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The Express.
London, England, 1847-03-04

MONEY MARKET & CITY INTELLIGENCE.

Half-past Two.—We have again a dull stock
market, with the funds at the quotations of yesterday, at
which they have been steady, with scarcely • fluc-
tuation. It seems likely that we shall have no movement
of consequence this week, or at least not until after the first
instalment of the new loan shall be paid up to-morrow. The
Consols Scrip remains at 11 to I premium, with little doin-.
Consols 901 to I money, and for time 904 to 4. Three-and-
, a-Quarter per Centa.,2l to 3. The government broker
took 10,1001. Reduced Threes this morning for account of
' the Sinking Fund. Exchequer Bills, 3s. to 6s. premium.
We have little active business in foreign stocks generally,
but some attention continues to be directed to Spanish secu-
rities, on account of the state of financial affairs, and the
projected lean in Spain, as reported in the advises
from Madrid. The daily confirmation of the hope-
lessnesa of expecting any thing in the shape of justice
to the foreign bondholder from governments so pro-
digal and corrupt as those which succeed each other so
rapidly in that country, has the proper effect of '
discouraging the speculations which were got up
and partially commenced, on the strength of the mission of
en agent to Madrid, to urge the claims, and negotiate on be-
half of the committee self-constituted here to act for the
bondholders. The speculators of the stock exchanges of
Amsterdam and Belgium, who on the same grounds made,
considerable purchases some time since, by which prices
were raised, are now, and have lately been, returning their
purchued bonds and selling them upon this market. Spanish
Fives are now down therefore to 231 to I ; the Threes, to
34 to / ; Deferred, to 161 to 17. Port etc, 33 to f. Mexi-
can, 22 to 1. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 584 to
9; the Fours, 921 to 3.

Beek Ilteet,lol.
per Ct. Red., 1011 I
3 per Cent. Corelr, ree I
Carole rod
P0)1210
Kr Ct. A 'striae Deeds, 111
per Ct. Belgian Bomb, SP
Pk per Cr.. ditto,
I per Cr. Beasilitaa
Ditto 7irrr, 1,7 7
II per Ct. Parr. Ayerell4,44
Dine arias! Per, !S!

1411404.
3 per Ct.°molt for Aut. Itti
31 per Crats,llt# 3
&mimosa. littls, to. to 44 p
010. 14 1 p
FUND..
1 pot Coat arras& Ma., II 30
Ortosads Deterred Mo., 41#
3 per Ct. 11114a10e5,1144. II
4 per Ct. Por•rhta 014., 10 40
Portstwoe 0..0.14...11 3
'wet. Bawls. 141,104 11 to Mt.
Mum epa4l4l. Mk. 134 1
3 per C 4 4aatelt 1 4.. 34 #
Def4rrrit gets., 144 IT
11443148 P. 0.. Mr.,*
per Ct. Veranda N 4.. SI
Veutult Deferre4 101 111

Dm; C:;;Zi Va;..—
CWMWn
?clued. W.. 3
3 pet Ct. Danish Mu, !hi 10
p. Cc. Dutch Rd., 304 I
per Cc Corm Del o. 'ti
London, England, 1847-10-19

and Co , the wel!-known accountants, and laid before
the creditors by Messrs. Crowder and Maynard, the
solicitors to the estate.

The failure of the house was mainly attributable to
the default of Messrs. Frazer's, of Antwerp, in-
debted to them for about 30,0001.
BTATENENTOYATFAIRBO7 H.

1. SONS, AND CO.,

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London, England, 1847-10-19

Abaft.

DHURY-LANE.—Legit evening M. Jullien published
his travels in Switzerland—not in the usual dry and unpro-
fitable shape, but in the language be has made himself so
proficient in the use of, namely, the fiddles, ophicleides,
piccolos, drums, firearms, bellows, and other instruments,
which now compose his quadrille band. The result, as ho in-
forms the public, of his recent tour in Switzerland is the
" Swiss Quadrille," which may, for originality, defy competi-
tion. It opens,curiously enough,with sounds ',ldaho's are told
in the bills, are meant to express " perfect stillness." This is
followed by a hunt that starts with a " fine burst," from
the Corns Sausage, a volley of rifles coming in at
the death. A " dialogue " ensues between the bassoon,
trombone, and cornet ; the grave basoon seeming to
moralise over the victim of the chase dla Jaques. Some
national sin then introduce a village festival, which is of
course interrupted by a storm. " This convulsion of the
elements "—we quote the programme—" at last detaches
the overhanging avalanche, and with an awful crash it
bounds down the mountain sides, carrying destruction in its
path." The most awful portion of this Tempest is appro-
priately consigned to Signor Prosper*, who imitates thunder
on the serpenticleide with marvellous force of lung. How
the avalanche was done surpsased our skill to learn ;
neither can we speak to its similitude to reality, never having
heard or seen a catastrophe of that kind. The wind was
real, having been imitated, we believe, by a wind instrument
new to the English orchestra—a huge pair of bellows.
The " Swiss Quadrille" is a kind of composition which is, to
clinical: music, what tumbling and sleight-of-hand are
to the legitimate drama. As musical conjuring it is, how-
ever, clever, and does Monsieur Jolliest's inventive faculties
credit. The quadrille lasted half an hour, but was never-
theless received with general apple use, though a minority,
who appeared to consist of magical amateurs, emitted a few
hisses.
London, England, 1847-09-03

