The Express. — London, England, 1857-03-17 00:00:00

lli I ~r apply to .ay partioalsr Wawa inal thersd for compca datin had Om issils. THE BPIAIIZ'S smaiimer BILL. This Lill a toned Ile; Tithed oirtiOe. EXCHEQUER BILLS (240.1.7 ML) BILL. ThLi bill wee ohm red • mend time CONSOLIDATED MIND (APPROPRIATION) DILL On the motion for the 111/401 Sir H. wiukuolunr othed mg Aith k Mar le of the promise glvia leth mina thie i i vitehl be prated ; or, it not low k theta dal with the eh" order? 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TO OUR Iss consequence of the absorption of space by the superts of proceedings in Parliament, the Proprietors hive determined to issue a DOUBLE NUMBER ow SATURDAYS, so as to prevent the postpone mea of interesting matter, No change will take place in the price. The SIXTH DOUBLE NUMBER of the EXPRESS will appear ON SATURDAY NEXT, March 21. THE DERRY trumpet gave forth an uncertain sound last night. Its notes were assuredly ill-adapted to inspire military ardour—to awaken an " Up, Guards! and follow me" enthusiasm. Lord DERBY, Indeed, made ono or two " palpable hits," when allying Lord PALMERSTON, and certain theological asempapers that have been using language in con nexion with the PREMIER'S name, which if employed by others they would have been the first to denounce as " gat blasphemy." His taunt about the divi sion on Mr. LoCKE KING'S Bill, too, WC= to have told; for it called up Lord GRANVILLE, who certainly did not mend the matter when he depre cated allusion to that unlucky blunder, or, as he preferred to call it, that " unfortunate contingency.' But such fencing with buttoned foils, such sparring with the gloves, will not rouse a party to action. In short, Lord DERIT does not see his way. He is not prepared fbr an appeal to the country. This will not be wondered at by any one who perused yesterday the only faithful Conservative journal in the morning daily prem. The Morning Herald uplifts its voice in lamentation over the dis organised state of the Tory party. In the election for the ('it♦ in 1841 the Herakl asserts that the Con sorvatives "triumphed," which, being interpreted, moans that they carried two sesta out of four. Other people might call this a drawn game, bat we will not Be critical about words. The Herakl also de clares that at that time the party had a vigorous and efficient registration committee. Now every thing has changed. There is no Conservative Asso ciation, no Conservative candidate for the City. For the appalling change the Herald accounts as follows : In PM Sir Ilebtet Peel, by Chapels BBL ahneked eel Moulded bambini. d bib City followers. In 160. by hie 111 quell MA b emeged thousands In 18te, Lf abseiledes be lerteally broke up the Petty. MA be 110, es. idea °craned, Weald of two Cemowatires edema et Se bead of the poll, or say etalieeill to nem, la. aid dot et the foot. The wnwk of the City Cemervative Armistice otintsfood to ranger on for two or three yeses longer, and then ft broke up, or adjourned aa. die. And now when ea Arlon to upon as, sot a shed of Coranative orientation erste It may be so. All theme things may have helped to break up the Conservative party in the City ; but there is a fact connected with their former union, noticed by the Herold, that seems to us to account more plausibly for the alteration titan any of the circumstances enumerated by our contemporary : In 1896, /kr Robert reel, at a dinner at Merchant Tailor:- ban, gave hie Mohamed counsel, " Register, Register, Register 1 " The cilium kllowed hie advice ; they imme diately itemed • regletralics committee, and in the course of the neat nu yeah they raised among themselves, and atleaded in regietration, in public dinners, in two elections, and ass petition, mom than thirty thousand pounds. Point d'argent pang de Suisse. The Tory mag nates in the City are no longer disposed to disburse WOOL in the coarse of a year or two. When they epsell their purses freely they could command two sesta; now that they have closed them they cannot command one. If we are to take the condition of the City of London Conservatives as a specimen of the condition of their party throughout the country, no wonder Lord Dzan hesitates to march through Coventry with them. Ho knows that for Conserva tive electioneering gold is the sinews of war, and he will not fight with a einewless party. Tim advioce from Canton received by the Over land Mail bring down our intelligence to the end of January. At that date one of the natural results of a precipitate resort to hostilities, without adequate means to carry them on, had developed itself. Admiral SEYMOt R. after destroying the western suburb of the city--an operation which appears to have involved the conflagration of some seven thousand dwelling plasm—had been compelled to abandon his position off Canton and the Dutch Folly. With s view to maintaining his communication with Hong Kong, and keeping ;pen the poseur of the river, the British commander had stationed the force under hie orders at different points in the Canton river, the highest being at the Tectotum Fort, in the Macao passage, and the lowest at the Bogue Forte, close to the river mouth. The relative position of Canton and the Bocce Tigris are not so unlike those of London and the Nore. Admiral Sundown's pro blem is to keep the communication open along this river line until the arrival of the re inforcements which, as we know, are on their way. That he will be able to succeed in this object there is little reason to doubt ; but it is sufficiently humiliating for a British force to have been reduced, in consequence of ill-judged and vio lent acts of aggression, to a defensive position so embarrassing and so discreditable. The