The Sun. — London, England, 1851-12-16 00:00:00

'The following appeared in our Third Edition of :a=•. Light :—] TLIE 201ERICAN PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. iha following is the Message of President Fill more, delivered to the American Congress, on the 2d inst. : Fellow Citizens of the Senate and of the House o Representatives, I congratulate you and our common constituency upon the favourable auspices under which you meet for your first session. Our country is at peace with all the world. The agitation which for a time threatened to disturb the frater nal relations which make us one people is fast subsiding, and a year of general prosperity and health has crowned the nation with unusual blessings. None can look back to the dangers which are passed, or forward to the bright prospect before us, without feeling a thrill of gratification, at the same time that he must be impressed with a grateful sense of our profound obligations to a beneficent Providence, whose pa ternal care is so manifest in the happiness of this bighly-fa- voured laud. Since the close of the last Congress certain Cubans and other foreigners, resident in the United States, who were more or less concerned in the previcus invasion of Cuba, in stead of being discouraged by its failure, have again abused the hospitality of this country , by making it the scene of the equipment of another military e xpedition against that possession of her Catholic Majesty, in which they were coun tenanced, aided, and joined by citizens of the United States. On receiving intelligence that such designs were entertained, I lost no time in issuing such instructions to the proper officers of the United States n. 3 seemed to be called for by the occa sion. By the procl a mation, a copy of which is herewith submitted, I also w arned those who might be in danger of being inveigled into this scheme, of its unlawful character, penalties which they would incur. For some and of the time there was r eason to hope that these measures had suf prevent any such attempt. This hope, however, ficed to proved to be delusive. Very early in the morning of the 3d of Augu.st, a steamer, called the Palll pero, departed from New Orleaue for Cuba, having on board upwards of 40 ' armed me ., with evident intentions to make war upon the autho rities of the island. This expedition was set on foot in pal pable violation of the laws of the United States. Its leader was a Spaniard, and several of the chief officers, and some others engaged in it were foreigners. The persons composing it, however, were mostly citizens of the United States. Before the expedition set out, and probably before it was organized, a slight insurrectionary movement, which appears to have been soon suppressed, had taken place in the eastern quarter of Cuba. The importance of this movement was un fortunately so much exaggerated in the accounts of it pub lished iu this country, that these adventurers seem to have been led to believe that the Creole population of the island not only desired to throw off the authority of the mother country, but had resolved upon that step, and bad begun a well-concocted enterprise for effecting it. The persons en gaged in the expedition were generally young and /armed. The steamer in which they embarked left New Orleans stealthily, and without a clearance. After touching at Key West, she proceeded to the coast of Cuba, and on the night between the 11th and 12th August, landed the persons on board at Playtas, within about 20 leagues of Ilavannah The main body of them proceeded to, and took possession of, an inland villsge, six leagues distant, leaving others to tollow in charge of the baggage, as soon as the means of transportation could be obtained. The latter having taken up their line of march to connect themselves with tue main body, and having proceeded about four leagues into the coun try, were attacked on the morning of the 13th by a body of Spanish troops, and a bloody conflict ensued; after which the retreated to the place of disembarkation, where about fifty of them obtained boats, and re-embareed therein. They were, however, intercepted among the keys near the shore by a Spanish steamer cruising on the coast, captured, and car ried to Havannah, and, after being examined before a mili tary court, were sentenced to be publicly executed, and the sentence was carried into effect on the 16th of August. On receiving information of what had occurred, Commo dore F. A. Parker was instructed to proceed in the steam friga-e Saranac to Havaanah, and inquire into the'charges ag -inst the persons executed, the circumstances under which they were taken, and whatsoever referred to their trial and sentence. Copies of the in_tructions from the departments of state to him, and of hie letters to that department, are here with submitted. According to the record of the examination, the prisoners all admit ed the offences charged against them, of being hostile invaders of the island. At the time of their trial and execution the main body of the invaders was still in the field, making war upon the Spanish authorities and Spanish subjects. After the lapse of some days, being overcome by the Spanish troops, they dispersed on the 24th of August ; Lopez, their leader, was captured some days after, and exe cuted on the let of September. Many of his remaining fol lowers were killed, or died of hunger and fatigue, and the rest were made prisoners. Of these, none appear to have been tried or executed. Several of them were pardoned upon the application of their friends and others, and the rest, about one hundred and sixty in number, were sent to Spain. Of the final disposition made of these we have no official in formation. Such is the melancholy result of this illegal and ill-fated expedition. Thus, thoughtless young men have been in duced, by false and fraudulent representations, to violate the law of their country, through rash and unfounded ex pectations of assistance to accomplish political revolutions in other States, and have lost their lives in the undertaking. Too severe a judgment can hardly be passed, by the indig nant sense of the community, upon those who, being better informed themselves have yet led away the ardour of youth and an ill-directed love of political liberty. The cor respondence between this Government and that of Spain re lating to this transaction is herewith communicated. Although these offenders against the laws have forfeited the protection of their country, yet the Government may, so far as is consistent with its obligations to other countries, and its fixed purpose to maintain and enforce the laws, en tertain sympathy for their unotfending families and friends, as well as a feeling of compassion for themselves. Accord ingly no proper effort has been spared, and none will be soared, to procure the release of such citizens of the United States, engaged in this unlawful enterprise, as are now in confinement in Spain; but it is to be hoped that such inter position with the Government of that country may not be considered as affording any ground of expectation that the Government of the United States will hereafter feel itself under any obligation of duty to intercede for the liberation or pardon of such persons as are flagrant offenders against the law of nations and the laws of the United States. These laws must be executed. If we desire to maintain our re spectability among the nations of the earth, it behoves us to enforce speedily and sternly the neutrality Acts passed by Congress, and to follow, as far as may be, the violation of those Acts with condign punishment. But what gives a peculiar criminality to this invasion of Cuba is, that under the lead of Spanish subjects, and with the aid of (Wizens of the United States, it had its origin, with many, in motives of cupidity. Money was advanced by individuals, probably in considerable amounts, to pur chase :bond., as they have been called, issued by Lopez, sold doubtless, at a very large discount, and for the payment of which the public lands and public property of Cuba, of whatever kind, and the fiscal resources of the people and Government of that island, from whatever source to be de rived, were pledged, as well as the good faith of the Govern ment expected to be established. All these means of pay • went, it is evident, were only to be obtained by'a process of bloodshed, war, and revolution. None will deny that those who set on foot military expeditions against foreign States by means like these, are far more culpable than the ignorant and the necessitous whom they induce to go forth as the ostensible parties in the proceeding. These origina tors of the invasion of Cuba seem to have determined with coolness and system upon an undertaking which should disgrace their country, violate its laws, and put to hazard the lives of ill-informed and deluded men. You will con sider 'whether further legislation be necessary to prevent the perpetration of such offences in future. se individuals have a right to hazard the peace of the country or to violate its laws upon vague notions of altering or reforming gove rnments i n other States. This principle is not only reasonable in its e lf, an d i n accordance with public law, but is engrafted into the codes of other nations as well as our own. But while such are the sentiments of this Go vernment, it may be added that every independent nation must be presumed to be able to defend its possessions against unauthorised individuals banded together to attack them. The Governmeut ef the United States, at all times since its establishment, has abstained and bite sought to restrain the citizens of the country, from entering into controversies between other Powers, and to observe all the duties of neutrality. At an early period of the Government, in the • administration of Washington, several laws were passed for this purpose. The main provisions of these laws were re-enacted by the Act of April, 1818, by which, among oth• r things, it was declared that if any person shall, within th e territory or jurisdiction of the United States, begin, or set sn foot, or provide, or prepare the means of any military e s FPeeition or enterprise to be carried on from thence against the territory or dominion ofany foreign prince or state, or of any are at.°° ll Y, district, or people es ith whom the United States guilty of gh aa h e i ,every person so offending shall be deemed three tho m u isdemeanour, and shall be fined, not ex ceeding.sand dollars, and imprisoned not more year s , than three and this law has been executed and en forced, to the full ext from that day to thise.nt of the power of the Government In proclaiming and adhering to the doctrine of neutrality u and non-intervention, the nations;nited States have not followed the lead of other civilize d they have taken the lead themselves and have been followed others. This was ad mitted by one of the most emin ent ob modernh dern British states men, who said in Parliament, while a t illi❑inter of the Crown, " that if he wishe d for a g uide in a systemof i aeutrality, he the a should take that laid d iwn b y Americ a in days w so e f Wash - ington and the Secre tar y shi p of Jefferson," and see, in fact, that the Act of Co n g ress of 1818 was fc,ll owed th e suc ceeding year by an Act of th e Parliament of England, substan• tialty the same in its general p rovisions. Up to that timethere had been no similar law i n England, e xcept certai n highly penal statutes passed in the reign of George en , pre hibiting English subjects from enlisting in foreign servic e , the avowed object of which statutes w as, that foreign armies, raised for the purpose of restoring the house of Stuart to the throne, shoald not be strengthened by recruits from England herself. All must see that difficulties may arise in carrying the laws referred to into execution in a country now having three or four thousand miles of sea coast, with an infinite 1, 21, tn e b er of ports and harbours and small inlets, f r om some of knowledge tunlawful expeditions may suddenly set forth, without the of Government, against the possession of foreign state s . Friendly relations with all, but entangling alliances with none, has lon g not to beenpropagate a maxim with us Our true mission is or our opinions or impose upon other court.