The Express. — London, England, 1852-03-17 00:00:00

&alit that this is, and will be, the commercial 1 policy I of Great Britain, depends the maintenance of such a d eg ree of national prosperity as is required to pre rent tarbaknce, disa ff ection, sedition, it may be I revolution; and the possibility of peaceably and wally curving out all the many social and politi. ( al reforms fiat are so urgently demanded. • This being the case, the country is entitled to taus. immediately and unequivocally, what are ths intentions of the government with respect to the p e at vital question of free-trade. Granting—for the &A ke of argume ut—that there are questions now pending in parliament, the settlement of which is so iigvnt us to render an immediate dissolution inex. pnlicnt. and that though the majority in the present Bowe of Commons is unalterably devoted to the ta w of free trade, a general election might give a isirocity on the other si6e, this only goes to prove t hat the new ministers have some claim to be allowed to finish off this urgent business before t h,.e bring forward their pnitesials for reversing or mead% ing the free-trade system, not that they are intitl,il to hold back and conceal what these pro posals are to be. Lord Miley seceded from the ministry of Sir 5 , It UT I•Eri., entered into opposition against that minister. continued in opposition to his successors in tem. mowidly because rc dissented from the doc trines of free-tratk. The compact and well-drilled roc such supports Lord Tissue in and out of l arliament rallied around him avowedly on the round that lie was the uncompromising champion of protection. Sine. Witt they have by all means in * * ir powcr lair and foul —laboured to bring him into oliee. preicipallv, almost exclusively, in order that pretection ought be restored. The accession of Lord Dines to office, as the trusted leader of this parte. is a ple,Le to the country that something will be attempted to restore protection, openly or (myth - , in %hole or in part. The country is entitlea to know at once what that something is to be. Non have no right to ask us what modifications of the frtz-traile system we intend to propose, says Lord Dour and his Cttiscitt,ol of the I.:Nom:waft, be cause Ike question of free-trade was not at issue in the vote which led to the resi•mation of the late ministry, and our bring ia:led in. ` r ilds is a shabby and pitiful evasiin. The Late ministry resigned,—not because it was defeated on the Militia Bill,—but because it had been deteatid previously on ether questions, and be now it foresaw impending defeats on other ques tions; he, aux., in short. it could no longer count spw 2 working majiwity in the House of Commons. Me present ministry came into office, not because SAT were prepared to introduce a different militia biSfroin that of their predecessors, but because they thought the time had come when their organisation mom: themselves and their hold on the constituencies wrihl enable them effectively to press their general policy in parliament. They may have wished that a frw months longer had been allowed them ; but, all thinfri onisidired, they thought that matters were 'efficiently ripe to admit of their accepting office with a reasonable prospect of their being able to ac emplish those object* for which they desired office. Thee have objects to accomplish by their acceptance of (Ace: the country is entitled to know what these objects ere. The WELLINGTON ministry resigned in 1 - hi in consequence of an adverse vote of the House et Commons on the timber duties; the party op posed to them on the general grounds of parliamen tary reform, retrenchment, and a non-interventive knign policy-, did not on that account deem them- Idris warranted to conceal the policy which they accepted office to carry into effect. Earl GREY lost not a moment in declaring explicitly the great ob jcctsto accomplish which he had formed a ministry. You have no right to ask us what we intend to do, my Lord DIM and his CIIANCELLOR of the Ex eneoren, because we have not yet had time to ascer tain and make up our minds what we can and what we will attempt to do. This is simply an untruth. Lord DERRY, his CIIANCELLoR of the ENCIIEQCER, and all their associates, have, since DAIL been inces santly labouring to persuade the public out of , doors that the commercial policy of Sir ROBERT PELL it fraught with danger and destruction to the country. They have been labouring to convince parliament that their opinions on this subject aro en tertained by a majority of the public out of doors. They have acted thus in order to obtain the power to reveree or essentially modify the commercial policy of Sir ROBERT Peer. They hare for the last two or three }Tars seen this power almost within their grasp. They have taken care to ascertain what means they have of carrying their object into effect, sad to what extent. Office has not been thrust upon them by surprise. Day after day have they been looking for its advent, to seize upon it, and turn it to account. P TE: r i td r plans are matured, though they may be of a nature that would' ensure their defeat if frankly and unreservedly posed. - The reserve and equivocation of Earl DEILBT and his colleagues in parliament is, therefore, the most explicit declaration of their intentions to the country. Earl DERBT,—aII of them,—admit that they were opposed to the commercial policy of Sir ROBERT Put. in 1848, and are still opposed to it. They admit moreover that their opposition to this policy, or their hopes of being able to unsettle it, centre merely is the question of the corn laws. Lord DERBY re rainilid the House of Lords oa Monday that he rimed them when the navigation laws were re plaid that they never could be re-enacted. Sir i. Ivs PAkINGTON ham abandoned his motion regreticg the sugar duties; and the West Indians have to; forgotten that they were thrown ovetriud ypis al tic squirearchy before the corn laws were The sole end and aim of the Deane ministry is to print in the policy of 1816, when law, against the importation of agricultural produce were enacted, exclusirely for the purpose of keeping up rents. The Sem ministry neither affect nor hops to omens that this is their sole end and aim ; but am/ take care to conceal the means by which they intend to attain it. They throw out ambiguous hints that it nay be attained in more ways than one. A direct duty may be imposed upon the importation of !gel cultural produce ; or a dexterous shale in the inci dence of taxation may be made to produce the come effects as the imposition of a direct duty cm im- Pried agricultural produce. They km, the public in doubt, not as to the end they have en view, but the means by which they are to accomplish it. They sea to steal a march u the public—to bvade and be Me opposition by and con eta imi et This reserve betrays their consciousness of the hollowness and falsehood of their pretences that they here a majority in the country iwprove of their (silky. If