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revenue to be (ierived from them was not needed, ceases to exist when the country is engaged in war, and requires the use of all its available resources. I t is a tax which ' , could be so generally diffused among the people, that it would be ielt oppressively by none, and be complained of by none. It is believed that there are not, in the list of imported articles, any which are more properly the subject of war dutks than tea and coffee. It is estimated that 3,000,000 of dollars would b e derived annually by a moderate duty imposed on these articles. Should Congress avail itself of this additional source of revenue, not only would the amount of the public loan, rendered necessary by the war with Mexico, be diminished to that extent, but the public credit and the public confidence in the ability and de termination of the Government to tn , A t all its engage ments promptly, would be more firmly established, and the reduced amount of - loan which it may be necessary to negotiate cour, probably be obtained at cheaper rates. Congress is, thi.refore, called upon to determine whether it is. N ': . ,ser to impose the war duties recom mended, or , oy omitting to do so, increase the public debt ar-130511y 3,000,000 of dollars, so long as loans sb.";11 be required to prosecute the war, and afterwards provide, in some other form, to pay the semi-annual interest upon it, and ultimately to extinguish the principal. If, in addition to these duties, Congress should graduate and reduce the price of such of the public lands as experience proved will not command the price placed upon them by Government—an addi tional annual income to the Treasury of between 500,000 and 1,000,000 of dollars, it is estimated, would be derived from this source. Should both measures receive the sanction of Congress, the annual amount of public debt necessary to be contracted during the continuance of the war would be reduced near 4,000,000 dolls. The duties recommended to be levied on tea rind coffee, it is proposed shall be limited in their duration to the end of the war, and until the public debt rendered necessary to be contracted by it shall be discharged. The amount of the public debt to be contracted should be limited to the lowest prac ticable sum, and should be extinguished as early after the conclusion of the war as the means a the Treasury will permit. With this view it is recommended that, as soon as the war shall be over, Pal the surplus in the Treasury not needed for other indispensable objects, shall con stitute a sinking fund, and be applied to the purchase of the funded debt, and that authority he conferred by law for that purpose. WAREHOUSING. The Act of the 6th of August, 1846, " to establish a warehousing system," has been in operation more than a year, and has proved to be an important auxi liary to the Tariff Act of 1846, in augmenting the revenue, and extending the commerce of the country. While it has tended to enlarge commerce, it has been beneficial to our manufactures, by diminishing forced sales at auction of foreign goods at low prices, to raise the duties to be advanced on them, and by checking fluctuations in the market. Tha system, although sanctioned by the experience of other countries, was entirely new i❑ the United States, and is susceptible of improvement in some of its provisions. The Secre tary of the Treasury, upon whom was devolved large discretionary powers in carrying this measure into , effect, has collected, and is now collating, the practical - results of the system in other countries, where it has lon g been established, and will report at an early Period of your session such further regulations sug gested by the investigation as may render it still more effective and beneficial. THE TREASURY SYSTEM AND THE CURRENCY. By the Act to " provide for the better organize t : , en of the Treasury, and for the collection, safe keeping, and disbursement of the public revenue," all banks were discontinued as fiscal agents of the Government, and the paper currency issued by them Was no longer permitted to be received in payment of public dues. The constitutional Treasury created by this Act went into .operation on the Ist of January last. Under the system established by it the public moneys have been collected, safely kept, and disbursed by the direct agency of officers of the Government in gold and silver; and transfers of large amounts have been made from points of collection to points of dis 31airsement, without loss to the Treasury or injury or Inconvenience to the trade of the country. While the fiscal operations of the Government have been conducted with regularity and ease under this system, it has had a salutary effect in checking and preventing an undue influence of the paper currency Issued by the banks which exist under state charters. Requiring, as it does, all dues to the Government to be paid in gold and silver, its effect is to restrain ex cessive issues of bank paper by the banks dispropor timed to the specie in their vaults, for the reason that 'they are at all times liable to be called on by the holders of their notes for their redemption, in order to obtain specie for the payment of duties and other Public dues. The banks, therefore, must keep their business within prudent limits, and be always in a condition to meet such calls, or run the hazard of being compelled to suspend specie payments, and be thereby discredited. The amount of specie imported into the United States during the last fiscal year was 24,121,289 dollars; of which there was - retained in the country 22,276,170 dollars. 'lad the former financial system prevailed, and the public moneys been placed on deposit in banks, nearly the whole of this amount would have gone into their vaults, not to be thrown into circulation by them, but to be withheld from the bands of the people as a currency, and made the basis of new and enormous issues of bank paper. A large Proportion of the specie imported has been paid into the Treasury for public dues; and after having been, 'to a great extent, recoined at the Mint, has been paid out to the public creditors, and gone into circulation as a currency among the people. The amount of gold and silver coin now in circulation in the country is larger than at any former period. The financial system established by the constitu tional Treasury has been, thus far, eminently successful in its operations ; and I recommend an adherence to all its essential provisions, and especially to that vital Provision which wholly separates the Government from all connexion with banks, and excludes bank Paper from all revenue receipts. In some of the details, not involving its general Principles, the system is defective, and will require Modification. These defects, and such amendments as are deemed important, were set forth in the last annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury. These amendments are again recommended to the early and favourable consideration of Congress. During the past year the coinage at the Mint and Its branches has exceeded 20,000, 000 dollars. This has consisted chiefly in converting the coins of foreign countries into American coin. The largest amount of foreign coin imported has been received at New York; and if a branch mint were established at that city, all the foreign coin received at that port could at once be converted into our own coin without the expense, risk, and delay of transporting it to the Mint for that purpose, and the amount recoined would be much larger. Experience has proved that foreign coin, and espe cially foreign gold coin, will not circulate extensively as a currency among the people. The important pleasure of extending our specie circulation both of gold and silver, and of diffusing it among the people, can only be effected by converting such foreign coin into American coin. I repeat the recommendation contained in my last annual message for the esta blishment of a branch of the Mint of the United States at the city of New York. THE PUBLIC LANDS. All the public lands which have been surveyed and Were ready for market have been proclaimed for sale during the past year. The quantity offered and to be offered for sale, under proclamations issued since the Ist of January last, amounts to 9,138,531 acres. The prosperity of the western states and territories in 'Which these lands lie w i ll b e a dvanced b y their speedy sale. By withholding them from