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      v .. nil inn ^^ gjaaum-i-v- u" - < ™ S = " ~ UNITED STATES . THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE . HvEuroot , to « D" . S 3 . iftUL-Tto Sea , C-inlam R «— . " ^ hCT 6 tblS f ^ T" ' Win- the above important document . She sa . led on the 5 tb &n Sandy Hook , but brings nothing later ' than the Sid f « m Sew York . TJic -Message wft 3 delivered on the 2 nd instant , THE MESSAGE . FdfoM'tieiK of the Senate , and Howe of Rc-™ ntati-es . -It is a source of unaffected satisfac-So mectVae representatives of the States and it will be to

      t c peopleTin Caress assembled , ^ rerrivc the aiJ of their combined wisdom in the admi-TnV-uion of pnl . Uc affairs . In performing , for the first lime , the duty imposed on me by the constitution of civin" to you information of the state ot the fnio ! ' and recommending to yon such measaresas in toy ind-iaenl aw neeussapy and expedient , I am ln * - ) l » v thai I can congratulate you on the continued T , r < Upcriiy of our country . Under tlie blessings of Jiivine Providence and the benian influence of our free in stitutions , it stands before the world a spectacle of national happiness .

      la callins tic attention of Congress to our relations with foreign powers , I am prati 6 ed to be able to stitc that , thoush with some of them there have exist el since your last session serious causes of irritation and misunderstandinjr , yet no actual hostilities liavc taljen place . Adopting the maxim in the conduct of our forcion affairs to " ask nothing that Is not right , and to submit to notiiin ? that is wron" " it lias been my anxious desire to preserve peace with all nations ; but , at the same time , to be prepared to resist aggression , and to maintain all our just right ; - .

      MEXICO ASD TEXAS . After the above preliminary remarks " Mexico -and Texas" ferm the first subject of President Polk's "Message . " He recapitulates the history of the annexation of Texas , and recommends to Congress to take immediate measures to render the " annexation" perfect : — Questions deeply interesting to Texas , in common with the other states ; the extension of our revenue laws and judicial system ovcrlier people and teri-itorv , as well as measures of a loeal character , will cJaiui the earlv attention of Congress , and therefore , upon cverv principle of republican government , sue nritiiout

      ought to be represented in that body - unnecessarv delav . I cannot too earnestly recommend prompt action on this important object . As soon as the act to admit Texas as a state shall be passed , the union of the two republics will be consummated by their o » m voluntary consent . This accession to our terr itory lias been a bkodless achievement . No arm of force * has been raised to produce the result . The skqtA has had no part in the victory . We have not soa ;? ht to extend our territorial possessions by conouest , or our republican institutions over a reluctant people . It was the deliberate homage of each people to tic srcai principle of our federative union .

      The President denounces the interference of the European Governments ia the Texan question , on ¦ which subject he read ' s a smart lecture to our French ncidibours ;—The jurisdiction of the "United States , which at the formation of the federal constitution was bounded hj the St . Mary ' s on the Atlantic , has passed the « a ;» es of Florida , and been peacefully extended to the Del Xorte . In contemplating the grandeur of this event , it is not to be forgotten that the result was achieved in despite of the diplomatic interference of Kuropcsn monarchies . Even France—the country ¦ which had been our ancient ally—the country which has a common interest with us in maintaining the frevdum of the seas—the country which , by the cession of Louisiana , first opened to us access to the Gulf of Mexico—the country with which we have

      been every year drawing more and more closely the bonds of ' successful commerce—most unexpectedly , and to 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 Mexico , that she would never join herself to the United States , We may rejoice that the tranquil and pervading influence " of the American principle of seif-jovernment was sufficient to defeat the purposes of British and French interference , and that the almost uuanimous voice of the people of Texas lias given to that interference a peaceful and effective rebuke . From this example European governments may learn how vain diplomotic arts and intrigues must ever prove , upon this continent , against that system of self-government which seems natural to oar soil , and which will ever resist foreign interference .

      The President then relates the differences which have arisen between the United States and Mexican governments , arising out of the annexation of Texas , lie " annexes" thereto an account of the injuries Inflicted by Mexico on the United States : — But though Mexico cannot complain of the United States on account of the annexation of Texas , it is _ to be rtgrciled that serious causes of misunderstanding lietwecii the two countries continue to exist , srowing ont of nuredrcssLi ] injuries iufl : cted by the Mexican authorities ami people on the persons and property of citizens of t ! ie United Ststes , through a long series of years . Mexico has admitted these injuries , but has neglected and refused to repair them . After very lengthily dwelling on the details of these "iujnries , " this portion of the "Message " concludes with an intimation that diplomatic relations have been reecntlv renewed between the two

      governments , and a hope is expressed that all poli tical iH&reuecs will now be amicably adjusted , and that Mexico will fully atone for the " wrongs and 'injuries" charged against her by the United States . We uow C 3 me to the most important portion of the " Message , " which we rive full aud entire :-.

