The Express. — London, England, 1849-08-23 00:00:00

_ ... . ..._ _ ... ___________ .....,_ _ - ~:---...-7111.111111111111.111114 - - ..- •",-----ilr . , .. , f~r~«. T 111 _ ./4Z efe-ext.-?-e—cs *".; / QAt Ilfprt(e CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. THIS DAY. OLD COURT.—Baroaa Ma. torrncs EELE. POST OFFICE ROBBERY. JoAs Luchhurst, 37, was indicted for feloniously stealing a letter, containing one shilling, the property of her Ma jesty's pOstmaster-g I. Mr. Clarke= sad Mr Bodkin prosecuted, and Mr. Bal lontine defended theprisoner. It aveared that the prisoner had been for nearly ten years in the service of the Postoffice, and up to the time of this transaction bore a good cha racter. On the evening of the 7th of August, Peaks, the constable of the establishment, wee standing on the outer wall is such a position as not to be readily seen, end he observed the prisoner come out of the office, and as he was walking along he tore up a paper and threw the pieces upon the ground. He continued walking along, and at a short dis tance from the former spot he tore up some more paper, and threw down the pieces. Peaks as soon as he had an opportunity, picked up all the pieces of paper, and soon afterwards he communicated what had occurred to one of the ptincipal officers of the establishment. The pieces of piper were subsequently pasted upon Cetus paper, a portion of them formed the envelope of a letter, addressed to a person named Whitty, at Framlingham, in Norfolk. This letter, it appeared, had originally contained a shilling, which was sowed up in a piece of silk, and tied round with thread, a portion of which was discovered among the pieces of paper picked up b 7 the officer. It also appeared that the letter in question, being illtgibly addressed, was sent to what is called the Blind.office, to b • re.addressed, and it was proved that on the day is question the prisoner was engaged as en inspector in that department, so that the letter must have passed into his hands ; besides which it was shown that the name of the post-town, Norwich, had been added to the address in the handwriting of the prisoner. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, but recommended the prisoner to the merciful considerauon of the court, en account of his previous good character and the long period he had been in the service of the Post-office. . Mr. Justice Erie sentenced the prisoner to betransported for ten years. THE HOP DUTY. Three meetings of hop planters were held during the put week, for the purpose of obtaining a postponement of the payment of the hop duty ; one at Brenchley, another at Goudhurst, and the third at Harden. At each of them the resolutions passed were similar to those passed at the H orsmonden meeting, reported in the £avreu last week. DEATH OF SIR ASTON Kay.—This morning, at half-put seven o'clock, the above-named gentleman died, at his residence, at Great St. Helen'replace, Bishopsgate. LOCAL. BOARDS OP HEALTH.—On Wednesday next the fir.t five elecli me of local boards of health will take place at Croydon, Chatham, Sheerness, Ware, and Uxbridge, under the new act for confirming certain provisional orders of the General Board of Health and the improvement al towns and populous places (12 &13 Viet., cap. 94). The local boards of health may contract for any period not ex• needing three years at any one time, with any compasy or person for the supply of gas, or oil, or other means of light log the streets, roads, and other °Fen places and public buildings within their respective districts, and may provide such lamps, lamp-posts, and other materials and apparatus as such lo cal boards respectively may thick necessary, and the expenses incurred by any such local board in so doing shall be defrayed out of the general or special district rate (u the nature of the case may require), levied under the Public Health Act. On the 29th mat. the elections at the places mentioned will be made. - Tun NEW YRI:SsIAN MUSKET.—The German jour nals are filled wi h descriptions and observations concerning a new-invented musket which they all academie' (touch needle), and with which a great part of the Prussian army is now armed. The Prussian minister of war is said to have alone at present the secret of the new method, and to have refustd to communicate it to those friendly governments which have made applications respecting it. The Cologne Gaulle declares, however, that it is able to give the follow ing explanstion:: The name of this new musket has been ' given to it because the explosion ie produced by a metallic blade, or needle, which is inserted into the cartridge. The bore is rifled, and the balls pointed, conic at the point, cy lindrical at the centre, and round at the large end. The cartridge is provided with a layer of some explosive sub stance near the bullet, and the powder is placed at the bot tom of the cartridge, which is introduced at the butt-end of the musket. In pulling the trigger a fine steel blade ( a needle ), introduces itself by an opening in the back of the tube, tra verses the cartridge and powder, and arrives at the ex plosive substance, which is the same as that employed for filling percussion cape. Thus, the powder kindles at the ex tremity and is consumed to the last grain. The charge of powder is the one-eighth of an ounce, whilst that for a common percussion gun is generally a quarter of an ounce. With these muskets • soldier is able to load and fire 6 or 8 times without letting go and the longest range of his weapon is a thousand Wises. He can take • correct Wm at 800 toises ; common muskets don't carry beyond 400 toile', so that the Prussian soldiers arc able to open lire at double the distance of the enemy. A troop of soldiers marching at gymnastic pace (double quick time) would go over the distance in four minutes and would have to stand during this time from 20 to 30 discharges. The cavalry, which panes over 800 Wises in two minutes and a half, would have sustained 20 discharges. Grape shot produces only weak results at 800 toises, there fore gunners may be picked off and killed one by one at their guns by the Prussian soldiers. liusu CONSOLATION.—" Well, Paddy," said Thaddy, " these illumine.ions are the death of repels." " True, in deed," said Paddy to Thaddy ;" " but sure it's an illigant wake."—Punch. A HINT FOR THE MILK TRADE.—We have just hit upon an idea that will make the fortune of even the most desponding of dairymen, and set firmly open his legs, how ever great may be the hobble he may be in, the owner of any milk-walk. During the prevailing epidemic we know that the favourite prescription of the faculty—who, while differ ing in everything else, would appear to be agreed in this—is a chalk mixture. Let any Loudon milkman come forward boldly and honestly to proclaim his new milk for what it really is ; or, in other words, to paint his sky-blue in its true colours, and he will be a rich man in a week or two. The first milkman who has the courage to advertise his new milk from the wow as the " Genuine Chalk Mixture" may carry everything before him, and leave something handsome behind him for his family.