The Express. — London, England, 1847-05-26 00:00:00

11111 1) rIONAL PROVIDENT INSTITUTION, ' tx MITVAL LIVE ARRITRANCL, eon ie. Onaschureb+trett, Lon waas.--Samnel Ilayhurst Lucle, Esq. Dircrt CRAtaxxx.—Williant Cmla, kiy. hitihr:t Bouseeld. Irst• Robert loom. Pol. ',ISN'T, E.. 1. Marks Lushinirti:;, En. 141 e, req. John It. Barbs, F. I. Miller Christy, ER. Samuel faith. Esq. *Am. Est, 11 0 ,1stish it.D. Williams Tyka, Esq. amt... 0111101•111. coeve.t, M.D., Y.L.&-rea a'...— Bireas, 11. D., P.I.S. Soterrosa—Messes. Barthel* emi Davidson. C o osetetao Acersar—Choslea /Mai o Esq., FILM. o „. ot o Annual Report peewagai he Ow weevolars on the 16th p alates that the number:f b rlehaweilht the rem* 1644 wee e annual premiums on elagollerl to C 19,441 3s. 3d. • weal stoat ot the hockey 1.111/Ousted to L 199.673 Ih. ed., increase of £58,214 19a. Id.; while the annual income was I to £6.0,910 do. Id. The total number of . polvcies issued tutee paid al Mane et Deaths, daring the year, aiamand 1. la hi, beim 16000 km than last year. ef me of the present year. the Averts and Liabilities will be ,ted when the detrplus Funds accrued since the last division tie 1542 will be equitably apportioned among the members, y is the cashing year, the bone.. due on each polity will ed. ices ett cued before the 20th of October next, will participate oats, either by • bonus added to the policy, ay a reduction of t. nt the option of the member. t pridiegre to be derived by effecting assurances in this on. is :hat of minim being able to secure th.. benefits of es to ermines, Gee from any cixtrge, anti exempt from t ree to 00m100C, (ZOO (10* P .0,1 tiemp from ,od : y dutam ratifyitLe result of the valuation of the liabilities and assets of tution n . ode in November, 1912, fe exemplified in the follow. ore" dubiung the profit aseigned to policies which had been c . hoe^ toe to 4e7en you, 1 r...au.• i u ta l .: mZ. 4 one.mr... tu..:lt:ir ...m."--,.: 1 I liege( Boss, ith•riaiza I`sioduas 1 -------...---- 1: Z Is.d. tad. S a 2, 1008 1168 11 63 0 0 17 17 3 44 1086 111 11 40 1 • 16 1 5 40 wee I, in 1 51 1 • 20 II 6 39 SOO , 41 13 2 I 3 1 4 19 2OS 1191 1 97 11 31 & 10 35 IWO 186 43 I+, I 13 10 7 94 SOO 37 12 it 4 2 5 32 POI ' 91 47 2 13 6 4 29 SAO 146 1 69 le 16 11 0 26 909.57 US 91 2 26 1111680-t Mb 1111 12 1, 3 10r. 48 14 24 3 1 J 37 6 31 IS 418 10 15 / 200 69 6 . 6.1 5 411 II 15 1 3x32 120 13 . 321 13 33 11 7 10 I SAIII 11 I 11 10 I 2 6 1 T^O . 3614 170 8 33 9 1 of the bet report, together with every other ueormetlon, obtaore oe application pt 0110116 somber of police , tooled from the let January lint to this date, the str.ount pertred thereby, 5t;8,230; the aanuAl prCaIIUJII• ato,unt to V,654. IS, lor. JOSEPH MAR Peretary. :CE'S PATENT CANDLE COMPANY.— enorre yields its present proprietors a wet of C2Ol per *twiggiest employed in It, and being Lapsible of an estmdon diminution of that per cents', of profit, moyh beyond the id MOM. of private enterprise, a conipany is in pmerc,e of it to reiec a capital of T. 300,000 in 23,N 0 Aare" of .C2O each. , 19.337 have been t.d..-n by the present r.,:prietors and others i the ,cliemehas been privately communicated 2,000 are at ie,t of several correspondents reserved for future allotment to le, and the remaining 5,00.3 are non offered to the public. WV to be made to Mews. WILSON and It (It q/50N, , ,111e so if the company, I, Coptball-building% Thrownorton-atreet, from s hom proypoctuses and every other intunnation may med. rEM' WATCHES & CLOCKS.—E. J. DENT, y pneel3l [mix/Wisest, Watt!' and Clockaseker to the Queen, Trine^ Albert, sad A.I.L. the Emmet of Ruse* respect got from the radios an luopeetion of hia extensive stork of Ira Yontha' silver eattbea, four guineas each: excoUent ter ivatebte, at six guineas each: ladles' gold watches, eight each. DEirrit menet...titre is guaranteed to him by three pate-ts, granted in ISA 13.40, and lst2.-3::, ,ttrand; 33, r.etreet ; and 31, Nord Exchange. DENT'S potent Dipleido. detenntuing that true time to within a mond, by etwerving ego or the sun or Peer over the meridian. Price 2f. each. - - - - IWLANIYS OJ)ONTO, or PEARL EMU rim., a white Powder for the Teeth, compounded of OW 31i most reeiterche ingredients of the Oriental Herbal. rates tater from the teeth, removes vote of Incipient decay, ant presents the enamel. imparting the mast pure and a whteness, nod gives sweetness and perfume to the breath. Is be its mains eradicated from the gums, and a healthy od riLlness are induced, so that the teeth (if loose) arc thus I firm in their eceketn—Pries 2a. 91. per bon.—Sold by A. IND and SON, 20, Itattairgardea, ; sal by all al.d perfumer& . anted r ril a S b ig u ßY * Ol the F.:4OLAND. 0. NIL. By Grimy A. k Ilacurr. Illustrated by LIA. LAIR.—PEN and PENCIL SKETCHER of ENGLISH .;TY. No. VI. By W. M. TUACZWILAT (Titmarati). With lOW illustraticas. ITka AS JERROLD'S SHILLING MAGAILNE. No. XXX. ! or, THE LONDON CHARIVARL. Part IJLX. Prior Is. 4d. : Pubil•lted at the "Punch' . Odlot, 63, Yleet.streeL NEW WORK BY BOZ. Stet hen. will be nubile/mei, price le., the Ninth Number of ALINOS WITH THE FIRM OF DOMBEY AND BON, Wholesale. Retail, and for F.xpretetlon. BY CIIAILLES DICKEYS . With Bloetratiorat by linßLOr K. BROWNE— on : Bradbury end Erann 11, Bout erie-sweet, Fltet-street. _Prins 4s. E TREE I "Grimes' amnia* neat doe, Irectiatl Instructions for its MOM of 114 WO-MOGUL " with additional matte= tt awa abad treatment of Shape of treat ' Sheets and buds, choice of Shoot' for budding upon, and their arrangement &pi% Matting er.n, and nano, _ _ and others. pruni :Jae, principleoil Wu, ft, up knife g, time of year, Ant, time r, gate of the plant, care `upon id, wrtno of, Into stook eporation of, for me ormmt and pushing dliag gonna a supply of Iva, dugs, and malls, to of sagas•. it buds, theory of replant explained mum wind I.lmitures priming e for healing mann& g out, arrangement of ke. g for transplantation g ye, sprusg treatment of f phoup from der rent sorts on the same Shortmi wild shoot. Stock., santing out for budding owe; themean. of procuring: colour, age, height: sorts for different specked &re; taking up, trimming roots, sending • distance, shortening heads, bre.; saw proper for the purpose Aptlicas, to limp down Free-growers, remarks oe atta of Grafting, disadvantage of Operation indifferent months Preliminary Observations Roves, cotalegue and brief deserip. lion of a few sorts &ion, preparation and Insertion of :lion, choice and arrangement of, stock, preparation o f abort lig of clearable wets adding tett a await:Lc e)te heed at TIES CiAkoom z" Moe, 5, Upper Wellin A asked orf W varieuen Comparison between ,looktfog luad a' = a lo a Li • AND Amocurfrakc ORKS by GILBERT A. i'BECKETT.— The COMIC HISTORY of ENOLAND. With nummons lions by Join. Lawn. Vol. I. now ready. Ihls work is puh a Monthly Parts, inustratel by John Leech, with One large c, and from Six to Twelve Wood Engravings. It will own orn (ire to Twenty Parts, and will appear regularly with [ably mnzazines until Its completion. OM LC BLACKSTONE. In cloth boards, price As., illustrated came CarII,MAWE Seriously we will remark, that a vein legal learning can be traced through thcse sportive pages; student may occasionally and his apprehension of atetruse rshnowned by Mr. Deckers fun."—Tirasa, Jan.S, 1810. CIEZIOLOGY of the BRITISH DRAMA. on,sloe Minster', and Stage Plays. ,„,e=r4 , :tx Pnc^ ?.. London: Published at the Punch" Mice. QUI:EWELL% GUIDE TO HEALTH AND W5lO LIFE Tries Is. each, by poet, le weave, Is. id. awls, HAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID. (With Dlet-tibles 077 all Complaints.) IL HOW TO DE r. "'unman Vivere."—qt. It is con:ended Oat sloslantles thew, and miming ere of ear own endisalwaswelaes , table-indulgece., mend tninsibiNty, Misiryar. , teakettles, and that awed hulk demi deeentawn and oatiented days ow at didawnensed. Dy alteerwane cat fee contained in thine niessebe tie woretanse at h nereoneoen, debility, mai leWaa be eared i r i d er rU tliea th.