The Express. — London, England, 1853-05-18 00:00:00

f3ce of the earth. De canful. Do not oppose. A special I.r . ;au:sties. u.sea is the asosail )car of Teen-tih, os such s month tact , a day. ne following couplet is appended to the above procla rlit.oe .• t armies hy thousands are preparing to ad r.o.cc on the mini of l'ekino. Asd our august monarch, once seated in the deep re of hie palace, will revive the days of Toon and ;t:ttart." ANOTHER PROCLAMATION. F ON TR!: VERNON'S TO WII , I Till 111.1. uiuf4 Pltu. .11‘1 tTION 16 •BCILIIILU. yanc-seu-te'hing, espeeialiy appointed general of the grand army engaged in sweeping away the Tartan, and ...tel.:a-hit% the new dynasty, issues this second protium. eut . 1, the general, in obedience to the royal commands, ban rut in tuition the troops for the punishment of the op. ri,eir. mail in every place to which I have come the enemy. at the first report, have dispersed like scattered reditu.n. As soon as a city has been captured I have put to death the rapacious mandarins and corrupt magistrates therein, but have net injured a single individual of the people, so that all of you may take care of your families, and attend to your business, without alum and trepidatiins. 1 have &needy issued proclamations to this effect, with which I presume you are ae qemMted. I have heard, however, that throughout the villages there are numbers of lawless vagabonds, who, previous to the arrival of our troops, take advantage of the data/bad state of the country, to defile urea's wives and clatoghters, end plunder or burn the property of honest peo ple. I, the tienerel, have already apprehended some of thew. and decapitated about a mere or them; now, because their localities are somewhat removed from the provincial capital (Dean-hwuy), these persons flatter themselves that 1, tho Ueseral, am not aware of their proceedings, whichfis eery much to be detested; I have, therefore, sent a great ctlicer. named Yuen, as a special messenger, with some buielrede of soldiers, to go through the villages, and as eine as he finds any of these vagabonds, he is commis sioned forthwith to dempitate them ; while the honest iababinuits have nothing more to do than to stick up the word Shan, obedient, over their doors, and then they have nothing to (ear. I would wish to ask those of you who have given of your money, and aided with your provisions (the former government), in order to purchase titles and orlicial dignities, what is the glory of sects distinctions? And even those literary honours welch the Manehow robbers have conferred at the literary exami nation, of what use are they ? I, and my followers, are all subjects of the great Chinese empire, and students of the books handed down by the great sages of antiquity, how turn could we stoop to receive rank and emolument from these Msean-e, itlenchow barbarians. Do .you, there fore, each one throw away the diplomas which you have received, sod deceive yourselves no longer with them. At WO as I have taken Nanking, I will consult about ar rangements for the literary examinations, and after having weighed the merits of the respective candidates, I will whet the most worthy scholars, and settle the degrees of literary rank to which they are entitled. With regard to the temples and monasteries, which belong to the priests of Buddha sod Tann, together with the property possessed by the brothels and gambling houses, it is much better that it should be distributed among the poor people of the vil lages. At present we are seizing the priests of Buddha and Tama throughout the country end putting them to death, and we are inquirieg into those who have teen fore most in the building and repair of the Buddhist temples, that we may have them apprehended likewise. When I, the general, have led &tweed my troops to the destruction of the Manchows, I will deliberate further shout the exa mination, in which everything stall be re-arranged according to the original cu.toms of the Chinese. Should any dis obey our injunctions, as soon ea our grand army arrives, we will not leave them a dog or a fowl remaining. A special proclamation. Copied at Ning-kwo-faro (let 31.2 N., lon. 118.40), about 130 miles west of Simoglaae, and WO miles south of Nanking. ARRIVAL OF THE SIMOOM. (BY ELLLTKIC TZLIOILAPII.) (iltosll OVA OWN COARIIISPONDINT.) PORTSMOUTH, WIDNISDAT Moasixo. Iler 'iajesty's troop ship Simoom has arrived this morning from Halifax, North America, with the 97th regiment on board. VOt eouti. OSBORNE, T C VADAT. The Queen, accompanied by Prince Alfred, Prin cess Alice, and Prince Arthur, and attended by the Mar chioness of Ely and the lion. Mary Bulteel, drove out yes terday afternoon. Prince Albert rode on horseback with the Prince of Wales sad the Princess Royal. Colonel the lion. C. Grey was in attendance on horseback. Sir James Graham arrived from London yesterday on a visit, and had the honour of dining with her Majesty. The Countess di Nenilly and the Duke and Duchess de Nemours 'Wired the Duchess of Kent yesterday at her 'wi dener, Clarence-house, St. James's. The Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlolut, and attended by Lady Anna Maria Lawson, visited the Ductless of Gloucester, a Mends, evening, at Gloucester-bouse, Piccadilly. The Duchess of Glo.icester visited the Duch.. of Kent yesterday at Clarence.kouse. The Duchess of Kent, aceampanled by the Duke and Duchess de Nemours and the Princess Adelaide of Holten lobe, and attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Sir George Cooper , and Lieut.-Col. F. Seymour, honoured this Maya! Italian Opera with her presence last evening. Mr. Peyton had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday at his atheist residence in Downing-street. Despatches were received at the Colonial-odice yesterday fcorn the Governor of the Falkland Islands. THE PLYMOUTH DOCKS. PLTIIorTE, MAT 17. Three of the caissons constructed by Messrs. Griesell, of London, for closing the basins and docks in the new gommment steam-yard at Keyhma were floated into their respective positions this day. They an found to rower admirably. PLYMOUTH ELECTION. Mr. Braine met the electurs in the Freemamoni Hall. The eluting was unanimous is his favour. It is said that GOO electors have signed the requisition to him. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEJL The Amid report is as follows :—The mortality of Landon lost week wu considerably higher than is mat in the aides d May, but it exhibits a reduction as sea= with tad d the precediog week. The numbers of la the last three weeks were 1,089, 1,160, sad r i ,t 6ll. ll 4 be masa temperatures is the same times were 42.6 dig.. 47.1 &at" mad 45 - .3 deg. The depression of tempera- Imo at the old darn was followed by an increase of mor tniky at die beglaalag of May. Ike ton weeks, corresponding to the week that ended hot Ilstnalas„ of the yews 1443-52 the average number of haft woo nd, :a s tir rommetion for ioarease of pa. polities. lama 1 . Imo the 1,099 deaths of last week eau& the among by 72. Oa refocuses to du table of MA diseases, a Maimed*m of greater or lam aneonnt will Ito men ander inset of those heads that Natgllado the toque poopostisas Is the weekly sum. Typhon' tam ma onospdkra, foe die dodo this this disuse base dun this 41 in Nob of the SIM know weeks to 71 la the hat Pus lisoln~wiso the mortality is high, sad doss sot show otash - to subside ; it wet fetal to a &Wren. Last week the births of 870 bops god MIS girls, in all 1,676 ahadosa, were registered to Loodea. The straw number 1a the eight corresponding weeks of the years 1846- 62 was 1 At the legal Observatory, Greenwich, the mew height of the bagamuar in the week was 29.760 in. The mean temperate's* d the week was 45.3 deg., which 158.6 deg. below du 1111111101 of the same week in 38 years. The mean daily Issagersture was below the avenge en *very day of the week, and this depression amounted to 12 deg., 10 deg., end 9 deg. on the first three days. The sir be came gradually warmer, and on Batorday the mean was 51 deg. The mean difference between the dew point tem. water* and air temperature wee 7.9 deg. ; the greatest difference was 17.4 deg. on Thursday; the least was 2.1 deg. oaths tans day. THE LATE MR. GEORGE PALMER, FORMERLY M.P. 7011 SOUTH Easax.