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LONDON,
FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 22, 1836.

The second reading of the Post-Office Bill took
place in the House of Commons last night. As the
question was not brought forward till after eleven
o'clock, Mr: WALLAcE, at the suggestion of the
CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, withdrew the
series of resolutions of which he had given notice—
tightly judging that were he to persevere in having
them moved from the Chair, they would give rise to a
debate which might prevent the second reading
of the Bill for a week longer, and thus, perhaps,
render the passing of the Bill, during the pre-
sent Session, absolutely impossible. We cordially
approve of the course taken by the Hon. Member
for Greenock, in not pressing the last three of his
Resolutions. He is already aware that we dis-
approved of them from the first ; and we think,
with the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, that
the others are properly subjects for the considera-
tion of the Commissioners, though it might prevent
much misundmtanding, were some of them embodied
in the Act now before the House. The speech of the
CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER must have wito-
uished those Honourable and Right Hon. Gentlemen
who, for the last ten years, have never once opened
heir mouths about the Post-office without lauding it
to the skies as the best conducted and most efficient
Establishment on the face of the earth. To intimate
that there was anything wrong in this Department of
the public service was five years ago almost as great a
crime as to fall foul of Magna Charta, the Bill of
and the Act of Settlement. It was then im-
maculate, and so expeditious that it could compete in
swiftness with a woman's thought. What is it now ?
Why, we have the assurance of a Minister of the Crown;
delivered in the hearing of Parliament, that the system
of carrying on the business of the Post-office is both
ineffective and indefensible ; that it. was from the first
highly improper that the control of the Establishment
should be vested in a political officer of the Crown,
removable at any moment with the Cabinet of which
he formed a part ; and the Post-Masters-General
so appointed did not know, and consequently could not
discharge the functions with which they were
entrusted ! When we first broached this doctrine
about six years ago, there was an outcry raised against
us throughout the country. Letters poured in upon
us—all contradicting our statements, and some of
them imputing to us unworthy motives for having
made them. For a time we were obliged to desist.
In the meantime enquiries were instituted ; honest and
independent men resolved to bring the question before
Parliament ; and it is but justice to the Hon. Member
for Greenock to assert, that of these lie was by far the
most persevering and indefatigable. The result is now
the exposure of the grossest system of fraud and ineffi-
ciency ever carried on with impunity in the face of a
great commercial nation.

- We highly approve of the plan for vesting the
management of the Post-office in Commissioners, re-
sponsible to Parliament. We are ourselves of opi-
nion that five will be more efficient—that is, leaving
three as a Board in London, the other two to reside alter-
nately in Dublin and Edinburgh. The period of alternate
residence in London, Edinburgh, and Dublin must be
rendered imperative, otherwise each of the Commis-
sioners will not be equally qualified to discharge the
duties of all, which is the great object desired. Mr.
LABOUCHERE proposed that the Chief Commissioner
should have a seat in Parliament. If the Right Hon.
Gentleman meant that such Commissioner should sit
there, as the Representative of a constituenc), we
consider that the same objection may be made to his
proposal as the CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER
makes to the Postmaster-General being a Member of
the Government—the Commissioner so sitting being
liable to removal by his constituents. But if he mean
that such Commissioner should sit in Parliament in virtue
of his office alone, we presume the Crown Lawyers
can readily inform him that the House has no power
to concede such a privilege, without violating the Con-
stitution. No man can have a claim to sit in Parliament
who does not represent the people. We shall reserve
all further observations on this question till Mr.
LABOUCHERE brings it regularly before the House.

