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MARCH 21, 1849.

HANWEL L COLLEGIATE SCHOOL,
MIDDLESEX.
Principal—The Rev. J. A. EMERTON, D.D.
Twelve Years Curate of Hanwell.
The Quarter will commence on the 2Gth Instant.

oats are heavy, at prices in favour of the purchaser. Boiling
I and grey peas, Is lower. Malt and flour, late rates are scarcely
I maintained.

AMERICAN NEWS.

selves loyalists. A public meeting was held at Mont-
real, on the evening of Saturday, the 17th, which was
attended, the Pilot says, by three or four thousand per-
sons, and at which a series of stropg resolutions against
the proposed compensation were adopted. The close of
the meeting is thus described by the Pilot:—
On leaving the hall the crowd proceeded by Done-
gana's to the Place d'Arenes, where Mr. Lafontaine's
effigy was burnt amid great hooting and groaning.
During this exhibition, Sir Allan M.Nab, M.P.P., occu-
pied a post on the steps of the French Church. When
the body of the figure was consumed, the head was cut
off. stuck upon a pole, and borne in triumph to Sir Allan,
and trampled on the ground at his feet. Sir Allan M'Nab
then addressed the mob, who afterwards carried him part
of the way on their shoulders to his quarters at Done-
gana's hotel, where the gallant ex-Speaker again ad-
dressed the mob from a balcony, and "pitched into the
rebels" with a vehemence suited to his audience, con-
cluding by declaring that a struggle had commenced,
and that all he could Say was, "Lay on Macduff; and
damned be he who first cries, Hold, enough !"
The Ministry (Liberals) have carried the motion, in
the Canada Legislature, to go into committee on an in•
demnity to be paid for rebellion losses, by a vote of 59
to 20. The debate on the question lasted from three
in the afternoon to eleven o'clock the next morning—
twenty hours. The Montreal Gazette announces, in
connexion with this result, the arrival of the "rebel
William Lyon Mackenzie" in Montreal, and informs the
Governor and his advisers that ho may be found at the
Exchange Hotel in that city.
POLITICAL STATE OF CANADA.

PER 411.TARTER.1 PER 111IARTER.
Wheat Ms to 46s Beans
Barley ...
Oats l7s to 21s Malt. 46s to 525

