The Express. — London, England, 1851-02-20 00:00:00

exerted by Sandilli and his councillor Antar over all the various Kaffir tribes, none of whom can be in the last depended on, unless it be the Illabmie or Coast Karnes, who alone profess loyalty at this juncture; and upon the very great influence that the hitherto despised Uotlantrimi exercises over all classes of his countrymen. This influence is now unbounded, and I the Kaffir*, faithfully believing in his divination, already in imagination see the white man banished from their Country : and are at this moment giving themselves up to a general mirth and feasting at the near approach of that event, which they believe to he now on the eve of consum- Station. Nut doubting but that this Unlanginti is a mes senger from 1.. s woe .1, are law to the Kaffir., who are ready to 'se& into any scene of violence or blood that he may call them tn. and to those that till iu the fight, that lie assures them will be successful, he promises, in that heaven which the Kaffir believes to be only a more extensive plain than hr how has, where his cattle may roam, and where be ran hunt hi. prey, herds of cattle beyond counting and boundless hunting grounds where game will never cease. lie has summoned all the Kaffir. in the service of the colo nists. and it would scam that none who hear that summons dare disobey it. Some have left property that they had ac cumulated in their toasters sirs ice to attend to the bidding of this prophet. and sn prompt is their obedience that they sometimes leave lilt within a day or two of their wages be Coming due. In the m• amine vigorous measures are being carried out. MOM than 2,600 tnsops w ill nSo ruble under Sir harry, and, in accordance with his pnehimation of the 12th Novemher last, calling upon the people to enrol themselves for the public defence., it was resolved at a public meeting, held at Graham ' s Town on the lith Mg., that the whole of the Seale population of the town lie • moiled and organised as a defensive Isnly, and that in order to place every available soldier of the line at the dispoal of the governor, the in habitants/4er to discharge the garrison duty, and the same has be en don;• in the towns of Fort Beaufort and Alice. Colonel Sonerwt. of the Cape Mounted Rifles, is to super intend this enrolment. Alarm posts are settled where the volunteers are to muster, and ...ne barracks at Graham's Town an directed t. be at the service of the families of the inhabitants to which they may not in ease of danger. Nothin.: short of &praline the Kaffir , of the power of inolestim: soil disturhing o ur isdony will new satisfy the frontier in 4.ple. By a postseript in the frontier paper of the 14th we learn that his tuella-nil is uctisely e•oirentrating his forces near the Anuato;ii bin.. Iton ~,,, r states al.. that the whole of the flues have b,. n nil. a. 4.1 that there is every williugness on the part of the Kettles to concede; and, moreover, that Banditti is not eneet.i.l in making any defence, and that he is willing to and to soy terms that Sir Harry may impose on him. even to hi surrsiol.r. In the meantime, all await the turn of affairs w ith much anxiety, w lien men may know if ti. y are to return to their ordinary occupations or prepare for a struggle. One thins la clear, Sir Barry has virtually broken thy- of the chiefs, mil is prepared to sup. port himself by military authority. What his ineasaues will Ise, it is hard to guess; but he is coullued to two, either be mad piss. .a cuoatry by the sword, which will end in the extermination of its people, or he will endeavour to pursue a milder Gat': a mon• toting po!iey, and try to annex the Kaffir§ to the ople of the colony. to eat, and to them th- law.. and seek by these means to elevate them to fn. 4 , 01 and riSiraf.alti..... 1/1 , s. 2 hot .46,...mn'• Sir Ilsrry had ajnin called for a nu, ling of the Cape Ton-n journals of December 23 have been re ceived, but they contain nothing to add to the fore going. Int Court. The ()Item held c chapter of the Moot Noble Order of the Garter, yest••nlay - uft. moon, at Buckingham Palace. lie knight. (-timpani 111 l robed in their mantles, and wearing their collars, pasted from the Garter-room through the Picture Guthry ' the Green Drawing-room, where , by tomtit:mil of he r .Nlajesty, they were called oter by Garter whe it the following knights cam patients 1111.WCIA :—The Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of trellington, the Duke of l)evonshin•, the Marquis of Kee ter, the Duke of ltichuslaul, the Marquis Of Llll,lloWlll`, Earl de Grey, the Marquis of Abereorn, and Karl Spencer. 11, 'dicer. of the order were 1.01.111 in their respertite inmates, and appeared with their different badges. Then were present the prelate, the Bishop of Winchester; the chancellor, the Bishop of Oa fond; Garter King-of-Arm-, Sir Pinnies G. Young; and Gentleman Usher Mtge Black Rod, Sir Augustus W. Clif ford, Bart. The Queen, who wore th:• full habit of the order, and Prince Albert, robed in the mantle And hood, and wearing nls•o the collar of the order, wen• esoidiatted by the laird Chamberlain to the Thrune-resuau, in which the tempter was held. 'l he Senvn•ign havidg been conducted to a chair of state, the knights cumpuuiun•, attended bythe officers of the order, passed from the tir...11 Drawing-morn into the pre sence of her Majesty in the l'hrune or Chapter-room. The knights corn amens being seeded ut the table, the Chancellor signified to the chapter her Majesty's royal will unit pleasure that the vie net stall in the Royal l'hapeluf St. ()sonic at Windsor should le. tilled. The knights companions then proceeded to the election, and the suffrages having be en collect .! by the Chancellor, were by hint presented to titer Queen, who eitinmanded him to declare, unil he areording!y declared, that the 31..4 llonounild. the M.11,11.1k of N.,rmitnity had been duly elected a Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter. By the Sovereigu's command his lordship was nevis eel at the door of the ChApter-osem by the larquis of Al. man and Earl 'spencer, the two Junior knights companions pre sent, mod %A, COSIANCitII between them to her Majesty, pre ceded ley Garter Kiug-of-Arms (hearing the ensigns of the order upon' a erineon velvet cushion) and fi)• the ()enliven et I . ..her of the Black Rod. The martinis knelt near the Qu, en, and Garter King-of-Arm. on his knee pre aentinit the• garter, her Majesty, assisted by his Royal Highness Prince Albert and hi. 'Loyal Highness the Duke of (*Ambridge, c.v.. senior knights eompunirms present, buckled the garter on hi• lordship's left kg, the l'hatteellor pronoun i,n the usual admonition. Garter Kingoef-Arms nest pre-antes' in like manner the• ribleand and George to the Qua n, and her Majesty, assisted 1..' Prince Albert and OW MAO I•l'ClilUbrillgr, put the rilelsind over his lonl-hip's k•it shoulder, the l'hancellor ponuoineing the. admonition. The marquis kissed her Majesty*. 1111414 :rod hoe ing re ceived the cont,ratulations of each of the knights com panions retired. The eltaider being cinch, Garter King-of-Arms, by her Majesty's mananel, aa.aiu . : flied over the knights com panions, who, with tho otheer of the order, retired from in. of the Sore., iget with the usual reser. nee. Ili. Royal lligleness the Duke of Cambridge had an andieme 1,1 the Queen, and delivered to her Majesty the Ensigns of the most noble Order of the Garter, and of the most heenoetrable tinier if the Bath, worn by his royal Lather, the late Duke of P..tobridge. A &i p nflation, on the ir2u.t , of the SvaITICII ' * Strike, con sisting of Mr. flume and lie. Wenn, accompar.ied by the foilioning delegates, John Smith, Crum South Shull.; Thoma. White, from North Shield.; John Chalk, from Sunderland; and Hobert Holman. from Hartlepool. had au interiiew with the Hight lion. Henry Lahourtmee yester- It) at the Board of Trade. Colonel Phipps, of Hilton Court, Wilts, accompanied by Mr. Jam, Wilson, M.P., lk.el un inte r kw with Sir George limy yegenlay at the Home-thrice. to present an whin , . to her Slap-sty on the subject of Papal aggression, from a public nieeting of the inlutliitant. of It and the Idiom atonal. A th tintation fn.m the Grand Junction and Regent's Canal t .mtpinies. to the .