The Express.
London, England, 1848-02-14 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 14, 1848.

136PY.ZIAL AVERAGES.
hadJßasis7,4 Oats. I Kis. I lams. Pees.
J.D. I ... ... 1334 116.31 s 194319 7d2Ds Ild 39s 10d44s led
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3 ..• ... 33. 104,31 s 7,110 s Ild 31. adl4oa .446. Od
13 ... ... 33. M.)* 91.21 s 0699. 24 SOs Id 46s 4d
22 ... ... Us 1.930 s 4461, Id 30s 191994 94143 s 9d
19 ... ... 326 Od:10a Mins 3d 30s 34 Us 7.3630 3d
FA. 3 ... ... Is 241,30 s 96304 7433. 6496 s 5662 s 9d
6 weeks' Ali. Aver. 34s d 1499 IIZI3Os ;91.394 9141 s 9d
(Then ore nod ies ca 'Mir, Orlin./

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Annoys:a, Feb. 12.-Trade dull; best white ant red
W neat sold at a reduction of ss. per load ; other samples
10e. lower, the best white went at 111. ' • red, 13f. to 131. 10s.;
common dry Wheats, 121. 10s.; damp, 121. Barley in large
oupply ; • considerable quantity sold, best at 335. to 31
s. per
qr.; Lir samples at 31s. to 325. ; poor, 295. to 301. Some
inquiries for good seed Oats, though the supply was rather
scanty ; beet Poland and Potatoes made 261. to 275. per qr.;
good foreign, 245. ; common, 22a.; farmers' feed, 20s. to 21s.
In Beans, some inquiry for sound tick and pigeon for sowing,
prices from 465. to 50s. per qr. Pees, the loest white
at 1 made
483. per qr. ,grey. maple, 41s. Eye was bold 6s.
els 173. per ack. Winter Tares, new, 7s. to 7s. 6d. per
bushel ; old, 6s. to 6e. 6.1.; spring, 6s. to 7e.
Avoratenv, Feb. 12.-No alteration upon the rates of
last week, every description of grain realising lull prices.
Wheat, per qr , 48.. to 545. can
38s. to 405. Peas, 401.
to 40.. Earley, 30s. to 335. Oats, 245. to 28a.
Bs:proms, Feb. 12.-The market was extremely languid,
and the value of eeery description of Corn was something
lean than the previous week. Owing to tho inferior descrip-
tions being pressed on the market, the price of Wheat was
very uncertain. New Beans were front 1.. to 2s. lower, and
the supply plentiful. Wheat, per load, 28s. to 32.. Barley,
per qr., 295. to 325. Beans, per load of 6 bushels, 225. to 30s.
Peas, 301. to 334. Oats, per qr., 20s. to 275.
Boseoo, Feb. 12.-The weather since last market day he.
been dry and fine for threshing. Wheat, to-day, was ie
better condition, yet there was no improvement in the value
o; it. Beans and Oats *old freely at full prices. Wheat,
red, 10s. to 46.. fine, 40s. to white, 42i. to 48s.
62.. tu 64.. Oats 16s. to 21s. Ikea., 38.. to 405., per qr.
to the growers.
CANTERBURY, Feb. 12.-We experienced considerable
dulness in the trade to-day, but we do not call the price
different to last week. White Wheat, 503. to 56e. ; brown,
40s. to 50s. Bayley, 28s. to 34.. Oats, 19s. to 245. Beans,
345. to 38s. Peas, 383.
eateries's, Feb. 12.-We had an average supply of
Wheat at our market this morning, which sold at a slight
advance on last week's rates. Barley in limited supply, and
taken at an advance of 61d. per bushel. Oats plentiful,
but no change in prices. Wheat, white, 225. 6d. to 241. ;
red. 21s. to 22. 6d. Barley, 10s. 6d. to 12s. Potato Oats,
fts. 64. to Bs. 91.: common, Be. to 9s. Flour, 2a. 2d. to
2.. Gd. per stone. Oatmeal, la Ryemeal, Is. Gd. Barley,
Is. 4d.
CHELMSFORD, Feb.ll.-There wax a fair supply of Wheat
at market this day; the few dry samples maintained the
prices of last week ; the greater part was much out of con-
dition, and sold at lower prices. Barley nearly maintained
the price of last week, but Beans and Oats were le. lower.
Fine white Wheat, 565. to 58s. ; fine red, 50*. to 525. per
quieter.
COLL HESTER, Feb. 12.-The supply of Wheat this week
at this and neighbouring markets has generally been mode-
rats, and in some instances arnall.-Millers have been the
only buyers, and have supplied themselves at a reduction of
Is. per qr. on the finer, and 2a. on the inferior kinds. The
condition of the main bulk of the supply has undergone no
improvement. Farmers manifest no anxiety to sell. Barley
is in fair supply, and all but the finest qualities have declined
in value ls. o' s. per qr. The hest malting qualities are to
be had somewhat easier. Beans arc in small supply, and sell
at the :ate rates ; the same may be said of Peas. Both articles
are now looked after for seed. Clover and Trefoil seed ap-
pear slowly, and very few transactions have as yet occurred
in these articles. The quality of the new seed, as a whole,
is not equal to that of 1b46. Wheat, white, 525. to 56e. ; red,
• 48s. to sils. Barley, 28e. to 31s. Mazagan Beans, 325. to
35*. ; Ticks, 363. to 38s.
GLOCCESTF.R, Feb. 12.-At our market this day tho at.
indent.° of farmers was large; but few holders were will-
ing to sell English Wheat freely at the decline noted below.
Foreign was offered at 1.. per quarter below last week's
prices for fine, and Is. for secondary sorts. We make no
change in the value of Barley. Beans go off to coosumers
at Is. to 2s. per qr. below list week's rates. In Oats there
is tittle passing. Holders would readily accept the decline
noted below, if buyers appeared. Tiering the week the
trade in English Wheat has been unusually dull, and must
he noted Is. per qr. lower for all dry samples, which, from
the damp state of the atmosphere, arc very scarce. Foreign
Wheat is also slow of sole, at a similar reduction. Malting
and grinding Barley in moderate supply, with a bteady de-
mand, at our quotations. Beans and Oats in good supply,
and each le. per quarter chea;oer. Present prices of grain :
Wheat, English, white, per imperial bushel, 6s. Sd. to
7s. ; •ed, 6s. 3d. to 61. 9d. ; Dantzic (low to higl
mixed), per 490 lbs., 6s. 9d. to 7e. ; Polish, Pome.
rar.iatin Stettin, 6s. to 6s. fed.; Odessa Marianopoli,
soft, Gs. to 6s. 6d. ; Odessa Taganrog, hard, ss. 3d.
to 5.. 6d. Barley, English, grinding, per 3921 N., 295. to
31s. •, malting, per imperial qr., 325. to 355.; Irish, grind-
ins', 295. to 31 ; malting, 32'. to 345. Gd.; foreign, grinding,
28s. to 31s. Beans. English, old, per imp. bushel,6s. Gd. to
75.; new, sa. 4d. to ss. 6d.; foreign, Egyptian, per 6.51 lbs.,
4s. to 4s. 2d. ; French, Dutch, small Tick, ss. to
ss. 6d.; Irish, as. to ss. 6d. Oats, per 312 lb., Lime-
rick, Wexford, and Enniicorthy, white, 225. 6.1. to 233.6 d. ;
Cork. Waterford, and Youghall, 21s. 64. to 225.; Welsh,
black, 21s. to 21s. 6d. •' Irish, per 3121b5., 21s. to 21s. 6d. Pus,
breakers, per imp. bushel, English, 6s. to 7s. ; grey and
grinders, per 6511b5., English, N. to ss. 3d. Tertian
Cori, per 8•511 b., es. Gd. to 4s. 9d. Lentils, 4s. 4d. to 44. Gd.
Flour, best seconds, English, 395. to 41a. Linseed Cake,
French, nominal, 101. IN. to 111. Imports of the week ending
Feb. 11 : Barley, 739 qrs. ; Oats, 1,363 ; Beans, 153.
GUILDFORD, Feb. 12.-Our supply of Wheat was small,
and but a very small proportion of fine quality ; such
brought rather more money, the other sorts being without
alte raion. Wheat, 465. to 61s. per qr. Barley, 28s. to 335.
Oats, 20s. to 21s. Beans, 400. to 453. Peas, 40.. to 4.1..
KING4ToN, Feb. 12.-Wheat was dull of sale; the beat
seareely. making last quoted prices ; common offered at 2s.
Osec qr. :en money. Barley was Fold at from 284. to 345. per
qr. Oats rather lower. Beans down Is. per qr.; best, 48s. ;
second quality. 441. Peas as last week ; prices between 40s.
and 441. per qr.
MANCHESTER, Feb. 12.-The past week has been one of
unsaried dulness, and prices have suffered further decline.
The reports from Live. pool and Wakefield de nothing to
assist to-day's market, which is slow for every article, at a
reduction of fully 3d. per bushel on Wheat 2l. to 3d. per
bushel on Oats; la. per load on Oatmeal and Malt; Is, to 2s.
per qr. on Indian Com, end Is. per barrel on Indian Corn
Ideal ; Beans without alteration. The supply of Flour from
Yorkohire and the East Coast has somewhat fallen off; and,
though this article shares moot hilly in the general want of
demand, we do not apprehend that there is any general
disposition to submit to more that • trolling reduction upon
lam. week's rates, which we do not alter. The following
are the current prices : 'Wheat, per bushel of 701b0.,
English, white, 73. 9,1. to Ss. 31.; red, 73. 3(1. to 7s. 9d. frisk,
white, 7s. 3d. to 74. 9d. • red, 7s. to 7s. 4d. Barley, per bush.
of hOes, grinding, 3e. id. to 4e. Oats, per bushel of 46Ibs.
English, Scotch, and fine Irish. 3s. to 3s. 24.; leads
kiln-dried runs, 2s. 9d. to 2s. Ild. Beans, per qr. of 5011 N.,
English, small, 40s. to 4 ; Tick, 30s. to 41s. Peas, per
8 imperial bushels, white, boiler', 445. to 465. Flour, per
sae; of 2801b4. English and Irish, flue, 385. to 395. ; super-
fine. 395. to 40..; extra, 41s. to 42a. Oatmeal, per load of
210..1,5., English and Irish, 263. to 275.
Oloianouovon, Feb. 12.-A large quantity of Wheat;
the finest dry could not bo purchased cheaper, yet all other
descriptions sold at a decline of 10r. per load. Barley was
lower ; best, 11. ; other qualities, 2s. Oats sold also at a de-
dice of Is. per qr. Beaus were in considerable demand for
among sowing, at from 445. to 48s. per qr. I'eu were also
sougle after for the same purpose, at from 40s. to 445. Tara
a old quite as dear as last.
N EWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, Feb. 12.-The weather still con-
tinue, open. tip to Wednesday • good deal of rain tell,
but since then the temperature has been much lower, with
a tendency to frost. The trade during the week has been
of a uniformly died tenor, and, to effect sales in any article,
i t has been nece.eary suhmit to s omowhat easier terms.
Our stock of Wheat in atanary ire lighter than has been
known for many years, amounting only to 9.140 qrs., 6,100
qra. of which consist of old, chiefly of very ordinary quality,
the rest comprising new, imported previously to the closing
el the navigation from Hamburg and Rostock, and which
aro hold very firmly by the uncle. At our market this
nior, ;ng we had a moderate show of Wheat from
the wrowers, mostly in rather bad condition, tied such
belle the case with the coasting pappliee, which are liberal,
the market ruled Nat, and only a moderate business was
done at a trifle beneath Saturday's rates ; old was no lower,
and in tolerable fair request. Being very largely supplied
with Flour, sales could only be promoted by submitting to •
decline of Is. per sack, and even at that reduction our dealers
purchased sparingly. Rye without change. Malting Barley,
being also in good supply', and some of our maltsters having
imported (Erect from Norio& and Suffolk, this circumstance
has LA the effect of rendering the trade duller than it would
have been ; and, although a declension of fully Is. per qr.
would have been conceded, our buyers generally have held
aloof, and the business done has, consequently, been of an
unusually restricted character. Malt dull, and le. to 2s. per
qr. eiaraper. Beans and Peas much the same. The show
of Oats from the gr wers being large, the market
close?. rather easier than on this day se'nnight.
Present prices: Wheat, British, Northumberland, old, white,
565. to 6Ss.; red, 525. to 543. ; new, white, 548. to 565. ; red,
50s. to 545. • Norfolk and Suffolk, old, white, 565.
to .:As.; red, 645. to 565.; new, white, 540. to
58s. ; red, 523. to 54e. i Lincolnshire, o il, white, .540.
to red, 50s. to As. ; new, white, 545. to 565. ;
red, ...Ms. to 545. Rye. Norfolk and Suffolk, 328.
to 36i. Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk, 30s. to 325.
Chevalier, 325. to 345.; Northumberland and Scotch, 260.
to 203. • Chever, 30s. to 325. ; grinding and distilling, 255. to
28s. Molt, 50 alis. to f 01..; Chevalier, 60s. to 565. •Oats,
Northumberland and Scotch, potato, old, 245. to 283. ;
new, 249. to 265. ; common and Angus, old, 2.25. to
25..; new, 225. to 241. Peas, white, boilers, 40t. to
465. ; grey and maple, 38s. to 40s. Beans, old,
46e. to 50s. • new. 365. to 40s. Flour, per
sack. fine, Stockton and Northumberland, us.
to 409. ; Norfolk, white. 38s. to 405.; households, 365.
to 38s. : seconds, 355.. to 37A. ; households, 324. to 355. ;
thirds, 285, to lbs.; households, 265. to 30s. Wheat, foreign,
Danteic and Konigsberg, white, 5Gs. to GU red, 60s. to