they were, as they pretend to be, sincer•l7 dtAiroas to appeal to the country to support their pv.licy, they w ou ld f ran kl y and unequivocally tell what that policy is. But they are anxious to post pone the evil day of this appeal, and to mystify the public as to its real nature. They seek time, and pretests, and opportunities for getting together a parked House of Commons blindly subservient to their will. They postpone the dissolution of parlia ment in order that they may have time to organise the corrupt influences possessed by men in offloe. They otter inducements to all who are liable to be biavid by private interest, or exclusive attachment to other kinds of reform, to give them a majority. To the romoters of private bills they offer to expe. diti their measures; to law reformers they affect a sudden eagerness to promote law reform. They are industriously at work to multiply and confuse the snr , tions that will be used in appeals to the electors, to eider that supporters of a restrictive and protec tive torn law may be able to steal undetected into Prliament. All this shuttling, and equivocation, and conceal runt, only shows the recklessness of the Ditties auntutry as to the means by which they may be able t tuotinplish their ends. Their great object is to unuttle the free-trade policy, at least in so fur as it brim upon agricultural produce and rents. They stk to strike away the very key -stone of the arch of frieArade—free trade in food. There is, there can 10 • Ito doubt as to this being their intention. The qaesticn upon which they go to the country—and the canvas. has already commenoed—is, 'that( there, or that: there nut, be free trade in agricultural produce? labs country will grant enough of protection to keep b' n ht., they hint that they are willing to throw over -1,, .rd the so-t al lk d shipping and colonial interests, and they prorai.a. 11,4 oely law reform but very vague Phrase) "Rectal, safe progress." .very elector, therefore, who at the imptnding election gives his vote for a t-andidate, vote. for the re-enact inrot of the mrn-law., it may be in some new form bu: (titans, nii3chievous with th e o ld. If this L c t be kept steadily in view, we have no fears for the result. One great difficulty it the ob tainment of the repeal of the oorn-laws was the un certainty which prevailed in many quarters u to the consequences of the measure. Tho labourers know now that it has worked for their advantage; the merchants and manufacturers know that it has ; worked for their advantage; a large and increasing body of the landlords and tenant farmers feel that it will not permanently injure them. The very spirit of oosoarvatinn—the aversion to change—which in. peeled the introduction of free trade in agricultural I produce, is now an obstaclo to the re-establishment 1 of protection for it. The very doubt as to the per- 1 manence of free trade in food—slight though it yet be —awakened by the advent of the protectionist land lords to allot, is already felt to be a nuisance. Oar trade in the Levant and the Nock Sea has been brought to a stand; sales of land and proposals to lease land are obstructed and impeded by it. The ' prosperity, the safety of the country demands nut only that the permanence of free trade in agricul tural produce be affirmtil, but that it be affirmed with the least possible delay. Such is the opinion, and such is the wish of an , immense majority of the public at large. And all 1 the ablest of our experienced statesmen have evinced their determination to act in conformity with this opinion and this • ish. 'there may exist some un certainty as to the extent to which a combination of the Whigs, parliamentary reformers, free-traders, and liberal conservatives is practicable; but that they will all unite against protection, and the continu ance of a protectionist ministry in office, is certain. Lord JOHN RI s , ELE, Mr. COBDEN, Sir JAMES Grunau, Mr. GLADSTONE. and Lord PALMERsTON are equally explicit and firm on this point. Tho Dukes of BVCCLEL GII and NEW(' VITLE arc equally resoluto to oppose all attempts to revert to agricul tural protection. This, then, is the watchword for the coming general election \o protection, no modification of protection—no substitute fur pro tection however specious." This is the one question immediately at issue. And on this reformers must at once be prepared to act. THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 17, will not take place, and the former gentleman will remain at his post. The price of bread for the second fortnight of the present month is fixed at 31c. the two-pound loaf. General Count d'Anthouard de Vranioourt, for merly president of tho Committee of Artillery, died in Pans the day before yesterday, at the ago of 79. Tho Pub is says: " The grand review, which was to take place on the 13th of April, for the distribu tion of colours to the army, is postponed to the let of Mar. At the Bourse the Five per Cents. fell 33c., closing at 100.70; the Threes fell Otlc., and closed at 69.30. The Four-and-a-Half was not quoted. Bank of France shares fell 13 fr. Railways acre generally weaker. Lyons and Dieppe fell 8.75 each; Stras bourg, and Tours and Nantes, 6.25 each ; Northern and Bordeaux, 3 fr. each; Orleans, however, rose 10 fr., and Rouen, 3-73. GERMANY. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Itasca M. Count Henry Arnim appeals to the Superior Tri bunal against the judgment given against bin on the Attorney-Generals prosecution. Yesterday the Prince of Prussia received • deputation from the First Chamber, praised their recent reactionary votes, and impressed on them the necessity of raising the strength of the army. Letters from Vienna by the last two posts represent Prince Sckwarzenberg to be seriously ill i access to him is denied to all but his physicians. AUSTRIA. The Emperor returned to Vienna on the 12th. The government officially denies that, as affirmed by the New Prussian Ga:ette, it encouraged France to occupy Switzerland. BELGIUM. The masquerade at Oben!, in which Louis Napoleon and his parliament were caricatured by puppets, is said by the Ministerial //dependance to have been apologised for by the Belgian minister, and " there has been no more question of this a ff a ir b e t ween th e two governments. The application of the French minister was officious, not official; no notes have passed ; uo offers of dismissions been made. LOMBARDY. Galiunanis Messenyer says : We have received a letter from a correspondent at Milan, which con:radicts in the melt positive manner the statement lately in.de in a letter from that city, published by the ()pinion: of Turin, that the greatest severity had been exer cised by the pollee with regard to English traveller*, and that, cseept under special circumstances, no English would be al lowed to remain in Lombardy more than 21 hours. Our cor respondent asserb that the police regulations, with regard to passports, instead of being more riggicas i on the con trary, less