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      Uxlted States. "' The Presidents Message...

      _UXlTED STATES . "' THE _PRESIDENTS MESSAGE . _LiVEUWOL _, _Moxdat , Dec . 22 , 1845—The Sea , Captain Freeman ,. arrived here this afternoon , _hriii-zins the above important document She sailed on the oth fro-i Sandy Hook , but brings nothing later than the ord from Sew York . The Message was delivered on the 2 nd instant .

      THE MESSAGE . Fe !! sw- ' * _tiz-: ? n = > of the Senate , and _nouse of Re-¦ _nresenVi'Sves , —It- is a source of . unaffected satisfaction _:-i meet the representatives of the States and _rlie -KT _. ple in C : msrcss assembled , as it will be to re-(• _i-ivo ilie ala of tlieir combined wisdom in the _atlmini-jtratVin of _public affairs . In performing , for the first time , the d' _-. ty imposed on me by the constitu-¦ _tzoa . oi" _irlvsnir to you _information of the state of the "CniiKi . and _recommending to yoa such measuresas in in-.- j : i ( k * _. mo _>* t aro _iiecc-s-ai'y _' aiKl exp ' . _'d'ont , I am _hanpy that lean _congratulate _^ you on the continued _Tifo _^ perity of oar _chantry . L nder the blessings of _jliviae _Providence and the heni * ni influence of our _frea _hisis : _uiions _* . _itsisnds _before the world a speetaele © i " national happine > s .

      In cal 3 : n _* r the attention of Congress to our _relaiinns witli foreign powers . I am _jiratifietl to ba able to > t ire that , _thoujili with some of them there have exist el sines your last session serious causes ol irrita-Tion and _mlsunderstandim . _** , yet no actual hostilities have _taken p lace . Ad *> ,, ting tiie maxim in the enn-• _iuct of oar _forci-m affairs to " ask _nothing that is not _ri-rht , and to submit to nothing that is _rrrcoz" it lias l «? en my anxious desire to preserve peace with all nations ; but , at the same time , to be ¦ prepared to resist aggression , aud to maintain all our just ri _^ hi _.- _* _- .

      MEXICO AXD TEXAS . After the _abave preliminary remarks " Mexico and Texas" form the first subject of President Polk ' s * _Mi-ssa 2 _C . " He recapitulates the history of the a _: i . * icx . -iti « n of Texas , and recommends to Congress to take immediate measures to render the " annexation" perfect : — Questions deeply interesting to Texas , in common "Kha tue other states ; the extension of our revenue laves and judicial system over her people and territory , _a-j well as measures of a local character , will <& i ! ui the early attention of Congress , and therefore , Giios everv priaeijne of republican government , she

      ouglii to be represented iu that body without unnecessary delay . I cannot too earnestly recommend prompt ac : io « on this important object . As soon as the act to r . _:- _; nit Texas as a state shall be passed , tiie naion of ihe two republics wiU be consummated by _latirowji voluntary consent . This accession to our _territory has beeu a _bk-odJess achievement . No arm oi * fmve has been raised to produce the result . The sword has had no part in the victory . Wc have not ii & xzvz lo extend < . _* ur territorial _pusscsnons by _concatst , or our republican institutions over a reluctant _ju-fipki . It was the delib 2 r . it * : homage of each people to lae area : principle of our federative union .

      Tue President denounces the interference of the _Iisropesn Governments in the Texan question , on -which _subject he read ' s a smart lecture io our French _Ii-cluii _^ _iCj - _'ii-s;——The-jurisdiction of the United _St'ics , which at tiic _; _or : i : nt : oa ofthe tedc'ii ! < "Jiistituiion was bounded by the St . Mary ' s 011 the Atlantic , has _passed the capes c-f Florida , and been peacefully extended to the Del _N-ir : e . Ia contemplating the grandeur of This event , it is not to be forgotten that the result was achieved in despite of the diplomatic interference of jiaropean monarchies . . Even France—the country ¦ _whk-ii had been our ancient ally—the country which has a _common interest with us ia maintaining the _freedo'ii ofthe seas—the country which , by the cession of Louisiana , first opened to us access to the Gait of Mexico—the country with whieh we have

      been cYvrj year drawing more and more closely the _03 nd 5 of _juceessful commerce—most unexpectedly , and t- - » our _unfeigned regret , took part in an effort to prevent annexation , and to impose on Texas , as a condition of : he recognition of her independence by _ilcxk-. *» , tint she would never join herself to the United States . Wc may rejoice that the tranquil aad pervr . di < 3 _£ influence of the American principle of _self-government was suilieient to defeat the _pur-]' . * i £ es of _Ijiitish and French interference , and that the alniosi unanimous voice of the people of Texas hasrlvea _tothas interference a . peaceful and effective rebuke . From this example European _governments mar _k-ara how vain diulomctic arts and _intrigues must ever prove , upon this continent , against tu : it sysieni of _self-uovernment which seems natural to onr _sail , and which will ever resist foreign interference .

      _Tii .- _Presisbnt than relates ihe _differences which have _arista between the United States and Mexican _garernvsc-nts , _avisinj out of the annexation of Texas _, lie " _aiaeses' thereto an account of the injuries inflict . ;! by _M-exic-j on the United States : — Ba ; th-v _- iih _M-ixico cannot complain ofthe United Si _^ 's on a _= _* c & qat ofthe annexation of Texas , it is to be _r-dgttKtctl that serious causes of _inismiderstandiiig _Letw-een the two countries continue io exist , _urowing 0 . 11 uf usrsdresscd injuries _inli _' eted by the Mexican _authorities _Jui J people oa the persons and property of eiiizrus of the United States , t _' _irouijh a loi « series « f y . ' . * _iis . Mexico has admitted these injuries , hut has series * wl and refused to repair them .

      _AlW very _lengthily dwelling oa the details of these " Injuries , " this portion ofthe "Message " _esnsiades with an intimation that diplomatic relations hr . ve teen recently renewed between the two g'jT- ; T ; i : nciits , and a hope is expressed that all poli . _iieal differences will now be amicably adjusted , and that Mexic * * wili fully atone for _tlis " wrongs" and "injuries" charged a ? ainst her by the United States . Wc now c : me to the most important portion of the " _Messarre " which wc eive full and entire : _—*

      ins OREGO . V QUESTION ' . My attention was early directed to the negotiation , _wjiiaa . or , tiie 4 th of March last , I found pending at "Washington _b-i-xween the United States and Great Britain , 0 : 1 the subject of the _Oregon territory . Three several attempts had been previously made to _se ? ile the questions in dispute between the two _e-iuairlfs , by _negotiation , upon the principle of _comprimsise : but each had proved unsueeassfui . Thes : ui _^ tiatious fcnk place at London , in the _TOirs 2 S 13 . IS 24 . and 1836 ; the two _fii-st under the _sui _.-ainlsirauon of Mr . Monroe , and the last under that « f Mr . Adams . The negotiation of ISIS having failed to _assoinplish its object , resulted in the _con-Timlon of tiie 20 th of October of that vcar . By the

