The Express. — London, England, 1851-03-31 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF CMINII)NIi.—SATCRPAT, '../Altett 29. The hou4e m . t et twelve et noon. The re t ort of the Cuounittie of SupplyMU Ira MUTINY BIL Mr. VOX brouszht up •,:sp, eboTc bill, w hich was read a first time. Ordered to }A I Tee d we ed time au Monday (this day).—Adjourned. AYLESBUR'i I ILLECTI ( )N. On Saturday, the r,eter.l committee of Ike noose of Commons appointed eo try the merits of the petition pre 'toted nitnill'6 l the return of Mr. Frederiek Calvert, nut for the h e st (l at eleven o'clock, in Committee room Ho. 4. Th meroint. 'aers were Mr. G. A. Hamil ton (chairman), Um. J. W. F•artescue, Sig E. Hayes, Mr. J. D. Smith, and Nr. W. Vibe. The petition complained in general terms of the return briberyby and treating of Mr. Calvert (the sitting Lieu member, who was present t hrou g hout the proceedings), in of Hr. John Ifeiughtun, the rival candidate. Mr. Edwin James, ta.C., and Mr. 'indwell appeared as mussel for the petitioners; and Mr. Enrjrant Kinglake and Merewether for the sitting member; and alter some formal pro -ceding, Mr. James, in a speech of ennsideralile length, opened the ease on the part of the petitioners. The allegations cos tume, in the petition set forth that, during the late elect at Aylesbury, bribery and treating prevailed to a consideiorn able extent, and this was not so mint to be wondered at when it was reniembir , el that Aylesbuhad always been bonus for its treating practices. Tu rnubrs pulled on the iireasion in question were—for Mr. Calvert 413 votes, for Mr. H ou ghton 197, giving a majority of 302 in heron of Mr. Calvert. Mr. Serjeant Bytes, the third candidate, retired from the tisld, and by certain dates it would be prised that when Mr. Siojeant Dyles retired, the treating and bribing practices commenced. Aylesbury in itself was bke a small Ninety, comprising a number of liundreds, a nd with a constituent y of about 1,5011 voters. Ile hat said that Aylesbury was famous for its treating peas isnil if he might use the language adopted tiyrs,in criminal courts it had "several time s before been rinvirtisl"--banghter)— and had figured in the j na r thi ls of the of Common. as having been guilty of treating front the year 1131, when the first cane occurred in which a signaler of parliament was nonrated for treating, down to the date of Mr. Ikeriines petition in 1847, who was unseated for the sante offence. The thief cleetioneering rend. snow. MU the White 'fart lintel, and the gentlemen who would he proved in evidence to, have been the legal agents for the sitting member, and by whose acts he Mr. would be hound, Were Mr. Acton Tyndal e, Mr. 'Jenson, broe le, and Mr. Watson. Mr. W. Ward, • huilder, and who the 1, arned iounnsi undi irstood occasionally held forth as a disc nting prusher Aylisliory and its neighbour howl, would Ire found to have taken a prominent part, hav ing hisri I:ris , nt at the treating and paid several of the puldieans hits together with Mr. J. Ward, his brother. Another person, Mr. Its- Fraine, a printer, who occupied the chair at publiedonin a, awl Mr. Payne, a draper, who se csmil,at Mr. Gals. rt's nomination, would he shown to have ptake nan at tire part in then matters. In arida' to these p.rsons. who wool.' he proved to have taken einislitUouv part. in the .le Mori, bribery and treating, there was mysa tenons individual, allogeth , r unknown to the cottatituints per.oial ideality timid not he proved, who passed und , r the ominous astrinsmairal saitibliquet of "the Man in the Mon." (Laughter.) 'fhb, unknown gentleman app' awl upon the scene the day before the nomination, and it world lie proved in evidene46 that he isrpetmted many dark and mysterious acts, just in the sante incognito fashion as at one of the elections at Yartooorh a man was &Maid to haw hritKd the 1. dors in u helmet (laughter), always 'searing his kilter down, and as at Sudbury, when the 111411( wan. done by a hand thrust through a wail, distri buting money to the voter, (Laughter.) Mr. James is emielusion, said it might be very ',voluble that Mr. Cal vert dial nit know or sanctum ghee prixtedings. but if it no n, proved that the transactions took plane th gh his agents, for whine Arta he was responsible, the committee would dinihtless deride the quertion on the same impartial principles that had guided them in Inl7, when the sitting member woo held relinnsible for the acts of his agents. 'The tirt witness called ww William Incl., pohlirait of Aylesbury. clews.' that in Di., :ober la.t he kept the Sararli'silead, and was ran araired liy Calvert, with whom were Messrs. G. Ile Fr. C. %t hi elm, W. Ward, and J. Ward. Ike Ermine said to witness " Here's Mr. Calvert," to which witness said " I shall vote for whoever I can get something from, whether Dylan, Calvert, or Houghton." (Laughter.) A few days atter a stranger railed at the Saracen's 'lead, dresses' in black, and giving witness file onverebinv, directed Win to prepare dinner for twenty on the nomination day, and tell ing lain the tickets womb' be signed •• J. C." The dinner was to be really at 2 o'cloek ; wiliMM deferred it until 5, but nolloely came. At 7 o'clock the " unknown" gentlemim la black, who vent by the sobriquet "The Man in the Neon,. - (laughter) - canto and said " Well, Loch, how many ticks is have you had'" to which Aimee, replied '6 Nevi r one,' to wbirh the unknown rejoined, 66 Well, pro vide the same number for to-morrow " A few days alter the sante individual called mill :ohm, for the tickets. Wit mini:. wife gave him IS; the stranger asked for the other 2. and was told that it had liven taken out lip a mast who came for a bottle of wine, upon whirls the unknown gentleman paid 41. 10.. and &intrust. Shortly aver. when witness wale over a glare at the Oxford Arms, " the Man in the Moon," rams 113, and witnewi retired liehind a verm n in or der that he might not he seen. (laughter.) Heard 66 the Nan iu the Moon" put down some sovereigns, and tell the landlord he no* to give dinner to (hone who hail tickets mars. d "J. l'." Within, observed, 6. You've hail a better nun than 1111 - ; you're hail 6 sorer, igns, I had only 5. (laughter.)Thomas 'oottim, landlord of the Bell, who sided fur Culvert, said, " the Man in the Moon" came to his house in the eh:trader of a rimmereial traveller, but Wititt , ll .41041 6101M1 ~ ,,t that he had something to do akb the election. His letter" were not directed Mr. Moue, but to Mr. Crouch. This gentleman left him the day after the polling day, upon a hieli day a ituem supplied rite slant tits. Gave L; dinner entertainment and a pint of wine, and bait 101 of the tickets' simirl 66 J. C.," valued at In. cash. Calvert's odours, trillion& und white, Were worn at wititess's house, but did not know that the holder, of the ticket" were voters generally. lied elm. given a eulerr , for tea party, at which, besides tea and bier, wine and apicalts were vitorteil. (A laughter.) The bill, 121., hail not been paid. ILA sent it in tar Calvert's committee, mid they refused to pay it, stating that they would not be resiamsibie fur OM: farthing in the shape of dinner , . T. J. Hinds, landlord of the Black Swan, voted for Cal vert, and served refreshments by the "J. ('." tickets. Sup plied 2sl dinner, and was prepaid for them by a is noon he did not know. ' Had sent in a bill in respect of n previous sleet' to Mr. ednintin Hick's committer, which had not been paid. Witness hail summoned Mr. Dick to the enmity Court, and had subsequently threatened the hon. member with the queen's Bench. (Laughter.) This bill pas owing when Calveres runs t.. began, and Caleert's non/mitt , refused to he rinisinsible fur it. Witness gave the dinner , in question thinking he might as well speculate in dinner giving M others. Aster ..our divemoion. th, pmrevilingv were adjourned to this day (Monday), at incise o'clock. ST. .