—Pteneh. MONEY MARKET. WEDNESDAY EYEDINO. At the commencement of hasinen on the Stock Exchange the English funds fully maintained the closing prices of yesterday. Consols opened at 921 to t for money, when the intelligence of the sur render of the Hungarian General Giirgey to the Russian Field-Marshal Prince Paskiewitch, caused an immediate rise, and Coalele were next done at 93, at which they remained. For account the first operations were marked at 921, and the next and last at 931. They closed at 921 to 93 for money, and at 93 to for account 11th September. The Three per Cents. Reduced were done at 921, and 931. The Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. at 93,1, t, 941, and 94. Exchequer Bills were variously negotiated from 43e. to 475. premium; Long Annuities were marked at 8 15-18. Bank Stock at 200 and 199. India Bonds at 735. and 745. premium. South Ses Old Annuities at 901 ; ditto New Annuities, at 901. With the exception of Mexican Stock which expe rienced a further decline, there was very little done in Foreign Securities. The entire business was limited to the following : Brazilian New Bonds, 1843, at 81. Buenos Are. at 521 and 52. Chilian Three per Ceuta., at 53. Equador at 4 and 41. Mexican, ex coupons, at 28, 1, and 28 for money, and for account at from 281 to 271, closing at 281. Peruvian Six per Cents. at 53 and 1. Portuguese Four per Cents. at 29. Spanish Five per Cents. at 181 and / ; ditto, Passive, at 31 and ; Spanish Three per Cent. at 341. Two-and-a- Half per Cents. Dutch at 531 ; ditto Four per Cent. Certificates at 831 and 1. We have much pleasure in giving insertion to the subjoined circular maned by Mr. George T. Brain, whose difficulties in July, 1848, excled es much inte rest and attention. Our commercial re%ders will doubtless recollect the fruitless effort which he made at the period to obtain temporary assistance from the Bank of England, although hie assets, according to the statement of an eminent accountant, showed a sur plus of abut 60,0001. over end above all liabilities. We congratulate Mr. Braire in having so soon, and unaided, recovered from the difficulties which then surrounded him, and we hare the further gratifica tion to be able to state, on the same authority, that the result, after discharging all claims end liabilities, I shows a surplus of nearly double the amonnt antici pated. London, Aug. 22,1849. Sir,—l have the pleuure to advise my inteauon %Spaying the remainder of your claim upon me, with interest, on the 28th inst. At the Name time I beg to exprees my thanks for the indulgence and co-operation I hare experienced from LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 23, 1849. selves to be frightened by momintanems emunutione, per. hips nothing bat the shocks necessary for greet blithe. Let ne not he unjust to the times in which we live. Let us not loch on our epoch in any tithe/ than its real light. Atter all it is a prodigious end Mai:able epoch, and the nineteenth mbar, will constitute the most important pegs of history. mmtaisd you just now, alibied& of progress reveal and memileet themselves at ones,—the one brings on the other ; the fell el aiMonal animosities, the obliteration of frontiers from the map, and of prejudicial' from the heart, a blades, to unity, the elevation of the level of education, and the t of the level of penaltim, the predominance of the most literary languages, all move at the same time po litical scummy, science, industry, philosophy, I.gislation, and converge to the Lame end, the creation of well•being and liod•will, the extinction of misery within and the ea ' fraction of um without. Yes, the era of revolutions is drawing to a dose; the era of improvements is beginning. The improvement of nations leaves the violent form and takes a peaceable form; the time is come when Providence will substitute for the disor derly action of agitators the religious and calm action of pellell.M alit TS. Henceforward this will be the object of true politics ; the recognition of all nationalities, the restoration of the histori cal unity of the people, the connection of this unity with civilisation by means of peace, the incessant enlargement of the civilized world, the giving of a good example to nations that are still barbarians, the substitution of arbitration fir battles, and, to crown the whole, the utterance by justice of the last word which the ancient world uttered by force. Gentlemen, I say, in conclusion—and let this thought en courage us—it is to-day that the human race is traversing this providential road. In our old Europe, E,glsnd has taken th e fi rst step, and has said to the people "You are r ilies." ire has taken the ascend step, an d said to the people, ou are efiverefgn."' Now let as take the third step, and let France, England, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Europe, America, ail unite in saying to the people, " You are brethren." The following rules were then react successively in French and in Engli•ls, and unanimously adopted : " 1. The committee shall be composed of the president, vice-presidents, and secretaries of the Congress, with power to add to their number. _ _ "2. The secretaries to propose the lupines, for each day, to receive communications rotative to the business of the Congress, to keep full minutes of its proceedings in French and English, and to have the care of all documents properly belonging to it. " 3. Er. ry proposition which either one or me re members of the Congress wish to bring before it, must, in the first instance, be submitted in writing to the committee, who are empowered to decide upon its rilesancy, and to fix the time when it it may be brought on. " 4. The members of the Congress who wish to speak on any proposition before the chair, must send up their names to the president, to be inscribt d on his list, and u ill be heard in the order in which they tend on such list. " 5. No speaker will be allowed more than fifteen minutes, except by rpecial leave of the Congress ; when that period is passed, the president will io'imate the same to the speaker. ' 6. No speaker will be allowed to speak more than ones on any proposition, unless in the way of explanation. The opener of the discussion will, however, have the right ot reply. " 7. The object of the Congress being one of general and permanent interest, no ep.,sksr can be allowed to make any direct allusion to the ty•litical events of ibis day, or to discuss any questionsof local interest. In cue of any infraction of this rule, the speaker will be called to order, and, should he parent, the president will withdraw from h im the right to speak. "8. At the close of each session the committee will meet fur consultation on all matte re that may require their at tentiom__ " 9 The resolutions proposed for the adoption of the Con gress shall be decided by a majority of votes. "10. The resolutions adopted shall be signed by the pre sident and secretaries of the Cungrets. "11. The several resolutions adopted shall form the basis of an address or 'Atheists that may be agreed to by the Con geese; suc► address or addressee to be signed, on behalf of the Congress, by the president, vice-presidents, and slue- A letter in French was next read from the Archbishop of Paris, giving in Lis adhesion to the society. There was a general cry from the English present that the letters should be read in English. Mr. STURGE laid that the letter should be translated, and circulated in English next morning; hut it bad been considered essential fur the due progress of business not to make translations of each address or letter made or written in