The Welshman

THE REVENUE. —The annual balance sheet just issued, in consequence of last Wednesday's vote in the House of Comm ms, is, so long as we confine our view to the past, a very satisfactory statement. In every particular it shows the financial condition of the coun- try to be safe, prosperous, and improving. The first point to which the eye naturally turns is the concluding line, the balance of the year. It reads thus:—Excess of income over expenditure, within the year 1846, E-9,846,307 195. 2d." The next subject of inquiry is, what diminution of debt has taken place within the year. This appears to stand thus :-Reduction of de- ficiency bills," E2, 100,000 do. funded debt, El,178,453, making together 1:3,578,453. Lastly, the balance in the Exchequer at the beginning of 1846 and 1847 were as follows January 5, 1846, £ 8,452,090 January 5, 1847, £ 9,131,282. Thus, in every point of view, if Ireland could be forgotten, might England be regarded as in a prosperous state. But such must be the influ- ence of that tremendous visitation under which Ireland -ia g ine thtt the is now sutfering, that it is impossible to imagine that the opening of 1848 will render us a similar account to that which has been produced at the beginning of 1847.— Morning Herald. COLONIAL CENTRALISATION.—There are strong grounds for believing that ministers contemplate exten- sive changes in the government of the colonies. We are informed that the following may be taken as part, at least, of the plans now under consideration :-That all the possessions in North America shall be placed under one head, namely, a viceroy, with Quebec for the seat of Government. The governors of the different provinces to be located at Toronto, Fredei icktown, Hali- fax, St. John, and Charlotte Town. That, the like sys- tem of centralisation he extended to the West India Is- lands, the viceroy to reside in Jamaica, and each island to have its own governor. Each province and island, respectively, to have its own legislature for strictly local purposes, and have the privilege of sending representa- tives to general legislative assemblies in Quebec or Ja- maica, or in our Imperial Parliament. It is thought, should these changes be carried out, that Prince Geoige of Cambridge will be appointed to the vice-royalty of British North America.— Weekly Times. MR. W. CLOIVEs.-We have to reeord the death of one whom we may properly term distinguished. Mr. W. Clowes, the head of the largest printing establish- ment in Europe, expired, after a short illness on Tues- day week. He was the architect of his own fortune, having come to London, some furty years a.-o, after the I expiration of his apprenticeship to a printer in his native town of Chichester. He soon afterwards com- menced business on his own account, iu a small way and, by unwearied industry and perseverance, gradually established a respectable connexion. lie was amongst the first, a quarter of a century ago, to see the new era of printing that was opened by the introduction of the stearn-press; and his engines at Northumberland-court were the eailiest applied to the production of books. The demand for cheap literature, of which the Penny Magazine was the most extraordinary example, gave a new impulse to the energies of Mr. Clowes and, in connexion with a vast amount of government business gradually established the gigantic printing manufactory of Duke-street, Stamford-street, so often described and and so celebrated wherever English books penetrate. To work off half a million sheets of paper in a week-to set up the types, and complete the impression of a thousand folio pages of a parliamentary report in the same tirue-Io print the "Nautical Almanac," consisting of 500 or 000 pages of figures, without a single error, in 16 or 17 days, are amongst the recorded wonders of Mr. Chnvc-s's establishment. The labours of ?-.lr. Clowes's life will be permanently associated with the intellectual development and the persevering energy which are the distinguishing characteristics of our own titiies and his loss will be deeply lamented by a large circle of friends, to whom be was endeared by his kind and generous nature. A would-be prude remarked one day, in the hearing of Mad eoioiselle Dej izet, I am very particular about iiiv reputation." You arc always particular about

WOMAN'S MORW NOON, AND EVENING. [BY GOODWYN BARMBY.] I It was the dewy morn of the world It was the spring-tide of the human race A golden-ringed and spotted snake was curled Around an infant's neck in fond embrace The full-maned lion lay beside the lamb A tawny, fire-eyed panther in green bowerg Was to a milk-waite fawn the foster dam And woman gathered Eden's odorous flowers. It was the scorching noon-tide of our star Hot tropic summer suns oppressed the earth The beams of chivalry, like lances, far Gleamed oa a battle-plain of woe and dearth The knight lay gasoing through his steel-barred helm, The squire lay white in death and stern in pride, The king had fled his saddle and his realm, But woman watched her true-love knight beside. It was the purple evening of the world- At evening time there shall be blessed light- War's blood-red banner by fair peace was furled, And brotherhood's elapsed hands with rings were bright; Men's homes were beautiful, and rich and high, And earth was blooming through her grassy leas, And over all there was a solemn sky, And woman sat with children on her knees. Tail's Magazine.

THE ANGEL-WATCH; OR, THE SISTERS. I [From the Literary Gazette.] I A daughter watch'd at midnight, Her dyin;, mother's bed For five long nights she had not slept, And many tears were shed A vision, like an angel, came, Which none but her might see Sleep duteous child (the angel said), And I will watch for thee." Sweet slumber, like a blessing, fell Upon the daughter's face; The angel smiled, and touch'd her not, But gently took her place And oh, so full of human love Those pitying eyes did shine, The angel-guest half mortal seem'd— The siumberer half divine. Like rays of light the sleeper's locks In warm, loose curls were thrown Like rays of light the angel's hair Seem'd like the sleeper's own. A rose-like shadow on the cheek, Dissolving into pearl; A something in that angel's face  Seem'd sister to the girl! ?tt The mortal and immortal, each Reflecting each were seen; The earthly and the spiritual, With death's pale face between. 0, human love, what strength like thine ? ] From thee those prayers arise Which entering into Paradise, Draw angels from the skies. The dawn look'd through the casement cold, A wint'ry dawn of gloom, And sadder show'd the curtain'd bed, The still and sickly room My daughter art thou here, my child ? Oh, haste thee, love, come nigh, That I may see once more thy face, And hlpc« oro T ^i» I It ever I were harsh to thee, Forgive me now (she cried); God knows my heart, I loved thee most When most I seem'd to chide Now bend and kiss thy mother's lips, And for her spirit pray!" The angel kiss'd her, and her soul Pass'd blissfully away! A sudden start! What dream-what sound The slumb'ring girl alarms ? She wakes-she sees her mother dead Within the angel's arms She wakes—she springs with wild embrace, But nothing there appears, Except her mother's sweet dead face- Her own convulsive tears. C. SWAIN. I

A SABBATH IX NEW ZEALAND. A small bell was struck outside the building, and it was an interesting sight to watch the effect it had upon the dwellers of the pah one by one, they came out of their houses, or crossed the little stiles dividing one court-yard from another, and, wrapping their mats and blankets around them, slowly and silently wended their way to the place of worship. On entering, each indi- vidual squatted upon the ground, which was strewn with reeds, and, with their faces buried in their blankets, they appeared to be engaged in prayer they then open their Maori Testaments, and a native teacher commenced the sacred service. It would have been a lesson to some of our thoughtless and fashionable congregations to witness the devout and serious aspect and demeanour of these tattered men, who, without the assistance of a European, were performing Christian worship with decorous sim- plicity and reverential feeling. -Angas's Savage Life and Scenes. THE PREMIER. Mr. Francis, in his Orators of the Age," thus de- scribes Lord John Russell It is by no means a flut- tering likeness but no persuasion will induce you to think that the diminutive model of a man who has been pointed out to you as Lord John Russell—whom Lord Palmerston, his next neighbour, might almost dandle in his arms—can possess those qualities which history tells us are necessary in order to sway popular assemblies. His head, though small, is finely shaped; it is a highly intellectual head, and the brow is wide and deep. The fare, broad and firm-set, sphynx-like in shape, is not of Mtt ostline, bat it is strongly marked with character. A thoughtful repose, slightly tinged with