The New York Herald Newspaper, January 15, 1846, Page 2

ber gree NEW YORK HERALD — w York, Thursday, January 15, 1846. Important Agricultural Statistics. We have obtained, from our attentive correspon- dent in Albany, the full and authentic returns ef the agricultural products ot the State of New York, as collected in 1845, by the census takers. They are of immense value, in every point of view, and we pub- lish them exclusively, on the outside of this day’s | paper Important «xpress from Boston, We understand that the government has made angements to run an express from Boston to New York, on the arrival of the next steamer, at any time during next Sunday; and also that the Postmaster of Boston has given notice to the con. | duetors of the railroads, to hold themselves in readi. | ness to run at any other time. We also learn that arrangements are made in two different quarters to convey the news by express from this city to Phila- delphia, and probably to Baltimore and Washing- ton—so that it is probable that the important intelli- ce expected to arrive by the next steamer, will be expressed by railroad, from Boston te Washing- ton—a distance of more than five hundred miles ; and it may also be sent, in another direction, from Boston to Buffalo, also a distance of about five hundred miles. The anxiety manifested in all quarters for the next intelligence, is of the most intense description. And although the government has now stepped into the field of enterprise, yet we believe the public are mainly indebted to our individual efforts for the public spirit manifested by the department. The extraordinary enterprise which we have exhibited during the past few years, has not only driven our contemporaries of the press, but the Post-office department and the government, to the necessity of imitating our good example. It 1s uncertain, there- fore, whether we shall or shall not run an express on our own account, on the arrival of the next steamer—having succeeded in forcing the govern- ment to do our work for us. Yet it would be a singular circumstance, if by some “ infamous act’ on our part—as it is called by some of our contem- poraries—we should be enabled to beat the govern- ment again, before we quit the field finally. One good licking they all deserve, before we quit the field of Waterloo, and come under the power of magnetism hereafter. Peace or War. The postponement of the debate upon the ques- tion of giving the Oregon notice, which took place the other day in the Senate, until the 10th of Feb- ruary, has been variously interpreted, in various quarters. Some think that it is a favorable symp- tom, indicating the complete postponement of the whole business to another year, and to another Congress. Some put a different construction on this thing, and would give a most important mean- ing to this vote. By the remarks of the Senators themselves, who made the postponement, it is very evident that this question of the Oregon notice is acquiring a vast and deep importance in relation to our foreign con- nections. Mr. Haywood, an able and discreet Sena- tor from North Carolina, regards it as a question of war or peace ; in other words, he would look upon a vote for giving the notice, as the first step taken in aseries of measures, which would lead to great and terrible results hereafter. On the other hand, certain exclusive friends of the administration, if we are to believe what the Union says, look upon the act of giving notice asa peaceful measure, merely empowering the President either to continue or to open negotiations, backed by the whole moral force of the country in his favor. We cannot conceive why the giving notice, or the organization of a territorial government in Oregon, upon the same plan on which the British already oc- cupy some portion of that country, should be consi- dered an offensive meastre. Nor does it appear to us a8 being opposed to the rights of Great Britain, or that she would have any cause to complain, or that such a step could be considered as a casus belli. The union between Messrs. Calhoun and Benton, in voting for the postponement to the 10th of next month, has also excited some attention, and been made the subject of various interpretations. ‘The course of these two distinguished Senators has been watched daily with a scrutiny, and been re- garded with an importance, seldom exhibited. The views of Mr. Calhoun upon the notice question are fully known, but whether Mr. Benton’s vote for the postponement, is to be taken as an indication of the same views, appears doubtful. Seme say that Mr. Haywood, of N. C., is the real organ of the Presi- dent’s views—that Mr. Polk is now very much averse to the notice and all other,strong measures— and that he would be glad to see Cass, Allen & Co., deteated in their war movement. Perhaps yes— perhaps no. At all events, it is quite evident, that the Senate will not rush into any action on this most important question—this first ste toa new course of foreign policy—until the arrival of the next intelligence from England, showing what has been the reception given to the President’s Message, both by the Bri- tish and French governments, or at least by the newspaper press of those two countries. The vote in Congress upon this question, even the debate itself, may depend much upon the character of the next intelligence from Europe. If the European governments have formed resolutions to bring on the contest ,and clash between differing principles ot government, they may, if they choose, with the agency ot Great Britain, build a pretext for war upon the Oregon question, in its present intricate and delicate position. In the meantime, the coun- try and the masses are quietly reposing under this , uncertainty, and waiting the development of events. Navotkon in Watt Srreet.—A great deal of noise has been created inthe Wall street circles, re- cently, in consequence ef the war raging there be- tween certain classes of brokers, and one of their fraternity who is called the Napoleon of the street. This Napoleon of Wall street, by his talent, intel- ligence, and genius, has risen, within the last few years, from the capacity of a mere child, to be one of the leading brokers in the street, and has for some time given tone and direction to all financial movements. Every thing was going on swimming- ly—all his projects were coming out right—every thing he undertook was prospering, until the meet- ng of the present Congress, when the unexpected explosion took place on the Oregon question. This with other matters, caused an alarm in the public mind, and a change in the policy of the banks, that produced a panic; and up starts a long array of rivals, combining all their efforts to avail themselves of the opportunity, and to break down the Napoleon of Wail street, in the same way that the nations of Europe did the original Napoleon of the world.