The Express. — London, England, 1847-08-14 00:00:00

f P Elie eppreoo. my political prindplee ? Is it beware I weed far the altera tion in the corn laws end saypeelei_tbe meddleaska et the tariff lB2 ? Ifs*, by wilt* el resemble bays pew a oudad e to corshow 'our pieglettli Se ether solo ededeeveleek ea I did, sal whose manes sus !a the ewes &whims with an own ? It might have boa Sea ea the insides et C l e=y= Mike ta7neeth; Sas thee I fladyestoesreskeireesteratebsthesereiesaifiL.itswesseice, as a representative of the comfy of who had h o nestly supported and spoken in tweet weasere ; and your grace's tenants at the late extmeardliwey election at Aylesbury voted for the liberal sod comistent candidate, Lord Nugent, who has publicly avowed his approval of the great, as well as of other liberal measures to which your grace has always professed your hostility. In the fulness of the heart the month speaks truths not always avowed. Here we hare an open admission that the nominal representatives for Ayles bury and Buckinghamshire are the duke's creature*, thinking as he thinks, or is supposed to think, and voting as he directs. The votes of the dake's tenants are assumed as plain indications of the duke's wishes. The electors of Aylesbury may have formed a part of the machinery for sending Mr. RICE R. CLAYTON to the House of Commons in 1841, just as the returning officer and the poll clerks did ; but he would as soon have thought of consulting the wishes of the eke tion officials with respect to his line of politics as he did the electors of Aylesbury. Oh, no, he represented the duke ; his votes in the Commons were the duke's votes ; he was a mere delegate, a simple proxy. Does any one suppose that these things are lost upon the government of the day? Can the land owners imagine for a moment that the voices or the votes of their nominees weigh even as dust in the balance against the opinions expressed by the repre sentatives of the busy metropolis, or the teeming hives of northern industry ? Imagine Mr. Rica R. CLACTON, or any other nominee of the Duke of BUCKINGHAM, getting up in the House of Com mons, making a flaming . speech against Sir ROBERT PEEL'S Corn B ill his tariff, and BO forth, and telling how the farmers of the rich vale of Aylesbury were terrified at the prospect of free trade; then fancy Sir ROBERT Pan turning to Sir JAMES GRAHAM, and saying, "The Duke of BUCKINGHAM told me all that this morning, when I told his grace it would not do, and that the landowners must give in." Both ministers would then probably forget the existence of Mr. RICE IL CLAYTON, having before quieted his constituent, the duke, with' a blue riband. Is it fit that such a system should continue ? Having given vent to his wounded spirit in sounding sentences about " true conservatism," " venerable in stitutions," and " unchanged principles," Mr. RICE R. CLAYTON gives us some practical details of the work ing of landlordism in the hundreds of Aylesbury. He says : A brief and plain statement of facts will justify me in the charges I have made. By order of your grace's agent • large body of electors on the day of polling were led so vic tims to the George Inn, and then locked up, to be set free on condition of their voting accor&ng to the dictates of your hireling, who had command of this ignoble band. I speak not of the men ; many of them I know had honest hearts, and their English feelings revolted at the deed they were compelled to enact. They felt ashamed to disgrace their ptiesiveterulprostitute their franchise. Many had said to ow, We cannot vote conscientiously, or we would willingly sipper! you." We should like to know how the cooped voters or the discarded nominee would define the terms " pros tituted franchise," or " conscientious votes," if they were obliged to give a meaning to them with refer ence to the Aylesbury elections past or present. And Mr. CLAYTON concludes with the following touching appeal to public sympathy : I look without low to the verdict of the jury to whom I I have appealed; and depend on it, my lord, the day of retri bution will come. If another election should come soon, we may ex pect to see Mr. RICE R. Ctarron, stimulated by the success of GR.ANTLEY BERKELEY, standing for the county upon the strength of his wrongs as dismissed nominee for Aylesbury ! This, however, is certain — the people do not regard these things with indiffer ence ; they do not patiently see the rights and liber ties of the nation, the great engine of popular repre sentation, converted into a mockery and a fraud to promote class objects and caste interests. MAILS. 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Tux recent disasters in Mark-lane can have taken no one by surprise who has steadily watched the tarn of the market. More than a month ago we, in com mon with several of the ablest journals in Manchester and Liverpool, drew attention to the symptoms of apprehension which even then escaped from the trade. The gross misstatements respecting the state of grain ' supply, and the prospects of the harvest, busily and ' perseveringly sent abroad by parties deeply compro mised by speculation, in the multiplex form of news paper paragraphs, and circulars, printed and manu script, showed even then that screws were loose and tumbles expected. It is not often that such crashes as have taken place in the corn trade are incurred with such entire ab sent* of culpability. For the last twelve months the state of the provision market of the world has been such as to set calculation at defiance. The unpre cedented extent of the earth's surface over which the deficiency of food existed, the dense population of many regions subjected to its pressure, the entire de rangement of the ordinary course of traffic by the neceseitZ of diverting large amounts of capital into the provision trade, and the engrossing all the freight that could be laid hold of for the transport of food, were felt in every ramification of commerce. It speaks volumes for the healthy condition of English com merce, that serious embarrassments have yet visited the grain trade only, and that they have not been more general and overwhelming than they yet appear to be. The extensive operations in grain which have been unavoidable, the suddenness with which the scarcity broke upon Europe, and its duration, brief beyond what the most sanguine dared to hope, are sufficient, without imaginary foreign elements, to account for the failures in the corn trade. The evil may spread farther, and it will not be the fault of our great monetary corporation, which "regulates" the currency with about as much judgment and consistency as the at, upon whom JovE for a time con f the power, " regulated" the weather on his farm—if the evil do not spread further. But as to the beginning of the derangement, the colossal fluctuations of the grain market are sufficient to account for the dilapidations in private fortunes which we have witnessed on it. Aboveall, there is no feasible pretext for attributing these reverses to railway speculation. There cannot be a more unmeaning cry than that of the alarmists who represent the money devoted to the construction of railroads as withdrawn from circulation—as locked up and unproductive. It is an easy matter to show that in the case of com pleted railways the capital invested in them, instead of