—This much respected gentleman died, after • short illness, oa the 12th inst., at his seat, Easing Park. Mr. Palmer had represented South Essex in parliament successively from 183.5 to 1847, when, on ac count of advanced age and increasing infirmities, be TS- ' signed his seat, much to the regret of his constituent'. He will long be remembered as chairman of several select com mittees an shipwrecks in tho House of Commons, for his exertions to lessen the causes of disasters at sea, and to improve the qualifications of our merchant seamen. Mr. Palmer was the inventor of a valuable plan of life boat, which, uuder the auspices of the Royal Ns- Hanel Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck, has been the means of saving some hundreds of shipwrecked persons on our coasts, and for which be was, a few weeks before his lamented death. presented with the gold medallion of the society. He had also been the deputy-chairman of the institution for more than • quarter of • century. Mr. Palmer had been in his earlier years extensively engaged as a merchant and ship owner in the City of London. He always exercised great caution in providing his ships with every means necessary for the preservation of life in cases of accidents. He had for many years past supyorted, at his own expense, a corps of yeomanry, which we believe will be continued by his son and heir, Major Palmer. Mr. l'almer was in his eighty fourth year when he died, and was the elder brother of Mr. Horaley Palmer, the ex-mentor et the Dank of Ragland. FINE ARTS. SALE OF LOUPE PHILIPPE'S GALLERY OF SPANISH PIC IVRES. The third and last portion of the Spanish pictures of Louis Philippe are now on %kw, and will be put up for sale on Frid iy and Saturday next. The artists represented in this remainder of a most interesting collection are Bayen y Subias, Bocanegra, Itoelas, Rai', L Valdez, A. Vargas, Goya, Burma°, Bcllini, Campana, Caravaggio, Carducho, Correa, Collantce, Cordoba, J. Gomez, S. Gomez, Gomez de Valencia, P. Orrente, Navaretti, Zurbaran, A. Cano, Carmona, Cieza, Coello, Velazquez da Silva, Ribera, Bosco, Gaspar Crayer, Alfaro y Gomez, Antolinez y Sa vable, A. del Arco, Ayala, L Giordano, Guido, F. Herrera, Valdez Leal, Pateda, Pareyra, Perez, Po bnco, Prado, Nluraks, Moreno, Cerezo, Cespedes, and Charavito. PEACE SOCIETY. Last night the 37th anniversary of this society was held in Finsbury Chapel. In the absence of Mr. Hiudley. M.l'., the chair was taken by HENRY PIPIE, Eel. The meetiad was very numerously attended. Amongst those present were Mr. Sturge, of Dirminstam ; Rev. Professor Stowe, Bev. J. Sherman, (ter. J. Burnet, Mr. Ward (Montreal). Mr. J. Dell, M.P., Mr. A. l'sllatt, M.P., Mr. Alderman Wire, Mr. S. Gurney, Re. The CRAIRX.I.N, in opealeg the business of the meeting, said that the society was founded in 1815, under the title of the London Peace: Society, and of late considerable in terest had been attracted to the question by gentlemen who did not belong to it. This was encouraging, became, it showed that the Christian and philan•hropie views of its founders were beginning to be appreciated. (Hear, bear.) It was not merely that war abstracted from industry a great number of men who might be employed for the advantage of their fellow-men, but that they were trained for pur poses most opposed to the progress of mankind. If soldiers had been trained to become the messengers of Chris tianity and the pioneers of civilisation, the face of the world would be transformed in an incredibly short space of time. (Hear, hear.) The Rev. Mr. Rico nos gave a digest of the report which had been presented to the society at the morning meeting. The last annual report stated that the society had been making efforts to prevent the Militia Bill from passing into a law. In this object they were unsuccessful, as the bill was carried by a majority of 72. After the bill became law, however, the society, learning that efforts were making to induce young men to enter the militia, circu lated handbills and placards, showing that enlistment was voluntary, and that those who entered the militia would be subject to the lash. This they did by pictorial represente d me ' and great complaint* trope in consequence. Lord )Derby'sy's government instituted prosecutions against the parties who made these placards public. About 60 gentle men signed a letter to the Home-office, stating that they felt it to be their duty, in the name of the Peace Society, to assume the responsibility of these acts. They believed then, and they believe now, that they had not ex ceeded the limits of free discussion. The result showed • that they were right, for they understood that Lord Derby's government, before leaving office, re solved to abandon the prosecutior, and the affair ended merely by saying that the Peace Society were a set of ami able fanatics, who were far too good to live upon this earth. (Laughter.) The society had steadily persevered in spreads leg abroad peace principles by means of lectures, tracts, and public meetings. Previous to the last general election the evil effects of the war system and the war spirit had been promulgated far and wide amongst the electors and people of this country. Amongst other things it was shown that more than half the members of the late House of Commons were either officers of the army or navy or directly con nected with them. What the relative composition of the present House of Commons was they had not time to exa mine; but this they did know, that many old members had lost their seats in consequence of their votes on the militia ' question, and he believed that, a large increase of votes would be found in favour of Mr. Cobden's mo tion on the subject of arbitration. After referring to the Kaffir war, which had been steadily opposed by the society, the report alluded to the Burmese war, the object of which was condemned as alike trifling and iniquit ous. Mr. Cobden had given notice that he would bring the question of the annexation of Pegu before parliament next month, and at a period when the renewal of the East India charter was under consideration, a more important question could scarcely be discussed within the walls of the House of Commons. Another point taken up by the so ciety was the war panic, which they opposed in every way. They called a meeting in connezion with this subject in Manchester, and in despite of the hostility of almost the whole of the Loudon press nine hundred gentlemen an swered to the appeal made to them ; they succeeded in • effecting a marked and immediate impression on the public mind by the timely publication of Mr. Cobden's masterly pamph:et. (Hear, hear.) After explaining the distinction between the Peace Congress and the Peace Society, the report stated that a junction had been formed between them, and they resolved to raise 10,0001, of which 8,0001. had been already subscribed, and they entertained no doubt of raising the remainder very shortly. The society had offered prism of 2501. and 1001. for the two best essays that should be written on the evils of war and the war system. The society bad also appointed a deputation to the Earl of Aberdeen, who received them most cordially, and told them that he had nothing so much at heart as the promo tion of peace. They might calculate, therefore, on the support of the head of the present administration. la America the principle of arbitration bad been recognised in a most able state paper, and a deputation had been named to wait on Lord Clarendon, with the view of urging upon him the propriety of inserting an arbitration clause in all public treaties between this and other countries. On the whole, the I...eiety believed that it was making real and substantial progress. The very violent* of the abuse to which they were subjected was a proof of this. And in future, as in the past, they would continue to oppose war in all its shapes as contrary to the true spirit of Chris tianity. (Cheers) The Rev. C. Stovnt moved the first resolution, to the effect that war was opposed to the essential spirit of Chris tianity and had inflicted many evils on the world. Mr. BeitCLLY Fox, of Falmouth, seconded the resolu tion. . . . With such an array of names it must be rather surprising, to those who do not knon something of the history and conditions of development of the, Spanish school, to find how little variety there is in the subjects and treatment of this large assemblage of paintings. A large maidri'y of them are simple and certainly for the most part powerful illustra tions of the bad physical results of over-fasting and long vigils upon the appearance of the human animal. If this be to paint religion, certainly no be holder of these pictures will dissent from F. Schlegel's praises of the enthusiastically religious character of the Spanish school. But we trust that many of our readers have availed themselves, and will yet avail themselves, of the preselit opportunity of forming a just opinion upon the subject for them selves. 