The Express. — London, England, 1848-06-22 00:00:00

I wirr T. 4 t,M -7 " -F7 ,f/s7 NOTICE of REMOVAL.—The ROYAL AGRI CI'IfirIIAL COLLEMC OFFICE REMOVED, on the 24th 144: , . to No. 96, RING WILLINIT , TRY.KT. CIINRING. 4')" PHILIP It. aW rern•ev, •••••••• • - • - - - - ROYAL AUAICULCUItAL Cirettoegter. Parlua—H.R.ll. PRINCE ALBERT. Parstr , ir ,ir C r NVL—Right lion. Earl It TI WEST. V nrc.panioa r —ll ight I lon Earl RUC I E. Pe INCIFAL —John F. it.B.E., &c. CBAYLAII AND FIArT MAPTIM—HOII. G. M. C.E. ILA. 81:COND MANT,I—John Et Moreland, C.E. 11X41,.101T Agriculture- John be. rf —John Hit th, ILL Botany and Lit...logy—James Wickman, F.G.S. Veterinary Practler —John Rnbinann, M.R.C.V.S. Mathematic+ en. l Natural Philorophy—Rar. (1. M. Tandy, M.A. Practical sun et - In an 1 Enginecrlng—John S. Moreland, C.E. The obi,: of thi. Indautlon . i;tn . provide ouch a route of Irotrue. lion 34 0110 100,4 10,.01 to :he tractical f..rmer. The henedte to he d e rived by the gerimilturht from a jodielou... applleAMen of relentide 0m fonodion are beco niin.. 110.10 00. i Inure exten.tvely acknowletbro.l, while the inteu,...f 01.tattili., that Information—lf. Indeed. It enn he ,Memel At All, w ithout f..: the time vaeriti.ing ra due Attention to the pr....tieal 01 , ration,. of lot.han.l. v- are e' mattered And redly 61 , to ho itu the re:wit of ten f. n•, Th e college emu, of 111%trUCti.01 L. (•01, ducted in atteh a wanner, that. while the Aud.mt to well knoe.l In the id.t.elpl of act. Advice. It. relation. elth Agriculture are .pecially toechel upon aii.l ea phin.A. and th.:lr practkal application shown, AA . Ram perwihie. h the opera Von. of the (Nino:lre funs. The theoretical gad preeti.xd teaching go. hand In ham', And the whole Li combined with the Advantages of eolle.:fate My order of the 0411101. PRILIP ROW KS, Secretary. 100600 OMO4, K 111.7 ROI un Arced. Charing.crom. AT the Annual General Court of the ROYAL Atint(TIATRAL ettl.l.Eo E. held on the 6th of June, ISIS, The Richt Hon. F.-.-1 It I.TII I' HST, the Preoldent. In the chair. The Report of the Cowed for the pao.t year woo rout, ad.ypted, and • OINICIVaI 01 he dr. dation aolonut the tdetrehohlere. The reeominendation ..1 the Conned to rahe the fee for 111.41.olenta to L.A. And for out.xtu.l.nt. to ..z4O per mutton. AA. Adopted. end the Council were 00000 er.:4l to act thereon. Mr. M. P., and Mr. Fi...her llohh., Milne retired from the Council. *cro milkweed hl Sir Robert Thruckmortea and the Iler. Alex. Ilustahle. tinethird ~ f the Council Ming hallotted out were rt.-elected. A vete of of toroalo the Mr. Bailout for he TrOU• ore-ent of el..* for the eolleiie tower, nua another to the Pre+ ent, Vico Prrrideut. Meath.., Treseurcr., ,and Counril for their att.- Hoe to the Nohow+ or the Institut!. during the post year. PHILIP London-office , IC Kim Chartageroio. Jere M, IIIIM. ESSRS. WILLI ANL LAMOND and Co.,rai!way _RI >h are aortloncer , , rt. pueUedir hex to Inform their irten.t4 an'd the ouhltc. tregthey routtno daily to ItU V ano YELL all dconintiont ~f RAILWAY All AUKS. dc , ,ntures. Emsll,ll and forelen rock, minima end all other shame:Awl pr. Marty. Mount L. and Co. alto further aro DOUrtoo that tbur pablic en . .a of mirey mimeo tokoa every trod. aonJay. at 1 Oslo •t. ;A the HAI of Commerce. Thrtsdnuedle,trect, Loo.. den ; to their unit, at trli it phee all favours are requested to be rontreo-ed..-ThryntnotOle-tr et London. Jan. 1.1.411. 2LHE rhicFv . A.T outisnruTE for SILV ER.— TM erti•gtAte to coned he the nubile, Morin. the 12 lean lAM RTONK late It IPPON and /WILTON chommily hes he Wpm It (made tato every wetalsi4ovaa. ado •• pc. eedn./. doll dos" the ntrrtc. i'‘• •• t teri • ba. I 1 lot" xl....tenee the ' r MAO % entepound. '• ..'.s.a Plato: " Itertln Silver;' and t other+.o- g labatitatx. , . they ar• at NA but hod haltatlons of the imittnno Ytltds manutational and -old only by him. Mello Threaded lines Table Spam. sad Fork; tun oir Pattern. ante Si don . ......... 12a. teL 28a. ad. Id. Defter( dit . aitta4 ;Dia, dilb ........ ltd.. Od. It.. fstl. 2:A. Pl. Tea ditto and ditto. d1tte.......... ha (rd. 11.. 04 .(1d 11'2... Gravy ditto ............. ~. . 3.. C.. . 7.. NICKEL ELECTRO-PLATEO. --The RE.% L NICKEL SILVER, IntnAse.. , l,md made only I, K 1L1A.% NI 8. IWRTOX , taco 1111 , P0 ant RC RTON I, when p ated the intent prom. of Mi , 111(4 t ldkineton and Ca.. heyoso.lsH comparison the rel.) be.t. artkle, next PUTIIng :silver, that tan he employed av each either te , efolly Or 1111.- mental', In the lewtholol and Ineramoing popularity of the ioaterLal Waif, and the high character of the method of ptattlvr, the 'while has. a guarani. that the article. old by W. rt. llorten land by him onlvl arc. se It rtraml. cm% iinimatnurtrdy superior to wind mn he suppliol at any other holt.. white by ho powable tent ma they be dbedierulshed from n.sl raver. lahlle. Thrum.). King's. Tux Spoon.. per dozen 31 e.. . t 361 , • Dmvert Pod. ......... Damen Spoons o • 30, .. Seta .. 624. Tulle F. Tk. „ .. Tea and colfoe wets, .16/ter.. ae., at proportionate prima All kind. of re Online d.mn b.; the intent pmost, Hetallot eatalosur, with engravings, 1101 IA of every Irortmonamvy New , per rot. free. WILLIAM W lICItTON'S date RIPPON and BURTON) Stock of reneral EurnShlng Inmnongery to literally the lare , t in the world. 1111.1 IP no 4111411:We ~111 C• 4441,1 t,ilC Correit 114.., of It, vanet ) and extent. 10,010,0, or 411 . 1144 41 MB and luvect Oxford. Keret corner of Newinan-straotbsavl No. 1, Now - man•itrett.. bbtablbbod Welbt.treet. ISto. RESENTS fur IVEI)I)INGS, Ac., ”rty hi! 1.?. ..tot from SUMMIERLY'S ART.M.INI'FAC T It E'. which am hy aR tirilcclars retailer.. The keLt, novella. :mi. the mowiltit t,avol. florin..la atatuetto, a Woo•len bread Natter wmi knife. ct ott r rrv, W.—.t eraftlowae, with Twenty-four root on nrcoii.t of three postkel.lamps from CGS WILL'S, 12, 011 CARPETS. —LUCK, KENT, and CUNINIING nEmovEn their eatahilshmetit from Cartnitter, hall. London-wall. !Paton garden, to N0..1. Recut stmet, paWaterloo place toppnkte Howell and Jante.:o. where tru th trn:eat will be elottioutni which they have loan egloyeed. T h y are dbl. o wing of several th.wpand mule ~f the 1.4 Itrw,an Carpal , . at 3, r.l. per yard. riple:lhl &Anis In MlKA'''. and Velvet Pile. nt a very ;treat reductiou. Chlalsea, DSMA.4I. he. Turkey Carpets and Floorcloth. THE TOOTH-ACHE.-ROWLANDS' ALSANA EXTK ICT to. relk ring the toothache and gum boll.. and for erediattin.: all .li.orders of the teeth awl gymo. In tht anguhh of et auciating Into it affords Inaantancous tette, while It. frequent nee nal be fool t -tear:then the gums and forUfy the teeth a min* future attack-. It eradicates 4111ple.vant taste and InJurinur sene. tioni (P.m the nvoith and oriole the appowit of Incipient decay. It In twrfeetly inno2ent, awl I. tin an etc.:tient stomachic in eves of flatulency awl depress on of Writs. Price 21. Pl., 4e. 61. end hbs. 61. per buttle.—Cauthni. Each bottle of the genuine preparation Is endoeed In a treappor. v hleh are the iroe.L, Rowlands Alone Extract." The 00Ter11111ellt stamp has aloe the pmprietore' nano, and add,se, thus. A. KU W LAN D and v4),1, 2i, Fla..ton guden." engrared thereon.—nobl In. them. and he all ehemists and Porhnners. RUSSIAN DLSPOTIBM. On Mouthy next, In ono vol., post 5 o, with pink" and Na, Pee , cloth. LIFE in RUSSIA ; or, the I)iscipline of Dee t.ntiviii. 14 I.:ottani, P. Tuourwis. Dip., author of The Note- Book of a Naturtikt." To impply authentio infonnotion on the vuhject of Roads. and to pate the people and the rove, nmcnt in their true light. wAhout tote or favour, le the moot the author of thi, volume. Looden ; Smith, !]..ter. and Co.. 6.5. Cocain. PUNCH !—VOLUME FOURTEENTH, will bb publiohol on the 70t't of June, price ee., hounlnoinely bound in cloth. clottotiolitir upward, of Eire Hundred Original Articles In Pro.c and Vow. and Four Hundred En, , nrinct on Wood. tor June 24. contain.: A Dinhonnurcil Who la tat Knocking at de Dnor 1.0 Thektro llitUnigue at Drury- lane. A MAW"' of Comae. _ _ PUNCH ;AA A Romano of Itoaet Ducks, Jenklne at Drury lane. Flight of tieniur. They 41001 reneet, but the,' wool. The Step,. of the Se.lltlontda. A (Mennen. The ecbo..l foe Spootere. A Litt 'e Pinner at Tbonala,h. The (7,mting Man. A Simpl! a Polite Quedion. The Model Labourer. Two Mare,' Nest.. A flint to How to e. atd4ll a New Paper. • Title, Preface, and Index to the Fourteenth Volume, with TWELVE ILLUSTRATIONS. Office. 