and Ili some extentim sales have been made for Landon and
the Cheated mete. NOM have advanced 6d. sines this day
isidinsiffairst, notwithstanding the moderate quan-
tity hean has hsea messed to a rednetion, the best Galati
'swills bang narialeablti at anythiog over 20.. per barrel.
Flour has been sold at very irregular prices ; the best breads
still summand 39s per sack, while inferior marks are pressed
at Me. to 38s. per sack. Coarse Flour with Oat and Indian
Meal meet a moderate sale, at gradually receding prices.
TIN following are the present prices :-Undried : Wheat,
millers' per 20 stone, 26a. to 265. 6d.; shipping, 235. to
245. ; flashing per 16 stone, 141. 9d. to 16e. ;
gelding, 12s. to 12s. 911. Oats, white, per 14 it., 101. Oil.
to Vs. ; black, 111. to I Is. 6d. Prepared: Wheat,
millers', per 20 st., 275. Gd. to 28s. ; shipping, 25e. to
26e. 6d. Barley, malting, per 16 st., 16s. 9d.. to 16e; grinding,
13s. 3d. to 14s. 3d. Oats, white, per 14 at., 12s. 3.1. to 12s. (id.;
black, I Is. fhl. to 12s. Flour, super., per sack, 3Vs. f,d. to
395. ; seconds, 3.51.t0 365.; thirds, 315, to 335.; fourths, 24.. to
235. Indian Corn, Danube, per 20 stone, 20.. to 2Us. 6d.
American, yellow and red, 19s. to 201. ; Spanish and
POTYUKUYIC, 17s, to 181., white, 17s. to 18e.; damaged,
for cattle, 1.55. to 161. Indian Corn Meal, per cwt.,
Bs. to 9s. ; Oatmeal, per cwt., to Itye
Meal, per cwt., 7s. to Bs. limn, per 6 stone, 3s. 6d.
to 3.. Bd.
KIRKCALDY, Feb. 12. -The rainy weather which we had
the end of last week continued up to Wednesday this week,
putting the ground in a state of excessive wetness Sinco
then i! has been dry. At our country markets this week
we had moderato supplies of all kinds of grsiu offering.
Wheat and Oats were taken off for local consumption at
list week's prices; Seeley was leas eagerly inquired after,
and was obtainable at from Gd. to Is. per qr. under the
extreme prices paying last week. Here to-day we had fair
suppl ee of all kinds of grain. Sales of Wheat slow, and for
such parcels as were out of condition • decline of 25. per qr.
was submitted to; Barley and Oats sold readily-the former
• at a reduction of Gd. to Is. per qr., while for the latter, lest
market doy's rates were paid. tt'hea, 445. to 58a. per qr.
Barley, 275. to 325. Oats, 21a. to 275. Ostahal, per bag of
2601b1., 365.