severe au thsy had *VW been ; and mentions re an laeMnes. that soma sailitaep aims lately arrived tees Isdk bed obisitad disk pbgwlawending a porter, imbed atlas( mapillad as uses pass ally, as was for merly requited. FRANCE. PARIS, Treguist EVZSINO. M. Carnet has been elected deputy of the Seine by a majority of 3,410 votes over M. Moreau, the go vernment candidate, the total number of voters being 30,096. Considering the desperate efforts of the go vernment to bring in its candidate, and the nature of the population of the 4th electoral circumscription of Paris, this is certainly the most scrimp; demon stration which has yet been made against the despo tism of Louis Napeicon, with the exception of the election of General Cavaignac for the 3rd circumscription. I already drew your attention to the manoeuvre Qf establishing an additional section in the ward of a hospital to enable the patients to stagger to the poll. In this supplementary section alone the government obtained a majority. This dodge may pass for a measure of the unscrupulous meanness of the machinery resorted to. The 4th circumscription embraces tho faubourgs of St. Denis, St. Antoine, and the Temple, the very names of which, while they announce a dense population of artisans, are pregnant with revolutionary as sociations. While tho shopkeepers of Paris protested against a government based on perfidy and violence by tho election of Cavaignac, the work men recorded their opinions and expressed their feel ings by voting for Carnet. To describe, in a word, the meaning of M. Carnot'd election it suffices to say that Cavaignac agreed to withdraw his own candi dateship for the presidency if Carnet would consent to come forward. The democratic party hoped by this arrangement to effect an union of the moderate republicans and the socialists. In fact, M. Carnet is perhaps what we should call the most respectable socialist in France. The government accounts of the provincial elec tions theta that the government candidates, MM. F. Fevre and O'Herlincour have been elected respec tively at Nantes and Arras. At Lille, M. Legrand, the opposition candidate has a considerable majority over M. Itichebe, but the result of several communes remains to be known. The election for Lyons is adjourned till the 19th inst. It is now reported that the civil list of Louis Na poleon will be 8 millions of francs, free from the charge of maintaining the royal establishments, which fell upon Louis Philippe. The civil list of the late king was 12 millions of francs. The Moniteur contains an arrett issued by the Minister of Finance, in the name of the President of the Republic, giving directions relative to the mode of proceeding for the conversion of the Five per Cents : Art. 1. The bolds, of The per Cent. Stock who accept the 0011 T. nion will bars no declaration to sake. The new nominative tithe, revolting froze the conversion, will be ex eltanpd for the di ewe, either gradually, as transfers take place, or at the ties of the mast of the half-yearly dividend N the treasury of Pans, or by the receivers-gene ral in the lepeetments. Aft i beielptioss to bearer will only be converted on et the dd Sew These titles will be received * the tasehr epee at the Bourse on sad altar Witri,7pini. MIL Desk reesese of rents as ney, to esseeetreee ely the seesselas, Ile *dosed below the ail. sum et Mr., will be essverbil sersisative *wiper tweeetlag re the fame tree* est by the esiaseesse of Apia 29, 1831. Ail. 3. Freedom of a hese int Wag inedbabb as the trawl Jim, belled= of ielabwessmat fat the Imulless willsh may result hen the eesseeeles r w be het Med to palm with their now titles. The swam* of Own free doms will be pelt at the was has meths belf leer's divi des& Parties who held mewl weeebellee awl *be white mite titre Is air to mil the ed.- beremest the let Sep, VOL seems, be ds,*me heedwa.mme esei *dr Wes M the Art. 4. Staithelders who trag dines to be said of, mit sear a whites edemas speuedlas se the arm °griThe ishoellea w:o r by the held. ,, "sift suisehel met be mesa. l s e edema of the ft win be imbed Pots et the Illaktry of plusses, efts* the lambed Debt. est Is the etthe 'Mose the isedvers• Geedl, mil es the TM 14112. A reads um will a t e ir. The ieesrlpeiess topside* will be isamelieely Art. & The delempseled by the semi peresteph of Art. 2 of the &see of Kush 14 ere net app lied& to holders of real* teliserer. 1 3 Tri.:litilina. -. Smut. The above decree is followed by a model of the declaration alladed to in Art. 4. A decree on the reform of this octroie is reported to be on the eve of premulgatioa. Commercial accounts from most parts of the country coacur in noticing • slight increase of acti vity. In Paris purchasers still set with timidity, but they have come forward in rester numbers, and if business has not become active, it is because the commission agents have been seeking for conceseions which the manufacturers cannot make to them. Raw materials keep up at such prices as render the sale of the manufactured articles difficult, but, as the wants of consumers continue to increase, the commis sion agents must submit to pay an advance. Some large sales have been already made for the provinces in new articles for the spring trade. The Marchand. de Nonmetal. have commenced their purchases at Itheims,Amiens,Roubsix,Tourceing,and Lyons, in the hope of a good spring sale. But a curious symptom has been observed. The tradesmen being forced by the events of the last 4 years to abridge their credits and to deal almost entirely for ready money, show but little disposition to avail themselves of the reduction in the rate of interest by giving bills at long dates. The abundance of mosey enables them easily to effect loans, with which they buy for cash, and get the be nefit of a discount upon each transaction. In this way their purchases are more limited than when they were accustomed to buy, often with too little prudence, upon credit. The now habit has uow become so deeply rooted that it will be difficult to return to the old system. The large houses complain, it is true, of the dulness of business, but the retail dealers are not glutted as formerly with an accumulation of goods beyond the wants of their customer,. In the provinces there are no striking changes to notice since last week. Corn still rises, and exportation to Germany continuos. The reorganisation of the consular body, so often announced, and so constantly postponed, appeiuw at length to be coming to a conclusion. Ten of the old consulates have been re-established, and almost all the consuls who were appointed by the provisional government have been set aside, with the exception of M. Sentis, who retains his post at Sydney. An old page of tr. Emperor, M. de Lantivy, formerly appointed by M. Guizot as consul at Jerusalem, and who is now in Germany, goes as consul to Dublin • and M. Huct, a relation of M. de Mackau, proceed s to Lisbon. It has been said that M. Mimant, the consul lieneral at Genoa, had