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LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1851.

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Lord J. Russzta, took the opportunity of informing the
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property-tax to one year only instead of
three. Mr. flumE had stated, as the groundwork of his
motion, that his object r. as that the tax might be made more
just and equitable than it now was. He did not agree in the
proposition of his Hon. Friend, nor did he now agree with
him that it was desirable to have such an in-
quiry. The House, however, had decided otherwise,
and it became the duty of the Government to
consider what course it would pursue. Now, al-
though he felt it was very inconvenient to place such an
amount of taxation upon such a precarious footing, yet he
could not suppose it to be the intention of the majority to
place public credit in jeopardy; for the House had always
shown itself careful of the public credit, and he therefore
thought it right for the Government to consider whether it
could adopt the resolution of the House. He was told that
there was a general impression in the public mind that the
tax might be made more equal. To this he had replied
that Mr. Parr and Sir R. PEEL had arrived at a different
con .lusion. He was answered by the argument, that it'
those conclusions should be supported by an inquiry, the
country would be better satisfied that the inequalities of the
tax were inevitable ; and if otherwise, they would then have
the tax in a more equitable shape. The decision of the House,
then, being contrary to the opinion of the Government as to
the desirableness of an inquiry, he would neither refuse nor at-
tempt to evade an inquiry, -which would be conducted by men
who were leaders upon financial matters in that House.
The Government beiag thus prepared for a full and fair in-
quiry, another question arose. If the income-tax were given
for one year only, were they to proceed with the financial
arrangements of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, all of
which had been agreed to by the House? He should be
very reluctant to forego the repeal of the window duties,
which were not only a financial burden but a great social
evil, and also of the timber and coffee duties; but in order
to carry these reductions into effect, it must be made clear
to the Government that no further alteration would be made
in the income-tax, and no other breaking in upon the
finances of the country, which might have the effect of dis-
abling the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER from maintain-
ing public credit. He hoped, therefore, they would pass the
Income.tax Bill without further modification, and that the
whole revenue of the country might be ensured to them if
they were to carry out the reductions announced by the
CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER.

Mr. Hum: and Mr. DisaTAELI both expressed a desire
that, as the tax was to be voted only for one year, no altera-
tion should be made in its details at present, and in conse-
quence Colonel Sumfottr and Lord JOCELYN postponed the
amendments of which they had given notice, the different
clauses were agreed to, and the House resumed.
On the motion for going into Committee of Supply,
Lord J. RUSSELL stated the reductions which the Govern-
ment had undertaken to effect, in accordance with the re-
commendation of the Select Committee on OfficiAl Salaries.
With some of the r‘cominenCati,ns the Government intended
to comply, and where it was not intended to acquiesce, he
stated the reasons for their dissent from the recommenda-
.

tions of the Committee. The chief reductions which-they
agreed to were the following:—lt was proposed to reduce
the Junior Lords of the Treasury from 1,200/. to 1,0001.
per a _num ; the Secretaries, from 2,500/. to 2,000/. ; the
offices of Paymaster of the Forces and Vice Pre-
sident of the Board of Trade would be permanently
united. The salaries r f the Lords of the Admiralty
.shoukt be reduced from 1,200/. to 1,0001. per annum. lie
had already announced to the House the reductions in the
judicial salaries; and with respect to diplomatic allowances,
he would say that the representative of this country at
Paris (who was still to retain the dignity of ambassador),
was to have only 8,0001., instead of 10,U0e/. per annum.
Turkey was also still to have an ambassador, in whose salary
there would be no diminution. The ambassador at Vienna
had been converted into an envoy, and some retrenchment
was thus effected. The proposition to unite the various
German missions was difficult to carry out, owing to the
disturbed state of continental politics. In Italy, however,
one of the missions now maintained might be dispensed
with, and he thought also that our present Minister at Flo-
rence might act as diplomatic agent at Rome, should an
official intercourse be established between the Court of St.
James's and the Vatican. The Noale Lord concluded by
impressing upon the House that it was far more important in
those foreign missions that the work should be done well
rather than that it should be done cheaply.
In reply to Mr. URQUHART and Mr. COBDEN,
Lord PALMERSTON defended our foreign missions.
In reply to Captain BoLnuto,
Sir F. BARING said that instructions had been given for
securing better accommodation to assistant•surgeons in the
navy.

