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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE FRANCE On Tuesday the King of the French opened the session with a speech from the throne. Previously to proceeding from the Tuileries to the Cham ber of Deputies the King presided at a Cabinet Council. On his way to the Chamber the King was cheered by the people. Within doors more of solemnity was observable and ob served than on any former occasion. On entering the Chamber (at 20 minutes past one o'clock), his Majesty was deeply affected. On either side of the throne were the King's four sons, the Dukes of Nemours, Aumale, and Montpensier, and the Prince de Joinville. The Ministers were in front of them. _ _ _ On attempting to address the chamber, the king's grief and agitation were extreme. For some moments he felt unable to proceed. His emotion soon communicated itself to his auditory, and changed into sobs the cheers of enthu siasm with which on his entrance the king bad been hailed. On uttering the first words his voice faltered, and he burst into tears. " " So contagious was thi s b urst o f f ee li ng, " say_ our letters, that there was not a d ry eye i n t h e Ch am b er. " During the delivery of the whole speech, his Majesty's voice frequently failed him. At every such pause the cheering was renewed, and at the close the Chamber for many minutes rang with cries of " Vive le Roi !" The speech over, his Majesty sat down and remained while the deputies were sworn in. On the King's way back to the Tuilleries he was most enthusiastically received by the people. We are sorry to add, from our correspondent's letter, that his Majesty seemed much altered by the calamity that had fallen upon him, his family, and the country. The effect of these circumstances on the Bourse was favour able. The funds opened at an improvement on Monday's prices, and continued to rise gradually, but steadily, up to the moment when our correspondent closed his despatch. In the Chamber, his Majesty's reception was all that could be wished. Before the King's speech was delivered the 3 per cents. were done at 77f. .45c. ; afterwards (on the Bourse) at 77f. 66c. The 5 per cents. at 117 f. 65c. THE SPEECH. " Gentlemen, Peers, and Deputies, " Under the grief which oppressed me, deprived of that dearly beloved son whom I considered destined to replace me on the throne, and who was the glory and support of my old age, I have deemed it imperative to hasten the moment of your assembling around me. We have together a great duty to fulfil. When it shall please God to call me to Himself, it is necessary that France and the Constitutional Monarchy be secured against being for a moment exposed to any interruption of the Royal authority. You will therefore have to deliberate upon the measures requisite for prevent ing, during the minority of my beloved grandson, this im mense danger. _ The calamity that has befallen me does not render me ungrateful to Divine Providence, which still preserves to me my children, worthy of all my tenderness and of the confi dence of France. " Gentlemen, let us now secure the repose and safety of our country. At a later period I shall call upon you to re sume your accustomed labours relative to state affairs." THE EAST Private letters from Beyrout of the Ist instance announce that there had not been any fresh disturbances at Lebanon. The Emir Abdallab, of Gazir, had quitted the British frigate on board which he sought protection. He had re ceived a formal promise from the Turkish authorities that he would not be further molested, on condition that he should not return to his district for some time. The French cor vette Cornaline had arrived at Beyrout. Intelligence from Alexandria of the 6th instant states that Said Pasha, the son of Mebemit Ali, a youth of 22 years of age had been appointed admiral-in-chief of the Egyptian fleet. The Viceroy had suffered a severe loss by the death of Selim Bey, one of the most distinguished officers in the Egyptian army, and general-in-chief of the artillery, who died of a coup de soleil, in the 33d year of his age. The plague con tinued to rage at Alexandria. Constantinople letters, dated the 7th instant, confess a total dearth of political news in that capital. The Smyrna journals of the 9th instant are utterly barren of news. The French Admiral, Lasusse, had sailed from Smyrna for Salonica. Athens' letters of the 10th instant state that the Greek ministry, finding the treasury nearly empty, were about to apply to the French government for a fresh loan. They bad, moreover, adopted extreme measures of severity against such persons as were in arrear of their government taxes. It was said that at Messenia alone 3,000 individuals had been ar rested. The ministry, who were entirely de Voted to French interests, were becoming every day more unpopular. LEGAL INTELLIGENCE. EXETER ASSIZES.—JULY 23. (Before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.) DEVONSHIRE SUPERSTITION. Elizabeth Small was indicted for stealing from the person of William Harding the sum of £2B. Mr. Kirkwick conducted the prosecution ; the prisoner was defended by 31 r. Roe. This case presents an instance of the most extraordinary superstition on the part of the prosecutor, and to persons un acquainted with the dreadful ignorance that still spreads itself like a dark cloud over many parts of our agricultural districts would seem necessarily to belong to days long past. We would not willingly say a word to check the philanthropy that embraces within its generous concern all the mighiy family of man, and that pours its heralds of mercy, its teach ers, and its missionaries, into the remotest regions of the globe ; but surely a case like the present, disclosing as it does the most abject and debasing ignorance within the immediate circle of our own land, must strike upon the ear of pity, ren dered sensitive by a compassionate concern for others, with an additional force and a louder call than accompanies similar appeals from far-off shores. As long as it shall be true that true charity begins at home, cases like the one we are about to disclose call for every exertion on the part of the educated, intelligent, and religious portion of our community, to exert themselves to their utmost to raise our own countrymen and brethren from the miserable and infatuated ignorance in which they are sunk, and by which they are so much de based. __ . _ _ _ _ It appeared by the evidence disclosed in this case that the prosecutor, who kept a beer shop at Sandford, in this county, was, in the month of April last, in a feeble state of health. He happened upon some occasion to see the pri soner, who is an old gipsy woman. He fell into conversa tion with her on the nature of his complaint, and she was enabled to persuade him that ons of his neighbours had looked upon him with the evil eye, which was alone the cause of his malady, and that until the baneful influence of this evil eye could be counteracted, it was impossible that he could get well. Greedily swallowing this miserable super stition and fraud, the prosecutor was induced to give her the first half-a-crown, with which she crossed her hand and per formed other absurdities. - It is hardly necessary to add that the evil eye was not removed by this one offering at the shrine of superstition. The parties met again, and the prisoner at this time succeeded in obtaining from her infatuated victim double the sum be had before given to her. Still the evil eye glared on him with its malignant influence, and none of its consequences were removed. He saw her again, and again gave her 55., which, no doubt, convincing her of the extreme credulity of the man, she ventured to test it still farther. She now informed him that it was necessary that be should get together all the money he possibly could com mand ; that he should bring that money with him to a place on a neighbouring common which she indicated, and that he must then kiss her hand and show the money; and having done this, she promised she would bring before him the per son whose evil eye he was then suffering, and cure him of his complaint. It will hardly be believed by our readers that such was the infatuation of this poor ignorant rustic, that after this conversation he went to a person ' for whom he occa s io n ally worked, and borro w ed of him £25, which this person immediately lent him, on his saying that he wanted it for some private purpose. Having borrowed the money, he went to the spot indicated, and there, as he stated, saw the prisoner. She desired him to produce the money, which he did in his hand, when she said that he must for a short time give it into her possession. This seems to have alarmed even this infatuated man, and he somewhat demurred at the proposal. On hearing this the prisoner made a snatch at the money, succeeded in getting, and set off at full speed across the common. The prosecutor stated that he was too feeble to follow, and that she escaped with the booty which she had thus obtained. He did not see her for some time after, and when he did he gave her into custody. To this evidence was added the testimony of the policeman by whom the prisoner was apprehended, and who deposed to her having immediately recognised the prosecutOr when she was taken, and admitted, in answer to an interrogatory put to her by him, that she remembered his kissing her hand. Another witness also deposed to the fact of having seen her near the place where the prosecutor stated that he had met her. - . . - Mr. Roe having addressed the jury, called two witnesses to prove an alibi. They differed, however, in several parti culars on their cross-examination, though it did not appear, from anything elicited from them, that they had any interest in giving the testimony they did, they not being related to the prisoner, nor yet of the gipsy tribe, but simple peasants of this country. Mr. Kirkwicke having replied on the case. Mr. Justice Cresswell summed up, pointing out the per fect agreement of the evidence for the prosecution, and the discrepancies in that for the prisoner. The jury immediately found her guilty, and she was then sentenced by the court to a year's imprisonment ----..11b , ..--• -. OXFORD CIRCUIT. STAFFORD, SATURDAY, JULY 23. NISI Prutis COURT.—(Before Lord Chief Justice TINDAL THE QUEEN V.ROWLEY the R. V. Richatdsandkr. J.1 , 1 ,- . -- Scnith appeared for ill lTasecntion in this case; and Mr. Sergeant Ludlow and : 1 ;,,`-'raY for the defendant. ean:',,' was an indictment founded upon a quo warranto, wz in question the right of Dr. Rowley, a physician residing in for that cit Lichfield, to exercise the office of town-councillor were t-, Y• At the last municipal election, four gentlemen eronosed , n town - councill or -• the liberal interest to fill the office of three ordinary for . the south ward, there being at that time sional vacancy . vacancies to he filled up, and one occa sional Corporation lording to the provisions of the Mu wet, the parties elected to fill ordinary vacancies the three cillor for the full period serve the office of town-coun terms of the act, h u t the °f time limited by the express sional vacancy would she person elected to supply the occa sie onal for the unexpired portion of the term for which the Liberal was elected. The candidates proposed by W m party were Mr. Frederick Bond, Dr. Thos. Rowley, ist r. Edward Vale, Mr. Gor don, and a majority of the electoEntie delivered in voting papers containing the names of the four o m. Mr. Gordon conservative side ing the smallest number of votes. th reecandidates were proposed, and after theeevoters in the con servative interest had delivered in voting a fourth candidate, Mr. their candidates , put forward, and he obtained six votes from Garratt, was electors whohad not previously voted. A considerable f umber n of vot however, who had previously voted or the thre e cons vati el's' can didates, subsequent l y tendered voting p a p ers containing ve Mr. Garratt's na me, but the retu rn ing officer, contai n ing li that these electors were fined officio , refu se d to receive v .