The Express. — London, England, 1848-12-27 00:00:00

Aso been done at 1231 for money. Grist Northess ' are 10,1 die. French sham erne a shads duller. Bea laps awl Amiss, at. 1 Saila ItIPTSCTID UP TO TWO Tins OAT IN LON UO3. (TiTwllider PAM VII be bawd la leet peps) 2les. ans. a Miss 6 IWO DMA 1 6 2011 ma asesee, Si = e le t inim ilinlehrt t l ea Ora. lbeess nerd 111rwri i 4 1111 De. rretiveLlf Ds sr, ore., Brae a War Nees. $ 11. swe M e t 1 MONA IS. WA 4 pee OL rm.'. 11 L, 1$ $ llweilis 0 arm eirdes. 1 1 1 U D.P. ai s. Vales Ps Osir. 6re 0011 E N O . It, 13 QIN siterwer. 1 11 1)eir Thaw, aii i Do. Mew A. 0 3 6. War. li es. w ei r e. 7, ~ 41 Tart. NMI se , ag 5111 W., 2111 Owl 0 Ds. Ofill. New. a toe, %I I Db. lb. MU& No. 1 (Usk sad DV. rani Newel, 14 Ds. IMO% Do. LA 140. I (New. awl Dr.), lass NW Tells 1 00 . 0 141 14 Lei awl lawilled. IN es. ex.& sr, st • I. eetreee‘ sod S. C.. nil Tab NA N. MLA Ted, 105 De. New IL par. DA IL Is W. V. Ita., Sly Les. aN. wroth. 1 3 Deism owl Mains 121 Ds. Ni. tea el us. a a weans 4hina,4l a L'eurierinatrarma, to Mao& as a• Peri* mid Ise" WI Ds NI. 0001. PreL, 13$ 11$ Tows est saner si titasaseuL rues throw W. =The arks was story, sad closed with • swam le =arta e orre. sev 4I Lori Tarlatan, 311 II Da MlAs_ 11$ 4 Dale/ IheL, 17s AL d De. lbw HaL Ss Owe). Lel 41 Ds. (L. sad ILL le A las. * Dena Wales, 111 De. ` New 4111 1 , 11P Illis.„ Nat, awl Us. Prot, DI De. asby I Wel), Da OnseWT Do* 14 aSS d MANCIIIOOIII SA Priem mew tine, bst 11•0111 lel.. INNA, Oak, a W. Taft. OWL B. 2. Lamelire le Pref., 6$ Omit Nerawes A. W 4 , 1 UOL a ss.lad Tort 2.11, 31 el • Northern A. 41 MI S Do. 11.1..0, N. 1154. od. d ilionbr4.bire, 4 Omni* liolland. 131 S. kol. Vow, no. :to. at 11, 91 SR 11A N 0.4, I lAA Wawrized sod Usiorick. SS 4 • Now.. a Br. O. N. E. Pm, f 4 ewe. WINO /OW. Diw Mo. art, awl Us. No. I, I 4 Pros., lot GloOrighlgo. II I 4 %Thaws. di Z. mil Door, 7 3.16 laluassiumom MU% Docooloto 211 - Tab auditit ma Ilia kir amount of haring's delas ; aware dr due prisms sari& raa'y improved. LIM mai" DOCa" 1 " 26 . trassastioas wan awy Limited, though the pekoe GI Ikon vb.* ea .4184 basis wove rather firmer. out Morelmoo 26 a I 6 Laeurbue New, 64 a Mid- away., a God% el I To= SALEMN. h Waiver.. I Tart *N. liatead Pref., lei No. 1,131 PRODUC2.—MISCIIG-Liaia, IfitY-past Arm— The market is closed to-day. Star : The past has again leen as swans' year Ur this wry important article. We end at the noising low prises, the efts' ot the comsneroial oriels semi of the fallow 01 Imp import Moen The Gazette prise on the 11th of Jemmy we 235. Ild. (tbe = " llVtialte prise he 1847 was on 2ad7obeeary, 117 s. 4d.) • debt Imp" oremeat la price tout One desire the Ana ten fa t 4 of the titer, bet the Fr, net sawbones and the illessehed nate of the seatimat of Europe whisk followed, W• depressing m 1...... and male declined, the , OW the gowning. nt's Ushering swedes .at et the male of flake e modem dly with • view to heat tit tho imparters ; bet Eie we far OM thee ameatesbaMesed by the eaezpoeted ink= st Meek is heed Seger, and this was a blow to the market that ores immediately telt ; our velem saw that Ike pries of Durk rased met beweferth regal .te their "dem eat they sealed to buy (raw) seem until the prime MOO dews le a paint that wwild leave thin a poet. This we speedily accompli•ked, se the newts seasally bey mere than onothed of the whole clean*/ taken for oost semprios, sad the importen were vonoelled to submit to brier to east mks. About 1,000 tons only of Dutch bow boss sensemei, sad theorists woe %het to that mew only bow the importers beta i nju red ; but every presded man knows the falLny of that argument. The Mee is the came is Sager le Wheat: +bee large besige snivels are war at hand, English Wheat &Owes, and it English Wheat 'ells lower prime than the Lug. imporer will accept, whet his strives be keep. it; but the effect the importation lowered the prise st English; k is the. with Dutch refine,:, it is always '• sou e Mod." to be sold here at a to mein price. sad Eaglish maned meet be kept below Date, v. insure a mle.— The reek of %gar en bead is rather in sums of Ibe el se of 1847; bat it meat ho renown ered the stuck of 1847 we wry lante ; the deliveries tr Wow consumption will mew to he afloat 300,000 tow nth. r in excess of last yew, The Gazette average of the three aorta of E. P. air- MPS*, is 21e. The Mewls Gazette price of Maud Ms this Ism was in May, 28*. 0.1. ; the Wisest io N oremher, 19s. ; the Whew .1 gig India in Pi Weary, 28.. 111 ; the I ow, it Aril, 19.. 8d ; the Indite.* of Wow India July, 25e. 11d. ; leweat thrember, 21k Day paid es low se net week le Leedom, Liverpool, cwt. WOW. Item. re the apes.. 5,411,910 354436 211.743,331 s,sow,o4s 734,373 214.411 OEM 11.11 LW. ** ******** Ammo '01111.2N1. 136. 1. SS t- • • amp. 8 IC.. • • Cane stCardifnmr 11 0... —l2 6 • 0 • Ws% .t per tom SWMA -- I• •18 0 IM, eon.: ***** 17 • • Patent Mot 111 10... or red or euraulli ... IS 15,.. a Opener IS C-13 elm, per 212 asp. O.Ln. Plah, 0,04 pe.e 2ll 10.. 17 liras ........ IS 111 . • brown ft yellow. 14 C. SA 1 1m Bead Mat et B4 0 43 Owl SS 10...33 1 Soma —. >t 4-14 1 Oiare.GelLip444•• 43 0_ 44 Coma ...... SS •.../19 NIMPee 3• 14 . tea —...... p 10...• o UMW. yar set. Istist—Csr6, Mk. SO 711 : 71 Ulm 342 m • 0 • Dubin; let 0 I_ 0 Limerick, do__ 811 0. es Owlol, let 7O Mwry, let • 0.. • Wasktiord ..... Q 0 C-70 Beef, Ind* tem tierce Prime Mew • 0... Pork, prom meas IS 0.. 80 karem.Pork, bark Me" 1 Waterford, J e Lt am. SS 0...64 • 80 13 P 47,1.8eltiolortft 1 01 , Wateriord, do Dltto bladder Ameriesa,MlyP. 113 0...112 • I. Land linfes, Y. V Os aad Oes. a• par N. ids% M. In .1.... St .. 6 ...• 11 • lark tap. dry • 31...0 • M 6.: May dry— • • ...• • • 11_41 • Mgt 111.Ayree, dry 0 II ..• • dry • S ...• 3 L d=rom. torm, rot aria, am « II • ... I On Moms, 01. par Ism 14=1•0116m.A IS— • • 5„. • • Past* Jamaica L.. 4 • Mira ail rad be •...1$ • Lima 14...1i • aspen BMA, 14 14...11 0 Sad Pon ...... . 3 10.. 3 10 Wadi ln 0...30 3 WITS 1.411 ow Ts& a MS ye Low wen. • • .. 17.7 i -.-..:-: ra - ,.: --- _ - : - ....-...... .... _ ... . ..... • 19111C18 CI iimr SUt. MTV PAM G. ~.r.bers $lll. Taw aGeoy 4...1S . lb 1...11 llooritiOi3a46.- 10 l. 1• Tho. SO 1-0 limpeinodsed.b. V 1...4 • • ramie% SI S. • TeDed.—....- IS 4-G 6 =end vide ` _ s 0...11 • lAwalst- 411 4...41 • la bud. Woe idTe:MI. Geod..— Is •... • • _ly e. . 011; Ma, sod art& wry fie •..M 6 11••••••••••... 0... 61 • l'are 4l 0... 80 • 1•116•41 5... SS 11:8•IW ei=llB 06 • art h isag II •...f• • Tss, at per lb. Ihriposoiesaws. II I ...• I lies, as per set. Sugal Owls— hos sod "Wilk 7 0.. IS • 1111114. 01411444 Cosa= 0... 17 • amt I.4swird Proof 1 $ ... 1 4 Doom. 21 to a pc Gest. Joadif;; °"- is a psi r QS. • ... • I I . 11444•441 mide 4 a =hatilali .. h0f11411.• ... • o Snub • • m,.........