The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-06-11 00:00:00

SAFETY OP A LARGE STEAMER

BRISTOL, 'WEDNESDAY, JUNI 9.
Considerable excitement prevailed in our Commercial
Rooms, this morning, in consequence of a notice posted at
the bar that the Osprey steam-boat, of Waterford, one of the
packets of the Bristol Steam Navigation Company, which
arrived this morning, bad brought intelligence of her having
seen, yesterday, an unusually large steam-boat in distress,
without mainmast or funnel, off the Saltee Islands. Upon
inquiry at the office of the company I found that the notice
was correct, and that Captain Burgess, the commander of
the Osprey, had seen a vessel under the circumstances stated
in the report, which, judging from her size, he presumes to
be some large trans-Atlantic steamer. Upon receiving this
information I lost no time in proceeding to the vessel. I
did not find the captain on hoard, but saw several of the
men, who confirmed the intelligence, and one of them says
he could see a large number of passengers on board.
Half-past Two o'Clock.
_ . . . .

I have succeeded in seeing the captain of the Osprey, and
hasten to give you the particulars as stated by him to me.
He says, at fifteen minutes past two p.m. of yesterday, at
about eight leagues N.W. and by N. of the Saltee Islands,
or at about mid-channel between the Smalls and Saltee, he
saw a very large steamer, or to use his own words, " a tre-
mendous large steamer, which looked to be, between masts,
as long as the Osprey." She had a black hull, a foremast
set, a jib, which was set at her bowsprit end, and outside of
that a jib-boom without any jib ; she had a fore and aft fore-
sail set, and a small fore-topsail, which appeared to be set at
the top of her foremast, as if she had no fore-topmast; she
had a mizen-mast, and a very small gaft-topsail set over it.
She was standing N.N.W., and, as far as could be made
out appeared to be steering well by the wind. Captain Bur-
gess adds, that she was rolling tremendously, and as she
pitched with her deck towards him, he thought he cou:d
distinguish that the inside of her bulwarks was painted
yellow. He thinks that he saw a boat at her stern,
but is not certain. He sent a man to the mast head to
observe her, but could see no persons on board himself.
She was, at the time she was thus seen, about 4i miles from
the Osprey, and dead in the wind's eye. She had a long
snook, or what sailors would call a " raking" head. She
had neither mainmast nor funnel. Captain Burgess says,
he has net the smallest hesitation in saying that she was a
tremendously large steamer, and his opinion is, that she was
in distress, and had come in from the Western Ocean with
the intention of reaching Milford, but finding that she could
not gain that port, she had tacked, and was fetching down
for the coast of Ireland. Upon examining the chart, and
comparing her course with it, be is of opinion that she could
not reach Waterford, and he was even doubtful whether she
could fetch Cork. Captain Burgess states, as a reason why
he did not himself go to her assistance, that she showed no
signals of distress either to him, or a large American ship
which sailed by her at the time; and as he bad upwards of
20 passengers on board, some of whom were going to foreign
ports, he did not think it right to lose his tide, although he
would have done so at any risk had she showed him signals.
[We have been favoured by the superintendent of the
Ship Masters' Association with a letter received from the
Commercial Rooms, Bristol, which corroborates the above
statement, and adds that as two large steamers are coming
to this port from Harnburgh to be fitted up, this vessel will,
in all probability, prove to be one of them. Oa enquiring,
however, we find that neither of these steamers is nearly
so large as the Osprey ; but the refraction at sea is so great,
that at the distance at which the vessel was seen, we fear the
captain would scarcely be able to perceive her real size. It
will be remembered also, that on the passage of the Presi-
dent from London to this port to receive her equipments,
she sprung her mast, and was obliged to put into Ports-
mouth for repairs. It is not unlikely that a similar casualty
may have happened to one of the vessels from Hamburgh,
which would account for the disabled appearance of the
steamer seen. We leave our readers, however, to judge,
from what we have said, how far this intelligence is cal-
culated to relieve the public mind from the painful state of
suspense it has so long been kept in. We hope to have
some further information early in the morning, and shall lose
no time in making it known.]

