Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1825-06-07
EONEAGE.
NEW YORK, MAY 10.


The packet ship William Thompson
has arrived from Liverpool, whence she
sailed on the LIST OF April, to which date
we have received regular files OF papers,
sc.
The Cotton market continued as brisk
and the prices as high as On the proceed
ing day.
On The 2oth of March, the Lord Chan
cellor made speech denounclng the
Joint Stock Companies as public nui-
sances, and guilty o.. indictabe offences;
but the denuncia,ions had no effect upon
the market; on the contrary, the shares
of some of the companies advanced "A
new bubble, called the Egyptian Trad
ing Company, was attracting the at'en-
ton of the lobhers,
The last years crop Of Cotton in Egypt
is estimated at 100000 bales-l5 $4,000
of which i, is supposed will come to
England.
Mr.. Hnskisson moved on the 29th
March, for q select committee to inqul C
into the effect of repeal OF the Combl-
nation Laws, which motion was carried
withou, opposition. Mr. H.. thought
they were too hastily repealed last year
He had heard of more alarming out
RACES, and thought that spirit Of COM
bnation and resistance was growing up,
which ought not to be left to itself.
Mr.. Litleton gave notice that he had
fixed upon the 18th of April to bring
forward his bill for regulating The cleo
tive franchise of Ireland.
Lord F. Cover gave notice that Oh
the 261h OF the same month, he should
ask leave to bring in bill to make a
provision for the Catholic Clergy in Ire
land.
A motion has been made in the House
OF Commons, 10 repeal the laws reguiat-
ing the Butter Trade of Ireland. Tue
annual exports OF this article from Ire
amounting to 3,O0o,ooOi The laws Of
1912 have operated vexatiously. BY
those laws, an officer was created, called
a faster, whose duty il is 10 taste all the
butter brought to market, and pronounce
upon Its quality 1t is impossible to de-
scribe the practical oppression that has
been the consequence, as il is continual
ly in the power of this officer TO raise or
depress the price OF the article which be
inspects, as whim or caprice, or his evil!
passions may dictate.
In consequence of the increase OF
wages OF their workman, the paper ma
nutacturers have raised the price ol
prinsing paper II per cent. and OF writ
ing paper l6 per cent.
Arrangements are making in England
to establish steam packets 10 convey va
luable merchandise, sc from CONSTANT
nople, Smyrna, and Messina, to Leshnrn,
where it is proposed to trans ship 'he
former into the vessels of the Medilerra'
mean Steam Packet Company, A ship
ment has been made for Jamaica, o.
10000 ounces of silver, and 60 900
ounces of gold. This transaction has
created some surprise, because the bul.
lion is cheaper there, than it can be deli.
vered from this country.
The King Of France has sanctioned
the project of a shipping canal from Ha-
vre to Paris, aud an English capitalist Is
to provide one million sterling towards
its construction. II is to be so feet in
depth, and of proportionable width.
In the last cabnetcouncilo of he French
Ministry, The Duke D'Angouleme is said
to have proposed the adoption OF Mr.
Huskisson's commercial measures. Ba
he was successfully opposed by Nj. Vii
ieie. Chauteaubriand still attacks this
minister in The Journal DIES Dobals. The
iast article comm noes with this oracular
dec laration -" A complete divorce has
bren established been M. De VilIele and
public opinion" The blows of his as
sailanls, however, EN- only fix the
minister still more firmly in his hold up
on power, which is not exactly the result
that would oe anticipated from the. d.
vorce."
The Emperor AMI Empress Of Austria,
with the Arch Duchess Sophia, tn Arch
duke Francis Charles, were making pre-
parations to visit Ilaly. The Court will
be transferred to Milan for the summer.
An article from ST. Petersburg, March
|, speaks Of Mr.. Canning's mission, as
being connected, in the public estimation
at least, with the affairs OF the Greeks.
An impenetrab,e veil, however, is thrown
over the negotiations pending. The EN-
peror directs every thing himself, and
confides nothing to any minister, except.
ing Count Nesselrode, who is at the head
Of the foreign department. Il is the ge-
neral opinion in that capital, that if
Greece is to form, in future, part Of the
European system, as an independent
power, the Emperor, in concert with his