The New York Herald Newspaper, October 7, 1851, Page 3

. wee... will take, but the result is not doubtful Be. that all the forces are bes a ‘The Spanish corvette Ferrolana was at auchor in 3 yea: wanes, ALPARAIBO, .— Bales durh been active for all classes of forvign goo: merican, Large quantities have bends; sales made for home von.umption more Noularty. thls being the appropriate season for spring . trade with the iniorior provinces ry now fairly cpened, a large number of pwchasers have ‘sppeared in the market. Importations have boen very 7 from all parts, and ase great many goods have are too late in the season, owing to long passages of ‘Vessels, stooks will naturally increase, and their realiaa Must be deferred for subsequent opportunities ; ‘ble goods will meet with pt demand, not- this circumstance. Two vessels have er. from the United States, recently, the Magellan and H. Ervine ; sales made to some extent of American fa- ‘brics of some descriptions, and cf rough articles. Caroli- Ba rice is very abundant ; rales to arrive had been made 4 quintals in bond, but that price could not be now, the season being too far advanced, and the eagerness of purchasers having abated to + moderate ex- tent. Abcut 200 casks, via Mavans, were put up for sale at auc‘ion, of inferior quality, withdrawn for went of bidders; no spirit shown, inclined to form # clique, and range prices at theix own will, American fabrics—Denims, 13¢ to 149 per yard; Osna- sales; tieks, 13e. to 13 {¢., in. 28 in. 6\c.—no arrivals, wanted; twilled, 10c., scares; allin bead. Cotton flan- nel. 12340.; white fair supply, colored unsaleable, Bleaoh- the month have British, Goz- san BE Hf ed shir! s scarce. Tams abundant. Lard, in tins, 16c , few sales. Bort abundant at $10 to $12 per barrel. Pork, 18 to 14, small supply. ico, 6 to 64, nominal; supp heavy. Chairs, wood teat. $}{ to 10; cane do., 19.4 to 20; wales of both. White lewd. 7 ise., good supply; sales of 2.000 kegs, Black toa. 450. per Ib, large arrivals, <i bark Amalia, 379 tons, $1.175; wreck of Ohil. brig General Rivera, 260; Amerienn brig Meta, hull and materials, 208 tons, 1,100; French ship Ouchelot, hitte Leeuw, 182 tons, 1,125; Ame- tons 3.050; do swiftsure, 214 tons, 3,300; British bark Donna Varmelita, 2,000; do. ship At- 6.400; Chil. brig Maria, 700 Ohice produce— , in bare, $16 ql.,0n board, seater. Wool, com- mon, 7 to7 4q1,, scarce; not season for buying; shearing ins in October and Nov-mber. Hides~Barraca, 10.4 ql.; scarce and wanted; goat skins, 63c last tales. of a email parcel Peruvian. All articles of vi zetable produc at very high rates; no went felt, but holders are fiem and keep up such rates as to prevent speculators from send- W OUR KINGSTON CORRESPONDENCE. Kinaston, (Jam.,) Sept. 27, 1851. Miecting of the House of Assembly--Retrenchment in the Public Expenditures The Cholera, §¢. The steamship Ohio arrived early this morning, from Chagres, and brought a large number of pas” Sengers, who are amusing themselves in various ways. The sad news of the destruction of the La- fayette, Captain Stoddard, is felt much here, and great sympathy is expreised for her captain, who is veiy popular in this city, from hie polite attention when in command of the Crescent City. ‘The House of Assembly is called to moet on the 28th proximo, for public business. It was fully ox- pected that we should have been blessed with a now Governor by that time, but I fear we shall be disap” ointed. Sir Charles Grey, our present Governor, very unpopular, and I regret to say, that ho re- fused to to pay £57 sterling taxes, andthe collect- ing constable was obliged to levy on one of his carriages, to sell the sane towards the amount. The Governor has appointed Hon A. Roave, one of the members of the Council, to the situation of Auditor General in the Treasury Department, under a new bil! paseed last year, to go in force on the let of October, salary £69 storiiag. Mr. A. Barclay still continues to be Receiver General, at £1,000 sterling ; the samo party was gotting before 000, which was reduced to the amount stated. This gentleman is not very popular, and i any ether bad been wpaciaied, it would hhve given grest pleasure to the inhabitants. Mz. Reave, by taking meomaess of Auditor, has to resign his seat in the Council. There are now three va- eancies in that body. It is reported that Edward Jordan, Esq., the senior member for Kingstoa, will be called to one of the vacancios. {f so, this gon- ‘tleman, who is much beloved and respected by all classes, will havo to give »~ his seat in the house, and it will be @ serious loss to that body, ag well as to the island—Mr. Jordan being the prinei- pal working member in the house. . The court meets in October next, when Mr.. Knaggs, late Clerk in the Treasury office, will likel be tried for a libel on the Hess. Barclay, whic! case has already been known to your readers. We have had a large supply of rain in the city and round the island. Tne cholera is still about the island; none, thank God, in the or. cag! Teptet to announce tho sudden death of Edward ‘M. Geachey, Esq., Su ‘or, @ gentleman well known in the States asascientificman. Ho was much respected here, and was out yosterday, at- tending a meeting, went home well, and died’ last evening suddenly. This is all the news I can send you. The Royal Mail Company steamor Trent, with 2d September wails, from Southampton, arrived hore on the 23d instant, to her day. It has given general satisfac- tion, as the arrivals of that vessel have been very irregular. H. M. St. Abian left a few days ago, = ort au Prince, to see how masters are going on there. MAEKETS Kixostox, Jam , Sept. 28.—Flour— The following parcels ave changed bands since our last —100 bbls Philadel- new wheat, 590 bbls. Baltimore old: wheat, and 200 Pe new wheat—the last two lots from Nor- f —all nt 82s, per bbl Meal—the demand languid; 200 bbls. Philadelphia brought 15s.; some amaller parcels . Onions—A lot from Bniladelphia has been ‘taken at 22s, to 22s. 64. per 100 Ibs. Rice—Carolina at 17s, to 18s. per 100 lbs. Butter—Some trivial transac- tions in American, put up in small kege. have oecurred Sid. Bread—200 bbis. Watson's pil. sold at 18s. 60 _ crackers, same brand. at Oll—Cod s improved appearance; the late operations vere oe Ba! per po Cocoanut may be quoted at 2s. 9d. Lard—Two ls of American, amounting to 350 kegs, which arrived about the commencement of the fortnight, were immediately placed at 9d per lb.; since then the receipts have been confined to 10 k: ‘hich were sold at auction at the extreme figure of Ll. perib. UVodfsh ducing ; tl cperations ing the fortais! were skids a for ordinary cask, which vas a decline ot Gl, on last rates; the next wero at 1s ,and subsequently ‘12s, was accepted, at which figure the article is now froe- ly offered; boxes have been fetching Lis, to lt, and Verge fich in bhds. and half hhds @ been placed at prices commencing