      THE OUEGOX QCEST 10 . V . My attention was early directed to the negotiation , which , oa the 4 th of March last , I found pending at "Washington between the United States and Great Urit-iin , oa ths subject of the Oregon territory . Throe several attempts had been jmsviausly made to settl-J the questions in dispute between the two countries , by negotiation , upon the principle of compromise ; but each Iuvd proved unsuccessful . Thesi initiations tank place at London , in the years ISIS , IS 24 . and l ? 2 t »; the two fis-st under the a-. i : uiii : s : nuion of Mr . Monroe , and the last under that of Mr . Adams . The negotiation of 1318 having fnik *! to accoiupli ^ h its object , resulted iu the convention of the 20 th of October of that vcar . Bv the

      thml article , of that convention , it was " agreed , iliat any eouutry that may be claimed by either party oa the northwest coast of America , westward of the Stony Mountains , shall , together with its harbunrs , hays , and creeks , and the navigation of all 3 'ivers \ riihin the same , ba free and open for the term often years from the date of the signature of the present convention , to the vessels , citizens , and subjects of the two powers , it being well understood that this agreement is not to be construed to the prejudice of any claim which either of the two high contracting parties may have to any part of the said country ; jior shall ic b-j taken to affect the claims of any oilier p-iarer nr stale t « any part of the said country ; the only object of the high contracting parties in that reject beiusr . to prevent disputes and differences

      a ; : i <> i !~ thc : i ;* i : ; ves . " The negotiation of 1 S 24 was productive of no reeuit . a * d the convention tif 1616 was left unchanged . Tha nesoriation of I . ? 2 G , having also failed to effect aa a . ya ?« i : tHt by compromise , resulted in the con-¦ veutiou of August the Oth , IS ^/ , by which it was agreed io continue in force for an iii . leiinite period l 3 ie jinivisiims of the third article of the convention of the 20 th of October , ISIS ; and it was further provitieJ , tkit ** it shall 1 » 3 competent , however , to either itftiie contracting parties , in case cither should think iit , at any time ifter tltc'iOUiof October , 1528 , on Hiving due notice uf twelve months to the other c « . ntttscthu : party , to aunui and abrogate this convenin

      ij : ami it snail , in such case , be accordingly ent : r .. . nncnlicd and abrogated after the said term , ot isoikv . " ia these attempts to adjust the controversy , the p : ; rr , liei < if the forty -Hindi decree of northjatitude had ii .-es tmcred by the United States to Great Britain . ai : d in those of ISIS fnd 1 S 26 , with a further Kiiii-esin . n of the free navigation of the- Columbia rn-er soail . of that latitude . The parallel of the i- ~ : t- - - -u : aih

      Iv . V-rtobrr , Irrl ?) , the ciivoy-cxtraoi'diiiarv and « iiB !« cr-i . ! fn : iK . t « itiar . v of the United States in ^' ?« ! w as authorised to make a similar offer to those made in ISIS and 1 £ > 6 . Thus stood the tjiiejiUKi when ilie negotiation was shortl y afterward ? £ ? . in ? fcrr&i to Washington ; and , on the 23 rd o ) August , 2 H 4 , was Jvaniially oncscd , under the dive-raon cf iiiy immediate predecessor . Like all the I > : er » o 8 ae ^ tiations , it was based upon principles of - corapniruiMi ; " and the avoned purpose of the i

      r' . uc * y . Ts to - treat ol tue respective claims of the twa iauniHesi-j the Oregon territory , with the view to fc . ^ i : i > ii apcrnianont buudarr between them westwal . < . et . 3 i « lu 5 eky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean " TJEgZ ^ ™ ^ - ' j ' ^ August , 1 S 14 , theBritisl ; T . v rtS ^ f ?; f ««* to divide the Oregon territorv llir ^ - ™? Parallel of nor th latitiiile . fro m t } u wi : lT ' ii , r'rufi n 5 t 0 lhe P ° » f its intersection rh :, ^ . . ^ - ^^ ramostbtt uich of the Columbia « ... f ^ 4 te « o ^ tiat river io the sea ; fcavhic to ^ u bv toik ^ S ? 11 } ° nver » - p"ioycd iii com ' UJiapaUie —the country seuUi if ihis line

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      to belong to the United States , and that aorth of it to Great Britain . At the same time , he proposed , in addition , to yield to the United States a detached territorv , north of the Columbia , extending along the Pacific and the Straits of Fucha , from Bullfinch ' s llarbour inclusive to Hood's Canal , and to make free to the United States any port or ports south of latitude forty-nine degrees whioh 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 th » British , and rejected by the American government in the negotiation of 1826 . This proposition was properly rejected by the American plenipotentiary un the day it was submitted . This was the only proposition of compromise offered by the British