French. Mr. HINDLEY threw out a suggestion that the letter of the archbishop should, at ail events, form an exception, and should be read in Eonlish at on:e. (Cheers.) Mr. COBDEN accordingly cam. forward, amid loud ap plause, and said he would read in Es!bah the letter which the excellent Archbishop of Canterbury—gland laughter)— he meant of Paris—(cheers, and renewed laughter)—had addressed to them. The letter ran thus: " I have been pro , (mustily touched and gratified by the letter which I have j ust re reeeived from you, and it is impossible for me to express my cense of the honour you do me in proposing that I should act as president of the Union about to cows( nee. I fully agile with you that war is a remnant of ancient barbarism —(clutem)—and that it is eminently continent! with the spirit of Christianity to endeavour to sweep this formidable scourge from the face of the earth—to make the most strenuous effort to obtain this noble and generous end. (Cheers.) Perhaps, alas, the time is not yet come when it is possible for the nations to enter wholly on this path ; war may continue. for many years to come, to be a cruel neces sity ; but it is proper, it is praiseworthy, it is an excellent labour, to make people understand that they ought, without the least possible delay, to terminate their differences, like individuals, by proper measures—(cheers)—that humanity and the progress of civilisation alike demand that a ter mination should be put to the frantic-idsl contests which have so disgraced the nations of the earth. (Cheers.) I beg you will do me the honour to inscribe m . y name among your members. I only regret very deeply that I cannot, on account of my ill health, be present among you, my physician having ordered me to seek a remedy for a neuralgic malady in a change of air. I remain, Sir, ett." M. WISSCHERS next addressed the assembly, and M. LOUIS BARA of Mena, then received from the kends of the Chairman the prize which he had obtained of 500 francs for the best easy on the subject. The Rev. Mr. Burnett followed in an able address, and was succeeded by several speakers, whose observations, the necessity of committing my despatch to the Post-office obliges me to reserve till to-morrow. On the subject of the meeting, and the object it is intended to advocate, the Presse makes lengthy and interesting remark,. It commences as follows: The Peace Congress, we are aware, is not regarded as serious attempt of men who feel that they are serious. Your " serious men " are those who regard the future only as the image of the present. To astir eyes any innovation is a chimera ; all reform is a perturbation. To suppress an abuse 'inseam to them at least as culpable as to kill a man. It is • social murder. Your "serious men " do not object to the state making away with the fourth, the third, even the half • of their revenue to the support of en army maintained upon the chance of a war, of which thirty three years of peace, and many decisive proofs, have shown the improbability. Your " serious men " look with calm ness on the fact that ; Francs from 101 to 1849 should have been put t s an expense of six thousand eight hundred and fifty millions in order to arrive at a position which does not permit her to raise her voice with authority on any one ques tion, should it ha that of merely the treaties of 1815, as in the annexation of Cracow. Your " serious men" pretend that this money would not have been as well spent if half of them seven thousand millions had been employed in completing daring th,: last five or six years our net work of railways; in finishing our canals; in perfecting all our means of transport and communication ; in improving our river navigation and perts ; in encouraging our agriculture; in reducing the taxes which deter the progress of general im provement and popular well-being ; in rendering taxes more equable and lea burdensome; in extending credit and lowering interest; in a word, in destroying revolutions in their pretexts by combating them in their causes. Your " serious men" deny the evidence which shows that an aimed peace tends to render civil war universal. Your " serious men" do not admit that Europe is is yet sufficiently enlightened to say and debits in a compels, a question so simple as that which consists in admitting this basis t The army of each state shall b in proportion to its population, and shossid not exceed the 200th part of that vopukstion. Can there be a question more simple in its lava and in its application ? Has not the military contingent of the states which centring the German confederation been fixed by common agreement? Where is the state whose interest it is not to adopt this equitable basis, since it leaves to each nation its specific weight in the balances of the world, conveys no attempt against European equilibrium, and allows of the abolition of recruiting, that faze/ blood during war, and of time du ring piece, that violation of individual liberty at all times ! It is said that we are Utopians ? In what ? The writer then quotes Montesquieu, Raynal, Voltaire, Robespierre, Lamartine's Girondine, the Emperor Napoleon, the present President of the Republic, and Odillon Barrot. The Press th?n adds : Is a commotion of society wished for? or the evils of bankruptcy ? or the suppression of liberty In that case, aB that is to be done is to persist in the faults which have raised, Franco and Europe for thirty years ; to continue to put down under indifference and disdain the laudable initiative takes by these 'potties of peace who have come from Americo, Hoglund, and Belgium, for the purpose of getting up an agi tation in favour of the development of the ideas of universal union and of the well-being of nations. They may be laughed at, but this journal will not do so. In honounng them it conceives that it does itself honour. Mockery or persecution have always been the cradle whence have issued all gnat reforms. Did not the reform conceived by Cobden, and carried out by Peel, commence six years ago by being the object of disdain, incredulity, sod derision) They who, wanting to see peace confirmed, do not at the same time de- sire to sea armies reduced, are not serious men. They are revolatkeists without knowing it; are soeislists without knowing it. At prompt it is nations wNiclt ere conservative, sad governments which are revolutionary. The pf potations aspire after riehea, the governments march to poverty. The popalatioes are mirky, the governments are not. rho go vernments are still at the age "when toys and playthings please," at the age when it is an amusement to bt at a drum, to drag along a sword, and stand a sentry. Do you know, serious mu, what that pleasure costs Europe ? Each year the third of her revenue ! It is that which prevents her from giving work to all. Armed peace is inveterate misery. War on misery ! That war which enriches the poor and menaces the rich n the way one which Europe would henceforward admit if the statesmen who govern her were not a third of • century bekiailhand. In the place of these words, " armed peace," let us buten to place these, "organised peace." It is nut merely liberty in danger which calls tut it, but civilisa tion in peril. The Moniteur this morning contains, in a volumin ous report from the Conseil d'Etat, to which tribunal the conduct of M. de Leeseps had been referred. The report cercludes by two resohitims, that M. de Les elm had acted diametrically opposite to his instruc tions, and that he had signed a treaty which was contrary to the interests of France. ,1 For Account. FAME, Ace. 22. For , Mont y. 