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THE LONDON JOURNALS. EXTRA CTS FROM THE D NILY MORNING PAPERS, June S, 18'22. [MORNING POST.] The intelligence from Wallachia and Moldavia is Cl'ecisive of the fact, that the Turks had com menced- early in May the evacuation of those Principalities. An article from Bucharest, dated May 11, states, that whilst the Europeans re joice at the departure of .the Turkish troops, the Greeks are in'the deepest affliction, as it removes the hopes which they entertained of a war be-' tweet' Russia and the Porte, which they con sidered necessary to the consolidation of their independence. Two of the Boyards, who had been sent to Constantinople, are said to have been appointed Hospodars of the evacuated provinces. The others are kept as hostages, in order to pre vent a fresh insurrection. Fifteen hundred Janis saries were to remain at Bucharest to maintain order. Advices from Joannina, to the 2d ult., re present Chourschid Pacha as placed in a situa tion which becomes every day more embarrass ing. His differences with the Albanians and the Suliotes increased instead of being appeased ; and though he threatened to put to death by the most horrible torments four hostages whom he had found in the Castle of Joannina, and who had been given to. Ali Pacha by the Suliotes, when that Chieftain entrusted his youngest son to their care, that brave people refused to betray their charge, and continued to protect the youth, who is said to have reached his 21-st year. [NEW TIMES.] The French Ministry have hitherto proceeded with a degree of moderation, which their oppo nents attributed to timidity,and which even their friends have thought unsuitable to the circum stances in which they were placed. We were led to anticipate that on the opening of the new session they would be obliged to take a bolder atti tude. The majority of the Cote Droll is increased by the result of the late election, and whatever the Ministers may be inclined to do, the majority will not permit the Liberals to pursue their auda cious schemes with impunity. We have reason to believe, that some energetic remonstrances on this head have been addressed by the Royalist Depu ties to the Ministers. They have been told that they must not expect,support in the Chamber, if they suffer their avowed enemies to hold so many and such important places under the Government. In consequence it is highly probable that several Prefects will be displaced, and that a more di rect superintendence over the subordinate agents of the Prefectures will be given to the Director General of the Police, M. Franchet, a man who has the reputation of possessing no less ability than devotedness to the cause of Royalty. The Revolution has intrenched itself in what . has been aptly called the Bureaucratic; that is to say, the public offices abound in men placed there during the revolution, and actuated by an Esprit dc Corps in favour of revolutionary principles.— This Bureaucratie forms a fourth estate in France, More powerful than Kincr,- Peers, or Deputies singly ; but it is to be 'hoped that the cordial union of the King's Ministers, with a decided majority in • both Chambers, will be strong enough to break the power of the Bureaucratic, and reduce it to its proper character, that of a .rnere instrument in the hands of the Government and Legislature. The Minister of the Interior, it is said, has already determined on dismissing fifty-two employes in his department, who have carried their revolutionary principles to the height of fanaticism ; and it is hoped that this salutary measure will be followed in the De partment of Finance and the Droits [MORNING HERALD 1 Last night we. heard that Mr. Wallace had put off the further consideration of his Warehousing , Act till next week. This will give the Manu facturers an opportunity of meeting for the pur pose of petitioning the House against it. This Measure, so fr:r as - British manufactures are concerned, strikes at the root of the Expor tation' Trade of the United Kingdom. The following branches of manufacture are most likely to be affected ; and we suggest to all those engaged in them, to lose no time in opposing this inconsiderate Bill. Makers of silk goods (for the concession in this branch has been made so far only as regards the silk throw sters) ; manufacturers of woollen ; cotton ; hard ware ; glass ; earthenware ; publishers of books and maps ; makers of trinkets ; haberdashers ; cutlery ; watches and clocks ; mathematical instrument makers : indeed, there is not a single manufacturer but will be seriously injured should this Bill pass. Mr. Wallace is a Gentleman, who, we