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if i Vol. 8.1 HONOLUL ATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1851 No. 4. Ml 1 -THl Ml I i it a 'A it it it i e-de II tier et ea a in. re 'llB I till mc 1 i fd I -5 :1 IE 1 1 ID- IT.

$jc floljrocsicm, I published weekly at Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaiian Is-EDWIN O. HALL, EDITOR. TERMS. One copy per annum, in advance, One copy six months, in advance, Single copies, Rates of Advertising Cine, aaaare. (16 lines) first insertion, $600 3 50 121-2 SI 00 25 square (16 lines) each continuance, -Three quarters of a square (12 lines) first in.

Three quarters of a square (12 lines) each con. Half square (8 lines or less) first insertion. Half square (8 lines or less) each continua 75 121-2 50 121-2 Cards, notices. square, by the year. -Cards, not exceeding one sq? 5 00 8 00 Yearly advertising noi exceeawg one uw column, 30 00 Tearly advertising not exceeding one col, 63 00 Yearly advertising limited to the advertiser's -nwn business.

Legal Advertisements. "Twenty five cents per line for the first insertion, and six and one fourth cents rnr subsequent insertion. Subscription to the Polynesian is payable invariably advance. VNo transient advertisements will be inserted, unlets prepaid. HOUSES, LAND, it T1EAL ESTATE Bargains inree aweiung a II 1 houses with large lota, situated in the central 4 portion of the city.

For tale on reasonable terms. 2 4RPT Jan. 18.36-tf Pn DISPOSED OF. A VALUABLE SVIIREM I itnated in a fine district of Maui. The receipts average ($1000) one thousand dollars per month at a profit of fifty to seventy five per cent.

The pur-jliaMr would required to take the stock and fix tures, and not less than ($1800) would have to be paid down. For further particulars apply wb. r. Bolles Labaina. nov.

25.tf-29 REAL ESTATE SALE close to the beach fronting on Kaahumanu and Merchant streets, in the following lots fronting on Merchant street No 1, .40 ft 3 in front, 87 ft 10 in back. No 2, 40 ft 3 in front, 101 ft 8 in back. No 3, 40 ft 3 in front, 108 ft 6 in back. No 4, 40 ft 3 in front, 4 1 ft back. No 5, 44 1 1 in front on Merchant st-do 41 ft front on Kaahumanu st.

Fronting on Kaahumanu street. No 6, 41 ft front, 85 feet 2 in back. Sold. No 7, 41 ft front, 85 ft 2 in baA. Jpplvto STJRKEY, CO.

Hono'lulu, Sept. ATOTICE. The undersigned having receiv- ,11 ed the appointment of Agent for the disposition of His Majesty's Private Lands, hereby gives notice to all persons who may from time to time wish to lease portions of the same, that it will be proper to their applications to the undersigned at his ffice ia the Palace. CHARLES GORDON HOPKINS. Feb 2 38-tf T)EaL ESTATE for sale or lease for a term of years.

Seven acres of land well fenced witn a mm! wall, tofether with a pood wooden build- cook house, situate in Mauoa valley. En quire at the National Hotel. 44-tf J. BOOTH. I 'O LLASfc tor a for a term of years.

Six acres land on Waikiki Plains, near th -residence of Wm. Jarrett. It ia well situated for a hospital or any object of that character. Enquire at the Is a tional Hotel. 44-tf J.

BOOTH. T70R SALE. A most commodious Family Rcsi-3 Jj dence, consisting of two stories, kitchen, wash- bouse, well and other out-buildings, entirely new -and finished in the most tasteful manner, without reference to expense. Situated in Britannia street next to H. McFartane'a Esquire, family residence For particulars apply to J.

HENDERSON, at the store at the corner of King Feb. 28, 1851. tf- 42 in Nuuanu st. AND FOR SALE. The undersigned has a few I i lots of land situated on Waikiki plains, for pri vate sale.

Plans of the above may be seen at the auction room. 1-tt 11. at A. VALUABLE house and lot for sale. The new and commodious house recently erected bv the subscribers, situated on otiuiuw u-Joming the residence of Dr.

