The Express. — London, England, 1848-06-24 00:00:00

WWI to the evidence given by tie hon. Under Secretary be. for. the West Lelia Committee, lie did no: see do right hon. gentleman the member for the University of e m obrarge in her place, but the house would bear in mind "bet et-veered on a former eveninia when, in answer to an opeal fres the hon. anderueretary, his right hon. Mend wield the recollection of the hon. gentleman with respect to the evidence given liy him beton" the West Indian cum asides ; end he must also remind the house of the import ance attached both by Earl Grey and the hon. under-seer.• tare to the dethatch of Sir C. Grey. Mr. Goulburn asked •the hen. member (Mr. Hawn) whether I. could account to the committee tor the mastics of any accounts from the governor of Jacanice aimilar to those received (rim the other colonies ? The enswer given by Mr. Hawes was, I imagine you allude to the Blue Book ? " But that w as not what Mr. Goulburn meant. lie repeated that he asked if there were no accounts from the Governor of Jamaica, and the hon. under secretary cut sheet the question by say ing " the tie accounts are gene. rslfy e imprised in the minuet report eallel the \Vest India Blue Bo Bat Mr. Goulburn was uot to be put aside w o o his purpose by the dexterous under-secretary, end he repeated his quemien, " the Governer of Jamaica write dispatches respecting ha t island, independentle of the annual Miti menu contained in the Blue Book ?" And what answer did the witneaeehe him sin 'et-secretary, make to this question? Ile bagged the house to mark it. "I am pot awere," said the len.. geetlernan, "of any despatch which has been withheld mom the comma eee." (Immense cheers and counter eater:.) Now if the minute which the hon. ur e der-secretary had read was not written after his evi dence was given to the committee—(oh, oh.),—what must the house Oda of the mernery .4 the non. under-sevetary ? (H ea r, hear.) On the 27th of March the despatch was an important one; but on the sth of April, nine days after wards, the hon. under-secretary knew of no important des. int& which had not been already leid before the committee. Mr. B. HAWES It. ed on Ltrd G. BENTINCK would read on, and he would show how the hon. member had held the governor of Ja maica up to the indignation of the people of Jamaica and the West indium Community, for not having made a representa tion of the r. al Mete f that island, whilst the desuatch wherein be did to was withheld from the committee, and thena sulmequen mc t o the hon. ieb, r plume hien& if he could. In n. her, tic hoe. g, ntl man attributed the receipt if na iiap!irtarst di patch to the tact of the governor bevieg only been in the heal d a very short time. He then said there was a despatch, and thet the committee should have vthatever the Caned offiee was in poveseion of. The despatch, when it did appear, was found wbolly to refer to the agriculture of the island, and would have come in the very nick of time to enable the committee to decide a very importent point—the degree end esoteric of !initiation that ought to be afforded to tse ',asinine. That despatch con cluded whit the iin;mrtant menage: " A permanent gazette price of leas than 3Us. per cwt. tor West India muscovado, I firmly believe will eau e the greater portion of the sugar eultiva ion of this Wand to be abandoned ; aid it I were to be called upon for a recommendation founde it upon the most comprehensive and paint taking review of the whole subject which I am cepable to take, it would be that the euti a on British mumovedos should be brought towaras the limit of a penny per p nand, and those on foreign to twopence.' (Hear, hear.) This , was the very intliernetien which the committee needed to guide them ; and their recommendation had been nearly the same as this of the gavel nee general. Ile would now ask the right hon. gentleinan the Preadmit of the Board of Trade, whether he had not sec's or been aware of that despetch being receio el, behme it was laid before the house. Mr. LABOUCHERE—I have no objection to answer the question of the noble 1 ird. I certainly have not seen the despatch. (Cheers.) Lord O. BENTINCK pr ceded to read some extracts from the Jamaica newspapers, conjecturing that some de 'patches had been kept back; and said that since the cele burled days of " gthembegism " and Majocchio with his " non me rieordo," there had never been such a notorious instance ashen memory as that displayed by the hen. gentleman the Undi r-Sierethre to the Colonies. (Hear, hear.) On the Sib of May, a report was laid before the v mini tee from Mr. Stipendiary Strutt ; this report had been accempaniid by a despatch from Governor Light, but that deep item the es:nominee never new. Mr. Suutt recom mended the introduction of new machinery, admitted that some proprietors might he too poor to purchase the machines, but blamed them for their apathy, and said the mode of menufacturime sugar ie Berbice was the same as it was thirty years ago. But why was the despatch of Go vern, r Li :ht held b irk s watch gave 4 very diet rent account of the state of aft irs, while that of the stipendiary was laid beforethe committee ? ( timer, hear.) It hal Men repeat edly urged, that the waut of evident promietere was the cause of the colonial distr ra. This eraument had been the maiaatay of Earl Grey in the col cial office. By the name arrival which brou:ht Governer Light's deep itch, that of the 2 Ids April, contained a letter from certain of the coloniae, denying that there woo any foundation in fact for the suoemition of his lerilship, that the proprietors of West India estates were to a levee extent non-resident. Govern , r Lord Hera., in a drepatch of the sth of May said that the pe a:tem of the colony was moat deplorable, that bankruptcy and ineolveney ware steering them in the face, and that bold and immediate measures were demanded —adding that the question was whether the cultivation should he allowed to cease, and the estate. to go to ruin, or such assistance Minded as would en ible the cultivation to be continued. Suet wee then language that had been key' hack from the committee. But he went further ' and said that under the present grievou s circuinstantee of the colony it would only be politic on the part of the mother country to show some sympethy towards it as early as possible. He (Lord G. Bentinck) hoped that the noble lord at the head of the government would mike tome satisfac tory answer on the sehj,ct. Nothine was ss npug• nant to the feelings of the British people as 0 packed jury ; and he complained that there had been a packed jury in tnis case ; that wituesses who would have given evidence in favour of the colonies were keptback, and those who toll sealant teem hreuelit forward. In .l l he had 01.1 v a ',commend the noble lor d at the head of the colonial 'department to atend to the opinions of a whig statesman, who said that a refined policy had ever been the parent of confusion and ever would be—that pain, honest ietentionavnich could as easily be discovered as fraud would be detected at last, was the beet that could be pur sued. (Cheers.) Mr. G. THOMPSON having moved the adjournment of the debate (on the uegesrion of Lord J. Rusezhe), Lord J. RUSSELL said he did not wish to address the house on the question at an late an hour, but would avail himself of the motion of adjournment to defend his noble colleague from the charge made against him by the noble lord opposite. There was certainly nothing in the character of his noble frien I, public er private, to justify the noble lord in charging him with fraud. He defied the noble lord to say that th re was, or that any one would be justified in raging the snghtest stain upon his integrity. Upon what did the noble lord found his accusation ? Upon the proceed ing which took place it reference to a despatch which arrived on the 27th of March, and which despatch had been dealt with in the ordinary course, and, amenity , re to the established practice, had first been sent to a clerk of the particular office to which it belonged. That officer marked that it was important, and that it ought to be laid before the committee. On the same day his hon. friend (Mr. Hawes) assented to that proposal, and on the 30th of March Lied Grey made a minute that it was to be laid before the committee. Oa the sth of April his hon. friend, when examined before the committee, said he was not