The Agricultural-relief people have got themselves
at last into as pretty a mess as one need wish to see.
Nothing would satisfy them but a Committee of In-
quiry to investigate the causes of that agricultural dis-
tress which, they said, overspread the land, and to find
out means of relief to the poor farmer, and the still
poorer labourer. They tramped the country from
north to south—from east to west—to get up an agri-
cultural agitation. Associations were formed in the
counties. A grand association was established in the
metropolis, which was to communicate with the
provincial branches, and from which the whole con-
centrated influence of the landlords was to be made to
bear upon the Government. It was in vain to urge
xpon them that the landlords had the obvious and the
only remedy for tl.e evil in their own hands, namely,
the reduction of rent ; and that until that remedy had
been tried and had failed, it was very absurd, and not a
little indecent, to apply to Parliament for relief. This
reasoning was by no means in unison either with the
feelings or the pockets of the landlords, whose drift, as

all the world knows, has all along been to shift the
burden from their own shoulders, no matter where it
falls. No, they would listen to no advice. The Report
of a Committee was the one thing needful, and a
Committee they would have. They rested neither
day nor night, until they had driven Ministers into an
acquiescence with their wishes. Well, they got their
Committee—a Committee, too, chosen after their
heart's content, abounding in Tories and landlords,
and to work they set to hear evidence as to agricultu-
ral distress—not very difficult to be procured, it might
be supposed, from their statement. The Committee
has sat five hours a day for the last five months, and
what do our readers imagine is the result of all
this labour ? Why the agricultural mountain has not
brought forth even a mouse. There is to be no Re-
port !! ! This is the upshot of all the senseless
clamour that has been raised about agricultural distress
and Parliamentary relief. The whole thing has ended,
as everybody foresaw it would end, in a bottle of
smoke.

The truth of the matter is this—the evidence laid
before the Committee so completely overthrew their
favourite doctrine—so triumphantly established the
fact that there is no such agrictulural distress as they
had asserted—so clearly proved that the labourers,
who form the great mass of the agricultural com-
munity, are much better off' than ever they have
been before, and that the farmers have nothing to
complain of but high rents—all these important points
were so fully made out by the evidence, that the only
way the Committee could hide their discomfiture, was
to give the go by to the Report. And how do they
pretend to account for so extraordinary a proceeding ?
By a miserable subterfuge, or rather by two miserable
subterfuges, at variance with each other. First, they
try to lay the blame upon the Government, because a
Cabinet Minister was not made Chairman of the
Committee, as if that could have altered the nature of
the evidence ; secondly, they sav that any report that
they could have made would have injured the cause
for which the Committee was appointed, which is
neither more nor less than giving up the whole ques-
tion of agricultural distress, as far as its relief depends
on Parliament. The Report would no doubt have
very materially injured " the cause," that is to say, it
would have damaged the landlords by exposing the
hollowness of their pretensions, and the utter falsehood
of the statements which they have been putting forth
so long to deceive the public.
It is not to be forgotten that the motion for making
no Report was made by Sir JAMES GRAHAM, and
seconded by the Most Noble the Marquis of CHAN-
DOS—par excellence! the farmers' friend—to whom
we may now say, " Solvuntur risu tabulee, to missus
abibis."

There was a brief discussion last night in the House
of Commons on the subject of the new Houses of
Parliament, which was introduced by Mr. HumE,
who moved that an address be presented to his MA-
JESTY, to the effect that he would be pleased to direct
a further competition of designs without limits as to the
style of architecture, and that such designs should be
exhibited before Commissioners, who should report on
them. The Hon. Member's chief objection to Mr.
BARRY'S plan seemed to be that the internal accommoda-
tions of the new Houses were not sufficiently attended
to. This is certainly a grave objection, and one that
requires to be well considered ; but if, as Sir JOHN
HOBHOUSE expressly says, 64 Mr. BARRY'S plan is
capable of great internal improvements, without any
change in the external elevation, and that none of the
other plans, as far as internal arrangement is con-
cerned, can be adopted consistently with his external
design," we think a sufficient case has been made out
for giving Mr. BARRY'S design the preference, espe-
cially as all parties agree in doing justice to the grace
and beauty of its exterior. After a few sensible re-
marks from Sir ROBERT PEEL, Mr. HUME'S motion
was withdrawn.

