The Express. — London, England, 1849-01-20 00:00:00

• - 2 THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EY] eine of stayer, &e., to gelds ea we I m p ar t an belie. ULM ISPISOISD Of TO _Th. 0_ .rl2lB 13 _AT IN LO . NDON. Brown may be quoted 37e. ea. ; related, 31s. 6d. er cwt. H Linseed Oil has bees In good at last week ' s Taus , and ] pace ef hea l = Aare, hem = assunakethenes gr it * *. O m I ' m ba t: a n d : l e! r...... 131 bat the advance of 3& pee ewt, by Polder. , cheeks Prim of yea kelp la anad h e r Patat'a P illia " the P led g e Ma o Web, k eta Val., 101 Do. Qrs. Ne719, -- ii let bolas. Olive Oil : Galipoll Is irmii, at 44t; Sicily iota of yousily, es the fethur. usaufhlutoor s 'ar Met. Minsfe sod ME, Ei E Dti. " he ' 1 /,k )al and Seville, 43L per ton. Limped Oakes: . The unreal& c f ows we boa peapesely allsieMei from a midst al ser Taal, d Do. 116., 11. IL, ( 4 s (C), 41 4 wily ail 411811 M ImideriMy Meleilis the side, sad prima in , e Sada llieW popsies intil, in llealli with war _lloor i e i s II 4 De. do. esteraLer di It Yr n 1141.14 cemegeseM see husk seppernel. Bre Cakes ere dal for wafte al this medileaore shall deleemlos ea oloamode orreeforrms, . °Mil l e" " at 63e. mtge. flees: Wele seedag. The value of el Ilein may he hens tedestheed as mallet the fervour rows:4la Pest a Da Omellialofe IL L is 861. we Ma Imp following present are the p : ,P alat ., Meteor keempandaseelled to ear so= boz postikebrist's paw cad Hap a a t it De. Ons , said ad 4 1e, all white, per quartet?, 47e. to 495.; r d iiii on earth. N Joint of Teed. Do, per. di set.. 11'4 vi = "ll w4add saws@ that the of r. M'Hales Drilasaelidest ism. 6 $ N ortrldaS IN 11 IRZ al idi. le Me ; old, red, 445. to 47e. ; new, 41s. to 465. Pasiga, 8011 s, to the bullet, high-mixed, Baltic, dims' wars the mot virtues is lids d, Now, the len sgain EA L. * E. end D :W. I Illil 46a. to 495. ; Hamburg. rad, 445. to 46e. Barley, '.2'-•' fact is, that dray an the malt Wawa' and diarses- Man Ca un . anft all 'amkos. l igoixooi i P e ' 2§:" waiting, 24L to er e Inr l' isolr ag i4r r to 3° l l :l _Vat . fully ignorant parties of our Irlie j cpalation. I step DL am 0 9114 . • Ps 7 04:1 11 i to . Oats, per qr., , De. sit, NA 1, Ipea ea at me elan, le., per stems, 9d. Peas, per qr., white boilers, the fact on the Mitbelleity, publidy yen, of an embleat lied liselseldre. I 1 Brea ea Mara, 21 255. to 28s. ; blue, 354. to 38e. ; grusding, 631 b. per bushel, Homan Catholic barrister, Mr. haughnesey wbo Guest Wedge% II Se ex int Ileseak Cara. MI et h i t room. old Illim. al 31 ex tat 235. to 25e. Beans, old, 31e. to 335.; new, 281. to 329.; Do Halves • Del. 41 is one of our best assistant -barristers. Ciro doling Do. Mee. Be p. c, as al ist ma. new remesemsa, 4 Egyptian, 295. to 30s. Tares, per quarter, new, for the following extract, which I take from UN Fleshing Gt. La W. area), 281 91 soul DPW% It sowing, 275. to 30e. ; grinding, 6316 to the bushel, Th Oak nadirahires 41 4 201. to 22a. Rye, per stone, tied. Runnel, per toe, *eye Post of last night, you will know what aloe to place o r w lot . of a ns. ,nosom s. % i s on tho fantaatic flourishes of Dr. Millais i Onle , wawa. , gel 4 6/. 8.. Linseed, Black Sea, per qr., 39e. 65 to 40. ; Ales- the 2 To And to what is this to be attributed ?To what save the Do. nom. sae no. sew 8, MI ve tat adds, 38s. to 38s. 65. ; Bombay, 435. to 445. • Sr. Peters- ~,,,, i Do. 140.4,71 alt barge, fine, 37e. 6d. to 38s. 6d. ; good cruehing, 335. bed. - f h ban which that peeler has pet upon Maui= ? While Do ca. 9, 1 _ . Do. New 111 ., id bah W 131 11l to 365. 6d. ; inferior, 335. &I. WI 345. ; Riga, 355. to 37e. ; Ho-- v ie every other part of this *lad is making some Hulled Belay Ora,, 11l ,„,_wrar, by ara..a,_„,° •°4 4. nlgeberg and Memel, 31.. to 365.; clean, for feeding 381. to Te is is tot neduieholy to think that Dater wrz-i.... , Lem and tort, "''''"'''''lr ""'"''' ' 40s ; Rapeseed, per last, Getman and Danish, 271. x; Black tea hours indefatigably to deprive the better ceder of the Do. plaits, 61 Teek, awe» Ism. am D o , un e . N ene . same, sits Sea. 151. Imports into Hull during this week ; Linseed, Th people of the advantages whisk might derive front Do. alias leg., 3.1 Cost super ant., 9 Do. Sate. No. I (To& end 2,303 ; Wheat, 3,677 ; Barley, 732 ; Oats, 1,232; Bases, °V,,,° • 'Yeti° which bold. a " for reli g ion and Da I N el l ' • Neal, II 510 ; Peas, 150 qrs. ; Ohve Oil, 70 tuns ; Turpentine, 637 i 1 k... - morality, and merits meet reward for talent and industa ? Do. era , Rai= vik . , ei Do. 0. re. E. PorAI barrels ; Oil Seed Cakes, 28 tons. woe Does my one suppose that Dr. Millais would not have ice- Do. Pratt A Wry. 37 1 1 York sod N.lOl. P 101 l need oa universal Irelead the same mienries whist abound L a d e ad e m o t ed. 00 t I (Do. Z. &W. IL. ER, 71 1 LINcoLN, Jan. 19.-A good show of Wheat, with a fair to el Tb in hi. own discern , had lie been unfortneate enough to sue- La , mama, It 11. Coat, $6 41 Luxembourg. 21 demand, at fatly last week's prices. Not much Barley offer- , teed 7lien proprinanaa was engaged obeeseine the taillnal Do 030 .1 ,, 5 , ,„........ _lx 4 1! N ii ...,. 49 . 1 1°''',.. 74 e 1 17 41 1 . 1 ing, which was readily taken off at 64. to Is. advance. Oats f, a email show, at late rates. Beans as last week. Red Wheat, Adel education queWion ? it is heart-reading to turn over the Do. Ne w 31 - _•.• 4 1 1 49. 0 55Ei Parts and atreshourg, 21 40. to 45a. ;white , 435. to 60. . Barley, =Lida, 30s. t 03414 In . charges delivered by arc. B Ititherds to Mayojaries some Mone Do. v hbeg ghtm, ” 494 N0. 149. e. 4 )4 Rouen and Havre, 91 years ago. Weil, les as see if demeralisatics has eased, LIMPOOL SALES, Jamie 19. grinding, 26e. to 295. Oats, 10s. to 21s. Beans, new, 20s. to or if wheedle.' be. 'Natio much proteges sines then la the 30e. ; old , 355. to 44t. ei Law, dame... We h ae he r on ee a this mam a ....„ Tbe market was very animated, and prime rose consider- LivaaeooL, Jan. 19.-The duties on all foreign produce the charge of Mr. O'Shaugenessy, a Roman catholic ao- 9 B lt s. co " W. Turk. Na I,'t mod. o rwow s ,, we P re t, 1 p remain the same as last. O.r leceipts from Ireland within sistaathardater, who, in his address to the jury empla- Do. Chum 6 per Cent., li., 191 Wart IS 4_ Da ei a d the past three days consist chiefly of a moderate quantity of E l Read to try a resent ma at the Castlebar Quarter Bessions, a ikdo w oo Prof , It Oats, including . aged supply of Oatmeal, into dlis port and makes the following amirvatiens on the steal state of E. eineemba a r e .. 4 Ramon, in addition to several parcel. of Wheat and Corn I Rasrality and infinite ealif hteament in that favoured Lea. A York. Paha, 1 d K. Ora (.11,1oi Meal, with a liberal accession of Indian Corn end Wheat Li. l f r region :-" There is not a nation in the world, pagan, her 1 11 0 - 1 3. 2 fistlitt! 4 then, or lafidel, which has so little mud far truth as the axes* Oral. II gnat boa of the psi who ftmeent title court. I cot - ton. Do. * iketh re " (V. wi.tem lt. U .), { 1 &Lk Draw, DJ • per., 91 Do. ileM, 91 d Flour tress the 'Culled States. Beyond these the present is r arrivals are almost a blank, and the opinion now become a mere prevalent that we shall for some time ezperience a much wel MIR that I frequently rejoice when the business of the art - Do. New Ca, 4 lea 9.1. p Bus Oessa. No. 3,224 less pressure of general apply, the effect of whice would be me Waal side of °Duet commences, and I have the assist- Do. Mita 61 p DA Ne. 4,71 Ida. 94. , , to improve the confidence et burn, es well as holden, inn- ant ante of a jury to aid me is finding my way through such a Do. Bra. (C). 