The Express. — London, England, 1848-05-25 00:00:00

e udge from the price st which the notes of ieBtiwif o k s ee no w quoted, the discount, at one period be ewoooo antclo76o. perrici•eeauti,„.hifseuintoiew : e l:en to shtli still fte above 60 eeePsretronte;ka ElCheage on London P at at rO n asy u e t , " n at iN 3i; „,,53 On the quotations of specie there is no variation, b u t gold of all Cau•tties is at a premeum. CONSTANTINOPLE, NAT 7. The cholera increases dully in Constuntinople and alro in the surrounding villages ; all the precautions in the wi ld would fail i 1 preventii g its raging. It has also wo ken out in Galata ; the cams are aa many as twenty a day. Another change has token place in the cabinet ; Mast p u bs, the Minister of Finances, has been appoint , d Minister tor Forrien has in place of Aali Pacbs, re. owed; and Nab' Poch& has been appointed Minister of ;w i nce, in place of Rifest Netts. The councils of mirth:i tem, under the pree,idence of the OriNd Vizier , are v er y freq uent . The Pope s nuncio will not leave until the end of the stanth. Tte Sultan hail *ent him, as a r dpesent tor the op megniticent saddle, enriched with iamonds of greet' vslue; eight beautiful Arab horses; three enuff.bozes, I mounted in diamonds; tour beautiful decorations, fur him to I distribute to whom he pleases; six hundred pieces of ea. wu b with gold embroidery ; a great number of Smyrna ca rts ; Po pe, s shawls ; a grand decoration for Ike Pope, and another for Monsignor leevieri. The whole is veins d at ten thousand pounds. Turkey clntinues ;web...Ay tranquil. The movements of the eourt are kept mole stcret than ever. It schid l'acha, tne es.o and Vizier, has &pension allowed him of arty thousand piastres per month. Trade is very dun. and money scarce. Oar magazines are full acorn, and we have no sales. Prices have fel:en and arc as follow :—AZotf hard wheat, 19 to 20 p. the kilo. ; geosrabia, 181 to 191 ; Routnelia, 14 to 151 • 'broil, 8011, 9 to 10; Raiment, 11 to 12. Boil. y, 01 to 6 . ; Indian corn, 81 to 91 ; rye, Bto 9 ; OAS, sto si. There are upwards of 130,000 kilos. 01 wheat, and 90 000 kilos. of barley in store. Freights are also down. Aii English brig chartered here for Enonand at 55. 3.1. per quarter. Some others have chartered to load in the Sea of Az df, tor England, at 62a. per ton. Ellbange on Loudon, 3 month, 110 p. the pound sterling. Atexasiontii. Mos: 9 —Trade is absolutely at a Stand still, :cud all credit entirely &undid:dill. Nothing is dime except for cash. Ever since the events in France every mail draws money from us; consequently all European goods have advanced in price. The crops of corn ere &bun. dant,consequently prices are v. ry c rop o f is no rate of exchange upol Europe. Doubloons are worth 3 3 32.3 ; pi pillare astres ; sovereigns, 1001 ; Nspolions, 80 ; dollars, 20 d dollars, 211. .---------- BELOW NI.-Ihitt'SsEl,B, MAY 23.—The govern ment has received a very interesting report fm the Belgian consul at Valparaiso, respecting the commerce of Chili en other coUntries on the vre,t , rn meat ot South America, espe cially in connezion with Belgium. Thu report is accom panicb. several documents relative to the Lumber of ships d o inych en t ere d and quitted the ports in 1847 ; acounts of the sales of the p t ncipal products coming from Ilelgiurn to Valparaiso in 1817 ; the weights, mea coins of Chili reduced to the weights. measureo, and coins of Belginin. Ilia klajesty, by a royal ordonnance, has sanctioned the law adopted the chambers truth...T. inng a new e mission of bank notes of the Societe Generale ler the encouragement of national manufactures. The amount of notes issued for this object is mine to exceed '2O Grabens of fr a nca. The governor: nt notes three commissioners charg. dto o f the operation of the society to ensure the execution of the existing conventions and to movie to the government such general measures as may be deemed suitable to the interests of the states, and, in cas e of approval, to superintend their being carried into effect. - the state of the Soeiide Generale shall be published at least once in every three mos, and the balance ot accounts at least once interest eve year. Th nth e government is to receive an annual of 4 per cent., and, in order to facilitate the service of the treasury, the government empowers a supplementary emission of bank notes to the amount cf 12,000,0001. —The Prince of Prussia is expected at Brussels to- day , tte :Atli, . Can kenbourg, a l camp of the King, has gone to Ostend to receive his royal highneso.—A cantles from the Swinish cabinet pained tam hrough Brussels ye steroav, hearing an order o the Spanish bassador in London to iletuand his passport t s. COLONIAL. BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. CANADA, —tier Montreal dates are to the Gth of May. I'olitic&l excitement seams st a discount; nothing more stirring offering than a controversy between the Mont real Pilot and Arcnir, on the expediency of repealing the union between the Canadian East and West. Parliament has been prorogued till the 7th June, not then to meet for the despatch of business. It will probably assemble at the end of autumn. Tr..cle at present is dull, but the season can but Just be said to have commenced. and may b. better than our tears led us to expect—at any rate, we hope so. We are in expectation of the arrival of three vessels bound here from the Clyde, which have arrived at Quebec, the Caledonia, the Albion, and the Canada. This is eight days earlier than the first arrival at Quebec list year. The weather is fiat beyond precedent, but vegetation is nut so tar advanced as would he supplied ; the small quanti t y of snow which fell last winter has permitted the frost to sink decens than usual into tie ground, and ploughing is in cousegaence retarded in a great degree. NEW BRUNSWICK. —From this colony we have papers to the 7th of Slay. 'The eed..-ricton Reporter of the sth, says: The Executive Council now 4.itting, has yet done nothing beyond the p routine poet al of business, and we are consequently indebbd to ru mour fur all the information w hi c h we can give in this day's piper. It m sod that the retag..ation 4.f Mr. Ertanston has been tendered, and purlthose of Mr. Bail= and Calonel Shore will follow. It is dim re ed that it will not be ouito FO e e ry to torm a coalition minbary as a ,Ole imagined, as Mr. w ittuot insists upon the office of Attorney- General, and the Hon. 514 sure. innear sod Chandler urge theirelains fur the s.uue appointment. the .tlw thou2ht that the dinnbution of patrons= woutd sadly puzzle Bic new government, for, while several prongs themselves willing to act .44 members of the executive, the offices scent to invite contention. More important is the ludowing piece of news from the st. John's Courier of the 6th : 'the Royal Gault, of Wedne.day last contai ns his Excellency Sir Edmund Brad's proctimatton, um:nuking that Nova Scotia having complied with the terms cf an ac ins -e.l at the last session of our lc a- &l o bar, by admitting an articles the growth, produce, or manufa ture of New . Bruroiwick (except spirituous liquors) into thc ports of that =orifice, all duties upon similar articles imported from Nova Scotia would cease and determine in this province on and after this day ,Satorday, May Gr. We trust that no time will be lost in carrying out the intendosis of the legislatuee with regard to the trade between this province and Canada, Brines Edward's Island and New We are the more =arms to roe the principle ot free trade between the cabin= at once carded out, as we are informed that the Prince. Victoria, a large steamer, shortly to leave liurbec for this port with a cargo of CultadiaD pruauce. We have not learned whether she will return to the St. Lawrence or bc employed on our waters. MAURITICS.—There are accounts from Port Louis to the 25th of March. The colony bad been visited by a heavy gale of wind on the 7th of that month, and the Dhur, from Calcutta, the Mail, from the Cape of Good H o p e, and the French sh ip' Doorge were obliged to put to sea, and had not returned to the anchorage up to the 17th of the month ; later accounts do not name these vessels. The intended Government Bank had not cammencerl its operations, and the utmost po.sible depre.sion prevailed throughout the colony, both as to agricuiture and parties do , or remunerative bu - iness bein.: the lawyers, .ouissiers (sheriffs' officers), and notaries, who were folly occupied. The Mauri.ius papers, alluding to the establishment of the Government Bank, mention that the directors of the Commer. cial Bank have at once agreid re.inou . sh their noto circula tion so long as the new institution shall supply a correspond ing issue. The affairs of the Mauritius Bank, it had been decided, should be wound up, and it was anticipated that the shareholders, lately conealerably reduced in num , .er by the forfeiture of shares belonring to It.-;d, Irving, and Ce. and Barclay and Co., would receive about 80 per cent. of their paid caeital. The profits ot the bank during the last halt-year of its operations yielded byte more than two per cent. The aff des of Mesars. Aikin anal Co., whose suspension is announced by this arrival, would Ise arrenged by • payment of 75 per cent. by instalments—lo per cent. cmh end , 14 per cent. at the end of thi s : y ear, 25 per cent. a the of 1849, and 25 per cent at the end of 18.50—the creditors h iving aimed iate y adopted the proposal.l he instalment are, it is said, guaranteed by a mortgage upon an enencumbered sugar estate. The eredttors of Adams and Co. have at length agreed to the 30 per cent. effered, and trustees bare been appointed to carry out the arrangement. Barlow ar.d Co.'s estate will, it is expected, yield from 25 to 30 per cent. ; and, like the others, it has been transferred to the management of tr miter s. On the subject of commercial affairs the Mauritius Mail of the 13th of March writes as follows: Notwithstanding the dry Th e a pproaching crop penults , s well. weather through larcemher and January, the abuant ra ndins and get at beat of last nto ntli hoe,- brought on the cams or forward as they were last year. It is too esrly to make any safety that it yid exceed lettioo, 4 04414. the piesint crop will be little short of 120 have Private bills on England, at three months' eight, have been taken at 5 and per cent., with hills of Poling in guarantee at ths rate of Ifs. per lholb., Enoch, of sugar. British silver has ruled from sto 7 ; and sovereigns, from 7i V) vi per cent. premium. The shipments of sugar last month have exceeded by 2,000.4001 b. those of the same month last year, but the difference on the whole snip, compated with last year, ii still beyond 20,000,0001 b. Priem Bodo:dell but little until the end of the month, , for want of buyers, there was a d u lness in the market. The rates when of the sales were at from 3 dots. for low brown to 5 dolts. for fine yellow; sirops front 2 dole. 50e. to 3 dole. 75e. Mince the arrival of news from Eng land to the 20th of December nothing worth notice has been done. The Mauritius price-currents of the 16th March state that the shipment' of sugar up to the previous day were 87,847,4961 b. against 114,583,4161 b. at the same period last year. Freight', it is added, have farther declined, and for the United Kingdom 31. is with difficulty maintained. VAN DIENI EN'S LAND.