The Express. — London, England, 1852-12-03 00:00:00

i nvo lve the objections which we have offered to any increase of our Excise system. Prospectively the decrease or the interest on the rcw Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. will afford a considerable increase of the revenue, but 1111 aug mentation which is inconsiderable in reference to i t he 'actions which must be contemplated in al co mpreheneive financial scheme. The extension of she income tax to Ireland—an act of *dice to En.tland, and one of a hich the Irish would nut com- I lain if :heir buidens in reference to the poor laws & c ., were lightened—this would add considerably to the nations purse, but not sufficien ly to meet lb. leases from the reduction of taxation, felt gene ▪ which we have a right to expect from Mr. Disraeli. What reason, then, we ask, is there, in the pre sent state of the Money Market, why. the interest en Consols should not be reduced ? Here is a fund whenon to founa a cornpetheneive budget—to enable .04am-ethic of the Exchequer to deal with our whole fiscal and financial sc stein satisfactorily, thoroughly, and equitably The funitholder has benefited more than any member of the com munity from free trade; and if the principle is to be carrica out honestly and faithfull), the fundholder has a iitett to pay his portion of a tribute towards a national pledge to a national pulley. We know not whether this will form a portion of the financial schema, of Mr. Disraeli bit unauthorised by an intimation, uninformed by a word from any official quarter, we suggest that to obtain the due ?WOW for a great object, the Chancellor of the Exchequer should rot object to deal with a fund which has been made by free trade a debtor to the nation. Reduce the interest on Consols, and—we stake our credit on it—nut ,1011,1100/. would be required to pay off the recusants. What could thu vdu with their money if they had it in hard ash:'' ' FRANCE. TIIE FRENCH EMPIRE The Sk.nate and Corps Legislatif went on Wednes da i-erring to St. Cloud, to precut the Empire to Louis Napoleon. Having presented the result of the sotin, they wtre thus addressed by the Em tientlrnset,—The new reign which you this day inaugu rate d. rte. s its origin—not ae so many otlbers recorded in diwury hate done, from sialeoce, from conquest, or from foul It is, as you hare ji:•: lied teed, the lcgd result of the will of an entire people, who cimsoli late in calm that which they hal founded in the millet et agitation. I am pene.rated with gratitude to the nation which, three times in four year., has stidained me by its sutfrares, and each time has only augmented its majority to increase my power. But the more that punter inerrrews in Client and in v it a l force, the more does it n. ell enlightened men, such as these every dip surround me—independent men, such ft tn.. , shoot l address—to gu;de in, by their counsel, to Miug bask my authority within just limits, it it could ever quit them. Prom this day forward I take, with the crown, the name eit .• Napoleon III.," because it is that which the logic of the pane: , has bestowed uvoir me in their acclamations; be muse the 'vireo has 1.-rally prlswed it ; and because the whole nation has ratified it. . _ _ Is it :ion to he inferred that in accepting this title I fall int , the error imputed to the Priuce who, returning from exile, declared null and void all that had bees dune in his ' Ear from me be such a wild mistake. Nut oat) du l ft ‘14(1160 the governm:,ts which have preceded me, bat I inherit in sonic manner all that they have aecorn plishid f good and evil ; fur governments which succeed rase ts anoint, arc, notwithstanding different origin, liable for their I redicessors. Out the more completely that I Wept all that for fifty years history transmits to u• with h. r intlesilde authority, the less is it permitted to me t • p,•. in silence over the glorious reign of the heed of my family, and the regular, •hou;gh ephemeral, title of ►is tea, whom the two Cherub -r. proclaimed in the last beret K vanquished patriotism. The., then, the title of Napoleon 111. is not sea of th dlna•tie and superannuated pretensions which seem to he an insult to good tense and to truth. It is the \asap duet a gort rumen: which was legitimate, nod to which we owe the bright-.t pstr-s of our modern history. PIT reign does not date from dates from this very moment •vhen you have announced to me the starers of the nation. _ _ 11-evive, then, my thank., Messieurs lea nr MAUS, for the tit that yon have given to the manifeetatieni of the aromal will by rendering it more evident by your super. vi.; in. sane imposing by v,oir dielaration. I thank also, di, anew, lea Sehalaurs, for having bet n the tint to addiesseingratelatious to me, as you were the ant to give 'egression ti the popelar Aid me, then, all of you, to set tins in this land, upset ' by .1 many revolutioes, a stable government, which shall have for its bases religion, probity, 111111 love toe the safer tag claws'. flee/ire here my oath, that no MKT 116111 shall be wanting en my part to issues the prosperity of my country ; it nd that, whitit I maintain peace, I will yield in nothing which may OMITS the honour or the dignity of Franco. PARIS, THCKSDAT Evamisio. At sunrise this morning the booming of 101 guns announced to all Paris the opening day of the reign of his Imperial Majesty Napoleon ILL The sun did not shine upon this the anniversary of the battle of Austerlitz, and the coup ((dug of Deo. 2, 18.51. The ceremony of the proclamation of the Empire was per formed at 10 o'clock at the Hotel de Ville. The municipal maasion of the city of Paris was tastefully decorated with flags for the occasion. The plat form in front, upon which stood M. Ber ger, the prefect of the Seine, surrounded by. the municipal authorities and several misters, deputies, and councillors of state was protected from a heavy rain by a rich velvet awning, resplendent with gilt eagles, stars, and bees. The pro cl amation consisted merely of the reading the declaration of the result of the vote by the Corps Legialatif, and then declaring Louis Napoleon to be Emperor of the French by the Grace of God and the will of the Frank yeeple. M. Berger proclaimed this fact three time, 11011011411 0:08aal, lad a vigorous cry of " Five l'Empereer," " Fire Napoleon 111., from the functioned.. and military mew him, fol lowed each pmelemadee. The bad weather pre vented a large etteedesee of speetsisre. They who were there were paleapally of the humblest dame, and they took eiseylkds - pea he the saes. The umbrellas hoisted emarietell eorisa*_ with the bayonets, and it was Meat to say tieh was the most nutmegs mos the Place de raftwoona. This part al the aay's pre...aiwave madam le a large expenditure or gins . limp*. climatical wee going on, 1 01 glow wise limed flea the invalids., the same amber hem the !slightest Mont and frees tweetly-d martre,ve to thirty at each of • the tote need Paris. Aber the prochunstion the =giants peon& ailed Wire the platform, and salatedthe - Prolbsit of the Saw. Before 12 o'clock the rain aimed, but the weather continued cold and damp throughout the day. At the Arc de Triomphe de l'Etaile, which was the meet interesting point of the daybpsgeant, a alasiiinhis, though not a largo crowd, of spestetare were mesa bled. The Avenue de Neuilly sea the C Epees were duly lined with troops aceoengdit the programme. The splendid arch itself was surrounded by infantry, and the crowd wee kept at a great distance fees the imperial pf=At about a quarter to one the head of the from St. Cloud arrived at the Are-de-Triomase. First came the band of the 7th Lanark with General Partonnelith, the colonel, and • squadron of that regiment. Then followed the 12th D and the military household of the Emperor on The Emperor himself then arrived, in the full uniform of a general in the army. He was received at the western entrance of the arch by Marshal Magnan, commanding the army of Paris, and M. Berger, the prefect of the Seine. On pealing through the arch he WY saluted by about thirty ge nerals, who were awaiting his arrival, and imam diattly formed part of the cortege, to snood his Ma jesty to the Tuileries. The Emperor halted for about two minutes to speak to 1101 a• takers before entering the Champs El sees through the gate oldie Barriers de l'Etoile. The moment of his entrance was an nounced by • salute of 101 pas hem the Invalids., sad several rockets thrown up in the Champs Elegem The rear of tee v as brought up by • squad ron of the 6th the band of that regiment, General Kerte eel his the brigade of Cuirassiers in column by diaries; the brigade of Carabincere in column hp divides. It was a splendid military spectacle. The hews in the Cheap Eyes. were very well Sad with well dre a m: lete d re M. Le Houbleadid ima M. de villa adjoining were ftespiseswikiseentedwith eagles. On aniving at the ode% the Earn" tepidity passed ia renew thee troops that lmi est less on duty in formai the Me et the pessulea. He afterwards appeared be a lbw seensets on the balcony looking ere !human, mei salami the spectators. It i• iieminsd tint he her ROW taken up his resides.* at the Zti IWI,. eel he will hold his first imperial reception there tide 'geeing. An extra day's pay has been granted to all the non-commissioned othtvrs, corporals, and men of the army, and to warrant officers and sailors of the fleet, on the occasion of the proclamation of the Empire. The Emperut has ordered it to be paid in the new copper coinage. rho Atuniteur contains several imperial decrees, of I , which the following is the principal : Napoleun,—lle the grace of Bud and the national will, Emperor of the French. lo all present and to eerie, greeting: Seeing the Scnatus Conuiltum, d it, .I;th N 0.,. inh e r, lfre!„ which submitted to the people the following plebiseitum " The ?conic wish for the re-estaNashineut of the impe rial dignity in the person of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, with hereditary su..cessiuu in his three:, legitimate or adopted descendsnts, and give him the right to regulate the order of succession to the throne in the Bonaparte family, as is foreseen by the Senator Coasultunt of the 7th of Novemher, " Seeing 'the declaration of the Legislative Body, which proves that the operations of the vote nave been everywhere freely and regularly accomplished ; Teat the general summing up of the suffrages on the plebiscitiam has given seven millions tight hundred and twenty-four thousand, one hundred and eighty-nine (7,824,189) bulletins bearing the word Yes ; Two hundred and fifly•three thousand ono hundred and forty-live (243,114) bulletins bearing the ward No; Riot -three thousand three hundred and twenty-six (63,326) bulletins annulled: We have &treed and decree as follows : . Art. 1. The ttenatus C nsultisua of the 7th November, 1842, ratified by the plthiseituna of the 21st and 22nd November, M proanolgated and becomes the law of the Mate. Att. 2. Louis Napoleon Bonaparte is Emperor of the French, %mart the name of Napoleon We cornin•ind and order that the present, bearing the seal of the state, inserted in the Bulletin des I.9is, shall be •clit to the courts, tribunals, and administrative authori ties, that they m.y inscribe them on their registers, observe them, sail cans them to be observed. The ministers, each in what erncerns him, ate charged to superintend the tie cation . . - Done at the Palace of Saint Cloud, the 2nd December, 1832. NAPOLEON. - By the Emperor, __ At lut•LD, Minister of State. Bees and se .led with the seal of the State, AItIiATUCCI, Kt cper of the Seals, and Minister of Justice. Generals St. Arnaud, Magnan, and De Castellan are appointed Marshals of France. All penalties recorded against the press are forgiven, and the avertissements suspended over several newspapers will be considered as null and void. THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 3, 1852. GERMANY. BERLIN. The First Chamber held a sitting on the2i.Whuit., under the presidency of the senior member. Only SO members were present, and after fixing the elec tion of president for the next day the house adjourned. The Second Chamber also held a brief sitting, to settle its standing orders and transact other prelimi nary business. It was observed thut the "factions" of the chamber took up their old places, as if resolved to renew the party divisions of the last session. M. Lensing voted himself into the chair, no other mem ber being willing to confess to •Pl winters; and having done so, delivered a brief congratulatory ad dress, a eassage of which, in favour of upholding the constitution, was loudly cheered. The chamber re solved to hold its next sitting on the Ist inst. The election of a president will not take place for a few days, on account of the time required for verifying the elections. At Minden, on the 2Gth alt., Dr. Abraham Jacobi, of Barium, was sentenced to six months' imprison-I meat, with loss of the national cockade, for disre spectful expressions applied to the King in a private letter written by him addressed to Frederick Wil liam IV. in April, 1848. A convention has been concluded between Austria and Bavaria, in virtue of which every marriage con cludtd by an Austrian in Bavaria, or by a Bavarian in Austria, shall be regarded as invalid by the autho rities of the country in which the parties reside, unless the union shall have been sanctioned by the authorities in the other state. The Anobary Gonelle states from Vienna, 25th alt.:—" Baron de Bruck will shortly go to Berlin on an extraordinary omission. It is probable that the journey of the Emperor to Warsaw will be postponed until after the proclamation of the empire in France. It is thought that the Emperor will visit Berlin be- 1 fore returning to Vienna, in order to give foreigners a proof that the good understanding of the Germanic Confederation has not been at all weakened in con sequence of the differencesof opinion which may exist between some of its members." The municipal council of Hamm has been sum moned to aF ir before the Criminal Tribunal of that town, on a . of having, in an address presented to the Elector the 21st September, 1850, spoken in contemptuous terms of the minister of that prince, and repeated them in the journals. BELGIUM. In the Beasts, on the 30th alt., M. H.deßrouckere, tlte spe tto t raier gave his pran t ead sed =olanations mien, views, sod of the new cabinet. These sipisoadeos Wit* nessmarily a repetkiso of those whisk the weaker hod previously made in the Lower Chamber. The minktry, be said, I was decidedly liberal, but it would take recount of the difficulties of the itardos, and, without abandon ing its principles, would show itself 'moderate and conciliatory in all its acts, adjourning all irritating discossicas, and softening those which it might not be able to avoid. SPAIN. The Spanish government has easily found a pre text for impending all the apposition journals and locking their editors, just ea it is about to lanes the to a sena The Apeee as eneneees ement at the means/ so= in the mita el Menial Castle, end tied trade having been repeaged in the ittperfwas, Nooks, Cbseetausiesel, 31 Dim* Airpasei, and the Meier Pokier. those gaped here been =ded eel ear eledeetere arreeted. The ealy Mowed ne l~epesr in Medd& are the Cleeiel g sad the jeered .11apsee. - The Herald. bein a mere army Jima!, meld net espy the article, sad is set emeagesetly suageaded. fat Court. OSBORNE, Dan. Z. The gene and Prime, with the Prime cl We in teak Beds anal walls with Oskorellideen she leis GM weird le *lineal& llseresula bee erehei Neeeevy le 1= il i ese s :A= and die Boa. Cal. easy - Ms Deekhry as Equerry t• Is, Majesty. A ispalatisa has ties Crystal Palm Company, malt fag of M. Labe, M.P., chairman, Kr. Owe], M.P., Mr. Asiossaa. Mr. Parqabar, Mr. Palter, Mr. Lank (salicior), sad NE. Qom had as interview with the Zed et Denby street ,at °Metal renames is Domain- IV Tenter, M.P., pressated a nbemarial aphist the leting a charter to the Loadose, Liverpool, and North American Steers Screw Company, Dam the lewilas Irma Liverpool seised in the trade to North Armies, to the Bight Hos. J. V. Healey, an Tuesday last, at the Beard of Trade, at the same time or the depstatio• hem Glasgow te..