The Express. — London, England, 1851-06-17 00:00:00

lord J. RUSSELL said that the hen. member he °shifted was not at all to blame in mentioning the personal insrili of Sir Chas. Trovelye*, for he had ben provoked to ft by the Trmarkstof the Ohne member foe Essex. Ile hew' We committee to consider that the quake before thesis, Wend -oul7 one, of 5001., involved a very important sub:principle. S ir Charles Trevelyan might have enjoyed i h m atios of considerable emolument, but had taken the hlsiewilich he presently held, relying on the promises held eat, They - aisight to recollect that the functions of Sir C. Trevelyan were M . the tame importance and of equal labour te the slilettetiey of the Travesty. They now said they mould reduce the salary to 2,0001. If they acknowledged g b h a (meetse this, what security bad they that they Weald not rushee next year to 1,5001., and the following psi to 1,0001. He thought that the committee should net swot to so dangerous a principle as that suggested. Cavar,brip.) un sauna said the argument of the hon. member tar had jets spoken would be extremely good, if the kale were in the habit of underpaying their public see- Mats; but the fact was, that their public servants were phi too much. He believed that for 2,0001. a year the Bess head and the most superior talent might be obtained in this country; and, therefore, he should give his vote in Amur of the reduction of the present salary. After rose further discussion, - The committee divided : Fur the amendment 72 Against it The two neat votes, namely, for sums not exceed 05,2701., fur the salaries and expenses of the Secretary sir lieste fur the Home Department, and 37,1001. fur the des pertiarets of War and the Colonies, were agreed to; and the Mew resumed. The report of supply was then brought up, and the reso lutions agreed to. OATH OF ABJURATION (JEWS) BILL. Ice anwer to a question by Mr. BILI Lord J. RUSSELL fixed Monday for the committee on Iltie bill, but declined to say whether it should have prece des,/over the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. COURT OF CHANCERY (IRELAND) REGULATION ACT AMENDMENT BILL. Tido bill pried through committee. FEE FARM RENTS (IRELAND) BILL. This bill also went throuth committee. ACTS OF PARLIASIENT AtiIIItEVIATION ACT REVEAL Mr. J. STUART moved the third reading of this bill, =liupon what be considered to be the absurd pwl ro the act be proposed to repeal. TM A VTORNEY-GENERAL opposed the motion, cha riots:ming the set as • most valuable and salutary law, and the Let great step to improve the language of our legiala. Vas. Ile moved that the bill be read a third time that day MK 'booths. .IW-liottUr divided. • For the third reading l2 86-44 SANDS CLACSRII CONSOLIDATION (IRELAND) man, not as a statesman. He wants to make a tar get of Lord GREY, to humble Sir HENRY SMITH, and kick out Mr. MONTAOVE. We really care nothing for all three. But for the interests of the colony, which is most peculiarly situated, peculiarly peopled, divided, impoverished, and scattered, and for the in terests of England, which hears and knows nothing on the subject but what party insinuates or blus ters, we recommend parliament and the public to look into the question itself, vetting aside Mr. HAWES and Mr. ADDERLEY, Sir HENRY DMIf it and Mr.FAIR BAIRN. For if a body of impartial and eminent men do not do this, and do not go into colonial questions on their own merits, without reference to this lord, this governor, or any minister, we shall lose every profit, honour, or advantage, that could accrue from our past colonial enterprise, without gaining in re turn the absence of risk or the surety of economy. Ma. HrltitlLS is a good dal older than Mr. Dtstxteu in point of rot% sod s great deal older in political understanding. The venerable member for tkamford knows when he is at the wrong side of the poet, and shrewdly objects to peeping round the corner when he is certain of being summarily forced to retire again without having even a chance of striking one effective blow. Under such circum stances, the ancient tactician would much rather keep quiet, and wait for better opportunities of doing mis chief to his foes. No coaxing or cajolery on the part of his more inexperienced commander can induce the cunning . old man to budge. General principles, party impatience, risk of being laughed at as beaten and done for—no conceivable motive seems to make any impression on the NESTOR of protection. Who ever likes or dislikes the policy of inaction, he is re solved not to stir. . _ . Last night was a trying occasion for Young Rapid. A fortnight ago, the second reading of the customs and house-tax bills had been specially fixed for the first Monday after the holidays, in order that there might be a fitting opportunity for discussion of their principle, and for taking . the sense of the House of Commons thereon. Considerable interest was in con sequence felt on all sides to hear the various views which possibly might be expressed on sub jects of so much importance ; and notwith standing the tendency of members who for four weary months and upwards have been listening to discus sions of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, to remain a little longer in the country than the precise term of the Whitsuntide reccss,a pretty numerous attendance yesterday afternoon at the usual hour when business is wont to begin, showed that the understanding above alluded to was not forgotten, and that a preva lent feeling existed that if any serious debate was contemplated on the measures in question, the time fur raising it had arrived. But the patriarch of antediluvian economy would not move. He had made up his mind that, beyond a prolonged grumble, intermingled with the ordinary vatieinations of evil to come, it would not be prudent to offer any ostensible hindrance to the passing of these reasonable and popular projects of law. After the melancholy results of the battle of Ceylon, and the obvious continuance in full operation of the causes which contributed potentially thereto, no considera tion would induce Mr. iiERRILI to hazard another general engagement. Unless there could be shown some prospect of winning, he would rather a great deal not tight. Notoriety, Mut," repeated cheering," and all the other incidental gains which a leader fond of display may hope to realise by a regular party debate—these are natu rally enough as nought in the estimation of "the only man of official experience or standing who belongs to the party in the House of Commons. He wants office, if it is possible, not fur the sake of having the name of minister for some few brief months, but for the sake of enjoying its profit and power for a reasonable period. from his position, his experience, his time of life, the self-interest of Mr. IlEault:s is identical with the only rational policy of his party. Protection, as things now stand, can never carry them into office with any prospect of keeping it six months. Perhaps, if the truth were spoken, neither he nor Lord STANLEY, nor Mr. WAL POLE, nor any of the graver members of the party, have any longer an expectation that upon that crazy raft they can ever float to shore, or that from it