—Fom tis colony we have letters and papers to the 26th r of Janu h ary. Political affairs are in a critical state; trade still depressed, but the condition of the landward settle rs is more premising than it has been. Au extensive ship-building business has been fairly established. The facts respecting it, stated by an intelligent and respectable commercial gentleman in Hobart Town, in a letter dated Jan. 2 . 5 , are important, inasmuch as thee directly contradict the averments of our protectionists, that Britain and her colonies cannot compete with foreign ship builders. What foreign nation can build splendid copper fastened ships equal or superior to A 1 of Lloyd's, and lasting as teak-built vessels for 81. a ton • • b u ilding colon • We are h er e beenmiug quite a ship- y, and I need not tell you, who is so well acquainted with it, that ttheimber os uc h as is here to be b ut for the cutting is not to be equaled ; and I anticipate, in • few years' time, we shall not only be able to supply a good portion of shipping for he mercantile marine, hut also for her Majesty's nary. The durability of the timber has been well test d; but the lengths are such that, believe, camera be excelled. Wariest, the shipwright, who you know, has lust laid the keel of Vr,.,1 u,',A tons, the length of wheh is 140 feet, and three such Ise,:s out cut out u. OM lice. There lea been launched here s of the district coniade. population who had the ti where their authority wed, the yew evil that I as the district commis. a. The 10114r4C11011, yfreed I myself, had defined their measure ha. been nullified at Kroteoryn nod Itawim„ the Drombom regency, I of these assertimm. If this the military authority bad lit had iiheyod the irdase. infortunDtc events at Gael% nit not have taken place, nod in the mate of the dia. and Mods, the very plum fie t, for they have remained been moored by moving .11ria., who ht . lvd a. umpires hen the pi incipal provisions of of the dimity, which have been re been laid down,—let union • abodes. If every one adds his somplished. If I have minuet. that I bane done es will be 'wore —.offends% which I bore M•s w ith t tome who, commence if toy motism, -Witumer. -The airman parliament olved yesterday that the afs proceedings shall be t day in e.thnso. The a matter declurc—" lat. rake ittwlf responsible for orts. 2nd. That they are tible price that will cover g. 3rd. That application .administrations through to be delivered free of a announcing yesterday Austria had left his of the extra,rdinfu 7 ial of Vienna not only eparlure, but positively :h declared that such a imount to the declaration ns of the number of that the 19th are in conse g. la the "official part" ript gravel` rebuking and aestion ; and in the " non w•hich commences thus : )pposed the miuis'ry, to-day itraordinary state of affairs qua frankness. We have to remain and warned the mperor h.t. gone, and now " The Emperor had gone published. re moved the Emperor to objects he and his advisers that movement are still a ied on the ISch the follow- ity and the court from theca one that the pul•lic peace may de minister at war has said that ions with a view to strengthen ty which is the best guarantee died by the spontaneous ad and the university Legion, eral in command to accept their nemaelves nt übey the orders of at war relics upon the loyal He is convinced that in the will co-operat_ in a brotherly ad to put do•rn tumult, and u and of the throne against foreign le safeguard of the constitutional mom,. y's steam-packet Tiger, Capt. uthampton last evening, and • the charge of Lieut. J. J. ralty agent. Her dates are— cdiz, 16th May ; 19th lay ; Vigo, 21st May. She pecie. The following is the ent : LISBON, NAT 19. id has been received here with , and the apprehensions of the go adged of from the extent of their sfenees are helot hourly added to xtra guns placed in battery, the ci joined , ai,d ry conveyed to the , theroyal residence:strong picguets a portion of the garrison is kept un . On the 16th, the husband of the tcompsnied by his staff, visited the eeted the work• in progress, part of ite of exterior defences commanding from the city by which the castle ,ult. Thee woras have riven rise to ted, observation, that Donna Maria, s the first sovereign who has caused ted against her own subjects. By nth, which entered the Tagus the learn, under date from Seville, that 'ed in that populous and important if the Montpensiers having ventured are, however, so varied and con. tie is k's en beyond the bare fact ed disorders; but even this fact, r that ministers arc in pirsession of real Madrid and which they refrain ly to the , agitation of the public rprise me if my next picket's budget the occurrence of grave events in of the government is such, that the taint' to set things in a Name, and at the Spanish liberals would constr. ierfectly indifferent as to the state of e country. It is now stated every lake of Sildanha's pow.r is tottering, at upon conferring all the powers of court favourite. Costa Cabral. That date the court in reiTem tn this latter re, pretty certain. The Queen now r:osta Cabral to the dignity of s !dar ed by the actual ministry as impo refore, the Queen persevere in in all probability she will, the go to pieces, while the accession of office will merely precipitate events. k a modi fi cation o f the ministry wu ato have the hems department, the etaining the war portfofio, while K. y inefficient Minister of Finance, was be succeeded by M. Gomes de Castro. landed at various points of the mast. of muskets were landed in the :tlinho :nglish schooner, and a further consi, in the south, in th.: nc ighhourhood of y of the latter port it is also rep, l Spaniards bad disembarked fs)ltleeich l 'inured the crew of the vessel in wh in on board for transpor tnt ion to the coot apparently insignificant force is calm resent state of the country, to some uneasiness. The suspen to sion is daily looked fur, althoug h, bray justien, he personally is said ping like extreme measures. n the ncial embarrassments ~f the govelnment ) on the increase, and the where w ithal to of the soldiery press 111133 onerously upoa of the state. One thirty days' further I would not h aza rd much for the Welty son; as it is, murmurs, and s e, are said to have been recentlyd corps nisei. , and not even excepti n g the picke y's own bo ly-guard. 20), with the flag of liner- Ad m iral Sir e into the vete on the Pith. She makes :as taunts should render her detention • I believe, is in accordance with &dui recommending quadron to Admirho meal Parker that a diteminean swa rd -bolted , isbon, to be at the orders of our minister , :on Seymour. 3 gill here. In the way of steam novel w invention here, which, slur being P!'o - Ins just made its appearance, and which vantages. It is a combinati on (as far e l I Brent powers—steam seems to bear but a but 200 per cent. of extra power over the is said to be achieved by the invention et '0 trials have been made on the river, satt is efisfattory.results. The greatest secresy nvention is the property of a aorapanYi_ ei eh is the wealthy Marquis of Fayal , es son. :lase navy some little excitement has bete w ithdrawal tram the service excitement the onll tely remaining . in it, a Captain Salter : he iod of the last inaurrectinn, commanded le Oporto( xpedition to the south, esiptute° m ade; luadron. An attempt was recently Salter, who is now nufferine from thenft of lead) administered to him by som ,ng the past few days he was norm et to e , e! . coast of Africa, when , i n the first insisO, ate of health as a reason for refusing set,i7, anying his refusal by competent meow!' rig then enjoined to present himself for tee!' tine Hospital, Captain Salter requested e Major-General of Maxine, the li, the he might be permitted to relinquish ir serving her Majesty or tbe goverarainit: a royal decree appeared in the govern ting ding him from the service, an d accep able d Portugal thus loses one of her mostad naval commanders. on of tote London firm of Shaw and Caged :re ; several Lisbon houses are talked of on i p residentsmsed One a the old at tish died this week, a gr. LT, aer in the Lisbon wine-house of Lucas, Gee I Liston JJsht If S uitt wend W b THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 25, 1848. The Ertl& bed in Ur riaatirli liraw seat for from Viagra while the heir or the Churn twee amid In *deg unending' of the river ahoy, Iltruhaalhows ~Urea rear thr the twig cord, U reefruy, pareeil r VOID two Inilso of the ape whim the outrage occurred. The Crams ism to hordinlrobrid the ea forcemeat of the "extreme riarellate ke went war leaks arrived inward, end eller% that hen we he ash amlllond within sight. It is Mated, ad at tha Orrilltrall•IIS of the leper time. mine Akers horn the Teerteepremellei le levy a feed lee dollars open Ur. Medina*, ew herlegesseedelthepeeserttod barb In hts excursion; and the ratter haring leen tirlairumi to the •ul, he felt indignant that caraucia preceedlegaledit Ins been adopted without hi. corileanee; retire do nut hear thatheseitlendthe Tsoutae that the bound. had sot her exceeded. Our advisee me mutably in complete ; but judiritig from what is before as, we arrot hsip thick. Mg that Mr. Consul Alcorn has execrated bla poweeea eDi that her Majesty's government may not be disposed to sdoptesea remme.lll.. tics as be has undertaken. P.O.—Maion 29.