The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-14 00:00:00

THE LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 14, 1647.

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THE CAXTON MONUMENT.
A public meeting was on Satuday held in the Grea
Room of the Society of Arts, Juhn-street, Adelphi, for
the purpose of promoting the erection of a monument to
;ommemorate the introduction of printing into this
.ountry, and in honour of William Caxton, the earliest
English printer.
The chair was token at two o'clock by the Right Hon.
Ldrd Morpeth.
The meeting was numerously and respectably attended,
end among those present we observed—Rev. H. Milman,
Mr. J. S. Buckingham, Mr. Macready, Dr. Nuttall, LL.D.,
Alderman Wood, Charles Barry, Esq., Jordeu,
Esq., D. Maclise, Esq., R.A., E. IL Bailey, Esq., R.A.,
Dr. Cuming, &c.
Lord MORPETH having been called to the chair, said—
ientlemen, in proceeding to take the chair upon this
/wagon, I am fully convinced that my filling so promi-
nent a place, and in an assembly so distinguished, must
be entirely attributable to the nature of the official posi-
tion which I occupy, and to the circumstance of its being
in some measure connected with the superintendence
.af that part of our metropolis which has been designed
as the most appropriate site for the proposed monument
in honour of Caxton. You must all of you, be aware
that the credit of this movement, if I may so term it,
whether in its original suggestion, or in the force and
feeling with which it has been put forward, is
entirely due to my Reverend Friend Mr. Milman.
I think you will be disposed fully to agree with me, that
the impulse could not have come from a
priate quarter ; for with respect to
hheisofficimalopreosiatfopnrnit
Abbey Church of
Is most fitting that a dignitary,
Westminster should have takentlftehteleading part in a
man who plied his
proposition to do honour to
glorius craft within its tohallowed precincts, and
it is surely fitting
to his individual capacity
that a proposition to do honour to the earliest
English printer should have bean suggested
by one who in many of its highest departments
has occupied so large and continuous a renown in English
literature. The appeal which my Rev. Friend has put
for*l fully explains die grounds of the proposal of
which it treats, and they are such as I am sure must be
thoroughly understood and appreciated by such
an enlightened auditory as that which I have now
the honour of addressing. It will not be necessary that
'should remind them of the history, the merits, or the
olaiins of William Caxton. The authentic details of his
career are not so numerous as its achievements are me-
morable, and its whole tenor honourable to himself and
creditable to the country of which he was a citizen.—
(Hear, hear.) Born among the Wealds of Kent, among
speakers of what he himself termed the broad and
rude English of his day, he seems to have
jerived from that genuine English soil much of its racy
and hearty spirit. At an early period of his life we find
nim transferred to a decidedly metropolitan existence,
inasmuch as he became an inmate of the parish of St.
Margaret, and a member of the Mercers' Company.
But he was not confined either to a rustic or a cockney
life, for we find soon afterwards that Edward IV.
Piati-le him his agent foil* agreeing upon a treaty of com-
merce with the Duke of Burgundy, and there
have been assemblies in this country who would have
been well pleased to connect the first English printer
with some of the earliest practical expositions of the doc-
trines of free trade.—(Hear, hear.) Passing from that
topic to one more immediately concerning ourselves, we
find that it was as a sojourner at the Court of Bruges,
and as a servant in the service of Margaret
of Burgundy, that his attention must have been
attracted by the progress of that memorable discovery
in the noble states of Germany which has been calcu-
lated, beyond all others, to affect the condition of the
state and destiny of our race. It was there that his in-
genuity must have been exercised upon those practical
details and mechanical contrivances, the difficulty and
expensiveness of which we are even nett hardly able to
oaleulate, and it was there that he was first fired with the
glorious ambition of transferring to his own country that
copious spring of power and progress which he had seen
swelling up among the other civilised nations of Chris-
tendom. Whatever were his day dreams on this sub-
ject, he lived fully to realise them all. We find him
next, having returned to his own country, under the
auspices of the brilliant Edward, honoured, it would
seem, with the confidence of the accomplished Rivers,
and established. as I have already said, within
the actual precincts of the Abbey of Westminster,
and regularly dubbed " Anglia Prototypographus."
It is for the antiquarians to compile an authen-
tic list of his publications, but I believe that no
less than 64 works issued from the press of the earliest
English printer. It is sufficient for me to state that he
was the first person who gave that vogue which
printing only can give to the works of Chaucer, and
whose services to English literature he seems fully to
have .estimated ; and I believe there is authority
for sneting that he was a party to erecting
a monument to his remains. Besides the works
of Chaucer, he published those of Gower
and Lydgate. I do not know how I can better
illustrate his tendencies, and the disposition which,
through a long life, seemed to have verged very strongly
towards chivalry and piety, than by mentioning what
were his first and last publications. His first was the
tale of " Troy Divine;" his last was " The Lives
of the Holy Fathers," which be appears to have
completed on the very day which closed his
useful and pregnant life.—(Cheers.) Here, then,
I leave him, Gentlemen, to your discriminating esti-
mation, and to that suitable acknowledgment which,
having been but too long deferred by many succeeding
generations of his countrymen, it is now your privilege to
offer. Many of our warriors, of our statesmen, of our
sages, and our poets, have not wanted the votive marble
or the commemorative statue. But I would beg
to remind you how much every one of these
has been indebted to the invention of print-
ing, of which, however, it is the main value and
the distinguished boast, that it does not confine its THE CORN TRADE.
benefits to a distinguished few, to the favourites of for- (From the Mark-lane Express.)
tune, or to the idols of society, but that it penetrates, The consumptive demand for wheat has, within the
and gladdens, and enriches the mass and the many.— last few days, increased materially, and no correspond-
(Cheers.) It is true that Homer, Plato, Virgil, and iog increase having taken place in the deliveries from
Cicero attained their celebrity and their empire over the growers, the supplies have scarcely sufficed to meet
the minds of men before the existence of printing- the inquiry, and prices have, consequently, again begun
presses ; but it is the newspaper on every breakfast to tend upwards, notwithstanding the continuance of
table—Shakspere in every village library—the Bible highly auspicious weather and very favourable reports
in every cottaee—(Cheers)—it is the English primer from all parts of the country respecting the growing
among the wilds of Australia, the English hymn-book grain crops. The firmness of holders may probably
in the streams of the Missouri—these are the products have in some measure been owing to the rumours preva-
and triumphs of printing.—(Cheers.) It is possible that lent respecting the reappearance of the potato blight ;
when the day—l believe I need not talk or possibility; but the principal cause of the rise which the price of
it appears that in our own day the electric telegraph wheat has undergone has unquestionably been the in-
may make the operation of printing proceed with adequacy of the supplies to satisfy the demand. As re-
the rapidity of the lightning ; but, by honouring the Bards the future we are disposed to think that present
first introducer of that great invention, we are setting rates will be about maintained, nearly, if not quite, up to
the best example to succeeding races to pay the debt harvest, however favourable the weather, unless the
which in its turn may become due to all the lengthened arrivals from abroad should prove much more extensive
series of great discoveries.—(Cheers.) I believe that than calculated on ; whilst an unfavourable change
ten years have only elapsed since the men of Germany would undoubtedly, in the existing state of the country,
amply redeemed the obligation which undoubtedly rested lead to a material rise. We are happy to observe that
upon them of erectinwonument to Guttenburg in the most recent accounts from Ireland contradict the
