The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-17 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are re-
spectfltlly informed, that there will be a grand EXTRA NIGHT
THIS EVENING, Thursday, when will be presented
A Grand Dramatic and Miscellaneous Entertainment, comprising
She talent of Mdlle. Jenny Lind, Mesdames Vietti, Montenegro, and
Castellan ; Signori Lablache, Staudigl. Colotti, F. Lablache, Corelli,
B. ache, Superchi, Fraschini, and Gardoni.
Including Selections from Haydn's oratoria of the CREATION,
and Cimarosa's opera of IL MA RINIONIO SEGRETO, and from
the works of Mozart, .Wndelssohn, Spohr, Rossini, Donizetti, Verdi,
bleyerbeer, and Beethoven.
On this occasion also will be sung Select SWEDISH MELODIES,
by Mdlle. Jenny Lind.
The Entertainments in the Ballet will comprise the talents of Mlles.
Carlotta Grisi, C. Rosati, and Ccrito, M.M. St. Leon and Perrot.
Pit Ticiets may be obtained, as usual, at the Office of the Theatre,
price 103. ed. each.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN,
The Nobility, Gentry, and Subscribers are respectfully informq
that a GRAND EXTRA NIGHT will take place THIS EVENING,
Thursday, June 17, when will he repeated Bellini'sopera of
NORMA,
Norma, Madame Grisi ; Adelgisa, Mdlle. Corbari ; Follione, Signor
Salvi: Oreveso, Signor Marini.
To be followed by the Second Act of Rossini's Opera
IL BARBIERE DI SEVIGLIA.
The Principal characters by Mdlle. Alboni, Mdlle. Bellini, Signor
Salvi, Signor Ronconi, Signor Rovere, Signor Polonini, and Siguor
Marini.
To conclude with the new grand Ballet, in four tableaux, entitled

TILE SUN,

pany, there are no less than 4,000 who have a control,
more or less, over the lives of the public. Under
such circumstances, it is impossible to suppose that
some one deficient in some respect may not be ad-
mitted amongst the number. The slightest want of
nerve, the most trivial negligence, may occasion some
fearful calamity. The company may have exercised
the greatest care in the selection of fit and proper
persons to discharge those responsible duties, and yet
be deceived in some few instances. The strongest
testimony was afforded by Captain SIMMONDS, who
attended on the part of Government, as to the ad-
mirable general management of the North-Western
line, a compliment which we believe was fully
merited. But the very excellence of the manage-
ment strengthens the argument for some additional
precautions. The less the blame that may be im-
putable to the company, the greater the necessity for
some further supervision. Why should there not be
a board of public safety, who should decide on the
measures to be adopted on every line through-
out the kingdom. Such a board of competent
persons should investigate the causes of every accident
that has hitherto taken place, and direct the number
of men to be employed in all the departments. They
might subject all candidates for employment to a
preliminary examination, in which they should prove
their knowledge of all that came within their sphere
of duty, and their general efficiency, and no persons
should be eligible who had not received a certificate
of competence with respect to the particular class of
services on which he was about to be engaged. Such
regulations might, in the first instance, occasion a
little additional expenditure to the different companies,
but eventually it would be found that the increased
cost would be more than compensated for by the dimi-
nution of accidents, one of which would occasion a
greater pecuniary damage to a company than the pay
of many additional servants.
A. weighty responsibility, too, would be taken from
the directors. They will still be subjected to blame,
no matter how undeserved it may be, while the system
continues in its present state. This could not be the
case if the person inculpated had gone through the
ordeal of an examination conducted by persons un-
connected with the company, and who could not be
in any degree prejudiced in favour of the individual
brought before them. There should also be a regular
periodical investigation of the works, the state of the
permanent way, the rails, the carriages, engines, &c.,
by persons of skill and ability, in order to insure
their sufficiency. By such means, although it may
be impossible to do away with accidents alto-
gether, they may be rendered of less frequent
occurrence, and their results less formidable.
The suggestion of the jury, with respect to the
number of breaks and guards, are of such obvious
utility that we doubt jot they will be immediately
adopted in every district. Any present negligence
on the part of the directors of any of the companies
would probably enhance the stringency of the regu-
lations to which they would be subjected. We shall
hope that the subject may speedily receive that atten-
tive consideration which its vast importance, and the
necessity of due protection for life and limb, so ur-
gently demand.