THE PRESIDENT'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
The royal mail steam-ship Europa, Captain Lott,
arrived in the Mersey yesterday morning, and we were
enabled to publish yesterday a summary of the Presi-
dent's inaugural address to Congress in part of our im-
pression.
General Taylor reached Washington about four P.m.
on Friday, the 23d February, and took up his temporary
residence at Wellard's Hotel. On the morning of the
26th the committee appointed on the part of the Senate
and representatives to count the votes of the electoral
colleges, waited upon him with the official announce-
ment of his election. In the course of that day the Pre-
sident elect, accompanied by Mr. Clayton. called upon
President Polk at his official residence. Mr. Polk held
his last levee on the evening of Wednesday, and left the
White House on Saturday, the 3d of March. He was
to leave Washington with his lady for New Orleans on
the evening of the 6th, and tho Secretary of the Trea-
sury was to accompany him so far.
The inauguration ceremonies took place on Monday
the sth. The doors of the Senate Chamber were opened
at 10 A.M., and the ladies' gallery was immediately
filled with the fair sex. The reporters' gallery was also
crowded to suffocation. There was great struggling and
pressing, and thousands were forced to leave without
obtaining an entrance. The Senate assembled at eleven
o'clock, and a resolution was adopted that Senator At-
chison take the chair. The new Members were then all
sworn in, with the exception of General Shields. A
resolution was adopted to refer General Shields' cre-
dentiasto thei‘id
Millard Fillmore, committee
en,
George M. Dallas, then came in, arm in arm. Mr.
vthiea.jrurdeicsiidareyn. t, Theand
Honourable
Atchison swore in Mr. Fillmore, who took the
chair, and delivered an eloquent address. All the
Justices of the Supreme Court, and about forty mem-
bers of the diplomatic corps, including the uttache4,
then came in, the first occupying fifteen seats in the
area, at the left of the Vice-President, and the latter at
the right. Messrs. Buchanan, Johnson, and Toucey, of
the old Cabinet, came in and took seats in front of the
diplomatic corps. It was now nearly twelve o'clock, and
the President and ex-President had not made their ap-
pearance. Considerable impatience was manifested until
about half-past twelve, when the President and ex-Pre-
sident came in, and occupied seats with George M.
Dallas and R. M. Johnson. President Taylor entered
into a brief conversation with Chief Justice Taney and
Judge M‘Lean. The President then proceeded to the
eastern portico, where he delivered the address. The
crowd in the square was immense, and probably num-
bered 10,000. There was great cheering and discharge
of cannon before and after the delivery of the address.
It was agreed that a daily hour meeting be held every
day at twelve o'clock until otherwise ordered. General
Shields' eligibility will be the first business before them,
after the Cabinet nominations. On motion of Mr. Day-
ton the Senate then adjourned.
The following is the address of General Taylor:—
Fellow-citizens and Members of the Senate and
House of Representatives—
Elected by the American people to the highest office
known to our laws, I appear here to take the post pre-
scribed by the Constitution, and, in compliance with a
time-honoured custom, to address those who are now
assembled. The confidence and respect shown by my
countrymen in calling me to the chief magistracy of a
republic holding a high rank among the nations of the
earth, have inspired me with feelings of the most pro-
found gratitude; but when I reflect that the acceptance
of the office which their partiality has bestowed im-
poses the discharge of the most arduous duties, and iu-
volves the weightiest obligations, I am conscious that the
position which I have been called to till, though suffi-
cient to satisfy the highest ambition, is surrounded by a
fearful responsibility.
Happily, however, in the performance of my new du-
ties, I shall not be without able co-operation. The le-
gislative and judicial branches of the Government pre-
sent prominent examples of distinguished civil attain-
ments and mature experience, and it shall be my endea-
vour to call to my assistance in the executive departments
individuals whose talents, integrity, and purity of cha-
racter will furnish ample guarantees for the faithful and
honourable performance of the trusts to be committed to
their charge. With such aids, and an honest purpose to
do whatever is right, I hope to execute diligently and
impartially for the best interests of the country the ma-
nifold duties devolving upon me.
In the discharge of these duties my guide will be the
constitution which I this day swore to preserve, protect,
and defend.
For the interpretation of that instrument I shall look
to the decision of the judicial tribunals established by
its authority, and to the practice of the Government
under the earlier Presidents, who had so large a share
in its formation. To the example of' those illustrious
patriots I shall always refer with reverence, and es-
pecially to his example who was, by so many titles, the
father of his country.
The command of the army and navy of the United
States, with the advice and consent of the Senate to
make treaties, ;and to appoint ambassadors and other
officers, to give Congress Information of the state of the
union, and recommend such measures as he shall judge
to be necessary, and to take care that the laws shall be
faithfully executed—these are the most important tune-
tions entrusted to the President by the Constitution, and
it may be expected that I shall briefly indicate the prin-
ciples which shall control me in their execution.
Chosen by the body of the people, under the assurance
that my administration would be devoted to the welfare
of the country, and not to the support of any particular
section, or merely local interest, I this day renew the
declaration I have heretofore made, and proclaim my
fixed determination to maintain, to the extent of my
ability, the Government in its original purity, and to
adopt, as the basis of my public policy, those great re-
publican doctrines which constitute the strength of our
national existence. In reference to the army and navy,
lately .employed with so much distinction on active ser-
vice, care shall be taken to ensure the highest condition
of efficiency; and in furtherance of that object the mili-
tary and naval schools sustained by the liberality of Con-
gress shall receive the special attention of the Executive.
As American freemen we cannot but sympathise with
all efforts to extend the blessings of civil and political
liberty; but at the same time we are warned by the ad-
monition of history, and the voice of our beloved Wash-
ington, to abstain from entangling alliances with foreign
nations. In all disputes with conflicting Governments
it is our interest, not less than our duty, to remain
strictly neutral, while the geographical position, the
genius of the institutions of our people, advancing
eivilisation, and, above all, the dictates of religion,
direct us to the cultivation of peaceful and friendly re-
lations with all other powers. It is to be hoped that
no international question which a Government considers
its own strength, and resolves to protect, can now arise,
that may not be settled by negotiation; and it eminently
becomes a Government like our own, founded on the
morality and intelligence of its citizens, and upheld by
their affections, to exhaust every resort of honourable
diplomacy before appealing to arms.
In the conduct of our foreign relations I shall con-
form to these views, as I believe them essential to the
best interest and the true honour of the country. The
appointing powers vested in the President imposes deli-
cate and onerous duties. So far as it is possible to be
informed, I shall make honesty, capacity, and fidelity
indispensable requisites to the bestowal of office, and the
absence of either of these qualities shall be deemed suf-
ficient cause for removal. It shall be my study to re-
commend such constitutional measures to Congress as
may be necessary and proper to secure encouragement
and protection to the great interests of agriculture, com-
merce, and manufactures; to improve oar rivers and
harbours, to provide for the speedy extinction of the
public debt, to enforce a strict accountability on the
part of all officers of the Government, and the utmost
economy in all public expenditure.
But it is for the wisdom of Congress itself, in which
all legislative powers are vested by the Constitution, to
regulate these and other matters of domestic policy. I
shall look with confidence to the eblightened patriotism
of that body to adopt such measures of conciliation as
may harmonise conflicting interests, and tend to perpe-
tuate that union which should be the paramount object
of our hopes and affections. In any actions calculated
to promote an object so near the heart of every one
who truly loves his country, I will zealously unite
with the co-ordinate branches of the Government.
In conclusion, I congratulate you, my fellow-citizens,
upon the high state of prosperity to which the good-
ness of Divine Providence has conducted our common
country. Let us invoke a continuance of the same pro-
tecting care which has led us from small beginnings to the
eminence we this day occupy, and let us seek to deserve
that continuance by prudence and moderation in our
councils, by well-directed attempts to assuage the bitter-
ness which too often marks unavoidable differences of
opinion, by the promulgation and practice of just and
liberal principles and by enlarged patriotism which shall
acknowledge no limits but those of our own wide-spread
Republic.
A New York correspondent has forwarded the follow-
ing authentic statement of the composition of the new
Cabinet:—
John M. Clayton, of Delaware, Secretary of State.
William M. Meredith, of Pennsylvania, Secretary of
the Treasury.
Thomas 11. Ewieg, of Ohio, Secretary of the Home
Department.
William B. Preston, of Virginia, Secretary of the
Navy.
Jacob Collamer, of Vermont, Postmaster-General.
George W. Crawford, of Georgia, Secretary of War.
Reverdy Johnson, of Maryland, Attorney.. General.

HELL GWYNNE TAVERN and CHOP-
HOUSE, Bull Inn-court, Strand, Three Doors East of the
Adelphi Theatre, and opposite Adam street.
Visitors to the Theatres will find the Nell Gwynne Coffee Boom,
which is fitted up in the style of the period in which she lived, the
most comfortable and convenient Tavern for Luncheorts, Dinners,
and Suppers. Private Dining-rooms and Good Beds.
Table d'Hote at half-past Five (Sundays excepted). hot Joints
until Eight.
Excellent Wines and Spirits, fine Ales, Barclay and Perkins's
Stou

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AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 17, 1849.
Wheat
Barley
Oats ....... ... ...
Beans... . ...„ 27 „ 28s. 2d.
Peas ... .

LIVERPOOL, MARCH 20. —At this day's market there was
a good attendance of the town and country trade, and with a
brisk demand for the interior ; the decline of Friday was nearly
recovered on wheat. Oats and oatmeal met with little inquiry,
and there is no change in value to report. In barley, beans,
and peas there was not much passing. Barrel sour met with
an extensive sale, and 23s per barrel was readily paid, but to-
wards the close of the market an advance of 6d per barrel was
generally 'asked. Sack Flour continues neglected. A good
business was done in Indian corn, and an advance of 64 per
quarter on yellow was realised, but is white there is no im-
provement to notice.
LEEDS, MARCH 20.—We have a smaller supply of grain
at market to-day than for some time past; still the trade con-
tinues extremely dull, and both wheat and barley, without
altering our quotations, are difficult to sell at last week's prices.
Oats and beans are also rather in favour of the buyer.
DALKEITH MEAL MARKET, MARCH 19.—The following are
the prices at this day's market:—
Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. First Second Third
imperial .. 26s Od 25s 6d 24a 6d
Barleymeal, per ditto ... 21s 6d 21s Od 20s 6d
Peasemeal —s Od —s Od —s Od
Flour ... —s Od —s Od —s Od
Pot barley •.. —s Od sOd —s Od
There were 68 bags of oatmeal, and 19 of barleymeal at this
day's market. Sales dull ; oatmeal down Is per bag on the top,
and 64 and 3d per bag on the second and third qualities;
second price the same.
CORK, MARCH 19.—Flour—Firsts 14s 6d to 15s ; extra 15s
6d; seconds 13s to 14s Od; households lOs to 123; thirds Ss to
per cwt. Meal—Oatmeal lls to lls 64; Indian meal 8s; wheat
meal Ils per cwt. Indian corn 712 s 6d to 71 lOs per ton. Bran
4/ 10s per ton. Hay Farmers 20s to 40s Od; average 36s ;
dealers 43s to 48s; average 00s Od per ton. Straw—Farmers
15s Od to 26s Od; average 18s; dealers 25s Od to 32s 04;
average 00s Od per ton.,e• Bread—Wheaten loaf Oct to 7d;
household loaf bid to 6d per 41b. Fresh butter, 8d to
10d per lb. Coals—Newport 16s; Lydney 17s ; Landore 16s ;
best Neath Culm 14s per ton. Tallow 43s 6d to 44s
per cwt. Whiskey, 25 o. p., 6s Od per imperial gal-
lon. Meat—Beef 4d to 7d; Mutton 5d to 6id ; veal
bid to 7d; pork 4d to sid ; bacon 74 to 8d ; sausages 64 per
lb. Hops 61 lOs per cwt. Bangor slates 3/ 2s 6d to 315 s per
ton. Bark—Barbary 61 to 71; Valonia 11/ to 131; French
61; English 61 per ton. Fleece Wool 10s to 12s per stone.
Hemp 35/ per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 18s to Ws; red
ditto 25s to 27s per barrel ; Newfoundland 10110 s to 121 per
ton. Timber—New Memel 41 108 ; old scarce ; red pine 31
15s ; yellow pine 31 per ton ; deals, first quality, 201; second
quality 171 per 120. Hides—Market Ils to 16s; salted lie to
les per cwt ; calf skins 2d to 24c1; market 2d to 24c1 per lb.
Potatoes, white 10d to 124; Minions 18d to 20d; Guano—
Peruvian, 10/ lOs ; Ichaboe 9l per ton; Tar—Archangel, 18s
per barrel. Eggs, 4s to 4s 2d per hundred.