'Oneidas ' Higheet. Lowest. Closing 3 per Coats. ....... 54 GO 1 134 GO 54 70 54 50 Si CO 5 per Cents.. 5 So. New Low ,, n 99 99 ~ A Per c_4l* 4 pee wow n I n " n , n Klub Noniton Loa.b.r.: :. , 1, lam 13 42i;110 lays, 45 815. .. .. . . Mschnatioion Diadem: ni, dam 25 42k ; 116 lays, 45 NA. 14:6 - len, ! ';1140 2sj Money. : Noinee &Ines— ,:' 22 ‘laley. Do. 5 , 1442 Do. 4i Do. 21 Borasa.—Paris and Orleans, 760: Tub sag Rouen, 523 73 ; Rouen and ilavre, 243; Avignon and Marveilles, 327 50; Strasburg and Bale, 102 30; Centre Vier:on, 303; Bordeaux, ..98 73 ; North, 423 73; Paris and Strasbourg, —; Tours and Nantes, —; Monte reau and Troyes, —. GERMANY. AUSTRIA.—Latest news from Vienna to Aug. 18. The ehoDra was increasing frightfully. The here ditary Grand Duke of Russia, Alexander Nikolaje witch, arrived here in the morning, at the Russian embassy. The Austrian Emperor's birthday was celebrated with the usual solemnities and festivities. Nothing po:iitive in detail was yet known respect ing the submission of Goergey. Kossuth, Bern, and the membereof the parliament still with him, are said to have fled into Wallachia ; at all events, to have crossed the Turkish frontier. Kosinth had either taken witt him or secreted the crown of St. Stephen. It was rumoured that the Emperor of Russia had set a price of 60,000 roubles ' on Kossuth's head, dead or alive. Klapka is the intimate friend of Giirgey, and would it was supposed, surrender Comoro. The "plow where Giirgey is said to have been bought by the Russians and come to term., where he allowed his troops to be taken, was at Vilagos, four German miles to the north-east of And ; if so, a sad proof of his conduct, similar to that of the Swedish general in the war that added Finnland to Russia, Haynan's report, after the battle at Szoreg (not far from Szegedin), says that the enemy were closely pursued; that the Austrians made, in the pursuit, 3,000 prisoners; that the enemy h ad fled to Logos; and that, not only a panic prevailed, but the enemy's ranks were breaking up entirely. He speaks of tne council of war held by Dembinski, Guyon, Knieti, Vtessj, and Bern, at nine in the evening, in a forest, which ended by convincing them of the impossibility of further resistance. _ _ The following wu yesterday received by the French ernment : Berlin, Aug. 19. The Minister of France to the Minister of Fort gn The Count de Betkendorf, aide de-eatup of the Emperor of Russia, arrived from Wanew lut night, charged to announce to the King of Prussia the end of the war in Hungry. Gorgey, who had become dictator after the departure of K..sauth, submitted, with all his forces, at Arad, on the 13th, to Marshal Paskiewitch. The corps of General Bea ham been d-•stroftd by General Laden. - - - - The Kuryer Wars:au-ad of Aug. 18, publishes a new bulletin from General Paskit witch to the Emperor of Russia: Hungary is at the feet of your Imperial Majesty. Th. government of the insurgents has renounced its powers, and, Gorgey has assumed them. Gorgey lay' down his arms without conditions, with the principal army of the insurgents, and doubtless the other insurgent corps will follow his, sample. The cfli srs sent by him to negotiate the capitulation have shown themselves disposed to repair to the other corps with our commissioners and the Austrian ones for inducing them to lay down arms. I have the honour to announce to your Imperial Majesty that the sole condition stipulated by Gorgey is that he may be enabled to lay down arms before the army of your Imperial Majesty. I have taken the nece amity mea sores that these troops be surrounded on all sides by the corps of General Rudiger, whom I shalllikawiseorder to proceed to the disarming. In what concerns the ulterior disposal of the prisoners, and the measures to be taken with respect to the other insurgent corps, I shall act in concert with the com mander-in chid of the Austrian army. I have caused Gorgey to be brought to my head•quarten, where he will remain until the orders of your Imperial Majesty shall arrive respecting him. It is officially stated that Rub is again in the hands of the impitrialists. A Vitus letter of tht 17th, in the Kutner Zeitung, states that Kossuth intends to hold out to the last. He has published a proclamation announcing the translocation of his government from Arad to Orshova, where he is now protected by the Hunga rian army from the Betake. The troops of Baron Jellachich are marching to the Banat. The Ban's head-quarters were on the 14th at Perlass, whence they were being removed to Panczora. WARSAW, Aug. 18.—General Lamoriciere as sisted on the 16th in the plains of Powonek, near Warsaw, at the grand review of the troops by the Emperor Nicholas, in honour of the victory obtained by the Russians over the Hungarians and the cause of liberty near Debreczin. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. The news received at Berlin from Flensburg, on the 21st inst. mention the fact, which we announced some days ago, that the negotiations for the exchange of prisoners had not been completed. They add that Geo. Prittwitz gave orders that the Danish prisoners who were on their way to freedom, and were lodged in the castle church at Broucker, should be sent back t 3 Rendsbarg. OUTRAGE ON THE BRITISH FLAG. AND REPARATION BY THE AUSTRIANS. On Thursday last, the 16th instant, the following event took place at Leghorn: The boats of her hisiestrs ship Bellerophon 78 gnu, commanded by Captain Baynes, C 8., were exercesinst, when the launch and pinnace were despatched for a supply of water. They had just got inside the mole, when it was perceived by the officer on guard that they had their guns mounted, whereupon they were immediately surrounded and seized, and the officers and crew were kept prisoners for upwards of two hours. The officer in command, after some difficulty, succeeded in making the commandant acquainted with the facts of the ease, when they were re leased, but in a very ungracious manner. Captain Baynes despatched an officer to Baron Wimpfen, the eozomander-in-civet of the Austrian army, at present stationed at Florence. demanding instant and full reparation and apology, and in the meantime made every preparation to enforce his demands The result was, that the penitent Aus trian commander at once saw the impropriety of his subordi nate's conduct, and an officer was despatched on the 17th from Florence to the Bellerophon conceding everything that Captain Baynes had desired, and with an order for the boats of the Bellerophon to come into the mole, manned and armed, and there to be received by the guard with arms pre. seated, and band playing "God me the Queen," a salute being fired at tile same time of 21 guns, in honour of the British deg.—Morning paper. Tne Tom.