übjeet of the lamitou Coal I)uties comastina of Sir John Verde Buller, lion. iiiihard Cavendish, Mr. Ile Salta, Mr. l'orker, Mr. Lyon, and Mr. Roger.. had an interview with Mr. Lebow:here at thi BoArd of Trade yesti obi). TI.. Tratisatlantb Packet Station COMMiIisiOTI met yes terday at the Board of Trade, l'resent : Earl Ciranville hairman), lion. William Cowper. M.P.; Sir Jamey Gor don. K ; Sir John V. Burgoyne. ; and Capt. Fa phim.ou Ellerby. Lunt Hobart (secretary), aloe at t. Mr. folic+, M.P., had an interview with Lord John . ..terilat, at hi• odichil residence in 11owning stre.t. Mt. John Wood. cluirrirm of the Board of Inland Re venue. had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exche quer y..ti Islay. at his otticiAl n •Mlenee is ))owning-stnvt. The (*Ambridge lUniser.ity rommi..Mmt met yesterday at the official risate of the Film Lord of the Trimmer in Dowsing-street. Present, the Bishop or Chester, the limn of illy„ the Paw. Profeswir Side. ick, and the Her. W. 11. Bauman (Saantary). Sir Thome hematitic. Chairman of the Board of Cus toms, bad ma iabalicw with the Chancellor of the Exche quer yesterday. The ludmA, Capt. Soy, was signalled at South ampton this morning. Com Alexandria, with the heavy portion t.t . the East India, China, and ;Nledi tennnean mails. 'nuts Axrt-PAr.u. 11.:i rtNu.—A meeting of the It..tion, reaming in 10na... 111.1% held yesterday evening . , at th Music-llall, Stun-stre.t, in order to espress their abhorrence of the temporal power of the rope, and their condemnation of the recent attempt of the court of Homo to est nd its eway to this country. Mr. Aubrey Berri hav ing ta , ,en the chair, the meeting was addnssied by Signor Ain:mini, late deputy of the Roman Constituent Assembly l'rofi.sm A. Gollenga, of University College, London ; the Avoe..t I motti, Signor thiellono, Dr. Achill', Father Oa vaxii and others, and the following. resolutions were car ried ,—" I. That the temporal power of the Pope always was, and is, one of the most fatal calamities of Italy. I!. Tit it the Italians at different epochs had struggled with all tie :r might against the temporal power of the Pope, and shwa% r la repeat, d instant:4, end would have overthrown it au.rJ..; the late disturlainee‘of ISIS and 1849, but far the interfer, nee of other 1. That the Italians see, name with indignation and co: row than with surprise, that totion.l is threat, ned by a furs n power, notwithoanning the great light of reason and freedom which has shone for centuries over that land; but they wish to express their firm tor.fid4.7e that no power of darkness will ever pro vail over theta. 4. That the Itaii.ms at the same time, out of sympatity and a feeling of gratitude towards English hospi tality, Use a share in the commotion which has arisen in the Bkdish nation at the threats of a papal usurpation, and t i are 'Ore that the English will have no difficulty in 'nett measures as will baffle all attempts of that nation, without, however, interfering with that sacred right of free lone of conscience which constitutes the greatmt pride of England." THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 20, POLICE INTELLIGENCE. THIS DAY. BOW STREET. PICKING Cr MONSYIF ;;ITWiltiVlLS.—Ellen C044110T, • wretched-looking woman, who carried a child in her arms, was charged with picking up a half-aocercign, with the intent to steal it. Last ovening,a boy named Gould was in Endell-street, Bow street, when he dropped a half-sovereign from his pocket. He =hoed it soon afterwards, and vi,ot bock to look for it. , Two men informed him that the prisoner hail picked up something. Ile forowed, and relied her if she had found a half-sovereign, and she said no. She afterwards admitted the had stooped, but had not picked up anything. A police constable was called, and she dropped the half-sovereign down an area grating. The prisoner, who cried very much, said she did not know the half-sovereign belonged to the boy. She hoped the magistrate would discharge her, 33 she had a little girl at home depending upon her for support. Mr. Hail said the primer ought not to have denied finding the half-sovereign. If she did not know who it belonged to, she should have handed it to the police, who would have inquired for the proper owner. The prisoner was committed for LAMBETH. SEMI'S CHARGE frO;;3l7;l4.:HGTGN.—Triitiani G. Sm7th, surgeon, who stood remanded from last week on ranoui charges of seduction, was finally examined, and com mitted to Newgate for trial. NATIONAL REFORM ASSOCIATION. MEETING AT ST. MARY'S CRAY. Last evening a crowded public meeting was held in the Lancastenal Institute, St. Mary's Cray, Kent, for the purpose of promoting the principles of the National Parliamentary and Financial Reform Associatior. On the motion of Mr. JUTNSUK, Sir JOSHt e WALKSLET WKS called to the chair. The CIIAIRMA.N said the association they were to support had been in existence about two years and a half, and its progress as an association had bern almost unparalleled. It commenced under great difficulties, as almost every political association did. its great object was to obtain for their fellow men justice, by placing in their hands the privilege, as some called it, but the right, as they termed it, of the franchise. He was himself perfectly con vinced of the integrity, the uprightness, and the intelligence of the industrious class's Ot . this country, and If they hail the franchise, could it fur a moment be sup posed that the House of Commons would now be wasting its lime in discussing as to which of the religious bodies should have the greatest share of the loaves and hello ? or debuting the question of free trade? (Hear, hear.) This association thought the time had arrived long since when the franchise ought to have been extended and placed upon a proper baste. lie came there to ask them to support the principle, on which the aseociation was founded, sad to assist in placing them in a position in which they could tell Lord John Russell that the proper time had now arrived. They "redit pewee rest till they had a fair and free representation of the people of this country. Mr. MILNER GIBSON, M.P., said he came there bar ' hag been invited to share in the hospitality of his excellent friend on his right, Mr. Joynson, an.' hardly thinking that it would devolve upon him to make a political speech at this meeting. lie certainly was happy to have it iu his power to testify his approval of the principles of the Na tional l'arliamentary and Financial Reform Association. In parliament and out of parliament hr had always sup ported the principles of that association, and should continue to do so. For one, with regard to the extensionsof the suffrage, he never could understand what particular advantage they derived from preventing a great number of people in this cauntry from having the right of voting for members of parliament. They heard of England being a free country, of its being the land in which freedom was secure, of its being a constitution which had been said by some to be the marvel of the world and the envy of sur rounding nations ; but when they came to look into the matter, they found that a great part of the virtue Of this constitution depended upon preeentiug a certain number of people from having the right of eating for members of par. liament. (Hear, hear.) lie always th night that the great merits of a free constitutions were, that those who lived under it had a soice in making the laws which they were called upon to obey; but it Srrtllril that nor con stitution, " the envy of the a oald " and " the marvel," as well it might be—(latighter) "of eurround ing nations," depended not PO much on the number which it admitted within the pale of the constitution, but on the number which it excluded, inasmuch us only one was ad mitted to the right to see, while six were kept out ; about one in seven, he believed, being about the proportion rib male adults who had the franchise. Now with r,garil to this voting for members of parliament what were they afraid of? They admitted a man to marry a wife, and they let him have thildnu —(a laugh)—and they allowed him to educate those