The Express.
London, England, 1847-01-20 00:00:00

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N0.122.] LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JAN. 20,1847. [3d

ing, and we quAls an advance of 2a. to 3s. per qr. on last
week's rates 'Ara foreign. The same advance is made on
Bekaa. Line ted for feeding a good &al inquired for ; crushiug
Seed firm. .iiaseedCakes the turn dearer. No Rapeseed on the
market. 'star Cakes ,cares, and fetch our quotations readily.
The foil oweng are the present prices of grain: Wheat, red, 68s.
to 725. ,r• new, 745. to 78a.; white, 760. to 80s.; new, 765. to
80s. ; Dantsic, 745. to 801'.• Lower Baltic and Ilamburg, 665.
to 725. Bark y, malting, 50a. to 56a. Oats, 30s. to 401. ;
Ddnish, 325. to 36a. ; Russian, 36a. to 40s. Beans, 525. Sc.
56e. i foreign, 525. to 561. Peas, white and yello-v, 645. to
70s. Linseed, crashing, 35+. to 48s. • feeding, 48s. to 62a.
Paveseedr 10 qrs., 27/. 10s. Linseed Cakes, English, per
ten, 101.15; foreign, 81. to 101. Rape Cakes, 1109. to 115 s.
Imports from the 9th to the 15th January inclusive:
W;heat, 50 qrs. ; Barley, 1106 ; Oats, 100; Beans, b 8; Tun,
4 Linseed, 1,826; Linseed Cakes, 5 tons.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

LEEDS. JAN. 19.—Our arrivals of grain moderate. The
Wheat trade is less buoyant, but prices of Friday are fully
maintained. Barley is 2a. per qr. lower. Beans fully as
dear. Oats, Shelling, and other articles without much
alteration. Arrivals this week Wheat, 9,683; Oats, 1,849
Barley, 1842 ; Beans, 1,041 ; Shelling, 160 ; Flour, 88 ;
Rapeseed, 240.

Letoirroe BUZZARD, JAN. 19.-We had a goal supply
of Wheat at this dav's market ; trade good, at 2s. per load
advance on last week's rates. Barley dull, but unaltered it,
value. Beans and Peas each ls. to 2s. per load dearer. The
Oat tirade was brisk, at 3s. to 4s. per qr. advance. Wheat,
464. to 50s. perload of 6 bushels. Barley, 62e. to 60s. per imp.
qr. Beane and Peas, 30s. to 335. per 6 bushels. Oats, 30s.
to 401. per imp. qr.
Liveuroot, JAN. 19.-The week's supplies of Four and
Indian Corn are liberal; of Wheat moderate; but of other
articles limited. Under the expectation that some new
changes may be made in regard to the trade on the meeting
of parliament, there was a general disloslinatiadin pegtekehe
to-day, and the market on the whole ruled flat. Wheats at
the amendment of Friday. Flour at little more than the
rates of Ibis day week. Oats and Oatmeal again dearer.
Other articles brought slowly the advance stated on Friday.
British: Wheat, per 70 lb., English, red, new, lls. sd. to
lls. 8d ; old, lls. 44. to 115.8 d.; white, new, 113. 6d. to 12e. ; old,
I ls. 4d. to 12e. ; Irish, red, new, 10s. Bd. to Ils. 2d.;
old, 103. 4d. to 103. 10d. ; white, new, 10s. 10d. to Ils. 4d.;
old, 10s. Bd. tolls. 2d. Barley, English, pee quarter, new,
575. to 60.. • Scotch and Irish, per 60 lb., old, 7s. 6d. to
7a. 9d. Malt, English, per quarter, pale, old, 1435. to 87s.
Oats, English and Scotch, per 435 lb., old, 54. 9(1. to 63.;
Irish, Roe qualities, new, 58. 6d. to ss. Bd. ; old, ss. 6d. to
ss. 9d. ; general qualities, new, ss. 44. to ss. 6d. Beans,
English, per qr. old, 61s. to 645. ; Scotch and Irish, per
480 lb., old, 578. to 695. Pem, English, per quarter, white,
645. to 67e. ; and Irish, grey, 565. to 684. Flour, per
280 lb., English and Irish, fine, 48e. to 625. ; super-
fine, M .s. to bls. • extra, 625. to 648. Oatmeal, per load
of 2401 b. Irish, 1846.605. to 530. ; old, 465. to SOs. • Cana-
dian, 465. to 50s. Bran, per 24 lb., Is. 9d. to 2s.
Foreign Wheat, per 70th., Canadian, free, red, 108. 10d. to
Ils. 44. ; white, 11s. 6d. to lle. 9.1.; United States, red,
Ils. 6d. tolls. 101 t white, 12s. to 12e 6d • Dantric, mixed
and red, Ils. to Ils. 3d.; high mixed, 12s. to 12s. 6d.;
Lower Baltic and Hamburg, red, Ils. to Ils. 64.; white,
118. 44. to 9d.; Rigs and Petersburg, red, lls. tolls. 2d.;
Archangel, 103.6 d. tolo3. 10d.; Odessa, common, red, 109. 6d.
to 10s .10d. ; Polish, 10s. 10d. to 115.21. ; French, Spanish, and
Italian, red, 108.04. to 10s. 10(1.: white, 108.10 d. tolls. 41.;
Bannat and Marianopoli, red, 10s. 10d.to Ils. Id. ; Egyptian,
9s. rel. to 9s. 9d. ; Mediterranean, &c., hard, red, 10s. &L to
10s. 9d. Rye, per qr., Baltic, &a, 48s. to 50s. Barley, per
601 b., grinding and distilling, 7s. 6d. to 7s. 10d. Oats, per
451 b., ss. 9d. to Cm Beans, per qr., European, 60s. to 63e.
Egyptian, per 4801 b., 495. to 61s. Peas, per qr., Baltic,
&c., white, 625. to 665. ; Canadian, 598. to 625. Indian Corn,
per 4801 b., 728. to 740. Indian Meal, per barrel of 1961 b.,
343. to 355. Flour, per barrel of 1961 b., Canadian, sweet,
435. to 445.; United States, sweet, 435. to 445. ; in bond,
41s. 6d. to 42e 6d.; United State. and Canadian, seer, 375.
to 388. Arrivals from the 12th of January to the 18th
inclusive, into Liverpool and Runcorn:- Wheat, 4,644
quarters; Barley, 895; Malt, 1,233; Oats, 192; Beans,
3,410; Peas, 888 ; Indian Corn, 14.503; Oatmeal, sacks,
638 ; Flour, 1,907 sacks; 34,920 barrels.

