The Sun. — London, England, 1850-07-17 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, July 16. The LORD CHANCELLOR tack his seat on the Wool sack at Five o'clock. PETITIONS. Lord EGLINTON presented several petitions from places in Scotland against the Marriage Affinity Bill. Lord LONSDALE presented a petition from West moreland against the Coal Inspectors Bill. Lord BEAUMONT presented a petition from the Liveool Guardian Society for the Protection of Trade, in favour of the County Courts Extension Bill, and praying their Lordships to pass it as it passed the House of Commons. The petitioners were opposed to the concurrent jurisdiction clause. The Earl of CARLISLE presented a petition from Carlisle in favour of an extension of the jurisdiction of county courts. THE KHYBER PASS. _ . The Earl of ELLENBORUUGH, seeing the Noble Marquis the Lord President in his place, wished to ask him if Government had received any dispatch from India on the su'eject of the late expedition to the Kh yber Pass ? The Marquis of LANSDOWNE replied that such a dispatch had been received, but there were portions of it which he did not think it would be advisable to lay be fore the House. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH ob'ected to its being produced in a mutilated form ? as such a course was cal culated to produce much misapprehension. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE'S answer was in audible in the gallery. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH hoped the Noble Marquis would read th. dispatch himself, and decide. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE would read the dis patch himself. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH would be perfectly satisfied if the Noble Marquis would do se. TEE RETRENCHMENT MOVEMENT. Lord BROUGHAM said he rose to ask the Noble Marquis whether the office filled by the late Sir Thomas Mariable, and the salary of which was 1,000/. a year, had been filled up. He understood that great reductions were in contemplation in several important branches of the public service. It was, he understood, in contemplation to reduce the salaries of our Foreign Ambassadors to such an extent as was abso lutely imcompatible with a due regard to the interests of the country. At the same time he understood that it was in contemplation to reduce the salaries of all persons connected with the judicial establishments of the country, in order, he supposed, to bring the same ruin upon our domestic affairs which the first-named reduction would bring upon our foreign affairs. It was desirable if ill-judged retrenchment was the order of the day, that it should take place throughout—that it should commence at the top, and that no rank in the country should be exempt from retrenchment. Ire would give notice that he should, on Thursday, move that a humble address be presented to her Majesty, praying her Majesty that she will be graciously pleased to be caused to be laid before the House an account stating the amount of savings made in the civil list since 1838, distinguishing each year, and the savings made in each year. He knew that there was a bargain made with the Crown at the commencement of each reign; but that bargain was made upon the supposition that things would remain nearly in their then position, and if retrenchment took place in any department of the public service, why should it not take place in all? It was painful to him to add another observation, which, however, he felt himself compelled to make. If any person should say, as bad been said to the late Duke of Cambridge. and been by him repudiated with indignation—if any one should dare to say that the time had arrived for lowering the English aristocracy, then he would say that the person so speak ing was guilty of the greatest imaginable folly, for that Parliament had resolved that the English aristocracy should not be lowered—(Hear, hear)—but the English aristocracy could be lowered it suca things were per mitted to pass as were now passing. A lady of the ♦ery highest rank, who was nearly and intimately con nected with Dukes and Marquises, had been rednced to the humiliating necessity of advertising for employment. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that the office alluded to had been filled np by the at,- po►utment of a most meritorious functionary, but from the low tone in which the Noble Marquis spoke it was impossible to catch the name of the person su appointed, neither can we be certain whether or not the name was mentioned. _ The Marquis of WESTMINSTER, who spoke in a very inaudible tote, was understood to say that the lady alluded to had been appointed to some situation. Lord BltOlitiliAsl had understood that the appoint ment had la( en made, but not confirmed. LANDLORD AND TENANr BILL. Lord PORTMAN, in moving the second reading of this Bill, which came from the House of Commons. observed that it had been introduced for the purpwe of improving the relations between landlord and tenant. The only difference between' this Bill and the one which was proposed last session consisted in its being extended to Ireland. The object of the Bill was to permit tenants for lire to make agreements which would b' binding on their heirs and successors; and though permissi, e in ono stnse it was not so in another. Lord BiI:AU - MONT observed that though this was called a permicsive measure, it was only so in regard to those who would profit by it, while it was compulsory on those who succeeded the tenant, who made an ar ran,,,,,ement under the Bill. There was not a single pro vision in it which could be commended, and believing that it would b" injurious to the interests it was pro pos,d to benefit ho would move that it be read a second time this day six months. Lord BROUGIIAM opposed the second reading of the Bill. Lord NIONTEAGLE said whatever legislation it pl-alc'd their Lordships to introduce on this subject in relation to England, the people of Ireland were willing and ready to accept in relation to tte latter country. He objected. however, to the power given in a Bill on their Lorthhii,'s table, which enabled a tuant for life to grant lea es for ninety-nine years of the estate which was settled upon him. Afi,er a word or two in explanation from Lord BROUGHAM', The Bill was thrown out. LIVERPOOL WATER-WORKS BILL.—BREACII OF PRIVILEGE. The Earl EGLINTON called the attention of the House to a petition complaining , of the mode in which signatures had teen obtained" in Liverpool to petitions rczainst the Bill introduced for the purpose of giving a better supply of water to Liverpool. His Lordship referred to the statements of several persons to show that a great number of fictitious names had been added to those petitions, and that several indi viduals had been employed to go about the town to procure signature. His Lordship, after ahud i ng to the serious nature of the proceeding in question, moved that Mr. Joseph Byrne, Mr. Joseph Hind, and Mr. Duncan M'Arthur should be callal before the bar of their Lordships' House. Lord LANSDOWNE thought the House was much indebted to the Noble Lord for bringing the subject under its attention, as there was no greater abuse of its privilege; than that of forging names to petitions. and he should cordi,illy sccond she motifar of the Noble Lord. After a few ws.rds !rum Lord MONTEACLE and Lord STAY:LEY, the motive was k ; reed to, and the three par ties mentioned above were ordend to be brought to the bar on Friday next. ELECTIONS (IRELAND) BILL._ On the motion of the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, tbo report on this BO was agreed to. On the motion of the Earl of CARLISLE the Muni cipal Corpota,tioes (Ireland) Bill wai read a third tame and passed. Lord WHARNCLIFFE gave notice that on the third reading of the Factories Bill hi 3 Noble Friend (the Earl of 11..rowhy, a.; we understood) would move the inser tion Of the clause which ho had on the preceding even ina moved in Committee. Their Lordships then adjourned. ROUSE OF COMMONS, July 16. MERCANTILE MARINE BILL (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Clause 55, which provides fur the prover and conve nient construction and ventilation of the sailors' berths, was agreed to liner a s`)ort desultory conversation, as were also clauses 56 and 57. Clauses 53 and 59, which provide for the keeping an efficient stock of good medicine on board each ship for the use of the sailors, were also• agreed to. Clauses 60 and 61, providing for a certain space being allowed to each berth on board ship, were agreed to. The House then resumed, and the CHAIRMAN re ported progress and asked leave to sit again. ADJOURNSIEN r OF THE HOUSE—THE LATE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE. Mr. SCOTT moved that the House should now ad. journ until to-morrow as a mark of respect to the de parted worth of the late Duke of Cambridge. Mr. LABOUCIIERE said that he would have wished that some intimation had been given by the Hon. Mem ber of his intention to move this ; however, he thought it would be better to postpone the motion until five o'clock, when there would be a larger House. Mr. SCOTT, however, intimating his unwillingness to accede to this proposition, the House ultimately ad journed until to-morrow at Twelve. FALL OF A GLASS-HOUSE CHIMNEY AND LOSS OF TWO LIVES. (From the Newcastle Journal.) A serious occurrence took place yesterday after noon at Mr. Price's