The Express. — London, England, 1853-05-24 00:00:00

Ite CIIAXCEILLOIL of tte EXCHEQUER said that ;fa C.AVINP, which nferrcd to sea-walls, euntained no se. rummest. There mast he exceptionable caw, and e4.o,:i t opopoble to nue. ev.47 part:color ca*.e. It we. atltu re to certaio phr e when they had acquired tita ' fl ea:tier, rathe see r than run the risk ot di► t tse Win.: ?Fe` wh.le fr.mcwbrk of the act. g r . Al.ll/Lk: ax ed tbs. Chancellor of the Exchequer ihth isonicatesty. Ile proposwl to renew the tax for a cz r riod , ar..l yet resba , tie removal of any of its in• mi p wonld b... that ii, in Ib6q, an CUICIN a.,siral the retwv of tux, would not longer wgj i to it. It wau:d be much better, in an of such an emergency, to do all ( .4i:a to render the tax km otjretionablc. .b obi etlisk, witt out intetalin to divide the house, owe tbat the weal " nett" be kwertcd before annual T.. - 1. • ( lIANcELLon of the VCCHEQUEIt said the eoulil nit l w Ginked out, without breaking up framewnk of the tax. - ;tin r an otn.ervativa fr Hn Mr. SIVONtIi, %(..1...AN Mare, rh'.t the ehlirienn report progresr. I'IIANCELLOII of the EI.CIIEQU Elt hoped that sir g the state of pul•lie his•Meni, soil the aet it te r . 1 . t: ,t then wen t 56et...6 by U.n biti, the hon. t prrsi‘t in his mot on. NORKEIS that the bill had been die the howls of usemben nil; that evening. ▪ t'll ANCELLOII of the EXCHEiIVEIt said it had t rioted • greet. AtUf a sheet Ct•Tersatios I}3 111 , 41011 for adjournment ▪ „i t hat men, end the col:anti:too divided on the insertion the worl " rett.•' A,Ol Niris jurar against the armndencnt .. 'J2 wu than .qtrti d te, end the house resamed. surrLy. The ‘ npirtof the woke p.a.5.,1 by the eJmulittee on Fri by Led wee croaght up and *octet to. HACKNEY CAIIRIAGES BILL. T . tin. with t h e amendments made in cumulate', was vice Wr given of 'evert.' amendment" on the third ri.ehre. 31 t , W. J. FOX ea/Ir4 a•tert;• , ri to the solktt of admit pt: tits to railway stntiv.i., Irma which thiy WM DOW or:Id. a, incept OW pSylDg-Igt s e. Athr a short emivervati..n, the hini prised this stage, and w-s rail , red to be resit n tniril time cm IRuitilay. REGISTRATION OF ASSURANCE: BILL. Lard J. RUSSELL "aim natl., that be whouhi more the pc ,„et rvaillog Otitis bill ow Friday, with a view to refer tn a select emeimiaie. lie Loewy Re_ulattons (Foes and per Cestaget) Bill pied through tromraitte , •. Os the motion Or Sir W. MOLPSWORTIA, leave was given Is !WAS is the Thanirs Embankmint Lill and the Pimlico Isprovesiest SUCCESSION BILL. This bill was brought in and ordered to be read a second tan .n Monday. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER Paid there ins uor point in which so alteration ban been made, and •hieh related to the ease of • person succeeding to an as cents tea estate, in which ease the charge for succession euif.: be made not on the Menem! but on the residue of the set in , me. Ile stated, in reference to a ease of that de scr.ptem, that the person sueceee:ing would be called upon 1 4 p•y the tag, if he rsmained the proprietor of the estate, say on the residue of net income renetioing to himself ; bat that in the event of his selling the estate, be would tm seed upon to pay on the whole amount of capital est mioht rem .in after he had liquidated the encumbrances oat of the estate. With re ',fence to this last portion of the ease, be Mato announce that upon examining the matter closely it bad has a thought beat to drop that altogether ; and conse quently any person having paid the tax on the net income of what he was in the enjoyment would be finally dis charged from all liability in respect of it, whether he sold the s•t ate or not. The nullity Carriages Bill, as amendee, was ordered to be pilau el. The Louse adjourned at Lalf-past one. rAM9 COLOKIL nt'NNE . S Mo . 'cos.—Mr. Whit rote far, with Hun. A. ronsotiby against ; Mr. E. Fanni n= tor, with Mr. Portm.ta against. cot court. OSBORNE. MONDAY. The Queen and Prince, the Prince of Wales, the Photo, Royal, Prineeu Alice, the Duchess of Kent, and Primus Adelaide of Rohenl ►e, attended divine service, •tick woo performed by the We. T. Protheroe, at Osborne, yeitenlAy morning. Thu and gentlemen in waiting sal tLe household vrcte olio present. A deputation from the memorialists in favour of the Nita ponaun of the scientific societies of the metropolis in a neral and convenient locality, had aa iaterview with the Eirl of Aberdeen yeaterdty, at his official residence is lheoiag.street. Tee deputation consisted of the Earl of Row, Lord Wrottesley, Colonel &thine, Mr. Thomas 13.41, professor Forbrs, Mr. Leonard lloracr, and Mr. William liobert prove. Musurus, the Turkish ministor, transacted business suterday at the Foreken-othee. Dr. Paris, President of the Royal College of Physicians, Dr. Todd, sern. (censor), and 1).. Hawkins (registrar), had interview with Viscount Palmerston yesterday, at the Home-office. A deputation, respecting tea, had an interview with the Matelot of the Etchequer Testerday at his official resi gner in Downing-strei t. the deputation consisted of Mr. Crawford, Mr. M. , ff At, M.P., Colonel Harcourt, M.P., 31. r. Hadfield, M.P., Mr. Travers, Mr. ilubberfield, Mr. Loccrek, Mr. Twining, and Mr. Antrobus. A deputation from East and West Haver Water-Works Company had an interview yesterday with the General lhard of Health at their office ' Whitehall. The depute,- hoe—comprising Messrs. Joseph Walker, George Fie.ding, sod R. it. Jones—was introduced by Mr. W. H.Deedvs, M.P. A deputation, repeating improvements in the Borough of Sisibwark, from the parish of St. George the Martyr, had ft interview with Sir William Molesworth yesterd ay at Welke of Work , . and Public Buildings. The deputation enosted of Mr. John Camrier and Mr. E. Collinsoa (therehwardem), Mr. W. Clothier and Mr. Jaunts Geese (umwers), Mr. J. J. Stevens hairman of the board of paardians), Messrs. Martin, W. 0. Cross, and James if bite (guardians of the pour), Mr. W. H. Mathews (late thuribwarden), Mr. Chair, Anderson (surveyor), Mr. W. )wend'', (medical officer), Mr. A. J. Hiscocks (architect), sad Mr. John Day (vestry eh tk). A deputation from the Prdlanihropic Society, consisting of Mr. William Gladstone (treasurer), Mr. Ralph Ricardo, Mr. John Moson, Mr. Joseph Campton, and the Rev. Sydney Turner, accompanied by Sir William Jolla,. hurt, M.P., and Mr. Monektati Milne, M.P., had as interview yesterday with Viscount Palominos, at the Rose-office. TG Dula of Neweastis arrived in tows yesterday sysalog, from kis seat, Clamber Park, Notts. DEPUTATION TO THE THE EXCHEQUER. The Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday re amed depatatimis upon the subject of the lib. draft hitherto allowed at the Ciotonte spas tea, awl the with- Memel of the promieed reduction of 6e. per cwt. la the were admitted at the same time, bet as NM