being locked up, affords a means of expedit ing and economising circulation. An example occurs to us. The Scotch banks have frequent occasion to send up gold to London. The Scotch are so accus tomed to a small note circulation that it is difficult to persuade them to take gold. -But a considerable amount of sovereigns ooze into the southern counties which have daily dealings with their English neigh bours. These are all deposited without loss of time in the banks, which of course send off their constantly accumulating solidus to London as often as need is. The last remittance of this kind we have heard of, was brought from Edinburgh to Lon don in the course of fifteen hours, and at an expense of twelve pounds. Five or six years ago, the same amount would have been forwarded by coach, an operation of several days, at an expense of forty pounds. Again, by means of railways, Birmingham traders now transact their own banking business in London without intermediate agents, and in , shorter time than formerly. Completed railways have mate rially quickened the circulation of our floating capi tal, and lent additional facilities to those financial combinations by which the dangers of such an un settled state of affairs as has of late pervaded the grain market are obviated or diminished. And if the railways still in the course of construction do not faci litate financial operations, neither do they materially obstruct them. - Take, for example, the Cheater and Holyhead. The accounts presented to the last half yearly meeting of this concern show that, since the commencement, it has collected about two millions of money. But, during that time, it has also paid oat upwards of 1,900,0001. The large sum of two millions has not been withdrawn from circulation ; has not for a day diminished the power of our money dealers to accommodate legitimate speculation. The railway interest have no reason to fear the striking of a fair balance between any temporary obstructions, one or other of their number may have placed in the way of accommodation to other branches of enter prise, and the additional facilities they have afforded for quickening the circulation of capital. A WHTG journal has undertaken to crucify a young lord, and hold him up to the country as a model of treachery and tergiversation. The young lord in question is of kluge-milieu family, the head of which, a conscientious mid honourable, and, in the main, liberal, man, had long spent his political life in linger ing on those confines which divide whig and tory, and which constitute the neutral ground where it has been the fashion of late for numbers to encamp, an d I still greater numbers to frequent and visit. It requires an old head and a cautious temper to tread these ambiguous regions with anything like a defined purpose, or to dwell on them without incur ring the stigma of being a trimmer. None have kept the middle path with more uprightness and success than Lord ELLESMERE. None hese saspetad him of other motives than independence, end a ar. AGM fastidiousness in politics which re.fsses to simlo as to follow any party through the of political exigency. ToZ such a position, remote from the actual drib I of party, and raised above it, however suitable and honourable to the veteran statesman, is a dangerous school for the youth. We do not pardon doubtful con victions to a young man. Nor do such harmo nise well with the frank and headlong impulses of that age. He who has arrived at being bias', worn oat in morals and in the pleasures of life at an early age, is, despite of his experience, the most likely to commit a blunder, from the edge of firmness and resolve being completely blunted. In political life it is the same. He who has arrived at a aapreme indifference to whig and tory, not from a US of experience, but from traditional creed, is the most likely to commit himself lightly with one or both of these parties, for which he cares so little. Such has been the misfortune of Lard BRACELET. Strict allegiance to party is, unfortunately, no longer the fashion. We perceive no one on the hustings proclaim that such is his principle, unless he be shrewd enough to prove, at the same time, that he is of no party. What do we hear all round the country but praise of PEEL from liberals, unless they happen to have a Peelite for actual competitor in the elections ? Has not every portion of the liberal press pat out feelers for a coalition ? Li not almost every man ready for anything, and any man for every col w? Do we not see tories and charting coalescing tories and whip against radicale— d hip— radia ls spinet tories ? In the midst of this universal Aortas porta is it any wonder that a boy Red should lose himself We have perused in the indignant columns of our eentempessey Lord BRACELET'S two addressee : one dated the Riddle of May to the liberal constituency of South Lancashire the other, on the last of July, to the conservative electors of North Staffordshire. We moat eisidess they excite our mirth as much as lour chases Bash is certainly moulded to mit its =dimes sind each implies tendencies of a different Ma. Bees are attempts to gull electors, to affect ONION width the writer had not, and put for. erg which he was as evidently wiat. eat ,this same use of language "to con mil to has been going on from one end oft to the other. This universal bans basher electors has been the trick of all Rardsa He la a wise man, in our day, who knows his own principles, and a shrewd member of parliament ` who knows exactly by what party or what set opns he has been returned. We see tortes returning thanks to chartists, and vice versa. If all the records and histories of English politics were destroyed, and that nothing remained but the chronicles of the elections and election speeches and addresses of 1847, we utterly defy the future commentator to make out what political parties existed in England at this date, or what were their demarcations. We therefore think it hard to select poor Lord BRACELET, in order to gibbet him even for a vice in which he largely sins. His lordship may care little for what he says, and espe cially little for making one letter tally with its predecessor of six weeks previous. He may be very short-sighted as to the difference between whig and Peelite. He may hope one day" that the principles of free trade may realise their promised advantages," sad promise another, that " though not prepared to rotors the corn laws, still he would favour native iminstry, provided each did not militate against the barest' of the community." His lordship, on his Ranch into the political ocean, has evidently fol. lowed the maxim of the Yacht Club, and rigged himself oat schooner-wise, to fill his sails with all winds not absolatity adverse. But we fear that in this he has done, blunderingly and openly, and with Tux supremacy of the landowners in the counties has received a severe blow in the exposure made during the past elections of the system of nomination. So general is the indignation and disgust felt on this subject, that it is probable some demand for a new reform bill would have arisen, had it not been proved to demonstration, that with the existing electoral ma chinery, if properly worked, the people have the remedy in their own hands. It is curious to watch the way in which the nomination system has been exposed. Who