The Express. — London, England, 1847-03-18 00:00:00

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West Namd; or dlrsot from Mr Author. M. Armil-Mma. Rotes* +tree. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THIS DAY, Four o'Cloek. The state of Mr. O'Connell's health, since his removal to Hastings, not having undergone any material im provement, an immediate removal to the south of 1 Europe has been decided upon, if his strength is found sufficient to withstand the fatigue of travelling. The auxiliary screw steam-ahip, Sarah Sands, arrived yesterday at Liverpool, from New York, after a pas sage of twenty-one days. The following is an extract from her log Left New York February 24, at 3 pm. One of the air pumps broke short off; disconnected, and run for four days; but the winds being light and rJiead, made little progress. March 2, pot up steam, which carried the vessel to long. 40, when she encountered a succession of heavy galas from B.S.E. and E.S S. On March 1, during a gale from 8.E., lost bow quit and foretopmast, and being set to the northward by the currents, bore away for the North Channel, previous to estsring which, finding the port air-pump tracking in the me place where the other broke, disconnected for 24 hours, po preventive plates on it. On Sunday, off Inastrabull, was sampany with a large fleet of inward-bound vessels, and thine then beat down Channel against a strong 8. wind. The next overland mail for India, c i , i Marseilles, nauurding to original appointment, is to be despatched es the 24th instant, the day fixed upon for the National Fast, the Post-office authorities having re fused to postpone its departure to the following day, though requested to do so by some leading members of the mercantile community. The great meeting, convened by the mayor, in compliance with a requisition from the opponents of the government plan of national education, took place 7ettenlay, in the Cloth-hall, at Leed s, GEORGE Eeq., presiding. Mr. EDWARD Bain as (late member for the borough) woe ttfe principal speakar. He addressed the meeting for more lift an hour, and concluded by pepsin • . I hht• i t the *As of tar maesbe admisitioe of the satire is et M the wl= ime loppleen i/wrearoatry•l N =. ll = ROMs hi the Inerembe scare at elf ins of So ormammify whe ere now meld the rem el bainethe ; bd, et the anme mrpneling nubile Medi of laullmeMe velem. It }na ves hi the meet sweetie remer, opted imeenre et genmst. se imemtituticeel ha Its hrd end mend In he eymeden. odd edenleted enormaesly beieme the Mimeo et the government, add le destroy the me* larrof Ow idles. detmen Catlin:TT seconded the resolution ,• later which HAKIM BTANSPILD, Esq., moved the following nmeednient : Ile OM nem*. needy mmilte el the defective state of Mast:lon bide emery, bedi es midi dutyean (more ...sedan') quality, neva ebb mtlebencm the ellentian Mat has been by govern ment le Ole seed impeded oddest. me r ee second to ender keg es day sinderse le be lihrq bated.' rdelem. net. Meese deegise geed le all the this needs I et relic Oct the pin of ethmelien pepensied by the =mlimb le dinelda without sopresella wd rrearbr7 ems' arlbrt k ran oreladrultager to bewheble 112, en rdisieva dikes rode say. Tom a pedals. males= emelnike, le premise lode theme of Commons by the two Jos; Gorr, Req., seconded the amendment; and was followed by Joan R1014•11.1e0N, Eta., who condemned, and 11 the Rev. Dr. 001, who defended e government meunre. After some discussion, the amendment was negatived by a majority of two to one ur private correspondent says, " perhaps seven to five ` ) . Another amendment was then moved by the Chartiet party, to the effect that, if any system of national eduestioa be adopted, it shall be secular, sad sot rel4ious. This, dee, was rejected, whereupon the awn al resolution was ease. The Rev. JOHN ELT need ni fellows : That in militia to the "glib allegelar entertained against the mum news brunt by Ms sammilmee ef senneils this meeting Me met immehes hes t thesimmlaa , Helm the a•T * faitim= ." I " .mi s j . i nn en et Me peep mikes' Y •• wishes, al veleaterielbeta to Mniim me ewe whieli the sidgeashee thiamine may require. P. FAttlAtlllit, amended the resolution, which was l t d iollowing resolutions were nest carried : Moved by the Rev. THOMAS SCALES; seconded by the Rm. Jons Parsee eth nut petitions to parliament praying that the scheme of , watem which he been propor.] may not be carried Into execution. ant that all grant. of politic namey for purposes of education, may beiceforth be withheld. be adopted by this meeting, submitted for nimble. , to the inhabitanta of the borough, and prevented to the Near o f Lords by Furl newness', to the CORIMORA by the borough immense. That the members for the limos". and the Welt leßiding, neserthun and earnestly requested te epport the prayer of the wee. Moved by CHARLES Warsos, Esq.; seconded by W. D. ROLUewOUN That a deputation, condoling of the mayor, E. Bence, Fsq Peter rilinam.p . J o h n selik,enn, pen., and Francis Garbutt, Es ., q., he "need to wait upon her Majestea ministers, the representative of du Menton and of the W e e Riding, and such other inflostatial ematersof Par lament as they may dem necessary for the purpose ni leTnlit the rime and wishes of this meeting. be having bean voted to Mr. E. Baines, Jun., for his linen &phut rue education, the meeting separated. The Boston papers by the Cambria bring the sesti na Ibiltnenl y comparative statement of the exports the Hudson's Bay Company, from their eitsblishment of York Fort, Mackenzie River, at Bolten, for the last and the previous year. We "atm, tatement has not been made public yet ti the company here : 1044. 1345. ▪ 21,363 10,309 I Lynx 1.011 ▪ ...... 4.434 2,6111 rt. . 33 " "" . 2,910 **"' 3,031 5,207 The Bank of A mster d am, it is stated, in advices , 7 0101 that City. h as recent l y been the victim of • ' r tery. Abiut two months since, a bill for 1,800 1646. 1643. 14,942 3,977 83,041 53,461 Idt 19,896 18,069 281,915 164,290 Otter . • Rabbit $7,759 46,970 8.82 k. 1,900 3,343 Weil Wnlverbs 713 331 &rine, stuanafing apparently from a respectable house, in payment of tobsooos to another firm, equally well known, was presented and discounted at the bank is the usual course. When it fell due it was presented for parmemt, and then only it was disco vered that the . signature of the drawer was forged, but perfectly mutated. A clerk, suspected of being guilty of the forgery, had taken to flight. ROME, llssca institutions, and laiq, Prince ‘ ..eily thou.— would be entitled to exactly 7501 be weight of good available food; that is to say, our annual Paatoral sad greets' produce amounts to Grata of all meta, lima vegetables „ Total Ma 2,250,000.000 Now the surface of the country, hill and plain, has been ascertained to present, in the form of cultivated ground, an area of 16,071 square miles; while there remaimin a state of neglect, though susceptible of culture, an extent of 1,315 square miles, in addi tion to only 731 quite incapable of improvement; pre senting a total of 18,117 square miles. Your Irish "reproductive board" have here the means of com panion between the extent of their waste lands and ours ; and, if a master's grasp is put forth here to compel a lazy proprietary to exertion, ought not an iron grip to be laudably laid on the spendthrift squire archy, who have been for ages the curse of Ireland ? W'e have been amused here with accounts of • eonspiracy among some friars at Ancona, to upset his Holiness ; but the attempt would seem as hopeless u that alluded to in the Georgics : et coajuratos eel= rtoetadere Mitres ' Our newspapers give constant evidence of the bold and enlightened views held by political writers in Rome ; and the wonder is, how so many accu rate thinkers and vigorous penmen have contrived to bottle up their indignation daring the last sixteen years. The Colemporaneo of the 7th has a splendid " letter to the Pope," signed by Gioberti, from Brussels, remarkable for