The New York Herald Newspaper, April 29, 1846, Page 1

wnat ee ae. se Be Ts PUREE TEE alia ot= —==——_— Wel. XIli, Wo, 111. hele Ne. 4338 NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 29, 1846. — FROM EUROP E. Exc! asive Express from Sandy Hook. fs Ay gata ag by ors Bilk- and the Coercion Bill. Probable Quarral in Parliament on the Corn Opposition of the Times’ to Sir Ro- bert Peel. Another Battle in Algiers between the and the Arabs. French THE POLISH INSURRECTION. Another Ministerial Crisis in Spain, New Offer from the British Government to Settle the Oregon Question. THE RAILWAY MANIA 1 SUBSIDING. Inactivity in the Corn Markets. IMPROVEMENT IN THE MONEY MARKET. Aotivity in the Ootton Market and Manufacturing Districts. &e. de. The steamship Great Western, Captain M: jathews, was telegraphed yesterday morning at ten o’clock, and the news reached this office by our exclusive express at about one o’clock. We are indebted to Capt. J.B. Parks, of the swift steamer Jacob Bell, for our papers by the Great Western. Capt. Parke saw her at 9 inthe morning, about thirty miles E. S.E. Hook; boarded, her as soon as possible, o’clock off the and ar- rived in this city two hours in advance of the steam ship, by coming through Coney Island channel. ‘The Great Western brings a large number of pas- sengers and a full freight. The news is highly interesting, but not important. ‘The money market was steadily improving. There * had been an advance in consols. ‘The latest dates from the United States were re- ceived by way of Havre. The English papers copy fromthe New York Herald the speech of John C. Calhoun, which arrived at Havre by the packet ship Havre, Captain Ainsworth. ‘There was considerable business doing in at fair prices. cotton, New Barren Prorosrrion on Onzcon.—One of the Liverpool papers—the Merewry—atates positive- ly that the British Government sent out Mr. Paken- bam, by the Caledonia, the offer of fresh negotiations tothe American government. If so, Mr. ham will re-open the negotiation in a few Washington. Paken- days in The Ministry wish to connect the corn bill and the coercion bill, and carry them through together, by a sort of log-rolling movement. The probability 1s that the whole will fall through, and the Ministry will, probably, break up. This will; probably lead to difficulties with this country. Packet shi.p Independence arrived out on Victorie,, hence, at London, on the 8th. [From the Liverpool M i Dee, Umiten Srates Fhe oats aterda: which will be foun still further tends England and America will Seance tration, and, enter upon a useles 88, eX} an war. It would ttle ag ote tion if it were the 9th. news received in Li- trom America,—a summary of found in another columa,—although few of the doings and violent feelings of Congress, to con- in opinion we have all al expressed, that . will, es beoutnes two such settle their disputes by reasoning, ar- it need be, by concession, rather than uinary sey He for their boasted civiliza- rwise ; and there is little doubt ignorance of our slow-coach ith n temporaries the eubject,—will be fralty nettle this important and long: ma Ccon- ed, and img ques- ‘The Rheinische Beobachter of the 8d inst. states that the net revenue of the Zollverein, during the ime thalers more than during the year 1844. ited to 26,168,289 thalers, being indian corn have met ready Some one of I oy mga ithin the last day or for Ireland. Some parcels of fi 90, changing for The : b of ooemnoaly on *Change to-day. two, supposed ti joreign wheat, al- out of 1 OF Sour oa of a Liverpool house . was For the sent it is ot necessary to refer more speciaily to Tt is understood that the title of Sir H is ir Henry Har- Penhurst, i: dinge will be Baron Penhurst, of county of Kent. ~ _ Advices from New York tthe 18th of ES i i : 3 ae iy Er that ii : i es Fe He to the dignity of and granting him of the 16th Lance: i if iB 2 ‘with these German arrivals from the United States have this less than usual, and as the houses ‘on the return of veesels after di for convey ng the emigrants to their tions, great is now ~~ find the means of shipment. therefore, been sent by steamer London for final embarkation. eeveral yessela to carry out the remainder, ehortly in Havre from and in the angfoo, in China, and of Maha- in the East Indies. The tained the nomination of Col. Sir Knight the bre in the East is ap- Smith as Adjutant- arrival are crowded year “wd uch bere relied chiefly their car- destina- how to hundreds have, from that port to And it is said that Lidipoat. Tae Weatuen.—The months of spring that have elapsed have been as remarkable as the preceding winter. February ard the earlier part of March were unusually mild, and vegetation presented a cheerful aspect, only to be blackened and checked by the severe frost that followed. It is rather a re- markable circumstance that, till the middle of March, there had not been twenty-tour hours con- tinuous frost for months. The few days frost of that month, however, did much to forward agricul- tural operations by pulverising stiff soils. The greater part of the oat seed has been put into the ground in this vicinity in favorable circumstances, and barley sowing has commenced. An unusually breadth of beans has been laid down, from hesitation of farmers to incur the risk ot planting the extent of potatoes that, but tor dread of “the disease,” they would have been inclined to have done. Seed potatoes, sound and of good quality, are plenty, and freely offered at 163. and 183. per Ll. A balks crop of {grass is antic pated. Clover indeed, veh jut it is every- has, where thickly 8 of warmth browned by frost, planted, and a few Testore its healthy ipg more than hope, however small, of an approaching revival The prevailing inactivity is undoubtedly due to combination of causes, some of which, as always the case, will not be thoroughly understood till they are examined with the greater coolness and fuller information ot the future. Foremost stands the high price of food, here and on the contineat. The delay of the measures proposed by the legislature for mitigating the evil, by making its duration and ulumate effect in this country very uncertai ida to this cause the utmest exaggeration of which it is susceptible. Improvident speculation in railway schemes, and the consequent diversion of capital from its ordinary channels, comes in aid of the dis- treas, and is