511 e. Silesian, white, 58e. to 60s. ; red, 535. to 55e
Mecklenburg and Pamerenlas, white, 565. to 60a.;
red, 545. to 575. Hamburg, Narks, and Anhalt, white,
545. to 58e. ; red, 52a. to Me. Kiel and Holstein, white,
523. to 565. ; red, 60s. to 525. Petersburg and Arch-
angel, red, 40s. to 46e. Odessa, red, 465. to 4.9 e. Polish, red,
475. to 50s. Rye, Russian, 26e. to 30a. Barley, Seal, 30s.
to 325.; POCIIIIIIIMAR and Holstein, 26e. to 30e. Oats, Pome-
ranian, feed, 20a. to 22a.; Holstein and Hanith, 18s. to
20s.' Archangel and Riga, llts. to 21s. Peas, white, 425.
to 45e. Flour, per barrel of 196 lb., United States and
Canada, duty paid, 265. to 235. The arrivals this week are
Wheat, coastwise, 3.874 qrs.; Rem. coastwise, 34 ; Barley,
coastwise, 2,239, Mal, coratwiss, 747; Oata, coastwtse, 182
Peas, coastwise, 261; WARS, coastwise, 10 ; Flour, coast-
wise, 2314 sacks.
Nacrour, Isee or WIGHT, Feb. 12.-Our market was
well supplied with in to day. What sold at about last
week's prices; Barley Is. per qr. lower. Wheat, 48.. to 52..;
Beans, 42a. to 445.; Peas, 40s. ; Oats,
Barley, 26a. to 30s. ;
225. to 245.
NORWICH, Feb. 12.- .At OUT market this dsy the farmers
offered a fair quantity of Wheat ; the condition but mode-
rate. Merchants brought some large lots, in good condition,
and prices receded la per quarter for inferior Wits, while the
best runs realised about the OADDI U last week. Foreign
also in slow request, and on atelier terms for the buyer.
Flour met • slow sale, P. o. b., at 6d. per sack less money.
Barley the turn cheaper for secondary sorts, and the best
maintained late prices. Beans le. per (mutter reduction.
Peas the same. Oats a slow sale at Is. per qr. less money.
Wheat, white, 52a. to 57a. per qr.; red 475. to 615.
irley, malting, 275. to 315.; grinding, 26a.,t0 261. Outs,
245. to 275. Beaus, 40s. to 41s. Peas, 401. to 425. Fine
household Flour, f. o. b., 34s tid. to per sack of 2801bs.
Purchasers finding sacks sod claiming one month's discount;
retail, 2s. per stone.
Nurrteottest, Feb. 12.-The Co market here to-day
has been full an average supply of mostrn articles in the trade.
Prices for Wheat ruled full to. per qr. on all sorts. Barley
about the same. In other grain no alteration. Wheat, 525.
to 56e. per 18 st. Barley, 325. to 31s. Oats, 225. to 275.
Beans, 40r. to 50/.
PETEHUOILOUOH, Feb. 12.-The supply of grain has been
larger to-day than any week since harvest. Dry Wheat is
Is., and inferior sorts fully 23. to 3s. lower, and a dull sale, at
the decline. Barley lc cheaper. Oats barely main-
tain: late rates. Beene in demand for reed, at full prices.
Currency to the growers :-Wheat, new, 40e. to 414. ; tine,
601. to 525. ; old, 60s. W 525. ' • fine, 540. Barley, 295. to
30s. • fine, 33.. Oats, new, 20e. to 225. ; fine, 24.5.•, old, 28s.
to 343.; fine, 325. Beans, ld, 50s. to 52e. ; new, 38a. to 42..
I'STWORTH, Feb. 12.-The trade in Wheat and Barley
ruled dull here to-day, at about the rates of this day se'n-
night Peas in improved demand, sowing having partially
commenced. In Oats and Beans no alteration. Wheat,
white, per load, 121. 10s. to 131. 10s. ; red, 111. 10s. to 121.
Barley, malting, 31s. to 335. per qr. ; grinding, 28s. to 30a.
Oats, 21e. to 225. Beans, 425. to 45e. Peas, 423. to 445.
SAFFRON WALDEN, Feb. 12.-Our Wheat market WU
very dull, and somewhat cheaper. Barley fully Is. per IV,
cheaper. Oats, Beans, and Peas, are also rather on the
i decline.
WARMINETER. Feb. 12.-White and red Wheat sold at
from 545. to 665. per qr. ; moderate, 50s. to 525. ; inferior
could be purchased at a decline of at least 2s. per er. Bar-
ley was plentiful ; the top price generally was 353. per qr. ;
some sold at from 295. to 323. Oats were rather scarce;
prices were no lower ; Poland., 265. per qr. ; best block,
!4s. ; good feed, atm. to 225. Beans plentiful ; trade good at
the late reduced terms ; top price, 525. per qr. ; lowest, 48s.
Peas, a better demand for white. at 465. to 48s. per qr. ; grey
1 and maple, 425. to 455. Rye, 17s. per sack ; some inferior,
16s. Winter Tens, 6s. Gd. to 7s. 6d. per bushel ; spring,
6s. to 7s.
WINCH EsTv.R., Feb.l2.-Of Wheat all best qualities were
disposed of at the terms of last Saturday, while inferior
qualities were with difficulty got rid of at a reduction of
from ss. to 10e. per lead of 5 quarters. The boot white
made 141.105. to 14!. 15s. per 10.1,1 ; red, IV. to 141. ; second
qualities, from 121. to 121. 1.55. Flour was from 401. to 455.
per bag. Breed, from 135. to 15d. the gallon loaf. Barley,
the best, was sold at last week's figures. Beans plentiful ;
the best mule 50s per qr.; good tick, 485.; coalmen, 45a.
Peas, best white, 465. per qr. ; grey and inapt-, 421. to 44..
Oats were in good demand, at an advance of Is. per qr. for
the best; Poland and potato, 275. to 2230. per qr. Rye, for
sowing, dearer Is. per Pack, some selling at 17s. 64. Winter
Tares were asked for, yet hut few good ones on sale. Spring
Tares sold at 6s. 6d. to 7s. 6d. per bushel.
WISHECH, Feb. 12.-We continue to be moderately sup-
plied with grain at this market. On sec mat of its general
hid condition, Wheat is extremely dull to-day, and Is. to 2..
per qr. cheaper for all but the best dry samples, upon which
the decline is only Is. Oats and Beans nearly maintain
former rates. Prices to the growers: Wheat, fine new
white, 621bs. to 631b5., per qr. of 36 stone, 535. ; good runs,
61111. to 62115, 51s. ; fine new red, 621bs. to 631 h.., 50s. ;
good runs, 61IM. to 621ba., 495.; fine
person ed, 621bs.
631ba., 535. Oats, fine new meeting, e, ltd. ; good
new, teed, 10.1. to 105 d. Beans, new, 365. to 38s.
Woneverza, Feb. 12.-Wheat, red, per bag of Oat. 101 h.,
19s. to 19e. 6d. ; white, 2615. to 21e. Barley, malting. per
imp. bushel, Is. 3d. to 4.. 6d. Beans, old English, per bag
of 10 score, 228. ; new, 17s. to 185. ; Egyptian, 13s. Oats,
English, per imp. bushel, 30. 6d. to 4s. ; Irish, per bushel of
39111., 3s. to 3s. 3d. Pees much varyingl in price, according
is different sorts wanted for planting. •'le. 6d. to RO. per bushel
of 6511ba., fine dry samples of which, particularly white,
