The Express. — London, England, 1848-05-31 00:00:00

The house divided—For the previous qu. stion 54 Against it Majority against sees 1 The house then divided ou the first resolution. For the resolution 56 Against it Majority against ministers — 6 WHITSON lIDE HOLIDAYS In answer to it question from Mr. Huns, Lord J. RUSsELL stated that it was his intention to move, on Friday week, that the house adjourn to the Thurs. day following ii. Whiter week. LAND COMPANY COMMITTEE. Mr. F. O'CONNOR rose to nominate the toliowiog co w mince on the National Land Company Bill O'Connor, Viscount Ingestre, Viscount Drurulanrig, 16; Henley, Mr. Langston , Mr. O. Thompson. Mr. S. Crawford, Mt. Monsell, Capt Peeliell, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Meagher * Mr. Dee, rout, Mr. Scholelield, Sir U. Strickland, and sir 13. Hall. The hon. member exprested his woloigness to ausstitute the names of Messrs. Rarer an I Wortley fee t h ee , e i mean Meagher and Deyereux, but o' , ,hited to re moving Mr. Ling-ton (member for Orford borough). Sir O. GREY said that his only object was to give full Olen ucy to the committee. lie was elisions that the name o. Mr. Heywood should bt add, d, representing as he did • part of the country which was deeply interested in the matter. Sir B. 11 ALL complained that the hon. member for Not _ tingham had nominated to his committee seven Sou. mem- F hers who had never pr , viousiy hat • seat in that house; t if the house should approve of his (Sit B. Hall's) appointment as a member, he should use his best widen. vows to sift the matter to the bottom, and to let the public know what the eclume of the lion. member really was. Mr F. O'CONNOR said that the bon. baronet the mem o her for Martirone hid pretty clearly shown the animus with which he would enter into the inquiry, and he need thee. fore say no m ire respecting the observations which had fillet, from him. Mr. .1. O'CONNELL suggested that if Mr. Langston is should be unable to serve, Si. B. Hall al nub! be nominated it on the committee. t Sir G. GREY haring agreed to this, the committee. wee i nominated aceording to Sir G. Grey's proposal, and the t _ house adjourned at 1 o'clock. ELECTION COMMITTEES-7 E , TERDAY. LEICGSTER. —Several witness.s were examined in support of the allegations of bribery and corrupti,m against the sitting members. DISBLIN.--The day's proceedings consisted of the hearing of legal argutneuts as to the reception of the poll books. - • - - Vitt (pre . MAILS. The mail. for New South Wales, Van Dlentanh Land, and New Z ea land will be made up ou the evening of the 314 M .y. The mails for the Weer Coast of Africa and Makin, will be wade up on the evening of the 314 May. the mar. tor British North America, and the United sat.. will be =we up on the evening of the lltal how. The west India Mad., 'Mantling Bermuda, Nassau, Haep. Honduras, New Orleans, Vera Con; Tampico, and Porto Moo, ea excluding those for Madeira, Jaemel, Carthagen r , Santa Martha. Panama, West CLAM 01 :oath Ammca, mid St. Juan-des Nwaragua, will be ensile up on the meaning ut the 2nd June. The maid for the Brazils, the moor Plate, Monte Video, pern a ,,, bum. Bahia, Madeira, and Buenos Ayna, will ae ntade up on the evening of the 3rd June. The mails for Vyro, Oporto, Lisbon, Madeira, Cala, and Gibraltar will be made up ..1.1 the tuorning of the 7th June. The oyes land clivied marls. rw Marseilles, to . the Mediterranean. Egypt, Aden, Ceylon, 111.1ia, Hoag-Kong, az., will be made up on t h e swain • (the th June. i tie overland mails tot Gibraltar, Malta, Grecoe, the lotion Wanda. Egypt, Aden, Ceylon, (l ong -Kong. awl China, via Southemp. too, will be made up on the morning of the 10th Juno. NOTICE TO A.DITE:.;.TISEES. The number in STAMPS issued by the authorities of the Stamp-oface, duriug 1847, to the DAILY NEWS was 3.447.009 This, we belt we, is within eight per cent of the cumber .ssued to the Morning Beretta, Mornang Oromcle, and Morning Post, ALL POT TOOETHEK. In addition the above, issued to the DAILY NEWS, Morning Paper, there were issued for the• Erenini Edam", THE EXPRESS 778.714 Which was more, we believe, than were issucii tither to 'he Giobe or Standard, Eveoing Papers. NIGH WATVII A? LONDON 11)111t(tt. Ton it•T—stetaLtso. l, met Altsmetse. ..tt east O. to-uossow—ltarelsg,l4 magma I; ifteliMOM. LONDON.II7 EDNESDA Y. MA Y 31. i THE protectionists are sadly at a loss to find some one to protect, at least some interest that is sensible of the benefit of such protection, and zealous as well es grateful for it. But in this respect they are much in the condition of an old-school naval commander, who never can get a crew of volunteers, and who is compelled to have recourse either to large bounties, or to impressment, in order to complete the number and give himself the authority of a following. • Who, in fact, wants to be prceected? the colonies have lost all the protection they cared for, and are anxious to get rid, in fairness, of the remainder, which is purely onerous. The merchant is clamorous against restrictions and difficulties thrown in the way of his trade, for some supposed interests of tee British flag. The British consumer s, that is nine-tenths of i the population, demand , in the name of common i sense and common fairness, that these restrio Lions should disappear. The government, find ing no extensive interests zealous for the gap port of the navigation laws, while good is to be done, and popularity gained by their repeal, come forth w.th a very salutary measure for that repeal. And they are obstructed and opposed—by what ? Not by large commercial interests, but by a political party trading in old prejudices. If the repeal of the navigation laws were proposed to an assembly of the men of property or of the class affected by them, the hands that would be held np against that repeal would be really too few to Reed counting. ' Bid the word protectio n has p ower, for it is a stan dard from which many privileged classes still hope fox support. Even those who have lost all interest in the thing, cling to the name from vindictiveness to opponents. And those who have but a most diminutive and fractional interest in the country, have a powerful and pernicious preponderance us the legislature. Political and party reasonsnot those of political economy and commercial wealth eal r eal prompt the House of Lord s to reject all co mpletion of free trade in the navigation laws. The difficulty is to find law and pretext ing out. The Lords have opened their usual bureau for the collection of arguments and opinions on behalf of their chosen opinion. They have had a committee, and have published the evidence of some thirty per sons. The evidence of almost all tells in favour of the repeal of the navigation act, or at most they are in different about, or ignorant of it. They have not studied the question, or not examined particular points. Vain efforts are made to elicit from West Indians an expression of indifference to the navigation laws, and from Australian traders some fears that the pre sent measure would deprive the colony of the means of shipping its exports. No staunch witnesses g ave the desired protectionist replies, save and except shipowners, and old tars like Mr. Wntrwett of Bristol, who respect the navi g ation laws as they ' do impressment, for having been the wisdom of our ancestors. We are, however, no longer in the dark as to the use to be made by the protectionists of their collected I testimony, and as to the line of defence which they have revolved to take up. Of the three principles laid down in these laws ;—the compelling the trade with the Asiatic hemisphere to be a direct trade, excluding British vessels; the prohibiting the trade with Europe to any save British vessels, or vessels belonging to the particular country producing the article of export ; and the monopoly of colonial utter. course: the two first are given up boa Mr. Henning. The exclusiveness of the long yage trade he abandons by permitting produce from beyond the Cape to come to England from an European port. That of the European carrying-trade he also abandoned by the admission that it may be given at the price of reci procity. The present bill empowers the government to demand this price—an useless provieo. For in fact we shall be altogether deprived of any chance of such a trade, unless we begin by showing a gener ous example. And the moment is both critical and oppor t un e, when every count r y in Europe is under going a new birth, which cannot to faiil endowlf. each with a vigour of jealo us y , and prejudice and sewill which the taste of freedom cloth but increase. The protectionists , i n fact, under tho command of a of the Mr. HERMES withdraw from the wide ari navigation laws into the citadel of ecoonial inonopoly. There they entrenc h themselves,hoist tee drawbridge, and defy assault. And thus the y narrow a great principle and a vast question into the poor, little, ‘ld dispute of purely West India interests, with which it seems those of our navy are considered to be bound up. And for this they have not ever the support of the West Indians. To preserve colonial monopoly dee: pite of the colonies, despite of an iitteUlget.ce and every material interest abroad or at houte, such Is the forlorn hope that the protectionatie hose taken up. The main argunient against c peel ng ti i ecolowal trade is that the Americans would profit uy A. It iii clear [ they had the .. e tame anker, ne of houge t ttley money of help ration new of t of the e hon. th ' loi 7 ;es, - lure of II or in Other re lances of ter grant' lo m res.. ppropma into the sanction his house, mount of to be the r, and dB -- .