The Express. — London, England, 1848-03-22 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PAItLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAY, MARCH 21. The LORD CILANCILLOR took his seat •t b o'clock. PUBLIC BUSINESS. SECOND READlNG.—Athointstration of Oaths, &c. (Coast of COMNCCTEt:—lnctoobered Estates (Inland); Audit of Railway Asenmts; bills. SCOTCH REPRESENTATIVE PEERS. The Earl of EGLINTON said that at ths election of Scotch representative peers, on the 18th September last, at Holyrood-house, a person tendered his vote as Lord Colville of Ochiltree, and it was protested against by almost every peer present. In pursuance, therefore, of an act pawed last session, he begged to move tha t this p rotest be taken into consideration on the Bth of April next, and that the person eo tendering his vote be ordered to establish his claim to the satisfaction of the house. Their lordships then adjourned at 6 o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TU MAT, MARCH 21. The Srmakaa took the chair at 4 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. SECOND READlNGS.—(Rainirsy bills onlr, for which see Raritray News, in fourth page). NEW MEMBERS. Mr. T. M'Coirdion, for Dundalk (the return for which was a mended by the Clerk of the Crown, who attended for ' that purpose); M r . HOBLIOUSE, for Lincoln ; and the Mar quis of Btanneortir, for Woodstock, took the oaths and their seats. HORSHAM ELECTION. The following members were sworn to try the merits of the petition against the return of el Mr. Jervis, for Horshkam —Lord 'Courtney, (chairman), Mr. Budges, Mr. Gasl, Mr. R. Sheridan, and Mr. S. Adair. EXETER ANDRAIL COWLWAY EY-B B RIDGE JUNCTION ILL. Mr. CHAPLIN having moved the second reading of this bill, as part of a comprehensive scheme of railway (about a mile and three-quarters in length) from London through Salisbury to the north of Devon, and expressed a hope that the house would allow it to go to a committee, differing from all Sir T. D. ACLAND rose to oppose it, as former bills promoted by the South-Western Company, and as calculated, if sancioned, to give rise to much litigation between the Great Western, already occupying the district of the South-Western Company, who aspired to occupy it. lie did not wish to revive the battle of the gauges ; but be lieving that this bill would cause much subsequent litigation be felt it his duty to mese that it be read a second time that day six months. He was the more justified in adopting this course by the minutes of the Commissioners of Railways, in reference to the Taw Yale Line, with which it was to the be connec t e d. Should this bill be passed it would cause making of only I I miles of narrow gauge r, distant by a ine a t leas t t thirty miles from any parliamentary ow gauge l either end of it. Sir J. DUCKWORTH defended the usefulness of the measure, and observed that as it was impossible for the house to be acquainted with its details, he hoped they would not object to the usual course of allowing it to be investigated by a committee. Sir J. Y. BULLER (who had previously seconded the amendment) said he considered this question to be part of the battle of the gauges. and nothing else, and he confessed that his object in opposing this hill was to preserve uni formity in the gauge throughout the line running from Lon don to Exeter. Mr. K. SEYMER made a few remarks in support of the bill. Mr. STRUTT, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, hoped that it would not be decided by a canvass in that house at its present stage, and before its de tails were investigated. (Hear, hear.) For that reason he would advise the hon. baronet to withdraw his motion and allow the bill to go before a committee. After a few words from Sir R. Itiotis and Mr. F. Score, the house divided—For the second reading lOB For the amendment The bill was then read a second time, and ordetcd to be committed. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY AMENDMENT AND DEVIATION BILL. On the order of the day for the sealed reading of this bill being read, Mr. 0. DUNCOMBE moved that the second reading be postponed until Thursday next. Lord GALWAY said this bill bad already been four times before the house, and last year had been unanimously re jected by two separate committees, and it woo most unjust that the powerful company promoting it should in this man ner persevere and put private individuals to the expense of again appearing to oppose. Thu bill had been before re• jected, and he hoped the house would eidhere to the decision to which two of its committees bad arrived. lie should move as an amendment that the bill be read a second time that day six months. Mr. 0. DUNMBE id that until three o'clock that day the promotets w ere not aware that there would be the slightest opposition to the bill, and as they were taken by surprise he hoped the house would consent to the postpone ment for two days which he asked. Sir E. COLEBROOKE had served on the committee to which the bill had last year been referred, and he could state that the committee had decided that no sufficient pub lic grounds had been established to support it. He had beard no new facts to induce him to depart from that deci aims, and he should certainly support the amendment. Mr. S. WORTLEY had every reliance in the parties connected with this railway, and he joined in the hope that, *they had been taken b_y surprise, the house would accede to a postponement until Thurida> next. Mr. A. HOPE had also served on the committee last year, when the bill had been una nimousl y rejected. lie supported the amendment. Mr. C. BRUCE, also a member of the committee, took a similar course. Mr. STRUTT said that as there appeared to be some misap prehension between the parties to the bill, and as the promoters were stated to have been taken by surprise, he thought the ends of justice and the character of the house would be best consulted by granting a delay of two days, when parties would come down prepared to go into the whole subject. The Earl of LINCOLN objected to any delay, which would only serve to enable the promoters to exercise in the interval a most extensive canvass among hon. members. He called upon the house to stand by the decisions at which two of its committees had unanimously arrived, and at once to reject the bill. After a few words in explanation from Mr. 0. DUNCOMBE, the house divided—A N yes 32 oes 176-144 The bill was consequently lost. AYLESBURY ELECTION PETITION. Mr. R. PALMER appeared at the bar, and reported that the committee to whom had been referred petitions com plaining of an undue election and return for the borough and hundreds of Aylesbury had determined — "That Lord Nugent had ben duly elected a burgess to serve for the said borough and hundreds that John Peter Dering, Esq., had not been duly elected, and that his election was a void election and that the said John Peter Dering, Esq., had, by his agents, been guilty of treating at the last election for the said borough and hundreds." On the motion of Mr. R. PALMER a new writ was or dered for the borough of Aylesbury, in the room of J. P. Dering, Esq., whose election