— Napoleon of Wall street, however, has rolled back the tude, and has exhibited resources to the amount of many millions in the contest. At present he triumphs, und is victorious; but the confederates are | still busy, and still predicting war between this country and England; still calculating on some happy contingency by which the panic will be con- tunued, and the banks compelled to restrict, in order to compass the ruin of Napoleon We doubt not, whether we have war or not, they will be cil overwhelmed, for we believe that the battle of Waterloo in Wall street, is postponed in- definitely Navan Prerarations.— We are glad to see a pro- ject introduced into the Senate for building and com- menciag a steam navy. Whether we are to have ‘ar or peace—a settlement of the Oregon question or Hot—we beg, hope, and entreat that Congress will pags a law appropriating five or six miilions of dollars, so that the country may be put ina respecta- bie position of detence. If peace is to be continued, those steam vessels that may be built, would serve as packets between America and Europe, and in thi: way would pay not only their expenses, but reost Pass the measure at once TWO DAYS LATER PROM EUROPE.) ARRIVAL OF THE PACKET SUIIP OXFORD. Firmness in “the Cotton Market. Fears of Famine Subsiding. THE CORN LAWS. REVERSES OF THE FRENCH IN ALGIERS. OF THE OVERLAND MAIL FROM INDIA. MONEY MARKET, &C. | ARRIVAL By the favorite packet ship Oxford, Capt. Rath- bone, we have advices two days’ later than previ§ ously received. | "3The Oxford left Liverpool on the 6th of December, in company with the packet ship Virginian, Captain Hiern, and has been on the coast for the last ten | days. . | Mr. Yeaton—to whom we are indebted for our | files—first officer of this vessel, landed at Southamp- | | ton on Tuesday evening, and arrived in this city by | the Long Island Railroad last night. | It is yet very uncertain when the Oxford will reach this port. | The news is not very important. The cotton market is rather firmer than on the | sailing of the Acadia. The corn market has declined. The famine excitement has somewhat subsided. The news from Algeria shows that the French | make little progress in the subjugation of Abd-el- Kader. Her Majesty’s government have issued orders for 42,000 sets of accoutrements for the militia of the | English counties, the whole to be ready on the Ist of March next. The various clerks of the sub-divi- sions throughout England have likewise received orders to certify to government the dates of their respective appointments. The following failures are alluded to in the Lon- don papers:—Messrs. Walters, who stopped on Sat- urday, and whose liabilities are now reported to amount to £60,000, were in the the butter and pro- vision trade, and are known to have been people of good property. Messrs. Brown are a firm of some standing in the Manchester line, formerly, at Jeast, | if not now, doing an extensive business; and lastly, Mr. Britten, of York, whose suspension was an- nounced to-day, and whose liabilities are said to be £20,000, is a grocer in a large way. Tue CuancerLorsuir.—We have heard a rumor from a quarter likely to be tolerably well-informed | | upon such a subject, that in consequence of the seri- ous and continued indisposition of Lord Lydhurst, | some intention exists of throwing the seals into commission ; and it is further rumored that in the | event of such an arrangement being carried into | effect, Mr. Baron Parke will be the Lord Chief Com- | missioner. Snare Marxet.—The week’s business, though | limited, is of a firmer character than previously re- ported. Much caution continues to be evinced by all parties, and but few are pressing sales at the pre- sent moment, particularly for scrips of a sound ne- | ture. Cooke’s Circus, at Glasgow, was, on Tuesday, to- tally destroyed by fire. Prerarations FoR War.—Additional batteries are being erected at Sheerness, Portsmouth, Ply- | mouth, Pembroke, and other places on the coasts of | the island. A great number of traversing platforms, | 16 feet long, to be fixed by pivots to the masonry of the embrasures, are in jronress of construction at | the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich; and some idea may | Le formed of the quantity of work now performed in the eae department; where about five or six | years ago only aflout 100 hands were employed in that branch, there are now between 350 and 360 men employed, aided by many new improvements in Haiti equal to the work of a great number of hands. ‘he contractors for timber for the Royal Arsenal have not been able to supply the extra de- mand for seasoned timber, in consequence of the great and unanticipated consumption, and the dock- | yards have been had recourse to. Numbers of large | guns have been forwarded to Week: and other ex- posed islands, and to the Cape of Good Hope and other colonial possessions, and the greatest activity | prevails to strengthen every place at home and | abroad, for securing them in the event of being at- | tacked. A number ofthe block ships, heavily armed, will soon be ready for their respective stations, and add greatly to the defence of the coast. The Liverpool Mail, in speaking of the famine in Great Britain, says: “It is, as we anticipated, and it is delightful to record the fact, that the monster ‘Famine,’ with which the nation was threatened, | has begun to devour its insolent and mendacious authors. Every post brings the cheering intelli- ence that the potato failure, the distemper, are fal- facies not engendered by the brain, but proceeding | from the heart—fearful falsehoods, invented for a sordid and dishonest purpose.” The disease among cattle has again broken out in South Lancashire, and many farmers have lost the | greater portion of theirstock. The present disease appears to be a violent affection of the lungs, and in many cases it is quite incurable. Sheep, on the | other hand, are doing remarkably well. | All navigation between St. Petersburg and Cron- stadt has been stopped since the 11th ult. by the frost. On the 12th St. Isaac’s Bridge was removed, ard the | Neva became so filled with blocks of ice, that on the | 13th all communication between the shores of the river was stopped. ALLEGED INTENTION oF GovERNMENT TO REPEAL as Corn Laws.—The Times of Thursday, had the following announcement :—‘‘ The decision of | the Cabinet is no longer a secret. Parliament, it is confidently reported, is to be summoned for the first week in January ; and the Royal Speech will, | it is added, recommend an immediate considera- | tion of the corn laws, preparatory to their total re- peal. Sir Robert Peel in one house, and the Duke | of Wellington in the other, will, we are told, be prepared to give immediate effect to the recom- mendation thus conveyed.” The Shipping Gazette, of Thursday, saye— The | announcement to the public, this morning, of the | speedy meeting of parliament, for the consideration | of the repeal of the corn laws, has caused quite a | | duce this year, than has ever been known befc | daily—they, atten: | proved in health. ports opened is mostardent for very obvious reason?, the character of the Times was considered to be 80 peasipellicd to that of the oy crying “wolt” in the fable, that nobody felt sufficient confidence to operate without a confirmation from some more re- spectable authority. 