PRESENTATION OF PLATE TO LIEUT.-COLONEL
EGERTON OF THE CHESHIRE YEOMANRY.
On Wednesday morning, two silver cups, manufactured by
Messrs. Hatfield and Hall, of Manchester, were presented
by the non-commissioned officers and privates of the Cheshire
yeomanry to the lieutenant-colonel in command of that ex-
cellent corps, Wilbraham Egerton, Esq. They were handed
to him about twelve o'clock, contiguous to the Bootle land-
marks, in presence of the corps, which was drawn into a
circle for that purpose. The articles were of a chaste and
beautiful description, weighing about 150 ounces. We un-
derstand that the value of them was 100 guineas. The
lieutenant-colonel, on making his appearance, was received ,
with nine distinct rounds of applause by his officers and
men. Among the officers present we noticed the following :
Major H. Brooks ; Captains Sir P. Egerton, W. T. Eger-
ton, G. C. Antrobus, E. J. Lloyd, Warburton, Worthing-
ton, Trafford, Townshend, Tatton, Ryle ; Lieutenants Wake-
field, ileade, Palin, Wallace, Court, Cave, Leycester, Dodd,
Richmond, Marsland ; Cornets Barker, Pownall, Thornton,
Potts, Wright, Ranigill, Read ; Adjutant Captain Hill, Sur-
geon Broadbent, and Assistant-Surgeon Dean.
Sergeant-Major PASS spoke on the occasion to the fol-
lowing effect :—Colonel Egerton, I beg to assure you, sir,
that it is with no ordinary feelings that I appear before you
on the present occasion as the representative of the non-
commissioned officers and privates of the regiment under
your command. I have been requested so to appear, in or-
der that I might present to you a trifling testimonial of the
high esteem in which we hold you, both as an officer and a
gentleman. If I should appear to speak in a tone of voice
unusual, and which would appear unbecoming on other oc-
casions, it is that my comrades may hear the sentiments
which I have to advance, in order that they may approve of
the same. I believe, sir, I am sufficiently acquainted with
the feelings of every man in the regiment to enable me,
with confidence, to express the sentiments of the men, from
right to left, and from the centre to the flanks. As the co-
lonel-commandant of this regiment we look upon you with
great pleasure, and consider you a strict disciplinarian, and
as such, we approve of you; because we know what it was
that carried the great captain of the age through the penin-
sula of Europe triumphant, and brought him home again
covered with laurels of victory. And what is it, sir, that
moves yonder floating castles down this river and across the
trackless ocean, and, after having unladen their burdens, and
taken in the produce and commodities of other countries,
brings them back in safety and in peace to the haven where
they would be ? It is discipline ; and I pledge myself, on behalf
of all present, that we are ready to answer your call and obey
your commandsat any time, in any place, or under any circum-
stances. But it is not merely as an officer that we esteem it as a
heartfelt pleasure to have the honour of knowing you. We can
carry our minds back to scenes at home. We have seen you
as a statesman engaged in assisting in steering the vessel of
the state, and we have seen you also, sir, vested with magis-
terial authority, and in the exercise cf its functions we have
seen you acting with promptitude and decision in the punish-
ment of vice, but more particularly in the rewarding of virtue
and relieving the distressed. We have oftentimes seen you,
with your excellent and benevolent lady by the hand, going
forth with determined purpose to attack the clenChed fist of
abject poverty, wretchedness, and want ; and before your
mild and philanthrophic purposes, we have seen it loose its
iron grasp, and comfort and plenty have been the result.
We also know you as a landlord, bearing the government
and sway over large domains, and many who hear me can
bear testimony to the fact, that hundreds of families are at
this present moment under your government and care rising
into affluence and consideration in the world; and we also
know you as the general philanthropist, contributing to the
support of every laudable institution which has for its pur-
pose the instruction of the ignorant or the amelioration of
the wretchedness of man. But coining back to the regiment
and to the circumstances in which we are now placed, we be
to state that we are at all times, under such feelings as I
have endeavoured to describe, prepared to act under your
command and to obey your directions ; and actuated by such
motives, we beg leave to come forward to a man to present
to you, through myself as the representative of the regiment,
the trifling token of our esteem and regard for you as an
officer and a gentleman ; and it is our sincere wish and
earnest prayer, that you and your lady may be long spared
to look upon and enjoy them—and as we know that all
things human are also mutable, we know that the time is
coming when you will be removed from this state of being,
but we look forward with pleasure, and we hail with glad-
ness, the prospect and the probability, that when that cir-
cumstance shall take place, the house of Tatton will then be
enabled to send forth its representative in the person of a
gentleman now present, who, nurtured under you fostering
and paternal care, and instructed in the excellent principles
by which you have been actuated for such a lengthened
series of years, will come forward to live as you have done,
for the benefit of mankind at large.
The Serjeant-Major having here presented the cups,
Lieut.-Col. EGERTON replied in the following terms. He
said—Brother yeomen, it is indeed with feelings such as I
cannot possibly express to you that I have this day received
this magnificent token of your respect and regard for me.
Gentlemen, to think that I merit your good opinion is to me
a source of the most heartfelt satisfaction. I can never for-
get this mark of your great kindness to me, in presenting me
with so magnificent a token of your regard. I feel I am not
in any way worthy of the many flattering compliments which
have been paid to me by Quartermaster Pass; but this I do
say, that I will yield to no man in my affection and regard
for the county of Chester ; indeed, it is equal to that of any
man in the kingdom. It has always been my endeavour,
during the time I was a resident in that county, to do my
duty in the situation in which I had been placed. I first came
into the yeomanry in 1819, and it is with pleasure I can say,
that during the 22 years I have had the honour of holding a
commission in that regiment, nothing could have exceeded
the steadiness evinced, and the attention invariably shown
me by this regiment. It is particularly gratifying to me that

your present On this occasion should have been Presented to
me by one who joined it at the same time. He was the first
to volunteer in the Dunham-Massey squadron, and I am truly
happy in having this opportunity of bearing my testimony to
the zeal, the activity, and the talent he has always shown
while he was connected with the corps. It would be fulsome
in me to say anything in regard of my own services, but this
I may say, that so long as I was in parliament, it was my en-
devour to do my duty always thoroughly, independently, and
as a man ought to do it. Gentlemen, this mark of your high
esteem and regard shall be handed down to my family as a
memorial of your great regard and affection towards me, and
I am sure that if anything were wanted to animate me in zeal
towards this corps, what has this day occurred would add
double force to my exertions. It is not by my exertions, but
by those of my brother officers, non-commissioned officers,
and men, and their uniform, steady conduct, that any praise
has been gained. I was delighted to hear what Colonel
Napier said of us yesterday. He was delighted with our ap-
pearance; and of all forces, he said, the yeomanry force was
the most constitutional. With such a force we may bid de-
fiance to all our enemies, and I only regret that the present
government reduced aforce which was so thoroughly valuable
in the country. lam so overcome by this mark of your
kindness that I must draw to a close, assuring you that I feel
deeply and sincerely this very gratifying mark of your affec-
tion, and that it will be ever in my mind. Gentlemen, I
return you all my most hearty and warmest thanks for your
kindness. _ _

The regiment then gave three hearty cheers for their lieu-
tenant-colonel, and shortly afterwards the regiment returned
to town. This excellent corps will be reviewed at Bootle this
morning, by Colonel White, of the 6th Dragoon Guards.
In our second edition we shall publish a description of the
proceedings.

THE MAYOR'S DINNER TO THE OFFICERS OF
THE YEOMANRY.

Last evening, the Mayor, (Thomas Bolton, Esq.), enter-
tained the officers of the regiment, and a few gentlemen, in
the town-hall. A splendid dinner was prepared for the oc-
casion by Mr. Lynn, of the Waterloo Hotel. The following
is a list of those present:—
_

The Mayor, .(who presided,) Colonel Egerton, Major
Brooke ; Captains Egerton, Antrobus, Lloyd, Trafford,
Worthington, Townshend, Tatton, ltyle, Warburton, Hill,
(Adjutant); Lieutenants Palin, Wallace, Marsland, Court,
Richmond, Dodd ; Cornets Barker, Pownall, Potts, Reads,
Wright ; Colonel White, Cornet Fleming, 6th dragoons ;
Col. Woolridge ; Reverends H. B. Jones, J. Park; Messrs.
W. Wood, George Loch, H. Littledale, Joseph Hornby,
George Grant, J. B. Clough, Thos. Crowder, John Myers,
Richard Alison, Thomas Rodick, Joseph Greaves, Chris.
Bushel, James Parker, R. B. Blundell, James Aiken, N.
D. Bold, William Whitehouse, J. B. Moore, Win, Banning,
Thomas Sudworth, William Maury, T. B. Barclay, William
Rathbone. A number of appropriate toasts were given, po-
litics being, of course, especially excluded. The company se-
parated about eleven o'clock. The officers of the yeomanry,
we understand, will entertain his worship the AM', ""
select party this day, (irrhlay).