14, Flee . ...treet ; and to 1•Irw1 of all honksellert and newrmen. ..... The ehl,rlet Eh Show. Special Dramatic e•orp , tab'e, tinkle to the lissulteut Debtors' - - The Pmerrer of the Pu' Ile Pomo. Keuc t Jone , '• Locker. The Aquatic of Chiswick. No Foreign .IrWR•. The Fine nous Ilauquet. DLouLvi..,wwws vo tiraLrti Al ir'rlitti 4ri 7: Nit; °At ML v e .A , ) ; with DS Table:for an Ceasioahity. By IL J. th . ..vaaneah. LAM., he. 0011TIFTL—Ilow ro 1n..") perfk •Wrestloll, tr2ngs. rCeli , 4ll, $ war) silabt'd re 4, n e's hnsl. end a :entente' mind. By an observance oi the Inatuetime. Ler. nom talne.l. the fe,ble. the r....:0ut1y delicate. es to the n.. -.tattered euentitution. may addeh• the ,a teat .what of pity ierd beanies . sad reach Le h,wita the :..test ; erh4 lifeanetted te men. ro la h.t at S.weirond. 11. P111.47.05ieT411"; h^.147. I legit etrect; ILar a, 3e. Carniali: .. 457, West Maud: at direst rm.. the Mese' , 10. AIMS. the National Assembly in a condition to prevent a repetition of invasion, NI. de July, the architect, has submitted to the questurs of the Assembly a plan for its defence, consisting, among other things, of a ditch, similar to that of the inclosed garden of the Tuileries, which would entirely surround the Palace of the Assembly, and even run outside the garden of the President. The Committee of Workmen have published a placard, which is posted up in great numbers this morning on the walls of Paris, addressed to M. Goud cheux. After reminding him that it was by the courage of the workmen that the revolution of February was effected, and detailing the calum• &me that had been brought against the ateliers nationaux, it goes on to say; Why these clamours—why these unjust &cessations against the men of the national win kahops ? It is not our wish to be without work ; it is labour suitable to us that is wanting. We ask for it with all our hearts. W hat support have we evergiven to am• of the riotous assemblages which hove Wily taken place ? What arrests have been made from amongst our body / It has hecn said that the workmen pre fee re. erring If. 2.50. per day from the national workshops to earning 6f. or Bt. per day from their masters. Let those who make this charge point out the houses where such em ployment is to be found, and the names if those workmen who have refused it. Their place would be no longer in the sari nal workshops. But is noK the reform of that establish ment which you demand, it is their entire suppression. You would doubtless prefer that the money disbursed for them I should he handed ow, r to the manufacturers to enable them to take up their overdue bills. That is the reasoning of a banker. The national workshops, instead of being a bad in stitution would be an admirable one, and under wise and skillul administration would be attendel with the beat re- sults; it is a good organisation that is alone wantina to it. Industry requires a Revery from whence it could always be supplit d with good workmen. Citizen Goadchaz evidently wishes to stifle s-cialist ideas and a spirit of ass iniation, and it is doubtless for that purpose that he wishes to do away with the national workshops, but let him not hope to attain his object; he will no more masted in disuniting us, than in removing from our minds and our hearts the dominant idea, the triumph of which is secure. Workmen ! called to take tout in the construction of the social edifice, organic:. eruct, and moral ze the national workshops, but do not destroy them. The democratic republic cannot wish for such ► fratricidal act." ..... •fhe receipt of the direct taxeF,which for the month of March •waa 87,480,100 f., mud for the month of April 42 007,000 f., fell during the month of May to 22,222,400 f. The extraordinary impost of 45e., though liable to be imastdorely exacted, has not been better paid than the ordinary tax. Of the 191.270,000 francs, to which it amounts, only 51,583,000 f. were recovered on the Ist June. • Orders have been received at Toulon to fit out im mediately the Jemmapes and ife.eule ships of the hne, to reinforce the Fnuch squadron at Naples. PAWN JCSIS 21.—New Loan, —; Three per Ceuta., —; Do. Five per Cants., Four-mid-110 —; Bourn ; 54 Belgian Firer, 1310, ; 41.5. ; 1812, —, Do. 1 115reea, • Do. so-Ind-u. —; N p ':m Bente', 71 50 • Roman luin, 59 ; Treasury Bonds. 24. Bank /Mures, 12,0; eseheingo on 1 ,odor, no Bout mom.. suglOrtranr, 592 50 ; Pavia and Rouen, 112 50; Rouen and Havre, —; Avignon sod Marseilles 233 75 ; Stn.- Notre and hale, 83 75; Centre Vterson, —; Amiens and Bou logne, —; Bord.eaus, 397 50; North, 3.53 73. LATEST FROM PARIS. PARIS, WEDNESDAY, 6 30 P.M. Considerable "attroupements" took place this alter noon, in the crowded quarters of the markets, and ills cry was everywhere "Vive Louis Napoleon!" A thousand alarming reports are circulating, one of which is a project of the party of the Mountain to seize the I otel de Ville. Little or no leasiness was done at the Bonree. There was a complete stagnation. An attempt was made to give circulation to a report that the army of the At,,; had entered Italy. M. Lalanne, director of the ateliers national', was called to-day before the Committee en Labour; the re sult was a warm debate, and it is said persons in high places have been compromised. At the Assembly to-day almost the entire sitting was occupied by a discussion on the duties of wines and other liquors, wholly uninteresting to your readers; but M. Leon Faucher, who shows himself from to-day a more decided adversary to ministerial abuses, demanded explanations of the Minister of Commerce, as to the reduction of the customs duties on Nankin° and other tissues, by his sole authority, without the previous assent of the Assem bly, and of which the miuister had tacitly admitted the impropriety in now coming to the Assembly to demand its senction. To this the Minister of Commerce ret lied evasively, by stating that the measere had been adoptt d from immediate necessity. In this he was supported by his friends, who called for the order of the day, and uttered so many discor - I dant (Tie?, ard ocer.ioried such tumult, that it was in vain for M. Leon Faucher to attempt to make himself heard ; whereupon M. Louis Perrier exclaimed, "This noise is indecent; this is an attempt to stifle a speaker whose observations are not palatable." This produced a momentary silence, and M. Leon Faucher replied that the law of 1814, which was not repealed, decided that the question ought to have been sub mitted to the Assembly, and could not be pre-deter mined by a ministerial decree. Another tumult here ensued, and the discussion terminated. 100,000 francs were voted as gratuities to ancient political prisoners. To-morrow the railway question will be taken, if the discussion now in progress as to the duties on Wines shall he finished. The following explanation is given by the Con naittionle,i If the motive of M. Thiers for making his option to take his seat in the National Assembly as representative of the Seine Inferieure. He would willingly have spared Paris the excitement of a new election, hat he reflected that this was inevitable from the resignation of M. Louis Bonaparte. He at the same time considered that the Seine Inferieure, of all other departments for which ho was returned, most particularly required being spared further agitation. In the decision he came to, M. Thiele; was supported by the written opinion of MM. Odilon Barrot, Duvergier d'Han ranne, Leon de Malleville, Vivien, and C. Remota% The C'orinitutionnel states. that the attempt of May Ili having naturally given birth to g desire to place ITALY. The Ris , owimento of Turin, of the Fith, publishes the text of the convention concluded between Sar dinia and Lombardy. The Provisional Government retains its power till tho fusion of the two states has been accepted by the king and the Sardinian parlia ment. The libaty of the press as existing at present, the right of association, and the institution of the national guard, aro guaranteed to Lombardy. The actual laws of Lombardy are maintained. The king's government is not to conclude political or commercial treaties without the consent of an extra ordinary Consulta, composed of the members of the Provisional Gov. rnment. The electoral law will be founded on the principal of universal suffrage. The /tafia of Pisa, of the 13th announces that a Sardinian sub-intendant has taken possession of some points of the Lunigiara, declaring that he is acting under the orders of Turin. and that the whole of Lunigiano, will soon become Piedmontese. Il Cuntemparanet), of the 13th, states that in its sitting of the 12th the Chamber of Deputies at Rome elected the Professor Sereni as its president; and that in the sitting of the Upper Chamber of the 9:b, M. Marchetti, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, read the programme which M. Maniani had previously read in the Deputies. MM. the Marquis Guiccioli, Professors Nerd - tied and Pullelli, and M. Pantini, were in the same sitting elected secretaries. A bulletin of the Committee of War of Rome,of the 10th, states that amongst the Austrian soldiery there were 100 Austrian ladies, disguised in uniform, ac tually saving. NEWS FROM GERMANY. BOMBARDMENT OF PRAGUE. (By the Electric Telrgraph of Oro Slitth Ehttern