freedom of speech and depth of philosophy. The Italica appmrs to be written by our first professors in law, medicine, and divinity. The Pallade is an artistic and utilita rian sheet. The old Diarin crawls on as of old with imperturbable imbecility—a ewe waddling among swans—and so fully is the mind of Rome satisfied with the new organs of recognised publicity, that an attempt to circulate a clandestinely printed journal, La &marmite del eampidoglin, was put down by us all out of respect to the liberal pontiff, who has set opinion free for the first time within papal memory. The soidisant patriotism of irreligionists and anti socialists is at a discount in this peninsula, and all re volutionary abortions of the carbonari school are at as end for ever. Every honest mind rallies for hope round Pius IX., and eschews the false oracles of demagoguism and its delusion'. Our great lyric poet, Monti, can no longer give utterance to that bitter sentiment, which the spectacle of so many self-seeking and declamatory politicians extorted from him some years since : Della patela l'amor canto e perfetto Ranee a male la loomn —a theet Al per. The rumoured demise of Mr. O'Connell raised a alight ripple on the surface of society here, and the principal effect was to attract visitors to Hogan 's studio for a glance at the colossal model of the statue now placed in the Dublin Exchange. The locale which forms this sculptor's workshop (once tenanted by Canova) present' just now what may be termed a sort of Hibernian Walhalla. There stands the sainted effigy of the late Bishop Doyle, imploring divine mercy on a suppliant figure of ill-treated Erin, the right of whose impoverished children to legalised relief he argued in vain •, the voice of hollow turbulence, alas ! prevailed over the honest accents of him whose crozier whilom swayed Kildare's Doty shrine. There stands the statue of Drummond, who first directed the energies of Dublin Castle to the amelio ration of the neglected peasantry. There beams the mild and kindly countenance of Archbishop Murray, ever averse to ecclesiastical strife and the unseemly exhibitions of political churchmen. Again, the elle goMe figure of Erin clasps in fond embrace the bast of her aged patriot, Cloncurry. Close at head, in a spacious monumental has relief, Bishop Brinkley, of Cloyne, rests one hand on the celestial globe ; while with the other, he turns over the pages of holy writ. From another quarter, the bust of Father Mathew looks forth redolent of Christian philan thropy: on the same shelf is seen the mirthful brow of Father Prom. Tom Steele himself has a niche in this Irish temple of celebrity, and truly somehow the cranium of the "head pacificator" seems identified with the reading of the riot act. The late venerable Mr. Beamish, of Cork, as well as his meritorious Farther, William Crawford, both models to any mer cantile community, have their representations here, with several Murphies from that city, worthy men and knowledgeable in their generation. The bust of the late Thomas Davis, who first turned the youthful intelligence of Ireland into pathways of manly inde pendence and self-respect, was ordered last year by a vote of his grateful fellow-countrymen ; but the funds have somehow or other been diverted to por poise more pleasing to " Old Ireland." Just at pre med the sculptor is engaged on a vast design, a sepulchral alto relieve, to the memory of the late Peter Purcell, the lamented founder of Irish agricul tural societies, who gave, for the first time, a practical direction to the spirit of association, long applied in Ireland to Tame 'moonshine purposes, or the sel fi sh re-of individual ambitions. The form decesse l d worthy is accurately, yet ideally, poartrayed : be has fullers in the midst of his favourite = e ta li The plough is alongside the body of the r; husbandman, • shepherd's dog guarding his het, while the genius of agriculture, crowned with sere of corn, presents a palm-branch from above to the votary of f -creating industry. Alas! Quid labor out beatfaeta J event! fluid vornere terns lavertbre groves t . . . it trletis (111bentaa) orator, Mexeitem ebiddiama Peat-mu mete jureacum Atom opere la medal deftsa reline:ldt antra! Lawks Ramie, Pepper. hire Threysime, &eine, ananafing apparently from a respectable home, THE EXPRESS in payment of tobacoos to another firm, equally well known, was presented and discounted at the Weln addition to the news in the Morning Non, a bank is the usual course. When it fell due it was l lditY of the HOME and FOREIGN INTELLI- (ONCE wh.ett may arrive on the day. presented for paymeot, and then only it was disco- /2E EXPRESS Moths beeelltof the Foreign Expellees, vered that the Restore of the drawer was forged, einopood ,, e, and other cost ly ekaracteristi•N of a Morn- but perfectly imitated. A clerk, suspected of being Journal But the full and carefully prepared REPORTS CORN, guilty. of the forgery, had taken to flight. MONEY, RAILWAY, PRODUCE, :, t i k T e LE, and other MARKETS are the marking features. . . _ . . tc, ROME , .. Maxon 8. B ee ry rvspeetabla newsagent wal transmit THE The rusation of mantel institutions, and of UUE on remising a Post-Alm order at the rate of '"'". mu. td. pee q uarter ; but should any diflcalty arise, per- it magistracy selected among enlightened laity, has shy - ~,,„ requested to remit a Poet-Ake order for that occupied the sovereigns attention this week. Prince mou nt, pey•hle to Mr. Hasty WAILLBRIDO I, 10, ROSY/Sit- Collati, Marts ° de Bufalo, Vincenzo Colonna, and siese, Fleet-street, London. No. 10, Camilla Borg , have been named commissioners co r m f o r advertisements and annwlninan for the furtherance of these desirable reforms. But a Beaverie-surer, Fleet-street, London. far more vital measure has been taken by his Holi- - NATIONAL MERCANTILE LIFE ita effect; on the social condition of his people. He 7 ‘ 4744ls4 miseAsso RANCE wean% Poston Lemeee • has called together at the Quirinal Palace a numerous ma Robert WRowww, is., Chairman. assembly of the principal landowners of the Roman Motor Mary, Pat e aMsmaauewticalnae& territory, and in a vigorous a ll ocution plainly told Edward h %ter, req. 1001% Daher, Pardo, and Co.). them that he would no longer tolerate individual come , room. N. LL alollberow. and fr. 1 neglect in allowing so many broad acres to remain winks. i ..ems, • • , lAwvon,e,rand m i. oeorre MuOTIP. ENV Greeigle. unproductive, and se many of his faithful peasantry ouzo. Nte-boWn. it r y. a =bolas and Co.). iftel Co.). to remain unemployed. He gave them notice that a hems Net. Eso.l _ pew Reennayne, EN.. RonialwaeL vigilant eye would be kept on the management of r e s. sera Op. iftroakandit sal 22012). the gigantic territorial districts confided to their care ; Meow oth r advantages ca1M1 77 7 PP Sweet, ma : tissarity unwed liability. denied that they might do as they liked with their s s esour L, - , the issasaassatoad low rater of Premium own while there existed bands unemployed and a"""'""riltgire TO POLICY ROLDERft. mouths unfed within the boundary of their estates ; Moor decimal July I, 11146.) told them that if he found labourers in want of work ---_ _ Wee roio. on their properties he would himself find occupation Tin . 5C s.. ~ea sore. •aftia-,._ Swk• for them at the proprietors' expense ; and finally dis- arms' * w e oeea a...ie. news.. e.t.a. or. missed the astonished feudal lords with a new, but la Perm Amer et eme. rieoia= firm, impression that duties as well as rights formed A Is t 1a L I ....-- - . IS IMO 13 15 24 111 S PI 40 the man to do. Nig 7 coo SO IS 14 7 4 144 IMI To understand the full value of this bold step on tar 7 48 7 is. . SS INS O. 0 5° 77° 274 " the part of Pius IX., besides exhibiting him as seek- s 43 Nee IS • 10 0 7 474 SI t. 2 ss as • i• • its 17 ing the= al te rapi• aloes, oo.t Moreno* as IS a NI 111 t o s h o ofdir 411Nivrigoormy, it is neomary • • • to know that five-sevenths of the whole population AORICITLTURAL IMPROVEMENT. depend on culture , which forms the real - resources Recent o f the Idng&m. Th ere are here three millions of IH . I r if,l"eßiktußSbi'Tblis6RltNlD"ne. A"llrecOrdP"tofo"Rece. Dinc0mi.0 . p . 