The Express. — London, England, 1852-04-16 00:00:00

• she old sae who b.t it, and who adds...ea lo w a wl • ths buratto of the het years of old age. You 4.7,1'fitt,1 1., Min firmness and self-axial; low 'Gen of life fo. him, sad niece ts indebted be Provides*, for t he inest.,,able blessing of haring preserved It, that he sight to you in this new ers, he has resolved to err poste to Ilia the remainder of those year., that He may drpoee of awe for the good of the country, assestilas to pits divan will. % b ag having, before his departntm. suptioi Ht public In wintry, a decree has been isnied. at irbisk the folio" log is an extract : yet to the appreciatise of history riled the wor ld tie moody crimes of Dos Jana lawaval Sem, v immense evils that be bee Inumbe the co un,r in its moral order, M le bripmallis material Mistier that ba has es= se -Mend nut it. To thin dos bangs Use . r ,„ e d liations and appterbeiges se himself of like Lubec wherewith Ic' M sbenselsetly wisnienbil ~ pit, tortune, in pressen of Die ter?imeteemelity pelted to extol hi. hipaed parity. The seven ▪ d ot at pprreeaseeat take into esrii eesihiat the a c t s of tb.t• n, ..:on.i4ered as aa evil administrator that is to • .1. , .tut allude to the arbitrary sad vetooli .tuat part of these feeds la oleseto Yd views "pored to the public' good, employed so usenet airs .:red :,011,11,11,0 his power, by perpetual, 'mimes and sem wan, at the same time that be dbeesentei es arty obligations, and abandoned estahllihe mots in..epessable in civilised catamealties. But fur the iirst magistrate of a coresaualty to appro. pride to '..worlf the funds that represent its sweat is not to 4.ll , ..giater well or ill. it is tn steal nod ph ut g er with wry NMI sted circumstances. In this view Dee Juan yylert 'Luse la merely a public debtor, bead *,roe. Wows, .ed he minis of grievances. Assuredly, it .La• u i ester into the principles of the goveraraitat to per. hisehaellos and sote,oei.il dogma uf political elm- Itselien, istredered into the country by that man ; bat to mow !UM se wined. as far as posnble, all that he has tabbed. ones MI Most enter. this detemineedissa, mee• iormali!, to the gamal principles that been siepsnel• bait, us v. 4 ialivideal that adminiuers pale' piegerty, is the ...iv jam and *meat in thi. case, in that a lease, et lie rid esaharrasamests, chaos, and he. hen viesithed to the country by its. disestsebil suntstust a. Unfortunately the genets vet ibb debese, my and va.ushle. can only cover a eery men . ..1 this tom. nee debt ; tut, though, respectively • . .1 ..I...prmable to uWf7 upon them this same* ors,..vsev I public jostle,. For aL o•ese roan's, the government has accorded sad • At! ;•, All the property of every kind belonging to n J::,,. \bowl Rom, and existing to the territory of rot ,a declared public property." OMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. (Front the Brit'WA P•r/seg) BUENOS AIRF.S, Masse 3. Iderciie , e matters. (klieg the month about te espies, hare ince -,ed • very secondary place in public attest's& to ni naii. tared gouda the demand for the immediate no eess.tie . ••: the equal, has been greater than could Ws heen rw•ct..l. though fir short of a fair average, with • imprivi ne, vet in the prices of certain articles. Or= tombs , sth the interior provinces remains Pit* Ow penile., and the demand tot the littoral ones at Whelpietiletber the mom, it. hearing to mind the militia chastisement of 6 revinciii armies, and that from 70,000 to 110,0011 MINI knee been cad. r arena throughout the republic fag the 6111 6111, eir live meuths, with many of their froulieeMlSMlSMlly en short all..erance, it is impossible to help waddwilla. ge. seems of these young commillue. and avoiliggegg gaga happy reeedis from their Mink treorogy ad tildlility. Several sobs by auction, is gogiegay, is two, foes, Ilaii six months have already been affignigard, but, we isimiere s tead, with only partial sitcom. The muatietitios is ed. &idly among the sellers ; the Amid s.d guises sig= by the immediate necessities of the leen mein the , state of uncertaiaty, and desseneat tee we ma eel, escape by • distinct intimation ofulliellier views et the government; and we may add, that the smog such intimates is given the better, as it will molds BMW to decide on the most advaatageous course to boopeneil in their respective eircuntstences, and restore the imeeement and animation which ro many causes have couspired is deaden sea depress. In article a of daily consumptice the market an general is abundant supplied. Several of the recent itocinations from Bree ched the Meditemmean tee main in tint bands, prices in metallic continuing almost gunmen, because holden are aware that a Sew months in general serve to rectify and readjust any accidental dispa rity between the supply and demand. Were the existing stocks in this department forced into cimulation a eon aiderable depression of prices, and probably a sort of temporary crisis would he the easseqeenee. The extreme thietimitiota of our money market and especially the buoyant tendency of our paper currency, must press bard en retail dealers, woo hold heavy stocks. Fortunately there has latterly been very little dimponticei to speculation. At all events no failures have taket i stes, and the many sales by public auction, alluded to different head, clearly show that general confidence has been in a great measure restored. Eiroirrii.