The Paris papers of Wednesday contain no news of
any great moment, with the exception of the following,
official communication which appears in the Journal
de Paris.--

" The Carlist division, commanded by General Gomez,
entered Oviedo on the 6th, and having levied a heavy contri-
bution, marched on the next day towards Galicia. Generals
Espartero and Alanso, the first from the Basque provinces, and
the second from Old Castile, reached Oviedo the day after the
Carlists had left it. Espartero, with twelve battalions, went
in pursuit of Gomez, who had to cross several unfordable
rivers before he could enter Galicia, and who, it is affirmed,
would find on the frontier of the province a corps of troops
ready to dispute his passage. The Portuguese brigade, which
forms the reserve of the Queen's troops, entered Leon on the
6th. General Cordova arrived on the 15th at Vittoria. O❑
the same day he sent off to Logrono four battalions, in pur-
suit of a Carlist division which had entered the province of
Soria."

The Courrier Francais also contains an important
announcement, which we copy, though we have fears
as to its entire authenticity :
" Commandant De Pellion, cne of the Aides-de-camp of the
Minister of War, has just been sent off to the frontier of Spain,
to ascertain, it is said, what measures are necessary to bring
the contest with the Carlists to an end, the Government hav-
ing at last determined to take a decided part in the war which
is devouring Spain, with whom France has become an ally
since the Treaty of Aptil 22. Captain Chasseloup, another
Aide-de-Camp of the Minister, has taken his departure for
Algiers. It appears that he carries out orders for the re-
cruitment of the Foreign Legion serving in Spain."
PARIS, JULY 19.-13E1I0BIE, JULY 15.—A1l yesterday morn-
ing we heard a brisk fire.of musketry and cannonade in the
direction of Irun. In the course of the day, the garrison of
tl s fort of the Tete-de-pont made a sally for the purpose of
demolishing the house of. the Carlist of Irun, named Francisco
Martin, which is almost contiguous to the gate of the fort.
This open t'on was executed without the slightest attempt of
the Carlists to prevent it ; only towards seven o'clock in the
evening some musket shots were fired from the house of Sis-
tiaga, but:the workmen had retired.
BAYONNE, JULY 16.—Gomez has, in fact, succeeded in en-
tering Gallicia. Espartero having left 6,000 of his troops with
Manso, Captain-General of Old Castile, has returned to
Vittoria.

Manso is gone to Oveido, where he will assemble a Corps
de Reserve. It is thought that the Portuguese division, which
has proceeded from Zamosa by forced marches, may yet com-
pel the rebels to retreat.
On the 4th Caston, with three battalions and two squadrons,
made an incursion into the valley of Mina. He retired to
Aquendo and Stodio, after carrying off all the cattle of the
country.

It is affirmed that the Canon Batanero has entered the
mountains of Oca, which extends to Burgos. He is said to
be at the head of an expedition, the object of which is to
harrass General Manso.

The Moniteur publishes the law, allowing 200,000 francs
'or the celebration of the 6th Anniversary of the days of July,
—Messager, July 20. .

FRENCH FUNDS.—Pattis, JuLY 20.
Fiveper Cents., li Bf. &,c. 75e. 80c.
Four per Cents., 101 f. 95c. 9'c.
Three per Cents., 80f. 40c. 30c. Mc.
Bank Actions, 2,275 f. 2,272 f. s°e.
[Unto de Naples, loot. 40c.
Roman Five per Cents., 102%.
Spanish Actives, 39 38%%%.
Spanish Differes, 1714.
Spanish Passives, 12% 11%.
Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, 10338 U.
Portuguese Three per Cents. 40%% 34.
Ha) tiara Loan, 390 f.

EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 25c. 20e.; money, 25f. 30c.
Three months, paper, 25f. 15c. ; money, —f. —c.
--Cours Authentigue.

BOURSE, QUARTER TO FOUR.—The money-market has been
more brisk to-day than for many days past. It was expected,
however, that the funds would have gone down lower on ac-
count of the decline in English Consols, and the news from
Spain. The Three per Cents. opened at 80f. 45c., were
done at 80f. 35c., and are now 80f. 40c. sellers. Spanish
Active Stock has been done at 38k, and is now 38-11, with little
business.