they can ever cast anchor. Not so, however, with Mr. Dis- RAELI. lie had rather risk wreck and loss a dozen times over than not feel himself afloat. Confident intho life-preserving resources he carries about him, ho fears little the hazards by which others are appalled. Repented encounters with overwhelming force may . , bit by bit, destroy the shattered hark that carries BENJAMIN and his fortunes; ; but he has no fears of not swimming to land, whatever comes of the wreck. _ _ _ The somewhat chagrined House of Commons was thus informed yesterday that the second reading of the Timber and Coffee Duties Reduction Bill was only to pass sub sileittio because the protectionist leaders had had a slight misunderstanding amongst themselves, and consequently were not ready for action : but that upon going into committee, they would certainly be prepared to take the sense of the house on the principle of the mea sure. "If I can persuade my right hon. friend the member for Stamford to raise the discussion, it will not be necessary for mc," said the tantalising leader, " to undertake that duty ; but at all events, we arc determined not to suffer the occasion to pellia without asking the opinion of the house on the financial policy which the Customs and House-tax Bills involve. But this sly pinch in the car, we venture to think, will not prevail on " the only man of official experience or standing in the party" to lead it out on a forlorn hope for their restless com mander's gratification. " l?og won't worry cat, and cat won't stir from the fire in the house of free-trade that PELL built." What can come of a trial of strength on the ground thus recklessly chosen for conflict, but discom fiture and defeat? If upon the comparatively open field of agricultural distress, where nothing was professedly contended for but some general relief in the least exceptionable form, and where no special interests or great points of principle were ostensibly assailed—if even there torvism fell short of its pur pose on two several occasions—what chance of suc cess can be supposed to await it where the banner unfurled is plainly " Protection," and the whole in fluence and interest of the houscholding classes in town and country is set in array to defend the posi tion? More unpopular or impracticable ground it were impossible to take than that which the rash chief of the opposition has thought fit to select for his enterprise. In vain he attempts to throw dust in men's eyes by pretending that Ins objections are only financial, not theoretical. The proposal of govern. meat is to apply two-thirds of the surplus revenue in lightening the popular burthens in three impor tant items—window light, timber, and coffee. Mr. Dismal.' would continue these burthens avowedly upon the ground that as he hopes to get rid of the income-tax next year, and contemplates no large re trenchment in the imperial expenditure, the deficit caused by relinquishing so much taxation would bo more than a due regard to the public credit would allow. The disguise is sufficiently flimsy and transparent. The Protectionists would keep up taxes on the industrious classes, in order that there might be such a surplus next year as would render it safe to abolish the tax on the property of the idle and in dolent portion of the community. This is the fiscal theory of Toryism, to which, in one shape or other, it is sure to adhere. But we have seldom heard it lan nounced more nakedly and plainly than on the pre- I sent occasion. SYRlA.—Father Basil, a Capuchin, was found strangled at the foot of the altar at Aleppo. The French consul has taken energetic steps for inquiring into this crime. ALGERJA.--General Carron writes on the sth inst., from the seat of war in Algeria, that the defeat of Bou-Bagherla, on the tat of June, was so complete, that the Kabyles offer no further resistance, and that the objects of the expedition may be regarded as accomplished. THE PROPOSED SYNOD AT EXETEL—The public feeling against the approaching synod has been manifested this week with augmenting force. The feeling of the clergy is scarcely less opposed to the usurpation of the bishop ; but their esprit de corps renders them more cau tions in giving expression to it. One of the most determined of the clerical opponents of the synod, and who has been greatly instrumental in defeating the bishop in his dean wishes it to be stated that many of the clergy, itha amayst the number, abstain from signing the protest under the btief that it would limit their powers of oition— whereas they are determined to oppose the synod in nosy possible way.—Wesiene Timm "BILL The second reading of thin hill was postponed to Thurs day. The hou..e adjourned at a quartarts o'clock. P.l 1 tl.l AMEYTARY COIIMITTEES. TH TROPOLITAN WATIIR RILL..—The Committee appointed the liuuse of COlllllllO4lll to inquire into this question consists of the following members :—Sir James Mr. W. Beckett, Lord henry Ilentusck, Sir John Saamer, and Mr. Ellis. CAMEILONO COALIIRoOR, &C., RAILWAY. Tito COM- Satre on this (revived) bill, fur changing the name of the impala; to that of the Loughor Steam Coal Company, and are arraying the Aare", met for the first time yesterday. eT. Ai.n A Ms E LECTIon . —The petition presented by Hoary r.dwards alleges that his health has been affected by ids imprisonment in Nergate, expresses contrition fur hay lag been guilty of a breach of the privileges of the house, and pray. for a reltase. gut erpreisis. TO CORILESPON DENTS. lbsiod !..alltkos f " The Lapeer,' eastalieleg •be =be mains'. Gamine," is pshilebed retry Tibial., and laiday hien, fn time tar pod. jive u. wnt.lablittlod fir •' The itsprtee,. Leaden Machin" paper, Pet he at the Ulla% lu, Ikiverie•atrest. by Two o'clock ow the day of publitalko. DIOR WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins ii4v—morning. 4h. I. „Memo% 414. 31u. Tomohsew-.4l4kfluas. Y. 51ia.....—../Lherssaa. N. lea LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 17. Mn. ADDERLET, in a letter which will be found in another column, deprecates in very strong terms the assallest delay in the governments issuing a consti tution fur the Cape of (loud Hope. We can have no wish to throw ()Weeks or cause delay in the grant kg of that constitution, except with the view to have it well considered and well suited to the wants and prospect.. of all classes and districts in tko colony. What we want most especially to avoid is a repeti tion of that blunder and folly which concoct and grant constitutions one day, as was the case with Dicw Zeulaud, which urn so little suitable as to be , obliged to be suspendiml before they arc even in operation. Mr. ADDERLEV says that the entire colony is most anxious and eager fur a constitution, and he would seem to imply, for any constitution. This, with all due respect for Mr. ADDERLEY and the colonists, is childish. A constitution is not a plaything. When such a thing is to be given or to he had, it requires the utmost consideration of grantor and grantee. A war is new raging along the whole frontier of the Cape. The Cape people, with ever so much of a constitution, do not pretend that they could emidect that war, or pacify those hostilities without