aware of any desp atch of an y importance having been withheld,—suppesing at the moment that the de-patch in queetion either was then before the committee, or that it would be ltd be the committee. (Hear, hear.) The noble lord, theriebre, ST:9 act justified in saying that hie (Lord J. Ruseell'e) nehle friend (Lord Grey) wishes to cen• ceal or suppress coy despatch or withhold it from the com mittee. If c 'meeker nt were his object he would have withheld it from that house. But such mean frauds—such dishonourable practices—veers not the characteristics of men who held high offices in this country, but of men who were engaged in thme pursuits which" the noble lord so long followed. (Leud cries Oh," and groans from the Bcntinck and also from the radical party. I The noble lord might have greatly distinguished himself in detecting frauds about the name or age of a horse—(renewed groaas)—but when he imputed to men of tee character of Lord Grey the fraudulent conduct of suppressing the truth, with the view of evading a knowledge of the truth, he totally misconceived that noble lord's character, or the character of any man with whom he (Lord J. Russell) had been ac quainted as holding highoffice in the state. The imputations of the noble lord the member for Lynn were utterly un founded; and he was convinced, when the whole of these matters came to be discues , d, it would be universally ad mated that the noble lord in this case, as in others—that, for instance, of the right hon. gentleman who was late prime minister-OmA cries)—and, within these tew days, respecting a gentleman bolding a subordinate office in the Board of Trade—that the noble lord, in making these reckless and nundd imputatieris, inured not the charecters of the men k n whom he assailed, but his own. (Iron ical cheering.) Mr. DISRAELI could not help thinking had the noble lord allowed the debate to terminate, or entrusted its future destinies to the volunteer who moved the adjournment —(a laugh)—that neither the reputation of the noble lord aor that of his noble colleague at the head of the colonial department would have at all suffered. (Hear, hear.) It was for the house to say whether the latter noble lord had been vindicated with success—(great cheering from the opposition and radical parties) —seeing that the state ment of the noble lord the member for Lynn, be it right or wrong, was supported by much detail and strong testimony. Had the noble lord at the head of the government said any thing which should influence the house on this subject ? (Hear, hear.) The noble lord's colleague had been accused of a suppressio veri, and the noble lord's answer was that he knew nothing about it. (Conservative cheers.) Of three charges he only noticed one, and of that he aid merely that be knew nothing about it. It was not decorous or decent of the aoble lord to meet his noble friend's statement in that manner. (Loud cheers.) The noble lord had dwelt upon the high character and pedigree of his noble colleague, but that character ch a rges to be maintained by meeting man fully whatevermight be brought, no matter from what quarter. The noble lord had sneered at a noble pas time, with what justice let the gentlemen of England decide this ; however, he would ay, that his (Mr. Disraeli's) noble friend's experience in such matters had proved of good *mice in that house. His honesty, his indefatigable powers of investization, his indomitable spirit that would not be towed by any bravo no matter what might be his position (tremendous cheering), that would not be bullied either in the ring or from the treasury bench , . (cheers and laughter), had done good service in exposing the manner in which the business of the Colonial-office was carried on. (Hear, bear.) A. to the circumstance in private life to which the noble lord had with ouch exquisite taste alluded—(hear, bear)—on that occasion his noble friend did not, like other public char ac ters, pocket Ole tastioualial offered to hiss bp e committee of which the Duke of Bedford was chairman —(loud cheers)—but appropriated it to the use of those classes whose honesty he wished to improve, as it was now wished to improve the Colonial-office. (Cheers) Surly the noble lord did not refuse the advice of Migrate the Duke of Bedford because he was a member of the Jockey Chin. (Hear, hear.) He should only say further that the charges which had been made by his noble friend were before the country, and most receive a more satisfactory answer than that which th. y had just heard from the noble lord. Mr. LABOUCHERE complained of the recklesmess with which the noble lord the member for King's Lynn made charges against public servants. (" Oh," and cries of "Name.") lie would instance the c ises of Mr. Porter and Mr. J. Wood, the chairman of the Eacise, whom the noble lord accused in his draft report of having " fenced" in giving his evidence. (Haar, hear ) The fact was, that whenever the noble lord detected a mistake in any public doraiment, he immediately imputed it to fraud and design. With regard to the question before the house, he (Mr. Ls bouchete) would only say that the none lord had not the slightest shadow of foundation for his assertion. (Oh, oh.) Sir E. N. BUXTON, as a member of the committee, stated his belief that the charge against the hon. Under- Secretary of State was utterly and entirely without founds. Lion. (Hear. hear.) He fully agreed with the noble lord the member fur King's Lynn in thinking it unfortunate that the error had been made, but he persisted in believing it an error, and nothing more. (Oh.) Mr. HAWES said that the noble lord had twice brought forward charges which it was impossible to pass say without notice. Ile (Mr. Hawes) had stated, in answer to the first charge, that the despatch of the 27th March was an important de-patch, and required to be laid before the committee. His noble friend received it on the 25th, and returned it on the 30th May. The noble lord now again made the charge in the same way on a Friday night without notice, knowing that it could not be answered before Monday. (Oh.) That was not all. The noble lord hail made a charge which he (Mr. Hawes) would call upon him to prove—a charge which he would tell the noble 1 ird wee wholly an., entirely Glee. (Chair, chair.) The SPEAKER said the right hon. member was not anti. tied to say that the noble lord Lad made a charge which he knew to he false. Mr. HAWES had said the charge was false, (Hear.) All he wished was that the charge should he fully ince ti..tatef. L rd G. BENTINCK would only say, that if the minutes and memorandum were not got up subsequent to the exami nation, the hon. gentleman must have been troubled with the shortest memory that had been heard of since the days of hl..jocci, with his non tai ricordi —(4 laugh)—for though there had been three separate discussions on tie subject, he distinctly stated that no despatch had been receivi c inzecteet with the aprieultura or ' social state of JaMaielt. Ile was prepared to stand by what he hod said, and be judged, not by handy•np charges of falsehneet—(hear, hear;—but by facts as they appeared in the evidence. Mr. BAILLIE reminded the hon. member (hie. Hawes) that he had solemnly declared in the house, in answer to a question put to him by the right hon. member for Cam bridge, that be had net received any such despatch from Jamaica. Mr. lIAWES explained that the question was asked by Mr. Goulburn after his (Mr. Hawn's) examination by the committee, and liter the arrival of the West India Packet, and he understood it to refer to information received by that packet. (Oh, oh.) Mr. MILES contended that as the despatch in qui bijou won proved to have been received, it would not du to arow the blame of withholding it on any mere clerk in the Colo n lel- effice. Lard PALMERSTON said, if the duty rested with a clerk whether it would do or not, the neglect must be chirped to that clerk. (Hear.) The noble lord read the questions put to Mr. Hawes, and the answers given by him, to show that there was, id reality, no concealment on his part, and that he acted tinder the firm conviction that the official direction to produce the despatch had been carried into effect. It was for the committee, when they t , unl the despatch was not produced, to have called for it. (A laugh,) Mr. HENLEY did not think that the explanation of the noble lord or the hon. gentleman had been very oath actory. (Hear, hear.) But after all the question was in a narrow compass. It was a question of fact., and by facts it must he determined. There was no reason given for not laying the despatch before the committee. On the whole it was not surprising that some persons should suspect that a little practice had been used. (Hear, hear.) It was at all events a very odd transaction. (Hear, hear ) The Marquis of GRANBY said he was not surprised that the noble, lord should have hesitated so much as he did in reading the answers ,o the questions to the hon. under secretary by the committee, because those answers were in direct contradiction to what the hon. under secretary had stated that night. He stated that it was the fault of a clerk that the document was not laid before the Committee ; but the hon. under secretary said that the document was peeper. ing, so that he most have known that it was not in jossession of the comini•tee on the sth of April. The CIIAN.:ELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that there was nathing inconsistent in the ausw.rs given by his hon. friend (Mr. Hawes). The debate was then adjourned till Monday. The house adjourned at half past 2 o'clock. ELECTION COMMITTEES.