-- -- =dry pre ! enormous is not paid 't to puha .hat in the. um of pertinent', Exchequer. y and pre ", the fri.a! mode of and that come iii , pci•ed of re e pitomical. _,KI N ame the " t politt if admitted to an inn of the affect ms of the • not think ag au court to the ez- r security Bt , art of the dard obe made „ mp r than the the .0 practical y were re- OPP ( respect to dimi d together, bac, not be eon- t h e he alluded. thot , tance, that venue, but Pro 'd of other COm Mations for 'the gentleman ou t, ten. How- the ct to thole the la be first , on. gentle- and e Board of son tif the hon. eel at 107,0001. dit .f drainage, eta re. He ad- on was in a Va n made to ex' succeed in frd that a large could assure , all the prat- o f He should oh eh rather late in Hi to pass rub- in ous declaring at . Would the e for " econo- about to bring n' .troller of the ti ask the bon. b ce of 4001. a I, e thought that ents for their onward resolu- e ld not support resent mode of E ed the public. c to statement of . The prcaeat ,üblic the real :land was the I moneys of the I is subject had paid attention . to say that 1 benches there -) of the subject t there was no expenditure of commencement ,e table giving her for Bolton ed in the pro- le exchequer in if ouch a system nee to our men- the system quite over, was, as it y to render the d not be premed. motion would be er members who they approved. imself from the by this question ad sought every d. He did not his system would of the house on owes of tas other din or reef flue in their ortt of Dahl he e other se noon that the producers of three great staples we re made to trade freely with each other. o n e produces provisions of all kinds in abun dance and cheapness unrivalled; another menu room g oods at a price and perfection that defy competition; a third produces the luxuries of a s outhern soil and climate, those luxuries having become necessities to civilise.; countries. • the trade between the three is necessarily to the advantage of each ; and the energies of the three countries would be thrown i n to, and developed by, the freest intercourse. But t h e e nergies, and prosp erit y , and mutual good will of all are cramped and perilled by jealousies and pro hibition. There is no reason assigned why England should not hold its full chafe of that common trade. If the English have lain or do still lie under disadvantages, this arises from the denreased and uncduutted state of those classes in this country from which our marine is recruited. The al ipuwners called before the Lords' committee evidently knew little of their cap tains, nothing of their crews. They took no care whether the latter ha not. nowledge of the science of their profession or They were above such inquiries. In America, on the contrary, the shipowners and the captains would have been either identical or more on a level with each other, so that the proprietorship of the vessel would li ,ve had closer knowledge and interest of and in the crew and the whole manage ment. It i our aristocratic distinction of classes, the indifferences and distance between ono and the other, that leaves the lower class of seamen uncared for, and consequerely dissolute and improvident. Where s the American captain or sailor, more approachiag the level of his employer, gets a share in the profits of the enterprise, which calls forth zeal, acuteness, and energies. The one system creates a man out of what the other l e aves an automaton, without selrreliance or sell-conduct. One adv intage of the repeal of the navigation laws will be to induce this active competition be tween the English and American mariner of every grade. In this competition the Englishman cannot and will unt remain inferior. And in this the British sailor will he aided by the resources, the intelligence, and the philanthropy, as well as the good sense of this country. It is no fault, but ,rather a consequence of long pro sperity, that there exists great inequality of condition in England ; hut a consequence of this is, that those possessed of w, alth should devise means for correcting the inevitable and degrading effect of an inferior condi tion in the lower classes. Hitherto our only idea of the strength of a navy was es numbers. And this is still the solo thought of the protectionists. But if numbers are strength, how strong should not England be by possessing Ireland? But such strength is weakness, and so may be the numerical strength of a navy, it composed of the discontented, the dissolute, and the idle. The debate of NI w.day night. however, turned little on the character and fortunes of the sailor, the most iniportant question that can be debated, and one to which we scull repeatedly return. The first move in such a matter, however, must be the repeal of the na vigation laws. tanned, entirely the reverse. He was not of opinion that • Mr,—The en dosed note win returned to me by the high aberiff of with se t o fid es . and daring thin city. who mated when returning it, that it was oat competent to man should commence life vet one hi to grant the todulgenoe aught ; and fuithermore, that be had its whole nonce neither alter nor add to them. Men were all lain ft before the judges now sitting at Omen-street, and that they students, and the oldest and bat informed man bad, cons- were also unable to rant it. Tim sheriff concluded by saying that paratiyely speaking, as much to learn as the youngest school- the application must be addressed to the government, and that, if so boy. He confessed himself a student, and avowed that he addrefeed, he did not doubt of its suecese. I haw to ririuent th en, 401, bad lately entertained an opinion which he had been for m.ra.t,lertorymir, that this reeiexiamwd...blithlereq.uest, e t b;i ._ c_o y m . plief ,ei l with, h sad Mary years et his life opposed to—he alluded to the pro- lia.r.',..ltjuro:K..n wer wolr. pricey of constituting equal electoral districts; and he bad eo abis application was strengthened by the clergyman who furt , er to avow that he bad been led to adopt that opiii.; accompanied me, in the following words, appended at the by a body of men known as the chartists. (Loud cheering. i toot of the page: He went on to show the present inequality enlacing The Rev. ——, D.D., of —, _unites in the above requett. in that respect, and observed that it was a remarkable thing and begs most respectfully that a like indulgence mdy be ea:ended to that there had be en no topographical alteration or improve- himwlf. meat in the country since the reign of Alfred. With rep" To this petition Mr. Redington replied as follows : . . to the suffrage, he maintained that every man was entitled Dublin Castle, May 27, 154e.-81r, In reply to your application I to a vote who could he identified with the locality in which beg sta te that, so Mr. Mitchel Le ' , All in faceplate, be is in the ens. toil to ot the high eheriff of Dublin; It anit in ray power, then:fore, to he lived ; but he did not underrand what was meant by ride any order lee your adrui-Oor to interview with the prisufwv, the term " universal suffrage." Ile was in favour of pot- nor is It the practice of thin Ake to do so while the convict remains ting on taxation where it properly belonged —to property- in the melody of the county or city sheriff, as the P one m lterix ay hi —I and thin could never be obtained until the people were fair l y have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, I.eros. represented. Rev.). Kenyon , Mr. POCOCK s-conded the reedution, to a similar par ' p.o.—You ere, of w orse, liberty to m ake this communkatiust known to the high sheriff. pose as the last speaker, and particularly condemning the On receipt of this answer, I retracedtrety stepsto Green.etreet. present course pursued by Lord John Russell and the full of indignation at the" jugglery * to which I bad been sub minister,.jeer; but as yet not absolutely certain on which side the shame OR the resolution below put, Mr. LANGER, a working m an , andgai t should be charged, for the queen's under secretary, wished to my a few words on the subject sat resident al suf frage. He was for universal su ff rage, witr no qualification, and the ' queen's high sheriff had 'sprawled themselves—the and moved that the word " universal " be substituted for o w n r e it i n n g_ spoken wi:au words,c sppareopenatedianceanrdity7tdhavisteth,ntihteateodthtomsfazi n " residential "in the i ioolutiou. a stigma upon either. Raving, at /dr. ftedingtun's suggs Me. by STEVEN% slisigeitt4 that the amendment should be tion, placed his lettet in Mr. I. renchshands, that gentleman, moved by an elector, in compliance wilt the requi.ition after a certain amount of shuffling, solved the mystery by which the meeting had been convened.—Mr. Langer by the following communication : my that the permissi on six3rdiugly gave way, and Mr. SAVAGE moved the amend- h i ss, —l n r eply to your application, I beg to meat, which was seconded by Mr. EASTY. to Iles Mr. Mitchel is at present confined to bei immediate faintly. Mr. KEENE then made some obiarvations condemnatory should it be further extended I shall be very happy to attend to your of flan principles laid down by Mr. Stevens, which, he main- wish.