1n the metropolis, therefore, the oracular respomag has done but little mischief, but it does not follow that it will end in that manner in other quarters; The steamer with the mails for | the United States would leave Liverpool to-day, al- most immediately after the receipt of the morning papers; and as there will be no ae packet for a month to come, it is easy to perceive what mischief may be done before the effects can be counteracted. Thatsuch an article is calculated, in the present re- lations of the world, to lead to extensive speculations | in grain in the United States for the English mar- ket, and probably a good deal of it on English ac- count, is undoubted ; and although this may not be looked upon as a national evil, it may be a public ad- vantage gained at the expense of individuals by sheer and unmitigated mendacity. Arrocious FapricaTion By THE “ Times.”—We are now, we rejoice to say, in a condition to give the most positive contradiction to the statement of a proposed repeal of the corn laws, which appeared in yesterday’s Times. The statement, it may be remembered, embraced three propositions :— First, That Parliament is to meet in the first week in Jan bi i Second, That Ministers have resolved upon a re- peal of the corn laws. i Third, That the projected repeal is to be an- nounced in the opening speech. __ Every one of these three propositions is false. Parliament will not meet in the first week of Ja nuary, er much, if at all, before the usual time of meeting. iS The cabinet has come to no decision whatever upon the subject of the corn laws. 5 | It must be unnecessary to add, in the third place, | that a resolution not formed can hardly have a place provided in the Queen’s speech. What follows, as our readers will perceive, was written before we had the perfect Sertainhy iat we now have of the utter falsehood of the Times’ statement. Upon what we have written above we stake the character | of this journal —From London Standard of Dec. 5. _ Te AvLEcEp Famine In IngLanp.—The market in Dublin, on Wednesdays was better supplied with potatoes, which sold at lower prices than on any day fora week past. The provincial market notes representa general decline in the price of all kinds of grain, but potatoes are somewhat in advance— they have not, however, approached the high quo- tations in the Dublin lists. At the last Limerick market, cup potatoes were only 23d to 3d pr stone-; white 14d per stone. At Nenagh, on Tuesday, the prices were exactly the same as Limerick. The following is an extract from a letter, dated Sligo, Nov. 28, 1845 eee 4 spent a great deal of my time, since I came to Ireland, in rambling over the country snipe shooting, I have made it my business to inquire at every potato field, respecting the crops ; and my own opinion is very different from the gene- ral one, inasmuch as I do not think—at present at least—that there ai t ground for the alarm univer- sally expressed. 'y reasons for this are two: Ist, there is a very much larger surface of ground sown with potatoes than ever there used to as it has now begun to be so much the custom to fatten pigs and cattle upon them for the English market ; se- condly, that there has been a very much larger pro- fore.— That the disease exists both in the ground, and also in the pits, there is no doubt; but there is another circumstance J did not mention, that the wheat, bar- ley,and oat crops are the best ever known—in short, the farmers’ words are that “it is the most product- | ive year ever known..” Tue Navy.—The following oflicers of the China | oo squadron have been promoted for an attack on the Borneo pirates in Malloodoo Bay,on the;morning of | the 19th of August:—Commanders—Henry Lyseter, acting captain of the Agincourt (confirmed), an Edward Gennys Fanshawe, of the Cruizer, to the rank of post captain. Lieutenant—George Morritt, first of the Wolverine, to the rank of commander. Mates—Marcus Lowther, acting lieutenant (con- firmed) ; Philip W. May, of the Agincourt, and | Charles Nolloth, of the Daedalus, to the rank of lieutenant. ‘Tue Exprrimetrat SquapRon.—The experimen- tal squadron, under the orders of Commodore Wil- Ites, consisting of the Rodney, 92, Captain Collier, Cc. 3B; the Albion, 90, Captain N. Lockyer, C. B.; the Canopus, 84, Captain Fairfax Moresby, C. B.; the Superb, 80, Captain Corry; and the Vanguard, | 60, Captain Willis, arrived in Plymouth Sound on Wednesday at noon. Suspension or a Crercyman.—In the Arches Court, on Wednesday, Sir H. Jenner Fust decreed the suspension, for three years, from duties and the emoluments of his living, of the Rev. John Day, clerk, rector of the rectory of Hawridge, for habitu- al drinking. MEvancuo.y CatasTrorne.—Ceptain Coleman, formerly of the Jane and Barbara, of this port, but who lately took a vessel out from Newport to Que- bec, arrived with her at G! last week... On Monday night the captain and his wife retired to | sleep in their cabin, which, unhappily, was heated | by a pan of charcoal. In the morning Captain | ‘oleman’s brother went on board, by appointment, | to meet them, and on opening the door ofthe cabin, was horrified to pereeive Captain Coleman lying on | the floor insensible, and apparently dead, whilst his | wife was sitting pa bed, in the act, as it would | seem, of dressing herself, but quite dead and cold ; | the one having been nearly, and the other.altogether stifled by the noxious fumes of the charcoal. Capt Coleman was instantly conveyed to the Gloucester Infirmary, in a most Ppeenices state. Seven young | children remain to bewail the loss of an affection- | ate and tender mother.—Bristol Journal, Court aNnp FasionasLe News.—The Duchess | of Cambridge, accompanied by the Princess Mary, | is ewe to return to this country, from Germa- | ny, about the 14th instant. The hess of Kent, | the Duke of Cambridge, and Prince Edward, o| Saxe Weimar, are ona visit to the Queen Dowager, at Witley. Her Majesty and Prince Albert continue , ! atthe Iale ot Wight—driving out or promenading | led Whippingham Church on Snn- day. The Earl and Countess Brownlow and the Ladies Cust, hrve arrived at the family residence in Relgrecominesey from Witley Conte, the residence | of the Queen Dowager—the noble Earl is much im- | Spain. The Royal Council was installed on the 25th No- vember, at the National Museum. There are two candidates talked of for the presidentship of the Chamber of Deputies, M. Castro y Orozco and M. Bravo Murillo. The fete of the queen appears to have been celebrated in the provinces this year with great enthusiasm. Turkey. We have received advices from Turkey, dated | Constantinople, November 17. The question which | continues to occupy the attention, not only of diplo- macy but of the public, is that of Syria. On the 13th the five am assadors met at the Austrian pa- lace, and agreed to the contents of a joint note to the Porte on the subject. The Porte has come to | a determination which speaks highly of its wish to go hand in hand with the representatives of the alli- ed powers. ers. The Paris papers of Tuesday contain a series of | commotion in the city. On