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erntral

Wigtown, in Scotland, has been constituted a bonding
port. • - • . _

The Morning Chronicle has announced its intention to
reduce its price from sd. to 4d.
The Salisbury Herald mentions that a sago palm tree
is now in flower in a hothouse near that city. This tree
has only once been known to blossom in England.

The fine weather has induced many persons to take a
trip to the lakes, and the inns near them are consequently
filled with visitors.

It instated, and said to be on good authority, that it
has been determined by the privy council to grant a char-
ter of incorporation for Ashton-under-Lyne.
The Isle of Man, unlike her larger sister of Ireland, is
agitating, and apparently with good reason, for an union
with. England.
CAUTION.—Many deaths• to bathers by drowning have
been reported throughout the country, in Wales, in Ayr-
shire, in Leeds, and other parts.
PLEASANT COMMUNICATION.—
priet—

-The letter of the pro-

.ors of the Norwood Cemetery to its future tenants
commences thus :—Sir, your grave (No —) is now ready."
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with an engine, proceeded to the scene ; but on its arrival
the edifice was a ruin.
RAPED STEAMING.—The Brighton and Continental
Steam Company's new steamers, Brighton and Dieppe,
are crack vessels. Yesterday week the former arrived from
Dieppe to Shoreham in four hours and forty-five minutes..
HOLYHEAD STEAMERS.—TWO fine steamers, of 660
tons, and 300 horse power, have been launched from
Messrs. Dichburn's yard, London. One, The Caradoc, is
for the government;. the other (not yet named) is for the
Chester and Holyhead Railway Company.

. .
The Catholic clergy in Leeds (as in Liverpool) have
been swept away by the Irish fever. The fifth victim,
the Rev. Air. Coppinger, of St. Anne's, Leeds, died a day
or two back.

MISS MAILTINEAU.—This popular writer has raturned
to England, having concluded her travels in Egypt and
Syria. She has already commenced a series of papers on
the Holy Land in the People's Journal. _ _ _

A German lady who is now residing on the banks of
Windermere, is said to be one of the best rowers on the
lake, and during the winter she was equally distinguished
as a sportswoman in shooting wild fowl.
The Bombay papers mention that the planet Neptune
had been seen at Poonah, by Lieutenant
,Jacob. It ap-
..

m a common night glass.
Vast preparations are making in Northampton and
neighbourhood for the approaching show of the Royal
Agricultural Society of England. An area of nearly
thirty acres has been enclosed on the fine race-course.
The Commissioners have given notice of their intention
to apply to the reduction of the National. Debt the sum
of £694,912 16s. 11d., being one-fourth, of the surplus
of income, over expenditure, for the year ended the sth
of April last.
The Morning Chronicle attributes a great portion of
the increase on the Customs for the year to the duty on
the addittional " quantity of no lessAlmn 925,447 cwts. of
sugar, the consumption of which can fairly be referred to
the Sugar Bill of last year. And as the great bulk of this
additional quantity has been sugar paying a duty of 21s.
per cwt., the increased revenue from this source may be
calculated in round figures at one million sterling, or a sum
very nearly equal to the entire increase on the Customs
for the whole year."
DESTRUCTIVE THUNDER-STORM AT GREENWICH.—
On Thursday morning, during a terrific thunder-storm
that passed over the metropolis between one and two
o'clock, the electric fluid struck the roofing of the private
dwelling in the occupation of Mr. T. Wiseman, situate in
Brewer s-lane, Greenwich, near to the Hospital, and
close by the Waterman's Pier, at the bottom of Church-
street, and set fire to several other dwellings. Great
exertions were made to extinguish the flames, but from
Mr. Wiseman's premises it extended to the extensive lofts
and store rooms of Messrs. W. and R. Huntly, mast,
block, and sail makers, Brewer's-lane, thence to the
warehouses belonging to the same arm, which were chiefly
stored with salt and provisions, and to the private resi-
dence of one of the partners, Several cottages on the
same side of the way then became ignited, while those on
the opposite side, in Coombe's-court, caught fire. The
excitement then became extreme. The poor people were
compelled to stand by and see their little all of furniture
and effects swallowed up by the devouring element, all
their efforts to save it being cut off by the fury of the
flames. No fewer than twelve buildings, including ware-
houses, were destroyed, Mauy of the parties were not
insured,