3 1 P nil'. Nova 6 Be!. W an * N- * '' spect to the stocks on the point of liberation. In general an c 1 p Rai of perjury. I coined, however, let this opportunity mi,...,_...iae - h, ,_ lO, 2 1, Do. (0 . Y. p ot .). h th.3s. p business we have had little . passing since our last report, ex. vid pees, withent expiring my regret at the scenes which are Do. e i a . 1 0. :1;2 - - ""‘ Duteh Rhenish. el d elusive of Indian Corn, which, at a reduction of lc pm qr., ~.., ldliiiY, nay, howdy, pumag la this cou rt . i 'Tie melancholy Do. (Cl. Grimsby Dab 12 d to witness the deliberate perjury wh i c h caws in iso many ILINCHESTER BALM JAIMutT 19. was in good demand, and a few thousand quarters of Wbeat, in b .nd, taken yesterday, chiefly by consumers, at • slight hot eases which come talon me. lam obliged to denoluote There WM not much change in the market, but, if any- amendment in price ; the quantity offering for sale at recent Lit this sinful, this diametral conduct, painful to any men who Using, there iria not so much business effected. Prima quotations is, however, very little compered with the stocks Litt has the advancement of the country at heart, and if the no w oo d g m at present in hand, estimated at about 1741,000 quarter., 1 lower order, who unfortunately have not the blessings of Hark„ Lea., and Cleo. in., 91 4 E. Lac. Pert Qrs., 7 and those of Flour 450,000 barrels. Although many of the _. ' I education, are guilty of perjury, what are we to expect when Da (late Cl. mad Birk ), 151 Lame end A. Western QtE (C), British and Irish markets this week ars stated to have i". we w imps this serious offence committed by such persons as Bolt., Bak., Clia. AW. York, 3 6 m I, 3-16 . at. e. (Grime . 304.), been inclining ra th er downwards, the Wheat t ra d e ml the parte a you are now about to try ? No. 314 dhel pA u at our market to-day assumed a firmer aspect, the I told you some days since how the knit.* would cludcalsa lane. a vort it tiar l p Arteseds),l9d Do. (net. A Lin.), 121 d and good useful qualities of free Wheats were in moderate reel give judgment in Mr. Duffs case. lie will be tried Do. Tlfthe i 3 1.16 d N. ft.ffordshire. 2 16.16 3 d retail demand from the consumers, at the full rates of Tues a. E. as Dover, 241 25 day ; pareela of foreign, under lock, continuing in fair request Pte at the next commission , which is to meet on the 6th 13.... v r. A„ . ..,,, 1 . , 1 % , ,, le: Do. Thirds No. 4, 7 11.16 9-15 tan advance of Id. per 701 b. Flour, of all description', on the Bo February. The judges overruled his application to n o . pm, e tot c so t 11 e contrary, met a dull sale, and though home-made and Irish tie be tried at this:commission. LEEDS SALES, Lurvaav 19. appeared nominally unaltered in value, S•ates brands hardly is, Hr. Mapinn, the catholic bishop of Perry, is dead. Orat (B No IL Irther lid N. s. lo 4 H ard. and Man., es, 234 4 sustained late prices, and Canadian was 6d. eer brl. cheaper. t o/ D. ), 86.94.8rh Halv f (Cr William Somerville, the chief secretary , re. "-Lancashire New.41.164.3d. 41 d WwW., Rather., and Goole, 2/ a In Barley, Mal, and Beans no change was apparent, Pees. D o over to London to-day, on business of pressing un- Think Pref., 34a 64. d Work and Netec. Pref., 7s. 6d. p being nearly without inquiry, most be noted Is. to 2e. p.r portant*. Do. New, 234 4 N. theta Q. 771, i 51214 qr. lower. Oats would command a tolerable sale if offered P o Leeds and Task. 25 41 at a moderate abatement, which holders generally refuting tel At a meeting of the Privy Conned held yesterday, - to concede, the transactions have been very unimportant; the some of the town-lards of Donegal were proclaimed, PRODUCE.-LIVERPOOL, lan. 19.-Sugar : There and Oatmeal was extremely dull at ecsreely our last quota- up tinder the Act 11th Victoria. -- - Wanes to be a very extensive demand for all descriptions, thins. Several buyers from Ireland gave a stimulus to le- o f and refining quality, being scarce, has brought an seven dime Coro this morning, end considerable sales were effected, ch of 6d. to Is. per cwt. ;in other kinds there is no change. the market being well cleared, and the depression of yester- . Tile INQUIRY INTO THE GOVERNMENT OFFICES.- The sales waist of 1,500 Mids. B. P., 10.000 bags Bengal. day recovered. Indian We are eatherised to state, in reference to paragraphs wtish have lately appear el in the public papers, on the subject . of the incptiey which is being conducted by Mr. Gibson Craig,Meal dull, chiefly grainy dates and middling white Benet a and 2,000 va l u e. Arri v als an d ex p or t s f rom 1 bags Madras. Foreign : A further advance of 65. tole. per January inclusi ve, into Liverpool and cwt. has been realised, and considerable* ,ales have been and unaltered in Jel 6th to the 18th lb Runcorn: Wheat, MI 2,812 qrs. ;Barley,' 03 ; Malt, 38 ; Oats, 3,601; rel. ; 187 ; d e elated, both to refiners and exporters, smounting in ill to Indian - Cor, 17,345 ; Indian Corn Meal, 4.391 barrels ; Oat. one of the jabs. Lords of the Treasuey, and Sir Charles Teo- J. velyan, Assistant Secretary to the Treasure, into the enter- 400 caw and 3,000 bias B raz il , at from 345. to 37a 8d• per meal, 9,025 seeks ; Flour, 737 sacks, 23,610 barrels. th 4,1;,,t00em0 of t h e o r e " , t e her a ny de t h ree g eoroto th o o f cwt. for brown, sad 371.6 d. to 40s. for white ale. l 240 !Ada Wren, Jan. 18.-We had a good supply at this day's , State, that there never has been demur t o tw o p rocee d. Porto Rleo, and 400 bags Vane: leis. No reported in market, with a fair demand for all descriptions of grain, at L'', la on the part of any of the Secretaries of State. The business idol but the market is steady.-Rum : A considerable rises quoted. Welts, Wheat, 6s. to 6s. 61. ; red, be. 65. to been d ens, at a further advance id 2d. per gal. Mee medalled gentlemen were , in the first instance, cep- rio. Beans, 4v. 3d. to 4s. 61. per busheL Barley, 28s. to ell r i ote d op t h e & t r aw l of Sit G eorge G rey to i nact iv e . lon. The sales are 405 puns., chiefly Demerara , of high or , 31e. Oets, 13s. 6d. to 225. per quarter. a a. steeneth, at le. sd. to 2s. 10d. per gallon.-Seeds: About „ . b. :t ann t ee L e j a , " twoti'heft the e tin ee dn o r m e ", retari el ee . Secretary , ere c o hi r e i C. Li ft W a il e ' s - st ." - . 160 bales of fine French red Clovermed having been sold at 150IITHARPTON, Jan. 19.-The market was very welt at. et , Rinsed with her tlejesty's Secretaries of State for the Colo- 43e. per cwt. duty pal , I rees mud be considered lc to 2s. tended to-day, but Vas trade ruled very eull for all articles, f o , Ante everybody appearing determined to wait uetil after the Ist Biel and Foreign departmeate th at the inquiry should be dame e this description mares. German whits lues extended to their offices, an Under Secretary being in each sold at 395. to 42s and a few casks ordinary old Ame. of Februsa. Prices remain unaltered from last week. ea HEAD (which is very dif ficult to seln. at 30e. per eed.For East WAKEFIELD, Jan. 19.-With a fait arrival of Wheat, the a ease as.ocioted with Mr. Gibers Craig and Sr C. Trevelyan. -The Times. ladle Linseed 41s. per qr. is obtained, though slowly.-A trade continues "low, and tone quite inanimate. The present ill. lair badness has bees done in Hider, at steady prim, about wants of the buyers am readily supplied, without the least th PoST-OVFICI NOTICE.-MAIL Diller TO NAPLES. 