every side, it is made the topic of conversation, and those who have ad- vocated the measure are now in high spirits at the | prospect of the success of their “pet” subject. It | is understood that the government are quite pre- | pared to carry out full measures of repeal, and that there will be no reservation, in any respect, for the | special convenience or protection of the landed in- | terest. The income tax has yielded so large a| source of revenue, that the premier is alleged to be atly in favor of a general reduction of imports that affect the ordinary and ill-provided clasees of | the community.” We copy the following from the Morning Herald, | December5. “ The Times, yesterday, announced | that parliament is to be assembled in the first week in January, and that the royal speech isto contain a recommendation to consider the corn-laws with a view to their repeal. We are not going to contra- dict this statement, because, while it is the easiest | thing in the world to make such statements, it ia impossible to contradict them by authority. If any | cabinet minister directly or indirectly, informed the Times of the alleged purpose of the cabinet, he was guilty of a scandalous violation of hisoath as a privy councillor ; and if the statement of the Times be utterly false, as we believe it to be, any cabinet minister authorizing us to contradict 1t must equally | violate his oath. Under these circumstances, we can only afford to our readers this amount of infor- , en that persons in the most intimate confidence of the boy sya know nothing what- ever of any such design as that imputed to the cabi- net; of its extreme improbability, on other grounds, readers themselves can judge. We, however, will | assert nothing positively, tor rash conjectural asser- tions may decieve as mischievously as wilful talse- ho id if we can help it, we will never deceive. Meanwhile we may not conceal it, that the state- | ment of the Times has obtained a degree of credit | which, if permitted to extend, must lead to very se- rious consequences.” The subjoined is from the city article in the same paper, dated Thursday even- ing :—“ The speculation hazarded by the Times, af- firming that parliament will be assembled at an ear- ly period to consider the present stste of the Corn- ws, with a view to their total abolition, naturally caused considerable excitement in the city thro out the day. Much as people are accustomed to t ie reckless audacity of the self-styled leading journal of oat it was difficult to convince many persons that such an article would be hazarded without some foundation, and this view of the subject was assiduously fostered and propagated by the ultra free-traders. After due reflection, however, sus- picion of the accuracy of the statement pre- ponderated, and no perceptible influence was felt in any department of the money market.— | Even in Mark-lane, where the desire to have the | despatches from Marshal Bugeaud and other officers in Algeria, from which it is evident that no advan- tage has been gained over tlie Arabs. It was deem- ed probable in Paris, that ministers would recall the marshal, because of the very awkward situation in which his administration had placed the French in Africa. A portion of Abd-el-Kader’s regular cavalry car- ried into Morocco the whole of the crops and pro- perty of an important tribe which had, by the advice of the Emir, emigrated from Algeria into Morocco. The French troops were unable to prevent this bold and important movement. We learn from the Paris papers of Tuesd: the position of affairs in Algeria was every coming less defined and more complicated. The Ft com had i peer several despatches from larshal Bugeaud, and the — commanding in Algeria, and although the dates are not later than those brought by the local papers of the 25th ultimo, yet, do these despatches reveal a state of things, which, in the hands of those engaged in the conduct of operations, 1s far from satisfactory. We deduce from the accounts taken, altogether, that Marshal Bugeaud confines his movements to the central pre- vinces, not venturing to advance towards the west, the most agitated portion of the country. The mar- shal, however, had been upwards of a month mov- ing about the restricted circle of his operations, du- ning which time he failed in cate! his slippery foes ; and had, in fact, his labor, and must have been most harassing, tor his pai Bou Maza, the | redoubtable Bou Maza, was burning and destroyin; round about Orleansville, and_had attacked Colonel bog with great vigor. This chief has given orders to the tribes to fly before the French, and it taken to submit, ays that 4 and await with patience their opportunity. jut the most important in- cident of all remains to be told. Abd-el Kader, | eageees to be in Morocco, suddenly shows himself atthe south of Algeria, at a place called Taguine, the memorable scene of the seizure of the Smala by the Duke de Nemours. The conclusion drawn | from this fact is, that Abd-el-Kader does not mean | to establish himselt in Morocco at all, but to settle somewhere near ‘ie Sahara or Desert, and with the Desert at his c > » mand, to menace the whole south-" ern frontier,* ‘en to the province of Constantine. ‘Thus with 6 u Maza fiying trom point to point with Abd-» Kader masquing his intentions so skil- fully asth t they battle penetration, with the Arabs everyw re shaken in “their fidelity to the French, and th -1r fanaticism and hopes excited and exalted, the French generals seem not to know where to Move or strike ; so well, indeed, has Bou Maza— | for he must now be spoken of asa chief second only | to Abd-el-Kader—so well, we say, have Bou Maza and Abd-el-Kader combined their operations, that the Arabs have been able to open their silos, or pits! | and to carry off all their stoi | slightest importance. Carthage: | Total, 55460. lay be- | 7 | the salos comprise 70 tres, 90 bris, grain iato Morooco, | so that the French army will have to draw their pro- visions from France. The tribes have sleo bea. | ordered to waste a co! mperover the Frei | appear in search of them, an: us oblis e inva- | depp to keep to the coase ‘until the time when Abd-el- | Kader shall come, scommeng to promise, with an | innumerable army of the faithful to expel them. The Overland Mall. 7 The usual Extraordinary Express, in anticipa- tion of the Overland Mail from India, reached the office of the Morning Heral¢ on Friday mora- ing, December 5th. The dates are—Bombay, No- vember 1; Caleutta, October 22; and China, Sep- tember 30th. The state of affairs in the Pnnjaub had not improved. The government had been con- | ducted by the Ranee, or Queen Mother, Lalla Singh, the Commander of the Forces, Gooh- lab Singh not having signified his assent to the ar- | rangement which was to precede his elevation to | the Viziership. Meanwhile he continued to reside | in his mountain fort at Jumoo. The feast of the | Dusserah, during which disturbances had been ex- | cted, had passed over more quietly than could Ean been anticipated. It is a curious fact, illustra- | tive of the weakness of the present