- some, tore up others , an d threw the rest on the floor. u pon this state of facts, the substantial question which arose w as , whether it was necessary to have had two elections or one; and it was contended by the counsel for the prosecution that the election was altogether void, because the individuals who were to fill the ordinary and occasional vacancies were all elected at the same time ; while it was urged on the behalf of the defendant that the lowest on the poll of the successful candidates was elected to fill the occasional vacancy, and that there was nothing in the act of parliament which required that the election of uarties to fill ordinary and occasional vacancies should take place at distinct periods. Lord Chief Justice Tindal said it was evident, from the meaning an d i n t en ti on o f th e ac t o f parliament , tha t the ati election to till an ordinary and an occasional vacancy was of entirely different nature, and upon the best consideration which he give could to the case he was of opinion he ought to dire •,a the jury to or the f find a verdict crown. The act required th a t the voting. papers should be kept for six month s after the el ect i on to inspect them . ' and .;o that the burgesses should be allowed regulation if, upon w, there would be no a d van tage in this inspection, which of the candidates they were unable to discover which to fill the occasional , Was elected to fill the ordinary, and that upon this record the d vacancy. He thought, therefore, The jury, therefore, unde e r fendant must be found guilty. turned a verdict for the crownhis Lordship's direction, re- Mr. Serjeant Ludlow tendered a Lordship's direction, and intimat e d thatbill of exceptions to his of his client to carry the question, f it was the intention i highest tribunal in the kingdom. necessary, before the *mortal itiarliament, HOUSE OF LORDS.- .MONDAY In reply to a question from the Bishop of LONDON, arising out of the contemplated grant for education, in aid of the classes on Mr. Hullah's principle, as well as on that of others, Lord WHARSCLIFFE said it was not the intention of the Government to establish normal schools without any sort of religious education for those who were to be themselves mas ters of extensive schools. With respect to the distribution of the grant between the church of England and dissenting societies, it was proposed to follow the plan laid down by their predecessors. The Earl of DEVON moved the re-commitment of the Mines and Collieries Bill. Lord BROUGHAM said he would by no means deny the right of the legislature to put a stop to the employment of very young children in any sort of work calculated to injure their constitutions and their morals, but at the same time he thought it dangerous to interfere unless with the utmost caution, for the same principle would apply in a vast num ber of cases which had not been brought before Parliament at all, such as that of the trades of the pin and needle makers, and which were manifestly destructive to human life, but which, if brought forward, ‘vould occasion much difficulty in dealing with, if a principle were laid down, for a deviation from which no sufficient reason could be assigned. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY spoke strongly against the bill, and complained of being thrown over by Lord Hatherton, and would not have had a particle of support had it not been that Lord Brougham had come to the rescue with a most statesmanlike speech, for which he returned him his sincere thanks. The noble marquis concluded by moving that the bill be referred to a select committee. The Earl of DEVON replied to the arguments of Lord Brougham, and after some observations from the Earl of RADNOR, their lordships divided, when the re-committal of the bill was carried by a majority of 49 to 3. The bill was then re-committed. Lord SKELMERSDALE moved that women over 40 years of age at present working in collieries should be still per mitted to do so if they thought proper. . . .. . . _ A considerable discussion ensued, but on a division the motion was defeated by a majority of 29 to 15. The Earl of MOUNTCASUEL moved that it should not be lawful to employ children in the mines under 12 years of age, the bill providing that the limit should be 10 years. After some discussion the Earl of Mountcashel's amend ment was negatived without a division. After some further discussion the bill went through com mittee, was ordered to be reported this day, and to be read a third time on Friday. The house then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MONDAY Sir R. PEEL said it was the intention of Government to propose a supplementary grant of £lO,OOO, in addition to the grant of £30,000, for the purposes of education. Sir J. GRAHAM announced that Government were not at present prepared to bring forward any measure as a substitute for transportation. . . . On the motion for the house resolving itself into a com mittee of supply, Mr. T. DUNCOMBE moved for copies of the indictment, &c., against John Mason and others, who had been tried and convicted at the late Alidsummer ssizes for the county of Stafford, for promulgating in lectures the doctrines of chartisrn. Sir J. GFAIIAM defended the proceedings of the prosecu tion, and opposed the motion, for he was by no means dis posed to convert the House of Commons into a court of re view of trial by jury. A. discussion ensued, in the course of which Sir James Graham's proposition that the House of Commons should not be converted into a court of review, was impugned by some hon. members, and supported by , others. Ultimately the house divided, and Mr. Duncombe s motion was nega tived by a majority of 116 to 32. On the question that the Speaker do leave the chair, Mr. S. CRAWFORD called the attention of the house to the distress prevailing in Ireland. He thought the corn laws had inflicted much injury on Ireland, and as an Irish proprietor he would say that he was willing to contribute his share to any burden for the relief of distress so great that the poor might perish of starvation during the recess, unless Parlia ment adopted some measure for their relief before the proro gation, Lord ELIOT admitted the undisputed sincerity of Mr. Crawford, who, as an Irish proprietor, had done a great deal for the humbler classes of his fellow-countrymen. The present distress, however, was of that usual and unfortu nately annual nature, arising from the condition of a potato consuming population, and to remedy which the government had adopted measures of relief. In other respects Ireland was steadily progressing in improvement, and the people were actuated by a spirit of enterprise hitherto unknown. Mr. O'CONNELL recommended that the motion should be withdrawn. as at the present late period of the session no praetical result could be expected from the motion. The present distress was very great, arising from general want of employment, but he was aware the government was taking steps to alleviate the evil. After some further discussion, Mr. S. CRAWFORD with drew his motion. After some observations from Mr. HUME respecting the distressed condition of his own constituents, the house re solved itself into a committee of supply, and the Irish esti mates were proceeded with. Several votes in supply were agreed to, after which the house resumed. The Bankrupt Law Amendment Bill was brought down from the Lords, read a first time, and ordered for second reading on Wednesday. The report on the Bonded Corn Bill was brought up, and the bill was ordered to be read a third time this day. The other orders of the day were then disposed Of, and the house adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS-TUESDAY The Duke of WELLINGTON moved the second reading of the poor law amendment continuance bill, which bill, he said, he had originally supported as a corrective of the great evils of the former system, and the principle of which he should still support, though he thought all through that many of its details were objectionable, and ought to have been avoided. One of these was the building of those enormous work houses, which had been denominated bastiles, but they had been rendered necessary in consequence of another act of parliament. Earl STANHOPE said, that this bill proposed to continue for five years powers vested in commissioners, which powers, in the better days of British history, would not have been tolerated for a single day. It was a bill calculated to draw down upon the government even a greater share of odium than that which had fallen upon their predecessors in office. The noble earl quoted various authorities against the bill as being unconstitutional, and amongst them that of the late Lord Eldon, who said the poor law bill was the most infa mous act which had been ever passed by a Christian legisla ture. The bill was to be continued nominally for five years, but no one could doubt but that the intention was that it should be perpetual, and perpetual it would be if public opi nion was not concentrated against it. The workhouses, if not actually bastiles, were prisons in respect of the seclusion they enforced, and worse than prisons in the dietary of their inmates. By the extension of out-door relief the framers of the law admitted that it was impossible—that they dared not carry out the workhouse test to its full extent; and as to the law having been the means of raising the moral character of the labouring classes, he need only appeal to public docu ments to disprove the assertion. Misery, cruelty, and crime had been the result of the poor law bill. They might repeal it, but they could never restore to life those who had been murdered in th e w orkhouses by a system qu it e as abo minable as the law itself had been described to be by Lord Eldon. In France Charles X. had been hurled from his throne because of ordinances which, though certainly against the constitution, had not at the time produced any evil re sults; and was :it to be supposed that the triumvirate at Somerset House would be suffered to retain their tyrannical authority much longer? The noble earl concluded by moving that the bill be read a second time that day six months. Lord BROUGHANf said, as an original promoter, and still as a supporter of the bill from the experience of its working, he did not think it necessary again to enterinto the question, inasmuch as the noble earl had now adduced the same argu ments he had repeatedly and very ably urged on former occasions, and to which he (Lord Brougham) had on these occasions stated the arguments which might be urged in reply. He could not avoid condemning the declamatory appeals to the passions of the people indulged in by the noble earl, and more particularly the prophecies of rebellion, prophecies which were but too apt to produce the result to which they pointed, and he thought in his calmer moments the noble earl would lament that he had used language of such a description. The amendment of Lord Stanhope was then negatived without a division, and the bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Thursday. The County Courts Bill was read a third time and passed. The Customs Acts Amendment Bill went through com mittee. Some other bills on the table were forwarded a stage, and their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TUESDAY Sir R. PEEL, in reply to a question from Sir F. Burdett, seid that the Government intended to carry out the declared intention of the late Government to have monuments erected to the memory of Sir Sidney Smith, Lord Exmouth, and Lord de Saumarez. Mr. BROTIIERTON regretted to see such encouragement given to promote and glorify the acts of war in opposition to those of peace. Mr. HAWES said that whenever the proposition should be brought forward he would move as an amendment, that monuments be erected to the memory of Watt and others, who were men of science. On the third reading of the Colonial Passengers' bill, Mr. HAWES contended that under the present measure there was a chance of reviving the slave trade under another name, and that without any such measure the West Indies were progressing by their own energy and exertions, and required no such adventitious aid. The hon. member con cluded by moving the omission of the clause relating to the transportation of labourers into these colonies. Mr. BANKES contended for the necessity of the immigra tion of East India labourers, and said there could be no doubt but they would meet with sufficient protection. Mr. V. Smarr supported, though not without some hesitation, the experiment proposed by the bill. After some discussion, Mr. MANGLES contended that the immigration of hill coolies would be equally beneficial to the colonies and to the immigrants themselves. Mr. HOGG had no objection to East India labourers going where they pleased to obtain employment, provided their emigration was voluntary ; but he belie ved the great majority of them were trepanned, knowing nothing of where they were going to, or the nature of the labour they would have to undergo. What he would like to see would be the adop tion of some regulations by which, before they left their vil lages, they might be enabled to judge of the nature of the engagement they were about to enter into. He hoped the house would he cautious of passing the measure, and asked how we could hope that foreign nations would fall into our views with respect to the abolition of the slave trade when they saw us passing a measure so very like the slave trade in its operation , if not so in its principle. coolies dSTANLEY stated the way in which the export of bill from India first originated and the measures which it had been found necessary to take in order to remedy some very flagrant iibauses which arose out of their export to the respect to the prove beneficial t Mauritius. to tect whom . 