The Express. — London, England, 1847-01-14 00:00:00

//a , av NATIONAL MERCANTILE LIFE ASISERANCE SOCIETY, Poultry, liandamisooss, Undue Draarmaa. Robert Phlocrom, Fut., Chairman. Thomas Sidney, Esq., Alderman, Deputy Chairman. Zdirard Baker, Eat. (Gale, Eater, Wade, and Gomm Curatiern, M.D., tiarllle-row. Wawa Lome, Esq. (Troyer. , Lemma, and Troyer). Guru *IOW, Fro. (Gramme, Copostely, and Nnore). William Nieboliera, Esq. (J. and W. Nkholato and Co.). J... Peek, Lug. (Peek Brothers and Co.). Giles Reilmayne, Esq., New Boodutzeet. PHer Bolt, lip. (Brockeltank and Roll). Among other adventure offered by this Society are : Security without liability. lomorny In the management, and low rates of Premium. Clams pet:MO.ly p.m. PROFITS TO POLICY TiOLDIGIB. (litmus &dared July I, Min.) Paw ailoorl I. Tem 11. term .7;11_ ..v , mew Pus Agave'. Orleirl Prwmisa. 1144sethe Is he. Z. 77. I of .1 ins sus sus son un on 1000 1000 1000 2000 1000 2000 £ P. d. 63 IS 0 39 IS 0 60 0 0 6S 0 0 33 0 0 00 10 0 / 5. d. 24 15 5 14 7 $ 20 1 N 21 0 7 9 6 6 18 10 0 142 344 224 474 202 $4l 1 - 1;,;i - or Lan. J. JONES, Actual , .ml &aviary. BUXTON. —To be LET, FURNISHED, and entered upon at lady-day next. the GREAT HOTEL. forming nut of the Crew:rat in Bunton, now in the occupation of Mr. Philip kpeee; with the Stabling and Outbuildings held therewith; tnether with a null quintity of Land. This house is the lament hotel In Bunton, and lo replete with every accommodation neeenary for carry , hat on busine4. in • style equal to any In the kingdom.--Far permit krs apply to Philip flomeek, lig, Bunton. NEW VOLEV OP ML JAMERd WORKS. lrt pobli;1;W ll;o7 pro finely engraved Frontiapleoe. TIIF. KING'S HIGHWAY. Being the Eleventh v o i,,mo of the Works of G. P. R. Jams, p.—The previous volumes kesch conipkte in itself) may be bad separately. vol. 1. —The Giro,. H.—Slaty of Burgundy. 111.—The Huguenots. IV.—One in • Thoossnd. V.—Philip Augustus. London : VoL Cl.—llnuT of Gull*. Ernatein. IITI.-111e Rubber. It n g I.— D raad. sad Co., IS, Canaan. TOnfiagthe meted* emelt the market condoling eettve, and a farther edema was ln male instances realtsed per lb. Fee the four dap put the transactions have been limited, and oe aidonal ecoceseicts made of Ito le. The total rim from lath inst. to date, amount to 19,500 bake. We quote US day : Infr. Ordy. Good; id. Fair. N. Orin and Mottle... 101 14 1 114 Floridamitt Upland. .94 10 to 10t la 101 1l to Meek, 8000 hales. Freights to Id square ; to Hun, le. square. Catie.—Two millions of bales is the buil of the New York opera thee. The Southern eathstates "cry than 1800 a 2,000,000. The N. Y. Pike Current of 10th inst. gives the fallowing statistics : ROMS, at sop at all the ports doge Ist Sepeember. 542,5117 agst 541,959 bat per, end 709,479 year bef. Exp. to Gt. Belt. 134,141 „ 211,709 „ 240,948 „ Exp. to France, 63,477 „ 71.827 „ „ 91,119 „ Total export, 234,580 ~ 347,955 " „ 401,804 „ Foxan.—All kinds of Sour f u r a wee k put hue been dull. The high rates demanded for freight prevents the execution of many (totem During the week, 5,000 to 10,000 barrel. of Genesee hare eheeged hands at 5 dol. Soc. to 5 dol. 56:c. • 1,000 crown mill et 3 dol. Stile ; Michigan owl Ohio brands befog 5 Sol. 3,00. to 5 dol. 50e., Is to quolity. liold-rs of mut/tern ore firm, and we hear of few m 50e. kt Georgetown and Baltimore sell in lots et 5 dol. 374 e. to 5 dol. Owns.—There have been but few transactions In wheat for some time part; holders ore firm at 11.5 c. to Ilk, for good Genereee, and lU7e. to I I2c. for Michigan and Ohio. according to quality. Northern Eye i *corm, with a very light mod , in motet; the loot saki have been 83e. to 86c. Oats, with a good demand. btve been telling at 30e. to 40e. for export, but have now advanced to 420 to 43c. Corn la In good request, with large MOM ; 15.000 bushel* new Long Island brought 72c.; 6,000 ditto, Jer*ey. old, 82Ie. 40,640 ditto new Southern. ot 72c. to 7.5 e. ; and white, 78e. to 80c. ; inferior old Southern, 74e. to 75e. ?amour* continue to advance. Engagement*, have been made to Liverpool at Id. to Id. for Cotton In nquare and mood bales. Flour and Naval Stores, Sit to 5, sd. Seed, Its. to I .1* per tierce. Heef, 8,6 d. to 9a. lid. Heavy good, 50, to 550. Groin, 19d. To Lemdon Nan' atorm, Ss, rd, Flour, So. Niro,urement good*, 400. per ton. Tobacco, theme, kr., 60s. Deer and Fmk, 6a. To Marne Cotton, Ito lie. per lb. Flour, I dot, 25e. per barrel. Heel and Port, 1 dot. 50. Adios, 10 to 12 doL Measurement good*, 10 dol. Heavy ditto, I 0 to 12 dot. Bark, IS to 14 dol. Miludebone, Ic. Tallow, Lard, ge., 4e. Grain In ham 30e. per burheL LATEST CO3IIIEECIAL LNTELLIGENCE. New Tam MO,OKT MAIO:Vt. DM 31.—The pro. of to-day. as of yesterday and many days before, at the Stock acre, were few and dull Mere was some more inquiry for toted MUM Storks. and conelderable sums changed hands,—for the old Mx per Cent- Stock at 101, for the New at 99, at both which prices there are ready Exehange was somewhat more active, and Si dots. was ob tained for beet tilts on London. Coss, tr., Dm. 3E—The markets, owing to Its being New Tea's Eve, were very inattive, and ales trey limited. About 1,000 bales of notion mid on terms, It anything, slightly to hymn of buyers, at half per CCM. whence since Cambria's : 300 tweet Clhio NMI' bow sold at a dein no. NI s is anal en other kinds.— Wheat 2,000 !umbel. of Ohio wheat add at lune.; and Barley, 16,000 bushels, at 61c. No sales in Indian corn, and of, change in pekes. Provisions firm, at yesterday's quotations. Ashes : Pots (pick, at 4 dots. 75c., and pearls steady, at > dots. Wt. No abatement in freight,. COMMERCIAL 4' MARKETS. MONEY MARKET & CITY LNTELLIOE,NCE. The financial intelligence by the Cambria steamer comes more unfavourable still from New York and the United States. The rates of exchange on London had fallen 1 per cent. more, and were ruling at 5 to 51 peer cent. nominal premium, but in reality 4 percent. under the real par of ex change, with a supply of hills, as might be expected, greatly exceeding the demand. With such low rates on the other side there can be no question that large continuous remittances of sovereigns will be made from this country, of which the next outward-bound steamer will afford proof. Money, also, was coming into greater demand at New York, where it was worth from 8 to 10 per cent. in loans and dis counts. The operation of the sub-treasury bill, under which all payments for Customs' dues are to he made in specie or treasury bills, would greatly tend to cramp the money roar ket, especially as the locking up of such heavy specie re. ccipts in the various ports of collection on the sea-board of the Union would bo eqnivalent to a complete diminu tion of the active circulation to all the extent. The dollars paid into the Customs'-office at New York, or 13014011, for example, would not be re-issued for expendi ture there, by the circulation temporarily contracted might be again diffused and equalised, but would be remitted to New Orleans :end other parts of the Union where the war expenditure was chiefly to be incurred, or to Mexico, for the uses and to defray the heavy expenses of the American troops there, and of the squadrons off the coast. The specie so remitted would be so much taken away slto gether from the circulating specie funds of the United States, whilst that portion dispereed is the interior, and in distant parts of the Union, would not find its way back again into New York, Boston, and