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and a large balance will remain in the Treasury after satisfying all the appropriations chargeable to the revenue for the present year. The measures taken by the Secretary of the Treasury will probably enable him to pay off, in the course of the present year, the residue of the exchanged 4 per cent. stock, redeemable on the 1st of January next. The payment of this stock will reduce the whole debt of the United States, funded and unfunded, to the sum of 4,760082.08 dollars. This sum is all that now remains of the national debt; and the revenue of the coming year, together with the balance now in the Treasury, will be sufficient to discharge it, after meeting the current expenses of the government. From this view of the state of the finances, and the public engagements yet to be fulfilled, you will perceive that, if Providence permits me to meet you at another session, I shall have the high gratification of announcing to you that the national debt is extinguished. I cannot refrain from expressing the pleasure that I feel at the near approach of that desirable event." Still, however, the strictest economy is recommended, as well as the retaining of the present Tariff Duties, notwithstanding the liquidation of the public debt. flourishing state of the finances ought not, however, to encourage us to indulge in a lavish expenditure of the public treasure. The receipts of the present year do not furnish the test by which we are to estimate the income of the next. The changes made in our revenue system by the Acts of Congress of 1832 and 1833, and more especially by the former, have swelled the receipts of the present year far beyond the amount to be expected in future years upon the reduced tariff of duties. The shortened credits on revenue bonds, and the cash duties on woollens which were introduced by the Act of 1832, and took effect on the 4th of last March, have brought large sums into the Treasury in 1833, which, according to the credits formerly given, would not have been payable until 1834, and would have formed a part of the income of that year. These causes would of themselves produce a great diminution of the receipts in the year 1834, as compared with the present one; and they will be still more diminished by the reduced rate of duties which take place on the 1st of January next, on some of the most important and productive articles. I cannot, therefore, recommend to you any alteration in the present tariff of duties. The rate as now fixed by law on the various articles, was adopted last Session of Congress, as a matter of compromise, with unusual unanimity, and unless it is found to produce more than the necessities of the government call for, there would seem to be no reason at this time to justify a change."

The remainder of the Message is on the subject of the States' Bank, which the President charges with having exercised its power and money for electioneering purposes, &c., and this and other grounds justifies the measures adopted towards that establishment. Not a word is said on the subject of slavery, which, seeing the great measure resolved upon in England has been so recently adopted, and that it is a topic so immediately connected with the relations subsisting in the United States, is very surprising. The omission has disappointed many in this country.

BIOGRAPHICAL PARTICULARS OF CELEBRATED
PERSONS, LATELY DECEASED.

LORD GRENVILLE.

Ar his seat, Dropmore, the Right Hon. William Wyndham Grenville, Lord Grenville, in his 75th year.

This distinguished statesman, the son of George Grenville, was born on the 25th of October, 1759, and received his education at Eton and Oxford. On quitting college, he entered himself a student of one of the inns of

court; but, influenced by the persuasions of his cousin, William Pitt, he abandoned all idea cf attaining forensic eminence, and devoted his whole attention to politics.

In 1782, he became secretary to his brother, the Marquess of Buckingham, who had been appointed lord-lieutenant of Ireland: and, in the latter end of the following year, was nominated paymaster-general of the forces. At the general election, which speedily followed his acceptance of office, he was returned, by a very small majority, a knight of the shire for Bucks. His perfect knowledge of the privileges and customs of parliament, led to his appointment as speaker of the House of Commons, 1789; but he did not occupy the chair long, for, in the same year, he succeeded Lord Sydney as secretary of state for the home department, and was created a peer, by the title of Baron Grenville. In 1791 he became secretary for foreign affairs; and, by the King's command, on the execution of Louis the Sixteenth, ordered M. Chauvelin, the French Ambassador, to quit the kingdom immediately; a long correspondence ensued, in which the agent of the regicides was treated with severity, and Lord Grenville is believed to have urged the necessity of war.

On account of the violence displayed by the mob towards the King, when his Majesty went to open parliament, in 1795, Lord Grenville introduced a bill for the protection of the royal person; and soon afterwards brought forward another for regulating the residence of aliens in this country, both of which were adopted by the legislature. He went out of office with Pitt, because, as it was alleged, George the Third refused to grant those concessions to the Catholics, which they had been led to expect would have been the consequence of the union, a measure that Lord Grenville had warmly supported. He afterwards made a fruitless attempt to effect a coalition between the Addington party and Pitt, on whose return to power, he obtained the auditorship of the exchequer, worth about 4000l. per annum, although he took no office in the new administration. On the death of Pitt, in 1806, he coalesced with Fox, whose principles he had once professed to abhor; and became, nominally, at least, head of the ministry, which has been termed that of All the Talents, during whose brief tenure of power the act was passed for abolishing the slave trade.