hear, knows nothing whatever-of the manufacturing interest of the kingdom and yet be is much looked up to by the Board of Trade. Air. Ricardo, we believe, is one of the Come mittee on the Bill, and every body knows,_ that he is acquainted practically, With nothing be yond buying and selling of stock, and that he retired upon a handsome fortune, "in consequence of, being lucky in that pursuit s Mr.. Huskisson is also, we believe, one of the Board of Trade, besides being on the Committee. flow can he know any thing of the manufacturing interest a" the country ? [BRITISH PRESS.] Last night the second reading of the ,Con stables Bill, the. first proposition for the amelio ration of Ireland which has emanated from the Dew 'Government of that country, was moved. in the"Hpuse of Commons by Mr. Goulburn: The plan embraces great variety of details', but the great principle consists in this, that the power which has' existed for ages in the . Grand Juries' to. appoint the baronial constables in their respective counties, shall be henceforward transferred to the Executive Government. The measure was stroUgly opposed bySir J. Newport, Sir H. Parnell, Mr. S. Rice,Mr,Charles Graut,and several others,who declared that if carried" into a law, the country Would not be fit to live in. They all admitted , that the system of police was Wcctive,.bu.t they never could consent to a measure so unconstitu tional, and so widely remote ftern that benig nant spirit of government which the deluded peo ple of Ireland had been lately taught to expect. Mr. Plunkett, on the other hand, maintained that it was a perfectly constitutional measure, and could in no way be considered as a departure from the known laws of the land. The King was the fountain of all officers intrusted with the execution of the laws, and to transfer the power of nominating the Constables to the Executive Government of Ireland could not consequently be considered unconstitutional. This may be true in the abstract, but the present is not a dry question of law ; it is a proposition for the amelioration of the state of Ireland, and how that cau be promoted by degrading and depressing the gentry, is not within our comprehension. The great defect in ;the sys tem of society in Ireland we thought con sisted in the want of an adequate local body of Gentry dispensing the laws in their character of Magistrates, and exercising a pa rental,care over their tenantry as landlords, sup porting the Government with one hand and pro tecting the people with the other. The present Bill, instead of curing, aggravates the defect, and depriving the people of the benefit which they derive from the superior classes, consigns thein over at once to the Executive Government. The motion for the second reading of the Bill was carried on a division by a majority of 58. [THE TIMES.] Fresh papers respecting the lonian Islands serve to elucidate the unhappy situation of those possessions of ours, though up to no very recent date. The documents, we perceive - , were ordered last May, but they relate chiefly to transactions which took place early in the year 1821. However, elucidating that which, we fear, at his time of life, is unalterable—the temper of the Governor—they cast a strong light upon the general system of his government, and are there fore of present interest. It appears that a peti tion was privately circulating in the island of Zaute last March tvvelvemonth, and that the re presentative of the Lord High Commissioner there, Sir Patrick Ross, being aware of the cir cumstance seized the petition on the person of M. de Rossi, the Judge of the island. [MORNING CIIRONICLE.] We cannot but think that the Legislature over looks a very material consideration, when, in its unbounded confidence in the virtues of Ministers, it passes Bills that give Government generally extraordinary powers. Surely the majority should reflect, and a heart-breaking reflection it is, that the rare perfection now in office is not immortal ; and undoubtedly then there should be some se curity, providing that the powers so discreetly entrusted to the unparalleled moderation of one set of men, may not fall into the hands of another. We have got now, by great good luck, a number of temperate, trusty, virtuous Gentlemen, addicted to no man ner of excess, patterns of forbearance, political Scipios, to whom captive liberty may be com mitted with as much safety as captive beauty was to the Roman conqueror. But who knows how she may be treated by any libertines who may succeed to the powers of these Worthies, without possessing their rare and brilliant virtues ? We have been led into these melancholy reflections by