- , tries our form teach by example o c , earnment by artifice or force, but to justice, the blessings of by our success, moderation, and Of free institutions. Let self goverment and the advantages make and alter its political people choose for itself, and ; but institutions to suit its own condi tion and *nevenience while we vow and ma i n t a in this we neutral policy ourselves, are anxious to see the same for bearance on the pa r t of other o nations whose forms of gove rnment are different from ulTheesand th deep inte e r e es s_t w hi c h we feel in the spread of liberal w a O lp n ri ncip t a bli s nenent of free Governments, and the sympathy with 'which we witness every struggle against ol2ireislsion, forbid publice strong that we should be indifferent to a c ase in c arm of a foreign pow er is invoke d to stiflesenti ment and repress the spirit of freedom in any country. The Governments of Great Britain an d France hje . issued orders to their naval commanders on the West India sta tion to prevent by force, if necessary, the landing ee a d_ venturers from any nation on the island of Cuba with hostile intent. The copy of a memorandum of a conver sation on this subject between the Char g é d'Affaires of her ariasuanic Majesty and the acting Secretary of State, and a subsequent note of the former to the department of State, are herewith submitted, together with a et .. .l)Y of a note of the acting Secretary of State to the Ali dater of the French Republic, and )( the reply of the THE SUN, LONDON, latter, on the same subject. Th e se papers will acquaint you i that island, that the U n it ed States cannot fail to feel a strong with the grounds of this interposition of the two leading interest in its tranquillity. commercial powers of Europe, and with the apprehen. The office of Commissioner to China remains unfilled ; clone, which this Government could not fail to entert a in, several persons have been appointed, and the place has been that such interposition, if carried into effect, might lead to i offered to ethers, all of whom have declined its acceptance, States in derogation of the maritime rights of the United ,on the allows of the inadequacy of the compensation. The States. The maritime rights of the United States are i annualnce by law is 6,000 dolls., and there is no pro founded on a firm, secure, and well-defined basis; they i vision for any outfit. I earnestly recommend the considera stand upon the ground of national independence and public I tion of this subject to Congress. Our commerce with China law, and will be maintained in all their full and just I is highly important, and is becoming more and more so, in consequence of the increasing intercourse between our ports extent. The principle which this Government has heretofore on th e Pacific Coast and Eastern Asia. China is understood solemnly announced it still adheres to, and will maintain to be a country in which living is very expensive, and I under all circuinstances and at all hazards, That principle know no reason why the American Commissioner sent thither is, that in every regularly documented merchant vessel, the should not be placed, in regard to compensation, on an equal crew who navigate in and those on board of it will find footing with Ministers who represent this country at the their protection in the flag which is over them. No Courts of Europe. American ship can be allowed to be visited or searched for By reference to the report of the Secretary of the Trea the purpose of ascertaining the character of individual: on sury, it will be seen that the aggregate receipts for the last b oar d, nor can there be allowed any watch by the vessels of fiscal year amounted to 52,312,979 dolls. 87c. • which, with any foreign nation over American vess els on the coasts of the the balance in the treasury on the Ist July, 1850, gave, as United States, or the seas adjacent thereto. It will be seen the available means for the year, the sum of 58,917,524 by the last communication from the British Charge d'Af- dolls. 36c. fairer to the D epar t men t o f State, that he is authorised to The total expenditure for the same period were assure the Secretary of State that every care will be taken 48,003,878 dolls. 68c. that, in executing the preventive measures against the ex- The total imports for the year ending 30th peditions, which the United States' Government itself has June, 1851, were ... 215,725,995 dolls. denounced as not being entitled to the protection of any Of which there were in specie Government, no interference shall take place with the lawful The exports for the same period were 217,517,130 dolls commerce of any nation. Of which there were of In addition to the correspondence on this subject, here- domestic products 178,546,555 dolls. with submitted, official information has been received at the Foreign goods re-ex department of state, of assurances by the French Govern- ported 9,738,695 dolls. ment that, in the orders given to the French naval forces, Specie they were expressly instructed , in any o p erations the y might --,217,517,130 dolls. engage in, to respect the flag of the United States wherever Since the let of December last the payments in cash on it might appear, and to commit no act of hostility upon any account of to 7,501,4 the public du 56c debt, exclusive of interest, have vessel or armament under its prote ction. amounted 56 lls. which, however, includes Ministers and Consuls of foreign nations are the means the sum of 3,242,000 dolls. paid under the 12th article of and agents of communication between us and those na- the treaty with Mexico, and the further sum of 2,591,213 tions, and it is of the utmost importance that, while residing dolls 45c., being the amount of awards to American citizens in the country, they should feel a perfect security so under the late treaty with Mexico, for which the issue of long as they faithfully discharge their respective duties stock was authorised, but which was paid in cash from the and guilty of no violation of our laws. This is the ad- Treasury. mated law of nations, and no countr y has a dee; er interest The public debt on the 20th ultimo, exclusive of the in maintaining it than the United States. Our com- stock authorised to be issued to Texas by the Act of 9th merce spreads over every sea and visits every clime, and our September, 1850, was 62,560,305 dolls. 26c. Ministers and Consuls are appointed to protect the interests The receipts for the next iscal year are estimated at of that commerce, as well as to guard the peace of the coon- 51,800,000 dolls., which, with the probable unappropriated try and maintain the honour of its flag. But how can they balance in the Treasury, on the 30th June next, will give as discharge those duties unless they be themselves protected ; the probable available means for that year the suns of and, if protected, it must be by the laws of the country in 63,258,473 dolls. 9c. which they reside. And what is due to our own public It has been deemed proner, in view of the large expendi functionaries residing in foreign nations is exactly the mea- tures consequent upon the acquisition of territory from sure of what is due to the functionaries of other Govern- Mexico, that the estimates for the next fiscal year should be ments residing here. As in war, the bearers of flags of laid before Congress in such manner as to distinguish the ex truce are sacred, or else wars would be interminable, so in p inditures so required from the otherwise ordinary demands peace, Ambassadors, public Ministers, and Consuls, charged upon the Treasury. with friendly national intercourse, are objects of especial The total expenditures for the next fiscal year are esti respect and protection, each according to the rights be- mated at 42,892,299 dolls. 19c., of which there is required longing to his rank and station. In view of these impor- for the ordinary purposes of the Government, other than tent principles, it is with deep mortification and regret I an- those consequent upon the acquisition of our new territories, nounce to you that, during the excitement growing out of and deducting the payments on account of the public debt, the executions at Havannah, the office of her Catholic the sum of 33,343,158 dells. Bc. ; and for the purposes con- Majesty's Consul at New Orleans was assailed by a mob, his fleeted directly or indirectly with those territories, and in the property destroyed, the Spanish flag found in the office car- fulfilment of the obligations of the Government, contracted vied off and torn in pieces, and he himself induced to flee for in consequence of their acquisition, the sum of 9,519,101 his personal safety, which he supposed to be in danger. dolls. 11c. On receiving intelligence of these events, I forthwith If the views of the Secretary of the Treasury in reference directed the attorney of the United States residing at New to the expenditure required for these territories shall be met Orleans to inquire into the facts and the extent of the pecu- by corresponding action on the part of Congress, and appro niary loss sustained by the consul, with the intention of lay- priations made in accordance therewith, there will be an ing them before you, that you might make provision for such estimated unappropriated balance on the 30th of June, 1853, indemnity to him as a just regard for the honour of the na- of 20,366,443 dolls. 90c., wherewith to meet that portion of tion and the respect which is due to a friendly power might, the public debt due on the first July following, amounting to in your judgment, seem to require. The correspondence 6,237,931 dolls. 