SHIPMASTERS' ASit

TO THE EDITOR OF THE ',mu
SlR,—Observing in your publicatior
letter from "A Friend to Sailors," on
Offices, and the imposition to which sailors a►
the present system, or rather treat of aye
pleasure to inform you that the Committee of
tern' Association, ever anxious for their welfare. hai
SOME time had the subject under consideration, and hav
pointed a sub-committee to carry into effect their plans, e
inciding in some respects with the views of your correspo,
dent. I have no doubt, if they are well supported by the
ship owners and ship masters, whose interests are identical,
and which will, of necessity, be promoted by the welfare and
good conduct of the seamen,—their efforts will be sueeessfal,
the character of the seaman will be raised, his servie en-
hanced, and the safety of the cargo and passengers ensured.
I am, Sir, your obedient Servant,
SAMUEL MOSS,
Master of tie Rooms.
Old Flail-street, June 9, 1841.

THE ADDRESSES OF THE REPRESENTITIVIEB

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIG

?FOOL STANDIRD

Strt,—l beg to be allowed to draw particular attentiea ti
the addresses of Lord Sandon and Mi.. Cresswell, esperiallY
the former, which now meet the eye on all the wails and in
all the newspapers, but which, from that very redundanoe of
publication, fail, perhaps, of receiving earnest consideratioa
by the thoughtful and competent of those to whom they are
addressed. It has always been a great gratification to no to
read Lord Sandon's addresses. Not Canning's grace, nor
the force of Huskissonis style, has so satisfied say jadgraent
and expectation of what a candidate's address ought to he,
as the admirable performances of Lord Sandon. ladeed,
their task was easy compared with his ;—their lines truly fell
in pleasant places ;—they had to deal with generalities, and
to address them to those, the great majority of whom would
have received anything with approbation which they chose
to deliver. We are now in far other times. Lord Sandon
has to address a constituency, no inconsiderable portion of
whom have been made to regard him as the very reverse of
all that he really is ; to regard one of the honestest men in
public life, deceitful—one of the most sagacious, weak and
wavering—one of the most righteous and high-minded 11110 ft
breathing, the tool of a party, for selfish aggrandisement;—
while even, of those who understand and appreciate his real
character, not a few there are to whose interests his convic-
tions oppose themselves, and in whom he may fear to fled
opponents, even after having made them friends.
With these difficulties of his position how ably he oentesids
in his address. One sees him reasoning there with the guar-
dians of the poor, with the Brazil Association, with the Cern.
law Repeal League, with all the candour of one convinced
himself, but fully respecting the convictions of others, and
with an ability which makes it impossible even for an oppo-
nent not to admit the force of what he says. Each clause of
his address comprehends a pithy treatise on the particular
topic which it handles, and leaves, in fact, not much more bo
be said on the subject; while, on all these subjeets, as there
is doubt, therefore there is circumspection in every sentence
Lord Sandon writes—as there are opposing interests, there-
fore he is conciliatory—as there is excitement, therefore is
he temperate. _ _

I adt.nire not less the frank confidence with which, when
the ground is certain, he challenges friends and opponents
alike on his whole stewardship to his constituents and to his

country

No man may make the appeal with more c,ontidence. The
constituency of Liverpool—and it is the most exacting in the
kingdom—had not an abler or more useful representative in
either of the great men already named, and the wise and the
good in the country at large mark and distinguish Lerd Ban-
don as a representative of the purest patriotism, a. man whose
serious impressions, that the great and the less duties of life
ate discharged to God as well as our neighbour, secure his
public and his private path alike in that course to which error
indeed is not inevitable, but wrong is.

The partisans of the expiring ministry will, of course, find
his lordship's language, when speaking of their conduct and
principles, a little strong. Here tkere is no room for com-
promise. He abhors the character of the ministry, and he
says so ; lie believes their government unprincipled, and he
calls it so. Their unworthy alliances, their shifting shuffling
positions, their indifference to any fixed principle in any pub.
lie interest whatever (serious or trivial), and their total in.
competency, have never, in all the debates in parliament,
been more ably exposed than in the few lines of Lord Sen-
doffs address which he has written on that subject ; and the
promise of a good government, in the ministry that will dis-
place them, has not, in any of these debates, been more fairly
or judiciously presented than in the concluding passage el
the address.

I could wish this address of Lord Sandon's could be or -
tensively circulated in the country generally. It would do
good service upon the coming elections.
Of Mr. Cresswell's address, I need only say that it is a
meet companion of the other—less reasoning end mere gene-
ral, as is the manner of addresses of candidates generally, yet
having more argument than is often met with in these appears
to constituencies. The friends of both the candidate-5 will
regard with particular satisfaction the entire harmony of opi-
nion and feeling between the noble lord and his honourable
colleague, and we may take Lord Sendon's word for sufficient
assurance that we could not give him a colleague more accept-
able than his present. Let us unite heartily, then. in enr
exertions to strengthen the ministry t
to the government of the country.
votes for Liverpool, in the perso:::
fitted by every qualification to repres
stituency

If any thing more worthy of nate
torn of an opposition to our present

appear, I shitli perhaps trouble you aga

10th June, 1841

THE CORN LAWS,

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVBRPOOL STANDARD,

SlR,—The writer of a long letter on the corn laws, in the
last Liverpool Times, inquires " in what way the farmers,
who pay rent for ths land they cultivate, derive proteetiok
from the system which these laws uphold ?" and, with your
permission, I will inform him.
Suppose a farmer pays £2OO rent for a farm, and that ke
further expends £5OO in the labour, keep of horses, and ma-
nure, for its cultivation, he will be £730 out of pocket, inde-
pendent of interest on the capital invested in stock, imple-
ments, &c.; and we will suppose the farm yields a produee
equivalent to 300 quarters of wheat. The present system or
corn laws then is, that the farmer is protected, in the sale o
his produce, from all competition except our own farmers
England, Ireland, and Scotland (probably three millions
competitors, although some wiseacres call them monopolists)
whereby our farmer probably sells his 300 quarters of 'whoa
at 60s. per quarter, producing £9OO. Thus the present sys-
tem encourages the cultivation of our own soil, enables far-
mers to pay rent to the landlords, affords healthy employment
to some millions of bold peasantry, and yields some rattan*
to the farmer for his capital and time. Nearly the whole
amount thus produced is again expended by the landlords,
farmers, and labourers, amongst the manufacturers, trades-
men, and mechanics, constituting the home trade. In addi-
tion, the present system secures a most important olitical
consideration, by rendering us independent of foreijn states
for food at all times, except occasionally for the deficiency
contingent on a bad harvest. Another great advantage of
the corn laws is, that they induce merchants to accumulate.
in stores in this country, heavy stocks of the finest foreign
wheat, which is a security against scarcity, and also tends to
keep down the price.
On the subject of timber, as Luff professes himself a dis-
ciple of M'Culloch, it not deeply versed in statistics, he must
pardon me for considering him one of " the insidious pro-
moters of delusion," or, more charitably I would say, he is
totally ignorant of the subjects he has had the folly to write
upon.