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LYN rz, Jsx. 19.—A fair supply of Wheat arid Batley here
to-day, the former la. per. qr. dearer, Barley le to 2.5. per qr.
lower, from the report that sager is to be introduced ferbrew-
ing and distilling. Beans 2.1. to 3s. per qr. dearer. Wheat,
611bs. to 821bn., 724. to 765..; fine, 78s. ; white, 82.. Barley,
best runs, 5.58. to fi7u; tine, 60s. ; stained, 48s. tos2s. Beane,
58a. to We. Grey Peas, 565. to 575.. Oats, 16d. to lBd. per
stone.

PLYIIIOOI3I, JAPE. 18.—At this day's market there wee IL
good attendance of farmers, who held all corn at high prices.
Wheat sells at 78s. to 82*. per qr. far geed yeliow:and white;
red, 725. to 755. Barley, b2a. to 545. Oats, 30a. to 32.. Fine
Flour, 80s. per seolL
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SALISBURY, JAR. 19.-The quantity offered this day wm
above the avenge, and not more than le. per qr. addieW
was obtained on the best samples of white Wheat, inferior
selling at last wears quotation; the top price peen was 845.,
whileothez samples did net resell more than 68.. to 72x ;
nearly all was sold. Bread sad Flour remain at last week's
prises. Barley of best quality very scarce, and fetching
most extravagant prices, 60s. to 665. having this day been
given. Grinding samples, bk. to 561. ; inferior, 40s. to 45a.
Barley Meal, 23e. to 255. per bag of 10 score pounds weigld.
Malt 44. per qr. advance ; the best, 645. per qr. ; moderate
quality, 80s.; infenicr, 725. to 765. Beans Is. per qr. higher,
64e. to 565. per qr. being the ruling figures. White and
grey Yeas also le. le 2.. dearer. Oats, of good feeding
qualities, were 2s. to fa. per qr. deans; the top price reaching
40s. to 425. per qr..; best black up to 345. ; very indifferent
qualities made 265. to 30s. Tarts, winter, 6s. to GA 6d. per
bushel ; spring, On. Cd. to 7s. Rye scarce, and snare asked
for, at an advance of hi. per qr. Indian Corn, from ins price,
not asked for.
Sr. Ives, JAN. 18.-Wheat a little lower. Barley about
last week's price. The quantity of grain in the market of
all kinds greater than common. Corn inspector's return for
week ending Jan. 11.-Wheat, 724 qrs. 5 bush., 66a. Old.
Barley, 90 qrs. I bush., 541. 6d. Oats 106 qrs. 9 hush.
275. lid. -Beans, 102 vs. 6 bush., 46e. 95d. Piss,
4 qrs. 4 bush., 48e.