\ LIIANS ELECTION. On Saturday, the menders appointed to try the merits of the ps tit . presented against the ft turn Mr. Jacob Ih 11, the sitting member for St. Albans, also met for the tint time, at II o'clock, in Committee-room No. 3. Pre sent - Mr. E. Ellice, jun. (iliairmon.), Sir Ben j. !1011, lion. Fr a ncis charteris„ Mr. 11. Stewart, and Mr. Adair. The istitiou nouplailied that, during the election. Mr. Dell, the sitting in, nibs r, was guilty of disco acts of bribery and nirruptiou, by himself and by his agent, whereby he proeured perttnet to give their tot s in his favour, and to forbear giving them in favour of Mr. Alderman Carden, the other candidate; and that grins. extensive, and syste matic bribery and terruption were practised by the monde and parti.r. of Mr. lien, who. the petitioners allege , was nut duly elec ted, and ought not to have been returned. Mr. Serjeant Wranitham, Mr. Merewether, and Mr. Clarke appeared as counsel for the petitioners and Mr. flerjeant KinglAke and Mr. Edwin James. Q.C., fur the sitting member. Mr. Serjeant Kinglake, in opening the proceeding,. re- Intr. d the objection raised in the house the precious night to the elfect that the notice of the appointment of the select committee was insufficient, but which, after a short discus -41811, •6.4. overruled. Mr. Se.rjeluat Wringlatim then made a special application to the committee for All WIJOUrIIMt nt of the procenlinge, on the ground that a onatilaer of witnesece who hail been sum moned under the Speaker's warrant by the petitioners had been abdueted"—(laughter) —by persons connected with, or who would be shown to be conuieted with, the agents of the sitting member. Mr. Jame., objected to any adjournment. unless it were shown conclusively to the committee that the agents of the sitting member were privy in any wry to the 'the committer decided that some evidence should be glee u on the subject. Mr. Lose, the Weal agent, Mr. Bayley, the local reporter, and Mr. Diehard Price were examined. and their evidence went to show that some of the witnnwa had been WWII to lease St. Albans fur London, in obedience to the Speaker's warrant; that they had been taken away; and that thee were last seen in company with persons connected with the %rents of the bitting member. Mr.*Scrjelint Wrangham then renewed his application for IM Adjournment, which was oppose!. 'flu room was cleared, and on readmissitm of the parties, the climmittee decided that they would adjourn the com mittee (Irave of the house to lie obtained on Monday) natU Thursday, but only to proceed with such eases al the eviv deuce given related to. Mr. James then. on behalf of the sitting member, tee' qu i n .d Mr. Serjcant Wrangliam to proceed with the ea niamder of his CAW'. Mr. Seitnutt Wninglasin stated that they were in Nee mew posit on as regarded the remainder of the case. They bad summoned 30 or 10 witnesses, and none of them appeared. After considerable disetusion. the committee again inti mated their adherence to their determination that the ease to be adduced on Thursday should be confined to those ewe in which evidence had already been siren on the point of abduction. RUNDVY TRADING PREVENTION IDI.L.—On Friday the committee am this bill met for the lint time, and peci matisd to bailors. REPRESENTATION OP -The lihernls of li;Llala ha;:tcwltel to incite Yr. Brl ht, one of the I THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 31. 1851 dournot p' few exultant prognostics as to the i fut ..: d centurbg to assume as indisputably mural, e minutes portions of three rough proofs oftin) Up on census, we may, perhaps, be warranted iiittincludidg that the leading features are correct. The 'estimated numbers arc as follows: No.ot letn• s:c. _ Revues. reitener" ?sta. plwee. 1 i ,,,, 4r= t g. Yaw sa ao New nampiiik " '„... ... 2,.... 910, 0 0 3 - 3 511,473 i Konsehusetli -......--.... 994,724 ... Cement . ...... .... : ,2,4..4 5k ; 43 3 / . - lulfiteigli...... II ..35 ....... I 34,379 3 91 3119 onsonirat ..... ........... 9 70 , 913 -.....2 ... New York ...... ---.......2, 096 , 679 New ier5q....... 489,683 . „Id 24,019 re_Boo94Bala ............«».. 9.941,900341,204 ..... - OW - .... - 2 23,241 ladliaa 88134,3•203 203 '9ll - ... .. . . Ml= .. ......... -.......... 307,5.. 6 -...... .....- .4 072 11l MU 0 lowa ,„ ....... 191,000 - ...... ..-,.. 5,644 e. 144.11 -...................... 9°' lll ' . W . 315 74 Ilt " 91 8 1 SI V= i ....... .7 .- 4 94 3 IRV , 201,000 46 0 ,000 1,210680 1 4,712 N. War ....-....-..-- 460.000 286.000 6,1,000 013,914 S. Cmodles. -.. . ...... - 20 1 .• 00 850010 491,000 20.0 833.000 363,0 , 0 774,0 0 0 "3 .2 ir45,000 21,000 38,209 Alalimia. 440,000 330,000 639,000 79,991 lawnipoi au,:e, 320,000 49 •,000 26,1,6 Loaliass Texas lOO.OO 30,800 13.,000 36.821 A7b4r.. Ithroarl 590,000 91.347 614,926 83,872 Tosatime Keutocky ..............782,000 211,010 903,600 731,017 velum, Free. Slaws. Free States . 6,291,934 3,037,234 blare States District and Territories 3,170,731 The entire repremmtatiee population is about 21,710,000. The ratio of representation will be about 93,176. And as by the law of May, IKiO, the number of members to be returned to Congress is fixed at 233, the distribution of these among the six-and-twenty states of the coufederacy will make upon the whole a difference of four votes in favour of the free and against the slave-holdin' states. Some of each class gain, and several of both base representative* under the new census; but the probable results are said to be, that while the free states gain six new members and lose four of their old ones, the slave states gain but four additional and are deprived of six. The change at first sight may appear to be incon siderable, but its importance is in tact inestimable. Hitherto the balance in the lower house of the federal legislature has long been considered so doubtful as to render every vote into which the question of abolition was suspected, however re mutely, of entering, exceedingly precarious. Neither party would admit itself the weaker, and neither could make good its claim to permanent superiority of numbers. But a lasting withdrawal of two votes from the south and the lasting addition of two votes FRANCE. to the north is a serious matter. Not many days since we showed that what