melancholy pervades it. The features are sharply defined they look more so in the extreme paleness of the complexion—a paleness not of ill-health, but of refined breeding. The mouth is wide, but finely shaped; surrounded with a marked line, as though it were often made the vehicle of expression, while the lips are firmly compressed, as from habitual thought, The eye is quick and intelligent, the nose straight and decided, the eyebrows dark and well arched, and the whole face, which seems smaller still than it is from the absence of whiskers, is surmounted by ( ii a,ik and scanty hair, which leaves disclosed the whole depth of an ample and intellectual forehead." CURIOUS STORY. Many years ago the late Earl of Stair, when Mr. Dal- I rymple, fell in love with beautiful young lady, a Miss gordon. He eloped with her, and married her. In a short time they became unhappy, and Mr. Dalrymple made an attempt to get rid of'his wife, which failed, his lady obtaining a decree for the restitution of conjugal rights. Mr. Dalrymple, however, who was cohabiting with a foreign lady, having determined on a separation, took the following extraordinary step :-He requested a certain gentleman to pay attention to Mrs. Dalrymple, and, if possible, win her affections, so that he might be in a condition to sue for a divorce. In the event of success, Mr. Dalrymple bound himself to pay the gentle- man a large sum of money. The gentleman succeeded in gaining the affections of Mrs. Dalrymple but she, I instead of yielding so far as to give her husband the desired opportunity, herself sued for a divorce, on the ground of adultery, and obtained it. The gentleman, who had promised to marry her, now refused to perform his promise,which had such an effect upon the mind of the lady that she immediately lost her senses, and has ever since been confined in a lunatic asylum. She is now 75 years of age, and it is stated that she has entirely reco- vered the use of her reason. A petition was brought before the Lord Chancellor, on Friday, to supersede the commission, which was issued in 1820. SCTeral medical gentlemen testified that she was entirely restored to reason. The Lord Chancellor decided that the petition should stand over, and that Lady Stair should appear before the master by her solicitor. -Liverpool Albion. SINGULAR CAUSE OF A RUPTURE ON THE EVE OF MARRIAGE. One of Mr. Barham's parishioners, a merchant in Bush-lane, had an only daughter, possessed of the high- est attractions, moral, personal, and pecuniary she was engaged and devotedly attached to a young man in her own rank of life, and in every respect well worthy of her choice; all preliminaries were arranged, and the mar- riage, after two or three postponements, was fixed po- sitively for the last time of marrying" to take place on Thursday, April 1.5, 18-. On the preceding Monday, the bridegroom elect (who was to have received £ 10,000 down on his wedding day, and a further sum of E30,000 on his father-in-law's dying, as there was hope he soon would) had some little jealous squabbling with his in- tended at an evening party; the" tilf" arose iu conse- quence of his paying more attention than she thought justifiable to a young lady with sparkling een and inimi- table ringlets. The gentleman retorted, and spoke slightingly of a certain cousin, whose waistcoat was the admiration of the assembly, and which, it was hinted darkly, had been embroidered by the fair hand of the heiress in question. He added in conclusion, that it would be time enough to be schooled when they were married; that (reader, pardon the unavoidable expres- sion !) she was putting on the breeches a little toosoon." After supper, both the lovers had become more cool; iced champagne and cold chicken had done their work, and leave was taken by the bridegroom in posse, in kindlv and affectionate, if not in such enthusiastic terms as had previously terminated their meetings. On the next morning, the swain thought with some remorse on the angry feelingj he had exhibited, and the cutting sarcasm with which he had given it vent; and as a part of his ilmendç honorable, packed up with great care a magnificent satin dress, which he had previously he- spot ien for his beloved, and which had been sent home to him in the interval, and transmitted it to the lady, with a note to t'.e following effect Dearest I have been unable to cloie mv eyes all night. in consequence of thinking OIl our foolish misun- derstanding !ast evening. Pray, pardon me; and in token of your forgiveness, deign to accept theaec"mpanyin. dress, and wear It for the sake of your ever anectiouate » • Having written the note, he gave it to the footman to deliver with the parcel; but as a pair of his nether garments happened at the time to stand in need of re- pairing, he availed himself of the opportunity offered by his servant having to pass the tailor's shop in his way to Bush-lane, and desired him to leave them, packed in another parcel, on the road. The reader foresees the inevitable contretemps. Yes, the man made the fatal blunder! consigned the satin robes to Mr. Snip, and left the note, together with the dilapidated habiliment, at the residence of the lady. Her indignation was nei- ther to be described nor appeased; so exasperated was she at what she coltsieercri a determined and deliberate affront, that when her admirer called, she ordered the door to be closed in his face, refused to listen to the explanation, and absolutely broke off the match. Before many weeks had elapsed means were found to make her acquainted wih the history of the objectionable present, biic she, nevertheless, adhered firmly to her resolve, deer> lamenting the misadventure, but determined not i: ,f,v„ h. -Tht1

HOUSE OF LORDS.—THURSDAY, JAS. 28. Lord Clarendon laid on the table of the house papers relative to the postal convention betweeu Great Britain and Prussia, France, and Denmark. Lord Brougham, after a few words as to the import- ance of those arrangements, complained that he was in the habit of receiving large packets of letters from Italy, frequently of the most worthless character, which, as they were almost invariably marked private," he took in and paid for. He paid four shillings on one morning for a long account of some individual's experiments iu gaivaiiisai-(Iaughter)-and the only revenge he had was doing up the communication in stout brown paper, and addressing it to the party who originally sent it. (Laughter.) THE POTATO ROT A CONSEQUENCE OF THE MAVKOOTH GRANT. Lord Brougham, after presenting a petition from East Looe, praying for an alteration in the law of settle- ment, observed that a correspondent of his noble friend Lord Robert Grosvenor had stated that the great dis- tress in Ireland was only a just visitation for having acceded to the Maynooth grant. Addison, in the Spectator," passes a severe censure upon those who deliver judgments upon their fellow men. He thought it had always been said that the ways of the Almighty were inscrutable, and yet here were men coming forward and declaring that they had examined into the matter, and there could be no doubt that the famine was a punishment for the passing of the Maynooth grant. (Hear, hear.) Earl Fitzwilliam said, it was most extraordinary that these gentlemen who were so confident upon the matter, did not perceive that it was not the Protestant Parlia- ment of England that was suffering from the visitation. In point of fact the evil had fallen upon the individuals in whose behalf they became sinners, so that the sinners themselves had escaped. (Hear, hear.) After the Marquis of Lansdowne had laid on the table papers relative to the distress in Ireland, and to the management of Millbank Penitentiary, the house adjourned. FRIDAY, JAN. 29. I Earl Fitzwilliam moved for returns connected with the emigration of Irish paupers into Liverpool, and the ports of the Clyde. His object was to show the magni- tude of the evil, which was not to be considered as locally affecting these ports alone, but as affecting the whole kingdom, through which these paupers were after- wards dispersed. The returns were therefore, after a short discussion, agreed to. The Earl of Aberdeen wished to know if any answer had been received to the last dispatch presented through the Marquis of Normanby to M. Guizot, on the subject of the Spanish marriages. He felt strongly that it was most desirable that all further correspondence should cease upon the subject. It was kept up without any practical or definite object, and in a tone and temper that might ultimately lead to unpleasant results. The Marquis of Lansdowne was as desirous as the noble earl that the correspondence should cease. Her Majesty's government had no wish to suppress any cir- cumstance in connexion with the correspondence. Lord Brougham also deprecated the continuance of the correspondence. The house then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—THURSDAY, JAN. 19. I Mr. Chaplin