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the parcel wthewt opemize tt inuguag: back ‘Tavor of the Polieh PETITION ADDEESSED TO His MA BY THE CORPORATION UF NU } ir Ne Hl oogau0ds, we exproesi@u f ube: & 8 sige i ‘Under'your benevelcnt emjoy tho laws which your mopareh, we siso are ike the rest, make our to them. ‘Our country being pre em‘nen'ly apd manutsctrres ate inferiority. fe¢unry tot degree of fet. There reasons terce us establish the University 0: Vit @e purpose of harmonizing yernment with the solicitude and hopes of te parent: belong sceptre egveral neterogencous races crowned sncestors have bequesines subjects. means, are Mkewtee Agricatture, ain. ena of » walve-wtys ¥ Par We OF TEE GIN EGN Of their comwecaiéin for the purpose at | the government of Vitoa, ceiongiug to 3 to fulfil their first d op tCg 9 ha. loos of “Taost respect sen’ ‘ax tospiration -oming w them * om (ox, nwt ne be Seseoncants ot their Drinee tte foaadarioneo! Weir fuiure Dros and they Gevore heuwoe.ves Wo Lem with res vie love much are our seut present and the safog Fe, with i'al leve. 19 ex- your mos Taitnfal 0 a men’s, Ares MOGRTST. Us aregs wrrane or and ineir Mayesty’s id int thet 01: | and a: once com: | tying io ieu'tura!, commerce, We vare ine siute of aps. 18 fer from harmga:tained ent which'esn only be grroxe) it by vesricu tural science, applied precucally w locaaues end oli Tmastes. ‘Fhe want of mechanicians, of chemists, of modieal pracd- “toners and members of other specu! pr“fesda‘, is keenly to the corporatien of the Dobie. 3 progress of science, of the arts, and ot industry “is trans mmiec from geserution 10 generaton supp'ieaie your Majestr to ra 1%, Whied w so indispeaws rie for ibe borevolent views o the eo scesarray, Du and pe “Me deesic icns of a who'e people live for ever setae unpe oeenee reba>.e remen: which it retains of the generous and sned.¢ rolictiude of @ sovereign who is the ‘ather of kis people. Slow us, 1 fore, 5: to solicit you to accept the tath'a! and most reepertful assurance tha: our most ere: thoughia mre inapired by the iove and devo.ion that we bear te you. In oar besris, avgus: mopareh. dwells a hope ofa correla ‘tive counecuen, #nd Prayera- are but a fe ef your pavernal and benevolent arhis, ‘we trust thet our faith—nay, even our eble refiex-of your nobie semumenta, and Following up several qeestions which were discussed by the corporation of the nooies of Vuna, amd wnich are appeaced vo ris petition, we tind the following passage:— Fivaily, Abe corporation of the nobles dincnmed the question velauve io the Polih language, which, theugh scoxea in pn though ‘vate and family life, sad fetangbt is not used. men! of Vira. Tuis motive ‘aduces the e the language in-”iicd revigion in the scientific insttaiuens 0: tne govern Or | of nobles to 20 ‘cit the chief of the government. in his cxpacity of Curator. Genera of Stuaies ané instruction, to direct, or obtain tha: it Be cirectea, tbot instruction in all’ the schools in the govern- | ment ; Seog an order of the day on the snd/sct on the 12:h. ‘of Vina be imparted in the Poliat Isogusge. ARMY BEFORMS, BTC. ‘A letter from Sz. Petersburg, of the 26th of March, mye — The Invalide Russe announces to-dey that the Emperor, having b en inormed that the pattalione whicn were sent from the dtvision of the depot of the €th esrps d’armeé in 1866, to ecmplete the troops in the Criméa, were not properly armed, ant were unfit to continue ther marca, that document the Ex peror severely censures—firat, General Marine, who commands the depot, for having megiected to euperintend the proper execation of the orders given by bis superiors, by whieh regli mee the troups were impeded in their mareb; and, second, General von Brine, the chiet of the staff of al the reserves and Sepots, ior baving only inspected the said battalions in a very superficial manner previously to their cepartare trom Moscow. The Tribunal of War, afier having decited the degree of juipment of the said bettali id of the Cepo: division of the culpaviity and per sipation in tne aefec of the porsons in €th corp: @armée, oom: will sentence them to the punishment prescribed by the jaw. This announcement has produced & connderapie sentation in this city. For some time past remarkable chang-s bave been going on in the Russian army. Notoniz will the nacom fortavie helmets make way for the Frenvh kepi, put the costs will be supplanted by the poloasa’tan—e sort of ‘frock, imitated from vhe Frensh. The war has occasione; grea? changes in the mititary organizatioa mueh in the arm: Rumuan soxier will which is 2 comfortable dress, au: the general regu presecve the long agains: the severity of the climate, ermy is at of Napoleon 1. Turning to lighter matters. 1 may mention « the expiration of the period fixed f)r mourning Emyeror Nicholas, the imperial family show more frequently in public, and that the Emper * Rassia, as The protests om well Rassiao esent being organized after che plan of that ander, in particular, fs im much better spirita, INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS OF THE EMPIRE. fSt. Peversourg (Mareh 15) Corrsspoaceuce of Le Nord. } The construction of reilways is a sudjest still cceapy- ing the atvention ef the Russian press. This new end genera] direction of men’s minds is daily acquiring greater importance. In the northern and central governments the facility of sledge conveyance, which some have been pleased wo esti Buseia’s oatural raiirosd, has sometimes to be waited ir as late as January; it is, however, more usual for the w ter to ret in with soch accumulations o: snow that y ut off all chaonels of communication, the route fr tue siecges being converted into a endless succession of b - uagmues. The traveller gets over tae grout ng that occasions sowethiug like nese, Whilst all conveyance of goods is auspented. f January and February are generally favocabie to opveyance, we must no’ forgel that with the month { March ‘he.sledge routes ere spoiled br the melting of Im southern Russia, on the contrary, 1: is th snows. Winier that impeces traffic, because the draugat oxea employed there cannct encure the snow and cold for any great length of time. Russia, therefore, bes not those catural railways which people are ko good as 4 Rawian agrieultcre stands in need of un‘) permanent mec sie, Piarioas iniluene: cility of transport in evry i trade suffers q: the trade with thelinterior through, want of mesns of m the to will not find eowmunication. Aa order for corn gi burg forthe governments oa the cannot de executed under a year and foreign purchaser, inGermany, or Eagleac ‘The revait is, tha 'y millions of tehewerts of corn that she ¢: ‘and above ber own consumption, Hussis cam » than abou: five and a half. The corn, the spot, becomes tolerab éd at the porte of the Palis for export The United Staxex of America ase 1 ral wait ao long. ‘deat Hoseia in the corn market. of the same quan’ the Gear by th The carriage orn from America amoun’s, it is true, to mo. ty exported from the Russian por's in ic, but lene tham that chargeable on the [ussian vig. f wesiga be: the msrke: ane of com mari- of se ae much n at St. Peters for instance, Now, the cannot ia the acanal B over 20 more remely cheap on time it is deliver- ticn. in &, position to corn which is exported from the slack Sea. ‘These are ample reasons for indusing Russia to com'rive to ebeapen her egricultural produce by means of transport. Railways, canals, seam ing gativa on her rivers, will is furare be objects of the frat neves- aity for Rusvia. Lert December a steamboat company was formed to navigate the Dnieper trom the town of Alekaapdcorss the Biack Sea, taeir plan deing to coms'ract tugs for tow- ing merchant versel+, or increasing the spsed of trank- porte in the lower part of the river, beyond the cet racts and bare which there interrupt the aavigstion, ca ed in those parts by the name of porogai. be bare another company bad atresdy their Sieemboaie on the apper oo prevent eiroumstances, caused @f the lower part is the most can aesixt ip military stores, conveying more of the Daieper Ga this ncer y tue war, the company portent, bedause the; ly both troops an In onder to give tale compeny still reser importance, there is now a question of counect- tng vhe two reaches of the Dnieper, iaterrepted on nc- between the town of Krementaho count of the ver. these cifficu tier sieypee, which extend along the lower course, can only be tra bars the Daieper ia between May and Spring and antomn change them {ate marshes: ‘a wints you may be rary! on snem by know storms tas old dee Toy & caravan ouly & few pases Tq villace > other place of refuge wincs in the middie of tae day i gets no dark that you caanct ree two steps around you, afer one of there be formed in the rest of Parope. to & village not tar from iriwinds of snow bea brok In December, 1841, & large welding party of surprised by one of these vempests, of whieh o Toey the town of (Aaa ean quite ol Mot; Ont not wee ee withetan: ing this, nov one of them essaped except the drice, who was saved slmoxt vy & miracle. ezetem of railroads that exe give lie to itie only & these regions. number of oxen used from ne year to the orber for the conveyance of goods to Unerna is e« ‘timated at two mitlions. some 60.000 @ie Curing the heats of enmmer through wint of water ~~ tnd proper food. The route fram Aleksandrovek to Fe Kop, which ie not more than ‘hewe verete, offers prance #tacies than any o*her route across Deve been known to lie there enttle to ithe yeliicles. Wh of thepe ani aale wences. Sorwe mths for wan e:9 on, 2 of five ; ace tecied oper Sy gue cl 2b se Boacd of Al: ac rived here frem St. Peteraburg, charged wih ‘taking an inventory 0° ail the: the duccyarié arsenal souttined. It wan received iu (fra vaptaim Sehigur, of the Rus 200 Davy, er! fariaiy Sto of A lmiralty of tue Black Seay mow dinwo.ved , | Constantine 1s, 1t is said, . 4 Inrpect the préceesings of the commission, The w/a gp thie ectablichinent, considered capable vf be, ro Varwed to account, is to twansportea ta the Batis, fier baving been classitied aud GWly marked down the booms of the commission, ar.iele by article. ines. ‘renemt eorolugical one of the fir y favorable for such vetad! Birth ofthe Prince of France. =Ofi- twiial Cenuamonten, T [From the Paris Moniteur, of Mereh-23.) In the year 1883, on the 16th day cf the month of ‘we, Achille Fould, Minister of State and of the Emperor's houseb»l4, in virtue of the office we'hold an- der the'8th article of the’Senatus-Cmwaltum of the 25th of December, 1652, and under the 13th article of the Im- permal Statute? the Zist of June, 1865, aided tn the exe- eution of the same stacute by his Hrsellency M. Pierre Jules Baroche, Presideet of the Courcii of State, we pro- ceeded to the Palace of the Tuileries, in obedience to the oréers ef his Majesty the Emperor, contained in the sealed letter, dated the 12th ‘vst., as followe :— M. Achilie Fould, sinister of State, as the Empress, ocr mueb beloved spouse, is app: her confine. ment, we bave ordaimed that as soon as abe ‘eels the fret paire you shall be apprised thereof, to proceeato the Palace of the Tuileries, to the room'appointed for you, that you may be inwodueed inte the chamber of the fen- pres# at the momert o/ her celtvery Oar wish is that, with the aid of tne President of our Council of State, you may drew up the act of birth he og to the Sib article of the Senetus-Consultum of the 25th of Desem- ber, 1852, and the 13th articie of the stacute of the 21st of June, 1853. We have selected as witnesses his Imperis! High- ness Prince Napoleon and hiy Higcness Prince Lucien Murat. Wherenpon, M. le Ministre, I prey God to have you in health and his goed keepiog. NAPOIBION. Done at the Palace of the Cuileries, March 12, Aud being at the Palace at the hour of 2 o’clork