Raibra9.) We have accounts from Prague to the mot fling of the 17th. The bombardment continued throughout the 16z12, and was attended with great slaughter. When our despatches left the barricades were still up, and the fire would be immediately resumed if the city did not surrender. The insurrection in the Tyrol has become general. FIRST REPORT FROM THE SECRET COM. MITTEE ON COMMERCIAL DISTRESS. The secret committee " appointed to inquire into the causes of the recent commercial distr, as, and how far it has been affected by the laws for regulating the issue of hen notes payable on demand," and who were empowered to report from time to time to the house, have taken the subject fully into their consideration, and have agreed upon the fol lowing report:— ' In obedience to the order of the house, your committee have inquired into the matters referred to them, and having concluded their investigation, so f.r as relates to England. have thought it advisable to report to the house their opinion ou this branch of the subject, together with the evidence. To comp'et the I,hour entrusted to them, the ienniry must toe extended to Scotland and Ireland, and the committee will proceed on this duty without delay. During the period of difficulty, deputations from Liver pool and Birmingham had communicated with the govern ment. Yon? committee therefore thought it best to corn wence their inquiry by examining Mr. Hodgson and Mr Turner from Liverpool, and Mr. Mentz and Mr. Salt fmm 13ierningham. Mr. Gurney, an eminent bill broker ; Mr. Bates, of the firm of Baring Brothers ; and Mr. Bevan. a London banker, and selected by the London hankers, were examined by the c mmittee, more espeeally with respect to the distress and difficulty which had been experienced in the metropolis. Mr. Birkbeek, a private banker. selected by the counter bank , ro, and Mr. Pease, connected with the northern coal districts, were also examined in the coarse of our investiga tics. Full evidence respecting the proceedings of the hank were given to the committee by Mr. Horsley Palmer, a director; by the governor and deputy governor, and by Mr. Cotter, w ho was governor of the Bask in 1844. The Bank has also furn'shert to the committee much information in the returns which will be fo.ind in the appendix. Lastly, the committee thought it advisable to call before them Mr. Jones Lloyd, Mr. Tooke, and Mr. Taylor, gentle men who are well known to have given much attention to our monetary system. There has been a general concurrence of opinion Amongst the witnesen examined before your committee, that the primary cause of the distress was the deficient harvest. espe cially of the potato crop, in the year 1846. and the eecessitv of providing the means ornament, in the year 1847, for the unprecedented importations of various descriptions of food which took place in that year. Among other causes the deficient supply of cotton, the disersion of capital from its ordinary employment in com mercial transactions to the constructon of railroads, the undue extension of credit, especially in our transactions with the East, and exaggeratol expectations of enlarged trade, have been stated by some of the witnesses as having contributed to the same result. Your committee see no resort to doubt that these causes I have in different degrees, in different parts of the conntiy, produced the effect thus ascribed to them. For the further development of the views enterta , ned on these various points by the gentlemen whom they have ex amined, they must refer to the evidence. With regard to some of the circumstances above referred to, provision has already been made by parliament, and it mu.t be obvious that others are beyond :he control of legis lative enactment. Many of the witnesses, including the governor and de pu7 governor of the Bank of England, have exnressed their belief that earlier steps in the autumn of 1846 and the spring of 1847, on the part ef the Bank of England, might have obviated the necessity fur the more etringent measures which circumstances compelled the directors to adopt in April, and might thus hart prcv,nted the alarm which was caused by those measures. The grounds on which that belief is entertains t, together with the onside ' rations which influenced the proceedings of the Bank, are explained in the evidence of those witnesses who were ee -1 &mined on this branch of the subject. It is one, in respect to which • wide discretion must necessarily be left with those who are charged with the management of the business of the Bank, and your committee true. that this discretion will he exercised with due prudence, if similar circumstances should again occur. An opinion appears to have been entertained by some per sons, though not by the governor and deputy-governor of the Bank of England, that the Bank is released by the act of 1844 from any obligation, except that of consulting the pecuniary interests of is proprietors. It is true that there are no restrictions imposed by law upon the discretion of the Bank, in respect to the conduct of the banking, es distinguished from the issue department ; but the Bank is a public institution, possessed of special and exclusive privileges, standing in a peculiar relation to the won filament, sod exercising, from the magnitude of its re :tourers, great it.fluence over the general mercantile and monetary transactions of the country•. These circumstances impose upon the Bank the duty of a consideration of the public interest, not indeed enacted or defined by law, but whirh parliament in its various transac tions with the Bank has always recdgnised, and which the Bank has never disclaimed. . _ It is unnecersary to impo‘o such duty by law, as there can be little doubt that the permanent interests of the Bank are identified wi•h those of the public at large. That identity of interest gives both to the public and to the proprietors of B.ink Steil a deep interest in every measure calculated to ensure an enlightened administration of the affairs of the Bank. _ . _ Yoe; committee have learnt, therefore, with satisfaction, that the attention of the court of directors has been given to this subject, and that a change has been made by teem as to the selection of the governor and deputy -Governor, calcula ted, in the opinion of your committee, to improve the consti tution of the governing body of the bank. They feel confident that the effect of this change, aryl the experience which has been acquired during the events of the but tact learn, will ensure the public, in the future manage ment of the ank of England, greater benefits from this national establishment than it has hitherto been the meson of c inferring upon the country. Your committee have received with deep regret from many witnesses evidence of the extent of loss incurred by commercial houses in the course of last autumn, from an unprecedented combination of the circumstances above re ferred to, and seriously aggravated by the want of confidence which prevailed i t consequence of the numerous failures, and which induced bankers and others to retain • reserve. both of end of bank notes, to a very great extent. It is to be obseeved, that this took place with a very large amount of more in the hands of the public., exceeding, in the opinion of a witness most competent to form an opinion, by no lees than 4,000,0001., " the actual requirements of the public at the time.' The fee li ng o f alarm which prevailed appellee to have been immediately removed by the issue of the letter ad• i dresae2 to the Bank of England, on the 25th of October, by the Feat Lord ut the Treasury and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The issue of that letter was, no doubt, an extraordinary exercise of power on the part of the government; but the house has decided that, in the peculiar circumstances of the period, they were justified in taking that step. It will be seen, from the evidence of Mr. Cotton, the governor of the Bang in 1844, that the p asibiloy of circumstances arising, in u hich some extraordinary measures might be called for in consequence of a state of monetary crisi", was not unfore seen by the government at the time when the act of 1844 was passed. The evidence which has been given as to the effects of the act of 1814 has been contradictory. Its beneficial effects, as regards the issues of the country banks, have been ad mitted by many of the witnesses, and although some have suggested an alteration of its provisions, very tew have con tested the general principles on which it is founded. Your committee have hint under their consideration, whether it is advisable that powers should be conferred by law upun the government, to enable them to meet the eccur fence of any circumstances which may call for extraordi easy rence; but they have come to the couclusion that, looki, g to the impossibility of :oreseeing what the pre cise character of