April 10.
COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS.
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Since we last addressed our readers com
mercial affairs wear an improved aspect
Affairs are still sufficiently bad but, compar-
atiyely speaking, not so much as they were
week ago-The decision OF Pariment re-
specting the pending railway bills will speed
ily bring into circulation large quantities of
capital, that have been Withdrawn from the
ordinary channels of trade.


The tariff. like Mahomets coffin, is sus-
pended in mid air, between the higher and the
powers but, pending its fate, more advantage
is being taken of the Treasury order for lber-
ating goods from bonds on payment of the re
duced duties During the present week the
ceipts at the Custom House have been large
a tolerable proof that the commercial world
think the tariff will ultimately find its way to
the statute book.


There has been somewhat serious failure
this week in Liverpool, and rumors touching
the stability of other firms abound. The firm
in question, Messrs. Carne and Telo, are ex.
tensive merchants in the Russian trade. Their
liabilities are said to exceed half million OF
dollars. One of the Joint stock banks which
suffered seriously by large failure some six
weeks ago, are the unlucky creditors OF the
house to considerable amount





of the facilities which the treasury order al
fords. Considerable supplies OF beef and pro
visions have been released from bond under
the low duties, and are flndlng their way INTO
general consumption.


In various parts of the country large num-
bers of operatives have struck tor an advance
of wages. The masters and the men are thus
at loeoerheads. Neither will give way, and
the retail trade in many branches has been Sc
riousy injured by the capital thus withdrawn
from the usual channels OF circulation. But
this evil cannot, in the nature oil thlags, be
enduring.


Amid the gloom which continues TO hang
over commerce, an exception IS found IN the
wood trade, which IS more than usually ac-
tive, produced principally by the reduction OF
the duties on those descriptions OF wood that
enter into the composition OF arucles OF 40.
mestic furniture. The importation OF WOOD OF
this kind from Africa, Central America and
| elsewhere, at the London docks recently, mas
been large, as also has been the consumption
While the walls OF Parliament ring win me
| distress of Ireland, and the Tears oil iamlne In
| that country are constantly presented 10 me
| eyes of British statesmen, II is an uhuouo'eu
fact that the receipts OF butter, oeei, nour' anu
| provisions, the produce oil the sister hnSooul'
IN the Thames and MerSey, IS greeier 'nan at
any former period. But the exports rom IRE
land establish two iacts--lhe extreme leru'iy
of the soil and the destitutlon ol the populace


The poor farmer. in order to pay his rent, is
obliged TO send his produce TO market, ana 'he
factor 10 whom he sends II immediately tran
ships il to England, where money IS more
abundant, and where the produce will com
mand better price. The law Of supply and
demand is realized in the fact, but It involve
a melancholy commentary on the social sta
' Of producers.