had been declared void. BOROUGH OF BEWDLEY. Mr. MACKENZIE moved that a new writshould issue for the election of a burgess for the borough of Bewdley, in the room of T. J. Ireland, Esq., whose election had been de clared void. Mr. T. EGERTON did not rise to oppose the motion, but simply to remind the house that the committee had made a special report, stating the existence of a pernicious system in that borough of carrying away voters and making them drunk, or, in other works, " bottling them," as the term was. Ile was not prepared, looking: at the expense of such a step , to move that the minutes of evidence be printed, but he thought there ought to be a delay of three or four days, in order to see whether some steps might not be taken to protect the voters from such a system, and to enable them freely to exercise the elective franchise. Mr. HUME said there was one paragraph in the report of the committee to which he mast call the attention of the house. It was " that it was proved before the committee that a practice prevailed in the borough of bewdley at the last election, as well as at that of 1841, of carrying away and treating electors; and that in consequence of this system large bodies of men were employed on both sides for the alleged protection of the voters; and that almost every pub lic-house and beer-house in the borough was kept open during the week of the election, and drink given away to a large extent." Under these circumstances he thought the writ ought not to issue, and he should therefore move as an amendment that the minutes of evidence taken before the committee be laid before the house. Mr. B. OSBORNE seconded the amendment. Mr. MACKENZIE said *at under the circumstances stated he should not press his motion. The motion and amendment were then both by leave with .drawn, and On the motion of Mr. HUME the minutes of evidence I ordereTHd te be laid on the CASE OF MR. tabIe,SEDGWbIC and to e K. printed. E PARKER brought up a return ordered et a letter Id to the Treasury by Mr. Sedgwick, formerly an the Stamp-office, Somenst-house. OSBORNE moved that it be printed. 'PARKER mid that it would save the house much mid the country expense if the return went in the to the printing committee, for them to use their An with respect to it. OSBORNE assented, and the conversation dropped. 7MOVA.L OF ENGLISH FROM FRANCE. COCHRANE begged to ask the noble lord at the foreign affairs a question which involved very grave tions. Ile wished to know whether the noble lord .ed any official confirmation of statements which ..ed in the public papers, and which were confirmed letters he (Mr. B. Cochrane) had that day re a Paris, thist it was by the desire of the Previ te, taunt of France that English servants had been „of emAoyment in that country ? 2ALN. thItSTON.—I have not received any infer , ten di ng to establish that fact. THE I.IIIW PALACE COMMISSIONERS. rd DUNCA N asked his noble friend at the head of the j a i and Forests whether he had any, objection to state number and tlus names of the commusienen appointed superintend the building of the new houses of paella -t, whether he would have any objection to lay be e nouae the inairections, if any , issued to the commis- mpf.TH replied that as to the number of com rs, h e r hi,njesty's government kad felt that rather a number woulil be of advantage, and, therefore, they selected one member d the House of Peers, one member House of Commons, 0n, 4 ens gentleman, who, though Agog, Iral wall qualie. 4 o4 h prokisignal china ter end experience to mist. Such a gentleman had been found in the person of Sir John Burgoyne, who had been at the head of the Board of Works in Ireland. The member of the Mouse of Peers selected was a nobleman practically acquainted with all the details of architecture, Earl Ds Grey, and the member of the Ho furn ish was Mr. Greene, who was well qualified to assistance with reference to the provision necessary to be made for the conducting of the business of parliament. His (Lord proper had no objection to lay before the house the in structicass issued to the commissioners. THE ROYAL EXILES FROM FRANC e E. Mr. F. W. CHART ERIS inquired from the nobl lord op posite (Lord Palmerston), whether his attention bad been drawn to a paragraph contained both in then Londonn nanby and French journals, to the effect that the Marqf No had been called on by M, Lamartine, on behalf of the Pro visional Governm ent of France, to apologise for this coun t r y having afforded an asylum to the royal family of France ? lie put the question in order that the noble lord might thus early repel a statement so prejudicial to the character of this country. Viscount PALSIER•TON—There is no foundation for the statement that any comcaunicaHon of the kind has taken , place through Lord Normanby, or any other channel, in ' regard to the royal family of France. (Hear, hear.) It is, , however, true that Lord Normanby made, in a private letter to use, the statement that a pprehension* and some degree o 1 jededy were likely to arise on the part of persons in France,f midi regard to the reception that might be given in this pantry, not to the royal family, but to the late ministers of the French government. In • private letter, I desired Lord Norman by, cam any such feeling should be expressed to him, to state that the receptive given to those persons was and would be the reception which in this country is always given to men who, from unfortunate circumstances, are obliged to seek refuge in this country ,—that it would be the reception of hospitality suitable to the occasion— (hear, hear)—but that he might be sure that in our dealings with the French government her Majesty's govern ment would act fairly, honourably, and openly, and that under no circumstances would there be the slightest grimed for imputing our engagiog in any intrigues hostile to the present Provisional Government. DEPARTURE OF THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF MONTPENSIER. Lord D. STUART begged to ask the noble lord, whether there was any truth in a report which had been extensively circulated, that some documents had come into the possession ' of the Previsional Government of France, implicating the Duke and Duchess M o ntpenaier with some very r peculia and extra or di nar y transactions (oh, oh), to which it was not necessary that he should further allude ? It had been stated, that that information had been f communicated by the Previsional Government o France to the government of this country, and that the eon ' sequence had been to hasten the departure of those person ages from England. He wished to ask the noble lord—first, whether any such communication had been made ; and secondly, not whether those personages had been sent out of this country, for he was quite aware the law gave no such power, but whether their departure had been the conse quence of information so received by the British govern ment Viscount PALMER.STON—I am very glad that the noble lord has put the question, if, as he appears to suppose, there is in the public mind any doubt upon the matter. No such communication has been made to her Maje-ty's govern ment from the Provisional Government of France. (Hear.) I have not heard that any such correspondence, or any cor respondence of any kind affecting the Duke and Duchess of Montpenaier has been found. I have no knowledge or belief of the kind ; at all events, no communication of any sort of that nature has been made to her Majesty's govern ment. With regard to the departure of the Duke and Duchess of Montpensier, it was entirely the remit of their own choice. (Hear, hear.) And eo far from being the consequence of any communication made by le,notloubtedly the house may at once see there might have been many reasons why it should be the desire of her Majesty's govern. ment that they should have stayed here, instead of going away. (Laughter.) RESIGNATION OF PRINCE METTERNICH. Lord D. STUART asked whether the noble lord was in possession of any information as to the reported change of government in Austria ? (Oh, oh.) Viscount PALMERSTON.