slavery is to the United States, our religious dissensions are to England. The important part of our census, then, will be that of which we find no mention in the re turn demanded of each head of a household, but which is to be gathered from answers to queries put to the pastors of different religions. This, indeed, will be an important return. TUE more the story of the Taunton convent is probed the worse it looks. Let us begin by adverting to circumstances of which the Romania side of the question might have taken advantage, but of which they have not dared to avail them selves. It is an awkward circumstance that the mother of Miss Taman should have been separated from her husband, and that she should have con tracted a second marriage only two months after his death. That the late Mr. Tatum should have allowed his daughter to remain with her mother, is, however, sufficient to warrant the belief that the separation was owing solely to incompatibility of temper, having its origin possibly in the diffbrenee of creed. The hasty second marriage is somewhat repulsive to our Isnosscois conscience; and the refe rence in a petition presented to the court by the late Mrs. BERKELEY, to the advantage which her son might derive from becoming a Protestant convgs no very favourable idea either of her judgment or temper. All these considerations, however, are utterly irrelevant to the proceedings now under discussion. The imputations respecting Mr. CRAVEN BERKELEI's motives are too palpably groundless and too contemptible to deserve a moments attention. }laving thus disposedof the protestant parties to the question, let us now look to the conduct of the Humanists. The late Mr. TALBOT appointed his spiritual di rector guardian to his children, and left all his per sonal property to the reverend gentleman. I low much that amounted to has been carefully concealed. The property of tho children, which has now come to vest in Miss TALBOT alone, is estimated to amount to WPM/. Almost the first step taken by the reverend heir and guardian was to attempt to separate the daughter from her mother. This he attempted to do before he was aware of the latter's somewhat hasty second marriage, without assigning any sufficient ground for the separation ; and it was accompanied be misrepresentations as to the state of the child's gealth. In this proceeding he was abetted by the Earl and Countess of Siinewsuelor. On the death of the mother the Court of Chancery recognised the rights of the guardian on the understanding that the earl and countess were to take charge of the child. As far as yet appears the earl and countess seem to have paid no attention to the child whatever till the spring of 1850. Miss TALBOT, with her high descent and large fortune was consigned to a convent for her education. The cost of her maintenance and education there was about half the sum allowed by the Court of Chancery ; it indicates a style of educa tion quite inconsistent with her worldly prospects; except during one brief visit to Alton 'lowers the young lady was kept mewed up in her convent. All this looks very like a predetermination to make a nun of her. In 18.10 the girl of 18 years was suddenly trans planted from her dull and narrow conventual existence to the world of fashion. No sooner had she emerged into this new sphere than attempts were made to dispose of her in marriage. pier reverend guardian had some Englishman in view fur her ; her uncle and aunt wished to bestow her and her fortune on a cadet of the house of LA ROCHEFOUCAULT. The young lady did not submit to be made a mere psssive instrument of the plans and combinations of others. She re fused to become the wife either of the English or the French candidate for her hand. Immediately the interest taken in her by her noble relatives cooled, and she was left to herself. Secluded as she had been from the society even of relations. the girl, yet in her teens, whistled off by the Earl and Countess of SHREWSBURY, had no one to consult but her ecclesiastical guardian. Shrink ing from a (to her) strange and unaccustomed world, the idea of returning to the only home she had known since her mother's death naturally presented itself to her. To this there were great objections. The Court of Chancery was nut likely to approve of such an arrangement. The regulations of the con vent prohibited her being admitted as a resident. Not only was this step objectionable in itself ; there were grave obstacles in the way of carrying it out. That these obstacles should have been overcome or evaded betrays a predetermination in some quarter that the step should be taken. She was smuggled into the convert in contraven tion of an existing order of Chancery. and without any application having been made to get a new one. 'She was led to believe that she could only be ad mitted into the convent on assuming the character of a postulant. She assumed that character, but, ns she herself has declared, on the understanding that it was a Mere matter of form, and without any inten tion of becoming a nun. What passed within the convent walls is unknown, and may possibly never b e revealed ; but some facts have been placed upon record to which we now request attention. Miss TALBOT denies that she was intended to be come a nun. On the contrary, the superior of the suavest told Mr. BERKELET [hilt Miss TALBOT was "as likely to become a nun as not, The so-called Bishop colCueros has gone further he has declared that Miss TALBOT earnestly prayed . co be allowed to become a nun. Hr. Dusts admits that he heard " that some such notion bad passed through her mind, and that she was wavering." All three confess that they deemed it highly probable Miss T.t.Luar would mil SWITZERLAND. SPAIN. by becoming a nun ; and they all pretend to have lof the proclamation of the republic on May 4, was , sitting to-day, and erttrtuins serious interai, I • attempted to dissuade her from the intention—en in- ' yesterday presented to the Assembly by the Minister . proposing the sale of the municipal property P tendon which we have her own authority for stating of the , Interior, and urgency demaniled on it. egamas has presented to the 1 lkl. Lopez Ballasteros has been elect( d pre she never entertained. There is only one possible interpretation of all this: it was resolved that Miss Pn. i .s l i l d e e .l n i t a o n f li t i l i t s e d l e te N p .a r i l d dic h r ts' credentials as Envoy , and M. Domenech secretary, to the amnia., TALBOT should not only appear to be, but should be, Extraordinary and tnistF Plenipotentiary of her ! puties and senators named to superintend the don of the debt. a postulant. And the end to be attained by thus in- Majesty the Clucen of Spain. . veigling her is frankly admitted by the person call- The Presiden t ---- Ling himself Bishop of GiaFrosi : it was, that the Minister of Marine, has just nominated a corn her of the Republic, on the report of fortruse might g o to enrich the Romish mince of 15 persons to consider the best means of ' church in England, which he alleges to be very poor. transforming the punishment of hard