—Ifesreamv. DUBLIN.—One vote was struck off the majority of the sitting numbs r. Smo.—Evidence of bribery and treating closed. Counsel summ dup for petitions, hen counsel for the Fit ting member addressed the committee, and announced his intend= of calling witnesses. THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 24, 1848. perniciousness in the other. Ask the operative what he thinks of his remuneration and his prospects, the manufacturer his opinion of the wisdom of parliament in either administration or flseality—ask the capitalist what he thinks of cur- 1 rency and credit —ask the peasant his opinion of th, poor-law in general, and of his landlord in particular. Ask the enlightened politician, who has raised his view to contemplate the position and prospects of England with reference to foreign countries, whether he thinks our power and stability under the present system of management on the increase or on the wane? Re-peruse the account which Mr. STAFFORD gave the other day of all that parliament has done in its present session—a result unworthy of the intelligence and activity of ten men of average ability in one week—and then go prattle about the wisdom of parliament. We must say, that the views which we take of the cogency of reform are not precisely those of Mr. HUME. That gentleman recommended his series of measures as maiuly called for to secure the peace and appease the discontent in the country. Most true they are so ; but such arguments will have no weight with ruling powers, unless the danger so threatened be im minent ; for the upper classes, while dominant, count upon the immense interest which the middle class have in peace and order, to make use of them as gensdarmes and special constables against the mob. With us the chief argument for reform is not so much the maintenance of public order—which is ever able to maintain itself, if there be good government — as the incapacity of parliament, as at present con stituted, to deal with any great political question, or apply a remedy to any great social ill. We see the present ministry universally stigmatised as incapable, as vaci:lating, as shrinking from the vital questions of the day, and merely paltering with the secondary ones to no satisfactory result. But the chief fault of this is not in our opinion the fault of ministers, but of the system ; for we defy any minister to bring forward a rational and wise and bald measure of either fiscal reform, or of an Irish settlement, or of colonial rule, or of education, or currency, or of any one of the great and pressing questions which, because of their b?ing not settled, do re peatedly unsettle government and everything else. Aristocratic interest is too strongly entrenched in the House of Commons, and then over and over entrenched in the House of Lords, to permit of any politician speaking even his mind on the question. Lord JOIN Russet!. indeed denies that anv in terest is predominant ; and he instances the reform of 1832, and the repeal of the corn law. Wo fully ad mit that the people of England have the power of carrying any vet) , great question, after a few years agitation, after an immense expenditure of time and z al, and with efforts which go to convulse the state, and strain the entire machinery of government. Such efforts as these lead to results and manifestations, which intimi date the dominant aristocracy, which thus bows befo e the storm, and flings forth concession of the question, just as the Sultan or the Shah flings forth the head of an obnoxious minister to a dangerous mob. But is this the normal working of the coned- tution ? Are we not to make the slightest advance, but with efforts which disturb the peace and shake the throne of these kingdoms ? Are we reduced to imi tate the clumsy and destructive mode of continental revolutionists in order to arrive at measures that the great body of sensible citizens deem indispensable? All sides of the house admit the wisdom and the salu tary effects on the peace of the country of the reform of 1832. Would it have passed so peaceably and so well, had Lot Earl GREY come forward and enacted the lightning rod, which removed the fearful mass of electric matter, menacing explosion? Sir Roemer PEEL acted the same part by corn law agitation. But are we always sure of a great and eminent man to risk himself and his reputation fur the safety of the country, in such stormy times? If France was a despotism tempered by song and epigram, England is an aristocracy tempered by moral insurrection and by accident. But, as in the case of the Reform 11111, the moral insurrections go within an inch of the phy sical outburst; and who cart count on those happy accidents which have hitherto prevented a more than wordy outburst of popular feeling ? The Times, however, assures us that there is no each thing as at istocracy or aristocratic predominance in England : want of birth need not prevent any man going to the bar and working his way to the wool sack, and we see, in two or three generations, the PeeLs and the WALPOLE; can rise- to be prime ministers. We reply, that such happy exceptions have occurred just as much under despotic as consti tutional systems. Nlen grow to bo viziers in the East by beginning as pages and pathies of the Sultan. Here parvenus become peers by being adopted into the caste of hereditary augurs. But this is not the man of the people rising to eminence; it is the child of the people stolen from its parent and swathed in ermine, in order that it may utterly forget and belie its origin. We must own we had hoped better from the first Reform Bill, and if the carriers of that measure had worked it better, and developed its form and spirit instead of putting it in a strait waistcoat and Chinese shoes, we do not know but that much of the present discontent and distress might have been obviated. But the plain fact is, that the whigs have been ten ernes more aristocratic since carrying the Reform Bill, than they were before. The whole policy since seems to have been, not to bring the House of Lords in unison with what that bill intended the Commons to be, but to beg pardon of the Lords for that bill, and to bring the Commons into harmony with tho spirit and principle of the Lords before that bill. Unfortunately for the whigs, they left to Sir Romer PEEL the carrying out of some of the most important corollaries of the Reform Bill, and of not the least important corollary—the moving of the machine of government by other than aristocratic hands. The Times asserts that there is no aristocracy in England. We beg of the Times to attend any minis terial dinner or assemble, and then—circuit's/tire. We beg it to regard any measure presented to the House, or managed in it ; we beg it to attend an election com mittee; we beg it to look into the Red Book, or the Black Bonk, or if it requires lighter reading, to open that novel in which Nlr...Dietta ELI proves the English to be a repetition of the Venetian aristocracy. We will not deizn it other refutation. Lord Jolla ResseLL also sends forth his chal lenge, and asks, 't Shall the name of HOWARD and that of STANLEY not be passports to office ?" We are compelled to answer that the head of the house of HOWARD propounded his opinion