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11 LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1846.

The House met atFour o'clock,
action of private business,and, after the trans. Sir R. PEEL in moving that the House, at its rising,
do adjourn to Fri day next, stated
On
that on that day he
should propose to proceed with Supply.
day following he should move the seco d readingthe ofaf othn
e
-Protection of Life in Leland Bill ; and on Friday, the
Nth June, he should bring forward the question of the
Sugar Duties. In answer to questions from various Hon.
Members, the Right Hon. Baronet said that he would
fix an early day for proceeding with the Poor Removal
:Bill. It was ultimately, at the suggestion of Sir JAMES
GRAHAM, arranged that the Poor Removal Bill should
be taken on Friday, and the motion was agreed to.
In answer to Mr. HIMIE, Sir R. PEEL stated that the
American President had given notice to the British Go-
vernment of the termination of the Oregon Convention
of 1827, and he had given the notice in the terms agreed
on by both Houses of the American Legislature, in the
_hope that it might lead to an amicable:settlement of the
question.

Mr. J. E. DENison, in reply to Lord JOHN RUSSELL,
stated that the nature of the instruction to the Com-
mittee on the Poor-law Removal Bill was, that after a
.certain day the settlements in each union should be
union settlements and not parochial ones, and that each
pariah should contribute to the union rate in proportion
to the average rate paid by each during the course of the
last seven years.
On the motion that the Speaker do leave the chair, in
order that the House should resolve itself into a Com-
mittee of Ways and Means,
Mr. LAWSON rose to move for certain returns on the
subject of the price of potatoes at various periods, and
enteredinto a long explanation of the statements which
he had made with regard to the price of potatoes on a
-.former occasion.
Mr. Alderman HUMPHREY also entered into certain
*xi:donations with regard to his statements on the sub-
ject ofnotatoes during the course of the corn-law debate
The House then resolved itself into a Committee of
Ways and Means, &c.
iy E , UliNactidioß of the EXCHEQUER rose to bring
r _<l9ri6aiiitStiagt, which he feared he should not be
tiakeilreiiAlteresting, as the various alterations

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in our financial system, proposed by the Government,
had already received the sanction of the House, neither
would it be necessary to state the exact amount of the
expenditure as they were already before the House in the
estimates. He should only have to exhibit in one view
the receipt and expenditure, from which the Hc,u-e
would see the working of the financial policy of the
'Government. The Right Hon. Gentleman then pro-
ceeded to make his statement. The revenue last year
was estimated at 49,762,0001. ; it had yielded 51,250,0001.
The customs, which had been estimated at 19,500,0001.
had yielded 19,700,0001. The excise, estimated at
12,500,0001., had realised 13,300,000/. The stamps,
estimated at 7,000,0001, had yielded 7,660,0001. The
taxes, estimated at 4,200,000, had yielded the amount
estimated. The property-tax, estimated at 5,100,0001.,
had fallen a little short, in consequence of the repay-
ment made to persons from whom deductions had been
male. The post-office, which had been estimated at
700,0001., had yielded 790,0001 There had been re-
ceived from China 750,0004,—making a total revenue of
52,000,900. The expenditure, estimated at 30,790 0001.,
had amounted to 30,600,000/. There was a deduction to be
made for charges which occurred in certain years, and
the surplus revenue of the year amounted to 2,350,0001.
In the ensuing year he estimated the Custom's revenue
at 19,500,0001. He estimated it at this sum, because he
believed that the commercial prosperity would continue
and increase, and, therefore, he should not make such a
deduction in the abolition of duties as he might be en-
titled to under other circumstance& He estimated the
Excise revenue, which had only fallen this year 100,0001.
in consequence of the reduction of duties last year, at
13,400,0001. He took for stamps 7,400,0001. only, be-
cause he thought that the increase this year was owing
to the increase of railway speculation. The assessed
taxes he estimated at the same amount as last year, and
the property-tax at 5,100,000/. He estimated the Post-
office revenue for the ensuing year, in consequence of
certain alterations about to be made, which would incur
some expense, at 850,000/., being 60,000/. above what it
had realised this year. With respect to Crown
lands, he expected to receive from them 120,0001.,
and the miscellaneous at nearly the same amount•
The total amount of revenueshe estimated at 50,950,0001.;
and he estimated that, including the China ransom, the
total receipt would be, 51,650,0001. With regard to the
expenditure, certain additions had been necessary to the
military and naval forces of the country, which would
dip deeply into the surplus. The charge for the debt
was 28,100,0001., for the consolidated fund it was
5,200,0001., showing an increase in the last item in con-
sequence of the advances made to Ireland. The expen-
diture for the army he estimated at 6,690,000/., being an
increase of 140,000/. The expenditure of the navy
would be 7,521,000 L, being an increase of between 500,0001.
and 600,000/. The estimate for the ordnance would
be 2,543,000/., being an increase of 400,000/.
The miscellaneous expenditure would amount to
3,435,0001., being somewhat more than the sum which
appeared in the estimates. The total expenditure fur
services would be 20,198,000/., which with the charges
would make a total expenditure of 50,853,000/., which
being deducted from the anticipated revenue of
51,650,000/., would leave a surplus of 776,000 L He
attributed the present prosperous state of the finances to
the liberal commercial policy which had been adopted by
the Government since 1842, by means of which the then
deficiency in the revenue had been changed into a sur-
plus, so that on the Ist January, 1846, there was in the
exchequer 4,798,0001. more than there was in the
Ist January, 1842, while the debt was less by
7,000,0001., and the deficiency bills were less by
4,133,000/. in 1846, than they were in 1842.
In 1842, the total charge upon the debt was 29,597,0001.;
in 1846, it was 28,1,29,0001., showing a relief to the
public on these charges of 1,500,000/. a year. These
were the results of the financial and commercial policy
of the country which had been pursued by the Govern-
ment, and they were sufficient to vindicate that policy,
It might be said that the Chinese ransom had contributed
to raise this surplus. Now, the sum received from
China was 3,360,000/. ; of this sum 2,050,000/. bad been
devoted to the expenses of the Chinese war ; 1,270,000/.
had been paid as opium compensation; making, together,
3,320,0004 and showing that the gain to the revenue
fir the Chinese compensation was 30/. only.
Since 1842, taxes to the amount of 5,624,000/. had been
imposed, but in the same period taxes amounting
to 8,206,000/. had been removed, showing a
reduction in the burdens of the people of 2,562,660/.
Ho knew that he might be told that these results were
owing to a succession of good harvests, butcould they show
him any previous period of tour successive good harvests
in which any such results had followed ? Aud - if they
could not, he had a right to assume that it, was not to
their good harvests alone, but to the adoption of a
liberal commercial policy, that these results were to be
attributed. While the nuances were /Lore prosperous
than they had been in 1842, the comforts of the p, ople
had increased, as was proved by the increase in the de-
pt,sits of the savings-banks, the average of which,
during the four years preceding 1842 was 357,000/
a-year, while during the last four years the average was
793,0001.; tied by the increase in the amount of excise
duties ; and crime had diminished to the extent of
seven per cent. in the last period of four years as
co.npared with the four years preceding ; and the num-
ber of applications for assistance for schools had in-
creased is the proportion of 500 to 200; and the ardour
which was exhibited for building new churches indicated
a great improvement in the moral and religious habits
of the people. These things should encourage them to
go on in the course which they had begun, and cauti-
ously to remove those burdens which diminished the
comforts and crippled the energies of the people. The
Right Hon. Gentleman then formally moved the usual
resolution.

Mr. F. BARING considered that the CHANCELLOR of
the EXCHEQUER had understated his expenditure by
nearly half a million, having taken in some of his esti-
mates, the charge for three-quarters as the charge for
the year, instead of the charge for four-quarters
throwing over one quarter to next year, and thus
exhibiting an apparent, but not a real reduction.
He was equally hostile as he was at first to the income-
tax, but no o►►e should ever induce him to believe that it
could be taken off at the end of three years. He be-
lieved that, throwing aside the money to be received
from China, instead of having a surplus, the Govern-
ment would have a deficiency of about 800,0001.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER explained.