—Sherwood, 23, Witevirovr; 39, Ooridirn ; 5, taw Droad-street; Cowing 147, Weet-etreet ; Nei." 437, • or direct tram the Author, 10, Arigyll-plate, Nepal-et. with a quiet aged. The tremaikeks reach 3,600 bake, that : Upland eel Tier. Mobile and N.Or. 2,100 balm !Me bales. Ordinary to pond ordinary ll to 11 ... 11 to Middling to peed middling II to 11 1 ... 111 to t 2 Middling fair to fair =1 4 14 to gocd 13 to 14 ... 14 to 14 • total for the week of 9, bales. The arrivals have been . From Florida, 1,236 bales; 2 Georgie, 1,049 ; South Carolina, 403 ; North Carolina, 84.-- Total, ,778. Total import from the Ist to the 30th ult., 21,431 bales. Export from the let to the 27th of April, 4,726 bales. Export front the United States: Since the let of September lest, 800,703 bales ; same time last year, 960,635. FLoon.- -The market here for Weetem Flour since our lest has been dull, and, although the stock is reduced very ' low, some holders, in view of the opening of canal nariga. tan, have evinced an anxiety to realise, and prices have be come unsettled, and lower rates accepted. Geneuce and • Troy cannot be quoted over 7 dots. 75c., and some has been sold for 124 e. less ' • Michigan and Ohio, command, in small lots, 7 dolt. 50e. to 7 dolt. 621 e.; 900 barrels New Orleans at these rates; and 800 Ohio, rio Philadelphia, 7 doh. 375 e. to 7 dois..soc. To arrive, there ham been a good demand, and we notice sales of 4,000 barrels, in May, at 6 dole. 375 to 6 dole. 60e.. the lower rate for mixed Michigan ; 4,000 in June, 6 dole. to 6 dots. 26e. •, 3,000 in July, 6 dolt. ; 1,000 in August, 7 dot*. 75c. ; and 1,000 on or before September 1, at the option of the seller, at the same price. Southern Is inactive, and prices gradually recede. The sales SRO 3,000 to 3,500 barrels of Alexandria, George hewn, and Richmond County, at 7 dols 374 e. to 7 dols. llla; and 300 Richmond City Mills, about 8 dole. 50c. Rye flour sells slowly at 5 dela. to 6 dolt- 12e. Higher rates befog demanded far corn meal, the market is quiet. 3,000 barrels of Jersey, part to arrive coon, sold at 4 dols. 60c. to 4 dolt. 665 e. 1,060, in all May, 4 dole. 25c. ; 3,000 Western, in June and July, on private terms; and 100 puncheons of braudywine, 22 dole. cash. Export, from the lot to the 27th of April Wheat flour, 90, 379 barrels. GItAIN.-There is no wheat hare. To arrive in May, 12,000 bushels of Genesee. sold at 1 dol. 60c. to 1 del. 55e ; and 10,000 of white Ohio, 1 dol. 40c., cash. Northern [TO has been dull, but the market is now, perhaps, a little firmer; 5,000 bushels sold is lots, at 92e. to 95c. A small lot of barley brought 72e. ,• the last sale to arrive was for early in May, at 70c. cash. Northern oats are in less request, and the stock accumulates; the ckuotation at the cicse is 60c. to 5'2c., at which 5,000 bu,hels uava been disposed of; end 2.300 Southern, at 47e. The supply of corn here is not large, but theastunwerao the deems& the mikket retaining tta firm ness; the entes are MAIO .bashels northern and Jersey yellow, at 950. to 97c., with I.ooolersey, fur store, at 1 dol. ; 10,000 southern yellow, at 950. to 96c. ; and 16,000 white and mixed ditto, 92x. to 91c. To arrive the sales have been large, say 150,000 bushels, partly OR terms not made public, including in part the May delivery, at 80e. to 8.50., end June and July at 75c. to 761 c. Beans are in good demand, and conaidrrable sales have been made within our range. 000 bags of black-eyed peas sold part at 2 dole. 37c. per bag of two bushels.-Exports from the let to the 27th of April : Corn, 1,0.52,042 bushels ; wheat, 55,490 ; rye, 44,288 ; bar ley, 8,183; oats, 89,118. PRovivioNs,-Old Ohio pork since our last has been very quiet, and yesterday the market was dull. We know of no sales worth reporting; about 1,000 barrels sour prime brought 11 dole. 375 e. to 11 dols. 50c. ; and 250 new mess, to arrive, 16 doll. 375 c. to 16 dols. 50 c. Beef is inactive , 100 barrels city prime sold at 9 doll. 25c. ; 200 mess, 12 dolt. ; and 175 tierces prime mess, a few days since, '2O dole. Ohio lard is in good demand, and prime in barrels readily com mands 10c. ; and in kegs, 100 e. ; at these, with some No. 2 in barrels, at 91 to 91, the sales are 1,600 kegs, and 600 to to 700 barrels since our last. Pickled meats are firm ; 106 tierces Western hams sold at 81c.; and 60 hogsheads, shoulders, in elrr salt, 64c. New butter sells, on arrival, at 20c. to 72c. for western dairy, and 25e. to 26c. for Orange county. Export from April 1 to 27 :-Beef, 2,618 barrels; pork, 5,009; lard, 15,366 kegs. Rice.-The transactions have been to a very fair extent since our last Saturday's report, and prices are fully main tained. The sales amount to about 800 tierces of all descrip tions, at 3 dole 50c. for ordinary, to 4 deli. 621 c. for good. The stock having been considerably reduced, holders arc firm at our quotations, which we do not vary. Tonacco.-We notice a pretty good demand, and sales, since our last, of 175 hogsheads. Virginia and Kentucky, at 24e. to file. ; 550 cases of Connecticut and Pennsylvania seed leaf, part Sle. to 103 c. ; 27 Florida, at 6c. to 15c. ; and 200 Connecticut, for export, on terms not made public. IntiN.-We have no new feature to notice in the market, except that holders of Scotch pig are much firmer, rind some are now asking advanced rates. 200 tons common Swedish sold on private terms. FRBIOIiTd.-The market remains very unsettled, and rather lower rates have been accepted. Some eight or ten British vessels have left, or are about to leave for Quebec, to engage in the timber trade. To Ireland, London, and the Continent there is but little going forward, and quotations are nominal. To Liserpool we notice small engagements in American and British vessels of flour and meal, at Ss. per barrel ; resin, 3s. to 3s. Cal.; tar, 4s. 6d.; leather. Id. per lb. ; 300 caeks spirits of turpentine, at 20. per gall, &c. A Bri ' tish ship was taken up to load heavy goods, at Boston, for London, at 15s. per ton. To LONDON. -Flour, 4s. to 4s. 61. per barrel ; turpentine (North country), 4s. 6d. per barrel; spirits of turpentine (2.52 gallon.), 60s. per barrel ; measurement goods, •40s. to 465. per ton ; heavy goode, 60s. per ton ; cheese, 60s. per ton ; beef (3041 b to 3301 b.), 10s. per tierce beef and pork, Bs, per barrel ; corn and wheat, 16d. per bushel; oats and barley. 13d. to 16d. per bushel. TO ' HAN as. -Cotton (square and round bales), le. to lc. per 1b..; four, 1 del. per barrel ; ashes, 8 dols. to 10 1441, per I too ; rise, 12 dole. per too ; whalebone, le. per lb. ; tallow, lard, &c., 4c. per lb. ; grain (in bags), 30e. to 35e. per bushel. PRILADILTRIA, APII/L 30, r.m.-Cotton is firm, with males of 300 bales of Uplands and New Orleans, at 13 to 131. Flour is in moderate request, and holders demand 7 dolt. per barrel for good brands ; some extra brands sold at that, 1,000 barrels of corn meal sold at 4 dols. 374 c., and 300 barrels at 4 dole. 26e. Rye flour sold at 4 dole. 875 c. ; 7,000 bushels of good red wheat sold at 157, and white at 162 ; 3,000 bushels of corn sold at 93c.. and 2,600 bushels of oats at 514. 23,700 barrels of flour, 59,362 bushels of wheat, 3.5,327 bushels of corn, and 18,177 barrels of corn meal, were exported from Philadelphia last week, principally to Europe. BILLTIKORE, At art. 30, Y.M.