—The information which her Majesty's government have recei:ea is, that on the 14th inst. Prince Metternich ceased to be the minister of the Em peror of Austria. Beyond that we have no information. (Laughter.) COMMERCIAL INTERCOURSE WITH BRAZIL- Lord G. BENTINCK asked whether there was any truth in the statement which appeared in the newspaper' a few days ago, that the negotiations between Lord Howden and the Brazilian government at Rio Janeiro had been brought to an unfavourable conclusion, and that an intention existed en the part of that country to raise still further the tariffs against the produce of this country ? Viscount PALMERSTON—The latest accounts which I have received from Lord Hewlett, up to his last despatch, contain information exactly of the nature stated by the nobles lord —namely, that the result of his communications with the Brazilian government led him to despair forfo the present of concluding a co mmercial treaty, on of the slave trade. But he wrote a despatch, just at the moment of this packet sailing, which led me to think it possible that a change of opinion might perhaps take place in Brazil. At the Berne time, I cannot hold out to the house any confident expectation in the present state of Brasil that it is likely that any commercial treaty can be obtained. The Braxiliana are averse to any further engagement, or any avoidable en gagement of a commercial nature with European countries ; and they have a sort of notion that Great Britain is so de pendent upon the Brazils, that we are willing to carry on our commerce with that country on almost any terms which the Brazilian government may think fit to impose upon it. (Heir.) DESPATCHES FROM MADRID. Mr. BAN KES wished to ask whether the despatch front our minister at Madrid, about which he had inquired before, would be laid upon the table soon Viscount PALMERSTON said he had written for it, but had not yet received it; as soon es it came it should be laid before the house. CASE OF MR. RAYSON. Mr. M. MILNES rose "to bring under the consideration of the house the injuries alleged to have been suffered by Mr. Rayson, an English merchant, from the Austrian autho rities at Constantinople." This was a question which had occupied the present and past foreign ministers for 16 years. It was not an ordinary case of grievance. Mr. Rayson had sought, by every legal and diplomati , means, to obtain re dress for an undoubted injury ; arid it was only as a dernier ressort that he brought this matter before the legislature. His claim was not upon the Austrian government as such ; he asserted that he had been deprived of the right which foreigners possessed of bringing their wrongs before the judicial tribunals of that country, the complaint having been treated as a political matter ; and all he sought was the opportunity of having his case heard before these courts. lie was an English merchant, of great capital, trading to the Levant. In 1834, a dispute occurred between him and a Jew named Most, residing a t Constantinople, who had acquired the protection of Austria, as a subject of that power. The Austrian internuncio of Constantinople him. self decided, as a court of ultimate appeal, all cases of differ ence arising between Austrian subjects. The dispute of Mr. Rayson with Mose was submitted, as usual in such cases, to arbitrators, who not agreeing, Mr. Wright was called in as umpire, and decided at once in favour of Mr. Ramon. Ac cording to the custom of the Levant this decision was bind ing, but Mose, so an Austrian subject, got it brought before the internuncio, who set it aside, and Mr. Rayson was de frauded. He protested very strongly against this decision, and demanded security from Mese, in the event of an opposite decision being come to ; but the internuncio refused to com pel M 0.4 to enter into security. Mr. Rayson had employed as his advocate a Sicilian refugee, whose political opinions were obnoxious to the Austrian government ; and on this ground it was alleged that Mr. Rayson was mixed up with these political matters, and •strong feeling had been excited against him. He had also protested against the abuses of the internuncio's court, and had thus rendered himself more unpopular. He then laid the matter before the British ambas sador, Lord Beauvale, at the Austrian court, who for three years spared no exertion to obtain Mr. Rayson justice; and ultimately a decree of the supreme government was granted, declaring the decision of the internuncio illegal, and - placing Mr. Rayson in the position in which he oririnally stood. But instead of this being instantly communicated either to Mr. Rayson or Lord Beauvale, the matter did not come to their ears for a considerable time. Mr. Rayson lost no time in proceeding to Constantinople, and I demanding an execution on Moses goods, when he was coolly informed that Mose was • Turkish subject, having been claimed by the Turkish government, and that the Internuncio had no power over him. If such transfers of protection were permitted there was an end to all =resat& d ea lings in the Levant. Thus, Mr. Rayson was placed in a worse position than ever. He returned to Vienna, again obtained the services of Lord Beeuvele, and brought the matter before the law officers of the crown ; but further in terference was declined. Mr. Rayson took the opinion of Dr. Retz, an eminent Austrian advocate, and, under his ad vice, proceeded in one of their courts against the internuncio, At last, in 1839, a decree was issued, declaring that the court bad no jurisdiction over the internuncio. The matter was then brought before the noble lord the Secretary_for Foreign Affaire, Who, in • despatch to our minister at Vienna, bad expressed his belief that Mr. Rayson had been unjustly treated. An How. Timms here moved that the house should be counted, and there being only 34 members present, the house stood adjourned at 7 o'clock till noon this day. ELECTION CONfbirrl'EES. —YESTERDAY. DERBY.