Rooke. Said house is built in a most thorough manner of the very best materials. It contains fourteen rooms with a cellar underneath 36i28 ft. Adjourning thi same is a bathing house, cook house, an excellent well of water, etc. Said house ia well adapted for a hotel genteel boarding house.

For further particulars -enquire of BRANDON WOOD. GREGORY'S EXPRESS J. rpO THE UNITED STATES, via Panama, having a I. Insurance policies in the Atlantic Mutual and other offices in New York, and our own in one of i the best fire proof buildings in California, we are -i -enabled to furnish the best security for persons sending treasure or parcels by this line. Drafts at 1 eight on our agents Mesara.Thompon Hit cbcock A or.

Wall and Pearl streets. New York. JOS. W. 280 Montgomery st San Francisco.

AGENTS. Thompson Hitchcock, New York. G. E. CI rk, Sacramento City.

W.iBF. Cheesman, Marysville. Elliot, Portland, Oregon. Mitchell A Co Honolulu, H. I.

'N. B. An Express Mail with such other pack, ages as may be ent, will be forwarded from these islands I the United Stales by every MITCHELL CO Agents for the Hawaiian Islands. Honolulu, Jan. 1, 1851 34-tf SCHOOL BOOKS.

i.p'FIVF.n ner shio Loo Choo," a I We and -elected assortment of Element-: BoL, d.pte. to the wants of th. shoe's ia 7onolulu, consisting o. --Leavitt's reading books, 1st, 2d. 3d EUiotf.de 1st, td 3d.

and 4th series. hook. United State, do RobiaWa primary arithmetic, do American do. vella" elementary grammar English Nutting's drawing cards. Mattison" Astronomy Scholar's record book.

Physiology for children. Art of painting, national accountant. Writing books, different varieties 1 SeU of Bliss; outline maps aad keya. Blias analysis geography. Smith'a geogra.

Together with a variety of juvenile reading and story books, including Arthur, Abbott Charlotte Elizabeth, At Polynesian office. Feb.22.3m-41 "pOR SALE by the subscribers: 6 half bbls Haiti Hint fins in Mime order. 20 Quarter bbls Halibut Ana nrima order. 30 ouarter bbls toncues and xtnnda. 200 boxes chamnasne cider, 8 bbls dried apples; 99 keg fresh Goshen butter, 10 boxes Swaim'a oanacea.

10 do Townsend's aarsaparilla. 25 bbla white wine vinegar, 20 tierces bama. 20 cases Chocolate, 20 cases picklea, 26 cases clams, 26 eases lobsters, 50 cases as'd syrups, 25 cases nkkled lobsters. 100 cases water, butter and sods crackers. All of which we offer at the lowest mar Vat prices for cash approved credit.

-MaylTl-tf CRABB SPALDING. HOTELS. National Dining Saloon; IIIE undersigned proprietor of the above named establishment, is now prepared to accommodate boarders by the day or week and lodgers by the week or month. Iiis table will always be found supplied with the best the market affords, and will be served by turopean or American waiters, and his rooms are fitted with taste and neatness. His terms are as moderate as those of any similar establishment on the Islands.

1 Jan. 25.6m-37 B. FLANDREAU. COMMERCIAL HOTEL. HENRY MACFARLANE begs to acquaint his iriends, and lentlemen Mtf arriving in Honolulu, that his Hotel will be found to possess every requisite accommodation Wines, Spirits, Ale and Porter, of superior quality.

Superior Billiard Tables and Bowling Alleys. 'Hot, Cold, and Shower Baths. WINES, SPIRITS, PER BOTTLE. Champagne, 2 50 Whiskey $2 50 Port 2 00 Brandy, Martell's An i 50 ouci ij, best, Madeira, 2 00 Gin, Schiedam, best 2 50 Hock, 1 50 75 Sauterne, 1 00 Porter," 75 Claret, 1 00 Cordials Liquers 2 00 Cider. 1 00 Old Tom, 2 50 BATHS.

