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ardor an1 ral and capa* ste of great things. ‘they | are te be trammelled, py ineensistent, indecisive aad peotical instruct’ fons auch as given to Oom- modore Aulick, We ¢ sanct expect much. Do this, er | do that, should We * sue orders issued—aever, de net this, | orthat. If © ele ar and explicit order is siven to a cape | | ' | ‘ble officer, MY, ©) never commit blunders by doing what ‘he uhould wet Aave Gone. My own opinion about Japan ts, that ¥ © s/ust strike ; abe will do mothing upon mogetia- | on ; phe is more hard headed and courageous than ‘Cates. net atall dependent apom Earopeaa commerce; | ‘Wow’ is abe v0 aecenrible to ‘oreign aggression. The English | Varin China, under my own observation, was an easy | /qne. The English had nothing to contend against, except | % dbsease | and the people om the sen coast clamored to the Mandarin inerarantly fer peace. If we once strike, as we must, it will become a war of eompyision. Men for land service will be needed ; thee ean be raised in California, to the number of 15,000, ia a few months, the men-of-war seize the seaport and oly un- der thefweight of arms will we be Abie to obtaim a footing. W& 2 Diew is forbidden by our government, we may show he telegraph, run the machinery, and make prevents, and then come away with our tail between our legs, as Com- modore Biddle did in the Columbus 74, im 1849; in ‘fect, he was rum out. Another thiag: Vor merchants ‘should be ready with their freighted vessels to commence ‘the trade we demand. But this’ of course, has not escap- ‘ed the rharp eyeof our practical men. Suecess attending | ‘eur efforts, and the result placed side by side with what ‘the English are now so quietly aceomplishing in the In- ‘dian Archipelago, under Sir James Brooke, the Rajeh of Borneo, and the world will be astomished at the weaith that lies hidden in thee upknown eountries—gold, @xmouds and coal, both in Borneo, Labuan and Japan— | silk and cotton, spice odoriferous gums, and every | thing else which the Anglo Saxon will caure to arise from | ‘the productive powers of the soil—e fer surer souree of riches than oostly ores or gems, fer doubtless atime will the United States will fail to raise eotten Europe. States must carry it out at the eammen’s mouth. Yo explsin any inconsistency of opinion from what is Written sbove, 1m using forcetimetesd of moral influence, Any one who has bad any experience with Asiatic nations ned not be told that to negotiate with them is an un- deviaking of extraordinary difficulty. If you conduct yourveif towards them with courtesy, deference and gea- | Weness, they attribute it to weakness aad fear, and repay | yoar Lumanity with inrolence ; and if you behave wiih | ® bigh band, things are soon brought to extremi | and jou have to use force for fores. The Japanese, in | Derveular, from ‘he jealously they have of all outside | influence, aud (be uninterrupted success with whieh they | have exjelied and kept Europeans from their shores, | will be the longest im learning this and correcting their | mistake. Their empire has been closed for more than two | hurdred years againes western commerce. “Our mission’’ | i» so turow open this closed ehannel to the trade of the world. - Yo allow Japan to persist in sullen seclusion—now we sre «pproaching ber shores from the east—would be | ¢rime on our part against the laws of nature, because | Kinflicts injury upon other nations weaker than we | Gre. Therefore, im the face of the wholejcivilized world the United Siates will be justified if she emvloys the | “last argument’ to compel the Japanese to open their bidven resources, and enter again within the circle of human families. From the contradictory statements ia ths resident's Message, (Fillmore,) and the Secretary of the Navy's report, (Kenpedy ) it is to be feared that | the instructions te our naval officers are not clear and | emphatic enough; and it is to be hoped that Gen. Pieree | will give it bir first attention, and by a clear and concise | erder place the “mow national matter” upon a firm and womistakable basis, 50 as to secure success, and entitle | | the nation to the thanks of the world, Ua Mr_Soate’s Appointment. m the Lendos Morning Herald, Mey 20 ] | Las occurred, and it is betthe vague anticipat | sent wretehed condition ef Turkey, may eas to our latest advices from Havana, there {s very covsicerable excitement prevuiling in that city, and | alt tver the island, on the Cubam question, Tbe official ZAario is iv» perfect blaze of alarm and indignation at | theappoixtment of Mr. Soulé to Spain. It threatens all sorte ofdreadful things if be attempts to try on the fill busters et Mesrid, in any way. and if there should be a Liderating expedition semt over to help ban creoles te peerer cence snd free trade, the whole irland in its | defence # li be reduced to s mass of ruins. Meantiwue, it ved that the cunning old Catalans selling off erty, and making all snug as the sailors say, ming storin; while, on the other baad. sti more sagaciour cre les are investing largely ta real er ate. Notwithstanving these porteutous movements | toe «lave trade seems (0 be as thriving as ever, aud ue- grces fresh from the Gold Coast rules: good orices. But | ‘ties at Mavana have no faitn io Soule, | io Gen Vierce—no respect (ov bis aaugural address, | d with the terrinie idea that the ad. | league with the Cubao Junta and the | Orver of the Love Siar to seize upon Cuoa the first dack | aud stocmy vigh', after ali the preparations ave perfect. | ed Verily Mr. Sould, from the ou'eries of the Drario. | will never be permitted to enter the city of Madrid. Tne | the | matter [+ becoming intensely interestiug. The American Japanese Expedition. Fron The ws ® the Singapore Free Press, April 1.] an frigate Mississippi Captain Lee, arrived bere on the 26th instant, aed left this for China on the 2th This is one of the fleet destined for the expedition to | Japan. ihe result of this cemonstration will be known ” before the close of the year. Should it be sucosssfal it Wil exert a great influence on the commercial and politi cat afiairs of \his part cf the world. A large, populous acd somparatively civilized empire *ill be chrowa open | to commercial enterprise, and a new outlet will thus be mace fo: ultimately to extremely vi merece of Europe and Awerica. But even should the fir-t efloris of the United States government to estab- | feb relations wish Japan prove unsuccessful, it ie not | Ukely that it will thereupoo relinquish its parpose. Further measures will be adopted and it may be a | sumed that the requit desired will soouer or iater be | brougnt sbout. Having thus entered’ upon # different | course of policy from what which has hitherto appeared cteri-e the United States goverament—ri interferenoe in di fanuot supose that they will stop short, and content | themselves with their operations ia Japan. It i+ proba- | bie hat they will next endeavor to btain a footing in | China and Chusan, which was so foolishly given up by | the Evglith, will probably, ere wany years elapse, be an | American settlement. There will se 00 laek of vecasion for a quarrel with the Chinese, if that is needed. for the seoomplirbinent of the placs of the United States. They + have a Hievipotentisry in China, and he must be ili | versed in the business of his craft if be cannot Gnd eause for offence when the proper time nas arrived. In the Ie. dan Archipelago, Americas bax a wide and inviting | Geld for the enterprise of her stirring azd adventurous @itizens, and in any operations which they may wader- tate in that locality, they will be free from the treaty engagements which bave been found ro Festrictive of Hnglsb enterprine in this quarter. There is | Botbing to prevent the Americans from forming settle | ments and endeavoring to develope the commercial re- | sources of New Guinea. Borneo, Celebes, or any other juarter of the Indian Archipelago not in actual ocenpa- | of Eupopesn powers. We should not regres seeing | the Americans taking such s practical intarertin the af | fairs of the Archipelago, as it in clear that the Dutch will | Sot aid in opening up the Archipeingo to ether nations, and the Engiish government has for «0 many years per | deted ins vaciliating aud iscoumistent, but in general | obstructive eourse of policy, taat it ia evident we eam | Hitle expect any effectual asnistance from it. To th terorise of the Americans we must, therefore hove measures which shall extend t Indian aud Papnan Archipelagoes, whove rieh and varied aatural preduetions will well repay the labors whieh may be