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London, England, 1851-07-30 00:00:00

LONDON, WEDNESDAI EVENING, JULY 30,

people of England, and of their friends and allies, whom
they had welcomed. Although he did not undervalue
the good conduct of the police, he believed that if it had
not been from the higher prineipiss whica animated the
great messes that had been brought together in
the Crystal Pelaee, ten tunas the amount of police
would not have been sufficient to maintain order.—
(Hear, hear.) Further, he could not but tic:know-1e lge
the great obligation the country owed to the prescient
sagacity of the illustrious Prince who devised the plan,
and who had successfully carried it out, notwithstanding
the lukewarm support of many, and the ill-concealed
aversion of others.—(Cheers.) That illustrious Prince
foresaw, not only the immediate pleasure which his con-
ception would contribute to his fellow-subjects, but also
the great ultimate and lasting benefits which would re-
salt from it. Those benefits, he (Sir R. Inglis) appre-
hended, would not be of a limited or of a temporary na-
ture; but, if the building were destined to fall to-morrow
those benefits would be felt for many generations to
come. It was, indeed, a peace congress, in which were
brought together those who were formerly regerded as
natural enemies, and who, without the sacrifice of prin-
ciple, and without any difference of opinion, had drunk
at the same spring, and all of whom, he hoped, were
equally thankful for the pleasure they had b"en per-
mitted to enjoy.—(Hear, hear.) No one could have
visited the Exhibition without experiencing a joy
tie had never felt before at eeholding so many happy
faces brought together.—(Hear, hear.) If he differed
from his Right Hon. Friend (Hr. Labouchere) in any
part of his address, it was that in which ha withdrew
himself from ail responsibility as a Minister of the
Crown. The Ministers of the Crown, from their posi-
non, ought to guide and govern the House. But he did
net consider the question to be whether the preservation
of the Crystal Palace or the erection of a now one wool'
or not be for the best interests of the country. Ho felt
that ho was nor, at liberty to take into consideration any
benefit that might result from the continuance of the
building. To him it was simply a question of contract,
and mere especially with those whose property had al-
ready been deteriorated to a great extent by the build-
ing, and would be much more deteriorated if the build-
ing should be made permanent. His Right Hon. Friend
wished to have an expression of the opinion of the House
on that point ; but if that opinion were unanimous it
could not effect the contract. Nothing but an Act of
the legislature could possibly get rid of the contract.
He should, therefore, oppose the motion.
Mr. EWART (who was very indistinctly heard) en-
tirely agreed with his Hon. Friend that the House could
not alter the existing contract, but he forgot to state who
the parties to the contract were, and that if they pleased
they could dissolve the contract. As to the proprietors
of the houses in the neighbourhood of the Crystal
Palace, they were no parties to the contract, but were
merely accidentally concerned in the matter. He
thought it a most important thing that the building
should be permanently maintained. It would serve both
as a place for the promotion cf science, and as a place of
recreation, and for the preservation of health. It might
bo said that it was not built originally for a permanency,
but Mr. Paxton had stated that he from the first con-
structed the building in such a manner that if it were
desired afterwards to be permanent it would remain so;
and he also stated that he from the beginning contem-
plated its conversion into a winter garden. In supporting
the motion, he believed he should express not only the
opinions of his own constituents, but of the great ma-
jority of the people of this country.
Mr. MACGREGOR said he had built a house in the
neighbourhood of the park solely for the benefit of the
retirement which it afforded, his wife having been for
several years in such a state of health as prevented
her from mixing in society. The building,
therefore, had been to him a source of great incon-
venience, as well as to many of his neighbours; but
when he considered what was taking place within that
palace, when ho looked at the gathering of the nations
there, and when he looked at the wondrous productions
there exhibited, he should consider himself exceedingly
selfish if he were to oppose his own immediate conve-
nience to that great work of civilization.—(Cheers.) As
to the continuance of the palace in its present situation
he should give no opinion further than that he thought
they would commit a very rash act if they decided
upon its immediate abolition. He had doubts of its
success as a winter garden, but they might make it a