13 defended the course he had pursued with 1, which he contended was calculated to SiSir R. INGEI% o the colonies as well as to the labourers, but he felt that it pporte P d rev Ty sufficient arrangements were provided. they would all wish ° to ula wegretted to be obliged to oppose the hill, open the door to a system which After some further ent the introduction of. discussion third reading of the bill. Mr. some supported o i n ia t w h e e s h w o a u s s e negatived by anad thema- The . amendment proposed by The bill was then read a third jority of 118 to' 4. time and p asse d. The Assessed Taxes bill was read a third time and passed. Some other business was disposed of, and the house ad journed. HOUSE OF COMMONS.--WanNEs ~, Mr. ROEBUCK stated the nature of the resoluntiti report s were t which he meant to propose to - morrow , arising out of of the election compromises committee. Th a t t h ey the effect thatif the house were to pass over the circumo _ stances disclosed before the committee, without punishin the parties guilty, the house would be thereby brought int'o contempt—that the practices there revealed were a violation of the rights of the people, and of the privileges of the houses and that no writs should be issued for the tainted borough ; until time should be given for legislative proceedings respect- ing them On the order of the day being moved for the committee on Bribery at Elections Bill, Mr. MACKINNON moved that the bill be re-committed that day six months, but after a few words from Sir R. Peel, he withdrew his motion, and the house went into committee on the bill. In the course of the discussion of the clause respecting treating, Sir R. PEEL coqdemned the practice as being more de grading than even bribery itself, and which gave the rich candidate a decided advantage over his poorer rival. It was a practice which the house should endeavour to grapple with and put down as a most perni c io us i n it s effects. A discussion also arose on the clause giving power to ex amine members themselves and their agents, whether profes sional or otherwise, as to bribery or treating. It was con tended, that confidential professional agents could not be ex amined according to the existing rules of evidence, and the agent employed to defend a petition might come within this rule, but that the agent employed to conduct the election could not be considered in the same light. Ultimately, an amendment moved by the Attorney-General was agreed to, the effect of which was, that they might be examined, sub ject to the ordinary rules of evidence. The house at one time became so thin that an hon. mem ber moved that it should be counted. It was counted ac cordingly, but there were 40 members in the house. Sir R. INGLIS said they had now been several hours in the committee without making any progress, and at so late a period of the session it was hopeless it could be carried into a law, and he, therefore, suggested that the bill should be postponed until next session. Sir R. PEEL said the bill was of too much importance to be postponed. He thought it was important; not only gene rally that it should be proceeded with, but it was important also in reference to certain events which might occur during the recess. The discussion then proceeded On the proposition of clause 5, which provides that on a petition being presented alleging bribery, the same should be prosecuted at the public expense ; but that if such petition should he declared frivolous and vexatious, the party pre senting it should be liable to the costs ; Mr. DARBY opposed the clause, as calculated to give rise to an endless presentation of petitions. After some discussion, the committee divided on the clause, which was carried by A majority of G 2 to 15. Considerable discudsion arose on the clauses establishing a mixed commission of members of both houses to take evi dence as to bribery; it being contended by Mr. Escott and Mr. Mackinnon that the House of Commons was, by agree ing to the clause, surrendering one of its most valuable pri vileges, that of being the judge in matters relating to its own members. On the other hand, it was explained by Mr. Aglionby that the object of the mixed commission was to save the time and expense now incurred in the House of Lords, by rendering it necessary for them to hear over again the very same evidence previously adduced before the House of Commons. Both houses would, by the proposed plan, be bound as to the facts of any case of disfranchisement coming before parliament by the evidence taken before the commission ; and thus, when the bill went from the House of Commons to the House of Lords, their lordships might at once proceed to legislate. The clause was opposed by Mr. O'CoNNELL and Mr. ROEBUCK, the latter gentleman urging the postponement of the establishment of the commission on the ground that the proceedings in all cases arising out of contested elections should be tried by a court far above and beyond the reach of party-spirit, which this mixed commission would not be. Sir R. INGLIs concurred in all that bad fallen from Mr. Roebuck, and was of opinion that those cases should be transferred to an external tribunal. Sir R. PEEL did not think there was any surrender of the privileges of the house in the appointment of this commis sion, and he did not, therefore, see any objection to the principle upon which it was to be established. It generally happened under the present system that the greater part of a session was occupied by a Disfranchisement Bill in the Com mons, where evidence was not taken upon oath, and the bill was, probably, sent to the Lords in the month of June. That was too late a period of the session for the other house to hear evidence, and the bill, for that session, was usually lost ; and before the ensuing session the opinions of parties in the borough who had prosecuted the bill had, perhaps, undergone a change, and then the bribery escaped punish ment altogether. This would not be the case if the House of Lords had all the materials of legislation before them when the bill was sent up from the Commons. Mr. BERN AL opposed the clauses, and suggested their postponement, as it was impossible that provisions of such magnitude and importance could be carried this session. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE recommended Mr. C. Buller to hand the bill over to Sir R. Peel, for he certainly appeared to un derstand it better than any hon. member in the house, and was dealing with it in a spirit of the utmost fairness. He supported the clauses as they stood. After some further discussion, Mr. C. BULLER said he was undecided as to the course he should pursue in respect to these clauses, and should therefore like to see the house express a decided opinion upon the subject. Sir R. PEEL said that the session was so far advanced that it might perhaps be better, as there was so much difference of opinion upon their expediency, to abandon the clauses relating to the mixed commission for the present session, and proceed with the remainder of the bill. Mr. C. BULLER assented, and all the clauses from 14 to 25, both inclusive, were struck out. On the 26th clause, compelling parties to answer all ques tions put to them, even though they might criminate them selves. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL opposed the clause, on the ground that it broke down all the established principles of criminal law in this country. He was aware. that the next clause contained a prospective indemnity, but here his ob jection was equally strong, for he conceived it to be most imprudent to hold out a prospective indemnity before the commission of the crime. Mr. O'CONNELL said that an enactment had passed the House of Commons last year precisely similar in its nature, though it was mangled by a noble lord in the other house of Parliament, who had cut the bill altogether down to two clauses. He looked upon the bill as completely worthless without the clause, though with it its efficiency would be very great for the object in view. After a discussion ofsome length, in which Lord PALMER STON, Sir W. FOLLETT, and other hon. members took part, the committee divided, and the clause was negatived by a majority of 80 to 39. The 27th and 28th clauses were after some discussion, about to be withdrawn by Mr. C. BULLER, but Mr. S. CRAWFORD insisted upon a division, which accordingly took place, and the clauses were negatived by a majority of 70 to 28. The remaining clauses being disposed of, the house resu med, and the bill, as amended, was ordered to be printed, and that the report should be re-considered on Friday. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned. THE LAW OF DEBTOR AND CREDITOR, The two bills introduced by Lord Brougham in the House of Lords last week, on the subject of the law relating to debtor and creditor, have been printed. They have refe rence to insolvent debtors, and are to f ac ilit a t e arrange ments with creditors in the nature of trust deeds. It is proposed to give the working of the measures to the Court of Bankruptcy, and from the observations that fell from the noble and learned lord on presenting them it seems that they have been framed by one of the commissioners of that court. It will be recollected that Lord Cottenham has given notice of his intention next session to bring forward . the subject of imprisonment for debt, and in the interim the present measures have been introduced, with which Lord Brougham expressed his satisfaction. The principal bill is the one relating to insolvent debtors, and the other has reference to trust deeds, giving debtors certain powers to arrange with their creditors, under restrictions of the Court of Bankruptcy. The preamble of the first-mentioned measure states " that it is expedient to protect from all process against the person such persons as have become indebted without tiny fraud or gross or culpable negligence, so as their estates may be duly distributed among their creditors." There are twelve sections, by the first of which any person not being a trader, on giving notice, may present a petition, stating the debts owing to and by the debtor. The notice of the in tended application to be given in the London Gazette, and two newspapers, and a form is annexed of the notice re quired. The judge or commissioner may on the petition grant a protection from arrest. It is further proposed by the bill to appoint a hearing, to grant an allowance, and to indorse the protection for a subsequent examination. There