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London, England, 1844-12-30 00:00:00

plain of neglect on the part of a community which, de-
tached as it is from the parental care a the States of
Virginia and Maryland, can only expect aid from Con-
gress as its local Legislature. Amongst the subjects
which claim your attention is the prompt organisation
of an saYlital for the insane, who may be found, from
time to time, sojourning within the district. Such
Sobrse is also demanded by considerations which apply
to branches of the public service. For the nesessities
in this behalf I invite your partieular attention to the
"eport of the Secretary of the Navy.
I have this, Gentlemen of the two Houses of
- ongress, presensed you a true and faithful picture
of the condition of public affairs, both foreign
and domestic. The wants of the public service are
made known to you ; and matters of no ordinary im-
portance are urged upon your consideration. Shall
1 be permitted to congratulate you on the happy
auspices under which you have assembled, and at toe
important change in the condition of things which has
occurred in the last three years ? During that period
questions with foreign powers, of vital importance to the
peace of our country, have been settled and adjusted. 4„
desolating and lasting war with savage tribes has :seen
brought to a close. The internal tranquillity of the
country, threatened by agitating questions, has been pre-
served. The credit of the Government, which had exon-
rienced a temporary embarrassment, has been thoroughly
restored. Its coffers, which, for a season, wore empty,
have been replenished. A currency, nearly uniform in
its value, has taken the place of one derpreciated acid
almost worthless. Commerce and mattii':netures, which
had suffered in common with every otlFer interest, hale
once more revived ; and the whole e'ountry exhibits an
aspect of prosperity and happiness. Trade and barter,
no longer governed by a wild and speculative mama,
rests upon a solid and substantial footing ; and the rapid
growth of our cities, in freery direction, bespeak most
strongly the favourable circumstances by which we ace
surrounded.

My happiness in the retirement which shortly awaits
me is the ardent hope which I experience, that this state
of prosperity is neither deceptive nor destined to be short
lived ; and that measures which have not yet received its
sanction, but which I cannot but regard as closely con-
nected with the honour, the glory, and still more en-
larged prosperity of the country, are destined, at v-t
early hour, to receive the approval of Congress. Unch-r
these circumstances, and with these anticipations, I shag
most gladly leave to others more able than myself the
noble and pleasing task of sustaining the public prosp-
-ity. I shall carry with me into retirement the gratify-
mg reflection that as my sole object throughout has been
to advance the public goo 3, I may not entirely ha,e
failed in accomplishing it ; and this gratification is
heightened in no small degree by the fact that when,
ander a deep and abiding sense of duty, I have found
myself constrained to resort to the qualified veto, it has
neither beea followed by disappraval on the part of the
people, nor weakened in any degree their attachment w
that great Conservative feature of our Government.
Washington, December, 1841.

JOHN-' TYLER.

PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
In ale Senate the treaty concluded by Mr. Cushing
China has been received and read. It is understoo 1
illat it secures for the United States many important ad-
'►antages, and it will doubtless he confirmed. Mr. Allen,
of Ohio, renewed the motion he offered at the last ses-
sion, calling on the President for copies of all the cor-
respondence with Great Britain relating to the Oreg,:ii
dispute. This motion was finally carried-24 to 16. So
this will shortly be blazoned to the world.
In the House, Mr. John Quincy Adams has finally
succeeded in having the rule of the House rescind., I
which provided against the reception of petitions refer-
ring to the abolition of slavery. Those petitions are
now on the same footing as all others, and are received
and referred. The vote stood 108 to 80. Mr. Adams
has been working for this object, which he has now suc-
cessfully accomplished, for the last ten years. So much
of the President's Message as related to the annexation
of Texas having been referred to the Committee on Fo-
reign Affairs, the Chairman of that Committee has re-
ported a joint resolution for carrying the project into
effect. 'The resolution is as follows :

" Joint Resolution for Annexing Texas to the United
States.

" Resolved, &c.—That annexation and union-between
the United States and the republic of Texas tdlce effect
as settled, the 12th day of April last, in the following
words, viz. :

[Here follows a copy of the treaty of annexation.]
" Resolved,—And the said articles are hereby de-
clared to be the fundamental law of union between the
said United States and Texas, so soon as the supreme
authorities of the said republic of Texas shall agree to
the same. And it shall be the duty of the President of
the United States, so soon as he shall be officially notified
of such agreement on the part of Texas, to announce the
same by proclamation.

" Re-solved further by the authority aforesaid,—Thlt
it is understood and intended that whatever was stipu-
lated to be done immediately, or At a fixed period, after
the exchange of said compact, shall be done immediatrly
or in a like period after the wapreme authorities of Texai
shall have formally agreo'a to these resolutions."
Mr. Ingersoll gave 'notice that, on Monday, the 23,l
instant, he would niove to go into Committee of the whole
House on the !'sate of the Union, for the purpose of tak-
ing up this
Mr 13fmton, in the Senate, has introduced his counter
proPoeition, proposing that Texas (proper) be annex., I
Wilk'. assent of Mexico.
-The Bill is as follows:
" A Bill to provide for the Annexation of Texas to
-the United States.

