The Express. — London, England, 1847-01-29 00:00:00

The name of Lord Palmerston occurs in every 1 line of the French journals of Wednesday, which we ' received by private hand—his lordship's name coupled with the most strange arguments and still stranger anecdotes. One is so less than the details of a per sonal altercation between her Majesty and her foreign secretary on the subject of a cock-and-bull story from Lisbon. The valae of the arguments may be judged from that of the facts. It was announced that M. Guizot's answer to L o rd Palmerston's last despatch, had been sent to London. For sonic reason or other, a discussion on the Spanish marriages was expected to take place in the House of Commons to-day (Friday). Couriers were in waiting to convey the reasonings and dis closures, so that M. Guizot might refute them in his speech on Monday. The French cannot believe that we are thinking more of Irish distress than of either Spanish marriages or French susceptibility. The project of address was read in the Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday. The following is the para graph respecting Cracow : An unexpected event has altered the state of things founded in Europe by the last treaty of Vienna. The re public of Cracow, a neutral and independent state. bas been incorporated in the empire of Austria. France sincerely desires that the independence of States be r.spected, and that those engagements should be maintained, which no power eau break through, without, at the same time, liberating all others from similar engagements." The last phrase of the project is highly compli mentary to his Majesty and the present ministry. After the reading of the address, the War Minister demanded a credit of four millions and a half of francs for the purpose of augmenting the army, so as to reinforce the garrison of the interior, and restrain the p eo ple from pillage. The P.dis Bourse was exceedingly agitated. At first the funds and railway shares rose in consequence of the rise in the English consols ; but subsequently a number of rumours spread and disturbed the mar ket, which closed at the following prices :—Three per Cents., 100, 77, 60, for the account. Five per Cents., 100, 117, 50, for the account. Orleans Railway, 1215 ; Rouen, 873, 75; Havre. 680; Great Northern, 606, 23 ; and Bordeaux, 537, 50. The Madrid mail, of the 22nd, had not reached on the departure of our express, and there is conse quently no news relative to the state of the ministe rial crisis in Spain. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.—TuEsDAT, JAN. N. The President read the address, in reply to the royal speech, of which the following are the most ina portaut particulars : Sire,—The first wish of your Majesty is also our first duty. We will join our efforts to yours, we will lend our full con currence to your government, to alleviate the sufferings which we deplore with you. May order be everywhere maintained and property respected; may government guaran tee liberty of transactions and the circulation of subsistence ; let labour, the moat efficacious of all help, be largely distri buted. Let us address ourselves likewise to private benevo lence, let us stimulate its zeal, and come to its aid by a good empl..yment of the public money, and we shall have lessened as much as possible those severe trials which vre:gh on the country. The relations of your Majesty with all foreign powers give you the firm assurance that the race of the world is assured. We rejoice at it with you. } ranee, which has shared your sorrows as a father, is happy to associate itself with those consolations which Providence sends you. The marriage of your beloved son the Duke of Montpensier with your beloved niece the Infanta Luisa Fernando, at the same time that it completes the satisfaction reserved to your family, is accepted by us as a new pledge between France and Spain of those good and intimate relations established for so many years, the m sinteuance of which was of so much importance to the prosperity and safety of the two states. You have good reason to hope that the affairs of La Plata will not fail soon to be regivated conformably to the views of your government in concert with that of the Queen of Great Britain ; the just reclamations of our commerce whose relations in those parts have so long been suffering, make us express a wish that those hopes may he speedily fulfilled. Your Majesty has concluded a treaty of navigation with the Emperor of Russia. The Chamber (tonsil upon to deliberate on the financiel dispositions of that treaty, will examine with interest a convention which by a just reciprocity in our maritime relations with that empire, ought so guarantee to as all those advantages which it imports us to preserve. An unexpected event has altered the state of things founded in Europe by the lost treaty of Vienna. The republic of Cracow, an independent and neutral state, has been incor porated with the Au,trian empire. France sincerely desires to respect the independence of states, and the maintenance of engagements, which it is not in the power of any mate to discard without, at the same time, delivering the other states from the obligation of keeping them. By protesting against this violation of treaties—a new attempt against the ancient Polish nationality—your Majesty has fulfilled an imperious duty, and replied to the just emotion of the public feeling. Ilte discussion will commence on Monday. ROME, JAN. 14. Yesterday afternoon there was, as usual, an im mense concourse assembled in the great church of St. Andrea della. Valle, to hear the Wednesday ser mon of Padre Ventura, gcreral of the Theatines, and by far the most eloquent of our Roman orators. Some delay ensued, when a taller and more majestic per sonage was observed to move through the crowd, towards the pulpit; and soon the well-known and well-beloved figure of the Sovereign stood recognisa ble by the gladdened multitude; and Pius IX. it was who spoke. " Ills heart was so full with the varied emotions resulting from the position he had been placed in by Providence in their regard, that he must give public utterance to what he felt; therefore had he come to commune with his people after the manner of olden days ; and first, he would thank them with the warmest effusion of heart for the transcendent manifestation of their loyalty and devotion upon the Quirinal Hill at the opening of the year, and at various times since the dawn of his pontificate ; a revival of old Roman re verence for the chair of St. Peter, however now inade quately filled. The best return he could make would be by a renewal of his efforts for their welfare, poli tical as well as religious ; for the latter especially as immeasurably the nearer and dearer to his breast." The Pope then went with the utmost simplicity and manly good sense into the details of practical im provements which he desired to see earned oat in the individual conduct of his hearers, touching on most of the popular vices, and urging with all the fervour of the ancient homilies a thorough moral reform in his auditory. His address, which lasted scarce half an hour, was of course listened to with breathless at tention; and then the usual evening service was re sumed. This occurrence was quite unlooked for; though my previous letters must have prepared your readers for something similar. In the morning of yesterday, a meeting was held (in the circular Hall of Sculpture at Vescovalis), of British residents in Rome, for the purpose of collect ing funds for the destitute and starving Irish. The assembly was sufficiently numerous, and the pro ceedings unanimous and cordial. Mr. Halford, the Bristol banker, was in the chair, supported by Mr. S. Gurney of London, Capt. Packenham, R.N., Col. Bryan, Mr. Herbert of Macro's Abbey . , Mr. Folliott, of Fermanagh, Sir Francis Hopkins, Mr. Bruen, of Carlow, and a respectable assemblage of our country-' men. Mr. Whiteside, of the Irish bar, opened the case, and made a powerful appeal; others followed, and the rector of the Irish College, P. Cullen, by his deputy, hinted at proceedings to be adopted by his brother churchmen in Rome for rendering the collec tion .general through the city. Several hundreds were subscribed, and a creditable sum will no doubt be forthcoming. i SPAIN.