took the oaths and his seat for Salisbury for which he was elected the previous day. Sir H. Douglas presented a petition from Liverpool, complaining of the influx of Irish poor, and stating that no less than 288,799 Irish poor had been thrown for support upon the rates since November, and that the number had steadily increased during the last five weeks, from 102,072 per week to 130,795 last week. COST OF THE IRISH RELIEF MEASURES. I Mr. Roebuck inquired what was the probable amount of the sum that would be required to carry into effect the proposed plans for relieving the present distress in Ireland, and how the amount was to be raised ? Lord J. Russell replied that the amount issued from the Exchequer up to the 1st of January was E1,099,000, and a second million had been called for under the public works act and the poor employment act. With respect to the charge under the commissariat, it was a running account. If the present plan was continued, the ex- penditure would not be less than £600,000 or E600,000 a month until August next, and probably the whole amount required would not be less than seven millions. As for the mode of raising the amount required, he conceived it would be better to abstain from going into that question until the usual financial statement was made. The amount required to carry out the plan for the future improvement of the country might be seen in the bills before the house. Several petitions were presented relative to alterations in the Poor Law and the Ten Hours Bill. Among the notices of motion was one which excited some attention, from Mr. Roebuck, who announced that he would move upon an early day,—first, an appropriation of the re- venues of the Irish Church for the purposes of educa- tion secondly, to extend the income and property tax to Ireland thirdly, to allow different parishes of Eng- land to send back to their own parishes all Irish pau- pers at the expense of the several parishes to which they belonged. Mr. Ross asked a question relative to the execution of Lieut. Wardlaw whilst engaged in the British service at the River Plate, but Lord Palmerston declined an- swering at present. l CONDITION OF CONVICTS IN THE HULKS AT j WOOLWICH. | Mr. Duncombe moved for the appointment of a Select Commitee to inquire into the condition of convicts in the hulks at Woolwich. He described the sufferings of the convicts from want of proper management and arrange- ment, and from the irresponsible powers of their over- seers. Among other cases, on board the Justitia, he mentioned those of an unfortunate lunatic who was found lying in confinement in all his filth, urine, and ordure of Mr. Theobald, who suffered from epileptic fits and great weakness of body of James Brandish, a maniac, and Cooper, a nurse, who had a bad liver com- plaint and a bag of matter lying at the pit of his stomach, and who met with the harshest treatment. Mr. Alderman Humphrey asked if the cases might not be over-coloured ? Mr. Duncombe said that he had authority for all he stated and, with respect to the last case, the unhappy individual declared at his last moments that he was a murdered man. Sir G. Grey said, if the honourable gentleman would furnish him with the particulars of the cases which he had stated to the house, he would institute the most searching investigation, but it would not be well to institute an inquiry unless it were clear that there were grounds for making it. (Hear, hear.) He hoped therefore, the house would not accede to the appoint- ment for the committee which the hon. gentleman had moved for. Lord Mahon must express his decided opinion that the working of the hulk system up to the present time had been anything but satisfactory. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Aglionby did not object to a commission, but he objected to the inquiry being a secret one, or one to which the public press would not be admitted. (Loud cheers. ) After a discussion in which Mr. Wakley, Mr. Escott, Sir G. Grey, Mr. Ferrand, Mr. Hume, Mr. Muntz, Sir W. James, Mr. O. Stanley, and Mr. Ewart took part, Mr. Duncombe replied, after which the house divided. For the motion 44 Againstit. 121 Majority. 77 I SIR JAMES GRAHAM AND THE POOR LAW COMMIS- I SIONERS. Mr. Ferrand according to notice moved for a select committee to inquire into the conduct of Sir J Graham, when Home Secretary, and the Poor Law Commis- sioners. The hon. member gave a rapid sketch of the history of the Andover Union, and of the proceedings of the parliamentary committee on the subject. The poor law comiiiissioners (said Mr. Ferrand) sent down to Andover, to institute an investigation, a person, in his opinion, very improper to have been appointed, viz the very assistant commissioner who had charge of the union rUr. Parker) (Hear, hear.) But though a very improper person, the assistant commissioner did his duty. He iiiade a report. On his return to London, he had an interview with Sir James Graham at the Home-oifice. During this interview, Sir Edmund Head came in, and a discussion ensued as to the course the government should take. Would it be credited ? The light honourable baronet, the home secretary of the Queen, actually tried to induce these two gentlemen to be parties to a statement which was untrue, for the purpose of drceidng the parliament of the empire! Behold the picture A home-secretary instructing two public officers in the art of dissimulation—(a laugli)-a minister of the crown trying to make two gentlemen parties to a falsehood by talking them over, and trying to bamboozle them, and through them to glill tiie press and the public. After a few similar remarks, the hon. member described, amidst the laughter of the house, the prevented duel between Mr. Manners Sutton and Mr Christie, and how a warrant was granted by the police-magist rate at Westminster, while a policeman of great size and strength" was despatched to bring the body of the Under Secretary of State before the court, where he was bound over after- wards to keep the peace. Addressing himself, then, to the present secretary of state of the Home Department, he (Mr. Ferrand) begged to ask, "Are these commis- sioners yet in office ?" (Hear, hear.) 11 Were they still exercising power over millions of their fellow-crea- ttires (Hear, hear.) And he would ask further, Was it the intention of the government to screen them frnm the inquiry into their conduct? Was it their intention to league themselves with the members of the late administration for the purpose, and had they coalesced to stifle the inquiry? (Hear.) The hon. member afterwards strongly condemned the employment of Mr. Mott, whom he described as having formerly gained a living by farming the poor in several large parishes in London, wherein he carried out the brutal Malthusian doctrine, of teaching the poor to live on a coarser sort of food, and a very small quantity of that. He (Mott) was afterwards editor of the Jew Poor Law Circular. This went to the dogs; and the man then became a partner in that den of horrors the Ilaydock Lunatic Asylutu, Mr. Ferrand theu distinctly charged assistant commissioner, to make room for a friend of his own, Mr. Twissleton. He concluded by submitting his motion to the house. Sir J. Graham said he had come prepared to address himself to a motion embracing a large question of public policy coupled with a considerable amount of personal accusation against himself. But the hon. member for Knaresborough had confined himself wholly to the personal attack. The right hon. baronet then quoted the report of a parliamentary committee acquit- ting Mr. Mott of all the most serious charges ad- vanced by the honourable gentleman and this was what he (Mr. Ferrand) had designated trumped up falsehoods." Mr. Ferrand: I did not say so. Sir J. Graham had taken a note of the words, but should be glad to know that the hon. member wished to retract them. Mr. Ferrand I said a trumped up report." Sir J. Graham then proceeded to rebut Mr. Ferrand's charges seriatim, saying in conclusion, the matter could not rest where it now stood-an appeal having been fortunately made to the right tribunal. There and there only was he prepared to enter into a full explana- tion of the point peculiarly affecting the hon. member, and then he would be ready to give that explanation which his sense of duty prevented him from offering on the present occasion. (The right hon. baronet, who spoke with remarkable coolness, was much cheered on resuming his seat.) Mr. Disraeli, after remarking the difference between the relative positions of Sir J. Graham and Mr. Ferrand, and applying to the former the maxim of Hippocrates that too much prosperity made a man insane, concluded by recommending his hon. friend (Mr. Ferrand) to I withdraw his motion. Mr. Roebuck remarked that the hon. member for Shrewsbury, like many other members possessed with a single idea, could not help bringing in his favourite topic—the late prime minister, his colleagues, and