museum.
Colonel THOMPSON would suggest as one reason
for the preservation of the building that a large portion
of the working people of this country would be very
glad to see it kept up in perpetuity. The Exhibition
had formed an opportunity to all nations, with the most
harmless and honest rivalry, to see what conveniences
of life could be procured for them by exchanging their
own productions for the productions of foreigners with
greater advantage than if they made them within their
own doors. He believed that class of the people would
be happy to see the palace applied triennially or septen-
nially to a purpose similar to that to which it was at
present devoted. For that reason its demolition ought,
at all events, to be postponed for the present.
Mr. GOULBURN, after observing that on many ac-
counts he might b© favourable to the motion now before
the House, said that when he considered that no less a
principle than the maintenance of perfect good faith
with the parties concerned in these transactions was in-
volved in the question they were then discussing, he felt
bound to oppose the proposition for an address to the
Crown on this subject. He put it to Hcn. Gentlemen,
would the building ever have been erected—would the
public have consented to an encroachment on 20 acres of
Hyde-park, if they had not received a distinct assurance
that when the object of the building was answered it
should be pulled down and the park be restored to the
people as a place of health and recreation? Nothing
could warrant a departure from that arrangement. He
would not refer to the strict provisions of the contract,
but to the general understanding which took place be-
tween the House and the country. But, even if the
building should be retained, Honourable Gentlemen
were-not agreed among themselves as to the pur-
poses to which it should be applied. If, as some
suggested, it were to be used as a place of re-
creation for the benefit of Belgravia, or as the scene
where ladies' clubs should assemble—(Laughter)—what
would be the c eesequence? Would not the people of
Tyburnis, demand a similar portion of the park to be
appropriated for their recreation also? The immense
annual expense also which the permanent maintenance
of the building would impose on the country was de-
serving of consideration. They must have an extensive
number of keepers, whether the building were used as
a garden of plants, as a museum, as a ladies' club, or as
a new Tattersall's. They were told that public feeling
was iu favour of the continuance of the Crystal Palace,
but where were the petitions? One would have natu-
rally supposed they would have poured in from the me-
tropolis, but whence had the petitions actually come?
From Glasgow, Falkirk, and Stirling, in Scotland, and
from Falmouth and Exeter, in England, while from
London there had scarcely been any. He, for one, had
always viewed with jealousy any encroachment upon
what might be called the lungs of the metropolis; and
for that and other reasons he was decidedly opposed to
the present motion.
Mr. WAKLEY observed that the Right Hon. Gen.
tleman seemed surprised that no petition had come from
the metropolis in favour of retaining the Crystal Palace.
Why, the mass of the population of London never for
one moment considered that there was any being of so
extraordinary a mind as to desire its destruction. It
was thought impossible that it could enter into the head
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great injury from the appropriation of twenty acres of
Hyde-park; but, if he would take an unprejudiced view
of the question, he would see that that appropriation
would he a great gain to all classes. It was not in-
tended to devote the institution to any particular class,
but to open it to all classes during a portion of the year,
without any charge. With regard to the cost, no appli-
cetion would be made to the Government for money to
sustain the building; on the contrary, Mr. Paxton bad
stated that a party was already willing] to take a
lease of the structure for t wenty-ene years, it permitted
to do so; and to guarantee the keeping up of the
Palace. It was a marvellous thing to him to observe
that two Hon. Gentlemen out of the three who had
opposed the motion were Members for the two Universi-
ties, when the object contemplated by the motion was in
a great measure to devote an institutioa to objects of
which one would suppose those Hon. Members ought to
be the most prominent advocates. Bur, between whom
did the contract itself exist? Why, between the public
and itself.—(No, no.) Messrs. Fox and Henderson had
signified their readiness to accept a notice in the month
of May next instead of in September, provided they
should be placed in the same position as if the notice had
bt en given at the period first agreed upon. The point,
therefore, was disposed of. He could not conceive how
any man could contemplate the destruction of such an
establishment otherwise than with feelings of pain. The
institution was connected with the noblest associations
which could engage the mind of man. The original con-
ception was a grand one; it embraced the universe; and
they had absolutely seen its effects manifested in every
quarter of the globe. He might be wrong, but it was his
conviction that if they determined to destroy the Crystal
Palace, the labouring men of London would unanimously
resolve not to lay their bands upon it. After speaking of
the sanitary advantages which would be derived from
the conversion of the building into a winter garden, the
Hon. Member adverted to the allegation that the pro-
perty in the neighbourhood of the park bad been dete-
riorated by tho erection of the palace, and said he con-
sidered that a cunning trick on the part of the owners
with a view to urge a claim for compensation. Would
those persons sell their property after the palace should
have become permanent at the same price for which they
would have disposed of it before the palace was built?
But the sumo plea used to be urged with regard to pro-
perty near which railway stations were constructed, and
yet what was the fact? Why, that property in those
localities had increased more than fourfold. He could
not ask the House to come to a unanimous vote, because
three gentlemen had spoken against the motion, and they
would certainly be objects of great curiosity at some
future day—(Laughter)—but he hoped the House would,
with the exception of those three gentlemen, support the
present model), which he believed met with the hearty
approval of forty-nine out of fifty of the inhabitants of
London.
Mr. BANKES was not for the destruction of the
building, nor was he for its continuance on its present
site, us that would be a violation of public faith. But if
there wits a great desire for the establishment of a winter
garden in the metropolis, the Hon. Member (Mr. Wak-
ley) aa3 the proposer of a new park in Finsbury, and
;mid be most happy to vote with thel should be delighted.
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Hon. Member if such was the proposition. The Hon.
Gentleman was the advocate of the interests of the la-
bouring classes, and if the Crystal Palace was removed
from Hyde-park to Finsbury-park the labouring classes
wou'd be employed, the experiment of a winter garden
would be tried, and public faith would be kept.—(Hear,
hear.) It was not a question of Fox and Henderson—