—The receipt of " committee money " by several freemen was*.iproved. After hearing some other eel. denoe of minor importance the committee adjourned. AYLESBURY. — Mr. Alexander bating closed the case for petitioners, the committee decided that Mr.' Dering had not been duly elected. With respect to Lord Nugent the committee reported specially to the house. WM Owl.. as. amendment I committee be Mr. R. OS Mr. MAC stated he du The motio admen, and On the me were orderei T Mr. PAR ddrested et floor in the Mr. OSBC PAR. b. ° , Me and usu , I way to dime, , tion wi Mr. OSBC R BMO M r. , '3. CC head of forei , coneidera trot bad reoeh had apse& by . private caved from sional Clover , turned out of Lord PALI nation tendii THE Lori DUN Woods and I the number to superinte meat. end w fore the host sionere Lord MOI Winona", mon numb' had s elected 1 1 of the . 1 1 0011 ,, WO sot an • • • PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—NAVY ESTIMATES. "That 30000 men be employed for the as terries for &Irma lunar meths. to the 3lst day of March. 11140 Including 13,300 Boyd Marlow and 2,003 boys, unread of 43,000 as per estlinate.—Aym, ; P 403 4 7. ATM , Aslionby, H. A. Greene, J. PLlkington, Thompson. 0. Alcoa, T. Hall, fer B. Raphael, A. Thornely, D. T. &wort., Ho. &Henry, A. Salwer. Col. 1/ract, „ Bo MID& Dr. Igley, C. &holefleld, W. W Bright, I, Kershaw, J. Smith, J. B. WBlr l. Brotherton, J. HHlloogg Hon. P. Stuart, Lord D. Williams, J. Crawford, W. B. Lanniton, C. Solna; Y. Duke, Sir J. Meagher, T. Tanored, IL W, Duman, 0. MolesworthftirW.Thielottese, B. &Huang, J. Pagan, W. 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Bowdon, Col. 1141, Lord IL tion, not of still older hands more attached to tradi tion and routine, but altogether new ones. The old ideas and maxims of either whig or tory are evidently effete, and unsuited for the new order of things. Lord PALMERSTON, a politician in general wide awake, nevertheless made • speech on Monday night which might have served for the year One. And Lord JOIIN RUSSELL uttered another some days previous in which he betrayed the old panic-stricken feelings of 1792. This will never do. PITT and BURKE were all very well for their e day, but they ca nnot be repeated, any more than th war can be enacted over again, and the 800 millions of debt multiplied. The statesmen of the generation that is closing, are at the end of their tether, and have exhausted their financial, and intellectual, and political resources. And England, as well as the rest of the world, must have something new, quite new, in things at least, if not in men. Parliament and government will, we trust, be wise enough to go along with this onward move ment. And hitherto, indeed, the sentiments upon foreign policy, evinced by both, are highly satis factory and liberal. The conduct of' the British ministry with regard to Switzerland and Italy has been beyond all praise. Its recent step of recalling the squadron from the Tagus, in despite of the en- I treaties of the Queen of PORTUGAL, marks a wiser and a fairer policy than has hitherto been ob served by us in the affairs of that kingdom. The ORLEANS family are about to remove their head quarters to Spain, where they are to sink intrench ments, dig mines, and open batteries against the republic. They will only draw ruin on themselves by such acts. But we have nothing to do with them, except to prevent any such machinations from being made here. We are for granting to the exiles all the rights of hospitality, and even all the con solations of courtesy. We are delighted to see M. GUIZOT made at home at one of our neutral and intellectual clubs. But the condition is evident, that there be no foreign politics, no reaction, no intrigue. England must be neither a Coblents for aristocrats, nor a chapel of ease for communists. Our policy must be that of the most strict and inde pendent neutrality. There is one sentiment, one attitude, which we should peculiarly avoid, for it is one too apt to be assumed by our somewhat aristocratic government. It is that of disgust or panic at the ultra-democratic doings of our neighbours the French, or of other states. Much may occur in France, as much has occurred in America, displeasing to the ideas and tastes of English society, and members of that English society may think themselves at liberty t• tura up their noses at this vulgarity. Such sentiments may go further than social conversation, may burst forth in protectionist speeches, and even be visible in ministerial harangues. Nothing can be more dangi roue than this, trivial as it may seem. A great portion of the length and bitterness of the last war sprung from social antagonism. And our press and our public men will have much to answer for, if by un ceasing sneers and repeated diatribes, they resusci tate feelings of rancour between races, classes and policies in England and in the rest of Europe ; for we have now not only France in revolution, but Europe. If we are to relapse under tory government, and to undergo the ascendancy of tory . ideas, as we did during the war, we shall be alone in the world —that is, our upper classes will be alone. And in such a position exclusiveness and insolence would infallibly provoke their ruin. Do the Admiralty ever " take stock ?" We know that every honest man in trade does. To take pe riodically an inventory of his property, with the values annexed, is a convenient, rational, and instruc tive system. It tells the merchant or trader whether he is conducting his business to a profit or a lose, whether his capital be locked up in an improving or a deteriorated stock, and generally settles the point as to whether he is realising the object for which he set up in trade. It very often settles the question whether he is solvent or bankrupt. If he happen to be an owner of steam boats, it may serve to ascertain the result of many years' policy, for if he find himself with a numerous, sound, serviceable, rapid, powerful, efficient fleet of well-reputed steamers, which would any day fetch a lair price in the market, he may be a rich man. lf, on the contrary, he finds, on taking stock, that his steam-ships, which cost him so many hundred thousand pounds, are no better than a set of old tubs; if they are behind the average speed of the day; if they have turned out little suited to their service ; if one drew too much water, the next be crank, the next a slow coach, the next with an excess of power, the next too short, and the rest capable of carrying merely coals and engines, with no room for cargo or passengers on a long voyage ; if he find the state of his stock such that year by year it has deteriorated rapidly, so as to leave him out of the whole fleet, only one or two tolerable ships; then assuredly he should pronounce himself bankrupt, or at least will ing to retire from business, in favour of any one who will take off his hands the stock, liabilities, and assets of hie injudicious administration. Do the Admiralty ever take stock? is therefore a most important question, especially as regards their steam fleet, and more particularly at the present mo ment, when that steam fleet is said to be the main cause of our present and rapidly increasing expendi ture, and when it may have some chance of being called into action. We remember a very large com pany, owners of a considerable fleet of steam ships, that never took stock ; their directors