The Sun. — London, England, 1851-12-15 00:00:00

;bi t * 11N +i g e v `-tl4. .4.14 0 r i t • 4r, , 4' THE A_ , ,TERICAN PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. The 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 0 Representatives, I congratulate you and our common constituency upon the favourable auspices under which you meet for your first se salon. 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 unasual 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 highly-fa. voured land. Since the close of the last Congress certain Cubans and other foreigners, resident in the United States, of whe were more or less concerned in the previrus invasion Cuba, a t g h a e inst scene tha o t f in stead of being discouraged by its fai lure, have again abused toe hospitality of this country, by the equipment of another military e m ss a p k ed il it g ion it posseesion of her Catholic Majesty,. in which they were coun f tenanced, aided, and joined by citizens the United States. On receiving intelligence that such designs were entertained, I lust no time in issuing such instructions to the proper officers of the United States as s eemed to be called for by the occa ,;lol3. By the proclamation, a copy of which is herewith iiismitted, I also warned these who might he in danger of jititlg inveigled into this scheme, of its unlawful character, and Of the pen alties which they would incur. For some :tine there was reason to hope that these measures had suf aced to prevent any such attempt. This _hope, however, eroved to be delusive. Very early in the morning of the 3d o f August, a steamer, called the Pampero, departed from New Orleans for Cuba, having on board upwards of 40 armed men, with evident intentions to make war upon the autho rities cf 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 movemsnt was un fortunately so much exaggerated in the accounts of it pub lished in 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 ill-in formed. 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, lauded the persons on board at Piaytas, within about 20 leagues of Havannah The main body of them proceeded to, and t ook p ossession of, an inland vill -ge, six leagues distant, leaving others to follow 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 the main body, and having procee d e d 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 tbd 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 frigate Saranac to Revenue:, and inquire into the charges against the persons executed, the circumstances under which they were taken, add whatsoever referred to their trial and sentence. Copies of the instructions from the departments of s tate to him, and of his 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 atter, and exe cuted on the Ist 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 Poe hundred and sixty in number, were sent to Spain. Of the final disposition made of these we have no official in form at ion. Such is the melancholy resuit 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. T o 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. Al hough these offenders against the laws have forfeited tie 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 fur their unefferetiug families and friends, as well as a reeling of compassion for themselves. Accord ingly no proper effort has been spared, and none will be seared, 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 citizens of the United States, it had its origin, with many, in motives of cupidity. Money was advanced by individuals, probably iu considerable amounts, to pur chase • bowie, 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 • ment, 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. No individuals have a right to hazard the peace of the country or to violate its laws upon vague notions of altering or reforming governments in other States. This principle is not only reasonable in itsel-, and in 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 uuauthorised individuals banded together to attack them. The Governmeut of the United States, at all times since its establishment, has abstained and has 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 lave were passed for this purpose. The main provisions of these lae s were re-enacted by the Act of April, iB, 8. by which, among ?.the territory things, it was declared that if any person shall, within t . O e n rrito r y or jurisdiction of the United States, begin, or set n toot, or provide, or prepare the means of any military expedition or enterprise to be carried on from thence against the territory or dominion ofany foreign prince or state, or of any colony, e e people with whom the United States are at peace, every person so offendii hall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanour, and shall g be fined, not ex ceeding three thousand dollars ar.d imprisoned ot more than three years; and this has been executed and en t 'reed, to the full extent of the w power of the Government from that day to this. In proclaiming and adhering t o the doctrine of neutrality v-it non-intervention, the United States . have not followed others. taken , the lead the lead of othe r civilized nations ; t e „ aY t !he e ieelves and have been folio wed by o rhis was ad ed by one of the most eminent of modern British states uen. who said in Parliament, e a Minister of the Crown, that if he wished for a guide in a system of neutrality, he should take that laid d mn by America in the days of Wash_ ington and the Secretaryship of Jefferson,and we see in fact, that the Act of Congress of 1818 was followed the suc centing year by an Act of the Parliament of England, substa • nd. fiery the same in its general provisions. Up to that tim e there had been no similar law in England, except certain. II highly penal statutes passed in the reign of George s e ' r vpircoe hibiting English subjects from enlisting in forei g n , the avowed sbject of which statutes wits, that foreign armies, raised for the purpose of restorieg the house of Stuart to the thro ng , should not be strengthened by recruits from England , All must see that difficulties may arise in carrying t he iees referr e d t o i n t o execu ti on i n a co nntry now having three or four thousand miles of sea coast, with an infinite number of ports and harbours and small iulets, from some of which unlawful expeditions may suddenly set forth, without the knowledge of Government, against the possession of foreign states Friendly relations • with all, but • 1' • entang u,g alliances with none, has long been a m • axim with us Our true mission is not to propagate our opinions r i coun tries our f rm of government t bysmpose upon other teach by example and show by our artifice or f o rce, but to jest ice, the blessings of self eovesuccess, moderation, and of f. institutions. Let every peoplereet and the a d vantages make and alter i s political institutions c s to its own cendi hoose for it se lf, an d ti,:n and convenience ; but whil e we vow maintain and this neutra l po li c y ourselves, we a re anx i ous to see the for bearance on the part o f other nations whose an formsie o government are different from our own. The deep interest which we feel in the spread of liberal principles and the es taelishment of free Governments, and the sympathy w i t h which we witness every struggle againet op ps „ men , forbid that we should be i n ditferent to a case in which th e strong erne of a foreign power sinvoked to stifle public senti ment and repress the spirit of freedom in any country. The Governments of Great Britain and France have issued orders to their naval commanders on the West India sta tion to prevent by force, if necessary,. the landing of ad 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 Chargé d'Affaires of her Britannic 