some time since as to the best mode of feeding the poor : and his wisdom was concentrated in a pinch of curry powder. Another eminent scion of that house has managed the Health of Towns Bill. Mr. Enwis CHADWICK' would have provided sastenancs for the poor and clauses for the Sanitary Bill at half the price and ten times the wisdom of these noble legislators. And we are twitted, too, with the wisdom of STAN LEY! The lord of that ilk has more especially devoted his cares to the West Indies and to Ireland. The two countries and the questions attached to them, are eer- Minly striking examples of the wisdom of the house of STANLEY ! We should recommend Lord JOHN RUSSELL to make no more of these challenges ; for they are calculated to draw down terrible answers. at! To us, the moot remarkable feature of the debate on the minisetrial measure to prolong the term of protection for sugar, is the utter avoidance of the consideration, what effect it is likely to have upon the population of Great Britain. We do not say that the inhabitants of the mother country ought to be more cared for by the legislature than the inhabitants of any of the colonies, but certainly they are entitled to be as mach cared for. In 1847 the average rice of British muscovado sugar in bond was 28s. per cwt; of common yellow Havana, 255. 10s. The duty on British muscovado sugar that year was 14s. per cat.; the duty on com mon yellow Havana 21s. during the first half of the year, and 20s. during the second—say 20s. 6d. on an average for the year. The retailer paid tor his un refined sugar (price and duty taken together) 425. 6d. per cwt. for the British and 465. 4d. for the foreign. At these rates there were consumed during the year 4,905,489 cwts. of British and 974,019 cwts. of foreign; in all, 5,879,508 cwts. The fact that nearly five-sixths of the sugar con sumed in 1847 was British shows that it was the large supply and low price of that kind of sugar which occasioned the large consumption of that year —a consumption exceeding that of 1846 by rather m ore than half a million of hundred weights, and that of 1845 by nearly a million. The price of sugar in ' the English market was regulated by the price of British sugars. 11 the ministerial measure for the relief of the West Indies pass in.o a law the duty on British muscovado sugar in 1849 will be 13a. per cwt., while the corresponding qualities of foreign sugar will be arranged under two classes, one paying a duty of 203. per cwt. and the other of 183. 6d. But it is already well known that the supply of British sugar in 1848.9 will fall far short of the simply in 1847. If M 1849, there fore, the price of British sugar continues to rule the market, the price will be materially raised, notwith standing the reduction if le. per cwt. on the duty, and the consumption will be diminished in propor tion. Or if the consumption continue as great as in 1847 the deficiency in the supply of British sugar must be made up by foreign sugar paying the high duty, and this high timid sugar will rule the prices in the English market, raising them still higher. In 1847 the average differential duty of Gs. 61 per cwt. formed no perceptible ingredient of the pike paid by the consumer for his sugar; in 1849 the average diffe. ' rential duty of 68.31. will constitute a considerable pat t of :he price unless consumption is diminished. One of two results mist inevitably flow from the passing of the ministerial measure; either Englishmen must stint their consumption of sugar in 1849, or pay more for it. --- But the disadvantages to which Englishmen will be subjected by the passing of the measui e will not stop here. Ministers announced at the commencement of the session that the ordinary revenue of 1648-9 would be inadequate to meet the expenditure of the year. To supply the deficiency they asked for an increase of the income tax and were refused. They have not since that time adopted any measure to diminish the expenditure or increase the revenue of the year. And in the face of their financial difficulties they propcsc to reduce the duty on that class of sugars which has for the last three years constituted five-sixths of the year's consumption by ls. per cwt. tinder existing cir cumstances this reduction of duty cannot lead to an increase of consumption, and must therefore occasion a diminution of the revenue. It is further a part of the ministerial plan to reduce the duty on rum sd. a gallon : this will occasion a further dimi nution of the revenue. And the whole falling off in the public income thus occasioned must be made good by the public at large, in the shape either of new taxes or increased debt. In so far as the population of the mother country is concerned, therefore, the effect of the ministerial measure is unmitigated evil : an abridgment of their power to indulge in the wholesome and innocent luxury of sugar, or an increase in the price they pay for that indulgence ; and an increase of their taxes, whether they stint themselves or consent to pay more for the article. And, on the other hand, the West Indians can gain nothing by the measure. Their power of supplying the demand for sugar in this country is limited. It rising prices check consumption, they may lose by selling leas. If rising priers do not cheek consump tion, the benefit will accrue to the foreign sugar grow ers, whose litigant the short supply from the English colonies and depender cies will bring into the market, notwithstanding the differential duty. Ministers have earned the unenviable distinction of having pro pounded, under the name of a measure of relief for the West India colonies, a scheme which, while it can not by any possibility benefit them, may chance to be of some service to their dreaded competitors in Cuba and Brazil, and is certain seriously to inconvenience the population (particularly the poorer classes), of this country. GERMANY. The following letter from our correspondent at Cologne gives full details of intelligence from the German States generally : COLOGNE, Jame 22. The following is the list of the newly. organised ministry : —President of the Council (without portfolio), Herr Camo hausen ; Public Worship and Instruction, Herr Auerswald ; Interior, Riedbertus ; Foreign, Baron Voa Schleinitz ; Justice, Herr Bornemann ; War, BarenVen Schreckenstein ; Deputy Minister of Commerce, flaronVon Petow ; Finaece, liansemann. The new Minister of Foriign Affeira is, or rather was, the Prussian minister plenipotentiary at the court of lianov.r. The discussion of the address (forwarded yesterday) in reply to the King's speech, has commenced in the Prussian constituent assembly. Amongst the members of the committee appointed to report on the dealt of the con stitution is Mr. Phillips, a gentleman of English birth, but a naturalised German. lie is the deputy for Elbing. It appears that M. Arago, the French minister at the court of Berlin, has really in his possession an energetic note addressed to the Prussian government by the executive of the French republic respecting Posen, but that lie had not presented it up to the 18th inst., being probably desirous of ascertaining beforehand the sentiments of the committee ap pointed to prepare a reply to the royal speech. The para graph in the draft of the reply must tee a satisfactory one for the French envoy, for it sets forth t hat the re-organisation of that grand duchy is an "act of justice," and expresses the wish that upon it may be bised " the re-establishment of the national independence (die Wiederherstellung der stationa len, Selbststundigkei• ) of a long oppressed people." It is not likely that these sentiments will be disowned by the assembly itsel Apropos of Posen, I find by several accounts up to the 17th, that the works of the fortress of that town are still carried on with the greatest activity. It is even asserted that it will be pros sioned for six months. Meantime the Jewish and German inhabitants begin to express the fear that the entire duchy will be reorgsnised:in a national, that is Polish, point of view, and, consequently, that the entire territory will b, coded to the Poles. It is stated in the Cologne Gazette of this day, on the an thority of a h tter from a esuntees in Warsaw, that the Em peror of Russia has resolved to grant a full amnesty to all the Polish prisoners in the citadel of that place, and, more over, to allow all the Polish exiles in Siberia to return to their