THE MIRFIELD MURDERS.—Government has offered a
reward of £lOO for such information as may lead to the
conviction of the murderer or murderers of the late Mr.
Wraith, his wife and servant, at Mirfield, and also stating
that the Secretary of State would advise the grant of her
Majesty's gracious pardon to any accomplice not being
the actual perpetretor of the deed. M'Cabe's solicitor
communicated to the magistrates, and it is understood
that he will not be placed upon his trial, but will implicate
one or more women in the atrocious affair.

RECEIPT STAMPS.-A return of the number of infor-
mation for offences under the Receipt Stamp Tax Acts,
and the amount of penalties imposed by the Board of
Stamps and Taxes, which has been laid before the lower
house of parliament on the motion of the member for
Salford, shows that in 1844 the number of informations
was 304, and the amount of penalties imposed, £B2O ; in
1845 the number of informations was 237, and the amount
of penhlties imposed £561 ; and in 1846 the number of
informations was 262, and the amount of penalties im-
posed £1,031.

THE MOORS.—A correspondent of the Elgin Courier
who dates from Rothes; writes as follows :—I am sorry to
see by the statements in the newspapers, that disease is
again prevailing among the grouse. It is said that they
are dying in thousands on the southern moors. We had
plenty of this dying the last two years, which has reduced
them very much in numbers ; I may say that there is not
above half the number of breeding birds that I have seen
on the Rothes, Birne, and Dallas moors ; but I have not
seen a dead or diseased bird this season. They are some-
what unequal, owing, I believe, to the cold in the begin-
ning of the season. We have some strong young birds
getting on wing, others very small, while others are only
beginning to hatch ; but if the season continues favoura-
ble. all will be ready in good time, and the sportsman will
have a fair show of birds in August. Partridges are doing
well. Plenty of breeding birds, but I have seen no young
as yet. Hares are also doing well, although not quite so
plentiful as last year—some leverets nearly, in-appearance,
as large as the old ones.
BRITISH ARCH.EOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION ANNUAL
MEETING.—The fourth annual Congress of this Associa-
tion will be held at Warwick, under the most flattering
auspices, from the 19th to the 26th inst. The Earl of
Warwick and Lord Brooke, it is reported, give their cor-
dial support. Lord Clarendon has directed that every
attention shall be shewn the members at Kenilworth ;
Earl Craven throws open Combe Abbey ; Lord Leigh re-
ceives them at Stoneleigh Abbey, where the antiquary of
the county, Mr. Bloxam, will meet the party ; Mr. Lucey,
on the day of the excursion to Stratford-upon Avon, in-
vites the meeting to Charlecote ; and Mr. Newdegate re-
ceives the Association at Arbury. Papers by Thomas
Wright, M.A., the Saxon scholar; one by Halliwell,
F.S.A., on Shakspeare's early life and habitation ; another
by Fairholt, F.S.A., author of Illustratinns of Costumes
in England, from the eighth century; one on Saxon re-
mains, armour, and ornaments, as lately found in the Isle
of 1 hanet, Kent, by William Rolfe, Esq. ; others of equal
interest, by Pettigrew, V.P.F.R.S., Harry Rogers, Chas.
Sandys, and Scenge Isaacs, Esqrs., on Limoges enamels,
hereldry, monumental tablets, the Coventry tapestries,
&c. A paper on ancient armour, by Sir Samuel Meyrick,
on the ancient marble walls of Venice, by Edwin Keet,
with others by Bateman, of Derbyshire, Crofton Croker,
E. T. Artis, and many other gentlemen, promise a varied
and intellectual treat to those who attend this re-union.

