The Express. — London, England, 1849-01-29 00:00:00

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Tits DAT ...gentams, EWA. pa 111 Atiewse.W WILMA s. -• T•••••••T—Mitrilmg,Sl We. pea I i Aalms%ll IBM. Pa IL LONDON, MONDAY, JAN. 29. Tun fres-trade festival, which is to be celebrated at Manchester on Wednesday, is meant as a solemn inauguration of the era of free trade in corn. The protectionist organs, which point to the revers of the last two years as the result of free trade in ca, colonists largely on the public gullibility. Free trade in corn will only begin to be the law of the land on Wednesday next late temporary opening of the ports, under the pres sure of amine, must have been resorted to even if the nation had been resolute to uphold the corn law in all its stringency. The operations is the corn market, during that opening, were irregular and ab normal; they were one of the symptoms, not one of the mama the d'a'res which prevailed. They were a con valeive and exhausting effort to oonnterset a deficiency in the surly of food which, bad the trade in oorn been permanently free, could not have occurred to the same extent. The thousands who from all parts of the country are flecking to Manchester to take part in the banquet declare by that act that they view the matter in this light ; that their faith in the bereficial effects of the repeal of the corn laws is unshaken ; that they are preparing with THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 29, 1849. I 7 6d. to fa. Oatmeal, pm load of 2401b5., sad bilk O l e to 21s. Od. NIWOANTLB ON-TYXI4 Jas. 27.-The woad 's, thh week has bola sortseemiy betaaves% whiting more of the oho emir et Mialiera Jemasap, Khe heavy wank however have been vow bleselleint,, by elevating the segoellams ateienre wpm Maid missive soils, sad we .q new ex. poet ear hems le be sompled be isms tiro the lead fie the oloopties of ON mai. we nosy legit kr Ile hawks boos prodeg alin het. The Weis during the puma week hes OM, bee al Mere so thus WOO ham bens eathdpaiod, emeidratag Mal the lime far the mimeo of tho beaded stooks is sloes Mimi The Dade might any artiste boo Meal:: a MIMI abaft , tor, leas piles es the NMI VMS hilymolnktei. our mee this we had a skew of Wheat hem poserses, east eallstieg sa sale Omni the mastos eisureses was early ass agnate of fully 10. mho goads@ Is same mine Per a ewe of Cm: C al ;s i r er. was claimed, weighed 831 be., mod* he de livery MU, tho lit last., whilst a .ythism *deem& h. mese ba Far Mar we had an beemesdlasnim, sad a his demean was made at tally be nese, faveartle marks of beemlields aialdni tla IL le 3k., and ishilso up to 375. pot eask rupothely. la lye Ltd* 'theism sad the se meg be said el Demo mil Peek Malting Pesky is Minted, sad we taped le hill as ail/leaky la realiZ s e i rlopeuetaticas for mhos &maw ; griailag ante Malt ern menu, be soiled shaper, bet mily Snot Mom& qua- Biles await sheathe, other desseigiem Wag *maw& drily arylleated. Raving only a modeseto obey of Oats flee the emery this morales, with fewer ordeals cessi who, the trek ndod monewbet firmer, and, in the basins= bee, preview memo were sustained ; in het Ow mashes shred with a firmer tom for all articles, sad would lead to the girties that all grain has seen its lowest for the present, t s t i sty oa Barley, Boma, Peas, Bye, and Oats, has sere sally &demised 6d. per. qr. Present prices; -Wheat British, Northumberland, new, white, 60s. to 635. ; red, 425. to 49*. ; Norfolk and Suffolk, sew, white, 625. to 64e. ; red, 48s. to 61s. ; Lincolnshire, new. white, 60s. to 62.. ; red, 475. to 495. Bye, Norfolk and Sahl, 245. to 275. Barley, Norfolk and Suff.ilk, 295. to 315.; Chevalier, 30a. to 325. ; Northumberland and Scotch, 245. to 275.; Chevalier, 265. to 28e. ; grinding and distilling, 241. to 275. Malt, 60s. to 630. • Chevalier, 625. to Me. Oats, Northumberland and fleotish, potato, saw, 20s. to 225. •, common sad Ayes, 2Gs. to 225. ; new, 151 to 20.. Peas, white, 32a. to 345. ; grey sad maple, Me. to 365. Beans, old, Ws. to 425. ; sew, 110 s. to 311 s. Flour, per sack, Sae . Bleekkin sad Northumberland, its. to 365. • Norfolk, whit*, 35.. to 375. • howsholds, 33.. to 36e. ; oso;ads, 30s. to 335. ; house bolsi, Ws. to 32..; thirds, 20.. to 280. ; houssholds, 24.. to 211. Whist, foreign, Macias and Konigsberg, white, 625. se 56..; red, 475. to 495. Silesian, white, 60s. to 635.; red, 48s. to 50s. Mecklenburg and Pomeranian, white, 621. to 635. ; red, 60s. to 625. Hamburg, Marks, and Anbalt, white, 60s. to Sic. ; red, 47 5 . to 495. Kiel sad Holstein, white, 48e. to 60a. ; red, 448. to 465. Petersburg and Archangel. red, 38s. to 40s. Odessa, rod, 40s. to 425. Polish, red, 41a. to 465. Rye, Pomeranian sad Prussian, Ms. p 275. Burka, 24e. to 265. Barley, Baal, 265. se ; Pomeruhut and Hobble, 245. to 26.. Oats, Dutch brew. 10s. to 211 s. ; Pomeranian, feed, 18.. to 20s. ; Hol ston* sad Damask 16.. to Bs. ; Archangel and 16s. to 18.. Pees, white, 28s. to 325. Beans, Fdeslaad, 30a. to Ma.; Alezandriau, 245. to 26a. NIWPORT, INA or WIGHT, JOT. 27 .— We bad a good sandy of Wheat sad Barley. Beet samples of Wheat sold at (ally last week's prime; interior maples difficult to dispose eat try low prism. Old Wheat, 48s. to 66,. per qr.; new, 401. to 441. ; Barley, 26e. to 28e. ; Oats, 18s. to 22a. Nonwtcs, Jan. 27.—Our market was barely supplied with Wheat to-day by the growers, the merchants offeriag foreign, to be liberated on Thursday next, at a trifle km mossy. Beeliah sonastandel Cully as much money. The late week of line dry windy weather has improved the quality of the Wheat There was • good demand fir Flour, f.o.b. Barley comassaded • fair sale, and no alterati.s Beane, Pest, sad Oats the turn cheaper. Wheat, white. 46e. to 50s. per qr. • red, 441. to 48e. Barley,. Ms to 3Gs. Beane, 35a. toile. Pesa, 325. to 351. Oats, 20s. to 28a. Flout, r per sack of 280Ibe. purchasers flailing sacks sad claiming one meat's diselaint ; retail, la. 10d. per Mose. NOTTINOHAX, Jan. 27.—Buyera of all kin is of grain in this saarkist to day have to pay fatly she I r:ces of last week, and for the choice samples of Wheat and malting Bak, a slight advance is obtained, at which the supply is quite equal to the demand, as no ono seems willing to get far into stuck. Pavzstaosouon, J. 22.—We have a small supply of all grain, Wows biking that prima will improve, rather than recede after the cern. laws cease. Wheat is a ready sale, at la advance upon last weak. Barley is also Is. dojo.. Beans a slow sale. Oats in demand, and late rates rather exceeded. Wheat, new, 38s. to 42a.; lee, 41s. te 481. • old 425. to Os.; fine, 48s. Barley, Ns. le 285.; lbw, 30s dass iterez , Hs. to 18s. ; fine, 18e. to 21s. ; old, 20s. ; be, 28s. old, 311 s. to 40s. _ _ P=ll'ollll4 Jas. W.—Rather mar disposal's was shows to do basemen at oar ssarket to da • bat the inferior wadi ties of a greet part of the Corn o ffend renders it difilealt of disposal. Wheat, white, 91 10s. to 101. 10s. ; red,;lol. to 111. per load. Barley, malting, 20..t0 275. per qr.; grinding. 24e. to 161. Oats, 18s. to 18a. l'em, 38s. to 421. Bass, 40s. to 425. PLUTON Jan. 27.