would have supposed that one of the heaviest shocks landlord domination has received, would have mute from the hands of a GRANTLEY BERKELEY ? Who could have predicted, that so much service might be done for the people by a discarded nominee ? Yet it is certain that the election for West Gloucestershire will prove a landmark in the re ceding tide of landlord power. It is clear that in politics, as in morals, there is a retribution, which enables honest folks to get their own when politicians the reverse of honest fall out. But the revela tions made by disappointed nominees are not con fined to West Gloucestershire, for in the columns of a contemporary we find a letter from Mr. RICE R. CLAY TON, the late nominee of the Duke of BUCKINGHAM, complaining bitterly of being discarded by his patron. This letter is such an instructive document, contains such a noire exposition of the relations of political patron and nominee-member, and so pathetically sets forth the caprices of the one and the wrongs of' the other of these parties to the flagitious compact, that it deserves a passing examination. And first let us note that this is no secret. There is no imputation on the journalist of surreptitious publication nor any violation of private con fi dence. On the contrary, Mr. RICE R. CLAYTON tells the tale of his own political He indite' a letter to the Duke of BUCKING :73M cruel patron, and then asks as matter of favour that it may be inserted in a daily newspaper. Following the example of the ill-used GRANTLLY, he rushes into print, and makes the public the confidant of his political grievances. Mr. CLAYTON begins his public appeal . to the duke by quotingfromhis grace's letter of 1841, immediately after the election for Aylesbury in that year, congra tulations on Mr. CLarron's election, and an expres sion of hope that he would " long continue to bold the seat." The fate of the man who built his house upon the sand, is but a type of the politician who founds his political existence on a patron's fILVOIIt. Poor Mr. CLAYTON has new discovered that the " long" continuance of his seat, referred to in the duke's letter, meant durisg the duke's pleasure. But in his delight of that day he misinterpreted the am ; be forgot that he who giveth can take away. It seems, however, that Mr. CLAYTON imagined that he was to held his seat during " good behaviour," for he says : Noe. I wish to learn how and in what way I have for feited the confidence which your pace then entertained of • THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY ETEI4ING, AUGUST 14, 1847. Letters from Berne of the Bth have brought a mani festo, issued by the oentral committee of the Swias Popular Amociatioa, the professed object of which is to refute the calumnies circulated against the assocla tion by the ultramontane party, by publishing, in an explicit manner, the object of the society, and its means of attaining it. This document only repro duces what has been previously announced by the association, namely, that its efforts are directed, by strictly legal means, to effect the expulsion of the Jesuits, the dissolution of the Sunderband, and the revision of the pact of 1815. The last object is, however, in reality , the great aim of the liberal part y. They desire to render the confedera tion more compact as a whole, by strengthening the central or federal power, and rendering the cantonal governments more decidedly subordinate to it. Those states which, like France and Austria, desire to see Switzerland feeble and ready to fall an easy prey to any powerful neighbour, in case of a war, are opposed to this for obvious reasons. The vital question of the means of executing the resolutions of the diet in rela tion to the cantons of the league, was to have come under discussion in the diet on M ondayi last ; and the result is anxiously expected. It was supposed that the diet would be more divided on this than on the previous questions. Further advices from Italy have been received ; from Rome to the 2nd, and Bologna to thY 3rd. The reduction of the duty on salt had diffused much satis faction. The reg ulations for the general organisation of the National Guard had been promulgated. The edict consists of 132 articles. The purpose of the new institution is declared to be the defence of the sovereign, the enforcement of the laws, and the main tenance of public tranquillity. The interference of the National Guard, as a body, in matters of politics or public administration is forbidden. The labour ing classes are exempted from service in it, except in such emergencies as may induce the government to require them. The institution is declared to be permanent. The officers under the rank of captain are to be elected by the companies themselves; captains and superior officers are to be appointed by the sove reign. The state is to supply arms, other charges being defrayed by the municipalities. M. Pallavicini, a friend of Cardinal Lambruschini, has been dismissed from the place of pro-major-domo of his holiness, and is replaced by M. itosconi, late delegate of Ancona. M. Merrichini is named treasurer general, with two secular councillors, the Duke Mas simo and the Count Pierre Ferretti, brother of Cardinal Ferretti, the secretary of state. All these are well known liberals. Our Madrid correspondent, writing on the 7th knit., says : " The Queen returned to La Granja safe and sound from her hunting excursion to El Paular, on the night of the sth. It seems that Pacheco bad an interview with the Queen on the morning of the 4th, before she set out. It is still said that one of his main objects is to determine the Queen to come to Madrid without loss of time : and that he is devoting himself to the solution of the Palace question. The ru mours which I communicated to you yesterday about the probability of his resigning, are repeated by the papers of this morning. If Pacheco resigns, he will be followed by Pastor Diaz ; and most probably there will be a general break-up of the ministry. A thousand absurd combinations and conjectural cabi nets are put forward, chiefly by the ultra-moderado organ, as likely to succeed. But there exists very little doubt among the well-informed, that, in the event of Pacheco's retirement, Salamanca will be charged with the formation of the new cabinet. The Queen, I hear, has expressed very emphatically her wish that, whatever modification may take place, Salamanca should continue to be a member of the ministry. The sudden re-appearance of Pidal, returned from the Asturias to the capital, on the sth, has created suspicions that the moderados are on the eve of achiev ing a triumph. The liberal papers, particularly the Clamor Public°, teem with deaunciations of the plots of the Afranceoados, the Mon-Pidals, and the Nar vaezes. There. is possibly more ground than might be thought for these accusations. The long confer ences held by Narvaez on the 25th with Christina, Montpensier, Louis Philippe, and Guizot, are suspected to have had reference to the favourite French scheme of restoring the Duke of Valencia to hie dictatorship in Spain. Among the letters which were despatched from Paris on the next morning, and which were presented to Isabel by the Due de Glncksberg last Saturday, in addition to the letter of the Duchess of Montpensier, there were others from Christina and Louis Philippe. No