The Express. — London, England, 1852-02-21 00:00:00

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Colonel (Idyls for, 81r R. B. Williams ▪ o , • I land tor, Lord O. Paget against: Eir Wm. • •t ..t d Fergus against.—]tr.ff Du. Mr. Oeo. , d. ‘, Train. Mr. Edward Ellice, jaa., Mr. 'i";„ Mr t'lithlen, and several other nsentbsee i were ▪ .t.i .hut out from the division ea Thursday even- All t. ~.. pro. irt.ntcal from iseseedmg the usaiority • I I N.4.1%'. melon. seiP• Vbe Court. The te tl. en held court. wi fe oon at zl, oo Palace. Medium Illivearus, etch e Task. isk X., .I.r. Madame in Canteen* Baal flawasasteia, wife et th. .tu.trian Minister, Madame do blecado, wife of the Minister, the l'rinceaa di Carini, wife of the Biel- L in and Madame de Bilk, wife of the Diutiah w, re laterally presented to the Queen et m i„. r the C. nate. Granville, wife of her Mejesty's l'nneie.4 *4 i retery of State for Foreign Affairs. = Envoy-Extraordinary and Minister-Pleni .". hi. Majesty the King of Denmark, had as F° 4 ` midway et the Queen, and delivered his credentials to her Maje•!. the Q Enceueenlk * y was introduced by the Earl Principal Secretary of State for Yuman Atfara , . and conducted by ltlejor-Oesteral the Hon, Fir Edeart her Majesty's Muter of the Common •.. The Qavril WO attended by Lord Elphirutone, Lord in Wanes, and Majortieneral 8ethe1...7 Drummond, the loom Waiting. • Prinee Albert, attended by Lieut.-Celonel the Hon. A. Gord , n. rode out on kone`ock yesterday meriting. The I'nnce of Wiles. the Primer Royal, Prince Alfred, the Prie.ecevea Ake, Helena, sad Louisa, and Prniee Arthur. to h their anal a xer:ise yesterday in the garden Of Berko:zits= Pal tee. Ni.ije.tv had a dinner parte yesterday at Ducking.. tam The company included hi. Eleellency the Prevaian r and )la dame 13110,4'0, his Excellency the Turki.:g Misa.f.r and Madame Meson's., the Doke and Dactu-. f Nom.): and 1.1.1 y Addis& Fitzalan Deward, the E it! and l'ountt•ot of Ileashorough, Lieut.-Ocnersl Lord • ritalv wad Baron Niubular. John Rowell's party, for Wednesday, Feb. 25th, is pompon to Wetint .4.1. March 3rd. The .1,, 41 Committee of l'rivy Connell sat yesterday. Hl, prem.nt wen—Lard eranworth, Sir J. Knight Rr. Lushingtiin, end Sir Edward Ryan. Lowe's applb.•,kt. , .a for catenaion of patent (part heard) was re• amid concluded. (Frestnet MOW. Case Us.) lAMB CIR lsEwL.u,S OVVICF., FEB. 16.—Notice I. h. rvb7 00(.0, that her bl ujesty will hold Levees at St. c lams.' Palace, on the following days, at two o'clock: Alth Feb. inst., Wednesday, 3rd March mat. WIIIiEIIALL, FLB. 19.—The Queen has been to appoint Houghton Forrest, Gent. to be Lieutenant ' the Artillery Company of London. CoMMISAION SIGNED BY THE LORD-LIEITTENANT 07 Be inssmintaw—Adjutant Robert Goldits to some with the rank of captain, in the 76th or Inverness, Banff, Elgin, and Nairn Regiment of Militia. MI LUNG OF LIBERAL MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT. Ye,terday, a meeting of between thirty and forty liberal members of parliament took place in ono of the committee-rooms of tho House of Commons, when the subject of Lord John Russell's new Reform Ilill was taken into consideration, and a discussion took Ogee on the steps to be adopted respecting it. Several revolutions were adopted, and it was agreed that a deputation should wait upon Lord John Ituswil to urge upon his lordship the necessity of adopting the ballot, and of taking the mood mem ber from certain small boroughs, and conferring the seats thus gained upon large unrepresented towns. The minister arranged to receive the deputation this afternoon, little anticipating probably the result of lost night's debate in the House of Commons. THE MINISTRY. (run • When Lord John Russell made up his mind to eject Lord relmereten from his ministry, he meet ham keewe that be thereby broke tip Lis party is the Hasse of Cannoin, end WAS liable, indeed tolerably entaie, to be Minch turned out by an adverse vote es some very early mearoin. Nor was it likely that the noble viscount would be at all backward in providing the inppostasity. And yet few of thus: who, on Thursday sight, ezultiestly rimmed the majority of nearly one hundred I. support of the government, could have anticipated that a Mow its fete world be *Mork within 24 boars Those who idi a to the debate of last night, as it appears in oar columns, for an cep/sestina of the eases of this on upected event, will be greatly diempeantod. The plat of difference between the two noble lords sa to the title of the Militia Bill, apes whisk the vote was token. was to ordinary apprehensions, end indeed in reality, a merely verbal question. No ens eta doubt that the incases of the government might have been intro doted Intently ea well seder the one detignation se the other—es a bill for " 4 lead Wilda," or for • te...its" simple. The real dispute between the noble embetasta ems es to which Mould five wee. The more purely tailing the point smissily at awe% the more thorumridy gmessal lime= the Meuggle sod the MOT determined Omni wee mat net to nee& from the Felton he had tabus up. But we have, dear al. the pea as irides of Lord John Boma to believe ha be took up g relies, is whisk be wee so likely to he WSW out of MIMI PIO& He might have greadally is the 'NW anemia the verbal elms is Mired by bye bale allesgue es e matter of so mama whisk it wui O god would have lent nothing by seillisp. • newt, thetas" Whew to Delete, that be emera dant en this ingerims, apprely with the view of eakdradag the fete ea* he Mew to await Ms es TorsiW rot. If defeat OM /11114 with all its arnwistre.lll Ms •hr better red le likely be mile arm era erbr throat the 'wary, wbaft met apes the simple 6 w.06.• mania of wbeher dr gerargega sleek bate the pan el ay their elm MM. the eta that mesh men mum met ea.a xs ztraler ese—lbe heerethea of the . ia gain This is the only ble . oxidisation of the goaded of the reeremest lea might. But if we me to mesere it to be the true one, it is remarkable bow well the emst wee kept, Ist hew isseemaymegedemaereeef 'be useeleoggieelena do gmemereat riot ia a vote a aisoarlibree. IMMO t m e tt the bra rinse a abet dm sus Asa. The who _son Illipiptl hem bat pea 7 to hadret $ Vera le what they hag& se dead a dr sum egeopedso hes litsolog ie smildelakbelk ohm Sri' refig ia bon tie diser-emme to glee Oar eale. ao aeries that the miaow et the reesemest wee et eleba. hem of the usual welsimelmil i ces moos. owl lb. egaleti game wear ia obi* M est of al iediesabegy eposelas the gable lea ►had hire r s lessellieg e el ha met, were set beard by them. red wry Ade emlamMed even by thew who did boar the.. It leas,, thee, tine the go me anent must have deared the amp di pea Thigh their himele. beaded by their late colleague, ham et Mega b• aired on them.