--A letter from Barcelona, of the 17th, lap: " It appears that bands, calling themselves Carlists, are scouring the country and stopping travellers. On some occasions, not satisfied with taking away property, they seize on the persons of those whom they stop, and require ransom ; sometime., also, they are guilty of far more detest able crimes. They lately met with • grazier and his daughter, driving some cattle ; they murdered the father, and then wanted to seize on the girl ; but she made off, and succeeded in getting away through the woods. Worn out with fatigue, she at last took refuge in an isolated house. It so happened that the men from whom she had fled came to the seine bows a few hours after. They soon discovered that the was in the place, and withdrawing to the next room, they discussed what was to be done with her. After several Preposition', one of them recommended to roast her in the oven. This idea was approved of by the rest, and they made their preparations for carrying it into effect. The young gid, however, did not wait as long as they expected, for on st their intention she jumped out of the window, and made her way to a neighbouring hamlet, where she narrated the circumstances connected with the murder of her father, and her own escape." ITALY.--ltou E.—To put an end to the frightful increase of mondieity, the government has taken the wise mea sure of sending all foreign paupers away to their own countries. Several carriages, filled with these mendicants, have been sent to the frontier of Naples. Throe-fourths of the in the streets were from the kingdom of the Two I S= sure of finding relief from Roman charity, of which they male a trade. The Pope hu bad an exact return made to hint of the revenues and expenditure of all the house of re fuge and oth , r charitable institutions. It is said that many C hildren. belonging to persons in the service of high and wealthy fsmilies, are pared in these institutions without !n7 plea of neccaNi ty. The Pope has put an end to this un- Plu system, and appointed the funds of these inetitutious to other legitimate ohjects. LOMBARDT.—A letter from Milan, of the 20th' instant, state , that General Badetily had ordered 300 in fantry, accompanied by .OMC cavalry and artillery, to the front ter' of the Canton of Tessin. HOLLAND.—A letter from Amsterdam, of the 22nd instant, states, that nine towns of Holland have en gaged to subscribe 9,229,00011. (922,900/.), f r laying dry the sea of Haarlem, so that the fulfilment of this much talked of enterprise may be regarded as certain. Amsterdam has subscribed 5,1.59,0000. ; Rotterdam, 3,600,0000. ; La Ha e, 29:1,00011. ; Utrecht, 104,00011. ; and five others, THE HAGUE, JAN. 26.—The overland mail, which has just arrived, brings us news from Batavia to the 26th of December lase It appears that the government of India intends to organise a regular communication by steam-boats, between Singapore and Macassar, which cannot fail to he very advantageous to that free port. In the evening el the 17th of November the block-house, No. 1, of the fortifications of Semarang, which had served since 1834 as a powder magazine for a private account, was struck by lightning and blown up. It contained at the time 3,152 lb•. of gun powder. The neighbouring buildings sustained some injury. Of the four native keepers on duty at the block-house, two lost their lives, the other two were slightly wounded. During the course of this year several arm d cruisers have left Macassar to chastise the increasing insolence of the pirates, and to protect commerce in those seas. All these expeditions have been successful. Among others his Ma jesty's brig the Lunar, Capt. Braining, delivered three native vessels, which were attacked by two pirogues, manned by pirates. On another occasion four pirate vessels, thrown on the coast and abandoned by their crews, were totally de stroyed by the fire of the Loner. One of the measures which experience has shown to be necessary to suppress piracy in those seas, would be to take possession of coasts which serve as a refuge fur these pirates. The principal points to be occupied are l'angerebeang, Terang and Barie, situated on the north-east coast of Florio, and placed under the authority of the Sultan of Bima. Saris and ferang will be very soon occupied. In consequence of the observations of the governor of Macassar, the Sultan of Ilima has engaged to send to each of these two points soldiers with artillery enough to repulse the pirates —.Dutch paper, Jan. 27. . - . • GERMANY.—At Berlin the speech of the King of the French has made a great impression, by its firm though cool phraseology concerning Cracow. General de Boyen, Minister of War, is expected shortly to vacate his office, on account of age. . . . s. MENTZ.—Quarrels have arisen between the Pros- 1 thin and Austrian troops in the garrison of Mentz. An Austrian and a Prussian soldier have died of their wounds, and five Austrians and twenty Prussians remain in the hos pitals. The original quarrel was merely a public-house one; but it has been found necessary to confine the troops in bar racks every evening at eight o'clock. HUNGARY.—A letttr from Pesth says that, accord ing to a report laid before the Comitat of Zemplin, many thousand persona will be exposed to the horrors of famine during the next spring. Nevertheless the nobles of the Comitat have rejected the proposition of an extra tax of 60,000 florin,, and have only accorded the !UM of 8,00011: (8001.), the residue of the charitable fund of the nobles fur the benefit of the destitute. _ _ BRE.SI,II.'.—On the 18th mt. some thieves broke into the cabinet of mineralogy of the University of Breslau, and carried away above two thousand objec te, among which were all the precious stones and the minerals containing gold, silver, plating, and copper. POLAND. — The Frankfurt Post-Amt Ginetle, of the 24th inst., says that the financial measures taken by the Polish Bank, are connected with the protect of the incor poration of Poland with Russia, which has by no means been abandoned. The incorporation, it is true, it says, is not to be officially announced for a given time, as was at first intended ; but it will be effected in so gradual and im perceptible a manner as scarcely to be noticed. The con centration of Russian troops on the frontier continues. The Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung re-states its assertion of the presence of General Rudiger, with a large body of troop, on the frontier, notwithstanding the contradiction given by • 0 the official gazette of Craoow. The gendarme, who was fired at by a person, under the name of Antoeni Balruski, has died of the wound. Bartok', who has been arrested, is supposed to be an emissary of the propa-ganda. TURKEY. —We learn from Constantinople that the sultan has begun to adopt the European practice of coos mutation in some cases where the punishment of death has been decreed. He has commuted to hard labour for life the punishment of Keur-Hussein-Bey, chief of the rebels of the district of Adjure, in the province of Trebioond, who was brought prisoner to Constantinople by Hahl Paella, and condemned todeatb. UNITED STATES & MEXICO, TWO DAYS LATER. By the Patrick Henry : which arrived in the Mersey yesterday, we have received New York papers two days later than those brought by the Zenobia, namely, to the Bth instant. _ _ _ The New York Daily Express of the Bth gives the following summary of matters in the states: The public attention is now turned towards Washington and the seat of war. Tho holidays being now the doings in Congress will be of great interest: already 2lle very prominent measures have been submitted to that body. The discussions are exceedingly animated ; the measures of the administration arc not approved of by all the partisans of the government. The great num tion is the prosecution of the war, and the raising of funds. The general belief is, that some change will take place, both in the Sub Treasury and the tariff. Fortunately, Congress can sit but two short months. and all their acts and doings will he brought to a close. The war with Mexico has a most blighting effect on the business and trade of the country ; its termination would give great sitisfaction to the people at large. The new year has opened (the Mexican war ex cepted) with bright prospects ; the produce of the country finds a ready market ; the shipping interest is profitably em ployed, an 4 the manufactures have not been as much de pressed as was anticipated. The weather has been uncom monly mild and pleasant; the river and harbour have been as unobstructed by ice so during midsummer. The North River is open nearly to Albany. We are, however, in the midst of the dullest season, which will cootinue for a few weeks to come, after which trade will commence. The prevailing be lief seems to be, that the spring trade will be moderate. The importations so far have been light, and large por tions of the goods go into public store, to be taken out as wanted. The of Mr. Polk to issue letters