The Express. — London, England, 1851-06-21 00:00:00

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TUE other day we published an address from Mr. PHILIP PuSEy, one of the best friends the farmers Id this country ever had, to his constituents, the electors of limits, protesting against the absurdity of canvassing a county for which there was no vacancy, in which there was not likely to be any, and in the third year only of the present parliament. To-day we publish a similar appeal from Sir EDWARD BetroN to the electors of South Essex, which is, it would appear, similarly, and quite as uselessly and mischievously disturbed by the protectionist preten sions of a gentleman, whose grandfathers and grand mothers have transformed the honest but plebeian English name of Smtru, into the barbarous, un couth, unpronounceable, and Dutch-like cognomen of BRUM : " for new born honour doth forget men's Lames." These movements of the protectionists are in reality bits of bullying sham, having for their object either to frighten sitting members into a premature announcement that they do not intend to re-solicit the suffrages of their counties, or to involve the farmers in premature pledges to other aspirants to their representation, long before it is certain on what questions the country will be appealed to at the next general election; the truth being that of all politi cal parties in the country, that which at present is least prepared for any such appeal on any ground, is the conservative. Here and there they may have a man rash enough, foolish enough, or rich enough, to Contest a scat. But it is notorious that never was a political party so much in want of proper candidates Si Lord STANLEY and his followers arc just now. Why, in South Notts, for instance, there is poor Mr.' iflotmiPiwoar it, most anxious, when he does remember that he is still a member, to resign functions which he cannot perform. And yet, in that aristocratic district, where lordlings are almost as plentiful as yearlings, the seat goes begging ; it has been hawked round all the squirearchy of the division, but not a protectionist among them all will even smell at it. So, too, in Beath Northumberland; Mr. MATTHEW BELL, as honest a bigot as eves: represented top-boots and leather breeches, has long been desirous of retiring ; and has not, we believe, been above twice or thrice in the House of Commons during the present parliament. Bat there, also, no little loaf candidate canbe procured, even though the Duke of NORTIMMBERLAND was to be First Lord of the Admiralty in the STANLEY cabinet, that was never formed; and the seat is being handed round, without a single bidder. And so also in other counties, great is the bluster, loud the seise, serious the threats, but small the progress really made. And this is the spirit in which Mr. PCSET and Sir EDWARDBUITON accept these premature attempts on their seats ; they neither yield before nor are alarmed at them; they point out the folly that directs them ; state the case and prospects of protection simply and truthfully; and though sympathising with distress, Stever for a moment think of abdicating the prin ciples of free trade. This is exactly tho way to meet each movements ; courage and common sense are always respected in England; never snore so than amongst its rural population ; and now that the loaders of the dear bread party have reduced their claims on the pockets of their fellow-countrymen to a tie. duty, or 4s. a quarter more than wheat now pays, the bubble they were blowing has burst, and the farmers know to a penny the exact worth of their own friends. If anything can convince the Essex farmers of the ' insincerity of their pretentious friends, it will curdy De the sliding-scale of Sir W. BOWYER SMurn's, protection. Last year, it seems, nothing short of an 18e. or 20s. duty on foreign grain would satisfy him. Now, however, he " sings small " and is willing to take whatever Lord STANLEY will give him ; and that, all the world knows, is a Ss. duty. So that in twelve months, during which time domestic agricul ture has, we are assured mid certified, been going from bad to worse, the claims of protectionist aspi rants to bucolic votes have been descending even more rapidly than the price of grain ; and the farmers' friend in South Essex now asks 13s. or 13s. a quar ter less duty than he did when they were much better off. So that, in all probability, by the time the next freneral election arrives, this honourable baronet, with the queer Dutch name, will be quite content with the protection that Is. a quarter affords. At all events, it is clear that what ho wants to pro- tect is a STANLEY cabinet, not British agriculture. There is about Sir EnwAan BUXTON'S notice of this inconsistency a quiet good sense that contrasts very favourably with his rival's nonsense. Agricul tural prosperity cannot, he argues, be restored by any such duty ; for though it would raise the price of Frain slightly (more, perhaps, than Sir EDWARD anticipates), the reductions of rent and expenses now in and increasing : would be interrupted; and under the guise of an insufficient protection, the farmer would have higher rent to pay, and be de luded into his old careless, costly system. And thus it is ; turn which way wo will in this question of protection, the more clearly it is seen to be • land lord question ; the more distinctly does it appear to be a contest in which a skilful tenant farmer who can command land on fair and proper terms, and who, having it on such terms, has capital and intelligence wherewith to cultivate the soil, has lite rally no interest. Bad land and bad farmers are, no doubt, in the same boat as bad landlords; and to them all a large fixed duty would perhaps bring profit. But these are classes thrown over bo ard by Lord STANLEY, who, despite his political faults, has no notion of treating land ill. The time is, however, past for arguing the question of free trade ; our duty is, now we have it, not to treat it as an open or an arguable question, but to re gard it as a fundamental law, to be defended and preserved at all hazards, at all risks, in spite of all dangers. There it is, classed with Magna Charta, the Bill of Rights, the Act of Settlement, the Union Act, the Emancipation Act, and such mho* statutes, all of which had to undergo in their times some little hostility and opposition, and to suffer some noisy at tacks: but none of which any sane person ever seri ously proposed to repeal or modify. And so it is and will be with the corn law • until, indeed, material comfort shall be less valuabl e to a nation than civil and religious freedom. ON the occasion of two of the three recent vacan cies in the direction of the East India Company, there have been sharp and smart contests for the very agreeable, very influential, and not very la borious or responsible office ; the defeated candidate c each wagon being, however, the successful one ea