0 ,.... 00 . 1 Free d./ % we d. i i , Apt. inhabitants ; and if the produce of the soil were equally distributed, each native of these dominions . Leedom • Ronk Elam, and Oa.. 6s, Cornhi 11. would be entitled to exactly 7501 be. weight of Rood ELECTORAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND. Berkshire has eese;tialeii;int; to be regarded as an aristocratic county ; and as such we may expect to find it much controlled by influences generally antagonistic to absolute freedom of election. There is some reason to fear that the local causes which have impressed this character upon it are precisely of that class, the most calculated to im pede the progress of the only remedial treatment which could be applied to such influences. The multiplication of small freeholds in land is not likely to be facilitated by the great landed proprietors. As the favoured seat of our Sovereign's residence, Berlin, has naturally become the fashionable retreat or settlement of many of the principal officers of the Crown, of the members of the Royal Household, and of Courtiers of more than one reign. These are not the sort of ommtry gentlemen who would congratulate themselves on the settling down in the vicinity of their demesnes of a small yeoman farmery, or proprieta7, substantial enough to have purchased the freeholds of their own occupation. The county aristocracy of which we speak would rather bid them "God speed ." to any other neighbourhood than greet them on having planted themselves in their own. Nor do we at tribute this feeling of suspicion and dislike, sato any such infu sion of " new blood" into the legion of land-owners,--to the leaders of MN party alone. The fume jealousy of an inter ference with what great landlords complacently term their "legitimate iafinenee," which would be manifested by a Brayhrooke—wonld be at last as intelligible demonstrated by a Radnor. It is a clue antipathy, not an individual pre judice. From &glimpse we have bad of the estimated increase of house and tenement freeholds within the last three yeas, we can augur little or no effective operation from that warm, at the next general election, on the compact and powerful array of the landed gentry, who are the sworn and devoted adherents to the canter - naive party and its princi ples of anti-progreas. The whole arrival of this increase in house freehold, has been very small in Berks. In old and New Windsor, it is strangely inadequate te the scale on which we should have supposed, ci priori, the ratio aro /reel would be in tosnisheps, sheltered under the very wings of royalty. In Beading, Maidenhead, and Newbury, a few recruits may, perchance, be found, on closing the next re gistration for the ranks of the liberals. But, unless the electors of Berkshire, who are already enrolled in these ranks, will direst themselves of their old habit of being dic tated to, by a generous union of means and exertions in the cause they profess to support, even at such a sacrifice of money, if necessary, as that with which the " League" has achieved, as we understand, a decidedly preponderating influence in Surrey, f r example ; they must be content in the coming contest to be once more handed over to the old domination of their Tory managers or masters. It is not at all wonderful that Barks should have become the beat of such an influence, from other causes besides those even which we have above indicated. Its extreme salubrity, and the beauty of its winery, have long since fixed among its permanent landowner, a considerable body of country gentlemen, some of them of ancient descent, and many, to their credit be it spoken (though we wish there were more of these), alive to the importance of the elective I franchise. There is 'till, notwithstanding what we have premised of the apathy of others, a class of smaller free- holders in this county, composed of substantial farmers, masters, and others, who usuary manifest • healthful ex- daemon ea to the parties who shall be returned to represent them in parliament. A vigorous supervision of the registry, nth as we allude to, might have turned this element to ex cellent account. Berkshire being one of the great thorough fares, as it were, to the principal midland counties, and the west of England, may be supposed to impress its own feel ings and opinions very much on the neighbourim portions of the constituencies of Backs, Wilts, and Hampshire. Measured from east to west, or from the boundaries of Wiltshire between Hungerford and Lambourn to Old Windsor near the Thames, its length is only 43 mites ; and from north to south, from the banks of the Thames, (north west of Oxfordshire) to the confines of Hants near Newbury i its breadth does not exceed 31 miles. The irregularity of its figure permits, however, in some parts a larger line to he I laid over it both in breadth and length. It is sufficient for our present purpose to say, that its superficies is an area of about 754 square miles, or 482.560 square acres. The county comprises 20 hundreds, 3 parliamentary boroughs. and 12 market towns, including the very important ones of Reading, Abingdon, Hungerford, Maidenhead, Newbury, Walling ford and Windsor. Ore of the staple commodities in these busy markets in excellent malt, of which the county supplies I large quantities to the London market. It also raise, a valuable breed of cart-hones, and a very superior race or pigs. A'Shough it has a few coarse manufactures that are still in favour, as booker and sail cloths, tarpaulins, ropes, mats, ffc. ; Berke is specially an agricultural county. In that character it ranks as the 14th among the shires of England. It 1., in parts, magnificently timbered, and to this day con tains some of the finest growths of osk and beech timber trees that are to be found in this section of the island. Its agricultural productiveness has been, of late years, most ad vantageously developed under the enterprising su perintendence of some of the moat intelligent practical agriculturists of our time. The " White Ilorse Vale " is a district, whose natural fertility is perhaps not surpassed even by that of the Vale of Ailes bury or the neighbouring county of Bucks. As few testa can lead us to more accurate criterions touching the ratio of progress, or civil improvement in a given district, than the examination of its contributors to the exigencies of society and of the state, at various period, of its past history ; we may add these statistics. In 1806, the total amount of in come aseessed to the property-tax for the whole couuty, was 1,220,352/. The average scale of poor-rates for three yeas. ending 1806, bad been, within a fraction, .sn. in the pound. In 1801, the amount of poor-rate levied in Berke, was 87,994/. ; population being 109,215. in 1811, rate, 180;431; population, 118,277. In 1821, rate, 104,3381.; population, 131,917. In 1831, rate, 118,0701. ; population, 14-5,380. In 1841, rate, 0.5,1031.; population, 160,226. In 1803, accord ing to Mr. R•cknian's tables, the poor rate raised 96,866. This statement satisfactorily shows a great relative diminu- I tion of the pr-rate, reseed being had to th e fact of the I population having increased between the two extreme periods of the series by 36,144, the amount of rate levied in the latest years referred to, was less by 1,7631. than it had been in the earliege . - . . .. . On the passing of the Reform Act, Berkshire received the accession of one member to her county representation, three being accorded to her in place of two; and thus she was compensated for the loss of the only member withdrawn from her,—namely, one out of the two formerly returned by Wallingford. Now considering all the aristo cratic influences that so especially exist in this county, we are bound to assume that its elective franchise must have been exercised upon the whole with