Jr.
FREIVEN then moved as an amendment that an ad-
dress be presented to her MAJESTY, setting forth the distress
of the hop-gri,wers of Sussex, and their inability to pay the
hop duty now due.
After some discussion, in the course of which Lord JOHN
RUSSELL expressed a hope that the House would not listen
to the proposition that gentlemen who had sold their hops,
and got the money in their pockets, should avoid payment of
the duty, the motion was negatived without a division.
The remaining business was disposed of, and the House
adjourned.

The Income-tax Bill has virtually passed for
another year, in its present inequitable and op-
pressive form. As, however, its duration has been
so properly limited, and as Lord JOHN RUSSELL has
declared that " the Government is prepared to agree
that there shall be a fair and full inquiry upon this
subject," the parties, who for nine years have sub-
mitted to the injustice with a good grace, must be
content to bear it for twelve months more, com-
forting themselves with the reflection that its days
are numbered, and that it can never again be
renewed without very extensive modifications.
After the urgent appeal, ad miscricordiam,
made by the PREMIER against any alterations pend-
ing the promised investigation, we shall not censure
these who withdrew the amendments of which they
had given notice, although retaining our strong ob-
jections to the existing system, and believing that
such gross and palpable injustice should not be toler-
ated for a single moment during which it could be
prevented. It might certainly be impossible to enter
into a perfectly equitable adjustment of the impost,
so that each man should bear his exact proportion and
no more of the national burdens, but there might
b e some degree of approximation thereto, some
instalment of justice, to render the sufferers more
patient during the interim. To us it appears so clear,
so self-evident a proposition, that the hard earnings of
a professional man, author or artist, or the fluctu ,ting
profits of the merchant, manufacturer and trader, are
not equivalent to well-circumstanted ground rents, cr
dividends from money in the funds, that it appears
like a work of supererogation, an absurd trifling with
the public patience, to enter into arguments to
sustain the position. Lord Joust RUSSELL, how-
ever, appears to be of opinion that the re-
sult of the inquiry may be to satisfy the
country that the tax cannot be rendered more just
and equal, at least without materially diminishing i's
amount, or rendering it ten times more inquisitorial
than it now is. He is manifestly still prepared to
defend the abuses that have existed, and to justify the
" conclusion" at which his colleague arrived. So
long us the point is controverted and under discus-
sion, so long as any person of any degree of weight
and influence can be fouud to uplift his voice in its
behalf, we shall not insist on any proceeding that may
appear to prejudge or anticipate the result, or could
in any degree interfere with the course of the
inquiry.

It is, however, essential that the promise of the
PREMIER should be fairly carried out, that no
discreditable subterfuge or evasion should be resorted
to. No objection could be taken to what fell from
the Noble Lord on the subject. He said, " that it
' would be neither fair nor wise to attempt to refuse
olusr evade that inquiry," and, again, at the very con-
the speech, that, " bowing to the opinion
of the House, the last thing he should think of doing
would be evading an inquiry which he agreed
to have instituted." Believing Lord JOHN RUSSELL
to be a man of the nicest honour, who would
be incapable of violating his plighted word for any
private or public advantage to himself personally, or
as a leader of a great party, we are perfectly satisfied
with this pledge, so far as he is personally concerned
q7arun-
blushing intoibe theai
causes of the commercial.
but we cannot forget what has taken place on former
occasions, more
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crisis
of
blushing avowal made by Sir CHARLES WOOD with
respect to the last-mentioned investigation. It is now,
unfortunately,
Committee was packed, that its report was a fore-
gone conclusion, its naturebeing
anticipatedthat the with
perfect certainty from the moment
could have
k
as
names of its members were announced. It was wellnown that no evidence, however cogent,
changed the prejudiced views of the majority, and,
we have repeatedly shown, the report was altogether
opposed to the great bulk of the testimony adduced,
so that if an appeal lay to any tribunal, it would have
been set aside without hesitation. When this " ar-
rangement" was most justly complained of in the
House, when it was declared to be nothing more or 1

less than an ingenious, device for the pur-
pose of putting "on the shelf " the ques-
tion respecting which the public mind was
for the moment greatly excited until it should relapse
into apathy, it was boldly defended by the CHAN-
CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, who declared to the
effect that a Minister would be mad who would con-
sent to the appointment of a Committee on any
matter unless well aware of what would be the na-
ture of their report. The Right Honourable Baronet,
therefore, looks on this matter in a very different light
from his leader, and if he is to have anything to do
with the nomination of the Committee we
confess that we shall await the appointment
of the Committee with considerable anxiety, al-
though we feel that even a hostile report,
unless supported by satisfactory reasons, could not
prevent the voice of public opinion from being heard,
or satisfy the country of the propriety of the present
system.