were afraid to do so ; the reason was, that they had contrived to con struct and get together a miserable collection of ships so bungled and mismanaged, that year after year they became deteriorated in value much faster than they earned money : the manager was afraid to take stock, and simply put down as the value of his stock all he had paid for it in purchase and alterations. The capital and revenue were speedily swallowed up. Calls for money were made on shareholders so fast that they could stand it no longer. One fine morning the shareholders of the company got together and deter mined to take stock. They put down each ship at what she would fetch in the market, and found that the losses exceeded 100 per cent. on the capital — that their were so uns o erviceable, and in such bad repute t ha t their sale would not pay outstanding liabilities. The manager was at last dismissed, and the company broken up. It has now for several years disappeared from the face of British seas. Our practical readers will readily recognise it by this de acription. An important and urgent question therefore it is for the proprietors of the steam navy of Britain, " do the Admiralty ever take stock?" do they put down the number and names of their serviceable steam ships at war, and opposite write the coat of each from the beginning, including alterations and repairs up to such investigation ? do they then put in the next column her present value, estimated by competent arbi ters, able to state with a business-like approximation, the present value compared to the cost of an equally effective new ship of the same class? If they do, will they shew their books? If they do not, would it be impertinent if we were to beg permission to have it done? Nay, might we not suggest that the Rublie should appoint a couple of quali fied inspectors or book-keepers, or surveyors, specially informed on this point, just as railway shareholders annually appoint auditors to examine the accounts of directors: and could we not find au ditors who are capable of putting down our stock in the capital account at what it is worth ? We see no difficulty in doing this; and if it were wisely and ho nestly done, it would tell this " nation of shop keepers " that which in their private trade they know to be of such vital importance to their honesty and credit, viz, the real value of this part of our stock in trade for naval warfare. We don't see why the nation should be more remiss in the statement of their capital account than any other joint stock com- Pal g; doubt it will be objected to this vulgar shop keeping principle, that it is not applicable to public establishmentslike the navy, that it would be impos sible to find personscapable of framing such estimates adequately; that they would require an experience and knowledge of values which no body in the navy poems. We are quite willing to coacede that in the navy it might be difficult, but we are mach mis taken if the nation have not at least half a dozen men who could make a tolerable approximation. It is difficult in private business to take stock judiciously and honestly, nevertheless, we do it every day, as beet we can. By way of a beginning, let us try. We have now before us a tolerably correct return, from official sources, of the names and sizes of war steamers of our national stock. It is taken from an ill-kept honk of the Admiralty. We say ill-kept, be cause they have so contrived it as to keep out of sight many of the more important items, and to give an Ithe Orproo. MAILS. The mails for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Madeira, Cathr, and Gibraltar will be made up on the morning of the 27th March. The West India Mails , inclu din g Bermuda, Nannu, Havanna, Honduras, New °Omni, Vera Cruz, Tampico, and Porto R and excluding thaw for Madeira, Jaemel, Carthagena, S a nta Martha, Chagree, Panama, Went Coast of South America, and St. Juan-de , Nicaragua, will be made up on the morning of the 27th March. The mails fur New South W ales, Van Diemen's Land, and New Zealand will be made up on the evening of the 81st March. The maibt for the Won Coast of Africa and Madeira will be made up on the evening of the 91st March. The overland mails for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian lelanda, Egypt, _Aden, Ceylon, India, Moog - tong , and China, eta Southamp ton, will be made up on the morning of the ird The malls fur the Snails, the Hirer Plate, Monte Vidoo, Pernam bus°, NAPA, Madeira, and Buena. Ayres, wilt be made up on the evening of the 4th April. The overland Owed mails, rid Idarseillee, to the Afraiter on the ranoun, Egypt, Aden, Ceylon, India, Hong-Kong, will be made up evening of the 24th Aged. The made for British North America, Bermuda, and the United States, will be made up en the evening of the 24th April. NOTICE. -- - The number of STAMPS issued to the DAILY NEWS by • the authorities of the Stamp-oflice, during 1347, was: From Jan. 1, to DEC. ai .... 3,447,00 9 This, we believe, is within eight per cent of the number issued to the Morning Herald, Morning Chronicle, and Morni7 Post, ALL PVT TOOETIMIL In a ditien to the above, issued to the DAILY NE W S , , Morning Paper, there were issued for the Evening Edition , THE EXPRESS, From JAL 1, to Dcc. 31 Which was more, we believe, than were issued either to the Glair , . or Standard, Evening Papers. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Intended for The Express; Loran evebiog pap., mus t , BOovene.NrOtt, by Tee delobb On like day of pabhestion M at lb: Dem 01011 WATER AT L04D13,4 BRIDGE. T o 13 at —Matai $ 7 =IA pa t 3, Alterman. $2 mix paw B. To Warsaw, ada past 4. kftantooa,22 W. put 4. LONDON,WEDNESDAY,MAR. 22. Tin most prominent characteristic of the present revolutionary epoch, is certainly the very humble, passive, and insignificant part played in it by the military. Read the accounts of every revolution and riot which have yet occurred in 1848, and tbe soldier will be found to have passed for nothing in all of them, and this by their own con sent. Ever since 1830, the attention of the sovereigns and cabinets of Europe has been chiefly directed to military organisation, to defences, to fortifications. Millions of money, with the best efforts of the brains and talent of each country, have been spent upon armies, their discipline, imple ments, and organisation—and this avowedly for the purpose of making the army serve for internal police, as well as external force. The events of one short week have shown all these precautions idle, and at the same time have rendered all these military , preparations and expense utterly null for procuring quiet at home, and needless for in spiring awe abroad. What pains were taken to attach the French military to the House of ORLEANS ! In Austria and in Prussia the army was everything. Yet in Vienna, Paris, Munich, and no doubt in the other continental capitals, we shall find that the soldier has everywhere learned to respect the citizen too much to constitute himself at once his executioner. Whilst the military have become thus useless as police, they will be even more useless for awing or deterring the encroachments