The Express. — London, England, 1846-11-05 00:00:00

•• - >e e‘ ~- ~ cIANAL MERCANTILE LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, Poultry, Mansion-house, DmZit. • DIRECTORS. - mord Wileoxon, Esq , Chairman. ....,..„,.. goesec.D.,.aq., Alderman, Deputy.Chshman. ,7.; dpaio. (Gale, Baker, W&rdc, and Co.) id * ; orge moon, Saville-row. ~,,.., /A (Trower, Lawson, and Trower.) Mlle roucock, Copestake, and Moore.) .. (f iro luld:. Nicholson and Co.) Wire^ Eslt.,_ • am cb.) ii . s o lassensi, ifs" hew Boadaireet. w DA ft., (Ilsockelbank and Ron.) ,opist oottosios oared by tis Society are smartly without ' N om, in the moaegement h , and low rides of premium. lOW* PA Promo to Polley !folders. -us declared July I, 1846.) d (ri4lol Jul? 5404 a A... k e sl 1- 1 . 1 41.../2 Po i ak. la z 9 g ao. a to. d. E 69 1,000 1 62 15 0 24 13 3 248 40 7 43 1,000 130 15 0 14 7 S 244 36 6 59 1,0 , 0,60 0 0 20 110 224 33 6 45 2,000 68 0 0 21 0 7 474 31 44 1,000 •SS 0 0 96 0 202 27 4 0 3,000 92 10 0 18 10 0 311 23 weir. effecting Assuranoee before January 1, 1847, yin be t o participate in the next J. divialon of profita. JONES, Actuary and Secretary. kTDIG'S COUGH LOZENGES, a certain Remedy for all disorders of the pulmonary organs. In dill_ b,thlne, in redundancy of phlegm, in incipient consump. ..bob email L. the most positive indication), they are of e sney, In astbmi and in winter cough they have been mown to Nil. Keating' , Cough Lozenges are free from every ingredient:aL they may therefore be taken at aU times by dell he ;male and by the youngest child ; while the public ad the profe. , ional singer will find them invaluable in allay hoarseness and irritation incidental to vocal execution, and roily a powerful auxiliary in the production of melodious 50 0 : a lifferfonn COLONF.L ITAWKER/the well-known,fiffher on Guns and Mooting). inurtari+h House, tear Whitechurch„ Hants, °et. 21, 1816. —I cannot resist informing you of the extra dua.cv effect that that I have experienced by taking only • tar LOZVNGES. I had a cough for several weeks that defied kees prescribed for me; sad I got completely rid oflt igrarj e , e elrii e lex pee trkMi I Ind are the eoug% milbset Live mmuss.--I am, Sir, your humble gement, lir * r. Keshng. kc. P. HAWKER. red and in boxes. le. lid., and tins, 2s. 9.1., 4e. 6d., and earl), by Thomas Keating, chemist. &c., No. 79, St. Pant's ned. London, and retail by all druggists and patent medicine in the kingdom. :',AUSTIC, VENETIAN, and other PATENT LE:, and MOS.ITC PAVEMENTS, may be purebried at & Co.'s Warehouse, No. 9 Albion-place, Surrey aide of E or'. ndre. .1. M. BLASIIFIELD, Agent. sme Tiles hare lately been considerably reduced in price. avortment of pleb and ornamental Door Furniture and Ten for fire -places, Se., he. di boards, price 55., illustrated by GEORGE Caemenssw. E COMIC BLACKSTONE. Seriously we will remark, that a rein of real tetra learning eared through these sportive pages ; and a student may secs. find his apprehension of abstruse points sharpened by Mr. fun."—iimca, January 5, 1846. .Ion: Published at the " Punch" 09aee. 1 35. Fleet-street. iTEST INTELLIGENCE. THIS DAY. Fora• o' the Peninsula and Oriental Company's steamer d, arrived at Southampton last evening, we icws from Lisbon to the 30th, Oporto the 31st nd Vigo the Ist Nov. en the Madrid left Lisbon, Sir William Parker f the Tagus, with the Hibernia, Rodney, Al- Superb, and Trafalgar. The fleet had been sent our charge d'affaires, Mr. Southern, at the ,t of the Queen, who was anxious, by the pre of a British force, to induce a belief that England posed to the proceedings of the insurgents, ould, if necessary, take active measures against It was the same policy which suggested the ration to Madrid for a Spanish force to march the frontier. Diarie di Govern() of the 30th Oct. publishes ee, by which the Queen, at the recommenda f ministers, assumes the exercise of absolute while the rebellion continues. Also a let•er her Majesty to Count des Antes, requiring abmission, together with his refusal, and a depriving him of all his honours and titles, for taken arms against the government. re had been a conflict between the royal troops he insurgents. icral Schwalbach, who was investing Evora, g heard that a rebel force was marching to the of that city, immediately raised the siege and ded against them. After a short march he fell h the Algarve insurgents under Calestino, and 1 them with great loss, capturing all their artil and some two hundred prisoners. This was the =cut report of the affair, and it appears 'co been generally credited. Lisbon preparations were still going an, and men were employed repairing the defences. :wry impressment continued ; and in order to it the cavary an embargo had been laid upon all Nines of private individuals, including the most ins sapparters of the government. The corps nee to act against the insurgents, amounting to Jana, was reviewed by the King on the 29th. Aulunteer corps mustered 2,000 on parade. The was quiet. The Marquis of Louh and several rs opposed to the Queen, are outlawed. All com ication by land with Oporto remained closed. rt Bowfin had escaped4and proceeded to Coimbra. he insurgent force at Coimbra amounted to three ilions of volunters and a large body of guerillos, at Algarve to 600 regular troops, under General stino. The Miguelite movement at Clntra re nd unchecked. A Junta had been formed under le Itarros, a brother of Viscount Santarem, one of L Miguel's ministers. The revolt had been joined number of military deserters, and the cry was, own with the Saldanha ministry," while that of peasants was " Viva Dori Miguel." The two parties vtlicr are said to be about 1,500 strong, and would bably support Antas, should he approach Lisbon. he accounts from Oporto announce that 3,(.00 Ins had marched against Lisbon, under the corn id of Conte das Antas, and on the 28th, about GOO against Casal and Viguaiz, commanding the rl troops in the Minho. Oporto was declared to inder strict blockade, but none of the royal squad were to be seen off the port. The troops in Tres Nlontes, it was reported, had declared for the en, and were marching, under the command of ount Vinhaes, against Oporto. he Madrid landed fifty Spanish refugess from an at Vigo and Coranna, who had been permitted the late royal favour to return to their native itry. rivate letters from the Cape of Good Hope extend intelligence which we elsewhere publish to the 8, pt., but bring nothing of importance. There had no further military operations in Kaffirland. P. Maitland was still in camp on the Buffalo. E. Stockenstrom and Colonel Johnston were ing on the Upper Key, in the hope of overtaking fugitive chiefs, and recovering some cattle. Co. erect, with the cavalry, was near Waterloo Bay, re abundant provisions bad been landed for the F, but the means of transit was scarce. I,e inhabitants along the frontier were suffering dfully from drought, but the crops in other parts he colony had escaped, and were unusually MPORTANT FROM THE WEST INDIES. NEARLY EIGHTY MEN-OF-WAR AND MERCHANTNIEN WRECKED. 