the circumstances may be, and also what may b.: the measure beat calculated to meet them, it is more expedient to leave to those with whom the responsibility of the government may Teat at the time to adopt such mea sures as may appear to them best suited for the emergency. Your committee, therefore, after a careful review of all the evidence, are of opinion that it is not expedient to make any alteration in the Busk Act of 1844. June 8, 1848. LETTERS TO WORKMEN AND THEIR EMPLOYERS.Lerrzu 111. Among the most powerful of the arguments maia tattled by these who demand a complete reorganisation of society, and its establishment on some artificial system, is this, that civilised nations aro becoming too populous—that misery and destitution are rapidly increasing, and that we are coming to that stage where the workmen, like the crew of a starved ship, will die off, becau•e there is not t nough to supply them all. There ever will be more or less fluctua tion and distreu among the pia rer portion of the community; but there is alwaye a propensity to rate the public cilami.y of the moment as the greatest Ova ever existed. Netwith standing the many shocks they have lately been subject to, there is uo doubt that the general position of the working damns has, with that of all others, bens for centuries making gr ,dual progress in the direction of amelioration. Death by starvation is the most frightful type of national destitution and calamity, and its prevention is the first main object of all racial institutions of an economic character. That we have so entirely guarded against this calamity as to prevent it from sometimes overtoking isolated unfortunately cannot bo said even in Britain; and late meta Lave teo tragically proved that our means of palliation, how ever energetically employed, may . not yet be sufficient to protect the poorest part of the United Kingdom—lreland from the ravages o' famine. But not even the sad calamities of that unhappy country in 1847 could approach the horrors of the famines that swept England in " the good old times." In the year 1258 a large proportion of the people died by want. A like famine desolated the land in 1316 and 1317 ; and the annalists darken the horrors of a countless multitude of deaths by stating that a large part of the population were driven to cannibalism, and gaunt wretches were hunted down and slain by the fellow sufferers whose strength aid ferocity survived their human sensibilities and appetites. All suffered, from the highest downwards, and sufficier t pro. visions could not always be found for the royal table. Nearly the same tragedy was enacted both in France and England in 1439. and the pressure of the famine may be COlL ceive,t from the statement of the historians, though it is evidently exsgzerated, that the price of provisiona rose ten-fold. Surely we may safely believe that this land has paid a long farewell to such horrors, mud that the more partial operation of modern scarcities chews that fast as our population has increased the means of ita subsistence have increased in a still greater ratio. It is in the f ice of such facts as these, and of the palpably enlarged distribution of all the comforts of life among the humbler classes, that If. Louis Blanc minds the ocean-ity for hi• new social system. on the certainty th d it the world take its own way population will out-run subsistence. He targets that it is possible far the numbers of a people to increase in such a manner thot each member of the large population shall possess more than each member of the smaller. This is no Utopian project of a new sec al philosophy—it is exem plified, and may be seen. London with its two millions of inhabitant* is less over-peopled than the Wentern Highlands, where 300,000 people are spread over 130 times the area. It is customary to be eloquent about the mien and vice of the metropolis, but it might be a not less cotge. ni a task to a mind alive to the progress of the human race, and confiding in the wad on that has mode the natural pro pens:ties of mankind conducive to their gradual elevation, to look roan 1 with respect on the untiring and varied cn.rgy, the enlightened enterprise, the self-restraint, the intense competition that is everywhere visible in the commercial capital of Europe. Here that comp.tition which Louie Blanc desires to abolish is carried to its utmost scourge, and et it may be fairly pronounced that the average Londoner is a happier man than the average inhabitant of the Isle of Sore, where com,,ctition is nearly as let nt as the comraunuts could de• re it to be. There doubtless was a time when the area of London contained some two thousand in habitants, not individually enjoying the same comforts now dispersed among the two millions. Here, then, is an instance —not, it is admitted, capable of being artificially imitated— where population has been multiplied a thousand fold, with out outrunning the increase of the means of subsistence ,• and with such a phenomenon before us, we may valely all phi!ontltropists limit the:r operations, like sensible physi claw, to aiding nature instead of revolutionising the system. Tl.Jaouis Blanc has given an argumsnt in th e form of a shortllialoaue, which he thinks is of itself a demonstration of the necessity for reorganisation. Ile says: " Is competition the way to secure work to the poor ? But to put the question in this shape is to solve it. Whit is competition with respect to labour? It is labour put up for auction. A speculator requires a workman. Three present themselves: I " ' How much for your labour ?' I " ' Three francs. I have a wife and children.' . s'Good. And you? " ' Two franc. and a half. I have no children, but I have a wife.' " Indeed ! A-d you ?' Two francs will .ontent me. lam single.' " You, their, are prelerred.' " It is ae: The bargain is struck. But what becoses of the two rejected workmen ? They will die quietly of hunger, it is to be hoped." Fortunately,in I his husycountry,whieh the author represents to be so deeply cursed with competition, the horrible fate he depicts is not so frequently ex mplifiad as in these ind lent populations where competition is unknown. Sue a fret at oi.ce suggests th .t there is seme enormous tailaey in his reasoning, and it is not difficult to fiud it. Be ova- I‘oks entirely the circurosonce that competition io.crea.es t'ie fund for distribution, and re-acts so that the 'roil:van' with his wife and family may so tar increase the value of his lahcur, that some other speculator, desiring to have it, comes and °fees him four, five, or it may be six francs for it. The proof that this is the effect of competing skill is simply to be found in the variations pervading the universal scale of wage.. Eves within the walls of the manuf ictory, where uniformity is most nearly approached, the cootras's are considerable. Take up the inquiry into manufacturing distress in 1827, called the " Report on Emigration ." you find that in Lancashire the net wages of the handloom wi av ers are stated at 4s. 6d. per week (Q. 349). Oa the very mat page the same witness is found speaking to the wages of men employed in combined operations, " partly power machinery and partly the dandy loom." Thus, " warp dressers, men [rem 25 to 40 years of age and upwards, ordinary or coarse work, 20s. to 2.55. per week; floe work, that is, when fine yarn is spun, 30.. to 40.. per week." Are these distinctions merely accidental ? are they made by the arbitrary will of the manufacturer No; they arise out of a law of nature as strict as the laws of vegetable vitality, and the 40s. compared with the 41. 