at 15s. and dectining to 138. per 100 ; there is still a large quantity in receivers’ hands of prime quality, us well as a heayy supply of inferior fish ; the latter is freely itted to auction and roid at prices that preduce effect om the demand for prime parcels, Pork—A lot of this article, from Liver- pool, put up in bbls. branded “ Belfast Prime Mees,” has cDanged bands at 70s.; there was a conriderable deficien- cy in the weight of each barrel, and the coutents were of mixed qualities, including heads; another lot, also fom Liverpool put up in American barrels and sold as Ameri- | | | | j can mers, neary as deficiect ia weight asthe Arst poreel, and a correspon ding allowance war demanded by the purchaser; this parcel sold at 9s. per bbl.; thy gen- uine American mess. although roarce, sells slowly at 2s, a O6«. per bbi ; the operations include 40 bbis. Baltimore, ; prime fe taken in small —A pareel of very choier ; the Inferior gual ly retail operations ceeurring weal rates; E00 boxes Olden’s 60 Ibs. 20 bare, aud 160 boxes Thorton’s 00 lbs 25 bers. have changed hands #t 10s 6d and 9. 6d. per box, respectively. Onndles—$00 boxer Phiisdelphia. of assorted izes hare been moved at 6d peels. Gacese— mn ‘There is not any American at market. only operation of any im; Deen the auie of a cargo at 4s per M. feet; there have been sales at 75s «800, M. feet; the stock of white pine a3 present om hand, fully equal to @ six months’ eupply, cedar shingles at Le, & 22s, per M.. recording toquality; there is nothing doing in piten pine beyond thy merest retail ope rations § Berti balt and 6) yr bole Aiburga’® 4q orn==We quote of 250 begs American. in two parcels, at Te. per bag Tobsceo— Caver dich may be quoted at MO 4d. to Ud. at which seme small op ve been eileoied ombian Exehsrge—On New York, ‘cent premium. ee ee Brovmiyn © New Lowarie A - =e Ba 5 ! was paid by some ties to the proposed vite for the new Lu when all were pertectly satis (ed (hat none presenting iam radvantages could be found within tne whole coun- | ry. It lies at the ex remity of the city of Brooklyn, in the ith ward, and is bounded by the new Utrecht fine, Fifty-aixth street and the Thira vente, commanding « interest, cannot be w of the odean, the ¢ e* York and Brook ature in a building e¢ Recomm niativa of thove sho ars unhappily dement- ating Out, There are about 40 acres of aitording ® fwil opporiumity for the dg- ee tnd recreat tents; and it"\s ition to divest th of the charac- fm pauper asylum, been many lit: | wolved In this question; but the advantages appene #0 manifest. tha’ it in fully expected tbat at the meeting to morrow, it will be | finally dieposed of and the in qneetion determined | ont on which t alttes are already au- | thorized to treat, are so lit of those the owner bas corsented or proposed lo reer that there is not much d Moulty there. and the remaining objections were soarcely listened to Im the last meeting It has been said it Will biock the avenues; but it will only shorten them by one block. leaving qulte sufficien jet for che traffic to New Utrecht by the Fen id thoae on the other side. The only oi nd that is now brought. large portion of the jan tho a hundred doers an sere of a site proposed two miles further from the boundary. and mot possessing | on the north frowt of the ent’s howe, is wader | the impro of Sir. Downing, the noted 1g prepared tor the recep- question etatue of ¢ i is proposed to i statue in America, and the only one in the whole world sup ply by the hind fect of « ram- pant hors fbalance principle ts entirely | pew, aad . Mills Our Washington ‘Wasurnoron, Oct. 1, 1851, Washington and its Improvements, Governmental and Individwal-—* The Avenue” —Purisian Bowe vards—Regent Street, in Londan, and Broadway, Chesnut, and Baltimore Strets—Hotels— Market Plaze— Public Squares—Adams § Co.’s Express — Patent Ofice—Capitol Extension—The Smith- sonian Institution and Prof. Henry—Equestrian Statue of Jackson— Washington Momument—Let the States Subscribe, &c. The capital city of the nation has undergone vast and beautiful improvements. ‘I'he contrast of things as we saw thom yeas ago, and as we see them to-day, strikes our eye as bold and pleasing. Individual enterprise bas done much in the erection of various business establishments, and of a very large number of handsome dwellings, (and there are houseless people who would fill many more as soon as built)—the Corporation has done ita share in giving an imposing finish to the City Hall, in bridging the canal with airy and elegant iron strue- tures, and in the opening and paving of new streets and avonues—while the general government is showing unusual energy in the completion of its public buildings and squares. Pennsylvania Avenue—the avennue, par excel- lence, the great business, diplomatic, and political street of Washington—is one of the handsomest promenades in the world. In ite broad, shaded pave» and capacious carriage way, it resembles the Bou- levards of Paris. Of a different style altogether is Regent street, in London. It has no trees, and the impenetrableness of smoke and fog to the sun’s rays, make them unnecessary ; but its magnificent palace-like houses, all cream colored, and gorgeous shops, are nowhere equalled Broadway in New York, Chesnut in the Quaker city, and Baltimore street in the village of monuments, are splendid, rich, and elegant thoroughfares, worthy tbe pride of their citizens; but the Avenue is the nation’s street, wide aud long, with the Capital, high and peerless on its right hand, and the splendid mansion of the Presi- dent on its left. ‘The marbie edifice now being erected upon the site of old Jesse Brown’s Indian Queen Hotel, will be an ornamentto the avenue, and anattraetivestopping place for the legislative and leg, rolling hordes who winter upon the banks of the Potomac. The Na- tional Hotel is expanding under the liberal dimes of Mr. Proprietor Calvert, and will enjoy its usual overflow of fashion, politics, and diplomacy, under the luxurious dinners of Mr. Superintendent Dexter. Willard’s, at the Court-end; Irving, a: Twolfth street; United States and Gadsby’s, near the capi- tol, all add to the proportions of the avenue ; they are like the notable s one picks out of @ long live under review. Other impccvements are demanded. Tho avenue must be relieved of that ee rg market house, and its very prominent and central losation beauti- fied by a substansial and approved building, on the plan, for instance, of the Covent Garden Market, ion. Our city fathers have this subject now under advisement; and it will doubtless receive immediate aldermanic attention, as it is so inti- mately connected with our beef and bread, chickens and cheese, ducks aad digestion The several angles on the avenue, formed by the intersection of certain streets, are now mere open spaces, rude, and neglected; they should be iron- railed, tree pla: and flower bedded. As they