tolerable fairness, when we find it emerging thus unscathed from the reform ordeal of 1831-32. But we must also conclude, on the other hand, and with whatever degree of reluctance, that if there had been little of direct bribery to trace in the history of its pre• lions elections, that may have been the consequence of its having been through so long a period, as it still is, and without some such decisive re& stance and counterpoise as we have spoken of, will continue to b' even at the next election subjected tothe overwhelming influence of a few peers and wealthy commoners. Thirty years ago it was universally known that Lord Braybrooke and the Earl Craven enjoyed so preponderating an influence from their noble properties in this county, that it were useless to attempt to contest its representation against any nominee whom they might have determeol to support. A hasty inspection of the county histories and old poll-books will show that a large majority of the immediate ancestors of the now resident nobility and gentry were then among the freeholders of this constituency. Among these notables we still remark the titled houses of the noblemen lust named, with those of Radnor. Gardner, Abingdon, Downshire, Falkland, Fal mouth, Limerick, Sawn, Godolphin, Sidmouth, &c. Of baronets there are Aubrey, Fremantle, Verney, Dukinfield, Clayton, Bowyer, Fleetwood. James, &e. and of other landed gentry the families of Blackstone, Bolden], Dundee, Palmer, Cooper, and a roll-rent longer than we can insert. In fine, Berke isa pregnant instance of the necessity which exists for rallying small freeholders to the vigilant care and inde pendent exercise of that great constitutional privilege which electors in a higher grade of society . are but too apt to forego from indolence, or to make subser vient to the mere private purposes of family connexions and their aggrandise ment. At thelastgeneml election there were but 5,708 electors on the county registry ; and ley the last return (for 1846), their number was only 5,192; a marvellous falling off in the space of five abort years, or less. The independent constituency can have only themselves to blame if they deem, at any time, that their triple representation is still a one-sided one. The interest of the parliamentary Ligtory of this county dates rather from a period subsequent to the Reform Act, than from any anterior one, notwithstanding the entries to be found on the Commons journals relative to returns for Berks. The election of Mr. Walter in 1832, and the subsequent county elections with which that gentleman was connected, can scarcely fail to be fresh in the recollection of our readers. The three gen tlemen, who were returned without • contest, at the last general election for this county are ell of them Conservatives, and had been returned at the preceding election in 1837 by the following numbers respectively, namely, Mr. Robert Palmer, 2.554 ; Lord Barrington, 2,350; Mr. Pasey, 2,300 (C. East, Esq., the defeated can didate, polled 1,392). From the year 1670 down to 1832, there do not occur many entries on the journals of sufficient interest to warrant their quotation at any length ; never theless, there are among others two which show that the right of a peer to contest the election of a knight of the shire was not at that day disputed, even when most emphatically propounded on the part of such peer. October , 1678, we find a petition of Henry Alexander, Earl of Stirling, against the return of William Barker, Esq. ; and in May, 1685, the same nobleman peti tions against the return of Richard Southby, Esq. A speedily following dissolution of parliament seems to have disposed of the former of these petitions ; of the latter we have no subsequent notice whatever. In May, 1689, the year following the revolution, Richard Neville, Esq., petitions the house, setting forth that at the then recent election far Berke, himself and Sir Henry Winchcombe had been duly elected but that the Sheriff hail unlawfully returned Sir Hater', Foster. instead of petitioner, together with said Sir Henry Winchcombe. In April, 1690, the majority of the freeholders of this county set forth in their petition that Lord Norreys and Sir 'II. Foster had been, in the February preceding " fairly" elected; hut that the sheriff had substituted in his return Sir H. Winshcombe indeed of Lord Norreys. On October 2 following, Mr. Neville having renewed his petition, it was, with the others, referred to a oommittee for trial. On December 22, it was reported to the house that there had appeared no witness to support the allegations of the majority of the county free holder., whose petition was thereupon rejected, and the coins mittee passed a vote finding that Sir Humfrey Foster had been duly elected. One of the most remarkable elections for Berkshire upon record is certainly that of 1820, when Mr. Hallett, one of the candidates, kept the po'l open for fifteen days. His two antagonists were returned, the one by 1,084, the other by 1,055 votes . Mr. Hallett's gross poll was 132 votes; to realise which aggregate he actually kept the poll open for fifteen days. On a renew of all the ciecumstanees thus touched upon, we confess that we see but little chances of the next general election emancipating the county from the species of pre scriptive dictation which an aristocratic influence, more powerful than the meaning and spirit of the Reform Bill, hoe been so long enabled to exercise in the matter of its elections. But there is another influence lately planted in the county from which we anticipate, at a not much more distant period, that enlightening and im proving action in Berke which sooner or later It is certain to diffuse over the whole face of the United Kingdom. Beaks is traversed from east to west by one of the greatest and most important of those railway ar teries which sustain the moral and social circulation of this empire between its great heart, the metropolis, and the most remote of its extremities at our outposts, harbours. ele. The mere winking of this crest machinery of locomotion must, ere long, have its usual effect, in bringing the men of Berke into such constant personal correspondence with their brother constituent. of other cvuntiee, that they will betake themselves, in earnest, to the work of vindica tins the reality of their elective franchise by the independen no and sound judgment wherewith they will feel called upow to exercise it in all future times. Z. POOR LAW LETTERS, No. 6.—SETIIR.MENTS. Sir,—ln considering hitherto the different classes of poor, and bow they ought to be relieved, we have come, I hope, to the conclusion, that the 43rd of Elisabeth woo right after all; that the sick and old should have relief at home, and that the able-bodied should be set to work. Next in importance to the law of relief comes the law of settlement; and next to that, or rather involved and inter woven with it, the law of rating. The Poor Removal Act of last session bas stirred these questions strongly throughout the country, and we may be sure that another change, for better or worse, is at hand. Taking settlement by itself no question can be clearer in principle. It is hardly the c ase o f an i ns titution once good, but now superannuated. It must have been bad always, though worse in the present state of this country than it ever was before. The law of settlement is noticed by Adam o rest n tcti o on f E u ng pon iish ind li u bray atry, ; an . d d a bi si el n : gul Sim ar ith ex u cep a tio b i e t r t bar o the ge n ius Mel thus, viewing it in the same light, considered settlements as in themselves condemnatory of a poor-law, being. according to the opinion of hie day, an essential part of thakinstitution. The opinion, however, of oar day is tending rapidly to a different conclusion —more and more, indeed, against 'mettle meat, but also more and more in favour of a poor-law, and waist settlement, even berauss of its injurious isterfareare with the working as poor-Inw. Some people bay.'