LAST PaicEs..—Five per Cents., 108 f. 80c. ; Three
per Cents., 80f. 45c. ; Five per Cents. Spanish, —; Three
per Cents. Spanish, —; Cortes, —; Coupons, —, Gueb-
}lards, ; Differes, 13i ; New Loan, —; Actives, 381; Pas-
sives, 118 ; Ducats, 100 55 ; Romans, 1028 ; Pedros, —;
Belgians, 103 k ; Dutch, —f. —c. ; Haytians, 390 f. —c. ;
Miguels, —; Brabant Bank, —; Belgian Bank, —; Con-
tinuation, —c. ; New Differes, 178; Five per Cent. Perpe-
tuelles, —; Royal Loan,

Letters from Constantinople to the Ist inst. have
been received. The following is a translation of the
SULTAN'S order for the dismissal of the REIS EFFENDI
addressed to the Grand VISIER, and published in the
Turkish Gazette of the 28th ult.:—
" My Visier,—Considering that the Department of Foreign
Affairs is one of great importance and responsibility, requir-
ing unremitting assiduity on the part of the person intrusted
with its direction, I lately thought proper to elevate this
functionary to the rank of Moorshir, and considerably to in-
crease his salary. Akif Effendi, however, not having been
able, in consequence of the ailing state of his health, to attend
as regularly as is requisite to the duties of this office, I have
considered it necessary to remove him from this situation, and
to appoint in his stead Ahmet Koloussi Pasha.
" Thou shalt bring the latter into thy presence, and after
acquainting him with my imperial order, and solemnly in-
vesting him with the mantle of honour, give him clearly to
understand that my supreme will is, that he shall every day
come to the Sublime Porte to attend (may God enlighten
him) to his duty, and watch with special care over the scru-

pulous observance of the treaties and conventions existing be-
tween our glorious empire and foreign states.
" Considering that Akif Effendi is an ancient servant, I
grant him a monthly pension of 10,000 piasters, and order
thee to take care that this sum shall regularly be paid him by
the Treasury.
" May the Almighty assist thee and all my servants."
All doubts as to the positive disgrace of the late
REIS EFFENDI by the SULTAN must•vanish upon a
perusal of this document. The SULTAN clearly
states that the official duties of Foreign Minister were
neglected ; and he grants a pension to the discharged
Minister, not on account of the efficiency, but of the
length of his services. The pension is a boon—a
charitable allowance for the maintenance of a helpless
old man ; not a remuneration for services entitling him
to such reward. The paternal forms observed by the
Ottoman Government will serve to explain afv-ay much
of the apparent want of courtesy in the order of dis-
missal ; the Porte generally pensioning off its dependants
on nearly the same terms, and almost from the same
humane motives, as the old families in England pen-
sion off their superannuated domestics. But still
where the object of the imperial bounty has not fallen
under the displeasure of the " Shadow of the Apostle
of God," it is usual to praise his past zeal and ge-
neral efficiency, and to state that his retirement is a
voluntary act.
Several intelligent Franks at Constantinople con-
sider that Lord PONSONBY ought to insist upon
the dismissal of AHMED PACHA ; and much
anxiety prevails as to whether England will be sa-
tisfied with the concessions already made. We
think she ought, more especially as the Courts of
Vienna, St. Petersburg, Paris, and Berlin all regard
the dismissal of the late REIS EFFENDI as the act of
Lord PoNsoNBY. Upon this subject even the Rus-
sian Ambassador has sought not to conceal his con-
viction. The removal of AHMED PACHA would give
a great blow to Russia, and therefore the measure
would be popular with a great many persons here ; but
we ought not to forget the justice of the demand in an
anticipation of its favourable consequences. No pro-
posed end can ever sanctify the evil means.

Russia appears in no haste to evacuate Silistria.
Her army still retains possession of the garrisons, arid
she has upwards of forty thousand troops on the
frontier.

The launch of a fine new ninety-gun ship took
place at Raillee, a Turkish arsenal on the Black Sea,
on the 25th ult. Another new vessel, still larger, was
on the stocks.