labour at the 1 . Mr. HENDREN stands convicted by his own admission , 1 hulks , so as to render it of service to French cooiittisnos of having deliberately contemplated this consumma-Ition. Admiral de Muckan is the president of tion; Dr. DOYLE and Miss JERNINGHAM of having committee, and Admiral Ceedle vice-president. at least connived at ttl the Earl and Countess of SUNDAY EVENING. SHREWSBURY of having, after their attempt at mar- I mentioned on Friday having received from a re riage-brokering was frustrated, abandoned their , liable source the intelligence that Odilon Barret niece to the machinations of the ecclesiastical trio. And it is admitted that Miss TALBOT was debarred had accepted the mission of form in g a definitive cabinet. I stated previously that M. Pussy was M. from intercourse not only with her father-in-law but Barrot's financial minister in reel°. These reports with her only sister. have since become pretty rife in the press. It is not Without undervaluing the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, yet known if M. Baroche enters this combination, it is clear that there are evils it cannot touch ; tan gible evils that the state can and ought immediately nor what becomes of M. Waisse if he do not make a part of the ministry of solution. M. de Germiny re to grapple with. A more stringent and comre bemire law of mortmain is needed ; a turns to take possession of his post of receiver-general - aw at Rouen. M. Hendon, minister of war, hopes to on the subject of death-bed testamentary quests is needed ; a law to suppress, or, if that be be " replace General d'Hautpoul , whose tem p orar y ap pointment will soon expire. M. Giraud re-enters the impossible, to regulate and control, conventual esta blishments, is needed. But , above all , the introduc- council of public instruction, to devote himself to the ex urgation of \ irgil and Euripides. M . Brenicr of tion a pervading and sufficient system of secular instruction is needed. Religious liberty implies full wi ll nn doubt fall back upon his post of head-clerk in the ministry of foreign affairs. power to every individual to adopt and adhere to M. Berrycr made yesterday a desperate effort to that religion to which free conviction attaches him. But free choice in this matter is impossible so long as trumpet the merits of financial companie s. The phrase most noted in his speech was, that it is the the system of propagandism is substituted for inte l- duty of the state "de faire le sort des compagnies lectual training. Priests and clergymen of all fleets bone' that is, to put money into the pockets of the seek so to develop the understanding as to compan i es. prepare it to cling to their creed. It is the T 6 speech of M. Bineau was that which grapp;ed duty of the state, while leaving parents and their spiritual guides free to instruct children most closely with the depicts of the plan of MM. Rance and Laborde, which, he said, was not. only in their peculiar religious tenets, to ensure to the children such a development of their judgment and founded on the bad principle of execut ion by t he state, but fettered with conditions which had been reasoning powers as will enable theta in mature tried and proved detestable. years to choose among . the numerous creeds whose . fhe Strasbourg railway had been conceded to two contending claims divide society. The undertaking companies, a company of execution, and another of no doubt us difficult. The priests and devotees of al exploitation, in the same way, and what was the sects oppose it. The congregations represented by consequence ? The two companies had been at law Mr. 11 its:Es are as hostile to it as the Synod of Thurles, or the Rev. Mr. DENsilsoN. But their with each other for 10 years, and had only just ter opposition must be defied and overcome, if common minated their dispute by a compromise. The arguments in favour of a financial company, sense, sound manly morality, and true spiritual or against the treas religion are to have fair play. And we believe the ury undertaking the work on its own account, amount briefly to this: 200 millions of time has come when a government clear-sighted enough to we its duty, and courageous enough to francs are wanted to terminate the railway fro m undertake it, would be zealously and effectively sup- Paris to Avignon. Thus the state would lave to disburse, supposing the works to occupy four years, ported by an overwhelming majority of the cola - .50 millions each year. Where are these 21)0 mil munity. lions to be got ? By a loan ; but who, in the present state of the examiner, will have the courage to propose such a loan. Besides, the state will take ten years instead of four to construct the line. ACcording to the Rance plan, the state will have to pay the company of construction ; but then it bor rows the funds from a company, which accepts us security for repayment a lease of the line. In what, say the members on the Right of the Chamber, does this system differ from execution by the state ? (In the oilier hand, the predilections of the Lett are all in favour of the treasury undertaking these works on its own account. The parliamentary committees sat yesterday to examine the project of the government as to the creation of seven new electric telegraph lines. Sonic dissatisfaction was expressed that the important line front Paris to Marseilles should not have been in , eluded, and several members expressed a wish that ' the proposition of M. Coitus, deposed some days since, should be referred to the committee, who would decide if it would not be better to take this proposition as the basis of the project which should 6 discussed by the Assembly. This project has fur its object the establishment of telegraphic lines uniting the great centres of maritime commerce, and giving especially to the merchants of Bounleaux and Marseilles the advantages at present enjoyed by those of Havre, Rouen, and Nantes. The Union has published an extract from an un published work of M. de Vainly, which has excited much attention. This extract states that on the night of the 31st July, 1030, the Duke of Orleans wrote a letter to Charles X., then at Trianon, in which he engaged himself and family, in case he were called to the throne, to exercise his sovereign power only temporarily. Thc original of this docu ment appears to be in the possession of the Duke of Bordeaux. It is as follows : M. de will inform your Majesty in what manner I have been brought here by force. I know not to what ex tent these pi ople may use violence as respects me ; but if in this fearful disorder it should happen that they should im pose on me a title to which I have never aspired, your ma jesty may be amused that I shall only exercise every kind of power temporarily and solely for the interests of our house. I enter into this engagement fonnally with your Majesty. My family partakes my sentiments in this respect. (Signed) FIDEI.O Sty Er. Palais Royal, 31st July, 1530. M. Granier de Cassagnae launches, in the Contra tailwind, an anathema against conspiring refugees, and, referring to the