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man M. Price, S71; S. W. Haight, 489; Wm. M. Smith, 430; J. B. Bidleman, 431; A. C. Peachy, 40; Scattering, 31.

As we have yet to hear from the district of San Jose, it is not certain that Judge Burnett is elected. Judge Dimmick will receive the undivided support of his district, undoubtedly; but we do not think the vote, in its varied precincts, will overcome Burnett's majority, which is now 1,086.

These officers, elected as above, will continue in office until the first of January, 1850, when their places will be supplied by the officers elected at the regular election to be held next November. The salaries are fixed by the governor, but cannot exceed, for Superior Judges, $1,000 per annum; for Prefects, $2,500; and for other Judges, $1,500. The salaries will be paid out of the civil fund accruing from customs, unless otherwise ordered from Washington.

MONTEREY, (CALIFORNIA,) August 1, 1849. The measures for settling the affairs of our government proposed in Gen. Riley's proclamation, have met with approbation throughout the country, and to-day has been the day of election for delegates to a Convention, to meet on the 1st of September in this town, to form a State constitution, and also for local magistrates in the different districts.

The delegates chosen in this town yesterday were: Messrs. Thomas O. Larken, H. W. Halleck, C. S. Botts, Lewis Dent, and Parifiew Ord."

We have another important entry to make, at this date, in relation to the proposed new State of Deseret, embracing the Mormon country about Salt Lake. We copy from the Bulletin:

"The Mormons residing in the valley of the Great Salt Lake have framed a constitution for a state government, which is to be submitted to Congress at its next session, and which is to govern them until Congress shall authorize some other form of government. The document is the result of the labours of a convention, held in their city in March last, of inhabitants residing in that portion of California lying east of the Sierra Nevada. They have chosen as the title of their state, the 'State of Deseret,' a Mormon epithet for the Honey Bee,' significant of industry and its kindred virtues.

"The constitution is in the usual form of such documents among our new States. The three departments of government, legislative, judicial and executive, are established. The legislative is to consist of two houses, the members of which are to be free white male citizens of the United States,' and bound by oath to a support of the constitution of the same. A governor and lieutenant governor, with the customary officers, compose the executive, and the judiciary consists of a supreme court, with such other tribunals as the legislature shall establish.

"The Declaration of rights guaranties a perfect freedom to worship VOL. III.—SEPT., 1849.

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God according to the dictates of conscience, and the legislature cannot establish any one religion, or interfere with any man's mode of worship, provided he does not disturb the public peace, nor disturb others in their religious worship.' Not a word is said about slavery, and as the Mormons are all, or nearly all, from free states, the probability is that the idea of introducing slaves into their territory has not been entertained at all.

"These are the main features of this interesting document, and their liberal, enlightened character must please all American citizens. The general assembly adopted the instrument in July, and elected Almon W. Babbitt as their delegate and representative to Congress, to urge upon that body the admission of the new state into the Union."

By the late California papers we learn that a census has recently been taken of the inhabitants of Oregon, which shows that the population of that Territory is 8,902. This number includes the foreign population, which amounts to less than 300 souls. Gov. Lane has issued a proclamation, fixing the number of members of Council and House of Representatives to which each county is entitled, and ordering their election on the first Monday of June. The election for a delegate to Congress is to be held on the same day. By the census there are 2,500 voters in the territory; but, in consequence of the absence of many of them in California, and by reason of there being some six candidates, it is supposed that the successful aspirant for the office of delegate will not receive more than two hundred votes. The rage among the people of Oregon for gold-hunting is greater than ever, and both the newspapers have suspended operations in consequence thereof. 1st. The Regents or "establishment" of the Smithsonian Institution held a meeting at the Smithsonian edifice.

PRESENT.

Zachary Taylor, President of the United States, and ex officio President of the Institution.

John M. Clayton, Secretary of State.

W. M. Meredith, Secretary of the Treasury.

Jacob Collamer, Postmaster General.

Thomas Ewbank, Commissioner of Patents.

W. W. Seaton, Mayor of Washington.

Joseph Henry, LL.D., Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. The President took the Chair.

This being the first meeting of the establishment, the Secretary gave an account of the Institution, of the plan of organization adopted by the Board of Regents, and of the progress made in carrying the several parts into operation.

The chairman of the executive committee, Mr. Seaton, gave to the meeting an account of the disbursements of the Institution, and the state of its funds.

The following gentlemen having been recommended by the Regents and officers of the Institution, and being duly considered by this meeting, were, on motion of Mr. Meredith, unanimously elected honorary members of the Smithsonian Institution, viz.:

Dr. Robert Hare, of Pennsylvania.

Albert Gallatin, of New York.

Dr. Benjamin Silliman, of Connecticnt.
Washington Irving, of New York.

On motion of Mr. Clayton, it was

Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed to draught and report by-laws and regulations for the future meetings of the establish

ment.

Whereupon the President appointed Mr. Clayton, Mr. Meredith, and Mr. Seaton, the committee.

On motion of Mr. Collamer, the Secretary of the Institution was added to the said committee.

On motion, the meeting then adjourned to meet again on the call of the President.

(See Statistics for an account of this Institution.)

1st. The Queen of England prorogued Parliament, and immediately afterwards departed for Ireland, accompanied by Prince Albert and her children. The royal yachts reached Cork harbour on the 2d August. We have elsewhere noticed the manner of her reception. It was loyal and enthusiastic throughout.

The visits of the monarchs of England to Ireland have not been frequent. The first was by Henry II. in 1171-with a fleet of four hundred ships, and marching to Dublin with his army, he entertained the Irish chieftains with great state and magnificence. The second was by John in 1210, who robbed the Jews to pay the expenses of his visit. He was twelve days on the passage.