the money and the troops Of Englund. We not only think this, but think that with all the wisdom of a colonial assembly, wan may again arise, for which England may again be answer:ble. It behoves the English the e" weigh well in whose hands and in what con dition ho places the Cape, when he abandons the government of it. On perusing the last Blue Book, in reading the demand' of Mr. FAIRIiAIRN and Sir ANDRIEs Srocx nsineon, it is plain that they demand two elective °Pencils, both of which would be completely in their interests. They demand that the upper chamber should he elected, not, as in America, by local choice or influence, but by a general ticket, which would throw the whole legislative power, and, by consequence, the executive into the hands of one party, that represented by Mr. Fans- Beam and his friend. Now, it is our opinion that this mode of electing the Legislative Conrail :is radically bad, and that it will sacrifice the future peace, harmony, and, by consequence, the strength and prospects of the colony to a party. We say that the effect of adopting Mr. FAtaBAIEN'S proposal will be to set east and west radically at variance. Mr. .ADDERLEV meets this objection of ours by snorting that the people of Port Elizabeth in the east desire the constitution at all events, but to have themselves protected against the danger we point out by a proviso, guaranteeing that the eastern dis trict ten be separated from the western, on the members of the former expensing the wish. What is this but laying down in the constitution the eepuration of the colony? Far oar part, we should like to know what effect this separation would be likely to have. If separated, the eastern district would is• all fbr war, the western all for peace. And with separotelegislaturvs, the gentlemen of the west would wash their hands of the squatters and com latents of the cast, who would look to JUAN Butt exclusively to support them, and to pay the piper. ; Mr. AUDEILLET, indeed, tells us that the constitution is to " retrench useless taxation " at home, for the 'support of the colonies. Now, our objection to a huniedeonstitution, ravished by the triumph of a party. is that it will saddle England with greater expense. and with untold embarrassment. We know nothing of Mr. MONTAGUE, except from the blue hooks, and these show him to be a very able and not un illiberal man. We admire his speeches en the constitution, as well as Mr. Emanates 's. The entire debate in the Legislative Council does honour to the' colony. And we believe that it was merely necessary to have continued these debate. in order to have arrived at a very fair constitution. Buppre.itig that the tory members and the official elouncillon. did carry certain clauses with too srbi- trary a hand, the Colonial-office, under the influence of the British parliament and press, might have amended them. But no; when the colonial go vernment was ready to yield a great deal, Maws. FarillAtax and STOCKENsTRON would be' contented with nothing less than having everything their own wig. Now, we do not think that they Amid have their own way; for we see great defects, great unrairtfcsm, and an inevitable schism and divi *el of the colony, were they to triumph altogether. Nay, we think that Lord GREY'S granting them their every wish would be the ruin of this very Pepe Ulm , party, which would be overborne by a raise or Awn semi-barbarous, mare powerful, and IP 9 te huroffiltte elements in the colony, which live of the vet 2f barbarism, and ore engaged in daily 104 • conflicts with it. 131 s. Aayt= views the question as amen party-1 Ant THI EXPRESS, 'TUESDAY - 'EVENING, 1851. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. The notes of M. Cartier, published by M. Eugene Forcadc, would by this time have dropped entirely out of public notice, but for a personal allusion, which has raised immense excitement. It is hinted in the prefect's report that a M. L—, a representative, on intimate terms at the El see, had received half the pay of a place which he had solicited and obtained for a client. In the original papers the name of M. Lomulier appears in full. It was reported to-day that interpellations would be addressed to the ministry on this subject. Ac cordingly, when M. Lambit was observed to proceed to the tribune, there was a general hush of expecta tion. M. Larabit demanded to intcrpellate the minister of justice upon the alleged traffic in a post under government, which had appeared in the Mcuager, and gave rise to an infamous charge against a repre sentative of the people. M. Rouher declared that a judicial inquiry had been instituted, and that justice would be done. M. Joly insisted upon the import ance of the fact, and demanded a parliamentary in quiry. M. Lemulier, who was aware that he was the representative alluded to in the notes of M. Car tier, protested against the foul imputation cast upon him, and declared that he should insist upon a re tractation by the prefect of police, and that he would prosecute the newspaper until he reached the author of the infamous slander. M. Leon Faucher blamed the manner in which the note had been published, but attempted to diminish the importance of the allegation. He declared that the government was quite as solicitous as any person about the honour of the administration, and that it would see strict justice done. Ile opposed the demand for a parliamentary inquiry. M. Jules Fevre spoke in favour of the inquiry. M. Jules Lastcyrio opposed parliamentary proceedings as dangerous, and preferred judicial, M. Baroeho strenuously resisting a parliamentary inquiry as exhibiting distrust of the courts of justice. Finally, after several motived orders of the day had been proposed, the pure and simple order of the day was put to the vote, and carried by 335 votes against 306. This large minority was composed of the Left and the legitimists. Thus, upon a most important question of morality, the government has only obtained a majority of 29. The committee on the Avignon Railway has re jected all the propositions of the companies, and decided that the railway should neither be executed nor worked by the state. The most important question at the present moment is the procedure which the Committee on Revision is bent on adopting with regard to the petitions pray ing simply for the abrogation of the 45th article of the constitution, and the prolongation of the Presi dent's powers. It seems that the sub-committee appointed to examine the petitions for revision has come to the conclusion that the abovementioned class of petitions is to be regarded as null and void, inasmuch as the Assembly can only express the wish for the total or partial rev I lion of the constitution, without prescribing a special alteration. There is no question so likely to bring the two powers into conflict as this, which touches so nearly the attributes of both. If the As sembly, taking its stand upon a legal quibble, chooses to ignore the wish very generally expressed through out the country for continuing Louis Napoleon in the office of president, it will furnish the most popular excuse which can be desired for taking the law out of their hand, which they wrest to so absurd an