other ports of most active business, whence collected and car ried off, for a considerable period, and then only in small indeterminate quantities, at uncertain times. Under these various circumstances, all with the same bearing, it would seem evident that this country must be very largely drawn upon for specie for some time to come, if not for a period of lengthened duration. The prices of government and state stocks and other securities had receded at New York, under the com mencing pressure of the money market and of the new sub treasury bill, then coming into operation. The new government loan was at 99, or 1 discount. There is, however, one countervailing probability of a certain amount of balance to check against the sums to be drawn from this country in the action of the new United States tariff. One month's experience of it is said to have realised all that was prognosticated of it as a revenue measure. " Although the duties," observes a New York paper, " have been greatly reduced, yet the revenue is increased, and no crest fears are entertained of its inflic.ing very serious injury upon the manufacturing industry of the country." TlnVpaat Two.—The directors of the Bank of England, at their weekly board today, decided, as has been expected for some time would be the cue early in the new year, on raising the rate of interest, in the terms of the following notioe The minimum rate of interest on bills discounted at the Bank of England not having more than 95 days to run is 31 per cent. " Jan. 14, 1847." Same uneasiness was evident in the stock market from the commencement of business. Consols opened ■t 931 to I, but with a depressed appearance. As the American monetary intelligence was read, and the impression gained that an alteration in the Bank's minimum rate of interest might be looked for, the prices gave way. Consols became sellers at 931, declined afterwards to 93 to 1, and are now only 921 to 1, extremely heavy. Exchequer Bills no minally 10s. to 13s. prem. Foreign securities are entirely neglected, and the quota tions must therefore be regarded as merely nominal, as no real business is doing. Mexicans stand quoted 231 to 1. Spanish Fives, 251 to 1; the Threes, 351 to 1. Portuguese, 36 7. ENOLIBH FEW MI. Husk stock, Mg SI 3 per et.Comaols for Acct., 1:4 I eer s a c 3. pee Ceut, NI I 3 per 000xtuttli I Exchequer WI., Rh. 13e. S pee Ct. Auerlsa Bends. 944 -- i ;:,;;Z;;15. Grenada Ms .19 30 44 per Ct. Seidl. Roods, 914 si °resold Defereed Ws., 33 a 2 per feat. ditto - 3 per CL Neale., 1444, 34 a 3 pe Ct. Drallllll3 Eds., 07 9 6 per Ct. Perseids Iktp, 4$ 41 Ditto New, 87 9 Porton.* Coo•, 11de , II 37 3 pr Ct. hoescle Ayres 1349., 41 4 3 pee 4.3- kopeks 114, ,110 II Tluei MAW H 4, 114 6 DIG* Spanish Ms. 231 1 Ditto C, 5, Def. Dd.,— 3 per Cl. liparilai Rds , ..1.34 I Colevatda• Nerd. DM. 11 , Span Deferred Me, 17 4 1 per Cr. Daololt Dda.,116 S 1 Spanish Doody. Ms ,34 4 $ per Cl. Diateit DM., Of i 9 per CL Venesseia Hde , 39 40 4 per Cs. Dutch Cert., 924 3 Venezuela Ixterred Dd., 1113 RAILWAYS. The market is quite depressed, with scarcely any dealings, except in London and Yorks, and Buckingham shire*. SALES EFFECTED EP TO TWO Tills DAT IN LONDON. (Yesterday's pieta will be found in loot me.) Aberdeen. 23 49 Midland New, 88 Amber.. Not., lion. &E. in., 211 Do. New, 6y Mr. and Oxford in., 131 Neaten and Berwick, 34/ 51 pir., Walter., & Dudley, 54 1 p Norfolk, Halm, ll§ Mr., Way., & Stour Vol., 31 1 p IN. Counties Union, 1/ 1 Drloloi aul Exeter, 79 North British, 33 Do. Quarter., 3t Do rm. Ext l 7. o ,Ll •ii-t,,i,a, Exeter, 79 It Cboolor Holyhead, 25 1 North Sta 81 9 =t i t lira Scrip, 8 Oaf., Wor., & Wale., 124 / E. Owned" Pj 1 Scottish Ben., 231 4 Do. Now, NI 1 -cottith llidlond, 14 Do. Per. II per Ct. No, 1, 1 p Shrew.. lk Dim, Class A i St 4 4 Do. York fttmrlo l 4 3 4 1 r2O Ur B, 2 Em Imooddro, New, 81 South Devon, 38 5 Ds. in, Ilm. 21 South Fasten and Dover, We htlaborgb t °Woo.. 78 Do. New (1..320, No.l, 1.4 Ely t Huntingdon, 131 Do. (do. 3W. nor. W.), No. E 141 Cit. North. (lon. k Yk. Ftrg.),34 1 Do. (do. 151.), No. 4, 41 Do. (Direct N. Reg.), 41 R. York., Don., k Gook, 21 4 Gt. Wn4ern, 1311 Taw Van Enlimion, 8 11 I Do. Quarters. Walt Idikig Haim 2 p Da Plftbo, SI 3I York k Nerroonen 874 6 Hui &Kok Eztettrion, i Do. e5 1 , 2 2.d, Laub klkedkn 7 4 41 i. 7 1 Dg w 1 o 7 1 Leek Unti e New, 3 1 York 9 N. 941 lir.,ll636„lsHeore. In., 21 Do. &by, 211 =lldelen ir kCoost, 571 I Do. tzlinsim. $6l N. 196 Do. Pram" 13 j Do. Gonolors, 221 MooMpaWid Amiens 151 1 Do. din New, 13 144 Ike., Tad., kerne (Eopelete's;, 1 Do PUMA lel Deka lasaki, 34 Loa. sad 9. Waters Scrip, 5/ i i Kat DAM London 9 YOok. /rip. Si Great bogionifonkonkr.. Ds. Ezlorka da, 3 Greg Weaken llogol. 1 6 Jamaks I. MOW .In., 11 1 =Bl d il= l. 4tree, i 31 Do. Quirkull, 17 1 Do. MA Ili Odemo ilLumaitimalw asni, • a sal I I 674 Do. Likwisin, 11 1 P Palk gni low, 74 Mon., Hatt., Ind Mat., 11 p Probe nneMine, 41 Maw mai gontkomptre, 11 Wool Hootiorn 21 llDlsiad. 1.11 _ Aorb, krt.,kkosloak Jp., par Bar., Lim, Is Cbso. Jo., 111 I. p Bir. k Osied Jordon, lUf p WiAlimreval., p Let Idoodokko. 3-13 p Ylostwood. Itsk. & P Cit. N.(Lak &York Reg. , 11-113 p Leeds & nidh.Pret I P Los-, Kok, & kr., Qrs. A), 71 p Do. Do. p BIRMDIGUAII SALES, JAN. IS. Man., Shot. , and Orisuby (201. 11 shares), 1 Stench...ter k s , suthampton, d N. gtaffardetdre, S 13-16 3 p N. Western, f p N. Cosatlea Muss, d Shrews. & lEr. (A), 2 p P. E. and rover, 40 Wed Riding Union, p Ana., Not., lk 80Z37: 11 c .1 5 --- Mr., Vol,. t Dudley, sj p OBI? et. Vat, 31 p Baii =e l74. North ,1 31 p Shrews. a arm (A), 31 410. Jaw. 13. Shrews. & BM. (B), 18s. 9d. p Shropshire Union Bag 3 Os. P 8. Slat Rae. (late J.), 2la9d. 11 ;) Do. (lets TratVaL),3Bs. 3S l le Writhes. k Southampton, d `-^ • HULL BALPA. JAN. 13. North Ns. 366. p I North Staffordshire, 31. 18s. p Deakkekernaftey P Northern Counties Union, 31s. Ot. MMus (la sal Tea), Si Derby, SAL, k War. Jane., 14s. Salk Woken.' p LEEDS SALM Jas. 13. 136. p CarlloleF.x., 17s. 6d. p B;VEr re' kikii. da d NOllll Stsibrdskire, p 04.118 r. (LANA York) lip I Dir. k OzkriL p Ike* Walk% P t im ulorr eig ikt ednk ilL V et.. p OWL , MOIL, lisslllo9. Minna J. p Past Lansashilitt P Bart Csonlar, York PAL, 30n p Wharldale Jan itt d uir.,sika.sx... JD., Ss. Pd. p 'fork and Newesatle. 131 P DR Ladd" Scrip, 325. 6d.p I Leicester and Bedford, is. d Ike* IMPS Qrs., 11s. p Leeds, Wake., k Kid., Nye. d Ds. Ekkip, Us. p LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THIS DAY. Four o'Cloek. The Cambria, Captain Judkins, arrived in the Mersey yesterday afternoon. She left Boston on the let, and Halifax on the 3rd inst., so that she has accomplished the homeward run in 111 days. The intelligence she has brought contains no features of striking interest. Congress had been principally occupied with some s harp discussions on the President's message, and, judging from the tone of many of the speakers, it was considered very probable that the duty recom mended to be levied on tea and coffee would not be sanctioned. Respecting the late tariff it may be ob served that, although the duties were diminished, the revenue had increased, so the fears which anticipated failure have been altogether dissipated. Mr. Polk had presented a supplemental message to congress, communicating documents containing all the orders or instructions to any military, naval, or other officer of the government in relation to the es tablishment or organisation of civil government in