it was a question of those residing opposite that part of
the park. Ho (Mr. bankes) cared net Whether it was'
my Lord Campbell on one aid. of the Serpentine or'Mrs.
flicks on the other, ha was oeposed to every sacrifice of
faith with any individual. He asked the Hon. Member
for Finsbury whether be believed the consent of the two
Houses of Parliament could have been obtained for this
efreat prject, if it had not been understood that the in-
terference with Hyde-park would be only for a limited
period.—(lle :r, hear.) If he could not answer that
question, as he (Mr. liankei) believed he could not an-
swer it, negatively, whatever might be the wish for the
retention of the building, it ought to be removed at the
stipulated time.—(Hear.)
Lord SEYMOUR thought it far more important to
keep public faith than to affirm the motion before the
[louse. It must be remembered that when this subject
Was under consideration and discussion in this House,
and there was great opposition, the First Minister of the
Crown laid on the table a memorandum from the Com-
missioners of the Exhibition, which gave their repeated
assurance that the building was not intended for a per-
manency, but would be entirely removed immediately
after the cltedeg of the Exhibition.—(Hear, hear.) That
being the pledge, he did not sea how it could bo violated.
fee lion. Member for Finsbury argued that all the in-
habitants of the metropolis would have petitioned, if they
sad believed that the building was to be reir.oeeti. That
argument was not very complimentary to the Commis•
sinners of the Exhibition. They had given their eulenin
assurance that it would bo removed; the Government
had given their solemn assurance that it would be re-
moved; and every Member of the House had equally
I eclared that it -.would be removed; yet the Hon. Mem-
ber for Finsbury said the inhabitants did not believe one
Turd of it.— (Hear, hoar.) The House should shoW the
inhabitants that words were not so lightly spoken, and
that public faith would be kept.—(Hear,bear.)
Mr. C. VILLIERS had shared, to a great extent, in
the apprehensions that the Exhibition would not suc-
ceed, and it was upon the general prevalence of those
apprehensions that it was understood the building would
be only temporary. Those apprehensions haddeeen dis-
appointed, and now it was proposed to make the experi-
ment of a winter garden, to see whether the expectations
of those who had brought about the agreeable disap-
pointment of every apprehension would be realised. It
was not a motion to perpetuate the building, but to re-
tain it for four or five months longer, and the feelings of
opposition were much changed, because during those four
or five months that part of Hyde-park would be more in-
jured by pulling it down than by allowing it to remain.
—(Hear, hear.) There was a fair opportunity for
making the experiment, and it seemed rather ungra-
cious and injudicious, considering the feeling of the
people, to destroy and demolish the building at the
exact moment at which it was stipulated it should be
destroyed.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. CLAY was surprised that one eccentric argu-
ment of the Hon. Member for the University of Cam-
, bridgo had not heen noticed. The Hon. Member said,
" If the winter garden would give an advantage to Bel-
gravia,
.Tyburnia would put in her claim for the same
thing." There might be a question whether, according
to the old adage, they might not have too much of a good
thing; but if the Hon. Gentleman thought Tyburnia
would he so desirous to have a winter garden, how could
he in the same breath tell them it would be a bad thing
for Belgravia?—(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Clay) thought
property in the neighbourhood would bs amazingly in-
creased by the maintenance of the Crystal Palace, and
he asked the House to pause before voting for its imme-
diate demolition.—(Hear, hear.)
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, if
the objdct of the motion had been to express well de-
served gratitude to the illustrious personage who had
originated the design of the Great Exhibition—to the
Commissioners who had executed that design—to the
gentleman who had framed the plan of the building—or
to the gentlemen who had executed the work—he should
have highly approved that object. No expression of
opinion on the merits of those persons had fallen from
any Hon. Member, with the exception of the Hon. and
Gallant Member (Colonel Sibthorp), with which he did
not cordially concur. But he thought much had been
said beside the real question. The Hoe. Member for
Fmabury had indulged in a warm eulogium on the tem-
pie of peace,
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Chancellor of the Exchequer) did the Exhibition of it-
self, and he believed the displaying to the gaze of the
world a multitude of wonders never before collected in
one place, would greatly promote good feeling with
other countries. But if that was to be.the object of re,