—Dgay Nags. Tire MtmorMtlaL CRIBIA—Vis (Ilaritiwy CArod' aide) have been iaformed that the protectionirts have meat • apt Mal rummager to Lord Derby, who is at present at Badminton, and that his lordship may be expected in tow* in the course of this morning. Nothisg, we promise, esa, however, be known with certainty, until allot the eabiaat shall have met to day, and until Lord John Agana shall have communicated the result of their deliberetioos to her Maie,ty. [Up to the hour of going to press nothing hag transpired worth adding to the foregoing.) CRYSTAL TALACL—Yesterday morning, Prins Albert inspected the collection of articles Preentsd by foreisn eountries sad British exhibitors to the Cansmimim, to form the outlaw et a trades colleetion. THE FRANCUISII AT Csurnon.--Last areedng meeting of the inhabitants of Croydon took plate to con sider the omission of Schedule B with respect to that town. A pititien to the House of Commons was agreed to praying that, , hould the hone deem it right to par the llll4Blall proposed by Lord John Russell, Croydon, which is by far ; the most thickly-populated town in Sunny, with its 90,355 • iithalstaets, should be sneezed to the borough Iteigete instead of the town of Dorking, situate us it ia is soother divisem of the county, and oontainiag 6,996 inhabitsata. METROPOLITAN RAILWATS JUNCTION.—This Mat ter was further proceeded with yesterday, sad additional , members of the /Navigate' committee were placed on the list as liable. Ile claim of Mr. Asphitel, who, under res. sure of legal proceedings, paid some WM to the NAP' bolder' in return el their deposits, and who seeks to be re• ateapeased foe those mama% was partly Mated lath THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 21, 1852. 141""urns:" Beldam flf< piomdames we ty7of arch ! t eta 1 0 11111811—with °la- bur meads Bee — *Mips intervention? Hew scold liesleltd nab WNW felt with out atidisee he erne* in Plandissoe in Portugal, in Balmer or is Spain ? And davaid the great Met war on the eandnent edge,wr pliant rug—even with the Saga& lest sad Raff ia vainedesee—areuld ail beneeihd he the protec tion et berealL We MA spare nothing-- ✓ send Mimosa= odd be tried. On the de hu* ad the dlrAdw date, met we *et so far as ands woe easserned. Dot were a general militia seganised, how Alarm_ tly _ should we stand! Two hashed thousand Emedieh eonseripte would soon have nraay men Isewari enough for drafting into tie line ; whilat the rest would be declared amply_ sueloient for home defines. Oar regulars would cease to be necessary tower hone safety. They could he sent abroad—if " honour " or "intervention" required it. Once across the mu all the former drama might be enacted again. England thoroughly committed to a great fight wood fight it out as of old. Tho line would win—and perish ; the regiments, as gradually " used up," would be filled up again and again with militia men from home. Battles and glory might be won— ad at the old price of English blood and English treasure,—and another great and" glorious" national war bo followed by another great and strangling national debt. Let it not bo supposed that this is an imaginary view of the question that led to the ministerial crash of last night. An organised general militia means — the for engaging in a foreign tear—and Lord PALMERSTON, above all men, knows it. And ho knew it right well when ho talked with such glib in. nocenco last night in the House of Commons of the small difference the mere word " general" for " lacer—that stood between himself and his late col league, Lord Jour; RusalLL. The WhiMinisters may return to o ffi ce or they may not. Lo rd with Lord PALMERSTON may possibly take office. But let the people insist upon being guarded by their own good ships and their own tried soldiers, and not allow themselves to bo taxed in pocket or in person for either local or general militia. FRANCE. PARIS. THURSDAY ETZNING. I understand that the Bing of the Belgians has bestowed a diplomatic mission on the Prince de Lige, to proceed to the courts of Berlin and Vienna, in order to negotiate the support of those powers against all aggression on the part of France. Not the least importance is attached to the note which appeared yesterday in the Moniteur, repudiating warlike designs. In fact, the sertion that Belgium is tho only country on which demand. have been made since Ike. 2, hi utterly irreconcileable with the pretensions of the French ministers at Ikrnc and Madrid. It is known that M. de Salignao Fenelon has presented the most menacing notes to the Federal Council on the subject of the French refugees in Switzerland, and that ap plications have been made to Spain for the expenses of tho Duke cringouleme's expedition in 1823. In fact, the decree in the 3fudrid Gazette, which has reached us to-day, granting a credit to the Minister of War for the fortification of Port Mahon, is an ex pressive answer to the proposal of the French go vernment to hold that important port as a guarantee for the payment of the sum demanded from the Spanish government. Lord Cowley is at present lodged at the Hotel Bristol. A letter has been received from the Duke de Mont pensier, by the executors of the Orleans family, ad heri to the declarations of the princes, his brothers, already published in your columns. M. Salvendy, one of the most sanguine mediators between the two branches of the house of Bourbon has just left Paris on a visit to the Count of Chan! bard. It would seem from this minion that the fusion party are still undeterred bf.the coldness with which their advances are received by the house of Orleans. But there is so foundation for the report that fusion is now more advanced than before the sop (Mat, all the Orionis* of any eminence, re- Clithis scheme as the complete abdication of e lg unger branch, without any compensation what ever. The President has granted a free pardon to M. Demostlame d'Olivier, who was sentenced to trans portation. M. Michot, ex-representative, has again been set at liberty, but has been ordered to quit France im mediately. When Lord Normanby was the other day in Paris to take leave of the President, a whole stay of tradesmen presented bills te the amend if mamas of 3,0001. - The Marchicessali Noesrallq, to Vks they desired to speak ~swami demand by showing account - husks, lbeen wbsk it append that all the bills had be r e e ar:l at the led et the year with the customary of the Illabirey. It turned out that his excel rncy s maitre Aoki, an Italian named Salvator, had embezzled the money with which he had been entrusted to pay the trades men. It is said that ho admitted the fact, alleging as en excuse that ho had been gambling at