been replaced by M. Aladviuse, who is now at Nice, but this appointment SWITZERLAND. the Suisse of Berne of tho 14th inst., publishes the answer of the federal council to the French note of Jan. 24. It is dated Feb. 9; is addressed to Count Salignac-Faulon ; and, after quoting the arrogant terius in which the demands of the French note were couched, asserts that Switzerland is not the scene of such plots against France or other states as is stated ; but, were It so, the federal council has never refused to do whatever international law can justly require of it. The answer then observes that what is demanded in the note of the 24th January is entirely new. According to It, the authority of the country is t i have nothing further to say as to the ulterior sojourn or expul sion of strangers who have been received in the country, and who live under the protection of its laws and its institutions ; in future it will depend ' rather upon a mere sign from a foreign legation to decide what measures the authorities shall take iu the domain of the police regarding foreigners. If the federal council did not refuse to comply with the demand made to it, it would violate in the gravest manner the federal constitution, as well as its most sa cred duties towards the country, which has confided to it dictatorial and superior executive power; for it cannot but see in this demand a aenous attempt against the independence .the dignity, and the liberty of the confederation, since it would deprive it of the right belonging to every independent state of granting or refusing to foreigners the right of sojourn. There cannot but be seen, moreover, in this demand a decided interfererce in the in ternal affairs of Switzerland, for if the French government acknowledges no judge but itself of the requirements of its police, and tho means suited to attain its end, it still cannot, without ignoring the most positive ideas of the rights of nations, desire to impose its judgment upon other states, or contest their right themselves to decide what they will do or leave undone on their territory. Frai:ce, which has in all times granted an asylum to political refugees, would never allow that right to be contested,' and would never renounce its free will in questions of this kind. But if the federal council declines to accede to the demand which has been addressed to it, it does not follow that it will permit the refugees to take steps hostile to other states while they remain on the Swiss territory. On the contrary, it expressly repels that accusation, and would visit with heavy punishment those who should be found to be enemies to order and society. The federal council, at the same time, would call attention to the fact that within the last few years they have expel!ed a great many refugees, French and others, whose presence appeared incom patible with the friendly relations which it desired to maintain with other states. The same views will guide them for the future in each particu lar case. The Swiss federal council hopes it has given all the assurances compatible with the honour and independence of the Confederation, and which fully satisfy the demands of international law. Further, the threat by which the note is ter minated cannot make it leave the path traced out for it as much by the profound sentiment of its duty as by international law,and it doubts not by the voice of the Swiss people. The Suisse of Berne states that a meeting of the radical officers of the troops of the canton of Tecino was recently held, at which it was resolved to peti tion the council of state to dismiss such of their col leagues as belong to the conservative party, and who, at the lest elections, exerted their influence in favour of the etiestreative candidates. We find the following in the Bale Gazette : A correspondent of the Augsburg Gazette writes from Frastsitert. that the affair of liwitserland occupies the at tuadas et the Osseeene Diet. It is thought that the re- Wanhilinnewlef the political relations of the cantons among benedese, oneh as they existed before the year 1848, will 6ammagag. It will not be admitted that the cantons dual arbitrarily change their relations. The differences which have arisen between the federal council and If. Foxy, of Chasms, appear to hang been arranged. M. Fasy has, it is mid, made concessions. A removal of 2CO refugees has been already announced. TURKEY. The French journals publish a telegraphic despatch from Trieste, stating that on the 6th instant Reschid Pasha was reinstated in the post of Grand lONIAN ISLES. The session of the Legislative Assembly was opened at Corfu on the 9rd inst. by the Lord High Commissioner. In his speech ho passed an enco mium on the spirit which had presided over the elections of that assembly, repeated his determination to carry out the constitutional reforms he had pro. mimed, and called upon the assembly to give him their support. By a decree of the 26th ult. Count Roma has been named President of the lonian Senate. NAVAL MOVEMENT IN THE MEDITER- RANEAN. MALTA, MA,Acs 11. The Indefatigable, frigate, from Corfu, arrived on the Oth inst., and having taken on board stores and provisions, left port on the following day for the westward. Encounter, screw-steamer, and Albion, 90, left on the same day. Sultan, which arrived last night, having had very heavy gales, reports having seen the frigate and a line-of-battle ship (sup =l Albion) stand►ng towards Gibraltar. Phaeton, • te, received sudden orders, whilst at Corfu, to repair to Malta. She arrived here yesterday, only three days from Corfu, and this morning was towed out by the Fury, steamer, also bound to the west ward. The destination of this very large portion of the squadron is kept profoundly secret, the respec tive captains having, it is said, sealed orders. Ardent, steam-packet, in tow of tho Spite fful, steam-corvette, arrived here on the 9th , , instant. This vessel had a very narrow escape from destruction, after breaking her intermediate shaft, for the current was fast setting her on to a ledge of rocks, with only nine feet water, and the sea running mountains high. Lieut. Derriman, until obliged by the accident to suspend his voyage, kept his ship to her work, and only when no other course was open to him lay to, under his main storm sail, and finally bore up for the Bay of Agincourt. Here too, a French steamer with sixty fathom chain dragged. Lieut. Dcrriman's position was so pre carious, that had the accident happened an hour before, the ship and all hands must have been de stroyed. Britannia, with flag of Rear Admiral Deans Dundas, arrived hero yesterday morning, and on en tering the harbour saluted the flag of Sir W. Parker. At eight, a.m., a signal was made from the Queen for all captains to repair on board, and half an hour later Admiral Dundas visited her, when the captains and officers were severally intro duced to him, the Queen manning her yards on the occasion. After the visit, which lasted but a short time, he