affair of " the poisonings" remains pretty nearly as it stood at the date of the last despatches. A-tuts the baker—a name certainly of the worst omen where the adulteration of bread is concerned—had started for Macao on the morning when the alleged poisonings were discovered. He was pursued, brought back, examined, and committed with nine others to take his trial at the criminal sessions which are held monthly at Hong Kong. If the guilt of an offence so atrocious has been clearly brought home to him, there can be no room to doubt that he and his associates in crime have, long ere now, expiated by a just doom this abomi nable attempt at wholesale extermination. It is, we observe, confidently stated in one of the local papers that a careful medical analysis has detected trues of arsenic in portions of the adulterated bread ; but at this distance, and with the imperfect data we at present possess, anything bite a positive conclusion as to the real facts of the case would be, of course, premature. We know the tendency of panic if not to create at all events to magnify charges of this nature. We by no means intend to insinuate that the guilt of A-Lux is a fable, or even that the alleged poison ings may turn out to have been at first greatly mag nified by natural apprehension—we only recom mend caution in arriving at conclusions before we know the facts ; and we may at any rate be allowed to express gratification at the intelligence that " although two or three hundred people must have partaken of the poisoned food, no lives have been lost." It is also a matter of considerable satisfaction that in the fortnight that has elapsed since the date of the last despatches, no ground has been given for suspecting any repeti tion of an attempt so atrocious: the peace of Hong Hong does not appear to have been seriously dis turbed; no complaints are made of any falling off in the supplies, nor has any intelligence been received of a nature to strengthen the apprehensions which nervous people had begun to entertain of concerted plans of insurrection by the Chinese against the European population throughout the length and breadth of the Eastern seas. When, indeed, we look back from the 30th January, 1857, to the 30th of September, 1836, and compare the relative state of things at those two periodsinthe Canton waters, we are forcibly reminded of the " plentiful lack of wisdom" with which the government of the world is sometimes carried on. At the former date we were prosperously car rying on a rapidly increasing trade, in the extension of which the poorer classes of this country have the deepest interest, with the inhabitants of a vest pro vince only a little leas populous than the great kingdom of France. At the latter period this trade was temporarily suspended, the principal city of this great province was bombarded—the suburbs, containing the residences of all the trading part of the population, were utterly de stroyed—our own factories were consumed with fire—our communication with 'long Kong threatened—our power of ingress and egress in the Canton waters confined to those floating citadels which, amid the swarming craft of the populous river, maintained, not without some lose of dignity, the prestige of the English flag. We defy the most ardent admirers of Sir Joust Bowaixo to say that thus far England has not been made to pay somewhat dear for his fixed determination to visit Tan within the walls of Canton--somewhat dear for finding Mr. Consul PARKLI in the luxury of bullying "a barbarian viceroy" because he declined to apologise for an insult which in intent he had never offered, and because, though he sent back the men he had seized with a civil message, and a promise, satisfactory even to Emus, that no such seizure should be made in fetus*, yet he did not replace them on the dock of that craft, as notable henceforth in history as the Argo or the Bellerophon, with all the precise punc tilio that the petulance of this hot-headed young gentleman was pleased to exact. And what is to come ? Admiral SEYMOUR will no doubt hold his own till the reinforcements arrive—till a little army of picked English troops, and an effective force of artillery, is mustered in the Canton waters. Let us suppose this muster to have taken place. The long passage is over; the Transits and Megteras have I slowly wallowed their way over the 12,000 miles of interposing brine ; the gallant relics of the Crimea the vigorous rank and file of I Aldershott—are on board their floating barracks, ' ready to fall to. Let as suppose they have done their work as they always have done it hitherto, vigorously, promptly, and well. Let us suppose Canton taken, and all to be in readiness' for an ad- 1 , '-7 THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 17, 1857. valise into the interior. Still the question returns at every fresh stage in the imaginary campaign, esti Moo f You comet conquer this empire; you cannot permanently occupy it; you cannot faros trade inter. coulee with it. What then will you do P Vindioate the prestige of England ! Perhaps : we will not stop now to estimate how far prestige is worth anything as distinct from morality and honour. But we will remark that the prioc we are likely to pay seems rather high for the ueertion of a prestige that has only been jeopardised by the unauthorised acts of our subordinates, and for the gratification of a national instinct of pugnacity which is either admirable or execrable according to the nature of the cause that calls it forth. In 1855-58 the total export of tea from China to Great Britain, from the Ist of July to the 15th of January, was 68,005,1001b'. ; in 1858-7, the total export for the corresponding period was 39,991,40011 