the Bourse. Lord Normanby wished not to prosecute the man, but the police heard of the story and have arrested him. The President held a Council of Ministers at the Elysee yesterday. Before the council met, General Magnan, commanding the army of Paris, had a pri vate interview with the President. OF THE ARREST OF THE ADMINIO._ ORLEANS DOMAINS. PARIS, FaIDAT EVIIIIIIW. An Met whin bee mode a great stir to-day is ea met et IL lioirobild d the administration edge ileeit dabs basis et °ins. This extra willoory opium yes tin yeelerday evening. IL Dens, bra, I inientead, mile& for permission to publish the domain whisk Stewarded to yea on Saturday. I mesa the rains of MM. 11= Dufanre, Milos Perrot, and ethers on the l of the coollseadin decree. This permission wiz nonptorily refined. AL Boner then p with a parcel of the pamphlets and drove about to the houses of the leading mea -1 bras of the late Amenably, sad other no tabilities, to leave the copies piled for private circulation. Bat be INS jir the police, arrested, and ooniond le the prelmhere of police. M. Bocher wasswatilor eras cenfrogenate of the late Assemblhoninerally esteemed he his ohs. meter and nia, It le reported by sass that the arrest was wisidatllko distribution of tin latter of the Orleans gonsn, Int I have rieseind the above version frees &sheet iiree. A very pad feeling of disgust has been yesibeed by this act of violence. It has been &noosed by the Morsitear that Liont.-Oeneral the Des do Mortemart has accepted the command of the 11th military divides, whose headvartire an st•Bewries.This eosins has peeinsta seelk soolkihie Morse mele weft hi pit of wealth and A noe among do inmost hake of France. of the the muff rtomiaanfir of die divides 12 set to bo misesieil with the IL de Mortenrat who re peeseated the Woe lalieleere la the lisle ieurably, eel is, I beliewo j ehept to benne • arallikie for Lyons the CI9L.e f Yin eiiitararalber that the letter wwenasw from the Oiesigletheb Ingather with M. do asslilembert, of when be ti a mar ally and collaborator in the interest of the churah-party. The " Duke dm Mortemart was formerly member of thu (,'bather of Peers, and ambassador to the Court of St. Peleteburg. Lately he refused a seat in the Se nide. People are the more puzzled to divine the snatkri of ids acceptance of a military command. Moneta, be is the owner of immense forest-lands in the Ober. The magnificent Chateau de Leaches ' segue is his residence, and his income is stated at half • million of francs. The Ely's& is greatly elated by the acquisition of so brilliant a prize, while the legitimists are struck with blank surprise at the defection. The Siecle says: A great numbs. of elector, for the department of the Seine have adopted the following gentleman as op son candidates for the Corpe . Legislatif:—lst district, M. Du. faure ; 3rd, General Cavaignar ; sth, M. Goodehauz ; 6th, M. Dille; lith, M. Ford. de Lasteyric ; 11th, DI. Garnou. M. Oarnoo had at first declined the honour of being brought forward, but has yielded to the eolicitatioss of his political Meads. This is the first attempt which I have seen by any' paper to propagate an opposition candidate. The convention contained in the lifeisitar relative' to the extension to 99 years of the lase of the Northern Railway would be NNW 'With lure favour, if the object were not ft dmdy emeiList• evi N. Rothschild, and to obtain hie ffiffiMe to Of projected loan. The prolongation el the Um at Bt. iquentin to the Belgian frontier is Way istratlat in a strategic es well se commtreisl deist a view. In a few months the Belgian line, hem Charleroi to the French frontier, will be open, sad this will met the predated tine from Civil at Trey/aline& This railway, passing through Namur sad Liege, will event:telly become the direct route between Paris and 1 Northern Germany, being 100 Waist= shorter than the line by Brussels. It is mid that the Northern Railway Company at their meeting on April 2, will pay a diiidend of Wk. per share, besides Flrr. 50c. per share for interest. This will be equivalent to nearly 10 per cent. There is a decree in tho ilioniteur which merits notice from the way in which it bears on the trade of England, and has been much commented epos to day as a move in the free-trade direction. Thi provisions of the decree of September 8, 1851, concerning the temporary importation of pig-lees (Antes brutes) destined to be converted into ma chinery for re-exportation are extended, under the same conditions and formalities, to castings °testes) imported from abroad, to be re-exported after cos version into articles of cast iron (uut:rages defrosts mottle). The protectionists affect to view this decree with alarm, and point to it as a germ of free trade, which, if extended, would product(' great com mercial confusion. Another feature in the Moniteur which has pro duced some sensation is the displacement of some judges of the courts in Algeria. Some apprehended in thin step the destruction of the principle of the un removability of the judges. But the laws which obtain in Algeria are different iii this respect from those of France, and the judges in that colony do Lot en aloy the privilege of being unremoveable by the ye. The Yoniteur con tains along report (alluded to above) from M. Lefebvre-Durufle, the Minister of Public Weeks, relative to an extension of the concession of the Great Northern of Franco Railway. The Northern line, the report sets forth, is composed of three dis tinct railways of unequal concessions—namely, the main-line which communicates with Belgium by two points, Lisle and Valenciennes, and joins Paris to Calais and Dunkirk ; the Boulogne line ; and, lastly, the Creil to St. Quentin line. The first of these linos was conceded fur 38 years and 5 menthe; the second, for 98 years and 11 months; and the third, foe 24 years and 333 days. Notwithstand ing that these lines serve a number of populous towm, and three important seaports, they are found, the report says, not to be sufficient for the accom modation of all the rich departments in the north of France. In conse quence , the minister of public works has entered into a convention with the North ern Company, whereby it agrees to construct at its own cost and risk four new railways, on condition that the concession of all the lines then included in its collection, shall be extended to 99 years. The font sew lines are, first, that from St. Quentin to the Daisies frontier, 85 kilometres in length (53} slirmiles), the expense of which is calculated millions ; secondly, a railway from Catena to Somain, for the purpose of establishing a eastataideatioa between the channel ports and the seal lei et Valenciennes, and the north-east of i l t 2r =s, Itenstes SO