HOPS.— BOROUGH MARKET, Two O'Clork.—
Movers. Pattenden and Smith, Hop factors. report that the
market is very San.
Mid k rot Kroto, mart IR 6to 6110 tel Ye arll3; N 0634. P. 3433 N. 3to dt 4
Weald of Amts., „s oto it • 1 Tratllm Sow, „ •to 4 .0
Sawa . 313t04 10 1 Old Hope „ 3 oto 6 0
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8 ALIBRORT, Jaw. 19.—The price of this article is getting
mire in demand, for which from sa. to 7s. per cwt. advance
has beer, obtained, first quality of Farnhams and East Kent
fetching from 71. to 71. 15.. per ewt. ; second quality, from
61. KN. to 71. ; Mid Kent* and Sussex, 51. to 61 ; Worcevers,
51. to 51. 10s. ' • of the growth of 1845, from 31. to 41. The
retail price is from 16d, to 224. per th.
WORCESTER, JAN. lb.—of:20010600A, per 0133.
from 70s. to 80a. ; fine and choice, from 84e. to 90a.

WOOL—HUDDERBt'II,.LD, JAN. 19.—The trade in
this article continues very limited ; scaraely anything doing,
yet prices remain firm.

MANUFACTURES.—HUDDERSFIELD, JAN. 19.---
We have had a very fiat market this morning ; scarcely any-
thing doing in any kind of goods. Low goods, which used
to taken for the Irish and Scotek markets. are a complete
drug. The merchants say (and say justly, in the present
state of things), that the people cannot be both fed and
clothed at high prima

CHEESE.—SALTancaY, JAN. 10.—Some tone of
Cheese were pitched for sale this day, for which from 2e.
to 3s. per cwt. higher terms were asked. Best Somerset
Cheddar made 765. to 78s. per cwt. ; double Gloucester, and
Dorset, 645. to 68s. ; single do., 56e. to 60s. Wilts, best, 605.;
second, 565. Half-cowc d, 445. to 48s. Common skim, 365.
to 38s.

SKLNS.—SmistultY, JAN. 19.—The best South
Downs, 44. Bd. to 6e.; not assorted, 4s. ; long-wool Leicet-
ters, or half-breds, 4s. 6d. to Oa. 6d.; the picked, at 4s. to
4e. 6,1. as they run. Or-hides, of the weight above 60 lbs.,
3d. per lb. Cow and light Hides, 21d. ; Cal-skins, at from
41d. to 414 per lb. ; heavy, 6s. 6d. each. Horse-hides, 7s.
to 12s. each. Butchers' Rough Fat, 2.5. 104. to 3s. the stone
of 8 lbs.