85c., as well as any appropriations which upon this subject between the Secretary of State and her may he made beyond the estimates. Catholic Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary is herewith In thus referring to the estimated expenditures on account transmitted. of our newly-acquired territories, I may express the hope that The occurrence at New Orleans has led me to give my Congress will concur with me in the .desire that a liberal attention to the state of our laws in regard to foreign am- course of policy may he pursued toward them, and that every bassadors, ministers, and consuls. I think the legislation of obligation, express or implied, entered into in consequence of the country is deficient in not providing sufficiently either for their acquisition, shall be fulfilled by the most liberal appro the protection or .he punishment of consuls. I, therefore, priations for that purpose. recommend the subject to the consideration of Congress. The value of our domestic exports for the last fiscal year, Yi ur attention is again invited to the question of recipro- as compared with those of the previous year, exhibit an cal trade between the United States and Car ada and other increase of 43.646,322 dolls. At first view this condition of British possessions near our frontier. Overtures for a con- our trade with foreign nations would seem to present the vention upon this subject have been received from her most flattering hopes of its future prosperity. An examine- Britannic Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary, but it seems tion of the details of our exports, however, will show that to be in many respects preferable that the matter should be the increased value of our exports for the last fiscal year is regul ted by reciprocal legislation. Documents are laid be- to be found in the high price of cotton which prevailed fore you showing the terms which the British Government during the first half of that year, which price has since de is willing to offer, and the measures which it may adopt, if dined about one-half. some arrangement up n this subject shall not be made. The value of our expotss of breadstuffs and provisions, From the (accompanying copy of a note from the British which it was supposed the incentive of a low tariff and large Legation at Washing on, and the reply of the Department of importations from abroad would have greatly augmented, State thereto, it will appear that her Britannic Majesty's has fallen from 68,701,921 dolls., in 1847, to 26,051,373 dolls , Government is desirous that a part of the boundary line be- in leso, and to 21,948,653 dolls., in 1851, with a strong pro tween Oregon and the British possessions should be authori- bability, amounting almost to a certainty, of a still further tatively marked out, and that an intention was expressed to reduction in the current year. apply to Congress for an appropriation to defray the expenses The aggregate values of rice exported during the last thereof on the part of the United States. Your attention to fiscal year, as compared with the previous year, also ex this subject is accordingly invited, and a proper appropria- hibit a decrease amounting to 460,917 dolls., which, with a tion recommended. decline in the values of the exports of tobacco for the same A convention for the adjustment of claims of citizens of the period, make as aggregate decrease in these two articles of United States against Portugal has been concluded, and the 1,156,751 dolls. ratifications have been exchanged. The first instalment of The policy which dictated a low rate of duties on foreign the amount to be paid by Portugal fell due on the 30th of merchandise, it was thought by those who promoted and September last, and has been paid. established it, would tend to benefit the farming population The President of the French Republic, according to the of this country, by increasing the demand and raising the provisions of the Convention, has been selected arbiter in price of agricultural products in foreign markets. the case of the General Armstrong, and has signified that he The foregoing facts, however, seem to show incontestably accepts the trust, and the high satisfaction he feels in acting that no such result has followed the adoption of this policy. as the common friend of two nations with which France is On the contrary, notwithstanding the repeal of the restrie united by sentiments of sincere and lasting amity. tive corn-laws of England, the foreign demand for the pro- The Turkish Government has expressed its thanks for the ducts of the American farmer has steadily declined, since kind reception given to the Sultan's agent, Amin Bey, on the the short crops and consequent famine in a portion of Europe occasion of his recent visit to the United States. On the have been happily replaced by full crops and comparative 28th of February last a dispatch was addressed by the Secre- abundance of food. tary of State to Mr. Marsh, the American Minister at Con- It will be seen by recurring to the commercial statistics for stantinople, instructing him to ask of the Turkish Govern- the past year that the value of our domestic exports has been ment permission for the Hungarians, then imprisoned within increased in the single item of raw cotton by 40,000,000 the domains of the Sublime Porte, to remove to this coun- dollars over the value of that export for the year preceding. try. On the 3d of March last, both Houses of Congress This is not due to any increased general demand for that passed a resolution requesting the President to authorise the article, but to the short crop of the preceding year. Should employment of a public vessel to convey to this country Louis the cotton crop now going forward to market be only equal Kossuth and his associates in captivity. in quantity to that of the year preceding, and be sold at the The instruction above referred to was complied with, and present prices, then there would be a falling off in the value the Turkish Government having released Governor Kossuth of our exports for the present fiscal year of at least 40,000,000 and his companions from prison on the 10th of September dolls., compared with the amount exported for the year last, they embarked on board of the United States steam- ending 30th June, 1851. frigate Mississippi, which was se'ected to carry into effect The production of gold in California for the past year seems the resolution of Congress. Governor Kossuth left the to promise a large supply of that metal from that quarter for aiississippi at Gibraltar, for the purpose of making a visit soma time to come. This large annual increase of the cur to England, and may shortly be expected at New York. By rency of the world must be attended with its usual results. communications to the Department of State he has expressed These have already been partially disclosed in the enhance his grateful acknowledgments for the interposition of this ment of prices and a rising spirit of speculation and adven- Government in behalf of himself and his associates. This tare, tending to overtrading as well at home as abroad. country has been justly regarded as a safe asylum for those Unless some salutary check shall be given to these tendencies whom political events have exiled from their own homes in it is to be feared that importations of foreign goods beyond a Europe ; and it is recommended to Congress to consider in healthy demand in this country will lead to a sudden drain what manner Governor Kossuth and his companions, brought of the precious metals from us, bringing with it, as lit has hither by its authority, shall be received and treated. ' done in former times, the most disastrous consequences to the a It is earnestly to be hoped that the differences which have business and capital of the American people. for some time past been pending between the Government of The exports of specie to liquidate our foreign debt the French Republic and that of the Sandwich Islanes may during the past fiscal year have been e 4,263,979 dolls. over be peaceably and durably adjusted, so as to secure the inde- the amount of specie imported. The exports of specie pendence of those islands. Long before the events which during the first quarter of the present fiscal year have been have of late imparted so much importance to the possessions 1 4 ,e 51 , 82 7 dolls. Should specie continue to-be exported at of the United States in the Pacific, we acknowledged the in- this rote for the remaining three qnarters of this year, it will dependence of the Hawaiian Government. This Government drain from our metallic currency during the year ending 30th was the first in taking that step, and several of the leading June, 1852, the enormous amount of 58,607,808 dolls. powers of Europe immediately followed. We were influenced In the present prosperous condition of the national finances, in this measure by the existing and prospective importance it will become the duty of Congress to consider the best mode of the islands as a place of refuge and refreshment for our of paying off the public debt. If the present and anticipated vessels engaged in the whale fishery, and by the considera- surplus in the Treasury should not be absorbed by appropria tion that they lie in the course of the great trade which must tions of an extraordinary character, this surplus should be at no distant day be carried or between the western coast of employed in such way, and under such restrictions, as Con- North America and Asia. gress may enact, in extinguishing the outstanding debts of We were also influenced by a desire that those islands the nation. should not pass un !er the control of any other great maxi- By reference to the Act of Congress approved 9th Septem time state, but should remain in an indepent condition, and ber, 1850, it will be seen that, in consideration of certain so be accessible and useful to the commerce of all nations. I concessions by the State of Texas, it is provided that the need not say that the importance of these considerations has " United States shall pay to the State of Texas the sum of been greatly enhance I by the sudden and vast development ten millions of dollars, in a stock bearing five per cent. which the interests of the United States have attained in interest, and redeemable at the end of fourteen years, the California and Oregon; and the policy heretofore adopted in interest payable half-yearly at the Treasury of the United regard to those islands will be steadily pursued. States." It is gratifying not only to those who consider the com- In the same section of the law it is further provided " that mercial interests of nations, but also to all who favour the no more than five millions of the said stock shall be issued progress of knowledge and the diffusion of religion, to see a until the creditors of the state holding bonds and other cer community emerge from a savage state and attain such a tificates of stock of Texas, for which duties on imports were degree of civilization in those distant seas. specially pledged, shall first file at the Treasury of the United It is much to be deplored that the internal tranquillity of States releases of all claims against the United States, for the Mexican Republic should again be seriously disturbed; or on account of said bonds or certificates, in such form as for, since the peace between that Republic and the United shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, and ap- States, it had enjoyed such comparative repose that the most Proved by the President of the United States." favourable anticipations for the future might, with a degree The form 4:release thus provided for has been prescribed of confidence, have been indulged. These, however, have by the Secretary of the Treasury and approved. It has been been thwarted by the recent outbreak in the State of Ta- published in all the leading newspapers in the commercial maulipas, on the right bank of the Rio Bravo. Having re- cities of the United States, and all persons holding claims of delved information that pe r sons fro m the United States had the kind specified in the foregoing proviso were required to taken part in the insurrection, and apprehending that their file their releases (in the form thus prescribed) in the Trea example might be followed by otheis, I caused orders to be sury of the United States, on or before the Ist day of Oc issued for the purpose of preventing any hostile expeditions tober, 1851. Although this publication has been continued against Mexico from being set on foot in violation of the laws from the 25th day of March, 1831, yet up to the Ist of Oc of the United States. I likewise issued a proclamation upon tober last com p arativel y few releases had been filed b y the the subject, a copy of which is herewith laid before you. creditors of Texas. This appeared to be rendered imperative by the obligations The authorities of the state of Texas, at the request of the of treaties and the general duties of good neighbourhood. Secretary of the Treasury, have furnished a schedule of the In my last annual message I informed Congress that tits - public debt of that State created prior to her admission into zens of the United States had undertaken the connexion of the Union, with a copy of the lasts under which each class the two oceans by means of a railway across the Isthmus of was contracted. Tehuantepec, under a grant of the Mexican (sovernment