'their couclusion, we think, must be that Spanish painting sins religious more iii form and from obligation than from merit and in essence. In no modern nation has art been so much bound down to conventional laws as in Spain. Forbidden to paint from the nude, and having the notion instilled into them from the earliest years that female beauty was a work of the Devil, little was left for the Spa nish painters to do besides the representation of well draped monks and friars fasting and praying with all their might against their own dangers from the said work of the Devil. Beauty of any kind was rarely an object with any of the very early schools of art; but it seems to have been the absolute antipathy of the early Spanish painters. What they did, how ever, they did for the most pert truthfully enough ; and, had they done nothing else, we should have mason to thank them fur having perpetuated upon canvas the religion of the cowl and the cloister with a self-evident faithfulness and a predominant hide ousness sufficient to prevent the world from ever again falling into Mat syle of godliness. In the present collection there are a great number of good pictures, but few great ones. No. 347, by L. Valdez, is "The Infant Jesus on the knees of the Virgin, in the uniform of a captain-general." A painting affording a curious proof of how a serious meaning would sanctify a ludicrous symbol, in the eyes of the Spanish artists. No. 339 is a portrait of Don Alvaro of Bazan, by Caravaggio. No. 419, "An allegorical subject," by Bosco, is a very extra ordinary work. This painter, who in his usual style out-Fuselis Fuseli, has in thi s work attained an alti tude of the grotesque and incongruous which we should really and truly have supposed, before seeing 'this picture, to be a sheer impossibility to the human mind. It would be vain to attempt a description of a work containing several hundreds of figures, each one of which has its independent and inconceivable grotesqueness. We confess that a good long gaze upon this wonderful performance did not enable us to catch a glimpse of the allegory or the hundred allegories which it may contain, and which must be understood before the tainting can be regarded with other than the confusion of spirit with which we sometimes awake from a chaotic night-mare. The drawing of many of the figures is extremely good for the date of the work. Bosco painted in the latter half of the fifteenth century; and assuredly there were not at that time many artists who could have surpassed him in some of the details of this picture. We should like to see this work in our national collection. Bosco, though not much heard of here, is made much of in Spain, and several of his pictures are prized as among the gems of the Escarial. The only objection to its being placed in our present gallery is, that no one of the rooms is large enough to hold the mob of gazers, who, in seasons like the present, would be attracted by its infinite fun, mystery, and astounding extravagance. No. 432. "St. James," by Guido, has enough in it to justify its being attributed to that master, but little more can be said of it. No. 407, St. John, by Velazquez di Silva, is a good picture, but in a very bad condition. No. 409, "St. Joseph," by Ribera, is a very fine half length of the saint. The force of the painting is scarcely inferior to that of ltembran dt, and the character of the head is good, which is more than can be said of moat Spanish saints. No 414, " Si. Peter in Tears," a half length by the same artist, is also very good. 415 and 416 arc two large paintings by Zurbaran from "The Legend of the Bell." A hasty glance gave us the notion that they were very poor affairs. Nos. 449 to 463, by Zurbaran, are a series of " Mis sionaries," all more or lees characteristic and merit°. zing. They afford excellent examples of the finely tats aged white monastic draperies for which Zur bona is famous. They are all small pictures, but by the masterly way in which this element of effect is boiled, they affect us with an almost colossal ma- No. 463, " The Assumption of the Magda by Ribero, contains a lot of powerfully plated, but disgusting - looking angels. The Magdalen hereself is more pleasing. No. 469 is " The Carrying of the Cross," by Morale', and the catalogue tells us that the head of the Saviour is "full of divine character," which, however, we failed to discover. The finish is very high, and the , convulsed grasp of the hands upon the crushing I weight of the cross is powerfully given. 470, "The I Virgin supporting the body of Christ," is as painful a picture as the artist, the same Morales, probably I intended it to be. 490, " St. Isidore the Ploughman, by Velazquez di Silva, is a powerful but hideous work. We would recommend the bead of ;the saint as a study for that of any extraordinarily remorseless villain for whom our young artists may find them selves at a loss for a model. The last nine pictures in the catalogue are called Murillos, and concerning some of them there can be no doubt whatever. We do not believe that 494," St. Francis carrying the Cross," is a Murillo. The next, however, from thesame subject, has a decided air of authenticity, although the ex pression of it is above that master's low average of dignity. No. 497, "St. Bonaventura writing his Memoirs after his death," is a striking execution of a poor, though piquant idea. The ghastly figure, with the expression of living death finely depicted on its face, is trying to remember the events it is engaged in chronicling. No. 498, "St. Thomas de Villanera; is, as the catalogue states, " a very masterly study." No. 499, " St. Felix, of Cantalins, is fine, but there is not sufficient matter in it for the grait surface of canvas. The saint, like all Murillo's children, is good. Children, however common, are seldom vul gar ; but Murillo should have spared St. Catherine, if he was unable to obtain a better model for her than the gross creature is No. 501. Professor STOWE, in supporting the resolution, observed that, though the world had been cursed by Ood for man's apostasy, yet the evils of mankind arose from their own choosing. If mankind would only abstain from war, drunkenness, and slavery, by far the greater part of the ills that afflicted mankind would be put an end to for ever. (Hear, hear.) In America they had the advantage over England in respeet to temperance. England had the ad- vantage in respect to slavery, and both were rowing pretty much in the same boat in reference to war. There could Ibe no doubt that all the argument was on the side of those who were iu favour of peace, temperance, and liberty. Every one allowed that this was so as between individual andindividual, and it was a blasphemy against Ood to maintain that the same was not true between nation and nation. (Hear, hear.) The more he looked into the New Testament, daemons he found in it a spirit of peace, of freedom ' and of temperauoe ; and if mankind only followed that spirit they would have no slavery, no drunkenness, and no war. (Hear, hear.) The resolution was put and adopted unanimously. Mr. S. GTIENZT moved the next resolution, to the effect that the meeting viewed with regret the opprobrious language used by a portion of the British press towards the French government, as calculated to rekindle ancient ani mosities between the people of the two countries. He thought that every friend of peace must regret the feeling which had at one time existed in this metropolis, against