__ ... • Paos. par 1114 5...11 • IN; Plaunims, 9 bra . • 11.. • t. DOA uarrPriali I 01•11011 ....411 • Hoar, st per• low ruiliugoelroSil •• ••• =oot Wit one U . lip. Lim . U 10...21 0 swat U K.. • 0 ....... •SO J. ...16 • am Inas Sem II 0...0 loslay 0...110 0 10 10...10 10. at per tut liara OS 4... 0 • Stmt. Ma In bliceito 75 0 • 0 1200. at tor V. SS IS Se TALLOW.—The ambit is steady, at 41a. 9d. to 435. for fine first sort se the spit, sod 42.. 61 fire &lir is January to March. is whams is pries is is hasary, when tbs mind trolls will eonsosearre, the tad* Woo writs wit of sow*. Feinberg Y. C. on Um root, 495. bd. to 43.. ; October to Dotosbardolivory,lB49,43l. id ; separate months' delivery, 1849, 411 r. dd. CORN. The supply of English Whist vas very .bait thk moolog, and met a slow male at • 'Kat eseinetios spit the gsatativaa of last mat Tn tent gales rlektt. s deans of fay to to Se. per quarter mart bass be.. submitted to. Naar dell, sad teb, tees elemper. Byley, of fins veslity, maistalsed its vase; other sorts were le. shearer. "s. ernes& Comias sues eery bon, and some forded situ • made at to to Is. decline. Osts. of wien.le fare* arri • alto Sariiirshl44=4 01 isalriqr quality, wets very de; inmate pees my lower idlers swat Dan been B• 41.1 and has vow very messie die, sad, is the besimem, isetstioss saint bs coast 'teed mogul. MUGU a wk.... iss tuna e Sens sod pmt, tad U r4l 0 a 47 Nat Pads& sad e. la. Sits SI to .. 41 so 1e oio NUM& lamas sr Walk . . . 41 u. tl Oink • i/ • . win. •saa so . 41 . :1;a1C;..... oeaoto II Illembemb. awl lama On— le —... de. e.loeOst. al a 111.. dtou bas 21 a 111 N U eireser. . ........... . • ........... te • Si in ii Is se airlamis al le •Us o...passa—_ IS 24. ad Umiak f 11011. awl 111 aUs 21 is al Ina Ina ISO 17. 21.0_ Me , Ma asap SS ta 411 , OS or al W./ w MOP •••••••••••............• II 111 A... 1111116........ es Si 113 mils were .Ml.vhk taken. Be &brass al wasair. e. Tab Ils YY gum War or Oaw gra Pva+. me! THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY , EVENING, DECEMBER 27, 1848. - -- HODDIIMPISLO, Deo. 26.—The do- mw Zonal Wog i teirS*nd rnialeWo4 , • totilloollo Pei Ald. i ready • , 1111iTialiatiPionza. Doc 115.-4isitVesk Wag the as. Migtmis slosii. which wss e a gerly hawk% up by lb* Wan% the sheer of ell each today wee greatly debits; both se to ember and.m goru ilt y ie . rsit . dkThee n eeei dolma& he emerosemos ezesedis4 the ealy, 1.4 seise Ire Beata, aa lull IL Or ler , while rip .rd tha high rotas glom kr limn some webs peened. Thim howeverb nue be oily ateeperary, ea it I. probable, by t he following week.** sew tee will anima lee usual padres as rsgu the wessessey supply of stook. Berta from 6s. 6d. to 7.. per slum Shop, U. to 6d. per lb., alto Pigs, Os. 6d. to 7s. par stow. SALISSUST, Dee. 26.—The supply of Cattle here today wee large, though of very middling quality. The few par shuns is attendaDee ceased a very sluggish trade, art lie prime wen almost nonsisal, though at the doss of the mate ket there nmared but few unsold. Compared with tlis day Walden, the supply of Sheep wsu ereedingly small ; 'leased, it was the nor.t supply we have withered for some time past, though quite equal to the demand. The trade wee very inanimate, but the few pees were s'ld, end at rinses full, equal t. our last mukst. 'From the parity of Pius ethibit..d today, the trade is totally stawortby of sots ; bat pass were a trifle on Um &cline. For Yroterday's trinkets ass Jost pp. WOOL._ litmmytestitlaticas, in our very dancingproonts —ex ceplin ow English May-hawse& There, with some and lichourshie limptimmerhose essellenceonly mumunding tOgiosity more Marked, =di°. =p d tar teek tim and incempatenos are the prevailing It is not royal patronage er private theatricals at Windsor Palace, well intsatioued though they are, that will restore the British Mtge. It is by compe tent players sad pempetsat managers only that its re storation can be achieved. And when such instru ments are to be found, the public will shower upon them that success which, not having such agen cies, it now denies to the British stage. settlement of some permanence; both appear to approve of the principles of the village system, by which land is so w being eassesed and settled in the north western provinces foe periods of 20 and 30 yeses. But all this agreement is more of appearance than of reality; for the whole question of settlements, be they permawot, fora longterm, or annual , is after all one of terms sad of details; and on these points Mr. blatialis and Mr. BROWN would, it is obvious, differ as widely as they do on all leading subject& When, indeed, they do coincide as to measures and principles, they immediately dissent as to means and machinery. Thus, for example, both regard roads and pablio works as the ind.spensable preliminaries of Mum improvement. But whilst Mr. Bnown is quits melds that they could be executed and main , lama by means of tolls and local taxes, Mr. MANGLES is jest as po-itive that it is in vain to lo , k to such seeress of revenue as those to increase the facilities of Indian intercommunicatioe. "I have not the smallest doubt," Mr. /Snows assured the committee, "that it would be posSble to introduce a system of local taxa [ tion for the maintenance of roads and bridges. • • If the roads were made the people would not object to pay. • • They are a people with whom you can do anything, if you will but reason with them, tell them it is for their benefit, for what purpose, and that you do not mean to make it a subject of fresh taxation, they will do anything for yon : a ts 9 s ath s wow in s a . I sc, "Could zed ti m du cu, o l a ihrd r a se e wprhpl:it ilhineen sothmncountry, t 0 se rational , dftranittbb ye c c ivilised s a people gciatt;weiromy oicy,miboinyfn iirre c on cila ble otAtgte eih: c anes o.mu d ,ico s o tthia x hie n iviwatng o tro rt t iuuheoe :0: sudih e iits:: X ffit.olt i eb: s n i iiii on the face of the earth." Mr. MANGLES, on the other eantenittee appears to have been sadly perplexed. It would have none of the report prepared for its adop tion by Mr. Batonr ; but as little was it swish. d with the report produced by Sir JAMES HOGG. Accord lingly, it consigned the task of drawing up a report to Sir EDWARD COLESIMOKIS and Mr. WILSON PATTEN ; and then we have that document full of evident desires to promote Indian prosperity, but not at all certain how it can best be promoted. It runs with Mr. Ilitown, and it hunts with Mr. MANGLE& It repeats all Mi. BROWN told the committee about the " abject poverty" . of the nation ; but it refutes to pro nounce any opinion as to its causes. It wishes to tee those causes, whatever they may be, removed, but is sally puzzled to point the means of their removal. It enforces with mach pomp of diction all old platitudes on the subject of India, but makes not one novel bug ostion ; and, perplexed between Mr.IIR(,WN and Mr. MANGLEN, the report leaves the particular subject re ferred to very much where it found it—and that is in darkness, though the evidence it took throws new and