      tli : rd _anisic of that convention , it " was " agreed , that any country tiiat may be claimed by either _p * - . ny o . _i the _li-irthwcst . coast of America , westward ofthe 5 to : iy Mountaius shall , together with its _harhriurs . bays , and creeks , aud the navigation of all rivers within the same , ba free and open for the term _tifwa years fmni the date of the si _^ ualure of the aresens _eanvsnuoa , to the vessels , _eitiz-.-iis , and sub-J * _vls . of the two powers , it being well understood that this agreement is not to be construed to the prejudice < if any claim which either of the two high contracting parties saav have to _jiny part of _thesiid country ; v _« r shall i : b ; rnken to affect the claims of any other juiwer or stare to any part of tha said country ; the oa y _obU-ct of the high contracting parties in that _rcsv-ee ; being , to prevent disputes and differences _aj _.-i' _-nu themselves . "

      i ite _neicotiation of 1 S 24 was productive of no resuit _, a ' _-d the _eouventinn of ISIS was left unchanged . Tiw uegiaiauGu of 1 S 2 G , having also failed to e & ct _an r .-ij :: st ; iieut by compromise , resulted in the convention of August the ( ttu , 1 _S 27 , by which it was _jiLTeej to _continue in force for au _imioiinite period the _{ _iroTisiuui of the third article of the convention of i ! ie 2 : " » _tb of October , ISIS ; and it was further pro--vj _skd , that "it shall be competent , however , to « Hht : r of tUc coutractius parties , in ca . xeeither shmild thml ; f _, r , ai any _tinir lftcr the 2 i _) _ih of Oetober , 1 S 28 , < _- _•« r : v ; : ig due notice « f twolv « months to the other _c-ifttrssciing party , to annul and _abrogate _tltis convent : w : _i : and ir shall , iu such case , he aceoixliKgly _en-Ti-. « _-jy _jiunullcd a : _* d _abrogated after the said terra ol ¦ no tice . " In these attempts toadjusttkeeontroversv , _t ? i * ' _Mrailcl of the forty-siiith _degree of north latitude h . il b _.-i' : i offered hy die _United States to Great Brit _tiss . and ia those _nf 1 S 18 and 1820 , with a further vn : ife _>/! on of ti : c free _navisation of tlie Columbia

      1 r . vr sfead . of that , latitude . The parallel of the IV- ; t- - -niRr ' i _dv _^ ree from the Rock y v _' onntains to its _iisu-rsr-rtlen with the uurdi-castermost branch of the C _liinnbia , and thence down the channel of that river to the sea , ha : _l been . - ifFtred by Great Britain , with . 155 * n _^ H : if .: i of a small detached _ten-. to _* rv north of _tu- vr . ! .::. iti !; i . Each of these _i-iouositions had beer 1 X 3 ; c ed _s . y tic partic . respettively . Hi » Jrt « W . ] _Sl : _j , the cnv / iy-extraordinarr and TCia- _ < : « - -iviHput ci . tiary of the United States in l ' «« :.. w was _aulhorised to make a similar offer to _la-is-i _inaije 111 181-8 awl iS 3 « . ___ _* _fWi the 1 _,-MsiMC ! _iriitn _tk-iiMotiation wa _^ _Lortlvafiereanhtr-. r . _^ . err , - _d to _« asV . ngwa ; and . on ihe 23 rd oi

      _ii'is / ist , _U-qj , w _: is . ' _araialiy _opened , under the dirvi - _ison or my immediate _predcc--ss . - . _'r . _Liko aU the p _erious _aeaatiaiions _, it was hised u :. on principles ot _copprowse ; " a , „ i the avowed _pun-osc of the _y _< -.. _ues was to " treat of ihe res ; ecti ve _daims of the two countries w the Oregon _tcrrji . orv , with tiie view to **?**?_ ni'ermanciit _boundary bcuvcenthem _wastwar--ottueR ,, cKy _Monutains tothe Pacific Oceau - Aec ramgly , on tlie 26 th of Ausust 1 _^ 14 the British _Pkmpotentiarv . _iffered to divide the Orego _/ _i Sto T with _thSrfc _"" thc _J _' , 0 ! nt ofUs "' _Section _SV _4 _' _^ _«^? CTI , _^ , ?» « shof tl , e Columbia I « _ntapauic a ~ lnetouut 1-y « , uth of tlu 5 line-

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      to belong to the United States , and that north of it to Great Britain . At the same time , he proposed , in addition , to yield to the United States a detached territory , north ofthe Columbia , extending along the Pacific and the Straits of Fucha , from Bullfinch ' s Harbour inclusive to Hood ' s Canal , and to make free to the United States any port or ports south of latitude forty-nine degrees which they might desire , either on the main land or on Quadra and Vancouver ' s Island . With the exception of the free ports , this was the same offer which had been made by the British , and rejected by the American government in the negotiation of 1826 . This proposition was properly rejected by the American plenipotentiary on the day it was submitted . This was the only proposition of compromise offered by the British plenipotentiary . The proposition on the part of Great Britain having been _rejected , the Lritish plenipotentiary requested that a proposal should be made by the United States for " an equitable adjustment of the question . "

      When I came into office I found this to be the state of the negotiation . Though entertaining the settled conviction that the British pretensions of title couid uot he maintained to any portion of the Oregon territory upon any principle of public law recognised b y nations , yet , in deference to what had been done by my predecessors , and especially in consideration that propositions ef compromise had been thrice made by two preceding administrations , to adjust the question on the parallel of forty-nine degrees , _Jind in two of them yielding to Great Britain the free navigation of the Columbia , and that the pending negotiation

      had been commenced on the biisis-of compromise , I deemed it to be my duty not abruptly to break it off . Tn consideration , too , that under the conventions ot ISIS and 1827 , the citizens and subjects of the two powers held a joint occupaney of the country , I was induced to make another effort to settle this longpending controversy in the spirit of moderation wliich had given birth to the renewed discussion . A proposition was , accordingly , made , which was rejected by the British plenipotentiary , who , without submitting any other proposition , suffered the _nesotiation on his part to drop , expressing his trust that the United States would offer what he saw fit

      local ! " some further proposal for the settlement of the Oregon question more consistent with fairness and equity , and with the reasonable expectations oi the British government . " The proposition thus offered and rejected repeated the offer ofthe parallel to forty-nine degrees of north latitude , which had been made by two preceding adniiustrations , but without proposing to surrender to Great Britain , as they had done , the free navigation of the Columbia rivii _* . The right of any foreign power to the free navigation of any of our rivers , through the heart of our country , was one which I was unwilling to concede . It also embraced a provision to make free to Great Britain any port or ports on the Cape of Quadra and Vancouver ' s Island , south of this parallel . Ilad this been a new question , coming under discussion for the first time , this proposition

      would not have been made . The extraordinary and wholly inadmissible demands of the British government , and the rejection of the proposition made in deference alone to what had been done by my predecessors and the implied obligation which their acts seemed to impose , afford satisfactory evidence that no compromise which the United States ought to accept can be _effected . With this conviction , the proposition of compromise which had been made and rejected , was , by my direction , subsequently withdrawn , and our title to the whole Oregon territory asserted , and , as is believed , maintained by irrefragable facts and arguments . Tiie civilised world will sec in these proceedings a spirit of liberal concession on the part of the United States ; and this government will be relieved from all responsibility which may follow the failure to settle the centroversv .