also helped in its effects by the legisla- ture; some eight or ten millions of the floating capital of the coeniy being thrown by law into the hands of the Bank of England, there to await the issue of further legislation. Thus the incubus which now presses upon the energies of the country ‘assumes practically the aspect of an ordinary dis- | turbance of mercantile operations, by a general rise in the price of food, with the fluctuation and uncer- tainty always attending such a disturbance, and the re-adjustment of commercial affairs upon a new footing, enormously aggravated by the concurrent decline of a speculative mania, and the announce- ment and protracted postponement in Parliament of measures which must ultimately pass, and when they do may be expected materially to affect all com- mercial transactions of an extensive cnaracter. But the immediate cause of suffering, and the one most universally felt and complained of, is the un- certainty that hangs oe juture. No man can see the probable issue Of any new engagement, or even of those by which he is already bound. So far as existing circumstances have occurred before, experience is a guide. But they are all bound up in uatried and even undetermined legislation ; and who ehall venture to predict the event of that? [n such a state of things, even the certainty that Parliament will donothiag for three weeks 18a relief. Accord- ingly, with the near approach of the Easter holi- days, we see here and there throughout the ion of activity. But x or more than itis. There ime when men must cexee to hold large stocks the hope of a recovery ot prices. The expediency ot holding is a question of time, for even under the most favorable circumsteaces, its cost is measured by the interest of the capital it locks up. He who bears up under a given pressure for three months, while relief may never be ten days off, may, and probably will, give way at once before the prospect of certain delay for even three weeks. But the fall of prices, and the temporary imactivity which en- sues under such circu is-no cause for con- eratulation. It is but another movement in the down- ward course. It marks a stage in it, but not its ter- mination. In short, it proves, not that the pressure is diminishing, but that some can bear it no longer. ‘The result may, and probably will, be to reheve markets tor the present, and by adjusting the stream of commerce more neatly to its narrowed channels to restore an apparent equanimity; but, as to those immediately concerned, the operation is rather to be described as an donment of hope than as a revival of it. The truth is, that with the exception ot some eset epee ne as a for ex- rt,prom, a conside! le reduction of prices, toads | to get rid of accumulating stocks, the markets of the manufacturing districts in the north and west ot England are more generally and truly de- preseed than they have been at any time since the commencement of the present year. 7 We need scarcely say that the change apparent in the last weekly account published by the Bank of Englani owing an increase in the circulation of about £896,000, after a constant decrease extending over the previous seven weeks,is no symptom wha: ever of a revival of trade. It is one of the most con. stent features of these accounts to exhibit such al increase shortly before the period for the payment of dividends, and after the circulation had ed its lowest point of the current quarter. In the present instance, the increase been postponed rather beyond the usual period. And any comparison of the present — of the eae ‘eet \ f amouct at past and corresponding periods, only fur- ashes sddional evidence of the extent and severi- ty of the existing depression. If, for instance, we take the returns made immediately previous to the quarterly payments of dividends, since the result of tne harvest gave the first check to the commercial proeperity of last year, we find that though there as been a very large increase in the amount ad- vanced by the bank upon securities, there has been a progressive diminution in the amount of her notes (and post bills) in circulation Cir. inclu. Tot ding Bank in Banki: Post Bills. Department. £2) .000 Sec'tis than Govern ment Sec tes. 16, 318, ‘000 The only favorable view to be taken of the recent partial movement in the manufacturing districts, is that which regards the probable effect of reduced prices upon eee ee But this, af at all per- ceptible, will probably be very slight. The market we are suffering from the loss of, is that we had at home. With the bulk of the population, the check to the consumption of manufactured articles lies either in the want of Cael em or the dearness ot food, or in both. No fall in prices can inciease the amount paid in wages, till it has promoted con- sumption as to draw off accumulated stocks, and stimulate to renewed production. This, however, supposes a general renewal of activity, which can- not be looked for while the fate of the corn bill re- mains undecided. —. News. lronmasTeRs’ QuarTerty Mggtinc— Brrmino- nam, THuRspay Evenina, Arai, 9.—The usual quai terly meeting of the ironmasters,was held here to-day The attendance was more numerous then usual, and much anxiety was manifest for the result. un- settled aspect of both the political and commercial affai the country, coupled with the aig, | of money, and the consequent probability that a less quantity of iron would be required tor the construc- uon of rail induced many persons to imagine thate reduction in the price must take place: the result has, however, shown that in spite of these circumstances, the demand for the commodity is sufficient to sustain the market ; and, as | predicted in The Daily News, a fortoight ago, the prices of last quarter are still to be maintained. At the opening of the business to-day, all the large masters intimated that they were determined to stand by the existing rates; for a while, however, Pwo ber Gat in making their perchasce it it they at least were exceedin doubuul whether this et rs worth muse or, in other words, Whether it would be possible for TTowside the close of aera, newer deal of buninese was done. as Bon tek ale ie current prices are—for Staffordshire bars, 101. per ton ; Staflordshire pigs, 5i. to 5/. 10e.; Shropshire pigs, 5l. 10s ; and Blenlavon pigs, 61. 