taining the Crystal Palace, it could not be effected in
the way proposed.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") The
Honourable Member for Wolverhampton said, 46 Do
let us try the experiment of a wiater garden." But
the House must take into consideration the
amount of expense which, by assenting to that
proposal, they would sanction. By the terms
of the contract, the Commissioners could become pur-
chasers of the building on payment of 70,0001. Tney
must be prepared to take on themselves the payment of
that 70,0001. in the first instance. Whether the Com-

missioners would feel justified in purchasing the palace,
and presenting it to the nation, was another matter. It

seemed to hiM that at present, consistently with what
was before the House, the Commissioners could do no
such thing. Therefore they must consider they were
authorising the expenditure of 70,0001. in the purchase
of the building. He would not state any probable sum,
but he was quite sure no one would contradict him when
he said that to put it in a condition for a winter garden
would require a considerable outlay, and he apprehended
on one imagined that it could be maintained per-
manently without a considerable annual cost. This
only referred to the building as it stood. As a win-
ter garden considerable expense must be incurred to
put it in a state to afford the country the slightest
opportunity of judging whether they would Itke it
or not. He did not suppose his Honourable Friend
thought that empty walls would enable the public to
judge whether they would like it or not as a winter
garden. If it was to be a winter garden all scientific
purposes must be defeated, and the views of the Hon.
Member who brought forward the motion did not seem
very consonant with those of the Honourable Member
for Finsbury-

Mr. WAELEY—A winter garden!
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER entirely
concurred with his Right Hon. Friend that it was ob-
viously and admittedly constructed for a temporary
purpose, and the most solemn pledge given that it should
be taken down. Even this session his Noble Friend had
said he considered the Government was bound to have

it taken down, unless they were relieved by the universal
expression of public opinion. He had thought it right
to state to the House the amount of public expenditure
that would be incurred, that Hon. Members might not
give their votes in ignorance of what they were about
to do. As a member of the Government, he had re-
frained from expressing any opinion, and he should give
no vote on the subject.—(Hear, bear.)
Mr. HEADLAM denied that the House was pledged
to the destruction of the Crystal Palace. He denied the
power of the Government to fetter the House, and even

if they had the power, he denied that they had done ao.
They were now to say whether the building should be
retained, and he protested against any filleted engage-
ment precluding their giving the metropolis the advan-
tages of a winter garden. There was no danger of any
expense falling on the Exchequer, and he believed the
public would be greatly disappointed if the building was
removed.