      plenipotentiary . The proposition on the part of Orreat Britain having been rejected , the British plenipotentiary requested that a proposal should be made by the United States for " an equitable adjustment of the 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 could not be maintained to any portion of the Oregon territory upon any principle of public law recognised by nations , yet , in deference to what had been done by my prede ' eessors , and especially in consideration that propositions ef compromise had been thrieo made by two preceding administrations , to adjust the question on the parallel of forty-nine degrees , and in two of them yielding to Great Britain the free navigation of the Columbia , and that the pending negotiation

      had been commenced on the basis of compromise , I deemed it to be my duty not abruptly to break it off . In consideration , too , that under the conventions of ISIS aud 1 S 27 , the citizens and subjects of the two powers held a joint occupancy of the country , I was induced to make another effort to settle this longpending controversy in the spirit of moderation which nad 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 negotiation on his part to drop , expressing his trust that the United States would offer what he saw fit to eall " some further proposal for the settlement of the Oregon question more consistent with fairness aud equity , and with the reasonable expectations of

      the British government . " The proposition thus offered and rejected repeated the offer of the parallel to forty-nine degrees of north latitu ^ , which had been made by two preceding administrations , but without proposing to surrender to Great Britain , as they had done , the free navigation of the Columbia river . The right of any foreign power to tlie free navigation of any of our yivcrs , 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 tho Cape of Quadra and Vancouver ' s Island , south of this parallel . Had 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 . The civilised world will see in these proceedings a spirit of liberal concession on the part of tho United States ; and this government will be relieved from all responsibility which may follow the failure to settle the controversv .

      All attempts at compromise having failed , it becomes the duty of Congress to consider what measures it may be 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 of the convention of 1827 , which is stjll 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 glting it accordingly , and terminating In this manner the convention of the Gth of August , 1827 .

      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 Jaws 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 , in consequence , 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 UnitedStates , they have been thus cast upon their own resources . They are anxiousthat our laws should beextended over them , and I recommend that this be done by Congress with as little delay as possible , in the full extent " to which the Brit 6 ih Parliament have

      proceeded in regard to British subjects in that territory , by their act of July 2 nd , 1 S 21 , " for regulating 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 , civiland criminal , over hersubjects 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 eriminal . Justices of the 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 anr convention for the time being , between us and sueli 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 tiuio , 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 outlaws .

      It is deemed important that our laws regulating trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes cast oi 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 an Indian agency , and such sub-agencies as may be deemed neecssary , beyoad the Rocky Mountains .

      For the protection of emigrants whilst on thenway to Oregon , against the attacks < jf the Indian tribes occupying the country through which they pass , I recommend that a suitable number of 6 tockades and blockhouse forte be erected along the usual route between our frontier settlements on the Missouri aud the Rocky Mountaias , and that an adeqnate force of mounted riflemen be raised to guard and protect them on their journey . The immediate adoption of these recommendations by Congress will not violate the provisions of the existing treaty . It will be doing nothing more for American citizens than British laws have long since done for British subjects ia the same territorv .

      It requires several raontlis to perform the Toyagc by sea from the Atlantic states to Oregon ; " and although we hove a large sumber of whale ships in the Pacific , but few of them afford an opportunity of interchanging intelligence , without delay , between our settlements in that distant region and tho United States . An overland mail is believed to be entirely practicable ; and the importance of establishing such a mail , j t bast once a nionfii , is submitted to the 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 37 , for the security of our right ? , and the government and protection of our citizens in Oregon . That it will ultimately be wise and propei to make liberal { -rants of land to the patriotic pioneers , who , amidst privations and dangers , lead the way through savage tribes inhabiting the vast wilderness intervening between our frontier setleraents and Oregon , and who cultivate , and are cvei ready to defend the soil , I am fully satisfied . To doubt whether they will obtain swell grants as soon ¦ If the convention between the United States and Great Britain shall have ceased to exist would be ti doubt the justice of Congress ; but , pending th . year s notice , it is worthy of consideration whether a

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      stipulation to this effect may be made , consistently with the spirit of that convention . The recommendations which I have made aa 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 the 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 n ational 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 the grounds on which that title rests , I refer you to the correspondence of the late and present Secretary ot State with the British plenipotentiary during the negotiation . The British proposition ot compromise , which would make the Columbia the line south of forty-nine degrees , with a trifling addition of detached territory to the United States north ot that river , and would leave on the British side two-thirds of the whole Oregon territory , including the free navigation of the Columbia and all the valuable harbours on the Pacific , can never , for a moment , te entertained bv 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 which 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 of the powers of Europe ; and lately the doctrine has been broached m 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 any American

      European interference on the North continent ; and should any such interference be 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 iheir alliances ; we have not sough their territories by conquest ;; we have not mingled with parties in their domestic struggles ; and believing our own form of government to be the best we hare never attempted to propagate it by intrigues , by diplomacy , or by force . We may claim on this continent a like exemption from European interference . The nations of America are equally sovereign

      and independent with those of Europe . They possess the same . righte , 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 establishmentof 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 such 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 circumstanota of the world , the present is deemed a proper occasion to reiterate and re-affirm the principle affirmed by Mr . Monroe , aud to state my cordial concurrence in its wisdom and sound policy . The re-assertion 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 outlaws 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 all the powers of ths earth . While we are jusfc to all , we require that all shall be just to us . Excepting the differences with Mtxico 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 .