5s. per ton. As intimated above, many sales were effected at thse rates; at the same time it is also proper to state, that in many cases they were subject to the condition that they shoud be at reduced rates, should circumstances cause ircu to fall in price within a — period. : e settling passed of] very more éo in tact than mighi have been sidering the depression which the other industrial branches of ; The general trade of the country sti!l continues ina very unsatistactory state. In the manufactur- poppe with the Magra 3 of the iron Lge ere is & ion in business, and prices have fests given way In the produce markets here the quantity of goods brought torward at \- lie sale, being greater than the ordinary demand for home consumption warrants, and no one will ‘venture to buy on speculation, the shipping orders also being very limited for all articles, the conse- quence hus been a general fall in prices. Money is likewise in greater demand at rather higher rates. We ascribe this unsatisiactory state of things chiefly to the uncertainty that existe ss to the im- portant measures brought forward by Sir Robert | movement. | affair as the Batile | figures to suit us. Homer’s confi Peel being ultimately carried, and also the doubt | that exists asto the permanency of his ministry. | The arrivals of uce have been to a small extent | only since this day week, but several ships are near | at hand ; and the public sales declared to take place are highly important, and will further put prices to | the test. It is a surprising fact that most kinds of East India and China produce are selling here un- der the cost of importation. Tue Revenve—The exposition isa discouraging | one, and it proves that Sir Robert Peel’s newly- adopted whig-radical and free trade policy must followed by the same results that attend the adhe- | gion to the same policy DC: his whig-radical and free trade predecessors. The total decrcase of re- venue‘upon the year is no less than two millions one hundred and twenty-seven thousand pounds sterling. _ Inthe customs the decrease is more than two mil- lions anda halt; in the excise £338,822. These Fp none would by Soccer eoromns. fog more an the aggregate decrease, but that theyfare‘in part balanced by a casual payment of about three quarters million of ransom money from China. : ted for by the anticipated of duties on importa, Sir Robert trade measures, but the returns will not bear out this solution ; for the decrease is least in the last quarter, when, only, the free trade measures could be anticipated. {n the last quarter it amounts to no more than £440,588. ln that quarter there i however, a fearful decrease upon the more impor- tant domestic sources of revenue: beginning with the excise, which presents adecrease on the quarter of no less thantwo hundred and ninety-one thou- sand pounds, the index toa future annual decrease ot coer more than one milkon sterling. ¢ last year, too (the Premier has boasted of it,) has been a year of unexamyled manufacturing pros perity, with this result, that there has been a de- crease in the property and income tax, though a small one. Now t lecrease,whatever its amount, proves one of two things—viz: either the manufac- turers who talk of having doubled their capital with- in the year, have made false returns to the property and income tax commissioners—or the other payers of property and income tax have lost in the year as much as the manufacturers have gained. There is no escape from this dilemma. r Thanks, however, to the property and income tax, and to the Chinese indemnity, there is still a surplus income above expenditure. ‘Bat for the property nd income tax, and the Chinese indemnity, thi plus would be a deficiency—a deficiency as asany that occured during Lord M Mr. F. Baring’s administration of the Exchequer. The country must therefore content itself with the thatthe decrease in the | Fis! advertising van, emblazoned “ Ke; ” vacuous | and impudent— a4 | “Like a tall bully, lifts ite head and lies.” ) And yet this inextricable confusion, ao far from | being merely a fortuitous concurrence of events, such as all the world, and particularly the palace of | Westminster and the City of London, must be al- | ways exp to, is in this instance the premie: own special contrivance. He it was who brought | the stage wagon athwart his own line. Till that, | the coast was clear. He is resolved that both vehi- | cles shall force their way, though it be over one | another’s downfall. Such seems to be his impossible | ambition. « ‘ Pass my Corn Bill at once,” he cries ; | “the people are starving!” “But first pass my | Protection of Life Bill—only the first reading, no- | thing to signity.” ‘‘ We shall never pass our Cora Bill.” “ You must pass the coercion bill.” In fact, in the Premier’s own mind,.the two measures, coercion and corn, are as inveparable as the Siamese twins. | The ene is to carry down the other. The coercion | bill is to pass in the rush for corn. It is the policy ot the country butcher, who clogs the beefsteaks which you want with a shia of beet which you do not.want; or, if you order something to eat, sends it at least an equal quantity of something which you can do nothing with but melt into tallow candies. The ceercion bill isthe ministerial make- weight of the corn bill—all sinew, tat, and bone.— You know there must be such things, and you are ready to acknowledge their value at proper seasons, and alter suitable processes ; but they are not what you ordered, and youdo not like to,have them thrust uy jpon you. The last word of command is that the wagon is to fall into the line ; the coercion actis to move first. As it is there—as it has been forced into that false position—there is, we suppose, no helptorit. It must have the precedence. Yet it passes our com- rehension to discover why grace and penalty should e BO unnaturally ussociated. Why yoke together the mortal and the immortal steed? Free trade isa thing forever. Its benefits are for ages, its savor for eternity. Coercion is the temporary suppres sion of an existent evil. Sir Robert Peel may at last find the impossibility of the unequal union. — ne earthly steed already flags, and may, perhaps, be emitter and fall. Its immortal tellow will sur- vive and press on ; but the harness must be prompt- ly dussevered, or the charioteer may find himeelf rolliag in the dust together with the fallen quadruped. Times, April 9. Recerrrs or THE ZouLveREin.