—l have the honour to be, sir, your most obedient servant. tain , cl. did nut go tar enough. He advocated annual par- BIiNKT n. FinNiv• ham ms and the abolition of the property qualification of Rev. Mr. Kenyon. member. —I nisi, SW, your very humble servant, JOHN KENYON', V.P., Ti mplederry. Mr. MAY:gaup followed. He was for the six points of the charter; but, as he saw nothing in the resolution to object -- to, and as he was sensible that by grasping at too much they were often in danger of losing ail, he supported the prin ciples which it contained. Mr. STEVE:is Lima ruse to reply, but gave way to Mr. Templin (a working man) amidst considerable confusion, caused by a contest among the assembly ss to whether i r not be should be heard. Mr. TEMPLIN objected to the resolution as amended, as, by supporting that portion of it relating to universal suffrage, he would be obliged to support its other propositions, which he maintained to be insufficient and ineffective to secure necessary reform. Mr. MARTIN then addressed tome observations, which gave rise to considerable uproar and opposition, in conse quence of some deprecatory elusions contained in them to the recant course pursued by the people of France, where he said the workmen, notwithstanding the equality which they enjoyed, did not obtain half the wages as the same class in Eugland. After some observations from Mr. &Mrs, who advocated the six points of the charter, and would accept of nothing Tax Hiram, Associatiox.—The usual meeting of this body was held to-day; Mr. James Burke, a barrister, in the chair. The speaken were the chairman and Metiers. Gales-y and John O'Connell. The topics dealt with we ro the recent triol and conviction of Mr. Mitchel. Mr. Galwey denounced the formation of the jury and the arrangement of the panel, which be pronounced in thong language to have been packed. He declared that he did not attribute any corrupt' .n to the jury, nor would he have said one word respecting the verdict it the government had not tampered with the fair cstitu tion of the jury. Mr Galwey asserted that such aver) ict would have so weight with the country ; that its effect weuld be to create sympathy with Mr. Mitchel and his princip He strongly outdecnned the authorities for the proceedings taken in the case. He expre sed his most unbounded sym pathy for Mr. Mitchel and his family, and concluded by pro ne inn the following resolutions : fV o.ilved—Tbat in the late case of the " Queen 0. Jahn Mitchel," the jury selseted to alp on Che t* trial of the accused was packed from the known political opponen of the emu...ed.—That, therefore, the verdict of that jury is no evidence of Mr. Mitchere guilt.—That pu nishment, based u on that verdict, in en act of arbitrary power, acid a blow struck through the medium of jury packing at the line d liberties of Irishmen. That, under the circumstance*, it is the bounden duty of Ireland Vi adopt the family of Mr. Mitchel as its own, and to provide for their comforts and education, at the pohoi expiate, during the absence of that untlemm from this civuntry. That a copy of the foregoing resolution be preronted to Mee. Mitch, t, acc =pained by an expression of sincere coudoknce on the pert of this association. Mr. John O'Connell seconded those resolutions, and in the course of his remarks dwelt very severely on the conduct of the Attorney-General in excluding Roman catholic. No respectable person of that persuasion should re cognise him a fter such • course of action. Tbe bon. gentlemen an nounced, in the course of the proceedings, that he had had that morning en interview wit ommit h Mr. 8. O'Bn, whimerick, o was et suffering under the outrage u te on him rie at L and that be had strong reason to think—indeed he might almost announce—that on Monday next or the Monday wl lowing, Mr. Smith O'Brien would take his place in that hall.—The announcement was received with tremendous cheering. There would probably still be no per!ect identity in their oinions, but whe they did differ, nothing in that hall Gho p ul' , (mune ton E rever forth those differences. The week's rent was 121. leas, Mr. STEVENS replied in defence of the view; which he had laid down. It then appeared that the mover and seconder of the amendment had been under a rnisavprehension, and while amending one part of it would not lend their support to the others. The amendment was accordingly withdrawn. The original motion was then put, and carried by a large majority ; but not without immense uproar and confusion. Mr. Peilatt then vacated the chair, his place bring occupied by Mr. Stevens. On the motion of Mr. THWATTES, an additional resolution was then passed to the following effect : That this meeting recommends most earnestly to all motions of suffragists the e at agita t e of toleration and coociliatlon towards each other In the great agitation now commenced for a real radical reform of the House of Cammuta• IRELAND. Driu.tw, MLT 29. The Shearwater steamer, which left Dublin en Saturday even ng at 4 o'clock, reached the harbour of Cove at an early hour on Sunday morning. Before the vessel anchored, Mr. Mitchel, guarded by two police men and marines, landed on the island, and was im mediately handed over to the governor of the convict depot. Shortly after being landed, the inspector of the penitentiary, Captain Atkins, ordered that he should have a separate room for that night, but that on the following day he should assume the convict dress, and be treated precisely as other convicts. The Irish government appears quite satisfied with the sedatory effects of the late verdict. There is a vast difference between the excitement of the past week and the grave-like stillness which pervades our city to-day! The only stir is in the neighbourhood of the Corn Exchange, where the conduct of the Attorney- General is exposed to a furious onslaught. The reso are quite as strong as the oratory which pre- ceded them. Ia the Four Courts the events of Friday and Satur day are but slightly canvassed. Dulness reigns anew, though some Roman Catholics are deeply discon tented at what they consider a slight cast upon them in the mode of arranging the juries in the state trials. An incident illustrative of this feeling may be men tioned. Chiet Baron rigot, himself & Romani Ca'holic, presided to-day in the Nisi Prius Court. When a jury was about to be sworn, the first person called objected to be sworn on the ground that he was not qualified to discharge the duties of a juror. Chief Baron : What, sir, is the ground of your disqualifica tion ? Juror : I am a Rowan Catholic.—Chief Baron: I am not aware that there is any disqualification in that.—Juror : Nor was I, my lord, until Friday last, when cathelics were excluded.—Chief Baron, address ing the officer : Swear that gentleman on the jury. The oath was administered, and the juror took his place in the box. It is asserted that the sheriff of the city of Dublin is about to publish an explanatory statement, showing the groundlessness of representations made in regard to the panel. Ile will, it is stated, show that there were fifty-eight Roman Catholics on the panel, and not twenty-eight, as asserted at the trial of Mr. Mitchel. It is rumoured to-day in town that a letter had reached Dublin from Lord John Russell, condemning in the most decided manner the exclusion from the jury of such catholics as could not be identified with anvery marked set of political opinions. I presume the speech of his lordship is the basis of the rumoured SCOTLAND. EDINBURGH, MAT 30. The Assembly of the established churches was dis solved at midnight. AB usual, there was a hurrying over of business, in order to make up for previJus delays and extended debates. As the ministers of chapels of ease are not allowed to sit in church courts, and are for the most part poorly er.dowed, an act was introduced by Sir James Graham for the purpose of facilitating the conversion of these edifices into parish churches, so securing the incumbents in full privi leges. Requests had been made to the different noblemen and gentlemen having chapels of ease on their property to co-operate in raising their status, and it was reported that in six cases the church had been successful in accomplishing the desired object. In the matter of schools, the Assembly resolved that, while they would not recommend interference with re fractory dissenting teachers already settled, the com mittee appointed to consider the subject suggested " That the church should declare that she could n not permit such illegal appointments to be persevered i intentionally and avowedly without regard tostatutory obligations; and in the event, therefore, of patrons making anyattempt hereafter to introduce into schools any teacher or teachers who shall refuse to submit to the jurisdiction of the presbytery of the bounds, as recognised by law, the committee recommend that these presbyterians ehould be advised to adopt suc dicate h proceedings as might be de emed necessary to vin the rights of the church." The Assembly agreed to act on the suggestion of the committee. In the Free Assembly, the report of the Education Committee was read, which detailed the efforts made by the church individually, and in co-operation with the privy council, in training monitors, normal students, and teachers, and in planting schools, parochial, model, and normal. Several overtures on the constitution of schools were then read, and the discussion following brought out that a small party were, like the Balms' school, opposed to any fraternity with governm at on the subject of education ; but this, not that co-operation was wrong in the abstract, but because the state is at present Eraatian. PROVINCIAL. YORKSHIRE. DRILLINO AND ARMING OF T FIE CHARTISTS.