to I have, from documents furnished by the State of Texas, a citizen of that republic; and that this enterprise would determined the classes of claims which in my judgment fall probably be prosecuted with energy whenever Mexico should within the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 9th of consent to such stipulations with the Government of the September, 1850. United States as should impart a feeling of security to those On being officially informed of the acceptance by Texas of who should invest their property in the enterprise. the propositions contained in the Act referred to, I caused A convention between the two Governments for the ac- the stock to be prepared, and the five millions which are to complishment of that end has been ratified by this Govern- be issued unconditionally, bearing an interest of five per cent. meat, and only awaits the decision of the Congress and the from the Ist day of January, 1851, have been for some time executive of that republic. ready to be delivered to the State of Texas. The authorities Some unexpected difficulties and delays have arisen in the of Texas, up to the present time, have not authorieed any ratification of that convention by Mexico , but it is to be one to receive this stock, and it remains in the Treasury de presumed that her decision will be governed by just and en- pertinent, subject to the order of Texas. lightened views, as well of the general importance of the ob - The releases required by law to be deposited in the Trea ject as of her own interests and obligations. sury, not having been filed there, the remaining five In negetiating upon this important subject, this Govern- millions have not been issued. This last amount of the ment has had in view one, and only one object. That object stock will be withheld from Texas until the conditions has been, and is, the construction and attainment of a passage upon which it is to be delivered shall he complied with by the from ocean to ocean, the shortest and the best for travellers creditors of that State, unless Congress shall otherwise direct piishment ofMaenxby a modification of the law. and merchandise, and equally open to all the world. It has sought to obtain no territorial acquisition, nor an advan- In my last annual message, to which I respectfully refer, cages peculiar to itself; and it would see, with the greatest I stated briefly the reasons which induced me to recommend regret, that • enter o nte s r h p o r u is l e d o w p b p i o c s b e an obstacle to muchthe acco conve-m a modification of the present tariff, by converting the ad va vantageslorem into a specfic duty, wherever the article imported was nience to the to whole commercial world, and such eminent ad ments and these convictions, herself. Impressed with these senti- of such a character as to permit it, and that such a discri ctions, the Government will continue urination should be made in favour of the industrial pursuits exert all prop e c r o V bring about the necessary ar- of our own country as to encourage home production with toout excluding foreign competition. ton with the R ° e rt p s ub t l?c of Mexico for the speedy com. The numerous frauds which continue to be practised upon past the Republic of Nicaragua has been those civil convulsions, from which the pie Forso o f m t e h ew monthso rk . the revenue, by false invoices and undervaluations, consti the theatre of one of Central America s _ ll have so often lute an unanswerable reason for adopting specific instead of cause of free institutions and ad valodr.exa doesduties in all cases were the nature of the social progress of the States of g prosperity and frauds t commo commodity not forbid it.. A striking illustration of and so severely suffered. Until quiet will be exhibited in the report of the Seers ha have been re- tary of the Treasury, showing the Custom-house valuation stored, and a Government apparently stabl e shall have been of articles imported under a former law subject to specific organized, no advance can prudently be made in disposing of duties, when there was no inducement to under-valuation, between the two . countries. John to the to announce that an inter-oceani c co and the Custom-house valuation of the same articles, under namuni. the present system of ad valorem duties, so greatly reduced the l q a u m es i t l i a o i n p s y pending Pacific has as to leave no doubtofthe existence St. John have actually abuses under the existing law. This practical evasion of of the most flagrant tha h St as been transported over it; the present law, combined with the languishing condition traversed r a eue t v i n o e n rs so e f r df o a i r n i t , the mouth accomplished merchandise the of om i s lure e of the inobtain g i r a e g at a in fo te re re ig s of foreign market ma t r h k e co etf u o n r t o ry u , r caused increa by a e u 'e r r_ accordingillbe fur to importations and consequent depressed prices, and failure wiyi over the m completed unic a t ion w athned o w ri h g e i nt natpelacanrltbsehamlleahnasvoef beencom ther improved. he railroadplus It is understood that a considerable part of t of breadstuffs and provisions, has induced me again to across the Isthmus of Panama has been completed, and recommend a modification of the •'. - existing will in future be conveyed The report of the Secretary that the mail and paasengers panies this communication, • thereon. ion, will present a condensed state ment of the o era • Whichever of the several routes between the two oceans p tons of that important department of the Government. may ultimately prove most eligible for the travellers to and It will be seen that the cash sal( from the different states on — the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, and our coast on the Pacific, there is little reason to doubt that all of them will be useful to the public, and will liberally reward that individual enterprise, by which alone they have been or are expected to be carried into effect. Peace has been concluded between contending parties in the island of SL Domingo, and it is hoped upon a durable bam. Such u the eztoat of our colarciorciAl relation,' With of the public lands ex ceed those of the preceding year, and that there is reason to anticipate a still further increase, notwithstanding the large donations which have been made to many of the States, and the liberal grants to individuals as a reward for military ser vices. This fact furnishes very gratifying evidence of the prosperity of our c oun t ry . have been zdopted for com menc i ng t h e y taQbfl w e ifiguitt and Otegou. bur. growingwsyueitehmaelet pas h z a ri n ie d: d ija c TUESDAY .EVENING, vexing parties have been organised, and soaie progress has been made in establishing the principal base and meridian lines. But further legislation ar.d additional appropriations will be necessary before the proper subdivisions can be made, and the general land system extended over those remote parts of our territory. On the 3d of March last an Act was passed providing for the appointment of three Commissioners to settle private land claims in California. Three persons were immediately ap pointed, all of whom, however, declined accepting the tithes, in consequence of the inadequacy of the compensation. Others were promptly selected, who, for the same reason, also declined ; and it was not until late in the season that the services of suitable persons could be secured. A majority of the Commissioners convened in this city on the 10th of Sep tember last, when detailed instructions were given to them in regard to their duties. Their first meeting for the trans action of business will be held in San Francisco on the Bth day of the present month. I have thought it proper to refer to these facts, not only to explain the causes of the delay in filling the commission, but to call your attention to the propriety of increasing the compensation of the commissioners. The office is one of great labour and responsibility, and the compensation shotuld be such as to command men of a high order of ta letft and the most unquestionable integrity. The proper disposal of the mineral lands of California is a subject surrounded by great difficulties. In my last annual message I recommended the survey and sale of them in small parcels, under such restrictions as would effectually guard against monopoly and speculation. But upon further information, and in deference to the opinions of persons fami liar with the subject, I am inclined to change that recom mendation, and to advise that they be permitted to re main, as at present, a common field, open to the enterprise and industry of all our citizens, until further experience shall have developed the best policy to be ultimately adopted in regard to them. It is safer to suffer the inconveniences that now exist, for a short period, than by premature legisla tion, to fasten on the country a system founded on error, which may place the whole subject beyond the future con- trol of Cotigiess. The agricultural lands should, however, be surveyed and brought into market with as little delay as possible, that the titles may become settled, and the inhabitants stimulated to make permanent improvements, and enter on the ordinary pursuits of life. To effect these objects it is desirable that the necessary provision be made by law for the establishment cf land offices in California and Oregon, and for the efficient prosecution of the surveys at an early day. Some difficulties have occurred in organising the territorial Governments of New Mexico and Utah, and when more accurate information shall be obtained of the causes, a fur ther communication will be made on that subject. In my last annual communication to Congress I recom mended the establishment of an agricultural bureau, and I take this occasion again to invoke your favourable considera- tion of the subject. Agriculture may justly be regarded as the great interest of our people. Four-fifths of our active population are employed in the cultivation of the soil, and the rapid expan sion of our settlements over new to ritory is daily adding to the number of those engaged in that vocation. Justice and sound policy, therefore, alike require that the Govern ment should use all the means authorised by the Constitu tion to promote the interests and welfare of that important class of our fellow-citizens. And yet it is a singular fact that, while the manufacturing and commercial interests have engaged the attention of Congress during a large portion of every session, and our statutes abound in provisions for their protection and encouragement, little has yet been done directly for the advancement of agriculture. It is time that this reproach to our legislation should be removed; and I sincerely hope that the present Congress will not close their labours without adopting efficient means to sapply the omissions of those who have preceded them. An Agricultural Bureau, charged with the duty of collect ing and disseminating correct information as to the best mode of cultivation, and of the most effectual means of preserving and restoring the fertility of the s and of procuring and distributing seeds and plants, and other vegetable produc tions, with instructions in regard to the soil, climate, and treatment best adapted to their growth, could not fail to be, in the language of Washington, in his last annual message to Congress, a " a very cheap instrument of immense national benefit." Regarding the Act of Congress approved 28th September 1850, granting bounty lends to persons who had been en gaged in the military service of the country, as a great measure of national justice and munificence, an anxious de sire has been felt, by the officers entrusted with its imme diate execution, to give prompt effect to its