—A letter from Berlin, March 27, in the Gazette de Cologne, saya— “We learn that the receipts ot the Zollverein for 1845, are considerably higher than for 1844. It is said that sugar, cofle~, and other colonial produce, have produced a million of dollars more than last consolatory assurance, that, if the free trade policy is to be persevered in, the property and income tax are rivetted on it for ever—nivetted on it with a cer- tainty of enormous augmentation. Let not men deceive themselves. The people who in 1822 (when the free trade policy was intro- duced by Mr. Muskisson) were able to pay, without inconvenience, sixty-four millions in taxes upon consumption, are now able to pay but forty-five or forty-six millions. Why’ Because betore 1822 we made the foreigner pay for our laber—because now the foreigner and the mill owner divide the fruit of our labor between them. _ Let not men, then, deceive themselves with these facts before them, or complain that Sir Robert Peel deceives them ; Sir Robert Peel can now deceive noman. True, he said last year that the property and income tax should terminate with 1848; but look to the revenue returns, and to his free trade projects, and there see the terms of his next proposition—for @ renewal, aye, and a large aug- mentation of the property and income tax. These terms are expressed in a familiar and even vul; phrase—* No compulsion, only you must.” Sir bert Peel makes the renewal and aggravation of the property and income tax indispensable to obviate a national Rearaneey: We may all now see the trick. The official revenue returns for the year and quarter ended the 5th instant have just been published. They show a decrease onthe year of £2,327,219, and onthe quarter a decrease of £1,121,504, which, ep gp ‘amount of duties reduced or fabolished, ej enhanced price of provisions, and the general stagnation of trade and less than might have been anticipated. however, a surplus of £1,783,308 of revenue over expenditure. In the custome there is a decrease of ry 113 on the year, and of £440,- 588 on the quarter. the excise there has been a decrease ot £338,822 on the year, and of £221,027 omthe quarter. ‘he total decrease on these two items, on the year, is £2,850,935, whilet the total amount of duties reduced or remutted, last year was £3,331,000. The property tax shows an increase on the quarter of £58,171, and a decrease on the year ot £19,707, the total amount of revenue derived from that impost being for the Singoeg? £1,968,882 and for the year £5,084,074. the stamps, taxes, and Crown revenues there has beena slight increase. In the post-office, also, we po ag tosay, there has been an increase of £37, on the quarter, and £89,000 on the year, and we have no doubt whatever that if the plans of that great national benefactor, Mr. Rowland Hull, which combine frequent deliveries, and proper attention to the public wants and accomodation,with cheap and uniform postage, were properly carried out, in- stead of being stemetely neglected, the pre is of the penny postage would very soon exceed highest sum ever received under the old system. Tne total charge for the quarter is £8,477,206, a de- crease of £232, 797, as compared with the corres- ponding quarter of 1845. The total ordinary reve- nue is for the quarter, £9,735,790, and for the year, £A7,792,751, showing a decrease on the quarter of £1,121,504, and a decrease on the year ot £2,827, 219, yet still leaving a surplus of income over ex- penditure of £1,783, 308. Errgcrs or tue TarirF Apnoap.—The C. Gazette states that the modifications in the English tariff which permit the free bag eh of cattle and all sorts of meat into Great Britain, have so re- acted on the Hamburgh markets that prices have risen immediately—so much so that it is sensibly felt by the middle classes, whilst the poor are scarcely able to buy meatatall. In the course of to 7,000 head of hoi Sm Rosert Pest anv Tas Tiwes.—The Pre- mier is lost to the drama. No one to compare with him for the construction of a plot! No one can tie ate into so desperate an entangle- ment, and select so judicious a moment for the fall of the curtain. Just as all the dramatis persona are en, in one complicated scheme of mutual des- truction, of which the heroine bids fair to be the fir t and central victim, they are suddenly with- drawn from our eyes, and we are left to anticipate, if we can, the ingenuity of the hoped for deliver- ance. The fair lady is Free trade, to whom Sir Robert appears at present but a recreant knight — After solemnly plighting to her his troth, off he starts to capture Jerusalem. leanwhile she is surround- ed by foes and false friends, and it requires some faith to believe that she will ever get out of their clutches. Just as the blow is about to be struck, the curtain drope—ihe namber of the feuileton closes—the i isatore sends round his hat.— When the feelings are harrowed to the highest pitch of endurance, they are suddenly commanded to wait. The artist closes his lips. folds his arms, ‘= son vacancy. The audience are perfectly. jwift helps us to a title for our drama. The Battle of the Bills is as terrible, it not quite so heroic an ot the Books. It would be vain, or’s classic originals for lax of winter tor- rents in a rocky bottom, and Vir, Evwrurque No- tusque, are not to the Legislative méiée. We \need not go further than our own metropolis, Fleet street, as one may now see it at least twenty times in the tena is the fittest type of the modern St. St , under the auspices of Peel. A huge omnibus, goad, confident, and ms- cellaneous, breaks thro the barrier of Temple-bar, and dashes down the street with brillant impetuosity. It is the Corn Bill. A heavily loaded wagon drawn by six horses sud- denly emerges from a side street, and occupies the ps h of the thoroughfare. There can be no i ‘That ie the Irish Coercion Bull. The t perseveres, 80 were ite Sere pel es alternately push on, and get together. Meanwhile a vnbes of vehicles accumulates swells the contusion. In five minutes it is a dead Jock from the d: plains of Farringdon to the dark defiles of the Temple. The ae Act, another omnibus, presses immediately y The Settlement Bull, in the shape of a short singe from Hounslow, and the Highway Rates B| tt atuck The, Moworolian Build ~ . letropolitan Building loaded with brieks, brings up the rear. Innu- however, to go to that ai in the insidious form of hand ‘the