the debate on the Alien Bill ; and we would implore Tories to consider for a mo ment the possibility of Ministers being turned out (we would use the smoother phrase, going out, were not that act of volition too re mote from probability), and let them figure to themselves another Administration of course as depraved as the present is excellent—let them then fancy some worthy Monarch, Fer dinand of Spain for instance, taking refuge in this asylum of cast-off Kings—why, this excellent person, while forming the most legitimate schemes for the correction of his unruly, misbegotten sub jects—while brewing a little foreign war, might be whisked away in a moment, without any sort of state or ceremony, in the custody of Lavender, the police-officer, for ignominious deportation. To obviate the possibilty of so dire a calamity occur ring,it would be well that powers granted in respect of themoderation of particular individuals in office, should be restricted to those individuals ; and therefore, in such Bills as the Alien Bill and Six Acts, it should be set forth, in the preamble to the Bill, that certain powers therein contained, were granted in consideration of the extraordi nary moderation of the Ministers for the time being, with the termination of whose official ca reer those powers should expire and cease to be. This would set the thing in its true light, infi nitely tend to the fame and credit of Ministers, and inspire the whole world with a sense of the sound grounds on which we legislate. There was a time, indeed, when liberty was thought to consist not merely in the present enjoyment of rights, but in having an effective legal security for such enjoyment ; but that doctrine seems ut terly exploded now, and has given place to the precise converse. From the heat of the weather this week, se veral horses drawing stage coaches and other conveyances have died on the road in the neigh bourhood of Stamford. Humane persons may prevent much suffering by restraining rather than urging the speed of postilions and drivers. Mr. Edward Scholes, of Scotgate, an industrious man, who keeps a team for hire, lost two good waggon horses on Wednesday, owing to their working hard in the heat. OLD HOUSES IN ALDERSGATE-STIMET.--AI ten o'ciock yesterday morning a stack of chimneys of the house oc cupied by Boyle, tailor, within three doors of Bull and Mouth street, Aldersgate-street, fell in with a tremendous crash, that drove in the roofs of three adjoining houses, occupied by Mr. Newman, trimming-manufacturer, Mr. Todd, cheese-monger, and Mr. Goodman 's billiard-rooms. The neighbouring inha bitants were thrown into great consternation from the occur rence; some of their houses being in a very dilapidated state. Constables attended to warn the passengers from approaching too near. There.were several young children in the houses, and families; and' a woman long confined to her bed, where the roof fell in, but no more damage was done than the shattering the houses, windows, and partitions :--household implements, and china and crockery, all went into devastation. MARLBOROUGH-B'TR EE T.—YeSterdaY Wan. HaftbUry was brought before J. E. CONAN T; Esq. charged with breaking and entering the premises of Luke Hansard, Esq. of Great Turnstile, Hallam, and stealing therein a barometer, a clock, and many other articles to a large amount. , Mr. Hansard attended, and identified the barometer and clock to be his property. The pri soner said nothing in his defence, and he was fully committed ' to take his,trial. To Tat RIGHT HON. ROBERT PEEL, &c., FOR THE SUN. SlR—Since the publication of my former letter to you on the Currency Question, I have met with Mr. IticAuDo's opinion " on the effect produced on the price of Corn by your Bill for restoring the ancient standard" in the sth Section of his late pamph:et. Mr. RICARDO says, " that from 1797 to 1819 we had no standard by which to regulate the quantity and value of our money," and it appears to be his view that the Bank ought to regulate its issues by the par of ex change; thus he accounts for the increased pressure on the country," because the Bank did not issue a sufficient quantity of notes to keep the exchange at par."—This is in fact an acknowledgment that the ancient standard possesses merely the negative quality of check ing the circulation, and it contrasts the more forcibly with that quality of paper money, that being as it is, the anticipation or the consequence of the exchange of things, it accommodates itself in the proportion requisite thereto ; whereas, in the case of the ancient standard, the exchange of things must more or less be dependent on the quantity of Bullion.