Hot Baths, $1 00 Cold and Shower Baths, 50 Honolulu, September 21st, 1850. 19-ly. HOTEL DE FRANCE. Victor Chancerel Medaille would respectfully inform their fiiends and the public that they have taken the above well mil known stand, where they will be happy.at all times to wait upon those who may favor them with their patronage. The bar will always be supplied with the best oi liquors and cigars.

The table will be furnished from the very best the market affords. Board by the day or week. Pic-nic and private parties sup plied at short notice, uood sleeping rooms at tached to the premises. Sept 14 ly-18 CANTON HOTEL THE UNDERSIGNED having ta ken the premises known as the Canton Hotel, late ly occupied by Mr. Samuel Thompson, begs to notify the residents of Honolulu and transient visitors i i generally, that tbeir bar will be constantly supplied with the choicest of the table with the best viands the market affords, having se cured the services of a first rate cook and steward, they hope by assiduity and strict attention to business, to merit a share of the public patronage.

N. B. A well fitted Billiard Room, Bowling Al leys and sleeping apartments attached to the premises. JOHN BARTLETT CO. Honolulu, July 0-6m MAINE HOTEL.

"DROWN FRIEL, would respectfully notify their friends and the public generally, that they have taken the above named establishment, where they will be happy to receive the calls of those who may favor them with their patronage. The rooms are airy, and fitted up in elegant style. The bar will always be supplied with the choicest of wines, liquors and cigars. Two good bowling alleys are connected with the houss. Strangers visiting this port, and gentlemen resident in Honolulu are respectfully invited to call and examine for themselves.

12-lyj iEW HOTEL LIBERTY HALL. The above House has recently been opened as a first class Hotel. No expense has been spared in fitting it with every modern convenience for comfort and elegance. The Bar will always be supplied with the best of Wines, Liquors and Cigars; and the proprietor hopes by strict attention to the wants of his customers, to merit a share of the public patronage. JAMES DAWSON.

Honolulu, Sept. 7, 1850. 17 ly. AYISO CONSULAR. Segun una circular que ha espedido el Ministerio de Relaciones de Chile, fecha 24 de Julio, a todos los Consules de las naciones estranjeras a todos aquellos a quienes concierna convenjra hago saber que con fecha 16 del mismo mes el Congreso ha proniulgado una Ley concediendo a los buques eetran jeros, que visiten los puertos de Chile, las mismas franquicias de que gozan los, nacionales, eceptuando solo que pucdan hacer el cabotaje con ia conuicion ae que las re- spectivas naciones convengan en reciprocar con li-cha ley en todos sus puntos.

Portanto, habiendo convenido el Gobierno de S. M. tlawauana aceptar reciprocar se-un el sen lido de la mescionada ley, los Buques Hawaiianos que hayan de visitar los puertos de Chile, obtecdran en este Consulado los documentos necesarios que los pondra en regla con Us Aduanas de la Republica de Chile. F. K.

11) a Consul de Chile. Honolulu, Diciembre 24 de 1850. (CONSULATE NOTICE. In accordance with a i circular which was issued by the Minister of Foreign Relations of Chile on the 24th of July, 1850. to Consuls of all nations.

Be it known to all whom it may concern and relate, that by an act of the 16th July, 1850. a law was passed in the Cham bers of Chile, relating to loreign vessels, Dy woicn law it was decreed that all vessels visiting the ports of Chile shall enjoy the same rights and privileges as those bearing the national nag, excepting oniy as relating to the coasting trade) under this condition. That each respective nation to which this privilege extends, reciprocates the same advantages in each of their several ports. Therefore, having corresponded with the government of His Hawaiian Majesty, to accept and reciprocate the full sense of aforenamed law, be it known that captains of all Hawaiian vessels who from this date may visit any of the ports of Chile, will, upon applying at this consulate, obtain such necessary documents as shall establish the above named rights in all ports of the Republic. F.

R. V1DA, Consul of Chile. Honolulu, Dec. 24, 1850.tf:33. A MAKOU, NA MEA NONA NA INOA vJ malalo nei, noho ana ma Honolnlu nei, ma ke noi ana Starkey Janion ma, ua ike pono makou ka hooao ana'e kekahi pahu hao i hanaia ia T.