in the morning, in company with his Imperial Highness Prince Napoleon and bis Highness Prince Lucien Murat, the witnesses selected and sent for by the Empecor vy let- tere couched as ‘ollows:— My Daar Gousin—As the Empress, our much beloved spouse, approaches her confinement, we have ordaiaed tas soon as she feels the first pains you shall be re- quested to proceed to the Palace of the iva, to the chamber reserved te the Princes of the Imperia! fa.cily, ‘that you be admitted into’the Empress’ chambe: at toe time of her"delivery. Our wish is that yor abali siga the act of birth as witness, Wherein, I pray God, my dear cousin, to have yon in good health and his good Keeping. NAPOL=ON. Done at the Palace of the Tuileries, the 12th of March, To his IMPERIAL HiGENESS PRINCE NaPeLeon, {Here foliow two letters precisely of the same tenor, one to Prince Lacien Murat, the other to M. Abbatccci, Keeper of the Seal.) e, Minister of Siate, were admitted by order of his Majesty the Emperor, with his Imperial H'ghoew Priace Napoleon, and his Righcesa Price Lucien Murat, and his Excellency the Keeper ef the Seala, into the oedroom of her Majesty she Empress at the moment she saffered the paca whicb announced her proximate delivery, waich, aviog happyy taken place at a A mag past 3 o'clock, Madarce Bruat, Governess of the “Infant cf France,” pre- rented to us, as also to his Ivaperial Highness Priace py naga and to hie Highness Prince Luciea Murat, and to Msj Exseliency the Keeper of the Seals, by order of his which her Majesty had cogaized to pe of the immodistely entered the Em. press” saloon, im wich was his Majesty the Emperor, and ie Mojesty informed us that it was his intention that the Prince Imperial shozld recive the names of Napoleon Eugene Louis Jean Jovepn. Of ail which we have drawn up the prevent official statement upon the register of the Imperial fezily, in presence of his Imperial Highness Monseigaen: the Prinse Napoleon, and of his Highness Monseaeur the Prince Lucien Murat, witnerses selected by his Majesty the Ea- ror. Pejnd said statement has been signed by his Mejssty the Emperor, the above named witnesses, and by the Princes ard Princestes of the fami’y present, and also by his Ex- cevlency the Keeper of the Seals, Mints:er of Jestice. Whieh act has been signed by us, Minister of State, and countersigne’ by his Excellency the President of the Council. of State. NAPOLEON. ESS MATHILDE. NCESS 3ACIOCHI. PRINCESS CAROLINE MURAT, PRINCE JOACHIM wURAL. COUNTES3 DE MONTIJO, Duchess of Penaranda. Abgatccs, Achite Foc. J. BaRocue. News from Australia. PROROGATION OF NEW SOUTH WALES LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL—TRADE AND GOLD REPORTS—VOTE BY BALLOT CARRIED IN THE MELBOURNE ABSEMBLY— DEFEAT OF THE GOVERNMENT—A NEW AND LIBE- RAL MINISTRY—PIRE AND FLOOD AT BALLARAT. By the royal mail clipper Lightning, at Liverpvo! on 224 ultimo, advices have been received from Melbourne to the 28th of December. She brought 12.000 ounces of gold dust, the amount having been iimited owing toa dispute with the surveyors. The British shio Schomberg 1s reported to have been wrecked off Cape Otway. Passengers and crew saved. The political advices anim portant. ‘The Legrsiative Council oi New South Wales hai beea prorcguea. ‘The demand for money was not active, and but few transactions had taken piace. In consequence of large specaistions in breadstuffs, tobseco. spirits, wine, &: ‘there was considerably more animation throughout the. various markets. The grain and flovr markets quiet; the price of tour was £50 for firsts. £28 for seconds. In Hobart Town the deciine in breadstuff4 was pro- gressing. Price ot roid. £5, 14s. 64. i The ship Biaskwali, for London, hus 86,000 ounces ct gold on freight. i The Geelong Advertiser of 2th of December, referring to the sate fire at Ballarat, says:— Several lives were lost— the exact aumber never can be known, as the United States Hotet was fall of srangers, many 6! whom saved their lives by leaping rom the win- dows. There was no muster after wards 10 ascertsin who were missing. Inquests were beld on four bodies —R»dert Aldeorn, A. H. Nicholie, and two others, names aa- known. Among the inmates of tue botel who had « very Darrow eroape, were the Wizard Jacods, and bis orother, the “sprite” who had been performing at the Adeipui the prev evening. From the government estimates for 1656, it apomrs that evenue of the colony is eetima'ed at £2 738,600, and the expenditures at £2 792 152, leaving a deticieucy ot £55,552, whieh it is proposed to meet by a temporary Joan, without interes, trom the Poundage Fund. A ietter from Melbourne of Decembes 18, says: — An enterprising American firm. (Messre. Coob & ( bave entered into engagements fora r ice from the States during the summer first cargo, about 600 tons, was reosi’ by the pub! & ter Jays ago ‘Alert, trom Boston, aud they are retailing ic vo the &: 6d, per 1b., gaarenteeing a supply ta any quan tity during tne season. This is vary re(restiag in !tt- gence im such a melting climate as ours, and it is to ba hoped that the esle of ihe article wil! be sufficieatly re- munerative wo recompinee their enterprise. The Sydney correspondent of the Meldourne Argus, writing on 10th December, says:— Passing from gvest things vo amall, I have learned that we are to bave a third theatre im Sydney, at wui verbottom’s barc, with Frank Howson, Hye, raven and & few othe:s will appear. to peg, for the company will be a fay it can only (0 #0 by shutting upone of th Advices from Bentigo of 22d of Dee+mbe-, say :— Mr. Coleman bas secured the services of Catherine Hayes for three concer'# in Bendigo. I walerstand they will be given early in January. [Correspondence of the London Times, Mevvovese [ On the 18th. in pereuanee of « previou Wilkam Nicholson, member of the Legis metropolitan county of North Bourke, moved a resolo- tion in favor of the ballot. This motion was 0% made