—. LEEDS, TUESDAY. —The chartists of several of the manufac turing towns in the West Riding, acting upon the bad counsel of the trading political agitators who have been for some time busy amongst them, have recently been arming themselves with the pike and other weepers', in the vita hope that these will assist them to accomplish their oiled , . They have also been actively engaged in drilling, and ii some towns, especially in Bradford, have put the peaceably dis posed inhabitants in great fear by their demonstrations of physical strength in marchings and counter mar' kings through the streets. In Leeds, Bradford, Halite:, Bing ley, and other places, the chartists have enrolled them elves members of certain clubs, which they denominate" Life and Property Protective Societies," or " National Guards Societies ;,' and these clubs now assemble regularly for drilling and other purposes. BRADFORD, TUESDAY.—On Sunday last them was a 1 gathering of chartists at Wilvdcn, about an equal diAance from Bradtord, Bingley, and KeighleT, at which training and drilling were openly practiced. 1 rom 2,000 to 3,000 men, seined principally with bludgeons, and preceded by individuals bearing black banners, each surmounted by the head of a pike, marched in military order to the ground, and west through various evolutions preparatory to the gi neral meeting. A determination was there expressed by the speakers to resist by force of arms any attempt by the authorities to capture the leaders. The authorities of Bradford have from the first been aware of these illegal proceedings, end some time ago 2,000 special constables, including men of all ranks, were sworn in, and the police were armed with cutlasses. Os Saturday last, in consequence of the menacing attitude assumed by the ehar ,i , te, two companies of the 39th Foot, two troops of the sth Dragoon Guards, and about 30 torso artillery, and two field pieces, were despatched from Leeds to Bradford; and two companies of the Slat Regiment of Foot were ordered up from Hull. The 2nd West York Yeo manry and the Yorkshire Hussar; were also called out for active service. The first actual outbreak occurred at Bingley on Friday, when two chartist leaders were cap tured by the pollee, charged with drilling some "national guards, and taken before Busfeild Ferrand, Esq., by whom TO THE EDITOR OF TILL " FREEMAN ." th 23, Merchant's-quay.ey were com mitted to Yerk Castle. Upon the police attempting to convey the prisoner' to the railway station, Sir, —Whether the following statement may tend in an they were sur rounded by two or three thousand persona decree to support charges laid in open court by icamblitchelt some of whom beat and m altreated the officers in the mot; " der ertizige," against Hen r y Sne y d. French, hi g h sheriff of savage manner, and the pris on ers were rescued, and made this city, the public will determine. That it proves a cue t h e i r esca p e . ndeed, so emboldened were the offenders, of the cruelest tyranny spinet the high sheriff, or the Castle and so confident were they that they could set the law at government, or both, I entertain not the shadow of a doubt. defiance with impunity, that one of them was a speaker at My object in publishing it is to extend and intensify the the Wilsden meeting , on Sunda y , and was vociferously holy hatred against all such institutions which it is John cheered when he described how he had been liberated. The Mitchel's glory to have kindled throughout this land. Mr. magistrates of Bradford, who had, up to this time, taken on Mitchel having apprised me of his earnest anxiety that I pu blic measure+ for putting a stop t o t he armin g and drilling, s hould procure an interview with him before he left the now resolved to put the law in fore to replete , sock pro country, in the event of his being sentenced to transports- ceedings, and on klonday morning a notice was issued to tion, I applied for that purpose to the governor of Newg,ate, that effect. I m mediately after the i s suing of this notice, a and was by him referred to the high sheriff, as alone author - body of special constables were called out, for the purpose of lied to permit such interview. To the high sheriff, accord- apprehending two of the most violent and dangerous of the ingly, I addressed the following note : Chartist leaders, named David Lightowler, who was a mean- Rev. Mr. Kenyon desires to intimate to the high sheriff of Dublin her of the National Convention and National Assenshly, and city that Mr. Mitchel is anxious that he (Mr. Kenyon should he ad- Isaac Jefferson, usually called " Wat Tyler." The last mined to a short inter v iew, and requests and order to that effect. Saturday, 20 minutes pat 12 o'clock. named individual is the principal pike manufacturer of the To this application Mr. French returned • verbal answer , district. About 40 special constables started on this mission, importing that, as he (Mr. French) had not authority to the men they were directed to apprehend living in the midst make the order wanted, he had laid my note be tire the of the strongholds of chartism in Bradford, namely. Man sitting judges, Lefroy and Moore, and that they bad C. ....itled chesterrood and the small streets leading into it. The that the interview which Mr. Mitchel deAred cmli not bo emstables arrived in that vicinity about seven o'clock in the procured except by an order ol the govern meat, which e rd. r, morning, at which time Lightowler and " Wet Tyler" were the sheriff added. Me doubted not but I should obctin upon at home ; but by the tideless of their friends, when the con. application at the Castle. A mos' respectable clergyman stables arrived at the front door, the two "leaders" slipped was present in my company while Mr Frencri was thus out at the back and escape& After the lapse of a raw speaking, and of course can verify, if it be questioned, this minutes, a ferociose attack was made on the constables relation of his words. Accompanie I by the clergyman by many hundreds of men armed, with bludgeons, pokers, alluded to, I then proceeded to the Castle, and .4dressed the and other formidable weapons. Atter a severe edittict, following letter to ker, Redington, enchains the note which the conqablee at 'myth succeeded in effecting their libera -1 had previously sent to Mr. French, sad which he had re- tion; and when a little more room had bee n grilled, turner.. to me: heads were broken pretty heely on both ski et. When letter. There was some curiosity this morning in the Qaeen's Bench to know whether the Attorney-Gene ral would apply for a day to fix the second trials in the case of Smith O'Brien and Meagher. No motion, however, was made, and none such, it is said, will be made. On the other side, Sir Colman O'Loghlen in tends to serve an early notice for the discharge of the Tergiaances:of Messrs. Meagher and O'Brien. United Irishman newspaper is extinct. It gyms that the crown has fully carried out the mqnsatmtion against the property of Mr. Mitchel, as far as the printing materials are concerned. The only goods returned on Saturday were certain fix tures claimed by the landlord of the house. As Mr. Mitchel was the registered proprietor, the stamp office has the right to reject any other persons seek- Jag to register themselves as his successors ; but already a new journal, or rather the United Irishman revived, is announced, as you will perceive by the following extraordinary notification, published in the Freeman: "TEE UNITED IRDIHMAN."—To THE PEOPLE OF IRE LAND.—JOIIII Mitchel is a captive in the hands of OUT enemies. His office, types , a nd newspaper machinery are in the possession of the police—the Untied Irishman is at and end; but, under another name, we are anxiously preparing to restore it; and, as soon as we can get together the neces sary material of a newspaper, the United Iris/mum again appear under the sovereign style, title, and dignity of the Inoh Felon, to sustain the principles and accomplish the intentions of the illustrious man who is taken from amongst us. In this case we but discharge our clear duty to our country and to him. The prospectus of the /risk Felon shall be issued in a few days. THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 31, 1848. how or other this apparent system turas out to be no system at all. It is clear that no rule has been UNITED STATES-MEXICO. established. Luck is the sole guide; and hon. -----.- members, instead of being tried by a majority of The Britannia, Capt. Song . , arrived yesterday at friends, find, like the hon. members for Leicester and Liverpool from Boston, bringing—besides 3,0001. in Cheltenham, that the mode of appointment has been specie, and 41 passengers—files from New York reversed, and they have to save their seats as best up to 16th lied. ; Boston, 17th; New Orleans, Bth ; they can against a majority of political opponents. Mexico, April 27,1; and Queretaro, 25th April. We will not discuss the individual impartiality of The United States news possesses little interest. the two hon. members who have born so recently se_ Some anxiety was felt respecting the result of the seated as chairmen, for the Le committee i s elections in France, which was relieved by the arrival still sitting ; and M n M. J. O'Costs ELL of the Cambria. Fears were, however , still enter rather consp i cuously manifested his absence of fluted of a reaction of the recent political , convulsions, party bias, when, on the Lincoln commit. not only in France, but throughout Europe. A gene tee, he gave the casting vete, and divided with eel stagnation of trade has been the consequence, the two tory members against the liberal member, which, says the New York Courier and Enquirer, Mr. w h ic h but it is clear that the disadvantages "brie distress, or at least , discouragement to many midst- which a member defending his seat labours— a fir eside, which little dreamed that its well-being eno ugh before a friendly tribunal — ar e vastl y in- was at all connected with any co ndition of European creased when the majority is against him. It is the Politica? fashion to praise the working of the existing plan : The commercial accounts by the Cambria, although yet when it is examined there is the same inherent favourable, did not produce any movement in the defect as there has been in all former modes of in- markets. It is not pretended that hon. members are The proposition to aid Yucatan has made no pro free from a bias in favour of their own friends; it is rest. 