Mr. Hymn had heard with satisfaction the state-
ments of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, and ix-
lieved that many of the suggestions he had thrown out
if carried into effect would be productive of great gocd
to the country. He was happy to see that the present
Government had removed taxatien that pressed upon
the poor, and placed it upon property. He believe 1
that the revenue might be increased by a reduction of
the duties on tobacco and tea., The reduction of the duty
on the former, would put an end to the enormous expense
of keeping np the preventive service; and the taking off
the duty on tea would place the relations of this country
with China on a much firmer footing. The reduction
of the sugar duties, also, he believed, would be attended
with great benefit. He wished to see the income-tax
continued, as it removed taxation from the millions, and
placed it upon those who ought to bear it—namely,
those who were in possession of the property of the
country. _ _ _ _ _

Lord GEORGE BENTINCK thought that the surplus cf
776,0001. was rather a small bum to face the contin-
gencies of the country, considering the great champ s
that were about to be.,made in the commercial policy of 1
the country. Me contended that the only way to re-
duce the assessed taxes was to continue the duty on
corn and timber. He protested against the financial
statements of the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Mr. C. WOOD considered the statement of the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer most unsatisfactory, inasmuch
as it did not put the House in possession of what the
real income and expenditure of the country would be.
A desultory discussion then ensued, in which Mr.
CARDWELL, Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. HUDSON, and Mr.
JAMES took part, after which the resolutions were
agreed to.
The House then resumed, and the report was or-
deredthen disposed of,
Fordadyaynewxet.re
The other order
d.
and the House Sdjourne
to be receiveds oonf

Cordially do we congratulate every individual in the
country upon the result of this morning's division in the
House of Lords, by which the aristocracy accede to the na-
tional will, and acknowledge the justice of the proposed
measure. The momentous changes in our commercial policy
recommended in her MAJESTY'S Speech from the Throne,
and demanded by the intellectual and numerical prepon-
derance of the Commons, has now obtained the acqui-
escence of the only remaining division of the Legislature.
That anxiety which, during. so many eventful mutations of
authority has been extending itself throughout the land,
has now developed itself in every quarter of our social sys-
tem ; it has elicited the accordant intimation of
the SOVEREIGN ; -it has called forth the most
beautiful, because the most peaceful, enthusiasm of
the multitude, the noblest of the moral and mental capacities
of our statesmen, the fecundity of our insular oratory, the pre-
dominating approval of our representatives, and, finally, it
has evolved the distinctest sympathy of the aristocracy.
What Lord STANLEY falsely applied to the converse of the
division may be appropriately notified as the spontaneous
ebullition of popular gratitude and popular satisfaction, in
the exclamation, " Thank GOD, we have a House of L9rda I"

Not, as the scion of Derby would imply, because they blindly
consult class interests and party aggrandisement; not be-
caue they foster their rent-roll by taxing the meal-
bag, and prefer the lustre of a feudal coronet
to the lustre beaming from the countenances of a con-
tented population. Thank Got, rather, that we pons. fis
a House of Peers! because those Peers are giving evid,i ce
of a desire to obliterate by one decision the avaricious impo-
licy of bygone generations, because they testify a due sense
of the sanctity, the grandeur, and the strength of the al
will, and are ready to consult the int(1114110tell pen% not
those alone of some exclusive coterie. By their determina-
tion in favour of the second reading of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S
Bill, our nobles have stabilitated their class, and renovated
their influence, and popularised their councils more than
by any resolution possibly that has ever been pronounced
within the walls of their Right Honourable Cham-
ber. Whatever decadence may have encroached
upon their political character by a very notable
ancestral selfishness, however much their over-con-
servation of exploded statutes may have deteriorated from
their original popularity, and have caused those favourable
opinions in their regard to fall into desuetude—the majority
of forty-seven Peers in favour of a free-trade policy will
dissipate all such sentiments, and tend very considerably to
the establishment of a respectful affection between the
people and their aristocratic Legislators—an affection arising
from a sense of mutual dependence. As the ancient ballad
of "Chevy Chase" was wont to influence the poet CAMPBEIAIk
this majority will in like manner stir the heart of the whole
nation "like the voice of a trumpet." In it, all our most sanguine
expectations have been realised, all our most distinct an-
nouncements have been fulfilled. The Peers have relieved
themselves from a somewhat onerous responsibility, and
that responsibility (unless, as we sincerely trust,
they will perceive the futility of persistance) will
altogether devolve upon the clamorous supporters of
the protective system. Convinced that the time has ar-
rived when the proposed measure will alone suffice, and
actuated by their own rational conclusions, not by any in-
timidation from without, the aristocracy have
washed their hands of a denial. They have
dispassionately weighed the merits of the question,
and their ultimate opinion as to its advisability
is more eloquently conveyed than by the most elaborate
flourishes of rhetoric, in the cabalistic numerals 47. Although
this only signalises the second reading of the Bill, the divi-
nion is in every essential respect conclusive. We look upon
the Great Measure as already accepted by the Legislature;
and, animated by the ardour of that thought, it. is with a
threefold earnestness that we offer our congratulations to the
League, to the Liberals, to Parliament, to the Prime Minis-
ter. and to the People. The commercial code of England is
henceforth free trade.

Mr. O'CostiErz, on Monday evening, paid a well-
merited compliment to the just and upright intentions
of the Government with regard to Ireland. He stated
that since the administration of food to the starving popu-
lation there had been a vast reduction in the amount of
crime in that country, which he ascribed in a great de-
gree to the beneficial exertions of the Premier. Sir R.
PEEL questioned whether this reduction was not in a
great degree owing to the steps which had been taken
with respect to the Coercion Bill. Whatever may be
the cause to which it is ascribable, we have now the ad-
mission, on the highest authority, that this happy result
has been attained, and that peace and tranquillity are
again restored to our sister island.
So long as outrages and disturbances were rife in that
country, and the ordinary powers of the law were
found to be insufficient for their suppression, we hesi
tated not to yield our humble support to the Govern
ment, and to call upon the Legislature to arm the Exe-
cutive with means adequate for the purpose, and not to
withhold any of the necessary appliances. But
we also most strenuously urged the necessity of
measures of kindness and conciliation being at
the same time adopted, that all well-grounded
causes of complaint should be removed, and particularly
that the relationship between landlord and tenant, the
teterrima causa belli, the fertile source of discord and
disaffection, should be ameliorated and improved, by
which means Ireland would be rendered a prosperous
and happy country. Already much has been effected.
The glorious principle of free trade, by which the many
will be so greatly benefited, has passed the representa-
tives of the people by a large and increasing
majority, and there is no longer doubt or danger as
to its ultimate and entire success. Three measures
of the greatest consequence have been announced by the
Government as having been already prepared, by which
some of the most crying grievances relating to the occu-
pation of land are likely to be taken away, and which
as indicating the favourable intentions of the Ministry,
and the sincerity of their determination to grapple with
the difficulties with which the case is environed, will be
gratefully received by the people as a large instalment
of justice, as a most acceptable and valuable boon. In
other matters, too, the members of the Government haye
evinced their anxiety to deal liberally and fairly with
the people of that country.
Measures have been introduced into both Houses of
Parliament, and received with all but unanimous appro-
bation, having for their object the purifying of our
statute-book from the last remnants of bigotry and in
tolerance—the sweeping away all traces of the abomi-
nable and vexatious penal code.