market their growth and increase of population would be retarded, While thousands of our enterprising and meritorious frontier population would be deprived of the opportu nity of securing freeholds for themselves and their families. But in addition to the general considera• tions which render the early sale of these lands pro- Per, it was a leading object at this time to derive as lar ge a sum as possible from this source, and thus diminish by that amount the public loan rendered ne cessary by the existence of a foreign war. It is estimated that not less than 10,000,000 of acres of the public lands will be surveyed, and be in a condition to be proclaimed for sale during the Year 1848. In my last annual message I presented the reasons Which, in my judgment, rendered it proper to gra duate and reduce the price of such of the public lands as have remained unsold for long periods after they bad been offered for sale at public auction. Many millions of acres of public lands lying within the limits of several of the western states have been offered in the market, and been subject to sale at private entry for more than 20 years, and large quan tities for more than 30 years, at the lowest price pre scribed by the existing laws, and it has been found that they will not command that price. They must remain unsold and uncultivated for an indefinite Period unless the price demanded for them by the Government shall be reduced. No satisfactory reason 18 perceived why they should be longer held at rates above their real value. At the present period an ad ditional reason exists for adopting the measure re commended. When the country is engaged in a foreign war, and we must necessarily resort to loans, it would seem to he the dictate of wisdom that we ,should avail ourselves of all our resources, arid thus limit the amount of the public indebtedness to the °West possible stun. E SUN, LON ON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBkR 81 1 1847. I recommend that the existing laws on the subject of pre-emption rights be amended and modified so as to operate prospectively, and to embrace all who may settle upon the public lands and make improvements upon them before they are surveyed, as well as after. wards, in all cases in which such settlements may be made after the Indian title shall have been extin guished. If the:right of pre-emption be thus extended, it will embrace a large and meritorious class of our citizens. It will increase the number of small freeholders upon our borders, who will be enabled thereby to educate their children and otherwise improve their condition, while they will be found at all times, as they have ever proved themselves to be, in the hour of danger to their country, among our hardiest and best volunteer soldiers, ever ready to render their services in cases of emergency, and among the last to leave the field an long as an enemy remains to be encountereeL Such a policy will also impress these patriotic pioneer emi grants with deeper feelings of gratitude for the paren tal care of their Government when they find their dearest interests secered to them by the permanent laws of the land, and that they are no longer in danger of losi.ng their homes and hard-earned im provemeurr, by Iwing brought into competition with a more pee ,filthy class of purchasers at the land sales. them convertible at the least possible expense into war-steamers of the first c'a,,s." A prescribed number of naval officers, as well as a post-office agent, are to be on board of them ; and authority is reserved to the navy department at all times to " exercise control over said steam-ships," and " to have the right to take them for the exclusive use and service of the United States" " upon making proper compensation to the contractors therefor." Whilst these steam-ships will be employed in transporting the mails of the United States coastwise, and to foreign countries, upon an annual compensa tion to be paid to the owners, they will be always ready, upon an emergency requiring it, to be con verted into war -steamers ! and the right reserved to them for public use will add greatly to the efficiency and strength of this description of our naval force. To the steamers thus authorised under contracts made by the Secretary of the Navy, should be added five other steamers authorised under contracts made in pursuance of the law by the Postmaster-Gcneral, making an addition, in the whole, of eighteen war steamers, subject to be taken for public use. A 3 further contracts for the transportation of the mail to foreign countries may be authorised by Congress, this number may he enlarged indefinitely. The enlightened policy by which a rapid commu nication with the various distant parts of the globe is established, by means of American -built sea steamers, would find an ample reward in the increase of our commerce, and in making oar country and its resources more favourably known abroad ; but the national advantage is still greater, of having our naval officers made familiar with steam navigation, and of having the privilege of taking the ships already equipped for immediate ser vice at a moment's notice, and will be cheaply pur chased by the compensation to be paid for the trans portation of' the mail in them, over and above the postages received. - - A just national pride, no less than our commercial interests, would seem to favour the policy of aug menting the number of this description of vessels. They can be built in our country cheaper and in greater numbers than in any other country in the world. THE POST-OFFICE-NEGOTIATIONS WITH GREAT BRITAIN. I refer you to the accompanying report of the Postmaster-General for a detailed and satisfactory account of the condition and operations of that de partment during the past year. It is gratifying to find that, within so short a period after the reduction in the rates of postage, and notwithstanding the great increase of mail service, the revenue received for the year will be sufficient to defray all the expenses, and that no further aid will be required from the Treasury for that purpose. . . The first of the American mail steamers authorised by the Act of the 3d of March, 1845, was completed and entered upon the service on the Ist of June last, an l is now on her third voyage to Bremen and other intermediate ports. The other vessels authorised under the provisions of that Act are in course of con struction, and will be put upon the line as soon as completed. Contracts have also been made for the transportation of the mail in a steamer from Charles ton to Havannah. A reciprocal and satisfactory postal arrangement has been made by the Postmaster-General with the authorities of Bremen, and no difficulty is appre hended in making similar arrangements with all other Po werswith which we may have communica tions by mail steamers, except with Great Britain. On the arrival of the first of the American steamers, bound to Bremen, at Southampton, in the month of June last, the British Post-office di rected the collection of discriminating postages on all letters and other mailable matter which she took out to Great Britain, or which went into the British Post-office on their way to France and other parts of Europe. The effect of the order of the British Post-office is to subject all letters and other matter transported by American steamers to double postage, one postage having been previously paid on them to the United States, while letters transported in British steamers are subject to pay but a single postage. This measure was adopted with the avowed object of protecting the British line of mail steamers now running between Boston and Liver pool, and, if permitted to continue, must speedily put an end to the transportation of all letters and other matters by American steamers, and give to British steamers a monopoly of the business. A just and fair reciprocity is all that we desire, and on this we must insist. By our laws, no such discrimina tion is made against British steamers bringing letters into our ports, but all letters arriving in the United States are subject to the same rate of postage, whether brought in British or American vessels. I refer you to the report of the Postmaster-General for a full statement of the facts of the case, and of the steps taken by him to correct this inequality. He has exerted all the power conferred upon him by the existing laws. The Minister of the United States at London has brought the subject to the attention of the British Government, and is now engaged in negotiations for the purpose . of adjusting reciprocal postal arrange ments, which shall be equally just to both countries. Should he fail in concluding such arrangements, and should Great Britain insist on enforcing the unequal and unjust measure she has adopted, it will become necessary to confer additional powers on the Post master-General in order to enable him to meet the emergency, and to put our own steamers on an equal footing with British steamers engaged in transporting the mail between the two countries ; and I recom mend that such powers be conferred. 