.,ew sedan that settlement gives to every poor man a home, whereas it only confines him to his home, upon pain Of lowing it altogether, or of being every now and then sent back to it a prisoner, under a ma gistrate's warrants. The old parochial system of England is dear to a people whose national life revolves not round the centre of govern ment, but round the countless local and municipal centres in which practical Saxon manhood is trained for the business of the world. The New Poor-law offended It first in nothing so much as in the liberties it took with parish independence. But let not the vices of a system be cont.unded with its virtues. Settlement is a relict of serfdom far out of its latitude—A scripti glebes in the realms of steam ! You tell the labourers of England they must maintain themselves, and have thrown open to them at last the market of food. Is an open market of labour less tenurial to them ? Lem essential to everybody ? Let anything in any nation be in bondage, rather than its industry. It is known to all men that in England, span and time have been removed out of the way of all Ist and 2nd clan passengers why not also out of the way of the 3rd and 4th ? It will Improve your traffic, 0 king. They count by 'Millen', and want non cushions of wind or wire to ride upon. Shut up landlords in their parishes, and some good might come of it, but let the descendants of Garth go free. While settlements are retained, removals cannot be got rid of. Yet removals are growing more unpopular every day. Get rid of settlements, and you get rid at once of the most intricate, perplexed, and vexations title of our laws, together with 100,0001. worth of litigation per annum, by which the suitors profit nothing, while they are hunting the poor like malefactors from township to township. Get rid of settlements (and suppose for a moment the poor an "imperial burden"), and a mass of local jealousies are extinguished ; great proprietors no longer have an interest in depopulating their territories; labour dis tributes itself natitrally according to the economist's golden rule of supply and demand, and a labouring man " coming to inhabit" is a welcome guest, instead of a plunderer in disguise to be driven forth by overseers and constables. A comic dramatist might make a ludicrousfaree out of a melancholy reality, by depicting the 10,000 parishes of England playing at battledore and shuttlecock with their labouring poor under the name of chargeable paupers. Whatever the result of such a game from year to year to particular districts, it is certain the nation can gain nothing either in wealth or character. The interest of the nation is to turn all its labour to account, and to disbribute all its burdens ax fairly as possible accordlpg to Property ; and it is irnpoesib's these ends can be answered by the lottery of set tlements, removals, and appeals. It must be admitted, however, that in the present political temper of England, any bail law, its badness once under stood, would at o n c e b e re p ea l e d, if simple repeal were all, and no collateral inconvenience apprehended. But the law of settlement involves a grent question of finance, the rain ing and disbursing of no leas than six millions a year ! And this, we may predict, will be the key of the position and chief point of contention. If the poor were free to go where they would, towns and favourite districts might occasionally be inundated, as was the case before the 13 & 14 Chas. 2, e. 12, which first au thorised the removal of poor person" " likely to be chargeable," and laid the foundation of the whole incubus of settlement and removal law. Never theless, the poor ought to be free to go where they will, and the state, which will profit most by a free circulation of labour, ought to pay something for a white emancipation act. But as local administration must be retained, if the state paid all, the unions and parishes would relax in their stewardship, and might even think the more they got out of the public purse the better. And this is the actual appre hension of prsrtical men; this the dilemma which is pro bably at this moment under the consideration of the Com mons committee. Is there no way out of it? Settlement' to be abolished, parishes to he protected against undue bur dens, yet local management retained, together with local in terest in good management. I venture to suggest the following as the basis of a treaty upon this question between the state and the parishes of England Let the average cost of the poor for the Isat seven years (say five millions) be apportioned rateably among the pa rishes, as the " establishment charges " of the unions now are; and let such apportionment stand fixed for another term of years. Then let each parish maintain all the poor within it without distinction ; but let the excess of expenditure (if any) above the apportioned amount, be repaid yearly by the Treasury, subject to the accounts being passed by a govern ment auditor. I think this plan would effectually secure as much vigilance es now in guardians and overseers, while it also protected the parishes from inequality of pressure, and from overpowering inroads of paupers. It is for those who object to such comprimise, and who would either lay the whole burden upon the Treasury, or leave the whole burden upon the parishes, to say how, in the first ease, they would provide against profusion, and hew, in the second, they would get rid of settlements.—Tainuovii. SOTER'S CHEAP F0011).—M. Sayer has forwarded for publication some more receipts for making cheap food. It will be seen that the suggestion of • certain duke, which caused some time ago a great deal of amusement, has not been wholly overlooked—one of the ingredients in the last of M. Soyer's receipts is " curry powder: " Ramer No. d.—Soma's somismso anon FOOD roe Lawr.— Put two ounce. of butter or oil into • two gallon and • half stesrpm. peel two ounces of mien., out thin, put them on the are till tightly brown (stirring it now and then), and half • pound of selectable., u turnips, leeks, celery, carrots, ae. ; do not peel them or throw away anything except that part which may be decayed, hut wash them well, cut them in • slanting direction, put them In the stewpan, and fry ten minutes longer ; put In • and a quarter of per, Ell up with two gallons of watts ; let ri d - mar for three Mors, or till the per are In a plaids pod ▪ oatmeal with • pint of water, make it lon gaol., into the masers% stirring it with • opens; ail err Nest, half an ounes of lawn iuw, boil It ten mks*" awl It le reedy for • ; a little oast, hey-leaf, thyme, mrshastk rotor savory, In gemilltim is as elm noshing the you In ma water. *mg I s en u re :, deprived of animal mistimes, the thelmeeous inerw dents will est iP orory ca lesstre organs, pare- cularly to • Mims* which hos sabred from want of food. Renter, _NO. l—Tss Prormsx's Pot, Pie riga Oner Cut four pounds of fresh rh dow IS* la biro pier; put It In your pan, with threeoullitel• of sr.lareaea.o awe, • little pepper, two' bar leave* a tltfehim; or grit et goer sad let it stew gently ; ms one Found ofmtmesl with mem "efts ethkewarrn water, and pour It over the fiat ; stir ft gooft e so so hit to Irak it too mach; let it boll twenty mbritee ima Itto dor • psi Irv* or dried salt fish, prwriotalr maked, to eisseihrly psi to make this food ; but omit the salt if all lan Ish Is mi. &erne Rico Pro.— Aseiiir saved the bones of the a.e, day, a very geed food may be made ao Pillows • ire siz pounds ci Mork which break Into wnall pima, sir tioll la ten ears of waver, he four hours having added three mmess emit, a mil bgmbetlle, hay-leaf, end =Tory. Put WM aMawim Inc is or hi; bra pound of vegetables as carrot; turnips. seitwitos., rat very thin ; half an ounce el sort. Put It ca fla t hot hr Moor outs% stirring It semoinnally ; ball pinged et mimed, mbt wen; moisten with two earns of the stook from the bones ; W orood-o-qoarter pound of rice, porously unshod ; boil till Maim, and ors Pun—Pat Ines slorps• or cars. • morn Ira of bay- Imr. throe, and weeny ; two emir if soradso• wet a quarter pound of fat, three motes et mit. mad time of sugar, and Pry for fifteen minutes. PM ens of fit*. Mil her quarts of water, and boil till tender : sidas sums et sorry powder, mixed in a little water. Cut up Mu pore of ire he Into pieces the sine of an ego; add to the above, MY bell br or thirty minntea, In to the kind of Ad Snit and dr ies previonely soaked, co▪ oked In this way, is excellent, omitting the salt. THE CROPS IN JERSEY.