the phalanx who voted with him. One of the most faithful of that body was the honourable member himself and while there was a hope of victory his spear was raised and his shield locked with the recognised leader of that phalanx but when the hour of danger came he went over to the enemy. Mr. Newdigate defended his honourable friend (Mr. Disraeli) from the attacks of the honourable member for Bath. Lord J. Russell spoke against the motion. After some remarks from Sir R. Peel, Mr. Christie, Sir C. Napier, and Mr. Villiers, Mr. Ferrand withdrew his motion. Mr. Hume then moved for a return of the number of corporal punishments on board H.M.S. Amazon, Captain Stopford but after a brief debate, and after telling Lord Ingestre that he (Mr. Hume) would not like to be on board a ship commanded by the noble lord, who advocated corporal punishment, the hon. gentleman withdrew his motion. The house adjourned at half-past 12. FRIDAY, JAN. 22. I Mr. Hume brought forward a motion for the purpose of preparing public general acts in a uniform plan for lighting and watching, sewage, harbours, docks, piers, &c., embodying the suggestions contained in the report of the committee on private bills, also a resolution for reducing the expenses of such private bills Sir G. Grey admitted the expediency of reducing the expense of private bills and simplifying their provisions, but he found the government had its hands so full at the present moment that he could not undertake to adopt these suggestions immediately. Mr. G. Hudson complained of the great expense of passing private and more especially railway bills. After some discussion, the motion was withdrawn. Mr. Wrightson gave notice that in committee on the Irish poor-law bill, he should move an instruction, that no sum beyond a certain rate in the pound should be levied without the authority of an act of parliament. In answer to Mr. S. O'Brien, who inquired what course the Irish debate would take on Monday next, Lord J. Russell could not tell in what way the debate would be taken, he could merely state what was the order in which the government would take these measures. They would first take the bill for rendering valid certain proceedings in Ireland under Mr. Labou- chere's letter. That might lead to a general debate. After the second reading of that bill, he would intro- duce the measure for giving temporary relief to the distressed people in Ireland, and then he would take the permanent poor-law amendment act for Ireland. (Hear, hear.) In answer to Mr. Finch, Lord Palmerston said he had a day fir two since received a reply to the letter ad- dressed by her Majesty's government to the Marquis of Normanby on the 8th January from M. Guizot, and had no objection to lay it on the table. In answer to Mr. Barclay, Lord Palmerston said, he had already given an explanation of the advertisement announcing that letters of marque were on sale in that country of the Mexican government. He had had a com- munication from the Mexican Charge d'Affairs, stating that no person in England was authorized to issue letters of marque. Mr. F. Dundas inquired what were the intentions of the government relative to the increasing destitution in the islands and Highlands of Scotland, the drainage act being inoperative in Zetland where the distress was very great, Sir G. Grey said it was not the intention of the go- vernment to establish any general system of relief in that country. The drainage act he belieyed would coine very opportunely in aid at the present time, and depots of provisions had been established at certain points. Grants would also be made in cases where the local noor law was insufficient. If any applications were made for seed the government would take these applications into consideration. In answer to Mr. Ellice, Sir G. Grey said he would have no objection to state the amount of the advances in money made to Scotland. Great care was taken that in any purchases of seed or provisions made, there would be no interference with the regular course of trade. On the motion for the second reading of the Chelsea pensioners bill, Colonel Read begged to thank the government for the measure, and to express his warm approval of the measure. The committee of supply was postponed till Monday next. The sugar and distilleries bill was read a second time. The buckwheat, &c., importation bill was reported to be read a second time on Monday. The house adjourned at six o'clock.

THE IRISH LANDLORDS ILLUSTRATED. I [From the Atlas.] I A NEW WAY TO PAY OLD DEBTS. I I The Earl of Mountcashel states that the whole rental of Ireland, in round numbers, is about £ 13,000,000; and the bonds, judgment debts, and mortgages affecting the lands are equal to eight years' purchase, which cal- culated at an average of 5 per cent., creates a drain of about £ 5,000,000; that agency and collecting amounts to £6.50,000; that jointures, poor-rates, and other con- tingencies raise the whole of the deductions to about 1:10,450,000 so that the residue left for the landlords is not more than E2,500,000 or £ 3,000,000. It is therefore utterly impossible for the landlords to support the poor since it appears that, with the recent increase of poverty, their maintenance would cost an- nually no less than E12,000,000. Having shown that the poor must not look to the landlords for assistance, his lordship proceeds to point out the means by which-but his lordship must describe his remedy in his own words:- To expect, then, that the Irish landlords could possibly meet this large demand with their limited resources, is entirely out of the question. I suggest, as a temporary measure of relief- 0 To the poor of course ? Read on- to the landlords, who have been brought into their present f/?'CM?'M by no fault oj their ow", but merely by the pressure II the times, which has prevented their tenantry from paymg theIr t-e??, that a bill should be passed P, venting the /brec?xK) e of ??'<y?ycs ?)' three years, upon paying of I' j per cent, out of the rental. Such is Lord Mountcashel's remedy for the distress. He selects this favourable opportunity when the dis- tre"s of the country is without a parallel in the world, to ask the Legislature to confiscate the claims of cr(?ditors, and bestow £ 1,500,000 per annum upon the landlords. His lordship is a fitting representative of that quality of modesty which, beyond all others, characterizes his class. But it seems it was no fault of their own, but merely by the pressure of the times," the landlords are reduced to the present strait. His lordship had just stated that the rental is encumbered by debts to the extent of nearly the one half; that in some parts of Ireland 6 per cent. interest is paid and that the aver- age may be taken at 5 per cent. Now, we beg to askf is this accumnlation of debt a result of the "pressure of the times ?" Has it nothing to do with the old claret-drinking, door-locking, family-undertaking, pro- fligate, palmy times gone by of faction-ascendancy and misrule ? Was all this debt incurred in acts of prac- tical benevolence, in local improvements, and encou- ragements to industry ? Was it for such purposes this self-sacrificing and much-suffering class have under- taken to pay such prodigal rates of interest ? Oh for that," says the conscientious Mrs. -4inlet in the comedy, let us do 'em justice, neighbour they never make two words upon the price, all they haggle about is the I day of payment." 1 THE IRISH PBOPBRTY CRY. Lord Westmeath makes the following proposition:- A noble and leained lord has expressed a wish that no peer of Parliament, or member of the House of Com- mons, whovotedon the Government measures, should avail himself of any part of the money. I am perfectly willing to meet the noble and learned lord in his objections. All I ask is that my property may be placed in my own powr. I deny that the law does it. Give me that, and you shall never hear me or any proprietor in Ireland re- fuse to assist the people in their distress. We might suppose there was something peculiar in his lordship's case, but that he makes common cause with the rest of the Irish proprietors—so that we presume, if he has lust the power over his own property, it must be in the same way. What has the public Exchequer to do with that > How often is the father to be called to pay the debts of the thriftless sou ? Must there never be an end of the cry Give, give, give ?" Luys. My debts do clog my consciencc, and were better When they are timely paid, sir, than let run With their long teeth to bite your 'state hereafter And if, when I am free, you dare but trust me— Carlos. Was ever father cheated thus ? Come hither, How dar'st thou be so impudent ? LIlYs. I cannot help it, sir; unless you die, Or give me better means, I shall make hold With these devices you are my father, sir, And I am bound- Carlos. To cozen me ? SHIRT,EY'S Brotlters," A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE OF OPINION. I Lord