Milner ma, ma Liverpool, ma ke ahi wela loa, i kekahi hora okoa, ke hoike aku nei makou, i ka welt ana a ua oahu hao la. aole i wela ike na pal a pa- la i waihoia iloko mamua ke aa ana ke ahi. Ua pono maoli i 7E, THE UNDERSIGN KU, Krbl dents at Honolulu, having, at tne request Messrs. Starkey, Janion witnessed one ot Messrs. Tho's Milner Sons (of Liverpool,) pa tent Fire resisting Safes exposed to the effects of a red hot Coal ore for the space of one hour.do hereby certify, that upon the said Fire Resisting Safe being opened, we found letters and papers that had been deposited therein prior to the fire in an excellent state of preservation.

March 22,1850. J. C. Spalding, F. R.

Vida R. W. Wood, N. F. Sayre, Wm.

Jarrett, Dr. E. Hoffmann, Leon de Aguirre, II. Hackfeld. tr-7 Ma' ka hale kuai Starkey Janion roa, ikeia ua pahu hao ole'oia roaluna, a me nspa, lapala I waihoia iloko, irrpTba Safe above mentioned, with the letters and papers it contained, may be seen at the store of Messrs.

STARKEY, JANION CO. 45tf WHITE and Colored Blankets, eitra; large ens, for sals bv 46-tf ALDR1CH RDSS, 3 Mm fje fJoljmcsirm. flublisrjefc bg SUtljoritii. AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE LICENSING OF PUBLIC SHOWS. Be it enacted by the Nobles and Representatives in Legislative Council assembled Sec.

I. That the Minister of the Interior may, upon the application of any person, license all Public Theatrical, Equestrian, or other exhibitions of any description, to which admission is obtainable on payment of money, for such time, and upon such terms and conditions as the said Minister of the Interior, shall think reasonable and the Chief of Police in any town or district where the same shall be exhibited, may regulate such show or exhibition in such manner as he shall think necessary for the preservation of order and the public peace. 2. 3ny person, who "shall set up or promote any such exhibition, or shall publish or advertise the same, or otherwise aid or assist therein, without a IAcense first obtained, as provided in the preceding section, or con trary to the terms or conditions ot such License, or after the same shall have expired, without obtaining a new one, shall be fined a sum not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars in the discretion of the Court. Sec.

3. Any police or other district justice shall have the power to issue a warrant for the arrest of any person complained against for the violation of any of the provisions of the preceding section, to try such person, and if found euilty to fine him for such offence, as above provided. Sec. 4. This Act shall be published in the "Elele," and Polynesian newspapers, and take effect on the tenth day after said publication.

Passed by the House of Representatives, May 20, 1851. WILLIAM L. LEE, Speaker. KEONI ANA, Pres. House of Nobles, KAMEHAME1IA.

Keoxi Ana. AN ACT TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE IN CERTAIN FISHING GROUNDS. Whereas certain persons to whom Gov ernment lands have been sold, have as sumed exclusive rights ol nshing in the sea adjacent to said land without the justification of law and whereas the people, numvi ous instances, have been unjustly deprived of their rights to fish on the grounds long since made free to them by law, namely, on the fishinV i'round commonly known as the Ki- lohee Grounds, the Luhce Grounds, the Malo- lo Grounds, and the fishing of the ocean from the retfs seaward. And. whereas, the piesent law irsTurds no sufficient protection to the people in those rights Therefore, lie it enacted by the Nobles and Keprescniiitives of the Hawaiian Islands in Legislative Council assembled Sec.

I That no person who has bought, or may hereafter buy, any Government land, or obtain land by lease or other title from any party, has, or shall have any greater right than any other person, resident in this Kingdom over any fishing ground not included in his title, although adjacent to said land. The fish in said fishing ground shall belong to all persons alike, and may be taken at any time, subject only to the taboos of the Minister of the Interior. Sec 2. If that specie of fish which has been tabooed by any Konohiki, shall go on to the ground which have been, or may be, given to the people, such fish shall not be tabooed thereon. It shall only be tabooed when caught within hc bounds of the, Kono-hikis private fishings Nor shall it be lawful for a Konohiki to taboo more than one kind of fish upon any fishing grounds which lie adjacent to each other.

