The Express. — London, England, 1852-07-02 00:00:00

Imo the Ist to the 15th Jane, 1852, was 96,455 bushels wheat, .0,801 corn ; 1851, 39,702 bushels wheat, 231,726 ems l'aoristows.—Tork is in active demand, and prices have a ening u pward teutleacy. Mee is held firmly at the close, at 18 dol.. to 19 dole.; prime, 16 deb. 50e. The business • the wick has bees large. Canape are held at Is; dole. Beef bas also improved. Ness, sibs at 11 deb. to 14 dole.; m a prime, at 7 dials. to /Idols. Beef hams, 151 dole. to Ist dots. No tierces in market. Lard is arm, and held at to h t jc./Of print . ; kegs, Ile. to 1 tic. l'icklell meaty are l a it higher. Males, lamas, 61c. to 91e. linsoked hems, t ., I.!e. ; shoulders, Site. to 9c. ; sides, 10c. to 10Ie. Bat ter Alij ,;,Inc are dull, at former figures. —The market is firm for all descriptions in eonse gana eof the advance of prices in England. The sales, boa. , er, hare been unimportant—a few lots of Scotch pig • at dot.. to 20 dots. ; English bars are held at 37 dole. —o Pan , ." t..—To Liverpool : cotton, 5 3221, ; flour, Is. to Is. d . lwrvt Rwds, 1'2..6d. to 155.; paha, in bulk, 3id. to 1.1 . I ird, lih. To London tobacco, 255. to 30e. pipe dour, ls. &I.; naval stores, 2a. ; heavy gothls, ▪ mea.unernent goods. 20.. to 30%; beef in items, y. ~„1. to H. ; oil cake, I*. Al. To Ilavre cotton, 3.. &I.; 5 Jobe. to It dot.. ; riot, bark, 7 dot . ; ; measure. aut.. ; wholesale, ac. To ti.asgow . l a ; Suer, is. 6.1. To Antwerp : ashes, 205.; cotton, NEW ORLEANS, JUNE 17. The Earemia new. has had no effect on cotton. The mks ta-dav were barely 1,1101/ hales. Good middling ipso hue. are *cave at tote. to Ile. 'Nees pork has advanced halt a with sal, , of 500 bbl.. at 19 dole. J tNr. 18. C..0..11 webs thi• morning were 2,000 bolo, at prices too kee,zular fiw accurate quotations. Mesa park is advanciLg ; pie bid. sold at la del.. 2 S•erling Eachan.te, 6) to 101 per rent. manual. Cotton freight. to Liverpool, Id. Rio (gee 5,t10) hag, changed hands at lite. to 9c. Clo Court. queen went in state yesterday to the Houses of l'sriiailient to close the Session of l'arliainent with a spec from the throne. Tice state pros scion left Backing. him Palace at ten minutes to two o'clock, in the billowing order . The first carriage, drawn by sir hays, conveying Sir Fre derick Smith. Mr. Henry Gretale. and Mr. Blackwood, lienttenieu Ushers, and Captain Vhibbs. Eliot of the Yeo men of the Guard ill Waiting. The second carriage, drawn by sic bays, conveying Sir Frederick Stovin, Groom in Waiting to the Queen; Lieut. Colonel Francis Seymour. Groom in Waiting to Prince Albert; and the Hon. Alfred Crofton and Mr. Geo. G. Csmeton. Pages of Honour in Waiting. The third carriage. drawn by sic bays, conveying Colonel the lion. Charl.s Grey, Equerry in W siting to the Queen : • itouverie, Equerry in Waiting to Prince Albert ; and Lieut.-C.rlonel Francis Hugh Seymour, Groom of the Bob's The fourth carriage, drawn by sic hays, conveying the Waiting, Lord Colvin:, Clerk Marshal, Lord Krkeliy, Field.Ofticsr-in•Waiting, the Right Hon. Cecil • r, Comptroller of the liour.hold, and the Earl of Sanclaieli, Captain of the lion. Corps of Gientlemen•ht- Arms. - The fifth carriage, drawn by six bays conveying Lord de Igo. Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard, Lord Byron, bantam -Waiting to the Quciu, Viscount Mandeville, Lord in-Wsiting to Prince Albert, and Lord Claude Hamilton, Treasurer of the Household. The math carriage. drawn by six black horses, conveying the Ve.countcm Canning, Lady , in-Waiting to the Queen, the Duke of Montrose, Lord Steward, Viscount Comber mere, Gold Stick-in-Waiting, and the Marquis of Abercorn, Groom of the St de to Prince Albert. The Queen's marshalmen, the Queen's footmen in state liveries, a party of the Yeomen of the Guard. The state coach, drawn by eight cream coloured horves, toilet jing her Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, the Duetu,. of Atboll ‘Mistrsa of the Robes), and the Earl of Jsr,y (Master of the Horse). A detachment of the Rural Horse Guards escorted her Mu ....y from the Palace to the House of Lords. The Marquis of Exeter tLord Chamberlain) and Viscount Newport (% ice-Chamberlain), conducted the Queen and Prince Albert to their carnage, and received her Majesty and his Royal Ilighneu on their return to the Palace at five minut• a past three o'clock. A untied of honour of the Scots Fusilier Guards, with the bind of the regiment, was on duty in the court - yard of the Palace, and received the Sovereign with the usual honours. The Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms were on duty in the House of Lords, under the command of the (amain. The lieutenant, Sir James Tyler; the standard bearer, Major Harmer, and Mr. Jove ph Skip Lloyd, clerk of the cheque and adjutant, attended. The sub-officers, Lieut.-Colonel Nevill and Major Cooke, were also present. The Yeomen of the Guard on duty in the House of Lords were under the command of the lieutenant, Sir George P. Lee. The Cambridge University COMMIPAIOII had a meeting yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Doviningatrect. l'res, It, the Bishop of Chester, the Dean of Etc. Sir John llerschel, Professor Bealawiek, and the Rev. 'W. 11. Batson (secretary), Lord Ernest Bruce huh an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole yesterday at the llotoc-uffiee. Pa-patches were sent from the Colonial•oftlee yesterday to the Govcrnon of the West India Islands. Her Majesty held a Privy Council at half-paat three o'clock, at Buckingham Palace. It was attended by 'Prince Albert, the Lord President, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretaries of State for the Home, Foreign, and Colonial Hvpartinents, the First Lord of the Admi raltv the President of the Board of Control, the President of the Board of Trade, the Postmaster- Genera. the Chief Commissioner of Public Works and Buildings, the Lord Steward, the Lord Cham berlain, the Master of the Horse, and the Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert. At the Council proclamations were issued for Eng land. Ireland, and Scotland, dissolving the present parliament, and summoning a new parliament, the writs being made returnable on the 20th of August. The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Privy Council in Waiting. The Queen gave audiences to the Earl of Malmo bury. the Earl of Lonsdale, and the Right Hoc. Spencer Walpole. The Court was attended by Viscount Combermere, Gold Stick in Waiting ; the Treairarer of the House. hold, the Vice-Chamberlain, the Comptroller of the Household, Lord Byron, Lord in Waiting; and Sir Frederic Stavin, Groom in Waiting. DONATION.—Vier-Mlkla &Mee , has presented 1,0001. in aid Odom tool Mot erect* a chapel attached to the institution at Nir-orion. TM sod mate ter the builoing is 3,0001., of which amost upononlo of 1,44101. has now bees subscribed; it boo Olooodbro toes determined by the anima to comments the motion of the edifice this summer. A PLraLF..ts Pull.—The Dwain eat. Albin's, with Lady Basedult, and her MITIIIIIIIII. espereend en accident on Wednesday, from which it is drat a winch, that they escaped uninjured. Thu dorm \rift ratted the extrbition of the Botanical Society ha dr darat'e park, was crossing the ornament.' basin in bee einker br the bridge, when the boa on which the noun end footman were sitting gave way. The latter eassased to gain lie legs, but the coachman fell. Tin hence, being unchecked, plunged violently, and then steeled off. Be fore they passed through the gates the eteshere, fortu nately, got extricated. He bed apperady embed se is jury, for be got up directly, wA vim shoe the carriage, followed by the footman. The !Mors went at their utmost speed towards Marylebone Mare, when they came In collision with the iron railings in frost et the petite, two bars ~f which were snapped in two, both the err& 151 1, and it was found afterwards that one of MN= W he eek broken. A gentlemen, ■ups the wisp ftighla get est of it, and assisted her erase end Lady delelren the vehicle, none of the party hewing atedelmed ely. Injury. COMMISSION Or LI:NACY ON • CLEO:M/M.