'he West India Mail arrived last night at South 3ton, by the Thames steamer, Lieutenant Haste, brings accounts of an awful hurricane at ..ana, particulars of which appeared exclusively in Duly Neu , ' of this morning. The Thames was lined at ll.t‘ by her Majesty's Consul 'era], in consequence of this melancholy event, illow merchants and others time to communicate their correspondents in Europe. it of British merchantmen lost or damaged by the hur ne ; Edward Haves, 213 tons, Denton, barque, ; Novel, 189, Leine, brig, sunk ; Susan, 162, 'son, brig, dismaeted ; Prompt, 210, Dunlop, brig, seed ; Vs ilson, 245, Campell, brig, damaged ; Mag. ne, schooner. 132, bowsprit gone, and much dos. ed ; Agnes Jane, 250, Richardson, barque, ashore, Lasted, and otherwise much damaged ; William rev, brig, 146, dismasted and damaged; Minstrel, Puller, much damaged. 30 Spanish, 2 Russian, men, 4 Danish, 1 Dutch, 4 French, and 1 Brazilian nantmen, totally wrecked, ashore, or otherwise damaged. OENCH SHIPS OP NAL—Andromeda (frigate), ashore, masts gene ; Blonde (corvette), on her beam-ends, masts ; Tonnere (steamerLall her masts and funnel gone. 'AMID'S SHIPS OF WAR.—Halanero (brig), cutwater Led; Constitucion (brig), totally lost; Laborde (brig), ly loet ; Ne rv i on (b r i g ) , slightly damaged ; Laborde O. wrecked. HooNEßs...—Polka, Creolla, Infanta, sunk. FAXEN:l.—Montezuma, ashore, foremast gone, bows is ; Guadeloupe. ashore ; Basan, ashore. Two passage cm were wrecked, and the Quarantine hulk was a total wreck ; ;ad sound. - English brig, wu safe Among the sixty-seven passengers by the Thames is General Paredes, the ex-President of Mexico. She brings a freight of 311,400 dots., all of which are on merchants' account; 1,372 oz. of platina; 1,149 oz. of old silver ; 5001. in British corn ; 5,051 oz. of gold dust ; 300/. worth of pearls; 113 brla. of sarsa parilla, &c. There is no shipment of specie from Vera Cruz or Tampico, on account of the dividends. Her latest dates are : Tampico, Sept. 24 ; Vera Cruz, ' Oct. 2 ; Havannah, Oct. 13 ; Honduras, Sept. 20 ; Jamaica, Oct. 9 ; Chagres, Sept. 25 ; Carthagena, Sept. 28 ; Demerara, Oct. 4 ; Trinidad, Oct. 6 ; Bar badoes, Oct. 9 ; Grenada, Oct. 10 ; St. Thomas, Oct. 15 ; La Guayra, Oct. 7 ; Bermuda, Oct. 21. When the Thames left Vera Cruz nothing was known of General Taylor's successful attack on Mon terey. Santa Anna was marching with 4,000 troops to join Ampudia ; but it was supposed that the affair would be settled before his arrival. Santa Anna had failed in procuring from capitalists the sum he re quired, 2,000,000 dollars. Money was very scarce at Vera Cruz ; the troops were not paid, and numbers were sick in the hospitals. The General Commandant, Landres, had thrown up hie command. About 1,200 troops were at Vera Cruz and San Juan de Ulloa. Gen. Paredes was brought from Mexico, and placed on board the steamer under a strong escort. The following was the distribution of the naval forces in the Gulf when the Thames left : Her Majesty's ships Endymion, Alarm. Electra, and Daring, at Vera Cruz. H.hl. sloop Rose sailed front Vera Cruz on the 14th of September, and Havana on the 4th of October, for Spithead, with about 150,000 dollars on board. American blockading squadron off Vera Cruz.—TheCum berland, 54 guns, Commodore Conner; Raritan, 54; Saint Mary's, 22; Somers, 12; two small steamers, and four schooners. Off Tampico.—The Porpoise, 12 gun brig. The Company's steam-ship Clyde, Capt. Symons, left Grenada, for Trinidad; and the Trent, Capt. Rivett, for Jamaica, on the 10th of October; the Reindeer was at Saint Thomas's on the 15th of October; the Tay, Bapt. Boxer, sailed from Havana, for Vera Cruz, on the 10th of October; the Forth, Capt. Chapman, was left at Bermuda on the 21st of October ; and the Tweed, Capt. Parsons, was at Jamaica on the 9th of October. The accounts from the several West India Islands, are satisfactory. The sugar crops were tine and pro mised an abundant return. In Jamaica there ha?„ been heavy rains and severe gales, especially on roe east coast, which were considered to be influenced by some hurricanes among the Windward Islands. Th e election of coroner had given occasion for a P kr i ous riot at Falmouth ; but a heavy storm dispe . r.md the mob just as the military were called upon to '.nterfere. The new governor, Sir Charles Grey, was expec t e d from Barbadoes on the 31st October. From Demerara the accounts are highl— satisfactory The estates everywhere had come into , full operation and report speaks favourably as to the yield of the canes, which would improve so 'long as the dry weather continued. Fields on the cast, the west, and the Arabian coasts which 14 says previous yielded only an average of a hogshead an acre, were making one and a half and two, an?m larger returns in some instances. The people work steadily, and there was no longer any dissausfactice ' even i n L eguan. On the question of wag( "the Guiana Times says : " One of the remarkable f stares o f the times is the singu lar good sense and good Jature with which the immense majority of the labouring , jam has yielded to the demands of their employers to have e' "iciest work for their money. The able-bodied labourer wry e t earn eas il y , either cutting canes or with the shovel, a . • faU der for four hours work. Still it is important to get a c Lingo from the careless, slovenly, and uncertain pmforman , of labour to efficiency and constancy, effected without a Fr Amble from those who feel it most. " In the city tree s e still continues in an extremely depressed state, and one Inc' .vsntile firm is reported as having sunk beneath the Imes` mire of the times. It is quite a melancholy thing to walk di ma Water-street at noon, and look into the stores. The car Auto( the magnificent province looks deserted. Things cannot . lest this way, however. The lose of half the crop account, Mit great measure, for the falling off in the circulation, smoking every allowance for the drafts upon mortgagees awl others to pay for indispensable labour. We trust by r ext mail to have to report that things arc begin ning to r swine a better appearance. C' aiIMERCIAL MARKETS. M .ONEY MARKET & CITY INTELLIGENCE. Helf-post Two.—We have an animated market to dr 1 in the fends, with successive improvements in the quo * strong. Consols opened fur money at 941 to 1, and 941 to g for account, which were the elosinv prices of last evening, but shortly after the commencement of business, they advanced 1 per cent., and have since improved another I, being now quoted 941 buyers for money, and 941 buyers for account. Exchequer Bills rallied to Se. to 12s. premium. The activity of transactions to-day contrasts rather strongly somewith the dull and depressed state of the market for past. The more quiet aspect of affairs on the side of France and Spain, with the reported triumph of the Queen's troops over the insurgents in Por tugal, which would seem to promise the re-establishment of order in that distracted country temporarily, though at the expense of constitutional government, will have tended mainly to this improvement in funded velure. The foreign market has not participated in the upward movement of the home stocks. Front %vim, the tenor of the intelligence, so far as it has transpired, is not favourable to the interests of the old bondholders, and less so still to the new bonds created under the conversion scheme. The West India mail-steamer Thames brings no remit- tance on account of the dividends, nor indeed could any be reasonably expected. It is stated that a com