—The objections raised against paper money are on the supposition that if it is not controlled by Bullion it has no check against excessive issue or against an unnatural rise in the price of things, and that it possesses no real value.—Now its value or price, like that of metallic money, and of every thing else, depends on the demand, and in the case of paper money this demand is certain ; the deb tor whom it " admonishes" knows its value full well, and that he must have it to liquidate his debt. It is the very essence of money that there be a debtor to it.—As unjustly as paper money is stigmatised as of no value, is it charged with un naturally raising prices; if it unnaturally raises price, it thereby causes increase of production, and there must be a re-action by the excess of production lowering price again ; for paper money is not the cause, though it affords the means of a rise in prices.—lt is not, however, the circulatio❑ of the metropolis that was so much affected by your Bill, as that of the coun try, and accordingly the pressure has been the greater on agricultural produce. The agrictil turists are therefore particularly interested in the formation of chartered country Banks, as now proposed. The facilitating circulation will not raise the price of corn to SOs. per quarter, while 655. is a remunerating price, but it will keep prices steadier to this " standard," instead of those fluctuations which a medium dependent on the foreign exchange occasions, such as 505., when the barns are full, and money wanted for the mortgaged rent, and 70s. as soon as the re duced stock is confined to such as have the means of holding out for it. Curzon-street, May 31, 1822. E. SOLLY. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. Oxronn, JUNE 7.—On Thursday the following Degrees were conferred : 'MASTERS OF ARTS. George Rooke, Fellow of Merton College. Rev. George Hemming, Merton College. Rev. IVm. Robinson,l Magdalen Hall. Rev. Henry Ayling, Rev. Henry John Gunning, Balliol College. Rev. George Edge Larden, Brasenose College. BACHELORS OF ARTS. Griffith Roberts, 8.A., of Jesus College, was incorporated from Dublin. The Hon. William Wingfield, Brasenose College, Grand Compounder. William Williams, All Souls' College. Edward Wilson, Postmaster of Merton College. Charles Hedges, Lincoln College. Edward George Simcox, Scholar of Wadham College. Henry Tull, St. Edmund Hall. ~ Thomas Coltman, 1 Bmsenose College William Stone, Henry Trimmer, Exeter College. .John Horatio Lloyd, Richard Lechmere, George Sercombe Luke, a Queen's College. Thomas Stringer, J Robert Howlett, William Wilkins Gale, Pembroke College. William Weld, St. John's College. At an Ordinatien held by the Lord Bishop of this Diocese, on Sunday last, in the Cathedral at Ch. Ch. the following per sons were ordained : DEAcoNs.—Richard Palmer, M. A. Student of Christ Church ; W. B. Thomas, B.A. Scholar of Pembroke College ; William Fisher, M.A. Student of Christ Church ; Thomas- V. Durell, B.A. Student of Christ Church ; James It. Holcombe, B.A. Fellow of Jesus College ; Robert B. Paul, M.A. Fellow of Exeter College; Charles W. W. Eyton, B.A. Scholar of Jesus Colleke ; James Norris, M.A. Scholar of Corpus Christi College ; ..Vfin P. Roberts, B.A. Chaplain of New College 9 • Rich. Bracken, B.A. Michel Fellow of Queen's College ; R. Ito•kell, B.A. Scholar of Jesus College; Francis Horsley, 8.8. Curate of Mixbury ; Charles Radford, B.A. Curate of Swa cliffe. PRIrSTS.—Geo. Hayward, M.A. Scholar of Pembroke Col lege ; Richd. F. Laurance, M.A. Fellow of Pembroke; Henry B. Newman, A.B. Scholar of Wadham Coll.; W. B. Hellins, A.B. Curate of Lillingstone Lovell; Thomas R. Powys, A.B. Curate of Whitchurch ; William Greswell, M.A. Fellow of Balliol College ; Joseph Dornford, M. A. Fellow of Oriel College; William Cleminson, B.A. Curate of Charl grove ; Joshua Stratton, B.A. Chaplain of New College ; Robert M. White, M.A. Demy of Magdalen College ; Wil liam Boycott, M.A. Demy of Magdalen College ; John Walker, B.A. Chaplain of New College; Henry Gipps, M.A. Fellow of Worcester College ; Edward Philip Cooper, M.A. Fellow of St. John's ; Thomas Lombard, M.A. Student of Christ Church ; Augustus A. Colville, M.A. Student of Christ Church. At a General Ordination held by the Hon. and Right Reve rend the Lord Bishop Of -the Diocese in Gloucester Cathedral, on Sunday, the following persons of this University were ad mitted to Holy Orders : DEACONS.—Thomas Simpson Evans, A. 8., St. Alban Hall; John Barnes Bourne, A. 8., Trinity College ; John Yolland, A. 8., Worcester College; John Matthew, A. 8., Baliol Col- le PR IESTS.