provisions. All the means within their control were, therefore, brought into requisition to expedite the adjudication of claims, and I am gratified to be able to state that near one hundred thousand applications have been considered, and about seventy thousand warrants issued within the short space of nine months. If adequate provision be made by law to carry into effect the recommendation of the department, it is con fidently expected that, before the close of the next fiscal year, all who are entitled to the benefits of the Act will have received their warrants. The Secretary of the Interior has suggested in his report various amendments of the laws relating to pensions and bounty lands, for the purpose of more effectually guarding against abuses and frauds on the Government, to all of which I invite your particular attention, The large accessions to our Indian population consequent upon the acquisition of New Blexico and California, and the extension of our settlements into Utah and Oregon, have given increased interest and importance to our relations with the aboriginal race. No material change has taken place within the last year in the condition and prospects of the Indian tribes who re side in the north-western territory, and west of the Mis sissippi river. We are at peace with all of them ; and it will be a source of pleasure to you to learn that they are cradually advancing in civilization and the pursuits of social life. Along the Mexican frontier, and in California and Oregon, there have been occasional manifestations of unfriendly feeling, and some depredations committed. lam satisfied, however, that they resulted more from the destitute and starving condition of the Indians than, from any settled hos tility towards the whites. As the settlements of our citizens progress toward them the game upon which they mainly rely for subsistence is driven off or destroyed, and the only alternative left to them is starvation or plunder. It becomes us to consider, in view of this condition of things, whether justice and humanity, as well as an enlightened economy, do not require that, instead; of seeking to punish them for offences which are tie result ef our own policy to ward them, we should not provide for their immediate wants and encourage them to engage in agriculture, and to rely on their labour instead et the chase, for the means of support. Various important treaties have been nego ciated with dif ferent tribes during the year, by which their title to large and valuable tracts of country has been extinguished, all of which will, at the proper time, be submitted to the Senate for ratification. The joint commission ander the treaty of Guadeloupe Hi dalgo has been actively engaged in running and marking the boundary line between the United States and Mexico. It was stated in the last annual r e p or t o f t h e S ecre t ar y of the initial Interior that thepoint en the Pacific and the point of the junction of the Gila with the Colorado River had been determined, and the intervening line, about 150 miles in by temporary monuments. Since of marble has been erected at the landm ar k s o f iron have been initiall thate placedng t h time run motesnut ana n d b dpermanent markede monument distances along the line. The initial point on the Rio Grande has also been fixed by the commissioners at latitade 32 deg. 22 min., and at the date of the last communication the survey of the line had been made thence westward about 150 miles to the neigh bourhood of the copper mines. The commission on our part was at first organized on a scale which experience proved to be unwieldy, and attended with unnecessary expense. O r d ers h ave , th ere fore, been reductionilc limits t o sa f c t o h n e sistent with the safety of those n si gutlidge f number of persons employed the prompt and efficient execu tion of theirimportant dutie d t. imp Returns have b een r e cei ved. from all the officers engaged in taking the censusi the stat es an d t err it or ies, except California. T he su p erintende nt employed to make the enu meration in that state has not yet made his full report, from within the n t smallesti the ie causes, as he alleges, beyond his control. This failure is much to be regretted, as it has prevented the Secretary of the Interior from making the decennial apportionment of representatives among the States, as required by the Act d approve May 23, ISoO. It i s h ope d, h owever , th a t the re t u rns will soon be received, and no time will then be lost iu making the necessary ar rangemen t s , an d i n trans mitting the cert ificates required by the law. The Superintendent of the Seventh Census is diligently em ployed, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, i n classifying and arranging, in tabular form, all the statisti cal information derived from the returns of the marshals, and it is believed that when the work shall be completed it will e xhibit a more perfect view o f the population, wealth, occu pations, and social condition of a great country, than has ever been presented to the world. The value of such a work, as the basis of enlightened legislation, can hardly be over estimated ; and I earnestly hope that Congress will lose no time in making the appropriations necessary to complete the classifications, and to publish the results in a style worthy of the subject and of our national character. The want of a uniform fee bill, prescribing the compen sation to be allowed district attorneys, clerks, marshals, and commissioners in civil and criminal cases, is the cause of much vexation in justice, and complaint. I would re commend a thorough revision of the laws on the whole subject, and the adoption of a tariff of fees which, as far as practicable, should be uniform, and prescribe a specific compensation for every service which the officer may be re quired to perform. This subject will be fully presented in the report of the Secretary of the Interior. In my last annual message I gave briefly my reasons for believing that you possessed the constitutional power to improve the harbours of our great lakes and sea coast, and the navigation of our principal rivers, and recommended that appropriations should be made for completing such works as had already been commenced, and for commencing such . others as might s e e m to the wisdom of Congress to be of public and general importance. Without repeating the reasons then urged, I deem it my duty again to call your attention to this important subject. The works on many of the harbours were left in an unfinished state, and conse quently exposed to the action of the elements, which is fast destroying them. Great numbers of lives and vast amounts of property are annually lost for want of safe and convenient harbours on the lakes. None but those who have been ex posed to that dangerous navigation can fully appreciate the importance of this subject. The whole north-west appeals to you for relief, and I trust their appeal will receive due consideration at your hands. The same is in a measure true in regard to some ef the harbours and inlets on the sea-coast. The unobstructed navigation of our large rivers is of equalimportance. Our settlements are now extending to the sources of the great rivers which empty into, and form a part of the Mississippi, and the value of the public lands in these regions would be greatly enhanced by freeing the navigation of those waters trom obstructions. In view, therefore, of this great interest, I deem it my duty again to urge upon Congress to make such appropriations for those improve ments as they may deem necessary. The survey of the Delta of the Mississippi, with a view to the prevention of the overflows that have proved so disastrous to that region of country, have been nearly completed, and the reports thereof are now in course of preparation, and will shortly lie laid before you. The protection of our southwestern frontier, and of within e adjacent Mexican states, against the Indian tribes our border, has claimed my earnest and constant attention. Congress having failed at, the last session to adopt any re commendation that an additional regiment of mounted men specially adapted to that service shou ld be raised, all that remained to be done was to make the best use of the means at my disposal. Aceordiegly all the troops adapted to that service that could properly be spared from other quarters have been concentrated on that frontier, and officers of high reputation selected to command them. A new arrangement of the military posts has also been made, whereby the troops are brought nearer to the Mex ican frontier and to the tribe. they are intended to overawe. Sufficient time has not yet elapsed to realise all the bene fits that are expected to result from these arrangements, but I have every reason to hope . that they will effectually check their marauding expeditions. The nature of the country, which furnishes little for the support of All army DECEMBER 16, lB6l. and abounds in places of refuge and concealment, is re markably well adapted to this predatory warfare; and we can scarcely hope that any military force, combined with the greatest vigilance, can entirely suppress it. By the treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo we are bound to pro tect the territory of Mexico against the incursions of the savage tribes within our border " with equal diligence and energy" as if the same were made within our territory or against our citizens. I have endeavoured to comply, as far as possible, with this provision of the treaty. Orders have been given to the officers commanding on that frontier to consider the Mexican territory and its inhabitants equally with our own entitled to their protection ; and to make all their plans and arrangements with a view to the attainment of this object. Instructions have also been given to the Indian Commissioners and agents among these tribes, in all treaties, to make the clauses designed for the protection of our own citizens apply to those of Mexico. I have no reason to doubt that these instructions have been fully carried into effect. Nevertheless, it is probable that, in spite of all our efforts, some of the neighbouring states of Mexico may have suffered, as our own have, from depredations by the Indians. To the difficulties of defending our own territory, as above mentioned, are superadded, in defending that of Mexico, those that arise from its remoteness, from the fact that we have no right to station our troops within her limits, and that there is no efficient military force on the Mexican side to co-operate with our own. So long as this shall continue to be the case, the number and activity of our troops will rather increase than diminish the evil, as the Indians will naturally turn toward that country where they encounter the least resistance. Yet these troops are necessary to subdue them, and to compel them to make and observe treaties. Until this shall have been done, neither country will enjoy any security from their attacks. The Indians in California, who had previously appeared of a peaceable character, and disposed to cultivate the friendship of the whites, have recently committed several acts of hostility. As a large portion of the reinforcements sent to the Mexican frontier were drawn from the Pacific, the military force now stationed there is considered entirely inadequate to its defence. It cannot be increased, however, without an increase of the army; and I again recommend that measure as indispensable to the protection of the frontier. I invite your attention to the suggestions on this subject, and on others connected with his department, in the report of the Secretary of War. The appropriations for the support of the army during the current fiscal year, ending 30th June next, were reduced