mission had been appointed in Mexico to take the matter of the conversion scheme into consideration, but so far only as related to the conversion of the Deferred Debt. The con version of the old active bonds was out of the question altogether, as indeed front the former proceedings of the government, was anticipated. They formed no part of the decree p:.sed by the Mexican Congress for the regulation of the deferred debt, as is evident on the face of the bonds where that decree is recited, though in a garbled way; and we know from Senor Murphy, the late Mexican Envoy, who so straneely sanctioned the conversion, that such dealing with the active stock cocustituted no part of the private instruc tions from his government, under which he acted. The con verted bonds are 211 to 2, without business. The Peninsu lar stocks are heavy. Spanish Fives however, are called 261 to 1, which is a shade better ; the Threes, 37 to 1. Por tuguese, 381 to 91. The Proprietors of the Ceylon Bank held their fifth annvel general meeting this slay, when the report of the directors was read. The nroceedines were of so satis factory a nature, that no discussion arose. The Chairman (Thomas Young, Esq.) then declared a dividend for the half year, at the rate of 17 per cent. per annum upon the paid•up capital to the company. The introduction of English capital into that island has Leen the causo of increased activity in its commercial community. ENGLISH FUNDS.—Tnare o'Cioca. Bank Stock, 2041 S.'. Ditto for Acct., 941 borers Slier Ct. Red. 931 1 SI per Cents, 951 1 • r.per Cent. Consols, 941 buyers I Exchequer Ms, Ss. 12s. S per Ct. Austrian Wu, 14 per CtßelgiarAlds., 944 Si x.d. per Cent ditto, S per Ct. Brazilian Ada., 85 7 5 per Cent. New Braz. Dde., 6 per Ct. Buena Arm; Bdu, 43 3 6 per Ct. Malian 8&,96 8 6 per Cent. Columb.der.Bdh, 15 6 Columbian Equador Bd. 34 per Ct. Dorm& Mu., 88 8 24 per Ct. Thatch Ada., 38i 9 4 per Ct. Dutch Certh, 914 2 4 FUNDS. I per Cent. Grenada Hitt, 204 It Grenada Deferred Eds., 34 4 5 per Ct. Ifeztean, 18 , 6, 214 2 6 per Cent. Peruvian Bda, 33 7 Portuguese emir. Bde., 334 94 3 per Ct. Russian Ikts., 110 112 5 per Ct. Spanish Ma., 264 3 per Cent. Spanish Bde., 374 Spaniels Leferred Bde., 161 74 Spanish Pensive ads., 34 2 per Ct. Venezuela Bds., el 3 Venezuela Deferred Bda„ 12 13 RAILWAYS. The impression that, at length, the India Board have come to a decision in favour of the East India and Great Western of Bengal lines, on which it is proposed to guarantee a return of 4 per cent. on five millions of capital to the proprietary, to commence, however, only on the payment of 15 per cent. of the subscribed ca- Ppital, has led to considerable business in the shares of those ines, accompanied with a slight improvement. The prospect of forthcoming calls will perhaps tend to pre vent any great rise in prices. The East Indian are called to premium; Great Western of Bengal, jto I. The market is generally good for both shares and scrip. North Staffordshire, at 2; to 31 premium, are in fair demand. Caledonian rather Hat, at 16 to 7 discount. SALES EFFECTED UP TO TWO THIS DAY IN LONDON. (Yesterday's prices will be found in last page.) Aberdeen, 191 4 Manchester and Birmingham, 741 Amb., Not., Bog., &E. Jn., 321 Do. Qrs. A), 12 Bic. and Oxford Jn., 8 1 Do. do. 13). 121 Bristol and Exeter, 81 120. do. 0, 8 Do. New, 9 Mane. and Southampton, 11 Buckinghamshire, 1 d Midland, 133 Caledonian, 24 1 Do. New, 61 7 Do. Halves, 24 1 Newcastle & Berwick, 331 3 Direct Northern, 11 1 North British, 381 74 Eastern Counties, 221 4 Do. Halves, 161 4 Do. New, 71 p Do. Quarters, 3/ Do. York Ex".., 31 Do. Extension, 14 1 East Lancashire, 181 North Staffordshire, 21 1 p Do. New, 81 1 North Wales, 14 Fast Lincolnshire, 1 Oxford, Woe., and Wolver., 61 1 Edo. & Glasgow, 78 Preston and Wyre, 344 Do. Halves, 204 Royston and llttcben, 11 Do. Quarters, 194 Scottish Central, 201 Fly and Huntingdon, 13 121 Shropshire Union, 1 1 d Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester, 31 south Wales, 4 Great N. of England, New, 204 West Riding 171 Con, 11 p Great Western. Qrs., 20 191 Wilts, Somerset, & Wry., 31 4 Do. Fifths, York & Newcastle, 431 4 Do. New, 7 3 .1 1. rt Do. New, 171 184 Hull and Selby em, 234 Do. Preference, 64 1 Lanms. and Carlisle, New, 104 1 York &N. Midland lvs., 49 84 Leeds .8t Bradford, 744 York and Selby Extension, 414 1 Leeds and Think, New, 21 Do. Preference, 101 1 Liver., Man., ft Newe., Jn., 11 York E.&W.R. Eaten., 201 London and Blackwell, 94 Boulogne and Amiens, 141 Laid., Brigb., & S. Coast, 591 Demerara, 21 London and N. Western, 196 9 East Indian, 4 Do., Qrs., New, 164 Great Western Bengal, 4 ton. and S. Western, 684 7 Luxembourg, 14 Len. and York, 212 Namur end Liege, 31 London, Salisbury, & Yeov:l, 11 North. of France Coast.. 111 6 Linn and Dereham, 15 16 Odeon' and Bordeaux, 71 1 Man. & Leeds, 106 Paris and Lyons Cowl., S Do. Quarters, 6 Paris and Rouen, 351 Ditto Fifths, 8 Sambre and Diner, 44 ?danc., Buxton, atiatlock, i 11 p e rciV 7 Z /)*f eels; the William Rushton, an Ens 4:IJ t No. 57.] LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOV. 5, 1846. [3d. MANCHESTER Amb., Not., Boa., & E. J., 3-161 p Blackburn, Clithetoe, &N. W., i p Boston, Slam., & Birm., par 14irect Northern, 1 d East Lancashire No.l, New, 31 p Do. No. 2, 4 p Fwd., Pres.,&o. Ricliwr J., 5.16 p Gt. Grimsby & Sheffield J., 5 41 d Hud., Halifax, & Bradford, 11 p Hud. & Man. R. & C., 31 1 p Do. Thirds, 1 Leeds and Thirok, 31 d Do. New, 21 1 d Leeds, Dews., & Man., 611 p Do. New Branches 31 p BIRMINGHAM London and N. Western, 1991 Do. New Quarters, 141 Mumbeeter and Birm., 73 SALES, Nov. 4. Manchester & Leeds Es., 1 p Man., Midland, & Otimsoy, 212. d North British, Halms, 61 p Do. Quarters, 21 p Do. Extension, I / P North Staffordshire, 21 7-16 p Oldham, Sicken., &e., I fis d Sheffield and Ijocoln, i I d Sher. & Man., Qrs., hu. 2, 23 4 Do No. 3, j d S. E. bud Dosor, 384 Do. No. 4, 1.16 p W. Riding Union. 14 p. Wharfdale (late N. E.;, I d Whitehayen & Furness, 3 d. SALES, Nov.. 4. 81r.,W01v.,& Dud., 31 ',LUSO. p Birns,Wolv., & stone ~ 114.3 d. 1 p N. Staffordshire, V. es. 3d. p Shrewsbury, W'hinpus, & South Staffordshire, 1.1,k. 9d. f d Sinop. Un. It. & C., I 1 d Z 9, Nov. 4. Leeds & De iirsbliffy, 281 I Do. Bre-nehes, fi?, p I North Western, 225. 'North Saffonlshire, 2.1.45. &Lp W. it. Union, 31. Ids. Gd. ' East Coast, Bs. 61. Manch., Shcf., and Mid., 21 .ES, Nov. 4. New Carlisle, 21s. 21s. 6d. p N. Staffordshire, 2/. to. 3d. p WharfdaleJunetion, Vs. 19s. d York and Newcastle, Pref., 41 41 p Ambergates, Ss. p Leicester and Bedford, 7 d Mallon & Drillield Jn., 11 s. p North Western, 6d. ls. p West Riding Union, 31 York and Gills. Union, 422. OIL& Eastern Counties, York Es., Ms. p Leeds, Wakefield, Bcc., 175. d LEER, Nov. 3. Water., Wei., Wick., &e. 3e1.911. Arm., Col., & Prtrsh., 6s. 7s. Bandon a Wintry, 7s. 3d. Enniskillen, and Sligo, 13s. 3d. Irish North Midland, Ils. flii. New., Arm., & Land. In., 13e. iLES, Nov. 2. Gt. South. and West., 281 294 Killarney in., i MI d. Gt. West. FL & C., 51 51 Yid. Gt. West- Na. to GaL, .:P.. Newry, War., and Bost., 41 41 Ulster. 47 Waterford and timer., 9 Wat., Wes., & Dub., 7s. 6d. 34. 9d. ~ Do. Quarters, A, 7/ Amberk.,Not.,Boa., Sze., 86.9 d. 1 p Sir. & Oxford In., 5/ 3/.185.9aL p HELL SAL] N. British, Qrs., 765. 