„with the same object. Mr. Wilma Puma had an interview yesterday with the Earl of Derby. Despatches were received at the C•olesialoillos=rd• a l i from the goveracce of Ceylon, Hoeg Kum anti the Lord High Comatienirr of the loafaa biome. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon, at the Foreign-ollbse, Downing-street. It woe at tended by e Earl of Derby, the Lord Chan cellor, the Earl of Loosdale, the Marquis of Salis bury, Mr. Secretary Walpole, the Earl of Malmes bury, the Right Hon. Sir John Pakiagtoe, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of -Northum berland, the Right Hon. J. W. Henley, the Earl of Hardwicke, the Right Hon. J. C. Herne*, and Lord John Manners. The Council eat one hour. COST or Collier's() THE REvrier.—By s Par- Illeassulary return just hosed, it appa ll that the that of collection in the de to, deducted froth the grams reselpte, and not Ppaaiidd into the Eacheoner ' far the year man sth January, 1862, was 5,871,2571., and that the total amount (wended in 1861, which never rthebed the lthehemper, was 8,012,1611. A FORTY-GUN &WY BTzue FZIOATE is now building at Northam, es the Birth Itches, for the Mir trim goverasest THE OLDHAM ELECTION. TOE POLL. OLDHAM, Dec. 2. I described the disgraceful proceedings of yester day up to the close of the nomination. Front that time up to midnight, and even at later hours, the a were paraded by gangs of rough people, and the inhabitant* were uaduceu to close their houses and shops, from the fear of the disorder which prevailed. The public houses at which the friends of bit. Fox assembled wire attacked repeatedly, and one of them, the Red Lien, had its windows smashed and shutters broken—the :um ItC bl. in obliged to defend themselves so hest they could. A great many collisions occurred in the streets, and heads were broken, but no lives are lost so far as could he ewer Wised this morning. I neglected to inquire, before writing yesterday, how many people bad been taken into custody for rioting and disturbing the peace by fighting during the nominition, but I learn this moriiiug that during the two and a half hours' fightin4 in front of the liestings, not a single person had been (akin by the 600 spee:ala and police, and what is more, during the faction tights in the even• ing, some of which were of a severe charseter, not a single runt in was in " durance vile " to answer for the hem is be had broken, or the windows sod property he had smashed. When the morning broke, therefore, I was not surprised to find that the street* wore again a scene ,of disorder. A drizzling rain was falling at nice o'clock, the streets (which looked as though they had never known a scaven ger's broom) were in a state of puddle, and thousands upon thousands of rough operatives were perambulating them in all directions. Bands of youths, marshalled by the Heald party, were seen going from house to house to groan and hoot those who hod voted on the other side. They had thus delightfully serenaded the residence of one of the supposed Fexite voters when a female tried to appease one of the leaders of the gang by some esplanation. Her says they'n voted for 1 eald (Heald)," exclaimed the youth ; but he said it doubtfully di if asking his companions if they were to believe the in formation. " Not they," broke from a number of the other ruffians ; but they walked away to another house. About half-past nine a band of tb's kind came into collision with au Iriahm.n neer the Town-hall, and the excited Hibernian wielded in a threat euiug manner a bar of iron he held in his hand. A dlvision of specials, led by a policeman, here interfered, and led the Irishman off to the l'oliee-mice. It was their maiden capture. The rough, disorderly appearance of the streets deterred the shopkeepers from opening their shut. ten, and the borough presented a gloomy and most unin viting aspect. As the cabs and coaches brought up laden, they were interrupted by crowds of people, their occupants hooted, and the police were called upon to insure a passage. At the time I write this passage eleven o'clock— at the Angel Hotel, one of the moat central parts of the town, and where I have stationed myself because it is not a party house, I have a view of an immense crowd of ruffians in the market-place. It is reported that Mr. Fox is at the head of the poll, but neither party has published the returns; and the tory mob have now just stopped a cab, and threatened a voter who is going to pull for Mr. Fox. He is known by his cab having no placard upon it. The driver has had to dismount, but the polies have interfered and protected him here, and the crowd are rushing down a bye street, probably to intercept him at another point. Another cab follows it close behind, with a large placard upon it, inscribed " James Heald, Esq.," sod goes quite unmolested, and the occupants are cheered. -------- A gentleman who has just been here informs me that now (eleven o'clock) Mr. Fox is considerably a•head; but his friends fear fur the resua, notwithstanding, in ouusequeuce of the intimidation and ruffianism. lie says an 0111110u+ fell of persons going to vote fur Fox has just been upset by a mob, and the voters thrashed. At the Working Alen's hall the liberals have their headquarter., and there are collected a great number of electors disposed to vote fur Mr. Fox, but tho doors at either end are besieged is thousands of the adherents of Mr. Ileald, and the electors dare not leave the ball ; in fact they are wedged in by the masers. Why do not the specials set them tree? Because, said he, they are mostly young fellows unwed to acting in such a capacity, and are utterly iucapable of coping with such a multitude of ruffians. HALF-TUT 12 tectonic. There has been terrible mansion, I am informed, in various parts of the town, and the it..,. Mr. Mills, one of the magist•ater, has gone, at the desire of others of the body, to request that the dragoons stationed at Lees may be brought saw the town for the protection of the electors. It was rumoured to be the intention of the tones to stop the election directly Mr. Heald gets ahead ; but there now appears to be little probability of thtt, as 1,333 out of a total register of 1.978 electors have polled. This leaves a margin of 421 names; but this includes all the duplicates on the list, and the disqualified and deceased voters. Pro bably not more than 300 of the whole are geed votes. The attack on the Working Idoe's-ltall Ms bees • bread affair. The liberals hat made it a refralummt men he country voters, and a few of these were aseembled is the building about half-put twelve, "Ms a mob of dm Heald party broke dews she doors with huge pleats of mirk and tabu mimes% sad nisi in *pea the essugasia. Every miss in the Om was Mama tenthly by thavo Miens, the hems and furniture glass and ia lees this twenty minutes