Nenagh and Nacres. The parcel for Nenagh was found all I
right, that for Roecrea was lodged in the bank safe at
Nenagh, of which the manager, Mr. Kennelly, kept one key
and the cashier another. The presence of bath was requisite
before the safe could be opened. The parcel was despatched
next day to Rama, and on arriving there was found to con-
Min turf. Under that circumstances the investigation has
been progressing for several days, and the result, it is stated,
has induced the officers of the beak to dismiss Mr. Kennelly,
manager at Nenagh, without making any criminal charge
against him.
DoMIRTIC TILAONDY.—Thers appears in the Tipperary
paper to-day a letter from the unhappy Mr. O'Ryae, of
Cashel, now imprisoned for having shot at and wounded his
son. He says that hen had any d.spate about leases, or
soy business =attars, but states in plain language, and in an
many words, that a repetition of the romance of Parisini
was enacted under his own roof, and that he was witness
to it.
London, England, 1847-12-14

pease. A few chafes ones making 6d. to Is. pa score
mere nassaey. Moderate Oxen, from Ils. to Ils. 6d.; com-
ma do., raid Cows. 10s. 641. ; coarse, 10s. Of Calves
rather a short number, yet sufficient for the de-
mand; a few splendid animals made Ils. to Ili. 6d. per
score ; common, 10s. 6d. The Sheep were of superior qua-
lity, some of the Cotswold breed, and pure South Downs were
taken at from 6s. 4d. to 61. Bd. per stone of 81bs. ; very
large, 64.; two or three pen. of the finest six-tooth
South. Downs, fed in the neighbourhood of Newbury, made
fully tild. per Ih.; some common Sheep at from 441. 4d. to
4s. M.; nearly all were sold readily. 'There appeared but
little demand for early Lambs, ten weeks old, of the Dorset
Horn breed ; several peas offered at from 17s. to 235. each,
or about 10,1. per lb. A superior show of Pigs, some
amsaingly fat; the prices from 10s. 6d. to 12a. per score;
ordinary fat Hogs at 10s.

For Yeattnisy'e Markets re Lit mg..
London, England, 1847-12-14

SCOTLAND.

iiDINBUILOH, Dec. it.
The writ for our new election has arrived, and the
sheriff has fixed en Wednesday as the election day.
There is no opposition to be offered to Mr. Cowan.
The Lord-Advocate will again bring forward his
marriage and registration bills. The 6coternan of to-
day throws out an explanation of the present and
contemplated law of marriage, by way of feeler ; bat
if the Lord-Advocate's measures are to be carried.
means must be taken to enlighten town councils and
other civic bodies, otherwise the organisation that de-
feated the bills last session will again be successfal.
It cannot be too distinctly impressed on the com-
munity, that at present the law of Scotland with
repeal to marriages not celebrated by clergymen, is
so loose and indefinite that parties cohabiting, very
often cannot tell whether they legally are in wedlock
or not, and that the sole object of the Lerd-Advocate's
legislation is simply to declare that marriages shall,
after the passing of his act, be celebrated
either by a clergyman or by registration,
any third method to be null and void. To
define registration is about as absurd as it would
be (to use Dean Swift's simile) to define a spade—but
as some of the people on this side of the Tweed will
regard it as something monstrous, we make bold to
tell them that in England the number of births, mar-
riages, and burials are and have been faithfully re-
corded for years, and that not one pillar either in
church or state has been known to shake in conse-
quence. It will therefore be well if, at the re-intro-
duction of the Lord Advocate's measures we hear no
more about the safety of ecclesiastical bulwarks.
The Antiquarian Society of Scotland has for some
time back been in a quiescent state, and by way of
revival the members lately met in their hall to enjoy
the Platonic meal of breakfast. Various suggestions
for resuscitation were made, but the best one was that
of excursions to neighbouring towns. Several rich
opportunities for research and collection have been
lost by the destruction of old buildings to make
way for railway erections ; but if the society
bestirs itself, it may secure and carry off relics at the
demolitions which the impending sanitary movement
will, it is to be hoped, effect amongst the wynda and
closes built at and before the Reformation. The age
has not grown so picked as to deride archaeology for
its own sake, but it loves life and health more—and
morbid love for damp and filthy cellars, in foitid closes,
simply because they have grouted doorways, will not
now be tolerated. Let, therefore, the rubbish go for
building inhabitable houses, and the carved stones for
museums. At the meeting in question, there was
exhibited the original death-warrant of the ill-fated
Mary Queen of Scots, and an autograph letter of her
stern monitor, John Knox.
London, England, 1847-12-14

RIVER PLATE.

By the Chichester, we have news from the
River Plate to the 10th Oct. Monte Video was still
invested by Gen. Rosati. A great deal of firing oc-
curred night and day, especially in the vicinity of the
Mount, where Rosie some time since demolished a
serviceable lighthouse. The shots, however, had no
very fatal effect.
The French continued thkir embargo at Buenos
Ayres against externs! appeals:it, but the domestic
traffic between that place said Monte Video remained
unmolested, and small craft, well-laden, were con-
stantly passing from one city to the other.
Her Majesty's steam-sloop Fury, which left Ply-
mouth on 6th October with relied joint instructions
from Lord Palmerston and the French Minister for
Foreign Affairs, touched at Madeira on the 11th of
October, and would probably reach the River Plate
about the 23th of November. The contents of her
despatches were looked for with grakapsiety.
Her Majesty's sloop Comas, 18, TOmmander E.
C. T. D'Eyncourt, which struck on the 11th of Sep-
tember on the coast near Colonia, unfortunately sunk
at the Hamm Islands on the 26th, in an attempt to
laser* her down to undergo repairs. Hopes were en-
tertained that she would nevertheless be saved.
London, England, 1847-10-26

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
ship, Hindoston, Capt. Lewis, arrived at Southampton
thin morning, with the Southampton portion of the
India Mail, under charge of Lieutenant Davies,
RN., admiralty agent. Her dates are—Alexandria,
Oct. 10; Malta, 15 ; and Gibraltar, 20. She brings
52 cases and 96 bottles of quicksilver; 25 bales and
40 cases of India silk ; and specie to the amount of
2001.
London, England, 1847-10-26

EXRESS FROM PARIS.