ia concert with the representative members generally, and there wae no need whatever for treating i¢ #: a qnevton to try the strength of the goverment; pat Mr Hi the Chief Secretary. announced that t2¢ me abers of the government were unanimously oppmed tot’, and an dallot was understood te be @ government principle. ‘ne sabjeet was debated om two consecutive evenings, and was carried by @ majority of 33 to 26—a very largs ma jority, when it is considered that the governaien: hes the power of appointing twenty-two memoere of the Hass, of whom eleven may be otticials, aod it bes actually exer- clsed that power to the extent of appointing eigh:eea, thougb rome of their norniness voied for the ballot, On Thorsdey. the Och, Mr. Halnes sonocaced ta the pnblie that be aud hie colleagues had tendered their re *iguations, and toat they only held office aotil theic # 1% cecnors 1 be appointed; und on ug day Me Wikiam Nicholson, the mover oF allot resuiutioa, wae “sent for.” Nothiog has been finally snnownsed ax to th tion of the Ministry, busit wae understood this « noon that «li Mr. olson’s diffeatties hed vanisi into thie air. «ud that to-morrow be will be prepared radmit hie het tw barles Hotham. fhe ‘ullowing {9 helieved to constitute the Ministerial hist: | Colonial Secretary . . | Treasurer | Attorney General | Solicitor | Treces and ¢ tow - oe M'Cadgen. Hitt, Greeves (or Mitiae) and (or Dr. Greever)’ ond Ca, by | * hil’s weekly &econn', and is comple’e up to last Saturday :— ‘The-escorts have brought this week €4,455 and Gold biped a 1856 Per Rajab of Sarawax to Caieatta, Per Ajax to Loncon.. Per steamers to Sydney. of, 105 tons, 1 ewt. 3 qrs. 22 Pos, loz. at 0,136,932 2 on London. ts against gid 4 ‘whased at 2 per cent discount. er ee ig meg) per e., delivered at the bullion ottice, Bank ‘On the Sfet of ast month there was a very desiructive fire at Ballarat, It originated in am inn, which it des- with the nd several other buildings, mostly of wood. ely, several lives were lost. On the 16th and 17th icet., « calamity not less destruc: tive of life and osourred im @ heavy ficod, of Gn the evening 10s cme tant Aas naaia, pu 1h on Wl latter, s thunderstorm was followed by & tremendous Mrzourve, December ‘brandy have not been but they have had she ing the market. A reported, 128. 94, to 138, are, however, in demi are wanted. Breedstnffs—Daring the cargoes have arrived at the various Australian ports, and prices have euddenly and greatly fallen, We have also received shipments from Adelaide. Adelaide flour has been sold at £32 per ton, and Chilian has realized trom £28 to:£30, a cargo of 300 tons having realized the jatter sum. On the w: we are inclined to think that prices will not fall befow nor rise above £30 during the-enaning three months, Provisions—In comsequence of large supplies recently, provisions generally have de- clined. Bacon, prime, has been sold at 103¢d,; York hams atls. Prime pork, in barrels, has beem sold at ‘£6 5u,; hatf barrels at 26s., and kegs of 60 Ibs. at 37s. 6d. Dried fish of all kinds remain scarce, and firm at our quotations. Paints, (ils and Colors—White lead is rather lower. Sperm oil has been sold at aue- tion at £85 be ton. Metale—The irom foun- ders are-ali supplied with pig iron, and it is slow of sole. Building Materials—Eaglish ‘fireoricks are not worth more than £8, and American 40s. te 60s., in the Bay. American cemont bas declined. Tne market is lutted with glass. Countess alates have been solid av 18. Timber ia dull. Red deals, 3 by 9, are worth only 630d. to 7d.; 3 by 11, 834d. to Gd, There have besn sales OjgAmerican white pine, land 1%; inch, assorted, at about£13, on the wharf. Boots and shoer-—A good in- voice is saleable at 25 to 30 per cent advance, nailed Hungarians (Am.) are worth 3734 per cent. advance. Woocen ware.—The market is glatted with American wooden ware. Hardware—There have been large arri- vals of miners’ tools, and they have generally declimed, Axe and pick bandies are in demand. Sundries.—China | Snail September 1847 matting is wanted. Printing paper is worth 6d, to 10d. per 1b.; brown paper, 4%. to 5d. per Ib. Blesting powder has been sold at 1s. 4d. per Ib., to arrive; Ame- rican light drill has been soldat 7d. Manila manufas- tured and American made rope has realized £70 to £50; and pineapple rope, £40 per ton. Gold has remainec steady at 75s. during the week. We have been credibly informed that a trade is being carried on by some storekeepers in taking gold to Sydney and re. turning wi h Sidney sovereigns, and circulating them on the diggings. Thisis not nonest towards the digger, however profitable the transaction may be to the party engaged in it. It cannot, therefore, be of long daratioa, ac the digger will very soon find ou’ thet be is being paid for his gola dast with a depreciated coinage. Obituary. DEAPE OF BIGHT HON.SIR HENRY POTTINGER, G. C.B. From the London Times, Maceh 24.) A large porticn of our readers, especially those who are connected with the Kast by personal or professional ties, will learn with regret the news of the death ef Bo expe- rienced and able a servant of the crown as Sir Henry Fot- tinger, an event which occurred at Mala early on the morning of the 16th inst., in the 67th year of his age. Sir Henry, who was born about the year 1789, represent- 4, like ihe Duke of Wellington, an ancient Eogtish fami. Jy which had been settled for some generations ia Ireland. So ancient indees, is the stock of which he came, tha’, according to the records of the Heralds’ College, the baronet is said wo have been thirty-first in de- seent from Egbert, the first Saxon king of Eagiand, aad granciather of Allred. Be this, howsver, as it mey, one branch of the family has been settled ia shire since the Conquest, and @ uring the 17th century sent several of ite members to represent the good town of Reading in Par- liaxsent. The other brench, from which the Jate Sir Henry