repaired to his own ship, and shortly after quitted her for the shore, under tho salute from the Fort St. Angelo duo to his rank. On reaching the custom-house he was received by a guard of honour (3d Regiment, the Buff's), commanded by Captain Hood, with Lieutenants Ambrose and Rooke, the latter bearing the regimental colours, and then Proceeded to the Admiralty-house with Si r Willi am arker and his suite. On leaving the Britannia all the ships manned yard+. It was a spirit-stirring acme. During the day a few official visit-, were re ceived and paid by Admiral Dundas, who was accom panied by Sir William l'ark e r. The Queen will leave early in' tho week. Colonel Nicol and Captain Mauleverer, 30th Regi ment, who were thought to be lost in a yacht, have reached Corfu; the yacht only is lost. INDIA AND CHINA. THE OVERLAND MAIL. By our usual despatches in advance of tho over land mail, we have received news to the following dates : Bombay, Feb. 17 ; Calcutta, Feb. 7 ; Madras, Feb : 13 ;China, Jan. 30. .. _ . The fOliowing items of intelligence are from the summary of the Bombay Times: "The Governor-General arrived at Calcutta on the Vith ult. He is said to have approved generally of the conduct of the commodore, but excepted to tho abduction of the Burmese ship-of war. It now ap pears, however, that it was not on this account that the Fox was fired upon. The Governor told him that if he attempted to remove British property from Ran goon he would be assailed from the stockades; and the commodore replied that if so much as a pistol were discharged at him, he would level the stockades,—and ho accordingly, when attacked, kept his word. The Governor-General is said to be most anxious to see and bring the Burmese to their senses without resorting to hostilities, and to avoid a war, if possible. Reinforcements and munitions are meanwhile being despatcted in abundance to our settlements on the frontier, and every preparation made to repel assault, revenge insult, or enter on hostilities, if necessary. No further steps have been taken, so far as is known, by the Burmese, who probably await to see what we propose. Ali Moored has y ieldod to his fate without the necessity of a re sort to force, and the troops ordered to assemble at Sukkur to coerce, if necessary, are now on their way back to their cantonments. A proclama tion dated Rome, the 21st January, has been issued by the commissioner under direction of the go vernment of India, promulgating the grounds of our offence. When the Khyrpore Chief found that he had got Sir Charles Napier fully into his toils, and induced him to rob his brethren of their do minions with the view of extending his own, the territory afterwards to be occupied by him was de fined by the treaty , of Nownahur, consisting of cer tain additions to that supposed previously his own. The extent of this was described on a leaf of the Koran : this he removed, and substituted another in its plaoe, describing larger dominions as his, and claiming a portion of that which had belonged to his brethren, and ought on their fall to have become ours. The fraud was fully established against him, and ultimately admitted, and he is now stripped of what in reality never was his--of the rairship or chieftainship—the grounds of our quarrel; and re duced hereafter to the rank of a nobleman in the pos session of his hereditary estates. Tranquillity reigns throughout India. Tho Governors and Commanders in-Chief of Madras and Bombay arc at these presi dencies resp ec tively—the latter preparing for their periodical migrations, which cost the state in outlay some 5,0001. a year, in addition to the loss sustained by interruption of public business.—Colonel Outram, late Resident at &rods, returns to Europe by this day's steamer, leaving under the displeasure of go vernment and carrying with him the res pec t and esteem of all honourable men.—Trade both here and at Calcutta continues dull and freights low, with a large superfluous amount of shipping in both ports." CALCUTTA, Flue 7. The Overland Star says :—" There is one matter of great social and public, private and general import ance, just now being agitated here, to which we would draw attention. The proprietors and editors of the Calcutta papets, justly thinking that they and their property had been grossly wronged, injured, and depreciated, by the recommendation of the postal commission hay, to continue the high and ruinous tax on the carriage of newspaper . ' by the public post, and knowing that the commissioner's report, with the Governor-General's minutes and recommendations, were going home by this mail, have addressed a petition to his lordship, soli citing his favour in their behalf, and praying for his influence and interference to remove or lighten the present crushing tax upon knowledge, es far as it is conveyed and diffused by the public journals." The intellirnos fron7llemt is important. It is now certain that 12,000 Persians have arrived from Meshid to aid the Alikeyes in beleaguering the citadel in which the son of Yar Mahommed Khan still remains shut up. The name of the Persian general who is at the head of this army is uncertain, but it is supposed to bo the Governor of Khonutan, and son of the late Abbas Mints. Fifteen years have now elapsed since Pottingar's defence of Herat against the late King of Persia. There is every chance this time of the success of the Kajars, who have taken advantage of the disunion and anarchy existing in Herat moo the Yar Mahommed's death, and have just stepped in in good time between the contending parties. They are ostensibly tho restorers of Atta Mohammed's sons; but there is very little doubt that they will annex Herat to their dominions in the event of moms, of which there is every pro bability. CAsuALTus by death in the armies of India since the departure of the mail on the 9rd February : Her Majesty's Troops.—Lieut.-Colonel Toinkina, eons mandini Royal Artillery in Chin., on the 29th Dec., 1861; Lieut. Lugg, Royal Artillery, in China, on the 28th Dee., 1861. Madras.—Lient. Henry Bell, 2nd Native Veteran Bette lion, at rilltt a b i ad,g T i e . 