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 copy of a note of the acting Secretary of State to the Mi nister of the French Republic, and of the reply of the latter, on the same subj.iet. These papers will acquaint you with the grounds of this interposition of the two leading commercial powers of Europe, and with the apprehen sions, which this Government could not fail to entertain, that such interposition, if carried into effect, might lead to abuses in derogation of the maritime rights of the United States. The maritime rights of the United States are founded on a firm, secure, and well-defined basis; they stand upon the ground of national independence and public law, and will b e maintained in all their full and just extent. The principle which this Government has heretofore solemnly announced it still adheres to, and will maintain under all circumstances and at all hazards. That principle is, that in every regularly documented merchant vessel, the crew who navigate it, and those on board of it will find their protection in the flag which is over them. No American ship can be allowed to be visited or searched for the purpose of ascertaining the character of individuals on board, nor can there be allowed any watch by the vessels of any foreign nation over American vessels on the coasts of the United States, or the seas adjacent thereto. It will be seen by the last comm un i ca ti on f r om the British Charge d'Af faires to the Department of State, that he is authorised to assure the Secretary of State that every care will ba taken that, in executing the preventive measures against the ex peditions, which the United States' Government itself has denounced as not being entitled to the protection of any Government, no interference shall take place with the lawful alone they have been or are expected to be carried into effect. Peace has been concluded between contending parties in the island of St. Domingo, and it is hoped upon a durable basis. Such is the extent of our commercial relations with that island, that the United States cannot fail to feel a strong interest in its tranquillity. The office of Commissioner to China remains unfilled ; several persons have been appointed, and the place has been offered to others, all of whom have declined its acceptance, on the ground of the inadequacy of the compensation. The annual allowance by law is 6,000 dolls., and there is no pro vision for any outfit. I earnestly recommend the considera tion of this subject to Congress. Our commerce with China is highly important, and is becoming more and more se, in consequence of the increasing intercourse between our ports on the Pacific Coast and Eastern Asia. China is understood to be a country in which living is very expensive, and I know no reason why the American Commissioner sent thither should not be placed, in regard to compensation, on an equal footing with Ministers who represent this country at the Courts of Europe. By reference to the report of the Secretary of the Trea sury, it will be seen that the aggregate receipts for the last fiscal year amounted to 52,312,979 dolls. 87c. • which, with the balance in the treasury on the Ist July, 1850, gave, as the available means for the year, the sum of 58,917,524 dolls. 36c. _ _ . The total expenditure for the same period were 48,005,878 dolls. 68c. The total imports for the year ending 30th June, 1851, were Of which there were in specie The exports for the same period were 217,517,130 dolls. Of which there were of domestic products 178,546,555 dolls. Foreign goods re-ex ported 9,738,695 dolls. Specie -----217,517,130 dolls. Since the Ist of December last the payments in cash on account of the public debt, exclusive of interest, have amounted to 7,501,456 dolls. 56c. ; which, however, includes the sum of 3,242,000 dolls, paid under the 12th article of the treaty w;th Mexico, and the further sum of 2,591,213 dolls 45c., being the amount of awards to American citizens under the late treaty with Mexico, for which the issue of stock was authorised, but which was paid in cash from the Treasury. The public debt on the 20th ultimo, exclusive of the stock authorised to be issued to Texas by the Act of 9th September, 1850, was 62,560,305 dolls. 26c. The receipts for the next fiscal year are estimated at 51,800,000 dolls., which, with the probable unappropriated balance in the Treasury, on the 30th June next, will give as the probable available means for that year the sum of 63,258,473 dolls. 9c. It has been deemed prone; In view of the large expendi tures consequent upon the acquisition of territory from Mexico, that the estimates for the next fiscal year should be laid before Congress in such manner as to distinguish the ex p nditures so required from the otherwise ordinary demands upon the Treasury. The total expenditures for the next fiscal year are esti mated at 42,892,299 dolls. 19c., of which there is required for the ordinary purposes of the Government, other than commerce of any nation. In addition to tke correspondence on this subject, here with submitted, official information has been received at the department of state, of assurances by the French Govern ment that, in the orders given to the French naval forces, they were expressly instructed, in any operations they might engage in, to respect the flag of the United States wherever it might appear, and to commit no act of hostility upon any vessel or armament under its protection. Ministers and Consuls of foreign nations are the means and agents of communication between us and those na tions, and it is of the utmost importance that, while residing in the country, they should feel a perfect security so long as they faithfully discharge their respective duties and are guilty of no violation of our laws. This is the ad mitted law of nations, and no country has a deeper interest in maintaining it than the United States. Our com merce spreads over every sea and visits every clime, and our Ministers and Consuls are appointed to protect the interests of that commerce, as well as to guard the peace of the coun try and maintain the honour of its flag. But how can they discharge those duties unless they be themselves protected ; and, if protected, it must be by the laws of the country in which they reside. And what is due to our own public functionaries residing in foreign nations is exactly the mea sure of what is due to the functionaries of other Govern ments residing here. As in war, the bearers of flags of truce are sacred, or else wars would be interminable, so in peace, Ambassadors, public Ministers, aad Consuls, charged with friendly national intercourse, are objects of especial respect and protection, each according to the rights be longing to his rank and station. In view of these impor tant principles, it is with deep mortification and regret 1 an nounce to you that, during the excitement growing out of the executions at Havannah, the office of her Catholic Majesty's Consul at New Orleans was assailed by a mob, his property destroyed, the Spanish flag found in the office car ried off and torn in pieces, and he himse.f induced to flee for his personal safety, which he supposed to be in danger. On receiving intelligence of these events, I forthwith directed the attorney of the United States residing at New Orleans to inquire into the facts and the extent of the pecu niary loss sustained by the consul, with the intention of lay ing them before you, that you might make provision for such indemnity to him as a just regard for the honour of the na tion and the respect which is due to a friendly power might, in your judgment, seem to require. The correspondence upon this subject between the Secretary of State and her Catholic Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary is herewith transmitted. The occurrence at New Orleans has led me . to give my attention to the state