were soon sold at the above quotations; but inferior and
sampler out of condition were difficult to quit on any terms.
YEOVIL, Feb. 11.-There was but a small attendance of
farmers here to-day, and the amount of business; transacted
WO consequently limited. Wheat sold at from 6.. 34. to
Go. Od. per bushel. Barley, 30s. to 335. per qr. Beaus, ss.
to ss. 3d. per biishel.
YORK, Feb. 12.-We have a moderate show of Wheat at
this day's market, which has met a steady sale, at Is. to 2s.
below last week's rates. II ales, and Oats each la per or.
lower. In other articles no alteration. The followingare the
present prices : -Wheat, white, 50s. to 545. per imp. qr. • red,
445. to 505. Bliley, malting, 305. to 335. ; grinding, 26e. to
295. Beans, 38s. to 42.. Rye, 335.' to 35.. Malt, 625. to
645. Oats, 10d. to 114. per stone of 14165. Flour, 375.
to 41s. per sack of 2/301bs.
Demme, Feb. 11.-The frost and snow having entirely
disappeared, our supplies this week have been more liberal
than the last, and buyers acting on the reserve, lower prices
have been generally submitted to. We reduce our quotations
on the week Is. 6d. to is. for Wheat, Gd. and 9d. per barrel
for Oats, Is. to 2s. per qr. for Indian Cora, and 6d. per cwt.
each for Flour and Oatmeal. The following was rho
general currency : Wheat, reel, 24.. to 275. 6d. ; white, per
2801 b., 26e. to 29e. Oats, per 1961b3., 90. 6d. to Ile.
Barley, per 224115., 143. to 173. ; Oatmeal, per cwt. 10.. 6d.
to Ils. rid. ; Seconds Flour, 15s. to lee, per cwt. ; Indian
Cora, 265. to 335. per qr. of 4801 be.
BELFAST, Feb. 10.-We have had fair supplies from the
country during the past week, but the accounts from the
other aide, bringing still lower prices, have had the effect of
reducing every article in our market. We quote Wheat,
6d., Oats and Barley, 3d.. end Oatmeal, 6d. per cwt. lower
than on this day week. In Indian Corn little passing, and
the prise is further reduced ss. per ton. The weather ha 3
been very wet and stormy during the week, which prevented
farmers getting on with spring labour. Prices ,-Indian
Cora, white, 81. ss. to 81. 10s.; yellow, 71. 10s. to 81. per
ton. Indian Corn Meal, white, 91. to 9/. ss. ; yellow,
81.55. to 81. 10s. per ton. American,l6s, 6d. per barrel. Rye-
meal, Russian, 7s. lid. to Bs. per cwt. Wheat, red, 9s.
to 103. 3d. ; white, 9s. 6d. to 10s. Gd. per cwt. Flour.
Prices at Inver Mills, superfine, 19s. ; bakers' let, 17e. 6d.;
2nd, 16e. ; 3rd, Its. 6d. ; 4th, 105. Bran, 6s. 6d. per
cwt. ' • barrel, 265. to 300. per barrel. Oatmeal, 10s. 6d. to
Ils. 3d. per cwt. Oats, 6e. to 6s. 9d. per cwt. Barley,
6e. 6d. to 7s. 3d. Wheatenmeal, 13a. to 14s. per cwt.
Guano, lambs*, 70. 6d. to Ss. per cwt.
Coax, Feb. 11.-We have to report another week of ex-
cessively dull trade. Business seems almost at a standitill,
and every description of trade appears in a state of almost
utter prostration. The absence of employment amongst the
labouring cloves of the community, and the consequent
scarcity of money, re-act with fearful effect upon every branch
of business, and the result is a paralization of cemracree,
such es has seldom been experienced in these countries.
Some arrivals of foreign grain have takes place during
the week, and have contributed to the dulness of the
trade. Our supplies of home grain also have been very ex-
the
exceeding as they have tbe auticipations of all and
the wishes of some. The trade in Wheat has been dull, at a
decline of Is. to 2e. par brl., and the supply ha, for more than
equalles: the demand. In prepared Wheat we have literally
nothir.g. doing. Holders ask 275. to 2Ss. per barrel, but
these pric,s are merely nominal, and no sales have teaks°
place thereat. Braley also has come to hand more freely,
and is 6d. to 9d. per barrel cheaper. 0a.., which
are in very liberal supply, have receded to the extent
of 9,1. to Is., sad even at the reduction the market is dull.
Prepared Oats arc not inquired after. The nominal
free-on-hoard price is 11e. 6d. per barrel ; hut the depression
noticed in other branches of the trade is shared in be this,
and few are inclined to make purchases. The trade in Flour
is exceedingly dull. Prices have given way Gd. to Is. per
cwt. ; and even fur the coarser descriptions, in which, till
now, some briskness was observable, the demand is very
trifling. Indian Corn has again declined in value,theprirnest
Galati. being saleable only in retail quantities at 81. per ton,
thus showing a decline of 2.5 s to 30s. from the highest point.
In Indian Corn bleed, and all other descriptions of Ideal,
trade and prices are alike nominal.
LIMERICK, Feb. 12.-The weather during the week has
been fine and clear, well adapted for spring tillage, and the
farmers are busily engaged in preparing to put down their
grain crop', and large quantities of potatoes. A liberal sup-
ply of Wheat at market to-day. the trade opened very
dull, but, more buyers appearing, the quantity was cleared
at firm prices sines Wednesday. Oats are in good eupply,
and could be purchased on more easy terms, but for some
millers, who like a good selection, and they pay full prices.
In Indian Corn there is a good trade ; but the value has a
tendency downward. Indian Meal rather dull in town.
Wheat, red, 12d. to 130. ; white, 15d. to 16d. Oat., Std.
to 816. Indian Corn, per ton, 81. to 81. 108. ; seconds, 6/. to
7/. ; Indian Meal, 91. to 91. Ss. per ton; 17s. to 17s. Gd. per
brl. Oatmeal, 131, per toe.
bl
Feb. 12.-Oat Bs. to 83. 65. r . Oatmeal,
10s. per COIL Indian Meal, Bs. 6d. to 9s. per cwt. Wheat,
16s. to 225. per bl. American Flour, 315. to 325. per
barrel.
WATERFORD, Feb. 12.-The depression that has co long
characterised the trade is still felt in its full force in our
grain market. Our supplies of Wheat haee been tederably
good, and during the early part of the week, farmers suc-
ceeded in obtaining former prices; hut during the last day
or two, buyers supplied themselves at a reduction of 62. to
94. per barrel. Deliveries of Barley continue scanty, but its
value recedes. Oate come to hand less freely than of late,