We must also express a hope that the labours of
the Committee may be productive of some useful re-
sults ; we have, unfortunately, seen so many
valuable reports cast aside after publication without
any further notice. What steps have been taken to
extend our commercial relations with China, or
to reduce the duty on tea, in con-
sequence of the exceedingly able and
convincing report of the Committee on
that subject ? What has followed the report of the
Devon Commission on the law of landlord and tenant
in Ireland ? Both of these reports have been suffi-
ciently long before the country to have led to some
legislation, but they have been altogether disre-
garded, and are now apparently forgotten. Even the
report of the Committee on Official Salaries, although
three years before the country, has as yet produced
no reductions. We are certainly promised that
something will be done, but by no means to
the extent of the recommendations. We
will, however, trust to the national enthusiasm
not to permit the present topic to be shelved, and as
its expiring within a single year will ensure that the
report of the Committee must be brought under the
consideration of the House and country early in the
ensuing session, we will patiently await the result,
prepared to act as the occasion may require, should it
be different from our just expectations, or from what
the exigencies of the case may demand.

We have given in extenso in another column a
etter which was originally published in the Ultra-
montane organ, the Tablet, and which purports to be
addressed by the Earl of CLARENDON to the Earl of
SHREWSBURY. We were at first inclined to doubt
the authenticity of this document, and to consider it as
one of those pious forgeries in which the vindicators
of the massacre of S. Bartholomew and the apolo-
gists of the Holy Inquisition, do not scruple to in-
dulge whenever the cause of sacerdotal despotism is
to be forwarded, or Protestant " vermin" (as that
pattern prelate, Dr. 'API-Lux, is in the habit of desig-
nating all who differ from him), are to be crushed; but
as no denial of its authenticity has yet been made, al-
though ample time has elapsed fur the publication
of such denial, we are compelled to treat the document
as genuine. In perusing this letter our first feeling
is one of surprise at what we cannot but consider as
the excessive " greenness" of the Earl of CLA-
RENDON with regard to the feelings and
objects of the Jesuit party at present in the
ascendant at the Court of Rome. " All good men
in Ireland," says the Earl of CLARENDON, " of what-
ever creed or politics, are agreed in reverencing Dr.
MURRAY as the beau ideal of a Christian pastor, and
yet your Lordship found his HOLINESS, irritated
against him alone. All agree in considering Dr.
M'HALE as an ill-disposed demagogue, who does
nothing but afford an example of all that a bishop
ought not to do, and yet when your Lordship blamed
him, you were told that you had a strange animosity
against the Irish." Is the Earl of CLARENDON
so little aware of the designs and objects
of the Jesuit party at present in the
ascendant at R9me as to be ignorant that they are
irritated against all men who, like Dr. MURRAY, the
Archbishop of PARIS, and other models of Christian
pastors, act up to the text, " My kingdom is not
of this world," and that the " ill-disposed dema-
gogue," whether he be a cleric, like M'HALB, or a
laic, like MONTALEMBERT, is always certain to be
favoured and supported by them, because by bis very
unscrupulousness and violence, he is best fitted
to do their work ? For the same reason
they are opposed to the institution of all
colleges and scluipls; and the Earl of CLARENDON may
rely on it that no syllable of proof will ever be ad-
duced by the Ultramontane opponents of either of
the Irish Queen's Colleges in support of the accusa-
tion of infidelity which they bring forward against
them, in common with every other institution for the
diffusion of sound education. They have no proof to
bring forward, but they can anathmetise, and as it is
easier to curse than to argue, and as, moreover, cursing
is more congenial to the feelings of an Ultra-
montanist than argument, the Earl of CLARENDON
may rest assured that his Ultramontanist opponents
will continue the course on which they have entered,
Like the Lying Valet in the farce, they feel that they
" can do nothing but curse and call names." It
strikes us, also, as somewhat extraordinary that the
Earl of CLARENDON should express surprise at the
conduct of Dr. CULLEN in endeavouring to set class
against class. Why, it was for that very pur-
pose that he was sent to Ireland ; it is for
that very purpose that the Propaganda send out their
Jesuit agents to all parts of the world —in Ireland to
stir up the poor against the rich, in Austria to incite
the rich to trample on and oppress the poor. Divide
et impera is their motto, and to secure the ascen-
dancy of Ultrarnontanism, all means, from murder to
petty larceny, are not only allowable but praise-
worthy, according to the principles laid down by
Escorial!. and the other Jesuit authorities, whose
works are the text-books of the colleges of Rome.
Indeed the Earl of CLARENDON himself seems to have
been forced to arrive most unwillingly at the same
conclusion with ourselves, for he says—
" And now let me ask of :you, my dear Lord, what
could I, or rather what could any unprejudiced specta-
tor of passing events think, or what could one infer as
to the consequences of all the things which I have men-
tioned, and others which I need not add? What could
one think, except that spiritual jurisdiction was not tl•e
object they had in view, but rather political hostility—
that between Catholics and Protestants goodwill should
not exist."