bestowed in making them available, The Present Position of Tarkish Affairs. {From ‘he London Times, May 20.) last invelligence which bas reaebed ua from Com startinople is ies satisfactory than that which had pre- @rdied 't, onthan thet wich we bad reason to anticipate, The question of the Holy Places hes, indeed, jbeea adjunt e4 without any great difficulty, for, as we have constant- Ty acseried, the pretensions of ihe Fioperor of Rusia were ve character, and the French yov- the claims of the Latin Church.to certain privileges at these shrines have oot deen interfered with. Louis Napoleon, taerefore, lays elaim on very @axy conditions to « display of firmness vhen in truth none of his eladms wore directly assailed Int no sooner was the rman signed which was to cerini "Ve this part of Prince Mensehikoff’s mission than other 3 that ambassador of « ror nome days previously acter withdrawn from the society pretenge of indisposition, and bee had been forwarded to hima from Odessa, which Twrmedi "Seiwards, the Porte was apprised that the Rassiea government required of ft, the sonclason of a separate kreaty Ofeonvention, by which the matter of the Holy Placer, aid che reiations of the Emperor of Russia with the memtare of the Greek Chareb throughout the Otto- man dorn'rong sheuld be pinced ander the sanction of « pr 4 iplenw ie engagement. This demand was made oe the OND Otay. it was seoompanied by & species Of threat thebitit were not complied with im the evuree of * ary few days the mission of Prinse Menschikot Sd id be at a 4 Another steamer has mubsequeantly arrived at T with intelligenee from Constaatiaople down to tho th inst, when it seems that the Prinos had given the Perio a week to deliberate on his pro) 1 It is possible shat this demand ts nor in ltell of © very novel Or aggressive charaeter. for the Rosi ernment bas jepestedly provested that itn sol to maintain rights which heve long been reooget belonging to the Greek Church, and « treaty cigned be- beams = " ibe Pe n to 1714 Sontaine an express emir ‘oteetion to the Christian religion and the Shorehes of the Fart, eenecially to that Greek Chureh in the quarter of Galste which the Rasian governmant was tereby authorized to erect. Bat netther that treaty, nor eay other with which we are aequslnied, enniains any reevgnition of the religious supremacy now contended for i Russia over the Greek popniation of the Oitoman em- re and the Porte appears at all times to have felt at to deal with m fereiga powar in referenes to ita Ercek subjects wax to conosde rights whieh no foreign State cow @ exercise with Iinpanity aver +o large and im portent » part of ite own population. As to the orecive extent of the pretensions aow yut forward by the Rassiaa envoy we must writ for more eomplete uforimativa ; but it is probable amennt 7 no more than the right al- | ready evjoyed by the otber Christian and long recegvized by the Turks themselves. The change eonrists in the admission of Russia to be @ cestracting | bo grave a subjest ef interval poliey. The Porte, wer, is in no eonditien to offer hes 4 fete tora ance, and. ncoordingly was rece’ night a the Rus-ian Legation in Paris that Prince Mensehikof’s ultimatum had bees [a ops In the mid-t ot the doubts excited by the spectacle of a t empire so ill prepared to defend itrel’ against vio- a or againat intrigue, one principle is at least definite, presie and seeure. The great powers may treat these questions in safety, as long as they are determined to treat them in sommon, and to regulate them by the xen- eral interest; but, when any one of them attempta to Europe, the coi teal a wareh upon the rest o uences cericns extorted by Count Leiningen, have furnished Russia with a motive an¢ pretext for a keparate eonven- tiom with berself on @ sudject of peculiar interest to the Christian subjects of the Turkish empire We have repeatedly expressed our opinion that the time will come, is perhaps is not far distant, wien the strength of that Christian population will over- fower the authority of = barbaric State which has stea- ily declined since ita mearer contract with civilization. We de not fear the sonsequences of such an event, if it arises either from exclusively internal causes or from the united action of the great powers: but it is of essential interest to the peace ef the world aad the security of many countries that the 6! l for such a change should uct be given by amy single Mate, and that this formida- ble weapon should not be wielded by any Cee hand. By acceding to the eellective note of July, 1830, aad tothe treatiey of 1840 and 1841, Russia appeared to have nounced the selfish pelicy which led to the treaty of Unkiar ’Skelessi; and im all her recent communicatioas to the other courts abe bas uniformly insisted on her own faithful adherence to thore conditions. We bavexiven the Emperor of Russia eredit fer good faith and ve- racity in making those declarations. We have held it im the highest degree improbable that he should be prepared to place the nations of Europe in rerieus danger of hostilities, in erder to pursue any vitionary scheme of settling the future condition of the East without their assent, and contrary to their in- The meral coatradiction whieh so false and hted a line of policy would imply seemed to us to all the facts, exaggerated by fear, on which of our contemporaries have built up conclusions different from our own, The British goverument showed no disposition to give ear to reports that might have warranted suspicion, or to adopt measures that would have implied distrust; andthe Emperor of Russia gave his own personel honor, ina pointed and peeualiar man- ner, an the pledge of that confidence to which he aspired, and which was not withheld from him. That is a comsi- deration of far higher importance to a @ sovereign who claims so high a rank among the rulers of mankind t the paltry results of Prince MenschikoT’s mirsion, No one could express mere forcibly than th eabiuet its consciousness of the danger by the pains it took to disclaim such in ; and, since tho # assur: ances were publicly accepted,and made known to the world by the British foreign minister in his place in Par. lament, we bave a right to expect and to require that pothing shall bave been insisted on st Constantinople which does net strictly fall within the limits of Prinae Menrchikoft’s mission, “The statements current in the | East, the alarm spread throughout the Enropean pro yinces of Turkey, and the rumors of massacres acd ris | ings at Constautisople and elsewhere, have probably been disserinated by the artifces of one party as much as by the fears of another No event of serious c nsequence a of & dapger which keeps the world in suspense, To avert that danger the effectual remedy is the firm union of the great powers; and if that union were uphappily destroyed by the selfish pretensions of any one of them, it would impair our hopes of dealing on sounder and more equie table principles with the emergencies wh The Manafactures of Japan at the Dublin #xalbition. (Dublin Correspondence of Loudon Daily News, May 19} ‘The unique collection of manufactures, works ef art, and curiosities from Japan, contributed to the Exhibition by the King of Holland, demands notice, independeatly of = oe, merits, from the circumstance that it is the rst ti i early notice is well deserved, also, because, with Duteb punctuality and business-like management, thix collection was ready for inspection at the opening of the Exhibition wher ail around wan confusion aud peeking cases. That brapch of manufasture which, from the place of ite origip, has in this country obtained the name of * Ja: ning,” isnot so largely reprecented as might have en anticipated, but the comparatively few specimens are sufficient to show that the Birmirgbam manufactur- ers have Lot yet attained so high a degree of finish in thia art asthe Japanese It is not that the polish of the vi nish is brighter, but there is a perfect evennes# of surface that reflects the light equally asfroma surface of groaud and polished glass, without any of the irregularities so | Fenerally observaole in English goods of « sim‘lar kind. it would appear thas the varnish of the Japanese must be of superior quality to that of the English, for, judging from & s¢t of tea cups made of papier maché, that ma- terial is secustomed to be used in contact with hot water, without much injury to the surface, and without impart- ing a disagreeable tus'e to the beverage. There is # spe- | cimen also of a bowl for holding liquids, made of straw japanned, which feels lighter than papier maché aud equally. strong