of marque and reprisals, that is, to send out privateers against the Mexicans, has not met with favour. The House of Representatives was the scene of considerable excitement, from the 2nd to the 6th inst. It appears that the President's message to Congress, recommending , a superior military officer to take com mand of the forces was not, as it ought in courtesy to have been, communicated first to the military com mittees. Considerable umbrage was the consequence, and amidst the laughter of the house, which appears to have been in the secret, a motion was made that the recommendation should lie on the table. The motion was carried unanimously; but on that evening, the president had a large party at the White-house, and next day the motion was rescinded. The New York Post gives the following account of the scene: A night brings f.rrh more than dreams, and the past night brought forth some sudden conversions that smack of magic. The executive has touched with his wand more men than one. What was done almost unanimously ycaterday, by the vote of only one dissenting member of congress, has today been undone by a majority, Yesterday none were so poor as to do reverence to the esecntive. To-day he has troops of friends. What witchcraft is there in a night, in a party, in s caucus, or, to sum all in all, the executive. Mr. Hamlin was the head man of the party to day, and before the journal had been fairly read, ha retie to move the re-consideration of the vote of . . . yesterday, by which the important branch of the last message received from the executive (recommending the appointment of a lieutenant-general), was laid upon tho table! The yeas and nays were demanded upon this motion, and neither the dodging nor drumming, the caucus or the call, could nod the vote reconsidered. The clerk read the names slowly enough to make known to all men how the result would be pronounced by the speaker. It was necessary to bring in two victims, and Mr. Pillsbury, of Texas, and Mr. Preston King, of New York, volunteered for the sacrifice. They changed their votes, and changed the result. The speaker declared the unanimous vote of yesterday reconsidered, yeas 86, nays 84. The correspondent of the New York Herald is more graphic : WASHINGTON, JAN. 6,1847. A SOMERSET—THE " osmium OTTICER" TAKEN FIIOH There was a fierce struggle for the floor after prayer, and the reading of the journal, but Mr. Hamlin, of Maine, obtained it, and moved that the motion by which so reach of the President's message as relates to provision for the appointment of a general officer, was laid on the table, yes terday, be considered, and that it be referred to the committee of the whole on the Mate of the Union. (Cries'of " No, no" - let it be where it is—aleeping on the table.") He asked for the yeas and the nays. (" Yes, let's have 'em"—" go it now, you critters." Ha, ha, ha.) Mr. Thompson, of Mis sissippi, wanted to know whether the motion was debateable. —The Speaker replied it was not. (" Oh, what do you want to debate it for ?" "Give us the yeas and nays," — " let's have 'cm," &c. Burs, buzz, bum—gentlemen walk ing about.)—The Speaker (bringing his bammerdown on the table with half his strength) : The conversation is too loud. (Knock, knosh.) There is too much talking. (Elevating his voice, and giving another knock.) Gentlemen will come to order.—This had a partial effect. and the sound' became piano.—The Clerk called the roll. In adding up there seemed to be a close vote, as it subsequently appeared.—Mr. Pillsbury, of TOM', having voted in the negative, changed his vote to the affirmative.—Mr. King, of New York, re corded his name on the same side; and the Speaker announced the result—yeas, 66; nays, 84.—Mr. Hamlin moved that the subject of the general officer be re ferred to the committee of the whole on the state of the Union, and demanded the previous question.— Mr. Winthrop inquired whether the question did not first come up on laying the subject on the table ?—The Speaker replied affirmatively.—Mr. Hamlin . I hold on to my motion to refer it to the committee of the whole on the state of the Union, and ask the previous question.—Mr. Houston, of Alabama : I understand that the motion to lay on the table is yet before the house, and therefore takes precedence. If the gentleman from Georgia will withdraw the motion-11r, THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 29, 1847. Haralson : I cannot. The motion was made under the in struction of the Committee on Military Affairs. The ques tion was taken, and by a vote of —yeas 92, nays 97, the house refused t, lay the " general officer " on the table. The debate on the war had commenced with great vehemence; and members do not hesitate to censure the policy of the Mexican war, and the annexation of Texas. As yet, however, nothing definite has been done. It would seem from the following article, from the Washington Union, that the United States army are determined upon an immediate movement : In the synopsis we gave of the army in the field in the last " Ufl , n," we stated that the force under General Taylor was 18,332; which, without some explanation, may iuduce erroneous impressions upon the minds of some of our reader. The accompanying remarks,fouted in the report of the Adju tant-General to the Secretary of War, explain the matter; from which it is seen that a portion of this force had not reached the Rio Grande, but was en route and under orders; I while a part, that were present, had been suddenly with drawn, and sent to Tampico. It is also proper to remark, that a great portion of thee force occupies an immense line of defence, from Brazos Santiago to Csmargo, on the Itio Grande; thence 170 miles to Monterey; and to Saltillo, 65 miles beyond, dec. Wo should, moreover, remark, that the sick are included in the computation; but in what proportion, we undcrstand, is not officially known at this time. We take great pleasure in sating, on hatorma- Gott derived from the Adjutant General of the army, that the state ref the ptiMic service along the seacoast has recently permitted the tmosfer of nearly every field officer of artillery to the seat of war. That excellent offim r, Col. Bulkhead, of the 2nd regiment, having been permitted, at his solicita tion, to give up ids important command in the harbour of New York, is now, we believe, on his wad for the army in Mexico. Instead of one field officer of artillery, as reported in July, there w ill now be seven on the arrived of Col. Bulkhead. We are happy to learn that Col. Payne has recovered from his wounds, and is en route for the army. The destination of this army, it is said, is against the city of Mexico itself. In the meantime, it seems that Santa Ann i was growing restless: An express had &Tries d at Brazos from General Patter eon, statina that Santa Anna was advancing on Saltillo, with the intention to cot off General Worth. Four hundred and fifty regulars were to leave Camara° for Monterey on the 20th. A passenger in the who ,aer, H. T. Johnson, at New Orleans from Tan:pico, states that an a•taek was made on the American forces at that place, numbering about 300, by an advance of the Mexican cavalry, nearly 7,1100 strong. The American forces opened their park artillery on them, when W ey speedily fled. Public securities had declined. The money article of the New York Herald of the Bth says : The refusal of C• ogres to levy a daty upon tea and coffee has defeated all toe calculations of the Secretary of t'ie Treasury, and compelled him to look about for other ways and means to raise the revenue and to increase the credit of the government. It appears that Mr. Walker assured those who took the last loan that a duty of 25 per cent. should be placed upon tea seal coffee, and it was upon that assurance the &Towable bids were made. We have no doubt but that the depreciation in the market prices of the new United States 13's ha■ been in a nu asure produced by the vote in the House of Representatives upon the resolution t, tax tea and coffee. It would be exceedingly satisfactory to all classes, particu larly those engaged in commercial pursuits, if Congress would determine upon the way in which the treasury is to be supplied with funds to meat the ordinary and extraordi• nary expenditures of the government. It is proposed to raise the duty throughout the entire list, and to levy upon all free articles a duty of 6 per cent. It is by no means certain that even this would pro.luce a revenue large enough, as a very large portion of our importations would be more or has af fected by an additional duty ; and a reduction in the aggre gate imp vtations, se fficient to effect the revenue anticipated from the additional duty, may be the result of such a move ment. There bas been very little alteration in the flour and cotton markets. GILEAT FLOOD IN Onto.