valuable light on much that interests India mate rially. Two of the leading witnesses examined before Mr. BRIM* Cotton Committee were Mr. FRANCIS CAR. NAO Bitown and Mr. Roes DONELLY MANGLE;. They differed in all points as widely as the poles are asunder; and in their differences both India and England ere so deeply concerned as to render a state ment of them not only profitable but amusing. Of English parents, Mr. BROWN was born in India, hes resided there between 21 and 22 years at various times : is the largest European holder and cultivator of land in India ; stands in the relation of an ancient Hindoo chief to the other proprietors of the fine pa rishes in the district of Tellicherry, where his estate of Argerscandy is situated, and is well acquainted with all the lower pert of India- Mr. MANGLER is also hereditarily connected with India, was resident in India abed 10 years as a mem ber of its civil eervice ; during thatriod he held various offices in Bengal connected wit h the revenue, terminating his Indian career ma a member of the Beard of Revenue; but he has no personal know , ledge of the presidencies of Bombay and Madras. i l o rs i v o o ce ura h b is ly re k tu n r o n w to n am En th gle e nwdritMerr.orMAaNOseerßiscshouy b inte resting papers on India iu the Edinburgh Review ; has been much esteemed in the House of Commons as en authority on Indian subjects; and is now a director of the Pant India Company. In Indian circles Mr. BRowN is equally well known and well appreciated ; all the faculties of his well cultivated mind have long been directed to sub jects of Indian improvements; and, careless of sym pathy and regardless of want of assistance, he pur sues his career with undiminished zeal, earnestnese, and conecientiousness. Both are men of superior abilities and attainments; both entertain strong opinions on all Indian queetions; each expresses his opinions without the shadow of doubt as to their accuracy. Mr. theme, in a spirit of precise and firm, but inoffensive dogmatism; Mr. MANGLE!', in language stronger and with temper more apparent ; and if, at times, Mr. BROWN hest taws to apply te principles of political economy to the realities of Indian life, hu has always the advan tage of ecrupulotemele over Mr. MANGLER. Of Mr. BROWN, it may be add• el, that, . s an ledisn landed proprietor, his interests are Toe appearance of an Oxford class list can scarcely inseparable from the well-being of thee natives. While of Mr. MANOI , EN it cannot esc a p e attention lgrge. be meted an • vent of deep interest to th e p ublic at Even within the precincts of the university it that he is, both from hie pest and his present position, involved in the r e putation of the Indian government, makes no groat noise : and what roiee it does make is soon hushed. possibly the vainest of the succeedul be it good or ill. candidates, going a day or two afterwards to hear Viewing India from there two points, Mr. BROWN JENNY LIND, may flatter himself into the belief that and Mr. MeNol.es see its actual condition with very some pi) . rtion at least of the applause which greets the different eyes. To Mr. lleowe, India appears rapidly Swedish nightingale, is intended for him. Possibly retrograding in prosperity ; to Mr. Ketone" it seems the most disconsolate among the plucked men may as Tepidly advancing in well-being. Tue following indite a pathetic letter to the principal examiner, telt are their general opinions, placed in juxtaposition: ing him that his cruelty has ruined the prospects of a 1111. Ifito.W ., . MIL 111.41.4L 141 • fellow-creature for life. Perhaps, too, the nine daye' Ito sou believe tha the go- Lit your imunontliat theeffeet of .roment of India t. Os to the the systno Of lan.l revenue under wonder may pass as a historical fact into the memory lambi of the country or the hap. theouniptcy'sguvernatenticindis of some new of the collegiate bodies, which, win lc Omen of the people l- -Within my have led to the limoveriamient of n th plw n er ex o t f ex tco in ve a ri tio n n g o t f h ca e best o ew es . r th arerie t I b e , e ; , , Lio n t l ize l l: .4 .ll- , e the sthi r . ti a 4;. ,, ,,,i tt . , r ,,,, ,, ,,,,,.. ti ,, ,,n t the d man is• tr , u m st a in y g be th g e l i ad r , o i i n V "i Maitibm . W . " , end lac ran ' lt ' . r ''''" l f' " has 4 I ra to .07 dates for fellowships, to have the testimony of the iletwupermed, ap a country, tinder other, aid what, rt.ulnat-ao far the operation or the government. from its het MI itAi to thme re- schools to guide them. But when this is said, pretty Your belief to, and no doubt 'Mee, I believe that India has nearly ail is said. Even Oxford residents soon tire of it is your umpcientams em. very greatly incressonl in wealth. talk i e ef a p . e so ei nomenon which, in a meweat eidei mates, that the goventrurnt, aa lam sure that it haa vastly In- 111.• at lament tataahtla.l. "Is to CP 40.4 in the extent of maths. tar form, occurred half a year ago, and will occur the lanowilay id the country and Don. ettoranomly, I may Pay, un- again in halt a year more. The water is sprinkled the alvery of the people! --The der 9w government of the own government it the country has pony. I believe that the popitia- over tLe palrestre, the dust laid, and the whole buri illenetsilv tended wits Impose- teen nu reef Pea"y inerewd• nese over, before the world at large has thought of rfatment and a b asement of the and I helirve that the pi. • people. gg .„pg,,,, o f ti„. I , p i e a,,, a,,,,, a k in whether anything has been going ono. TM uniiider, periods*, that oh bite yaws veer much unproved. Still, it may happen once in a way that a particular it is a mi.fortune that the Sri- Will poor wiener apply te India tea tamer ever famed ita say ovally! —To every part to class list gives fair occasion for more public comment. to Islet -Th. Bennet lower nod nnkhat7Eunnlidge extend.. and There may be something intrinsically peculiar about the Vest India oimpany's power generally. it : perhaps the honours given have been very few, are two thinge eon nhally differ ent in principle, operation, end and people begin to talk of the numbor of promising degree. yang men whose reputation has been sacrificed to Mr BROWN attributes the cause of this country not the caprice of the examiners. Such was the case six reeei ring large suppiten of native cotton entirely "to years ago when then eireematanee of only two names the manner in which Italia he. hoes vvvverned by appearing in the first class in classics (as it is callei) was taken rep to a certain extent as a subject of newt the Ear' India Company." Mr. MANGLE R , on the other bard, ascribe.; the fact to the native s finding it paper di s cussion. Every one was sure, from the re , more profitable to cultivate other articles than cotton. suit, th a t t h ere was a screw l ease emew h ire , e i t h er The first step, says Mr. BROWN, that ought to be deserving men k , d felled because they had