The religion of the vast majority of the Irish people
is no longer to be insulted by the existence of obsolet,
and universally condemned enactments; they are in
every respect to be treated and recognised as our equals.
The old, and happily abandoned, watch-word of Pro.
testant ascendancy has no longeran existence in the nation,
and the most perfect freedom of opinion is accord( d
to every man. Can we then wonder that this improved
spirit on the part of the Ministry, and of the Legisla-
ture, should be attended with the happy results to whicl,
we have alluded? We always believed the Irish to be a
people of high and generous impulses, easily won by
kindness, and ready to abandon all feelings of resent
ment the moment the exciting cause was removed and
the hand of friendship extended towards them. They
have proved that we were correct in that opinion, that our
estimate of their character was correct. Sir R. PEEL
has shown that he can argue from analogy, that he is
not slow to avail himself of the signs of the times, and
that he is ever ready to extend a principle which has
been found to work well, so far as it has been adopted.
Nothing can possibly be more favourable than the fruitt-
which have hitherto sprung from conciliation. Follow
up the system—no longer evince suspicion and distrust
—let our Irish brethren receive the benefit of the im-
proved condition of their country. The Coercion Bill
could only be justified by the inevitable necessity that
existed of vindicating the law, and putting down with
the strong arm violence and bloodshed. That necessity
has now happily terminated—a milder treatment has been
found efficacious, a healthy action has been restored.
" Cessat ratio, cessat lex," is a universally ad
mitted axiom, the truth of which has never been
questioned or denied. The cause, which unhap-
pily evoked the necessity of such a restriction o
the liberties of the subject has ceased. Even if the lawr
ware now in actual operation, it should be forthwith
terminated. A graceful opportunity is afforded to the
Premier of acknowledging that he is no longer com-
pelled to press the Coercion Act rapidly through
Parliament, and of adjourning, if not totally
abandoning, its further progress, unless the re-
newal of disturbance and outrage should irnpera
tively demand the carrying out of its provisions in all
their stringency and severity. Such a course would in-
deed add many wreaths to the laurels he has already
gained for himself, and plant him firmly in the heart
of the people as the Minister of their choice—then, in-
deed, might he bid defiance to the attempts of faction,
or of disappointed monopoly, to shake him from the
proud eminence on which he would be placed, and
from which he could not be removed so long as he should
be influenced by justice and moderation.

The Emperor of Russta, accompanied by Count ORLOFF,
arrived in Warsaw on the 17th of May.

Madrid papers to the 21st have been received. They
contain no intelligence whatever.
It being the feast of the Ascension, the Bourse was closed.

We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday.
They are principally occupied with comments on the
escape of Prince Lows NAporatox from Ham, an event at
which they almost all express satisfaction.
The Chamber of Peers heard the report of M. FRANK
CABRE on the case of LECOMTX at the sitting on Wed-
nesday.
Although transactions were not numerous, there, was some fluctU-
tion en the Paris Bourse on Wednesday. The rise in Consols on our
Stock lxchange produced a corresponding movement at the com-
mencement of business. A fall subsequently took place, but the
Funds rallied towards the close of the market.
The Three per Cents. closed at 84f. 152.; the Five per Cents.,
119 f. 75c.; the Orleans Railroad shares, 1,237 f. 50c. ; Rouen,
Avignon. obn
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15Vf.1 rzpoainti,
s6a2nsdf.
1,017 f. 50c.; Havre, 754 f. 75c. ; Great Northern, 747 f. 50c.;
totrudre a uct,51.61;2f.
Tourssoo;
andß Boulogne,
laongtici
Strasburg,
518 f. 75e. ; Paris and Lyons, 541 f. 25e.
mimes or 111111111.
Lyons and Avignon, Detnitlves, 514 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette
Deflnitives, 510 f.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, May 25.
11011logns and Amiens, 113 —Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette
(Espeleta), 2--Ceatral of Spain, 13—East Indian
Bourg, I%
, I—Luxern- Namur and Liege, 31—Orleans and Vlerzen, 15—Paris
and Lyons Constituted, 6%—ltogel} and Havre, 28% —Sambre and
Meese,s4 •

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of
the Dean and Canons. No arrangement, however, is expected to
be decided upon until after the induction of the newly-appointed
Dean.

AMERICAN NEWS.

WAR BETWEEN THE UNITED STA' ES AND

MEXICO.
PROCLAMATION
" or TEM PILE:EIDEN T OF THE tNITED STATES.
" Whereas, the congress of the United States, by virtue of the
constitutional authority vested in them, have declared by their act
bearing date this day, that ' by the act of the Republic of Mexico, a
state of war exists between that Government and the United States :'
" Now, therefore, I, James K. Polk, President of the United
States of America, do hereby proclaim to all whom it may concern,
and I do specially enjoin on all persons holding offices, civil or mili-
tary, under the authority of the United States, that they be vigilant
and zealous in discharging the duties respectively incident thereto.
And I do, moreover, exhort all the good people of the United States,
as they love their country, as they feel the wrongs which have
forced on them the last resort of injured nations, and as they consult
the best*means under the blessing of Divine Providence of abridging
its calamities, that they exert themselves in preserving order, in pro-
moting concord, in maintaining the authority and the efficacy of the
laws, and in supporting and invigorating all the measures which
may be adopted by the constituted authorities for attaining a
speedy, a just, and an honourable peace.
" In testimony whereof, I have hereunto sat my hand, and caused
the seal of the United States to be affixed to these presents.

" Done at the city of Washington, this 13th day of May, 1846, aid
of the independence of the United States the 70th.
" By the President, " JAMES K. POLK.
" JAMES BUCHANAN, Secretary of State."
On the 11th ult. the President transmitted to Congress the fol-
lowing message :
THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.

" To the Senate and House of Representatives,
" The existing state of the relations between the United States
and Mexico renders it proper that I should bring the subject to the
consideration of Congress. In my message at the commenooment of
your present session, the state of these relations, the causes which
led to the suspension of diplomatic intercourse between the two
countries in March, 1845, and the long continued and unredressed
wrongs and injuries committed by the Mexican Government on citi-
zens of the United States in their persons and property, were briefly
set forth.

" As the facts and opinions which were then laid before you were
carefully considered, I cannot better express my present convictions
of the condition of affairs up to that time than by referring you to
that communication.

" The strong desire to establish peace with Mexico, on liberal and
honourable terms ,and the readiness of this Government to regulate
and adjust our boundary, and other causes of difference with that
power, on such fair and equitable principles as would lead to perma-
nent relations•of the most friendly nature, induced me in September
last to seek the re-opening of diplomatic relations between the two
countries. Every measure adopted on our part had for its object the
furtherance of those desired results. In communicating to Congress
a succinct statement of the injuries which we had suffered from
Mexico, and which have been accumulating during a period of more
than twenty years, every expression that could tend to inflame the
people of Mexico, or defeat or delay a pacific result, was carefully
avoided. An Envoy of the United States repaired to Mexico with
full powers to adjust every existing difference. But though present
on the Mexican soil, by agreement of the two Governments, invested
with full powers, and bearing evidence of the most friendly disposi-
tions, his mission has been unavailing. The Mexican Government
not only refused to receive him, or listen to his propositions, but,
after a long-continued series of menaces, have at last invaded our
territory, and shed the blood of our fellow-citisens on our own soil.
" It now becomes my duty to state more in detail the origin, pro-
gress, and failure of that mission. In pursuance of the instructions
given in September last, an inquiry was made on the 13th of October,
1845, in the most friendly terms through our Consul in Mexico, of
the Minister of Foreign Affairs, whether the Mexican Government
would receive an Envoy from the United States intrusted with full
powers to adjust all the questions in dispute bet s een the two Go-
vernments ; with the assurance that • should the answer be in the
affirmative, such an Envoy should be immediately dispatched to
Mexico.' The Mexican Minister, on the 15th of October, gave an
affirmative answer to this inquiry, requesting at the same time that
our naval force at Vera Cruz might be withdrawn, lest its continued
presence might assume the appearance of menace and coercion pend-
ing the negotiations. This force was immediately withdrawn.
On the 10th of November, 1845, Mr. John Slidell, of
Louisiana, was commissfoned by me as Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of Mexico, and
was intrusted with full powers to adjust both the questions of,
the Texas boundary and of indemnification to our citizens. The re-
dress of the wrongs of our citizens naturally and inseparably blended
itself with the question of bouridary. The settlement of the one
question in any correct view of the subject involves that of the other.
[could not for a moment entertain the idea that the claims of our
Much-injured and long-suffering citizens, many of which had existed
fur more than 20 years, should be postponed or separated from the
settlement of the boundary question.
" Mr. Slidell arrived at Vera Cruz on the 30th of November, and
was courteously received by the authorities of that city. But the
Government of General Herrera was then tottering to its fall. lhe
revolutionary party had seized upon the Texas question to effect or
hasten its overthrow. Its determination to restore friendly relations
with the United States, and to receive our Minister to negotiate for
the settlement of this question, was violently assailed, and was made
the great theme of denunciation against it. The Government of
General Herrera, there is good reason to believe, was sincerely de-
sirous to receive our Minister; but it yielded to the storm raised by
its enemies, and on the 21st of December refused to accredit Mr.
Slidell upon the most frivolous pretexts. These are so fully and ably
exposed in the note of Mr. Slidell of the 24th of December last to
the Mexican Minister of Foreign Relations, herewith transmitted,
that I deem it unnecessary to enter into further detail on this por •
tion of the subject. •
" Five days after the date of Mr. Slidell's note, General Herrer
yielded the government to General Paredes without a struggle, and
en the 30th of December resigned the Presidency. This revolution
was accomplished solely by the army, the people having taken little
part in the contest , and thus the supreme power in Mexico passed
into the hands of a military leader.
" Determined to leave no effort untried to effect an amicable ad-
justment with Mexico, I directed Mr. Slidell to present his creden-
tials to the Government of General Paredes, and ask to be officially
received by him. There would have been less ground for taking this
step had General Paredes come into power by a regular constitutional
succession, In that event his administration would have been con-
sidered but a mere constitutional continuance of the Government of
General Herrera, and the refusal of the latter to receive our Minister
would have been deemed conclusive, unless an intimation had beep
eiven by General Paredes of his desire to reverse the decision of his
predecessor.
" But the Government of General Paredes owes its existence to a
military revolution, by which the subsisting constitutional autho-
rities had been subverted. The form of government was entirely
changed, as well as all the high functionaries by whom it was ad-
ministered. . _ _