his own city of ce, and I believe the previously received reports of the reappearance of the
genius of Thorwaldsen was engaged in moulding a potato disease in that country. Such another visitation
monument to that benefactor of his species. It is full as that of last year would, indeed be an awful calamity' •
time that England should show how much she owes of but the greater the magnitude of the subject, the more
what she now is to the genius of the first English imperative it is the duty to watch the matter closely, so
printer.—(Cheers.) It is, therefore, with no doubtful that in case of the worst every means might be employed
or hesitating feeling that I call upon the citizens of this to mitigate the evil.
great metropolis, on the inhabitants of this flourishing The accounts from Scotland do not speak so favour-
kingdc m, the subjects of this extended empire, to pay the ably of the crops
.as could be wished,. the weather having
debt which I conceive to be due to the merits and to beenparts leetsathasusißiciodues theresi than in the more southern
t no
wheat
complains have
the fame 3 of William Caxton.—(Cheers.) The exact de-
tails and design of the monument which your liberality reached us either regardsassua or spring corn from
may enable us to rear to give effect to this pur- any quarter.
pose had, perhaps, better be reserved for more We have again to report a very small arrival of wheat
matcire and select consideration. It certainly of home growth, the receipts into the port of London
appesirs to me that the suggestion contained coastwise having, up to this (Saturday) evening,
in the letter of my Rev. Friend, Mr. Milman, of making amounted to only 4,859 quarters. The quantity brought
the monument to the earliest printer indicative of pure- to Mark-lane by land-carriage samples from Essex, Kent,
fying• and illuminating influences, is a very happy one.— and Suffolk, has been still more trivial; and though the
But, at all events, we shall all agree that the proposed millers have conducted their operations with the utmost
site for the monument is eminently appropriate. There caution, the tendency of prices has been upwards. The
let it stand close to the haunts of his youthful industry few runs left over from Monday were placed on Wednes-
and of his life-long labours, associated with all the day at rates scarcely obtainable in the beginning of the
I
venerable recollections of surrounding antiquity, and week; and the tone of the trade was altogether firmer
serving also to date the enterprising efforts of modern than it had been previously. On Friday there was
improvement. There let itstand (dose to that stream which hardly any English wheat on sale; and the disposition
floats upon its tide that mighty commerce of the British to buy having increased, holders of the little on hand
empire, to whose infinite expansion he was called upon declined accepting former terms. That an advance of
to contriiitue—close to those halls of the Legislature, 2s. to 3s. per quarter was paid is certain; but the trans•
which, by their ancient recollections, and by their me- actions were, in consequence of the extreme insignifi-
dern splendours, are worthy of the country and of their cance of the supply, quite unimportant. The country
own distinction—and, above all, close to that famed demand for foreign wheat has again begun to revive,
Abbey which has raised its requiems over so many and if importers had been disposed to accept last Mon-
immortal names—names which no one has done more day's prices they might have succeeded in making rather
than Caxton to make heir-looms of our British glory.— large sales. For parcels in granary decidedly enhanced
(Cheers.) rates have been asked, and, except in cases where the
The Dean of WEsersuNsTEn regretted that india- expiration of the lay days rendered it desirable to sell
pensable businesh kept his predecessor in the country from on board ship, purchasers have found it difficult to
as otherwise it would not have fallen to his share to buy without paying 2s. per quarter more. The rise
move the first resolution on the present occasion. But, would probably have been more decided if the opinion
however, much be might have been inclined to wish had not prevailed that liberal supplies from the Black
that some other individual had undertaken it, he Sea are close at hand; the expectation of large arrivals
would have deeply regretted if his sense of his having induced buyers to confine their operations to as
own unworthiness had prevented his undertaking the narrow limits as their pressing wants have admitted.
duty of moving the first resolution, for doing that The receipts from abroad have, during the last eight
honour to William Caxton, which previous generations days, amounted to 19,326 quarters, the greater proper-
had neglected. He felt it a happiness to say that when Lion of which is from the Baltic.
Mr. Ililman first conceived the design he had eosins- Town made flour, which till lately was almost wholly
nicated it to him in consequence of his position in Ille neglected, has within this day or two excited some at-
chapter, and also to the Noble Lord who had so kindly tension, the possibility of an advance of 55., if the wheat
consented to fill the chair, and it was at once seen that market should undergo a further rally, having induced
the inonument would siot only be an ornament to the the bakers to purchase somewhat more freely. American
neighbourhood, but its erection would at the same flour has also been in improved request, and for the best
time be making up for that past neglect of which brands of Western Canal Is. to 2s. per barrel more was
there was so much reason to complain. Those realised at the close than in the commencement of the
who were old enough to recollect the state of week. The arrivals of the latter have not exceeded
that pan of the town with which he was con- 7,659 barrels.
nested five and-twenty yearsago,would recollect that Barley, of home growth, seems to have become very
the splendid street now termed
a dirty lane, called Swallow-street.
eßegent-street, was only scarce in all parts of the kingdom, and the receipts have
into connectn
Another street was consisted of 1,163 quarters
already designed, which is intended during the week. A few
the same localityis a Oxford- purchases of this grain were made both on Wednesday
streeC with wich Regent- and Friday for shipment coastwise, but the local demand
street terminates. There further improve-
runt still to be brought about by the formation of day's of
'site decline a retail character, chereacractoTeerre, and
d.sunpoplpio
Supplies
srtfron of A
mahrlooand-
a street Leading from the Abbey of Westminster to the continue t ibneueen to
calculatedcom e to
uhpaonnd. somewhat more liberally than
-fashionable neighbourhood of Belgrave-square. In the
midway Gothic of this street there was to be a square of G •
centre of that square that this last, lasltn malt very little business has been done since our
wantrs
design, and it was
bein the
, and the tendency of prices has been downwards.
Th© brewers appear to have sufficient for their present'
monument was to placed. After citing several in-
stances of the advantage of the arhteoAf pmrienrtlicnagn, 2
purchase.
the arrivals from Scotland
English
yi
sehn doatswohniclyh
r,tsh3ey shoe no disposition to
which he stated that Mr. Bancroft, t
quarter en
tl quarters taenr
ds havehela
Ireland
ter, had frequeetly works put into his hands from thse-
United States, containing accounts of discoveries which whilst
d comehave t n bheuennd,
he had himself made, but he had not bad time to publish respectively, 5
s and 770 quarters, making a
hem. As another instanoe, be might state, that after a total supplyef°l,
of an This has, howeveronse-grown corn of only 1,073
ew weelia' voyage, the intimation of the discovery
of 0
1, been compensated quarters.
as a -9,9 0 quarters from
xtinct species of birds, to which the ostrich was bat
uently, been no scarcity. abroad ;and there has, conse-
iigmy. By Professor Owen this species had been termed
glies will continue on a Vlether the foreign sup•
'he " Dinernis."—(Laughter.) Such inetane42.2 as these p
for the very sufficiently liberal scale to make
le amends
might be insignificant in themselves, but moat retriarksb.trifling nature of those of British
in their inference, and in citing them he fel. be wasgrowth may well be questioned. Meanwhile the trade
thls berain remains depressed, and the
bringing under the notice of those present the most Os in 1.3,4' o'vx, Wednesday as well as on Friday,dealers were
qualified claim of their object to the notice, the exer- ei7-- 7,‘ fit,' 1 iiStii4e2 0 easy terms as in the be to
141:'y on
',tons, and the good will of his hearers. Without tres- nearly, n ' eginning ef
laming further on the patience of the meeting, he would the week.
-propose the first resolution. Beans and peas boo filed come sparingly tc,Locil not.