It is evident, indeed, even from the small | variety’ of specimens of this’ branch of manufaciure in the collection, that the Japanese apply thé process of ja panning to wany other uses than we are accustomed to. Among the warlike accoutrements, for instances, there is a highly finished japanned shield, entirely black, without ortament, which projects in the ceatre, in tue approved form of ancient shields. Whether a ball would glance from the curvature may be very questionable, but it is at all ernie well adapted to ward off any missile projected by Ani The specimens of silka ard velyets very clearly show that the Japanese makers of auch fabrics can rival the Euresean manufacturer in the quality of the article however rude may be the machinery they employ for the purpose. Some silken cords, of various degrees of thick ness, will also bear comparison with any that can be produced by the improved mashinery of England. The | wax candies, of whico th. are several specimens, de | ferve notice, from the peculiarity of their shape, and the | mode of manufacture, They are made of the hardest wax, and are evidently formed by the process of success- ive dippings, like the wax candles im this country, the | unevenness of the surfuee being in like maaner subse. | quenily removed by mechanical means. Tbe peculiarity in their shape consists in their being conical instead of eylindrical, the broader end being placed uppermost. To give peers finish to the exterior, the candles are ted. The accoutrements of war do not present a very for- midable appearance, nor is a Sgure of a warrior armed cap a-pie, with a visor over the lower part of his face reremhlipg # demoniacal mask, calculated to excite much alarm in any but little children. The firearms are long aud heavy, and are not adapted to be fired from the shoulder; the swerds are short, with dsggers attached, and they are encloved in elumay oplindrical sheaths. The nor Of mail with which the model warrior {4 clad is pored of a woven fabric sufficiently thick to resist an arrow or the thrust ef @ spear. There ig othiog in this display of weapons and armor to deter the Americans from making their inread into Japan, and the only seem ing'y rational cause of making it a death penalty to take any arms from the island must be to prevent exposure of the defenceless condition ef the people. The martial Music consists of drams et ious kinds. and with chen are placed several lutes and guitars, curiously shaped, but ‘th re ne wind instruments rtieles of luxury do not hibit so much refine- ment and finished workmansbip as thore of tne Chinese. ‘There are several cabineta, but not one of them is elabo- rately decorated; the fans are common, and the articles of a Indy’s toilet, though they irdicate the great variety of thipgs requisite in the dressing of ® Japanese belle, are retber ecarrely manufactured. One cabinet is ex- presély adapted for smokers. There is a censer at th top te hold fire for lighting the pipe, with drawers under. neeth to contain the pip id tobseoo, The Japanese Sumeur is very eboice in his tobacoo, and rema “delicate in ite use, for the «pecimens of pipes exhibited —one gold, the other silver—will not bold half of « small thimblefull of the plant. A parasol is, per- haps, more an article of necessity than of luxury in Japan. and the specimens of them are certainly not @xterpally ornamental, though they deserve notice from the materials of which they are constructed, *\e part that ia -ilk in our parasols is made of paper erease= ‘nto many folds, the ribs of thin aplised bambeo, rnd they open and clove with great ease. The outer co- ~ering is cf a dsck color, the interior white, which is the seriree of what theory would declare to be the,proper colors for repelling bewt; but these paper parasols must nevertheless form much better sbades than semi-traus- Tucent #isk. A collection of Japanese eoins, from the largest gold to the smallest silver. forms an interesting part of the eol Iection. The gold coins are oblong, with rounded soraers, and the value of the largest is about £50. Tae emailer of the rilver coins are oblong, with «barp corners. Next to the eoine are ed specimens of Japanese age types. They are made of wood, the bedy of the type being eylindrical, with the letter at one end, aad tacy murt eonseqnently be used separately, and not set up | in ‘ form,” like our printing types. Those who are not experienced naturalists may be somewhat startled at the stuifed monsters from Japan What the unexplored parts of that island may not co} tain it would be presumptuous to state: but it req air considerable stretch of credulity to believe in the ovis ence of flying monkeys, and of serpents with monkeys’ heads: yet anch objects are prevented with iadubitable thin, hair and bones: and it 19 difficclt to detect where the kin of one animal bas been joined to that of another. To artiste *o skilled in the manufacture of monsters the ereation of a mermaid would present little difficnlty; an though there ie not the bodily presentinent of one jx pictorial representation, whieh, instead of realizin the poetim) idea ef unch a beiug, seems to bes litera ufactured ‘by the jnnction of the | * talof a fich. Thera are several other specimens which indicates prevalent taste for inon- stromities, RE-ASSEMBLING OF THE LEGISLATURE—PROPOSE! NEW MEASURBS—THE ANNEXATION OF PEGU—C¥ TERVENTION IN OHIN LATERT COLONIAL DEATH OF CAPTAIN GORDON—THE NUNNERIP AG AIN—MARKETS—SHIPPING, PTC., TO, ‘The lower Howse of Parliament re assembled on Thurs. day night, 19h ult., after the Whiteuntise recess. The reports of the committee of ways ard means, and of the committee of ‘he custome acta, were received and agrend to. and bills ordered to be brought in founded thereon. | Lord John Raseell stated that, om od of June, the govern ment would state their views with re«pect to the fature administration of India. Mr. Milner Gibson asked a quertion in reference to Jewish di-abilitien, to which Lard John Rosell reptied, that he did not think it desirable to introdves ® measure up n the subject, but that hetaven fed to deal generally sith the oaths taken by members of the Houve. He adiled, that thers was a bill before the House of Lords which might meet the ease { LAND—SODDRN | the fe t | 40,000 franes bas just been laid betwee On Fiiday wight the Ineome Tex bill was road a seeond time, the opporition reserving their foros until the third resding. Mr Cobden asked by whow aathority the Pro vires of Pega was anrexsed to Britich India, and oon tended that the penyle of Britain ovght to hays had @ voles in the meatier. Bir 0. Woot rexation had been made by the Governe: General, under thority ef the home government, as ovmpensation eexpence of the war. Tere was reason to expect expenses. and no author- further annexation. Tn stated that the Bmperor of Chins had app! @ Knglend for assist- ance, but no orders had been gi te interfere ia, the war in p~ | Way except for the protecion . aR. subjects. The House then sdjourned till ureday ef British pro- On the notice book is a motion by Lord Dudley, Stuart to inquire whether any information had been reesived by goverpment 7er; ing the resent expuisioe of political refugees from Turkey, at the dictation »f Austria and Rossia. The draft of « dill, directed against nunnert had been printed : ‘An aet to eoable the Lord Chaneeilor to appoint Commissioners to visit houses where it is sup- pose omen are improperly detained, and to issue writs corpus.’” A verdict of ‘‘ manslaughter” had been returoed against the Directors of the York and North Midlacd Railway, fer causing the death of Thompson, enginser, and Sykes, brakeman, of » train which Thompson was guiding, and which run off the track, owing to imper- fect condition of the rails. A letter from London states that captain Robert Gor- don. of the Albert, American liner, died very suddealy at his lodgings on the 17th ult. The decersed had been to a party in the morning and returned, home, apparently in good health, but soon afterwards expired. A meeting of the inhabitants of Southwsrk (London) was beld om the sth ult, in denureiation of the apy eys- tem, and to express their sympathy with Kossuth. A Crystal Palace is to be bu:lt at Glasgow, on the plan of the new palace at Sydenbam. Treland’s Great Exhibition 1s succeeding even beyond all hopes. ail the arrangements are not yet completed. ‘They are, however, progressing rapi¢ly, and in avother fortnight the building and its eontents will fully justify padlio expectation. On the 17th. 6,804 persons visited be building; of these 5,485 were holders of rea-ontickets, and the remainder