-The crisis through which we have will readily explain the considerable falling off in tie e t ! rants of the present month. But there is a general nor and inactivity that may bo traced to other accidental causes. Exporters are neresterily deterred by the unsettled state and declared upward tendency of our paper eurreucy, 'while producers show • very natural 1 reluct :nee to submit to the corresponding 'Mechem in [ the nominal prices to which they have been accustomed. Besides, heavy hides, the staple article in demand for the European markets, have this season been unusually scarce, while the North Americans, our best customers for the lighter classes, have been keeping aloof for several months past. The cause of this temporary derangement arises from the promiscuous slaughter of herds, ed and young, male and female, with out regard to the general rules and principles that regulate our Saladero operations in ordinary times. Wo may now reelect a reaction. With the prospect of unfettered enter pti•-e and general security, breeding cattle are likely to ac -1 quire an enhanced value, and export produce, though more select in quality, may probably for • time be less abundant. in this view, we are disposed to think that prices may rule high, although we have no apprehension, as some appear to hose, of • protracted scarcity of produce. Exchatigeb ruled, at the sailing of the packet, 661. 67. MONTE VIDEO. Mewl' 6. Exchange, 421 to 42 per dollar currency. On the morn ing ol the radian of the packet, the rate was quoted 41 1-10. 11,10 DE JANEINO, MAJLCU 13. We regret to state that the yellow fever is again preys hot in this port. The crews of foreign vessels are milks= severely. On *bore the caws are tew, and generally fatal. Ater, the date of our last circular, ihe 12th ult., ftem. change has experienced tastier depression. The tete at 27 and 27j, and subsequently declined to 27 and lli. 'llse Uri:mamas for this conveyance, which we estimate at 250,0001. on London, were ellosted ,prine at 271 ea Faris, 6 6 0,000 f., at 350 le 81111614 tot 'Weels WM mans ban __,ce at 630 to aL The lost Ina* were 106,3 U ben 1372=6 febreeer, , tail) ; zed anNu t IlS eli M battik li. bops ewer i 1 5,112 hides; WM half hike, MAIO on red wir horns; 76 pipes real 3,531 rolls tobacco; I less den 1,011 barrels= U 4 plan d k u s i =mmdf. 1 Correc.- finee 50 to 100 se., 1 tranaactions resemimeermil tee nie the devalue l of last name, the Toren en met eneseive , en with oecesiimal interruptihns, business hes ben ides wee since at the linotations. The purchame. whin wen l par.) for the elates, amonned Let made is 101 bap, eel this samelkse he, to 25,016 bed The supplies 4 are r , sad sowed Ohara eselstdveff of ialerior de r tar which there is no inquiry, but at a consider able redestion in prices. Of the better qualities our ro t odds arseaaty, cud holden keep Aret. As reser& the mop the reporessentinse Ilverrebb. Olen 5 5a_,.. 1 75111 IrTh7aA, ''. bap, of whisk about 180,006 bap ere of 1 oolotaart descriptions. The therattees lest mouth was I 7 6 ,903 ham of coffee, of which 13,362 for the Undid States • tlfaut l 114,571 begs ia the same period of MD, 3,743 kg DO 10,688 lie Aatwerp, 2,111 for Bream 636 for the Cape of Dead :121 4. =f m oo s4 Cmluigelli, 1.616 for 4 6,623 for the Igg Goderaben, C M t for 1 lantbusgWMt Mem. i fie °ea.-4km imie met Ohs mine see 1441 nen ne barrels, SOO bee ken Coons, In SOS nen Odo bend% 6,300 ben hen Peuerneen en Marcie. Ilts sales ern peer 700 easse, 1,000 bends, OS hop Compek _of wldeh i 660 ears, lAN bomb Ar m ' re sop nu se • 2,700 refs, an 1600 to 1,808 ;en SO Non SU her e riffs. 4,300 hogs Pernambuco and Massie at 1,,161 reds is I 3,100 reit, 2,sse refs to 2 700 eels ...4 MN 5•11. as 4,tee eels. Stock as I ced MA ems ' Cuir a s s : l ? 140 nen, SOO harms, 3.000 hap Penenbeee en I Ulnas ends= newt aegleetn. The arrival. have t been IleeleL Mu Ant 4,000 Rio Greeds hides, • en in OMB beam et 1411 reel. Stock 5.5,000, of whisk & o ng the great &bondman dimpled , the treennine Is Ole per Cent. Stock have lees vary mselente. TM esr4 se reported ware at 96 to 99, at tibia It den easilheseL In Tiegiogial nothing doing. r P.,--liesin, Marsh re l5, 2 o'clock p a Et enamee.- 11 Moriiss 551111Unta have been passed at 27, ' 5 both at OM end MI deea i Cousin,-Lela Yl6 earning 7,000 bags, et MIT %wig; r Watt Illiennie en month, 67,294 hen 11,725 kw Malta, 4,en be Marseilles, for Portugal, 10 for the r 5 liver Plate, 5,377 fee Stockholm, 3,100 for Trieste.. 