The New York Herald Newspaper, June 4, 1847, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. Vol. XIII. No. 154—-Whole No. 4751. ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP HIBERNIA AT BOSTON. ELEVEN DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE. Important Commercial Intelligence. State of the Cotton Market. * ADVANGE INGRAIN. THE SUPPLY OF FOOD IN EUROPE, THE MONEY PRESSURE IN ENGLAND. Change of the Ministry in Prance. The Revolation in Portuga MEXICAN PRIVATEERS. THE CAPTURE OF THE AMERICAN BARE CARMBLITA. &e., &e., &e. The steamship Hibernia, Captain Ryrie, ar- rived at Boston at five o’clock yesterday morning. She sailed from Liverpool on Wednesday, the 19th ult. The intelligence is eleven days later than that brought by the beautiful Rainbow. It was trans- mitted, in brief, over the telegraphic wires to the New York Herald office. It is almost unnecessary to say that the news to the commercial classes is particularly im- portant. The cotton trade had suffered severely from the pressure which prevailed in the monetary circies. A better feeling, however, began to mani- fest itself after merchants had leisure to peruse the advices brought by the Cambria, which ar- rived at Liverpool on the 14th of May. A greater amount of business was done, and prices had an advancing tendency. The sales in the fortnight ending on the 14th, were 65,360 bales; of this quantity 4,100 Ameri- can were taken on speculation, 1,800 American for export. Inthe week ending on the l4th, a further decline of one-eighth of a penny per pound was accepted by holders of American descriptions. The smallness of the stocks of grain all over Europe, and the consequent scarcity of provi- sions became more and more felt, and high as prices were previously, a further and impogtant advance had taken place in the value of lead- stuffs, as well in this country as in many of the near continental ports, within the fortnight end- ing on the 18th. x ‘The supply in the kingdom to carry them on to next harvest. and the doubt generally entertain- ed, whether enough will reach England from foreign countries to make up for the home defi- ciency, were the causes of the late advances; and we must admit that the shortnesss of the supplies from the growers—the rapid diminution of the stocks in the granaries, at the different maritime ports, and the general tone of the advices from abroad, have afforded ample grounds for appre- hension. Wheat had, however, reached so high a point, as to put itbeyond the reach of the poorer classes. A greatly contracted consamption would therefore follow, and this would perhaps be the means of staying any further immediate rise on the present value of wheat. The latest accounts from the continental markets show that much scarcity prevails in several parts, but as the navigation was open- ed large supplies were expected to come down the river ina very short time, whereby the wants of the people of those countries would not only be supplied, but that numerous cargoes would be transported te England. Accounts from Smyrna dated 30th ult., men- tion that grain had further declined in value, and that the accounts from the adjacent locali- ties on the subject of the crop, were decidedly of a nature greatly to allay future anxiety, while the estimate made of the quantity available for pre- sent necessities, exceeded all previous returns. The market for American cured provisions kept steady, and as there was little or nothing of this description of goods arriving from Ireland, the importations from the United States in most instances met a ready sale. The value of beef, pork, and hams, was much the same as last noted. Bacon, however, in consequence of the scarcity of supplies, and particularly of fresh meat, which ranged from 74d to 9d per Ib, had an excellent demand, and the rates were current at from 23 to 33 above those last noted. Of cheese, the arrivals during the fortnight had been of a limited character; prices conse- quently had advanced 1s per ewt—the prices obtained on the 18th vary from 42s to 56s per ewt., according to the quality. There had been a decline of 2s. to 3s. per cwt in American tallow since the 4th ult. ‘That ar- ticle was, on the 18th, 44s. to 46s. per ewt.— There was no American butter in the market. The pressure upon the money market had been more severe than had been experienced for years past; matters, however, appeared to be improving. In the last week there had been an increase in the deposits to the extent of five hundred and seventy thousand pounds, which the rest, and the reserve, have also increased considerably. The Bullion had increased to the extent of a quarter of a million, these favorable cireum- stances enabled the Bank to discount more freely, even on bills that have had as much as 3 months to run ; advances were made to bankers at 54 per cent on promiscous paper. The favora- ble state of the American changes had a ben- eficial effect on the market. The consul market nevertheless had been mark- ed throughout by general heaviness, and the be- lief was general that the Chancellor of the Exche- quer would have to fund a portion of the exche- quer bills afloat in Liverpool. We are glad to e that the payments of the last week, which were supposed to be the heaviest ever known, were provided for, and that the Hibernia has brought the news of all engagements ful- filled. The pressure during the last fortnight was most intense, but by extraordinary efforts and sacrifices, credit was preserved. The posi- tion of affairs was this; the extreme pressure was gone, but money remained extremely scarce and dear, far too dear for the profitable prose- cution of business. The quotations for all the several stocks though lower than thg closing prices of the last | steamer, must be understood to be one to two per cent higher than the lowest prices during the in- sterval, A very decided improvement took place between the 8th and 18th ult. There can be no doubt that the bank was in a steadily improving position. The present amount of bullion held by the establishment,was mated by very competent judges, to be ten millions; whilst the reserve of the bank notes was nearly four millions. The marketon the 18th ult. was steady, with little doing. It was stated in the French Chamber of Peers on the 10th inst., by the minister of Commerce and Agriculture, that the prospects of the next harvest were extremely promising. Notwith- standing this prospect, the markets continue to rise in various parts of France. The account ofan investment by the Emperor of Russia in the English funds, had produced a great sensation in Paris. It deprived the re- cent investment in the French funds of its cha- racter of exclusive friendship to the French go- vernment. Among the passengers of the Hibernia is the Countess of Elgin. A Barcelona date of the 30th May, states that the Mexican privateer Unica, of Vera Cruz, car- rying one gun and 33 men, had captured in the waters of Ivica and brought into Barcelona, the American barque Carmelita, of 198 tons, Capt. Edwin Littlefield, bound from Ponce, P. R., with coffee to Trieste. The market town of Great Szalonta, in the district of Bihar, parent fire on the 17th of April, and one-fifth of it was laid in ashes, American floor is getting largely into consumption in Lincoln, and it is said to be infinitely better than the home manufactured. The beautiful packet ship Rainbow, Captain Benja- min, during her stay in Liverpool, was an object of much admiration to nautical men. Thé Free Trade Association of Belgiam has calleda meeting of the economists of all the world, at a general gongress to be held at Brusselson the 16th of Septem- next. An action has been commenced by Mr. Bunn, inthe Court of Quoen’s Bench, against Jenny