the next opportunity. By the demise of Mr. HENRY Sr. GEORGE Tucxna, a gentleman eminently qualified by long experience of India, by considerable abilities, by high principles, and by the purest sense of honour, for the seat he so worthily occupied in the Court of Directors, a third vacancy has occurred in the course of a few months; and now, strange to say, there is neither to be a contest, nor will Mr. CtRNAC MORRIS, the aspirant who was de feated at the last ballot, succeed in his still subsisting ambition to participate in the home administration of Indian affairs and in the domestic distribution of Indian patronage. Scarcely had death done its worst with Mr. TUCKER, than the usual number of advertisements and pretensions appeared. But, after a pause, all except one, have disappeared; and Mr. Monxis, not yet however, despairing of his object, has announced that he will not at present proceed to another ballot. The consequence is that Mr.l. 13. ASTELL will, in all probability, be the new director. This exceptional state of things requires a little explanation : for it is suggestive of growing influ ences and combinations to supply these vacancies, not altogether in accordance either with the spirit of the statute in that case made and provided, or with the improved tone and feelings of public sentiment in such matters. Of the gentlemen, however, who aim at seats in the court, none, it may be at once granted, had better pretensions than the one who is likely at present to succeed. The memory and re collection of the late high-minded and honourable Mr. ARTELL still lives in the City of London ; it will, indeed, long survive, at once a stimulus to and an example of unswerving commercial rectitude; an illustration and an instance of how a devoted and active sense of individual duty and responsibility command far greater respect and deeper affection than mere worldly prosperity; and that the best in heritance any man can bequeath to his family is the reputation of unsullied honour and of the sternest in tegrity, preserved amidst the difficulties of private, and the temptations of public life. Thus strongly , supported by the recollection of his father's long public services in and out of the Court of Direction, and himself well qualified by personal acquaintance with Eastern countries and politics, it is very natural that Mr. J. If. ASTELL should aspire to the direction ; and it is only a proper tribute of respect to those services that, being so qualified, he should be successful. Not a suggestion can, there fore, be raised against that gentleman's election; and had a contest been necessary there can be little doubt but that the result would have been exactly what the forthcoming ballot will produce. But there appears to be involved in this election a contingency which, though the election itself may be proper, is not so free from objection. Mr. C.tßN.tc MORRIs, in withdrawing from a contest at present, does so, he states, because Mr. DuntEv Corms MAIUORIBANKS, another aspirant to the direction, has thrown his influence into Mr. J. ASTELL'S favour; and Mr. M kn.IOItIBANKS announces his intention of going to the ballot on the next vacancy. Here there arc indications of a spirit of intrigue and a system of management that must be guarded against; otherwise the Court of Directors of the East India Company may be allowed to degenerate into a sort of family compact. Mr. MARJORIDANKS is, we believe, a young gentleman of brilliant pecuniary prospects; connected, on the one hand, with an emi nent banking house, and, on the other, by marriage with the present deputy chairman of the Court of Directors, Sir J. W. hoes. Ile has not, however, any especial qualifications for a seat in the court, l other than such information about India as any ac complished and intelligent gentleman can pick up who has never been there, and who has ample leisure 'at his disposal with inclination to use it well. It is doubtless very meritorious in a young gentleman so Situated to desire to be use fully engaged in high and responsible duties ; and when experience in the arduous undertakings of life shall have indicated peculiar fitness for participating in the direction of East Indian affairs, no one will object to his aspiring thereto. But, at present, all that can be recognised in the candidature of Mr. D. C. M ULJOILIDANKS is the connexion subsisting between him and Sir J. W. limn ; and that, we take it, is hardly a fair claim to the future suffrages of the proprietors of the East India Company; able a man as Sir J. W. Hoc° undoubtedly is, and useful though he may make himself to government when at a pinch. If, therefore, Mr. MARJORIBANKS has hereafter to have a quid for his quo in now giving the support of his friends to Mr. ASTELL, a very bal system is about to be begun in elections to the direction of the East India Company, and ono that ought to be nipped in the bud. Of Mr. CARNAC MORRIS we know nothing, and take no interest in his future success or failure. But to the growth of family parties in the Court of Di rectors, as seems to be contemplated, the greatest objections must be entertained by all who desire to see India well governed • and with this danger in prospect, we cannot forbear letting Sir J. W. HoGo know that his designs have already attracted, and will continue to receive, public attention. THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 21, 1851. MONEY MARKET. THIS DAY. Two o'CLoex. Theta is no appearance of buoyancy in the Enelish stock market, business being exceed ingly limited, but prices have been fairly main tained at the rally of which took place yester day afternoon. Among the favourable considera- Itions at present influencing the market are the im proved appearances of the weather, as affecting the , crops, and the satisfactory position of the Bank, as shown in last night's returns. The approach of the dividend period also enters into the consideration of dealers and investors, as cash accommodation will be more easily obtainable. At Paris the same effect will be observable from the payment of the dividends on the Three per Cent. Rentes, which fall due this day. The attendance of members of the " house" to-day is very thin ; holiday attractions, including the Exhibition and the Botanic Society's flower show, having some influence. The Hebrew members are always absent on a Saturday. Consols have been quiet, at 96 to 1, cx div., for the 17th July. The list of bargains comprises:— Three per Cent. Consols for the opening 961, 4 ex div. ' • Three per Cent. Reduced, 97i, , 7 ; 'fiiree-and-a- Quarter per Cent., 984, Bank Stock, 212, 4. The steadiness of the unfunded debt may be taken as a proof that no additional pressure exists in the money market. Exchequer Bills 1,0001. mark 425. and 455. rem;p ditto small, 425. and 465.; India Bonds, under 1,0001., 525. prem. The foreign investments are quite neglected, the bargains of the morning being not more than half a dozen in number. Prices are nominally quoted at yesterday's range. The business list is restricted to : Brazilian Old Five per Cents., Bs. Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents., 601. Mexican Bonds, for account 27th June, 341. Spanish Active Five per Cents., for account, 3. ENOLISIL Beak Stock. 2111120 3 per Ct. /todectxl. 17 i 3j . : b Ct. Coeval. daut 3 vat et. (kabob, 1.3 } for .tc., 46i } ‘ll, ref Ct. Wean, 01 3 /011E143 per Cl. Arsaillaa. 64 40 Pio. Now. 86 el pes Bamboo Arts P 77 Ct. Chillan. 143 6 . 36 7 per Ct. Claltan, Per CL Deal*. 737 P 67 Ct. Dutch. LA} 401 Per CL Dutch. 94 'qtattl4r. 31 4 pee Ct. armada. 1317 rD&—Tvia DAY. Loam Attouittes. 7 5-16 lwita $.1. ,, ck, 268 61 Ditto Roods. Excluxioct Dills, 1,0001.,425. to 434. 11714D9. per Ct. 3terlean. 311 I 44 per Ct. l'cruviao, 8.14 Ditto Delo re& 42 3 S per Ct. l'ortutatc , e. 86 Tex 61v 6 per Ct. Itu,l3n, 1114 s 14 44 per Ct. Rutaian, WI 6 per Ct. etrutpla, Active,. 204 3 per Ct. Spn. 401 Do. lawevo. 11 6 21 per Ct. Venexuelt, 32 4 Do. Deferred. 1213 For Account. oprogori WOW Levert Cloxing. - ---- - - . i 53 70 33 70 23 80 85 83 92 70 N 73 91 . 80. 92 7..1 ... ... ... "° I .. ... ... • • 413 i, 23 • , 1: Money. PARIS, inn 20. For Money. 3 per Cents. ss 70 3 per Cents. 4 per Cents. 44 do. New Letia - I Mr Oats. linsitemp ea London : Mph, .. ; On dare, 24 1. Deta,44 1141 3, 1612 ....» ... Rumen Loan, 1831 721 Do. 46 Do. 21 Piedmont 3 p.Ct 1840 82 23 I Hank Sh am PARIS, IVNE 20.—VeremiIlee (right bank), 26i; ditto pet bank), 233 73 ; Pada and Orleans, nil 23; Psr4. and Rouen, 640; Marseilles and detour, 213; Stra•bourg laid Bale, 151 23; Canter. 435; Orleans and Bonk till, 3r7 Sr; Northern, 473 75; Paris and Otreaboent. U 7 50; Tows I ntl Nantes, 272 30; Mailman and Tr , 117 SO; Dieppe and Itesap, 201 60; Bordeaux end Taste, RAIL WAYS. THIS DAY. Two o'Croca. The favourable reaction which became apparent in the share market yesterday afternoon, and which acquired an increased developcmcnt up to the close of business, when prices showed a considerable advance as compared with the first rates of the day, has again been perceptible in the market to-day, and, though the exreme rise has not been main tained to the present hour, the general feel in is decidedly better, and more confidence is felt in the buoyancy of prices. Nearly all the descriptions dealt in to-day have realised higher figures than could be obtained yesterday and for some days past. The following are this day's sales : MIDIS/LAY imAitia. Aberdeen, 111 ; Al/2,l4ottini,Thoston, and Eastern Junction, 41 1 ; Caledonian, 121 1; Eastern Coun ties, 81 ; East Lancashire, 151 141; Great Northern, 171 ; ditto Halves A, 61; ditto Halves B, 6 per cent., 124 I; Great Western 811 1; ditto 171., 111 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 631 i; ditto Fifths, 34 I; Leeds and Tbirsk , 134 ; London an Blackwall , 71; ditto Til bury Extension, 11 ; London, Brighton, and South Coast, 9.5; London and North Western, 123 21; ditto Quarters, 201; ditto Fifths, 154 ; London and South Western, 821 ; Midland, 494 81 ; ditto 6W. shares, 171 7 ; North British, 64 ; North Staffordshire, 9 8 ; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 151; Shrews my and Bir ming., Class A, 654 dis.; do. Class B, 51 41 dies.; Shrewsbury and Oswestry, 131; South Devon, 154; S. Eastern, 231 3 , South Wales. 271 ; York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 19t ; ditto Extension, 141 ; ditto 13. N. E. purchase, 61; ork and North Midland, 204 203. LINES LEASED AT HIED lIENTALS. Royston and Hitchin, Bl i. ratreiciici lIHARM. Caledonian, 101.,E111East;mFo:;;ies New 6 per cent., 101 I ; York and North Midland, U. and S. Purch., FORZION BHARN. Boulogne and Amiens, 9/ ; Dutch Rhenish, 21; Northern of France, 15 ; Paris and Strasbourg, 101. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY MORNTNR. The Moniteur contains the appointment of Gen. Aupick as ambassador to the court of Spain, while M. de Walewsky, who was previously named to that post, is appointed ambassador to the court of St. James's. The President will open the Tours and Poictiers Railway on the Ist of July. He will then proceed to Nantes. The Ist of July not being a fete, and the Assembly therefore sitting on that day, the board of the Assembly is not expected to accompany the Pre sident as on the occasion of Dijon. The President is expected to be accompanied by the Ministers of the Interior, Commerce, Public Works, and War. Yesterday the President was present at the play ing of the repaired water-works at Versailles. At the Versailles review on the 28th there will be, in addition to the garrisons of St Germains and Versailles, 12,000 national guards of Paris, and the adjoining departments. Deputations from the towns of La Rochelle and Salutes, consisting of the mayors and several mein- bers of the municipal councils, yesterday waited on the President of the Republic to solicit a visit on the inauguration of the railroad line from Paris to Poictiers. The President regretted being unable to accept these invitations, but promised to visit these towns at a later period. The public is occupied with a new phase of the Carlier question, M. Lemulier having demanded authorisation to prosecute M. earlier, the Piefect of Police, M. Forcade, the editor of the Nessager, and M. Virenutitre, editor of the Cot-mire, M. De belleyme has given the authorisation demanded. The prefect of police is competent to decline all prosecution before the tribunals not autho rized in the first instance by the Conseil d'litat. But M. Carlier has, I understand, consented to waive the privilege, and to accept the summons of the cor rectional police. MM. Forced° and Virmaitro will decline the competence of this tribunal, and demand to be brought to trial by the Court of Assizes. The committee on the Avignon Railway Bill has de cided to-day, by a majority . of t) votes against t, in favour of M. Dufaure's proposition for the provisional con tinuation of the Avignon Railway by the state until some acceptable offer should be made by a company. This morning, after an animated debate, the com mittee on the Muncipal Bill approved, by a majority of 16 against 11, M. de Vatimesnirs report, without medification of the eulogy of the law of May, and the municipal institution of the monarchy. A fictitious story , has gone the round of the papers about the arrival of Mme. de Boearme in Paris. the countess has not quitted Belgium. M. Lachaud is on the point of returning from Paris to Brussels, to assist Mmc. de Bocarmc in petitioning the King fur a reprieve for her husband. The Sentinel& de Tauten of the 17th states that the yellow fever is raging among the French crews stationed off the Brazilian coast. The only speech in the Committee of Revision worth quoting from the debate of yesterday is that of Odilon Ilarrot, who attempted to bring over the republicans to the measure. lie said: The vices of the constitution are admitted, but it is de nied that this is the moment to remedy them. That is the greatest obstacle to the crisis being passed through without a catastrophe, and I am astonished at the coolness with which such an eventuality is contemplated. Foreign coun tries arc waiting to see how we get through the trial, and that is not the smallest cause of my anxiety. lam a liberal of long standing, and I do not belong to the Bonapartist party. I have served the government of the President of of the ltepublic in the interest of France, and it is not in the interest of Bonapartism that I am anxious for the revision. My reason is, that I see no other remedy for the situation. The faults of the government have their source in the vices of the constitution, which has placed the President in an exceptional situation. About the necessity of the revision no ono has the slightest doubt. Well, then, will you resist the general opi nion? I suppose for a moment that you resolve to do so, and what is the consequence ? That you march towards a long parliament. But you have neither the vices nor the qualities of that body. Your divisions and contests are of daily occurrence, and you would not be able to support for a single year tho country in front of you. You will take refuge, perhaps, behind the constitution ? But you will have behind you an immense administrative ap paratus, and when your hour is come will you abandon the country in its agitation? No, you will be forced to dis solve yourselves. And who are they who compose the party of resistance to tho revision ? Some fear the loss of the republic, others the loss of the constitutional monarchy, by the formation of a republican dynasty. Will you have at the elections a common list? No, you will oppose each other, and at the last critical moment there will be only passions upstanding—you will be lost in the conflict. There are many things which disgust me in the revisionist movement, for I see little liberalism and little taste for the representative government. The use which has been made of that government during the last two years has not pro fited it, and the intervention of a constituent Assembly would be the best means of conjuring away the danger which a direct re-election may cause to the republic. They who obstinately refuse that course will bear till the responsi bility of their conduct. I said ono day to the monarchy, " The time to reform yourself is come, and if you do not do so, you are lest." Well, then, I now say to the republic that, if it neglects the present moment, which is favourable to it, its fate will be compromised. The proceedings of the Assembly, concerning the Forest Code, were entirely devoid of interest. At the close of the sitting M. do Vatimesnil laid his re port on the Municipal Bill on the bureau of the Assembly. M. de Laboulie has withdrawn his motion for pre venting the prorogation of the Assembly in conse quence of its rejection by the committee of initiative. The metallic reserve of the Bank of France has again increased nearly 5 millions in Paris, though it shows a diminution of about 1 of a million in the provinces. This discount accommodation has in creased nearly 200,000 fr. in Paris, and declined about a million in the branch banks, the amount of the former being 38,338,4a6fr., and of the latter 67,348,821 fr. On the side of the liabilities the notes in circulation have increased 1 a million in Paris, and declined in the branch banks about 200,000 fr. The account-current of the treasury has increased 21 millions, the present amount being 119,838,0341 r. Private accounts-current in Parts have increased 11 millions, and in the departments upwards of 1 a million, the amount of the former being 83,384,290 fr., and of the latter 36,280,336 fr. The whole amount of the metallic reserve is at pre sent 3921 millions, to 512 millions of notes in circu lation. The funds, shaken a moment by the desperate attitude of the Mountain, have recovered all their firmness to-day. The Fives closed at 9170, with a rise of 23e. * The Threes rose 15c., and closed at 55.65. GERMANY. BERLIN, Jinn 18. The ministerial print, the Preunische Zeitung, has at last spoken out on the subject of the convocation of the provincial and district Diets, and has disavowed all inten Lion on the part of the government permanently to revive these assemblies by virtue of their ancient rights. This disavowal has only come, however, after the resistance the measure has met with has been so great that the design of re-establishing the Diets, if ever entertained, has been shown to be impracticable ' • and the conclusion every one must naturally draw from the ministerial act is, that the purpose now disavowed was really contemplated, though at present abandoned. The cabinet, there seems to be little doubt, him been "trying on" a great experiment of positive retrogression, but has found that it cannot go safely on with it. The embarrassment this failure must plunge it into must be considerable. The Penguin/le Zeitung, in the article just alluded to of yesterday evening, acknow ledges, that to have called the Diets again into existence simply by means of a ministerial edict would have been a very unbecoming proceeding, unworthy of a consti tutional administration. If legal, however, this measure would not have been unbecoming ; and if not legal, the le gality of the convocation of the Diet, even for a special pur pose, may also be denied. Thus, the government has put itself in the wrong with both parties. What can it have to reply to those assemblies who refuse to meet on the ground of incompetency? It cannot say a mere order from the Minister of the Interior gives competency—makes law. And, on the other hand, to those who maintain that the Diets exist by virtue of former rights, which have never been abolished, it must answer by . a decided negative ; for, if not, that is done already, by a simple rescript, which the ministerial organ declares it would be unworthy of the go vernment so to do. Nay, more, the Diets have never been touched, but have existed as a legal institution during the whole interval in which they have been supposed to be abro- ' gated. But it is not conceivable that the ministry would have placed themselves in this dilemma if they lied not, counting on the support of the privileged landed proprietors, really de,igned the permanent re-establishment, by virtue of their ancient rights, of the provincial and district Diets. This support, it le true, has not in the main failed them, but the resistance of the presidents and the official class (of which I might give you many fresh examples every day) has been much greater than was anticipated • and this it is that has frustrated effectually the retrogression project. An ordinance has been published at Altons, which ap pears in the l'retiasische Zeiteing of this evening, abolishing martial law in the upper part of the Duchy of