the pima was a semideto wreck, so far as the inter ad MMgs were isseesettel. The Rev. Me. Mina obsirinsa of Oa meet" Meek et mighlesha mauled sell mod the riot set, het tie him est toast as km se then was any adeskiet they amid pepotrate, and whim I Mated the pine • little liedir ra k osi ber: were a nun*" of ties in a ark room let the ale out of a barrel, frees g ha sset a bs, and preparing ves for more serious work Symms( the megistestss I have bum told that they bed mu he the mommy, leaks Me *seal msetedM fame," totaw then eve espressive sad • dew shim having been wade by two of the ale of Me. Fox that the town was in a state of disturbmse, sad more forme were wanted. Nemervas reports MI them bees brought to the Town Hall that polling bases bed bees obstructed and coeintitteweasse of Mr. Fez broken into, before the military were snit for. A gentleman who was to vote for Mr Fox wee upset is his stab, and the cab • messenger is hsnsbesk hem the Cluaiderton prime bed been sttesked mad Ms head beekes. The Oesege-swesk bed bum saseked, sad the wla dews imsehal, - lsting • Mese of Mr. Fox's pasty. Meatr hums behinglng to the some piety, tailed the Osemserelal Ina, bsd bees attacked by • Nub Haddites in the usese way. Taw o'CLocit. The Waugh bee been in peat uprose mad disorder sine 1 Wendt. A Mop of let Downs entered the lowa et • lawns le ea*, ander Captain Meet. red were drown spin fleet el the Town-bel. They aillenrsede evaded to the mine mews .1 disorder, by several nagiewolse, awl wen Allowed tins* Oran by bosom mu* d postio. Non of wbse *send Ibis. sad One!weal thew ivory nionsent shorans ef pub& feeling pew was. 'The peat saws of dmo dinederly 1 name drew twatima nand then as • every and wins tit weep remobsd the Towa-ball spin Wavy paving dean we Mann at then. and lbey made • nsorn Amp anempt the peo♦ pale Windy sand sad they lid as Mot as they ceeld, bat • sensiderabie number fell beams* the hones' lbet, wad had es be envied away. Bs far as I could Nara, sena of the resit were hart, the eavaL7 gab striklag with the fat side of their swords. Wan then it has been thought doeiraVe to egad for a detsahasat of the 4th 'abut* lowa AellenandowLyne. Menthols ea winos et tenet I sea rely, tells it was tine te !Wag the speolal aoastables sad mead for the WU- Way. he a wes kind of bis wire wee Nis " d i vete foe Mri Pow ern is 4 lry die neb. mad • mbabost of 60 spend enninlies bed wised te apse the sob In whin he was ding. This was la the mast plows. 3Potrz o'ciocz. Behr' I dose my (Uwe& I way metier that the town, theegb maw %toter, is weds worded, and it is trued will be again before the evening closes. I hay* nee the ... m d i et the poll, but the following returit has jot loses boompla la hen Mr. Fox's committee, and places the mgt leper& a doubt:— Hr. To: Mr. Heald Majority for Fez ll6 It h eel signets& that 90 sere year will be added le the **aflame. The angssee use ridin thank the suss% wed Mt eleseellegee w atehing i t.Ws hisses& Net lees then MN peep.. steam Is hest of the Town hall. The omen I =admits hart yegerday is sot deed, but le le • ‘ 1 •19 1 . 1 1 el•harbig isen lama kid's& es thebefee part et the ines. Ihme ef the ism potty mote otdoosion to tie pall being esellswed aft" lbe Isliesr, were n u t h e bat they had ese dews this till ere* wee restored, sad the Mayor did aid ease the poll l ea that mount. I did wet Ism ids single AM:Wm by the supporters of )ft. Tea. ABINGDON ELECTION. RETURN OF LORD NORRBYB. AIMIODON, WIDNISDAT The poll spewed at Watt o'clock this warning, awl ham that thee wall its groat itharder a=l porailod mac as manly k had die gale hawk. Pada D iv an sal "mkt sas. stables wws as l opst W peWest the dosage posesellad to vosood their we% but *slim was oasoody 'easiest W nadir a/NSW MI ghost the wilds of the day, whoa a law maw had awspled is sins is Ms he^ as to gas• clad, way whir pfalog soar the gel aleth, lose ha was Meow fa a sagmottar skid Load isorspa, lbs molar nadidalts. The nil dew Wimp sawn Ilmse= wore frequent sad sewn, awl raw a &dew was away tbersaghly ashistalad with the &rabbis( he had re oetrad page hie estegosiet. The Lamahlioadas of the gal dimly ladlaidad the Mats at WWI the Sawa, awl dm bat Bute paidtabWr of ossoms lot Mr. Ban. the sowerrative wattled*. no swahsta at aim o'clock wen @Salad to bo : Lead Neentys (Peelite) Mr. Misr Matylle) Nar at Ks day advanced, sad successive statements ep• punk we the upset more promisios for the conservative p.m the mejarity gradeany inereicing against them se vtlD he ONO Alm the numbers polled at twelve o'clock. Lord Moneys 122 Kr. Barr B4 CLIMB OP TON POLL. Precisely at 4 o'clock the poll eland, and Lord Norreys's anusittwa a hw minutia afterwards published the numbers u fallow : lord Norma Mr. Burr 129 Majority for Lord Norreye The town was in a state of great 'smite:nen , . and the tradesmen in the stye, is contiguous to the polling booth closed their shops, the uproar and confusion reaching a height before known on such occasions. DURHAM ELECTION. (IT Tu.scrarc TZLIORAPIC) THUHrD►7, 8 P.M. CLOG' OF Till POLL. Vane Fenwick A correspondent btaLts that bribery has been omployed to a great extent PETERBOROUGH ELECTION. PETERBOROUGH, THURSDAY. The present election promisee to be of a very exciting character, in consequence of some peculiar circum stances connected with it. Such is the agitation which prevails in the town, that some fears exist of a breach of the peace. The nomination is to take place to-morrow, and the pulling on Saturday. The circumstance which gives the election so much inte rest is, that • public statement has been made by Mr. Whalley, one of the candid a t es , t o t h e e ff ect that ho had been offered a sum of money if he would withdraw from the contest. This extraordinary statement is made in ex press terms, but Mr. Cornwall Lewis, the other candi date, has issued circulars, in which he denies the allegations very distinctly. Mr. Lewis says, " I distinctly repeat, in the most solemn and deliberate manner, that neither my father nor myself, nor any person authorised by him or me, or acting on his or on my behalf, or with his or my knowledge or consent, either on Friday last or at any other time, offered • sum of money to Mr. Whalley, or made any other proposition or offer to him whatever." Mr. Lewis adds—" I never authorised Mr. Biddulph to make any offer of money or otherwise, or an proposition whatever to Mr. Whalley in connection with th is election. I further declare, in the most positive manner, upon the authority of letters since received from my father, that although Mr. Biddulph conveyed to him a proposition from Mr. Whalley for a comparison of the Peterborough canvassing lists, my father declined to see Mr. Whalley, or to receive any proposition relative to the Peterborough elec tion from him, end that ho did not authoriser or request Mr. Biddulph or any other person to make any_offer of money or any either proposition whatever te Mr. AVhalley." Mr. Whalley, however, persists that he was offered money in the lobby of the House of Commons to withdraw from the contest, and a meeting is to be held to-night at the Corn Exchange, et which Mr. Whalley promises to prove his statement On the other hand, Mr. Lewis has also invited a meeting of his friends to-night, at which ho proposes to refute the statement in the most unequivocal manner. The meeting is looked to with great anxiety, and is likely to be very stormy. Mr. Whalley does not say what are his political principles. He stated generally in his address that he would support the government of the Earl of Derby, but on subsequent occasions all that could he elicited from him was, that he approved of the Mili tia Bill, and that Ire