SHIPPING, TONNAGE, IMPORTS, AND EXPORTS.—
Returns moved for by Sir H. Douglas, M.P., show that,
in the year 1846, 7,881 British vessels, of 1,224,214 tons,
entered inwards ; and that 8,652 vessels, of 1,442,145 tons,
cleared outwards. The number of foreign vessels that
entered inwards amounted to 7,720, of 1,444,738 tons, and
the number of foreign vessels that cleared outwards, to
11,002, of 1,559,721 tons. The number of British ships
employed between the United Kingdom and the British
colonies amounted, in 1846, to about 6,238, and the num-
ber of foreign vessels to an average of 62. The declared
value of the British and Irish produce and manufactures
exported from the United Kingdom to various foreign
countries (including Scandinavia, the Hanse Towns, Prus-
sia, Austria, France, Portugal, Rio de la Plata, Brazil,
Mexico, and the United States,) amounted, in 1839, to
£22,937,550; in 1840, to £19,442,987; in 1841, to
£22,178,376; in 1842, to £11,619,186; in 1843, to
£20,246,460; in 1844, to £23,514,141; and in 1845, to
£,23,332;487. The declared value of the said produce, &c.,
exported to Russia, and other parts of Germany, Holland,
Belgium, Spain, Italy, Turkey, Greece, Syria, and Pales-
tine ; Egypt, Tripoli, Barbary, Morocco, the North of
Africa, Arabia, Sumatra, and Java ; China, Cuba, the
foreign West Indies, Guatemala, Chila, and Peru, amounted
in 1839 to £13,952,261; in 1840, to £14,505,136 ; in 1841,
to £14,182,004; in 1842, to £14,940,170; in 1843, to
£16,394,998'; in 1844, to £18,114,355 ; and in 1845, to
£19,530,371. The value of the British and Irish produce
and manufactures exported from the United Kingdom to
the British colonies amounted, in 1839, to £16,343,769 ;
in 1840, to £17,458,307 ' • in 1841, to £15,274,153 ; in 1842,
to £13,821,667; in 1813, to £15,638,251; in 1844; to
£16,995,296 ;- and 1845, to £17,348,224.
THE BANK CHARTER ACT.—The Critic, in noticing a
pamphlet entitled " The Evils of the Currency, and Ex-
position of Sir Robert Peel's Bank Charter Act," by J.
C. Wright, M.A., has the following remarks :—" Mr.
Wright, who -is a practical as well as a philosophical eco-
nomist, was ono of the first to perceive and protest against
the mischiefs which have been found to flow from the
Bank Charter Act. While it was yet in embryo he pro-
claimed it " a dangerous experiment." But his voice was
lifted in vain. In the little pamphlet before us, lie now
brings the evidence of the interval that has since elapsed
in proof of-his previous assertions. He contends stoutly
for the substitution, to a great extent, of a paper for a
gold currency, as more economical and more readily
adapted to the varying demands of commerce. But he
would not, therefore, give unlimited power to issue notes,
nor extend it to all banks. He is for establishing a single
bank of issue, with duties defined and regulated by par-
liament, and the whole profits of which should belong,to
the nation—
" Such a bank (he says) it is conceived, might issue a paper
currency for the whole kingdom, of a twofold kind :—the one
a home circulation, as applicable to the internal wants of the
country in the creation of produce, &c.—pernament, there-
fore incontrovertible; and limited to an amount to be periodi-
cally determined by parliament; the other, applicable to our
intercourse with foreign nations,—therefore regulated in
amount by the exchanges, and convertible at all times ;--the
Bank of England giving out this portion of the circulation in
the form of bullion notes,, as a matter of convenience to- the
public, in exchange for gold, at the market rate—retaining the
amount in its coffers, and repaying such notes in bullion at, or
at a fraction above, the market rate. The amount of the in-
convertible, or home notes, might be taken, either at the mi-
nimum or the average of the joint gold and paper circulation
'of the three kingdoms for, say, the last ten years. Fifty mil-
lions is -the amount received by Government annually for taxes;
so that the expenditure of the country might be the wheel of the
domestic circulat:on. This would be a self-acting currency,
with the principie of limitation applied to one portion, and the
principle of convertability to the other."
THE QUEEN'S:VISIT TO THE HIGHLANDS.—The Royal
visi will affo rd unbounded gratification to all the Queen's
loyal subjects in the Highlands, and the proposed route
willenable her Majesty to see some of the finest scenery
in the Highlands. We may anticipate for the royal party
a magnificent " gathering of the clans." Since the days
of the Fiery Cross no such rallying cry has been heard as
the name of the Queen, and from Ben Nevis to Ben More
in Assynt, the whole population will be poured forth to
cheer every step of the royal progress. It is now 285
years since Mary Queen of Scots visited Inverness, and no
ether British sovereign has since penetrated into. our
northern region. Mary found the gates of Inverness• Ca-
stle shut against her entrance ; for the Earl of Huntley had
then organized a powerful confederacy in opposition to the
crown. Queen Victoria has fallen on calmer and happier
days. All gates will be thrown open on her approach,
and from hall and cottage—from Dunrobin Castle down
to the meanest hat on the mountain side—there will be
heard_only one voice_ of generous loyalty and affection.