w.; being a decrease of 18,013,7001 b.. In 1843-4 the total export of tea from China toOreat Britain was 41,839,4001b5. ; in 1855-58 it was 91,931,800165. In 1843-4 not a single bale of silk was exported from China to Great Britain ; in 1855-8, 50,489 bales were exported. The great in crease of exports in the course of 13 years throws a shade of doubt over the alleged impediments in tho way of foreign trade in China. The marked falling off in the export of tea during the presont year throws a shade of doubt over the wisdom of the policy which seeks to extend our commercial inter course with China by force of arms. ebt Court. The Queen held a em;t yesterday at Buckingham - ideaslear Gonadal Dews bad ea subsnoe, sad deihersd to bar ids evolodials as Sassy Extrecollemey sad Moiseer ken to Qom the nooadoge ems 11, lie Modal ar et mai LG., dr theergs froebery et Magi Or Peasloa *aim mad sesul @es YU& Se Idersed Coo, IC.C.E., bee s lasetair at do Osraasodes. The Mai at ILT„ vas pressmaad hs tits QUM by the Eat st salldeeed boas, ea baggi anointed her le Clam T i b32 . l elsoodea an mama et the QOBBll. Her Mritall vim @gloried by lord Byneg, Lord in Walt- V , and Meiee-Omerel Babtiey Deummd, Groom is Mao Abut rods on haystack in the itegosso, yak the Prate et Wales. _ _ _ . . Het Wall ad the Priam estansedal b the Primo Royal and Moe Ashur, art. aka la the abase= k aa open antap sal ker. lad Make Pltsrey sad the Rea. D. de Rea alkeelei as hshaelt. — TheirThee d Wale. eilseid by klaJor-General Wylde jtoMsad Mr. Abel the yaks et the putts rental Cum- Oty-icel The Qom ad h o.ADM, with the Primus Royal, bemedul the Pdhelds Thulw ortth their p.we. fa tho ,syst mite oddelett el the et De welt Bea. Laid Oortioa. Led Dytrah Led Medd navy, ed the Boa. D. tle Itta Dageeehee Item the Gorman of Awards ad delta vie reeelvei iedirday et the Camel-am Deoptiches wan eat to the flovorsort of the West leie Ms& His Excellency Count d'Appony, dr Austrian Minister, MeJ est returned to Chendos House, bent Ourasny, where he him been to intend the obsequies of kW bream Ilia Excellency M. Gonzalez Bravo. the slowly appointed Spanish Minister at this court, is staying at (b -ridge's Hotel. The Duke and Duchess of Cleveland and Lady August& rowlett intend to remain at Baby Castle until the week after Enter, when the noble Duke and Duchess will arrive in London for the season. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland arrived !foram:laLad Mum on flaturrisy, from Alemnck Comte, for the season. The Duchess of Somerset has left the Clarendon, for Stover Lodge, Newton Abbot, Devonshire. The Marchioness of Tweeddale is expected in town to-day, from Tester House, N.B. The noble marquis, who is in Lineobshire at present, has taken • 11A131011 ht Greesenor-mesamt fur tho meson. The Marquis Camden has left town for the Wilder ness, his wet, mar &meek'. The noble marquis and the Ladies Pratt will mos to town immediately after Easter for the aessos. 11w Marquis of Downshire and Lord Edwin Hill bays gone to visit the Marquis's estates in Ireland. ;The noble marquis is at present at Hillsborough Castle, county Down. The Earl Talbot has arrived in England from Italy. alai is staying with the Earl of Egliaton. The Countess and the Ladies Talbot are at pressed at Boole. The eldest son of the pie■ent Earl and Countess of Fife, a youth, aged eight yeses, will take the title of " Viscount lisoluff." Sir Brook and Lady Bridges and Miss Charlotte Knight have arrived at the Clarendon from Godmemon Park, Kent. Sir Robert Gerard has arrived at the Clarendon from Oar wood. Saint Thomas (Charterhouso) New Golden•lane &boobs will be opened by HALM Prince Albert, on Thum day afternoon. - . The Bishop of London preaches at St. Pancras church on Bundy morning neat.. The ninth aiinivervary festival of the City of Lon don Hospital for Dismal of the Cheat takes place at the London Tavern tolnorrovr, Earl Granville in the chair. A society of noblemen and gentlemen have esta blished • fund, to which they have given the name of the "Wellington Efalgratioa Fund," from the fact that the pretest Duke of Wellington heads the aubucriptionlist with adoration of 1,0001. More. Labouchere, Sidney Herbert, end Thomas Haring, the Lord Mayor, Lord Stanley, do., take ea active share In the proceedings of the amotiation. The committee is formed with the view of endeavouring to cohere, by emi gration, the dietram existing among the labouring claws in the metropeDu The emigration will be principally directed . . . . . . to those eolosiee which contribute towards the fund, and subscribers may specify the particular colony to which their contributions are to be applied. Regulations will be made by the committee on the one hand, and Lord Ooderieh, M.P., Rev. F. D. Maurice, Mr. Neale Porter, and others kindly acting on behalf of the working men, for the selection of emigrant'. Facilities will be afforded for the emigrants repaying in the colony the sum advanced, so soon as their Improved circumstances may enable them to do so. It is ' propoeed, when the temporary pressure calmed by the glut in the labour market shall have subsided, to apply the balance to promoting female emigration. It is stated by one of the I)ablin papers that the Hon. Mr. l'hipps, commissioner for the Me of encumbered estates in the West Indies., has been attending the proceed• logo in the Encumbered Estates Court for some day. pest, for the purpose of making himself acquainted with the prac tice and the mode of carrying out the provision. of the act. He sat ca Saturday with the Chief Commissioner while he was disposing of hie list of chamber motions, and afterwards proceeded to Mr. Commies'...me Long eld's chamber. On Friday he went through