The Express. — London, England, 1853-06-08 00:00:00

I so" IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. TIOUSII OF LOILDS.—TeesoAT, Juxx 7. Ti. Luau CIANCILLOS Wok his scat at 6 o'clock. DRUMMOND (DUKE DE MELFORT'S RESTITU TION) BILL. The LORD 011ANCELIAR, in moving the second reading of this bill, explained that its object wee to reverse the attainder of the Earls of Perth, who were attainted in consequence of their having been engaged in the rebellions of 1716 and 1745. In the first year or two of the soemelon of James I. to this realm in 1605 he created a member of the family of Drummond Earl of Perth, to him and his heirs male. The first person so created died without issue male, and his next brother sue deeded, who WIG himself succeeded by his son, the third earl, who bed two sow the eldest James, fourth earl of Perth, who Wow Chancellor of Scotland, end John. He had several ens. Nee of whom, James, adhered to the for tunes of the sailed family of the Stuarts, and was engaged in the rebellions of 1716 and 1745, and was by act of par liament &Heisted. He had two airs, both of whom were also engaged la the rebellion. The eldest died before the time tiled foe the surrender, without issue male. That being so, the party who het for the attainder would b cceeded was John, the alit brother of James, the Chancellor, and fourth Earl of Perth. He adhered also to the exiled family; and there was no act of attainder against him, bet • decree of forfeiture was passed in Scotland, the effect of which was similar to an act of attainder in England. He went to France and was created Duke of Melfort. H. married twice ; all the children by his first wife died, but by the second he had • large family, and the Dukes of Mellon hail NA other for two ar three generstioas. The heeding had several children, all of when IMO Mod swept George, the present claimant, who was Ow yesigest as.. • roommittes of privilege' art fraud Oat the will ens deinemt we proved, bat it was awe by the pewee bill to reverse the attainder. The alaimaat W mewl he the British army, gad was sinless to yens* the Me Ohio fimYy. The object of the bill wee, net towing, to him the estate' of his aweetow wilkk hod =lona sad bola Indetted ; but to pat adds the err is lashed, eel the hofeiture in SaelW I towable Lord claim the beaus and Minty et the widow drink LYNDHURST said est after a saheb alas w the INNIIIIitt“ of pMellieges be we sethile i n li rt the obis MO dearly esto. The family was one of the nest illardeisas la flestind, and had always bow dia tiogniehed ile loyalty. nay adhered to the mow of Cheeks I, and ow if diem mosempualed the 'Mew Men loom la lie eldwehreas espedltion They wand great I=4::iron Cromwell. Ultimately they adhered to 11. • seversigs, sad, relinquishing their estates and Silk, followed him in his exile. Lord BKOVOLIAIII and Lord CAMPIIILL expressed their approval of the bill. The Earl of ABERDEEN supported the bill. The pre- sent claimant had served her Msjesty for many years with credit to himself and advantage to the public service. The bill was them read a wood time. ARRESTMENT OF WAGES IN SCOTLAND. Lord BROUGHAM, pursuant to notice, presented a pe ndia from certain manufacturers in Glasgow on the sub kelt of the laws of arreetmest of wages for debt in Scotland. The applintisa of the law of unit of wages of workmen had boss Ina to be attended with the greatest inconve. aims' mot *my. Pliny of the mischiefs which induced fink lordalp to alstash arrest Gs miens proems had been gild 81111 is odes from this law of arrestment. The Imilowinehons Ong of credit was one of the evils which woos tan tie aid law of arrest In this country ; and so la Scotland the allowing workmen's wages to be arrested hr debts due from them produced a similar effect. He suggested that it should be referred to the commission now sitting to inquire into the mercantile laws of the Visited Kiagdom. with the view of assimilating them as much se possible. Lord CAMPBELL concurred in the suggestion, but suspected there would be some difficulty in assimilating the law between Ragland and Scotland in some respects. The LORD CHANCELLOR agreed that the proper course was to refer the petition to the commission now sitting. The petition was ordered to lie os the table. The Earl of HARROW BY presented a petition signed by the Mayor of Liverpool, se chairman of a public meeting, embodying the Chamber of Commerce of Liverpool, the So ciety fur the Promotion of Trade in Liverpool, and other bodies connected with the trade and commerce of that place, and assented to subsequently by the mercantile bodies of Belfast, Bristol, Southampton, Dundee, Ply mouth. and other pieces, complaining of the want of assimi lation in the mercantile laws of the three kingdoms, and praying for the establishment of local commercial courts for the decision of mercantile disputes. Lord CAMPBELL said a few words la support of the esti militias of the minnercial law d the three kingdoms, but abisgether dinestodilene no proven' to establish tribanah sl massetwe. Rs kilned that the sewn of law, aided by jades *unposed of busses moo. wow hatter qualified to dulde oommosiel alsresees them soy special commardel tribmaels that weld be &Wed, sad that the witabliansat a each tribune would neither saw mime ace tins. The LORD CHANCELLOR flaw no wheeler dist weld le derived km the establishment of Whoa& of 00111121 WW. Ha thought, brinvet, ea Enquiry into the operation of the kw of bankrupt" wail be proper, especially a. it had been said thane NOM Is the coun try had nothing to do. Their lordships adiesemed at half-pest 6 o'clock. Turning to the other branch of the account, we find staple proof of the people being still at work in order to pay honestly--services for aervires—for all these great importations. The declared value of British and Irish produce exported in the month of April, '1833, was no less than 7,378,9101., being 2,309,9951. more than the declared value of the exports of the corresponding month of 1852. This is an increase on the large exports in the month of March; so that the exports in the four months of the year are 6,125,9701. greater than in the corresponding four months of the previous year. The four months for the three years contained in the tables are as follows: Deelered Value of Exports in the first four Months. 1851. 1852. 