Graham, and during which last year Hamburgh ie pote to England from 6,000 the cattle. year. However, the sum produced by sugar was considerably reduced by the amount of the pre- minms of export, meecning § sum of not less than 400,000 thalers. It is undoubtedly sugar refineries, which ara at present the most flourishing underta- kings in the whole Zollverein, notwithstanding the competition made to them through Holland of a sort of exceedingly fine moist sugar, which ecarcely requires refinin, The net revenue of the Zollve- rein, says the ish Observer, amounted in 1844 to 24,212 526 thalers, and in 1845 to 25,163,289 thalers, being an increase in the latter year of 950,- prove to their auditory the inconsequence and the | evil results of the protective system ” * * “ Owing to the present movement'in England and | the favor it meets with, the ancient prohibitive sys- | tem in France, as elsewhere, will be shaken, and | custom-house duties will be reduced, anu the formi- | dable amount of duties paid to foreigners will lose its power and its effect. It will be generally under- | stood that commercial transactions are for individu- | als. Some governments are already following the example given} by Great Britain. “ Arbitrary prohibitions will be effaced from the | code of nations, from ours, at sans, Where they are | so numerous. It will be admitted that foreign com- | petition is salutary, as tending to ndvance the per- fecting of industry. There are interests to be affect- ed in England us well asin France; and yet there they bow to evidence, and to the commands of the eneral welfare. Absolute commercial freedom, ike eternal peace, is an utopia; we do not deny it; but an utopia which we must strive to approach, as near as possible, and which, if we cannot reach, each day at least ought to bring usa step nearer. ‘| lourrier de Saint Etienne states, that “the strike at the coal mines still continues; but it is ea- ay tosee that the influence employed by the most violent prevents the mass from returning to work. Yesterday (Monday) morning, at Cote-Thiolliere, the workmen were going to descend the pits,when numbers of the refractory came and took them from their work.” The Courrier de Lyon adde—‘‘At the moment we are going to press, we are informed that the direc- tors of the mines are taking measures to restore confidence to the miners, who have believed, with- gue md foundation, that their wages were to be re- luced. A Marseilles journal has the following: “We have received from Algiers, April 1, news of a very serious affair, which was not yet noticed by the journals. Accounts had just been received of an engagement between the column of General Cavaignac and an Arab force, six leagues from Tlemcen. The Creneral had received a sort of challe: from a new Khalifa, who was desirous o trying his strength against the French. _ The Khalifa fixed the day and place. On the dav appointed, the 28d, General Cavaignac left Tlemcen very early ig the morning with a body of cavalry and his co- lumn, and marched towards the appointed spot. The French found an Arab encampment, and the beget immediately assumed an offensive attitude. “The Arabs appeared to be above 3000 in number, viz., 1200 horse and 2000 foot. The com- bat was sharp, and lasted two hours. The Arabs fought desperately, but being put to rout they took to flight, leaving 200 dead. e had some loss. It is said that a chef de bataillon, and some officers, were killed. It appears that Marshal Bugeaud consider- ed this affair to be very important, for a staff officer, Captain Poucet, was sent off from Algiers in the Paramond with despatches for the Minister of War respecting the new engagement. The news arrived at Algiers on the evening of the 3lst ult, by the Tartare packet, whieh left Oran on the 29th.” Spain. i We have advices from Madrid to the 2d inst. The intormation we gave yesterday, that Pezuela was replaced in the cabinet, and Marine by Mazza- redo, isconfirmed. The crisis is, however, by no 763 thalers. Parliament. Apnit 8.--Sir Rosert Pgs. moved the adjourn- ment of the house till Friday, the 17th of April, which was agreed to. 2 Sir James Grawam then adverted to the distress in Ireland, laying on the table of the house the re- turns made to government by the Scarcity Commis- sioners, the members of which are Sir R. Brown (the Commissary-General), Sir Robert (Professor) Kane, Mr. Twisleton, Colonel Jones, Sir J. Dom- brane,and Mr. Mackenzie. These returns exhibi- ted unequivocally the daily increasing jprogress of the distress. Atter some conversation, shared in by several Irish members, Sir Robert Peel expressed his satisfaction at the fact, that, though some prejudices had to be overcome, the introduction of Indian corn was already effecting a social revo- lution im Ireland, by re inthe peonee taste for a higher description of food. Trish people were discovering that they could work longer and better, and were im better condition, by the use of meal, the produce of Indian corn, than by the use of that watery food, potatoes. At pres- ent, however, Indian corn was only admitted into Ireland on a sort of suffrance, under the authority of a treasury order; the bill which would fully legalise the importation was aiill waiting the deci- sion of Parliament. The guaranty of an act would inspire confidence. Let it not forgotten, too, that we required foreign wheat to mix with our own, at a oheaper rate than the present duty of 163. per- mitted ; sad if we could get oats and barley-meal at a duty of one shilling, instead of five or six, 1t would be a great and desirable addition to our own supply, and he had no doubt that an immediate importation would follow. At present there was no treasury or- der, except in the case of Indian corn, and all opera- tions in the grain trade were in a state of great un- certainty. Under these circumstances, he appealed to Irish members to withdraw their opposition to the first reading of the bill for the Pr. tection of Life and Property in Ireland, and allow it, on their re-as- aembling, to pass that state, with a reserve as to its future progress. i A discussion aroze, shared in by Mr. Hawes, Mr. Smith O’Brien, Mr. Caleb Powell, and Sir James Mr. ‘Thomas Dun- combe severely censured the government for their pertinacity in forcing on the Coercion Bill, thus ae stumbling-b! in the way of the Corn Bill. Their conduct had raised doubts in the minds of the public as to the sincerity of ministers in their commercial measures. The subject ulti- mately dropped, and the House adjourned for the Easter recess. Danret O’Conngt..