Schleswig, and promises to do the same in the southern part of that duchy as soon as circumstances will permit. FRANK FORT-ON-THE-MAINE, JrxE 19. The several commissions or committees appointed by tho Diet are very busy. The first is a general business committee, whose duty it is to prepare all questions which are to be submitted to the cngerr-Itath ; it consists of seven members. Then there is a military committee, a naval committee, and a financial committee. The two first of these, but more particularly the military committee, are as-; sisted by military officers of experience and ability from each of the federal states, who may, in fact, be said to form a kind of ministry. The naval committee was appointed but a few days ago, and consists of four members: they are Count Thun (Austria), Baron Rochow (Prussia), M. de Schele (Hanover), and Burgermeister Brehmer (Lu beck). All these committctu meet regularly four or five times a week. In the general committee of business nothing has been done beyond what has been already reported. The mem bers have, it is true, discussed in an informal manner the Schleswig-Holstein and Hessian questions; but as the dis cussions arose in an irregular manner, they produced no result, and are of no importance whatever. Both of these questions have reached a point at which the interference of the highest German power is loudly called for. The Diet has bean re-constituted, and there is no excuse whatever for delaying that interference which was promised by both I Austria and Prussia, on the part of the Diet, both at °limit/ and Dresden. The remonstrances of Austria and Prus sia have failed to curb the cruelty and arrogance of the Danes in Schleswig, while both these powers suffer the deplorable condition of Hew-Cassel to he prolonged without an attempt at relief. The ridiculous brutality of the Danish colonel, du l'lat, in Schleswig, was not terminated by the Prussian protest, as has been stated by the journals of that country. The conduct of that officer, and the general policy of Denmark, was so glaringly inhuman and im politic that even Colonel Hodges, the British consul at Hamburg, who was sent by Lord Palmerston to Flensburg to watch the proceedings of the Assembly of Notables, was compelled to report to the foreign minister unfavourably to Inset,' friends and allies. Colonel Hodges's report made its way to Copenhagen from London, end was, as 1 am assured on very good authority, the means by which the rescinding of Colonel du Plat's absurd orders was procured, and that officer recalled. The Diet looks on quietly, and leaves foreign powers to interfere in favour of those whom it ought to protect. It may be answered that the business forms of the Diet do not permit anything approaching to celerity in its proceedings, but they do not prevent the initiative being taken. They may delay a resolution being come to ; but no more. The absurdest questions can be mooted in the Diet without notice ; but even the must inveterate enemy of the popular cause in Hesse and Schleswig-Holstein will not venture to assert that tt e condition of these two countries requires investigation. The case is glaring in both, and the delay of the Diet is inexplicable, unless caused by the desire to prolong the punishment of the advocates and combatants for national independence in the one case, and for constitu , tional government in the other. The English government might speak a word advantageously in favour 'of both. Prussia is not listened to, and Austria does not care. Her soldiers arc spread throughout Germany ; they shoot and murder inoffensive individuals because one of their com rades has been beaten in a quarrel about a street-walker. The power of Austria is permanent ; but the suffering and wretched are neglected. The Austrian commander of Altona has consented to withdraw his troops from St. Pauli, if the Senate will guarantee the maintenance of order. The same functionary has insisted on the suspension of the Hamburg civic guard. :bt Court. Iler Majesty and Prince Albert, with the Princess Alice, accompanied by his Majesty the King of the Bel giallo, with the Duke de Brabant, the Count de Flandres, and tie Princess Charlotte, arrived at the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations at a quarter put nine o'clock, yesterday morning. In attendance on the Queen and royal party were the lion. Matilda Paget, Madame de Montanclos, Lord Alfred Paget, Colonel Bouverie, Colonel de Moerkerke, and Count Albert do Briey. The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce and Sir George Cooper, also visited the Exhibition yester day forenoon. Hcr Majesty and Priam Albert, and the King of the Belgians, remained at the Exhibition till a quarter before II o'clock, and then returned to Buckingham Palace. The Duke of Wellington had an audience of her. Majesty, at Buckingham Palace, yesterday. The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, attended by Mr. Birch, took a drive in an open carriage, yesterday. The Duke de Brabant and the Count de Flandres, at tended by Colonel de Moerkerke, visited and inspected the London Docks yesterday. The Princess Royal, the Princess Helena, and the younger members of the royal family, took their accus tomed exercise yesterday in the garden of Buckingham Palate. The Queen, accompanied by the Sing of the Belgians and the Princess Charlotte of Belgium, took a drive in an open carriage and four yesterday afternoon. Lord Alfred Paget and Colonel Buckley attended on horseback. Prince Albert rode out on horseback at the same time, attended by Colonel Bouverie. lice Majesty had a dinner party yesterday at Ducking ham Palace. The company included the King of the Bel gians, the Duke de Brabant, the Count de Flandres, the Duke of Cambridge, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Duke of Wellington, M. Van de Weyer, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, Lady lloward de Walden, Colonel de Moer keeke, Count Albert de Bricy, Bola. J. Macdonald, and Sir Robert Carswell. A deputation from the county of Westmoreland, and the Borough of Kendal, for the removal of the assizes for that county from Appleby to Kendal, had an interview yester day with Sir George Grey, at the Home-office. The depu tation consisted of Mr. Alderman Thompson, M.P.. Mr George Carr Glyn, M.P., Mr. George Edward Wilson, Mr. Graye Kigge, Mr. James Gandy, Mr. 8. H. Taylor, Mr. G. B. Crewsten, Mr. John Whitwell, and Mr. 11 . - F. IScs patches were received yesterday at the Colonial Mee from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands and the Governor of Malta. Despatches were also received from the Governors of Ceylon, Ilong-Kong, and the Mauri tius. Despatches were sent off yesterday from the Colonial Office to the Governor of the Canada, and the Governors of the other North American Colonies. _ The Judicial Committee of the Pm"' Council sat yester day at the Council Office. The lords present were: The Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, the Judge of the Admiralty Court, and Sir Edward Ryan. The appeal (part hear from Bengal Dukeensoondree Dabee r. Rasumnee Dowee, was concluded, and the appeal from the Prerogative Court, Bennett v. Free was heard. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The Ministers , present were Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minter, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Francis Baring Lord Broughton, the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, the Earl of Carlisle, and the Marquis of Clanricarde. The Council sat one hour and a half. Sir Edmund Lyons, Bart., late her Majesty's Pleni potentiary in Greece, is shout to proceed to Stockholm as her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo tentiary at the Court of Sweden, and his Excellency's baggage and effects have been landed at Plymouth from her Majesty's ship Caledonia, and forwarded to London for re shipment to their destination. • (Pros lost Plinks Casette.) FOREIGN -OFFICE, JUNE 19.—The Queen bee been plesoed to approve of Mr. Jonathan Minns Were as Consul at Port Phifl p for his Mnietty the King of Sweden and Norway. COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS. WEEKLY SUMMARY OF THE PRODUCE MARKETS. MINCING -LAME, SATURDAY MORN/NO. ' There is a slight improvement observable in the colonial market this week, which is however attributable perhaps to the small quantities of produce brought forward. Of sugar, the public sales have been limited, but a good business has been done privately, and fur West India prices are fully 6d. per cwt. higher. Coffee has been more inquired for, but as holders have become rather firmer, the amount of business has been small. Saltpetre has been in good de mand at full rates, but Rice, of which several parcels have been offered at auction, has suffered a decline of 3d. per cwt. Tea has further receded, and Congou has been sold at Nil. per lb.: during the last few days, however, a beter tone has prevailed. TALLOW MARKET .- THIS DAY. The market is firm, with but few sellers, at an advance ' of 3d. toed. Prices are now quoted: Town Tallow, 351.65.; Petersburg Y. C. on the spot, 375. 641. to 385.; last three months, 39e. 3d. Merin AVZSAIIES.—Town Tallow, 395. ; fat by ditto, 2s. ; Yellow Russian, 395. ; melted stuff, 285.; rough ditto, 17$. ; Tallow graves, 9s. ; good dregs, 6s. Holders of Russian here are reluctant to sell at a reduc tion, and have required 375. 6d. on the spot during the week for fine yellow candle ; the trade, however, operate with much caution, as stock on hand remains large, and consumption is limited. For the last three months prices rule at Us. 6d. to 395. ; the amount of business dune has been small, as lower rates are looked for. Home-melted is plentiful, and can be obtained at 3.55. to 365. nett cash ; at the same time there is a disinclination on the part of dealers to operate. Other sorts of Tallow are held for previous rates ; little has been done, and there is a fair supply. Of all kinds there is an excess over last season's stock of 12,000 casks, and deliveries are less, but in the value little varia. lion is now apparent ; consumption, however, is not equal to that time. Fat is plentiful, and offering at a reduc tion. Dealers at present afk not much disposed to do bu siness. WOOL MARKET.—THIS DAY. The foreign Wool market is very quiet, and, though the stock of German Wool is barely 2,tiOU bales, it is difficult to make sales. At the German Wool fairs prices are from Id. to 2d. below those of 1850, and the principal purchases are made by the Continental manufacturers. The English at present hare bought very little, although at many of the fairs there was a large attendance of English manufacturers and staplers. The importations from our colonies are very large. It is expected that at the public sales in July and August full 50M bales will be sold; there arc at present from 42,000 to 43,000 arrived. The English having bought so small a quantity at the German fairs, and the prices there ruling so much higher than was expected, will help to keep up, if not improve, the prices of the finer descriptions of Sydney and Port Philip Wools. This week's imports of Wool into London amount to 800 bales from Algoa Bay, 2,500 from Port Philip, 3 from Buenos Ayres, 500 from Swan River, 104 from Hamburg, 380 from Odessa, 2,500 from Sydney, 19 from the Cape, 117 from Alexandria, and 345 from Valparaiso, making a total of 7,298 bales. In the English Wool trade prices remain steady, with only a moderate business doing. The new clip seems to have started at rather higher prices than were expected. SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—THIS DAY. Messrs: Cooper and Davis report the supply short, at the following quotations : Prime Meadow Hay, 755. to 80s. ; inferior ditto, 655. to 68s. ; Rowen, 655. to 651. ; Clover, 76e. to 90s. ; second cut, 76e. to 116 s. ; Straw, 265. to 30s. COMMISSION HONED BY THZ LORD-LIEUTENANT or Mio-LOTHIAN.—J. Forman, Gent., to bo cornet in tho Royal Kid-Lo th ian Yeomanry Cavalry. ITALY. The Second Chamber, at Turin, on the 13th, ac knowledged the expediency of abolishing the free port of Nice in and irons 1854. Our Roman correspondent writes, on the 14th, that General Gemoau, in addition to other vast quarters previously occupied by the Roman troops, had demanded possession of the Pope's own ha bitation, the Palace of the Quirinal. The exor bitant requisitions of the French bred much ill blood between them and the Roman government. At Civita Vecchia the conduct of the French emu nuindant had forced the Papal delegate to abandon his post and return to Rome. Lord Palmerston has decided not to press the British claims of indemnity on the Roman government. The Pattie contains the following paragraph:— It is known that the Roman government had, under the mediation of France, opened negotiations with England in order to obtain the removal of Mr. Free born, the English Consul at Rome. It appears cer tain that these negotiations have just terminated to the satisfaction of the Pope. Our Naples correspondent, in his letter of the 14th, speaks of the alarm occasioned by numerous arrests. 