belong to the general government, we call upon Mr. Commissioner Easby to ave us another proof of his ouergy and good taste, in the immediate redem) tion of there now forlorn and desolate patchesof public domain. You will acknowledge that Washington is rising from its village dulness, when we tell you that our business is sufficient to cause the Adams & Co. Ex- ee to stretch one of its Briarean arms to our re- ief; and to erect wu) the avenue the most orna- mental house in the city. It is a five story iron front, of beautiful peegeriens, and for it we are in- debted to the taste and enterprise of Colonel S. M. Shoemaker, of the Express. We have known the time when it was impossible to get a New York Hearn, except by the ta Now, by the facilities and promptness of this company, what can we not procure? aay ing. or everything, from anywhere or everywhere. of he have a European wish, cend it to Mr. James Ives, of the Transat- Jantic Express, 18 Cornhill, Londog; if it be Cali- fornian or Oregonian, communicate with Mr. Has- kell, at San Francisco; if it be on the Atlantic bor- der, let it be known to Colonel Shoemaker, of Bal- timore, and you will bo gratified and satisfied to ‘the utmost. The deep excavations and huge stone walls of ane) foundation for 4 mney to — caniiely og joing on 5 mn sward, gravel wal ry Tee ieee Keneyenebie | of this iPortion of the grounds, have Frey ed before and pick axe, under the influence of muscle and money. ‘The addition isa heavy job. A decade of yoars will elapse between the corner-stone and cap-stone. ‘What was the use of building those fountains in the capitol garden? They are seldom or never in motion. In our frequent visite there we have nveer yet seen a jet d’ eau. They are small, cheap, pica- une affairs; and why not them con! ly? There might be some excuse if they were as magni ficent and expensive asthe water works at the of Versailles, which we witnessed recently, when it cost the French government eighty thousand francs for two hours playing, to please the people. Citizens from every ofthe Union, and strangers from the old world, are daily visiting our capitol, and these triflin, te should be constantly throwing their sparkling drops in the sunshine. The Smithsonian Institution differs, like its own creation, from e jing else in style and stone. It is built of snuff-colored material from the Poto- mac,'and looks like the stone with which was reared the walls of the renowned Kenilworth Castle. The Smithsonian is unique. There is nothing like it on the American continent, and we are glad it was built in this ancient mixed style. It has the very look of a temple of knowledge. Already has it commenced to diffuse its intellectual rays; and, under the able ment of Professor ‘Honty, backed by a sound of Regents, with the venerable Chief Justice Taney as Chancellor, the Smithsonian will continue to increase its use(ulness in making positive additions to the sum of human knowledge. Its operations are restricted to the small eum of forty thousand dollars a year—it being Professor mnry’s policy to work upon the interest of the bequest, and to preserve the prin- cipal. Why do not some of our wealthy people add to the revenues of the thsonian, and there- by purchase a share of empng Many a be proud of the ‘tunity to lay their metallic offeri pon such asbrine. If they are selfish, ve the Jig Sy that their last in- public good, them a big tombstone, on whi b would be ‘inscribed their names for the admiration of future generations. En passant—did you ever see Professor Henry? His personal appearance is flac, and yeu would be charmed with his manner. He is one of the most entertaining men we have ever met. His high scientific attainments, classic lore, invense ap- plication, unusual business eapacity, and absorbing devotion to the proper fulfilment of Smithson’s sub- lime design, m: jm eminently qualified for his position. Kely upon it, Professor Henry is the man for the Smithsonian--and the Smithsonian is the place for Professor Henry. He ia assisted, we believe, by Dr. Jewett, of the library; Dr. Fore man, of the mineralogical department, and Pro- fessor Beard, the naturalist. The imasense government reservations, from the capitol to the Potomse, weet, have low prairie look, and assuined a sbape « form by it fone iug. grading, aud tree planting Lafaye.te square, we Sth of Ja hick was achioved the ory of tho last war he first ejcestrian i with Britsin. The Patent Office, whe bola and imposing, noe. [te massive marble winge and noble fro! ill charm the eye. The contractors, Messrs. Alexander Provost and Harry Winter, are men of great resources and entirin Industry, and are a their work to a swift an splendid sompiction. e should like to see these tnergetic men under contract with the government to build wp the Treagury | epartment, according to | its original design. Tho public service and the ne interest demand che dnishing of this edifice ‘© say nothing of the insecurity of the public pa- pere and doeun is it pot grossly extravagant to rent priv: jonses at the most exorbitant and vnbeard of hewn} oy when the government's own buildings would be enficiont, if completed t On the mall, south of the Prosident’s house, is rising the magnificent columm in honor of the father | of bis count It is a patriotis offering, in which every Aw nie proud to hear a part This monu- » at the seat of the federal government of the freest and newest nation on earth, is to be tho most immense pillar ever raised by human hands. It will be five times the beigkt of Pompey’s Pillar, or hed, will present a Cleopatra’s Needle, and more than tw height of the great ve monument in London. Mone 4 individual eoorribations will not, we fear, be su or claimiog anything like the devirebie poluta to be | cient to rear its chaste and noble head five hundred found in the one under consideration The wretebedly | 6 ot | ot ox rporations, cities, and States, eabsoribe. y ae a at Fiat’ | Would it not adda moral eublimity to see every ae ee ere cela The mre. | State in the Union voting an apprepriation aay van object 0 ‘ pually, until the monument is ficished |“ Wash- it of admiration, an . | ington, said Mr Madison, in his noble insoription | opinion that ¢ Convention~-Position of the Oli “* Liners” —State of the Business World—Bank Failures Expect- ad, &e. The whigs of Middlesex county held their con- Yention on the 30th ult., and nominated, as thoir candidates for Senators, Messrs. Huntington, of Lowell ; Boynton, of Groton ; Chamberlain, of Mal- den; Train, of Framingham; Rutter, of Waltham; and Fairbanks, of Charlestown. This is a very fair ticket, and, in point of talent, is beyond the average of such as have been nominated for some years past. It will receive some ten thousand votes, or thereabouts, being rather more than that of last year; but it will fail of an election by the people, though what will be its ultimate fate no man can