—The above_ was written on the ll* err WWI time the Mane has arrived, Mitring news one day raw thou the Amelia, from which we learn that Mr. Ariel( errors his weather, having, in addition to retaining the customs en ships, put an embargo onthe (,'Meese licks, one of which wasboarded by the Espikgie's bouts as it was dropping down the river, Man th y eir of these junka, laden with grain, were mily to sail but though detention must district; the Tilou.tae, and subject him to the severe displeasure of its own government, lie bad not given up the t en men demunikal b the English consul. ll.M.'s steamer Fury to be despatched f u r the mirth toolsy, and will carry instrucUuns to Mr. Mock. The facts of the collision at Ningpo are but imperfectlY known. The China Muil says: The Denia brought a report, requiring confinnation, of another affray at Ningpo. Th.• master of an opium ship at Lookimg is add to have been connoitted to prison by her Britannic Majesty's consul for an outrage on shore. We have not heard the nature of the offence, which is thus Norm of by the Placid of Chino: "From Ninon, there are reports of an an iir which we ore reluctant to believe. If true, however, it exposes d e degree of ruffianism which it is to be h.rperl will draw the attention of the superintendest of trade to the conduct of commanders of opium remising ships on the coast. It is bad enough that they should violate the revenge laws of China, but if they are also permitted to enter villages with armed men and execute justice according ti their item lowlees notions, they will make the name of Engiuthinan no &imitable to the ride as 1.16 that of the Portuguese before the tarsier° at Ningpo.' The news from Singapore is unimportant. The subjoined extract from the :straits 'times of April S would lead us t believe that a .race had been obtained of some of the escap d e o. vict from the General Wood. The hon. compony'n co strainer s ehlegethon sailed on the el to Palo Obi in search of them: - My the Celerity, which arrived on Thursda y lest from Siam, we have received particutir• which keno link lesson to doubt buthat the escaped convicts tram the Genera Wood arc in a r of being brought to justice. The Celerity left Bangkok March 18, and promo-teal to pule Ohl—an Island Mutated idf the southera extremity of thmtrodia, in lit. ti deg. 22 min. and long. lilt deg. 52 min. eisat—at. which Wand t h e •14 , 41 . 1 unchnced at 6 a.m. foe the purpose of procuring fresh water. At 10 a.m. the captain (Trail) pro ceeded on shore in the jolty-boat, accompanied by his servant (a native of Ilainan). After landing at the watering.place Captain Trail walked nh int half a mile towards some hula where wan the appearance of a village. In a temple Captain Trail observed 12 Chlacea with tam about a span in length : he also uhservval 4 other Chinese In various huts. Captain Trail's servidit inquired of the Chinese at the temple how they came to the inland, and one of them was about to reply bat was restrained by the Macao-men. The servant then addressed him self to the Cochin-Chinese or Hainan inhabitants, from whom he ' ascertained that as soon as the 16 (Minnie saw • quarc.rigged vessel steering toward , the taland they decamped to thelungle, but on ftwhing th d. the vessel hod visaed the island for fresh water, they returnixl to the temple. The Hainan people further Mated that the Chinese, 31 in number, arrived In two Europe bests, one larger than the other; o ' on one of the boats nearing the shore she was atone in and abandoned. The Chinna , then pnicureal food and water, engaged a Hainan pilot to take them ni Macao, and started for Macao hy the remaining boat, taking away fifteen Chineas and leaving sixteen uon the Islan&e. d. The latter managed to subsist by dispoaing of their clot p hes fur rice, In answer in eropiiries the Chinese told the Hainan people that their vessel was wrecked when at 00111 C distance rom the nutavia, and th t a they were making th eir wa y to China. Non f e of I and th un Palo tihi would waist the Chinese with hoot*, es that it is possible the early de-match of • steamer will secure a putt of them at lewd. The name ur description of the their wrecked res et i s not stated, bat from the desoriptiou uf the Chinese, the eircumnt ince of having hi Inca 2, mouthy in the island, mut the auspiciotemeol t hat these caat heir conduct, would appear to create good grounds for suppising t away Chinese were part of the escaped convicts hum the General Mod. BORNE() l'ltOPF.R.—Boom.—Mr. Burns, who has contracted with the Sultan of Bruni for the antimony mines at Bintooloo and Tautau, has left for those places, in some boats belonging to the Sultan, accompanied by one of the Sultan'a near relative. These mines arc more exten sive than those at Sarawak, but present a drawback in their distance from water carriage. A survey of the Bin tooloo and Tautau rivers is shortly to he made by her Ma jeaty's ship It•iyalist, now repairing at Hong Kong. In a communication received by last month's overland mail, it was stated that the people of Bruni were apprehensive of an an attack from the Balangigni pirates. The latter having b interrupted by the Spanish from Manila, the Sulta n of Bruni has sought employment for his warlike people in a foray on an unfriendly tribe called Ksyans. At Bruni trade was apparently on the decline. The Amelia and Tyrone, with 'unable cargoe s fr om Sin g a p ore, had not ar rived when the boat left for Labuan to communicate with the Phlegttlion. CHINA. TIIE EAS'I'EItN ARCIIIPELAGO. The newe li tem China is the rev, rse of satisfactory. It appears that colLsions more or less serious have occurred between the ha , ie. and foreign. rs at Wharnpoa, Shanghae, and ingpo. The following a the 'torsion of the Whampois affair in ale China Mad of 16th March. la the overland edition of that paper the editor states that the account hes been sent by Me Bunt, " who assures us of its accuracy, and that but for the over.zeal of his friends he thinks he could have managed it without bloodshed." Mottos. hunt and robe", two Americans, are established in bunt reCtS at '%% lurupoa, and resole on board u chop but, having goods in a store-ship, and a billiard room en *note. In the course ot the night of the stn Instant some guap,wder belonging to them had been otolen, and the Chinese who bad change of it, in his modeevours next day to trace out the robbers, din-cleat his inquires to sonic carpenter, employed on shore, who set upon and beat him, It Meting a severe wound oon ha hand. Informatton of this was brought to Mr. hunt white h • was entertaining some friends it dinner ; and the purty, eunsisung or several Americans and one (or two) Englishmen, pro ceeded to the shore, when they seized on individual believed to have been engaged in the assault; upon which about thirty of his tenons consomme-it pelting the party with ammo, and obliged them t o take to their boats- In ono of these was a gun, which Mr. linnt, tri intimidate, fired or the lira& of the crow d Mow nearly doubled in number ,• but thin mot havnie the elect of *te , rming them, he tired • mound time otoongot them. Toe rest of tite foreigners in the meantime having provided themselves with firearms returned to the shore, where oily a few Cent,e remained. but ed , accing ibboronant, "-bowing a disposition of revenge," were tired at. an am o men were wounded, one in the mouth and another in the thigh ; but the our goon who has since seen them, we unoterstand, doss nut c 'molder the wound• likely to prove fatal. The .plain of an English merchant vessel bad his lip cut in the affray. The Oldness authorities, so tar as we can learn, are nut deposed to view the mater ao a very grave one; but it is, however, greatly to be reptretted, or tenting to desetroy the good understanding that has for a lung tune past ruleisted between torognen , and the Chinese c ar Whampoo. We hove been told, however, that these Chinese carpenters are str-ngero to the neighlmurh• al, eati held in little favour by the natives, some of whom expose tholuselew plea,rii at the reception they met with. The place where the Olin, occurred is called Bamboo 'town, a village constructed on Dune'' , Island, with the con•ent oh the imoularine, and it the ouggeetton 01 Mr. St. Croix, late British eunoular agent, with the view of obviating the no:moots . of sailors pe rso nalo oCanton to maks purchasesinvolvingdrMleul them- selves in pena terra fey and their government in political tie.. The desired effect has hitht rto been secured, insofar that sailors have been oupplied at Bamboo nu with what they require at ma sonoble price. amt no multsmti oor disturtonee hest heretofore arisen, of sulicient importance at any rate to attract public notice. The Sniurghae business, it is feared, may lead to more se rious results, inasmuch u the consul, Mr. Alem.k, appears to have adopted measures tantamount to placing the port under blockade. The China Mail tells the story as follows: From a note by the editor it appears that Mr. Alcuck'n proceedings have received the apprtbatiau of nearly all the British mer chants at Bhangbae Drs. MedLiurst and Lockhart, and Mr. Muirhead, three members of the London Missionary Society stationed at Shangliae, recently visited Tning-poo, a town about alo miks distant. M tole engnetsl in distri buting trace and instructing the people the email premed upon anti annoyed them, and one of the party accidentally hit a man belonkong to the grain junks With his Mack; upon which ho and some ot his fellows net up a shout ::rid threw 'dones. The illsfeelang however was coutined to thew loose fellow% and was nut participated Lu by the inhabit:ante of Tang.i.o, who teem to have shown s friendly dep. eition. Toe rev. gentlemen havieg determined to return, were rot:ceding to their boats when they were fallen in with by another party of these grain-junk mo, ' who, armed with boss , spear% swords, iron bars, and other dangerous weapons, made a savage attack upon the unuffentling missionaries, rifting them of their clothes, watelass and everything they had, plunder having been their object in making thertaken, artaeli. The genand min attempted attempted to escape, b ot were speedily ove b severely 'rounded. Toe rultlano, it le Pohl, yoke of killing them, hut dreading the eons' quinces, determined to convey them to their junks, with the view of extorting a heavy ransom for their release- On the way the prisoners were fortunately rescued by the police, and taken to the district magistrate, who treated them with much courtesy and kindness, and slit them under an escort to their Melts, lying shout live miles off. Many respectable tatted-tants of the p ace c that ame cu imment to con gratulate the meedosaries on their .escape. It seems an w number of these grain-junk ouen•-mard to amount to 13,000 - hove been th ro wn out of emelt'', went, and are hanging about the district between Snochow and Shanghae. The groin ti ibute, amount ing annually to upwards of 4,7.1,000 sbiti, or about 346,000 tous, has hitherto been vent forward by way of the Grand Canal. To wards this north, however, the water has this year become so okallow as to re transit by that route needsl Greet exertlons have bees used and much expense incn trying to remedy the evil, but Merry httie purpose ; and it wan then - lore mond necessary to stud part of the grain by wa front the Vane-toe-ketonic to the redo. Thousand , ed boatmen employed In the inland transit have thus Men thrown out of employment ; anal being, like others of their class eve where, a dissolute and fetal... Set et fellows, Menem soil want have driven them to the comminsion of many excesses in the neighbour hood of the Grand Canal, latterly extending as tar as the country around shanghae- Their counterparts at home mny be found in the burls of Moeda, ged railway "navvies," and her Brited Majesty"' consul at tramelme, couriderirer it imprudent for foreigners to make excuroions into the country no long as it is inteeted by these lawless yellows, has issued the following ciecularon the subect triestion.