kilometres (231 miles), and ex. pale I . ; thirdly, a line extending from Lit Rare to intended to unite the northern selleetion of lines to the branch line from Rheims to lipernay, and consequently to the railways on the =o2.lagth 80 kilometres (30 miles), and expense 23 ; and fourthly, a line from Noyelle to St. Valery, 5 kilometres in length (31 miles), and expense 800,000 fr. The government by this arrangement, insures the execution of 208 kilom. (130 English miles) of railway, calculated to call for an expense of 89 mil lions, without any outlay being imposed on the State. The works are to be commenced almost immediately, and all the works are to be completed in nine years at farthest. This report is acconftenied by a copy of the convention entered into between the respective parties, and which amongst other points, autho rims the Northern Company, to limit the capital of its shares to 400 fr. each, provided the gene ml meeting of the shareholders shall allow the board of directors to provide for the expenses required for the new lines by means of loans. As the new osaasedget of ninety-nine yearn is to commence front 'thellret ay of the concession granted to the princi pal line, lemsely, the 10th September, 1848, it will asooequestly terminate on the 10th of September, 1947. The report and convention arc followed by • decree from the President of the Republic, ap of the convention, and authorising the execution the lines se proposed by the hon. minister. A decree from the President of the Republic designates Lisle, Valenciennes, Strasburg, Les Mousses,Pont-do-Beauvoisin, Marseilles, Bayonne, Bordeaux, Nantes, Havre, and Hestia, as the only towns by which books in the Portuguese, language an, in conformity with the literary con vention of Jan 30, 1831, between France and Por tugal, be introduced on the French territory, either for payment of duty or for transit. The Coerrier de rEure states that tho candidates supported by the government in that department, are the Duke &nisei d'Albufera, Count d'Arjuzon, and Baron de Montreuil. The Clnutitutionnet points with triumph to the tables published in the Moniteur of the customs'-du ties received during the month of January. The increase, which is sufficiently remarkable arises obviously from the excess of confidence of ' specu lators after the eoup . d'ttat. At present the reaction of such enterprise is severely felt. The great in crease In the importation of raw silk is alluded to. I know a silk-manufacturing house at Paris, which is now deeply deploring the overweening confidence with which its orders were issued; for it cannot get rid of a skein. The depression of trade is the greatest difficulty with which the government has to contend; for the only practical justification of a coup el 'ilea is the subsequent increase of the national prosperity. A general commanding a military division in the south, whom I forbear, for obvious reasons, to name, lately received orders to liberate some of the most notorious rouges in the prisons under his jurisdiction. Ho was so surprised at the contradiction implied in such orders to the announced policy of tho govern ment—its previous persecution of the socialists and the violent denunciations of that party in its leading organs—that he could not believe the instructions serious. He, therefore, sent hie aid-de-camp to Paris to explain to M. Per signy in person that the men marked for libera tion were red republicans of the most dangerous and seditious description. N. de Persigny is said to have replied, "Never mind, they must be liberated." The prefect of the Seine has published a notice, reminding the electors of Paris that the elections for the Legislative Body are to take place on Sunday, the 29th of February, and Monday, the Ist of March, the ballot being opened at eight in the morning, and closing at six in the evening of the first day, and at four in the evening of the second. The electors' cards will be delivered on and after February 23. The mayors are to furnish every elector with a blank bulletin, upon which ho may write the name of the candidate he intends to vote for. The Prase publishes an address from M. Joret, an ultra-republican, as an opposition candidate in the Geis, and announces that it will publish any election addresses within the limits of possibility. At the Bourse the Five per Cents. fell 15c., closing at 103fr.1330 ; the Three per Cents. fell 3c., and closed at 631 r. Oho. Bank of French shares fell,2fr. 30e. The Northern Railway, instead of rising as might have been expected, in consequence of the decree of this morning, fell 3fr. 75e. Most of the other lines fell slightly. ITALY. ROMAN STATES. Count Oommi Alfieri, who has been entrusted b 7 Princes Alfieri and Conti, and M. Angelo kerlini, with the negotiations for the capital re (wired for the pontifical railroads, arrived at Room on the 2nd, in company with M. Courtines, the representative of the company Edmond, Adam, and Co., of Paris, and with Messrs. Craven, of York, and Mr. Richard, all capitalists, who have already deposited capital for the purpose in the Roman banks. The construction of the projected railroads appears now to be quite certain, and it is expected pontifical decrees will speedily be published on this all-important subject. SPAIN. MADRID, Feu. 14. The Queen, who is now oiseM well, received yea - weed deliotatioair others, that teiday m. _ r _ amongst. _ the grandma, the dean of whom, the Count of Alta mks, delivered a congratulatory address. The Bale Gamete of the 17th repeats its statement that the French government has addreamd strong notes to that of 'Switzerland on the subject of the political refugees. It is not so positive, however, with rasp& to its original statement, of the French government having demanded new laws against the press in Switzerland. Vie expreoo. TO CORRIOPONDII4TO. Oword d ■ Timo Ezprooo." moo Powloiro Orotio." poMlobsi spry Towity vigil. to dm Ow pot. olowwwwwOolsloodoi kw "TM lapow." Lwow Bowleg pow. art to tot Po Mow. IS. DoworbowwwW. by Two Irma ow tho lip •1 pabirnifin. EGO WILMA •T LOXDON BRIDOI. Tao Dov-.lloniog, k. 11w. —....A1100m0w. ft. 17m. Tompaow—aliniwo. A. 460.........A11wwww. Ow. Pa LONDON, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 21. SIONATION OF TILE MINISTRY. Tmt ministers have resigned—not upon a broad question of national policy or of parliamentary reform, but era a difficulty whether theSerty-second or the fifty-eighth of Gamma TIE THIRD should be re furbished for present use! Them was a significant muter on the tory benches in the House of Com mons yesterday evening, and the haithele of the piece scented the mischief in the wind. In due time Lord Joao RUSSELL rose to propose his militia plan. He desired