say. In 1850 the lowest coalition Sena torial candidate ran 1,980 votes ahead of the highest whig candidate, and probably there will not be much difference the present year. The temporance movement, should it come to anything in politics, will have something to do with settling the charac- ter of the Middlesex delegation. Much to the surprise of most poopla, the conven- tion was rather a dull affair. There was none of that ‘old whig spirit” perceptible, with which the the coalition have been threatened. There was some delay in making the nominations; where upon one of the delegates bluntly told his fellow- members that they were wasting time to no purpose, for it was not probable that one of the persons whom they should nominate would be elected—which remark called forth no token of disapprobation. The whigs-have been guilty of no small error in thus allowing their op- poees start with the advantage that springs rom the epperent certainty of success, notwit standing their avowed determination to redeem tho State and all the counties,—always excepting Wor- cester, to the redemption of which not even whi, heroism so much as as; The whigs now tale of a “mass meeting” in Middlesex; but as their opponents would, in that case, also held one, and have Horace Mann to speak, the more prudent of their number are for keeping quiet, and working in @ more peaceable manner. ‘The convention passed a resolution approving of the course of the national administration. Some members—perhaps a jority of the whole con- vention—were desirous iving the whole subject the go-by, but one of the delegates told them that it was certain the i tion was a whig ad- ministration, and that they were themselves whigs =and the conclusion was of the inevitable sort. The conduct of the convention deserves praise on the score of boldness and consistency, but it willnot be likely te aid the whig party much in this quar- ter, for the number of whigs who detest the lugi- tive Slave law is byno means small, and the ad- ministration has come to be thoroughly identified with that law. The democratic and free soil county conventions met at Concord on the day after the whigs had per formed their work. The result of their delibera- tions was the nomination of the following ticket, which was agreedupon by the two conventions, with a gress deal of unanimity:—Henry Wilson, of Na- tick (F.S.); wg Fuller, of Framingham (dem.); Samuel E. Sewell, of Stoneham (F.8.); Ithamat W. Beard, of Lowell (dem.); Anson Burlingame, of Cambridge (F.S.); and Charles C, Hazewell, of Concord, (dem.) conventions of the coalition- ists are stated to have been very large. Of the election of this ticket, no doubt seems to be enter- tained by its supporters; but it remains to be seen what will be the effect of the action of the Tempe- raxce Convention, which met on Wednesday at Worcester, on the fortunes of our political parties. That convention did not pass a resolution in favor of questioning all candidates for elective offices, for the purpose of supporting no man who is not in fa- vor of adopting the Maine law in Massachusetts. Should the movement, however, come to anything, the government would seem bound to go back ints whig hands; but the Maine law would not then be paseed, for it would not be enforced in this city, or in any other large pl: except at the risk of blood- shed. The shins yet fied the greatest interest in the sale of uor, and quite as much in the drink- ing of it, as their neighbors, laugh at the ides of the Maine law being adopted here. They could not carry this city, w! as it is, if thele legiclative candidates were to announce their intention to vote for such a law, in the event of their election. Those six thousand bottles of cham; would haunt the whig ment that sh dare to turn to the total abstinence side. They are a kind of spirits that are not easily laid. At the same time, the hanes Pre oe such ree pny em perance may re} to give im, according to the custom Preniiieas in such cases made an 5M rae One gentleman, | understand, picdged ct. Wi to the support of a law ike that of Maine, that he would sign it if it were ; whereat some of our city whigs are idignant, and declare that Mr. Winthrop would do nothing of the kind. During the next fortnight, the nominations for Senators will be completed, and the campaign will be wi carried on. The “old line” democrats do not intend to make any formal 0; ition to the ccalitien. General C whom it seems they relied upon to lead them, is utterly opposed to the return of the whigs to pewer, and will contend against any such result with the same pertinacit; at marked his course in the Sumner Se: contest. Mr. Permenter, whose influence has al- ways been something more than respectable, has given He opinion that it would be idle to oppose : wy ages ote ng po ee we fond side with C. Cus! in 0) ir. Sum- ction, has been Shosen i the’ Democratic | Convention, and by the same men who, to avery groat extent, nominated the Middlosex coalition Senatorial tisket, and he might have been nominated for the Senate had he wished for the lace. 5 We are inthe midst of @ pecuniary crisis, and one which bids fair to make smashing work before tht clouds shall have been blown away. For a long time men have been paying the most exorbitant rates for loans in the street, the banks s1 the funds for the shavers, and atthe same time vowing by the beard ef St. Mammon that they had nota dollar to spare; but as these loans were mostly made to men of not the very first credit, people believed that the pinch was but of a tempo- rary character. Last Saturday, however, one of our wealthiest merchants two percent a month for a loan of $12,000, this has caused all the respectibilities to rub their eyes, and to look about them very sharp, to see if there are any other in- dications of the roach of the day of judgment. The gentleman alluded to is one of those fortunate individuals find the world a sort of Tom Tid- ler’s ground, on which to pick up gold and silver, and who probably never before sg above one pon Ow Oe 2 in his life, for money by myriads of dollars. Now he feels the pressure of the ssrews, and has to pay his share of the cost of baving that pleasant operation put on—from which fact you may infer how deusedly ard up our groat men are “about these a.” Re says that some of our banks are in a most shaky condition; and that if they do not amash up, it will only be at sacrifizes which will cause the quotations of their stocks to be at a very low figure mi the and for eon.e time thereafter. The reason why the solve: of the bank 's not relied upon,is the fact that their funds have, in many instances, bren loaned at high rates through the hands of shaving brokors; and the reewlt of there negotiations is ina fair way to prove the truth of the old saying, that bad seourity and high inte; most invariably go together. Our usury law: f that character which enables every man who bes