Sec 3. Every Konohiki or other person who shall wilfully deprive another of any of his legal rights to fish on siny fishing grounds which now is, or may become, free to the use of the people, or who shall wilfully exact from another any portion of the fish caught on any public fishing ground, or who shall wilfully exact of another, for the use of any private fishery, a greater amount of fish than by law he is entitled to receive as his share, and any tenant or other person-w ho shall wilfully deprive any Konohiki of his fishing rights, by appropriating to himself the tabooed fish of said Konohiki, or otherwise, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding One Hundred Dollars for every such offence, in the discretion of the Court, and in default of the payment of said fine, be imprisoned at hard labor until the same is paid. Sec 4. The several district justices of the Kingdom shall have the. power to try and punish all offences against the provisions of the preceding section committed in their respective districts.

Sec 5. This Act shall take effect ten days from and after the publication of the same in the Elele and Polynesian newspapers. Passed by the House of Representatives May, 25, 1851. WILLIAM L. LEE, Speaker.

KEONI ANA, Pres. House of Nobles. kamehameha; Keo.hi Ana. For the Polynesian. The Hawaiian Legislature being in session, and as I like going a head-rfor chiefs and people need to be taught promptness and efficiency in business matters allow me to make, through your colomns, as I am doing through the Elele, other suggestions which mav aid, in SGQie measure, the deliberations of the Nobles and Representatives, for the rood of the nation.

To the candid consider ation of the members of both houses 1 com- iL. mrttwk nA thrnw nnt No UtCQU IUC uiuta Mw member of the Legislature will think himself too important to say with the Speaker of the Lower House, We shall have need of all the light and wisdom which we obtain from each other and those around Glad to hear him add, Let us never forget the Great Source of Wisdom above." s- Without farther preface," I proceed to speak of education, at Hawaii, as a means of social and moral improvement. When 1 speak of education, I mean the systematic and thorough going instruction of the Ha waiian race the mass of the people, in their own language. I say the mass for education, to produce its legitimate influence, must be diffused throughout all ranks, just as leaven is cast into the measure of flour, and and thus made to leaven the whole lump. It is desirable that a portion of the rising generation be thoroughly educated carried forward, in schools and seminaries, as far as possible, that -they may fill important posts in Church and State may be qualified to discharge the duties of legislators, magistrates, and governors teachers of schools, physicians, lawyers, ministers to foreign courts, preachers of the gospel and pastors of churches.

It may be desirable that children of foreigners, by Hawaiian mothers, be thoroughly instructed in the English language, till they become proficients in studies of this sort. Rut of these higher branches of education, am not concerned, at present, to speak, but of the-primary school of the importance of pouring the light of instruction upon the entire nation of training for usefulness the children who will be the future acting men and women of Hawaii not merely the farmers and mechanics, but vo ters; and, in some cases, the legislators of the nation In a word the beauty and strength of the land. These must be educated must be taught to read and think must become an intelligent body, or there will be little hope of the permanence of religious or poli tical institutions. The subject of education will, of course, come before the Legislature, and will doubt less receive due attention, at the hands of the Members of both Houses. Much will depend upon the action taken by the lower House.

Let me with proper delerence to the wisdom of this body, suggest that they take hold of the subject with energy. I trust they take it for granted that the people must and shall be educated that the safety and honor of the nation demand this; that it cannot be dispensed with. Let it be the ques tion of questions How can the object of diffusing universal education among the peo ple be attained? Let oery member wake up to the importance of this subject, and be rretared to grapple with every difficulty which may beset it. The fact of its being thus regarded and treated, both by foreign ers and IJawaiians both by Chiels and Re presentatives, will invest it with importance in the eyes of the people generally. On the contrary, let the subject of education be treated as a matter of minor importance of( some little value, certainly, though not primary; less than that of commerce, or agriculture, or finance, and, in my opinion, instead of improvement there will be a retrc-crade movement, parents, teachers, and pu pils will be alike indifferent on the subject of education; schools already languishing will decline still more rapidly; and ignorance and its attendant evils will greatly increase.