to have what be considered a con stitutional means of defence for the country, and thought that a local militia was the best mode of providing . it. With much Ingenuity he put his proposition before his hearers, but through the whole explanation there shone out two great errata of . policy—two great mistakes—the one potent for evil in the eyes of the liberals, the other still more fraught with mischief in the tory view of the subject. The economists could see the broad absurdity of making bid soldiers of useful Me chanics, to be ready three months hence to meet a danger said to be imminent ; whilst practical members of the tory party saw the insufficiency of a weak local force, when compared with such a militia as England mated dunng the last war. And far more than that, Lord Deane% followers saw also, in the dispute before them, a chance of upsetting the whigs, and getting their places. With an audience to a large extent thus mentally prepared to resist his arguments, the minister went on detailing his plans, and when ho had finished his story, upetood his ex-colleague . , Lord PALMERSTON, to knock down all he had striven to raise. Lord PALMERSTON had no official reserves to check him. and on he went, ',prating to the fears of those who dream of invasion, and to the patriotism of such as desire such " glory "as the French are fond of. His address might be called a genuine " Rule Britannia oration," well adapted to his audience, well sprinkled with cleverness, and eminently " telling "in its effect. He was cheered' loudly, especially—as an honourable member re-' marked—by the landlords behind him, who lived in Kent and the south counties. Lord PAL MERSTON, with glossy compliments, and well turned sentences, declared his respect for the minis ter and his plans. All he wished was to sub stitute one statute of Glows 111. for another; to make the militia really an efficient force; maw ablo from one part of the kingdom to moodier. It was only a word—forty-two for fifty-eight. But that word was fated to upset the ministry. The that followed Lord PALMERSTON'S told " Divide, divide," was the muttered Inkentglim from the well filled tory burls.; Lad Macias HILL was industrious, but unsisesser Mthe mike were not at their posts, the bell rung, as lbs deiced division - in a house of 251 mem buseelted JOHN RUSSELL was left in a minority of U. Aby hasty words of inquiry, explanation, and vcdoisder sad then the loud cheers of the tories told hew gAt it hey received from the Prime Minister sea int* that he felt bound to resign. Th• it bather breaks the back of the camel," says the Bah His last folly broke down Lord Join Itientes cabinet. He tampered with the gaihiese. and tried the endurance, and scorned the evangel of the men who advised him wisely, wheat they refused to flatter his mistakes. What sight had he to ask for militiamen, when the gauntry was paying many millions a year for regular ships, and seamen? To these paid forces the are entitled to look for national defence—to mighty ships, and the good seamen, and the gal katry that, in the hour of peril, has ever been ready and true—to the drilled soldiers of the line, of • by the men who have seen service abro ad in the last war and in the many colonies of Oesat Britain. And if this navy and this easeg are not ample, when properly stationed asee the most, then the minister Asa& Dave assqlsil fY *se offer of those thousands d young M vim midi their services in the sassed de ems, as imbed d die oorpe. But as. Lord Joint Rom= would try a militia. The anatry in the present state of Europe was neb sum, he tht. At any moment we might he la danger; anil l stave ell what might affect us tied& his pin was to organise 80,000 striplings, who would Mil day to fight in a few mosibe time. Jubilees and. and as well es ay raw Be r —for diffetestii—but las &dye to is Ger h art imoal be use, ••••any Wait sack London twise ever be- Imo had militiann mil be ballotted hay enrolled, einis need, sae la ode ready he lighting sad &hallos a invading samiy. Thu the bone am s Noe was weak, and his easy et be would have a iodide-- aid lobs gdidisb d Sat fitib7 was deny strong, and why should Led, Paidadosos ask la abblish a instal ad lids brie isslsad d a bed ems to sae why, ca a east et sash a *samba amid s naktrY P I& l64. lesbin et4.4hei bomb isms um la sallisei—so dad is Res lir hiss d absadiswilA bat en i s tElt Ztiit Ass sus emida evident %- WY ellb. Sp take tilt lit ilt, it is Jed Nib that Teed Jon asso&L ter a erlis aa els subject to sir as Ss Cape irk" Wan ths Loft AO .mosi unitedly itakdasable to his dna ea iss ~l eat at militia; saA--isft fat shinity d diudt+-bs Posy i am the " resignation which bre Kenn, night net WA it neomsary under the dreaminess to essope. Should this be so; and should Lord PAL 311MRTON not join Lard DERBY in forming a Cabinet, Lard Jose, coming back again to office, may turn to the liberals with the 'exclamation, " If you do not import me as a party, I shall hand the reins to the iselis." Such ululations may have rendered his ben inswilliug to meet the event of lost night thee the world might imagine. Be this, however, as it may, the tory muster in the Muse int sight to do the work they effected is ex wlela the knowledge of the fact that L ord rs,L abb idtleTCW and the Peehtcs were ready to sup port any attempt for damaging the ministry. They could scarcely have expected how successful they would be. The tactics of the ex-Foreign Secretary are clear enough. Ho will have no local militia—not for the reasons that urge the liberals to reject it,—but from a widelydifferent motive. A local militia in, as Lord JOHN Russell, declares, a constitutional force. It might be called, indeed, • body of armed county special timetables. It is a force raised in a locality to be employed in that locality, with local prejudices and tom' inefficiencies. If good for anything, it would be—when drilled— useful only for local contest. A general militia, on the other hand, is, in truth, an addition to the standing army of a mass of indifferent troops, from which the line could be reernited—a reservoir from which an efficient fighting army could be fed. Such was the militia during the last war— t contest the very naming of which points out what Lord PALMERSTON had in view in all probability last night. If that long and bloody contest which left the bones of tens of thousands of Englishasea to whiten on the fields of Spain, of France, and at Belgium, and left us millions of debt to cripple our energies and finance—if that long and sanguinary story of foreign war teaches anything, it teethes bow fond Eeglish governments have been at interfer ing with the business of foreign nations. M e interfered to overthrow • BONAPARTE to