Dutch and German Papers of the latest dates have
been received. The Chief of the Society of the
Jesuits is negotiating with the King of BAVARIA
for the restoration of the Order in hiS Majesty's
dominions. The KING has already restored the
Benedictines ; and as ,the Jesuits have . offered to
undertake the gratuitous instruction of the Bavarian
youth of all classes, the Journals state that the KING
is disposed to hearken to the proposal thus made to
him. Paragraphs from the other Journals will be
found elsewhere.
HAMBURG BORSEN HALLE, JULY 16.
FOREIGN FUNDS. Ellis. Money.
Austrian Metalliques, 5 per cent.
Ditto ditto 4 per cent.
Ditto ditto 3 per cent. 74% 74}6
Ditto Bank Shares l3 Yi 1354
Russian 5 per cents. Metal.
Anglo-Russian Loan 106% 106%
Paper Inscription, 6 per cent —
Russian inscription, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th
Series
Ditto, Certificates
Portuguese Regency Bonds, 5 per cent 79
Ditto, 3 per cent so' 50
Dutch *. per Cents.
Ditto 5 per Cents —
Polish Bonds, 3 per cents.
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cents 74 q 74
Norwegian Loan of 1334, 4 per cents.
Spanish, in piastres, 3 per Cents —
Cortes Loan, 5 per Cent 3914 39
• Greek 4 per cents. 183:3, guaranteed by France 98!4 VS
Hamburg Papers, July 16.
DUTCH FUN DS—AsisTEttopm, JULY 19. -
Money. Bills.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. 5ll 56',C2.
Ditto, ditto 5 per cent.
A inoi t syndic, 4 .i' per cent !Ft 9314
Ditto, ditto, 344 per cent SI N . SI%
Commercial Company, 4'; per ccnt 1823/, ISt4
Ditto (1,,;12 and 1833) 5 per cent.
Loan 1336, 4 i er cent.
Exchange on London, One montii l2 10
Two mouths
—Dutch Papers, July 720.
PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BEIILIN' JULY 15.
Bills. Money.
St. Schuld. Sch., 4 per cent . 10214 10114
Prussian English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent 101% 101
Exctisnge on London, three months 6 24, 6 :247/s
—Prussian Sivie Gazette, July 16.

SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)

(FRO\ LLOYD'S.)

DEAL, JULY 21.—Wind W. S. W.—Arrived the Wm. Met-
calf, --, from Bombay ; Medora, Coward, from Jamaica ;
Mercy, Beazeley, from Barbadoes ; Apollo, Milne, from Gre-
nada, and the William and Henry, Drysdale, from Antigua.
Arrived from the River and remain, the Duke of Bedford,
Bowen, fur Calcutta; Camillus, Mules, for Demarara ; An-
telope, Dalrymple, for Pernambuco ; Elizabeth, Dyer, for
Limerick, and the Active, Widler, for Nantes.
PORTSMOUTH, JULY 21.-Wind N. W., fresh breezes.—No
arrivals. Sailed the Glasgow. M'Leod, for London.

PLYMOUTH, JULY 20.1:Wind N. W. to N.—No arrivals.
Sailed the Athol (transport), for Cork.
STANGATE CREEK, JULY 21.—Arrived the Johanna, Row-
land, from Constantinople ; Quicksilver, Hakin, from Naples ;
Breeze, Robinson, and Elizabeth, Summers, from Tarragona.
SCILLY, JULY 20.—Arrived the Atachne, Munder, from
Liverpool, leaky, and part of the cargo thrown overboard.
GLOUCESTER, JULY 20.—Arrived the Lancaster, Mitchell,
from Miramichi.

FALMCUTH, Jut.v 20.—Wind N.W. to W.N.W.—No
arrivals. Sailed the Galston, Guthrie, for Hamburg.
LIVERPOOL, JULY 20.—Arrived the Adriana, Jones, from
Berbice; Allingham, Mitchell, from Charleston; Northern
Castle, —, from Trieste. •

CLYDE, JULY 20.—Arrived the Ann, M'Kay, from Riga.
MARGATE, JULY 21.—Arrived off, the Louisa Campbell,
M'Queen, from China—sailed 14th March, and from St.
Helena 14th May.
HARWICH, JULY 20.—The Durham, Matthewson, from
Stockton to London, has been assisted in here very leaky.