paid tve sbillings each on entrance. Next day 4,549. A mational (Irigh) tesimonial is to be Presented to Mr. Dergan for his munifosnce. ‘The Pacama mail, which left Southampton on the 17th ultimo, was directed to ¥e Janded at Colon, instead of Chagres, for the firat time. The London News says:— Colon is « town where the raflroad station on the Atlaatic side of the isthmus is situated. It is built on piles, on & sWampy island, close to the shore, It had no existence before the railway was projecied. Tt has now handsome shops, «rd an immense hotel, gambling saloons, &c. The number of perwanent inhabitants is not at present very large, but thousands make a temporary sojourn in passing over the Isthmus, on their way to and from the Pacific, Cetifornia, and the routh-western coast of America. The Awericans wished to call the town Aspinwall, whieh is the ame of one of the spirited projectors of the Panama railread, but the New Granadian government, ia whose territory it is situated, decided on calling it Colon, in hovor of the great discoverer of America, Christopher Co lumbus, er Colon, as he was called by the Spaniards; and this name bas been adopted by the Englich government. Colon will probably bear the same relation to Australia and America that Alexandria, in Fgspt, does to Acta and Africe, and will ultimately be & great gateway. through which both shores of the Pacife will be reached from Fastern Anrica and Furepe. ‘The government bill to alter the eustomsdaties on spirits, frem the 21st of April last, was iseued upon the 19h ult. From the day named, the duty on spirits the rodnece of Britich possessions in America, if imported into Scotland, the gallon, 53., and if imported into Ire- Jand, 3s. 8d. On rum, the same duties, as also on rum ag rb outh Shields chipwrights had struck upon the 17th, and were walking about all day. It seems they ¥ere con- tent to receive 27s. per week, provided the masters allowed them half an hour at 4 o'clock for tea, while em- ployed at new work, They now ark 0s. per week, or the Lalf hour per day. One master complied vith this re- and it was likely that the other shipbuilders would concede to the demand. The master joiners refused comply with the demand of the men for an udvance te 27s per week, and were eiearing out their shops an their contracts were completed. The journeymen tailors of South Shields struck work for an advance from 3s. 6d. to ta. pe masters agreed to the terms. following notice of motion was placed upon the books of the House ef Commons, May 19: Mr. Whalley, io ccmmitttee om Copyholda bill, to move the following clause:— of eufranchisement under the Copyhold a rly payable by any person interested in the enfranchisement of any land ¢! be settle id tained by the commissioners, or assistant commissioners (pursuant to the provisions of the act passed in the 15th and ith « );, and that no costs or ex- raon whom- franchisement, the hands and f am assisint commis- re been reasonably and properly incurred. ae reais bad arrived cenit Phillip, whence she rai e january, 5,738 ounces of gold, va- Tued at £22,900. és fe Lari The reports about the intention of the Queen to visit Dublin during the Industrial Exhibition, were daily gain- irg ground, and the 29th of July was set down as the day for the arrival af the Royal family, who, it is stated, are to remain at the Viceregal Lodge. Phornix park, for three a guests of his Excellency the Earl of St. Ger- , previous to their avnual visit to Scotland ed that Her Majesty and ber Royal Consort will be ac- companied by the Prince and Priacess of Prussia, and that itis not uplikely that the King of the Belgians and hig sons will also be included in the party. France. 2 TBE EASTERN QUESTION IN PARIS—LEGISLATIVE DISCONTENT—THE SOCIETY ISLANDS—AN AMET) CAN CLIPPER WAGER—DEATHS—PBNSIONS—1NU! DATIONS. = The non official column of the Moni/ewr contains the following article on the Eastern question :-— “at the time when Prince Meuschikoff went to Con stantinople as Extraordinary Ambasrador of his Majesty the Frmperor of ail the Russias, there was seme rearon to fear that one of the results of his mission would be the cancelling of part of the concessions obtained in 1852 by . de Lavalette ior the fathers of the Latin Church of Terra Saute. It will be remembered that on the demand of the Freneb legation, the goverument of his Highness the Sultan had consented te restore to the Patriarchate of Jerusniem, which is the delegate of the Holy See, the key of the piiceipal gate of the Church of Bethlehem, that it had given orders to replace in the Grotto of ivity a certain star with « Latin inscription, which hed disappeared in 1847; and lastly, his Highoess’ government had consented to grast to the Catholie com- wunity the right of celebratieg their rites in a most vene- rated sanctuary in the church, which {s commonly known as the Church of the Graee of the Virgin. The govera- ment of His Imperial Majesty could vot consent to the withdrawal of any of thexe advantages from the mem- bers of the Latin €hureh. The ecabivet of St. Peters- burg, moreover, transmit:ed, at an early period, to the cabinet of the Tuileries, the arsurauce that it was by n0 mears its intention to compel the Porte to revoke apy of ‘the concessions made to ua. The last news from Constantinople, which arrived by the Chaptal steamer, and which bears date of the 7th of May, eoables ua to effirm that the maintenancs of the salu quo at Jerusalem, as claimed by Pri Mensshikoff, does not, with regard to the state of p ion by the mem- bers of the Latin Church, implicate any mdifecation which can possibly affect the arrangements made by the Marquis de Lavalette. This was, for us, the most eseen- tial point, and one which could not, as far as we were concerned, become the object of any transaction. As to our old treaties with Tarkey, they canuot be invalidated by any diplomatfe act or revolution on the part of the Porte without the express conseat of France. Prince Menschikoff demands, aleo, from the divan the eonclusion of a treaty whieh would place under the protection of Russia the rights and privileges of the Greek Church and clergy. This question, which is altogether distioct from the question of the Holy Places, affects interests of whish Torkey should: be the first to appreciate the value. If this question were to lead to certain implications it would become # question of general European poliey, in whieh France would be engaged with the rame right as the other powers who signed the treaty of the 13th July, 1841.” The proceedings of the Corpe Legislatif begun to as- mi xable to the government, so much jarmises of @ dissolution, ‘On the Ci- Pensions bill the government commanded « majority sf only thirty twe, no fewer than ninety eight members of the Legislature having had the enurage to vote against it. The demand for a sum equal to $60,000 for indemnity to the widow of Marshal Ney, for the loss of her pension from 1815 to 1820, had also proved exceedingly unpopular, being regarded as an {ll-dieguised attempt t pay off the ebts of the Pr nd it was ex; report. Farther, the bill to revive the penalty of death for attempts against the government, was reorived with strong disfavor in the Assembly, M. de Mésonan, an offi- cer who was tried anf convicted for taking part in the Bologne expedition, deelaring that he could not support the government pill, neeing that be owed his life to the mitigation of the punishmeat. The committee named te report on this penal measure, were, fer the most part, adverse to ft, and there were hopes it would be eitner modi or rejected. Acother source of distrust is the encroachment ot the government on the business of pri vate banking. by lending the State credit to tewns and municipalities on the security of their real estate aud lo- cal taxation, thas bringieg the whole public borlies in the country under government control. These causes, joined to meccceasion of fabulous rumors feom the Kast, had caured great unrteadiners in the funds. The Princess de Moskowa had. however, written to the Emperor declining to orge her elaima in consequence of the op- position it met with from the Chambers, The letter ls printed in the Monitew, The Patrie eontred' a statement that has appeared in the Amerfean journals, that French ships of. war are on their way, with hostile ictent, against the Society Islands. It further denies that the French ave purchared any traet of territory along the Red Sea, nor do {hey in- tend to take possession of an island there, as had also been reported. The Indicateur, of Bordeanr, states that a wager of some shipowners of that