-The floor market COn *MO dull and unsettled. I note a sale yesterday morning, in s.ollsts, of 200 barrels each, at 6 dots. 72c., and about 600 barrels Susquehanna brands at 6 doh. 75e. There are buyers, only to a moderate extent, of flour at 6 dots. 76e. Some are unwilling to offer mere than 6 dolt. 621 c. Holders are rather anxious to operate at 6 dole. 75e. Nothing of moment doing in City Mills. Small sales of some 400 barrels, at 6 doh. 874 c., and 100 barrels, yesterday, at 6 dolt. 75e. Corn Mal is very dull, and can be had at 4 dole. 371 c. By an arrival from the Cape of Good Hope we have papers to the 28th March. The Frontier 7Yrnes states that a Burgher force had been ordered to assemble at Fort Peddie, and that in the meantime steps were being taken to strengthen the defences of the colony. The important station of Riebeek had been garrisoned by a military force. Various new positions in the Field-cornetcy of Fiah River had lately been occupied, and a post would be immediately established at New Year's River. It adds "So far, then, as much seems to have been done, under the new order of things, as could be expected. But his excellency must exa mine well the tools with which he works. If any of these should be found to be rusty, or crooked, or worn out, or unserviceable from any other cause, they mast be put aside instantly, or the whole work may be spoilt." Sir Henry Pottinger, according to advises received in Cape Town, from the frontier, was nearly ready and about to eater upon active operations against the Chief Pato and such other parties of Kaffirs as should not make their submission and restore their plunder. Some distressing accidents, with loss of lives, by boats being capsized, at the Fish and St. John's rivers, in the eastern province, had occurred. In ono case the boats, upset by the violence of the surf, were employed in landing goods from the Ann schooner, in Waterloo Bay ; but a more distressing occurrence still is reported, in the loss of another emigrant ship, called the Gilbert Hen derson, about which the following details are given in the South African Advertiser : Another emigrant ship (the Gilbert Henderson) has gone ashore in Algoa Bay, in a "brisk gale," says the report. When this Teasel was in Table Bay, certain shippers by her, or their agents, applied to the Marine Insurance Company to underwrite part of her cargo destined for Port Elizabeth. The company, with great and com mendable prudence, employed Captain Bence to examine, and report upon her ground-tackle, amongst other:things, and that gentleman reported unfavourably. The company, therefore, refused to accept the risk. The event liu justified their judgment and proceedings. But what is to be said of the parties who send out emigrant ships to this colony so shamefully unprovided . This is the second that has been lost within these few months hom the same cause,—the Galatia, in Moose' Bay, and the Gilbert Henderson, in Algoa Bay. Aid what is to be said of the London surveyors ? • • • From this cause the character of the bays in this colony has often suffered. Ex posures like this are designed to rectify this abuse." The directors of the Eastern Province Bank had obtained an interview with Sir Henry Pottinger, for the purpose of laying before him the difficulties under which the mercantile community were labouring in consequence of the scarcity of the circulating medium, and of entreating him to afford them some assistance by causing a currency of some kind to be created to meet the emergency of the case. His excellency observed that it was out of his power to make any laws affecting the currency, and that, to enable him to take any step of the kind, he would require the sanc• tion of an act of parliament. It was suggested that that the evil might be materially lessened by causing commissariat drafts to be a legal tender. This course, however, Sir Henry did not think himself at liberty to take, as it would be in fact creating a species of currency. His excellency also stated that he had reason to believed that a considerably quantity of specie was on the way nut to the colony, by which the difficulties felt by the mercantile classes would be relieved. In the Magistrates' Court at Graham's-town, Mr. Jervis, on behalf of the Chief Pato, obtained leave to institute a criminal proceeding against the editor, printer, and publisher of the Colonial Times, for a ATEST INTELLIGENCE. THIS DAY, Four o'C7ock. the packet-ship Columbia, arrived iesterday in Jersey, wo have intelligence from New York to it instant. The political news by this opportn is unimportant. The Emigrant; Passengers which levies a tax of one dollar per head on nuns, to form a fund for the relief of the more me persons of that class arriving at New York, d the senate at Albany on the 30th ult., and aissioners were appointed for its disbursement, are to assist indigent persons in obtaining em new, or take measures for their removal to dis where the demand for labour may happen a most abundant. The lower house had ed to enact the measure authorising the deposit ated States' Stocks with the comptroller for bank urpoaes. There was no later intelligence from co, but accounts were daily expected of an en sent at Encerro, now called Cerro Gard o ' be i General Scott's army and a force, estimat ed at 0 strong, under the personal command of Santa e Sarah Sands, screw-steamer, was to leave New on the 11th inst. The commercial accounts by rrival are only one day later than those received c Cambria. Exchange was quoted at 6to 6 ent. premium. The cotton-market was quiet. lour trade was unsettled, holders having evinced anxiety to realise. We annex the latest market ts : COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the New York SAippiny List, May I. W YORK, MAY I.—EXCHANGE —Since our last the ft in foreign, for the steamer, has continued to a fair but with some alterations in prices, and we now vote Lwidon at 6 to 61 per cent. premium, a little higher se ellen being paid for favourite signatures. Paris, to 51 361 c.; Amsterdam. 391, and sales of southern It Inset!. rates; Antwerp, rt to 391; Hamburg, 361 and Bremen, 78 to 791. VOW.—The business in this market, ►ince our last, has sin as large as for the previous three days, but prices been fully maintained; the market, however, closes 7/,(r defamatory libel which appeared in that paper, charging Peto with having sanctioned the murder of a trader, named Bezant. The case having come on for hearing, the court decided that the article in question was a libel, and that the parties charged were guilty; whereupon 1/r. Campbell, the editor, and ylessre. A. J. Aldum and J. Harvey, tl.c printers of the Colonial Tunes were ordered to enter into their personal recognizances to appear when required. The intelligence from Natal is to the 20th February. The expedition sent to the Umzimculu, against the Bushman chief Fodo, had captured several thousand head of cattle, but the chief himself had escaped, and a reward of WI. had been offered for his apprehension, by the Lieut.-Governor. One of Fodo's head men is said to have been made prisoner. Mr. Shepstone, the government commissioner for the native tribes within and beyond the settlement, had returned to Pietermaritzburg, and the troops were expected to reach the seat of government on the following day. An extraordinary trial had taken place rat the criminal sessions at Natal, which ended in the convic tion of two natives (Umwangala and Nomgqula), charged with murder. It appeared that the murdered man was a reputed Kafir wizard, whom Umwangala believed had, by his acts and enchantments, destroyed a certain number of his (Umwangala'i,) wives. Um wangala summoned a witch-dance, at which the deceased was smell .0, by the Kafir doctor employed on the occasion. After thin ordeal. than could rs male no doubt of ' (IC enlprit's malpractices, and Umwangala employed, as executioner of the doc tor's sentence, the prisoner Nomgqula, who headed a party of five, that waylaid and murdered the un happy victim, Umkomanzi. The convicts were sen tenced to death ; but, as the matter was connected with the superstitious practices of the natives, the sentence was very properly commuted by the Lieut.- Governor. atmospheric influence. A rather remarkable fact, tending to confirm that theory, has just come under our notice. A gentleman in the neighbourhood, who had a quantity of the kind called " fusty folds," discovered the other day a con siderable number of young plants springing from a portion of ground from which the crop had been lifted previous to the blight, while not a single stem was to be found in that portion of the field from whence the potatoes were removed subsequent to the appearance of the disease. It may also be mentioned that, in November, the some gentleman planted several rows of the said tainted " forty-folds," and at the same time a row of what were called F rench potatoes. Not one of the forties cams up, while the Frenchmen present a beautiful braird.