The third was the visit of Richard II. in 1394, with a large army. He subsequently made another visit. In 1689, James II. arrived there from France to make a stand for his kingdom. He held a parliament in Dublin. In June, 1690, William III. advanced to meet him, and in the battle of the Boyne defeated him and took the kingdom.

Cromwell's invasion can hardly be termed a royal visit. The next who came was George IV. in 1821.

Twenty-eight years afterwards, Queen Victoria with her whole family pays her Irish subjects a visit.

It is stated by those who have been curious to examine the fact, that during the greater number of the royal visits, the weather has been unusually boisterous and unpropitious.

A FINANCIAL OPERATION IN RUSSIA.-Five millions of rubles were lately transported from the fortress of St. Petersburg to the depot of the bank, to replenish its resources. The sum was taken from the vaults of the fortress in the presence of the assistants of the comptroller

of the empire, the members of the Committee of Revision, the delegates from the Bourse, and the foreign commercial chargé d'affaires, and escorted to the bank by infantry and cavalry. The council of the bank, in full sitting, and in the presence of the above gentlemen, assured themselves that the sum was the same as that taken from the fortress. The act relative to the removal was then signed by all present, and among other things, establishes the fact that there remained in the vaults of the fortress of Peter and Paul, after the removal of the five million of rubles, 101,528,595 rubles.

2d. The Emperor of Russia, on a recent occasion, addressed to the Russian and Polish catholic bishops the following speech:

"I do not wish for a new religion; a new sort of Catholic creed has been invented abroad, and I desire that it may not be introduced into my empire, because these innovators are the worst agitators, and without faith it is impossible that any thing can subsist. The west at this moment offers a fair specimen of what men come to if they have no faith-how great are the follies and absurdities which they commit. Look at Rome; I predicted all that would happen there. Faith has entirely disappeared in the west. The manner in which the Pope has been treated is a plain proof the true faith exists in Russia alone, and I hope (making the sign of the cross) that this holy faith may be maintained here. I told the late Pope Gregory XVI. things which he had never heard from any body else. The present Pope is a good man, his intentions are excellent, but his principles savour too much of the spirit of the age. The King of Naples is a good catholic; he had been calumniated to the Pope, and now the Pope is compelled to have recourse to him."

Bishop Holowinski replied "Your majesty, the Holy Father was obliged to yield to circumstances and the spirit of the age."

The Emperor "Very possibly; but all these disorders arise from want of faith. I am not a fanatic, but I have firm faith. In the west they have run to two extremes-fanaticism and impiety."

The following are the ecclesiastical grants for Australia as lately apportioned:

"The sum of 30,000l. per annum in New South Wales had been appropriated by parliament for the maintenance of religious ordinances, and distributed between the churches of England, of Scotland, and of Rome, and the Wesleyan Society. These appropriations the bill proposes to make perpetual, and in amount unalterable, save on the side of increase. Of the 30,000l. devoted to public worship in New South Wales, the Church of England, claiming 95,733 members, will have an appropriation, by this measure, of 15,7157.-the Church of Rome, numbering 56,262 members, will have 9,3337.-of Scotland, 21,909, will get 3,6347.-Wesleyans, 7,935 members, and 1,3167.”

TWO WILL CASES, which, in respect of the amount of property

involved, and peculiarity of the bequests, are very remarkable ones, have lately been before the Courts of Massachusetts and Pennsylvania for adjudication.

The first is a suit brought by the heirs at law of Edward B. Phillips, contesting the validity of his will, by which, among other legacies, $100,000 was left to Harvard University, to be applied to the support of the observatory attached to that institution. This suit originated from the following circumstances:

"Mr. Phillips, in 1837, became a resident of Lynn, living at Nahant, and in June, 1848, committed suicide at the Brattleboro' water cure establishment. The will bequeathed in usual form $100,000 to Charles Emory and Charles G. Loring, in trust, the interest of the same to be paid in quarterly instalments to Charles Beck and wife during their lives, and after their decease to Abby S. Beck and Theresa Phillips, his sisters; $100,000 to Harvard University, as a fund for one or more astronomical observers, or for the purchase of astronomical instruments, as may be thought desirable by the college corporation; $60,000 to Charles Emory and John H. Gray, or the survivor; the remainder of his property and all his personal effects to his cousin, William Phillips.

"The will was contested by the heirs at law upon the following grounds: 1st, that the will was made on the Lord's day, October 10, 1847; 2d, because E. B. Phillips was not of a sound mind at the time of making his will; 3d, that he was unduly influenced in the making and signing of said will; 4th, because said will is not attested by three competent witnesses, nor any competent witnesses; 5th, because the persons whose names are attested to said will are interested in the probate of the same; 6th, because the Court of Probate of Essex has not proper jurisdiction; 7th, because said will is not attested by the testator in the presence of three or more competent witnesses.'

The other is the case of Hilyard et als. vs. Peter Miller, on a writ of error to the Common Pleas of Northampton county, before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, on a judgment obtained against the plaintiffs, in an action of ejectment brought by Peter Miller, defendant in error, in the court below, to test the will of the late Peter Miller, of Easton, the defendant's uncle.

Peter Miller, deceased, by his will gave all the residue of his estate, after some small legacies to trustees, with directions that it should be leased, loaned and invested, so that the income of his estate might form a fund for the purpose mentioned in his will. His purpose was to assist with loans of money on bond and mortgage, at interest, farmers and mechanics who want to purchase farms, or having purchased, want to pay for them, or make improvements in the borough of Easton, or townships adjacent. The estate is to accumulate so long as applications to borrow money continue. By this will it is further directed that if it should so happen, in the lapse of time, that the income of the

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