311 c. ; 300 to 400 brls. Ohio extra sold at 7 dolls. 124 c.; Southern was in some better demand; small sales of Alexandria were making at 6 dolls. 50c., while St. Petersburgh was held at 6 dolls. 75c. Wheat—Sales of 1,500 bushels of Genesee were made at 140 c ; Ohio and other good Western continued in fair demand at yesterday's prices. Corn—Sales fOoted up about 10,000 to 12,000 bushels, including mixed, at 73c. to 74c , with some lots of yellow at 75c. to 76c. ; 3,000 bushels white mixed, damaged, sold at 32c., original measure. Meal—Sales of 500 hhds. Brandy wine, to be delivered at the mills, were sold on private terms ; New Jersey continued steady at 3 dolls. 50c. Rye—Sales of 2,500 were re po:ted, at 85c. in the slip, and at 87c. delivered. Rye Flour—Small sales were reported at 4 dolls. 61ic. Barley—Sales of 2,000 bushels were made at 76e. Oats—Sales of 8,000 bushels were made at 47c. to 48c. Receipts down the Hudson River, Dec. 5 and G. Flour Rye 380 bushels. Cotton—The market remained quiet and inactive; both parties were waiting for the arrival of the steamer. The inside quotations were obtained with difficulty. Average Amount. t'ease's Old Bank, bull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverley Bank, Hull-Pease and Co 45,613 Penzance Bank, Penzance-Batten and Co 10,898 Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough-Messrs. Yorke Peterborough Bank, Peterborough-Simpson, White, and Simpson 9,928 Pe w. :ab . r w ok a e l s t h er ir s e Bank, Haverfordwest-J. and 7,751 Penzance Union Bank, Falmouth Bank, and Truro Bank, Penzance-Rickets, Enthoven. and co Reading Bank, Reading-slmonas and Co 18,698 Reading Bank, Reading-Stephens,Blandy, and Co 20,689 Richmond Bank,:Richmond-Stapleton and Co 3.453 Ringwood and Poole Bank, and Town and County of Poole Bank, Ringwood-Ledgard and Sons Rochdale Bank, Rochdale-Clement, Royds, and Co 4,116 Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches ter-A-Day and Nicholson 7,456 Royston Bank, Royston-Fordham and Sons 11,253 Rugby Bank, Rugby-Butlin and Son 13,539 Rye Bank, Rye-Curteis, Pomfret, and Co 14,902 Reigate and Darking Bank, and Reigate, Croy don, and Darking Bank, Reigate-Nash and Co Ross 6ld Bank, Herefordshire, Ross-Pritchard and Allaw ay Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden-Messrs. Gibson Salop Bank, Shrewsbury-Burton, Lloyd, and Co 9,909 Scarborough Old Bank, 3carborough-Woodall and Co. 24,326 Shrewsbury and Markei,Drayton Bank, Shrews bury-Adams, Adams, and Co Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury-Rocke, Eytons, and Co Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne -Valiance and Son 2,763 Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton-Maddison and Son ... 9,661 Southwell Bank, Southwell-Wylde and Co. St. Alban's Bank, St. Alban's-J. S. Story 1,443 Salisbury Bank, Salisbury-Messrs. Brodie Shaftesbury Bank, Shaftesbury- Brodie and King Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp ton-Atherly and Fall Stone Bank, Stone-W. Moore 5,819 , Stourbridge Bang, Stourbridge -Rufford, Wragg, and Co 13,703 Stafford Old Bank, Stafford-Stevenson and Co 13,613 Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford-Eaton, Cayley, and Co. Stourbridge Old Bank, Stourbridge-Bate and Robins Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury -Beck, Downward, and Co. 15,594 St. Alban's and Hefts Bank, St. Alban's-Gib son and Stuart 1,716 Taunton Bank, Taunton-Messrs. Badcock 19,847 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock-Gill, Rundle, and Co 8,594 Thornbnry Bank, Thornbury-Rol ph, Yates, and Parslow Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton-Duns ford and Barne 7,631 Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire, Thrapston-Yorke and Eland 10,175 Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring-But cher and Son Towcester Old Bank, Towcester-J. and S Percival Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston-Vivian and Co. 8,378 Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge-Hull, smith, and Co. Wallingford Bank, Wallingford-Wells and Co 4,470 Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick- Kelynge, Greenway, and Co. 23,298 Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox, Brothers West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield—Leatham, Tew, and Co. Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap man, and Co 14,533 Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win chester—Bulpett and Co. Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester —Wickham and Co 3,680 Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Weymouth—Elliott and Pearse Wirkesworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirkesworth—Arkwright and Co. Wisbech arid Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech— Gurney and Co. . . ' 54,590 Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and W Hancock Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good riche and Holyoake. Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Lavender, and Co. 8,700 Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co 65,213 Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley and Turner Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Foster and Sons Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster— Everett and Co. Wrexham Bank, Wrexham—J. and S. Kenrick 1,422 Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton— Messrs. Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Haleswortla and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurney, Birkbeck, and Co. Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth—Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co 11,975 Yeovil Old Bank, Yeovil—E. and J. Batten York Bank. York—Swann. Clough. and Co 37,041 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmoreland, Kendal Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley Bradford Banking Company, Bradford 35,517 Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Brad ford .... „.. 12,523 Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work ington . .. Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com pany, Cheltenham Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 9,553 County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company Carlisle Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle 14,969 Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company, Dudley Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 16,705 Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington 12,978 East of England Bank, Norwich Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 114,775 Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, Halifax 11,691 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 30,969 Hull Banking Company, Hull 23,973 Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax 22,329 Helston Banking Company, Helston 1,020 Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford 14,545 Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough 25,651 Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 2,920 Lancaster Banking Company , Lancaster ...... Leeds Banking Company, Leeds 18,889 Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, Lincoln 49,659 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 8,125 Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank- ing Company, Nottingham 19,752 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint- Stock Banking Company, Newcastle 35,992 National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, London North Wilt:, Banking Company, Melksham 38,130 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 69,560 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North- ampton North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool 28,573 Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Lei- cester Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth... 1,699 Sheffield Banking. Company, Sheffield 33,387 Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com pany, Stamford. 