considered it a mere waste of time to legislate upon the Ten Hours Bill. The ether candidate, Mr. Cornewsll Lewis, is known as a free trader, and his antecedents end connexions inspire the confidence of the reformers of the borough. Both parties speak with confidence of success, and it is certain that the contest will be a very severe one, end at tended with much excitement. In order to decrease the excitement as much as possible, the market, which is nasally held on Saturday, has been held to-day. BURY ST. EDMUND'S ELECTrON. BURY ST. EDMUNDS, MOISDAY, Dic. 2. • The nomination of candidates for the vacancy in this borough, caused by the appointment of Mr. Stuart to a Vice-Chancellorship, took plass this morning, and although on many former maims eamplaints have been made of the disorderly esarlast of the people when called upon to exercise the death, hosialsise, it was universally admitted that the premed posseediage were the most tumultuous and disorderly ever willemased is the town. The two candidthes were Mr. H. P. Oakes (conservative), the sox of a beaker, carrying on business is Bury, and Mr. J. A. Flatheads (liberal), who represented Colchester in the last parliament. The friends of both candidates paraded the town from an early hour in the morning, with banners of all sorts and sines, the designs of many of them being of* grossly personal, rather than or a political character. This circumstance caused math exasperation, and it not unfrecsently happened that the two parties came into collision while pursuing the route marked out for them. Bat it was not until the candi• dates made their appearanos on the hustings, that the bitter feelings whisk had been engendered broke out to any_very melees Went. As soon as it was known that the Mayor was an his way to the battings, a tis i dz ir of horseman wearing Me. Othre's colours, and coa ct( country squires, magistrates, and gentlemen Ma into the met mem of pusses who had con ing took up their position in the middle of the 4%evellTh oireumatenos idled forth Mad rebuke' from various r .. and arm of Mr. Hardeamie's men eadea voure4, mess of their lap, whisk were of Itnerlilolll idea ts vs bask the intruders. This they resisted ; the hormones formed titesiselves into a MM. and at a given sigaal treat ono of their party, 'spit, Mismeed sad rode down lege. men, and every hl ny that min ia their way. TM yobs% assisted by a large augabor special mastables, when - Its Mayor had judiciously sworn in, enaveyod some of the leaders to the lock-up, when they were manned oasis offimakelfar of the day. This was net, however, to sewn mar, he daddy the whole of the sub. to zrat imi li==d=bezie s i s r e a s s mi z a r s zibiz a s t s so dell and oarmsde • town as Dry should have been able to mama such • thoententod and diesavisat main of what in an adjoining meaty was recently ilemribod by a high govemment autheally as " tho maim" The Wage 1111,11 1 beed rod. end Ohm yeelinsinarise usual m amesime memilssl wi The Mayo. ei ltoav(M. John trams) entreated his fellow.aownemon am to give way to riotous and feeliaps is trusted that there would net be a t = o flt e c= istal embed which, be was min to e 4. had cthe hal alseles. He mahatma itreipmemo who so esesbasiml thomeeme were the peat ermine of popular dosibm. (Cheers and laughter.) Mr. BMX came forward to propose Mr. H. P. Oakes. He said that at the lest oloothe it was remarked that they were in Mew of daft • meager who wadi ymbahly Mee the town and net be heard of any meek That slate- MISt bed paved assoly tree, for Mr. Brusgt, who was dolled, had left theme n, and it was not Weft they would ever bum my mem Wig mart In his Weld ty. At the items the, he me Mead M say that Mr. &mart ammi lad retired in • weep yrasatal memenr. (Chairs, Mem, sal laughter.) Mr. Odor was so rass ammget them. Rs was a native of the town, mut brilMegmadmem tleagemiste aszlety to servo it. Ho was st einiko tompamie I. his jusse pies, moderate is his god armagag to the present administration. (N oh," sap s mil Dr soaftsice.) Dr. Hill seconded the noodastion. Kr. H. Ls Gum propoood Mr. Hardosado, but hardly a word of his address was audible. lie was understood to my that Mr. Hardeastle was a magistrate as well as a deposty-liratensat of the meaty, and bad sat for the bo rough el Colchester for Ivo years, during which time he had gained nub parliammiszy amseissos. He was a thcresih redeemer, sad sot seemly a ftut.trader jut he. cause the ymeranseat bad tuned rouad l uE si that qua , tie.. He was ea Message for civil sad liberty, , for entombs of the slaw. sad _veto by Ho NE rommmerlel Mr. nargallaill We suggest of /Moleatoss._ Conran', in soricadiag the nominatios, said Yr. Hardamlo's opinions were balm the worl. bat it was impossible to say what a man was who declared bkmalf in favour et Lord Derby's govoniamat. He abseil say that mob a sea was • wpm*, of so priatipiss. The Haroa homing immild whether it was latimilsdi to propose say other imailitee, egad are MMse kfffin his. returned. Mr. O•gis stood tesword, ad war resolved with the shams of Ws own party. sad all sorts of hideous mime beat hiesppsoiats. H. midi the messes of was Ile SW time he had mse had appmehmity odive Maw letramem 4•11 shades of opkisa, sad adim be masted Ws that he &said M dommesd with a print bogged in twee that the shame might Mow what his cochleas many wen. Ho to mast than politico in t pro soot day Irmo vary sliihroat from wiat May were 10 he or 111 spa. el Ikar. lam," sad dada* shame.) Ea Whale that ohms** men it maid sow be hard to kid ea eisi asearming tsay of as ad imbed l hat am sa that might ha s t i th ad osght it would bs dillierak to had mita a aired* or as doemsrat. (Grass aset= They we only head mosamt the amobasseed amd w Blasi fag Were them as Oho massrvatim all/hems& asadidato. he woad frankly stabs to them what was his aced. His was a loyal did obodisat sermat of the mad &areas of maistaksieg Os osastitatisa vYeh had " male Beghml the ihst dem aides% the may of ear swami esaaidso. he apes of the seastitatioa, moat as Wok k that word the happy salsa of church sad Mats, sad the epholdiap of *Ns Imes valor which wo had Os to live. ThM be behoved es he the basis dillisil imini =k e s led ihine Derhy aad his me would sem oat Wb.ahe mdi ha was a impasse mum, ha wished to be isadssabied that he was. and always led as a fres trader. (Ohms sad .) Still ha tem mot as advents of the libiathastre select Ho was in femoral a Just sad ogailable meadjutwisat of tan mita ; he willed to see all equity glued with sash other in what was galled warestristed onsgiselhog. H. spoke as • supporta, as he hoped to be, or Loud Derby's govern. meat. Ho was not a ribber of who agriculturist, for he was embus to Ns the agriiallanst able to ciontead with his seighboar the manufacturer on a mead sad prow footing. H. was • reformer— but a rodstmor as meservative principles. While be ad mired sad mama the laws which the wisdom of our an fasten had loft ak he thwaght them capable of emendation Improvement, awl adaptation to the wants of the times. Thom was a seal sad vitality in those laws which must esmmemi thair naps* and esteem. In another way hs was I esheamr, aid a mateerrative reformer. If there was be =wired, or any injustice which could be remedied, he enp ahem which after examination and Investigation could Well he the very first man to do away with that abuse and diet ImPesties. Lord Derby's government had lately Set hol'are ffhom in the Queen '. speech a list of tome of the imprevements which it was intended to carry out. The esentry might well be congratulated on that speech, as it seatekeed more matter, more clearly and accurately placed, than any document of • similar description