- British Consulate, shangliee, March :0, 1814.- ller Slajeety`e consul has to regret the occurrence of a most unpro voked outrage on the part of some junkmen, placing the lives of a party of mosionarics visiting 'fooing-fo o in the greatest jeopardy. White engaged in cannot elf 'els to memo the apprehension of the ringleaders and provide fur adequate mew tires being taken by the Chinese authorities to prevent the recurrence of act. alike dangerous to life and injurious to our interents in thins, her Mos.-313'0 consul demos it neemory to urge in the demoted manner fr o upon all length. la. nut:anus the prudence of atetoining, tor the preeent, nt any anal excursions into the country. Some 13, 1 0 0 grain junkmen are scattered between nouchow and Tondikan, hitherto in toe employ ment of the Chinese government, but about to he demisted without aotoofactoo themes or final arrangements aving yet been made to provide ith the means oof finding Lather homes, and iu the they remain at Toing-poo and other places, a to err to the peaceable inhabitant.% whom tle y plunder and Mal treat with impunity. The danger of such a elute et thirga to the Utah subjects has been so fully shown toy the recent attack upon three offenelye missionaries, who seem greatly to have owed their lives to the praieeworthy forbearance they eshibited, that It must be obvious no une with common prudence can at prevent visit the neighbour hood of there junkmeno-lteonserotti . Consul.-To the Britiod subjecto art tiMingbac." By the Amelia, which arrived this morning (2.3r1 March), later ad- By have been received. From the. it appear. that Mr. Gamut Alouck bus been induced " to adopt extreme illoanlree" to wards the Chiuese uothoritien, involving very grave qoestions; but with our p res ent imperfect information as to the grounds on which he proceed s, we UM Wiwliling to suppose these measures are more loon the occasion demands, or his powers authors' him to enforce. It skeins that on learning the circumstances oh the attack on the three inillikeinaries, Mr. Mooch construed them into an interaction of " treaty rights," shah lie kit called upon 10 tiCiCrld at all Irozards ; and accordmgly, it is said, preferred a demand to the Taou-tae that ten of the offenders should be produced for identification lay the parties assaulted, and at the same time isomed the obove circular, dated the Inth. His was nut having been immediately complied with a notiarstion was issued on the Ifith, and at the end of the itt hours md the 'fire-hie was allowed another day to produce the otteodels but as k tie did not do so circulars were betted to British residents and the commanders of Britiodi merchant vessels to the following effect : "The delay expenenoid in obtaining redress front the Chinese authorities tor an assault upon three Britivh subjects, from which they only providentially emapel with their lives, after having been wounded and tested with the greateet brutality by a band of grain junkmen, none of whom have yet w hich ezed, hes rendered measures noccobary on the part of the consul may require to be enforced by all the means at his disposal. In this untoward stale ot affairs, which her Majesty's conaul sincerely deplores, as contrary to the in terest. of both natiOna, it LA necessary t u be prepared for all contin gencies ; and the better to enforce our just Moons to prompt and full reparation it may be expedient to call upon all masters commanding 'refuels under the British flag within the piriediction of her Majetoty f o consulate at tin., port, to hold thentocles in readiness to leave their anchorage, and oupport him as the representative ot her Majeety's government, in protecting British interesta at the port. For any de tention, lom, or injury, which may accrue to them, should their ser vices be required in defence of the public interent, her Majesty"; consul has poured to IL E. the Taou-tae, that the Chinese govern meld will be held resealed:ft.-Idt too. t old Atka, COLlittl.— tillanz,hae, March 11, o tr i be Court. Yesterday was th... Queen's birthday, and the auspicious event was celebrated at her Majesty's marine re sidence, Osborne, Isle of Wight. At seven o'clock in the morning the bond of the 17th Regiment performed under the Queen's window the serenade from " Don Pasquale " (DonizettO, and several other pieces. Tho Duchess of Kent joined her Majesty and Prince Alli,ll early in the morning. At nine o'clock the bead of the 17th Regiment again performed a number of favourite vim,. Her MNiesty and her Royal Consort afterwards walked out an the gardens and plantations of Osborne. The royal dinner party at Oshorne yesterday evening include the DUCIIPRS of Kent, Viscount Morpeth, Lady A. Bruce, and Col. B. Drumutond. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office. The ministers present were Lord J. Austell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir 0. Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the ChancAor of the Exchequer, Sir J. llobhoulie, Lord Campbell, arid the Right lion. li. Labouchere. The council sat three hours. The Austrian Ambassador tr tns acted business yesterday at the Foreign.office. A deputation front the Society of British Artists, connoting of Messrs. F. Y. Hurlstone. Alfred Clint, and Edward Hassell, bad an interview with - the Right Hon. 11. Labuuchere yesterday, it the office of tfie Board of Trade. Mr. Christian Allhuspn and Mr. llutt, had an iatervie - v with the ChnneeKir of the Exchequer yester day, at his official residence, in Doweinein t r eet. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a committee meeting yesterday. Sir Henry Bulwer attended yesterday at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Despatches from the Governor of Van Diemen's Land, and also from the Governor of South Australia, were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. tespatches were sent off last evening from the 'Fee for the Governor of Ceylon. TIIE ADDRESS FROM THE CONVOCATION OF TILE CLEKU Y of the province of Canterbury will be presented to the Queen on Monday, the 20th inst., her Majesty having beim pleased to appoint that day, at three o'clock, for receiv ing the same at Buckingham Palace. The bishops and elcra being raemb. rs of the convocation will assemble at the JVIVINICM chamber d , Wominster, at 'quarter to two, befo re proceeding to Buckingham Palace. COURT OF ALDERMEN. On Tuesday a court was held for the despatch of business. Reronst MOVEMENT.—. Alderman Salmons requested to be informed why the notice of minion given by Alderman Musgrove on the important subject of the extension of the City of London franchke had been removed from the paper of husincas?—Alderman Musgrove said, the subject, after having undergone consideration in the committee, the mem bers of which were unanimously of opinion that immediate means ought to be taken to extend the franchis., was sub mitted to the Recorder for his opinion as to the legality of the interference of the court, and that horned gentleman recom mended that the court should not pence d further in the matter without application to parliament. OvEnt.nautxti STEAM-VESSELS. —The attention of the court was called. in a communication from Captain Smith, to the practice of overloading . steam.hoats which still existed, notwithstanding the regulations and repeated interferences of the Court of Alderini n, and to cheek which the most vigilant exertions of th'- authorities empowered to act for the protection of the public were required. Tho which question rzlating to steam-vessedi was then stated to be under the consideration of a committee, from which a report on the most difficult subject of regulating the admission of passengers may be shortly expected. lii the imanti comman.vuni , the com mittee will meat readily pay attention to any na tions of the nature of that sent in by Captain Smith. -- • - - THE FIRE IN HUNGERFORD MARKET. —An inquiry ‘v,s ye..tcrday is stituted by the Inicad: euthoritiss, to learn if ',mild , : how the fire, which destroyed so lar g e r p ortinn of Hungerford Marisa, occurred. Nothing ry, however, could be learned. The premises in which the Han.es began were filled with bay, clover, and straw, there bating not less than 120 waggon loads of that inflammable material therein. It being all last year's crop, it could not have ignited by overheating itself. The most probable cause seems to be the tellowing the gallery was hoarded u g i about 10 or 12 feet, and the upper part was open to the roof, exposing the straw to public view, and nothing was more easy than for any person to throw a lighted pipe or cigar ov, r the pilings. That such was the rinse of the mis fortune is the general opinion. The following is a of Mr. Braidwoon's of ficial report of the damage el:don r. Milligan, corn merc hant and hay salesman, 120 of hay, straw, and clover, and the whole of the roof burned off the southeastern gallery of Ilungerford-market— 130 feet long; insured in Sun and Scottish Union