—Mr. O’Connell delivered a very long speech in opposition to the Irish Coercion Bill. He had on a previous occasion given notice of a motion to appeal to Parliament *‘to adopt such measures a8 W tend to eradicate the causes which luce those crimes, instead of resorting to laws w! would harrass and oppress the innocent without restraining the guilty.” In the course of his remarks he went over the same ground that he has travelled for thirty years past, and dished up all tics and ideas which generally form the staple of his speeches in Ireland. France. The Paris journals ot Wednesday, which we have recei by our usual express, contain no news of importance. : a The sitting orate Meats of, Fg ag ails Nao jay was iT occupied with a s le be- tween Mt Ledra Rollin, the President of the Cham- ber, and some members, concerning the right of every deputy to address interrogatories te the mi- nisters. ‘This was brought on through a question which M. Ledru Rollin desired to ask of the Mi- nister of the Interior, relating to the riots at St. Etienne, and the strike which followed. After some conversation, it was acknowledged by all parties, as well as by M. Ledru Rollin himeelt, that the questions would be inconvenient at the present time, and thev were postponed sine die. The Chamber atterwards rejected the grant of money demanded by the Minister of Pablic Works tor the ereetion of a new bridge at Alby, which, du the debate, was styled an “ electoral bridge. item after all, that Prince Constantine is ex- ‘oulon, as M. de Kiseeleff, Russian pected at a charge d’affuires, has left Paris to receive him in that ; but, according to the autocrat’s com- peed gt young inks not tobe contaminated by contact with the French Court or the Parisian people; his special instructions being on no account to appear in the French capital. From Toulon he will sail to Brest, and thence to Plymouth. By a royal order of the 28h of March, the Prince de Joinville, vice-admural, 18 appointed Com- mander in-chief of the Mediterranean fleet. Rear- admiral Hernoux, aide-de camp to the Prince; is nominated quartermaster-general of the fleet, and Captain Touchard his assistant. Rear-Admiral Quesnel will take the command of the division, and Captain Charner is jinted to the command of the Souverain, on of which the Prince will hoist his flag. The Journal des debats hae just taken the lead as an advocate of free trade in France. We extract the following from the number ot Wednesday. et has been said a thousand times oo aon e protective system, without their bein, to reply, oy these prohibiti these exorbitant du- a, tender every ge ta a = Le turn net very persons were meant toproteet. Let us take, tor example, The thread and Jinen manufactures. Ei had operated a change in her yoo wi ore. is done on ao mense scale. It was necessary for us to meet it. “The great difficulty to be overcome is that ma- chinery is 0 expensive. And what has been done 1 At the moment when England allows the free ex- carts work rm the casual openi The Public 10 je Pu Works Act, the Pressatment, Act, the En- closure Act, Inw bills, physic bills, education bills, church bills, uoder the several guises of }, vans and buggies, surge against the obstacle. As far as the eye can reach, an endless colamn of raiiway bills is ready to take advantage of the first onward Boaring above thems all, the top-heavy portation of this machinery, instead of throwing | oe our gore to them, which would have been followed | ries, the diy machinery, which was already high | enough, has been raised to the highest pitch. This is the encouragement given to national industry! It must be avowed that thie measure 1s one of those | whieh the orators of the use of to << the establishing of numerous spinne- | means over. Ministerial crises are the chronic dis- eases of Spain, and so long as a spirit turbulent as that of Narvaez presides at the Council Board ot Queen Isabella, they will continue so; nor is there the slightest prospect of permanent tranquillity and gradual and beneficial progress in the affairs of Spain, and the condition, moral and physical of the people, whilst the jealousies and ambition of Chris- tina are perpetually in operation, and thus between ‘the Queen Mother and the Duke of Valencia, this country, so naturally capable of the highest degree of cutivation and improvement, retrogrades in the list of European civilization. mie When out of office, Narvaez 1s reatlegs in intrigues to return to it, and when power is again fully in his grasp, he admits of no difference of opinion, even trom his colleagues in office and equals in rank. His political system is founded on the principles of ‘‘Nar- vaez le vout,” and with a fuli knowledge of this, Mon refuses to join his cabinet, and Pezuela, the Duke’s kinsman, and fiery as himself, retuses to ry to his impetuous and overbearing will.— Fortunate results to a nation at peace are rarely seen when a military officer presides over the councils of the state, and unhappily in Spain, at this time they reverse the fact of ** Cedunt arma toga.” It appears that the cause of dispute was the new law to regulate the Bolsa, which was expected to appear in the Gaceta of the 3d instant. As it is well kaown that Narvaez has speculated and lost to a large amount in the funds,and quarelled with Pezue- Ia becatuse he would not assent to this law, we may perhaps find some curious provisions in this bill. We allude elsewhere to the “permission” sent to Don Enrique to take “the waters of the Pyrenees.” Gonzales Bravo has left Lisbon, and reached Ma- drid. He w reported to have d himself openly and unreservedly in favor of a liberal system of policy. t ja dated that the rich banker, Salamanca, had renewed with the government a contract for four years for the supply of salt. The French Am! jor Bave an official dinner on the Ist, at which the Dukes of Rianzares and Valencia, the Ministers Burges and Orlando, and many persons of distinction, were present. On the Ist instant, El Imparcial appeared. The Correo de Madria was to appear at the end of the week, and there was a talk of a large Progressist journal, to be edited by some writers of reputation. We fear, however, that “ Young