doubt great efforts are making, by means of this family eorre vondence, backed by the paternal counsels of the French king, to procure the restoration of Narvaez to power. The interview which the Correo gave out was to have taken place yesterday at the Pardo, between the King and Senor Benavidee, did not come off. The Heraldo says it is postponed till to-morrow. Mean while the Minister of the Interior has received an autograph letter from the King, accompanied by a printed document which is signed with his own name, and disavowing altogether any connexion with the authors of the same, who bad sent it to the King with an anonymous letter. So much was announced this morning in the Gazette, which published a royal order, dated yesterday, and addressed to the political chief of Madrid, to lose no time and spare no diligence in detecting the authors of this iniquitous forgery. A paragraph in the Heraldo throws some light on this mystery. It seems that the document in question was a revolutionary proclamation signed with the King's name. It appears that the lieraldo, or its printer, was suspected of having had a finger in this affair. For last night the commissary and sub-com missary of police made their appearance at the I .freratdo's printing-office, with a warrant to examine its papers and types. After the investigation these functionaries civilly retired without making any re mark. ml Expertador publishes a very notable article, MGM " Secret Societies," in which it says that, laving been mused to the investigation of this sub ject by the accusations which were directed against progresistas by the moderado press at the time et Din Francisco de Paula's proscription from the pabee, it bad succeeded at lan in detecting a smut club, not a • one, but a society of A. meadars, with • ted branches, one of which =Me at Barcelona ; the whole enginery of which is set let motion by persona high in the confidence of Levis Pbilippe. The title of this club is " Manned& bsepenca reformed& " (Western masonry reformed). It seeks its prosely tea among youthful and ardent de claimers about liberty, who little dream whose dupes they are. An infinity of documents, adds the Expectador, in French and Spanish, exist in the hands of its friends, which fully bear out these assertions. The high respectability and veracity of the Expectador give great weight to this announcement. There is a decree in the Gazette organiaing the new bank of Cadiz. The capital is 100,000,000 of reels, represented by 50,000 shares at 2,000 each. The Expeetador says, the government have pro- mised Espertero 25,000 dollars of the arrears of his pay, of which it appears that he made a voluntary sacrifice during part of the time of his regency. NAPLES, JULY 30. I wrote to you some days since, giving you infor mation of disturbances which have broken out in Calabria, and though everything that one hears in this kingdom is derived from the roes publics, enough has transpired since to prove that my accounts were not erroneous nor exaggerated. In fact it is very clear that the government experiences not • little inquietude for the result of this mosso. Were I to i send you all that is whispered, by hope or fear, at Naples, you would believe that all Calabria was in the hands of the insurgents; hundreds have increased to thousands, who are said to be out in the language of the country. A de tachment of the King's troops, to the number of five or six hundred, is said to havebeen surprised and destroyed, and a variety of other reports are uttered by public rumour, ef which, from the want of a free press, and the complete mystery in which everything is wrapped in this country, it is impossible to arrive at the precise truth. There can be no doubt, how ever, that the affair is not a mere ordinary piece of brigandaggio, though great care is taken to colour it as such. A priest and a woman are said to have been the first to put themselves at the head of the move ment. It is, I believe, undoubted also, that many persons of high rank have joined the malcontents; and though their forces may be comparatively small, yet, the nature of the country, the spi rited character of the inhabitants, and the strong sympathy which hinds together the Calabrese, as though they were a distinct portion of the population, will render them formidable to the regular troops. For facts I can send you the following : The troops which were atatiened in Calabria, together with con siderable additions, which have been sent daring the last month, have not been found sufficient. Yesterday two steam-frigates were despatched with fresh forces, and several are said to have left during the night. The day before yesterday communication by . tele graph between Monteleone and Naples was inter rupted. giving rise, of course, to conjectures that that lart of the country is up. It is a fact, also, that foreign ambassadors at Naples refuse to give passports for Calabria. Now, though these facts are few, they form a pretty strong corroboration of what is reported by the public; and ano ther circumstance adds faith to rumour, which is, that tines disturbances have not broken out daring a season of great scarcity and dearness of provision, but, on the contrary, during the fine season when the fruits of the earth form the great proportion of sustenance of the people of these countries, and with a falling scale of prices. A Neapolitan, who should be well informed of these matters, in writing to me says, "Though this mossa is represented as an affair of brigandaggio, there is strong reason to believe that other elements are at work. I could tell you much that I have heard, bat dare not write more." It is not unreasonable to suppose that what has taken place in the Roman states during the last year has awakened a strong spirit of discontent in thin king dom. There is a kind of enthusiasm felt here for the Pope, equal to the aversion towards him which is enter tained by the government ; and Calabria is not an un likely field for the display of these dispositions. In fact it is the Ireland of Naples, but the Ireland of the time of Elizabeth. GERMANY.—PRUSSIA.—BERLIN, Arc. 7. TILIA L OP THE POLII4II PIUSONERS.—An illlMellee crowd of persons assembled this morning in front of the prison, and it was only by means of • private entrance that the persona provided with cards of admission could reach their places. A long discussion ensued respecting the right of the natives of the duchy of Posen to be examined in the Polish language, if they so wished—a right, which after some deliberation, the court allowed. The court then com menced the examination of Stanirians Felix Von Sadowski. AUSTRIA.—VIENNA, AVG. 3.—LIBERTY OF THE Panss.