"Be it enacted by the Senate and House 04 Represen-
tatives of the United States of America in Cngress as-
sembled, that the President of the United Sles be, an !
be hereby is, authorised and advised to open negotiations
with. Mexico and Texas, for the adjustment of bound,
riot and the annexation of the latter to the United States
Qv. the following bases, to wit:—
"1. The boundary of the annexed territory to be in
the desert prairie west of the Nueces, and along the high-
lands and mountain heights which divide the waters of
ahe Mississippi from the waters of the Rio del Norte,
:and to the latitude 42 degrees north.
"2. The people of Texas, by a legislative act, or by
any authentic act which shows the will of the majority,
talexpreas their assent to said annexation.
" 3. A state, to be called ' the State of Texas,' with
boundaries fixed by herself, and an extent not exceeding
that of the largest States of the Union, be admitted into
the Union, by virtue of this Act, on an equal footing
'with the original States.

" 4. The remainder of the annexed territories to be
held and disposed of by the United States as one of
their territories, and to be called ' the South-west
Terri tory.'
" 5. The existence of slavery to be for ever prohi-
bited in the northern and north-western part of stlid
territory, west of the 100th degree of longitude, west
from Greenwich, so as to divide, as equally as may be,
the whole of the annexed country between slave-holding
and non-slaveholding States. _ _

" 6. The assent of Mexico to be °bailed by treaty to
such annexation and boundary, or to b dispensed with
when the Congress of the United State4nay deem such
assent to be unnecessary.
" 7. Other details of the annexation to be adjusted spy
treaty, so far as the same may come within the scope of
the treaty-making Power."
The Bill was referred to the Committee on Foreign
Affairs, without being read.
T'ne ether discussions of Congress, are not of any
women t.

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.

The Secretary of the Navy, in his report, states the
navy of the 'United States to consist of 6 ships of the line,
1 razee, 14 frigates, 21 sloops of war, 16 brigs and
echo mars, 3 store ships, and 8 steamers aflJat. There are
on the stocks, in an unfinished state, 4 ships of the line,
3 frigates, 1 store ship, an iron steamer at Pittsburgh,
and 1 at the navy yard at Washington.
The vessels in commission have been thus employed:
—ln the home squadron, under Coin. Connor, the frigate
Potomac, the sloops Vincennes, Vandalia, and Falmouth;
the brigs Somers and Lawrenee, and the steamer Union.
In ale Met iterranean, under Com. Smith, the frigates
Oamberland and Columbia, sloops Plymouth and Fair-
field, and store ship Lexington. On the coast of Brazil,
under Com. Turner, the Columbus, 74; frigates Bari[an
and Congress, sloops John Adams and Boston, brims
Bainbridge, and schooner Enterprise. In the Pacili,
under Commander Slows, the frigates United States and
Savannah; sloops Cyanc, Levant, and Warren; schooner
Shark, and store ship Relief. The East India squad', ai
remains as before, and is under Commander F. A. Parker.
The squadron on the coast of Africa, under Commander
M. C. Perry, consists of the frigate Macedonia, sloop,
Saratoga and Decatur, and brig Passaic. The squadron
under intended changes will mount 83 guns. Of this
squadron the report says:—
" The operations of the squadron have, it is believed,
exercised a favourable influence in preventing the slit e
trade. With the provision of our law denouncing it
piracy, and the presence of our own naval forces, with
authority to visit all vessels under the American flag, i t
is not probable that our citizens will engage in this chi.
graceful and perilous traffic, or our flag be used by (Awl s
to any great extent.
" If other Christian nations would inflict the same
punishment on the offenders, it is not improbable that ilic
trade would cease."

The following vessels have been employed in the spe-
cial service designated ;—The Constitution to carry H. A.
Wise to Rio, and cruise in the Indian Ocean ; the
steamer Princeton, to try sundry experiments ; the
steamer Poinsett, to make surveys near the Belize ; the
brig Trexton, to bring home the remains of Com. Porter;
the steamers, Colonel Harney and General Taylor, to
transport recruits and supplies ; the schooner Plicenix
and brig Oregon, as packets between this country and
the Isthmus of Darien. The force proposed to be em-
ployed during the year, commencing on the Ist day of
July, 1845, consists of 10 frigates, 13 sloops-of-war,
7 brigs, 2 schooners, 4 armed steamers, 3 small steame!,,,
4 store-ships, and 2 small vessels, less than last year, but
more than is authorised by the appropriations.
The above particulars comprise everything of interest
to the English reader.