He gives a long quotation from M'Culloch, admirably
adapted to catch shallow theorists of no practical knowledge.
Amidst comparisons, strained to make out a case, the quota-
tion asserts, that in 1814 an increase of Va per cent. in the
duty on Baltic timber caused a diminution in the British
shipping inwards from the Baltic, and diminished oar ex-
ports in the same proportion. Luff, with great self com-
placency assumes, and with pompous diction announces,
that this fact accounts for the present falling off in the amount
of our exports.

Now I beg to inform Luff, as he does not appear to have
found it in his ;NlTulloch studies, that since 1814 a person
named Huskisson has figured in England, and was President
of the Board of Trade ; that about 1821 he made treaties with
Prussia, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, by which the dis-
criminating duties were removed. Subsequently, lamely,
in 1824 and 1825, he imposed a duty on British North Ameri-
can timber ; the practical effect of which changes has been,
that in 1839 the shipping entered inwards from those four
countries (exclusive of Russia) was upwards of 620,000 toils,
of which 494,000 tons were foreign, so unwise and disastrous
have Huskisson's reciprocity treaties proved for this country.
Possibly Luff will consult M'Culloch, and inform us the
value of 620,000 tons of grain, timber, &c. And if he finds
that our imports from these countries have increased from
about £200,000, in 1814, up to £lOO,OOO or upwards, in 1839,
whereas that on exports to those countries have diminished
down to £250,000, as be states, he will perhaps inform us
why these Baltic nations are diminishing their paltry imparts
of our manufactures, whilst we are increasing our imports of
their produce, to the great injury of our own shipping and
colonies. Truly this FREE TRADE THING is a FINE THIN*
for FOREIGNERS, but MOST DISASTROUS to the best interests
of ENGLAND. DICKY SAM.

BERNARD CAVANAGH-THE IRISH CAMELEON

This fellow has removed his quarters from the Musie-hall
to a building in Great Charlotte-street, in the front of whisk
great inconvenience is caused by a number of silly neosiles
congregating together, and anxious to catch a glimpse of this
arch impostor. We think it unnecessary to warn the public
against the hollow deception, but give the following playful
lines from a humourous and popular work entitled " George
Cruikshank's Omnibus." Not only does deceiver avow his
ability to live without food, but the Irish papers have stated
that crowds flock to him to be cured of their lameness, deaf•
ness, &c. " Can force of folly any further go ? "
Marvellous Erin ! when St. Patrick's feat
Thy hills, vales, plains. and bogs from reptiles freed,
He little dreamed what monsters would succeed ;
Sinners who drink not, saints who never eat !
And is there one in whom the piece of meat
Which Paris raves about, no care
One who can never know a time
Though corn be trampled by the to

Poor fellow ! what enjoyment he
Nothing bet air, a scrap of win
Fog with the chill off, is to him
A fine thick mist, or rainbow whf
But ah ! for him no kitchen's ett
No knives, forks, spoons, or ph
No dishes, glasses, salts, make
Sad sinecurists all—mouth, ears,

n breed !

The Woreester Herald states that Sir Themes Wilde. th.
Solicitor-general, and Mr. Hardy, of Worcester, ititen,l rt.
offer themselves for the representation of that city in ease of
a dissolution of parliament.—Henry Monteith, Esq., of
Carstairs House, Lanarkshire, is canvassing the electors of
Bewdley and Stourport, in opposition to Sir Thomas Will-
nington.

have
eesitopf ad.
appeared this year in Spain, that they threaten-in some
entirely to destroy the crops ; at Daimiel, in the pro-
Real, 300 persons are constantly employed
in collecting these destructive insects, and though they de-
stroy 70 or 80 sacks every day, they de not appear to
diminish. There is something frightful in tile appearance of
these locusts proceeding in divisions, some of which are a
league in length and 2,000 paces in breadth. It is snffieient
if these terrible columns stop half an hour on say spot for
everything growing on it—vines, olive trees, and corn, to he
entirely destroyed. After they have passed, nettling re-
mains but the large branches and the roots, which being us_
derground escaped their voracity.
Aimee ro Mcmansts.—Mothers cannot be toe *trolley
nhefidheerreaTenrddrodstbke.:
I cautioned against considering their children deaf and dutah;,
before they are tested ; it having been frequently remarkei
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ease bad, might have been improved. Wken sup-
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HOUSE OF COMMONS.---MONDAY

Mr.,O'CoNNELL, in reference to the charge of his having
distrained upon his tenantry, in April, for rent due in March
said, that Mr. Sergeant Jackson had given the name of a
person named Twiss, as his authority for the fact, but the
learned sergeant added, that he had often seen Mr. Twiss,
on the record jury of Kerry, but that he did not know either
his Christian name or his address.

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the occurs erica took place. He would,

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was therefore not
subject of the corn-laws

ague:, who coincided with him, and it
w his intention to give any notice on the

His intention originally
in. giving notice of the motion was to obtain an expression
of opinion on the part of the house on that question, and
not, as stated by the other side, to increase the public excite-
rofnt. (Hear.) The right hon. baronet, the other evening,
stated it to be his opinion that the government had two bud-
gets in contemplation, either of whichwould have been brought
forward according to circumstances. There was net the sha-
dow of foundation for such a charge. With respect to the
- course he now meant to pursue, it was substantially the same as
he had stated after the division. He proposed to take the civil
eontinge►aeies, the veto for the service of Canada and China
He shoald de the sarnw
to that pursued
proposed to tab
estimates for six a

th the miscellaneous estimates
eath of Geo. IV. in 1830. He
e a sum on account of the miscellaneous
he Ist of April, for the srp-

ply of the exigencies of the
convenience to public office

such a course must
It had been said the

lic service, and to prevent in-

The object in view in taking
quite obvious to the house. (Cheers.)