children as he best could, and they let him turn those children loose upon society; and they let him be at large and employ the various talent. with which Cod had blessed him. Now, he said that in the discharge of all these tune- thins a man might exercise a much greater influence upon society, either for good or for bad, than by being one of vast number who voted for member,, of parliament. , Advocating iteuerally the extension of the franchise, lie should be prepared to vote for any well-considered measure fur that purpose. Ile had voted for Mr. Home's motion— (elieers)—and should do so again, as setting forth the prin ciple on which lie thought parliament ought to act. The right hon. gentleman then referred to the question of pm. teetion. Ile said he felt sympathy fur the farmers who per haps might be considered au ill-treated body of men, but their position must be attributed to their having foolishly placed reliaace on statesmen and parlia ments, who promised them that protection should he I maintained. What he blamed the farmers for was in believing thu,e statesmen and parliaments. (Cheers.) Those who made these promise's constituted a parliament repre +wilting only a section of the people, and their promises ought nut to have been received by the farmers as promises that could be relied on. When the first severe corn law was put on in 1815, the towns, to a great extent then wartime senttal, iindested against it, unit deelaml that they would never cease agitating until they obtained its repeal. Ile advocated the repeal of the corn law, and he should advo rate the maintenance of that policy intact. (Cheers.) Ile would never give his consent to keeping out food, and de priving the people of the advantage of its free importation. (Cheers.) But while lie thought this a wise policy for the nation, he regretted that the farmers had iiermittilal them selves to be bamboorled by the political chiefs of Comer times, and that they had built their hopes upon such an unstable basis as protection. Ile did nut thick it possible to restore protection, and there was no are iu trying. When there was a large majority fur it ill one house of parliament, and there was almost unanimity in itx favour in the other house, they could not maintain it; what folly, therefore, to expect that it could ever be gut buck. Ile believed that by the iliffu eion of knowledge they would promote the happieess and best interests of the nation. (Cheers.) .hnowledge sus power, and by education, based upon round principle's, not sectarian education, not handing over the people to the Aurion• denominations, for the mere purpose lof being made members of particular sects, by opening to the people the right of free education,as far as secular and ordinary knowledge was concerned, and leasing to the ministers of the different persuasions to provide religious instruction, they would be conferring a great boon ou the people. lle would have secular knowledge, primary instruction, to be placed within the reach of all without let or hindrance, without charge, and without may sectarian influence or in terference whatever. (Hear, hear.) Ile believed that such a system of education would du more to elevate and to im prove the great body of the working classes not only in what was called secular knowledge, but also to give them a greater amount of moral and religious teaching than any other sys tem that he hid vet heard proposed either in Parliament or out of Parliament. (Cheers.) Although he differed perhaps from hie hon. Intuit, Mr. Jovnson, as to the ;Arti cular wove in which education should be carried out, yet they would all agree that nothing should he done to hinder the :diffusion of knowledge. (Rear, hear.) Ile contended that by placing taxes on the materials by which knowledge was diffused,' they prevented the spread of informa tion among the people. Do away with the tax,s on knowledge, and they would do more to attain the object which this association had in view than by any other course of policy they could adopt. In conclusion, the right hon. gentleman said he supported the principles of this aseactatiou because he be lieved they were calculated to promote the happiness of the great body of the people, to secure the stability of all good institutions by creating general contentment, and to guard us against the dangers of foreigu aggression, come from what quarter it might, because there was no security against foreign aggression in any country so good us attachment aaiougst the people to their laws and institutions. (Cheers.) Mr. KLXNEDY and Mr. SLACK, Milo were deputed from the parent society, then adilreseed the meeting; after which Mr. JOYN*ON made a short speech. in which he spoke of the manner in which lie had • tultneoured to promote the well-being of the people in his employ; and he asked them to juin thus society because he thought it would be well for them so to do. Re concluded by placing a cheque for 501. in the hands of the chairman, as a subscription to the funds of the association. (Loud cheers.) Mr. Sw AVILA:SD said he would give ten guineas. Another gentleman, whose name we did nut learn, gave 51., and a number gave each a sorer, ign. Altogether nearly 1001. au* subscribed, and about 100 members were enrolled. the _ IMPORTANT EDrCATIONAL Mt:CU:ca.—A meeting took place yesterday at the Town Hall, Manchester, the dean in the chair, upon the subject .of education on the plan first drawn by the 51ev. C. Hich.-on, to carry out which the following were given as the commencement of a subscription Ste J. Kay Shuttlewortb, 500/. ;_ Mew,. W. Eotwi 500/. •S . Fletcher, 5001.; J. C. Harter, 500/. ; li. Gardner, 5001. ; E. Team], 6001.; R. J. Jones, 500/. ; W. Slater, .3001.; W. Neild, 0001. ; J. R. Barnes, 500 E ; Dean and Chapter. 2001.; John Peel, 5001. . • J. 'it*.sthead, 100/. : Dr. Wood, 2404 ; and J. A. Turner, 1001. „„_ Tin SEAMEN'S STRIKE IN LIVERPOOL —The partial strike against the Mercantile Marine Act still eon -1 tinnes at Liverpool, and from 300 to 400 of the men still refuse to ship in the new office. The turn-outs walk in procession every day through the principal street with a band of music and several flags. The men hitherto have behaved peaceably, so far as public demonstration goes ; but Warrants have been issued against three men for having, with others, mobbed the crew of a vessel, and attempting to prevent the ship putting to sea. Captain Beohy is ex pected in Liverpool. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN TOOLEY-STREET. The following arefurt particulars of this &staler, a reportor width appeared in yesterday's Lunen At four o'clock yesterday afternoon the firemen, who had been working fur twelve hours uninterruptedly, were re lieved by drafts from other diN isions of the metropolis, under whose dinstions several engines continued to pour water on to the ruins throughout the evening and night. At nine o'clock last evening the concrete door was still standine. As to the origin of the fire nothing is known with cer tainty ; ut the same time the concurrent testimony of those who docoe creel the outbreak leaves no doubt tact it Jaunt have broken out in the kitchen of the house occupied as Wilms by Messrs. Wigan and Company. The man and woman in charge of the premises declure that they left everything quite safe before going up stairs to bed. This may be quite true, Ilb far as they believe ; but it is reason able to infer that some unfortunate accident may have happened of which neither the man nor his wife have any knowledge. There is some degree of uncertainty as to how the fire, commencing in the private house, communicated with the warehouse. The hack of the private house had windows looking into a very small court yard. The warehouse had also two windows at different heights, looking imtu the same yard. It seems probable that the flames having found a vent through the back windows of the private house may have entered the warehouse by these windows. Another opinion is that the roof of toe ware house first ignited, and that the fire descended. l'roliably, both these hypotheses are correct. The only communica tion between the private house and the factory was by an iron door on the ground floor, and, as