-The :proseat: average is the bat to regulate daddies under the act of parliament which expires in the 31st instant, We have had very boisterous weather daring the week, and no freak supplies from Ireland in con amasses. The trade in the lama time has assumed a firmer tame, but without leading to any amendment in price. We lad a sill supply of English Wheat at oar Com Exchange this miming, which mot a brisk sale, at an advance of 6d. to le. par wiadb , sad upon Irish we note an improvement equal to 4d. per bus hel. Flour, 64. per peek higher. BMW about laper wind's deem. Oats more inquired for, and, the supply at hand being scanty, were hard for 14. per butte' more mosey. Fusin' Oatmeal met a slow oak, and Irish merely sustained our last currency. Other articles without change. Primes: Wheat, per winds of 2201b5. English, white, 221. 64. to 25a. 6d.; yellow, 21e. 04. to 245. Irish, per bushtl of 701 be., white, 7s. U.; mid dling to good, 6e. 3d. to 6s. 9d. Flour, per pack of 24011ba English, fins to super fi ne, 32a Od. to 319 e. Od. ; Freud:, per 2801 be., superfine, 395. 6d. to 42e. ; sizen, per 3401ba., 31s. 6d. to 325. Barley,perbaabelsf 6011 e., Iriehand Scotch, malting, 41. 04. to 4s. 6d. • grinding, 3s. to 31. 94. Beans, per swindle, of 2201 b., Kaglieh, 12e. 6d. to 15s. ; Mak, 12s. to 13s. Peas, Irish, maple and grey, per 2801 M., 15e. is 17s. Bran, per pack of 2401b5., Iriab 10s. to 10s. 64. Oats, per bushel of 451b5., Irish, prime s ealing truthless Is. 9d. to 2a. 104.; common, te. 7d. to 2s. lid. Oatmeal, per load of 2401 be., Irish, choice maples, 24e. 6d. to 26e. good general qualities, 235. 6d. to 245. ; middling to good,; be to 235. dd. Indian Corn, per qr. of 4801 b., 33.. 6d. to 365. 04. Indian Corn Keel, per pack of 2401b5., white, 17s. 9d. to 18a Od. ; yellow, 18a. ed. to 19s. RIIADIXO. Jan. 27.—Th e little quantity of Wheat brought to mutat to•da, was mach improved in condition, and was readily &posed of at sa &drams et 2s pee qr. lot every a . la middling samples et Bat*, the trade was darl r ,rt eli far due qfalualities the maltstar a z. quite as suck emmey. A 'peat ling off is the at yof Oats, sad as advisee et Ii pee qr. was readily to. Bemis sad Peas costiaassl without variation. /hems Wahtnex, ha. 27.—Wheat and Barley the atm as on last raarket to-day. In other grain wean per tienlez to sodas. 811R1W61101IT ha. 27.—Oar market tkis day was well attended by bothimilers aad dealsn,and a large mode was done in Wheat, Daley, and Oats, at prices quite equal to those of lase week, the farmers not willing sellers at the pries, cad to mod instances from ls. to 2s, per qr. more demanded for all m 130111DWILAND, Jas. 27.-We ham had no arrivals of grain et Flour either lonia* or coastwise, demise the week, Owls', P;o9ably, to the tespesteous winds that have pre vailed ; and though t h an was oily a mall supply of Whist at market to-day hem the farsaws the demsad was very slack, and soles were diflealt to ma ke, at last week's pekes. The best Wheats we quote at 48e. to 50a.; goal avenge perals, 44.. to Ma. ; and ishrier maples, 395. to 425. per qr. Oeed see* setatry Wheats are in film Amami. All other Wade et grata are my dull sale, and prises are usetivally mate as fast week, These is a hoe demand for all descrip tions it Flour, at late Flew. South country is charged 36e. to Ws. ; sad hcesem•u, 33.. to 34.. per sack. Waatusent, Jas. 27.-There was a very large sepply K Wheat, sad the trade was mon animated that meal, and • kaki theuglislight improvises' it prim. That was • large waft of peek 11 ottey la the twist, likiek seid awe mealy tai shady at last week's priest ; Jet still mete tow maples hoseglit le.ler cp. is. soap. The Oat triode was Magaid, wed, to effect sales, • decided fell of ls. to 2e. per qr. was very retesting, submitted te. TN same remark will precisely apply to Beans. TIM trade in Peas was so triliirg, we cannot plus the quotations. We make so alteration is the Flour trade. Wiest, *ow, SU. to 60s. ; old, 42,.t. 6131. Barley, 25e. to 33.. Oats, 19s. to 225. Beata, Os. to els. pm qr. Floor, Us. to 30s. per seek. Wttowmema, Jas. 27.-At this nmenhog's _searket there wm • fah Mem but Wh he whisk Om kummi was net eery eztsilies, the best sample, folly meintel.ed the =Oho. week, without an Mews. Tssamstisas in (both mallow mod ',Mktg temples) wets deddedly slow, sad Oen waft held mash the arse as IMO week ; though, far @skald awake, Me tern wee la Amur of the seller. There wee Imps watt, of Oak • salerhi_ch attracted bet sal esly Wavy ht last we•lesiorlem Mbar sorts beteg la. per ; a rts'. The operation in Bums and Peas was ter from exteasive, bet we do net very queladwas, The ism s& her Malt sad Flour was math the sass as railed as punka market days, and prim strictly the same. Wheat, sew. toss 91. to 124 per lead ; old, 101. to 121. 151. Barely, Ds. to 291. Oats, 14.. to 20e. Per, 321. to Mk. Betas, 34a. to es. per qr. Molt, Te. 94. to Pa. per bushel. Flour, 30s. to Ss. psi era. Wissacn, Jas. 27.-Wo are moderate in l or yllol toda y with FM he ' of all kiwi ; t esaditist lbs 100 dry* triads. Good dry Wheat meals a Pk demand, at tirr better I rims, whilst seeswasy 111111111 hay seektok former rates. Oats sad Beats it fah dolma, at last week's prime. TM following are the prementpelms ; Wheat, new, red, Whs. to 621b5., 3k. to Me. pm qr. ; Wm. 401. ; ago. in 430. ; extra, 47e. ; old, red, 6111 t. to 631 M., 42.. to 46e. ; extra, 475. ; 1 white, 445. to 47e. ; extra, 48.. Oats, old, Mits. ta 40,11%., 114. per stone ; new, U. to 9d. Beam, old, 34.. to Wk. per qr.; aew, 20a. to 31s. woactenta, Jan. 27.-Ourfmarket war scattily sup =with English Wheat to-day, sad in toteeq uesee rather wiem WWI obtained, porticalarly for fine white. Bar ley held with MOM fireasear, but the demand was slow. Preach Boma rather MOTS inquired for, but Egyptisa le. to 21. per qr. lower. Peas very Mita to sell. Oatswi thered. y ea' , y i n 27; We have lees grain offering at cur war ket today. Wheat has made a steady mils ‘t, fully last week's prima Barley is la to 21. per qr. deem. Oats sell freely at Into prises. In ether sedates se mitigation. The pemeee pekes: Wheat, white, 46. to 48a. per impe rial ; red, 40x to 46a Barley, melds', 275. to 365. 13e te 26e. Mak. Na to IX Oats, W. to M. per steels of 141 b. Flour, Ns. ger seek elf WOW. Demmer, Jen. 1111.-Aa immersed feeling wee ounifest en this dere e, and we armee spetadens 64. kr Wheat, and l i d. per barrel kr OMs. There wee a better demand for Indian Com, sad in ewe ketemes le. per gr. advisee was realised. Other things maintain their vane. The tellivring woe the pond surer-ay Wheat, white, Ma. to IX 64.; red, 21e. to 335. 64. pet 260105. Oats, 9s. to 10s. per 191111 m. Barley, Ilk. to 17s. IL per 2114115.1 Indies Cora, 31s. to 31a. per Webs. Ostmesl, lle. to lie. Gd. per ewe. Fleur, semesda 14a- M llft psi ort- Buren, Jan. IL-Whether it is gum the Draft of the weather, sr trees the *Sem Pining fa the igmeral failingtbst we err. stir the lel.to haw es Masse In idea, and, opeonlegeng emnelik out withheldl ag to eggs giklas we lwerw sok but wit hem lad hag en= grok sneer Teidegi end yet, dealers met beteg to buy begged ask immediate week, Wm. go mkt meek ors generelly ea the decline. Wheat hes de 'Need 3d. on the beet qualities, sad folly N. ea dim sorts, es the week; and the sake of wok ego wry limited, at a similar decline. Flour : All penile al as they an, and it is diflkult to set at the sets ta si prier. Our qun tations are, in some inateeme, IL ifewer th a week. Barrel Flour a milts free este, at 37e. le Ills. ger 1 barrel Barley is damilt of sale at late prime. Ow are 3d. to 41. lower, but sell readily at the decline. Oatmeal has Apia declined 3d, aid is dull of sale. Indian Corn la is NINA bounds, and I. few hangs, and sells pretty freely at 71. 7s. 6d. to 71. 10s. for white, and 71. 10e. to 71. 16a. for yellow. Coax, Jan. 26.