28th ,Ja:tdaiiiit. Native In fantry, oonunandi4 Hill Rangers, at Baa`alpore. CHINA. Tho Orerland Friend of ('Auto has tho following A rebellion has broken out in the Bin-on district of Can ton province. On the 20th day of the 11th moon, the officers engaged in collecting the taxes, found some who had no means of paying, but instead of seizing these men, they took their elder brothers into custody, especially the richer ones, from whom they expected to obtain a good deal of money as ransom. The inhabitants, however, became enraged, and rose and killed the inngistrate of the district. Troops are now on their way to the scene of dis turbance, to cumin. into the particulars of the murder, rte. One of our Chinese correspondents has shire partially corroborated this report, and gives fuller details. It was not Chong, the district magistrate, who was killed, but his chief subordinate ; whereupon Chung made primmer, of all the literati of first and second rank ; one of whom, surnamed Lite, examined as to the pi rpetration of the decd. was tortured so severely that he died under th e i n fli c ti on . I. pon this the villagers reopen maser, tied Chong to a tree, gave him a certain number of blows with a bamboo, shaved off his beard and eye-brows, and dismissed hint to tell his talc to the deputy governor of the movince, killing seven police men who attempted to defend him, We have been favoured with the following extract from a letter dated Ningpo, 13th December, which confirms sundry reports that have been current here during the past ten days: Business here is extremely dull from the heavy barter transactions at your place, and the feet of a Canton pins , tical fleet being close to this. The pirates have given out I that they are coming to this place and Chinghai, either to plunder or receive ransom. The people are sending their families and valuables into the country, and are in a great ferment. At the request of the mandarins, her Majesty's brig Contest has been detained here for a week, and may be so longer. At Singkong, a place in Chusan, to the south of Blackwell pauage, an engagement took piece on Sunday last between the mandarins and the pirate junks, 13 in number, when nine of the former were taken, partly it is said through treachery. Tho Ningpo and Shanghae fleets is coming here to try and settle mitten." I °silty has not been particularly f ble, Ouvab.:flee and the second pickings in Soffragam have yet to b se eared. It is still impossible to estimate the seasons •rop correctly ; on moat estates in good ord er , an d w . are happy to believe that includes the large majority, the ,ope are better than last year, but from the failing of old .rd, and the fact of estates not yielding in good average ..ars the heavy returns of new properties in their full be ..ing years, we do not expect the crop will equal that of IRV 0.50. At the same time the foreign orders in the market for ',tire descriptions will greatly reduce the quantity shippe , for London direct. lhe blossom has not yet appeared e.cept partially, but the weather has been favourable for it de velopment under good circumstances. In Colomb the weather has been cold and occasionally ahowery an.' un seasonable. Cinnamon planters are putting their pa lens in order alter a very fair cutting season. This plant ens are looking particularly vigorous. Beyond the re-m, c tr ance of small pox in some of the towns the country • in general healthy. 1852. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. BOMBAY, Fie. 16. Tu Moiety MARIKrr continues in an easy state, and rate@ of interest cm unaltered. In the security market considerable activity has prevailed at improved rates, and shares in the Oriental Bank corporation have been much sought for. We quote the rate of the day thus :—Transfer l'aper at 114 ; Riece Fives, 107 ; New Fives, 105 ; Sicca Fours, 05 ; Compsny's Fours, 911 ; Bombay Bank Shares, Id pe- cent. prem.; Oriental Bank Corporation Shares, 20 per cent. prem. ; Commercial Bank Shares, 1 per cent. die count ; Agra Bank Shares, 10 per cent. prem. ; Railway Shares, par. IMPORTS. Corrom Piece Goons.—The supply has been to a mode rate extent, and, business having been done much in the proportion of arrivals, the market remain. steady. Oozy SH I IiTIOO.-40 inch all descriptions in fair inquiry, and the lent prices quoted well kept up ; 4d inch all dr ecriptions in good inquiry. Gary MADAPOLLAIIa have been in considerable demand. a large amount of business has been done, but we cannot re cord any improvement in value. BLEACHZD SU I WHIMS up to 60 reed continue dull, while 66 reed and upwards are In slight inquiry. BLIACII RD JACCOMETO of all descriptions in good de mand. BLEACHED PATIN SPOTS and TWILL. are beginning to command a fair inquiry. TCREET RED plain aotl twills 'toy dull. Mulls in moderate inquiry. FANCY GOODC—Bleached Mulls exceedingly depressed, prices have fallen to a depth unpreeedentedly low. Dyed Mulls and Book Muslin very dull. Low Lappets continue in inquiry as also 'Antics of fancy borders. Zebra and fine dresses very dull. COTTON YARNIL—The market has been steady, and the prices quoted in our last report have been maintained for both water and mule. Dyed map is in excellent demand and has slightly risen in value, while Turkey red continues difficult of sale, with the exec ption of the finer qualities, which aro in pretty good request. METALS.—Eng lish and Swedish bar iron very dull. Round nailrod continues in good demand. Sheets steady, but without change in value. Hoop very dull. Lead pig in demand, and hove risen two annul, while sheets remain dull. Swedish steel in tube steady ; faggots dull ; eptitcr also rather dull. Quicksilver in demand. Tin plates dull. Copper braziers in good demand, with a rise in value. COCHINEAL continues in the same state of depression as when our last report was written. SAFFRON tolerably steady, and maintains the prices quoted in our last. M.taxxx STORES.—Canvas, both bleached and brown, dull. Cordage in good request. Paints rather dull. Con siderable inquiry exists for oil of linseed, while little is doing in spirits of turpentine or twine. SPlRlT.—Brandy in wood has declined to two annul. Gin in wood depressed; Kilders in demand, and have advanced to 11l rs. per kildcr of 16 squares. BEEa.—Allsop'a and Base none. Of Collins and Beau, 60 hhds. porter, and 600 of ale, said to arrive, at 42 rs. WOOLLENS.—No sales have taken place. LINSEED.—A large quantity going forward. The im portation has of late been heavy, at 3 2-16 rs. to 3 3-16 rs. per cwt. Perrin.— Bhuteel scarce. Tellicherry in moderate stock. VIPORTS. CorroN WOOL.—The market.l;as been rather dull during the fortnight, owing to the 50'14 of old now remaining in the market being very inferior ; prices also have declined, except some small parcels of Oomerawootty which hare been brought up for the China market ; ne cotton hu ar rived, other descriptions than that mentioned arc not looked for till next month. Ortvw.—The market has been tolerably steady with a slight fall in value. Fittionr to England has not varied. To London, 21.:105., to Liverpool, 2!. 7s. 641., at 21. 