country. It is stated also in the above journal that the Russian officers fully expect a war with Germany. The Prussian fortress at Neisse has been placed is a state of defense. We have accounts here from the duchy of Saxe Alten burg, up to the 19th. The capital at that date was in a complete state of insurrection, not leas than sixteen barricades being erected in it. The disturbances broke - out in conse quence of the government having taken meeiures to arrest three popular members of the diet, on the charge of exciting I sliscontent. The palace of the duke was filled with soldiers, but, up to the latest accounts, no collision ha , l taken place. The duke has refused to accede to the popular demands ; amongst which were the immediate dismissal of the ministry; the appointment of a liberal one, including Von Crutziger, Von Braun and Pierer ; the dismissal of the troop, a com plete amnesty, and the opening of the diet on the 21st inst. 8,000 peasants bad arrived on the night of the 18th, in order to assist the townspeople. Should the duke continue obsti nate, a sanguinary struggle may be expected. Tarte members of the democratical club of Berlin have been arrested on the charge of having excited the people to the pillage of the arsenal on the 14th. On the 20th, the constituent assembly at Frankfort de clared unanimously that the blockade of Trieste, cr of any other German port, was tantamount to a declaration of war against Germany. Baron Von Gagern, president of the as sembly, has been replaced, as president of the council of ministers of Hesse Darmstadt, by Heir Zimmermann. Official accounts from Vienna up to the 17th, state that the Emperor of Austria is ill; that he caenot bar the fatigue of a journey to his capital, and that he has deputed the heir to the imperial throne (the Archduke Francis Charles) to proceed thither in order to open the diet Dresden letters of the 19th state that the insurgents of Prague had capitulated, and had delivered up thirteen of the chiefs of the Czech party as hostages. Other accounts, how ever, are of a contradictory nature. Prince Windischgreete his resigned his post and been replaced by Count Mensdorff. The Duke of Aueustenburg (Schleswig-Holstein) has re nounced for himself sad heirs all claims to the throne of De nroark. He is now living retired at Nieuatadten on the Elbe. The Prussians are making active preparations for resuming hostilities. 14,000 Servians have penetrated into Hui gary Proper. It appears that au Englishman has been arrested in Pesth on tae chargs of having penetrated into the palace of the Prince Palatine and presented a pistol at him. Letters from Innspruck safthat the Baron of ' Croatia Jellachich, had arrived there. The Tyrolese gave him a torchlight concert. The Wiener Zeitung says : " When the Ban'e departure from Agrom to Innspruck was announced, deputations from all the' committees of Croatia and Slavonia arrived there, and the Ban, who was in the act of setting out, was not able to prevent above 200 deputies from accompany ing him to Innspruck. Perfect quiet prevails in Croatia,and every eye is now turned upon Innspruck. Should the Ban resign his office into the hands of the Emperor, which he is firmly resolved to do, in the event of his being obliged to submit to the Magyar Minister, a civil war between Croatia and Hungary is inevitable. This, however, is not to be appre hended. At the recent opening of the Croatian, Diet, the Ban had guaranteed to Ulyria the mainte nance of its rights, and the Illyrian deputation pro on the 9th of June that a separation from pro poesy 'Hungary should be so constituted that Croatia, by the maintenance of its integrity in the Austrian state, should have its special council of administration (Derzavnivec), but that in respect to war finance and commerce it should be subject to the Austrian ministry. An express passing through Vienna on the way to Innsprnek brought intelligence that a Russian spy had been seized in Transylvania; that it had been elicited from him that there are already . 60,000 Rus sian troops on the borders of Moldavia, which are ready to march in at any moment i sad that farther Russian emisvaries had been sent to Bennet, to Semis, and the environs, for the purpose of inciting certain peeks to prepare for an insurrection, which was to take place at the moment the Russians crossed the Moldavian boundary. UNITED STATES- MEXICO. The United States, steamer, which left New York on June the 10th, arrived at Cowes yesterday at 10 30 a.m., having come in the short space of 12; days. After landing her mails and passengers she immediately left for Havre. The United States took away from New York 500,000 dole. in specie. The Acadia had arrived out on the morning of the 10th. The news is interesting. Gen. Taylor had been nominated candidate for the pre sidency at the whig convention of Philadelphia by • great majority. Millard Fillmore was chosen vice president on the same occasion. At meetings held in N'ew York on the 9th—one in favour of the candi dateship of Gen. Cass, and the other in favour of Gen. Tai for—both were very enthusiastic, so much so, ir.- deed, was the latter, that a riot ensued between the partisans of Taylor ar.d Clay, which was only put an end to by the badness of the weather, copious showers drenching the disputants. The news from Mexico, ap to the 27th of May, is equally interesting, as it brings the ratification of tfe treaty of peace by the senate at Queretaro on the 26th, the votes having been 23 for and 5 against it. Peace is thus happily concluded. Gen. Kearney was to succeed Gen. Smith in the command of the ci y of Mexico, while the latter su perintended the embarkation of the troops at Vera Cruz. Commissioners Servier and Clifford arrived at Queretaro on the 23rd. An exchange of ratifications took place, and the outposts of the army were all or dered to be on the march in ten days. All under sen tence of death were banished. The Mexicans art under great fear of the Indians alter the army leaves. The accounts from Yucatan are as disastrous as ever, the Indians carrying all before them. In congress nothing of interest had occurred, in consequence of the whig convention being held at Philadelphia. COMMF.RCI AL INTELLIGENCE. NEW-YORK, SATUREAY JuNE 10.--Ash Es.-Pot ashes have again advanced in price since our loot review of the market. with an active demand for export. The saes of the week embrace about 100 casks at 4) to 41 ante, chiefly at the latter price. Pearls are in demand at 51 cents-the Ada of which have been restricted to a few malt puce* owing to the unwillingness of holders to sell. The marker closes firm fur all dacriptions. C.,reov.-The market continues quiet, but without any change at moment in price. The sake of the a ivk amount to 5,4:10 bales, viz.: Upland Sr Florida. Mob., 3N. O. 3,000 bales. 2,460 bales. • Interior Ordinary to good ordinary 3l to Sf .-..-.. SI to 5 Middling to cool middling Middiinu fair. • lair ltt .4) 7 Fully taw co good fair 7l to 7i Fine nominal market fur the week poet Ira been firm, with an up ward tendency, and our quotations snow an advance of 21e. to per barrel. Party in the week sales were made 5 d 2,1 e. to S dole. 374 e. for the lower gralia. and at the Moe yesterday it was difticult to find anything at lea than 5 dole. 75c. The alto have been 6,000 to 7,000 bble. per day, ranging from 5 dole. 2.5 c. to 5 dol.. 75c. for common brands of Oswego, Michigan, and Ohio, S dole. 75e. to 5 dole. 87e. for atraight brana, 5 do's. 73e. to 5 dole. 87 .e. for round, hooped Ohio, and 6 dole. to 6 dole. 121 e, for pure Genesee; 800 into. fine we etern brought 5 dole. 50c.; southern is not plenty, and is beta with email saleaof Georgetown and Baltimore G dole. to 6 doh, 12,c. Bye flour is peace, and cells at 3 dole. 6210. to 3 dole. 75e. Jersey own meal is held at 2 dole. 561 e, with ales of WO bb: e. and 200 bib. Bate 2 doh'. 4 if e. GRAIN.