not merely the ruler, but the people of France—a feeling which prevailed to • fearful extent, and was unhappily fostered by the public press in the country. (Hear, hear.) It was in some degree to meet that feeling that a deputation of London merchants had gone over to France to present a peace address to the Emperor of the French, signed by 4,000 of the inhabitants of this metropolis. He had no doubt whatever that this step which had been much impugned in some quarters, had been productive of happy results. (Hear, hear,) He had no doubt that it very much tended to allay the irritation which existed on both sides of the Channel—en irritation which was ;cT strong at one time that the Emperor of the French declared he could not answer for the result. It had been said that the deputation acted illegally in pre seating that address; but he had yet to learn that an ad- dress preeented by a portion of the people of one country to the ruler of another for the promotion of peace was illegal or unlawful. (Hear, hear.) The Earl of Ellenborough had declared in the Hones of Lords that he viewed their conduct with disgus t . Bat the meeting ought to know that it was the Earl o Ellenborough who had devastated India, and that for this very reason he had not been permitted to remain in that post (Cheers.) He would fearlessly leave it to ;the people of England to decide whether the conduct of the Earl of Ellenborough, or that of those who had I presented the address to the Emperor of the French, was the most disgusting. (Cheers.) The Rev. W. 0. CONDAR, of Leeds, seconded the mo tion, which was supported by other gentlemen, and carried unanimously. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the pro ceedings. A RELIC OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. We read in Oalignani. M. Fockedey, the only one of the deputies of the Nord to the Convention, wise voted against the death of Louis XVI., has just died in the commune of Idarcq-en-Barmul, near Lille, at the age of 91. lie was president of the general assembly of the else tors of the Nord, which met on the 4th of September, 1792, at Quemoy. to 'end twelve deputies to the National Car anima. The meeting was held in the Old Church, and ft had e&y been just opened when the Jacobins of the plane mitered in a body to destroy the tomb of the Count de Flandre, under pretext of taking the lead to cast balls. IL Fockedey rose, and amidst the cries of those dope. dean appealed to public feeling, and eventually compelled dim to retire. The honest electors rewarded him tat his courage by choosing him their representative Is the Convention. When the trial of Louis XVI. nun sa, M. Fockedey delivered en energetic speech frem the tribune, one phrase of which raised a tempest against his. "The Convention," he said, "represents rather an arena of gladiators than a meeting of legislators, and if the as sembled nation could be present at our deliberations, It would drive us out with whips." When the Vale was come to, M. Fockedey ascended the tribune amidst tM imprecations and under the very poignards of the masa culottes, and voted against the death of the King, after- wards for an appeal to the people, and lastly for delaying execution of the sentence. This was like pronouncing his own death warrant, and M. Fockedey, with all the royalist minority, amounting in number to more than 200, ware about to be put to death in the very place, they having been summoned to hold an extraordinary aitti% fa the evening, when Beurnonville, the Minister of War, succeeded in saving them from the trap which was laid for them. At the end of the year, exhausted with fatigue and grief, 11. Fockedey resigned his post, and returned to Dunkirk, where fresh dangen assailed him. " Tremble," said the electors of the Nord to their deputies, "if you have all laboured for the salvation of the people—tremble to ram to your country, for we have sworn to punish all traitors." He was d by the revolutionary committee of Dula kirk, and after being detained in prison for a month, be was about to be removed to Arras, to be tried by the sea , guinary Lebon, when, on the eye of his departure, the arrival of the representative Isere, on a mission in the Nord, saved him as if by a miracle. MARRIAGE UNDER DIFFICULTIES. i Mesa Punch.) The ceremony of marriage seems to be getting ' more di ffi cult than it used to be ; for we seldom find that it can be performed in these days by one clergyman, with out his being "waisted" by another. A recant advertise- meat seems to show a rather unusual amount of difficulty in tying a nuptial knot, which might have been a porter's knot, to Judge by . the quantity of parson Tower employed, ' in bearing the weight of it. We mo ve the advertisement— merely omitting the names—thou we shall perhaps offend ' the parties by suppressing what they have been so ready to publish. .. On the 15th inst., at St. Mathew's, Brixton, by the Rev. —, assisted by the Rev. and the Rev. —, the Rev. —, of St. Peter's College, Cambridge, chaplain of , to Eliza, youngest daughter of —." Here arc three reverend gentlemen engaged in the task of uniting in matrimony a solitary couple—a fact that offers to the ill natured the temptation to remark that the young lady must have been rather difficult to get off, since it took no less than three clergymen to marry her. As the price of advertisements is about to be reduced, we shall expect to see the names of the clerks, sextons, I beadles, pew openers, and others included as " assisting " the person by whom the marriage ceremony is performed ; and indeed there are frequently so many names brought in to the announcement of a marriage, that we often give the lady to one of the two or three reverends concerned in the affair, instead of to the bridegroom. We constantly ex perience great difficulty in sorting the couple really mar ried ; and when the underlings are dragged in, as wt expect they speedily will be, we shall now and then, b.; mistake, find ourselves congratulating a young lady of our acquaint ance on her marriage with the beadle, or some other " party" named lat the nuptial astaesaotatent. GLASGOW AND BOUTII-WESTERN RAILWAY. — Traffic for the week ending May 14,1853:-I'awengere, dm., 4,622/. 10a. Od. Corresponding week last year, 4,1141.18 x. 44. luaus, 4771.105. bd. TIIE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING MAY 18, 1853. PROPOSED NEW MERCANTILE AND MARITIME COLLEGE FOB LONDON. A public meeting was held yesterday alt the London T to consider the desirableness and Dist means of establishing a mercantile and maritime coll.-p p and was very fully attended. In the absence of the Lord Mayor from indisposition, the Earl of HABILOWDV was called to the chair. Mr. ANDIII.3O:f read a report of the proceedings of • committee which has been formed to carry out the establishment of a Mereentile and Maritime Col lege, of which the following is the substance : It stated " that much interest had been long felt among the mercantile classes in the reform of our commercial laws, and a spirit of inquiry into the principl, which govern commercial law awakened ; and a great want had been felt of an institution where the knowledge of these and other branches of education might be within the reach of the classes whose interests were affected. Referring to the growth of our mercantile ma rine, it was urged, that its success depended on the intelli gence and moral character of those in whose charge it was placed, and that competition with other countries rendered it necessary to raise the standard of information, the tone, ' and habits of seafaring men. In connexion with this, the necessity of • trade museum was urged ; the formation of which was suggested to the merchants of the City of Lon don by the Commissioners of the Great Exhibition, and which should contain specimens and samples, and the means of acquiring statistical and commercial information. It stated that no comprehensive library of reference on the subjects of commerce, banking, &c., now existed in the City of London ; and that watt ought to be supplied. Those were the causes which prompted a few individuals to form themselves into a committee, to consider in what manner the establishment of a mercantile and maritime college