1853. £21,904,338 £21,844,663 £27,970,633 HOUSE OF -TUESDAY, JUNE 7. T. fil;IJLIII took the chair at dye minute; to four. At tsar o'clock, there being only 33 nteraben present, the brass stood adjourned. Vie erprexig. • linonol Union of Tlie Engrain." ooMWoi tise evenireo 0 0oneele.`ie gangland every Tomoday awl toWny on*. Is thin trr pooL marnoomosooloroodod tor " The Express; Lennon Evening gam seont neat OMIE, boaverio.anniat. by Two Web* en limo ea of goiliodos. In the month. In the four months. 1852 1853. MOH WATIS AT LC Tao Da*—Manlag. 21i. 170., T4.lsosatrw-lisratai. 111.120.. Icause.... 117,918 301,204 3k. Ills. sa 44-. LONDON. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8. Tue same pleasant tale that has been told now for many months past by the Board of Trade Tables, is repeated by the document which gives the returns to the bth of May, issued yesterday. It is much easier to enumerate the articles of which the importa tion did sot inertia* in the month of April, as com pared with the corresponding month of last year, than to enumerate those which did increase. The articles not increased were, twine, ashes, Wait; bones, mos, coffee, cochineal, terra japonica valenia, cur rants, lemons and oranges, glass exceeding an inch thick, flint glass, hemp (including jute, of which the impartation last year was very large) ; women's shoes, with cork or double soles; cambric* and French lawns, copper onwrought, iron in bars, oil seed eakes, poultry, all kinds of spices, sugar, tea, foreign deals, wood not awn or split, and alpaca wool. Of every other article in the long list there is a considerable increase. More animals of all kinds.— more corn of all kinds except bans,—more flour; —more dye stuffs, flax, hides,—almost few fold more leather,—more boots and shoes and gloves, —more mahogany, copper ore, oils of all kinds, pro visions of all kinds, seeds of all kinds—more silk and silk manufactures, more spirits, tallow, timber, tobacco, wine, cotton-wool, lambs'-wool and woollen manufactures—have been imported. The only raw material of which there is any falling off is jute, classed with hemp ; while the important articles of consumption of which less has been imported, cocoa, coffee, sugar, and tea, have all, except tea, been consumed in larger quantities than ever. The falling off in the consumption of tea is the eonse queue of the alteration in the duties, and is already probably more than compensated by the immense quantity that paid duty last week,—e quantity littl e short of 3,000,000 lbs., or six times the average of the weekly consumption. The great continued consumption of coffee and sugar, in face of diminished importations and dwin dling stock, accounts for the rise in the price of these articles, and warns us that if the supplies can not be increased we may look for still higher prices. Great encouragement is this for our sugar and coffee growers, who, instead of finding the market over whelmed with foreign productions, find it,—though we have importations from all quarters,—inadequately supplied. We can say, indeed, that all Europe is inadequately supplied with coffee, tea, and sugar, and that a rise in the price of all these articles, if the present rate of consumption continue, must take place. Not only was the bulk of our importations in the month of April unusually large, but they must continue to be large to supply the people with the raw materials of manufacture and the means of enjoyment. The quantities of wheat and flour, hides, &c., imported in the four months of the present year, being greatly in excess of the importation last year, --some being double and others more than doable,— 1852 1853 lumen.— 90,218 Quantities charged with Quatltits totilaid tar duty. boon essiumytime. Artiela. Quitters aided April 3. Quarters mild April b. 1831. 1833. 1631 ISM Malt.. Malls 18,348,444 18,331,210 ... 38,313,444 18,383,110 Poet... lbs. 38.800,3)7 43.44.01 ... 37,484,638 41,639,497 Sap ...Its. 31.344,843 41,907,317 .., 48,143,3,0 41,099,883 SPI7OIIBII. 3,9 28,137 0,073,791 ... 3,913,913 3,993,077 explain, better than any other facts, the diminution of the gold in the vaults of the Bank. It has gone to pay fur these large importations, and for the still larger importations yet to come. It has been put to its proper use, for we only need gold to buy other things, and if we have plenty of wheat and flour, and provisions, and hides, and silk, and wool, and cotton, and tea, and sugar, and timber, we do not need to trouble ourselves about overmuch gold. These are the articles which really consti tute capital, which must be provided to en able the artisan to work, and to enable him to live and enjoy life, and to enable the manu facturer, the merchant, and the farmer, to carry on their operations. Commodities of this description— not money, which is the mere instrument tot ex changing them—are the true basis of all credit; and when they come pouring into the country, and the people go on producing other things to pay for them, there will be no want of loanable capital nor of credit, though our great privileged mossy corporation should close its doors tomerrow. All the gold in the Bank is a mere driblet is value compared to the millions of quartars of corn, aid the thousands of hundred weights of sugar. sad the millions of pounds of tea, and multitudes of bales of silk and cotton, and other goods which ere recorded in the Board of Trade tables, as brought monthly into the country. The increase in the month extends nearly over the 1 whole of our exports. The only articles in which there is a slight decline are lace and patent net, fish, unwrought leather, cut iron, wrought copper, un wrought tin, salt, silk twist and yarn, refined sugar, wool, and woollen yarn. In every other article, in all the staple productions of the coun try, in all our profitable manufactures, there is a great increase. There is reason to suppose that the increase of imports and of exports about balance each other, and as all that is imported is consumed or worked up, as nothing is wasted, as men are labouring diligently while they consume both here and abroad, we may be sure that the mutual exchange is mutually pro fitable; and assuming, therefore, its perfect sound ness, we believe that such a rapid extension of healthy trade was scarcely ever witnessed in the world. A rise in the corn markets, the natural and necessary consequence of the unfavourable season, suggests to those who wish