any portions of the territory of Mexico which had or which might be taken possession of by the army and navy of the United States. Among these documents the most important was that announcing " a form of government established and organised by the military commander who con quered and occupied New Mexico," respecting which the message says: "It is deekirei on its face to be a temporary government of said territory,' bat there are portions of it which purport to 'establish and organise' a permanent territorial govern ment of the United States over the territory, and to impart to its inbabitants political rights which, under the constitu tion of the United States, can be enjoyed permanently only by citizens of the United States. These have not been ' approved and reeognised by me.' " This message was not very favourably received. Mr. Bancroft's nomination as minister to Great Britain had been sanctioned by the Senate. The England, from London to St. John's, New Brunswick, was totally wrecked near St. John's, on the 21st. Dee. The ltichard Anderson, arrived at Baltimore, on the 28th Dec., with the crew of the Mary Shell!, from Liverpool, for Halifax. The Liverpool and Philadelphia packet-ship Thomas P. Cope, was destroyed by fire, at sea, on the evening of tke 29th of November. The United States brig of war Somers, while eireing vessel which was endeavou ri ng to break the blockade, fell on a reef and was totally lost, off Green Isle, Vera Cruz. A letter received from on board the Raritan, dated 13th Dec., states that " eight men be- , longing to the Somers had been picked up by the Mexicans on the beach near Anton Lizardo, whither they had been driven by the gale, clinging to hen coops. They were held at Vera Cm: as prisoners of war ; one had since died. This makes 44 saved out of 80 souls on board. The efforts of the crews of the French and English vessels to save the lives of the crew of the Somers, are spoken of with warm com mendation. The Mexicans saw the accident from the mole, and cheered and exulted for a long time. The brig had been for a long time engaged in the block ade, and had done more to interrupt the commerce of the port than almost all the other vessels. Within the last fortnight both town and castle had been kept in a state of constant alarm by the burning of the Creole, and other demonstrations. Eight more of the crew of the Somers were picked up by the British frigate Endymion. The prize steamer the Tobas quina, before reported as driven out to sea, had not been heard of, and all on board are doubtless lost." A movement of a decided nature, it was reported at Washington, had taken place on the subject of the Mexican war, which is noticed in the following ex tract from the New York Tribune : Private star trao ma i reliable sonrem in Werhington mum us Nat Ila immtlat saw imeitata the appointment of a high commis ; mica la promalo Maks and make one commanding effort to close the war with tint malty either by negotiation or the sword. The comnigiores a al at present in contemplation are, Se nator Thom Ii amiss who in to be inreeted with the Mgt gamma of our 'military and naval forces, mid, the title of Ilinginiablainerall, Senator John J. Crittenden, of Ky. =and Orwasas Bdas Wright, of our date. They see to he wills dont =limited ;ewers to promecute the war in each owner es go Ora dud seen ma expedient, and to terminate it Miaow Ism dal be prated by Mexico which they may deem amiable. As, inagieselit Owl might make would, of oonne, be sabre me dr word at the Senate; let there an le re draw of r=s f Ito ratification. ,6116016 b this pealed may aria uNltad Maid Gen. Scott sad Gen. Trier, we, bettering it mold malt in a needy peace, trust it may enmatir no serious oppodtka In comm. We base this remark iiighodmlly on the awl =pike' not the three eminent eitimna ahore misinsik are in good faith to be Mimed with the settlement of oar /tenth with Mexico, unimagined, sod baked by the whole power are Nation. eh Rad each be the fact, we waive all seraphs, and, heartily commending the propaeltlon, whit It entire moms. According to accounts from Mexico, the British minister had withdrawn his previous offer of media tion. Santa Anna had collected, at San Luis Potosi, between 20,000 and 30,000 men, 8,000 of whom had recently been added, under General Valencia, from the mining districts of Guiana Juato, and arc represented as superior, hardy men. One-third of his available force consisted of cavalry, well mounted and well . appointed. Ile was also said to have 55 pieces of artillery. General Taylor had an available force of 16,000 men ; of cavalry he had few or none ; but he had several well-appointed field-pieces. The following are the latest accounts from the seat of war : • General Taylor had returned from Saltillo, which was all in the quiet possession of the troops under General Worth. No demonstration had been made against him, though at a distance of only 30 miles the scouts of General Worth had discovered about 3,009 cavalry, said to have been sent from Potosi. General Wool has been ordered by General Taylor to occupy the town of Parris. The inhabitants made no oppo anion to General Wool, but were prepared to receive him peaceably. His troops are enjoying excellent health, and are in the highest state of discipline. It was understood that General Taylor would occupy all the ports and towns upon the line of operations to Tampion. He would himself shortly take up the line of march upon Victoria, where rumour says Santa Anna has 10,000 choice troop*. General Taylor was to move, in column, on the Bth, oth, and 10th inst , for Victoria, with about 1,500 men. Victoria is equidistant from Monterey and Tampico, and it was supposed that General Taylor would make that place his head-quarters. No further demonstration would be made towards San Luis Potosi until further orders from our government. Santa Anna has sent out a detachment of 2,000 men to destroy the water tanks between Saltillo and San Lois Potosi. The following commercial summary is from the Courier and Enquirer:— The whole exports from Ist January to 29th December, 380,844 barrels flour; V 2,768 bushels Indian corn ; 223,947 bushels wheat. The total export of floor from Baltimore, from lst Jan. to 28th Inst. was 476,798 Milo., of which 143,019 to Great Britain, 80,228 to British West ladle% 19,618 to France, and 100,971 to Bradt= ports From New Orleans up to 19th Dee. the exports o( the 'following tre:Safer the year, were.. Flour. Ind Corn. lard. 125,012 Wl*. 204,48 ian 6 sacks. 70,044311 W. Ytteleare the principal ports whence bresdatuffs are exported. A ber &moan has been done in exchanges at our quotatlomi ; 4 ml the demmd at the close being active, the market Is firm with umber an tendency. w "mi.—The advises per Cambria to the 4th instant, from Uwe "47died here on 19th innant, being more favourable than had • A&Moted, the demand became animated. oral 3,000 to 8,000 144 A /me immenarely ~k e n at an advance of fully Sc. per lb. ne N0.117.] LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JAN. 14,1847. [3d. YORK SAL GL N. (Lou. & York R.). 31 N.Britioh Rateuelon, 14 1/. 10..3d. DUBLIN Beirut & Co_ Down f Dundal nniskillen, If Ilublln, D k & E an., & katbf.. 20. 21 Killarney Junctions, 10s. Gd. Mid. Gt. W. Ex. to Ord.. Bs. EDINBURGH Aberdeen. SSi Ayr and Galloway, SOL Caledonian, New, an. Gin Caledonian and Dumbarton, 45. Direct N., Scrip, tlia, 14. Gd. 1).61., Donne, and Cal., Dwulee & Arta, New, No. 3. 