Jaa. 9.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—TLJESDAT, JAN. 19.
The Imperial Parliament was this day opened for the
session of the current year by her Majesty in person, with
the usual formalities.
After reading the speech, given by us yesterday, her
Majesty, who looked extremely well, then rose and
left the house attended by the same cortege as that by which
she was escorted to the throne- —Their lordships then ad- I
Owned duffng pleasure.
At five o'clock the house resumed, the Lord Chancellor I
presiding on the woolsack.
VESTRIES 1311. L.-011 the motion of the Marquis of
LANSDOWNE, the bill for the Better Regulation of Select
Vestries iu England, was read a first time.
THE QUEEN'S SPEECH.—THE ADDRESS.
The LORD CHANCELLOR having read from his plate
at the woolsack Her Maje,ty's Speech from the throne, and
the same haying been again read by the clerk at the table,
Lord lIATHERTON rose to move the sublime in answer
thereto. The condition of Ireland had naturally given
a prominence in her Majesty's speech to that topic which
was fairly justified by its all-absorbing importance. For the
first time for a very long period of yearn Ireland was now se
longer the arena fur political agitation; and the qaestion now
to be considered was no longer one of party interests or party
passions, or party policy. It had pleased the Almighty, is
his inscrutable wisdom, to inflict a wide-ifiread and desolat-
tag famine, for which he (Lord Hatherton) believed there
was no precedent in the history of the world, certainly not
in the history of any state in modern times was there say
record of u overwhelming an affliction falling upon eight
millions of people. (Hear, hear.) The Labour-rale Alt,
passed last mama in anticipation of the usseidlikialles
which now pervaded Ireland had been put IMO
I nearly throughout the entire of that portion of bar fins•
jeaty's dominions, for the purpose of voting money to be
expended in the execution of public works. The mischief of
this system had been universally admitted. In the first
place, under this syetem of giving employment to the popula-
tion, works wholly of an useless kind had necessarily been
undertaken. this was not the only evil. The useless character
of these works was galling to the landed proprietor, who,
while they had the charge imposed upon them, could reap from
those works no positive benefit hereafter. A still greater
evil, however, remained, in the fact that the system induced
the abandonment of the proper cultivation of the soil for
the purposes of agriculture. He believed that there
had been passed an act of this sort, upon which it could so
fairly be said that no party was to blame. The lord lieute-
nant bad taken upon himself the exercise of the wisest
discretion, and determined to avail himself of exist-
ing statutes, and to rdopt the extensions of those powers by
permitting public money to be applied to private individuals
for useful public eremite. It was, however, soon found that
this permission given to the public under the authority of
the chief secretary's letter was by no means operative to the
requisite extent. That letter permitted the emplo) meet of
public money almost exclusively to the purpose of drainage.
The reclamation of waste lands was not adopted. Many land-
owners had no lands to drain—others had already mow
plished their drainage works, and thus no very great
advance was made under Mr. Labouchere'e letter. Besides,
there had been an universal and very natural complaint, in
the justice of which, had he be n an Irish landlord, he (Lord
Hatberton) should have joined u to that which had pro
perly been designated a double taxation. The landlordsb=
government loans were obliged to contribute to the
assewonent, and it was not to be wondered at that ala were
desirous of a revision of the law, and to wait for better terms.
This state of things naturally induced a my that the areas in
which presentment rates were made should be considerably
reduced. Besides the Labour-rate Act, there had been
passed lest session the Drainage Act, and in addition to both
these extended measures of relief, there had been Mr. La-
bouebere's letter. There had also passed an act empowering
the Treasury to expend the sum of 50,0!01. in the suention
of public works in reference to harbours and fisheries, but to
clogged was that statute with inconvenient provisions, that
not ewe farthing had been advanced under it. Ireland, there-
fore, was now in this condition. Drainage there must ne-
cessarily cease almost immediately, for though the great I
arterial drains may still afford considerable employment for
the people in the summer months, yet the drainage of arable
lead could only be prosecuted at a period of the year when
the hand was barren—a) that, in fact, matters in Ireland
s'ood thus : The operation of the Labour-rate Act must cease,
bemuse it had been found impolitic to go on with an ex-
peniiture upoa useless public w, vice, and because it had
been impossible to find works on which properly to expend
the public money, and hence it was absolutely necessary to
provide some other modes of employing the population of
that country. (Hear, hear.) What those modes should be,
it was not for him (Lord Netherton) at that moment to state
er to express any opinion upon them. He had heard of
some, bat upon them he did not possess any accurate or
authentic knowledge, and he should deprecate any attempt
"N introduce any dueus ion on merely presumed information.
(Hear.) Whore it was desirable that all parties in and out of
parliament should communicate to the government their
opinions and desires upon the subject, it would be highly
inconvenient to enter now upon the consideration of what
measures it ought to be the duty of the first minister of the
mown to most nt in a few days to the consideration of the
other house of parliament Such was the statement which
le felt it his imperative duty to make's their lordships, and