Fizvvilliam (an absentee) says- I must put in a plea on behalf of that much-calumni- ated body, the landowners of Ireland. I do not think that the task of regeneration ought to be imposed on any one class of her Majesty's subjects. Arc there no other persons in Ireland who possess wealth except the land- owners ? Mr. Grattan (a resident landlord) says, in the other flouse, on the same evening, and nearly at the same moment of time— Talk of properties and rights I hold that if a rntn runs away from his property, and leaves people to starve, he ought to be compelled to contribute largely to their support. I wish to know why such men as Earl F Itz- william, the Marquis of Headfort, and others, possessing large property in Ireland, some of them to the extent of £ 30,000 a year, without residing in the country, should not be heavily lev. d fy¡ tc su.p:Jn of the poev r-f I, r' p ,i When the landlords fall out, the people are likely to coirie by theii: o-,vii. TEXT AND COMMENT. Mr. Bernal Osborne, in the discussion on the Address, pronounced the following eulogium on the Irish land- lol ds For the last two generations the Irish landlords have been an improved and improving class and if it were possible to procure a return of duels fought, turnip fields cultivated, and iron ploughs, it would be found that the Irish landlords were an improving class. At a meeting of the Mining Company, which took place in Dublin on the 7th instant, Sir Richard Kane made the following statement;- It is a remarkable and at the same time a gratifying fact, that the Company's affairs stood in such a position as to enable them to give good employment to over :000 individuals in Waterford. They were not only giving employment, but they were actually delivering food also to the people under cost price. The Company gave both food and employment to the people, and lost, in the last six months, E 1,600 while the owner of the soil, who gave no employment to the people, received within the same period a sum of £ 1,050 profit, all of which fell into his own pocket, the loss falling on the shoidders of the Com- pany. The last owner of the soil did give employment to the people, and helped in other ways to promote the in- terests of the Mining Company-a body which confers, within its sphere, great benefit upon the country. The present owner of the soil, above referred to, who gives no employment or encouragement of any kind, but puts all the profit into his own pocket, is Mr. Bernal Osborne, who declares that the landlords of Ireland are an im- proved and improving class.

STATE AND PROSPECTS OF THE FOOD I SUPPLIES. A correspondent of the Times has communicated the following estimate of the deficiency of grain and other crops in the United Kingdom. It is founded chiefly upon statistical facts furnished by Mr. Labouchere in his speech of Tuesday evening, the 19th instant. The results are startling I Estimate of the deficiency of Grain and other Crops I reduced to Grain, in the United Kingdom for the year I ending Sept. lsrf, 1847. Quarters. 1. Ordinary annual drficiency 2,000,000 2. Loss of potatoes in Ireland, value E12,000,000, to be supplied with grain (a food of double the cost of potatoes) of the value of £ 24,000,000, repre- senting at 60s. per quarter 9,800,000 3. Loss of oats in Ireland, stated by Mr. Labouchere to be one-third the crop, or 5,227,000 4. Loss of potatoes in England and Scot- land, say one-tenth the loss in Ire- land, or 1,000,000 5. Loss of oats in Scotland and England, say 1,000,000 6. Loss of barley in the United Kingdom 1,000,000 7. Extra seed for increased cultivation of grain 300,000 8. Extra consumption by railway la- bourers 300,000 Quarters 20,627,000 Deduct diminution of consumption in Ireland by economy and starvation, and by the non-feeding of pigs and other animals 4,627,000 Total (leficiency-Quarters 16,000,000 Money value of the deficiency at JE3 per Quarter 48,000,000 Large importations of grain and other provisions continue to be made at the ports of London, Liverpool, and other places. Eleven vessels, reported in at Liver- pool from America, on the 25th inst., bring 42,047 barrels of flour, 22,342 bushels and 888 sacks wheat, 14,700 bushels and 12,172 sacks of Indian corn, 8,206 barrels of Indian corn meal, 569 packages of biscuit, 1,065 packages of rice, and 2,189 packages of cheese and three vesse ls, also from America, reported on the 26th, bring 6,050 barrels of flour, 260 bags of wheat, 16,732 bags and 18,015 bushels of Indian corn, 1,515 barrels of Indian corn meal, and 1,326 packages of cheese. There are several vessels in the London and other docks from Hamburgh with grain and six vessels arrived in the river on Monday from Ireland, laden with provisions, the produce of that country, which were from the ports of Sligo, Gal way, Tralee, Limerick, Cork, and Waterford, respectively. The stocks of grain and flour in bond thrown upon the markets this week, have given a check to the rising markets. According to the accounts published in the Gazette on Tuesday, these stocks were on the 5th of January as follows, and they are no doubt considerably larirer now:— Quarters. Wheat 203,233 Barley. 20,992 Oats. 59,328 Hye 57 Peas 34,413 Beans 43,446 Indian Corn. 3,431 BuckWheat 411 Total Grain. 365,311 Cwts. 1 Flour 498,817 Oatmeal 26 Rye Meal I Indian Meal 3,638 Total cwts 502,481 In almost- all the corn markets throughout the coun- try, the Ministerial measures have had the effect of immediately reducing the high price of corn. The Journal des Debats publishes the following letter, dated Odessa, Dec. 30th last, as to the supply of corn there The mildness of the temperature is really extraordinary this year, which has permitted the accumulation of a vast quantity of corn in this port. Henceforth, however, we do not expect further supplies from the interior until April or May next. The total number of ships which arrived here between the 1st of January and the 25th of December, 1846, amounted to 1,400, and the departures 1,100 or 1,200. It is worthy of remark, that the ships which came here to load corn this year were of more than ordinary tonnage. We have still in the stores here more than '250,000 hectolitres of wheat. Since the com- mencement of the month, more than 200 or 300 ships have taken in cargoes of wheat. This corn was part of the crop of 184 ) we have not yet drawn on any part of the crop of 1846, which has been as deficient in Russia as in Western Europe. Still a less than ordinary harvest in Russia produces much more than is necessary for the consumption of the empire." The London brewers have not raised the price of por- ter one penny per quart, or Vis. a barrel, as was stated by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, but only 5s. a bar- rel, or rather less than one-halfpenny a quart. The additional advance has no doubt, in many instances, been made by the retailers. A communication in the Gardener's Chronicle last week from the gardener of the Speaker of the House of Commons, has caused much uneasiness in the rural dis- tricts—especially in Ireland—with regard to the pros- pects of the potato crop. It appears from this state- ment, that of potato seeds sowed in November last, in pots, and forced, every one has been attacked with dis- ease within the last three weeks. We learn by private letters that similar results are beginning to show them- selves in the north of Ireland. The gardener of the Marquis of Londonderry at Mount Stewart, had forced some potatoes in hot beds, and early in the present week they developed symptoms of rapid decay. The effect of such a prospect upon the people at this crisis may easily be imagined. The expense of potato seed for an acre of ground in Ireland now averages 1:20. The import of foreign provisions into Liverpool from the 18th to the 26th is astounding: and it must, be evi- dent to every one, that if such enormous supplies were allowed to come fairly into play, it would be impossible for the present market prices to be maintained. But what is the fact ? The number of barrels of flour upon which duty was paid during the week ending the 19th instant,was only fifty-three! We maytherefore well repeat our question: Where does it all go tor" And the answer must be, that instead of going into consumption at a moderate, or rather at a handsome profit, to the relief of the general distress, it goes into the hands of speculators," who expect in the end to realise exor- bitant and usurious returns. But a day of reckoning may come," and there are significant intimations that it is not far off. In the Liverpool Cory, Exchange wheat and barley have declined 2d. to 3d. per bushel, and lfour Is. 6d. to 2s. per sack. Our accounts from Ireland show that the markets there are giving way; and from Scotland we have similar reports, the effect there being attributed to intelligence from London, an- ticipating ",a crisis at no distant day, when the crash will tell fearfully on large holders."