" That it is desirable to have some national testi-
monial to commemorate the introduction of printieg
into England, and in honour of William Caxton, the
earliest English printer."
Mr. JOHN MURRAY, the eminent publisher, briefly
sec, ,nded the resolution.
His Excellency Mr. BANCROFT was called upon to
propose
the second resolution, and said that, as the deni-
zenanother clime, who had traversed the At-
lantico,f
the chiefest of his feelings were engaged for those
which enshrined the glories and montemented
old
de
fagrneeas; spirits of England, and strong as his feelings
would be for t2ie old home of his forefathers, and anx-
ious as he would be tread the ground famed in history
for the struggles which it had witnessed for liberty and
renown, there were no places which laid so deep a hold
upon his affections as the spots where the holiest feelings
had been excited, and where the best aspirations had
been uttered, and the chief of these was the Abbey at
Westminster.—(Loud cheers.) But while stating these
feelings he was aware that there were other claims which
demanded his notice ; but while he fully acknowledged
those claims he could not but attend, in the first instance,
to the precise object of the resolution which he had to
propose, and that was, that the site chosen for the statue
should be placed towards the western front of the Abbey.
—(Hear.) But in proposing the site of a statue to
the memory of William Caxton, could he forget
the great claims which that eminent individual had
upon the gratitude of the world? Caxton! what had not
Caxton done? He had made the English language the
vocal instrument of almost every heart, he had given
to the man of science the power of diffusing his discove-
ries over the world for the benefit of mankind—he had
enabled all who touched the British lyre with depth,
and earnestness, and genius, to find a home in the affec-
tions of all who were capable of appreciating the beauti-
ful and the true. Already had the British tongue per-
vaded every land—through the agency of the press it had
permeated every region of North America, from the
furthest north to the extremest south—it had reached
the Cordilleras, and had passed the Rocky Mountains.
The press existed in every town, and almost in every
village of the United States. Was there not then every
inducement to lend a helping hand to promote the object
of the meeting.—(Cheers.) It should be recollected
that the Americans had. a part in all the as-
sociations in all the lofty recollections of
the British people—from them the Americans derived
their origin, to them they traced their glory, and among
there rested the bones of their forefathers; the British
people had no glories of olden date in which the Ame-
ricans were not entitled to participate, the places where
they had achieved their fame were hallowed in the
minds of the Americans by the deeds of his ancestors and
the associations of his early life. For all these reasons
he felt that there was every inducement to adopt the site
which he would propose in the following resolution :
" That the proper site for any work of art would
be the west front of Westminster Abbey, at the end
of the new Victoria-street."
The resolution having been seconded by the Rev. H.
H. MILHAN, who briefly explained his own idea of the
kind of monument which ought to be adopted, and which
has been already fully stated to the public in The Sun,
Mr. J. Buckingham and several other gentlemen sug-
gested that the resolution had better be framed so as to
express the neighbourhood instead of the front of the
Abbey, and •the resolution having been framed so as to
express the wish, it was unanimously adopted.
The Rev. JOSEPH HUNTER then proposed the follow-
ing resolution :
" That a General Committee be requested to act
(three being a quorum), with liberty to add to their
numbers, and that the following constitute a Sub-Com-
mittee, to determine the nature, site, and details of the
erection of any work of art:—
" Charles Barry, Esq., R.A.
" Etty, Esq., R.A.
" Sir Richard Westmacott, R.A.
" The Dean of Westminster."
Upon this a long discussion ensued, in which Mr. S.
C. Hall, Mr. Jerdan, the Chairman and several other
gentlemen participated, and ultimately an amended re-
solution was adopted, the effect of which was that the
noblemen and gentlemen named constitute a general
committee, to promote the object, and to decide upon the
form and the character of the memorial, three to form a
quorum ; and that Mr. C. Barry, R.A., Mr. Etty, R.A.,
Sir R. Westmacott, R.A., the Rev. H. H. Milman, and
the Dean of Westminster, constitute a sub-committee, to
determine the merits of any work of art.
This resolution was at length carried unanimously.
Mr. CLAPHAM, a gentleman who stated himself to be
a representative of the press in the United States, begged
leave to propose a resolution to the effect, that as the
name of Caxton was not the sole possession of one
people, but was the common property of the whole family
of nations, and especially as it was a household word in
the United States, that measures should be taken to ob-
tain contributions from that country.
That public subscriptions in aid be received; that
the Rev. H. H. Mileran be the treasurer, and Mr. H.
Cole the secretary."
The resolution having been seconded, was carried by
acclamation, and amidst the loudest expressions of good
feeling.
The Rev. H. 11. MILMAN moved the thanks of the
meeting to the Noble Chairman, and the motion being
seconded by Mr. S. C. HILL,
His LORDSHIP returned thanks, and in the course of
his observations, after expressing the pleasure which he
experienced in presiding, said that his was not altogether
a barren honour, for he had, since the meeting com-
menced, received the present of a box, which he ex-
hibited, made out of the oak taken from the house which
was Caxton's printing-office. His Lordship also ex-
hibited an enamel of the portrait of Caxton, done by
Mr. Bohn, from an illumination in Lambeth Palace.
The meeting then broke up.

withstanding which, sales have proceeded slowly at
about the currency of Monday last.
Indian cor❑ has in some degree recovered from the
recent depression, the idea that wheat will not go lower
having had the effect of directing attention to an article
so useful as a substitute.
By the most recent accounts from the Continent it
appears that the weather had, on the whole, been aus-
picious for the growing grain crops; which circumstance,
together with the accounts from hence of the very im-
portant fall which took place in our markets towards the
close of the last month, had had sufficient influence to
cause some reaction. It appears, however, from the ge-
neral tone of the Baltic advices, that stocks are deci-
dedly short in that quarter ; and it is, censequently,
pretty certain that so soon as the news of the rally
which has this week taken place shall have become
known on the other side, holders will again raise their
pretensions.

A letter from Dantzic, dated 20th ult., states that the
quantity of fine wheat on the spot was very small, and
as the water in the Vistula was low it was feared that
the supplies still expected down might be prevented ar-
riving. The best qualities of mixed and high mixed
wheat had, it seems, been held at very nearly former
prices ; but secondary sorts had, upon receipt of the
English advices of the 21st of May, receded 2s. to 3s.
per quarter. The highest quotation for Glib. to Glilb.
fine high mixed was then 18s., and prices of other sorts
varied from 755. to 83s. per quarter, free on board.
Accounts from Konigsberg, of the 29th of May, in-
form us that the supplies of grain from Poland had in-
creased, and that, in the absence of orders from Great
Britain, holders had shown a disposition to accept re-
duced rates, notwithstanding which very few bargains
had been closed. The value of rye had also receded
there.

From Rostock quotations come as high as ever ; in-
deed, according to letters from thence of the 31st ult.,
the tendency was rather upwards, owing to the extreme
insignificance of the stocks. The weather in that neigh-
bourhood had been and was then favourable, and an early
and abundant harvest was confidently calculated on.
Some cargoes of Russian rye had arrived, which had
been sold without difficulty at prices corresponding with
553. to 60s. per quarter, free on board.
At Stettin, on the 31st of May, fair red wheat, of
591 b, weight, was held at 88s., and white at 90s. per
quarter, free on board. Stocks were then very light, the
neighbouring growers having brought forward little for
sale. The value of rye had rather receded, owing to in-
creased receipts from Russia, Sweden, Szc. ; still good
parcels were not obtainable below 68s. per quarter, free
on board.

consumed. The shelves, paper, and shoes, were all wet,
Paper was placed about every six inches on each shelf.
The fijor was quite covered with turpentine. He
b-ought samples of shoes from each of the six shelves,
al of which smelt strongly of turpentine. On the fifth
slelf he found a shoe stuffed with paper and saturated
wth turpentine. Other articles were enumerated, as
wst with turpentine. It would take two gallons to do it
al. He also found a wooden bowl which had been fil-
ia with turpentine. One waste book he found on the
ccunter, it was wet through with turpentine ; the others
hEd been consumed. Near the parlour door and under
the counter he found a shirt, both sleeves were burnt.
Mr. Maxwell deposed that he was inspector of sal-
vsges. He had been called to the fire, and affirmed to
the truth of what had been stated by the former wit-
nesses. He examined the rooms and the shop. Six
shelves on one side of the shop and five on the other
were saturated with turpentine. The premises were in-
sured for 4001. on stock, wearing apparel, and fixtures.
They were insured in the Guardian-office, Mr. Chamley
agent ; 3401. was on the stock, and 601. on the building,
on which the prisoner had spent money, and had on
lease. He had made a rough estimate on the value of
the stock. He considered that the whole might have
cost 1701. No part was entirely destroyed. The book
produced was the only one he saw. It was postcd on
the 29th of May.
This being all the evidence prepared, Mr. Davenport,
on behalf of the prisoner, said there was no room for
him to doubt that some one had set the house on fire,
but who did it ? The door of the house was open, and
the key was in the back door. He was told that several
persons had threatened to serve the prisoner out; but
not being prepared with witnesses he sought a remand.
The magistrate consented to hear the remainder of the
case to day, when it will come before him in the usual
business.—Liverpool Courier.

DECISION OF THE AMERICAN
BRANCH OF THE EVANGELICAL ALLI-
ANCE ON THE SLAVERY QUESTION.

(From the Anti-Slavery Reporter.)
Among the subjects of deepest interest relating
to the anti-slavery cause, brought to our attention by
the last American racket, is the formation of the
American branch of the Evangelical Alliance, and its
decision on the subject of slavery. The vexata questio
came up on the first day of its sitting, and occupied the
greater part of its discussions during four days. There
were three parties represented on the occasion. First,
those who were anxious that the subject of American
slavery should be avoided altogether ; secondly, those
who were for compromising the question, by the adop-
tion of some middle course ; and, thirdly, those who
were for a full declaration that the Alliance would not
allow slaveholders to form part of it. Every attempt to
evade the discussion failed. It was found impossible to
keep the subject of j mu 4 tot ueuuerations.
To use rue language of Mr. Kirk, "It was a strange
thing that the subject of slavery was introducing itself
into every meeting—was like the frogs of Egypt. No •
thing was put forward with such pertinacity. One was
allowed to do nothing by associated action till slavery
should be removed. Could they send missionaries to
the heathen ? 'No !' was the answer, Abolish
slavery !' Could they meet for ecclesiastical purposes ?
No !' again—'Remove slavery 1' In the pulpit, in-
deed, it was possible to preach on other subjects, and in
his closet he could pray for other blessings than the re-
moval of slavery. But it was impossible for two men
to associate together for any religious or benevolent
purpose but it would be thundered in their ears, Just
remove slavery !' " In this statement we have the full
acknowledgment of the wholesome pressure of enlight-
ened public opinion, as expounded by a leading minister
of the Presbyterian Church. Dr. Patton, whilst
anxious to take a middle course, was constrained to say,
that he thought " the spirit of the age, though not a
ground of Christian action, was deserving of serious
consideration. It was the writing of God's finger, and
should no more be disregarded by us than the command-
ments of the Decalogue. The signs of the times all
show that slavery is the great question which is to shake
this continent. The country will be convulsed with
throes till it be thrown off." Dr. S. H. Cox pronounced
the resolution intended to discriminate between " those
who hold slaves, not by their own fault, or for the sake
of their own advantage, but from motives entirely bene.
volent ; and those who hold their fellow-creatures in
bondage for the sake of gain," as " practically ridi-
culous." It was, therefore, abandoned, as was also its
substitute, on the ground of its generality.
In the course of the discussion, Chief Justice Horn-
blower said, " He could not believe that there were any
slaveholders from humanity or from necessity. He could
not admit the distinction between those who held slaves
from love of gain and those who held them from motives
of benevolence. He should as soon think of distin-
guishing between committing other crimes from motives
of benevolence and selfishness. No man could be com-
pelled to hold slaves against his will. The law might
compel a man to maintain slaves, but could not compel
him to exercise acts of ownership over them." We
quote these remarks from a high authority, in answer to
the false declaration of some of the American delegates
when in this country, that " many pious men were slave-
holders against their will."

At Hamburg, on Tuesday, there was no export demand
for wheat; but a parcel or two of red, weighing 611 b. per
bushel, were taken for the interior of Germany at prices
equal to 82s. to 83s. 63. per quarter, free on board. Bye
had receded 25., and oats were rather easier to buy; but
of barley none had been offered for sale.
The accounts from Holland and Belgium speak w.ll
of the crops, and at the leading markets wheat, rye, &c.,
had receded in value.

In France prices have also given way of late; and the
most recent advicea from Paris, Havre, and Marseilles,
report the wheat trade very dull.
All over the Mediterranean quotations of wheat have
receded during the last month, owing to continued large
arrival; from the Black Sea. At Leghorn, on the 27th
of May, very good Marianopoli wheat, deliverable in all
June, was obtainable at Coi. Bd., and for delivery the fol-
lowing month there were offers at 21 livres, equal to
575. 7d. per quarter, free on board.
Since writing the above the Hamburg mail of Friday
has arrived, bringing letters of later date from the Baltic.
The weather had, it appears, continued very fine, and
the tendency of prices had been downwards. At Dantzic,
on the Ist of June, the highest quotation was 80s. to 81s.;
and at Hamburg, on Friday, the best red wheat was ob-
tainable at 80s. per quarter.

SERIOUS CHARGE OF ARSON.
On Tuesday a young man, of exceedingly respectable
appearance, was charged at the Police court with setting
fire to his shop, in Kirkdale. The prisoner resides in
Castle-street, Kirkdale, where he has followed the
business of a boot and shoemaker for the last twelve
months. The charge was supported by Mr. Dowling,
and the prisoner was defended by Mr. Davenport,
attorney.
The first witness was William Eastwood, a seaman,
who deposed that he lived at No. 7, Clarernont-place,
near Castle-street, Kirkdale. He was in Castle street
about one o'clock yesterday morning, going past the
house of the prisoner. He did not know that the pri-
soner kept the shop. When he passed the house, a
dog got hold of him by the leg, which he drove off; and
when he had proceeded about fifty yards beyond the
house, he heard a crash of glass. He then turned
back, and saw that the shop was on fire. He went
back, and knocked them up. He saw the smoke and
flame through the shutters. He alarmed the neigh-
bours. A man then put his head through the window,
and said, " 0 ! Lord, 0 ! Lord." He told him the house
was on fire. It might have been two or three minutes
after he knocked. The man tried to get on the top of
the house. He and the police persuaded him to go back,
and they would get ladders, which they did. The man
went in again. They reared the ladders against the
house ; after that, he went to the back, and got over the
wall, to go and see who was in the house. They went
into the house. He got in by the back doar. The door
was open. He then went into the garret, but found no
one there. The staircase was not on fire ; only the shop.
He got a light, and went up stairs again, but found no
one. He was suffocated with the smoke, and had to get
through the garret window himself. This was not the
case the first time. No room communicated with the
lobby. There was no room behind the shop. He went
into the shop a quarter of an hour afterwards. He did
not see the person who came out of the house. The
person might have had his shirt on. He was undressed.
He went out of the back door to the yard. The door
was locked inside ; the key was in it he unlocked it
himself.
Mr. Edward Parnell was next called. He said he was

Mr. Chaney proposed the following resolution:—
" Believing the claiming and holding of our fellow-men
as property to be wrong and sinful in all circumstances,
and directly at war with the precepts of the Gospel, we
cannot receive as members of the Alliance those who
practise this sin and wrong."—Dr. Bond opposed it as
" too sweeping in its character," though he, at the same
time, admitted " that slavery in this country (the United
States) is worse than in any country on the globe. The
slave laws of the southern states are more intolerant than
those of the Mahommedans. The laws of his own native
states (Maryland), where slavery wore its mildest
aspects, would disgrace the Dey of Algiers."—Dr. De
Witt observed, "He was opposed to slavery, but if the
Alliance should adopt a rule to exclude slaveholders, he,
for one, would stand by the side of those at the south,
who were groaning under the burden of slavery, and
praying over it." And yet it was declared by Dr. Bond,
the editor of the Christian Advocate, that though " He
was a southern man, he knew no Christian at the south
who testified against the laws forbidding slaves to be
taught to read;" and he might have added, with great
truth, nor against any other law of the southern states
which contravenes the laws of God, whether it respects
the parental relation, the marriage tie, or the Christian
duties of slaves.

overseer for the poor in the township of Kirkdale. He
lived at 26, Castle-street, Kirkdale, immediately opposite
the shop where the fire was. George Bevan kept the
shop. He (Mr. P.) slept in front of the house. He was
alarmed yesterday morning. Ho lifted the blind and
perceived the policeman and another person knocking
loudly, and perceived smoke issuing through crevices
of the window shutters, and the room appeared to be
enveloped in one vivid flame. He slipped on his clothes.
His next thought was for the inmates whom he called
loudly on to escape. He went to the house next door,
at the back of the premises, knowing them to be rela-
tions of the person whose house was on fire. He then
returned to the back part of the house, and saw
the prisoner in the act of descending the ladder.
He was about two-thirds down when he threw his
feet off and appeared to cling to the under side. He
called out to him not to do so, when the policeman
and others went to his assistance and brought him
down insensible. He then had him conveyed to Mrs.
Tellett's, and called in medical assistance. The prisoner
was not restored when he left in half an hour. It was a

As might be expected, Mr. Chaney's resolution was
too strong, and a substitute for it was offered, which left
the question untouched, concluding with a declaration
that this was not to be " taken as evidence that any
member of the Conference was favourable to the institu-
tion of slavery, or feels indifferent upon this subject, or
that they can approve, sympathise, or mingle in Christian
fellowship with those who are voluntary slaveholders for
their own advantage." This was felt by many to be too
weak; and, finally wearied out by the subject, the
following declaration was adopted by a vote of 16 to
11:—" That while the Evangelical Alliance admits into
bosom such persons only as are respectable members
of evangelical churches, we are nevertheless persuaded
that the great object of the association, the promotion of
a larger Christian union, may be furthered by a frank
expression of our sentiments on the subject of slavery.
We, therefore, declare our deep, unalterable opposition
to this stupendous evil, and we hold it to be the duty of
all men, by all wise and Christian means, to seek its
entire extirpation and removal from the land. Still, the
one object of the Alliance shall be steadily kept in view,
which is the promotion of Christian union and brotherly
love."

three story house. There was a door leading through
the yard into an entry. He had been to the premises
after the fire was put out. There was a back parlour
behind the shop. The connexion was through the door.
He did not go up stairs. The fire was confined to the
shop. He had examined the shop. There was a parti-
cular smell, similar to turpentine. He saw the leaves of
a book which appeared to be saturated with turpentine.
Other articles were saturated. The prisoner had been in
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He then descended the ladder. He had no sooner got to
the foot of the ladder than the prisoner made his ap-
pearance. He went up to meet him. He was not
dressed. The prisoner threw some clothes out of the
window. He seemed exhausted, and the witness assisted
him down. He appeared suffocated. There was no
smoke in the bed-room. The smoke came through

It is believed an anti-slavery branch of the Evangelical
Alliance will be formed in the United States. We shall
be glad to hear that this is done. It ought to be set
about immediately.

DARING ATTEIVIPT AT BANK ROBBERY IN ELGIN.
—Early on the morning of Monday a very daring and
determined attempt was made to rob the savings-bank
here, which, we are happy to say, proved fruitless, there
being no money left in the premises. The business of the
bank is transacted in a room, fitted up for the purpose,
attached to and communicating with the Museum recently
erected in the High-street, and on Saturday evenings, as is
generally the case at the first meeting after the Whit-
Sunday term, sums of money to a considerable amount
passed through the hands of the actuaries, and it is sup-
posed that the attempt at robbery was made under the
impression that a considerable amount had accordingly
been deposited in the premises, and that, if successful
in obtaining access to them, a large booty would be
obtained. From the proceedings of the depre-
dators, it is evident that they were well acquainted
with the premises. They first endeavoured to effect an
entrance to the bank by breaking through the roof,
and with that view had raised a part of the lead which
covers it; but finding this too difficult to accomplish,
they proceeded to the west side of the Museum, and
obtained access by breaking a pane of glass in one of
the windows. The inner doors being all open, they got
into the bank without further interruption. They then
proceeded to rifle the drawers, and, to effect their purpose,
procured a hand-saw, a knife, and several chisels from the
keeper's workshop, also attached to and communicating
with the Museutu on the east sido, with which they
forced open the drawers, and, in doing so, broke two or
three of the chisels to pieces. The drawers were, how-
ever, found to contain only a few printed forms, &c., of
no value. They then attempted to break open the
safe, but without effect ; and notwithstanding all
their exertions and trouble, they only succeeded
in obtaining about twenty shillings in silver, belong-
ing to the Museum, which had been left in an open
press in the bank. It is remarkable that, considering
the length of time in which the parties must have been
occupied in the premises, and the noise with which their
operations must have been attended, no person heard
them. The keeper, who sleeps in a small room in the
tower, says that he was awoke about one o'clock with
the noise of footsteps, but after listening a short time
and hearing nothing farther, he did not go down. No
clue has as yet been obtained to lead to the detection of
the guilty parties.—Elgin Courant.
BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, JUNE 11.—Prices have
further given way this week, without, however, bringing
the buyers freely into the market, and the transactions
since our last are merely for immediate purposes ; the
arrivals are heavy and the assortment large. In rum
there is nothing doing, and purchases can bo made on
easier terms. The refined market continues steady.—
Bristol Mercury.
THE WEATIIER, TRADE, &c.--After a month's
undisturbed sunshine the temperature has become cooler, and
several refreshing showers have fallen during the present
week. This will be most favourable for the crops, especially
on stiff lands; the wheat is now ready to burst into ear;
turnips and potatoes are looking exceedingly well, and there
is as yet no indication of disease in the last mentioned root.
Fruit trees are much infested with insects, whose ravages
have much thinned what bid fair to be an extraordinarily
heavy crop. Since the price of grain has fallen there appears
to be a better feeling among manufacturers, and the money
market has become somewhat more favourable.— Whrcester-
Airs aironick.

the shop. There was a bed in the room, and another
in the room adjoining. They appeared to have been
slept in.
Mr. John Eaton, inspector of police, deposed that he
was in Castle-street yesterday morning, about two or
three minutes past one. The shop was all in a blaze.
There were two or three officers there. He called to
them not to break open the shutters. After the fire was
got out he entered the shop. He saw the fire was con-
fined to the windows. He got in through the front. The
blaz,,, went out of itself. He found a candle at the foot
of the stairs, in the lobby through the back part. He
found a turpentine bottle on one of the shelves; it was on
the second shelf, and broken from the heat. Turpentine
was about it. It was on the right-hand side of the shop, be-
hind the counter. He examined the place at the back of the
counter and shelves, where ho found paper partly con-
sumed. He searched underneath, and found paper soaked
with turpentine, which he produced. He found part of
the paper on the shelves; it was near the window. The
shelves were divided. He found the paper on the con-
trary (opposite) end. It was impossible for the turpen-
tine to flow to it from the broken bottle. The turpen-
tine was all round the shop on both sides. It was
on every shelf in the shop. Opposite where the bottle
was found was wet with turpentine. He examined the
floor in the centre of the shop, between the two counters,
and this was also wet with turpentine. It was under-
neath the shop, having penetrated through the ceiling.
Mr. Maxwell put the candle to the ceiling of the cellar,
and it blazed. There was a very strong smell. There
were two pieces of carpet on the floor between the
counters; these were wet with turpentine. lie found a
number of shoes saturated with turpentine. The bottle
he produced was the only vessel he fbund which had
contained turpentine; it might hold about a pint. There
was not much about the bottle. To saturate the articles
as they were, he thought would take a gallon of tur •
pentine. The shop was in his division ; there was
another shop or two in the neighbourhood. He had
not heard of any injury threatened to the prisoner.
Mr. Thomas Abraham, superintendent of police, was
next called to give evidence. He stated that he resided
opposite the prisoner. He was roused from his sleep
by the alarm. The fire was then confined to the shop.
It was like a furnace all at once, all of a sudden. It
blazed ten minutes. His attention was called by inspector
Eaton, and they found the flames dying. They then
applied water, and broke into the shop. There were
chairs placed against the door, and steps. Ho saw the
flames through the' opening that had been forced be-
tween the doors. They could also see it through the
crevices of the door. (The shop has two windows, and
the shutters cover the entrance as well as the win-
dows.) The wood work was much scorched, as well
a number of shelves that were well stocked with
boots and shoes. He directed Mr. Eaton to take pos-
session, which he did. He confined himself to the op-
posite 1;,L44 of the shop. He found on the shelves on his
side a quantity or roll as the floor? partly

THE POTATO DISEASE.

The rep ,rts from Ireland continue to hold out favour-
able hopes for the forthcoming crop. We give the fol-
lowing resume of intelligence from various parts of the
country:—

IRELAND.
•
GENERAL ELECTION.
DUBLIN, JUNE 10.—The Hon. Mr. Vereker, brother
of Lord Gort, has formally addressed the electors of the
city of Limerick, soliciting their suffrages on principles
totally divested of parties or prejudices. Ile is opposed
to a repeal of the legislative union, and is strongly is
favour of the endowment by the State of the Roman
Catholic priesthood. The repealers have not yet pro-
vided themselves with a candidate to succeed Mr. James
Kelly, who retires into private life.
THE NEW RELIEF SYSTENI.
The Evening Freeman publishes the following letter
from the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tuam:—
" Castlebar, June 8.
" Dear Sir,—You may well conceive what was my
surprise and alarm when, on arriving in this town yes-
terday, I perceived numbers of the people almost frantic
with despair, as if the prevailing famine were aggravated
with some other fresh calamity. On inquiring of the
assembled clergy into the cause of this excitement, I
was informed that the relief supplies immediately re.
quired for sustaining the lives of the people were ad-
journed on account of some trifling informality in fur-
nishing the estimates.

DUBLIN, JUNE 9.—There is so much diversity of opi-
nion as to the acqtal state of the potato crop, that infor-
mation of an official and authentic character is greatly
to be desired. ‘Ve are happy that it is now in our
power to supply such, and from a part of the
country—the county of Waterford—where the disease
has been represented as very prevalent and destructive.
The inspector of drainage under the Board of Public
Works, in the barony of Coshmore and Coshbridge, in
that county, has addressed the following letter to the
Dublin Evening Post :

"Llsmore, Juno $.
" Sir,—Herewith I send you extracts from my reports
on the subject of the potato crop, which yon can use as
you think proper. You will see from the extract from
the general report in March, that I was averse to ex-
tensive cultivation ; but every day confirms me in my
opinion that we are likely to have a prolific crop.—l am,
sir, your very obedient servant,
" H. HUTCHINSON.
" Extracts from the Reports of Henry Hutchinson, In-
spector of Drainage for the Barony of Coshmore and
Coshbridge, County of Waterford, from the 15th day
of March to the sth of June inclusive:—
" Extract from the General Report ordered the 28th
March, 1847.
" There is a considerable quantity of potatoes planted
throug,hout the barony, in pieces of from one to five and
six acres, and I have seen more potatoes within the last
month than I saw in the six preceding months, clearly
showing that the seed has been saved in spite of the
general failure ; and in many instances where the lands
have not been dug and are opened now, the seed, though
small, comes but with fresh sprouts and sound. This is
almost a matter of regret, as I am afraid, if successful,
it will be the means of keeping them in their former
habits, and also prevent a greater breadth of other roots
being cultivated.

" Week ending March 20.—1 have also to report upon
a large quantity of potatoes being planted in various
parts of the barony, and of the discovery of seed po•
tatoes amongst the farmers, where a few weeks ago I
suppose no such thing as a potato was to be found.
" April 10.—Potato planting still goes on rapidly in
the barony.
" April 24.—The wheat and oats are looking remark-
ably well, and potato planting goes on at a rate that is
truly surprising. I am clearly of opinion that scores wlso
appeared to possess none have been sowing the seed, and
in some cases it is now making its appearance.
" May I.—Potato planting still goes on in every
quarter to a considerable extent, and those which I have
examined appear to be doing very well.
" May 16.—The potatoes which are coming up are
loOKlug well.

" May 22.—Setting aside the damage, by continued
rain, the crops of all descriptions have improved wonder-
fully. Everything is looking well, particularly the
potatoes, which are getting over ground.
" May 29.—The whole of the crops look exceedingly
well, particularly the potatoes, which, in some cases,
are up from eight inches to a foot over ground—their
general appearance very healthy. Potatoes are looking
well through the entire barony, strong and vigorous, and
there is not the slightest appearance of disease in any
part. A few patches in exposed situations were caught
by the sharp winds and frosty nights, so as to curl the
leaf, which is not unusual. Generally speaking, the
whole are in excellent condition. I have not a doubt of
their arriving at full maturity."
" Extract from the Report of Thomas Waters, Sub-In-
spector of Drainage in Templemichael, &c., for the
Week ending sth of June, 1847.

" On my inspection of the different drainage works, I
find that the potato crop at the present time looks most
healthful, and, from inquiries through the farmers, they
say the crop never looked better at this time of the year
(so say they), strong and vigorous in the stem. There
are many farmers now regretting that they had not
planted much more, now that the crop is looking so
well; also the wheat, a prolific crop; the bete, or, as
they call it here, here barley, shot out in many parts of
the country, a very fine crop indeed; the oats also doing
very well."
The barony to which those returns refer is termed
" the garden of the county of Waterford," being far the
finest and riches land in that county. Of all kinds of
crops those official reports, which are probably by this
time in the hands of the Government, give a most gra-
tifying account. But it would not, we fear, be safe to
place full reliance upon the potato crop, notwithstanding,
unquestionable evidence of disease has been ascer-
tained in various quarters. A gentleman of the
greatest respectability, residing at the north side of
Dublin, examined his potato fields this morning, in
consequence of the circular from the Royal Agricultural
Society, and, although toey exhibited a most luxuriant
appearance, he found, on close examination, that the stalk
between the root and the surface of the ground was
marked by diseased spbts. This gentleman has adopted
the advice of the soeiety, by dibbling turnip seed into the
beds.

We have also learned that the disease has certainly ap.
peared amongst the potatoes in the county of Wicklow;
and that some farmers have come into Dublin, to acquaint
their landlords with the fact.

From most of the other counties, the reports of the
potato crop are still favourable, and all accounts agree
that the grain and green crops promise great abundance.
But from the counties of Cork and Carlow there are
accounts this morning that the potato crop is certainly
infected.