government of | Lahore, that no steps had been taken to punish the murderers of Jewahir Singh. The belief that Pe- shawer Singh had fallen a victim to the intrigues of Jewahir Singh had gained ground; but the rumor of his assassination had not been confirmed. The Governor General, Sir Henry Hardinge, arrived at Agra on the 16th of October, four days before he was expected, having travelled with unexampled speed trom Calcutta. He was expected to leave that station for Delhi, where he had appointed the Com- mander-in-Chief to meet him on the 28th. The utmost secrecy had been observed as to the ultimate intentions of the Government with regard to Lahore. Looking, however, at the great reparations which have been made, it is far from improbable that hostilities will ere long be commenced for the purpose of coercing the Sikh soldiery, whose rapacious and insubordi- nate conduct had rendered all attempts to establish anything like a permanent government abortive. It | seems Tmpomenie, indeed, that this banditti should | be permitted to convulse the frontier any longer. The news from Scinde is unimportant. Although | sickness had rather increased at Shirkapoor and | Shahpoor, the troops stationed in the lower districts | of the country were comparatively healthy. A | treacherous attempt to convey stores and ammuni- | tion to the enemy from {the British mi ine, by the Lahore Vakeel, is said to have been discovered, | and to have excited a strong sensation. This act | of perfidy had been countenanced by the Lahore Government. From Southern Maratta, beyond the | execution of the celebrated robber, Soobanah Nick- | um,jthere is nothing to record. The Nizam’s do- minions were in more than their accustomed con- fusion. Our latest accounts from China are of the 30th September, but they bring no news of the i Trade, both at Chusan and | Victoria, was extremely dull. The expedition which had been dispatched to chastise the pirates of | Borneo, at Maloodo, having accomplished its ob- ject, had returned to Hong Kong. The treaty for the cession of Laboan had been ratified. Commercial matters at both the Presidencies are | comparatively of an unimportant character. The naa on England, at Bombay, was 1s. 104d. to 1s. 10fd. for six months good bills. Markets. Loxpon Money anv Sane Maaxert, Dec. 5.—There has been very little business done in public securities, and prices remain much the same as at the close yester- _ day. Consols have been last done for money at 943 for socount 943, Reduced Three per Cents. 93], the Three | w 954,Exchequer Bills are a little firm- Stock re not improv- it 202. by arrival of the mail. The laet price was 30j, Deferred 16}, Colombian 16}, Equador 3}, Grenada 20; | Portuguese Four Per Cents, for account, 58}, Russian | 112, Dutch Two-and-a-Half [J Cents, 59}, and the Four 6 93}. The share market still exhi- | . The French Shares are creeping up little, and the more immediate c orders to purchase from Paris. Consola for Ac- | count, at a quarter before three, were 94} [.— The rates of exchange with all the ed points of the continent continue to be firmly sustained, and there is not the slightest symptom of any pressure from that | direction. Amsterdam, three months, was done this af- | ternoon at 12 942; Antwerp, 26 510; Hamburg, 13 13}4; Paris, 25 92} 95; Vienna, 10 67; Trieste, 10 7 8; Leghorn, | 30 70°75; Madrid, 3642; Cadiz, 36; Lisbon, 524}; Oporto, | 82){° The premium on gold at Paris is 12 per mille, which, at the English mint price of £3 178. 104d. Be | ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 45 ; andthe exchang: Paris on London at short bei | 95 60, it follows that gold is 0.59 per cent dearer in feed | don than in Paris. By advices from Hamburg the price | of gold is 433} per mark, which, at tee Foelee mint price of £3 17s. ies perounce for standard wold, gives an exchange of 13 9}; and the exchange at Hamburg on | London at short being 13 10, it follows that gold is 0.34 | ge cent dearer in London than Hamburg.—Liverpool | fail, Dee. 6. Livenroo: Corrox Marker, Dec. 6.—The tone of the market has been flat all the week, except to-day, when it has been rather fi dit and cme jwali- | i f American have bee! decline of jd per Ib., while the upper ones have been more easily met | with ; but to-day there hes beon less choice 4 Brazile and Egyptions are just stationary at our last | uotations—so also Surat. Sea Islands without change. | here have been taken on speculation 500 American. | Forwarded intd the country unsold during the ‘past | month—100 American, 150 Bahia, and 700 Egyptian. | The prices declared by the Committee of Brokers this | week for fair Cotton are—Bowed 4}d, Mobile 4}d, and | Orleans 4}d. Si from the 29th November to Sth De- cember inclusive—180 Sea Island, 12 a 17; 10 Stained do, , oh 6,370 Bowed, 3} a 5}; 10,280 Orleans, 3} a 7}; 4,540 lobile, 3] a 4}; '630 Pernambuco, 53 a 74; 270 Bahia, 6: a 6f; 510 Maranham, 4} a 6}; 730 in, 5f a 9; 23;10 West India, 7}; 1910 Surat, 2} a3}. Lonpon Corn Excuanae, Dec. in the Times, that Parliament is to mbled early in January, and that the Queen’s speeci recommend the total abolition of the Corn laws, which will have the support of her Majesty’s ministers, has completely put a stop to business in free corn ; and whether it he so or 80 powerfully affects the minds of buyers, that th ompletely paralysed, without producing any | improvement in bonded corn. The few offers received ts were from 18 tols 6d per quarter under late ut generally refused by factors, who would have | reasonable concession to buyers if business to tent could have been promoted. Liverroot Corn Excuance, De in the duties this week isa decli and Indian Corn to 3s quarter. T! which the country is still placed in referencs Laws, and the contradictory arnounceme: some of the London papers of yesterday on that impor- tant question,whether authentic or otherwise, have com- | pletely checked any extensive operations whatever in | the course of our market this morning, et which v few actual buyers appeared, and the sales of Whe! being limited in the extreme, all descriptions of Eng. lish, irish, and foreign, duty ' paid, declined 2d to 8d per 701b below last quotations. Flour was equally difficult to sell, Irish and home made receding 1s per sack, and Canadian 1s Mae bbl. Barley, Peas, and Indian Corn were more neglected than usual, and nominally cheap r; Malt, on the contrary, remained steady in value, jeans supported late prices. Oats continuing in small supply, were held on th a last noted, at which, however, scarcely any sal re effected; Oatmeal, ey little notice, was dat a further reduction of 1s per ‘240 1b. Inthe bonded market, no transactions have re- ranspired, and although Wheat is still held at former prices, the importers of States Flour appear wil- ling to concede an abatement of 1s per berrel. Waxeriziy Conn Manxet—Friday evening, Dec. 5.— The arrivals of all grains are moderately good. The de- mand for wheat very limited, and to effect sales, ls to 2s reduction had to be submitted to. Fine barley fully as dear; inferior 1s lower. Beans, old, are in request, and —The announcement new samples are dull, and Ischeaper. Oats jd per stone | and shelling 1s per load cheaper. Wheat 9,177; Barley 2,636; beans 661; oats 57: nrooL Provision Market, December 6.