Glass Works, in Pipewelgate, Gateshead, the large furnace chimney, or " cone," as it is termed, having fallen, burying two men in the ruins, and several others having had a very nar row escape. The accident occurred at a few minutes past four o'clock, just after the glass-blowers, be teen 50 and 60 in number, who had been " setting the pots," bad left the premises, otherwise the de struction of life would have been much more ap palling than it is, for nearly the whole of these men were employed in the furnace-room, on the ground floor, into which the entire mass of buildings were precipitated. The " cone" or chimney rose from the cenre of the furnace-room, over which the cutting room and joiners' shops were built, the former being on the east side of the chimney, and the latter on the west side, completely surrounding and partially sustained by it, so that when the chimney fell it brought down the whole of thee buildings with it. There were, it appears, about a dozen men and boys in the joiners' shop and cutting-room, and so little warning wie,given that it is astonishing how any of them escaped ; those that did escape rushed through the engia\rs' room and the offices next the river. The two titer who are killed took the opposite direction, ' 3 7 a d ae lv t le f buried among the falling materials. The the sufferers are William Whiteman, a joimit t pged 51, who his left a wife and six ditch= ; 1 11L' 13 ‘J 111 and John Sewell. aged 57, who has left a wife and five children. The noise caused a great crowd of persons to assemble immediately after the accident cccurred, and many of the workmen who had just left returned to the spot, and commenced without delay removing the rubbish. In about half an hour Whiteman was taken out alive, but he died in a few minutes afterwards, having been terribly crushed In the mean time groans were heard through the wall into the warehouse adjoining, and a bole was instantly broken ; but it was found impossible in that way to reach the spot where the sound came from. The parties, therefore, commenced removing the rubbish from the top downwards ; but it was nearly two hours before they discovered the body of Sewell, who then had been dead some time. His body was partially protected by a beam of timber, and he was screened from the furnace by the flooring and joists, which fell into a perpendicular po sition a short distance in front of it ; but an iron wheel seems to have struck him on the head in falling, and it appears scarcely probable, after the injuries be received, that he could have survived so long as repre sented. There was a report that a boy was also missing, but on assembling the workmen all were found safe with the exception of those already stated. As to the cause of the accident nothing satisfactory could be ascertained. We were told that the building was old and dilapidated, and had been threatening to fall some days ; but the foreman, of whom we made inquiry, gave a different version of the affair, stating that the chimney had been built only eight or nine years ago, and that new pillars had been put in to support it, along with a new furnace, since Christmas. No doubt the Coruner will feel it his duty to make a full investigation into the matter. Without being old, the chimney might still be insecure. Though styled a "cone," that being the usual shape of glass house chimnies, it was not conical, but rectangular, nearly square ; when first erected its sides were per pendicular and parallel, but for some time the upper portion projected outwards. The cutting•room con tained a quantity of machinery, and a large wheel used in driving it was formerly fixed to the chimney, but that was removed some time ago. There were also benches and a quantity of wood in the joiner's shop, so that a considerable weight would have to be sustained by the chimney, which itself rested on pil lars. How far the weight may have contributed to the catastrophe it may be difficult at present to deter mine ; but inquiry will doubtless be instituted. The whole is now a mass of ruins, and the loss to the pro prietor will be considerable. A report of fire was spread when the accident occurred, and intelligence having been conveyed to the " Newcastle" office, the engine belonging to that establishment was soon on the spot, and was used to keep the furnaces in check, and extinguish them when necessary. • [The following appeared in our Fourth Eiition of last night :—] FRAN CE. The National says :—" M. Guizot has just address ed a long letter to each of the fire classes of the In stitute, declaring that he will not accept the candi datesbip for the Superior Council of Public Instruc tion, which had been offered to him. M. Guizot founds his refusal on the character of the law : it will, he says, " light up anew the quarrels which it is desired to extinguish, and will lower the moral in fluence of the government." SPAIN. The Espana and Herald° of Madrid (both semi official journals) of the 10th state that the English Government has recently taken pains to draw closer the friendly relations with Spain, and with reference to the Cuban affair in particular, has given proof of its friendly feelings. RUSSIA. A 13tter from Posen, of the Bth, states that cholera and fevers had made great ravages among the Rus sian troops stationed in Poland. In consequence, a great number of men had to be sent from the towns to the country. It was reported that what is called the white plague had also broken out among the troops and country people ITALY. General Pfanzelter, Austrian commandant of An cona, has issued a notification, inserted at length in the Giornale di Roma of the stb, regulating the competence of the military and civil tri bunals of the Marches. The Giudizio Statario, or severer kind of court-martial, which can pronounce no other punishment but death, takes cognizance of all acts of high treason, of de tention of arms, participation in insurrections with or without arms, illegal enrolments, the resistance to sentinals, patrols, and any Austrian or Pontifical soldier, supposing that the sentinel or patrol have not exercised their right of firing upon those who have molested them, &c. Th milder sort of court-martial takes cognizance of the crimes of carrying arms about one's person, distri buting revolutionary writings, insults of the lighter kind ; directed against military men, wearing revo lutionary tokens, singing revolutionary songs, rioting, participation in revolutionary meetings, transgression of the laws of censorship of the press, &c. All other transgressions are left to the cognizance of the Ponti fical tribunals. AMERICAN EXHIBITION OF THE WORKS OF ALL RATIONS, 1852. Proposals for the transfer to America of selections from our own forthcoming great exhibition of next year have just been submitted to the Commissioners at the City office, in Cheapside. The project is con sidered a bold one, but not less practicable than bold. The American gentlemen who have engaged in it profess to be actuated by motives equally honourable, and almost equally disi n t e r e sted, with those of the distinguished originators of the London exhibition. The improvement in connexion with manufactures is their first object, and the profits of the exposition are to be given to that American city which will make the most liberal arrangement for its reception. In other relations the undertaking is in tended to be thoroughly commercial, and strong in ducement is held out to all the European nations by proposing the vast and increasing market of the Trans atlantic continent for the display and competition of their productions. The occasion will, it is calculated, be earnestly embraced by our own manufacturers for impressing their American customers with an increas ing sense of the immense variety and excellence of the prodnctions of the looms and the lathes, the moulds and the anvils, the chisels and the gravers, and all the other apparatus and implements of the mighty industry of England. The following are extracts from the transmitted documents upon the interesting subject : " In the precis of information that has been received from abroad, published by the Royal Commission, ap peared a short time since the annexed information:— I "UNITED STATES, APRIL 3, 1850. " THE AMERICAN MINISTER To COLONEL REID. "The American Institute of New York is taking steps to promote the objects of the exhibition, and is consideied by the British Consul at New York, and by the Governor of that State, as a proper medium of intercourse with the American people. The Governor has suggested to the Legislature that all objects intended for the exhibition should pass the canals and railroads free of the usual tolls collected by the State. Mr. John Jay Smith,. a gentleman of standing and character at Poiladelphia, has, with the sanction of the American Government, made a proposal for transferring to the United States, for exhibition there, such portions of the London exhibition as it may be possible to carry over after the termination of the exposition here. He presumes that the Roy al Commissioners will consider this plan as an addition to their programme, as the manufacturer would thus have additional inducements to exhibit his skill in two markets, the American being a growing and very important one, where the most expensive goods are now aura of a sale. `THE ADVANTAGILS TO THE EUROPEAN MANUFACTURER. __---- - "It is for the advantage of the maker that his