....... ______.
" Under these circumstances, Mr. Slidell, in obedience to my di-
rection, addressed a note to the Mexican Minister of Foreign Rela-
tions, under date of the lot of March last, asking to be received by
that Government in the diplomatic character to which he had been
appointed. This Minister, in his reply, under date of the -12th, of
March, reiterated the arguments of his predecessor, and in terms
that may be considered as giving just grounds of offence to the Go-
vernment and people of the United States, denied the application of
Mr. Slidell. Nothing, therefore, remained for our Envoy but to de-
mand his passports and return to his own country.
" Thus the Government of Mexico, though solemnly pledged by
official acts in October last to receive and accredit an American
Envoy, violated their plighted faith, and refused the offer of a peace-
ful adjustment of our difficulties. Not only was the offer rejected,
`sut the indignity of its rejection was enhanced by the manifest
breach of faith in refusing to admit the Envoy, who came because
they had bound themselves to receive him. Nor can it be said that
the offer was fruitless from the want of opportunity of discussing it;
our Envoy was present on their own soil. Nor can it be ascribed to
t want of sufficient powers ; our Envoy had full powers to adjust
every question of difference. Nor was there room fur complaint that
riur propositions for settlement were unreasonable; permission was
sot even given our Envoy to make any proposition whatever. or
•an it be ohjected that we, on our part, would not listen to any rea-
sonable terms of their suggestion ; the Mexican Government refused
ill negotiation, and have made no proposition of any kind.
"In my message at the commencement of the present session, I
informed you that upon the earnest appeal both of the Congress and
Convention of Texas, I had ordered an efficient military force to take
'I position between the Nueces and the Del Norte. This had become
lecessary to meet a threatened invasion of Texas by the Mexican
orces, for which extensive military preparations had been made.
herself to our Union; and, under these circurn
-
The invasion was threatened solely because Texas had determined,
nt
accordance'states,
+t to
it was plainly our duty to extend our protection over her ci-
tizens and soil.
to ann wle
annex
e a solemn resolution of the Congress of the United
S'
" This force was concentrated atCorpus Christi, and remained there
until after I had received such information from Mexico as rendered
it probable, if not certain, that the Mexican Government would re-
Thse to receive our Envoy.
" Meantime, Texas, by the final action of our Congress, had beesube
sn integral part of our Union. The Congress of Texas, by its act 1
December 19, 1836, had declared the Rio del Norte to be the boundary
of that republic. Its jurisdiction had been extended and exercised
hey and the Nueces. The country between that river and the I)el
Norte had been represented in the Congress and in the Convention of
Texas, had thus taken part in the act of annexation itself, and
is now included within one of our Congresslona districts. Our '
Congress had, moreover, with great unanimity, by the act approved
December 21, 1845, recognised the country beyond, the Nueces as a
part of our territory, by including it within our revenue system ;
and a revenue officer, to reside within that district, has been ap-
pointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. It be-
came, therefore, of urgent necessity to provide for the defence of
that portion of our country. Accordingly, on the 13th day of Ja-
nuary last, instructions were issued to the Generals *ti command of
these troops to occupy the left bank of the Del Norte. This river,
which is the south-western boundary of the State of Texas, is an
exposed frontier. From this quarter invasion was threatened ; upon
it and its immediate vicinity, in the judgment of high military ex-
perience, are the proper stations for the protecting forces of the Go-
vernment. In addition to this Important consideration, several others
occurred to induce this movement. Among these are the facilities
afforded by the ports of Brazos Santiago and the mouth of the Del
Norte, for the reception supplies by sea, the stronger and more
healthful military positions, the convenience for obtaining a ready
and a mere abundant supply of provisions, water, fuel, and forage,
and the advantages which are afforded by the Del Norte in forwarding
-upplies to such posts as may be established in the interior and upon
the Indian frontier.
"1 he movement of the troops to the Del Norte was made by the com-
manding General, under positive instructions to abstain from all ag-
gressive acts towards Mexico or Mexican citizens, and to regard the
relations bets, een that republic and the United States as peacefi.l,
unless she should declare war, or commit acts of hostility Indicative
of a state of war. He was Specially directed to protect private pro-
perty and respect personal rights.
" The army moved from Corpus Christi on the Ilth of March, and
on the 28th of that month arrived on the left bank of the Del Norte,
opposite to •Sfatarnoras, where it encamped on a commanding posi-
tion, which has sines been strengthened by the erection of
deld-
works. A depdt has also been established at Point Isabel, near the
Brazos Santiago, 30 miles in the rear of the encampment. The selec-
tion of this position was necessarily confided to the judgment of the
General In command.

•' Tile Mexican forces at Matamoros assumed a belligerent attitude,
and on the 12th of April Gen. Ampudia, then in command, notified
Gan. Taylor to break up his camp within 24 hours, and to retire be-
yond the Nuec s river, and in the event of his failure to comply With
these demands, announced that arms, and arms alone, must decide the
question. But no open act of hostility was committed until the 24th of
April. On that day General Arista, who had succeeded to the com-
mand of the Mexican forces, communicated to General Taylor that
coosi lered hostilities commenced, and should prosecute them.'
A party of dragoons of 63 men and officers were on the same day
diepatched from the American army up the Rio del Norte, on its left
bank, to ascertain whether the Mexican troops had crossed, or were
preparing to cross the river, ' became engaged with a large body of
these troops, and, after a short affair, in which some 16 were killed
and wounded, appear to have been surrounded and compelled to
surrender.'