% ISLANDS. —The Extraordinary Gazette of the lonian Islands contains a letter from the Lord High commissioner to the preident of the senate, propoing an amnesty for political offences committed on the 26:11 of Sep tember, 1848 ; and, in compliance with the recommendation the senate of the United States of the lonian Islands accord the amnesty, so far as it does not extend to those who pro- claimed their own guilt by flying their country, nor to those who may hereafter Dave been found to have been implicated la the murders committed in the island in the month of May, 1849. they are called, many political men who have grown old in the management of affairs, reply "No." As for malt, I reply with you, and without hesitation." Yes ;" and I shall try tomes the truth of my statement immediately. But I go farther; I do emceed, my that it is an object capable of being realised, but that it is inevitable. All that eau be dome is to heath or retard its commutation. The law of the world is not and cannot be distinct from the laws of God ; but the law of Gal is not war, but peace. Men W e a n :id' straggles just as creation commenced by chaos. do they come? Evidently from war. Whither are they going ? Net less stridently to peace. When you abut these lofty truths it is quite plein that your offrmation meets with negation, that your faith meets with incredulity, that In this hour of our troubles and or our commotion, the idea of universal peace surprises sad alarms every one as being the apparition of something impossible and tient It Is quits probable that our views will be called Utopian; and as far as concerns myself, • humble and °b are labourer in the great worn of the nineteenth century, I accept this opposition without being either astonished or damaged by it. It is possible fur you to prevent people taming aside their heads and closing their dazzled eyes the midst of the thick darkens which still sur rounds m us, you suddenly open the radiant gate of the tuna*. If any one, analogies, tour centuries ago, during the time whoa commune waged war against commune, town egaisst town, and previrce against province, if any one had said to Lerraisw, to Picardy, to Normandy, to Bretagne, to Auvergne, to Provisos, to Dauphiay, to Burgundy : "A day will Mein whoa you will no longer make war, when men will no low boar aims one against the other, win nit will so law be said,' the Normans have attacked Picardy.' or ' the as of Lorraine We beaten the Bergundiane.' You ergl still have many differences, to arrange, many interests to divests, any. dispel, to ooMp rai lme dorm ham wnin -p as. in will put thee place of arm n, of infantry and cavalry, of tonnes and talconetts, of lances, pikes, and swords ? You will put in the place of all these, a little wooden box ertich you will call the balloting-box, and from that box will pro- seed an assembly,—an assembly on which you will feel that you all live, which will act as a soul to all of you, • sove reign and popular council which will decide, will judge, will settle ell questions ; which will make the sword fall from the bands of all, and justice rise is every heart ; which will say to each man, ' Here ends thy right, them begins thy duty.' Lay down your arms ! Live in peace I And on tbatday you will feel that you have common thoughts, common interests, a common destiny. You will embrace one another, you will recognise one another as children of the same blood and of the same race; on that day you will mare to be hostile tribe is, —you will be a people. You will no :eager be Burgundy, Normandy, Beltway, Provence,—you will be France. You will no longer call in the aid of war, but you will summon eivilisatioe to sash tom." If say ea bad said this at that period, gentlemen, ell the serious and positive men, all the great politician of the day, would have cried out, "Oh, the man is dreaming; he is talking arrant nonsense. It is plain that lie his very little knowledge of human nature. What • strange piece of folly ! What an absurd chimera!" Gentlemen, time hen passed on, and we hod that this dream, this folly, this chimers, is the reality. And I insist on this,—the man who milieu have delivered this sublime prophecy would have been declared a fool by the wise men for having seen into the designs of God. Well, you say at the present day, and I join wish you in saying it—all of us who are here present speak to France, to England, to Prussia, to Austria, to Spain, to Italy, to Russia, sad say : A day will come when arms will tall from your hands also, when war will appear as absurd and will be as impossible between Paris and London, between Vienna and Turin, or between Petersburgh and Berlin, as it would now be impos sible and appear absurd between Rouen and Attica', or between Boston and Philadelphia A day will come when France, Russia, Italy, England, Germany, all the nations of the Continent, without losing their distinguishing charac teristics and their glorious individnality, will coalesce into a superior unity, and will agitate an European fra ternity, precisely in the same manner as Normandy, Barmy, Burgundy, Lorraine, Alsace, and all the other provicees have cooluced into France. A day will come when there will be no other battle fields than markets open ing for commerce, and minds opening for the reception of ideas. A day will come when bullets and bomb-shells will be superseded by votes, bi the universal suffrage of nation, by the venerable arbitration of a grand sovereign senate, which shall be to Europe what the Parliament is to England, what the Diu is to Germany, what the Legislative Assent. bly is to France. A day will come when cannon will be shows in museums just as instruments of torture are shown now-a.days. A day will come when men will behold those immense groups, the lloited States of America, shaking hands arms the ccean, exchanging their produce, their com merce, their industry, their ars, their Manta, combining together, for the common welfare of all, those two infinitely powerful forces, the fraternity of men and the power of God. And we shall not want four hundred years to bring about that day, for we live in stirring times, we live during the moat impetuous course of events end ideas which has ever occurred, and in these our times a year sometimes does the work of ages. And, French, English, Belgians, Germane, Russians, SW vonians, Europeans, Americans, what must we do to sr rive as soon as possible at this great day. We must love one another. Love one another in this immense work of pacifica tion—this is the best way of aiding God. For God wills it,—. this sublime end. And see what he is doing on all skies to lead to its attainment. Look at the vast number of disco- veries which he causes to be made by human genius, and which all tend to peaces What great progress ! What nu nitrous simplifications ! How nature allows herself grado• ally to be subdued by man ! How matter becomes more and more the slave of intelligence and the servant of civilisa tion. How the emus of war disappear together with Mate of suffering—haw near distant cations are brought to Mss another—how distances are diminished. All this is the beeduning of fraternity ! Thanks to railroads, Europe will soon be no larger than was France during the middle ages. Thanks to 'team beats, we can now traverse the ocean more easily than per inea could formerly traverse the Mediterranean. Before hag, VIM will go through the earth like the gods of Homer went through h ,in three steps. A few yeses more, al the electric thread of concord will surround the globe Mini made the world. Here, gentlemen, when I examine this vast concurrence of efforts and events, all marked by the finger of (3.d, when I think upon this magnificent object, peace, the welfare of men ; when I consider what Providence