— Scotsmen. t o S. bd. ; ordinary to rod, 2 101. to 2a. ; Bintlipatant 2a. bd 31. 3d. ; to 2s. 3d. PRICES C (Wu; per Wit. erre ram W. Indlo,B.P.bwb.b4o 00-644 Od Yellow &Ore,— 43 0...17 Pine .. 43 0...33 /I smith's.; brews 18 0.. 43 Yellow 44 0...47 Pine 43 0...31 Dongal elladroa, b 5l Yellow 43 0..46 Vibito 47 0...33 Foreign, brown 34 0. .42 Yellow 44 0..43 Grey and whit 44 0...51 Refined, Hoinbro' 4A 0...69 Lame 63 6.-. K Corral, In Bond. Wert India, ordi nary 33 0... 40 6 Good Vise 7O 0-121 0 Ceyke, good ordi nary .. 37 0_ 30 0 Flat enliesry 59 6... 40 0 Pine GO 0... 60 0 Mock., good to lbw 14 0... 80 0 Caea Rica, ordi nary to fine 34 0... SO 0 Sumatra and Pa- 23. to It.; trek and lean. to 40. Id. ; Oade, 2s. 2d. to long 22 0 . 27 0 TNA, at per lb. Coasott,conuaon 9 0 ... 0 9i Rim, at per mt. Bengal C 4. 14 l9 0... 20 0' Java 2l 0... 0 Patna 2B 0.. 26 • 34 0... 38 0 srium. Ram at per fall. Leeward lamd --- 3 4 . 3 3 Demerara, 20 to 36 per oent. 0.? 4 2 .- 4 Jamaica, 30 to 311 per cent. O.P 4 I• ... Faintuitc marks I 71 ... Bran.ly, Ist Lrands 4 • ... I apirita,,Lp. 11 0 ... 0 Bauch hlah ll 0 ... 0 FT.\a, per tan. Riga, P.T.R./47 0...36 151 6 1 , 07tmabuig. •• . 0 Dutch and Flendah 35 0...710 Friedland Harr, at par ton. Bt.Peterabumalesat37 10...38 outahot half clean Riga, Mine outahot Pan Manilla 29 0...30 East lottla Sum-. 15 0...18 Bombay lB 0...23 Jute Tray at per cot. Banes B7 0.. 90 Straits Otaa. in blor.k. 92 0... 0 boo, at per ton. Bare XIO 0 /9 Plus, Na I. At • . Hoops ll 10... 0 Cargo a/Cardiff:sr 9 0... 0 Swedish ll 10 . 0 Isais at per ton. Med,bast. lB 13 ..19 shalt l9 10 ..20 23 0... 0 Patent slat 2l 0... 0 red or mirdom... 19 10...70 Spelter 2O 0...21 I (huh per 232 be,. pl. d.p. flak, 3.4 wale 3B 10... 0 1022 , •. brown Itt yellow 27 0.. 29 Sperm 69 0...90 Head Matrr 9l 0...91 Cod 27 10 . 0 Mouth Sea 24 10...26 1 OUre,Gallipoli,p.ton 51 0... 0 Cocoa Nut 3O 0...30 1 Send. Rape, pale, per ton SS 10... 0 Llured 27 0... 0 Plmmsnots, per awt. Butter—Cork, Ist 0 0... 0 2nd 0 0 9 3rd 0 0... 0 Doblin, Ist • L.. 0 limerick, do • 0... 0 Cutow, 0 0.., 0 Newry, It —. • 0... 0 Waterford 0 0... 0 Ike, bulb, pre Hems York prime duns— U 6 ..85 lama-Pork,Lmrk 1 80 0...82 Do., !clout bone, Waterford, = wt. 74 0...60 GS 0 Ga • Lard„Dethat,prtrk 139I 39 0...62 Waterford, do f Ditto Madder Miamian How, 0: sad Cow, at per lb. D. A. awo W. Video, s.O k• Vted 0 3 d5 4...0 o 7 4 Brazil, dry RiDrpoltod o, dry OO 4 ° I ° o 13 0 .0 6 Linn kV** dry • I _I • West. lartla, O.- 41..31 il Salted o .0 44 rAft India 0 4 .0 104 Ktpa, B.Ayrea, day 0 7 —0 Runes, dry 0 84...0 9 8. Amax. pr bide 70.130 Rued* ditto 6 6...10 6 Dye W=, ,, ar ton. LorroorA,J 0... 0 a Hunduna 510 514 Camprochy 0 0... 0 0 rustic, Jamaica 6 0... 0 0 Niraragns, Lugo nod solid 15 0...17 10 Small uma 12 • 17 10 Soon 10 10. 18 6 Rad Sander.. A I° 0..18 0 TALLOW.—The market keeps advanoing, and, ea the quantity to arrive by the 31st July is very small, a fur thee improvement may be looked for. Petersburg Y. C. on the spot, 48s. 6d. to 495. ; October to December delivery, 475. 3d. SOAP TRADE.—LoNoos, MAY 21.—Tallow has steadily advanced during the past week, sie well for forward delivery as on the spot. The price for the last three months is now 465. 6d. The difference between what is called the market letter price of rough Fat, and the real average price, is again very considerable. For the fat of the hest butchers, we hear, as much as 3s. per stone was given. Price of Y. Candle on the spot, per cwt., London, 475. 9d. to 48.. ; Liverpool, 495. Town Tallow, nett price, London, Rough Fat, letter price, per stone of 8 lbs., 'London, 2.. 81d. Newgate Market, for good Fat, averagn price, per stout of 81b.., London, 2s. 10d. to 11.. Stuff, London, 38s. Hough Stuff, London, 245. to 26a. Cl. Palm Oil, Loudon, 36..; Liverpool, 365. to 355. Cocoa Nut Oil, 48s. 6d. Node, fine transparent, London, 6s. 6d. ; Liver pool, 3.. 64. to Bs. Alkali, strong and weak, per cent., London. 21d.; Liverpool, 21d. Price of extra pale Soap, nett price, exclusise of chests, freights, dm., London, 605.; Liverpool, 561. to 61s. Mottled, London, 525. ; Liverpool, 48s. to 50s. CORN.—MARK-L INE.--The weather continues as fine as cauld possibly be wished for the growing crops, nod, under its influence, and that of the recent large arrivals, millers act with the utmost caution, and the often they ge nerally mule for Wheat this morning were so low, that factors refused to listen to them, nod consequently but little business puma. Oats were a better sale this morning, at a slight reduction upon Monday's rates. Barley, Beans, and Peas nominally the same as last quoted. The following are Monday's quotations: BRITInfI. Skill.n.• pet st.t.o.. WISZAT, Ear I andlient Red. .93 to 97 93 ...White....9; to 101 to 103 Norfolk and sutfolk .. 91 to 93 97 do 93 to 97 to lot Talavera (Does or nuffolk) lot to 107 Cane, k Lin., Red . 95 to 97 to 99.- Whits— 93 to 99 to 101 Northumberland St Scotch do. —to do —to— to Dish do —to do —to— to Ern . 65 to 70 Bunt, Feeding. 47 to SO Distilling 30 43 to 56 74110. — lo rkeralfet to kis to Irish Beck Wil.T 48 to 33 Mats 7l to 90 tine pale 110 to 86 Oars, English Pied 34 to 341 s 0d...81ear.. SI to 36s Od Ditto Polands 38 to 40. Od ..Potato.. 39 to 41. Od Hero iskandScotchFood 33 to 37. 0d...110tat0.. 40 to Its Oil ]r0i1.....—.................. .... ..... . . . Peed 32 to 113 to SU 0d..2224ek... 83 to 35s Od Ditto Potato ....- . —..........-....401 Od to 426 Od Pus, Grey 12 to 531 OrL..lispie... 87 to 61. Od Blue White 66 to GO.. ere 6l to 65 Bum, Mamma 44 to 46 Tick. 46 to 49-old 49 to 23 Narrow 45 to 49 Small 31 to 34...01d 33 to 87 Thom New Spring to Now Winter— to --old to Rwriweso, New he4o to 42 tioGsorl. Lorehau CALM ... /13 10e to 113 00 ~.._ ....._........._ FLova, Town toodiNdellyircd 73 to IS Tine flo uotizoTd63 to 71 Norfolk mid 63 to OD NVhites Northumberland, Lincoln, and Yorkshire Sussex md heat to hi,. to FORIGN. Daq free. WitrAT, Donate and Konigsberg 92 to 93 fine to lot.— to IN:mermen, Rostock. sail Stettin, new 93 to 99... to French and Brabant Danich and - to Rus..ean ..... . 1 . 1 37 ° I b rg itityptima... —to —... to Moubliond Odom— — 9 O to 91.-- to Canadian to ... .ttutrallan 92 to 102.. RI. 11A0.1.[T, Feeding 43 to 46 ohstaling 4 to 34.-- 66 - INDIAN COlOl 56 to 63 0664, Rani. 32 to 34-- to Poorraneou sad Bizsiii666 - to Bra* and 1 1"i*. - to - - --..- a bllto to Bums, Mak to old 43 to 43.-- to old 49 to SI —to Peas, Grey White 54 to 56 Bonen Old to .aaw to to - LUMIIN Battle and Roadie Mechterraneao sad Odra& 11.4mman 40 0. 42 ilemmeed 36 to 36... do. do. 11.4,mara Gan her ordaty, per ton, t 5 10.. to £5 15a. Lamm CAL" Dutch sad Getman ditto .C 9 10a. to £lO 10r. Ditto Praia sad Artier - wan ditto £lO 10.. to £ll 10a. per Brl. of 190125. 44 to 48 42 to 411 Pun'', Amerlean .... Daatzic and a..i::r...... ._:~»: Cumbria (Duty lid. Fair barrel) I'm& free to —Der Sock of no lbs. ARRIVALS INTO LONDON FROM 24th MAY TO 26th SI tT. Qrs. Ilegllab. Scow& Inah. Foreign. Wlaest }or e , 4030.6 1_ 29 1( th. 0 1 juit. 4.612, 1:3870 Oats DITERIAL AVERAGES. Velum- Barlvy.l Oat.. i lye. ' s he.a. April 10 74. Sd'4o4 ed 3?. 7.134 a 10CM. 10r1 Od 17 74 Id 46a ed 29. 74864 Idlien 10d,30. 74 94 76. 10d 48. 34 399 7d431 6d:19. 11.1A2s 44 May 1 79. Ge 1149. 61 . 3 , 01 11d.85. &1,11. 10d,324 114 0 81. 104!51. od 3ls 6d 59. 3.1 59. Od's4s Ild If 115.1 9412 a 7d 2.11 d 98. 7444. 7.1'53. Od 6 weeks' AU. Aver. 7lis .4.41 . .114131a 2.156 a lili3la 643 h. 74 (There are no dutie.on Foreign Grain.) Price. I April 10. 741 May I. I 'Pawing, MAY 25 —Wheat sg. t, 6a. lower than last week. The amount of business transacted was of the meat trilling description. But few Beans offering; dim maintain late rates. Of Ba. ley scarcely a sample on offer. Leans, May 2.5.