far below the estimate submitted by the department. The conse qnence of this reduction is a considerable deficiency, to which I invite your early attention. The expenditure of that department for the year ending 30th June last were 9,000,286,58 dolls. The estimates for the year commencing Ist J uly next and ending June 30, 1851, are 7,8.18,775,83 dolls.; showing a reduction of 1,161,492,75 dolls. The Board of Commissioners to whom the management of the affairs of the Military Asylum created by the Act of 3d of March last was entrusted, have selected a site for the es tablishment of an asylum in the vicinity of this city, which has been approved by me, subject to the production of a satisfactory title. The report of the Secretary of the Navy will exhibit the condition of the public service under the supervision of that department. Our naval force afloat during the present year has been actively and usefully employed in giving protection to our widely extended and increasing commerce and interests in various quarters of the globe, and our flag has everywhere afforded the security and received the respect inspired by the justice and liberality of our intercourse, and the digaity and power of the nation. The expedition commanded by Lieutenant De Havien, dis patched in search of the British commander, Sir John Frank lin, and his companions, in the Arctic Seas, returned to New York in the month of October, after having under gone great peril and suffering from an unknown and dan gerous navigation, and the rigours of a northern climate, without any satisfactory information of the objects of their search , but with new contributions to science and naviga tion from the unfrequented polar regions. The officers and men of the expedition, having been all volunteers for this ser vice, and having so conducted it as to meet the entire ap probation of the Government, it is suggested as an act of grace and genorosity, that the same allowance of extra pay and emoluments be extended to them that were made to the officers and men of like rating in the late exploring ex pedition to the South Seas. I earnestly recommend to your attention the necessity of reorganising the Naval Et-tablishment, apportioning and fix ing the number of officers in each grade, providing some mode of promotion to the higher grades of the navy, having reference to merit and capacity, rather than seniority or date of entry into the service, and for retiring from the effective list upon reduced pay those who may be incom petent to the performanoe of active duty. As a measure of economy as well as of efficiency in this arm of the service, the provision last mentioned is eminently worthy of your consideration. The determination of the questions of relative rank be tween the sea officers and civil officers of the navy and be tween officers of the army and navy, in the various grades of each, will also merit your attention. The failure to pro vide any substitute, when corporal punishment was abolished for offences in the navy has occasioned the convening of numerous courts-martial upon the arrival of vessels in port, and it is believed to have had an injurious effect upon the discipline and efficiency of the service. To mo derate the punishment from one grade to another is among the human reforms of the age ; but to abolish one of severity, which applied so generally to offences on ship board, and provide nothing in its stead, is to suppose a pro gress of improvement in every individual among seamen which is not assumed by the Legislature in respect to any other class of men. It is hoped that Congress, in the ample opportunity afforded by the present session, will thoroughly investigate this important subject, and establish such modes of determining guilt, and such gradations of punishment as are consistent with humanity and the personal rights of in dividuals, and at the same time shall insure the most ener getic and efficient performance of duty and the suppression of crime in our ships of war. The stone dock in the Navy-yard at New York, which was ten years in process of construction, has been so far finished as to be surrendered up to the authorities of the yard. The dry dock at Philadelphia is reported as com pleted, and is expected soon to be tested and delivered o er to the agents of the Government. That at Portsmouth, New Hampshire is also nearly ready for delivery ; and a contract has been concluded, agreeably to the Act of Con gress at its last session, for a floating sectional dock on the bay of San Francisco. I invite your attention to the re commendation of the Department touching the establish ment of a navy yard in conjunction with this dock on the Pacific. Such a station is highly necessary to the conve nience and effectiveness of our fleet in that ocean, which must be expected to increase with the growth of commerce and the rapid extension of our whale fisheries over its waters. The naval academy at Annapolis, under a revised and improved system of regulations now afords opportunities of education and instruction to the pupils quite equal, it is be lieved, for professional improvement, to those eujoyed by the cadets in the military academy. A large class of acting midshipmen was received at the commencement of the last academic term, and a practice-ship has been attached to the institution, to afford the amplest meens for regular instruc tion in seamanshi2,as well as for cruises during the vacations of three or four months -in each year. The advantages of science is nautical affairs have rarely been more strikingly illustrated than in the fact stated in the Report of the Navy Department that by means of the wind and current charts projected and prepared by Lieut. Maury, the Superintendent of the Naval Observatory, the passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific ports of our country has been shorten- d by about 40 days. The estimates for the support of the Navy and Marine Corps, the ensuing fiscal year, will be found to be 5,856.472 dolls. 19c., the estimates for the current year being 5,900,621 dolls. The estimates for special objects under the control of this department amount to 2,684,229 dolls. 89c., against 2,210,969 dolls. for the present year, the increase being occasioned by the additional mail service on the Pacific coast and the con struction of the dock in California, authorised at the last session of Congress, and some slight additions under the head of improvements and repairs in navy-yards, buildings, and machinery. I deem it of much importance to a just economy, and a correct understanding of naval expenditure, that there should be an entire separation of the appropriation for the support of the naval service proper from those for permanent im provements at navy yards and stations, and from ocean steam mail service, and other special objects assigned to the supervision of this department. The report of the Postmaster-General, herewith comma nicated, presents an interesting view of the progress, opera tions, and condition of this department. At the close of the last fiscal year, the length of mail routes within the United States was 196,290 miles; the annual transportation thereon 53,272,252 miles, and the annual cost of such transportation, 3,421,754 dolls. The length of the foreign mail routes is estimated at 18,349 miles; and the annual transportation thereon at 615,306 miles. The annual cost of the service Is 1,472,187 dolls., of which 448,937 dolls. is paid by the Post-office department, and 1,023,250 dolls. is paid through the Navy department. The annual transportation within the United States (ex cluding the service in California and Oregon, which is now for the first time reported and embraced in the tubu lar statements of the department) exceeds that of the preceding year 6,162,155 miles, at an increased cost of 547,110 dolls. The whole number of post-offices in the United States, on the 30th day of June last, was 19,796. There were 1,698 post-offices established, and 256 discontinued, during the year. The gross revenues of the department for the fiscal year, including the appropriations for the franked matter of Con gress, ot the departments, and officers of Government, and excluding the foreign postages, collected for and payable to the British Post-office, amounted to 6,727,866 dolls. 7*c. The expenditure for the same period (excluding 20,599 dolls. 59c. paid under an award of the auditor, in . pursuance of a resolution of the last Congress, for mail service on the Ohia and Mississippi rivers in 1832 and 1833, and the amount paid to the British Post-office for foreign postages collected for and payable to that office) amounted to 6,024,566 dolls. 79c. ; leaving a balance of revenue over the proper expendi tures of the year of 703,299 dolls. 99c. The receipts for postage duties during the year (excluding the foreign postages collected for and payable to the British Post-o ffi ce) amounted to 6,345,747 dolls. 21c., being an in crease of 997,610 dolls. 79c., or 18.65400 per cent. over the like receipts for the preceding year. The reduction of postage, under the Act of March last, did not take effect until the commencement of the present fiscal year. The accounts for the first quarter, under the present operation of the reduced scales will not be settled before January next, and no reliable estimate of the receipts for the present year can yet be made. It is believed, how ever, that they will fall far short of those of last year. The surplus of the revenues now on hand is, however, so large that no further appropriation from the Treasury in aid of the revenues of the department is required for the current year; but an additional appropriation for the year ending June 30, 1853, will probably be found necessary when the receipts of the first two quarters of the fiscal year are fully ascertained. In bis last annual report the Postmaster-General recom mended a reduction of postage to rates which he deemed as low as could be prudently adopted, unless Congress was pre pared to appropriate from the Treasury, for the sur port of the department, a sum more than equivalent to the mail services performed by it for the Government. The recom mendations of the Postmaster-General, in respect to letter postage, except on letters from and to California and Oregon, were substantially adopted by the last Congress. Ile now recommends adherence to the present letter rates, and ad vises against a further reduction until justified by the revenue of the department. He also recommends that the rates of postage on printed matters be so revised as to render them more simple, and more uniform in their operation upon all classes of printed matter. I submit the recommendations of the report to your favourable consideration. The public statutes of the United States have now been accumulating for more than sixty years, and, interspersed with private acts, are scattered through numerous volumes , and, from the cost of the whole, have become almost inac cessible to the great mass of the community. They also exhibit much of the incongruity and imperfection of hasty legialation. tie it mina to be generally conceded that there is no " common law" of the United States to supply the defects of their legislation, it is most important that that legislation should be as perfect as possible, defining every power intended to be conferred, every crime intended to be made punishable, and prescribing the punishment to be inflicted. In addition to some particular cases spoken of more at length, the whole criminal code is now lamentably defective. Some offences are imperfectly de scribed, and others are entirely omitted ; so that flagrant critnes may be committed with impunity. The scale of punishment is not in all cases graduated according to the degree and nature of the offence, and