Lind, foran al leged breach of contract. ‘The King of Denmark has granted » sum of $15,000 for the purpose of furnishing bread to the poor at a price below the market rate. ~ It is reported that the Prussian and Austrian govern- ments intend to increase the duty on beetroot sugar, with the view of inducing landowners to grow grain in: stead of beetroot. It has been proposed to import mandioo or cassave flour, from Brazil, with the view of using it as a substi- tute for wheaten or other meal. Several German engineers have arrived in Egypt, in order to make the necessary surveys for cutting ship canal through the Iathmus of Suez, On Wednesday, 12th ult., the London bakers again raised the pric the 4lb loaf }¢d, so that the best bread is now sold a¥¥d s pound, while bread of an inferior quality is sold at the rate of 104d the 4lb loaf. A mine of rock salt, which has just been discovered in the environs of Lemberg, in Austrian Galicia, is said to be richer than that of Wicliozka, in the same province, hitherto considered the richest in Europe. The quantities of wheat exported from the United Kingdom to foreign countries in the month of April, amounted to 134,000 quarters; and the quantity simul- taneously imported to 222,182’ quarters. At the end of April, the lakes and rivers near Stock- holm, together with the port and roadstead, to the dis- tance of four leagues, were 80 solidly frozen, that carts heavily laden could pass over. A new play, cailed “ Templer,” by the editor of the Atlas, Mr. Hobert Bell, was produced at the Haymarket on Monday, with great success, The principal charac- ters were represented by Farren, Mrs. Glover, and Miss Fortesque, A Paris paper says that a rumor prevails that Mehemet Ali. in imitation of the Emperor of Russia, has offered to exchange two millions sterling worth of corn against French troasury bonds. Some very successful experimonts have been made in various parts of England and Wales, testing the compar- ative advantages of gun-powder and gun-cotton. The advocates for the latter are increasing daily. The principal object of Dr. Alden’s mission to Amer- ica is to effect an amicable udjustmont of certain cocle- siastioal differences which have, for the last seven years, existed between the British and the Canadian Wesleyan Socleties. A bell weighing ‘4 tons 13 ewt. 2 qrs., being twiee the size of the famous “ Tom of Lincoln,” hasjust been com- pleted ut the foundry of Messrs. Mears, Whitechapel, London, for the Roman Catholic Cathedral, Montreal, Several corporals and privates of the Guards have de- serted, and proceeded to Mexico, where some of them have obtained commissions. It is said that Mexican agents are busily employed in seducing the men to desert. Admiral Sir Robert Stopford, G.C.B., has been ap- pov Viee-Admiral of Great Britain and Ireland, and ieutenant of the Admiralty, vice Admiral Sir Davidge Gould, deceased. Admiral Sir T. B. Martin, G.C., ey succeeds Sir R. R. Stopford, as Rear Admiral of the Uni- ted Kingdom. There has been some Meri severe weather in the High- lands. Yesterday week the hids were thickly costed with snow. Vegetation is at least three weeks more backward than usual. Many of the potato fields, aban- doned in despair when the stems blackened and died, have, on being turned up, yielded a considerable supply of sound potatoes. Some time ago the ship Swatara was driven on to the coast of the Isle of Man in ® gale, and to.save the ship the masts were cut away. Having refitted, she sailed for the United States. Ina few days, off the South of Ireland, she again lost one of her masts, and, with sevoral of the emigrants on board dead, pat into an Irish port. Having again refitted, she recently sailed a second time for her destination. Intelligence has been received that the unfortunate ship hay put into Derry, having lost her masts u third timo, aud with more of the passengers dead. Many manufactories in Catalonia have been closed, and great numbers of workmen aro consequently de- prived of employment. The Duke of Argyle proposes to ship above one thou- aaae Persons from his estates in the Highlands, to Ca- nada, ‘Tho Earl of Elgin is to have the green riband, vacant by the death of the Duke of Argyll. A groat assomblage of German singers Is about to be held at Bremen, which is to be attended by nine hun- dred vocalists, ‘Tho ice has began to break up in the Neva at ite janc- tion with thu Ladoga lake, and parts of the river are ul- ready quite cleared. In order to diminish the consumption of bread, the Saxon Government has forbidden new bread to be sold. The Government of Bohemia has decided that the Jesuits shail not be allowed to reside at Prague. The Société Generale of Belgium bas just lowered to 46 per cent its rate of discount on commercial bills. Tho British Government have taken steps to send out Sir J. Richardson with his overland expedition to the North Pole. Sevoral plantations of coffee have been established in tho Sandwich Islands, and the quality of the produce is suid to be good. Sir Charles Napier, it seems, has beon suddenly order- od to hoist his flag at Portsmouth, and proceed to take the command of the Lisbon fleet. The Governmeng have resolved to reinstate Lord Oundonald in the Order of the Bath, which he so gal- lantly won, and of which he was 60 uvjustly deprived. Noarn Amenican Mar. Steam Suirs.—The first of the four new steam-ships intended for this service, which will establish % weekly mail communication between Liverpool and America, was launched at Greenock, on Thursday, 13th inst., from the building yard of Messrs. R. Steele & Co. and named the Amorioa. She is a re- markably fine ship, of 1800 tons. ‘The length of keel aud fore-rake is 251 feet, aud breadth of beam 88 feet, She was ail ready for launching about ten days ago, but owing to the prevalence of easterly winds, there was not sufficient water for her at the slip, On ‘Thursday, how- ever, there was a fine high tide, and about, half-past ten in tho fornoon, every thing that bound her to terrd Jfirma having been removed, the good ship glided into her destined element in bewutifal style, he uilding of the Niagara and Europa is proceeding very rapidly, and in a few months we shull have the satisfaction of ‘seein, these additional ships in weekly communication with Liverpool and New York and Boston; and the service formed by the contractors, Samuel Cunard, E#q., of "aq. of Glasgow, and Charles , in the sume admirable man- ner which has characteriged the doings of this company blishment, Annivat or New Youre Packer Smirs.—Since the sailing of the steam ship Caledonia, on the 4th instant, wo have had three arrivals, bringing us later nows from the United States. On the night of the Sth instant, the London packet ship Prince Albert reached the Mersey, with datos from New York to the 10th of April. Sho was followed in a few hours afterwards by the transit. sbip Arioole, Captain Hoodless, with news from the same city to the 14th ult. On the evaning of the 14th, papers from New York to the 18th of April reached us, The were brought by the famous packet-ship Yorkshire, Capt. Baily, who, with his usual activity and promptitude, landed them at Cove. Amenican Surriixs FoR THE Distressen Tnren.—Sir Hugh Pigot, the Admiral commanding in chief at Cork, having received intimation that the Macedonian frigate may be expected from the United States with supplies, contributed by America, for the distressed population of Iroland, the gallant officer has ordered the Z Holyhead steam packet, Lieutenant (ommander to be in readiness, at Cork, to assist the frigate on her making that port. NEW YORK Scancity or Foov.