Our Paris despatches of yesterday contain little
matter of general interest. Reform banquets con-
tinue to be held in the provinces, and this agitation
has now acquired dimensions too formidable to be
held in contempt or neglect by the government.
The communication between London and Paris
will soon be still further expedited by the opening of
the Amiens and Boulogne line of railway as far as
Neale, a place within a short distance of Bou-
logne. This is fixed for the 15th November. Some
delay was apprehended by reason of the accident
which lately happened to the viaduct at Etaples, but
M. Friart, the government inspector, has ascertained
that the effects of this are not such as to produce
further delay.
PAWS Boom, OR. 25.—For Momey.-711ree per Cants., 75 55;
Fives, 114 50; Four-Auld-a-Half, —; Yours, 100. &Wan Flee
per Cents., 1640, 96f ; Ito. new, 1641, 961 ; Penr-and-a-Halt,
9i. Naples Rent's,: 100. Raman lan, 100. 'Demurs Heals,
4f. Beak Shares, 32 90.0 Exchange on London (sight;, 25 90.

The Madrid mails of the 20th had not arrived in
Paris yesterday.
London, England, 1847-09-04

Landsat of police in Chichester, said he did not think Taylor
was the person who had been in custody. He could, how-
ever, he mid, on a further occasion, produce the female who
searched the persons who had been in custody.—Mr. Morton,
who attended for the prisoner Foster, submitted that there
was no case against him to warrant his further detention.—
Mr. Elliott committed Foster and Eaton on the charge of
stealing and removing the cloth. The case as rape the
watch he remanded to a future day, when all the prisoners
should holstein brought up on that charge.
THANK-S.—EXTORTION Hy A PAWNIMOIRIA—Wm.
Purser attended on behalf of his mother, Elizabeth Purser,
pawnbroker, ofJamaies-terrace,Commeial-road, to answer
three summonses which had been issued against her at the
instance of Birch, the informer; two for having taken excessive
interest, and one fur having taken in a pledge from a girl
under 12 years of age, contrary to the 21st section of the Pawn-
brokers' Act,—Ann Kingston deposed to having pledged
WON articles for 4s. at Mrs. Purser's shop on the 20th of
August, 1846. She redeemed them on the 14th of August
of the reeding year, when Mr.. Purser demanded and re-
ceived 65., being en overcharge of 21d.—Mr. Purser said he
could not account for the charge unless a youth in their shop
had taken it by mistake.—Mr. Ballantine said that was no
defence at all. He should fine him 40s. end costs.—ln an-
other similar case the same penalty of 40s. and coats was in-
flicted.—The third information, relative to taking in a oledge
from a girl under twelve year. of age, failed, the,last witness
haying accompanied the girl, and Mr. Ballantine considered
that the pawnbroker might have supposed she was the party
pledgAiir the article.
H rdP6IISMITH.—MUU I: DEROUS ASSALT.—J. How-
ard w charged with a murderous assault on Sarah Howard.
hie wife, who deposed that on July 19 her husband came
home tipsy and pushed her down the kitchen stairs, and then
struck her violently with his fists about the face. Several
wiuiesses deposed to the state of complainant when released
from the hands of the prisoner.—A surgeon said that the
woman was, on the 9th of August, delivered of a dead child,
and be had no doubt its death was caused by the injuries in-
tbcted upon the mother. The prisoner was committed fur
trial.
London, England, 1847-09-04

dies, wines, teas, &c.; and the exports hides, tallow,
skins, wheat, and salmon. •The chief articl►. of wealth
of the inhabitants is the cattle, for I;,e rearing of
which the country affords uncommon kcilities. Under
a regular and powerful government, the California
would rapidly develop their vast natural resources.
While the Mexicans reign there, this is hopeless.
Their dominion will, however, probably, mom termi-
nate. The Anglo-Americans will make the cession
of this territory the condition of peace with the Mexi-
can republic. Their occupation of the country would
be an advantage to the whole civilised world.
London, England, 1847-01-07

WOOL.

BASINGSTOKE, JAN. 6.—The holders are looking
forward for a better price, fully determined not to take the
present quoted. Best Lambs' Wool, I3d. ; second ditto, 124..
per lb. Long Wool, from Ild. to 124. ; inferior grey, from
dd. to 9d. per lb.

HAY.