—Isaac Bridgman, A. 8., St. Edmund Hall; John Tucker, Pembroke College ; C. Hardwick, A. 8., University College ; Charles Nutt, A. 8., Magdalen College ; Henry C. H. Hawkins, A. 8., Cluist Church ; Richard - Battiseombe, A. 8., Merton College. We regret to say that the abominable traffic in Slaves is as briskly carried on as ever in the United States. In the Alexandria Gazette of the 4th of May we find the following disgraceful and infa mous notices : " Negroes Wanted.—The Subscribers wish to purchase 30 or 40 young Negroes, from 12 to 20 years of age. Apply, &c." " Negroes Wanted.—We will give cash for 15 or 20 likely young Negroes." " Negroes for Sale.--To be sold for cash, at Mr. Catt's, West End, on the 4th day of May next, at twelve o'clock, a Coloured Man and Uhild." " Cash forNegrces.—Liberal prices in cash will be paid for 30 likely young Negroes of both sexes." " Cash to give for Slaves.—The Subscriber wishes to pur chase a few likely young Negroes, male and female, from 10 to 18 years of age." The Petition again3t the Catholic Peers' Bill, from •Maidstone was signed by 850 persons. The town, of Goudhurst, in twc days, furnished 168 signatures to a similar Petition ; and both Petitions have been forwarded, to the Earl of Ro 51NEY, to b: presented to the House of Lords: FOR THE SUN. LANDED INTEREST-AND BONDED GRAIN. Ma. EDITOR—After the late protracted de bates in the House of Commons, where the landed interest essentially preponderates, from the very nature of the qualification required for Members, it cannot be alleged that every oppor tunity has not been afforded of discussing the merits of the agricultural question. The result must, however, disappoint the farmer ; for of the various plans devised, not one professed to give re lief from the actual pressure. All admit that there is no immediate remedy, and the measure at last adopted provides only against a contingency, never to be realized while the seasons are fa vourable and crops abundant—but solely when inclement weather, or a change in our political relations abroad, may force the price of native Wheat in our Home market to 80s. per quarter. The farmer has now for more than three years possessed the entire monopoly of the Home Market, to the total exclusion of foreign corn, and yet, instead of obtaining 80s. or any thing like a remunerating price, it has successively fallen each year far below it. If these high prices cannot be maintained, it is obvious that the only remedy for the farmer is to raise his Corn cheaper, by diminishing all expensive modes of cultivation, aided by a reduction in taxes, Poor-rates, and especially in rents, which ought to approximate to the old Peace Standard and to the Peace Price of Corn. The remedy is in the hands of the landed interest in Parliament. It should be remembered that great as is acknow ledged to be the distress of the agriculturist, it has not been peculiar to that class of the com munity. Every other class in society has suffered equally by the transition from a state of war to a state of peace, with the exception of the fund holder and annuitant, who were depressed by the war while others were thriving. Who does not recollect the calamities of the manufacturer a few years back, when the master could get no remunerating price for his capital, nor the weaver find employment ? Ask the ship-owner and sea man the immense difference that exists between present freights and wages, and those of former times, as well as in the value of capital vested in shipping. What return does the West India Planter receive from his estates at the present reduced prices of sugars, rum, and colonial pro duce ? or the proprietors of mines and iron foun dries in this country ? In fine, what losses has not the mercantile interest suffered by the stag nation of commerce and the depreciation of all kinds of merchandize ? and what relief could Parliament afford to the distress of all these vari ous classes It is preposterous, therefore, for agri culturists more than others to expect always remu nerating prices. Time and economy more than Le gislative'measures will effect a cure. Were a sum mary made by each class, exhibiting the War and Peace prices of their respective commodities, the Agriculturist would find that he has not been the only, nor perhaps the greatest sufferer. Agri culture was benefited in an extraordinary degree by the impulse it received from a War of un common duration, and by the extension of our Manufactures and Foreign Commerce during the same period. The effect has ceased with the cause, and proves that the interests of all are closely allied ; together they prosper and together they droop. The Agriculturist must at