      All attempts at compromise having failed , it becomes the duty of Congress to consider wha _* : measures it may lie proper to adopt for the security and protection of our citizens now inhabiting , or who may hereafter inhabit Oregon , and for the maintenance ot our just title to that territory . In adopting measures for this purpose care should be taken that nothing be done to violate the stipulations ofthe convention of 1827 , which is still in force . The faith of treaties in their letter and spirit has ever been , and I trust will ever be , scrupulously observed by the United States . Under that convention a year ' s notice is required to be given by either party to the other before the joint occupancy shall terminate , and before either can rightfully assert or exercise exclusive jurisdiction over any portion of the territory . This notice it would , in my judgment , be proper to give , and I recommend that provision be made by law for giving it accordingly , and terminating in this manner the convention of the 6 th of August , 1 S 27 . «

      It will become proper for Congress to determine what legislation they can , in the mean time , adopt without violating this convention . Beyond all question , the protection of our laws and our jurisdiction , civil and criminal , ought to be immediately extended over our citizens in Oregon . They have had just cause to complain of our long neglect in this particular , and have , inconsequence , been compelled , for their own security and protection , to establish a provisional government for themselves . Strong in their allegiance , and ardent in their attachment to the United States , they have been thus cast upon their own resources . They are anxious that our laws should be extended over them , and I recommend that this be done by Congress with as little delay as possible , in the full extent to wliich the Britsih Parliament have

      proceeded in regard to British subjects in that territory , bytbeiraefcof July 2 nd , 1 S 21 , "forregulating the fur trade and establishing a criminal and civil jurisdiction within certain parts of North America . " By this act Great Britain extended her laws and jurisdiction , civil and criminal , over hersubjeets engaged in the fur trade in that territory . By it the courts of the province of Upper Canada were empowered to take cognizance of causes civil and crintinal . Justices ofthe peace and other judicial officers were authorized to be appointed in Oregon , with power to execute all process issuing from the courts of that province , and to" sit and hold courts of record for the trial of criminal offences and misdemeanours " not made the subject of capital punishment , and also of civil cases , where the cause of action shall not" exceed in value the amount or sum of two hundred pounds . ";

      Subsequent to the date of this act of Parliament , a grant was made from the " British crown" to the Hudson ' s Bay Company , of the exclusive trade with the Indian tribes in the Oregon territory , subject to a __ reservation that it shall not operate to the exclusion " of the subjects of any foreign states who , under or by force of any convention for the time being , between us and such foreign states respectively , may be entitled to , and shall be engaged in , the said trade . " It is much to be regretted , that , while under this act British subjects have enjoyed the protection of British laws and British judicial tribunals

      throughout the whole of Oregon , American citizens , in the same territory , have enjoyed no such protection from their government . At the same time , the result illustrates the character of our people and " their institutions . In spite of this neglect , they have multiplied , and their number is rapidly increasing in that territory . They have made no appeal to arms , but have peacefully fortified themselves in their new homes , by the adoption of republican institutions for themselves ; furnishing another example of the truth that self-government is inherent to the American breast , and must prevail . It is due to them that they should be embraced and protected by our laws .

      It is deemed important that our laws regulating trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes cast of the Rocky Mountains should be extended to such tribes as dwell beyond them . The increasing emigration to Oregon , and the care and protection which is due from the government to its citizens in that distant region , make it our duty , as it is our interest , to cultivate amicable relations with the Indian tribes of that territory . For this purpose , I recommend that provison be made for establishing au Indian agency , and such sab-agencies as may be deemed necessary , beyond the Rocky Mountains .

      Forthe protection of emigrants whilst on their way to Oregon , against the attacks ofthe Indian tribes occupying the country through whicli they pass , I recommend that a suitable number of stoekades-asd blockhouse forts be erected along the usual route _between our frontier settlements on the _Missmri a & i the Rocky Mountains , and that an adequate force of mounted riflemen be raised to guard and protect them on their journey . The immediate _adontisn of these recommendations bv Congress will not violate the provisions of the existing treat v . It Kill be -doing _nsthing more for American citizens than British law * have long since done for British _sufcjectsia the sajue territorv .

      it requires several months to perform the vovage by sea from the _Atlantic states to Oregon ; " and although we have a large number , of whale ships in the Pacific , but few _« f them afford an opportunity of interchanging- intelligence , without dela _}* , between our settlements in that distant region and tlie United Statee . An overland mail is believed to be entirely practicable ; and the importance of establishing such a mail , _£ i bast once a month , is submitted to tlie favourable consideration of Congress . It is submitted to the wisdom of Congress to determine whether , at their present session , and until after the expiration of the year ' s notice , any other measures may be adopted , consistently with the

      convention of 1 S 27 , for the security of our rights , and : he government and protection of our citizens in Oregon . That it will ultimately be wise and proper to make liberal _grants of land to the patriotic pioneers , who , amidst privations and dangers , lead the way through savage tribes inhabiting the vasl wilderness intervening between our frontier _set-lcments and Oregon , and who cultivate , and are ever ready to defend the soil , I am fully satisfied . To doubt whether they will obtain such grants as soon as the _convention between the United States and Great Britain shall have ceased to exist would be t < doubt the justice of Conercss ; but , pending t ¥ _ye-u-ijiotic ? , it is worthy of consideration whether a

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      stipulation to this effect may bo made , consistentl y with / the spirit of that convention . The recommendations which I have made as to the best manner of securing our rights in Oregon are submitted to Congress with great deference . Should they , in their wisdom , devise any other mode better calculated to accomplish tlie same object , it shall meet with my hearty concurrence . At the end of the year ' s . notice , should Congress think it proper to make provision for giving that notice , we shall have reached a period when the national rights of Oregon must either be abandoned or firmly maintained . That they cannot be abandoned without a sacrifice of both national honour and interest is too clear to admit of doubt .

      Oregon is a part of the North American continent , to which it is confidently affirmed the title of the United States is the best _' now in existence . For tho grounds on which that title rests , 1 refer you to the correspondence ofthe late and present Secretary of State with the British plenipotentiary during the negotiation . The British proposition of compromise , which would make the Columbia the line south of fortv-nine degrees , with a trifling addition of detached territory to the United States north of that river , and would leave on the British side two-thirds ofthe whole _Oregon territory , including the free navigation of the Columbia and all the valuable harbours on the Pacific , can never , for a moment , L « entertained b y the United States , without an abandonment of their just and clear territorial rights , their own self-respect , and the national honour . For the information of Congress I communicate herewith the correspondence wliich took place between the governments ' during the late negotiation .

      The rapid extension of our settlements over our territories heretofore unoccupied , the addition of new states to our confederacy , the expansion of free principles , and our rising greatness as a nation , are attracting the attention ofthe powers of Europe ; and lately the doctrine has been broached in some of them of a " balance of power" on this continent , to check our advancement . The United States , sincerely desirous of preserving relations of good understanding with all nations ! cannot in silence permit auy European interference on the North American continent ; and should any such interference bo attempted , will be ready to resist it at any and all hazards .