was deacenced, settled in Ireland about the middie of the 16th century, and in 1661 we find one Taomas Pottioger, ot Mount Pottinger, county of Down, elected the iret “‘Sovereign”’ or Mayor of Belfast, on the incorporation of that town by Charles II. His son conveyed King Wil- Ham III. to Ireland, but was lost sea in an attempt to intercept a convoy of Fiench vearele laden, as was sup >> sed, with supplies tor King James’ army, Fourth in descent from the above Thomas was the father of the muoject of our memoir, Eldred Curwen Pottinger, Feq., of Mount Potunger, who married, in 1779, Aone, daughter of th: Inte Robert Gordon, Esq., of Florida, county of Dowa, and died in 1614. leaving three caughiers aad eight sons. Nearly ail the rons who survived infancy devoted them: selves to the service of their country, either in the navy the army, or in the Kest India Compauy’sarmy. The fifth son, Henry, the subject of our preseat remarks, wen: to Incia as a cadet in 1804, and at an early age attrac.ed the attention of the civiland military authorities there by his energy. intormation, and ready administrative p> «ere During his long scjourn ia that country he was enpioyedia aimost every branch ot the publis service. He was for more than seven years Ju-ge and Collector at Anmed- oggar, in the Deccan. and for fifieen years more he filled the post of politica! resicent at Cutch and Seinde; during | oi of the latter period he was also President of the ‘gency in the former province. So nigh was the opi- nion at that time formed of his talents by Lord Auckland, the Governor General of India, that when that nobleman was raised to the Earldom, and General Keane tos Barony. in December. 1839, after the Affgnenistan cam paign, Major-General Pottinger was raised to the Biro netage, ata token of the appreciation felt in Rngland of the rervices which be had rendezei in the discaarge of his cificult duties. Sir Henry Pe:tinger retuned to Englanc in 1840. having established a deervediy hign reputation; and it cannot be # mstter of surprise the: b found no difficulty in obtainirg further empioyment. Ia tbe year 1840, as ie generally known, <ifferences connec. ted for ihe most part with the opinm trade brcke oat between this country apd the Emperor of Onina Ac- cordingly, early in 1841 Sir Henry was siected by ber Majesty’s government to discharge the office of 2 mecistor, and was ordered to procved to Chins as Eavoy Extraordinary and Minister Pienipotentiary, for the pur pore of a¢jus ing the matiersin dispute. He joined Ad- miral Sir William Parker at Bembay abont the end of June in ihet year, immediately after the surrenter of the city of Canton to the British forces under General, now Lord Gough, supported by the fleet under the leis Sir H. de Fleming +enhouse and Sir Gordon Bremer; anc be arrived off Canton in the Sesostria towards the en4 of the following month. At the same tice he was gazstted Superintendent of the British Trade in China. Whatever may be the opinion entertained as to the p> liey of our war with China, it is certain that Cotua became the field on which the diplomatic stidty of the late 5 Henry Potvinger was most fully and fairly exnivited 0 his arrival at Macao, August 12, he issued a «,inite1 pro- ciamstion, notifying thet while he wou d do bls ves tv coreult the wishes and prosperity of all her wutjects and other foreigners resident in Cain: the fame time it became his tires duty dietiac:'y intimate that it was bis intention to devote bis undi vilec energies and thoughts to the primary object of #e- curing a epeedy and satisfactory close of the war, and that, therefore, he could allow no consideration of ‘aer- cantile or other interests to interfere with tne s* + meesnres which he might find it nesessary and adopt towards the government aud eb} in cider to compel an honorable and lasting peace.”’ A the time, with great wisdom, he warned tne British residenta on no account to rely upon the exist- mg truce, but to stand upm their guara agains: the perticy and bad faith of tne Chinese officials. Tue se- quel of our war with China 1s too wel known to need recording here: it is enough to say that the military and nava! operations of the Britieh torces at Amoy, which wae captured in the same month, were wali sap. ported by the arts of <iplomacy, and that the geains ant farsightedness of Sir Henry Pottinger com:ribnted ia no saght degree to brirg tom snosescful iseug our pro. (rected hostilities wicn the erafty Chinese, The result of these operations, ae al) our resdera are aware, wes to throw open ® commerce with 330 000,000 natives and the terms of the tweaty with whi:n the war wu concluded in 1842, ‘were such us wo give universal sain faction, not merely on account of the palpable and #«f evident benefits arising from free trade with sach an ex tended population, but alo fro. the wtroag ptesau'ioas thet bave been taten to prevent abases.”” tis not much to say toat, if toe “benefits” wader the former category are mainly dne to Lora Gougs and Sir W. Far- ker those under the latter are principauy to b4 assrib ed ‘to the shill and foretnoaght ot Sir Henry Patidage- As soon ae tae news of thix treaty reached Faglaad <i Henry war rewarded jor bis services enod Crops of tne O:der of the Bath; he w: appointed Governor and Commander in-% islend of Hong Kong, whick post he heli from Aor, 184, to the spring of the following year, whea he re turned to Eoglanc. In May, 1844, he was eworn « member of tbe Privy Council, end a pension of £1,507 a year was settled upon him by » of” Comm Im september, 1846, chosen for wetive servies, being app inted northip of the Cape of Good Hope, in au Pe Maitinnd, and discnsrged the! esa and eperey turough & very tcomsed pert hen he wae re ieved ay the wont General, Sir Herr W. Soith, GC.8. In 184 went sgain to Indie the rcene held the post of Governor ant Coma Presidency ot Maéras until the year retarned io Eogiana. in