THE USE OF ETHER IN SURGICAL OPERATIONS.— Medical men, employing the agency of ether to effect surgical operations without paining the patient, should be reminded that the vapour constantly given forth by this body is highly inflammable, and if brought into contact with lfame while being used, will be productive of very dangerous effects to the patient. ENDOWMENT OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIEST- HOOD.—MIDDLESEX ELECTION.—A correspondence has been published between Lord R. Grosvenor and Mr, H. Hoare, relative to his lordship's views concerning the endowment by the state of the Irish Catholics priests. Lord R. Grosvenor expresses himself rather vaguely on the subject, but the inference generally drawn is that he would support such a proposition were it submitted to parliament as a government measure. In his re- joinder to Lord Robert's letter Mr. Hoare says, in deprecation of any support of Popery, we dare not close our eyes to the tremendous fact that a visitation of the most fearful kind has recently been sent upon the empire and that its commencement was seen to be at the very time when, and in the very place where, at national I ecognition and encouragement of Popery naa just been given. Except among men who do not even profess a belief in the Scriptures, and who, consequently deride the idea of a superintending Providence, it might have been expected that the strange proximity of the Act of 1845, and the judgment of 1845, 46, and 47, would at least have given rise to a degree of doubt and hesitation though beyond this feeling of doubt and hesitation, we refrain from advancing any expression of sentiment." The Springfield Gazette tells a good story about a clergyman, who lost his horse on Saturday evening. After hunting, in company with a boy, until midnight, he gave up in despair. The next day, somewhat de- jected at his loss, he went into the pulpit, and took for his text the following passage from Job 0 that I knew where I might find liini The boy, who bad just come in, supposing the horse was still the burden of thought,critd out, I knew where he is in Deacon Smith's binn" j UNITED STATES AND MEXICO.—On Thursday week, the New York packet-ship Patrick Henry arrived at Liverpool, after a good passage of 19 days, with papers to the 8th instant inclusive. In the House of Representatives the bill f,)r adding ten regi- ments to the regular army has met with great oppo- sition the popular feeling of discontent at the Mexican invasion increases greatly, and the middle class espe- cially look with deep regret upon the national treasury being drained for the purpose of conquering an almost indigent people. We have news from the mouth of the Rio Grande to December 21th inclusive, by which we learn that the Mexicans had made an unsuccessful de- monstration against Tampico. It is evident that a con- flict is at hand. Meanwhile the mortality in the United States army on the Rio Grande has been and continues to be, a source of great and, alas! of unavailing sorrow. Both at Carmargo and Matamoras, according to our latest accounts, the Dead March" is continually heard, as bodies are carried out of the hospitals for in- terment, while every arrival brings home from 60 to 100 discharged volunteers and regulars on account of sick- ness. It is hoped, however, that the coolness of winter will arrest the mortality. SPAIN.—There has been a real Ministerial crisis in Madrid. The Isturitz Cabinet is broken to pieces. The election for a President of the Chamber of Deputies terminated fatally to the Ministerial nominee and Is- turitz at once resigned. Sototnayer, in this emergency, was called in but there were difficulties in the way of the formation of a new Cabinet. It was necessary to conciliate certain members of the old Administration, especially Mon but the Finance Minister had no taste for the new alliance and refused to accept the great- ness thrust upon him. We have yet to see of what components the new Ministry will be permanently con- structed—but there is at least one hopeful circumstance in the change that has taken place. Isturitz is no longer supreme. PORTUGAL.—The last accounts from Lisbon seem to indicate something like a re-infusion of vigour into the movements of the two contending parties in the long- protracted civil war. The revolution is beginning to thrive again upon the weakness of the royalist host. Das Antas has fallen back upon Oporto, and, strength- ened as he is by the alliance of the Miguelites, appears to be more confident of ultimate success than the pro- gress of events has hitherto suffered him to feel. All the energy of the insurgents is to be concentrated in one great effort for the defence of Oporto. In the meanwhile, Saldanha is crossing the Douro and it is said that the Queen's party has no apprehension of the result of a general action between the two armies. Certain it is, however, that for a victorious army, the Queen's force is a wonderfully feeble one. Its strength seems to lie in affording opportunity to its adversaries,alld leaving the world to speculate on what it might achieve, if it would. We never remember milder efforts to crush an alarming popular insurrection. If the revolutionists are not successful, it is not the fault of Saldanha and his friends. CllUEL COMMITMENT OF CHILDBEN.—A correspon- dent of the Times communicates the following atrocious abuse of the law at Chilingford, in Essex :—Two little children, of the ages of six and seven, neither of them three and a half feet high, son and daughter of a poor working man, by the name of Lee (living in this parish, having in all ten children and his wife to support), were detected in the act of eating some turnips, having picked up six, over and on which cattle had been feeding for weeks. The poor starving children were pounced upon by the farmer's foreman, hurried off to the lock-up house, a distance of a mile, and were afterwards dragged more than eight to a magistrate's, by whom they were convicted. They were fined, with debt and costs, £ 1 Os, 6d., or, in default, fourteen days' imprisonment in Ilford Gaol, a further distance of eleven miles-in all twenty miles for a police officer to travel with two little children, for being detected pacifying their hunger with six small diseased turnips, value the smallest pos- sible fraction of a farthing. How TO REACH THE NORTH POLE.—Sir J. Ross has written to the Astronomical Society, informing that body that he had submitted a plan to the Admiralty for carrying into execution the double and desirable ob- jects of measuring an arc of the meridian and reaching the North Pole. His plan is to winter at Spitzbergcu, and employ his officers and crew under the direction of the son of the celebrated Professor Schumaker, whom he has engaged for the purpose, and at the proper season, attempt to reach the North Pole on sledges drawn by Swedish horses, being a modification of the plan proposed first by Dr. Scoresby. EDITORIAL DUTIES.