interpellattons of Lords Lyndhurst and Aberdeen Gil (ILIA subject, concludes his article with these words :—" Que Londres soit l'asile du conimunisme, suit ; mais l'Europe ne pout pas tolerer lu'il en soit la eitadelle." Twenty German refugees, expelled from Switzer land, have arrived at Mulhouse on the 25th, en route for America by Havre. Between this and the 4th April other bodies of refugees will follow them. The journal Le Vnte Untreenel, which has been sus pended-fur a month, will not, it is said, again re-appear. Amongst the three sous-prefects culled to other functions in the last change M. Grave is conspicu ous. M. Grave is the functionary who had the folly to vouch for the perfect authenticity of the pretended miracle of St. Saturnia, and whose extra-lyric decla mation was published in the Constitution/fa. M. Grave wished to surpass his leaders. Ile has fallen from excess of zeal. A committee was chosen yesterday in the bureaux to examine the usual annual demand of a sum amounting to 200,(StOfr., for the celebration of the 4th May. anniversary of the proclamation of the re public. Most of the bureaux pronounced in favour of the grant, which will pass the Assembly without difficulty. The committee on the street-sale of newspapers had presented its report, which I have already in formed you is in favour of the proposition of M. Base, for interdicting equally the sale of all in that manner. ITALY. ROMAN STATES. PARIS, SATURDAY EVENINO. The result of the Assembly sitting to-day was im portant. It agreed to take the proposition of MM. Itanat and Laborde on the Avignon Railway into consideration, and decided that it should be referred to a special committee. The first question was voted by asses et /eye; on the second there was a majority off' 349 against 30. i. As the government pronounced yesterday through M. Magne against a special com mittee, it has been defeated on this question. As to the taking into consideration of the motion, it is true that the final approbation does not follow us a matter of course, and yet this preliminary approbation is the hest earnest of success. M. Pussy has been chosen by 16 votes out of 19 reporter on the budget of expenses. flee Municipal 13111 Committee has decided that the electors of a commune should in general not vote by sections, but that the division of a commune into electoral sections may , be established by decree of the prefect with the advice of the council-general, the municipal and cantonal councils having been previously consulted. The government several months ago referred all the propositions relative to the Avignon railway to the superior committee of railways. The conclusions of this committee were transmitted a few days buck to M. Magne, this minister of public works. M. Magne announced yesterday in the chamber that in the course of a week not only his bill but the re port upon it might be presented to the Assembly, so that the views of the government cannot fail to be tqieedily known on this subject. In the meantime I understand that the plan proposed by the superior committee is as follows :—Concession of the line from Pails to Lyons 14 a term of Pt) years ; guarantee of 5 per cent.; reimbursement to the state of the sums expended since the close of 1846, that is of between 42 and 46 millions, together with payment of a sum ' of 50 millions, in 14 annuities, with interest of 4 lee cent. reckoned from the day of concession. As to the 40 millions, the company would have to pay down in cash 15 millions, and the rest by degrees regulated by the advancement of the works on the line front Lyons to Avignon. The company would not be held to finish the section from Chalon to Lyons before five years. Such is the first part of the committee's plan ; as to the second, concerning the line from Lyons to Avignon, the committee pro poses to allow the company a subvention of 50 mil lions (the companydeinands 60 millions), a guarantee of 3 per cent. on 30 millions besides, and a lease of 99 pears . The intention of the government, in M. Fould's time, was nut to hand over to the Ach,nion Company all the funds of indemnity which it re ceived from the company of the Lyons line, but to reserve to itself the disposal of those funds and com mence the Avignon section at the expense of the treasury. It is not known whether thin intention is maintained by the present ca binet ; but it is certain that such views are strongly opposed by the committee. Such are the outlines of the bill which the government is occupied in examinimr, and which will be submitted, if not identically the same, at least unchanged in its essen tial features, to the Assembly. ' The plan of MM. Laborde and Rance, at present under discussion, was combated yesterday by M. Magne and defended by M. Crunieux. In the Assembly's sitting of to-day, the debate on the Avignon Itailway was resumed . by M. Berrver, who strenuously opposed the proposition of MM. ltance and Laborde. He maintained that they ought not to grudge a company a long lease, and cited the example of England. As for the agiotage objected to, the present motion would not prevent that ; neither would it secure the execution or the completion of the railway. ' l m . xi Cremieux said that the settled opinion of M. !kr ryer was a new proof that they ought not to refer the proposition to a committee which had made up its mind beforehand to reject it. M. Bireau said that if ---- the proposition were adopted, it would occasion to BERNE, Msacii 26. the state great disappointments, in the presence of The commissary-general sent to Tessin has pro which both the company of execution and the con- posed to remove all the refugees who are in that pony of exploitation ought fail in performing their canton to the other side of the Alps. 'f he popular engagements. Besides, there was no sufficient mo- Assembly held yesterday at Schonbrunnen was emo tive to induce the company of execution to furnish ' posed of nearly 2,000 rrsons ; they voted with some good work. After M. Betting dc Lancastat, the re-; modifications the Socialist programme, protesting porter, had summed up, the assembly agreed by a i however against all charge of communism. Before vote by oasis et lee, to take the proposition into con- l eeparating, they appointed a committee to present to sideration ; and afterwards decided, by 349 votes the grand council of the canton a petition in con against 305, that it should be referred to a special formity with the programme. The govern conunittee. I meat of Friburg has uised a proclamation The Mositeur publishes under its official head the giving an account of the late engagement. motived order of the day proposed by M. de It calls the peasants " a band of factious per- Vatimesnil and adopted by the Assembly in its sit- sons," and state* that the attempt was excited by the ting of yesterday. The meaning of this is simply to dissolved clergy, that it was intended to put to death exhibit the importance attached to this vote by M. not only the adversaries of the present government, Dupin, to whose orders the insertion is attributed. but all 'the partizans of