to believe evil, the speedy interruption to our prosperity; but we must remind the public that the last advice. from America were that the price of corn was receding—though Ame rica has already supplied England this year with 203,647 more barrels of flour, and 1,770,741 more bushels of wheat, than last year. That the canals in America are only part opened, and that the Ame rican papers speak of very large supplies of grain in the west ready to come forward. The great impedi ment to importation at present is the very high range of freights and the actual impossibility of get ting vessels for the purpose of bringing corn. Com plaints of a scarcity of vessels were common in Egypt, at Odessa, and other places, before there was any quarrel between Ramis and Turkey, —the scarcity being entirely due to the ex tensive employment for shipping, and to that change in the art of navigation which has multiplied steam ships of all kinds without multiplying equally the class of sailing vessels that have hitherto been employed in carrying corn. Of the increased employ ment for ships these tables furnish evidence. The total amount of tonnage employed in the foreign trade entered inwards and outwards, was and civilians over their cups, likely to pro duce in the long run any other than a cordial feeling between the two, made use of the power vested in them, and placed a "veto on the parochial plans. It might have been supposed that here the question would have ended. Net so. There arose a third litigant, in the person of the Earl of ONSLOW, who, rest ing his claim on his manorial rights, sig nified his intention to stand by the parish and snub the military. The matter ought to be easily solved, for the point at issue practically is whether or not Lord SEATON is to have the means of restraining the large body of men to be under his control, and thus be enabled to keep the public peace. The soldiers will be plentifully supplied with The ships engaged in the home trade entered inwards and outwards, compare in the same manner : A large and continual increase is taking place in the: quantities of goods carried by sea from one part , of the empire to the other, though the railroads are also carrying increased quantities, which, it was supposed, would interfere with the employment of shipping. The trade tables famish another test of prospe rity. They are now accompanied by the quarterly excise returns, and the quantities of enclosable arti cles charged with duty and retained for consump tion in the first quarters of 1E162 and 1853 were as follows : In all the articles there is a considerable increase except soap, which is accounted for by the proposed abolition of the duty on that article having suspended the soap-boiler's operations. With this extract we stop,—perfectly satisfied with the testimony borne to oar present prosperity by the great and simultaneous increase in the imports and exports, in navigation, and in the consumption of articles subject to excise duties. refreshments in the authorised canteens, where non commissioned officers on duty will be stationed to see that neither drunkenness nor riot take place; and the orderly citizen will have every facility afforded him of entering the canteen during the authorised hours. The prohibition as to erect ing public-house booths will be a general be nefit, and the prohibition will, doubtless, be sustained. It would be as well, however, were similar judicious discipline exercised over the officers to that which is to restrain the rank and file. At the very time when this public-house contro versy arose, there also went forth a rumour that the Household troops, with a view of keeping up their hospitality in proper style, had laid Gumroo under an embargo. The dismay at the West End, occa sioned by this announcement, naturally amounted to something like panic. Dowagers doubted the sanity of the Government in forming a camp during the very height of the London season. The point was a dif ficult one. Either ladies must go without their ices and sponge cake, or the Guards could not be ex pected to go through the dreadful hardships of a field day. Is this the example which the elite of the British army is to afford their comrades ? Is a supe riority in plate, in wines, in sumptuous banquets, the only pre-eminence worthy of being attained ? It is be coming daily more apparent that the system of messing in the Britisharmy has attainedto a pitch of luxury and extravagance which must before long prove highly prejudicial to the service. A "crack regiment" is not that which goes through its drill most perfectly, or whose men can best endure long marches, but one where BUCIMASTER and BOYER would find it difficult to detect a single fault in the dress or cuisine. To keep a dog-cart, dress well, drink champagne, and quarrel with the side dishes, is the present ambition of the young subaltern; whilst" Bless my soul, it still wants an hour of mess time" is the frequent cry of many a veteran. Mess, mess, is the sole conversation. " What an infernally bad dinner there was yesterday." " What a wretch the messman is !" " What nice plate the Tigers have !" " What a soft fellow Joxos is not to sit to his wine after dinner !" " What a large party there is to be next guest night," &c., &c., &c. Such is the present style of conversation in the British army, and a stranger listening to the young grumblers who are its subalterns would fancy them so many Cocaina. Instead of that, many a father's curse and many a widow's tear accompany the re mittances which clear off the mess bills. The original notion of forming a regimental mess arose from the best intentions. It was to produce a feeling of sociability and good fellowship amongst the officers ; and very stringent orders are laid down in the QUEEN'S regulations to prevent any abuses arising. But so strong is this feeling of "doing the thing in style," that the regulations are a mere dead letter with most commanding officers. If the com manders are married men, they never visit the mess table. If unmarried, they generally lead the way in keeping up the name of the regiment,—that is to say, in giving entertalnmentswhich would do credit to a ducal mansion. And if Shirrs or BROWN feel rather uncomfortable at the idea of eating turtle and drinking sparkling Moselle, whilst their mothers and sisters find it hard to pay for the roast joint of a Sunday, they either