4 BAHIA, Masse 21. St G tic-Then is little sr no alteration in Ode artiste ,t mime our loot number; inferior qualities are negloded, and selling at almost all prices. *medial to Villityr. good l• Couneuibas are still inquired after at 4,700 refs for Drew= 4) 1 and 2,190 per an. for whites, at which, exchange 27d., they stand in I.n. sd. and 19s. per cwt. free on board, exclusive s a of freight. Several days of heavy rain during the week again tend to prevent the arrival of supplies, and, as the winter season I. drawing Door, a great deficit in this year's crop must be looked he. A Corrox.-The reeks as head matinee illistlewd. sad A so sae. have transpired ; the Litt w ere " A1G „,,211: ir arr., at venieb, exchange 27d., it costs 4.94 d. per a. oa bored, widget freight. Several cargoes an brae 810 he potted from the north. le torria.-Arrivala from the interior are falling eV, Mk re the little which appeared in the market was soles at ass 1 h. rein to 3.400 eels, secordiog to quality, at which example I J. 27d. it stands in Ms. Bd. to 3'2s. 6d. per cwt. free on board, a. 'reclusive of In ight. At au auction held this week, Cara vell,, t. teeter, the following prices .--Washed, 3,950 rem to re 4 . 4 "' , . unwashed, fir.te 3,500 to 3,750 reis ; seconds, si 3.390 to .190 re i n ; ordinary, 2,900 to 3,200 eels per to snobs. COC^ . A. - Intignitleutt lots from the intetior were dle• poen of at I, raandred9oo Ms to Onethatino pn snobs: is VW& iii maks ban t, and sg mondath Tonnoco.—Tho inks in the paha imams, mown to alma 44 nth bah*, sod, dithoorth bathes en Arm into sell Wow 2.4111 Miami 14400 rah per wets he monde ' owl Oka drool kith they will men lady hays to submit KOS-41. her Ina Ws hay. away them dia pered of al Nan nth and ono 2,200 rah per we. Pp nose.—Willa the easoptiut of a WIWI taken wp by the tamps at, it I. said, 110 a. pn toe, nothing has been dam that tho rates appear to be a litti. Inner; 26e. sad nes 275. Q. pas tan han hum offend .ad refasod. EICZA/SON.—Comidasbie transactions ban taken pima daring the week at 27d., sad the beanies' for Ike steamer may be esesidared as closed. PERNAMBUCO, Dimwit 24. Bunaas.—We estimate is, stack to be about 86,000 to 00000 base In one, two or three cargoes hare been bought this wee, browse at 1,400 Ms, and white. (thirds and foonbs) rat WM to 2,10 ask pa snobs ; of fine sugars we ban oat rata or had, tai am ban beet bought under 2,400 nth they nut ammo test ceealderably ere any pur chases se mom* as tabs pines, and to effect this an en tire withdrawn if Import* bosoms from the market must exist. - 6;rtow.-71161 article ku been Dwight up u it arrives ; the arrivals from the interior an small, sad trading vessels eaisti in the harbour have kept up the prices of Irons 4,800 to OW refs. 11 . 2cuation.—Since our last steamer about 60,0001. ban changed hands principally at 27d. ; of this the government has taken about 13,0001. ; about 4,0001. have been trans acted at 200. long credit, sad 3,0001. at 261 d. at about 30 days' credit, all 60 days' ban By the Brasilia* steamer San Salvador, arrived ea thie IS lot. ken the south, we Sad that exchange woe let la Ms de Juries at 27d., and transactions had bees effisliel at 01 Mead 1111 days' bills. la Bahia, 27d., at which rite governs te bed takes KUL MANC AA crown) (loons.—We are wasiab te mete any improvnant iu this breach of beslant t we reaeived 27 packages per Julius Cosy, and 2.12 peeps here Pkila dalphia per Mincsota ; stock *way hem, sod sass are very Wain. We learn that sans amain bail Win place is Rio de Janeiro to • utast. le • loss of upwards of 12 per seat. ea /set east; sad we can stall patively that few et se pals that an add to-day Inn maim bat heavy from mei it is very iwqwei•able tint this awns hold est keg ; to avoid what we sew ex =ast•li• essa take p plass. itee stepper Ise as.. tine of ahipsaante at st THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 18. 1852. ." *pi - Ot ourt. WINDSOR, Tfttnialsaif:llPftfti l a The /anemic were at the dimmer Str= tsetse :aoThie lbeis of Kent, the Dashes M the twines, Way of Cambridge, the Doke of Cambridge,. Primo Lora of feu Coburg, the lady in Welds. M tbe Dwalwasi Meat, the &ream de Bps*, Lady Frames Brace, Celasel Um. C. B. Pldrys t _Oslsed Hen. Charles Eiry, Berea tassebsek„ sad lard W. Pardet, The Queen sad Prism Albert, with the Prism of Wales, by the Doke of Cambridge sad Prince ri=letkurA Cebu., rade oat au Mersibeek yesterday altenseem Minded by_ 0* ilea. Beatrice Brig, Lord Co& vile, sad Osbert F. B. Seysemar. The Dubai et Cam b ridge sad Princess Mary drove out in ea yea carriage. The Marehiosem of Douro bee he.. succeeded in the duties of lady in waiting by the Canter) of Desart. Lady ' Douro remains on a 'Oat to her Majesty. The Duchess of Cambridge, Princess Mary, and the Duke of Cambridge have left the Castle to-day. The Duke and Duchess of Nemoun, with the Count d'Be and the Duke d'Alencon, are expected on a visit at the Castle this afternoon. Mr. Temple had an interview with Mr. Secretary Wal- pole, yesterday, at the llome-oface. Despatches were received at the Colonial office yesterday, from the Governor of Gibraltar. THE MURDER IN NORFOLK BY A BOY. OUTWELL, Aram 14. Thu coroner's inquiry into the death of William Day, a little boy, aged 11 years and a half, who was