— Yesterday, E. Winslow Eel.. coecleded • eentatrion of lunacy, held at the Roeback T , Tundra-green, to inquire into the state of mind of the Hey. W. E. Hume, perpetual curate, of White Cnlne, Emelt. Mr. Alexander, appeared for Captain flume, brother of the alleged lunatic, and and d that the Rev. W. E. Haase was aged about 44, and entitled from his father to the presentation to the perpetual curac of White Colne, Essen. Shortly after the death of his tither, which took place in 1811 i, he was sent to Westminster School, and subsequently gra duated at Christehurch College, Oxford. In 1831 he was ordained by the Bishop of London, and the following year was inducted upon his own presentation to the perpetual curacy of White Colne. Ilia family (*misted of his mother, his brother, a captain in the 9:ith Foot, a married sister, and a maiden half sister. Nothing remarkable occurred to the unfortunate gentleman until 1834, when be, baying h , corne attached to a female relative, who resided at (lit tun, near Bristol, proceeded there in o r der to press his spit when he was refused. This led to great mental excitement, and from that period, which was in the month of October, lttftt, might no doubt be dated tba present unhappy Mate of his mind, the effect then produced ren dered it necessary to place him In Dr. Foe's asylum. lie exhibited then much restlessness and sletplessneas, and eventually formed a most singular and violent attachment for • popular actress (Mrs. Nesbitt), and under this influence he went one evening to that lady's house arid wished to intrude, but was expelled by Mr. Ftargur O'Connor. Mr. Hume wrote a letter to Mrs. Nes• alt!..mgh he had no acquaintance whatever with her, and afterwards left London to follow lur to a provincial en gagement at Hiroingbaas. lie had Gimped from a lunatic asylum at Homer ton, kept by Dr. Take's father. The Hey. Mr. Ellia was appointed to officiate for Mr. Hume by the Bishop of London and its in cesseriusate wrote a letter to the bishop, describing himself by divine names and titles. lie had also addressed some remarkable communications to I;idJohnlfusse Dae," urging them to allow the Queen to venture td "the house.' Veriose oastr evidence haft been heard, the jury found that the t. 'object of thaw toquirice had been inane linos January los FRIGHTFUL COLLISION ON THE RIVER. A STEAMER WITH TRUER HUNDRED PASSEN GERS RUN DOWN. A collision of the most alarming and frightful 'hammer occurred yesterday afternoon in the river Thames, off Northtteet Point, by which the Duchess of Kent, Mar gate and Hansards steamer, the property of the Commercial Steam Navigation Company, Captain William Humphreys, commander, was run down by the itavenabourne, Captain Bacon, the property of the General Steam Navigation Com pany, and bound to Antwerp with nearly 200 passengers and full cargo. The following particulars of the sudden and awful catas trophe, gathered on the spot at the time it took place, may be relied ou. It appears that the Ravensbourne was steaming doves the river with full tide in her favour, immediately in the wake of, and just un the starboard side of the Meteor, Gravesend steam boat, and arrived nearly opposite North fleet Point about two o'clock. On nearing the point the I Duchess of Kent, Margate steamer, was coming up the river against tide and hugging the southern shore—the tide run sting very strongly. The Eavensbourne was about three parts over the river on the Kent shore, and, as she ap proaehed Nurthfleet Point, appeared to take the starboard tack, and as she neared the Duchess of Kent coming up, the latter craned, apparently with the object of passing between the Itaselphourne and the Meteor, when, in WI instant, consequent on the heavy way on large and powerful steamers like the Havenshounie, and on her having the tide with her, and being it full steam at the moment, before the Duchess of Kent could cross her she ran into her boss about 20 feet from her figure-head, or just before the windlass on the starboard bow. The crash was frightful, and the Duchess of Kent was found to have he r starboard bow shove in, sod nearly tut in two. She immediately began to fill and to commence sinking, bows foremost. The scene among the passengers, a large number of whom were ladies with children, is described as truly frightful. A rush was made en +name to the after part of the vessel, and women with children were seen clinging to various parts of the sinking ship. The Captain or the Ravensbuunie, finding that the Duchess of Kent was rapidly sinking, backed his vessel, and the rush made by the passengers of the Duchess of Kent to get on board of her was dreadhil Women with children in their arms became so frantic that they absolutely rushed in their fright to the still sinking part of the ship, and at this moment the Meteor arrived alongside, and the passengers and crew of the sinking steamer were literally dragged en board of her, and the ltavensbourne, with ono exception. This was a gentleman, named Italy, a brewer of Broadstairs, Isle of "lhanet, who, being infirm, and remaining on his seat, went dawn with the vessel, which sank, bans first, almost perpendicularly, the keel being lifted as she sank 20 or 30 feet out of the water. The captain of the Duchess of Kent was, with the exception of Mr. Hale, the last to leave his ill-fated vessel. Mr. hale, although unable to assist him self from infirmity, while on board the vessel, the mo ment he reached the water struck out and kept adost until rescued by ono of the boats lowered from the Meteor. The steno of eunsteroation which prevailed after the Duchess of Kent had sunk, both on board the ltavensbourne as well as the Meteor, can be better imagined than described. Mothers, fathers, hits bands, and wives, who had become separated, some being taken on board the Raverabourne, others on hoard the Topaz, which bad also arrived at the moment the Duchess of Kent went down, were to be seen running about in the most frantic manner, making inquiries as to the safety of their relatives. One lady on board the Meteor was in a most frightful state of exat.ment, stating that she had left her two children asleep in the cabin, and was on deck at the moment the vessel struck, and had not seen or been able to glean any tidings of them. It is also stated that at the moment of the collision nearly the whole of the pas sengers (about 70 in number) were on deck; but it is be lieved there were a few in the fore-cabin; and, as there are some still missing, it is feared they may have gone down with the VCISCI. As soon as the consternation created by the catastrophe had in some measure subsided, the boats of the various ves sels which had arrived at the spot were stationed in the vicinity of the sunken steamer, with a view to pick up any bodies which happen to be in and floating out of the wreck. The Ravensbourne and the Meteor, having the rescued passengers on board, proceeded on to the Terrace pier at Gravesend, where the affrighted passengers were landed and mus'cred, and, as before stated, it is believed that some few are missing, but from the confusion which still prevailed, anything like accurate infurmstion could not be obtained. Incidents of the most exciting and interesting character took place. As the Duchess of Kent was rapidly sinking, a gentleman was observed rushing up owe of the paddle boxes with a little girl in his arms. The Meteor was then approaching to render aid, and so great was his desire to save the child that, before the Meteor had reached within 10 or 12 yards of the sinking ship, he raised her up with the view of throwing her on board the Meteor, hut at the moment the shrieks of the passengers on board the ap proaching vessel restrained him, and thus the child was lewd teem inevitable destruction. 