abuse. Notwithstanding the protest of M. Leon Faucher on Saturday, the result of that day's debate is re garded by nearly all the organs of the press as a decided breach in the electoral law of May ; the reform of which is now called for more loudly than ever. It remains to be seen if the cabinet will stick to its declaration. that the law of May is the Hag of the ministry. if it does, it must resign. The AssemliVe Nationale reports that a despatch of Lord Palmerston to Lord Howden contains the following passage : " The late movement in I'ortugal has been brought about by that sort of tyranny, against which the best remedy is military revolt." Great is the consternation of the beetroot-growers in the north at the new sugar law, which they pronounce ruinous. They insist upon a fresh deli. bernt ion. M. do Vara'. a Portuguese agent delegn . tra by tho Duke of Suldanha to procure a loan, has just passed through Paris on his way to London. In the arrangement between the French and Bra zilian governments to settle the dispute relative to the outrage offered to the French flag at Pernambuco, some special stipulations have been introduced to re move the difficulties attending the administration of French inheritances. The remains of Madame Letitia, the Emperor's mother, and of his uncle, cardinal Feech, are to be transferred from Cornet() to Ajaccio. The war-steamer Vauban is to receive the remains on board at Civita Vecchia, and convey them to thcir destination in Corsica. ---- A pamphlet, written by Eugene Sue and others, entitled " Republieain des Campagnes," has been seized by the authorities. SPAIN. Only a few of the Madrid journals of the 11th have arrived; and we learn from the Epoca that this is owing to the others, and amongst them the Herald°, having been seized, but it is not stated for what reason. The Chamber of Deputies was occu pied, on the 10th and 11th, with the reports from election committees, and some of them gave rise to strong debates, in which M. Pidal and the President of the Council, and the Minister of the Interior, took put; in each case, however, the decision was in favour of the government. The Senate, in the sit ting of the 11th, adopted, after some debate, the bill for making a levy of thirty-five thousand men for the army. The Queen, having ordered the renewal of the permanent deputation of the grandees of Spain, a general junta is to be held on the Ist July. General Pezuela having accepted the post of captain-general of Madrid had been received by the Queen ; but the Epoca says that he has de clined to enter the cabinet. The Epoca states that it is not tree, as asserted by one of the papers, that M. Salamanca has obtained the concession of a rail way from Aranjuez to Alienist, and formed a com pany which hos already raised the necessary funds ; but it adds that there is reason to hope that the pro ject for forming this line will shortly be realised under that gentleman's care. The expenses are estimated at 300,000,000 reels (73,000,000 k.) and it is calculated that the line could be completed in three years. General Peznela had arrived at Madrid to take possession of the post of captain-general. rested and secured in the Fortessa Vecchia. The articles seized were put into two chests, and sealed up in the presence of the British consul. Fourteen persona more connected with this affair, have been since arrested. GERMANY. Our Paris correspondent writes u follows: The senate of Hamburg has protested, not only at Frankfort, Berlin, and Vienna against the occupa tion of their city by the Austrians, but has addressed remonstrances to the governments of England, France, and Russia, as parties to the treaty of Vienna, which guarantees the independence of the city of Hamburg. M. Baroche, Minister of Foreign Affairs, had a long . interview on Saturday last with the Austrian minister on the subject of tho recent collision at Hamburg, the senate of which city has applied to France, as a party to the treaty of Vienna, to back their protest against the Austrian occupation of Hamburg. M. Earache proceeded, after this con ference, to draw up a report, which he submitted to the council of ministers. In the evening a cabinet courier started with despatches for Vienna. The following is the proclamation published by the magistrates of Hamburg, and referred to in our cor respondent's letter given below : NOTICIL—On the evening of Whitsunday an occurrence, which is greatly to be deplored, took place. It was caused by a gunnel, in which soldiers belonging to the Imperial Austrian service joined, together with the Austrian mili tary quartered in the town of Altona. In consequence of this the commander-in.ehief of the Austrian corps has causes' some of his troops from the neighbouring Holstein to oc cupy the suburb of St. Pauli, without the consent of the hon. council of your senate. Your lion. Council of the Senate has already taken steps to cause a revocation of this measure, and will leave no thing undone which may serve to maintain the rights of the city. It is, at so serious a moment, and in order to prevent any further danger to our city, the sacred duty of every indivt- dual subject of the state, as well as that of every stranger enjoying hospitality within the same, to avoid, as much as possible, giving vent to any ebullition of feelings of any de scription against the Austrian troops quartered for the time being upon, and passing through the territory of the state, and in gase of their supposing themselves even justi fied therein by any cause of provocation given on the other side, not to have recourse to any means, either in word or deed, of taking justice into Their own hands. Every Hamburger who loves his native city should bear in mind, what he owes to the troops of a confederate State, temporarily residing among us, and with whom hitherto a good understanding has existed. Should, however, indi vidual transgressors be found, regardless of this warning and admotion, guilty of allowing themselves to offer any insults to the Imperial soldiers, either individually or col lectively, thereby causing to their fellow-citizens and their native city any fresh disaster, they will have the most sum mary punishment inflicted upon them forthwith. Given in Council usembled, Hamburg, June 13, 1851. Our correspondent writes as follows : HAMBURG, JUN, 11. The city is still agitated by the outrage of the Austrians. * Yesterday and to day there was hardly any. thing else spoken of on 'Change, and many enormities and true ties committed by them since they came here were mentioned, that were not generally known before. For instance, hauling up little boys before the police for hav ing thrown, in a playful mood, snowballs at an officer. The general himself going to the police-office, and threatening that if an exemplary punishment was not inflicted on those urchins, on the next offence being committed the offender would be run through by the sword of the offended. On Monday about 2,000 men, infantry and cavalry, were quartered on the inhabitants of St. Pauli, and the Circus seized upon as a guard-house. The senate protested a Taint this arbitrary invasion, referring to the agreement, according to which the uumlwr of 4,200 for