44,506 Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang port Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com pany, Stourbridge Sheffield and Hallurnshire Banking Company, Sheffield Sheffield and Rotherham Joint-Stock Banking Company, She(held Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond ... Storey and Thomas's Banking Cozrpany, Shaftesbury Sheffield and Retferd Bank, Sheffield ... Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Com pany, Wolverhampton 31,810 Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wakefield 9,979 Whitehaven Joint Stock Banking Company, Whitehaven Warwick and Lewoir.gton Banking Company, Leamington West of Englane awl South Wales District Bank. Bnstol Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 40,205 West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud dersfield Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, Whitchurch Worcester City and County Banking Company, Worcester York Union Banking C om p an y, York 59,733 York City and County Banking Company, York 7 ; 7 3:= Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Returns. Stamp end Taw, December 27, 1847. ?S► POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. TVilliam Frayland, a boy of very small size, aget between 10 and 11 years, was brought before the Lord M a y or , u p on t wo charges of robbery; by Davis (551) of the City detective force. ' 7, 1! The prisoner, accompanied by another boy, was seen by the officer following a lady in King William street. He got close to her, but dropped back, and upon being asked by his companion whether he had got it, said "No, she s got nothing in it." The two boys then followed another lady, and the prisoner put his hand in her pocket, quickly withdrew his hand, and suddenly left her. The officer speedily intimated to the lagly that if she had lost anything she must corn.. inunicate with a constable, to whom he pointed, and then continued to follow the two young thieves, who pursued their object with singular tact and persever ance. The prisoner soon slipped his hand into the , pocket of a third lady, and quickly withdrawing it, found it necessary to run, for he not only got a purse containing 1/. 1 ls. 6d., but he alarmed the owner, who ran after him. He was stopped by Davis, and he threw the purse against a railing, .where it was picked up by another officer. A silk handkerchief was found in his pocket, marked with the letters " E. D." which he had stolen from the second female he had been seen following. The duty of covering him was skillfully performed by the Ober boy, who con trived to escape under the belly of i cart-horse. The Loan NATOR—Prisoner, hay& you anything to say about this ? Prisoner--A chap told me to do it: The LORD MAYOR—How long have you bees: ht this desperate trade ? Prisoner—lt's the first timip Davis—l know the boy's face well ; but I neve{ expected to see him engaged in this sort of work. I have now ascertained that he and fourteen other boys, all of whom go about in gangs after ladies, live in a house in Cato-street, Brick-lane, where there are seven or eight houses, the owners of which encourage and foster children in this dreadful pursuit. I understand he has been employed in passing bad money. These gangs of boys contrive to pick the pockets of great numbers of persons; and very few suspect them, on account of their size and age. The LORD MAYOR—Do you go to school ? ner—Yes ; to a Sunday-school. The LORD MAYOR—I must send you for trial to the Central Criminal Court. Prisoner—l have not been there yet.—Committed. George Ryder, who has been twice sent to Ireland by the Lord Mayor, was brought up charged with having broken a pane of glass in the shop of lAr- Challis, of No. 16, Cornhill, value 151. The defendant had been seen by a policeman deli-- berately fling a stone as he walked along at the will , dow, and the fellow, said, upon being asked why he did such mischief, that he had only come out of Bridewell the day before, and he thought he might as well go back to the same place. The LORD MAYOR—I shall remand you, for tha purpose of taking your case into serious consideration. THE OREGON TERRITORY. The attention of Congress was invited at their last and the preceding session to the importance of estab li,hing a territorial government over our possessions i❑ Oregon, and it is to be regretted that there was no legislation on the subject. Our citizens who inhabit that distant region of country are still left without the protection of our laws, or any regularly organized government. Before the question of limits and boundaries of the territory of Oregon was definitively settled, from the necessity of their condition, the inhabitants had established a temporary government of their own. Besides the want of legal authority for continuing such government, it is wholly inade quate to protect them in their rights of person and property, or to secure them the enjoyment of the privileges of other citizens, to which they are en titled under the constitution of the United States. They should have the right of suffrage, be repre: sented in a territorial legislature, and by a delegate in Congress, and possess all the rights and privileges which citizens of other portions of the territories of the United States have hitherto enjoyed, or may now enjoy. - Our judicial system, revenue laws, laws regulating trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and the protection of our laws generally, should be extended over them. In addition to the inhabitants in that territory who hfti previously emigrated to it, large numbers of our citizens have followed them during the present year ; and it is not doubted that, during the next and sub sequent years, their numbers will be greatly in creased. Congress, at its last session, established post routes leading to Oregon, and between different points within that territory, and authorised the establish ment of post-offices at " Astoria and such other places on the coasts of the Pacific, within the territory of the United States, as the public interests may re quire." Post-offices have accordingly been estab lished, deputy postmasters appointed, and p rov i s i on made for the transportation of the mails. The preservation of peace with the Indian tribes residing west of the Rocky Mountains will render it proper that authority should be given by law for the appointment of an adequate number of agents to re side among them. I recommend that a surTeyor's-general office be established in that territory, and that the public lands be surveyed and brought into market at an early period. I recommend also that grants, upon liberal terms, of limited q•iantities of the public lands be made to all citizens of the United States who have emigrated or may hereafter within a prescribed period, emigrate, to Oregon, or settle upon them. These hardy and adventurous citizens, who have encountered the dangers and privations of a long and toilsome journey, and have at length found an abiding place for them selves ani their families upon the utmost verge of oar western limits, should be secured in the homes which they have improved by their labour. I refer you to the accompanying report of the Secretary of War for a detailed account of the opera tions of the various branches of public service con nected with the department under his charge. The duties devolving on this department have been usually onerous and responsible during the past year, anti have been discharged with ability and success. THE INDIAN TRIBES. Pacific relations continue to exist with the various Indian tribes, and most of them manifest a strong friendship for the United States. Some depredations were committed during the past year upon our trains transporting supplies for the army on the road be tween the western border of Missouri and Santa Fe. These depredations, which are supposed to have been committed by bands from the region of New Mexico, have been arrested by the presence of a military force ordered out for that purpose. Some outrages have been perpetrated by a portion of the north-western bands upon the weaker and comparatively defenceless neighbouring tribes. Prompt measures were taken to prevent such occurrences in future. Between 