—We are positively assured, says the Journal de Debate, that the new regulation on the periodical press, which the German Diet is about to adopt, will borrow its principal articles from the Danish legislation on the same matter. There IS no censorship in Denmark, but government has a right to seize the whole edition of any number of a journal, leaving, however, to the option of the accountable editor either to consent to the suppression of the number 'eked, or to be brought before the tribunals, who will then confirm the seizure or allow the publication ; but who will, in the former case, inflict on the editor the chastisement ordained by law for the offence which gave rise to the seizure. Among the pains inflictid by the Danish laws on those editors who commit crimes of this kind is that of being prohibited, for a certain number of Tears, and even for ever, to publish anything without having previously sub mitted it to the censorship of the police. Negotiations, which were commenced some time back with Russia, have at last been brought to a pretty favourable result. An act has just been signed by the Baron Kutabeck and the Russian coun sellor Tengshonki, which solves several questions concerning transit trade from Brody to Odessa and the frontier trade ; they have also proposed fresh regulations for the Russian tariff, and for shipping at the mouth of the Salina. It is thought the Russian tariff will be modified, and sundry abuses committed by the local authorities on the borders of the Salina will be repressed. Z'ti• the imprudence of youth, merely what too many of his weft seniors have been doing more cautiously and covertly around him. TuE first to urge the electors of North Northumber land to resist the monstrous attempt to force two insignificant lords—Noodle and Doodle- on their fine division, we must not be the last to congratulate them on their victory over Percy-don). In the return of Secretary Sir GEORGE GREY they have done the country good service, and themselves mach credit; and in the rejection of Lord LOVAINE they have taught the TENANT for LIFE and the HEIR PRE sumrwrz of the Percy title and estates a lesson that ought to be very profitable. Whether the former noble personage was originally misled by the toady. 1 ism of neighbouring squires, or was instigated by disappointment at not inheriting the lord. I lieutenancy of the county, now matters little; the introduction of the previously unknown Lord LOVAINE to the division, to receive its, suffrages . at the noble duke's dictation, was a piece ri political imprudence that could not fail to be resented I by the bluff yeomanry and independent tenantry d North Northumberland. As soon as we heard of the indiscretion we had no fear of the result of a contest. A popular country squire, of moderately conservative opinions, such as the late duke patronised in Mr. BAKER CELESSWELL, might have gone down ; but a stranger to the county--elord, too, of the sourest Gear vese religions opinions, and the very narrowest pea. tical views, was sure to prove too much for Northum brian fran kness and good sense. If dukes will insist on counties wearing their live riee, their graces ought to have the prudence to allow electors to put the plush and fit the shoulder-knots on themselves. The thing ought to be attempted quietly, graciously, inoffensively—nay, popularly and heartily; some show of decency, some appearance of re spect, some outward visible sign of inde pendence ought to be exhibited. Against arrogant dictation and intolerant pretensions the strongest stomachs will turn. Even the Duke of BUCKING HAM does not thrust his son and heir on the county Joux HAMPDEN once represented. He allows his predominating influence to be disguised in the sar castic eloquence of Mr. DISRAELI'S " popular opi nions." Sir CRARLF.B KNIGIITLEY dictates in his own way to South Northamptonshire; but there he lives in the midst of his estates, shakes hands with his tenantry, hunts with his neighbours, entertains his equals, and—last, not least—feeds the fattest of oxen and the finest of sheep ; he is to be seen at hid parish church, and attends markets. His Grace of Bucks and Sir CHARLES cultivate, foster, cherish, feed the influence that they dictate to: the sense of degrada tion in yielding votes thereto is little or none : elec tions under their guidance involve rather the misuse than the perversion of the suffrage; theirs is ignorant landlordism, not deliberate tyranny or sheer downright dictation. They, too, have strong political opinions of their own ; they don't mince matters with their opponents; they wag their tongues loudly enough in parliament, and abuse PEEL to their hearts content on the hustings and at agricultural festivals. In short there is a hearty, frank, English swagger about them and their interference. But in the attempt to dictate to North Northum berland there was none of this. It was a cold, life less, aristocratic effort to show the importance of a great family ' whose head is understood to be much more liberal than his candidates ; who has aever dis tinguished himself by the ardour of his politics ; who is thought to be in reality perfectly indifferent who is minister or who is not. And to indulge this poor vanity a county had to be coerced by a noble man who does not even proposeto live in it, who with the gross income of a principality is flying to Italy or Germany on the plea of poverty; who does not hunt the county, yet who does preserve his game. Such dictation could not, of course, be endured; the very parsons resented it ; the farmers despised it ; and by virtue of the attempt Sir GEORGE GREY is, we un dertake to predict, member for North Northumberland for the remainder of his life. The following appeared last evening in a second edition. We have received our Paris letters and the journals of Thursday. In venting its ire against the formidable system of agitation which is being organised to promote a reform in the electoral and representative system, the Mats, as an organ of the cabinet, committed capital mistake, of which the opposition has not been slow to avail itself, to the great annoyance of the cabinet and the cabinet's master. It will be recol lected that by way . of fixing an indelible stigma on the reform association, the Mats apostrophised it as a revival of the " Club of the Jacobins," intimating, at the same time, that such a connexion must expose it to the execration of the whole constitutional party. This maladroit allusion has unearthed a certain journal kept by the then Duke do Chartres, now King of the French, from the month of November 1790 to March 1791, in which the active and zealous part taken by Egalite file (as his Majesty was then called), as a member and OFFICIAL of the Jacobin Club, under Collot d'Herbois and Cerra, are duly registered and recorded with the most unequivocal self-satisfaction in the first person. It appears from this that his Majesty was an assiduous attendant at its meetings; that he eagerly seized every favourable occasion of taking a part in its debates; that he was elected one of its censure (an official inspector); that he proposed or seconded many of its lrading members, of whose patriotism he was, as he said, assured, &c., &c. An entreat is pitilessly given, in leaded type, by the National, in which these and other equally cu rious things are recorded by Egalite fits in the first person, extending from 2nd Nov., 1790, to 10th March, 1791. The National has also ill nataredly found out that a certain M. Sevier, scanda lised at youne me lealith accepting an office of the Jacobins, ex his sense of the matter in a chaos sonnette, pu fished in a weekly journal, called Les Softiies de la &mains, which had some vogue at the time among the Royalists. By the most strange caprice of the current of human events, the same re , 7olution whieli has placed Egaliti file on the throne of France has placed M. fierier, the author of the , eltanionnette, in the presidential dials of the Chamber of