—The following order bas been issued by the Lord Steward ofthe Queen’s household Her Majesty having taken into consideration the high price of provisions, and especially breadstuffs, has been raciously pleased to command that from the date of is, 2nds only of flour shall be used in her Majesty’s household, and that the daily allowance of bread aball be 1 lb per head to each person dieted in the palace. M ‘We regret to state that this lady has |. Sho has now, however. tly to proceed upon a visit to the “Lozelles,” near ingha We are informed Miss Cushman will shortly proceed to the Continent, where she will remain until quite restored, and then return to her London en- agement ; when she will produce a new play, written for her by a very celebrated novelist. Miss Susan Cush- man has been acting very successfully at Blackburn and Newcastle [Staffordshire]. Mr. Geornoe Vanvensory,—This gentleman made his first appearance, since his retu.n from America, on ‘Wednesday last, the 12th ult., in his favorite char- acter of “Hamlet,”” He was enthusiastically applauded throughout. DissoLuriow or Panuiament.—The latest rumor is that Parliament will be dissolved on the 19th or 26th of June, if public business admits; if not, the dissolution will not be laterthan the first week in July. Two Weeks Review of Affairs in Europe. [From the European Times, May 19.} ‘The commercial pressure to which woe alluded in our last has continued unabated. The intensity in the in- terval has rather inorcased than otherwise. The Bank of England has boon with deputations from the great marts of trade through the country, calling for relief ; and the papers have teemed with elaborate quisitions on corn, currerey, and cotton—the three C's which rule trade, and absorb men’s minds at the present. time, to t! xclusion of all topics less immediately af- fecting the kets of all who owe fealty to our sovereign Strange disclosures respecting commer- ent, in times of affliction like the pre- sent, take place in the Bank Parlor. Wealthy mer: chants, the recipients, in times of ordinary prosperity, of incomes at which a Nabob would marvel, are obliged, by the fate which rules nations as well as individuals, to bend the kneo in humbleness, and cry for help. * * * Another high priest of Creesus, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, has had poured into his unsympathising soul recently, tales of sorrow that would melt any mate. rial less hard than gold, less tlinty than # Chancelior’s heart. A deputation of merchants, afflicted with a ple- thora of produce and a paucity of specie. from Liverpool, waited upon this functionary the other day. * You are,” said he, addressing one strong but mournful-look- ing visage before him, “ a considerable holder of cotton, L believe?” The visage was obliged to own the soft im- chment. “1 am oue of the largest holders in the ingdom,” waa the reply. “Then take my advice,” rejoined the inexorable guardian of the national purse, home and sell it !”? Soot * * naiMtoney is so scarce, that an artificial value is imparted to it. Men of undoubted solvency must sell out at what- ever sacrifice, in order, us the Americans quaintly phrase it, “to realize.” All public securities are depressed— the value of the best descriptions of railway stock has fallen enormously—trade is nearly brought to a stand- still—credit receives a shock which shatters the whole social system—and the capitalist and the carpenter, on the score of independence, may shake hands, as there is hem ! Terrible, this—but the oracle declare? Why,that he will raise the interest on Exchequer bills, which are now a drug inthe market, in order to euse the bank, and preveut the necessity of his applying to it in advance of the na- tional revenue. strunge remedy, not surpassed in orig- inality by the more philosophic attempt to extract su- beams from cucumbers ! * * * The House of Lords has been making a painful pd riment on public fenee. The Irish poor law having ed the shoals and quicksands of the Lower House, was launched last week into the more aristocratic branch of the Legislature. The Irish landlords, headed by that frothy Milesian nobleman, Lord Monteagle, a creature of the whigs, and furmerly'one of their colleagues, flew at it with a rage only excelled by the vindictiveness with which a mad bull attacks a scarlet cloak, and so mauled and disfigured the poor thing that when it was picked up, vitality had tied—hardly # feature could be recog- nized! The bill, our readers are aware, has for its ob- ject a benevolent duty, which ought long since to have een enforced—namely, that of making the land support the poor; in other words, compelling the proprietors of the soil to contribute towards the maintenance of the paupers in propogtion to their stake in the country. But this would not answer the purpose of Irish landlordism. To saddle Irish destitution on the Saxons, and sei fed wretchedness in shoals across the channel, to. foster * * . * end of the philanthropic lords of broad acres in green Erin. Noble disinterestedness! which, to the scandal of British peers, found too many coadjutors. ‘The amendment amounts to this—to try out-door relief for a twelvemonth. so that by making it uucertain--giving it an ephemeral trial instead of a fair chance of work- ing permanently—it may be the more readily ob- structed and defeated. A direct negative would have been far more straightforward and honora- ble. Political consequences of the highest im- portance are involved in thiv move of the refractory peers. Already the ministry are putting their house iu order preparatory to a dissolution; und, a a set off againt the cruel injury inflicted on’ the irish poor law bill, the Government has stopped the bill for advancing three quarters of a million of money to three needy irish railways—a just and spirited retribution,under the circumstanoes, seeing that the bulk of the money would ultimately reach the purees ot the landlords, =The House of Lords, on the bringing up of the repott, as had the good sense to rescind Lord Monteagle’s amendment, which limited the Irish poor law bill to a brief existence, . ‘The Lord Lieutenant of Ircland is dead, Lord Bes- borough, since the time that he assumed the office, has won golden opinions, which he has not been destined to enjoy. Of all offices under the British crown, this is the most trying and the most thankless. ‘I'here is really little practical utility in maintaining the representative of majesty in state in Dublin; a bad imitation of, in fact ® kind of living satir) on monarchy in England—for, virtually, all the onerous duties appertaining to the situation are chalked out, if not carried into offect, in the home secretary's bureau in Downing street. But the Irish are fond of show,—are poor, and can neithe! dispense with the pride and pomp of the office, such as it is, nor with the outlay in hard cash that wecompanics its administration. [t= abolition would be a benetit; for it would make the distinction of political favours lesa a matter of toadyism to the great man for the time being in Dublin Castle than It teat present, ‘This lord Heute nancy is, moreover, a badge of conquest; fur the extin tion of which, if the Young Irelanders hud any practical patriotism oF personal respect, they would loudly insist ss + y+ + y “But is due to the late distinguished nobleman to sny, that he has displayed great firmuess of character, a high grasp of intelluct.and most commendable industry, since he assuined power across the channel—by the way, one of the most trying periods in the history of poor bleeding Ireland's mistor- tunes. He expired at his official residence on Sunday night. May, which came in cheerless and bleak, has been putting on her sweet and sylvan beauty with gay good humor, to the delight of the farmer, the happiness of the merchant,and the satisfaction of everybody, The greatest