does in our favour and what politics do against us, • painful thought suggests itself to my mind. There results from • comparison of statist:es and the budgets which the European nations spend every year in the maintenance of their armies, a sum which is not Moth= two Amsted millions of franca, and which, if we add to it the keeping up of the Mail riot of the establishments of war, amounts to three thousand millions. Add to this the loss of the produce of the lemur of more than two millions of an, the healthiest, the most vigorous, the youngest, the ilia of our populations—produce which cannot be estimated at lees than • thousand millions, and we arrive at this result,—the permanent armies of Europe cost four thousand millions an. nosily. Gentlemen, pace has now lasted thirty-two years, and in them thirty-two yurs the monstrous sum of 128,000,000,000 has been spent in impassion for war during a time of peace. Suppose that the people of Europe had loved, instead of suirecting, mistrusting, and bating one another; suppose that they had said that, even before being Frenchmen, or Englishmen, or Germano, they were mom and that if nations are fatherlands, humanity is • family; ems am ennead this sum of • hundred and tweaty eight thennal alias, which has been so foolishly and so vainly espoulodloyealstruat, expend it by contidecce. Give thew 111,016 .1.1 006,000 to love, instead of hatred. Give them to "n of Is war. them Give to labour, to intelligence, to to commerce, to navigation, to agriculture, to s ineley the cheeses, to the arts, and then imsgine the result. If dosing the last thirty-two years, this gigantic sum of on. haired and twenty-eight tamml millions had been good In this way, and America, on her side, had done the moms is Europe, what would have been the consequence ! TM has of the world would have been changed. Isthmuses well have been cut through, rivers made, mountains tun nelled ; railroads would have covered the two continents, the merchant marine of the world would have increased a hundred-fold ; there would no longer In anywhere any bogs, or marshes, or moors; towns would have been built where solitude now reigns; harbours constructed when there are now nothinf but rocks and shallows ; Asia would have yielded to civilisation ; Africa would have been restored to humanity; wealth would spring up on every side from all the veins of the earth and the labour of all men, and Mosey would disappear. And know you what would disappear together with misery? Revolutioes! Yet, tie face of the earth would be changed. Instead of bung at antics with one another, men would pi acefully spread themselves over the earth. Instead of making revolutions they would send out colonies. Instead of bringing barbarism to civilisation, they would take civilisation to barbarian. See, gentlemen, into what blindness the pre-occupation of war throws nations and rulers; if the 128 000 , 000,000 which have been given by Europe during the last thirty-two years to a war which did not exist, had been given to piece which did islet, let us declare, and declare loudly, we should not see in Europe that which we do see at the mune moment; the Continent, instead of being a field of battle, would be a workshop, and instead of the painful and terrible sight of Piedmont east down, Rome, the Morns] City, given over to the miserable oscilleirm of human polities, Vet ice strug gling heroically, noble Hungary rising against her op. pressers, France unquiet, impoverished, and gloomy ; mi eery, mourning, civil war, obscurity as regards the future; instead of this mournful spectacle, we should have under our eyes hope, joy, benevolence, the efforts of all to pro mote the common good, and we should see everywhere aris ing the majestic radiation of universal concord. Subject worthy of meditation ! it is our precautions against war which have brought about revolutions! All has ben done, all expended spinet an imaginary danger I Mfiery— tbe real danger—has thus been aggramtted. Potations have been taken against • chimerical danger ; we have turned our eyes to the side where the dark point was not; we have seen the wars whiet did not come, and failed to a the revo lutions which did happen. Nevertheless, gentlemen, let us not despair. On the COll. tray, let us hope more than ever. Let us not allow cut- No. 938.] IL r ORD. NORTHUMBERLAND.— =SWIM MALTING. DWELLING NOUS& and all —lhaellff,hlthiemedlatit pospe..ion,in ofthe Shea 11 dee same "'retitle. the Above oLD CONCTILN, with a seambheeide wed. Oil trate, and • ill 1..=06. Madinat, de sad mho ma to beeseelkd towrhea el Mat*rts. dedi, barreb, lillosa-engine, be. rhea at $ velastlea. 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ILO's LAMM' lALTDOS, as Wined lbaimis P pe e rketly tree Rwe all Metwel or urnetsille admatere. lirdieda mind for its retries* Wad, yeritying, and soothing effects on the flan ; bile by Its Mew es the gem wed minute secretory `ea. gib, It et*, all lisperldee km Mariam allays every mdeney to YdLatioutinn, .n.l thee eigattsiO redness, tan, pimple. 'pots, freckles, docoiceadees, 'Mother Sete oars Mitatioes. The valiant bloom It imparts to the ebeelt, and the soften sad Mimi wbieb tt intiewe OM the Me, miler ft ingisemehis la sway WM Beware of spurious Kalydere kr vie, sentelaing Wand risks. pats utterly ruinous to the std their mallet satins eadangettnit health. The weeds t. Ealydor " are an the of the gentiles Male. him 4s. Id. end Id. pee nada_ Fze wt. ,or wl etar iad a.at Ratimprdisb lanika, wed by all re taetamrw VrOUT RELIEVED in ONR HOUR, frevirntly in bolt an hoer. by 111,11XTIUPS CHAT rod ItHZU3dATM ILL proprivtar, who Mee them bleseall, Inds all vein nt moved tee minute. Mr the grit dm. They an equally good be ibeamatiam, relative, lenlege, de dedenem, and all thematic puns in tae bead sad Me. Maps elibeint a sure lea kw drys. Ines c •ntan no opium or ether dimerene medicine. They requite neither a allanneet me Meanies of the real habits, and all who tike them are MAW wadi the ragek,—Prepred My by O. Beater, IN, Hkb llothora. Said else by Oalbettatteet; Prattle, igstatartsweal ; Waling*, Merl ; Jellmtes, oteetall, Weisawl, dgee • sad met mass IS tem /Mg ....Iran. —or newer rt is. awn lift wi. ensk. At ei t a tNlUHY'S PILLS for the NERVES and II7SCLi It , price Is . Gd. and Its. • bon.-111s estraordiaary ma, be procured hoe any amid. Ite sadism the eta was *Vet are perfectly astnanding, and will warmly be etedi'ed tetll tred. The ermine seiriatinna vanish as if by magic In addi. tics to its properties in strengthening the nervous and muscular sir. teronit acts se a gentle aperient. is a has =titian. pill, a wonderful strtniftberorr of the st iamb, macs a good appetite, and seeders* wend and refreshing sleep. As a punier teethe blood tilts medleine la unequaled. for it penetrates the whole body like a fume, and doses wrery Impart y out of the oysters. On this meow, these ladles she are de.trous or !tartan a besettnal completion. should inenalLately procure a boa. The particulars of lir. Abernethy's regime wad dist ore 'sensed round each boa. The lowsatiwise boa is na. Gd.—Wbop sale agnate tIICLAY, Tarringdowelset ; LINO, Napitratzset, Roo. a: raddSSANGER, Oallenteraget. G% LV ANIS M.—Paralysis, Asthma, ladigestios.