5,000 salted River Plate and Rio Grande having been sold at variation in price from last week. Barley is held more firmly, be - M ails will be wed. up at the Pit-office , on au ' evening o f 244. to 344., and 600 dry at 415. ; 600 salted Wed India, at and some vary fine sorts rather dearer. Oats and Shelling as I the 22 d hut., fur Gibraltar and Napl.., to be calved by 1 id. to 11d.. 13,000 gut India kips at 101 d. for good dry before, nor is there any alteration in Beaus or other articl2s. bee 31 "ii 4 2 .2 in illutl i sh ° °ter , whi c h will mu from paha, 714. for brined, and rubbed 'in proportion, and 350 The following are the present mica Wheat, per qr.of6olbes at Portemou on the 23rd hut. Lateen for Gibraltar will be Buffalo Hidu, at 3jd. per lb. to the bush., Suffolk, Essex, and Kent, red, new, 40.. to 485.,• e Bathe to a 101•11 of 10. the half-ounee ; those for Naples to a ANTWERP, Jan. 17.-The demand far Codes continue" extra, 495. • white, 46e. to 505.; extra, 525. Norfolk an d , k t rate of Is. 8d the battening*. Newspapers will be charged ves to be and sent free 2d. each to Naples, but they will he to Gibraltar. vers a‘wemptire intended sent by this sel mat be addressed .' By H. X. *maw Sharpshooter." regular at a rise in prices of nearly lc. ; holden are not Hunts, red, 42 5. to 45 5. ; extra , 48 s. ; white , 43 5. to 45 5. ;oi anzions ' to realise their stock. The sales of the week cam- extra , 49 5. Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire , red , 42 5. „,, Le * prise 6,000 bags Brazil, at 18e. to 2 01 e. • 3 000 bags St. Do. to 45e. ; extra, tBs. ; white, 42e. to 463 . ; extra, 49 e. , "' s , maga at 211 e. to 211 e. ; and 2.000 bags Java, at 221 e. to Yorkshire, red, 425. to 455. ; extra, 475. ; white, 439. to 455.; n 234n-Cotton: For mat of stock, no sale of any impertanre extra, 48s. ; Dantric and Konigsberg, white, 475. to 49e. ; ex• SHIPPING. eat tats pl . le• ; pekes are eery Real. A parcel of low mid- tea, 61$. ; c Lo x Lower 49 11 3 altic medi ai t i e d tl ll ea a n mbur r g 4, rel . 475. hi lo i DEAL, Ise. 18.-W. &W. to W. - M* I TM : Travancore, citing Mobile read Lumina wss disposed of at 24e. to 241 e. to 49 ..; w eo ta ; g,afetoio B. G um , m tait iti.. ; J e w,. D ame . -Sugar remains in good demand ; about 2,000 boxes yellow 37e.; extra, 43e. ; old, red, 1817, 455. to 49 i. ;__ white, at rare; R - doubt, 'Malted States. Sailed: Margaret Evans, Havana found buyer, at prices marine from 130. to 1448. Us. Barley, per quarter imperial, Norfolk and . Suffolt, 11 1 New Yule , bat put tuck spin. BEISIOL, Jan. 19. -W. - Arrived : Helens, Prince Edword's Island; Waterlilly, Newfoundland ; Eleanor, Besides theea 1.610 boxes damaged Havana told In public bile. to n.. ; extra, 50s. • Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, 25,. oi auction at full rates.-Hides : A brisk badness has been to Ss. ; extra, 295. ; Scotch, 265. to 293. ; extra, 304. ; grind- ti done ; the sales of the week, consisting of about 20,000 log, 21s. to 245.; foreign, 231. to 2.5 a.; extra, 275. Beans, per I I ' and Ili.srfa, Swansea ; Sabrina, Cork ; County, Swansea • Oven, dry River Plate, fetched 20e. to 330.; 10,000 dry quarter, 63Ibe. to the bu shel, small, fine, new, 3 . 15. to 33e. ; e_: , R lam Barastab'e. Sailed: Commodore, St. Mi c h ae l , . ! California were taken OD 'peculation. The finer descrip old, 365. to 375. Ticks, new, 235. to 325.; old, 335. ..? 345. ; to. U 1 G 'alit, Newport; Arethuse, Liverpool; Surprise, Swansea; Sons of Hides arc most inquired for; salted Hides continue reign, new, 28s. to 31s. Oats, per mone, ,d mealing, 1 941. 14, Hag, Cork; Ueda Packet, Watchet ; Pendennis, Bees very quiet -Potash: 600 barrels New York sold at 19411. to f to ore l9ed. ; i e d ztr , z o , lid.; feeding, 9141. to 10 . extra, 141.; e l and list Crow, Newport; John and Rebecca, Fewey ; Alert, 2 " . 101.; extra, 11d. Shelling, ' per load of ~--- r . 1 . and Adamant, Newport ; Count, Swamis. HARDER°, Jan. 16.-Cuffs : Importers keep out of the Hume ',(PairratteD Farm), Jan. 13.-The Phessaat, of market ; the sales contest of 8,000 bags Brazil, at 211. to 345.; load of 6 ''' 261115., 2.59. to 262. ; extra, 27. . Malt, per _ bushels, 395. to 40e. ; extra, 42a. Peas, per imp. qr., blue u Sunderland, f ro m Shields, for Barham, which met pm 1,000 begs Domingo , at 30. to 31.. • o and white boilers, 31e. to 365. extra, 283. grey and feed, g 331• to 34s • extra, 365. Rapeseed, per last imp. English, to shore on Duticansbey on the 10:11 inst., has situ beams aat 3.0. to 41.-Cotton : About 200 isal sl" es American bagsan 'e g i ree ld al 241Lt0 261; ; foreign, 241. to 261. Linseed, per imp. ' qr., 32.1 , lir total wreck ; .e.ls and part of her cargo expected to be 311.-Sugar : There are many buyers in the market, at an saved, advance of from Bs. to lm. per 100'b. ; 500 cues brown to n". n Yang JUTE. Jan. 18.-The Leo, from Blyth, for Havre, Bahia, sold at 13m. to 14m.; 150 cases white Bahia, at 15im. WOOL.-LONDON, Jan. 19.-Public sales of Colo- e struck en • wreck on the 17th inst., and became leaky, and to 171 m. ; 1,600 boxes brown and yellow Havana, the for put back to these road., where she has taken as-istance. She mer at 132. to 14m., and the latter at 14em. to 172. ; 700 vial will take lacep early next month. A good Imam has tl havingbeen done, and prices are dill looking up, the lower qualities h will be got in hue to be surveyed, and, it is expected will baskets brown and grey Java , at different pries. - Pepper : have to dial ergs. 900 age from Singapore, sold at 21.. to 211.-Cassia Lignea : t andwith the most attention. Foreign ism good e 1 PLYXOIIIBI, Jae. l&-The Lady Peel, from Baltimore, A small parcel was taken at 100.-Pimento :No tranaac- request, prices are about 10 per cent. dearer than those at the el of the year. Arrivals are 2,113 bales foreign and a United States, has arrived here, with loss of sail., bulwarks, lions to notice.-Rice : We have not beard of any sales. 300 bales oo'onial For English the farmers are very firm in a stanchions, &c., and nuking much water, and with about The article continua neglected.-Tobacco : 64 bales Puerto their demands , . f • tuna has been done. and a fair hillt i 1 6;500 bushels oeared thrown overheard. Rico sold at 3s. to 30. L , • THISTRD, Jan. 7.-The Oswald, from Hull for Holber t; LEEDS, Jan. 19.-The foreign Wool market continues r wee stranded a the 3rd iut., at Tiabbreng, on this tout; TALLOW.-Peteralm_rg Y. C. on the spot, 415.; generally brisk, and prices are buoyant. e i crew saved; cargo expected to be saved. new October to December d4ivery, 41s. ; separate months' COVENT GARDEN.-This Morning.-The sup- 1 2 DOW:MaII, 1811 OP Mve-The schooner Hart, of this delivery, 41s. 3d. to 6d. driven Port, was yoo es 639370 oo Wei Beach, on the 8: 1 1 Hine, Jan. 19.-Tallow has been in rather limited de- ply of Fite-apples contemns to be sufficient for the demand. i hat , but is not much damaged. The Elizabeth, from Rams- mend, bat the prim is suady at 42 , . per cwt. ot house Grapes are scarce. Fereign ones tolerably well C supplied. Pears, chiefly consist of Bcurri Rance, Easter e k gate for Liverpool, has put beek to the former place, sib. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 19.-Tallow continues to decline; small _, Barre,curia, Ne PlusiM and Old Colmar. Apples are not a Beaded ' with kali °sails. sad lash '' , ke- , having hems struck sales of Peterdnugh Y.C. ere reported at 421 . 64.. but 425. over-plentiful. Nuts in general are sufficient for the de by a heavy sea. has been accepted. North American has been sold, seemed- mad. Oranges and Lemons are plentiful. Amongst ! . Ganseocx, i.e. 8.-Ths Chapman, of Plymouth, was fa to ,at from 375. to 415., and South American at Vegetables , Carrots and Turnips are abundant and god; . spoken on the 4th inst., with loss of topmasts, and the craw - In a state of mutiny, by the Eurotas sensed in the Clyde. . . 