misfortune that can afilict numianity is a barren harvest; it paralyzes man’s ingenuity, and like the wand of an enchanter, tranamutes the princely mansion to the pea sant’s cottage. Such a calamity, thank Heaven, is more distant than it appeared afortnight back. At that time the season was uuusually backward, and, coupled with the existing searcity of food, people became seriously alarmed about the future. The feeling is now reversed — hope has banished despondency; and, from present ap- arances, every indication exists of an carly and pro- fic yielding of the earth’s fruits, It is needless to en- large upon the very great advantage of a good harvest this year to the whole of our population. A continu- ance of such weather as the present will ensure us good crops of barley aud oats in this country; and if on the continent it should*be of the same kind, the ryo crop, which is tho great, upport of the people, can soarcely fuil to turn out this reason. With ail spring corn & good start is more than half the race, as it grows rapidly, and is comparatively safe if it can once cover the ground with » tolerably thick herbage. We have betore us reports from ulmost every district of the country, which satisfy us that the improvement and pros- pocts of @ good harvest are almost universal. ‘The wheat crop is at present too sary to speak of; but we may say that no weather could be more favorable for it than thy present. It will be observed that the price of wheat ‘and flour is still oa the advance, and there exists on the part of many persons # great of scarcity, it being impossible to estimate with ny degree of certainty, the stock inthe hands of the farmers. As regards the continent, it was stated in the Chamber of Peers on the 10th instant, by the Minister of Commerce and Agri- culture, that the prospeots of the next harvest were extremely promising. ‘The crops throughout Belgium t harvest. A corres: “| have just traver upper districts of the [can affirm that for the last twenty years was the aspect ofthe country, or the operations of the farmer, ina state so promising. From Eaypt, we lear that the corn harvest in both Upper and’ Middle Egypt had been got in, and was most abundant; the Viveroy estimates that there will be 4,400,000 hectoli- tres of corn for exportation in July, at the rise of the waters of the Nile. The several governments of the Continent continue te give encouragement to the import of articles of food. — ‘The Norwegian government has annuiled the duty on barley, rye, oats, buckwheat, and maiae, to the 30th of August next, In Belgium, grain, peas, and all kinds of julse, potatoes, rice, salt. andsmoked meats, are declared @ to entree up to the Ist of October, 1843, The government has, besides, the power to extend the powors of the bill tothe 3ist of December, and has authority to probibit the exportation of the above articles during the same period. The King of the ‘I'wo Sicilies has Suspended the duties on the import of all kinds of grain ‘The Prussian government has forbidden the exportation of potatoes, and has also prohibited the distilation of spirits from potatoes or grain. The exportation of corn from the Austrian dominions has been prohibited for five months. At home, by an order of government addressed to the Commissioners of Customs, rice meal will be admitted free until the Ist of September next. Europe os ad is suffering under the dire calamity of soarcity of food. The laboring classes in several of the continental cities and towns, as well a4 many residing in the United Kingdom, have lately exhibited symptoms of outrage and plunder. The accounts of the sth of May, from Herrenberg, Urach, Ludwigsburg, and Gop- are anid to promise an abund and spread disease and contagion around, is the aim and + , FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 4, 1847. Pingen. in Wirtemberg, state thet great anziety was felt at those towns for tear of outbreaks. Mag eigrm d measures had been taken by the tac! was made on the shop of « baker in Brussels, whom they forced to make » distribution of bread; and, subsequently the rioters proceeded to the premises of a corn mer- chant, which they Rianne plundering, but were pre- vented by tho military and police. Private letters state that there have been riots in Kommotan, and also in Egerand Leitmeritz, directed against foreign corn- dealers. The rioters were pursued out of Eger with showers of stones as far as Waldsassen; and in Leltine: meritz @ speculator fn corn had both his ears cut off ! Several houses and shops were plundered at Posen on the 29th ull a many carts, laden with corn and flour. Considerable excitement prevailsin Nottingham. in England, where some contributions have been levied off svveral bakers and provision dealers, Jenny Lind, the great soprano of her Majesty's thea- tre, has been setting the world by the ears. She is the great idol of the day—the only idol that the beau monde will eee. Her notes are the only ones that # bank of bisee gest il not turn up their nasal organs at in these mes. , England, strange as it may sound in the ears of fo- reignors, is actually becoming musical. ‘hore is some talk of a coalition, like human Ii Human prejudice, hemeral, constantly changing, vari- hamelion. A coalition, @ few ocked men’s prejudices) Now ing not only possible, but proba- Already, Sir James Graham has been sent to India as Governor-General—by rumor; and the younger lieu- tenants of ’oal’s official “dramatis ‘persone, are assigned major and minor situations inthe whig cabinet. Strange as the statement may appear, the whigs, as a party, al- though, with one exception in the memory of man, pow- erless numerically speaking, have always been stroug in talent, Whigyery advances--Toryism {is stationary; and hence the reason why the ablest man of the day, Peel, has turned bis back on his first love. He soon saw —who could avoid it ?—that the world could not stand still—that to hidethe sun with a blanket were as easy as to make the human intellect remain stationary. Ho was determined to advance; his friends would not—and he left them. Who apostatised? Not he; for Ministers, like men. are tho creatures of ciroumstanees. They must work with the tools ready made to their hands, and when these become useless or antique, new ones must be pro- vided, at whatever cost, So runs the world. A coali. tion is probable—and if carried out, society, although its prejudices may be shocked, will ‘receive more than an equivalent in the shape of better laws and wiser rulers. In some of the English towns near the Irish coast, fe- ver is mowing down its victims dafly. Liverpool, now the greatest port in the world, is, unhappily, from its locale, the principal recipient ‘of {rish destitution und disease, Astounding as the numbers a| sinee the commencement of the present year uvarly 200,000 hu- man #ouls have been thrown into that town, the debris of tho sister country. The local taxes, which must provide for this enormous amount of wretchedness, have been swelled to an extent that shocks the nerves of that al ingly sensitive biped, “the oldest inhabitant.” ‘The pressure thus created ought not to bea looal, but a na- tional burthen; yet the Executive, who think that the Liverpool public ought to pay in kind for the advantages oftheir position, decline to interfere. The people have at longth stirred to prevent the inevitable swamping that must accrue from this immigration of the poor, the dis- eased, and the helpless from the “ far weat,”’ They have insisted that the wretched Irish paupers, in a state of disease, shall not be permitved to land; the steamers bringing such ure treated as vessels arriving froin foreign ports without aclean bill of health, and are subject to the quarantine laws, ‘This haa