grow hardened—or get ridiculed out of the service. Some 30 years ago, messes were just as hospitable, and a greet deal happier, than now, but its members were satisfied with a plain gentle manly table—no trophies of flower-vases, no curi ously-cut decanters and cyphered glass ; no grand chandeliers, or rich patterned carpets. Yet the men who sat there kept up the English name in a man ner which may be equalled but cannot be surpassed. The present vicious course of things will not mend itself. Some few may set themselves against it, but everything at the present day tends so strongly towards a luxurious style of living that military reformers find themselves put down by large mess. table majorities. For anything decisive to be effected, orders must be given by superior powers, and the formation of the Camp at Chobham is an opportunity which should not be overlooked. Commanding officers should ()Bray that no one belonging to their regi ment has been called upon for more than eight days' pay towards his annual subscription, and that at no time have extraordinary claims been made to pur chase any mese property ; that the rate of messing bpsysedimal to the income of the poorest in theeyi• sent, and that the amount of government allowance is stristly expended according to its original per. These are all matters laid down in kw regulations, yet are they daily and hourly Istraged. How often are officers called upon tom sutra subscriptions for a thousand and one luxuries, Ishii& might easily be dispensed with? How often de regimental balls, &Yellows, theatricals, &c., all he loans on the agents? How often does champagne and hock pass round a table where not one of the members or guests would obtain anything at their own homes beyond bitter beer and a glass of port ? How often is the Government allowance of twenty-five pounds per company spent in plate or furniture, instead of narrowing the subalterns' wino bill. These facts are notorious throughout the whole army, and the authorities cannot plead ignorance of them without pleading ignorance of the service also. Yet arc they the chief causes why so many young men appear " gazetted out" on Tuesday and Fri day nights. The men may stand it for a year or two—some even get on as far as their company ; but in the long run it is more than their friends can afford, and a series of guest nights, tankards of claret, and the general finish of 100, give a large portion of the promotions in the army. To Lord SEATON, the able lieutenant of our Great Captain, we commend the subject, with the fall hope that not only this manoeuvring of regiments, but their internal eco nomy, will gain from him the strictest scrutiny at Chobham. Soya of our foreign friends are fond of saying that we Englishmen convert the maxim Eat to Live into Live to Eat. Many an English visitor to Paris, to Vienna, and some other places may be able to give ample reasons why such reproaches should not be cast upon us. Still truth must at times be told, and here, at this hour, we find our modern Spartans who are to be encamped at Chobham already giving tes timony of the most flagrant kind against our national good sense and rational temperance. It would ap pear that already in relation to the new camp the eating and drinking questions have come uppermost. The first sign of this is afforded by a dispute between tho most worthy inhabitants of Chobham, the Lord of the Manor of Chobham, and the Horse Guards. The first of these parties, animated by the most disinterested motives, have been unable to see anything in a national encampment but a temporary fish floated by good luck towards their parochial nets, and accordingly the parish authori ties advertised far and wide their willingness to accept payment from tavern-house keepers, victual. lers, and others, for permission to erect booths on the cheerless surface of Chobham-heath. The parish wanted to make a profit out of the eating and drinking. The Horse Guards, represented by Lord SEATON, being aware that drinking houses of any description, uncontrolled by the military power, would occasion a confused intermingling ci soldiery THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY .EVENING, JUNE 8, 1853. THE COUNT-OUT. Names of members in the House when counted out at four o'clock : Messrs. Turner Mesas. M. Gibson Milligan J. Bright Barnes D. Seymour Miall Jas. Heywood Walmsley Gore Langton Willcoz Miles Thornely G. Duncan Fresbfield J. Macgregor French J. B. Smith Aglionby Locke King Oliveira Blackett A. Pellatt Mitchell Pugh Brotherton Cra aurd Crossley Lucie Hume Lord D. stun G. Berkeley. W. Williams Total 33 TURKEY. (at straluanrs TELICIELPE.) PARIS, WEDNESDAY MORNING. Letters from Constantinople, dated 26th of May, anndunce that the remainder of the ,personnel of the Russian Embassy embarked that day for Odessa; but it was still a question of measures to come to a pacific solution by means of arbitration. Reschid Pacha was for this solution, which some of his colleagues were not inclined to support. On the 2nd of June the English squadron was still at Malta. A telegraphic despatch dated Berlin, June 7th, states that news has been received there from St. Petersburg that the Emperor of Russia had do spatched a courier to Constantinople, with a demand that Prince Menchikoff's last proposal should be ac cepted by the Porte within eight days. Supposing this intelligence to be authentic, it makes the situa tion neither better nor worse. He knew before that the Czar would avow and support the conduct of his envoy. News of his resolution, when he shall have learned the united attitude of all the powers, will be of some value FRANCE. PARIS, TUISDAYEVENING. An article in the Pays, following in the wake of that by M. de la Ouerroniere of the day before yes terday has excited a great deal of attention, as 'hew ing that France is resolved to take no isolated part in the Turkish question, but to act in conjunction with the other Powers of Europe in support of the treaties which Russia now threatens to set at naught. Re ferring to recent opinions expressed by the Si , 'cle and the Assemblele, the article says that the Sl?cle in vain attempts to soften the form of its ' po- I lemics • it represents the revolution ; it has re volutionary traditions, principles, and prejudices. On the other hand, the Asseniblie vainly attempts to in voke the interests of France ; it represents, in the