Mr. GEACII supported the motion for the retention
of the Crystal Palace, which he conceived was calculated
to be a permanent building. With the exception of paint-
ing, the expense of keeping it in repair would not be
considerable.

The House then divided, when there appeared—
For the motion •• • 75
••• •••
Against it ... 47
Majority
_2B
VAN DIEMEN'S LAND.
Mr. ANSTEY called the attention of the House to
the petition of the nativo-born colonists of Van Diemen's
Land, presented on Monday, the 16th day of June last,
for the purpose of moving that an humble address be
presented to her Majesty, praying that transportation to
Van Diemen's Land may finally cease.

It was moved that the House be counted, and only
menty-seven Members being present, the House stood

adjourned.

Mr. SCHOLEFIELD paired for hearing the Greenwich
electors by counsel with Mr. BREMRIDGE against.

COURT CIRCULAR.
OSBORNE, TUESDAY,
The Queen, the Prince, and the Royal Family took
their usual walks and drives in the neighbourhood of
Osborne, yesterday.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent took a car-
riage airing, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce.
The Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Phipps, and M. Becker,
had the honour of dining with her Majesty and his
Royal Highness.

The Princess Augusta of Saxe Coburg Gotha arrived
in town yesterday, from Esher, and in the evening-took
her departure for Ostend.
A meeting of the Royal Commission for the promo-
tion of the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all
Nations was held on Saturday, at the Exhibition in
Hyde-park, at half-past one o'clock.
The Commissioners present were Earl. Granville, the
Right Hon. William E. Gladstone, Sit Richard West-
macott, Mr. Cobden, M.P., Mr. Cubitt, Mr. T. F. Gib-
son, Mr. John Shepherd, and Mr.lHopkins, President of
the Geological Society.
Mr. Scott Russell and Mr. Edgar Bowing, Secretaries
to the Royal Commission, attended.
Lieut.-Colonel Reid (Chairman), Mr. Henry Cole,
and Mr. C. Wentworth Dilke, of the gxecutive Com-
mittee, were present.

Dr. Lyon i'layfair and Colonel Lloyd, Special Com-
missioners, were also present.

GOODWOOD Cur.—One of the cups to be run for
at the present Goodwood Races is designed by Baron Mar-
chetti, and manufactured by Mr. Hancock, of Bruton-street,
Bond-street. The subject is of 'a striking character. It re-
presents the last struggle of Lord Francis Villiers, a noble-
man who fought on the Royal side, with the Parliamentary
troops, when he fell overpowered by numSers. The story is
told by Lord Clarendon in his History of the Rebellion, who
thus describes the incident:—" In the confusion the Lord
Francis Villiers, a youth of rare beauty and comeliness of
person, endeavouring to make resistance, was unfortunately
killed in a lane between Kiagston and Soathbyton (Surbi-
ton) Common. The young lord having had his horse killed
under him, turned his back upon an o.d oak tree in the
hedge, on the east side of the lane, and fought most va-
liantly with halt a dozen assailants—two of whom he had
killed, when a third coming up on the other side of the
hedge killed him with a dagger. This happened between
six and seven of the clock in the evening d the 7th of July,
1648." The composition is distinguished !)yylegance, bold-
ness, and freedom. The figure of Lord lilhers is designed
with spirit, and the horse, which appears Just expiring, is
modelled with great skill and accuracy. As a racing plate
this may be placed in the first rank.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS.