length submit to the painful revulsion experienced by all other classes. Among the arguments used in the late Debates for not lowering the import price of corn under 80s., exclusive of duty, it was asserted that wheat could be procured at Odessa, in the Black Sea, as low as 16s. per qnarter, and some made it as low as 12s. per quarter. But,.if inferior corn can be purchased thus cheap in a remote corner of the world, does it follow that merchants will hazard the entire loss of their capital in bringing it to England from a distance of some thousand miles? Enough of inferior cheap corn of our own growth can be had in Mark-lane, without seek ing it at such an immense distance. It should also be recollected that Underwriters pay no damage on grain arising from sea water, natural decay—or from getting heated by long confine ment on board during a tedious voyage. Such risks of total loss must, therefore, be taken into the estimate of the cost, when calculating the probabilities of importation, and not merely the actual disbursement of prime cost, freight, pre mium of insurance, and interest of money. This is a circumstance of great weight ; and by few sufficiently adverted to among Theorists and Landed Proprietors, in their calculations of the price at w hich Corn can be afforded from Foreign Countries. Much jealous feeling and groundless alarm have been excited among the Agriculturists on the subject of the Grain bonded in Warehouses since the closing of the Ports, in the Spring of 1819. Its supposed cheapness is the constant theme. But if to tl►e original cost be added the freight, insurance, interest of money, and heavy charges incurred in warehousing and keeping it during three years, together with the natural de terioration of quality by age, not to mention the sea risks encountered, it will be found that it would not near repay the capital disbursed, if admitted now into home consumption, and much of it would be subject to a very heavy loss. This applies to other species of G rain, like Barley, Beans, and Peas, as well as Wheat. At all events, as it was imported on the faith of the Act of 1815, with the concurrence of the Landed Interest, it has not only a claim to be admitted into home con sumption whenever the price of Wheat may reach 80s. per quarter, free of any duty that may now be fixed, —but as the currency has since been altered by Parliament, it has an equitable claim to admission at a lower rate than 80s., and other grain in proportion—for the Marquis of London-1 derry himself distinctly allows that 70s. now, are equal to 80s. when the Corn Bill passed ; and Mr. Western, and many other Land Pro prietors, declare the difference to be considerably greater. On these grounds a compromise might be advantageous both to the Agriculturist and Corn Merchant before the price reaches 705., and such a measure may be well deserving the atten tion of the public at the present moment. In years , of scarcity, the importer of Corn is' viewed with very different feelings, and as he suffers now in common with the Agriculturist, he has a right to the maintenance of the original terms fixed for importation. Averse as may be considered the Members of the House of Com mons, as individuals, to the claims of the Corn Merchants, yet no doubt can exist that, as Legis lators, every attention would be paid to a Peti tion from the Corn Merchants of the kingdom, founded on just reasons, and ultimately it might lead to the adoption of measures equally advan tageous to all parties. London, May 22, 1822. OBSERVER. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JuxE 7. BLASPHEMOUS LIBEL. The Judges taking their seats soon after twelve, Samuel Waddington was called on to plead to an indictment, charging him with vending a blasphemous libel, intituled Palmer's . Principles of Nature. This work i s prosecuted by the Society for the Suppression of Vic e , an d Waddington Pleaded Not Guilty, and was taken away in the Keeper of Newgate's custody- CRIMINAL INFORMATION. Mr. CAMPBELL moved for a criminal information against s Reverend Magistrate of the county of Glamorgan, for corruptly committing to the County Gaol a respectable person, named Brown, upon a conviction under the statute 6th Geo. 111. for cutting young trees, the affidavits stating that the trees had been bona fide purchased and paid for by the supposed delinquent , withithe knowledge of the committing Magistrate. The Co uRT, under the circumstances stated, granted a rule Nisi. RICHARD CARLILE. Mr. 11. COOPER moved for a Rule to shew cause why the late Sheriff of London should not proceed to sell certain effects belonging to Carlile, seized under a writ of