      FINANCIAL STATEMENT . The Secretary of the Treasury , in his annual report to Congress , will communicate a full statement of the 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 , 504 dols ., of which the amount exported was 15 , 340 , 830 dols . —leaving a balance of 101 , 007 , 734 dols . for domestic consumption . The exports for the same year were of the value of 114 , G 46 , C 06 dols . ; of which the amount of domestic articles was 99 , 291 , 770 dols . The receipts into the Treasury during the same year were 29 , 769 , 133 dob . 5 Q cents . ; of which there were derived from customs 27 , 523 , 112 dols . 70 cents . ; from sales of publi's lands 2 , 770 , 622 dols . 30 . ; cents . and from incidental and miscellaneous sources 103 , 903 dols . 50 cents . The

      expenditures for the same period were 29 , 968 , 200 dols . 93 cents .: of which 8 , 5 SS , 157 dols . 02 , cents were applied to the payment of the public debt . The balance in the Treasury on the 1 st of June last was 7 , C 5 S , 30 C dols , 22 cents . The amount of the public dobt remaining unpaid on the 1 st of October last , was 17 , 075 , 445 dols . 52 cents . Further payment of the public debt would have been made , ' in anticipation of the period of ils reimbursement under the authority conferred upon the Secretary of the Treasury by the acts of July 21 , 1841 , 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 out of the revolution and the war of 1 S 12 with Great Britain was extinguished , and we presented to tlie world the rare and noble spectacle 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 nations , it should be extinguished at tlie earliest practicable period . Should the state of the country permit , and especially , if our foreign relations interpose no obstacle , it

      is contemplated to apply all the monies in the Treasury as they accrue beyond what is required for the appropriations by Congress to its liquidation . 1 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 eouutry , which exhibits to the world the benefits of self-government , in developing all the sources of national prosperity , owes to mankind the permanent example of a nation free from the blighting influence of n public debt . THE TARIFl " .

      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 of specific duties , and the substitution in theie 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 tue manufacturers . It is the opinion of the executive , " ti'at such a system , strietly within the revenue standard ' , , will place the manufacturing interests of America on a stable footing , and secure their permanent advantage ; while it will , as nearly as may be practicable , extend to all the great interests of the country the incidental protection which can Lg afforded by its revenue laws . " That portion of the "Message" relating to the question of banks and banking , we give entire ;— . RECOXUIENDATIOX OF A GOVEKXMEXT BASK .

      By the constitution of the United States it is provided , that " no money shall be drawn from the ; reasurv but in consequenee of appropriations made by law . " A public treasury was undoubtedly contemplated and intended to be created , in which tin public money shou . d be kept from theperiod of collec -ion until needed for the public use . In the collection and disbursement of the public money no

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      a » Pncies have ever been employed by law except Sis were appointed by the government , directly Sjoiible to ? t and umler its centreL ThesafekeeDin" of public money should be confided to a pubf&ry created by law , and under ike responi . bilitV and control . It is not to be imagined that the f 3 ? of the constitution could have intended tha a treasury should be created as a place ot deposit and safe-keeping of the public money which was h responsible to the government . The first Congress under the constitution , by the act of the 2 nd of September lS , "to establish ths treasury depart-Snt » provided for the appointment of a treasurer , udI made it his duty to " receive an keep the SoniSrf a * United States , " and « at all times to Kit to the secretary of the treasury and the comptroller , « cither of them , the inspection of the in his hands ''

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

      Our experience has shown that when banking corporations have been the keepers of the 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 ot mone y in their keeping , the government was brought almost to bankruptcy , and the public credit seriously imoaired , because of their inability or indisposition to pay , demand , to the public creditors , in tlie onl y currency recognised by the constitution , lheir 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 , ^ «*« . — — —— - —

      |^ A At * VI . vuv vuuu » w ^ ~ that inconvenience and loss would have been much greater , and might have resulted in extreme public calamity . The public money should not be mingled with tht 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 public 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 maybe in the packets 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 which 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 be not permitted to be thus used , but be kept in tho 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 the nnblic collections and disbursements , 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 inordinate 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 aa were in good credit . Some of the deposit banks have given this description of security , and others have declined to do so .