could be accomplished ; and with this view they had prepared a statement which had been widely circulated, and the object in question was found to be one universally desirable and worthy of support. Before founding • new institution attention had been directed to Gresham College, which wu now in existence, and it was thought desirable to consider how far the trustees would be induced to enlarge its opera tions. That was the object of this meeting. Gresham Col lege was ence the seat of learnieg and the liberal arts, and the cradle of the Royal Society , which originally had there • library of 2,000 vo lumes, besides • repository of instru ments, books, etc., but which had long been transferred to another place. The college had at length bean levelled to the ground by the authority of an met of the legislature, in consideration of the payment of a ground-rent of 8001. • year, the trustees contributing 13001. to the demolition. I Another small building had been since erected in Gresham street, where occasional lectures were delivered. It was hoped that the result of this meeting would be the formation of an institution worthy of the City of London and of Sir Thos. (heehaw, and placed under such management as was thought best for the promotion of its objects. The govern ment had obtained • site in the centre of the City at a small groundmento and it was thought that was a claim for its liberal assistance towards the foundation and support of an institution intended to raise the standard of education among the officers of our mercantile marine. It was hoped that the enlightened part of the Common Council and the Mer cer's Company would be induced to appoint a committee of inquiry into the whole matter, and see how they could best co-operate for the attainment of the object in view." Mr. THOMBON Hs-utsr, jun., moved the first resolu tion, to the effeet—" That the importance of the City of London as the focus of the mercantile interests of the em pire, and the nursery of the largest mercantile marine in the world, demands that it should possess among its other institutions a Mercantile and Maritime College, which may supply sound and extensive information on all branches of practise' science, and afford the means of acquiring a know ledge of the principles which govern the various relations of commerce." Mr. F. Mumma., M.P. for Limerick, seconded the reso lution, which was agreed to. Mr.W. CRAWFOIII) moved "That such a college should also possess a trade museum, to contain samples of produce and manufactures, chart% and models, a reposiun, of sta tistical general mercantile and legal information from all countries, and a commercial banking and scientific library." Mr. A. GILLISPIE seconded the resolution, which wan also adopted. Mr. Ouvalas, M.P., moved that a committee be formed for carrying out the above objects, to consist, together with many others, of the Earl of Harrowby, Mr. Thomson Hankey, F. Russell, Esq., M.P., Baron Rothschild, M.P., B. Oliveira, Req., M.P., A. Gillespie, Esq.. J. Dillon, Esq., J. W. Gilbert, Esq., F. Bennoch, Esq., W. Crawford, Esq , S. Morley, Esq., H. A. Matheson, Esq., J. G. Hubbard, Eiq., W. Hawes; Bag , Alderman Wire, sta. He alluded to the fact, that on the day before, the Excise-odic., the former site of Gresham College, bad been sold for a sum of 108,0901. He believed, however, that the putchaser, Mr. Tite, would be inclined to cooperate in the objects of this meeting, and it was poesible that the institution might have any building attached to it on the original site of Gresham College. Mr. ROBBILToUN seconded the resolution, which was car ried unanimously. It was also resolved—" That the committee be recom mended to take into consideration how., far Gresham Col lege, or any other similar institution in the City, may, by a proper adaptation to the requirements of the present time, serve as the basis of the Mercantile and Marine College." ELECTION EXPOSURES. CANTERBURY BRIBERY COMMISSION. CANTERBURY, M. 17. I Yesterday the commissioners re-assembled at the Guildhall. The inquiry, as may be supposed , continues to excite • great degree of interest here and in the vicinity. Mr. Plumptre Crippo, one of the unseated members, was the first witness examined. He stated that he was returned at the last election, but was unseated on petition. He and his family bad been long connected with the city. Was a candidate in 1837 with Mr. Bradshaw, and an averment was made whereby Mr. Bradshaw was to pay 1,000/. end le (Mr. Crippe) 500/. They had • joint committee, and wit ness was to be the winning candidate if only one was to come in. It was a very near contest, and the committee put Mr. Bradshaw ahead of witness by a few votes, although witness had been previously ahead of Mr. Bradshaw. At that time he was not so intimately acquainted with the way in which elections at Canterbury were managed. In 1817 he was again a candidate with Lord Albert Conyughavn, and his (witness's) canvass for three days vest him 3001. In 1852 he came forward again, and provided 8001., and at the end of November 250/. more, irrespective of the expense of defending his seat, which cost him 1,8501. He gave the 800/. to Mr. Burr, 2.501. to Mr. Kingsford, but had not had any account rendered him of the mode in which it was expended. Had heard that a large portion of it was expended in colour tickets. Did not know if any of the funds he provided were given in direct money-payments to voters. Did not ark for any accounts. Went abroad immediately after, and did not re turn until the session began. The 300/. spent during the three days' canvass was, he understood, spent partly in the payment of old outstanding registration and other accounts, and a candidate for Canterbury was generally expected to clear those accounts. Was promised pecuniary help at the last election by political friends, and they had a similar fund to that of the opposite party. Mr. Anstey—Who was the manager of that fund? Mr. Cripps—Mr. Forbes Mackenzie. Did Mr. Forbes Mackenzie promise you a sum of 5001.? —He did. And he has not paid it ?—Yes, ha has. I expended it in my own name at the time of the election, and was after wards paid back the 5041. Have you any knowledge out of what resources that sum was pai d?—No, I have not. I believe there is such a fund on both sides. I did not contribute to that fund, but the money was paid Into my bankers, the Commercial Dank, after the election, when I was abroad. . Mr. Richard Filcher, steward to the Marquis of Conycg ham, examined—Was steward to the estate of the marquis at Byrons, and had taken an interest in the elections for Canterbury since 1830. when the marquis became possessed of it. The expense of the election in 1835, when Lord Conyngham and Mr. Villiers were returned, was, on the part of Lord Conyngham, including a six weeks' canvass 1,4001. Mr. Vilders paid 1221. for colour men's tickets, and a total of 3201. was paid by Mr. Birch for colour men's tickets. The election in 1847, when the candidates were' Conyngham, Villiers, Bradshaw, and Gipps, cost 1,2121. Lord Conyngham paid 7211. He concluded the remainder was paid by Villiers. There was 458/. left un paid. Witness suspected there was improper expenditure at that election, and that both parties bad recourse to their old tricks of bribing. Witness on that occasion remem bered being called on to see Mr. Masters in a mysterious way and to paying him 251., but he did not know what for. At the election in 1862 Sir Wm. Somerville, son-in-law to the Marchioness of Conyngham, was a candidate. Witness waited on Sir William at the Fountain, and told him he was prepared to render him every assistance. He informed him that the opposite party were having recourse to their old practices of colour tickets. On that occasion Sir Wm. Somerville said, "Filcher, I will lose my election before I will do these acts of bribery—it was giving messengers' tickets that lost Mr. Strutt his seat for Derby . " (Laughter.) Mr. Anstey—Do you know if any sum of money was found by the Marchioness of Conyngham for the expenses lof Lord Clinton's election ? Mr. Filcher—Certainly not; such a thing could never enter the head of man. It is absurd. Mr. John Brent and Mr. Alfred Sevin were exa mined with reference to the