—ln Columbus, January 2, the Scioto river was 22 inches higher than at tho time of the great florid in 1832. At that time it was higher then ever known before, except in 1806, when, it is thought by our oldest citizens, it was somewhat higher than in 1832. The national road between this city and Frauklinton, and from Frankliuton to Sullivan's mill, is covered with water. The largest sized trees, rails, and shocks of corn, are drift'ng in abundance. The lass to the people in the Scioto valley is incalculable. Nearly all the corn left in shock in the field, and the quantity is i amense, has been swept away. The fences in the valley sr , . well nigh gone. The national road between this city and the hill, three miles west, must be considerably injured. The railroad from the prison to the stone quarry is considerably damaged ; a part of one cf the bri-.ges of the road has settled in sae place some 18 or 20 inches, sod may yet fall. The cenbaukni,ut between the bridges is also mach de raged. Sine the above we- in typo, a part of the railroad bndge bas fallen. Tho wa:er has made its way into the 'lower rooms of .11 the pork houses, and much 1.130111R0 has been done. The dwelling howl: and mill of Rollin Mater, two miles below the city, arc com pletely surrounded by water four fest deep. Some of our citizens went to tee family in a beet and rescued them. Many cattle stood is the water up to their mid-aides. The river has broken through the banks of the Columbus feeder in several places. The amount of property destroyed is im mense. The pork house of Col. John M'Elvain has been swept away, which contained about 25,000 dole. worth of pork. It is thought tint a great portion of it will be lost. Cincinnati papers of the 4th are received by the Western mail, which, is just arrived. They contain melancholy de tails of destruction caused by a flood in the Big Miami on the 2nd. Five lives were lost. The Cincinnati and Dayton canal is swept of bridges, and is broken an I overflowed. The Whitesvater canal is almost irreparably damaged. The Las in lumber, flour, hogs, and pork is immense, and the de struction of the mills, eic., is fearful. The price of pork in Cincinnati has advanced one-eighth of a dol,ar, EXTRAORDMAKT MOVEMENTS.—The following article is from the St. Louis Republican of Monday, the 28th. The statement will excite surprise, but the writer speaks in a tone which appears to indicate a strong consciousness that he is not spmking at random : " It seems to be very well understood here that one of the objects of the exprcsa from Washington city to Santa Fe, which left here a few days ago, in charge of Major Fitzpatrie, and Mr. S. P. Sublette, is in part, if not entirely, to recall General Kearney from California, and despatch the general and all the troops ander his:command, which may be spared from the occupation of Santa Fe and other points, to join General Taylor, and co operate with him. If this be the purpose of the despetchee, , a considerable period must elapse before the orders can be carried into effect, probably not until some time is May or June next." The following are tire — ezporiaW I;reell:tuffs from New York, the last three year+ : tem 1815. 1848. Wheat lark. 58,282 304,551 1,477,551 Corp 142,886 301,792 1,429,459 Rye Seeley __ _ools .._ ..89,0?(1 ._ FLOCIL—Naw Yee:, Jaw. 7,-For th e Lot three dot; ' thOre baa hewn a paoaa la dm motet, and prices have yielded a little. The demand kr =peek owing probably to high ratable, have fallen off. The Wee of Gomm foga ham 5 ail. 30e. to 5 doL 36c. ; Oho and Michigan, 4 dd. 445. to 5 dol. 50c.; Ohio, via New Orleans, 5 dol. 23e. If 3 dol. 8114. Southern dueriptions are a 143 dull, and oaten of Howard-shed sod Georgetown at 3 dot. 2.5 c. There is a good deal of Meknes in the market for med, and ea!es of about 15.000 ago. of Pcomeyleeirds cord hinny at about 3 dol. 871 e.; buckwhut, 5 dol. to 5 dol. 25e. Zagora from Id to 31st December :—Wheat dour, 232.841 bldg. Export Rem let ID Sth January —Wbott flour, 19,023 bbl. Export et wheat bow br three years:-1844, 347,249 bbl. ; 1843, 469,520 48.; ISM, 1,191,438 do. GRADI.—The amend for wheat is quite moderate; several large rals are to the motet. A good uttcle of Ceneme will command 1.15, and mind lals, 1.00 to 1.10. Our supplies of rye arc very mole. rote, it will commod 95 eta foe distilling ; barley a wanted far ex port 01621 to SI els.; rite, northern, 40 to 41 cta. ; and southern, 34. Therein a good diemmll tor sere. although the prim is a shade lower • aria of about 7 1 ,008 halide new southern Joey and Long Island , at 71 to 74 sea.; serwidls dried, 78+; old white and yellow, 78 to 80 cos. 4:sport, him bets 31.1 December : oorn. 245,791 bultebi; wheat, 278,757 dot rye. 89,954 do.; oats, 21,748 do.; barley, 30,461 do. Export from lib sth of January ooth, 27,631 bathe& ; wheat, 32,370 do. • rye, 14 ; 979 do.; tato, 220 do barley, 8,933 do. Below will le band a statement of the receipts of flour and wheat at this port, and the export to torsion parts, from January I to De. amber 31, Inclusive, for the yews 1845 sad 1848. The increase in the import of flour this year, it wrn be seen, is 585,237 btu.; and of wheat 1,080,421 bush. Ilse Increase in the exports to 723,908 WS. Soar, and 1,172,702 beet. arboaL The whole has been compiled, with mach care, by Mr. Chaska Powers, sommiodon merchant, No. 29, Coentieo slip. Receipts of flour at New York, from — January 1 to December 31, includes Via— 1848 1845 Hudson river, bbia New Orleans 7e,013 87,704 Pouthero porta 197,715 173,257 Total ter the y Increase in 1816 583,137 We. Receipts of wheat at New York, from January 1 to thcembrr 31, Inclusive— Via— nucleon river, bash New Odors . Souther& ports 1848 1845 1,172,648 296,099 401,865 82,927 94,242 234,799 1111214dr pus 1,668,233 607,825 Lame In 1 Exports of Thor from New Tam% gem January I to December 31, With,— From— 1846. 1843. January 1 to November 30, bomb 960,331 367,243 December 1 to December it Total for dr year 1,195,428 43 4 3,320 Inman In Mg 723,903 bbl e. Exports of Wisat Ma New York fro— m January 1 to December 31, inalnatve Prom— 1848. 1845. January I to November r ik bait* 1,230,398 245,663 December Ito 1)eallM311, 81 .. ....... . 273,758 58,991 Total tart* par 1,477,358 -- 104,054 looms In INa 1,172,702 bushel.. Ashes are way Inlet, and no amp In prima Cotton to very firm. Gales of 3,000 do* two dqs,rt • bitter improver* of I cent. Peon/aims—new Is • specaMin demand br prim Part, and solos at 8 dot.. 874 esett, which to ea sdroses. The amoent of specie imported into Banda during the quarter ending December 30, was 206,774, the greater part of which war imported daring the month of December. ALLEGED MUTINY ON BOARD THE COLUMBIA. We, yesterday, communicated the melancholy loss of Captain Ratbbone, of the Columbia, who, with the mate and several of the crew, were wash -1 overboard on the voy age from New York to this port. We have just learned, and with regret, that after the captain's death, the crew became insubordinate. There were but six cabin passengers on board; and the crew, it is alleged, broke into the cabin, pil. fend it, and also overhauled the luggage of the passengers, throwing what appeared useless into the sea. The Columbia, which had lest her torem ot and several of her spars,was spoken coon afterwards by the L.Loly Falkucr, and asked if as•i'tance were inquired. One of the passengers with a spe.king trumpet shouted " yes,•'—one of the crew answering •• no." She was boarded, and the m to of the Lady Falkner took her in com mand. The crew strenuously wished to put into Cork ; he took a pilot on board as if fur that purpose; but deceiving them, brought the vessel here. Captain Cropper, sent out by the consigners, boarded her this morning in the channel, and several of the crew have been placed under arrest. ZbE Court. WINDSOR, THORBOAY.—Tim Queen walked this moruinc on the Eastern Terrace and Slopes, aecomp mied by their MUM. the Prince of \Vales and the Princess Royal. Their RIL.HH Prince Alfred and the Princess Alice took their usual walking and pony exemi.e to-day. H.R.H. Prince Albert hunted with his harriers this morning. 