The shooting lodge. of the Marquis of Abeicarn stands on
the margin of Loch Loggan, at Ardvreckie, on the pro-
perty of Cluny Mackpherson. " The scale on which this
lodge is erected," says the author of the statisticalaccount,
" may be inferred from the fact that it is taxed for sixty
windows." The interior accommodation is- of the most
splendid description, and Mr. Edwin Lands

his visits to the. north, gr

r, in one of
of the

11 the walls of som,

rooms with the fruits of his inimitable genius. The situ-
ation of the lodge and the whole of the neighbourhood is
picturesque and romantic in the highest degree. Prince
Albert will also-have ample scope for his- favourite field
sports. In addition to Laggan, the Marquis of Abercorn
possesses the adjoining ground of Glensheiro, the property
of Mr. Evan Bailie, on which there is also a handsome
lodge. The extent of his lordship's Highland shootings
may be gathered from the fact that his rental isvery nearly
£2,000 per. annum, the deer forest alone being let for
£l,326.—lriverness Courier.

THE. GRAND DUKE CONSTANTINE.—A few particu-
lars respecting the distinguished individual in whose ho-
nour, and for whose gratification, several proceedings and
demonstrations have been made at- various of our large
.e I towns, may not be uninteresting to-some of our readers at

Nicolaewitsch is the second son— (the fourth child,—the
Grand Duchess Marie and Ogla being his seniors)—of the
Emperor Nicholas I. The eldest son aid heir to the im-
perial crown is Alexander-Nicolaewitsch, Czarewitsch
son of Nicholas, son of the czarfor reigning emperor), who
was was born in April, 1818,_ married in 1841, and has
three children. The Grand Duke Constantine, who. has.

just visited Manchester, w
(9th September, Old Sty]