      It is well known to the American people and to all nations that this government has never interfered with the relations subsisting between other governments . We have never made ourselves parties to their -wars or their alliances ; wc havo not sought tlieir territories by conquest ; we havo not _mingled with parties in their domestic struggles ; and believing our own form of government to be the best we have never attempted to propagate it by intrigues , by diplomacy , or by force . We may claim on this continent a like exemption from European interference . Th *? nations of America are equally sovereign and independent with those of Europe . They possess the same rights , independent of all foreign interposition , to make war , to conclude peace , and to regulate their internal affairs . The people of the United States cannot , therefore , view with indifference attempts of European powers to interfere with the independent action of the nations of this

      continent . The American system of government is entirely different from that of Europe . Jealousy amongst the different sovereigns of Europe , lest any one of them might become too powerful for the rest , has caused them anxiously to desire the establishment of what they term the " balance of power . It cannot he permitted to have any application on the North American continent , and especially to the United States . We must ever maintain the principle that the people of this continent alone have the right to decide their own destiny . Should any portion of them , constituting an independent state , propose'to unite themselves with our confederacy , this will be a question for them and us to determine , without any foreign interposition . We can never consent that European powers shall interfere to prevent sueh a union , because it might disturb the "balance of power" which they may desire to maintain upon this continent .

      Near a quarter of a century ago the principle was distinctly announced to the world , in the annual message of one of my predecessors , that " the American continents , by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain , are henceforth net to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European power . " This principle will apply with greatly increased force , should any " European power attempt to establish any new colony in North America . In _' the existing circumstances of the world , the present is deemed a proper occasion to reiterate and re-affirm the principle affirmed by Mr .

      Monroe , and to state my cordial concurrence in its wisdom and sound policy . The re-asscrtion of this principle , especially in reference to North America , is at this day but the promulgation of a policy which no European power should cherish the disposition to resist . Existing rights of every European nation should be respected ; but it is due alike to our safety and our interests , that the efficient protection of our laws should be extended over our whole territorial limits , and that it should be distinctly announced to the world as our settled policy , that no future European colony or dominion shall , with our consent , be planted or established en any part of the North

      American continent . The Prussian treaty , the Spanish ( navigation ) treaty , Texan claims , the treaty with China , and a glance at the dissentions in South America , conclude this ( the " foreign" ) portion of the "Message " : — I have thus adverted to all the subjects connected with our foreign relations to which I deem it necessary to call your attention . Our policy is not only peace with all , but good-will towards aU the powers of the earth . While wc are just to all , we require that all shall be just to us . Excepting the differences with Mexico and Great Britain , our relations with all civilised nations are of the most satisfactory character . It is hoped that in this _enlightened age these differences may be amicably adjusted .

      PIXASCIAL STATEMENT . The Secretary of the Treasury , in his annual report to Congress , will communicate a full statement ofthe condition of our finances . The imports of the fiscal year ending on the 13 th of June last were of the value of 117 , 254 , 564 dols ., of which the amount exported was 15 , 3 i 0 , 830 dols . —leaving a balance of 101 , 907 , 734 dols . for domestic consumption . The exports for the same year were of the value of 114 , 640 , 606 dols . ; of which the amountof domestic articles was 99 , 291 , 776 dols . The receipts into the Treasury during the same year were 29 , 769 , 133 dols . 50 cents . ; of which there were derived from customs 27 , 528 , 112 dols . 70 cents . ; tram sales of puWii lands 2 , 770 , 622 dols . 30 . ; eents . and from incidental and

      miscellaneous sources 163 , 993 dols . 56 cents . . The expenditures for the same period were 29 , 963 , 206 dols . 93 cents .: of which 8 , 538 , 157 dols . G 2 cents were applied to the payment of tho public debt . The balance in the Treasury on the 1 st of June last was 7 , 658 , 306 dols , 22 cents . The amount of the public debt remaining unpaid on the 1 st of October last , was 17 , 075 , 445 dols . 52 cents . Further payment of the pubiie debt would have been made , in anticipation of the period of its reimbursement under the authority conferred upon the Secretary of the Treasury by the acts of July 21 , 1 S 41 , and of April 15 , 1842 , and March 3 , 1843 , had not the unsettled state of our relations with Mexico menaced hostile collision with that power . In view of such a contingency , it was deemed prudent to retain in the Treasury an amount unusually large for ordinary purposes . A few years ago , our whole national debt growing nut of therevolution and the war of 1812 with Great

      _Britain was extinguished , and we presented to tlie world the rare and noble speetaele of a great and growing people who had fully discharged every obligation . Since that time the existing debt has been contracted ; and small as it was , in comparison with the similar burdens of most other Rations , it should be extinguished at the earliest practicable period . Should the state of the country permit , and especially , if our foreign relations interpose no obstacle , it is contemplated to app ly all the monies in the Treasury as they accrue beyond what is required for the appropriations by Congress to its liquidation . I cherish the hope of soon being able to congratulate the country on its recovering once more the lofty position which it so recently occupied . Our country , which exhibits to the world the benefits of self-government , in develop ing all the sources of national prosperity , owes to mankind the permanent example of a nation free from the blighting influence of a public debt .

      THE TARIFF . The tariff of 1 S 42 is alluded to in the Message . A revision and modification of the present tariff is recommended , and an abolition of the minimum principle , or assumed and arbitrary value ef specific duties , and the substitution in their places of ad valorem duties . A system of ad valorem revenue duties , with proper discriminations , will , it is stated , afford ample and incidental advantages to the manufacturers . It is the opinion of the executive , " that such a system , strictly within tho revenue standard , will place the manufacturing interests of America on a stable footing , and secure their permanent _advantoge ; while it will , as nearly as may be practicable , extend to all the great interests of the country the incidental protection which can be afforded by its revenue laws . " That portion of the " Message" relating to the question of banks and banking , we £ ivc entire : —

      RECOMMENDATION OF A _GOVERNMENT BANK . By the constitution of the United Suites it is provided , that /' no money shall be draw'n from the treasury but in consequenee of appropriations made by law . " A public treasury was undoubtedly . contemplated and intended to be created , in which _x hv public money should be kept from theperiod of collet' - "ion until needed for the public use . In the collection and disbursement of the public money no *

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      _agencies have ever been employed by law , except such as ' were appointed by the government directly responsible to it , and under its control , the safekeep ing of public money should be conhded to a public treasury created by law , and under like responsibility and control . It is not to be imagined that the framers ofthe constitution could have intended that a t reasury should be created as a place of deposit and safe-keeping of the public money which _wss irresponsible to the government . The lirst Congress under the constitution , by the act of the 2 nd ol September , 1789 , " to establish the treasury department , " provided for the appointment of a treasurer , and made it his duty to " receive and keep the _monies ofthe United States , " and " at all times to submit to the secretary of the treasury and the comp troller , or cither of tliem , the inspection of the in liis hands . " "

      money That banks , national or state , could not have been intended to be used as a substitute for the treasury spoken of in the constitution , as keepers of tho public monev , is manifest from the fact , that at that time there was no national bank , and hut three or four state banks of limited capital existed in the country . Their employment as depositories was at first resorted to , to a limited extent , but with no avowed intention of continuing them permanently , in place of the treasury of the constitution . When they were afterwards from time to time employed , it was from motives of supposed convenience .