put up a Bourbon in his stead, at the oat of millions sterling, and from the days of that costly interven tion we have ever had same small job of the sort on hand—Syria, Portugal, Spain—nay, seen Lagoa to wit. Igo man more ready at this work than my Lord PALMERSTON. No man more prompt in launching the forces of England spinet whomsoever happened to do aught which seemed inimical to ' lis " foreign policy." In the presence of the danger mid to exist from France; with the possibility of Oellic legions marching upon Savoy or the Rhine, or d the cliques of the Tudenes seeking, a la brother BELGIUM. Count Haussonville and M. Alexandre Thomas, editors of the Bulletin Francais, wore arrested at Brussels on the evening of the 17th, at a house in the Rue de Sole. On the 19th they were released, on undertaking to leave at once for Ostend, and there embark for London. As is usual at this period of the year, a long list of promotions in the army is gazetted. The Peeve of Paris says :—" More intimate rela tions are expected between Belgium and Russia. The Emperor Nicholas will, it is said, send a minis ter 'plenipotentiary to Brussels, and consent to a treaty of commerce with Belgium." The dismissal of the Polish officers is a preliminary of these arrangements. GERMANY. ritussu. ___ - ------- BERLIN, Fes. 17. To-day, the Upper Chamber was occupied with a debate on the new communal law, with which the conduct of the government, in lately convoking un constitutionally the old provincial estates, was die cussed. Nothing was done. Ministers took high ground, as usual, and denied that the Chambers had any business with the question. " I stand here," said M. Manteuffel, " not at the call of any party, but by the command of the King, and while ho so orders thus shall I obey." At a cabinet council held on the 15th, by the King, the proposed reconstitution of the First Chamber, and a letter from the King of the Belgians, concerning the confiscation of the Orleans property, were taken into consideration. Tho Prince of Ligne, who brought the paid letter, has already proceeded to Vienna on a similar mission. The dearth in some parts of Prussia is causing in creased uneasiness. The import duty on rye, 4s. 3d. per quarter, prevents timely importation. There is a report of an intention to adjourn the Chambers from 15th March to 15th April. AUS tau. The Vienna Omen; of the 17th publishes the note addressekby Count Buol Schauenstein to the British government on the subject of the refugees, together with Lord Granvillo's response, which has already appeared in our columns. The official journal also announces that, conformably to the former note, stricter measures with regard to Englishmen travel ling in Austria than have heretofore been adopted are in course of execution, and the government reserves thu right to adopt others at its discretion. HESSE CASSEL. Dr. Koller, one of the five members of the perma nent committee of the legislature, who have long lain in prison for acts done in defence of the consti tution, has just made his escape. On the night of his flight all the telegraphic wires leading from Cassel were cut. The governor and guards of the prison are arrested. HAMBURG. The senate has isoUtecfeiwarJiig to tho inhabitants against attempting to instigate Austrian soldiers to desert. Several persons have been apprehended by the imperial authorities, charged with this offence, and remain in their bands, uncertain whether they may not be taken to Austria for trial. EAST KENT ELECTION. SECOND DAY'S POLL. Ilittsons. Dnarno. Ashford Canted's!, 968 Canterbury I Roulette OB3 Ramsgate 448 1i=.... 199 Romney 373 thttingbourne 304 607 2,484 lbjetrity for Bridges, 198. PARTIAL DESTRUCTION OF TRINITY-HALL BY FIRE. [The following appeared in the larger portion of our impression of yesterday] : CAMBRIDGE, FRIDAY, 11 A.Y. At six o'clock this morning a fire broke out in the rooms of /Ir. Nunn, of Trinity-hall, which are situate on that side of the college facing Trinity-lane. We believe that this gentleman's gyp, entering the rooms, discovered the fire by the 'make, whilst his master was still sleeping. Trinity Hall is situated on the bids of the Cam, and approached by the Senate-house Passage, and is surrounded on all aides by the collegiate buildings. Tho college itself is built of atone; bat the roof is high and peaked, and consequently consists of highly inflammable material. It may, therefore, be considered fortunate in a high degree that the conflagration was confined to the limits of the col legiate institution in which it broke out. In Cambridge, in addition to en efficient fire-brigade, the various insurance societies have always fire•engines in readiness for contingencies of this nature, so that an the first alarm an efficient force was at the spot. From its contiguity to the river there was a constant supply of water to feed the fire en- gins, which soon commenced to play upon the flames, worked by enthusiastic bands of undergraduates, who, se a body, ever creditably distingiush themselves on these occasions. The hearty and persevering in dustry manifested by most present ultimately controlled the raging element, and the destruction is confined to the eastern side of the quadrangle. The massive stone walls still stand, though the roof and floorings have long since fallen in. At the time I write the engines are still playing upon the smouldering ashes. All danger is at an end. TILE PRINCE PLAGIARY. In this country, where the works of tho French socialists are but little consulted, Louis Napoleon has suc ceeded in acquiring • reputation for originality in the con eeption of his recent policy to which ho has in reality no title. A foreign contemporary has collected, from the " Icaria " of M. Cabet, a few passages the parallelism of which with Louis Napoleon's decrees is most instructive. Thus, in the romance composed to illustrate his system of socialism, Cabet makes his hero, Icarus, arrive at supreme power by a coup critat. The new ruler issues an address to the nation, in which he announces himself as the saviour of society, and enacts universal suffrage (" Voyage en Icarie,' Paris edition of 1818, p. 337). Until the nation has spoken he constitutes himself dictator, and surrounds him self with • consultative commission (p. 338). There upon he establishes • national guard, and deter mines who of the nation shall possess arms (p. 338). The fallen statesmen and chief officials are banished (p. 339). Be now publishes the electoral law, and recom mends candidates to the people (311). Before the repre sentatives an meet he publishes the constitution (p. 313.) Of the property he has confiscated learn bestows • largess of five hundred million francs upon the working classes, and