Fire-offices. Mr. O. Dallca, licensed victualler, gallery. doors burnsd, building and contents d a maged by fire, smoke, and watern rd in the Sun and Scottish Union Fire-offices. Fish-market, Nos. 1 to 12, all considerably damaged ; uninsured. El'suM RACES AND THE SOUTH EASTERN ML WAY. — On this occasion t he directors took pains to provide evs ry facility for the conveyance of any number of passen gers that might present themselves. The thousands who went by this mode of , conveyance were transmitted to the course as comfortably as on ordinary occasions. In three quarten of an hour each passenger made his appearance at Epsom, free from dust and fatigue . The arrangements at the IsOnd in terminus—a most inconvenient station at all s—were under the entire control of Mr. Pulford, and were excellently conducted throughout the day. The locomo. tire arrangements at the Epsom end of the line were ably managed by Mr. Craven and Mr. Hawkins. Had the pub lic been more generally "were of the great facilities afforded a much greater number would, undoubtedly, have availed themselves of this mode 01 conveyance. PUBLIC MEETING OF THE PEOPLE'S LEAGUE. _ . _ . A crowded meeting of the supporters of the People's League was held last ev ening, at the London Tavern, Col. Thompson, hi I'., in the chair. The hon. and gallant CAAHOMAN, in opening the pro. ceedings, said he had for a long series of years advocated the principles now rising, and which he hoped would go on to speedy success. Those who looked round on what was pas► tog and what had passed, must see that one great element of success was justice. (Cheers.) This was nothing more than doing to all men as we would be done to. (Hear.) If any ' one said they went t o far, let that rule be applied ; and if it were found that they had not gone too far, let their efforts be doubled. In times of peril, our ancestors had won their rights by success in the field ; happily those times were over, and we were enjoying their fruits; now, n othing was left, but the comparison of opinions , and t he disaopearance of opposition before that which was right. (Hear, hear.) It was most remarkable how many were declare iog themselves the people's friends; they were even I found among the aristocracy—witness Mr. Henry Berkeley's little independent motion on the ballot sent out as a kind of frigate to see what it could accomplish (Cheers.) Was not this an incentive to union Union woe wanted now, and I not division. Let the people unit* with all who would j o in I them, according to all the right of freely expressing their opinions. however far they might go, or however they might fall short. (Cheers.) Who could imagine danger in • great meeting like this, composed of idustrious men, anxious to keep the fruits of their industry, n and to win more ? Doubt• less they saw many wrongs, of which they justly com plained ; and these should be righted. (Cheers.) The doings of this and like assemblies would form matter for history. London was ever foremost in movements like this and he trusted that what was about to los done would be conducive to the national intermits. The foolish jeslowy of foreigners was fast dying out. Let Englishmen apply their knowledge, which w an power, to put a peaceahle end to everything to which the name of tyranny could be applied. (Cheep.) 'f he Rev. J. BusthErr moved That this meeting, looking at the narrow, unequal, and unjust bests won which the existing system of parliamentary repreventation rata I —at the numerous proofs patent to the whole empire. of the extent to which corrupt influence are tonally employed to place the popular branch of the legislature under he exclusive control of a midi olligurchy —and at the entire want of agreement between pule& opinion us expressed out of doors, and as profrusedly Interpreted by parliament, deeare their conviction that the House of Commons don art truly represent the people, sad that, so long as it shalt continue be be tionvototed as at present, it neither will nor ern become a proper organ for the expresson of the nation's will. He considered that the people were much indebted to Lord John Russell for his speech of the preceding night —(grett hissing)—it "bowed that his lordship as alarmed; for who talked of "ticking to his colours when w there was no likeli hood of an atoick ? (Hear, hear) His lordship had taken his stand on the existing ; he willing to paint and whitewash the temple, constitution and perhaps reglaxe the windows —(laughter)—and then surely it would be a beauti ful place. The English constitution must be a wonderful affair indeed if it had reached perfection—a thing which was not attained by any of the sciences or arts. (Hear, hear.) All past improvements had been effected by the people : no one inflected governments to do this until called on by the people. (Ilear, hear) Now the prime minister and the people were directly at issue ; his lordship said they did not want reform, arid yet he seemed to think there woo something to ha reprehended by the great preparation he had Frieda to prevent an outbreak. He wholly disapnroved iif violence, which he believed would b- power', se, whether here or in France. The House of Commons might laugh when the people's petitions were presented, but they did not laugh at their constituents on the hustinge; and the time would ~non come for the people to laugh at them. (Cheers.) The resolution referred to the narrow basis of the represen tation, and was it not most unjust that the whole of the large and intelligent clan of clerks and shopmen, who were lodger., should be excluded from the franchise? (Hear.) The best and simplest way would be to let them all in Mite ther —let the House of Commons be elected by the whole people. (Cheers.) The simplicity and convenience of this filen would be wonderful ; the whole machinery of revising barristers and registration would be done away with a' once. (Hear.) It was aboard to say that the whole peop'o were not fit for the franchise; there were bed men in ersry rank of life, but the good generally outnumbe - red them. Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD, M.l - ., seconded the resolu tion. lie had long advocated the principles which it enun ciated; he had brought them before the house in 1812, when they found 60 supporters. In the present house he their number would he much greater. (Hear.) A in the principles and mode of action of this society, e was anxi :us to lend it his support, not doubting that success roust crown its efforts. While he would stand by the evstem of representation embodied in the six points of the charter—(cheers) —he would not reject the assistance of those who did not go so far, but whose assistance might be acce-pted with advantage to the public liberties. After the recent dechiration of the noble lord at the head of the ea vernment —(loud hisees and d sapprobationl—if the people did not declare what they really wanted and were deter- 1 mined to have they would be highly culpable. (Cheers) It was an undoubted feet that every o was a slave who bad no a voice in the election of those wh o were to make the laws ` and no system of reform which fell short of this conk, he re. garded as satisfactory. It was impossible, while Ireland was enslaved, for England to be free; let Englishmen and Irish men then make common cause, and they must succeed in ob taining their political rights, for no government would be able to resist them. (Cheers.) Mr. R. Cletioseo, M.P., supported the resolution. Meet ings like this, though they might be hateful to the foes of prowess, were the sanity-valves of the state, and the oily security we possessed for ensuring necessary reforms. (Hear.) He should never despair of his country w hile gatherings like this were in vogue ; and he trusted they should never ab stain from "open and advised speaking" on all sub jects of importance, notwithstanding the attempts of a falsely.calld liberal ministry to cramp the national ' liberties in e that respect. (Cheers.) In times like these all reformers were called revolutionary agitators, and told to wait the return of times of quiet and tranquillity; but when these times came it was alleged that the people were quiet and wanted none of these reforms. (Hear, bear.) He for one had not taken up these opinions in consequence of any thing that had occurred abroad ; he looked neither to France new Germany for lessons of rational freedom ; nor did he think the ill considered efforts made in some conti nental countries were such as to excite our imitation. (Hear.) He thought all desirable reforms might be accom lished within the existing B ritish constitution. But when he saw what should he the people's house merely reflecting the wishes and opinions of the aristocracy, a middle class par liament so called, increasing the burdens of the people, with the church of a sect affecting to he the church of the nation, and engrossing the national revenues, awl distributing theca most unjustly —(cheers)—he confessed he had his fears, not that reform would be granted too soon, but too long de layed ; not that it would be too sweeping, but too scanty. (Cheers ) He diet not think the country in danger from the democratic, but from the aristocratic element. (Cheers.) The danger woe, not that we should be swamped by a mob, but that ell reasonable demands would be deferred till the pressure arrived which would render thehe cave ha more difficult to deal with. (Hear, hear.) When ord Palmerston" letter, recommending the Spanish ministry to take es - seeing by what was going on in other countries, he had wished that some friend could whisper to his lordship, " Physician, heal thyself." (Cheers.) The rebuke his lordship had received was extremely well deeerved. (lii ar ) Let ministers look at home, and put their own house in order, without troubling themselves with the affairs of other nations. Lord J. Russell had again displayed the flag of finality ; he teemed to take every opportunity of waving it before the h o use, certainly without much distressing that assembly. (Laughter) List nieht he had said the working and middle classes desired no further reforms. In this he was right, the two classes refused to coalesce, but wrong it they diet unite and show charity towards each other. (Cheers.) Doubtless there was great difference amongst reformers as to Mr. Hume's motion, as to the resolutions of his body, and as to the penple's charter. (Loud cheers fol lowed th e ' mention of the last:subjects) Six years ago he had joined the Complete Suffrage Association ; repudiating phy- Riad force. They could only operate through the existing electors, and, though he thought Mr. Hume's motion 1,11 very far short of what was right—(cheers)—he should sup port it ; and he hoped those who sought further reform would so operate on the constituencies as to secure its attain ment. (Cheers.) The triumph of such principles might be eceelerated by union and prudence, or retarded by the want of those conditions ; hut triumph they would, in aide of agitating demagogues or finality ministers—in spite of the House of Commons or of chartist convocations. (Cheels, and some disapprobation., The resolution was then put and carried with only one dissentient. Mr. J. K. PARRY moved : That in the judgment of this meeting, the franehire, limited by such regulations only as may be necessary to secure for It • legiti mate exereive, Is the right of every man ; that, whilst the power to to is datrPuteil with reference to the p aseuvion of property, purity of election can neither be had nor reaeonably expected; that any le tt.