77a. Do. New,scrip.2la9d. l 22s. p York & Newe., Pref., 47. 45. 41 p Amb.. Not., & Bost., V. 17s. EastLaneashire,No. I, New, 3/ p Do. No. 2,3/ p East Lincolnshire, 22a. Ed. Demi/risks, 4/ p LEEDS SAI Great Grimsby, 5h d Huddersfield and Man.. 31 31 p Huddersfield said Sheffield, 4/ p Leeds and Dewsbury, 6 61 p Dewsbury P ranches, 34 3/ Leads and Think, 3/ d Dewabare E:ttension, 2s. fid. d Manchester & Leeds, Fifths, 51 p HodredekL & Man. E.-J., 14 p NMI Ands, i 2 1 . 7 5ritish, Car l. Branch, 51s. 21 p DCBLLN S.l %/Olin and Belfast in., 4 MItL Gt. W. & Bore Canal, 5 1 1 Newry, War., & Rostrevor, 41 Dublin, Dun., and Bath( , 3, Killarney Juctions, Is. 6d. Mid. G. 'W. Ex. to Gal., 3s. 9d. BELFAST SAI Arm., CoL, & Pot., 7n. 6d. Bn. linntlon and Bantry, is. Ga. Bs. 6d. Belfast & Callemens, 10 105 Cock and WaCerford, 2e. 2s. Cd. Dub., Belfast & Col. Jn., 20.45. Dublin and Drogheda, 55 58 Do. New, 15 !St Dundalk & Iln 125.6 d. Inniski. and Sligo, 13,. 14a. EDINBURGH Aberdeen, 195 Caledonian, 235 Do. New, 45e. Dundee & Perth, New, 235 235 Do. New, 85 85 Dir. Barn. & Mad., 12a. 6d. 12s. 9d. Direct Northern, 34a. Emit Indiann, 16s. Edin. & Northern, 145 Do. Newport, 67n. fibs. SALES, Nor. 3. - East of Fife, 23e. Glasgow and Ayr, 691. Dumfries and Carlisle, 325. Gd. North Britibh, 3S 39 Do. Halves, 171 Do. Quarters, 89s. 1114 s. New Qrs., Sc.. 355. 33r. Scottish Central, 20; Scottibh Midland, 13J 1 Strathearn Junction, G2s. G3s. LES, Nor. 3. Glas., Dumf., It Car., 325. Gd. Kil., & Ardrne., 315.6 d. 3ls. 1 Gt. 14. of Scotland. 255. Great Indian Peninsular, As. Gd. Madras, Nei. &Arcot, 3s. Ed. 35.6 d. North Ttriti.h, New Qra. Scrip, 335. rot. 355. Paisley and Renfrew, 51 Paisley, Barr., & Husk; 455. Scottish Central, zni Itovor at 15/.)No.t, 575. Airlinit and Dunfermline, ng. Strathearn Jun., 39e. Gd. Gls. GLASGOW Aberdeen, 181 181 Airdrie & Butligate, 87s. Bd. Us. Caledonian, 494. td. 465. Clydesdale Junction, 34 Dundee and Perth, 231 Fan of bite, 245. Fart Indian Ftailway,..l6s. 3d. IGs. Min. and Glasgow, ,6 Do. New, 201 18clin. and Newport, Gas. Glasgow Gen. Ter., 9/. IG9. 91 Glue., Kil., & Ayr, 671 68 Do. HaDes, 71.105. Od. 71.98.6 d. DUNBAR, NOV. 3.—The supply of grain in our market to-clay was less than last day's. There was not much demand for Oats, but Wheat and Barley sold pretty briskly, at 'prices rather better than last week's. Wheat, weighing 621 lbs., brought 675., and prices to 525. Barley, weighing 5.5 lbs., brought 425., and prices to 32e. 6d. Oats, weighing 41i lbs., brought 305., and prices to 19$. PARIS. —The monthly report of the price of Wheat, to regulate the duties of importation and exportation of grain and flour, have appeared in the Moniteur. The result of this table is, that the average price of corn is 26.38 francs per hectolitre. Its price was only 22.75 francs at the end of last July, and 25.02 francs at the end of September. Flour is at this moment scarce in the Paris market, in consequence of the want of corn. The mills of the departments of La Seine, L'Eure, and La Marne, grind only three days a week; those of La Loire are in part destroyed, as well as the harvest. Within the last eight days the stock of flour remaining on hand had been diminished by more than 6,000 metrical quintals. Its amount at present is enly 10,414 quintals. HAY. SmrryrrlELD, 71vo o'clock.—Mesers. Cooper and Davis, Ray ana Straw Salesmen ' report a very heavy tr a d e . Prime Meadow 6Bs to Me I Cl over 6O. to 94. Inferior ditto 6O, to &Ss Straw Its to Ste Roves 4ss to 63e HOPS. -• BOROrGII MARKET, TWO o'Clock.—Mesers. Patten den and Smith, Hop factors, report that there is nothing fresh to communicate either as to prices or duty, which latter is daily expected to he officially declared. Present estimate is between 238,0001. and 240,0001. Mid and East Keats, from per Cwt.Cs os. to Ed lOs. Weald of Keels 4 4 to 3 0 Sumer, from Farnham Yearling }Cents Yearling Sussex „ 3 3 to 4 4 Old Bops „ 2 0 to 4 0 WORCESTER, Nov. 4,—We had a very quiet mar ket on Saturday, and the number of Hops sold was nume rically small. The last week's prices were maintained. The supply was also small, not amounting to more than 800 pockets. The duty for the dirtrict is likely to be declared early next week, and is expected to top 33,0001. Weighed on Saturday : new, 403. During the week : new, 932 ; old, 13. METALS. GLASGOW, Nov. 3.—The price of Pig Iron, deli vered, f.0.b., here is today 695. to 695. 6d., 3-sths No. 1, 2-sths No. 3, and 71s. for o. 1, nett cash in fourteen days. The market is quiet, and prices rather tending downwards, as holders seem disposed to sell. SKINS. BASINGSTOKE, Nov. 4.—Sheep, South Downs and half-bred, 3s. 6d. to 31. 9d. each. Lambs, 2s. 6d. Ox and Cow Hides, 2td. to 3d. per lb. Calf do., from 41d. to sd. Butcher's Fat, from 4s. 3d. to 4s. 6d. per stone of 141bs. Horse Hides, at from 7s. to 10s. each. CATTLE, &c. APPLESHAW FAIR, Nov. 4.-This day the Somer set and Dorset Sheep left unsold, together with others fresh brought, including Wiltshire and Hampshire Downs, are penned for sale. There were more than at first expected. The slackness of yesterday's sales cattail more to be left unsold than was anticipated on Monday, It was thought there were not 50,000 sheep penaed altogether, a very small number considered for this fair. By daylight this morning, there were many on the fair field, who tried to induce the sellers to lower the prices asked, but such was unavailing ; therefore the terms must be quoted full 35., and in many cases, 4s. per head dearer than similar qualities made at the last fairs held here and at Weyhitl. The prices were as follows :-Somerset Ewes, with one, and some couplets, by their side, made from 553. to 60e. ; ditto down latnbing, 50s. to 535. each ; Dorset ditto, 50s. to 545.: Ditto Ewes, to lamb about Christmas, 40s. to 505.; South Down Ewes, ditto ditto, 40s. to 524.: Inferior ditto ditto, 335. to 40s. There were some pens of fine South Down and half-bred Lambe, which fetched from 40s. up to 48s. each ; middling ditto, from 28s. up to 35.. ditto ; inferior ditto, 21s. up to 2Gs. ditto. The 1 fat Mock did not sell so briskly, though the quantity was smaller than usual, yet there was a reduction of at least 2a. per head. One pea of six-tooth fat 'Wethers, half-bred, made 545. each; two pens of four-tooth fat Wethers, half bred, 50s. each ; two pens of two-tooth fat Wethers, half bred, 455. each. Fat Ewes, traperior South Downs, ranged between 40s. and 48s. each, weighing from 251 b. to 281 b. per quarter. A great number -off good lean Devoe, Hereford, and other Beasts were here for sale to-day, exceeding in quantity the maul average. 'The prices aakedat first could not be obbeined, but after aveasonable reduction many were' quickly purchased, keep being eu abundant The reduction under the prices given at other him within the last week was not less Than ss. per head for the beet, and as. per head for inferior Oxen, Steers, Heifers, and Cows. The prices for best Oxen {lean), were 'hem 121. up to 1711. each; second ditto, from 10/. to 14/. each. Small and inforiorcould be had at from 81. to 10/. each. Cows, barren, from 01. up to 121. ; ditto, with calf, from 121. 10s. to 16 guineas each. 