The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-24 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY _WORN ING„JUNE 24, 1847.

ardour was productive of a speedy submission. The
Chinese authorities yielded to the various demands
made by the Plenipotentiary of her Britannic MA-
JESTY, Sir JOHN FRANCIS Davrs, and yielded to
them without any reservation whatever, thereby re-
storing instant tranquillity, and saving Canton from
the perils of bombardment.
I Although little glory can possibly accrue to those
who have triumphed thus easily over their Asiatic an-
tagonists, it cannot but be most creditable to the offi-
cers
and men engaged in these transactions that so
much was performed in so brief an interval, and with-
out the occurrence of the smallest casualty. To the
honour of those who conducted this successful expe-
! dition, be it observed that their proceedings were of
I
' singular moderation notwithstanding the tempting cir-
\
cumstances of their superiority. His Excellency Sir
J. F. Davis has evinced a generosity in the enforce-
ment of his demands which must effectually exalt
' i the character of his country in the eyes of
the Chinese population. Instead of goading
them on to a further evidence of their dis-
inclination to submit to British requirements by

sure ; the extraordinary pressure of business, during
the present sitting, compelled them to postpone that
intention, but we have no doubt that due advantage
will be taken of the recess, and that we shall be pre.
sented with a Bill well matured, and fully equal to
meet the difficulties it is desirable to overcome.

The Swiss Catholic Gazette contains the following,
under date Lucerne, 14th instant
" The Committee charged with preparing the instruc-
tions to be given to the Diet agreed yesterday to pro-
pose the following resolution to the Grand Council:—
The deputation will declare to the Diet that the Can-
ton of Lucerne is opposed to all intervention on the part
of a majority of twelve cantons in the affair of the Ca-
tholic League and the Jesuits, and will resist with arms
all attempts to enforce the execution of any decree the
may issue on the subject."'

In its sitting of the 16th the three states of the
Prussian Diet adopted, by 220 votes against 115, the
Bill for the admission of Jews to all places, except
such as are connected with the exercise of other
forms of worship, or with religious instruction. The
Government communicated on the 16th an order for
prolonging the session of the States until the orders
of the day shall have been got through. The session
is expected to terminate at the end of the present
month. The Committee of the first Order has voted
by seven votes against three in favour of the periodi-
cal meetings of the Diet, and it was stated that it had
also voted by the same majority against quadrennial
committees, and against the deputation. It was even
added, that the KING had renounced the right of nomi-
nating such committees. It was stated that his MA-
JESTY would close the session by a speech, in which he
will reply to all the representations that have been
made to him relative to the constitution of the States.
In the sitting of the 17th, the Diet voted by 254
votes against 212 the admission of Jews to political
and municipal offices, by 222 against 183 for their
admission as professors of mathematical, medical, and
natural sciences in the Universities, by 223 to 156
votes for the creation of a Jewish theological chair in

the stringency of the articles in the new agreement,
he has, in a distinguished manner, displayed the
moderation of his Government in the conditions of
that reconciliation.
According to the minor treaty, signed on the 6th
of April, it would appear that the several stipulations
are as follow :—Firstly, that within a period of two
years, dating from the morning upon which the
agreement was made, Canton should be opened uncon-
ditionally to the subjects of her Britannic MAJESTY.
Secondly, that the subjects of her Britannic MA-
JESTY should be permitted to wander at pleasure in
the vicinity of that city, returning towards evening, as
at Shanghae, and that every act of molestation
should be considered as severely punishable. Thirdly,
that the assailants of the two English seamen during
the preceding October, and of Colonel CHESNEY and
his companions during the foregoing March at Fu-
shan, should expiate their offences ; and that the last-
mentioned culprits, being already in custody, should
be conducted to Canton, there to be punished in the
presence of the representatives of the British pleni-
potentiary. Fourthly, that a sufficient area should
be afforded to British merchants for the construction
of suitable tenements and warehouses on the Honan
side, his Excellency to ascertain the particular site and
the precise extent of those areas before leaving Canton.
Fifthly, that besides an adequate piece of ground for
the erection of a church in the quarter already occu-
pied by the foreign factories, a certain portion should
be parcelled out for burial-grounds in the district of
Wampoa. Sixthly, that the Flying Bridge and
other structures situated between the gardens should
remain in the several conditions desired, and that
no sheds should henceforth be raised in the neigh-
bourhood of the walls; and, Seventhly, that the
Canton river immediately fronting the English and
foreign factories should, for the better preservation of
quietude, and for the general convenience, be entirely
cleared of boats. We have catalogued the foregoing
conditions as the most signal evidence that could be
afforded at once of the preponderance of British
influence on the shores of China and of the moderation
of the Plenipotentiary of her Britannic MAJESTY.

one of the Universities; but the Diet determined, by
260 votes against 180, that Jews should be excluded
from employments connected with elementary in-
struction, and by 220 votes to 219 against their being
allowed to be elected Deputies of the general or pro-
vincial Diets.
The Observateur of Brussels states that orders have
been given that the Prussian State Gazette shall not
be allowed to enter Austria.
The High Court of Justice of Vienna lately pro-
nounced judgment in a case of 33 soldiers, accused of
high treason, for participation in the Polish conspi-
racy of 1835. It acquitted 17, reserving, however,
the right to prosecute them again if circumstances
should render it advisable. The other 16 were de-
clared guilty, and condemned to death. The EM-
PEROR, however, remitted the penalty of death, and
ordered the Aulic Council of War to fix other degrees
of punishment. This it has just done, by condemn-
ing the prisoners to hard labour in fortresses for 18,
15, 12, and 10 years.

The Madrid mail had not arrived in Paris when
the post left on Monday.