not read taken to improve the cultivation of cotton, and in- with private tutors, or, worse still, the fire of honour crease the trade with this country, is to relieve the able ambition was going out altogether in the breast lead that bears cotton from all tax. lf, replies Mr. of Young Oxford, being quenched by the superior MANGLES, the land assessment were taken off to-mor- potency of the theological sun, then at its height : row, the cultivator would not be able to raise produce the thing was symptomatic of evil, and must cheaper than he now does: as a director he would be looked. to. And since the close of 15442 has Dever consent to the reduction of the land assessment been matched by the close of 1848, some will for any such object as the increase of the growth of perhaps reiterate the old complaint, and seek to fix cotton, being quite convinced in his own mind, and some special stain on examiners or examined. But having never seen argument worth anythinz to the it will be more useful, as it must be more generally contrary, that the land Rearmament beers no part interesting, to look at the occurrence (such es q is) whatever in preventing the cultivation of cotton, or purely ab extra—to seize on it as an opportunity of diminishing the production of it. If the aseesiement saying a word or two on the system of examinations be continued, sums up Mr. Bitowee, in any of the at Oxford, a topic which may now be considered as cotter districts of India, the growth of cotton will be fairly before the public, thanks to the urgency of the lost to that country in a greater or less epece of time. and w vidua attempts both to obtain a heating recently made by indi ls within Mr. BROWN holds the land assemsment, whether un- The Cambridge system, now, we trust, shaken to I der the Zemindary or Ityotwarry system, to be a tax. its foundation by the new elements introduced a few grievous weeks ago, was most justly attacked for imposing, as Be many of these lands where you think cotton might be advantageously cultivated now grow the ordinary native th e arbitrary condition of a candidate's attaining succession of crops I—Yes. honours in one department, the necessity of profi- And I presume, that unless they y ielded the culti- ciency in another totally different. Few persons, it vate'. wine profit, he would not grow crops 2— T he fits: want ie ohewee, have anything like an equal aptitude for there, of the cultivator as here, is food; and, therefore, he is .. __" "- enuisics and mathematics •. to most of those who are bbeed to take land, as tieing the material whence his food is likely to become distinguished in either, the oblige manufactured, on any teems dictated to him. Do you consider that he would continue to grow a tion to seek one through the other would be a repeti sucoesion of native crop. unless the result of his cultivation tion of the " wild justice" of MEEENTIUB, a tying of . woo to some extent, however small, profitable to hint I—The the living to the dead. The Oxford system, as exist i videnoe to my mind is so unanswerable, that he obtains no i n at present, is so far better, that its ooun i erpert is profit w h at ever beyond his food, alter paying Ms assessment, th it does not fix a premium on one branch of know that, as I said before, I think it irrefregable that he obtains gat no profit ledee at the expense of another, but makes the Do you think that he obtains ne p rofit beyond the burden reciprocal, and also inasmuch as there is lees chance of repugnancy between those which it unites es indissolubly • but, with these exceptions, the ease means of sustaining himself and his family I—And pa log his ornament . n u e ni e e;nty_?o_u charge may be ' pleaded against it. Classics, in the wi ll mi u t t ti to at a be v has ery th ir t a all payment te e r stent; tia " o f ;h u e s te ius na e Yes ; a mere sustenance. language of Oxford honours, include not only Greek Far different, Mr. MANGLES: in his opinion the and Latin scholarship, but logic and moral philosophy sessment isnt, not a tax at all ;it is only a moderate —"science" they call it there—and ancient history. re re nt; to give it up would be m a d n e ss : A candidate who would gain a first class, must be distinguished in all these three eistinet provinces of . I s he i l n ie t ve h. th w ej l a d n . d.t i ai bp o i f i , vnedti that a to t t l the ..t , , beet mr form. James o hi ts ill knowledge, by no means requiring the same qualifice wag not far wrong when he said it provided for the wants of tiODS to master them. Of course DO rational examiner governm ent without in feat taxing anybody. • • • In will expect from any one equal attainments in all. Generally he feels himself to be strong only in one— he is known to the Oxford world, the I n dia the land revenue is not a tax , it is an approurittioTnho: • society crested fund to the wants of society. • younger land tax is not paid by any one; it i n a mere handin g over of rt of it es a surplus feed, sod the result of giving it up would be, that Papecially, as a weak science man, yen would erecte a edam of landowners who would take aa CI a bad scholar ; and he will hardly insist much, rent what the government now take as revenue. • • • particularly in the Cabe of one whew bent may be as decided ell his own, upon a thing in which he Is him, se tenAt any rate, it may be My friend, Lord Metcalf , always objecte d to the p ermanent settlement ;he said "that it wag filing the revenue whilst lf defic . t. at once ad yen not fie the wants of the government ; and that you never, front the nature and habits of the peop'e of India, milted that some consideration ordinarily is shown to makes it probable that he will not have bestowed any could find a substitute." a candidate whose tried excellence in one department But be it tax, or be it rent, Mr. Brame would re ply, its effects are the same : great measure of attention upon another. But this , Are there m ilions of the humeri rice cultivating the soil in leniency amounts, in fact, to a surrender of the ' I n dia I—There are. whole in tt Kisveraerristitiainct that the as far ea your knowledge extends , do these millions mind be principle. discipli ne d lf of cultivators realise anything beyond a mere c xigence, or be it so : let there be an examination es there is the means of existence /—T lone dir. ctly concerned in the now—only see that bond fide discipline has cultivation oh the soil, am far es my opportunities of obeerva. . is, been gone tion have gone, realise nothing more. through . As it there is practically none. A Then what is their chief or only motive for &voting thorough acquaintance with any one subject, be it themselves to the cultivatlOD of thetioil ?