      Entertaining theopinion that " the separation of the monies of the government from banking institutions is indispensable for the 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 of the public money . The constitutional treasury recommended is designed as a secure depository for the public money , without ahy power to m&ke loans or discounts , ov 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 of the people should be kept in the treasury of the 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 foi » any failure in other respects to perform their duties . Te say that the people or their government are 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 incompetent of 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 may be necessary in directing its disbursement in pur-8 uap . ee 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 tho Navy for the prescnt'eondition of that branch of the national defence ; and ibi grave suggestioas , having foe tliek object the increase of its efficiency and a greater economy in its management . The commerce of the United States , andwithit the navigating interest , have steadily and rapidly increased since . the organization of our government , unil it is believed we are now second to but one

      power in the world , and at no distant day we shall irobably be inferior to none . Exposed as they must be , it has been a wise policy to afford to these important interests protection with our ships of war , distributed in the great highways of trade throughout the world . For more than thirty years appropriations have been made , and annually expended , for the gradual increase of our naval forces . In peace , our navy performs the 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 steamy 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 of vessels of this description than ours , or can promiso itself greater advantages from their employment . They ai-e admirably adapted to the protection , of our commerce , to the 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 praetibility 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 iu terests and commerce comparatively small , our resources limited , our population spare , ancTsearcely

      extending beyond the limits ot tlie ,: original thirteen states , that policy must be essentially different now that we have grown from three to moro than twenty millions of people ; that our commerce , carried iu our own ships , is found in every seta , 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 » well-organized efficient navy . The benefits resuiting from such a navy are not confined to tlie

      Atlan tic states . The productions of the interior , or which seek a market abroad , arc directly dependent on the safety and freedom of our commerce . The occupation of tho Belize below New Orleans by a hostile fo / ce would embarrass , if not stagnate , the whole export trade of the Mississippi , and affect the m \ m of the i agricultural products of the entire valley jf that might ) " ver and lts tributaries . It lias never w ™ our Policy to maintain large standing armies in timc <» Peace . They ara contrary co the genius ofo ur tree institutions , would impose iicavy burdens on we people , and be dangerous to mblic liberty . Oi ' ' reliance for protection and Jefence on the land i " Uust be mainly on our citizen

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      soldiers , who will be ever ready ; as they have ever 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 the subject to the favourable consideration of Congress . A reduction in the rates of postage is reeommended , and after the discussion of some minor topics , tho " Message" concludes with the following tribute to the memory of—THE LATE GENERAL JACKSON .

      I trust that it may not be deemed inappropriate to the occasion for me to dwell for a moment on the memory of the most eminent citizen of our country , who during the summer that is gone by , has descended to the tomb . Tho enjoyment of contemplating at the advanced age of near four score years , the happy condition of his country , cheered _ thi last hours of Andrew Jackson , who departed this lite m the tranquil hope of a blessed immortality . His death was happy , as his life had been eminently useful . He had an unfaltering confidence in the 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 fellowthe

      citizens , and it was his happiness to witness growth and glory of his country , which he loved so well . He departed amidst the benedictions of millions of freemen . The nation paid its tribute to his memory at the tomb . Coming generations will learn from his example 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 the guidance of Almighty God , with a full reliance on Ills 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 . " J James k . Polk . Washington , Dee ., 2 , 1845 .

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      [ From the Adelaide Observer of June Uth , 184 o . ] ¦ Wokweki alias Jack , a fine portly-looking black , was charged with the murder of George M'Grath , on the 1 st June 1842 . In another Court lie was charged with aiding and assisting Wira Maldira aZios Peter ( since ex . ecuted ) in the murder . The prisoner whose haunts were known , had often been sought for by the police , but owing to the peculiar nature of the country he frequented , a distance of from eighteen to twenty miles below the pressnt police station at tlie Murray , aud the imepenetrable reedbeds with which it ahounds , he had eluded their grasp until about two months ago , when lie was captured by Mr . Tolraer , Inspector of police . Mr . Fisher , who was retained on behalf of the prisonor by the Protector ef Aborigines , conducted the dofence , and the Rev . Mr . Meyer acted as interpreter .

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

      In answer to a question by the Court , once pointed out Chace and Few , 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 on < a . He saw Jack , the prisoner , strike M'Grath 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 guns in the bush , and wore the blankets , leaving the body on the surface of the ground for the wild dogs to eat . The other two white men were struck , but after , wards ran away . The affray happened very neap daylight on the third morning , at a p lace 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 . Fi » her in defence of the prisoner , the jury returned a verdict of " guilty" on the

      second count . His Honour then directed the interprster to eommutu . eate 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 , ne said , Wektveki , some time ago , Wira Maldir a , was tried ill this Court for the murder of a white man , found guilty , and hanged . Youhavebeen tried and feund guilty of aiding and assisting in the same murder ; and , therefore , it is my duty to pronounce the same sentence upon you that I pronounced uponhim , In doing so his Honor said he felt no compassion for him , because ho had been guilty 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 of 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 cirilizedsociety , would haveinstantly 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 off iu the bush ; and whilst that Court would always be ready to protect the European from native aggression or wrong , it would be-equally ready to respect the rights and liberties of the blacks . The sentence of the Court was that he be taken back to the

      place whence he came , and there hanged by the nosk till ha was dead , on the morning of Tuesday the 24 th Juue instant ; and the further scntenc * of the Court was that his body be buried within the precincts of the gaol .