particular question of Turkey, the interests of Russia, and in its general politics it is the organ of those parties which dream impossible restorations, and which are more or less allies of the old European coalitions. The object of both, says the Pays, is to isolate France—the first by . making her the prime mover of the revolution against the kings of Europe, and the second by inspiring feelings of antipathy and distrust against the power issuing from the free suffrages of the people. The first would see France overturning thrones, in the hope that society might be ingulfed in the common ruin; the second dares not perhaps avow to itself that a league of sovereign, against the French empire would marvellously serve the interests of its party. In any case and in every point of view, the tendency of both these political parties is to isolate France from Europe. In opposition to this policy imputed to two opposition journals of diametnailly opposite shades, the Pays avers that the present policy of France is to tighten the bonds which unite the great modern states of Europe together, and to strengthen that pacific equilibrium which constitutes the pros perity of the present epoch, and the security of the future. It asserts that the Eastern question has afforded a striking opportunity for the clever develop ment of this honest, loyal, and truly national policy. It is reported that the Emperor, annoyed at ob serving the immense number of crosses and ribands that meet one's eyes in every street and every salon, is about to take a step tending to render the honours he delights to scatter less cheap in the eyes of the multitude. It is contemplated to prohibit the wear inF of any foreign order in Prance without the per mission of the French government ; and this per mission, it is said, will only be granted to orders emanating from foreign sovereigns. If this should be so, the orders of St. Sepulchre and Malta would be excluded. In order further to put diffi culties in the way of sporting decorations, a tax of 25fr. for a chevalier, 50fr. for an officer, and so on for higher grades is intended to be imp osed. A further part of the same scheme is to increase the severity of the regulations now existing for striking off the list unworthy members of the Legion of Ho nour. It has happened of late that unpreoedentedly numerous orders of chivalry have been found guilty of degrading offences without it being possible, ac cording to the letter of the statutes, to strip them of their decorations. It is confidently stated that commercial negotiations are on the point of being opened at Brussels, to set tle a definitive treaty of commerce between France and Belgium, in place of the provisional convention signed in November last. It is said that one of the heads of the department in the Ministry of Foreign affairs, or the Ministry of Commerce, will be sent to assist the French Minister in Belgium to arrange the matter. The late visit of the Emperor to the " Halle.,' resulting in an order to stop the buildings on the proposed plan, has given rise to an excellent pun. The heavy pavilion disapproved of by the Emperor, is called "Le Fort de la Halle." A report has been spread in Rheims of an attempt to assassinate the Emperor. The authorities of the town, in contradicting the rumour, have intimated that the law against the propagation of false news will be severely executed. It is a happy circumstance that the insolent asser tion put forward yesterday by the Auemblee, of the omnipotence of Russia, is not allowed to go unchal lenged. The Slick says to-day The Cur," the Assembke says, " would be quit for a fleet burned." Is not this last touch delightful for its free sad easy nonchalance ? However, as it night happen that such a Joke was taken by some person as a serious dale ration, we may say that, in the opinion of all nen acquainted with war, Russia, deprived of all supplies and aid by sea, and, in addition, exposed to the landing of troops on her flanks and nar, would be placed in a position nearly desperate. Marshal de St. Arnaud returned to Paris yester day, at one o'clock, having left St. Omer at six in the morning. The Bourse has again been without any salient feature. The general tone of the news from London on the Turkish question, and the rise in Console, was expected to have had a good influence, bat tho hope was disappointecL The same indisposition to do business which prevailed on Saturday was observable to-day. The Thr ee s closed at 77, which, allowing for the dividend, is equivalent to a fall of 15c. ITALY . PIEDMONT. The Lloyd of Vienna, which has the reputation of being . well informed on matters connected with the Austrian government, states that the Sardinian am bassador, who left Vienna in consequence of the re cent differences between the two cabinets, is about to resume his poet. ROME, MAY 31. It is rumoured that the courtly atmosphere of Rome is by no means in harmony with General de Monreal's soldierly mode of thinking and acting, and that he is so dissatisfied with his sfjour in the Eternal City, as to be anxious to shorten it as much as possible. In this endeavour he will doubtless be seconded by the ecclesiastical government, since, if Roma must needs be occupied by French troops, it is to the interest of the priests to have complaisant generals, of the stamp of Oudinot and Gemeau at the head of them. Exchange on London, 468, Roman Console, 98. Silver has again risen to 21 prem. THE UNITED STATES. ARRIVAL OF THE BALTIC. [The following appeared in a portion of our impression yesterday LIVERPOOL. TUESDAY. The United States mail steam-ship Baltic, Copt. Comstock, arrived in the Mersey this evening, with the usual mails from the United States and British North American possessions, about 240 passengers, and specie to the amount of 600,000 dols. on freight. By this arrival advices have been received from New York to the 28th May, the date of the departure of the Baltic. The Baltic reports having passed tho United States mail steam-ship Arctic off New York on the 28th May, which vessel left this port on the 18th ult. It was reported at New York that active mea sures were being adopted by the Mexican govern ment to compel Governor Lane to evacuate the Valley of Manila, a detachment 8,000 strong having received orders to proceed thither in order to enforce the claim made by the Mexican authorities. The refusal by the government at Washington to recognise the so-called Bartlett boundary, had been construed by the Mexican government into a decla ration of war on the part of the United States. A revolt was reported to have taken place amongst the military at Vera Cruz, although not of an alarm ing character, and by the prompt adoption of energetic measures by the authorities tranquillity had been again completely restored. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. The money market at New York had been very easy since the departure of the Cambria ; money continued plentiful, being obtainable at present at exceedingly mode rate rates. The reports received respecting the general condition of trade chow that it is at present in a most satis factory condition throughout the country, whilst the abun dance of capital would also seem to imply the probability of • prolonged continuance of the present favourable position of commercial affairs. In the stock and share market a considerable amount of activity existed, and the previous quotations were generally well supported. An improvement in prices had taken place in the market for breadstuff, combined with an increased movement in affairs; the followisg are the quotations :—Western Canal flour, 4 dole. 621 e. to 4 dole. 75c. per barrel; Gennessee prime wheat, 1 dol. 24e. to 1 dol. 28e. per 60 lbs. ; Indian corn, round yellow, 64c. to 66e. per bushel ; Indian corn, southern white, 60c. to 62c. ditto ; Indian meal, 3 dal,. to 3 dole. 121 e. per barrel. Considerable briskness was reported as existing in the cotton market at New York, with a good average amount of business doing ; • slight advance in prices had occurred, to the extent of le., as will be seen by the following quota tions :—New Orleans and Mobile, mid. fair to fair, 11 c. to 121 c. per lb. ; Uplands, mid. fair to fair, 111 c. to 1l c. ditto. The advance in price bad been caused by the reports re ceived being unanimous in stating that the crop was ex pected to be inferior in amount to the average, and also partly in consequence of the decrease of receipts com blued with the present extensive exportation. The provision market was stated to be heavy, and a general decline in prices had occurred, though the deprecia tion was not to any great extent. Up to the departure of the Baltic no great variation had occurred in freights, the asking rates being:—Freight of grain to Liverpool, 6d. to 51d. per bushel; flour, Is. 9d. to 2s. per barrel; cotton, Id. to 5-16 d. per barrel ; ditto, to Havre, Ic. to le. per lb. Foreign exchanges continued firm, though the sales were moderate. Exchange on London, 1091 to 110 ; Paris, 5.121 to 5.15 ; Hamburg, 361 to 361; Bremen, 791 to 791. CANADA. QUEBEC, Mir 21. A reform of vital importance to the Canadian con stitution has been under discussion in the House of Assembly for the last three weeks ; that is, the pro posal to make the Legislative Council, or in other words the second branch of the legislature, elective. This subject has been for many years under discus sion in this province, and has been advocated by op posite parties from opposite points. It is the govern ment who now propose the changes, and I believe they will be supported by a large majority of the representatives of the people, as a few days will test. The ships are beginning to arrive very fast, and business operations to assume a lively aspect. The Cleopatra, the second vessel of the steam line be tween Liverpool and Canada, is expected shortly to arrive. THE SWELLY ROC/W.—MENAI STRAITS.—It is fully expected that the chief portion of them dangerous and obstructive rocks will be removed during the present summer, the contractors having received instructions to proceed with the undertaking, according to the plan pro posed by Mr. Edwin Clarke. The time allowed by the SUICIDE IN LIVERPOOL— OD Monday afternoon Admiralty for the completion of this work is 18 month., and an unmarried woman, named Margaret Wyk., 37 years of the removal will be set about in good earnest without for age, committed suicide by cutting her throat. of time. COURT OF ALDERDIEN. Yesterday a court was held for the desp2tch of business. There was a full attendance of =waters upon the occasion. OVER CROWDING OF STEAM - vEs,EIA. The Lout> hlsscon. informed the court that he had within the last two or three days received statements fro m men of station in society complaining that although th e court had taken vigorous measures to prevent the danger. ous practice of over-crowding steamers in the River Thames, there was no aaatement of the evil. The court could not be too active or strict upon such oec, e . sions, and he therefore considered that it Would be advisable to refer the matter to the General Purposes Com mittee to ascertain whether other steps than those which had been already adopted might be considered necessary, i n order to re-assure the public that the court would leave no prudent course unattempted to prevent the apprehended mischief. (Hear, hear.) - FALSE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Alderman COPELAND presented the annual report of the Inspectors of Weights and Measures, the advantages o f whose active exertions were, he said, deeply felt by the poo l all over the City of London. He regretted to state that a great number of convictions had taken place, partieolorly is those localities where poverty most prevailed. Sir P. LAERIE said there was no power of which dis. honest shopkeepers were so much afraid as that of the press, and he scoot dingly recommended the adoption of the pra o . tice of advertising resorted to in Marylebone after a stcond conviction. (Hear, hear.) The subject is to be resumed. THE OFFICE OF CHAMBERLAIN. The LORD bIATOII read a letter from Sir John Key, Bart., the newly-elected Chamberlain, resigning his seit in the Court of Aldermen. Upon the motion of Alderman WIRE, the resignation was accepted by the court, and Sir John Key's letter asa ordered to be entered en the minutes. The LORD IdAron then raid that having ascertained that Alderman Thompson, the senior alderman, was determined not to accept the gown of Bridge Without Ward, vacant by the resignation of Sir John Key, it became the duty of the chief magistrate to put the question to the other aldermen according to seniority. Aldermen Sir Peter Laurie ' Eirebrother, C o p e l an d , and Kelly, at once and peremptorily refused to leave