eity and some gentlemen of the United States. ‘The President Fillmore, an American vessel, that hay jast taken in her cargo a! Bordeaux, is om the point of sa'ling, and the owners of the Benjsrain, new clipper lately built by M Arman, of Bordeaux, have made ihe aoove bet that the Ken jamin will beat the Fillmore in a voraga to New York, ‘This wager exciies great interest at Bor leanx. An sddress from the inhabitants of Rennion, the Isle Bourbon.) had been sent to the Kinpor that the island be ealled the Isle Bonaparte Gen. Be Tholoxé, Governor of the Polytechnic School, under Louis Philipoe died at Paris on the i4th. A pension of 6,000 franes is grated, by unanimous vate of the Assembly, to the two heirs of Philippe de Gecard, inventor of the flex-spinning machine At Castelearrasio. in the Tarn et Garonne, there had teen great inundationa; the lose of property was euor- mous the erops being totally destroyed. From Foix, in the Ariége, we have rimilar disastrous acoonsta of the overflowing of the river jlers, At Perpignan, Millas Tlie, 4 Prados great destruction had been onused. Duke of Rinnrares, husband of Queen Christina, Parie, and bad an ‘interview with the Rm Report says he somes abit pecuniary matters, his w having lost heavily lately by stoekbroking. A man was arrexted the other day in the Bois da Bou- (formerly It ia | een. logne. and without trisl (so thay ray) was harried off to | Goyenne, on ruspicion of his having encertalned siuistor designs apaingt the Emperor. Thia is the third atory of the same kind that hae elreniated within a few works 0 Jesa'd to be ext gly face at the resep- , serez Viewna. It was aperted in Paris, but doubted thet tah had been reesived from Vieora by the government ste ting tbat rhe Perte bad astually sesepied the Russian ultimatom. ‘The Paris Menitewr contal Fay question, bet deer mk it will lead im the end te complications ef the Kurepesn powers The writer states if ease At ea would be engeged ua- the treaty of Ju “I, vas nated im Paris but doubted, that the Porte had ecepied the Rustisp wltimatum. “Sihere were surmites of @ dissolution of the Corps a strong article upon the | Logivlatif, owing te the grewing opposition to the gov- ernment ry ecension of such reports kad eaused much unsteadl- ‘atric ment of the ‘A Bordeaux journal staten that 40 600 franes had boon wogered there between some American gentlemen and Freneh sbip owners, that the American ship Fillmore would beat tbe French clipper Benjamin, on her voyage from that port to New York. Geu. de Tholose died at Paris the 14th ult There bad been creat inusdations at Castle Sevarsin, to the Farm-et Garonne, and mush property dextreyed. ‘The husbend of Queen Christina had an interview with Fwmoperor. Napelcon in said to be offended at the reception given to Leepoid of Belgium. Spain. THE PRESS AND MR. SOULE—NBW PROJECTS OF FI- NANOB, ETC. The Diario Espanol eoutinues to write against the reception of Senater Soulé The Heraldo eomsiders that St world be more dignified for & unofieial eapesity. Mx Soulé’s proceedings when in appointed to the The Marquis de Viluma bas bee vaeant ambassadorship at Paris. The Queen Mother has lost 12,000,000 reals, withia a abert time, by mining speculations. 4 vew frigate, named the Prineessa de Auturlas, {9 to be built at the Careozs urrenal. The Minister of Finance, om the 12th, submitted his o budget. Th Queen Mother had lost twelve milliom reals by mini ce had submitted his budget to the jency of the Queen. It the immer the minister was @opinion that the increase of ensio:ns arisitg from the redueed seale of duties would more than oompenrate for the lors. Germany. The seraion of the Chambers of Saxe Coburg Gotha was opened May 12, Austri ‘The King of the Belgignr, and his son, the Duke of Bra dant, are still the guests of the Emperor of Au The marriege of the Duke with am Austrian archdnchess seems more likely, and there are surmises that the Ein yeror would not object to wed » Belgian princess. As yer there talas are but gorsip, Beth the Trieste Zeitung and the Augshnrg Gazette contein vague allusions to some disturbance of the oudlic Pence ic wan expected would have taken place at Milan We are informed that the rumor of « projecied * dageer insurrection”? war prevalent in Sardinia as well ain lan. The Trieste paper does not exseily say that the whole garriven of Milan was under arms on the Sch bat trem the words<-‘ the redoubled watchfulness and the impo-ing strergth everywhere displayed by the military power,” &e., it is to be suppored that xuch was the exe. Tn diplomatic circles it is asserted that the misunder. sardivg between Austria and Sardinia will soon be at an end, as the latter power will yield. An Austrian paper favti—"'Since the aprearanes of the well-knowa memo- yandum. neither England nor Fravoe have taken any step in favor of Sacdinia.”” Switzerland, The New Zurich Gazette, of the 16th, says :— The Pope's Nuncio has presented to the government of the canton of Fribourg a note demanding the re-intecration of Kishop Mariliey, and tho sbrogation of a lorislation which he calls anti-religious. The note is couched in off sive terms. A letter from Bellinrons, of the 13th, in the Parla. mento of Turin, states that there is considerable uneasi- ness ia Mendririo (Ticino) on account of the difculties arising from the Austrian blockade. Corn is becoming kearce and rising in price, while the pooulation, ~hich used to diminish eonsiderably about this time of the year, being in the habit of emigrating to Lombardy, Low remains stationary. Italy. RUMORED PREPARATIONS FOR ANOTHER REVOLT. Mazzini intended to publish # book at Genoa, but ro sooner had the specimen copy been lodg nor’s office than the po'ice visited the publ seized the entire edition. The Jtalia ¢ Popolo publishes » consultation with regard to that measure, and to the ar- rest of the printer Mouttt, in which the lawyers ask— Ast. Can there be an offence of the press without a ublication, and what constitutes # publication? Be Has the work of Mazzini been published? 8d, Were the judiciary acts which preceded the seizure legal? 4th, Is the imprisonment of Meutti legal? | They examine in succession each of those questions, | and solve them negatively, by quoting the very text | of the laws, the opinions’ of the bighest legal autho- rities, and by adducing solid reasons developed wita pre. cision. The consultation ig sigued by MM. Morchis, L. Casacova, A. Caveri, C, Cabella, and Castaguola, and eighteen other distinguished jurisconsults have adhered to it. ‘The Couneil of War in session at Mantua had con- demped nine schoolboys of Ostiglia to iarprisonment in frous for uttering ‘subversive language.”’ Eight of them, from thirteen to fifteen years of age, were afterwards pardoned, on account of their youth and previous gcod conduct. ‘the Freneh are rendering Cassale a place of great trength. Its fort already mounts eighty-one pieces of yy @ singular coincidence the Trieste Zeitung and the Augslurg Gazette, statechat a nelief was very enrreat that ancther “dagger insurre: va’? would break out at Milan on Sunday, May 8. The sume ramor was prevalent in Sardinia, and the Austrian troops were kept on the alert; but the day passed over quietly, The examination of the insurgents arrested at Milanon February 6 is now nearly over. It is given out that documents are in possession of the Austrians to prove that the daggers were supplied by Mazzini and Konrvth, as were also th 1 of which were of English or American ma- ufacture. Naples had established s Consulate General at Calcutta, and appeinted M. Sanford to the post. ‘The dreaded bandit Mottino, alias Bersagliere, had ar- rived at Turin under the escort of twelve carbinesrs. His trial will no doubt elicit curious disclosures, fer it is cor- tain that his evcape from the enatorial prison was fa. vored bya lady ef rank, with whom be is suppesed have bad culpable relations, and who paid 10,000f. for the purpore. Since Genoa has obtained a railway communication with Germany, Tuseany, aided by Austria, has spared no exense or exertion to establish a similar coonexioa be- tween Leghorn and Trieste. The latter, admirably situate at the extremity of the long Adriatic Gulf for commersial intercourse with the southeast, with Turkey, Egypt, Snez, and India, is not at all favored by that position, to trade with the Straits of Gibraltar avd Ameries, Leg- horn willecnsequently be its harhor on the wesierm side. The Appenives, which extend like the spiaal bone of Italy, greatly impeded the establishment of the Austro- Tuscan Railway, but the five engineers of the Ceatral States have found means