of our laws in regard to foreign am bassadors, ministers, and consuls. I think the legislation of the country is deficient in not providing sufficiently either for the protection or 'he punishment of consuls. I, therefore, recommend the subject to the consideration of Congress. Your attention is again invited to the question of recipro cal trade between the United States and Canada and other British possessions near our frontier. Overtures for a con vention upon this subject have been received from her Britannic Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary, but it seems to be in many respects preferable that the matter should be regul .ted by reciprocal legislation. Documents are laid be fore you showing the terms which the British Government is willing to offer, and the measures which it may adopt, if some arrangement up n this subject shall not be made. From the accompanying copy of a note from the British Legation at Washing on, and the reply of the Department of State thereto, it will appear that her Britannic Majesty's Government is desirous that a part of the boundary line be tween Oregon and the British possessions should be authori tatively marked out, and that an intention was expressed to apply to Congress for an appropriation to defray the expenses thereof on the part of the United States. Your attention to this subject is accordingly invited, and a proper appropria- I tion recommended. A convention for the adjustment of claims of citizens of the United States against Portugal has been concluded, and the ratifications have been exchanged. The first instalment of the amount to be paid by Portugal fell due on the 30th of September last, and has been paid. The President of the French Republic, according to the provisions of the Convention, has been selected arbiter in the case of the General Armstrong, and has signified that he accepts the trust, and the high satisfaction he feels in acting as the common friend of two nations with which France is united by sentiments of sincere and lasting amity. The Turkish Government has expressed its thanks for the kind reception given to the Sultan's agent, Amin Bey, on the occasion of his recent visit to the United States. On the 2eth of February last a dispatch was addressed by the Secre tary of State to Mr. Marsh, the American Minister at Con stantinople, instructing him to ask of the Turkish Govern ment permission for the Hungarians, then imprisoned within the domains of the Sublime Porte, to remove to this coun try. On the 3d of March last, both Houses of Congress passed a resolution requesting the President to authorise the employment of a public vessel to convey to this country Louis Kossuth and his associates in captivity. The instruction above referred to was complied with, and the Turkish Government having released Governor Kossuth and his companions from prison on the 10th of September last, they embarked on board of the United states steam frigate Mississippi, which was selected to carry into effect the resolution of Congress. Governor Kossuth left the sAississippi at Gibraltar, for the purpose of making a visit to England, and may shortly be expected at New York. By communications to the Department of State he has expressed his grateful acknowledgments for the interposition of this Government in behalf of himself and his associates. This country bas been jastly regarded as p safe asylum for those whom political events have exiled from their own homes in Europe; and it is recommended to Congress to consider in . what manner Governor Kossuth and his companions, brought hither by its authority, shall be received and treated. It is earnestly to be hoped that the differences which have for some time past been pending between the Government of the French Republic and that of the Sandwich Islan-s may be peaceably and durably adjusted, so as to secure the inde pendence of those islands. Long before the events which have of late imparted so much importance to the possessions of the United States in the Pacific, we acknowledged the in dependence of the Hawaiian Government. This Government was the first in taking that step, and several of the leading powers of Europe immediately followed. We were influenced in this measure by the existing and prospective importance of the islands as a place of refuge and refreshment for our vessels engaged in the whale fishery, and by the considera tion that they lie in the course of the great trade which must at no distant day be carried on between the western coast of North America and Asia. We were also influenced by a desire that those islands should not pass un 'er the control of any other great mari time state, but should remain in an indepent condition, and so be accessible and useful to the commerce of all nations. I need not say that the importance of these considerations has been greatly enhanced by the sudden and vast development which the interests of the United States have attained in California and Oregon ; and the policy heretofore adopted in regard to those islands will be steadily pursued. It is gratifying not only to those who consider the com mercial interests of nations, but also to all who favour the progress of knowledge and the diffusion of religion, to see a community emerge from a savage state and attain such a degree of civilization in those distant seas. It is much to be deplored that the internal tranquillity of the Mexican Republic should again be seriously disturbed; for, since the peace between that Republic and the United States, it had enjoyed such comparative repose that the most favourable anticipations for the future might, with a degree of confidence, have been indulged. These, however, have been thwarted by the recent outbreak in the State of Ta maulipas, on the right bank of the Rio Bravo. Having re ceived information that persons from the United States had taken part in the insurrection, and apprehending that their example might be followed by others, I caused orders to be issued for the purpose of preventing any hostile expeditions against Mexico from being set on foot in violation of the laws of the United States. I likewise issued a proclamation upon the subject, a copy of which is herewith laid before you. This appeared to be rendered imperative by the obligations of treaties and the general duties of good neighbourhood. In my last annual message I informed Congress that citi zens of the United States had undertaken the connexion of the two oceans by means of a railway across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, under a grant of the Mexican (savernment to a citizen of that republic; and that this enterprise would probably be prosecuted with energy whenever Mexico should consent to such stipulations with the Government of the United States as should impart a feeling of security to those who should invest their property in the enterprise. A convention between the two Governments for the ac complishment of that end has been ratified by this Govern ment, and only awaits the decision of the Congress and the executive of that republic. Sense unexpected difficulties and delays have arisen in the ratification of that convention by Mexico, but it is to be presumed that her decision will be governed by just and en lightened views, as well of the general importance of the ob ject as of her own interests and obligations. I Ila negetiating upon this important subject, this Govern ment,_has been, e has had in view one, and only one object. That object 1 L . ..._b o e::, and is, the construction and attainment of a passage sought to ob n t d at ise, and equally open to all the world. and merchandise raer r h . a to ocean, the shortest and the best for travellers ; tages peculiar obtain regret, that Mezieo lt It has territorial acquisition, nor any advan tages and it would see, with the greatest ennterhpolld