—:"ThePrevioua wrongs perpetrated by.. Mexico on our citizens
throughout a long period of years remain unredressed ; and treaties,
pledging her public faith for this redress, have been disregarded. A.
Government unable or unwilling to enforce the execution of such
treaties fails to pet form one of its plainest duties.
" Our commerce with Mexico has been almost annihilated. It
was formerly highly beneficial to both nations, but our merchants
have been deterred from prosecuting it by the system of outrage aril
extortion which the Mexican authorities have pursued against them,
whilst their appeals through their own Government for indemnity
have been made in vain. Our forbearance has gone to such an ex-
tent as to be mistaken in its character. Had we acted with vigour
in repelling the insults and redressing the injuries inflicted by Mexico
at the commencement, we should doubtless have escaped all the
difficulties in which we are now involved.
" Instead of this, however, we have been exerting our best efforts
to propitiate her good will. Upon the pretext that Texas, a nation as
independent as herself, thought proper to unite its destinies with oar
own, she has affected to believe that we have severed her rightful
territory, and, in official proclamations and manifestoes, has repeat-
edly threatened to make war upon us for the purpose of reconquering
Texas. In the meantime we have tried every effort at reconcilia-
tion. The cup of forbearance has been exhausted, even before the
recent information from the frontier of the Del Norte. But now,
after reiterated menaces, Mexico has passed the boundary of the
United States, has invaded our territory, and shed American blood
upon the Aner.;
i
-can soil. She has proclaimed that hostilities have
commenced, and that the two ;Atkin, are at war.
"As war exists, /MC 110tWiatstwidillif all Mir efforts to avoid it,
exists by the act of Mexico herself, we are called 41)00 by every eon•
sideration of duty and patriotism, to vindicate with decision the
honour, the rights, and the interests of our country.
" ARLlPlPilting the possibility of a crisis like that which has arrived,
instructions were glean In august last, ' as a precautionary measure,'
against invasion, or threatened Invpslon, authorising General Naylor,
if the emergency required, to accept volmileers, not from Texas only,
but from the states of Louisiana, .ttlantnni, Dlissiesippi, Tennessee.
On the authorised
and Kentucky; and corresponding letters were addressed to the re•
union of States,
and in Janaazy leatz
allective governors of those states. These instructions were repeated,
Soon after the incorporation of Texas into our
country againGst further'naeprp4re.hrelledlTin9vsasi'
Pre-
sident to make a requisition upon the execiftlye pr that state. for such
of its militia force as may be needed to repel invasion secureß
Clip 2d d.aaliiyof t h
trei
he was again icrete4e4, / the event of the approach of any con-
siderable Mexican force, promptly 4114 ptficleritly to pee the authority
with which he was clothed to call to hlm such auxiliary force at be
might need. War actually existing, and our territory having been
invaded, General Taylor, pursuant to authority vested in him, by
41t, 401;ictiou, has called on the Governor of Texas for four reel-
-4ents of State tF99l4—two to be mounted, and two to serve on foot ;
red on the GOYeFla4r Pf Lewst* aua for tour regiments of infantry, to
sent to him as soon --*
I Zylon further vindication of our rights and defence of our territory,
ke the prompt action of Congress to recognise the existence of
the
war, and place at the disposition of the Executive the means of
prosecuting the war with vigour; and thus hasten the restoration of
Pea"' Ts this end I recommend that authority should be given to
644 OPP barite aerFice a large body of volunteers, to serve for notiess
tnarit six or t\ventie &cats 4nless`Npt-fgr. tvg
tear force is, beyond'au 'itlpirra' ore eptc.lenl. thp ioY'.mer ,e 5 P-
. 44 Cr Citizen lieldieri .eitiui a is act to.Volot4t4d Wit oitum6or tISI

I eyond that required would readily rash to the field upon the call Of
their country. I further recommend that a liberal provision he made
for sustaining our entire military force, and furnishing it with sup-
munitions of war.
" The most energetic and prompt measures, and the immediate
appearance in arms of a large and overpowering force, are recom-
mended to Congress as the most cert•tin and efficient means of bring-
ing the existing collisi. ti with Mexico to a speedy and suceessful
termination

" In making these recommendations, I deem it proper to declare
that It is my anxious desire not only t terminate hostilities speedily,
but to bring all matters in dispute between this Government and
Mexico to an early and amicable adjustment; and in this view I
shall be prepared to renew negotiations whenever Mexico shall be
ready to receive propositions or to make propositions of her own.
" I transmit herewith a copy of the correspondence between our
Envoy to Mexico and the Mexican Minister for Foreign Affairs ; and
so much of the correspondence between that Envoy and the Secre-
tary of State, and between the Secretary at War and the General
in command on the Del Norte, u are neeessary to a full understand.
of the suhject. " JAMES K. POLK.
" Washington, May 11th, 1846."

LATER FROM THE SEAT OF WAR.
REPORT THAT POINT ISABEL HAS BEEN TAKEN BY THE

MEXICANS.

PHILADELPHIA, TM/ MIDAS, 7 P.M.—The editors of the Baltimore
Son have received the following dispatch from their Washington cor-
respondent by telegraph, which contains items of verbal information
from Point Isabel of considerable interest. The following intelligence
received at Washington by the Southern Mail was transmitted to
Baltimore by telegraph, and thence by letter to this city by mail. I
have conversed with Mr. B. J. Ogden. a sutler attached to the United
States army, who has this moment arrived in a southern boat. lie
left Point Isabel on the 28th ult. There were then about 350 men at
that port who could be depended on. The armament consisted of
two 18-pounders, nine 6-pounders, and every man had a musket. The
Point was surrounded by a ditch four feet deep and six wide. They
were digging to make it twelve feet wide and six deep. Point Isabel
was completely cut off from the army, having had no communication
foi two days. The guides started from the Point to the camp, but
were compelled to return,

The very latest advises left no doubt that General Taylor was com-
pletely surrounded. No danger is apprehended, however, to our
gallant band, except from starvation, they being strongly entrenched.
It is said that a more gallant officer than General Taylor never lived.
The supposition was that the Texa Volunteers from Galveston, by
the steamer Monmouth, would be the first to reach Point Isabel.
Companies from Fort Pike, H. F. T. Wood, under command of
Colonel B. K. Pierce, of Ist Artillery, and compan,es F. Infantry,
from Jefferson Barracks, were to leave N.C. on the 6th (Wednesday
week), and would probably reach Point Isabel in 70 hours.
Captain Thornton and Lieutenant Mason were still missing, with-
out any information as to their safety. Up to the evening the last
express left the camp there were no tidings of them then, and none
since.

The Propeller Florida was expected to be the next to reach New
Orleans. It is said that Governor Edwards of New Orleans arrived
here this evening direct from Mobile, and states that it is currently
reported, and believed there, that Point Isabel is captured.
PosTscxtrr.—We have the advices to the 2d of May, and then
Point Isabel was safe, but the letter gives no further particulars. This
comprises all of the slightest interest, with the exception of military
movements at the south, that has been received by the mail.
STILL FURTHER FROM THE SEAT OF WAR !
(From the New York Daily Tribune.)
The New Orleans Tropic of the 7th has Galveston dates to the 2d
by the Telegraph at that port. She left Galveston on Sunday, 3d
inst., at noon.

At 4 r. M. steam-ship New York about 50 miles from Galveston.
The Civilian of the 2d says :-.--We understand the U. S. schr. Flirt
was endeavouring to get over the bar into Brazos St. lago, in order
to co-operate mere effectually in the defence of the depot and posi-
tion at the mouth of the river. Captain Sympton, of the Alert, was
assisting in the object, having taken off some of the Flirt's guns in
order to reduce her draught of water.
The steamer Monmouth left on Friday, the lst instant, for Brazos
St. lago, with a number of volunteers for the army under General
Taylor. The short time of her stay was not sufficient for many,
who desired to go, to get reedy, but others will doubtless soon

General Johnson has just reached town. He is a soldier in whom
our citizens have confidence as a leader, and can doubtless raise a
company or two in Galveston. I doubt not a general and immediate
turn out of the hardy and experienced soldiers of Western Texas, to
be toßowed by the whole state as rapidly as the occasion which de-
mands their services shall become known.
General Taylor has not cried wooll until he has seen the animal,
and those who go need not fear disappointment in findi: g the wily
beast, as ample opportunity will doubtless present itself to those who
desire to do so, on the other side of the Rio Grande if not on this.

SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE, MAT 15.
VECOND BOAlts.
Dolls. 5,000 Pennsylvania - ----- 65
50 E. Boston - . • ----- b 3 14%
57 Nor. and Wor.
50 Harlem
200 Harlem - . - . opg. 43%
150 Long Island - - - • - 32
50 Reading 64
100 N. Am. Trust
50 Morris 13%

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
(From The Sun of last Night.)
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 5,000 to 6,000
bales, at previous prices, the market being unsettled.—Shares were
firm, and good stock realised filler prices.
The accounts of the American markets are not considered favour-
able, nor could they be expected to be so, now the war with America
has commenced.
From Canada we are advised as follows:
" The weather has been dry and warm at Montreal for some days
past. To-day the thermometer is at 72 deg. in the shade. Wind
south, cloudy, with appearance of rain. The progress of vegetation
has been rapid, and the seed time favourable. The plum and cherry
trees are in full blossom, and the flowers begin to show themselves on
the early apple-trees. The Lombardy poplars are now green,
although not in full leaf, and the forest trees on the mountain begin
to look green. So far there.are indications of a favourable year.
" It is singular, with all the appearances of summer, to see ice
lying on three or four of the wharves, where it was left by the sudden
fall of the water last month.
" The communication with the upper part of the river and lakes, is
now completely free. Propellers are daily arriving in the port with
loaded barges from Upper Canada, and they return by the Beau-
harnois and Cornwall Canals, and may go to Lake Michigan, pass-
through the Welland. The passage from St. John to Whitehall is
now down to 2s. 6d., breakfast included. They come from New York
in 41 hours."
there is a very sensitive market for the English Funds, in conse-
quence of the intelligence from Mexico, and the reaction in Consols is
% to % per cent., money bargains having been effected as low as
9654 , and time transactions at 96%. The premium on Exchequer-
bills has been steady at 15s. to 19s. ; New Three-and-a-Quarter
per Cents. are 97% to 97%. East India Bonds are worth 275. pre-
mium. This is " pay" day, and it goes off tolerably well.
The Foreign Bonds have been more animated, Spanish Actives
for.arconnthaVcrealised 24 to 244. and the Coupons-or 1846', 'lB%.
The,Theee-per Cents. have been 36% to 37., Mexican Stock suffers
materially from the warlike state of affairs in the republic. The
Five per Cents. have been done at 30% and 29%, and the Three per
Cents at 1734 and'l6. Grenada Deferred Bonds have been done at
44. Russian Stock is worth 110 to 10934, batch Two-and-a-Half
per Cents. are marked 60. •
Shares are flatter to day, as might be expected from the reaction
in the other markets.
BRITISH FUNDS. ONE CLOSING
O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Three per Cent. 'Reduced Annuities 954 34 95 9534
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 96%14 5C 9634
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anne, 97%iii 9734
Long Annuities, Expire •Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10 3-16 34 104
India Stock .. . 26534 26454
India Bonds, 1,0001. .. •. .• .. 27 p 27 p
Ditto, under 1,0001, . 28
f'onsOls for Account . • • • •• • • •• 9754 96% 96%
Exchequer Bills. I%d, 14d.
1,0001... .... 15 19 pm, 19
Ditto, Small 20 pm. 20
Ditto, Advertised .• • . 17 12 17 pm. 17
ONE ! LOSING
FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Grenada, 1 per Cent ..
Ditto, Deferred .. •4 4 %
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 8 per Cent .. 30% 29% 2954
Ditto, for the Account .. 2934
Ditto, Deferred .. • . 1734 16 1534
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent. .. 39 39
Ditto, 3 per Cent .. 5634
Russian Bonds .. .. • • .. .. 110 1093 E 1094
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 244
Ditto, for the Account • • 2434 2454
Ditto, 5 per Cent. '38,39, 40, div.lB4o 24 24
Ditto. 1841 . • • • .. 2334 2334
Ditto, 1842 .• • •• 22% 224
Ditto, 1843 . • • • • • 214 2134
Ditto, 1844 .. . • • • • 204 20):
Ditto, 1845 .. • • • • 1934 1934
Ditto, 1e46 .. .. • • 1834 1834
Ditto, Three per Cent .. 37 36% 36%
Ditto, for the Account 36% 36%
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent .. 9634
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 60 60.
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 92 92,
MTSINE" CLOSING
PRICES OF PAID. DONE AT PRICES.
RAILWAY SHARES. ONE O'CLOCK.
Buckinghamshire .. t. 425. .... p par
Caledonian .. 10 .... 114 % • . 11%
Ditto. Extension . • • • 214 •• • • 1% %•••• • • • • 1%
Cambridge and Oxford.. 1% % 34
Derby and Crewe .. • • • • 2% •• • • 66% 5
Direst Manchester (Rastrick's) . • 5% 3%
Direct Northern .. .. • • • • 2% •• • • IN %• • ••• • • I%
Eastern Counties .. .. 141. 165..... 23% 23
Ditto New .. .. • • • • V. 165.• •• • 754 1:3• •••• - •• 75i P
Ditto, York Extension • . 134 14
Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 .... 75 • • •• . . 75
Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 20 .... 23
Great North of England . ' ..100
Ditto, New . .. 10 .... 39
Great Western .. .. • . 85 • • ..147 146 146
Ditto, Quarter Shares: .. .. 5 .... 17 1634
Ditto, Fifths • . .. 20 .... 33%34 ....... • 3354
Bull and Selby .. 50 . • ..103 ...... •• • . 103
Ipswich, Norwich. and Yarmouth 2 .. 1 1
Leicester and Bedford .. 221. p
London and Birmingham . ..100 .• • • 228
Ditto Fifths 2 .... 25 .• • •
London and Brighton •.. .• .. 50 .. , 6554 % 64%
Ditto ditto Fifths .• • •
• .. 30 41
London and South-Western • . 411. 6s. 10d...
Ditto, New .. •• .. 1734 29%14 ...... . 29%
London and York .. .. • 24 t. % •
2%
London, Salisbury, and Yeovil .. 234 •. • •
Londonderry and Coleraine .. 10
.... 6 •• •• ••. • ••
••
6
Manchester and Leeds .. .. •• 82 •
• • • •• • •
Ditto Extension 42s. .. .• 3p •
.... • • 3 p
Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 . 8134 .• • • 81%
Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) •.1• • • • 954 • • 9%
Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425..... 1 0% p...... p
Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... 134 •• • • .....
Midland .. .• •.100 ....150 ...... •• • . 150
Ditto, New .. 18 •• • • 314 31 .. 31
Newcastle and Darlington Junet. 25 .. • e
Ditto, New • . 1 .... 934%
Newcastle and Berwick .. •. 15 .. • . 254 24% 25 25
North British .. .• .. • • 2234 • • . 30% 29344 2934
Ditto, Half Shares .. •• • 834 .... •• • •
Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 1%.,., 2t .......• .• 234
North Staffordshire .. • • .. 425..... 434 3% p p
Oxfd.,Worcester,& Wolverhmptn. 1234 8%X54 .... • • $
Preston and Wyre .. • • •• 25 .... 3034 • 3034
Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 234 .... 3 ......
Shropshire Union .. . 425..... 1% dis l% dig.
South Midland .. .• 425..... 34 dis % dis
South Eastern and Dovor .. • • 3334.. •• 39 384 ••• •• 3834
Ditto, New (iss. at 321.) No. 1. 16 ... 19% ••••••• • • 19%
Waveney Valley .. 2 •
West Riding Union .. • • .. 425.
.. 2% p.. •• . 2% p
York and North Midland .. .. 50 •••• • .• 944
Ditto, Selby .. .. 30 .... 74% .......•
Ditto. Extension .. 15 .... 3334 34 .. 34
Do. E. and W. Riding Exten... 1 • • 1134 11 • • 11
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens .. .. 12 .... 1134%.• ....• 11%
Dutch Rhenish . •• 6 .. • • 7% %.• • • 7%
Louvain and Jemeppe ••
4 . .•
Luxembourg 4 1
34
Namur and Liege .. 6 .... 3% .. •.•• • • • • 034
Orleans and Vierxon .. 10 .... 14%
..
Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 5
.. ....
Sambre and Meuse .. , 8
Tours and Nantes Constituted ~ 6 .... 5
MINES.
British Iron .. • • • • .. 10 .... 19
Real del Monte, Unregistered - 33( . . 4
Santiago de Cuba .• .. 10 .. • ....... 1634
COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—(YES'rERDAY.)
Amsterdam ......C.F. 12 104 Gibraltar ..
Ditte, at sight .• .... 12 754 Leghorn 3O 75
11°1,4rd:tin 2U. 12 11 Genoa 26 15
Antwerp • •, • , .26 20 Milan . •• •
llamburgh .. • . • M.B. 13 1534 Venice •• •
Altoi la • • . , Naples 39
Paris, days' sight.. .•25 85 Palermo, per oz. .. 119
D,tto, 3 months...... 26 10 Lisbon.... • ..