the different oflicee of the court, ac companied by Mr. Commissioner Hinreave, where,of mune, every facility was afforded him to acquire the desired infor mation. Mr. Phelps takes his benefit at &idlers' Wells Theatre, to-morrow night. Mr. J. L. Toole will take his first benefit at the Lyman Theatre, on the 31st. Mr. Bayle Bernard's new drama, to be produced at the Haymarket Theatre on Thursday, is in four acts, and is entitled A Life'e Trial. A Paris letter in the Inapendance of Brussels states that a play written by Alexandre Dumas in twenty four hours is ab..ut to bo performed at the residence of M. de Girard* and that M. Daman, who boasts of being the best cook in France, is to superintend the preparation of the dinner which is to precede the performance. Handers Israel in Egypt will be performed on Friday, the 27th inst. Advantage will be taken of this per formance to hold the first choral rehearsal for the great Handel Festiva, which will take place under tho dire - ction of Mr. Costa In the large hall, Easter-hall, on Friday evening next, the 20th init. The Aczardo of Nice of the II th says :—" 'Yes terday the first motion of the Vfilaftenea road less hump. mord. At 2 p.m. the Emmet Dowager of Russia, accent. petard by the Grand Dyke Ccesiestine,•the Grand Duchess Olga, and the Prime loyal of Wurtemburg, arrived at the pavilion prepared kir thew, and wore cordially greeted by the multitude. The Elyria restated a pair of gold shwas to the Empress, with winch her Itehisty cut the ribbon wt kh was drawn across the laud. A regatta and ()this Ildritedons then took Om." ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. BRIMITON.—Mr. Crevy has announced his inten tion of withdrawing from this bleaker BRADFORD, MONDAY.—Ir. Titua Salt, tha ombent uuusufectwer of t3eltalro, hex just mitred front the Bead. The ody candidates are now General Thompson end Mr. Wickham, the resent libera l asserrattre weather. errs 01. Loin* x.—Alderman Rose Me issued in addle s, declsring lamed/ s candidate, and Reding forth Ids political opinions. Cum:me, MONDAY SBoirr. (By Electric Telegraph.) —ln compliance with • requisition nume rously and respectably signed Sir lamas Graham aimed hie conetitucnts in the Coffee-ksuae Amembly-moo this evening. The room was crammed to suffocation, and there was a large crowd outside unable to obtain sdrairion. Sir James Graham entered into • full vindication of his recent rotas, and particularly of his distrust of Lord Palmerston an a reformer. On tho motion of Hr. P. IL Howard, of Corby Cantle, a meatiness of entire confidence in Sir Jams Gra ham, and requesting him again to present Inman, for re election, was carried with great enthusiasm and with scarcely • dozen dimentients. IttßuNcrroN.—We (Northern Daily Erpress) barn that a requisition to the chief bailiff (Fraud' blewburn, Esq.,) is in mime of signature by the non-electors of Dar lington, requesting him to convene a public mooting, to con sider the present aspect of political affairs, principally with a view to promote ouch meaning as umy eoeure an extension of the franchise. We understand that the requiaition has already been numeroualy and respectably signed, and as the . . . movement is in the tight direction, we wish it ell Beacom Included in the names appended to the requisition, are the signatures of many tradesmen, whale rents vary from lbl. to nearly 504 per annum, a few exceeding the latter sum, but who hare no vote in consequence of renting under two or more owners ; and others who pay moors tax. DtaintlES.—Hr. James Hannay, of litermy fame, is s andielste for the representation of the Dumfries District of Burghs, sad has issued an address, in whisk b says.— "As slstivo of Durafrits, I am particularly intsrasted in year d i strict; and my oetapations have naturally led me to bestow much attention on those social and political questions which eruct the interests of rest If - you are plowed to elect rue, I can promise, at least, • faithful devo tion to public subjects, and that I will never sacrifice my independence to my ambition. lied it been my lot to repre sent you during the recast Chinese debate, I should certainly sot have evaded the mementocui division which closed it At the Nene theeo en bound to my, that I do not think the offence given by the Chinese on the Bth of October justified the terrible dentists:omit which followed. Withevery respect fee Lord Palm/mon, and especially for his great eervices in the Russian War, lam not prepared to follow his guidance blindly in any matter. It is difficult to cue party appella tions, fathom days, without exposing oneself to be misunder stood. I em firmly attached to the Great Institutions of the Xisrtoea. Neverthelm, therearo anomalies in therepresenta ens spine which I should be glad to see abolished; end I witheesrjointhat numerous clam who refuse to remove what themelese admit to be abuses, from an &tablet du `le seism I will aseist, to the beat of my power, in Itaagesger pineare of talation off the industry of the king dom, Snd in checking the grossing incresse of expenditure which so strongly marks the present day. lem earnestly beat on taking a pert in the various social reforms which now wisely occupy so =ay winds ; end I am strongly seed. oat fur education, for emigration, for army reform, - and for employing the principle of competition as a chock on corrupt patronage in the public servioo. Such 'octal questions rem to me the most important onto of the time, and they ought 100 urgod constantly on our etatesmen. To carry out such a policy as I have indicated, we require peaceful Mations with foreign countries; let us be prepared to fight on vital questions, and let ue refrain from irritation about ordinary onto. As a Scotsman, fond of the history of bin country and proud of its ronown, I shall ever be ready to bestow my best attention on Scottish subjects. There is a tendency to undue centralisation and a neglect of Scottish national intonate, which I for one think demand our constant scotch fulnees." FOLKBTONE.