The House of Commons was again counted out on
Tuesday while Mr. POULETT SCROPE was bringing
forward his motion with respect to the waste lands of
Ireland. The present advanced state of the session,
and the approaching dissolution, render it almost an
impossibility to retain a house, save on some question
of general interest, on which a practical result may
be looked for without delay. The individual Mem-
bers are now more intent on the manner in which
they will meet their respective constituencies, and
the prospects of again obtaining their " most sweet
voices," than on receiving information on any point,
the decision on which must be referred to another
Parliament, in which they may not be so fortunate as
to obtain seats. To such causes, therefore, and not
to a want of sufficient importance in the topic, the
apparent apathy may be ascribed. We have long
felt the deepest interest in all relating to the re-
clamation of those lands in the sister kingdom which
are now suffered to remai❑ idle and unproductive,
but which might be made the means of affording use-
ful employment to a vast quantity of labour that
now consumes, in place of increasing, the national
wealth, which, if brought into cultivation, would
yield a great additional quantity of food for the sup-
port of the British people, and which would render
wholly uncalled for the system of banishment, which,
under the name of emigration, is so urgently de-
manded by certain classes of Irish landlords, who
seem to think that the permanent prosperity of Ire-
land can only be attained by the expatriation of not
merely thousands, but even millions of her children.
While such persons are declaiming on the evils of a
surplus population, on the necessity of Government
interference, and the application of the State funds to
a wholesale deportation of the people, is it credible

that there should be contained within their country
no less than four millions of acres of land which
might at a moderate expenditure be rendered fer-
tile, and which, according to the estimates of
competent persons would yield a dividend of at
least ten per cent. on the necessary outlay ? Why
should there be national distress, and an insufficient
demand for labour, while such mines of wealth re-
main uncared for? In no other country, where the
population was at all proportioned to the extent of
territory, would such a state of things be suffered to
exist. But many causes have contributed to render
Ireland a sad exception to the general rule. The
proprietors of the soil are generally burdened with
heavy encumbrances, the interest on which absorbs
the greater part of the incomes derived from their
properties. Indeed it has been calculated that fully one
half of the rental of that country is taken from the
landlords by mortgagees and other claimants. They
are, therefore, without the means of improving their
properties, however beneficial the consequences would
be to themselves and to the people in general. But this is
not all, the inducement to do so is also withheld. By far
the greater portion of these properties are secured in
strict settlement and by binding entails. The needy
owner, who may have a large family of younger
children, comparatively portionless, will not seek
still further to enrich his eldest son at the

expense of the remainder of his family. He
cannot charge the inheritance of the lands
with the sums expended on their improvements, not-
withstanding that inheritance may be thereby ren-
dered far more valuable. He cannot alienate the
useless acres to others, who would be ready and
willing to convert them into rich arable and pasture,
he cannot even grant a long lease, being tied down
in the strictest manner by powers, apparently framed
under the supposition that he would, if possible, rob
his successor in the most barefaced manner. By
these means he is rendered utterly helpless, and unable
to take any efficient steps for the introduction of
a better system. Of course there are many who
form striking exceptions to this class, who well and
efficiently discharge the duties incidental to their po-

sition. But, unfortunately, the great majority are
such as we have described, and improvements
in such cases are wholly impracticable. But
even had the owner the absolute property in
his lands, there is a great, although not an insuper-
able, difficulty interposed, by reason of the compli-
cated character of the law of real property. Should
he desire to borrow money, in order himself to take
the necessary steps, or to lease the land to others for
that purpose, it will be necessary for him to make
out his title thereto, in the first instance, and any one
whoan is at all acquainted with the delays, difficulties,
a p
shuec h
surprised
t)r proceeding
hearing in the
that
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it
Island,ex ilvnislles notof edatig
n
operates as an effectual
instances
to
eany step being taken
in the great majority of i
We have thus stated the *
causes of this singular
neglect and apathy—they are not merely the want
of capital, but also the want of means, by which the
m
peadersons
certain effectinof enjoy;ngg the improvements
- may be
the f •
rults
thereof,
or at least of being recompensed for the
amount of their outlay, if deprived_ of the
lands themselves. Extensive leasing powers should
be granted to every person possessing even a life
interest with respect to lands of less than a certain
value. A compulsory law should be introduced
by which every man, unable or unwilling to bring
his lands into cultivation, should be obliged to dis-
pose of them at the fair value to those who would
do so. The Government are fully alive to the ne-
na.sitv of intrndlicinct a lust and comprehensive mea-

tion at the end of the month.