11.R.11. was attended Lord A. Pagtt, Capt. the Hut. R. Boyle, Mr. Anson, and Col. &Amour. Earl Fortescue and the Earl of Aberdeen left the Castle to-day. Despatches from the Governor of Van Diemen's Land were received yesterday at the Colonial Office. The Eirl of Ellenbnrough arrived at Farrartee's Hotel, Upper Be!Rl...T.:Area, yesterday, from his scat, Southend, ucar Cheltenham. _ . • A deputation of er.mvn tenants, opposed to the pro jected Regent's Canal Railway Company, consisting of Sir P. Laurie, Meteors. Laurie, G. Daniell, R. L. Jones, W. M. Benett, M. Uzielli, Greenough, G. Bishen, Jardine, G. Vaughan, W. Williams, M.P., and the Rev. Dr. Spry, had an interview with the Commissioner. of her Majesty's Woods and F,.resta at their office in Whitehall.place. Mr. Greaten had an interview with the Earl of Clarendon yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade. A deputation from the City and Liberties of Westminster Suntory Association, eousisting of Dr. Aldis, chairman; the Rev. Mr. Martin, Mr. H. R. Abraham, architect to the Westminster improvements, Mr. Burt, Mr. 0. Wilson, and Mr. Randolph, secretary to the association, had an interview with Visct. Morpeth, yester day, at the office of the Woods and Forests. A deputation of tile distillers of London, accompanied by Mr.J.Wood,Chair man of the Excise, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official residence in Dowaingatreet. Sir W. Heathcoto had an interview with the Right Hon. B Strutt yesterday at the office of the Commissioners of Railways an Great George-street. A deputation from Dean Forest, consisting of Mes,rs. Nicholson, 'Thomas, Trotter, and Braithwaite, had an inter view yesterd-y with Viscount Morpeth, Mr. Eastlake transacted business yesterday at tho office of the Board of Trade. Scorron HOSPITAL.—A special meeting of this society was held yesterday, at the house of the Scottish Ups pita], in Crane-court, to consider a proposal which had been made by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests for the purchase of those premises, in order to form a site for the erection of a public record-oft:cc The proposal was favour ably received, anti a committee appointed to negotiate with the Woods and Forests on the subject. The proceedings were very brief, and concluded with the election of a new member to the institution. _ REFUGE FOR THE DESTITUTE.—This incorporated association ' which has existed for upwards of forty year., held the annual general court of governors yesterday, at the Lon don Tavern, to receive the yearly report; Edward Foster, Seq., treasurer, in the chair. It appeared by the report read by the secretary, that the numher of males admitted into the institution, at Masten, during the last year, was 369, of whom 102 still remaiv, the rest having been disposed of in various beneficial ways—some sent as emigrants to Canada, some put out as servants or apprentices, 11001 C sent home in a reclaimed state to their friends, and some instructed in shoemaking and tailoring in the institution. and thereby enabled to go f irth and earn their own bread. In the female branch at Hackney, the number received during the year was 160, of whom 80 still remain, the rest having been usefully disposed of as servants and seam stresses, or by their own desire sent home to their friends. The receipts for the year, including a government grant of 3,0001., donations, subscriptions, &c., amounted to about 8,6001., and the expenditure to about 300/. less than the same sum ; but the association had a large available sum bearing interest in the funds, of about 20,0001., and the ba lance at prtsent in their banker's hands was nearly 5001. The needle-work and washing done in the female branch, and the trade work doze by the males, had also been pro ductive of several hundred pounds; and, on the whole, the emaciation, in point of finances, was in a flourishing condi tion, although the aulvseriptions for the year had been very small, amounting to oaly 2431. The present buildings were quite insufficient for the purposes of the institution, and the committee of management proposed to erect a suitable build ing, which might be dune to accommodate a largely in crewed number of inmates, at a cost of about 10,000/. ; but there had been a delay upon this head, arising from a nego elation that hod been, and was still, pending thiough the Secretary of State, to unite this institution with the l'idlan thropic. The report was unanimously agreed to. and ordered to be printed, but in the course of a short discussion upon it, some men hers of the committee complained diet the asso ciation did not do as much good as it might, if better am oared, especially as to the classification of the inmates. The officers for the ensuing year were then elected, and the court broke up. GOLDSMITH'S AND JEWELLER'S ANNUITY INSTI TCTION.—Yesterday evening a general meeting of the donna aid subscribers to the above institution was held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Stran !, for general business and the deetion of additional annuitants on the funds, founded for the purpose of relieving decayed memlwrs in the above businesses, their workmen, ahopmen, and clerks, as likewise their widows. Mr. Sills in the chair. The report stated that the institution was going on favourably, 1,2001. being invested in the Bank of England. A further sum of 7001. has been set apart for building almshouses, and the yearly subscribers number about 1,000. Last evening's election will make 14 males and 6 females, receiving annuities, the males of 15/. and the widows of 10/. per annum. NIGHTLY SHELTER FOR THE HOUSELESS POOL —Tbe report of the committee of the association for afford ing shelter to those unfortunate individuals who have no means of otherwise procuring shelter during the inclemency of the winter nights, state that since the 14th of last month they have received into their three asylums nearly 10,000 men, women, and chadren, to whom they have likewise fur nished about 100,0011 redone,. AUSTRALIAN TRUST COMPANY.—The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday, at the office in MoorgaW-street. John Abel Smith, F.sq., M.P., took the chair. The report was read by Mr. lambi, the manager, from which it appeared that the balance of profit carried to the rteerve fund was 4,1191. 3e. making that fut.d 41,9601. 17s. 5d., without taking cr edit for the six months' interest due in Australia on the 31st ult. The directors had ate appropriated 5001. towards preliminary expenses, and made proniaien for a dividend of 3 per cent. for the half year (at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum). The amount out on mortgages, on the Ist July last, wee 336,9621. Its. 10d., which wan a reduction of 28,190/. bs. 4d. during the half year to July, 1816, which arose from the facility of borrow- mg money of the local banks at a reduced rate of interest. The report having been adopted, a vote of thanes was passed to the directors of the company, and the meeting adjourned. Minniziex ELECTION.—A correspondence has passed between Mr. Henry Hoare arid Lord Grosvenor, in which the farmer brings under Lord Grosvenor's notice the question of the contemplated endowments of priests in fee -1 land, to which several of the electors of Middlesex are op posed, and requests to know his lordship's views respecting it. Lord Grosvenor has replied that he is sorry to be under the necessity of avowing sentiments entirely differing from those put forward by the electors of Middlesex. Mr. Hoare, in rejoining, state. that as the feelings he has expressed are shared in different degrees by many of the electors of Mid dlesex, it becomes more than doubtful whether the relation into which his lordship purposes to enter, can, under the eh , cumstancts, become a permanent one. DISTRESS AMONG TIM JEWS.—It was stated in most of the public journals a fortnight ago that the poorer classes of the Jews in the eastern parts of the metro polio were in a state of great distress. Since then their destitution has become so extreme as to attract the attention of the chief rabbi, the Rev. Dr. Alder, and those of the body generally who are in better cir cumstances. In order to ascertain the extent of the distress, the chief rabbi devoted several days last week to a personal visit of some hundred families ; when he found that many were on the brink of starvation, and that in nearly every instance the children were unable to attend to the free schools open to them, for want of clothes in which they could be seen in the streets. Dr. Alder immediately called • meeting of some of the more wealthy Jews at his own house, in order that same measures might be taken to administer to the necessities of their poorer brethren, when a large amount was collected, and a society organised. At the head of the subscription. list for large sums, stand the names of Baroness Rothschild, and Lady and Sir Moses Montefiore. THE LATE MR. W. CLowts.