That such is the object of those who at present
govern the See of Rome there cannot be a doubt;
their aim is to establish in every country in Europe
a sacerdotal despotism on the ruins of every other
authority. So long as an educated and enlightened
and Protestant nation shall remain, so long will the
execution of their designs continue unaccom-
plished; and, therefore, it is that this fierce
war is declared against Protestantism ; therefore it
is that it is sought to cajole weak-minded Protestants
by false professions of liberality, while the stanch
and uncompromising stickler for the right of private
judgment is told " that the time has come when Pro-
testantism must be extirpated by the edge of the sword ;"
and therefore it is that the well-educated and sensible
Roman Catholic laity are denounced to the fierce
vengeance of the ignorant and superstitious as "luke-
warm religionists." How is such a state of things to
be met ? How is our Protestant liberty
to be defended against the inroads of
these apostles of ignorance and darkness ?
The Earl of CLARENDON has pointed out the way;
he tells his noble correspondent that " the See of
Rome has, by its recent aggression, given a new life
and a new energy to Protestantism, which will ea•
tend beyond our country, and of vs.hich the vibrations
and results will be felt on the Continent." Yes, it is
on the Continent that the aggression must be met,
if it is intended to meet it effectually. It '
is by commencing an offensive continental
campaign against Ultramontanism, absolutism, and
obscurantism, that the POPE must be taught " not to
The Ultramo
meddle in other people's concerns." Wherever
there is a nation struggling against Papal usurpation,
as Sardinia, now is, there should England be
n tanist conspiracy also with assistance material and moral.
great Anti•Pa pal Leaguepirfacylfd f nce, of which
England must be the head.o Suchse e ethe policy of
must be met by a
was
the greatest a. tatesman England produced, the
Protector, OL LITER CROMW' ever
the policy of ,very
statesman who has his country's
good at heart

The Polish soldier, aged 127, who was received
last year into tho Hotel des Invalides, died on Wednesday
last in the infirm ary of that etabli4hnaent from an attack
of Oalip Irani,