THE CORN EXCHANGE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—In reading your account of Mark-lane Corn-
market of yesterday, I was struck with perfect disgust
by the reasons assigned for keeping up the price of
grain, but more especially that of wheat.
We are told, " the arrivals of all articles of home pro-
duce up to our market, last week, were on a very li-
mited scale, especially those of corn ; but from Ireland
nearly 5,000 quarters of wheat and a fair quantity of
corn came to hand, while the receipts of those articles
from Scotland were tolerably good. The imports of
foreign wheat exceeded 20,000 quarters, and of flour
33,000 barrels, which latter may be considered a fair
supply. Fresh up, the receipts of wheat of home pro-
duce were but moderate, and the show of samples was
by no means extensive. Several unfavourable accounts
respecting the potato crop having come to hand this
morning from various parts of the country, and the
weather during the past week having been showery, the
factors and holders in the early part of the day were
very firm in their demands, and in some instances they
succeeded in obtaining 2s. to 3s. per quarter more
money, for selected parcels of both red and white.
" We had an extensive quantity of foreign wheat on
offer, certainly over 30,000 quarters."
With respectful submission to you, and regard for
the tone of your consistency and reasonable sentiments,
generally, I would beg leave to submit a few words to
your impartial columns, which, as a considerable agri-
culturist: and grower of corn, many years ago, I claim
to have an opinion in regard to the present and long-
continued famine prices.
The murrain, or potato disease, may have affected
that useful vegetable in some degree in England, and
perhaps more so in Ireland ; but the deficiency, with
good and careful management, might have been easily
made np with a great variety of other cheap and whole-
some food, especially when we find such an immensity
of foreign imports of provisions ; and I am positive that
there has not been any just, reasonable, cr honest
ground for running up the price of the common
staff of life in the manner that it has. There
may have been, under the circumstances, some
slight reason for a little advance, in the wheat
wheat market, of Bs. or 10s. the quarter over the price
of last Michaelmas time, and, I would say, not more—
perhaps not that. When had we a more abundant har-
vest, throughout the United Kingdom, than last year, or
more favourable weather to secure it ? But the pota-
toes—the potatoes in Ireland was a failure ; famine
sprang up in the land in consequence, and, like light-
ning, spread and flew throughout her Majesty's &mi-
nions. Oh, there is and shall be a famine ! A new
light instantly springs up—a wicked system of combina-
tion and speculation, in regrating, forestalling, keeping
back, and perverting the free and regular course of the
markets naturally produces the selfish effect which every
dealer soon becomes alive to ! And the starving poor,
and the community throughout the land, have found, to
their sorrow, that the potato disease extended to every
production of the soil, and principal nece.saries of life.
It appears to me, now, that such is the organised sys-
tem of the corn trade, that factors, dealers, and holders,
can, by the help of railroads, to travel, and electric tele-
graph, to discern the signs, raise or fall, or do what they
please at pleasure. The question is—how are the people
to help themselves out of such a wicked pressure, and
avoid the dismals of accursed combinate n ? Who will
read the report of the Corn Exchange (which I have
quoted) and say, and feel, that the system is not so ?
Who contrives, at home, to send a moderate supply ?
Who takes care to place accounts in the markets unfa-
vourable to the growing crop of potatoes ? From my
daily perusal of newspacers the accounts rendered, from
all quarters, of the potato crop, is favourable ; and I
imagine that few, if any, really do not know whether
there is any disease at all—and from every county there
never before was heard such unanimous expression in
favour of the health, vigour, and abundance of every
kind of growing grain. Yet, all statements are of no
use. Large imports are of no use. Ireland sends her
corn and provisions in abundance. All is of no use—the
people must be pinched and starved, at will, in the midst
of plenty ! Surely our Government has had a pretty
picture to look at, but who can say, or tell, how they can
legislate to make man honest.—l am, Sir, your obliged
and obedient servant, one who has been
Leamington, June 22, 1847. A FARMER.
P.S.—ln my time, I well remember, that wheat stacks,
at this season of the year, were usually very scarce, and
seldom seen or found at all, except in the stack-yards of
broad-backed or wealthy farmers ; and, so fur as op.
portunity has served me, I have noticed an equal pro-
vision in store at the present time ; and if a Parlia-
mentary return were made this week of all the stacks
and store in the farmers' hands in every parish throughout
the empire, I doubt not but plenty would be found, if not
entirely an equal quantity of any year, rich in abun-
dance, and the usual way.

We have received the Paris papers of Monday.
The Court of Peers met on Monday to hear the
report of the Committee on the CUBIERES affair.
After hearing the report read, the Peers, of whom
202 were present, proceeded to consider whether
there was sufficient ground to place MM.
CUBIERES, TESTS, PARMENTIER, and PALLE-
PRAT on their trial. The proceedings are
to remain secret until the Court shall have decided
on this point. It is said that in the case of M. EMILE
DE GIRARDIN a different sort of justice will be dealt
out, and that although General CUBIERES has been
permitted to expose the corruption alleged to have
been practised by M. TESTE, M. EMILE DB GIRARDIN
will not be permitted to expose the corruption alleged
to have been practised by MM. GEIZOT and Du-
CUATEL. We can scarcely credit this assertion,
which is made by the Union Monarchique. On this
subject the Courrier Francais says—
"If the disclosures of MM. de Girardin and M. Thi-
baudeau do not produce for MM. Guizat and Duchatel a
situation exactly similar to that which the disclosures of
General Cubilees have produced for M. Teste, we do not
know what logic is—we cannot comprehend what ho-
nour is! M. Duchatel protests with force, cries out
calumny, and meets all these grievances with the
strongest denials. But what matter the denial of M.
Duchatel ? Has not M. Teste also thrown back the
accusation from the first moment that it was brought
forward? Has he not strongly defended himself in the
tribune? Is he the less obliged to appear at the bar of
the Court of Peers? We do not say that M. Duchatel
is culpable; we merely wish to see him establishing
his iunocence as clearly as possible. Do you
suppose that M. Teste has allowed himself to
be guilty ? Do you suppose that at the pre-
sent moment he is not endeavouring to justify himself
completely? And is M. Teste on that account less
obliged to appear at the bar of the Court of Peers ? Once
more, we repeat, we do not say that M. Duchatel and
M. G uizot are guilty; it is sufficient for us now to declare
that they are accused! And of what offences? Our pen
hesitates to state them, so difficult is it for us to restrain
our disgust. They are accused of having wanted to sell
promises of peerages! of having wanted to sell laws! of
having sold a theatrical privilege for 100,000 f.! If the
accusers are to be credited, nothing is sacred for our
Ministers, neither the fortune of the citizens nor the
public revenue! nothing, not even the law! nothing, not
even the character of the legislator! And you suppose,
gentlemen, you shall get off for the vague denials which you
have uttered in the tribune of Palais-Bourbon! You are
innocent, you say. So much the better; we shall be
happy if such infamies did not take place under our con-
stitutional regime. But let your innocence be shown
clearly in the open day! It is your interest above all
that it should be so! It is your interest that a minute
inquiry should remove from your foreheads even the
shadow of a stain, the appearance of a suspicion."
An active intrigue is going on in Paris to bring

THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sne,—l know you will be glad to hear good news
relating to the prospect of the potato crop. A party in
this neighbourhood, last week, on examining his, found
them to all appearance diseased, but since which time,
as if by magic, they have entirely recovered, and cannot
possibly look better than they do now. The crops of all
kinds with us look wonderfully well, and promise abun
dance. May Providence bless us with a good harvest.
I remain, Sir, yours respectfully,
A CONSTANT READER.
Bristol, June 22, 1847.
P.S. The corn market to day here has been very dull
indeed, nothing doing.

