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

LONDON, TIIURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 24, 1847

into the speculation, and in the great majority of
instances the results are materially lessened from
an unwise economy. The boats are too small and
of frail materials ; the nets are not of a good de-
scription, and too often there is no means of saving
the fish brought to the shore—it is suffered to go to
waste from want of common salt to save it. In this
country everything of the kind might safely be left to
individual enterprise—there is always an abundance
of capital ready to be applied to any purpose that
affords a reasonable prospect of a fair return ; and
there is also skill and industry to make the most of
all within their reach. In Ireland, unfortunately,
this is not the case. A fostering hand is necessary to
guide and direct them. The Government have wisely
decided on affording the necessary aid, and perhaps
there is no manner in which a moderate expen-
diture can be more beneficially applied, or where it
will be productive of more valuable results in
proportion to the outlay. The erection of piers ; the
establishing of proper stations, where the boats can
be safely kept ; curing establishments at proper dis-
tances, where the fish brought in will be saved for the
owners, at a cheap rate ; instruction given to those
wishing to learn, and depots of salt kept for distribu-
tion at a fair rate, will all be most valuable. And if,
in addition thereto, boats of a proper description, with
suitable gear and tackling, were provided and hired
out at a fair and reasonable rate to crews willing to
man them, the result would indeed be surprising.
We trust, however, that because the Government have
interposed there will be no relaxation of individual
exertions. It is peculiarly worthy the attention of all
who have properties in the neighbourhood of the sea,who
will find a moderate advance for the purpose produc-
tive of the greatest benefit to their estates and tenan-
try. It would also in such localities be found that
by such a course the burden of the poor-rates will be
perceptibly mitigated. The great advantages derived
by some of the Claddagh fishermen from a small
pecuniary advance made by a benevolent English
gentleman in the beginning of the present year, when
more than 1,2001. worth of fish was obtained within a
few weeks in consequence of the judicious application
of 1001., and many families thereby preserved
from misery and starvation, furnishes a strong ex-
ample of what may be done by a trifling outlay. We
do not know any mode by which a portion of the
funds recently contributed by British liberality for
the relief of Irish distress could be applied to a better
purpose, or in a manner more consonant to the wishes
of the benevolent donors.

The Moniteur Grec of the 10th June states that
the British Consul at Patras had demanded satisfac-
tion of the Greek Government for an insult offered
to the British flag, and for the arrest of two natives
of Zante who were under British protection.

Intelligence has been received from Portugal, of
the surrender of SA DA BANDEIRA to Admiral
PARKER, and of the refusal of the Junta of Oporto
to accede to the terms offered by the QUEEN.

Madrid papers of the 16th and 17th have arrived.
The Gaceta of the 16th contains a royal ordinance,
appointing Senor ARCHE President of the Directing
Junta for the Management of the Public Debt ; Senor
PEREZ, Accountant-General ; Senor ARIBAN, Di-
rector of the Treasury ; and Senor PASTORS, Director-
General of the Public Debt.

The Marchioness SANTA Cauz, the chief of the
late Afrancesado Camarilla, and the accomplice of
CHRISTINA in all her intrigues, died ,on the 16th June
at Madrid.

The main body of the Spanish army has not yet
entered the Portuguese territory, although detached
bodies are doing garrison duty in some of the frontier
towns in conjunction with the troops of DONNA
MARIA. It is said that the Spanish Go-
vernment has, at the request of the Queen
of PORTUGAL, refused to accede to the wish
of the French and English representatives for the
withdrawal of the Spanish troops from Portugal.
The decree to prohibit the discussion of the rights of
the Duchess of MONTPENSIER to the throne was
issued only at the pressing desire, amounting to a
command, of the .Court of the Tuileries, and it was
only at the last moment, and with the greatest re-
luctance, that Senor PA.CHECO felt himself compelled
to consent to its promulgation.
MADRID BOLSA, JUNE 17.—The Three per Cents.
closed on the 17th at 30i for cash; Four per Cents.
at 18; Coupons at 15; and Passives at 6 for paper.