—Tie appearance of the potato crop, planted seven or eight weeks ago, gives no indi cation at present of disease ; and, whatever the result may be, the early planted crops stand a leas chance of ultimate injury than those now being set. In 1846 the potato blight made its appearance about the 24th of July; in 1846, about the sth of July, and, as far as Jersey is concerned, the disease was less virulent during the past year than it was in 1845. Parsnips are th;s veer more extensively cultivated than hitherto, and certainly they are by far the beet sub stitute for potatoes. The young Wheat looks well, although, in parts of the island, the last two nights' frost has given it a yellowish tinge; the plant is, nevertheless, healthy, and there is every indication of an early and prolific harvest.— Jersey Times. COMMERCIAL 8r MARKETS. MONEY MARKET & CITY INTELLIGENCE. TIO(f-past Two o'(lack.—Soon after the commence went of business, the heavy tendency of affairs became appa rent in the decline of prices below the depressed rates which still ruled at the don of the market yes terday. Consols stood at 881 to 1 only for money, and MI to I for time. As the reports varied about the probable action of the Bank Directors in the mat ter of rasing the rates of interest, so Consols fluctuated between those rates and a shade higher. As two o'clock drew near, the result et the deliberations in the Bank parlour being usually made pub lic, or transpiring, shortly afterwards, Cowell; became more firm, and the quetatims for account reached 41i t Tong No.I7I.]LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 18,1847. [3d. eB. and of Lithas tty"L',. '.." 4 ...‘i ' W* te a r n : Y iih atlitZehiet rate, eis doing, es It became known that no alteration would be made in the rate of interest at the Bank. Exchequer Bills, par to ' ;,.. premium. Consols Strip, I to I discount. The foreign market Is still in the same quiet sta'e, and the quotrions with newly any variation. New Eirenada Deferred Bonds recovered to 31 to I • the Ecuador, to 3 40 J. Mexican are 214 to I. Spanish Fiver, 221 to 24 ; the Three*, 34 to 4. Portuguese are 33 to 4. Dutch Two. an:-s- . per Conti., rill to 84; the Fours, 91 to 4. ZW01.11131 ... k w e k, shed 3 per Ct.Conesio fee Lett. per R ale 3, ..t per Orate, *bee 11 . 3 . Stellegreer BWe, Per I. p 3 P.M claws- N....a. &Op. iI 4_ / pee Ct. Poetriaw Dub, 46 per Ct. No lionfa,O . • • ft OM. •••• I per per Cl. Brutlllaa 11/15.,1111/ Ditto New, U f per Ct. N..... Arai UP, N It Ditto Milian 11d0.,14 I Ditto Ooluno. Dee. HAL,— Colutbloo louder Polo, 3 6 11 per Ct. Deolob Ilea, SR se If per Ct. Nap, PI ilk I per CI. Cert. Duel, fik I por Ovum Cltyrada Bye r I2s Olw.r. D*21.41 w., 1 I I pr• Ct. Itesieu, lOW*. I per CI. /*mi. Bd., 22 IS Tortagew PM,* I I pe RRooks Nds, . II Span Has, rit S pi. Ct. Igool* 34 DAM I*, II II NNW* Fri.. w., 41 If 2 pa RVmeromla w., 211 Vammola Deferral /Ma, II II RAILWAYS.—The sbaso-market is steady, but with few truism:time omparativi 17. BALES Errzeno UP TO TWO . .MIS DAY IN LONDON. (Yesterday's prices will be kw a in Mg We.) Amb., Not, 8e.., & tut Jo, 31 Midim 1 I New, 4 7 7 Birm. & Oxford Jo., 131 Do. arm. ad Derby, 891 90 Rented and Exeter, 761 ?for(6ic, in Buckinghamshire, 1 p North Brt lik 33 Caledonian, Halves, 21 Do Hales ' 76 7 E. Cottony., 191 1 Do. FAO's, ton, 7 7 i Do. Perp., 5 per Ct., No. 2, 1 p Iv Do. nirda. 3 t ir .. 74 a Do. York Er., 41 Drat Laneaddre, New, 91 Oxford, Wort. -& & Waver., 103 Do. do. New Mtn, 21 Preston & Wyri,..lOnis (A), II Cl. North. (Loc.& Yk. Reg.),2l Reed., Guild , and Mete. 43 OL Nor. of England New, 59 Shrews. & BR.. am 4 .9, II Omat WeMern, 1111 101 Do. do. (13), 11 Do. new., 651 P. Std. Jo. Reg., 1, I if Do. Quo/tern 171 S. F.. and Dever, 371 1 Do. Fifths, 361 South Wales, 71 7 Do. New. 71 Waterford and Kilkenny, 31 Leeds, Dews., &Mao., 331 West Riding Union, 11 p Leeds a Thirsk, Preference, 6 Wilts, Scanerned, a Weymouth, 7 Len, per Brigb Cent, 41 11; li. Coast, 331 York De. New & Newasstle, 341 1 ~, iSe IIL dm Bigbibs, 111 Do. Pref,ll London anl Orerowick 11 York Is N. Midland, 64 3 Loa. &N. Western, 177 5 Do. Pref. 11 Do. New, 12/ Do. E. a W. S. Fs., Eli Do. l igr, rl7fr 8., 9 &Adorns & galena, 131 Lon. & York Paten. Scrip, 21 Nearer and Llage, 4i LT= sod Orrehiun. 169 j Northern of Prance, 131 1 Wan. & Leeds Hann (Reg), 23 p I °deans & Boarclang, d 3 Midland,ox.. and Met, 11 p Paris c anyman, 111 115 161 Somb d Mean, 61 1 , Do. New, 331 LIVERPOOL The improved feeling co business was but limited, LEA, Yaw& 17. ued yesterday, and though the ter prices wire, in moos in- Midland, 1164 17 Do. 401. oh., 44 p Do. New, 34 3 p York &Newc. Peet, 4i 4 p & Dudley, 31 p & . st 1 p North Stathettottire, p N. Wooden, 4 d Strop. t nioo B. & C., I d & tharkedohire, 30 9d. p Weot Riding num, 14 p Lir, Crooby,& Soothp., II p Dutch Rhenish, 9d stanees, event. E. Counties, Do. (York Eiden.), f d Di. Western, 27 p Do. 177. shares, 31 p London &N. Western, 176 Do. New Qrs., IN p Do. (G. 515. Qrs.), 171 ii Man. & Leeds (late llud. & SINE Fifths) 54 p Do. (30/. alt.), 24 t p Man. Wet. & Lim, 91 Do. (Late O. Wt.) Qrs., 14 Ms. Ott New Carlisle, 115 Pnet. & N'yre Halves, f p MANCIIESTISR SALM, ItAsc. It. The market was firmer again yesterday, and stocks were in better demand, but still the butinem done was not to a Great amount, buyers bring unwilling to Rive an advance upon the past day's rates, which was very generally mended. Amber., i&ot, & no. i Birk., Lan., &Ch. In., 1.16 Bir. and Oxford in., Ili E. Lanenehice, New Scrip, 11 Bent Lincolnshire, 91 Fleet, Pren, & W. R. J., 11 nditere. & Mon. R.& C. Thirds, 1 Leeds and Thirek, 91 1 Liver., Man. & Never. in., Lon., Man. It BIT. Qfn., (B), Do. Quarters (C), 6 Matches., Rua., Mat. & Mid., &Gems. (901 shims), I 11-16 d Nan. & L.ed (i2l.als.)Ex., 2 9-16 Nan., Bheff., & Wacolo., 11 Manch. k Southarap., 20a 188.6 d. N. Btallotdahize, 2 13.16 6 North Eason W. 1 N. Conattes Union, 1 9-16 ehropahire Union, 1 & East. t Dover, No. 4, Routh staffordaktire, 8. ti skate., Don s 4 Ocolt, par W. E. Union, 11 Vilutio.als 'Data N.E), 3-16 d per ! Tbrk and Nelms. Peet, p --- The market was firm, but considerable. Mn,mt (7. business transacted was in- Mob., Not., & Ace., Oa. 3d. d Rir., Wol., & Dudley, Si p Bir,, WoL, &SILVIO., 14 335. 9d. p abrews Bir. (8,, 911. p Shrop. tn., I/ 1184. 9d. 6d.d S. ...tat. Rex. (late JELI, Si. 3d. p Do. (late Trent V. 5, f p LEEDS 8' Meta 17. Although the business trai were few, we are glad to repo] of shares has been arrested. Ambergaloa. Se. d E. te W. York hire, 15a. p East I.lnros., Scrip, 32.. ed. p E. Counties- -York Ex., as. 6d. d Leeds and Think. 2i d Do. Prtf.. Ha. 6d. 27a. ed. p Man. and teed. (32/. at.), 21 p Matlock and Buxton, ea. Factions in the share market that the decline in the price Canticle Extension, 12x. ed. p North Wmtern, Is. p N. British, gm, ISL p Sheff., Rotherham, &e., 7s. 6d. d West Riding Unica, t2s. 6d. p S. York., Doncaster, &Omar, par Flud. & M.., tf p Newcastle and Bernick p ES ?duce 17. n the *me state at on Tuaiday. Net.. and Bersrkk, 294 South Devon. g d. Vale of Neath, II d E. & W. Riding Eaten., 11 p The market rent aitWdmu" -- clii Briptol it Exeter flirt* p Gt. Wmtern New. 34 p Man & L'ed Mudd, n Midland New, 40/. sh., p Do. 50/., 2/ p HULL BALI N. Britich Kit. Bcrip,ilki.l3atklp Mott., Not., Hoc, to., Via. 6d. Newe. lk Berwick, 33 S. Mears 17. Newc. & Berwick. New, Si p North Western, 4 N. Counties Union, I. 9d 11, 'Ghee 17. Neese. & Ber. New, V. I. 3J. 14 N. British Thirds, Si Do. Qee., 1 1 .