, We have now had a stretch of excellent summer wea-
ther—the last fourteen days having been particularly
favourable to vegetation, which, under the fine solar
heat and refreshing rains, has proceeded with tropical
celerity—all garden plants growing as it were by inches.
The fruit trees, which generally owed a very abun-
dant blossom, have had fine weather for setting, so that
there is every chance of the crop being a much superior
one to that of last year. The wheat and oat crop, and
also beans and potatoes, are looking healthy and lux-
uriant. We would particularise some fine potatoes at
Craigneil and Almont, in Colmonell parish, and at Ard
well and Girvan, which are very well forward. There
seems to have been more potatoes ventured than was
expected; and in almost every case they have brairded
successfully. We are sorry to hear that the worm has
been ravaging the oat crop on some farms on the water
of Girvan; and also, that the braird of winter wheat was
so poor that it was ploughed down and re-sown with
bere. From the hills the news are of a chequered de-
scription. The backward, cold, barren, unkindly spring
led to many deaths of lambs, and the frosty mornings
induced braxy in the old sheep. But now that there is
fine warm weather and plenty to eat, the stock is im-
proving rapidly, and several farmers have already their
" cutting ' well past. For this critical operation warm
moist weather is the best, and it Inuit also be entirely
free frost which sometimes, even in June, will appear in
the wet and high-lying hill country, and prove often
highly
fetchedyinj
injurious
opre
theiccus.t—lAr Observer.amybs. Sheep seldom or
n i
IClLmAllocK.—Mr. Lang, nurseryman here, has sent
to our office samples of diseased early potatoes grown in
his own garden. The same gentleman also informs us
that he saw them diseased in Ayr on Tuesday last.—
Kilmarnock Herald.
GREENOCK.—W e would strongly recommend all who
are growing potatoes at once to examine their crops.
There is not a doubt that the disease extensively pre-
vails in this neighbourhood. Plants of every variety
and from seed from all countries are equally affected.
The leaves generally appear green and healthful, but
the part of the stem under the ground, and generally
nearest the set, presents the appearance of bruises on
1 the surface.—Greenock Advertiser.

about the downfalof the Pacheco Ministry in Spain,and to raise General NARVAEZ to the post of Prim
Minister. The General, it is said, is in hourly
expectation of a telegraphic dispatch, requiring his
presence at Madrid. The Semaine says that a few
days ago M. PLINANT, an Attache of the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, left for Madrid with dispatches.
Three days afterwards M. DECLERCQ, Consul at
Corunna, returning to his post, was charged with a
private mission for M. DE GLUCKSBERG, and yester-
day (Saturday) a Cabinet courier started from the
Foreign-office for Madrid."
The boiler of a locomotive employed on the Amiens
and Abbeville Railway burst on Sunday last, and
killed the engineer and the stoker.
The Presse publishes the following letter from
Arles, detailing the prospects of the harvest, and the
success of the experiment of growing rice in the
south of France. It is dated June 16th :
" The growingninamely,fice nt
appearance,
twh ha et aot
f ri
ine our— a but
nneighbourhoodgrain,
which
hc hashroa
pas
mstilsltinmearg,
been sown in the salt marshes watered by the Rhone,
and which has succeeded beyond the most sanguine
expectations. The Italian farmers, who came here last
winter to superintend the cultivation, state that they
never witnessed such a magnificent crop. They believe
that the produce of rice this year will not be less than
4,000 pounds weight the hectare (24 acres), and that it
will be increased according as the cultivation shall be
improved. In Lombardy rice, which is a grain the least
liable to injury from a variation of the;temperature, yields
25 for 1, or 7,000 pounds weight per hectare. But it is
not necessary for us to carry our pretensions so high, as
interest
of annual expense of cultivation, including the
of the capital employed, is not more than 300 f. (121.
sterling) the hectare (24 acres), whilst, calculating the
produce at 4,000 pounds weight, at a rate of 30f. for 200
pounds weight, the net profit would amount to 3,000 f.
(1201. sterling) the hectare."
It is decided, says the Constitutionnel, that there
shall be a camp formed this year at Compiegne, and
contracts have been made with the farmers for the
use of such parts of their fields as will be required for
its site. Orders relating to the encampment were
sent off on Saturday to the Palace of Compiegne.
The Moniteur de r Armee announces the following
appointments :—General SEBASTXANI to be Inspector
of the Fire Brigade at Paris; Lieutenant-General
MOLINE DE SAINT Yox to be Inspector of the Poly-
technic School, and of the special military school of
the Royal Military College; and Lieutenant-General
'Mown to be Inspector-General of the Staff School,
of the staff officers employed in the Map-office, and :if
the Department of Works in the office of the Minister
of War.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
NEWCASTLE RACES. —(Tu ESDAY.)
The Produce Stakes of 50 sous. each, h. ft. for two yrs olds.
Three-quarters of a mile. (13 Subs.)
➢ir. J. Scott's The Stinger (F. Butler)
Mr. Allen's Camphine
4 to 1 on the Stinger.—Won easily by four lengths.
_

The North Derby of 25 sous. each, p.p, with 100 added ; the
second to receive 50 sous. Once round. (18 Subs. )
Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp (J. Marson) 1
Lord Zetland's Helias ... 2
Mr. J. Taylor's George Hudson
Mr. W. Scott's Christopher 4
3 to 1 on Van Tromp, 6 to 1 agst Helias, 8 to 1 agst
George lludson, 10 to 1 agst Christopher.
_Won cleverly by
a length.
The Tyro Stakes of 10 sous. each, and 50 added, for two yrs
old. From the Newcastle Turn-in. (23 Subs.)
Mr. Pedley's Lady Mary ...... (Bumby) 1
Mr. W. H. Johnstone's Black Ball
Mr. Dawson nd The Spaniard
The following also ran but were not placed :—Mr. S. L.
Fox's Lecomte—Mr. Meiklam's Bellenden—Mr. Hobson's
Hatherlsy—Mr. Merry's Jock-o'-Hazeldean—Mr. Moore's
The Prince, and Mr. J. Scott's Miss Cobden. sto 2 agst
Jock, 7 to 2 agst Spaniard, 4 to 1 sgst Black Bull, 5 to 2 sgst
Prince, and 8 to 1 agst Lady Mary.
Won by a head after a fine race.
The Hunters' Stakes were won by Mr. Merry's Pilot, beat-
ing the Falcon and Rough-and Ready.
The Maiden Plate was won, in four heats, by Lord Glas-
gow's Miss Whip filly, beating George Stephenson and four
others.