-The weather continues variable, storm alternating with rain. The arrivals of foreign grata have not been as large 'sof late, still they have some forward to a fair extent. The trade oontinuas demised, and, the nearer we approach to the ev slid let, the greater the anxiety felt by those ore immediately columned in the re sults of the new system. We receive but moderate supplies of homeirrown grain. We have little al teration is the prime of any description of grain. Ia prepared Wheat the badness done hes been on the most restricted seek. We quota the current value of Polish Odessa 275. per barrel. Barley, raw and preparW, remains nachange& keeling Oats are in demand, but ether description' are a shade lower in valise. The Flom Wide continues dull, and the business doine is vit., limited, though without any alteration in prim. Indian Corn (the only article in which an improvement can be noted) is in hatter demand, but without any advance is its nine, the top peke of Oak's this week being 71. 10s. per ton. Jae. 27.-The weather sontinues showery, without any appearance of frost A geed deal of Wheat has been sewn lately ; the farmers are now talking of setting Potatoes, but seed is sore* and dear. Our sundae of grain fee the seek have been fair, with firm pekes. At this day's market a small show of Wheat; any good samples brought an advance. Oats also may be quoted id. per stone dearer. Barley in demand , if good, by millers and mate rna ; bat inferior qualities neglected. The trade in Indian Corn hes been more inciting, as stocks are lessening, and a small advance realised. Indian keel and Barley Meal ere in favourite eoesumption by retail, while Flour of fine quality is dull. Wheat, red, 13d. to 141 per stone ; white, 14& to 16s. Oats, 7d. to 84d. Barley, 9d. to 10d. Gialatx Indian Core, W. per tea. 'bran, and other, 71. lie. to 71. 17e. fld. Ameriesa, yellow, 71.125. 61. to 71. 13e. • white, 71. 10s. to 71. 12e. 641. Oatmeal, 101.10 s. ; Barleymiel, 91. • Byesasal, 81. Is. per Wet American Flour, 30s. per bar rel. ; Irish, 32a per beg. - - - W•rnaronn, Jan. 27.-In the early part of the week, we experienced a slight improvement in our supplies of farmers' grain, when prices of Whoa*, Oats, and Holey receded a trifle Erma the currency of Saturday last; since then, our receipts have again fallen o ff , and the value of all kinds of country can may be quoted nominally as on this day esennight. Few traasactions hive taken place in either pre• pared or hue foreign Wheat, but for bonded there has been a seeders* sale at former prices. F w prepared Oats and Berle ,we lave had game inquiry, but owing to the high rates de. a 4 d by holders, the business in both articles has been quite of a retail character. The trade in Indian Corn has been slow duties( the wet k, and late priest are barely maintained. Free Flour has b.en saleable only in retail to meet the immediate' wants et bakers, but some quantity in bond (manufactured exchis'vely from Irish Wheat, end cam sequenly not of prime quality) has changed hand at 34e. rr sack. The following ale the relent Uadned, new : Wheat, per 20 5t.,234.6d. to zir . shipping, 20s. to 225. Barley, milting, per 16 stone, 16e. to Ilk. ; grinding, Ile. 9d. to 13s. Oats, white, per 14 stone, 8s 6d. to 9s. 9d. ; black, Bs. 9d. to 9s. Dried and foreign: Irish Wheat, millers' per 20 .to 265. to 275. Od.; shipping, 22e. to 245. ; Polish Odessa (in bond), 265. Od. so 2i.. 64. ; French, red, 275. Od. to 275. ad. Barley, grinding, per 16 et , 12s. 9d. to 14s. Oats, white, per 14 stone, 10s. Od. to lls. ; black, 9s. 9d. to 10s. Od. Flour, s per seek, 365. to 37e.,• seconds, 345. to 345. 6d.; t= , 30 e, s. to 31e. • fourths, }a. to 245. Indian Corn, Danube, per 20 sto ma, 19s. to 20s. Od.; American, yellow and red, 18s. to 195.; Spanish and Portuguese, 18s. to 18.. 6d.; white, 18e. ; damaged for cattle, 12s. to 151. ; Indian Corn Mel, per cwt., 9s. 3d. to 9s. Bd. Oat meal, pee cwt., lie. to lie. 6d. Bran, per 6 atone, 3s. 64. to 3s. Bd. lesportathis week : Whett,2,665 qrs. Indian Corn, 2,320. Brports this week Wheat, 77 barrels. Oats, 2,303. Flour, 1,272 seeks. Oatmeal, 40 ewts. METALS.—Ousoow, Jan. 27.—The tone of the market is very Arm, and a steady demand for Pig Iron has prevailed throughout the week, at advancing prices. The market closed firm, at 495. W. to Ws , No. 1, and 491. to to 495. 6d. tailed Nos., nett cash, prompt, f.o.b. Notwith standing the increased demand, there is a decrease in ship. piog orders and in shipments for the month ; we cannot, therefore, mud the present demand other thus purely spe culative. There is an improved demand for manufactored boa, at fully higher prises. We quote '31115 arm, at M. 10.. to di. ; nail rods, 61. 10s. to 61. Ifte.; plates, 81. to 81. 10s. ; hoops, 81. Four per cant. discount for cash. POTATOES.—Sonnwaag, WATERSIDE, Jam 29. —Thu condoned adverse winds have left oar market so bully wapplied with every daeoription of Potato, that we have but kw mots to quote prioss of this week. The followlag are this de 's quotations: York Regents, 100 s. to 150 s. ; New castle Regents, 90e. to 110 s. ; French Whites, 90a. to 110 s. ; Belgian, 80s. to 1000 s. ; Dutch, 50s. to 80s. HOPS.—Bonoros MARIA?. Meru. Pattenden and Smith report this there le no &mains to notke In peas, and the deetend continues pod. CAT LIB, &c. earranno, Tbo o'Clock. The number of Beasts is rather larger than on Monday last; but the swains being cool, and the dead markets a little clearer, trade is active, at an advance of about 2d. per 81b. on toe choicest volition. The supply of Sheep is again small, sod I. eattesqasses they ars laces remlB, disposed of, at fully 24. per 81b. advaaee. Good Calves are will mares, sad maintain late qaotstions, but trade is hardly se (heaths' for the m i dd ling kinds. There is a steady de mead for neat Porkers at late price,. From Holland and Geresaay there are 316 Beast., 630 Sheep, and 89 Calves; flea Norfolk and Suffolk, 160 Basta; Lassign and North madam, 410 ; sad Scotland, 400. reset Phu a 4. •4. Pet skims sf tas. Dot INK atuai 310 4 s Best as.slll.4xls S. 4 0 0 ▪ amallma 4 0 4 Host & Imemirsels. 4 lasead wale lasitt 2lO I Ds. alms OO 0 gar 3 4 0 4 Iwo sadssaosisealm I 4 4 Piss ....... .......... 4O 0 4 ft.& aces ...... 00 0 new D. a Haiama 4 I 410 Led Dimas at sattsa 5.M; hop sad Lambs. 11.700; Othat. 165 ; • 140. For &fordo**, markets on hut pogo. sonadent alacrity to avail themselves of the fresh impetus which this emenripationot industry will give to the astioselesergies. The question of own law repeal never has bees a party 44se ldom and the Manchester banquet will be no cee3ratlaa of party triumph or instrument of perty warfare. The crowds omen, leading and in fluential is their respective localities, who will as semble at Manchester on the 31st, present the utmost diversity in opinions and senti ments on all questions bat one. The Whig, the Tory, and the Radical will there be seen side by side; the voluntary will take his seat beside the churchman. Were any political leaden to attempt to wield the power of that congregated wealth and in telligence far any purpose but oce, they would feel themselves palling at a rope of sand. But in regard ing absolute and unlimited freedom for the trade in earn as an indispensable requisite to the prosperity— nay, to the existence—of the nation, and in nmegine ing that the same denial of protection which they pronounce in respect of the corn-grower most, in common farmer, be extended to every branch of in derby, there is but one thought and one feeling