this was always kept closed, the tire could not have made its way through at this point. It has been stated that the buildings destroyed are the property of Mr. Alderman Huiaphery, M.P. The hon. member owns, we believe, this whole range from Welling ton-street to the end of Duke-street—nearly all of which has been rebuilt within the last few ve ars. The ground floor of Messrs. Wigan's warehouse wasllet by the alderman to Mer-srs. kenning, the extensive whartingers, whose pre mises face the river and abut upon 'rooter-street. A por tion was occupied by that firm as counting-houses, and other offices were sublet to Messrs. Nesbitt, provision merchants; Mr. John Webb, also a dealer in provisions, and one or two other permits. The whole of the upper portion of the warehouse was occupied by Messrs. Wigan, and contained several thousand bags of hops —most of them of the best quality. Meson,. Wigan are insured to the amount of 50.n00/., the insurance being shared by several insurance ottier. , s. The whole of the buildings the property of Ald. Ilumphery a •se insured in the Sun lire-office. The worthy alderman %.14 on the spot early yesterday morning, and continued throughout the day to give instructions to the firemen as to the best means of staying the ravages of the conflagration. There was no excitement of manner about the hen, member ; he hoe; the catastrophe with his wonted maid humour, aud, in answer to the express v 1 sympathy of a group of his con stituents during the afternoon, lie exclaimed, "Oh, never mind ; it can't be helped. If it please God, I'll have it all up again in less than three months." The vaults underneath the warehouse are occupied by Mr. Alderman Ilumphery as a storehouse for gods received in his Imam*" its u whartinger. Among other valuable property, they contained no less than 2,000 tons of oil. All this, it is hoped, will he found to be uninjured. On the ground floor Messrs. Wigan had a strong room hi which were deposited 60,00 W. worth of bills and other securities. This room is happily uninjured. Mr. Benjamin Etigington, whose extensive premise* are situated in dangerous proximity to Messrs. Wigan's, has fortunately escaped with saute slight injury to the ilagstalf, which forms so conspicuous a landmark on the top of his house. Iliad the wind blown from the north instead of the south, Mr. Edgington's warehouse must inevitably have , been burnt down. UFFICIAL REPOIIT OF TII LOs.. 851. No. 4, Duke-street—Messrs. Wigan, hop factors. fund ing and contents totally destroyed. Contents insured in the Phrenis, Guardian, Royal Exchange, Imperial, and Monarch once. The building insured in the Sun. No. 5, Duke-strett —James Wynn and Co., boot and shoe makers. Back shop and content., damaged by fire and water, also by cutting away joists. Content% uninsured. The building insured it: the Sun. No. 3, Duke.strect.— Mr. Bolton, coffee-shop keeper; building and contents seriously damaged by fire and water. Contents insured in the Guardian; the building in the Sun. No. I, Duke-street.—C'harles Smithery, fishmonger; back window. burnt out, and content. dammed by %enter. Con tents and building in.ur..l in the Monarch. No. I, Toolerstrect.—Mc.srs. Wigan's hop warehouse • the tour upper floors wholly destroyed. Contents iu.urcd in the Phnom', guardian ' Royal Exchange, Imperial, and Monarch ottlec:; the building insured in flt, Sun. No. I, Tads}-strect.—Messrs. Fenning's counting-house ; seriously damaged by water. Insured. No. 2 and 3, Tooley-street.—J. Cloodchild, window ftlass merchant ; warehouse and contents damaged by water. In sured in the liana-in-Hand. No. 1, Wellington-street.—William Lawson, hatter; side front scorched, and contents damaged by water. Contents insured in the Atlas. The ruins were still smouldering this morning. DESTRMTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY ON TILE LONDON AND NOILTU-WESTEUN LINE. On Tuesday evening an accident of an extraordinary nature happened on the London and North-Western Rail way, near Alderley, which wit. most devtructive of railway property, and productive of condderable interruption of the traffic. The government train, which left London at wren o'clock on Tuesday morning, owl Crewe at 5.10 p.m., con sisted of nine or ten carriages. The train proceeded in s.tfety until it reached a point nhout half-a-mile on the other side of Ahlerley (14 miles from Manchester), when it was going at an ordinary spcxxl, although it was seven minutes late on leaving Crewe. At this point about one halt' of the tire of one of the leading wheels flew off ; the engine alter losing the wheel appears to have got off the line, and to leave proceeded so fur a short distance; it must then have fallen over on the off side, and been im- ' mediately brought to a stand by being firmly fixed in the ground. Chadwick, the driver, was thrown off on the up side of the line ; but the stoker fortunately remained on the engine. The carriages were smashed and heaped together in the most extraordinary manner, and the shrieks of the passengers were fearful. The mischief was discovered from the neighbourhood of the .11derley station immediately alter its occurrence, and the station-master there proceeded to the spot with all thel aid he could collect. lle also desputehed an engine to Manchester in order to give information of the accident there. . . As soon as men could be got to work, the pmsengers were extricated, fortunately all alive. Chadwick, the driver, was almo,t immediately found, in the gutter or water-course on the up side of the line, under the tank part of the tender. Ile lay across the gutter with his feet towards the line ; and although nn part of the tender rested upon his body, a screw-jack lay upon his chest, and rendered fruitless all at tempts to remove him. By dint of great exertions fur about half-an-hour, the tender was liftml, the screw-jack removed, and then the unfortunate man was taken out, quite dead. His body was removed to the Queen's Hotel, at Alderley. All the injured persons were taken on to Manchester, with the exception of a married lady, named liaise, who lay at the Queen's Hotel, suffering front a spinal concussion. She was on her way from London, to pay a visit to some friends in Salford. Mr. Allison, u medical gentleman re siding at Bridlington, Yorkshire, went on to Manchester by the first train. He bad sustained a fracture of the UMW, a laceration of the forehead, and a severe contusion of both thighs. The following persons were among the it.jured passengers : Mrs. barber, l'endleton ; Brown,. 7, hack Garden-stmt, Shudehill ; Bernard Hughes, police man, Birkenhead ; Mr. Houlisten, KS, New Bond-street, London ; Alta. Cope, 8, Fleet-street, Salford ; Mr. Banks, North Bridtfe, Edinburgh ; Mr. ROW, Northampton-street, Leicester. rhe guard of the train was severely bruised, and had his shoulder dislocated. The stoker was also much bruised in several parts of his body. In the confusion which prevailed in the neighbourhood of the accident we could nut, of course, learn anything with certainty as to the number :injured or the extent of indi vidual injury ; but a glance at the extraordinary eight pre sented by the wrecks of the train makes it a matterof won der that no greater loss of life has been caused. The heap of ruins, consisting of fragments of the engine, tender, and carriages, was about 2(1 feet high, the whole being fumed together in a manner which showed the terrific nature of the mischief. The engine is literally smashed into pieces, the boiler being the only part that at all retains its original shape or appearance. 'f he lower part, or framework of the tender, is overturned on the up side of the line, while the tank part is thrown some 20 feet further forward in the same direction; it was under this that Chadwick was found. But the most extraordinary part of the affair is, that one of the carriages —apparently that next the ten,fer—has been thrown completely over the tender and engine, and now lies on its side, some ten yards iu advance, on the down line. In this carriage there were fortunately no passengers. Four or five carriage's are completely destroyed, and nearly all the rest are off the line. At half-past eleven o'clock on Tuesday night, a large number of men was engaged in removing away the (1, %wt., and it was hoped that the up line might be cleared by an early hour next morning; the down line can hanlly be cleared before the middle of Thursday. Mn. L. J. HANSARD.