(From the VON! :,,nd Proceedings of the Howse of Commons,

TUESDAY, JULY 29.
HOPS.

Motion made, and Question proposed, " That the Excise
duty on hops is impolitic and unjust, and ought to be re-
pealed at an early period :" - Amendment proposed, to leave
out from the word "That" to the end of the Question, iu
order to add the words " on any reduction of Excise duty
on hops taking place, it is expedient to reduce the Exeise
duty on British hops, and the Customs duty on foreign hops,
by one penny per. pound weight each, together with the 5
per cent. additional duty thereon granted by the Act 3 Vic.,
c. 17," instead thereof— Question proposed, " That the words
proposed -to be left out 'stand
part of the Question:"—
Amendment by leave withdrawn :—Main Question put.
The House divided :
MINORITY—AYES, 30. .
Adderley, C. R. Fox, W. J. '3 Stanford, J. F.
Alcock, Thomas Gould, Wyndham , Thompson, George
,t nstey, T. C. Hallewell, E. G. 3 Tyrell, Sir J.
Marrow, W. H. Rolland, Robert Verner, Sir W.
Bass, M. T. Johnstone, James Walmsley, Sir I.
Bremridge, Richard Knox, Colonel Williams, T. P.
Bright, John Lushington, Charles Willyams, H.
Chid, -math Mullings, J. R. Young, G. F.
Cobden, Richard Pechell, Sir G. ' l'LLLEicsi.
c urtels, D. M. Salwey, Colonel . Frewen, C. 11.
Dick, Quintin Seymour,: 1.1.0; Fuller, A. Id..

MAJORITY-NOES, .59 , •
..
Armstrong, R. B. ' Egerton; W.T. M'Ciregoi, John
ilaphaw, John , , Ellis, John Matheson, Colonel
Baines, M. T. Elliot, John E. Mitchell, T. ...1.
Baring, Sir F. Evans, J. Morris, David
Bell, Jacob Evelyn, William J. Parker, John
Bellew. it. M. E wart William • Pusey, P.

Berkeley, Admiral Forster, Matthew Reid, Colonel
Birch, Sir Thomas Goulburn, Henry Richar,ls, Richard
Boyle, Colonel Graham, Sir J. Sandars, George
Brotherton, J. Grosvenor, Earl Seymour, Lord
Banbury, Edward - Hanmer, Sir J. • Stuart, Lord J.
Cholmeley; Sir M. Hawes, Benj. Stuart, Henry
Clay, James Heald, James . Thompson, Colonel
Cockburn, Sir A. • Heywood, James Thornely, Thomas
Colebrooke, Sir T. liindley, C. Wilson, James
Cowper, W. F. Hodges, T. L. Wood, Sir W. P.
Craig, Sir W. G. Hudson, G.
Denison, Edmund Inglis, Sir R. TrLLESEI.
Denison, J. E. Labouchere, Henry , Hayter, W. G. '
Duncan, George Langston, J. H. Lewis, George C:
Dundas, Sir D.

1851.

AMERICAN NEWS.

LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY EVENING.
By the United States mail steam-ship Baltic, Cap-
tain Comstock, which arrived off the Bar shortly
after four o'clock, we have received advices from New
York to the 19th inst. She brings 700,000 dolls, in
specie on freight.
The United States mail steaal-ship Pacific, Cap-
tain Nye, from Liverpool, was passed at 5 o'clock
on the afternoon of the 19th, about 60 miles from
New York.

The royal mail steam-ship Conway had arrived
at Kingston, and the Graat Western was looked for
on the 13th from Vera Cruz.
The screw steam-ship City of Glasgow left Phila-
delphia on the 17th for Liverpool, with 15,000 dolls.
in specie.