Peen! "Perhaps," says the merciless National, " Monsieur le President &gums has preserved a copy , of this, and will favour ns with the music and the , words!" . . - - -- . Strange Mainitade ! continues the National. fifty years have scarcely rolled away ere we and the cement. of the Jacobin Club seated on the throne of France, and the author of the charimerwaft in the Soaises de la Seaming, clad in the ermine of Beet president, • f; twice a year to his feet the Madame end most reepectini homage. Away, thou, with all calculations on the &tare—sway with all at tempts at prediction! Attempt to stop the tide of time, and say, "we are old, and we will establish." Establish what ? All, all is in rains! The general soil of Europe is broken up by the ploughalmre of revolution. Men and things are changed, end when in oar thoughts we attempt to put what wee in *Ma -position with what is, we behold the most ludi crous masquerade. They want to arrest the flight of that , whore flight is everlasting. They believe themselves sages, and try to stop the course of the omen by a dam. They talk of the stability efimtitutions,--they who have witnessed such lofty fortunes and lamentable reverses ; oak' re sans none, as Pascal sam, de se eroire assure dans renceints de co racoourci d'aaane. A reform banquet has been celebrated by 230 electors of the liberal party at Colmar, in Alsace, where the usual toasts end speeches were delivered. The report says that the president, Ramie, proposed the health of the King, which was drunk by the as sembly in profound silence. Immediately afterwards the Mareellaise hymn was called for, which was exe cuted, and followed by three rounds of the most enthusiastic applause. Advice' from Algiers say that Abd-el-Kader has lately moved his forces nearer to the French frontier of the colony. This measure was, however, ascribed to a design to retire from the troops of the Emperor of Morocco, rather than to any intention hostile to the French colonists. M. Testa has paid to the Hospital Fund of Paris the sum of 94,000 francs, the amount of the bribe which he received in the affair of the mines. He petitioned the King to remit the same amount which the law retydres him to pay to the treasury. The prayer of this petition has been refused. It is said that an in dividual on whom M. Teste had conferred benefits in the days of hisprosperity has come forward and paid the amount of e fine. La Petrie says that at the last cabinet council, held before the departure of the King for Eu, the Duc D'Aumalo has been named Governor-General of Algeria. A royal ordonnance, in accordance with this decision, will be immediately promulgated. It is further said that a palace is to be constructed for the prince governor OA a magnificent scale. :be Court. Yesterday was the anniversary of the birth-day of the Queen Dowager. The Duchess of Gloucester arrived at Bushy-house, Bushy. park, in the forenoon, to pay a visit of congratulation to her Majesty, on the auspicious return of her natal day. The royal Duchess partook of a cbjetoter with the Queen Dowager, and in the afternoon took leave of her Majesty, and returned to her residence in ltichmontl-park. The tradesmen of the Queen Dowager illuminated their houses in the evening in honour of the occasion. Prince Peter, of Oldenburg, paid a visit yesterday to the new government offices, at Whitehall, and inspected the office of her Majesty's Privy Council, the Board of Trade, the Treasury, and the Home Secretary's office. Sir Denis Le Merchant was in attendance on his imperial highness during his visit. The Lord Chamberlain is with the Duke of Devon shire on the Moors. The Baroness de Speth has arrived at Esher from her Majesty's marine residence, Osborne, Isle of Wight. (From last night's Gazette ) WHITEHALL, AUG. 10.—The Queen has direct. letters patent to be passed under the great seal, granting unto Admiral Sit T. B. Martin, G.C.8., the office or place of vice-admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and lieutenant of the admiralty thereof, in the room of Admiral Sir G. Martin, deceased ; and unto Admi ral the Right Hon. Sir G. Cockburn, G.C.8., the o ffi ce or place of rear-admiral of the Unit ed Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the admiralty thereof, in the room of Admiral Sir T. B. Martin, appointed vice-admiral of the said United Kingdom. WHITEHALL, AUG. 11.—The Queen has presented the Rev. A. F. Mitchell to the church and parish of Dun niches, in the presbytery and county of Forfar, vacant by the death of the Rey. 1). Martin. DOWNING -STREET, AUG. 12.—This is to notify that, in pursuance of an act passed in the session of parlia ment held is .the 10th and Ilth years of the reign of her Majesty', intituled "An Act to promote Colonisation in New Zealand, and to authorise a loan to the New Zealand Com pany," the Right Hon. Earl Grey, one of her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, has nominated and appointed J. W. Correll, Esq., to be ber Majesty's special commissioner for the affairs of the New Zealand. Company. WAR-OFFICE, ACC. S. let Reg. Life Gds.—Cornet Sub-Lient. L M. Hen to be lieut., by pur., vies Marquis of Worcester, prow. to 7th Lt. Drags. ; T. J. Leven to be comet and sub-lieut, by par. let Drag. Oda.—Lieut. G. W. Biathwayt to he cart, by par., vice Travers, who ret ; Cornet G. Briggs to be test, by pur. 7th Drag. Ode.—apt . . J. H. Gray, from h.-p ., anat., to be apt, vice J. R. Heston, who mel. 7th Lt. Drags.—Lieut. Henry. Marquis of Worcester, frays Ist Reg. Life Gds., to be *apt., by par., vice Sir A. Chichester, Bart., who ret. 9th 12. Drags.—Cornet R. W. King' to be lieut., without par., vice Andertocc dec.; F. Ellis, to be mr , ma, by par., vise Bird, pram. 13th Lt. Drags.—Cornet T. H. Goad to be Beat, by par., vice Clemente, who rot. ; Hugh Mame. to be =nets by par. 14th Lt. Drags.—Linat. T. L. Yaps, from 7th F. So be lieut., vim Coster, app. to 113th Lt. Drags. 16th LC Drags.—Lieut. J. Coster, from 14th Lt. Drags., to be tent., vier Hard" app. to 7th F. 4th F.—Capt. J. J. Hort, from 61st P., to be cwt., vice Otter, who exch. 7th F.—Lieut. 0. Marriott, from 16th Lt. Dregs, be be beet., floe Mayes, app. to 14th L. Drags.; Cleat. M. W. Oa. boa Mt to he lieut., vice Nome, app. to 6th F. flat P—Capt. W. J. Varner, from Sled F., to be mgt.. vise I//fhg, who exch. 42nd le.—Capt.B. Broadhead. from h.-p, anat., to be cape, doe W. Guthrie, who mt. upon h.-p., anat., reeatvtag the SIC ; Lisai. W. B. l=ga.ss to be apt. by par., vies /Owasso:l, who mt.; LM. V.P. tabs limit, by par., Time Douglas ; G. B. Cambideml. to be ma, by pur. 43rd F.—Ens. F. G. Wilkinson to be Bent, by par, vim Waits who at. ; L. Graham to be ens, by our. ; Lieut. J. M. Primrose to be elth di. P. Wet. C. P. Campbell to be capt, by pair, vios Pocock, who mt. ; Ina A. eliebotss to be Beat, by pur. ; Dana to be ens., by par. SOth F.—la L H. Pugs lieut., by per., via Mae, who ret. W. D. Shirley** pm. Sled F.—ClagL O. , Ikea Mg 7, Is be apt, sloe Verner, who =di.; Ms. P. D. (ate, tote Vesst, bops, ale Pod. Moms, prom. In lei W. L WWI IL D. baba lle boas. by per. 37th Vl—Oent.Cidetll.l.llnaciaaa from Neat ILL Col., to be ens., wMLat vice Noes% elp._to 61st P. 61st P. C. 3. Other. boaP, le be apt., am Hint, who exch.; Ea. aA. Ilea** limeLoclibeat per. des Ibilikas, dee.; has. T. 111. NM% Seta 37* l te Waft Ord P.