—The pressing wants philology, philosophy, or history, implies of coarse of nature ; the necessity of getting food. both a knowledge of principles and a knowledge of And wherever 0,1 plant their feet, there they come fac ts . H e, therefore, un der the operation of this revenue system I—They do everye, who seeks not really to succeed, but merely where. to pees muster in any one of them, will Is it me the fact, that the amesonent through•iut probably scrape together a mixture of facts and prin- Madras is so high, thrt it is never realised as a general rule? ciples—belf "cram" bitsfrom his books—half a jargon —I believe that to be the fact, that in no one preview) is the of general talk—notions about the lawsof is hole revenue realised within the year. l anguage, Thee, in fact, the rya of Madre is not a free agent, f combined with very insufficient data, on plain points capable cit turning his labour to a profitable account and o grammar—speculations on the origin of moral meads( capital, but an anima doomed to cultivate the land obligation, backed by some hastily got up opinions of that he may not die of starvation 5--3 he estimation in which Aricotle—views of the theory of history, assisted a native kw always appeared to me to be held is, that he is by a memoria technics for a few stock Greek and • lifflallf4l born to pay revenue to the Esq. India Company. Roman campaigns—altogether adegrading species of The only subject on which Mr. BROWN sad Mr. compilation, designed elt to m e the neophyte appear MANGLES have even the appearance of agreement is foe a few hours wiser than he really is, and then to that they both condemn the Zemindary and the Ityot - be forgotten entirely. AU that it does is to alarm a wary systems. Both utterly condemn the latter in man without any adequate object—to give him a principle, thengli Mr. MANGLES controverts the feeling that helm playing a dangerous game ,• in which extent evil courequeeees which Mr. BROWN he may be beaten at any of ascribes to it; both think the former to have pen to disgust him thoroughly moment, and, consequently, with the system which precu t :o'y defective, in consequence of the lege rotes force* him to run such a risk. 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In idler grain ao alteratiou. Wheat. 101. to 121 Ids. per load. Batley, 26e. to 31s. per qe. Oats, Ilk. to 26. Beaus, 38a. to 42.. IIuLL, Dee. 26.-The apparent setting in of frost. ond olti sequent closing of the savieratioo about the middle of last week. appeared 'likely to impart a little firainees to the trade, bat the sisterly wiad blimp (award too an arrival of all Made of grain to nuke this peasticablit, e •nd now we have a return 01 damp, raw weather, which will make the ossiditioa won. than ever. The balk of OUT arrival. are Irons a. cessity going to granary to awai• the near spprosehing liberation at Is. duty. We had for this day's market (which was really of a holiday cheiceer), • kir supply of Wheat Irons toe fersere, with a lame show of fur. tin, much of it out of coodition, and al hough el. red oo ap areutly attrac tive terms, the banners dun. was of the most limited Omfat te r. .We qute the t nominally 2a. ower. More business doing o in the ti nt qualities of 8..r1ey, l but grinding destrip•ioes are bad to ell. In Oats nothing Mang. Beaus dull sale. Peas quits neglected. Linseed . nit- ,ut altered's. Linseed Cakes rather weer to bur. Mon inquiry fur Raps coed at full prices, but kw holders. Rape Cakes du set attest attention. The Dillowing are the torrent prise: WLest, per qt., red, 41.. to 46e. • sew, 42a. to 44 1. ; white, 46.. to 4._*; new, 44.. to 465: Dentate, 415. to 52..; Loser Baltic and liamloarg, 4*. to 44.15. Barley, malting, 26e. to 28.. ; grinding, 22e. to 2.5 a Oats, 16e. to 20., ; Dettittt. 145. 0.16... : Fri...land, 17.. to 20. ; listed in, 16e. to Ills. 11.1eas. 301. to 38.: keno, 28.. to 31.. l'en, white and yellow, 30a. to 34e. ; grey, Ma. Linseed, cradling, 345. to 40s. ; feeding, 40 .. to 445. Kapeeeed, per 10 quarters, .4f. to 261. Linseed Cokes, English, per too, 81. 12..61. ; nation, 7!. to 81.:». Rape Cakes, t 17.. 6.1. Bones, We. tons. 6d. (Nano, 4/. to 91..5.. Import. from the 16:21 of D. e. to the 23rd of Dec. kelenive .. Whet% foreign, 9,150; Barley, 17.061; Oats, 2.617 ; Bean. 3,442; Pe... 4,:168 ; Tam, 60d; Linseed, 4,701; Rapeseed, 270; Linseed, 4,701; Linseed Cakes, 21.5; Rape Lake., 26. Irewten, Dee. 26.-Our Junket was thinly attended to day, Sale ef Wheat we slow, end pries unaltered. Fine samples of Barley arr.• in r. gine, and nitiotained pr. riots rates. All ether descriptions dull. Oats, B.ans, and Peas, as lint quoted. . Lazne, Dee. 26.-The supply of rein is m Aerate. The make foe What is e. ry sloe, and prices at- unaltered trice Friday. Barley steady in pox; demand limited. Besse ga g Oats d. not vary from last week. The same Vire to ether articles. The following are the piers . Wheat, .. 6.1 ; assloy, 325. 21. • Oats, 21s. Id. ; Bears, 34e. 7d.; Peas, 43.84. Arriva l this week: Wheat. 7,639; Oats, 873; Bar by, 2;44; Beam. 344 . itapecoed, 960. Limes, Dee. 116.-We Mid a very inanimate market to , . The few Wee esade of old Wheat were at lett week's „.„ het little inquiry fur new. Barley neglected. Omit, ? 50.. ; and Peas, very slow rale. Prune: %Vote, . Id, whi t e, 141. It'.. to 14!. ; red, 131. to 131. 10.. white, 9/. to 131. ; red, 81. to 111. nairley. malting, 30.. to 31.. grkdinit, Ms. to 27e. Oats, 16e. to 18s. beam. 325. to 365. Peas, 37e. to 316. Livanroos-, Dee. 26.-Gene' American, Baltic, and Mr &terms., vessels have arrived Imre Moe Friday, but the interferes°. of Chrietmes-uay has prevented their cargoes bei..g reported. On a change of wind the frost has Mute pear. d, still we at. without rdditional hilt or C.l3ilMMOsuo• plies; the gunnies ot Oats scarcely exceed* 7.00 0 quartee is the lest four weeks. A. this day'. market we had few buyers in attesdaace, and with the tunnies idea, usaal at this period of the year, to iner-ass stocky the goers' business entered into hp been of quite a limited character A moderate re tail inquiry was met by holders of free Wheats by a reduc tion of • Id., and in a few cans of 22. per builiel ; monde, qualities of Floor were likewise easier to Purchase, hot prime fresh lots semsanded previous rates. Bonded Wheats sod Flour were firmly held, and in the latter several traasect•ons took plea ; Baltiraore at 2.5.. ; Western Canal, 2st. 6d. Buyer. ot Malt and canting Barley . hold off, in anticipation of snivels does . t bawl, and in the integer' we con tinue one almost nominal quotations, fur Mess article.. as well as for Beans and Peas. The value of Oates is steadily maintained, and we isles our rates for Oatmeal 3d. per load, hot in neither was there any bonne -s of moment den.. Arrivals of Indian Corn direct into Irish ports limit the somber of omen to this market, and opus a small business, price. are rather lower to-day. The following are the priers current : British : W heat, per 701 b., English, red, new, de. 9d. to is. Id ; old, 7.. 2d. to 7.. 4i.; white, new, 7s. M. to 7.. 61.; old, 7.. M. to 7.. 