amongst them. The unexampled unanimity and oon li of purpose which marked their struggle for orrnw repeal, marks, and will continue to mark, their avowal of a determination to abide by the de • vision which the nation and the legislature have pro nounced on that question. Some leading supporters of government and some of their busiest agents have been for the last week flattering about, restless and noisy u seabirds before a storm. In the resorts of business, and in the public thoroughfares they have been pouncing upon every friend of free trade they' meet ; assuring him with the air of men who are admitted behind the curtain that government have no intention to impose a low fixed duty, and that therefore he may keep his mind quite at ease. This eagerness to impart good tidings is amiable but superfluous. The nibbling attempts to get up a movement in the City in favour of a low fixed duty on imported grain, whoever ma have been at the bottom of them, were so feeble and desultory, and any response made to them so much the reveres of encouraging, that with most men the disclaimer of an intention on the part of ministers to have recourse to such a measure was the first in timation they had of its having been with or without reason attributed to them. And even though the feelers had been put forth more extensively and with more appearance of earnestness, the unwavering una nimity which is known to pervade the free traders would have precluded any fears of their success. Ministers (any set of ministers) may perhaps be allowed for a time to tamper with the differential sager duties, or play fast and loose with the abolition of the navigation lam, but protection for home-grown corn is put down for ever. Here they are power less. The public opinion whose representatives will meet at Manchester on Wednesday, is master on that cluestion, whoever may passess legislative or executive authority on other matters. It is high time that the agriculturists should dis cover that the protection to which they clung is gone for ever, and recognise the true character of the men who have abolished it. They are not the enemies of the farmer or the landlord tither. They grudge no man his wealth or the fair reward of his industry. They uk no more than equal freedom of enterprise and industry for all, and, as Englishmen, they will rejoice in the prosperity of the agriculturist. as much as of any other class. If the agriculturists labour under any nutria burden or any undue restriction on their industry it is only by a frank and cordial appeal to the equity of their free-trade brethren that they have any chance of getting it removed. Henceforth sectional interests, seeking by intrigue or bare-faced power to gals undue advantages over one another, are impoelible in this country. And there are many symptoms, by no means equi vocal, that this conviction is gaining ground in the aricultaral mind. The very agricultural and protec tionist meetings which are taking place in various counties, are among the most encouraging of these symptoms. The laborious efforts of the " farmers' Mends," who monopolise the speechifying on these occasions, only prove that there is mutiny in the ranks. When we see at the Chelmeford meeting a parson leading off with an excommunication of COB DEN and Cobdenites—Sir i 0,121 TYRRELL following with all his powers of humour (such as they are) to make " Manchester stockingers " and " hatters at the Board of Control" ridiculous and odions—and a Major 'finding up with pa thetic exhortations to protect the innocent or phans of the army from the Manchester ogre—:.t is obvious to the most unreflecting that they are not so much giving voice to the sentiments which they know to pervade those around them, u arguing 'past the sentiments which they fear or know to be growing up in their minds. The orators at the Brighton meeting do not leave the state of their auditors minds in this respect to be inferred. Mr. Faxixdor confessed that " many farmers would swell the cry for reduction in the national expenditure." He went on to my that " this wu to be deprecated," and modestly and po litely aught to divert his hearers from the intention by telling them it was impossible they could form a sound judgment on the quesuon—" farmers were not politicians. The Duke of RICHMOND confessed that many farmers will join in the agitation of Mr. All these efforts of the obscurantist. will prove un availing. The lord of the manor, and the rector, and the major, y 111410) their forces in vain to keep the farmers, a nd the labourers, and the village grocers and mercers of their parish, from thinking for themselves. The conviction which is sprading that the day of undue and exclusive privileges is past, and that only in the abolition of all protection and restriction, and the equalisation of public burdens, is there hope for the agriculturist, which has struck root, will grow, and gain the ascendancy in spite of them. Aidthi; fact ought to courage the friends of financial reform to increased efforts. The guests at the Manchester banquet, as we have already observed, are composed of men of every shade of opinion except on the one question of free trade. But' among them are not a few of the most clear-sighted and energetic advocates of financial reform from the various centres of politi cal activity and influence. So favourable an oppor tunity may not soon recur for friends of this came in different parts of the kingdom to ascertain each other's sentiments and wishes, and to concert measures for combined action. There will be a general sense of disappointment and dissatisfaction throughout the kin om,if such financial refornmas s are to be present at anchester on Wednesday, d, not hold a consulta tion next moraing before separating for their respec tive plsoes of abode. Ors cannot be surprised that it should have 03- ourred to there bitten with the mania of national de fences, to form an army out of the workmen in our dock-yards.A formidable army they certainly make. There were 14,000 of them employed in 1848, at an average of 41. Bd. to Cs. a day. The annual expense was little short of a million in 1848, being 850,0004 for the workmen, and 140,0001. for the Ahem This includes merely the home establishments. When it is considered that the cost of our seamen and marines figures in the budget for no more than a million and a half, it will be seen what an enormous expense is occasioned by mere preparation for war, independent of its efficiency. Moreover, the im mense amount of dock-yard wages has bee n doubled since 1839; doubled, avowedly, in consequen-e of the expense of steam-vessels. Yet, even now, although the dock-yards build the halls, they only repair the machinery. The steam-engine and power are pur chased from private factories. And as far as the iron work of the steam-navy is concerned, one million • year, and our 14,000 artificers, go but to cobble it. We need not say that in the present outcry for re trenchment it was impossible . for the Admiralty to continue this scale of expenditure especially as its and First Lord admitted that the steam f it i v7 ta a reached its maximum. The former personage acquaints us with the resolve taken in regard of the amount of labour. The number of shipwrights, he tells us, is to be reduced to 3,500. The ex rof the whole establishment may always es e timated by the number of shipwrights employed, so that the figure is important as marking the general reduction intended. On the let of January, 1848, there were 3,772 established