61. represent as surely the difference between skilled energy and la , rifle's as the heavy wheat crop and the scanty field of oats, respectively, represent the rich and the bar ren foil. I remember a braver ones saying, that he could point to two men working at piece-work, side by side, in his shop, producing the same article with the game tools, of whom the ens could make 41. a week, and the other only 11. ; and thattbere were workmen in the establishment of every variety of intervening grade. Now, if one hand-loom weaver lumen to make four times as much as anerher, he would require to work four times as long. But not so the brazier—the secret of the best workman's success was in his skill, which made every blow from his hammer worth four blows by the inferior man. The man was a very remarkable instance of skill in the work. He had in fact carried it to the utmost experienced point of perfection. He was as great in braziery so Hardwick in law, or Cooper in surgery. His chief employment was is making the finest kind of hollow copper wares, tea-urns, lamps, &c , of graceful forms, and his wonderful skill was produced by bestowing thought and study on the economising of his labour, so ILI to produce the desired effect with the smallest possible Humana exertion. Now this man added 31. a week more than his less skilful companion to the fund for general distribution, instead of encroaching on any other man's share; in spending that sum he kept in employment the woollen manufacturer, the calico printer, and the cotton weaver. Might not the champions of emigration look et this, and see if there are not sterile wastes in man's capacity fur superior productiveness to be bought into cultivation, and co. eider whether th education that vial open them up and make them accessible may not be a cheaper operation than conveying surelus popu lation to the antipodes? There are two very different kinds of competition, which the Communist confuses together. There is the competition to partake in soma limited subsistet.ce-fund—a species of competition which may undoubtedly involve the probability of the person who is outdone in the hungry battle suffer ing the fate of Louis Blanc's rejected w, rkman. We ban something only too like this in the struggle of the Irish cottager, for lend. But the competition of industrial pro duction widen's the fund of division as it proceeds: it is a self-creative power, making more than it absorbs. The high gains of the well-skilled workman are the representative less of what he takes from, than of what he adds to, the common fund. His humbler fellow-workman is not depressed by the higher grade he has reached, but rather has hie Gan field left more open. If we could at this moment take half the shirt-makers of London, and make them producers of a higher order, we would not only give them the meaus of im provin t their condition, but give • batter chance of subsist. thee to the remaining halt'. Production, discreetly and skil fully d—the new production of things which !lumen beings want, and will make an effort to obtain—does not supersede, but foetere, oceupa'ions already in existence. When Rubens anti leembrendt excelled all the other painters of their day, the physician and the lawyer studied harder, the merchant made his spoculations with m..re energy and ardour, the manufacturer produced and sold more, that they might possess their fine pictures; and the crowd of inferior artiste, instead of being superseded, had their condition raised by the propagation of • general love of art, which increased the dignity of their profession. A native of Mauchlin became renowned for the beauty and finish of his wooden snuff-boxes. A sagacious friend, who was practically acquainted with the maraet for ortianiental manufactures, recommended hits to eularge his trade, and augeeeted other articles, such as aid-cas: s, paper-cutters, tea-mtldies, &c., to whines the manufacture would apply. The hint was token. The new productions were readily bought. The impulse of competition vice applied to the atl.•i tional hands employed, by their wages being fixed according to their sk.ll, and now there is an extensive manufactory in Msuchlin, where many men are employed at high wages, in the production of goods universally admired, and. very exten sively purchased. ~~~ ~~~~~ ' A MOB ORATOR.—Mr. John Ahralunn Bell, a popular mob orator at Manchester, who has repeatedly de clared his willingness to die for his country and the charter, has absconded. leaving bis wife and children chargeable to the parish.—Leeds Mercury. SALE OF COUNT DE MORNT'st PICITRES.— The hitter class pictures, the property of Count de Horny, of Paris, were sold by Mr. Phidips, on Monday and Tuesday last, at the following prices : Watteau (Les Champs Elyse's, from the collection of Cerdinal Fetch), 1,000 guineas ; Watteau (L. a Champs Elysdes), the smaller picture,' 900 guineas; W. Vandevelde (a Sea-view during a Calm), 900 guineas; Vanderheyden (a View of Wes terkeerk), 920 guineas; A. Van Da Velde (Ruined Arch and Cows, a small picture), 850 guineas; Adrian Ostade (the small picture dated 1679), 800 guinea' ; K. Du Jardin (Landscape with Cattle), 740 guineas; Watteau Le Repos de Chasse, companion to tte large Les Champs Elyse's, and also from the Fetch collection), 730 guineas; Vend rheyden (View in the gardens of a religious institution), 610 guineas ; K. Du Jardin (Le Ma nege—a capital example), 600 guineas; Cuyp (Interior with four cows), 570 guineas; Grease (La Petite fille aux Fleurs—a head in oval of a young girl—extremely insipid), 510 guineas; Dinner (Portrait of a Woman, in his careful bail - style), 500 guineas; W. Vandevelde (A. Calm), 500 guineas; Teniers (the Guard-room—the only Tenters in the collection), 490 guineas; Isaac Ostade (Halt at a Country Inn, dated 1645), 420 guineas ; Adrian Ostade (Interior of a Rustic Cottage, dated 1647), 400 guineas; Grease (Head of a Child—tame and feeble, but pretty), 320 guineas; De Hoeghe (an Interior, three people playing at cards), 300 guineas ; Grease (11-ad of • young Girl—. expressive of ecstasy"), 300 guineas. The Ilobbinta (No. 104) sold far 220 guineas; the gallery Rubsns (IL rcules and Ompliale), 480 guineas; and the Rembrandt (the Resurrection of Llxims) 370 guineas. It says very little for the taste of the age, or the proper appreciation of works of art, when insiuid productions like those of Greure realise such large sums as at this sole snit at the recent sale of Mr. Wells's pictures. A Head, by Deaner, that cost 500 guineas, is in ,leed a curiosity, not so much as a work of art, hut for the extraordinary sum actually paid for a very inferior pro duction. COMMERCIAL er MARKETS. MONEY MARKET & CIT Y INTELLIGENCE. Two o'Clock.—Although the accounts from the Continent were read as generally unfavourable this morning, so little effect now has any occurrences, but such as might seem to compromise the in terests of peace and of this country, that the funds improved. We quote Consols now at 83 jto for the opening, with a firm market, although ithout much business. Reduced Threes are 831, to 4. Three-and a-Quarter per Cents., 84i to Z. Exchequer Bills, 375. to 40s. premium. Bank Stock, 191 to 3. The often-repeated report, which may now be con sidered to be authenticated, of the approaching rati fication of the treaty between the United States and Mexico, raised the prices of Mexican bonds about per cent. ab ive the quotations of yesterday. They are now called I 6 to 17. Notwithstanding this intelligence, the transactions in them are quite nnimpor- tile, and it would almost stem as if the is;nd holders had little more hope of any resumption of the payment of dividends from the restoration of peace than preGoubly. In other foicign stock we have little change, and few dealings. Peruvian are 30 to 5. Chilian, 78 to 81. New Grenada, 12 to 13. Venezuela, 15 to 18. Brazilian, 66 to 9. Spanish Fives, are 111 to ; the Threes, 22 I. Passive, 21, to 31. Portuguese, 16 to 17. Dutch Two-and.a- Half per Cents., 421 to 3! ; the Fours, 63& to 41. Russian, 88 to 91. Danish, 63 to 7. The advice& from Amsterdam represent a good de mand for home stock. ENOLISII FUNDS. Bank Stook, 191 3 3 per Ct. Red. Anne., 83 , 4 3 1,. . % C . 0,.... ... RT. ) 1 10.., 8,39 9 S per Cl. Cons. Anna, shut I Aettequer Billr,7s. to elaprent. riillielt3:4 FUND:. 5 per Cl. Angtrian Bond, 1 ter Cent. Orenada lids., 12 13 ii Per CL Bola. Bourim. 73 02 Crimean Deferred lid., n I 4 per Cant. ditto, 30 5 5 per Ct Mexican, 1846, 164 17 S per Cl. Bruin. Wu., C 6 6 per CL Peruvian Ma., 30 5 Ditto Nee, 73 8 Portuguese Cour. MD.. In 17 6 per et Buenos Ayrem ilds., 20 3 op, Ct Rum. n 0.,. ag 91 Ditto Chiliau Ho,. 78 81 Ditto Spanish Fkit., 119 9 Ditto Colutub. D. Ed,. —. 3 per Ct. epaulet likte, 22 1 Columbian kquolor lid 4., 11 :9 .....kniels Deferred 8d..- 3 per et, IntniA 111... (3 7 161 to, Paulve Bd.. ' 2: 3 4 29 per Ct. Dutch Itd.., 429 31 2 ler Ct. Venezuela fi'dm 15 18 4 perCL Olsten Curt, C 39 41 Venerne't Deterred kin.., 41 51 RAILWAYS.—The market has not improved with the advance i•. the funds, and great difficulty exists in efficting sales, unless at lower rates. We have London and North Western stock called 119 to 120, which shows a gradual and steady decline. Bir mingham and Oxford, about 3 premium. Black wall, 41. Buckinghamshires are done at 4 dis count. Eastern Counties 6 per Cents., pre mium. Most of the late fresh creations of 6 per cent. railway stock are neglected, scarcely com manding any premium. East Lancashire 6 per Cents. are premium. Brightons and Lancashire and Yorkshires the same. SALES EFFECTED UP TO TWO THIS DAY IN LONDON. (Yesterday's priers will be iound in last rage.) Air. , %Voir., & Dudley, 13/ len., Brig., and S. Coast, 301 1 Buckinghamshire, 3,1 d Do. New 31. Guaran. 6 per CL, Caledonian, 301 24 E. Counties, 141 14 Lon. & N. Western, 121 184 Do. New, 6 per Cent., 31 I Do. New, 2: 2 Do. Ext., No. 2, 1 d Do. Fifths, 61 G E. Union Se. G per R., 171 Do. le/. ph., M. & 8., C, 31' E. Lancashire, 18 Man., Buxton, Sr Matlock, 4 Do. 6 per Ct. Pref. Qrs., 21 Midland, 99 100 E. Lausoinshire, 204 4 Do. 301. Cons. Pref., 8 Great Northern, 51 1 North Brine' Eaten., 1 Great 8. & W. (Ireland), 211 I Do. Thinks, 1 Great North of England New SOL, N. Staffordshire, 91 1 84 Shrewsbury& Ch ester (osw.), 7 1 Great Western, 85 South Devon. 