At the last weekly meeting of the Repeal Associa-
tion Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL, M.P., urged the neces-
sity of impressing the Irish constituencies with the
duty of returning at the general election those candi-
dates only who were Old Ireland Repealers. As be-
tween the parties, divided under the respective titles
of ON Ireland and Young Ireland, looking to the
principle of physical force enunciated by the latter
when it was first embodied, and to the fact that it
has never since been renounced, and that the tenacity
with which they clung to it perpetuated the breach
which took place between themselves and the late
Mr. O'CONNELL, we should certainly prefer that
Members for the new Parliament should be selected
from the Old Ireland Repealers. But as we have
ever thought from the first that the cry of Repeal
is a mere idle phantom, a political chimera,
that finds its only resting-place in morbid imagina-
tions, so do we feel still more strongly that, to
attempt at this moment to incite the electoral body
with the notion of dismembering the empire is as
wild a political freak as could be sanctioned by any
set of public men. Many who, some few years
back, indulged in the dream that a Parliament might
shortly be constituted in College-green, and be
found to be a panacea for most of the social ills
under which Ireland was suffering, have already re-
signed their idle fancies in favour of the dis-
passionate lessons of sober judgment. At length
they are, for the most part, becoming fast persuaded
of the truth that their past disorganization is attri-
butable much mere to social than political griev-
ances, that, with respect to the latter, the Imperial
Legislature has gone far in the path of redress from
1829 downwards, and that, touching the former,
the Senate has shown every disposition to
mitigate, and finally to eradicate and abolish
them, so far as legislation can subserve
to the same. Men perceive likewise now-a-days that
many of the measures recently propounded by the
Government have not been welcomed by the Irish
landlords, and that, therefore, in so far as they are
calculated to compel the affluent to discharge the
duties incidental to property for the improvement of
the condition of the humblest classes, their chance of
acquiring these boons is infinitely greater than it
would have been had a domestic Legislature been in
existence to take them into deliberation. Others
there are, too, who hold in remembrance Air.
O'CONNELL'S declaration, that if England and
Scotland united to labour in the Parliament
of Great Britain to elevate Ireland to the same poli-
tical and social level which they respectively enjoyed,
the standard of Repeal should be lowered. Surely,
then, it would be advisable for their own sakes, and
as a party desirous of maintaining a hold upon the
respect and sympathies of those who have supported
their agitation, that the Repeal Association should
manifest a little patience and watch the
fruits of the new measures about to be
passed with the express view, which we
sincerely hope may be realised, of redeeming
their country from the misery and destitution which
cover it from one extremity to the other. Some-
thing of gratitude, too, might induce moderation,
seeing the munificent manner in which England has
recently stepped forward with her contributions, public
and private, to lessen the sorrows of Ireland
occasioned by the late calamitous visitation.
If the Repeal Association shall choose to re-
main in force, let its energies be devoted to
investigating the merits of practical measures proposed
by the Government and others for the good of Ire-
land, and to tte, emanating of such by themselves as
they may believe would be best conducive to the
same end. Far better this than making the miserable
effort of distracting the minds of the people with the
unattainable project which Mr. Joust O'CONNELL
says should be made the rallying cry at the forth-
coming elections.

According to the Carlsruhe Gazette his Imperial
Majesty the Emperor of RUSSIA is expected to arrive
at Stutgard towards the close of next month, and
magnificent preparations are already commenced for
his reception.
Prince TSCHERNITSHEW, with several other emi-
nent personages, has obtained permission from the
CZAR to journey in countries beyond the Russian
frontier.

By an express which has reached us from the
Tagus, having started on the 9th instant from
Lisbon, it appears, that the squadron captured by the
British, off Oporto, has been consigned to the Go-
vernment of Queen MARIA Di GLonia.. The prize
is estimated at somewhere about 200,0001.