shipwrights, and 840 hired. _ _ _ IttApril theme were reduoed by And nentediately after by 245 The present reduction therefore is of about 680 wrights, or one-seventh of the establishment of ha., 1848. In 1833, when the Admiralty laid down that the number of dockyard workmen should be 6,000, the shipwrights were 2,630. On the lit of January, 1834, they were, including 80 inspectors, 2,849. There can be so ream for Glass being more ilankalreAl now, however the number of smith. and founders may have been legitimately in/ reseed. The Malt striking part of dockyard administration wan certainly the laxity of accounts, and the stride near of etiquette. Any person employed might larks as mach or her Majesty's stores and money as he pleased, but to direct an observation to his superior officer was forbidden. Respect was enjoined as the first virtue, and honesty was not even the second. And this is woethy of note, for the rule is not °gi fted to the dockyards, bat extends to:other far mora l important_ dopartaients of the public service. We marvelled much, some time acre, how it was that so much money was wasted and so little result obtained by the law setting the poor Irish to public works. Never as each an administrative bungle, without cheek or direction, discipline or authority. All the blame was thrown upon the unruly Celts, and in consequence of the failure, the maxim in political economy, that precludes all productive labour on the public account, was mercilessly and irrefrag ably confirmed. Bat look at the administration of our dockyards, es given by the Naval Secretary. lie tells us that now, for the first time, there is to be a regular check upon wages, there having bees be fore not even the semblance of a subsequent audit There are now to be checks and audits. The inspeo tore are to keep their books with " some degree of care," and as some guard against dishonesty work is to be measured and re-mess fired. As to stores, we are told that " hitherto," there has been no check on the demand, without storekeepers or any one else having the power of refusal. When such has been the system of management in the national dockyards, can we wonder at the failure in our organising labour in Ireland ? Or can we marvel that, when these uncontrolled functionaries get coals and iron, in addition to timber, a discrliton, the estimate of stores ran up from halt a million (which it was from 1833 to 1837) to a million and a half, required at the present time P With this laxity, this nullity in checking the amount of waste or wages, compare the awful rigour of etiquette. There was no efficient communication between the employis, save in the shape of command and report. An order onee given, be it ever so nonsensical, no demur was allowed, "except in writing, and by a circuitous route, sufficient to incur the rejection, or the miscarriage, of the most timely and valuable counsels." Such was the discipline of her Ma jesty's dockyards in 1848. The reform now comes, and it is very simple. The different employes are to meet in the morning, and talk freely to one murkier. The inferior is allowed to make observations, and the superior allowed to profit by them. What an inno vation on our aristocratic habits, the liberation of the dockyard from the awful and absurd etiquette of the quarter-deck ! It is now nearly a twelvemonth ago, on the 22nd of March last, that we commenced an article asking, Does Ithe Admiralty ever take stock ? And we then pro- ceeded to point out how impossible it was for the government to know what it possessed or expended, or how it progressed, or whether it was doing better or worse than private establishments pursuing the same line of tradeand work. We then said: An important and urgent question therefore it is for the proprietors of the steam navy of Britain, " do the Admiralty ever take stock ?" do they put down the number and names of their serviceable steam ships of war, and opposite write the cost of each trona the beginning, including alterations and repairs up to such invesugatioa t do they then put in the next column her present value, estimated by competent arbiters, able to state with a business-like approximation, the present value compared to the boat of an equally effective new ship of the ants elass ? If they do, will tney show their books ? If they do not, would it be impertinent if we were to brit permission to have it done ? Na,, might we not suggest that the public should appoint a couple of quali fied inspectors, or book keepers, or surveyors, specially in formed on this point, just as railway shareholders lly appoint auditors to examine the amanita of directors : and could we not find auditas who are capable of putting down our stock in the capital gement at what it is worth ? We see no difficulty in doing this ; and if it were wieely and honestly done, it would tell this " nation of shopkeepers" that which in their private trade they know to he of such vital importance to their honesty and credit, viz. the real value of this part of our stock la trade for naval warfare. We don't see why the nation should be more remiss in the statement of their capital account than any other joint stock company. Her Majesty's Lords of the Admiralty,borrewing in 1849 almost our words of a twelvemonth previous, now declare : That no pavans establishment mould go on f a 18 or 20 years without taking 'tack, and they mathe to the want of a similar regulation in her Maj,uty's dockyards both the discrepancies that have universally arisen between the re sults of the survey, when held, and thaw given by the ledger, and the want of proper economical arrangements for the stowage and preservation of timber. A periodical car ve, will force upon each superintendent the nece.sity. 80. What a confession for the government of a country that has been for a century the first naval power, with the greatest naval resources, in the world! We are very glad to see the Admiralty anxious and zealous for the honest keeping of the " stores;" but let not any fuss about reform in details and regula tions make us lose eight of the main features of re trenchment. Let as remember what Capt. MILNE and Mr. DUNDAS said, about stores— The increase of the store estimate was consequent upon the Masses of wages ; for, if you employ more workpeople, you use mere material. And in answer to a question of Sir JAMES GRAHAM, the same Lord of the Admiralty alleges, that as the increase of stores must be in proportion to the increase of workpeople, so .he amount of stores and the num ber of workpeople are rendered requisite by " the in crease of seamen, boys, and marines afloat, and by the increase of ships and vessels in commission." All economy, therefore, depends upon the numbers of men voted. The admiralty and its organ, the Tones, will make a mighty parade of their eagerness for economy ; in search of which they will di rect and (avert public attention to a host of details and particulars, with abundance of admission of past blunders and promises of future amendment. But what is important for the public to know, is not either these promisee or these details. What it wants to know is the amount of reduction in the num ber of men. We had 45,000 men " borne " in 1848, and 26,000 in 1835. Which is to be our peace esta blishment ? Therein lies the real question. NOT the least of the inconveniencies attendant on being lifted to the supreme power by popular suffrage is the extraordinary number of persons who conceive they have conferred a special favour on,the bead of the state by