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!ridable expedition is pre:isring under the command of Mina, who
it is affirmed is no longer in I:r.gland.
" The Cure Merino is in the envircns of Benavente with a carps
sf esestry. Corumbiritirsm hare come even to Madrid to recruit
f„ him. Some Bohn. is of the Royal Gamed have been seduced.
He pays them well, giving them four real, per day and provisions.
" The moat alaraiMg red •rt. are circulated at Dayonne. It has
tar, been mid that time r.gial,nts have deserted from Madrid. ,
Tilts absurd story wasay..naisl after the arrival of so extraordinary
cornier who was going to Paris."
in Emmet Journal of die South of France the Veridique dr I
!Weeded!. it timid that " the Police has sivimiseit a number of
factious pelvics in the house t.: the willow of Denims, while they
were employel in despa•sh:ng circulars to the provinces. Two
handfed Bisaierists haye spot:seed on hnrsebacic on the road to
Toledo; and this party, av well as that of liessieres, has given the
Government a great deal a alarm.
Among the strangens who were yesterday at the audience of his
Majesty. was Sir Sithiey Smith. ‘Ve have the satisfaction to an.
Norm that the 1/ake :‘l,thicu de Nloniniorency is much better to-
day, and that three is every 11.4014,11 to hope that no bad comm.
F ums will re•ol• from :he sudden indisposition which has
alarmed Ids numerous bleeds
Our COrtesporthni st Frankfort on the Oder informs us that
he learns from St. Fe ..rsim-;;11 that on the emanation of the tin.
reser Nicholas. rev. tat el the most distinguished Generals of the
Russian army will le. raised to the dignity of Fight Marshals.
(),her promotions viii he made among the Generals and Superior
ohms of the Polesh army. when the Emperor visits Warsaw.
(From the Gazette frotrerselle de Lyons.]
The state of trade in our market-place is extremely distressing:
Money is plentiful. but us des4s, no sales being made. The menu.
Loh:revs of sutra ate mitering severely. The price of silk has
been OU the tlectioe fir some days, aid the fluctuation of prices
renders sales ditficolt and dieadvat.tageaus. The manufacturers
see obliged to snake swiifices, in order to keep up a part of their
tesuaticturinggatablisameGtv. The number of looms unemployed
may be fairly estiirmsd at a third at least. The fall in the pnce
of manithuttoecrk gnods exited, that expected on the moteritils
end levered tots oT smith wee merfttonitl WidllilirboStays aelsaira,
tag beca soul at a very reduced rate.
The silk Lervest is still u.;cariata, and is exposed to a variety of
dorm. At tit. Di.eine we nod :roans' mime octers have been
retested. and silks are at preamt in demand.
Fitter:lt Ft* e is. Mager' 14.—Five per Cents. 9fif.
fie; Tome per ; 79c. ; Dank Stock, 2uoal'. ; Dente
she Naples. 73f. 2:le ; Ile.:te d'i:spagne. ; Ditto Loan. 44i ;
Ilarian Loar, 754)r. Inc itunge or hontion--One month. 2bl.
SG; Three Enondls, 2.1c.--l'enrs Aathenfiauc, March 14.

A FL:tiers arrivel tart night, but its contents are

unimportant.

There is no system the evils of which have a more per-
nicious
influence on the morals of the great mass of the
population thstt those occasioned by our poor laws. Men
of the most enharg;.:l and enlightened tr.intla have from
time to time ta:sen up the subject, and projects of reform,
all more or less useful, have been suggebted, but with
vary little effect. T 11,.. laws which relate to this subject
are so complicated—the abuses at ibing out of them are so
inveterate--aud the rystem itself is so interwoven with the
habits, feelings, and prijudiem of the majority, as to have
hitherto pres.nted iliffi:ultiss too mighty for the Legisla-
ture to grapple with ; and of all the schemes of amendment
that have been sug,geiteti, not one has been carried into
etEct. It is to be hoed that our present Ministers, who
have successfully applied their power in so many instances
t 3 promote the rational ends and purposes of Government,
will speedily bring this moat important branch of political
economy under revision, and give to it all the benefits of
that energetic perseverance, which forms so distinguished a
feature in their political system.