the city and its territory should not be increased ; but no notice was taken of that protest, nor did they wait until an arrangement was made by the proper authorities, but sent tile soldiers into the houses without billets, though the housekeepers had nothing to do with the riots. Lieut. Lorenzer, of our regulars, who commanded the post at the gate on Sunday when the crowds were driven in by the Austrians, after the fugitive , had got inside, had the wicket gates shut and did not admit the Austrians, because it is the rule that no foreign troops be allowed to enter the city without permission of the Senate. At the same time lie placed his soldiers in front, so that if the Austrians had been firing they must have hit our soldiers, who would have screened the population and given them time to get out of the way. The Austrian authorities highly blame this judicious arrangement, and want to have M. Lorenzer be fore a court-martial because he checked them and prevented the riots spreading from the suburb into the city. The Austrians have not given up to the civil authorities the persons they arrested on Sunday, and it remains to be seen what the Senate will do. _ dv:vz 13. The indignation against the Austrians first manifested by the purul.c is now prevalent amongst all classes of society. The senate has wisely suspended the military exercises and manoeuvres of tho Burgher Guard, which annually begin after Easter and terminate about midsummer. The other evening a battalion of the militia returning from their afternoons exercise, entered one of the gates and took up the whole space; an Austrian officer, it vs said a general, driving his carriage, wanted to get cut of the city, and im patient to wait until the battalion had passed, tried to push through the ranks. The commanding major remonstrated with him, telling him that as a military person high in rank he ought to know that this could not be done ; upon which he replied he saw nothing but a " concourse of people be fore him." The senate has protested against the second invasion of the Austrians in the suburb of St. Pauli with an addi tional force of upwards of 2,000 men, but the commanding general, Field-Marshal Lieutenant Legetlicz, took no notice of that protest. Copies of it have since then been for warded to Vienna and Frankfort; but pretexts will not be wanting to that Jesuitical cabinet, and its holy allies, to represent such occupation as necessary for the peace of Europe. Jris 14. The proclamation of the Senate, placarded in the streets last night, and published in our newspapers this morning, gives general satisfaction, and is quieting people's minds. Should, however, the grievances expressed by the Senate not be redmied by the Austrian government, there is no telling what the results will be, exasperated as every man is against the insolence of the commanding officers, who want to reduce 113 to the level of their slavish menials. COLONIAL. NEW SOUTH WALES. Papers from gyilney had been received at Singa pore to the middle of February. An important ter ritorial discovery had been made. Darling Downs has hitherto been the Wilma thuk to the west of Moreton Bay, but there is now rising behind another district—the Maranos—now almost unoccupied, but which promises to become one of the most produc tive of the northern districts. In illustration of this fact it may be noticed, that tenders for runs fur no less than one million of sheep had been received within a few months. The newly discovered country lies to the westward of Darling Downs, its boundary with which is about 150 miles from Brisbane ; it is watered by the Condamine, Balonne, Barwau, Moonee, Mammal, and other rivers, and creeks out of number. There aro considerable scrubs, but along the waters there is generally a belt of fine forest, from 2 to 10 miles in breadth, covered thickly with grass, mixed with salt-bush and herbage the finest of puture; and in the north-west aro Fitzroy Downs, described by Sir Thomas Mit chell, the surveyor-general, as the finest country he had ever seen. The climate is stated to be delight ful. The few settlers now located in the district followed Sir T. Mitchell's track along the Balonne, and until last year invariably resorted to Maitland, a distance of from 500 to 000 miles. Mr. ltoderiek Mitchell was then appointed commissioner, and, with his usual enterprise, opened up a road into Darling Downs, which brought the more distant parts of the north of his district within 300 miles of water car riage. The discoverers of this new territory were Mr. Gideon Lang and a resolute old dragoon guard, named Walker, of many year s experience in the Australian wilds. Connected with this discovery is a report current among the blacks that the indefatigable and enter prising Dr. Leichardt and his whole party were murdered, more than eighteen months ago, in a lo cality still more distant. In confirmation of this melancholy intelligence it is added that the pack mules of the unfortunate band of adventurous ex plorers were still running wild there. Smelting operations were being carried to a great extent, not merely the produce of New Zealand and South Australia, as heretofore, but the ores of the I province. Sydney was about to have its weekly 1 sales of copper as well as wool and tallow. The smelting is carried on at the mines, whereby a heavy amount of cartage is saved, and mines here tofore profitless on this account are now being worked with advantage. VICTORIA. Melbourne and Geelong papers have been received to the 20th of February. The whole province was in a ferment on the subject of anti-transportation. The delegates from Van Diemen's Land were re ceived with public honours, and the proceedings at the various 'breakfasts and meetings at Melbourne and ita sobarban port, Geelong, strongly and unntis takeably indicate a fixed resolve to resist to the uttermost the moral pest. One single de termined act (says the South Australian Gazette, Feb. 27th) on the part of Van Diemen's Land alone—and that a duplicate of the resistance at the Cape—would do more towards the final abolition of transportation than twenty years of orderly and peaceable resistance. Sir William Denison would probably try to shoot, by the help of his troops, a few of those who first resisted the further landing of convicts; bat, in the end, he would be either shot himself or shipped off, a la Illigh, and the matter would there finally end. A " League and solemn engagement" had been entered into by the delegates in the conference held at Melbourne, January, 1831, by which they bound themselves: lit. sot to employ any for hereafter arriving under sentence of transportation for crime committed in Europe. 2nd. To use all the powers they possess official, electoral, and legislative—to prevent the establisluuent of English prisons or renal settlements within their bounds; that they will refuse assent to any projects to faci litate the administration of such penal systems, and that they will seek the repeal of 311 regulations, and the removal of all establishments for such purposes. 