voting for him, and who expect to be remu nerated by promotion or pecuniary aid. Talk of the discomfort and dismay of the member for an English borough when he is called on to realise a portion of the very liberal promises of which he has been lavish Idurim his canvam ; but what are they to the per plezitus eta French or American President when he lads himself the cynosure of the need, the greed, sad the desperation of some myriads of his con @titre:ate—the ladder, by grasping a firm hold of which, they expect to climb to the top-gallant of pro motion ? PiAPOLEON-LOOle is said to have received 140,000 letters within a month after his election to the Presidency, 6,000 of which inclosed pawnbrokers' duplicates. On the other side of the Atlantic, poor General TAYLOR is pretty much in a similar plight. There are yet two months to run before he assumes the reins of government, and already is he over whelmed by the petitions of a multitude of his parti sans, ravenous for a share in the official spoil which it is customary to redistribute at the accession of each new president. There being less distress in America than in France, and the president's salary, as well as his private resources, being so limited, he is probably favoured with fewer confidences as to his constituents' dealings with the pawnbroker. There is, no doubt, something touching in the im plicit reliance on the power and goodwill of their ruler, which is thus evinced by hundreds of thou sands of his subjects ; if we may use the words in such a sense. Or ought we rather to say "on the power and goodwill of the subject, evinced by hun dreds of thousands of his sovereigns?" And yet it must be acknowledged that there is no feature in the political system of the United States and of France, both before and after the last revolution, more open to reprehension than the practice which has so generally prevailed in both countries of making the tenure of inferior officers depend to a great extent on the political opinions of their occupants; and then the wholesale expulsions which consequently follow any marked change in the administration. The rise of such a system in France is not surprising, if we take into account the temptations offered by the excessive centralisation, which, together with the precedents of his own arbi trariness, NAPOLEON bequeathed to the ministers of the restoration ; and they in their turn to the still more unscrupulous and corrupt, as compelled to be more stealthily reactionary, government of Louts urea. But we have often marvelled that our brethren beyond the Atlantic, healthy and homogeneous as their political constitution is, and controlled even in its excesses by a wise and tem perate spirit, should ever have allowed such 'in abuse to grow up amon them; and still more, that th ey should have not only tolerated, but that the majority of their moat influential organs and public men should be in the habit of landing, the extravagant length to which this principle is carried in the distribution of the humblest and the paltriest employment in the gift of government. The fearful as s to which the practice has led are so well , and have been exposed and denounced by se many writers on America, that we need not enlarge upon the subject here. It gives us moreelessure to be able to advert to the fact that the practical evils which result to the service of the state from the want of the natural inducement to its employes to mind their business, are beginning at length to be seriously felt ; so mach co that we are enabled to record their simultaneous con demnation by a prominent member of the governtsent that is going out, and by the head of the government that is coming in. We give the precedence to the au thority of highest rank, and copy with sincere plea sure and warm approbation the following minute, brought by the last packet from America, of a decla ration which the multitude of petitions for place with which he was assailed compelled General TAYLOR to make at Baton Rouge. The authority for the publi cation is not stated, but there seems every reason to believe the statement to be authentic : I am not yet president, and when I atn, let these applica tions be made through the proper departments, and if it is wished to remove an incumbent, let it be shown that he dots not answer the Jefferunian standard for en offiee-holder, and that the applicant does ; for, as far as lies in my power, I intend that all new appointments shall be of men honest and capable. Ido not intend to remove any man from office because he voted against me, for that is a freeman's privilege. But such desecration of office and official patronage as some of them have been guilty of to secure the election of the master whom they served as slaves is degrading to the cha racter of American freemen, and will be • good cause ler removal of friend or foe. The offices of the government should be filled with men of all parties; and, as I expect to find many of those now holding to be honest, good men, and u the new appointments will, of course, be whigs, that will bring about this result. Although Ido not intend te allow an indiscriminate removal, yet it grieves me to think that it will be necessary to require a great ma yto give place to better men. As to my cabinet, I intend that all interests and all sections of the country shall be repre sented, bat not, as some of the newspapers will have it, all parties. lam a whig,.as I have always been free to scknow ledge, but I do not believe that those who voted for me wish me to be a mere partisan president, and I shall, therefore, try to bee president of the American people. As to the new territory, it is now free, and slavery cannot exist there with out a law of Congress authorising it, end that I do not believe th y will ever pass. I was opposed to the acqui , ition of this territory, as I also was to the acquisition of Texas. I was opposed to the war, and, although by occupation a war rior, I am a peace man. The sentiments here recorded do General TAYLOR the h;ghest honour, and if his government be only conducted in the spirit here foreshown, no president since WASHINGTON will have earned so valid a title to the gratitude and reverence of his countrymen. It is most cheering to find the new presicent, himself a warrior and a conqueror, proclaiming himself the champion of peace, and setting his face against the lust for war and conquest with which his unscrupu lous predecessor too well succeeded in inoculating hi, countrymen. It will be remarked that the dm e great vices which stain the American system, and lower the character and the prospects of democracy all over the world—slavery, the thirst for war, and the abuse of official patronage, are equally visited with the reprobation of the new president. We do most heartily trust that this paragraph is not one of those unjustifiable hoaxes to which some of our trans atlantic contemporaries are but too prone. A few days before General TAYLOR is stated to have made the above declaration, an unusually forcible expression of the impossibility of combining effective organisation and careful management of the business of the state with a clearance every four years of officials of every rank, had proceeded from Mr. CAVE JOHNSON, the present head of the pod-office depart-' went. The question of postal reform has for several years excited a great deal of interest in the United Stater, and they have been advancing by slow and uncertain steps to that realisation of the benefits of a cheap postage of which ' this