10s. scarcity of freight conti nues to be felt. To China, 131 re. to 4j per candy. Eactietsoz on England has not varied much. First class credit and bank bills have been sold at 2s. Oid., and since it hu risen to 2s. old. to 2a. 11-16 d. CALCUTTA, FEB. 7. Our money market remains with scarcely any alteration. Previous rates of interest at the Bank of Bengal are main tained, but in other quarters it is said rather more stringent rates are not unfrequently imposed ; and altogether, there is still considerable difficulty felt in respect to financial mat ters, both hero and throughout the country amongst all classes. In the Bazaar, amongst the Marwarrio dealers, there is hardly any improvement whatever The several homes which gave way some few months back, have not been supplanted by others with any pretension to wealth and influence. Respecting exports from this there is not much change to note. A large quantity of indigo was, however, shipped in the course of last month, re ach ing to 13,491 chests, 8,816 chests of which were for Great Britain and 4,331 chests for France. The shipments of sugar were on a most mode rate scale. Of raw silk the quantity sent forward was considerable, and shipments to some extent are still is progress. In corolla, and indeed all kinds of silk piece goods, business has continued on a limited scale. Saltpetre has been in extensive request for North America, whilst for other parts very little demand has shown itself. Shipments of rice to Great Britain have continued on a most ample scale. Lac dye has only been shipped to a moderate extent, but there has been more freedom shown regarding shell lac both for Great Britain and North America. Safflower is out of season, and very little business has been done. Hides have been freely shipped to Great Britain, and rather a large amount of transactions for North America as well as other places have taken place. Exports of linseed have I been chiefly confined to Great Britain and the United States. Mustard seed has been largely shipped to England. Castor oil appears to have attracted less attention than I usual. Of Jute, 60,835 mounds were shipped to Great Britain in January. A good deal of cutch has gone forward, but only a small portion has been sent to England. CHLNA MARKETS. CANTON.—The market, considering the period of tke you, has been throughout particularly sluggish, and but a moderate business has been done in imports, whilst in exports and exchange the operations have been, speaking comparatively, very small. SILINOHLE.--ilere, too, business has been on &moderate scale, notwithstanding a desire on the part of native dealers to quit goods and realise proceeds before the Chinese new year (on the 20th February). In sugar business there was some briskness, arising, it was alleged, through the inter ception of several cargoes by the pirate (rebel) fleet, and detention of the same at Wenchau, a port to the southward of Ningpo, pending payment of black mail. AMOT.—A fair amnia of business done. CO/TON.—Canton : Quotations run, Bombay, 6.6 tails to 9.1 tuts • Bengal, 6.7 teals to 9.3 tads ; Madras, 7.2 tails to 9.6 tee's. Deliveries, 19,200 bales—vix., of Bombay, 14,000 bales; of Bengal, 3,700 bales; of Madras, 1,600 bales. Stork on hand, 8 6 ,700 bales, against 43,467 ales at this period last year. , _• Orivn Rsroar.—Malwa, quoted at date of our report 625 dole. to 630 dots., slightly improved soon after the de parture of the mail, and continued in fair demand till about the close of the month, when, in consequence of a hoary !rue of money orders, the market flattened, and rates for prime declined to 620 do's. TZLII. as have declined tines the last mail left, and sound common teas can now be purchased at 10 to 101 tuts per petal. About 30 chops have been sold during the month, leaving • stock of say 80 chop,. A few chops of Moiling, are still offering at 12 and 121 tails per pecul. Bouchonge are also lower, and may be bought at 111 to 13 teals for fair common kinds. Pekoes a few chop* have been sold at cheap rates, say 15 to 16 task for sound quality, with a fair quantity of flower. A few Soochaou packed rear are offering at lower rates.—Oreen Team: The stock has become much reduced and quantity lower, prices also are giving way for all kinds. BILL.—CANTox.—No transactions—prices and flocks as last reported. Shanghae may be quoted lower this month, and the purchases have been on rather a limited scale only 600 to 700 bales having changed h an d s . Th e export hence to England's about 13,300 bales, and including Canton for the two seasons the shipments this year are fully 2,000 bales less than last, up to the same date ; however, it is to be remarked that the deficiency consists almost entirely of Canton reeled silk, so that the export of the two princi pal kinds this season is quite equal to that of last. EXCHANO6.—CANtotc—The Oriental Bank on London, six months sight, 4a. !Id. ; a fall from 51. Id. of last month (in Hong Kong, drawing at 1 day'. sight, for 4t. 71d., or English money, at government rate, Mexicans or rupees, for 4s. 31d.) ; Bank Post Bills, 4.. Bd. ; Directors' Bills on Bengal, accepted VA to 230. Oriental Bank in Hong dollars. Kong, drawing on Bombay and Calcutta, Ha. 215 per 100 TRITIOIIII.—CARTON.—To London quotod at 21. to bs. for 50 cubic feet. Nothing doing to America. Shunghae To England, 3/. to 3/. 3s. for tea; 31. 103. for silk. COLONIAL. CEYLON. The Colombo Monthly Examiner, of Feb. 13, has the following on planting and planting matters: The record of the past mouth should climnicle the weather as its most important feature regarding planting operations. Cienerally speaking, the weather has been dry and open, and favourable to weeding and pruning and the dispatch of coffee from estates. Accordingly, large quantities of colic° have reached Colombo, and, as Mill IN seen el‘ewhere, the quantity shipped is owing to the early season in ad vance of mir.t previous years. There is, however, yet much coffee to remove from some estates and ou the highest plantations the whole of the crop has yet to be se cured. There ars unusually heavy crops in the Ude Pu- Wave districts, for securing which the weather is that la THE AUSTRALIAN GOLD MINES. By way of Adelaide and Batavia, we have re ceived accounts from Sydney and Victoria to tho 10th and 12th December. At the former Otos a preliminary meeting had been held at the itar Hotel, for the formation of a New South Wale. gold Mining Company, and nearly 800 shares of 5/. each were !subscribed, fur before the chairman quitti .1 his seat. Nothing can show the effect of the gait. dis coveries at Victoria than the fluctuation in the price of flour. So much fear is entertained for the s•and ing crops, on account of the want of heeds In, tho harvest, that the price of flour had again risen. The Melbourne eireeg quotes flour at 18f. pct ton for tine, and I 71. for so conds. At Mount ;lex ander gold is fuund in great abundance, and all the diggers were doing n good trade. The ietan tity which they gather borders on fiction—" ' ruth is stranger than fiction." The following not: c is extracted from a private letter dated Melle.erne, Dec. 3th :—" The mines at Mount Alexander have caused the greatest excitement, and numerous crowds abandon their homes, directing their :tem the gold is beet generally spread, moro abundant, and easier gathered, than at Ballarat. At Mount Alexander, as elsewhere, some are very 'ortu nate, others less so, and Willie again truly pit.db!e. The correspondent of the Geelong ints.lliyenee. an nounces that the gold is embedded in iron ore. and that it is found 32 feet below the surface. Thi dis covery was recently made by 1)r. Johnson. The Argas estimates that the amount of