'rho greater part were sold before the teeming. The Pig fair is not till to-morrow, yet a considerable number were pur chased to-day at each priers as merit be a ee.rious loos to - the sellers. Some fat enough fur the London market did sot fetch, on an average, morethan 4d. to 41d. per lb. BAgINOWOKE, Nov. 4.-Pies are still falling in price, both fat audio= ; the lean -at a decline of Ts. each since last week's market; the fat, at from Gd. to la. per score lees, piece from 95.-to 9s. 6d. do. being now given. lireneverEa, Nov. 2.-At the November fair there wee a large show of Beef, but principally of an inferior qua lity: the sale was nether fat, and many were drisen back unsold, while those Of firat•rate quality fetched [Wired. per ih. Good barren Cows, Heifers in .calf, and anything with calves, were readily mild at good prices. One twopear-old (in January next) Heifer and Calf wore sold for 201. A good supply of Sheep of all descriptions. and a great attendance of buyers. Good Mutton sold ut fuU 7c.per lb., and all fold. la the Pig market there was a large Mack exhibited, with a heavy sale, at lower rates than .at any 'former fair. A great many Horses were shown, especially cart horses, winch fetched excellent prices ; one yearling, oL cornice two, male as high as 30/. Buyers in this descriptioa of stock were also Denux, Nov. 3.—The Cattle market presented no new feature. A few coarse were bought far slaughter, at 34a. lo 355. The number of miles Cows were fewer than usual, and sold from 10/. to 121. each ; young Calves, 10s. 'n 15a. each. In the Pig market there was a great number, but mealy inferior, which sold at a reduction on the rates of Thursdayy. Pork may be stated Isom 345. to 40s. per cwt. About 3&. is the present contract price. CLANJOW, Nov. 2.—There was a small supply of Cattle at market to-day, and prices in consequence rose a shade higher—say 6d. per stone. Those shown were gene rally of but middling virility. Best Stot Beef brought 10s. od. per atone of 2211b5., sinking the offal ; second qua lity, 9s. Bd.; and cow and inferior, Bs. 9d. to 9s. Of Sheep there was an ordinary supply; black-faced Wcthers averaged from 20s. to 28s. a head ; Ewes, which were plentiful, sold at from 12s. to Va.; and Lambs, of good quality, Bs. to 10s. a head. NEW WORK BY 802. On the Slat inst. (to be oanpkted in 20 Monthly Yarts. unifornifolth Martin Churskerlt."2te.l, prim Is., the Number ~ DEALINGS WITH THE FIRM OF DOMBEY AND BON, Wholesale. Retail. and 6r Exportation. BY CHARLES DICKENS. With Illustrations by HARLOT IL BROWNY. London: Bradbury and Evans, Whiterriare. 71Mi day ie publialted, price 2a, 6d., PUNCH'S POCKET-BOOK for 1847. With a coloured Front/mime, and Numerous Matadi:mon Steel and Wood. By John Leech and Richard Doyle. Corrawrs or Rum I. The Srers—The Royal Family; &wedges of Europe; The Queen'sMlnbsten ; Officers of State in Scotland ; Officers of State in Ireland; The Queen's Household ; Ambasssdors and Ministers abroad ; Ambassadoss and Ministers In England ; Lord Lieutenants of England, tae.; Government Offices andOffloeni; Postage Stamps. ThaLearmarraz.—The House of Peers; Peeresses : Peers who are Mhxws; Officers of the House of Peers; The House of Commons ; Alphabetical List of the House of COMMOtki; Officers of the House of Commons; Public Revenue; Registration of Births, &c. Right of Voting. Law.—English Courts of Law ; Scottish Courts of Law; Irish Courts of Law; Law Terms and Returns; Quarter Sessions; University Terms Rate ef Allowance to Witness” ; Abstract of the Small Debts Act; Public Offices; Table to Calcu late Wages. TAxsa. 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CONTENTS or PMIT Matrimonial Tattersall's —Sweet Town—Hints for the Attain ment of Health, Wealth, and Happinemi—An Eastern Adventure of the Fat Contributor—Songs of the Gooseberry —The Tee total Tragedy—How to Roast n Bore—The Inner Mon—How to get a Bill Done—Mr. and Mrs. Ruffy—Love and Pastry—Conversa tions on Cookery—Lines on being told to "MOW cm" by a Policeman —Our British V, orthies—The Conceited Young Man—The Boy's Own Book—The Invalid Club Dinner—Gong of the Plum—Et Cetera, Et Cetera—The Poetry of Nature—The Temple of Fashion—Domestic Receipts. PUNCIPS ALMANACK for 1847, splendidly -2- Muavilel. is t sr !tam is pre ped paretion, and will be published at Christ- Pries Si, td. Peatlial ma se Punch Office, 35, Fleet-street; and sold by all —imam SHIPPING. MAILS ARRIVED.-3 Dublin; 2 Waterford; 1 Do naghadee; 1 French ; 1 Flanders ; 1 Lisbon ; 1 Mexican ; 1 West Indian ; 1 Havanna. LONDON, Nov. s.—Wind this day at noon. E.S.E. ; light breeze, and thick weather. DEAL, Nov. 4.—S. to S.W., moderate.—Arrived: Ans. tralia, Batavia; Fortitude. Ceyloa ; Redwing, Quebec, and sailed for Sunderland ; Waterhen, ditto. Arrived from the River: Soubabdar and the Bermondsey, Sydney; Mary Ann Ilenderson, Cape Coast Castle. Sailed : Electra, Gre nada. _ . SOUTHAM.TON, NOV. 4.—Arrived Thames, (st.), Vela Cruz, left 2nd ult., Havana, 13 ; St. Thomas, 15 ; Bermuda, 21; on freight 311,400 dollars, 5001. in British coin, 1,372 oz. Platina, 1,149 oz. silver, 5,051 oz. gold dust, 3001. pearls ; Madrid, (at.), Gibraltar, left 27, Cadiz 28, Lisbon 30, Oporto 31, Vi3o 1, and Corunna 2nd inst. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 4.-Sailed: Sylvia, Quebec; Majestic, London, for Mauritius, to stop a leak. IPSWICH, Nov. 3.—The Ellen was on shore in a bad po-i -tion. HOLYHEAD, Nov. 3.—The J. Hill, of Whitehaven, bra been got off shore. BRISTOL, Nov. 3.—The Courser arrived here Ist instant, was in contact off Adra with a bark of about 400 tons, and lost staunchions, bulwarks, &c. 4th.—S.S.W., light.— Arrived : Juniata, Virginia, and not Junetta, as yesterday reported. bp V UN, OCT. 3.—The hull of the Nile brig, apparently about 200 tons, British built, and timber laden, was passed lat. 47, lon. 31, by the Caroline arrived here. Arrived: Fairy Queen, Calcutta; Caroline, St. John's, N.B. SHEERNEAR, Nov. 4.—Arrived; Emma, Quebec, and sailed for Chatham. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 4.—S.W.—Arrived H.M.S. Re sistance, Cape of Good Hope, left Sth . Sept. Sailed : North umberland, New York. Cowes, Nov. 4.—5.5. W., fine.—Arrived Helena, Rio Janeiro ; Deucalion, New Orleans. SAVANILLA, Sept. 21.—A vessel, supposed the Cicero from Liverpool, was on shore, 18th, outside the port, but nothing has since been heard of her. GLOSTER, Nov. 4.—Arrived : Mary Jane, Prince Edward's Island. LANCASTER, Nov. I.—Arrived : Chieftain, Quebec. STRACREAR, Nov. 3.—Arrived: Heir of Maclryn, from Liverpool to the Clyde, went on shore in the bay of Luce last night. HULL, Nov. 4.—The Brothers, from Middlesboro' to Sand wich was totally wrecked in the Make, 2nd instant; crew saved. Conn.—Arrived : Margaret Elizabeth, Babia ; Jane Mor rison, Quebec. ; Triumph, St. John's; Leviathan, St. John's. N.B. SHlELDS.—Arrived : Wingard, Miramichi. HULL—Arrived: Britannia, Quebec. WOODBRIDOE.—Arrived : Rhodes St. John's, N.B. ' O O For Yesterday's Markets see last page. :43rt00. MAILS. The mails for Corinna, VIRO, Oporto, Lisbon, Madeira, Ca , ',la, an 7 I Gibraltar, will be made up on the morning of the 7th Nowa. The overland cloned mails, via Marseilles, to the Medi (ernmesn, Aden, Ceylon, India, Hong-Kong, &c., will be mad .e up on the evening of the 7th November. The mails for British North America, Bermuda, a,d the United Mateo, will be made up on the evening of the 18th Nov ember. ? overland walla far Gibraltar, Malta, Greenes the lonian lolanda, Egypt, Men, Ceylon, India, (lung-Kong, nod China, r is Southhampton, will be made up on the morning of the 20th Noveml ,ee. PRODUCE. MINCING-LANE, Half-past Tico.