system of coloured tickets. Maurice Saunders, relieving officer to the Canterbury cor poration, said—He was entrusted with money by Rutter, in 1847, to be employed for the purpose of direct bribery. At that election he bribed Beer with 51., Phillips with 34, Dyson with 21., and Wood with 31. Mr. Pont deposed to having been employed as treasurer at the election in 1847, and stated that one Bennett had 40W. and Smithson 3001., •and that with it they bought the votes of a large number of voters. Both of them had left Canterbury since. The money was paid into his account under the soubriquet of " Brown," and two or three days before the last election a gentleman came to his house and said he had a parcel for him for the purpose of the election. He said his name wu Arbuthnot, and witness afterwards found he was a clerk to Mr. Gipps, banker, in London. The parcel contained three begs, with 100 sovereigns in each. Witness saw Mr. Butler Johnstone is London after this, and he gave him 7001., and witness received in all 1,7001. At the last election there was direct money bri bery as well as bribery by colour tickets. Witness had from prudential motives destroyed all accounts after notice was given to the Howie of Commons that there would be a petition. A person named Edmonds " managed," or, in other words, "bribed" the Whitstable voters with 701. or 804 A man named Smith bad for many years the ma nagement of the colour tickets. Thought there was as much dirty work done on one side as the other. After some further evidence the proceedings were ad journed till this a:y: ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL, PADDINGTON. The annual meeting of the governors and sub scribers of this valuable charity was held yesterday, at Use Board-room, the president, Earl Maxvxus , in the chair. An exceedingly voluminous report was laid before the meeting, the extracts which were read from it alone occu pying nearly three-quarters of an hour. The document (which has been printed) commences with a complete nar rative of the institution's progress from its first conception in 1841, to the laying of the first stone by Prince Albert on the 28th of June, 1848, its partial opening on the 13th of June, 1851, and its subsequent history. What may more properly be called the report for last year states the reasons which had made it desirable to render the partial opening a complete one, and to ir.creue the accommodation from 50 to 160 beds. The immediate result was the occupation of about 112 of them, but latterly the whole number bad been taken up, and in seasons of increased general sickness it had been found necessary to employ a few extra beds. The pro gress of the institution had been completely satisfac tory; but a sum of about 7,0001. was still re quired to complete various important designs. The principal of these was to enable the authorities of the hospital to establish a medical school on the collegiate plan, and to procure by that means the full recognition of the institution as one of the metropolitan schools of medicine, to erect a chapel and a dead-house, and to procure a charter of incorporation. The total number of cases treated during the year 1852 had been 6,541, consisting of: In-patients discharged during the year, 1,122 ; surgical cases (particu lars not ascertained), 2 ; patients remaining in the hospital on the night of December 31,140 ; total in-patients treated, 1,264. Out-patients admitted by letters of governors, 42c., 3,375; out-patients treated as casual cases without letters, 1,692 ; total out-patients, 5,067. Poor married women attended in their confinements at their own homes, 210. The number of cases treated since the opening of the insti tution had been 8,529-namely, 1,673 in-patients, 6,604 out patients, and 351 women attended in their confinements. The receipts during the year had been-for the building fend, 2,4361. ss. Bd. ; furnishing fund, 9371. 45.; general maintenance fund, 3,1541. 6s. sd. ; maternity fund, 1211.2 a.; convalescent fund, 151. 10s. ; chaplain endowment fund, 1,0481. 10s. ; ditto dividend on investment, 15!. 13s. 6d. ; on account of the medical school (pupils' fees), 871. 3s. ; total, 7,8141. 14s. 7d. The payments had been-on the building fund, 2,2491. 15s. 9d.; furnishing fund, 1,0821. 12a. 11d.; general mai* tenants fund, 4,6111.35. 10d. ; maternity fund, 361.; chap lain endowment fund (brokerage), 11. 11. 61. ; total, 7,9791. 14s. The total rem subscribed by the public up to December 31st, 1862 (including 2,8001., the estimated value of land), had been 47,5671. 9s. sd. ; total sum disbursed, 46,3141. Is. Bd. ; leaving a total balance of cash in hand of 1,2531. 7s. 9d. The expenses incidental to the collection of sub scriptions, including advertisements, rent, clerks' salaries, public dinners, etc., during 9 years and 9-10 months, had been about 2,5001. During the past year the sum of 1,0431. 10s. 6d. had been invested in the purchase of 933/. 16s. 2d. Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Annuities on account of the . chaplain endowment fund. The report was unanimously received, and cordial thanks were voted is the noble chairman, after which the meeting broke up. BRITISII AND FOREIGN SAILORS' SOCIETY Yesterday the twentieth anniversary of this insti tution was celebrated by a public breakfast at the London T , and subsequently a meeting was held at the same place, for the transaction of the public business of the society. The charity is wholly of a religious character, and its object is to provide on board ship and otherwise means for the religious instruction of British and foreign sailors trading to and from the ports of the United Kingdom. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH WESTERN I RAILWAY.—A coroner's jury was yesterday empannelled at the Railway Arms Inn, Farnham, Surrey, by Mr. Woods, the coroner, to inquire into the cause of the death of Charles Canning, aged 20, lately a porter in the service of the South Western Railway Company, who was unfortunately killed, on Saturday last, by a " survey " train catching him as he was about to get from the line to the platform. It appears that, shortly after six o'clock on Saturday evening, ! the whistle announced the arrival of a train, and the deceased, thinking it was a passenger train just due, hastened across the line, and endeavoured to get upon the platform, catching hold of a fence to assist hirg, when his foot slipped and he swung from it, still holding on the fence—when at that moment the "survey" train, in which some of the directors and officers were viewing the state of the line, passed through the sta tion without stopping, as would have been the case had it been the expected passenger train. As it passed, the steps of the carriages appear to have struck the unfortunate men, who was hurled some 20 or 30 yards forward on the line, and killed upon the spot—the lower parts of his body being almost literally twisted round from their natural position. The inquest was adjourned after evidence in identification of the body had been taken. SOUTH EASTERN linu.wkr.—Traffie receipts for the week ending May 14, 1863 :—£14,210105. 114.; ditto, week ending May Id, 1.13.52,.£12,3971. 