—Mr. Brockman having resigned on account of ill-health, Sir John Reauden, M.P. for Taunton, and Mr. Gordon Thomason, s director of the South Emu= Railway Coops', hove announced their intention to con test the borough. (Vinar).—The Hon. Grantley F. Berkeley, in an address to the electors of the western divi sion of Gloucestershire, offers his service* free and unfettered at the approaching election. OCILIWORD.—The addresses of fire candidates are trued, including those of Mr. Bell and Mr. Mangles, the sitting members. Mr. Burin, the rejected tory candidata of Lewes, is in the field. Mr. Guilford Onalow and Mr. Gaels Au►ten oiler their services to the Libra party. HVDDEWIFIELD, MONDAY, MIDNIGHT.—(By Elec tric Telegraph.)—At a meeting of liberal electors just closed, it has been resolved unaninieuely to invite Mr. Richard Colds to eddreem the electors, with a view to his becoming • candidate. The same of Mr. Edward Akroyd was also introduced to the meting, but ejected, Mr. Akruyd's poli tical views not being considered sugiciently liberal for the conslitainicy. She name of Mr. Cobden was received with much enthusisen. KNAZESI3OIIOI:GII.—An active canyon is being prosecuted in order to induce Mr. Westheed, one of the can didates at the last election, again to brooms a candidate in the liberal Waren. The requisition hes received 80 signa tures, but to centre success should have 130. He offers to stand If a reasonable prospect of OtICOIOIB can be shown him. Lunzug.—Last evening the large hall attached to the Horns Tavern was densely crowded by electors of the borough of Lambeth to hear an explanation of the political opinions of Mr. W. A. Wilkinson, ono of the present mem bers. Mr. Rhodes occupied the chair. The hon. member having addressed the electors, various questions were &eked, and, after great uproar, Mr. Lyon moved the Mowing reso lution That this meeting, having heard Mr. Wilkinsim's I sentiments, and feeling that he has devotedly and faithfully represented tho borough of Lambeth in parliament, pledges itself to see its utnioet exertiona to flaunt him at the forth coming election?' The motion was carried by en immense majority. L►:t:ue.—Another phase in the Leeds election has •risen, both Mr. W. E. Forster and Mr. IneneisCerbutt, the advanced liberal candidates, having withdrawn to avoid a split in the liberal party. A meeting of some two hundred loading liberal electors, convened by eirtular, wee held yes terday (Monday) afternoon, at the Stork Exchange, and it was resolved to introduce another candidate coadjutor with the Right lion. M. T. Baines. A committee of selection, consisting of five was appointed to select • suitable gentle man, who will be introduced 's early ea petit& to a general meeting of the liberal electors. A placard, from whom emanating is not known, ben been posted in the town, In viting the liberal electors favourable to the election of Mr. James Brown, of Remington, late high sheriff of this county, and a native of Loads, to usemble at a public meeting in the Music lieu, on Friday afternoon next. The placard is looked upon as • mere feeler. The meeting of that favour able to the return of Mr. Beckett, the present member for Ripon, in conjunction with Mr. M. T. Baines, has turned out to be a hoax. LivEttPooL.—The groat meeting of the Liverpool cxnaminmiven was held yesterday at noon. From the special edition of the Northern Daily Antra wo learn that the Amphitheatre wan crowded on the occasion by about 5,000 people. Our contemporary says Tho meeting, ea a con servative demonstration, we must admit, was successful, and the opposing party have now a clear insight of the difficulties which will begot theirstruggte," MAIDeTONE.—The South Eastern Gazette says : " In Maidstone, we are happy to e•y the canvass en behalf of Mr. Lee and Mr. Mildenay, the Liberal candidates for the representation of the borough, has proceeded most eatisfectonly throughout the past week. Tho promises of support given, many of them spontaneously, coupled with czprcaiions of confidence in the sound prin ciples which both the future members entertain, leave , no doubt as to their return ; the register of voters clearly showing that the hberala have • good work ing majority among the voters, as well es among the mm-elector. The conservatives, on the contrary, do not Films, any attachment to the Tracterian tenets of Mr. A. J. B. Berceford Hope, and many of them, could they be induced to believe that there existed the slightest probability of his election, would themselves get up such • demonstra tion of hostility as would astonish' those who have been mainly instrumental in bringing him forward. The liberal' have announced a public meeting in the Corn Exchange on Wednesday (to-morrow) evening, at which every one will rejoice to learn that Mr. leas medical advisers consider him sufficiently recovered from his recent illness to be present, with Mr. Mildmay." MIDDLLSEX.—Mr. Osborne, secretary to the Admiralty, boa Wool the following farewell lamtp t.". 