By the arrival of the Brother Jonathan at New
York we hava advices from San Francisco to the 14th
of June. Sne had in the hands of the passengers
465,000 dolls. in gold dust. The steam-ship Califor-
nil, at Panama, had specie on freight to the amount
of 1,420,000 dolls. The Isthinui ',vas generally healthy.
San 'Francisco was rapidly assuming a habitable
coalition. •:. Lynch:. law
.was. in ...4.kperatina... to ~a,
great extent! ::...Tere.t.tct: Belit w ::Al.%annsa, --one-of
the Irish convicts, succeeded in escaping from
LluticeAou, Australia, and arrived in S :11 Francisco
on the sth, about the same time Smith O'Brien,
O'Donogliue, and Doherty attempted to escape. The
sum of 6001. had been pet in the hands of an English-
man to purcha3e a brig, which was done, and after
landing and clearing at the Custom-house a concerted
signal was to be given, when a boat was to be sent
on shore from the brig. The Government officers,
however, were informed of the project during the
day, and as soon as the signal was given for the boat
the convicts were secured by the officers and carried
back.

The Indians being very troublesome in the
southern section of the State, crime was fearfully on
the increase, so much so that volunteer committees of
citizens had been formed for protection. Reports
from the "placers" were generally favourable; agri-
cultural prospects are good. The market reports
state that since the departure of the previous mail a
general stagnation in business has been experienced,
prices having generally declined ; large quantities of
goods had been forced on the market. The prospects
for the future were not encouraging. Such was the
unsettled state of affairs consequent upon the fire, no
regular rate of exchange could be stated.
From Kingston, Jamaica, we have advices to the
11th instant. Several vessels were loaded for England,
amongst them several foreign ones. A large quantity
of sugar would be shipped this season. Business was
dull.

We have .Porto Rico advices to the 3d inst. Sugar
was scarce, owing to the heavy rains.
At New York the demand for money had been
active, but without producing any effect upon the
market. The exportation of specie for the week had
been upwards of two million dollars. Exchange was
without alteration. Sterling was 101 to 10k. The
Independence, of London, had 122,000 dolls. of specie
on freight.
The cotton market had been exceedingly depressed
throughout the week, closing without spirit at
decline on the low grades, and ie. to lc. on the better.
Sales for the week, 7,100 bales.
The dry goods trade was dull. The flour market
had a downward tendency. The iron market was
steady. No particular alterations had occurred in
tobacco.

There was little doing in freights to Liverpool.
Cotton was taken at id. to 5-32 d.; dead weight, 15s.
To London, oil cake at 2s. 3d. To Glasgow, oil at
255. A vessel was loading with deals, for London,
at 41. 4s.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
Arrived at New York—E. Bulkeley and Henry Clay,
from Liverpool; Sir Robert Peel, from London; Primus,
from Galway; Duncan Ritchie, from Tralee; Statesman,
from Havre; and Howard, from Hamburgh. Arrived at
Philadelphia—Tuscarora, from Liverpool. Arrived at
Charleston—Margaret and Nomine, from Liverpool.
Arrived at Mobile—Stirlingshire, from Newport. Ar-
rived at San Francisco—Princess Royal, Abyssinia, and
John Brown, from London; Ann, from Havre; Alcyone,
from Marseilles; Malbra ad Antoinette, from Bordeauac;
and British ships Java, Cadet, Ark, Martha, and Alert,
from New South Wales; and steam-ship Conside, from
Havre. Arrived at Newbury Port—Latimer, from New-
port, Wales. Arrived at Portland—Caledonia, from
Londonderry. Arrived at Halifax—Rambler, from New-
port for New York, with loss of masts.
NEW YORK, JULY 19.—The British barque Royal
Mint, from Dundee for Quebec, was fallen in with on
the 21st ult. in a sinking condition by the Howard (ar-
rived), which vessel took off the captain and crew. The
Caledonia, Brander, from New Orleans, arrived here, re-
ports that on the sth inst., in lat. 25, long. 84,she picked
up a boat containing six men belonging to the barque
Mary Ann, of Sunderland, from New Orleans, for Liver-
pool, which vessel was abandoned in a sinking state.
The captain, officers, and remainder of the crew left in
the long-boat, and parted company iu the night, and
were not afterwards seen.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
IL:tar-Admiral-Superintendent Prescott, C. 8., and the
pay clerks did not complete the payment of the Trafal-
gar, 120, at Spithead, till about nine o'clock on Monday
night, there having been nearly 1,000 men to be paid
advance.