-The sales of wh• at thin week have been large, the Increase of supplies coming more anxiety to realise, prices have declined a little, and the city millers hare taken more freely. At the close yes terday the market was more firm, owing in • mcoure to the anyance on flour. The ales since our last probably amount to 50.000 boaele, 2,000 bushels of which was tieneseee, at 140 e. ; 2,000 Wavle Can, dioxin bond, 115 c.; and the balance, Chicago, 105 e. to lOtic.; con-in, 112 x.; Illinois, via New Orleans, 11Ge.; Milwaukle, 109 e. to 11 the. • Ohio, mixed, 168 c. to 120 c.; white, 123 e. to 125 e. Masher: declined with large supplies; sales at 42e. to 4310 for river and canal; 39 to 40e for Jersey ; 1,700 bushels Western, ea New Orleane, brought 41c. 1,200 bushels barley wee sold yesterday at 70c. ; and bushels barley malt, 871 e. then is in good demand for the fta.t and for export ; the sales this week have been probably over 100,04 bodied', a good portion of which leas for ithipment. Jersey and North River yellow being in the best demand have been selling at 59 to GOe. ; 53c. to See. fur (Anthem yellow; 58e. to 59c. for Pennsylvania yellow ; and 56e. to 51c. foe New Orleans • 53e. to 5 lc. for Western mined, with name gala early in the week' at 50e. to 52e. The market cloned firm at 590. to 60e. for Jersey yellow ; 51e. to s+a. I for Western. lenv.-Sales of Scotch pig have been made at 71 dols. cask, and 23 dole. to 26 dole. on time. English bars have been sold a: 47 dole. 50e. G months. LEAD.-10) pia have been sold at 3 dole. 80e. cook, which is an ad vance on pavuois ales, which were to the extent of 3,000 pigs, at 3 d 015.7 cash. ales have been made of 2,3110 pigs, to arrive, at 3 dole. 75e. cub.. Peovituose.-Beef is very firm and men has advanced nbont 25e. per barrel. Wequote mesa at df dole. to 91 teas., and some extra an oh is ago mold at 9) dole. ; prime firm at 5 doe. 6dole. Pork also firm, with upwardremains tendency for mess,l to which to held at lin dot.; prime hi steady at fl doh. lard to in demand at pine price% say 61 to 7)c. for brie. and kegs. Bolter ban been in good sup ply at 15 to 17 for new yellow. Cheraw by arrived freely, and prices are rather lower; new is selling at 51 to 71 as in quality. smoked hams are 171 good demand at S to Se. for western and city, according to tire manner of ewe; do. shoulder., 4to 4). Pickled hams are rather dull of sale, unless sugar cured, leach are not plenty ; the acting rules are sto re ; eheuldere, 31 to 3). TALLOW.-Tallow is in loan demand. We notice sales at Be. to Slc. per lb. TORACCII.-We do not hear of any sales of importance in Kentucky or Virginia leaf this week. In foreign we notice a fair inquiry. 150 toles Havanna were sold at from 14e. tosoc. ; 200 ditto Vara, at 180. to 350. ; put of both lots of inferior quality. 650 bales Cu* consisting of St. Jugo, Gotha and Baysmo, at from 10e. to 18c. By auction, .0 hhthi. Kentucky and Maysville, at from 3c. to 8/e., 4 mos. Feelow..-There la more freight offering for Europe, and rata have undergone a Blight improvement. To Livrepoot---Corroz, lb, 5-32 A 3-16 d. ; Reef, per tie, 38. 6.1.; Beefand Pork, per barrel, 2a. 61. ; Turpentine, north county, Is. Gd. to 2e.; Heavy goods.goods.per ton, 20A; Grain, sd. to Ed. TO Lostae.-Tobacco. per bhd. -v. to -a. ; Flour, per barrel,-; Turpentine, 2a; Spirits of Turpentine, 232 gall , 235.; Mewana meat goods, ton, 300. ; Heavy goode, 25a. ; Beef, (301 to 336 lbs., 4s. 3d. to 4e. lid.; Beef and Pork per barrel, M. 3d. to 23.6 d. MONET MARKET.-The tidings Of pea, now nnqueation. able, were received with universal gratification teLday • yet they had little or uo area upon the price of Mock*. There bad been a provious rise, in anticipation of the cererin intelligence ; and, moreover, the near approach or the period (7th inst.) when the additional 16,000,000 of treasury notes or stock are to be throws upon the market, Jodn posee priple to deal largely, at existing securities at a premium higher, certainly, we apprehend, than will be bid for the new stock. Exchange on Europe is dull. Later intelligence may be looked for to morrow by the Acadia, which willtliv.a.l7lue here, with a week's later drips Markets are not active DOllliarn: r........•va0. Boston .„.,.. . a dia. Mobile (bank note,).. 2 a2l din. Philadelphia — a ~ Mobile ;+p. checks)... nominal Baltimore 4• „ Near Orleans Ri c hmond (bah) I a „ North Carolina Richmond Ake.) :. 1 • " N orth Charlenoa ....... —. la ~ Louisville —. 14 a 3 „ Savannah lall „ Naidollie .. .. —.„.. $a 4 Augusta Columba. 24 a - „ Detr ...... oit 24 •Z, „ -... .•.t.. FORUM. r........m Anus.. 1101 a 111 Exelaanr,e on Landon Do. Paris nominal 3.a0 a Do. AMAffeaM do. 41 a 42 Do. Hamburg do. 38i aL+ Do. B re men tip. 81 aB2 ebt Court. At the Queen's Drawing-room, on Thursday, in St. James's Palace, Count Danneskiold Samsoe was presentel to the Queen and Prince Albert, in the Foreign Diplomatic Circle, by Count de Reventlow, the Danish Minister; and the Marquis Emmanuel d'Azeglio, Councillor to the Sar dinian L Ration in London, was pres nted to her Maji sty and Prince Albert, by the Count de Revel, the Sardinian (From last night's Gazette.) WHITEHALL, JUNE 22.—The Queen hen directed letters patent to be passed, granting to Sir T. Le Breton, gat., the office of Bailiff of the island of Jersey, in the room of Sir J. De Veul:e, deceased. WAR-OFFICE, Joel 23. 6th Drag.—Lieut. A. Lowther, to be adj., vice Maycock, who redgns the adjutaneL r it. 13th Lt. .—Brev..Col. Sir C. Mere, Maclean, bard., from. h..p. unatt., to lieut.-col., vice J. Lammas" whs exch. ; Mai W. Knox, to be Ileut—col., by pur., vice sir C. F. Maclean, who re t., Capt. C. E. Doherty. to be maj., by pot., vice Knee; Lieut. R. 11. Rorrowee, to be capt., by par., vice ficherty ; Cur. C. W. B. D. Gard ner, to he lieut., by pur., vice Borrows; A. Wasaingbard, gent-, Job, cm., by par., vice Gardner. Coldstream Bert. of Foot Gds.—Lieut. and Capt. S. Perceval, to be emit and lieut..col., by pur.. vice Vaneittart, who rel.; En, and !Awn. H. Joliffe, to be lieut. and capL, by pur., vioe PereCial; En . P. IL Crawley, from the 74th F., to be ens. and held., by pur.. Jolitfe. 12th Regt. of F.—Lieut. G. C. Bieshopp, to be capL, by pur., vice Maroon, who ret.; Kern. E. Herrick, to be limit., by par., vice Bine hopp ; T. W. Goodrich, gent., to be ens., by pur., vice Herrick. 19th F.—Gentleman Cadet 0. A. Grimaton, from the BL Mil. Coll., to be ens., without pur., rice Burns, Prom An fro 62na 21at F.—Copt. L. C. Irwin, from the Cope Mounted Riflemen, to he rapt, vice Fewer, who exch. 95th F.—Major G. Browne, from the 44th F., to be major, vice Monte. who exch. ; Capt. W. U. Sitwell, fro unatL, to be capt., vice Bev—Major J. R. Heyland, who ret. upo n receiving the difference ; Lieut. R. I. Moe, to be pur,aby pox., vice Sitwell, who ret.; Ens. 8. F. Birth, to he by p. vice Price ; IL L.Cniater. gent., to be sew, by pur., vice Birth, who ret. 39th P.—Ens. J. Agnew, to be beat., by par., vice Smith, who Yet: B. Harrison, gent., to be ens., by pur., vice Agnew ; L. B. North cote, gent., to be ens., by par., vice Havelock, prom. in 86th F. 11th Y.—Major J. H. 0. Moore, from 33th F., to be major, vice Browne, who ezohangen 62nd F.—Em. H. Berm, froca 19th F., tobe lieut., without par., vice N. H. Flood, omhiered by the sentence of a Geoeral Court. martial Tiih P.—Lieut. A. E. Mulloy, from 89th Y., to be lieut., sloe WU. ams, who es 87th F.—Lieu eb fr H. Taylor to be amt., by par., Mee J. earl rho rats.; gee. Lieut. W. Murphy to Ye first lieut., by pur., nee • 7. Lucas, gent., to be see. lieut., by pur., vice Murphy. 89th Y.—Lieut. T. li. Williams, from the 74th Y., to be lieut., ll* MuSoy, who exchanges. thudol Y.—Capt. 0. Cromwell, from Vii . at., to be capX. pt ifference, vim Caldvrell, prom.; J. 0. Hay to be rapt., by pur., vice Creswell, who res.; Eau 0. W. H. Roos tole lieut., by far, vise flay ; W. Miller, gent., to be ens., by put., vice Rom. let West India Regt—Lieut. N. Craig, to be ;apt.. without pur., vice Loma, dec. • Lieut. R. Hughes, to be capt., without put., Aar Craig, whoa, pranotion, on Gth April, 1949, has been cancelled • Ens. W. N. Watts, to be lieut., without pur., vice Craig ; Eau. J. Vanning, to be Beat., without put., sloe Watts, whore promotion, on t h e 6th April, 1946, has been cane, • Ens. R. B. Barrett, to be heat., withal. par., lift Fanning, wa ft s Promotion, on the 9th April, ISE., has been Cane.; A. W. Castray, gent., to be cam., Tice Barreo. Oise Mounted Ridemen.—Capt. I). Fraser, Iron the llvt F., tots Cat, lice Irwin, who exchanges. Rawer.—Capt. W. 11. Sites aof the eeth V, to be maids in the army i Cot O. Creeereite of the Bfad I', to be oace la the *rap The undermentioned owlets, of the Hon. the Pao India 08cogenril Semite, to bare the local and temporary rank of Ensign, during the of their being placed tinier the command ot Lieut-Col. Sir period of of the Royal Engineers. at Chatham, f..r eeld to. struction In the art of Sapping and Mining E. C. S. Winansa, rent; P. /Wield, gent.; A. BUITIOIIS gent.; T. Gillffr gent.; H. E. Stainforth, gent.; J. Goddard, gent. Ilotirtem. Sr. AM.