— Yesterilny, a preliminary meeting of the represeutaitis es of the operative printers, bookbinth r, and othh trades of the metropolis, was held at No. o, Pemberton Row, Mr. C. Cochrane in the chair, when resolutions were adopted expressing sympath y with Mr. Luke James Hansard an d hi s f a mily, in the • ul cir cumstances in which they are placed ; declaring eir know ledge of his benevolence and generosity, and lusreadiness to assist any cause of charity and good works. They also fat bound to express their readiness to aid him and his family in every way within their power, by raising subscriptions among the working classes of the metropolis and the country. And, further resolving, that a copy of the rerio [ lotion just paired io forwarded, with the printed appeal now before the meeting, to the secretaries of the various trade societies, and th.it they be requested to assemble to confer together on the subject of the tattorancmenta of Mr. Hansard and his Emily ; that the secretaries ba also re quested to inform the member of their 'rations trades, and to induce as many as possible to attend with them. toxin STAITORDSUIRE RAILWAY.—Return for railway and canal week ending Feb. 9, 4,396/. ; correspond ing week last year, 4,1681. The above is exclusive of the receipts available under the agreement with the Loudon and licatt-Weiders Railway Campany. CHURCH RATES. - MEETING IN CLERKENWELL Last evening a public meeting of the rate-payers and inhabitants of the parish of St. James's, Clerkenwell, was held at the Crown 'I tavern, Clerkenwell-green, to re ceive a report upon the appeal against the above rate, which was heard at the Guildhall, Westminster, on Mon day, the 10th inst. The report of the proceedings appeared in the Express of the 12th inst. The grounds of appeal against the rate were that it was excessive oud unnecessary. In the year 1784, the then existing church of St. James being in a ruinous and decayed OM glide°, an act of parliament was obtained whereby powers were obtained and trustees appointed to have the old church pulled down and n new one erected ; and the neces sary fees, pew rents, and other dues payable iu respect of the church, were to be received by the churchwardens, and after paying the requisite charges, were to pay the balance Ito the trustees; and if the money was not sufficient, the trustees were empowered to make a rate to carry out the purposes of the act. Mr. I'ETCII, overseer and trustee, was in the chair. Mr. MASON gave a report of the circumstances of the appeal. The rate was excessive, many of the items of ex penditure were illegal, and the trustees had no right to make a retrospective rate. The parishioners had been de prived of the privilege of inspecting the accounts. On the appeal it was found that, according to law, the rate could not be amended, but only confirmed or quashed. This fund had been often called the sporting fund, and it war a rate which, if the parish had had honest officers, would have been extinct long ago. Mr. HENCE stated that so long as there was a state church there would be these broils. [here were no seizures now. If any parishinner could he frightened into paying church rates it seas done ; but if the people would stand out against them there would be no rate next year. Mr. CAMERON moved the following resolution : "That the laudable step taken by the reformers of Clerkenwell in appealing against the present excessive and unnecessary church rate deserves the best thanks of this meeting, and are also of opinion that the result of such appeal is decidedly favourable to the interests of the parishioners;" and stated that the church rate was the most obnoxious and unjust rate which they were called upon to pay. Parochial was as much demanded as national reform, and it was by the people themselves that it must be obtained. Mr. BENNETT seconded the resolution, and stated that he considered commotion as very necessary. The resolution was then put to the meeting and carried unanimously. Mr. MENDE moved the second resolution as follows: " That this meeting believes it to be the duty of all true reformers to secure good and just local government, and as the objects of the Clerkenw•ell Parochial Reform Associa tion are to promote the amendment of laws relating to pnrw•hial management, to protect the right of the rate payers to control over their own funds, to secure the elec tion of efficient and proper persons to till the various paro chial offices, and to secure economical expenditure in the general rates of the lumber, we therefore earnestly call upon the rate-payers to give their hearty co-operation to such objects by every means in their power." Mr. GREEN WOOD seconded the resolution, and stated that it was only by such agitation as the present that they had got their rates reduced, and they must continue their provxdings till their affairs were conducted with the strictest justice and economy. The resolution was then put to the meeting, and carried unanimously. The usual compliment to the chairman terminated the proceedings. TILE EMPLOYNIENT OF CONVICTS AT PORTSMOt:TU. The deputation, appointed bv the Portsmouth Town Council to wait ou the Home tkeretary in reference to the projected convict prison adjoining the dockyard, pre sented their report of the results of their interview to the council on Monday last. The report stated that "the Home Secretary entered fully into the subject, stating that, after long and mature consideration, the government had come to the determination to abolish the present system of confining convict, in hulk', ou the grounds—firstly, of the saving to the country which would be effected by their being confined in prisons vu shore ; and, secondly, for the enforcement of a better system of discipline than could possibly be maintained in prison ships. ith reference to the apprehensions entertained by the inhabitants of Ports mouth of a large addition being contemplated in the cons ict establishment, Sir George Grey added that while the pre sent hulks would take 1,50 convicts the intruded prison would contain only 1,000." A less objectionable site to that resolved on was suggested to Sir George, but he uddecl that whilst he was not wedded to any particular spot, it was the convenience of the Admiralty that was mainly to be considered. In addition to what was elicited in con versation from Sir George Grey, the Mayor of Portsmouth has received the following letter from the Dome-office re capitulating the views of Sir George Grey : " Whitehall, Feb. 14, 1811. " Sir,—l am directed by Secretary Sir George Grey, with reference to the interview you had with hint this months:, on the subject of a convict prison at Portsmouth, to report in writing what he stated to you in conversation, namely, that the proopood prison is intended not as an addition to, but as a substitute for, the hulks in which the convicts em ployed at Poortsmouth arc at present confined; and that the number of eons lets for which accommodation' is now pro vided in the hulks in Portsmouth harbour is about 1,280, whilst the new convict prison will only contain 1,000. It is intended that the hulks should be entirely removed, and I am to state that the object of this change is to se cure a more efficient system of discipline among the convicts than it has been found possible to maintain in the hulks, and at a less expense to the public. The site of the prison was grunted by the &ant of Admiralty on applica tion from this department, as being one not required for any other purpose connected with the public service, and as being very comveniently situated as it respects the dock yard, and completely separated from the town, with which the convicts would have no intercourse. With reference to your suggestion that another site might be preferable, Sir George Grey will request Colonel JAN the Inspector of Prisons, on hit next visit to Portsmouth, to communicate with you, but he apprehends that the arrangements for the erection of the building are at present in too forward a state to admit of an alteration of the site, even if another site could be obtained without any increased expense to the publie.