1 he American steamer Mississippi left Naples on the 9th, with Commodore Monogan, for the East. The government of the United States has ordered this vessel to be placed at the disposal of the Porte for carrying away Kossuth. English travellers in Sicily were greatly molested, particularly those who em ployed themselves in sketching. SPAIN. The question raised in the Chamber on the 14th relative to the necessity of submitting to a fresh debate bills already passed through tho former Chamber of Deputies, but not through the Senate, was decided favourably to ministers in the negative, by 112 votes against 10. The old modcrados voted against the government. WEST INDIA MAIL. The royal mail steamer Avon, Capt. P. Hart, ar rived at Southampton yesterday, and landed her mails under the charge of Lieut. H. Perceval, H.N., Admiralty Agent. The dates received by this ar rival are :1 - acmel, 30th May ; Vera Cruz, May ' 30th ; Panama, 23rd May ; Havana, 24th; uig!es, 25th; Honduras, 19th; Carthagena, 27th; Jamaica, 20th; Grey Town, 17th; Demerara, 27th ; Trinidad, 27th; Barbadoes, 29th; Antigua, 31st; Martinique, 30th; Grenada, 27th; Porto Rico, 31st; La Guaira, 28th ; Porto Cubella, 28th ; Nevis, 27th ; St. Kitts, 20th ; Nassau, 15th ; St. Thomas, 2nd June. The freight consists of 1,232,630 dollars from the Pacific on account of merchants ; 525 serous of cochi neal ; 330 bales tobacco; 138 cases of cigars ; 3 cases arrowroot ; 45 bales sarsaparilla ; 279 serons In digo; precious stones and pearls to the value' of , 5,865/. ; 1 case tortoise shell ; 31 packages of sort- Among the passengers were Lady *Gregor and wet, not, however, unnecessarily heavy for the timo two children, from Tortola, and the Roman catholic of year, and it was generally expected that the year's Bishop of Dominica. crop would prove more abundant than that of the When the Avon left, the Trent was gone to the pro ious year. Great hopes were beginning to be Gulf of Mexico; the Clyde and Thames to the entertained that, by the adoption of improved modes Spanish Main ; the Conway to Jamaica and Honda- of drainage, this fine colony may be enabled to bear ras ; the Derwent to the Windward Islands and De- uP against the disadvantages it has for several years merara ; the Eagle to Barbadocs, Trinidad, and labotirecl under from the scarcity, uncertainty, and Grenada. dearness of labour. On her homeward voyage the Avon had light va- The Colonist, of May 26, says : riable winds, and calm, tine weather. The Thames, We have another repetition to make of our complaint against one of our standing grievances, the irregularities which arrived at St. 'Thomas, from England, on the ii , r ,, / ,, ic ou . me ll 1 7 4 7 .1ii p t t l i l c e k t e i t me Co ap m r !) 0 a i n n ) t , i4 I;:zty ti L;ig ar ht ri tur o s f 2nd inst., had very fine weather throughout the voyage• th e s t eamer , and there is still no sign of her. Respecting the actual condition and prospects of the arrangements for creasing the Isthmus, our cor- TRINIDAD. respondent at Chagres writes as follows : The Trinidadian of May 24, says : The weather for the last few days has been excessively When at Chagres on the 20th of May, in the royal mail steam packet, Avon variable - heavy clouds gathering in the east, announce Panama Railroad Avon, PresOn, superintendent of the ompany, hearing that we bad expressed the approach or the rainy season, and should hasten the a wish to see what progress had been made with the road, manufacturing and carting operations of those who are immediately sent us an invitation to take a trip with him to behind hand. Yet, on the whole, the weather is good the works in a small steamer belonging to the company, and favourable to the preparations for next crop. lnbcer which we were very glad to accept, and Captain Hart and myself, accompanied by several officers belonging to the fain quarters, where the articles of consumption aro a un ship, proceeded first up the river Chagres to Gatun, 10 miles 'ens aa t (such as . f.h . [iguanas and the neighbourhood of the from Chagres, and n from Navy Bay, where the railroad town) labour is an reasonable quantity,.and th ‘ e .a g s ierati ons commences. Here we found comfortable temporary houses are easily pursued while, in other districts—C others—labor is leas plentiful. erected for the officers and workmen employed on this It was said that some of the Trinidad planters section of the road. After a hearty welcome, and would net from 4,000 dots. to 5,000 dols. after an offer of refreshments, we took our seats in small a ll expenses were paid. This would yield a fair cars propelled with a winch worked by two men, on estates making from 200 to 300 hogs and were whirled along with great speed for three miles on part of the rail already laid through theannum, and the value of which is not heads per . interest clearing in a dense forest. On our return to the station we more than from 25,000 dols. to 30,000 dols. These were invited to join and partake of their early dinner; but planters aro generally resident in the island and Lord Harris having so recently made an excellent breakfast, provided The lady of for us en board the little steamer, we again embarked, and 1 look after Lord d ir own Harr i b s ub w in as csa ve ar y ai i r i o l. . was to leave b%the lid of June cket for England, returned to Chagres. Next morning Captain Chapman, commander of the steamer, brought her close to tho Avon, to take us to headquarters at Navy Bay, where we arrived and Colonel Yard would probably be appointed in little better than an hour, and received every attention acting governor. from Mr. Stevens, the president (as he is termed), or prin cipal superititepdent of works. Here also are houses for LEEWARD ISLANDS. the principal officers, subordinates, and workmen. Store reaping, and the sugar already made was about 30,000 hogsheads. It l In Barbadoes the weather had been favourable for that the crop was not finished, and poseiblY MOO° h pil ou es eee d , riv b e lac . was oil on on the high lands with the main, and piles for a single line are driven a mile ka for mi a th ei l oub sh le o te, " . co d n a necting luge i M P a ser amaill eleared a Isle further in the direction of Gatun, to conn ect with that station, which it will join next July. There are two other hogsheads would be made, and the crop would thore stations (Dos Hermance and Vanua Vann.) between Gahm fore be about equal to last year. Rains had lately and Gorgoua advancing rapidly to connect with each other. fallen, and the y reparations having been all well young crop was looking healthy From the force employed, - 1,500 men, which they are in creasing, well organised as theyappear to be, and the sur- and vigorous, the p prising quantity of work done since only the 3rd of last l arge December, chiefly with implements, and another December, they are very sangaiaa and I have very little crop may be looked for should the island be blessed doubt, that the mad will be opened for transit as far as I Gorgon by next January ; some delay will be caused by the wet season just set in, but not so much as anticipated, since they find native labourers can be obtained who are not affected by the rains. When we were at Carthageaa on the 27th of May, 300 were waiting to proceed by the next steamer to Chagres. From what wo have witnessed, I think there is every probability that early in the next year our steamers will no longer go to Chagres, but to Navy Bay, where they have excellent and commodious wharves to go alonedde, and also a secure anchorage, whereby the inconvenience to which passengers are subjected at present, by employing boats to reach