been shaved close to pluck out the beard of the shaver by the roots, if he so please. Not Sbylock was more ossentially ‘taken in and dene for,” in his great case, versus Antonio, than a Boston Shylock can be if his victim choose to turn upon him. This is the reason that the usury laws are 80 bitterly o “4 many of our cay ists, who, if they could go into the market in times | like the present, and sell their money at the market price fair and above board,” as thi it, could normous profits at next to po risk at all, men not often the vtovims of bad security, when they when they have to empl that they make bad loane, legal penalty attached to such transactions. attempts that have hitherto been made to get the usury laws repealed have failed, and | mich a¢ may be made next winter will not be more successful, let whichever party tri- | umph. The — is not of « party cbaiacter, thor the moneyed men have been of 9 democrats, pursuing their free | trade ideas to their legitimate consequences, id be more than the whigs have been to give them | reliet: t is to bin to legalize whatover they | may do towards pi: men upon & condition of | extreme want, which would be about as humane | as it would be to authorise wreckers to knock ship- } wrecked mariners on the head, by way of affording | them relief from their troubles. ! A the effect of the pressure on politics, | in little to be said. Were the coming eleo- ; for members of Congress, it — | to an account b; the mig boat bute no small , of the ‘of 1846, which they op the oxportation rash at first 3 it ia | iy a sort of **middieman” | to say nothing of | *! . How far their view ee io ‘but it will set Morell nence of the election u Mr. Winthesy’s from business men, who al; vernmental re —bad debts, &« our whigs, however, that can save the loss of gold and silver. We have had, during the last two or three days, ali sorts of stories respecting the failuro of leading mercentile houses. It is impossible to say how much truth there is i of them, or to wi tent the parties who stopped payment are in- volved. Some of them bave unquestionably stopped for no other reason than that they would not sub- mit vo the exorbitant ‘sh: ? on they could obtain mone; Proper course, in Ponies mn, and the general the opinion of all rati adoption of which would put a stop to the swindles that are so common in the business world, under the name of loans. One of the greatest firma inthis ity two or three years since, found itself in @ pe- sition in which it was necessary to either stop pay- ment, for @ time, or to borrow aanee at two or three per cent per menth. They promptly suspend- ed payment, andio six months had got over every culty, and are now as gound ag it is possible for an establishment of the kind to be. Such conduct is most praiseworthy, and ough’ to be so common as to excite no remark whatever. Men who ought to know, declare that money was never sd abundant in boston than it is at this moment. . Peoy Sourees good for Bothing thes "sans rected Walon good for not when mi very like Mr. Abel Handy's inventions—very ex- cellent until their assistance is wanted, but always useless at that important moment. A.goma. Our Long Island Correspondence. Port Jzvzerson, L. I., Sept. 29, 1851. Trade of Port Jefferson—Ship Building, &c. It appears to astonish the sober inhabitants of our busy village, that any one here should have time or inclination to write, and still more that the Heratp should publish, anything coming from old Suffelk. But “achiel’s amang them, takin’ notes; an’ faith, he'll prent em.” ’Tis true there are not many here, save now and thena schoolmaster, clergyman, or an idle sailor, who can find time to write; yet, among us all, we shall try to keep you posted up in all the affairs of Suffolk, whether civil, political, clerical, or maritime. We shall not, however, meddle with the affairs of go- vernment, so long as we feel the country is safe, nor, perhaps, until there should be another inva- sion of Cuba, or the annexation of Canada; nor shall we interfere with the clergy so long as they mind their own business; and therefore must, of necessity, confine ourselves to ourown affairs. In accordance with my promise of last week, I gv you the number of vessels owned here, and heir tonnage. There are at present one brig, fifty schooners, and thirty-cight sloops; the tonnage of which, in the aggregate, would amount to at least twelve th tons. The above vossels were, with few exceptions, built here, and are owned in this village and its vicinity. Among the most prominent builders here and in Setauket, a village situated on an arm of this bay, one and a miles distant, may be noticed Messrs. Hawkins & Darling, who are building a schooner of 200 tons; Messrs. Bedell & Darling, @ schooner of 200 tons; Messrs. Jas. M. & C. L. Bayles, two schooners, one of 200 and the other of tons; Benj. Brown, Esq» a sloop of 50 tons; Thos. B. Hawkins, @ yacht of 60 tone; John R. Mather, @ schooner of 225 tons; Chas. W. Darling, Esq., hooner of 175 tons; Messrs. Jno. E. Darling & Co., two schoone: of 175, the other of 200 tons; Nehemiah Hand, a a schooner of 300 tons; Wm. Bacon, Esq., a schooner of 200 tons; aud David B. Bayles, a schooner of 400 tons burthen. The most of those gentlemen have had much experience in building, and it would be no flattery to say that they thoroughly understand their business ; and, to use a favorite expression of one of our master builders, they all have an eye fora model. Nearly all our veseels are built to order; and the right spirit pre- vails among tho owners, as almost overy now vessel is put up for some » ouTg man who has shown that he possessed of the requisite opener for com- manding. In fact, that is necessary to the ad- vancement ofa young man, and placing him in com- mand of @ vessel here, is to show that he has capacity, and is honest ani industrioas. 0 lack of capital to commence with is no hindrance. He giver, for an interest in his vessel, his note, with prudence and industry as endorsers—which is readi accepted; and he is at once placed in command. As long as this spirit is manifested, the business of our ge need never be less. THE BRITISH PROVINCES. Monrnreat, Sept. 28, 1851. The Governor’s Levee—The Removal of the Seat of Government to Quebec—Dispute between a Layman and the Bishop of Quebec—The Gold Region of the Etchemin and Chaudiere—Canadian Prizes at the London Exhbition— Dinner to Mr. Lafontaine— His Retivement— Approaching Elections—Recipro- city with the United States—Provincial Fair at Brockville—Weather-—-Crops, &c. The Levee held by the Governor General, Lord Elgin, was respectably attended, yet it had a party aspect, im consequence of the studied absence of many faces usually to be seen upon such occasions. He has—whether through design or accident—be- come identified with the Lafontaineites, eulogized by their press, and praised by their partisans; while the English