country had set them so striking an example. Unfortunately they had no ROWLAND HILL among them; and the bit by bit reforms to which congress has consented have been impeded and rendered of comparatively little effect, not only by the inordinate privileges which the members of Congress reserved to themselves, but still more by the negligence, cor ruption, and incapacity of the subordinates o f the Pest-office all through the country. The abuse and incessant transference of official patronage has been greater in this department than in say other, and the result is that Mr. JOHNSON in his annual report, while indicating the improvements in the postage system which he deems necessary and practicable, is compelled to conclude his report with the following paragraph-, which any one who is familiar with American politics, will perceive to be characterised by a frankness and boldness very unusual in American statesmen while in office. It may not be inappropriate to remark that those con nected with administrative duties of this department could not but have observed that there has been, for some years past, a strong feeling pervading the country that the system had been conducted by an organised corps, extending throughout the Union into every neighbourhood, under the control of politicians, at the seat of government, wielded with the view of promoting party purposes, and party organisation, rather than the business and social tate , rests it was created to advance ; that the effioes were be stowed as the reward of partisan services, rather than from the merit and qualification of those selected ; and that each presidential contest is to produce a new distribution of the offices, and hence embittered political contests are excited in almost every neighbourhood, demoralising in their tendencies and injuriously affecting the purity of elections. Whilst such apprehensions are entertained by a respecta ble portion of the community, a want of confidence in the hlnesty and correctness of the officers, however pure and upright in their conduct, soon shows itself, seriously injuring the business of the offices and bringing discredit on the system itself. The post-office system was deadened for business purposes, for the cultivation of the social and friendly feelings among the citizens of the different sections of the Union, and should be in no wise connected with the party polities of the day. This will give that degree of confidence in its spate necessary to render it the most useful to the people. There does not seem any reason why this business and social agent of the people, should be more connected with them, than the offi cers of the courts of justice, or the accounting officers of the government—if it were believed that the latter officers per formed their duties assigned them with a view te the ad vancement of party purposes public opinion would soon correct the evil—if the post-office were alike exempt from political inflames and party contests, public confidence would be maintained, and the best interests of the system p rooted. It may be well worthy of consideration, if these objtets would not be advanced, should the Postmster•General be nominated by the President te the senate for a specific term of years, be separated from the cabinet, aad only removable by impeachment; and the appointment of the principal subordinate officers for a like term of year,, be given to him, and to provide that no removal should be made, except for good and sufficient cause, to be reported to e ach session of the senate. CAN, JOHNSON, P. ht. General. Whether the making the office of postmaster-gene ral permanent would be expedient may be doubted ; but there seem, every likelihood that Gen. TAYLOR will do his best to carry out the other suggestions of , Mr. Joaraox. FRANCE. PARIS, SATURDAY, 6 Lit. M. Proudhon inserted in his journal of yesterday a furious attack upon the President and the government, in consequence of which the . journal was seized at the Post-o ffi ce. This proceed ing, however, appears to have in nowise discouraged the zeal of M. Proudhon, who returns to the attack to-day with the following article. We said yesterday, "The struggle is between the National Assembly and Louis Bonaparte. Louis Bonaparte has laid down the question of the dissolution of the Assembly. On Monday next the Amenably will ley down the question of the dismissal of the President." The Procureur of the Republic, a subaltern of the President of the Republic, has considered this judgment disquieting for his superior, and has seized our number. Let him seize this also ! for we cannel refrain from saying, "The fiction of royal inviolability was abolished by the constitution of December 4—the President of the Re public is responsible." Yes, and it is not we who say it—it is the force of things; on Monday a decisive battle will take place between the revolution and the counter•revolution— between the revolution, represented ky the National Assem bly—and the counter-revolution, represented by Louis Rampart.. Is it possible to deny this ? If the Assembly were dissolved the counter-revolution would meet with no more obstacles : the constitution would be destroyed—two chambers would be re-established—the invillability and re eligibility of the President would be declared—his civil fist would be increased tenfold—monarchy be restored—corrup tien reconstructed—end the people again enchained. On the contrary, Louis Bonaparte conquered, having resigned or being dismissed, the counter-revolution would be cast down —all its hopes be rallied irrevocably and for ever The repu blican. of the Tulle, and the party of% Rational,intend to offer the most decided o • to the gotsrnment on this measure of eloau g g ths oe.— following article on thi s subject applizoi the National to-dy : AZT. BOP 00XSTITTI- BILL I.IIIIIIOITED ay PION. LION PAUCHIa. Cithwas hate a right to Clabs are omnibus& wi t meet together, to assemble be considered as red z peaceably, and without arms, p u bli c meeting 'Mick t o or ias t o ltion, to nmanifest their be held periodically, or bt • p by the press or other- irregul ar interrab, 64 wise ; the exo2o/10 of these the discussion of political Tub rights has onl y for limit does. rights or liberty of others, sad public seourtty. This simple comparison is sufficient to charseteries thew and to show its unconstitutional character it is that p4', d Foldrance which Id. Guieot practised a year back with - 04 succor and results which ars known to every ens. I t h rraitt of meeting, the violation of which by the old " meat led to the revolution of February, violated agy a b, ministry of that re revolution itself, or rather by a • ly the counter-volution. It is the constitution slighted i n t h spirit, and in its letter. What is the objec• of the whether with respect to the Assembly, or with risy est to - ig republican mares, in presenting such a bill ? Let is g at 'oak of the Assembly. The ministry lave a trap fir it jj thinks that it equally attains its object whether the A NIS * rejects er sanctions the bill. If it b e re j ecte d , the Cilidaby hope* that the Assembly will thus rend er itself inspected by a certain part of the country of anarchical tendenci.s ; if, tat the contrary, it sanctions the provisions submitted to it, the ministry hopes that in so giving itself an e x a mp l e of viols don, it will render ulterior violations more easy ; it hope also that the Assembly will become unpopular with the tura getic, and, at the same time, sincere opinions which ken