Sas. Saturday's Markets so* lase Pap.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

BUSINESS OF THE WEEK IN TILE LORDS.
TUErIDAY, VIOL 15.
NOTICE OF MOTlON.—Uoliosisinow.—Lord Mos..tq In
none that the Select COMMlttee on Colonisation (or Ireland be re-ap-
pointed.
THURSDAY. Tim 17.
SECOND READING.--Diplonsatle Relations Court of Rome 11111.

6.890,0241. ram this total, however, must be deducted a
vete of 161,6961. for packet eseviev, which is included, though
not cavil, leaving a net total of 6,728,3261. The total re-
quired for the service of other trartme ng the
nto (including the
packet servke vote), 908,2841. ,• vie vend totawas :
l re.
nuked an shove mentioned. T to 1847.8
Naval effective, 6,366,9701. ; non-effective, 1,366.6931. ; for
other department* (exclusive of the packet 'clerics censor,-
htnried under naval, and amounting to 255,7460, 829,2131.
Biting% NAVAL Ponce (Peavuoat).—On she let of
January, 1817, the British naval force in the Portuguese
waters coosieted of one first-rate, four aeoond.ratee. and one
steamer; their guns amounted to 498, and their men to
3,940. On the 14 of September thole were in Portuguese
waters four Vint-rates, two second-rates, one forth-rate
tn
,
eight steamers, and one brig. The guns were 754; u
the M
6,686. On the lit of December there were la Portuguese
waters four iirst.rates one second-rate, one lifth-rate, and
four Meamem. guns were 694 ; nes 4,812.