• _ _ . TOBY SAL E. Coantim York Eat., 3 Cit. Nor. (London k York Beg.), 21. 0, C.d. 2/.N. D. (Dir.Yor. Matra & Drillleld J., 2i New. k Berwick, 33 Do. Y.ni. I/. 4.6 d. If. 5.6 d. Roth , & (kale, 21 v.e..ed. York and Nerve. Pref., 8 Mace 16. _ _ Dun.; -- and Rath, Y. MEN. MARCII lA. Edin. & Perth (New Co.), Ols. dito Do. Halves, 17s. 13s. 9d. GL N. of oattland, 411 s. Id. Do. (late Dir. N.). 71.. Nrwth British, Quarters, 795. Do. New Qrs. Scrip, M. Do. Thirds, 676.8 d. Swath Central, 22/ Scottish Midland Now, 9/ Stirling & Dunfernilhie, 795. ed. MARCH I. Ulan Gen. Terminus, 124 Gk., Dumf., & Car., 51 °lawn Harbour Mineral, 33.. Gl'. N.. 1 Scotland, Cs. KU. & Ayr Direct, NM Man. & Routh., 17.. N. British, Tirdu Vs. Scottish Grand Jun., 20 puAlin & Drogbeda.lo Cork & Waterton!, Sa. EDINBURGH Caledonian, 2,71 Do. New, 48, Direct Northern Se., 51s. 50a. Dundee & Arbroath, 421 Dundee Jr Perth, .J Do. New, 20 E. Lothian Central, 50, MAL 6d. Edin., Leith, &Granton, 20 po. Qr!.,154t„ PAL and Northern, 16f Do. Nevenott, 71. 144._ - • GLASGOW CAWlonian, New, 46. 9d. Dumbartr., id — inaPEriir(lVO - 4; oil, SO& no. lialvro, 16r. Dias., Ka., It Ayr, 62Ji fialreo, No. 1, 74 Do. Qrs. (5 per CI- thaw.), Isl PROI/UCE..—MINCING-LANE, Haif-past Two.— The public sales of Sugar have been confined to foreign. 3,000 boxes yellow Havannah, and 3,000 boxes Brazil, both duty paid, and 2,900 boxes white Havannah, in bond. The result showed a strong market, and the portion bought in was at high prices. The refined market has bees active, and but few goods ready for delivery remain unsold. Lumps, 64.. to 66..—Coffee: 2,000 bags Costa Rica, and 1,300 bags good ordinary Ceylon were offered, and all sold, the former at Is. to 2s. decline; the latta about previous rates, 43e. to 435. 6d.—Plumbsge : 2,000 boxes offered, and chiefly bought in at 6e. to 7s. 6d —Cotton dull, and out of demand.—Tea : The large public sales are progresaing heavily, and nearly all On being bought in.—Runt neglected.—Rice dull, but with out alteration in prices—ln other articles no alteration. PRICES CURRENT. 110• AB , per ewt am rum. Pen, No. 1. tO 0. • • W. bidl.ll.P.b.nB e. 46 de-s3O Od, Hoops 5 0 . • • Tallow a Grey... 50 0...33 Cargo at Medi/76er 0 o._ 0 • Pb. 33 0 .36 ewedid 0 0... 0 0 lenerldna, brown... 30 0.. 47 Lase, at per tea. Teem. Tine 33 5...67 =led, sheet le 0 . 0 eingeinMedren b. 36 0...46 Hers 22 0... II Tallow 4O 0...61 Patent shot ll 0... 5 White 32 0...58 red or minium ... 19 10...2S 1 1 11=brown SS 0...47 Spatter 49 0...30 Or u., par 232 lap. pl. d.p. they and white 3l 0..10 FM, Seal, psis MI 0... 0 ibiened, thimble . .. 66 0...70 Raw 33 • .34 Lamps 44 5..116 broom & miaow.. IS 0.. 31 C 0.1104 la ..... F . 0.. 90 West India, Metter llO 0... 11 nary U 0... 4 5 0 ........... ..-... 27 10... 0 Good. 43 0... 00 0 South Rea l7 0...19 Flue 7O 0...133 0 011a,Gallipc43,p.tos 33 0.. 5 Calm, good oral- Cocoa 31 ut vary ......... .. .... 43 6... 44 0 Seed, Raps, pale, Fine ardlway... 40 0... 0 per ton 57 o._ 0 Pine 54 0... 70 0 Lin5eed..............17 0..117 1 Mocha, weed teen 36 0... 83 0 PIW•1•101M, VW OWL COAL Rim, ordi- Butter--Cork, Ix— 96 0...96 nary to One 36 0... 16 0 Ind 0 0 0 Sumatra end Pie 3rd • 0... 0 dug 34 0... 36 0 Dublin, Ist Tao, at per lb. Limerick, do 96 0 .95 Conga., oununca. 9 0 ... oln Carlow, Ist B6 0..102 Rice, at per ent. Newry, Ist ...... - 0 0... 0 Bengal whits 22 6... 14 0 Waterford 32 0 PS Cargo 2O 0... 21 6 , Beef, India, per Jars 18 • 11 0 1 tierce • 0..0 Teme -...... ...... 27 0.. 36 0 Prune Mese Carolina.....-.-... 3• 0... U 0 Pork, primeness 53 0...117 boles. Bacon-Pork, Lark 166 6..63 Do., Belfast Bacon, Waterford, B ppeerr i ewt. 76 0...00 66 0...69 Leed,Belhet,prfat 136 0...60 Waterford, do I Ditto Bladder Marken 04 0...31 • Hines, On and Cow, at per 11. B. A. and M. Video, s.O dA01.9 .171 t4 . 7 m 0 4 ..0 1 0 0 80 4 4 4 :1 . ! : 0 4: Brasil, dry Drnalted ftio, dry Lena & Vain. dry 0 3 ...0 6 Weet Indio, cry 0 $...0 6 Salted Vast India 0 .0 11 i higt, B.Ama, dry 0 7 . .0 3 8- =They hide OO.l Ol Bee*. ditto • 4...14 • Dot Wane, at par lih. La=„Lizaales-S4 L. 4 10 ...... ..... ll L.. 11 I/ II It.. 7 1 Me==n I ie... 6 litareiri.big• ma solid 15 0...1• email ....... 11 5-11 time II 0... 17 I 10 II Bap= O. Red Randal. 5 0... I 1 Brasil 20 5...40 1111 1 : 1"..‘rd Prent1 . 1 , 17 .. . - . 26 . .. 7'1— t0 d i 3 10 -. 4 34 per oral Jemmies, 30 to 36 per eget. O.P. I ... I Favorite maim 5 1 ... 6 Broady. It lamb S .. Bettie *ell* d.p. 0 .. 0 Boaki. 0 Irish Pm; per MIL et. • M▪ edi imilPlmddi Id 0.-83 Frirelmd 66 0...4e lbw, at pie Um 61.PeteribuiddiuMn7 18...1111 outobot ball Mem — 3 l 0.-31 1 Riga, Rhine oatabot pat. Manilla Faat lull& Nunn—. 15 6...18 Bombay lB 0...33 Jute TIN, at per CWL Bann 101 0.102 Walla Cam. la blneka 9B 0... 0 Lox, at per to Bars de • 416 TALLOW.—The market continues steady, with a fair demand from mammon, but not much busiono doing in New Y. C. Petersburg Y. C. on the spot, 51s. to 51s. 3d ; March and April, 51s. Lut three mouths, 46.. 6d. to 45.. 9d. CORN.—BAsINoSTOKE MARCH 17.—Some prime samples of white Wheats fetched 111. per load; the best samples of red made 191. to 191. 10s. ; other qualities sold at corresponding prices. Flour u lad week. In Barley the trade d better, best malting up to 565. to 58e. per quarter ; some weighty, for seed, fetched 52a. to 545. ; lighter lota might be purchased at from 4.55. Malt not so brisk ; the top figure, 10s. to 10e. 3d. per bushel; good Malt, 9s. 6d. ; ink rice, 9e. to 96. 3d. Oita were in better demand than lad week; the prices eaanot be quoted higher than Iset week, yet trade was bett e r. Beans, best new, mac Mk, per qr. ; inferior, 525. to 54e. Peas, both white and 'grey, were sold at the top prices of last week. Rye was in good demand, yet samples were scarce. Winter Vetches made from 6e. to 7s. 6d. per bushel ; spring, 10s. to 12s. H 111,814111, Mecca 17.—This market is situated in the centre of the weald of Sussex, and the Wheats grown in the district are chiefly brown, and of good quality. There was a fair attendance of farmers and millers at our market, but scarcely a sample shown. There was no disposition oa the part of the farmers to take less than 191. 10e. for brown. 207. being generally asked. The millers hung back, under tl • idea that when seed time is over, the supplies will come in more freely. Oats, heavy, 32a. to 346. Barley, malting, about 565. NEWCASTLE, MaaCH 16.—The weather has fortunately become more genial, which will enable our growers to pro ceed with seeding and other agricultural operations. At our market this morning we bad • moderate supply from the growers, but having • large show of samples from the coast, and the account from Mark-lane being scarcely of such a cheering character as had been anticipated, the market opened rather heavily, but towards the close more firmness was aprrent, and • fair extent of business was done in the best W übesch red and other south country What., at 78.. per ve l l;ee 63 n i m b lde So th p ro e u l X ge L: i tren a fot re altlsne are nt re tr ;Vance ' (the price did not transpire). but it war understood to be about 76e. to76e. for the finer kinds of red of Pomeranian and Mecklenburg growth. Flour in steady though not in brisk request at about previous rates. Rye in good demand, and 61s, per qr. is freely given for choice qualities, weighing . 59 lbs. per bushel. Malting Barley rather firmer. Be ani and Peas without change, and the same remarks apply to Oats. DUBLIN, MARCH 16.-Our supplies of imported Bread stuff, are liberal, but of home growth limited. At this day's market things were not animated; yet prices were so slightly varied that we repeat our quotation. of Friday. The follow ing was the general currency to the farmer Wheat, red, 445. to 485.; white, per 21101 b.., 46.. to .50s. Oats, per 1961b5., 22.. to 255. 6d. Barley, per 22411,a, 265. to 325. Oatmeal, per cwt., 255. to 27.. Flour, per cwt., first, 28s. to 295. ; smack, 2.55. to 261. Betrasr ' MARCH 15.