gold rat ivcd at Melbourne and Geelong since the commence anent of the licensing, about two months, at 201,0001 , rec koning the gold at 3/. per ounce. The Ballard; cor respondent of the Melbourne Daily News mettione that the rains had in some measure subsided, and mining operations were renewed with great e igour at Mount Alexander. Several of the old holes wero exhausted, and new ones were being opened, hich circumstance had scattered the miners over a wider space. The miners were suffering much from their toilsome labour. Blacksmiths were making rapid fortunes at their trade, and they were charger; 10s. per week for keeping hoes in repair. Oa th-• sth December the amount of gold brought into Mel bourne during the week, under escort, was 1.1,000 ounces, in addition to which many parcels were con veyed by priv ate han ds.T he MelbourneMorningi.nerald says, that new mines have been discovered halt way between Melbourne and Mount Alexander, namely, at Mount Blackwood, near the Cnddco, which aro reported to yield uncommon quantities of gold. On Dec. 4th the editor says he saw a party of eight diggers, belonging to Messrs. Dagcty and Co., arrive in town, one of whom carried a bag on his shoulder containing fifty pounds seven ounces of gold. They stated that they had not been occupied digging more than fourteen days. Melbourne agricultural labourers refuse to engage at a yearly salary of 651. They will not hire themselves for a longer period than olio week, and at 355. per week. The government commissioners had made the report on the extent and capabilities of the mines, and they record their unanimous opinion that the mine, offer highly remunerative employment to, at least, 100,000 persons, or nearly four times the number at present engaged in the work. The following are extracts from a Sydney letter: Dec. 8, 114.51. When you hear that by escort from west and south 10,000 ounces came into Sydney and 2,000 ounces by pri vate hands yesterday, and that into Melbourne thc last escort, of the 28th November, brought in from Ballarat and Mount Alexander 13,000 ounces, and left 6,000 ounces behind, and that f r one week's pork, you will b. gin tone, if yeti had not already believed my confident predictions, what an astounding thing these discoveries are. It is my opinion that Austreia will send to England in 1852 at least 3,000,0001. sterling in gold. This day a nugget of quartz has been sold by auction (having been found one morning at Louisa Creek by a Gam mon man named Ilarbottle) fur the sum of 1,154 f. Dec. 13, 1851. 40,000 ounces gold, value upwards of 120,000 f., go home in the Alert. At Melbourne the receipts have been for the last two weeks 13,000 and 16,000 ounces, or 29,600 ounces in 14 days. tit court. OSBORNE, TVE6DAY. Her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the Itoyal Family, did not leave the grounds at Osborne yesterday. The royal dinner party ineludtd Charles Eastlake. the Dean of Winchester, the Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Grey, and the Rey. Mr. Protheroe. Lord Maidstone had an interview with the Earl of Derby yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Mr. Doyle, from the Bahamas, had an interview with Sir John Pakington yesterday at the Colonial-office. Sir William Codrington had also an interview with the right hon. baronet. A deputation from the Grand Jury of the county of Monaghan, consisting of Mr. Matthew John Anketell and Mr. Edmond Percival Morphy, accompanied by their par liamentary agent, Mr. Dryden, transacted business yester day at the Railway D e partment of the Boa r d o f Trade. Lord Redesdale had an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole yesterday at the Horne-office. Mr. Deedes had also an interview with the right hon. gentleman. The Cambridge University Commission had • meeting yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street. Present—The Bishop of Chester, the Dean of Ely, Sir John Herschel, the Rev. t Professor Sedgwick, and the Rev. W. H. Bateson (Seere patches were sent from the Colonial office yesterday to the Governors of the West India Islands. (how Laat Nip t'. Casette.) LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S -OFFICE, MARCH tice u licreby given that her Majesty will hold a Lev, e at Bt. James s-palace, on Wednesday, 24th Much instant, at two o'clock. LORD CRAMBERLAReg-OFFICE, MARCH 2.—No ties is hereby given that her Majesty will hold a Drawing room, at St. James's-palace, on Thursday, the Ist of April next, at two o'clock. FOREIGN -OFFICE, MARCII 12.—The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. John Carmichael as Consul at Liverpool for the Republic of Guatemala. CROWN -OFFICE, MARC!! 15.—Bombers returned to serve in this present parliament :—County of Buckingham— The Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, Chancellor andtnder- Treasurer of the Exchequer. Lincolnshire—Parts of Lindsey : The Right lion. Robert Adam Christopher, of Bloxholm House, in the said county. Parts of Kesteven and Holland : The Right Hon. Sir John Trollopc, of Case wick, in the said county, Baronet, Commissioner for ad ministering the Laws for the Relief of the Pour in Eng teal—Masten 16. County of Tyrone—The Right lion. Claude Hamilton, commonly called Lord Claude Hamilton, Treasurer of her Majesty's Household. County of London derr►—Thomas Bateson, of Beliroir Park, in the county of Devon, Esquire, one of the Lords Commissioners cf the Treasury. County of Kildare—William Henry Ford Cogan, Eq., in the room of the Right lion. Richard Southwell Bourke, commonly called Lord Naas, who has accepted the office of Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. DEPARTMENT OF PRACTICAL ART.—Her Majesty has been pleased, on the implication of the Hight Hon. J. W. Henley. President of the Board of Trade, to permit portions of Marlborough House to be used by the new de partment, and the articles of ornamental manufacture pur chaud from the Exhibition for the use of the Schools of Design, are about to be translimed thither forthwith from the Crystal Palace. We believe the occupation of Marl , borough llou , e is only temporary until a building has been provided sufficiently capacious to accommodate the new department and its metropolitan branches in Somerset /louse and Gower-erect, where the female school has been recently located. HOTEL AND TAVERN KEEPERS' PROVIDENT IN arllTrioN.—Ou Monday the annual general meeting of the membirs of this institution took place at the Craven Hotel, Strand ; Mr. Lewis Lovegrove in the chair. A re port was real which stated that the receipts of the past year were 4481. 18s. 41. The disbursements to 31 members and widows of members had amounted to 269/., antlllo current expenses were 1121. 16- 9,1. The repo v ceived and adopted, and the officers fur the c • Jai having been elected, a Tote of thanks was paw 0 . 2 k sident, vice-presidents, &e., and the busin with the usual compliments to the chairman. . u ;;, • 4 %%. •S• A i , • Kas s ' 4' i 1