portion of the community look upon him with coldness and suspicion ever since his sans- tion to the Kebellion Losses bill. Lord Elgin could not have anticipated an enthu- siastic reception, but he encountered no insults, unless a few groans which greeted him in the street could be so construed. ‘There are in all societies men Who are unrestrained by the courtesies of civi- lized life. Even the Boston Jubilee afforded evi- dence of the fact, for three ultra politicians had the bad taste to remember their Canadian disputes, and, though guests of the Bostonians, to give them utterance. The change in the seat of government from Torento to Quebec, explains the flight of the officials from the former to the latter city, and has tended to raise the value of landed estate, and Im- rove rents in (Quebec. The influx of so largea Boay of men deriving their incomes from goverz- m salaries, must produce a salutary effect upon the trade of Quebec; and the approac! winter will be as gay a one as the old citadel has for many & long year. ¢ last Governor who re- eided the winter at Quebeo, was Lord Gos ford, a man remarkable for hospitable and convivial tastes. it was said that his consumption of claret alone, during his short residence, amount- ed to four hundred dozen, but his table was always occupied, and sometimes by in formidable numbers. ‘The dispute between a Mr Wartele, a citizen of Quebeo, and the Protestant Bissop of the diocese, pares | the refusal of the latter to inter the child of the former in unconsecrated ground, has been renewed before the courts, with the same ro- sult as heretofore: court declining to order the Biehop to m t rvice Mr. Wurtele took a fancy to have his child bu- ried in a portion of a new cemetery, not conse crated. ‘The Bishop resisted the demand. Wur- tele applied to the Queen’s Bench to compel him, but the onus of proof resting with Wartele, to show that the Bishop was legaily bound to perform the service; and he having ied to evtablish the onus, the pAb ages against him. In England, no such difficulty could have arisen, because the parishioner bas a legal right to interment in the parish burial ground ; as fe has a legal right to admission into the parish workhouse. ‘The auriferous region to the south of Quebec, on | the waters of the Liichemin and Chaudiere, yields a moderate quantity of goid. [here are two or three companies working in different sections, and they pay their expenses; beyond that they cannot boast of mush success. The auriferous district extends into the nerthwesterly portion of the State of Maine, i | and according to the report of Mr. Logan, the provincial geologist, it includes a section of the castern township. ‘The prizes awarded to the Canadian to the great Exbibition, in London, have been com The list inciudes almost tanything. Political rea- ot distegarded in this liberal dis, ereation of prizes, though it must be conf that the sums awarded are miserably sm many instences the mere interest, on the value of the article exported, exceeds the sum awarde The proposed dinter to Mr. Lat place teat Wednesday, the lat October polities}, half friendly, inasmuch as Mr. Li is LOW in the crysalis state, passing from the coa- dition of Premier to tbat of privave citisen. This vinner Will be attended by ali Mr. Lafontaino’s friends, who ean tmueter four dollars to expend on a cipner, Mr. Lafontaine’s present position is one of nega Vion—-ke retizes from office, but be has aot consum, pans sie nary caj y cause & vacancy in the representation of Montreal; and at the present moment, it is utterly im} ble to predict with any certainty, the name of his suc- cessor. There are parties mentioned as candidates, but, until the time for action arrives, it cannot be known whether they are serious in their intentions, or mere masks for others. An election in Montreal inn ics a row, £0 heterogeneous is the composition ofthe population. Half a dozen nations and as many religions, furnish the raw materials fora fight. Throughout the province the politicians fy tively engaged preparing for the general election. The mass of the people are quiescent almost to apa- thy. They need the excitement of a great princi- pes rouse them to action, whereas the qaestions fore them binge upon the reflective merits of the ing candidates. iprocity with the United States may receive its solution at the hands ofthe Parliament about to be elected. ‘The intelligent thinkers perceive that Canada cannot aspire to become a manufacturing she continues subject to the interests Manchester cotton lords, and remains excluded ‘nited States markets. The abolition of customs duties on the American fron- Wo as a specific remedy for under wi the colony la- of this plan would require nadians to assimulate their duties upon Bri- tish goods Imported via the St. Lawrence, to the American tariff; a proceeding which could not be relished by the English manufacturers, though at the present moment all the coarse cottons sold in Canada are the manufacture of the United States. ‘The Provincial Fair, at Brockville, Canada West, terminates this day. It has been numerously at- tended, and the bition of farm implements and of the cabinet, except those who may hold seats in he nenelecti brasch ofthe Lgiaatar their hands full of electioneering for some em ority of their constibuensies axe to of Michigan—The Construction of the Cabine— The Provincial Fair—The Prize List, §c.—Raile way Mecing. In my last 1 said it was evident that our rotary system of government would be expensive. We have aiready an incidental proof. On Saturday night, the Ottowa steamer, which left Toronto onthe previous day, with a great many government offi- cials, with all their traps and appurtenances, came inte collision with the Reindeer steamer, on leaving Kings‘on harbor, and sunk, and is still lyieg on her beam ends, sunk to the upper deck. Her seventy- four passengers, fortunately, escaped in a barge which the Reindeer was towing; but the parapher- nalia of government lics soaking in the lake. Pa- pers and documents will, of course, be rendered use- less; so much the more work for extra clerks, only some one must pay the piper. On the following night, the Ontario, a freight boat, run down a four- oared gig, in which eight men were pleasuring, and three of them were drowned. The Patriot, one of our city papers, made some Temarks, a few days ago, in reference to the State of Michigan, which have called forth a most excel- lent reply from Mr. James [ » of Detroit. The Puerlle attempts to show ike ‘est shor Shurchism, when he eaid—" Just euen ous eee to Michigan, where the name of religion is only known to be scoffed at—where the voluntary wey hes 80 successful that a priest of any Christian denomi- nat since its settlement, scarce trod, or as Dr. John Rolph would perhaps say, polluted its soil.” This infamous statement, made in the most unblush- ing ignorance of the state of society