3 i i Dundee and Perth, New, lit LAW of rile, 58a. Esi.t. Lothian Cee., Sea 571. Gd. Edin. and Northern, 131 Do. New, SS Do. iiiport, 61 61. Bs. GLASGOW S. Aberdeen, 2 Ayr k Cialloway, 45.. ed. 435. Caledonian, 30 Do. New, 19e. C.Aadonlan & Dumb., 44a. 6d. Direct North., Scrip, We. Dundee & Perth, 25 Do. New, I It Dna Lothian Central, 36a. Gd. LtUnbanth and Perth, 37e. td.3Ba. Cilaa., All., & Ayr, 37i Do. Hahn, ES, IS. West Hiding Union, 41 York 4 . . N. Pref., 711 LFS, J. 11. Was., wec.. Wkk. & Das.7s. ed. Wes., Car., & Dublin in., 7s. Ss. Newry, Armen* & Londonderry Junction, 11s. New R. Carlow, & lid. Jet., 4s. 44'4 . - _, /..dhiburst sad Perth, Ala Gd. Gt. Nor. IDir. Nor.), 874. Gk. 6'. Mao. and South., 40. AL North British Thirds, 775. Do. Qrs., 71.. 704.6 d. I. New, Qrs., Sc., 31s. Scottish Ceurrid, 22 Scottish Gd. Junction, M. Stir 1.11,r & Duoterm., ns. str.o hears J,., Ms. Dimet Bombay ac Madras, 40. 9d Madras, NeL, ArcoL 2s.Gd.SL9d. LEA, 1,w.12. Glen, Dum., & Car., N. 14.. Glace & Greenock, Pref., 365. ed. Gin., KU, & Ard., Gt. Northern (Dir. Northern Re gistered), 601. 33a. Gt. Southern of Madras, M. Id. LB. and Ayr Direct, 03a. 62a. dd. Man. k Boutliainplon, 30n. N. British Halves. 131 Do. Nen Qrs. Strip, 32a. 6d. droll* Unteni, it* bwai& grad Jn., 261. PRODUCE MINCING-LANE, ifelf-past Sugar madam. wasigstal, and t of Bengal and GOO boxes of yellow Havannah went briskly at the full prices of yesterday. Refined remains in good demand ; standard quality held at 665. Coffee.—The public sales have been large, and lasted until a late hour. They consisted of 200 bales Mocha, 2,000 bags Ceylon, 1,000 bags East India, and 400 bags Coats Rica. The general character of the buying showed a good cornprition for all good qualities suited to the trade, and rather higher prices were eatablished, but common sorts did not show any advance, whilst importers appeared to be firm. Cocoa. Trinidad sold at a further advance of It to 2s. flier has again advanced, and floe bengal is held for 235. 6d. ; 235. was paid yesterday, sod for very low white, 21s. Runs remain" firm. Fine strong Jamaica, has been sold at a high price. Cotton continues dull and inactive. —The Tea remains without alteration. The public sales did not give fresh quotations. The quantity sold was very small, and did not include current qualities of Court'. In other articles no alteration. TALLOW. Market steady, at Peterstetre Coe the shot Febtuery to March dellterlee CORN. BASINGSTOKE, JAN. fair quantity of Whcat pitched, in good condition, and still higher terms asked and given, the best white Wheats making from 211. 108. to 221. per load ; red, 201. to 211 ; moderate samples, 181. The weather having again changed from frost to damp, some were in poor condition, yet a Lir clearance wa. effected, at a rise above lime week's t. rms of 41. to Is. per qr. Flour is again up 3s. 4d. per bag; Pollard and Bran 14. per bag. Bread, 18d. the 8 lb. lost best fancy, 20d. The Barley trade was very brisk and firm, but malting samples very scam ; what were offered made from 6.51. to 588. per qr. ; good grinding, 60s. to 645. ; poor samples ran to 48a., being an advance from last Wednesday of 6s. per qr. Barley Meal, 10 score lbs. in weight, 2a. per bag higher. Malt, per bushel, best, 10s. to 10s. 6d. ; good, 9s. to 9s. 6d. ; inferior, Ba. 6d. to 95. ; the advance being 48. to G.. per qr. Oats were scam, and riye 3s. per qr., best reaching 401. ; good black, 30s. to 325.; and lean samples could not be purchased under from 28s. to 30. Winter Tares, per bushel, 6s. Rye 2a. per qr. dearer. Beans 35., and Peas 4s. per qr. dearer, some boiling Peas making 72a. per qr. NEWCASTLE, JAN. 12.—The weather has again become frosty, with a lowering sky, indicative of snow. At our market this menace we had a moderate show of Wheat from the growers, but the arrivals coastwise were large, the trade nevertheless opened in a state of great excitement, and considerable sales were effected at an improver -. - nt of 2s. over Saturday's rates, whilst some holders even ref! , cd to sell at this euhsncement. Foreign must be noted 3s. to Is. dearer, with a fair business doing: Flour must be quoted Is. to 2s. per sack higher, with an increased disposition to purchase. Rye unaltered. Malting Barley was held fur 3s. more money, 60s. twiner generally demarded for first-rato qualities. Malt may be quoted from 761. to 80s. per qr. Beans and Peas each 2s. dearer, cho . - o breakers being saleable at 60s. per qr., whilst grinding descriptions cont. msnd front 525. to 563. Oats in request, at an advance of 2s. per qr. Sweet Pomerancan feed, only 361 b. per bushel, being now worth 32a. per qr. - - DUBLIN, JAN. 12.—The limited nature of our sup plies, together with the improved repoes from the Engl;sh markets, have caused holders to demand increased prices ge nerally, and we must advance our quotations considerably on the rates of this day week. On Wheat, 3.. to 4.. Oats, Is. ; Barley, Is. 6d. per barrel advance has been realis ed. Oat meal, also, is Is., and Flour Gd. per cwt. higher. The fol lowing was the general currency to the farmer . —Wheat, per 2801ba., rcd, 44e. to 491. ; white, 466 to 61s. Oats. per 1961b5., 21s. to 246. Barley, per 2241b5., 265. to 30e. Oatmeal, per cwt., 245. to 275. Flour, per cwt., seconds, 245. to 265. 1101'S. BOROUGH NfAitarr, Two o'Ckwk.—Messre. Pat tenden and Smith, Hop Factors, report that the market is firm at yesterday's prrees. Lott Keats. p.otrt. 34.0 oo ellO Ifrotllog Kee 4.. p V. 3to 41. 4 Weald of /Loom „ 4 Otoo 0 Jostling Mama.. „ 3 oto/ Puma „ 313t0 4 10 014 /10pe........ „ 2 oto 4 I Yarohants BASINGSTOKE, JAN. 13.—The holders flrra ; the best Farnhams making 71. 10s. per cwt ; some of inferior quality, 61. 10a ; beet Altons, from 6/. to 11. ; by the pound, from 18d. to Z2d. WORCESTER, JAN. 13.—A few small parcels were disposed of at 84s. to 88s., wh;ch in now the avenge price of the best samples, but choice parcels would realise 90s. to 935. per cwt., or even more, could they be met with; such, how ever, are more scarce than they have been since October last, and are likely to go rather higher. WOOL. BASINGSTOKE, JAN, 13.—The prices offered from the manufacturing districts are generally rejected here by the holders of this article ; the prices for Lambs' Wool being from Is. to 111. per lb. Long Wool, from Ild. to 12d. ; inferior, Bd. to 10d. HAY. SNIITTIFIELD.—Messre. Cooper and Davis, Hay and Straw Salesmen, report the supply short, said prices firm. Primo Meadow Hay ek. to 766 Hook 466 to OK sokri. au. l6O 7 toor data 6k. to kw Soso 1166.6•6 SKINS. BASINGSTOKE. JAN. Downs from 4s. 6d. to 6s. each ; inferior, 3.. to as. 6d. ; long wool Leicester and half-bred from 4.. 9d. to ss. 3d. for the best, and 4s. to 4s. 6d. in ferior; the best heavy Or Hides made 3d. to 31d. per lb.; light 0: and Cow, 21d. to 21d. Caltskins 4d. to 41d. par lb. Horse Hides, from 6e. to 10s. each. CATTLE, &C. BASINGSTOKE, JAN. 13.—There were more lean Beasts and Cows for sale than for several weeks put ; the store Beasts sold indifferently. while the Cowl end Calves made fair price'. There were nearly 400 store hogs, Pigs, and Sows fur sale; the trade dull; many unsold, though offered at lower prices. Fat banns Hogs 10s. per score ; Porkers 10s. 6d. to lls. GLASGOW, JAN. 11.