—The Sugar market hu practically been suspended to-day, from the disastrous accounts of the hurricane in the Havana, which became known prior to the opening of the market by a second edition of the Daily News. That damage hes been sustained to the cane there can he no doubt; but no accounts were re ceived from ;he interior when the steamer left (12th ult.). and its extent must, till further advices, be conjectural, but from a private letter we have seen, we find that seven vessels laden, or in the act of loading with sugar, have been sunk ; and it also states that, from the direction of the sterna, the greatest fears are entertained for the coffee crops. The public sale advertised to take place of Havana, to day, was withdrawn, and the one of Brazil was bought in by the importer, at prices much above the late currency. Vest India hes been held for higher prices. Refined market steady, without alteration in prices. Coffee.—Good ordinary Ceylon was withdrawn at 385., for want of buyers at that price. Rice steady. Cotton continues very dull, and sales could not be made without giving way in prima. Rum steady; proof Leeward'', 2s 7d. to 26. Bd.; But India, 2s. Id. to 2s. 4d. In other articles no alteration. TALLOW. The following are the latest quotations:— Petenbunr Y. C. on th^e pot (n. k 1 Jade !tercel.) 49.. Oct AU the veer delivering (Rehm) January to Mirth delhering, no;!gag doing. CORN. BASINGtTOKE, Nov. 4.—A great stagnation in Wheat this day. Some samples were offered at full is. pm. qr. reduction, yet but few sales at that decline. Some few prime samples for seed were taken at 2s. decline ; yet for every sample for grinding 3s. and even 4s. per qr. less was; given. Barley also received a check ; even fine malting par cels, though much inquired for, made less by 2s. per qr. than last week. Grinding and light samples were 3s. lower. Oats sold from is. to 2s. per qr. less. Prime new English grown Beans cannot be quoted less. Tares kept up the price of from as. to 6s. per bushel. Flour was 4a per sack lower, the price being from 625. to 565. Barley Meal, 20s. per sack. BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 4.—We have had an eaten sive demand for Wheat during the past month, and an ins proYement in prices of about 2s. per quarter ; notwithstand ing there has been an unusually large supply from our farmers during the first three weeks ; within the last ten days this supply has much decreased, but there has also been much less anxiety to purchase, and we had a small re-action in the price, but with little anxiety to press sales, and a ge neral confidence that a further advance will take place before the end of the winter: there are some strong grounds, we think, for this opinion. It is now ascertained beyond a doubt that the exceptions arc rare where the potato crop is not almost en entire failure, or has been destroyed by disease. In the United States, from whence the supply of Wheat and Flour to this country was expected to be large, the stocks at present in the shipping ports are light, and it is doubtful if the quantity they can spare before another harvest, beyond their own consumption, ham not been greatly overestimated. With the exception of some of the ports on the Danube, and in the Black Sea, it is evident ;hat no large supply can be drawn except at high rates, while most of the extensive purchases made there and in the Mediterranean up to the present time, are, we believe, on French, and very little on British, accounts ; and the great deficiency of the crop of Wheat in France renders it probable that up to next harvest they will be competitors with England for Wisest and Flour in the different shipping ' ports of the world, although their markets may be tempora rily overdone. Our stocks of free foreign Wheat are reduced to about one-third of the quantity on which the low duty was paid,—say, what has been imported since the new law came into operation, from about 90,000 qrs. to less than 30,000 qrs. Our present prices are, Dantzic, Ss. 3d. to Ss. 6d. ; Polish Odessa, 7s. 3d. to 75. 6d. ; hard Russian, Si. 9d. to 7s. 3d., all per GO lbs., at Gloucester. Of other kinds of Corn, there is none worth naming in store at Glou cester. Barley has advanced since our last monthly report from is. to Se. per quarter, and we think the high point to which it has now attained will induce the farmers to thrash it freely in preference to Wheat, for although we have already an inquiry from shops for it as human food, and anticipate a high range of prices for this grain through the season, we are of opinion that present rates can scarcely be maintained ; but the depression the last few days has been caused rather by declining to meet the treat advance, than by an increased supply. Grinding qualities, in particular, being scarcer than at any time since harvest, the little left on the market was taken last week at 375. to 38s. per 3921b5. at Birmingham. The produce of the Barley crop per acre is reported to turn out, on thrashing, even worse than was ex pected, both in quantity and quality.—From Messrs. Slurge's MontAly Circular. - - - NEWCASTLE, Nov. 3.—The weather since this day se'nnight has been dry and favourable for seeding operations, which are being resumed. At our market this morning we had a moderate show of Wheat from the country, and having some demand for seed, such was taken off freely at the full rates of this day se'nnight, but in the south country qualities few transactions occurred, holders being unwilling to accept the prices generally offered. The same remarks will apdly to foreign. Several vessels having anived with Flour since Saturday has had the effect of causing great depression to exist for this article, and business could not be promoted. although sellers showed a willingness to make some conces sion to the buy ers. Rye much enquired for. Malting Bar ley extremely dull, at a decline of Is. per quarter. Malt unaltered. Beans and Peas rather easier. Oats firm, and in good demand. DUBLIN, Nov. 3.