bon deeined exped.ea; at the meeting held ow Wed =Let at the London Tavern, that the qualms MO be taken together, bat should each be allowed gel apes its 'or a marl's, they were beard leparately. The Ma Iseiniest was represented by the committee named tea maglag, sod the fruit trade by Messrs. J. lams, berme,J.l:Tesalin, WiaLiat Lea-k, sad O. B. Carr. urjkvd at emu length in favour of anewance spun tea, the arguments adored by the nstwl epeaken at the Lawton T , and gang a lot of It should be treated not as a booa to the Innbans but es peansear, which for upward' of two cgs *, boil Isis lensiliered se a fair minutemen, of the entity a( sessetataioft, with accuracy, the distinct weight Emery ekes*. The reply of the Chancellor of the Evelseqeer to to tits past and positive. The antiquity of the Partite tnltl, he thought, rather against it, than in its Mar. If tin proper tares bad sot hitherto been allured MU Cunene', they should be in (attire. Bat be could at agree to have tea continued uon empties to every Moe article in the tariff, upon noes of which was there ley nob allowance. HP, however, promieed to wander he point of deiening the disallowance of the llb., for a laciest period to admit of the clearance of has bought under that condition. lie stated also, hat with a vi.w to the convenience or the trade hi would cud to have an early sitting cm redusday, that the rrport might be brought up, the Wet teat down to the Lateens, and the clearances nom inee that afternoca. The tea deputation then withdraw, under the conviction Sit the new ',rem of weighing would not at the premat lateatat be brought into force—the pound draft was at as ed. "ELECT COMMITTEE ON THE STATE OF THE PICTURES IN THE NATIONAL GALLERY. The select committee appointed by the House of Common, to inquire into the allegations contained in the pinions present• d to •lee bause, on the subject of the pre wet state of several cf the most v..luahle pictures in the NiticaalOallery, sa.t yesterday, is Committee-room, No. 17. The Ron. F. W. Caartiris in the chair. The wiener's examined ware Mr. Dyes, of the Royal Academy, Sir S. A. Stanfieial, Mr. Ford, and Mr. Munroe. TM inquiry was sdjoarsed at tour o'clock. EASTZ2..I receipts for ti ' srs•lCemiliag Msy2l, 1863 :—C8,4321 4s. 6 , 1.; ditto, 1r a ".£ 6 ,406 W !' "dips May 22, iat IM ies week , 4 1862, 16,2061.!5emi5. in '* gfte erpreoo, T( CORILESPONDP.NTS. . , teet4 Zd:t'au tf° To Legweet,' et &Waling same eyelet , fa Gateit.."4 yt.taliskett tatty TuwL.j trod Yroa.) uight. Is tiltt int rtt. teettateateatetatt r tied 'er "The Kat :a.," tor .cn ee3tal Palet's • be at the ttelca. 10. Itouverie..ttot. Sy Two c'e:oer as :tt day al pablialtica. HIGH WATIIR Al LONDON BRIVOR TIM DAT—Mantsr. 20.37 e . Altar:non, 3,. Ira. Tmloaacw—liorotag. 3e..3 a .Afteroaun. 3.. . LONDON, TUESDAY 3141' 24. stimulus to the agricultural interest, is as good for the national exchequer as for the national temper and industrial morals. The agricultural interest is entering upon a new period. The change began with the importation of live stock and the remission of the duties on agricul tural set ds, and it went on through the repeal of the corn-laws. To finish the business we want a repeal cf the duties on dairy produce. After the first stage there was an expansion of grazing, and fattening fur the markets, and of meat-eating. Till that time a baneful restriction in the eating of meat was taking place, so that the labouring classes seemed but too likely to forget the taste of beef and mutton; and even the middle classes were complaining that the daily juint was becoming an extensive luxury. The quantity of meat is not nearly enough yet, as the present high prices show; but, lay the increased importation, and by the use of railways to bring 'neat from the country into the towns the deficiency has been by no means in proportion to the in crease of the population. The labouring class find it nut more difficult than formerly, bin lather less, to ;;et meat, notwithstanding the increase of their numbers. Tillage has largely improved by the increase in the quantity of manure; and there are multitudes of farmers now who no longer laugh at the idea of consuming the chief part of their produce within their own fences, in order to make a larger profit by the remainder than was once spread over the whole. This process was hastened by the repeal of the cora laws, which put an end to much unprofitable wheat growing, and opened the way fur much protitable grazing, and for that sound specula tion in dairy produce which will ensue upon the total repeal of the cheese and butter &vies. When that repeal takes place, the farmers, and everybody else, will see how much leas cheese we have than we want. They will find that we want all that they can give us, over and above what we can import. They will not sell the less, but will find that they must make the more. It is not the Parmesan cheese, nor the little Neut cl.iitel melting morsels, called cheese, that will come in in such quantities as to help the public pocket, and stimulate the agricultural mind. It is not from those luxuries of the rich that the revenue from cheese is raised that Mr. GLADSTONE fears to part with. Our importation of Dutch cheese far exceeds that of all other kinds put together. Our ships are victualled with Dutch cheese because it keeps better than any other. Under Free Trade stimulus we have no doubt of our dairy farmers finding out the way to make cheese that will keep. In the same way, when they once perceive how gladly the multitude eat cheese whenever they can get it, they will turn their attention to supply the need, and soon drive a fine trade. We should like to know, and so of course would they, how much cheese is actually produced in our own country now ; but, for want of the agricultural sta tistics we mean to go on calling fur till we have them, there is no saying. All we know is that it is immeasurably less than we should be glad to bare. Then Dr. COLQVUOUN stated that our national con sumption of cheese and butter could not amount to much less•than 3,000,000/. worth per annum, every body cried out about the exaggeration, and an ex aggeration it is still called, yet, at that time, London alone consumed butter to the amount of nearly 2,000,0001., leaving only 3,000,0001. for butter for the rest of the United Kingdom, and for cheese for the whole nation. If the conjecture was an exaggera tion, it only shows how the nation is stinted in cheese. And miserably stinted we are. Our Stilton and Cheshire,aud G loucestcr cheeses arescarcely for popular eating, though it is probable that they would become so by the emancipation of demand which would ensue upon Free Trade. In labourers' cottages throughout England the yearly outlay for cheese, though now considerable in the case of the most prosperous, would be largely increased by a reduction