We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday.
M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN appeared before the
Chamber of Peers on Tuesday, and being interrogated
by M. DE BROGLIE, admitted that he was the author
of the incriminated article in the Presse, and spoke
with some warmth of the allusion made by M.
GUIZOT from the tribune to the secret of his birth
(M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN iS supposed to be the il-
legitimate son of General ALEXANDER DE GIRAR-
DIN). On being asked what he had to say in his
defence, M. DE GIRARDIN read a short address, in
which he expressed his regret at having made a
statement which he considered himself in honour
bound to leave unexplained. The assembly, com-
posed of illustrious warriors and of eminent men,
who had ever carried susceptibility to the highest de-
gree, would, he was sure, appreciate and approve his
discretion. Such was his confidence in the justice of
the Chamber, that he did not hesitate to present
himself before it unassisted by counsel. That confi-
dence he had at all times professed. He had con-
stantly expressed it in his journal, and proclaimed
it on every occasion. He could not distrust a body
for which he entertained the most profound
respect. In writing the article inserted in the Presse'
he did not, and could not, consequently, mean to offer
the slightest insult to the Chamber of Peers, nor to
attempt to lower in the eyes of the poeople a great 1
political power, which he bad always vindicated, and
endeavoured to raise in public estimation, as his
writings sufficiently attested. He had merely stated
a fact of which he had a precise knowledge when he
mentioned, in the heat of a polemique with the Minis-
terial press, that the promise of a peerage had been
sold. That promise had not been fulfilled; no
appointment had taken place in consequence, and he
of course could have no intention of questioning the
right of any member to sit in the assembly, but a
feeling of honour prevented him from proving the
truth of his statement. When he had terminated,
M. DE BROGLIE asked him if he had anything else to
add in his defence. On his replying that he had
nothing more to say, he was told that he might retire.
The Chamber then proceeded to deliberate with
closed doors until four o'clock, when the public were
admitted, and the President having given orders to
call in M. E. DE GIRARDIN, informed him that the
Chamber had acquitted him. M. GIRARDIN bowed
to the assembly, and said that he did not expect less
from the independence and justice of the Noble
Chamber. The House afterwards adjourned.
This " most lame and impotent conclusion" is said
by the National to be the result of a compromise be-
tween the Government and M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN.
This PEACRUM and LOCICIT settlement of the affair
ought not, however, to be permitted to remain un-
disturbed. It is not sufficient for M. GUIZOT and M.
DE GIRARDIN to say mutually, " Brother, brother, we
are both in the wrong," and there an end. The honour
of the French nation is concerned in the exposure of
this wrong, and in the punishment of the wrong-
doers; and that such exposure will take place we
cannot doubt, for at a meeting held at the residence
of M. TRIERS, which -was;attended by MM. ODILON
BARROT, BILLAULT, VER VIER, BERRYER, and
several other members of the Chamber, and at which
were found men of almost every shade of political
opinion, from the Legitimatist to the Republican, it
was resolved to institute an inquiry into the facts
alleged by M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN to have occurred,
and which caused his being summoned before the
Chamber of Peers. In the meantime the minor
agents of the Government seem to be following the
example of their superiors, and corruption is the or-
der of the day in every public department in France.
The National publishes the following instances of
peculation recently discovered :
tlrer'.''',The scandalous examples given by personages occu-
pying high positions bear their fruits. Peculation and
corruption infuse themselves into all the degrees of the
administrative system. The affair Bonier disclosed the
disorders of the war department ; the Rochefort trial
those of the marine, and the prosecution commenced
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the Propagateur de r Aube, relative to the house of Clair-
vaux„?a superior ernploy6 of the department of the in-
terior has been obliged to give in his resignation ? Is
it true that an agent, concerned in the money matters
of one of the three military hospitals of Paris, has been

under arrest in his apqrtment for more than a week for
acts of such gravity, that one of the heads of the war de-
partment, employed to inquire into the matter, has been
forced to propose sending the agent in question before a
council of war ? Is it true that another agent in a simi-
lar situation, in prison for eight months for his conduct
in Algeria, is waiting for the result of the inquiry which
his acts called forth ? Would it be found inconvenient

,o publish the results of this investigation ?"
On Monday the Chamber of Deputies commenced
the discussion of the Budget. The deficiency in,the

revenue h so great as to cause alarm, and unless

Algeria be abandoned, and a sweeping administrative
reform be carried out in France, it is impossible to
reduce the expenditure. On this subject the Consti-
tutionn el says—
" The discussion on the Budget furnishes fitting oppor-
tunity for examining the financial administration of the
Guizot Cabinet since its accession to office. One of the
boasts of that Ministry is to have lived so long. But
how, we shall ask—how has it employed that existence,
the longest that has ever been enjoyed by a Cabinet
since the year 1830? Where are its fruits? M. Guizot
replied t o his adversaries who spoke to him of national
honour, Let us enrich ourselves.' Let us examine,
therefore, how he has amployed the public wealth.
The account of our financial position will describe
it in a few figures. If we take the budgets since the
year 1840 they present to us a series of deficits,
which we shall submit to our readers. The deficit
of 1840 amounted to
_138,000,000f., that of 1841 to

18,000,000 f., that of 1842 to 108,000,000?., and that
of 1843 to 39,000,0001., which make 305,000,000 f.
of deficit for those first four years of the reign
of the Guizot Cabinet. In 1844 an equilibrium be-
tween the revenue and expenditure appeared to have
been established, and a surplus of revenue over the ex-
penditure, to the amount of 4,900,0001., was produced
in the year 1845 ; but the equilibrium of 1844 and the
surplus revenue of 1845 were produced solely by the
cancelling and carrying over of credits. Thus, we see
the deficit re-appear in tho year 1846, with an increased
development. The budget of that year is not yet set-
tled, but we may calculate the deficiency at 58,000,000 f.,
and we may consider ourselves fortunate that it is not
more considerable, inasmuch as the supplementary and
extraordinary credits demanded of us amount to the
enormous sum of 124,000,000 f. The deficit for the pre-
sent year is already calculated at 105,000,000 f.; the
supplementary and extraordinary credits already de
mantled amount to 108,000,000 f., independent of further
claims to be made on the Treasury between the present
period and the end of the year. In fine, all
that we can say of the budget for the year
1848 is, that if it be passed with even the
reductions proposed by the commission, it will leave
a deficiency to be made up above the revenue of
30,000,000 f. It remains to be seen what may be the
amount of the supplementary and extraordinary credits
which reached the sum of 124,000,000 f. in the year 1846,
and 108,000,000 f. already in the present year. If we add
together these series of deficits to the conclusion of the
year 1847. we shall find a gross sum of 469,000,000 f.
We should remark, moreover, that from the year 1841
to the year 1847 the ordinary receipts have produced an
increase of revenue amounting to 244,000,000 f., which
were absorbed by current expenses, and which did not
prevent the deficiency from reaching the sum of
469,000,000 f. We now pass to the extraordinary credits.
We find there, in the first line, public works regulated
by the Bill passed the 25th of June, 1841, amounting to
496,000,000 f. ; secondly, the public works regulated by
the Bill of the 11th of June, 1842, amounting to
901,000,000 f., after deducting the sums paid by the
railroad companies ; and this carries the amount of the
two series of public works to the sum of 1,397,000,000 f.
If we now add those 1,397,000,0001. to the
469,000,000 f. forming the deficits of the budgets from
1840 to 1847, we find an aggregate amount of
1,866,000,000 E- which the present Ministry has ex-
pended over and above the receipts of the revenue, and
fer which we must provide by extraordinary measures.
We demand, do or do not these figures condemn the
present Ministry ? 1,866,000,0001. ! That is more
than half the capital of our consolidated debt, if we de-
duct the sinking fund. It is thus seen that the passage
of the present Ministers has left a profound trace in our
finances. We have described our financial situation ;
let us now speak of that of the Treasury. The floating
debt will amount, on the 31st of December next, to
625,000,0001. To these must be added the advances ne-
cessary for the service of the State, which the reporter
of the budget calculates at only 50,000,000 f., but which
M. de Raineville, in a remarkable speech in the Chamber
of Deputies (just given), estimated at 140,000,000 F.
Setting it down at 100,000,000 f., the floating debt will
amount to 725,000,000 f. The necessity for a loan is
consequently imminent, and such loan must be consider-
able, to judge from the probable deficit of the budget for
the year 1848, Such is a faithful picture of the situation
created for us by the Guizot Cabinet, after an adminis-
tration of seven years."
The commercial distress in Paris is very great, and
is daily increasing, particularly among the shop-
keepers and operatives.
It is said that Marshal BUGEAUD has been offered
the Presidency of the Council and the Portfolio of
Minister of War.
A letter from the Secretary of the Amiens and
Abbeville Railroad Company, published in these
papers, shows that the reported explosion of the
boiler of an engine on that line was incorrect. The
engine had, fortunately, only run off the rails. The
driver had his arm broken. The passengers escaped

unhurt.
Little business was done on the Paris Bourse on
Tuesday. Prices were little more than nominal.
The Three per Cents. closed at 77f. 75c.; the Five per
Cents., at 118 f. 15c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,277 f.
50c. ; Rouen, 972 f. 50c. ; Havre, 657 f. 50c.; Great Northern,
583 f. 75c. • Avignon,_ 716 f. 25c.; Vierzon, 613 f. 75c. ; Bor-
deaux, 512 f. 50c. ; Basle, 187 f. 50c. ; Dieppe, 315 f. ; Paris
and Strasburg, 427 f. 50c.; Tours and Nantes, 410 f.; Paris
and Lyons, 447 f. 50c. ; Lyons and Avignon, 448 f. 75c. ; Bor-
deaux and Cette, 455 f. ; Spanish Three per Cents., 34k;
ditto, Deferred Debt, 14. -
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 23.
Boulogne and Amiens, 16-Central of France (Orleans
and Vierzon), 16-Ceylon, %-Louvain a la Sambre, 741
-Northern of France, 11A-Paris and Lyons, 5%-Paris
and Strasbourg, 5.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
NEWCASTLE RACES.—YESTERDAY.
The Free Handicap of 10 sows. each and 50 added; the
second to save his stake. (18 Subs.) Three quarters of a
mile.
Mr. Dawson's St. Leon, 3 yrs, sst 101 b.. (Prince) 1
Mr. B. Eddison's Little John, 6 yrs, 7st 2
Mr. Merry's Marian Ramsay, 5 yrs, 7st llb 3
Won easy. Ten started.
The Produce Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft ; for colts Bst 71b,
and fillies Bst 41b. Two miles. (15 Subs.)
Mr. J. Scott's Tim Whiffler _ (F. Butler) I
Mr. Merry's Maid of Motherwell (allowed 3lbs) ............
Mr. St. Paul's Ulysses •......... • 3
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outo of the dstskonl3a-nid dthecelatrheidrd to
The N2osrstohvusmbeearelba,nld Plate obfv2aoOhseoavds..f
, added to a Handicap
stake. Two miles. (100 Saess, 45 of whom declared.)
Lord Eglington's Eryx, 3 yrs, Est 21b, and 61b extra 1
Mr. S. L. Fox's Executor, 3 yrs, sst Sib .. 2
Sir J. Gerard's Grimston, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b
3
Mr. B. Green's The Conjuror, 4 yrs, 7st 91b
4
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Subs
Inheritress, aged, Bst 81b—Morpeth, 6 yrs, Bst 61b—Red
Robin, 5 yrs, Bst 21b—Pilgrim, 4 yrs, 7st 91b—Conspiracy,
6ysrtsl,
131b—Dictator,
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—Hannah Rains, 4 yrs, sst 121b—Glenwhelt, 3 yrs, sst 51b.
Betting-3 to 1 agst Conspiracy, 9to 2 agst Grimston,
5 1 bT—o u3gl lb' ,61 e
aged,n 5
11 to 2 agst Conjuror, 9 to 1 agst Executor, 10 to 1 agst
Blackbird, 11 to 1 agst Eryx, 14 to 1 agst Tom Tough, 15
to 1 apt Inheritress, 10 to 1 agst Morpeth, 20 to 1 agst Red
Robin, and 20 to 1 agst Milden. Grimston and Dictator
made alternate running to the Coal-pit Turn; Eryx took
second place there, the first at the distance, and won a fine
race by a neck. Grimston was about a length from Exe-
cutor, Conjuror a good fourth, and Conspiracy fifth.
The Northern Oaks of 15 sous. each, 5 ft. One mile.
Mr. Brook's Luminous walked over.
The Grand Stand Stakes of 15 soya. each, 5 ft, and 50 added ;
the second to save his stake. Half-a-Mile.
Mr. Dawson na. St. Leon, 3 yrs (Cartwright) 1
Mr. Scott's Christopher, 3 yrs 2
The following also started :—Lord Stanley na f by Veloci-
pede, out of Porto Bello's dam, 2 yrs—Mr. G. L. Fox's White
Bait, 3 yrs—Mr. S. F. Fox's Prince Alfred, 3 yrs—Captain
Potts na Bletchington, 2 yrs—Mr. Hesseltine's na Miss
Margrave, 2 vrs—Mr. Meiklam na Spaniard, 2 yrs—Mr.
Johnstone's Black Ball, 2 yrs—Mr. Jaques na Tanois, 3 yrs
—Mr. W. Allen's b f by Yaxley, out of Matrimony, 3 yrs
—and Mr. Merry's Jock o' Hazledean, 2 yrs.
Won by a head.
Her Majesty's Plate of 100 Guineas. Three miles.
Lord Zetland's Hellas, 3 yrs, 7st 21b
Mr. J. Scott's Alderman's Daughter, 3 yrs, 7st 21b ..... ... 2
Mr. Pedley's Tanois, 3 yrs, 7st 21b
Mr. Robertson's Trojan, 6 vrs, lOst 51b ..... 4
Won by two lengths.

THE LATE THOMAS HOOD.—We have much plea-
sure in stating that Lord John Russell has announced
her Majesty's gracious intention of conferring a pension
of 1001. a year upon the children of this highly-gifted
but unfortunate author.

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died at the early age of 38 years. Through his life he
was the popular and eloquent advocate of progressive
measures for the reformation of abuses both in civil and
commercial affairs. His premature and unexpected death
has caused considerable sensation in the City.
ROYAL SOUTH LONDON FLORICULTURAL SOCIETY.
—Yesterday the second grand miscellaneous flower show
of the season, of the members of the above society, was
held in the Royal Surrey Zoological Gardens. The
weather was very unpropitious, but, notwithstanding, the
grounds were very well attended. The flowers were
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THE -UNITED STATES

EXPRESS FROM LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL THURSDAY MORNING.

By the Henry Clay, which arrived at Liverpool
this morning, we have papers from New York to the
7th instant inclusive.

The commercial accounts by this ship are of an
important character. The advices from England to
the 20th of May, taken out by the steam-ship
Hibernia, which reached Boston on the 2d, caused
the greatest excitement in the chief commercial ports
of the United States and Canada, which bad the effect
of advancing the prices of grain and flour, which a
New York paper thus describes :
" The steamer's news is of a most extraordinary
character, and will be most astounding to all those who
have been making time contracts for breadstuffs. Public
sentiment in relation to the future price of breadstuffs
has been various and wide. One class of operators has
been fully impressed with the belief that prices would
fall in Europe, and that there would be a corresponding
decline here; while others have been most sanguine that
flour would go up to ten dollars, and other articles in
proportion. From those of sanguine feelings there has
been a wide field for speculation, which has been
embraced very extensively. The parties selling, however,
in most instances, have had their supplies under their
control, ready to be delivered as speedily as the same
could be transported on the canal."
Before, however, the Henry Clay sailed, the same
paper remarks that—
" The excitement of yesterday has subsided, and
holders of breadstuffs carried up the rates yesterday
quite as high as they will bear. Flour was rather a
drug at yesterday's highest point, and there was no
advance in corn or any kind of grain. The suspense in
cotton was broken, and sales were made at per cent.
reduction. Freights are a little better than before the
arrival of the steamer; flour is taken freely at 3s. to
Liverpool. Private letters from London state that there
had been a tight time fur money, but that the market
was sensibly relieved. They also state that the demand
for breadstuffs was unabated, and there was every
appearance that the demand would increase rather than
diminish."

The news by the same ship affected also the cotton
market, which became dull, and prices declined, and
in that state it continued up to the time that the
Henry Clay left.
On the departure of the Henry Clay the New York
market is thus described by a paper of that city :

Ashes—Sales of about 100 bbls. Pots at 4 dolls. 75c.,
and 75 ditto Pearls at 6 dolls. 31c. The stock on hand
is 2,167 bbls. Pots, and 401 Pearls, against 7,282 and
2,230 last year, being a total deficiency of 6,944 bbls.
The receipts to the 3d June have fallen short of those
to the same date last year, 9,179 bbls.
Beeswax—Sales of yellow at 25c.
Coffee—There is but a moderate demand from the
trade, at previous prices.
Cotton—There were sales of 600 or 800 bales, at a
decline since the news of cent.
Fish—The market is firm for all kinds, with moderate
supplies. Dry Cod sells at 3 dolls. 94c. ; Connecticut
Shad, 7 dolls. 25c.
Flour—The market was unusually quiet, and prices
gave way a little. The sales reach 8,000 or 10,000. ba-
rrels, within the range from 9 dolls. a 9 dolls. 25 cents.
Prices are unsettled, it being the general impression that
there are large orders for export, but shippers have not
yet come into the market to any extent, and receivers
are not anxious to sell. Some are satisfied to realise

at present rates, and there were sales of Gennesee at 9
dolls.; 1,200 bbls. strait brands Michigan and Ohio
sold at 9 dolls. 12ic. a 9 dolls. 184 c. The receipts are
light, and must continue so for several days, the boats
being mostly at this end of the canal.
Cornmeal—Sales of 1,200 bbls. Jersey at 5 dolls.
69c. a 5 dolls. 88ic.
Rye Flour-100 bbls. sold at 7 dolls. 50c. Receipts
from June 4th:—Flour, 15,241 bbls.; Meal, 275 do.
Grain—The markets were dull and lower. Gennesee
Wheat sold at 2 dolls. 20c. In the forenoon there were
sales of yellow Corn at 1240.; afterwards the price fell
off, closing at 115 c. a 120 c. mixed and yellow, with sales
of 12,000 or 15,000 bush.; 3,000 bush. round yellow sold
at 120 c., and 3,000 do. Western at 115 c. For future
delivery, the sales amounted to 25,000 or 30,000 bu. p.n.t.
Rye—Sales of 1,500 bu. at 1,31 a 1,35 dolls. The
same quantity was reported sold at 140 cents. Receipts
yesterday : wheat, 28,876 ; corn, 25,442 ; oats, 8,781 ;
rye, 655.
Hay—Steady sales at 65c. a 75c.
Provisions—The market is quiet, but firm. The sales
were moderate at previous prices. Pickled meats are
in good demand at 7c. for shoulders and 84e. for hams.
Lard is firmer since the news, and has sold at 10-ic. for
prime. Butter is in better supply, and lower ; Orange
co., 16c. a 18c.; Western Dairy, 12c. a 14c.
Whisky is held at 39c. a 40c.
Freights—Engagements were made to Liverpool for
flour at 3s. a 3s. 6d. Some agents demand 4s. Grain is
about 12d.
There was nothing new in stocks ; Stonington
Railroad shares have advanced during the week five

per cent.
SALES AT STOCK EXCHANGE-2n BOARD.

5,000 Ohio 6s'6o
25 Stonington
400 Harlem s9o 564
200 ditto
50 Nor. and Wor s9O 49

CANADA.

The Provincial Parliament of Canada was opened
on the 2d of June, by the new Governor, Lord
Elgin ; the following are quoted as the most impor-
tant paragraphs of his speech
:
The r( presentations which have proceeded from
this and the neighbouring provinces, on the subject of
the Post-office, have engaged the anxious consideration
of the Imperial Government. I am enabled to inform
you that her Majesty's Ministers are prepared to sur-
render to the Provincial Authorities the control of that
department, as soon as by concert between the several
Legislatures, arrangements shall be matured for secur-
ing to British North America the advantages of an
efficient and uniform Post-office system.
" By a statute passed during the last session of the
Imperial Parliament the Colonial Legislatures are
empowered to repeal the differential duties
heretofore imposed in the colonies in favour of
British produce; it is probable that by exercis-
ing this power you may be enabled to benefit the con-
sumers without injury to the revenue. I commend the
subject to your consideration, and I shall lay before
you certain communications relating to it which I have
received from her Majesty's Secretary of State for the
Colonies, and from the Lieutenant-Governors of Nora
Scotia and Newfoundland.
" Measures will be submitted to you for extending
more generally warehousing facilities to inland ports,
and for effecting other improvements in our commercial
system, all of which will, I am sure, engage your atten-
tion."
List of passengers by the Henry Clay: —Rev. Dr.
Eddy and Lady, W. Bruce and Lady, J. G. Gregory and
Lady, J. Vanausdale and Lady, E. Vanausdale, L. John-
son and son, J.llM‘Millen, Mrs. Lounds and child,
Dunbar Paul and Lady, John M‘Ewen, B. W. Ingersol,
P. W. Howard, M. Kirth, T. Lockhart, M. Baird,
Thomas Makin, John F. Whit© and Lady, Dr. Leach,
Rev. W. M. Smith, G. Teirnan, R. M'Alister, Miss Nye,
E. Dwyer.

MASONS' PROVIDENT INSTITUTION.—A public
meeting of operative masons was held last night in the
theatre of the Westminster Mechanics' Institution, for
the purpose of more fully disseminating among the trade
the objects and advantages of the above invaluable in-
stitution, which has been recently established for the pur-
pose of supporting and relieving the aged and infirm
members of the trade, their widows and orphans, the
funds to be raised by members' contributions of 105.
per year each. '[ho meeting was very fully attended.
Several ladies were present. In the unavoidable absence
of Mr. Alderman Johnson, the treasurer, W. Freeman,
Esq., presided, and on the platform were several influ-
ential members of the building trade, The Chairman,
after alluding to the absence of Alderman Johnson, and
also to T. Wakley, Esq., M.P., and General Sir De Lacy
Evans, M.P., reading letters of apology with expressed
good wishes from each, that of the Gallant General con-
taining an enclosure of a 55., observed, that although he
did not doubt the ultimate success of the society, it at
present only numbered 123 annual subscribers out of the
whole trade, but he trusted, nay, was confident—that if
proper exertion were used the society must flourish.
The Lion. Secretary, J. T. Whitehead, Esq., read a long
address, pointing out that from the nature of the trade,
its members were subject to great vicissitudes and risk
of life, and by omitting to join such an institution they
are compelled, when in distress, to appeal to the charity
of their fellow-workmen for mere temporary relief, when
they might, by a small annual contribution, secure to
themselves a permanent relief, and be independent of
such charity, and not necessitated to resort to a union
workhouse. The address was enthusiastically received.
Mr. Roper, Mr. Salisbury,. and Mr. Traice, and other
gentlemen, addressed the meeting, and resolutions were
unanimously carried, recommending, on the principles
of philanthropy, and as a duty they owed to their
families, that the trade should support this institution by
enrolling their names, and also thanking the gentlemen
and employers who had already contributed to the funds
upwards of 2501., recommending prompt application to
those who had not contributed, concluding with thanks
to the chairman, and the meeting broke up. Several
additional subscriptions were previously handed in.
THE bIURDER OF A WIFE BY HER HUSBAND AT
DUDLEY.—Yesterday information was received by the
metropolitan police that the man liawkless Lovett
Blewett, an itinerant tinker and razor grinder at Dudley,
who absconded from that place on the 17th instant, and
against whom a coroner's jury had returned a verdict
of wilful murder, for throwing a large quantity of boil-
ing water over his wife, has been apprehended and com-
mitted to gaol to take his trial at the ensuing assizes
for the atrocious deed.
CURRANTS.—Aithough we have heard some com-
plaints as to several kinds of fruit, which, it is feared,
will not prove abundant, the present seems likely to be
an extraordinarily productive year for currants. A small
branch—a mere twig, was brought to our office on Mon-
day lust, broken from a bush at Northen, which con-
tained no fewer than thirty-two bunches of currants,
many of the bunches large, and tile fruit generally of
considerable size and most healthy in appearance,—
Manchester Guardian,

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS..
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
In the Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday the sales
were 10,000 bales, of which 1,500 were American and
500 Surat, for exportation. The sales included 5,000
American at 6id. toll, 500 Egyptian at lid. to 7id.,
and 4,000 Surat at 4d. to 44d. per lb. The market
closed steadily at previous rates. Shares were active),
and a large amount of stock changed hands, The prin-
cipal demand was for Midland, London and York, York
and North Midland, and York and Newcastle.
There was an expectation entertained in some quar-
ters that the Court of Directors of the Bank of Eng-
land would have this day lowered the rate of interest
upon discounts, but after a brief sitting, at their
weekly meeting, held this morning, no such determina-
tion was come to. It may be safely assumed that the
Court would have eagerly adopted such a movement
were the prospects of the harvest such as to warrant
the course stated—but " caution " is the order of the
day among the magnates of the Bank parlour.
There are later accounts from America by the packet-
ship Henry Clay, arrived off Liverpool.
The Funds are rather flat again. Consols have been
884 for the account. The New Three-and-a-Quarter
per Cents. have realised 90 to -I. Bank Stock is worth
1951. Exchequer-bills have been 6s. to 9s. premium.
The nature of the speculative account is still the chief
cause which acts upon the market.
Ths Foreign Securities have been very dull again.
Portuguese Four per Cents. are lower, having fluc-
tuated between 31i and 32i. Mexican Stock has
realised 20, and Brazilian 83. Spanish Three per
Cents. are 34k. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents have
been 58g.
Railway Shares have been scarcely up to the highes+
quotations of yesterday, but sales are not pressed.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)

Bank Stock • • .. .. 195%
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 88%14
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anna. 905
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 9
Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1889 .. •. 8%
India Bonds, 1,000/. • • .. • . 83 p
Consols for Opening, July 16 88% 14%
Exchequer Bills. i%d. 2d.
1,0001. • • .. •. .. • • 96p
500/. • • •• •• 13 9p
Ditto, Small .. . • .... 18 14 13 p
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent. • • .. 105
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent • • • . 83
Mexican, 1846, 5 per Cent • • • •
Ditto, for the Account • .. 20
Portuguese Bends, 5 per Cent. • •
Ditto, Four per Cent ......
Ditto, for the Account • • .. 31% 32%
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent. • • • •
Ditto, Three per Cent ......
Ditto, for the Account .. 34%
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch Two-and.a-lialf per Cents. 58%
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 90

BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE.
.. • • • • •• 35 .... 30 .... to 29%

Caledonian

Chester and Holyhead • • • • • • .. 27% .. • . 21 .... to
Eastern Counties •• • • • . • • 20 .... 20%14.. to
Ditto, York Extension • • • • • • 731 •• • • 6% .. to
East Lincolnshire • • . • • • • • • -6% •• • • 7% .• .. to
Edinburgh and Glasgow • • • • •• 50 • • 69% .... to
Great Northern .. . • • • • • .. 3% •• • • to

Ditto, London and York Extension.. 2y• • • . la.. • . to
Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 30 .. • • 26 LA .... to 26

tireat Western • • • • • • • • .. 85 •• • • .... to
Ditto, Half Shares • • •• .. • . 50 •• • • 70 .• • . to 703
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. • . 12% .... 17% • ... to
Ditto. Fifths • • • • .. • • •• 20 • • 2834 ••.. to 27%
Ditto. New • . • • • • • • .. 434 .... 8%.... to
Hull and Selby • • • • 50 ... • 103% to—
Lancaster and Carlisle .. 50 .• .. .... to
Ditto. New • • • • .. 7% .... 11 .... to
Leeds and Bradford .. • • .. .. 40 87%.... to 8834
London and 'Rockwall 161. 13s. 4d. •• .. 7%34.. to
Ditto, New, No. 1 • • • • .. .. 5 •• • • 534 .... to
London, Brighton, and South Coast • • 50 55 .... to 54%
London and orth-Western ..100 • • 180% •• .. to
Ditto, Quarters .. .. L. and B. 7 .. 24 .. ••to
Ditto ditto New .. • • .. . 2 .... 13 ••.. to
Ditto, Fifths • • • • .. .. 2 •• • • 1734 .... to
London and South-Western 411. 6t,. 10d. •• 66%.... to 66
Ditto, Scrip .. • • .. .. 5 .... 43r .... to
Ditto, ditto . • .. • • .. .. 4 3%.... to --
Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... % •• • . to %
Midland •• •• •• •• •• ..100 ....125%••.. to 125
Ditto, New • . • . .. 36 ••.. 42%.... to
Ditto, New .. .. 6 .... 9% •• .. to
Newcastle and Berwick t. .. •• 20 ~... 2834 .... to
Ditto, New . .. 5 •• . • 7% 4• • to
Norfolk ..100 . ..126 •• • • to
Ditto, Extension .. • • .. .. 10 .•.. 10 ••.. to
Northern Counties Union . • • . .. 4 Ih.. • • to
North Staffordshire • . • • .. .. 714 .. ••tox,•• .. to
Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 2234 .... 14 .... to
Scottish Central .. • • •• 17% .. • • 25 •• .. to
Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A) .. 33r •• •• .... to
Ditto, ditto (B) • • • • • • .. 3 .... 234 •• .. to
South Eastern and Dover • . .. 331. 2s. 4d. 37 •• • • to
Ditto, New (do. 151.) No. 4 .• .• 5 •• .. %.. to
South Yorkshire. Doncaster, & G001e... 2 •• • • 1% •• •• to