171.114, Increase 1863, £1,812 13s. Od. . CORK. The first witness called yesterday was Mr. Gore Jones, stipendiary magistrate, who stated that he was sent down by the Lord Lieutenant to the last Cork election. On his arrival at Cork be had an interview with Mr. Flemish, the high sheriff (who was examined oa Monday), who told him there were 200 police. Witness said that would never he enough to keep the peace of Cork. He then had an interview with General Maunsell, the commanding officer of the district. He also saw Colonel Chatterton, and told him he was ready to receive any suggestions he bad to make as to the preservation of the peace. He found the police had been allocated to the different booths, and wit ness got one troop of cavalry to assist him in keeping the peace. On the Sunday (the day before the polling day), witness saw some placcyds up about the Stockport riots, and he said to Mr. Walker they ought to be taken down. On the morning of the polling day witness was about the city as early as six o'clock. At that time every thing was perfectly quiet. At eight o'clock he met the cavalry at Lloyd's Hotel, where be had ordered them to be. Mr. Beamish, the high sheriff, came there shortly after. Mr. Fitsimon came there soon afterwards, and said he bad an information of some persons been beaten. He also said there was not the slightest chance of Colonel Chatterton's success; that the suburban voters who had come in had changed, and would vote for the other party the (sitting members). He said nothing about the voters being kid napped. Witness's own private feelings were quite in favour of Colonel Chatterton. Lord Derby had given him his situation, and he was altogether in favour of that party, but still be was impartial in respect to the election. It is :quite incorrect, as sworn by Mr. Fit:loom, that he could not be got to move towards where there was said to be rioting for three quarters of an hour; on the contrary, he went at once, and went round the different booths. The polling was going on. There was no obstruction or rioting then. He returned to the Court-house. Up to 12 o'clock he heard of no complaint. The first thing he heard of was, that Mr. Hadnett, a police inspector, had been struck. Witness saw Mr. Hadnett, and asked him if he would require any more force, and the lat ter said he would not, that matters were getting on again very well. He is not aware that he received anything that could be called complaint,. He received eight or nine ap plications for protection for voters. Witness was moving about the city on horseback all day. He saw no such thing as a crowd of 3,000 men armed with bludgeons, nor any thing to attract his attention beyond larfe crowds of people, the women having green boughs in thew hands. Mr. James—Well, you know at Westminster elections it is usual for the voters to have laurel. Mr. Hume, I believe, invented that custom—but not, of course, for economy. (Laughter.) Witness continued—There was a strong feeling mani fested against the military ; and it was the first time he ever saw such a feeling towards them in Ireland—as gene rally en such occasions they were cheered. Stones were thrown at than, and witness himself was struck by &stone ; but it is utterly false, as sworn by Mr. Fitximen, that he ran away. 'I be crowd was very large, but four-fifths of them, were females from 12 years of age upwards, and no man of unman humanity would think of bringing the military to act agai nst them. There was great excitement against Captain White in George-street, and witness rescued him, with the aid of the military, from a mob. It was at that time that witness wustruck with a stone, and some of kiateeth were hoicked out. --- Cross-examined by Mr. Serjeant Kinglake—He conceived that, from the placards up about the city about the Stock port riots and the Processions Act, there would be very likely to be strong feelings excited, and perhaps rioting, and that was the reason why he suggested to General Maunsell to have the military ready. Witness never said, on any occasion, that no man could go with safety to vote for Colonel Chatterton, or any such words. There was hardly a soldier that was not struck with a stone, because *ere was occasional stone-throwing all day. There were se police struck. On all occasions when there was stone throwing, he cleared the streets, or at least the part where the stone-throwing was. Witness did not see any one injured but himself. He saw several people struck, I but not injured. No such thing °enured as a mounted policeman coming to witness and telling him that houses were being attacked. He saw voters chalked on the back as they came from the poll. He did not consider that a dangerous thing, for this reason—that both parties did it. He saw no rush made towards the voters who were going to vote for Colonel Chatterton. He attributes the exasperation against the military on this oc casion to have arisen from the ill-feeling created by the Stockport riots. That was quite a peculiar feature in this election, for the military are great favourites in Ireland. He saw more steady conduct than the military exhi bited that day. He thinks it would not be safe for a voter of Colonel Chatterton's to go through the crowd without protection. Ile-examined by Mr. James—Witness was not specially asked to escort a single voter to the poll—a thing that never occurred to him before at an Irish election. By the Committee—There Was more disturbance of a dangerous kind at the Cork election of 1811 than at the lost election. i 1 Sir W. Hackett said he was Mayor of Cork at the last I election. Q* the morning of the polling day DSc, Fitaimon Itold him there was rioting a: Barrack-stres t Market, sod he rode up thole at onto. Ile round policemen there, and he aelted if ..ny row hid been going on, sail the police said there had been no riuting—that i'::: , veling we; going on quietly. When Mr. Firaiman told him there was rioting going on he seemed very excited. Ile afterwards Viai!CLl the other polling pisees, and he found everything going on quietly. He made inquiries of the polling-clerks and the police, and they said there was no obstruction of any sort—that all was going on quietly. Witness was over the whole city, and few people with sticks. Most decidedly he would not consider Captain White a fit person to be entrusted with the command of the troops, be wee so exciteable. He saw no neglect on the part of any of the magistrates or of Mr. Gore Jones. Witness was on horseback from ten o'clock in the morning ti:: two o'clock, about the city, and again for the remainder of the day, after an interval of half au hour or so, and he caw no stone throwing at all. He saw no improper conduct o n t h e part of the priests. Witness is a catholic himself, and he voted for Fagan and Murphy. Cross examined by Mr. Serjeant Kinglake—He saw no stone-throwing, but was told by Mr. Gore Jones and Cap tain White that they had been pelted. No policeman came to him and told him that houses were being attacked. If Lieut. Greylock said there were houses attacked, and not a o w n i e nd p o a w ne l o e f ft g l a r a h s so broken e r , o k h e e n said ii a w w h i a n t d i o s w no t I t i o u e u . rg c H d e t s h a e w n peopleoly to go home. Witness saw no bitterness exhibited towards the military. He saw placards about Cork a week hemre the election, but ho did not read them. Ile did not consi der it his duty to read them or take them down, because he knew it was the custom to put forward inflammatory pla cards at general elections by both parties. Ile heard those placards called upon the people to have revenge for Sink port by voting for Murphy and Fagan. Re-examined by Mr. James—Witness did not himself see a single stone thrown during the entire election. He saw ... sorav'thrswn in the evening - after the polling was over, Mr. D. F. Ma'way ezamined—Witness said he is a solici tor in Cork, and coroner for that city. He was deputy sheriff for one of the booths at the election. From his posi tion in the booth he was enabled to see all over the market place, and up to eleven o'clock there was no obstruction or rioting of any kind. About that hour a voter named Watts came into the booth, and appeared very much frightened from something that occurred outside. Witness made the man sit down by him, and told him not to be afraid. After wards Mr. French told the man, if he liked to go home, he would send an escort of police or military with him. The man declined this, and sumo time afterwards he said he would vote. Witness, from what bad occurred before, asked him three times if he was going to vote of his own free will. Watts said he was, and be voted for Fagan and Murphy. Witness acted as coroner on the death of u person named Desmond. (The widow of that person swore before the committee that her husband died from' the injuries he re ceived during the election.] The witness said the evidence at the inquest was that the man died from the effects of a kick in the groin inflicted by herself. Eleven of the iury were for finding a verdict to that effect, and one of them was for an open verdict ; and there was no verdict, as the jury could not agree. Mr. It. Morrow, a solicitor of Cork, said that part of Mr. Fitzimon's evidence, that he took part in assisting his brother, the