mar- , dewed by another boy, named James Pearce, said to be of theorem , sr (but upon which point some doubt exists), while erewkieging in Oilmen Fen, on Saturday lest, nearly as described in my letter of yesterday, terminated lest night, haviag lasted two days. It was held at the Rose end Crown lan, in this parish, before W. Townley,o coroner for this district of the county, and a respeMable ßa jury. A great number of witnesses were examined, the principal of whom gave evidence as follows : John Day, l e ather of the deceseed, deposed that on Saturday even with other members of the family, he became alarme ing, dby the non-appearance of his heather at the usual time of his returning home. Went in company with a young man named Sangster to look for him in the village, and not finding him there went on to Pearce's house, which wee star the field where the deceased was known to have been employed during the day. Saw a sister of the boy Pearce, who mid she had seen witness's brother leave the field in company with his master, Mr. Reeve, about four o'clock. Witness afterwards went to the hoses of Mr. Reeve, who mid that the boy did not leave the field at the same time with himself, he having given him orders to stay there, crow keeping, till dark, and that he had not seen him slam. Witness then went home, and finding his bro ther had hot yet returned, went out again, and wandered about in match of him till daylight, when he resolved to go again to Peirce's cottage. Did so accordingly, still ac companied by Sangster, and found that Charles Pearce, about 18 years old, a brother to the boy James Pearce, wee already up. Asked him why he was up so moon ? Pearce replied that be had been drinking at herdelph on the fia• turday sight, and returned home so late, although quite sober, that he resolved not to go to bed at all, but to sleep in a chair. Pearce then agreed to accompany witness and Sangster to the field, where the witness's brother had been crow-keeping, to which they all proceeded. They walked about it for a little time, till they came to a spot near the drain, when Pearce said, " Dig down here ; here's some holes down here " They accordingly commenced digging, and almost immediately turned up a cap, which within knew had belonged to his brother. The rods which they dug up had evidently been recently turned over, as if to hide the clots of blood with which they were covered. They found not lag more there, and wore going away, when witness saw something to excite his suspicion a few yards distant, near the drain. Witness said, "Let's dig here;" but Pearce replied, "Oh, no, there's nothing there; it's only where the boys have been digging for amusement." Witness, however, insisted upon digging, and the spade almost immediately struck upon something which proved to be the body of his missing brother. The brains were blown out evidently by the explosion of • gun. The body was buried about a foot deep, and about 20 yards from the spot where his cap bad been found, and where ho had, no doubt, first fallen. The cap and loose rods above it were partially burnt, and would probably hare been en tirely consumed but for the dampness of the turf. Witness afterwards went to the village for a cart to convey home his brother's remains, sad subsequently gave information to theysilee. &nester corroborated the above evidenee, as did also Charles Pearce, brother of the accused boy, Jas. Pearce, with regard to the finding of the body. Beyond that wit ness knew nothing personally of the transaction. The father, mother, and sister of the accused were sever ally examined, but utterly denied all knowledge of Day's death until after the discovery of his body. Wm. Pearce, however, ten years old, and heather to the accused, gave more important testimony. Ile Mated that he went to bed with his brother (Jes.Posece) en Saturday night as usual, when his brother told him that he had shot Bill Day. They were sitting in the field by the in, which boys are accustomed to keep up while 11110w41/Ntii, when they quarrelled, and Dall Muck him a deka blew over the eye (his eye was blaebltei and brand whoa taken into cuotody); and that be then ha up the ma sad Mowed Day's brains nut. Day did not die directly, but lay upon the ground bleeding fest. My brother, osetehmod the witness, said, " I did not know what to do whit him. I lifted him up, and held him sitting on the gawk end I spoke to bim, hut he could not speak to me. Aber a kvi minutes I saw he was dead, and I dug a hale in the dada and buried him ; and after envering tint op INeepel as him and jammed him down. I did not Ukelele see the bleed on the rods where he fell, and so I pet thea altogether, with his cap, and tried to burn them.' William Gowlett, a little boy eight years of who had been at first taken into inmeedy ea I n of birdie beat oracerned in helping to bury the , gave althea he a most satisfactory manner to the ing effect: On Saturday afternoon he was at work la a field adjo . that in which deceased and the aesased ep Peens were pl yi ng over a fire. Did net ip is play wilt then