the ancient government. In the meantime, notwithstanding the clear and un- .; The Swiss Federal Council has addressed a circular equivocal pledges repeated by M. Waisse in the to all the confederated states, informing them of the name of the government, the abstention of the Rona- events which have recently taken place at Friburg, partists from the ballot, and their assertions that the and calling their attention to the necessity of observ. declarations of M. Waisse could not pledge the Pre- ing the strictest surveillance to prevent a recur-- sident of the Republic, leave the question exactly in of such scenes in their several localities. the same state as before. In fact there is no real importance to be attached I to the vote of yesterday. It does not alter in the least the state of the electoral question. The Left I renewed their . protest against the law of May, and the majority wished, by adopting M. de Vatimesnil's order of the day, to make a demonstration of their adhesion to the' same law ; for the approbation of Andrea de Kendrefs report was an implicit recog nition of the applicability of the law of May to the President's election. On this account the names of two or three leading Bonapartists, such as MM. Gavini, Edgar :Vey, and de Moskowa, are to be found in the minority 0(21. M. Dupla nas got a month's leave of absence from his presidential chair. His coop' terminates on May LI. A. bill demanding an extraordinary credit of 200,000 f. for the celebration of the third anniversary onti of rtyloti .4ident, )f &- opera* ROME, MA nen 21, GERMANY. MADRID, MARCH 25. The Gazette contains the dismissal of General O'Donnell from the post of Inspector-General of Infantry which devolves upon General Cordova. General Cordova is succeeded in his office of Captain- General of Madrid by General Pezuela. General Prim's appointment to succeed Pezuela as Captain- General of Puerto Rico, although not gazetted, is I also certain. _ A Russian adjutant-general has had an audience of the Queen. The :sonic was occupied with the bill for the levy of 35,000 men. The Chamber of Depu ties had entered upon the discussion of the bill for the settlement of the debt. The committee on the oettlement of the debt held a A telegraphic despatch announces the arrival of the Emperor of Austria at Venice on the 27th. The patent making that city a free harbour was iimted on the same day. The leavily-smitten city preserves its pride, even in misfortune , and to the last refused toinvite its foreign ruler. The restoration to tho city of the privileges of a free harbour is attributed to the representations of Marshal ltudetzky, who sees clearly the importance of attaching the Vene- tians to Austria by ties of interest. It is said that a conference between the young Emperor and the Kin of Naples will take place , in which the relations of the Peninsula to France and Piedmont will be discussed. It is reported that the famous brigzind, 11 Pasco tore, was killed by a body of gendarmes in tho neighbourhood of ltuspi, ltomagna. Letters from Berlin state that the last Prus , ian note to the Austrian cabinet contains a proposition to constitute the central power by appt - Onting tivo factors, with seven votes, of which two are to be held permanently by Austria and Prussia, and the others alternately by the remaining states. The best that can be said of this project is, that it is more favourable to the smaller states than was the last. This note to the court of Vienna is said by the Note Preussisehe ituu9 to be an ultimatum. A few days ago the Prussian commandant of Cassel wished to celebrate the birth-day of the Prince of Prussia by a review of the Prussian troops stationed there. The I lessian governor of the town required, however, that the Prussian commandant should he responsible for " any demonstration of po pular feeling' that might take place. The comman dant declined this responsibility, whereupon the re view was countermanded. " That government," says the Promisehe Zeiitiny, "must be in very ill odour which fears that honour dune to a royal house, • near ally, may tltruw disgrace upon itself." The circulation of the pamphlet called " Tho Dresden Conferences" has been interdicted at Vienna. The Austrian Limit! is indignant that the smaller states have resorted to this mode of stating their case to Germany, and hopes that the arrow shot by the Gotha party may return and wound themselves. M. Matiteuffel is also griotly irritated ut the publi cation: his organ, the Promise& Z itony declares that the document " can only have been made public either by a criminal bmach of official trust, or by an act of downright theft. Those who encourage such acts are not much better thatt those who com mit them; but in due time they will find their re compense." The Belgian treaty of commerce with the Zoll vcrein is prolonged ftw a year. Our correspondent referring, it will be seen, to the ultimatum spoken of above, writes: BERLIN, MARCIE 28. The Krell.: Zeirung attaches the character of an ulti matum to the last Prussian despatch to the Vienna cabinet. A former letter of mine sketched the outlines of the on gunisatien of liermany which it 'imposes, and 1 am utterly at a loss to understand upon what grounds the reactionary journal, which is usually very careful in the use of terms, ' can call the despatch an ultimatum. My information due's not allude to any expressed determination on the part of the Prussian government to return to the Bundestag, by deputing a plenipotentiary to Vienna, toles the Prussian propositions are accepted. On the contrary, I am led to believe, that on the most points the Austrian government will cordially approve of those propositions, and that the only exception will be the parity demanded by Prussia in the proposed executive college of live with nine votes. On this point the negotiate thins will be continued until some kind of sham parity is discovered with which to put off Prussia ; ftr no one imagines that Austria will consent to place Prussia on an equal footing with herself. Nor is it true that the Prussian government bargains with Austria respecting tho admission into the confederation of all the Austrian pro vinces. Herr von hinnteulfel consents to this, and will not join in any opposition even to the admission of the Loin banbeVenettan provinees. The tiro,. %M my is rather anxious about the question of the right of making peace and war, and fears that Austria will not renounce the exercise of that right independent of the confederation, and that Prussia with her allies will bo unable, even if she dues, to outvote her upon such a point in the federal Assembly. The First Chamber has commenced its sittings in the concert room of the theatre, which is described as very un comfortable. The business transacted yesterday referred to the introduction of a class and clasilied income tax. The de hate which anise on the bill for the purpose produced two fea tures of interest,the first being the fact that,as in England,tho income tax is proposed and adopted to make up deficient re , venue, and at the same time to :Owlish old and incommialious taxes. Such at least was the original proposition reqa..ete ing its introduction. The meal and meat taxes (mina) were to be abolished, and a 3 per cent. tax levied on all incomes above 1,000 Oaten, sad ;idlest:ix on all persons pos. sowing incomes less than that amount. The progress of timo, however, and the increasing wants of the state, have super . induced the necessity of maintaining the meal and meat , taxes, as well as imposing the income tax. The other fea ture of interest was the banding together of the landlord party to maintain the privilege of exemption front the pay meat of taxes, which exemption was decreed in March, - 1818. The landlords carried their will; their privileges were regranted, and the chamber sanctioned the imposition t . of the income and the maintenance of the meal and meat _ tax. representatives of Manchester, to takg , the plaroof S h arman Crawford at the n est electien, lie Consenting tolgle` I put in nominati on Per his native tows. - TILE F.PIiF-'4ENTATION ' T, 1114 .07 1 \ Wsoirr.