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      CASE OF PARRICIDE . A murder , committed under rather peculiar circumstances , occurred a faw days ago at Cockle-park , near Morpoth , in tho county of Northumberland , the son of the deceased having been apprehended on his Own confession of tho crime . The deceased , who was fifty-saven years of age , resided in a cottage , with his wife and daughter , and an unmarried son , named Ralph Joicay . The son was engaged as a hind on a farm belonging to , and cultivated by the Duke of Portland . Nothing lias transpired to indicate that the parties lived unhappily , or that any circumstance existed calculated to optrate 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 forgo long a period . Tha father had no money , and his furnished cottage contained the whole amount of his property . It nppeared that he had occasionally been in the habit of receiving medicine from Dr , Iledley , of Felton , and it was customary to lesivo 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 ft glass of wine , and tho small ono in a little lionoy or jolly ; the one at night and tho other in tlu morning .

      The content * of the packet were given to the old man , who immediately afterwards became ill aud died . An inquest having been held on the body , a post viortem exanimation was ordered , and circumstances gave risa to the suspicion that one of his own family had been instrumental in administering the poison , 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 , Ralph Joicey , took an opportunity in one of the inter , views he had with him of remarking that the evidence he thought was going hard against him , and suggesting the expediency of liis getting quietly out of tho Way . TlllS

      evidently made a deep impression on the mind of Joicey , who next day sent for th © land steward at Cockle-park , nnd confessed himself to be the murderer of his father . The steward gave information to the constable , but in tho mean time , tlie son had left his home , and on inquiry it was found that he had taken the road to Newcastle , whither Mr . Whigham , theofficer , wentin pursuit of him , and where he apprehended him at the residence of his brother , William Joicey , in Ilutton's-court , Pilgrim-street . The prisoner , on being apprehended and charged with the crime , admitted tha charge was correct , and stated that he had purchased the poiEon from Mr . Crelghtou , 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 he had raason to believe that the mother and daughter , wereimplicated , they were also apprehended and similarly remanded . The inquest was resumed on Thursday at the house of Mr . William Dickenson , Cockle-park , the prisoners boing

      present during the whole of the examination . The son wept occasionally , but the mother and daughter appeared quite collected . After hearing the evidence of several witnesses , the coroner adjourned the inquiry till Monday . On Monday the inquest was again opened , and , after tlie ovidenco of a number of witnesses had been heard , the jury found Ralph Joicey guilty of Wilful Murder , but that there was nothing to implicate the female prisoners . Ralph Joieey was then committed to take his trial at the next assizes . The women were immediately afterwards ) discharged from cus ; ody ,

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      BANKRUPTS . ( From Tuesdays Gazette , December 23 , 1 S 15 J Thomas Winston , late of Xo . 3 , Coptlmll buildings London , merchant—Elizabeth Rolph and Thomas Uolpii * ofShuiihel ' irg-eoul t , Uppel'Bl' 06 k-sUi . el , Gi'osveiior-squ : ire ' builders—Felix lIerpent , ofSherriird-street , Golden-s (| u ; iro ' warehouseman—Joseph Howard Hand , of 29 , Westminsterbridge-road , Lambeth , dealer in china and glass—James Miller , Southampton , cordwainer—Thomas Brown , of -i and 4 , Connaught-terraco , Edgewftre-road , boot and shoe maker—Sarah Caroline Pry , of Princes-street , Margate , Kent , stationer and fancy wool dealer—Esther Smith , ot " Southwell , Nottingham , innkeeper—Clarendon Hyde , of Loughbovougli , apothecary — William brown , of * Atherstone , Warwickshire , ironmonger—John Sier , of Cheltenham , baker—George Smith , of Manchester , bill broker—Joanna Chatterton , of Pendleton , Lancashire , licensed victualler—William Wingfield , of Masborough , Yorkshire , common brewer—Joseph Collison , of Allertou aud lSradford , worsted spinnar .

      DIVIDENDS DECLARED . John Campion and William Campion , of Whitby , York , gluro , ship builders , first and final dividend of Cs . 7 d . ami 10-lGths of a penny in the pound ; and , to thoso who have received a former dividend , a final dividend of 2 j . 7 d . ami 10-ltiths of a penny in the pound ; and a fiuai dividend of 3 s . lid . in tho pound , on the separate estate of Jolm Campion ; payable ati , Commercial buildings , Leeds , any Tuesday . Hubert Campion and John Campion i of Whitby , York , shire , bankers , first dividend of 8 s . Oi , in the pound , on the separate estate of Robert Campion , payable at 4 , Com . morcial-buildings , Leeds , any Tuesday , Fenwidt Loraine , of Xewcastlo-upon-Tyne , bookseller , second dividend of 3 s . in the pouud , payable at S 7 , Greystreet , Kowcastle-upon-Tyne , any Saturday . Joseph Ilowden , of WaUefield , Yorkshire , iron founder , first dividend of 4 s . Cd . in the pound , payablo at 4 , Commercinl-buildinjjs , Leeds , any Tuesday . Joah Sugden and David Sugden , of Springfield , Yorkshire , fancy cloth manufacturers , first and final dividend , of 10 s . 7 d . in tho pound , payable at 4 , Commercial buildinss , Leeds , any Tuesday . _ __