of other countries. Be holding Germany as it is, uprisen for nationality, and bent on common freedom, who could suppose France or any other country mad enough to encroach upon it, or provoke it? The career of France s mili tary ambition is absolutely closed and precluded by the events of Germany. There are on or beyond the 'thine at present no oppressed classes to em ncaipate, no malcontents to appeal to, no petty sovereign to tread upon or sacrifice, amidst the satisfaction and silence of his compeers. There will soon be no Prussia to swallow up in one cam paign, with Austria to be beaten in the next. Alemannia has taken the place of the old monarchies, between France and whom there can be no senti ments, save those of amity and mutual respect. Events similar to those which have taken place on the Rhine cannot but occur on the Vistula and the Danube. The Poles end Sclavonians will assert and vindicate the rights of free humanity , and of inde pendent races. - Russia, the only land of undeveloped civilization and despotic power, will be shut out from influencing or menacing Europe. In such a state of things, a complete change is likely to take place in the military organisation of all European countries—a change from the offensive to the defensive system, and from the active and expen sive army to the landwehr, militia, or national guards. When that old and costly phantom, the balance of power, no longer demands immense war budgets in European kingdoms, it can surely demand no corresponding expenditure with us. We shall never have to subsidise free countries, which would spurn the idea. We need not interfere to prevent invasion or encroachments :nations will take care of this them selves. Millions of national guards will render France, Germany, Sclavonia, Italy, all inexpugnable to each other. The age of heroism and conquest is over. That of war budgets and standing armies will inevitably follow. We, therefore, hail the present as an epoch from which ' will commence and date a total change in the foreign policy of each country, and consequently in a very great degree, otdomestic administration also. We need scarcely add that the world, aid that each coun try, will require statesmen who can fling off tradition and routine, and adapt themselves to the new state of things. If existing and reioning statesmen will not do this, they may depend upon it that the country will donna their ejection from rower, and the enbetita- appearance of detail by putting in the less essential. Nevertheleiw, it is, so far as it goes, sufficient to en able one who knows the business to interpret the statement To it we will now endeavour to annex some of the values, so as to enable us to judge of the remainder. From this list we find that we possess only twenty two steam vessels of war of a size exceeding 500 tons and under 1,000. We have placed a liberal value on these ships, much greater than in a mercantile estimate would be tolerated. We cannot find for them a higher value than 899,0281. In this we have given them credit for being in all respects good, sound, sea-worthy, and serviceable, but we know some of them to be far from this desirable condition. Our statement is somewhat over the real value, but we desire it to be as ample as the most liberal esti mate would allow. The next class of steam-ships we have taken are those of 1,000 tons to 1,300. They are, perhaps, the most effective size of steam-ships we possess—of them we have only 20. Their joint extreme value does not exceed 1,080,6391. The third class we have to enumerate is half-a dozen of steam frigates of the largest class. Their highest value is under 570,3501. Our steam fleet, for which in so many years we have been voting so much money, consists, therefore, of less than fifty steamers, which are worth unques tionably much lees than the aggregate sum of two millions and a half. We have excluded from this es timate iron vessels not yet believed to be serviceable, yachts, and packets. We have not included the small craft, which can hardly be regarded as any thing more than tenders, tugs, or packets. For the last twenty years the Admiralty has been producing a steam fleet. At what cost in dockyards, estimates, establishments, workshops, salaries, &c., let Mr. HUME tell, or Mr. COBDEN inquire. We have shown the extreme of their ralue. In making this estimate of our stock in trade, in the sea line of goods, we have supposed the articles to be sound and suitable in quality to the purpose for which they were designed. The quality of these war steamers we may inquire into another day. THE REPUBLIC OF FRANCE. The substance of the following appeared in a Second Edition of last evening's Express: PARIS, MOND IY, 5 P.m. The situation of Paris to-day is curious. The Bank of France continues closed. The private bankers de cline to pay cheques except for 500 f., or its multiples, that is to say, 'moor., 1,500 E, &c., inasmuch as they have not specie, nor smaller notes to Blake up the differences. The money changers are most of them closed, and the few that are open are misapplied with silver, the stock they had before the suspension of the bank hav ing been exhausted. There is some gold to be had at the rate of 2fr. per 20fr.-piece or 10 per cent. prem. Private families and individuals in these circum stances, are obliged to obtain their daily supplies of necessaries of all description on credit. There are difficulties, however, which credit does not surmount. For example, the poet-office ; the postage of letters must be paid ; the post-office I need not say gives no credit, and, indeed, is unprovided with the means of keeping accounts. Even gold does not extricate us from this difficulty. The postage on any single delivery seldom amounts to 20f., and the post-office has not the means of pay ing its differences in silver. A notice is posted at the bank, that manufacturers and others who employ operatives in large numbers, can be accommodated with silver in limited amounts, by special application to a board, which sits at the Palais Royal, now called the Palais National. There they are of course obliged to produce satisfactoryevidence of their calling, and the bona fide nature of their wants, so as to satisfy the committee that the silver thus granted in exchange for bank notes is really destined to find its way to the operatives. On applying to our bankers to-day, as to how we were to get on in a situation so anomalous, we were told that we must either get on on credit, or give cheques payable at a future day, say in ten or twelve days hence, the amount of which must be some exact multiple of 100 francs, inasmuch as the bank could not pay differences in silver. When or Low this is to end, no one seems able to say. No explanation or excuse is offered, either at the bank by the government, in any official form, but it is said that the bank will require some further time to fabricate the new 100 franc notes, and that in issuing them they will give, if required, 10 per cent. of the amount demanded by each claimant in silver — in other words, that they will pay 2s. in the pound of their obligations in specie, and will give