Report says, that all the English officers engaged
in the seizure of the troops and property of the Pro-
visional Junta, are to receive "decorations" from the
Cabinet of Lisbon. We presume that these symbols
of distinction will be distributed rather in gratitude
for the late ingenious settlement of affairs, than for
any very heroic exhibition of courage.
A Court of Inquiry has examined into the conduct
of Lieutenant CRAWLEY of the Gladiator, for having
directed shots to be fired into the Portuguese corvette
whereby the life of a Portuguese soldier was sacri-
ficed. Mr. CRAWLEY stands acquitted.

While the Junta have expressed their readitl es
to accept the terms of the British intervention,
the QUEEN'S Government continues to assert its wil-
lingness to fulfil its part of the engagements.
Abolit the only remaining obstacle to the imme-

reconciliation of the belligerent parties in Portugal is
the obstinate and gallant chieftain SA DA. BANDEIRA,
who persists in holding out until he shall have re-
ceived authority for his submission.
Discount on Moidore notes has fallen 1,600 reis.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.,
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 5,000
bales, including 500 bales of American on speculation,
and 500 for exportation. Full prices were obtained, and
the market had a steady appearance. In Railway Shares
there was a further improvement, and a considerable
business was done at firm rates.
The result of the debate, in the House of Lords last
evening, upon the subject of the intervention of her
Majesty's Government, has been received with satisfac-
tion among parties connected with the trade with
Portugal, and by the creditors of that kingdom here.
A confident opinion is entertained that a more stable ad-
ministration of the political and financial affairs of Portugal
will be the result, by which all may be benefited. After
the division in the Lords last night, the division in
the Commons, should one be persevered in, is little
heeded, as but few persons ever anticipated that the Mi-
nisters would be left in a minority upon the course
which has been adopted towards England's " ancient
ally." It is considered as a remarkable circumstance,
that when the policy of the Government was so mate-
rially impugned by some, that there were at the division
in the Upper House only 113 Members, and that the
discussion in the Lower branch of the Legislature was
cut short for the night by the House being counted out
by a little before eight o'clock, when but 27 Members
were present. Even Lord George Bentinek was absent.
The arrivals from foreign parts do not bring later in-
telligence generally. A great many letters have come
to hand from New York, by the Washington, and for
the most part they confirm what has been previously
stated as to the ample supplies of grain. It will probably
be ascertained on 'Change this afternoon, whether the
orders for goods by this opportunity are liberal.
The Funds are rather heavier to day, and there have
been one or two speculative sales. The weather, ac-
cording to the Bears, is calculated to render the harvest
somewhat later than expected, and corn is said to be at
Monday's rates, although not much is doing. Our corn
reports, however, will show the truth of the matter.
Consols have reached from 881 i to 871 ex dividend.
Exchequer-bills are firm at 7s. to 10s. premium.
In the Foreign market there is net much doing, ex-
cept in Portuguese. The Four per Cents. have been
324 to 334. Mexican Stock is quiet at 201. Spanish
Bonds are merely nominal. Dutch Four per Cents.
have realised 8*
Shares are much the same as yesterday, but are in-
fluenced, as usual, by the temporary re-action in
Consols.
BRITISH FUNDS.