—There was a good supply of Cattle at market this morning in point of numbers, but few of good quality. Prices the same as last week, viz., best Beef, per stone of 221 lb., 10s. t3d ; second quality, 9s. 9d. ; Cow and ordinary, Be. 9d. The supply of Sheep was of an average character. For black-faced Wethers, prices ran from 245. to 33e. ; but one superior lot fetched as high as 38e. Ewes, 12a. to 21.. SHIPPING. Mina AREITED: 3, Dublin; 2, Waterford; 1, Do nashadee ; 1, French; 1, Flanders; 1, Boston. LONDON, Jan. 14. Wind this day at noon, E.N.E., light breesa, and tine clear frosty weather. DIAL, Jen. 13.-B.S.W. to 8 S.E.—Arrind Brothers, Mauritius; Mississipi, Baltimore; Jane, Quebec; Chilena, Singapore; Bengal, Madras. Sailed: Fair Arcadian, Cuba. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 13.—Arrived: Norms, Honduras; Countess of London, Honduras. Sailed: Oberlin. Boston. YARMOUTH, I. W., Jan. 13.—E.—Arrived: Elizabeth, Hoidens's', Mirantielti. OVP ISLE or WIGHT, Jan. 10.—Sea Linn, New Orleans. 11th : Providence, Mauritius, Sultana and Selina, Maga dna, all for London. FaLmotrru, Jan. 13.—E.—Arrived: Fortuna, Calcutta (men ill), for Hamburgh. Off Port: Toronto, New York, sails split. NIRPORT, Jan. 13.—S.E.—Sailed: Crescent, Grenada. DUBLIN, Jan. IL—EL—Sailed: Pomona, New Orleans. BiL7AtiT, Jaz. 12.-8. E.—Sailed : Thetis, New York. Suisun, Jan. 13.-B.B.W.—Arrived : Augusts, lairs michi. STOCKTON, Jan. 11.—Arriad : Jarrow, Quebec. Wsxrosus, Jau.l2.—The Maria„of Siboa, from Matanzas, ran on shore last night near Carn Sea Point, without rudder, and is fall of water ; caw saved. VESSEL SPOKEN WlTH.—Ship Ursula, Liverpool to Cal -1 cotta, on the 7th Dec., in lat. 5 N., long. 21.30. , • i ,• For Yesterdset Markets see the lost pa," i7:ht erortsg. Thei mho he Vlerg 05seM. IJabon . Madeira, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, Erb up 66 the ot the 15th January. Ile Weft MI6 wells. those for elesho, Honduraa, and tbe tlsas.s\ldib MO IS he worming of the 15th January. The WAS SR Melba Greece, the lonian Inland., FcrAduh,lhelesliells,Hiss-Kaegoad (-Una, rio Sin:mammon, tern be wait up ma as ovembe of the 20th January. The eorwhed dived heals. via Mareelllea to the Mediterranean, = ti Ades, Ceylon. ham,. How How, he., will be made up on the the gith January The mall. for New South Wale., Can Diemen'. Land, and New Zeeisel will be made up 00 the evening of the 31st January. The lolls for &BIM North America, Bermuda, and the L'intrJ Hato% will be made up on the evening of the 3rd February. TM ma 4 for the Brun., the hirer Plate, Matte Video, Pernam =ll.6.hia, Madeira, and Buenas Ayres, will be dispatched on the at the 4th February. TO 0011108PONDEN In reply to mole lis - illawa — lbeeetpaeUe;t,;;repea - ithat a news agent who receives mins by arty subway trains, 1. fairly entitled to *Mir nalewboarbidee kw a quarter, lbe. Gd., to be paid i n elver* is for esplessmiliel by pee. Whoever desires to bare a ebetp paper, ausswdy amply with th ese conditions. When nub sleben do net ;gin abiawsk ast elm weir eervims are per arvert, It Ss elistles et Mt sr et erressement, web which the Prisprieters bawaseeldwy be ds. We Ulm that, all respectable sae meets supply tits or TN at et Ws dd. ate caster, paid Is Misses ; • dors, or he sreerred tbr beet* dwiliersal, If bowerwr, alreore ell mimetic* Is get brditerepplied twite • iteldlke erder tar Ida Id.. 1 • 10 Orgable le 31r. Jae* Deft Netted's% illiteftlara We emit aides Is N* toy esweesketior Oast it sew to u. • bet Wm tseddrea asp will AXE *. 7 Tettemalenteiei 11177feeisitrea, lidos ends( gaper, net be et the Or by Two &dot* am the day of pubbeettue. MOE WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE. Tan Dto.—llandeg, 49 191 A. put 11; Afternoon, 0 01114 put 0 . To-Yeasow—Watelas, 18 atm past 0; Afternoon, 43 mm pest 0. LONDON, THURSDAY, JAN. 14. TWENTY-ONE gentlemen in Dublin have formed what they please to call a landlords committee, and they propose, through the medium of the Press, twenty-three resolutions, a little more than one for each member, which in this crisis they recommend as the future salvation of Ireland. We really do not see why these gentlemen have mot, or what is their aim in thus communicating their " collective wisdom" to the empire. There are some truisms, much nonsense, but nothing whatever that is new in their resolutions; and really if the summary and the summing of the wis dom of Irish landlords be but this, then we should really recommend the gentlemen to stay at home, mind their tenants, and leave state cares to the imperial parliament. For, if this be a sample of what an Irish parliament would be, we must say that it promises very crude, careless, and common- place legislation. Almost all that is good in the twenty-three resolu tions is borrowed from the intended measures of govern ment. Waste lands, colonisation, emigration, conso lidation of drainage acts, compensation fur improve ments, facility of selling estates and transferring pro perty—all these are borrowed from the intended acts of the administration. But not content with the humble rank of being altogether political plagiarists, the landlords committee preface all these fine and somewhat stale recommendations by a few abstract propositions in political economy : First [they say] the direct employment of the great man of the able-bodied peoplc by the state has an unavoidable tendency to paralyse industry, and to substitute artificial for natural labour. _ _ Now, it is very illogical and unfair to attribute these terrible effects to state employment. The state would never have thought of employing labourers, had not industry first been paralysed, and had not labour, both natural and artificial, been suspended. The labour rate commenced its operation after har vest, when farmers and landlords had no employment to give. Had not the state interfered, the labourer must have starved. Now that the peasant has been made to live, by the intervention of the state, for three or four months, the landlords complain that they can not get him back to his old temporary, ill-paid task, and thatthe public works stand in the way ofthe farmer and the landlord. We beg to say, that in this 1,-81x -et we have very little pity for either. Had they fairly treated and supported, during the idle season, the workmen whom they want in the busy season, they would have no cause for their present complaint. The labourer who tills the land, ought to be supported by that land throughout the year ; and the landlord or the farmer who habitually turns off his labourer to beg during the dull months of summer and of winter, deserves to want him at seed-time and at harvest. The second resolution is as follows: That any system of relief to the able-bodied that does not lead to the increase of food, or articles that may be exchanged for food, will diminish the capital of the country, and that just in proportion as capital decreases, poverty will increase. . . . According to this sapient declaration, half a mil lion, or a million, spent on a railroad connecting the east and west of - Ireland, would be highly detri mental, for it would certainly diminish capital and not produce food. What wiseacres! How com pletely in the teeth of the recommendation of many members of the twenty-three, who, like moat Irish men, are sensible and able men taken separately, but who turn to something quite the reverse as soon as they get together. Another resolution declares that labour is worth nothing, except distributed by private individuals, and that all the money that the state can and must afford for the employment of the poor, should be given through private individuals. We shall not pause to refute or