—A public meeting et the inhabita44 of this borough was held at the Anualvteitis 011 Wes itinsie,y e vening, A. Clarke , Esq., f n the Aen Waal,. E sq ., barrister, a candidate for the onour of representing the town at a future election, attended for the purpose of stating his political opinions to the constituency. Mr. Massey advocated the extension of the suffrage, the vote by ballot, the shortening of the du ration of p arliaments, and the adoption of free trade measures to that extent which would abolish every tax which premiss' on industry. Ile would reduce pensions wherever possible, and do away with all useless plain; he would eeostomisc the expenditure of the csuntry, by rednehtrOle numbers of the army and awry ; give self - governmen t to the colonies ; and he hoped Ow time was not far distant when we should cease to bate •atate church. THE REPRESENTATION OF NORTII vote given by Mr. Portal, one of the members for the northern division of Hants, against the Papal Aggression Bill, has given much offence to many of his friends and sup porters; and if he is opposed at the dissolution of parlia ment, it will very much weaken his chance of being again returned fur his scat. On a former occasion, when ho offered to stand for Win chester, be was obliged to with draw, the independent electors stro ng ly suspecting him of catholic and Puseyite principles, and his recent vote has certainly fully confirmed thew suspicions.—Hants • REPRESENTATION OF DEVONPORT. —ln conse quence of Sir John Itomilly's acceptance of the Mas tership of the Rolls, he vaca t e s his seat for Devonport.da The writ arrived there on Saturday, and on the same y John Romilly issued an address to the elector., in which, after soliciting a renewal of their confidence, he says :—" 1 venture to think that the duties of the high judicial office to which I have been appoi nted will be in no degree incom patible with those of a member of parliament; and I be lieve that my continuing to act as your representative will I give me greater opportunities, as it will impose upon me ! greater obligations, to promote all those measures of legal reform which are essential to the permanent prosperity Or the country." Sir John and Lady Romilly arrived at Townshend's Hotel, Devonport, on Satunlay evening. 'Tha l election is tired for Wednesday, at 10 o'clock, and as there is no opposition, it will in all probability be a very quiet affair. Sir John Itomilly is expected to address, the electors at Stonehouse on Monday, and on Tuesday at Devonport. ItEPRESENTATION OF TIIE CITY OF OXFORD. — The acceptance by Mr. Page Wood of the office of Solicitor ' Generul pi-casinos a vacancy in the representation of the civic constituency of Oxford. The late member has issued an address soliciting the suffrages of the citizens. Ile states that the offer of the appointment was quite unsought and unexpected. His object on entering public life had been au independent position , but, after the declaration made by Lord John Russell that a bill had been actuall y prepared and submitted to his enhinet for an extension of the suf frage, and that it would be introduced in the next session of parliament, should he then he in office, he saw nothing to justify him in refusing to accede to the proposal. On his first appearance before them he had declared his attachment to the church of England and to the great principles of civil and religious liberty. lie had proved the sincerity of this profession on the line hand by resisting the encroachments of the papal power and Donnish ecclesiastics, and, on the other, by his advocacy in the last session of parliament of Jewish emancipation. No one rejoiced more than its at the liheration of his Roman catholic fellow-citizens from every disqualification ; but he was confident that it was quite as little for their interest as ours, thut there should be any attempt to revive antiquated ecclesiastical pretensions and usurpations which our forefathers have ever resisted, both before and since the Reformation. LAW LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, Fwtt rtreet, next SL Lhiredan'e Church, March It. 13$1. NW ICE b HEKEItY GIVEN, th.t. the BOGEN be TRANSFER KING /WARE. , in thin Wel., y will be CU WEI) on 1111.1VIDAV, the Altb Inrlaut, and will be IIEtWENELI b. TIICKSIJAV, the toth day of April next. lb. Dixidendo (o the yi ar 1 , 40 will be payable on Morcity, the 7th day of Alma next, and on any day (ftwaticys excepted) Mimes the holm. of ten and Ore: ticock. By owlet of the !tweet .re, WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNEN, Aet,ary. N.B. Poileles foe the whole teen oil Ob. ' etheod during the pewee year, *all 1010. ietpate an the peoita to bedeelatd to the rah 04 WE OFMICI EXHIItITI()N CATAIA)GUES.— mbvvtaisEm zNr4 will continue to he received for insertion In the (Aline Crtalunueo durit.g the whole time the Encibrtion re shuns open; but ac the postrJetomi ere b iml to pee a piety of LIU •.lop it they tint of ueltver the Brut edition to the itoy+lt'ommrsion by t he hob of April, Wove Advertluelwenis intended 'or the hod flee pryer. of 2.y.00 ouch .4 the ward Catalugur, and ol Voy lint ethhouo of the 11:u , nced and 'nisch um' German entalletruts must be 1.1.11 t lathe Conttottory by the 13tt, of Apotl. ' , PI( LK littOrllEHat, Wholesale outionerr, Joint Comex toro to , he LAM L . 4 W. C AND WNW. Printers, Royal C 4111.111.010 entakypte tither. 29, New litritli I c4treet, ItlackftLev.o. ght erprego. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Meet , orment. gut, Med tut "The Etprom," leadoe F.veh p : tlr, ewe he ti the MUD. IS Bouvorw-street, by Two o'cooel. oh the day of pobocalloa. MGR WATig AT U)NDON Trots IrAT-11111 1 6011 MST= kfternam, 111.511 a. Tagoaauw—lisesieg. 16.11 a. MUMMA. 21. 