—There was a fair supply of grain at market to-day, but a very dull sale for all descriptions. Wheat was fully lsperbturel lower than on Friday. and Oats, Bere, and Barley scarcely maintained the prices of that day. The demand for prime Flour is very limited ; and though it is offered in many cases 6d. to Is. per cwt. under the prices asked this day week, no progress can be made in sales. Coarse Flour declined to-day 6d. to is. per cwt. ; and for Oatmeal there waslittle inquiry; but a good sale for Wheaten Meal, at 38s. to 425. per barrel. BELFAST, Nov. 2. —We have small supplies of Wheat and Barley, and moderate of Oats and Oatmeal. Wheat and Oats sell slowly at Friday's prices, whilst Oat meal is difficult to quit at a reduction of 3d. to 4d. No change in Indian Meal. We quote : Wheat, red, 12s, to 13s. 4d. white, 12s. 3d. to 13s. 6d. Barley, Bs. to 9s. Oats, Bs. 9d.; to 10s. 2d. Oatmeal, 12s. to 188. Indian Meal, white, lbs. 3d. to 15e. 6d. ; yellow, 14s. 9d. to 15a. 3d. per cwt. O? 04 Lt Zr% I J `~ ~~ ~-~ IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, Nov. 4. Parliament was prorogued to-day by commission to the 12th of January, 1847. Shortly after half-past two o'clock the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Auckland, and Lord Campbell, robed as Lords Commissioners, took their seats in the House of Lords, for the purpose of further proroguing parliament. Mr. Pulman, the Deputy Usher of the Black Rod, was then commanded by their lordships to summon the Commons to the bar to hear the commission for proroguing parliament read. _ _ . Shortly afterwards, Mr. Wm. Ley, attended by several of the officers of the House of Commons, appeared at the bar, and the commission having been read by the clerk at the table, The LORD CHANCELLOR, in her Majesty's name, declared the present parliament prorogued to Tuesday, the 12th of January next, and it was prorogued accordingly. There was not a single member of the house of Commons present. TO CORRESPONDENTrj. We cannot notice, in my way, any communlcat that Rama to us anonymously; but those who chose to addrr wt ocOMUNICe .jll end their confidence respected. NEITHERC AN WE UNDERTAKE TO RETURN ANT MAN usourrs WHA" aunt. ••• Advertioemonts intended for The Erpno ',Lorton coming paper, must be at the Office by Two o'clock on th e day aepogiestion. SGII WATER AT LORD( iN.BREDGE. - - - MEI DAY. X;;;;;lng,43MM:Paot 2; Aftemseen, 2 min. past 3. Tanoasow.—Morning, 23 min. post 3*, Afternoon, 42 min. ran 3. LONDON, THURI3DAY, NOV. 5. THE country was declare d to be in a very bad way a month back ; proriaions scarce ; supply hopeless ; starvation inevitable. The great voice of the press was loud in lamentation, pessimist in the view of the present and the future. And the outcry had no small share in producing, momentarily, that state of the market which was pointed out as likely to befall, and 'to be permanent. The Times led people to expect to see wheat at ZS vs quarter before next harvest, a pro spect that frightened the manufacturer, closed the purse of the •mnsurner, and induced the corn-dealer to hold book stlpply. Amidst these untoward symptoms there was a general cry fer the doctor. The state physicians were summoned to meet in council, to consult, to prescribe, and had they been on the spot, they could scarcely 1-Ive refti.eil to remove those ligaments on the free movements of the country, which aid famine in its operation. But as is often the case, the malady ran away from thedoctor; his rap at the door dispelled aches and pinahings. And, behold, those who clamoured thus much for physic, now declare that it can be done without. Fears of famine have fled ; impossible sup p'iea have become not only possible, but superfluous. High prices, so mach deprecated last week, are booms and benefits this week. They will act as baits to draw four or five millions of quarters from Ame rica. Those who doubt the existence, or the ooming of those millions, are twitted as alarmists. The corn dealer, who was incited to ;told on in the hope of a £5 price, is now denonneedas guilty of villainous cupidity far following the advice. Those who point to Irish famine, and beg that the duty may be taken oft to meet it, are told that wheaten flour is far too good for the Irish, and that the cheapening of it would no more benefit them thaa a fall in the price of caviare. And 3el Commissary-General Bourn informs the world " Indian corn meal has risen to fifty-six shillings a quarter, mach beyond the price of whole wheaten meal, the growth of Ireland, or of barley meal, whe ther grown in kelt and or imported." How are peopio t o have faith in such advisers; how can conviction be so oliant as to twist round like a weathercock, and to find that proper in November which was denounced as monstrous in October ? Because prices base given way in one of those alternations which affect' the market, is each fall sufficion to put within the reach of the starving Irish some food more whole some and more civilised . . than bran and turnips? Is it sutEciently great or sufficiently steady to induce ti 'le manufacturer to keep his whole complement of hands for the whole comple ment of hours which ensures wit:glade wages P Bread may be a little lower, but, at its pr "sent price, it must absorb all the earnings of the poor consumer. The home market for manufactures is cicsed, and all that entangled mass of prospective distress which com pelled Whig and Tory chiefs last year to ins'at on the opening of the ports, starts up this year with equal intensity in England,—with far greater intensity in Ireland and in Scotland. We cannot think, therefore, that the question of opening the ports can be considered as wisely shelved by a small decline in prices, which is ' ,Nut the mere reaction of over-speculation. The large sup plies which, we are told, lie piled up for us in the warehouses of New York and of Odessa, cannot pour over here at once for want of shipping. This is one of the evils of a desultory and uncertain trade, de pendent on the oscillation of a sliding scale, that often, when there are vessels, there is no corn to ship, and when corn abounds, it either wants the means of transport, or the expense of freight is raised extrava gantly by the paucity of these means. A frost may clot* the corn-ports of Europe, and the quantity of " three to five millions" of quarters of corn, which were promised to reach the Channel before January, are, by calculations quite as shrewd, beaten down to a million. For these France and the Low Countries are our competitors, and our corn-law courteously ex tends to them the preference. The free-traders of Birmingham have been stirring in the cause. In the midst of the excellent and ear nest truths which they put forward, we are sorry to see that they mingle much of party and personal strife, as well as other widely extraneous matter. Mr. SCROLEFIELD treats the Premier almost in the same spirit as the Irish Repealers, and frets at his not performing off-band the task of omnipotence. Mr. MONTE is more considerate, but, at the same time, more lukewarm. The way to effect the great remain ing achievements of free trade, is not now, certainly, to pit PEEL against RUSSELL, or to indulge in invi dious comparison, but to strengthen the hands and the position of both, by maintaining the broad pin ciple with regard to trade and supply, which both have recommended, and on which both, as far as it was feasible, have acted. WE are glad to see some signs of life in the matter of the Small Debts Act. Throughout the country the greatest anxiety prevails upon the subject. Innumerable claims are suspended, and hosts of petty debts recklessly contracted, in the confidence that creditors will not carry their cases into the superior courts, when a couple of months may enable them to recover with increased rapidity and diminished costs. Of all conceivable Acts this is the one which should be brought into operation with the least delay. We have at last the satisfaction of knowing that the fist step in the matter has been taken. Lord COTTENUAM has addressed a letter to J. E. 1). BETHUNE, Esq., ;th a district plan for England and Wales an nexed. The districts in this plan are 59 in num ber, and the towns in which courts may be held are appended. This is, of course, only a sketch of possible arrangements. Mr. BETHUNE i 8 directed to ascertain " from the persons most likely