comment upon this dogmatical assertion, it being quite sufficiently dis proved by that which follows, viz., that piers, har bours' curing houses for fish, and salt depots, should be established for maritime districts. Is the money for them necessarily to pass through private hands, through those of the sea-shore landlords, for example ? Is it to erect temples to jobbery, that the landlords of Ireland have formed a committee in such a crisis as the present ? The same selfishness is evident in the proposals for dealing with waste lands. The proprietors are not to part with an acre of moor ; the state is to enable them to render such profitable, and the poor are but to derive the temporary advantage of labouring there on during the years of reclamation. After this we are recommended a system of baronial boards, to take care of the roads and the cess, and to build new cabins, throwing gaols, criminal expenditure, and lunatic asylums on the state. With all this, not one word of poor law or poor rates. If the landlords of Ireland come before the impe rial public with such principles,such recommendations, such disinterestedness, such novel wisdom, we can only say that they will but gladden their enemies, and communicate a depressing feeling of shame and sorrow to their friends. Whilst on the subject of Ireland, let us take the opportunity of correcting a mistake of the Freeman's Journal, which represents us as the determined foe of all public charity to Ireland. The Freetnan's Journal mistakes us altogether. In discussing the denunciation of all private charity towards the Irish preached by the Times, we pointed out the many advan tages, which private had over public charity. But we never said that where private charity was I not forthcoming, public charity should be denied. The government in its bills of last session provided for the gratuitous supply of very necessitous districts ; but it repudiated the idea of interfering with all the markets of Ireland, and making itself at once the general importer and caterer of food. The last was impossible, and would lead direct to famine, not plenty. In the same spirit we deprecate public charity, or distribution of corn to the populace, like that which prevailed in ancient Rome. But such objections should always give way to necessity. The first of rules le, that no part of the population of our empire should starve. ADIMEINO firmly to our opinion that, of the candi dates who have presented themselves to the consti nof Manchester, Mr. BRIGHT is the choice most t fi n t e eg most calculated to promote the advance of the great Liberal cause, nevertheless, we cannot but admit that Lord LINCOLN'S statement of his political sentiments is frank, liberal, and noble. Such an ex planation, at such a time, augurs well for the conduct of the section of practical Tories in parliament, and relieves not a few doubts entertained on this subject. In another article, we have stated and summed up the urgent reasons which exist for doing away at the earliest moment with the rag of protection still stand ing for corn. On this subject, we cannot bat record kfillttSS / / with aatlsfaAion Lord LINCOLN'S declaration of his medians" to tree commerce from any reEriction that vet remains, consistent with the claims of the re venue.' The right honourable gentleman's opinion upon the tea duties are happily stated ad captandum," and as an increase of the income tax does not frighten him," direct taxation in its largest and broadest sense seems to be the beinner of Lord LINCOLN, and of course, of Sir ROBERT PEEL. It is as well to know this. In the noble lord's development of his opinions bath with respect to education and the settlement of the Irish Catholic clergy, we cannot but admit him to be some what ahead even of Mr. BRIGHT in liberal ism, and very boldly and honourably so, for such opinions are by no means popular. And perhaps it is one of the most singular occur rences in politics, that in the year 1847 we should Slid a Tory leader obliged to excuse him self before a great mercantile and liberal audience for • too liberal view of such questions as education, religious tolerance, and sanitory regulations. Yet so it is. Part of Lord LINCOLN'S speech was an exculpa tion of himself for changing, which exculpation amounts to the old proverb of " The world doth change." In one respect the practical Tories do seem honourably determined to be consistent; and that is in outbidding the Whigs, if possible, in liberal intentions towards Ireland and free trade— intentions so loudly trumpeted in Sir Itonnur PEEL'S retiring speech, and honourably echoed by Lord LINCOLN at Manchester on Monday. THE state of the corn trade indicates the approach, if not the arrival, of famine prices. The price of wheat from week to week advances, at the rate of 2s. and 3a. vcr quarter; barley from 3s. to 55.; and other graip in proportions not very different. It is somewhat startling to read such passages as the fol lowing, which we extract from the Mark Lane Er press review of the cora trade up to last Satarday sivemiort • The excitement in the grain trade has rather increased than diminished since our last, and there are at present no symptoms of a pause in the upward movement. Every day furnishes fresh evidence of ...he ex retne scarcity prevailing in Ireland; and by the accounts received thence it is clear that the supplies hitherto sent hence—large as they have been— are as a drop in the ocean. That the Irish will have to buy largely in England up to the period of next harvest cannot be questioned ; and how we are to meet this unusual de mand is a startling proposition. It is not merely Mat which is Mice's from us, but it must be borne in mind Mat in or dinary seasons the densely populated manufacturing dis tricts, which draw a large proportion of their supplies from Liverpool, depend, in a great measure, on the arrivals of brrad.stuffs from the miter isle. This source iv not nn l withdrawn, but large shipments are daily taking place from this to the other side of the Channel. Notwithstanding that nearly two mill ions of quarters of wheat and more than three million handredsweight of flour were imported during the year 1846, wheat now at the commencement of 1847 sells in Mark-lane at from 695. to 868. per quarter. The London average price of wheat on the sth of January instant was 70s. 2d. the quarter. And at Mark-lane on Monday la't a further nth mice of 2s. and 3s. a quarter on wheat of various kinds was established. Farmers' stocks arc stated to be lower than usual at the com- mencement of the year, and factors, merchants, and millers, have only small quantities on hand. Of late, too, the wheat of home growth has been brought to market in a somewhat damp condition and will require a considerable admixture of dri foreign grain for the purpose of being made into flour. The consequence is, foreign wheat bears a " higher relative value than English." " High mixed Dantzic and Konigsberg" are quoted 745. to &is. per quarter. The price of the 4 lb. loaf of the best wheaten bread has already reached ltd., and there is at present no reason for anticipating "a pause in the upward move ment." Now, passing for a moment the fearful dis tress of Ireland, to what do these facts lead in Eng land? Severe and sharp privation finds its way into the homes of vast multitudes of our working popula tion. Clothing and fuel, never more wanted than during the extremely cold weather we are experien cing, must give place to food, now