7d. ; Irish, red, new, I fle. 6.1. to b. Nd. • old, 6.. Bd. to .. • white, new, 6e. 2d. to th. 104. ; old. 6..1 7 0d to 7s. 2d. Relay, per qr., Mn,., new, 324., to 34e. ; Chevalier, 354. to 375.; tkomb and Irish, per *Abs., 4e. to 4c24. Malt, Ragliah, per qr., pale, 6/la. to Ws. OM, English and Scotch, per 461 b. old, 3.. 24. to 3.. 4 .1 .; Want, old, 3.. Id. to is. 2d.; Irish, fine sorts, nee, 9.. 9J. to 2a. 104.; old, Is. Id. to 3.. 3d. ; general, new, b. 7d. to 2s. 9,1.; old, 3.. to 'IL 2d. Bean. ' per qr., English, new, Mi. to 38s. Od.; old, 37.. to 39 5. ; Sa toh sad Irish, per 4801b.,new,306. Od. to 32.. 01.. old, als. to 33e. Peas, Region, per qr., white, new. We. to 40; ; ditto sad Irish, grey, 30s. to Ele. New, psi 2801 b., Regliah and Irish, fine, 36e. to 38e.; may, les. to 39e.; extra, 395. to 41e. Oatmeal, per lull 4.11 Nab., Isiah, new, 23e. 94. to 245. 9d. ; old, 21e. to liked. • Canadian, old, 225. to 23.. Bran, per 241 b., 10d. to is Fangs: Wheat, per 10Ib., Conadka, red, dit. 74. to Is. 94,1 white, 7e. Id. to 7s. 3d. ; United States, red, 7e. W. to 7.. 4d. ; white, 7s. M. to 65. Od. ; Beattie, mixed and red, lie. 11d. to is. 2.1. ; high sized, 7.. 3d. to Lower Bettie and Hambur g ,red, 7.. 24. to 7s. 4d. ; white, 7.. 6d. to 7e. 54 . ; legs and Peterkarg, red, Os. Bd. to 6s. lid. ; Archangel, Gs. 6d. to 6s. Bd. ; Odessa, common, red, 6s. 4d. to 6e. Bd. • Polish, 6.. 104. to 7a. Od. ; French, Bpanieh, and Italian, jed, 6s. 10d. to 7s. 241. ; white, 7.. 24. to 7e. 4d, ; Bannat and Merianopoli, red, 7.• Od. to 7s. 2,1. ; Egyptian, 6.„ 64 to 6.. 81.; Meehterrarnan, lite. hard, red. 6s. 9d. to 6.. Od. Goners l venni. e, is bond, r ed, fis. 6d. to 75 Od. ; white, 63.9.1. to 7.. 641. Rye, per qr., Bahia, ht.., 28e. to 30.. Barley, per GM., 44.21 to 4d. Oats, per 461 b., 3..3d. te 3.. 4d.; Russian, Is. 9d. to 2s. 10d. Beane, peep., Basopeas, 325. Od. to 345. 6d.; Egyptian, per 48016., 28 to Mt. Peee,per qr.. Baltic, Re. white, Ms. to 37e. ; Ca readies, lb. to 334. Floor, per he reof of 196 lb. Canadian, sweet, 275. OD 27.. 61. ; United States, sweet, live, 27e. to 27.. fld. ; in bond, 24.. 6.1. to 265. 60. • United States and Cana/kn. mar, 25e. to 2.5.. 6d. ledianCont, par 4801 b., Ame rican, white, 30e. to 31e. 01. r_ yellow 32e. to 335. 6d.; Euro pean. yellow, 33.. to 31 .. Gd. Indus Mask per 196.ba., 16e. 34. to 16s. od. Arrival. into Liverpool and Runcorn hum the IPA to the 23rd of Dec. inclusive: Wheat, 7,109 Vs. ; Berle , . 6 274 Malt, 190; Oats. 481; Bessie, ;302; Pm, 10; Oldie& Corn, 13,61F2 ; Indian Own Meal, 1,216 barrels Oatmeal, 1,496 sacks; Flour, 673 sack*, 26,064 barrel.. LINN, Dec. 26.-A smell attendance of farmers. Good Wheat about the same prices as last week. Barley, 6d. to Is. per qr. lower. Wheat, 6011 w., to 611bs , 42.. to 46e. ; fine white, 60.. Barley, best nine, 295. ; line, 30s. to 31e. Beans, old, 40.. per qr. to the grower. PLYMOUTH. Dec. 26.-There was only a smell attendance of Is and mille rs e this morning s market, and very little hosiers done. Priers of Corn and Flour unaltered. SALIASVRT, Ikm. 26 ....OJT market livlir.g on the day aft r Christraaeday, otar.4 • very thin attendance of (ar mee. The supply of new Wheat was good, but ranch d ieted by the damp weather, for which the trans was very dull, at a delis. , of 111. per qr. Barley was short in supply, enough more than Igen to teitii.mand ,• and in the few sales effected, even fur the heat Maples, 6d. to le. per qr. Iris mosey was taken Oils and Brans were on an et supply, and trade therein ruled dull, at oar our late quota. does. Wheat, from 91 16.. to 14!. pee load. Balky. 2941. to 34.. pee qr. Oat., 20., to 14.. Peas, 36L to 44. Lows 31.. to 44.. Malt, 7. 92. to 8. per bushel. MANUFACTURES.—HUDDERPTIELD, Dee. 26. This being the festive season of the year, there were not en many merchants in ate mien& at our Hon teday ; yet there no.are no en plaints to toske, for t' , ere has been a good Molina time for tbe.eswm. Moen agruree, et from'.. 101. to 4c, bane met with lair ..:le se to quantity. The werehousta are all very bwy. Eke erpreoo. NAILS. Tr wade for British North Marries, sad the United Staten. vildbe sob ap oaths &yelling of the 211th Dee. The mile be tbe Tied t*.otot of Atria. wad Madeira will be wee het ea Shavvestag of the Shah lac no vow ler New saute Situ. Tea filemea's Lead, sad N. Itasleatt wilt he male up or. the encamp at the let Tea. The Wad boas Ka* holudtaa Permuds, Nem% ileasitaa Naaduree, New (Ideate, and Neale°, rat 'embalm( those to eledeies, et. Joe to. elluentrun, NM (Named% Oath. wed Per% wit be mode op on the morning .A tbo Ind Jae. The mule Fe Notate*, the Brasile. end Buenos Ares, mode uo on IL. evening of the 4th Jae. The satin for Via., opoito Ledant, Nevus . Cain; sad etbrelud ',di b e ...le up .1.4 the morning of the 7th Jon. The met h , via elmeeittsa, to lee leoettenvelea. A4Oll. Clayton, hod% Uwe-hose, Ike., will be mode tip as the 'TULLIUS of the Ilk Jan, fts mai. kw thiweltar,Olean. the !Maul idea& r Aden, eyloe, Indio, I Infed-lioulL lad Mee. eauthaleTted. Nth he made up de the maimed.' the Telth ieet• II lUY WATS& al WIWI 111113311. TN. DA* - M..n.h.d. .M'a.g . 3 3.13.1.331 & nros...•-31.2.1...,31 Ma. pot 3. Aft...won. 33 Nola pea L' NJXh. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 27. ALis ! Alas! for " Boxing Night!" There's neer • pantomime at either of thu 'Theatres that once wire " great." Covent O irden, which had ths , merit of rritionaliaing and accliinatising such enter tainments, and of thereby adding to our stock of harmlrim amusement, has been delivered over to Italian Opera; in ridicule of which Gay wrote his immortal piece for this very playhouse. And old Di ury Garrick's I /racy Shcridan's hmv7—erst the abode par excellence of the national and the legiti mate in that art " which all their beauty blends —" where ri.virro's and famine speech " Tell our invaders this—and tell them too"--once aided in tightening BONAPAKTI from our shores, is now in the hands of French Equestrians—Philistines that they are. Nay, worse still ; " the little house iu the Haymarket," whi re the British I trams in its distress and decline has found a hos pitable refuge, closes its do re against Panto mime, betakes itself to Fairy Extravaganza and leaves Iforlegnin and his fellows to stages unhal lowed by traditionary attractions; and where their spirits and their tricks are alike cramped, cabined, and confined. Nor have they found a welcome in the psi vate histrionic. of royalty at Windsor Cattle flow ktvwd, kow bnnnued Ince. avail* meta nut. Thus is Riot avenged fur t' e sneers of his contem• porsries, sad URIYALtq for the neglect of his youthful admire s. Ye' there are children still in the land; we are , rot all hum men and women: Christmas is still holidav time : ar,d the 01.1e.t amongst ur ye' believe in what an Italian poet sang : • Yew, then• Ore Own. an• 'Alan..., Whet name. ant al wieei Vale. are well. the Grate.. Far be it from us to take on ourselves the delicate decision of whether we