heretofore. The great question of free trade had been set at rest s'nee the meeting of parliament, and the government would now carry out measures which would give a cheap and good loaf to the great body of the people. (Cheers.) Awl while they did thw, be holm d they would also adopt measures which would have the affect of giving the people cheap beer. The Quern's speech contained a notice that the government had appointed a commission to inquire into the revenues of the established church, tar the purpose tat increasing her utility by affording her the means of effectively carrying out her spiritual mission. That was a proof that the government he hoped to support was not rally anxious for the bodies of the people, but tared also fur their souls. (Cheers and laughter.) Another most im portant point was noticed in the Queen's speech, namely, the examination of the university system, which was begun under the late government. thst sui.j. ct would now be placed in the hands of men of mature jwigment and accu- rate knowledge of university matters, gained by long con nexion with them. Such improvements as were in con templation could only be carried out under oho auspices of a Derby administration. He felt so strongly the necessity of supporting the present governmeut that he had no hest tatioo in saying he was wedded to it, for he believed that its measures would give to this country more ia ternal peace and prosperity then it hail ever' hitherto enjoyed. lle could not forget that to morrow evening was the time appointed for bringing forward the financial statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. He looked forward to that statement with win. siders4ir anxiety, because he believed there would be points in it which would realise his most earnest hope.. Ile trusted that the government would take speedy measures for diminishing the taxation of the country in those quar ters where it unjustly pressed, and lay it un the shoulders of those most capable of bearing it. He believed that this country was the beat governed, for its inhabitants possessed the grea . est amount ut liberty, sod under such a we,e go. vernment as now ruled the destinies of England he had no doubt that liberty wculd he upheld. ' Mr. iiAiIDCASTLII was rapturously received by his 1 attends, and as heartily hooted at by his antagonists. He add it was aremarkable thing that Mr. Oakes was so ardent •eopporter of the present government, coming is as it did on protectionist principles, whilst he was, and ever had been, a free trader. (Hear, hear.) What the hon. gentle man's political opinions were it would be difficult to guess ; but what his (Mr. llardeastle's) views were they well knew from his votes in parliament. It should be recollected that be was an old reformer and free-trader. It was perfectly tree that they were all free traders and reformers now, hut sash was not the case six months ego. (Hear.) lie had always been an advocate for parliamentary reform, and when be spoke of parliamentary ref 'run he meant such a reform as would secure purity of election—that the honest and independent voter should give his vote without the, mew being put upon him by any man or body of men. lie was sorry to say that such was not the case at present. (A Veioe—" That cuts both ways.") He felt sure that at the root of all other reforms was reform of parliament, mid they could never expect to have financial reform, re form in the churen, or reform in taxation, unless they had parliamentary reform to begin with. (Hear, hear.) In =lag himself, therefore, an advocate for parliamentary , he expressed himult favourable to all those reforms which must and would follow. It was almost needltu fur him to tell them that he was and always had been a con sistent free trader. Mr. Oakes had told them that he was sat a robber of the agriculturist, by which he eupposed it was to be inferred that he (Mr. Hardcastle) was. lie begged to deny the charge. lie th ought the pres c ut stat e of t h e agricultural districts, to say nothing of other parts of the solustry, was sufficient to prove that thou who had sup parted free trade were not rubbers of the agriculturists. He thought the present state of the country was a proof that the legislation of the last six years had been, not a failure, but the greatest possible blessing to the country. (Hear.) What wee the state of pauperism now compared with what it wee six years ago ? What was the state of those great Um of industry where men worked so hard and produced sack great results ? They were never so prosperous as at tie preen& moment. He would ask thc landowners present whether there was such a depreciation in land, as some per sons would have them believe ? There certainly was not. Had any of them a farm mist in the neighbourhood ? lie defied them to " yes" to that question. (Hear, hear.) Surely, it proved that the trade carried on in those farms was a profitable trade. If he saw half the shops in a street shut up, he should infer that there was very insufficient trade there, and when he saw a county without a farm to be let he thought he had an equal right to infer that those who were conducting them were securing a fair remunera tion for their trouble. (Cheers.) He would ask his anta gonist end his father what was the pries of the Three per Ccuts. ? and whether they could mace anything like dis tress out of the present state of the funds ? On the °pu trefy, the country was in a state of prosperity, and this they had • right to attribute to the influenceof free-trade. He (Mr. Hairdo:aide) was in favour of the ballot, as • most important element of parliamentary retain. Let them see for a moment what had been the history of parties during the last thirty years, with • view to test the comparative `claims of himself and bin opponent. The tory party, with which Mr. Oakes was identified, and who had now turned reformers, signalised their love for the people by putting on a eorn-law ' and the party to which he (Mr. Hardcastle) belonged had done all in their power to take it off, and had fortunately succeeded. (Cheers.) The tory part resisted the repeal of the Test and Corporation Act, which was a prostitution of the church's most solemn rites to vile political purposes. Then as to Catholic Emancipation. It was true that the measure was pasted by the Duke of Wellington's government, but not as a matter of principle, but because it was feared that it would be unsafe to allow matters to remain any longer as they were. That great boon was given to the Roman catholic& simply on grounds of expediency of the lowest kind. Then with regard to the Reform Bill, what would have been the result if the tory party had been allowed to have their own way ? Why the House of Commute would have been • mass of Der* thin, as it was before the passing of that great measure. (Hear, hear.) Then, lastly, with regardjto the contest fur the repeal of the earn laws. He asked them whether the conservative party did not for seven long years vigorously oppose that repeal, end whether, ahem the repeal was car ried, they had not dose all they could to mete* them ? He would pat it boldly, then, es thee eenstituesey, whether • man attached to AMlofty was the proper person to repreaeat them. (Criss Ne t no," and great confusion.) He believed that as a ormisteat reformer ority. , the electors of Bury would return him by • large maj The Mayer naked whether any person wished to put any quell= to Mr. Oakes or Mr. Hardesatle, bat the various poetise below were too busy in the settlement of their per med carrels to heed the invitation, and the candidates IMMO sealed the infliction of a cab:aliened examination. Tbe Mayor having taken • show of hands, said it