Commander John Fisher (1814), late principal har-
bour-master of the port of London, died on the 22d inst.,
in the 70th Sear of his age.
Captain A. Forbes took up his commission at Chat-
ham, on Monday, and hoisted the pendant on board the
Calypso, 18, and the vessel was taken into dock to be
coppered up to her load draught, and to clean the bot-
tom, &c. It is expected that she will be manned by the
general service men at the ports immediately. The
following additional appointments have been made to
her:—

Lieutenant—C. J. Balfour (1846).
Master—R. H. Warren (1847).
Second Master—Charles A. Smart (1848).
Clerks—J. H. Sheriff and Richard Sainthill.
Gunner—George Denham.
Boatswain—Thomas Collins.
Carpenter—Robert Baird.
The following other appointments have been made:—
Assistant Surgeon—William A. Turner, to the Styx
steam-sloop, at Devonport.
Assistant Engineer—Frederick W. Brown, to the
Centaur.

Gunner—Henry Davidson, acting, confirmed to the
Waterwitch, 8, Sheerness, for coast of Africa.
Hastings, 74, Captain C. J. Austen, arrived at Trin-
comalee from Madras in June last. The Commander-
in-Chief, Rear-Admiral Austen, C. 8., intends to pro-
ceed early in August to Singapore and China, in his
ft ag:s h ip:

Meander, 44, Captain the Hon. H. Keppel, having
transferred her freight to the Sprightly steamer, at
Portsmouth, sailed about nine P.M. for Chatham, on
Monday. The freight was landed yesterday morning,
and was conveyed in the afternoon by Messrs. Casher to
London.

Sprightly steam-tender was employed yesterday,
taking out stores, &c., to the Trafalgar, which ship will
sail to-day for the Mediterranean with the Oberon
steamer.
Waterwitch, 8, Commander Gardner, remains at
Sheerness to adjust compasses and to be paid advance
previous to sailing for her station.
Wolverine, 12, Commander Falcon, arrived at St. He-
lena from her station on the Coast May 29, and remained
June 5.

PORTSMOUTH, TnEsuAy.----Rear-Admiral Henderson,
C. 8., K.H., the newly-appointed Commander-in-Chief
on the south-east coast of America station, hoisted his
flag (blue at the mizen) on board the Blonde receiving-
ship, at ten o'clock this morning, and at 10.15 it was
hauled down and hoisted on board the Blenheim steam
guard-ship, Captain W. H. Henderson, C. 8., when the
latter saluted the Port-Admiral with seventeen guns,
which the Victory acknowledged with eleven. This
ceremony was merely to enable the Rear-Admiral's pay
to commence, as the flag was hauled down again after
the salute, and will not be rehoist©d until the Centaur
steam-frigate Captain Cannon, is ready to receive it.
She is being expedited as much as possible, and was
masted to-day. She is now in the hands of the riggers,
fitting out.

The Belvidera, 38, has had her jurymasts taken out
to-day and been returned to ordinary, her masts being
adapted to the Pique to carry her to Pembroke.
Tho Southampton Indiamem sailed to-day for the
East Indies.
WOOLWICH, JULY 20.—The number of foreigners who
visited Woolwich Dockyard last week, with cards- of ad-
mission from their • respective legations, was 620, and
some idea may be formed of the number of British sub-
jects who visited the dockyard in the course of the week
when it is considered that the number returned as ad-
mitted on Friday amounted to 1,489.
The Hempsyke, hired convict-ship, arrived at moor-
ings opposite the Royal Arsenal on Saturday last, and
after taking in some stores for Malta, her ultimate des-
tination, she will take on board eleven convicts from the
Justitia convict ship at Woolwich. The others will be
taken on board at Portsmouth and Portland, for con-
veyance to Gibraltar, where they will be employed on
the works in progress of construction for strengthening
that important military station.

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