3rd. From the Ist of January, 1852, to refuse all dealings, intercourse, and fellowship, so far as may be consistent with religion or natural obligations, with any and all colonists who may be found advocating or endeavouring to procure the transportation of British convicts to the Australasian colonies. And, lastly, They solemnly engage with each other to support, by their advice, their money, and their counte nance, all who may suffer in the lawful promotion of this cause: and that they will never dissolve this league until the transportation of convicts to these colonies shall entirely cease. The principles of the league were being responded to with an avidity not to be mistaken. An awful conflagration had visited the neighbour hood of Geelong on Feb. 6, which was more disas trous in its consequences than any that had ever occurred in the colony. The crops, stacks, live stock, and homesteads belonging to upwards of thirty farmers had been reduced to ashes, but the aggregate amount of the kisses sustained had not been ascer tained. The loss of life was frightful. Among others the wife and four children of a settler named MeLel land, residing on the banks of the Diamond Creek, one of the tributaries of the river Plenty, had been burnt to death; and eight persons in the Geelong district had suffered in like manner. A public meeting had been held at Geelong, at which resolutions were carried, deprecating the power given to the Governor and Council of New South Wales of determining the electoral districts of Victoria. The meeting was presided over by the Mayor, but was thinly attended, ITALY. In its sitting of the 13th, the Chamber of Deputies of Turin considerably modified the vote which it had come to in the preceding sitting, on the question of the privileges of Nice. Signor Cardona having started the question whether the late vote meant that the free-port of Nice should be abolished in 1834, even though the tariff were not revised in 1853, or that the revision was a sine qua non for the abolition, a long debate ensued, which ended in a voto trans ferring the condition of revision to the chapter of general provisions, thus making the abolition of the five-port independent of the revision of the tariff. The Conserratore, of Florence, quotes a letter from Leghorn of the 9th, giving the particulars of a donii ciliary visit mentioned as having taken place at a villa near the Condotti, inhabited by the family of the late Lord Aldborough. Notwithstanding the precautions i taken, a person attempted to escape over the garden I wall, but was arrested, and wa s at once identified as 4 a native of Lucca, who had formerly served in the , police corps. The inmates of the villa being sum-1 moned to open the doors in the name of the law, they I answered that the house was inhabited by Eng lish subjects, and consequently inviolable. A long parley ensued, after which the authorities,suspecting that advantage was taken of the delay to burn papers and other articles, ordered the doors to be broken open, and a similar question had to be repeated up stairs, where they found a door secured with iron bars ; two persons were arrested in the act of barn- 1 in g a mass of papers. The police found, besides a voluminous correspondence in English, a complete set of printing materials, several clandestine publi cations printed on the premises, and a quantity of arms. The three sons of Lord Aldborough, and the individual who had attempted to escape, were az- VAN DI EM EN'S LAN]). Launceston papers announce the arrival of "the bill," but it had not been proclaimed; an omission on the part of the government which had given great dissatisfaction, and called down imprecations on the head of the unpopular Sir W. Denison. Se veral candidates for the representative portion of the Assembly were, however, in the field. SOUTII AUSTRALIA. Accounts to Feb. 2K have been received from Ade laide. The nld Legislative Council expired on the 22nd. The Governor delivered an address on the occasion The council then adjourned sine die, having first decided against tho principle of the ballot, to the chagrin of the majority of the colonists, who have signitied their approval of that mode of voting. Some idea may be formed of the progress of the colony from the following official return of the value' of copper exported in 18,10, valued at 75‘. per tou: whew ligaVell. Tn., cat. qr. Ih. Value. To Singapore 722 4 1 27 .. L 51,166 16 10 gngland Calcutta Bombay 247 0 215 .. 18,527 7 6 Madras Batavia 2O 0 0 0 .. 1,500 0 0 Mauritius The neighbouring co lonies, principally fur transhipment 278 15 2 0 .. 20,908 2 1 2,20410 3 4 . E 163,310 8 9 The official returns of the total value of the im ports of South Australia, for 1850, set down the sum of 1 ti 00.0001., the imports exceeding the exports by 300,000!. Mr. Lipson, the son of an old and res pected colonist, had been found guilty of appmpria ting government money, and sentenced to six months hard labour. Great preparations were in progress to celebrate the " old colonists' festival," which was expected to throw into the shade any previous demonstration in South Australia. Mr. Fisher was to act as chairman owing to the ill-health of Mr. John Morphett. The Roman catholic com munity was about to erect a cathedral near Victoria square. The anti-convict agitation continued un abated; upwards of 3,000 signatures had been affixed to each of the petitions to parliament against the odious practice, and no stone had been left un turned by the local committee to obtain the full ex pression of the opinions of the adult population on this all engrossing subject. The approaching elec tions had supplied sufficient excitement to the colo nists, and absorbed nearly everything else. The can didate list swelled each day, although at one time it was seriously thought there would be some difficulty in getting sixteen men, able and willing to represent their fellow-colonists in council. Without enumera ting the names, or entering on the merits of the va rious candidates, it may be observed that one very peculiar feature marks the incipient contest, that though the state grant to religion is considered the grand point of disagreement, its opponents make it a positive test, while its supporters adopt a different course. From a statement of the quarter's revenue ending December 31st, 1850, the total receipts are set down at 36,0281., and the gross expenditure at 49,7471. THE CAPE CONSTITUTION. TO THE EDITOR OP THE EtPREBE. Srn,—ln our lcadin~ article of to day you state your opinion that the question of separating the eastern and western districts of the Cape must he settled before the constitution is granted. Iu this opinion you go against all the colonists on the spot in both districts, with the excep tion of a small party in Grs.luun's Town. Letters from Port Elizabeth declare that the wish is that the point should be referred to the first colonial parliament, the con stituent act forming which should only guarantee that on the eastern members expressing the wish, separation should take place. It may suit the Colonial-office to start this difficulty to save the credit of Lord Grey by a delay fatal alike to the I interests of this country and the colony, troth of which press for an immediate settlement. Starting this question on the spot may give Mr. Montagu, the avowed enemy of the promised representative constitu• titre, a temporary advantage on the Machiavellian principle, divide et impera. But I confess I had hoped that you, the advocate of the constitutional claims of the colonists, and of retrenchment of useless taxation at home, would have been the last to suggest to the select committee now idling up stairs this peg on which to hang up so unjust a question till next session. You surely, sir, will not, at this hour, enlist amongst those who affect to ward off the separation of tho colonies, while using every means of driving them to de spair and rebellion, nor amongst those who combine a false economy of this country's thousands with a most pernicious waste of millions in disastrous and discreditable warfare with savage tribes. I am your obedient servant, C. B ADDERLEY. Carlton Club, June 16, 1661. REPRESENTATION OF CARDIFF BOROUGES.