Spain” will not find great encouragement. __ General Roncali is sppoinied Governor of Cuba, vice O'Donnell, reealled. The official Boletin del Ejercito ennounces that Generals Concha, Cordoba, de Olano and Araoz have obtained leave to travel abroad. A great ma- ny persons ot rank and wealth had left rid to pass the holy week at Rome. ¥ El fo, which has always a kind word to say for the absolute Cabinet and the mild temper of Nar- vaez, assures the on of Madrid, who dote on rumors and crises, that “the Council on Tariffa and Duties is indetatigably occupied with the re-consi- deration and reform of the tariffs, in order to re- epond to the ardent desire of the Ministry to see this question settled with all possible despatch—a ques- uon which excites 80 great an influence over public rity. 7 let the Heraldo blows this “flourish of trum- pets,” the Gaceta, of the 2d, presents the following winces within eight mandate :— oa “ All heads of cities and pr days are co nmanded to |in to Government the number of Lunatic Asylums in their districts, or if there be none in any particular district, to declare whether the lunatics are conducted. Perhaps Nar- vacz considers that his Ukases and Lawe of the Bolsa may bring such Asylums into immediate re- uisition. : The political chief of Barcelona has published a regdlation as to the way in which electrons of mem- bers of the Cortes are to be conducted in the ensu- ing occasion. Each deputy is to be elected by an bere ee banp Spe oe Age se ant to propose tor the approval o| governmen' 18 district ig to comprise a population of 86,000 souls. When, however, the localities will not allow thie, @ deputy may be elected in a minimum population of YN, souls. Thue, the province of Catalovia, which comprises 442,278 touln, may have thirteen representatives. m ‘he Bishop of Barbastre, a venerable octegenari- an, who has lived many years et Pau, in exile, has just received authority to return to Spain, and re- ume the control of his diocese. The royal man- date in dated 26:h of March, and was sent to the pre- late by the Minister of Justice. Maprip Borsa, April 2—Three per cent, 31 8-16 at 30 days ; Five per cent, not quoted ; Bank ot St. Ferdinand, 280; k of Isabella, 170; Company of Iris, 126; Company of probity, 186; Comme. Royal Ope of the Anchor, 170; General Assurance, 80; ance, 170; Gas Commpanys 160. Exchanges, Lon- don, 374 ; Paris, 16 Polish Insurrection. A letter from Cracow states that on the 28th of March, the director of the police issued a prociama- tion by order of Field Marshal Count Castiglione, by which all strangers living in the city or in the territory of Cracow, whose are not in or- der, or who have not a special permission from the police, are ordered to quit within fifteen days, other- wise they will be compelled to do so by force. The following is a copy of the proclamation :— ert ana howd ofthe cxvieed matory qovers- civil an itary has ordained as follows: « all strangers within the city or territory of Cracow, have to quit the country as soon as possi- ble, with the exception of those persons whoee pase- ports are in due order, or who possess special per- mission from the police, which gives them the right of remainit the country, as— s “1. Pri individvals, merchants, aj tices, workmen and servants, if icy have establishment, or are in service. . “2. Manufacturers. ‘ “3. Those Austrian ani Russian subjects who are resident in the country since the 25th of November, | 1886, and who have inserted their names on the liets | 80 88 to enjoy the privileges of subjects of the State | | Police invites all strangers wit! passports in order, cannot give good and available reasons for the necessity of their remaining in and of Cracow, and on the sole condition of eating in the demand they must lay at once betore the po- lice if they request to remain, the reasons that in- duce them to do so. His Excellency Count Casti- glione will himself decide if the permission is to be accorded. “* Strangers, no matter of what rank or class, if suspected of having the least participation in the late disturbances, and if their passports are not in order, make no exception to the general rule, and must quit the country immediately, or they will be proceeded againat acco ys “In making the above public, the Director of the a hin the free city of Cracow, or,its onsite to present themselves avith- 1n fifteen days, when they will receive passports to enable ;them to return to their own country; this term paased, they will be compelled to leave tie couatry in such manner as may be deemed ne- cessary. e Accounts from Galicia state, that the peesante, far from obeying the order to retire to their homes, have attacked the Austrian troops at verious places, and are commanded by men of great military tac- tues. The number of troops in Galicia does not exceed 82,000 men. It is said that there 18 an ill-feeling be- tween the Russian and Austrian officers. The correspondent of the Deuteche Allgemeine Zeatwng has been obliged to quit Cracow, owing to the proclamation of C. Castiglione, regarding straa- era in general. At Wareaw, on the 18th ult, two ‘oles paid their devotion to their country with their life. On the eame day M. de Theis, the French Consul at that city, who had invited some of his friends and colleagues toa party at his house, on hearing that the execution wags to take place Imme- diately, put off his party, not deeming it suitab!e to make merry at the moment when the two untortu- hare men were suffering death. This produced a great sensation at Warsaw. Ev- ery one understood the motives of the conduct of M. de Theis, which it must be said was approved of by the consulate bedy ; but it is asserted that Prince Paskewitch is very much annoyed at it, as it is a tacit protest against tie executiuns he has or- dered. _ _ Greece. The following is extracted from a letter dated Athens, March 20:—‘ Since the discussion on the address, the debates in the chamber have been void ot interest, and the discussion on the budget has not yet commenced. The government brought for- ward various bills, which were adopted almost unanimously. These bills were on taxation, duty on cattle, trial by jay, and capital punishment. As regards this latter bill, the opposition endeavored to raise objections among the troops, which, though legitimate in the eyes of many, particularly in those districts where the law meets with no obstacle would tend, nevertheless, to prolong a state ob things in Greece, which the opposition was the very firet to censure. For many yeurs capital punishment has not taken place in Greece. The prejudices of the people inet the executioners, is such, that in the space ree years five uafortunate bei who had accepted the functions, were assassinated,with out the authorities being able to discover the mur- derers, or, perhaps, not ing to prosecute them.