—0ur arrivals of Wheat are moderre ; the general dt premien of the trade in this article noted at tl e close of last week. is followed to-day by a redaction of Ss. to 10s. per quarter, and very :i*tle burner done. Barley alto recedes; and Oats and Shelling are each rather lower. Beans scarcely bring an much money. Arrivals this week : Wheat, 6,760 ; Oats, 1,869; Barley, 766; Beans, 311; Rape seed, 3,791 ; Linseed, 13. _ . . . LISIOUTON BUZZARD, MAY 2.s.—Wheat was in fair sup. ply, the trade for which ruled dull, at a reduction of 6s. to 10s. per load on Itst week's rails. Of Barley there was scarcely coy on offer, and its value may he considered nomi nally unaltered. Wheat, per load of 5 bushels, 5 8 s. to 665. Bar!ey, per imp. qr.,645. to 60s. Beans,per load of 5 bushels, 365. to 400. vgfireoh, Mar 25.- Of Foreign Wheat direct from Europe ands ens returned cargoes from Ireland, we have a fair import of that Grain fresh in for to-day, with a good supply of Indian Corn, and several arrivals of other Grain : of American Flour, however, we have las in than usual and are net 1 kely to have any large quantity thence uutii the June shipments come to hand. Our advice. from various parts of the United Kingdom report the highly beneficial effects upon all the growing crops by the copious rains diffused so generally over the fice of the country during the present month, and the decided reaction thereby produced upon the prices of Wheat in many of the Eneli,h marhets lost work, which, added to the depression in Landon yesterday, have recoiled upon the trade here this morning, reducing the priced of both Enalish and foreign 'Wheat 91. to Is. per 70th.. below the rates of Tuesday last, and inducing the miller. to exercise more for bearance thou usual. The transactions altogether were bat limacd in amount. American Flour, on the contrary, con tinuing to meet a good inquiry, and holders submitting to a decline cf 5s per barrel, the operations were ton fair extent, and several 'weeks being withheld from sale, the trade closed rather mere firmly than it commence 1 Sack Flour, although scarce, was I gewtse proportionably cheaper. Barley, Beans, and Peas, up in a moderate sale, must be noted 2s. per qr. lower in rake. Oats, even with a limited supply et hood, receded 2d. I.er 15114., and °Amesl barely sustained our lest quotations. Indian Corn, moving off less freely than of late, was 2s. to 3s. per qr. cheaper, on which term., how ever, a tow thousand quarters were sold, for both English and Irish account. C en Meal also gave way le. per Larrel.-British: Wheat, per 7016., English, red,l3s. to Ills 3d.; extra, 13.. 3d. to 13.. 6d. ; w hits, 13s. to 13.. 6d.; extra, 13s. Cl. to 14s. ; Irish, red, 12s. 6d. to 13s. • extra, 12a. 9d. to 13.. 3d. ; white, 13a. to 131. 3d. Barley, kaglish, per quarter, 565. to 601. ; Chevalier, 60s. to 625. ; Scotch and Irish, per 60 lb., 80. to Bs. 3d. Malt, English, per quarter, pal , , 745. to 861. Oats, English and Scotch, per 4.5 lb., 6s. 21. to 6s. 111. ; Welsh, 6s. Sd. to G.. ; Irish, fine qualities, 6s. to 13e. Id. ; general qualities, ss. 10d. to fe. Beans, English, per quarter, 675. to 61s. ; Pigeon, 61e. to 63.. Scotch and Irish, per 4SO lb., 5•25. to 545. Peas, English, per quarter, white, 645. to 68e. ; d.. and Iri,h, grey, &Ss. to 60s. Flour, per 280 lb., English and Irish, tine, 60s. to 61s. ; superfine, 655. to 665. ; extra, 655. to 70.. Oatmeal, per I. ad of 2401 b., Irish, 1816, 52.. to u 4.. ; old, 465. to 50s. ' • Canadian, old, 48a. to 50s. Bran, per 24 lb., Is. lOd. to 2e. Foreign: Wheat, per 701 b., Cfisedian, free, red,l2s. 9d. to 135.; white, 13s. to 13s. 3d.; United States, red, 13s. to 13s. 3d.; white, 13s. na. to 13e. 9d.; Gastric, mixed and red, 13*. to 13e. 34.1. ; high mixed, 13s. 3d. to his.; Lower Baltic and Hamburg, red, 13s. to 13.. 3d.; white, 131. to 13s. lid.; /Lige and l'eteraburg, red, 12s. 2J. to 12 a. 6d. ; Archangel, 12.. to 12.5. 3d. . • Odessa, common, red, 12s. to 12s. 3d. ; Polish, 12s. 3d. to 1 2 _.. ihl. ; French. Spanish. and Italian, red, lie. to 12s. 6d. ; white, IS.. 3d. to 124.9 d.; Bennet and Marianopoli, red, 12s. 3d. to 12s. 9d. • Egyptian, DN. 51 to 11..; Mediterranean, &0., hard, red, Its. 9.1. to 12‘. Rye, per qr., Baltic, &q., 665. to 68s. Barley, per 601 b., 7s. 7d. to Bs. 6.1. Oats. per 43 lb., 6s. to 6.. Id. Beans, per quarter, European, 64.. to 570.; Egyptian, per 4801 b., .15s. to 465. Pees, per qr., Baltic, &c., white, 66.. to 70.. ; Canadian, 64*. to 66.. Indhus. Corn, per 4801 b., 60s. to Gds. Indian Meal, per barrel of 1961 b., 301. to 31.. Flour, per barrel of 1961 b., Canadian, sweet, 435. to 4 le.; United States sweet, 435. to 414. • United States and Canadian, sour, 39:. to 40s. Arrivals from the 18th to the 24th Mae, 1848, inclusive, into Liverpool and Runcorn : Wheat, 11,126 qrs ; Barley, 1,484; Malt, 102; Oats, 2,338; Rye, 200; Beans, 753; Peas, 2,654; Indian Corn. 36,309; Indian Coin Meal, 8,207 barrels; Oatmeal, 1,401 sacks ; Flour, 196 sacks, 18,854 barrels. LYNN, Mar 2.5—A fair supply of Wheat to-day, and generally very dull sale, at a decline of 4s. to es. per quarter. Wheat, 61 lbe. to 63 lbs., 90.. to 965. ; fine, 100.. Oats, Is. 9d. per ato Beans, 602. to 64.. per qr. to the grosen. Averages posed this day Wheat, 3,166 qn., average. 1025.; Marley, 236, average, :e7s. id.; Oats, 113, average, Us. 7d.. Bean', 103, mane, 635. 4d. - - - • - • SALIIIBIIIIT, MAY 25 —The market was well attended, yet not one-fourth of the samples offered were sold, and what did go off was for immediate use only. Not more thou 96a. per qr. was gisen for white, and 9'2s. for red, while some could be purchased at 80s. to 845., and those very fur sam ples. Flour Brent down .ss. per tack. Bzrley experienced also a depreesien of from 3s. to 4s. per qr. ; and Malt was lower by es. per qr. Of Oats the supply was rather short, yet prices gave way fully 23. per qr. for the best, and 3s. for common sami lee. Bes:na could not be quoted lower, from their extreme scarcity. Pea., both white and grey, remain also at last week', quotations. Rye was Is. per qr. lower. In Indian Corn little or no business doing. Winter Tares, Bs. per bushel; spring, 7s. to 7s. 6d. - - LICTIORN, MAY 17.—There has been a good many ar rivals of Wheat within the lest few days, and Os , lower dtscriptions continue to so down. Alexandria, white, has beta sold at 11 liv. The holders of tine qualities are trying to support prices, but the dealers hold bads, sad a fall may be calcukted upon ere long. There is a great scat city of shipping here, and large parcels of good are waiting for shipment to Loudon and Liverpool. CIIEESE.—SALISBORT, MAT 25.—Many tons were pitched for sale this day, from dairies in Wilts, Dorset, and Somerset, ca their way to Basingstoke Fair. The prices asked this day were 70s. per cwt. far beet Chidden; 6 Is. best Somerset.• ; 58s. good double Someruts and Wilts; 641. best single do; 445. half-coward do. ; 3k. Skims. A fair quan tity sold. MANUFACTURES.—HUDDERSFIELD, MAY 25. Our Piecc-Ilall of to day has been very thinly attended, and very little has been done in any kind of goods. Prices have begun to recede, and in no way can the prime coat he radioed. HOPS.—BIROUGII MARKET.— Two o' Clock . Meow,. Pattendon and Smith, Hop Factors, report that the market is vi ry steady. Fly on the increase. From re turns just polalis sd, it appears that upwards of 2,000,000 more bushels of malt have been charged with duty, quarter ending oth Janu ,ry, 1847, as compared with the quarter ending iith hum try, 181 d. KM* Kit K44440,p.< wt. NA 00 O. 0 Youths Lola— p. m 011.140 It. Una et stun „ 4 404 0 0 Yearliag „ IMe to arms IIO4O I s 014 Hops.. „ 11S 401 0 Fermium WOOL—IIvDDEnceIeLD, MAY 25.—A few lota of Wool from the lets London sales have met with buyers, but at such price. u are by no means indicative of the least improvement in this branch of our trade. The trade is very dull, with very low prices. SKINS.-13( TLEY, MAY 24.—Best Downs, in the wool, ss. each ; as they run, M. to 4s. 6d. ; poor Skins, 2s. 6d. Long-wools, 6d. each more money. Many Sheep are now brought without their fleeces ; such Skins are, therefore, sold at 7d. to ls. each. Fat Lamb Skins, 2.1. 