stopped the nuisance for 4 time—whether permanently, remaing to be seen. In the meantime fever rages vidlontly, ‘Temporary sheds have to be erected in different parts of the town, in ad- dition to the accommodation afforded by the regular hospitals; and, as in all such oases, the middling and bet- ter clusses are occasionally the victims of the disease as well as the poor und the expatriated, ‘The news from Portugal this week shows that terms have been made with the rebels, owing to the interfe- rence of the British Government. But, pending tho ne- gotiations, a battle was forced, «auscd by the treachery of the insurgents. The Queen’s forces were victorious, and there was considerable blood shed. The battle took place at Vinhaes. On the Queen’s side, fifty-seven offl- cera and men were killed, and one hundred and eighty wounded. On the rebel side the loss was much Greater. ‘The Portugucse were never partial to fighting ; and hav- ing thus expended their valor, they will shake hands and forget the past. Ireland. The accounts from Ireland are very awful. A Dublin correspondent of the Morning Chronicle, says: “ There have been further tumultuary proceedings and proces- sions of the peasantry in various parts of the country, and the military and police have been in general requi- sition to keep this spirit of insubordination in check.— The reports of the progress of pestilence are quite dis- ject of mol heartening, and, notwithstanding all the imports of food, und the immense extent of relief ia food aud money, great destitution still prevails, and the markets are ad- vancing. Ail accounts concur in showing that the mor- tality 1s still very considerable According to some cal- culations, the population has already been diminished to the extent of nearly one million, from deaths and emi- gration, But I should suppose that this estimate, for Which there can be nothing like sertain or accurate date, 8 reatly exaggerated.” ‘the Kerry Examiner says, he Catholic clergy of this county have have beon obliged to suspend their usual monthly conferences in consequence of their inability to attend, owing to the heavy duties that devolve on them in their respective parishes in these times of famine and death.’ ‘The pestilence is nearly as destructive in some parts of Ulster, as in any of the southern or western districts. In the northern county of Fermanagh the mortality is frightful. ‘The Cork Lraminer contains details of the ravages of pestilence in various parts of that extensive county. In the famed district of Schull the extensive relief afforded has caused some alleviation, and the mor- tality is decreasing, In the Cork workhouses the deaths, Inst week, were 95,—an increase of 12 over the preceed- ing week. ‘ather Matthew is likely to be appointed Roman i¢ Bishop of Cork. ‘he Repeal proceeding, except as indicating the pro- tracted existence of the association, are wholly unworthy of notice. ‘The rent for the week ending May 10th was announced at $27 7s 1d,but the attendance was misera- ble beyond all precedent. The Liverpool subscription, of about £5, was sent in the early part of the month, whilst the town is burdened with 40,000 Irish paupers. ‘The Young Irelandera gave a banquet to Mr. Clarke, of the ship Victor, on the Sth instant. In his own speeches, Mr. Clarke abstained from all political dilfer- ences; but his hosts fell to violent diatribes against Eng- land and the English Government, with allusions to “American Independence.” Some persons objected,which caused disturbance. After the chairman and Mr. Clarke had retired, the quarrel waxed furious; and it was only terminated by the dissolution of the meeting. ‘The old Repealers angrily denounce this scandal, France. Sinee the Ist ult. a change has taken place in the French Ministry. ‘The Moniteur announces the follow- ing appolutrents:—M. Jayr, Public Works; Duke de Montebello, Marine; Dumon, Minister of Finance; Gen- eral Trezel, War; Guizot, Par Interim Marine. A Paris letter of the 10th says—*There is a roport that in cousequence of the modification of the Ministry, and the impossibility of going through some of the business that was to be discussed, M. Guizot intends todo all in his power to bring the session to a close much before the usual time, ‘The Chamber of Deputies has been the scene of a cu- rious exposure, serlously implicating the purity of M ‘Teste, formerly Minister of Public Works, but now Pres. ident of the Court of Cassation;and of General Desfaus de Cubiires, who was Minister of War in M. Thiei Adminisiration m 1840, In 1843, General Cubidres connected himself with a company for working the salt pits of Gouhenans, of which a “concession” was sought from the Government, through the agency of the Gene- ral. Some de ing occurred, and a rival company also claiming a “concussion,” it was necessary to try a little bribery; or in the General’a own more delicate phrase, “pour intereseer sans miso de fonds, les appuis qui seraiont indispensables au succes de l'affalre.”” ‘The “appui”’ obtained was that of M. Teste, with whom a great deal of bargaining and haggling took piace: the Minister demanding eighty shares, aud the company of- fering only twenty-five, At length General Cubieres wrote to the company to say that the Minister agreed to tuke fifty; and the negotiator recommended that the company should authorise him to offer forty-tive shares, The result does not appear, excepting by the fact that tue company received the concession of the mines. ‘The value of each share was 25,00¢f, Untortunately,the whole arrangement was recorded in @ correspondence between the Gen'l and M, Parmentier, chief director of the com- pany; the company quarrelled among themselves, went to law, and the inconvenient correspondence was read in open court. The preliminary proceedings for the triat of General Cubieres before the Chamber of Peers are proceeding slowly, aud itis not yet known upon what dry the trial will come on. The interrogation of the General terminated on Tuesday, after » sitting which lasted three hours. A suinmens was then issued for M. Parmentier to appear on Wednesday before the commit twe. It is presumed, from the number of persons who names appear in the correspondence, that these prelimi ry proceedings will extend to a great lengih, He has re- signed the chairmauship of the Paris and Strasburg rail- way. It is generally believed that had it not been for the unfortunate affair in which he is involved, he would have been thenew Minister of War, She Sémaphore, of Marseilles, of the Sth, states that the Sphinx. which arrived in that port on the preced- ing day, had brought letters from Malaga announcing that the French Consul there had received intelligence from the Spanish Governor of Mellilla, that Abdl-cl- Kader had again, through histntermediation, written to the Freach Government, tendering his submission. ‘The chief event of the fortnight is the celebration of the King’s fete-day, which happened on the Lat ult. ‘The weather being favorable, the out-door enjoyments of iliu- minations and fireworks beought conteut to the crowds in the Champs Elyaces and the Gerden of the Tuileries, The King waa very warmly reevived on his appearance in the baleony with the Royal tamily At Lille, on the 13th, the barkers’ shops were plunder- ed by ® mob, and seditious cries were uttered, among others, Vive La Republique; Vive Hep i V.