— In% &Ms are solicited te Ned le Mr. W. U. MU% cif 11, Enmssiet.qoare, bred" toe kb PAMPHLET on MEDICAL GAL. TANDiM, which will be kneaded tree cm receipt of two mew Ramps They will be eetredelted at be eastenta. In It will it Mod =ITI. of curer fa awe of &dhow, rheux seistica, tie. semipro, wind complaints, litadoehee. &Meer/ cif venom easeffy, liver era general debility, %digestion, Rif pile, Winne of Dernoo.dlaNetS boa Mr. lialares method of &p -ebble the 'Weenie fluid is quite free trees all unpleasant sensation ; Ik it le raker pleaaurahk awe elaerwise, end many ladies are toed d It. It quickly emu ON patient to do without minlietra Tense ewe weirs wer west. TIALSRIS SCORBUTIC DROPS, a Niro cure for Seamy mod Sad Legs, and a most I f trdinary holder of Blond: Dwilmadon al the Guardians o Brest, Divots—. We, the underarm., selessely demise, that before Thomas Rollins (one of our parieldemes) eummenced taking HAMS'S SCORBUTIC DROPs, he was Ilteselly wesersd with Ism running wounds, same of them ro large that a (amen neirt have bid his fbt in them; that before he had Subbed the Mt befits he nnticed an improvement; and tbre, by continuing them for some time, he got completely tenon dto health. after everything tine had felled. He had tried mriou.s sorts of medicines before taking Ihirell Scorbutic Drops, mad had prevriptions from the mod celebrated physician. in this vow try, without titmice the least benefit. Hal'e's Scorhutic Drops ham complettly cured him, and he In now enabled to attend to hislabour as well se any man in our mobil. From other mum also made in this pert. we drongly recommend Ikbe's Scorbutic Drops to the notice of the public. Signed by John Elliot, nen, Lord of the Manor; John/Manning, W ißhm Peiree, Henry Gondraen, and Arthur Lang worth .—June 21, 1343." This medicine has the same action on the Impur ire oldie bleed m o antidote has on a poison—via ,by imme diate' robbing It et all Its evil qualitlee. Its effects are indeed . sad wall wassely be credited until tried. HALSK'S SCORBUTIC DROPS may be procured from any res=s wit.s. hetnist, er from the wholesale agents, Barclay and lion, 93, City; and C. Lag, Naracr.stmet, Heaton. his. Is. al. and 11.. per battle. SSW PLYMOUTH SETTLEMENT. Mow may. ia 1 ed., FA thy, with a plan and five views, wine Oa. cloth, AN ACCOUNT of the SETTLEMENT of NEW PLY MOLTS , la NEW MILANO, tram parennal observation a residence there at int rpm. By •ftunanallenarnorea, Jun. London: lialth, Mar, sail OA, SS, Qte~hllL FRANCE. PARIS, WIMININDAT, 6.30 P.M. The proceedings of the Pesos Committee are of such Importance as to exclude all other tolica in Paris this afternoon. CONGRESS OF UNIVERSAL PEACE. The session of 1819 opened at Paris yesterday, in the Sslle St. Cecile, Rue de la Chaussie d'Antin, a large and handsome hall, ordinarily appropriated to the principal concerts, and which, almost immediately after the opening of the dazes. was filled in every part by delegates and visitors from all parts of the world. Cons;dembly upwards of a thousand per- Imes were present, the Mies Ming accommodated with seats in the side-galleries and on the raised benches of the orchestra. Flags representirg the various countries el Europe were grouped around the plztform on which the leading members of the associa tion were see labia. At belt-past twelve the French secretary, M. Joseph Gamier, announced that the names of the members would be called over. Mr. U. RICHARDS, M ic h of the Esglish secretarles4reed the list et the principal Raglish members, the news of seve ral et whom, sack es WOO Of MOWS. Cobden Villiers, Wadley, Barg de., e., were r. seised with leach aimless& M. J. GdIRNIRR reed theNst _of the Preach menhen : M. l'Areherkour de Paris (lewd applause); Freseiequs Bouvet, representant ; H. Calomel peter of the Protestant Church; M. de Is Rochefoucault-Lianeoart, president of the liacieti de la Morale Ckritienne ; M. Cannot, vier-presidest of the *awe variety ; H. Michel Chevalier, Professor of Po litical Ewnomy at the College of France ; M. Commis, ("snit er 4 . e tat ; it surd of La Madeleine ; H. Joseph Gamier, eater tithe Journal des &ono- Illattes ; Victor ego, leproisirat da penple ; HMO. Say, re. tuber of the Chamber a Camera of Paris; and about 100 other Mr. BLIHU BtIItRITT read the names of the American delegates: Has. C. Derkie, member of the United States Coo ens% Wingate ; It•v. A. Mahon, president of the (Merin Institute, Obis ; Bev. Dr. Allen, Massachusetts; Protessor A. Walker, viespresident of the American Peace Society ; Res. J. F. Clarke ; Mr. H. Clapp, jun., editor of the Lipari Pioneer ; Mr. Albert Brown ; Rev. J. W. Penning ton, New York; H.,. A. Cremona ; Mr. W. Brown, Ken tucky; It,. Ha/IW, South Carolina; Rev. Philip Betsy, Maryland; Rev. W. Fothrimattam, Massachusetts; F.lihis Benne, Hamilton Hill, &c., Ike. N. GARNIER read the list of the committee Peed dent, M. V. Hugo„_;represantant people . Viee-Presi dente • fur France, M. i'Abbe Darien, and M. Coquerol ; for England, N , on. Cobden and C. Handley ; for America, Messn. Ruffin and Walker; for Belgium, N. Wischen, &c. M. V. HUGO, who, amid the warmest applause, had been inducted into the chair, then opened the proceedings in Flinch, in a speech of which the following is a close trans lation : Gentlemen, —Many of yen have come from the most mote pane of tie globe, your hearts full of a religious and holy thought. Yon number in your ranks public men, phi losophies, rakisten of religion, eminent writers, and many of those public men who are the lights c f their nations. You have wioied to date from Paris the declarations of this as sembly of convinced and serious minds, who desire not only thaw, lfare of one people, !but the welter* of all.peoplea. You bare ed,me to add to the principles which at the present time i-lhunce statesmen, governor, and legislators, a supe rior principle. You have come to tars over, in some sort, the lent and the most august leaf of the gosoel,—that which twillpiaa peace on the children of God; and, in this city which ha/hitherto o:ly decreed the fraternity of citizens, you have come to proclaim the fraternity of men. Gentlemen, we bid you a hearty welcome. Gentlemen, is this religious thought of universal peace, of all nations bound to one another by a common bond, of the gospel ter uur supreme law, of art itration substituted for war, is this religious thought a practical thought ? is this hely idea capable of being civilised? Many polities minds, OM [THREEPENCE. yourself and others, through which I have been enabled 0 accomplish a speedy liquidation without undue writhe of propeety. I as, &c., OZORGE DILAINE. The Netherlands East India Company " Masts chappy " announces the following public bales of pro duce. In Rotterdam, on the 3rd September, 206,136 bags of Java coffee ; on the 10th ids m, 69,577 baskets Java sugar. In Amsterdam, en the 6th September, 27 7,699 bags Java sugar ' • on the 4th October 2,760 casks of nutmegs, 830 casks of mace, 1,317 casks oyns cloves, 1,133 packages of Java cinnamon, 6,593 bags Sumatra black pepper, 21 bags of cubebe, 136 cues nutmeg oil, 662 packages " gebinde" Japan camphor. In Midilburg, on the 121 September, 19,215 bags of Java coffee. The arrival of the ro3al mail steam-packet Avon at Southampton, with the West India mail puts us in possession of news horn Jamaica to the 23rd July, and Bermuda to the 7th August, with corresponding dates from the other British colonies, and from Havannah to the 28th July. She brings on freight 1,300,000 