Novenber, 1451, be was pro- moted to the jocai rank of Lieutenant General in Jadia. In every relation of ie and private life the mame of Sir Heary Vot\inger ommarce! toe cespes, aod enteow of ail who i conmectuon wita him; his admi ia Ja ia, Chine hi Neo, and we ony st we seldom have + rendered greeter ration of pudlte a! heen uniformity ex opiaion wien © mad oceasion to regret an ¢ fheer » pereive to tbe crown pod ibe l4,., i The Sunt a vey «fname : a o1 We fsuuounce the death ir Parker, who on the 2lst inst., at Government House, Devon- port, shortly after his arrival from .isbon in her M 4y’s ship St. George. Sir Hyde, who was born in 1786, was brother of the late Sir William Parker, whom be ofthe Admiral Sir Hyde at bank, in Yatlee, stledin the Cato, East . » wing Rio Janeiro, where he yt in for water. The baronetcy, we , i ‘Trade of ve i ons The Paris Presse of Mazch 25th, - mercial review:— fo cae Sabina. cease of Ne eater part of the suppose that we are on ‘the eve of peace, and that a vigorous resump! of com- ivity is universally facturing business of Paria is ver much more animation ether in buyers have, up to the shown themselves ci rate of discount by the Beak will not take the best houses will continue tions. * * * The di sloaly attribasabie > Oe produced extraordinary ‘necessa- les of life. Housekeo| what they stand in fmmediate it affair of nies have sent in their answers to the government, there seems to be some hesitation in the con- cession at this moment, when the situation. of the Paris Bourse has demonstrated the necassity of adjourning the bringing out any new securities. In the meanwhile the maritime com are organizing services im all direc- tions, to sup} necessities offthe export traie, Markets. Lonpon Moxey Manxsr, Torspay Evewinc, March 25.— Busivess throughout the Stock Exchange is stag.ularly in- animate, but prices, upon the whole, are steadily sup- ported. The ‘were slightly flatter to-day, but the reduction finally established did not amount te 3y per cent, as compared with the closing quotations of yester- discount market remained quiet to-day, buts more demand for money was experienced in the ,Stock Exchange, where six per cent could be obtained for short Joans upon government securities. This demand arises eee Ee Papen omonting ne instalment on the pew Joan on Saturday next. ‘At Paris to-day, the three per cent renter closed at 72. 46 for money anc 72.70 for account, and the four and a- half per cents at 94 for money. The three per cents are Uy lower than yesterday. #, which closed yesterday at 925; to % for the 10th of April, receded this afternoon to 923, to 54, and were last quoted 924, exactly. For money, the elosing Price was 923. The Consol serip of the new loan closed at 2% to 2% premium, and the Exchequer scrip at 2% to 234 premrom, The foreign stock market was also quiet, but steady in rice. Mme £100,000 in old bronght in by the Admira) and Lightning was in 4 to-day, and a ‘wae sent ito the bank. rtion ef it The gold ex the Emma 1s not yet deliverable. The ship Brilliant, from Geelong, passed Port Philip Heads on the 26th of December, for London, with 16,426 ‘ounces of gold on freight, worth about £61,700. The bar silver brought in by the Tyne was sold to-day for India, at 54. 1d. per ounce standard, being an advance of 4¢d. over the price realized at the last 3 ‘The foreign exchanges this afternoon presented no al- teration of importance. Liverroot Corron Marker, March 24.—The demand for cotton bas been good, and the sales reach fally 10,000 bales—3,000 on speculation and for export. Prices firmly maintained. Mancu 25,—There has been a moderate demand for cot- ton to-day, and the sales reach fully 6,000 bales—1, on speculation and for export. Prices without change. Lrverroot Conn TRapE, March 25.—The arrivals from Treiand and coastwise during the past week have been light. From foreign ports we have received 14 874 quar- ters of wheat, (of which 8,624 quarters are Egyptian), 8,605 quarters of beans, 15,808 uarters of Indian eorn, 19,170 sacks and 7,614 is of flour. The exports in the same time comprise 303 quarters of wheat, 692 quarters of oats, 746 quarters of beans, 3,540 quarters of corn, 2,427 sacks and 958 barrels of flour. There has been quitea collapse in the trade sines this day week, and prices of al. articles, except perhaps the finest qualities ‘of wheat, must be quoted considerably lower. ian corn, influ- exceed by accounts of the undiminisned abundance and cheapness of potatoes in Ireland, and the knowledge tha large supplies band, has declined 2s, to 3s. per q . The weather has been extremely fine and sea- sonable. At this day’s market there wad a fair attend- ance of the town and country trade; however, only a moderate consumptive demand was expesienced for wheat and flour, at a decline of 3d. to 4d. per 70 Ibs. on the former, and'ls, per barrel and 1s. 6d. to 2s. per seck on the latter article. ‘ats and catmeal met with a slow sale, and must be quoted 34d. to 1d. per 45 Ibs,, and 6d. per load lower. Barley, beans and peas were neglected. and easier to buy. There were few ramples of Indian corn offering, and prices were better maintained than was +xpected ; however, a decline of 1s. 6d. per quarter must be noted, prime mixed and yellow being obtainable at 30s. to Sls., and white at 31s. to 31s, 6d. per quarier. The Canadian Assembly, on the 34 instant, when the telegraph announced the ‘birth of the French baoy, ad- journed with cheers. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. MONEY MARKET. Sunpay, April13—6 P. M. For s day or two inthe early part of the week there were decided indications of a turn or two in the screws on the money market. The bank returns published on Tuesday morning, showing a very great increase in the line of discounts, alarmed financiers, and apprehensions were entertained that a contraction of a sudden and rapid ctaracter was inevitable. The bank loans have reached it is true, a Jarger figure than ever before exhibited, bu: f must be borne in mind that the banking capital of this city is at thia moment larger, the business of the coun try greater, and the amount of property in the channels of commerce to be moved greater than ever before knows. The crops of the Union last year were enormous, exceed. ing in value several hundred millions of dollars those of any previous year. The power required to move this moass of produce has called into reqnisitio a fystem of credits more extensive and more ex panded than has hitherto beem realized. In thir city several millions of dollars have deen added to our banking capital; in other parts of the ooua:ry capital has increased both in the nands of jadividua's and iretitutions, and credit of all kinds bas been ex- panded, but not to an extent beyond our actual jegiti- mate nevessities. A comparison of the banking move ment cf this city, or the soun‘ry at large, of the present day, with that of last year or the year before, is not a fair way to preeent the matter. Every interest, foreign or domestic, is growing rapidly; the popolation an. productions of the country are increasing with g-eat rapidity; every branch of industry is scquiriug grester strergth snd force; production and consumption within our own Jimits have reached @ point bardly imagined « few years since; our works of internal improvement ex- ceed in msgnituce those of any other country in tus world, and the remotest sections of the Union are pen-- trated and in course of developersent; thousands and tens cf thousands of acres of virgin land are annually brought under cultivation; the tonnage of every sencoart and inland port is annuslly incressing; manufacturing and mechanical pursuits have acquired & position completely independent of government aid and suppo-t, and every element of progress and pros perity has & volume and force now that were unkoown a few years tince, All this requires capitaland credit, acd it is therefore simply abeurd to attempt any comparison between the present and the past. The banking re. vs ment of this elty at this moment 11—in proportion £3 i*s capital, its trade and commerce, ihe increased value and amount of property, its population and the various e- terprises in which citizens are enguged—as Nmited as t bas been at any time within the past ten years. I: i even more limited, and but for the accumulations of vate capita! in the hands of private Dankere, the mov)- ment of incorporated Institutions would from actna! ne- cernity be iar beyond the present aggregate. At the close of the wee there was quite an improve ment in the stock market, and money matters ovosc: easier. We have had, during the past month or two, sn oeearional bot temporary stringency in the money market. The effect was hardly peree;tiole before tus cause disappeared. Toe month of March passed away wench more comfortably than wae anticipated, and thus far the month of Aprii has been pretty free from financial croberrarement. A few weets more will carry a5 throngn vhe most active port of the buriaees season, atter whi>+ may look for more activity in Wall street, aad more amorg the brokers, The market is not very well aa) flied with epeenimtive stocks, and opera ore will be forced vo take bold of a clase pf securities of @ superior charaa- ter, compared with those which have hitherto vooupied the attenti n Of peeniators, The cnvy stocks ia which there is any wargin for improvement, 1 whieh there is a bora fide vayue beyond current prices, where safety area Investment; combined with great prodactivenc«s, ia a guaranty sgeinst lose, apon any tnrn of the market, are thore of Western railroad companies. Speculators wid be forced to take held of these evoces it tae menace of others baving the first epecniative element in them. A few yearr ogo we hed ® dozen stocks on the market of the moet worthles character. They hsve nearly ali disap: peare?, much to ©} faction, rely more eabety in stock speculation at the present day than wa bev known for many year, and if epeciiators bave be cap! tat? cory, there ue alances # goareo*y ogatur’ lowe *. F SrECIR.YROM T ay Port or Nuw_Yoru, Brig Ponce, ase aish silver... 000 06 Steamer Atlantic, Liverpool silver coin, teee sees cece 144+98,058,945 95 A. H. Nicolay’s t* gular semi-weekly suction sale of stocks and bonds fli take place on Monday, the 14th inst., at 123¢ o’el ok, at the Merchants’ Exchange. The value of rserchandise, produce, &., exported from this port durir.g the week ending Friday, April 11, 1856, asbeseerssssgsss=2 mes $1,127,099 6,850 ‘Total exportation... $081,139, 049 lea Bi ‘The imports in the same time were as follows:— 6 m5 $3,011,546 100 16 SP atora'aaa 128 Glev Six 168,200 185 tt Excess of imports over exports,, $3,049,839 bo nf The following is a comparative statement of the vaine fe an of exports from the commencement of the year to April 20 20 432 oo" 100 924 100 92 60 7 100 100 J 1,199;700 1,807,240 17, 300 11,881,187 4, 1018800 teens Pestit ‘The quantity and value of each article imported and exported during the week ending and including Friday, April 11, 1856, appears in the following tables:— Comaxace oy THE Port or New York. ‘OTHER THAN DRY GOODS. Total... .$7,265,930 74 Net increase lo ‘April 0 Pack » Value. 