% of the House of Commons which fails to recognise this right will be incomplete and, to the excluded cla.eesonsatisfactory and unjust ; and that the constituency' created by a frank and unreserved admis- Mon of all men within the pale of citizen-hip ; would be more intelli- THE STATE TRIALS—MR. MITCHEL. gent, more independent, and more conservative of order than any one The judges took their seats on the bench this morning at restricted within arbitrary limits. For Move and other reasons this meeting avow their conviction that justice and expediency unite in half -past ten o'clock. recommending a hearty union uf all reformers for securing the piton- Mr. Mitchel was immediately afterwards placed at the bar, tion of Mi.% principle by the imperial legislature. where, alter remaining a short time standing, he was accom- A. general union of retormers was the object of this resolu- =dated with a seat. tion. Could such a union be farmed? (Cheers, and " Yes.") Ear Colman O'Loghlen then proceeded with the motion In order to this, private prsjudices and predilections must which it was arranged he should make at the sitting of the give way, and all who speak, here or elsewhere, must incul- court for the quashing of the indictment found against Mr. carte union. (Cheers.) There must be no dictation, but Mitchel on the day before. The ground upon which the ap , hearty corelial, and earnest union. e advocated te six plieation was made vras,that two distinct felouies were charged points of the cheater, but would c o-ope ra te with thos e who in the indictment. The act under which the prosecute' n did not go for annual parliaments, or who appended to the was brought, named three distinct felonies—two of those surage te limt of a short residence. lieu .)ord J. were charged in the indictment ainst the prisoner— Russ ff ell, w i th the flippant insolencecharacte ( ristic of t h e man, namely, that he did compass, dev a i g se, and imagine the had only dared to throw down the challenge he had done, offence of depriving her alajery oft he royal name, style by the false ratement that the people desired not the Fran - and title of the imperial erovea ofhe Unit d Kingdom ; chise, because he relied on disunion amongst the ranks of and next that he intended to levwar against the move reformers. (Hear, hear.) Let thie ground be at once reign. Counsel cited a number of cases, and read the act struck from under him. (Cheers.) Let the people look at of pa . q to show that the court in its discretion could what was passing abroad, and then say whether they were and ought to pantthe application, and quash the indictment. io te d. sasfied with such a House of Commons as now ex- —Mr. Oliagan followed on the same side. He had heard of n ee is or desire to set Baron Lstroy said the court did not think it necessary !ci aside the monarchical form of government in this country, call upon th e Attorney-General to reply. It would be moo but he thought with Mr. Cobden Unit many of its barbarous chievowl to disturb a long coursell-established practice. appendages might be dispensed with. (Cheers.) the The practice here was against the motion, and therefore it aristocracy arrayed themselves against the crown there was could not be complied with. The act of parliament made necessity for the people to do so ; all they wanted was to the di ff erent eomparoings charge against the prisoner dis. eno nure their own rights ;and if the whig government went tint offences, no doubt, but they were not repugnant of on passing gagging bills and alien bills, they, and not the fences, or such as the prisoner might not be convicted of at people, would have to answer for the overthrow of the insti- the same trial. tutionaof the country. (Hear) What was preeminently Mr. Justice Moore concurred in what had been said by necessary now was union ; for neither the working nor mid- his learned brother, and cited a variety of eases to show that die classes could carry it alone. (Cheers.) the indictment was good, and ought not to be quashed. Mr. C. I,I , IIINGTON, seconded the resolution. Ile Sir Colman O'Loghlen then sand, on the pert of the pri sai'l he errs perfectly mubethltd ley tit conetithents seller, that he s.eoold demur to the indictm tst, and the ,, pl•nd IRRLAND. DrNAN, MLY 23. MORE ARRESTS. Yesterday a warrant was issued against Mr. Charles G. Duffy, of the Nation, who is reported to have been arrested while visiting Mr. Mitchel in Newgate. Mr. Darcy M'Gee, hie colloborateur, is also mentioned as likely to be an object of interest to the police authori ties. I could ascertain no correct particulare relative to either. Mr. Devin Reilly was brought this morning before the magistrates of the police-office on a charge of having violated the Drilling Act. After inves tigation, the magistrates refused to accept bail, as that question was for the determination of the Judges of oycr and termiser. He was accord ingiy committed pro km. to Newgate, but liberated this afternoon on bail. The more serious charge of felony still impends over him. It was supposed that the Attorney-General would not proceed against Mr. Reilly until the issue in Mr. Mitchel's case was de cided, but I have heard that informations have been sworn to-day charging him with felony under the re cent act. The renowned priest of Templcderry, the Rev. Father Kenyon, has arrived in Dublin, for the purpose, it is said, of superintending the editorial department of the United Irishman, in the event of that journal being erived of the services of its present staff. Mr. Kenyon has been relieved of his ecclesiastical duties, and as it is added that he has no intention of taking any steps to induce Bishop Kennedy to with draw the sentence of suspension, the rev. gentleman will have ample time to devo'e to the pursuit of news paper literature. lie is possessed of property in the county of Limerick sufficiently ample to render him independent of the income derivable from the parish of Templederry. True bills were found at four o'clock this day against Patrick Gogarty, Andrew English, Patrick Kelly, J. O'Brien, J. Brennan, Michael Murphy, C. Macnamara, Frederick Bridgeman, William Bell, Peter Devey, Bernard O'Sullivan, Patrick Farrell, and William Maclogher, for having been engaged in drilling and training in Ship-street, in the city of Dublin, and in the immediate neighbourhood of the castle. The parties charged are connected with the confederate clubs. Within the bust six months no Ines than ten vessels. vino two of upwards of MO tom. four of gaol old 3011 tons, and the remainder from lon to ILO tons. go you see o shall soon be Independent of England fur 'hips to carry our w I home. I think you will have visited the Taeioan on her arrival in England, as I feel awtired you will be astonish , d m the oubotantial way lu which ehe la built, end the One gm*? which Is In her. I feel quite sure that the majority f the London builders will have waited her t and I should not be sues .1 at large orders being sent out for 14ankiing, Am This verach and ouch us her, can be built here, coppertastenol, masts, yardarms, spurs, for el. per tun, and 1 Mu sure Will last es long as any teak-built chip. The saute letter contains the following account of the economical tondition of the colony : nusliwas in these coluntes, and this in particular, bag not been so dull for thew t ur years paid, and I much fear we elloll have some bad times, so the nem kets are completely irlutt , il with all and every thing, and the traleomen ate beguiling tu ask tor a renewal of their bills, a requeot which they hove not made tor these few years past it Is, boweveroseite esmoulotion to ray, that the pettier. lire doing pretty well, getting remuitentting prices for their prootue, by watch they ore enm , led to get rid of some of the ineumbronces which have been tingeing on them for sometime. But the conduct 01 the give nor arid his retainersthreatens to neutralise and render tat trimness' all that gives promise of returning prosperity : 1 wrote a long letter to Mr. —, giving him an account of the date of anoint in tins colony, which no doubt he will hove shown you. NU., teen the aosariior has a•taitioill We mum erharory power in di.- aki.aiing the putoue judge, and in riquestime the Chat Justice reduce to apply for eighteen months leave ut uhance, because they had the hominy to rouse posing acts which they knew were cOnlrary to the spirit of the limkocon act.," by whin, this and ether colonies are eoverned. This toe ea -ii a petite meeting to be Mild, continuing of wentust have been reputable and utfluenoo au l members uf the community, and unanimous getting up a peutiOti to the Queen lot the rt - eaa of the governor, anti the iiewednitsi dismissal 01 his cog:emu° council, who hove adviord him to such ail arbitrary proceeding, suit wit en I slake no doubt wit inset with due attention. The plate vin a stoic ol the greatest excitement: we are Woolly without a govetuor, waned, ar ju gun; all the contains duties ern paid under porest ;au ti ptoan to end it is hart to ray ;ut I hear tram good anti:nun., that ma 14 low wit le peel:dated be b lure the Wima la out. 