—We have to record the death of one whom we may properly term distinguished. Mr. William Cloves, the head of the largest printing esta blishment in Europe, expired after a short illness, on Tuw dey evening. He was the architect of his own fortune, hav ing come to London, some forty Tears ago, after the expira tion of his apprentic ship to • printer in his native town of Chichester. He soon after commenced business on his owe account, in a small way; and by unwearied industry and perseverance, gradually established a respectable connexion. He was among the first, a quarter of a century ago, to see the new era of printing that was opened by the introduction of the steam-puss; and his engines at Northumberland court were the earliest applied to the production of books. The demand for cheap literature, of which the Penny Ma gazine was the more extraordinary example, gave a new impu'se to the energies of Mr. Clowns ; and in connexion with a vast amount of government busi ness, gradually seta blished the gigantic printing establishment of Duke-street, Stamford-street, so often described and sticelebrated where ver English books penetrate. To have accomplished the great results of We business from small beginnings required the efforts of no common man. Mr. Clowns did not aspire to the honours of the learned printers; but he posseszed the highest powers of business organisation; and an energy which overcame every ordinary difficulty, and in many instances accomplished undertakings which are almost marvel+. To work off half a million sheets of paper in a week—to set up the type and complete the impression of a thousand folio pages of a parliamentary report in the came time—to print t'.e " Nautical Almanac," consisting of 500 or 600 pages of figures, without a single error, in 16 or 17 days, are amongst the recorded wonders of Mr. Clowes's establishment. The labours of Mr, Clowes's life will be per manently sasociated with the intellectual development and the persevering energy which are the distingui.hing cha. racttristies of our own times; and his loss will be deeply lanteuted by a large circle of friend., to whom he Wa , en deared by his kind and generous nature.—Morning Chronicle. _ - Ali ODORIFEROUS CRITICISM.—We find the follow ing amusing specimen of criticism quoted in the advertise ments of a melange of prose and verse, from a faidnonable contemporary A fragrant nosegay of literary blossoms, in which showy poetry and sober prose, pleasant essays, and sprigs of sweet-smelling rhyme, are bound together." SEIZURE OF THE "BLACK CAT" SCHOONER.—Aeei rure was made on Monday night in the River Thames, near to Limehouse Hole, where a nearly new vessel, called the Black Cat, Captain J. Davies, had been for some days re ceiving her cargo, the greatest activity being manifested on the part of the shippers to get their freight on board. About ten o'clock, Mr. Davis, detective offices, went down ' to Limehousc, with assistance boarded the vessel, and found several case. containing muskets and bayonets. Upon turn ing to the entries outwards at the Custom House, lie found that the Illark Cat mho° er, Captain J. Davies, had been entered as de dined for Gib.eltar, but her real destination w is Portugal, fur which country the crew had been engaged. The vessel woo intended, on the following morning at four o'clock, to be towed by steam-vessel down as for as Keith, where nearly 4,000 barrels of gunpowder were ready to be shipped. INQUESTS.—YESTERDAY.—THE ACCIDENT ON THE 1311.10HToN RAILWAY.—By Mr. Payne, at Guy's Hospital, on tha body of James Mumford, aged 41, employed as clerk and policeman et the Stoat's Nest station on the Brighton railway. The particulars of this accident bare already *whored. It was the deceased's duty to signal the trains as they arrived at or passed through the station. On Tuesmay morning last, two trains, neither of which stopped, reached the station simultaneously, and the decesa, d walked scram the line to give the " all right" signal to that from Brighton, not being aware that the down train was so mar him. After tiring this signal, he was stepping on the line to nuke ano ther, when the buffer plank of the down train struck him on the shoulder, aid knocked him down. He was conveyed to the above hospital, with a broken leg, and his foce lace rated, and died from the injuries the same day. It was stated that the train was running at the rate of 35 miles an hour ; and that the whistle was never blown, but in cases of den. er. In the position iu which the deceased stood to signal the up-train, he was portly behind a post, and it was impossible for the driver of the down train to have wen him. Verdict—" Accidental death." The deceased has left a widow and eight children. REPRESENTATION OF MANCHESTER. MANCHESTER, TLIORSDAT.—The two candidates in the liberal interest for this borough (the Mee Hun. T. M. Gibeon, one of the present members, and Juhu Bright, Esq., M.P.) met the electors last night, at the Free Trade Hall, ut a gee at and crowded gathering of all classes. The area of the building, exclusive of the galleries, is more than four times that of the Corn Exchange, where Lord Lincoln ad dressed his supporters; yet it was filled to overfhosing. The chair was taken by G. Wilson, Esq., who stated that they had now obtained 6,056 pledges for their candidates, inde pendent of " favourables. ' Mr. MILNER GIBrON, then came. forward, at the invita tion of the chairman, to address the meeting, and was re ceived with great cheering. After a few introductory sentences, he said be did not believe that the holding of office , was a chsqualificatiou in the eyes of the electors of Man chester. It was true, it might not be always in bis power to act as freely and independently as he could wish, yet he , could assure them that, in taking office, he bad entered into no stipulations that he would compromise any principle, and be believed no one had reason to suppose, from the , past, that he wen willing to sacrifice the great cause which , he had hitherto supported to the utmost of his ability to the mere possession of office. (Cheers.) He had joined a go vernment which he did not believe would ask its mem- hers to sacrifice their principles that hod been expressed by the agency of that party through the country, They would have great difficulties, he doubted not, to coo tend with : they took office at a moment when the political horizon was cloudy—when there were threatening. in every direction. And he muss say this, that Sir Robert Peer.; government had had the good fortune, of late years par ticularly, to take office just as things were beginning—as trade was beginning—to look brighter, just as the corner was turned, and just as extended commerce was beginning to give retter employment to the working clue; and to retire from office when a period of comparative depression was about to commence. Such most assuredly had been the case of late years. In 1841, when Sir Robert Peel took office, there had been fur several years the deepest com mercial distress, They well remembered the difficulties under which the manufacturing interests had beta labour ing; they well remembered the gloom that overspread all classes in 1841, when Sir Robert Peel took office, but things bad arrived at the worst ; with an abundant harvest there eaine a return of commercial activity ; and whatever party had been in power, in his opinion they would have obeereed for several years as the consequence. of ae imp:ey ing revenue, a better condition of the woe king-classes, more employment, a larger trade, and all those symptoms of pros perity which they saw between the years 1842 and 1845. Far be it from him to thy that Sit Robert Peel's comm. Tele!, legislation during those four years was not, in its tendency, good, and that the changes he made, though partial and incomplete, did not tend to improve the condition of the country. This ho freely admitted ; but it was to the abundant harvests that they were mainly indebted for the improvement of trade between 1642 and 1845. There wu one great mistake. Had the late govern ment listened to the advice which " the actual of Manchester," so it was somewhat sneeringly styled, offered to them to repeal the cora-law during that period of abun dance, this country would not now have been in the lament able condition in which they now found it from the defi ciency of food which existed, not only in this country but over a great part of Europe. (Loud cheers.) Night after night did his non. friend Mr. Villiers—(cheers)—night after night did Mr.Cobden, and Mr. Ricardo, and Mr. Fright din, din, din, and hammer, hammer, hammer, at the late government, and tell them that protection was no security against famine. And now, had not circum stances Justitisd the statement % Night after night did they not tell them that if they repealed the corn-law England would become a great emporium for food ; that her mer clients would invest their capital during years of abundance in laying up stores, and that when famine came we should have that surplus to feed the people upon ? Did they not tell them " Repeal Urea:tarn-laws and this country will in crease her sources of supply; that foreign countries will then extend their cultivation and provide for your market ; and when this country is overtakca by dearth, those other countries will have to Sparc of their surplus and will be able to supply the deficiency" ? (Cheers.) And therefore, he said, much as they lied heard of the responsi bility of one portion of the community and of another for the state of Ireland, the responsibility was not upon their shoulders. When the corn laws were repealed, though they felt it was ungracious, still they saw a great mistake was made,—that repeal should have been as they always said, "total and immediate." (Cheers.) And now, after all this discussion, parliament had been driven by the dictation of mere common sense to suspend all the duties on foreign corn during a famine They were told—he knew it was an extreme view of the case—that it was violent to ask for a total and immediate repeal; but it really would have been the best settlement for ail classes interested to have had the total and immediate repeal during the period of abundance, and then the country would have had the full benefit of the repeal. (Hear, bear.) The present government had not been long enough in office for him to expatiate much upon their measure. The measures themselves can 1 e but few, but their fist commercial measure, in ref. terse to sugar, though, perhaps, not all that could have been wished, was one which had, at all events, justi fied the predictions which they had constantly given utterance to on this question. They always contended that an equalisation of the sugar duties would benefit the censumer and benefit the revenue. They declared that they did not ask, considering the wants of the country, for a nacre reduction of duty without reference to opening the door to a further supply and the interest of the revenue. The first measure, that which the late government passed, involved a reduc.ion of duty on colonial sugar, but was not one which practically ..osiseneleyl the wholed to of a the fur i llz e r fit su o p i pli ho of foreign change woosuar. con ferred upon the colonial producer. The measure which had been lately passed had conferred, during the short time it had been in operation, considerable benefit both upon the sonsumer and upon the revenue. The late measure of 1845, brought in by Sir R. Peel's government, gave, with no ultimate great lots to the revenue, some benefit to the cus tomer, but with a great advantage to the colonial producer at the expense of both the customer and the revenue. Now he would state that that present measure bad only been in operation since the 18th of August, and since I then we had gained in the consumption of sugar,—be tween the 18th of August and the 6th of December, the last day to which the account had been made up,— some 400,000 cwt. of sugar to the consumption of. the coun try, and we had gained some 440,0001. of revenue to the state. (Hear.) He was comparing the measure with the Sugar Duties Bill which Sir Robert Peel carried in 1845, and which he must take the liberty to say war, as a free trade measure, a complete failure. 400,000 cwt. of sugar in this short period of three months had been gained to the consumer, 440,0001. had been gained in revenue ; it this went on, the annual gain would be 60,000 tons to the con sumer, and a total gain of upwards of 1,000,0001. to the re venue. (Applause.) New if the future commercial measures which the government introduce are based upon an equally sound principle, and involve an equally successful result, he thought it world be seen that the com mercial interests of the country had not lost by a change of ministry. (Cheers.) But he would not be ondentood here to be speaking in a mere party spirit; he would not be understood to,be undervaluing Sir Robert Peel's policy, and setting up that of the present government. He had not made any general remarks that would justify such a conclusion. He had expressed hi. opinion upon particular measures, and he thought there did not seem to be a single iniiredual of that vast assemblage of a different opinion. (Loud cheers.) One of the great difficulties with which her Majesty's present go vernment had to contend was the present condition of rre land. (Hear.) But the policy that had been announced seemed to him to contain within it some, at least, of the necessary measures towards the amelioration of the condition of Ireland. They had, in the new policy, the announce ment that there was to be a poor-law in Ireland, which should effectually place upon Irish property the maintenance of Irish pauperism. (Cheers.) Now, he must say, that he was not one of those who sympathised with all the invidious statements which had been made in various parts of this country, and which bad appeared in different period ical.' in reference to the Irish paoulation, or to any class of the Irfch people. He considered that all these sisumptiens and indiscriminate censures were unjust. In every class they would find many men exceptems to any general rule they might lay down, arid therefore he thought it necessary, in expressing any opinion as to what might be the policy of England towards Ireland, to be understood not to use a single word that might reflect upon the race or personal character of the Irish people. lie hated those distinctions of race. (Applause.) He hated any allusion which might lead to the inference that one man is naturally inferior to another ; he hated that penile ring to certain feelings of self-c-nccit, which men of all nations are apt to entertain when brought into comparison with some ether. He wanted to se* England, Ireland, and Scotland amalgamated into one kappy and united people (cheer'), and never uld he allow himself to say one word that should tend to raise up a beerier between classes of his fllow-countrymen upon any such grounds as the race from which they have descended, but he would speak candid)y and freely as to what he thought ought to be the policy of the imperial parliament towards Ireland. Re thought we should treat Irishmen as n capable of exercising, as entitled to exercise, the rights of freemen.—(cheers)—that we should give them equal laws and equal government. (Cheere) He believed that treat ing men as freemen they give them the qualities of freemen. Treat them as sieves, and you encourage servility among solar, and amongst all a want of self-reliance. Hs was against a separation of Ireland from England. He believed that a repeal of the union would be a retrograde step iu the march of civilisation. He believed that party ape it—he believed that party view,' would be more likely ti remain in Ireland, if she w re to be separated from Eng land, and if all those bitter feelings and animosities which have prevailed to long were peat up in a small compass. He believed that there is a Freater chance of Ireland being ruled with fewer burdens on nor own people as she now w.^-s. As a matter of finance between England and ',thud, the imperial parliament had governed Ireland with a more !emcee hand than had the parliament on College-green. She was not subject to many of the impost- which were for merly levied. It had repealed the hearth-tax, a kind of cess-tax, a tax of a most odious nature, impo , d by the Irish parliament; end we had repealed setrral I , the: taxes, beetles which we did not extend to her the income-tax or the excise upon bricks, or upon soap. lie was net eieneLin ins, of the; on the contrary, he believed that au deserved the difficulties that now surrounded us in reference to Irish affairs, in consequence of the injustice and misgovernment to which that country had been subjected. But in reference to the question of the union between Ireland and England, lie said it was not fair we should bring into view how far the imp , rial government had abused its powers of taxation in reference to the Irish people. He believed at the present moment that the revenue of that country did not meet the civil expenditure, exclusive of the military establishment. lie did not make these remarks in any un friendly spirit to the Irish nation, but in justice to the im periel parliament. It was a melancholy thing to see large bodies of our countrymen in Ireland upon the very brink of death from the want of the very necessaries of life, bet what