3 $12,166 Riv RR..b390 35 100 100 Had 100 93 22 Little MI Re 9534 100 Wis L Sh BR. b6O CITY COMMERCIAL REPORY. Sarunpay, April 12—6 P, M. Asnxs —The market continued firm, without “ moment in prices, The stockgot aahos on Friday, Apr 11, 1856, was as follows:— (i 1 an ta. De braced 000 a 5,00 barrels, including common State, at $6 28 s $637} extra State, 50 a$7; common to good mediur extra Western, $6 50 a $7 50; and extra Genesee and 8 Louis, at $778.0 $10. Southern brands were also 12; per BUL lower, with rales of 004000 bbls., ranging fro for common up; $7 75 a $8 50 for: ‘and extra brand: Canadian was quiet, with sales of at $8 31. $8 37%. Rye flour waa g 000 a 8,000 bbls. were mad, 8124, and Brandywine at $8 44. ‘was quiet, and without for rior qualities were eter Pee Corn—The cS ern were reported at 2.972 | common at $1 60. market was heav 8,433 | and . The sales embraced cr pey 7,985 | 20,000 bushels, including common lots of sound at 2'600 | 6lo., and fair te good mixed yellow and white at 623<e. 17/482 | 68c., and prime yellow and white, in shi; ‘order, 1 6,908 | 5c.) Rye was, soaroo and firmly held, ‘of 6,000 1,618 000 bushels Northern at $1, Pe lvania was 1 1,353, 98. Oates were less buoyant. ‘were sold: 11600 | dlc. a 43c., and Chicago at 440, a 46c. Corvus was steady, but the large auction sales adve: tised for the coming week ehecked transactions. Tt sales embraced 4008 500 bags of Rio at 11}<c. a 11K6 ard 50 mats Java at 14c. Corror,.—' tales reached about 2,000 a 3,000 bale the market closing firm, wit2 an upward tendency i ices, Pr Fume were dnl, a Lge dite ti! later fi 585 reign news. To Liverpool a es were d, in bulk, at 64.; about 560 bales of hie 1,228 pars ecmpressed, at }/d. a 3-16d., and 700 boxes bacon + 7412 . There was no change or movement of importance { 7902 Botice to other ports. 5,166 nk ‘was steady, with moderate sales at $1 06% 1,049 . 4,966 ‘Motasszs.—The sales embraced about 600 8 700 bbl 83,444 New Orleans, at 48c, 8 450 a 460. 1,746 Naval SToRES.—Saies of about 2,000 bbls. comme rogin were made at $1 75.4 $178, and 200 bbls. spiri 8,993 turpentine, at 38. a 89c. | '350 O1t.—Sales of about 20,000 gallons English linseed we: made at 60c. a Sle. a rales Tucing meas at $16 50, and at the close it was 916 6234. Country mess ana prime beef was withor harge, with sales of 100 a bbls. Beef hams ar Quant. Values Cotton, bls ..4,420 $224,648 Flour, bbls..1,703 11.794 tons 2024 Wheat, bus.27/806 40,000 Apples, casks, 21 "105 | Prime mesa, were without alteration im prices. Or Corn.,....118,424 82,787 Cheese, Tbe.25,452 2.200 | Meats were Gall, with moderate sales, incl Beet, tee 85 18,225 Rosin, bbls. .1,200 2,081 | ee ee ates of 200m oO Pork, bola’. 11 220 Spm. ‘oil gala'622 1,160 | pucpangeds Tilt sales of 200 Bacon,1b.1,755,089 141,463 ydales.-. 12 2,500 | ““geicas.—Bales of 50 bage of pimento were nade at 11 Tallow .. .-213,125 21,841 Lead ore,ouks = 2 © 950 | Sccuna The market was active, end for mediam { Fastic/iéas.."10 "168 Staves ......9,695 402 eed grocery qualities prices vere firmer. The sales en Rate ga weetal Foocos | braced about 20001400 hhas., including Oabe na . esse sree $564,248 | covado, at 6%c. a 7%e., included in which were sox HAVRE. lots of Porto Rico and New Orleans at fall prices. ‘ Flour, bbls sseeee],200 $8,750 aszow.—fales of about 100,000 Ibs. were made at 10 Flour, bbls..1,800 $22,500 Pork, bbla...4,464 $00,744 | " Wrhscre,—Sales of about 500 bbls. Ohio asd Btate pr: 80n were made at 27s, HAMBURG, balee.1,583 $57,916 Bronze pd’sen 1 $843 Flour, bbls...’ 40 380 Logwood, tons 65 1,215 ye, bush..72,502 88,809 Honey, tes... 56 2°582 Pork, bbls... 12 190 Tobacgo, bales 127 2'302 Spirite, ‘bble.. 100 2,800 $00 spiritetarp’.s 400 6,212 atles, eke. . Abscess, of the ovaries... 1 Ex. log’d, bxal,600 9,286 | ‘A ibaminaria and Bright's Ex. fustie..., '250 lime gree ah AM. Potatoes, bbls 101 $3,327 Books, cases.. 2 236 Ex. q’eit, bxs. 339 Fasc DH nM OmROnE 4,907 2,418 xa 751 1,859 "502 Flea te 475 143 6,203 etnies RSNA coaveensonsp osQ05i005i ue cog tua. Logwood, tons 1 700 Staves ...,.96,000 $278 2 ob aaron ea pe 2, Total - ove 93,085 Convulsions, infantile... + 227 $4,787 q j sanausam. ts ’ Convulsions, puerperal. 80 $3, mood, tons 73 $1,908 9,071 11,119 TAR pli BRITISH NORTH AMERICAN COLONIES, 46 1 4 3 9 2 2 -4,202 $28,239 Yarn, bales.. 5 $270 <5 + 700 8,309 Bread, bbls... 870 1,639 +1 2,707 Tinware, cs. 5 180 it 262 Tea, chests... 569 7,898 2 13,677 Wieking, ba.. 70 187 + 4 Rapture, of the wom). 220 Leather, sds.. 380 = 1,°00 Scrofal 1,425 Co: els,. 12 615 +1 po: 169 Wh. 153138 1 Softening of the stomach. 1,830 Sugar, 116 = 2,332 4 Spine, disease of. 5,160 Clovers’d,bgs. 15 261 2 Stillborn 948 ool 2 Suicide, bj ++ $75,172 2 Teeth! 1 Unknown s Varioloid : Heart and blood vessels, 18 Reel es Lungs, throat, &.,....115 Matches, ce. 10 900 fotal.........46 81 en ens cuna. #€86 Palm cil,es.. 1 Hams, Ibe. . 1,893 Copper... 2 Pork, bbls. 1;705 Paper, rms..2, Lard, tbe,..42,206 4,408 Cordage, colis 19 Butver.,....2,005 "437 Hardware, os 126 Salt, eeck#...'200 320 Shooks, hds 5,553 Tobseec, 196. 980 220 Ho-ps....,108,850 6 Wh. ofl. gals.1,030 910 _Hhds. 1,797 10 Rice, tierces, 161 4.366 Boards, {t..92'873 15 Wicking, ps. 6 200 Powder, bxe..’ 6 26 Reap, boxer,. 100 100 pom 4 + 40 362 Total............840,287 naYn. 900 $2,554 Domostion,cx. 2 $1092 | Rngland..... + 160 1660 Riee, bols.... G0 5 | Franoe.. 477 7,794 Drugs, boxes. 108 | fermany 3,390 "333. Codlish, 1b4.65, 2,629 | Holland Butrer, 192 598 Fish, bbls....'300 1/674 | Ireland Soap, boxes.1,100 1,375 fobacco, bales 60 "687 ase eeveccssesoell Sugar... 10 "398 inde 1Ox8. ‘oal anonppareesens see eeeeee cess $20,717 Pent’ry Hsp’l, Bik’s Tal. Randl’s Ia). Nure. Hoa’l.. PORTO RICO, y ++ 150 $2,000 Bread, b’ City He Smallpox Hosp. Bik’s Ia. Pork! bois 30 . 498 Guanc, ges " 8 Colored Home Hospital Ward's lal. Rraig’t Hosp. . Baws, Ibe, 261 Lead pine,ek. 3 Houte of Ref ge. Workhouse, Bik’s Ial..... Barter, 1b 14 Shooks & bhdw 600 —_7a9 | Punat{e Asylum, Bik . Lend, ibe... 316 Hoops ‘ 1 Lunatic Asylum, Bi'dale.. 2 Total. Cheese, Ibe. 29 WARDS, er C@R.. 676 Total DANISH WRT INDIE, Flenr, Dole... 191 $1,224 Leather, rolls, 3 Rye fiour, bie 41 221 Metting, rolls, 12 amor, lor., .1,200 145 Shawls, cawe, 5 250 Indigo, canon. 1 266 Rope, ool's 68 854 Rice, tierows,. 20 X 152 Candes, bre, 3% Casmte, cares. 26 512 Bread, bole... 120 Pi.nento, bags 10 195 BGC s Tbe cgeViN VO Viss rv eossonvs 1 es honor ‘W. MORTON, n Grand total... City eevny Office, New York, April 12, 1080.