te run it through the defile of the Poretta. . From Milan we learn that the examination of the ia: surgents arrested on the 6th Eebruary is searly con- cluded. Icis said to be clearly proved by decumental | evidence that the principal actors were supplied with | daggers, proclamations, and money by the agents of Maz- aini and Kossoth. Almest all the guns had English or American factory marks, but as no mention of Palmer & Son is made, it is to be Lo es that thas as firme | had ne eonnexion with the insurgents. Greeee. A telegraphic despateh from Athens, of the 18th, says:— The French fleet is performing its evolutions in the gulf. 4 commission has been named to investigate the dif- ferences relating to the frontiers. The vine disease is increasing. Turkey. ATTEMPTS OF RUSSIA TO INCITE A HOLY WAR—FE- VERISH STATE OF TRADE. The season of Eawier, when « revival of the old dis- turbaness between the Musselmen and ‘infidels’ was feared, bad passed off quietly througheut the cities ef the empire, except at Smyrna, where there had beon attack of the Greeks upon the Jewsy which, how was put down by the Turkish authori Rumors of # eontemplated massacre on Easter Sunday had been in dustriously circulated by Russian agents, but they failed to produce the intended effect of @ geversi eutbreak. Aceording to s telrgraphic despatch from Smyrna, May 14 a rarguinary riot had, however, taken place in Chalus and Iconium ‘The death of the Sultan’s mother hed interrapted ne- gotiatiens for rome days with reyard to the Holy I'Incos Gur latest information [see also France”) is by tele graphic deepateh from Constantinople, of May Ota, which says:—Primce Menschikoff has asked for a decision within eight days. The Porte has solicited the advice of Lord Redelifieand M. de la Cour, who sent off instant despatches to their governments ” In apite of the pacific declarations sf the Russian em- Darky some uneasiners was felt in commercial sircies. From Odessa, correspondents advise their friends to be cautious in their operations, and to liquidate their affairs with Torkish houses. In consequence of this state of things freights had riren to 76s. pe: ton fo allow, ko. Layard, the traveller. was on the eve of returning to Eng owing, it was said, tos difference with Lord Keceliffe, respecting Oriental politics An electric telegraph is to bo immediately constructed to unite Odessa, Sebastopol, and the otner Ruskina estab- lisbments on the Blaek Sea, with St. Petersburg. ‘The London Times, of May 20, says:—According to the Jast accounts from Port Phillip, it sppears that a vary stringent pasrenger act had lately passed tne Legislative Couneil, under which all yecrela landing immigrants are to pay 5«. per head to the government, to provide a fund for such av may fall sick or be ineapacitated by infirmi This measure is an imitation of the system pursued w advantage for some yeara at New York, and which was snbatituted for the ‘preetice of renderiog the captain lin. ble, onder bond, for all passengers who might become cbargenble opon the city within aeertain period At the same time, it ix to be hoped the anloria! government have not taken ‘he step witboot fully reoognizing the extent of the responsibility {t fnvolves a® regards toe organization both of effi cient hoxpitals and adequate places of shelter In additicn to ihe Lew tax, & Clauce was also expected to be adopted compelling «hips to land their pasrengers and bargage on the wharf at Melbourne, co as to put a stop to :be extortion at present practived by the boatinen and lighters in the bay. Commercial Affatrn. Lowpon Monry Marker, May 20 —The Foglish Panay have been improving, and with an ineyeared business, The intelligence that the renewed di “amity between Torkey avd Russia bax been adjneted exercises a favor. able infvence. but the easier vtaie of the money market and the larve arrivals of apeele from America are more ote onrols are quoted 10 j, to 76 for transfer, and ON fur aceon “ 1076 The Now Tasoy wud & quarwr , that the am | ven ptvom to the Kingof the Belgians ard bie ran, at ! rv fonts have bean af 102 5:7, and the Redueed Three - te 90% to 10056 bas beens purchase of pr pay at 106% raid to be fer the Catholic par. yh bas advanced to 220% and 280. Indis Stock } to 268. Exebequer Bills at par te 30, Bre minum. Indis Benda realise 36s. to 808. premium. The riod when the redu interest upom the bends takes ef- Ket ts uow s! Foreign Securities have been Fquader bave touched 6 and “ per Cent Boads, % tex, 644; Duteh Four per Con's 9634 %. Rail are very firm but with fitule doing.” French § edull, Gold Mine Shares are generally supported, but Great Nugget sre searcely #0 ko The 4 Companier’ Sbsrex are heavy. In Aus- traliam Bouks very little has been doing, Motesife Mine are 11 to 1136, axd Central of France? to premium, BANK OF ENGLAND. Issue Depariment, . £81,601,026 » £11,015,100 2,984 900 Gold Cein snd Bullion... 17,671,871 Silver Bullion, é 19,154 81,501,025 Banking Department. Proprietors’ Capital... en } é ite (ineledin, » ae Bawks, stoners of Nattoral Debt, Dividend Accounts) « 6,096,601 sand other Bi 983, 2 Feven Buy ey Government Securities (including ad Weight Annuity) rite br Other Seeuritie: , 7 » oavehs . . nn \d Silver Coin, Geld and Silver Co’ a8 os 105,081 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. AMERICAN SECURITIBG. As regards the warket fer American stocks Guring the week, Messrs Bell, ton & Co.’s sireular reported that t} a ii tt eontinued without abare- to bea fs ritain a May 20, 1853. ill eontinain vorite investment with capitaliste both 1 the Continent. weeks have been very large in State and sity stocks, well as in the various railway bond: United States 6 per ceat bonds, 186 a ted ttates 6 per cont bonds, 1862 a 106 United States 6 per cent bonds, 1868... 10% @ 111% United States 6 ser cent Inn. stock, 1867-68.109 = 110 United States 6 per cent Ins. stock, 1862 1038 a 104 16 5 per cent, 1958-00 a 8 5 per cent........ a 88 Penpsylyapia & ner cent bonda, 168: a Masssolusette 5 per et. sterling bonds, 186 » 103 Maryiond 5 per eemt sterling bon a 99 Virginia 6 per cemt ine, stock 185) a %6 Vigieis 6 per ent bonds, 1586, a M6 Kentucky 6 per cour, 1868..... a 8 Boston City 434 per cent st’g bonds, 187: a l¢2 Montreal Gsty 6 per cent, 1867-05. a 885g New York City 5 ver cou a 97 x i a 92 Cincinnati and St. Louis 7 per cent, first MoOrtgaxe..... se teee 8 a OF Chicago aud Missiseippi 7 per cent, first mortgage , ss tseesessesusene 80 on 89 Philadelphia and Reedieg Railioad 6 een! mortgage bonds, 18¢0. es a 88 few York and Erie 7 per cent Ly 5 a 92 New a pe ot: [rod New York and krie 7 percent, first mort- gage, 1868-60... ef Chad = 108 FREIGHTS. Freights to the United States have not varied mach during the week, but the rates had been snpperted, ton- nage continuing scarce. Steerage passengers uot abun- dant. JAMES M'HENRY’S CIRCULAR. Liverroot, May 20, 1853, Previsions.—Sides and shoulders are brisk at full gates. Cheese much inquired for, Beef dull. Pork lovked for asa substitute for cheap bacon, Laxp very steady and tending upwards. Tarvow wax dull early in the week, but has again be- eome bucyant with more buyers than sellers, at previous quotations. QuercrrRon Barg the Ciovanssxp is unsettled and without busin ‘The travsaetions during the past few | | and Tey Of Caxouna Rick—100 tierces brought 22s. to 24s. in | bond. Bxeapeturrs.—The transactions in wheat and flour are to considerable extent anc the finer sorts are dearer; but the quotations can scarcely be altered, without ehange. Corron.—The market remains very steady since the sailing of the Arctic, but the advices per Humboldt of declining priews ia America have checked the upward tendency, and to day both «peculators and the trade seem dixpored to buy cautiously till our tock ia further in cressed by the large amount of cotton past du nd which has been kept out for rome weeks by contrary winds, To Manchester there has been more business doing since Thesday, at full prices, @ Stock this day 710,376 bags, of which 467,356 are American, Do last year, 676.055 50,387 Sales this week 51.420 bags, including 41,680 American; 15,490 bags being on speculation, and 5,870 for export. RICHARDSON BKOTHERS AND 00.8 CIRCULAR, Livexroot, May 19, 1853, Since the date of ovr lant, arrivels have been moderate, the weather also brilliantly fine, and with little disposi- tion to press rales, «e quote prices of all articles without sliecation. although the amount of business passing b, been limited in the extre: May 20, At our markes this morning we had the neal attend- ance ofthe trade, Holders of wheat and flour being ex- eecdingly firm, only a very moderate retail business re- tulted, and we quote prices of both precisely the same an at Our last market. Indiao corn sold slowly at former rates: we did not hear of avy tramsactions in floating cargoes. Osta being held for a slight advanee, cheek soles, Ontmesl tn fair request at 23s. a 230 6d per load. Egyptian beans dull sale at former rates. Our imports for the past seven days consist of 17,199 quarters of wheat, 89% quarters In¢ corn, 7,420 barr ard 2.227 wacks of flour. Export for the same peri ters wheat, 8,173 quarters Indian corn, 5,974 send 1,152 eacks of flour. We quote the value of American cereals at this day’s market : white Geneseo wheat. 