-The weather continnes fine and favourable for field operations. The supplies coming to market, particularly of Wheat, keep very small, and we do not alter our quotations; holders of the latter article, how. ever, are asking higher rates, in consequence of the advance in the London and Continent-I markets. We have had a good many arrivals, from the United States and the Mediter ranean, of Indian Corn, de., since Friday; prices, in C 0690. quence, are rather lower. The following are our quotation.: Indian Corn, white, 161. 10s. to 171. • yellow, 171. to 171. ss. per ton. Indian Corn Meal, white, ' UT. 16e. to 181. ; yellow, 171. 1.55. to 181.55. per ton. Wheat, red, 17s. 6d. to 18s. ; white, 18s. to 18s. 6d. per cwt. Flour.-Prices at Inver Milo : superfine, 265. ; bakers' first, 26.. ; seconds, 245. 6d.; thirds, 22.. 6c1.; fourths, 19a. 6d. Bran, 9s. 9d. per cwt. American, 425. to 4fis. per barrel. Eorrv. , -Letters from Cairo state that the Corn crops of Egypt for the present year are of the meet promising ap pearance. In some parts of Lower Egypt the ear is begin ning to form, and the harvest will be got in by the end of the next month. Of the last year's harvest there still remain, in Egypt about 600,000 ardeb. (1,032,000 hectolitres) of Qpr ia of every species fit for exportati•:,,,, w hi c h ma k e . 0 tow amount of grain for this • • • . ., Arpo te, gram the harT ea t of 1846, 1,20i30: the ;Oardvrt bs A great number of vessel, had lately ar rivedof Alexandria, and among them 17 or 18 Frehrt, taking in cargoes for Marseilles. The charge for freight had fallen. MARSEILLIGI, MARCH 13.—Our Core market has been very animated during the past week. The sales for immediate delivery were about 90.000 hectolitres, and for time from 40000 to .50,000 hietolitres. The last quotations are Po lish, 29f. 37c. to 31f. 87e.; Odessa, 2.9 f. 12c. to 29f. 37e.; Ancona, 31f. 25c. to 31f. 87e. ; °elate, 27f. 50c. to 28f. 12e.; Ibraila, 26r. 87c. to 27f 50c. ; Alexandria, 23f. 76e. to 24f. 37c.; Taganrog, hard, 28f. 75c. We have had few arrivals during the week, owing to the strong north-western which have been raging for the last 14 days. The importation of corn for the last week was —Odessa, 8,560 hectolitres; Galata, 1,936 hectolitres; Asia Minor, 2,368 hectolitres; Malta, 3,440 hectolitres ; Barletta, 3,046 hectolitres. The quantity in bond is about 160,000 hectolitres. The transport of grain term Marseilles to the interior is becoming daily more dif ficult. The waters of the Rhone have considerably fallen. Some short time since each boat carried 500,000 cwt. ; now they can only take 200000 cwt., and in a few days they will only be able to carry 89,000 cwt . We understand that a company has been formed to convey by fiat-bottom boats, drawn by oxen, the corn from Marseilles to Lyons which cannot be taken by the steamers. Nothing doing in Indian Corn. SMYRNA, Fen. 19.—The merchants of Smyrna commis• sioned to purchase large quantities of grain, had freighted a number of vessels in different European harbours. But, during several weeks, the wind having blown from the north, prevented their arrival, and kept speculation in suspense. The change in the direction of the wind, about a fortnight ago, enabled several of those vessels, so impatiently expected, to arrive, and the port has resumed its usual bustle and ac tivity. We have here. at this moment, 17 vessels under French colon's. Mantic in Corn for Marseilles. Those vessels, mounted by 14.5 men, measure 2,468 ton.. Wheat sells for 67 Turkish piastres, or 16f. 75, per hectolitre, and Barley, 7f. PRTERSRUROH, MARCH I.—The exportation of corn in 1846 amounts to 1,000,000 chetwerts more than in the preceding year. The demands for all kind of corn this year gives reason to pes some that the exportation from Russia wi I greatly exceed that of all former yews. But it appears from a statement which has been drawn up, that th e stock of flour is not only not exhausted, but that this city alone is able to deliver seven times the quantity. HOPS.—BOROUGH MARKET, Two •'Clock.— Ma•sry. Psttenden and Smith, Hop Factory, report that t►ere •ontinues a rood demand for all kinds of Hops, with but a small quantity on offer. KW 4 Lot K4•14,0.ew1. W. 010 0.10 Teartleg 144•14.. O. mt./I.lw IL 0 Weski et 144•14 .. 4 010 • 0 Yftrlkag 5••••31.. • 0140 0 Slam llsse 4 10 ON Hogs . k 1 •4 4 • Taryluol4 • 1114 10 BA/11/036TM( R, MARCH 17.—Trade britker, as best Farn ham making from 71. to 71. 7s. per ewt.; second quality, 61. to 61. les. Altone, Crondalle, Bentleys, and Froyles, from 51. to 6/. Sussex Hope, from 5!. to 51. 10e. WORCRATER, MARCH 17.—ne demand for Hope rather slack, and former prices barely supported. CHEESE.— BAstscsroica, MARCH 17.—At the fair this day the quantity pitched was rather large. The best Somersets rold at 70s. to 725. per cwt. ; second, 641 to 684. Best Wilts and Donets, 645. to 665.; second, Ma. to 60s. Halkowards, 40s. to 465. Skims, 32. to 384. HAY.—SMITHrIKLD, Two o' Clock.—Mesas. Cooper and Davis, Hay and Straw salesmen, report the supply short, but very little demand. Mts. Meadow 766.t0 wt. I Rotors.— Itto to S. I Straw—. flo Y W. taktift Slab.. Oft. to 7ft. Mott ....fto. to Iwo SK INS.—BASINGSTOK MA RCH 7.—Best Ikeerns, 4s. ed. to 4s. 9d each ; second quality, 4e. to 4.. ed.; by the bargain, 4.. 4d. Cotswold, and other Long-wool., 4.. 9d. to Ss. 3d. each ; not selected, 4e. 6d. to 6s. Skins without wool, 7d. to 10d. each. Lamb Skins, le. 9d. to 2.. per amen, Call Skins, 41d. per lb., light weight ; heavy, es. to 7.. each. 01 Hides, above 601ba., 21d. per lb.; light and cow, 21d. Horse Hides, 7s. to 10e. each. CATTLE, &c.—LeeDs, MARCH 17.—The supply of Besets at our market this morning was not so large as on last market day—consequently the supply was equal to the demand—and in Sheep there was rather an extra show, both of which met with good sale, at last week's prime. For Yeatordoo4 .Vares4o a Jae pop. SHIPPING. Hama ARRIVED: 3, Dublin; 2, Waterford; 1, Donagha dee ; 1, Pre a ch; I, Flanders; 1, Holland. LONDON, March 18.—Wind this day at noon, S., light breeze, and fine, clear weather. ORAL, March 17.-8. to 8 S.W.—Arrived: Berman, Cal cutta; London, Mauritius; Swan Crisp, Mauritius; Under wood, Callao; Alert, St. Croix. Sailed : Mir, Rio Janeiro g Mary Rowe, Baltimore; Lord Petro, Baltimore; Ayrshire, Baltimore. Arrived from the river: Tweed, Cape Coast Castle ; Fame, Honduras ; Toronto, New York. OFF Dovaa.—Brasianeren, Brazil, for Copenhagen. Yatistorric—S.W.—Sailed: Priscilla, Philadelphia. Covers, March 17.-8. by E.—Arrived. Anne Pawlona, Batavia. SorTHAmpToN, March 17.-8. E.—Sailed: Trent st., West Indies. PENZANt E, March 16.—W. to 8. S. E.—The Racer, of this port, (or St. Michael's, was run down by a ship, name unknown ; crew saved, and transferred from the Azores packet to a French brig bound to Havre. WATERFORD, March 15.—Arrived: Jammu, Pernam buco, with damage to eutwater. Women, March 17. The Fiabbura floated off last night, very leaky. The Harriet Emma, for Rouen, is strained, and leaky. LONDONDERRY, March B.—Sailed: CADOIDME, Cuba; Provincialiat, Philadelphia. SUNDERLAND, March 16.—S.—Sailed Adolphus, New York. Hum., March 17.-8.8. E., tine.—Arrived: Charlotte, Bombay. Sailed True Love, Davis' Straits. Oatmeal', March 16.-B.—Arrived Flora de Patron, Mantanzsa, for Cowes, very leaky, and having bean an bar beam-ends. Coax, Muth 13.—S.—Arrived: Mary, New Tart. OLAIIOOW, March 15.—The wreck of a brig, about 160 toms, apparently British, dismasted and abandoned, painted black, with a white stripe, and green inside, was pawed 26th ult., by the Saracen, arriver , here. ABERDIRN, March 15.—A schooner, alipperrigged, imps ready new, painted black, with light streak, was sees to founder near the Swanderman Reef Buoy, Fame Wands, llth inst., by the Mary Rees, arrived here. Dux pea, March 15.—The Jessy, of Dandee,foosalmed Of the Fern hlands on the Ilth Mat, during a visa ; mew supposed to be drowned.