1,000 and 2,000 Indians, belonging to several tribes, have been removed during the year from the east of the Mississippi to the country al lotted to them west of that river as their permanent home ; and arrangements have been made for others to follow. Since the treaty of 1846 with the Cherokees, the feuds among them appear to have subsided, and they have become more united and contented than they have been for many years past. The Commissioners appointed in pursuance of the Act of June 27, 1846, to settle claims arising under the treaty of 1835-36 with that tribe, have executed their duties, and and after a patient investigation and a full and fair examination of all the cases brought before them, closed their labours in the month of July last. This is the fourth Board of Commissioners which has been organized under this treaty. Ample opportunity has been afforded to all those interested to bring forward their claims. No doubt is entertained that impartial justice has been done by the late Board, and that all valid claims embraced by the treaty have been con sidered and allowed. This result and the final settle ment to be made with this tribe under the treaty of 1846, which will be completed and laid before you (luring your session, will adjust all questions of con troversy bet ween iem and the United States, and produce a state of relations with them simple, well defined, and satisfactory. Under the discretionary authority conferred by the Act of the 3d of March last, the annuities due to the various tribes have been paid during the present year to the heads of families instead of to their chiefs, or such persons as they might designate, as required by the laws previously existing. This mode of payment has given general satisfaction to the great body of the Indians. Justice has been done to them, and they are grateful to the Government for it. A few chiefs and interested persons may object to this mode of payment, but it is believed to be the only mode of preventing fraud and imposition from being practised upon the great body of common Indians, constituting a majority of all the tribes. ' It is gratifying to perceive that a number of the tribes have recently manifested an increased interest in the establishment of schools among them, and are making rapid advances in agriculture—some of them producing a sufficient quantity of food for their sup port, and in some cases a surplus to dispose of to their neighbours. The comforts by which those who have received even a very limited education, and have en gaged in agriculture, are surrounded, tend gradually to draw off their less civilized brethren, from the pre carious means of subsistance by the chase, to habits of labour and civilization. THE NAVY. Navy presents report of the Secretary of the N accompanyinga satisfactory and gratifying account of the condition and operations of the naval service during the past year. Our commerce has been pursued with increased activity, and with safety and success, in every quarter of the globe, under the protection of our flag, which the navy has caused to be respected in the most distant seas. In the Gulf of 11Iexico, and in the Pacific, the officers and men o f our squa drons have displayed distinguished gallantry, and performed valuable ser vices. In the early stages of the war with Mexico, her ports on both coasts were blockaded, and more recently many of them have been captured and held by the navy. When acting in co-operation with the land forces, the naval officers and men performed gallant and distinguished services on land as well as on water, and deserve the high commendation of the country. While other maritime powers were adding to their navies large numbers of war•steamers, it was a wise policy on our part to make similar additions to our navy. The four war-steamers authorised by the Act of the 3d of March, 1847, are in course of con struction. In addition to the four war steamers authorised by this Act,:the Secretary of the Navy has, in pur suance of its provisions, entered into contracts for the construction of five steamers, to be employed in the transportation of the United States mail " from New York to New Orleans, touching at Charleston, Savannah, and Havannah, and from Havannah to Chagrus;" for three steamers to be employed in like manner from Panama to Oregon, " so as to connect with the mail:from Havannah to Chagres across the Isthmus ;" and for five steamers to be employed in like manner from New York to Liverpool. These steamers will he the property of the contractors, but Ox: , to be built " under .Lip , ,.rititt-nd•:-nce and di rection of a naval constructor in the employ of the navy department, and to be so constructed as to render WINDING-UP. In view of the existing state of our country I trust it may not be inappropriate, in closing this commu nication, to call to mind the words of wisdom and ad monition of the first and most illustrious of my pre decessors in his farewell address to his countrymen. That greatest and best of men, who served his country so long and loved it so much, foresaw, with " serious concern," the danger to our Union "of characterizing parties by geographical discrimina tions—northern and southern Atlantic, and westerx— whence designing men may endeavour to excite a belief that there is a real difference of local interests and views," and warned his countrymen against it. So deep and solemn was his conviction of the im portance of the Union, and of preserving harmony between its different parts, that he declared to his countrymen in that address, " it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national union to your collective and indivi dual happiness; that you should cherish a cordial, habitual, and immoveable attachment to it; accus toming yourselves to think and to speak of it as a palladium of your political safety and prosperity ; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety ; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a sus picion that it can in any event be abandoned, and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts." After the lapse of half a century these admonitions of Washington fall upon us with all the force of truth. It is difficult to estimate the " immense value" of our glorious union of confederated states, to which we are so much indebted for our growth in population and wealth, and for all that constitutes us a great and happy nation. How unimportant are all our differ ences of opinion upon minor questions of public policy compared with its preservation ; and how scrupulously should we avoid all agitating topics which may tend to distract and divide us into contending parties, sepa rated by geographical lines, whereby it may be weak ened or endangered. Invoking the blessing of the Almighty Ruler of the Universe upon your deliberations, it will be my highest duty, no less than my sincere pleasure, to co °prate with you in all measures which may tend to promote the honour and enduring welfare of our common country. JAMES K. POLK. Washington, December, 1847. MEXICO. By an arrival at New Orleans from the Brazils, we have advices from that quarter to the 20th November. General Taylor had taken up his encampment at the Walnut Springs, and with his force was returning homewards. It was impossible to collect contri butions from the inhabitants to any extent, all the towns between Matamoras and Monterey were de stroyed. COMMERCIAL. NEW YORK, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, DEC. 7. The market for Flour was firm to-day, and sales of Genesee, Oswego, Michigan, &e., made at full prices. Wheat continued firm, and a small sale of Genesee was made at a slight improvement. Corn sold to a fair extent at yesterday's prices, while meal remained steady at previous rates. Sales of rye were made at a slight decline compared with previous prices. Oats remained steady at yesterday's quotations. Business was less animated, on account of the continued ab sence of the steamer, and dealers in produce generally were disinclined to operate freely till the receipt of later advices from abroad. The provision market continued inactive, with the exception of b ee f, f or which there was some more inquiry . Gr ocer i es ex hibited no material change while sales were light. Ashes—Sales of about 100 brls. of pots were made at 5 dolls. 64c., and small sales of pearl were made at 7 dolls. 