4 electors : " Oentlaulen,—You will be celled on within s short period to ezeorlse your electoral rights. The representa boa of Middlesex has always been a proud object of parliamentary smbition, but, while conferring distin guished honour it also entails heavy responsibility. The magnitude, intelligence, and wealth of the metropolitan county demand an undivided allegiance, and the avocation of official life are scarcely compatible with the efficient 'emendation of au& an important constituency. I our free So admit that in my present position as a member of her Majesty's government It is not in my power to devote that time End attention to local and county business which yen have • right to expect from your representative. Under these circumstances I take an early opportunity of announ cing that It is not my intention to seek a renewal of the con fidence of the electors at flee ensuing election ; doubtless there will be no difficulty in aelectinga more worthy exponent of their political feelings, End an abler promoter of county binnacle, but they will not readily find one who is co sensible of the exertions of those tmtiring and disinterested supporters ' who first sent bins to parliament, or who will take his leave of his Mends with wore warmth, and of bie opponents with ltur soerbity, than gentlemen, your faithful and obedient sennat, iLLLPH Ossongs. Reform Club, March 16." Mr. Osborne will contest Dover. NortroLa (Easr).—Yesterday, the addressee of Minor-General Windham and Sir E. N. Buxton were brood to the electors. Both gentlemen express their intention to advocate liberal measures, and to give a gteeral support to the government of Lord Palmerston. The addresses of Sir H. J. Strsoey and Mr. H. N. Burroughes, the conservative candidates, also appeared yesterday. _ _ PosTevaacr.—There arc now three candidates in the field, namely, Mr. Monckton Mahar, Mr. Wood, and Mr. Oliveira, all of whom have issued addresses. All the candidates are libersla. A reaction is said to be taking place in favour of Mr. Oliveira. SALFOHD.—Mr. Cobden is to address the electors of Salford on Thursday evening. At a meeting of electors, held yesterday morning, et the Town Hall, Salford, and which wee railed to nominate a candidate favourable to the government foreign policy and to protestant principles, • requisition was proposed soliciting Sir Elkanah Armitage to offer himself. An amendment, by Mr. Cawley and Mr. Nimmo, however, was carried by • large majority, substi tuting Mr. Oliver Heywood's name for that of Sir Elkanah Armitage. At this meeting about 250 persons were present. and the feeling wits unmistakeably in favour of Lord Palmerston's foreign policy. There are more than 4,000 electors. (Sorrn).—A meeting of the liberal electors of thia division was held at the Swan Hotel, Wolverhampton, yesterday (Monday) afternoon, Mr. Wil liam Mathows in the chair. The attaidence was nurse roue, most of tho leading libsrala being present. It was stated that a bad been received from the lion. Mr. Lit tleton (ono of tho present members), announcing that in consequence of the date of his health it was not his intention to offer Wined( for re-eleetion. From Lord Uxbridge no com- munication bad been received, but it was gaterallynxidenstood that his lordship would not again ogee himself. In these cir cwnetances a reeolution was passed noaniMously requesting Mr. Mathews to allow himself to be put in nomination ; and it was mentioned that he would have the support of most of the members of the iron trade, Irrespective of any political consideration. Mr. Mathews at first declined, onsoce unt of the state of his health and his numerous business engage ments, but the proposal being pressed he promised a definite reply in a day or two. For the other seat it was agreed to open communications with the E. Mr. Wrottesley, the . . Hon. Frederick Calthorpe, and Mr. Modgetts Foley, son of the member for East Worcestershire. 'rhe first-named gen tlemen are abroad, Mr. Wrottesky at Rome; the communi cations will, therefore, of nativity be with their relatives. An adjournment took place until Saturday, but before the meeting dispersed a resolution waa pa.sacd expressive of re gret at the affliction which tendered Mr. Littleton's retire ment necessary. ' " . STROVD.—The Right Hon. G. Horsman, in his address to the electors of this borough, says :—" I deplore very much the recent occurrences in China, and, although they were owing to the aggressive course of the Chinese, I regret that Sir John Bowring did not refer the question house to the cabinet before ho resorted to such serious reprisals ; but, when the government were made aware of the measures taken without any authority from them, it wee their duty only to consider by ..bat moans the evil consequencon might be diminished, whether by supporting the British represen tative in demanding the fulfilment of treaty obligations, or by disavowing and abandoning our representative, and by eo doing encourage the excited Chinese in a career which might imperil the liviss of every British reeident in China and be fatal to our future commerce —1 think the decision of the home government was the one most in accordance, not only with British interests, but also with the dictates of humanity sad peace." - - . . .... .. .. • " SUNDERLAND.—Mr. Ralph Walters, the new libe ral candidate, Mot issued his address, and is expected to attend a meeting of the electors this (Tuesday) evening, and proceed upon an active canoe's. Mr. Edward Deckhouse, jun., connected with a wealthy Durham county banking firm, and a member of the Society of Friends, is being strongly urged to become a candidate. lie is associated with the temperance movement. Mr. Walters is in (avour of a large measure of perliamentary reform, the ballot, end the immediate and total abolition of church rates. WARV.ICKSIIIRT. Newdegate and Spooner bare issued a joint address to tho electors, in which they refer to their general conduct while in virile went, but refrain from alluding to any of the leading ca tions of the day. Both voted against Lord Palmerston on Mr. Coborm's motion, but they make no mention of the sub ject. It is rumoured that the Hon. Mr. Leigh, brother of Lord Leigh, will opposo Mr. Spooner's re-election. THE CASE OP MR. W. H. BARBER. DEPUTATION TO LORD PALMERSTON. Yesterday morning a deputation, consisting of Sir Fitzroy Kelly M.P., Mr. Cobderif.P., Mr. F. Crossley, M.l'., Mr. Ifesdiam, M.P., Mr. 