uncon vertible paper for the other 90 per cent. The following address is prefixed to the Si;c/e this morning. It acquires peculiar interest from the cir curganmstance of that journal having been the recognised o of the party in the late chamber which was led by M. Odillon Barret. No address has hitherto appeared from M. Odillon Barrot to the electors for the constituent assembly: We have received many communications and propositions as to the formation of an electoral committee. After having attentively examined them, without flinching from the duties that a new state of things imposes, but on the con trary the better to fulfil them, we have put aside these different proposals. The motives which have decided us may be summed up in this: the old party . of the opposition is no more. Some men remain, with their previous cha racter, their renown, their services, but' the party . is no more. We should think it puerile to endeavour to revive it, and we do not mean to form another out of its elements, which, in a time in which the support of every good citizen is so necessary to government, might appear, whatever might be its intention, an opposition party. Be the constant firmness of our opinions and our con duct under the fallen government we have acquired the right to speak the truth to the present one. We protest in favour of the liberty of discussion. But this liberty, so pre cious to us, which we have so long laboured to obtain, and which we will preserve inviolate for the common interest, for the honour and safety of the republic, we will use in a spirit of concord, union, and benevolence. We would sup port and strengthen the power to which France has trusted its destinies, not fetter or weaken it ; we would aid the mass of the people, so long and so unjustly disinherited, to take regular possession of political life, and not contest its victory or lessen its results ; we would efface all distinctions of par ties and classes, en list those new men who have faith , ardour , mid hope, taking care not to exclude those who have distinguished themselves by their information and devotion. Let the practical experience of the agricul turist, the hidden genius of the operative, the modest merit of the well-disposed man find a place beside those whose su periority, hitherto more conspicuous, hexhibited in the arts, to literature, in the magistracy, and army. This should, this must be. In the bosom of this national aseembly, where a fraternal union should exist, and which will, we hop*, agree in proclaiming the wants of our times, and will have the most difficult problems to solve, the question is nst to obtain the ascendant for this or that shade of republican opinion, to obtain a greater or lees majority of the inhabitants of the town or the country of such or such citizens ; it is to constitute a majority strong, enlightened, honest, and firm, resolved to maintain the republic, to de fend it against all aggressions, to finish and consolidate the work of regeneration which they undertake, and also to preserve it from all excess. and trom all staio, and cause France to be loved for her wirth and respected for her tues by all Europe. To this end shall all our efforts be directed. We desire to see the idea of concord, of progress, of order, and true liberty realised. We much prefer such a task to working fruitlessly, after all the experience we have had, to ensure the triumph of a party. On the morning of the 17th, Marshal Bugeaud was summoned before the Jur d'lnstruction of Perigueux, to answer a series of interrogatories, in virtue of • commission of inquiry expedited from Paris, on the subject of the impeachment of the late ministry. General Cavaignac, Governor of Algiers, is to succeed General Subervic as Minister of War, and is re called, by telegraph, for that purpose. General Cavaignac belongs to the party in the cabinet repre sented by M. Armand Marrast, mayor of Paris, which is opposed to the revolutionary excesses of M. Ledru Itollin. General Changernier is to be governor of Algeria. We hear from Sardinia that some serious disturb ances had taken place at Chambery in the day and night of the 14th. Serious apprehensions were en tertained. Cries of " Vive la republique In and me naces against the King were uttered. The soldiers have restored momentary quiet. Great agitation pre vailed at Turin. It was reported in Paris, on Mon day, that the King of Sardinia had consented to the convocation of a constituent National Assembly, and that he had only reserved to himself the administra tion of the country until the meeting of that assembly, which was to take place without delay. Private letters from Rome to the 9th state that the news of the French revolution burst upon them like a clap of thunder. This triumph of liberty has been hailed at Rome by all classes. The carnival has passed over quietly, the authorities having sup premed the moccolletti, or prootorion with lighted tapers, on the last night, lest it should lead to some The new Roman Cabinet was composed as follows; —Cardinal Antonelli, President and Minister of Fo reign Affairs ; M. Gaetano Recchi, Minister of the Interior ; M. Sturbinetti, of Justice; Moasignor Mori chini, of Finace ; M. Marco Minghetti, of Public Works ; Prince Aldobrandini, of War ; M. Galetti, of Police ; Cardinal Alezzofanti, of Public Instruction; and Count Pasolini, of Commerce. The committee to ;prepare a constitution will in a few days have finished their labours. The address of the Roman senate to his Holiness, and the reply, are as follows : MOST HOLT FATHER—The wisdom which guide& you labours and breathes in your word' was for us such ft guarantee of the accomplishment of the reform begun by you, that it seemed ungrateful to attempt to hasten its exit cution. But the heart of your Holiness, which from the first day of its rule has always anticipated our wishes by concessions, expects probably to hear us suldress you. Ss, then before you, most holy father, that Rome, which for many owe s has, under the apostolic protection, men mend of intestinal commotion, and devastations of beds rians. To-day, stimulated:by her wants, and emboldened by your concessions, she prays that her government may hereafter be constituted according to the repre eentative form, and retain its civilisation, not only during your life, but as long as your name and glory endure . Yon have by an unheard-of example bound the links of friendship between princes and their tab jects, you have invited them to moderate their government. The Italian ;princes have listened to you, and you have at once put en end to tyranny and sedition. Deign to confirm and strengthen what you have begun. The pontifical power is not confined to the states you govern, but all the faithful of the world are devoted to you, and are your children. No one dare oppose what the church wishes, what Peter has blessed; the eclorns of liberty can no more distrust the church, and the faithful will not fear liberty. This wish is not in disaocordance with the obedience we have sworn, with the apostolic faith we maintain and love. But in oar hearts there exists en inextinguishable desire to see