      William Joseph Wardell , of Pickering , lorkshirc , vruic merchant , first and final dividend of is . Sid , in the pound , payable at 4 , Commercial-buildings , Leeds , any Tuesday . Thomas Patterson aud John Codling , of Sheriff Hall , Durham , earthenware manufacturers , first and final dividend of fis . 9 d . in the pound , payable at 111 , Pilgrim , street . Newcastle-upon-Tyne , any Saturday . William Ileury Br . tes , third dividend of 6 d . in the pound ,, payable at 7 , Waterloo-street , Birmingham , any Thursday . Benjamin Bowor Wilson , of Holme , Westmoreland , surgeon , first and final dividend of Od . in the pound , payable at 111 , Pilgrim-street , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , any Saturday . Thomas Clerc Smith and Richard Hayes , of Henriettastreet , Covent-garden , hotel keepers , first dividend of Od . Gd . in the pound ; and 20 s . in the pound on the separate estate of Thomas Clerc Smith ; payable at 2 , Basiughall-6 treet , any Wednesday . John Penn Btadley . ' of Great St . Helen ' s , City , wine merchant , first dividend of 6 s . 2 d . in the pouud , payable at 2 , Basinshall-streetany Wednesday .

      , John Brooker , 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 Court of Bankruptcy , London . Robert Bloomfield Clarke , of Gower-strcet North , plumber , January 15 . at half-pasf eleven—Charles Sal-man , of 61 , West Smithfield , woolen draper , January lfi at eleven—John Flemell Armstrong , of Blackheath and Greenwich , china merchant , January 16 , at eleven-Joseph Wartnaby , of % Adaiu ' e-eourt , Old Broad-street . City and of Lee , Kent , ship broker , January 16 , at halfnast eleven-James Tunks , of Kensington , cowkeeper , January 16 at half-past eleven—James Tomlia and William Man of St . Michael ' s-alley , Cornhill , merchants , January 10 , at one-William Burleigli , of Hayerhill , Suffolk , scrivener , Januiry 15 , atene-Chmles Frederick Warman , of 9 , Houndsditch , City , china dealer , January 15 , at half-past twelve—William Barnfield , jun ., of 17 , Mark-lane , City , wine merchant , January 15 , at half . past eleven—nenry Richard Harraden , of Cambridge , printseller , January 15 ,

      at one-James Bobbins , of Winchester , bookseller , January 13 , at half-past eleven—Joseph Middleton , of Aveley , Essex , hay salesman , January 15 , at eleven-George Michael Yon Dadclszen , of 28 , Mincing-lane , City , merchant , January 15 , at eleven—Thomas Ilodsdon . of Harrow Middlesex , butcher , January Vi , at half-past two Theophilus Jonas Suttou , of Scarborough , Yorkshire , master mariner , January 1 C , at twelve—Janus Peake , of Tolleshuat Knights " , Esses , miller , January U , at twelve —William Henry Alexander and Charles Bolton Richards , of Upper Clifton-street , Finsbury , hardwaremen , January 14 , at twelve—T . Smyth , of Marchmount-street , Brunswick-square , perfumer , Jan . 14 , at eleven—H . S . Knowles , ofMoolliam , Somersetshire , silk throwster , January 14 , at eleven—Ann Akelmnt , of Bast Mailing , Kent , baker , January 14 , at twelve—Charles Best , of S , St . James ' swalk , Clerkenwell , printer , January 28 , at twelve—George Fordham Blow , of 22 , Great Dover-street , Newington , 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—Prince 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 Rogers , of Great Witley , Worcestershire , surgeon , January 21 , at eleven , at tha Court ot Bankruptcy , Birmingham . Certificates to bo granted , unless cause be shown to tii » 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 Northninpton , bill broker , January 16 — William George Flyini , of 84 , Lower Thames-street , City , merchant , Jauuary 13—John Perkin Iluxton , of Munstorstrcot , Regent ' s Park , and Spring . street , Patlilington , linen draper , Jauuary 15—George Fordliam Blow , of 21 , Great Dover-street , Newington , Surrey , currier , January 14—William llichard Parsons , of 7 , Limehouse-causeway , grocer , January 14—John Phillips , of Pinner ' s-court , Old Broad-street , City , and Peckham , Surrey , tailor , January 14—Henry Liptrot , of Wrexham , Denbighshire , boot maker , January IS—Evan Meredith , of Liverpool , linendraper , January 13—Jolm Lilly , of Dodderhill and Hau . bury , Worcectersliire , farmer , January 21 .

      Certificates to be granted by the Court of Review , unle-ss causa ba shown to the contrary , oa or before JsLuuu'y 13 . Thomas Praston , jun ., of Manchester , cotton spinner—Job Crabb , of Hook-mills , Dorsetshire , hemp manufacturer—Peter Has sen , of Newcastle-upon-Tyno , merchant —James Hui-lstone Limes , of Richmond , Surrey , butcher —Francis Uidd , of Nether Stowey , Somersetshire , surgeon .