ONE CLOSING
O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 197%
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. .. 88 4% I‘ 88 li
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. .. 87% 88%
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 89%
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 9% 9%
Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 .. 8 15-16
Consols for Opening, July 16 .. .. .. 88 % % 8734 ez d 88
Three per Cent. Consols, Scrip •• • • • par IA dis
Exchequer Bills. l%d. 2d.
1,0001... .. .... 10 7 10 p 10 p
5001. .. .... 11 15 p H p
Ditto. Small .... 13 18 p 18 p
ONE CLOSING
FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Buenos Ayres Bcnds, 6 per Cent .. 36% 37
Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent .. 20% 20%
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent .. ..
Ditto, 4 per Cent .. • . .. .. 3231 3334 3331
Ditto, for the Account .. .. .. 33 Li 32% 3254
Russian Bonds .. .. .. .. .. 110% 110%
Spanish Bonds. 5 per Cent .. ..
Ditto, for the Account •• .. .. 22%
Ditto, Passive Bonds .. .. .. -4%
Ditto, Three per Cent .. .. ..
Ditto, for the Account .. .. .. 3434
Venezuela Ilonds, 2 per Cent .. .. 39% 395 i
DividendA on the above payable in Landon.
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent ..
Ditto, for the Account .. .. .. 55%
Ditto. 4 per;Cent. Certillcatei .. 89% 89%
PRICES OF BUSINESScLosria
RAILWAY SH PAID. DONE AT
ARES. PRICES
ONE O'CLOCK.
Aberdeen.. .. .. .. .. .. 35 .... 30% 3o!i
Caledonian .. .. .. .. .. 35 .... 305;,, 4.. . .
Ditto, Half Shares .. .. .. 2%.... 2% ......
Dublin and Belfast Junction .. 15 .... 2 •• .. ••

Eastern Counties .. 20 20 5/4 • • . 20%
Ditto, York Extension .. 7% .. • • 67i ••••• • • • • • 6%
East Lancashire .. .. 20 .. • • 19% ••••.. • • • • 19%

Ditto, New

.. io .... i0"~......

Ditto, ditto New Scrip .. .. 114 •• • • 1li•••• • • • • • • 114
East Lincolnshire .. .• .. .. 6%.... 7IA•.•• • • .. 714
_ _

Edinburgh and Glasgow .. 50— •• .. ••........
Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 15 .... • • ...... 21
Edinburgh and Northern .. .. 17 18Y, .• • • ...... 18%
Great North of England . ..100 •• •• ••••• • •.
Ditto, New .. 25 .... 61 ..
Great Western .. .. 85 .... • •

Ditto, Half Shares .. 50 69
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 1 17% 36 ••• • .. 17%
Ditto, Fifths .. 20 .... •.••• • • • .. 27

Ditto, New

Hull and Selby

4..
_B.. .

.. .. .. .. 50- ....104.......... 103%

Leeds and Thirsk 26 .... 20 .... • • 2OY2
Ditto, Preference 6 per Cent...
Liverp., Manch., & Newc. Junct. .... .74 ....
London, Brighton, & South Coast 50 .... 54", ••. . •
London an North-Western ..100 ....179 180...... •
Ditto, Quarters L. and B. 7 .... 24 ..... 24

Ditto ditto, New Shares • . .. 2 .... 13 1234 123,i
Ditto, Fifths . .. 2 .... 17 16% • ....• 16ya
London and South. Western 41/. 6s. 10d... 65% 664 .... 66
Ditto, New Consol. Eighths .. 40 .... .. • • .... • • 49
Ditto, New .. .. 27 304 .......... 3034
Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) • . 50 .... ..........
Ditto, Tenths (ditto) • • • • 40 .. .. 45 .. ........ 45
Slanehester aid Leeds .. .. • . tit .

Ditto, Thirds (Keg.).. .. • • 71. 45... par •• • • par
Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. • • dis. . dls
Midland .. 100 .. .. 123 124.........124

Ditto, New

.. .. .. .. 3G .... 41 ?A~iy........

Ditto, New .. 6 .... 9% •• •• .. • • 9
Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 20 ••• • 28 27%. 28% .. 27
Ditto, New .. • • .. • • 5 •• .. 7IA •• ...... 7
Norfolk .. •• .. .. 100 ....126 125% .. • ... 125%

Northern Counties Union .. .. 4 .... 114 ...... 114
North British .. • . • • 25 •••. 32% •••• •• • • 32.%
• - •

Ditto, Quarter Shares • • • • 3 .... 4%. % ........ VA.
Ditto, Thirds .. • • 1 •• •• 2ysli •• •• •• ••
Northern and Eastern .. .. 50 .... 58 59 ........ 59
Ditto, New .. .. 14 .... 21 ........ • • 21
North Staffordshire .. 7% .. • • 10% IA .. • • • • 10
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5 •• • • 514 ••••• • • • • • 5%
South Eastern and Dovor .. • • 33% .. • • 3G•X 354,
Ditto. New (iss. at 321.) No. 1. 20 •• .. 20% 20%
South Wales .. .. • • 10 74
South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and
1
West Riding Union .. • • .. 4/.23... .. par .. • ... .. • . par
Windsor. Staines, &S. Western.. 425..... 1 p
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth 20 .... 10% 10%
York and Newcastle • • • . .. 25 37s 37%
Ditto, New.. • • • • • • 10 .... 15% 1534