Saivanar..s.—Mesas Yd Davis, Hay
and Straw Saloom, report ?Vdsonnad aril u4sss an
follows :
P.M.. ModoW Ms M IChM, Ms to M.
IsM Um m Me to Si.id SIM, No to to.
Mina Me to M

SKINS.
BASINGSTOKE, JAN. 6.—The best South Down
Skins, 4s. to 4s. 6d. each ; culls and all sorts, 3s. to 3a. 6d. ;
long-wool, haltbrede, In., best, 4s. 6d. to 4.. 9d. ; not
assorted, 34. 6d. to es. On Hides, the best, above 601 b: in
weight, have then Id. per lb., the prim not 24d. ; Cow
ditto and light other kinds, 21d. to 21d. Calf Skins are
also a trifie;lmener, say Id. per lb., the present price being
from 44d. to 4id. per lb., and from 6.. to 6s. 6d. each for the
heavy ones. Hone Hides are more in number than usual,
selling at priest from 6.. to 10s. each.
London, England, 1847-01-07

permit their costume to be ',lowed by all the world, and I
they will gain credit by managing their estates so as they
nay ooe. ntribute to feed industry, Instead of idleness.—
Sooeu
SMALL rox.—we (Ross/Aire Advertiser) regret to learn
that this malady prevails in the county, and that there have
been about a dozen deaths at Meryburgh, in thie neighbour-
hood, within the last two months. Three families have lost
two children each, and about twenty families have been
afflicted.
London, England, 1847-01-07

the Navigation laws; and the employment of a por-
tion of the British navy in the importation of food
The stoppage of the distilleries is not recommended
as interfering with the free diffusion of capital ; and
in other respects would be of questionable advantage,
both from the numbers which it would throw out of
employment, and the fact that the high price of corn
will of itself soon cause a stoppage without any com-
pulsory interference. Early emigration, which was
mentioned in the circular as a means of alleviation,
finds no favour, for two reasons : first, as being rather
a permanent than a temporary remedy ; and second,
because the expense of sending out a family to the
colonies, even the nearest, would be three times
greater than feeding them at home.
The employment of labour on the remunerative
principle, is of course inquired into. There is a
draught of a bill ready on this subject, of which the
following is but an imperfect sketch :
At the presentment sessions, the rate-payers will
present an amount on the barony, adequate to the dis-
tress and employment. This will be apportioned on
the principle of the poor-law valuation on every here-
ditament, above a certain sum, within the barony.
The proprietor, under which term is included every
occupier with an unexpired term of 14 years or one
life, to present for his portion, to be expended in per-'
manent improvements defined by the act. The
money to be gradually advanced by the state,
on the credit of the land. The Board of
Works is to exercise a mural supervision,
but in every instance the proprietor or tenant is to
execute the works. There are several other clauses
1 improving the Labour-rate Act, and removing the ob-
jections contained in Mr. Labouchere's letter to the
Agricultural Society, all of a very liberal nature. The
most stringent powers are also given for the recovery
of the instalments, strongly resembling those u'.der
the Million Act.

Such is a rough sketch of the report in its original
shape. Perhaps the committee may modify and im-
prove it in parts: but its general features will remain
untouched, as they correspond chiefly with the origi-
nal suggestions of the committee.

CLARE.—The public works have been stopped in the
pariah of Rtma, on account of an assamt committed upon
Mr. Harrington, clerk of the works there.
The Clare Journal states that there were more civil bill
processes at the late sessions fur Ennis :ban were ever re-
membered at any previous sessions by the oldest practitioner.
Most of those wcre fur rent, and in many instances, the
journal adds, the pro iecdings were taken t recover the rent
due in November last.
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London, England, 1847-01-07

Contains, in addition to the news in the Morning
Pam*, a SUMMARY of the HOME and FOREIGN
INTELLIGENCE which may arrive on the day.
THE EXPRESS has the benefit of the Foreign
EX761111011, Correspondence, and other costly chase-
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carefully prepared REPORTS of the MONEY,
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The ordinury. Spanish mail arrived in Paris on
bringing the letters and journals from
or the 30th.
Its nomination of the Marquis de Viluma, a re-
puted Alodutiat to the presidency of the Senate,
mod maslieomment in the pres. The provisional
President of the Chamber of Deputies, by seniority,
was M. Modesto Cortazar. The election of Castro-y-
Orozco to the presidency of the Chamber of Depu-
ties was not doubted. M. Mendizabsl had arrived at
Madrid on the 30th, but the event which produced the
strongest excitement in the Cortes, and in political
circles, was the arrest by order of the government of
M. Olozaga. It appears that after having been re-
fused a passport by the Spanish Ambassador in Paris,
he went, as we formerly stated, to Bayonne, on a
French passport for the interior. He there presented
himself to the Spanish Consul, M. Bustamente, and
demanded to have his passport rigid for Madrid.
This the Consul refused, whereupon M. °longs pre-
sented to him a proses-verbal of his election aa
a deputy, and called his attention to the
law, which decreed the punishment of death
against all functionaries who should stop
a deputy dulT elected. The Consul upon this
and aimed the passport, with which M.
memed the frontier. Meanwhile the Consul
deepateheda courier to Madrid to apprise the govern-
Meat of what bad occurred. An order was imme-
homed to the Commander of the. I+iltrec:_t
11112 to meet M. Olozaga, which Was
AMA and at the departure of the last adar4
deputy was sa routs to Pampelaaa *sr admin.
London, England, 1847-10-21

for hoping that, even in the coarse of this session, a bill will
be laid before you for effecting some reductions in our debt.
The entire regulation of our monetary system will be sub-
mitted to you, in order that the already commenced revision
of that very imperfect system may be completed. A plan
will be proposed relative to the right of gusranteeiag go'd
and silver articles, in order that the complaints on that sub-
ject may be redressed.: It is pr.sbable that a general law
will be laid before you this session relative to import and
export duties. The different projects of law forming the
second and third book of the penal code will, pop
sibly, be discussed attain during the present session.
After the result (during the last session) of the deliberations
on the projects of law relating to the right of voting and of
being elected, I have been maturely reflecting on the mode
in which the sixth article of the fundamental law could be
carried out. It occurred to me that it would be only labour
' in vain (ern verged-acne orbeid) to attempt anew to concili-
ate in a satisfactory manner the divergent opinions which
were manifested on that subject; and I have been convinced
that it is strictly necessary to throw more light upon those
I dispositions of the fundamental law which relate to the right
lof vote and of being elected. In a former speech I stated
that so soon as I entertained a conviction of the necessity of
modifying the fundamental law, I sLould not fail to notify it
to you. In accordance with that statement, and with the
conviction that the interest of the state calls for altera-
tions in some dispositions of the fundamental law, I hare re-
solved to lay before you during the present session some pro-
positions relative to those changes.
London, England, 1847-10-21

PORTUGAL.