—Vive no Roi qui est en Jingleterre (Louis Napoleon.) ‘ihc wore also serious food riots at Tournay on Wednesday These riots were renewed at Tournay and Lille on Thursday, but tranquillity was restored on Friday, Belgium, " O sugar at Antwerp have just ad- ¢ Minister of Finance, onthe eub- lassen, which lately arrived from Matan- za8, and which are no longer imported at the duty of f.6 36¢, Im this document, which we are sorry that we can- The refiners of fore! dressed a petition to t not place before our readers at full ength, the require that the Minister, before ing on sion, will be pleased to order a trial to be made with the jitioners admis- tories at the disposal of the government. Italy. A letter from Rome of the 28th ult. announces the suppression, by the police, of the last number of the Contemporaneo newspaper, containing the speeches de- liverod ut the anniversary of Rome. These had passed muster with the Roman censorship, but the Austrian ambassador, Count Lutzof, dreading the effect their cir- culation might produce throughout Italy, prevailed on | | M. Grasselini, the Governor of Rome, to suppress the number of the journal which contained those speeches. Private letters from Bologna mention a curious fact The censor had authorised the publication in the Bolog- na Journat of the identical speeches which the Austrian pressed. ‘The excellent Pius IX. has added another claim to the mavy he already possesses on the gratitude of his sub- jects, He has instituted a system of national represen- tation, in the shape of a council of delegates from the different provinces, who arg to assemble in Rome, for the | purpose of discussing with the government the affairs of the administration, and aiding it in ita efforts for the food of the people.” ‘This grand measure has been hailed y the good Pope's subjects with the liveliest demonstra. tions of joy and thankfulness, Spain, Advices from Madrid are rather interesting. On the evening of the 4th ult., the Queen, with the Infante Don Francisco de Paula, and the Infanta Donna Josefa, was eturning from the Prado in her carriage, and, passing the Custom-house, two detonations took piace. Various conjectures were formed on the subject. According to many persons, including our correspondent, two pistols or # double-barrelled one, were fired at her majesty; but those connected with the court and government pro- fessed to believe that it was nothing but the explosion of acouple of crackers. fired by two boys. The Queen is represented by the Tiempo to have been solittle alarm- ed that she would not suffer her carriage to be stopped; but, on reaching the pulace, she summoned the minis: ters to her presence, and ordered an immediate inquiry into the occurrence, the result of which was the cracker version. ‘‘ Yet,” adds the Tiempo," her majesty ought always to have an escort whon she drives out, in order that she may not be exposed to such annoyances.” ‘The estimates for 1843 were presented on the 4th ult The revenues were estimated ut 1,257,780,466 reals, and the expenditure at 1,257,578.020 The two Chaubershad been subsequently prorogued by « royal decree, and no period fixed for their noxt convocation. According to a report generally credited, they are not to meet again before October. General’ Butron bad been appointed Governor of Madrid. ‘The Queen arrived at Aranjuez on the 5th, unaccom- panied by the King. It was believed by some that her majesty would only stop fifteen days in that residence, whilst others stated that she would remain there till the middle of June. The Fomento of Barcelona, of the 3d, states that the Mexican privateer Unico, of Vera Cruz, carrying one gun, and crew of thirty-three men, had captured in the waters of Ivica, and brought into Barcelona, the American ship Carmelita, 198 tons, Captain Edwin’ Lit- tlefeld, going from Ponce, on the Neapolitan coast, to Trieste, with coffeo. ‘The Madrid Guartte of the 4th ult., contains a royal decree, commanding that in future all the funds belong- ing to the State shall be paid into the royal treasury, ‘The person with whom the Infanta Josepha had nearly contracted a clandestine marriage, a native of Havana, named Guell y Rente—was on the 10th suddenly roused from his rest, and sent off ina chaize-de-poste to Cadiz, to embark for his native place, ‘The journals cry out loudly against this act as arbitrary and illegal. Portugal. According to letters from Portugal, warlike movements were by no means discontinued, notwithstanding the negotiation for an amicable settlement of affairs Viscount Sa Da Bandeira had fortified himself strong. ly In Setubal and Palmella, and the other troops of the unta had effectually crossed the Douro and carried dis- may to the army of Saldanha, Even in the Lusitani capital, a hostile spirit was manifested towards the Ca- bral faction. Queen Maria is not proceeding with the promptitude which clreumstances require. Her Majesty must abandon all her unconstitutional partiulities and friendships, or her throne, long tottering, will be in peril of a permanent subversion, Letters from Lisbon of the 30th ult., anneunce an out. break at Lisbon the preceding day, in consequense of & conspiracy to liberate the political prisoners, About 120 of these made an attack on the castle, in which they were defeated. ‘The general prisoners in the juil, felons and others, some 1200 in number, got out of prison, but many of them were mowed down by the soldiery, though they made no resistance, and the majority were recap- tured. Of the political prisoners about $00 escaped, — ‘The convention with Great Britain was, it is said. signe edon the 28th. Colonel Wylde was to proceed immedi- ately to Oporto, to endeaver to effect an accommodation with the Junta. } Greece, It appears, from letters from Athens of the 30th ult., that M. Coletti hus had recourse to a coup d'état to get rid of his ministerial embarrassments. He has suddenly aud most unexpectedly dissolved the Parliament, before half of the business before it had beon finished, and before the passing either of the budget, or the laws authorizing him to levy taxes. On the 26th, at the meeting of the Chamber of Deputies, the Minister of War appeared, and inthe name of tho Minister of the | Interior, who was absent, read a royal ordinance dis- | solving the Chambers, an} convoking the Electoral Col- | leges for the22d of June forthe general election. ‘The meeting of the new Chambers is fixed by the same ordi- nance for the 23d of July. His declared reason is, a division on the 22d, in which he had only a majority of one, his own vote; but his real motive may be surmised from the following extract trom a letter dated Athens, April 25:—"M. Coletti has promised the British Ambas- sador to pay the interest in arrear on the loan, which Amounts to 700,000 francs, as soon us he shall have re- ceived authority trom tho Chamber to that effect.’” The Corn Trade of Europe. {From the European Times, May 13 ] Loxvon.—Since the sailing of the Caledonia, on the 4th inst., a great re-action bas taken place in the grain | market here, and, as will be observed, prices have risen | rapidly, and are now at such a figure as will place many | articles of breadstuffs out of the reach of the poorer classes in thiscountry. ‘The sales made in wheat on the Sth were at an advance of 28 per quarter on our last | quotations, and again on the 7th instant 2s to 3s more were paid for samples of good quality. Foreign was also in good request during the xame periods, and flour had market value. have tionate advances were obtained Imports for the week amount to, wheat, 10,03 quarters barley. 6,393 quarters; beans, 1,882 quarters; Indian coro, 47.000 quarters; Indian meal, 25.209 flour, 45,000 barrels. 