Polynesian., 1851-03-22

10 HIS ExCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
The humble Address of the Mayor, Alder
and port Of Southampton, in Common
Council assembled, this Doth day of Dec,
1850.
May it please your Excelency We, the
Common Council of the said town and coun-
ty, specially convened for the purpose, beg
leave to offer to the President, the Govern
ment, and People of the United States of
America, the most sincere expressions of re-
spect and esteem, and our sincere desire, in
common with our countrymen at large, to
aid the continuation and to secure the in
crease of that friendly communication which
exists SO extensively between the two great
est maritime nations Of the world
We have noticed, with the deepest adm-
ration, the gratifying support and counten-
ance with which Your Excelency and the
Government and People of the United States
have regarded the Great Exhibition of 1851
an exhibition designed by our beloved Prince
Albert, and adopted with enthusiasm by the
people of this country, as eminently calcu-
lated to benefit the great family of man,
,
essentially to promote the claims Of industry
and commerce, and extend the blessings of
universal amity, peace, and concord. With
the most grateful estimate of the advantage
Of the sanction of your great country in this
behalf, we observe, with the highest gratif-
cation, that it has been proposed by your
Exceilency and the Executive to despatch
the productions and manufactures contributed
by America, in the United States line-of-
battle ship Pennsylvania, or some other govt.
vessel, the most graceful compliment that
could be paid to this country, and which will
be appreciated as most splendid addition to
the cordial cooperation of great and ener-
getic people.
We respectfully and earnestly invite
the honor of being made the port of arrival
of that distinguished vessel. Our waters
have been graced by the St. Lawrence,
and our docks and wharves have ac-
commodaied the Washington and Her
mann, with many other American ships and
vessels of lesser note; but We should rejoice
indeed, to have at this port an United States
Government vessel, charged with the prac-
tcal support of the Worlds Exhibition, and
glory in the visit of a people so kindred tc
ourselves.
We may be permitted to add, that South.
ampton is the nearest port to London thai
offers suitable dock and railway accommo-
dation, and there is no nearer transit to the
exhibition, unless the navigation to the
Thames is adopted, which, although accom-.
panied by the great skill of your navigators
is beset with dangers from the Isle Of Wight
onwards, that lead to the enormous sacrifice
of life and property detailed in the publica-
tion we venture to attach.
| Under all the circumstances, we are i'll
duced to hope that Southampton may be Sc
lected as the Port in question, and adopted
for the resort Of the Pennsylvania, or any
o:ner Tier government vessel selected for the
.,,..-;ng the Great Exhibition
of 1851; but that, in Snv ca. Use. your EAcel, =
lency will doign to receive the .assura"c" u
our profound respect, and this earnest trl-
butte Of our admiration and regard towards a
nation and people so disinterestedly adopting
project which will be made as glorious, by
the approval of the nations of the world,
as it was exalted and distinguished in its
origin, and universal in its adaptation to the
commerce Of all countries and the happiness
of man.
Given under our Common Seal, at the
Council Chamber Of our borough and town
and county, this Doth day of December,
1850.
Mr. Stebbing then moved that a deputation
wait upon the American Minister, to present
the memorial to him, with request that it
be forwarded to the President Of America,
and also confer with the directors of the
railway, with regard to carrying out the
c.L. tbo, tho into @
of Southampton by taking the goods for the
exhibition, brought in the Pennsylvania, free
of charge.
OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENCE.
London, Friday evening, Dec. 20, 1850
The arrival of the Niagara was looked for
ward to with some interest, as she was ex-
pected to be the bearer of President Fill
ia;.ore's message. The noble ship arrived at
Liverpool on Tuesday last, and telegraphic
summary Of the message appeared in the
London evening papers of that day.
The Times after making comparison be-
tween the personal careers of Mr.. Fillmore
and of Louis Napoleon, draws parallel be-
tween the message of the latter ard that OF
the President of the United States. 1t re-
CARDS the tone of the message as mild, pacI-
fic, and constitutional, well suited to the po-
sition so suddenly, as it were unexpectedly,
thrust upon the President. 1t declares Mr..
Fillmore's views of finance as mildly, but
decidedly protectionist, but is Of opinion that
the tariff will undergo no alteration.
1t is out Of the question, says the Times,
that territory like the United States, with
thousands of miles of coast, and of British
and Mexican frontier, should be able to pro-
tect imports amounting to nearly f4O, ,OOO, 600
a year, from frauds Of one sort or another.
Under the high tariffs of former years. New
York, and every other city of the Union. was
flooded with British goods, the very price OF
which, proved that they had escaped the
custom house. Should it be again attempted
to draw large sum from superior articles OF
manufacture, they would soon make their
way by irregular channels. An unaffected
respect for the chief of an enlightened and
liberal commonwealth makes us regret that