is often rendered more unequal by the different modes of imprisonment, or peniten•. tiary confinement, in the different States. Many laws of a permanent character have been intro duced into appropriation Bills, and it is often difficult to determine whether the particular clause expires with the temporary Act of which it is a part, or continues in force. It has also frequently happened that enactments and pro visions of law have been introduced into Bills, with the title or general subject of which they have little or no con nexion or relation. In this mode of legislation so many enactments have been heaped upon each other, and often with but little consideration, that in many instances it is difficult to search out and determine what is the law. The Government of the United States is emphatically a Government of written laws. The statutes sh'ould, there- fbre, as far as practicable, not only be made accessible to all, but be expressed in language so plain and simple as to be understood by all, and arranged iu such method as to give perspicuity to every subject. Many of the States have revised their public Acts with great and manifest benefit, and I recommend that provision be made by law for the appoint ment of a commission to revhe the public statutes of the United States, arranging them in order, supplying deficien cies, correcting incongruities, simplifying their language, and reporting theM to Congress for its action. An Act of Congress, approved Atli September, 1 , 50, con tained a provision for the extension of the Capitol, according to such a plan as might be approved by the President, and appropriated one hundred thousand dollars, to be e Kpended under his direction, by such an architect as he should appoint to execute the same. On examining the various plans which had been submitted by various architects, in pur suance of an advertisement by a committee of the Senate, no one was found to be entirely satisfactory, and it was therefore deemed advisable to combine and adopt the advan- tages of several. The great object to be accomplished was to make such an addition as would afford amp:e and convenient halls for the deliberations of the two Houses of Congress, with suf ficient accommodations for spectators, and suitable apart ments for the Committees and officers of the two branches of the Legislature. It was also desirable not to mar the har mony and beauty of the present structure, which, as a speci men of architecture, is so univgsally admired. Keeping these objects in view, I concludeer to make the addition by wings, detached from the present building, yet coonected with it by corridors: This mode of enlargement will leave the present Capitol uninjured, and afford greater advantages for ventilation and the admission of light, and will enable the work to progress withont interrupting the deliberations of Congress. To carry this plan into effect I have appointed an experienced and corn etent architect. The corner stone was laid on the 4th day of July last, with suitable ceremonies, since which time the work has advanced with commendable rapidity, and the foundations of both wings are now nearly complete. I again commend to your favourable regard the interest cf the district of Columbia, and only deem it necessary to re mind yon that, although the inhabitants have no voice in the choice of representatives in Congress, they are not the less entitled to a just and liberal consideration in your legislation. My opinions on this subject were more fully expressed in my last annual communication. Other subjects were brought to the attention of Congress, in my last annual message, to whom I would respectfnlly refer. But there was one f more than ordinary interest to which I again invite your special attention. I allude to the recommendaticn for the appointment of a commission to settle private claims against the United States. Justice to individuals as well as to the Government imperatively de mands that some more convenient and expeditious mode than appeal to Congress should be adopted. It is deeply to be regretted that in several instances officers of the Government, in attempting to execute the law for the return of fugitives front labour, have been openly resisted, and their efforts frustrated and defeated by lawless and violent mobs ; that in one case such resistance resulted in the death of an estimable citizen, and in others serious injury ensued to those officers and to individuals who were using their en deavours to sustain the laws. Ibosecutions have. been instituted against the alleged offenders, so far as they could be identified, asid are still pending. I have re garded it as my duty, in these cases to give all aid legally in my power to the enforcement of the laws, and I shall con tinue to do so wherever and whenever their execution may be resisted. The Act of Congress for the return of fugitives from la bour, is one required and demanded by the express words of the Constitution. The Constitution declares, " That no person held to service or labour in one state, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labour, but shall be delivered up on the claim of the party to whom such ser vice or labour may be due." this constitutional provision is equally obligatory upon the legislative, the executive, and judicial departments of the Government, and upon every citizen of the United States. Congress must, however, from necessity, first act upon the subject, by prescribing the proceedings necessary to ascer tain that the person is a fugitive, and the means to be used for his restoration to the claimant. This was done by an Act passed during the first term of President Washington, which was amended by that enacted by the last Congress, and it now remains for the executive and judicial depart ments to take care that those laws be faithfully executed. The injunction of the Constitution is as peremptory and as binding as any other; it stands exactly on the same foundation as that clause which provides for the return of fugi ives from justice, or that which declares that no bill of attainder or ez poet facto law shall be passed, or that which provides for an equality of taxation, according to the census, or the clause declaring that all duties shall be uniform throughout the United States, or the important provision that the trial of all crimes shall be by jury. These several articles and clauses of the Constitution, all resting on the same authority, must stand or fall together. Some objections have been urged against the details of the Act for the return of fugitives from labour ; but it is worthy of remark that the main opposition is aimed against the constitution itself, and proceeds from persons and classes of persons, many of whom declare their wish to see that Constitution overturned. They avow their hostility to any law which shall give full and practical effect to this requirement of the Constitution. Fortunately, the number of these persons is comparatively small, and is believed to be daily diminishing, but the tissue which they present is one which involves the supremacy and even the existence of the Constitution. Cases have heretofore arisen in which individuals have denied the binding authority of acts of Congress, and even States have proposed to nullify such acts upon the ground that the Constitution was the supreme law of the land, and that those acts of Congress were repugnant to that instru ment; but nullification is now aimed, not so much against particular laws as being inconsistent with the Constitution, as against the Constitution itself; and it is not to be disguised that a spirit exists and has been actively at work to rend asunder this union, which is our cherished inheritance from our revolutionary fathers. In my last annual message I stated that I considered the series of measures which had been adopted at the previous sessions, in reference to the agitation growing out of the ter ritorial and slavery questions, as a final settlement in prin ciple and substance of the dangerous and exciting subjects which they embraced ; and I recommended adherence to the adjustment established by those measures until time and experience should demonstrate the necessity of further legis lation to guard against evasion or abuse. I was not induced to make this recommendation because I thought those measures perfect, for no human legislation can be perfect. Wide differences and jarring opinions can only be reconciled by yielding something on all sides, and this result had been reached after an angry conflict or many months, in which one part of the country was arrayed against another, and violent convulsion seemed to be imminent. Looking at the interests of the whole country, I felt it to be my duty to seize upon this compromise as the best that could be obtained amid conflicting interests, and to insist upon it as a final settlement, to be adhered to by all who value the peace and welfare of the country. A year has now elapsed since that recommendation was made. To that recommendation I still adhere, and I congratu late you and the country upon the general acquiescence in these measures of peace which has been exhibited in all parts of the Republic. And not only is there this general acquiescence in the measures, but the spirit of conciliation which has been manifested in regard to them in all parts of the country, has removed doubts and uncertainties in the minds of thousands of good men concerning the durability of our popular institutions, and given renewed assurance that our liberty and our union may subsist together for the benefit of this and all succeeding generations. MILLARD FILLMORE. Washington, Dec. 2, 1851. SEABORNE MAILS. [N signifies that the malls are sent front the General Post-office by the night—and M by the morning—dispatch.] When made np In From what PLACES. iGeneralPost-ofdice port dis- When due. London. patched. America (by Brit. pkt.)N l Dec. 19 Liverpool.. Arrived America (by U.S. pkt.) N Dec. 23 .. .. Liverpool .. Dec 18 America (by U.S. pkt.) M Dec. 17 .. Sonthampt. Dec. 25 Africa (%Vest coast).. N 14th of the month Plymouth Jan. 3 Alexandria* ........ N 19th & 30th of mo. Dover .. Dec. 18 Belgium N Daily ......Dover Daily Brazil . 9th of the month Southampt. Jan. 16 Buenos Ayres .. M 9th of the month Southampt. Jan. 16 California(viaChagres)M 2cl & 17th of month Southampt. Dec. 20 Cape of Good Hope N 14th of month Plymouth.. Jan. 3 Constantinople* .. N 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover • • Dec. 2 1 Central America .. M2d & 17th of men. ISouthampt. Dec. 20 Channel Isles N Mon., Wed., & FrLlSoutkampt. Tn. MEW Chili . 31 17th of the month Southampt. Dec. 20 France & N Twice daily .. Dover .. Twicedaily Greece° N 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover • • Dec. 20 Hamburgh N Tuesday & Friday London .. Ties, Sat. Holland .. Wednes. & Satur. London .. Mea.Thur. Honduras .. N 17th of the mouth Southampt. Dec 2.) Ireland .. .. id& N ; Twice daily .. Holyhead Twicedaily India(via Sonthamp.) 31 20th of the month Southampt. Dec. 24 India (via Marseilles) N Bth& 24th efmonth Dover • . Dec. 17 Mediterranean (via Southampton) 11 1 20th of the month Sonthampt. Dec. 24 Mediterranean (via Marseilles) .. N Bth& 24th ofmonth Dover • • Dec. 17 Mexico .. M2d of the month.. Sonthampt. Jan. 5 Madeira .. •• 1119th of the month Southampt. Jan. 16 * 7th,17 th,l9th,Mb Dover Dec. 18 Meta • • •• & 30th of month Naples* N sth 15th 25th of me Dover .. Dec. 22 Papal States* N sth 15th 25th of mo Dover D ec. 22 Peninsular.. 7th 17th 27th of ino Southampt. Arrived 17th of the month Sonthampt. Dec. 20 Para Tuscany* ▪ N sth 15th 25 th of mo Dover Dec. 22 West Indies .▪ . 