—Aasist Surg. W. Barrett, from the 77th F., to be Assist. Burg. to the Foram vice Matthew, demised. Meanie in the Casettes of 23rd May, 1810, and Ind June, 1818.- 57th Rage. of Foot —For Ensign J. Roomed to be lieut rico Ana -1 among, app. Adj. 23rd May. reed Elm J. llaward to be heat., rice Cruiser, prom., lath May, ISIS. For Ena. J. IL Lotbim to be lieut., Mee Cmker, prom, 18th May, 1848, resit Eon. J. 11. Lothian to he neut.., vice Armstrong, DM app. IRALT ad Y, MAT 97. j. 23rd May, 1648. A Corps of Royal Ma/Men—Mc. Lieut. P. llarriv, to be first lieut., vice Pleyde , l, prom.; See- Lieut. W. J. Muni, to be first lieut., vice Lowder, prom. ; gee. Lieut J. IL Parry, to be first lieut.; flee. Lieut. K. K. w,lson,to be film tout ; Sec. Lieut. EL IL Coo, to be Int neut.; Sec. Lieut. E. B. Snow, to be first lieut.; See. Lieut J. Taylor, to be first lieut.; See. lieut. J. B. Bulcher, to be eminent.; See. Lieut. J. G. Tinsman, to be Snot lieut; See. Lieut. A. C. Reek, to be drat lieut ; See. Lieutenant J. Grieve, to be th,t lieutenant; Sec.. Lieut E. H. Starr to be fire-lieut.; Rec.-Lieut. E J. R. Connolly to be first-lieut.; Sec.-Lieut. E. IL Horsey to be first-heut ; Sec.. lieut A. Ellis to be erst.limit.; Mee.-Lieut. G. Bmaigette to be emi nent.; Bea-Lieut E. 0. MPLUIIum to be first-Brut ; Sec -Lieut. IL T. Angell to be first.Ueut ; liee.-Lieut. ,11, w 12. riford to be first-Lieut. ADMIRALTY Jess Corm of Royal Merino—See.-LieuL J. Poore to be fireLlicut, vice Polkinghorne, deceased. The following resolution was passed at a meeting of the committee of memb. rs of parliament for promoting the new relirra movement :—" That Lur thanks be given to Sir Joshua Walmoley for his efficient services, and tba: he be entreated to continue to fill the sgire of honorary secretary to this body." This resolution was required to enable the committee to retain Sir Jeshuv's ',Tien, as by its original consti=u , ion all who Cr., not members of parliament are excluded. COM I'ARATIVE STATEMENT OF TIIEDUTIES CII 4110 ED oN Burnett MALT SPIRITS, AND THE PROPOSED RATES OP I DUTY ON COLONIAL Settirre.-1 he following statement, with ref Tens to Lord J Rouen's proposal to reduce the cliff:feudal duty on rum as sgsinst British spirits, hit been put in circulation England. Seoll.md. Ireland. The Chairmon of the Board of Ezciret a. d. a. ti a. d. proved, in his evidence b (nee the committee on sugar and coffee pinn ing. that the whole duties kvkd on British malt opirit., on the newly mule article, is Propmed duties ma colonist to chargfd on the quantity sacred fur consumption 8 2 4 0 3 0 I ut 0 1 I 01 The advantage to the octants' producer from the duties being charged on the quantity taken out of ICU amuse, vtead Of the imported quantity, eal rutted at the proposed rotes of duty, and Gn the actual deficieneics as shoala by the Customs return fur year cn..iing Stb hu311.3.7, 1540, is ..• OSi on 01 1 Difference. in favour of colonial spirit., is This eefferential c.uty in favour of colonial spirits over British malt spirits is, in England, a quit] to about 60 per cent, on the value of matt epiries ex cuty ; 50 per cent. in Inl and ; and 30 per cent. in Sco . la , d, indep, ndeut of any equivalent for the excise restrictioss under which the British distilices labour. Tun BlaTlOn 0V MateCIIENIT.It presided at Bruce Castle yesterday, for the purpose of distributing prizes to those pupils in that establishment ono had earned them by their proficiency and good conduct during the past session. There was a 1-urge audience. Mr. Arthur 1141, tie principal, having commenced the proceedings by explaiuing the pan ciples on which the school is conducted. the Bishop of Man cheater said it was gratifying to know that the sub ject of education had now become one not mart] y of theoretical interest, but of action, throughout this country. The results were visinly beneficial to all claws. Ills lordship, in remarking ou the explanations of Mr. fill, expressed his dissent from the modern sjetem of nit making langusgs a the basis of education, the main object of which is to instil truth and knowledge into the mind. To do this elf, etuelly the same truths must oftea be tepeat.d in various forms, and no means are so effectual to this end as those presented by ancient and modern foreign languages. It is true that this principle is sometimes pushed too he, and diffieulties are placed in the way of the student which repel him. Truths 'lave not only to be fixed in the mind, but the pupil is to be made to feel their reality—that they are something more than speculations—that they are facts—by a knowledge of which he is made better, stronger, fi . to r for the duties and enjoyments of after life. liis lord ship approved the system pursued at Bruce Castle, of dividing the pupils in " circles . ' of ten each tything beiug placed under one of the more advanced of their sen °bellows, who is made responsible for the conduct and well being of his companions. This was the late Dr. Arnold's plaza flat reverend and lamented to ocher first f..und out the bent of • boy's mind, his disposition, the extent of his espacity, arid then place him in • ait most cmgeoial to him; Should he miththave, the doctor addreated himself to the head boy, and asked how this had happened, saying, " Where is thy brother ? " That the system pursued at Bruce Castle:worked well, gratifying proof: lay bolero him on the table. The prize books were eu:ely -elected by the boys who were to receive tl.em, and he must say they ware very well chosen. Recurring to the geueral anxiety now felt respecting the spread of eduction, the bishop said that he hail just returned from a vii ation of his exter.sive and populous diocese. He was as mue't astonished so delighted to find that the subject occupied the thoughts of all classes. In every district he found schools. Although these fur factory children were at first epitome' they now flourished. Ills lordship then gun amile interesting details of visits he had made to various factory and other echools in his diocese, aud, alter an impressive address specially di rected to the pupils, he proceeded to distribute tise prizes. A vote of thanks to his lordship concluded Cie pros. ed Inge. INQUEST, YEsTERD.%Y.—SI: , PECTED MURDER IN Huns-PARR,—Before Mr. Bedford, at St. George's Hi spital, on the body of a man, name unknown. Deceased had the appearance of a foreigner, about 5 het 10 inches in hi ight, with blace hair, and apparently about five or sic and twenty years old.—Constable 126 B deposed that at half-put 7on Monday evening he Vona deceased just inside Albert-gale ; there was a boy with him, who said that deceased had come up from Buckinghamshire the day previously. The de ceased appeared to he labouring under preot agony, and seemed quite sensible, but unable to speak, He was con veyed to the above hospital, and attended immediately by Mr. Cowell, the house surgeon, who stated that deceased expired • few bourn atter his admission, having been seized with epileptic fits. A past martens examination had been made, which proved death to be the result of great violence. There was a semicircular fracture of the skull. The effu sion of blood on the brain was enough to account for death, and was evidently caused by a severe Vow. Was certain that much violence had been used to cause such a fracture. In the absence of an identification cf the body, and the whole affair appearing to be envel iced in mystery, the co roner adjourned the inquiry, and ordered that the boy spoken of should be brought for card at the next investi aation. IRELAND. DUBLIN, JUNE 22. The predictions of the Mail, founded On the beg authority, have been falsified. That stubborn oppo nent of national education, Lord ltiversdale, has not been promoted to the see of Cork, the vacant mitre haviig fallen (as before notified in the E.rpress) upon the worthy head of Dr. Wilson. pri motor of Christ Church, a liberal, and the firm supporter of popular education !lined the institution of the system, Dr. Wilson was named for the see of Meath, when thelate Dr. l/ickenson was appointed, and has been re4over ever since in all the episcopal selections. 