11l saaversation hail by our reporter with several of the =go timid the Luther of Kent, it is admitted ma bra the conduct of the captains of the Meteor end the ilesombrourne, as well as the crews of both vessels, was MOSS pninerorthy. Captain Humphreys was below at din ning* der neetnent of the collision, and the vessel was in imps a the mate at the time, who is stated to he fully :Ctt, also a river pilot. The Raveusbourne was also . of the collision in charge of a river pilot, sod been examined and found to have sustained but Hflie try, after landing the passengers at Gravesend, =k, on her voyage. The arm of the sad calamity spread with fearful rapidity An obile the town of Gravesend, and hundreds of people Inge ONO wending their way to the spot where the sad nanflgiplie had happened, and which was indicated by a hese aresed over it with a flag, and the greatest excitement prevailed. The place where the Duchess of Kent lies • wreck, under water, though technically called Northfleet past, is midway between the Rosherville pier and the Meld point, and immediately opposite Northfleet church, int about one-fourth of the width of the river out from the Zest elm at high tide. Last evening, at S o'clock, when dr dile was emu ady about two yards, one of the masts dire Itodsee ef Kant could be seen above water, which WWI Ms dr fret that at the spot where she sunk An alliPlt a the river is eatimated at four fathoms NA a half at low water mark, sad 10 fathoms at biligb water the time she went down. Soon after the resonance, a telegraph was sent up to town apprising the notheritirs of the Commercial Steam Navigation Company a A. occurrence, and the manager and several of the Ana= arrived speedily at Gravesend to investigate into the edesity. Although it is stated that there was not any great amount efingpge on board the Duchess of Kent, we were Informed thee nosh of it was of a very ealua 4 le description, and INN stated that be had all the pr ope rty he held in rt e oTon board, among which was a large anarrnat of valuable jewellery. It is understood that some stays will be taken as sees as the tide is out to endeavour to get oat Se bocc i :ad essertain if there are any bodies in taw the Met that the Duchess of Kent is a very relleemier, and the extraordinary depth of the water, sensiderdis hen an entertained whether it will be te weever her. Oae gentleman informed the reporter that but for the yeehewcatity ensile= of some of the passengers on board the Maser. Me Mb sod that of his wife would have been semiffend, lihe was lathe after cabin, and when the col lides leek place he rushed down and succeeded, with pest &acuity, in ding the deck, which the water bed abaft covered. NA 11111111101 with her in his arms to the enstertal ride, sad they even beastly _draped ea board the Mem, bat by whet Grew he wel d at MIL Pala that Nada Renspbreye. the semereades sf the Dadra ef Meat, was In Gravessed, war repsehr wed w eed= le tease kin oat, and attereemeddiselityseesseied. Eh metes alibi essarrenes preemle sr AMen of slider eale hem She fregoing statesneet Me heti emblem that all dr preingers were saved, estwitheleedleg the short Yoe that elapsed between the eselhiset sad the listing of the vowel. It is speed by then ea bleed Set the fore =L e m enaken venal met have bras wt NI The reedeed aesseeriel injury.sail @her leading the eilbighted pener et Gravesend yremeded ea her peerage tewere the Beigia ales. Mr. John gives ank • sa bend the Metes, the deseripds• ef the sadism mad terrify ses f a a = W was shiaileg _on the dna efthe Meteor admiring the sleety" old the deresso sir seared sod %median the Deans efEent adverts Nowa Manna the deamesed beat amt the ltsvarberitae, tr in a nor need he boa • melee tae • peat of drarMa end sr the stern of the vend mind almost peepsylwandy in the air. The seen that semi was terra& The psnwtglre, to the number of about Ilk washed to eat fre. end W aim of the women and sedans were sent besetagaisi. Every effort was at caws merle M mean the sedsarse aresseary. Mr. J reline MA* Diseased Oelelele7 , was ea b ed A y shoal ef the Ranneheasee ; the latter vessel pawed, when ad Ira, at a geed need, but being in thimiddle of Use Thames, had the tide against her. She posed at ffeith mad New Northaset, having made such wa i r b t:m i t saw as ismakiewably ahead. At this point Captain ti ef the Tepee pensieed the Duchess of Kent is collides the Illoremaliertunri, and the funnel ' of the former Mimi dimffiteased almost imdantaneously. The Sapphire, beigaibi te the sere worpeny, basing her steam up, advised to redo any mciatanee that might be required. The lens will amount to many thousands of pounds. ZOOLoGiCAL SOCIETY or LONDON.—At the monthly pneral meeting held yesterday, at the society's house, in Hanover-square, Mr. J. E. Gray, viaopresident, in the chair, Charles Leslie, Esq., M.P., J. Crow, Esq., W. Heath cute, Eat , and T. Marshall, Esq., were elected fellows ; and the Rev. J. Harris, DD., and Messrs. W. H. Gregory, William M'Cormick, J. E. Coleman, and J. Board, were proposed as candidates for the fellowship. The report of the council stated that several interesting additions had been acquired fur the menagerie, and among them the first living specimen of the Snowy Keathbill (C'Monis Alba) which had ever been seen in Europe. TIIE CRYPT AT OERARIN-llALL.—Yesterday, in the Court of Common Council, Mr. Barnard brought up the report of the City Land's Committee, on the reference respecting the Gerard-hall Cry ft. The cemmittee recom mended that in consequence of the enormous expense (be tween 4,0001. and 6,000 i.) which would attend the removal of the crypt to the Gaildball, the court would not sanction the proposition to remote it. The court agreed with the moot, after a few words from Mr. Deputy Lott, who said the whole expense would not, upon a fair computation, ex end the sum of 2,0001., and condemned the narrow minded I view taken by the court, in matters connected with taste. ME EXPRESS, FRID Or EVENING, JULY 2 THE RIOT AT STOCKPORT. The proceedings in the Court-house on Wednesday, of which we gave a report yesterday, eimeludid with the remand of the only portion of We prisoners who could be identified as rioters. The body of the man who had been killed was eabsequently recognised as that of Michael Moran (not Darby Searle), and it was Voted that he was a young Irishman who had come over from his own country about ten days ago. The town was in a very unsettled state all day, and the streets were crowded with people. A rumour gained ere deuce that bodies of Irish Roman catholic+ from the neigh bouring towns of Manchester, Ashton, Hyde, and Droyls. den, were coming ever in the evening to take ven geance of the protestant. for despoiling the chapels and houses of their friends and countrymen in Stockport on the previous night, and the authorities evidently had thought it desirable to be prepared. They had summoned great numbers of townsmen to set as special constables, and had sent for a rein forcement of military. A troop of the 2nd Dragoon Guards, or Queen's Buy., under the command of Captain Keene, at the Manchester Cavalry Barrack'', received the route at a quarter to five o'clock on Wednesday evening, and arrived at Stockport about ten minutes before six. The two companies of the 4th Regiment, who aided the civil power on the previous night, were quartered at the Na tional School, Wellington-road, on the western side the tows ; and the Dragoons were billeted in three divisions at the Peck Rom, Red Bull, and Oommercial Inn, in the centre and eastern part of the borough. 'I he magistrates proceeded to swear iu special constables, and were engaged in doing so until near midnight. Altogether nearly 600 special constables were sworn, and despatched into the streets, in patrols of twenty men each. The magistrates alsoubliehed the following notices during the day . p " R.—Whereas, a disgraceful rout and tumult occurred in this borough yesterday evening, and various buildings and property of the inhabitants were feloniously destroyed. Now we, the undersigned justices of the peace acting in and (or the beret:oh of Stockport, do hereby express our firm deterteduatien to maintain the public peace and property againet the recurrence of such disgracelul sets ; for which purpose we have provided a sufficient force to protect the persons and prom rty of the inhabitants ; and we call upon all peaceably disposed persons to assist us in our endeavour; and we earnestly felling all persons to confine themselves during the evening and night to their own homes, and to refrain from assembling or appearing in the public streets, hereby cuutioning them es to the consequences, the Riot Act having been read.—James Boot'oroyd, Mayor ; l's ter Edward Mundane', Riney Moreland, Ralph l'endlebury, Knight ; James Newton, Cephas Howard, Samuel Coving ton, Thomas Eskrigge, F.dwarl Moreland, George Turner, Justices of the Peace of the Borough of titockport.—Cour house, Stockport, June 30, 1862." " The magistrates, in pursuance of the statutes in that case made and provided, direct that all public-houses and beer-houses, in the borough of Stockport, be closed at the hour of S o'clock each evening, unlit the termination of the present disturbances, of which due notice will be given.— Court-houw, Stockport, June 30th, 1&72." The notice regarding public-houses and beer-shops was, to a great extent, attended to, and they had all of them their window. closed ; but the notice to the public was by DO means obeyed. 