m price and improvement in quality, in the absence of a sufficiency of meat for the whole population. In the families of the poorer sort, cheese is seldom seen. One may go through whole districts in the country, and whole streets in the poorer parts of towns, end find no cheese on any table, any day of the week. Even this lowest form of animal food, which might ho so easily supplied, is not there. The removal of the duty would soon change the face of things. In Scotland, the Dunlop cheeses are almost the only sort we hear of, though the people show what their taste in diet is by preferring ewe-milk cheese to none. A nation that eats ewe-milk cheese rather than go without is a rich mine of speculation for a seusible dairy-farmer. In Ireland again, where the sweetest grasses abound, where arable lands are every day turning to pasture, where the butter trade is a main resource, and the hills of Cork and Kerry are covered with herds of celebrated cows, cheese is really hardly procurable. The innkeeper in the west of Ireland, even in Kerry itself, will tell you that he is obliged to get every ounce of cheese from London. Men and dairymaids who can keep cows and make butter can supply cheese; and we have no doubt whatever that this is one of the resources remaining to be opened up to regenerated Ireland, as well as to prosperous England, whenever the popular demand has a fair chance of asserting itself. And what prevents this? The gross duty received on cheese, under the si. duty, is only between 70,0001. and 80,000 e Government is victualling our ships, and so are our merchants, with Dutch cheeses; and oar Greenwich and Chelsea pensioners aro su plied with cheese which has varied from M. per lb. to nearly 9d. within a century. Some savings would , be made in these directions by a natural expansion of dairy production at home; but much greater would be the resource from the improved condition of the cheese-eating multitude. Commerce in cheese would prosper, of course. The benefits are so clear, , the immediate sacrifice so small, and the compensa , tion for that sacrifice so secure, that there is no ex cuse for perpetuating the duty on cheese one hour beyond the first opportunityof taking it off. THE Verdict has at last been pronounced by the I Jury appointed to try the Derbyite Dockyard delin quents. They have all met the utter condeinnation they so richly deserve. The evidence which has been before the public now fur some weeks was so full and convincing, that there could be but one opinion astotke nature of the decision to be arrived at. The guilty parties had saved the judges much trouble by con &toeing themselves. Thus, the Committee, when they expressed a tolerably strung opinion open the Duke of NORTIIUMBERLAND'S utter incompetence, only echoed his Grace's own words. When they tell us in their Report, that "from the day the Duke came into office until he went oat he Lever knew whether the patronage war in the hands of the Naval Surveyor ur the Septa in tendent of the Dockyards, and, in fact, that he knew nothing shout the matter," they are only making u,e of the Duke's own evidence. It is his Grace himself who has given his own testimony to the astounding fact that, to help a political party, he ' consented to take upon himself the official manage ment of the Naval arrangements of the greatest mari time power in the whole world, without having the ' least practical knowledge of the working of the de partment over which he was about to preside. Europe is at present in a state which may lead to the break- ' ing out of hostilities at any time—the due equip ment and efficiency of our tieet may be the vety timed only means of preserving not only our supremacy bat our independence. Other maritime nations are struggling to improve and perfect their means of offence and defence, and at this critical moment, a poce-curante First Lord of the Admiralty saunters fate the Dockyards, to take charge of them, although he is conscious, and confesses, that, with respect to details intimately connected with the efficiency of these establishments, he knows nothing at all about the matter. So that it' the fears of a portion of the nation were unfortunately realised—if an enemy were to make a descent upon our coasts—if our means of defence were found to be incompetent—if our Navy were sacrificed, the First Lord would excuse himself at once from all responsi bility, by an assurance that he knew nothing about the matter, and that his colleagues were aware of this. Can there be a more crushing demonstration of the utter unwor thiness and degradation of the Derbyite party than this ? All feelings of patriotism, all sympathy with the put traditions of a glorious Navy, all re gard fur the safety of the country, sunk in a selfish desire to preserve place, and an unscrupulous use of political patronage as the only means by which they could hope to preserve it. Fancy a future NELSON wielding the Naval forces of his country writing home to a First Lord of the Admiralty, who had confessed that in business connected with his department, "he knew nothing about the matter." Under what new form tho Conservative party may again appear in the nation it will be for some future PEEL to determine. In their present shape they are ' ruined beyond redemption. The minimum of politi cal honesty which has hitherto been considered ne cessary to the constitution of a party has been reduced by them to an inappreciable quantity. The shameless declaration of Mr. STAFFORD, that the Dockyards must be filled by men who would support the Government for the time being his assertion that he was sub ject to pressure by Lord DERBY and Mr. DISRAELI, and the shuffling manner in which the gist of this assertion is endeavoured to be explained away—the tergiversation manifested on the subject of Sir BALDWIN WALKER'S resignation—the direct con tradiction given by Admiral l'atuees to the Duke of NOIITUUMBERLAND's assertion that he had -- never seen or heard of the letter of resigna tion until it was referred to in the House ot Com mons—the tampering with the voters—the dinners— the utter disregard of the requirements of the service —and the shameful perversion of official opportunities for party purposes—form an episode in the historyof party corruption which has never yet been surpassed. There can be little doubt that note man in the a hole Derbyite clique ever bestowed a thought upon the past glories or future wants of the Navy which he was indirectly attempting to ruin by using the Dockyards for political purposes. These establishments were to bo swamped with bad and inefficient workmen, wasteful expenditure was to be encouraged, wretched ships built, inefficient management protected, all because a few Protectionists were to be kept in power. A future Nile or Trafalgar was to be rendered impos sible, in order that Lord DERBY might