Ditto, Preference .. .• .. 8 .... 1 I .. • • ...• 11
York axd North Midland .. 50 ,„ „„ „
Ditto, Extension • • .. .. 25 ........ • • 42►%
Ditto, Preference • • • • .. 6 .... 15 •• •• 15%
Do• E. and W. Biding Exten• • 10 20• X 21% • 21
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Luxembourg 6 .. . 1%% •••••••Iyy

Lyons and Avignon (Constituted) 5 .... 2
Northern of France •• • • .• S .... 12%•• •• • • i y,
Faris and Orleans .. 20 49
Rotten and llavre . .. 20 .... ...... •• .. 26

LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 17, 1847.

AMERICAN AFFAIRS. ►
NEW YORK, MAY 31.—The Mexican war. which is
the all-absorbing topic, progresses slowly In every
conflict, whether great or &hall, the Mexicans are de-
feated—sometimes with great slaughter. The truth is,
while they evince devotion to their country and firmness
of mind, they have neither the military discipline nor
the physical strength to cope with their enemy. They
are badly armed, and destitute of the means to procure a
better armament. What, under such circumstances,
must be the result of the present war? Noihing short
of an unconditional surrender of their country—their
whole country.
Although denied by those in power, I entertain no
doubt the intention of the Administration is to pursue
towards the Mexicans precisely the same policy which
this Government has heretofore adopted in relation to
the several tribes of Indians—purchase the most valuable
part of their territory at a nominal, paltry sum, and then
drive them into a sterile wilderness, where they must
ultimately perish, and, as a nation, become extinct.
Every movement indicates a fixed determination to
appropriate all the revenue that can be levied and col-
lected in Mexico for the support of an army of 20,000
or 30,000 men to be stationed in that country. How
long the American people will submit to such a revolting
state of things as the Government is rapidly approach-
ing, I will not hazard a prediction, because it presupposes
an abandonment of all principle.
I am aware that such suggestions are but little con-
fided in, and that they are calculated to arouse unkind
feelings in certain quarters. it so. Let them be re-
membered. It is my wish to call the attention of every
moralist, every upright man to this subject. Most ar-
dently do I hope my country may escape the infamy and
disgrace which I fear hovers around her. None living
will rejoice more sincerely than your corresp-ndent,
should he discover that his apprehensio• s were un-
founded. No ordinary circumstances, however, have
excited them. It may, hereafter, become necessary to
speak more plainly. If it does. it shall be done fear-
lessly, and in a tone worthy the advoca'• of justice and
humanity.
Our latest accounts are, from Jalapa the 11th, and
from Vera Cruz the 13th of May. General Scott has
issued a proclamation, dated Jalapa, the 11th of May,
addressed to the Mexicans, in the hope of influencing
them. The impression is very general that be is now
in the city of Mexico. There are those, however, who
entertain strong doubts of his attempting to enter that
city until he has been joined by reinforcements, now on
their way to head-quarters.
While the United States army are advancing, General
Scott, Commodore Perry, and Mr. Trist, are endeavour-
ing, it is said, to produce peace, but will not suspend
hostilities until a treaty has been actually signed. In
other words, the United States will consent to no tretl ty

hut such as may be dictated at the cannon's mouth; and
this, I have no doubt, is the determination of the Admi-
nistration. The prevailing opinion in this country is,
that we &hall shortly have an end of the war. It may be
so, but I see not the least prospect of such an event.
The character of the war is about to change. It is

highly pr .bable there will be no mere field fights. The
Mexicans will hereafter a topt a guerilla system of war-
fare. Whether the Americans can be induced to re-
taliate, I pretend not to speak with certainty, but think
they will not go further than to put to death captured
Mexican officers.
We are in constant anticipation of a sad explosion in
the affairs of the Reading Railway Company (Pennsyl-
vania), from which it is apprehended that the most
serious embarrassments will ensue. Understanding that
British capitalists were largely interested in the success
of this enterprise, I have felt it to be my duty to give
you such rumours in relation to it as are current in the
United States, and believed to be correct.
A bill, praying for an injunction, and the appointment
of a receiver, was filed a few weeks since, charging gross
mismanagement, and in several instances fraudulent
issues of bonds, to raise funds to sustain heavy specula-
tions. The company commenced with a capital of one
million of dollars, and is now in debt more than eleven
millions. In each year its business increases, but the
revenue by no means keeps pace with the outlay.
In April, 1845, the Legislature of Pennsylvania passed
an Act to legalise all previous negotiations, however
usurious, and under the guise of this indemnity bonds
have been since issued bearing date July, 1844. It will
thus readily be imagined that the exposure of such au
operation should affect most injuriously the credit of the
company. These peculiar issues were for 3,000,000
dollars, and though put into circulation in 1846, no
mention or reference is made to them in the annual re-
port of January, 1847.
To cover this transaction a negotiation was set on foot
to sell 2,000,000 dolls. of bonds at a discount of 30 per
cent., with a semi-annual coupon attached, payable in
July next, making the company pay 650,000 dolls. for
the use of 1,350,000 dolls. The bill of injunction has,
however, put a stop to this bargain, and a new list has
been "subscribed," stated to be for 1,500,000 dolls. at
par, which subscription is represented to be made for the
purpose of discharging the floating debt, without dis-
count, bonds of 1844 included.
The capital of the company, as reported in January,
_

1846, was 2,020,000 dolls.. ; and in January, 1847, it is
stated to he 3,434,000 dolls. The indebtedness of the
road at the first period was 10,328,500 dolls., and at the
latter, 11,580,600 dolls., exclusive of the 3,000,000 dolls.
antedated bonds. In the fiscal year of the company
ending the Ist of December, 1846, the quantity of coal
transported was 1,188,256 tons, yielding a revenue of
1.600,000 dolls., at an average rate per ton of 1 doll.
35-100 c. ; and, according to a recent statement, it ap-
pears that 414,967 tons have been transported in five
months ending the Ist of May, at the rate of 1 doll.
15-100 c., against 295,546 tons, during the corresponding
period of last year, charged at 1 doll. 35-100 c.
The floating debt of the company has been annually
increasing over 1,200,000 dolls., which has been succes-
sively paid off by the sale of stock, or the issue of bonds,
of which most of those put into circulation are ante-
dated. It is charged, that the concern is managed by
stock speculators, and now only lives through the ease
in our monetary affairs. If we had any tightness in the
market, its failure would be inevitable; in fact, it is
th mght to be only postponed.
I r gret the net. ssity, in my opinion, of stating the
preceding details, which have been carefully collected,
and which I have no doubt will be found substantially
correct.
A New Orleans paper of late date states, that General
Patterson " thinks that we ought not to look for, or solicit
a peace, but proceed to conquer and occupy the whole of
Mexico." 40,000 men are deemed adequate for this
purpose. The General adds, " When we have gone to
work, and shown the Mexicans that we are in earnest,
and determined to seize the whole country, they will
soon be brought to their knees, and will be ready to ac-
cept of any terms we may offer."
In the public journals which accompany this letter,
you will find a speech of Colonel Benton, delivered at
St. Louis. It abounds in egotistical remarks, but not-
withstanding is welt worth a perusal. It contains a
brief statement of some historical events not generally
known or understood. The Colonel, however studiously
avoids expressing his opinion of Mr. Pulk's policy in
making war upon Mexico. The design of the speech is
evident to the most superficial observer. It was
prompted by hostility to senator Calhoun, of South Ca-
rolina, and intended to assail him in an unsparing man-
ner. Between these two distinguishi d statesmen there
is an impassable gulf, so that reconciliation is next to
impossible. Their virulence towards each other isthere-
tore more likely to increase than suliside, as be seen
during the next session of Congress.
At the last accounts from Mr. Webster, it was an-
ticipated that be would reach Charleston in a few
this
days,
Southerner
and embark on board the steamer i
Jr
city ou the 31st (this day) of May. It will afford the
numerous friends of this distinguished man at home and
abroad great pleasure to learn that his health has much
improved.
The receipts of flour at Albany by canals during the
last week has been 145,093 barrels.
The receipts in the city of New Yolk continue to be
unusually great on a falling market, as prices are checked.
The great bulk of sales is now at 8 dolls. 12-100 c. to
8 dolls. 25-100 c. per barrel.
Sterling exchange at moderate demand at 6t to 7/.
—Times. A GENEVESE TRAVELLER.