'Thousands of people crowded every street, and from six until eleven o'clock vast crowds of people assembled in the streets which were the most remark able for the riots of the previous evening. Most of these people evidently came out of curiosity ; but there ap peared to be others only seeking an excuse and a cover amongst these idlers should an opportunity to riot occur. So tar as these parts of the town were concerned, however, no such opportunity appeared to offer, and before twelve o'clock these places were to a great extent deserted. There were several smart collisions of Irish and English in the streets, but they lasted only a few minutes. It is to be regretted, however, that a number of lawless outrages occurred in other parts of the tuwn of which there was nu expectation, and with which the regular ',elite of the borough were utterly unable to cope. These were effected apparently by organised bands of men, and whether 2orangemen or protestants at all, were all directed against e lrish Roman catholic. About half-past eight o'clock a mob of young men and boys went to the hewn, oi William Goodier, an Irish pensioner, No. 8, Lees-street, Iffillgate, and without any previous provocation or Bairns, tics of their intention, broke open his door, destroyed his windows, and then entered the house and destroyed the whole of hie furniture. (haodier escaped them, but they beat his wife and left her weeping from pain after a heavy blow on one of her loins. An Irish family had resided mot door, at No. 6, but, fearing en attack, Lad left the house. The mob broke into the house, however, and destroyed everything. These men were armed with axes and heavy hemmers. About 25 minutes to 10 o'clock a body of men and boys, similarly armed, went into Watson'asquare, oar the other side the Hillgate, and attacked the house of an Irishman, but before they had effected an entrance a gentle man went up and asked, " What they were doing it for ?" The answer was, " They are b—y reel necks (papiste)." He tried to dissuade them, and one of the me n asked him if he was " a b—y red neck," because, if he was, they would " settle his hash." Another person asked some of thew men what was their object, and they replied " To kill the bugs." In answer to the question who the men were who were committing these outrages, a youth of about 18 replied " they are woodcutters, and are doing • bit of science," accompanying the answer with a brutal laugh. These questions appeared to shame the dealers of the mob, however, and they left the house, whilst Illegentleman who had put the rpiestions despatched a melmmiger fur the police. The mob then went further down Weition's-square, and, striking the door of an Irishman NEW Calloway, No. 17, broke out four of the panels from Ids/runt dour. Calloway and two of his lodgers were just sitting down to their suppers, and had given no provoca tion. No one was at the door, which, together with the window-shutters, had been closed. Calloway and one of his lodgers, John Fallen, said they were Roman catholics ; they knew of no other provocation. From here this mob went to 63, Lavender's-brow, Orchard-street. The occu pant, an Irish hawker, had feared the visit and fled. The slab, however, broke open his door, destroyed the window, nod Hen, entering the dwelling, broke all the furniture. About eight o'clock on the same evening a similar mob, bat amid with staves, went to the house of Andrew Caton, No. 4, liarrieon's-yard, Newbridge-lane. This man is an Irish Roman Catholic. He was sitting down to his sup, per, amidst his family and several lodgers, when the mob opened the door and entered without ceremony, asking for one of his lodgers named Patrick hPlalanus. Caton told them M.Manse was not in, but they were incredulous. They then searched the house, but could not find the man. On returning from the upper rooms one of the mob took hold of Caton by the collar and dragged him into the yard, where more than a score of cowardly assailants beat him unmercifully with their staves. With his head cut and bleeding he escaped, and sought refuge in the house of John Williamson, private watchman to the cotton factory of Mr. Thorniley. The mob followed him into this has., and bag him till the floor and furniture of the hare were sprinkled and dyed with his blood. They then drama lire oat into the street, and would probably have meedestal h'is, but that Williamson, who had used persua. soon la vats, threw himself over the poor man's body. When the reams had departed, Caton, who is described as • very inoffensive quiet man, was carried to his own house, and his wounds were washed and dressed by his neighbours. A cut on hit hoed was three inches I. length, sad he had many other serfoos beelises—her clothes being literally naked in blood. He was lying in bed yasterday in a ram signet prostration, no surgeon hay*, been called in, bemuse, as his wife rid, they had as wing to pay a desist. A great many Irish movie had sated to return to their hums (some of them desolate swag h *ear but little tomplatins),, end were said to have encamped is Crookley Weed, Drimullaiton, all night. Me doubt luny eases of similar outrages might be disco med, vies tame des. The toasts of several houses seemed M bas led, er to have talus refuge In those of their The windows and furniture hail been awl there was no one left from whom to make inquiry at eireunsatantes. Whilst obtaining these par ' titulars, our correspondent saw the house of a man armed Charles Dowd, an Irish Roman catholic, in John-street, which was broken into between 8 and 9 o'clock on Tuesday night. His windows and all his furniture were completely demolished, and the fragments of the tables and chairs were carried away by the mob for weapons. This man's wife says they bad given *Reno* In this case by giving ad mission to a man who sought refuge from the mob, who were ' beating him. According to some accounts, these outrages were not entirely on religious grounds. At the house of Caton, while some of his English neighbours were interceding for him with his assailants, they were told that the Irish must be turned out—they were working at lees wages than the English, and were ruining trade. His sesailsats were col liers and factory workers, but he worked in a gravel pit, and the charge could not, we were informed, be applicable to him. We inquired yesterday as to the wounds of the men in custody, and who stand remanded to this day, but were in formed that with the care taken of them by the surgeons, none of these persons are likely to be lung confined, though many of them have very severe eats of the head. A man residing in Rook-row was said to have had his back broken, but on inquiry at the house we found the report unfounded. lie was badly beaten, but was recovering. The inquest on the busty of Michael Moran was to be opened last night, at the Court House, Stockport. The town was quiet yesterday. ELVTIONS WITHOUT HUSTINOB.--Bir William Clay UM put on the paper of the House of Commons tor next session a notice of motion for a select committee, " to ennsidcr whether it be not expedient that frovision should be made for taking the votes of payliamentnry electors as the votes ere now by law taken in the elections of pour-law guardians, namely, at the residence of .•ho electors PARLIAMENTS.—Tho following in a lint of the duration of the 1.3 Parliaments that have existed for the Met 80 years : Assembled. Dissolved. 1. June 29, 1802. 2. November 16, 1802 OctulN r 24, 1806 3. HveetiOm r, 13, 1806 April 29, 1807 4. Juno 22, 1607 .. September 29,1812 6. November 2!, 1812 .. June 10,1818 6. January 14, 1819 .. February 214, 1820 7. April 21, 1820 .. June 2, 1826 8. November 14, 1826 July 21, 1830 9. October 20, 1830 .. April 23, 1831 10. June 14, 1831 .. December 3, 1832 11. January 19,1833 .. December 30, 1834 12. February 19 1835 July 17,1837 13. November 16, 1837 June 23, 1841 14. August 11, 1841 July 23, 1847 16. November 18, 1847 July 1,1852 ELECTIONS. THE CITY ELECTION. The writ for the election of four members for the City of London was received by the sheriffs at a lute hour last treeing, and read at Guildhall and the Manioc-house this morning. The nomination has been fixed to take place on Tuesday nest, and proclamation to that off, ct will he made this morning in the Guildhall. The election for the county of bliddleetz will nut take plain before the 16th ur 17th inst. LAMBETH. RETIREMENT OF MR. HARVEY. Mr. Harvey, " the resident candidate," has, to the great disappointment of his friends, suddenly withdrawn his pretensions to represent the borough. II -health is the ph u, but it is currently rumoured that astonishment at the extraordinary demands wide on the honourable candi date's exchequer bad some slight effect in bringing about the resignation. WESTMINSTER. MEETING OF MR. CONINIGIAM'S FRIENDS. Last night a numerous meeting was held at tho Parthenium Rooms, St. Martin's-lime, at which