'there seemed to be a desire, rather implied only a part of human nature that son leaning than expressed, in the executive party in the senate, should exist and the care which the Speaker takes to follow up aid by annexation. ouch a measure to name men from. opposite sides, and which would, it appears from the tone of most of the oppoid the committee take in selecting the chair_ tion speeches, and a vast majority of the papers, be men's panel, and afterwards in choosing t h e decidedly unpopular. Meanwhile the province re members for ea.rh particular case, shows that honour- rained in great need of some kind of succour. The able members themsevs do not believe that the o r_ ludians were committing great depredations, and the dinary weakness ..f l ailn is lost whenever the three- whites were flocking for protection to Belize, and her hold of a committee roam is passed, or that the re- Majesty's superintendent had despatched two large duction of the numbers from 11 to 5 has quite vessels to bring away any who may wish to avail changed our nature. ()I this bias the committees are themselves of this opportunity. Many rumours of possibly unconscious, but it exists and manifests itself horrid murders are rite among . the poor refugees, as el seem horrified and panic - stricken. in trifling and in more weighty points. Take for in stance, the propriety of 'toeing a particular question The Indians had taken the t own of Balcalar, in the south-eastern part of Yucata n. No fortifications —what one committee will allow, another may not had been thrown up on the aide towards the moun permit to be put, and the judgment may most maters- twins and by that way the Indigos broke in and at ally affect the parties. Or the question of agency, on once commenced burning and pillaging. The whole which, rather than on the main facts, the bulk of the town was soon laid in ruins. Some 40(1 or 500 cases have this year depended : Mr. HAMILTON, in Yucateese retired into forts. Belize itself was in the Bolton committee, may be satis fi ed with nothing imminent danger of an attack. At the last accounts short of the strictest legal agency, and may require it 10,000 Indiana were on the Itio Honda, 40 miles to be proved that hie political friend actually knew of south of Balcalar, and the inhabitants of Belize were the illegal act and adopted it, being satisfied in his holding meetings to prepare for their approach. own mind that his friend never would have Orders had been sent to Jamaica for more troops. sanctioned it if it had come to his know- The Indians had elected a king, under the name of ledge. Whilst with respect to the members of Tutulxiu, which was the name of their king or chief another party, of whose mode of conduct harsh things only have met the ear, Mr. KER SETMER may deem before the conquest by the Spaniards. From Mexico we learn that the great difficulty in it sufficient proof of agency, that in some public the way of ratifying the treaty with the United street the member and tome active man spoke tethe r, other, or peradventure walke d arm in arm togr, States was that of getting tog ether a sufficient num ber of members of Congress at Queretaro to form a and finally had a cup of tea at the close of the mem point sas quorum. There seemed to b e no lack of will on the I bar's long day's canvass. It is u p on such part of the distant re p r esentatives but a want of these that hon. member s ma y be unconsciously money to defray their necessary expenses. To meet swayed. Indiscreet, impracticable, violent men, this How had enforced a sort of loan of 150,000 there will be attached to every side in every election, dollars to 200,000 dollars, to be employed exclusively and the more unscrupulous the man is, the more by th e government to pay the necessa r y expenses in assem bling the general congress , and for its su pp ort active he becomes; and the less the real agent or the member knows of his doings. To defend the seat, in this city for two months. w hen evil practices have been carried out b y such men, is hard enough ;if the member or his reopen- 'this measure was , it would seem, successful, and the latest advices front Queretaro announce that a Bible supporters au th o rise, or sanction, or recognise quorum was almost formed. It was im p erative that the acts, the member ought to be responsible ; but where he has been ignorant of all that has been core the treaty should have been ratified by the 15th of the sup?, and knows nothing directly or indirectly of the current month. The U. S. peace commissioners were to leave the city of Mexico on the 30th ult. for Queer parties with whose acts it is so sought to involve him, it with the anomalous escort of a " s q ua is only common fairness tha t he shall be tried before a taro, dron of cavalry." tribunal, not only the most pure, bat above all suspi cion, and that he shall not s uffer for the hot-headed Meanwhile new revolution ar y movements were b re aking out in San Luis , in con se q uence of the pre and corrupt proceedings of eve r y man of the party sence of Psredes in that city ; and a rebellion was in who moved in the election. p rog ress at Sierra Gorda. this state of things does Of the existitig chairmen two only (Mr. STUART Pcog not look well for the peace of the republic. WORTLEY and :Sir. GRANGER) are lawyers of cmi-A revolution had broken out at St. Domingo. This nonce ; the rest are very good men, no doubt, some news was brought to New York by the brig Ells with slight experience at the bar, and others as chair- t. Williams. men of quarter sessions. These are not persons to worth,The Cap people, throughout the whole extent of the island, whom a judicial inquiry, involving all the niceties of were . , si arming agai n st anar th . e . government . The at night ari previous the law of evidence, should be entrusted. What is required is a competent tribunal, independent of the which was to b `j oined ) anotht force !if insurgegts, ' ; ' ,01 ! )0 house, of whose strict impartiality no one can for an strong, raised Jacrnel, and both together were to give battle t i the government troops. The people appeared to be instant doubt. Every one sees the purity and the in- much exasp er ate d o ogai , at the president. While lying about' tegrity of the bench of judges, and no e on Rude that during lvcirilim wh eme h i e e a h rd eerrred ' the House of Commons have lust any constitutional th r e tY de ln y li s e f s ter r 11 de g p r arre ne' rights by allowing the Common Pleas to decide an- the e ntire day the email M t hea4 guns landward, and I t :e n h n i! cording to law the question of the franchise ; and (erred that the insurgents and government forces had met, and were fighting near Port au Prince. good sense would dictate the delegation of the powers of election committees to a purely legal tribunal, Adviecs from Venezuela are t o the 30th of April. The British consul was about to leave that sta te. The where matters will not be decided at hap-hazard or civil war still raged. from any latent political feeling. We want not to screen the guilty, but we require that those who are really both morally and legally free from stain should not be made the scapegoats of electoral impurity. WE believe we may announce with perfect accu racy that her Majesty's ministers will be prepared early in the next et scion of parliament to re-introduce into the House of Commons that Bill for the Removal of the Jewish Disabilities which it has pleased the House of Lords to reject this session. This is a very proper resolution on the part of government; and if the bill when re-introduced be then only passed through the lower house with greater promptitude, and with larger majorities than it lately was, little fear of its success nerd be apprehended. Meanwhile Mr. ROTHSCHILD has been rec3m mended by his political friends and leading supporters to present himself as a member for London at the bar of the house. On the oaths being presented to him, he will of course decline to take them ; and with that refusal his duty will terminate. What remains is for the house to decide. It may either hear counsel on the question of the oaths a t the bar, or refer that question to the coneideration of a select committee, or at once issue a new writ, or take no steps in the matter. But, whatever may be done, it cannot be the policy of the liberal party in the house, we should suppose, to originate any motion for a new writ, though it is most certainly the duty c.f the liberal party in the City, should a writ be issued, to re-elect lir. ROTHSCHILD, and thereby show the House of Lords the sense of that great constituency on their monstrous decision. The course most desirable is, we think, to allow Mr. ROTHSCHILD to remain member, to await the events of the next session. But, as this is a question in which the City constituency thateepy interested, it would probably be as well they should pro nounce on it. COMIdEILCIAL INTELLIGENCE. New Yoatt, MAT 16.