sets aside one hundred millons of the same for public education. The elections now take place—" few intnguen of the old government have the hardihood to present them selves as candidates : in many towns the electors are com pelled to the election of proper men (p. 348)r. Among the particular laws are these :—" Freedom of the press does not exist in learn." " There exists but one notional journal, and ono provincial Journal is permitted in each province. These journals may not publish more than the protocol of the Legislative Assembly and official communi cations; criticism isTorbidden" (p. 329.) If these speci mens, compared with the decrees of the ►ast two months, do not exhibit M. Louis Napoleon in the light of an ori ginal inventor, they at least speak much for bill diligence and fidelity as &student. VERDICT IN TUE CASE OP THE MANILLA MlT CHUM—Yesterday, Mr. Bedford resumed and concluded the protracted inquiry at the Marquis of Westminster, Bel gravmroad, Pimlico, on tho body of William Ward, aged ZS, one of the crew of the Hamilla Mitchell, of Glasgow, trading between Hartlepool and Hong Kong, three others of whom it was reported had died from want of sufficient food and attendance, and a want of lime juice and vinegar when they were attacked with scurry.—The evidence hav ing been summed up by the coroner, the jury consulted for about half-an-hour, and then returned the following verdict We find • verdict of manslaughter against Captain William Holmes. We think also that the evidence of the officers of the ship is not to be relied on, and that they did not fully do their duty." RAILWAY MEETINGS. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. Yesterday the half-yearly general meeting of this emapany was held at the Euston Station, and warn very numerously attended. The chairman of the board of dine. tors, G. C. OLTN, Esq., M.P., presided. The advertisement convening the meeting having been read, and the minutes of the last half-yearly meeting con firmed, The CHAIRMAN sold the traffic derived from the Great Exhibition has realised, you will perceive, our fullest expectations; and I am happy to be able to state that the apprehension I entertained and expressed on a former occasion, namely, that the effect of the Exhibition traffic would probably lead to a collapse in the other portions of our traffic, has not been realised. (Hew, hear.) You will see that there has been an increase in the item of expendi ture; but, in every instance, that has arisen from the ne cessity of providing for the large traffic of the Exhibition, with tho exception of that arising from the maintenance of way, and this, in consequence of the repairs done to stn- tions, is made a charge against revenue, which you must expect from time to time to he called upon to defray. (Bear ) The increase of expense in locomotive power for the past year over the previous half-year is 20,1001. ; in the coaching department it is 10.0001. ; and upon the merchandise 9,500/. These accounts, gentlemen, I am happy to announce to you, enable us to propose an increase of your dividend for this half year ; and should we be so fortunate as to be able to continue that increase for another half year, I am anxious that you should rather receive it in the shape of a bonus and not conceive that it is in our power at present to keep up the dividend permanently at six per cent. I hope you will view the increase as large proprietors in the city some times do, in the light of • bonus, though we Lave not done that this half year in consequence of the large extent of clerical labour that would be the result of the adoption of such acoarse. You will recollect we always held out that something like Si per cent. would be our permanent divi dend. You are not to suppose, then, that if we continue the six per cent. this half year, and perhaps next half year—and if then we go back to our former rate, that that should be considered like a breaking down of our eividend. (Hear.) I think Im iy con gratulate you generally on the position of the company. There has been an increase of traffic in every branch, and I must say that the ratio of that increase looks as if it would he likely to compensate us for the effects of competition. We have increased that description of traffic which is usually attended with remarkable results to the people of this country. We have encouraged the coal traffic to a Tory considerable extent, and the saving effected to individuals on that account has really been extraordinary. Again, I am happy to think that the agricultural part of the popula tion are now beginning to appreciate the value of railways to a greater extent than ever they did before. They are beginning to find out and acknowledge new, that now not only an additional saving of money can be effected, but that great social comforts and facilities can be afforded by the advantage, conferred by railway communi ' cation. I am quite certain of this—that I never ad dressed you at a time when, upon the .whole, I was more confident of your position stud prospects than I am at the present moment. (Cheers.) Your property is as sound, and it is as gradually developing itself as any rea sonable man had a right to expect, and it is better than I at one period anticipated it would have been. But, in spite of those who say that I am too much disposed to act the part of a wet blanket—(laughter)—there must be a little reverse. If left alone we are as prosperous an under taking as any in the kingdom. (" Hear, hear," and ap plause.) It is not the disposition of my mind to act the part of • wet blanket,—on the contrary, I am rather san guine than otherwise ; but I thick it right to state to you the facts which press upon my attention. Let me refer, then, to our internal, as well as ex ternal op erations; and when I tell you that the notices this year comprise forty-two projects to be introduced into parliament, which directly or indirectly affect us, you will see that however prosperous we may be externally, yet internally we must endeavour to watch our interests. (Hear, hear.) Some of these projects have died of the course of nature. Others, lam sorry to say, are going on ; and the vexation, and trouble, and cost, of oppos ing and watching them are, I assure you, considerable. Your legal expenses, you will see from the accounts, are in creasing, and the reason why I do not hold out to you the slightest idea of decreasing them at present is this—because they are now all charged against revenue. If you will only compel that, perhaps, is the proper word to use —if you will only compel other companies to put their legal expenses against revenue, and not against capital—(hear, hear)—we might have a chance of mitigating the evil ; but as