in Michigan, hasbeen met at some length by a letter in the Ex- aminer of Wednesday, in which Mr. Inglis stock, demonstrates the re progress which the colony has made ia age tural and mechanical industry. The contributions from this quarter were pr poem commended for the varied dhsorl tions superior apples, a product for which the island of Montreal Joi been famous. The crop this year falls short of o1 seasons; a cold 8p: gk led the fruit in the germ. dn district the have been secured in excellent condition, but t! (n has been so large that the barns are unable to hold them; hence, in travelling through the country, you see huge piles of produce stacked outside the barns, an event of rare occurrence. We have had copious rains, aad the forest is rapidly assuming an autumnal tint. Some sharp frosts in the morning remind us that we dwell in a northern latitude. B. Toronto, October 1, 1851. Resignation of the Cabinet—Speculations about the New One, §c., $c. The cabinet has resigned ina body, and hold office only as anominal government till their suc- cessors are appointed. Lord Elgin received the lettercontaining the resignations on Tuesday, at the Falls, whither his Excellency returned direct from Montreal, without even calling at Brockville, where the Provincial Exhibition was being held. The resignations will, of course, be accepted, and a new cabinet formed with as littie delay as circumstances will permit. At a late hour, to-day, no one had been sent for to form a new government. The expected ac- Couchement of Lady Elgin, which is to take place at the Falla, will prevent his Excellency returning to Toronto before the 10th inst.; so that if a any new cabinet be formed before then it will have to be at Drummondville. It is hardly likely that an interregnum of such length will be allowed to take place. Itis pretty well understood on all sides, that neither Sir Allen McNab nor any other leader of the tory party will be sent for to form anew ministry, in the construction of which, no doubt, some of the materials of the old one will be made available; but not to any very great ex- tent. Lafontaine, the head of the late cabinet, is anxious to retire from public life; had he been so dispoted he might have held on to power for years tocome. He is only forty-six years of ago; ani, to use his own expression, he has been battered about like an old penny. His alleged connection with the rebellion of 1837 led to several years of voluntary exile in France ; in 1849 his house was attacked, and at- tempted to be bnrned by the mob; and during the late seesion the accusation of traitor to his former principles was hurled*at him by his friends, because he would notassent to a measure which ho regarded a3 @ premeditated robbery of the Seignors. Though not rieh, his pecuniary circumstances are easy; he is probably worth some $20,000 a year. Bourett, another Frecch Canadian member of the late government, isto get a judgeship Price, the Commissioner of Crown Lands, egy k into the cbacurity of private life, to employ his talents at the attorney’s desk Baldwin, the late Attorney General for Canada West, has become so ngopane by his recent avowal of retrograde principles, that it is impossible he can obtaina place in tho new ministry ; and it is exceedingly doubtful if he will be able to find a constituency that will return him to Parliament. Thus, of the late ministry, one half of the members are fairly shelved for the pre- sent. The union of two provinces, inhabited by distinct races, renders it necessary that the cabinet should be peculiarly cons’ ed. Foreach province it must have a distinct head. A gentleman from Lower Canada will be called upon to form the half of the cabinet which is to represent that section ; anda gentleman from Upper Canada to form the half that is to represont section of the country. ‘The two Attorneys General latterly been the of the Soren * mrt A ra not at all necessary or o in will be the case in future. For Lower Canada Mr. Drummon late Solicitor General, will unquestionably Attorney General and leader. ‘Hine Inspec tor General, is sure to be in the new cabinet, al- though he is at this moment about as unpopular a man as there is in the country. Did he not possoss ver, ble talents as @ financier, his torgiver- sation would long since have sank him in irretriev- able depths of political perdition. It must be ad- mitted that of Inte bis small sins have been ridicu- lously megnified by an odious and intolerent fana- ticiem that renders disgusting nearly all our po- litical discussions. A strong lever of the type of the puritanical pitt infuses into nearly every political questioa of the day. During the late session Hincks ruitied the temper of the fanatics by votes and more- ments which certainly deserve to be described as injudicious. For instance, when a bill was brought in to abolish the requirement which compels all ministers, other than those of the Episcopal Church, to give evidence of their clerical character, to enable them to solomnize matrimony, he opposed iton the very sufficient ground that it made no provision for registering a large portion of the marriages. If instead, he had proposed the requi- site amendment he would have escaped many of the ferocious attacks with which he has since 2 assailed. On the whole, the new cabinet can hard- ly be otherwise than more radical than its prede- cersor. The ministerial crisis will test the good faith of the parties to the “Union,” lately concluded on be- halt cf the two sections of the reform party. I know enovgh about the at, undivulged secret, to be aware that ono condition of the “combina- tions’ required that the Inspector General should procure the king up of the cabinet about this time. He ha ceeded, and is so fer acting in good faith towards the other side of the m bina- tions.” It is not true, as the journals » that know no better, allege, that the disrolution of the cabinet was occasioned by, a difference of opinion cting the proper time for holding the general fons. Will you believe it, that the great t bas agonized the press of the province with wonder, for the last two months, consisted almost entirely of the stipulation shat two or three members of the cabinet were to procure its dissolu- tion on the first opportunity after the session ! Yes, eoit is. The only other part of the secret, related to the re-construction of the cabinet on the coali- tioa principle; both sections of the reform party to Lo represented, without, Of course, any positire agrecweat as to numbers or names. There neod be no fort of question that the cabinot will be formed on this principle; but how long will the incoherent elements bang together! I would beta beaver tbat it will not be eighteen months before the combination cabinet is blown up; the semi-tory ection holding on to office, and the section with re- publican leanings in more hestile opposition than ver. : The remnant of the