Ay her Majesty's steam-frigate Sidon, arrived
this morning at Spithead, there are advice. from
Lisbon to the 14th instant. Count Bonifin and
his companions had landed at Lisbon from the
Terrible. The meeting of the Central Election
Committee, presided over by Count de Thomar, was
attended by 3,000 persons. The registration was going
so hard against the Sepptteembriststhat their committee
had formally protested to the queen, and they were
discussing the propriety of recommending their adhe-
rents not to vote at the approaching election. Lisbon
was perfectly tranquil, bat reports of riots having
taken place at Oporto were current. Discount on paper
money bad advanced to 37j.
London, England, 1847-10-21

taw Court.

WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—The Queen and Prince
Albert took their usual early walk. The Prince of Wales,
Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice,
took walking and pony exercise this morning, in the slopes
adjoining the Castle. The Princess Helena was alto taken
an airing. Her Majesty rode out this forenoon in a pony-
carriage and four, attended by the Duchess of Sutherland.
The Equerry in Waiting was in attendance on horseback.
Prince Albert went out shooting this morning with Prince
Lowenstein. His Royal Highness was attended by the Earl
of Morley and Colonel Seymour. The Duke of Wellington,
the Right Hon. Sir Frederick Pollock, and General Sir
George Pollock, left the Castle to-day. The Countess of
Desert has arrived, and has succeeded the Countess of Gains.
borough as the Lady in Waiting to the Queen. The Earl of
Morley and Mr. R. Ormsby Gore have arrived at the Castle,
and have succeeded Lord Byron and General Sir Edward
Bowater as the Lord and Groom in Waiting to her Majesty.

The Puke of Cambridge left town yesterday morn-
ing for Fawsley-park Northamptonshire, to honour Sir
Charles Knightley with a visit.
Lord Elphinstone, Mr. More O'Ferrall, and Capt.
Denham, had interviews yesterday with Earl Grey, at the
. •
London, England, 1847-10-21

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

By
.the arrival of the Falcon in the Channel, we
have journals from Graham's Town to the Bth, and
Cape Town to the 18th of August. Speaking of the
state of matters on the frontier, the Uraharn's Town
Journal, of the 7th August, says : " The past week
has been barren, either of foray on the part of the Kaffir*
et of hostile movement on that of our troops. Both
11•1111 to be preparing fora coming struggle, in which
it is probable that the policy of the Kaffir. may be mare
accurately figured by the willow than the oak. They
will probably bead to the storm, and by that means
evade the mischief which might be the result of open,
unflinching resistance. While, however, tho warlike
London, England, 1847-10-21

WEST INDIA MAIL.

The Royal Mail Steam-packet Company's ship the
Clyde arrived this morning at Southampton. The
dates are, St. Jago de Cuba, 19th; Jamaica, 25th;
Hayti, 25th; Puerto Rico, 27th; Demerara, 19th;
Tobago, 20th ; Trinidad, 20th ; Barbadoes, 24th ;
Grenada, 26th; St. Vincent and St. Lucia, 20th; Mar-
tinique, 27th ; Montserrat and St. Kitt's, 28th Sep-
tember; St. Thomas's, let ; and Fayal, 13th October.
The West India islands generally were healthy, and
the weather was favourable. Seasonable rains had
fallen, and the young canes were looking well.
A shock of an earthquake had been experienced at
Trinidad and St. Lucca. The state of the money
market in England had canoed the West India banks
to restrict their operations.
Port an Prince continued in a frightful state of dis-
organisation, the blacks having possession of the
palace and the fort. The Clyde reports the total loss
of the Glenaun, of Liverpool, off Fayal.
At St. Thomas's, on the 18th September, the Gover-
nor General promulgated a rescript of the King of
Denmark, emancipating, after a period of 12 years,
all negro slaves in his West India possessions; all the
children born daring the preparatory term to be
free.
London, England, 1847-12-13

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

DIVISION ox TEN CADIZ AND OUT9AO2 (DURAND)
BILL.—The minority of four who voted on Friday in com-
mittee on the irestion of limiting the enactment to those
districts in which such crimes and outrages as are specified
in the bill shall have been reported to have occurred con-
sisted of Messrs. T. Meagher, T. O'Brien, F. O'Connor, and
J. Reynolds. The majority numbered 203 votes.
London, England, 1847-12-13

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.

SUGAR.—Bertrrot, Dec. 11.—We have had a more
quiet market dozing the week, and the solos base been limited b
about 3111) hogsheads of West India, and 1,000 mitts Mauritius, which
were oweladed at prima the shade lower. The demand for refired
goods hes ecottnued pretty steady, and the rum market &minima&
thesame, The imports have not been coeriderable. From Juniata,
to the flep, 0 begsbeada 1 barrel nips, and INS puncheons
ram; f 8Wia,413 cases sugar; and coastwise from Liverpool,
hogebtads.