their wards, except at the summons of death, or of the almost as powerful authority of the law ; but Alderman Wilson, the next in rotation to Alderman Kelly, upon being asked whether he would accept the office, said without hesitation —"I do accept it." Upon the motion of Alderman SYDNEY, a precept was then issued for a wardmote for the election of an alderman to serve in Cantle.Baynard Ward, in the room of Alderman Wilson, appointed Alderman of the Ward of Bridge Without. ANSWER OF THE QUEEN TO THE CORPORATION ADDIUSS. Her Majesty's moat gracious answer to the address of the Corporation upon the birth of the infant prince was read, and ordered, upon the motion of Sir PETER LAURIE, to be entered on the minute. of the court. Sir JOHN KEY (the Chamberlain of the City of London)) nominated Mr. 11. Scott for his clerk, and Mr. W. W. Walker for his cashier, and the court confirmed the noun. nation unanimously. Zbe Court. The Privy Council appointed to be holden by . the Queen at Buckingham Palace on Saturday, the 11th met., baa been postponed to Monday, the 13th inst., at Bucking ham Palace. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, Prince Arthur, the Princesses Alice, Helena, and Louisa, and the Infant Prince, and attended by the Countess of Desert, Lady Caroline Barrington, Hon. Caroline Cavendish, Hon. Flora Macdonald, Lord Rivers, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Mr. R. Ormsby Gore, Lord Charles Fitzroy, Cap tain the Hon. Dudley de Roe, and the Master of the Household, left Buckingham Palace, at three o'clock yes terday afternoon, for Windsor Castle. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were conducted to their carriage by the Duke of Norfolk, the Marquis of Breadalbane, the Duke of Wellingtoa, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord George Lennox, and Lient-Col. Francis Seymour. The royal party occupied seven of the Queen's carriages, and was escorted by a de tachment of the 13th Light Dragoons from Buckingham Palace to the terminus of the Great Western Railway at Paddington, where a special train was in readiness for the conveyance of her Msjesty and the royal circle to Windsor. The Countess of Desert has succeeded the Viscountess Jocelyn as the Lady in Waiting to the Queen. Lord Rivers has relieved Earl Somers in his duties as Lord in Waiting to her Majesty, and Mr. R. Ormsby Gore has relieved Lient.-General Sir Edward Bowater in his duties as Groom in Waiting to her Majesty. WINDSOR, Just 7. The Queen and Prince, with the royal children, attended by the suite, arrived at the Castle about four o'clock. A guard of honour from the lit Battalion of the Scots Fusilier Guards, with the band of the regiment, received her Majesty at the railway station. A deputation from Highgate, headed by Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P., and Sir Benjamin Hall, M.P., had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. The Chancellor of the Exchequer attended yesterday morning in his official robe of office, in the Court of Exche quer in Westminster, and was sworn into office before the Barons of the Court as Chancellor of her Majesty's Exche quer. A deputation, consisting of the Mayor of Sunderland, Mr. Hudson, M.P., and Mr. Digby Seymour, M.P., had an interview with Viscount Palmerston yesterday at the Home-office. _ _ . _ a were remind at the Colonial•office yesterday fro p ro u r b isvemor-Oeneral of Canada and the„Governon of the other North American Provinces. THE CRYSTAL PALACE. —Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by Lord Charles Fitzroy sad Captain the Hon. Dudley de Roe, visited the works at Sydenham late in the afternoon of Monday. Under the guidance of Sir J. Paxton and Mr. Owen Jones, the royal party visited every part of the building, and expressed themselves highly satis fied witk the progress made in the works and park. TEE Du or OrNos.—His Royal Highness the Duke of Genoa, accompanied by his Excellency, the Sardi nian Minister went yesterday to Ascot to witness the races. His royal highness returned to town before the sports of the day had concluded. Lut night the Earl and Countess of Clarendon gave a grand entertainment in honour of his royal highness, at their residence in Grosvenor-crescent. The Dake arrived shortly before eight o'clock, attended by his Excellency the Marquis d' Aseglio, Col. Viylde, and the members of his suite. The following had the honour of mectiug his royal highness at dinner :—The Duke of Newcutlo, the Marquis of Clonricartle, the Coun tess Craven, Viscount and Viscountess Palmentoc,Viscount and Viscountess Mahon, Lord and Lady John Russell, and Lady Cowley. A small and select circle were invited to meet his royal highness in the evening. This morning the Duke of Genoa leaves town on a visit to her Majesty and tke Prince Consort at Windsor Cutle. OXFORD. JUNE 7.—ln a convocation holden in the theatre the honorary degi•ee of Doctor in Civil Law was conferred on the Marquis of Blandford, M.P., the Marquis of Chandos, M.P., the Earl of Eglinton and Wintown, the Earl of Hardwicke, the Earl of Malmesbury, Lord Stanley, Lord Redesdale, Lard Colchester, Lord St. Leonard's, Thomas Babington Macaulay, M.P., the Lord Justice Turner, Sir John O. Pakington, Bart., M.P., Spencer Horatio Walpole, M.P., Benjamin Disraeli, M.P., Joseph Warner Henley, M.P., Joseph Napier, M.P., Major-Gen. the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, K.C.H., the Rev. Joseph Pul ling, 8.D., Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. Yesterday (Moaday) the D.C.L. degree was conferred upon the Dukes of Cambridge and Mecklenburg Strelita. THE LATE MR. O'CONNELL AND THE ENDOWMENT OF ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIESTS. TO THE EDITOTI, OP THE EXPRNEB. Sia,—ln reference to the statement imputed to Lord John Russell (in the reported debate on Mr. Moore's motion) to the effect that the late Mr O'Connell desired the endowment of the Catholic church, will you permit me to say, that Mr. O'Con nell was most decidedly of the very contrary opi nion. May I also use this opportunity to enter my strongest protest, as an Irish catholic, against the assertion imputed to another member in the same report—where ho is made to say, that the Irish eatholics are " not loyal." There never were a people so loyally disposed as the Irish. Your most obedient servant, June 6. JOHN O'CONNELL. ELECTION OP A