Gorgona against a strong current, particularly during the rains, will be avoided, to say nothing of the insolence and extortionate demands of the boatmen. As a public convenience it is likely to be, as it deserves, the most successful undertaking of the present day on this continent. Gorgona is about 15 miles from Panama, end the conveyance will be by mules, as at pre sent, until the road is completed. JAMAICA. The Governor, on the 23rd of May, prorogued the legislative, apparently in a pet. The first paragraph of the somewhat lengthy speech he delivered on tho occasion is as follows : This session of unexampled duration, and marked by a pestilence heretofore unknown in the island, CORICS this (lay to a close, which is also of an unusual character; for it is to be doubted whether on a consideration of all the circum stances by which I have to inform you it is attended, you may not be desirous of resuming the despatch of business, for specific purposes, and for a short time. Sir ('harks next intimated his reasons for having assented to 28 bills. Ito then went on to state why he refused to sanction some other measures that had passed the legislature. They were :—an Act to develop the Mineral Resources of the Island; an Act to enable Magistrates in special sessions to ren der effectual the services of Parochial Constables; an Act to appoint Commissioners to raise a Loan of 250,0001. by the sale of Debentures in Great Britain ; and an act to encourage Immigration . Having assigned his reasons for refusing to concur in these measures, Sir Charles concluded as follows : Gentlemen, in these circumstances it is my intention to prorogue the legislatureuntil Monday fortnight. If in any way daring the interval it should be made certain to mo that a majority of the whole Rouse of Assembly desires to meet again for a short time to retrieve what has not been brought to a happy conclusion, I would cause a meeting of the legislature for the despatch of business, to be called by proclamation on that or upon some other early day. If I should not learn that such a wish exists on the part of tho Assembly, the legislature will be further prorogued by pro clamation from Monday, the 9th day of June, for the cus tomary period of six weeks. For the present I do now in her Majesty's name prorogue this General Assembly to Monday, the 9th day of June next, and it is hereby pro rogucd accordingly. The May "seasons" had arrived, to the joy of the planters, and the benefit of the island generally-. The ruinous effects of the long-continued drought had been generally and severely felt, and the advent of these seasons was hailed with every demonstration of joy and acclamations of pleasure. 'lice fields, wluen had been completely parched and converted into arid stubble, have again been clothed with her bage, and vegetation was rapidly pisgreswing under the effects of the ruin. '1 he parelied and sterile pas tures have been covered with luxuriant flowers and herbs, and uatute seemed dressed in her holiday clothes." It was the general expectation that want of rain would not be immediately felt for some time. The sugar crop of the island had 'been good, although not equal to the anticipations of the more sanguine. In some parts of the island it is satisfactory to learn that the supply of labour is found to be but slightly affected by the cholera—its victims having been in general the aged, the infirm, and the dissolute. BRITISH GUIANA. The session of the Combined Court closed on the lath of May. The governor took leave of that as sembly with the following address : I cannot claw this session in the u.ual form, without addressing a few words to you in acknowledgment of tho zeal and assiduity with which you have attended to tho transaction of the public business, during a period of nearly three months, in which the court has frequently sat for seven or eight hours without adjournment. The results of the time and attention which you have thus devoted to your duties, will be of lasting importance to the colony. You have accomplished a revision of the tariff, making re ductions which at former rates of consumption, will benefit consumers to the extent of nearly 120,15)0 dollars a-year ; you have materially lightened the tonnage dues and fees exigible from shipping; you have reduced several of the licences affecting retail traders ; totally abolished the income tax, and put the produce tax, fur whatever period it maybe continued, on a sounder footing. Measures like these must be alike gratifying and beneficial to the eommnnity, and though the aggregate amount of the re ductions made is even larger than I ventured to anticipate at the commencement of the session, I feel confident that they are justified by the state and prospects of the revenue, and that front the increased trade and consumption which will in the ordinary course of things ensue, tho calculations set forth in the report of the committee of ways and means will be more than realised. I trust that the labouring classes will recognise, in the great diminution of duties on the articles which they generally use, no less than in the modifications which you have sanctioned in the case of those licences most nearly affieting their interests, the disposition which I am sure pervades this court, to affordevery possible advantage to the industrious and enterprising among them. Thanking you in conclusion for the provision which has been mule for the public service, 1 now declare this session of the Combined Court to be at an end. In the course of the fortnight iOO Coolies from Calcutta had arrived in the Zenubia. The weather had been showery, but the public health continued good. Some excitement has been occasioned in the co lony by the resolutions passed at a meeting of pro prietors and others interested in British Guiana, held in London on the 4th of April, on the subject of a petition front a portion of the inhabitants pray ing for a change in the constitution. The resolutions of these gentlemen substantially declared that, although sonic alterations in the legislative institu tions of British Guiana were desirable, a council and House of Assembly, as prayed for by the petitioners, and based on a system of free, direct, and popular representation, would be highly inexpedient. This meeting had sensibly counteracted the proceedings of the more violent section of the reform party. Tho Court of Policy stood adjourned to the 2nd of June. Mr. George Quayle had been elected to fill the va cancy in the Court of Policy caused by the departure of 'fr. Vandergonelescher. A vacancy had also been occasioned in the College of Financial Representa tives by the resignation of Mr. John Daly, who had been appointed administrator-general of Demerara and Esiequilio. The weather had been very showery during the fortnight. Fur seine months past there had been little grinding on the plantations, in con sequence of the wetness of the season. The rains I