The Sir J. Croft, from Odessa, has arrived at Constanti-
nople, with loss of mainmast, &c.
The Lemmer, Semmet, from Amsterdam to Genoa, has
arrived at Helvoet, with loss of mainmast.

We hear that there is actually a Company which
undertakes to convey travellers from London to Paris for 9s.
There are at the present time 158 ships loading at
Liverpool ; 33 of them arc for America, and the others are
destined for other parts of the world.

An American Paper states that the fashionable
damsels of Philadelphia wear their dresses so tight about their
shoulders that they are obliged to unhook them to sneeze.

The long-wished for bridge across the ferry between
Weymouth and Portland is about to be carried into effect. Mr.

•••• •
W. White, of that island, is the contractor, and the foundation
stone is to be laid 'next week, and the work completed in
about twelve months.

POSTPONEMENT OF THE KING OF PRUS-
SIA'S VISIT TO THE RHENISH PROVINCES.—There have been
various reports in the journals respecting the intention of the
King of Prussia, to visit the Rhenish provinces in the autumn.
The official journals of Munster of the 16th contain the fol-
lowing letter from his Majesty, addressed to the Chief Presi-
dent, Baron Von Vincke :—" I have for several years enter-
tained a wish again to see the western provinces of my king-
dom, which I have not revisited for these 11 years, and to
make myself personally acquainted with their present condi-
tion ; the more, therefore, do I regret that obstacles which
cannot be removed have arisen, that prevent me from convey-
ing my intentions into effect. I have, therefore, appointed my
son, the Crown Prince, to review the 7th corps of the army,
and he will, at the same time, make himself personally ac-
quainted with the situation of the Province. You will take
care to make this known."

A letter was yesterday received at Lloyd's from the
Foreign Office, stating that the wreck of a vessel was dis-
covered to the north of the island of Madeira on the 14th ult.,
with the name " Majestic, of Sunderland," painted on the
stern. The following is the description given :—" On the
14th instant (June) the vicar Carvalho, of the parish of Ponta
Delgada, having discovered a wreck three leagues from the
shore, proceeded to it along with Senor Jose d'Abrero, and
with their boats towed it to the village of Porta da Cruz, on
the north-east side of the island, where they grounded it on
the beach. On examination she was found to be as follows—.
viz. : A water-logged brig, of about 280 to 300 tons, with
Majestic, of Sunderland, painted in yellow letters over her
stern.' She had no deck, but was entire from the wales down-
wards ; was not coppered, and without figure head. She bad
two white stripes on her sides, was from 80 to 90 feet long,
and had about 25 to 28 feet breadth of beam. She appeared
to have been some time in a state of wreck, and part of her
cargo had been washed out ; but there still remained in her
hold about 300 beams or logs of pine and oak wood, and from
1,000 to 2,000 oak staves for dunnage."
FIRE.—On Tuesday morning last a fire broke out
on the premises of a brewer and malster, at St. Ives. The
whole of the brewery, with the utensils, were destroyed. It
extended to several other houses, and the loss of property is
very great. Three staks of hay and upward of 100 tons of
straw, belonging- to Mr. Leekings, who lived at a considerable
distance from the spot where the fire broke out, were entirely
consumed. The damage in the whole is estimated at upwards
of 4,0001.

The Sub-Committee and General Committee for
managing the affairs of Drury-lane Theatre will meet next
week at the theatre, preparatory to the annual meeting of the
proprietors, to whom the arrangements proposed for the next
year will be submitted for their consideration.

LITERATURE.

THE ENGLISH HOUSEKEEPER.
Cobbett, London, 1836.

There is in this little volume all the good sense we
should expect from one whose father was the late Mem-
ber for Oldham. The introductory remarks, in parti-
cular, have not a little of his peculiar shrewdness, and
are expressed in that clear, forcible, and straightforward
manner which lent such a charm to the Political Regis-
ter. Miss Cobbett tells us that her Cookery Book is
not intended for the use of epicures, for that she is not
a sufficiently scientific gastronomist to edify ; them, but
for a plain, industrious, family, in middling circum-
stances, and who move in the middle walks of life.
With this class her Book is likely to become popular,
for it is the result of long practical experience in the
mysteries of house-keeping.