himself, be cause his master had threatened to leg him if he did not gather up the chiekweed. They were both Mending up when witness saw them, shortly before • gun went off,when witness looked roust Re sew tho smelts of the and Parse shmadacrug is the same leek bet natase Dey. neve wee hat between then whisk would kin been easing cosy use lying as the ground. Wise. was alma hiS yank km the spa whim the de mand had made ble ire, sod when he was MAL It was dad half-pad ice when the gun went sic mkt* witness 'appeal te ham beea lad te frights* Oa arm. Fa 11111116 ties aienreade taw Pewee vralkkg sal maiming eistrak bet did met "wpm wayakg wen yam. Law nothing about Day's death. adi ianday raeraing. Au eater of the Norfolk euestabutlary (whole we the reporter did not learn) kraal that he had the boy Jana Pearce a his ethemail dage at ab yolks Moira at Dasnams market, Item aei haulms marimed Mimed, Williaa Day. Os Ihe pram day mama Oa mate to Ontwell, and on ble sawn to Downlink the Ideas' asked him if he had lean bh tether and mallasa, r tali witness replied Is m the alkastive. Ity Primer alberwards replied KIM ra elf pea allb D again in the aftmative, wises lie seisr Wilms Poor little fellow. I have told • geed army Use aka' it, but I will now tell yea the truth. Ida ad dad Ida, tat I helped to bury kit by the dials ids." Alleavarde he admitted that he did shaft Day, who lad bet get awes they were sitting by the ibiN and has hies la the eye. Other lasee lark( been esomakal, and a medical =nbevies tbqkia at to the IMO tithe death of the uke bees "awed by the merge of wadding bout a gun dam* the brain, The Coroner armed up, pointing eat the distinction between an set of rawaskagliter and GM of wilful murder. Thajney emenesMl that is TIM MAFIA be cleared,which wee aseadhigly deer, tad some is. elapsed before the mesa was we admitted, when the hams Mated that the lisp_ agreed ap es a wad " Ibralnaghter against Nem. The 0411111161 expressed SUMO surprise at the verdict, which be esedended ought dearly to have heal one of wilful messier; and for which offence, notwithat aiding the ' verdict just returned, the boy Pearce would no doubt have to take hi trial. Pewee was not produced before the jury, the police !oldieg him in custody for examination before the megis ! trates of the district. rriernelt PARTICVLAWS. Subsequent to the conclusion of the inquest, the sister of the boy Pearce, who in her ezantination hail denied all knowledge of the murder until alter the discovery of the body, is said to have admitted to a neighbour that the winds family knew of the event as early as 6 o'clock on Saturday night, or within half an hour of its occurrence, as her brother James went home at that time and said he had shot Bill Day; and that thereupon her brother Wil lies, who had also professed to know nothing about it, went out and buried the body. This statement has been made known to the police, who, we are informed, went this morning to arrest William Pearce as having been an aces ' wry to the murder after the fact. It iv not yet known whether they have succeeded in arresting him THE EKAUTIFEL EPTATE. OR ARBIGLANII, in the &tunny of Kirkcudbright, has hi en sull for the sum of woo/. litr purehaser is Cotom! Balfour, a gentlemen connected with lifeshire. The house ou the property affords one of the finest residences in the south of Scot- lend.—Dumfries Courie►. THE ELECTIONS. TOWER •SIR W. CLAY. A meeting of electors of the Tower iiiindata took I place last evening at the Manor Rooms, Heaney, to hear Sir W. Clay, M.P. There was • crowded ensnares,. Mr. John Simpson was unanimously called se to pre de. The Cum 'Luso said the electors had great reams b ems inundate themselves on having had the valuable services et Sir W. Clay as their representative in parliament for 20 years. (Cheers.) Sir W. Casa was loudly applauded on rising. He said be should not have thought it necessary to agitate the Tower Hamlets by say electioneering proceedings at this lowly period had it not been for the fact that his colleague, Mr. Thompson, bad introduced to the electors • gentleman hitherto a stranger. He had been introduced to the electors under Mr. Thonspeon's auspices, or at least there was a close coalition between them. (Hear, boar.) Mr. Thomp son had been his colleague for five years; they had eat on the same benches, been members of the same liberal party, and had generally voted or the sawn side. He (Sir William Clay) had nee. r done anything to injure Mr. Thompson, and was, therefore, sur prised that he should, contrary to the ordinary courtesies of life, have brought forward a candidate to t..rn his colleague out of office. (Hear, hear.) He had a perfect right to do this, but nothing should have tempted him (Sir William) to act so. Oa the terms of that coalition he would not say a word; it was for the electors to judge of them. Having been honoured with their coafidence in five parliaments, he thought it right, after this very summary proceeding, to meet his constituents face to face, to ascertain what he had done which should cause hint to lose