oppose any obstacle to the accom- I plishment of an to Mexico h commercial e er which promises so much conve niencetrseicLiallwtnoprrldes,saendd with h h etmheisneenstehatt d these convictions, the to the whole bring Gilernment will continue about the necessary er g ni va e n n t t a g g a e n s ; to exert all proper efforts to rangement with the Republic of m ud pletion of the work. prosperity and general have so - oft en co for the speedy corn- For some months past the Republic of Nicaragua has been the theatre of one of those civil convulsions, ‘-' from which the s cause ocial pofrofgrreeessinosftitthuetiosntasteasnodf Central e tra g l and so sever ly suffered. Until quiet shall have bee n re . stored, and a Governme nt apparently stable shall h ave been ors'anized, no advance can p rudentl y be mad ein disp os i ng of the questions pending betwe en the two countries. I am happy to announce that, an inter-oceanic communi cation from the mouth of the St. John to the Pacific ha s been so far accomplished as that passengers have actually traversed it, and merchandise has been transported over it; and when the canal shall have been co m p leted according to the original plan, the means of communication will be fur ther improved. It is understood that a considerable part of the railroad across the Isthmus of Panama has been completed, and that the mail and passengers will in future be conveyed thereon. A hichever of the several routes between the two oceans may ultimately prove most eligible for the travellers to and from the different state s on th e Atl an ti c an d Gulf of Mexico, and our coast on the Pacific, there is little reason to doubt that all of th em w ill b e useful to the public, and will liberally reward that individual enterprise, by which . . those consequent upon the acquisition of our new territories, and deducting the payments on account of the public debt, the sum of 33,343,193 dolls. Bc. ; and for the purposes con nected directly or indirectly with those territories, and in the fulfilment of the obligations of the Government, contracted in consequence of their acquisition, the sum of 9,519,101 dolls. 11c. If the views of the Secretary of the Treasury in reference to the expenditure required for these territories shall be met by corresponding action on the part of Congress, and appro priations made in accordance therewith, there will be an estimated unappropriated balance on the 30th of June, 1853, of 20,366,443 dolls. 90c., wherewith to meet that portion of the public debt due on the first July following, amounting to 6,237,931 dolls. 35c., as well as any appropriations which may be made beyond the estimates. In thus referring to the estimated expenditures on accoun of our newly-acquired territories, I may express the hope that Congress will concur with me in the .desire that a liberal course of policy may be pursued toward them, and that every obligation, express or implied, entered into in consequence of their acquisition, shall be fulfilled by the most liberal appro priations for that purpose. The value of our domestic exports for the last fiscal year, as compared with those of the previous year, exhibit an increase of 43,646,322 dolls. At first view this condition of our trade with foreign nations would seem to present the most flattering hopes of its future prosperity. An examina tion of the details of our exports, however, will show that the increased value of our exports for the last fiscal year is to be found in the high price of cotton which prevailed during the first half of that year, which price has since de clined about one-half. The value of our expotss of breadstuffs and provisions, which it was supposed the incentive of a low tariff and large importations from abroad would have greatly augmented, has fallen from 68,701,921 dolls., in 1847, to 26,051,373 dolls , in 1850, and to 21,948,653 dolls., in 1851, with a strong pro bability, amounting almost to a certainty, of a still further reduction in the current year The aggregate values of rice exported during the last fiscal year, as compared with the previous year, also ex hibit a decrease amounting to 460,917 dolls., which, with a decline in the values of the exports of tobacco for the same period, make an aggregate decrease in these two articles of 1,156,751 dolls. The policy which dictated a low rate of duties on foreign merchandise, it was thought by those who promoted and established it, would tend to benefit the farming population of this country, by increasing the demand and raising the price of agricultural products in foreign markets. The foregoing facts, however, seem to show incontestably that no such result has followed the adoption of this policy. On the contrary, notwithstanding the repeal of the restric tive corn-laws of England, the foreign demand for the pro ducts of the American farmer has steadily declined, since the short crops and consequent famine in a portion of Europe have been happily replaced by full crops and comparative abundance of food. It will be seen by recurring to the commercial statistics for the past year that the value of our domestic exports has been increased in the single item of raw cotton by 40.000,000 dollars over the value of that export for the year preceding. This is not due to any increased general demand for that article, but to the short crop of the preceding year. Should the cotton crop now going forward to market be only equal in quantity to that of the year preceding, and be sold at the present prices, then there would be a falling off in the value of our exports for the present fiscal year of at least 40,000,000 dulls., compared with the amount exported for the year ending 30th June, 1851. The production of gold in California for the past year seems to promise a large supply of that metal from that quarter for soma time to come. This large annual increase of the cur rency of the world must be attended with its usual results. These have already been partially disclosed in the enhance ment of prices and a rising spirit of speculation and adven ture, tending to overtrading as well at home as abroad. Unless some salutary check shall be given to these tendencies it is to be feared that importations of foreign goods beyond a healthy demand in this country will lead to a sudden drain of the precious metals from us, bringing with it, as lit has done in former times, the most disastrous consequences to the business and capital of the American people. The exports of specie to liquidate our foreign debt during the past fiscal year have been 24,263,979 dolls. over the amount of specie imported. The exports of specie during the first quarter of the present fiscal year have been 14,651,827 dolls. Should specie continue to - be exported at this rate for the remaining three qnarters of this year, it will drain from our metallic currency during the year ending 30th June, 1852, the enormous amount of 58,607,3)8 dolls. In the present prosperous condition of the national finances, it will become the duty of Congress to consider the best mode of paying off the public debt. If the present and anticipated surplus in the Treasury should not be absorbed by appropria tions of an extraordinary character, this surplus should be employed in such way, and under such restrictions, as Con gress may enact, in extinguishing the outstanding debts of the nation. By reference to the Act of Congress approved 9th Septem ber, 1850, it will be seen that, in consideration of certain concessions by the State of Texas, it is provided that the " United States shall pay to the State of Texas the sum of ten millions of dollars, in a stock bearing five per cent. interest, and redeemable at the end of fourteen years, the interest payable half-yearly at the Treasury of the United States." In the same section of the law it is further provided " that no more than five