was so wady equal, that be had some &frailty in deciding. To the beet of his judgment it wee in favour of Mr. Oakes. Mr. La Mimi demanded a poll on behalf ,of Mr. Hard- L esetle, and the proceedings terminated with • well-deserved ' vete of thanks to the Mayor. RAILWAY MEETINGS. KILL sway JUNCTION RAILWAY. TM eleventh half-ye arly meeting of this company was held in Dahlia, at Terminus of the Southern and Woolens Railway, adToseft ; G. Ron Sm., in th e chair. The peeper et the on the Ili; le Mu stated in the segiese's mid " the sake lime is timed upwards of 600,000 cubic yank et essikwark, sad 4 0,00 d cubic yards of rock have bees essseeted ; of the twelve river bridges, eight are asepleis eft nearly so—three are about half built, and the ems has been commenced. Of the eleven public reed five are nearly complete, and kw others in pregrese—the ostreets are amen all bade. 01 the thirty two miles miss entram. twenty-few have been brought fistastiesinel.lleutesei of whisk have bees ballasted, and nee reedy in mein the mennemat way; at the Mallow of the line, Me wines et thoperemmeat way have been laid ; the heavy rook mat* at Imeekosoppu is going on well, and will be out early in the going. Oa the remain ing eight miles neat Xlikamay, the earthwork and masonry I are finished, nearly the oath* length has been ballasted, and little remains le be dome bat in lay the permanent way; the weeks have sustainedm Wen from the tuthaually heavy nine and sesesquat *lsk, whisk we have bad for the last twelve months." BELFAST AND BALLYMENA RAILWAY. The fifteenth half-yearky_ general meeting of the of the Bella ffiallymeaa Railway was held ra l =y, at ths euemany's Isessimis, Yerk-road, Bel fast The chairman of the company, the lion. George ilmAssak, presided. The direseses' report, which was unanimously adeptsd, matelas the Mewing pampa :- " The esesipts hem WMO last ohs prisangan amount to 2,91 W, L. 94.; dills tram 61,048 mend elms ditto, to 4,1411. 14s. ltd.; dine bets 178,230 third clam ditto, to 4.1 W. lia. bd. ; fatal, 149,238 psmengen ; amount, 1 114061.14. Id. Far paresis, MIL lbs. ; for homes, 311. Ils. ; lam eerelegse, 371. In; be &as, 151. lea. 10d. ; total, 4011. Is. 104. For seeds. 4,8141. 10s. Ild. ; for mails, OIL 95.; for cartage, 2041.5. 91. ; for transfer fees, 61. 55.; 4114 6,6481. 74. Bcl.-maklng &great total of 18,3371 13s. 7d. In reviewing the Mae et the half.year, end contrast ing it with the truss previme half-year, we find the following fliale. &MOM of Si first-du pas- Mr; but ea leamese in the neeipts from this elms of s. 6d. In the Una dam, a decrease of 9,072 per inea, bat an isms= of 781.9 x. Id. la the third clam, an Isisesese et 22.008 , and in amount, 6961.164.24. ; =a ielel of 13,882 passengers and in IMI. 9e N. The geode traffic, as com pared with the emeescidieg provisna half year, shows a very slight variation, tme issmese. Ia the receipts for the con voy's's of mails ? a Ming 4of 7121. 34. 7d., arising from the alum& 814•100 fT ri lld. The total receipts for the to 1 half year amount 1. 134. 7d. ; from which deduct the working expenses ,2671. 7s. 104. ; and interest on loans, 2,9331.75. 84. ; total, 10,1901. 15s. 6d. ' • and there re mains a sum for disposable balance of 8,1461.184. Id. ; out of which we recommend a dividend of 184. per share, on 7,700 shares, 6 9301 .; to be placed to reserved fund, 1,0951. 4s. 41. ; leaving to next half year, 1211. 13s. 9d. We experience no difficulty in renewing the bonds of the company, as they fell due, at 4 per cent. interest. Our attention has been dram to the favourable oppor tunity about to be afforded us in next session of 3 larliament, for obtaining power s t o c onso lid ate t h e present oan debt of the company into capital stock—transferable— bearing a low fixed rate of interest. The total reserve fund at this date, 8.5981. 2s. Bd. A detailed classified statement of the expenditure for the half-year is annexed, to which we refer, and congratulate the proprietors on a very mate rial reduction in the locomotive expenditure—amount 6471. 151. 91—as compared with the same period last year. In the maintenance of the permanent way, there is also a reduction of 2711.6 c. 5d., making together 9221. le. 2d. on the half-year. The engines, carriages, and rolling stock ere, notwithstanding, in excellent worki ng core .i t i on , an d fully and efficiently maintained out of the current revenue. The merchandise charg.s are *lightly increaee.t, ~w i n g to the extensive alterations made in the waggon and carriage stock during the half-year. In September lost, a special general meeting of shareholders was convened to conaider the propriety of extending the line from Itandalstown to Cookstown, a distance of 27 miles. The meeting unatii mouslyag reed to authorise the el i rectors to proceed with the ne canary surveys and plebs ; and to give the notices riquired for an application to parliament for a bill to construct the proposed addition to the Itandalstown branch. In confor mity with the resolution passed, we have to report that the surveys have been made, the notices required are in course of service, and wo shall be in a poeition to proceed virly in the seuion of parliament. Since it become publicly known that we should apply to parliament for an extension to Cooluituwu, we have been of illy informed of the inten tions of the directors of the Londonderry and Coleraine Railway Company to extend their line from Coleraine along the west hank of the Bann to Castledawson, there to join our extension line, and thus complete a line from Londonderry to Belfast. Proceedings also arc being taken and notices given by the landed proprietors, merchants, and others of the northern portion of the county Antrim, fur the formation of an independent company to extend the prele i n u t 4 li , ne co f ai rom Ballyme na a to ly r e% u te ey t , b e e Coleraine, and direct Puri I , ph. ng by thin railway communication between Londonderry end Belfast. A dividend of 18s. per share (501. paid up), for the half year was agreed to, CORK AND PANSAUR RAILWAY. The usual half-yearly meeting of the directors and shareholders of this line was held at Curk on Tuesday, Dr. LYONS in the chair. The thirteenth half-yearly balance sheet presented on the occasion, shows an increase ia the capital account during the last six months of 10,534/., making the total amount expended on the line from its commencement 150,1481 17.. 7d. The receipts on account of capital during the last half-year, including 11,6091. mortgage debentures, were 11,1691. 9s. 9d.; making the total receipts on account of capital since the commencement of the undertaking 151,138/. 7s. 61.; from which, sub tracting the expenditure of 150,1484. 17a. 7d., shows a balance in bank of 9891. 9s. lid. Of the expenditure during the last six months, un account of capital. 5,0961. 13s. 9d. was lent to proprietors of the Victoria steamer, and 2,7051. 10s. 6d. went for the purposes of carrying stock. The abstract of the revenue account shows the traffic receipts during thin, the most favourable half of the year, at 4,6871. 6s. 2d., of which 361. 41. was for parcels and 1191. 17s. 6d. season tickets. The member of first-chess passengers was 141,5-57 ; second class 134 , 1781; third, 71,454 , making the total number for the half year, 347,1891. receipts 5,5311. 4s. 2d. The other receipts were interest from the National Bank, steam boat proprietors, and rents, besides 3511. unpaid di vidends, making the total at the credit of revenue account, 6,2081. 14s. ld. The expenses were, maintenance of way, 2031. Os. 92. ; locomotive, 9361. 131. ; traffic charges, 3961. 7,. 2d. ; eeetery and bo ok keeper, 17j1. ; gener.d charges, 3941. 