—An editor's duties, even in a case comparatively unimportant, are onerous and un- thankful; and those he praises "love him less than their dinner," and those he finds fault with hate him. If he step out manfully, he can scarcely avoid treading now and then on somebody's toes, who will make a point of never forgetting it; whilst those on whom he may bestow commendation, even if nothing more substantial, during his journey, will quiethkjplace it all to the account of their own merits.— The Duwler. CONNUBIAL COMPROMISE.—The King and Queen of the French always occupy the same bed, which is almost as broad as it is long, but whose two halves are very dif- ferently composed. On one side is a plain horse-hair mattress on the other an excellent feather bed. The latter is for the queen. The princes and princesses are accustomed, like the king, to sleep on a single mattress. -Apport's Ten Years at the Court of Louis Philippe. DEATH OF A WOMAN WHO RENDERED GOOD SER- VICE TO THE STATE.—Died at Kilburn, on Sunday last, in her 76th year, Amelia Barber. She had six sons in the Grenadier Guards, who served together in the Peninsular war. Four of these veterans survive their mother. The Duke of York granted her a pension of os. a week, which was continued by the Duke of Wel- lington up to the time of her decease. DRY FEET.—A SECRET WORTH KNOWING.—To make boots and shoes impervious to wet, buy a penny- worth of Stockholm tar warm the sole gradually, but not too much warm the tar also, and then apply it to the sole and stiches, letting it soak in gradually before the fire, and repeat the operation until the leather will take up no more tar. This process will render boots and shoes impervious to wet, and the cost will not ex- ceed one penny. BRASTED.—POETICAL SHEEPSTEAI.ERS.—A few days ago, the carcass of a sheep was stolen from the farm of a widow lady at Toy's Hole. The party by whom the robbery was effected left the following poetical momento of their exploit appended to the skin, which was left be- hind Potatoes are scarce, and turnips are thin, We take the carcass, and leave you the skin." LORD THURLOW AND, GEORGE TIIE THIRD. — Lord Thurlow had applied to tnat monarch, on bebali of his brother, for a certain post, and having somewhat unexpectedly met with a refusal, he bowed, and was about to retire, when the monarch, wishing to soften his decision as far as possible, added, anything else I shall be happy to bestow upon your relative, but this, unfortunately, is an office never held but by a man of rank and family." Then, sire," returned Lord Thur- low, I must persist in my request—I ask it for the brother of the Lord High Chancellor of England." The Chancellor was firm, and the King was compelled to yield. He gave me his reasons," said the former, and I beat him."—-Memoir of the Rev. Mr, Barhim. Loss OF TEETfr.-In consequence of the complete or even partial ruin of the teeth, the face shrinks; the countenance assumes a different expression, and wrin- kles will prematurely furrow the face. The only remedy for this is to supply the loss with Artificial Teeth, thereby restoring clear articulation, perfect mastication, and pre- venting the hollow and shrunken cheeks, the thin and contracted lip, so characteristic of old age. The new Patent Incorrodible Teeth, invented by Mr. Howard, Surgeon Dentist, 6t, Berners-street, Oxford-street, Lon- don, most fully answer this purpose, and are fixed with- out extracting any roots or teeth, or giving any pain whatever. They will also be found more economical than any others. FRAUD.—The machinations of the crafty and design- jug are alike endless and inexhaustible. No sooner does a useful and excellent invention deserve and obtain the favor of the public, than it is immediately made the ob- ject of piracy and counterfeit of the basest kind. For- tunately, the arts supply the requisite protection; and we learn with pleasure, that Messrs. Rowland, the spi- rited proprietors of the invaluable Kalydor," have, in self-defence, engaged those incomparable artists, Messrs. Perkins and Bacon, to engrave a label, which is not more admirable as exhibitiug the perfection of art, than as affording a protection against the base aud designing."

WEEKLY CALENDAR. I THE Moos's CHANGES.—Last Quarter on the 8th of I February, at lh. 39m. after. HIGH WATER AT THE FOLLOWING PLACES. FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. "i Carmar- Cardigan Tenby Ahp?rvqt D? YS then Bar. and and .T Llaneily Bristol. Miiiord with, FEB. H. M H. M. H. M. H. M. Saturday. 61 9 37 10 22 9 7 10 52 Sunday. 7i 10 12 10 57 9 42 11 27 Monda y 8 10 18 11 33 10 18 12 3 Tuesday. ni 11 32 12 17 11 2 12 47 Wednesday. 10 1 12 33 1 IS 12 3 1 48 ) 40 1 25 3 10 Thursdav 11 1 55 2 40 1 25 3 10 Friday. 12 j 3 16 8 1 2 46 4 31

LONDON GAZETTE. I BANKRUPTS.—( Friday, Jan. 29.)-J. Jarman, for- merly of Prospect-place, Mile-end-road, linen-draper.— T. 1-1. Fiske, Portsmouth, Hants, ironmonger.—W. Cle- verslcy, Cumberland-place, Old Kent-road, floor cloth manufacture)-,—\V. Quincey, Old-street, St. Luke's, tin plate worker.—L. Shcltou, Hitchin, Hertford, licensed hawker. —11. Brown, Milner-place, Lower Marsh, Lam- beth, baker.—J. Flower, jun., Stouehouse, Devon, brewer.—R. II, Ireland, Nottingham, victualler.—J. Ogden, Reddish, Lancaster, cotton spinner.—T. H. Pul- ian, Sheffield, York, hosier.-T. lielliwell, Halifax, York, sharebroker.—J. Aspinall, Manchester, cotton manufac turer.-J. Davis, Wedmore, Somerset, tailor.—J. M'Cre- die, Stroud, Gloucester, tea dealer.—W. F. and B. F. Cowper, and P. E. Cooper, Darlington, Durham, linen- drapers.—J. Leipold, Birmingham, music-seller.—J. B. Ablett, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, linen draper. BANKRUPTS.—(Tuesday, Peb. 2.)—L. Moss, tobacco- nist, Liverpool-buddings, Bishopsgate, London.—C. F. Smyrk, builder, Lavina-grove, Wharf-road, London.—J. Prior, tailor, Saint Blazey, Cornwall.—J. Kirkman, wine merchant, Nottingham. —T. Skipworth, miller, Bolton, Lincolnshire.— II. Johnson, merchant" iShpmeId.—F.. .Smith, apothprarv. DuViW. G??!u'?!3!?'r;'?