COTTON.—LITIIRTOOL, Dec. 11.—The sales to-day wers
2,1100 bales-100 for export. The market was eery flat. Priors New
Orleans, 4d. to lid.; bowed Georg* 41d. to 5d.: Bursts, lid. to 3.d.
MLNCHSASTELL, Dec. 11.—There is no new feature in the
market- The mills are gradually, but very slowly, resuming work,
though so Car as can be gathered from the actual transactionu iu
market, there has been Mtn or no improvement in the demand. The
principal Monneas which attracts attention Is for the Greek mar.. t.
Prices to-day are nominally without change.
WOOLLEN CLOTHS.—Leans, Dec. 11.—There was an
improved attendance of merchants in our Cloth Halls dila morning;
and although there was an increased amount of cloth sold, the par-
chases were evidently conducted with great caution. The goods prin.
eipally in demand to-day wee blue cloths of low quality, pWde ,
cloaking., and fancy winter goods generally. Within the lad ten days
there has been some immurement in the demand for finished data
in the warehouses, and as stock. are almart universally low, the
slighted Improvement in the demand in universally felt.
HARD WARE.—BIIIMINOHAM, Dec. 11.—The state of
trade here remains much in the condition as when hat re-
ported; bnainve generally is very much depress- sd, and with nos.
parent peeped of an early impovement. With respect to the star
page at the Oak Pam works, named in this paper ten days slam, we
expect to kora that there is no probability at present of the blast fie`
paces there being again put in operation, the ormacquenec of whisk
Is r we anticipated, that not only will considerable dirded be we-
rimed by We men thus unexpectedly thrown out of
meat, but also by the tradesmen and shopkeepers in the neigheng:
hood. The prop+ ietors of the Galvanised Iron Company are stout*,
blow out &portion of their blast furnaces, a measure rendered impe-
rative by the depre.acd state of trade.
London, England, 1847-12-13

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

The South Lancashire Special Ccmmiasion was opened at
Liverpool on Saturday evening, at the Sessions-house, before
the Hon. Sir Edward Hall Alderson, Kt, one of the liardna
of the Court of Erchequer, and the Hon. Sir Thomas Colt-
man, Kt., one of the judges of the Court of Canamon Pleas.
Their lordships then adjourned the court until els wen o'clock
on Monday fur the trial of prison( ra. There are upwards a
90 prisoners for trial.
London, England, 1847-07-05

TALLOW.—The market is steady. The delivery
Let week wu 632 casks, against 487 Out year; for forward
delivery there is leas inquiry. Petersburgh Y. C. on the
spot, 495. to 495. 3d. ; October to December delivery, 475. 3d.
to 475. Bd.; separate months' delivery, 475. 9d. to4Bs.

OF TALLOW IN LONDON.

IBIS.
14Ces,1k9's.
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Ceske 1 ...—. Oraki Csks.
Stook this day
Price P. Y. C. *is day 416 41.6 d Me 406 3d 416 Od 496 496 3d
Delivery last week
Ditto from June 1
Arrival laic week l2B I 569 119 556
Ditto from June 1
Price Town last Friday 436 lid 430 Od 126 Oil I 536 ild

CORN.—MARK Lute.—The supply of English
Wheat this morning wee short. From &brawl we have main
to report considerable arrivals. A clearance of the Essex
and Kent was generally effected, at a reduction of 6s. to Se.
per qr. For foreign there was a greatly improved sale, at •
decline of ss. to 61. per qr. upon the quotations of Monday last.
Barley met with liWe attention, although offered at fully
2a. lege money. Oats, of which arncle we have received about
63,200 gra during the week, 35,000 of which are from Rigs,
were dull sale, at an abatement of 2a. to 3s. per qr. from the
prices of this day se'nnight. Beans must be quoted 3s. to
4e. ; and Peas, ls. to 2s. per qr. cheaper.
London, England, 1847-07-05

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

The July cession commenced this morning, after an ad-
journment of only 12 days, it being the ninth of the present
mayoralty. The calendar, down to Saturday evening, con-
tained the names of 135 prisoners ; but 40 more will most
likely be added before the end of the session. There is one
charge of murder, three of cutting and wounding with in-
tent, &c., and one of forgery.
London, England, 1847-05-08

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

THIS DAY, Four o'Clock.

By the packet-ship Yorkshire, Captain Bailey,
bound for Liverpool, which touched at the Cove of
Cork on Thursday, we have papers from New York
to the 17th alt inclusive. The Yorkshire was tele-
graphed off Holyhead yesterday morning. The
&doh Trareller asserts that a letter received at the
Merchants' Exchange there, from an officer of the
Vixen, off Vera Cruz, states that Captain Harvey had
taken Alvarado. The Traveller says, however, that
the letter is dated the 28th of April ; and General
Scott, in his despatch of the 29th, only mentioned his
intention to send a party against Alvarado. Of
thirty-four American vessels driven on shore by the
Norte, near to Vera Crux, fourteen are reported
"total low." The official returns Five a total of
sixty-five Americans killed. A emsidereble part ei
the army stores had not arrived when General Scott
sent off kis hurt despatches.
The Mexican papers give full details of excesses
committed in the capital by the opposing parties. In
fact, the city was converted it:to a battle-field.
Streets were barricaded by the belligerents, whose
deadly fire raked the principal thoroughfares, and
killed many of the unoffending inhabitants. Dwell-
ings were plundered; and stores robbed. Citizens
were waylaid in open day, robbed of their watches
and jewellery, and in rainy iasta.ices murdered,
by the lawless soldiers and banditti. For
several days anarchy reigned sup: ems. All law
was at an end, and 160,000 persons were ex-
posed to the brutal passions of the infuriated
mob. Santa Anna was at Cedral when he heard of
the revolutionary attempt in the city of Mexico, and
immediately pushed on to San Lam Potosi, which ho
;entered on the Bth of March. On the 10th he wrote
'to General Barragan, the head, of the revolutionary
Ratty, and to Gomez Ferias, denouncing civil dissen-
sions, mid conjuring them to desist from further hosti-
lities in the capital, whither he intended proceeding
immediately. These letters, which were published on
the 11th, procured a suspension of hostilities, though
each party 'ceased the other of violating the truce.
Santa Anna had not arrived on the 17th, but would
mounter no difficulty in assuming power. All
parties were waiting for him impatiently, and large de-
potations of influential men had gone ou towards San
rims to meet and propitiate him. It was subsequently',
?sported that Santa Anna had arrived at the capital
sa the 19th of March, and was in full possession of
London, England, 1847-05-08