18 Do. Halves, 491 South Eutern, No. I, 111 Do. Qrs., 141 Do. No. 2, 111 Lancaster and Carlisle, 511 Do. Thirds, No. 4, 51 Lan. & York. Ora, 13 Tork, Neweortle, & Berwkk. Ea. Do. New Guar. 6 per Cent., 21 No.l (York& New0.),17/ 1 Do. Preston and Wyre, 314 Um No. 2 (N. & B.), 1 .11 110. Halves, A., 124 Ltuenholug, 1 1 London & B. We2tern, 47 Sambre Bchtrose,3l3 Do. New 501. sla., 32 Birk., Lan., & 7,c d Do. (late C. & B.), 13f Lane. & Yorksh. (late id., 8., and B.), 14f d Do. Fifth; li d LOT. & Nowt h Western, 120 Do. New Qrs., i p Do. Fifth& P Do. Qrs., A. and 8., ld p N. Staffordshire, A d Birk., Lane,, & Cheek. Jun., 7 746 4 d Fthroburgh and Gls.. Halves, 3 d Fleetwood, Preston, and W. B. J., 34 d Lan. and York. 321. late En., 74 d Do, W. It. Union, 3 13-IG d North Staffordshire, 2i d Lane. and York. ST;r6ar. 6 per Cent., MA 9d. p Midland, 100 North Brit Thirds, 2j d Amber., Nottingham, & ➢eaton, 21 d LEEDS E. Lancashire New, 2 7 d Greet Northern, Bt d East and West York., 10 d HULL E. Counties, HI. 31.94. Gt. Northern, It. 17s. .LES, Jrnn 21. Man., i.heff., & Lin., 3S Do. Eighths, 51.115. 3d. Midland, 100 De. Halves, d Shop. Union RAIL& CianM, 2 a S. E. and Dover New No. 2,101 d Do. No: 4, 21 3 d York, Newe and Ser. (C. N. E. Paz ), 1 p ;ALES, Jrsre 21. Wt. and N. Western, Leeds and Dewsbury, 12 d Man.. Met., & Lin. SOL ob., 8 s d Do. 121. 10., 5 j a Oxford, tWoretster, & Woletr., 17j d S. H. and Dover, No. 1, 21 d BALES, Jarras 21. N. Stafford...biro, 335. 93. d bkrews. sod Bar. A, 41 98s. 9d. d Do. (B), 31 d Shtopshire L moo. Ms. 3d. d South Staftndildre, d Jrser 21. Leeds and Mirk, 22 d North Bridal Thad., 26 d .E.S, Jars 21. N. British Qrs., 4 PRODUCE.—MiNciNo-LANE, Hall-pace Two.— The Sugar sales, consisting ol 200 bhdo. Cuba, and s•io hhda. Porto Rico, are proaressir g steadily, without any material alteration in prices. Refined dull, and prices must be cor.sidered 6d. lower; eandarl quality, 544. 6d.—Coffee has gone off without spirit, and prices are rather irregular.—Rice sold at yesterday's cur rency.—Cotton dul .—Rum neglected.—Saltpetre has b>en rather 9,t to-day.—la other articles no alteration.—The total amount of business done to-day has been small. TALLOW.—Petersburg Y. C. on the spot, 455. October to December delivery, 435. 6d, ; separate month' delivery, 440. CORN.—BARNSLET, June 21. —We had a good attendance of farmers. Millen were very reluctant buyers at any advance, and only the very needy were induced to buy, even at last week's rates. In a few instances an ad. vane,: of 6d. per three binthela tf Wheat were obtained. Nothing doing in other grain. BASINGSTOKE, June 21.—The late refreshing rains, and the absence of large supplies, cause the Wheat trade to rule with a greater cegree of lirrane3s. The ge:tcral tone of the markets caused an advance to be made to day, in good conditioned samples, of at least 2s. per qr., at which prices milturs and bakers added to their stocks, although not ex tensively. Barley was little inquired fur; there was an in clination towsnis abatement, but nominal Vrms may be quoted. In Oats, Beans, and Pete trade W9ll limited, and trifling reductions from former rates were made. The best qualities of Wheat made 545. per qr. ; secondary, 40s. to 425. Barley, 34a. per qr. ; inferior, 305. per v. Best Poland Oats are worth 2.55. ; secondary, sweet, feed, 18s. 6d. to 20s. Beans, 375. to 444. per qr. Peas the shade cheaper. BOSTON, June 2l.—At our market today we had a mode rate supply of Wheat, ar.d a fair demand, at about Is. ad vance. Oats were in small show, and the turn lower. Beans la. cheaper, with but few offering. Wheat, red, 445. to 49,4 white, 47.. to Ms. Oats, 15.. to 21s. Beane, 375. to 30s. per qr. CHICHESTER, June 21.—We hare agsin to report a short supply of Wheat at our market to-day, which faund ready buyers, at an advance of 2s. per qr. on the prices of last market.day. Other articles reams as last quoted. Wheat, 465. to 51e. ; Barley, 325. to 345.; Oats, 225. to 24a.; Beaus, 38s. to 40e.; Peas, 38s. to 40s. Flour, 345. to 355. per sack. IiALESWORTH, June 20.—We had a fair show of Wheat, fur which our farmers were asking higher figures, and we note the trade ls. to 2.. per qr. dearer. Barley, Beans, and Peas, dull. Wheat, 40s. to 51s. ; Barley, 28s. to 305.; Beans and Pew, 345. to 385.; OatP, 20s. to 245. per qr. - - iIITCHTN, June 20.—We had a good supply of Wheat at market, at a rise of ls. per load from last market day. Beans Is. cheaper. Other corn the same as last week. Wheat, 7. (fortmi 567.] LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1848. [THREEPENCE. SHIPPING. MAILS ARILITED• —Dublin, 3 ; WAerford, 2; Donagha dee 1 ; French, 1 ; Flanders, I; Holland, 1. L ' Acuoti, June 22. Wind this day at noon, N.W., moderate breeze, and fine, clear, sultry weather. LIVERPOOI June 21.—The Berlin, from St. John's, N.B , to this port, was totally; wrecked, 24th ult., on Seal bland; crew mired. _ _ _ . . _ _ . - Durn.n June 19.—Sailed : Wander r, Yarmouth, N.S. LIVE itroot, June 21.—N.N.W.—Arrived Thomas Field ing, se.cl Si.. Lawrence, Nee (Mears; Hampden, Mobile. Sailed : Enttrpri,e, N. w York ; Anglo-American, Boston; Cnatnin, Sleppeean ; Nll.lOli, and Evergreen , Que b ec. Orr TH u &fer, June 19.—Arrived : Surinam. Surinam, or Amaterdam. 20th., Southerner, Havana, for St. Peters burg; Hollander, New Orleans. OFF DAKTMOUTH, June 20.—Arrived : Creasy, Ceylon. 21,t , Kestrel, Madras; Spartan, Jamaica. l'oieratiourE, June 21.—S S.W. to W.N.W.—Arrivtd : Maria S rites (transport), Halifax. OFF DOVER ' Juxe 20. Arrived : Jessie, Newfoundland. DEAL, June 21. N.W. to N.—Arrived : Sirius, Amster dam, and railed for Batavia. Arrived front the river and nailed Lord William Bentinek, linmbay ; Australia, Bahia; United Kingdom, Honduras; Nova Sotian, Yarmouth, N.S. ; Earl of D..rham, Quebec. Ore Msarixos, June 21.—Antilla, South Australia. Ore SALCOMSE. June 18.— Strived : L.LVIMLent, Havana, (or St. Peternburg, with loss of foremast. PLYMOUTH, June 21.—Arrived: Express, La Guam. FALMOUTH. July 20.—Sailed Lollaud, N, w York. Orr latuorrit, June 21.—Madras, Sierra Leone, and sailed for Liverpool. NEWPOKT, June 20.—Sailed: George, Sf. Thomas's; State•man, Beaton. LIVRIWOOL, June 21.—Arrived: Hibernia, af.,New York, left 7th inst , and Halifax 10tb ; on freight about 58,0001. CLYDE, June 20.—Sailed: Romulus, New York; British American, St, John's, N. 8.; Jamaica, Montreal. TILE FRENCif WEST INDIES.—Tho freedom of the regrow was proclaimed a' Besse Terre, Guadeloupe, on the 27th, and at St. Pierre, Martinique, ou the 23rd May. The former island was perfectly tranquil, but much appre hension was expressed lest the negro population, dazzled by their iv cently-acquired freedom, stomata refuse to settle down to the continued industry necessary to secure the crops. Respecting the eat(' of the latter island a private letter says, "The insurgent state of Martinique caused the Roamer-general Rost illon to pie laim immediate emancipa tion on the 23rd May,when the excitement, not timely checked, produced some serious disasters, and great feats fur the safety of the white population ; oil hates were to be gratified, and massacres took 'slice, which augur ill for the progre es of the colony. The mob of St. Pierre, blacks and colours d, un checked by force of military or police, finding that a propietor 'of plantations, at a distr i ct called Le Pdcheur, had escaped to Dominica, proceeded, after having devastated his planta tion, house, and property, to attack his houses at St. Pierre, where some of the , amily and friends of the fugitive planter bad taken shelter. On the first attack, an inmate of one of the houses, a man of great respectability, in defending himself, killed one of the assailants, was hints. If immediately killed. the houses fired, and the inmates most. barbarously driven hack into the flames, where 32 persons, men, women, and children, were destroyed, the police not interfering, giving way to fear, unfortunately too much the case with the authorities in France in time of peril. The governor, instead of resolutely opposing the rioters. published the fol lowing day an indemnity from the pursuit of justice for all offences, even to the massacre of the preceding day. ARYI.X3I FOR AGED FREEMASONS.—The thirteenth anniversary festival of this institution took place last night at the Freemasons' Tavern, the Hon. Geo. Anson, M.F., in the chair. Alter the removal of the cloth the usual loyal and pyriotic toasts were drank. In proposing the toast of the m01e..., the Chairman said that the institution was first prumulaatt d is the year 183.5, its object being to afford relief to aged and decayed freemasons, en idea so accordant with the principles of freemasonry, that the only matter of asto nishment was, that the asylum had not long since been erected. They had received the sanction, but not the assist , ante, of the trend lodge • nevertheless, the objects of the so ciety had annually progressed, and a site had now been fixed upon for the erection of the asylum, a plan of which was ex labited in the room.