      PABTNESSH 1 FS DISSOLVEB . James Jones and William Chalfont , of 10 , White Ilartplnce , Konnington-lano , stationers—Thomas De Tear and Thomas S . De Year , of 44 , Lisle-street , Leicester-square , curriers—Henry S . JBastv and William Williams , of Southampton , stock brokers — William Wycherley Brookes , John Lee , and William Lee Brookes , of Whitcliurch , Shropshire , attornies ( so far as regards William Wyclierley Brookes)—Charles Denton and Joseph Sergeant , of Rotherhithe , stone merchants—Thomas William Woolfc and Joseph Bray Woolfe , ofC 8 , Lower Shadwell , and Netvstreet , Shadwell , boat builders—Edward fenton and Stephen Penton , of Lupus-street , Pimlico—George 1 * . Kenworthy , John Kenwovthy , and Charles Edward Kenworthy , of Manchester , common carriers ( so far as regards Charles Edward Keuworthy ) —Henry Eastwood and John Richardson , of Wooulesibi-d , Yorkshire , earthenware

      manufacturers—Charles Herring , Burness , and Co ., of London , general agents—Thomas Hallam und William Hallam , of Northampton , leather sellers—Thomas Haigh Cronther aud Jolm Ashe , jun ., of Stockport , cotton spinners—John Whitehouse aud Edward Whitehouse , sen ., of Wolverhampton , garden tool manufacturers—Richard Biddlc and ltichard Birkin , of Nottingham and New Basford , lace manufacturers—John Lewis and Joseph Smith , of Birmingham , locksmiths—James Hendy and James William Ilendy , of Portsmouth aud Portsea , general builders—John Bevan , Nathaniel Iron , and Hiehard Bevan , ot 2 , Birohin-lane , City , provision merchants—George Burford and Thomas Burford , of Stratford , Essex , linen drapers—Henry Uawsthorn and Betty Ellston , of Haslingden , Lancashire , ironfouudcrs—Jos . C . Gamble , James CrosfielJ , Simon Crosneld , Georje Crash" old , and Joseph Crosfiold , of St . Helens , Lancashire , alkali manufacturers .

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      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 , bu commanded by a French general , Al . Duvivicr , and the naval squadron by a British officer . Tub Murder at Neuilly has become complicated in an extraordinary manner . When tlie authorities discovered the dead body of Rollct , they placed a gendarme in the house to seize on Franff-iis Quenelles , should he happen to return . Tlie gondnvmc , named Gilbert , finding himself alone in tlie house ,

      thought he might as well examine if he could not discover some indication of the crime . lie descended at last to the cellar , where he thought the earth looked as if it had been recently disturbs ! in one of the corners . He got a pickaxe " and took up the surtaee , and at about a foot below it lie found the dead body of a young girl , who was known to have been loved by both Rollet and Querelles , and for whose affections they were rivals . She had boon raissin ? for some days , and her disappearance had excited suspicions . The question now is who could have been the author of this crime . —Galianani ,

      Pio . ua . Plaxt . —The following arc reasons why the Hqua Plant is superior to Tea , viz : —1 st . Because it is beneficial to health . 2 nd . It does not injure the nerves . 3 rd . Children may use it with advantage to health . 4 th . It does not prevent sleep . 5 th . A quarter of a pound wili go as far as three quarter of a pound of the best Gunpowder Tea . Gtli . It is straightening and nutritious . 7 th . It is recommended by Physicians . ind Tea is disproved of by them . It greatly improves the voice ; it is recommended to singers and public speakers .

      Copi of a Letter sesi to Mr . Hollowayattesiixo as ExTRAORDmRr Cure . — "I , John Green , a builder , residing at No . 9 , Windmill-street , Finsburysquare , London , do solemnly declare that my wifc was afflicted for three years with a dreadful ulcerated kg , and that she consulted several eminent surgeons , and likewise two physicians , without receiving any benefit whatever . I further declare that attar every other means had failed , she had been radically cured , by the use alone of Holloway ' s pills and ointment , which were used together . Signed , John Green . "

      lhe Perth Courier recently 3 tated that a man was advised by a female doctor in the neighbourhood to rub his body with turpentine , before going to bed , and in the morning he would find himself cured of the rheumatism . Accordingly he obtained the assistance of his wife to rub the upper portion of his body , but while doing so , she accidentally allowed the lighted candle to come in contact with tho turpentine which had been placed upon the body , conseauently he became enveloped in flame , inflictingserious injury . How easily might this alarming accident have been prevented , if , instead of us'Vturpentine , he had taken that celebrated medicine , Blair ' s Gout and Rheumatic Pills .

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      Trial For Murder In South Australia.

      TRIAL FOR MURDER IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA .

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      TH * NORTHERN STAR . December 27 , 1845 .

  • 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/vm2-ncseproduct1347/page/6/