      Our experience has shown that when banking corporations have been the keepers ofthe public money , and been thereby made in effect the treasury , the government can have no guaranty that it can command the use of its own money for public purposes . The late Bank of the United States proved to be faithless . But a few years ago , with millions of money in their keeping , the government was brought almost to bankruptcy , and the public credit seriously iniDaired , because of their inability or indisposition to pay , on demand , to the public creditors , in the only currency recognised by the constitution . Their failure occurred in a period of peace , and great inconvenience and loss were suffered by the public from it . Had the country been involved in a foreign war , that inconvenience and loss would have been much

      greater , and mig ht have resulted in extreme public calamity . The public money should not be mingled with the private funds of banks or individuals , or be used for private purposes . When it is placed in banks for safe keeping , it is in effect loaned to them without interest , and is loaned by them upon interest to the borrowers from them . The pu blic money is converted into banking capital , and is used and loaned out for the private profit of bank stockholders ; and when called for ( as was the case in 1837 ) , it may be in the psekets of the borrowers from the banks , instead of being in the public treasury contemplated by the constitution . The framers of the constitution could never have intended that the money paid into the treasury should be thus converted to private use , and placed beyond the control of the government .

      Banks whicli hold the public money are often tempted by a desire of gain to exceed their loans , increase their circulation , and thus stimulate , if not produce , a spirit of speculation and extravagance , which sooner or later must result in ruin to thousands . If the public money bo not permitted to be thus used , but be kept in the treasury and paid out to the public creditors in gold and silver , the temptation afforded by its deposit with banks to an undue expansion of their business would be checked , while the amount of the constitutional currency left in circulation would be enlarged by its employment in tho public collections and disbursement ' s , and the banks themselves would , in consequence , be found in

      a safer and sounder condition . At present , state banks are employed as depositories , but without adequate regulation of law , whereby the public money can be secured against the casualities and excesses , revulsions , expansions , and defalcations , to which , from over-issues , overtrading , an iaordinate desire for gain , or other causes , they are constantly exposed . The Secretary of the Treasury has in all cases , when it was practicable , taken collateral security for the amount which they hold , by the pledge of stocks to the United States , or such of the states _as-were in good credit . Some of the deposit banks have given this description of security , and others have declined to do so .

      Entertaining the opinion that " the separation ol the monies of the government from banking institutions is indispensable forthe funds of the government and the rights of the people , " I recommend to Congress that provision be made by law for such separation , and that a constitutional treasury be created for the safe-keeping ot the public money . The constitutional treasury recommended is designed as a secure depository for the public money , without any power to make loans or discounts , or to issue any paper whatever as a currency or circulation . I cannot doubt that such a treasury as was contemplated by the constitution should be independent of all banking corporations . The money ofthe people should be kept in the treasury oJthe people created by law , and be in the custody of agents of the people chosen by themselves , according to the forms of the constitution : agents who are directly responsible to the

      government , who are under adequate bonds and oaths , and are subject to severe punishments for embezzlement , private use , or misapplication of the public funds , or for any failure in other respects to perform their duties . To say that the people or their _ijovernment arc incompetent , or not to be trusted with the custody of their own money , in their own treasury , provided by themselves , but must rely on the presidents , cashiers , and stockholders of banking corporations , not appointed by them , nor responsible to them , would be to to concede that they are _incompetentof self-government . In recommending the establishment of a constitutional treasury in which the public money shall be kept , I desire that adequate provision be made by law for its safety , and that all executive discretion or control over it shall be removed , except such as maybe necessary in directing its disbursement in pursuance of appropriations made by law .

      The sale of the public lands , the continuance of the system of pre-emption , and the management of the mineral lands of the United States are next spoken of . The condition of the United States , Army is favourably noticed . Then follows a notice of the dissentions amongst some of the Indian tribes . Following which comes a recommendation for increasing the efficiency of

      THE NAVY . I refer you to the report of the Secretary of the Navy for the present condition of that branch of the national defence ; and for grave suggestions , having for tlieir object the increase of its efficiency and a greater economy in its management . * r * * * The commerce of the United States , and with it the navigating interest , have steadily and rapidly increased since ; the organization , of our government , un il it is believed we are now second to but one power in , the world , and at no distant day we shall probably be inferior to none . Exposed as they must be , it has been a wise poliey to afford to these important interests protection with our ships of war , distributed in the great highways of trade

      throughout the world , hor more than thirty years appropriations have been made , and annually expended , for the gradual increase of our naval forces . In peace , our navy performs tho important'duty of protecting our commerce ; and , in the event of war , will be , as it has been , a most efficient means of defence . The successful use of steam navigation on the ocean has been followed by the introduction of war steamers in great and increasing numbers into the navies of the principal maritime powers of the world . A due regard to our own safety and to an efficient protection to our large and increasing commerce demands a corresponding increase on our part . No country has greater facilities for the construction oi vessels of this description than ours , or can promise

      itself greater advantages from their employment . They are admirably adapted to the protection of our commerce , to tl _* e rapid transmission of intelligence , and to the coast defence . In pursuance of the wise policy of a gradual increase of our navy , large supplies of live oak timber and other materials for shipbuilding have been collected , and are now under shelter , and in a state of good preservation , while iron steamers can be built with great facility in various parts of the Union . The use of iron as a material , especially in the construction of steamers , which can enter with safety many of the harbours along our coast now inaccessible to vessels of greater draught , and the practibility of constructing them in the interior , strongly recommends that liberal

      appropriations should be made for this important object . Whatever may have been our policy in the earlier stages of the government , when the nation was in its infancy , our shipping in terests and commerce comparatively small , our . resources limited , our population spare , and scarcely extending beyond the limits of the ori g inal thirteen states , that policy must be essentially different now that we have grown from three to more than twenty millions of people ; that our commerce , carried in our own ships , is found in every sea , and that our territorial boundaries and settlements have beenso greatly expanded . Neither our commerce , nor our long line of coast on the ocean and on the lakes , can be successfully defended against foreign aggression by means of fortifications alone . These are

      essential at important commercial and military points , but our chief reliance for this object must be on a well-organized efficient navy . " The benefits resulting from such a navy arc not confined to the Atlantic stales . The productions ofthe interior , or which seek a market abroad , arc directly dependent on the safety and freedom of our commerce . The occupation of the Belize below New Orleans by a hostile force would embarrass , if not stagnate , the vhob export trade of the Mississippi , and affect the ¦> aluc of the agricultural products of the entire valley of that mighty river and its tributaries . It lias never been our policy to maintain large standing armies in time of peace . They arc contrary f -o the genius of our free institutions , would impose heavy burdens on the people , and be dangerous to jublic liberty . Onr reliance for protection and defence on the land must be mainly on our citizen

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      soldiers , who will be ever ready ; as they havo evcr been ready in times past , to rush with alacrity , at the call of their country , to her defence . This description of force , however , cannot defend our coasts , harbours , and inland seas , nor protect our commerce on the ocean or the lakes . These must be protected by our navy . Considering an increased naval force , and especially of steam vessels , corresponding with our growth and importance as a nation , and proportioned to the increased and increasing naval power of other nations , of vast importance as regards our safety and the great and growing interest to be protected by _ it , I recommend tne subject to the favourable consideration of Congress . A reduction in the rates of postage is recommended , and after the discussion of some minor topics , the " Message concludes with the following tribute to the memory of—TnE LATE _GENERAL _JA . _CT £ SO _* S .