le question of dissolution was not a

proper question to be discussed in this house
the division oa

voted, w

Now. after

Drning last, when 623 members

one in favour of the right

_
hon. baronet, and when only eight members were unaccounted
for—eight who certainly could not be depended upon by
either party—it must be obvious that no steady majority
would be found for either party in the present house of
Commons. Hear, hear.) And such being the case it ap-

peared to him as clear as any proposition in politics did,
that the only method of solving the doubt which at present
existed was to allow the country to decide upon those clues-
.tions in which they were so deeply interested. (Cheers from
the ministerial benches.) The noble lord concluded by
moving the order of the day for the house resolving itself
into a committee of supply.
The order of the day having been read,
fir R. REP'. said the noble lord had alluded to the re-
. ',e (Sir R. Peel) had made relative to the bud-
ust ,e allowed to state that the prevailing ex-
'' was, that the present budget
, recently adopted. He (Sir R.
as intended to have been announced in
hrc on the opening of parliament,
no 'tense for delaying such an inten-
-c ‘feated on the sugar duties. He

sharks which t

preisien amongst al

]gad certainly been Ye r
Peel) thought if iz

the Speech from

socasio

—he could se

Throw-

7t Peel) did not wish to provoke, on the present
say discussion on the corn-laws, as he plainly saw
rise by adopting such a course
lord had said he intended to
sew parliament. (Hear.) With

the inconver

at the presen

appeal to

leasure he would offer no
opinion. WVith her Majesty's ministers rested the responsibility
of taking such a course. If, however, that step was to be
taken, undoubtedly the prerogative of the Crown might be
put into operation, and an appeal made to the country. If,
however, that was decided upon, no time ought to be lost.
(Hear.) The present parliament, under the circumstances
of the case, could not satisfactorily legislate in any disputed
matter. No time ought to be lost before convoking a new

parliament. He wss ;ware the Sugar Duties Bill must be
passed, and that provision must be made for the exigencies
of the state (hear, hear) ; but he repeated that the new par-
liament ought to be calla together without delay, the ques-
tion of the corn-laws and other important questions which
had ' to be settled. (Rear, hear.) The

en agitated

private eonveniet
when the public
trusted the noble

should be los

)vernment of

:5-of members ought not to be consulted
good was at stake. (Hear, hear.) He
Id assure the house that no time
he present parliament, as that
)y her Majesty's ministers, or

solving

stated that its successor
and he trusted
assurance on the prcien

parliament. On former occasions

parliament aln-ays

ald be called together as early -a3

noble lord would give a similar
.anion. (Hear, hear.) He (Sir

yen, he-would not

oppose an

lie service ; but if t

only agree to granting the estimates for three months. He
► ministers to give an assurance that no time
calling the new parliament together. If
given, he would withdraw all opposition
were asked for.

Ye that assurance

must press upon
skould be lost in
that assurance wa
to the time the at

Lord J

1, that knowing the opinion of Lord

Melbourne he could assure the house that it was the inten-
tion of ministers to advise her Most Gracious Majesty to
gall the new parliament together as early as it was possible.
(Hear.) He felt deeply the difficulty of remaining in office

flthe .the:

my three weeks

er sphere for its

order-col

to bee
laws.

This obserr.

This led to some discussion, in the course of which,
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL remarked, that, by law, the
clerk of the peace was bound to furnish a copy of the regis-
ter, at a reasonable rate, to any one who asked for it. In
the case before the house, the clerk had required the extra-
vagagant price of .Z 25. He was not, however, willing to act
harshly towards the clerk, aed would move that he be
peremptorily directed to furnish the required copy on
Thursday.
Sir R. INGus objected to the establishment of a precedent
so dangerous as that of printing the register at the expense
of the public. That would be t' throw on the country an
expense which should be exclusively borne by the county of
Hertford.

Sir R. PEEL thought the proposition of the Solicitor-
General sufficiently stringent for the vindication of the pri-
vileges of the house ; and Mr. Duncombe having withdrawn
his motion, that of the Solicitor-General was adopted. The
clerk of the peace, on being ordered to furnish the copy on
Thursday, said, he could not do so in less than three weeks.
On being pressed, he admitted that, by putting it in several
hands, it might be done, but he would only promise that he
would furnii.li the copy as soon as he could. He was di-
rected to withdraw, and a peremptory order was issued that
he should furnish the copy on Thursday.
Mr. C. W. WYNN moved a resolution, to the effect that

bster for bribery at the recent election for St. Albans.
ANDFORD said, that the evidence against Dr. Web-

ster was given in such a mariner as would not w

invest!

It was his

Mr. Sandford's)

ation much further than it

house to direct a prosecution
desire to have carried the _
was allowed to go.
Mr. MILDMAY thought that the house would be guilty of
partiality in singling out this case for prosecution, when
they passed over so many worse cases.
Colonel CONOLLY said that the flagrancy in this case was
gross and palpable, and it was not because others might
have been allowed to escape, that there was, therefore, to he
a general impunity for guilt of this description. The skill
with which this sort of iniquity was carried on, always keep-
ing the candidate clear of being implicated, rendered it ne-
cessary that when a case was brought home, the punishment
should be certain and exemplary. Bribery, in fact, had be-
come a perfect trade, and something should be done to put
a stop to it. _ _ .

Mr. WARBURTON contended that the best way of putting
a stop to bribery would be the adoption of the vote by ballot.
He did not like these sort of prosecutions, for they would
have no effect in preventing the recurrence of bribery.
Mr. WARD said it was affectation on the part of the con-
servatives to bring this matter forward, for he had no doubt
but at the approaching election, they would be very ready to
do the very thing they now condemned.
Sir R. H. INGLIS thought the evidence was quite strong
enough to justify a trial, and if the house wished to maintain
its character with the country it would direct a prosecution.
Considerable discussion followed, in which Lord SANDON,
Sir T. COCHRANE, Mr. HUTT, and other members took part,
after which

The ATTORIsTRY-GXNERAL said the house would not ex-
pect him to give an opinion, nor would he vote upon this sub-
ject, and he only rose to say, that whatever course the house
might direct him to pursue, he would cheerfully obey.
Mr. C. W. WYNN, in reply, said the case was one which,
when fairly brought under the cognisance of the house, it
could not pass over without compromising its character with
the country.

Mr. WA'rtn gave notice, that on Friday next he would call
the attention of the house to the reports on the Cambridge
and Ludlow petitions.
The motion was then agreed to without a division.
Sir C. GREY moved for the appointment of a committee,
to consider the fitness of her Majesty's territory of Labrador
for a penal settlement. Under recent circumstances, he did
not think it necessary to press his motion ; but he thought
it right to draw the attention of the house to it, in order that
it might be taken up hereafter.
After a short conversation, the motion was negatived with-
out a division, Sir C. GREY declaring, that if he should have
a seat in the next parliament, he would again bring the sub-
ject under consideration.
Lord MORPETH moved for leave to bring in a bill for mak-
ing and maintaining railways in Ireland. His object was not
to proceed with the bill during the present session, but merely
to have the bill printed, in order that it might be understood

by the public.
Mr. SHAW supported the bill, without pledging himself to
all its details. _ _ _

After a few observations from Lord STANLEY, Mr. Ser-
geant JACKSON, Mr. W. J. O'BRIEN, and other hon. mem-
bers, leave was given to bring in the bill.
The other orders of the day being disposed of, the house
adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-WEDNZSDAT

Mr. WARD gave notice, that next Friday he should move
that instructions be given to the Attorney -General to prose-
cute the agent at the late Cambridge election.
Mr. Sergeant JACKSON again brought before the house the
subject of Mr. O'Connell's having distrained his tenants for
rent only one month due, and read a letter from Mr. Hobert
Twigs, who repeated the whole charge, and named April,
1538 as the period at which it took place.
Mr. O'CONNELL said, that the whole charge was an utter
falsehood. He believed that Mr. Twiss had been a magis-
trate, that he had been unfortunate, and had availed himself
of the benefit of the Insolvent Debtors' Act. In Kerry,
Mr. Twiss was-well known for toe inaccuracy of his state-
,e ments, and that he had been known for the last five a-
,he should twenty years by the appellation of " Lying Bob Twiss.''