Mr. Coniagham attended to explain his political sentiments ; Mr. CHARLES STUROF.UN, one of the candidates for Not tingham, in the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in explaining the object of the meet ing, said that, though not a parishioner, he was formerly connected with Westminster, and was a member of what was well known amongst them as the " radical rump." (Hear, hear.) lie was, therefore, not without some pro ten‘ion to recommend to the electors of Westminater Mr. Wm. Coningliam, who would explain to them his political a ailments. Mr. CONINGHAM then came forward and was received with loud cheers. lle said that he came betore them with his political character in hia hand. (hear, hear.) Ile was a candidate for the borough of Brighton at the last general election, and though he did not feel disposed to appear there again at the present general election, because there were already two good radical candidates for that borough, he caweaway with the political recommendation andgood wishes of his fellow•townopeople. (Hear.) It was Paid that he was not known to the inhabitants of Westminster. It was true he did not adve , tise himself as a whit or a tory ' • he was not connected with my political party; but he came before them on liberal and independent principles, and he trusted that the electors of Westminster would recognise him in that character. (Cheers.) Who were hie opponents ? One of them was a gentleman holding a commission in her Majesty's army (Hear.) That might be a very honourable prolea• sion, but he did not think the people of Westminster ought to be represented by those who received her Majesty', p and whose trade was war. (Cheers.) The other candi date, Sir J. Shelley, had received a good deal of support, but he did a very unwise thing in coalescing with Sir De Lacy Evans. it was a calumny and a lie to say that lie Caine forward in order to let a toty slip in, and that :he ca p macs of his candidature were to be paid with gold from the Carlton Club. (Cheers.) It was well known that he was the workman's candidate, and that he had for several years, without a view to any candidateahip, professed views favourable to the working classes. It was also said that he was an anarchist. All he could say in reply was that most of his fortune was in the Three per Cents., and if there was any disturbance or anarchy he should like to know where the Three per Cents. would be ? (Hear, hear.) It was auother calumny, therefore, to say that he was au anarchist. Ile was for giving every man a vote and not a musket, for ho was a man of peace. (Hear.) lie was in favour of the most absolute and unrestricted religious liberty. (Cheers.) lie would, therefore, oppose all eccle siastical abuses and all endowments for ecclesiastical pur poses. (Hear, hear.) It was said that it would be unsafe to extend the suffrage. On the contrary, he thought that the real insecurity arose from the want of the suffrage. (Cheers.) Ho was ' therefore, for unlimited manhood suf frage. (Cheers.) Ile was an advocate fur Chef protection of the ballot, and he had experience enough of Westminster to know that it was necessary. (Hear.) The question of eunual pat lianaents was a more debateable one, but he saw no good reason why annual parliaments should not exist in this country. The question of free trade had been settled and its funeral oration pronounced by a tory Chancellor of the Exchequer. Let them reflect that 10,000,000 quarters of grain had been imported into this country since the repeal of the corn laws. At a se. duty they would hove to pay 2,500,000/. for this corn annually. The question they had to restive was, whether it was not better to eat this quantity of cora without this tax of 2,500,000/. than to eat it with this tax ? (Hear, hear.) He was in favour of a free trade in the press as ho was in favour of a free trade iu corn. (Hear, hear.) On the important question of education, Its was for a general secular education, because he considered it of by far greater moment that men should be taught to distinguish between right and wrong than that they should be punished first and then educated in the gaol. (Hear.) Such were his principles, and if they were approved of by the electors of Westminster, be hoped they would prose it by coming to poll in his favour, for he was determined to poll to the last man and to the last minute. (Cheers.) In reply to a question whether he would vote for a sepa ration of Church and State, Mr. CON I NOII AM replied in the affirmative. Mr. BARRY moved a resolution pledging the weds( to use every legitimate exertion to secure the election of Mr. Coningham. Mr. MARTIN seconded the resolution. Mr. T. SAUNDERS rose to address the meeting in op • position to the resolution, but after vainly endeavouring to obtain a hearing for a considerable time, he was forced to retire, which be did amidst the cheers of those present. Mr. B. O'BRIEN then addressed the meeting, and urged on tho liberal slectors, and particularly the work ing classes, to support Mr. Coningham. Mr. Coningham deserved their support because he was not merely an advo cate for the extreme political rights of the people, but was endeavouring to introduce those moist ameliorations which i would secure those rights without doing injury to any one. (Hear, hear.) The resolution was then put and carried unanimously. After which the meeting separated. Last night a numerous and influential meeting of the electors of St. Clement Dane., 84 Mary-le-Strand, and the district of the Savoy, was held at the Wheatsheaf, Vera street, Clare-market, for the purpose of meeting Sir De L►cy Evans end Sir John Shelley, the candidates for the city of Westminster, and hearing from those gentlemen an exposition of their political view. and intentions. Mr. Wont presided. Sir De Lacy Evans presented himself and was received with loud and repeated cheering. The gallant gentleman entered into a review of public affairs since he had been in parliament, and pointed to taxes repealed, to restrictions removed, and franchises given by the party with which he had always acted. The ban. candidate was greeted at the conclusion of his speech with renewed ap plause. Sir John Shelley next presented himself and was loudly cheered. He repeated the sentiments which we have before repeated, which received the approbation of the meeting. Mr. Cannon moved, and Mr. Churchwarden Lane seconded, that having heard the sentiments of Major- General Sir Do Lacy Evans and Sir John Shelley, and also their political opinion., it is the opinion of the meeting that its utmost exertions should be made to secure the return of both those gentlemen as representatives in parliament of the city of Westminster. The motion was carried amidst applause, after which and a vote of thanks to the chairman, the meeting broke up. FINSBURY. Last night a meeting of the supporters of Mr. T. S. Duncombe wee held in the theatre of the London Mechanics' Institution, Southampton-buildings, which was crowded. Mr. Suave, of Bedford-row, was called to the chair; and, in addressing _the meetiog, he called their at• tentioa to the fact that Mr. Daneombe's vote had always been on the right side, and that no ministry had ever been able to bamboosle him. Mr. MOORE moved that the services of Mr. Duncombe as representative of this borough for the past 18 rime, daring which time he has with en untiring energy sup ported every liberal measure, entitle him to the support of the electors ; and pledging the meeting to use its influence to ensure his triumphant return at the forthcoming election. He and Dr. Epps and othereeelled on that veteran reformer Mr. Hume several days ago to sea him to become a candi date for Finsbury, and Mr. Marne replied that he did not intend to become a candidate for a large constituency, and he recommended them to do their best to support Mr. Dun comb., who, he said, well the only man he knew who had come from the aristocracy and bed stuck to the people. The motion having been seconded by Mr. SANDLAND, who suggested that Mr. Duncombo should be returned without a farthing of expense, and Mr. Rogers, of the Chancery bar, who spoke of himself as a conservative, and Mr. Southey h :aving also spoken in support of the motion, an addition was made to it by the words "at the head of the poll and free of expense," after which it was put:and unani mously agreed to. Mr. DUNCOMBE thaaked the meeting for the con fidence they had evinced in him by passing the resolution without having first heard what he had to say. lie had acted up to all the pledges he bad ever given end the opinions that he had expressed. It might be said he had gone beyond them, but ho had only acted up to their spirit. That day the house had been " counted out" by her Ma. jesty, and it was for the borough of Finsbury to nay which two of the pert, of four they would count in. First, there was himself at the head. (Cheers and laughter.) Then there was the worthy aldermen—the future Mayor cer tainly, but whether their future member was doubtful, at least so Mr. Wyld said. Then they had a very respectable gentleman, Mr. fiardner ' a brewer. lie called him respectable because he had promised hint his vote. (Laughter.) Well, on Thund ty nest the four would go to the poll, and two of them would go to the wall, but if that meeting was any thing like a criterion or the feelings of Fitr.bury, and he believed it wm, he did not think it likely he should go to the wall. It was to the want of that reform that all our political evils were to be ascribed, anti when he was in parliament again he would press the nereseity of such a reform as would place the representation en a luster basis. (Cberrv.) A vote of thanks having been given to the chairman, the meeting separated. SOUTHWARK. 