      I trust- that it may not be deemed inappropriate to the occasion for me to dwell for a moment on fie memory of the most eminent citizen of our country , who , during the summer that is gone by , has descended to the tomb . The enjoyment of contemplating , at the advanced age of near four score years , the happy condition of his country , cheered the last hours of . Andrew Jackson , who departed this life in the tranquil hope of a blessed immortality . His death was happy , as his life had beeii eminently useful . He had an unfaltering confidence in tho virtue and capacity of the people , and in the permanence of that free government which he had largely contributed to establish and defend . His great deeds had secured to him the affections of * his

      fellowcitizens , and it was his happiness to witness the growth and g lory of his country , which he loved so well . He departed amidst the benedictions of millions of _fresmen . The nation paid its tribute to his memory at the tomb . Coming generations will learn from his examp le the love of country and the rights of man . In his language on a similar occasion to the present , " I now commend you , fellow-citizens , to tho guidance of Almighty God , with a full reliance on His merciful providence for the maintenance of our free institutions : and with an earnest supplication , that whatever errors it may be my lot _ to commit in discharging the arduous duties which have devolved on me , will find a remedy in the harmony of our counsels . " - James K . Polk . Washington , Dec , 2 , 1345 .

      Trial For Murder In South Australia. [Pr...

      TRIAL FOR MURDER IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA . [ Prom the Adelaide Observer of June 14 th , 1 S _45- ] Wekweki alias Jack , a fine portly-looking black , was charged with the murder of George M'Grath , ou the 1 st June , 1812 . In another Court he was charged with aiding and assisting Wira Maldira alias Peter ( since ex . ecuted ) in the murder . The prisoner whose haunts were known , had often been souglit for hy the police , but owing to the peculiar nature of the country he frequented , a distance of from eighteen to twenty miles below the present police station at the Murray , and the imepenctrable reedbeds with whicli it abounds , he had eluded theii grasp until about two months ago , when he was captured by Mr . Tolmer , Inspector of police . Mr . Fisher , who was retained on behalf ofthe prisoner by the Protector of Aborigines , conducted the defence , andthe Rev . Mr . Meyer acted as interpreter .

      . Mr . "William- Chace , Mr . William Pew , Matthew Moorchouse _, Esq ., Sergeant-Major Alford , and Corporal Mason , recapitulated the evidence they gave on the former trial ; but in this case , under a recent local Act , the testimony of a native Koooy-kowminnie alias Jemmy , ( an accomplice by-the-bye , but admitted as Queen ' s evidence ) was taken . Corporal Mason acted as interpreter , first explaining to the black , under the direction ofthe Court , thathe must tell the whole truth , and thathe was liable to be punished if he did not do so . Jommy replied that ho would speak nothing but the truth , and was aware of the consequences of departing from it .

      In answer to a question by the Court , he at once pointed out Chace and Pew , who stood on the floor of the Court , as two of the overland party , and immediately added , " There was a third white man ( M'Grath ) but he is dead . " He then named the number of blackfellows who accompanied them , identified the prisoner as one . He saw Jack , the prisoner , strike M-Grata four times , twice over the upper part of the nose , and twice across the breast . They rose upon the whites because they wanted their blankets and flour . They afterwards ate the flour , put the guas in the bush , and wore the blankets , leaving the body on the surface of the ground for the wild dogs to eat . * Tlie other two white men were struck , but afterwards ran away . The affray happened very near daylight on the third morning , at a place which he called _Perkong _, near three wells , dug by the white men . He heard the natives agree together to steal the blankets two days before the murder .

      Afier a speech from Mr . Fisher in defence of the prisoner , the jury returned a verdict of " guilty" on the second count _. His Honour then directed the interpreter to communicate the verdict to the prisoner , after which he proceeded to pass the extreme penalty of the law upon him in a very solemn and emphatic manner . He said , Wekweki , some time ago , Wira Maldira , was tried in this Court for the murder of a white man , found guilty , and hanged . You have been tried and found guilty of aiding aud assisting iu the same murder ; and , therefore , it is my duty to pronounce the same sentence upon you that I pronounced upon him . In doing so his Honor said he felt no compassion for him , _because he had been guilts of a most atrocious and unprovoked murder , —a murder which had it been committed by a native upon one of their own

      tribes , they themselves , uninfluenced by the dictates ef religion ( of which he thought they had no just notion ) or even of those high principles of morality which flow from it , and which govern civilized society , would have instantly put the murderer to death . He hoped his fate and that of Wira Maldira would teach the natives of this Province that the lives and property of white men must be respected when far oft' in the bush ; and whilst that Court would always be ready to protect tbe European from native aggression or wrong , it would be equally ready to respect the rig hts aud liberties of the blacks . The sentence ofthe Court- was that he be taken back to tho place whence he came , and there hanged by the neek till he was dead , on the morning of Tuesday the _2-ith Juue instant ; and the further sentence of the Court was that his body be buried within the precincts of the gaol .

      Case Op Parricide. A Murder, Committea U...

      CASE OP PARRICIDE . A murder , committea under rather peculiar circumstances , occurred a few days ago at Cockle-park , near Morpeth , in the county of Northumberland , the son of the deceased having been apprehended on his own confession of tho crime . The deceased , who was fifty-seven years of age , resided in a cottage , with his wife and daughter , and an unmarried son , named Ralph Joicey . The son was engaged as a hind on a farm belonging to , and cultivated by the Duke of Portland . Nothing has transpired to indicate that the parties lived unhappily , or that any circumstance existed calculated to operate against their domestic comfort . No doubt a considerable time ago the father and son had had a quarrel , but it did not appear to be marked by any peculiar feature ; and as an apparent reconciliation had taken place , it is

      scarcely possible to suppose that revengeful feelings can have been nursed for so long a period . The father had no money , and his furnished cottage contained the whole amount of his property . It appeared that he had occasionally been in the habit of receiving medicine from Dr . Hedley , of Felton , and it was customary to leave it at a public-house two miles distance from his residence . One evening last week a packet was left at the public-house by a man who was so muffled up that his face could not be seen by the person who received it . He merely remarked in a low tone of voice , " This is medicine for old Joicey . " The packet bore the following inscription : — "I make you a present for Joicey . Take this large powder in a glass of ale or a glass of wine , and the small one in a little honey or jelly ; the one at night and the other in the morning .

      The contents of the packet were given to the old man , who immediately afterwards became ill and died . An inquest having been held on the body , a post mortem « . animation was ordered , and circumstances gave rise to the suspicion that one of his own family had been instrumental in administering the uoison , on . which the inquiry was adjourned to afford the parish constables an opportunity of sifting the matter . It appears that one of these functionaries , having his suspicious * excited against the son , llalph Joicey , took an oppor tunity iu one of the interviews he had with him of remarking that the evidence he thought was going hard against him , and suggesting tho expediency of his getting quietl y out of the way . This

      evidently made a deep impression on the mind of Joicey , who next day sent for the laud steward at Cockle-park , and ( Jonfesscd himself to be the murderer of his father . The steward gave information to the constable , but in tho menntime , the son had left his home , and on inquiry it was found that he had taken the road to Newcastle whither Mr . Whigham , the officer , wentin pursuit of him , ' and where he apprehended him at the residence of his brother , William Joicey , in Hutton ' s-court _. rilgrim-street . The prisoner , on being apprehended and charged with the crime , admitted the charge was correct , and stated thathe had purchased the poison from Mr . Creighton , of Morpeth , two months previous .