6d. to 3s. each; small, 3a. per dos n. SALISBURY, MAY 23.—The best Downs, in wool, 4s. Gd. to 4s. 91 each; sec ind quality, :a they ran, 4s. ; inferior, 3s. ; murrain, 2.. ; loog wools and half.bted, 51. each ; best, by the bargain, 41. 3d. ; inferior, 30. to is. Shorn Skins, Bd. to 111. each. Lam', Skins, 2s. to 2s. 9d. each ; small, 3s. per dozen. CATTLE, &c.-BoTLEY, MAT 24.-The beet De- Tone and short-horns sold at from 12e. to 12.. 6d. per score ; others, not so prime, at lls. 6d.; inferior, 11. Fat Calves made good prices; some 21. to 31. 10s. each, or from 7d. to 71d. per lb. ; small delicate ones, 13d. Fat Sheep sold extra vagantly dear, sere: al lots making full 9.1. per lb. ; moderate shora Sheep, 6s. 4d. to 6s. Bd. per stone; very inferior, sa. to 6s. 4d. ; all were sold early. The best fat Lambe were in good request, at an advance of 4d. per stone, same selling at 30s. to 40s. each, computed to be at an average of 10d. per lb. ; inferior Lambs at about 9d. to 94d. per lb. Fat bacon Hogs but few in number ; the price 12s. to 13s. per score ; small Porkers, 7d. to 13d. per lb. Lean Beasts, of one and two years old, fetched high prices. Prime Alderney and other first-rate Cow , fetched from 161. to 211. each, down calving ; those with • Calf, from 10s. to 21s. more. Tess fetched large sums. Ewes and Lambs, 50s. to 665. the couple. - - - • ••• S►LISBCRY, MAT 25.—A large number of lies and killed Calves, from North Wilts, Dorset, and Somersetshirc ; those killed made 8.. Bd. to 95. per score ; fat, live, 9s. to 9s. 6d. ; lean, suckling, se. to 16s. ; weaned, for fattening, 10s. up to 40s. esch,—dealers from near London purchasing the greatest quantity. Fat Hogs and Pigs, 10s. 6d. to Ils. tid. per more ; lean store, 10s. up to 40s. each. Cows and Heifer., in calf, 101. to 161. each ; Cow and Calf, best, 181. to 181. ; inferior, 121. to 1 tl. For Yesterday's Atarkeee au Aut page. SHIPPING. Mite Astoria—Dublin, 3; Waterford, 2; Donaghadee, 1 ; French, 1 • Flanders, 1. LONDON. itay 20.—Wind this day at noon, 8., light breeze, and fine clear weather. DEAL, May fresh ; 10 p.m., W.S.W. light breeze.—Sailed Record, Batavia ; Jahn Brown, Por to Rico. Arrived from the river Agricola, Calcutta ; Boress, St. Croix. PORTSMOUTH, lil-1 25. W.S.W. Off Port : Owen Glendower, Bombay. FALMOUTH, May 2.5. W.S.W.—Sailed: Phenomena, New York. CLYDE. May 24.—S.—Arrived : Ganymede, Jamaica. Victory, Calcutta ; Francis, St. Kitt's ; Ann Campbell, ILL'S& Duaiix, May 24.—E.; p.m. S.W.—Arrived: Venus, Philadelphia ; Claremont, New Orleans ; Edla, New York. Sailed reundship, Quebec. ASERUSEN, May 21.—5. W.--Sailed • Mary, Davis' Straits. Coax, May 23.—:4.W. strang.—Arrived Enchantress, New York. WAT EISIORD, May 24.—5. to W.S.' Porto Rico. KHCOSTOWE, May 2.1.—5. W., Lsirn, May 24, —W. —I , Demerara. Bear, I. 11 /OrtZ N0.230,] LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 26,1847. [3O. mbt CONDITION OF THE MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS OF •LANCASHIRE. The continuance of short-time working by a large I portion of the cotton factories in this district, and the total stoppage of othen, together with the high pl ice of every article of food, are producing moat distressing effete amongst the operative population; and these effects will be aggravated by the cessation of labour which usually takes place in this (Wbitsun) week. A perambulation which we have jest made through some of the streets of Manchester, usually the most frequented by the factory hands, suggests the conviction that some calamity has jest passed or is passing over the town. No streams of workers hurry ing to and from the' mill meet the passenger ; no thronged shops present themselves; no groups of laughing, careless people are to be seen gossiping at street ends. A few children romping you may ace here and there; a few working men. too, you encounter, and remark their troubled and emaciated looks. Hero and there a woman may be seen creeping to the chandler's' shop, to beg for an other loaf on credit; for the pawnbroker has already got hold of all that is tangible as security for an advance of money. But the bulk of the population sit sadly within their nearly desolated homes, too weak to seek relaxation or consolation out of doors—too weak and ashamed to mike their distresess visible to their neighbeurs or to the world. Those even who are in full work have their share of the prevailing suffering. The spinners, and other operatives thus in work, contribute largely, and to their infinite credit, towards the assistance of those who are not working ; and they are severely cramped, in addition, by the high prices of food. Another class are severe sufferers, viz., the small shop keepers who supply bread, groceries, , to the werking classes on weekly credit. Their customers having neces sarily fallen back in their payments, they . have gone on supplying them in the hope of a resumption of working, and as their only chance of at list being repaid ; and the i bulk of them are either ruined, or are n a struggling coa -1 dition. The more affluent tradesmen, by whom these are supplied, are suffering from their ruin, and from the with drawal weekly from circulation of so large a portion of the wages of the district. So far the manufacturing population have borne their privations with exemplary patience ; and even applications for parochial aid have been comparatively few, the sufferers preferring to endure to the last rather than submit them selves to the dreaded ordeal of the relieving officer and the workhouse. Where we hear of largely increased pauperism throughout the district, it generally found attributable to the Inermse of casual and immigrant poor. It is to be feared, however, that this forbearance under a pressure un exampled cannot continue long. Bad spirits arc said to be at work to promote disturbance. Rumours of impending riot and outrage are freely circulated; and such rumours, in periods like the present, are generally realised ; not, how ever, by the real su ff erers, but by those of whom plunder and mischief are the objects. As yet fever amongst the workpeople generally has not shown itself in a greatly increased degree, the bulk of that which is existing being confined to the immigrant Irish, who swarm through the whole manufacturing districts., la eating themselves in the low lodging-houses and the filthy Irish streets and courts which, in every manufacturing town and village, that portion of the population have set apart for themselves. The rate of mortality, however, is fearfully high, and is weekly getting higher, principally from dysen. toy, diarrhma, &c., and from exhaustion. Many a case of death from starvation ' we aro credibly assured, might be Sawed amongst the families of the poor spinners and weavers et this county ; and, thould epidemic visit the district, its =MP amongst a population, many of whom are reduced to the Wrenn of emaciation, must be fearful. In corroboration of what we have above stated, as the rata of our own inquiries on the spot, the following from a letter addressed to the authcrities of Manchee p t a e7, a ry ) Dr. Howard, one of the physicians of the Royal Infirmary in that town, contains some very startling fact: " It may appear a strong, and, to those not intimately acqoainted with the condition of a large mass of the poor, perhaps an exaggerated statement for me to make, but never theless I will not shrink from expressing my firm conviction that a great number of the inhabitants of this town are, at the . present moment, daily perishing from the effects ; of deficiency of food—absolutely dying from want. I do not make this statemer.t rashly, or unadvisedly—it is not the theoretical or visionary opinion of a novice or an enthusiast. The condition of the poor is not a subject which I have only recently investigated—my attention has long been di rected to it. I have carefully studied the effects produced among them by deficiency of food ; and I am not likely to be deceived, either