'ilson is a mild and unpretending Mat, learned, pious, and deeply versed in ecclesiastical affairs. His elevation is very favourably regarded. Our Dublin conservatives are in ecatacv at the de feat of the Dublin Improvement Bill. The Chamber of Commerce claps its hands, and all is mutual con gratulation at the idea of Mr. Reynolds's defeat. 'Their triumph, however, is only half accomplished. They, too, have lost their fondling. The following is Mr. John O'Connell's letter, stat ing his reasons for withdrawing from the longue Sundae, June In, 1n414. Dear gir,—l raid in Coneilidem 11.11, last Monday: and 1 resod now, that I would red lliy w opt toll the odium t , ,e country might please to ',sit me with for so:loot:nu the emlition of repealeis in the hem body, if I thought lb.t o ,a!itiou could not be accomplished with rarely to the people. My doubt,. :did fears on this rubject are heavily aggravated by the tenor ot ,vert,l p inurraphs In the Noreen of Saturday, 11th June, and portion+ of Mr. O'Brien's letter in the same. At our next and final meeting of the " Repeal Conference" I mud put the question diduletly to the gentlemen of the confederation a - bother those paragraphs cl imes* their Sir,/ and objetts in agreeing to the prummed coalition. I am quite sure of an answer marked by honourable frankness; and if BM in the alternative, it a ill be then plainly my duty, as I cannot be expected to give up my principles, to ti , elate t.,,at I can go no further with these gentlemen. A minim aph UM, Smith O'Brien's latter (not that In which be eongratulates Dimwit on the aupposed surrender of our principles, but one even more aurntheantl will else require to be discussed at our next " conicrence." Permit me to make use of this occasion to most respectfully suggest that all Con ciliation-hall repealers, before joining any " dubs," ought to imist upon the prine.iplee,plane, and Weds of those “clubs” being fully and ranefsctorily immanent and detailed in the public preen.—l am, dear air, your fiathfu. servant, Join. O'C.I.ELL, M.P., Limenek City. Tan Inlet! DISVILLERB.—At a meeting of the Irish distillers yesterday, to consider the effect of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's recent measure on the spirit trade of Ireland, the following reodutions were adopted : That the Irish distillers view with the greeted alarm and indigos tioo the insecure now proposed by government, td (Luther reducing the differential duty on nun, and tither colonial spirita, to laUrpellee pee gallon. That thus measure. if carried into effort, w;]l amount not only to the total abolition of any differentid dutyi in favour of Brutish and Irish spirits, but to eekbliabing • differen tial duty in favour of rum, he. For although a nazi nsl difference of fourpeme per gallon he retained to the lintith and Irish d istil ler, yet, that ad va ntage is mote than ountetedanord by the allowance which m made to the rum producers of threepence halfpenny per gallon, for natural waste, for which no allowance is made to be home distiller, and twopence-halfpenny per gallon, paid by th e latter, on amount or malt deity, making a diekvotisl d t ie, o zetually, in tavour of rum, he., to the .mount of twopence per over and above the buoy charges and disadvantages to which y are subjected by mine rotrictions, from which the producers of rum and colonial limits are wholly en emy ed. 'that this new measure will prove ruinous to the Irish distillery trade, coocidering the great reduction that was made or. this differen tial duty last year, and cannot Wet be most pre,udicial to the land. hol4rs, farmers, and traders of Irel.ind, and to every intoned eon. meted therewith. The Meeting, eretore, esinestl) call on all these interests, a, well If upon every "-wilier the.nudhuat the Crafted Ming dim, to 00-operate nth thew, in giving this yenta and unjust mea ante efelY oPPoAlion la their power.—lfy crdcr of the rattling, Wise W, J4,11311W, One the Orpreo. MAILS. The overland closed mode, ria Marseilles, to the Mediterranean, Egypt, Aden, Ceylon, India, Hong-Kong, Ste., will be mode up on the evening of the 24th June. The wail, for V*, Oporto, Lisbon, Madeira, Cadiz, and Gibraltar will be made up on the morning of th • 2; th June. The mails foe New South Wales, Van Dietnan's Lund, and New gcaland will be made up on the evening of the 911th June. The mails for the Vies! C.inat of Africa and Madeira will be made op on the evening of the 313th June. The mall. toe British North America, and the United States, will be mace up an the evening of the 3 lit June. The West India Mails, excluding Bermuda, Nassau, Havanna, Honduras, New Orleans, Vera Crux, 'rumple°, and Porto Rico, and including those for Nlatlelra, Jaemel, Cartliagen y Santa Martin, Cheares, Panama, Wect Cunt of South Alllerie3, and St. Juan-0e- Nicaragua, will be made up on the evening of the let July. The mails for the Brazils, tie River Plate, Monte Vadeo, Pernam buco. Bahia, Madeira, and Buenos AyreA, will be made up ou the evening of the 4th July. The overland malls for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian litlands, Egypt, made yn, India, Bong-Kong, and aline, rat Suuthanp ton, will be upon the mooning of the 20th July. NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. The number of STAMPS issued by the authorities of the Stemp•otlice, during 1847, to the DAILY NEWS wu 3.447.009 This, we believe, is within eight per cent of the number ,eued to the Morning Herald, Morning Chronicle, rin4 Slarninq Poet, ♦LL PUT TOOZTHER. In addition to the above, issued to the DAILY NEWS, Alorning Paper, there were issued for the Enemata? gdition, THE EXPRESS 778.714 Which wu more, we believe, than were Limed either to the GipSe or standard, Evesirw Papers. DIOR &&&&& AT LONDON 6 HUME. Tito lia•—lAnmeg. 4 nit p 444 7 . 4 AttArvoo, 33 11111^.1141M 7. Te-monsow—ilornsat, 4 _IA paw 14. Afiernueu. 37 ma. Ara . LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 24. TILE opposition to reform in 1818 consists of neither more nor less than the old common-place and well-known objections which have been made at all times, and never with final success, to constitu tional improvement and change. The objection which first occurs, and is put forward by the dominant party and its organs. is, that reform is ridiculous. No doubt, when the End of LEICESTER first called the English bur gesses to parliament in our earl ie >t parliamentary reform, the knights of the shire thought the admission of the townsfolk supremely ridiculous. To this reform, so ridiculous in 1265, we owe the fret constitution and greatness of England. Later still, in the reigns of the first STUARTS, when I'B'M, HAMPDEN, and even HYDE, demanded re form as the sole preventive of revolution, the cour tiers scouted sucn demands as ridiculous. Since that, the old story might be repeated a hundred times of the people petitioning, and claiming rights and exten sion of freedom, the courtiers and tories laughing at them, until the earnestness of the people showed it self and taught the tories to laugh on the wrong side of their mouths. Now we have just the same argu ments. Seven members for the borough of Man chester appears to Mr. DISRAELI the very climax of the absurd. As to Mr. Hume's motion, it is so very like the monster petition of Kennington common, which (righted the government and the police, that the tories can but laugh outright at a piece of vulgarity, that is not even formidable. Those gentlemen, however, who take mirth for argument and jokes for reason, mistake both their enemy and their , weapons. Ridicule may punish a fallen party, but is reflected back as irrelevant impertinence by a young, a national,and arising one. The next objection is, that the old system is perfect and works well. So the organ of the two aristocratic sections of parliament declares. The Can Bide of modern j ourna lism vows that the English is the best of all possible administrations. Let, however, not the governing powers answer the question, but the governed victims. Ask Ireland, ask the West Indies, ask the Canadians, or the Van Diemeneae, the settlers of Natal, or Wellington, what their opinion is of this wisest of all governments? Appeal from Mr. IMPART.' when speaking of the Reform Bill, to Mr. DISRAELI speaking on the West India question, on the Spanish quarrel, or on free trade, and though he will describe the immense prosperity and success of oar mode of government in the one case, he will denouLce to you it; utter incapacity and 1 ►. , t.