—MONET.—The large aggregate export of specie within the last four and a half months, amounting to about one and one quarter million a month, excites some little uneasi ness—and if business generally was more active and thexcite demands great upon the banks were equal to the average calls, would e uneminese. The banks, nevertheless, are Ptrong, and proceed in their usual course —cautiously but not rigidly. Eschalliff 06 [Ando' , raw at limn 104 to 11. The government stocks keep well up. United Slav P SLacti of '67, command from 104 to 44; and Treasury Notes, bearing 6 per cent. interest, convertible Into e 6 per cent. stock at the plramire of the ladder, an d, bearing, meanwhile, 6 per cent. interest, bring from 1024 to 1024. Corner.—Toe rnarket is quiet. The sake since the arrival of the Cambria do not probably exceed 1,000 bales—ate following quo* tAlioll2l : Upland& Florida. Mob. &N. Orlns. Inferior Ordinary to good ordinary st to 3 ......... to 54 Middling to gaol middling Middling fair to fair 6to .. .. to I .... Fully fair to good !air 7 to 7 rine. BRIAOPTCTIP.—Since the ailing of the steamer America the mar ket for flour has been dull and declining. Priceis havin been nd on late the advance for some time previous, owing to the short supply a opening of the canal, have, since the receipts were at hand, taken a downward track - the range for the better brands of Oenemee have been from G doL 50e. down to 6 dol. 184 e. and 6 dol. 25c. to G closing dol. for the common kinds, including Oswr go, Ohio, and Miehigan— dull at the ;carat quotations—buyers not being willing to operate a t ' over 6 dol.; to arrive during the month it is offered at 5 dol. 624 e. to 5 dol. line —India meal sells at 2 dol. 44c. to 2 d. 1. 50c. for Jersey, and etc flour at 3 di 625. —Wheat is in fair demand for home use, a t 1354. to 1404. for Genesee, and 1500. for Obto mixed. Indian corn is in light supply, with • good export demand, and has slightly inleanoed —the sans being at Inc. to 55e. for Jersey yellow, and SIC. to 56c. for Southern mixed. —Barley Is out of waren, and held at 60e. to 05c.—Oats sell at tSe. to etic.—Ry4s, 72c. to 73c.—The receipts of New York State and Western flour since the opening of navigation ' to 63,592 brls. GERMANY. PRUSSIA.—FR A NKFORT, MAY 26.—Tile CoN ATITUENT ASSEMBLY.—This day the assembly was chiefly occupied with the report of the committee appointed to investigate the origin of the recent melancholy collisions at Mayence. It appears by it that on the 21st inst., the towns people were the originators of the conflict, which ended on that day in the death of 6 Prussian soldiers. The majority of the committee decided in favour of the reorganisation of the civic guard of May ence. Finally, the assembly voted, by a small majo rity, the order of the day, with tha hope that " go vernment would do their duty." In consequence of this decision the greatest excitement prevailed during the evening of the 26th in Frank ort, and extraordinary military measures were taken to prevent or repress disorder. Martial law was again proclaimed at is,- ence on the 25th. BERLIN, MAY 26.—The constituent assembly has appointed a commission to draw u p a report respecting the arrest of Herr Waldener (a member of the as sembly) at Treves, on the charge of taking part in the recent disturbances in that place. Herr Milde. of Breslaw (an opposition member of the late Prussian Diet), has been nominated President of the National Assembly. AUSTRIA. —VIENNA, MAY 25.—Counts Hoyos and Wilczek returned to Vienna last night from their mission to the Emperor at Innspruck. They were the bearers of a letter to Baron Pillersdorf, in which, in reply to the entreaty of the ministry that his Majesty would return forthwith to Vienna, the Emperor says that the city has of late deviated so fearfully from the loyalty which it has always mani fested towards him and his ancestors, that he felt compelled to quit it for a season, nor did he intend to return thither till such time as he should be fully persuaded that it had returned to its former allegiance. The Emperor says, in conclusion, that he feels persuaded that the ministers will continue to transact all business which may be called for by the state of the empire or the welfare of the throne and that his Majesty' s tem p orar y change of residence would by no means be permitted to interrupt the regular course of business. The numerous addresses that have been presented from almost every part of his Majesty's dominions, speak in terms of the highest indignation of the ex cesses which took place in the capital on the 15th of May. Nearly all of them entreat his Majesty to transfer his capital and the national diet from Vienna to some other city. The Wiener Zeitung of t he 25th says, that from a report from Count Radetzki, received by thevident e Minister of War, dated Verona, May 19, is material change has taken place in his position, and that the rumour which was in circulation yesterday of the fall of the fortress of Peachier& was u'terly without foundation. PRAGUE.—The flight of the Emperor from Vienna has had the notable effect of making the Bohemians at once consent to elect deputies for the Diet of Frankfort. The Vienna bank has c eased cash pay menta. WHATEVER may be the intentions of the present House of Commons urn the motion for further re form and the prevention of bribery, there is one point on which all re presentatives must be agreed—the tire helplessness helplessness of honourable and untainted mem bers, when charges ot corruption are brought against themselves or their supp osed agents. They are the mercy of unscrupulous witnesses and committee men unused to the sifting of evidence. The present system of trying election petitions may be an im provement upon the schemes which preceded it : the old custom of balloting for a certain number, and then reducing the list by what was technically called " knocking the brains out of the committee," and ultimately leaving a majority of partisans to decide the fate of the member or the petitioner, according to the political opinions of that majority, rather than the evidence, may have been somewhat better than the still older plan of putting the question of the right to sit directly . to a vote of the whole house, and taking the decision of a majority of that as sembly ; but mend it and patch it we will, there is the same inherent vice in the whole plan. Put it in any way, there must still be a political majority, one way or the other, on the tribunal before which these questions are now and have heretofore been decided. Once it was the actual majority of the minister of the day ; next it was the casual majority which the ballot b ox g ave ; now it is an avowed and ascertained majority, made on the ap pointment of the chairman by the committee of elec tions, or the chairman's panel, to whom the house has delegated this most important power. The custom which has obtained under PEEL'S last bill has been for the Speaker to name for the general committee an equal number of members from each political party; whilst, under Sir ROBERT PEEL'S government, he had the balance, as the chairman was of his friends, and, under the RUSSELL government, the Secretary at War (Mr. Fox MauLE) is chair man. Upon this general committee devolves the nomination of a certain number of mem bers to act as chairmen, and they become, what is technically called, the "chairman's paneL" In the present session a round dozen were named, and here again an equal number was taken front the whig and tory parties—six of one, and ball-a-dozen of the other. Of the parties selected a word or two presently. On the reference of a petition to the general committee of elections they meet, and according to custom, name four members to try the petition, two on one side and two on the other, without much re gard to their legal knowledge or general abilities. It ts manifest, therefore, that the political complexion of the committee and the turn which will be given to the inquiry, will wholly depend on the chairman, and where the general committee do n ot directly inter,fere, the " chairman's panel " virtually selects the balanc ing power; they report to the general committee who is to make the all important majority. Now we do not pretend to a knowledge of the mys teries by which the Individual chairman of each com mittee is selected. It is obviously the most material part of the system, and some very odd result& follow the plan which is now adopted In the early days of the present session there seemed to be some thing like a rule. The whig and tory chair men seemed to come out alternately, and the particu larchairman to each committee appeared because be selected became of a coincidence ot opimon with the sitting member: thus Great Marlow and Yarmouth, an Harwich and Bolton , had tor y chairmen; and West Gloucester, and Derby, and Lanca.ter bad whigs. This was undoubtedly a fair enough plan, for hon. members could not be inclined to stretch the evidence against men who thought with them; whilst if they reported, as the Great Yarmouth and the Derby committee s did, against members holding the eame opinions as the majority of the tri bunal, there was greater weight given to the decision, and all tints n's ?natality were thrown away. Some- bt Court. The Queen Dowager visited tile Duchess of g Cam bride yesterday. Prince ueorge has arrived in town from Dublin. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governor of the Mauritius. to ow n R on figh t Hon. E. Strutt and Mn.s Stratt returned Mnday, from Kingston Hall. COURT AND GENERAL MOURNINO.—An order ap pears in a supplement to the Gazette that in consequence of the demise of the Prince.' Sophia the Court shall go into mourning from the lit (to-morrow) to the 22nd of June. It is alms expected that all persons will war decent mourning for ten days, to commence from to morrow. ____------., BELGlUM.—Bitussms, Mat 29.—CwiNGE 07 MII4IBTRY.—The Moniteur of this date contains a decree ordering that the mina he tendered by M. Vezot, of his office of minister of finance, he accepted, and charging M Frere Orban, minister of public worka, with the ministry o finance, ad interim. The Prince of Prussia, have court, has not arrived. Their fdaj H is s returnedet to Lacken a b ou t eight o'clock in the evening. H Majesty gave a pd. vete and official audience to M. Bellooq, accredited minister plenipotentiary from the French republic to the t a lgian go vernment. His Masty received M. Bellow; groat dis tinction ; General D upont, aide-de-camp to his Majesty, h av ing been sent with two royal carriage., bconvey the minister and his at t en dants to the palace. The King ex pressed his desire that the friendly relations between the two countries might be consolidated. two of am essepany's ships bates third" lega esagrylid,rlow line tarp the bast all MMUS. Os hesseleettrier whir le twared by the leder miler the had of ifs nkstver b sugar la versus Inure little sheet 301 y awl ths sea freeman Is re lea Mho maths las not been IN Gra ernes atria a hop war le fa vested la seallstalwing • ea way* et hid et GRIM Agree* 01111•11. By fie ths mar isperhe pert NOB to tubbisZn eetsbasholla ths Externßiss, vbs es . amigo Moak at rig resieregalni to be kept up The dkargrovi of ea imp* el seeds at Leman, and oaths rdaltaid of Borns*, whir bee hissa aroneared by the Culcutta Coal Orairees to be si! to the bat Owlish soul, and better than any Worn pro labial. Is a Natter of pecu liar interest to this imeraty, gad r seta theartations of the lectern Archipelago Company t o the 6~27 Ws It a duty to ald) are sufficiently matured to admit t d their supplying coals at seduced rate to the never.' depots at Mug Kong. Ringueores and other places, for the use of your vewels, the saving Of expense under this Important bead will In that case be considerable. ' 1 Since the annual Inertial in December the directors have considered It dateable to send out to India the company'' , steamship the Oriental, of 1,78 0 lona, for the Calcutta and Suer lute, and also th•• Achilles, of 1,000 tons, to be placed upon the Bombay and China line, as the traffic upon the latter by the company . ..ships has already considerably increased, and Is likely still further to extend itself. The company'. new steam-vowel, the Canton. inten ded for wy'kc° between hung-hang, Macao, and Canton, Is now completed, and will shortly take her dep inure for China. In the report made In May, 1847, it was stated that the directors contemplated taking the necessary steps in the course ol that year to lerue shares to the proprietors on terms beneficial to them, to represent the addi tional capital sanctioned by the lords of the 'I manor, to be mind; Out the stole of the money market since that t ime p etaled out to the hood the propriety of holding that measure in abeyance, it being con sidered mole desirable to adopt the temporary expedient of employ ing pert of the referred fund to meet demands legitimately belonging to "capital amount." The amount that will be required for date pur pose, during the year IBM, cannot arced from 80,0001. to 100,0001.; and as many inquiries have been made by proprietors who are desi rous of investing In thaw securities, the direetors wl'l take an early opportunity of adopting the necessary steps and making known the condition+ upon which such additional capital will be raised. It may here be satisfactory to state that the total amount of out- Monate instohnosta on shame to thin date does not exceed 3,1751. In consquence of the rate of the Royal Tar, oral the loss of the Tiber, Is 180, the directors have purchased the Won ship, Jupiter, which vowel is well adapted for the mall contract service on the peninsular line. By this measure, and by the thinthuti in of the service in the Mediterranean, which will release the Ariel from duty there, the directors are now enabled to klispeape with the use of any chartered ship ; and Slay beer to report that, considering the extent of service to be annually performed, the company has never, since its forma tion, been to the efficient working state that it is in at the pre sent moment. rho company's new steam-ship, the Euxine, has Been stationed on the Constantinople line since In Janother January et and from her great capacity, and periority re W sp , ecnt is tultairubly adapted for the service she is engaged In, and it is expected toil fnereine the com p any's receipts upon that important branch of Its operations. Reference has been made from time to thee, at othetiatp of the proprietors, to the facilities for tranait of pas onagers and goods through Egypt, and the directors are enabled to state that it has been much improved during the last twelve months. The Poeba of Egypt requested the directors of this company to contract on his account fur the a instruction of a very superior strain vessel, for posseinters' accommtalation on the Nile, which is in course of completion in Lowlim ; the needful pandit for this object hare been received by the directors, end it is expected that she .111 arrive in Alexandria in August or Sep tonbet next. The b dame of profit and Ices for six montiv, after pro viding for the ineurance and repairs accounts, will he 020291. Ile 2d., from which the Awn of 169151. (being at the rate of five per cent. per annum on th e value of the company's ships afloat) boa tot e de ducted, and carried to them.. dit of " depreciation account" ; net hulanee then available for dividend for the half-year ending 3lst March last will be 15,7111. II s. 2d. The breed of directo rs, therefore, re commend that the usual dividend of four per cent. (frec of incon.e tax) for the Aix months be now declared, and some payable on and after the 22nd June next. Mr. 3 C. MORRIA, in moving the adoption of the report, ex preocd his satisfaction at the rate of the company's accounts, which he bad recently investigated with conaderable minuteness. The points en which he had hail any doubt were onl' two in number. The first was with regard to the reserve fund of 100,0001., which he tuned, with the excep tion of 34,0001., was not invested in any public sr curities ; he had, however, come to the cinclusion that the course pursued by the directors in this respect wee a mostjudicious one; in hen as the amount, if so invested, would not yield more than 3 or 31 per cent., while, under the pr -sent system, forming as it did a part of the stork of the company, it yielded 8 per cent., or in other words, it enabled the com pany to pay 8 per cent., which could not be the can .4 the difference in the interest was wi..hdrawn. The other pint to which he referred was with regard to the condition of the company in the event of a war. Mr. CARLETON, one of the managing directors, said it would be impossible to say, with any degree of accuracy, what would he the position of the owners of shipping property in the event of a war ; but he had taken the opinion of several prac tical persons on the subject, and had heard but one opinion expressed—that a war would increase the value of shipping property by from 25 to 50 per cent. He would leave it to others to say how far that expectation might be realised in their particular case. With regard to the reserve fund he could speak with more accuracy. When the accounts were last made up there had been a sum reserved out of the pr 0 6 ,5 to meet the several risks of assurance and depreciation of property under those two several heads. The insurance account wag 123,5391.; and the depreciation account. which was a charge of 5 per cent. on the value of the ships, made every year out of the profile, amounted to 1.18,3191. In the event of a loss of any of the company's ships, there were those two accounts to supply it, in addition to the amount for which any such vessel was insured from the underwriters at Lloyds. In the case of the Great Liverpool, the loss of that smelted been supplied without touching the original capital of the company. In order that there might be no delay in supply ing the place of a lost vessel, the directors. had considered it expedient to have several ships in progress, and that plea was always acted on. The capital of the company was one million, independently of the new capital which they were authorised to raise. On the score of that amount they hal received in money 971,9651., and they had. built ships costing more than 1,176,000/. They had also a re pair account, which was a per centage charged out of the profits to provide for anticipated repairs. That account had to its credit at the present time from 30,13E11. to 40,0002. He considered that the directors bad taken the best means of devoting their money, which, had it been invested in go vernment securities, would not be worth within 10 per cent. Of its present value. In answer to