goods should be seen i n a very extensive and growing m arket, where expen s i ve art i c l es are i n d eman d and ofread y it is also t h e i nterest of the American consumer to see goods in his own country, where, if t h ey are su p er ior to the growth and manufacture of that country, a paramount sale; and extensive patronage is sure to follow. To this end the earnest endeavours of the eminent American mer chants who will receive the goods will be em ployed to procure orders from the samples sent, and they will look for repayment of their outlay to this source, and to the usual charge of commission merchants or auctioneers at the close of the sal*. A market will thus be opened to a thousand productions of the loom and the anvil, &c., which have not yet penetrated to the lands of the West, or if they have, may not h ave been universally seen. The go o d s will ay! shipped from London by Baring, Brothers, and Co., and to them and other houses reference will be made for the standing of the American merchants into whose hands the mer chandise will go. "CONDITIONS. "1. Every article deemed suitable for the American ex position mist be named or partially described to the American Commissioner, 5, Bank-chambers, Lothbury, London, at as early a day as practicable. This expo sition will take place at ono of the principal cities of the United States, as early in the year 1852 as arrangements can be made compatible with the movement. Con signments will he received at any time in 1851. 2. The articles will be exhibited to pay the expenses of the building in which they are exposed, and for the profits of the city which erects it. "3. The prices of each invoice, where it is so specified, shall be a limit below which the goods shall not be sold, and in all cases when it is so expressed the goods shall be returned to Europe in as good condition as they are received, without any cost whatever to the owner or agent. "4. The charges to the owrer will be as small as possible, being the usual ones in case of sale of a com mission-merchant, with guarantee and immediate cash returns thruugh means of undoubted bills of exchange, and successive cash remittances will be made for all du plicates that may be ordered in America. " 5. Nothing can be received except such results of human industry as are capable of trenspertatien without too geeat cosy, and of eing preserved during many L V 111 .11...1 %." 1N) months; and, in general, all those articles excluded from the London exposition will not be admitted to the American. There may, however, be others entirely suitable and unintroduced abroad which would be un suitable for London, while they aro adapted to a Trans atlantic market. On this subject the American Com missioner will be qualified to decide." THE ISLAND OF CUBA. PLYMOUTH, MONDAY.—By the steam-sloop Vixen, 6, Commander R. Jenner, which arrived here on Saturday, having sailed from Havannah on the 14th of June, it appears that outside that harbour she passed two men-of-war, part of the fleet of twenty six Spanish vessels cruising round the island of Cuba. The nearest of them, the frigate Esmeralda, beat to quarters, as an act of discipline, on the approach of an armed ship, and continued, pro forma, ready for action, until the Vixen had passed. • The city of Havannah continues under martial law, and from 5,000 to 6,000 militiamen are exercising there daily. The place of descent, the Cardines, selected by the recent American invaders, was the most unfiivourahle for their enterprise; it is nearly the only place were they were likely to be success fully resisted ; but the disaffected on the island state that this descent is not to be the only one, as 500 ad venturers were at New Orleans perfectly ready to make a second effort, and it is possible ere this that they have left the American shores. They also state that another 500 are at New York prepared to fol low the first detachment, and that nearly all the western part of Cuba, with the exception of the city of Havannah, is favourable to the invasion, and wil- ling to assist them with money, &c., as soon as they shall have affected a landing on the island. The American squadron was expected daily. THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY'S SHOW AT EXETER. EXETER, MONDAY.—This year—the twelfth which has been marked by one of the great rural festivals annually got up by the Royal Agricultural Society —that distinguished body have pitched their tent in Exeter, and called upon the farmers of the far west, of Devon, Somerset, and Dorset, to participate in bucolic business and amusement ; and the summons seems likely to be heartily and universally responded to. Already Exeter is overflowing with fast-coming guests. Already the announcements of numberless extraneous attractions are glittering in many-hued placards from every corner and wall. Already, in fact, there is as much animation, as much bustle, ten times as many flags, and twenty times as many tri umphal arches in any one of its gay and French-like streets, as was exhibited last year throughout the whole of the grey and venerable, though somewhat mouldy, city of Norwich. I shall have other oppor tunities than in these few preliminary lines of sketching a few of the picturesque and characteristic features of the " ever faithful " city ; but I may say at once that it is as gay and brilliant as numberless flags, devices, arches, and floral and sylvan decorations can make it, and that there is every appearance of settled, bright, and sunny weather to light up the rural beauties of the garden of England. The usual routine of the society's operations have been this year somewhat altered. The council dinner at the last show was felt to be a most dismal failure, and it will therefore be this year entirely dispensed with ; one grand general banquet, to be held in the pavilion, being substituted for the twin festivities of yore. The other arrangements for the most part hold good after the old fashion. The judges are busy in the show yard receiving and arranging stock ; and at six o'clock to-morrow evening, members of the council and governors of the society will be admitted to the implement yard. On Wednesday the public in general share that privilege, and in the afternoon the favoured few will be allowed to visit the cattle. In the evening Professor Simmond's lectures on the liver complaints of domesticated animals. On Thurs day the cattle and implement yards will both be open, and the grand dinner will take place ; and on Friday, after the usual meeting of members of the so ciety, who will assemble in the Guildhall, Mr. Tur ner and Sir Thomas Dyke Acland will receive and explain to all agricultural corners the uses and con struction of certain " catch meadows" and ," water meadows " at Barton and Killerton—places in the vicinity of Exeter. With this the business of the society closes. The blank upon Wednesday evening will be filled up by a grand ball in the pavilion, at which almost all the county notabilities, the most distinguished members of the society and their guests will be pre sent, and the occasion is expected to be a very gay and a very brilliant one—even for Exeter. Besides this ball there will be unnumbered minor entertain ments out-door and in. The Exeter Oratorio So ciety, assisted 'by some metropolitan celebrities, and Miss Catherine Hayes, locally announced as the " Prima donna of her Majesty's Theatre," will per form the Creation. Furthermore; there will be divers horticultural shows, concerts, balloon ascents, fireworks, and other devices, to add to the general pleasures of the week. A peculiar feature of the occasion, and one very much deprecated, as I understand, by many of the leading members of the society, is a dinner—a po litical and Protectionist dinner—to be given on Friday, in a pavilion erected for the purpose, to no less a person than Mr. F. G. Young, under the presidency of Sir J. Yarde Buller. This enter tainment, although technically distinct from and un connected with the proceedings of the society, can hardly he viewed in utter isolation from the latter. It is said that the Duke of Richmond will be pre sent, and that many of the practical speakers of Thursday will be the political haranguers of Friday. Any event which would have the effect of mixing up a purely agricultural society with party politics is, in the opinion of the principal members of the oyal Agricultural Society, much to be deplored, and, accordingly, efforts—unsuccessful efforts, I re great to say—have been made by the heads of the party to put an end to the convulsive caperings of the tail. As usual the good folks of the locality are doing their best in the way of emptying the pockets of visitors. The hotels have been engaged for weeks. In some instances, the inmates of houses have let them from the roof to the cellar to speculators, and have gone away holiday-ising with the profits ; while the general tariff of first-floor fronts and two-pair backs is positively alarming. The delicate nerves of the cab-owners and fly-drivers have received a terrible shock from the sudden irruption of a caravan of coaches, omnibuses, and vehicles of all descriptions, from Birmingham and other 'cute northern towns, in the plying whereof the local Jehus foresaw an awful come-down in the scale of fares. However, they raised a gallant cry of " Protection to local industry !" with which they laid siege to the civic authorities, and that so