is a power to commit to prison for a month, on the ground of prevarication. On passing the final examination, the estate is to vest in the assignees. By the Bth section, the future estate of the petitioner, real or personal, is absolutely to vest in his assignees. This is a most important clause. The subject of subsequently-acquired property has been much discussed. Under a bankruptcy future property is barred by the certificate ; but under insolvency the sub sequent property is liable. In the report under the commissionf relating to bankruptcy and insolvency Mr. Commissioner Law (of the Insolvent Debtors' Court ) strenuously insisted on the liability of future property, and ad duced a number of instances to show its efficacy ; but the other commissioners were of a different opinion. There is a pro vision made in the bill to rescind the final order, for the ap pointment of assignees, and rules for the management of the business to be created, which rules are to be approved of by the Lord Chancellor. By this bill, the privilege to be allowed is denied to persons who have contracted debts by means of a breach of trust, criminal conversation, seduction, and other grounds for which remands are pronounced by the Insolvent Debtors' Court. The other bill contains 14 clauses, by which meetings of creditors are to be held, and arrangements made, under the guidance of the commissioners of bankrupts. The main feature in the bill relating to insolvent debtors is to provide a hearing without going into custody in the first instance. STATISTICS OF MUSCULAR POWER. — Man has the power of imitating every motion but that of flight. To effect these he has, i n ma t ur it y an d h ea lth, s i x ty b on es in his head, sixty in his thighs and legs, sixty-two in his arms and hands, sixty-seven in his trunk. He has also 434 muscles. His heart makes sixty-four pulsations in a minute ; and, there fore, 3,140 in an hour, 92,150 in a day. There are also three complete circulations of his blood in the short space . of an hour. I n respect to the comparat i ve spee d o f animated being and impelled bodies, it may be remarked, that size and const ruc ti on seem to have little influence; nor has compari tive strength, alth oug h one b o d y g i v i ng any quan t ity o f motion to another is aid to lose so much of its own. The sloth is by no means a small animal, and yet it can travel only fifty paces in a day. A worm crawls only five inches in fifty seconds; but a lady-bird can fly twenty million times it own length in less than an hour. An elk can run a mile and a half in seve n m i nutes, an antelope a mile in a minute; the wild mule of Tartary has a spee d even greater t h an t h a t ; an eagle can fly eighteen leagues in an hour ; and a Canary falcon can even reach 250 leagues in the short space of sixteen hours.—Bucke. ( A ee O nt. ce ß isl D INA R Y . — Among the HYPOCUONDRIACISM phiIosophicaIEXTRAORDINARY. with which Mr. Neal's abounds, we think sleigh-riding and rdereye,o volumesain t, and o t "Charcoal man's e' n ? s t v, la , Lu h r' i I believe, gotthis . s , o spilt,'liloi y i s of i inimitable o l i i o t a a f b e l r e , :w__h:: It's s d and we can't help it nohow. As for me, I g —there's some sense :in being a pig wot's fat ; p i gs 7as don't have have to speculate and burst— p i g s n e v er go a sleighing, quarrel with their daddie s-in-law wot is to be, g et into sprees, and make tarnal fools of themselves. Pigs is decent-behaved people and good citizens, though they ain't got no wore. And then they haven't got no clothes to put on of cold . morn ings when they get up ; they don't have to be darnin j ' oin patchin' their old pants ; they don't wear no old hats and their heads, nor have to ask people for 'em ; cold wittles ' n plenty for pigs. My eyes ! if I was a jolly fat pig belongi ng is to respectable people, it would be tantamount to nothir't me who was president. Who ever seed one pig sittin' on to cold curbstone a rubbin' another pig's head what got chucked out of a sleigh? Pigs have too much sense to go a ridin', if so be as they can help it. I wish I was one, and out of this scrape. It's true," continued Dout, thoughtfully, and p u ll_ ing Timpleton's nose till it cracked at the bridge "It's true, pigs have their troubles like humans — constable s catches 'em, dogs bites 'em, and pigs are sometimes almost as doneover suckers as men : but pigs never runs their own noses into scrapes, coaxin' themselves to bel ieve it's fun, a s we do. I never sees a pig go the whole bog in my life, 'sept ma rum cherries."—American paper. INTERVIEW OF DEPUTIES PROM THE PRIN CIPAL MANUFACTURING TOWNS WITH SIR ROBERT PEEL. (From the Morning Chronicle of Tuesday.) Yesterday a deputation, consisting of delegates from the great manufacturing towns, had an interview, by appoint ment, with Sir Robert Peel, to lay before him the alarming distress prevalent amongst the population generally in their respective districts. Those gentlemen were expressly. de puted for that purpose by large bodies of their fellow-towns men during the past week ; and the movement was inde pendent of the Anti-corn-law League, now holding their sittings in the metropolis. The deputation arrived at the Treasury at one o'clock, and were immediately introduced to Sir Robert Peel. Facts showing the depreciation of manufacturing property, the wasting away of capital, and the poverty and misery of the operatives for want of employment, were laid before the premier at considerable length. They were summed up by Mr. Alderman Chapell in a few words— " The manufacturing districts were on the eve of a general bankruptcy." The result of this state of things was every day becoming more fearfully apparent in the expatriations of the most skilled workmen, the demoralization of the poorer classes, the dangerous symptoms of dissatisfaction and vio lence amongst large bodies of the population. Mr. Edward Akroyde stated, that on Sunday week there was a gathering of from 12,000 to 15,000 chartists on the heights of Blackstone Edge, on the borders of Yorkshire and Lancashire, to consider the propriety of resorting to violent measures for the accomplishment of their objects. They were accompanied by bands of music, and banners bearing such significant mottoes as " Bread or blood." The ap proach of winter would break down the feeble barriers of famine, and the probable result would be general anarchy and confusion. Sir Robert Peel appeared anxious to show, that the govern ment had done something to avert and mitigate the evils complained of, and, alluding to the new tariff, observed that more had been done within the last six months than had ever been done before. Mr. Ashworth replied, that he (Sir R. Peel) had not gone far enough • that the substitution of a duty o f 13 s . a quar t er would exclude wheat as effectually as a duty of 235. ; for six feet of water would drown a man as well as six yards; and that the reductions in the tariff upon French boots, shoes, gloves, silk hats, and cosmetics, were not calculated to be nefit the poorer classes. Sir R. Peel inquired if the introduction of animal food would not be a good thing for the poo r . Mr. Ashworth replied, that, from what had taken place in the House of Commons, he thought there was no agriculturist who would now have the boldness to assert that he antici pated any material reduction of price. After forcibly de picting the mischiefs of what was called " protection." in re ference to our commercial intercourse with America, Mr. Ashworth adduced a novel and striking illustration of the benefits of a free trade in corn, as recently exhibited in two of our eastern hemispheres. Some time about the years 1819 and 1823, the agriculturists of New South Wales had several meetings at Sydney and other places, as the price of wheat was then very low in the colony. A tender was made at 3s. Gd. per bushel, which was refused by the government commis sary, who told them the price was too high, and he could ob tain it cheaper from Van Dieman's Land. This caused the meeting of the agriculturists to apply to government for re lief, by excluding the Wheat of Van Dieman's Land, or put ting a fixed duty upon it of Bs, or 10s. a quarter, so as to en able the wheat-growers of New South Wales to compete with those of Van Dieman's Land ; and telling the governor, that, unless the prayer of the petitioners was granted, they would all be ruined. The answer of the government was, that it was a good thing to have a free importation of corn, and cheap bread, which would be a means of prosperity to the colony ; that government could not think of a duty on wheat, or a tax on bread ; reminding them, also, that government was the greatest customer, having so many prisoners to victual, and must have cheap bread : and, if the settlers could not grow wheat at as low a price as it could be imported, the govern ment could not take it of them. This answer, it was pre dicted, would be the ruin of agriculture in the colony. But what had been the consequences? The agriculturists turned their attention to the rearing of sheep, and the growth of wool; the qualities of these became highly improved ; and their ex ports to London, Liverpool, and America, have annually in creased, in a ratio truly astonishing. Indeed, it was the first thing to give an impetus and improved standing to the landed interest, and wealth and prosperity to the colony, greatly increasing the value of land, which has continued to rise in value ever since ; and, following these free-trade re gulations, Sydney had now become the supplier of animal food to Van Dieman's Land. The colonists also turned their attention to the planting of vineyards and making wine ; other capitalists turned their attention to whaling, which, in many cases, has proved a source of great profit ; and although some of the land may have gone out of wheat cultivation, it has become enriched and more valuable for pasturage, for vineyards, and for plantations of tobacco, &c. Wheat also rose in price, thus benefitting the wheat growers of Van Die man's Land, and general prosperity had followed. The delegates having concluded their statements, Sir R. Peel briefly replied, that the topics to which they had alluded were under the anxious consideration of the go verenment. The interview lasted two hours. INTERVIEW WITH LORD STANLEY The deputation then proceeded to the Colonial Office, and were introduced to Lord Stanley. Brief statements, showing the present depression of trade, were made by the delegates from the West Riding of Yorkshire. Lord Stanley wished to know how, as the exports of woollens had increased during the past year, there could have been so many of the operatives unemployed? Were there no indications that trade was reviving? _ ...... _ Mr. James Hoatson, of Halifax, begged his lordship's pardon, but presumed that he was under a mistake as to an increase in the exportation of woollens during the past year. Lord Stanley thought otherwise ; and, having despatched a messenger for the official returns, examined them, but did not state whether he or Mr. Hoatson was in the right. Mr. Brook, of Huddersfield, said, that conceding even that the exports had increased, it was not beneficial to the manufacturers. Finding themselves over-stocked with goods, and there being no consumption at home, they were forcing them into foreign markets at a ruinous loss. After hearing other delegates, Lord Stanley said, there were so many and complicated interests involved, and such a variety of conflicting opi.tions, and of important points to be taken into consideratien, that the whole subj ec t required, and was receiving the most serious attention of her majesty's ministers. He deeply sympathised with the distress. Mr. Alderman Ch a pell assured his lordship, that the whole question lay in a nut-shell. One gentleman had certain goods to dispose of, and another had other articles to offer for them ; and all the y wanted was liberty to make a fair e Lord Stanley : Oh, oh ! So you say, b 5 lam of a different way of thinking from many of you, and in the meantime let every one enjoy his own ?pinion. The deputation then