— Since 1842 no person en found in Greece willing to undertake the office of executioner. The daring of criminals has increased,and the late mur- der at Athens of the banker Kapoudas, has opened the eyes of all as to the neceseity of the fulfilling of the law. The government thought of substituung my ey mode, by sentencing the criminals to shot. “To this intent the bill above mentioned was pro- posed and adopted by a majority. is still to be seen if the S nate, where the op- position are in number,will agree, withthe Chamber ot Deputies and the country at large. _ The measures taken to put dowa the system of fgnway, Spa A are taking effect. More than a hundred brigands have either been killed or arrest- ed within the last three months. “In the azricultural districts every thing seems te be in a flonrishing condition, and a favorable season contributes to encourage the efforts of the population. *M. Picatory, the French ambassador, is now the object of conversation, owing to a fitigation commenced by hum against two journals, the Srécle and the Minerva, organs of the o; ition, who ac- cused him of having clandestinely carried oft two marble tablets bearing inscriptions,from the ruins of the temple of Diana, at Poros. This attack was the more mat-a-propos as M. Picatory has but lately, at his own expense, restored by French architects, a part of the temple of Erechtea. “The public were indignant at the charge, and the Siécle and the Mineroa made public a for their conduct; but the matter had already been laid before the tribunals, and will come on probably in the ensuing week.” Turkey. We have letters from the Levant by the Cairo “ Bienen d sth ts a ‘rom Constantinople there is no news beyon the facts that the country was tranquil. The exten had made several changes and appointmeats among hislocal governors of provinces. The latest infor- mation from Syria assnres us of the general calm ache was be- pervading that country. Kiamil P% Sitereore from Ej pt is rather interesting thai e news frot is rat i ati io important. We loans that the piney imerehante ot Alexandria had petitioned for a reduction of qua- rantine. ‘The Viceroy was at Cairo and in perfect health, occupying himselt constantly with his improvements of the navigation of the Nile. The courier who brought the despatches of the great battle of Sobraoa, on the 10th ot February, crossed the desert with fans, rapidly covering Ho from Suez to Alexandria in twenty-seven jours. The mail reached Suez on the 17th, by the steam- er Akbar, with 44 passengers. In cone: quence of the tempestuous weather there was no very late communications from Beyrouth ; but it wasa matter of much surprise to learn that a quarantine of six days had been established in this uerbor for vessels arriving trom Marseilles. Thisthas arisen from somethin occurred on board the Longeor steamer — since. ies Large cargoes of cotton and other goods having been sent fren Egypt to Liverpoel, there arose long delays in admitung the goods and vessels to tree pratique,and the goods are thus compulsorily retain- ed ie — = vessels, — the phew at hier pool could make room tor them. In consequence this, several leading houses at Alexandria and Liv- erpool resolved on petitioning government for a re- medy, and also a modification ot the quarantine on vessels from E It was necessary to back vu; this with ceruficates of health, declaring the Tength of time since the plague, or even a suspicious case, had been known. This attestation was issued by the Board of Health at Alexandria on the 19h ult., declaring that, since the 10th of October, 1844, there had been no actual or suspected case. Thi certifi- cate was countersigned by all the English and other merchants, and has been transmitted to the English ones apetperagrenntarr a application willbe Foreign Thentricals, A The following actors and actresses were playing in London at the latest dates, vizr—At Her Ma- jenty’s Theatre—Madame Grisi, Siguor Mario, Sig- nor Fornasari, Maile. Lucile GrahngMadame Petit Stephan, Mdlies. Moncelet, Mere Demelisse, and Madame Louwe Tegtiont M. Gosselin, Ber- trand, Di Mattia, and Perrot. Theatre brary Lane—Messrs. W. Harrison, Borrani, > S. Jones, Weise, Stretton, D. W. Kind, Miss Ke- Bebe Mere Weil: Perec: towel t Mae nubile, . W. H. Payne, . Mat- thews, Wirland. and Master ¥. Payne. Mademoieelle Cerito has just appeared at the ra House of Berlin, in a new ballet of no particular merit in itself, but affor the fair dan- seuse an excellent opportunity of exhibiting het Terp- sichorean genius. tito was hono! with ap- ae eo inger and the best actress ve never received. St. in a series of graceful poses. Vieuxtemps, the great violinist, gave his last concert at Berlin on the ult, when he played the violin concerto of Bee ven, and the only one. ever com by ter, and a of his own. The success was pertect, and Vieuxtemps will leave the musical world of Berlin in a state of the deepest regret at his departure. On the 80th Signor Tamburini made his début nt the Berlin Royal Theatre, in whe character aro, in Rossiay’s “Barbiere.” The enthusi- asm with which bis periormance was received sur- | pases description, and an enthusiastic critic pro- nounces him to be “a born Figaro,” emiently q by his voice, his countenance, his expres- sion, and his very jure and look, to embody that idea of the Spanish burber-valet which Beaumar- chais and Rossini intended to portray. Mademot- ete Dee end Leen artistes of Germany, is about to retire from the stage. The great novelty in Paris 18 the production at the Academie Royale de Musique, of a new ballet in two acts, entitled “ Paquita,” in which Carlotta Grisi, Adele Dumile- tre, and Adeline Plunkett executed a variety of pas A last pas, by Carlotta Grisi, is said to be worth all the rest. The music is by M. Deldevez, «rd is de- scribed as deficient in originality, (wring, and ot Fy © 4 Or All thowe who, though in the possession of