'cant Ballantine, Mr. Serjeant Parry, Mr. C. W. Dilke, r. W. Wills, the Rev, J. 0. Wood, Mr. N. Gedge, Mr. R. Lane, and other gentle men, waited upon Lord Palmerston at Cambridge House, for the purpose of laying before his lordship a claim to com pensation by Mr. William Henry Barber, the solicitor, whose case, to connexion with certain will and other forgeries some years apro, is well known to the public. Sir k. KELLY Mated to his lordship that in 1841 Mr. Barber, who was then a solicitor in good practice, became professionally connected with a man named Fletcher, for whom ho did a considerable amount of legal business. This man Fletcher was in the habit of ascertaining from the Bank of Ragland 'rulers of unclaimed stock, and then inform lir who were entitled to it of the fact, receiving a far hie trouble on the amount secured. Subse quietly Inalslatr forged the names of persona who were en titled to GI Mock, and in some cases villa where the persons were dsessamd. Barber trensacted the legal portion of the business Am Wm, but woo not aware of the frauds which were Was committed. On an investigation taking disroveries of &arida to a large amount were and the result was that Fletcher and Barber Welt tried at the Old Bailey together. Barber's counsel were very anxious that he should be tried separately, in order that Fletcher and other partial to the transaction might be called as wit nesses• but this the Attorney• General (the present Lord Chief Baron) refused. They were found guilty, and trans ported for life. Barber wee sent to Norfolk Island, where he endured every imaginable kind of torment. Some of the attends there, hearing of the nature of his c.ae, made in quiries into it, and made representations which induced Sir George Grey, the then Home Secretary, to grant a condi tional pardon, the condition being that Mr. Barber should not come into Great Britain. He wandered about the conti nent until Lord Normanby took up his cam, and he received a full pardon. For many years after the Court of Queen's Bench refused him permission to practise, but at length that right baa been yielded. Mr. Barber had suffered so much that the deputation thought he was entitled to compensation, more especially as the Ott*, who worn the prosecutors, had made so grievous a mistake. &demi. Parry and Ballantins, Mr. lleadlam, M.P., Mr. Gedge, and other gentlemen, having urged Mr. Barber's claims, Lord PALWIIISION said he could not see that the govern ment had been wrong; or how the judges, the jury, the courts of law, or the crown could have taken any other course. It was certainly a greet misfortune that Mr. Barber had been mixed up with such bad company, and that he had not exercised more precaution. It woe a rather novel course to apply ler compensation in such a case, and the way in which such a request could he iicieded to was not quite obvious. On the spur of the moment he could not my what hr mull do, but he would consult hie colleagues upon the subject. Mr. Cnosster, M.P., assured Ilia lordship that in the north of England, with which he wile connected as a manu facturer, and amongst members of the House of Commons , _ there wan is very strung opinion that Mr. Barber should be compensated. After some farther conversation, the deputation with- A letter from tb:e Crimea states that measures have been tam le: "spelling it the spring the towns which suffered from tbtl late war, and eepecially Kutch, Eupatoria, mid Sebaat:pol. The materials for the repnra are to be ob- Wird gem Odessa and Nieoll'eff. The latter town is now eentie of the difil.roat branches of the administration of Southern Hurls. drew. - LATEST INTELLIGENCE. CHINA. The Pays says :—" A private correopondence from the Chinese Seas, dated subsequently to Dec. 13, in forms us of what has recently occurred at Hong Kong. The baker who was the ringleader of the conspiracy to poison the Europeans had been ar rested, and brought before a court-martial legally constituted. lie was convicted of an attempt to poison the English charge d'affaires, sentenced to death, and shot. Three of his accomplices were alw executed. This example has produced a deep im pression among the lower orders in Hong Kong, whose bad passions and instincts are so crud and terrible." AFFAIRS AT ROME. (PROW OUR OWN INDIST.) ROME, biota! 12. The electric telegraph has been in requisition of late to call home those liritish visitors whose par liamentary interests render their presence more im portant at the present crisis in England than in tho Eternal City. Mr. Egerton and Mr. Carew, with several other gentlemen, leave Rome immediately, to take part in the approaching elections. The majority of the British colony, however, will remain here until after Easter, the usual period for the de parture of foreigners northwards. Amongst other celebrities we have here the young Prince Dhuleep Sing, who is travelling en familia with Sir John and Lady Logan, and proposes re maining another week in Rome. The King of Ba varia will probably stay over Easter, and the arrival of the Empress-Dowager of ltusaia—a visit which, it is calculated, will cost the Roman government about 200,000 ecudi--is stilt looked for on the 27th of this month, a numerous staff of carriages, coach men, ciceroni, and !aerials de place having been en gaged for that important event. The Russian steam frigate was off Fiumicino some time