advanced in price one half. And though Ireland exhibits the spectacle of the dire miseries to which a potato-fed population may be reduced by the failure of that esculent, and a considerable portion of the increased price of grain in England has been caused by the necessity of sending grain to Ireland instead of receiving supplies from thence, it must not be supposed that the failure of the potato crop has been without its direct effect in England. In all, or nearly all, the agricul tural districts, the labouring population rely much on the potato crop for a sufficiency of food : a reliance which has been increased by the well-meaning, if not well-directed, efforts to extend the system of allotments to rural labourers. The actual consumption of wheat in England has been largely increased from the failure of the potato crop. , And potatoes have failed on the labourers' allotments almost as completely as in Ireland. We have still seven months before any grain from a new crop can be brought to market, and in the mean time an anxious question arises—how arc the people to be fed? Nor is the scarcity confined to wheat. The autho rity from which we before quoted, thus refers to the trade in barley: The great rise established in barley on Monday has fated to draw supplies to this market, and the arrivals into London, including 9,311 quarters from abroad, have amounted to only 12,05.5 quarters. The meltsters and distillers have, therefore, found it difficult to secure tho quantity requisite for their immediate wants, and the sales made have been concluded on terms decidedly in favour of the seller. This related to the past week. On Monday last barley was sold for seed in Mark-lane at 738. per quarter, and for malting at 71s. Malt has of course reached a price proportionally exorbitant, and a "further advance is anticipated." Here, then, we find that in addition to the extra cost of bread, beer, a necessary of life to the great body of the working classes, has become much dearer. So again oats, which in some districts, and for cer tain purposes, serve as a substitute for wheat or barley, are following the rise in prices of the superior grain. Thus we find that last week there was an upward movement. Simi I as the supplies of oats have for some time been , a forth er falling off is exhibited this week in the receipts. We are dia. posed to think that the time has now arrived when this grain will feel the infinence of the very great enhancement which has taken place in other sorts of corn without hitherto pro ducing much effect on the vela° of oats. On Wednesday there was certainly an inerc.oed disposition to buy, and to wards the close of market the dealers took off a fair quantity at rates hardly obtainable in the beginning of the week. And on Monday last the price again advanced, and similar details of the same kind might be accumulated from various sources. Now, after such statements, the mind naturally ad verts to the existing duties on imported grain, and we find that the duty on wheat is 45., on barley 25., on oats ls. fid., and on rye and beans 2s. per quarter. And such duties form additions of importance to the cost of grain at present prices. But even more im portant than mere addition to prices is the circum stance that some of the most populous countries in Europe are competing with us in the world's market for grain, and have thrown open their ports and of fer every encouragement to the importation of corn. Our duties therefore give foreign purchasers a consi derable advantage over us. We have now to test a 4s. duty on wheat, a duty which it was admitted on all bands could never be maintained in the face of any considerable scarcity. Protectionists, free-traders, ad vocates of a fixed duty, are concurred in the position that such a duty could not be retained after prices had reached a certain elevation. That was used in argument for adverse and different purposes by those various parties, but as to the position, in the use of it as an argument, all agreed. Can any one now venture to assert that the point at which all duty on the im portation of grain should cease has not been attained? Do the most desperate adherents of protection imagine there is no limit to national endurance on this ques tion of food ? We know that the Protectionist leaders sanction the a.sertion, if they do not cherish the hope, that they will be able at the next general election to secure such a majority in the House of Commons as will enable them to perpetuate the present scale of duties on foreign corn. At all events, they mean to use such an illusory expectation. That it will altogether fail to produce the result they talk about we have no doubt. Bat it is a topic of debate which ought not to be left for that period. The necessities of the nation demand an immediate abrogation of the remnant of the corn laws. Provi dence has shortened the period of transition which was conceded by the nation to the selfish fears of a once dominant landoeracy. Party oompromiaes with class interests cannot be heeded under the new and unexpected state of circumstances which have arisen. The wealthy and the titled of the land are subscribing their hundreds and their thousands ; the middle classes are contributing handsomely from their in comes, straitened by the vast increase in price of all the necessaries of life, said to what ? Why to buy tared corn to save our Irish felinw-subjects from ›, 6 7/4'z,„ starving. And let it be remembered that the eftoct u: a duty on foreign corn is, as we proved in detail on a former occasion, to add the amount of that duty to all the grain grown in this o- • 1S r are, therefore, subscribing to buy and to pay a tax to the landowners. nation to be required to endure this presect government will not fail to a remedy of repealing the late corn the trade in grain free at once and Sir ROBERT PEEL will concur in himself p ro to adopt at a time . wu far less pflllaing L and the danger cent. Can even the protectionists oppose Nor is it now necessary to persist the modified duties on corn for two quiet the apprehensions of th e farmers. tensions, if they ever existed outside tlik houses of parliament, exist no longer. now be no ideal pictures of farms untenat uncultivated, by reason of "inundations corn " to touch the sensitiveness of mortgaged squire. Independently 1. tive necessity which has arisen the remaining duties on corn from the pressure bears upon the consumer, the opportunity is most fa vourable as regards the home-grown. It is abso lutely impossible that one good harvest can reduce the price of grain to its natural level ; and alter two more harvests the trade in grain will become free, according to a law now recorded in our statute-book. Even if the remnant of protection might, in ordinary circumstances, benefit the landed interests, which, however, we positively deny, its removal in the pre sent emergency, could do them no injury. But there is a moral necessity for an immediate re peal of the corn laws, created by the stern visitation we are enduring. It would I* a wrong and insult to maintain a duty upon corn when so much distress prevails in England, and such unparalleled misery in Ireland; and when efforts to afford relief are making by the government and the people on a scale so gene rous &Di wt. Our Paris express of Tuesday has arrived, with a private letter giving an account of the pa} al spee. h and of the mettmg of the members of the left and the left centre. The royal speech on opening