profit might be derived from the present state of things, if the leases to be drawn from it be only well applied for the future. How plainly we see that a purely agrical turel country, without commerce, withont manufactures, without shipping—depending only upon her own col—how plainly we see that such a country may be exposed to thegreathet embarrassment, and that even f awe. itself may us retake them ! The gteat evil of Ireland is the want of a steady demand for labour, and that state of thing,' has been caused to a great extent by the letrislation that has been persevered in by the parliament of the Hefted Kin gdom. He believed that in of devoting ourselves to those considerations which affect only the temporal condition of the Irish people, we have been mixing ourselves recipe oily is these questions which relates to religious ascendancy is Ireland; that Watered of conciliating the gond opinion of all classes, we have been too much is the habit of linkiug ourselves with particular and favoured eerie thus sowing broad-cast the seeds of distrust and religious anima eity, and preventing that mutual confidence and good teeing which must precede the introduction of capital into that country, and that social order that can alone conduce to the prosperity of the eeople. It was a most unfortunate thing that the Irish lived upon potatoes to so great an extent. He thoneht that Cobbett was a good prophet in reference le the potato, when he said: that "a potato-easing people would be sure some day to be starved to death." But our policy had been for many years to make wheat scarce. Our object seemed to have been to drive the Irish people to live upon this precarious root. If the result of the present deficiency be to induce a larger culture o. grain, and a greater dependence upon a superior kind of food, he believed that nothing would tend mom to the future welfare of Ireland. There were some extraordinary symptoms nevertheless about the present state of Ireland. One of them was, that the excise revenue up to 1817 has increased, showing that the people of that country have within the last year consumed more of excise able commuditice, and he had heard it explained that them were so many people employed in money wages during the latter portion of the time, that they had had more money to expend in spirits and other exciseable articles than before. If that be the case, it was an unfortunate thing that while we we, actuated by a weh to relieve distress, we shuuld have been giving funds for a taxetion to thwart all those benevolent effort, whelk Father Mathew had Loma making in that country. Now, there were many questions closely allied with the Irish policy, upon welch, had he time, be ehould be quite willing to enter. Amongst others, bow far it was desirable to meddle in the using .of capital in Ireland upon the land'; and to consider fairly and dispassion ately, all the difficulties connected with such an attempt on the part of die goeernmc tto direct the employment of capital as has been announced. He would not go into these questions, because they were intricate, full of detail, and he should be quite unable to do them justice ; but tiler he would say, as a general principle, he cookies/el he did not like what [wan called a paternal government; he should, perhape, rather call it a maternal go, rnment ; for the policy of governments which intcrmeddled too much with the individual action of a people to endeavour to foster this trade, and encourage the other, had always been found to have a tendency to crsunp enterprise and destroy energy, and, in fact, to sow the seeds of a worse state of things than that which existed precious to their attempt to make an improvement. But he looked upon the imposition of a poor-law as a just measure for the Irbil. poor ; he looked upon it as a just measure to England ; and he looked upon it as better than all your absentee taxes that can possibly be devised. For what was the poor rate, that we propue t testae from the proprietary in Ireland ? Why, the pour-rate was nothing more than a portion of rent in tercepted in is passage from the poor man to his landlord ; and it was nothing but fair that a portion of it should be taken for the maintenance of the poor. What an interest it would give among the landlord class to find employment for the poor. Would they not be more likely to divert attention to this improvement, and cultivation of their land, when they find they were no longer entitled to expect that in every difficulty England would come to the r. scud ? lie viewed with satisfaction any measures that would facilitate the transfer of land and intzoduce a commercial element into it. If a man found that what with the interest of the mort gage, and the payments chargeable upon his estate, to his brothers and sisters, uncles and aunts, and what with those portions of rent which would be intercepted fir poor rates—which be trusted would be put before all others if he found that after deducting these, there was not a suffi cient margin, and that he was but a mere nominal owner or agent, acting fur other parties. He said, what letter or kinder thing could they do that man to enable him to get what surplus there is left in hard cash, and embark in some calling by which he might benefit himself and the country to which he belongs. (Cheers.) Therefore, he was extremely anxious to give any support to any measures that would ena ble Ireland to have a loona.ficle propristary that would enable the capitalist to purchase the property, and that would est as free from all that affeetatien which prevails, not only ia Ireland, but in this country, of the difficulties of dialing in land. He would have laud pus as freely from hand to hand as any other article of commerce. (Loud cheers.) The right hon. gentlemen then adverted to the subject on education, declaring himself opposed to grants from govern ment for the purpose of promoting any sectarian education whatever, and stating it as h's opinion that if the estate did intermeddle at all in reference to the education of the peo ple, it should only support such a system as all classes of the people cauld participate in. He considered it a benefit to the country for the state to give some assistance to the schools of the various denomination', and it was upon this principle that he voted for the grant to Maynooth; not be cause he was in favour of the endowment of the Roman Ca tholie, or soy other priesthood, which he declared himself decidedly opposed to. After remarking upon the singular aspect of the present state of political parties, and the speedos of Lord Stanley end Lord G. Bentiack, the right has. gentleman sat down amidst great applause, his speech having occupied an hour and a half in the delivery. J. IitIONT, Esq., M.P. ' next addressed the electors, and again adverted to the laws of primogeniture and entail as fatally affecting the state of Ireland, and expressed his feat that the plan of Lord .1. Russell, with reference to directing capital upon land, while in the hands of the present holders (though he had never listened to a speech of his lordship's with feelings of more intense admiration), would not effect the object sought. He was loudly cheered. J. Barmes, Esq., moved, "That Mears. Gibson and Bright were fit and proper candidates for the representation of Manchester;" and the motion havieg been seconded, was carried unanimously.—The meeting was an enthusiastic one. IRELAND. DUBLIN, JAN. 27. The London mail of yesterday morning only readied the post-office at twenty minutes to four o'clock to-day, in consequence of the tierce gale which blew last night. Some of the London evening paperi contained a very confused report of the opening of Lord John Russell's statement. As far u the public sentiments could be gathered, I should infer a satis factory impression has been produced. The conces sion to the country of one-half of the public works expenditure was considered generous ; but the appli cation of only 30,0001. for seed pprpoees, is wholly insufficient. The average cost of sowing a plantation we with oats will this spring be V. 10s., omitting spring wheat—of which, however, little is sown— barley, and here. But the landlords should be grate ful for the boon, which dispenses with, the projected system of seed depiits. It is satisfactory to know that, notwithstanding the pressure of destitution on the poorer, and the cense ! qaent restriction on the outlay of the other classes, the rev.mues of the country arc on the increase. The e l emen t s of prosperity are being developed in the face of a g igantic calamity,-4 fact which stute.imen should remeznber, and shape to wise and beneficial