20,000 qu: without youshing is marking that thi parties will be preparedto admit. The operati: today been very en English and Irish account, in extensive, and ft ties an advance of from 6s. to os. per Sood, qual! molasses, in order to ascertain the quantity of sugar fit | tle oS 2 ee per qi ‘over for exportation which these contain. Forthe of | last Tuesday's prices was obtained ; as it is now quoted making this trial the refiners have placed their manufac- | 63s. to 66s. d for foatin 62s. to 650, fndisn ROW quoted 30s. to $1; other articles. Tae The exports to Ireland sud coast- have also been extensive. We understand that the sent stock of wheat and flour in this port is under of the former and 200,000 barrels of the give this on th thority of our informant, for its accuracy, merely merely re- estimate is much lower than most with the jatter. Vv Intelligence from the foreign corn’ markets, Ambessador st Rome had succeeded in having sup- | ithe sciors trem St Petetebore Ge te aah te, we learn that the rate of exchan, ut 38 11-16d, and the grain mar! firinness; wheat for late delivery being mead after soft Russian 46s to 50s, rye was 31s to an inquiry as to the quantity of potatoes that ‘rom St. aroha ST dy Fre instant, re) ine showed Hard Kubanca was 498 to 54s fer cmates, and I. reply to now be ebtained in that market, one writer states “The potato is not un article that can be largely it here at any one time, supplies being brought on ju- ally; 1,000 chetwerts would be about the utmost that could be got at any single period.” At the date of these advices the weather was very seasons ble, and open water was expected in about » ‘fortnight. This, however, would be about three weeks later than the average date, # remarkable circumstance when taken in conjunetion with the like delay in the opening of the navigation in the United States, and the universal anxiety with which both events have been awaited. In 1846 the navigation at St Petersburgh commenced as early as the 10th of pril. From Riga, under date the 8th of May, the exe! was slightly more favorable for this coustey, the a tion being 39d. Here also the grain market was frm, and the business small “for want of sellers.” The navi: gation was open, and about 110 British ships hed ar- rived, averaging about 150 tons, ondon Globe, May 17. ‘Monday, May 17.—During last week the arrivals of English Wheat for our market, coastwixe as well as by land carriage and sample, were on @ very limited scale; those of all other articles of roduce, including Flour, unusually small. ‘The receipts from Ireland and Scotland were extremely limited. From. abroad, however, the imports of Wheat, Barley, Oata, and Flour were liberal; those of other grain very unim- portant, Fresh up to-day the supply of Wheat frem cssex, Kent, Cambridgeshire, &c., was extremely hence the show of samples of both red and white was smaller than on many previous market days. This fall- off in the arrivals, together with the large attendanoe of both town and country buyers, caused the holders of all kinds of Wheat to be very firm, and the trade must be considered very brisk, at'an advance in the quotations paid on Monday last, of from rive to 1x sHILLINGS PER quanten, at which amount of improvement the wh of the supply was cluared off, The best samples of Emg- lish White sold freely at from one hundred and nine te one hundred and stzteen shillings per quarter. This is the highest point of value realised fora series of years, and there is every prospect of a further in the quotations, Although the izaports of Foreign Wheat lust week were upwards of 12,000 quarters,the quantity of that description of gale on offer was small, owing to several cargoes having been taken afloat for the French and Belgian markets, ‘The trade was again very brisk, atan improvement on last Monday's rates of fromrivs TOSIX SHILLINGS per quarter, and very few parcels were unsold at the close of business, We bad a large quantity of foreign barley on show, but that of home was trifling. All kinds commanded a very steady inquiry, at fully, but at nothing quotable beyond. lust week's cur- rencies. 1 show of malt was limitec, while the de- mand for that article was very steady at, in some io- stances, 1s per quarter more money. Upwards of 34.000 quarters of foreign oats came in lest week; and the pply on offer to-day was good; yet the trade was very steady, at fully the late advances in the quotations — Very few beans were on show. Most kinds sold readily at late rates. Peas m off firmly, at extreme prices. Indian corn was held at 2s per quarter more money. The flour trade was firm, but we can notice no further im- provement in valu Continentat.—The recent advices from the north of Europe still report a great scarcity, and that higher prices arc every where insisted upon. From t! prices come moderate: a great number of vess loading, but as many had arrived out too soon, they would have to wait the goods came down. At Danxig we are infort hat Rye is declining in value, in consequence of the steps taken by the magistrates there toimport the article, and some has already arriy- ed from Konigsberg, which is to be retailed to the bakers at a loss; wheat, on the contrary, has advanced about per quarter since last report, and must now be quoted is Lo 798 for white, 748 to 77s fer high mixed, 72s to 768 for mixed, 69s to 73s for red mixed, from 69 bus el he transactions which teok advanced rates were not, however, lat in all changed hands. The supplies a nd the choice of quality is better than hitherto; the eather is now fine, which was much wanted, in order to turn the wheat in the open air upon the banks of the river. Flour is now per barrel for superfine I, 403 for supertine I, and 368 for fiue. Freights continue to advance: 7s has been paid for London, 8s 3d to Bristol, and 9s 9d per quarter to Galway. Galate advices state that for good quality wheat on the spot, 458 to 478 per qr is asked; rye 288 per qr: the disposable stocks on the spot are very small, and these purchases are princi- pally made from second hands to complete vi At {braila prices of grain are lower, but the quality is most- ly indifferent; still some fine wheat may be ‘collected, aud at low prices. A great number of vessels have been loaded and despatched, but there are many which are waiting cargoes, having arrived too soon; some of them are being loaded otherwise, and some re-chartered, and orders willmost likely be executed to advantage after the present fleet of vessels haye sailed. At the lower Baltic ports scarcely any business ap- pears to have been done in wheat, owing to the extreme- ly reduced state of tho stocks and the trifling nature of the deliveries from the farmers. At Rostock the best qualities of wheat were, according to the most recent re- ports, held at equal to 84s, per quarter free on board; and at Stettin, on the 8th inst., prices were not much | more reasonable At Hamburg, on the 11th, wheat was quoted at 3s. to 4s. por quarter higher than on that day se’nnight; and all other articles were likewise dearer. About 80’ lasts of fine Saale and Wahren red wheat, weighing 6934 Ibs. to 61}¢ lbs. per bushel, had beeu sold at prices corres- obtained extreme prices, similar to thove of wheat. In the course of the week ending May 15, wheat at Mark | lane had a continued advancing tendency Factors | asked enormously high prices, from 100s to 120s being | demanded, whien rates were 20s higher than those cur- | rent during the previous week ‘The bevt lower Baltic | red wheat brought 00s to 96, and Dantzic above 100s | per quarter. The top price of town-made flour reached | 80s per sack at the close of the week ending May 7, and | has not since varied. American flour has been sold ex- | tensively at 508 to 52s per barrel, being 10s more than it | was worth a fortnight ago. ‘Ihe market held on Mou- day last, May 17, was scantily supplied with English | wheat, which found buyers at further advance o! to 6s per quarter over Lhe currency of this day wee A fair extent of business was transacted in forvign, at about 4s to 5s advance. Barrel flour to 3s, and In- | dian corn 44 to 5s dearer. asthe season is nearly ofer, and the large arrival of foreign has enabled buyers to purchase all descriptions on rather easier terms. Livexroot—The proceedings at our Corn Exchange for the fortnight have been similar to those at London. For all atticles there bas been an active dewand, and prices have been regularly rising. On the 4th wheat sold at an advance of 6d to 8d per bushel. Indian corn was 28 per quarter dearer; and a large business was done in flour at 424 to 42s 6d for Western Canal. On the Sth flour met @ very free sule at 43s 6d and 44s for Western Canal, and at 42s per barrel for Ohio; and some parcels of English sack flour wore taken at 604 per sack, Barley | was without change, little done init. Beans and | peas were ls per 430 Ibs dearer. Indian corn was not free of ule, but in the transactions thut took place 14 to | 2s per 430 thy advance was realised. 