14s. 8.1. •' omnibuses, 1051. 111. ; interest en loans, 7881 18.. 1011. ; stamps and insurance, 321. 11s. ; total, 3,0321. 17s. 2d. ; which subtracted from the receipts, 6,24)6/. Its. Id., leaves a surplus of 3,1731. 16s. Ild., out of which, however, 5311. is due 'or unpaid dividends, Laving the available surplus only 2,8221. 16s. 11d. To this sum the outstanding loan of 2,000/. to the capital account must be added, making the balance in favour of revenue, 4,8221. 16.. lld . _ A dividend of 4 per cent., or Gt. per share, was declared ; a sum of 2001. was voted to the directors, and all the out going directors were unanimously re-elected. The Cit•IRMAN addressed the meeting at some length, and commented on the present satisfactory state of the line, the traffic having increased very much, and there being a good prospect of its increasing still more. He concluded by ads ising the shareholders very strongly, not to sell their shares, for if he was not greatly mistaken, they would be at par by this time twelvemonths. EXTENSION OF THE BANDON RAILIVAY. A meeting was held in the Court-house of bkib bereen on Monday, to consider the propriety of having railway communication extended to the western districts of the county of Cork. A great number of the local landed proprietors and others attended ; and the chair was taken by Mr. SAtWEL TOWNSIIND. A good deal of discussion took plate, but the following letter from the firm of Sir Mathew Barrington decided the meeting on adjournidg to the let of February next:— "Dublin, 10, Ely-place, Nov. 26, 1852. 't Dear Sir,—ln reply to your favour of the 23rd instant we beg to inform you that, notwithstanding every exertion, it was found impossible to have the plans, &c., prepared for the branch to Skibberveu in time for lodgment by the 30th inst. (the last day). We are at present engaged for parlia ment, and every moment is occupied, as we have much to do before the 30th, and a succession of duties which must be done before the 15th December. These must be gone through to insure a bill, and when once over there will be ample time to consider the details, as no Irish bill can be in committee until after Easter next. We have not any com munication to make beyond the general proposition Bub =Bled to the meeting at Bandon. It is confidently stated that some remission of the taxes on land in Ireland will be granted this session, and some grants made for the promo tion of railways. It will be wise, therefore, for the land owners to come to no decision Represent, but wait the course of events. They have ample time to consider what should be done before parliament meets in February, and the longer they defer • final resolution the better for them selves. The nations of Europe are raising capital for rail ways by guaranteeing 4 per cent., ann the extent to which those guarantees are taken in London by the great con tractors is enormous. We trust the landowners will agree to an extension to the South West, and that the present favourable state of the money market will be taken ad vantage Af. We shall be happy to give you any informa tion you require, and are, very truly yours, BARDINOTON, SUN AND JAFFNA& " J. W. Clerks, Esq." ROYAL SWEDISH RAILWAY. A general meeting of the shareholders of this company took place, pursuant to advertisement, at Gotten burg, in the Town Hall, on the 22nd alt. Count ROSEN took the chair on the motion of M. Wcorn, member of the House of Burghers for the town of Oottenburg. The Cotner, in addressing the meeting, described the ob stacles which had been thrown in the company's path in the early stages of its formation. These, be believed, had now been successfully overcome. The royal charter was now upon the table, and was a complete instrument, so that it only remained for them to use, with prudence and sagacity, theimportant powers with which it invested them. The Count then preasedectto read the list of Swedish share holders, whisk showed that the capital of the company was fully subscribed, and to state that Mr. Charles Henry Ed monds, the solicitor to the company, was in attendance from London, holding the proxies of English shareholders, rep_resenting interim eight and nine thousand shares. The SECRETARY was next called upon to read the royal charter and the statutes of the company. The meeting was then adjourned till the 24th alt. On the 24th Count Rosin again took the chair. The se cretary then proceeded to read the report of the directors, in which the gradual formation of the company, and the proposed distribution of,the guaranteed per tentage on the capital were described. On the motion of Y. DAHLGREN, seconded by M. B. O. LINDSTROM, late member of the Diet for Gotteuburg, the report was unanimously adopted. Comet Rosen, on behalf of the directors, returned thanks for the confidence which the shareholden showed in their ability; and reiterated his belief that the time had now arrived when Sweden might reasonably hope to be blessed with the advantages, both social and commercial, of rail roads._ M. LINDSTROM then' moved the following resolution : " Resolved, that In pursuance of article 61 in the statutes of the company, this meeting determines that the net insane of the company up to 6 esat. per annum on the 'RAW of the company, thole the guarantee of the state, shall be applied in the follow manner, vie., 41. per cent per annum part thereof shall be applied as interest oak, the said capital, and the remainder shall be applied to a sinking fund in redemption of the capital by annual can eellation of shares, such cancellation to be by lot; and that the shareholders whose shares shall be drawn and cancelled, shall, in exchange for their shares so drawn and cancelled, receive certilleates with dividend coupons, entitling them to an aliquot proportion with the remaining shareholders of the net annual profits of the company that may exceed 61. per cent. per annum upon the capital, during any subse quentyear of the term of the company's charter." K. DAHLORRN was not altogether satisfied with the reso lution, and doubted its ygality ; but after explanations from MM. Montgomery, Hided:ollS, WOWS, and Heule, gave way, and the resolution was unanimously adopted. A vote of thanks was then passed to the board of direc tors, and to M. Wcera in particular, for the enlightened activity with which be had forwarded the interests of the company for years. Count Roux next proposed a vote of thanks to Sir John Rennie for his nal and ability as the company's engineer in chief. Sir John, in acknowledging the compliment, assured the shareholders that if the weather proved toler ably good, ten of the line would be open ne x t y ear , and that in 14,54 the whole work would be completed. The CHAIRMAN next moved that a vote of thanks be passed to the company's solicitor, Charles Henry Edutands, Esq., for the ability with which he had brought the first Swedish railway company before the commercial men of England, and for the tact he had displayed in adapting the royal charter to the requirements of the Swedish govern meat.—The meeting then adjourned. THE MADIAL—The Berlin Speners Gazette of the 29th ult. stated that the Madiai would be ►iberated by the Duke of Tuscany on the lit of December. This measure, it was said, was due to the direct intercession of the King of Prussia, through Count Arnim Blomberg, MUSEUM OP ORNAMENTAL ART, MARLBOROUGH aoesn.—The numbers attending during the month of November were as follows .-6,681 persons on the public days, and admitted free ; 728 persons on tbeeendents' days, and admitted as students, on piquant of U. each, besides the registered students of the NaMM sad ohs*. /4 / ,' i; • t• er. •:•-• 't • - ' I . t ••••• :ere. i ' • 40922,:-YO/ ---~ __ _ ~t.