'Laois on•teer of the blunder. of the Eolomoterlice, in gentling ant a man here afflicted with epilepsy, which notoriously weakens the intellect, wet wetre mole recommendation to oltlit woo having the su pertoteaderree of about joi convicts in rortamouth Dockyard. The tone wilt eume, sled that not long, when Old Englund will lose these tine volooien by oporvAsion as our worthy old co to nal Secretary, Plateau, nem truly saint •• that the into testa of the mother country and bereolomes were antagonistic: . 11'ES11,111N AUSIItALIA. - SWAN ltiveA.— Advice. and journals from this colony have reached us rid Siog.pore to February 10. They content a dmeouraging view of the state of affairs in the settlement. ft.lying on the newly discovered treasure of sandal wood, the flosks and hard• hail guttered neglect ; the supply of wool has fallen off considerably, whilst the sandal wod, to which so much been devoted, has not Mitained the hgh rates suit great &mend ten d expectant fur it. The wood to most abundant, but the means of transport scarce, and labour and transport hire very dear. A cargo of the wood shipped tot China realised iota than one•third what was anticiptted, while three cargoes despatched to Singapore remain its store at the lamer place, the highest otter fur which will bendy cover the expenses. This additional disappointment will came much anxiety to the Swan River colons s. Many of the older settlers were quitting the colony for &mit Australia, ['apt cially the labour ing claw-, no that Chines,' immigration to looked to as the only available Source whence labour can be obtained. !deans are about to Ire adopted for removing a portion of the bar of the ricer, to afford accommuilatio , to the 'hipping so as to expedite their loading. The advent of Captain Fitzgerald, the new goes roue, is anxiously looked fur by the inhabitants. The acting governor, Lieut.-Col. Irwin, is very unpopular, although hes honour appears to do everything in his pows r to adnc th interests f the c.don. The annexed is a return ul e the e revenue arid abstract o f the xpenditure fur the quarter ending Dec. 31, 1817: revenue, 2,9.191 19c 54. ; expenditure—from the parliamentary grant, 1,743/. ISo. ; colonial food, 2,4471. 17.. &1.-4.191 1 . 11.4. this &abject; and he begged to state his cordial approval over to it. He would not argue the case en the demurrer, of this resolution, not doubting that • majority ot but put it in pro forma, that the objection to the record his constituents would approve of the course he had might be afterwards raised. Shortly, the ground of de taken. (Cheers.) It was bit intention to have supported murrer was, that no day certain was stated an the indict- Mr. Hume's four resolutions, but not to limit himself to required that the de ment. them; as, indeed, Mr. Hums himsel f would not do. (Cheers.) The Attorney-Gene and handed endings : the moment be heard Mr. Hume was about to put It stated that the indictment was not sufficient in law. as it off his motion he came forward to attack it, in his usual aria- did not set forth with sufficient clearness the day or days ow tocratic finality way. ( Cheers) Let the people show the which the offences imputed were alleged to have been cams recreant house that they c uff and would have their rights. mined. The Attorney-General t h e pps the demurrer, It they could obtain the rage—the teeming mother of Sir Colman proceeded to show that prisoner was entitled other rights—all the rest would e slily follow; and they might to plead over to the charge, though the judgment on the de safely throw all minor points to the winds. (Hear.) Having murrer were against him. hitherto invariably supported the reform movement both in Mr. Henn, Q.C., for the crown, contended that the pri and out of the house, be should continue to do so, and hoped Goner should take the demurrer at his peril, and that ifjudg to prove one of its hest friends. (Cheers.) merit were given against him upon it, he could not plead Mr. Joszen STUROZ said he fully sympeth;sed with the over to the indictment. chartists in all their six Faints —(cheers)--and had alwas a Court: What do you object to—whet do you propose ? sought to promote union betwei is the electors and the non- Mr. Henn :—We submit that cannot demur and plead electors. The principle once affirmed, thst man and not pro over at the same time ; and that th e y ey choose to Lemur, the perty was entitled to the su ff raee, all minor matters might demurrer must be solemnly argued, and if the court decide safely be left in abeyance. Even so long as MO Fox and against it, final judgment must be given against the prisoner. others had advocated all the points of the charter ; and this The Court decided that ➢ the prisoner had no right t i put was the man whom Lord .1. Russell professed to represeni in the plea he proposed, and that it he pleaded, it would be (Hear.) He trusted that the electors and non.electors, by for the court to decide upon the judgment to be given. their union, would show that they were not quite so in- Sir Colman O'Loghlen then asked for liberty for the pri different to their rights as his lordship supposed, (Chem.) seiner not to plead until moniing, or even until a later period The pecond resolution was then put and carried unreal- of —AfteraT Attorney-General resisted the spplication. moody. some discussion it was decided that the prisoner ha Th vin a g t t fo h r n ito mee ob ti o ng , to rejlee .re in Mr. EDWARD MIALL moved: should then plead to the indictment, with the understanding f tle th fo e rmg p ion te u of nm.The the Peo .u p tc le r. Si re loa , or tru th e e , t t o ha t t he it ip te ic ttu n g t h zh t a it t h i d ibe ra rt w y t t h o e d p o le w a atid ur de m mu it, r right of every man, twenty:sale years of age, of sane mind and un- e pr s o h Pe ou r ld to be w chel was then placed at the bar, and he pleaded "not convicted of crime, to vote in the election of members or parliament, gu ilt y :, • • together with such details al are essential to its exert ise ; and engage —Some conversation then took place relative to the to render the ard u o us all the aid within their power in the pro. day on which the trial should take place. The Attorney ...cation of its arduous but noble enterprise. General insisted upon having it fixed for to.morrow, Wed- He exprooed his beiiet that it any differeace arose between needs', sardine the prisoner's counsel undertook to go into the supporters of this resolution and the adherents of the the trial at once, without challenging the array.—Sir Col charter, it would not be one of principle, but simply as to man O'Loghlen said he would not give any such eu.der the means of securing that principle. la t the people have taking, and asked to have Thursday, at the earlie-t, fixed for universal suffr:ge, and they would noose take all the rest the trial. Mr. Holmes, who was to defend Mr. Mitchel, a ished the other points would follow as corollaries. (Hear.) The to have Friday named ; but as the crown asked for Weilnes people needed not only the charter, but full, fair, and free day he (Sir Colman) aubsatted that the court, in appointing representation. (Hear.) The question between them and Thursday, 'multi act fairly towards all parties —lt was ulta the middle classes w s simply one of expediency and means. mately decided that the matter should be mentioned) again at Would the people accept the assistance of the middle classes four o'clock this evening,, when the day for the trial would or not ? (Hear.) Without it, they could not possibly be finely filet obtain thee: . end. (Cheers ) The Man who tried to sow The Attorney-General (a short case having concluded) dissension was a common enemy, whatever Shibboleth he asked what course it was intended to pursue with respect to might loudly pronounce. (Hear.) All were going for full, she demurrer mentioned in toe morning? free, and fair repreeentation; and if the principle of this Sir C. O'Loghlen said that on consideration Mr. Holmes league was affirmed, the working class must obtain theirs. had come to the determination of rather taking the chance (" Hear," and a cry of " You speak so mysterious.") They of a trial than risk the demurrer, as the authorities on the sought to give the workieg cla.uus the right to vote for subject were doubtful, and the Attorney-General had stated members of Patliainent. Would they accept that right if his determination to demand that should they fail in sus. obtained for them ? (Cheers, and cries of "Yes, yes.") taming the demurrer, judgment should be entered on the Would they take it, even if n ot accom p anied by all the indictment. Th e A t t or ney.General: Then my lords, the p lea of not details they thought necessary ? ( Yes.) Then they could go a long way t gether, and mi g ht a g ree on other points guilty remaining, I shall ask your lordsh ! ps to fix to-morrow before they gutty far. Would they take what they could for the trial. get ? (No, no.) Would they refuse it ? ' (No.) Let Sir C. O'Loghlen :My lords, that would be moat incon them take it, not as a compromise, but as an instalment. verism to us. (Cheers.) ley so doing they would soon sweep away the The Attorney-General : Will Sir Colman state the incon nonsensieal delusion of Lord John Russell. (Cheers.) venienee f—Sir C. O'Loghlen : Indeed 1 will not. Mr. J. lionatiosox seconded the resolution. and urged The Attorney-General—Then, soy lords, I must call on the necessity of union at this moment , if they did not wish You to fix to-morrow. There is a trial at Isar fixed for Mon to play the game of their enemies. It was a huge impos day, and the prisoner is bound. to appear then. The preli ture to say the middle classes were represented ; the House nannies to the ease now before the court will be very long. of Commons consisted of little else than the proxies of the There will be a challenge to the array and also a challenge aristocracy, excepting some 55 members of the free trade to the poll, with triers rod other delays, so that I cannot club. (Hear.) li al classes did not now unite, they deserved hazard the omission of a day. to be toughed at, even by so small a great man as lard John Sir Colman O'Loghlen still urg;ng a postponement, and Russell. (Loud cheers.) Union was necemary, if English- stating that he did nut see any reason to suppose that the men would not be distanced in the race of freedom by even trial would not be ended is: one day, the Attoreey-General Austrians and Bavarians. (Cheers.) withdrew his demand, and Thursday morning, at 10 ~'c lock, was fixed for the trial, the jury b , ing warned to attend on a Mr. E. Josses said he also was anxious for • union of the penalty at that hour. middle and working classes. T heir united power was ad. The vicinity of the court was crowded with persons milted by all : let them not then demand half-meseures. anxious to know the day of trial . Mr. J. E. Peeite rose to order, and protested against the M r . M itchel looked in his usual health—not at all ember inainuation that this association had adopted hallmeasures. tossed, and manifesting his ordinary bearing. Mr. Devia Mr. JONES.