that confidence— whether they had changed their principles, or whether he bad been unfaithful to his. (Year, hear.) Ito bad , there fore, cheerfully embraced this opp ortunit y of meeting the electors. What were the circumstances ot the approaching dissolution A tory government had forced themselves into power, and then professed surprise at finding them 'elves there. (Hear, hear.) He blamed them not for tutu- Loft out the late government, but because, having oh tamed power, they shrank from stating the prin ciples on which they proposed to govern. For five years they had claimed protection to native industry, which if it meant anything meant protecting everybody against everybody else. (Cheers.) Why should they now abandon this principle, if principle it could be called ? He confessed he did not like the new ministry, because be could not understand them. Every one of their numerous explanations required to bo explained, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer gave them at the rate of about two a week. (Laughter.) lie now said that all he meant by protection was a modification of taxation, but it was to be such a severe modification that parliament would sooner consent to protection than accept it. (Hear, bear.) A protectionist had been defined to be a supporter of the go. vernment of Lord Derby, whoa, oracular responses were more difficult to be understood than any from the oracle of Delphos down to "the weird eiders." (Cheers and laughter.) After opposing Sir Robert Peel's policy and the repeal of the cora laws, he now admitted that he should not attempt to re-enact the navigation laws; and as for protection, it wee said nut to be worth a thought. The Prince Rupert of debate—the bold, outspoken Stan ley—had sank so low that he dared not even say what his principles were. (Hear, hear.) Ho had to ask the coun try what those principles were to be. (Cheers.) Should the result of the election be to send back the Chancellor of the Exchequer to his literary leisure he might appropriately entitle his first work—" Adventures of a Ministry in search of a Prin ciple." . (Cheers.) But the country would not furnish them with f mu:loes, nor return a parliament which would keep them in °Mee. This might have happened had not the people tasted the benefits of free trade ; having done so, ty would not submit to be deprived of it. (Cheers.) Free trade was safe ; and be would quit that part of the ques tion by observing, that thi re bad not been a more weans advocate of free trade than himself. lie had been a free trader before Sir R. Peel, and before the Anti-Corn Law League,—even before the principle was very popular in the Tower Hamlets. (Hear, bear.) Lent Derby professed his readiness to craft barriers against the inroads of demo cracy ; ho would not assist those isms**, mere than by an attempt to re-impose protection la wag shape. To secure good government, the people mei be fully end fairly re presented. There were great anomalies and evils to be to dressed in our present parliamentary system ; them were admitted by all reformers ; the gob wanes was as le the extent of the necessary reform. Amy lad emmiummil the reform bill of 1822, as a failure t Hbwssented; kr it bed fairly fulfilled the expectances entertetned of U. ilinse ft passed, there hed been more benedrial burieletiou dies is the previous Iffleyears ; and marry maims had hem passed which weld met bare bees pond bet Are the Rehm Bill. Ile thoeght k might to baurimitusided the ballot and triennial yeafemstare—aw volda he had voted ever since he had a left Vpesilemint.(Chsees.) He thought the franchise mat te he eemblerably mbuyed ; this Labe be dose wilt miser rad riventage to the eumuutoity. (Chun) Ile hod suppeeted Mr. orme's moues. but was wink& without wessaliikas himself to ileedie, fairly to esembee the plant bessight fore 7 parties. , bear.) Lied Derby bad putting 411111•1011. mainly in the charge of the established elmmit. Though he (Sir W. Clay) was a member of that Amid pietist against such a amass. (Cheers.) ;lb= be adeseeted us liberty my sires he could Wok ; be bat the abolition of &arch rates end edges mweleous teekelestied aeasi be bid also endea voured Is abate that maga Weeps% the established drench in Ireland. Amen) Seek had been his course hitherto; and he sherahl imilimes to purnio it with all the sod in his power. (Chews.) Mr. &urn= Moan ts mid he rejoiced in these opportu nities of essillifts ofd sesetituents coming together, and for kir remiss he was an advocate of short parliaments. (Cheers) navies supported Mr. Thompson at the last ebutien, and net eupperted Sir W. Clay, he wished to state the semme why be rimuld withdraw his support from Mr. Themgesa sad new support Sir W. Clay. (Cheers.) His *NON wow the ammo as then ; but he would not be • party to a &beim (Cheers.) If the facts of the coalition was tree it wet high time the people of tbo Tower Ham lets held Isle k, or they had better go back at once to the darted eaten end Old Sarum. (Hear, hear.) He had bow teid, by a gentleman whom name be should not object menden,fe