'METING OF THE FRIENDS OF SIR WM. MOLESWORTLI. Yesterday evening a very numerous mooting of the electors of the borough of Southwark was held at the Literary Institution, liorough•road, to hew from Sir W. Molemma a declaration of his political views. Ono or two questions were asked in the course of the evening CITY or Lositiow. [To the Editor of the Express].—Sir,—One of your contemooraries in at ' tempting to put forward a candidate fur the City of London—apparently forgetful that he was the main sup porter of the odious Militia Bill—has of late been coquet ting with the Puseyite Gladstone—and was, if I mistake not, one of the great obstacle, in Lord John Russell's cabinet to a more liberal measure of parliamentary reform. —Your obedient servant, A ItcronmEn.—July 1. WESTMINSTER( [To the Editor of the Ex press.l-84' —Pray call on the electors of Westminster to read Lord Maidstone's speech in seconding Sir Brooke Bridges for East Kent a few months ago ; when he stated Sir Edward Bering was not to be trusted by the farmers in regard to protection. If Lord Maidstone is a free-trader, why not oder himself for East Kent, in opposition to the three prat etionisteandidates. Ile will not, because he is • protectionist in the county of Kent.—AN EAST KENT ELICITOR. THRUSH AND Itictimown.—At the former of these two Yorkshire boroughs, the ukase of Lady Frankton(' Russell, will resent the tory ; and at the latter Lord Zet land's influenu will again return the two Whigs, Messrs. Rich and Wye& itiroN.—lt would, a correspondent writes, have been quite possible for the liberal party to have rescued one of the seats for this borough from Lord de Grey's nomina• lion had a popular candid...le wade hi. appeeronee; but es there are, it MOW, objections to Nr. Augustus Newton, the probability is that his lordship will be able to return two tones. Lord de Grey has, however, lost much of the poll • tical influence posaceed by the late Mist Lawrence by die- Continuing that lady's charities, pensions, and other bene volenoes. It is understood that his lordship refused to allow Lord Uoderich to be elected on the ground of his extreme opinions. WEST RTDINC.—BOROTDR ELEMONS.—WhiIe the West Riding itself (says our correspondent) has deter mined apparently to return, without the shadow of opposi- which caused a slight interruption, but on the whole the tiou, its present remesentatives, Mr. Cobden and Mr. Ed meeting was most successful, and the hon. baronet was mend Denison, several of the towns are in very active pre enthusiastically cheered throughout his address. Dr. partition fur a contest. The three candidates at Bradtiod Curium' having been called to the chair, have just issued new addresses, all declaring their determi- Sir W. MOLBSWORTH proceeded to address the meet- nation to go to the poll. The result, however, will, in all Lag as follows:—Gentlemen,—Today parliament is du- probability, be the defeat of the conservative free-trader, solved: in a day or two you will be called upon to elect Mr. Wickham, and the return of Colonel Thompson and two representatives. At all times the election of a repre- Mr. Milligan.—ln Iluddenlield, where liberal appears sentative is • grave and serious duty, imposed upon a con- against liberal, the election is extremely doubtful. atitueney by the constitution of this country. At the Mr. William was last night (Thursday) to make hi, per• present moment that duty is au especially grass and serious sand debut be fore the electors. Though he has fur some tine. For every where in Europe, except in this favoured time been in the field, he had never t rior to last land, despotism is dominant, free institutions lie pros- night appeared personally before the electors as a candidate. trate, and liberty dwells with us slime. We are not Halifax promises a liberal triumph in the election of Sir entitled to force our institutions upon other coon- Charles Wood awl Mr. Frank Croesley ; while Wakefield tries, and to make them free against their promises an adelitionul accession to the reform party by the will ; but we are bound to set a good example return of Mr. W. H. Leathern. In Leeds it is certain there to the rest of Europe ; to show practically how excellent will be no opposition to the return of the Right lion. M.'l'. tree institution, are, how precious liberty is ; how much Baines and Sir George Goodman, both of whom arc etaunele they both conduce to wise and orderly government, to the free traders and reformers. Knareeborough and Ponticreet, steady progress of civilisation, and the Immanent improve• each of which have four candidate., are, as they hair meat of mankind. The election of u representative is also always been, extremely doubtful. They are too often to he, a trust confided to the constituencies of this country, not sold to the highest bidder. merely fur their own local and personal good, hut fur the NORTIL LANCASIIIRE.—It is stated, says a coeno benefit of the whole empire of Great Britain. Now pendent, that Mr. Tyler, a county magistrate, re siding before you give me your votes, you are entitled to near Whalley, a protectionist, and one of the wealthiest aek whet I think ought to be the future peliey of men in Laueushire, has determined to come forward in 1111.- this country, at home and abroad, in India and the position to Mr. Heywood, and that his address is elready colonies, and throughout the world. I will euileey our to prepared, and will be laid before the meeting on Friday. answer these questions al brie fly and distinctly as I can. (Hear, hear.) First, in my opinion our home policy should te st a h Llll . .— bee T n he c. papai d Li n tti h u i t t i h e e f r o t r o b tl y m eh a e p t p w ro o ne n. l n tin i ! c in ema . - be free trade, the removal of all restrictions from industry , i • • tof persevering but quiet exertion. Captain Scoliell, in order that the commerce of this country map init.:ll.Ma wiy t he prelitlit i,bural nit tuber with Lord Duncan, has coin increase, and that we may exchange the products of our tin i minced, rivalled skill and manufacturing ability fur the varied coin- n eonjunctien with Mr. l'hinn, the ether liberal candidate, a series modeles, the food, and natural pr iductionr of other of ward meetings, at which they Moot countries, to the equal benefit of all Our finan- both br a ehthusiastisally welcomed; and the ability, elo quence, and liberal sentiments of the last-named learned tea policy ebould he that of the late Sir Robert Peel, namely, direct instead of indirect taxation (cheers) oedemata bid fair to gain for him that popularity with the as our revenue increases, the gradual reduction of Lases of the peop le which Mr. Roebuck no eminently —and enjoyed. Four war d meetings have already been held, at those duties upon imports and cxci e which preen meat which the attendance has been unprecedenteelly numerous. heavily upon the comforts and energy of the productive The la t warheld on Tuesday evea ' ug in the tory ward of classes; and with a view to hastening the reduction of Lanselown ' at which there were betwe en 2,000 and 3,000 ti dues, wise economy of public expenditure, simultaneously „ins present . Captain &inmate:, R.N., presided. Both with the material improvement of the people. Their in- lle literal candidates addressed the meeting in explanation tellectual progress should be promoted by secular education at the expense of the state, so that no man should be pre- of their politica views. Dr. &about proposed, and Major Godley seconded, a motion declaring Captain &obeli unit vented by his poverty from obtaining at least the rudiments Mr. Phiun fit acid proper person. to represent the city, and of knowledge. The education of the people is a matter of pledging the meeting to support them, which was carried primary importance to the state ; to promote that *elevation almost unanimously. is one of the moat sacred duties of society; by properly die- COOESTItv.