There will be a terrible reaction. Other enterprises of the day, which are becoming prominent, will override the eaterpnze of educating the people, conducted in a lifeless or sleepy lukewarm manner. We know who hath said, "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge." God grant that this may not be said of the Hawaiian race. Chiefs, representatives of the people, friends of the nation, awake to the importance of! saving the occupants of these fair islands from an end so fearful. Resolve that you wiTl do your duty in the premises, so that if 1 tne people win reject unowieage, anu pensu, on themselves alone shall rest the responsibility.

AGRICOLUS. Maui, May 20. For I he Polynesian. Mr. Editor, I am glad to see that you are sound on the subject of reducing the duty on spirituous liquors; and I trust you will raise the note of remonstrance against any attempts to curse the land with an increased consumption of this woe-procuring article.

I assure you of my warmest sympathy: and co-operation, and of the sympathy of all the friends of the right in my. neighborhood. I am amazed that there should be amongst you advocates of a measure which will necessarily increase this traffic. Pray have there not already been victims enough laid on the polluted altar of Intemperance among us i Shall this number be increased? -May not the fi iends of God and man raise the cry of distress, when they' see the accomplished, the talented, the amiable, those who might1 be a blessing to all around them, dragged down to a dishonored graves Is it not grievous to compelled to write Ichabod, over the door of rising genius to Pay the reverence of old days To his dead fame Walk backward, with averted gaze, And hide the shame May the Hawaiian Legislature have wisdom to oppose, with firmness, the increase of a traffic, at once dishonorable to God, and ruinous to man. We on Maui look to you, also, for aid to put down intemperance, on our -island.

I am assured, on all hands, by the people, who do business there, daily, and by our friend L. L. Torbert. that Kalepolepo is one of the worst places, on account of drunkenness, on the islands. There are said to be two beer guzzling establishments at that place, and the amount of dissipation is Kul full of potatoes, nearly ripe, of a fine quality.

There are 100 carts in Kula, and some 300 or 400 yoke of oxen, besides mules, donkeys, so that; with the blessing of God on good management, there is nothing to prevent gains flowing in like a river, and not only refreshing ourselves, on ir Maui, but, Mr. Editor, reaching you at Ho nolulu, and giving a new impulse to business on all the islands. And yet there is danger that all these benefits will be counteracted by the beer shops at Kalepolepo, and other places along that shore. The people tell me that they have immense trouble with their teamsters. On reaching the shore they are easily decoyed into these miserable shops, being weary and thirsty.

After a taste of the wretched beverage, they care little for their teams or for their loads; neglect all till they have filled themselves with this vile compound; and then how well fitted they are to dispose of their loads, and get back to Kula, you can easily guess. Saturday is the great day at Kalepolepo. Query. Did our Maui pleasure-loving characters borrow the hint from their Saturday-horse-riding-theatre-going friends at Hono-lulu? Well, these teamsters not only have a thorough-going revel, on Saturday, but they fill their kegs with the good creature, and take with them a sufficient quantity to make their friends drunk at home. Of this I have no doubt, and the fact is as alarming as it is shameful.

Do you ask What are you going to do about it Every thing in my power. Our people, from Kula to Hamak'ua, have petitioned the Legislature for aid in putting down the evil. We need and must have a new magistrute. Nauela. the native magistrate, instead of being a terror to evil doers, is one of the foremost in the iniauiitv.

Torbert is of opinion that a good magistrate, say Judge Bowlin lately of the Police Court, at Ho noluluwould put a damper upon the evil at once. Those land sharks would not care to pay more than one or two $500 fines, for imbruting their fellow men nor. would native Hawaiians stand many fines. An intelligent upright magistrate would do great good, at this time, and it would be good economy to secure the services of such a one, even at a high salary. I think you will unite with me, Mr.