withdrew. INTERVIEW WITH LORD WHARNCLIFFE. The deputation then proceeded to the Privy Council Office, and were introduced to Lord Wharncliffe, the Lord Presi dent of the Council. Amongst the brief statements laid before his lordship, that of Mr. Holland Hoole, the borough reeve of Salford, was not the least striking. After alluding to the wide-spread distress and misery of the inhabitants of that borough, he regretted that it was t h e op i n i on o f t h e working people, and it might be supposed, that be (Mr. Hoole) had c ontributed to the di s t ress , i nasmuc h as h e h a d been under the necessity (two months ago) of closing his cotton-spinning establishment, to th e th row i ng en ti re l y ou t of employment about 7 00 persons. H e (M r . H oo l e ) h a d been in that establishment twenty-nine years, and for the last twelve years the leading partner. He had been supported by one of the wealthiest families in Lancashire ; and by his representations they had been induced to allow an outlay of more than £25,000 in the last two years in new machinery and renovations. Notwithstanding all these circumstances, which were greatly more favourable than those of many others, the result was as already stated. He further men tioned, that his trade was chiefly with Russia, where he had been for some years past a resident partner ; but that the extremely low prices accepted in Manchester by distressed spinners, and the enermous duty in Russia on cotton twist, imported into that empire, increased by the last Russian tariff to 7d. sterling per pound on an article not worth more than 10d. per pound in Manchester, had rendered the trade completely unproductive. After listening to a few brief rep resen t a ti ons o f di s t ress , Lord Wharncliffe said , he must be excused from further details, as it was time to attend to his duties in parliament ; and indeed it was unnecessary, as they were all agreed on that subject. The only difference of opinion was as to the remedy, which was under the consideration of the govern ment. Mr. Brooks, of Manchester, said he would soon find a remedy. Lord Wharncliffe begged to be excused, and politely bowed the deputation out of the room. STATE OF TRADE MANCHESTER ? WEDNESDAY.--The remarks made in various quarters, upon the account of the market which we gave last Wednesday, has induced us to make very careful inquiries on the subject in the best quarters to which we have access; and the result of these inquiries convinces us, that, with the exception of one trifling and incidental state ment (which was not made in any positive terms, and which has already been corrected), that account was perfectly well founded. We are quite aware, that upon this point there are considerable, and, we believe, very honest differences of opinion, arising probably, in a great measure, from the extent to which men allow their judgments to be warped by those political feelings which at the present time are brought to bear strongly even upon questions of a merely mercantile character, With political matters, however, we have nothing to do here ; and we should have been undeserving of the con fidence which the public have placed in our weekly state ments on this subject, if we had permitted any extraneous considerations whatever to interfere with the way in which we record the state of this important market. With these few observations, which circumstances appeared to require at our hands, we proceed to mention the state of business yesterday. In the yarn market there was a fair business doing on Russian account, and a little more demand for numbers and qualities suitable for the East India market. The German buyers, on the contrary, have somewhat relaxed in their ope rations ; and the market was not animated, though prices continued perfectly firm. The demand for shirtings, and other wide cloths suitable for shipping, continues without jany material change from last week. The advance upon in erior shirtings, which we stated to have been then demanded by the manufacturers, but not generally acceded to by the buyers, may now be considered as fully established ; and, in some cases, an advance of ld. to 11d. has also been obtained upon the superior qualities. In domestics, however, there is no improvement in price. For printing cloths, which have suffered a long and most severe depression, there has been a little more inquiry within the last few days ; and parties willing to accept the very lowest pes that have been cur rent, have found no difficulty in obtaining them, especially for 66-reed cloth, which is in rather better demand than the superior qualities. On the whole, we may state,—and, we believe, without incurring any danger of the contradiction given to our statements last week,—that there is, generally speaking, more firmness in the market, and a more general feeling of confidence, both amongst manufacturers and dealers, than has prevailed for a number of weeks past ; and we are glad to find, that this feeling is not confined to the Manchester market; but, as far as we can learn, pervades the manufacturing and mercantile classes generally.—m an . cheater Guardian. Lord and Lady Frances Egerton gave a petit divertise rnent on Tuesday, at their mansion, in Belgrave-square, to a select party of the nobility and many of the juvenile branches. The entertainment was representations of Blue Beard and Alfred the Great, in which performances some of the youth. ful aristocrates sustained parts, and nobly acquitted them selves. On Wednesday the noble lord and lady left town for Oatlands, Surrey. THE ENNIS Rtors.—A report prevailed in Ennis on Thursday morning that Leary, one of the persons who was wounded in the late unfortunate affair in that town, was dead, which having been made known to his sister, caused her to run through the streets in a distracted state with a large knife in her hand ; she made towards the police bar rack, followed by a large concourse of people, and was in the act of making at the guard, when she was laid hold of by a butcher of the name of GriffY, who spewed great presence o mind in coming in contact with a person in that state, and thus prevented her from doing injury. It turned out after wards that Leary was not dead, but improving. —Limerick paper. MISCELLANEOUS, IMPORTATION OF FOREIGN CATTLE.—" To the editor of :he Mark-lane Express: Sir,—lf• it will allay the panic Lmongst our cattle-breeders and feeders, you are welcome to tate that the freight of my four . Swiss bulls by steam down he Rhine from Basle by Rotterdam cost me - £ll lls. each, pre-paid.—Your reader, " F. A. MACKF:NZIE." At all the principal towns in Yorkshire, as well as at the leading markets in the midland and western counties, wheat has fallen at least 2s. per quarter within the last eight days. — Mark-lane Express. CAUTION TO RACKET PLAYERS.—A person named M'Elhenny, was struck with a racket ball in the eye, on Thursday last, the 14th instant, in the racket-court at Wap ping, in this city, when the eye was literally crushed in his haad, a part falling out upon the pavement. The sight is, of course gone, and he now lies dangerously ill from the in jury he sustained,—Derry Sentinel. The Journal du Havre says :—The harvest is so abundant this year in the United States, that we are informed by the latest accounts, that, after providing for the su pply o f the country, it will be possible to export six million barrels of flour, each weighing 200 lb. This is more than double the quantity annually exported by the United States. SUPERSTITION.—As a woman named Charlotte Slater was on her way from the prison to bp tried at the Hereford city session, held last week, she placed a note, written with some thing having partly the appearance of red ink, in the hand of one of her female friends. The following is a copy : " Please to get Some Dragon's Blood and Burn it when my Trial Comes on, and you may Say I hope Thomas Harris and John Powell and William Bowen may never rest nor Speak until lam Liberated. God bless you do it." THE UNFORTUNATE CIPHER.—The Marseilles Gazette, a few weeks ago, told a curious anecdote relating to one of the first commercial men of the town. This gentleman having a correspondent on the African coast, bethought him that as some members of his family bad shown a partiality for monkeys, he might gratify them by sending for one or two specimens from Africa. Accordingly he wrote to his correspondent to procure two or three of the finest and most admired species, and transmit them to Marseilles. Chance so ordered it, that the merchant in putting down the ou, (in English or) between the figures 2 and 3 made the o very pro minent, while the u remained scarcely visible. Some months afterwards a ship-porter came in all haste to the old mer chant, and announced to him that his menagerie had arrived. " Menagerie!" cried the merchant. " Yes, a menagerie ; a whole cargo of monkeys had arrived to his consignment !" The merchant could scarcely credit the announcement, until the letter of his correspondent was put into his hands. In that epistle, the African negotiant, a man of the most un compromising exactitude, excused himself very earnestly for not having been able, with all his exertions, to procure more than 160 monkeys, in place of 203 ordered; but promised, as soon as possible, to fulfil the entire demand. In the frightful corruption which Mr. Roebuck's commit tee has unravelled, £7OOO paid for a seat at Nottingham, by one of the plotters of the Affghan war, figure prominently. This large amount, it moreover appears, is but a fraction of the sums similarly expended by that public servant. Sir John Hobhouse doubtless considered his seat in Parliament as es sential to the defence of the great and just—Lord Palmerston would add the successful—" operations" which he com menced, and for the consolidation of that barrier which he had erected against Russia in Central Asia. Judging the Indian government to be liable for the expense of these " operations" in Central Asia, may not a similar compendi ous mode of reasoning have convinced the ex-President of the Board of Trade that the Indian Treasury was liable for the expenditure:incurred in an equally patriotic spirit at Not tingham ? This is a point of fine casuists, and we wall not anticipate the result at which future committees of inquiry may arrive. Meanwhile the inquisitive mind of Mr. Roe buck might find employment in inquiring into the items and objects of some hundreds of thousands sterling for secret services in Indian politics paid in the city to the order of a right hon. baronet. EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—OR Monday afternoon, an in quest, adjourned from Friday last, was concluded before Mr. Baker, at the Red House, College-street, Chelsea, on the body of a male infant, aged three weeks, the illegitimate off spring of a young woman named Barritt, alias Harcourt. The evidence was of the most prolix character, but, from the following detail of it, the whole history of the case will be obtained. On the Ist of July the deceased was born at No. 17, Charles-street, Chelsea, and was a very fine healthy child. Previous to the birth of the child. an arrangement had been entered into with the mother and a Mrs. Hunt, the wife of a marine store-keeper, living at No. 3, Bond street, Chelsea, that the latter should have the child, and pass him off as her own, to the great joy of her husband. On hearing of the birth of the child, Mrs. Hunt was taken with the usual pains ; and Mr. Hunt, thinking the accouche ment was near, called in, by the desire of his wife, not a me dical man, but a Mrs. Hayward, who had been let into the secret, and was to perform the duties of midwife and nurse. Mrs. Hunt was put to bed, and the following morning Mrs. Hayward was sent for the child, the former making the re mark, " that if she did not succeed in the attempt it would ruin her peace of mind." The grandmother of the child came, and an arrangement was entered into that the child should be fetched in the evening. About eight o'clock Mr. Hunt very conveniently went out, and during his absence the child was fetched from his mother, and on his