COURT OF ALDERMEN.

Yesterdayacourt was held for the purpose of pro-
tending further in the eonsideration of the petition of Mr.
Stephen Stewart Curtis complaining of the conduct of
Mears. Good and Rigg, brokers of the City, in a transaction
in the skin market, the defendants having charged half per
cent. brokerage to the complainant on the purchase of some
hides, they not having been employed by him es his
broken in the transection.—The court wee crowded with
gentlemen interested in the matter.—Mr. Built, for Mr.
Curtis. proceeded at peat lempli to show that the defen-
dants had violated the mowleelowo bid down by the Court of,
Aldermen for the &reales of the broken of the City of Lan-
don, as well as the isms of their heed, which expressly in-
terdicted such double 'hems es they wen accused of having
made.—Mr. Greenwood, kr the Miidants, contended that
the charge to purchasers was easseissed by the practice of
broken to upwards of 100 years, sad that both layer ,and
seller were served by the arta' swept bukfrs to set
apse emu eleaniene es anedenure lenesesand not u
bilkers 6 the loud of the torm.—The further
ariesest wee till the belt sitting of the court.
ROYAL AuItICULTURAL SOCIETY OF

ENGLAND.
A monthly council waa held at the society's house
ie Hanoverequirm, on Wednesday last, his Grace the Duke
of Richmond, K.G., io the chair.
Ft NAN CU.—COI. AUSTIN, M.P., chairman of the Finance
Committee, laid before the council the resort of that com-
mittee for the preceding month; from which it appeared
that the amount of funded capital had been raised to
London, England, 1847-05-08

COMMERCIAL 4 MARKETS.

MONEY MARKET & CITY INTELLIGENCE.
Two k. —The explanation of the Chancellor
of the Eat& quer last evening have not given all the satis.
faction in the City that should be dtsirable. 11e mated, in
terms sufficiently decided, that the government would not
ametion any curse of the Bank of England which would
have the effect of suspending the law by which the currency
of the country is presently governed. An increase of
bank note paper, excepting as it may arise in the
regularofficially out order of bankingquestion. under th.
The depot-Al law, is, there-
fore,one from
Liverpool, who are understood to have more especially urged
the additional iwue of some four or five millions, will, there.
for,;, have taken nothing by their representations in that
respect. Si far as that town and locality, indeed,
g is difficult to understand upon what legitimate grounds
Any claim could be exclusively laid for such an extent of
present accommodation. Some of the greatest capitalists of
the place are understood to be largely concerned in cotton
speculations, and, having bought up the material
St moderate mitts, have the not unaccountable anxiety
of realising at the highest partible figure. This is all
perftcly natural ; no one has any business to quarrel
with the spectlation or the speculators. They have
a Perfect right to do as they will with their own, and the
London, England, 1847-05-08

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correspondent states that " the Independents and Baptists
are on the movement to bring in Mr. Seriesnt Gazelee,
whose ancestor wee may or of Portsmouth in 1798, end a Mr.
N. Griffin, ► Whig barrister, who was very prominent in the
Exeter Hall meetings against education, in the room of the
present members. There is, however, a difficulty in the
dissenting camp, whether it shall be Mr. Griffin, or the pre-
sent Mayor of Portsmouth, Mr. B. Bramble, a contractor in
the new works fur the steam navy in 11.M'a. dockyard. Mr.
Gazelee islaberal in his patronage of the different institutions in
the borough, whsle Sir George Staunton's vacillating conduct
in moat matter. goes far to lessen the public confidence in
him."

COMMISSION BY TIM LORD LiEuventwv.—G. Churchill,
Cent to be cornet, vice Molts, promoted, of Queen's Own
Regiment of Yeornany Cavalry,
bollEktsEttilllßE.