—Dr. Crucifix, in acknowledging the to.st of " The Treasurer and Stewards," said that the sum required for the building was only 4,0001, and he thought th , time was not distant when the foundation stone of the building would be laid.—The sum collected at the dinner table was announced to be upwards of 5001. Tie NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.—The select committee appointed to inquire into the proposed arrange ments of the kitchen and eating and accommodation rooms ter members and officers of the House of Commons in the new palace of Westminster, and to reposs whether any and what improvements could be made in the present system of siippl, ins refreshments, and who were hatructed to inquire into the d 0 les of the sergeant-at-arms attending on this and the ,-alary. emoluments, and patronage of the office, with a view to the regulation of the same before the occupation of the new houses of parliament, and who were I empowered to report from time to time to the house, have mode further progress in the inquiry and agreed to the 101- h:wing report: " Recommending that one or mere rooms adjoining the transverse corridor, or the two rooms at the opposite side of that lobby now entered for private bills end dmrkeeper's department, be fitted up u washing rooms, &c., fnr members; th'it hot water pipes should be constructed thereto; and a portion of the upper cloister be arranged for an odd:Venal cloak-room." _ . CONIMISSIONS RY TILE LORD LIEUTENANT.—Lient. W. C. Cooper, to be captain; W. Stuart, jun., to be lieut.— in the Bedfordshire Regiment of Militia. STATISTICAL SOCIETY.—A society of great value in its ultimate results, and conducted with great ability, has been fur some months in operation—the Dublin Statistical So ciety. It owes its origin to Archbishop Whateley, who is per uisnent president, and has published a great variety of economic papers. The Anal meeting for the season took place last night, when the first report of the society was read, from which it appears the following subjects were investigated and discussed : On the connexion between statistics and political economy by Mr. Lawson. On the effect of the usury laws on the fondle, system. On the con dition of the Irish labourer. Oa Mr. Trevelyan's theory that there is no hope for a nation that lives by potatoes. On the economic views of Bishop Berkeley end Mr. Butt, and a plan for systematising Irish statistics—all by Professor Hancock ; with several other excellent papers by Drs. Wilde, Longfield, and Taylor. Two committees were appointed to report on the plan for collecting Irish statistics, and to con sider the effects of removing all impeditn-nts to the transfer of land. The archbishop closed the proceedings . by a very able address on the intrinsic value of economic licence, anal more especially in its diffusion in Ireland. 29e. to Mg. per load. Beans, 240. to 25a. Pear, Oats p^r qr., 211. to 2.55. New, xsth.e, June 20.—We hare anw to favourable change ja the weather, which, if it ow prove of es•ential agrvice to the When, which pretty generally jots ger on all the last sails. At this tn^r ing we had a moderate show of Wt. growe.s, and, haying WU, fresh iu tinge Saturday, seeded with tolerable freedom at an advance of upon nativeXind south country samples, whilst at time a fair business wits done in foreign, at similar ment. For Flour gni experienced a steady. inquiry, had no difficulty is placing the best marks of house 369.; whites, on the other hand, being saleable at sack. In Rye and Barley little stirring, sad ear might have been bought at raiser easier earns. quired for. Beans and Peas without change, may be said of Oats. ROMFOILD, Juno 21.—T0-day oar market wee supplied with Wheat, which add at about 24. • money. Other grain dull of sale, Wheat, 439. ley, 30s. to 33e. • grinding, 235. to 265. Olt! Beans, 325. to ffiks. Peas, 365. to 409. Rye, 2Ss. SPALDING, June 20.—At this day's market our usual sappty of Wheat, which told:at an se per qr. Oats'ind Beane as list week, with limit h^th articles. Wheat, 429. to 50s. Oats, 17s. t , 37s qt. 40s. • Draw:, June 20.—The weather during been extremely favourable for the growing supplies being limited, we have little changed 1. currency of the market. Wheat and Indian sustain tneir value; hut Oats ..re a5l sale, • lower. In Flour and Oatmeal we make r.n variation, current prices : Wheat, white, 28s. to 31. ; 291. per 2801bs. Oats, 105.6 d. to 12s. 3J. per 14e. to 17a. per 2241 h. Oatmeal, Ils. Gd. to Flour, seconds. 15s. Rd. to 16.. 6d. per cwt. Indian Corn, 335. to 395. per 4801bs. HOPS.-MAIDSTONE, J tlNe 20.—The hot. and is clean. With [het:avowable Mate of the weather, health of the plant, we may estimate the improvement week at 20,000 i. duty, making, with our last, 190,e00f., poet of gueb a crop as mutt reduce the price to little than a bare remuneration for the n photo' expencee, out of the question. If, imtead o f agitation tar a rep some tt:ne since, the planters had agitated an appeal It would have been &lb r for all pertlea--Gratm, u - g.—T i.e hops bare very much improved during the I in growth and appearance.-11nalwcarne.—Rine and looking well No fly.—Utcons.—Rine good, an average crop.—Ttuitgo LINTON, FAILLEtun, Ca nenl appearance of the bine healthy, but not so strong hit year. At Linton murk weak bine; some nut yet the case also in otner places.— Starts-nut of vermin, and bloc rapidly improving. Bine very Nutria... Generally in a Mulch Got inttior.—Bine continues. to improve; Boa has c„ late showers have beta very beneficial to the grounds Mate of caltivation.—WkaillAn, SinellOtan fon, healthy, but flea prevalent. The plantations in Basted beet, but the whole platty. The flea keeps following r OA. and adjoining parishes.—Bice in consequence of the ravages of the flea. The late el the planters to cultivate the land, and the bine has wrest talc week. There is every appear,coe of a modest vermin - -•- .....,Lnear:-LfieWhil; less grounds teen converted into sieves by the revues of tL of me fly sod flea leave di.preared in the lag week. MoniLy hes had a very beneficial effect in clearing off ' cleansing the plants, which Lire in a very premien", 111.', 4 7.—The hop blues are going on well ; the Late a. eery beneficial, and the planters have got their ground tivution.—.Vaideforse Journal. HAY.—SMITTIFIELD, Two o'Clock.—. and Dads report the following quotations Prime Nimble 77. e. to 80•. 1t0ere.i....C3, to I I Inter r Ito Ain Clover .. .e4i to IRw CATTLE, &e.—ExerEn, June 21. largely supplied market. Fat Bullocks sold much money as last werk. Fat Sheep were for the limited amount of business done were not obtained. Store cattle also, of wl fine show, were, if passible, even a worse Slim), the meet trifling business only in scription being done. We quote Fat Bulh to stis. per cwt., or 9s. to 108. per score. . Calves, choice articles fetched 51d. per lb. however, generally in this way must be coot 4d. to 51d. per lb. The quotation for fat stated at from 51d. to 6d. per lb. Of store' sold at 30s. each ; and a lot of conp!es at , There Was a good show of fat Lambs. Man) sold, and the previous rates moints'l4 d. LEEDS, June 21.—The show of fat cattle this morning was much larger, and of decided') superior character, than we have reputed Ot Sheep the show was equally large, and t in both descri Minos of stock were nearly eqt supply. G. Beef averaged 61., and Mutt( - - _ ROMFORD, June 21.—The btock, both fat a very heavy trade, with lower prices. to 4s. Mutton, 4s. to us. Lamb, •is, to 53. 41. Gd. Pork, 4s. to 4s. Gd. SOUTHALL, June 21.—Our supply of . other things mod. rate. The trade ruled d. from 2s. to 4s. ; Mutton, 3s. Bd. to 55.; 1. Veal, 3s. Bd. to 45. 6d.; Pork, 31. 2d. t) 43. Blba, sinking the offal. Tat:tong FAta.—The wtatber being very great number of farmers and dealers attended. Cows and Calves, and Heifers, were in great but few changed hands. The bighe.t price I was 10s. rer score. ♦ great number <f Sheep and those that were sold fetched 6d. per lb. There few fine Horses, and those realised good prices. For lesteraiaes meorocets see le, 1 MITitIAL PARLIA. HOUSE 9F COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY. The liirsmuta took the chair at 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. REPORTS CONSIDERED.—Aberaeon Ballot ; Roods; gill& THIRD READlNGS.—Burntisland Harbour Improvement wood, Preston, sod Went Riding Junction Railway (Pont liery branches) ; London and North Western Railway and extensions from Leamington, bc.); Paisley, Dorrhead, Rallissy ; Bills. PUBLIC BUSINESS. PETITIONS.