returnwas presented to him, and he appeared quite delighted to think he was a father. The child was placed in bed by the side of Mrs. Hunt, who went through all the ordeal of a regular accouchement, with the exception of giving the child the breast. In place of his natural food, gruel and new milk, with stale French rolls, and tops and bottoms, were given to him. Mrs. Hayward continued her attendance until the Wednesday following, when she left, and one of her daugh ters took her place. The child appeared to get on pretty well until the Sunday following, when, on Mrs. Hayward visiting her patient, Mrs. Hunt, she found her bathing the child's eyes in consequence of their being sore. Looking also ill, Mrs. Hayward, at the request of Mrs. Hunt, took the child to his lawful mother for the purpose of her suck ling it, Mr. Hunt, who really did think the child belonged to him, telling her that if the wet nurse (meaning the child's mother) could be removed, to bring her to his house in a cab. The mother was unable to suckle it, but the grand mother, having a child of her own, gave it the breast, and said she would undertake the charge of it that night. The child was brought back to Mrs. Hunt's, and pined daily. At length Mr. Stewart, a surgeon, was called in, and ordered a wet nurse. The child, however, got worse, and died on Sunday morning. From other witnesses it appeared that the cause was, having no children of her own, she bad taken the child for the purpose of bringing him up, as she expected some money to be left to her eldest child. Two medical gentlemen, Messrs. Warden and Stewart, who attended the birth of the child, and subsequently at Mrs. Hunt's, were examined at great length, and attributed the death to inani tion, arising from the want of proper food. On the mother and Mrs. Hunt being called into the room, they were greeted with the most discordant sounds by several women in the room. After a long address from the coroner, the jury con sulted for some time, and then returned a verdict of " Na tural death, brought on by the want of the mother's milk." THE WEATHER, THE CROPS, AND THE CORN TRADE. — A decided change took place in the weather on Tuesday ; the wind veered to the east, the temperature fell several degrees, and heavy rain was experienced in some parts of the country ; this continued until Thursday, when the barometer began to rise again, and we have now a return of warm sunshine, The rain which has fallen may perhaps here and there have dar tially laid the grain crops : but on the whole, it must have been productive of more benefit than injury. The cutting of wheat has within the last few days been more generally com menced, and should the weather remain dry, some portion may probably be carried next week round about London : this can only happen, however, in the most forward districts, there being many fields of wheat within even twenty miles of the metropolis which cannot be ready for the sickle these ten days, and in the northern counties reaping will not, we be lieve, be generally commenced until about the middle of August; that however may, as compared with the last four years, be considered early. A good many peas and a few early patches of oats have been cut in Essex and Kent, and one parcel of the former article of this year's growth has already been sold by sample in the London market. Great efforts having lately been made by farmers to clear out their old stocks previous to commencing harvest operations, we are disposed to think that supplies will now fall off conside rably. and continue short until such time as the new corn begins to come forward. Already a slight decrease in the deliveries from the growers has taken place : the supplies will nevertheless, prove more than equal to the demand, the latter having been of the most restricted nature, This may in some measure be accounted for by the circumstance of millers being holders of bonded wheat to a greater or less extent at all the principal maritime ports •, and having be come alarmed by the course the trade has lately taken, they have entered rather extensively for consumption, rendering them for a time almost independent of English supplies. Many of the vessels wheat laden which have arrived during the last ten days, have been a long time on the passage, whilst others have had a remarkably quick run, the north easterly gales having brought the Baltic men all up together. According to the most recent accounts from the continent, it appears that little was then shipping; we may therefore now expect arrivals soon to fall off. Meanwhile the trade has under the combined influence of extraordinary fine weather large foreign arrivals, and discouraging reports from Mark Lane, become excessively depressed at all the leading provin cial markets, and prices have further receded about two shillings per quarter all over the country. By our Scotch letters, it appears that the weather had become very cold there for the time of year : This was not thought unfavour able, however, fur the growing crops, which might, it was maintained, had the heat continued so intense as it had pre viously been, have ripened prematurely, which would of course have detracted from their productiveness.—Our Irish letters inform us, that very heavy rain had fallen in different parts of the island, by which the grain crops had been much•laid, and otherwise injured : and this had had sufficient inffuence on the minds of those engaged in the corn trade to prevent any fall taking place in prices ; which, under other circum stances, the accounts from London would probably have occasioned.—Nearly all the wheat which has recently come to hand has been offering duty paid ; a very extensive choice of quality has consequently been afforded. Until Friday a steady retail demand was experienced for choice fresh quali ties at about the quotations of Monday last ; on that day, however, the inquiry fell off, and though a slight abatement would in partial instances have been submitted to, compari tively little business was done. Inferior granaried samples were completely neglected, and have become almost nominal in value.—Mark Lane .Express. A HINT TO ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUERS.—Sir Robert Peel, in his speech on Mr. Duncombe's motion, on Tuesday last, administered the following gentle rebuke to " provin cial" speechifiers, who seem to be a class scarcely less trou blesome to a public minister than " provincial chancellors of the exchequer." To whom could the right hon. baronet be allvding? " I will now approach the arguments of the hon. member for Manchester, but before doing so I may as well notice what fell from him on the subject of deputations. He complains that a deputation of shopkeepers from Man chester came here, and that I declined to see them. I can assure the hon. member that it was with great regret that I declined to see them, but at the same time it is absolutely necessary to place some restriction upon the employment of time. Ido attempt to devote all the time I possibly can to the public. (A cheer from all parts of the house.) Nine hours at least during the sitting of parliament are required for attendance in this house. (Hear, hear.) The applica tions from deputations are very numerous, and, on the other hand, there are public duties required of a minister out of the walls of parliament, of a most onerous and important nature. Therefore, the representatives or deputations of the people eeeeto muthset not attribute of uteitthtoesdeiswrehsepm theyect,orto re a p n r y es in ee d t iff , indiffer ence when they seek interviews, it is utterly impossible for public men to reconcile the performance of their duties in this house and elsewhere with the general reception of all depu tations that may for to forget a pply to them audience. I must say, too, that in deputations th ere is rather a disposition the objects with which the intervie w is ori g inall y accorded, and that, instead of confining themselves to the statement of useful facts, they are apt to avail themselves of those interviews as affording opportunities for oratorical displa y. (A laugh.) To simp le statements of facts lam always dis pose. to listen w ith pleasure, but of mere declamation we all hear so much in the. House of Commons—(a laugh),-- that gentlemen mus t not be su r p rised if I sometimes amdis posedl speak it not in disrespect of either to turn rath er an unwillin g ear to it when coming from those ( theirowers powers d e putation, to travel from the facts of the case , or intentions) who are somewhat disp osed to abuse the pri vilege of aI and to indulge in oratorical displays. I re p eat, thathave not, persontiny the least disinclination to hear gentlemen coming to me in that capacity, but I must entreat . them to remem ber that the time of a public man is public property. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Byng, the venerable member for Middlesex, is quite well again. The Lord Chancellor will be able to resume his official duties in a day or two. Mons. Lafontaine, after lecturing in Belfast, Londonderry, and other large towns.,..in *eland, is at prsent on a visit to Glasgow DEATH OF THE DEAN OF FERNS.—The Very Rev. ,Veter Brown, Dean of Ferns, and incumbent of Gorey for Upwards of fifty years, died at Gorey on the 21st instant.' FATAL RAILWAY AccinE;qT.--On Monday ~ , f orenoon an accident, resulting in the death of a farmer . named John Leak, aged 52, occurred oil the line o€ the Mitrighester and Birmingham Railway. • DEATH OF SIR Wlll. Wooos, K.C.-L-We have to an nounce the demise of Sir Wm. Woods, garter principal king of arms, who expired on Monday last, at Laurieston Lodge, his villa at Hampstead, after a lengthened illness. He' was in his 56th year. The prevalence of north-easterly winds has brought a large fleet of vessels grain-laden from the north of Europe, and we have again to report an immense supply of foreign wheat—viz. 63,999 quarters ; making upwards of 100,000 quarters into this port within . a fortnight.—Mark-lane Ex press. CoLumnus.—The Hon. Edward Everett, Envoy of the United States, at a public dinner at Bristol on. Tuesday the 12th instant, disclosed a fact relating to this great navigator, which is not generally known, viz., that he was at one time engaged in business in the port of Bristol, carrying on the trade of a common pilot between Bristol and Iceland ;" which would no doubt be at a period antecedent to his discovery of the continent of America in 1497. PATENT RIGHTS.—J. H. ALEXANDER, OF THE THEATRE ROYAL, GLASGOW, V. J. H. ANDERSON. — The bill of sus pension and interdict, at the instance of Mr. Alexander, against Mr. Anderson, was advised by the Judges of the Second Division of the Court of Session, on Saturday week, who unanimous pronounced judgment in favour of Mr. Alex ander, as craved by him, granting an unlimited interdict against the performance of all entertainments on the stage, in minor theatres, with costs. --Glasgow Mail. EXTEMPORANEOUS PRODUCTION OF MILK.—M. Dichost, a Russian Chemist, proposed the following plan for the pre• servation and extemporaneous preparation of milk. He eva porates newly-drawn milk, at a very gentle heat, till it is all brought to a state of fine powder. It is then put into small glass bottles, which are completely tilled, and hermetically sealed, with ground glass stoppers. A small quantity of the powder thus obtained, dissolved in an appropriate quan tity of water. affords on the instant a milk of very good _quality- The powder will remain good fora length of time. Medical Gazette. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY.—On Monday 'morning, about two o'clock, the luggage train from Southampton, passed over a man who was asleep and lying across the rails on Woking Common. The obstruction created by the body first gave intimation to the engine driver that all was not right, and he stopped the train within a few yards of the spot where the accident had occurred. The guard and stokers proceeded to search for deceased, whom they found groaning dreadfully, and minus the right leg, which had been torn off and thrown some distance. The poor fellow was carried to the train as carefully as possible. He was conveyed to Nine Elms. but soon ceased to live. ILLNESS OF GRACE DARLING, THE HEROINE.