—With reference to the representation of these boroughs, matters have come to a crisis. We announced some weeks ago that Mr. Walter Coffin had, in the absence of the sitting mem ber, Mr. Nicholl, and under the impression that he would not offer himself again to the electors in the event of disso lution, put out an address seeking their suffrages whenever a vacancy should take place. Since then Mr. :lichen has made his appearance in the field, and declared himself eli gible for re-election. Referring to Mr. Coffin's movements, Mr. Nichol' says, iu an address just issued : " My opponent has very recently proceeded to a personal canvass of the electors generally. As the sitting member I feel bound to abstain at pr es ent from imitating his example. A dissola- Von is not imminent. Parliament is sitting, and is engaged on matters of vital importance. My first duty to my con stituents is to remain at my post in the House of Commons ; not to quit it for the selfish object of securing votes for a future election. This being so, I confide my interests to your keeping, and to the zeal and exertions of my friends. I doubt not those interests will be safe." To this Mr. Coffin publishes a rejoinder, renewing his pretensions and expressing his confidence, front the result of his canvass, that his election is sure. He grounds his claims to the choice of the electors on hie known advocacy of free trade and parliamentary reform. MISTING OF SEAMEN AT HULL.—A meeting of the seamen of this port was held on Tuesday evening, in the Wilberforce-rooms, St. John-street, for the purpose of hear ing addresses from several delegates from different sea port towns, on the Mercantile Marine Act. Mr. Edwards was chosen to preside; and he called upon Mr. White, one of the delegates, who addressed the meeting at considerable length, and pointed out the evil effects that had resulted, and that would always result, to seamen, from the Mercan tile Marine Act. Several other addresses were delivered daring the evening, after which the meeting broke up.— Huff Pocket- gbe Court. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended b3L the lion. Mary *weer, General Wetuyss, and Culooel Bouverie, went to tits Exhibition of the Works of Hitlgstry of All Nations yesterday morning. Her Majesty wrivW at the Exhibition at 20 minutes put 9 o'clock, and con *nett her inspection of the machinery until 11 o'clock, and 'then returned with Prince Albert to Buskingharn Palace. ' , The Prince of Wales, and Prince Allred, attended by It.,lllreh, visited the Exhibition yesterday forenoon. lhe Prideess Royal, and the Princess Alice, attended by Miss Hildlord, also visited the Exhibition yesterday. Lord John Russell had an audience of her Majestyrs terday at Buckingham Palace. The Queen and Prince Albert left Buckingham !iliace in an open carriage and four at twenty minutes before , Tour o'clock yesterday afternoon for Clar e mo n t t o v i s it . , tho French royal family, the Countess of Charlemont, Gederal Wemyss, and Colonel Bouverie, attended in another Open carriage and four. Her Majesty and Prince Albert 'and suite returned to Buckingham l'alace at ten tuinuttls to eight o'clock. _ _ 'The royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace last even ing included the Duchess of Kent, the Prince of Leiningen, the Marquis and Marchioness of Breadalhane. Lady fanny Howard, the Baroness do Spoth, and Lieut.-Cal. the Hon. C. B. and Mrs. Phipps. The Duchess of Kent, attended by the Baroness de Sixth, went to Frogmore yesterday morning, and returned to her residence, Clarence Rouse, St. James's, in the afternoon. ' A deputation, consisting of Viscount Castlereagh, M.P.; I Mr. M'Cullagh, M.P ; Mr. Fitzpatrick, M.l'.; Mr. Shar man Crawford, M,l'.; and Mr. Beauclerc, hail an inter view with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his official teal donee, in ].)owning-street. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board of Inland Re venue, hail an interview with the Chancellor of the ExChe quer yesterday, at his official residence, in Downing-street. Sir Mathew Barrington transacted business yesterday at the office of the Commissioners of Railways, iu the Board of Trade. Mr. liscott had an interview with Sir George Grey yes• terday, at the Home-Mike. Despatches were received yesterday, at the Colonial office, from the Governor of Western Australia. De spatches were also received from the Governor of the Canadas. _ _ Despatches were sent off yesterday from the Colonial office to the Governors of the West India Islands, and a. !so to the Governor of Gibraltar. LOSS OP THE ROYAL MAIL STE.AMER FALCON.— On the arrival of the schooner, Lara, at Halifax, at two o'clock, mm., on May 27, from St. John's, Newfoundland, Captain Adams, her commander, communicated the tidings of the total loss of the steam ship, Falcon, on her passage to Halifax during the previous week. The Falcon started for Halifax at nine p.m. on Wednesday, May 7, and when five hours out from St. John's she struck with tremendous violence on some rocks outside of Isle de Bois. The engine was immediately reversed, when she backed off and struck another rock astern. After repeated collisions, she managed to back out clear to sea. By this time she was 21 feet by the head, the bows baying been stove in. The engineer let off the steam to prevent the boilers collapsing, and the cry was—" To the boats." Fortunately, the water was smooth, and all hands made good their escape to the shore. Captain Corbin remained by the vessel till the last moment, anti succeeded in saving the mail: and almet all the moveable property. The night was densely foggy. The Falcon was built in the Clydo about three years ago, and was employed hi carrying the mails between Bermuda, St. John's Newfoundland, and Halifax, Nova Scotia. SERIOUS BALLOON ACCIDENT.