—We gain to notice another dull week in our Irish but- te irket ; the st jow held are becoming heavy, and, in some instances, sales have been made at a reduc- tion of 1s to 2s per cwt; but asthe dealers are scantily supplied, and must shortly come into the market, we ob- serve more confidence on the part of importers than for ime past. Bacon and hams are more plentifal,and jower. Lard continues to be taken at full tk are more readily sold, but there is = being only for ships’ stores ; the igh. ‘oot. Manxers, Dec. 5.—Sugar—Owing to the London, the market has been very are only 150 hhds B. P. and 1000 bags Bengal ine of 6d to 1s percwt. Nothing done in Mau oreign continues neglected. The sales of Molasses mitted to 50 casks Demerara at 23s per owt. ‘0 casks Jamaica have been sold at auc- tion this week ; the prices were rather it ular, and the quotations are reduced 2s to 3s percwt Of Foreign, bags Rio, at 48s to 668 for good and fine middling, washed, and 30s per cwt. for common ordinary; some trifling low of U Rica and Leguerm are reported .at the quotations. A small lot of black Pepper sold at 24d per lb. of Co- coa, Ginger, or Pimento. Rice islower, and only 1000 bags sol 16s 6d to 178 3d for white broken, and 208 ir cwt for good white Bengal, being a decline of 6d to te per cwt. Ram—The sales are 160 casks, cheifly strong Demerara, 35 to 37 per cent O. P., at 362d to 38 4d, wih a few casks of a favorite mark as high os $6 10d jallon. ewoods—There has been almost a suspension of demand for Logwood; 30 tons St. Domingo ae £6 Qs ton; a cargo of Tobasco is announced for pub- next week; 20 tons of Cuba Fustic brought £6 2s 6d; 36 tons Lima Nicaragua Wood £13; 21 tons Cam- wood £9 178 6d to £13 10 tons of Bapan Wood £10 16s, and 10 tons green Ebony £9 1 rton. Turpen- has farsa td be had ie to son having — | acce) for rrels of fair ality. No | pre fo ted in American Tar, but 800 barrel of Stock. holm have been sold, the price of which is not reported. | The demand both for Montreal Pot and Pearl Ashes con- very limited, but prices remain nominally the sa Hides—About 3700 salted Buenos Ayres Ox and Cow have been sold, chiefly at 4$d per lb., but in other descriptions the busin is to a vory limited ext Tobdacco—The sal: last month reach 976 hhis. (, 79 stemt Holders are firm, with a steady market. Only a limited business continues to be done in Brim- stone; sales of first quality were made at £6 perton.— No sales worthy of enumerations have been made in Su- on or Tartar. About 10 hhds of Quercitron Bark at os Pet. owt. Olive Oil remains without = wot lots The Fish Oil market is oxcessively figt, and the only sale reported thie week is 20 tans Cod, at 108 per tua. ‘In. isted by | 5, med; 253 Kentucky leat | g taken for immediate use.— + e doing, 1 6d. Oil of Turpei from 7! but he disposition is shown as effect o-. eae an been sold lower, tons for sr 3 iam aires hes pekoas y at £29 108 to £30 per tun. In Petersburg Hemp no business has transpired; 400 bales sold at £31,and of Jute, which is rather flatter, 700 bales are reported at £12 for inferior, up to £14 10s for very fine. The tallow market has been rather depressed this week, and although no sales of yel- le are reported under 42s., it is understood that have been taken ; in other descriptions not has » excepting 60 casks North Ame! atdispercwt. 420 kegs American Lard were sold 483 to49; per cwt. Stare oy Taape—Mancuesten, Friday evening, Dec. 5.—We have had another dull and very heavy cloth mar- ket this week ; and h rather more has been doi a WonperFut Rexiciovs Discoveriss.—We un- derstand that Dr. Koy, of Brooklyn, the distinguish- ed scholar in Oriental languages, and biblical litera- ture, who has just published a second edition of his Hebrew dictionary, arranged upon an entirely new plan, similar to that which prevails in Chinese liter- ature, has, within the last few months, made some extraordinary and wonderful religious discoveries in the interpretation of the Revelations. These discoveries, we understand, tend, in a surprising manner, to develope the meaning of that mysterious book of Revelations embraced in the New Testament, and attributed to St. John the Apostle. They have been brought about, it is said, by a learned comparison of the ancient and Oriental with the modern Sanscrit and Chinese characters— and by acomparison with all the ancient monu- ments in Egypt and Hindostan. As far as we are given to undersiand, Mr. Roy has ascertained, without doubt, all these wonderful and mysterious things. According to him, Millerism, Mormonism, Unitarnanism, Fourierism, and all the other “ isms’» ot the day, which have recently agitated the world, are merely emanations of Satan and his mysterious asseciates, from the lowest regions of unhappiness and fire, below. The mighty struggle coming on before the reign of a thousand years, or the Mil- lenium beginning, as referred to in the Revelations, is now understood and ascertained, with almost physiological, if not mathematical, accuracy: it means the great coming contest with all the new discoveries of the age—printing, steam, magnet- ism, &c.—which must soon take place between England and America. The revolution in religion, begun by Luther, was the comnrencement of this struggle—and we are now only in the midst of it. The invention of the art of printing brought it on— and the wonderful discoveries of steam power, and magnetism, as applied to social improvement, will terminate this great crisis—of which the United States will be the agente. This great combination of | isolated Messiahs, will bring upon mankind a never ending Paradise—which, springing up from this country, will extend over Europe: eastwards to China, and southwards to Africa, and over all the isles of ocean. These general views are gathered from the won- derful discoveries in the Holy Scriptures, made by | the above mentioned learned gentleman, and the | new key applied to the Revelations. In a short time he may be expected to give further informa- tion, with explanations in the original languages, both in Hebrew and Sanscrit, and in the hiero- glyphics of Egypt, in Chinese and Japanese. We advise all who wish to understand the present state ot the world, to get themselves a copy of his HebrewDictionary, for that 18 the beginning of the | history of a great revolution in religion, and the right understanding of the Holy Scriptures. We are just on the edge of the millenium—and no mistake. Great Fuss asour Norninc.—A great fuss is being made about the nomination of Judge Wood- ward to the bench of the Supreme Court. The fuss arises because it seems that he once declared his | opinion that natives of foreign countries ought not | to be allowed to vote when they come to the United States. This did not agree with the ideas of a cer- tain set of worthies in Philadelphia, who were op- posed to that doctrine, and they wish him to be re- jected by the Senate for entertaining such an opin- ion. If Judge Woodward has always been an intel- ligent and upright man, that is sufficient. We don’t see how he could be prevented from holding any special opinion on politics or religion. If he isa man of integrity, and competent to decide all ques- tions that may come before him according to the law of the land, that is all that is requisite. The fuss against him is like a tempest in a teapot. Sracxine Arme.