On the motion that the house go into committee on the
Dog-cart Bill,
Mr. PRYME moved the postponement of the committee to
this day six months.
Mr. WARBURTON seconded the motion, and Sir ROBERT
INGLIS and Mr. EAST opposed it, when, a division taking
place, the original motion:was carried by 141 against 30, and
the bill went through committee.
On the motion of Mr. CRESSWELL, that the house resolve
itself into a committee to petition her majesty in support of
the Danish claims,
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL entered into a lengthened detail
of the causes which had given rise to the present claims, and
was of opinion that this nation had not the least right to in-
demnify the claimants.
After some further discussion, the house went into com-
mittee, and the motion of Mr. Cresswell was agreed to, on
the understanding that the Chancellor of the Exchequer
would oppose the claims on the bringing up of the report.
During the discussion on the bribery at elections bill, Co-
lonel SIBTHORP stigmatised the conduct of government in
this instance, as in many others, as being idle, incompetent,
and disgraceful ; that ministers were never in their places,
even when their own bills were coming before the house. He

supposed they were gone to amuse themselves by singing,
dancing, and eating ; but he really thought if they were tired
of governing the affairs of the nation, they ought to give it
to those men who were willing and perfectly able to conduct
them.

Mr. F. MA ULE said that it was not true that her Majesty's
ministers were never in their places, to attend to the business
of the house, and that the assertions made by the gallant
member opposite were beneath his contempt.
Colonel SIBTHORP immediately arose and left the house,
when

Mr. W. WYNN rose to order, and moved that Col. Sib-
thorp be ordered to attend, and take his seat in the house.
On the gallant colonel's returning and taking his seat,
The SPEAKHR said, that be understood that one hon. gen-
tleman had taken offence at some expressions used by ano-
ther hon. member, which he hoped that hon. member would
retract. He always paid great attention to expressions which
might be used, and, at the time, he certainly was of opinion
that the remarks of the hon. gentleman were offensive, but
that he afterwards thought the hon. gentleman, beginning
his speech in other words, had retracted the offensive ex-
pression.
Mr. F. MAULZ said, that he was very sorry if any expres-
sion had fallen from him of a personai nature to the gallant
member opposite, but he certainly didintend to express him-
self strongly on the subject after the observations which had
fallen from that hon. gentleman.
Colonel SIIITHORP said that, as a public man and a man of
honour he had a right to protect himself from insult ; but as
the hon. gentleman opposite had retracted the observations,
he was perfectly satisfied.
On the motion for proceeding with the report of the Ad-
ministration of Justice (No. 1) Bill,
Sir E. SIIGDEN moved the insertion of a clause to prevent
the operation of the bill coming into effect until October,
as it would be highly improper to place so much judicial
patronage at the disposal of a government who had not the
confidence of the House of Commons.
Lord J. RUSSELL said he thought the hon. gentleman had
already offered enough of opposition to the bill without
bringing forward the present clause, which, if carried, would
have the effect of casting a brand upon the Lord Chancellor
—(cries of " No, no"—who did not deserve such treatment
after the satisfactory manner he had disposed of the patron-
age under his care.
_ _ _

-Sir R. PEEL denied any idea of casting a brand upon Lord
Cottenham, and said that if her Majesty's government post-
poned the passing of the bill till the next meeting of parlia-
ment, he was prepared to enter into such an arrangement.
After some discussion the house divided, and Sir E. Sug-
den's motion was carried by a majority of 101 against 83.

Lord J. RUSSELL said he could not think of proceeding
with the bill after what had just taken place. He should,
therefore move the further consideration of the bill to this

Sir DE LACY EvANs and Mr. VILLIERS contended that
the opposition which the bill met with was merely for the
sake of patronage. They thought that the gentlemen on the
opposite side were blameable to refuse justice to the country,
merely for the sake of party feeling.
Lord STANLEY and Mr. PEMBERTON defended themselves
from the imputation of acting on party grounds.
Mr. \VARLET said that the noble lord had acted in the
best possible manner under the present circumstances, and
that it ought not to be forgot that it was not the radical party
who were attacking the prerogatives of the crown, and that
if the present course was persisted in the crown would shortly
be in the most imminent danger.
Sir R. PEEL said that the present proceeding was only an
attempt to carry on the government of the country by an
executive not possessing the confidence of the present House
of Commons, and that after the late division there were but
two courses for the ministers to pursue—either resignation
or immediate dissolution.
After some further discussion, the motion of Lord John
Russell was agreed to.
The rest of the business was then disposed of, and the
house adjourned until this day, (Friday,) at one o'clock.

DREADFUL SUICIDE.—About a quarter before four on
Monday afternoon, a policeman on duty outside the yard of
Chelsea Church, London, observed a person on the top of the
tower, apparently preparing to precipitate himself to the
ground, and a second afterwards he threw himself off, and
came down with terrific velocity on the west side of the
tower. Several persons were immediately on the spot, and
lifted the unfortunate man up, but life was found to be quite
extinct. The stones all round were covered with blood. The
height of the tower of Chelsea New Church is nearly 200
feet. A shell was procured, in which the body of the de-
ceased was placed, and conveyed to the workhouse adjacent,
where a medical gentleman examined it, and found the skull
fractured, shoulders dislocated, and the legs broken—in fact,
the body was literally " smashed ".

ELECTIONS IN ST A FFORDSHIRE.—The Staffordshire Ga-
zette speaks with the greatest confidence, that at least, eleven
" good men and true" will be sent up from the various coun-
ties and boroughs. The number of members is sixteen, and
at present half of them are radicals, and the others conserva-
tive. The accounts from all the districts of the country are
equally gratifying, and in many instances much more so.

_ . ~..
Some of the ministerial journals affect to be eves' jocose
upon their patrons having been defeated by only a majority
of ONE ; but if they will be kind enough to consider that the
minority ceraprises at least 30 of themselves and other place
holders, and as many more of O'Connell's serfs, who are
compelled to do the agitator's bidding, they will be com-
pelled to admit, that though an actual majority of one, the
list of the division shows it to have been a virtual majority of
at least 60 against them.