or pantomime hare mos. changed ; whether it is the tastes of the times or the merits of the en'ertainment in which the mutation is most strongly marked ; whether we are m ire intellec tual and retinet, or Harlequin in less lively, ranks:*l' less nimnie, and e/oten leas droll. We but note and record the fact, as honest chroniclers. of oral revolts Lions and of mimic revolutions; of the fell of dynas tic a. and of the decline ot the wa;, , e ; of the "small beer" of royalty, and of the still "smaller beer "of nevi& Yet what has the whole of lefB been but one long preparation for Christmas pantomimes ? What va rcety ot incident has it not provided for them— what tricks, what changes, why mutations has it not prepared for teem! The world is in an upeoar, end theatrical rein dumb and in itoeless at Drury lane and Covent-garden. What has Italy, what has France. whet has Germany, what hap Ireland been in IM4S but one long hurl. quinade ? Loos Flutters at eot Star and Garter ; Plo Noso at Gaeta ; the Kaiser heaven know v where ; and the old Bavarian in the arms of Lou Mosier. hamlet, in his most reflective mood, never pictured inch base noes for royalty while living: Imperial eeur, deal and turned to day. May stop a bole to town the wind 5.1.1 7 . The " great houses" in their better days would have cleared the expellees of a steam out of a tithe of such pantomimic materials as the sad actualities of 1818 have furnished. When in the presence of such pro vocation they " nuke uu sign," the body of panto mime is indeed defunct; though its gho-t may for a mason or two longer continuo to disturb the repose of some of the minor theatres, or take refuge in trans reline establishments. Can it be that the fell of pantomime is but a fore miner to the permanent decline of the British drama itself ? Gradually society is taking less and less in terest in our theatres; and the time really appears ro! far distant when it will take none, and when our play-houses will be attended by these only who have no society. Yet Exeter-hall is almost nightly filled by music ; the Italian Operas are so attractive as to be able to leave prices to the operation of the natural law of demand arid supply ; a new French Opera Comiqns it show to bo opened ; perambulating mon ster concerts 'weep the previews., acid tele ye them of their loose cash; scares a great thoroughfare in Lon don but has its Casino, its Salle de Venue., its Valentino, or its Weipperts ; and never in the history of this great metropolis were lecture rooms so numerous and lectures on all imaginable subjects so eloquent, as in these bad times, when, whit' with rails and revolutions, we are all supposed to be half ' ruined. Our English players will tell us, that it is in this competition we must seek for and find the cause of the decline of English theatre a. Fashion and music have alienated, they allege, the higher classes; cheaper amuemeuts and intellectual pursuits have, they add, emptied the pit and galleries. These cer tainly may be causes, as they may also be effects; but, if the former, they are not the chief causes. " The fault is not in the stars, dear BRUTUS ; but in ourselves that we are thus." Our players have them selves principally to blame for then- present plight. They attempt to reap where they have not sown. They attempt to sustain a great art without being grounded in the principles on which alone it can tw reared. They forget that it was by slow degrees, and by careful study only, that CHARLES KtxßLl became the must accomplished actor of his day. They re member only that KEAN HI a single night took pot session of the town. And they strive after him unit. tainable success, and neglect the patient perseverauce of the last of a still greater race of actors. Managers, authors, the public—all are to blame, except them eelves. And thus, in the midst el their freeing, grumbling, and atarving, the stage declines from bad to worse; and will continue to decline until the advent of some one, who, in addition to the elementary acquisitions of grammar and elocution, shall possess professional education; anti palmed fitness shall arresti is felL Excellence in this country is as a general rule always rewarded ; when it is zuglected, the c h ancre are that there are some special and countervailing causes. Good and able men, in any department of life, can almost invariably meet with remunerative occupation. Why are the Italian Operas and Ruhr Hall nightly crammed ? &COMO their attractions are of went unparalle le d—because tin rot the most re tined and cultiveted are souls& ti, se.d the ignorant and the unlearned delighted and intormed. We find ex cellence everywhere--at the operate, at s.isatific and first clam,. especially when there is a chute tit pu s , ing off the seeming fur the reality. Th e thia . does not commend itself to a candidate?' resew, ; to him m rely a positive enactment, to be e ,,,,p li e lli d with or evaded, because it happens to be ih tr,e case, No appeal is made by it to the desire of srh ncpso s i, - . meet which every stimulus to exertion, if it w,ul4 be sum mful, must needs pre-suppose. Bat the candidates, we shall be told, are the .ft s last persona whose opinion ought to be taker, ; th e i are in 'tofu pepillari—placed there to haze; t o frame an examination according to their would be as "heard as to square the bur g l ary jee;', to the tastes of housebreakers. Perhaps it nail be im but the tendency of their education is to make u s ee (Oration things. This wan of a proper division of lab •ur pro not only on those who leve abstained from ~.Vllng pp a particular subject; it is equally unfair neo n t h e most liborious and profound student. A mai ro s y have read his Herodutus in the light modern science and discovery, and yet have l.ut s e , opportunity of trading advantageousi. wi h knowledge in the market of lionourso.e distine. Lion. History occupies perhaps a filth tof tbs whole examiLation--enough to annoy it.al embarrass the unhappy individual who has no tape toe it—Ter to little to give scope for the exertions of one whose interest in it is living and real. Scholarship, teehai. t f i a o r ns ie t .s t.e t Lesd ehit eo l i ; tally so called, has more weight with me examiners; yet every scholar will complain that thi• money.," d the schools is low. Arid se to morel phils o ph y. the great dory of Oxford, even the eth'es of Ans. r b rjez f ted gen t) er' s temM than woull satisfy a continental student , Mott sincerely is it to b” hoped, that any (hulas toile, whi c h ,eat h b i c c .r !t k, ha are ve the examination statute, as ratified by 04,vo eet i oo ; will, above all things, recognise the neei es ; y division of work. It will not be enough, as we be. :love most will consent to vote, to dirpoti, of tor fart of the books read by an examination at the rod of the eee , old year, leaving the matter of the different author% to occupy another twelve months. S m.thtsg m u st, be doe., to widen the field of the third year s examination ' • to give the candidete a greater choice of subjects, by taking up one of which he is n%to bird himself to pure an examination in a Lumber of [ others. This is not the place to state the preuiutioas which might be necessary to prevent the muds gi those trained in a single school from b.ionng se t . sided ; it is sufficient to say, that we believe tht dim. culty not to be insuperable: at any rate, it Nnou'd be remembered that, even in an isolated study, la more powt r of compensation and self adj ustmtht may be found, *tan unrefk.c . icg persons are awes of. a s evil of the present system is palpabl e; and cry mew. rence which may tend to call attention to it, dinctly or it,directly, will, so far, not have been %vials/dila use. Tttr Colonial•ofHce i. a mystery. The reopy, in that office are continually crying out that they are overwhelined with busincee, and the• colonists pug discover what they do. The peep into the istrrul strbcture of the office, obtained from th.