COMMISSIOn BY TIIIILILDIII7I.TINANT.—W. H. P. O.
Langton, Esq., to be captain, rice Blathwayt, resigned,
of North Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry.

if int acts

ROYAL COMMISSrON OF FINE ARTS.—Her Ma-
jolty 'a Commisaionen of lime Arta have just issued the follow-
ing notice respecting the exhibition of oil paintings in West-
minter-hall in June next:—" Her Majesty's Commissioners
cf Fine Arts hereby give notice, that oil paintings intended
for exhibition are to be sent to Westminster-ball between the
bouts of ten and five, from Monday, the 31st of May, to
Saturday, the sth of June, but no painting will be
received after that day. Each exhibitor is required to send
together with has work a letter containing his name and
address, with such title or quotation descriptive of his work
as may be intended for publication, subject to the approval
of the commissioners. The name of the exhibitor is also to
be written on each specimen sent by him. The artists may
send their works in frames or not, as they please, hut in the
event of frames being &est they must be of moderate width.
The artists, or their agents, will not he admitted into the
hall at the time of depositing the works sent for exhibition,
but one or more slays will be appointed for varnishing or
retouching the pictures after they shall have been arranged.
No picture will be allowed to be retouched except by the
artist himself. Every possible care will be taken of the
pictures, but in ease of injury or loss the commissioners will
not be responsible."
London, England, 1847-05-08

COLONIAL

BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. RAILWAY
COLOR ItIATION.—WO understand that Mr. Ferley, her
Majesty's emigration agent at New Brunswick, has brought
over an act of the local parliament for the lormation of a
hue of railway from St. Andrew's, on the Bsy of Fundy, to
Woodstock ; betweeu which places a large umber and pro-
vision traffic exists, carried on at present by a very circuitous
route. This will be the first instalment of the national
scheme of British American Railwa3s, to connect with a
main trunk line from Halifax to Quebec, upon which we
have hem time to time inserted various communications

from Mr. Bridges, the prime moveron this side of the Athol.
tic of this great enterprise. The set of pirliament, which is
to be confirmed by the imperial government, guarantees flee
per cent. interest on the capital, concedes a free grant of
29,000 acres of land, besides MO feet on each aide of the
Ike, and all the timber, fuel and materials requisite for the
construction. It is proposed to construct the line entirely of
timber, prepared by eyne's protege, which renders the
wood impervious to rot or other destructive agencies.
London, England, 1847-07-02

COLONIAL.

CANADA.—Thc Archbishop of Quebec, M. Signay,
has addressed a letter to the Roman Catholic prelates of
Ireland, which eirroborates the deplorable accounts of the
sufferings and privations of poor leah emigrants received
from other quarters. He says, a large number of vessels
have already arrived (9th of June), overloaded with misery,
and which are compelled to perform quarantine at Grosse
Isle, about 30 miles below Quebec. More than 2,000
patients, of whom scarcely more than one-half could find
shelter, were detained at the station in the first week of
June, the others being left on board, "spreading contagion
among the healthy passengers on board, and exoibiting the
heart-rending spectacle of a mortality three times greater
than what prevailed ashore. Notwithstanding the zeal
and anxiety of the provincial government, more
than one thousand have perished, percursors of
thousands of others who will rejoin them if the
stream of emigration continues to flow from Ireland with
the sane abundance." Many of the more fortunate emi-
grants who escape from the quarantine ground in good
health are struck down with the prevailing diseases in Que-
bec
or Montreal, and overcrowd the hospitals and temporary
erections. In conclusion, his gracestrongly urges the Irish pre-
lates to dissuade their diocesans " from emigrating in such
numbers to Canada, where they will but too often meet with
either a premature death, or a fate as deplorable as the heart-
rending condition under which they groan in their unhappy
country." By such means, he adds, " You will open their
eyes to their true interests, and prevent them from being the
victims of speculation, and falling into irretrievable errors
and irreparable calamities." Emigration for the present
year having almost ceased, the advice comes in an unpreduc-
five season ; but the solemn teaching of so competent an
authority should not be lost on the future,
London, England, 1847-07-02

/et hib ; Rem Okada, 4.t Mb; b f by Talley out of Matrimony,
4st 4th; Glenweit, 4R 41b; Metenet, 4st. If the highest weight
ceytieg is under Set Mb, it will be raised to that weight, and the others
in proportion. Thom marked • having been entered without the
knowledge of their owners will be etr; out- at the time prescribed
=left sneakily ordered to be left In.
Wiacnurstt Racna.—We hear that the decision of the
idtte (an amateur) foe the Produce Stakes on Tuesday excited a good
of surprise—the spectators, with scarcely an exception, giving
the race to Miami by at lent half a length—the judge awarding it to
motley.
Ltvenroot Coe.—All Mr. (kettle's and Mr. Payne's
harem are struck except Geraldine.
_CRICKET.
London, England, 1847-07-02

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

Nw Parra—Before the Lord Chief Justice and a Special Jury.
CIIOLL V. EDGE.—ALLEGED INTAINOISMENT Or A
PATIINT.—This was an action for the infringement of a
patent, "for improvements in the manufacture of gas for
the purpose of illumination, and in the apparatus used when
transmitting and measuring gas." In the course of the
trial, it was objected by the learned counsel fir the de-
fendant, that the plaintiff ought to be nonsuited, on the
ground that there was a variance between the title of the in-
vention as described in the letters patent, and as described in
the specification. Tho letters patent, it appeared, stated
that the invention had for its object two things:
First, "An improvement in the manufacture of gas for
the purpose of illumination ;" secondly, "In the apparatus
use in transmitting and measuring gm." Whereu the
specification described three things, viz., an improvement in
the manufacture of gas, &c. ; Idly, in the apparatus used
therein (that is in such manufacture); and 3dly, in the •p-
-paratus used in the transmission and measuring of gas. The
latter description, it was contended, went farther than was
contemplated by the letters patent, and that therefore the
plaintiff could net maintain his action.
The Chief Jaatice, being of opinion that these objections
were valid, directed the jury to find a verdict for the defend.
ant on those pleas, viz., the fourth, sixth, and seventh, which
raised the material issues, leave being reserved to the plain-
tiff to move the court above.