BUSINESS OF TILE WEEK IN TUB COMMONS.
MONDAY, Fern. 14.
ORDERS OF THE DAY.—Gloucester County (Wentern Invisible)
Election. Great /lettere Itheitien. Consmiteces to be Amara at four
o'clock. StroNo Itreureo.--Dietilling from Sugar Bill. Cem
eit-
einee—New Zeeland Government Rill ; Committee of Supply.
NOTICES morioN ON ORDERS OF THE DAY.—Mr. Os-
them, un the reading lathe Met order of the day, to being under the
coneilleretion of the house the last return renting to the expenses ot
the New Palace of Wesuninnter.--Mr. Citiosol.)l Ae our, un reading
the order of the day for going into Committee of Supply, to more
Address for Papers (except such documents fie have been already laid
before this Memel relative to the Foreign Policy of Lord relmersteths
INDEPENDENT Ie<YFICE4 OF MOTION.—Mr. Wa.
le. return of
all slope, picture", engravings, and works of art purchased by the
court of detector* of the Font ladle Company, the sums paid for the
mine, the pentane to whom paid, and the manlier in which the raid
maps pictures, engraving., and works of tut have been dietrlbuted
and di'peacd of, from the lot day of January, Ihl i. to the 3let day of
December, 11147, inclemive; also, fur the tame period, a return of all
books and minteerlide mirth:bed by the court of directors, the slim+
paid fur each, the persons to whom paid. and the manner In whkh
the mid Woke and tumwerifite have Wen elletributed and dimmed of. •
—Mr. Rio N0t..., that the order made on the 7th day of February,
for certain returns under the bead o( Dublin water, be discharged.—
The ClitNratlaa of the Elelitueee, to vote outstintliag Exchequer
Bills (in committee of supply).—Mr. tombsquestion of
the Secretary to the Board of Control rela'be ti the deutes
which have arisen regardin
marriages r the validity, fur many important
ifstrl7; unoCnietern deivenMg fromtw the
Mr. Git...,AN, returns, showing the names of the electoral division',
in the mverul poor law unified in Ireland ; the net annual value of
rateable property in each electoral division; the net ;meant of rate
made in each hulf-year, and the amount per pound of each rate; the
amount collected, the total expenditure for the reliet of the poor, on
account of each electoral divieiou; the number of collective day's for
which such relief wan given in moth electoral dive don and unlou; the
balance in favour of each electoral Welton, and thelelance arkinet
mach electoral division, in the half-years ending the 25th day of March,
and the 29th day of September, 1046, and the 25th day ut Meech, and
29th day of eeptemlier, 1847, remectively ; ehowing the net amount
of rate made in each mouth on can electoral division in Ireland,
and the mmeent per pound of ouch rate ; the amount collected,
the total expenditure fur the relief of the four on account of each
eleateral divegeu ; the number of collective days for which such teller
wet given in meit electoral division end union ; the balance in favour
of each electoral division, ;met the balance against race electoral dirt.
sine, in the menthe of October, November, and December, 1447,
reepectiven, and in the month of January, 1844.—Mr. Walrua,
nomination of *elect committee un medical legietration and riledieal
law ansendment : —Mr. Watley. Sir James Graham, Mr. liutherfunt,
Mr. George Hamilton, Lied Robert Grosvenor, Sir Henry Halford,
Colonel )lure, Sir Robert Harry Ingle., Mr. Al Gregor, Mr. Welter,
Mr. Enoch, Sir Thome. Birch, Mr. Osherno, Mr. W. S. Lam:ellen end
Mr. Grogan ; oleo fur return 01 an account of all arm, and Reount.
thin which have been entered at the cuetom•hotive for exportation
to the t 'ape of Good Hope mom tEe Ist day of January, 1517, to the
present time.
TUESDAY, Leo. 13.
NOTICE'; OF MOTIONS. —Mr. Ilene, to morn that the contents
of the papers laid before parliament in the lad session. respecting the
innocence of the late Purtauti Sheen, the deposed Rajah of eattera,
taken in connexion with the information perilously preeented to the
Home of Commons, render it expedient and neceseery to the further-
ance of the rode of justice, and for tee future good government of
Indio. and the protection of the people and prince.; of that country,
that the inquiry prayed for by the late rajah in his petition to parlia-
ment, presented on the 29th day of July, tell, ehoukt be granted,
with • view of rescuing the character of the LAW Rajah,
if innocent, from the opprobrium which certain charges
Weight spent hire base east upon it, and of rinilicat-
leg the hewer of the British Amine:ration in India from the
neyicie aid obloquy which the proceedings &goblet the late rajah
have excited.—Dr. Rowe'.... copies or extracts of correspondence on
the mbject f the commercial lempie in Halv.—Mr. E. olloesort, MU
to extend to the NaLional Land (bmpany the provision, of the Act 19
& 10 Vac., c. 27, mewled, " an Aet to amend the Laws relating to
Friendly Societim."-- Mt. Ilene, select committee, to coneder whe-
ther in all eases of shipwreck and of collisions of merchant velvets,
attended • ith love of life, an inquiry no speeddy after the accident and
u near as partible to the place, Amulet not be appointed to examine
into the attendant circumstances and cauwe of the thiparecis, and to
report to the hour. in what manner that inquiry should be eon-
dueted.—Sir P. N vow, return of the mime of money paid
by the Booed of torte fee arterial demnage in Ireland,
from the Ist day of January, 1847, to the let day of
January 13 to, under the Act 9 and 10 Vie.; distinguishing the sums
paid for actual labour from those paid to the stuff of entre:nimbi and
overmans; and elm. the sums allotted and actually paid to each par-
ticular work; diettuctly netting forth and stating the originai eetimate
for the completion of each work, and the number of labourem daily
employed then.n within that peried.—Mr. IliisLy, tabular returns of
the rater charged by the Bank of England fur dieenniting bill+ of ex-
change hat lug two or three months to run (thstinguiebing the rate
chewed upon each) tram January 1327 to the 4tii day of February
1415 : from the breach think of England at Maneheeter, from the time
of its mt.blethenent to the 4th day of Feb., leis aid from the
branch bank at Liverpool, from the time of its ektahlehment to the 4th
day of lebt nary, 10414.—air W. Swarm,. bill to emend the law of
landlord and tenant In Ireland.—Mr. Peony, bill for the improve-
ment of agrieultur a 1 tenant.right in klintlaud and Wake.
WEDNESDAY, Fee. 16.
ORDER OF TILE DAY.—nommittee Roman Catholic Relief Bill.
NOTICE OF MOTION ON ORDER OF TIIE DAY.-11r. Law to
move as an amendment that the Mime renulve itself into toeumiUee
out the mid bill that day six months.
INDEPENDENT NOTICES OF MOTION.—Mr. Revneene, MR
to place the municipal corporations of Ireland poniard a ore equal
footing, no to right. and privileges, with there of Lnand Scot-
land. Mr. W. re O'finitie in committee on the Roinen Catholic
Relief Bill, to more a climes for repealing the dinthilitles by
which Homan mimeo+ are &peddled from filling the office of Lord
Chuncener of Ireland.
1 ITURBDAT, Pon. I%
NOTICES OF MOTION.—Mr. Hal.eiv,, to move the following
resolutions: —That, lookin ; to the elute in theress widely has for some
time prevailed among the commercial clove., and to the general
feeling of dietrunt and slam by which the embreasvments of crude
have been en/muted, it is the opinion of this Lem that her Ma-
lljeety'e minietere were justified, during the recess of perliument, In
recommending to the think of England, for the purpne of restoring
I confidence, a course of proceeding at melanice with the restriction.,
Imposed by the act 7 ants Vic. c. 32. That this hour will rerolve
I itself into a committee of the whole house upon tee void act.
Revolution to be moved In committee !me it ea expedient
that the limitations inspored by 32,
upon the Berk p England, in relation to the Lem of note. payable on
demand, be euspnded, subject to mob oonditiorm as min to provided
by say act to be paned for that purpose.—Mr. Di keeeel, to call the
attention of the Boone
oar
the care of the Itritieb cheplath at Madeira.
—Mr. It, B.tincLET, that, at the election of mentlems to eerie in
parliament, it oi expedient that the votes of the devisee betaken by
way of lallot.-34r. J. teCommut, that, in order to promote and
secure the maculae' intermits of the lam/dome of Great Britain
and Ireland, ;mil to consolidate the otreogth, power, and re.
5011reeg of the empire, it is expedient that the legrelutle WllOO
between the mid kingdom; Mall be repealid, and the ancient
and contlitutlonal eye tem of venerate and an
inde-
pendent legiseatures be restored and re-c-tablielied in the same.
Dr. Bnwrom. motion un the grievances of the inhabitant, or the Lek
of Man; alo's letUrna, showing the number of vowels, with. the,
I amount of tonnage, that have entered the ports of the Isle of Mate'
during the years coding the sth day of January, 1347 and 1848, dile
I tingumbing each port; of the /rectal quantithe of goods allowed to
tennpornd into the lisle of Man under the quantities of such :
end other goods whine to duty carried into the bleed, with the rate
of duty churned thereon, and the revert emends received, and
I amounts of revenue receivivi during the years ceding the sth de e of
January, 1.04 r, 10 17, and 1010; df the several oniounta of public
• moneys in the Lite-leek at the Rolle' hand- in the lele ad Stan
on the 13th cline( Mil rch, 1147, with the names of each estate to which
they belong, and showing where the said moneys were deposited
on the said day; if in any bank or banters' han.l., in whet manner
the interest on the mid money am uperopriated and by what
authority of the member and names of the several: hith bailiffe,
magistrates, judges, aid members of the Lime, wt Keyn, elm preside
as judges in the civil or eocleeienticed eonroi of the Isle of Man, who
ale praeteling attorneys in the a .1d bland, end showing the names of
the several courts where they preside as fudge*, and the court.
wherein they practise as advocaats or attorney-.
FRIDAY, Fee. 15.
ORDERS OF THE DAY.--Bxemen Rrunnon—Public Health ;
Paskengere BMA Comairrenn—Jewish ; Adminietration
of Justice (No. 1j ; Adminietratien of Justice -No. 3d; Comes of
Special and Petty Sessions; Protection of .11e.tiCe, tram Vexatious
Action.; Bills.
NOTICES OF MOTlON.—Ftheeffel. Srerrineer be Lord J. Rut-
move the clause t Anil whereas nountetatioe of right can
or ought to be made in any matter belonging to the doctrines or gis-
cipline of any religious communion, nave with the full and free con-
sent and concurrence of the proper eceleetastic al authority, and
according to the Laws and usages of such communion, be it therefore
enacted, that, from and alter the pawing of thie act, it shall not be
lawful for parliament to make any enactment ear changing or altering
any matter belonging to the doctrine or discipline 04 the united
Church of England and Ireland. or to the doctrine cr discipline of the
church of Scotland, save with the full and free consent and concur-
rence of the said churches respectively, such consent and concurrence
to be eigreitled in the cab of the sale united cherch of England and
Ireland by vote of the convocation or convocations of the said united
church, and en the case ef the aid church ot ecotiand by vote of the
genteel assembly of the said church, and not ozher‘ise.

PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS.
HOUSE OF COMUONS„—NAVE ESTIMATES.—The
grand total required for the service of the year 184a-9 is
„730,6101.; the vote fur the financial }ear 1517.8 was
7.5Q,57G/. The 6111:11S required for the naval service are :
E2ective, 5,307,9791.; non-etfective, 1,392,0161.; in all,