—The “ Bosworth squad” and the “secret circular clique” of the democratic party, have stacked their arms for the present; but we hope they have not given up the contest; for it is amusin& to see those two setsyor cliques, showing each other upto the community. If we are to believe what they say of each other, the State of New York has | a | been, for many years, governed by as graceless a set of scamps as any that were ever thrown into the State prisons for stealing a pound of pork, a pound rH | of bacon,“or a pair of old boots. These political | spoils-men commit more petty larcemies on the | public than all the rascals thet are in the two State prisons. | Oregon Meetinc.—A meeting on the subject of Oregon was lately held in Philadelphia, but there was little effect produced on the public mind, in con- sequence of the peculiar position and character of | the persons who figured at that assemblage. We | have not heard of any attempt being made here to call an Oregon meeting—in fact, there is a singular apathy in the public mind relative to this matter.— | The masees seem to look on the Oregon question as | asubject of the deepest importance; and as such, | they are willing to wait and hear all that will be | said on the subject, by the President and by Con- | gress, before they take any distinct action upon it. Tur Recorpersnip.—We understand from Alba- | ny that the Governor is indisposed to appoint a new Recorder ‘for this c:ty, under the impression that asa State Convention will meet this year, an entire revo- lution may take place in the judiciary of the State— hence an appointment now would only exist fora brief period. In this view of the case, it is proba- ble that the present Recorder may hold over fot some time to come. | Triat or HongyMan.—Smith, alias Honeyman, one of the alleged Clinton barge robbers, will be again placed on trial this morniug, in the Court of | General Sessions, a juror having been withdrawn | on the former trial, by consent of counsel on both sides, in consequence of the improbability of bring- | ing the case to a close before the expiration of the | term. JournaLism.—Among the new papers projected, | that one about to be started by George P. Morris, has probably the best prospects. All his old friends, who enabled him to start the Mirror, are, we under- | stand, coming. up and taking hold manfully. The | attempt to crush him will hardly succeed. | Temrteton.—The following ie the handsome letter sent to Mr. Templeton, by the committee | his charitable concert Dean Sim :— | Asacommittee, named at the meeting of those who were called by the Mayor, to arrange for the distribution ef funds arising fro ur concert, on | behalf of the poor of our city, we ou our cordial acknowledgments for your generous volnn- teer on their account ; and, in doing so, while we re- | spond to the fee! of our citizens at large, we have greatly to regret that the result of the concert did not more fruly correspond with your kind wishes, and the desire of those who took an active part in the necessary ' arrangements for the occasion. Our best wishes go with you in your joamey South ; and trusting that your reward may be equal to your merit, as ‘ve are sure it ought to be, We dear Sir, ‘Your obedient servants, (Signed) WILLIAM Oa aaa | RAMSEY CROOKS. | SHEPPARD KNAPP. EDWARD tg SANDERSON. F. C. TUCKER, | R. EMMET. | Journ Taurtaron, Req. . s % sper ee who were appointed to distribute the proceeds of | Theatricals. Panx.—The boxes of old Drury were graced by much | Of the loveliness, refinement and intellect of the city last evening. The ladies were in full dress, and all seemed highly gratified and delighted with the entertainment pre- sented. “Richard III,” in fact, has lost none of its first freshness and beauty, but becomes more and more popu- lar and attractive with every representation. ‘The glit- tering armour, magnificent costumes, beautiful and cost- ly scenery, heraldic bearings, gorgeous decorations, ke, together with the vast multitude of persons employed in the various scene: combine to make it the most bril- liant pageant ever witnessed on the stage. No pains or expense has been spared by the management of the Park to render the play historically correct, and a golden har- vest will be their reward. “Richard” is repeated to-night, with other entertainments. Bowery Turarne.—Rowe’s celebrated tragedy of “Jane Shore” was performed last evening at this theatre with distinguished succes Mrs. Phillips’ enactment of the herome of the piece, deserves the highest commen- dation. She drew tears from many eyes. Of J. R. Scott’s performance it is unnecessary to say more than that he fully sustained his high reputation. There is a deep moral lesson in the piece entitled “Six Degrees of Crime,” which, we perceive, is taken from the French, 'rench dramas in gen deep impression, and is justly called a thrilling drama. The interest is'kept up throughout ; ry scene is a picture of life. The acting was good ; each performer his part well—the dances were be- witching. The only fault that could be found, is the too long interval which occurs between the acts. The ox- travaganza, as it may almost be called, of “ The Widow's Victim,” kept a delighted audience in a constant roar. Mrs. ent deserves particular notice for the ease and nature which she performed her part. Mr. Daven- Et was nervousness itself, and acted his part admira- ly. The whole entertainments of the evening did reat credit both to the management and the performers. Tne house was crowded from top to bottom, eas ae wonder. Mr. Hadaway’s benefit comes off thi: Those who have seen him, and who can apprecia' acting, will not fail to be present ; and those who not seber him, havea treat before them which they will do well not to miss. Tue Hanmonzons at Parmo’s.—A very full. fashiona- ble and critical audience, were in attendance last even ing at Palmo’s. The unequivocal success of the Harmo- neons is satisfactory evidence of their musical abilities and discriminating taste. The only impatience or uneasi- ness manifested by any portion of the audience,is as their want of promptness in appeering at the pare, time de- signates the time they consume while engaged in their chi of ettire. This matter needs reform, and we Trout and ieroeni patronage hee, determined thom to reat increas femal throughour The present, and perhaps prolong their vis t, for another week. a Mars. Mowatt, eur talented New York actrees, just been playing Shgepoman® in Charleston and Savan- nab, and as we learn from our correspondents there, has been most eminently successful, having succeeded in bringing out the most fashionable audiences, to witness her chaste and classic pertormances. She is joing to travel through the extreme South. Mrs. Mowatt is adopt- ing the proper conras- 7atudyion sp the proper school of | art—the same; school in which the ts of Forrest were eloped. When he first sppei in Philadel- hia he was only accounted an ordinary actor; aud had 6 remained in that or any other city permanently, would never have made.even an approsch to the eminence on which he now at But travelled through the le there had an opportunity of witnessing the his different attitudes, expressions of the pas- les of elocution upon different classes of people and intellects, and finally settling upon his = eculiar system, and so that when he re-appeared et Al- ee he was at once seen to be a young actor of supéri rey to hustsionto fume. Ste Mowat is pareaog tbe way to ic . Mra. “4 doubt not will be as s same course, and we ace Mapame Avousta.