—We re gret to learn that Grace Darling, the heroine of the Fern Island, is at present in very !Sad health. Our correspondent at Bamburg informs us that she is at present on the main land for change of air, and, although reported to be some what better since she took up her residence there, she still looks very unwell. Most heartily do we wish her a speedy recovery.—Berwick Paper. [Grace Darling's braving a pitiless storm, and successfully rescuing several passengers from the wreck of the ill-fated steamer Forfarehire, must still be fresh in the recollection of all. With our northern contemporary we " most heartily wish her a speedy re covery."] PIGEON EXPRESS.—The Society of Progress of Brusselc, ;ent, some time back, 57 pigeons to Liverpool, with orders ,o have them let loose on the 4th instant. This was done accordingly, and the following is the result of the trial :—The first pigeon returned on the 11th, and gained the chief prize for M. Camille de Bast, of Ghent, a tneinber of the society ; the second came home on the 12th, belonging to the same gentleman; the third on the 14th, the property of M. Jolly, of Brussels; and the fourth later on the same day, belonging to the winner of the first and second prizes. The delay is attributed to the contrary winds which were prevalent on the day they were let off. Of the 57 pigeons, upwards of 30 had returned from London some time before, in another trial, and more than 20 have come back from Orleans, Tours, Vendome, and Lyons. SHEEP FROZEN TO DEATH IN JUNE !—We alluded the other day to a statement which we could hardly credit, made to us of the death, by frost, of a number of sheep in Genne see and Livingston counties. The number stated as having thus perished, was between 400 and 500. We did not give the number, because we could not fully credit the report. We have since been assured, from various sources. of its truth ; and the Bu f falo Commercial, in alluding to it, men tions the fact, that one farmer in the vicinity of that city, lost 20 out of a flock of 200, within a few days, from cold. We doubt whether the past furnishes a parallel to this. Five hundred sheep frozen to death in June ! We might defy Greenland or Siberia to beat this ! But America is a great country.—Rochester Democrat. THE UNCERTAINTY OF WEALTH.—We are informed that it has been but lately discovered that a lease for a large portion of the land which Baltimore occupies, was executed but 99 years, and not renewable. Since the original lease, thousands of sub-leases have been made, and improvements to a vast amount have been erected on this property by vari ous persons, who all confidently believed that the original lease was perpetual. The consequence is, that the entire property will revert to the original owners at the expiration of the stated term of years, unless some new arrangement can be made with the present heirs, who, we are informed, are about 30 in number, and of the state of Kentucky. The property is said to be 188 acres, running from the north-east corner of Baltimore and little Aisquith streets northerly, embracing all the property called Gallows-hill, and the north-easterly portion of the city, to that extent.—Boston paper. DISTRESS IN MANCHESTER.-We have just received a little pamphlet, entitled " Evidence (tabular and otherwise) of the state of the labouring classes in 1840-42 ; by Joseph Adshead." We have neither time nor space for large ex tracts in our present publication; but we may give a few of the fearful facts it exhibits. The relief fund raised by vo luntary subscription, in 1840, £3,732 7s. 6. was expended in bedding and clothing, with which 10,132 families (say 45,591 persons) were relieved in 24 days, and there remained upwards of 2,000 families unrelieved for want of funds. Of the 45,591 individuals, 6,978 were hand-loom weavers ; 38,613 of various occupations; 25,792 were English ; and the other 19,799 (about four-ninths) Irish. The number in cluded 16,900 children under, and 9,030 children above 12 years of age. Of the number, 2,040 families, comprising 9,179 persons, (upwards of one-fifth of the whole) lived in cellars, mostly damp, and without ventilation ! Another ex amination of 2,000 families gave an average total income of Is. 2cli. per head per week for 8,866 persons, or 2,000 fami lies at ss. nd. per week ; in whose possession were seen 22,417 pawn tickets (more than 22 in a family on an average), the amount of articles pledged being £2,780 14s. 4d. (an average value short of 2s. 6d. per pawn ticket). Another examination of 2,000 families (8,136 persons), by the agents of the town mission, gave the average earnings of ls. 61d. per head weekly, or Gs. 34d. per family ; and the amount of pledges (in this case the number of pawn tickets is not given) was £2,835 10s. 10d. The relief committee redeemed articles from pledge to the extent of £139 19s. 111d.,,at the following average amount for each article :-606 sheets, at ls. ld. each ; 311 blankets, at 2s. Bd. ; 208 bad quilts, at ls. 41d. ; 51 bed ticks, at 3s. Id. ; 447 petticoats and shifts, at 94d. ; 234 shirts, at Is. ld. ; besides other articles of ap parel, bedding, &c. A gentleman visited, in 1841, 258 fami lies (1,029 persons), mostly weavers, whose aggregate weekly earnings were £32 55., or less than 71d. per head per week. In 1842, 8,072 families were relieved with £3,029 15s. lid., " the Prince of Wales's fund." Besides this about £2,500 have been contributed to the soup charity, and from 2,000 to 3,000 persons have been daily supplied with soup for the last three or four months. The parochial expenditure on account of the poor, in 1838-39, was £28,301; in 2841-42, £40,777 ; the voluntary contributions in 1839-40 were £3,732 ; in 1841-2, £5,529-together, £9,261 ; and the poor's rate and voluntary contributions together exhibit an aggregate increase of relief afforded of 63 a per cent. since 1839-viz., from £28,304 to £46,307. 200 provision dealers, selling on credit, had lost £23,664 in three years; and 50 shopkeepers in Salford bad their receipts diminished from £197,700 in 1839, to £130,100 in 1841; a difference of £67,600, or a decreaee of £1,300 per week. This work fur nishes a startling contribution to the statistics of distress.- Manchester Guardian. TIIE EARTHQUAKE OF 1753, IN MANCHESTER, CllE siiinu, &c.—Haarop's Manchester Mercury of June 12, 1753, gives the following account of this convulsion :—" On Friday night last, about forty minutes past eleven o'clock, several parts of this town were greatly alarmed with a slight shock of an earthquake, particularly Market-street Lane, which lasted about the space of a minute ; whereby a great many people were wakened by the shaking of their beds. It was preceded, or rather accompanied by a rushing noise like the wind; and we are assured it was felt in a great many villages, adjacent to the town. At Radcliffe and Oldham, the tremulous motion of the earth was more sensibly per ceived ; their beds were lifted up by it, and the hou ses vio lently agitated. And yet we are informed, that the shock was felt in Cheshire much about the same time, at the dis tance of 14 miles from hence, and also at Halifax, in York shire. As such an extraordinary event cannot be remem bered to have happened here before, those to whom the earth quake was most perceptible have been thrown into a great consternation by it." The same paper of the following week adds—" By letters from Knutsford, in Cheshire, there is an account that the Earthquake felt in that town on Friday se'nnight was so severe in the villages adjacent, as Mobberly, Tatton, Poover [Peover,] Toft, &c., and the inhabitants were so frightened, that they got out of their beds, and con tinued all night praying to God to avert their destruction. Many of the country people were so whimsical as to attribute this to anger from Heaven for our attempting to naturalise the Jews !" DREADFUL Loss OF LIFE NEAR CHATHAM.—On MOD day forenoon last, an occurrence of a most painful and dis tressing character took place on the River Medway, between Chatham and Sheerness, occasioned by a man-of-war's gig capsizing, by which, we regret to say, seven persons belong ing to her M a jesty's surveying steamer Shearwater , met with a watery grave. On inquiring into the circumstances, it ap pears that soon after eight o'clock on Monday morning, Lieutenant Cudlip, of the steamer abovementioned, in com pany with Mr. T. Corral, the surgeon, left . Sheerness in the captain's gig, for the purpose of proceeding to Chatha m Dock-yard, for a supply of provisions and stores, and also to witness the launches of the Goliath 80-gun ship, and the Vigo steamer. Six of the Shearwater's crew went with them, and it seems on their clearing Stangate-creek, about three miles below Sheerness, a sail was hoisted, and all way made on the boat so as to reach Chatham early. All went on favourably until they arrived at Pincup-reach (near Gilling_ ham, about eight miles from Chatham), where a sudden squall caught the main - sail of the lug-sail just as th e b oa t was rounding the point, and before there was time to bring her to, the sail fouled round the halyards and mast, and the boat instantly capsized, precipitating the whole of its crew into the river. The scene that ensued is described to have been one of the most agonizing description. There is no doubt many of the unfortunate creatures who were swimmers could have saved themselves, but the whole of them, Lieute nant Cudlip excepted, got entangled, in their efforts to escape, with the sails and ropes. They in consequence perished by being drawn down with the boat, she having at the same time several hundred weight of ballast in her. Lieutenant Cudlip was sitting along with Mr. Carrol in the stern part of the boat, steering; and at the moment of her overturning he contrived to throw himself out beyond reach of the sail, and thus escaped being drawn down with the rest of his compa nions. Fortunately he caught hold of the back board of the boat. which by some means had got detached, and this kept him from sinking. He, however, was floating about for up wards of three quarter; of an hour before assistance came up, when the Queen Victoria steamer, which left Chatham at twelve o'clock, bore down and picked him up ; he was then in a most exhausted condition, and evidently would have expired, but for the kindness and attention of the master and crew of the steamer. The vessel brought to for some time, in the hope of securing some of the ()then, but none of them appeared above the surface of the water, The Victoria then proceeded to Sheerness, where Lieutenant Cudlip was conveyed on boa r d the Shearwater, which is lying off the Royal Dockyard, where he remains in a dreadful condition. UNITED STATES. Although the regularity of the North American steamers enables us to anticipate their arrival with tolerable certainty, we scarcely expected to be able to announce in the first im pression of our paper to-day, the intelligence brought by the Caledonia. Such, hOwever, is the case. That noble vessel came up the river last night about ten o'clock, having left Bos ton on the 16th, and Halifax on the evening of the ISth inst. By this conveyance we have received New York papers to the 17th inst., and Boston and Halifax journals to the days on which the steamer left the respective ports. She has ac complished the passage from Halifax to Liverpool, in about an hour short of ten days. She has brought 57 passengers, amongst whom is Fanny Ellsler " the divine Fanny" as she is called by the American journalists. The progress of the negotiation as to the boundary ques tion and its position, as far as it could be ascertained whets the packet left, remained enveloped in the same state of se crecy. The Herald of the 13th says that " the initiation in the negotiation was taken by Lord Ashburton ' • the first proposition was made by him, and is understood to have been as follows : that the line on the map designated as the line as defined by Great Britain,' should be the