by the facts and symptoms I witness or the statements I hear in my intercourse with them. My in formation is not acquired from hearsay—not:from the reports of others ; it has been obtained from personal visitation and attendance upon the indigent at their own houses. When in. vestigating their diseases I have also inquired into their social circumstances—have noticed the state of their dwellings, their furniture, their clothing, and their food. I have heard their own statements, and compared these with what I have myself seen. For nearly la years past I have been ime stantly connected with the largest public institutions of the town, either as a resident medical officer or as a p hysician ; and during this period I have, on several occasion., been witness to a great deal of suffering and distress, and of disease arising therefrom but I must candidly own I have never seen so much and such aggravated destitution as I have met with during the last few weeks. Within the range of my observations, the present amount of destitutioa is unparalleled; and, I repeat, I am convinced that numbers are sinking into the grave solely from the want of food." The patients admitted into the fever ward, Mr. Howard says, are now frequently brought there from their beds, and almost in a state of nudity. What add+ to the distressed outward aspect of the ma nufacturing districts are the swarms of Irish paupers wbo throng all the towns and villages, begging importunately, and in some of the retired outs kirts even threateningly, The old tut apike-road between this port and the interior is travelled over from morning till night by parties of these forlorn-looking beings, tramping onwards, without an ap parent object, or a notion whither they are going, or what it is they are in search of, beyond the food which they extort upon the route, for any chance of procuring 'employment is quite hopeless. Putting in force the provisions of the Vagrancy Act towards them is impossible ; and any attempt at doing to, without the means at hand to provide for their necessities from the funds of the various parishes in which they present themselves, would only operate to drive them into the hack streets and the lanes to die of famine, or of the fever which they bring with them, to be introduced amongst oar own resident poor and classes.— Liverpool Standard. ALARMING FIRE AT HCNOERFORD-WHARF. — At twenty minutes before five o'clock this morning a fire, which at one time threatened destruction to a large pile of premises, was discovered burning in the wharf of Mr. C. Milligan, straw and hay merchant, Hungerford. Information of the outbreak was communicated as soon ea possible to the West of England and the Brigade stations, and engines from several of them arrived at the scene not long after the intelligence was received. By this time the fire had obtained great hold of the stock in the loft over the stable, consisting of bay and straw. The flames soon burst through the root, bat there their violence was altered, a plentiful stream of water being poured upon them from different points by the West of England and Brigade engines. By six o'cleck, however, all danger of the extension of the fire was at an end. The damage is thus officially reported ,—" Part of roof, with stock of hay and straw stored in the loft over the stable, burned; the stable underneath damaged by water. Extinguished by firemen. Building insured in the West of England ; contents in the Sun Fire-office: cause unknown. —The following damage is doneflty the fire to the contiguous premises: Mr. F. Baxter's, shell-fish boiler, B:c., damage by water. Contents insured in the Sun.—Messrs. W. Brotherton and Co., engine-oil merchants, roof damaged by fire, and slightly by water. Contents not insured ; building in the West of England-office." TILE POTATO DISEAsE.—Tho potato disease of last season still remains a mystery, though the general imprewioa among agriculturists sem to be, that it was caused by COMMERCIAL k MARKETS. MONEY MARKET 6iCITY INTELLIGENCE. Two o'Ciarle.—The tions for the settlement of account to-morrow are - the chief business in hand this morning in the stock market. The quotatim4r, therefore, Lave varied little, although they are a fraction better now than they opened, probably because of the favourable accounts of drooping prices in ?dark-lane. Consols are uow called 871 to 4, for money and ta n Options must be declared at a quarter before three o'clock; anti it will then be more distinctly even, perhaps, what course the settlement may take. At present, from the improved state of the market now nod for some few days past, it would seem to point to what is called a " bear" account. Reduced Threes are 86 to 1. Three-and-a-QuartyrCrnts., 871 to 8. Bank Stock, 199 to 181. Bacheqwer ilk. par to 2a pm. For t seas amount, *tithe Ilidtidiy, 081111118 - Bonoi 88 to 1. We are still with an inactive market in foreign stacks, and prices stationary. Dutch Two-and-a Half per Cents. are 58 to 1 ; the Fours, 881 to 9- Spanish Fires, 22; to f ; the Tirees, 314 to 4 ; Passive, 41 to 5. Portuguese, 33 to 4. Mexican, 20 to 4. Peruvian, 38 to 8. 131122.1211. 711221121. nark Mork, 155 21 3 per MC. Ar •., for 16112:21.1r,t1 I II per Ca. irJ. Ana. ..:'ti I Ii per Oasts. Sit a 3 per C 4. °dupla Saw , I Eaeleyarr 111:12, par 25 p I gin Cl. iliantrlan Bemis, 94 e I per Cast. (asada a5...11i PO If Kr Ct. Ifelgian 122a44,130 3 Orea•da 1144Preel Pd., 34 I 76 pet Cent. ditto, I pat CR Unica., Ma, So I 6 pet Cr. 8110,11.01 FORM 4 6 per Ct. Perlman 1146.. 3.. Ditto New. 81 3 rastagare C 0.,. Mts. 33 4 I per Ct. 11t1.1,01 Ayeta 134.,33 1 3 per C. Rawls. Sas . Ins 10 Dino Gillian Ma.., 91 1 1)1114 14•01.1. Bas i n* I Ditto Colanib. thit MR, •—• 3 per Cl ispnaish rift. 334 4 Column.. DIWOOf 11a., Ti 34 Spanish Defined MR, II 14 3 per C. Danith 1144., II 4 1 318•41,11 Pawn Ms.. SI 0 4 per C.lllttis /Ws., 33 4 2 wet. nisantusia MW.., 37 9 4 pat Cl. Cert.. Dania, MI 9 ViR424416 Dotettet Ws, II II RAILWAYS.—The market is still on the improve ment, with a considerable movement in business and steadier% in some instances better prices, an the official quotations will generally show. SALES EFFECTED UP TO TWO THI 9 DAY TN LONDON. (Yesterday's prices will be found in :ant p. 17 Amb., !Volt.. Boa & E. J„ 11 Mao., Bon.. & Mat., i d Boat. ei. Oxford Jo, 16 llidtand„ 113 Clledenion, 281 in.,. Nrw, 39 Chester it llolybrad, 19/ 6 170. Con. BriMol ail Bir. G per E. Counties, 18/ 19 Cent., 121 34 Do. Peep., S per Ct., 1 p Newcastle & Bo : .ViCk, 251 1 Edin. & Bias, Qrs., 161 Do. New, 6; f Y..y & Ilautloadon, 151 13 Norfolk, 126 Groat Northern, 21 2 Nor. Counties l'il'on, / °rent Western, IN North British ILalsts, 14 f IM. Halves, G 3 Do. Thirds, 21 Do. Qrs., 151 Northern and Eastern, 351 Do. }Alta 224 North Staffordshire. 91 1 Do. New, 71 Preston & Wyre, 4 1 Hull not Selby, 103 Do. Halve+, A, 1 2 Ice& & Bradford, 841 Shropthire Cot to, 2 London :ti Illackwall, 74 S. E. and Dover, 331 6 lan., Brighton, & 8. C 0..), 311 2 Do. New (ist 337.) No. 1 20 j Do. Om. Eighths, 111 12 Do. New ii s 336.65. 3d . '), N 0.2, Loa. and Greens - Ith, 81 11 Lon. & N. Western, 171 2 Do. New (is. 30f.), No. 3, 131 Do. Qrs., L. & 11., 211 / Do. New 'l,lO/4, No. 4, 41 Do. New, 114 South Wale., 7 Do. Fifths, 13 West Riding Union, 1 d Do. 4e/. ob., M. SLB.. Wind., Staines, t 5. W. 1 9 Loa. and ft. Western, 811 41/ York & Nemuugle, 311 . 1 Do. Teaks Com, 31 Do. Now, 14 1 Do. 41 Sorlp, Lynn and Ely, 20) Do. Pref., 61 4 Trait & N. Mt land, 82 Lynn and Dereham, 20/ Do. Eaten., 40 34n. Ne Leeds, 99 Boulogne Si Amiens, 181 Do. Halsey, 45 Namur & Liege, 34 Do. Quieten., 14 Nor. of France, 11 1 Do. Fifths 8 Paris and Lyora, 1 Do. Thirds ( I Beg.), 1 1 d LIVEICPOOL SA The Aare market cordiuues n fair share of buaine-s done, ILES, NAY steady. Yesterday there was t Monday's prices. Amb., Nett., & Boston, 11 Esstern Corwriew, 101 Is Do. Peep. 2 per Ct., No. 2, par Du York Ext., 51 6 E. Lancashire, 131 Do. New, 51 Do. New Scrip, 11 1 E. Lincolnshire, 71 1 Greet Northern, 2 1 Great Western, 108 91 Do. Ilalres, 63 Do. Ustartles, 161 Do. New, 1 1 Leeds & Bradford. 