361. to 40e. per ewt. Cauli fl owers, Broccoli, &c., sufficient for the demand. Asps- I taus French Beans , Rhubarb, and Seattle are plentiful. 1 Nuerl y all the paper. belonging t a she Mar" Sophie, from CORN.-DERBT, Jan. 19.-We have a firm market' • Stops f r Leo** (laden wi pees, &r.), and which passel at f a ll l at . y rates, for Wheat and Barley, but we cannot France, Belgium, and Holland still contribute considerably i to the stock of Potatoes. Lettuces and other Wading are t the Sound on the 23rd ult., were picked up, off Cromer, on - NOTICE. quote anything beyond. Other things flat, at former prices. Wheat, White, 416 e. to 50.. per 36 atones ; red, 50e. to 524. Cut Barley, 30s. to 33 Old Oats, 245. to 26.. per 24 stone., utfileimit Flowers r fo the co demand._ Heaths, Pelargo niums ,Meshroo arep pretty plentiful. u ful Oil . I the 5A inst. sist of H Ruse, Camellias, Gardenias, Fuchsias, and Roes. Amilleavre, Jeer 16,180. -ale, 1 an esenetended by my lords Beaus, old, 44a to 475. per 38 stones. Flour, 31.. to 38s. per FILUITB. I asalovioners of the Admiralty to Waft to yes herewith patted 20 stones. Pre Apple, per lb., fe to ye Almonds, per peeh., G. lifiliere to ratriners Lights in Bayed Fealty, Black Rook, and E i - scoot , per M., is to 3, I RIM* (Shrhe re tri kag r• it. B. Multi:rev. Cep. GI. A. Halsted, NETER , W°6 19.- W e an Bo b no to ou In e Pelee - fore d I:aer Itz, Ad to 2s. Walnut.. per. 100, la 01 to /a LH.. secret Jr, Lloyd's. a Wheat at our corn market to-d •e , but there wee lees apetee err bwh., Is to 7s - per buelL, Hs to 244 "Esc rte Puma Butt Ica, am Area Nina Limns.- anxiety oa the part of the farmers to sell. Barley ruled Pea., pey / 6 " - c -c cd 7 2 .d td l 6 l 3 YloWs Chertnul. , , our peek, 4. to 7s linmene ha le, 110.-The Chailea ars of Light- duU, without any difference in value. Oats plentiful in - 'We bia s i e ve. ti s go us be "" ie itacarviel:rellin•ti• &ea .tee flit two mu 949,1 an now offer at forgoer rates. Wheat, 4s, Gd. to 7s. 4d. per basin'. °masa per dos., I. to b loloNO'brd I. the NW of FRIO; 410-. am at IN" a° 6l P 444 '''' Bade 3s. 45d. to 4s. 2s. 2d. W swath shore el the lira Chenerd, ea the ether at Helm Prat y, Oats, Nuts, Barcelona. Per L. 9, . ,0 r 3, - Coleper loullp., 90s to Ms - Brasil, per bush.. 121 to les cord drape Omer tea the aorta PIM ef Me mimes of Apple lIVLL, Jan. 19.-The data remain the same, .a y on IzuKs'.- PuPerl99dez.•l94.ll:°ll4l2l Rd AB - LEO. Filber". Per leetb""1,10 Loos Meer es the sent there et Catheetea Bay. Wheat, 10s. ; Oat, 3e. BJ. ; Peas, Bean., Barley, and Rya atbbo4 43 . Per 4104, 34 to i l , A OPtosch, Per t siere.9,4 to 1: 1 0 1 "Rhea doer D' 44 FM" 1 . 4099 . -4110 L1A 901 1 094, 4 smell ~ • Moan 21. pair. The arrivals ham materially fallen off, thotngh g 0 , 0 7 0, oa r e d il ' ot u er .. t o to t o ato Clui°". Pc4;:un i ch4 3 4 ~d u i 4 , b l lb ., hallate, ad masa air sate on RIME nom Pow, about the 5h ,........ e a . -q „ . he ,m.to , M . haws of 49 a m I I mim. tall, ad t e nwiemem a a toe a . - --- been well supplied hum parcels on beard Greene peedoe benee.,lied Wised - Mali, per dm. Is Sd to 49 let masa et lemarrs meeparthe, t or two a w e le g e t a u to vessels. Wheat, both free sad a bond, has realised rather uatwoutlZeneeer dos e to to 4, Ile arra d area in•kwaliat. Smell MN* men so both better rates. has met a free sale at full priors. - p &line. V. !dame hhito 31 wow, per Minch.. 1, to Is Shallo.. par Its, tad toed brown. bunch. 041 to lab Dane, per lb .. ad to 8d I due pima al the light wlll,llreelares. he a all 'eases Baas, good, - old, the best parcels of new, ere free of Soria per half 'Jere. tal to Od Adair m. dos. la 6d to 2. I woneisimend tie hems a team to = hind o f assn. Mines. The Wit is or sale, at - well supported rates. Peas are rather Reg. faker. per ten e os to ism of he t h mete . see m s INN flee see tat tun e n t re l "" lam 19 ' 91 lard. It other arteries no alteration. The arrivals - Per Bert, 34 1? I s - 651' aumias p. lit em, mto per bu. het 6d to Se Lettuce, Cab., pm score, 441 to 64 1 . Am , i tem b eets („, nue m eeteeme s tmete . ) -n e of Lineal amount to about 2,303 quarters, say 2,218 l'arnipe, perdoz. bunch.,ls 64 to 71 - C 0., . per wore. :310 ls ewer eras en Betty Pea, a ust imam ia. aa s ,I. quarters from Alexandria, and 171 bags from Gothenburg, Red meet. per dos.. Gd to ls Endive, per score, Ad to le deer, Is Cathedra Bay , and Mont One Nelms to me alai i N et The demand has oestinued steady front the crullers, and the Hors ' 11 " ' II ' I' s? bundle ' Is 44 6 . rad"sms• per = . 64 4 , 10 , t per I.J. 2. to Ss =e s ti rate, In aka 45 W. Ma. N. mt. It le a spree wale rates of last week see well supported. Black Sta may be sails_ , per punnet, la to 2s Al Wear Bela% per punnet. 2,1 to 3d , shotehky te aids apreadart It We the wawa two actedfl 39 1 , nd. to eee ; Rae heavy Petersburg, 38s, to Ithsharb Par bunch.. Is to A 6 4 Feenel. Per hue* Dl 49 3d lied bat% pared herbasl4. Theme Bights an 4n last saws is b.. gd . ; a mm o ,. es,. to 36 , . i nter i m; 33 e. e d. to 341. , French gam% per 100.3164 been . Per bunch. 20 W 33 beet of the sen at kigharam The dr om Al of the spring tidos t Clicumbem„ each. Is to Is Riga, fle e, 365. to 37.. ; lisensiind Konigsberg, 315. to 365. Ledui, per dos., 84 to Is Thyme, per bunch, 31 to 44 min is 33 feet" Waterman, plisnsaKhosh,hltolld per qr., asoordlag to quality sad undition. Rapeseed ism/ Clo y , ma mums. id to ls Si rduley, per Okl. hera.,1664 to 21 I Carrots, per do , r bunches, 3s to Is - Root!. per bend., ls to la Cal warm, sad 271. par last paid fee good OPIUM. Black Sea tw0 . t ,. 4. meet. ee ~, 31 , .„,,, .... n ,, h ,A COMMERCIAL 4 MARKETS. held for 30s. per qr. Rape 011 is likewise very scarce. - f t - yeti - de...a to e a - - mGE,T te 74,41, 2 " - p - t i r tits7, - 2,1 IMO NFM MAREET & CITY INTELLIGENCE. AVERAGES, PROM THE "LONDON GAZETTE" OF LAST NIGHT. Tice WC:wk.-The stock market has beau calm this 1, Sala , I s. i, ...w it& !Me wl... T. . OAT.. IME. I:lAttli. Pits. morning, with prices not quite so good as they opened. Dleriara. a 44 a 77, see 1 1 nata nt , a s : no gamete Armee Om Average Q./RPM *mem q,.. a pn. .,,, r, We qu,da Consols now tiftt to t, both for money and . ww.. pram • mii pram. ,' WA mm. . NIL time. Reduced Threes, 891 to 90. Theee.ood_o. toes --- ..... - ......... -- 4."'"i 3,13 . •22g , 27= .. b ---- 1,. 61 106 27 2 1 531 37 2 ...--- •-• ..= - I _, %leerier per Cents., 901 to 1. Exchequer Bills, r mo.44.6miti wel . ... i ..... tat is $432 so 1 : 133 19 BISO,a 16 S • 258 31 - 4 445. to 475. premises. Bank Stock, 1881 to 1901. Birk ••••••---- WOO 44 7 403 31 i 91 19 .1 ... ..., , 2$ 14 1129 33 7 inthraddee .-.....-.... ir 61 4110 $3 1 3 ° la j. .- - ' li 39 a 3 41 0 Brazlian have advanced in the foreign market orrawtalire ________ M 3 II u m t o 11, 232 II I - ••• 78 33 $ 14 31 1 to 78 to 80, with, however, few transections. Chilean Wlltobtro ..... -. --.....--• 1571 44 2444 31 I 131 1 1 ... ... are 90 to 2. Mexican a shade higher, at 261 to Z. 1wub 5 „,„,,, i 7 .. ,........ - : . . ....•••••_.•••••••••••••••• 261/3, " 17 1 .: 1.4 1113 I n t 1 . 3 34 7 h a r 6; •.:: .-.. oil 27 - 0 12 40 - 0 2 17 6 . . Perin at 48 to 60. Buenos Ayres, 26 to 8. Kent - - 03 33 1 it Jilt Venexmll, 191 to 201. New Oranada, 16 to • 7 1 t . i 6 7; sownsublue . """ '"' I:11 4 .1 1 4 1 7 1 is : , W isce 1 1 .1 , 1 : 010 7 _ la . ... ... 1 1 1 too 71 3110 I 7 , . 3:: 8 1 ' 4 10 i. 3 : 3 o Spanish s, 3 Fives, 151 ; the Three. , 1 2 . 81 to t ; pc...66... w 20 , . ... 39 4 to o arrive d 4 to a. Portuguese , it 3 261 to 7 lii 29 I' 53 2 17 ... ... . • ... _ 35 46 1 213 23 ii, I ros 16 Two-and Belgian, per B9l:o Cel ieni ts. l Ir t sman. to 50; the t ni Fourisr)sutch Carewal 1" .... eel ea au 31 .5 20 107 2 . 