Marseilles • • • ••.. • • 26 15 Oporto ••• • • •i 2
Bourtleaux .... • • 26 15 Rio Janeiro ••••• • • • •
Frankfort on Mains 123 Bahia ... ••••• • • • • :4".
Petersburgh, 3 U 5.... • • -- Buenos Ayres •• •
Berlin ... . si
—, New York. 21 days' tlh.l
0.

Vienna, effee. tio ••• • • • 10 li Philadelphia .•••• • • • • •
Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 10 12 mess or 5tnt,103,4 144 t tax.
A1t1414 "•'"" " " • • 46% Foreign OPI4 in bars,•3 IT ;0
—..1; .. ...; „.. .. as% Portugal Gold Coln :• 317 , 5
Bilbao.. —.: , „ ~ •• •
...... - New
poialloons .
•• .. 0 0 10
Nreeletia. ••••••• . • • • • New Dollar ••••• • • • 0 4 ,9%
9aidllo• t{.4rcel...
••••„II •• •• • • Stiver 10 bore IT 1,9, •, 0 414
_____—.....---••••••••.1--'"w"

TILE SUMMER CIRCUITS.—On Thursday morningthe
Judges chose their circuits as follows :—North Wales. Lord Delman ;
South Wales, Baron Rolfe ; Oxford. "Lord Chief Justice Tindal, and
jr. 411stioP Mule; Itoinfa..:ll,clAT.7ls9N4 31c. 44tio Colt
win t 'Norfolk, Mr. Baron' er a r.
ice
;Willesianterni.,llirf
land, Mr. Justice Patteson and Mr. Justice Coleridge ; Northern.' d'
Dir. Justice Wightman and -Mr. 4ustice Cresswoll
Justice Erie and Mr. Baron Platt ; at chambers in t
Ban. own, t, chis
Pooß's RATES..The amount levied as ,
file year n4p4 si,l4a4ylity ra. 7 45, 4. Dot's fo
0i50T,49'41.' - - ' -4" ",zr• / t Ail; ttic ' cut1'J
4,..L
VM T 9 ,

COURT CIRCULAR.
The following bulletin of the Queen's health was issued
yesterday :

"Buckingham Palace, May 29, 1846,
" Nine o'clock A.M.
Her Maje.sty's recov.rr goes on without interruption.
"The infant Princess is well.
(Signed)

" JAMES CLARK, M.D.
" CHARLES LOCOCK, M.D.
" ROBERT FERGUSON M.D.
" No bulletin will be issued till Monday next."
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the
Queen yesterday.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse-
back yesterday, attended by the Equerry in Waiting.
Her Majesty was going on perfectly well last evening.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the
Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, accompanied
by tie Dowager Lady Lyttelton, took an airing yester-
day in an open carriage and four.
His Royal Highness Prince Alfred took an airing
yesterday in the pleasure grounds of the Palace.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess
of Cambridge gave a grand dinner yester-
day evening at Cambridge House, to the
Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer, the
Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, the Duke of Devon-
shire, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Marchioness of
Ailesbury,- the Marquis of Normanby, the Earl of Bess-
borough, the Earl and Countess of Westmoreland, the
Earl and Countess Bruce, Viscount and Vicountess
Barrinron. Lord Ossulton, Lord and L*dy Beauvale,
Baron Thile, Count de Noailles, Baron Nicolay, Sir
Henry Mildmay, Mr. Bielke, Mr. F. Cadogan.
The Marquis of Londonderry had an interview with
the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday at the office of the
Board of Trade.

Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Governor-General of Canada, and also
from the Governors of the other North American
provinces.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
EPSOM RACES-FRIDAY.

The attendance yesterday in every respect exceeded
the average of Oaks' days ; it included nearly all the
leading patrons of the turf, a full and most industrious
" ' and a very good show of general company. The
interest of the racing centered in the Oaks. for which a
field of twenty-four came to the post, a number exceed-
ing the most liberal calculation. It included two animals
(Astonishment and Miss Verb). ridden by Mr. Burke,
of trotting celebrity, and a Mr. Bartlett, both non-pro-
fessionals, the first• named riding Sib over the proper
weight. According to Newmarket law, this ought to
have been declared one hour before the first race
of the day, so that had Mr. Burke adhered to his
intention to exhibit, and had been fortunate
enough to find his way first to the winning-post, a
question would have been raised that might have de-
prived him of the fruits of victory, but he thought better
of it, and had the good sense to put up a legitimate
jockey. The betting on the course requires only a
passing notice. Vanish, who was on the decline on Thurs-
day afternoon, came again into favour at night, was
backed for large sums, and, up to the moment of start-
ing, was a great pet, but without affecting the position
of Mr. Gully's mare to any serious extent ; Princess
Alice and Laundry Maid had several friends, but the
general prices showed very little change. From what
is described below, it can scarce be doubted that the
" best horse won," an observation that can scarcely be
applied to the Derby. The last occasion on which the
Derby and Oaks were won by the same gentleman was
in 1815, when the Duke of Grafton won with Whisker
and Minuet, Goodison riding both. Before we enter
into the particulars of the race, we should give the names
of some of the principal visitors, a duty that we had not
an opportunity of performing on Wednesday.
His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge,
Duke of Beaufort, Duke of Rutland, Marquis of Exeter,
Earls Chesterfield, Uxbridge, March, Rosslyn, Suffield,
Spencer, Orford, Glasgow, Wilton, Southamp• on, and
Easton ; Lords Stanley, E. Russell, Maidstone, W.
Powlett, Somerton, Bateman, Newport, H. Lennox, A.
Lennox, F. Fitzroy, E. Manners, G. Bentinck, Dun-
cannon, Leveson, Macdonald ; Sirs G. Heathcote, H.
Peyton, J. Hawley, C. Cook, M. Farquhar, J. Shelly,
W. M. Stanley, H. Campbell ; General Grosvenor,
' Hon. Colonel Anson, J. Macdonald, H. Forester, G.
I Fitzroy, H. Pitt, F. Villiers, S. Lyttleton, Captain
Roils, E. M. Mostyn, Colonel Peel, Colonel Knox,
Colonel Hornby, &c. &c.
BETTING ON THE COURSE.
THE EMPEROR'S VASE.
5 to 1 agst Alarm—taken 7 to 1 agst Mentor
5 to 1 agst Wolf-dog 10 to 1 agst Orlando
6 to 1 agst Miss Sarah 10 to 1 agst Jericho
6 to 1 agst Sweetmeat 10 to 1 agst Peri colt
The field agst three.
ST. LEGER.
sto 1 agst Sir Tatton Sykes I 10 to 1 agst Brocardo
Offers to take 10 to 1 about Pyrrhus the First.
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The Oaks Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft for three yrs old
fillies, Bst 71b each ; the owner of the second
filly to receive 100 sovs. out of the stakes, and the winner
• to parloll-sovs. towaNs.the police regulations of thesuursei
last mile and a half. (140 Subscribers.)
Mr. Gully's Mendicant • (S. Day) 1
Mr. Gratwicke's Laundry Maid (F. Bell) 2
Lord Glasgow's Emilia filly (Holmes) 3
The following also started, but were not placed :
Mr. Bowes's Mowerina (F. Butler) 0
Mr. Bowes's Ukraine .(Templeman) 0
Mr. Littledale's Fantastic ( Simpson) 0
Sir C. Monck's Vanish (Cartwright) 0
Mr. Death's Camelia (Wakefield) 0
Mr. Drinkald's Ohio ("Whitehouse) 0
Mr. Preston's Osprey
Mr. A. Johnstone's Fair Helen (Marlon) 0
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Lord Orforo's Prussic Acid (Sly) 0
Lord Chesterfield's fby Elis, out of Morelle (Nut) 0
Mr. Combo's sister to The Nob (Bartholomew) 0
L rd G. Bentiuck's Princess Alice. (Abdale) 0
Mr. Gratwicke's The Fitch (H. Bell) 0
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Mr. Bristow's Marietta ........ . . .