millions of the said stock shall be issued until the creditors of the state holding bonds and other cer tificates of stock of Texas, for which duties on imports were specially pledged, shall first file at the Treasury of the United States releases of all claims against the United States, for or on account of said bonds or certificates, in such form is shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, and ap proved by the President of the United States." The form of release thus provided for has been prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury and approved. It has been published in all the leading newspapers in the commercial cities of the United States, and all persons holding claims of the kind specified in the foregoing proviso were required to file their releases (in the torm thus prescribed) in the Trea sury of the United States, on or before the Ist day of Oc tober, 1851. Although this publication has been continued from the 25th day of March, 1851, yet up to the Ist 'of Oc tober last comparatively few releases had been filed by the creditors of Texas. The authorities of the state of Texas, at the request of the Secretary of the Treasury, have furnished a schedule of the public debt of that State created prior to her admission into the Union, with a copy of the lass under which each class was contracted. I have, from documents furnished by the State of Texas, determined the classes of claims which in my judgment fall within the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 9th of September, 1850. On being officially informed of the acceptance by Texas of the propositions contained in the Act referred to, I caused the stock to be prepared, and the five which are to be issued unconditionally, bearing an interest of five per cent. from the Ist day of January, 1851, have been for some time ready to be delivered to the State of Texas. The authorities of Texas, up to the present time, have not authorised any one to receive this stock, and it remains in the Treasury de partment, subject to the order of Texas. The releases required by law to be deposited in the Trea sury, not having been filed there, the remaining five millions have not been issued. This last amount of the stock will be withheld from Texas until the conditions upon which it is to be delivered shall Le complied with by the creditors of that State, unless Congress shall otherwise direct by a modification of the law. In my last annual message, to which I respectfully refer, I stated briefly the reasons which induced me to recommend a modification of the present tariff, by converting the ad va lorem into a specfic duty, wherever the article imported was of such a character as to permit it, and that such a discri mination should be made in favour of the industrial pursuits of our own country as to encourage home production with out excluding foreign competition. The numerous frauds which continue to be practised upon the revenue, by false invoices and undervaluations, consti tute an unanswerable reason for adopting specific instead of ad valorem duties in all cases were the nature of the commodity does not forbid it. A striking illustration of these frauds will be exhibited in the report of the Secre tary of the Treasury, showing the Custom-house valuation of articles imported under a former law subject to specific atasahnbeaut duties, sptehrseeee w uaeen h n du e t es ti :B oytmtehhtlehrmeo existingu w es f a e s a d n ov valuationalvalorem wre. inducement fdTathht ese s ,s t pa o srmao l under - valuation, ia d rcer e a i li veyl evasion dui l u t nn i cd o eoe n drf , e o pr l ese v n e t n l o aw do , u ee ht m o b f in t e h d e o th f sonic of the great interests of h w e i x th iste th n e ce importations and consequent depressed l o a f ng t u h ia e hi m n o g st co fl n a d g i r t an ion t t e country, prices, c a andusedwbiy h ov th e e r failure in obtaining a f • of breadstu foreign market for our increasing sur plusifs and provisions, has recommend a modification of the existings induced me again to The report of the Secret ary of the Il tari ff. hich accm p an ics this communication, w ill present a condensed w state mentn- of the operations of that important department of the Government. It will be seen that the cash sales 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 THE SUN, LONDON,I MONDAY EVENING, donations which have been made to many of the States, and the liberal grants to individuals as a reward for military ser vices. This fast furnishes very gratifying evidence of the growing wealth and prosperity of our country. Suitable measures have been a opted for commencing the survey of the public lands in California and Oregon. Sur ve) ing parties have been organised, and some progress has been made in establishing the principal base and meridian lines. But further legislation and 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 office, 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 tsatts 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 should be such as to command men of a high order of ta lents and the most unquestionable integrity. The proper dispo,al 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 theta in small parcels, under such restrictions as would effectually guard against monopoly and speculation. But upon furthe 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, tor 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 Congress. 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 of 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. Ia 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 tel 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 supply 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 sc il, 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." Regardingthe 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 Mexico 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 gradually 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. I am 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 ci izens 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 fur offences which are the result of 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 of the chase, for the means of support. Various important treaties have been neg - .elated 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 engaged li g n e d i t e d States and Mexico. It T; e joint commission ander the treaty of Guadalupe Hi dalgo in running and marking the boundary h s line between activelywas stated in the last annual report of the Secretary of the Interior that the initial point on 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 length, run and marked by temporary monuments. Since that time a monument of marble has been erected at the initial point, and permanent landmarks of iron have been placed at suitable distances along the line. The initial point on the Rio Grande has also been fixed by the commissioners at latitude 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. Orders have, therefore, been issued for the reduction of the number of persons employed within the smallest limitarconshteut with the safety of those engaged in the service d ands,he prompt and efficient exeeu tion of their important Returns have been received from all the officers engaged in taking the census in the states and territories, except California. The superintendent employed to make the enu meration in that state has not yet made his full report, from 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 approved May 23, 1850. It is hoped, however, that the returns will soon be received, an t no time will then be lost in making the necessary arrangements, and in trans mitting the certificates required by the law. The Superintendent of the Seventh Census is diligently em ployed, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, in 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 exhibit a more perfect view of 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 ! 