put his con nexions in places of trust, and Mr. Disaazu spout borrowed rhetoric in the House of Commons. It was for these ends that the Dockyards were to be ruined. Let us bops for the credit of Parlia ment and the country that this is the last exhibition of so disgraceful a nature which will be brought forward to delight the foes of representa tive institutions ; and if it should be ever again the destiny of the Conservative party to assume the reins of power, let them COON at least with clean hands, and repudiate the men who have done more to discredit their cause and to damage their prospects than a dozen lost elections, or a hundred Parham en tary minorities. Max always have been cheese-eaters ; and no doubt they will go on eating cheese as long as the world lasts. When civilisation has overtaken any nation, it has always found the damsels pressing the curd, and the young men reckoning on their suppers of that same curd, malted or otherwise &wore& And when, if ever, civilisation reaches its ultimate stage, no doubt it will superintend cheese-making by machinery, when a faultless milk will be poured in at one end, o be curdled by something more abundant than rennet, and flavoured at will, and will come oat at the other end, Gouda, or Parmesan, or Gruyere, or whatever else may be desired. There will then be no need of the peculiar pass that clothes the meadows about Parma to give us Parmesan cheese; nor of the peculiar methods of Dutch milk maids to produce the Gouda ; nor of Swim herbs to give its flavour to our home-made Gruyare. Then will be the days when more cheese will be eaten by a highly civiheed world, and not less. Cheese has not koome vulgar yet ; and when its quality is varied and improved, the human race will eat it all the more. Bat we are far from having reached the vend of cheese making, and at present each com munity that wants another kind of cheese than its own must import it. The best wisdom of rulers is to make the importation u free as possible. Any Administration that defends the emancipation of bread from tax has no argument in defence of a duty on cheese. Yet we are not rid of the duty yet; and the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER does not mean that we should be, at present. Five and twenty years ago, when we were paying 10s. 6d. per cwt., we should have thought a reduction of this duty something very tine : but our experience of the benefit and blessing of Free Trade in agricul tural produce, since that time, has taught us to be satisfied with nothing short of the extinction of the duty. That high duty of five and twenty years ago produced little more than 87 , 000 /. Very little of the ported cheese was rent out again; and about 168,000 cwts. was consumed at home. tinder the ss. duty, we imported last year nearly 290,000 cwts., of which less than 7.000 cwts. were re-exported. Under any diminished duty there would, no doubt, be a much increased importa tion, reducing the loss much below what any CHAN CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would anticipate. But there is no doubt in our minds that it wadi(' answer best to any future budget to take off the duty alto gether. There ought to be no occasion, at this time of day, to have to show that every improvement in the popular condition, and in trade, does more to en rich the Treasury than taxes on the necessaries of life ; and it ought to be evident to all who are fami liar with the life of our middle and lower classes that every relief to the most numerous class, and every THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING. MAY 24, 1853. FRANCE. The following telegraphic despatch, received this morning, gives the last version on the constitution of the Turkish ministry : PARIB, TITZIMAT MO/WINO. The Moniteur announces the rupture of diplomatic relations between Austria and Switzerland. The Turkish ministry is thus arranged: Fuad Effendi is not minister; Musts ha Pacha is Grand Vizier; Mehemet Ali Pacha, Minister of War; Reschid Pacha, Foreign Affairs; ?Utast Pacha, President of the Grand Council. PARIS, MONDAY EVINI24O. Several journals having demanded that the French settlement at the Grand Baasam should receive prompt assistance, in consequence of disturbances having occurred amongst the native population in the neighbourhood, the Moniteur states that the commander of the naval division of the West Coast of Africa has taken all the necessary precautions for the protection of French commerce against the hostility of the natives. The news from Turkey was the absorbing sub ject of conversation on the Bourse to-day, and was very variously interpreted. The Bourse, which opened with tolerable firmness at Saturday's _prices, gradually gave way consider ably. The Three per Cents. fell from the opening price of 81.50 to 81.5, and closed at 81.15. The fall was accelerated by a report that the Austrian minis ter had left Turin, but this was not generally credited. The Univers publishes a translation of the two last firmans concerning the Holy places, documents which I have not yet seep elsewhere, and the au thenticity of which I cannot, of course, guarantee. The Unirers observes that these tirmans do not bear out the resent assurance of the Moniteur that n• change had been made in the concessions obtained in favour of the Latins, by M. Lavalette. It objects particularly to the precedence given not only to the Greeks, but to the Armenians over the Latins, and to certain clauses about the reparation and form of the cupola of the Church of St. Sepulcrhe. It further paints out as a derogation from M. Lavalette's treaty that it is not expressly said that the property in this cupola is common to all Christians. The let, General Halite's, division of the army of Paris, marched to the camp at Satory this morning. The lady of General Cavaiguac has resented him with a son and heir. The Assembl , 4 Nationale considers the approach ing marriage of the Duke of Brabant with an Austrian archduchess as an important guarantee for the peace of Europe. The legitimist or fusionist journal—for it is not easy from day to day accurately to designate the policy of the Bourbon press —is quite reconciled, under the circumstances, to the fact established by this alliance that Belgium now gravitates towards Germany instead of towards France. Austria keeps up her old reparation for shill in extending her influence by marriages— Ms gamut ski, to fr:ia Austria nube ; Nan qua Mars atilt, dat tibi adeptra Venus. The -Isseniblje says that a marriage is spoken of between the Emperor of Austria and • daughter of the King of the Belgians. DENMARK. According to the Aalborg Aria, the Danish Diet is convoked for June the ith, and will be in the first place occupied with the consideration of a temporary budget. BELGIAN AND AUSTRIAN ALLIANCE. The Indcpendance Br/ye contains the following .mi-official