6s. 11d. a 7a, 1d.; w! Philadelphia and Baltt- more, 6s. 104. a 7« ; red, 6s. 64. 9 6s, 7d. Philadelphia and Baltimore flour, 23s. 3d. a 288, @d.; Ohio, 238. a 238. 34 ; Western canal, 228. 64. 0 238. Yellow Indian corn, 32s, a 82. 6d.; white. £08. a Sin. per 480 Ibs. Corton ‘bas slightly advanced during the week, and it; the lower quali there is better feeling towards have been in better demand. The sales during the wee reach 61.820 bales. Imports 26,373 bales. Stock this day 716,440 bales. .ARD.—£ome little sold at 526. per cwt., which isa Gecline. Demand 34 slow. Arrivals very limited. Provisions.— Beef quiet, but fine brands more looked for. Pork has also been inquired for at 70s. = 75s ir barrel, to be introduced for the home trade; whether this will rucceed it 4s difficult to ray. Bacon is in good demand—a parcel of Western short widdles nold at 4° s. 60. per owt. Pilates worth 346. a 36s.; but at these retes are Fky. CLovmarD—Sele over entirely. BARING BROTHERS AND CO.'S CIRCULAR. Lonpow, May 20—5 P. M. The colonial and foreiga produce ‘markets opened on Wednesday with a fair demand for most articles at gene- rally steady priees. Cotton very firm. Flour and wheat again cheaper. The demand for money continues active, but without change in the Bank rate of discount. Con- sols teave off 100% for money. Exchequer bills par to 3s. premium. The letters by the overland mail were re- ceived on the 16th ipst.; the latest dates are:—Bombay 14th, Calcutta 7th, Colombo 12th April, Canton 28to, Shanghae 20th, Manila 1 avd Batavia 27th March, By the Brezil mail whick art lith inst., we have re- ceived advices to the following dates:—Buenos Ayres 84, h, Rio de Janeire 13th, Bahia 19th, and Pernambuco 22d April. AMERICAN Srocks.—Ne ebange in priees; the demand moderate. Cochinkal.—Of 413 bags at auction, about half were realized at previous rates. Honduras, 4#. a 4s. 3d. for or- dinary to good ‘silver, with pasty from 8s. 4d. a Se. 114. Diack, 4s. 4d, a be. 84; Teneriffe, 4s. 24. 0 48. 6d.; ani Mexican silve Cocoa ix quiet, and 926 bags Trinidad at public anle were chiefly bought im from 80s. 6d. a 388, for common Bray to good red. CorreR —The advices from Rio have given more firm ness to the market, and 6.000 bags native Caylon have ebanged hands at 460 6d.a 47s 6d, being 6d. a Is. dear- Gr, with 260 Fags Rio at 44s..aud 260 bags St. Demingo at 445. w 468. C4. 620 casks 115 begs plantation Ceylon at pubic sale _bave chiefly found buyers at extreme rates. 100 ceske 1,000 old native ut auction today were rold at 460. 6d. In cargoes ufloat nothing has yet deen done, but increased demand from the contivental markets is generally anticipated. The export duty in the Brevila in to be reduced from 11 per cent to 9 per cent sfter Ist July next. The Corn warket, under the influence of fine weather, and large supplies of wheat and flour from abroad, has Tndian corn is | | surer of the mint, | time there # ruled very dull through the week, and we note a decline | in wheet of all kinds, of 1s, # 2a. per quarier. Last week's average of English was 44s. 74,, and the quantity retorned ae sold 95,448 quarters. Inited States flour dul a: 21s, 8 248. per bbl., extra brands, in retail, com- manding Isa 28 more. In floating cargoes of wheat and Indfan corn we have little doing. Oue of Ibralin rye has been rold for the continent at 26s. Od. per quarier, cost, freight and insurance. CcTTex,—We have had » steady demand this week, the tales having been 3,000 bales Kast India, at extreme rates to rather in reller’s favor. At Liverpool middiing Orleans was queted at 6 16-104. a 6d., with » firm market. DEvGe, ere. —We notice large sales of gum otibanum, upwards of 1,000 chests, at priees ranging from 284. @ €bn, 64. ; 300 caren AI jc from 146. = 660 ; 60 eases Ben jamin from £6» £20, 80 bags Guinea grains at 36s,, in 0 canes Cape aloes at 54s. 64, 0 54s, Gd. ; 24 casks ican sopal at Is. 1d. as. 83¢0.; wad o few cases anise oil at be. 6d: 1,460 cares castor oil at auction have pria cipaily sold from 34. a 44d, Gambier is in demand, aud an bigh ae has been paid, Outch 868, 6d. @ 37.5 utte percha Is, 2d, 9 18, dd. ; anffron 238. China campher COs. & 102n. Od.; Turkey opium 11s. Od. @ 128, ; quioksiiver Qe, Sd.» 28. 40, Tinar.—-406 bales jute have been reid at £19 # £21 10s. for middling to good, being the former value, St. Peter: burg clean is dull at £37 15s, of Manila no sale men- tioned, Ippc0.—The yestercay. Of 16,116 eheste originally offered, not more than 4. 380 chests bave been actually sold, As compared with Pebruare’s wees, we quote good and fine qnaiities | of Bengal pe par ioid hk been Te Te to.u6. higher, and middling ant ordinary ec The highest price paid tor Benga) has Of the quantity sold, exporters have taken about 8,006, consumers about 1 and the remainder for syeeuiation and reeale. Th ploining londly of drought, have had oo elfeet whatever on the market. Ino in fair request, at £8 n £8 5a. for ¢ommon bara, ang £6 10s, for rails, free oo beard, in Wales. The soar clty of vessels and high rates of freight continue serious impediments to shipments, Seoten pig israther irmer, at 506, fd, Land in fair request, at b4a 68s, for Wester Leap very duli —We quore common pig at at £6, aloes By refined £5, | together, but m: r | Recus: interests which thei uarierly sales were brought to a clove | | cond the «nge | delegates Lemp Cimm—Last week notations are i tained, but sales im quantity are jeult te effect. Me! ‘Two amall ¢ergoes of @ubs have been 40! te arrive at 18s. boned He Are ‘to be put into t seller’ pense, las wei -. te Fpl m ie steady at yn 291; pale seal at £3 0d £32 15s; southern £46 0 £36. Sellers of Mogad olive at £61. while Gall!peli scares is held at 260, 9 400.; brown ra Ae The lart advices from Akyab state the erop is turning o1 less then had been , and adva from Re, 26, at which the seuron to Re. 45 p 100 baskets, On 'Change a cargo of Arsean was floating. fer Liverpool, at 9s. 64., lexa 23¢ per cent. 81019 Ts) brought 28s. “and C12 age Boosey 10 ‘ought 28s., 250. ¢. for 20 Wore id PPvLTER —160 tome were sold om Wednesday, at £19 10 but the market has beceme firmer sinee, and we close £20 mall en oe doe Be vices — We vote sales of 1,000 bags black pepper; via, 3d Malaber, 4d, Penang, 4d. 043d.; and 1,600 bagi ican ginger, st 260, @ 260, 64. Srcan hes deem im steady demand since eur las hove at the public sales today less animation E y} vailed. The sniev of West India during the three Dave been 1 850 bhda., $00 bege Mauritine Fast India. Refined is im request and priees are about dearer. In floating cargoes good Reina has been don wineipally for eutports, seven Havens omg 1d. (tox ther 7,006 boxer), n rel 0. 1036 at Bis, Sd. 21s. 64, No 123% at 220. 0d, No, 1634 at 250, No. 163¢ at 250. 260,; with two of brewa Pernan 5,600 bags, at 18x, 3d., and 4,150 bags at 18s. 6d. @u Contivental advices report great firmness on the part holders ‘At St. Petersburg large sales had been made 10 £6 m 153% Tallow is firmer at 47s. a 47s. 3d. on the epet, and 47% | 64. for delivery im October. November, and Deeember. Tra.—Of 9.522 packages at public sale, 3,300 were solf ell kinds reelising full rates, ae@ young hyeen rat! dear. By priv trast 2 goed deal bas been doing) chiefly from recond hands. good and fine eongou contin ing in most reque Com: ongou also svld largel, at 11d. and now generally held for 1s. ‘Tin.— british te steady. Banca firmer at 110s. a 1 Straits 108a Tin plates in very limited request. TeRrEnting —Good parcels ef rough would bring 11: British spisits 46s. a 46s. 6d; Amerioan 48¢., casks inal ded WHALEBONE. —We notice salex of 20 tons at £165 a £16 10s. for Volar, with seuthern at £145, and a arm market. The public sales ef eolonial wool commenced yente: oceeding with great steadiness at the ful Haver Warkers, May 17.