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 c o mpensation for every serv i ce hich the officer may be re quired to perform. This subject will be fully presented in the report of the &eretary of the Interior. Ia 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 sho u ld be made for completing such works as had already been commenced, and for commencing such others as might seem 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 of the harbours and inlets on the sea-coast. The unobstructed navigation of our large rivers is of equal importance. Our settlements are now extending to the saurces 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 from 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 be laid before you. The protection of our south-western frontier, and of the adjacent Mexican states, against the Indian tribes within 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 remained to be done was to make the best use of the means at my disposal. Accordingly 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 poste has also been made, whereby the trpops are brought nearer to the Mexican frontier and to the tribes they are intended to overawe. Sufficient time has not yet elapsed to realise all the bene fits that are expectsd to result from these arrangements, but 1 have every reason to hope that they will effectually check their marauning expeditions. The nature of the country, which furnishes little for the support of an army 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 Guadaloupe 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 departmant. The conse quence of this reduction is a considerable deficiency, to which 1 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, 1853, are 7,898,775,83 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 dignity and power of the nation. The expedition commanded by Lieutenant De Havien, dis patched in search of the British commander, Sir John Frank- tin, 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 nortoorn climate, without any satisfactory informaaiicn of the objects of their search, but with new contributions to science and :naviga tion from the unfrequented p slas regions. The officers andmen of the expedition, having been all volunteers for this; ser vice, and having so conduc,ed 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 reorganisiog the Naval Establishment, 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 pry those who may ce 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 as 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 re orms 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 determiningg 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, a4reeably 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 affords opportunities of education and instruction to the pupils quite equal, it is be lieved, for professional improvement, to those enjoyed 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 fos regular instruc tion in seamanship,as well as for cruises during the vacations of three or four months in each year. The advantages of science in 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, old machinery. I deem it of much importance to a just economy, and a correct unde-standing 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 7,0 the supervision of this department. The report of the Postmaster-General, herewith commu nicated, presents an interosting r m iew 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 53,27 . 4252 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 transpor tation thereon at 615,306 miles. The annual cost of the service is 1,472,187 dolls., of which 448,1-37 dolls. is paid by the P..st-office department, and 1,023,250 dolls. is paid through the Navy department. The annual transportation within the United States . (ex cluding the servico California and Oregon, es inch is no 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 647,110 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, of 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. 78 8 , The expenditure for the same period (excluding 20,599 dolls. 59c. paid under an award of the auditor, in purs uance of a resolution of the last Congress , for mail service on the Ohi ) and Mississippi rivers in 1832 and 1833, and th e 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-ofice) amounted to 6,345,747 dolls. 21c., being an in crease of 997,610 dolls. 79c., or 18.65-100 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 o n h an d 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 additi ona l appropriation for the year ending June 30, 1853, will probably be found necessary when the receipts of the fi rs t two quarters of the fiscal year , are fully ascertained. In his 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 front the Treasury, for the support of the department, a sum more than equivalent to the mail services performed by it for the Gove r nm e nt. The recom , mendations of the Postmaster-General, in respect to letter postage, except ou letters from and to California and Oregon, were substantially adopted by the last Congress. He 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 fAYQurable consideration. DECEMBER 15, lB5l. The public statutes of the United States have now been accumulating for more than sixty years, and, intertpersed with private acts, arc 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 legislation. As it seems 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 cade is now lamentably defective. Some offences are imperfectly de scribed, and others are entirely omitted ; so that flagrant crimes 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 peoiten• fiery 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 p articular 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 tit'e 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. Tile Government of the United States is emphatically a Government of written laws. The statutes should, there- fore, 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 in 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 revise 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 :50th 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 ono hundred thousand dollars, to be expended 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 amiase and convenient halls for the deliberations of the two Houses of Congress, with suf ficient accommodations fur 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 universally admired. Keeping these objects in view, I concluded 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 emission of light, and will enable the work to progress without interrupting the deliberations of Congress. To carry this plan into effect I have appointed an experienced and com; 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 of the district of Columbia, and only deem ,it necessary to re mind you 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 communisation. Other subjects were brought to the atteution of Congress, in my last annual message, to whom I would respectfully refer. But there was one f more than ordinary interest to which I again invite your special attention. I allude to the recommendation 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 from 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 other serious injury ensued to those officers and to individuals who were using their en deavours to sustain the laws. Prosecutions have been instituted against the alleged offenders, so far as they could be identified, and 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 de 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 