Railways. I paid. Nominal Prices. Business done
to-day.
Aberdeen all % % dll 4111.
Caledonian 10/. 10 6% —6% 4%
• Chester and Holyhead „, all 164 16%
Dund. Per. & Aber. June, all —3L CS.
East Anglian (31. 10,)
6 per cent. ▪
~ all 234 —2%
Eastern Counties Eaten..
per cent. Ne. 1 „ all % p
Do. No. 1 „ all % dig —% P
Do. New 6p. cent. Stock 10 11X-- 11% 11% %
Eastern Union, Scrip
guaran. 6 per cent. • • all 164 16%
Da. 101. Daben. Shares , all , • —••
East Lancashire, 6 per
cent. quarter shares ..
' E. &W. York. June. sths all .• —• •
Edin. Per. & Dun. 58 p.ct. all %WS. - Par
Glasgow & 5.-W. Consul ICO • • —• •
Gt Northern, 5 per cent. all 1334 134
Great South. & Western
AZ
(Deland) eighths 234 do 1 P.
Lancashire and York-
shire, F. 20/. .. .. • • 6 134 —1% dls.
Do. 6 per ct. Stock .. 100 131% —133%
Leeds and Thirsk, 6 par
Do. quarters, 1848 .. 9 1% 2 P
cent., No.l 11 P
London, Brighton, and
South Coast guar. 5 per
••••
et., late Croydon thirds 100 •• .•
Do. pref., 5 p ct. Stock,
MI, from 50/. share. E 100 114 120
‘
Do. new guar., 6 per ct. ICO 135 138
London & 6.-W., new .. 5 2% AN P.
Londonderry and Ennis-
killen, half shares .. 10 • •
Stanch., Sheffield, and
Line., quar. stirs., }14.1 all 13% 13% 134 %
Do. new, 101. all 12 —• 124
Do., 61. • 3 54 %
Midland Con. 6p. c. stock 100 13234 13334
Do. Consul. Bristol &
Birming., 6 per cent... 100 1334
Do. Bristol & Glouces. 48 • • —••
Norfolk Extension .. all 1634 1734
yo. guar. 5% per cent. all 4% 476
Do. Waveney Valley .. 2 • • ••
North British • • .. 5 4% 554
0 xf.Wor. 01.151.6p.c 2 %—l% P
Shrewsbury and Birm.
New Guaranteed .. all 11 11%
Shrews. and Ches. (Nor.
W. Min.) 8 per cent. all 15 1534 154
South Devon all 13 —l5
South-Eastern, 434 p. ct 10 • • —••
Waterford & Kilkenny, 51. 1 • • —• •
Wes tLondon,lat Cl. (101.) all • • —• •
Do. 2d Class de. (par) all • • —••
York, Newc., and Berw.,
Gt. N .of E. Pur. all 165( 16%
York and North hfidiand
U. add 5. Parch. 10 154 1 ,
:r ORZIGN.
Boulogne and Amienn •• all 9% —9%
Central of France (Or-
leans and Vierzon) .. all 1754 17% 175 E
Demerara all • .•
Dutch Rhenish $ 434 dla•
East Indian ..
Do. do. de. .. 20
Great Indian Peninsula.. all 34 34 P•
Ditto ditto .. 254 %—% P.
Louvain ala Sambre .. 734 . —•••
Luxembourg .. a 114 —1%
Ditto .. 10 334 —3%
Madrid and Valontli•
Maria Antonia .. 25 7 I
Ditto, New ~ 73G 2
Namur and Liege .. all 7% 1.4
Northern of France .. 16 15 1534 18
Orleans and Bordeaux .. $ 4% —3% dim.
Paris and Orleans .. all 32 —34
Paris and Rouen .. .. all 9434 35 24%
Paris and Strasbourg 16 5% —5% dim.
Rouen and Havre .. ~ all 9% 1054 10
Sambre and Meuse .. 20 3% 454
Tours and Nantes .. .. 15 9. db.
Tournay, Jurbise, Laa-
den, and Hassell .. all ..
West Flanders; •• a% 2% 334
United Mexican Mine, 4. Banks—National of Ireland. 19% ;
PreltNial vf, IreJao4 48. renlninlar and Oriental Stvana, 68 69.

; MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS

CITY. TWO O'CLOCK.

The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated
at 5,000 bales, of which 500 American were taken for ex-
port and 'OO on speculation. The sales comprised 4,000
American, 350 Pernam and Maranham at 75/0. to 8 d.,
100 Bahia at 73Ad., 100 Egyptian at Vied. to 91,4 d., 500
Surat at 3 ,d. to ' d., and 50 Sea Hands at Is. 0 t d. to
Is. 91,0. per lb. The market closed steadily at previous
rates.—ln Railway Shares only a limited business was done
at lower prices.