An Antwerp journal complains that even the crabs
which are caught in the Scheldt are sent to England.
HERRING TRADE.—WICI, JUNE 3.—During the
past week 356 barrels of herrings have been landed here,
from the Levis, making the total import, up to this date,
from that island, 976 barrels. By recent accounts the
flatting was progressing favourably. A good many boats
have attempted the fishing, with the hook, in this neigh -
bourhood, during the week. On Monday evening they
were partially successful, several having a few dozens of
herrings which were used for bait. On the subsequent
evenings the success was less, as very few were got. The
fishermen will now, as the season is advancing, persevere
in their efforts, and will be trying the nets in about a
month hence, if not less. Preparations for the fishing
are now going on, somewhat slowly. 'I he fishermen are
busily employed in barking their nets, and making other
preliminary arrangements.
FOOD IttoTs.—lt is with much regret we have to
announce the recommencement of food riots in the West. A
requisition for the military arrived here on Wednesday at
12 o'clock, and by 2 o'clock a company of the sth Fusiliers
with 18 gunners, and drivers, two non-commissioned officers,
and one officer of the Royal Artillery, and two six pounder
field pieces, were put on hoard the Confiance steamer, which
sailed immediately for. Falmouth.— Carnwall paper.
CHRIST'S HOSZITAL—The Governors ot this Insti-
tution, at a Court held yesterday, unanimously voted a tes-
timonial of their approbation to Mr. G. J. Gill, of Emanuel
College, Cambridge, a former pupil and present exhibi-
tioner of the hospital, to whom the Person prize of this
year has been adjudged. Mr. Gill also gained the Porsen
prize last year.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—The following accident
occurred at Sleahead, parish of Ventry, on Monday last. A
married woman, named Fenaghty, brought her husband his
breakfast on the road making theer.ie.inOrgnestehveeihnicl
rrraolhnd
retiringured. to
eat it above the road, a cliff they were sittings
in
under fell
sfelpl on
pos-
session them and crushed them to atoms. The unfortunate parents
left six orphans to deplore their lo s, s_Tate Chronicle.
J Ellis, silversmith, of this city, ha
session an ingot of tine silver, ugh
ounces, the produce of the Cobmartin Mines, in this county
n the arrival
PRODUCTION.—On
—Western Luminary.
an Excise officer
NorthUCr
of A
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ofOoNti; lairGritertsAfsropm Pt
hite°D
Glass—keep this
in the act of unloading,
soutide t
up,
, , Le aa
na instantlychests,
causing ''
Mr.the 7"---'
lids
to Le taken off, y, and when
politely pointed
dis-
played to the wondering on-lookers two casks of prime
whisky, which, being unaccompanied, of course, by a per-
mit, were at once seized as the rightful property of her most
gracius Majesty.
" Glass—keep this si le up !" what a label
for awllighland package lli d it been "blue slates," or
glass"pt a rfmroi
igna "ptarmigan's
eggs, &c.,"
is it t
might have passed muster ; but
athousand times more ridiculous
than driving salt to Dysart .—Perth Advertiser.
LIVERPOOL' TUESDAY. The screw auxiliary
steam .ship Sarah Sands sailed hence this afternoon for New
passengers and a mail.
We believe that no specie
York, with a considerable number of
was exported by her.