AGRICULTURE, MARKETS, &c. (From the Mark Lane Express"). No time has been lost in getting the Corn and tion Law Suspension Bills through Parliament, thOO measures having received the Royal Assent on Tueadsl last. Whether the importations of grains will be kul terially increased by the remission of the almost uomiOOI rates of duties previously levied on arrivals of foreigo corn may be questioned; at all events no immeluato increase in the supplies can be caused thereby. BefOro it was known that Government intended to take the step4 they have, orders had been sent abroad to buy up all tbl could be procured and these purchases would, unJOr any circumstances, have come forward. The whole the available stock at the Baltic ports is a mere bagateU* in comparison with what will be wanted to supply till immense deficiency of food in Ireland. The same rillf be said as regards the Mediterranean and, though ratbtC a large quantity of Wheat is held at Odessa and th* Danube, we shall have to outbid France and other couw tries who are looking to that quarter, as well as ourselves for supplies, to secure any large quantity there. our principal resource must, therefore, still be America; and we can only repeat what we have on former occasioui stated, viz., that we entertain considerable misgivings all to her capabilities to furnish adequate supplies in aseasoO when the yield of grain has been more or less deficient over a large portion of Europe. We are, consequently inclined to view the reaction which has taken place in tht trade in grain during the week now about to terminate 0 likely to prove temporary, unless our own farmers hoW much heavier stocks than we have reason to suppose. The accounts from Liverpool, describe business as having become very dull. The reports from the leading tovvLIO in Yorkshire are of a similar character and at Birming* ham, Bristol, and other places in that quarter, the reduc- tion has been fully as great. The markets in thO agricultural districts have been more liberally suppliei this week than on any previous occasion for some tin" past; and at the chief shipping ports on the east coast » Wheat has fallen from 2s. to 4s. per qr. The sale tot 1 Flour has been unusually heavy. The supply of Barlef has been to a fair extent, and the quantity on sale haS been fully equal to the demand. The sale of Malt has, as usual, been a good deal influenced by that of Barley! and business in the former article has been slow, at rather receding prices. We have to report a decided increase in the supply of English Oats, but even at a decline ol Is. per qr. it has been difficult to induce dealers to pur- chase more than necessary for their immediate use- Cargoes of Indian Corn on passage have not been sO > eagerly sought for as formerly, but prices have beeg about supported.. s. s. i s. IN, Wheat, Engl., red 67 to 73 Oats, English feed 32 3t White 7'2 -79 I Potatoe. 38-40 Norfolk & Suffolk 67 72 Youghall Black. 25-29 Do new 75-80 Scoteli feecl 3,5-38- Barley, Malting 55 66 Irish Galway. 23 26 Chevalier 53 —54 Dublin 30 — 33 Grinding. 43—48 Londonderry. 48 — 40 Irish 37 39 Waterford white 31 -38 Scotch. 48 5; Clonmel 31—40 Beans, Tick new.. 46-50 SEED, Rape 221. 251. > Harrow. 48 — 49 Irish —I.—I. per last [ Peas, Boiling 51—55 Linseed, Baltic. 44 — 49 White 54 — 58 Odessa. 45 4S Blue 77 — 81 Mustard, white 8 — Maple 52 — 55 Brown.. 9 -10 per busb. Malt, Brown 69—71 Flour,Town-made Chevalier. 88-87 and best country Kingston & Ware. 72-80 rnarks 60-65 Suffolk & Norfolk 50-55 Stockton 48 54 ltye, new. 48-59 Norf. & Suffolk.. 50-55 Indian Corn 56 60 Irish GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE OF CORN. Week ending Jan, 23.-Imperial-General Weekly j Average,—Wheat, 73s. 3d; Barley, 54s. 6d Oats, 31t. 2d; Rye, 51s. 6d Beans, 51s. Id; Peas, 54s. lid. Aggregate Average of six weeks which governs Duty. -Whe,-tt, 66s Od.; Barley, 46s. lOd. Oats, 28s. 2d.; Rye, 47s. Od.; Beans, 47s. 2d.; Peas, 51s. Id. Duty on Foreign Corn.—Wheat, 4s. Od; Barley, 2»- Od; Oats, 1s. 6d; Rye, 2s Od; Beans, 23. Od; Pea* I 2s. Od. r LONDON AVERAGES. £ s. d. I jEs. d- Wh eat. 6,1)2 qrs.a 16 0?. I Rye. 35 qrs.3 0 S Barley. 1,969 2 18 3 Beans.. 1186 2 13 ll Oats 4,012 1 14 0 Peas 6?.5 2 18 7 SMITHFIELD MARKET. During the last week the imports of live stock from. abroad were composed of 75 Cows and 416 Sheep frora Nieu Diep, together with 6 Oxen, 11 Cows, and 18 Sheep from Nordwycke, nearly the whole of which have passed into the hands of the butchers by private sale. At the outports, about 100 Beasts and 300 Sheep have beelJ landed in good condition. To-day we had on ffer 01111 about 40 Beasts and 90 Sheep from abroad, while the demand for them was in a very depressed state, and the quotations had a downward tendency. Froin the norther, counties we received 800 short-horns; from the eastern do., 800 Scots, homebreds, and short-horns from the western and midland do., 9JO Herefords, runts, Devons. • &c.; and from other parts of England, 750 of various breeds. The supply of Sheep was less than last week • yet the mutton trade, owing to the heavy arrivals up to t Newgate and Leadenliall markets, was extremely illaC tive, at barely late currencies. In Calves little was doing, and prices had a downward tendency. The Pork trade was dull, but we can notice no alteration in value. A COMPARISON of the PRICES of FAT STOCK. sold in SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET, on Monday February 2, 1846, and Monday, February 1, 1847. i Per Sibs. to sink the offal. j Feb. 2, 1816. Feb. 1,1847. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Coarse & inferior Beasts. 2 10 to 3 2 3 2 to 3 4 Second quality do. 210 3 8..3 6 3 8 Prime large xen 3 10 40 31040 Prime Scots, &c 4 2 44 4244 Second quality do 48 4 10.. 4 0 4^ Prime coarse woolled do.. 5 0 52 4448 Prime Southdown do 5 2 54 41060 Large coarse Calves. 4 8 5 4.. 4042-i Prime small do. 565 8..48 5 0 Larg-eHog-s 3 10 46 31046 Neat small Porliers 4 8 52 4850 BUTTER, BACON, CHEESE, AND HAMS. s s. Cheese, per cwt. s. •: DoraetButter.pr.nr..54 s. I Double Gloucester.. 62 64 Fresh Butter, 14s. 6d. Single ditto 52 6 per dozen. Cheshire .56 84 Irish, do., per cwt. Derby 58  Carlow, new 104 — American 52 5 Sligo 80 — Edam and Gouda.. 46 Cork, 1st. 98 100 l,?icon, neiv 66 70 Waterford 98 100 Middle — Foreign Butter, cwt Hams, Irish 92 '? Prime Fries?nd. 106 Westmorel?d.96 -? Do. Kiel. 102 — York 112 PRICE OF TALLOW, &c. 1843. 1844. 1845. 1815. 18H. Stock this day 29,144..30,502..31,476..22,446..15,169 Price of Y.C.. 4os.6d. ,41s. Od..3gs.0d..42s.3d..51s.3d. to to to to to 45s.9d.. Os.0d.10s.0d..42s.0d.. Os-Od- Deliver.last week 2,002.. 1,-512.. 2,287.. 1,385.. 1,81* > Do.from 1st June68,774..63,374..62,930..68,102..63,7§ £ Arriv. last week 1611.. 325.. 291.. 178.. 552! Do.from 1st r Price of Town. 50s.Od—44s.6d—4-3s.6d—45s.6d—53s.Od- [ METALS. £ s. d. £ 8. d, [ Es. ci. ;c S. (i IRON—bar Wales per ton 8 15 0 to 9 0 0 f London 9 15 0 to 10 0 0 1 Nail rods. 10 10 0 to 10 15 0 I Hoops (Staf.). 1115 0 to 12 0 0 I Sheets. 0 0 0 to 13 0 0 1 Bars 11 0 0 to 11 100 | Welsh cold-bast foundry pig 4 5 0 to 5 5 0 Scotch pig, Clyde. 3 1.5 6 to 3 14 6 Rails, average 9 15 0 to 10 0 0 Gourieff. 0 0 0 to 0 0 0 Archangel 0 0 0 to 13 10 0 Swedish, on the spot. 0 0 0 to 11 15 0 Steel, fat. 0 0 Oto 16 5 0 "kegs. 15 0 0 to 1,550 CopprR-Tile 00 0 to 87 10 0 Tough cake 0 0 0 to 88 10 0 Bestselected. 0 0 Oto 91 10 0 Ordinary Sheets .lb. 0 0 0 to 0 0 10 bottoms 0 0 0 to 0 0 1* Tr.v-Corn. bloelcr ewt 0 0 Oto 4 18 0 I bars. 0 0 0 to 4 19 9 Refined. 0 0 Oto 5 1 0 Strait s 4 IS 0 to 4 18 0 Banca 0 0 Oto 5 1 0 TIN PLATES-Ch., IC ..box 110 0 to 1 12 0 IX 1 16 0 to 1 18 0 I Coke, IC. 0 0 0 to 1 8 0 IX 1 13 6 to 1 14 0 LEAD—Sheet ton 195 0 to 19 10 0 Pig renned. 0 0 0 to21 0 0 I common 18 10 0 to 18 lj 0 i Spanish, in bd. 17 10 0 to 18 (J SPRLTEIL.-(C-alce) 22 10 0 to 23 0 0 ZINC.—(Sheet) 0 0 0 to 28 0 F QUICKSILVER lb 0 0 0 to 0 4 8

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