• evidence given by Earl GREY a ben examined last seb , ion tie committee on Miecellaneoua Expenchture, has only made mystery more mysterious. The Secretary of State for the Colonies hu under him two under-secretaries of rate, and iv. 4.sistact under-sec:etary. The principal, if not the sole em ployment of the assiltant under-weretsrv, 15 to take charge of " all that relates to emigr:tion, including land granting, and convict discipline. The notional viewing " convict discipline " as a part of erni4ratioa may rartle those who are unacquaiwed wi t h th e history of our Colonial-office ' but the °rips of this strange classification lacy be easily tnc-d. Thu country never had a colunial-office till it lost the great colonies on the =inland of North America, , and the infant estabtishment was rather at a loss fie employment. It so happened that government almat the same time that it lost its best colonies and app pointed a third secretary: of state to look after the residue, took up the idea of forming exclusive moat oolonita In the early part of its carter, therefore, the Colonial-office was little more than a berms for devising and superiatentling experiments in con vict dieeipline. It was a house of call for dilettanti philanthropists, and through their ioiloeuee became in time a permanent central committee for manegiug the anti-slavery agitation. Very ere llent objects these were, no doubt—the improvement of our penal at.ministration and the enfratetioement of the African—but not al ways compatible we t, the func tions of colonial government. Through its devotion to these pursuits the Colonial-office came into a poi tion of permanent antagoni-m to the tropical colonies, and administered the affairs of Australia, lone after it had become the seat of free and industrious colonis% se if it were a mere nest of gaol-birds. Toe extra ordinary classification by Earl GReY of convict diseipliee" and "emigration," as one and the tame thing, is the last remnant of this unhappy blending of incompatible functions. Apart from this consideration, however, it meat strike the uninitiated as curious that with a fully manned aid duly salaried board of land and emigre tion commissioners, the Secretary of the Colones should n. ed an assistant under-secretary to take ch trge of emigration. Earl GREY, however, ac counted for this seeming anomaly. Formerly, it appears, that the business of the second Colonial Under-Secretary (or legal adviser, as he was origin ally designated) consisted mainly of an examination ..1 colonial acts, a duty of a very importaie ware, which required to be performed with very great care." By a recent arrangement this duty has beel trans ferred to the Colonial Land and Emigration Commis- Mutters, " two members of that nosed being lawyers, and very well qualified for that they." This inform atioo is of too much consequence to parties connected with the colonies to allow it to slumber lin the cumbrous blue-book from which we have disinterred it. Gentlemen with emigre tion business, and gentlemen interested in the ate of colonial acts might, without it', be led, trusting to titles and designations, to repair to the wrong offices They will now know that the emigratiot commie goners are offic els who examine the acts of colonel legislatures with a view to deride whether they ought to receive the sanction of the crown, sod that the assistant under-secretary of state has the charge of emigrants and convicts. This is not the only instance in which the nature chyme of the Colonial-office is at variance with the received usages of the English language. The office has a librarian, but, as the office has very few WAIT the business of the official eo designated is to act u regkrar or archivist. If there were no officer ou the establishment bearing the title of registrar no confusion could arise from this peculiar phyaseolocyr but unluckily there is a person designated by that' ambitious title, who is, in point of fact, nothing mote than a clerk en,a •yed to arrange and catalogae de spatches and other papers of the current year. It is a safe maxim for the guidanoe of all who see unlucky enough to have business to transact with the Colonial-office to assume that the business of every employf in it is something quite different from what his title indicates. Some disciple of RABELAIS would seem to have had the organising of the Moe, sad to have shaped it on the model of the court of that else trious philosopher's Queen Whim. In a propagandist spirit the office seeks to exceed this confusion of nomenclature and funs iOllll to the colonies. The stipendiary justices are, acoording to Earl GREY "of great service in :he colonies." Tbel are of service, however, not in their judicial catmeillo but as spies of the Colonial-office—" they furnishmost useful information." The Governor 01 Hon Bong , it is now well known, is sent out lees to govern tne colony than to transact the diplomatic business of England in China, and to be the central referee of the consuls in the five ports. Sir JAMES Baouaz is ap pointed Governor of Laouan, but "he will continue to exercise his functions as Rajah of SARAWAK, and the he will also act es Consul in Borneo." We pus over_ circumstance of entrusting the governm ent of a fin; tish settlement to a Rajah — a feudator y of a foreign and barbarous potentate. What moat excites woof er in this arrangement is , the more than realisatio n of Sir BOYLE Bootee famous bull, ina-muckastree functionary will require to be in no het than places at one and the same time. „ BOMB, Dec. 16. ” Rumours of all sorts are flowing. It is said the Popo won't return, save on condition of dioxiudiag the national guard, dissolving the cambers, suppres•lse. sing the newspapers, uLd heaven knows Whitt e These reports I look o n as originating with the h be u l tra , republicans, and meant to widen the bree ceen the crown and the parliament. "Aatio mo.€ roil whi for lita mot an •a