ablEefoTTirthhNies HARCOURT, A NOVEL. By MRS. GAS-
cpIoNE, Authoress of " Temptation ; or, a Wife's Pe-
rils."vsitgoer ye
roefn fashionablef life i
ss
teyql
en ailnly
wr ehmi
eahr ki t-
is written, the ingenuity and completeness of the plot,
theinterest of the denouement, and the excellence of
the moral which every reader must inevitably draw
from thB narration. The fashionable world in no way
differs from the rest of mankind ; the lights and shades
which make up the picture of life, are often found
there in stronger contrast than in the more retiring
grades of society ; and while Mrs. Gsscoigne has not
failed to portray, with an unsparing hand, the selfish-
ness which is often engendered by a lite spent in the
whirl of fashionable gaieties, she shows that deteriora-
tion of the heart's best feelings does not inevitably re-
sult from contact with the beau monde. We doubt not
that " Evelyn Harcourt" will t e a favourite with Mrs.
Gascoigne's numerous admirers.—Morning Post.
CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.—In the b irn-yard of L. -
toch (Mr. Alorrison's farm), near auly, a hen and a
hen partridge are 117 ng their eggs B
one nest. Poor
chuckie is robbed of hers every morning, but of course,
the partridge eggs are left in the nest, and quite a little
forde thedoor
hen privilege bri iun of
w sittingar i s
upon
pwean them.
g ing e t w x
otu ltd h the
phant, it will be interesting to notice how she will treat
t-
the young birds, and how the young will treat her.
Should the hwel s v
Mr. Morrison has taken every precaution to secure the
nest and the hens from marauding enemies.—lnverness
Courier,

The Duke DE BROGLIE, Ambassador of France at
London, is, says the Debats, to leave for his destina-

The Three per Cents. closed at 77f. 70c. •, the Five per
Cents., at 118 f. 15c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,276 f.
25c.; Rouen, 970 f - Havre, 660 f.; Great Northern, 58.5 f.;
Avignon, 715 f. ; Vierzon, 615 f. ; Bordeaux, 5101. ; Bou-
logne, 407 f. 50c. ; Basle, 1871. 50c. ; Dieppe, 3151. ' • Paris
and Strasburg, 428 f. 75c. ; Paris and Lyons, 4471. 50c.;
Lyons and Avignon, 4481. 75c.; Bordeaux and Cette, 455 f. ;
Spanish Three per Cents., 341; ditto, Domestic Debt, 291;
ditto, Passives, 41.
MARSEILLES, JUNE 17.—Marseilles and Avignon, 7270
50c.; NortherDl 095 f•

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TIIE MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 22. (From The Sun of Last Night.)
Ceylon, %—Louvain a la Sambre, I—Luxemb;Jurg, The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 5,000
—Namur and Liege, .31i—Northeri. Frauce, 11 4-2anibre
and Meuse, 74. bales, of which 500 were American for export and 1,000
_ _ on speculation. Of the whole quantity 4,000 bales were
American at 61 to 7id., and 300 Surat at 44d. to bd.
per lb. The market was firm throughout, but without
excitement, and prices were steadily supported. There
was a better inquiry for Shares.
The arrivals of corn in the principal ports of the conti-
nent continue on a scale commensurate with those which
are noticed here and in Ireland. At Trieste forty corn
laden stilts reached the port in one day, and this, with
the prospect of magnificent crops, bad caused a fall of
one florin per stojo in wheat. At Ypres seven vessels
arrived in a few hours, with 40,000 kilogrammes, con-
signed to the municipal administration of Antwerp.
But for this timely supply, the dealers would have runup
prices.
The exports of grain from Cronstadt, from the open-
ing of the navigation to the sth June, were 295,03
chetwerts.

The news by the Overland Mail from India does not
read very encouragingly in reference to the markets,
though-satisfactory in its political bearings. The im-
portant doings at Canton are highly approved of, as
affording the readiest plan for compelling the Celestials
to " stick to their bargain."
The Funds are flatter to-day, but with an unusually
limited business doing. Consols have not been higher
than 88-1- to 4. New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents.,
90A i; and the Three per Cents. 84 4. Bank Stock is
firm at 197. Exchequer-bills have receded to 9s. and
Gs. premium.
The Foreign Securities attract less attention than ever,
Portuguese Four per Cents. have been quoted 32 to 324.
Equador Stock is at 24. Belgian Four-and-a-Halt per
Cents. have been 94; and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents. 584.
Railway Shares have been rather quieter.
BRITISH FUNDS. ONE
O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock .. .. 197
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 83%
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anus. 90%
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 9 1-16 9
Ditto. 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 ..
ludia
Bonds,to. underi;onn 1, 1.00.0.1. : :: :: : --
Consols for Opening, July 16 .• •• 8834 lA
Exchequer Bills. 1140. 2d.
1,000/... 6 9 p
5001, .... 13 10 p
Ditto, Small .... 19 13 p
ONE
O'CLOCK.

CLOSING
PRICES.
196%
88%

8 15-16
8 p
3p
88%

1 0 i)
13 p
CLOSING
PRICES.

FOREIGN FUNDS.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent - ..
Ditto, Small • • • • • • • • •• 83
Equador Bonds .. 2X
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent .. ..
Ditto, 4 Der Cent .. .• 325{ 32
Ditto, for the Account •• 32%
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent ..
Ditto, for the Account ..
Ditto,..•• Three per Cent .. ..
Dtvidendl on the above payable in London.
Belgian Four-and-a-Halt per Cent .. 94 94
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent •• 5S Sy 59%

BUSINESS CLOSING
PAID. DONE AT PRICES.
ONE O'CLOCK.
Wolver., and Dudley.. 10 .... 14 . • .... • ... 14
Caledonian 35 .... 29% 30, .. 30,8

CRICES OF
RAILWAY SHARES.