the session of the Chambers was the all•engrossing subject in Paris on Tuesday, both of the public and the press. The foreign paragraphs of course attract the chief atten tion. The manner in which the maintenance of peace was mentioned has been anticipated with almost verbal accuracy in our firmer Paris correspondence. The ministerial organ, the Journal des Debats, boasts that, in despite of the predictions of the Spanish mar riage being a mere matter of family congratulation in the speech, it is emphatically alluded to in a political and international character. The speech (sass the br3ats), proclaimed the real causes of this memorable event. The King of the French, who refused the throne of Belgium for the eldest of his mins, has not in the affair of the Spanish marriage sought exclusively an establishment for the youngest. Be desired, even at the momentary loss of en alliance justly precious, to give a pledge of his intelFgenee and persevenng fidelity to that nslicyof two centurics,whose object is to connect France with Spain by the ties of blood, the similarity of institutions, and the accord of the governments. This in the policy which the crown has faithfully followed. This is the policy to which the speech offers homage with as much firmness as moderation. Justice and right can be moderate in its tune. It is inicetice only that is condeu.ned to bo injurious and irritating. The opposition journals contrast with unsparing severity the present speech with those of former ses sions, so far as relates to Great Britain. Then the English alliance was the prominent topic, and the basis of the " grand policy of the government of the barricades." It was emphatically the " policy of the reign ; " it was that " happy accord between Eng land and France," which " guaranteed the repose of the world." There is nothing of all this in the present speech. The Queen of England, who figures so prominently in that of 1846, has vanished alto gether from that of 1847. The guarantee of uni versal peace no longer exists. Nevertheless, King Louis Philippe has a "confidence that the peace of the world is assured." The terms in which the spoliation of Cracow is noticed are criticised by the opposition. It is, for sooth, an unlooked-for event, and one against which King Louis Philippe has protested. This word " un looked for" (inattearla) was substituted for regret tarde in the last of the many revisions and corrections which the speech underwent, and regrettable itself I filled the place of a much stronger term which ap peared in the original draft. The process of attenua tion was found impracticable beyond inattenda. The manner in which the speech was received is differently represented by the ministerial and the opposition organs. The truth is, before its com mencement and at its close the usual salutations of Vire le Roi! were offered generally by the peers and deputies; these, however, must be regarded as ex pressions of personal courtesy to the sovereign. The manifestations of approbation which followed the an nouncement of the several paragraphs of the speech were few and equivocal. On the arrival of the speech at the Botrse, the funds fell. Considerable interest has been excited abroad on this occasion. Immediately on the speech being ob tained, numerous carrier pigeons were dismissed from the bridges bearing it to Brussels and to Boulogne. The Chamber of Peers assembled in public session at the Luxemburg, on Tuesday, at one o'clock, and proceeded to the organiaation of the bureaux. At the same hour the Chamber of Deputies assembled at the Palais Bourbon, and proceeded to the verification of the powers of the newly-elected deputies:—MM. Prosy, Barthe, Villemair, Count Mole, Merillhou, Baron de Preville, Baron de Barante have been ap pointed members of the commission to draw up the address of the Chamber of Peers in reply to the royal speech. It issupposed that M.Barthe will be ap pointed to draw up the report. It is announced by La Preset that the government will not sanction any new linen of railway during the present session. The solicitude respecting the affairs of the Bank of France continues unabated. The council of regency and directors held a meeting on Tuesday to consult upon the means of surmounting the present difli , ulty, and of averting the crisis which threatens that esta blishment. We noticed on a former day the alterna tive to which the administration is reduced—an in crease of the rate of discount, a limitation of the dura tion of the bills discountable, a contraction of the credits of individual houses, or, finally, the awmenta tion of specie in the cellars by the sale of stock. The increase of the rate of discount would appear the most natural and obvious course, according to the habitudes of English finance ; but in France it would be so exceptional that its adoption, save in an extreme crisis, seems scarcely probable. The rate of. 4 per cent. has been hitherto the invariable standard of dis count retained in all the financial fluctuations, and in the most severe crises incidental to the establish ment. Advices have been received in Paris from Switzer land, one day later then those the contents of which we gave yesterday. The insurrection of the liberals of Friburg has completely failed, owing apparently to a want of a system in their operations. We stated yesterday that Friburg was to have been approached from three quarters. The column from Ittomt of 600 men, but without leaders, halted on the morning of the 7th at the village of Courtepia, a league from Friburg, having encountered there a body composed partly of the regular militia and partly of the Land storm. A skirmish ensued, in which some men were wounded on both sides. Reports meanwhile reached the insurgents of the arrival of troops in support of the government, and on the other hand they were left in complete uncertainty as to the fate of the other two columns, which were expected to co operate with them. In this situation, they decided on regaining their own districts, in retreating to which they were pursued, and six taken prisoners. The column from Eatavere, which was supplied with no other arms than clubs, being informed of the ill success of the other detach ment, dispersed and returned home unmolested. These movements took place on the day of the 7th, whilo the militia, composed of the German population of the canton, assembled in support of the government, which, feeling itself ' 4 and imprisoned the most among others some Rigorous domiciliary pected citizens. On Bth, the government sion of the insurgent -_ of Mont, against which one of artillery were den movement was not known adviccs, but it was knr demanded aid from bably have been declined. us country. We food for the Irish How long is the. this? Surely the apply the propel itek i j k law, and settee for ever. Seedy course whisk\ Ise when the diatom, T - ' rer far less isini• kppose it ? et In maint ro years long ens. Such a le the walls of th Igor. There unenanted or land lotions of foreign f the most deeply • r of the impem- s for removing he pressure which f thj r t;t - rengthened, seized and notable among the liberal citizens, members of the Great Council. ry visits were ma4e tarleja9l4. n the night betwllse Tas tiai r I resolved to take taii.)- pares, t districts, comm with &liar which a battalion % iaffattry sal 're detached. Thelastilt of this known at the deparpire or the last a known that the ensargenta had ?..te n the Bernese, lgowirtjpkt...q/ dined.