" I Would:not believe that the lives of the people would
be sacrificed or endangered, and the public peace exposed
to peril, on:account of suchiomissions. This is not the only
place, nor is it the first occasion, I have found the people,
owing to the ignorance, or carelessness, or inhumanity
of officials, exposed to starvation.
66
If there are formalities deemed so essential as that
without them supplies will not be furnished, it becomes
the duty of the well. paid functionaries of Government to
have them strictly observed in the committees; nay, do-
cuments of such fearful import should be posted up for
general information. But if, through negligence or some
more culpable cause, such formalities should be omitted,
is it to be believed that in any Christian country the in-
habitants of an entire union will be placed in the awful
position of a besieged city, threatened with all the
horrors of impending starvation whilst there is abun-
dance of provisions outside the walls? Enough, alas!
more than enough of human victims have already fallen
to satisfy the most heartless of the political economists.
It is therefore high time to strive in good earnest to stay
the march of the angel of death from making further
havoc through the land.
" Your very faithful servant,
" X JOHN, ARCHBISHOP OF TUAM."
THE POTATO CROP.
The accounts continue conflicting, but there is a de-
cided balance in favour of the appearance of the grow-
ing crop. The disease, however, had shown itself at
Tervoe, in the neighbourhood of Limerick; and a letter
from Omagh, in the county of Tyrone, asserts that the
blight extensively exists in that district.
It was generally reported that the disease had made
its appearance in Meath, but a person who has just re-
turned from that county says, that the very contrary is
the fact—that the crops never looked more flourishing,
and a closer examination had convinced him that, so
far, there was not a single symptom of the blight of
last year.

COUNTY OF CARLOW.—Leighlin-bridge, Jun• B.
The plague has made its appearance in this neighbour-
hood, but by no means so extensive as the reports from
Carlow, might lead us to imagine. So far as; our ob-
servation goes, the advice of ploughing them out, and
substituting some other crop, is, to say the least, we think,
premature. There has been a fair extent of land put
under parsnips last spring here, but whether from the
first attempt at their culture or old seed, many have to
complain of failure. The grain crops are looking beau-
tifully, wheat particularly so, and with a continuance of
hot weather will be harvested much sooner than was at
an earlier period of the season anticipated. The turnip
sowing, when finished, will be unusually extensive; it is
feared too much so in very many instances with small land-
holders, who will not be able to procure stock for their
consumption.

The Cork Examiner, which came to hand this evening
publishes most flattering reports of the state of the crop
in that county.

STATE OF THE COUNTRY.
The Limerick papers of yesterday publish a long ca-
talogue of outrages—some of them of the very deepest
dye—the commission of which, according to one of the
local papers, is solely attributable to the facilities af-
forded to the peasantry for possessing themselves of fire-
arms, to remedy which the Legislature is called on to
pass before its dissolution a Short Arms Bill, as the
means of restoring confidence to the well-disposed.
STOCK AND SHARE MARKET.
Three per Cent. Consols, 86k ; Three-and-a-Quarter
par Cent. Stock, 88 88k ; Steam-ship Building shares,
44; ditto, of 251., 52 ; Midland and Great Western
Railway, 61; Great Southern and Western, 22k.

COUNTY OF KILKENNY.—The Kilkenny Journal of
June 9 contains no reference to the potatu crop in that
county.
PROVINCE OF ULSTER.—The Banner of Ulster of
Tuesday thus reports on the state of the potato crop in
the northern province:—
" From all we can learn—from public newspapers and
private correspondence—we are inclined to view the
matter, in any event, as greatly exaggerated. It may
not be out of place here to remind the people that in
1839 and 1840 the miss' of potatoes was little less
damaging than the disease of last year. Our correspon-
dence, without an exception, in the north, represents the',
potatoes as free from infection in the stalk, and those ,
which have produced good-sized tubers, to be perfectly
sound. From the north of the county Down we are in-
formed that crops of all kinds, potatoes included, look
remarkably well and healthy, with the exception of
flax.' From other counties in the province we have
accounts not varying an atom in character, and all of
them highly favourable."
COUNTY OF CORN.—The Cork Constitution of Tuesday
contains the following:—
"Very forward specimens 6f the growing crops, giving
every promise of an abundant and early harvest, have
been sent to this office ; amongst them some bere barley,
well advanced, four feet in height from the root. The
appearance of the potato crop in the division of Donough-
more is, up to the present moment, most encouraging to
the farmers, who have speculated upon a healthy crop
this year ; and though the quantity of land under pota-
toes bears but a small proportion to that occupied by this
esculent in former years (probably not more than two
acres upon the average of the farms in the country, and
the.labourers have discontinued to set any), a considerable
quantity of potatoes is planted, in various stages of
maturity, and all without the slightest appearance of
failure. A quantity of seed which failed upon one
gentleman last year is now promising an abundant and
healthy crop. _ _

" ' Woodfort, Bandon, June 5.—1 this day saw dug,
and eat of, a very fine sample of quarry potatoes, with-
oat any appearance of disease, grown in the garden of
J. B. Warren, Esq. They were planted the 26th of
September, 1846, and manured with decomposed leaves.
As Mr. Warren has tried every experiment recom-
mended by the best authorities, and planted them from
that date up to the present time, at regular intervals of a
fortnight, each of which are growing vigorously and
well, it leaves room for hope that this dispensation of
Providence may be lessened this year, and give us abund-
ance again in this unfortunate country.
" ' ALCOCK OTTLEY.'
" The following comes to us without a name. This
we regret, as, on this subject, unauthenticated communi-
cations are looked on with suspicion:—
"' Tallow, June s.—The blight in the potato crop
has, I fear, made its appearance in this neighbourhood.
In several gardens the leaves have partly withered,
which, I dread, is the commencement of the destruction
of the crop. I examined my own garden this week. I
found some of the leaves last going to decay.'
"We do not regard this as very bad. In our own
neighbourhood a similar withering, occasioned by the
sharp and biting wind, was observed a fortnight ago, and
the owners of some of the gardens were in despair ; but
since the weather softened and the sun shone out, the
gardens have revived, and look now as flourishing as
they have in any year looked at the same season. Per-
haps this may prove to be the case at Tallow."

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ARRIVAL OF SIR HARRY G. SMITH AT CHELTEN-
HAM.—Sir Harry G. Smith arrived in this town on
Monday evening, a course of the Cheltenham waters
having been recommended by his medical attendants.
In proceeding from the railway station to the Belle
Vue Hotel, Sir Harry passed near the College, the
pupils of which wore drawn up in file, and sig-
nalised his approach with loud cheers. Sir Harry
in a brief address thanked them for the compli-
ment. A considerable crowd had assembled in
front of the hotel to get a sight of the hero, but
as Sir Harry's party drove quietly up in a single
carriage, few of the watchers noticed its arrival.
The bells, however, were immediately set in motion, and
continued firing at intervals during the evening. Yes-
terday (Wednesday) at half-past one o'cock, about a
hundred of the resident gentry and tradesmen met at the
Assembly rooms. They formed a procession, headed
by Captain Kirwan, M.C., and accompanied by the
Montpellier band, for the purpose of waiting upon Sir
Harry Smith with an address of congratulation. In
presenting it, Captain Kirwan said that nearly 700 sig-
natures had been obtained, notwithstanding the short-
ness of the time. Sir Harry Smith having returned an
appropriate reply retired; and the deputation having
given three cheers for Lady smith, also withdrew.--
Chflecnltum Oro**,