boundary—no equivalent to be given by Great Britain, in the way of terri tory or commercial privileges ; the expenses of surveying, &c., to be borne by Great Britain : in other words, we were to receive compensation for the territory between the line claimed by Great Britaid and the St. John's River, in mo ney, and relinquish everything." This proposition was re jected; and the impression at Washington was, that a ma jority of the Maine commissioners had proposed to give up all the territory claimed by the United States north of the St. John's, in consideration of the free navigation of that river. It was doubted whether Lord Ashburton's instructions authorised him to yield an inch of territory north of " the line as defined by Great Britain," as an equivalent for the alleged concession on the part of the Maine commissioners, and here the matter rested. Further mention is made of the subject, in an article from the New York American, which will be found below. The Tariff Bill was before the House of Representatives. O❑ the 19th inst., it was expected that the debate would be closed, and the house would proceed to vote upon the several amendments that might be proposed. On the 20th, the bill, with the exception of the 20 per cent clause just as it was, would be sent to the senate. The Montreal Gazette of the 11th instant,•contains some melancholy particulars of a steam-boat explosion on the river St. Lawrence, by which 54 lives were sacrificed. In exploding, the main body of the steam was apparently directed to the bow of the vessel, and she went down stem foremost, leaving the stern out of the water. How the ac cident occurred, no one could tell. There were 120 persons on board, and consequently 66 were saved. The passengers were English, Irish, and Scotch, but principally English. Lord Morpeth was at Montreal, and Lord Ashburton at Washington. The intelligence from Buenos Ayres is of no particular political importance. Two special messengers with official despatches arrived by the Caledonia, and departed by the train to London at three o'clock this morning. Another explosion had taken place on the Missouri River, on board the Edna, by which, it is stated, 33 persons were so dreadfully scalded, that they were not expected to survive. THE CROPS CROPS IN VIRGINIA.—The accounts from all parts of Virginia are very flattering in regard to the abundance and excellence of the wheat crop. In Jefferson county the yield is the largest ever known. In the James River country, where fears were entertained that the grain, from the lowness of the ground, would be injured by rust, the result has ex ceeded all expectation. In Fairfax county the wheat turns out better than was expected, though in some places it is partially injured. Rye and oats promise well. In Loudon county there has been :some rust, but the crop will be an average one.—Baltimore American. WILLIAMSPORT, Md. July 2.—The harvest in this section of the country has been commenced by many of our farmers, and by the middle of next week it will be general. The grain is ripening very fast, and we believe but little injury will be sustained from rust or the smut. The crop of grain is such as has not been raised for many years. EASTON, Md. July 5.--The farmers in this county have nearly gotten through their harvest, and we regret to say the crop is a short one. A gentleman informed us that his prospects for making a thousand bushels a few weeks ago were highly flattering. He does not now expect more than three hundred bushels yield. The crop generally is injured, and in some sections amounts almost to a failure. CHARLESTON, S.C., July 7.—A head of rice, about eight inches in length, taken from the plantation of Mr. Poyas, on the eastern branch of Cooper River, was left at our office yesterday. It is said to be earlier than ever before known. TROY, N.Y., July 9.—The rye harvest has commenced in this vicinity. Mr. John C. Schuyler, of Watervliet, com menced cutting his rye on Thursday. The rye crop this year promises to be very abundant. The following is from the New York American of the 15th instant Public opinion has been much agitated for some days past on the subject of the negotiation with Lord Ashburton. It was confidently announced the week before last, on the di rect authority of a gentleman connected with one of the foreign legations (not the British) at Washington, that all points in dispute were arranged, and that on the 4th July the treaty would be signed. As the mode In which this statement was made and the person making it, could not very well be distrusted, great confidence was expressed that the intelligence was true, even although it was semi officially contradicted from Washington. There seems, however, no reason now to doubt that there was some mis take in the matter, and possibly propositions made in the expectation and belief that they would be acceded to, have been mistaken fOr actual results. At any rate, the impression now is, not only that no arrangement has been completed, but that, upon the subject of the North-Eastern Boundry, which was said to have received a complete and satisfactory settlement, new and untorseen difficulties have arisen on the part of the Commissioners from the States interested, Massachusetts and Maine. Nevertheless, as on this point it is known, that if the Ple nipotentiaries cannot agree, a reference is to be made to a friendly sovereign, whose award is to be final—little solici tude is felt, as to the continuation of amicable relations be tween the two countries. In the internal political condition no advance has been made. Instead, by the rejection of the temporary Revenue bill, which Congress passed, and the President returned with his objections, and therefore, in the present state of Con gress, rejected—confusion universally prevails. The Se cretary of the Treasury has expressed his opinion formally, that after the 30th June, no duties could, without new le gislation, be collected. No new legislation has been had ; and duties are now levied, in virtue of an Executive inter pretation of the law, which is resisted by the importers in this shape—that duties are all paid under protest. The mo ney is indeed handed over to the Treasury, but under the liability of being repaid with interest, if the courts shall decide that no authority exists for collecting it. Mean time, Congress is busy with a tariff bill—which will, it i 5 thought, pass ; but coupled, as the temporary tariff bill was, with a clause enforcing distribution of the proceeds from the public lands. The President, it is thou:tilt, will not approve this proviso. What the next step will be, we venture net to anticipate; but this much at least is sure, that all the uncertainty and disagreement between high powers in mat ters of such universal and daily interest; as the lawful col lection and disbursement of the revenue of the nations, cannot but act with disastrous effect upon commerce, manu factures, and every branch of industry. Add to this, the want of any circulating medium of general acceptance, and the embarrassments alike of the Federal and most of the State Treasuries, and the picture exhibited externally is not an encouraging one. The money - market has experienced no change since the Ist instant. The same doubt and uncertainty as regards the future course of the government as then noted, prevent anY action on the part of capitalists, and all the stocks of the States, even of the soundest description, have materially de clined. Until the passage of a tariff bill that will secure a revenue adequate to the current expenditure of the country' no improvement can be hoped for, as from the acknowledged poverty of the National Treasury, recourse must inevitablV be had to a new issue of government stock, which, without some provisio❑ for ultimate redemption, cannot be expected to meet a favourable reception in foreign markets, and con sequently must be forced off here at comparatively low rates• The advices from Pennsylvania destroy every hope of that state meeting the interest due upon its bonds next month. Nothing has been done on the part of any of the other de faulting states ; nor can any provision be made until next winter, when the state legislatures meet. Virginia is an exception to this general bankruptcy, and it is expected has► by this, paid the interest upon her engagements. It is almost too early to form an opinion as to the result of the crops, but our advices lead us to anticipate large pro ducts, far exceeding what can be disposed of at profitable rates to the producers ; thus affording little prospect of a re newed demand for manufactures, either domestic or foreign. The supply of both descriptions is abundant, and sales can not be effected except at enormous sacrifices. MANUFAC TURING DISTRESS therefore, it will be seen, is not confined to Great Britain. Most of the American manufacturers have already stopped their mills, and the rest will probably soon follow their e 5 ample. Great numbers of the labouring population have, been thrown out of employ, an d were it not f or the cons t a n t demand in this country for agricultural labour, great wan t and distress must have been experienced. We commend this picture to our free-trade agitators. The following was the rate of Exchange in New York up to the sailing of the packet. Exchange on London, (city bills) 7 a 71 dull. Do on France, (city bills) 5.37 k a 5.421. Do on Amsterdam, 381 a 35 Do on Hamburg. 341 a 35 nominsl. Do on Bremen, 651 a 76 There is no demand for specie for export, and almost all descriptions can be otained at par.—New York American. The exports of cotton to Europe since the Ist of Septem ber amount to 1,400,852 bales against 1,229,882 last year, and 1,602,345 the year before. To Great Britain separatelY the export is 904,840 b a l es aga i nst 815,391 last year, and 1,115,970 the year before. The receipts are 1,649,581 bales against 1,606,032 last year, and 2,081,863 the year before. The stock on hand in the shipping ports is 89,100 bales against 156,831 last year, and 230,090 the year before. We do not observe any improvement in rates—on the con trary, prices are rather in favour of purchasers. We quot e Uplands, very ordinary to middling, Ji a 7/ cents. per lb. a fair, to good fair and good ; 81 a 911 and 10 cents ; Ten' nessees and Alabamas, 5/.a 8 cents ; Mobiles, Louisianan , ordinary to middling, 6i a 81 i cents ' • fair, to good fair, $ Ill} - cents; good and fine, 101 a 11 and 13 cents per lb."'" New York Enquirer. From Barbadoes.—We have a Bridgetown Barbadian of June 23, containing later advices from Demerara, Grenada , St. Vincent, and other colonies. The Barbadian speaks well of the agricultural prospects; the crop of sugar is much larger than had been expected, and it was thought that some of the island ships would carry t° England a third cargo. No rain had fallen, however, sinc, e , the 17th , and the plants were drooping sadly. F oo d of a , ' kinds, animal as well as vegetable, was abundant; sheep' especially, were extremely numerous, and the mutton yell fine. The steamer Clyde, from England, arrived on the 23d. At Trinidad, in May, and the early part of June, much rain fell, almost putting an end to sugar maki ng . The crop was expected to fall much short.—N. E cons. Adv. EMIGRATION. — The number of emigrants who have arrived at Quebec the present season to the 9th instant, is 34,0' of whom 7,231 arrived last week.—Boston July 16. ABSTRACT OF THE LOG. July 16.—Sailed from Boston at 5 30 p.m. I 7 from Halifax. 18.—Arrived at Halifax at 11 30 a.m. Sailed again for Liverpool at 6 p.m. 19.—Wind S.S.W. Distance 152 miles. Lat. 45 1 18 ' long. 59 55. Light breezes and thick foggy weather. $ 20.—Wind S.W. by W. Di s t ance 250 m il es . L a t. 45 long. 54 05. Light breezes and thick foggy weather. „ 21.—Winds S.W. by W. an d S.S.W. Di s t ance 260 132 e,; Lat. 46 1 0 , long. 47 56. Li g ht b reezes an d thick fog g y weather. 22.—Wind S.W. by W. and N.N.W. Distance 2521 1 T he Lat. 47 2, long. 42 18 . Li g h t b reezes and t hi ck f ogg y Wea ther. 23.—Wind var i a bl e. Di stance 248 miles. Lat . 47 50, long. 36 20. Light breezes and clear weather.