Lord Grenville was now severely assailed for retaining his office of auditor of the exchequer, which, however, he would not relinquish, and the sanction of the legislature was obtained to his holding it at the same time with that of first lord of the treasury. A coalition of the united parties in power, with the friends of Lord Sidmouth, led to the introduction to the cabinet of Lord Ellenborough, then Chief Justice of the King's Bench, a proceeding which was termed highly inexpedient, and calculated to weaken the administration of justice. The failure of the expeditions sent out under Whitelock and others, by the new administration, the alleged want of skill evinced in its diplomatic transactions with France, the loss it sustained by the death of Fox, and the difference of opinion existing between its leading members and the King, with regard to Catholic Emancipation, which they were as anxious to grant as he was determined to withhold, contributed, respectively, to its speedy dismissal. Their advocacy of concession, which they had pledged themselves to support, was, however, the immediate cause of the downfall of Lord Grenville and his friends. Sheridan said, that the premier had not only thrust his head against a wall, on this occasion, but had built, clampt, and squared one expressly for the purpose.

On the termination of the restrictions imposed on the Prince Regent, in 1812, it was confidently expected that Lords Grenville and Grey would have been called to power; but they declined to act in concert with Spencer Perceval. Immediately after the assassination of the latter, they were again solicited to take office; but, having insisted, among other proposed conditions of their accepting the conduct of public affairs, that the whole of the royal patronage, even with regard to officers of the household, should

be given up to them, the regent declined their services. Lord Grenville opposed Government during the war; but, on the signal defeat of the French, in 1814, he heartily congratulated the country on the prospect of an immediate peace; and, in the following year, supported Ministers in their resolution to depose Napoleon. From that time he ceased to take so prominent a part in parliamentary discussions as he had previously done, except during the debates on Catholic Emancipation, of which he continued an uniform and able supporter.

Several of his speeches on finance have been published, with tables illustrative of his plans. As Chancellor of the University of Oxford, to which he was elected, in 1809, by a small majority over Lord Eldon, he has defended his Alma Mater, in a pamphlet, against the charge brought against her of having expelled Locke. He has also edited the letters of the great Earl of Chatham to his nephew, Thomas Pitt, afterwards Lord Camelford; enriched an edition of Homer, privately printed, with valuable annotations; and translated several pieces from the Greek, English, and Italian, into Latin, which have been circulated among his friends, under the title of "Nugæ Metricæ." Lord Grenville was married, in 1792, to Anne Pitt, daughter of the first Lord Camelford, but has no issue.

THE HON. GEORGE LAMB.

It is our painful duty to record the death of Mr. George Lamb, the younger brother of Lord Melbourne, and Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department. His loss will be deeply felt, for he was an able, frank, and popular man-useful and intelligent in business, sensible and intrepid in debate, unreserved, communicative, and agreeable in society, and not less distinguished in classical and literary attainments, as several successful jeux d'esprit, as well as his more elaborate and difficult work, the translation of Catullus, amply testify. His early habits and warm affections led him to form, and his frank and artless character to avow, that strong party attachment which it is now somewhat old-fashioned to commend, but which, when regulated, as in the case of Mr. Lamb, by a sense of justice to his opponents, and directed to great and honourable purposes, is perhaps the surest, and has undeniably hitherto proved the most effectual, expedient for enlisting either talent or zeal in the service of a mixed and popular government, and for enabling statesmen of genius and ability to defend and promote the cause of civil and religious liberty.

Mr. Lamb had long been a public character. He stood a contest for Westminster, which is well remembered, and for some time represented that city. He was one of the most active of the Committee of Management of Drury-lane Theatre, at a critical period of its history. He was bred to the profession of the bar, but we believe he never attempted to gain practice. His accomplishments were admitted by all who knew him; and never, perhaps, did any one possess in greater proportion the qualities which endear a man to his friends. His kindness of heart and mildness of temper were proverbial. For some years he has suffered very much at times from the gout; but, from his robust constitution, a long life might have been anticipated.

His having been put forward by the Whigs to contest Westminster against the Radicals, then headed by Sir Francis Burdett, on the death of Sir Samuel Romilly, is at once a proof of his popularity and the rank which he held in his party. He was accompanied to the poll by Lord Durham, (then Mr. Lambton,) Sir Ronald Fergusson, and a number of other distinguished public men, who repelled an attempt then made by the mob, who offered personal violence to him.

His death took place at his official residence in Whitehall-yard. He was born July 11, 1784, and formed a matrimonal alliance in 1809 with Mademoiselle Caroline Rosalie St. Jules, who survives him, but by whom he has left no family. Mr. Lamb was representative for the Irish

borough of Dungarvon, for which he sat in four Parliaments, on the Duke of Devonshire's interest, having been first returned in 1826, when Sir Augustus Clifford retired. On the change of government, when_Lord Melbourne was appointed Secretary for the Home Department, Mr. Lamb obtained the appointment of Under Secretary, and since that period he has been considered the official organ of the Home Department in the House of Commons.

WILLIAM SOTHEBY, ESQ.

It is with sorrow we have to record the loss of an estimable man, the late father of our national poetical school, Mr. Sotheby. On the 30th of December this most amiable man died at his house in Lower Grosvenor-street, in the 77th year of his age. He was a member of many literary societies, a kind and liberal benefactor to those which required pecuniary aid, and a generous friend to all. As a poet, he stands in the foremost rank of our age. His "Oberon," from Wieland, is an unexcelled performance; and his translations of Homer in the first class of that difficult and rarely successful branch of literature. An elegant scholar, a good man, and an admired author, has run his beneficent, his useful, and his luminous course.

JAMES BROUGHAM, ESQ. M.P.

At Brougham Hall, in the prime of life, after a painful illness of several weeks' duration, James Brougham, Esq., M.P. for the borough of Kendal Throughout the county of Westmorland the death of this gentleman has occasioned a deep feeling of sorrow. From the year 1817, when that noble struggle for the independence of Westmorland began, which called forth the admiration and sympathy of the whole kingdom, and contributed incalculably to advance the progress of reform, Mr. Brougham was an unwearied labourer in this sacred cause. His exertions in this cause, so dear to the honest grey coats and their disinterested leaders, gave all ranks an opportunity of knowing the urbanity of his manners, and the endearing qualities of his mind, in which patient gentleness was united with persevering ardour, and the kindness of his heart. These exertions, and these qualities, the electors of Kendal knew how to appreciate and reward; they gratified themselves and their friend (for such they considered Mr. Brougham) by returning him, free of expense, as their first member in the reformed parliament; justly proud, after so many hard-fought battles, with, and for, a Brougham, to return a member of a family, all of whom had unflinchingly supported liberal principles. The union between Mr. Brougham and his constituents was one of affection and confidence; and his advice and assistance were always ready on every application. He is early removed from the scene of his earthly duties, but his services are not lost. He is added to those who are consecrated in the grateful remembrance of their countrymen, and whose example ever lives to excite the emulation of survivors.

MARRIAGES AND DEATHS.

Married.]-At the Chapel Royal, Castle, Dublin, Frederic Willis, Esq., of the 9th Royal Lancers, son of Richard Willis, Esq., of Halsnead, in the county of Lancaster, to Elizabeth Louisa, eldest daughter of Sir W. Gosset, K.C.B., Under Secretary of State for Ireland. Frederic Pollock, Esq., M.P. for Huntingdon, to Sarah Ann Amowah, second daughter of Captain Richard Langslow, of Hatton, Middlesex.

At Bath, J. A. Roebuck, Esq., M.P., of the

Inner Temple, to Henrietta, eldest daughter of the Rev. Dr. Falconer, of Bath.

At All Saints' Church, Southampton, K. G. Hubback, Esq., of Kensington, to Frances, third daughter of the late Lord Charles Beauchamp Kerr, and granddaughter to the late Marquis of Lothian.

At the British Embassy, Paris, by the Right Rev. Bishop Luscombe, Arthur Freese, Esq., Madras Civil Service, to Eliza Charlotte, eldest daughter of William Gardener Burn,

PROVINCIAL OCCURRENCES

IN THE COUNTIES OF ENGLAND, AND IN WALES, SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND.