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

THE SU'N, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, .7 trN'E 17, 1847:

Mr. NEWDEGATB as a cup of sack with a toasted cake
in it would have been to the lip of BARDOLPB. After
the Right Hon. Baronet the representative of Tam-
worth had concluded a speech, which Mr. HUME has
facetiously termed a " tissue of absurdities," the
House thinned visibly—the most important epoch to
an Englishman in the twenty-four hours had arrived
—Members dropped off one by one to BELLAMY'S—
the First Lord of the Treasury himself had strolled
out to observe how matters progressed in the
House of Peers—and Sir JAMES GRAHAM had
yielded to those fascinations of the cuisine which
were, as he candidly confesses, superior in his estima-
tion to the attractions of Dr. BoNritmci's oratory.
What a superb opportunity for the Protectionist
whipper-in ! Why, his heart must have been as
much thrilled with emotions of satisfaction when his
eyes roved over the empty benches as that of the
clown CTMON when he peeped through the boughs at
the recumbent beauty of IPHIGEMA ! When Lord
Jo my RUSSELL remarked last night that, from the
peculiar conformation of the New Palace at West-
minster, there was not sufficient time fur his return
to the House before it was actually counted out, Mr.
NEWDEGATE must have chuckled in his sleeve. It
is manifest, in short, that the sudden and fruitless
termination of three nights' prolonged discussion
upon Portugal is attributable to an accidental
paucity of Members and the cunning alertness of
Mr. NEWDEGATE. The Lord Mayor of York may
protest that there was no pre-arrangement whatever
in the matter. That is probable ; but it is no less
certain than that is probable that the Protectionists
are rejoiced at the fact of their whipper-in having
prevented the announcement of a triumphant majority
in favour of the Government.

Perhaps, however, it is as well that the debate
should have terminated in this quiescent manner, as
enough has been said in all conscience to satisfy even
the most punctilious upholder of constitutional rights
and privileges. The Hon. Member for Montrose
himself must be satisfied, even though he have some
compunction in acknowledging as much. No one,
however displeased with the bearing of Mr. HUME'S
motion in a condemnatory manner upon the Govern-
ment, will regard the introduction of that motion
with sentiments of dissatisfaction. To the discussion
forced upon Parliament .by the representative of
Montrose the country is indebted for the most
copious and perspicuous explanations of the mea-
sures adopted towards the belligerent forces in Portugal
Through the impulse of that discussion the diplomatic
portfolio has been opened, and its mysteries revealed
to the multitude. From the opposition excited against

ie Cabinet in the course of that discussion the

Ministerial orators have been put upon their mettle,
and the speeches delivered by the Paymaster of the
Forces, by the President of the Council, and by the
Prime Minister himself, had so entirely vindicated
the course pursued by the Administration that little
was left for explanation from the lips of the Noble
Lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs.
Henceforth there can be no trepidation as to the
consequences of our armed intervention in the Penin-
sula. An entire amnesty has been insured to the
popular chieftains by the terms of the accepted con-
vention. Queen MARIA DA GLORIA is bound by the
bonds of gratitude, and the dread of ultimate disaster,
to fulfil for once her engagements of liberality with her
people. The natural and national rights of the Portu-
tuguese citizens are sheltered under the aegis of Bri-
tish power—the Governmenthaving solemnly pledged
itself before the House of Commons, and in the face
of the whole world, to be the protector and conser-
vator of those rights.
Whatever piques may have been gratified by the
premature counting out of the House on this im-
portant question, it is beyond dispute that the discus-
sion has shown with a magnificent distinctness the
light in which popular freedom is regarded not
only throughout these islands, not only throughout
the territories of France, but even among a race
hitherto regarded as comparatively indifferent to the
blessings of political liberty, or as sunk in the slough
of a deplorable torpor. Henceforth no more
Cabrals, no more Dietses, no more Ministerial des-
potism on the banks of the Tagus. The Portuguese
have shown themselves too powerful, too determined,
and too unanimous to dread their being driven to another
revolution by a repetition of their grievances. The
SOVEREIGN has consented to a pacification and recon-
ciliation with her subjects under circumstances which
will not admit of recalcitration on her part without the
total overthrow of her authority. Above all, England
has evinced herself a puissant mediator and an un-
flinching upholder of the liberties of nations.

The whole criminal law of this country is in a
disjointed state. Defective as it is in its principles,
in many respects it is still immeasurably more open
to censure in regard to its general administration.

The latter assertion is abundantly testified by the
second report, which has just appeared, of the Select
Committee of the House of Lords, appointed to in-

quire into the execution of the criminal law. The
result of a considerable portion of the evidence they
have taken is summed up in the declaration " that
imprisonment, as usually practised, is not an effi-
cacious punishment;" and, again, in reference to the
evidence, they declare that it "all tends to show the
great importance of improving our prison discipline ;"
and lastly, after enumerating various methods for
reaching this object, they unanimously wind up with
the opinion that from education, more than anything
else, must we hope for an effectual diminution of

crime. Our readers will therefore perceive that a]

we have so long been endeavouring to impress
upon the attention of the public is, by the report in
question, fully borne out. Something must be
done, and speedily, too, to remedy the present state
of things. The criminal machinery of the country
may be said to have come to a dead lock,
We observe that nearly all the Learned Judges
are agreed that it would be extremely unwise to
abandon transportation as a means of punishment;
and yet the Government, by the force of existing
circumstances, have felt themselves compelled, and,
as we think, reasonably so, to recommend its sus-
pension. One hundred and six convicts have just
been removed from Newgate to the Milbank Prison
to make room for the great influx of prisoners for
trial into the former gaol. The convicts are left in
uncertainty as to their ultimate destiny, and though
they are a class of persons the least likely to elicit
sympathy from such a position, still it is one in which
they would not be left in any well-organized system of
judicial administration. A man sentenced to trans-
portation has a fair right to expect that imprisonment
in this country shall not be substituted for it, parti-
cularly if he should prefer the former punishment to
the latter. It is true that the Executive have a discre-
tionary power to imprison convicts as long as they
please, such a power being necessarily incidental to
carrying the sentence of exile into effect ; but, then,
to extend their incarceration beyond the period when
the means of transport are conveniently at their com-
mand, is to act in opposition to the spirit, though it
may not be in violation of the strict letter of the law.
The statute is certainly defective, in not having fixed
a period within which felons under sentence of trans-
portation must be shipped off to their destination ;
but, now that transportation is suspended, we are
without sufficient prison accommodation, and pri-
soners are consequently indiscriminately huddled off
in any direction. Turning to other matters, akin to
the subject of which we are treating, we observe that,
in the Central Criminal Court, Mr. Justice PATTESON
complained that no counsel were engaged in many
cases involving very serious offences, thereby throw-
ing the duties of prosecution on the Bench, a prac-
tice much to be reprehended. The reason came out
that the present scale of
.expenses allowed by the Court
was of so niggardly a character that no respectable
solicitor would undertake a case. We entirely concur
in the opinion of the Learned Judge, that, for the
ends of justice, the scale of fees should be forthwith
revised. In the New Court we find the Common
Sergeant
travelling out of his course. A prisoner is
acquitted by the jury, the judge having previously
told them that he thought there was not sufficient
evidence to convict him. lie subsequently informs
the prisoner that he considered " he very was for-
tunate." If remarks of this sort were to be
sanctioned, a man, so far as his character
is concerned, might as well be found guilty.
Extra-judicial observations, in opposition to a
presumption of law, are not to be tolerated. A man,
declared to be innocent by his compeers ought not
to have it immediately afterwards insinuatedbl. against
hat
him by the judge the nevertheless e ieves him
right or wrong
to be guilty. the judge may

his opinion, and if the latter, and no man is infallible,
he inflicts irreparable damage. Let the public form
what opinion they may think proper of a man's guilt
or innocence after trial ; it is clearly not in
the province of the judge to deliver his in this ob-
jectionable shape. These pranks on the Bench must
be " put down."

The debate on the second reading of the Tenants

Ireland) Bill, which had been adjourned from the

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28th of April, was yesterday resumed in the House
of Commons, and terminated by the rejection of the
Bill by a large majority. We should deeply regret
this untoward result, were it not for the explanation

afforded on behalf of the Ministry by the Chief Se-

cretary for Ireland, as to the unfortunate and melan-
choly cause that prevented the introduction by the
Government, during the present session, of a just
and comprehensive measure for the improvement of
the relations between landlord and tenant in that coun-

try. That such was the intention is manifest from the
statement of the Premier at the beginning of the
session. It was only delayed in order that it might
have been brought forward under the auspices of the
lamented Nobleman, the then Viceroy, whose
thorough knowledge of the subject, whose position in
the country, as well public as private, and whose great
popularity with all classes, rendered him peculiarly
fitted for the task. The fatal event that deprived the
nation of his valuable services, the extraordinary

quantity of Irish business pending before either
House, the difficulty of the subject, and the mischiefs
that might result from any crude or hasty legisla-
tion, compelled the Cabinet to postpone their intended
measure. But the recognition of the principle, the
admission by the Minister whose official duties are
more immediately connected with the sister kingdoms
" that measures might be devised, that although they
would be objectionable in this country, might produce
the most beneficial consequences in Ireland," and his
statement " that he was prepared to approach the
subject, with ,reference not only to general principles,
but also to the special circumstances of that
country," afford the strongest evidence, amount-
ing to a moral certainty, that the matter will
be brought forward at the very commencement of
the ensuing session, on the Ministerial responsibility
It is needless to say that the great object will be
much more effectually promoted by being introduced
in this manner than if brought forward by any pri-

vete Member, no matter how energetic and efficien
he may be. It will give it a certainty of a fair hear
ing, and if ultimately rejected it must be on the
merits, and not by any of the petty tactics or paltry
ruses, too often resorted to in Parliamentary war-
fare. It will insure a full discussion, and that
attentive consideration the vast importance of
the question so urgently demands. It would also
be scarcely possible to hope, at this late period
of the session, that the measure proposed by the
Hon. Member for Rochdale, even had it been
sanctioned by the House, could have been brought to
a successful termination previous to the prorogation,
or, we should rather say, the dissolution of Parlia-
ment. We cannot, therefore, regret the present de-
cision, although we agree with Mr. CRAWFORD in
the paramount importance, nay, the absolute necessity,
of the measure, and acknowledge his claim to the
public gratitude for the zeal and efficiency with which
he has directed general attention to the matter.
There is no doubt that many of the occupying
tenants in all parts of Ireland have certain capital at
their disposal, which they would gladly apply to the
permanent and lasting improvement of the soil, if they
were satisfied that they themselves, or their children,
would reap the benefit of that expenditure in the
length and certainty of their tenure, or that they
would receive adequate compensation in the event of
their being driven from their holdings, or the rent
being unduly increased. Many others would gladly
apply their labour for the same purpose, if similarly
secured, but they refrain from doing so because they
fear that any such exertions on their part would have
the effect of inducing their landlord, who might pos-
sibly be in embarrassed and needy circumstances, or
his agent, anxious to obtain the profits derived on a
change of tenants, to deprive them of their holdings.
Were this fear removed, there is little doubt that im-
provements would become general, and that neglected
husbandry and inadequate cultivation would become
the exception and not the rule in that country.
This was the opinion of the Commissioners for the im-
provement of the la woflandlord and tenant,who by their
report most strongly recommended the enactment of
such a law, which they stated " they were satisfied
would be more advantageous than almost any other
that could be brought forward." The leaskconsidera-
tion of the circumstances of the sister kingdom will
convince any person that there is a still snore urgent
necessity for such a measure in consequence of the
recently introduced poor-law. In fact the safety of
the landowners can only be obtained by the full deve-
lopment of the agricultural capabilities of the country,
and the extraction of the greatest amount of produce
from the soil. The tenant who hadimproved his holding
and thus acquired a claim thereon would have given
the best possible security for his future good con-
duct, and the due fulfilment of his part of the con-
tract between himself and his landlord, and of his
anxiety to attain this great object. The proprietors
would, in fact, be the parties most benefited in the
end, although great advantages would also be afforded
to all classes. Why, then, should any petty jealousy be
suffered to intrude or induce them to offer any oppo-
sition ? We trust that they will not be so blinded to
their own best interests, and that we shall speedily be
enabled to congratulate the Irish people on the
triumphant success of an efficient and ample .enact-
ment.

Madrid papers of the 10th have arrived.
The quicksilver contract was adjudicated on that
day by the Minister of Finance to the Bank of Fo-
ment,o, at the price of 86 dollars 11 reals per quintal,
or 11 reals more than the minimum fixed by the
Minister. Two other offers, supposed to proceed
from the house of Rothschild, being considerably in-
ferior to that minimum, were not admitted.

General RIVERO has been appointed Captain-
General of Burgos, and General COTONER Captain-
General of the Balearic Islands. General TAcoN
has been raised to the rank of Grandee of the first
class, with the title of Duke of the Union of Cuba.
A new daily paper called the Correo has been
started in Madrid. Its object is to advocate the in-
terests of Senor SALAMANCA. It was reported that
the Carlists in Catalonia had risen in considerable
force, had taken possession of the powder magazine of
Manresa, and had employed all the horses of the town
to carry the powder to a place of safety. At the
same moment another Carlist band took possession of
Igualda.
The Three per Cents. were done at 301 for cash; the
Four per Cents. at 18; the Five per Cents. at 18k; the
Debt without Interest at 51; and the Coupons at 15.

We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday.

They all comment on the debate on the affairs of
Portugal, which took place in the Chamber of De-
puties on the preceding day.
The Journal des Debats gives the following resume
of the proceedings :
" The sitting of yesterday, in the Chamber of Deputies,
was consumed by that which will no doubt be termed a
speech from M. Cremieux, by a simple reply from M.
Guizot, and by a few phrases from M. Odilon Barrot.
We are obliged to confess, first, that we consider a de-
bate on the subject of an intervention or non-interven-
tion in Portugal as perfectly useless. It is a question
which appears impossible to us to be considered in an
absolute manner. The principle of non-intervention is,
no doubt, the general rule ; but, like every rule in human
affairs, it has necessarily exceptions. Thus, at different
periods, we interfered to found the kingdom of Greece
—we interfered to found the kingdom of Belgium. We
do not ever recollect that it was imputed to France as a
crime to have taken part in those great events. If we have
not interfered in Poland it is not the fault of the Opposi-
tion. If, at a later period, we did not interfere in Spain, it
was not the fault of the opposition. When we evacuated
Ancona, God knows in what manner the opposition
hailed that return to a natural state of politics. As the
British Prime Minister judiciously observed, those who
blame the intervention would have wished that we in-
terfered against Spain, to prevent her from interfering.
If we wished to prolong the discussion on that ground,
it would be an eternal war of words, out of which we
could never escape. Intervention and non-intervention,
in place of being themselves principles, are, on the con-
trary, successively applied in order to effect the tri-
umph of more general principles. The only question
is, therefore, to know whether, in the particular case
at present under discussion, intervention was conform-
able to the principles which should direct the policy of
the constitutional states of Europe. The Opposition
exclaim against our intervention in Portugal. If we had
not interfered, the same parties would have expostulated
in a louder tone. How much should we not have heard
of the 6 abdication of our influence;' of the isolation in

which we should have been left ;' and of our humility I
in suffering the affairs of Europe to be discussed without
us!' If England had acted without us, it would have
been said that she regarded us as nothing ; she acts with
us, and it is said that we follow in her train. The simple
exposition of the question made by M. Guizot, which
required no effort of eloquence after the speech of M.
Cremieux, did full justice to that reproach. The fact is,
that after many. tergiversations, and notwithstanding
some little disguised the British Government
concluded by returning to the solution proposed by M.
Guizot at the commencement of the question. M. Guizot
established as a principle, at the beginning of the civil
war in Portugal, the maintenance and execution of the
treaty of the quadruple alliance. The English Government
commenced by contesting that principle. It essayed an
intervention, or at least an isolated mediation, and it
did not succeed. After the first check it endeavoured
to organize an intervention amongst three— a concert
between Portugal, Spain, and England, to the exclusion
of France. In presence of these facts the French Go-
vernment demanded again the application of the treaty
of the quadruple alliance, and the English Government
at length acceded to the propositions originally suggested
by M. Guizot. And now has not M. Guizot a right to
demand whether that was placing himself in the train of
England? Let the speech of Lord John Russell be read,
and it will be seen how completely the British Minister
appears to treat Portugal as a mere colony, and as a de-
pendence of Great Britain; and let us ask ourselves
after that if it was a humiliation for France t' have
taken an equal part in the settlement of the affairs of
that country? If, however, political or diplomatic suc-
cess had been purchased at the cost of any of the prin-
ciples which ought to direct the government of 1830,
we should be the first to say that we had paid too dearly
for it. But the French Government has not abdicated
on this occasion any of the great constitutional princi-
ples on which it is founded. Mr. Hume, with his allu-
sions to the barricades, M. Barrot, with his sonorous
declamation, can never succeed in causing it to be be-
lieved that the government of 1830 has repudiated its
glorious origin. We have not interfered in Portugal to
establish or maintain despotism there—we first offered
our mediation, and when we interfered it was after the
Queen had engaged with her allies to give her insurgent
subjects constitutional guarantees. The great liberal
powers do not restore the government to the Queen, their
ally, except on conditions that she shall not abuse it.
It is on the government, the conquering party, and not
on the vanquished insurgents, that conditions are im-
posed. The three Powers interfere not to re-establish
despotism, but peace, and they become the guarantees
for the accomplishment of the promises made in their
name. That which the Powers who signed the treaty
of the quadruple alliance establish is not the reign of
caprice, but of law. France, for her part, has remained
faithful to the policy which she has pursued during
seventeen years—to the policy which founded the liber-
ties of Spain, founded the liberties of Portugal, and
secured in the west the triumph of monarchical and con-
stitutional principles. We are well aware that such is
not the policy of the opposition, but, as M. Guizot stated
to-day, it is that of the Goveripment, that of the Cham-
bers, that of the country, and all the efforts of the oppo-
sition have not yet been able to change it."
The National is indignant at what it terms " this
intervention in favour of a perjured QUEEN, ready to
fall before the most legitimate of insurrections ;" and
the Presse is severe upon M. GUIZOT for having lent
himself to the views of England.
In the Chamber of Peers a very animated discus-
sion took place on the petition of Prince JEROME
BONAPARTE, ex-King of Westphalia, praying for
permission to return to France. Baron D UPIN read the
report of the Committee to which it had been refer-
red, which recommended that the petition should be
referred to the Bureau des renseignmens (equi-
valent to an order that it do lie on the
table). The Prince DE LA MOSKOWA (the son
of Marshal NET) proposed as an amendment that
the petition should be referred to the President of the
Council and to the Council of Ministers. It was now,
he said, 32 years since Prince JEROME had fought
at Waterloo, since which period he had languished in
exile. The victories of France had raised him to a
throne, and her misfortunes were the commencement
of his reverses. The Prince only demanded to ter-
minate his mortal career on the territory of France.
He could readily conceive that in troubled times laws
of proscription against the members of fallen dynas-
ties might be enforced ; but now that the dynasty of
July was so firmly established, he could not see the
necessity of keeping in force those laws which exiled
the members of the Imperial Family who recognised
the present Government. He was well aware that it
was to the three powers of the state that belonged the
faculty of revising a law ; but he was persuaded that
the repeal of those laws of exile would meet with but
little opposition. The generosity of the KING of the
FRENCH required no stimulus, for already on two or
three occasions he had shown what were his senti-
ments, and it was not too much to hope that he would
regard with a favourable eye the prayer of the present
petition.
In the course of the discussion the Chamber was
addressed by Viscount VICTOR Hiroo, who said—
" He considered that the gates of the country ought to
be opened to one of the most noble and the most illus-
trious members of that Imperial Family, who had taken
so great a part in their victories and in their reverses,
and was also of opinion that all the laws of exile and
proscription should be repealed. The grandeur of
France and of her Government demanded it, and he
thought that such a nationaland generous measure would
form the finest crown for their Ikew dynasty. Political
reason, in accordance with the national wish, commanded
the recal of those illustrious exiles whom proscription
turned into pretenders, but of whom the air of their na-
tive country would make good citizens. The only con-
dition he would impose upon them was that they should
demand the favour from the King himself.
He regarded the laws which kept those princes
in exile as impolitic. To recal an exiled
prince was to declare to him that he was
not feared ; all political importance was thus
withdrawn from him; and, for that reason, to replace the
priuces of the Imperial house under the common laws of
the country—to allow them to return into France like
good and loyal Frenchmen, as they were—would be a
measure alike just and politic. He would suppose a man
to exist who had never heard the name of Napoleon, and
let that man be told that the family of Napoleon had
been banished from the soil of France— that it had been
proscribed—what would be his reply? He would ask—
What, then, has Napoleon done? Doubtless he has been
guilty of some heinous crime ! The crimes of which he
had been guilty are as follow:—Religion revived; the
civil code drawn up; France enlarged beyond her natural
frontiers—Marengo, Jena, Wagram ! These constituted
the most magnificent dowry that a great man could have
given to a great nation. It was the aged brother of this
great man who now presented himself before the Cham-
ber. During the early part of his life his only desire was
to die for France ; now his only wish was to die on her
soil. Such a wish could not be refused."
The last speaker was General GORGAUD, who re-
mindeda
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brated by banishing from the soil of France the
brother of him who wished to make her the first
nation of the world."—(Sensation.) This eloquent
appeal from the old companion in arms of the EM-
PEROR was, however, without effect. The amend-
ment was rejected, and the recommendation of the
Committee adopted.
The Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, on the
affair of M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN, have unanimously
reported in favour of' granting the authorisation for
the appearance of that gentleman at the bar of the
House of Peers.
Queen CHRISTINA has arrived in Paris from her
excursion to Italy, and proceeded to her country seat,

Malmaison.
Count RAYNEVAL, Charge d'Affaires of France at
St. Petersburgh, has just arrived in Paris. The
Union Monarchique mentions a report that the object
of his coming is to give to a person particularly inte-
rested in the question some confidential explanations
relative to the real state of the Emperor of RUSSIA'S
sentiments towards the French Government.
The Moniteur publishes a law authorising the Bank
of France to issue2oo-franc notes.
As if fatigued by its upward movement of Monday, the
Paris Bourse was heavy on Tuesday. The Three per Cents.
closed at 77f. 65c. ; the Five per Cents., at 117 f. 70c. ; the
Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,275 f. ; Rouen, 972 f. 50c. ; Havre,
656 f. 25c. ; Great Northern, 598 f. 75c. ; Avignon, 738 f. 75c. ;
Vierzon, 618 f. 75c. • Bordeaux, 511 f. 25c. ; Troyes and Mon-
tereau, 280 f. ; Basle, 190 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 430 f.
Tours and Nantes, 412 f. 50c.; Paris and Lyons, 448 f. 75c. ;
Bordeaux and Cette, 451 f. 25c. ; Spanish Passives, 41i.
MARSEILLES, JUNE 10.-Marseilles and Avignon, 745 f. ;
Northern, 602 f. 50c.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 16.
Luxembourg, i%-Lyons and Avignon (Constituted),
2%-Northern of France, 11%-Paris and Orleans, 491/2-
Rouen and Havre, 26.

Parliament will, it is now generally believed, be pro-
rogued by the Queen in person on Tuesday, the 13th of
July, and the elections will not take place till after the
harvest, the end of September or beginning of October.
The Queen and Prince Albert intend leaving town for
Cambridge on Monday, the sth of July, and will reside,
during their stay at the University, at Trinity Lodge.
The Queen will go in state to the Italian Opera, but
the day is not yet fixed.
The lion. C. Cavendish has met with great success in
his canvass in Bucks.

There will be a severe contest for Cambridge Uni-
versity. The present Members will be opposed by
G. S. Lefevre, Esq., and Lord Fielding, eldest son of
Lord Denbigh.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS
CITY, QUARTER TO TII
The Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was very
quiet, but closed firmly. American and Surat qualities
were lower by *d. per lb. There was no change in
other sorts. Sales 6,000 bales, 500 of which were on
speculation. Of the whole quantity, 4,000 bales were
American. There were 1,000 bales of Surat sold at
aid. to 54d. per lb., 200 Egyptian at 71d. to 9d., and 200
Bahia at 74d. per lb. Shares were good again.
The accounts from the outports and from Ireland re-
present the arrivals of grain as being very large, and
the indisposition to buy was manifested more strongly
than ever. The usual result of excessive speculation
and gambling in the food of the people is becoming
apparent in France, failures having occurred of houses
hitherto considered to be " strong," and repudiation of
time bargains being with many the order of day. We
shall not be surprised to hear of similar occurrences
here ere long.
By a vessel arrived from the River Plate, we have ac-
counts of March 31, from Buenos Ayres, and April 5,
from Monte Video. The letters state that—
" By advices from Goya (a province of Corrientes),
on the 11th ult, we learn that the Holywood, and Cou-
rier de la Seine Inferieure had arrived there, on their
way down the Parana, the former to complete her
loading.
" We regret to inform you that the drought in this
province still continues, and threatens serious injury to
the graziers of cattle. The supply of tallow is falling off,
and the price has advanced to $25 per arroba.
"Business in imports is dull, there is no want of supply,
as yesterday there were sixty-four vessels of all sizes
loading and discharging off the Custom-house. This
traffic will not be permitted long, as it causes a feeling of
exasperation in all classes of society here, and many are
proved to put injurious constructions to the credit of our
Ministers for its continuance. Several vessels are
loading for Rio direct, by which they avoid paying the
export duties at Monte Video.
" A communication from Senor Munoz, Minister of War
and Foreign Affairs at Monte Video, to the President
Suarez, has been published within the last few days. It
is a complete expose of the present resources of the
party in power at Monte Video. They are in want of
everything, because they have nothing. Men, money,
clothing, arms, ammunition, and unity of purpose are
alike called for. All these wants were known before,
but they had not till now received the seal of official
authority.
"The mediating Ministers refuse to contiue their coun-
tenance unless General Rivera was removed from com-
mand of the army. The order was given by Munoz but
not obeyed. He resigns in consequence, but is pre-
vailed upon to continue his official services at the
earnest request of Admiral Laird. Subsequently the
matter is patched up some way or other, and General
Rivera, with the remainder of his forces, have been
conveyed to Maldonado. It now seems that the Minis-
ters will not allow either Rivera or Oribe to go into
Monte Video, and the question naturally suggests itself
to whom will they award the reins of power, what is the
the object to be obtained, and where are the means to
accomplish their ends, whatever they may be.
" The question to us is really becoming utterly incom-
prehensible. If the Ministers wish to have their eyes
opened, the document to which we refer ought to be suf-
ficient for them. It appears there is some treason going
on in the Monte Videan camp inside, and we should not
be surprised to hear of some of the " notables" pass-
ing over to General Oribe, and all parties at least ac-
cusing the intervention, as the cause of all their misfor-
tunes. That this will be the upshot we have not the
least doubt."
There has Rot been much business done in the English
Funds, and prices are weaker, a few sales being made
again to realise profits. Consols have been 874 to 88.
The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have realised
89i g. Bank Stock is firm at 197. Exchequer-bills
have touched 7s. and lls. premium.
In the Foreign Market there hare been but one or
two bargains. Spanish Three per Cents. have been
marked 34* to 344, and Peruvian Stock is at 36k.
Railway Shares are lower, but with limited sales only
ISRITISII FUNDS.

ONE
O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock .. .. • • 197
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 87% 88
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Ce %
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 ..
India Bonds, 1,0001. 8
Ditto, under 1,000/. .. .. 3
Consols for Opening, July 1G.......88 &7%%
Exchequer Bills. l%d. 2d.
1,0001... .... 10 711 p
5001. . .... 13 12 15 p
Ditto, Small .... 13 18 p
ONE
O'CLOCK.

CLOSING
PRICES.
197

lip
15p
18p
CLOSING
PRICES.

FOREIGN FUNDS.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .• ..
Ditto, Small .• • • • 84
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent. .. 36%
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent ..
Ditto, 4 per Cent .. .• .. • • 33 3214
Ditto, for the Account • • .. ;214 4
Ditto, Three per Cent ....
Ditto,.. Passive Bonds ......--
Ditto, for the Account 34%14
Dividends on the above payable in London.

BUSINESS
PRICES OF CLOSING
PAID. DONE AT
RAILWAY SHARES. PRICES.
ONE O'CLOCK.
Amber., Notting., Beaton, and
Eastern Junction .. .. • . 2% • ... .. ••.. •
36
Buckhlghamshire 61.41.... 1 134 dis 134 dia.
Eastern Counties .. 20 .... 2054% % •• 20%
Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 4d. %p.
Ditto, York Extension .. 7)6 .... .. •• .
East Lancashire ........20 .... 1936 •••• .. • . 19%
East Lincolnshire .. 63% .... 7 .. ••.. • 7%
Great Northern .. .... 22% ... • 2%
Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 30 .... 2434 2536 . •
Great North of England . ..100 —
Ditto, New .. . .. 25 ....
Great Western .. 85 ....115 ........
Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 50 .... 68 69
Ditto, Quarter Shares 1234 .... 17%% • •
Ditto, New .. 434 •••834
Ipswich aid Bury StEdmunds .. 14 9% 10 ...
Leeds and Bradford .. • • .. 40 .... 87 .... B7
London and Blackwell .. 161. 13s. 4d. 7%. ........ . 7%
London, Brighton, & South Coast 50 .• 54% .. ••.. • 5434
Ditto, Consol. Eighths • • .. 10 .... 1334 13
Do. Pref. Convert. 5 per cent 50 .... 53% 53%
London an North-Western • •100 ....178 180 lBO
Ditto, Quarters L. and B. 7 .... 23 .• 23
Ditto ditto, New Shares .. .. 2 .... 13 .... • • 13
Ditto, 401. Shares M. &B. .. 40 69 .. •• • •
Ditto, 101. Shares M. &B. (C) 1 •• • 7 .•••• • • • • 7
London and South-Western 411 68.10 d... 66
Ditto, New .. 2734 .... 3034 ...• .• 3036
Ditto, New .. • . .. 22 .... 2434 24%
Lynn and Dereham .. 20 .... • •
Manchester and Leeds .. 82 • ..
Ditto, Fifths 634 .... 10% %........ 10%
Midland ..100 ....124 122.... •• .. 122
Ditto, New .. .. 36 41 % % ........ 41%
Ditto, New .. .. 6 .... 936 9.• . .....
Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 20 .... 28% 28 ...... 27%
Ditto, New .. 5 .......... 7
Norfolk .. ..100 •• .. ...... •• • •
Ditto, Extension .. 10 .... 10
Ditto, ditto, Waveney Valley.. 2 13, ...... •• •. 136
North British .. •..25 3236 .... • • • ... 3236
Ditto, Half Shares .. 1234 • . 1534 1536
North Staffordshire .. 734 .. .. 10 9% .... •• .. 974
North Western . • .. .. 4 .... 2% ........ 2%
Preston and Wyre.. •25 .... 37% 37 ...... 37
Ditto, Half Shares (A) 834 .......... 1236
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5 .... .. •• • ..... 5%
Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 334 .... 334......
Ditto, Class B .. • • .• • • 3 ••.. ••.. •
South Staffordshire .• .• .. 21. 125... •.• • • % dis.
South Eastern and Dovor . • 3336 .. 3636 .
South Wales .. .. 10 .... 7)6.. • •
South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and
1
West Riding Union • • .. ..41.25.....
Windsor. Staines, &S. Western.. 421. ....
Wilts. Somerset, and Weymouth 20 .... 10 .• •••. • • • • 10
York and Newcastle .. .. 25 .... 3734 •. •• 373 E
Ditto, New.. .. .• .. 10 .... 15%%%
Ditto, Preference .. • . s ••.. • •
York and North Midland .. •50
Ditto, Extension .. ...25 •
.... 42 .• •••• • • • • 4
Ditto.Do.BPreferencedr.Biding
r.
0.
RE
Ex.
ea;
RAILWAYS.
106 -
21 t
Central of France (Orleans and
Vierzon) • • • • .. 12 .......... 16
Luxembourg 1%
Namur and Liege .. 10 .• .. •••• • • • ...
Northern of France • • .. .... 11% % • II 34
Paris and Lyons • • .. .. 8 .... 5% ••• . • .... 5%
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
London and Westminster .. .. 20 .... 2G3( 2631
MINES.

Real del Monte, Unrettistered —.. .... 3 ..........

LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DAY).
LoNnoN, JUNE 17.—Wind S. W., light breeze, and cloudy.
OFF BEACIIY HEAD, JUNE 10.—Charlotte, Gunther, New
York, for Bremen.
LivEnroot, JUNE 16.—Wind S.S.E., fresh.—Arrd. 15th,
Otterspool, Wickman, Calcutta ; Tapley, ditto ; Esther Ann,
Pernambuco; Frances, Corkhill, Barbadoes ; Royal William,
Frances, New Orleans; Harry Lorrequer, Jeffares, ditto;
Julius Cmsar, Carter, ditto; Champion, Cochrane, Mobile;
Urgent, Rogers, Apalachicola; New York, Cropper, New
York • Affghan, Black, ditto ; Ellerslie, Harvey, ditto. 16th.
Cordelia, Hughes, Calcutta; Benjamin Boyd, Clark, Came-
roons ; Picwick, Africa ; George, Mansanilla ; London, Boy-
lan, New Orleans ; William Penn, Canighlan, ditto : Car-
thagenian, Jack, ditto; Anglesea, Virginia; Medora, Tur-
ner, Philadelphia; St. John, Richardson, ditto; Queen of
the West, Woodhouse, New York; Lady Napier, ditto;
Southerner, Palmer, ditto; Warrior, St. John's, New Bruns-
wick. The Plutus, Hannah, sailed from St. Andrew's for
Liverpool, 4th January last, and has not since been heard of.
DEAL, JUNE 16.—Wind S.W. to S.S.W.; rad., squally.—
Arrd. Winscules, Sprout, Port Phillip ; ary Grant, Bom-
bay; Toup, Coast of Africa ; Arequipa, Crag. Callao; Thor-
waidsen, St. Croix ; Emma, Walls, New Orleans • Sally,
Bruce, Mobile ; Emma, Wise, Newfoundland. The Pene-
lope, of Jersey, has been lost on the coast of Africa.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
The following.have been posted at Lloyds' :
Hydrographic Ofice, 20th May, 1847.
HAVANNAIL—NEW LIGHTHOUSE ON THE
MORRO.
Information has been received from her Majesty's Consul
at Havannah, that a new lighthouse has been erected on the
Morro of Havannah, in lat. 23 deg. 9 sec., long. 82 deg. 22
sec. west of Greenwich, exhibiting a revoving light at half
minute intervals. The light is 158 feet above the level of
the sea, and may be seen at the distance of 20 miles.
PUERTO RICO.—NEW LIGHT AT SAN JUAN.
The new light has been exhibited at the entrance of the
harbour of San Juan, lat. 18 deg. 29 sec. north, long. 06 deg.
7 sec. west of Greenwich, at the height of 187 feet above the
level of the sea. It revolves in eight seconds, and may be
seen 20 miles.
GULF OF VENICE.—NEW LIGHT ON THE PORER
ROCK, NEAR CAPE PROMONTORE.
Notice has been given by the Deputation of the Exchange
at Trieste that a new lighthouse has been built on the Porer
Rock in let. 44 deg. 46 min. N., and lon. 13 deg. 53 deg. E.
of Greenwich, to replace the temporary one, and that a
fixed light is now exhibited thereon, at the height of 111
feet above the sea, and 88 feet above the rock.
LLOYD'S.
The committee for managing the affairs of Lloyd's having
had their attention directed to the important assistance ren-
dered to British vessels in distress by order of his Highness
Mehemet Ali Pacha, have unanimously passed the following
resolutions :
" That the respectful thanks of this Committee be expressed
to his Highness Mehemet Ali Pacha, Viceroy of Egypt, on
behalf of the subscribers to Lloyd's and the commercial
shipping interests, for the generous, prompt, and valuable
, assistance rendered on all occasions by his Highness's orders,
to British vessels stranded or in distress on the coast under

his Highness's government; thus affording another instance
of that enlightened and liberal policy for which his Highness
is so justly distinguished."

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)
HAY MARKETS
SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 2/5s to 31153; Clover ditto,
31 5s to 4/ 15s ; and Straw, 11 6s to 11 12s per load. Supply
but moderate, and trade dull.
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31 16s; Clover
ditto, 3/ 8s to 41 14s; and Straw, 11 8s to 1/ 12a per load.
A fair average supply, and a heavy demand.
WHITICCHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 53 to 31 15s; Clover
ditto, 31 5s to 4/ 18s; and Straw, 11 Gs to 11 lls per load.
Trade dull at the above quotations.
MEAT MARKETS.
SOUTIIALL, JUNE 16.—Our market to-day was well sup-
plied with each kind of stock, the demand for which was
heavy, at drooping prices. Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 8d ;
Mutton, 4s to 5s 4d; Lamb, 5s to 6s; Veal, 4s to 4s 8d;
and Pork, 4s to 4s 8d per 81bs, to sink the offal.
ROMFORD, Jusr 16.—A fall of quite 4d per 81bs took place
in the general quotations, with a heavy demand. Beef, from
3s 6d to 4s 10d ; Mutton, 5s to .5s 4d ; Lamb, 5s to
6s 2d ; Veal, 4s to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 4s to 4s 6d per Sibs.
Suckling Calves, 20s to 28s; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s
to 22s ; and Milch Cows, with their small Calf, 161 to 20/
each.
LEWES, JUNE 15.—Beef, from 4a to 5s 4d; Mutton, 4s
to 53 4d ; Lamb, 5s 4d to 6s 2d ; and Veal, 4s to 4s Bd,
per 81bs. Supply moderate, and trade dull.
NEIXTGATE AND LEADENHALL.
We had a very dull trade here on lower terms. Beef from
3s 4d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 4s to 5s ; Lamb, 5s to Cs; Veal 3s
10d to ss; and Pork 3s 8d to 5s per 81bs, by the carcase.

CORN AVERAGES.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN
For the Week ended June 17, 1847, made up from the Returns of the
Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Eagleud and Wales
per Imperial Quarter.
WHEAT. I BALLET.' OATS. I RYE. BEANS. I PEAS.
RI'ICE • . 188 s 10d 52s Od 34s Id 67s Id 157 s 8d 59s Id
The Duties on Foreign Grain are now suspended.

THAMES.-(THIS DAY.)
Williams Shears, a lad thirteen years old, and small
lr
of his age, was chai.ged by his father, John Shears, nde
thy following distressing circumstances:—
The father, who is a labouring man, and of very re-
spectable appearance, stated that the boy was his
favourite son, and he had done everything in his power
to reclaim him from his evil courses. Ho bad fallen
into bad company, and since that period had been a
continued source of trouble and anxiety to his parents,
whom he had taken every opportunity of plundering.
The poor man added that his son had been frequently
taken before several police-courts, charged with theft ;
and once it cost him (witness) 11. 14s. to pay a solicitor
on his account, and this he could ill afford. About a
month since he got hold of a sum of money belong-
ing to his mother, and ran away with it. Yesterday his
mother gave him some silver to buy some grocery arti
cles with. but be again ran away with the money, and
finding him to be perfectly incorrigible, he was compelled
to brine him before the magistrate to see if anything
could be done with him.
The lad, during this statement, appeared quite un-
moved at his poor father's distress, and perfectly careless
as to the results.
Mr. BALLANTINE observed that this was most
a
affecting case. He was lothe to send so juvenile an
offender to prison, where the chances were that he would
only become a confirmed thief. He should order himto
be remanded for a week, and directed that a notice
should be placed on the commitment stating that ha was
to be kept in solitary confinement, and in the interim he
would consider what could be done with him.
The father thanked the magistrate, and retired.
CLERKENWELL.-(THIS DAY.)
Mary M'Carthy was charged with stealing 5 gold
watch and guard-chain, the property of John Langton.
It appeared from the statement of police-constable
lot G, that as he was passing up Field-lane this morn-
ing, about two o'clock, he overheard the prisoner Say tO
another woman, " Well, I have eased that chap. of his
watch down at Eliza's." The policeman,
place meant by the prisoner, went there, and found the
place vehemently declaring that he had been robb?et
of his watch, and would give the owner of the house 1!1
charge. The constable then took him back
same Field:.
lane, where the prisoner was found near the spot
knowing the
• where she was first seen by the constable, and upfound
on t!,
close examination of her lodgings the watch was
concealed.—The prisoner was committed for trial.