—C. Le IL Carey to be ane,,bp pr..da Last oe nt. 67th F.—Lieut. W. C. Pratt to is apt, lip pm, doe livealloar Downes, who ret.; He. W. WArey to bo bat, by per.; W.S. Arnold to be ma, by par. 70th F.—Lest H. limey to be same*, vice J. Nicholson, who rot. stoma SSW If..tteatlL. P. Olgees, from 17th P., to be limit, vice W. W. B. Pewee*, who ret. ea h..p. 17th F. • boa A. 0. St. J. Mildinay to be C lieut., by par., oleo Hawed, wh o ret ; M. Upper to be ens., N. F.—Aseist...tiarg. J. S. Wtßs, M.D, from 17th P., in be east, sarg., vies Dods, prom. In fird W. I. Rm. lieth P.—lkat. J. leN. Walter to be odJ., rice Davies, wise res. the s tilt L Pask—B. B. W. *ea* le am, without par., via Camp. bell, who. las boa Ma. 3rd W. L from h..p. Ist Omsk U. ha, to tealla, npirlog et, vre - most. pro= ; vions. W. P. V. Credos Rea aft P le be mgt. hyper vice rabagill, who met; ArlatAars. O. D. DlabeallaT., to be ap dos T. Elm. Desern.—Near T. ad W. I. La. to lee lieeteeL in lAls7 T. ItacraS. and V . L leg., end B. p r odnesd. F, to be ram Y mom. G \ILILIIOIII.OIfAIK T. E. Lem, 72nd F., to be townaMor of Gibraltar, sins Ca D. Mk who me. Itmeosoonas....,Tbe pea et Cor. W. Onembea to beat. lith U. I ' l= r. = " to s t rib i tt bY P ooriliia ta = par., Mgt albums. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Aro. 10. Royal be. of Art.—gee. Capt. E. W. ston to be east, vice nett land,llw. ; MEM Lieut. A. Thorspeon to be see. cape.. ; See. Lieut. 0. It. C. Tong to be erg lieut. ADMIRALTY, Aro. 11. Real Marines—Pint Lie t. W. IL March to tempt., vice Law, ret. on L.p. ; Sec. Lint. H. T. For, to be first lieut. PROSOGATIONS.—It is this day ordered by be r Majesty in council, that the Right Hon. the Lord High Chancellor of that part of the United Kituidoin called Great Britain, do home writs for the Parliament, which was appointed to meet on 21st day of September next, to Tuesday the 12th org r next ; also for pro roguing the osaissealana dabs • of Canterbury and York, from WeiMildWlßM day of September next, to Wednesday the IMO, riOdeber next.—Gazelle. TITS ____ THREATENING LETTER CASE AT BOIV-STREL"T. —Sir,—ln your account yesterday respecting the British Museum, the reporter has made some snaitiss. The party amused was not an attendant in the reading-roam, nor was be ever in that capacity. lie was a supernumerary attend ant in the library of printed booka, and had lately been em ployed as supernumerary porter or gate-keeper, in the *b lence of the regular one.—J. CATU. I. 01/ MUM, riper - intendenta.—Beading-room, British Museum, Aug. 13, 1847. THE QUEEN'S MARINE TOUR TO SCOTLAND. The Victoria and Albert brought up soon after 7 o'clock on Wednesday evening in Yarmouth Roads (I. W.), within a short distance of the shore, the other steamers in the squadron anchoring outside. Soon after daybreak on Thursday morning the Victoria and Albert signalled the squadron to get under weigh, with orders to the Scourge t o take the lead. In a short time that vessel bore up, taking the usual course for the Needles passage. Aboutfive o'clock all the fleet were steaming onwards, the Fairy, Hotline, Black Eagle, and Garland following the 'Victoria and Albert. Before the squadron, however, bad pro ceed 6 or 6 miles, a fog came on, and it was deemed prudent to run into Allurn Bay, near Freshwater, just under the Needles rocks to the eastward. In the coarse of an hour or so, the weather somewhat cleared up, and the royal yacht was again pot under weigh, and by 9 o'clock had well cleared the rocks, and was bearing to the westward. There was a smart brut: blowing up Channel, 8. W., but compara tively little sea. At fifteen minutes past 10, a.m., the royal squadron was abreast the coast-guard station at Swanage, eastward of St. Alban's Head. The passing of the Scourge about an hour previous bad notified to the inhabitants the approach of the royal yacht, and no time was lest in putting off sailing boats and other craft to catch a glimpse of the royal party. In the meantime, those on shore used every expedition in hoisting colours on every prcmincnt place, and in a brief period the scene along this part of the coast appeared quite enlivening. The squadron was seen at length bearing down ; but, to the mortification of many, the unfavourable state of the weather kept the royal fleet off the coast about three miles. At noon the fleet passed Osmiogton, near Weymouth, passing the offing down the channel, and steering about west, a long way out. Numerous yachts were stretching out to greet the squadron as it passed. Early in the afternoon the fleet was off Port land Bill. The weather was foggy. Several guns were fired from the Black Eagle and others of the escort, but whether it was a salute or signals could not be observed, in consequence of the hazy state of the atmosphere. The fleet went outside the Race and Shambles Shoals, and when last seen wu steering a channel course to the westward. At Torbay, the trip was impeded by a dense fog. At baltesst three o'clock in the afternoon the royal rquadron ran into Dartmouth Bay, and anchored there for the night. Owing to the weather, the royal yacht has not accomplished 100 miles of the voyage. Up to eleven o'clock the fag still prevailed. ROYAL ASYLUM OF me ST. ANN'S SOCIETY.-- Yesterday • half-yearly general court was held at the London Tavern, for the purpose of receiving a retort from the committee and electing 12 children into the establish ment. The chair was occupied by John Bright, Esq. The report, which was very brief, ended that the society con tinued in a prosperous state, and that the Prince of Wales had become one of its royal patrons. After expressing their warm acknowledgements to the clergy for their renewed countenance and active interest in the society, the committee stated that they were still anxious to accomplish the im portant objects of a " town asylum," and entreated sub scriptions is its aid. Since the last report the society had to deplore the loss of Lady Imhoff, who had been a liberal benefactress to the society, and left a memorial claiming the reverential gratitude of its friends. The report was una nimously adopted. The Rev. J. W. Austin, rector of St. Nicholas Olavc, was appointed chaplain. SHAKSPEARE'S HABITATION.—A public meeting 4111.1 held last evening, at the Hanover-square Rooms, for the double purpose of hearing Mr. George Jones pronounce what he terms his oration, and for getting up a subscription amongst the working and middle classes, in order to swell the funds now collecting for the purchase of the dwelling of the immortal Bard of Avon. At eight o'clock, the room being tolerably well tilled by an auditory, the majority of whom were evidently of the working classes, Mr. Jones made his appearance alone on the platform, where he delivered an oration which lasted for considerably upward, of an hour. The real business of the meeting was then begun by Mr. Jones referring to sundry apologies which he had received from the parties to whom he had applied to preside over the meeting ; amongst others, from Lord Dudley Stuart, who, it was stated in the bills, was to have taken the chair. Mr. Jones then sug gested that he was ready himself to take the office of chair man, if any one present would move to that effect; and the hint being taken, the motion was seconded and agreed to, Mr. Jones then entered at very considerable length into a statement of his proceedings in respect of Shakspeare's dwelling, which it is unnecessary to repeat. A series of resolutions were then proposed, one of which was the nomination of Lord Dudley Stuart (in his absence) treasurer of the funds collected, and a second nominated certain persons to act as a committee—the only name mentioned being that of Mr. Albert Smith. Others. to the number of nine, were then read ; and on its being suggested by the chairman that they should be put all together, a discussion ensued as to the propriety of ad journing the meeting, which lasted until past eleven o'clock, when the motion of adjournment being negatived, the reso lutions were carried ; and thanks having been rated to the chairman, and to Mr. Martin (the proprietor of the rooms, which were lent gratuitously for the occasion), the meeting separated at near half-past 11. CONSERVATION OP VALUABLE BUILDINGS PRO MOTED BY A RCILEOLOGISTS.