It is a melancholy fact, that in proportion as the poor
rates have increased, idleness and crime, and profligacy of
every kind, among the lower classes, have been found to
augment. A clergymen of the Eitablishment, the Rev. C.
D. BRLRETON, to whose valuable inquiries in all that
relates to the inflwince and operation of the poor laws the
public are greatly indebted, has shown what great improve-
ments may be effected by a sound judgment, guided by
practical humanity.

•• The neural tooditkmof slegginplicr. .sekte hs. '•must of coarse
be such affected by she state of education. There are only two
labourers in this parish whn can read. We have had some dif-
ficalty in filling up the parish edicts of constable and clerk. It
has been a work of difficulty to induce the parents to permit their
e iildsen to be taught t and in large parishes, where the pauper
system prevails, it must be extremely diffizult for the clergy to
eeture the education of the children. Bad I not possessed ad.
var.tages my attempts must have failed. More titan two yews
fused away before instruction was gear:rally accepted. I ascribe
chit to the debasing effects of the pauper bread.money system,
which te.W..11211 the people to cling to every thing low and mi.
getable as their privilege and safeguard. Whatever may improve
their condition, and raise them above the level of pauperism, they
are taught to esteem es a means of depriving them of the privilege
of legal allowance. If good clothing will raise them above the
system, rags are to be esteemed not a disgrace, but a recommen-
dation to charity. If education and religious instruction would
inspire them with better feelings, these pearls are to Se trampled
ender foot for the worthless husks and scraps of a parish allowance.
Toe scene, however, has begun to alter. The labourers begin to
tale a pleasure and a pride in their cottages, gardens,
and even in their work. They subscribe • considerable sum an-
nually to provide themselves clothing—they subscribe a trifle for
other benevolent purposes--they increase from year to year. by
little and little, thee stock and furniture--they embrace the means
of instruction for their children, some of whom now teach their
puma to read. The chain of pauperism has been broken. Two
families have removal to London and one to a neighbouring
county. Some rat' the young men have pro►ided themselves with
creditable employments. The offices of constable and clerk, and
the situatinos of gamekeeper and such-like services, which were
formerly tided up by strangers, have been occupied, as they be-
came vacant, by the labourers. I state these particulars from a
conviction that it is in this way that gentlemen may excite a spirit
of improvement in their dependents."—A Practical Inquiry into
the Number, Means of Employment, and Wages of Agrkultsral
Labourers, by the Rev. C. D. Beene:on, A.M. Rector of Little
Massinchans, Yoefolk.
We trust that others will be inspired to produce the same

ends, by the same judicious means. There is no benevo-
lent:. so pure in its principle, or so blessed in its result, as
that which tends to rescue the lower classes from that igno-
rance which is the source of half the wretchedness, and
mote than half the crimes. that infest and degrade society.
14 plan, lieWeter, for the improvement of the poor laws.
ought to he cessithed with a view to their continuance :
to be worth any thing, its ultimate object must be their
abolition.

CITY, THURSDAY EVENING.

Although the Budget of the Chancellor of the Exclte-
quer, we should have thought, fully developed the views of
the Government relative to the financial arrangements of
the country for the ensuing year, still Stock-Exchange
politicians imagine that th,re is much behind the cur-
tain upon this interesting subject; and that circumstance
keeps the Stock markets to a certain extent in a state
of ferment. Notwithstanding the agitation, Consols ad.
'fenced nearly I per cent. in consequence of the report that
the Bank would receive deferred Stock, nut to be sold for
two years, in payment for a large proportion of their
claim upon Government. The t feet that this idle rumour
produced is extraordinary, but there is no accounting for
erects in the purlieus of the Royal Exchange, otherwise a
moment's consideration must have convinced the most
credulous that this assertion was unfounded; but still it
caused Consols to touch 7Sji in the middle of the day,
and to close at Ts!. Exchequer Bills were .Ss. 4s. pretn.;
India Bonds 2s. ?.s. prem.; and the New 4 per (:ents.9sl.
There wee considerable elasticity in the Foreign market
this niorning, which was produced by the scarcity of
Stock for yesterday's settlement. Colombian Bonds were
dime at 471 81; Mexican Six per Cents. at 64; Buenos
Ayres ditto at no; sod Chilian at 4S. Russian Bonds were
744 ; Dani.ii ditto .5.2/1 ; Spanish ditto 114 10; and Greek
171 NI. Shares arc still unnoticed.