atunds 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 as post ,facto law shall be passed, or that which provides for an equulity of taxation, according to the census, or the clause declaring that all duties shall be uniform throughout the United States, or the importrnt provisions 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. Thoy avow their hostility to any law which shall give full and practical effect to this requirement or 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 athority 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 tbat instru ment ; but nullifications is now aimed, not so much against darticular 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 re commendation because I thought those measures perfect, for no human legislation can be perfect. Wide differences and jaring opinions can only be reconciled by yielding something on all sides, and this result had been reached after an angry conflict of many months, in which one part of the country was arrayed against another, end 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 cou ntry upon t h e general acquiescence in these measures of peace which has been exhibited in all parts of tqe 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 renew( d 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. TATTERSALL'S.-T HIS EVENING Six o'cLocic. DERBY. S to 1 agst Hobbie Noble 17 to 1 agst Augur—taken 100 to 6 agst Clavorhouse 20 to 1 agst Kingston 25 to 1 agst King of Trumps 25 to .1 agst Ore lio 25 to 1 agst Wormesley 25 to 1 ogst Elcot 25 to 1 agst Lapidist 25 to 1 agst Daniel O'Rourke 33 to 1 agst Vortex 40 to 1 agst Kingfisher 500 even between Augur and Claverhouse. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, Dito. 13. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was firm to-day, but business rather slack. The only transactions reported were—Great Western, 85—Taff Vale, 149 1 ,x. LIVERPOOL, DEc. 13. Srocs ExcaterZi.—The improvement which has mani• fested itself in the share market for the last few days was well supported on the opening of 'Change this morning. The transactions were as follow :—Blackburtr (late Blackburn, Clitheroe, and West Yorkshire), 4 34—Caledonian, 15 3 / 4 Lancashire and Yorkshire, 57 London and North-Western, 11 - 04—Ditto, New Quarters, 3 % p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 3234—Midland, 5 6%—Ditto, New Pre ference, 4LA per cent., 9-16 dis.--North British, VA—North Staffordshire, B'4 dis.— South-Eastern and Dover, 21— N O3), guaranteed by L on d on and North-Western Union and Yorkshire, 177—R eading, Guilford, and and or t Lancashire Reigate, 21th—York and North Midland, 22. MANCHESTER, DEC. 13. STOCK EXCHANGE. —A fair amount of business has been done to- day, without material alteration in prices. The transactions were as follow :—Blackburn (A), 43/4—Cale ' donian 1558—Eastern C ount i es, 6 11-IC—East Lancashire, 15 1 Ditto, Preference, Ffths, 5 1 4 Lancashire and York shire,s634 —Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 2'4 —Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 32 3 / 4 —North Staffordshire, 8 dis. CLYDE, DEC. 12 —Acrd. Ntistoria, Gobling, Smyrna; Prince Albert, Malta. Sid. British Princess, New Or loaus; Zephyr, Boston; Dante, Newfoundland. WEXFORD, DEC. 13.—Wind N.B.—Sid. Brothers, Sa vannah. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. ~ NOR 7 HERN cißc WT.—Liverpool, Pe e • w : CROWN COUNT.—(Before M r. Baron PAllir,g _ After our rei.,ort left y esterdaurned y, the jury, 133v d i c t been absent several hours, ret with a ve b r ter, against Patrick Goulden of Guilty 0f wsuslatig they at the same time expressing their opinion thi . it, , 100 considered it a most aggravated case, and svatiore te h d im the g w ui o l u ty nd f in u flic d . t that positive evidence of the nature of the instrionee f the His' LORDSHIP said that, after the remark s ° ile d o . f murder, but o want of , jury, he must pass the most severe sentence authorial,. by the law, which was, that the prison naturaltr life. ported beyond the seas for the term of his DUBLIN, SATURDAY foll°Woiliogs IREL E A vz i :i n sa . . --The gentlemen have been apointed inspectors to co v r r Y rce o the new Medical Charities Act :--Dr. J. , x i ll , - d; Dr. William Geary, Dr. John Hill, Dr. A' e :Led Knox, and Dr. Thomas Dillon. The salon' e' e sr, to the situation of medical inspector i 9 s°l. re Y es' with a guinea a day and 9d. a mile as travellisgo, penses. There were upwards of 300 M.D. 's c 5 dates for the five places just besto wed. 10 4" Arthur Moore, Eq., bas been appointed to . 000 0, o c f ler a r. s k s ß ist e a n n j t am se i c n re S ta a r n y k t a o s t n h o e ne P ed o s or m -la r w . Wore C° ll3lnissl chie f $ e M 'ag t he FATAL ACCIDENTS FROM THE FOO.-- - no — fl e d 10 * fog last night the driver of a car was dr° w , ° The master hole at Harold's Cross, near this eq . , t o draso_wtenredofian the ducks it wa n : g a se b n o d u . t th e sa e) " of i,n, e stateth _ _ r SALE OF ENCUMBERED EsTATEs.Tu., do f pm' M_ a • Concannon, b in the county of GalwaY , 0 30 0 J so co b , in the country of Tipperary, we re The gos' su i ra d p y ro tte ce C d om w m as is 3 to .L er o s i u several lots. "-- 1. __.-.0.........1. ---.... ....1 a , Y MARKFI:ebSOg° quiet trad e, wits. 13- 4. , 0. 0 El,glDl Wheat, soh : p rw e e r dh 7 l o :: e l b :—:: • u. 16 . „• to D°.3feal, perl96lb 15 . 6 0 Irish, best red .. 5 54 10 48 to_ 6 5 32 imperial quarter and P d r 6 3 9 8 ; 1 3 6 i 10 Manx, red and wh. 410 55 Do, lower quality 4 6 5 0 Isina•Per Ob.. 3 I --- 3 9 Hantsic, high mixed 6 6 6 10,12yc, par 601 b " 0 u Do., mixed .. .. 5 6 6 2 Beans, English, Pr , 12 0-- " A Rostock, &c.. .. 59 6 2 imperial Quart' . -- 30 v Hamburgh and Irish and Scotch., . 0 ..- 0 0 Lower Baltic .. 5 0— 5 4 per 4801 b- ' 30 0 '''' 0 4 6 63 Foreign, grinding griqunadirater 2 3 6 . • 3 ° American & I white 59 6 3 Dutch -• " - .••• • Canadian,Egyptian •• ".. 2 3-. Antwerp &Louvain 5 6 5 8 Peas, English, Pe' 6 0 •"' 0 4 . French, red.. .. 5 7 5 9 imperial 411art t ; 3 0 .'" Hungarian and Marlaropoll .. 5 0— 5 3 F O ° a r t e s, ig p n er 45.119 '-- 0 „ , 3 Odessa, Polish .. 410 5 0 English, Sce teb ' 2 li v - - Do., common .. 4 6 4 9 and all old , 1 : Egyptian •• .. 38— 4 0 Irish, lac - • ' cat J . 6. i Flour, English & raealle6 .. '' 9 a ' •••• 3 ' Irish, per 2801 b 27 0— 29 0 Do., feeding, •• 3 v- 0 6 0 Do., extra flue 30 0— 32 0 Do., fore'g - e 1: . United States, per oatmeal. EeSiis-' 1 4 6' 0 6 cina b di a liaa r , r iii e an i corn .... , p.e. . i. 20 0 22 6 & Seotch,r 24°ll) 92 9 •••• 3 6 ° 19 6 20 6 Irish, new • • • • 2 5 ° ..... _ Ae i Do. 'Pub ead,. 4801 b, white .. 33 0— 32 0 MANCHESTER, DEC. 13. --'The 1111,0•-- bereft .0. e fonrable re rig! from Loudon on Monday last bad its effeet be 0 0, 0 1 0 the trade throughout the week has been of the animate character. However, in the fevi naed. A .,, S led' that have occurred, former prices were rees'''' pros": 004 market this morning a very languid feliDgot 40. 1 4 0 and although holders of all articles Wer e t o of P sellers at any material reduction , Still the da ., the was in favour of buyers. yea NOTTINGHAM, DEC. 13.—At Der* Y6Ol for ~ , „ 0 attendance was not numerous, and the de'°"lioaa l o t II very limited; prices consequently wer e A /1 0 00 10 11:0 3/ ' Barley was in request, of fine quality, a° fore' ",, 445. Ii red,t.ls 3 m 3i or t e o m 3 o B n s ey. Other grains about Ol t , 40 31 ", PI Barley for maltingp,er243a6tosto2nBes; iP i e t r eilluit i e r 2tile i j : 611 ! grinding, 24s to 25s per 30 stone. Oats, 0 ; 0 ' 0. 1 g7l per 24 stone; ditto, new, 18s to 210. 