, has not been equally successful; but the purpose has not been abandoned. For a particular statement of the condition of the Post-office department, and other matters connected with that branch of the public sorvice, I refer you to - the report of the Postmastsr-General. TIE CENSUS. By the Act of the 31 of March, 1849, a board was constituted to make arrangements for taking the seventh census, composed of the Secretary of Stare, the Attorney• General, and the Postmaster-General ; and it was made the duty of this board "to prepare and cause to be printed such forms and schedules as might be necessary for the full enumeration of the in• habitants of the United Sates; and also proper forms and schedules for collecting in statistical tables, under proper heads, such information as to mines, agricul ture, commerce, manufactures, education, and other topics, as would exhibit a full view of the pursuits, industry, education, and the resources of the country. The duties enjoined upon the Census Board, thus established, having been performed, it now rests with Congress to enact a law for carrying into effect the provision of the Constitution which requires an actual enumeration of the people of the United States within the ensuing year. - - WINDING UP. Among the duties assigned by the Constitution to the General Government is one of local and limited application, but not, on that account, the less obliga tory : I allude to the trust committed to Congress, as the exclusive legislator and sole guardian of the in terests of the districts of Columbia. I beg to com mend these interests to your kind attention. As the national metropolis, the city of Washington must be an object of general interest; and, founded as it was under the auspices of him whose immortal name it bears, its claims to the fostering care of Congress present themselves with additional strength. What ever can contribute to its prosperity must enlist the feelings of constitutional guardians, and command their favourable consideration. Our Government is one of limited powers, and its successful administration eminently depends on the confinement of each of its co-ordinate branches within its own appropriate sphere. The first section of the Constitution ordains that " all legislative powers therein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives." The Executive has authority to recommend (not to dictate) measures to Congress. Having performed that duty, the Execu tive department ot the Government cannot rightfully control the decisioe of Congress on any subject of legislation, until that decision shall have been offi cially submitted to the President for approval. The check provided by the Constitution, in the clause conferring the qualified veto, will never be exercised by me, except in the cases contemplated by the fathers of the Republic. I view it as an extreme mea sure, to be resorted to only in extraordinary cases—as where it may become necessary to defend the Execu tive against the encroachments of the - Legislative power, or to prevent hasty and inconsiderate or uncon stitutional lsgislation. By cautiously confining this remedy within the sphere prescribed to it in the con temporaneous expositions of the framers of the Consti tution, the will of the people, legitimately expressed on all subjects of legislation, through their con stitutional organs, the Senators and Representatives of the United States, will have its full effect. As indispenable to the preservation of . is our system of self-government, the independence o f the Repre sentatives of the States and the people guaranteed by the Constitution ; and they owe no responsibility to any human power but their constituents By holding the representative responsible only to the people, and exempting him from all other influences, we elevate the character of the constituent and quicken his sense of responsibility to his country. It is under these circumstances only that the elector can feel that, in the choice of the law- maker, he is himself truly a component part of the sovereign power of the nation. With equal care we should study to defend the rights of the executive and judi cial departments. Our government can only be pre served in its purity by the suppression and entire elimination of every claim or tendency of one co ordinate branch to encroachment upec another. With the strict observance of this rule and the other injunctions o f the Constitution—with a sedulous inculcation of that respect and love for the union of the Ste? has s d swoiltohntgheanadid so o f thkaiit,dolyver fathers cherished and enjoined upon their children— li institutions, we may reasonably expect r u guardedi g P eo r cu o t r y b e s o e w n r c h t e i l e c w s h hi ando eu transmithr r th o e s m ter w ity it . h their innumerable blessings essings to the r emo t est But attachment to the unicn of the States should be habitually fost ered in ever y American heart. For more than half a century,. during which ki ng d oms and empires have fallen, thi s union has stcoi unshaken. The patriots who formed it have long since descended to the grave ; yet still it remains the proudest monu ment to their memory and the object of affection and admiration with every one w o rthy t o b ea r the Ame rican name. In my judgment its dissolution would be the greatest of calamities, and to avert that should be the study of every American. Upon its preserve. tion must depend our own happiness and that of countless generations to come. Whatever dangers may threaten it I shall stand by it and maintain it in its integrity, to the full extent of the obligations imposed and the power conferred upon me by the Constitution. Z. TAYLOR. Washington, Dec. 4, 1849 The steam-ship Margaret, Captain Lang, arrived at Halifax on the 25th ult. in 17 days hence. The Royal Mail steam- ship Cambria, Captain Shannon, touched on the 28th ult., after a run of 31 dap, and proceeded to Boston. The Pacific mail steamer Panama, Captain Bailo7l