. . ....
West Riding Union .. .. .. .. 4/. 28.• •• - par. •.•to
Windsor, Staines, and South-Western 425. •• • I% p• • to
York and Newcastle • • .. .. .. 25 •• .• 38 .... to
Ditto, New • • • • .. .. .. 10 •• .. 161 A.... to
Ditto, Preference • • • • .. .. 8 .... 11% %..to
York and North Midland .. .. .. 50 .• .. 26% .... to
Ditto. Extension • • • • .. .. 25 .... 42%34 •.to
Ditto, Preference • • • • •• •• 6 .. .. 15 %.. to
Ditto East and West Riding Extension 10 .... 21% •• .. to 22
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.

Northern of France .. , • .. .. 8 .. .. 11 .. •.to

MINES

Real del Monte. Unregistered ..

7.-

LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, JUNE 24.—Wind S.W. by S., moderate breeze,
and cloudy.
DEAL, JUNE 23.—Wind W. to S.W., fresh and squally.—
Arrd. Apollo, Peake, Grenada; Donna Carmelita, Drysdale,
St. Lucia; Calonia, Rikersten, St. Thomas, and sailed for
Flushing; Sussex, Comin, Jamaica; John Oldham, Canney,
ditto; Carolina, Artana, llavannah ; Clinton, blantanzas ;
Queen Pomare, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sld. Velure and
Aurora, Calcutta.
LivEurooL, JUNE 23.—Wind W. to N.N.W., light.—
Arrd. British Queen, Conway, New Orleans; Mary Camp-
bell, Hannah, ditto. Ski. Ringdove, Port-au-Prince ; Patrick
Henry, New York. Off port, Washington Irving, Juliet,
and Henry Clay.
CLYDE, JUNE 22.—Arrd. Highlander, M'Millan, St.
Kitts ; Courier, Thompson, Porto Rico ; Astracan, Ford, New
Orleans; Alexander, Graham, Newfoundland.
CORK, JUNE 21.—Wind N. W.—Arrd. Pode Radulorech,
New Orleans.
LONDONDERRY, JUNE 19.—Arrd. Elgin, M`Culloch, St.
Andrew's, New Brunswick.

MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.)
NEV.TGATE AND
We had a very slow trade, yet prices were mostly sup-
ported. Beef, from 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 10d to 5s 2d;
Lamb, 5s to 6s 2d; Veal, 4s to ss; and Pork, 4s to 5s per
Blbs., by the carcase.
MEAT MARKETS.
llnmsmtm, JUNE 23.—We had a fair demand for each
kind of stock, at very full prices. Beef, from 4s to 55 4d;
Dlutten, 4s to 5s 4d; Lamb, 5s to 5s 10d; Veal, 4s to 45 8d;
and Pork, 4s to 4s 6d per Sibs.
ARUNDEL, JUNE 22.—Beef, from 4s 2d to 5s 4d; Mutton,
4s 4d to 5s 6d; Lamb, 5s to 5s 8d; and Veal, 4s to 4$ 8d per
Blbs. A moderate supply, and a firm trade.
CHICHESTER, JUNE 23.—Prime Beasts and Sheep moved
off freely, at very full prices. In other kinds of stock, only
a moderate kind of business was doing. Beef, from 3s 10d
to 5s 4d ; Mutton, 4s to 55 4d; Lamb, 5s 2d to 5s 10Sibs.d;
Veal, 4s 4d to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 4s 2d to 4s 6d per
Suckling Calves, 18s to 28s; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to
21s; and Mulch Cows, with their small Calf, 161 to 191 each.
SOUTHALL, JUNE 23.—We had rather a firm trade here
this morning, at fully last week's quotations. Beef, from 4s
to 5s 2d ; Mutton, 4s to 5s 2d; Lamb, 5s 2d to 6s; Veal,
4s to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 4s to 4s 8d per 81bs, to sink the offal.
ROMFORD, JUNE 23.—Each kind of stock was in moderate
supply and good reque3t, at extreme currencies. Beef, from
3s 10d to 5s 4d ; Mutton, 4s 2d to ,5s 4d ' • Lamb, 5s to
6s 2d ; Veal, 4s to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 4s to 4s 8d per Blbs.
Suckling Calves, 18s to 275.; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 18s
to 21s; and Milch Cows, with their small Calf, 161 to 191
each.