17th of the month Southampt. Dec. 20 West Indies (except Havanna & Nassau) 111 2d of the month .. Sonthainpt. Jan. 5 The mails to those c , French packet via Marsei The direct Havre mail month will bo made up ti 12d of the month . ountries thus mar' Illes. Itionthainpt.lTan. 5 ked (*) are conveyed from London via three times a week Southampton during this only, instead of daily. CASE OF DETERMINED SUICIDE AT DOVER.—On night, about ten o ' c l oc k , a L on d on gent l eman , as far can be at pres en t ascer t a i ne d, i s H. L wrr e hh p uo i sr a se e d , nayame, committed suic ide .l at Rogers' Terminus Inn, Beach street, opposite the railway terminus, by hanging himself. The unfortunate gentleman had been staying at the above inn on that day. He is supposed to have attempted to destroy himself by drowning, having been found in the har bour the same afternoon, where it was then supposed he had accidentally fallen. Some person on the spot succeeded in saving him. IMPROVEMENTS IN ST. JAMEs's•PARK.—Men have been for some time engaged in St. James's-park and the enclosure in removing all the rotten and decayed trees in the place, and planting with young ones. Many of the trees had been there so many years that the trunks were com pletely hollow, and the wood like sponge. A similar clear ance is to be made of the dead wood in the other parka and Kennington. SPORTING INTELLIGEDICS TA fTEE.SALL'S--YESTBLIDAY. „ire, room was very well az tendco, and t he be ,, ° The which turned c'i fly on the Derby, known it for principal outloYdwoi; several weeks. The on Augur at 16 to 1; 100 to 6, and 18 to 1, ts,_ ll v ia yi exh mse at 16 to 1 and 100 to 6, the former Pa . 0 by fir t'le strongest party. We give the prices at ' Y. close:— brisker than ive bay:, i 00 0 8 0 t t t 0 0 0 661 gagstst ale 0 BP afterwards offered 25 tO I 20 to 1 agst Lord Ribblesdale's Kingston ---1 - Area agst wards Lord 25 2 to 1 agst Mr. Harrison's iiiug of Trumps47i 2 5 5 to 1 agst Mr. S. llawke's Womersley--t 1 8 l u ol to 1 apt Mr. J. Stanley's Oreelio-tskeo 25 to 1 's Claverbouse--I—c afterwards offered A Jet' 25 wardsLli oorr ddoMElegrrptri leirnts 0 : I :: to 1 agst Mr. J. Clark's Elcot--taken so' :..Abubigeutbalke--enta:ned_9ofttet: dao afterwards offered 35 1°/ 33 ofilie,trbebdlesdale's Lapidist---laken to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Daniel O'Rourke*" L 35 4 to 1 agst Mr. S. Pavid•son's V( rtex--I to 1 1 5 ) ( ° ) to 1 40 0 to 1 agst Mr. Cuthbert's Kingfisher---16ke,, ofter. to 1 agst Sir R. Piga' Filius—tsken in" wards offered WO ° tope 40 to 1 agst Duke of 13edford'd bisids--• and afterwards ff d C., ere 500 even between CHESTER CUP. 5 et° 2,500 and 1,000 tn i d ite d, to 50 agst Merry Bird, o s Evelyn, Cossack, Grey Toceo3l, 1'13600 a m g n t d L (34/ anion, and 1,000 to 10 eac h a g st P4qg Bat dolph. SALE I. AT TATTERSALL'S—YEsTsaDA , dost.•., MR. CAREW'S RACING STUD AND STEEPOC'—coiner Guineas. Micah 80 Valentine Longinus, 4 yrs 135 2 yrs ......... .. ..,.. The Heriot, 3 y Souffle, 3 yrs - r 8 ... 5 23 grapeshot, ditto ...... 3 B c The Sutl.... t er, 2 yrs 160 Deerhound, ditto..oo3 Prese ige, 3 yr , , lo g 11 Agis , 6 yrs 3OO of Rigolette, y'eor ... .. g Proceed ...... Bay gelding 5 0 Ditto 80 Madelins, yelirlillbl Ch eby Dreyton, oat '' 14 yton, 2 yrs 30 Ch fby Theont ... Florence, 2 yrs Sir R. Pe 1' e s hunters were put up se a the h 196 sold:--The Conjuror, 250 ' ' Coutites guineas; an guineas. i tVi'S' 41 THE COUNTRY M AR. : do o _l io The following is the official state ment of tit the r i - off corn, &c., received in the port of Lontioo frZ p e ed Essex, from the Bth Dec., 18 51, to the 13 both inclusive : 1. 5 .. o I cr4 ° 49 ---- s o 61 16 0 352-1,110 .1 A cd 0 , A . 0 1 0 IA 1 - 50 I • - 0 4 1 Colchester Harwich Leigh Maldon . ------- - =L'- ------------- ' --" . ere . Vote I'o CHELMSFORD, Dgc. 12.—Prices to-k.-11 were h ale ' 9 A ; Wheat, white, 41s to 47s ; red, 355 to 405; - t 53 , ;11 r dge' .tl• chevalier 28s to 32s ; grinding 225 to 2 64 .,.a. ; pirtr .. ,o l chevalier 54s to 56s ; oats 185 to 25 5 ; r - gias' rrt,o s l 3anod C s ;o s ma ll L , C H barley, Y 2 S T 6 21 t t6o , s D 3too z s c 3; . 2 pa l e 3 p . aes -- ; 13.—Wheat' white e at; o w e b t i o te 3 ::: 7 Sil 1 0 : to 30s; white, 30s to 33s ; dun, new, 268 t° op : Od. 0 10- 26s to 29s ; harrow ticks, 27s to 305; sia g „, s t o 46 0 ; i tliffl P to 405 ; oats, 18s to 22s ; beans, inagagan 261 ,y r eyiS e ..., es the qa° KIRKALDY, DEC. 13.—The following - re o o for grain:— 130- 13 ,15 .. 3 0 Barley. Oats, ....s ~,-,, .. 4 01 Ts F eh ir ci s or t dnd W ... h .. " . 3 4:5 05 3 : 00 0 a dd 2 2 2 6 41 5 : o e o d da 203 19 1. 6 1 1 ..........s s ou r, aiii i l o l Oatmeal, per bag of 2801bs iln7lPeri°adl: 2° l o (i tre °ll r" r: HADDINGTON, DEC. 12.--ThefolloWing I 13.61 1 i grain at our market to-day:— - 010'A ISO till 9'.! SO - Wheat. B a rley. 2Se ° J ,,, 25s „" 1 " A 21g v" m arket do. do. do. 219 44 14 Agaoj I First .......... 4os Od Second 37s 6d Third ...... ...... 338 Od Total quantity of Wheat Do. Barley Do. Oats Do. Beans 171 '6 98 646 clr 4 " 0 9 00 5484 r5.' 65° Ok i 04 76 78 014 Prices ° Hartley Pe oCO'll 'a l e ß ß u surr d ra d ,ah le's W. Hartley 15s Od I Belmont ... . .. ••: .0 %.,.... ois Chester Main l4s 9d Hatton ....... ...“' IP 15 Od Haswell .... r .„. . 8 , a al3o i per M tkonßKatEtTh.r cllosifSe l'o7bl-'13Ae1ni...11r„"1:,..611:1: 6464 Filling Main .. ... 0 . r • Hastin 'g s Hartley - 0.0 0 jfo 0 1 Holywell ........... loa Howard's 1156sss Ooddltameepbietorn-r......,,.... . .... l O/1 v 4, 1,4 W.H.W. H. Neth. 15s Odi Stewart's ......... ''; go ell 10 TownleyßL o e n d g r he i u sg Newcastle Hartley lss Od'Shotton ltiu"' ....0" 1 1 19 61 .h e . '5 m... W .a..i . n. H .. a . r . t . 1 . e y 1 1 4 5 5 s 06dd 1'icVarhait:0ce11.,...%,::::..,..re10.... 11,10.:140 Tanfield Moor ... m" ... ' ..... 1 f ; , Walker's Primrose . rantield Moor Bates lss Od flartlepo.;; ....... ...... i'' p Tyne Main **** 15s 15s Od Souta s'„a rti n ,„ .0' ,es, I, Wall's End, &c. West Hartley - Wylam ...... ~. iii TA L H Bvvae a anw r l s t ks o hoe n an W r WhitiVerth,„ 40 ' .0/ 11 9 ; Bowdon (close) • - 15 s Od Adelside se . .„,s0 i ss 0 14s 6d dd SouthHeu g h :ID: e_ r f a. . . .1 ............ j: i i , s i. :Jo Bell and Brown ... :: . : l7B 3d 8ackh0u,5e,..010.........0.: ip s i Maclean 19 ' 0 0 ' 1 10 pi 17s Od Mac T e ss 0,, , p Heaton 16s 6d fees ...... fo ' r sh 0", 17,04 Clarke Northumberland m . .... .. ...... ' ge r flir 1 0 -•• ••• - Clennel .... 9 Gosforth 17s 3d Nixon. 1 :,,. .. i v o s • Eden Main „,.... Lambton Primrose * : l7s 9d 4idney's ,1 1 go 0-1 a Bellth 0 , 17s 6d Whitivto, 190. ... Ships at mar1 .............. n 2~7 _,teir,' m AIII‘ P , k i r RAILWAY SHAR6 r 4 .. O r IT, BRISTOL, Dge• ' ar l f et In ;st 1 STOCK EXCHANGZ.--The share 0 3 . - 0 1 te'g a sts" pressed to-day, and prices bad a dow,°,. n l i i sea '" . 6 only transactions reported were —ne' e toA Taff Vale, 149—Ditto (New), 1 3..0 I ) * 1 5. be ttroore:s LIVERPOOL, D e ",,,,s was ,i o os ~ O,L L Y:rl e t as sh h ir i STOCK EXCHANGE,-The share m ars- r ose. * es on and not so much pressure to sell. Th e r o t iithe_loo 9ll 4 9 ,s, / follow:—Blackburn (late 131ackburn! ,/,:- cis , 5 I," o isrf —Eastern Counties, 6 3 ' East Le ec- ssd P ri th P h " New Quarters, 314 p.—Midltt;l!A)sl3slllC.2l4°P Yorkshire and Yorkshire, cent., i6ossrib re.,, .rtrzito re —South-Eastern and Dover, 20%• , c . 15. Orw.s t . D r ° MANCHESTER., 9 / s ''' e s w .A S 9 ta s i ;.•, l, STOCK EXCHANGE.--The share raa rk d oo l7 " . 'l l7 and a good business has been done at ejotital• 6/14 transactions were as follow :—Cheshiresz,...-gele'j yip' Caledonian, 151 A—Eastern Counties, 6 712,d for, o n Preference, Fifths, 3-16 p. - Lancashire a n d Sir Ditto, Fifths, 8% die.--Manchester, 4....0, 1 to colnshire, 32%—Ditto, Preference, orlc sire 5k ,...y . i i ti South-Eastern and Dover, 20 1 9° / land, 213 k. DE C , 15 ' otbi t o ll O f BIRMINGHAM, , 0 ,, or o _. n o STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was toss-0 rsr j the share market to-day. The °llll o f ego South Stafforshire,l7 toe.d . Or ' we ~, Oi P osl AK 6 0 [ADVERTISEMENT.] ____ 110110110101$yorel-4 if' 00 Pills wonderfully efficacious in curing 0 106 0 5 0 09 0 ,0 2 6 , and Bad Legs.—Mr. L. Fordyce. ~, sh fr ee o , s Isrg e oll e t 01 9 00 deenshire, suffered for a long Per w " of I° lo+ l'll, o r thigh, from which disordered pieces 05 - ,,„1 wee 0 0 ~- . 0 was at the Aberdeen Infirmary for l e h le iss - cae l t. e id srsne ance of the treatment there adopt" 100 liso A liauhielve that the surgeon advised him to hav e ; ~ 01.4, toll si his objecting to this he was discharge° Col r 9 be se commenced using Holloway's Ointntellto reistato•jes. 01 so effectually cured him that he is "bi k e . ,a 1 Il s q," 1 00 s tfo now enjoys most excellent. --Sold 01 4 4; Sts•"•,ll,o oe tr,,i Professor Holloway's Establishuleoto2 ~A. 7,0,00 0 ,:• 1 0 SOCIETY OF ARTS, AD51111,,1*0044-0101;b2" ofj articles invented, patented, or legator roe' e r O'er' 1850, is at present on exhibition in t ed 0 .0d .4 A ~,,'' of Arts, Adelphi. They lire raogroobiocio.,,,rlol' " railways, steam• engines, an d pleat * i ve tfie " agricultural and horticultural instra iciefk eO , ~ , i , i 0 of dress,"" sanitary and slomestic ar , t, ho lo % i ce ISOM and "miscellaneous articles." Th e esoPrijd ill 9 Potio so, teresting and instructive inge nuity,exhibitio, sn ot ns t ,p ! n og objects of great elegance and , ir opor t „oo,„ etee some instances inventions of the 00_4 in „A ry e O tt samples and models exhibited era r e r arity Os , 300, an inspection of which will S t ," a es 0' O; o' all who take an interest in the Pr''' °- oretr o ti;, sciences in this country. 00 "ssa e f 9 .6 ot, , Ae s -sof 0, The Liverpool Albion 959 s iied 0 " - for tos three sheriffs' o ffi cers boarded the Vlisoig, Ayr O. or ship Baltic when on the point °f itc h 19 0 ' SPO They stated that they were i 0 ° fused f oril ij debtor, and as Captain Comstock re if ilba nos found him, they were carried off, entreaties to the contrary. 0 1 de's °' B ni2l lB • It f • 8o 1 6 Oa' 174:1/ OE A so wife of Charles W. Morice, V.arl. Be rlte hl ~, , On the 12th init., at I.lpPe e r Il if I° ll On the 12th inst., at Gloucester- Jost, square, Mrs. Charles 11. Parkes' 0* e bs OF A Dillrai Ore' deo 4 pf# l' ji On the 12th inst., at Loell Ar poo Mildmay. terrece' Or treet• On the 12th inst., at Oxford - _., of John Cowley, Esq. F o rster , - On the 15th inst. at ji ll ; 11 . 41 b 044 : 0. rro joriii :: .....4e i tsl tp 6; bridge, the lady of J. Coop er 1714 r ,bup, 5 -,, c ii!ode rlc i, 14 ;0 0 ? On the 12th inst., E. Le "--: Lo rd x brirov'Sof 3o o o Beauclerk, daughter of the late Jon', C soyit i J. On the 13th inst., a st . ,, A. G . , coloOei 941 i Lieutenant-Colonel Matson, s7 i ,„ pa nt - s o Elizabeth, relict of the late Lie L. ~,, COoird D e _ co urt, 13tici'. .„ifs 91 .de On the 12th inst., at porn ' t ile v A pv 1 Palmer, aged 80. tt 0 00 On the 13th inst., at Blac- a oleo f W. Cottam • E. for i t / 1 1 1)0 9 1 . 9 • ' c l• I_, vier Di l l 0 b " A rd ici,, On the I Ith inst., at 0 eon e ' IZie" J. Charles Corfield, Esq., late surgwife Of c is Of 1 On the 13th inst., Mar y, fr o 0 r A e' (10 0 Forest-gate, West Hain. , i . a ges- , ... 00/ On the 12th inst., at Reaugig'msjeilti if. r her Esq., formerly collector 0. of if theatb• ISIIII/ srt, Antonio, Jamaica• b tb, Ned 71. obite' i On the 13th inst„ Eliza 0 d a gss pe so 0 , # li'/ Stanhope-street, ilarapstesd.rdebaro 011 On the 11th inst., at L I .) 014 , 4 Shearman, Esq., aged 83- salW o ioce t or ..sttvhod by so _ 11 11 . Vic IP London: Printed and ha pu No. 112, Strand, Printer,ele a__,./, li, Strand, in the P reeine _t. 15, +" I liiiddleilels TOKIO, Dw— S I 4 11 / 4 4 14 St) I „' frona 1 10 of O N° 44 4 1 ' P er Do t: k, Ili mt. K. 4? f k y kt tt A 0 1 L,11‘; ID ~~'~~ 2 . R~~, !~ ►+.~