possencs of the Rev. Dr. }Lassie, now on the piselbezl r hat en the lath of March a lam of 1,50 W. was ley Mr. Ayrton or one of his friends, to Mr. sirmosiapel. (Hear, hear.) If this were so it I wild met to be salunitted to ; and if Sir W. Clay were tan the., mere ermismatim than he was he would support him. (Chews.) This was talked of everywhere, and the Tower MEMs iris mkt a laughingstock. Nothing could have Greened to de mere injury to the cause of advanced prin. eiples. (1 err, bow.) In refusing his support to Sir W. Clay at dm ha shake, ho thought he had done him in justice; bland emir Sothis conclusion from closely lag his voles in the prom, parliament. Though a church- L man, Sir William was favourable to the abolition of church-rates. Be bad therefore great pleasure in moving, "That this meeting, having hard the statement of Sir Wm. Clay, is of opinion that he is entitled to the cordial support of the electors of the Tower Hamlin." (Cheers.) After some discusaioa, intermingled with inquiries and I interruptions, The resolution was carried with six dissentients. Sir W. CLOT briefly thanked the electors for the support L afforded him on this occasion. _ _ Mr. BRAD, is moving a vote of thanks to the chairman, denied that he or three who acted with him at the last election, had made any mistake in supporting Mr. Thomp son. It was Mr. Thompson who had made the mistake, to going into the house as their representative, end not acting as such. (" No, no," and disapprobation.) By going through the division lists, it would be seen that Mr. Thompson had forfeited all claim to their confidence. (Cries of " Question.") A gentleman challenged Mr. Read to attend a meeting, at which Mr. Thompson would be present on the following evening, and make the same statement. (Cheers.) The vote of thanks to the chairman was unanimously agreed to. Pe BRlSTOL.—Another week has elapsed without the committee appointed at the Conservative meeting, held on the 16th of March, having been able to bring forward a candidate in their interest, and the probability of Mr. H. Berkeley, the old and tried liberal representative, and Mr. W. 11. 13. Langton, the Mayor of the City, and whose po• ' litical opinions arc quite in keeping with the progressive spirit of the age, being permitted to walk over the course, gain. strength daily. It is not thought that Mr. Philip Miles will allow himself, as had been suggested, to be again put in nomination ; indeed his retirement from a seat which he has so long filled, and the refusal of all the gentlemen applied to, who reside in Bristol and its neighbourhood, to permit their nevus to be brought forward, must be taken as strongly indicative of what is felt in the tory camp to be the real state of the electoral register. EAST SUSTOl.li.—The death of Lord Iteudleaham has caused a vacancy in the representation of East Suffolk, which Sir Fitzroy Kelly, bee Majesty's Solicitor. (knead, under an invitation from a large party of the resident land owni re, appears desirous of SolieiturAleneral left town for Suffolk oa Tuesday, and since his arrival 64 N 4 i4sheingsbiklitg 'ime r Ssilsitest ;I .e ttlie ad dressee. esidldenee sapped of the ei . At Wedllardept'W Met the farriers sftet mealest. and lig& mite, of lb speech thus spoke of the Xenon* peat: sorbs eldest eland great was to prevent the Bowan cads*, gelestheed of Ireland from being edu cated abroad, where they astpdeod foreign ideas and rind**. and Mae le the constitution a e li fg country, end inceneident Id* the attaeltment whisk they owed to the dime and people. It was with the view of giving to the eandidatee for the priest hood an opportunity of being educated in their own emus ts,, that this great was drat senetlemed by perilemeat. I freely say, that I entertain grave double, at the present moment, whether that object—excellent as it woe originally —emcee either attained or ever attainable. What I feel it me duty to say to you, upon that @abject, is this—that although no man would be more resident, nay, no man would mon steadily refuse, than I would, to be • party to any act, however expedient, however just on other grounds, by which the good faith of par. liament might be compromieed,—yet I shall support, end cordially support, the motion for a committee of inquiry into all the circumstances attending this grant, which as about to he brought before the Howe of Commons. And if, am the result of the labours of that committee, end as the report of that committee, it should be fuund—eon aistently with the good faith of parliament, and con 'ideally with what becomes all public men to einem— strict honour and integrity in their dealings with their fellow•countrymen—that it is possible to put an end to that grant, I, for one, shall rejoice in concurring with the go vernment, of which I eat an unworthy member, in an act entirely to repeal and put an cud to It. _ - EXETER.