DISTRICT StILVEYOIt. Mr. Edmund Woodthorpe was elected ;;;:Yor for the northern district of the City of London, iu the room of Mr. James Montague, deceased. The election of a surveyor for the eastern district of the City of London, in the room of Mr. Edmund Woodthorpe, was appointed to take place on the next court day. —„.. _ auftEitEs FOIL BEJEERS. Alderman WIRE presented a petition from Mr. Pihe, against whom the City Solicitor is proceeding for penalties by the direction of the Court of Aldermen. Alderman WIRE moved that the petition be referred to the general purposes committee. Alderman COPELAND opposed the motion, upon the ground that a surety before he became bound for any one ought to use due caution to ascertain whether the person he wished to serve was solvent, and qualified in every respect to act u a broker. Alderman SIDNEY and other members thought the court was under the circumstances bound to examine the merits of the petition, which wee referred to the committee. The report of the committee to which the question of the overcrowding of steam beats was referred, was brought up and agreed to. It stated that the committee were of opinion that the came officers who had so efficiently per formed the duties of inspectors durino last summer should be appointed to perform similar duties during the present season ; and that the City Solicitor be instructed to pro ceed against all parties complained against for over crowding. The report was unanimously agreed to, and ordered to be acted upon. The City Solicitor was instructed to defend the City Com missioner of Police in an action brought against him for in terfering with the auction in the Poultry. The court then adjourned. METROPOLITAN COMMISSION OF SEWERS. A general court was held yesterday, at the office in Greek-street ; Mr. It. Jaanin the chair. . . . A deputation 'from the inhabitants of Sydenham waited upon the comtnissimers to present a memorial on the state of the drainage of that district. The CILAIRMAN said if any special cases of complaint were reported to them, they would take them into consi deration, and afford any temporary relief that might be in their power. The deputation then retired. STOCK EXCHANGE ARCADE. TO THE EDITOR or THE EXPRESS. SlR,—Will you permit me, through the medium of your widely circulated journal, to offer a suggestion to the members of the Stock Exchange regarding their proposed improvements ? They are on the point of pulling down the old building of the Stock Exchange and rebuilding it; and they now have it in their power to confer a great ban on the public by opening out the blind alley called Ilercules-pas sage entirely through to Throgmorton-street, which might be easily done at a trifling additional cost by the purchase of one more house on the east side of Shorter's-court, and its removal. The island of houses enclosed by Throgmorton-street, Old Broad-Street, and Bartholomew lane has been long complained of as having no passage through it ; and as the bank arcades, planned by Mr. W. Barnes, architect, in 1845, are to be erected on the site of Little Bell-alley, a connecting passage through the block of houses would be an immense convenience to the inhabi tants of the neighbourhood of Finsbury-square and Circus, as well uto persons proceeding from Cornhill, Finch-lane, &c. Stock-brokers' offices and refreshment-rooms might occupy one side of the passage, and the latter need not be wider than Hercules-plumage, if more room cannot be ob- tamed. Now is the time to effect so desirable an improve. ment. Your meet obedient servant, ___ June 7, 1853. T. J. M. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEL The Registrar's report says :—The present return exhibits a lower amount of mortality in the metrepelis than has been observed in any previous week since January. The deaths registered last week were 1,023, which is about a hundred less than in the week immediately preceding. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1843-52 the average number was 892, which with a correction for in crease of population becomes 981. Hence it appears that the 1,023 deaths now returned exceed the calculated amount by 42. The recent decrease is generally apparent throughout the table of fatal diseases, but is most considerable in those affecting the respiratory organs. This class has declined in the number of fatal cues to 129, of which 63 are referred to bronchitis, and 42 to pneumonia. Phthisis, which num• bees 162, maintains its preponderance in the list. Typhus bas declined in the last two weeks from 53 to tl ; diarrhea from 32 to 21; measles increased from 19 to 23; with these exceptions, cymotic diseases discover no important fluctuation. The following cue of cholera was registered is the week: On 27th May, at Saint Mary's Hospital, Paddington, a labourer, aged 49 years, from Brook•mews, Paddington, died of " cholera (3 days, as far as known) ; only well marked the last 25 hours " Post snort. Last week the births of 758 boys and 686 girls,'in all 1,444 children, were registered in London. The average number in Pight corresponding weeks of 1845-52 was 1,351. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.880 is. The mean temperature was 511 deg., which is 41 deg. less than the average of the same week in 38 yeses. The mean daily temperature was below the average on every day of the week. The wind was in the north. NEW BILL TO REGULATE PARISH VESTRIES.-- Yesterday a bill before parliament was printed to amend the acts for the regulation of parish vestries. The object of the measure is to extend the right of voting at such places. It is proposed to enact that " from and after the posing of this act no person shall be required, in order to be entitled to vote, or be present at any vestry meeting, to pay 5,1 7 rate for the relief of the poor of the parish in which such meeting shall be held, except such 114 shall have been made or become due within six calendar months immediately preceding such vestry meeting." DISCOVERY OF A COPPER MINE.—On the estate of the Marquis of Downshire, in the ne i g hb our hood of Duadrum, there has been lately discovered a mine. yield in g copper me of superior quality. As we have not yet beard full particulars, we merely give the fact as it came .to us, but we expect shortly to be in possession of all the Weal stances, when we will have something to say on the sub jest.—Down Recorder.