is unmarried

born on the 21st S

27, and consequently yet
P his twentieth y es, He

He has two Tounger

Duke Nicholas, a youth of 16; and the Grand Duke Mi-
chael, a boy of 15 years.. Our distinguished guest does
not now possess, or even, promise to attain, the command-
ing stature of the emperor, Lis father ; he is. not more
than 5 feet 7 or 8 inches inches in height ; and is rather
slightly made, though. with broad shoulders., His coun-
tenance indicates a quiet, thoughtful mind ; and we should
think him of a somewhat timid and apprehensive disposi-
tion, judging at his starting at any unusual noise. lie
possesses, in a high degree, that remarkable facility in,
which the Russians excel all other nations, of speaking a
foreign language with great purity and accuracy of pro.
nunciation. He speaks French fluently, as a matter of
course ; but in his pronunciation of English—(a language
less necessary to one in his station, and in the geographi-
cal position of Russia on the continent of Europe)---he
would put to shame many foreigners resident in this
country for several years. He is somewhat taciturn, a
close observer, and he appears greatly gratified when any
exceedingly ingenious invention or adaptation is laid be-
fore him. At the collation be ate very sparingly, took no
soup ; a cutlet, some other light viand, a little jelly, and a
plate of ice, being the sum of his repast, with a few straw-
berries and cherries for dessert. He took very little wine.
but drank water repeatedly; and in the refreshment sa-
loon, at the Victoria Railway Station; he took a bottle of
soda water with great relish. We understand that be left
£5O with Mr. Collis, the Russian consul at Birmingham,
for distribution to the poor of that town ; and though we
are not sure, we have some reason to believe, that he sent
an equal sum to the mayor, for distribution to the poor of
this borough,-211anchester Guardian,

July 13,184'.

THE ELECTIONS, 4.c

WATERFORD.-Sir B. M. Wall, the Repealer, has re.
signed.

KINSALE.-Mr. Watson, the present member, will be
opposed here by Mr. Guiness, of Dublin, or Mr. Attwood,
both of whom are in the field.

A rumour is current in Monmouthshire, that the Mar-
quis of Worcester is about to offer himself for the county,
in the room of Captain Somerset.

DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT.—We can now state
the exact time when parliament will be dissolved—the
25th of July.—Pilot.

The Morning Chronicle announces that Mr. Dabou-
chere will enter upon the office of president of the Board
of Trade immediately before the dissolution of parliament.
The right honourable gentleman will be succeeded by Sir
William Somerville, as secretary for Ireland.
There is no truth whatever in the rumour that Dr. Gif-
ford has determined upon retiring from his proposed can-
vass for the University of Dublin ; on the contrary, he is
quite resolved to go to the poll. The idea of withdrawing
never once crossed his mind.—Dublin Evening Mail.
Mr James Silk Buckingham's claims for compensation
are again to be brought under the notice of Parliament,
after having been at rest some time. Sir De Lacy Evans
has entered a notice upon the book of the House of Com-
mons for that purpose.
DUBLIN.—We perceive by the Freeman's Journal, the
organ of the Repealers, that Mr. John O'Connell will
not contest the city of Dublin. This determination has
been come to in consequence of the citizens having de-
clined to subscribe the necessary funds for the contest.

NEWCASTLE.—In addition to Mr. Ord and Mr. Ellison,
Hr. Headlam, a liberal barrister, son of Archdeacon
Headlam, is in the field, in the room of Mr. Hinde, who
has unexpectedly resigned. But it is expected the young
Whigling will be obliged to succumb before the superior
claims of Cuthbert Ellison, Esq., of Hebburn Hall.
SUNDERLAND.—The Honourabe H. T: Liddell has,
after his long servitude, announced his attention to retire
from the representation on the dissolution•, and Lord
Seaham has come forward to succeed him. The leading
Conservatives of Durham are as inveterately opposed to
the Marquis of Londonderry as ever, but his lordship
seems likely' now to get both the county and city repre-
sentation under his own control.

Souvn LANCASHIRE.—On Wednesday last, the rumour
was again revived and currently circulated, that Mr.
Villiers had positively and finally declined to sit for elis
division of the county if elected. This fact has not yet
been officially announced, but, it is said, will be so shortly.
Lord Brackley, it is also said, but on the same dubious
authority, is to be again brought forward. The general
feeling in his favour seems to be considerably stronger
than it was a few weeks ago.—Times of Friday.
NORTH LANCASHIRE.—A split, it is said, has already,
or is about to take place, between the friends of Mr,
Patten and Mr. Clifton, although both holding conserva-
tive opinions. Some of the most influential friends of
Mr. Patten have positively declared that they will not
vote for, or in any way support, Mr. Clifton. A few-
days, it is said, will' probably bring forth something de-
of Friday.
cisive on the subject—Times