13 , flee r ' o efs to 39s per 38 stone; ditto, new, 34s to 3 ° lh r r ices k yll to 28s; super, 30s to 31s per 20 ste ne ',o of bare slightly lower for wheat and secondarY se' o h, JP 1 00 1 Mansfield, Worksop, Retford, G 3b°r° f 7vlie s/ 1 3 00 0 and Grant Imm. We had a fair supOY i ° . o ge sil oti el own market this morning. Buyers trie a ' t o f b! l at a 0 ' but did not succeed, and no large ste ° ,,, n : 400 0 4 101 was consequently done. We continue '''. p oi '4, 0 01P last week. The supply of barley was le „ s n 'oed. i l d itile and last week's prices were well st'Pr. v is orsP'" ~ there was no alteration. New beans w er `;,. sela e 'helli r and slow sale. Old beans maintained;he'whire Iftioill WORCESTER, DEC. 13.—Best Eng b , h i , Os , " - Sole saleable at 16s per bag, and red 14s 6e / d v i dlitifi l od r 44 barley from 3s 4d to 3s 6d per as - 5° ' 3 6 " to 3s 4d. New English beans 3 3 ' a i tsOS I TO I99I b pe u r sh 3 e 3 l l ; o o ; ld o , e 4 w s , 4d3s t 0 00 3s s s 36ddi Irish, 2 s ngl i ' ll 0 3 3 . 00 ° 23 " t;vhigr vetches from 3s 6d to 3s 8d per bushiell.so not a r s , : ko3,4o, t g°6 : : : worth 43 to 4s 6d per bushel; and g ril i te e 0 1 °, 1 3 0:1 114rg There was a large supply at Kidder:lite , farc 4 0°1 wheat was offered at a reduction of l' .0 0 or There was a good supply of barley trade dull at rather lower prices. In peek' -5 ''''P,.. peas there was no alteration from les t ad to, tour bridge market yesterday trade was di lil : o t r i terrl4l... sales of wheat a reduction of Is per (1 , - ,4lo ll lah r a submitted to. Barley rather lower, se"( 4o ire ir ° ll rei t ' alteration in beans an d Oat s nOt -I' - fr- e ell peas. x , 0 ,, if prices are nominally the same as .102 1 ,„ e :tfor d itio .1 71 2985A248313zW hpßßaeDa Peas a large attendance at the market at P"„, -- 5 0 36 : 0 0 1 _,I yesterday, iii being the annual Chr ilil lYb ey 6J r which brought many farmers to town . rico 37'041 10 1 / 0 to Is per qtuirter cheaper; aversg e P A dell', ; „, quarter. In other grain the trade ws; 0 iriolTe f p o et barley worth 25s to 26s per quarter, .nu i l 00 a 5 245. 6, 245. Old beans sold at 123 per bag , Li . n . 20 0 , 1 f e ;b 0 to English descriptions. Best English ea':', 0 70 P - 0 10 t il . t q o u n a r t t h e e % black w nsa oa l t a s r , a f e rom l 6 supply s ofto wl beat, ) .,' ,7 e h a i c o li c t itt .' o - ,01 ; t0. 4 1 damp stare, was difficult of dispoial at e 56 6ot pc ,init tli ° (0 1s 6d per quarter. White wheat 5s t f ° ol.- c id; le i 4s 6d to 4s 10.1 per 621 b. The supPlY ? 0 0 fe ee WO was greater than the demand, and PI:4008o, 0 general price, 26s to 27a per quarter. be . obe° 9 m a not inquired for. English beans ri lt „ 061 11 1,01r1, of fetching 13s, and new Ils 6d to 125 f.,,, p oi: 1 00 DALEZITH, DEC. li.—The relative welPto4lll6Bloo, of the three prices of wheat were 18st Oa ' r.sr l ,l'oo. l 31b. Oats, 12st 111 b, 12st 51b, and 10st filo' 4 4 Illy' for , 15st 101 b, and 14st 11b. Peas and bop s ' ''."- lfie 6 and 18st llbs. 1 iv 6 Qrs. Best. 1528 Oats 0/9 0 lIS R y a N nd Beans 1 1 14 1 6 0 _ a , 0 1 160 1 u 0 0 ° J. IV el; , A D v x e c ra . ge l2 o_f wG h r e a a i t a ........ o .. a . ts . : •9 l o 7 6: B 4 6 o d i bir e o l o o 401bs per bushel; foreign oats, 00a Od to 1 ' 9 " . " - bliir , '",%1 0 '4 Wheat t barley, 21s Od to 22s (id, 521bs per bushel ; 031, o e, A. 6d, 521bs per bushel; wheat 00ito 425; o attel, ro sis . i jitslol per boll ; flour, 29s to 30s Od per to 64; /1 " -' 0i l tp pe° 4d to 6d per lb ; mutton, ditto, 4d to, er Ilh e i .it Of to 6d ; pork, per stone, 3s Od to 336 d ; pot`hisossf 0r,0961 tallow, per atone , Os Od to 35 6d; , hsre'Ve, yr' 4d to 6d ; rabbits, each, Od to 0 0 ; per '' ' 0 0 ; do to Os Od ; grouse, per brace, Os to 00; buttf)ro',44,l4,ejtifft eggs, per doz, Is to Is 2d ; cheese, per 01 4 * i d to 6 ''oec rieoli per pair, 2s 6d to 3s Od; chickens,ditto, la -, mr ael s ,',;o( ,a,- 2s Od to 2s 6d ; ducklings, ditto, 2s to 28 5 ' 1 ; " rts", PTO to 8s Od; geese, ditto, 7s to 8s ; butter for 1 0 , r . . o t , f cure), per cwt, 00s to 56s ; eggs. wholessiejper otesr St y , to 8d ; 41b loaf, cash, 5d ; credit, 6d ; 6 S er , ''b i Od; 'OO to oi9ll Os ed to Os Od; pork fine, small, 50 '°2o4 lh e 'ad "I 3s 6d to 4s 3d; ship pork per barrel Gil 00. 00 40 1, 0 01 11 Meal—Oatmeal, is 4d to Is bel; Wi e ld ; be t gcli a peasemeal, Is 7d to Is 8d; aids, 5 d ~„t °, .11), li d ' II 4 6 1 r- , a . to is 3d; flour, Is 7d to la 8d; barley , r - trl'Ort flour, Is 8d to Is 4d. , 4 0 6 03 aO l 00 9 DUBLIN, DEC. 12. all descriptions of graOina,ratinfuttlrlkYetth7-11retiocir,°,6„',1 o', day last, and an advance of 3d was realised w hito, 4 , t . ," - e oft of is to is 6d on Indian corn. Wbf at 'al • b e ' or - , OP 2 b 2 a s rle 6 y : 21 1 09 1 a ss 66 O dd d; ; 1 i r s ed od d t i o tte l , ss l ; 17s 6d to 2 4 6 i - ts st to il d 40 t z r o a l p o 2 e a s si ts o ed, ma 0(1 u121t,,.....,, 0 pe ' d bakers' ifla6onducro,trirpcii.b-1-40.810t:11i''1.0 of ___,--- op - o f tlp ---- A p oor cor ol Di At A MOTHER'S AFFECTION. ---P. , the 00,0144 Dundee, in Scotland, employed in one e' ; 0 iiI I P - fsf; sir town, and earning only 4s ad. pircWoneevigie'vrootillero;biolootioi affection for one of her sons, Prison, Isle of Wight, to undertake thedtiog tli e opl!oris' there. She started for that purpose,„„ws,„,iles, 11 ,14 ° ol tance from Edinburgh, u wards of sov„, ' BO O of° 0900 1) 9 the task in about five weeks (being b' 5.- on of begging. , to UNIVERSITY POLIO E.--ACCOria ng the OP? 46 0 statement issued by the Vice-Chancellorsto`i foll"001",04 establishment amounted to 1,4001.--'l3llso 1 A tj) . o 0 1 ,70 0 , I-ADVERTISEMENT.]--THE - 81 • 15/11- bi,..'ir oc ,, t 9 1 1;0 1• A AND Hou.owAv's PILLS.—An astounding cure„ e .'" en o ti. r, medicine, arter every other means had fai1eu...,,,• D rs'„ o f tallo 0 , Lordship's letter, dated " Villa Messina:Er:oolo" o t o r - t , A nt di Professor Holloway—Sir • I beg to acqu' ,„ o ch ^„ t p04.7,, w . ,0 fected a cure of a disorder . in my liver and ato oa" r o of , eminent of the faculty, at home and all. over .f.. o f C do ral,, t o 0 , been able to effect; nay, not even thd mhetr,--140:10,.061 rienbad. (Signed) " ALnaosouou." •L so ld , 4 0, ." cure any disease of the liver ore toniach-:.erit, , 0 , Ointment) at Professor Hlloway'Estahlls',7„4 Of by all medicine vendors throtuzbout 00 dil n `' d B Ili TIIS. eT e ar' o $4 4 or A gOIC f C,l.ehr, On the Bth inst., at Clifton , the la' ( 1 ) 1, P 3v 0 6 On the 10th inst., the la d y of G. hir e ' A f Essex-street, Strand, and Erith, Eelit• lft On the 12th inst., all; VoAodu-Gligoittre' PePlb .p r°)‘6l the P" wife of the Rev. E. E Allen. side On the 12th inst., at Oxford-terrace, 0 of Joha Cowley, Esq. Coeil , VIP a .rd mARBLED. Isle P, ;0 11y fr Op the 11 inst., at Sutton, in the t v raiiis s ./. l ' of , Paget, Esq., M.D., Senior Fellow 0 1 ` - ibe Ee' 40 1 11 , , bridge, to Clara, youngest daughter of pe e P f a • ter , tirl ei i LL.D., vicar of Sutton. blip B e ~i 0 ' On the 10th inst., at Beverley . o f P t site i 6 eldest daughter of W. By P c 4 i h's 9 ‘ 9 " a cif ir ti Bainton, Esq., of Beverley Parks , ,11 ed s°l o l I DIED' gl' 4 0 ° 'el WOillniatmheplr2etshtoiirlistn.,.Nat.,Bseoctiordn-dhsollo o S t u t he is fe ll C't i' d ton, tofstAapsklea.mgroß;rzann,eaYrorTkashuinrteo.u, age d 92 , 1411 .0tei e l 'i „a.,5 ( 1 1 ' I / the late Henry Sweeting, Et q, street' On the 11th inst., in Gower-street, , si v i9 l e hjesS, o rf o Elder, Esq., aged 31. Sarah' 11 r 4 J ° On the 9th inst., at Reading, e -hs ' ;0 1 ' 4 the late J. V. Mathias, Esq., (-1 Stanh',- , cabe r , ea vu____4thill On the 9th inst., at Wastdaie-,--, 'oydoo, o v, j i Mary, relict of C. Tawke, Esq , et Cif nO i 'v il ° 4 l -------"ivtUPcef 0001 London: Printed and Published 7 so m 6110 No. 112, Strand, Printer, at 5 1asoY , Strand, in the Preeinct of the., 1 ,351,. Middlesex, Monday, Decsinbel ' THE COIJN T 1 LIVERPOOL, DEC. 13.—A to-day. s. d , s. d To thtin 4144,41.44 ~t~ k ~~ tq ltt 04 1 441,