341 / Leeds & 'rhtrsk, 19 Lon., Bright., & 8. Coast, 311 Lon. and N. Western, 171 Do. Qrs., Is B. 21 4 Do. New, 114 Do. 40/. ;haws, M. & 8., 63 Land. & R. Wwtern, 62 Do. New, 97 Do. C. Tenths, 511 Do. do. 404 Lynn end Dewhem, 201 1 ken. amt Leeds, US Do. I•lttlis, 11 41 Do. Thirds Reg., 1 d Men., Bus., & Mat,l d Men. & booth., 1 Midland, 11 3 1$ Do. New, 561 1 Do. do. 741 Newe. k Berwick, 231 Do. Ik N. Braila. Now, 30 I Do. Thirds, 21 North Staffordshire, 91 I Preston & W . )re, 331 5 Do. levee (A), 1 11,ading, GulL, th Rei., 41 3 Shrews. & Mena (11), 2 8. E. & Dower, 33/ Do. 321. oh., No. 1, 191 1 S. York., DOD., & Goole, 11 Waterford az Kilkenny, 6 31 West Riding Unica, Wilts, Somerset, Wry., 11 York & Newe.. 33 4] W. Pe" York k N. B2 Do. Eden., 391 40 Do. Pref., 9j Luxembourg, 11 Northern of France, 111 Paris and Lyons. 5.1 4 Paris and Or!csos, Paris and Bourn, 361 Paris and Strasburg, 11 BIRMINGHAM SALES, Her 15. Very little business was done, but, if anything, the market was firmer, and prices have seemingly a somewhat upward tendency. F.DINDURGII SALES, 14 tr 24. Caledonian New, 354.6 d. E. and Newport New, SU. Gd. Dundee & Perth Qrs., 534. Gd. 33.. E. Lothian Ceurnal, 335. Great Northern, 40s. 41.. Ed lu. and Bathote, 84 N. British Qrs., 30s. 80s Gd. Edin., Leith, & Gran.Qrs., I Is. Do. New (ho,. 5e..144L34. Edin. & Northern, 161 Do. Thirds, 4U. 465. Ed. Do. New, 384. 535. ad. Scottish Central, 33i PRODUCE.—MISCING-LASE, Ha(f-paat Two.— The public sales have been large and various to-day, and will not conclude until an unusually late hour, viz.:—Of Sugar, 7,000 bags Mauritius and Bengal, and 300 casks foreign.—Coffve 3000 bags Ceylon.—Rice, 16,000 bags; Sego, 1,300 bags; Nitrate of Soda, 6,000 bags ; and also several other public sales, of Ivory, Hemp, Drags, &e.— The public sales of Sugar have been supported by the firm ness of the importers, who have bought in largly, as last week's prices could not be obtained. Refined market dull, without alteration in prices.—Rice : Buyers did cot appear disposed to give within 24. to 35. of the last public sale's prices, and nearly all was withdrawn ; a pile of very good middling white was sold at 235., which was 2a. decline on the previous public price for similar quality.—Sago 16 lower.— Coffee of good and tine plantation quality continues in limited demand, and must be considered Is. cheaper ; lower descrip ticns and native are in fair demand, and sell at fully previous rates.—Nitrate of Soda bought in at 13s. Gd.—Tea continues dull.—ln other articles no material alteration. rr ram ONstunt TO LAST versa. OWL Loneon, Liverpool, Bristol, st Hull, and the Clyde 1,943,422 To the same period last year 1,639,374 Increase arms PAID ON Tia IN 1517 to WET weal. lbs. I London 10,211,196 Liverpool Bristol lien 100,073 Clyde ........ _791,329 Total 13,514,699 Same time to 1646 13,409,674 lacrosse b11:0100.-The sales of indigo terminated yesterday. Originally there were declared 14,361 chests, including 2,12 Madras, 2,064 Kurpah, 27 Dimlipatatn, 31 Manila, 481 Oude, and 9,576 Bengal Benaree, &c. ; but during the pro gress of the sale, 7,019 were withdrawn, making the actual number put up 7,332 ehesta. The result of the sale just ter minated presents a strong contrast to that of the one held in February last, when 8,000 chests were sold, out of a declara tion of 9,500, whilst in the present instance only 5,560 chests have found buyers, out of 14,351 advertised. During the first three day* the bidding' were very languid, and only 1,500 chests were sold out of 5,100 then passed, the buyers evi dently holding back from the uncertainty as to how much might be offered out of the 10,000 chests yet to be brought forward, as well as from the knowledge that several mark" were subsequently to be sold almost unreservedly. Several large parcels, however, having been afterwards withdrawn, the sale proceeded ;with more animetisn, and closed at • slight improvement upon the prices realised at the early part of it. The Madras, of which the quantity was unusually large, experienoed the greatest depression in the middling and good qualities, the lower sorts having been strongly supported. The few really fine Kur pahs sold at very full prices, whilst the other qualities went off at a decline corresponding to that on Bengal. Compared with the February sale, good and fine %hipping Bengal have sold from 2d. to 44., ordinary to middling ditto; and coa -1 turning, 4d. to Gd. per lb. lower; Madras, middling to fine, to Gd., low and ordinary, 2d. to 3d. decline ; Kurpah, fine, February prices, ordinary to good, 3d. to 4d. per lb. dis count ; and Oudc, 4d. to 6d. lower. There was • very small attendance of buyers, both from the country and from the Continent. Of the 5,560 chests which have been sold including 430 of the bought in, 4,000 are considered to be for export, 1,000 for the home trade, and about 500 on speculation. An nexed arc the particulars of qualities end prices : Bengal, Benares, &c., fine blue, none; purple and violet, Si. 6d. to 6s. Bd. ; good to fine violet, ss. 2el. to se. Gd. ; middling to good violet, 4s. 6d. to CA. ; ordinary and middling, 4s. 24. to 4s. 6d. ; violet and copper, 4s. 2d. to 4s. 9d. ; consuming qualities, 2s. 10d. to 41. 9d. ; ordinary and low, 2a, 61. to 21. 10d. ; trash and dust, Bd. to 2s. Gt. ; Madras, good to tine, 3s. Id. to 45. ; middling to good, 2s. lid. to 35.; low, lean, and ordinary, la. Bd. to 2a. 3d. ; Kurpab, good to fine, tr. W. 81 10 ... 73 10 f7 . 7.71j '•• ••• BOTLET, MAT 21.—A large supply, about ono-half chang ing hands. The top price given for white Wheat was 251. per load ; red, 241. to 24!. 10s. ; moderate Wheats, 201. to 221. Flour fell 3s. 4d. per bag. Barley wu offered at a decline of 2s. per quarter; sales slack. Malt 2a. to U. per quarter lower, yet but little business doing. Oats lower, from Is. to 2.5. per quarter ; best white, Its. ; black, 3Gs. Beans very scarce, and prices remain'as List quotation. Peas and Rye no lower. Indian Meal offered at a decline of Is. per quarter. Winter Tares, Gr. per bushel; spring, 86. ed. - - - - - - . • - - MAT 25.-The weather during the last ten days has been everything that the agriculturist could possibly de sire, and our accounts from ad quarters are unanimous in speaking most favourably of the growing crops of Corn ; the eseitemeat which had previously prevailed has consequently been daily sutriding, and arrivals having somewhat increased, more indisposition has been manifested to go into stock on the part of both millers and factors. The bulk of the arrival of Wheat, has been from the north, and merely re-shipped to the interior. The Mark.laue reports received this morning have further flattened the trade, though by no means unan ticipated. At today's market there was has Wheat show ing than last week, and holders not being disposed to submit to the terms of millers (almost the only buyers), say 10s. per qr. under lust week's rotes, the business done was very trifling, and at exceedingly irregular rates: we call the mar ket 4a. to is, per qr. lower, and very heavy. Foreign Wheat quite neglected. MI descriptions of spring Corn offering on lower terms, but without leading to business of moment. Linseed supports its price, and Linseed Cake. saleable as below. The following are the present prices of grain Wheat, red, 90s. to 965. ; white, 945. to 93e. ; Dautsic, 90s. to 95e. ; Lower Baltic and Hamburg, 88s. to 945. Barley, malting 545. to 58s. Oats, 365. to 38s. ; Danish, 35e. to Ms. ; Russian, 365. to 385. Beans, 545. to 58s. ; foreign, 50s. to 545. ; Peas, white and yellow, 00s. to 635. Linseed, crushing, 38s. to 48s. ; feeding, 48e. to 531. Rapeseed, per 10 qrs., 281. Linseed Cakes, English, per ton, 101, ; foreign, 8/. to 91. 10s. Repo Cakes, GI. Imports from the 15th of Msy to the 21st May inclusive :-Wheat, 6,146 qrs. ; Barley, 2,624 • Oats, 895; Beans, 3,800 • Peas, 25 ; Tares, 180 ; Linseed, 950 ; Rapeseed, 947 ; L inseed Cakes, 125. V • 1; I°l. 1 I I 1 • 1 1 ' iil f l 1!