6. Because the agricultural labourer advanced in life,
would, when thrown out of employ, be banished from home,
from the spot he loves, and must go to the workhouse or
starve, as he would be unable to follow any new occupation.

7. Because the amount in the Savings' Banks belonging to
the poor has increased under the operation of the corn laws
more than one third.

8. Because a reduction of wages, even with a low price of
corn, will prevent the labourer from obtaining even that por-
tion of the other essentials of life which may now be within
his reach.

9. Because I would not willingly exchange the hale peasant
for the pallid artisan and sickly though praiseworthy mechanic,
and see the country one entire workshop.
10. Because the object of the monopolist manufacturer is
to screw wages down to a low point, so as to reduce thc Eng-
lish artisan and labourer to the condition of the German serf,
and so to enable him to produce goods to compete with
foreigners who have superior facilities to ourselves, the profits

facturer's g

liness of gain

„,
I]. Because, although the alteration of these laws may
possibly lead to an increase of the quantity of manufactured
exports, which now amounts to about 40 or 50 millions
sterling per annum, yet it will certainly tend to ruin the home
trade, which is at present estimated at 600,000,000.
12. Because the export of British and Irish manufactures
have greatly increased under the present system.
13. Because it is a fact, that in years when the importation
of foreign corn has been inconsiderable, the exportation of
manufactured goods has, notwithstanding, increased.
14. Because the repeal would ruin Ireland, which is .en-
tirely dependent on this country for a market for her agricul-
tural produce.
15. Because the Irish have literally perished with famine
when the low price of corn, caused by opening the ports for
foreign produce, has deprived them of employment.
16. Because, under a fixed duty of Bs. per quarter, (as pro-
posed by government,) the effect on high prices in a time of
scarcity would be most terrible, and in a time of plenty,
would be no protection to a British farmer. . .

17. Because, under the present system, as prices increase,
the duty en foreign corn decreases, till at length it is admit-
ted free.

18. Because, for the last ten years, there has been less
fluctuation in the price of corn here than in any other country.
19. Because a freed tax at all times imposed upon the
necessaries of life would be a revenue unblessed by God and
abhorred by man, and such as never could be exacted in this
or any other country in seasons of scarcity or famine.

20. Because the supply of corn under the present system
is sufficient for home consumption, and at an average price
not exceeding that of our neighbours.
21. Because the farmer and landlord, with their capital
diminished, will not have half the money to expend they now
lay out amongst us.
22. Because their repeal would place us at the mercy of
foreign countries, who, in case of war or bad harvest, may
raise corn to any price they please, or stop the supply alto-
gether.
23. Because, by their repeal, seven or eight millions of
acres of land will be thrown out of cultivation.

24. Because three-fourths of the population of this country
derive their means of subsistence from agriculture.

25. Because the capital invested by agriculturists in the
soil exceeds three thousand millions of pounds sterling !! !
26. Because the amount of taxes annutlly paid by the
agricultural classes is £6,433,575, vrhilc manufacturers,
trades, and professions only contribute £3,021,187, or less
than one-third of the whole amount.

27. Because, on the prosperity of agriculture is mainly
dependent the prosperity of this country.
28. Because the agricultural produce now annually raised
in this kingdom is valued at two hundred and forty-six mil-
lions, while the manufacturing is only one hundred and forty-
eight millions.

29. Because the agricultural interest has as just a right to
protection as the manufacturing.
30. Because, during twenty-four years before the corn
laws came into operation, the average price of wheat was 78s.
per quarter ; and during the succeeding twenty-four years,
from 1816 to 1840, only 60s. per quarter on the average.
31. Because we have the example of Rome before us,
which, though it had subdued the world, yet its decay was
accelerated by its dependance on foreigners for food.
32. Because, by a repeal, foreigners would drain us of our
precious metals in payment for their corn.
33. Because in 1839, when corn was scarce in France and
Italy and other European countries through a bad harvest,
these powers prohibited its exportation, which, in a similar
case, they would do again. . .

34. Because a great proportion of the money paid to the
home grower of corn will be expended in purchasing the pro-
duce of the manufacturer, while it must be admitted that
from the foreign grower the most you can expect back is only
part.

35. Because the capital of this country, paid to the foreign
corn states, has already enabled them to compete with us in
the production of many important branches of manufacture,
whereas, till lately, their supply was wholly derived from
England.

36. Because. whatever fluctuation in price there has been
under the present system, it has risen from the uncertainty
of the seasons, equally uncertain in other countries as this.
37. Because the greatest supply of foreign corn that has
ever been obtained during the greatest scarcity has never
been equal to one-tenth of the consumption.
38. Because in the year succeeding that in which there has
been a great influx of foreign grain, corn has always been at
higher prices.
39. Because the repeal would turn our corn-fields into bar-
ren wastes, and our villages into union workhouses.

40. Because protection against the importation of foreign
corn is necessary to balance the excess of duties, borne almost
exclusively by the agriculturists, and only remotely affecting
the capitalist, annuitant, or fundholder ; such as the mainte.
nance of the Established Church, the poor, the highways,
&c., &c., all of which are essential to our national happiness
and security.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Railway Times.)