successfully, that the Warwickshire ad venturers, being absolutely refused the necessary li cences, were constrained to drive their vehicles home again with fleas in their ears. But if local industry was thus triumphant, native industry received an alarming upset in the appear ance of M. Sayer, who is to provide and get up the great Pavilion dinner ! All the purveyors of Exeter flew to arms. What ! were they to be set aside — native industry compelled to give way to foreign—a Frenchman to set dainty dishes before the Dlarquis of Downshire and a hungry assemblage of true British farmers ! The sensation was almost revolutionary. It was said that the agricultural interest was betrayed once again. And when M. Soyer appeared in a pre liminary tour of observation, he saw nothing but scowls in all the Faithful City. However, the Gas tronomic Regenerator is a diplomatist. He knew the peculiar sort of soft words which turn away wrath ; and, accordingly, when the Exeter tradespeople found that the whole of the raw material was not to come from London, or, still worse, from " foreign parts," but that M. Soyer was going from shop to shop pur chasing unheard-of quantities of beef, mutton, lamb, and fowls, their virtuous indignation cooled consider ably ; and as furthermore the " Regenerator" gave, according to a local paper, the "first price asked" for all he bought, the popular estimate of his character suddenly changed, and "the Frenchman at the Sub scription Rooms" is at this moment about the most popular personage in Exeter, where he expects to produce great effect upon the agricultural palate by Pates ala Soyer and Salades a la Mayenese. Much regret is expressed at the sad death of the Duke of Cambridge, who was to have been present. The French and American Ambassadors are, however, expected ; and dwellers by the Exe are in great hopes of being able to admire the swarthy visages and diamond aigrets of their Highnesses of Nepaul. EXETER, TUESDAY.—The preliminary proceedings at the show-yard and the trial ground have been satistao torily got over, and this evening the implement depart ment will be thrown open to the favoured few who have a prior right of entrée. The judges are now busy draw- P p n ro n v e e i m pl e e n , ing up th e i r awar d u pon the array of rural engines and implements exhibit e d—a collection which, if the popular rumour i s to b e trusted, w ill di sp l ay severa l novelties in t in in manydetdetail , aasneds which ch considerablewwill, atall ideevgerse events, , o in intro duce duce to the notice of the farmers of the west a vast va riety of . agricultural machines the wooded hills of Devon. A great feature of this year's h exhibition is, how ever, the gay an d file-like c aracter which belongs to it. At no oth er town which of the society's operations have has be en th e scene accompa nied by so many festal tokens they been de corations as those with which andEcete holiday-like The whole aspect of th e pl ace is that . of is glittering. a city tricked out for some joyous national festival. A stranger who wanders through its crowded streets, the shade of scores of triumphal arches, anbeneath the ehundredsnth of waving bannorY , and floral wr , aths and mottoes, would hardly believe that such festive rites were lavished upon the meeting of a practical society, intent upon carrying the relative merits of long horns and short horns, and settling the precedence between scores of dibbling-ma chines, clod-erushers, and sub-soil ploughs. Such, how ever, is the case. Exeter has always been a holiday keppieg and enniversary - keeping city. The memory of G u ido .Fawkes is greener upon each returuiog sth ef 77 ~.12.1 1.1 1.1 .1.11 1.7 L A - 1. JL November upon the banks of the Exe than in any other town of England, and accordingly it was not to be sup posed that the good people of the Faithful City were to allow such an opportunity for festivity es the present to pass by unimproved. Many of your readers may be acquainted with the general features of Exeter—with its picturesque situa tion—climbing to the tops of partially-wooded hills — diving down and nestling in green and orchard sprinkled ravines—glorious trees of vast boll and fur thest spreading foliage, ever and anon rising over the white walls of ranges of villa-like crescents and rows. or amid the quaint, steep roofs, and high-peaked gavels, which mark the older portion of the town. They will remember the brightly painted houses, the steep, cicala, narrow streets, at every half-dozen steps permitting a bird's-eye glance over patches of purely rural scenery beyond the city walls--the green slope of cornfield and meadow—or the swelling and wooden ridges of the irregular chain of hills which girdle in the town. In no locality of England, not a marine watering-place or inland spa, does there exist so great a proportion of suburban streets, squares, and crescents, inhabited by the upper classes of society as in Exeter; and the general appearance of a large portion of the city, composed as it is of pleasant villa residences, of en embowered in trees and always gay with garden and shrubbery ground, is as agreeable as it is characteristic. Horticultural establish m' nts and nurseries also abound. Upon every wall in the suburban prtion of the town flowers and creeping shrubs bloom with all the proverbial luxuriance of Devonshire vegetation, while the eye is still further refreshed by plunging into the cool greenery of the luxuriant orchards and coppice woods which are every now and then to be found nestling down in snug ravines. the steepness of the slopes of which have preserved them from the operations of the builder. I have said that the display of arches, banners, mottoes, floral decorations, and so forth, is quite un exampled. One wonders where all the gaily hued bunting and emblazoned calico came from. Throughout the principal streets—High-street, Fore -street, Queen-- st St. Sidwell's, and many others—there flutters a flag ree f t Com almost every window. Huge slowly waving banners are stretched from roof to roof; numerous transparencies rivet crowds of gazers; floral emblems and devices, with suitable mottoes, abound at every t h e e nsigns of all manner of tr a d es , gu ild s , an d soc i e ties, stretch forth their qua i nt bl azonr i es , benefit corner; amid union jacks, royal standards, tri-colours, and stars and stripes; while whole forests of evergreens, of laurel, and of bay, appear to have mysteriously sprouted from the walls. In Queen-street, near its junction with the High-street, where the new and handsome post-office and market-place stand, a double row of young firs have been planted by either kerb-stone, and many of the arches—which, by the way, are tastefully built, in various and varying fashions—are provided with rows and clusters of coloured lamps, which glimmer gaily every evening from amid the wreaths of ivy, of laurel, and of bay. Last night the streets were crowded until a late hour with promenaders, enjoying what was by courtesy called the cool of the evening, but which was only a few degrees less intolerable in its sultry closeness than the full glare of the mid-day sun. The spot selected for the show ground lies about three-quarters of a mile from the cathedral, near the suburb of Mount Radford, and just clear of the strag gling lines of rose-clustered villas. In arrangement the structure is precisely similar to those which have been year after year, upon similar occasions, described in these columns. It stands upon the summit of a rising ground, the long lines of plain woodwork here and there embowered by shady trees. The place is ap proached in several ways from the city, and in every available nook and corner along these roads—the usual followers of such exhibitions—the settlers and showmen, caravan men, and knock-'em-down men, have pitched their tents. In a field skirting the great centre of at traction quite a town of booths has sprung up. The weather is certainly procreative of thirst, and here abouts the means of quenching it have been provided in the most bountiful abundance—goodly casks of malt of all qualities and flavour—tubs of the native beverage, hard Devonshire cider, suspicious stuff for a stranger unless duly qualified—all manner of pleasant potables, indeed, down to teetotal lemonade, stone-bottled ginger-pop, and sherbert, "as drunk by the Shaw of Persia," are heaped in vast profusion be neath the canopies of large and small mar quees. Caravans, of course, abound in all their native yellowness, stored with no end of fat girls, white-haired ladies, anacondas, learned pigs, and the usual wonders of peripatetic museums. Besides these, there are sparring -booths, skittle-booths, equestrian booths; and one handsome tent is occupied by their diminutive ma jesties the Bcejesmen, who happen to be at present in this part of the world. From inquiries which I have made, I have reason to believe that in no material point will the show fall be neath the level of any of its predecessors. The list of implements to be exhibited is a very long one, although one or two of the usual contributors to this part of the exhibition, including Messrs. Ransom, of Ipswich, do not this year appear in the field. The steam plough appears to attract a great deal of local attention ; and the portable farm railway, an invention originally sug gested by a Mr. Thomas Grey , lo n g a resident in Exeter, is another of the implements most