—The sales ef ootton durin the week bad been 10,046 bal against very light in ports, so that the stock was reduced t» 78,600 bal mor'ly United’ States ; prices fairly supported. Ovr cor spondence under date of Havre, 18th, says :- This week there is little auimation in genera'.’ Cotton look veil, although our stock ts large, aay 75,000 bales] ané about $1000 to 86,000 at sea for Havre. Still ou press are pretty well supported. Last year, 400,00q Dales were Lot too much, aud this year the consumptio is quite ox great whilst 9,000 bales less have boen sent hee but the misfortune is that the shipments ware al made wt about the same time for this country, Never] theless, 1 think when the arrivals take place that the di mand on the part of the spinners will very anima: not think our prices will give way more thal 4 that only fora ays. ket worthy of notice. Nd no demand since the beginning o the mouth for either Carolina or Bengal. Aches steady, r demand, Beeswax, nothing doing. Duringys in coffee, bat prices supported. A limited de mind for sugar, at stiff prices for West Indies, but th article is in demand at Paris. Whale oil steadier, with important sales, Palm oil neglected: Law Relating to the Cur-ency. AN ACT AMENDATORY OF EXISTING LAWS KELATIV) TO THE HALF-DOLLAR, QUARTER-DOLLAR, DIME AND BALF-DIME. Be it enncted by the Senate and Houre of Representa. tives of the United States of America, in Congress assem- bled, That from and after the first day of June, eightee: hundred and fifty-two, the weight of the half dollar a piece of fifty centa hall be one-hundred and ninety-twa rains, and the quarter dollar, dime, and half dinle, s vely, one half, one fifth, and one-tenth, of th ‘id half-dollar. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the silver coins issued in conformity with the above seetion, eh be legal terders in payment of debts for all sums nod exceeding five dolara, Sec. 3. And be it further enac'ed, That in order to pre. cure bullion for the requiste coinage of the sub-division of the dollar, autbor ‘ned by this act, the treasurer ef th mint sball, with the approval of the director, purch: such bullion with the bullion fund of tke mint.’ He shall charge hisn-elf with the gain arising from the ovioage o€| fuch bul jon into coins of @ nominal value exceeding thal intrinsic value thereof, and shall be credited with the dif-| ferenee between such intrinsic value and th for said balion, and with the exeense of distrinuting said] coins, 8 hereinafter provided. The balances to his credit or the profit of said coinage, shall be, from time to times ona warartof the director of the mint, transferred ta the account of the treaaury of the United States. Sec 4 And be it furcher enacted That «hich coins shal be paid out av the mint in exchange for gold coing, at par, ip sums rot les than one hundred dollars; and it shall law!ul also, to tran-mit parcels of the tame from ti to time to the assistant treasurers, depositaries, oF other officers of the Uuited states, under general regala- tions, proposed by the director of the mint, and approved zike secretary of the Treasury; provided, however, that © amount coined into quarter dollars, dimes, and half] imes, shall be regulated by the Secretary of the Trea- ury fee. 5, And be it furtber enacted, That no depoaita for coinage into the haif dollar, quarter dollar, dime and halt| dime shall hereafter be rece'ved, other than those made by the treasurer of the mint, a» herein authorized, uag| upen account ef the United States. And be it further enacted, That, at the option poritor, gold and silver may be cast into bars ingots of eiiber pure metal or of standard fineness, the owner may prefer, with a stamp upon the -ame, dee! aignatiny its weight and firenesy: but Bo pirca, of eith gold or silver, shall be cast into bara or ingot) of a weight than ten onncer, exoept pieces of one ounee, of two ounces, of three eumces, and of five ounces, all of which pivces of lew weight them ‘en ounces shall be of the standard fineness, with their weight and fineness jampeé upon them; ‘but in cases whether the gold'and Iver Ceposited be coined or cast into bars or ingois, there all be a charge tothe depositor, in addition to the charge now made for refining or parting the metals, of one half of ove per centum; the money arising from thig charge of oue-balf per centum shall be charged to the trea- \d from time to time, on warrant o the director of the mint, shall be transferred into the treasury of the United States. Provided, however, Thé| nothing contained im this section shall be considered gal arshirg to the balf-dollar, the qusrier-dollar, the dim and half dime Sec. 7, And be it further enacted, That from time tg li be struck and coined at the mint of branches thereof, eonformably in r 14 conformably in all respects to ' standard «f gold coins mow established by law, a eoin o gold of the value of three dollars or units, and all the pi visions ef an act entitled ‘An sct to authorize the o age of go'd dollars and Couble eagles,” approved Mar third, eighteen hundred and forty all be applied} tothe coin herein authorized, 10 far ar the same may be applicable; but the devices and shape of the three dollar| piece ehall be fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury. Bec. 8. And be it further enacted, That this act shall in force from and after the first day of June next. “Approved February 21, 1863, xa Movement. md Whig, May 28.) . MEMPHIS CONVENTION. ‘Thin convention, whieh is te commence its session at Mempbis on the 6th ef Jane, is attracting cousideradl attention in the Southers States, and promises to be South. We have al- f e of importance attached it. The eity| ef Riehmond bas taken the necessary steps to have delegation in attendance; and out of the large number ef] eted, it is te be heped her eo operation ma: be seeured, and her ietereete represented. We find thaty the tin eliciting owm-iderable ioverest in the North. and its results elaberately discussed by vari. The New York Hxratp con irit, and sommenda’ [From the New Orleans Pieayune, May 22.) DELEGATES TO MEMP The convention will meet two weeks from to morrow, ard the ioterval is but short within which to coasu|; the delegates alreedy sppoimted, and ascertain whe will] surely attend, to provide substitutes, interchange epin. fone, and make the needful preparation to sustain th position which they will be required to take in that c¢ 4 vention. The eecasion is ene ef immense tinpor' we, It may effect materially the whole current of Wester commerce, of whieh New Orieana is the natural mart) and be made subservient to combinations of iuterests, whieh may sensibly cheek the flow of trade to this port, which energy timely directed, and wisdom timely exer. cited, may place beyond the power of all opposition ta divert from us. The subject ef Southern commercial in. dependence, of direct trade between the produc States axd the foreign martets, aud the all import question of international improvements, by which eou. merce Is to be brought to sit #ide hy side wiih prodactio: and capi refeined in the hands of those who eres it, te multiply itself and all the increasing blessin, comfort, refrewent, aud civilisation, of which it i th parent, will be discussed at the Memphis Convention bg the ablest minds in the courtry, not only imbued with entbusiaxm for the genere! oxuse whieh brings the honorably sealoux to Kustaia th ir own eonstitueats maj ave in reaping a particular profit from the comm prosperity, to estabiieh a favorite eomnection of rail roads, oF build up a favorite commercial port. Louieia great stake im these discnssions and evented and represented by re ta by the Governor are i aenranee yet that thon ow that some on th list, whore coun’ on would be of grent utility, are utterly nnable to arrange their business ro an to 1 ‘The list should be caw substitutes foand for suel an find it impossible to attend—end all we hope will a1 tend «bo do not find it impefsible—amd & previous eon ferenos should be hed among them to exchange opinion 4 fects in view of their act! coavention, We trast that the brief for thess arran mente will be improved in thia manner, and hesrtily tions of ou) eerrespwedent The Gomarns inin the city, and hie weil teal for the public « face may be relied upon to 40 operate in all measures give an effeetive voice to Lewis nas. The Mayor of + City, too. would bem proper pera@n bo Initiate proces ings having thees eonferences in view. We hope to prompt action taken, Woman's Tarerance Soorery.—The Woman’ Siate Temnperecee Seciety wiil mest to-day, in Coombe Hivtl Rechesta The great expounders of Woman’ Alghty and Bloomerisi will be there, with frask instruc hous dom be lace cuayentton at Raven, Odo,