announcement : " Th.i news of the projected union between 11.1t.11. the Duke of Brabant and the Archduchess Marie of Austria, daughter of the late Palatine, is fully confirmed. The King of the Belgians has formally demanded of the Emperor of Austria the hand of the young Archduchess, and this demand has been graciously and favourably accepted. We believe we may add that the marriage will be con tracted at uo distant date, probably before the winter.' TURKEY. The crisis at Constantinople palace into a new stage, with the simultaneous rejection of the Menchixotl ultimatum and the appointment of a cabinet decidedly anti-Russian. The telegraph an nounces the reply of. the Divan to the Russian am bassador as absolute and definitive; a statement which concurs with the complexion of the new cabi net, to preclude the suggestion which has been made in a very respectable quarter that the ministerial crisis was an expedient to gain time. The recall of Reschid Pacha, the consistent reformer, to the premiership, and the re-establishment of Enid Ef fendi in the ministry, show more than the resolution of the Sultan to assert his independence as the head of an European sovereign state—they promise a re turn to that enlightened system of internal adminis tration which, under the present Sultan and his patriotic predecessor, has safely conducted Turkey through so many difficulties and dangers, and se cured to its people a degree of material prosperity which some of their most boastful neighbours re gard with envy. The correspondent of a journal whose eagerness to prophesy evil of Turkey has led it into a continu ous series of mistakes on this question, writing from Constantinople on the 9th, says: " The Russian port of the Black Sea arc at this moment crowded with the munitions of war, and the heights above Odessa are covered with the tents of a large army. On the banks of the Pruth we are assured the pon toons are already made, and the vast army collected there wait but the signal to enter the principalities." There is no doubt that this is strictly true, and has been for several years, but in going to war the " signal" is everything. Since 1848 the Czar has professed a nervous anxiety to see the peace of Europe maintained. At every seeming crisis we have heard of him as a sage adviser, counselling moderation and sacrifices for the maintenance of peace. He may be expected upon this occasion to have some regard for his own consistency. Should, however, this consideration fail, there is another which cannot but have weight with a prudent despot. The opportunity of a war in the south-east of Europe with the forces of Russia thoroughly occupied, would certainly not be unimproved by the uneasy millions who now fret in the neighbourhood of the Czar's frontiers, and the cost and pains of the Russian cam paign of 1849 in Hungary might prove to have been thrown away. Letters from Constantinople of the 9th state that as soon as tho affair of the Holy Places was ad justed, it was remarked with some astonishment that Prince Menchikoff made no preparations for depar ' tare, but even proceeded to establish himself in the summer palace of the embassy at Buyukdere, distant some leagues from Constantinople, as if he wished to separate himself from his colleagues of the diplo matic corps, and as if expecting instructions to enter upon some new business. Acoordingly, on the sth of May, as the public have already been informed, the Russian steam-frigate Bessarabia arrived from Odessa, having on board a Russian colonel with despatches for Prince Menchikoff, and on Satur day, the 7th inst., the Prince handed to the minister of the Porte the draught of a convention, or special treaty, in which the new demands and pre tensions of Russia were set forth. This is the docu ment which has been distinguished as the ultimatum, since it was accompanied by a very brief note fixing Tuesday, the 10th of May, as the last day on which the refusal or the acceptance of the Divan could be received. The note terminated in nearly the follow ing words :—" If the Sublime Porte should think proper to respond by a refusal the Emperor would be compelled to see in the act a complete want of re spect for his person and for Russia, and would re ceive intelligence of it with profound regret." In the draught of the proposed convention itself the Porte is made to give to Russia a perpetual gua rantee for the maintenance of all the privileges, fran chises, and immunities enjoyed by the Eastern church, and which it has received from the predecessors of Abdul Medjid. Moreover, the ambassador of Russia at Constantinople and the consuls and agents of that power in the Ottoman states are to have the right to protect that church against all kinds of persecution and oppression. The Patriarchs of Constantinople, Antioch, Alexandria, and Jerusalem as well as the metropolitan arch bishops and bishops, may not be deposed except for a legitimate cause, and the beret of investiture which they receive from the Porte, far from remain ing, as hitherto, a dead letter, will receive its full and entire execution in all its clauses and dispositions. Every favour and every advantage granted in the Ottoman empire to any Christian communion what ever, will be by the simple fact the right of the Greek church. The Porte will guarantee the maintenance of the stateof thingsestablished by the recent firmansand will also engage to change . nothing henceforth with out the previously obtained consent of Russia- I Lastly, Russia will have the right to construct at Jerusalem a church and a convent, to be served by Russian priests and monks. To appreciate all the significance of the Russian project, we must remem ber that it interests more than one•half the subjects of the Turkish empire in Europe; and that in the East, the distinction between church and state not being made so broadly as with us, the jurisdiction of the patriarchs and bi;hops extends to a multitude of questions of civil order • so that a religious protecto rate may easily be m ade to assume another cha racter. The Dames correspondent says :—" After receiving Menchikoff's despatches of the sth, which threw them into great perplexity, the ministers of the Porte hastened to inform the French and English ambassadors of their contents, demanding at the same time their counsel and support. Lord Red cliffe, who seemed to see in this question a merely religious matter to be settled between Greeks and Moslems, made an evasive reply to the Divan. (This statement agrees with that of the cor• respondent of the Independence Beige.) We are assured, in fact, that his lordship confined himself to recommending the Sultan's ministers to respond vaguely to the Prince, to appeal to the justice and candour of the Emperor Nicholas, and finally to gain time until he should himself receive a reply from his government. At the