if he had omitted anything which he should have stated,
there were so many of their lordships so intimately ac-
tainted with all the affairs of Ireland, that these omissions
would be amply supplied. He was sorry to add that there
mere also a large body of absentee landlords, some
of them Englishmen, who derived considerable pro-
perty from Ireland, and who had not by their presence
Wed their mesas encouraged and assisted at this emergency
those who were dependent upon them. (Hear, hear.)
Whatever might be the issue of this calamity, there was at
least • general determination on the part of all to do their
duty, the rue they must leave to the wisdom of Providence,
hoping that heseen might yet have in store for Ireland
better things, and her present 'sufferings mined fit her for a
better understanding of her social duties. There were
two measures is particular by which the govern-
ment proposed to meet the present emergency, the
suspension of all duties upon grain, and the was of
sugar in breweries and distilleries. He (Lord Hatherton)
did not think but that there would be a general dhpodtion on
the part ef parliament to receive both those 1110111111101. He
knew that it was contended by some that with the pries of
grain rising in all the markets of Europe and in the country
the opening of the ports enabled factors to fill their pockets,
and that they received the whole profits.
there was no intimation in the spa ech friar
throne with regard to the navigation laws, be hoped
that he might rely on the intention of government Is
duce some modification of them. With regard to the twes of
sugar in breweries and distilleries, it should be remembered
that barley we, 10s. a quarter dearer thaa in the eorreepeed-
ing period of lost year, and most hawses agreed that sat
more than onestlfth of colonial produce would be sub-
stituted for it; and it was well known that the rise
of beer had been advanced by retailers. With re-
gard to both these measure., he was sure that n desire
that say class should profit by the present calamity
would be repudiated by all. There was another measure
which, although it was not contained in her Majesty's speech,
was yet most necessary, with reference to any large ad-
vances to landlords ; he alluded to the appointment
of • commission for facilitating the transfer of pro-
perty; and if, sa he beard, one of the learned lords
who presided over one of our courts of law, had con-
sented to lend his aid, he could not but anticipate the greatest
benefit from it! He could not see how the landlords could
be charged for the reclaiming of waste lands without giving
them facilities for disposing of their property, and no notions
with regard to old laws and the sanctity of property, should
sand in the way of a modified change. Her Majesty, in the
next portion of her speec had simply informed their
lordships that she had "ordered the correspondence
relating to the marriage. of the Infanta of Spain
with the Duke de Montpensier to be laid before them." And
as their lordships were in possession of no authentic informa-
tion on that subject, it would not become him to offer any
observations upon it. Her Majesty had stated that " The
extinction of the free State of Cracow has appeared to her
to be so manifest a violation of the treaty of Vienna, that
she had commanded that a protest spinet that act should be
delivered to the courts of Vienna, Petersburg, and Berlin,
which were parties to it. Copies of these several papers would
be laid before them." Although hedid not proponeto ask their
lordships to pass any censure on the violation of the treaty of
Vienna, he would take the liberty of stating his own strong
opinion that Austria was of all other states in Europe the one
which should have adhered to that treaty, inasmuch as it
was not only on that that the fabric of her empire was based,
but much of her stability in Europe had been derived from
it. It was impossible for the states on this side of Europe to
in.erfere for the protection of the free city of Cracow; but it
was necessary that a strong protest should be made by all
interested against that unfortunate act, ard he had no doubt
that both houses of parliament would concur in expressing
their abhorrence of an act which he (Lord Hatherton) thought
a crime and a folly ofthe basest description. In the next para-
graph of the speech from the throne her Majesty had alluded to
the war on the River Plate. Lodges be had been connected
with a manufacturing county, although he had heard com-
plaints from merchants of the inconveniences arising from
the continuance of the war, yet he had never heard any
which had reference to any want of attention or of strenuous
efforts. to suppress that war, on the part either of the noble
earl who lately filled the office of Secretaryfor Foreign Affairs,
or of her Majesty's present Secretary of State. He hoped that
the united efforts of her Majesty and the King of the French,
would be effectual in suppressing it. Her Majesty's speech
also contained an eseursnce that her relations with
foreign powers gave her the fullest confidence in the mainte-
nance of peace. Though they had been accustomed to such
assurances, yet the connexion which existed between this
country and other States, as well as the Christian duty of the
preservation of peace, always made such assurances welcome.
Reference had also been made to the topic of sanitory rem'.
latib:n and the health of towns. Living as he did in the
neighbourhood ef populous towns, he knew what importance
was to he attached to suck measures, and he could not
but add that the subject was one which owed much
to the noble marquis who now represented her Majesty in
Paris. With these plain observation.. he should move
th .t an honilik. ahlrese be presented to her Majesty in
answer t c h, r evacioes seesech. (The noble turd then
the acre,. which was, as usual, an echo of the speech.)

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