—This ed and beau! tir this city, in negotia- ‘ihe menagetent of the Park Thastre, for the brated ballet of Giselle.” We un- d, however, that noarrangement has been made, but that Madame Augusta will probably bring the ballet ogre pander’ is suet be very aitative sad 4 . sure will undoubtedly hi great ran. ite a th violinist, whe appeare: this cine, prota aps, eae in Baltimore. He in- tends travelling through the Southerm States. This is his proper course. Heisa young meses in his travels he must inevitably improve vastly, and will return greatly aaacre sched Tor young artists. Mester Busko now has a . | Feached is ultimatum ue ee ae Beriot, and his as far as he ma: 5 not have done so, ut should have spent some years in travelling. a Teerre.e Accipent.—We were informed yester- day afternoon, by Mr. W. P. Burdick, that a most appalling disaster occurred at Carbondale, Pa., on | Monday last It appears, that while the miners | were engaged in therr labor, at ten o’clock:on that morning, from four to six acres ames p — in upon those in the mine, literally burying them/alive. | ewan supposed that from fifteen io thirty ‘were in the mines at the time of the dreadtul Three of the laborers had been dug out before. Burdick Jett Honesdale, a place near Carbo! They were of course dead. Mis ‘Wan Mertinc —Trere is | John’s Hall to-morrow Boarp or Epuca Aligence. to be a wer meoting at St. ning. ‘This body was notified to | meet lest evening. o’clock, at the Chamber of | the Board of jistants. At 6 o'clock, the Clerk pro- ceeded to call the roll, and seven members only having answered, the President announced that they had not a jworum. The gentlemen present then separated, the resident having first stated, tbat infuture he would have the roll called atten minutes after 5 o’clock, and if | & quorum was not present, no business would afterwards | be taken up. A Hero rrom Texas. | Texas, who | arrived at Wi having arrived in this city, and is the guest of ir. Bean, 106 Waverley Place. He was one of st and most #1 officers | in the late war with Mexico. He lost his right arm at | the storming of Alamo. Bennett, tue Convicten Pource Orricen.—We un- lerstand that Bennett, the police eficer but recently convicted for a constructive grand larceny, in assuming | to himself the “ undisput possession” of 214 sove- reigns, the property of one Murphy, is strenuos efforts to have his expected sentence mitigated. In or- mplish this, he proposes to restore all he has left of his il otten treasure, amounting to about $600, | to the rightful owner; but whether the Court willbe disposed thus to compromise the are, remains yet tobe an der to accor seen. We have, however, too opinion of the Court to believe that the idea of Bennett to pur- chase a mitigation of his punis! stolen funds, will be entertained for a single moment. |. Se Accipent.—A boy named John Ellsler was bro the City Hospital on Tuesday evening, | having been run over by one of Murphy’s omni | the wheel over his chest—in the Bowery, | Division eaeiag bones were broken ; buthe suffered | severely from the effects of the shock. - | | Severe Accipent.—A man named John Brady, a la- | borer employed on a new building in Sp:uce street, was | brought to the City Hospitel yesterday afternoon—his | foot havin slipped. while going up the ladder, and he Roving fallon fives the fourth story” ints the cellar” Hie received a severe concussion of the brain, and wes otherwise badly bruised. Guticn Guaro’s Batt.—The tenth annual ball of the lick Guard will take place on Wednesday evening, st, at the Apollo Saloon. It will be an | Gul | Jan, 21 | affair. | Massaeg or Gov. Brices, or Massachusetts — | The message of Governor Briggs, of Massachusetts, | was delivered at Boston on the 18th instant. His Excellency is in favor of the protective policy, and | speaks in terms of censure of the remarks of the Pre- | sident, relative to a revenue tariff, in his message | to Congress. It appears by the message of the Go- | vernor, that the reports of the officers of the State | prison, present a satisfactory state’of affairs in that | institution. About six thousand dollars have been { expended in repairs and buildings within the walls, | during the year. A remarkable de; of health | has prevailed among the prisoners. But one death | has occurred among nearly three hundred persons, | in twelve months. “ ; The Governor next alludes to the difficulty which exists in procuring conviction for capital crimes — There are four crimes in Massachusetts punishable With death—treason, murder, rape and burning a dwel- ling house in the night time—and the Governor recom- mends to the consideration of the Legislature the pro- priety of reducing the number ot capital offences now ex. in the commonweerlth. He ‘in the case of murder, much reflection has convinced me of the pro- | priety of making degrees of guilt in that crime. Whilst the ity of death shall remain against the wilfal and deli crane murderer, - bog first degree, nora ph in |, 8000! lef fe, committ under circumstances ” H gation, should be by confinement in the State | oneammanee ak of the Lunatic Hospital, at 9 number of inmates ie " | Worcester, is about three hundred and sixty. The ar | rangement, order, neatness general management of this ee ia son hme’ year, the towns raised, for the support , $676,556 02, being an increase over the preceding year of $26,000. The Secretary of the Board of ». in his report for the present year, states that the amount raiwed by the tewns in various ways, “for common schools, will exceed one doilar a piece, for every man, woman and child in the State” The people of Massachusetts expend an- bo for the purpose ef education, more than a million of dollars. The returns from the towns for 1844, °45, show the number of scholars in the State between the 8 of four and sixteen years to be 194,984. The whole number of public schools is 3382. Incorporated academies, 66, unincorporated academies, rivate schools, and schools kept to russ ub- lic schools, 1167, maki schools of all kinds, 4615. The number of teachers pablic schools, winter and , is 7267. Of thede,.2523 and 4774 These returns also show several +m- jucstion. The vem , gratifying to the friends of th rT of has feed cho p heee cere