      The prisoner was brought before the county magistrates at Morpeth , on Wednesday last , but the examination was merely formal , for the purpose of having him remanded until the next day , in order that he might be taken before the coroner ' s jury . Mr . Wigham , the constable , was the only witness examined ; and he having stated that hehad reason to believe that the mother and daughter were implicated , they were also apprehended and similarly remanded . The inquest was resumed on Thursday at the house of Mr . William Dickenson , Cockle-park , the prisoners being

      present during the wh ole ofthe examination . The son wept occasionall y , but the mother and daughter appeared quite collected . After hearing the evidence of several witnesses , the coroner adjourned the inquiry till Mondav On Monday the _intuiegt wns again opened , and , afte _? the evidence of a number of witnesses had been heard , the jury found Ra _^ _.-h Joicey guilty of Wilful Murder , but that there was nothing to implicate the female prisoners _, llalph Joicey was then committed to take his trial at the next assizes . The women were immediately afterwards discharged from custody .

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      BANKRUPTS . ( From Tuesday ' s Gazette , December 23 , 1 S 45 _J Thomas Winston , late of No . 3 , _CopthallWhim-London , merchant-Elizabeth Rolph and Thomas n 1 1 ' of _SliephercVs-court _, Upper iJrook-sh „ et , _Gi-osvcnor sen , ? ,. ' builders-Felix IIerpent , _ofSlieri-ar ( l . _sti-eet , _Goldeiuc , ,.. ? _, ' warehouseman—Joseph Howard Hand , of _;* 9 _, Westniiiistnv bridge-road , Lambeth , dealer in china and fc'lass-j . m _,, !* Miller , Southampton , cordwainer—Thomas Brown * ot " and i , Conuaught-terrace , Edgeware-road , buotand _' sb _,- _" / maker—Sarah Caroline Fry , of lViuces-strect , Mar _» _-it ,. Kent , stationer and fancy wool dealer—Esther Smith nf ' Southwell , Nottingham , innkeeper-Clarendon H yde ' , ! Loughborough , apothecary — _VVilliam brown , of Atlicr stone , Warwickshire , ironmonger—John Sier , of Cheltcn ham , baker—George Smith , of Manchester , bill broker—Joanna Cliattcrton _, of rciulleton , LancMShiro , umig ( ., t victualler—William Wingficld _, of Mas-borough , Yorkshi _.-tcommon brewer—Joseph Collison , of Allcrton and Brad ' * ford , worsted spinner .

      _DIVlDENOS OECLAREO . John Campion and William Campion , of _lVhithy _, Y 0 rishirc , ship builders , first and final dividend of Cs . _' _Td aurt _I 0-10 ths of a penny in the pound ; and , to those who _huvj * received a former dividend , a final dividend of is . 7 d . ; ' i | 0-lfiths of a penny in the pound ; aud a final tlivideiul of 3 s . lid . in tho pound , ou the separate estate of John Campion ; payable at 1 , Commercial buildings , Leeds , any Tuesday . Hubert Campion and John Campion , of Whitb y , York-Shire , bankers , first dividend of 8 s , 9 ( 1 , in the pound on the separate estate of Kobert Campion , payable at 4 , Com . mcrcial-buildiugs , Leeds , auy Tuesday . Fcnwick Loraine , of Newcastle-upon-Tyne , bookseller second dividend of 3 s . in the pouud , payable at 57 , Grey I street , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , any Saturday , Joseph nowden , of Wakefield , Yorkshire , iron founder first dividend of 4 s . Gd . in the pound , payable at 4 , Com _{ mercial-buildings _, Leeds , any Tuesday .

      Joah Sugden aud David Sugden , ot Springfield , York _, shire , fancy cloth manufacturers , first aud final dividend * of 10 s . 7 d . in the pound , payable at 4 , Commercial buildings , Leeds , any Tuesday . ' William Joseph Wardell , of Pickering , Yorkshire , wine merchant , first and final dividend of-Is . ' M . in the pound payable at 4 , _Conimercinl-buildings _, Leeds , any T uesdav . ' Thomas Patterson aud John Codling , of Sheriff H all , Durham , earthenware manufacturers , first and final dividend of fis . Oil . in the pound , payable at 111 , Pilgrim _, street , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , any Saturday . William Henry Bates , third dividend of 6 d . in the pound , payable at 7 , Waterloo-street , Birmingham , any Thursday . llenjamin Bower Wilson , of Holme , Westmoreland , surgeon , first ond final dividend of 5 d . in the pound , payable at 111 , Pilgrim-street , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , any Saturday . Thomas Clcrc Smith and Richard Hayes , of Henriettastreet , _Covent-garden , hotel keepers , first dividend o £ 9 d . 6 d . in the pound ; and 2 fls . in the pound on the separate estate of Thomas Clerc Smith ; payable at 2 , Buslughall . street , any Wednesday .

      John Penn Bradley _, ' of Great St . Helen ' s , City , wine mer . chant , first dividend of Cs . 2 d . in the pound , payable at ' . » , Basinghall-street , any Wednesday . John Brookcr , of Southampton-row , Bloomsbury , carver , first dividend of Is . in the pound , payable at 13 , Old Jewry , December 24 , and two following Wednesdays .

      DIVIDENDS TO BE DECLARED . At the Ccurt of Bankruptcy , London . Robert Bloomtield Clarke , of Gower-street North , plumber , January IS , at _half-pasc eleven—Charles Jarman , of 61 , West Smithfield , woolen draper , January _Ifi , at eleven—John Flemell Armstrong , of BlaeMieath and Greenwich , china merchant , January 16 , at cloven-Joseph Wartnabv , of 2 , Adam ' s-court , Old _Broad-street , City , and of Lee , * lient , ship broker , January IS , at half _, past eleven—James Tunks , of Kensington , cowkeeper _, Ja . nuary 16 , at half-past eleven—James Tomlin and William Han , of St . Michael _' s-alley , Cornhill , merchants . January 10 , atone—AVilUam Burleigh , of Haverhill , Suffolk , sciivu . ner , January 15 , atone—Charles Frederick Warman , of 8 , Homidsditeh , City , china dealer , January 13 , at liult ' _-iwst twelve—William Barnfield _, jun ., of 17 , MarkJane , City , wine merchant , January 15 , at half-past eleven—Henry Richard Harraden , of Cambridge , printseller , January 15 ,

      at one-James Bobbins , of Winchester , bookseller , January 13 , at half-past eleven—Joseph Middlcton , of Aveley , Essex , hay salesman , January 13 , at eleven—George Michael Von Dadelszen , of 23 , Mincing-lane , City , merchant , January 15 , at eleven—Thomas Housdon , of Harrow , Middlesex , butcher , January 13 , at half-past two Theophilus Jonas Sutton , of Scarborough , Yorkshire , master mariner , January 1 G , at twelve—James Peake _. of Tolleshunt Knights , Essex , miller , January 14 , at twelve —William Henry Alexander and Charles Bolton ltichards , of Upper Clifton-street , Finsbury , _hardwarcmen , January 14 , at twelve—T . Smyth , of Marchuiount-street , _ISrunswick-square , perfumer , Jan . 14 , at eleven—II . S . Knowles , of Moolham , Somersetshire , silk throwster , January 14 , at eleven—Ann Akehurst , of East Mailing , Kent , baker , January 14 , at twelve—Charles Best , of 5 , St . James ' swalk , Clorkeiiwell . printer , January ' 28 , attwelve-George Fordham Blow , of 22 , Great Dover-street , _Wellington , currier , January 14 , at half-past two .