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, " H. WADDINGTON. " Benjamin Bramble, Esq., Mayor of Portsmouth." The above explanations were by no means satisfactory to the council, and strong tempt:dots were made of the mea sures intended, and also of the want of assistant° from the borough members, Sir Francis Baring and Sir George Staunton, in opposing them, or at all events in getting them modified. The council unanimously resolved on en address to her Majesty, praying her Majesty to interfere with her authority to prevent the accomplishment of what was conceived to be an injury and disgrace to the borough. It as, IiCISIDOIDTI to forward the address to the Duke of Wellington for presentation to her Majesty. REPEAL OF THE WINDOW TAX. MEETING OF METROPOLITAN DELEGATES. Last night an enthusiastic meeting of the me-, tropolitan delegates was held in the Court House, Mary lebone, "to consider the unsatisfactory statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer as to the above tax, and the substitution of a house tax." Amongst those present were Viscount Duncan, 'M.P. ; Sir Dc Lacy Evans, M.P. ; Sir D. ILdI, Ml'.; F. ,Mowatt, Es.., M.P.; Jacob Bell, Eq., M.P.; T. Wakley, E•q., M.P.; C. Lushntgton, Esq., M.P., about 40 members of the vestry, and a great number of the delegates from other districts in the metropolis. Mr. GEORGE, Churchwarden of St. Ann's, Soho, moved that Mr. J. A. l'itcuotav, President of t h e Delegates, take the chair. This having been carried by acclamation, The adjournment for a week of a meeting of the metro politan delegates on the sewers question, announced for that evening in the !tame place, was moved by Mr. Tare tat IN Swint, me:undid by Mr. HORN, and carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN, haring apologieeed for the aleenee of Lord Dudley Stuart, who was out of town, observed that this was a council of war, and that they must make war, and no mistake. (Cheers.) What had brought them to gether that night was the Chancellor of the Exchequer's budget. (Cries. of " Humbug!" " He'll he made to budge it, man of laughter, and cheers.) Certainly a more censor- , dinar,. document never emanated from any minister; a ' more unsatisfactory or a more unfair proposition he had never seen. (Cheers) Ibis expectations had been wound up to the highest pitch ; but he must say he never did give i the gosernme nt credit fur much--for when did the whip ever do anything good? (Cheers.) The Chan cellor of the Exchequer's budget was a complete swindle. He hod sometimes heard talk of thimble-rigginct, but really the ('haneellor (Peed to be appaintal Thimble-rigger Ex- Unordinary to Ile r Maje•sty. (lend )aught r.) They had been taken in and done for. (Cries of " Not yet.") Not yet? That was very true; but it chnended entirely upon themselves whether thoy were nr were ant to be. (Owns.) Lord DUNCAN expressed hie satisfaction at the numbers and respectability in which they had met, to expires their indignation and (Hegira —(chter.)—at the project of linen riul reform which had been Iniel upon the table of the House of Commons. (Renewed cheers.) When a govern ment, which was pledged to reform and retrenchment, thus deserted the very principles whirl, heal placed them in power, it was time fur the people to consider whether they should any longer be permitted to hold office. (Cheers) H e was not going to mince matters ore this question, for that man was no real friend either to reform or the govern ment that would do so. (Cheers.) He (the noble lord) had listened with the deepest attention to the speech of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. He expected to hear Rom thin rof etonomy, but nothing of the kind fell from the right hon. baronet. (Cheers.) At length he came to the window tax, and he (Lord Dunesni) was exeeerlinglyanxiotte to hear what the right hon. baronet would say with respect to that subject. But what did he nay Why, what every man in England had been saying fur the leg six months, namely, that it must be repealed. Ile agreed with him, as all present would do FA. (Cheerio.) But the tight hen. baronet did not stoop there : he talked of a house tax. (Dissopproleatbon.) Did he propose a house tax ? No; be proposed nothing of the kind. Ile proposed the oldwinlow tax hack again. (Loud cheep.) Now let them not be deluded by names. It was the old window tax. ((Loud cheers.) Wen. they- any gentlemen present who reconciled the year 1831, who n on act of parliament was passed in emitting them to have as many windows as they might please ? That was exactly what the right hon. baronet now proposed ; but what security did he give that mat year he would not come down to the house, and insist on their re-ass s.ment ? (Loud cheers.) It was perfect humbug. lie repeated the word ; fur he firmly and truly believed that if the people of ineland submitted to this scheme, they would have a very much heavier tax to pay thou they had ever had before. (Cheers.) The old bowies were still to be charged upon the number of windows, but they were to he excused one-tloirl the duty, while new honor, were to pay, at present—(hear. hear) —ll . s. in the pound on their mut. How lung that might remain he could not say, hut perhaps next year it might be made x. The people of this country ought to keep their own money in their own powketo. (Loud cheers.) But hether they did or not depended entirely upon them selves ; for if they did not uplift their " sweet voices " he should he c'rtain to he told, as he had been on each occasions, that their silence implied consent. ((•heers.) It Vino necessary that every man should come forward and oneuk out in an unmistakculde manner; for did they not recollect the five per cent. property tax which had been proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and which had been defeated solely by their making him discover that it was so very unpeoular ? (Cheers.) In his opinion there never had been so flagrant an insult offend to their under gentling., and the sooner they spoke out the better— (eheers)--and that was the hest advice Ise should give them an the present o ccasion. (Rapturous cheering.) Mr. HIIEI.EC, of St. Pattern., etnengly denounced the extravagance of the government. Why could they not he satisfied with the expenditure , of the Duke of Wellington, which was more than ten millions has than that of the pre sent ministry? (('heers.) Mr. FOSTER, of St. Anne'., who was received with emcee impitience, expressed a hope that all parties in the house would (ono a coalition against Lord John Russell's cabinet. Such a coalition would he u ntost honourable one, und sery different front the disagraqeful fusion of par ties to turn out Sir Robert Peel. (Cheers.) Mr. GEORGE pronounced the budget to he a swindle, a delardeva,aud one of the most monstroue things ever heard of. (Cheers.) Mr. George eoncluloal by moving a reso lution, declaring the proposed house-tax to be uuequnl, unjust, obnoxious, and unueceoary; pledging the meeting weer to remain satis fi ed until the window duty was uncon ditionally repealed; and culling upon the metropolitan member., in close the measure were persisted in, to offer ouch ohotruetion to the government as should show that it (no longer pee-eased the confidence of the people. (Loud cheers.) Mr. GEESIN, of St. James', seconded the resolution; in doing chicle he clevrilsed the peopled measure of the government as unequal, unholy, unjust, and unchristian. (Cheers.) The government had been guilty of one of the most extraordinary nnomalies be had ever met with. They had lately instituted at prosecution for adultending pepper, and vet they actually proposed iu the new budget to take off the duty on chicory, in order to encourage the adultera tion of coffee. (Cheers.) Mr. .NIITCHELL, of Oxford-street, begged to ask whe ther the live per cent. would he levied on the poor-rate or the ass ement of the income tax ? The CHAIRMAN suggested that Mr. Mitchell had bet ter not o.k fur any explanation of the meaaure, as they did ant intend In submit to it at all. ((fheers.) They flaunt to fling it back in the face of the government. (Cheer.) A GENTLEMAN said it would be iu the assessment to the Menne tax. The CHAIRMAN oleerced that Mr. Mitchell might have been sure that they would get the lad drop of blood. (('beers.) Mr. MITCHELL said the proposed new measures , would affect him in the following manner if the duty wen les ied on the rating to the property tax : in the house he eevupied he paid, for 48 windows, 1 . 