—Last evening,: at six o'clock, according to advertisement, the Victoria and Albert balloon ascended from liatty's Hippodrome, in the Kensington-road. Favoured by its proximity to the Exhi bition the ascent was attended by an immense crowd. At the appointed time Mrs. Grahain, accompanied by her hus band, stepped into the car, and the balloon was imme diately detached from its fastenings. It rose slowly front the earth, but had not ascended above 50 or 60 feet when it again sank, and in ding so the silken envelope Caine into contact with a pole or flag-staff sustaining a considerable rent, by which the gas begun to escape. This recoiling motion, as our informant learned from Mrs. Graham, was due to the insufficiency of the supply of gas, a fact which had struck her attention before she took her seat. Tho balloon again ascended, and by a succession of alternate risings and ainkings at length got clear of the iuelosure, and floated away in the direction of the Crystal Palace. I'hen over the building the aeronauts discharged their ballast, which they had been compelled to carry, gr.( atly to their own dishleantage, while moving over the heads of the crowd. After clearing the building with some difficulty, and damaging a flag-staff, the balloon drifted towar,:s the Green lark, and skimmed the surface of the reser voir, whence it again suddenly rose to the altitude of the houses in Piccadilly. A breeze at this time carried the balloon towards the roof of Col. North's house in Arlington-street, which looks into the park. In its pas sage over that dwelling the sar became fixed between the sloping roof and a stack of chimneys rising from it. A gust of wind now gave a new impetus to the nualline, winch dragged heavily, and carried away the chiume.. - stack. Its buoyant force seemed to have been exhausted by this effort, and as the gas was fast escaping, it offered no resistance to the wind sufficient to permit any further progress before tho arrival of aid. As all the windows in the upper story of Col. North's house were burred, no assistance could be ren dered from the interior, but the inmates of the house ad joiniug found a way to the roof, and conveyed the voyagers much injured by the skylight into a place of safety. They were immediately attended by a gentleman named Moore, femierly of the medical prolessien, and Mr. l'owell, u surgeon of the neighbourhood. Both Mr. and Mrs. Graham were found perfectly sensible and collected. Mr. Graham; hail a severe scalp wound, and many bruises on the face, but not of a character to create alarm. Ile complained touch of his chest, and experienced great difficulty of breathing, but uo fracture of the ribs could be detected. Mrs. Graham had a very severe scalp wound, and also a few incised wounds on the face. She complained also of much pain over the right side of the loins. After a short time had elapsed they bad sufficiently recovered the shock to walk down stairs, and being placed in a cab returned home. EXI'ORTB FROM TILE UNITED KlNClXAL—iet,ter day a return to the House of ellMllloll,l was printed, showing that in the last two years, ending the Ist Jan. la , t, the de clared value of With& produce and manufactures exported from the United Kingdom was G 8,934,3121. THE COLLIERY EXPLOSION AT 11ARNSLEY.—Sin00 the occurrence of the explosion in the workings of the Oaks colliery, difficulty has been experienced iu recovering the body of one of the sufferers named Billington, in conse quence of the existence of tire in the pit. On Friday, how ever, the unfortunate man's remains were got out, and an inquest having been held, at which no new facts were elicited, a verdict of accidental death was returned. THE ACCIDENT ON TIII BRIGHTON AND LE\VE. AI LWAY. —Yesterday the inouest on the body of Samuel Jackson, the unfortunate driver of the en ins of the train which met with the accident on this line of railway, was resumed at the Town-hall of Brighton, before Mr. Cell, the county coroner. The jury having viewed the scene of the accident, the same witnesses were examined as were pro duced at the Lewes inquest, including the passengers of the train and those who were near the spot, hut nothing more satisfactory was elicited as to how the sleeper got on the line.—The inquiry was proceeding when our despatch left, but it was understood that it would be adjourned until to-morrow. ORM OUTRAGE ON A CLERGSMAN.—Oft Saturday Mr. John Dixon, of Broughtou, in the parish of Stock bridge, in the Winchester divudou of the couuty Southamp ton, described as a gentleman, appeared before the magis trates at the County Ball, Winchester, to answer an infor mation charging him with having, on May 21, last, in a railway carriage belonging to the South Western Railway, wilfully interfered with the comfort of the passenger., and particularly that of the Rev. Cl. T. Hoare, of Lyndhurst. The Rev. Mr. Roam proved that the defendant had ad • dressed most insulting and indecent language to him, and the magistrates inflicted a fine of 405., expressing their ro grot, at the same time, that they could not, under the bye law' of the company, impose a higher penalty. Asel2f. APPOISTMENTo or TIIE NOREOLIi CIRCUIT. Yestenlay the Lord Chief Boron and Mr. Justice Cresswell Sled the following days fur the ensuing assizes within the Norfolk circuit, viz. .—Buckinghainahire, Saturday, July 12, at Aylesbury. Bedfordshire Tuesday, July Id, at Bed , ford. Huntingdonshire, Thurs day, July 17, at Hunting don. Cambridgeshire, Saturday, July 19, at the County Court of Cambridge. Norfolk, Thursday, July 24, at the Castle at Norwich. City of Norwich, the same day at the Guildhall. Suffolk, Wednesday, July 30, at Ipswich. Thu 11114i20 , fur the city of Bristol, in the Western circuit, are fixed for Wednesday, Aug. 13. BASK OF AUSTRALASIA. Yesterday, the 17th annual meeting of the shareholders of this company was held at the establishment in Austin Friars , City. Oliver Farren, Esq., having taken the chair, Mr. Milliken, tho secretary, read the report which shows the business of tho , bank to be healthy and profitable ; no important bad debt had been incurred, and all have been provided for; whilst I considerable progress had been made in the realisation of the securities held against old denendencies. 'fhe profits for the year ending Oct. 14, 1850, have greatly increased, Nee -1 ing amounted to the sum of 64,2221., less an expenses of ma i nagement in Louden and the colonies. The balance at credit of profit and loss at the above date amounted to 36,2161. I The directors hope next year to be able to increase the rate of dividend, as the whole of the entire profits of the bank will by that time be free from any drawback, and also enable them to establhti streserVb find to meet contingencies. The directorsatuth flt heir re dtt that the condition of the colonies, ifftlrthe tmteption of Van Diemen's Land, has continued sk.W' finprove both in respect to commercial and moi te tafraffaltit 'Thu production of the gemt "tat% consntoditlerhaftlfeen.niipre cedentedly large, and the Alto •of "the !niche • nfarketthas been such as to afford atilt' etentageaehrte the 'settler, while prices have not toted its' Hi gh to 4b taiserrA ' , ion that a spirit of otersitieolation vOill Of* derlsd. The prospects of Van Bet ' s 'And eseltrlefewe aspect, which malt/Martha fristiteil'te tlati state of the convfflitiesSolt , fihit SO bdeff WNW i point is settled AbrEilegbitßOttbt-thit fhP4oldrifi7AFTllli great naturalnkantages, will partigteM the Niirelopi non to also wBUt °Mania •,•"` - A " • . .. a.....uni j ' : , .:;-,"' ':--- -;•-• . J ..' , ii...4.-11 , :=1..., , - 4.titi;;E,..,: ~ ' ,--..--\ : • is - ,..., . , . ~- ~, ~- :• • - 'lativ,4 S I ~~ Ar