The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-02-28

or ous ut once. has been furnished in the case
Of M. Fox Maule, the new secretary Of the
lndia board. Formerly he voted for the ballot
but in An address to his constituents lsst week,
knowing that Lord John w0uld not introduce il
in his new reform measure, he declared that he
had changed his opinion, giving, as a reason, the
results OF the ballot in the late election for Louis
Napoleon. Sir Fitzroy Kelly acted some years
back in nearly analogous manner, on the SUBJ
ject Of abolition of death-punishments.
A deputation fromethe Free Church of Scot
land has waited upon Lord Granville CHE for
eign minister) during the last week, to make a
representation regarding the expulsion OF the
Protestant missionaries from Pesth, in Hungary,
where they had resided in obedience to the laws
for ten years. They had committed no offence,
and were sent out Of the country in the middle
Of winter, and with some members of their fami.
lies sick, and nj only fifteen days notice. An
other missionary had also been expelled in a
similar way from Lemberg. Lcrd Granville
promised to take such steps AS might be neces-
sary, after communicating with Lord Westmore-
land, the English ambassador ut Vienna.
This week also Lord Granville reply to the
representations of the continental powers re-
gardiag the refugees in England, has been pub
lished. His lordship maintains clearly enough
the logic OF English hospitality, and the docu-
ment is satisfactory, though not forcibie. 1t
concludes. however, with statement which
might bear an unfavorable Interpretation. His
lordship says "attention will continue to be
directed to the proceedings Of suspected foreign
refugees" 1t would have been better if he had
stated that he could only attend to definite Of
fences against the law, and could not take upon
ourselves to have anything to do with suspic-
ions of any kind.
The Queen of Spain is fast recovering from
the wound inflicted on her, and her assaiant has
already been garotted, whether with or without
trial does not appear He was an old wander.
ing ecclesiastic possessed seemingly with a
m0nomana that the world required to be freed
from Kings and Queens. The act was commit
ted in corridor of the palace, while her Ma
esty was with her husband, and surrounded by
officers and guards. The criminal, therefore,
had evidently no regard for his own life, and
before his execution he showed perfect indffer-
encc and boasted of his peculiar views. He had
long been notorious for his violent and corrupt
habits, and had given sufficient warning to 80
ciety that he was unfit to be at large.
There is no change in the money market.
The bullion in the bank is now El8,2l5,000,
being exactly million sterling in excess Of, the
highest amount ever previously reached
There have been no further failures in Lon.
don, but small house has suspended at Liver
pool, IN, ]. Wilson a. Co, in the North Am
erican trade,) and at Dublin the stoppage has
occurred of Messrs. Foxall a. Co., large East
India merchants.
Speculatons in produce are mostly found to
be the cause of such failures as are still an
nouncod, but during the past week or two the
markets have shown tendency to revival,
which may help to prevent further mischief.
The low prices of sugar. coupled with an ad-
vance in the grain Market have caused sugar to
be bought lately for distilling purposes, and
operations Of this kind will probably give steadi-
ness to existing rates.
Consols at the last date were at 96a. To
day they have closed at 969.
The grain market remains steady at the late
advance.
The cotton market this week has opened
with dullness.
The next packet from this side will be the
Africa, on the l4th. SPECTATOR.