same time he urged the Divan to promulgate some measure favourable to the Chris tians of the East, so as at once to disarm Russia and conciliate the public opinion of Europe. Lord Red cliffe then wrote to his government to state the new turn which things had taken, and demand instruc tions. Such was the substance of the news brought to Marseilles on the 15th by the Caradoc, and imams diately transmitted to London." Our own correspondent at Constantinople, writing on the 9th, says : "All is activity here, while the decision of the Divan is still pending, and at the Porte, as well as in the diplomatic circle, councils and conferences arc of almost hourly occurrence. It is believed that the ultimatum presented on the sth will be rejected. To-morrow is the last day allowed by Menchikoff for an answer. You have already been informed of the settlement of the question of the Shrines, about which Turkty has been so unfairly tormented, basing no interest of her own in the matter. A certain modification of the ministry has taken place here. Ahmed Fethi Pacha, brother-in-law of the Sultan, and Director of Artillery under Itesehid Pacha, has been restored to that post. The Ministry of Commerce, which thus becomes vacant, is assign.d to Namik Pacha. • _ "After the presentation of the Russsian nnte, about six p.m., the Foudroyant Russian war steamer was observed steaming gillantly up the Bosphorus, on her way, it was generally supposed, to Odessa. Two hours later the Wasp started for England, and finally, after midnight, the Chaptal for Mamilles. The seemingly combined movement of this eminous triumvirate gave rise to ail sorts of anxious surmist , s, nor did the public mystitieatifm cease altogether till the return of the Russian steamer quietly into port on the following day. The fact is that Nlenehi koff, who goes about without parade, in simple quaker costume, had been up to Buyukdke to pass the night and visit his friend Logotheti at Zeui Koi. " Last advice, from Odessa state that the arma ments still continue, nod that 13,000 men had rein forced the corps darnii.e. "Two Queen's messengers arrived here lust week with despnchcs for Lord ltedclitle, the one trent Lon don, the other from Vienna, who returns to-day per Trieste steamer. 1). I.ayard also started on the sth inst. via Franee, iu all probability with information and despatches kr the home government." The Ottoman Vendors- has published an article on the subject of the National hank. The firman constituting the new estanlislituent is dated April 5. The capital is 200,000,000 piastres, or 45,000,0001. You ate aware that the objects of the institution arc the reform of the currency, by the sithstitu tion of good money for the heehliks, alto and other depreciated coins tow in circulation; the exchange at par of the caimcs bealieg interest for specie, to give greater stability to the rate of exchange. I send you the names of the directors of the bank, they are all men of the highest standing and respectability. '1 he names of 1). Gl..vany and C. II inson will alone suf fice to refute the invidious assertions which have found their way into ono of the leading London newspapers in reference to the bank administration. The beneficial effects of this measure, though yet a mere project, have been already for sonic time per eeptiblo in re-establishing public credit, and animat ing to a great extent commercial operations. The pound sterling, not long since at 128, has fallen nearly down to par—say 112-14. THE PENINSULAR MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, TvrSDAY MORNING. The Oriental Company's steam-packet Madrid, Captain John Weeks, has" arrived, and landed her mails under the charge of Lieut. P. Rainier, R.N., Admiralty agent. Her dates arc : Gibraltar, May 1d; Cadiz, 13; Lisbon, 19; Oporto, 20; and Vigo, 20. Her cargo consists of 8 packages of specie, value 2,7801. ; 9 boxes dates, 360 chests oranges, 85 boxes potatoes, 29 packages sundries, 43 boxes eggs, 14 boxes lemons. The whole of the Peninsula perfectly quiet and void of news. The body of the daughter of the Em press of Brazil, conveyed by the Portuguese steamers Montrose and Don Louis, arrived in the Tagus on the 11th, and was placed in the royal vault in the church of St. Vincente, on the the following day. The greatest respect and sympathy was evinced by all classes, and from the moment of arrival minute guns fired until the funeral. All the troops were in attendance. The Empress, who never left tho body, MU visited on board the Montrose by the Queen. The mails outwards were landed throughout this voyage earlier than ever. Oporto passengers were landed at sunset on the third day from Southampton. The Orestes, bound to Australia, put into Lisbon a month since, leaky, and foremast rotten ; having refitted, she was left loading. The wreck of a Dutch galliot was drifting about the coast in the neigh bourhood of Aveiro. Light winds prevailed during the outward voyage, with much rain to the southward and all along the coast. In the Bay, N. of 45 deg. N., a strong north east gale, with much sea. On 20th, off Finisterre, at 9 p.m., the Madrid. Passed a steamer running to southward. Exchanged blue lights with her. The Agamemnon and the Cruizer arrived in the Tagus on the 18th and 19th. The Firebrand was at Lisbon. The Furious and Antelve were at Gibraltar. The Pizzaro, 6 guns, Spanish war steamer, was at Cadiz, about to sail for Havannah ; also the Petrel French steamer. The Oriental Company's packet lladdington ar rived at Gibraltar, having repaired damages, on the 14th, at 8 a.tn„ and sailed at 6 p.m. for Malta. The Tagus arrived in Vigo on the 20:11, at noon, and sailed for Oporto, &c., at 1.13 p.m. THE UNITED STATES. ARRIVAL OF THE PACIFIC. OE ELECTRIC TELRORAPR.) (FEONI OUR OWX CORRESPONDENT.) • LIVERPOOL, i'VESDAT. The United States mail-steamer Pacific, Captain Nye, from New York direct, arrived off Holyhead this morning. The Pacific would leave New York on the 14th inst., thus bringing intelligence of four days'.later date than that received on Sunday last by the Canada. The Pacific was expected in our river in sufficient Limo to allow of the dispatch of the mails to London for delivery to-morrow morning. AUSTRALIA. The ship Atrevida, Captain Shere, which left Port Phillip on the 23rd of February, arrived off Ply mouth on Sunday, and landed 26 passengers, retain ing 28 on board. She has 27,000 ounces of gold dust, and proceeded on to London. Her passengers estimate the quantity of gold brought into Melbourne weekly, by escort and otherwise, at 80,000 ounces, and this was increasing. The market price, 31. 