The monthly official returns of Trade and Navigation to
the sth of April have been completed. The imports of the
principal articles are as follows:- 1850. 1851.
Oxen and Bulls number 1,460 ••• 1,018
Cows ...... ll 1,106 ... 96
Sheep ...... f, 3,979 ... 7,010
Cocoa
Coffee
Wheat.-- ... ..... qrs. 197,184 .. 493.954
Flour
Flax
Hemp ..... .... ••• „ 29,215 .. 63,789
Copper ore tons 3,4)44 ... 4,180
Potatoes, cwts. 282,558 .. 65,32
Bacon
Beef
Pork, salted
Eggs... • .....
Rice
Silk, raw ..
Pepper ... ....
Brandy, proof gals. 398,592 ... 416.363
Sugar, raw cwts. 276,61 9 ... 576.032
Tallow
Tea lbs. 3,298,970 ... 14,8'8,620
Tobacco, manufactured ... „ 1,412,849 .. 2,856,203
Wine ... gallons 338,529 ... 985,838
Cotton cwts. 261,821 ... 884,113
Wool ..... • lbs. 2,603,702 ... 3,401,225
The exports for the month ending the sth ult. were to the
amount subjoined:-
1850
1851

Increase
The three months of the present Sear as contrasted with
the corresponding date of 1850, show an equally gr.tifying
result, viz.:—

Three months, 1850 £14,655,153
ff 1851 16,523,344

Increase 1,868,191
The great increase is in the Cotton, Linen, Silk, and Woo'
len manufactures.

The tonnage returns for the Foreign trade show a grew'
increase on the month, being—

1850. 1851.
Inwards
Outwards
In this increase British ships are fully represents.
The coasting trade was also greater, via.:-1,050,266 tons
against 984,361 tons, to April, 1850.
The following, from the Circular of Messrs. Schrader and
Mummy, and published by Mr. James Irvine, of Liverpool,
gives the state of the Tobacco market :
Nkw ORLEANS, APRIL 12.—There is a fair business doing
in our Tobacco- market, and the ample assortment now offer-
ing is attracting the attention of buyers. The transactions
during the last fortnight root up 2,875 hogsheads, and have
served to establish the prices of the article more precisely,
which heretofore have been rather irregular and undefined.
Whilst the low and undesirable qualities have gone off at
moderate prices, the finer descriptions have commanded full
rates, and are held back by some factors for fancy prices, on
account of their comparative scarcity. The sales include a
parcel of 1,170 hogsheads Mason County tobacco, taken by
the buyer for the Spanish Government, at a price not made
public, but understood to assimilate to 94 for round and
mixed lots of A and R, and containing but a very small pro-
portion of really fine wrappers. A selected lot of 400 hogs-
heads of the latter descnption is- held at 12L4c. Tobacco
sterns are in good demand, and some lots of only middling
quality have fetched I%c per lb. We submit the following
quotations as a criterion of the present state of the market:
—Kentucky fair lots all round, A, 83/ic to 10c; selections,
10t.c to 12e; Kentucky fair lots alt round, R, 61,9 c to 7c;
selections, 7%c to 73/c; Yellow Banks, A. 10c to 10%c ;
selections, 11c to 11 ; Yellow Banks. R, 7c to lie; se •
lections, 73/4c t 8c; Mason County, A, 93/4c to 10%c; selec-
tions, 114 c to 12%c; Mason County, R, 7c to 7%c ; selec-
tions, 8c to B%c.
The Hamburgh mail of Friday last gives the rate of
exchange on London the same as previously, viz., 13 3.
The English Funds are rather firmer this morning,, as the
Ministerial explanations have inspired a better feeling. The
next s'ruggle, however, will be upon the Ecclesiastical
Titles Bill, and until it is seen whether that can be made
more stringent, and if not, whether the Mini,try
will acquiesce in a contrary decision, the more timid specu-
lators will be disinclined to act.

The condition of the Money Market is another thing to be
consi lered, and the course that the foreign exchanges wil
take must weigh with most parties. Last week the expor-
tation of silver was exceedingly large, but for a time the de-
mand appears to have been satisfied, as there is a fall in the
price of the metal. The considerable arrivals of silver have
sufficed to meet the demand hitherto, and by the tenor of
yesterday's news, from California, we expect a full supply
of gold, in addition to what has come to hand by the last
two arrivals. Consols have been quoted 96% , for Transfrr,
and 96% % for Account, being now, however, 96% to 97.
Exchequer-bills are 50s. to 525. premium. Bank Stock is
worth 210 to 210%.

Foreign Stocks hive been quiet. Venezuela have been
dealt in at 32% and 321,4. Mexican are 351 ih. Grenada
bring 17% to 18. Brazil Bonds have been quoted 881,12
Dutch Two-and-a. Half per Cents. are at 5914.
Railway Shares have been flatter, and the business done
has been limited.

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