25c. Beeswax—We continue to quote yellow at about 22 cents., though holders demanded a higher price. Breadstuffs—Flour—The sales of all kinds footed up about 5,000 to 6,000 brls., including 1,100 to 1,200 this State, at 6 dolls. 37ic.; also some lots bet ter than common, or very pure Genesee, at 6 dolls. 50c. ; 900 1-Li. 07wEgo, n . nd 600 brls.stright bran& Michigan, at 6 dolls. 25e. ; and 900 brls. Rochester, at 6 dolls. 25c. ; with 500 brls. Black Rock, at 6 dolls. LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION. New Or?ean, Uplands. Florida. Mob. and Tex Ordinary 6/ to 6f 61 to 6i 6 1 to 8-k Middling Go o d Middling Middling fair Fair Fully fair... Bt to 8 8 to 9 Good _ 9 to 91 _ Freights—For flour and meal to Liverpool, 15d was freely offered for 10,000 brls. ; but as high as 2s was asked by the packets, and Bd. for grain. Cottot: was 3-16 d. There was no charge to London or Havre Parties were waiting for steamer's news before moving freely. Exchange -110 to 1104. MONEY ➢IARKET. TUESDAY, DEC. 6, Six P.ll.—The stock market opened heavy this morning, and quotations for most of the fancies fell off a fraction. At the first board Canton declined per cent.; Reading Railroad, 1 ; Morris Canal, ; Harlem, ; Stonington, ; Nor wich and Worcester, ; Long Island, Treasury Notes, Reading Bonds, and Farmers's Loan closed at prices current yesterday. At the second board Harlem advanced 1 per cent.; Reading Railroad, 4 ; Norwich and Worc2ster, The steam-ship Northerner, from Charleston, brought 52,000 dollars in specie. The President's Message, so far as we are able to judge from the telegraphic synopsis, does not amount to much. It gives a very favourable and flattering account of the public finances, recommends that a duty be placed on tea and coffee, that the price of public lands be graduated, that important modifica tions be made in some of the provisions of the Inde pendent Treasury Act, that a branch mint be esta blished in the city of New - York, that the war be prosecuted with vigour, that we retain possession of what we have, and obtain possession of all we can of Mexican territory, and by duties on imports and exports, and by contributions, make that country pay for the war. It appears by the Message that the value of im ports for the year ending June 30th, 1847, was 146,545,638 dolls., and exports, 158,648,622 dolls., of which 150,637,464 dollars consisted of domestic productions, and 8,011,158 dolls. of foreign articles. The receipts into the Treasury for the same period amounted to 26,346,790 dolls., of which there was derived from customs 23,747,864 dolls., from sale of public lands 2,498,335 dolls., and from miscellaneous sources 100,570 dolls. The expendi tures for the same period were 59,451,177 dolls., of which 8,522,082 dolls. was on account of payment of principal and interest of the public debt, including Treasury notes redeemed, and not funded ; the ex penditures, exclusive of payment of public debt, having been 55,929,095 dolls. It is estimated that the expenditures for the year ending June 30, 1848, will amount to, if war with Mexico shall not be con - eluded, 58,615,666 dolls., including the necessary pay. ments on account of the principal and interest of the public debt, and the receipts for the same period to 42,886,546 dolls., of which 31,000,000 dolls., it is esti mated will be derived from customs ; 3,500,000 dolls. from the sale of public lands; 400,000 dolls. from in cidental sources ; and 6,285,294 dolls. from loans al ready authorized by law, which, with the balance in the Treasury on the Ist of July last, make up the estimate. It is estimated that a loan of seventeen millions of dolls. will be required within the next six months, or for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1848, if a duty is placed on tea and coffee, and the price of public land,. giaduated ; or a loan of 18,500,000 dolls., if neither of these things are done. Should the war be con tinued until the 30th June, 1849, a further loan 01 20,500,000 dolls. will be required for the fiscal year ending that day, in case no duty is imposed on tea and coffee ; no graduation of the public lands ; and no military contributions levied in Mexico. This will make in the aggregate, from this to the 30th of June, 1849, a period of eighteen months, loans for 37,500,000 dolls. DEPARTURE OF THE FOREIGN MAILS FOR JANUARY. The following notice was issued yesterday at the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, giving the dates on which the foreign mails will be made up in London, and when the return packets will be due at Southampton, Liverpool, and Falmouth, for the en suing month : " MADEIRA, WEST INDIES, &E.—The mails for the British colonies in the West Indies (except Hon duras, Nassau, Bermuda, Havannah, and St. Juan Porto-Rico) and Venezuela will be made up on the evening of the Ist of January, and the morning of the 17th ; Bermuda, Nassau, New Or leans, Mexico, Honduras, Havannah, and St. Juan Porto Rico, on the evening of to-morrow only; Madeira, Jacmel, St. Juan de Nicaragua, New Granada, Chili, and Peru, on the morning of the 17th only, via Southamp ton. The mails of the Ist will be conveyed by the Doe steamer. Next packets due on the 7th and 22d. " GIBRALTAIS, INDIA, Pte.—The mails for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt, Aden, Cey lon, India, Hong liong, and China, on the mornings of the 3d and 20th, via Southampton. The mails of the 3J will be conveyed by the Euxine steamer. By the fortnightly overland closed mails to the Mediterranean, Egypt, India, &c., vid Marseilles, on the evenings of the 7th and 24th. " Burma NORTH AMERICA, BX.--The mails for British North America, Bermud a , an d the United States, will be made up on the evenin gs o f the 3d and 17th, vi a Liverpool, Halifax, and Boston—due on the 16th and 20th. Mails will be made up every alternate Friday during December, January, February, and March, and every Friday during the other eight months of the year, to Boston and New York al ternate ly, and vice versa. Madeira, Brazil, and Buenos Ayres, by her Majesty's brig Penguin, on the evening of the 4th—next packet due at Falmouth her Majesty's brig Express, February 23. The mails for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, on the mornings of the 7th, 17th, and 27th, (except Su n d a ys), via Southampton—due the sth, 15 t h, and 25th. " FRANCE.—DaiIy via Dover, Ca lais, and Boulogne, and vice vers a . Ostend daily (except Sunday), via Dover and Ostend—due daily. Holland, &c., every Wednesday and Saturday morning—due Mondays and Thursday s. Lera rrl b urg h, &e., every Tues day and Friday evenings —due T ues d a y s an d Saturdays." CORONER'S INQUEST.—DEATII FROM CHOLERA IN LAMBETH.-170:4erday an inqu es t was held at the Feathers' Tavern, Waterloo-road,- on the body of Mar • garet Garey, aged eight years, who, it was rumoured, had died from cholera. The parents of deceased were in very poor circumstances, and, it appeared, seldom tasted animal food. On the deceased being attacked by vomit ing, &c., Mr. Pope, surgeon, of Princes•street, attended her, and administered the usual remedies, but the disease terminated fatally. At the inquest Mr. Pope stated, that, from the symptoms of the child, he should say that she had died from cholera of a malignant form. The Coroner—Do you mean, when you sa y c h o l era of a malignant form, the Asiatic choler a ? Witness—De cidedly not no at all infectious. t,butamaligna T malignant formhe jury of English cholera, a disease returned a ver dict that " The deceased died from English ch o lera." FATAL ACCIDENT TO THE U NDERLOOKBR O F MESSRS. SCOWCROFT S COLLIERIES. —An accident has occurred at one of the pits belonging to Messrs. Scow croft, Hindley-green, near Leigh, which has terminated in the death of the manager, Mr. Potter. The deceased was going down the shaft of the pit with one of the men on Saturday morning last, for the purpose of examining the ventilating furnaces, when a screw-k ey , w hi c h it is . supposed had been lei t the head gearing by one of the men, fell down the shaft, and fractured the skull of the deceased. The loss of the deceased is deeply regretted by all who knew him. Mr. Potter W as a self-tau ght man, and had, by his own exert ions, raised himself in society. He was an excellent mathematician, and pos sessed a valuable library. He was one of the earliest promoters of the Leigh Mechanics' Institution, and was for two or three years an active director.—Mandiester Paper. OFFICIAL PAYMENTS.