31. lls. Ind. ; but if he had to pay ninepence in the pound on the income tax rating, it would 161. Its. fel., which would be an increase of Ills. &I. (Cheers.) The nintillli was curried unanimously. , Mr. NEL°ON, of St. James's, moved a resolution, call ing on the metropolitan members to act in compliance with the wishes of the meeting. Sir B. lIALL stated to the meeting the course he In tend.ed to pursue. They wen• all aware that his noble friend had given due notice of his motion ; but, at his sug gestion and that of other friends, Lard Duncan had post poned it; hut be had still kept his notice on the hooks, not' knowing what might turn out, in order that he might take I advantage of any opportunity that 'night occur. kl the Chan- Miura the Exchequer had announced that the alteration depended upon the granting of the income tax, it wax his ! intention to el.a al: the house on that question ; and then,if be failed, to do the same on the house tax, Ile had also given notice list night that, in the event of its being eiberead e be should move in extension to Ireland. reeve.) The proposal was the moat delusive nod fallacious statement that he ever heard ; and if the Chancellor of the Exchequer thought that they could be deceived by it, he must give them credit fur possessing a very email portion of common sense. (Cheers.) With reference to the course which the metropolitan members intended to take, he could only answer for himself and for Lord Dudley Stuart, who had told him what he meant to do. Their intention was to Tote agaiust the imposition of the tax. (Loud cheers.) Ile reconante ueled the meeting, however, to act in their support —to show that they really were in earnest, and that they would back their mender. in the struggle. (Cheers.) He felt certain that the , representatives of a population of 400,000 inhabitants whet were assessed in no less a sum than two millions, must have weight, if they wen , enabled to state that their opinions were not their own merely but those of on-ro th eir noue and wealthy conetiteteney. ( Cheers.) Mr. SNIIIII, of Horne. y, briefly pointed out the in- Nualities of the tax. - Mr. WAKLEY, M.P. approved of the tone of the meet ing, which wa s one of indignation at 311 unparalleled insult. He had observant. while the Chancellor of the Exchequer war making his speech, that the countenance's of some wore an expression of satisfaction. Of course, it was those of members who, ordinarily speaking, were enemies of the I gos enament. and who wis&al to take their places themselves. (Cheers and laughter.) As a coroner he had looked on with a kind of practical interest while the Chancellor of the Exchequer was committing suicide , . (Laughter.) Politically "peaking, that official was dead already ; _and if there were any revivifying power, unless it operated very soon, what was called the •• vital spark" would be extinct. (More laughter.) Now, it had been said that they should turn out the ministers if they went on in the course they were pursuing; but then a feeling of self-preservation was involved in the matter. If they did not they would he earned out themselves ; for it seemed to him perfectly clear that if the metsopolitan members did not do their duty that would be. Ind it woukl deserve tole, theirfate. (Cheers) 'fbe resolution was carried unanimously. The meeting was also addressed by Mr. Williams, M.P.; Mr. Fraser, of St. Pancras; Mr. Savage, of St. Giles's; Mr. lion., of St. Luke's ; and Mr. Metcalfe. Votes of thanks were given to Lord Duncan and to the chairman, who having made their respective acknowledgment., the meet ing broke up at a quarter to 10. Several other meetings in different districts were an ' nounced as shortly to take place. IRELAND DUBLIN, FEE 19. Town and parish meetings have already been held in several parts of Ireland to petition against the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. At some of these meetings the Roman catholic clergy have taken an active part in the proceedings, though at others they have sim ply acted as spectators. On Sunday last meetings fur the purpose were held in Tuam, Dundalk, Ron common, and in many other of the principal provin cial towns; the resolutions indicated the utmost anxiety on the subject, and petitions earnestly press ing their views upon the legislature were at once adopted. Still the impression appears to be very general that the measure will not be extended to Ireland; and the Evening Post, the organ of the i Irish government, persists in expr e ssing its convic tion to that effect. The Feermaa a Journal, in an article on the subject, draws attention to the fact that none of the Irish Homan catholic bishops could be exempt front the operation of the act. Ik. Nl'llale has already issued his "Lenten Pas toral," which is chiefly devoted to the question of education and the Llu.een's Collews. Addressing the "clergy and faithful of the Archdiocese of Tuam," he says : If the Catholic University and other catholic colleges in succession were not to be °pencil, we should still deem it a sacred duty to caution theyouth from touching those poison ous fountains—the condemued colleges—out of which those who enter can hardly come without their faith and innocence being impaired. Twice has the head of the church—the successor of St. Peter, to whom the government of his entire flock has been committed by our Divine Redeemer—pro nounced, after a patient heanng of all the parties concerned, the irreversible decree of their condemnation. The short period of their ricketty existence has but too clearly lllus trated the justice of that decree. If you arc to know the tree by its fruit, we may well judge of the nature of that tree, one of the earliest fruits of which—perhaps the flat work of any pretension it has set forth—has been, like its parent stem, struck with the blighting anathema of Rome. In vain will you look for obedience to the church, reverence for its pastors, respect fir its canons, or a profound and heartfelt homage for its chief on t arth, among the fruit* of those colleges that are similar to those colleges that have already spread socialism, and infidelity, and anarchy, through Europe. On the contrary, do nut their defenders and their advocates generally remind us of the picture of St. Jude—" Clouds without water, which are earned about by winds; tree sof the autumn, unfruitful, twice dead; raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own confusion ; there arc murmurers, full of complaints, wanking according to their own desires, and their mouths peaketh proud things, admiring persons for gains' sake." As well might you ex pert that a tree struck by the lightning of Heaven would bloom with rigour, as that those institutions can ever recover or flourish under the anathemas by which they have been doomed. LONDON AND NORTH WESTEi.;.; RAILWAY.— Traffic for the week ending Feb. 16, 1851 : Passengers, par cels, earriAges, horses, and mails, ordinary, 21,4771.185. 4d.; extra-ordinary, 5721. Os. Od. : merchandise, 17,5881.106.111 ; cattle, 6951. 7s. 41.: total, 40,335/. ss. 7d. Correspond ing week, 1850, ZOOM. Os. N. Aggregate . 1850, 268,6t21. 73. 