levarifacias,inNo vember 1819, and which the Sheriff; in his return, stated were in his possession, waiting the further order of the Court. The Sheriff, upon the conviction of the defendant, and sentence to imprisonment and the payment of the fine of 10001. took posses-. sion of the effects in his shop in Fleet-street, which consisted of many works free from any blasphemous taint, such as the speeches of Mr. Charles Phillips and Bishop Watson's Apology for the Bible. The object of the motion was to compel the Sheriff to sell the effects so seized, inasmuch as the defendant had no other means of paying the fine, and if they were not sold ? ' he might remain a prisoner for life. The COURT doubted whether they could compel the Sheriff to sell the effects, but they granted to the Learned Counsel a Rule to shew cause why the Sheriff's return should not be quashed, and upon cause being shewn, they suggested that' probably then an order would be moulded, adapted to the object in view. DESTRUCTIVE FlRE.—About ten o'clock on Thursday night a destructive fire broke out on the extensive premises of Mr. Biggs, a tallow' chandler and oil and colour-man, in Old Gravel lane, near Wapping Dock. Immediately adjoin ing the melting-pans of Mr. Biggs were those of Mr. Waite, a grease-boiler in the neighbour hood, and from the nature of the combustible matter in which they dealt, destruction, at one time, threatened the whole of that pope' lous district. The flames soon communicated to the large wood yard of Mr. Pilkington, tin)' ber-merchant, next door to Mr. Biggs, and about eleven o'clock the appearance of the fire was really terrific to all who beheld it. The whole of Mr. Biggs's premises have been completely de stroyed, as well as those of Mr. Waite ; and the same may be said of Mr. Pilkington's valuable pro perty, if we except his dwelling-house, which for' tunately escaped with little injury. Behind the house of Mr. Biggs, Mr. Jones, a milkman, lives! and he, with difficulty, saved his cows, 10 or in number, at the risk of his life, and having his face and hands severely burnt. Without s e eing the devastation committed by the flames, and the extent of ground now in ruins, it is not easily possible to form an idea of the damage done in so short a time. The firemen and their engines were as usual prompt on the spot; but from the na ture of the materials, and the want of a supplY' f water at the moment of their arrival, no part of the buildings and property mentioned could be saved. But to their exertions may be attribute d the preservation of the houses adjoining in ever 9 direction. It is believed that the fire originated by the overflowing of one of the grease or tallow pans belonging to Mr. Biggs or Mr. Waite; bu t on this subject nothing certain is known. W e are, however, happy to say, that with the excer tion of Mr. Jones, no serious accident befel any one. COURSE OF EXCHANGE, June 7. Amsterdam Ditto, at Sight Rotterdam Antwerp l2 4 Hamburgb 37 8 e;4 „(J6, • Altona Paris, 3 Day's sight 2i 40 0 vs• Ditto E 2. 70 Bourdeaux, ditto Frank forton the :vain Madrid Cadiz Bilboa Barcelona 1 33 5 36 666336 1 Ex. ieville f Gibraltar Leghorn Genoa 434-Venice, Ital. Liv. 27 CO Malta 45 -Naples 39f Palermo Lisbon Oporto llioJaneiro Dublin .... 9:1 Cork 9i pet Ceut. BULLION. ()%f Portugal Goltr, in Coin 1.0 0 0 PO' Foreign Gold, in Bars 3 17 10t New Douhloons New Dollars Silver in Bars, Standard .0 4 Pi .0 0 0 COAL-MARKET, JUNE 7. Ships at Market. Ships sold Price. 9c70 28 Newcastle - - 18{ -30 s 9d to 385 pci 4 Sunderland - -28 s Od to 34' BIRTHS. Yesterday, in Manchester-square, the Lady of Sir gen ii Lambert, Bart., of May, a son and heir. ai e On the 26th of at Ditchley Park, in Oxfordshi re, Countess of Normanton gas safely delivered of a daught:„...... MARRIED. ,T; 1 1 °1 0 On Wednesday, at Mary-le-bone church, John ~ ` 'c i q o a Fazakerley, Esq. to Eleanor, sixth daughter of Matthew , tagu, Esq. corn Sydney, special license, cn the 31st Oct., at St. Phillip's Sydney, New South Wales, John Oxley, Esq. Surveyor;,rtoot ral of that Territory, to Emma, youngest daughter of J• N " Esq. of Fairfield-place, District of Brmgelby. DIED. john Yesterday se'nnight, 'in the 97th year of his a g e ' eo" le Hardisty, of High Harrogate, better known to MO! P,,, 60 who frequented that watering place by the name of John." He had the care of the chalybeate well. Bake' Harmston, on the 25th ult., aged 79, Benj amin er 0 known for upwards of 30 years as an eminent snotWY the foot of Dunston Pillar, on Lincoln Heath. ____..........0" qire" Printed and Published for the PROPRIETORS, At Office, No. 112, Strand, by J. B. CARSTAIRS: