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London, England, 1849-05-25 00:00:00

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MAY 25, 1849.
N° 17 680. j
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GRAND NATIONAL FETE,
Ender the Direction of the scornsit SOCIETY of LON-
DON. Competition in Archery, open to all Englad, Scotland, and Ireland, and Competition for Championship in the Scottish National
Games, open to all who have gained Prizes at any of the Local Ga-
therings.

The Right Honourable LORD HOLLAND
having in the kindest manner granted to the Scottish Society on this
occasion the use of his extensive Park at Kensington, the Gathering
will take place there on WEDNESDAY, the 20th of June (the Anni-
versary of her Majesty's Accession to the Throne), and the following
day, when Five 1-7-sudred Guineas, in Prizes, will be awarded to sue-
ce=sful Competitors.
De7ailed Programmes of the Two Days' Proceedings, with a List
of the Patrons, will shortly be published.
Intending Competitors who have not yet been enrolled, are re-
quested to forward their applications without delay.
Confectioners who may be desirous of supplying the Visitors with
Wines and other Refeetions, are also requested to forward their ap-
plie itions, addressed to the Secretary, Hanover Park, Peckham.

ROYAL ACADEMY of ARTS
EXHIBITION of the ROYALTRAFALGAR-SQUARE. ACADEMY is NOW OPEN,
Admission (from Eight o'clock till Seven), One Shilling.
Catalogue, One Shilling.
JOHN PRESCOTT KNIGHT, R.A., Sec.

THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC
INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET.
Mr. J. Russell will give some characteristic Illustrations from
Shakespere, in Readings from " The Merry Wives of Windsor,"
every Evening at Eight o'clock.—A Lecture by Dr. Bachhoffner on
the various modes of producing Artificial Light, daily at Half-past
Three, and on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Evenings, at Nine,
in which the Bade Light, the Oxy-Hydrogen Light, and the Electric
Light, will be exhibited in junta-position.--Lectures on the Venti-
lation of Mines, &c., by means of a Jet of Steam, daily at Iwo
o'clock, and on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Evenings, at Nine.
—The Microscope.—The New Dissolving Views include Scenes in
Van Diemen's Land, from Original Drawings taken on the spot by
J. Skinner l'rout, Esq.—New Chromatrope.—Diver and Diving-bell.
Open daily from Eleven to Five ; and in the Evenings (including
iaturday) from Seven till Half-past Ten.
Admission, IL—Schools, Half-price.—The New Catalogue, Is.

THE WONDER OF THE SEA.
GTMNETRUS NORTIIUMBRICUS, recently captured off
the Northumbrian coast, and, as a young specimen, coinciding in its
principal features with the description of the SEA SERPENT, is
now exhibiting at the Cosmorama Rooms, Regent-street, every
day from ten till dusk.

Admission, Ono Shilling.

BANVARD'S ROYAL PAINTING of the
MISSISSIPPI and MISSOURI RIVERS, at the EGYPTIAN
HALL, PICCADILLY, being by far the largest PAINTING ever
executed by man, showing the scenery on the above great Rivers a
distance of over 3,000 miles, extending through the heart of Ameri ca.
This great Original Painting having keen exhibited by command, to
her Majesty the Queen, H.R.H. Prince Albert, and the Royal
Family at Windsor Castle, where it received the Royal approbation,
is NOW on exhibition at the Egyptian Hall, every Morning, at
Half-past Two; Evening, at Halt-oast Seven.
Admission—Lower Seats, 2s. ; Gallery, Is.
Doors open half-an-hour before commenciug.

t)AVIES'S CANDLES, 4id. and scl. per lb. ;
Waxed-wick Moulds, 6d.; Composite, 8%d., 10d., and 1034 d;
Wax Candles, Is. ; German Wax, Is. 2d. ; Fine Wax, Is. sd. ; Trans-
parent Wax, Is. sd. and Is. 7d. ; Best Wax, 2s. Id. ; Sperai Candles,
Is. sd. and Is. 7d. Metallic, 7%c1. and B%d. ; Mottled Soap, 565. and
60s. per 112ibs. ; Yellow, 445., 503., and 565.; Windsor Soap, Is. 4d.
per packet ; Brown Windsor, Is. i d. ; Rose, 25.; Almond, 2s. 6d. ;
Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d. par lb. ' • Sperm Oil, 7s. 6d. per gallon; Solar
35.3 d., Seal, 4s. ; Argand, or Vegetable, 4s. 6.d.
For Cash—At DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse. 63, St.
Vartio'...tane, opposite the Westminster County Court, late New
Slaughter's Cuffee-house.

TO LADIES.
The high and universal celebrity which
ROWLAND 8' KALYDOR
continues to maintain as an active, yet mild and soothing ex-
tiroter of all impurities of the skin, is during the period of spring,
most pleasingly evinced. This preparation, eminently balsamic,
restorative, and invigorating, is equally distinguished for safety in
application, as for unfailing efficacy in eradicating all redness, tan,
pimples, spots, freckles, discolourations, and other cutaneous visita-
tions. The radiant bloom it iammts to the cheek, and the softness
and delicacy which it induces in the hands and arms, render it indis-
pensable to every toilet.
Gentlemen, after shaving, will lind it allay all irritation and ten-
derness of the skin, and render it soft, smooth, and pleasant. Its
purifying and refreshing properties have obtained its exclus ve
selection by her Majesty the Queen, the Court, and the neyal
Family of Great l'ritain, and the several Courts of Europe.
*,,,* Beware of spurious " KALYDOR," for sale, containing
mineral a,tringents utterly ruinous to the complexion, and by their
repellent action endangering health. The words " ROWLANDS'
KALYDOR" are on the wrapper of the genuine article. Price
4s. 6d. and Bs. 611. battle.
Sold by A. ROWLAND and SONS, 20, Hatton-garden, London,
and by Chemists and perfumers.

NELL GWYNNE TAVERN and CHOP-
HOUSE, Bull Inn-court, Strand, for Luncheons, Dinners,
and Suppers, Three Doors East of the Adelphi Theatre, and opposite
Adam street.
Messrs. ARCHER and HOLT most respectfully invite their
friends and the public to patronise the Nell Gwynne Coffee•room,
which has been fitted up in the style of the period in which she lived.
Visitors to the Theatres, Citizens, and Gentlemen connected with
Somerset Ilouse, and the Banking Houses in the vicinity, will find
the Table d'Hote, which takes place at Half-past Five p,ecisely, the
most comfortable and refvonable In the metrooolis.—Fish and
Joints, 2s. per head. Hot Joints until Eight, and Suppers untL One
o'clock. Private Dining-rooms excellent Beds, superior Vines and
Spirits, fine Ales, and Barclay and Perkins's Stout.
N.B. An Entr-nce also from Maiden lane.

RAY'S-INN WIN.
N. 31 The attention of the public
WINES and SPIRITS, which are

E ESTABLISHMENT.
c Is directed to the undermentioned
strongly recommended for general

consumption

WINE S. per dozen. SPIRITS. per gallon.
Port from the wood ...... • • 30, Cognac Brandy 21s and 24s
Do. do., 4 years in bottle.. • • 42s The pure pale do., per dozen GOs
Sherry, excellent dinner wine 30s Finest Scotch Whisky per gal. 18s
Do., superior 01d........• .. —42 s Rum .• .... •.12s and 14s
Marsala, best quality . 24s English Gin ... ... . ....8s to 12s
Cape ....
23, High Holborn.

lIENE
P.S. Sample bottles may be h
the varieties of their stock, forwat

:EY, KISLINGIIITRY, and CO.
id. Price currents, containing all
led upon application.

THE NEW PUBLICATIONS.
MR. BENTLEY has just published Mr. Eliot Warburton's
Memoirs of Prince Rupert and the Cavaliers, 3 vols. Bvo., 21. 25.-
151 r. Charles O'Reilly's Narrative of the Expedition to the White
Nile, 2 vols. post Bvo., 2 Is.--Mr. Bell's Memorials of the Civil War,
Concluding Volumes of the Fairfax Correspondence, 2 vols. Bvo., 30s.
—Mr. Herman Melville's Mardi and a Voyage thither, 3 vale.,
31s. 6d.—Mr. J. Fenimore Cooper's Sea Lions, second edition (on the
26th), 3 vols., 3 s. Gd.—Mr. Morler's Martin Toutrond, or Adven-
tures of a Frenchman in London, pot Bvo., with illustrations, 12s.
—Mr. Maxwell's Legends of the Cheviots and the Lammermuir,
new edition, in one volume, 12s.—Mr. Mackay's Western World,
new edition, 3 vols., 31s. 6d.—Mr. Cochran's History of the Consti-
tuent National Assembly of France, from May 1848, 2 vols. post
Bvo., 2.s.—Account of an Expedition to the Interior of New Hol-
land, second edition, 2s. 6d.

NEW WORK BY MR. CHARLES DICKENS.
On the 3lei Instant will be published, the Second Number, price
One , of
ME PERSONAL HISTORY, AShiIIingDVENTURES, EXPERIENCE,
AND OBSERVATION OF
DAVID COPPERFIELD, the YOUNGER,
of NE ROOKERY : (which he nevemeant
to be published on anyLUNDERST accoOunt). By CHARLES DICKENS. With
Illustrations by II ABLOT K. BROWNE. To be completed in Twenty
Monthly Numbers.

London;Eradbury and Evans, 11, Bouverie-street.

SIR GEORGE HEAT
On Thursday next will be published, in 3 vols. Bvo., price 365. cloth, OME. A Tour of Many Days. By Sir
GEORGE HEAD.
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Long vans.

AYCKBOURN'S CHANCERY PRACTICE, THIRD EDITION.
Just published, in 1 vol. 12m0., price 16s.
THE NEW CHANCERY PRACTICE ;
comprising all the Alterations effected by the recent Orders
and Statutes; with practical Directions, a copious selection of
Modern Cases, and an Appendix of Forms. Third Edition, enlarged
and carefully revised. By THOMAS 11. AYCK BOURN, Esq., of
the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-Law, and HUBERT AYCKBOU RN.
Henry Butterworth, Law Bookseller and Publisher, 7, Fleet-street.

" Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy,
But not expressed in fancy— rich, not gaudy
For the apparel oft proclaims the man."
THE NICOLL PALETOT-IVAREROOMS,
114, 116, and 120, REGENT-STREET, and 22, CORNHILL,
LONDON.

PRICE TWO GUINEAS.
THE NICOLL PALETOT, registered 6 and 7 Viet., cap. 65, of
Nicol,ian or. Llama cloth, is the most agreeable and g ntlemanly
mrmint for the pre ent season, and its moderate price (viz., two
guineas) will place it withi . the reach f every one subject to the
income tax; besides this, its great d rability and most graceful ap-
pearance will form other and most powerful grounds for recommen-
dation.

The word paletot is now assamed by many. but W. J. and D.
NICOLL are the sole Pate tees of the design, the address of whom
Is 114, 1111, 120, REGENT-STREET, and 22, CORNIIILL.

THERE is a novelty introducer! for this season
consisting in a BODY GARMENT, Which Is called NICOLL'S
MORNING COAT ; and as it is especially intended for morning
wear, when Riding or Walking, it necessarily avoids the stiff for-
mality to no observed in the cut and form of the Dress-coat. The
Price is TWO GUINEAS, to be obtained only at 114, 116, and 120,
REGENT-STREET, and 22, CORNIIILL.

I) R. LOCOCK'S FEMALE WAFERS
HAVE NO TASTE OF MEDICINE,
And are the only remedy recommended to Females.
Price Is. 14(1., 2s. 9d., and I Is. per box.
BEWARE OF IMlTATlONS.—Unprincipled persons counterfeit this
Medicine In the forms of " Pills," szu. Purchasers must, therefore,
obs r•e that none are genuine but "Wafers," and that the words
"Dr. Locock's Waters," are on the Stamp outside each box.
OBSERVE.—The counterfeit Medicines have wards on the stamp so
nearly resembling these, as to mislead the unwary. Purchasers
must therefore strictly observe the above caution.
Ag,nts —Da Silva and Co., I, Bride-lane, Fleet-street, London;
who are also Sole Agents fin*

DR, Lococi;'S PULMONIC WAFERS
for ASTHMA, CONSUMPTION, COUGHS, and COLDS.
Price. Is. 1 !,4 d., 2s. 9d., and I Is. per box. Sod by all respectable
Medicine Vendors.

Just published, price 55., Avo., in cloth,
THE RATIONAL TREATMENT of STRIC-
TURES of the URETHRA, in all their varieties and compli-
cations. With practical observations on the use and abuse of instru•
mein. In the treatment of urethral diseases, showing that the unne-
cessary employment of instruments is a frequent exciting cause of
stricture, and that a want of practical knowledge and manual dex-
terity in their use, when necessary, is the source of most of the se-
vere, long-protracted, and complicated cases of that disorder so fa-
tally prevalent!

By F. B. COITRTENA Y,
" The operation of introducing a catheter through an Impermeable
stricture is, without doubt, the most difficult in the whole range of
surgical operations, and demands all the pruderee, science, and skill
of a master. The art can only be acquired, and that gradually, by
frequent practice."—Llston's Operative Surgery.
Published by ll.Bailliere, 219, Regent-street; and may be had of
all booksellers in town or country.

FINANCIAL REFOItIII.
REDUCTION OF EXPENDITURE.
In our advocacy of a Financial Reform, it will be seen that we do
not seek to confer a privilege upon one class, at the expense of an-
other; but in our transactions, to apply principles of such sterling
value and universal import as must prove, In the fullest sense of the
term, equally advantageous to all. We seek, in fact, to reduce, not
the income, but the expenditure, of every individual. How this may
be effected the following outline of our Revel, yet well appreciated
business system, will readily show.
POSSESSING LARGE ESTABLISHMENTS
in most of the principal towns in Great Britain, our concentrated
purchases are necessarily very extensive ; from this cause we are
enabled to obtain materials direct front the manufacturers, for cash,
at prices considerably lower than the average. Our garments fire de-
signed and cut by talented artists, and manufactured by experienced
workmen ; our profits are calculated at a nominal per-tentage upon
original cost, and the price is marked on every garment, in plain
Ilkures, from which no deviation is allowed. These facts, together
with the accommodation afforded by the exchange of garments not
approved after purchase, afford advantages to our patrons such as
have been seldom, if ever, elsewhere presented, enabling them to
effect a reduction in their expenditure, at least in the item
" Clothing," of not less than 40 per cent., as the following brief
price list will testify to some extent :

s. d.
Summer Coats .... • ...... •• . • from 3 0
Summer Paletots ••••.• • • • • lO 0
Llama do., adapted for either Over or Undercoat 25 0
Dress Coat ••••• • • • • ........... ..... ..18 0
Surtout
flack Vests ........ ... ••••• • • • • • • .... „ 5
Ditto Tr0u5er5.......... • • • ....... „ 9 0
•
Superior do., in great variety •• •• •• • ••
•• •• 12 0
Fancy Vests, novel designs• ••• • • • „ 0
Tunic and Hussar Suits . • .... •• ••• • •• „ 18 0
Shooting Coats.... •••.•• • • • • • • • • ...... „ 10 0
MADE TO MEASURE.

BEADY MADE.

Zehpyr Paletots •• .. from 15 0
L1amaC10th................ •••••• • • • • • ~ 30
„
Very superior do., usually charged 2 guineas 35 0
Dress Coats, any colour ..
Surtout, 3s. extra
Doeskin Trousers, in immense variety ... • ~ 15 0
Black Dress .. •• • • ........ ••.•• • • • •• • „ 16 0
Summer Vests • • • • ...... „ 6 6
Walking Coats •• • • • ............ „ 18 0
Hussar and Tunic Suits ........ •••.•• • • e• jpg 23 0
Shooting Coats
Mourning of every description always ready for selection at equally
moderate prices.

It follows that the benefits of Financial Reform may be Imme-
diately realised by visiting the Pantechnetheca Economical Tailoring,
Drapery, and Outfitting Establishment, 36, Oraceeburch-street, Lon-
don• L. HYAM, Proprietor.

A It I A (.4 E.
I One hall the world are desolately single, and the other
:apposing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a
imise et right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em-
V.tter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea
of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un-
comprosing harry; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity,
snd broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness
and social content. The dowry should not be the only marriage set-
tlement. Honour and justice demand that health should form au item
In the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes er
segiect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if
these surmises concern you, procure Dr. CITLVERWELL'S little
MEMOIRS "On Single and Married Life," pub. in 2 vole., Is.
each (by cost, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively
refined, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered
oy mi./interpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining
tiiCAl. They are not intended certainly for mere idle cariosity, but
ter the closet perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whom
tkey are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on
the above subjects, by unqualified authors, whiah alone or
itotgueether, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other
publications claim your attention (same price Is. each,
by post Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and
Avoid," and " How to be happy." They are not merely
Pamphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the
mere ephemeral ec.ribblinge of the hour, but the study of the author's
life who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob-
servance of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he
would be done unto.—to live after nature's laws-and to keep always
on the " sunny side of the way." The above works may be had of
Sherwood, 23, Paterncster-rew ; Carvallio, 147, Fleet-street • Mann,
39, Cornhill ; liaison, 457, West Strand ; or direct (by post or other-
wise) from the anther (who may be conferred with personally,
B ooksell
mcirnisgsers and evenings). 10, Argyll-plane RegentArtreet; and all

4
THE MARKETS.
BIRMINGHAM, MAY 24.—At this day's market there was
a good supply of wheat, and the trade ruled dull, at a reduc-
tion of fully Is per quarter on all descriptions. Barley main-
tained its value, with more doing therein. Oats quite as dear.
Beans unaltered. Very little demand for peas.
BRISTOL, MAY 24.—The supplies of English wheat have
been moderate, but of Foreign good, and the trade in each is
dull at a decline of is per quarter. For flour the demand has
been more circumscribed, prices being a turn lower. 111 malt-
ing barley there was scarcely anything doing ; grinding quali-
ties attract rather more attention. Oats are scarce, at about
6d per quarter dearer. Beans remain unaltered. Wheat :
English new, 40s to 48s per imperial quarter; Foreign, white,
48s to 52s ; ditto, red, fine qualities, 40s to 43s ; ditto, ordi-
nary, 37s to 39s ; ditto, hard, 36s to 39s per 4801bs. Barley :
English malting, 30s to 353 per imperial quarter ; ditto,
Foreign grinding, 21s to 23s per 4001bs. Oats : Devon and
Welsh, 16s 6d to 17s 6d per imperial quarter ; ditto, Irish
white, 20s 6d to 21s 6d per 320 lbs ; ditto, black, 17s 6d to
18s per imperial quarter; Foreign, none. Beans : English,
30s to 36s per imperial quarter ; ditto, Foreign, 26s to 30s per
34s to 36s per barrel. The Gloucester
31s
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BOSTON, MAY 23.—Wheat, red 40s to 45s Od, white 495;
oats 133 to 20s; beans, 295 to 33s per quarter.
SLEAFORD, Msy 21.—Wheat, white 46s to 475; red 45s
to 47s ; barley nominal; oats 16s Od to 20s; beans, 31s to
33s per quarter.
Garstsim—Return of Sales to May 21—Wheat 445
quarters, 1,007/, 12s (average 45s 3d).; barley 80 quarters,
101/ Os Od (average 25s 3d); oats 60 quarters, 431 Os
(average 14s 4d).
LOUTH, M&y 23.—Wheat 40s to 465; barley 24s to '285 ;
0515 13s to 16s; beans SOs to 35s per quarter; seconds flour
Os Od per stone.
LYNN, MAY 22.—Wheat 36s to 40e, fine 44s to 465;
barley 24s to 265, fine 28s to 30s per quarter.
OAK HAM, MAY 21.—Wheat 4ts to 475; barley 26s to 295;
oats 16s to 21
75,; beans, 304 to 39s per quarter.
MELTON OWBRAY, MAY I'2.—Wheat, 45s to 48s ;
barley OJs to 005; i)ats 185 to 29s ; beans 27s to 30s per qr.
UPPINGHAM, MAY 23.—Wheat 42s to 475; barley 29s to
30s ; oats 15s to 20s ; beans 29s to 333 per quarter. Butter
8d to 80 per lb ; eggs 24 for Is.
NEWARK, MAY 23.—Wheat, white 48sto 505, extra 00s, red
44s to 475, extra 00s; barley, malting 305 to 31s, extra 00s,
grinding 243 to 25s ; oats, new 15s to 21s, old 22s to 24s ;
beans, new 31s to 345, old 38s to 40s; peas 30s to 32s ; tar"
40s to 44s ; malt 51s to 565 per qr.
ROTHERHAM, MAY 21.—Beef 5s 6d to 6s 6d per stone;
mutton, 4id to stl per lb. Beasts 340, sheep 4,870.
DERBY, MAY 22. - The supof beef to•day was still less
than it has been for
plentiful. Beef, 514, d to 6d • mutton, 5d to 6d ;
some time; higher prices were again asked
and obtained. The supply of sheep and lambs was about the
average, but the demand was flat. Fat and store calves were
:id per lb ; lambs. 18s to Ills. Rough fat, 3s 6d per stone '
of 14Ibs. Hides, I%d per lb. Calf skins, 24 to 3 'Ad.
EDINBURGH, MAY 23.—The quantity of .wheat brought
veal, 4d to
forward to-day was 594 qrs, being 119 qrs more than last week.
Top price 2s, and the average 4d down-57 qrs unsold.
The quantity of barley brought forward was 465 qrs, being
163 qrs less than last week. Price on the top the same, and the
average is led down-53 qrs unsold, Of oats we had 1,630 qrs
brought forward, or 254 qrs more than last week. Top price
Bd, and the average 6d down-251 qrs unsold. The quan-
tity of beans to-day was 141 qrs, or 45 qrs less than last week.
Price on the top Is 6d, and the average 7d down-19 qrs unsold.
Top of Wheat 6541 b bOs Od
... Barley ••• ... 5 qlb 30s Od
... Oats ••• ••• 4211 b 21s 4d
Beans ••• ... 67 lb 31. Od
EDINBURGH CATTLE • MARKET, MAY 23.—The supply
of cattle this morning was 611, being 2 more than
last week. Demand good, and prices, compared with last week,
rose 61 per stone. Top price of the best beef 7s 6d; current
7s to 6s 6d ; middling and inferior 5s to 5s 6d per Dutch
stone. At the close of the market a good clearance was
effected. The supply of sheep and lambs this morning was
1,634, being 303 more than last week. Demand good, and
last week's prices fully supported. On account of higher
prices being demanded, a few were unsold. Top price of best
mutton 6d per lb ; current, 54d; middling and inferior, from
31d to 4d. Lambs (top) 21s 9d; current 18s to 205, and down
to 15s a head

DUNBAR, MAY 22.—Wheat, weighing 63Albs, brought
46-, and prices to 425. Barley, weighing 001bs, brought 28s,
and prices to 21s Od. Oats, weighing 42j1bs, brought 19s 6d,
and prices to 17s 6d. Beans and peas, weighing 651bs, brought
295, and prices to 00s Od.
DUNDEE, MAY Ht.—Wheat, 41s Od to 44s Od. Foreign,
ditto 454 Od to 48s Od. Barley, 22s Od to 23s Od. Oats, 15s
to 15s 6d. Peas and beans, 248 Od to 24s Od.
Coax, MAY 23. —Flour Firsts 14s to 14s6d ; extra 1530 d;
seconds, 13s Od to 13s 6d; households lOs to 12s ; thirds 8s to 1
per cwt. Oatmeal 13s Od to COs; Indian *teal 84 6d to 9s ;
meal, lOsOdto 1 ls per cwt. Indian corn 8 Os Od to 8/105 per ton.
Bran 4/ to 4/ 5s per ton. Hay—Farmers 33s Od to 48s; average
00a; dealers 46s to4Bs; average 00s Od per ton. Straw—Farmers
26s Od to 27s Od ; average 00s ; dealers 00s Od :to 00s Od;
average 005 Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to 6id;
household loaf 5d to sid per 41b. Fresh butter, 8d to
9d per lb. Eggs-3s 9d to 3s 11 d per hundred. Coals—
Newport 16s; Lydney 17s; Landore 16s; Best Neath
Culm I4s per ton. Tallow 43s 6d to 44s per cwt.
Whisky, 25 o. p., 6s Od per imperial gallon. Meat
—Beef 4d to 7d; mutton 5d to 6id ; veal bid to
7d ; nork 4d to sad ; bacon 7d to 8d ; sausages 6d per
lb. hops 61 lOs per cwt. Bangor slates 3/ 2s 6d to 315 s per
ton. Bark—Barbary 81 to 8110 s; Valonia 141 to 01; French
7110 a; English 0/ per ton. Fleece Wool 108 to 12s per stone.
Hemp 34/ t 036/ per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 17s to 185; red
ditto 26s to 28s per barrel ; Newfoundland 10/ 101 to 12/ per
ton. Timber—New Memel 4/ lOs ; old scarce; red pine 3/
15s; yellow pine 3/ per ton; deals, first quality, 201; second
quality 17/ per 120. Hides—Market 105 to 14s; salted 115 to
141 per cwt ; calf skins lid to 2}d; market lid to 2d per lb.
Potatoes, white 12d to 14d; Minions 19d to 20d; Guano—
Peruvian, 11/ to 11/105; Ichaboe 91 per ton ; Tar—Archangel,
19s per barrel.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTEL

LIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, THIIRSDAY.—The Jasper steam sur•

veyin vessel,- Lieutenant George M. Andridge, acting
commander, sailed at daylight this morning for Ply-
mouth.

The Kent freight ship sailed at an early hour this
morning for the Cape of Good Hope.
The ships dressed in flags at S A.M. to day in honour
of her Majest3's birthday. Royal salutes were fired at
noon by the Victory, Illustrious, and Excellent in har-
bour, nod the Superb as Spithead. A large party of
naval and military officers, including both Admirals and
the Lieutenant Governor, with several ladies, proceeded
in the Fire glean steamer to Cowes to attend her Ma-
jesty's birthday fete. landieg at Cowes at 3 30 P. 31.
The Arrogant, 46, auxiliary screw steam-frigate, was
undoeksd this atternoon.
Wind—S. by E., light airs and hazy.
This bring her Majc•sty's birthday, the troops com-
posing this garrison were formed on Southsea Common
in couriguoui columns, quarter distance, facing the
.sea, at 12 o'clock, as follows:—Royal Artillery, four
field•pisces, Royal Sappers and Miners, Royal Marines,
77th Regiment, 91at Regiment, and Royal Marine Artil-
lery, two field-pieces.
On the arrival of Major-Gen. Lord Fredk. Fitzclarence
and staff on the ground, the troops deployed into line,
formed open column, and marched past in quick and quar-
ter distance, the bands together playing the " Grenadiers'
mirth." The feu de joie then commenced by the Royal
Artillery firing seven guns, the line then fired around, the
Royal Marine Artillery finishing by seven guns; this was
repeated twice in a similar manner. The men then gave
three hearty cheers, the signal being given by Lord F.
Fitzclarence, in which most of the vast assembly
gathered there cordially joined. The line then advanced,
and presented arms, the bands together playing " God
save the Queen."

The whole was under the superintendence of Captain
J. Home Purves, Major of Brigade.
Lord F. Fitzclarence entertains the heads of depart-
ments at dinner this evening.

PLYMOUTH, MAY 23.—Her Majesty's steam-vessels
Gladiator, 6, Basilisk, 8, Niger, 8, and Columbia, 3,
arrived on Sunday from Portsmouth, and went up har-
bour to coal. Thu Gladiator and Niger are going to
Bmbroke to tow a ship to the eastward; and the
Columbia is bound to North America on a survey.
Her Majesty's brig Grecian, 12, Commander Louis
Tindal. went into harbour on Monday to be paid off.
Her Majesty's ship Queen, 110, Captain Henry W.
Bruce, was unmasted on Monday, and was on Tuesday
taken into the North Dock to have her copper examined
and repaired. The shipwrights employed are to work
extra hours in shoring her. She will be paid off on
Friday the 25th inst.

Her Majt.sty's ship Vanguard was on Tuesday re-
moved into the Union Dock from the North Dock, to
give place to the Queen.
The Royal Dockyard Battalion commenced their sum-
meTrhdirsilml
(o.anni2villgo,ndoaffy. the Deadman,
th
Panama, ran down and sunk the brigantine emigrant-shipneMary
. The
Panama, of London, of 477 tons register, Captain Alex-
ander Watt, bound from London to Port Philip with emi-
grants, left here on Monday, the 21st of May. and the
brigantine Mary, of Port Made; 140 tons burden, Cap.
fain Jones, left Pantuan at six 'o'clock this morning,
laden with China clay in casks, bound to Runcorn or
Liverpool.breeze
from Atth be a lwt
epsatswt eightard. Black He
ad l
o'clock there wasayN a . stiffN.
E .
three miles distant from the brigantine, which was on
the starboard tack, lying up along shore, head to the
southward, with a single-reefed mainsail, fore-and-aft
Foresail, single.rcefed topsail, square foresail, and two
jibs. Captain Jones, who is part owner, was at the
helm, and saw the Panama approaching, with her head
to the N.E., on the larboard tack, under mainsail,
courses, foresail, foretopsail, single-reefed main-
topsail, maintopgallantsail, mizentopsail, single-reefed
spanker jib, flying jib, and foretopmast staysail. When
the Panama neared her sails were shivering in the
wind, and Captain Jones expected she would pass under
r
the Mary's stern ; instead of which, in consequence of
some misunderstanding between the mate and the
helmsman of the Panama, she struck the brigantine on
the larboard side, rather before the main rigging, carried
away the mainmast, and ran the unfortunate brigantine
tgoinet
saved
rightaaysetdi
hastily
overdhoewir the
lives,
bw
n
he Mary
at
ry emi
esank consistinggn
within five minutes
ofa six persons,
and thus per
after the collision. The Panama has damaged her cut-
water, foreyard, and flying jibboom, and returned into
the Sound this afternoon.
Wind, W.N.W., smart breeze.

IMPROVED ACCOMMODATION FOR REPORTERS IN
THE HOUSE OF LARDS.—Their Lordships' Select Com-
mittee, appointed to take into consideration the accom-
modation of the House, have reported as follows:
" That the Committee have met to consider the subject..
matter to them referred. Mr. Barry has submitted to
ti .e Committee plans which, if executed, would, in his
of inion, considerably increase the facilities of hearing in
the gallery. The Committee recommend the erection of
a temporary gallery, in order to ascertain the probable
effect of the suggested alteration before the House
adopts the plan in question or authorises any permanent
erection in respect thereto. The Committee also recom-
mend that a portion of the space at the foot of the
throne be railed otf."—[The alteration, we believe, con-
sists in lowering the
gallery, and extending it towards
the centre of the House, and also of removing the wool-
sack, and, of course, the locale of the principal speakers
further from the throne, and nearer to the reporters.]
SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY.--The Jupiter arrived
this evening at eight o'clock with the usual mails from
the Peninsula. She has brought forty passengers, and
specie amounting to ten thousand pounds. By this ar.
rival we learn that tl:e quarantine restriction at Lisbon
bad been removed on ail vessels leaving England after
the 16th ultimo, excepting those from Scotland and Ire-
land. The Board of Health had also decided that as
the cholera had ceased in the Baltic ports, all vessels
would be admitted to free pratique. Lisbon Exchange,
9 don 54 to 4,

UNIVERSITY REFORM.
MR. HEY WOOD'S MOTION.
It is impossible to overestimate the importance of Uni-
versity Reform in its nearings on the interests of the
community at large. Tnere is too general a feeling,
that only a narrow class is interested in that question.
But it does not involve the interest of a mere section of
the community. Apart from its direct bearing on the
Church, the whole education of the country is immedi-
ately affected by the system practised at the Universi-
ties. Ever town, every village, every parent, therefore,
is interested in this question. Ot late years a flood of
servile doctrine has poured forth from the University of
Oxford, which has well nigh gone the length of uepro-
testentizing the national Church.
The question is, valence comes this? Can the evil be
traced to the inherent constitution of the Universities?
Are they in conformity with the wants of the age end
nation?
We are desirous or airecting the attention of the public
to this subject, because an attempt is on the eve of being
made in Parliament to obtain an examination into their
present condition. Four years have now elapsed since
any effort has been made to obtain legislative inquiry.
The numbers who negatived Mr. Christie's last motion
on the subject in the House of Commons were such as
to read to the Universities a salutary warning. The public
were told by the opponents of reform, we have some de-
fects truly, but we will reform ourselves. Only let no
Parliamentary inquiry take place, don't expose the ble-
mishes of alma mater to the gaze of day, have a little
mercy at least for a short time, and we will thoroughly
set our house in order. The abuses you have heard of,
you shall hear of no more. Our elections shall be pull-
fled, our system reorganized. The cathedrals pro-
mised in the day of their tribulation, that if they were
only spared from the devouring hand of the spoiler, they
would become the very pillars of the Church. We will
not promise bat perform. Corruption shall no more be
named. We will become what our title imports—a
University.
The public now anxiously inquire, have these , pro
mises been performed? The Universities have !been
placed on their trial The fruits which have come from
a system of self reform have been tested by the results.
Whether any corrupt system can reform itself is a ques-
tion which experience usually answers in the negative.
Diseased persons cannot amputate their own limbs, or
perform operations on their own persons. To root out
cherished abuses, which exist for one's own profit alone,
is au act of self-denial which cannot be looked for from
human nature.
We return to the question, What have the Univerities
done? To Cambridge we return our thanks for what
has been accomplished there, humbly suggesting that
much remains yet to be done thoroughly to reform the
system, and place education on a sound basis. Cambridge
has been a place for the study of mathematics on a nar-
row basis. It has yet to be made a University.
But Oxford, the land of immoveability, what has been
done there? Wo must not disguise the fact—absolutely
nothing; for the so-called recent changes in the Uni-
versity examinations are a farce. We have been told, be-
sides, that there are parties prepared so to work them, that
they should absolutely produce no result. That Oxford
has done nothing we now address ourselves to the proof.
The public humbly thought, that the exclusion of every-
thing modern from the studies of the University of Ox.
ford could no longer be tolerated; still everything
modern, whether science, art, or history, is excluded.
The public were of opinion, that a system formed ex--
elusively for the interests of private tutors should no
longer be permitted to exist; still it not only exists but
flourishes. The public thought that a body of profes-
sors ought not to be paid for doing nothing, or for lec-
turing to empty benches; still the professors are a non-
entity. The public thought it was unchristian to ad-
minister oaths to parties, who neither understood nor had
even read what they were called on to subscribe, and to
take oaths to obey what it was never intended that the
party should obey; still these ote he are administered. The
public thought, that in a literary society it was not to be
borne that elections to fellowships should be determined
by almost every other consideration than the literary
merit of the candidate. Oxford has had space given her
for repentance, and she repents not. This latter point
is a grievance quite distinct from the grievances which
abound in the University as a body corporate. It re-
spects every individual college and hall in Oxford.
Respecting the mode of election to fellowships, we
bring against the Colleges the strong charge of cor-
ruption.
As we consider this state of things at Oxford to be an
indelible blot on the University, we particularly call the
attention of the public to this topic. Recent matters have
given an unfortunate prominence to a particular case.
and before relating it we would premise that much as
we feel as to the educational stagnation at Oxford, and
deeply aS we are impressed with its corruption, we think
that it is a case of peculiar atrocity. It will be, how-
ever, a direct demonstration of our view of the instant
need of legislative interference.
Our readers have all heard of Mr. Froude. This
gentleman, when Fellow of Exeter College, wrote
book, not in the common sense of the word, infidel, but
blasphemous. This circumstance has brought to light
a system of jobbery and knavery respecting Exeter
College elections, which vie hope, for the honour of
human nature, is not of frequent occurrence in the Uni-
versity. We are indebted to the pages of the Church
and State Gazette for tne following facts:—
It is the custom at Exeter College, Oxford, to invite
candidates for fellowships by public advertisement, in
the same manner as is the custom of other colleges in
the University. These advertisements require the pro-
duction of college testimonials, and that a candidate
should enter his name before a certain day ; otherwise
it is an understood thing in the University that the
party should stand excluded. One who was a few years
ago a devoted disciple of Mr. Newman, and a contributor
to the celebrated " Lives of the Saints," was desirous of
becoming a candidate for an Exeter fellowship. He is re-
fused the testimonials of his College, Oriel, having been
rusticated for an affair contra bones mores. But Trac-
tarianisin he knew would cover a multitude of sins.
The Rector happens one day to be from home, Mr.
Froude very conveniently calls on Mr. Sewell, the Sub-
Rector, the author of "Christian Morals." Mr. Sewell
is unable to perceive that Mr. Froude had not his college
testimonials. Mr. Sewell plainly tells us, that he con-
siders the absence or presence of college testimonials as
mere matter of form, as testifies his letter to the Morn-
ing Herald. The Rector returns, discovers the fraud,
but although, according to his statement, he disapproves
of the whole transaction, he neither removes the party
from being a candidate, but he permits him to be ex-
amined for four days, and subsequently elected. When
it was publicly known that Mr. Froude had been elected
by Exeter College without testimonials, after rustica-
tion, and that Mr. Froude from Tractarianism had
turned to blaspheming infidelity, the Rector seems to
have felt this circumstance a little damaging
to his character as Prince Albert's chaplain.
He accordingly writes a letter to the Morning
Herald in his own vindication; and here we cannot help
expressing our wonder, that a man holding a public
situation like the Rector, should have ventured on such a
step. The plain English of the letter written by the
Rector was, that the election was began and finished
during his absence, and without his approbation. The
[horning Herald and Standard both drew the conclusion
from the Rector's letter, that he was not present at the
election. The Herald, as we find, when informed of its
error, refused to correct it, for reasons which they will
doubtless be able satisfactorily to explain.
One would have thought that a single job of this kind
was enough to perpetrate on a single day,but the Rector
and fellows thought they might as well do the matter
thoroughly. The Rector letter drew forth a reply from
a gentleman who had already brought these elections
under the cognisance of the only party legally compe-
tent to try them—the Visitor of the college. This gen-
tleman was actually in possession of the Rector's asser-
tion, signed by his own hand, that the Rector was pre-
sent at the election. The particulars of this latter case
have already been made public, Mr. Christie having
stated the case in the House of Commons. The brief
history of that case was as follows:—The Rev. Mr. Row,
a second-class man, and now head master of the Mans-
field Grammar School, offered himself a candidate for
another fellowship at Exeter College. The usual adver-
tisement was inserted, and the college, forgetful of all
decency, in the language cf their own visitor, the Bishop
of Exeter, "After an invitation to candidates by public
advertisement, the requisition of certain forms of testi-
monial, the appointment and actual institution of an
examination of the candidates for one day, elected one
who was not a candidate, who did not present the re-
quired testimonials, who was not examined, nor pre-
sent, and a lower ciass man; and all this without
declaring the existing candidate incompetent; and
while bound by oath to elect those better suited
to make proficiency, the better moral characters
and the poorer in circumstances." It should be observed,
however, that the party thus rejected was a sound Pro-
testant, and the party elected a personal friend of the
Rector and endued with the only theological sentiments
which find acceptance at this college.
It seems, also, that on a former occasion the same par-
ties were candidates for a fellowship at this college, in
company with another second-class man and an under-
graduate. On this occasion the undergraduate was suc-
cessful, but subsequently narrowly escaped being
plucked, having, however, the redeeming point of be-
ing nephew to a baronet. We have heard, also, that on
the same day another candidate was elected, despite the
clause in the oath about poverty, who was possessed of
a large fortune. Now all these are facts and no fiction;
and we leave it to the public to say whether they are not
utterly condemnatory of the college. But it may be
said, every wrot-, nas a legal remedy. Invoke the aid
of the law, and of a Parliamentary inquiry. Mr.
klow's case is conclusive on this point. It has been
brought before the Visitor. It has been decided by the
competent tribunal. In his judgment the;V isitor declares,
that while Mr. Rowe has great reason for dwelling on
these points, yet he has no power to inquire into or do
justice to the case. The Rector and fellows are respon-
sible only to the tribunal of Heaven. There is no juris-
diction to which the Rector and fellows are amenable,
or which can call them to account for their misdoings.
We are also told that the Bishop of Exeter wrote the
college a severe letter of censure for their conduct on
the occasion; but hero his power ends. We have dwelt
thus particularly on this case, because it proves that no
existing machinery is capable of reaching the vices of
this system The corruption of the college is palpable;

their power to act eorruptly absolute. A little fur-
ther inquiry into the state of the college
forces us to make a positive demand for Par-
liamentary inquiry. It seems that in the year of
grace 1849 an oath still continues to be administered in
this college, binding the fellows to mutual secrecy, and
to reveal nothing to one another's loss, scandal, infamy,
or dishonour. In fact, so strong are the words, that if
a fellow wire to do an act in glaring violation of the
laws, another fellow dare not reveal it. By the same
oath, if a fellow is deprived of his fellowship, he posi-
tively swears that he will not have recourse to the jus-
tice of his country, and will renounce every means
which muy be in his power to obtain redress; and we
further observe thut points to bejeferred to the Visitor
ure to be referred withthe consent of the Rector and the
major part of the fellows. Can any tyrant)), reater?
Can any impunity for crime be more case illy pro-
vided for?
We say emphatically such a state of things' ght not
to be allowed to exist, and if we can preve it, shall
not. No man, be his politics what they ma ,
can deny
that the case we have been insisting on its one for Par-
liamentary interference. It is a palpable injustice, and
a gross wrong to an individual. The conduct of a public
body is proved to be one mass of disgrteeful corruption.
Legal authority to reach the case there is none existing.
The strong hand of Parliament, and Parliament alone,
can grapple with the evil. We do not mean to say that
jobs of equal grossness are committed by the other col-
leges in the University,; we should blush for our coun-
try and the Church if it were so. But we do say that this
is only on a larger scale what frequently goes on on a
smaller. The whole system of fellowship elections wants
revising. At present, fellowships only help to maintain
men in. idleness and inactivity. The whole pecuniary
concerns of the respective colleges require to be looked
into. By them an amount of wealth is swallowed ttp.for
purposes perfectly useless, sufficient for the sound edu-
cation of the country, without touching the general sys-
tem of the University. The whole University system
wants to be fashioned in conformity to the wants of
the age.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—In a recent number of your journal there is a
notice of benevolent exertions made by an eminent di-
vine in the Established Church of England and Ireland
so precise and discriminating, that I recognise clearly in
the individual described the Rev. Dr. Martin, ex Fellow
of the University of Dublin, and rector of Killeshandra.
If I am right, • your description of this learned and ex-
emplary divine required the mention of one incident to
complete it.