— The Reveaue Board of Customs having bad under consideration a report from one of the members of the Board, who has recently inspected certain of the ports on the coast of the king dom, in which be has suggested the expediency of the extra inferior officers being permitted to receive their payments weekly, the Board have concurred with this suggestion, and have expressed their sanction that such officers should be paid upon the usual day pay-bills, and that credit may be taken ?very week, for the payments, without a special application to the Board in each instance. VEGETABLE TALLOW.—A parcel of an article called vegetable tallow has recently been imported into the port of Liverpool by a vessel arrived fro m Sh ang h ae , China. It appears that this is the first importation of the article into the port of Liverpool from the Chinese empire, although it is well known at this port, into which it has been frequently brought from China, as vegetable tallow. Sut apidly have the wages of miners fallen in Ayrshire, that they are now paid only 2s. lid. a day, whereas some time since they received ss. a day. BANK RETURNS_ 1 / 4 From the London Gazette of Tuesday.) tn AccoAnt, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Victoria. Nap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes; of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales. in Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the leth day of Dec., 1847:- Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. kbingdon Bark, Abingdon-Knapp and Co - kndover Bank, Andover-Heath and Co.. 4,746 kshford Bank, Ashford-Jemmitt and Pomfret 7,674 Iylshatn Bank, Aylsham-R. and E. Copeman 4,669 Iylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury-Rickford and Hunt Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade arlk, Ilceg, and Lindsell... 26,343 thrradaule Bank, Barnstaple-Drake and Co 10,355 3asingstoke and Odihanz Bank, Basingstoke-- Cole, Seymour, and !.0.. 15,370 Tedford Bank, Bedford-T. Barnard Tedford and Bedfordshire Bank, Bedford app, Halfhead, and Co. ten d ley Bank, Bewdley-Nichols, Baker, and Crane icester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bieester-Tubb, Wootten, and Co 15,493 :iriningham Bank, Birmingham-Attwoods, Spooner, and Co 20,181 firmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming ham---Lewis, Moilliett, and Co 11,541 Bla.nciford Bank, Blandford-Bastard and Oak 6,257 Boston Bank, Boston-Garfit and Co 68,585 I3oston Bank, Boston-Gee and Co 13,721 Bridgyiter Bank, Bridgwater-E. &J. Sealey 7,274 Bristol Bank, Bristol-Miles, Harford, and Co. 28,142 Broseley and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and Broscley Bank, Broseley-Messrs. Pritchard 19,988 ltickineham Bank, Buckingham-Bartlett, Parrott, and Co. 3iiry and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Market Bank, Bury-Oakes, Bevan, and Co. Ban' ury Bank, Banbury-Gillett and Tawney. 25,623 Banbury Old Bank, Banbury-Messrs. Cobb... 40,505 anti - _ City Bank, Bath-Moger and Son Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard-Bassett and Grant 28,299 [3irningham Bank, Birmingham-Taylor and Lloyds 30,803 Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire-H and A. Harris Brecon Old Bank, Brecon-Wilkins and Co 60,816 Brulport Bank, Bridport-S. and W. E. Gundry 21,575 Brighton Union Bank, Brighton-Hall, West, and Borrer ilurlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington- Harding, Smith, and Co Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds- J. Worlledge and Co. Bromsgrove Bank and Stourbridge and Broms grove Bank, Bromagrove-Rufford, Biggs, and CO. 13,720 ,:ambridge Bank, Cambridge-Mortlock and Sons Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge-Messrs. Forsters Lsanterbury Bank, Canterbury-Hammond and Co ...... 24,608 Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen-Morris and Sons Chertsey Bank, Chertsey-Messrs. La Costa Colchester Bank, Colchester-Round, Green, and Co. Colchester and Essex Bank, Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh Bank, Suffolk, Colchester -Mills, Bawtree, and Co Cornish Bank, Truro-Tweedy and Co Coventry Bank, Coventry-Little and Wood cock City Bank, Exeter-Milford and Co 12,690 Craven Bank, Settle-Birkbecks and Co. Christchurch Bank, Christchurch-Tice, Welsh, and Co 1,841 Cardiff Bank, Cardiff-Towgood and Co 5,441 Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmcuth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow-Bromage, Snead, and Co. 5,340 Derby Bank, Derby-Messrs. Evans Derby Bank, Derby-Smith and Co. Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby-Crompton, Newton, and Co 23,234 Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes-Hughes, Locke, and Co 9,087 Di ss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and Co 10,403 Doncaster Bank, Doncaster—Leatham, Tew a.nd Co. Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster — Cook and Co. Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse, SCo 60,573 Devonport Bank, Devon port—Hodge and Nor man ')orchester Old Bank and Dorsetshira Bank, Dorchester—Williams and Co. East Cornwall Bank, Liskoard—Robins, Foster, and Co. East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower, Hutton, and Co. Essex Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank, Chelmsford—Walford, and C 0.... e;xeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co 17,414 Falcenham Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co. Warringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon—Barnes and Medley 2,794 Varnham Bank, Farnham—Messrs. Knight 9,844 Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co 4,630 Godalming Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and Leon Grantham Bank, Grantham—Kewney and King 18,045 Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon... 9.923 Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and C 0.... 23,989 Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Hader, and Co. 21,510 Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford — Matthews and Co. Hertfordshire Bank and Ware Bank, Ware— S. Adams and Co. flull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull —Smith, Brothers, and Co. Vuntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don—Rust and Veasey Harwich. Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and Co 4,315 Hemel llempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead— Smith, and Whittingstall fronitor. Bank, Honiton—Flood and Co. Hertfordshire, Hitchen Bank, Hitchen—Sharpies and Co. 27,317 clereford, Ross, and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Hereford—Morgan, Hoskins, and Co 18,206 Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley :lank, and Woodbridge Bank, rpswioh— Alexanders and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall, and Mercer Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington—J Davies and Co Knighton Bank Knighton—J. Davies and Co 6,563 Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough—Terry and Co Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson, and Co. 35,174 Kettering Bank, Kettering-0 etch and Sons... 6,291 Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C. liarvoy and Son Leeds Bank, Leeds—Beckett and Co 46,672 Leeds Union Bank, Leeds—W.Williams, Brown, and C Leek and Staffordshire Bank, and Leek and Congleton Bank,Leek—Fowler,Gaunt, and Co. Leptester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby 26,785 Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux and Co 28,385 I,iehfield Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Green... 17 : 858 Lincoln Bank, Lincoln—Smith and Co 85,534 Liandovery Bank and Llandilo Bank Llando very —David Jones and Co. r.oughborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle tons and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymington—C. and S. St Barba Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis —Gurneys and Co. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis— Massey and Co. Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Brockleharst and Co 3,975 Nianningtree Bank,Manningtree—Nunn and Co 5,308 Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bauk and Hungerford Bank, and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough—Tanner and Pinckney 8,921 Marlborough and North Wiltshire New Bank. Marlborough—Ward, Merriman, and Hillier 6,708 Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Jones and Williams Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyams and Co 14,403 Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny—Baileys and Co 22,561 Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth —Bromagi and Snead 10,752 Monmouthshire Newport Old Bank, Newport —W. Williams and Sons 7,874 Newark Bank,'Newark—Godfreys and Hutton 26,123 Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Newark—Haudley, Peacock, and Co ............. . 