      In the Country . George Crove , of Wick and Abson , Gloucestershire , millers , January 16 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Bristol—Frince William Smith , of Bristol , tanner , January 15 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Bristol —John Lilly , of Doddershall , Worcestershire , farmer , January 22 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Bir . mingham—Edward ltogers , uf Great Witley , Worcester _, shire , surgeon , January 21 , at eleven , at the Court ol Bankruptcy , Birmingham . Certificates to be granted , unless cause be shown to tho contrary on the day of meeting . James Tunks , of George-place , Newlands-terrace , Kensington , cowkeeper , January 15—Charles Draper , of 140 ,

      Bishopsgate-street Without , City , victualler , January 15—Henry Wood , of Cheltenham , draper , January 15—Thomas Thompson , of Northampton , bill broker , January 16 — William George Flymi , of 84 , Lower Thames-street , City , merchant , January 13—John 1 'erkin Cuxton , of Munstcrstreet , Itegent ' s Park , and Spring-street , Paddington , linen draper , January 15—George Fordham Blow , of 21 , Great Hover-street , Newington , Surrey , currier , January 14—W illiam llichard Parsons , of 7 , Limehouse-causeway , grocer , January 14—John Phillips , of Pinner's-couvt , Old Broad _' Strcet , City , and Peckham , Surrey , tailor , January 14—Henry Liptrot , of Wrexham , Denbighshire , boot maker , January 13—Evan Meredith , of Liverpool , linendraper , January 13—John Lilly , of Dodderhill and Han . bury , Worcestershire , farmer , January 21 .

      Certificates to be granted by the Court of Review , unless cause be shown to the contrary , on or before January 13 , Thomas Preston , jun ., of Manchester , cotton spinner-Job Crabb , of Hook-mills , Dorsetshire , hemp manufacturer—Peter Hansen , of Newcastle-upon-Tyne , merchant —James _Hurlstoue Limes , of Richmond , Surrey , butcher —Francis llidd , of Nether Stowey , Somersetshire , sur . geon .

      PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . James Jones and William Chalfont , of 10 , White _Hai-tphice _, Keunington-hiiie , stationers— Thomas De Tear and " Thomas S . Do Year , of 44 , Lisle-street , Leicester-square , curriers—Henry S . Bastyand WiUiam Williams , of Southampton , stock brokers — William Wycherlcy Brookes , John Lee , and William Lee Brookes , of Whitchurch , Shropshire , attomies ( so far as regards William Wyeherley Brookes)—Charles Denton and Joseph Sergeant , of _B-otherhithe , stone merchants—Thomas William . Woo ' . fe and Joseph Bray Woolfe , of 68 , Lower Shadwell , and Xeir-Rtrect , Shadwell , boat builders—Edward Ponton and Stephen Penton _, of _Lupus-street , Pimlico-GeorgeP . Ken . worthy , John Kenworthy , and Charles Edward Kenwortiiy , of Manchester , common carriers ( so far as regards Charles Edward Kenworthy ) —Henry Eastwood and John llichardson , of Woodlesford , Yorkshire , earthenware

      manufacturers—Charles Herring , _llurness , and Co ., of London , general agents—Thomas Hallain and William Hallatii _, of Northampton , leather sellers—Thomas Haigh Croivtlier and John Ashe , jun ., of Stockport , cotton spinners-Jouii Whitehouse and Edward Whitehouse , sen ., of Wolverhampton , garden tool manufacturers—llichard Middle and Itich 2 i'd Birkin , of Nottingham and New Bastbrd _, lace manufacturers—John Lewis and Joseph Smith , of llirmingham , locksmiths—James Hendy and James William Hendy , of Portsmouth and Portsea , general builders-John Bevan , Nathaniel Iron , and Richard Bevan , of 2 , Birchin-lane , City , provision merchants—George Burford and Thomas Burford , of Stratford , Essex , linen drapers-Henry Ravvsthom aud Betty EUston , of Haslingden , Lancashire , ironfouuders—Jos . C . Gamble , James _Ci-osfield , Simon Crosfield , George _Crosfield , and Joseph Croslield _, of St . Helens , Lancashire , alkali manufacturers .

      Two Squadrons Are To Meet In The Indian ...

      Two squadrons are to meet in the Indian Seas , and to make their combined descent on Madagascar about the month of March , The troops will , it is said , be commanded by a French general , M . iluvifiei _' , and the naval squadron by a British officer . # The Murder at Neuilly has become comp licated in an extraordinary manner . When tbe authorities discovered the dead body of Rollet , they placed a gendarme in the house " to seize on _Fraiioiis Qnerelles _, should lie happen to return . The gendarme , named Gilbert , finding himself alone in the house , thought he might as well examine if he could not discover some indication of the crime . He descended at last to the cellar , where he thoug ht the earth looked as if it had been recently disturbed in one of the corners . He got a pickaxe and took up the surface , and at about a foot below it he found the dead bod

      y of a young girl , who was known to bave been loved by both Rollet and _Querelles , and for whose affections they were rivals . She had been _nussinff for some days , and her disappearance had excited suspicions . The question now is who could « avc been the author of this crime . _—Galiynctni . PiquA Plant . —The following are reasons why the nqua Plant is superior to Tea , viz : —1 st . Because it is beneficial to health . 2 nd . It docs not injure the nerves . 3 rd . Children may use it ™ advantage to health . 4 th . It does not prevent sleep . 5 th . A quarter of a pound will go as far as thro " quarter ofa pound of the best Gunpowder Tea . Cth . It is strenghtening and nutritious . 7 th . It is iec ?" - mended by Physicians and Tea is disproved ot by "V j S i'eatly improves the voice ; it is recommended to singers and public speakers .

      Copt op a Letter sent to Mr . Hollow at * attesting : as Extraordinary Curb . — " I , John Green , a builder , residing at No . 9 , _Windmill-strcet _, Finsburvsquare , London , do solemnly declare that my wii * was afflicted for three years with a dreadful ulcerated leg , and that she consulted several eminent-surgeon ' and likewise two physicians , without receiving nnf benefit whatever . I further declare that after every other means had failed , she had been radically cure d by the use alone of Holloway ' s pills and ointment , which were used together . Signed , John Green . '

      ihe Perth Courier recently stated that a man was advised by a female doctor in the neig hbourhood to rub his body with turpentine , before going to bed , and in tho morning he would find himself cured ot the rheumatism . Accordingly he obtained the assistance of his wife to rub the upper portion of Ins bodj _% but while doing so , she accidentally allowed the lighted candle to come in contact with the turpentine which had been placed upon the body , consequently he became enveloped in flame , " milie 1-ing serious injury . How easily might this alarming accident have been prevented , if , instead of using turpentine , he had taken that celebrated medicine , Blair ' s Gout and Rheumatic Pills .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 27, 1845, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_27121845/page/6/