10d. ; 1861, 217,1311.6 x. 6d. PARTIES AND POLITICS. (From the Daily News.) THE state of parties is not a little singular. The whigs are numerically the strongest party in the House of Commons. Their chief stand s without a rival iu point of personal standing, influence, and experience; and they are in possession of power,—no trivial clement in the question. Yet the whigs arc confessedly - in danger of being left in a minority on an 7 evening that may be named. !heir naturul enemies, the protectionists, are of course eager to give battle on every salient point of their policy. Even on the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill it seems to be doubtful whether their love of ruling the state may . not prove stronger than their desire to promote the interests of the church, and whether, for ' sake of bringing the government to a dead-lock, they will not vote on the second or third reading against tho bill. A proposition is said to be under consideration among the tory cabinet that would be, to the effect that a strong resolution of both houses of Parliament would be sufficient, and might be adopted instead of a new statute. The proposal of the government is unquestionably not impervious in its texture; End the temptation is therefore great to those loud talking patrons of emphatic protestantism to coalesce with those whom they differ from on every con ceivable topic, in order to gain a majority over the whigs. They would have moreover the aid of a certain number of Peelites, who are known to enter tain strong objections to any measure of the kind prop:wed. Hut all this is full ten days off, and in a crisis people count by hours. The more urgent consideration that, to the exclusion of nearly all others, engrosses the thoughts of partisans of every shade is the vote to be taken on Friday night upon the renewal of the income tax. And here the confusion of parties seems to grow still more confounded. Neither the Peelites nor tho Irish are said to be unanimous on this point. Of tho former there are some, though, we believe, not many, who would fain make friends on the basis of a com promise of the question, with their old allies and associates, the country gentlemen ; and among rho representatives of the sister kingdom there are not a few who, however dissatisfied with other parts of the conduct of ministers, are not disposed to take any portion of lons Brt.t.'s peculiar burthen oft his obliging back. It is probable, theretbre. that of these two minor sections a considerable number will, for very different reasons, vote in flivour of the general proposition that the income tax must be onto more renewed. But what is not less to the purpcese, we suspect that the protectionists themselves have no mind to win this time. All their orators will undoubtedly come out vehemently against the injustice; and n comport array of squires, who are never trusted with the real intentions of their leaders, N% ill be found nutradmlled at midnight, ready to cheer any bitter reproach that may be east on the memory of PEEL. Hut we un dertake to say that the whole force of the party will not appear upon the field. Lord STANT.EY is a rash man; but he is not quite as young as he was some 20 year.; ago, and he comprehends very distinctly the enormous advantage it would be to him, sheath he come into power by anti bye, to have between tics and six millions of taxes secured for three years by his predeeessors. Whatever unpopularity its re enactment may bring, he is willing that his oppo nents should bear. On any other question we dare say Lord STANLEY would give the long-promised word, "Up, guards, and at them r lint nothing will persuade us that be really wishes to beat the whigs on this worst of all conceivable issues. For Lord STANLEY, like all other shrewd pen-ons, knows that the inevitable consequence of an adverse vote on next Friday night must be a dissolution. Lord Jonx might possibly fling the reins to Mr. DlituaEu to hold, until he should quietly get Mt the box ; but nobody fancies, that with the existiaos House of Commons, a protectionist charioteer eottla make a single stage. The income tax one tha own aside, duties upon articles of consumption would Ist come the only substitute, if public credit is to be securely maintained ; and a new set of customs or excise duties, it is perfectly clear that no man, or set of men, could persmide the existing parliament to grant. If, therefore, the whigs did not themselves dis solve, the tories would be compelled to do so lit fore six weeks ; and the result of a general election, occasioned by an attempt to reverse the policy of free imports, cannot be doulatsb For tin Se and other reasons: that we need not here enumerate, we are in credulous as to the sincerity of the pn,tertionkt threat of endeavouring to throw out the income tax as a whole. Their sincerity in wishing to claim thu merit of rendering its provisions in detail somewhat less oppressive and unjust we do not question: and in this legitimate exercise of their , power us an opposition we wish them success . W e have again and again pointed out the inequality and iniquity of the schedules which class life incomes und those which depend on professional exertion with the indolent usufniet of realised property. Sir Citairixs AVooD tells us that these schedules cannot be altered ; lint we want to know the reason why. And until in committee a better and jester arrangement is shown to be impracticable, the country will hold the CHANCELLOR of the ExenrcieEtt responsible kir wantonly and wilfully adhering to injustice which none can iu theory detisaL But there is another aspect of the question which the Home of Commons will have to determine to morrow night. How many ata Smith Ills , rids ore disposed to vote against the tax, or not to vote at all ? We have heard nmnes mimed ; but we more than doubt the accuracy of the rumour. We believe that the first great publia meeting that was called in any of the large towns to mushier thu merits of the two systems—that of PLEA. on the ono side, to which a tsrtiiii amount of direct taxation is indispensable,: and that of Lord STANLEY on the other, by which fifty millions a year are all to be raised be imposts on industry—we say the first great palie meeting in London, Birmingham, or Manchester would put an end to the matter fur the next ten years to Mille. And this is the true reason why every Whig, Peclite, or Radical of any political sagacity or reputation is sure to be found in the ranks of its maintainers. It is not that they like it, or that they would not gladly be rid of it, were that possible. But they see clearly that it is the price which, at least fur a season, they must pay for leave to work out the policy o f freo trade, and the condition on which they can grope for anything like a continuance of national tranquillity. Let the idea once get abroad that cheap food rs again in jeopard y , and that what the Times calls a go vernment o f gentlemen" is nut to be trusted, and who will say what the consequences may be ? There is but one safe way of getting rid of the income tax—namely, by a large reduction of expen diture. But neither whigs nor tones have any serious thoughts of attempting that. SPORTING. BETTLNO AT 3LINCLIESTEIL-TrtA).ty. --- - - LIVEIOYX/L SPU L CUP. 6 to 1 opt Panor. I 4 to i oast Catir.re. Nothing el-. 10te.5(.1. LIVERPOOL SIEEPLECILISE. sto I opt FlrJohn (t) to to I apt Marla Day (t) 11.0 to I Vats Hope (t) 112 to 1 liettr.tutpo• ,t) 10 to I AbeLel-Koder (t) 2.0 to I ILL f- il-tail (t) CII&TER LEP. 1310 1 &oat Ithestas 33 to 1 avd Knight of Avenel (t) 24 to 1 Haricot (I) .', ,to 1 titoxy (t) 32 to 1 Italout (7) 10 to I Strap (t) 111 to I Mostagoe (t) DI.IIBY. to t apt C rr don (t) eta I rnme Ministir lite I apt C mstetia9 IS to l Mariburoughbutkil) INTELLICICE EXTRA. 31;ETING, 18.11. Tla VILADAY.—SWEEP,TAKES of 200 born. each, 5.1. A.F. —Mr. Hassan'. Rtaaborough. 4 ynb, bat ?,b; lAdt..rd'4 Bar ciraux, 4 yrs, bit: JAW &auk y'a trirt. 6 pro, 7.t CLERICAL. PREFERMENTS. Rev. T. B. Coney (fica7ofFutl:loChurchl, to Danko.- bury Deanery Rural, diocese Gloucester and ilristol. Rev. W. Pigott, to Whaddon Vicarage, Burks; value, 1521., with ri,idenee ; patrou., New CollegeeOrford. Rev. It. Williams (Rector of Llanvyllin' ), to be t. Surro gate, diocese St. Asaph. VACANCIES. Bretle Rectory, Sussex, diocese Chichester; value, 1,0201., witlt red/knee ; patron, T. Frewen, Esq.; Rev. J. W. Maher, deceased. Pvttprri. ti. CURACY. WillteriWlLMC - E llll s , diocese Salisbury; value, 39/. ; patron, the Prebendary in Salsbury Cathedral; Roy. P. llarrisoo, deceased. CHAPLAINCT.—LaxIs talon. MTIKAND RAmw.t . r.—Return of traffic week end ing Feb. 16, 18.51, 19,69.5/. 34. Id. ; ditto, Feb. 17, 18.50, 19,5401. Ite. lid. Aggregate; iao, 132,0821. 16s. ; lan, 137,4371. 85. id. .4' Oa. $