2imm. LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 3: GREAT BRITAIN and the United States are both engaged in the task of taking a MMus of their popu lation. In a country whose polity is rounded, like that of America, upon the great principle that the proper busine,..s of lawgivers is to ascertain the di methm of national tendencios, and the proper object of institutions is to realist the prevalent will, few subjects of inquiry possess so deep and permanent an interest. With us the census is at best regarded as " rather a dry subject" of public discussion or private conversation. 'll e all have a certain curiosity to know by how many thousands the hives of manufac turing industry have become more crowded dur ing the past ten years; and most people think it sounds common-sensicul to profess that they " think it very interesting" to observe how one part of the kingdom has lost and another gained in the number of its inhabitants. But in truth, the generality of persons one meets in society don't think anything about the matter. " Very interesting" means—just nothing at all. plow should it he other wise? Save in rare instances, it signifies little whether the decimal proportion of the parish you live in has moved upwards or downwards, or leas remained stationary. Beyond a given point it tells upon the balance of poor rates and wages,--a balance which nut one iu a thousand even pretends to under stand; but in any other sense it would be marvel lously difficult to show what it signifies to Sniggles thorpe whether its average births since Is4l have exceeded those of Marry-cum-children by the fifty seventh part of a unit, or by half a dozen numerals. Laws, law-making, and law-makers in England de pend upon totally different considerations. Our re presentative system is the net result of the contro versy between the power of acreage and the power of l" tentage, between the claim of hereditary tur rets to overlook all other abodes in the land, and the ambition of certain ambitious chimnies to overtop them. But as for the mill' wants or wishes of the shifting masses of population, who believes that our imperial system was ever meant to reflect faith fully or to obey loyally influences so variable or vulgar? In the United States things are somewhat different. Money and land, manufacturing and territorial power, are not the corner stones of the political edifice; they are nut even so much as distinctivel) recog nised in the system. If any man or number of men happen to have inherited or to have accumulated great riches., so much the better in private ler them. But the state takes no cognisance thereof. It exists. for quite other purposes than to swell the insolencs of wealth or birth. Man as a trading, writing, tra velling, postal,v -paying. railway travelling. excises grudging. customs-evading , and lawsuit-loving ani mal.—man. in these inherent qualities of civilization, is the sole subject of the deliberations of Con gress. and of the curious mechanism of administra tive rule which for seventy years has existed in North America. We do not hope to be able to eon , vino those who find their account in maintaining the opposite scheme of polity on this side of the ocean, that theirs is not the better of the two. We only wish to mark the essential difference in the scope and aim of the rival systems, as accounting for the very different feelings with which the taking of the decennial census, amongst other things, is re garded by our western kinsfolk and ourselves. In America,asin England. great social controversies prevail. But in that democratic region the sole ar bitrament which exists, or can exist, is that of pre dominant opinion : and where opinion, as in the case of slavery, is identical with geographical and pro yincial distinctions, an inquiry into the comparative progress of population assumes at once and palpably the form of a scrutiny into the actual resources of the. two parties into which the nation it divided. Hence the anxiety manifested at the present moment by every sect and class of politicians to ascertain the probable results of the national enumeration for some time preceding. but which is still incomplete. Approximations to the precise results have been. however, put forth apparently on good authority: and, as might be anticipated. these state ments already form the elements of many edam's- HOLLAND. The Nlinister of Finance has submitted Ilw follow ing important projects of law to the Seeund Chamber at the Hague: . . 1. A tax upon Netherlands subjects, of 3 per cent. upon all property, shares, funds, &c., derived from foreign roan tries, which, at a given taxation of 30 millions, promises a yearly rcvenne of 900,000 florins. 2. Abolition of the existing tax on turf and coals, from which the loss to the revenue is estimated at 2,391,950 flo rins. On the other hand, a new import duty of 2.1 per cent. per I,ooolb. is imposed on coals, which will bring the revenue 100,000 florins. 3. Reduction of the tonnage from 15 to 20 per cent. This will involve a loss of 2,000,000 florins to the revenue. 4. Increase of the duty on salt, from which the govern ment expects 100,000 florins. 6. Increase of the duty on sugar. From this project of law, which has not yet been laid before the chambers, the government experts a revenue of 6,000,000 florins. 6. Abolition of immunity from duty by thy inland dis tilleries, which will probably yield the revenue 150,000 florins. 7. Modification of the stamp duty, reduction to one-half of the duty on hills of exchange. This is estimated to yield the revenue 100,000 florins. 8. Modification of the law of patents. This project is not yet fully drawn up, so that it is not possible to give an exact estimate of the sum which the government expects to derive from this project of law ; nor can the sum total of the financial reform be given with any degree of accuracy. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, MARCH lb. An Egyptian steamer arrived on the 9th. having on board Kiany Pacha, on a special mission from tho Viceroy to the Divan. It is rumoured that the mis understanding between the Turkish government and Abbas Pacha is on the eve of an amicable settle ment. The charge d'affaires of Egypt, immediately on his arrival, entered into negotiations with the mi nister of the Divan, and, notwithstanding the isitrecy which prevails, it is announced that the Viceroy has entered into the Sultan's views, which are that tho Tanzimat should be adopted, but on condition that certain provinces be exempted. The arrears have in like manner been promised for an early period. GREECE. Dates from Athens, of March 18, state that one of the numerous brigands, of the name of Cavourino, had been arrested and condemned to death. It ap pears that he had been found guilty of sixty-tive acts of brigandage and seventeen murders, but he had money, and he made such use of it that he contrived to obtain a pardon from the minister of justice. The news of the pardon created a great sensation in Athena. The affair was brought before the Chamber of Deputies, when the use made of the prerogative of the crown was universally condemned. Two mem bers, MM. C.,,moundourald and Vlach°, made a powerful attack on the government, and declared that it was in oonsequeuce of the protection given by the authorities to persons found guilty of crimes, that brigandage was so prevalent in Greece.