The Teronto Globe gives a series of tabular statements
respecting the political state of Canada, from which we
gather the following items:—
In Upper Canada twenty-three constituencies have re-
turned Liberal members to the present Parliament. The
aggregate number of their inhabitants is 493,929. The
remaining eighteen constituencies have returned nine-
teen Tory members—while their aggregate population
is only 238,658. Two to one of the inhabitants of this
province have returned Liberal members. The average
number represented by each member is 17,217. The
average number represented by each Reform member is
122,015 ; while the average of representation of each
Tory member is 12,560,
In Lower Canada, according to the estimate of the
population for 1848, each of the forty-two members
represents 18,293. Of these, thirty five members hare
been returned on the Liberal and seven on the Tory
interest. The Liberals represent a population of 705,265,
and the Tory only 73,058.
The aggregate number of Liberal constituencies,
then, is as follows :—ln Upper Canada, 483,912; Lower,
695,268—t0ta1, 1,179,180. The Tory constituencies
number, 313,417, of which 218,658 are in Upper, and
73,058 in Lower Canada.
The census, according to ages, makes the population
of Upper Canada, 735,879. No census having been
taken in Lower Canada since 1844, an approximating
series of calculations was necessarily instituted, which
gave a result of 768,434 inhabitants, the increase being
taken at 79,552 over 1847.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, MARCH 20.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Great Western, 2 dis.—
Ditto, Quarters, 3% dis.—Midland Stock, 77%.
LIVERPOOL, Manes 20.
STOCK ExcHANGE.—The sales are—East Anglian, 31. 10s. Shares,
guaranteed 6 per cent., 21. 6s. 3d.—Glasgow and Ayr, 50- Lancashire
and Yorkshire (late M. and L.), Fifths, 3sB dis. ex div.—Ditto, Fifths,
(late West Riding Union), 4% c.—Lancaster and Preston, Quarters,
12—London and. North-Western, 130—Ditto, Quarters, New, 4%
p.—Ditto, Quarters (C), 341).—Midland Stock, 76 c.—Ditto, New
Halves B%—South-Eastern (No. 4), Thirds, 7 h—York,l' Newcastle,
and Berwick Extension (Nos. 1 and 2), 214 dis.—Ditto (G. N. E.
Purchase), 6 per cent. guaranteed, % dis.—East Lancashire (614
Preference, 6 per cent.), 7%—Belfast and Ballymena, 20.
MANCHESTER, MARCH 20.
STOCK ExcnexcE.—The sales are—Manchester and Birmingham
(C), Quarters, 314 p.—Dover (No. 4), 7 k —Shrewsbury and Bir-
mingham (B), dis.—North Staffordshire, % dis.—Leeds, Fifths,
3 11-16 dis—Sheftleld and Lincoln,:l4 dis.—Edinburgh and Glas-
gow, 42—Great Northern, 9% dis.—Leeds 321. Shares, 7% n. d.—
Preston and Wyre, 37% —East Lancashire, Quarters, 4%—West
Riding Union, 4% dis.
BIRMINGHAM. MARCH 20.
STOCK ExcHANGE.— There was a further decline of prices, and the
market very gloomy. The sales are—London and North-Western,
132—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B),131. 13s. 9d.
YORK, MARCH 19.
STOCK EXCHANGE —The business transacted to-day was as fol-
lows :—Great Northern, 101. 18s. 9d.—York (Original Newcastle and
Berwick), 24%—Ditto (Newcastle Extension), 17%—Ditto (G. N
E. Purchase), 7%.

CAN ADA.
CANADIAN EXCITEMENT. •
The Canadian subjects of her Majesty Queen Victoria
histimef three several and prominent
ore them--tat, the question of
have,topic s jeuts t
discussion a t this
before
Free Trade, or Protection, including the repeal of the
navigation-laws ; 2d, a great project of combined
hsered loss in the
suffered and, 3d, the p rail-
roads, the particular question being the extension, of
construction;arti
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posedGovernmentm
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rebellion. The especial point of excitement in regare to
this latter is, that losses sustained by men who aQted
with or favoured the rebels are proposed to be comp n-
sated, as well as those of the purely loyal; and this stirs
nsattioon theirof parties L
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TFIE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.
The National Assembly was occupied on Monday
and yesterday in the discussion of the Ministerial
measure for the suppression of clubs. The discus-
sion yesterday was of a most disorderly character in
consequence of a speech from M. PIERRE LEROUX,
accusing the Government of having raised political
scaffolds. The tumult rose to such a height that the
President, having twice balled M. PIERRE LEROUX
to order, consulted the Chamber on the propriety of
preventing him from speaking further. This was
voted by a large majority, and the general discussion
was closed.

It is said that some of the Montagnards have de-
termined to resist any attempt to close the clubs.
BOURSE—PARIS, TUESDAY, MARCH 20.
THREE o'CLocK.—There was little business doing at
the Bourse to-day. The French Rentes opened at a fall
on yesterday's prices, but recovered towards the end, and
finally closed a little higher. The coupon of the Haitian
Loan was detached to-day. Railway Shares were firm.
Exchange on London (30 days), 25, 22k, to 20; ditto
(90 days), 25 10.

I3USINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, ➢iARCH 20.

Boulogne and Amiens, B%—Central of France (Orleans
and :Vierzon), 10:/—Namur and Liege, 81,4—Northern of
France, 10 IA —Orleans and Bordeaux, 314—Paris and Rouen,
193/4—Rouen and Havre, 1114—Sambre and Meuse, 4