Editor, in beseeching God to save Lahaina from the curse and wretchedness of the passage of a bill authorising the sale of spirituous liquors. I trust there will be found principle enough in the Legislature, to throw out this Bill. Thine for the nation, PASTOR OF MAKAWAO. May 21, 1S51. From ibf Joornal of Omiinerre Mr.

Hunter's Bill. In the cases of N.L. Griswold against Hugh Maxwell, Collector at New York, and Thompson and Foreman against II. Greely, Collector at Boston, the Supreme court of the United States have unanimously 1st. That under the Tariff laws of 1823: 1830, 1832, 1842, an 1846, merchandize is to be appraised at the time when purchased or procured, and not when shipped.

2nd. That additions made under the 8th section of the Tariff of 1846 to avoid penal ties and get possession of goods, are compulsory and involuntary, and, if protested, can be recovered back by suit. Thnt under the Tariff of 1842 and 1846, penalties can be exacted only on purchased goods, and not goods consigned on producers and manufacturers account. 4th. That if all the appraisers do make a personal examination of goods as required by their oath of office, no- penalty can be exacted.

5th. That the removal of a merchant appraiser is illegal, as his duty is judicial and not merely ministerial, Gth. That the Instructions of the Secretary of the Treasury do not justify the Collector in making illegal exactions, nor protect him from suit by the importer. 7th. That the invoice and oath of the fair importer are the best test of the value of foods.

To deprive the Importers of the benefit of these decisions or the supreme iourt, aoui has been introduced and passed by the Senate, which will be calculated for some time to work great injustice. And it is to be regretted that the bill as originally introduced by Mr. Winthrop has not been changed sufficiently to produce a thorough alteration of the Tariff of 1816, and to introduce either the principal of Home Valuation, or of specific duties; especially as the substitute is 'calculated to favor the designs of foreign manufacturers. The Foreign Manufacturer will, under thia law. invoice his eoods without regard lo their intrinsic value, and will not be subject to any penally or forfeiture lor so doing, while the American Merchant residing at home and uurchasin? eoods through his Agent abroad at the fair prices in foreign markets, will still be compelled, under tne laws of 1799, 1823, 1830, 1842, St 1846, to produce the invoice of the actual price he has paid, and for an increase in the foreign market prices between the time, of bis purchase, and time of shipment, is subject to indictment for perjury in swearing to a false invoice; will have a penalty of 20 per cent, on the appraised value extorted for the rise in prices in the foreign market, and will have to abandon the ruinous competition wrth unnaturalized agents of foreign manufacturers; who must ultimately secure a permanent asfrendancv over our citizens, no matter what talent and industry.

the latter employ to se cure purchasers at the lowest market prices abroad. More especially will the commerce with remote countries, such as China, India, Chili and the Islands of the Pacific; be. seriously affected by this Act, because the difference in the foreign market prices, with the exemption from duty on constitutes the onj profit on such importations. In truth, it is worse than folly to require an invoice which under this new Act is to be wholly disregarded in appraising the foreign value of goods, white it makes the importer's oath on entry a useless formality, serving only to draw down on his integrity the imputation of perjury and the forfeiture of his estate. This bill can serve no useful it be to destroy all reliance on invoices, however verified, and by whomsoever produced; and thus, in time, may substitute far the ad valorem system, the more simple and perfect operation of specific duties.

By the second section of the proposed Act, there is given an unparalleled power toU. S. Appraisers, bare certificate will be the sole, conclusive and final determination of the values of all merchandise whether they have or have not made any personal ex amination of the goods; and where there are no appraisers, the Collector's certificate alone will forever bar the merchant from all redress, either by appeal to the Treasury, or to the Courts of Law. The Constitationaf protection of trial by jury being thus wholly destroyed, its operations will enhance the op pressions under the present ad volorem systems, and co-operate to its destruction. The third section of this Act is still more remarkable than the first two, and creates four additional appraisers with Visitatorial power, to be exercised under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury; and in cases of difference between Ike Collector and Importer, in regard to the valoe of goods, one of these Visitors is to be associated with a merchant appointed by the Collector to appraise the goods; and the Collector is made umpire between these two in case of disagreement.