government ostablishment went down, to-day, to Quebeo, in the sha clerks. The cholera bas already killed of them in the lower capt The er of deaths never exoceded fifteen a day, in a city of 40,000 in- itapti—a not ver, ming ratio of mortality. ‘Tb re rman the aaa at Quebeo, if xp eicnce isto be any guide, may be regarde Sitecing the whole provisos, Imiuel cok extoa, thie epic: mie travelled westward along the line of the St. Lawrence. The goresmant departments at Quebeo will, necessarily, be headless, till the elections are over, and that will not be for some Woeks—perbhaps months. The different members clear! not only is there an abundant and oftcle nt phd aligions teachin, bs school system is than priest-ridden England, the model of the Patriot’ ambition. For while the rs of state-paid priestcraft have been obstructing the course of po- rs education, the voles sauiewseests of erican patriotism have pr a scheme free as the air of heaven. But, asa necessary conse sone, the Patriot has a horrid anti; to every thing across the line, and is id that our new school reformers think, some dey, of — with the connection which subsists with Britain, order to assimilate themselves more to their nearer neighbors. e greatest anxiety exists, as to who is to be sent for to construct a new cabinet to Lord Tigi. Up to this time nothing has been divulged. There is a talk of James Morris, the Postmaster Genoral, being the cabinet maker. He is a thorough re- former, and a man who enjoys the eonfidence and corpect of all the community; but he does not seem to have grasp of mind sufficient to make him an efficient leader. His exertions towards a post office reform have gained him the good will of all, more £0 at this moment than, perhaps, any other public man in Upper Canada; and were it his Excellen- cy’s pleasure to send for him, a cabinet might be constructed to give confidence to the country. It is to be hoped that Francis Hincks will not have the leat hip, for his antecedents are very unsatisfas- tor; ‘ovincial Fair which was this year held at Brockville, came off pretty well. The proceedis; closed on Saturday last. The weather was tled, and the attendance was consequently not s0 large as was anticipated. The distribution of the prizes has given great dissatisfaction in certain quar- t Amongst the rest of the malcontents is a cer- ti agente ans sort of halfamateur, half profes- 8 artist, who had some very neatly executed chalk drawings there, for which, as a matter of ne- cessity, he expected the first prize; but behold, in the ignorance or artifice, of the adjudicators, « ‘oung lady, a sister or nieee of an influential mem- ber inthe administration, got the first prize for — eee a bore no Scat ccoas Ra- a) .9 Of ster, of a many rae, for improved agricultural implements—for corncoband crusher, clover machine, seed drill, fanning m'll, portable + mill, harrows, series ot plows, thirteen varieties; reaping machine, horse power thresher and operator, subsoil plow andstraw cutter, they carried off first prises and di; Several other parties from the States come sue ceesfully, but wore not so extensively fortunate as that company, whose instruments peteinly Seahy ae ingenuity, and most exquisite work: ip- . Nay yi, the es rea tag ay on - Specimen of c twen, ty different langua, The doctor is new luxari- ating on the banks of the Grand river, and deveting his spare time to the manufacture of beet wegat several ens of which he produced at the Fair, ied off the prize. im nt and influential meeting was held this evening, in St. Lawrence Hall, presided over by ie pee is anges M porelations were passed, approvi & line of ri miles, and) ury @ mun! corporation to subscribe “F008 towards that object. The principal speakers on the occasion admitted that they had got their eyes opened at the Boston cele- bration, to the _— advantages of railways, and were determired—now that they had seen what Bos- tonhad become by means of her iron netwerk—to do their utmest to rival the splendor and prosperity ofthat city. Itis universally conceded that this would be a most profitable line if catered into with spirit. We shall see what is the upshot of the meeting. Srecraror. took the prize for Description or an Ariat, Voraor rrom Da TRoiT.—Tho Detroit Tribune, of the 3d inst., gives the following de: jon of the balloon in that city, on the Ist inst., by Ira R. Tharstoa:-— Agreeable with wronautic practice, Fi yous copy from my log book, as recorded yesterday afternoon, on * worege through the regions of space. About five o'clock I found Jagiter was fully inflated for a visit to the clouds. cy od assembled were all anxiously waiting, bus not im- potions, bag the ascension ; an ong in ay, that my four years’ pesetion wro- pautics, [have Dot A & crowd t! was disposed to be ae pong Even the outsiders seemed to be eatia! that ia due time they would receive an equivalent for their dimes At five o’clock precisely | cut the single cord that held me to the abode of mortals; like the proud cagle, my balloon soared sloft, amid the enthusiastic cheers ef assembled thousands. There being but little wind, I ascended at an angle of a ive degrees, gradually movizg northeast, until 1 reached an attitude of five thousand feet, giving me the best view of the city of Detroit and vicinity eve: by any mortal, All scenes from balloot are gratd; but this was beautiful—yes, beyond deseription, and I will not attempt it. Five o'clock, eight minutes—I found myself northeast of the borders of the city, still aucending, and was ealuted by the discharge of cannon, whi ‘oh had ne effect upon the balloon. | could now see the whole of Lake St Clair anda portion of Canada. At the north, abou: thirty miles, there is the groatest cluster of lakes or ponds that I have ever seen— some thirty or forty in twenty minutee-—1 reaches and drifti braog should think was about e—either to cross the lake, or come down it it, or secure a landing this side of the lake. in th: first plece, | overhauled my stock of provisions which | fourd was sufficient for three a ag to croes the lake, and a few days’ sojourn * wilderness, eheuld I be so lucky as to noed it; the strength of the wird | eet insufficient carry me ucross before dark, and as! did to intrude on the Queen's premises, like # thief the night, I abandoned that project—and as coming down in the lake, I had plent; broilei in the store of provisions, and | could de myself that I should have much relish I determined to land as s00n a8 pos In erder to clear the woods, | opened the valve, and made a rapid dosce! forty-five minutes past Daniel Corby, about starting. people in the on regated together, forty, 8 anxious ao render me assistance in their power. Sratistics or AtanaMa —The Mobile Tribwne of the 28th ult. Wiloox conn, &o, ii 21; on libraries, e197; carde Toes up ase $8, Fics"; on loaned at “at more gal this? Is it legal to take interest on i ments 7)—' are a fet