Ditto, Half Shares .. 2%.... 2 .• • • ......
Chester and Holyhead .. 27% .... 214 22 •• .. • •
Eastern Counties .. 20 20% % ...... • •

2
22
2014

% P
7%
68%

Do. l'erpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 4d. ....
Ditto, ditto.. .. No. 2. 61. 13s. 4d. 14 p•• . • •
East Lincolnshire 6% .... 7%•••• • • • • • •
Edinburgh and Glasgow .. 50 •• .. • ..• ••• • ••
Ditto, Quarter Shares .• 12% .... 17
Great Northern .... • • ....
Great Western .." .. 85 .. -- ••.•• • •• •
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% .... 17% • •
[lull and Selby .. 50 .•..105 ..........
Ipswich mad Bury SLEdinunds .. .14 .... •••• • • • • •
Ditto ditto, and Norwich .. 8% .... 4% • . 4%
Leeds an. 4 Bradford .. .. 40 .... 88 .... • • .... 88
Leicester and Bedford .. 16s. % dis dis.
Leeds, Dewsbury, & Manchester 32% .... 34 .....• 31
London and Blacriwall 161. 13s. 46. • • • •
Ditto, No. 2 .. 21. 136. 4d. % p.. ....... % p
London, Brighton, & South Coast 50 55% 54% •• 5434
Ditty. Consol. Eighths • • .. 10 .... • • ........ 13%
London an North-Western —lOO .... 180 182 180% .. 180%
Ditto, Quarters L. and B. 7 .... 2334 •... 23%
Ditto ditto, New Shares .. .. 2 1234 .. •• • . 123%
Ditto, 101. Shares M. &B. (C) 1 .• .. 7% .•••• • • • • 7 4
London and South-Western 411. 6s. 10d... 66 .. •• • • 66 %
Ditto, New 27% .... 31 • •• •• • • 31
Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) •• 50 .• 561 •.•• .. • 56%
Ditto, Scrip.. .. • • .. 5 .... 4% • •
Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. ... 34 '4 dis.
Midland ..100 ....125 1251
Ditto, New •. •• •• •• 36 .• 42%...• 42,4
Ditto, New .. .. 6 .... 9% .• ••••• • • • 9
14
Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 100 .... 97 • ..... • •
Newcastle and Ber wick • • .. 20 .• • . 28% k, • •
Ditto, New .. • • .. .• 5 •• .. 7% •• .• ...• 7%
Newmarket and Chesterford 13% • •
Norfolk ..100 ....126
North British •. .. 25 .• .. 32% .. ••• • •
Ditto, Quarter Shares •• •. • . 4% ••••• • •• 4%
Ditto, Thirds .. .. 1 ..... 2%
North Staffordshire .... 10% 10 .. •• • . 10
Oxford, Wor'ster, & Wolverhamp. 22%.... 14
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5 .• .• 5%.. •• •
Royston and Ilitchin . • . 1% ••••• • • . • •
Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 334.... 3t,4 3• • 3
Shropshire Union .. 4 .... 23414 •.•• •• •• •• 234
South Staffordshire .. 2/. 125... % dis.. • dis,
South Eastern and Dovor .. • . 33% .. • • ..
Do., New (do. 101.) .. No. 4. 5 4%...
South Wales .. .. 10 .... 7 .. •• .... • . 7
South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and
West Riding Union • • .. ..4/.25..... dis par
York and Newcastle .. 25 .... 371 38 • •
Ditto, New.. .. 10 ... , 15% 15%
Ditto, Preference .. .. 8 .... 11% .. • •
York sad North Midland .. .. 50 .... 8614 .. ••.. •• 8634
Ditto, Extension .. .. 25 .... 421 a %...... •• 42%
Ditto. Preference • • .. 15 4..••• • • • • 15%
:FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens .. .... 16 .. •••• • • • .
Central of France (Orleans and
Vierzon) .. • • • . .. 12 .. • • 16
Louvain ala Sambre .. .• 6 .. • • '76 .... •••• • •
Northern of France .. .. • • 6 •• • • 111434
Paris and Lyons .. .. 8 .... 514 %•••• • • • •
Paris and Strasbourg .. 8 .... 5 ........ • •
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
London and Westminster .. 20 .... 26% ••..•• • • • •
MINES.

Real del Monte, Unregistered .... 3 ......•• ••

COURT CIRCULAR.

17%
105

1,6
11%
5%
5

LITERATURE.

THE POETICAL LANGUAGE el FLOWERS.
By 7 komas Miller.
Beautiful Annuals, and keepsakes, and Drawing-
room Scrap-books, we have seen in abundance, but a
little volume more dainty in its conception, more
exquisite in its embellishment, more delicate in its
binding, or more unaffectedly poetical, and natural,
and graceful in its literary contents, we cannot call
to our remembrance. Thomas Miller has recounted
his Pilgrimage of Love with a heart alive to the
sweets and glories of that Nature which he has so
often apostrophized in verse. Herrick yearned over
the blossoms of the field, and so does .aailler. Burns
sighed for the daisy " crushed among the stour," and
cried out, as if in the sorrow of his soul—
" To save the now is past my power,
Thou bonny gem ! '
Miller would have leaned over the shafts of his
plough as pensively had he been a working farmer.
Perdita laments in the Winter's Tale-
-0 Proserpina,
For the flowers now that, frighted, thou let'st fall
From Dis's waggon ! Daffodils,
That come before the swallow dares, and take
The winds of March with beauty ; violets dim,
But sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes,
Or Cytherea's breath ; pale primroses,
That die unmarried e'er they can behold
Bright Phoebus in his strength ; bold ox-lips and
The crown-imperial ; lilies of all kinds,
The fleur-de-lis being one ! 0 these we lack !"
Thomas Miller would have sympathised with
Perdita, and we would have hearkened tenderly to
the mad song of Ophelia—" There's fennel for you,
and columbines :—there's rue for you, and here's some
for me."
Robert Nicoll in a similar strain, though not so
melancholy withal, carolled thus of the wild flowers—
"Beautiful children of the woods and fields!
That bloom by mountain streamlets 'mid the heather,
Or into clusters 'neath the hazel gather—
Or when by hoary rocks you make your bields,
And sweetly flourish on through summer weather—
./ /eve you all !"
Those words we feel are echoed in the heart of
Thomas Miller. So-earnest indeed is the affection
of our author for flowers that we suspect he draws
from them a subtle philosophy, such a philosophy as
that of Herrick when he lamented to the daffodils—
" We die,
As your hours do ; and dry
Away
Like to the summer's rain,
Or as the pearls of morning dew,
Ne'er to be found again."
Finding sermons not in stones, or books. in the
running brooks but in the green leaves and the young
buds, we can fancy the joy poor Thomas Miller had
before his eyes failed him and he grew blind, in
wandering through the lanes and among the brambles,
seeing may-be the sweet verse of Bryant realised—
" When beechen buds begin to swell,
And woods the blue-bird's warble know
The yellow violet's modest bell
Peeps from the last year's leaves below."
Stumbling now about the meadows he might think
like Thomas Campbell of the days—
" When daisies and buttercups gladdened his sight,
Like treasures of silver and gold."
As the utterance of the author's love of flowers,
this book is touching and grateful to us ; the thoughts
it contains have a perfume about them of poetry.
And of the graceful manner in which Thomas Miller
defines the origin of the symbolic language of irs
favourite blossoms we cannot speak too highly. Here
is one description :—tracing the attributes of humility
to " broom, of constancy to " blue-bells," of purity
to " water-lilies," and of remembrance to " rose-
mary."
" Who can tell what sad feelings hung about the heart
of the fair Saxon Princess Bowena, when standing in'
the twilight on the broom-covered steep hill side, she
saw from the distance the fires kindled by the hands of
e desolating Dane, and beheld the flames which
devoured the home of her childhood reddening
the evening sky ? It might be, that whilst she
found a couch amongst the waving gold of the
wild, surrounded by her houseless attendants, and
pillowed her beautiful head upon the broom, she
selected it as the emblem of humility. And when she
saw the waving blue-bells spring up on the very spot
where the stormy sea-kings had encamped, where the
tide of battle had raged, and swollen and subsided,
leaving no other trace of its course than the silent ridges
which had heaved up over the dead. She selected the
blue-cupped flower as the true image of constancy,
which, though crushed, and bruised, and buried, for-
saketh not the chosen spot where its beauty first
bloomed. That, when she sat mournful beside the
moorland lake, wearied through carrying water to quench
the thirst of the brave Saxons, who had been wounded
in battle, she saw the pale water-lilies sleeping upon
their darkgreen velvet leaves, spotless as the clear ele•
ment upon which they floated, and leaving no vestige of
the gross earth from which they sprung ; and she
thought how the heart of a woman, ennobled by virtuous
deeds, might become so purified that, if looked into by
the eye of an angel, he could not discover within either
blot, or blemish, nor aught that varied from his own
divinity but the fond humanity of love. Musing, she
might conjure up some old grey Saxon abbey, nestling
amid the silence of a green sequestered valley, with its
quiet graves, around which the rosemary grew, hal-
lowed the more in its remembrance through having been
brought by holy men across the pathless sea ; and she
might think that, even as that plant put forth its flowers
in the dead midnight of winter, so titiough the
deep clouds which hung over and darkened her native land
the morning of peace might yet break, and see many a
battle-field again overgrown with flowers."
The plates, drawn and coloured by James An-
drews, are exquisite compositions ; they cannot be
mentioned in language of too much eulogium. From
the frontispiece—a dainty conceit, expressively en-
tirely of the purport of the volume, being a sketch of
the antique group of Cupid and Psyche exchanging
the hymeneal kiss, and partially concealed in a maze
of honeysuckles, blue-bells, lilies and roses—down to
the final embellishment—a bunch, consisting of the
crocus, the pimpernel, the Lancaster rose and the
cowslip, and representing the sentiment, " Your
youthfulness causes me to fear that you may change :
once united I shall be no longer pensive"—every line
has a graceful truth, every line is brilliant as in na-
ture. For the satisfaction of our lady-readers, we
will catalogue a few of the most usual flowers in our
parterres and orchards, so that, without having robbed
the book in any flagrant manner through our columns,
they may be enabled to talk very prettily without
speaking when roving in their gardens, or when
strolling through the meadows " when the bloom is
on the rye."
Apple-blossom Preference
Apricot-blossom Doubt
Balsam Impatience
Bindweed Insinuation
Bramble Envy
Buttercup Ingratitude
Canterbury Bell. Constancy
Convolvulus Repose
Cowslip Pensiveness
Crocus Youthfulness
Daisy
Dandelion Foresight
Eglantine or sweet- briar Poetry
Fuchsia Taste
Harebell Happy retirement
Heath Solitude
Ivy Friendship
Jasmine Amiableness
Jonquil Desire
Lilac First emotions of love
Lily of the Valley Return of happiness
Marigold Grief or pain
Mignionette Unconscious beauty
Myrtle Love
Nettle
Orange Blossom Chastity
Pansy
Pimpernel Assignation
Primrose Forsaken
Rose Beauty
Rosebud, Moss Confession of love
Snapdragon
Snowdrop ............. . Refusal
Youthful hope
Pleasure
Sweetpea
Tulip ........................... Declaration of love
Violet, Blue Modesty
Violet, White Candour
Wal:flower Fidelity in misfortune
Wild Plum Blossom lndependence
Withered Leaves. Sadness
Yellow Day Lily Coquetry
Knowing these rudiments in the science of the
symbolism of flowers, it may become a question at
law possibly whether the presentation of a particular
nosegay does not render a man liable to an action for
breach of promise," especially if the nosegay should
consist of myrtle, a moss rosebud, a white violet, a
snowdrop, and a tulip. It may become a question,
again, whether a scrap of pimpernel may not signify
half-past seven in the Temple Garden ;" or whe-
ther a presentation of ivy, retorted by a sprig of
fuchsia, may not justify the offering of a yellow day
lily ? This charming volume by Thomas Miller is
suggestive of a multitude of similar conjectures. As
a pocket companion in the green fields, as a favourite
decoration of the boudoir, as the resource of continual
amusement, this book, explanatory of the "Language
'ar- ;
i of Flowers," is one of the gems of the season.