looked on the republic as a bona jade government. Bat the ministry will fall into its own snare. The Assembly, sigg e b has already pawed a law to regulate the clubs, and 'Web may modify it if necessary, will know how bah to recopy, and cause it to be recognised, this double principle rev* for individual right and punishment of atticks made on the right of society. It will thus show that it is neither anar chical nor counter-revolutionary. As to the misses—ra t o those energetic and sincere opinions of which we rpe d :l4 now—it would appear that the design is, by this a policy, to drive them to despair. Such, no doubt, is net 4, design of the ministry ; it is blinded by its false ideas mle the normal conditions of democratic 'admits, and, is rinse of these ideas, it comes to decisions of which it den set measure all the signification and all the importance, am ever that may be, the good sense of the mums will show more respect for the law end the constitution then the nee. silvery system of the ministry. This morning seven or eight hundred students went to the Assembly with the intention of demanding that the lectures of M. L'Herminier should be superseded, and were followed by a great number of operatives and clubbiats. They were met on the bridge of the Place de la Concorde by one of the Nlontagnard repro. Imitative., who induced them to disperse. They dm proceeded to the office of the Dertmeratie Purifique. There several violent harangues were delivered, but on the approach of a detachment of the line they dispersed ; not, however, until 18 or 20 of the most turbulent of the operatives who accompanied them were arrested. At 12 o'clock a vut multitude wu collected round the Pantheon, and shouts of " Vive la Republique de. mocratique et soeiale," were heard, Most violent propositions were made by the leaders, who declued that the Assembly must be supported, that the mi. niatry must be dispersed and driven from office, that *he clubs must be defended and all attempts to clogs them resisted. . A se rious personal dispute took place to-day be- tween M. Thies and M. Trelat. The latter acctutd M. Thies of being the author of all the evils with which France is afflicted. The funds, which have been gradually declining fat some days, closed to-day, the Threes at 45.10, and the Fives at 74.80. Little or no business, however, is done. It is said that the violent spirit which pervades ths report of M. Grevy on the question of the dissolution of the Assembly has created much alarm among the more timid members of that body, and that it is not improbable after all that this report, like the form one, will be rejected by a small majority. SPAIN. We have received the journals and our cone spondence from Spain of the 21st inst. On the preceding day, M. Mon presented to the Cortes project of arrangement of the Bank of St. Ferdinand, which was published in the Gazette of the 21st. Its term is limited to 25 years, with a capital of two hundred millions of reale, in 100,000 share.. It is to have the exclusive issue of notes to an amount equal to one-half of its capital, having always in cub end bullion at least one-third of the value of its notes in circulation. Each note must be not greater than 4,000 reels, nor less than 1,500. It may establish branches.' It is to effect a fusion with the banks of Cadiz and Barcelona, so that in future there shall be only one bank of issue. It must have a reserve equal to 20 per cent. of its capital, which is to be taken from the profits after paying,;ti per cent. to the shareholders. So soon as this reserve is complete, the whole of the profits are to be divided between the shareholders. Foreigners may be shareholders. The shares of foreigners shall not be sequestered in case of war. If the capital of the bank shall at any time be reduced to one-half, its affairs shall be immediately wound up. No loans shall be made by the bank on its shares, and it shall not speculate in the public funds. Such are the conditions of its institution. GERMANY. PRUSSIA.—Oar dates from Berlin are to the evening of January 26. The victory of the democrats at the primary elections has caused a complete panic at court, and it is generally believed that, like the Nothomb ministry In Belgium, the Prussian one will retreat " before the elections," without awaiting the approaching storm. Imagining that they had accomplished won ders by dissolving a constituent assembly, driving its members from house to house at the point ot the bayonet, the ministers made an appeal to the country for an expression of opinion ; and that opinion has been already very unequivocally set forth. The recent elections are not, it is true, the direct elections of the deputies, but they are real indices of public opinion. It requires no great penetration to foresee that the next parliamentary session in Berlin will be a truly eventful one for Prussia and for Germany. It will be in that capital, and not in Frankfort.on-the- Maine, that the great battle of German liberty will be fought. Letters from Schleswig-Holstein announce that the Danish government are straining every nerve to in crease the army. Even persons who purchased their dismissal from the Norm* before the 10th of Sept, 1846, wiil be re-enlisted, the payment-money to be returned to them. A small detachment ot Schleswig- Holstein Jiger were attacked on the evening of the 19th, near Fohrballum, by a band of arm,d Danish peasants, and obliged to retreat. Ueless the great powers successfully interfere, the war between Ger many and Denmark will fur a certain , / be renewed in April next. As for the formation of a " German fleet" between the end of January and the beginning of April, the Germans might as well think of raising up armies by stamping on the ground. It appears that the German central government have purchased two powerful war steamers in Liverpool. AUSTRIA.—Wo have Vienna news to the 23rd inst. Letters from Pesth, under date Jan. 18, state that Kossuth had left Debreczin for Grosswardein. According to the latest army bulletin de catches, under date lan. 17, had been received from Major-General Von GOtz in Mossocz, stating that after he had brought under subjection the To.- rocz comitat, and taken possession of the passes lead ing to Neusohl and Kremnitz, he made a reconnoitre ment of the last named mountain town. A detachment sent out for that purpose came upon the enemy near Turczek, drove them away, and captured a howitzer, but was prevented by nightfall from following up the advantage gained. Early on the 17th the enemyst tempted to recover their loot position, but after losing 221 of their men in prisoners and killed, and many in wounded (whom they carried off), they were obliged to retreat. The contest lasted tour tours. Major- General Glitz was to place himself in communication with Lient.-Field-Marshal Czarich, in order to make arrangements for conjointly attacking the enemy. Despatches from Count Schlick's head-quarters, under date Jan. 17, bring the intelligence that the Hun garian Diet at Debreczin had resolved to disband the insurgent army. In order to prevent the flight of the ringleaders of the insurrection (adds the bulletin) General Schlick had forwarded on the 15th troops towards Hannsalva and Homona, with orders to effect a junction near Gerenda and feke Terebres with other troops, which were to leave Kaschau on the 17th. After the junction, they were to march towards the river Theist; Tin Sarospatak, in order to menceuvre, thr the Au an MO See ma am Pr ter ref in nal we Ge he sie