NORTH CHE;HIRE.—We are now enabled to state,
with confidence, that the preliminary negotiations relative
to the parliamentary representation of North Cheshire
have been so far successful, that W. Tatton Egerton, Esq.,
and the Hon. E. J. Stanley have avowed their readiness
to come forward as candidates for that division of the
county, at the approaching election. The requisition to
those gentlemen was signed by a very large majority of
the constituency, so that their election may be considered
as a settled matter. Mr. Davenport, " owing to ill
health," has withdrawn his pretensions ; and we suspect
that in the face of such a demonstration as the united
friends of Messrs. Egerton and Stanley have elicited, no
third candidate will be forthcoming.—Chester Courant.
CITY OF LONPON.—On Thursday evening two meetings
were held in the city ; one of the Conservative electors,
and the other of those favouring the Whig candidates. At
the meeting of the Conservatives, resolutions were passed
in favour of Mr. Masterman, Mr. Alderman Johnson,
and Mr. C. L. Bevan, all of whom eloquently addressed
the meeting in support of Protestant and Conseryative
principles. The meeting was a most enthusiastic one,
and augured well for the- success of the conservative
candidates. At the other meeting speeches were
made, and resolutions passed approving of Lord John
Russell, Messrs. Pattison, Larpent, and Rothschild, as
fit and proper persons to represent the city of London in
Parliament. We are happy to announce that a fourth
conservative candidate has since appeared in the person
of Mr. J. W. Freshfield, who -has issued an address on
Protestant principles, and therefore " totally opposed to
any endowment of the Church of Rome."

The main feature of the coming elections wit undoubt-
edly be the return of Rothschild for the city of London,
for that he will be returned seems agreed. on all hands ;
and then comes the question how is he to set about doing
that for the Hebrews which was done at the last Clare
election in 1827 ? Some say that Jews may take the oaths
required by the Commons, and that they can sit as a mat-
ter of course. Of this opinion is Mr. D. Salonons, who
has offered for several constituencies, and declares that he
is as eligible to be an M.P. as he is to be a Sheriff. Of
the same opinion, too, is Baron Rothschild, or he would
not stand, it may be presumed. Others say, however,
that the returning-officer is bound to declare a Christian
elected, no matter what the number of votes for the Jew
—that a double return in that case will be made to the
Speaker—and then the question of the present disabilities
of the Jews, whatever they are, will be debated, and on
the issue of the debate will depend the confirmation- (=-
the rejection of the great millionaire. Lord John Russell,
the premier, has declared himself, and there are four eli-
gible candidates in the field on either side, Mr. Wolverley
Atwood being one of the Conservatives.—London paper.

THE CROPS AND THE FOOD MARKETS

Should the present summer weather continue for another
week or ten days we shall have new wheat to market be-
fore this month goes out.—Limerick Chroniek.

The crops in Turkey present the most luxuriant appear-
ance, and it is expected that the harvest will be unusually
plentiful.
During three or four days, at the beginning of last
month, nearly 500 ships passed through the Dardanelles,
for the purpose of loading corn in the harbours of the
Black Sea.

IMPORTATIONS INTO LONDON.—The London Times of
Wednesday last states that the number of vessels which
entered the port of London during the week was 167,
which were entirely, with one or two exceptions, laden
with grain of various kinds, the produce of Europe.
POTATOES.—On Wednesday last,, an unusually supply
of new potatoes was brought by the farmers to Preston
market ; and, although the price of sale commenced at
ls. 2d. per score pounds, it speedily diminished Is., and,
subsequently, to 9d. and even Bd.