5 .. 5 per il. . 4. lgian, 78 to 80. . 173 200 co n . .. .. 1 . ... ... . se ... .. ... ... ... nuk e t MI 11E6 B ceue. tee hte .... ... • 3 Ca, Au, 1 W oreee 41 1 tr, as II . :. . • .• .. .. ... •.* . 4 ••• • • 7 :4 me s la Wm. Itt 4 1 Achcouct 810.. 4. lo ft p tenhire w ordsblre . ...9 ta 3042 31 121 : 30 42 . L 11 . 0 . rostra x r u fn b o b s. : I°2 A 4. 1 423 4 6 1 414 31 1 ... As.trsee Hoak - I I per Cent. Grenada WP.. 161 am& 104 :1i 2 2°2 ; 1 ''t ... ......• 10 23 •• . :. 9 7 22.1 18 306 ho 1 il 38 rl. 5.... Rosh , ; 010 Lae . 'tato, - 11 55 Cl, r CL E ,4 ; Grand. Deterred Ed:. 14 47' 6616 . lism"be:Sl3c e r r ekeddl h7d ire ire •Ire .....*. 6 pus Ct llcassu. ieee, ' i arwleishir• 2353 1190 " 4 45 7 1 I KS 31 . .. . • ... .• .. ... ... 34 73 32 1 3:1 .. ..it rt. ItraT.PPUI 8e15.,78 El 6pa Cl. Perugia., II 1.... 40 0 Leicestershire 915 30 I 83 19 I . 42 s 19 n 41 4 5 alto Now. :6 8 PmM.... pecan . AM 71 .. . Becia. Northam iti.m. pesa re -- .1 .....- ••- .. 2442 43 766 2: 1 ..• . 361 la 134 :• 32 ... 32 5 6 ple C. Hues.. Area ibl.., 2 6 3 4 per ct. Itme. fhb, 102 4 33 43 Se 6 20 Mu. 4`1,1:, m Dm.. 90 2 :flonle., lida., DC d 197 9 33 80 23 I ' l 6 1 ! :7 1 6 7 .1 7 347 "...111 7 I' DIM 4.41,nh I 9.. Wi,.. - 3 ear .), 1 tvh 1a1,......64 . 133 6 1..• Cohaablm topiadoe A 1,.. 3 4 Opent loe4rrel 14'.. - H® = hke. 581) 3330 SO 1 32 I 1 1 1 4.3' 577 2 14 6 1 1 .... ii 37 6 31 :11361 : 2 6 ' 3 93164 1 83 34 :4 13 7 3 per CL ',wadi BM.. .4 V IDI4O, Puerto , 54 ' - 7 1 1 Cam 5690 ...... 5690 4 93 2 I 5376 • 14 per Ct.l.w.::c Ed, 45 re I pat Ct. Vesettlf.4l I .1 , .. 19i .04 Baal ..... ..-.....---. -- 44 30 538 19 i 4: • 4 ,q. Gt. t s•.sts (tart .. .78 9 VeDevuela 11.1,79,11 M.. 51 • 61 N . ... ....... 6628 43 m I 20 2 2 8 7 : .. .......... :* . : 0 ° '. 19 83 3 U ' 1 " 33 1 0 :5 3 54 11 1 6 94 . . 20 4 , 421 35 9 io - 2 5 ... : 0 0 RAILWAYS.-The share market is scarcely so : lar iat' l9 45 • 1 406 222 7 I 1 1 1 1 0 1 7 1 1 1 9 5 1 1 I .. •• 0•• Yorkshire ....- firm in tone this morning, and but very little specula- I,...ture , ..... ..... - 14149 43 4091 211 4.1 . 90 tire bueiness is doing, so that pikes are slightly wvieeeeekaa• ..... -••-•••••••••-••• 1 599 ” 46 : 5 4 Id 10 ... deprearcd. There appears, however, to entail a Cumber 1 " 4 .... •• ••35: 30 7 1 467 19 .. tans 44 1 1554 331 19 1..... • .•• ... "' - North mbar better disposition on the part of the public to Durham - 1290 46 1 al 3 99 1 ' 10:3 19 4 . 10 .6 2 30 i 695 13 1 ... • .0 311 - 0 "9 99 . n bay than has fur some time exited. We quote pekes Wales - - • - - ••• ••• --, - • • - • • " ••• .. ,---e- - _ - -. -..-" • such the sa as me yesterday, Dapsrtal*cekly AMMO 5933 4 143 ~ 79133 130 ~ 190.9 17 ,inl27 9 i 3435 1322 .. 1746 :33 0 THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 20, 1849. HAY.—Slaravuu.D, Thro o'Cl•ok.—Marre. Cooper sad Davis report pada drill. Primo bliadOtt, 051. to Taa. I Room.. 40a. to 00a. I Straw.... Ma. to 30s 60a. to 639. Clover .. SOL to DU I CATTLE..—BALWORI), Jan. 17.—A large supply of stock for the season, and the quality an average. Mill, as the attendance was good, everything really cholas fetched fair riots, and we note good Best 6d., to 6d. • and su perior Mutton, bid. to bid. per lb. A good cl earance was effected, save some very ordinary stock. For Yederciay's sis;kets as last pap. Vie erpregqi. Ad ... The mall. Ws Manteca. to the Mediterrissen, Egypt, Ceylon. India, Hong.linag, Be., will be made up on the evenin - i - ef the 24th Jae. The matte ter Vlge, Oporto, Lisbon, Madeire, Cell; and Gibraltar will be made up as the tioneng of the 27th Jan. The mails for British North Amens, and the United States, wl.l be made ne on the awning of the 27th Jan. The mach to. New $3OlO Wales, Van Diemen% Land, and New Leland will be made up on the evening of the Stet Jan. The mails for the Wert Covet of Afrlia and Mandril will be made up on the evening of the list Jon. fh. West India Made, including Bermuda, Nemo, Havana, Mcaduras. New Weans, and Meeker, awl excluding those for Madeira, Bt. Jaan.cie•Nloaragua. New Granada, Mill, and Pere. will be made up en the morning of the 2nd Feb. The mails for Midair.. the Brazils, and Buenos Ayrte, will be made up on the miming tithe Ith Feb. The mails Ice Gibraltar, Ml 4, Omen the lonian Island., Egypt, Aden, Ceylon, India, Elssug-Kong, and Cigna, deuthareptou. will be mad* up on the morning of the 20th Feb. BIOS RATES AT LONDON LUDO& Tau■ Da* —14 , 10111.1 4 =a at II i Alorosso. 0 totalled IL To meastor—Yentas. 0 iota. but 0 I MOW" 21 mut. put O. LONDON. SATURDAY, JAN. 20. THE idea that the Financial Reform Association in Liverpool need to apologise for what they are doing, is n:t likely to occur to any sincere reformer, or in deed to any person outside of the official circle. But men in office have often been known, in parliament and elsewhere, to assume a tone of ffended dignity, and wonder at the presumption of any private indi viduals who may have ventured to remonstrate on the score of excessive taxation. Even this class, however, will scarcely deny that the gentlemen of the Liverpool Association have some excuse for being little urgent with Lord JOHN RUSSELL. At the last monthly meeting of this body, reported in our yesterday's publication, Mr. BRODRIBB re minded the gentlemen present, that as early am 1816 they had called the attention of ministers to the necessity of reducing the duty upon tea. Their re presentations, though backed by Manchester, Glas gow, Edinburgh, and many other trading communi ties, were pat off with the curt reply, " The question is, how will it effect therevenue ?" In 1847 a com mittee of the House of eommons, of which L ord kW/- DON was chairman, reported that the parties in Liver pool and elsewhere petitioning for a redaction of the tea duties, had made out their cue, " recommending the adoption of the very course they had urg ed upon government." Encouraged by this ceLfirmation of the justice of their cause, the Liverpool mer chants "resumed active operations to bring the sub ject so strengthened and recommended, again under the notice of the cabinet, prior to the financial arrange ments of the years 1848-9 being decided upon." A deputation of their number had an audience of Lord J. RUSSELL emly in February, 1818, and respecting that interview Mr. BRODRIBB stated on Wednesday last : That of which I would particularly remind you is the ...truest tone in which the government was addressed on that oclasion by our president, Mr. It . Gladstone, so unusual, I b.lieve, at interviews of this kind, but justified in this in stance by the urgent nectsiity of the ese , . His lordship . must be aware of this fact; and the total inattention subsequently paid to it by the government cannot be const r ued into anything else than as either a re buke for that t nruastness, which may have been considered ill-tiled and ill-placed, or as a wanton and heedless, and therefore intx.iwisble, disregard of the important mitten brought under his notice. When Mr. CARDWELL subsequently called the attention of the CHANCELLOR Or THE EXCHEDUP.R to the subject in the House of Commons, Sir CHARLES admitted that the case was a s'rong one, bat apolo- gised in 1848 for not doing justice to the complainants on the same plea that was alleged by Lord JOHN Ressehh in 1846 : The same arguments would apply to wine, to tobacco, and to all articles on which a high duty had been imposed ; and he was afraid that a necessity for additional tax Lion would arise, and, somewhere or other, would he entailed upon him. The shallow and unsubstantial allegations with which government evaded them, the parrot-like itera tion of the same transparent fallacies which they