Mr. Dent, Mr. CAttLETON further stated that, in the event of a war, the government hail a right to the company's vessels, the purchase-money to be settled by arbitration. Some conversation then ATOM) out of remarks made by Mr. BENT, who threw out several suggestions for the ma nagement of the company. Alter some further conversation, Mr. BURTON seconded the adoption of the report, which woe agreed to unanimously. A resolution adopting the dividend proposed was also passed. Mr. CARLETON then wished, before the meetiogrparated, to make a short statement in reference to a rumour which had been in circulation some time ago, to the effect that the company not long ago held bad bills to the extent of 60,0001. He said they were certainly in a position to encounter heavy lures, because all their remittances must come in bills from the East. During the commercial crisis they had MN run ning to maturity to the extent of 56,0001., but of those the only bad bill was one for 801. ; and of another for 1,8001. there was no doubt of their receiving 1,5001. Thanks were then voted to the chairman, and the proceed + terminated. BElttriCK-tIPON-'NEED. —By a notice in the Gazette of last night Betwick-upon-Tweed is appointed an English port, from and after the Ist of June next. The limit of the port will commence at St. Abb's Head, being the southern extremity of the port of Leith, and continue along the coasts of the counties of Berwick, Durham, and Nor. thumherland, to the south aide of the Aln Water, or Creek of Alnmouth, being the northern extremity of the port of Shields, in the latter county, and will include the Fern Islands, and three of the lesser islands. The limits seaward are to extend to the die:since of three miles from low-water mark out to sea. THE REFORM MOVEMENT MEETING IN SOUTHWARK. A public meeting of electors of this borough was held last evening, at tbe Literary Institution, Borough-road, to consider the propriety of promoting various measures of parliamentary reform. Mr. Apsley Pellatt presided, and had d ha tak t geenntplei.manbeatecoweredn called upon Mr. Lee Stevens to make some explanation re gardimglyitadtheaocorisrtrin eep of n th de e ne m e ee w t h ing ich . PENINSULAR ANI) ORIENTAL STEAM himself and the high bailiff in reference to a requisition NAVIGATION COMPANY. whict had been addressed to that officer, requesting him to Yesterday the usual half-yearly meeting of proprie- convene a meeting. The high bailiff had refused to do so tors was held at the new offices, 122, Leadenhall-street. Sir at t h ee t and place requested, on the ground that John Pine, Bart, presided. a meeting of the kind should be held at the Town-hall, and Mr. Howell, the secretary, read the report, whil stated ; fl business hours, in oreer to give every one an opportunity That during the het half-year the company's ships ham continued of attending. to perform, with regularity and effency, the terries under contract The CHAlitliAt4 then addressed the meeting, and described with the Lords Commimioners of the Admiralty. The absence of all t h e insufficiency o f the Reform lull in carrying out the oh. casualtlea to the company's 'reels during the period alluded to has jects for which it was framed, and the necessity for further caused the "Insunouse nand," created for the purpose of meeting losses, to remain undiminishe d ; at the close of the last year it . and more active measures . He regretted that Lord John amounted to 03,5091. 9s. 4d., and out of the mat Rix soonthdprotits Russell end his party, after so promising a beginning as they it is intended to add the sum of 5,1001., witch will make tbat fund had made by . bringing forward so many useful reforms, amount to 1T5,6891, Os. MI. The amount of risk covered on the toe- should by their after and recent course have suffered ship ing property at Lloyd's and elsewhere is about 500,000/. The board wreck in his estimation and in th e estimation of every honest with much regret emir* the resignation of Bir John Campbell, an in- re f orme r . It was necessary that thepeople should be more ticaution to that effect baring been made by the hon. proprietor in .. .. _ . 3.n.y, lava The b ., ap .,„„ jc . hu. ,- 0 ,,,,„, a d i n e., hilly and fairly represented in the House of Commons, that I to fill the vcancy thus oslimed.. t h e the loot meeting of propels- the suffrage theuld be materially extended, that triennial tors, the Loreto COMIIIiAI4OIICIII of the Admiralty called for leaden parliaments and electoral districts should be established; and from this and some other companies for the purpose of conducting Use he urged them, in order to secure these objects, to combine mail packet service between Mammas, Malta, a nd Alexandria, the together, and sacri fi ce small differences in opinion far tie portion between Marseilles a nd Malta having hitherto been pert benefit of the common cause. twice a month by Admiralty packets. For this Rennie, two waaeW of 300 horse power, and ace of rso bone power were required. Their Mr. L. STEVENS moved the first resolution. He said lordships intimated their intention to merge therein part of the ter- they were on that occasion the representatives of eight thous rice hitherto performed once a month by this company —namely, be- san d elector . , of all altars of political opinions, to any 01 tweet, Melts and Alexandria, under a temporarf arrangement made whom the • offered in 1845. Their lordships have einee determined to conduct this pees/non an opportunity for the expression branch ef the l't-ollice service with her Majesty's vessels, and have of opinion. He moved: further decided open his the eemi-mouthly mail between That this me: is of opinion that the political movement made at Southampton and Malta, which departed on the led of Manchester, and promulgated by Mr. George Wilms. is well timed each month with Bombay mails. As the only object the and in the right d irec tion • but that whist entirely agreeing in the directors had in view, In taking this contract in 1815, at an unusually urgent neceseity that edits for the carrying triennial in t he figore, wan to complete the omit arrangements in the Mediterra- u cute , vote by ballot, and equal electoral districts, this meeting is ens neon connected with India, and thereby to ensure the accommodation satisfied with household suffrage, , but adopts instead residenthil W and comfort of the coo to and fri m Bombay, the withdrawal of frage, whether by entire or oartial occupancy without reference ha that service from the oompany is net expected to diminish their pro- rent or property, i,j, upon the the, r „,,, 0 / it x months , prev lite, whilst it is the general opinion, and, tacked, it can scarcely be m id.. doubted, that the coat of thc senice, *henceforward to be wormed, must be materially increased. The proprietors are aware that the 'Lae _present system of septennial parliaments was prattle original contract entered into with the company by her Majesty's Siva Of many evils, prominent among which Mal, that it government, in 1040, for h mils to and from Alexand was Par allowed the disgraceful coalition which at present existed a period of five years, and t at , th, under the a rrangement then made. between those two incumbrances to the state—the whip that mud s. role is cow performed: the amount at present payable for and kirk There were many present, doubtlem , who the was MOW being 28,b001. per annum. Tho r Lor d, of the Admiralty aired to ha y, imam parliament ._ (loud cheering)—but he twine iilvo lately determined upon calling fr tendes for this branch , of the ',voice, to come into operation in 1849, the directors have sub- considered that a triennial act was amply euffineat for their mated a propostrion for perfonsung it upon terms which will main- wants ; for it would be found that under the septennial em thin the interests of the propnetors, and also provide that, In parliaments on an average had endured for about three tha, e • in any other future mail service which may be yearn, and therefore it might be justly anticipated that if a intrustad te this company, the sante sball be performed triennial act was obtained, the system would ap- 1 for the lowest contract payment consistent with efficiency. Since the cot meeting, the subject of priming a ces t irculating the proach as nearly to on annual system as could poosibly =ma: accounts of the company has been under their consideration. be desired. (Cheers.) An additional reason for advocating Extgerrned statements of profits, to the prejudice of the ac t ompany, company, a triennial act was that it would procnrt them the support of A deputation consisting of Lord Ashley, M.P., have Ma n circulated, analog out of the circumstance of th e accounts w any in peps°. t . i....in the House of Commons and nothing made blic • and, as some proprie t ors le.ve . expressed a . Lord Duncan, M.P., the Mayor of Bath, and the town detain upon l'u ,dt , . elsewhere—who were opposed to annual parliaments. Mr. the subject, the directors ooaaider it may DC Stevens , clerk, had an interview with Viscount Morpeth, yesterday, eds t is eet o dec id e the q watt. ti a t (a a gam si meeting in t • lent reviewed the question of vote by ballot in all at the office of her Majesty's Commissioners of Hoods end December nest. An anxious desire esker pWC the I:StAblil4l2o t its bearings ; and pointed out the injmtice of condemning Forests iu Whitehall.place. al a ecthruuffication by stesm.vesel -. linnet n Tas.aud and t en . tr. i pima es an " an-Berndt '• one, it being, as he main- I 1 ~~