savage catchup, the deer which his arrow
strikes down, the fruit he gathers, the tree he fells,
the land he reclaims from the waste, are his. The
" braves" of his tribe may not always be very scrupu-
lous in respecting his rights if he is weak and timid,
but the public opinion of his horde acknowledges their
existence. But this right of property exists only in
relation to objects wr ich he can take and permanently
keep in actual occupation. Some tribes have gone a
step beyond this. Two or three of them finding that
the range of country that each requires for hunting or
tithing, or for their desultory and intermitting mode
of culture, is sometimes poached upon by the others,
agree upon certain boundaries, within which the mem-
bers of one of them are to have the exclusive right of
hunting, or fishing, or acquiring the possession of any
piece of land by. cultivating or occupying
t. This second right, which is vested in
a whole tribe, is very different from the
right of property which vests is individuals. It is,
in fact, the first vague dawn of the idea of territorial
dominion. And experience shows that rude tribes
make a marked distinction between their personal
property in fields or gardens, and their dominions
appertaining to the tribe in common. A savage will
sell you his lint, and the inclosure within which it
stands; he may also, if you ask him, take the price
you offer for a piece of uncultivated waste : but, if
you close this latter bargain, the leaders of the tribe
I will soon give you to understand that you have other
eleimanta to satisfy, and must pay. over again. But
when bargains are fairly made, it is uniformly found
that the proprietor asks more for his cultivation than
the heads of the tribe for waste. The former sells an
actual property of more or less value; the latter
merely impart, for a price, to a stranger the privilege
which members of the tribe possess of appropriating
part of the waste, and giving it a value by working
on it.
It is easy to discern in many transactions between
European immigrants and rude aborigines, a percep-
tion more or lees distinct on the part of the latter of
the difference here pointed out. That it is not always I
very distinctly apprehended, nor always with the
same degree of intelligence, is conceivable in uncivi-
lised men: how many, even in &civilised community,
have taken the trouble to comprehend it tho-
roughly ? The dubiety hence arising is increased
by the imperfect knowledge the European and
savage have of each other's language; the dif-
ficulty they have of communicating their very different
habitual modes of thought. In the uncertainty
and misunderstandings hence arising is to be
sought the origin of that phenomenon which has
manifested itself in all European colonies; that even
where the European has begun by purchasing land,
and seeking to live in neighbourly amity with the
savage, I.e has ended by acquiring all the lands, and
driving the savage out. This is as true on Pennsyl-
vania as of any island in the Caribbean sea, where the
aboriginal race has disappeared. The savages fancy-
ing that the European will only reclaim patches of
ground as themselves do, confer the right to reclaim
for a mere trifle. They do not understand that the
whole of the wide boundary he traces is to become
Ihis property ; they imagine that he merely defines the
limits within which he wishes to acquire some patch
or patches like their own. Quarrels arise when they
are warned off. These quarrels are embittered when
the savage sees the lands which he thought valueless
fetching large prices. Hostilities commence; civilised
discipline prevails; the savages seek peace and cede
grounds to obtain it. New collisions soon tare place,
and thus affairs go on till the aborigines desert the
country, or sink into a landless, subject, and degraded
race.
The parties who first projected the regular coloni-
sation of New Zealand attempted to devise a remedy
for this evil. They conceived the idea of inducing
the natives to transfer the dominion of large tracts to
the settlers, or to s Company, or to tl:e government.
The actual occupations of the natives within these
tracts were to be respected. The remaining soil was
to be surveyed and marked out into sections. A
certain proportion of these sections was to be sold
to intending settlers; the rest were to he reserved
for the natives. These reserves were to be managed
and administered for the use ofthe natives, who were
to be encouraged to take possession of sections and
cultivate them like their European neighbours. The
native reserves were not to be laid out in blocks ; but
native sections were to be interspersed among sections
for sale. The object was to accelerate the blending
of the two races into one community. The working
of this plan must, under any circumstances, have
had its difficulties; but the whole history of New
Zealand settlement shows that it was quite possible to
have explained it to the natives and to have secured
their hearty co-operation. Under all obstructions and
delays, the wish, the intention to realise this plan has
been adhered to by the New Zealand Company and the
settlers ;sent out under their auspices. It has been
approved by the committee of the House of Com-
mons of 1844: and government has resolved to carry
it into effect as far as possible. It is the first earnest
and practical attempt to save a whole uncivilised
people from their own improvidence and the guile of
unscrupulous Europeans.
But the plan has been thwarted and misrepresented
in every possible way. Before any attempt at the
regular colonisation of New Zealand was made, Euro-
peans had begun to obtain landed property
there. The church missionaries had persuaded the
society in this country. which sent them out,
to allow them to acquire lands for their own
support and for the flotation of their children.
Give some men an inch and they will take an ell.
Unknown to the society, some missionaries had
acquired enormous tracts of land: The resident
missionary body had become under this sestem de-
plorably secularised, and it was obvious that their
descendants in the second and third generation would
lose :he impress of the missionary character altogether.
TheWesleyans forbade their missionaries to adopt this
system ; but many of them only waited till a good bar-
gain offered, then resigned their in,ssionary character,
and stepped into large landed properties. Many lay
settlers too were flowing in from the Australian
colonies ; many seafaring adventurers were tempted
permanently to settle in New Zealand. The old
system under which uncivilised aborigines have uni-
formly been plundered, driven out, or enslaved, was in
full operation in New Zealand when the first attempt
was made to carry the new plan we have described
into etfict. Dire was the jealousy of the land-sharks,
lay and secular, at the prospect of competing
settlers; direr still their wrath when they
learned the nature of a scheme which threatened
to put an end to their extortionate dealings
with the natives. An outcry was raised by these in-
nocents that a plan which contemplated securing to
the natives immediately their actual properties,
ar.d ultimately a fair share in each successive division
of the common soil, was a robbery of the natives.
They, the real robbers, accused the parties who
attempted to rescue the natives from them, of
contemplated plunder. The missionary land-sharks
lent their sacred character to sanction the lie,
and their patrons in this country took it up,
and echoed it in ignorant partieanship. The
government of the day, vexed at the importunity of the
regular colonisers, tient out a governor full of all
sorts of absurd prepossessions against them, and a
blockhead into the bargain. Ile landed among the
land-sharks of the north, who took advantage of his
ignorance in the first place to make him sanction
their stories, and of his mental and bodily illness in
the second to make him lend his name to their in-
trignes. Thus was contracted the treaty of Waitangi,
in which the right of property in private persons, and
the right of dominion in tribes are wilfully con-
founded, in order to tie the hands of governmeut, to
render the natives suspicious and unmanageable, and
to promote the sinister selfish interests of the land-
sharks.
This plain unvarnished statement of the position of
the land question in New Zealand may serve to show
how hollow is the clamour of those who affect
to fear for the rights of the natives. Go-
vernment is pledged to protect the natives in
'Din New Zealand Government Bill has been read the full possession of their private proper-
& first and second time, and has gone into committee, ties ; to secure to them an adequate share in all divi-
where it sticks for the present, and not one word has gone of the common soil vested in the crown for the
yet been said either by its promoters or its impugners behoof of the community ; and to respect the pro-
on its merits or demerits as a legislative measure. visions of the treaty of Waitangi, with regard to all
The bill proposes to suspend for five Nears the charter tribes whose chit fs have adhered to it, and not repu-
of government granted to the New Zealand colonists, dieted it subsequently. We have entered at this
and whenever it has been brought forward, the House length into the controversy, in order to show its utter
of Commons has been gabbling about the treaty of irrelevancy when a bill is under discussion which does
Waitangi, and the metaphysics of the right of pro- not in the remotest degree
he trenchintrod upon ton of he q
anuestion,
party in land. not in
provides that t elec-
That a right of property exists and is recognised tive legislature into the colony or colonies of New
even among uncivilised tribes is certain. It is Zealand shall be suspended for five years. We do
more precarious—more difficult to maintain—than this with some fope that we may shame some
among a civilised people under an organised go- members of Howe of Commons either into an
vernment, but its existence is undoubted, and its attack upon the measure, or into the ignominious
nature well understood. The fish which the confession that they approve of its despotic provi-

sione, and the shabby skulking mann,:r in which
they are sought to be made law. To th;.9 end we
seek to disperse that cloud of "devil's dust'. which
the friend.+ of the Bishop of NEW ZY.AL'iNn are
beating out of the collective controversies about that
luckless group of islands, and under the shelter of
which the very parties once the most busy in raising
recruits to emigrate to New Zealand hope to escape
observation while they promote a measure fer de.
Driving their dupes of tile constitutional privilege of
I B,oglisamen—to have a voice in making the laws by
which they are to be governed, and the taxes which
they are to pay.