generally talked about. Of course in most respects the majority of the implements exhibited will be closely akin to those which we de scribed last year at Norwich, and the year before that at York; but, as has been already mentioned, it is under stood that in very many cases the present show will ex hibit various ingenious improvements in detail. In the live-stock department the exhibition of North Devon% is looked forward to with great anticipation, it being confidently expected that the display of those ani mals will be by far the finest ever seen—a consummation which indeed we have a right to expect in the native place of the breed. The urban reader may be perhaps profi• ably reminded that the North Devon cattle are a small.sized breed honourably distinguished by smallness of bone, closeness of grain of the flesh, and a great apti tude for quick fattening. Two short-horns will upon the average weigh three Devons, but then the same extent of land which will keep one of the former will provide food for two of the latter. To Mr. Quartly, a name well knee n in agricultural annals, belongs the merits of having, by skilful beeeding, elevated the North Devon class of ani mals from a mere local variety to a high place among our national classes of cattle. The Herefords are expected to muster strongly, and in fine case, but the short-horns will not be so numerous as at former shows. As to sheep, the exhibition is expected to be about an average one. The Leicesters will be in great force, and the Devonshire farmers are on the qui vine for the Southdowns, a breed little known in this part of the world. In this de partment the Duke of Richmond, Mr. Shelly, and Mr. Fisher Hobbs are as usual the high contending parties. The pigs will not be so numerous as on some former occasions, but to make up fur this we learn that the dis play of horses will be most magnificent. These animals have arrived in great numbers from all parts of the country, and amongst them, the stout Suffolk punches are expected to come out peculiarly strong. The oratorio takes place this evening, and a goodly muster is expected. The ball in the great pavilion comes off tee-morrow night. A new and excellent feature in the given to some 600 or 700 of proceedings will characterize Friday. Thi s is n o less tha t n be a m gr n a et tu d i e to s u er s vng dinner to of la Exeter in th e pavilion!. e Each member of the local committee will be furnished with a suitable number of tickets for distribution, and no doubt ample remnants of the splendid dinner which M. Soyer is getting up will thus be done due justice to. But the active mind of the " Regenerator" has been plot ting still further novelties. After the supplemental enter tainment upon Friday, he proposes to have the tables cleared away and a stage erected for a grand assaut d' arms, in which M. Leon de Gillemaud and s ome o f t h e crac k London fencers will exhibit. A sprinkli ng dissolving views, a n d a of the High landers who contended at the Holl au d- par k fete are also expected down, and there are furth ermore to be trans parencies, gay di s pl ay o f flori cultural specimens from the far-rained Exeter nurseries, these various attractions enh ance d b y the performance ' of a brilliant musical programme. The admission to this melange of entertainment will be 35., and the products will be devoted to the various loc a l charities; se that altogether the Exeter folk will find the employment of foreign industry in the getting up of the Pavilion Dinner a somewhat bettor speculation than native could have been. The town is not as yet quite so full as it was ex pected to have been, and the speculator s in lodgings are consulting as to the propriety of descending from the remarkably high horses which they rode at such a rate yesterday. The Marquis of Downshire (the president) arrived on Sunday night. Lord Leicester came down yester day. The local landlords and M.P.'s, most of whom entertain parties of guests, are at their respective seats; and a distinguished party from town is expected by this afternoon's train. INVERNESS GREAT SHEEP AND WOOL FAIR. (From the Inverness Courier.) The market here, looked forward to with so much in terest and anxiety, as involving the whole year's comfort and prosperity of a large body of our hill farmers and others, besides regulating the, prices in all the inferior markets, commenced yesterday, and may now be said to have terminated. SHEEP. The sales commenced on Friday evening, and went on with more spirit than last year. The following are some of the principal Cheviot lots, which we set down as re ported, without any attempt at classification:-The Langwell wedders, 25s (or 25/ per clad score, as prevails in all the sales of sheep). Mr. Horne 's Clyth wedders, 26s Mr. Houston, Kintradwell, wedders, 294 6d; ewes, 19s 6d. Mr. Hall, Soiberscross, ewes, 20s. Bighouse ewes, 19s; Bighonse young ewes, 19s. Dunbeath wed ders, 255. Skelpick wedders, 2 2 s 6 d ; ewes, 16s 6d. Au chenduich wedders, 22s Gd; ewes. 14s. Scorrybreck wed ders, 245. Scorrybreck and Kinsburgh ewes, 14s 6d. Mr. Brown, Kinkwood, Morayshire. ewes, 14s 6d, and his Ross shire ewes, 14s; wedders, 245. Ospisdale wedders, 22s Gd; ewes, 12s 6d. Ribigill, 24s and 16s 6d. Eriboil, 24s and 16s. Ardross, 21s 6d and 13s 6d. Gernsary, 22s 6d and 12s 6d. Mudall, 20s and 15s. Lochinver wed ders, 245. Heoldale, 23s 6d and 14s Gil. Foyers wed ders, 22c. Ledroore wedders, 221. Auchmore wedders, 255. Sandside, 25s and 15s. M r. Paterson sold the Armadale ewes (400) at 16:. Straeashalg (Lochbroom) wedders, 236. Cambusmore ewes, 18s. Brackla wed ders, 235. Rhudunan Cheviot wedders, 20s 6d. Feorlig owes, 12s. Kyle ewes, 12s. Drynoch wedders, 22s 3d; ewes, 13s 6d. Torboll ewes, 16s 63. Rovie ewes, 13 6d. Glendhu, 25s 6d and 16s 6d (exactly last year's prices). Messrs. A. and A. Stewart, Ellanreacb, sold a lot of Cheviot wedders at 22/ per clad score. M r. K. Murra y , the Forest far m wedders at 23s 6d; ewes, 14s 63. Ar dintoul slack ewes at 121 15s per clad score. Mr. Sel e lar's Sutherl an d s hi re wedders 2 5 5; ewes, 16s 6d; young ewes, 18s. Ar g yll s hi re we dd e rs, 21 6 L ewes lls. Rodil Cheviot wedder h ogs, clipped, 14s. The Ord cast Che viot ewes, 14s. M r . F raser, A b ers ky. Cheviot wedders, 2W. The Str ut' cast Cheviot ewes, 12 i Gd. LEICFATTa tEr.-Leiceiter dininonts and gimmers Pli ..1:41 V .1:4 1 \ ..A. I'l vb-J1 9 were sold at from 198 to 235. Leicester cross lambs from 12s to 15s. BLACKFACED.—The fine Rhudunan blackfaced wedders sold at 17 6.1; Seuirinish ewes, 7s. Camusi nary wedders, 172. LAMBS. CHEVIOT.—Mr. Leslie, Torboll, sold his lambs at lls 63; Cambusmore, 12s; Rovie, 9s 6d; Sandwood (Care Wrath), 9s 3d; Orbost, 8s; Foorlig, 8s; Borgie, 9s 3d; Do., mid-ewe lambs, 7s 6d; Kingsburgh, 9e 6d; Ebost, 91; Dale, 106 6d; Scallaseig, 10s 6d. A line lot of half-bred lambs (cross betwixt Cheviot and Leicester) sold at lie 3d; the G!enflntaig cross lambs, 8s; the Duntulin lambs, lls 6d; Scowrie, 9s 6d. Mr. Macdonald, Achanault, bought 400 blsckfaced ewe lambs at 61 6s per clad score. Mr. Allan Macvean sold the Ardintoul a edder lambs at 101 per clad score. Mr. Seller's Morvich, small ewe lambs, Bs. The Ord Cheviot wedder lambs, 91 per clad score. Mr. Clark of Ulva sold the Ulva cross wedder lambs at 71 103. Several lots of blackfaced lambs sold at 7s; old ewes, 7s. WOOL. The leading clips of Cheviot wool have been sold higher than last year by abut Is. per stone; but there is still a considerable amount of second-class wool unsoll The Gurdonbush wool sold at 175.; Bighouse, 17s. 6d.; I3slosheil, 16s ; Scorrybreck. 16s. ; Auchinduich, 16x.91.; Eriboll, leo.; Ebost, 15s. 6d.; Kyle, 15s. 6d.; Auchmoro, 163.; Calder, 165.; Dale, 15s. 6d.; Drynoch, 15'. 6d.; Sandside, 17s. Mr. Kenneth Murray sold his Cheviot wool at 163. Mr. Baigrie sold the Ardross Cheviot wool at 16s. 6d. Mr. Jahn Chisholm bought the Ardochy clip at 15s. 6d.; the Kerrow clip at 15z. 6d.; another clip at 155.; and others mentioned elsewhere. Mr. Sellar sold his wool at 17s. 6d. The Ardintoul wool went at 15s. 6d. Mr. Bethune, Arcan, sold his wool at 15s. 6d. Mr. Clark, Ulva, sold to Mr. Murren of Bradford, his Cheviot washed wool at 15s. 6d., and his blackfaced at 81. Mr. Nicol, Inverness factory, bought the Comar white wool at 203. 6d., laid 15s. ; the Sheuglie Cheviot white washed at 235., white tarred 18s., laid 16s. 3d.; and the West Garty white hog at 245., laid 16s. 6d. Mr. Arras, Delnies sold his white wool at 245. Mr. John stone, Inverness, bought several lots of white and half bred wool at 20s to 245. Laid Cheviot from 14s to 15s. Mr. Brown of Linkwood sold the Novar blackfaced to Mr. Johnstone, at 81. Mr. Johnstone bought several lots of the same kind at from 7s to Bs. The white wool, as we have said, was much in demand, chiefly for manu factories at Bradford. The Murkle white wool 24s per stone; Oldhall, 245; Stemster, 245; Scorrybreck do., 235; Drynoch, 244. Black Wool-Comparatively little blackfaced wool was sold; but we beard of some lots at Ss. 8s 3d, and 8s 90. A small parcel was bought for the Inverness Fac tory at 8s 68. SMEARING MATERIALS. Some contracts were made fur grease butter at 34s to 37s per cwt. Tar, 14s. Severe domestic distress occasioned the absence of an old friend and visitor, Mr. Anderson of Leith, but we understand that he transacted business by letter with many of his friends at current prices. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current, July 16.) SUGAR.—To-day there was more activity in the West India market; grocers and refiners were buyers to a large extent, still merchants could not obtain any general rise on the rates of Friday. The sales of 150 hogs heads 11 tierces and 200 barrels Barbadoes went at the previous currency; fine yellow at 39s to 41s, middling to good 36s 6d to 38s 6d, low 35s to 365, and brown 33s 6d; 64 hhds 51 brls 2 tea Grenada went at the full valuations, brown at 33s 6d to 34s 6d, low to mid yellow 35s to 36s 6d; 40 brls St. Kitts, brown 34s 6d, yellow 365; 10 tres Demerara crystalized went at 41s 6d. The total purchases today were 1,490 hhds, &c. To-day at public sale 24 puns Trinidad Molasses were taken in at 13s per cwt. REFINED.—To-day Lump Sugar from 49s to 51s per cwt sold freely for home trade purposes, but better sorts are operated in with caution at the former value. Crushed Sugar is offered at the terms of last week, but there is not a better demand MAIIRITIIIII.—This afternoon Mauritius Sugar was in good demaud, and realized fully former rates: at auction 5,059 bags 49 casks were sold. fine yellow realized 39s to 408 6d, mid to good 35s 6d to 375, and ord brown 27s to 28s per cwt. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon white Bengal met with a good demand, and bully supported the former value, but other sorts are operated in with caution, still lower rates are not accepted. Of 6,100 bags at auction about half sold, good` white Benares at 39s to 40s 6d, low to mid 36s to 38s 6d, damp and washed 35s to 39s 6d, soft yellow 31s to 35s 6d, mid and good yellow like Mauri tius 37s to 38s 6d, low 34s 6d, good brown 28s to 29s per cwt. FOREIGN.—To•dsy holders of Foreign Sugar were firm, and would not sell but at full rates, still the busi ness concluded by private treaty was of a limited charac ter, by shippers and the home dealers. None was offered at auction. MorassEs.—A reduction has taken place for West India, but sales are upon a more extended scale, and amount to 250 puns—St. Kitt's at 13s 6d, Tobago 13s, and Vincents at 148 per cwt. East India is held for 14s to 138, but few buyers are to be met with, still there is not a more plentiful supply. Cocoa.—Holders of West India are firm, and continue to supply the market sparingly. None has been offered at auction since this day week. Former terms are well supported, and sales to a fair extent have been made by private treaty. In Foreign there has been little done, and the rates accepted are 27s 6d to 28s 5d per cwt. COFFEE.—This afternoon holders of Plantation Ceylon Coffee were more disposed to realise, and prices declined Is to 2s per cwt. At public sale 190 casks 2,325 bags wero, however, nearly all disposed ot; goo 4 mid went at 56s to 575, mid 52s to 545, low mid 50s 6d to 51s 6d, tine fine ordinary 48s to 50s, fine ordinary 45s to 475, pea berry 55s to 565, triage 42s to 455. For Native former rates wero asked, but sales have been upon a small scale by private treaty. At auction 20 bags were taken in at 43s 6d. Of Jamaica 100 pkgs went at rather lower rate', tine to fine fine ord at 45s 6d to 481, inferior 41s 6d to 435, and low triage 29s to 34w. TEA.—There has again been a large home trade de mand for common Congou, and shippers have taken several parcels; supply is not more plentiful, and rates are firm at 100 to I Id. In sorts from is to is 3d a good dell has been done, but superior qualities have been only in moderate demand at is 4d to is Bd. For low and mid Green former rates are well supported, and large parcels have been disposed of ; shipp ers a re also operators to a fair extent. Fine and good qualities are not much wanted, still holders generally will not sell, except at full rates. Scented and Pekoe Teas realised last week's prices, and many parcels have been sold. Of 7,409 packages at public sale 3,500 were disposed of. RlCE.—Cleaned Rice sells with more freedom, town dressed Carolina 22s to 28s, American 20s to 21s, Patna 118 to 16s, and broken 9s 6d to lOs 6d. Arrow root is not much wanted, and 500 pkgs at auction only in part sold, Bermuda at is Bd, other sorts of West India 2id to 91d. Sago has been in fair demand at the former value. At auction 500 chests sold at 21s to 22a for small pearl, but 414 bags Sago Flour were taken in at 17s 6d to 19s 64 per cwt. To-day East India Rice was held for full rates, but there is less demand. At auction 1,780 bags Bengal were taken in at lOs to lOs 6d for good white, and at 8s 6d for cargo. SPICES. —Nutmegs have been more in demand, but not at better prices. A public sale of 10 cases Penang went at 2s 6d to 3s 4 d for ordinary to good. Jamaica Ginger has further declined, but at auction 340 barrels sold ; gaud and fine 4115 s to 71 13s; ord and mid 3112 s to to 41 12s; but the whole sold. Export sorts of East India met with little attention, and 16s 6d to 17s 6d is the value. Of Pimento none has been offered at auction, only small sales have been made privately at 64 to qd per lb. Black Pepper is not cheaper, and none has been brought to public sale, but private operations are limited. Malabar at from aid to 311; and Sumatra 214 to 3d. Prices are steady for white, but there are nut many buyers. At auction 30 bags sold at 6d to 6i-d for mid and at 44d for low. In Mace sales to a fair extent have been made privately at 2s to 2s 9d. The demand fur Cloves continues limited; Penang at is to is 6d, Bourbon and Zsnzabar Sid to 7d per lb. For Cassia Lignea - rather more demand has been experienced, supply continues scanty, and 85s to 90s per cwt are the rates paid for ordinary to good. For Cinnamon the market is dull. Cassia Buds 90s per cwt. SPlRlTS.—Previous terms are well supported for Ja maica Rum, and there has been a good demand. The sales amount to 300 puns at 2s 9d to 3s 8d fur 33 to 38 per cent. over proof, including small parcels ot superio r quality and high flavour at 3s 9d to 4s 4d per gallon. East India has not improved in price, but operations are upon a large scale, and amount to 1,000 puns at la 3d proof; at this rate there are not free sellers. Leeward Island is held with firmness, and 200 puns have been disposed of at is 4d to is 4id proof. Fine Demerara is wanted, and full rates are o ff e red. but inferior met with little attention. About 200 puns have been sold at is lld to 2s for 32 to 34 over, rather cloudy, and better sort 2s to 2s 2d for 32 to 38 over. Brandy has been ope rated in with more freedom, and holders display firm ness. The val ue o f Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1849 is 4s 5d to 4s 7d, 1848 ditto 4s 6d to 4s Bd, 1847 ditto 53 Id to bs 3d, and inferior sorts 2s 8d to 4s 2d. Geneva is unaltered in value. Former rates are sup ported for British made spirit. COCHINEAL.—To-day at public sale 15 bags Teneriffe Cochineal sold at 3s 9d. INDIGO.—For Bengal, merchants display much firm ness; prices for fine shipping rule at from May's rates to 2d advance, mid and good 3d, good and fine con suming 3d to 4d, and ord 3d to 4d above. Kur pabs sold freely at a rise of 3d to 4d. Madras has not met with much attention during the last few days, For dry leaf Madras the market has presented a quiet aspect. Spanish has met a much bettor demand, and former terms are well supported. The public sales of 150 srns Guatemala went at 35 Id to 3s 6d fur Cortes, and 3s 7d to 4s 4d for Sabres. The Indigo market has a very firm appearance. SALTPETRE.—SaIes have been upon a limited scale by private treaty for all purposes, still holders are firm, and offered none at auction since our last report. The value is 25s 6d to 27s 6d for low to fine. British refined, how ever, has been in good demand at 29s to 29s 6d per cwt. Nitrate of Soda is to be obtained at 13s 6d to 14s per cwt, but there are few buyers. TALLow.—No change of importance is to be men tioned in the price of Russian on the spot since this day week. First sort yellow Candle is obtainable at 36s 6d to 37e, and for inferior 3d to 6d per cwt less. For deli very in the last three months many holders are willing to supply the article on rather lower ter ms; b ut only a small business has been done at 37s 6d to 37s 9d. Al though home melted is to be obt a i ne d at 35s to 36s nett cash,- yet transactions have been upon a limited scale; large parcels are brought forward. Other descriptions of Tallow barely supported previ ous te rms . At auction, however, 540 pkgs American were 1 i ) I.lJiltl. nearly all sold from 32s to 36s for low to fine; 600 casks Sydney at 32s 6d to 35s 9d; and 25 casks of North American at 36s to 36s 3d per cwt. For auction 1,200 pkgs Tallow are advertised. OILS.—The market has a firm appearance for Seal Oil, and a good business has been concluded in pale at 311 to 321 per tun. Other kinds are sought after at 29/ 101 to 301 10s, but there is yet a small supply. The stock of Cod is light, and 34/ 10s must be paid before any business is settled. For Southern holders require 31/ to 331 10s for low to fine. For Sperm the rates obtained are 84/ to 84110 s per tun for Colonial of first quality. Ileadmatter has Leen selling at 901 to 94l per tun, and is yet scarce. In Rapeseed Oil the sales made are more extensive ; brown is quoted at 35s to 35s 6J, and pale 36s 6d to 375, but, for delivery, parcels maybe bought under these figures. An active demand continues to exist for Linseed Oil to supply tho wants of the home trade, and several export orders have been com ple!ed ; the market is only indifferently supplied, and quotations are firm at 32s 9d to 33, rer cwt. For deli very the transactions have been to a fair extent at 323 to 32e 6d. Cocoa Nut has not been much inquired after, and sellers are willing to dispose of Ceylon and Cochin at 29s to 31s. Another reduction has taken place in Palm Oil, owing to a large quantity pressed for sale and the restricted demand fur the article. At auction 150 tuns changed hands from 26s 9,1 to to 28s 3d ; and 38 casks Gingelly Oil at 33s 6 Olive continues to meat with little attention, and there is no difficulty in finding seders at 421 to 411 103 for Spanish and Gallipoli, and 401 103 to 41/ 10s per tun for other descriptions. Imports cf Cocoa Nut, Olive, and Fish Oils have been impartant. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. IPSWICH, JULY 16. We had again a small show of wheat. There was a slight reduction in price, but not Is per qr., owing to the firmness the growers evince in holding their remaining stocks, and trom a report of the growing crop having suffered from something of a blight, as also from the heavy rains and thunder storm of last night. We had a sample of new white peas on sale ; 32s was bid for them. PER QUARTER. raft QUARTER. Wheat, red Ditto, white. 4ss to 48s Oats ooa to 00s Barley, malting ... 00s to 001 Rye oos to Oi's Ditto, grinding 00s to 00s Malt ...... Beans ..... 2Bs to 00s Flour, per sack AVERAGES FOR THE WEER ENDING JULY 13, 1850. Wheat Barley Oats ....... Beans 3O ~ 28s 6d Peas HULL, JULY 16. Messrs. Taylor and Bright's Circular states ; —Since Tuesday last we have had a succession of warm, genial wea ther, and unfavourable reports as to the wheat crops have teased. The desire to increase stocks on the part of millers has received a check, and business is quieter than at the early part of last week. Holders, however, show no disposition to give way in price, although we have a considerable arrival of all kinds of grain since the above table was made up. Today our farmers were little influenced by the dull reports of yester day's London market ; and some ra in having fallen, they were enabled to make last Tuesday's prices for all fresh thrashed samples. Rather more foreign on show, and though little business was done prices are unaltered. Fine and heavy malt ing barley is scarce, and fetches long prices. For grinding samples we have a good sale at fully our quotations. Not much business doing in beans, but holders are firm. Very few peas offering, and the article is in demand. Linseed is dearer, and cakes support the late advance, with but few of first make offering. Contract cakes are less easy to buy. Rape cakes quite up to our quotations. The season for bones may be re. garded as over. The following are the present prices of grain : S. 8 . 8 . 8. Wheat, English, red 43 to 45 Peas, white and yel. 24 26 Do. white 44 46 Do. grey ' 22 24 Dantzic and Ko- Linseed, Black Sea 44 —46 nigsberg 42 46 Do. Petersburgh ... 38 42 Pomeranian and Do. Riga& Archngl. 38 —4O Hamburgh 4O 42 Do. Konigsberg .... 34 38 Danish, Holstein, & Per ton. Friesland 35 38 Lins. c,Hull'6/ 1716 d to 14216 d Russian and Odessa 32 40 Do. fine foreign Oats, English Do. Danish... l5 17 Rapeseed Do. Friesland l5 18 Rape cakes...7ss Od to 77s 6d Do. Russ. & Odessa 15 17 Tares, English OO3 —00 s Barley,melting — 24 Do. foreign 20s —26 s Do. grinding........ 19 20 Guano 6l to 101 Os Beans Do. foreign ...... '22 —24 Rye meal 5/ lOs LIVERPOOL, JULY 16.—At this day's market there was the usual attendance of the town trade, but very few country buyers in attendance, and the weather being very fine the business done in wheat was on an extremely limited scale at a decline of Id to 2d per 701bs. Flour met with little inquiry, and nominally maintained its value. Oats were taken to a moderate extent at late rates. The same remark applies to barley and beans. Peas were quite neglected. Good yellow Indian corn was offered in vain at 26. per quarter, and must be quoted is per quarter lower than this day week. CORR ' JULY 15.—Flour—First 12s 6d to 13s ; extra 14s ; seconds, 12s Od to 12s 6d ; households 9s tolls; thirds, 7s to 8s per cwt. Oatmeal 10. to 1056 d; Indian meal 6s 6d to 7s Od; wheat meal, 10s to 1083 d per cwt. Indian corn 00s to 00s per ton . Bran 4/050d to 4/2s 6d per ton. Hay—Farmers 22s to 30s; average 261; dealers 44s to 50s Od; average 00s per ton. St! aw— Farmers 17s Od to 32s Od ; average 24. ; dealers 30s Od to 35s 04; average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d te 601 household loaf 5d to Sid per 41b. Fresh butter, 7d to 8d per lb. Eggs-4s 4d to 4s 6d per hundred. Coals— Newport 14s; Lydney 155; Smiths' 14. ; Best Neath Culm 13s per ton. Tallow 38s 6d to 00s per cwt. Whisky, 25 o. p.. 5s 6d per imperial gallon. Meat —Beef 4d to 44d; mutton 5d to 61d; veal 4d to 5d ; pork 33d to Od; bacon 6d to 7d ; sausages 5d per lb. Hops 101 Os to 01 Os per cwt. Bangor slates 3/2s 6d to 3/5s per ton. Bark—Barbary 715 s to 8/ 5s ; Valonia 151 to 0/; French 61; Spanish 91 to 10/ per ton. Fleece Wool 101 to 12s per stone. Hemp 33/ toool per ton. Fish—Scotch herrings 13s to 141; r ed ditto 15s to 20. per barrel ; Newfoundland 0/ Os to 0' er ton. Timber—Memel, 80. per ton; red pine, 31 lOs; yellow ditto, 21 15s per ton ; deals, 13/ to 181 per 100. Hides— Market 14s to 20a; salted 15s to 21s per cwt ; calf skins 2id to 21d per lb. Potatoes, white 10d to 12d; Minions 14d to 18d ; Guano— Peruvian, 111 10s; Ichaboe, 9/ per ton ; Tar—Archangel. 19s per barrel. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY. At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 13th day of July, 1850, present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. This day the Right Hon. Henry Tanen was, by her Majesty's command, sworn of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took his place at the Board accordingly. At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 15th day of July, 1850, present, the Queen's Most Excellent Ma jesty in Council. Her Majesty in Council was this day pleased to deliver the Great Seal to the Right Hon. Sir Thomas Wilde, Knight, whereupon the oath of Lord Chancellor of Great Britain and Ireland was, by ber Majesty's command, administered to him, and he took his place at the Board accordingly. WHITEHALL, JULY 15. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters paten to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto the Right Honourable Sir Thomas Wilde, Knight, Chancellor of that part of the said United King dom called Great Britain, and to the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of Baron Truro, of Bowes, in the county of Middlesex. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, JULY 15. Royal Regiment of Artillery—First Lieutenant Horace Parker Newton to be Second Captain, ♦ice Willan, re tired on half-pay; Second Lieutenant John Alexander Philipps Adams to be First Lieutenant, vice Newton, July 9. WHITEHALL, JULY 9. The Lords Commissioners for the custody of the Great Seal have appointed James Fe'than) of Hingham, i n th e county of Norfolk, Gent, to be a daster Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. William Branscombe, common carrier, Blandford, Dorsetahire. BANKRUPTS. William Minter Wood, hosier, Dover, to surrender July 25, at half-past twelve, and Aug. 29, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Carman, Birchin lane, Cornhill; Reed, Langford, and Marsden, Friday street, Cheapside. Henry Hart Davis, builder, Battersea, July 22, at half-past one, and August 30, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Canuao, official assignee, Birchin-lane; Hewitt, Nicholas-lane. William Day ment, tailor, Christian-street, St. George in-the-East, July 25, at twelve, and Aug. 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official as signee; Dolby, Fish•street-hill. George Knight, Worthing, July 27, at half-past twelve, and August 31, at halt-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall- chambers; Rhodes, Lane, and Rhodes, Chancery-lane; Butt and Worsley, Ryde. Samuel Nicholson, trader, York, July 29 and A ug . 16, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, offi cial assignee, Leeds; Paterson, Liverpool; Bulmer, Leeds. John Vandersluyse Scantlebury, carpenter and builder, Conduit-street East, Paddington, Juiy 27 and August 31, at eleven, at the Uourt of Bankruptcy. .Pennell, offi. cial assignee, Guildhall•chambers; Vaughan, Lincoln's Inn•fields. Thomas Dalton and Thomas Edwards, ironfounders, Birmingham, July 24 and August 21, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Tyndall and Son, Birmingham. Samuel Wilkes, clock dialmaker, Birmingham, July 22, and Aug. 19, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Lowe, Birmingham. _ JohnWelch, draper, Ashby- de- la-Zouch, Leicestershire, Aug. 2, at ten, and Aug. 30, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court, Nottingham. Bittleson, official assig nee, Nottingham; Parker, Rooke, Parker, and White house, Bedford-row ; Dewes, Ashby-de-la-'touch; Hodg son, Birmingham. George Colston Baylis, dealer in flour, Cardiff, Gla morgansbire, July .30, and Aug. 27, at eleven, at the Bristol Di s t r i c t C ourt. Hutton, o ffi cial assignee, Bristol; Bird, Cardiff. Thomas Williams, auctioneer, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, July 29 and Aug. 26, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Abbot, Bristol. Francis Blanchard and William Fassmore, tailors, Leeds, Aug. 2 and Aug. 30, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Upton, Leeds. John Scorah, seed merchant, Pontefract, Aug. 2 and 30, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, offs cial assignee, Leeds; Blackburn, Leeds. John Sharrock, licensed victualler, Toxteth-park, Lancashire, July 29 and August 19, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool; Gregory, Faulkner, Gregory, and Skirrow, Bedford-row; ROY, Liverpool. July 24, at eleven, and Aug. 28, Edward Robaon Arthur, ship owne r, North S hields, a t twelve, at t he NO* castle-upon-T3 no District Court. Wakley, official ea stgnee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Maples, / mo w s, and Pearce,Frederick-street, Old Jewry. DIVIDENDS. At the Court. Basirg P ball•street. J. Slater, Friday- atr(et, Choi side, warehouseraco, Aug. 7, at eleven.. _ In the Country. J. W. Brooke and J. Wilson, Liverpool, merchants al the Court, Liverpool, Aug. 6, at eleven. PAYMENTS OF DIVIDENDS. J. Matthews and C. D. Matthews, Chipping Oxfordshire. and Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, bankers, a first, second, and third dividend of 75., 35, ', and 2t4. on Thursday, July 18, or any subsequene. t Thursday, between eleven and three, at the office of Val py-, Birmingham. J. liarshaw and W. Askew, Leeds, cloth merchant': Is. 31d.. on Thursday, July 18, and any subseq.lo" Thursday, lac taeen eleven and two, at the,office Lit gr. Freeman, Leech. Norton , J. Harshaw, Leeds, cloth merchant, 3d. on Thurselal, July 18, and any subsequent Thursday, between cleat, cud two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Leeds. E. A. Manchester, sharebroker, 16s. on Tuesday, July 16, and every following Tuesday, be tween ten and one, at, the oft ca of Mr. Hobson M°. , chester. st J. Harrington, Manchester, commission ag ent, Beesthorpe, Nottinghamshire, farmer, 64. Id. , on I°3 o day, July 16. and every following Tuesday, between le and one, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester, M. Cawood, Leeds, ironfounder, first divid end of 31, on subsequent proof's, any day on and alter Jul,' 16 ' between eleven and two, at the office of Mr . you D g' Leeds. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. In the Country. od R. Wilson, Kingston-upon-Hull, stonemason builder, Aug. 7, at half-past twelve, at the Towh-his_' Kingston-upon-Hull Margaret Milne, Manchester!), grocer and tea dealer, Aug. 8, at twelve, at th u g s t s Manchester—J. Wareing, Liverpool, draper, 7 ' 1, eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—T. Smith, Liverpo% cheesemonger and provision dealer, Aug. 7, I " elel „0t; at the Court, Liverpool—S. Adams, BirlDingh6ra,' and pistol manufacturer, Aug. 8, at twelve, at the L'°" Birmiagbam—T. Goode, Hereford, chemist end d i, gist, Aug. 10, at eleven, at the Court, Birrainghenr„r, Denton, Stainland, Yorkshire, silk and cotton e l " "" Aug. 8, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. of C. S. Smith, Louth, Lincolnshire, draper, certific6rAr, the third class—F. J. Ablett, Merthyr Tydvil, Gla nanshire, draper—N. J. Holloway, Minor i es , clock ":-; ufacturer, certificate of the second class—T. Pakenhem, Suffolk, brewer and flour seller--J• ball, Ingram-court, Fenchurch-street, and Da il "„",ifi s • t ' Durham, anchor and chain cable manufacturer, cate of the first class—E. Archer, Clare-street, market, taker, certificate of the third elti sv r h irti Wallace, Sunderland, butcher, certificate of the class. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. I,•re, H. Booth and E. Harland, New Earth, Lanoasulb 1, apindlemakers—W. Bowdery, J. Kerby, and J. as jun., Oxford-street, booksellers and stationers (to 1- „, regards W. Bowdery)—W. Grimshaw, W. G rin:47,,f 7W jun., and F. Grimshaw, Goawell-street, watch mull ° or, turers (as far as regards W. Grimshaw, sen-)..r, to , Keighley, E. B. Keighley, and J. Keigbley,„lt . h i I) Yorkshire, cardmakers (as tar as regards W. it e 'b"„o e- 01, —J. Mellor, J. Cunningham, and T. Powell, LileArfkin cotton spinners (as far as regards J. Mellor)--"S'n'h - aot son and S. Hibbert, Chorley and Manchester , gw,,°„ s ter, manufacturers—W. Joynson and R. Gibson, Mtin e 'd attorneys—J. Isard and H. Wightwick, Kent, chandlers—J. Di xon an d T. Shepherd, B u-- ,.J. buildings, High-street, I s lin g ton, cheeseinoge" Brennan and J. Craven, Manche s ter, waste dea lerB-- ncl M. Gautier and F. d e B ac k er , Regent-street, tailors drapers—K. King s f or d, J. . Lay, K. Kingsford , J d oh and J. W. L a y, C orn -E xc h ange an d Savage - g a j t o ,) City, corn factors (as f ar as regar d s K. Kinpforo;;ew,, - Whattam and W. Day, Cirencestar-plac e c road, cabinet maker s —S. Sp ooner , see., S. SP °l3 "gier l and J. Biddy, Hanworth-r oa d, Hounslow, nori' er/- nti —C. Tully and W. G. Phillip s , S un derland, roef c o bß fre• —J. Metherell and W. Carter, Tavistock, Dej O d a le, mining sharebrokers—J. Wheldale and G. VV Kingston-upon-Hull, paint ers —W. Miller, A. . e n d and A. Beard, Liverpool, w i ne an d s pi r it m rch ants , Bootle,Lancashire, brewers (as far as regards A -G. Taylor and J. Bowen, Romford, Essex. irol fe°l3 - build er ! era—H. B. Colbran and R. gWinder, Bri h ton. , hi re. W. Dawson and T. Dawson, Blackburn, LP' shuttlemakers. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. John O'Connell, Cardiff, grocer and publican. Henry Rees, Gloucester, porter. 13 tehe r. William Morgan, Llandinam, Montgomeryshire! 7 s od William Sands, North Eldham, Norfolk, g roOer draper. Robert Scutt, Dorchester, butcher. William Storey, She ffi eld, journeyman draper. Henry Norton, Sheffield, hairdresser and perfunierLor Joseph Waddington, Bradford, Yorkshire, be er -P " keeper. h oer. Joseph Westbrook. Sheffield. journeyman silver P SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS., to J. Brand. Old Monkland, contractor and, gra c `,, 3 'cro meet July:2o, and Aug.ll, at t we l ve , w ithi n Druten 3— R)yal Hotel, Airdrie. A. Bennett, Friarton, near Perth, farmer. 51 ; t htli" fisher, to meet July 12. an d A ug . 12, at t w elve, 111 ' the Royal George Hotel, Perth. • et G. Miller, Edinburgh, engraver and printer, tor , e 's July 19, and Aug. 8, at one, within Cay and B la ck Rooms, Edinburgh. F. Salmon, Newton of F o th r i ng h am , cattle : des ie fl n e a insurance broker , to meet July 24, and Aug. 06SY1 within Morrison's Inn, Forint.. biro, R. Hamilton, Balderno c k an d Bl a i rn il e , 13i coal and lime merchant, to meeL Ju,ly 23, ,' Ilu „„ -- (0 7;0°' et two, within P eacoc k' s Lennox Arms lon, I . ° u — of Campsie. w ube. d ' W. and A. Candli s h, D oon P a rk and T o Avg' cattle dealers and farmer ?, to meet July 2 2, ! ° : ,br. 12, at twelve, within the S e lkirk Arms. Kircticlior'" RAILWAY SHARE MARK IP. LIVERPOOL, JULY 16. STOCK ExCUANOL—The share market was dull .„' The transactions were as f o ll ow : —L ancas ter an d ' ftes 05.74, Quarters, 13 S l-16- -London and North-Western, oalfe' Ditto, New Quarters, % c. p —Midland, 21 3 4 —Oswestry and Chester, 53—York and M r ''' . land, 14%. MANCHESTER, JULY 16 • r ift STOCK EXCHANGE. — Business in this share 111 . 8 ',30 . continues inactive, and p r i ces h ave a drooping °- BIRMINGHAM, JULY 16. STOCK EXCHAN GE .—Th e s h are mar k e t was rathe r to-day, but very little business was transacted. LEEDS, JULY 16. bugle STOCK EXCHANGE. —There was a fair amount °- C a le done to-day. The transactions were as follow: Thil: nians, 71. ls. 3d.—E as t an d W est Yorkhire, 5 3 4 A i t , -- ...--gl Ar. Extensions (No. 1), re g i s t ra ti on guaran teed, Ph land, 501. Shares, 24% di s .—N ort h S ta ff or d s hire, ,11 1 York and North Midl an d, 14/. Il s . 3d.—Midland ston f. ..1? f treg o DISPENSARY FOR CONSUMPTION.—The haw. , rgis. , meeting of the directors of this charity was held 011 . la . : t re_ r er' in the premises of the institution, 26, Margare",fr V: Regent-street; Mr. Thomas Stevenson in the chair. 4:itlfs: T. Hudson, hon. secretary, read the report, which stt` o giris; since the last meeting the number of patients front tu er otb e r of St. Marylebone had nearly doubled, while those fr°:ber parishes had .130 greatly increased. The total 0 1 ', s ioc' t persons who have received benefit from the dispens er . its commencement in 1847 amounted to 2,056. Me 4P; of patients at present remaining on attendant 21 , Thirty patients have been visited at their homes, d, been cured, 11 have died and 103 have been relieve cosee these must be added the number of patients who 110% lit to attend without giving notice, but are supposed be t e s been relieved, amounting to 182. Of the whole., 11° ,. 1 :01 01 „ e , patients relieved, those from the parish of St. lua'-' 4 qosV„, are 173, from St. Pancras 56, St. George's, Hanover"-ctiVe" 17, St. James's 34, St. Giles's 14, other parishes 97. The report having been adopted, a vote of th a ,. 13 6 ,ed0 passed to the chairman andand the Pr° — governors, terminated. 1 0. h isi A Yankee has just invented a method to cat% wi tls He says—" Locate your bed in a place much infe st st,„ re n if t these animals, and on retiring put out the light. ear over your pillow some strong smelling cheese, three . 0 101 red herrings, some barley meal or new malt, and sP r t i of dried codfish. Keep awake till you find the rats and then make a grab !" 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