were expected to receive as valid reasons, at last convinced ' the merchant' of Livernool that they must adopt a 1 new course. Being told that the revenue could not afford the redaction they sought, they askeii them selves why not, seeing that it amounts to fifty-eight millions a-year, and that during the last thirteen years government has not scrupled to increase the expendi ture year by year till now it is nearly eleven mil lions more than in 1833? Being told that their argu ments for the reduction of the duty on tea applied equally to all other articles heavily taxed, they asked themselves why . not so apply them, seeing that such heavy imposts interfere ruinously with the employ ment, and consequently with the physical necessities and condition, of the people? Being told of an affected apprehension of a necessity for increased taxation, they treated the preeext with the contempt it deserved, and reminded each other that no such considerate fear was ever evinced in laying on a million or two to be spent on the war establishments. The result was a resolu tion to desist from the hopeless task of urging their own special grievance upon a reckless and unfeeling government, and to make common cause with all who are aggrieved by excessive taxation. Hence the Liver pool Association for promoting general financial reform; hence the similar organisations in Glasgow, Birming ham, Manchester, Westminster. Norwich, and else where; and hence the national budget which proposes • reduction of ten millions in the annual expenditure of the nation, and the allotment of the money thus saved to relieve as many of the numerous interests as possible. The reductions proposed to be immediately effected are almost exclusively in oar defensive establish ments; and accordingly the advccatee of excessive expenditure are busily exerting themselves to persuade the public that these establishments do not admit of any redaction. The Time.', for example, asserts that England spends lees and maintains fewer men for mili tary parposes, proportionably, than any other state in Europe. And it first instances Holland. Now, England spent last year two-thirds of her whole disposable income upon war and materials of war. Holland spends for the same purpose about one-third of its disposable income. Bat, indeed, there can be no comparison with Holland, its chief force being required for Java, where there is a system of agricultural coercion, and conquest altogether ex ceptional. France, even during last year, when her military expenses were exorbitant, did not spend one-half of her disposable income for military purposes. And the declarations of all her war ministers go to limiting military expenditure to one-third of the disposable revenue. Of the Austrian revenue, about one-third goes gene rally to pay the debt, one-third to defray civil ex penses, and the remaining third subsists the enor mous army. This third is little more than five millions. Prussia, which raises about twelve millions sterliog of taxes upon sixteen millions of people, does not ex pend more than five millions for military purposes. Our military expenditure far exceeds that of any other country in the world. And yet all the coun tries we have enumerated have excuses for keeping up a large force, which it is impossible to allege for us. All of them have extensive frontiers to guard, and all of atm employ a large portion of their mili tary force for purposes of police. We have passed that stage of social progress in which the army may be beneficially or excusably employed as an instrument of police save in exceptional cases. Its employment in that way, except on extreme emergencies, is contrary alike to the genius of our people, and the doctrines of oar I constitution. And for the purpose of frontier proteo- Son, a moderate navy is the legitimate end nat..ral defence of our island shores. Oar outlying stations in the Nlediteracnean employ but a small portion of one military force, and that small p.etion admits of further reduction. India defrays the costs of its own defence and military police; whiles justice to the in habitants of the mother country r.td the wishes of the colonists themselves, concur to recommend the policy of leaving the colouiea, properly so called, to organise and defray the cost of their local defensive establish • . ments, as the residents in the Ili itiah islands do theirs. Ir ir, we must confess, with a feeling of consider able discouragement that we revert to any subject connected with the administration of the English poor acer;e:tytedtanwdhtpoautmebthlicavterinedffthei;natilvgdellocontharencwietrooleire wnahiinchinpalubli:c; lis t ro. w f w :o uned u e ld d a him b g e lta sense, do i t :in w all o g ef each account which most require to b e aud . it .ana -, l i la rre w iara T t h u e late Mr . M to r. h C is n part sitL y Es ; B b o ut u pi injustice not only to his varied talents, but still more to which ought a ft erwards, in a coll,ctive for ite , d- t e — b. that were it enlargednot t P l 00115 philanthropy upon h hi h d dan e is a dtingul. th it: h a still greater run to exercise. th e long loss to that department of the public service over which he had so recently been placed. There was none that so much required to have a new spirit infused into its administration; none on whose use fulness and popularity the personal qualifications of its chief were likely to exercise so abiding an effect. It was, therefore, with feelings of no ordinary satis faction that men of every party hailed the appoint ment of CHARLES &mita to the office, at the cosi , of its transition from a bureaucratic to a ministerial system of management. It was perceived that the experience of the next three or four years would be decisive of the character and influence of the new poor law for half a century to come; and it was a weight taken off the minds of all who appreciated the importance, or understood the two-fold difficulties, of the task, to find it committed to one who com bined in such an unusual degree the elements of ad ministrative excellence with the scarcely less indispen sable ingredients of parliamentary persuasiveness and SUMPS& It mast be acknowledged, therefore, that the new head of the poor law board enters upon his functions under disadvantages which might well appal the ablest of his contemporaries. Mr. BAINES has not only to contend with the natural difficulties of his position ; bat let him do what ho will to satisfy his own conscience and the requisitions of the public, the results of his best exertions are sure to be tested by a comparison with the standard which men were confident that CLIARLES BUD. Litit would have reached. An imaginary rivalry of this description is always encountered at a disad vantage; and it is no disparagement to Mr. BAINES to say that it rests with his friends, rather than with the public, to whom he has hitherto been compara tively little known, to judge accurately the chances of his success. One consolation he has, that what ever real benefits he may confer on the nation during his tenure of office are certain ultimately to be appre ciated; and that, on the other hand, more allowance will be made for his deficiencies than if his advent to office had been heralded, and the expectations of his success enhanced, by a brilliant parliamentary reputa tion. Mr. Batas has yet his character as a public man to make ; and this, no doubt, in itself will prove a sufficient stimulus to him to exert his powers to the utmost in the unusually responsible position with which his career Wilma neither of the two universities can bout o f having done much to adapt its constitutions to the wants of the age, Oxford enjoys the unenviable repu tation