47,835 Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny and Slocock. 17,324 Newmarket Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham mond. and Son Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Diss—Taylor and Dyson 2,310 Norwich Crown Bank, Norwich—Harveys and lludsons 37,480 Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich—Gur neys and Co 57,892 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham—Hart, Fellows, and Co 9,156 Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddcock and CO Naval Bank, Plymouth—Harris, Mudge, and 15,420 Ne C w o. S . e . rum Bank, Sarum—Haley, Everett, and Co Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Smith and Co 26,677 Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os wegtrv—Croxon and Co 9.639 Oxford Bank, Oxford—J. and R. Morrell 9,750 Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons, and Thompson... 30,828 Old Bank Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Wells Cld Bank, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Tonbridge— Benching and Sons • 6,370 Oxfordshire Witney Bank Witney—Williamo. Minh, and Coma, 5,681 GUILDHALL. William Jackson, who describes himself as an inva. lided soldier of the 81st Foot, was brought before Mr. Alderman Hughes Hughes, on suspicion of having obtained charitable contributions, under false pre tences, from the Bishop of Llandaff. John Hill, the butler to the Bishop, stated that the prisoner presented himself to his Lordship as a person reduced to great distress by the failure of his hearing, and the stoppage of a pension of 6d. a day he had obtained from the Government. The Bishop gave him a coat, half a dozen shirts, and as many cravats, and 11. 1 ls. 2d. Subsequently the Bishop gave him 21., and he undertook to intercede with the authorities at the Horse Guards for the renewal of his pension. The issue of that interference was that no such per son as the prisoner was known. The prisoner, in answer to the charge, insisted that he had been a soldier in the 81st, and had been discharged for deafness with a temporary pension, which had ceased. He called upon the Bishop and stated his distress. Mr. Alderman HUGHES HUGHES asked where he lived now, that some inquiry might be made about him. The prisoner gave some particulars, and was re manded till Saturday. WORSHIP-STREET. A tall, stout, elderly man, of respectable exterior, named Thomas Cullum, was c harged with Counties with committing a robbery a t the terminus of t he Railway, Rhored.itch. in the employ of the company , stated Patrick h e platform of the ter thatct he was i • v upon t on n. e seven o'clock last evening, minus, at about hallos. - lurking and looking when he perceived the pritting, him unper suspiciously about. Witness Wel , - into the cuived, and presently he espied hinl •iekly first-class waning-room, from which he emerged, and darted into the second-class ditto. Frot► the latter he again also made a quick exit, and with the agility of a youth entered the office of Mr. Grim shaw, the superintendent. Here he stayed about three minutes, and, on his re-appearance, witness perceived that he had a bundle under his arm, with which he was making a precipitate retreat, but halted, under the impression, as witness imagined, that he was being watched, and mide towards the water-closet, which he entered and fastened himself in by the bolt, of the door. Witness waited, and in a short time he came out and proceeded towar(2,s the street in Shore ditch, but without the bundle. Witness now took him into custody, and accompanied 1 1 :_m to the water closet, and upon looking through a wk.. dow therein he perceived the bundle upon the parapet of a wa ll n underneath. The prisoner said he knew .." °thin g whatever of the bundle, but acknowledged having gone into Mr. Grimshaw's office for . the purpose, 12 e said, of ascertaining what it was o'clock. The bundle now produced was a feather pillow, tied tip in a cot , ton handkerchief, which witness had previously seen in the prisoner's possession. Mr. Grimshaw said that the pillow in question had been lent to an invalid lady, who had come up by .the train, by one of the officials at one of the termini. He had seen the prisoner before the present time. The prisoner stoutly denied the charge imputed to him, and assured the Magistrate that he was a most respectable man, but Alderman, one of the officers of the court, claimed him as an old acquaintance, and added, that notwith standing his plausible manner, it was not 12 months since that he was convicted of felony. _ _ ➢lr. HAMMILL said he should remand the prisoner in order to give time for the production of the neces slry witnesses. EMBEZZLEMENT AND FORGERY.-- Rowland Scroggs Herring, late secretary to the Lodges 11 and 12 of the United Friends' Gift Fund, was placed at the bar before Mr. Hammill, for final examination, charged with various acts of embezzlement, and also with having feloniously uttered a large number of forged orders for the payment of money to the treasurers of that institution. The prisoner bad held the situation of secretary to the society for four years, and was always believed to be a person of the greatest integrity and respecta bility, until he absconded in the early part of Septem ber last, and it was then discovered that he had drawn and received the amount of numerors cheques upon the treasurer in favour of persons purporting to► be entitled to relief from the funds, but who were. in fact altogether unconnected with the society. In the course of the investigation it was further' ascertained that the prisoner had embezzled the amount of various subscriptions he had received from different members. Mr. Ballantine attended for the prosecution, and intimated to the magistrate that in addition to severia cases of embezzlement, he was prepared with owl and documentary evidence to establish the offence oi forgery, which, he contended, might be sustained ma. each of the fictitious cheques for which the prisoner had obtained payment from the treasurers. Messrs. Gibbons and Sturdy, two of the treasurers and trustees, produced the cheques for the various amounts drawn by the prisoner, and proved that the whole of the signatures to them were in the prisoner's handwriting. The prisoner was fully committed to Newgate for trial. HAMMERSMITH. EXTRAORDINARY CASH. - A Portuguese, who gave the name of Manuel de Sa Pemental, apparently about 50 years of age, was charged with having used certain threats and menaces against Mr. Henry William Robinson, of 9, Chesham-street, Belgeave. square, whereby he goes in fear of his life. From the statement of the complainant it appears that the defendant followed him from street to street, under the delusion that he was a person who had conspired against him. The defendant's mind is seemingly affected by a most extraordinary delusion. It seems that when the Spanish troops were in Portugal some of them were quartered in his ho use, some property he had was ma de off with, s in ce which time he had b een l a b our i ng under the delusion that a conspiracy was on foot against him. Mr. Christopher Surry, a highly respectable builder at Brompton, said he had known the defendant for the last twenty-five years. He was brought over to this country by M. de Silva , the w i n e merchant, of Oporto, with whom be live d u p to tnat gentle man's death. He then becam e butler to Mr. Hopkinson, the banker, in whose service he amassed i some pro perty, and he had buried the whole of t at Oporto before he came away. He had no doubt but that the soldiers having taken possession of his property had operated on his mind. Af te r a lengthened private conversation between Mr. Fuller, the solicitor, and the magistrate, it was arranged that Mr. Surry and the defendant should enter into securities for his good behaviour for two months, and that he should return as speedily as pos sible to Portugal. He was then liberated. The enthronement of the new Bishop of Munster took place at that ancient city on the 22d instant, with great ceremony. t' ~. k