long as we have these parlia mentary contests to fight on the present footing, these ex penses cannot be decreased. We have not only the trouble and cost of watching and opposing these projects, but wo have the apprehension likewise that in such a variety of measures something may creep through that will be detri mental to your interests and the interests of railways. What we want is some general principle in carrying these projects through parliament; for I believe the parlia mentary committee, act their part fairly and honourably, and do their duty ; but they complain that they have no general principles by whickto be guided, and, therefore, by means of conflicting evidence and the professions of counsel, they are led to arrive at decisions which must be in many eases detrimental to the general body of the railway interest. I am happy to state that since our last meeting—in ooeiewinity with what I think I mentioned at the time— ' namely, teat our dispute with the Greet Northern should be settled by a proper referee, although the question did not take the shape we wished, and although it was limited, as we conceived so as to impair its utility, nevertheless the Great Northern and ourselves agreed to refer to Mr. Gladstone—a most competent authority—a question at issue between us with reference to a limited district of country. His award has been given ; it is waiting its final legal shape ; and then it will be acted upon. Since that period a communication has been re-opened between the two companies, which leads me to hope that • more exten sive arrangement, though not, perhaps, of quite to perms seat a character as the last, may be effected between us. Therefore, so far as the Great Northern Company is con earned, we may look forward to a chance of the contest, hew continued for months with severity, being abated. (Heer.) I abstain from the question relative to the Shrews bury and Birmingham. It is so complicated that I will not attempt to unravel it. I believe it must be settled by the courts of law ; at all events the position of the pronneters of both companies with the directors is such that I think it cannot be decided without the courts of law. With regard to the Great Western, we are in the same position as when last we met, except that upon one point of common interest we are uniting with them to effect an object which will be mutually beneficial to us both. With regard to any com ment on our relation with them, I propose at this moment to abstain from any remark. But, gentlemen, I cannot quite quit that subject without referring to a paper which has had extensive circulation, and which is dated " Man chester, Dec., 1851," and signed " One of Yourselves." It Is in the form of an anonymous letter, but has the names of some most highly influential proprietors affixed to it. It purports to be addressed to the directors of both our com panies; it is signed by 1,100 joint proprietors; and holding as they do that position, I cannot pass it over without notice. lam not aware whether it is your intention to take action on it at this meeting. Here two Proprietors in the body of the meeting declared, that although their signatures were affixed to it, they had not signed it themselves, nor authorised any person to sign it on their behalf. The CHAlRMANcontinued—Geatlemen, this letter was sent to me, and I am not responsible for any act connected with it. It was sent with the intention doubtless of producing on the minds of your executive a certain effect. I asked whether any proprietor was about to take action on it, and, if there be not, let me point out to you that it would involve the directors in a false position with , the majority of their shareholders. It is all very well for them having an interest in the Great Western and North Western that one pocket should take the receipts obtained by the other; but those who have an interest in this com pany, and who compose • very large majority, reckon smog them mans wh o have held from the first, and held largely. It is quite clear that they would be inehnei to ea upon the executive if any false step were made ; and why should wo not take care of those who hold that particular interest in the London and North Western Company? (Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, this would have been a meet valuable letter, and one to which your directors would have afforded every attention, if, in steadof using strong language towards the Great Western Company and ourselves, it had laid down any sound and general principles on which aunion, or rather the cessation of hostile feeling between us was to take place, but when it merely calls on us to suspend our quarrels, that money may not he wasted upon lawyers—(and wo are quite anxious it should not be so wasted)—l ask, do you want us to lay down our arms and surrender? Because, whether you look to the east or the west at the policy of the Great Wes tern or the Great Northern, this must be borne in mind,—that it is from your traffic and receipts both those companies are now trying to derive an advan tage—(bear, hear); and, therefore, unless you order us to lay down our arms—unless you lay down some principles of action—l do not sec how it is possible for us to take any different course from that we have taken. There is only one other point to which I wish to refer, foe it may remove an impression as to the extent of the conse quences of the accident at 13iccster. There is • paragraph iu the papers of this morning, stating that we shall have to pay 30,0001. for the accident there ; but I am happy to say in reply, that nearly evety case is settled, and that the total sum paid in compensation only amounts to 6,0.521. (Hear, hear.) Mr. BOOTH, one of time general secretaries, read the report of the directors, as follows : " The traffic of the past half-year hns realised the expec tation of your directors, as recorded in their report pre sented en the 21st February, IS.II ; the earnings exceed these of the corresponding period of 1850 by 213,2.41 as follows : Passengers, parcels, & 1850. 1851. Increase. mails £729,546 911,518 212,002 Merchandise, &e 477,743 478,995 1,252 2,286 £1,207,289 1,420,543 213,254 Working expenses.... 1390,362 450,002 69,640 " The merchandise returns show only a slight improve ment ; yet the actual traffic hos been much Luger. From motives of prudential policy in come cases, and front the somewhat reekleav competition tamed on against the pony in other., the rites of freight have in name ' - - FANO' I ,11.- stances been materially reduced; 89,0011 tons of m .- "tr77 , '"' dim., and nearly the same weight of coal, have , . 1 / eeyed, beyond that of the corresponding period. 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