of being ever behind her sister. We mush confess, however, that we very much question her right to the distinction. Sure we are that no re. form has ever taken place in either university, ;w en such as is due to the pressure from without emu• bridge, for instance, has lately made an addition to the usual course of studies, but it was only b e . cause the reproaches which bad been levelled against her for years on account of the deficiencies of her system were hacked at last by the Prince Consort ; and Oxford, it is well known, w ou ld have gone on muddling the brains of its Btu dents with the antique barren syllogistic logic, had not Sir WILLIAM HAMILTON, in the Edinburgh Review, and other writers, shamed her out of her old paths. We are quite sure that either of these univer sities would feel uneasy under tne accusation of out stripping its rival in the race of improveme nt; t h ey would rather, like the Dronaws, in the "Comedy of Errors," say : We came Into the world Ilk. brothur and brolhet, And now let us go hand In hand, not one b. tore anet'er. The Oxford Chronicle, however, startles us with la announcement of a real reform, and one which, if carried out, will entitle the universil to the praise or having made the first step towards the correction of the fundamental evil. This evil, which has before now been the subject of animadversion in : our columns, is the oligarchical constitution of the uni versity. A . most of the opponents of the universities shoot tither above or below this mark, which we are certain is the true point of attack, we take the present opportnity of again calling attention to the subject. "The new statute," says the Oxford Chrcmicle, "will, we are assured, be brought before Convocation early. There are to be three public examinations between matriculation and degrees, and at the final examination there will be four examination schools instead of two, as before. The cycle of educaion will be enlarged," &c. Now the great feature in the above alteration is not the enlargement of the cycle of education, but the increase of the number of public examinations between matriculation and degrees. Under the old system, the university, although compelling a man to pass rearly four years in residence, only noticed him once during the whole time before his final examination. The coosequences are easily imagivable ; the great majority of the men, relieved from all fear of disgrace during so long a period, never applied themselves to study. Those who came up well prepared forgot what they had learned, and those who knew nothing put off the dreaded hour of commencing to learn something until the latest possible moment. The style of examination fitted to enable such a class of students to make any show at all must of necessity be very inferior. If a high standard had been fixed scarcely any degrees could have been granted. The mass of men would have be. n sent away. The uni versities would have had to bestow one degree where they now bestow five. Why not, it may be asked? What was there to prevent these institutions from making a clear sweep of the idlers and 'seeming its honours in future for the industrious ? The answer's easy enough. The mass of students are men of rank and family, who conic up to take a degree bemuse their ancestors have done so for centuries. Sad these away and there will be none left but poor plodding men, distinguished for nothing but their taints. The men of family being gone, there would be no link of connexion between the oligarchical authorities of the universities and the aristocracy of the country. The universities, be it remembered, are not merely establishments for learning, they are " institutions of the country. Their dignitaries are brought offi cially in contact with the highest authorities of the realm. They supply the majority of the episco pal bench. They are the most elevated cape rate bodies in the king iom. It would be a sad downfall, then, were the heads of these institutions to be isolated for the greater port of the year in their respective towns, and have no means of communion with that higher world to which they believe they now rightly belong. And yet this would be the consequence of fixing a high standard of exa mination. It is not to be supposed that the great majority of the scions of noble families are likely to work hard to distinguish themselves. Now while the only examination which required an effort was fixed at the end of the student's four years' residence, there was a valid plea for making that examination easy. It would be obviously ab surd, it might be and was urged, to expect men in the flush of youth with ample means, and all the facilities for enjoyment, to pass four years in studious preparation for an examination at the end of the time. Such a course of study, deprived of all the usual ex citements either of fear or reward, for so long a time, is likely to be entered upon only by a chosen few. and those few wiU, most probably, be men who are urged on by the sharp plea of necessity. The examinations, therefore, must be lowered to the standard of the men, and all further achievements in learning mast be strictly voluntary. This is the actual state of the case both at Oxford and Cambridge. The amount of qualification necessary to pass is below contempt. Anything beyond this is purely voluntary on the part of the student. For this evil the intended alteration offers the prac tical remedy. The greater the number of examina tions the less opportunity for idleness. As each ex amination must either introduce new subjects, or re quire increased proficiency in the old, there will be a continual spur, and the incompetent or the lazy will be dismissed at once, instead of staying four years to acquire habits of profligacy and encumber themselves for life. In the meantime we must confess that we are not very sanguine that Convocation will pass such a measure as the one proposed. It interferes too completely with the position of the oligarchy, who have always in the country clergy a vast force of ig norance and bigotry ready to swamp any measure of practical utility. This force has, however, been tasked to the uttermost lately, and it may be that, wearied or perhaps enlightened by constant service, it may refuse to come to the attack. Should this be the case, good sense may win the day, and the richest university in the world may relieve itself of the opprobrium of being the most bigoted. One of the earliest objects of Mr. BAINES'S solici tude ought to be, to secure to the public a more accu rate knowledge of the working of the poor law than they have access to at present. We are anything but solicitous to increaso either the bulk or the number of the blue-books with which we are annually mem bered. But a little more care and discretion in the compilation would vastly increase their usefulness, at the same time that it diminished their actual bulk. In this department Mr.BAINES cannot do better than fol low up the improvements introduced by Mr. BULLER, I of which the first fruits and alas ! in his case the last fruits too—are embodied in a set of returns lately issued, and which we shall take an early opportunity to examine in detail. They supply a variety of data, for which we had hitherto looked in vain, and the want of which compelled us to cut short a series of articles on poor-law expendi ture, of which we commenced the publication last September. Valuable,bowever, at the materialsare,which, thanks to Mr. BULLER'S foresight, these new returns supply, they still labour under the defect, to which we ad verted on a former occasion, of giving no information later than the year ending March, 1817. We cannot imagine any valid reason why the