The Paris journals of Saturday have rea hed us.
The tumuliuou, conflict which had been maintained
for several days in the French Chamber was brought
to an equally tumultuous close on Friday evening, at
a late hour. This contest has been in all respects the
most memorable which has occurred since those which
preceded the fall of the elder Bourbons, and its remit
has seriously shaken the cabinet, which has now
retained the reius of power for seven years. The
majority by which it has been supported hi pre•
ceding divisions dui ing the present session was din
persed by the conflict of the last ten days, and reduced
to less than half that number.
The immediate question which has led to this sir.
tual defeat of the Ouizot-Duchatel cabinet, turned
upon certain expressions in the royal speech, repeated
verbatim in the address, which were considered as
directly inculpatory of all that section of the Chamber,
consisting of not less than a hundred deputies who
had taken an active part in or been present at the
reform banquets. The parties so acting were qua.
lifted in the speech as obeying " blind and hoe.
tile passions," and in the corresponding per.
graph of the address the Chamber is muds
to adopt the same terms in reference to
them. The right of the ministerial msjceity
thus to stigmatise in the face of the country the
minority was indignantly denied. A large Mather
of those deputies who usually support the ministry
associated themselves with the opposition this goes.
Lion, and as we have already more than once reported,
the proceedings of the chamber were marked by a spire
of personal asperity, violence, and occasional tumult,
' which all the efforts of the President sad
officials of the house were ineffectual to sup.
press. The debate of Friday was opened by
most moderate and conciliatory ep ech by M.
Desmousseux de G ivre, a conservative, who has
usually supported the government, and who proposed
the mild form of amendment which consisted in the
mere omission of the offensive terms, leaving the pa.
ragraph of the address censuring the reform banquets
otherwise unaltered. M. de Lamartine followed in a
powerful speech, in the course of which he described
the system of peaceful and constitutional agitatioa
for parliamentary reform now prevailing in France,
and which the present cabinet vainly thinks of
putting down by brute force. The scene exhibited at
the conclusion of his speech was sufficiently
agitated, but it was tranquil compared with
other intervals of the discussion. Alter speeches
from MM. ltemusat, Dufaure, and Duchatel, at
length at half-past seven in the evening the ques-
tion was calle 4 for. Amidst the most profound
silence, the president said, " Je consulte la Chambre,"
and called on those who supported the amendment of
M. de Cline to rise. Apparently half the Chamber
instantly rose. M. Sauzet then called on these to sit
down, and those who opposed the amendment to rise.
Half the Chamber again rose from their seats.
No description that can be given can convey
an adequate notion of the tumult which fol-
lowed this. Seme shouted, the president among
the number, for another division, by rising and sit-
ting, while others vociferated for a division. Others
again screamed for a division by ballot. The
chamber exhibited the utmost confusion. Deputies
left their seats and collected in groups, some around
M. Odillon Barrut, others around )IM. Guizot and
Duchatel. A division was finally made, on which it
appeared that there were—for the amendment 183
votes, and against it 228, giving a majority of 43 for
the ministry. The original paragraph being put, the
opposition withdrew in a body, declining to vote.
On the occasion of the division the president
of the chamber exercised his power of voting,
and, of course, voted with the cabinet. This raised
another storm of indignation among the opposition,
which came to a spontaneous resolution never again
to appear at the receptions of the president. A
deputy of the opposition signified this resolution to
M. Sauzet: approaching M. Sauzet, said, " You have
closed your doors against a large section of the
chamber, which will regard you henceforward, not as
the president of the chamber, but as the president of
a faction."
It is stated in some of the opposition journals that
the members of that party have resolved henceforward
to abstsin from the receptions at the Tuileries.

At Milan, oo the 6th, one of those silent though
eloquent demonstrations which elude the power of
the police took place. Thirty thousand persons as-
sembled at the latest mass in the cathedral to offer
up their prayers for the libervors of Sicily who had
fallen at Palermo during the bombardment of that
city. The vast cathedral of the Dome, was insuffi-
cient to contain the multitude, and thousands filled
the square in front, joining on their knees in the
thanksgivings and supplications offered up within the
sanctuary. Even the police of Austria did not dare
to disturb this assembly. They separated without in-
terruption or disorder.
Letters from Naples of the 2nd have been received.
The King had followed up the proclamation of the
constitution by the publication of a full and complete
amnesty for all past political offences, without any
reservation or exception whatever. This was, of
course, the cause of a fresh outburst of popular joy.
Gen. Garzia had been appointed Minister of War;
the Chevalier Ciardulli, Director of the General
Police; and M. Tofanno, Prefect of Police. Them
appointments are reported to have been well re-
ceived.
Since writing the above we have received further
advice.. It appears that the King of Naples had
fixed the 7th for the solemnity of inaugurating the
new charter and taking the oaths of the constitution.
The ceremony was to be conducted with the utmost
military pomp in the Champ de Mars.
The report that the Austrian ambassador had taken
down the flag and arms float his hotel is contra-
dicted ; but it is true that he protested against the
constitution as a measure that his government would
regard with the highest displeasure.
Commissioners were to have been sent on the 4th
from Naples to negotiate with the provisional &peril-
ment at Palermo. These commissioners were l'il.
Carlo Poerio and the advocate Borelli, both of whom
were in prison under the late re'fll.7lle, but who are
now taken into the entire confidence of the govern-
ment.

The 'Madrid mail of the 6th inst. has arrived ; its
contents are without interest. We give below the
letter of our correspondent.

We have received by the Levant mail the corre-
spondence and journals of Constantinople to the 26th,
and of Athens to the 29th ult.
The envoy of the Pope was an objcet of the greatest
attention on the part of the authorities of the Porte,
r of the Sultan himself, and the entire corps diploma-
I ague.
The cholera had considerably abated. Some cases,
however, were still announced in the villages of
1-toumelia, near Constantinople. M. 3lussurus was to
have left for Athens on Feb. 1.

ROME, Fey. 3.
Lord Minto hurried off from the eternal city this
morning at nine o'clock, en route for Naples, and is
about this time in the Pontine marshes. People
down there don't well know whether they stand on
their heads or their heels, bombarding one day and
granting a free constitutional charter the next. St.
Januarms himself never eaw so eventful a month of
January as last was for the Two Sicilies. After all,
1 there was no alternative for Ferdinand but to sign
the magna charia or flit ; for beyond twenty mil
magnaes
south of Parthenope the King's writ no longer ran.
From Salerno to Avelino, in the whole province of
Basilicata, through all Calabria and Apulia, down to
Faro, the troops had been defeated or gone over
to the people, and what available forces he had only
. sailed for disgrce and discomfiture before Palermo.
Naples itself was beginning, as of old, to take its
doctrine from the Sehola Salernitana,when sheer fright
caused the despot to rid himself of his confessor Code,
and his head hangman, Del Carretto, and to call
honest men to his councils. The accession of all
Southern Italy to the Ll'yel Italian's, which non
• reaches from Cape Lilibes to the margin of the I'o, is