Hors.—The accounts received at., Worcester last week
from the hop districts are unfavourable. The reports are
also bad from the Weald of Kent, Sussex, and Farnham,
and the duty had dropped to £140,000. The. accounts
received at Borough are much more favourable, and in
the duty next to nothing was doing.
ENORMOUS GROWTH OF POTATOES.—Mr. Smith, the
gardener at Brodsworth Hall, took up one potato root
the other day, which had the extraordinary number of
one hundred and eighteen full-grown potatoes attached.
We are happy to learn that the sample was entirely free
from disease.—Doncaster Chronicle.
A corrrespondent of the Morning Post suggests the
following cure for the potato blight. He has not had an
opportunity of trying it himself on the Aphis Vastator,
but finding it succeed with other insects, thinks it would

be worth frying. He says I was informed, a day or
two ago, by a gentleman whose garden has been infested
by caterpillars, that he had destroyed the insects Kind saved

the fruit by watering his gooseberry and other trees with
water in which bruised elder-tops bad been steeped for a
night; and the success was so complete that the ground
below was strewed with the dead bodies of the insects orb
the following morning." _ _

THE WEITHER.—For the last week or ten days the
weather has been all that could possibly be desired for
bringing; to maturity the different productions of the
earth. Wheat and oats are rapidly coming into full ear,
and shmald the present fine weather continue, an abundant
harvest•will shortly crown the labours of the husbandman.
Haythaking is likewise progressing under auspicious cir-
cumstana

nd a heavier: crop for a length'of time has
not been realized. The potatoe disease of last year has
certainly made its appearance in some few instances, but

as yet not to any serious extent ; and though it is 'quite
evident that it is stillin existence, the general belief ap-
pears to be that it will, not be as universal as in former
Years.—Preston Chronicle,

FOOD PROSPECTS. IN IRELAND.—Elswliere we give in
letail the reports upon this subject which have reached us

lth the exception of one or two

statements of the ream

rance of

It in -ti'

potato in two southern districts, nothing can be so tar
more cheerio than the accounts of this crop. The reporta
of all other crops areuniversally favourable. Under these
circumstances, it, is no matter of surprise that the prices.

of all kinds of provisions should show signs of a rapid
decline towards. their ordinary rates. The Liverpool
market alone retains anything of a firm character. _ In

that day week amounted to Bs. a quarter ; and at our own
Corn k..,xchange, on Thursday, the same grain,met witl
decline of from ls. to 2s. ner barrel.—

purc.hasers—

Dublin,Everiing Mail.
Mr. William Chambers, of Edinburgh, writing fr
Dusseldorf, makes the following satisfactory renort of

crops in Germany :—" After ha-ving mad
tour through Prussia, Wurtemberg, Ba
Lower Austria, Bohemia, Saxony, Hanover, and some
lesser states in Germany, also Belgium, I am glad to say
that eTerywhere the crops look remarkably well, and hold
out the promise of a good or at least an average harvest.
In Bohemia I saw more extensive tracts of ground under
potato crop than elsewhere ; the plants seemed strong and.
healthy ; and I was informed that, on examination, no-
thing like taint had been discovered among the young
tubers. In Hanover, and the part of Prussia where I now
am, the crops of barley are heavier than I have seen in
any other quarter of Germany. Rye is universally ripen-
ing, and, in some places, will soon come under the sickle."

Very extensive

. .
UNITED STATES.—A correspondent of the Mark Lane
Express writes as follows from Albany, under the date of
June 11, 1847 :—" I think it is right that you should,.
know the real state of things in this country. Specula,
tors have been borrowing money in England, and pur-
chased nearly all the flour and wheat, and have, been
keeping it there to rise the price, and make. immense
profits ; but they will be disappointed. The, enormous
quantity of these articles now crowding into. Buffalo is
almost incredible ; I should say it is nearly enough to
supply the whole world, and will be conveyed. to. England
as fast as vessels can be supplied to take it, The Erie
canal is so much crowded with produce of this kind that
they are charging more than double freight for it. It has
been a very late spring, but everything it now promisia4
an abundant harvest,'