you adored as the author of happiness, as the founder of the peace of Italy. The Roman people teak entirely to you. Oa you depends that the Italiaa nations unite promptly to maintain and defend the interior security, the national dignity ; and, if in some cities the limits of right have not bran rigorously observed, we are not only faithful to the authority, but guardians and defend. ell of the person of a father, in whore justice and love as place the order, tranquillity, safety, and honour of the country, To which his Holiness replied : The events which—l will not say succeed, but precipitate themselves, sufficiently justify the demand you make. You all know, that for a lung time I have laboured indefatigably to give my people that form of government best suited to present exigencies. You all know the great difficulties he meets who combines two elevated dignities—that which a secular prince can do in a single night cannot by the pontifical government be done without grave reflection, for it is difficult to distinguish the boundary line of the several powers. HOWO Li', I hope in a few days I shall be able to announce that I have accomplished this work, sod the result will, I hope, satisfy your highnesses, the com mune of Rome, and all other reflecting persons. A letter from Milan, of the 14th, states that the viceroy having endeavoured to raise a loan of one million livres (860,000 f.) received several refusals; but at length M. Ponti consented to advance it on a mortgage of his villa of the Lake of Como, and on his private estates in the province of Treviso. GERMANY. REPORTED FLIGIIT OF THE KING OF PRUSSIA. We last evening published a Telegraphic f ro m Paris, which had appeared in a Seconcl)eETittticlt oa of the Daily News, announcing the reported flight al the King of Prussia from Berlin ; and we gave the following, from our Paris Correspondent. in a later edition: I learn that the Provisional Government has re ceived a telegraphic despatch to the effect that the pep• lation of Berlin, after having attempted in vain to oh tame c oncessions from the King, broke out in revolt, and in the conflict which ensued with the troops were successful. The King fled to Spandau, and theme, as was supposed, to Vienna. The same intelligence appeared in a third edition of the Times, dated half-past 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. It is as follows; The following telegraphic despatch was received in Pita on Monday : " METZ, Mnacn 20, 10 o'CLoca, a.m. "THE COMMISSARY OP THE IN GOVERNMENT TO TIE MINISTER OP THE TERIOR. "Intelligence reached Mayence the day before yesterday, that the people of Berlin, after vainly demanding from Ms King the grant of a constitution, h attacked and one. powered the troops of the ad garrison. The King at tint sought refuge in the fortress of Spandau, six miles from Berlin, and afterwards fled in the direction of Vienna. 503 men were killed, and a greater number wounded. This in telligence was brought to Mete by the guard of the Bavaria stage-coach." The Journal des DAnts to-day throws doubts a the correctness of this news, which confessedly rate on the authority of the conductors of the Bavaria diligence'. The Gazette de Cologne of the 19th, publishes a telegraphic despatch from Berlin of the 17th March, which would appear, it says, to be later than the news could be brought by the conductors of the Bavarian mails to the French frontier (the 18th). The despatch states that the townspeople had quieted the mob, and there was no indication of fresh disorders. According to letters from Berlin of the 16th March, certain of the citizens attempted to calm the populace on the 15th, but finding they were ill received they were obliged to leave the affair in the hands of the military. The men composing the mob demanded, some of them work, and others the formation of ministry of labour. The demonstration appeared to the writer rather social than political. Under the date of Vienna, the 14th, the Gazette tiO Spener says: The Princess of Metternich is gone with her husband. The prince has defended his political system to the last point. The states could not deliberate because the cries of " Dort , with Metternich" drowned the voices of the mean. About nine o'clock at night the deputation of the states having gone to the Emperor to request him to dismiss M. Metternich, the prince went out boldly, saying, " 1 h►re tendered ay resignation to his Majesty." The deputation replied, " " thank you, you have saved the country." News from Prague and Graetz announce poplin' mu cements. It is generally understood that the meeting of the general congress, originally determined upon for the 21th, will be held on the 4th of April. The intelligence from Vienna received at Hamburg was to the 16th. A provisional council has been a? pointed, composed of the following popular members: —The Baron Stifel, Baron Doppel, of Stamen, Meyer and Roberto. Count d'Appony has resigned hisoffmt of Court Chancellor of Hungary. Letters from St. Petersburgh, to March 11, say that the Emperor had given instructions to the minister as war to place the troops on a war footing, his bis• perial Majesty . feeling bound to adopt this step bythe terms of existing treaties with other powers, and, in the event of a necessity arising, for affording all the protection in his power to the claims of legiiiinerf against the destructive advance of revolutionists and anarchist& Letters from Buchan (Grand Duchy of Baden) ay that on the Bth inst. a band of about 200 peasants, after having destroyed the fine domain of Marten hohe, and destroyed and burnt t he house of the receiver of I'rince Linange, in the bailliage o f Boz berg, arrived in that town in the morning, set fire to all the papers belonging to the prince, p.illaged his residence, and then went to Ernsthal in order to ' commit there similar excesses. As it was well known this band was coming it would have been easy W , have prevented such depredations, if the haul end bourgeoisie had displayed more energy. A letter from Stuttgard, of March 16, says that at the opening of the sitting of that day of the chamber of deputies, M. Duverney, minister, presented the project of law relative to the civic guard. The chamber named a committee charged to examine it. Accounts from Solingen, in Prussia, of the 16th, state that on that mornings band of operatives went to Wehrtof, near Hammers bar and Kratz, and ask stroyed the foundry ; they then went to Binke nb q , where there is also • foundry, to destroy it- r 4 ° robbery was committed, the op eratives imagining that after destroying the foundries they would more easily find employment. A guard of townspeoPle was organised. s our correspo ndent). I have just received (say through the kindness of a clistingaished member of the Chamber of Represen tatives, the second number of a new journal, published at Neufchatel, Switzer land. It appears by it that on the night of the 12t h h instant a tumultuous assem bl y congregated at Neu chitel, and began crying out, " Vive " A bas Republique ! Having refused to separate at the order of the patrol° they were fired st, and two mat eff fr Mi co