Mr. Osborne's Hopeful (Bumby

Duke of Richmond's Cuckt,o (IV. Howlett, 0
Mr. Burke's Astonishment (E. Edwards 0
Mr. Matthews's Chamois (Mann 0

Lord Albemarle's Nell cook (Robinson) 0

Mr. F. H. Whitefield's Miss 1 erb (Bartlett) 0
Mr, J Day's Miss Slick 1 (A. Day) 0
Betting at starting-9 to 4 agst Mendicant, 9to 2 agst
Vanish, 8 to 1 agst Mowerina, 12 to 1 agst Princess Alice,
12 to 1 agst Laundry Maid, 20 to 1 agst Osprey, 25 to 1 agst
Hopeful, 30 to 1 agst Prussic Acid,and 30 to 1 agst any other.
Chamois went off in front, but after 200 yards gave up her
lead to Ohio, who was followed by Prussic Acid, Camelia,
Cuckoo, and Laundry Maid; the favourite, Osprey, the
Emilia filly, and Mowerina lying together in the centre.
Princess Alice, who started in the rear, joined the first ruck
half way up the hill, but this was the only change of any
moment till they came to the turn ; Laundry Maid then took
the lead from Ohio, the. Emilia filly lying behind, the latter
with the favourite,Osprey and Mowerina waiting. Ohio was
beaten about two distances from home, and immediately after
Mendicant went in front, had it all her own way, and passed
the post a gallant winner by two lengths, the Emilia filly
beaten the same distance from Laundry Maid, Osprey fourth,
and Mowerina fifth; the others tailed off. Run la 2 min,
53 sec.

The Derby and Oaks Stakes of 5 soya. each, with 30 added ;
three yrs old, 7st 4113; tour, Bst 91b; five, 94; six and
aged, 9st 2lb ; mares and geldings allowed 31b; horses
having started once at this meeting and been beaten, al
lowed 31b , twice, 51b. The winner to be sold for 120 :cm. ;
if entered to be sold for 80 soya., allowed 71b over and
above other allowances. Heats, one mile. (16 Subs.)
Mr. Drinkald's Elemi, 5 yrs (80/.). (Ford) 0 1 1
Mr. Arber's Caroline, 4 yrs (804)
Mr. T. Dawson's Kiss-me-quick, 4 yrs (801.) ...... 0 0 2
Mr. Ramsbottom's cby Mus—Belvidere, 4 yrs (804 ) 0 odr
Mr. Langridge's Jessie Hammond, 4 yrs
Drewett's Prudence, 4 yrs 0 0 dr
Mr. Dockray's fby Camel, out of Sketch, 43 rs 0 0 dr
M. Booth's cby Bentley, out of Emma, 4 yrs (801.) 2 dr
Mr. Hornsby's The Maid of Barham, 3 yrs (80/.) 3 dr
Mr. S. Scott's Flat Fish, 4 yrs (801.) ... 0 dr
Mr. T. Walker's Attorney-General, 6 yrs (801.)... 0 dr
The first heat was won easy by two lengths; second and
third by a length. The winner was claimed.
The Members Plate of 50 soya, for three years old, Bst 51b
four, Bst 91b; five, Bst 131 b ; six and aged, 9st 21b;
mares, &c. allowed Bibs. The winner to be sold for 200
soya. Heats, '2 miles.
Sir G. Heathcote's br c by Velocipede. dam,

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by Emilus, 3 yrs . . ,
(Wotton) 1 4 2 1
Mr. Langridge's n Stittenham, 4 yrs . 0 0 1 2
Mr. Parr's Slipshod, 4 yrs 0 1 4ds
Mr. More's Breastgirth, 3 yrs
Mr. Prate's Deodara, 4 yrs
Mr. Hobson's Chatham, 4 yrs
Mr. Death's Subduer, 6 yrs
Mr. Bainbridge's The Wreck, 4 yrs 3 dis!
Mr. May's Crocus, 6 yrs 0 dia
First heat—won by a length ; The Wreck a bad third.
Seeond heat—won by a length ; nothing near the first two.
Third heat—won by a head.

LsoFrlNE.—Mrs. Maberly's New Historical Novel,
" Leontine," is making a great sensation in the fashionable
circles, of which the talented authoress is so admired a
member. It is a brilliant picture of society in France, when
French society was characterised by excessive luxury and
magnificence, and the agreeable pages of " Leontine"
will introduce the reader to all the remarkable personages
figuring at Versailles during the reign of the gay and gallant
Louis Quinze. With his Majesty and his neglected Queen
Marie Leczinska, appear the hapless Duchesse de Chateau-
roux, the more fortunate Pompadour, and the rest of the
numerous train who intimately possessed the King's fields
affections ; the Duc de Richelieu, the Duchess of Modena,
and the principal grandees and exquisitea who
stately Court the head quarters of wit and gallan"r)i the
short, Mrs. Maberly has succeeded in producing one
eCourt of
producing
most lively and picturesque illustrations of made that.y_
France in the last centurythat has ever appeared ; and
to her literary fame.
there can be no question, has added greatly by the publica-
tionFATAL AND FRIGHTFUL ACCIDNNTS RETURNING
fatal and fearful
won- Epsom Races :—The first
occurred while returning
in is tour-wheel chaise,
accidents
mile on this side of Epso . ..
75055 Ersom.—On Wednesday
case was about one .
r persons, while they were in the act of des
in which were seated t
cameoa evening the following
in collision with another vehicle, whkii th 4
sceuding a hill titey
who dressed the
round, the force of which broke his hack. The'
driver, Mr. John Winter, a cousin to the ex-014141041 of Englaii.l
likewise most seriousl
other persons in the It 1 y injured. tl t '
,whc.er4e.*l9leWaevraUs found to have recetVeti the tn t '
pletely broken. Ilse
thrownund subetquently ordered him to be conveyed toe.t
ittlaioelarricd to le neares surgeon s,
wwl,:hatoruo.n.w tit.:c
:low:
op
extensive injuries of the hack, which wa para
was put under the care of t 4 house-surgeo
ft,but lie expired
in two hours altey his adinission.—Another 4 fristlitfto character, occurred while de algecidegllt4 4
situate about three miles from Epsom, A ‘anseenlifdnir-, ,hill,
belonging to Mr. Mathews, egrnion of 1 ''''' ""-••,•,, -.VI
street, Bermondsey, wis pii Ow w.t .ii t hYtstreet, Nov Wotan.
piously loaded, the tY'jlig il Ward' 3 Wine very heavily mud ii,Judi-
OIYPT (Air. Mathews), i a :
•ilvioPPent.2ltol ' Ind
3,5 ividnais riding with the
The van,
was proceeding at a steady of a large quaatity of luggage.
pace towards town, In
narrow lane, when one of the near wheels ran into a deep hoe, whiilit
broke it into atou.s ; the vehicle'
completely over, throwing the parceonsenutent Li swe.ryed or Wltleil
Msome into the hedge. The dtiver ;iarslest 13
,i 1 itteadjestitinsfied,
faell:ld.
g among the h94`ap, which were all In confus'ivOn and plunging
idriotiillY. Alter a few minutes haa elapsed, Mr. Barnes, landlordP of
the Two Brewers, Redcross-street, Southwark, was discovered witil
fractured ribs and contusions over various parts of his lAPdar! Anfltlicc.
gentleman, landlord of the Rose Tavern. 4tloAvsl-ffeAcls, redelyed a
fracture of the left arm and sceefe injury fo the lima: sr. WindsQl, of King- Stet, 49fongin also f;astalnen a isceritteo wound ofttes.4lp.
CY'' 4'l'o-6 tir;klal4:o : tle.dentii ~t Vitt Iliiike dc. Mont
moreney, Peg efFrance. Tje we* „us of the minority of the court
of ea the trial oiltirshal lier.-4Wirteni.