17a. per ounce, was also on the rise, and the ex change on London was at par. Flour, 21/. to 22!. per ton; the 41b. loaf, Is. 4d.; beef and mutton, 4d. to 6d. per lb.; cabbages, 2s. each; eggs, 6s. per dozen. The colony was 3ourishing. The Mel bourne steamer left Port Phillip on the 6th of Feb ruary with 17,269 ounces. The Sarah Sands steamer left on the 11th of February, with 40,002 ounces, and the famous nugget, 134 pounds 8 ounces. The following sailing vessels bad departed: The Admiral, February 2, with 13,211 ounces ; the Northumberland, on the 6th, with 17,034 ounces • the John Taylor, with 11,084 ounces; and the Ho bert Sale, with 18,836 ounces. WEST END OF LONDON AND CRYSTAL PALACE RAILWAY. Yesterday the committee appointed to inquire into this proposed undertaking met for the first time. The members are Mr. Moody, Mr. Baring, Mr. Davies, Mr. Repton, and Mr. Seymour. The committee-room was much crowded. _ _ _ Mr. Ati sander, Q.C.. opened the case for the promoters, and stated the object was to nuke a railway to the Crystal Palace, now constructing, with branches to the London, Brighton, and SauthCoast Railway, and to the London and South Western, so as to furnish an additional and expedi tious means of communica , ion between the west-end of London and the Crystal Palace at Norwood, at a proposed cost of 360,000/. The line was opposed by the South- Eastern Railway Company, and by Mr. Clarkson, the bar rister, whose residence at Tooting it was proposed to pus by an embankment of 10 feet, but at 103 yoras distance. There would be two tunnels, one 726 yards long, and run ning under the Palace itself, and the other 340 yards, at Streatham. Sir J. Paxton ixamined—Stated be was of opinion the public would require the proposed accommodation from the wiPt-end, In the direction of Norwood and Croydon, in additin n to the communication already existing by means of the London and Brighton Railway to these points. The greatest number of passengers the Landon and Brighton could accommodate in one day was 30,000, while the Crystal Palace Railway promoters anticipated that 100,000 passen gen wouli go to see the building by railway in n day, &oil be at its fetes, and see its fountain; and he believed would be found he was borate tont in this estimate, when he stated that the numbers that travail, d by the Versailles Railway, to see feles and fountains there, Paris having only about half the population of Landon, aas 100,000 un fete days. At Sydenham everything would be far more attractive than at. Versailles, it would be a plaee of agreeable p pular recreation, and as a commercial speculation he be. bayed it would pay. Mr. Gesell, M P., one of the directors of the Crystal Palace Company, was bring examined when the com mittee adjourned to this day. ELECTION EXPOSURES. HULL BRIBERY COMMISSION. This morning the comm ß is t7 , L io L i , le M rs on ap n pc ay in E tt l .d .rx t i o nn in_ quire into corrupt practices at parliamentary elections for the borouga of Hull commeaced their sittings at the Town hall, the commissioners being Mr. F. Sally Flood (chid), Mr. John Horde', and Mr. W. B. Brett. The royal commissina having bean formally read, Mr. Flood stated the course which the commissionen In tended to pursue, viz ,to commence with the recent elec tion, and go backwards, so far as meant practices might appear to extend, at their discretion. After some further furmal proceedings,the examination of witnesses was procceisd with. John Reßet, solicitor—l took an active part in the last election fur Hull. The whiga were tho "Graeae" and the turies the "Blue" party. I was interested for the Blue party about a week before the electien. The Orenge party were successful. I was employed to make {equities as to corrupt practices by that party, shortly after the election, in conjunction with Mr. Stampe, Wit) also is a solicitor. We took a special office fur the purpose. Some of our in formation came by anonymous letters, which I will produce hereafter if 1 have theta. I have also minutes upon which the brief fur the p titian was founded, fuel I now head them in, in defirence to your authority. •Fite brief we/ drawn up by Mr. Drown, parliamentary agent, in London, from these minutes. and shall also be turthcoming. I com municated with John Walker, with regard to the petitioe, in consequence of an anonymous courauuicatiuu from Man oust. r, where he heed, a card, with his address, being in the letter, which said that Walker could give information about the election. I saw Walker at Manchester, where he mode a statement, which I hand in. There is a stamped receint for T,01., connected with Walker's statement, which I wish to explain. Mr. Flood raid the commission would real the statement, and recall the witness to explaiu the 50t. payment. Mr. Charles Hubert Robinson--I live in the borough of Hull, end am a bloektnaker. lam a freeman. At the last election I voted fur Clay ani Goderich too °aur can didates were Moore and Butler. I was convened by bath parties—first by the "Blued'—but I doer know their names. They were strangers to me. I tad them I had not made up my mind, and I did not WO the same parties again. Others called upon me, and I gave them the same answer. I promised Mr. Irving to vote fur Clay and Godcriclt about a week bc , fore the election. Mr. Irving took my nem: down in a bosh. I went to a committee-roots, 24. Saville-street, where my name was again put down, but I do not know what fur. I expected to be employed as s colourmin, or something of the sort, but I did not know exactly. I was not employed in any way, but °tithe morning of the elec tion Mr. Walker paid me 30s. I did not know till then how much I woo to have. I did not ask. Ile gave it to me, and I took it, but nut against my will. (Laughter.) Smithson had told us we should be paid if wo put oar money down. I thought it odd when I got the money, bat I was not surprised. (Laughter.) By Mr. Deedes.—The two Demeans showed me 101., but did not tell me where they got it. They told me I should get the same if I went to the poll, as they had that given After I had polled, I bad SUMO drink, at the Golden Cup, Humber-street, where Welker took me after pulling. He paid for it. Ile also gas: me some drink at the Crown and Cushioe, Salthouse-lane, as we were going to the poll. John Duncan, a freeman and blockmaker, living in Ilull —I have 'feted at all the elections within the last a 0 years, and for the " orange ," except the fi rst time, when I voted for O'Neill (crimson) and N'illiers (blue). Trevor wan a committeeman, but sometimes a runner. Was et down tar a runner et the last election, when I got 3)5., and lest four and a half day's time attending various placer, to wait on any body who wanted me. My name was set down et a house in Chapel.lane; not a public-house, nor a coremittee room, that I know of. No one took me there ; 1 %sent of my own accord, tied found a man at a desk setting names down for the Orange party. Two others went with me, whose names were put down as well as mine. A mart whom I met in the market told me they were putting dawn names there, and if I went