Their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians,
attended by the Lady in Waiting on her Majesty, Major
de Moerkerke, and Dr. Carswell, landed at Woolwich
Dockyard from the Garland steaai•packet, from Ostend,
at twenty-fire minutes before eight o'clock yesterday
evening, and were received by Lord Byron, Lord i❑
Waiting to the Queen, and Lord George Lennox, Lord
in Waiting to Prince Albert.
The august party entered three of the Queen's car-
riages and tour which were in readiness in the dockyard
and proceeded to town.
Their Majesties and suite arrived at Buckingham
Palace at twenty minutes before nine o'clock. The
Queen and Prince Albert received their august visitors
on arriving at the Garden entrance. Her Majesty and
his Royal Highness were attended by the Marchioness
of Douro, Lady Caroline Cocks, Hon. Miss Paget,
Baroness de Speth, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master
of the Household, Admiral Sir Edward Codrington,
Lord Alfred Paget, and Colonel Bouverie.
The Queen end Prince Albert rode out on horseback
yesterday, attended by the Hon. Miss Stanley, Lord
Alfred Paget, and Colonel Bouverie.
A deputation, consisting of the Right Hon. the Lord
Mayor, Chairman of the Gresham Committee ; Richard
L. Jones, Esq., Chairman of the Building Committee ;
James Watney, Esq., Master of the Mercer's Company;
James Sutton, Esq., Prime Warden of the Company ;
and Mr. H. E. Barnet, Clerk to the Gresham Com-
mittee, had an audience of his Royal Highness Prince
Albert yesterday, at Buckingham Palace, to present
silver medals to his Royal Highness.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, and the
Princess Royal walked and rode on ponies yesterday in
the royal gardens.
Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred, the Princess
Alice, and the Princess Helena, accompanied by the
Dowager Lady Lyttelton, took an airing yesterday in
an open carriage and four.
His Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duke of
Saxe Weimar, attended by the Count de Beust, visited
the Plate Manufactory of Messrs. Hunt and Roskell
yesterday, and inspected the models, and many exten-
sive services of plate in the course of completion.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer gave a dinner to
the Cabinet Ministers yesterday evening, at his official
residence in Downing-street.
A deputation, consisting of Mr. Macgregor Laird and
Mr. J. T. Clay, from the Birkenhead Dock Company ;
Mr. John Davis and Mr. Haesal from other Frontagers
to Wallasey Pool ; Mr. Radcliffe from the Cheshire
Junction and Chester and Birkenhead Railway, had an
interview with the Earl of Clarendon yesterday, at the
office of the Board of Trade.
Mr. Mac Donnell, from the Gambia, had an interview
with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-office.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a
committee meeting yesterday.
Mr. Morrison, M.P., had au interview with the Right
Hon. Edward Strutt, on Tuesday, at the office of the
Commissioners of Railways in Great George-street.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes-
terday, and heard a number of motions and petitions
from New South Wales, Bengal, and Bombay. The
Lords present were the Master of the Rolls, Lord
Brougham, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall,
and the Judge of the Admiralty Court.

THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.
—ln addressing the electors of Buckinghamshire, at a
meeting held on Tuesday at Amersham, Dlr.Disraeli, in
his usual emphatic manner, recalled to the recollection
of his future constituents, the important part which the
county of Buckinghamshire has played in the political
history of the country. " The county of Buckingham-
shire," observed the Hon. Candidate, "has always taken
a lead in the political fortunes of this country. The PI
liamentary constitution of England was born in the bo-
som of the Chiltern Hills; as to this day our Parliamen-
tary career ii terminated among its hundreds.—(Cheers
and laughter.) The Parliamentary constitution of Eng-
land was e.Aablished when Mr. Hampden rode up to
Westminster surrounded by his neighbours. Bucking-
hamshire did that for England. It has done more. It
gave us the British constitution in the seventeenth cen-
tury, and it created the British empire in the eighteenth.
All the great statesmen of that century were born, or
bred, or lived in this county. Throw your eye over the
list—it is a glorious one—from Shelburne to Grenville.
Travel from Wycombe to Buckingham, from the first
Lord Lansdowne, the most accomplished Minister this
country ever produced, to the last of our classic states-
men. Even the sovereign genius of Chatham was nursed
in the groves of Stowe, and amid the templa quam dilacta
of Cobham; and it was beneath his oaks at 13eacontield
that Ali. Burke poured forth those divine effusions that
vindicated the social system, and reconciled the autho-
rity of law with the liberty of roan."

THE BATTLE OF MARENGO.-011 the 14th, being
the anniversary of the battle of Marengo, a colossal
statue of Napoleon was inaugurated on thefield of this
great victory, by M. Jean Delavo, of Alexandria, a pas-
sionate admirer of the Emperor, who had purchased the
ground, and with it the cottage in which Napoleon rested
sad wrote to the Emperor of Austria. This humble
dwelling has been restored, and in it M. Delavo has
carefully collected all the fragments of arms and other
relics of the great fight that could be found. The
statue, executed by one of the first artists of Italy, is
placed oa a spot facing the road from Turin to Genoa,
and commanding the whole of the field. The cottage is
surrounded by a richly cultivated garden.
ERRATUNI.—The last sentence but two in our first
leading article of 3 esterday is incorrectly printed ; it
should have ended thus:—" Or whether, in obedience to
the dictates of a purer purpose, she is to become the
assertor of the national liberties and the object of na-
tional gratitude, is a consummation still bidden in the
w•Rulb of futurity."