English poor-law statistics should b always a year and a halt in arrear, and that in the spring of 1849 we should have no later dater to rearon from than the experience of the year 1846. It is not so with the Irish pour-law reports. There we have not only a variety of returns, such as may in vain be searched for in the English reports, but we have the information brought down to the last moment before the compilation of the re port ; many details being given u to the working of the poor law during the current year. The indefati gable Mr. POULETT SCROPE, indeed, takes even the Irish poor law returns to task for not being all they might be ; and doubtless some of his suggestions as to the compilation of tabular statements of the proxi mate causes of pauperism in Ireland; as, for instances, evictions, levelling. of houses, uncultivated lands, &c., are worthy of attention from the Irish board. Meantime we only wish the English reports contained anything like the minute, well-digested, and moat interesting statements, in which the Irish reports abound. The Irish reports, in fact, supply materials for a fair judgment of the mode as well as the results of the administration of the Poor-law in that country. The English reports, generally speaking, supply neither the one nor the other. This is of course partly to be attributed to the recent establishment of the Irish Poor-law, and the new developments which the ano malous state of the country requires it successively to assume. But we are bound to say that the Irish ofli cial statistics have long been of a character far supe rior to anything of the kind produced in England. The mountainous mass of the English blue books pre sents nothing that can be compared in interest and availableness for use with the Irish census report for 1841, the poor-law inquiry reports, the land commis sion reports, and various other publications we could mention. If the other duties of the Irish executive were as well attended to, and as successfully per formed, as the collection, and, what is more important, the elaboration of statistical information, Ireland would be the best governed country in Europe. -7 1.17 - Yre is no reason, at all events, why English offi cials should not borrow a leaf from the Irish book, where it is worth borrowing. It would give us great satisfaction, and spare as not a little unproductive toil, if the statistics of the English poor-law supplied the same details which are found in the Irish reports. Taking, for instance, their most prominent portion, the union accounts, we find in the Irish Reports— first, the accounts made up half-yearly instead of yearly ; and, next, a variety of details, to the extent of eight or ten additional columns, which have no place in the English Re. ports. The balance in hand at the beginning and end of each half-year is stated : the amount of rate collected is distinguished from th" amount to be levied ; the charges for maintenance, clothing, and es tablishment are kept separate ; the collector's pound age has its column, and so en of several other items. Nor is this all. A separate trble gives the details of what is called in England the " direct expenditure " on poor relief. The separate cost of salaries, repairs, furniture, fuel, stationery, drugs, rent, insurance, and other charges, for every union whose acount has been audited, may be seen at a glance. Nothing :of this latter description appears in the English tables, even in the improved form in which they have of late ap peared, though it is precisely in salaries, fuel, station ery, and establishment charges generally that the greatest extravagance is likely to be committed. A publication of these items in the accounts of the charity of the state, would, we are convinced, bring to light many abuses of a scarcely less flagrant character than those whose prevalence in private charities we halm lately had occasion to expose. Whim will the expenses of the English unions be subjected to the test of that wholesome publicity which the exigencies of the state have made imperative in Ireland ? The establishment cherges disposed of, we find in the Irish reports a third set of tables, in which the expenses incurred for provisions and clothing in each union are compared with the total number of paupers relieved, and the average weekly cost per head deduced. Here we find an item, the want of which in the English tables has often stopped us abort in our researches. We have not only the total number of paupers relieved, but we have likewise the collective number of days' relief given; a third column contain-' ing the quotient of the previous two, or the average number of days' relief to each pauper. It is needless to remark how indispensable such data are for form ing a correct notion of the duration, and the extent of pauperism in each union. la another table we have the extent of workhouse and hospital accommodation : in another we find weekly returns extensively classified, of the work house inmates in each province. But we should never have done if we pointed out all the details which the Irish tables supply, and of which the English reports and tables make no mention whatever. All in fact that we learn from the English tables is, that seven millions per annum are levied on the people, and what proportion of that sum total each union collects and expends. Of the details of the direct expenditure, and of the establishment charges of each union in England and Wales, we have no SOME men have honour thrust upon them, and of the number is Earl GREY. The election of Mr. Coo. DEN by the West Riding of Yorkshire, while that gentleman was in a foreign land, and unable to solicit their suffrages, or in any way plead his own cause, was considered a high compliment. What then shall we say of the flattering testimony borne to Earl GREY'S reputation as a statesman, when the in habitants of Australia Felix have invited him from the Antipodes to perform the part of their LYCCRGYS in the legislative council of New South Wales? It is nothing new that any unanimous public testi mony borne to superior merit should excite envy and ill-will. We have all read of the Athenian who voted that ARISTIDES should be ostracised because he was tired of hearing him always called the just. But the governor of New South Wales's expression of this unamiable sentiment on learning the tribute paid to Earl GREY'S high character as a statesman by the electors of Port Phillip, transcends any upon record. He took upon him to declare the election null, and to issue writs for a new one before the legislative council met. The legislative council is the only competent tribunal to decide on the validity or invalidity of an election ; and the offi cial who has usurped their authority bolds his appointment under Earl GREY. It is rather a strong step on the part of that nobleman's subordi nate to refuse him an opportunity of accepting the honourable mission delegated to him, and to violate ' the constitution of the colony for that purpose. Time can be no doubt that Earl GREY, or any o her British subject, is legally eligible to sit in the legislative coon cil of New South Wales. Earl GREY cannot do better than accept the honour conferred upon him by the electors of Port Phillip. He is their legal representative ; no power in or out of the colony has any right to prevent him from taking his seat. 'rho business of the Colonial-office , here may with great advantage to the colonies be impended during his absence, and by serving a few years' apprentieeship in the Australian legoils , tare, he would acquire a practical knowledge of the i nature, wants, and a ishes of a colonial community, and furnish his country with what it has never yet