—The increased value given to the ancient structures of a county, in the eyes of their proper guardians, and those immediately around them, by the visit of a large body of persons from London, must be evident to all, whether they have personally observed the fact or not. And the effect is, that these buildings are looked at with more inquiring eyes, and their preservation, and in some cases restoration, is made more likely. The charm of these buildings is marvellous—the beauty of the majority of them put analysis : and when they are examined by men of varied attainments, taste, and views, brought together on these occasions, remarks are thrown out and opinions elicited which rouse the mind to inquiry, and lead to aknowledge of the principles on which they were constructed.— Thelinarter. SUPPOSED ROBBERY OF 10,0001. IN EXCHEQUER BlLLS.—Yesterday information was forwarded to all the police-stations, and placards issued offering 2001. reward for the recovery of the following Exchequer Bills, which have been lost or stolen—viz.: 4 for 1,0001. each, dated 16th March, 1847, numbered 10,205 to 10,208; 5 of 1,0001. each, dated 15th June, 1817, numbered 2.118 to 2,122 ; and 2 of 5001., of the some date, numbered 1,348 and 1,349. INQUEST, YESTERDAY. DEATH AT GROVE-HALL LUNATIC Asetusc.—By adjournment before Mr. Baker, at the Five Bells, Old Ford, Bow, to inquire into the circum stances relative to the death of John Mills, aged 42, an inmate of Orove-kall Lunatic Asylum, Bow, who was found dead is bed. Mr. Byers, the proprietor, was present. On • pod modem examination by Mr. W. P. Baker, deceased was fotuid to have several ribs fractured. The deceased, on Tuesday night, occupied a crib enclosed by boards, and which was 2 feet 4 inches in width. There were flannel bandages en his wrists which were fastened outside the boards, which pre vented him from using his hands to do any injury to him self. Next morning ho was found by the wardsman (Lynal) with his head over the side of the crib, life being extinct.— Mr. Wm. Pares Baker, surgeon, Bow, said that he found a mark on the deceased's chest, and, on opening it, there were six ribs broken on the right aide and fire on the left side, which may have been caused by the pressure of his chest oa the sides of the crib. The brain was soft, and in some places disorganised. Death was the effect of the injury m the chest and ribs, which would act more readily on a person whose braia was in such • condition ; and his only wonder was, that a man with his brain in such a state could have lived so long.—The verdict, after describing the death of the deceased, recommended that, for the future, a constant vigilance should bo exercised over the lunatics la the establishment, in order to prevent the recunenos of accident.—The Coroner trusted greater caution would be taken in future—The jury observed that more than oes person ought to be in a room where there were so many patients, and that there ought to be one always on duty.— Mr. Byers observed that he was ready to act in conformity with any recommendation, of the jury. The Coroner re marked, that where there was any want of caution it should be his duty to instruct the jury, on another occasion, to return a verdict of manslaughter, as it was the duty of every one who was placed in the situation of Mr. Dyers to provide every me ne and care for the sustentatien of human life. — Mr. Byers said that he thought the remarks of the coroner reflected on his treatment of the patients under his Care. — The Coroner remarked that this was the second case of as inquiry by him on a patient who had died from the effect of fractured ribs; and he thought that he bad done nothing more than express the opinions of the jury.—The J ury observed that they agreed with the coroner's remarks. HARVEST PROSPECTS. Canzansountas.—For some days the weather has beat rather variable than otherwise in this quarter. On Friday evening we had • heavy fall of rain, winch was exceedingly acceptable to the gardener. On Saturday evening it was also showery ; but, on the whole, bright weather has prep derated, and the cutting down of the harvest is peoftelt with little interruption. Judging from what we have ow of the fields in this neighbourhood, we think that very little grain will be left steadiest by the end of the present week and the crops of all kinds appear to be luxuriant in the highest degree.—Cambridge Advertiser.—The harvest in Whittlseeahasbegun, and the crops are extremely geed, particularly wheat and barley : of beans the &menet , are ad so favourable, the fly having made great ravages. Ponder 'till maintain a healthy appearance : tke disease has sg• peered in some places, but upon a very small scale, and le!" terly has made no progress. Upon the whole, everything this fertile district gives promise of an abundant harvest — Lincoln Mercury. CAILDIOANSHIRE.—It is impossible to describe the lass rianoe of the crops now fast ripening for the harvest. la the immediate vicinity of Aberystwith parties have begun star{ their corn. To give an illustration of the lust:roma of it crops, the writer has seen a stalk of wheat, grown on the farm of Mr. Richd. Claridge, Gloucester Hall, near Abort with, of the extraordinary length of 79 inches.--Eams Journal. Cause or GOVME.—Harvest is hastening on Noel. Favoured by a season of unexampled fineness in every rt. spect, vegetation has been approaching to maturity lath unusual sapidity ; while fair supplies of moisture have enabled plants to retain their strength throughout, and this to ripen their seeds not only quickly but thoroughly.. 01 1 some dry soils, indeed, barley is ripening rather too rapidly,: bat this is a mark of a season favourable fur the crops A general ; for sad is it for the country when, through super abundance of rain, a rich green hue is apparent at this tow of the year on braeside fields where the soil is thin sad the surface of the earth little removed from that of the miliFf rocks underneath. Moisture in June, and coin= drought in July, are always acceptable to the farmer, when combined, and this in the present seam kdo been the case. Several fields of barley will be reedy for 'tat ting down within ten days, unless rains intervene. Mask has been siid about damage done by the maggots of the wheat fir ; but we have reason to believe that the early sad late fields have generally tamped, and that thaw of a 2