—Either the league was for universal suffrage Reilly was in court also, having proceeded thither after his and nothing else, or for universal suffrage and the details. release on bail. I (Hear) If the latter, what were the details ? Had the 1 league made up their minds on this point ? (" Hear," and mush confusion.) Mr. Lover said he had first convened this league, and it had been done on the principle , of the people's charter ; hut, finding that there wale much difference amongst their triends as to household suffrage and universal suffrage, and the details necessary for the exercise of the suffrage, they had adopted the principle of universal suffrage, resolving that the details of the charter should be further considered at their next meeting. Mr. JONES said, then it appeared the league had not made up their minds &A to the details. lie would not move any amendment, for this party had come out more fairly than at any of the other three meetinas that had been held in London. Wherever there was an approximation to union that should be fairly met. (Cheers) As the league would doubtless be guided by the public voice, he would show them that the details of the charter were the details that ought to accompany universal serrage. Some attached undue import- I ante to the suffrage ; fur his own part, sooner than have, it alone, he would have the other five poin a without it. (Great disapprobation.) All the speakers who had addressed the meeting had said they were in favour of the six points of the charter. (" No , no , " from some one on the platform.) Mr. JONEA—Oh, you are not ! Then it is a veil—a mere p re tence. (Cheers.) Have you been trying to make us be (hare you were chartists, when you are not ? (Cheers, and cries of "shame.") Then 1 sa y , " U p for the charter, and ao surrender." (Cheers.) The CHAIILMAN—No speaker has disavowed anything he had stated about the six points of the charter. Let not the posceable and friendly order of this meeting be interrupted Ibe the indiscretion of an individual. (Cheers.) 'This appeased the rising tumult, and Mr. JONES resumed his speech again promising not to move an amendment. After advocating Mr. O'Connor's land scheme at some length (during which the meeting be came very impatiens.), he concluded by calling on the league to give is their adhesion to that project. The resolution was then put, and negatived by a majority of hands. A scene of great confusion ensued, amidst which the meeting broke up. EXAMINATION OF MR. DEVIN REILLY. At the sitting of the magistrate s this morning, at the head police office, the case of Mr. Devin Reilly, who was arrested yesterday afternoon at Newgate, whilst visiting Mr. Mit chel, charged with violating the provisions of the act of the 60th George 111., which prohibits " training, drilling," &c., was gone into. The facts of the case are simply thew: : On Sunday lot the Irish Confederation held a meeting at Bel view, Grand Canal Harbour, for the purpose of protesting against the system of " jury packing" being resorted to on Mr. ?ditchers trial. At an appointed hour the different clubs assembled at their club-rooms, and marched in regular order to the place of rends :you. In the absence of Mr. Mitchel, Mr. Dean Reilly, vice.president of the St. Patrick's Club, took the command, and marched at its head. When the column had arrived at the turn leading down to the pre mises where the meeting was to be held, Mr. Reilly, it is alleges], gave the words of command, " Right shoulder forward ;" and for making use of those expressions he has been arrested. Constable Perry deposed that he heard Mr. Reilly make use of the words with which he was charged in the infor mations. He further stated that ho heard the chairman of the meeting declare " that he was the open enemy of Bri tish power in this country—that he was preparsd for the flash of the sabre, but not for the dagger of the asnussin." Mr.. Devin Reilly : I wish to ask yours+, rship what course you intend to pursue ? How can hi r. speech affect me ?—Mr. Fortis : I do not say that Mr. speech is the principal ingredient in this case ; but so far as I under , stand the tt ansactions of the meeting in question, it would be evidence either for you or against you.—Mr. Reilly to , ness : Did you see any other clubs but mine ?—Constable : I No; I was attached VI yours alone. (Laughter.)—Mr. Porter : Oh, you were an attache', then. (Loud laughter.) Inspector Little was then examined, far the purpeae of proving that the words alleged to be used by Mr. Reilly were military phrases. Witness stated that he had been 20 years in the army, and was, consequently, competent to give an opinion on the matter ; but, at the same time, he did not consider her Majesty's troops had an exclusive right to all the words in the English language. The phrases " right shoulders forward," and " left wheel," were military terms at present is use in the British army. The witness V 145 cross-examined at considerable length by Mr. Reilly, but the interrogation was purely of a tec..nical chits acter. Mr. Reilly: If you saw a number of men marching to a funeral, as is common with tontine societies, and if you taw them marching two and•tw l o would you consider it a military movement ?—Witness : would not.—Mr. Reilly Do you consider the fact of attending a meeting held for the purpose of denouncing jury-packing to be a military movorent ?—Witness: It would depend on the course of proceeding adopted. A discussion subsequently took place between Mr. Reilly and Mr. Porter, as to the construe ion of the act, in which Mr. Dillon (barrister) took a part. His wor,hip having read the preamble and several sections of the statute, and com mented upon them, condos]• d by saying. that he conceived there had been a primes facie case made out against the pri soner, and that consequently he was bound to send the C.lllO for investigation elsewhere. Mr. Reilly : 1 have bail here, your worship.—Mr. Perter: With regent to that, I believe the practice to be this, that when the court to which these informations will be returned is actually sitting, to refer the whole matter to it at once. I will return you at once to the Clerk of the Crown, and send you for trial at the present commission.—Mr. Reilly You refuse bail ?—Mr. Dillon: I believe the case cannot be tried at this commission.—Mr. Porter : There is nothing at all to hinder it. It can be tried if Mr. Reilly choose.—Mr. Reilly: Oh, I will not choose. (Loud laughter.)—Mr. Porter: You have the power to traverse in prox.—Mr. llillon : Do you not think bait ought to be taken ?—Mr. Porter: That is a question for the court—Mr. Reilly: Where am I to go to ; is it ts Newgate ?—Mr. Porter : Yes. A committal was then made out, and Mr. Reilly wan con veyed to prison. Tart " MARTYRS " or Dt'eure.—A gathering of the se peelers of Belfast and its neighbourhood took place on Mon day night, in a dark passage, off Chapel line. There might be some two hundred or three hundred persons present. The object of the gathering was to express sympathy with, r nd to aid by their pence, the Dublin trituravire. A Mr. Gray oc cupied the chair. Mr. Doheny, from the Dublin Confedera tion, was in attendance, and, irons the window of a ricketty looking ld tore, made ene of his usual pike and rifle orati o ons, s which was heartily applauded. The other "pouters, we were iaformed, were Misers. Paton, M'Con very, Service, Mouton, Kennedy, and a Dr. hl'llheron. Mr. Doheny proclaimed himself a char , est, coljurell his audience to get riles, declared his unwillingness to &crept of a repeal of the Union, trually so called, and entreating 511 who heard him " to join in asking the noble Ora of han O' d ofCon nell, which they bel i e ved to be "Win/ at the right the Most High, to bless their efforts, and invok, for them, from that Throne, the benediction of an untreated God." There was no money collected on the oceasien, and we heard no reason assigned for the seemingly awkwurO umitbion. MEETING or TRH CITIZENS.—Thcre wax &meeting of the citizens to-day, at which the Lord Mayor presided, to adopt resolutions condemning the means said to be resorted to in order to obtain a conviction of Messrs. O'Brien and Meagher, by striking catholic' front the lists in the case of Megarher, and protestant& in that of O'Brien. Also, to protest against the intention said to he entertained of packing the panel in the case of Mr. Mitchel , by placing among the first names t h e reon those of parties known to be opposed to that person in politics. Among the first forty names on the panel there is not one of a catholic. Resolutions in accordance with these views having been adopted the meeting sep mita S AVI NG 3 BANI[ B .—A respectable meeting of the cre ditors and depositors in , the Cuffe-street savings bank too k place yesterday, in the Temperance-hall, Diggea str..et, the trustees having refused the use of the ban for that purpose. A committee was appointed to collect infor mation, and report on an early day to the depositors. A great deal of alarm had existed among the poor whoshillin were in t h e habit of selling their paw boolcs or a few gs. Matters, however, are not in so desperate a state as to war rant such folly. TiAr trustees owe 80,0001., while they have 60,0001. to their credit, so that three-fourths of the sums due to depositors are in the hands of the commisioners for the reduction of the national debt. This would give a divided of lss. in the pound to al l the depositors, and a pat least of the balance might be rcoovered from the trustees been . At a vestry meeting of the parish a memorial had adopted to Dr. Whateley, to exert his influence with Lord C.arention in favour of the depositors. of- SCOTLAND. E DI NBI) c • MLT 23. The county of Edinburgh ..... . . bi..,. three 9 11 7 out of the four of the ministe. • -I ..e aor Sotlap i d. It gires a cautious approval. .. ,44 • .1 3 , 46. wt . _,,,vv• r l-: -(••• '* - -7 la ~ ..p], 4 : •41 , ::' y mv X aer6c•-'" <