10th instant there was a fair demand for wheat for th at an improvement in price of 1 to L Ibs on prices | of that day week. ‘The town dealers purchased sparing | ly. In flour 48% per barrel for Western Canal was de- manded at the beginning, but towards the close of the market it was offe.ed at 47s. and Baltimore at dis, at 'y was sold. Wheat on the Lith, met dvance, since Tuesday, of 2d to ad per jas Od per barrel higher, but the demand was by no means so great as of late. Western Canal brought 478 to 478 Gd per barrel, From the Lith to the | 18th, the trade was steady and very firm. On the latter | day there was a large attendance of buyers, aud good show of samples of all kinds of grain and flour, ‘The sales of wheat were limited, and the few transactions that took place were at an advance of about 8d per 70 Lbs on prices of that day week. Flour met a moderate de- mand, at 47s per barrel for Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Ohio, and at 488 Gd to 49s per barrel for Western Canal. Indian corn was not free of sale, at 644 and 658 per 480 lbs for best white, nor at 63s for yellow, Indian eorn meal was held at 424 per barrel, but searcely any sales occurred, After the market, there was large sale by auction of American flour, Indian corn, and Indian eorn meal, ‘Tho New Orleans flour was sold at 42s 6d por bar- rel; the Western Canal at from 468 2d to 46% Gd; and the Virginia at 445 6d, payment cash without dis- count. ‘The Indian corn meal and the indian corn were withdrawn, there being no bidders, April. ssese5e97 LS April 0 9 April iT ia 6 910 4 April @ a 36 Mil Bt “oo 5 6 OO Set OO oa Ce) a) Aggrrgatenvernue ofthesixweeks77 1 49 8 31 0 56 0 51 2 591M 0 0 (From the Liverpool Gazette, May 19 J Livenroot, May 18.—Tho corn market to day was most numercu-ly attended, and, in consequence of the advance in Marklane yesters the anxiety of buyers was very great to make purchases; holders, however, requiring from 6d to 9d advance on wheat, causod the ket to be dull, and comparatively few sales of this in were effected, Flour was in considerable demand, ‘and realised an advance of from is 6d to 28 per barrel, and 28 to 3s per sack, Ata public sale, after the close of the market, 2000 barrels were sold at 468 6d por barrel, net cash, At the same sale a large quantity of Indian corn and corn meal were offered, but were held at the Malting barley Is to 2s lower, |’ ponding with 87s. to 89s. per quarter free on board. Bar- ley, to be shipped trom Denmark, bad sold at 478. 6d. to 48s, 6d.jand Kiga and St. Petersburgh oats bad brought ‘238. to 268., whilst for parcels to be shipped from the Da- nish Islands 206. had been obtained. In the French markets prices of wheat were again moving upwards, according to the most recent accounts. At Marseil owever, there was not a great deal doing on the 10th; and that some doubt was felt as to prices being maintained may be inferred from the fact that Po- lish Odessa wheat was offered at 38. per quarter cheaper, for delivery at the clove of the mouth, than it could be bought for on the spot, whilst for delivery in September and October such quality as was then held at 646. was offered wt din, to 62s. per quarter. al Affairs. aukeT, May 18, ‘Twelve o'cloek.— f destination at the present time of all volunta- ry emigration from the United Kingdom, among the poorer classes, aud “ their name is legion,” appears te be Canada, and we understand that at the outports, and in the sister kingdoms, great activity prevails already in getting away ships for the St. Lawrence. We appre- hend that suffering is inevitable, though the American vessels probably take out the poorest individuals, on ac- sount of thats, lew rate of charge for coaveyance, not- withstanding the check given by the new passenger-law in the United States. * a Pie Some attention is directed to an arrangement said to have been come to by the eminent firm which possesses the valuable quicksilver monopoly, for using Southam ton as the future entrepot for this material, with to ity re-exportation to the various quarters where ing industry is prosecuted. The Protheroe, arrived the Outport from Seville, brings 2,900 flasks. ‘The Funds are pteady, but rather flat, with little ap- parent disposition to spcculate. Consola for the Account ve been done at 86%, % tv, und for money at 86% % % Bunk Stock, 16! per Cents Reduced, 60% 3 4; per Cent. 87 804 S07); Lotig Annuities, ¥; kx- chequer Bills (1000) 1 prem, to par, ditto (600,) 2 prem. to 2 dis.; ditto (100 and 200) 4 prem. to par, Jn the foreign stock market there is scarcely any busi- ness duing: Spanish New 3 per Cents., 3834; Vortuguese 4 per Cents, 349; Duteh 25 per Conts.. dig is %. Lhe Share Market is very stationary, with little dis position Lo enter into extensive operations, either in the Way of buying or selling. London aud North Western, 170; London snd South Western, 61; London and Brighton, 51; Midland, 11% to 113%; South Eastern and Dover, 9 to 9'4; Eastern Counties, 183g to 18%) ‘Two O'CLock.—There has been a very depresed mar- ket for Consols again this morning, and the belief pre- vails in some quarters that for a y Fron amount of the Unfunded Debt the cash may be demanded, insteadof fresh bills, #0 as to leave the Chancellor of the Excheque. no alternative but to resort toa funding. Certainlp mat- ters might come to such # pass, though our own im) sion is that the necessity may not arise, since the Bank of Englund is exerting itself te keep the market in « healihy staie, and has vodertaken to lend money upon them until July, and to send up the bills as usual for ex; change. Tuis the Bank is well in» position todo, in consequenee of the considerable aimount known’ to have teen paid in as instalments im advance upon the new loan, the inducement to prompt pay- ment being in fact Kiesler than might appear to be the cas, were allowance of discount ibe ouly advautage ; for it must be borne in miod that the deposit upon Che lown is comparatively unavailable until fucther amounts are paid up. Many holders, therefore, take & present sacrihee, and sell stock to pay upon the scrip, and were the Chabevlior to fund Exchequer-bills there might be an appearance of injustice towards the contractors of the eight million joan. ‘Tbe bears are assisted both by the vemporary demand for eash, and the increased amount of stock available, though the scripholders GoubLiess will use some exertion to kvep up tue market, With regard to the position of the Bank of England, there can be no doubt but that it bas steadily Improved, and it is estimated by parties who attend carefully to these matters, that at the present moment the total amount of the precious metals held by the cor- poration is not far short of ten millions sterling, while the reserve of notes in = banking department may be as near four millions as three. fe Consols are 803g to 9444 for transfer, and 46); to 56%