under sheriff, in erecting booths and advising the sheriff, was untrue. Witness took no part whatever in respect of the booths. The election was practically over by eleven o'clock, there was such a large mojority for the sit ting members. The committee then adjourned to this meßipik SIR J. WALMSLEY, M.P. AND R. GARDNER, ESQ., M.P., AT LEICESTER. On Tuesday, according to previous arrangement, a grand reception by the liberal constituency of Sir .i. Walmsley and Mr. Gardner, in celebration of the defeat of the late factious petition against their return, took place at Leicester. The seven wards into which the town is divided assembled in the market place, each with a band of music, and splendidly blazoned flags, bearing various devices. An immense concourse of people was speedily assembled, and considerable interest and excitement was created by the presence of M. Kossuth, who was a spectator of the event from the window of Mr. Archer. Soon after twelve o'clock the members arrived and took their places in a very elegant and chastely adorned triumphal car prepared for the occasion. A platform in front of the market-house was occupied by the principal supporters of Sir J. Walmsley and Mr. Gardner. Dr. Noble, one of the nominators of Sir J. Walmsley at the election, in the name of the ladies, presented the members with en elegant flag, inscribed with the apposite motto, "Purity of Election." Appropriate speeches in acknow ledgment were made by tho ruenrWrs, and after some little delay a long and imposing procession started, and proceeded through the principal streets, occupying in its progress full three hours. Everywhere the two hon. members met with the most marked and gratifying proof of the esteem and confidence of the constituency. Dr. Nonts, at the close of the demonstration, congratu lated the meeting en the victory that had been achieved over corruption and temptation, by the poor men who had been attempted to be cajoled into giving evidence to unseat the members. lie also congratulated them on their escape from the spy system ; and aftsr some humorous allusions to one of the witnesses on the petition, Jehu Joshua Sampson Ludlam, and a few words devoted to the illustrious fo reigner who had recently been subject to the un-English system of espionage, proceeded to introduce Sir Jo,hus. Walmsley, who was received with loud and prolonged .. applause. Sir Joanna WaLtiaLnY said, it had been well said thot "out of the fulness of the heart the mouth speaketh," but the vast assemblage of gladdened faces he saw around him, and the enthusiastic reception which he had met with at the hands of his constituents, deprived !Ifni of words to ex press. as he desired, his deep sense of their kindness; and he would content himself with saying, that he would endea vour to deserve sod retain their good opinion. (Hear, hear.) It would naturally be expected that he should offer some comments on the proceedings of those who had hitherto acted as the opponents of the liberal party, but he believed he should best consult the dignity of his own position—(applause)—best accord with the wishes of his friends, and best promote the interests of the borough, by abstaining, on this joyous occasion, from ern) , remark of a personal or of an annoying character ; it was neither his duty nor his inclination to pursue a fallen foe—(hear) — but as far as possible to forgive and to forget, and, notwith standing the words of the poet that Forgiveness to the injored dotb belong, He weer forgives who cloth commit the wrong. (applause)—be hoped and trusted for a different result, if not for his own sake, for the cause they had at heart. Whatever devious course might have been pursued by some, whatever annoyance bad been entailed on the liberal party by endeavouring to impugn the purity and integrity of the borough ; or whatever reproaches had fallen to his own lot for the conduct be had pursued, had all been amply and abundantly repaid by the generous and affectionate support he bad received from the whole liberal party. (Hear, hear.) He felt that he was no longer the representative of a part only, but of the whole constituency—a constituency of whom any man might be proud, and whose interests it was his anxious desire to unite and to advance, irrespective of creed or party. (Applause.) Leicester might now claim a position amongst the purestot the pure—(hear, hear)—her honour had been vindicated ; her integrity established. The first amongst the boroughs in political patriotism— (applause) she would henceforth be an example of a self-regenerated, pare, and independent constituency— (hear, hear)—and there was no portion of the people that deserved greater praise for the efforts they had made than they who had emancipated themselves from the demon lisiag influences of corruption. (Applause.) It was scarcely to be expected that party real would be absorbed in a desire to promote the general good, but he hoped that, henceforth, scurrility and, misrepresen tation would cease, and that their members might receive such measure of support as would enable them to fulfil the important duties they had undertaken with credit to them selves and usefulness to the borough. (Hear, hear.) Be fore he left this subject, he hoped for ever, it was fitting he should once more refer to the unmerited aspersions and false representations which party seal bad cast upon his po litical opinions ; and he again emphatically declared that he advocated no speculative theories, no dangerous innovations, no unconstitutional dogmas, but that he steadily and perse veringly pursued the principles laid down by those en lightened legislators who taught that it was essential to the contentment and prosperity of the people that they who bore the burdens of the state should have a voice in the election of their representatives. (Hear.) Such was the basis of his political creed, and he believed he was sustained in those opinions by the great body of his countrymen. (Applause.) At no pesiod of the history of the nation was it more important that the people should make known their wishes on the great question of parlia mentary reform. A powerful and talented administration had announced their intention to undertake the task, and he for one did not doubt their sincerity. (Hear.) But all knew, from sad experience, that it would require the united and persevering efforts of the entire liberal party . to carry to a successful issue any great or comprehensive measure of electoral reform. (Hear, hear.) Perhaps the present was not a fitting occasion to refer to this ques tion, but he was sure he should be pardoned for saying that in his opinion no measure of parliamentary reform was likely to meet the reasonable requirements of the country, which did not equalise the borough and county franchise. (Hear, hear.) Abolish purely nomination boroughs. (Hear, hear.) Reduce the number of members in small andj unimportant constituencies (Bear, hear ) Give to the great unenfranchisetl towns one member each. (Applause.) Adjust and increase the number of county members in proportion to their property and population, and crown all with the protection of the ballot. (" Hear, hear," and applause.) Such a measure, if accompanied by a cheap and simple county court made of disfranchising IX proved guilty of corruption, whether giver or receiver, would remove many of the evils by which our electoral sys tem is disgraced, and give to the people that control, in the management of their own affairs, which is essential to good, cheap, and responsible government. (Hear, hear.) He made these remarks because the time was at hand when it would be necessary to act ; and he trusted his constituents would bo amongst the foremost in their efforts to emancipate their fellow-men from political degradation. Mr. GARDNER and Mr. Serjeant WThaioni also addressed ' the meeting, which dispersed after giving three cheers for X. Kossuth. PORTUGAL. When the Brazilian mail-packet Severn put in to the Tagus, on the 12th, the funeral of the late Princess of ilraganza was being celebrated with all Possible batman five-minute guns being fired from the shipping and fort throughout the whole day ; all the Stops °toted, and the population 'brad and la the Wadies. 1 . -; <7r I a IPI