The evident objections to-this provision are, that no four men, however extensive their commercial attainments may be, could be sufficient to perform the requirements of this section, and under the second section, the certificate of all these incompetent men, and a prejudiced collector, will destroy all redress' for wrongs done through either their malice or ignorance, while the sole merchant's appraiser will be left unheard. Catholic Commercial Mission art Scheme The Opinion Publhpte takes up with warmth some remarks bv the National on an effort making by the Roman Catholic Clergy to obtain greater influence in the mercantile navy. We extract as follows: "The JVulional announces in these the'ereation of a Catholic Creation is not the proper word it is an old undertaking, which it is desired to verify and increase. The object "of this undertaking is-to propagate the Catholic faith, and to promote the commerce of small ware. Thus far Providence has not blessed it and is urgent to make a new effort.

A subscription is opened in all France. People sub scribe for 500fr. or 5 fr. 1 he subscribers at 500fr. will have a pait in the profits; and those, of 5fr.

will only gain indulgences. The undertaking is directed by a superior ecclesiastical committee. This 'CouncH of the Catholic Admiralty is composed of Mgr. Bonamyr superior-generaT of the congregation- Pic pus. president; M.

Etienne, superior-general of the Petres de la Misericorde; M. Liber- manti, superior-general of the congregation" du Saint Esprit, and'M Rubillon provincial of the company of There are, we are certain, amongst the, subscribers of the JValional some republican Catholics, who la--ment the anti-religious spirit of their Journal, hut wbo take in the National on account of its republican character. To these sub scribers it will certainly be very to learn that a Catholic Admiralty being-established under the sjtrial direction of the persons naraett by the persons whose names are the best of guarantees to all Catholics interested in the propagation of. the faith. The National has, then, rendered a service to this exeeent enterprise which' perhaps, it desired to injure.

In admitting, that the Catholics are very restricted in num--ber amougst the subscribers to a which like all its colleagues, with one exception, seeks all opportunities of insulting the Catholic religion, the National will admit that it possesses a considerable number of intef-ligent subscribers, to whom an affair has no need to be explained in detail, and who ac-. cept great political -results from whatever source France can derive them. A whole class of readers will be usefully instructed by the brief indications of the National transformed into a gratuitous advertiser, It a country in which the history of Mr. Pritch-; ard has made so much noise, it is not neces-; sary to explain how the English make use of the Protestant propaganda to extend coin- -merce; and if people are not influenced by the consideration of the advantage the Catholic propaganda may derive from the extent sion which commerce will take, they ought lo be so by the advantages which commerce will derive from the efforts of the Catholic propaganda. To unite these two interests to develope one by the other; instead of mercantile missionary like Mr.

whom England derives advantage, but; by whom religious morality is injuied to have missionaries seconded by merchants, and merchants who reap in fields opened often the sacrifice of their blood by missionaries is a simple undertaking, of striking utility and of this, the NatimoK does not, it is true, give a false idea, though it has not seized it with sympathetic gence. To propagate the Catholic faith, and i at the same time encourage the exterior com-' merce of France, by taking shares for speculation, if one has the funds or in giving piece of 5fr. if one only wishes to. take a part in a good work is a well conceived measure. The jVoftowaJ ought to have com- pleted its advertisement by saying where tb.

public can auhscribe. We are" coatciocedi that several of its readers, catholics, orpolK ticians would have carried their piece of 5fr- to the address indicated. The readers of the Opinion Puhlique have long known the Societe d' Oceanic; it has given an account of the results already obtained with the small nam- ber of vessels composing its Catholic which are placed at the service of foreign missions. They know that it makes numerous efforts, and we have nonesd to recommend it. The article of the National rr'wiTT ftr1 Maw.

Various are' the causes which contribute to the factitious de- pravity of man. Defective and eroneous ed- i ucation corrupts h-fmj the prevalent examples of a degenerate community corrupt him; but bad government corrupts him more than all other causes combined, Kooi Spirit of.w Despotism. 1 Prejudice is an equivocalterm. -i:.