dole. in specie, en tirely on merchan , s' account. The intelligence re ceived by this opportunity is comparatively of very little interest to the general commercial reader. . . At Jamaica the coffee crop promised well, although in all other respects the prospects of the agriculturists were by no means encouraging, particularly as re gards the growing sugar crop, which, combiced with the intelligence from this country, had given occasion to a rise in the prices of the products of the island. The prices of all kinds of imports were too low to remit the shipper first cost. Flour OM an exception. and the only one. The exchange was per cent. I premium for 90 days. The island was very healthy. The import duties received at liitg.t.n for the I quarter ending July 5, amounted to 33,5001. Be. 7d., against 29,4891. cis. 23. at the corresponding period last year, showing an increase this year of 4,0111.45. sd. At St. Lucia a committee had been appointed to examine into the accounts of the treasurer and colo nial secretary of that islcnd, where frauds and defal cations to the extent of several thousand pounds ster ling wet e detected,and were trac. d to two cite kv,Messrs. Todd and Pepin, end to the colonial secretary, the Hon. Mr. Hanley. He has since tendered his resig nation, and the two clerks have been dismissed the government service. They were under arrest, and Mr. Hanley was at large on bail. The committee had further declared that the accruing revenue is amply sufficient to defray the current expenses, after paying off the arrears of 1818, amounting to 890/. Only two cases of death from small pox had recurred since: the introduction of that disease into the island. Light rains had fallen. The Antigua Weekly Register of the 21th July has the following : We are rejoiced to be able to state a ehange of weather has taken place, and that some fine shower, have fallen since our last impression. We caution, however, proprietors at hems not to be misled, or led astray by ddusive statements that may appear; we do not conceive that it is possible under say circumstances (and we .peas: with the experience of a planter of 16 years), for this island to make even a saving crop in the next year. Want and penury stare us in the face, and unless aid be afforded, and that speedily, this island must be ruined. Various public meetings had been held to p°tition the home government against infractions of the sL.vo treaties which were continuously committed on the part of Spain (the Havana) and Brazil. At St. N'incent the cases of small-pox as ported ex ceeded 300, and the average of deaths emulated to 14 per cent. of the number attacked. We learn from 13arbadoes that the month had been remarkably favourable for the pursuits of agriculture. Very few days bad passed without rain, whilst there had been no want of sunshine to invigorate the growls of the plants. At latest accounts there was every reason to hope for a plentiful supply of ground provisions, corn, and pulse, as well as of a bounteous crop of sugar for next year ; so that a favourable change might Le anticipated in agricultural as I well as commercial affairs in 1830. The Bermu dian observes :—" If slavery and slave-trading be put down by . the mighty arm of British power, and the wisdom of British policy, then may we hope to see the \Vest Indian colonies orco more prosperous, and cordially acknowledging and appreciating the blessing of a righteous government nod the value of British protection." In British Guiana a bill had been introduced into the Court of Policy to allow the Demerara Railway Com pany to borrow any sum not exceeding 50,000/. sterling for the completion of the line. It was generally reported that, in order to obviate further toes to the colonial revenue, an attempt would be made to carry a measure to impose an import and ex pert tax for a short period. The Franchise Bill had made considerable progress. The weather had been unusually wet. With all descriptions of imports the market was over supplied. At Bermuda rain had fallen, greatly to the ad vantage of the growing crops. The convicts were perfectly quiet. From the French West India Islands sad accounts continue to be received of factious tumults, anassina ti-ns, burnings, and every ingredient of a general state of anarchy and confusion. Governor Brunt was still absent from Martinique, having gone to the principal theatre of discord, the Island of Guade loupe, where a desperate conflict continued to be maintained between the Bissettists and the Schoel cherists. Later accounts state that the elections at the French colonies of Guadeloupe and Marie Galante had terminated in favour of the Montagnard party. The votes ranked as follows :—For Schoelcher,l3,29o; for Perrinon, 13,163; Bissette, 3,957; and Richard, 3,947. . The Proserpine frigate arrived at Fort-de-France on the let July with specie to pay the first portion of the compensation awarded to the late proprietors of slaves. Of this money Martinique is to have 1,307,885 francs (about 566,0001. sterling), and Gua deloupe 1,947,164 francs (about 731,0001. sterling). I Our advice. from Havana of 28th July advise ship ments of sugar during the month to the extent of 124,000 boxes, making the whole exports of the island from the let January amount to 676,214 boxes. The news from the United States and Spain had in duced • speculative demand which had caused a slight advance in the prices of sugar. This had since been maintained, though the demand bad par tially subsided. The quotations at date were: for white sugar : florete for Spain, 11l to 14 rs.; middling to good for Russia, 101 to 11 rs. equal to 28s. 9d. to 295. Ild. per cwt. free on board. Yellow sugar, fine to florete, 7 to 8 rs. ; middling, GI to 61. The remaining stock of sugar unsold in first hands was 75,000 boxes, and the remainder of the crop still in the estates was estimated at 54,000 boxes. Coffee was pretty well cleared off. The arrivals from the country were for the most partof the 3rd and 2:icicle's, which found buyers at 4} dels. to 51 dole. Although the weather for the next crop was very favourable the yield did not promise to be abundant, as the trees, showed but few lonTries ; the quality however bid fair to be very good. Freights were dull owing to the advanced prices for sugar. The rate fur Spanish vessels to Cowes and a market was 21. los. to 21. 15.. The exchange on London Lad advanced to 11; to 15 per cent. premium. Bills en Paris at par. The specie shipped by this steamer was sold at 4 per cent. premium. At St. Thomas there was very little doing in ex changes. The rates wore quoted: Bank paper, 300 dole.; private bile, 4921 dole. pet 1001.—at 90 lays , sight. The course of political affairs at Lagnayre con tinued in the same uncertain state. Everything de pended on the menu of General Paez, respecting whose movements very little was known, and in the meantime business was at a complete, stand still. Money was very scarce. The exchange was quoted G dole. 25e. The You; Terk Shipping Lid, of the Bth instant, publishes ti e following total amount of breadatuffs exported from the United States to Great Britain and Ireland since the let September, 1848; namely, flour, 1,056.43! barrels-, meal, 81.344 barrels ; wheat, 1,077,585 bushels)' 4 torn, 12,536,75 S bushels; oats, 1,000 bushels ) Iszley, 1 856 busheb. ... 7 , r;saa,iA:d O. W O. Wog Oh is. .10 0 I,-