Lang before the famine had made itself felt, Dr. Mar-
n foresaw that the visitation would surely come, and
while others were supine or unbelieving, he bad resolved
that notbiug in his power to do should be left undone,
in order to make preparation for the threatened cala-
mity. Among other modes of preparation there was
one which most seriously periiled his future prospects.
He became a contractor for provisions, and made him-
self responsible, to the amount of several thousand
pounds, for a supply of corn and flour. Had the mar-
kets fallen, Dr. Martin's whole property would suffer
severely by the engagements he bad entered into. But
his speculation was but too correct—the market price of
provisions fearfully increased. Had Dr. Martin, as he
was clearly free to do, taken advantage of his own pru-
dential calculation, and as he would have been most
seriously injured by a fall of price, resolved to profit by
the rise, he might have most largely acded to his store.
But although responsible to no man on earth, having had
no earthly associate in the risk be had run, he felt in-
fluenced by other obligations. He gave to charity the
benefit of his enterprise, and instead of adding thou-
sands of pounds to his own stores, was the honoured in-
strument to feed thousands of his fellow-creatures.
I am, Sir, yours, &c.,
D.D.
[Our Correspondent is perfectly :right, it was to the
Rev. Dr. Martin we had alluded in the article is
question. The sum which that Rev. Gentleman ex-
pended in the purchase of provisions in the years 1846-
47 amounted to nearly 5,0001. sterling ; and although
he might have gained at least fifty per cent. on the spe-
culation, he not only distributed the entire stock of pro-
visions, at first cost price, but was actually a considerable
loser, from the quantity supplied to those who were
unable to pay, even at the low prices at which he distri
buted. The result of his benevolent foresight was that
not only his own parishioners at Killeshandra, but the
inhabitants of the surrounding districts were preserved
from the frightful destitution that prevailed in other less-
favoured localities.—ED. Sun ]

BURIAL of the DEAD in TOWNS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

" Give him a little earth for charity."

Sla,—A month has now elapsed since you inserted a
letter from me on the above subject, particularly eo:n-
menting on the shameful private speculation called Bun•
hill-fields, near the Old Kent-road. And as not the
least defence has been ventured by the proprietors—
(shamehss shall we call them?)---we may consider :hat
they think guilty silence, as before, the better for them.
I find that, according to Mr. Walker's pamphlet, I
have underrated the size, which he estimates at two-
thirds of an acre. But, with deference to this experienced
authority, if the ground has not been measured I cannot
believe it to be so much. It is the smallest looking
three-eighths of an acre I ever saw. I have not, how-
ever, exaggerated the number buried, which he reckons
at 1,560 yearly, 30 weekly. 'Whet, In Heaven's name,
would not a country resident think of such a number for
two or three acres? But of this human shambles I
might, from what I saw and heard, have safely taken the
average at 40 weekly, with Sundays and other days, or
2,080 per annum.
Next, Sir, I wish to consider the gains of this
abominable place, which no one else has estimated. I
will take the number at 1,560, and the average pay-
ment, low, at is.—then we have about 550/. a year.
Allowing 150/. a year for the gravediggers, the " patten-
maker with 201. a year," who reads the service, and a
couple of occasional assistants, who put on surplices for
three or four shillings (there were three engaged when
I was there), we shall find 400/. clear yearly profit for
the temporary deposit of the dead—in, say, halt an acre!
Really a very " good use" of the ground—that is by any
scoundrels who have neither principle nor decency.
Building certainly could not compote with it in any such
locality. The only doubt is whether a third party should
not slop in, in the form of the Government and Legisla-
ture, to prevent such cruel indignity to the dead, with
ruin to the health of the living.
And, in as far as cheapness is the bait, it is a sad pity
that the poorer classes, many of them Irish, should be
thus led to place their departed relatives' corpses where
they are sure of such unworthy treatment. Either the
Government or the Church—separately or conjointly—
should have more compassion upon them.
Your long and able report of the meeting last Wed-
nesday—the first on the subject I have attended—has:an
omission or two, which perhaps you will allow me to
supply. Mr. Rogers' (a inedical gentleman) "notes"
on churchyards were new on the occasion. He admitted
that St. Glare's, Silver-street, did more justice to the
bodies in allowing the ground to be raised, because
otherwise there must be some improper management
when the ground was constantly filling, which is a fact
I I have sometimes thought of, and is extremely obvious.
This is the only palliation at the Tabernacle, Tottenham-
court-road, and other places. The " borings" at St.
Andrew's, .Holborn, were stated by Mr. Ross, another
medical man, not to be merely for the purpose of
ascertaining the filling of the ground, but, wretched to
relate, to let out the gas or effluvia from bodies; and
that ho had counted fifty such holes, " large enough to
admit a candle," on a Sunday morning before service!
Comment is little called for beyond a hope that the days
of such practices, or the necessity for them, as at this un-
fortunate churchyard, are numbered.
Mr. Carden, a barrister, who was much cheered, stated
that the lute Rector (who must have been a Mr. Beres-
ford, a man of family and a high Churchman) spoke to
him of the state of the ground as " shocking and infa-
mous" in 1825—nearly a quarter of a century ago!
I beg, however, to repeat my humble testimony to the
private worth of the majority of the clergy. And if, as
in all other professions, there are a few whose loveable
qualities have not conciliated sympathy and regard, we
must not confiscate the just claims of the rest on that ac-
count. Bat the fact, lam quite assured, is that " Re-
formers " in this respect are not opposed to proper com-
pensation, and that circumstance, from its intrinsic con-
nexion, cannot be too generally immediately known.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
J. D. PARRY, M.A.
May 21, 1849.

on gold at Paris,
MONEY MARKET.—The premium
by the last regular tiuotation of the 21st inst., is 154 per
milk, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s 100.
per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of
25.52; and the exchange at Paris on London at short
being 25.511, it follows that gold is 0.06 per cent.
dearer in Paris than in London. By advises from
flamburgh the price of gold is 439,i- per mark, which,
at the English liint price of 31. I 1011. per ounce fur
standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.12 k; end the
exchange at Ilumburgh on London at short being
13,114, it follows that gold is 0.23 per cent, dearer in
1-lamburgh than in Loudon. The course of exchange at
New York on Loudon is 108} per cent., and the par of
exchange between England and America being 109 2.40
per cent., it fellows that the exchange is 1.08 per cent.
against England. But the quoted exchange at New
York being fur bills at GO days' sight, the interest must
be deducted from the above difference.
FOREIGN POTATOES.—There have been very
numerous and extensive arrivals of potatoes within the
past week or ten days, from Holland, Belgium, and
France, and are an important feature in the importation
of provisions into this metropolis from the continent of
Europe. Our space will not permit our enumeration of
these arrivals at the present time, but they have com-
prised several thousands of tons weight, and a large pro-
portion of them have been from Holland. These
numerous and large importations of this description of
vegetable must necessarily be an important addition to
the ii9MO supplies of the article.