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY- OPENING.—This week
kas been one big with the happiest hopes to the
shareholders of the Great Western railway company, no le
than three openings having been made on the lines connect
with this splendid line. Great have been the exertions of all
parties engaged in this undertaking, and heavy the ca
made upon the shareholders, but we trust that there is n
oneof them who, with the prospects now before them, won' '
willingly have diminished his stake by a single farthing.
With parties acquainted with the statistics of travelling, th -
Great Western railway has ever been a favourite, and we b vs
been informed that so much more disposition is there in .h
west country people to travel, that the present truffle ascer
tained by the number of coaches licensed, is, in comparison
to that on the Birmingham road. as three to two, or fifty
per cent more, although we should certainly have expected
that the preponderance of population to the north would have
produced a difference the other way. In a short time the
Box Tunnel will be completed, and in the meanwhile we con-
gratulate the shareholders on Monday's proceedings, the har-
binger, as we firmly believe, of many years of prosperity,
and increasing dividends. The traffic on Monday was very
large, and although that day was a holiday, we have no doubt
that even the receipts on that occasion will soon be daily sur-
passed.
BRISTOL AYD EXETER RAILWAY OPENING.—In ano-
ther part of our paper will be found a full account of the in-
teresting proceedings at the excursion made by the directors
and shareholders along the Bristol and Exeter railway, pre-
paratory to the general opening. The greatest satisfaction
was expressed by all parties, and although no day has yet
been fixed for the commencement of the public traffic, yet it
is evident that the state of the road is such as to allow us
to anticipate an early date,—we are informed within a week.
When the company assembled they were unanimous in ex-
pressing the obligations of the shareholders and the public
to the chairman, directors, engineer, and secretary, for their
exertions in carrying out this magnificent undertaking, which
will be equally productive of benefit to the district through
which it passes, and the parties who have invested their ca-
pital for its formation. The west of England has now seen
the beginning of the railway system. and it is our most an-
xious wish that it may derive as much advantage from it as
has already accrued to the northern districts ; we hope to see
it extending through the fertile agricultural county of Devon
to the mining riches.of Cornwall, and to see the Bristol and
Exeter the parent of as many divergent branches asthe Great
Western itself. The merits of the Bristol and Exeter rail-
way we have sometimes had occasion to impress upon our
readers : for the future we confidently believe that they will
speak for themselves, in the most gratifying of all language,
good dividends, and that the lease will be found as beneficial
to the lessors as to the lessees. There is a large amount of
population and wealth in the country through which the rail-
way passes, and a wide field for the extension of feeders and
the supply of traffic. The thirty-four miles now ready will
soon tell their tale, and in the meanwhile the company are
making every effort to carry out their line to its full extent.
The shares will not be long before they feel the effect. of the
present impulse, and both the original holders and recent
purchasers will find reason to congratulate themselves on
the nature of their investment, for even the present dull
state of the market will not be able to depress securities of
such intrinsic value. The line from Bristol to Bridgewater,
34 miles, excited the admiration of all present on the occa-
sion—nearly four hundred persons, who were loud in their
praises of the extreme smoothness of the road, and rich and
beautiful country through which it passes. In the opinion
of railway men it was the best 34 miles they had ever travel-
led upon. We dismiss the subject of the Bristol and Exeter
railway for the moment, with great delight at seeing how
fully the directors have been able to redeem their promise to
the shareholders, of getting the permanent way laid before
the first of June.

CHELTENHAM AND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY OPEN-
ING.—The Ist of June was the day appointed for the opening
of the Cheltenham and Great Western Railway to Cirences-
ter, and, accordingly, on that day the ancient town was pla-
ced in direct railway communication with London. To the
inhabitants of that district this is matter of congratulation,
but still more to the shareholders of the company, who have
had great difficulties to contend with, and who must now feel
inspired with the hope of at last reaping the fruits of their
arduous exertions. We know nothing more harrassing than
the anxious interval between the passing of a railway bill and
the period of the completion of the line ; • so that we appre-
ciate the influence which this event is calculated to have in
encouraging the shareholders, and restoring the marketable
value of their property. We do not, however, look to the
result of this opening as a measure of the traffic on the line,
because it is not until its completion to Cheltenham that its
full value will be seen, as the grand connecting link between
the northern and midland counties and the west of England.
equally as the high road from the metropolis to the active
population around the railway. Seven trains daily run from
Paddington, and eight return, while two intermediate stations
provide for the local traffic. A good beginning has thus been
made, and it must lead to a lo era of prosperity, such as
will well repay its staunch sung pporters.
RAILWAY TRAFFIC, &c.—The particulars of traffic upon
the various railroads in England and Scotland, twenty-nine
in number, for the last week, that is to say, up to the date
to which the respective returns are made, show the following
parcels, carriages,horses .1
78a8nid Leeds,
results :—,Thefotortpaalssreencegieprtssi were £74,428, of which there
were £6O,
Railway
mails, and 13,466
took
km.te.rlci.:,a3r9id6i;se.GreTaht Bir-
minghamev4LeostnecronnaxnBd6c3Rod.
Liver-
pool and Manchester, 1G.4734n
od ; Junction,
Manchester
South Western,
£3,225 ; Midland Counties, ,
2 625 • North Midland, ,eO2 ,
,
£1,368, &c.
London and Greenwich, £2,28-1 ; York and North Midland
7;05
;

On Friday, the Queen held a Privy Council
at Bucking.
ham Palace, when the five pound gold piece was submitted
to the Queen and approved of.

Although we are unable to note any particular activity in
the trade during the past two days, yet the sales of Wheat,
including the execution of a few orders for Ireland, and the
Northern :Counties, have been
,to a moderate extent ; and
with gradually decreasing stocks of free Wheat, owing to the
payment of duty being nearly suspended, the prices of
Tuesday last have been firmly maintained. Similar remarks
are likewise applicable to Flour, the stock of duty-paid Fo-
reign, as well as English and Irish being now reduced into a
very limited compass.
The arrivals Coastwise and from Ireland since our first
report this week, furnish a very scanty supply of Grain and
Flour, with a moderate quantity only of Oatmeal ; the im-
ports of Foreign produce also comprise merely 5,588 quar-
ters of Wheat and 540 quarters of Beans, wholly from
Europe. _ .

Except on Barley, raised to 16s. 10d. per quarter, duties
remain the same as last week.
Having several millers clown this morning from distant
parts of the country, directing their attention principally to
good fresh foreign Wheats, sales of those descriptions were
effected to a fair amount, and a slight improvement, in
some instances 1d per 'Nibs over Tuesday's rates was ob-
tained. English and Irish Wheats also, of which very few
samples were offering to-day, were held on higher terms.

Of bonded Wheat, two cargos have changed hands, at
prices rather exceeding those last noted, one of which was
Odessa, previously under quarantine, and being admitted to
entry at 23s 8d duty, was sold to-day at 8s 8d per 701bs.
Free Flour continuing in fair demand, was generally ra-
ther dearer for consumption ; but in parcels under lock no
recent sales have transpired.
Barley, Malt, Beaus, and Pease ruled much the same as
described in our last circular.
Oats met some inquiry, but the holders refusing to submit
to any further decline. little business was done ; and Oat-
meal, exciting very little notice, hardly sustained its late
value.

ARRIVALS OF CORN

From the Bth to the 10th June, 1841, inrlusiv

COAST- 'CANADA

LAND. ! WISE. !& U.STS4 REIGN

Atippffig inulligenre.

TUESDAY, JUNE S.—Wind N.E.

AltßlVELL—Belguique, Jones, from Antwerp—Rapid, —,
from Santa Martha, Savanilla and Rio de la ['ache—Elizabeth

Mary, from Stettin—Stophe, Reitze, from Danzie—Vicar of Bray,
from Whitehaven—Ballinasloe, from Dublin—Union, from Wick-
low—William, Kerr; Royal Sovereign, Tyrrell, and San Gall, Han-
ley, from Arkiow—Aid, White, from Dundee—Ann, Patton, from
Ayr—Tiger, Matthews, from Killough—and Acheon, Crawford,
Ircm Glasgow. .