—Our correspondent writes :—" The charging that duty the state will best consult both the moral and material interests of its euleeets. (Loud chars) return of the old members may now he regarded as • eve ! hold it to be the true policy of this Empire, which num- tainty. Su far Mr. Eiliceal friends have behaved well ; bees amongst Ps subjects the adherents a every faith, that they have repudiated anything like • coalition with the no one creed should have by law any pre-erninenee, either tury candidate . ; the i!) , is in a ferment, end the popularity social or political, that every man, to whatever ma he may of Mr. Geaelt incr. a s, il daily. Mr. Hubbard's coming pro belone, be he catholic or protestant, churchman or die- Manion of mild liberalism has made lukewarm hula tory Renter, Jew or Christian, /Mould enjoy equal rights and j•ri- friends, and net conetbated his npponente.'• ed. gas ne a citizen ot the British empire. I hold also that BIRMINGII.IM.-1 WO select meetings of the " most with the moral and material improvement of the people, eminent" members of the Protestant Alliance art limier popular rights should be extended ; that in the cm rcise of stood to have been held here (says our correspondent) dur those tqghts the people should be protected against bribery ing the week, with the view to make • last endeavour to and intimidation by means of secret suffrage, nod that in Procure a candidate who would pledge himself to support the choice of a reprewatetive the judgment of the electors " the cause ;" we are informed that there was an unanimous should not be fettered by a property qualification. 1 now opinion, at both meigineo as to " the expediency, Ore," come to the foreign policy of this country. In my opinion but as yet no gentleman has been found with courage that policy should he contained in the single maxim " No enoegh to lead the foam n hope. interference in the internal Wars of other countries." (sear.) WOLVERIIAMPTON.—It ts rumoured that Mr. Web- The neglect of that maxim has cost us the greater portion of star has a ithdrawn. the national debt, successively embroiled us with every MACCLESFIELD.—The friends of Mr. John Williams European state, led to a vast increase of our military and are all "up and doing" to secure his return for this naval expenditure, arid caused us too frequently to be looked borough at the coming election. upon as a meddling and °Meioses nation assuming to be the LIVERPOOL, Juts I.—The " Queen's Speech," political pedagogues of mankind. We have no more right Pruroguiug the parliament, was received here by telegraph to interfere in the internal affairs of foreign Countries, than at half-pant 4 to-day, and it is expected that the writ fur the they have to interfere in our private concerns. We have no right to command other nations to adopt our in- election will be here from Preston to-morrow. The day of nomination, it is believed, will be fixed by the Mayor fur stitutions, and they have no right to command us to Wednesday next, and the pelf iir da rty on Thursday. The adopt theirs. Next, I proceed to the colonial policy of f r i en d s amt.... Cardwell and ' •k wa speak ao„aa.aaaly of this country. That policy should be Ice-al self-government. being able to secure the return of truth them gentlemen, as I have always advocated that policy for two reasons. First, they have received the premiree of a much larger number of with a view of strengthening and making permanent the electors titan ever ticked for any mindidete at army previous connexion between this country and the colonies. %Van I • el ection. consider the number of those colonies scattered over the foe of the terraqueous globe, their vast extent, their great PONTEEKACT.—Few boroughs, of the same magni tude, promise more excitement in the forthcoming centest and increasing trade with this country, their market for our manufactures, the varied commodities they send us—when than Pontefract. The Derby candidate, Mr. Lewis, arrived in Pontefract at 11 o'clock tie Tuesday night, and M-. I reflect how many of our labouring population are emi- Mines made his entree on Wednesday, at 12 acleck. On grating to the colonies—aad when I bear in mind how much his arrival at the precincts or the town the horses were of the prestige of the might of our empire rind name depends upon colonies—l do think that it is of the utmost importance to strengthen and render permanent taken from his carriage, and he wits drawn by the populace I through the principal streets, and was repeatedly chei real the connexion between this coun t ry and the cule.nies. This can easily be dose. I know that the colouies are de- oa hie passage. Arriving at his commit:cc room, he inime diately presented himself to the electors. He commenced votedly loyal to the Queen and sincerely attached to the his address by stating that he wished it to be perfectly sm oother country, and will continue to be so if we govern derstood tint he appeared before the electors in a pei hotly them well. To govern them well we must let them govern themselves in all decal matters ,• we must not absurdly at- independent position, throwing the influence he might pos sess into the scale of neither of the political competitors tempt to manage their private affairs from the other side of who, as far an he had an opportunity of knowing them, the globe, or to rule over them by means of an irresponsible Colonial-office dwelling in Downing-street, for there is were men of honourable principles ; but as the pees rat election turned principally upon free trade prin nothing so hateful to the Anglo-Saxon man or which so eiplea, and as his views upon those questions were known quickly makes him a rebel at heart as distant and irrespon. to be somewhat opposed to those of his esteemed father, ho ado government. Gentlemen, there is an old saying that thought it would be indecorous in him to interfere on the the prosperity of this country depends unon shi p s, colonies, on the and commerce. I acknowledge the truth of that saying, one side, while his father refrained from doing so other. He, therefore, not only as a matter of policy, but as end to have ships, colonies, and commerce, I say, let there be a matter of justice, telt it Tarte to occupy a perfectly neutral free trade—(loud cheers)—no navigation laws, and colonial position in reference to the other candidates. Ile then en self-government. I advocate able lucid • elf-government for toed upon a review of his past political conduct, inviting tore on account of the colonies. (Cheers.) That expenditure which may not have been given as they thought best, and he the colonies as the only means of reducing our vast expenda the electors to challenge him upon any of him past votes, has been enormous ; the greater portion of it may be attri- would gladly give t hem ever y ex p lanation in his p ower. Ile bused to mismanagement ; for instance, the insignificant said if one thing more than another tended to convince him colony of New Zealand, with a population at the present that his support of freeerade prineiples were right, it was moment not etceediag 26,000 Englishmen, or about one• the fact that the present govei nment, who had for the last fifth of the mmulation of the borough, has cost us in the four years been agitating the return from those principles last 10 years at least 1,600,0001. In South Africa, with an to protection, were now compelled to say they were right. European population less than that of the Iserough,we have Ile could not say, as some candidates could, that he had been had three Kaffir wars in the last seventeen years, and a freegrader far a number of years; but lie could sly that together they must have cost us about 5,000,0001, The in his place i n p arliament he had stated two year, before Canadian rebellioo,about fourteen years ago, is said to bave the repeal of the corn laws that he believed they would be cost 6,000,0001. ; and I know that our present expenditure proved to be unjust and injurious. Upon the question of on account of th colonies amounts to about 4,000,0001 a free trade, therefore, he was decided, not