to furnish correct and disinterested information, how far these districts are likely to prove convenient and what she- rations may be deemed desirable." This information is merely preliminary. The dis trict maps, corrected by the local authorities, will be laid before each bench of magistrates in the several counties, and upon their revisal of them Mr. BETIICSE will frame a report to be presented to the LORD CHANCELLOR. Then will follow the statutory month's notice of HER MAJESTY'S intention to make orders itt council under the Acts, and not till that ha s expired will such diners appear, finally establishing the County Courts. These various processes can scarcely be completed under three months, taking the highest estimate of official diligence. And probably a half year will elapse before the machinery of the measure is in full operation. The importance of the act is great, and will be felt in many directions. It will cut up by the roots a body of disreputable writ-issuing attorneys. The Dodsons and Fssgs are already loud in their wail. It is re freshing to hear the lugubrious anticipations of these men, who have so long thriven on misery, and kept alive an untold amount of rascality. hardness of heart, duplir.lty, and falsehood. It is difficult to over-estimate the mischief that will disappear with this class—the sharp practitioners of the law. The purifying effects ..if this clearance of moral ems-pools will extend be yond the branch of the profession to which these harpies belonged. Their worthy coadjutors of the bar will languish and die cff. Issuing writs for petty debts was not the only legal practice of the Quirks and Snaps. But this brought in the bulk of their gains. Their other drty work, in which the dis reputrble barrister was employed, cannot flourish apart from the writ harvest. With the removal of these nuisances come the positive gains, to the small creditor, of a cheap, speedy, and equitable process for the recovery of debts under 20/. It is the large infusion of equitable principles 1 into the Small Debts Act that gives it a new and a peculiar value. The actions in the county courts are, in the language of the act, " to be heard and deter mined in a summary way, according to equity and good conscience." In accordance with this, we find that almost all the loopholes of the pettifogger aro stopped up. Misnomer, or inaccurate description of person or place, in plaint or summons, is no longer allowed to vitiate the instrument, or stop the pro ceedings. All that is required is, that person or place be so described as to be commonly known. Minors may sue for wages. The jurisdiction of the court extends to unliquidated balances of partnership accounts, and amounts of shares under an intestacy, or legacies under a will. One of several persons liable may be sued : those not included in the suit, but jointly liable with parties against whom judgment is obtained and execution issued, may be sued in the same court for contribu tion. All the apparatus of pleading is swept away. On the day named in the summons the parties ap pear. The judge proceeds in a summary way to try the cause and give judgment, without any formal joinder of issue. No plea of set-off, infancy, statute of limitations, bankruptcy, or insolvency, is to bo allowed, except after notice given. In all proceedings under the act, the parties to the case, their wives, and agents, and all other persons, may be examined upon oath or solemn affirmation. Defendants may be punished for fraud, for obtaining credit on false pretences, or incurring debts or liabilities without reasonable expectation of being able to discharge or meet them ; or for concealment, or fraudulent trans fer of property, liable under execution. But this imprisonment is to be a punishment for the fraud, and is not to extinguish the debt, or deprive the plaintiff of his rights of execution. Distresses under the act are not to be vitiated by informality, nor is , the party distraining to be deemed a trespasser for any defect of form in the instruments. The party aggrieved by this irregularity, may recover full satis faction for his special damage, by an action on the ease. All these provisions are strongly in favour of the creditor, and have a tendency to secure cheapness and summariness of process. The want of these two conditions: in the procedure of the superior courts is the great grievance which this Act is designed to remedy. One provision for this purpose is, perhaps, more important than any we have yet referred to. It is to be found in eli use 88—the death-blow to litigation clause. This enacts that no barrister, attorney, or other person, except by leave of the judge, shall bo entitled to be he and as counsel in any proceeding under the Act. And if the judge do allow an attorney to uplift his voice, he is not to be entitled to any fee whatever, unless the debt claimed is above 405.; to in i we than 10s., unless the debt be above al. ; nor to me ire than 13s. in any case. The barrister is bound a own to a maximum fee of 11. 3a. 6d. Fees of bat risters or attorneys are not to be allowed in taxation c f costs, in case of a plaintiff, where less than 31. is recovered—or, in case of a de fendant, where less than is claimed; or in any case whatever, unless by an: wyler of the jade. This clause should be prink in: large characters, and suspended in every coin t . established or held under this aet. We hope k sincerely that the judges will discountenance all em aloyment of hired advocates. We have little doubt ti tat the most com petent of them will exclude this glib and glosing race altogether. Unless exclusion be the rt de, and admis sion of hired advocacy the exception, the act may promote instead of diminishing litigation. When we give cheap law, we are bound to discourage the re course to it, except in proper and necessa rY eases. The creation of a race of ten shilling attorncy'-advo cotes, possessing all the worst points of the hart ister, without the restraining effects of etiquette and edu Ca tion, would be an evil as great as the worst of those; which the present act will remove. On the degree, in which the courts are courts of summary jurisdiction, will depend much of their usefulness. On the strictness, with which paid advocates arc excluded, will depend the brevity of proceedings. On the acquirements and knowledge of the judge will depend the neces sity for such advocates. With a judge fitted for his office, they will be superfluous. The inns of court can furnish an abundance of men so qualified. Let us hope that the power of patronage will not be abused by the choice of ignorant and insufficient persona, who may be lucky enough to have amused a judge, or picked up a bowing familiarity with the l chan cellor. Had the appointments tested with Lord LYNDIICRST ! Is a former article we offered some remarks on the entire want of any special education or test for Office in this country, and promised to return to the sub ject, which seems to deserve more attention than has hitherto been given to it. In the present day espe cially, it has become a matter for grave considera tion. At no time, indeed, and in no condition of public affairs, could it have been an inconsiderable evil, that the service of the State should be undertaken by men wholly unprepared for their particular duties.