ago, examining the practicability of that port for the Empress's landing. The character of Roman occupations and amuse ments boa entirely changed since the carnival. Tho "fat and greasy citizens," instead of screaming, pelting, and masquerading in the Corso, are now frequenting their respective churches with laudable regularity, comparing notes occasionally as to the pulpit superiority of the Jesuit orator at the Gesal, or the Capuchin at San Lorenzo e Damaso, the two favourites amongst the quaresimal declamators of the present season. Balls and masquerades amongst the foreign circles have given place to picnics and musical parties. One or two of the latter reunions have proved prejudicial to the ecclesiastical reputation of the renowned soprano Mustafi, one of the singers in the Papal chapel, who has been severely repri manded by his superiors for indulging English au diences with impassioned airs from modern operas, instead of limiting his dulcet tones to the severer compositions of Allegri and Pslestrina, as would have been more strictly in accordance with the cha racter of so distinguished a member of the Pontifical choir. The too yielding Mustafa has been threat ened with suspension from office and imprisonment if he again transgresses the conventional gravities of Lent by warbling profane operatic music. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (rim ova ow! col PARIS, MOADAT EVENI7‘O. `~. •W' There was a report last night that the Neufchatel Conference had held a Sunday meeting, but nothing of the kind took place. M. de Ilatefeldt did, in deed, receive on Saturday night fresh instructions from his government, which were brought by M. de Rosenberg, Councillor of the Prussian Legation, and it was very generally supposed that the Conference would be at once resumed in consequence. But the better opinion now is that these instructions are rather of a nature to delay than tohasten a solution of the question. The uniform tenor of the news from Berlin tends to show that the King of Prussia will not readily fall in with the plan for the settle ment of the difficulty invented at the Tuileries. The scheme was simply this. The Fm peror Napoleon said to the Swiss plenipotentiaries:— " I know that the King of Prussia is ready and desirous to renounce his rights in the principality of Neufchatel, but his honour as an independent sove reign will not permit him to barter those rights against the release of the royalist rebels whom you hold in custody. If, however, you will set your prisoners at liberty unconditionally and trust to me, I can promise you privately, though not officially, bocau.se I have no official warrant to make the pro mise, that the King of Prussia will, while appearing to act of his own mere motion, do all you want." The Swiss government, contrary to the warm protest of M. James Fasy, and some few other libe rals, accepted this promise, to avoid bloodshed, and the simple state of the case is that according to all present appearances it is likely to he jockeyed. However, the papers here continue to profess confident hopes that all will ultimately come right, and abound in soft sawder with regard to the King of Prussia, whose magnanimity, moderation, chival rous feelings, and so forth, cannot, they say, but lead to a satisfactory result. It is now doubted whether the Swiss envoy, Dr. Kern, will be admitted to the third sitting of the Conference, whenever that may be held, it being thought that the communication of M. de Hat zfeldt's last instructions will be the only business done on that occasion. At the Bours.e the Itente, although somewhat neglected, in consequence of the attention of specu lators being occupied by the railway half-monthly set tlement, was very firm, and closed with a rise of 10e. for cash, and 20c. for account, at 71fr. and 71fr. 20c. rose 2fr. 50c., and Bank of France 75fr. The railway market was animated. It is calculated that the new tax will not amount to more than 3 per cent. upon the income of the companies, the most hardly used, and that in many instances it will be less than 21 per cent. This, whatever quiet shareholders may think of it, does not frighten tho Bourse people. y They took great comfort to-day from a rout attributed to the EmEe e r s or, when pressed by some members of the Corps •. latif, to put a duty ripen transfers, to the effect at he would not kill the goose that laid the golden egg. fire dune ragiotage. The Orleans railway rose 15fr. • Lyons, 15fr.; Mediterrancan,l2fr. 50c.; Southern, 21 fr. 25e; Eastern, 71r. 50c. ; and Western 10fr. Grand Cen tral fell Bfr. 75e. ; and Northern, 2fr. 50e. The Prow, in explanation of the discrepancy be tween its valuation of the probable product of the new tax and that made by other journals, observes that its estimate of 21 millions was based upon the total receipt from the whole 15c., while the odic , : calculations were founded only upon 10c.—namely,'Mi augmentation over and above the 3e. imposed the law of 1850. _.. _ _._... The Emperor wishin g to follow up by example the precepts contained in his last speech,'Ath regard to the cultivation of waste lands, hue Oven orders to the Prefect of the Mutes Pyre'aros to purchase for his account a large quantity of •Argin soil in the Landes with the view of elcarur g it and making a model n farm.be of women belonging to the department of the Gironde have arrived at Bayonne to be cra ployed in bringing ie.io cultivation the Dunes of d'Anglet. All the regiments of the Imperial Guard hare had banquets to-do', in honour of the first anniversary of the birth of the Imperial Prince, who, it may be rememhered, is inscribed as an enfant de troupe on the muster-roll of the Ist Regiment of Grenadier t Guards.