I should be set on as a ruuner. Ile was a shipwright, but Ido sot know his name. I had been paid for being a runner at the previous election si. a day, bet I do not know how much in the whale; perhaps 10, ,or about 155., or 20a. I will swear it was under 30s. re.eived 30s. at the last election. Walker paid me it as we were going to the poll. The day's proceedings had not concluded when our - -tier left. CORK. When the committee met yesterday morning. Mr. Edwin James, Q C., commenced tosum up the whcla case on behalf of the sitting memhers. Mr. ttlsrj,atit E. , nghilie then replied. At the conclusion of the learned serjennt's address, the committee adjourned to this morning, when it is exincted their decision will be announced. PLYMOUTH ELECTION. ECILTIIEIt rinciny. Yesterday this committee, consisting of Mr. Ag— lionby (chairman), Mr. G. C. Glyn, Marquis of Chantios, Mr. } erguson, and Mr. S. Child, re-assembied to institute further inquiry into the corrupt practices of the last election. _ _ __• _ Mr. Alexander, Q.C., with Mr. Rodwell, the counsel ap pointed by the Speaker to conduct the investigation, stated that the parliamentary agent, Mr. Venables, and his soli citor, Mr. Gallow, ha.l spent the whole of last week at Plymouth, and their inquiry led them to believe that they should be able to bring before the committee a very large number of cases of bribery, but owiug to the disrloeuics be fore this committee, and those before the committee on the dockyard appointments, combined with the present contest going on for the vacant seat, it had been found difficult to prosecute a preliminary inquiry, as all parties at Plymouth were very cautious, and very much en the. it guard. Ile had, in consequence, to request that the committee would. concede a fortnight's adjournnrint. After a discussion of no moment, the committee, after issuing warrants for the attendance of witnesses, declared the inquiry adjourned to this day three weeks. NEW ELECTION COMMITTEES APPOINTED.. Yesterday the general committee of elections met, and appointed the following new committ3cs : LIVERPOOL.-Mr. Ingham (chairman), Mr. Freshfield, Mr. Williams, Ilon. J. P. Maxwell, and Mr. J. Ball.— Members petitioned against, Mr. Forbes Mackenzie and. Mr. Turner. Ccau.n.—Mr. Miles (chairman), Mr. M. Milnes, Mr. W. E. Wynn, Mr. Warner. and Colow' North.—Member peti tioned against, Mr. C. O'Brien. SLIOO.-Mr. Divett (chairman), Mr. C. Hindle, Sir E. Filmer, Hon. Mr. Portman, and Mr. W. J. Evelyn.— Member petitioned against, Mr. Townley. THE GOVERNMENT AND THE SPY SYSTEM. Last evening a public meeting of the inhabitants of the parish of Marylebone was held at the Courthouse, Marylelsone-lane, to adopt a petition to parliament and an address to the Queen, condemnatory of the unconstitutional and un•Bnglish employment of the police in disguise for political wpm+, and of the unworthy and inhospitable treatment by government of the illustrious Kossuth ; also, to sympatluse with him both in regard to the annoyances he has been subjected to by the authorities, and to the calumnious and cowardly attacks on his character in the Tunes newspaper. Lord DUDLEY' COUTTS STUART, M.P., in the chair. The CHAIRMAN read letten from Sir Benjamin Hall, M.P., Mr. J. Bell, M.P. , Mr. Apaley Pellatt, M.P., Sir John Shelley, M.P., and several other members of par liament, regretting their inability to attend the meeting— the first-mentioned hon. gentleman stating that he had been engaged the whole day on the Dockyard Committee, and that business still required his presence in the House of Commons. ,-----.. Mr. P. thartan moved the first resolution;—" That this meeting has beard with alarm and indignation that the polies of this metropolis, chiefly supported by local rates, levied upon the inhabitants solely for the protection of their persons and property, are employed in disguise by the au thorities in the despicable and no-English character of spies upon the actions of political exiles under the protection of our laws. And the Secretary of State for the Home De partment baying assumed to himself the odium which such employment carries with it, the meeting cannot refrain from expressing its opinion that her Majesty's government would act more in accordance with the wishes and feelings of the people at large, and would better consult its own dig nity by relusiog on all occasions to he at the service of con tinental despotism. And this meeting pledges itself, indi vidually and collectively, to use every possible means to put an end to &system which must inevitablycrcate a feeling of distrust on the part of the people towards the government.' . The government, he said, bad succeeded in exciting the indignation of the people, but it should bo remembered that the spy system was commenced by their predecessors, alio the object of the present meeting was to evince their con tempt for the continuance of such a system. If Louis Kossuth had been engaged in levying war against Austria, the government of that country would have discovered it without the interference of the police of this country, and therefore they were bound to state their deliberate opinion that such a proceeding ought not to hays been sanctioned by the ministry of England. lie had nothing to say against the government excepting upon this subject, fur, In other respects, they were di Mg the business of the country admirably ; but when a ca,e like the present arose it behoved them to express their detestation of the conduct of the ministry, for they felt that a great principle had been invaded by a proceeding which shy weu that the litter:lea of the people were not sufficiently respected. (Hear, hear.) Mr. NIC/1,11..\ Y seconded the revolution, obterving that the people of this parish were called upon to pay 25,0001. rr annum for the support of the police, and he protested against the atrocious, unconstitutional, un-E , glish acts of the government in truckling to continental des; nth by employing that polite for other yurposes Can the protection of the persons and property of theme who contri buted to their maintenance. lie was at all times ready to AU , port the police, but he wished to notice one important tact, viz , that whenever a policeman was wanted he was nowhere to be found. (Laughter.) Au admirable instance of the truth of this assertion had occurred within the last fortnight, when a distinguished member of the government had met with an adventure in the street after discharging ' his duties in the House of Commons, and subf•equeolly so, king relasati , m at the Opera. Ihe honourable gentle r man, In order to relieve himself from a dif f iculty sAiiods a - l • 4,04 4% .. beset him, was desirous of finding a policeman, b u t h g w , compelled to walk a considerable distance with,iut sg mg in accomplishing that object. (Laughter.) Tier( -. '. li • :1-w- ,•- v---.• . - -L.-.