in reference to year. For the misgovernment of our co:onies there is no corn alone, but also the other neeese :ries of life, to give it statesman n this country who is so much to blame his unqualified support. lle said lie believed the time had as Lord Derby. He was Secretary of State for the come also when there must be a large extension of the frau- Colonies in 1833, and again from 1841 to 1845. chise. He thought it not only just but politic to give the In these two periods he sowed the seeds of the Canadian franchise to a large number of our artisens, who had lei rebellion and Kaffir wars, and contributed to the =intim- bayed themselves so loyally and so admirably when the &gement of the affairs of New Zealand. I have no confi- entire continent of Europe was shaken with intestine dares in that noble lord. On a former occasion I told you strife. He had at one time strongly opposed the ballot , but fully my opinion of his policy. I will not, therefore, repeat fur several years he had not voted upon the question, from what I said before, except 1 express again my belief that the fact that a considerable portion of our coustituencies a shuffling and tergiversating policy will never obtain the felt they were nut in a position to exercise freely . the trust approval either of the people or of the parliament of Eng- reposed in them, but were subject to various influences land. I have no antipathy to political opponents; I care which destroyed their independence. If this should ho not whether a man be whig, tory, or radical, protectionist a growing conviction, which he believed it was; the time or free-trader, pro-Maynooth or anti-Maynooth, provided was not far distant when the ballot would become the ho has an honest conviction; for an honest conviction, law of the land. If asked whether he should be a sup whether right or wrong, is always entitled to respect; but Porter of Lord Derby's government, he would candidly say I have no respect for political actors who offer to play he could not tell them, for he did not knew what that go say farce which the electors of England may bespeak. vernment intended to do. He would say this, that, as much (Loud cheers.) The last qucatien which I mentioned as lay in him, he would prevent any government holding as being one which must engage the attention of the office who had no principles of their own, but who acted next parliament was our Indian policy ' • that is a very upon those cut out for them by the !Leese of Commons. Ile grave and serious question. At the beg inning of this was a perfect friend to religious liberty, but he must express year • committee was appointed to inquire into it. I was his regret—nay, almost disgust—at the aggressive proceed s member of that committee. It will be reappointed in ings of the catholic church, and in consequence he had the next session of parliament; and, with your support, I voted for the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, and should have hope again to be a member of it. Therefore, our inquiries voted for the inquiry into the grant to Maynuoth had it horn are terminated. I should be reluctant to pronounce an pressed to a division in the house. After a few other re marks the lion. gentleman concluded his address, and eit. opinion upon Indian policy, except that it is our duty ea sovereigns of India to develops to the utmost the resources tered at once upon his canvass. Mr. Lewis and Mr. Oliveira et that country, to economies) public erpeneliture, to pro• are also in the town. A fourth candidate has just issuol his mote the well-being of our native subjects; to mete out to address on conservative principles : his name is Edward them strict, stern and even-handed justice ; and, whilst Auchmuty Glover, of' Leedom but ho has not yet mole his maintaining our dominion, to govern India for the In- appearance. dives. In short, our policy for that peculiar people must CARNARVONSIIIRE.—A correspondent says :—" An be • despotism, and should be an enlightened one. important public meeting, attended by upwards of ''.lPOO I have now told you what, in my opinion, ought persons, pas just been held in Berger, fur the purpose of to be the future policy of the British empire hearing addresses relative to the approaching contest fur the at home and abroad, in the colonies and in In- Carnarvonshire borough,. The chair was taken by Dr. 0. dia—natnely, at home free trade, direct taxation, O. Roberts, of Bangor, who, after an able opening address, graelual removal of burdensome duties , wise economy, ocu d extension of • popular i p n oo tr i o , d a u n e d ee t i h t e o i ttei v. meeting tle Phillips, Rev. o f N l V la il n li o am r. lte l e .6 a „ e . l l * ,, L ec i viemrs lar education, religious equality, an rights ; abroad, no interferenee in the internal affairs of delivered by *hem gentlemen were in Welsh, and were elia other countries,and toleration of institutions different from racterised by eloquence, moderation, and dignity. They our own ; in the colonies, sell-government in local matters, exhorted their countrymen to remember the magnitude of without any meddling from Downing-street ; and in India, the cause in which they were engaged—that the up an enlightened despotism. I believe that, by the system of remelting struggle was for civil and religious liberty, policy which I have just desenbed, the integrity of the and general unaeetarian education . They especially British empire would best be maintained, and the constitu- enforced the great importance of their preserv ing the privileges of the franchise intact. The tion of this country, consisting of an hereditary monarch and two houses of parliament, would survive every politi- contest was likely to be a very severe one. Many reports were abroad of threatened coercion and preuure. To cal storm, and continue to be the wonder and admiration of electors who were inclined groin timidity to vote against European nation'', whose luckless institutions waver to and fro between impossible republicanism and soul crushingtheir consciences, or remain neutral, they wished to make tyranny. (The hon. baronet resumed his seat amid lou d known the fact that • society one forming to make up any and general cheering.) leases in businerathat might be sustained. One gentleman, amongst many others, had promised 4001. to head a sub dateßesolutions approving of Sir W. Molesworth as • candi then passed, and the proceedings terminated. scription fund for tho purpose; and, after the election, a committee would be formed in each borough to repay those losses. The political sentiments of Mr. navies, the• liberal candidate, were then explained, and, amidst euthusiustio cheering, the large concourse separated. The shoes in the town were closed during the proceeding's. VS'ORrEtITER (trry).--Mr. Osman Ricardo and Mr. William Lulea have expressed their inteution of soli citing of their constituents a renewal of the honour et re presenting them in parliament. They pledge their un swerving support to the thorough development of the Pulley of free trade. StutTlt SEITELIK—The representation of South Shield., says acorn Apentlent, will devolve upon It Ingham, Esq., QC. Mr. Mather, the candidate who was last in P resenting himself error* the electors, has honourably re tired from the field. preferring this course to enticing (by a division) the overhrow of the Myna interest. LaNes, ,, mt..—Mr. 'f. Greene, who has represented this borough in five successive earliamente, and who was chairman of committees in the Hume of Commons under Sir Robert Peel',- administration, issued an addressee Wed nesday upon the completion of his eneveuis. Ile says:—" I have several times been asked whether I would support Lord Derby's guy. rnment. The only answer I can give to the question is that I 'eighty admire Lord Derby's character and tektite, sail Viet I hope bis political course may be one which I can ear tinily concur in; but surely no one can ex pect of me, who most rigidly mailmen free-trade principles, to offer unrreerviel support till 1 know distinetty whst mea sures his lordelop is about to adopt. - EAST SOMERSET.—Ike liberal candidate, Arthur H. Elton, EN., who It,, consent, il to stand for this division in the room of \V. Pinney, Esq., who has become a candi date for Lyme, on Wednesday commenced his public can vass of the electors by holding meetings at Fronts soul Wincauton. His reception at both places was most pro mising. WESLOCK.—Mr. Gaskell intends again to stand for this borough, and declares himself in his address a Der byite. EX S USS 'e.' .. 3' o. ' • . 6 1 :It.tAstZtpl L 1852