—By Mr. 11. BERKELRY, 14 petitions Sir G. STRICKLAN D, 20 petitions from IS eston, fur reform.—Mr. S. CRAW FORD, front tenant-hr ners of I legalisation of tenant-Rahn—Mr. GLADSTONE. three ; the clergy of West of England and diocese of Chester, house to render more certain the tow relating to the a> induction of the clergy; also a petition mom Sir J. - nisi/deg of his diendraal from ollloe.—Mr. T. LGE___ _ ter, against the sale of spirits on Sundays—Mr. CARD shipowner of ldrerpool, against the navigation laws. NOTICR. OF ISOCION.—Cass or Stn.l.T. CLAMS.: STONE, on an early day, le bring the cue of the than T. Claridge from of under the notice of the house. BOROUGH ELECTIONS BI In reply to Col. SIBTIIORP, Sir 0. GREY said the Wed India del tainly take precedence of the Borough ' Thuraday, CHELTENHAM WRIT. Mr. STAFFORD, in moving that the his warrant to the clerk of the crown, to writ for the electing of a burgess to serve in liament for the borough of Cheltenham, in Willoughby Jones, Bart., whose election mined to be volt, said he found by the Ist the total population of the boroughs from held writs was 147,103, and that the nunti electors was 10,122. He did not think it ' large a portion of the population and should be deprived of their right to be Lowe. It was only neeerary now that should take some four or five boroughs or to give notice of a motion with rest ect to t taut day, to disfranchise them. Any creature ment or of the opposition might have practice for party purposes or for some his own. if such a precedent were ens__ become highly dangerous. The hun. baronet fur Droitwich had given notice with respect t out he had postpmed it several times; to judge of his conduct by what he bad bent would again postpone the question on Friday it was fixed. Übe wit always to yield to would interfere with the discussion of imp, he doubted whether the hon. baronet would bring it on. There was great danger in 0' representative system, and he preo ?rid liable to a charge of personal discourtesy member than slariuk from his duty by pro course adopted by him. Now with respect that borough was free from the objection agaiust the issuing of the writ for Leicestet was no special report made with regard to r cases of bribery were very few, being only and when it was considered that Chelteaht._ population of 31,207 persons and 2,345.1:c0n5. without a member for three weeks, he though suakieetly punished. With regard to th boroughs, what did they propose to do if member for the Flint burghs did not pass I if it did pus, were they to wait till the coo i bathe bill made their report, before the He did not think that the home would franchisement of such places as Derby, ham, and Horsham, for so long a period. he did not see any prospect of the (pudic would not cease to press the subject on the the house, and would bring the whole nutter it on an early day. He now would more th Cheltenham be issued. Mr. 110 WATT thought the government what they irtended to do. It would be a I issue this writ and to suspend that of Derby Sir G. GREY said be could give no &AV Lion, for he thought there were cuss on victual member of the house ought to act tr judgment, and without reference to the the government. The question before to the issue of a writ for Cheltenham. report of the committee he found that a was made, but not such a report as se mut the suspension of the writ. It the house therefore support the motion. Mr. ANSTEY hoped the house would and intelligible principle, and issue the cases. Mr. GORING wished to give no.iee nailed to Cheltenham he should move teet the writ for Horsham. Sir J. HAN MER thought the suspension was a sort of guarantee for proceeding with Election Bill. Ile had all along expressed the house ought to act on an intelligible cues. He thought great conatitntional the suspension of these writs, and that tit stinitional precedents for so doing. He p adopt a uniform principle of malting I T. Peal, 265. to 295. I tt law to note a most h, if it continue, will at, which is coining it f evils. At our market I ; of Wheat from the Saturday, sales pro- deuce of le. per. qr. I . I, vitalist at the same ate similar amend- ady. inquiry, raid we irks of households at g saleable at 3Ss. per ng, and each article sier rites. Melt in- change, and the same irket was bat thinly bout 2s. per qr. mon eat, 435, to 670. Bar- ons, 21s. to 28e. Rye, 2e. to 28s. market we have had at an advance of 28. with limited supply of 17s. to 221. Beans, luring the week has .wing crops, but, our anged to notice in the I Indian Corn fully elm sale, and rather no variation. Present 31s. ; red, 265. to I. per 196 lbs. Barley, Gd. to 131. per cwt. ter cwt. for seconds. The hop bine grow- the weather, and general monweatent Of the last a. liki,Cool., giv rice to little more, any, eapenees, leaving profit in for a repeal of the duty an appeal to the mattock, —Oros's, Li vs. Loon- luring the Nat week, both roc—Blue rowing fast, ine coed, and promising 41.1.1u1t, CfUJIT.—The ge- it so strong or forward as ne nut yet tied. This is rirsrcurvasr.— Decrease ing. a ILIOISMOuIi. a Halving state. flea has quite left. The he grounds in a backwani moan, 10111THAM.-131ne ws in Boated end Plaztol following up the young , um—Bine very /athwart:l. Die late rain has enabled bine has made rapid pro- ve of a moderate crop. No th the loons have in some crapes of the vermin, moat r hot week. The storm of dealing otf the vermin and promising Kate.—Tit, i l l ; the late rains have been heir ground into good cul- Ock.—Mesare. Cooper ions : to Straw.. 2M. to 30e. 1,1,10 le 21.—This woe a locks sold for about as 'p were a dull sale, and s done previous prices of which there was a worse market than the ly in stock of this de. Fat Bullocks from 60.5. score. As to butchers' per lb. The quotation be continued at from Cot fat Sheep must be 'store Sheep, a lot were !es at 355. per couple. . Many of these were .: a. it cattle at our market d of decidedly a more .eparted for some Limo. ce, and the transactions cirly equiveent to the id Mutton Gid. p.r lb. • both fat and lean ' was prices. Beef, 34. 4d. to fit. Veal, 33. Gd. to ly of Beef was short ; ruled dull. Beef made ds. ; Lamb, ss. to 6e. ;_ d. to 43. Gd. per stone o f wing very propitious, a attet:ded. The Bultoeks, in great numbers, yet toe price given fur Beef • f Sheep were penned, per lb. There were bat ood prices. are 14. s VW. ;,LIAMENT. GDNESDAT, lUNE 21. o'clock. Ess. Market; Truro Turnpike rbour Improvement; Fleet, Railway (Burnley and Col- Veiitern Railway (branches asMy, harrhead, and varlet (SC. , lb petitions from Bristol; eiton, fur pariiantentary nt-farmers of Ulster, for the TONE. three petitions from se of Cheater, praying the hag to the appointment and orn Pk J. T. Claridge, tom- . T. LGERION, from Ches. —Mr. CARDWELL. from a tattoo laws. I. T. Csmaniac—Mr. GLAD- re of the dismissal of bir J. if the house. OBIS BILL. India debate would cer- cough Elections Bill on WRIT. hat the Speaker do issue 'own, to make out a new serve in this present par- ham, in the room of Sir election has been deter- the latest returns th at Its trona which they with- he number of registered iuk it fair or just that so II a and the electoral body to be represented in that w that an hon. member • Agh:, under his care, and [ act to them for some die- ny creature of the govern- : have recourse to such a some particular object of ,re encouraged it might • ion. baronet the m mber respect to these boroughs, times; and if they were had heretofore done he on Friday, for which day yield to the plea that it of important questions set would be ever able to ;er in this course to the :tend to render himself urtesy towards the hon. • by protesting against the s respect to Cheitenham, bjection that was urged Leicester, because there ,gard to Cheltenham. The • ng only four in number; helteaham, which had a 345. etch. had now been , he thought it had been ▪ to the whole of these adoif th bill of the hon. inn p..ss into a law? Even the commissioners named ire the write were issued ? would consent to the dia- leroy, Leicester, Chelten- a period. For his part, if question being settled, he et on the consideration of • 'hole matter again before aid 13101 e that the writ for eminent ought to explain ad be a great anomaly to of Beefy. c. no answer to that quee- ns., on which each indi- te act upon his individual to the course pursued by don them was merely u :ham. and turning to the .hat a very distinct report so se sued to him to justify e house divided he should re would act upon a clear sum the writ in all these rooiee that if the writ were .ova tomorrow the issue of suspension of these writs ceding with the Borough expressed an opinion that :ellisible principle in these ntionsl grounds existed for that there were good reel- ing. He hoped they would wilting a general 1004 • • • •