—The news of Sir Fitzroy Kelly having become a candidate fur ELM Suffolk took the citizens by surprise, inasmuch as he had recently published en adding" offering his service" to the electors at the next general elee- Son. On Wednesday hills were posted about the city, call ing on the elector' to reserve their TOW, and stating that a requis Non was in the course of signature, to be presented to Bar Stafford Henry Nurthcote, requesting him to offer Memel( as a candidate to repress nt Exeter in parliantent. The hon. Intronet is in favour of free trade, and of high church principles. Bankers, lawyers, and others, were to be seen in Brod, group., di‘cuwing the Solicitor-Oeneral's (as yet unexplained) conduct, and Sir Stafibrd Northcote's chance of success. EDINDCREIII.—We born from a third edition• of the &Muth Preu of Wedni sdey last, that in connquenee of the retirement of Sir William Hasson Craig, a meeting of the parliamentary electors of the city of Edinburgh was held on that day in Queen street Hall to consider what step it would be advisable to take in order to wore St and proper persons to represent them in Parliament at the next election. The meeting was very namerously attended, and the Lord Provost occupied the chair. A letter from Mr. Cowan was read, in which he intimated his intention of gain soliciting the suffrages of the electors.—Mr. Adam Black said they were much indebted to his lordship far hav ing so promptly called them together upon this important omission. He concurred generally In all that his lordship had said, and thought they should not begin by pro posing one or more candidates, but agree to a general re solution, end he, therefore, begged to move as follows : "That in consequence of the announcement of Sir Wil liams 0 iheonCraig's rca gnation,it is desirable that a candidate shall be brought forward of decided opinions in favour of free trade and liberal principles, and that with the view of uniting the different sections of the liberal party it he re mitted to the origiusl fiber committee, in conjunction with the committee appointed et last election, to procure fit and proper persons as candidates for the representation of the city, and to report to a future meeting."—Mr. William M'Cne in seconding the resolution, regretted that no notice had be en taken of the great question as to the withdrawal of the Maynooth grant, on which the two committees had been more unanimous than on any other question. It was doubtless intended that the resolution should be of such a general nature as to please all parties, and he had, therefore, much pleasure in seconding tho resolution. The motion having been carried, Mr. Aytoun rose and moved, " that in the opinion of this 'meeting no candidate for the representation of Edinburgh should be brought for ward, who is not decided in his opinions as to the grant to Mammoth, and who is not resolved, should tie be returned to parliament, to oppose every grant of money by the state, for the endowment of the Roman catholic priesthood."— (A voice: " And all religious grant".")—Professor Dick moved, " That if the instruction referred to in Mr. Aytoun 's motion was to be given to the comm ttee, they should also be instructed to look out for a candidate who would oppose all endowments of religion." Both these resolutions were also adopted. After some further unimportant proceed ings, the meeting separated. LEITH.—Mr. Henderson, of the firm of Henderson Remington, and Co., East India proprietors ' has been put forward on tory principles for the Leith Burghs. The local papers state that he has not the slightest chance of success. NORTH STAFFORDSIIIRE.—Mr. Addcrloy has pub lished a long address to the freeholders and electors, its the course of which he states that his attention to the subject of coloneation was recognised by Lard Derby in hie offer of the Secretaryship of the Board of Control to his govern moat. Umni the subject of protection Ur. Adderley says : " neck the earliest (indeed the only) opportunil offering itself to me during the; recess to avow, at Burton, openly and distinctly, that, though I had not, in the slightest de gree, abandoned my opinion that the agricultural interest had a right to protective duties, as an equiv.,leat to their extra share in national burdens, yet 1 considered that the nature of that particular equivalent had become, whether rightly or wrongly, so odious in the eyes of the general body of the nation that it would bo un- wise to accept it any longer, even if it could be oh , mined. Whatever other modes there may be tbr an adjustment of uneq ual tx taxation, it appear. to me that those at least must • abandoned which have the tendency in any degree (and the less the degree the less reason for ad hering to them; to raise the price of road. At all events, mull the nation changes its mind ou the subji et and ceases to retain its present repugnance to protective duties, 1, for sea, will not seek that kind of boon to a suffering clams of the community which would only more deeply injure them. Some say that it is necessary to postpone the deci sion of this opinion till the approaching appeal to the coun try has mom clearly tested the national feeling. For my own part I consider that the national feeling is already amply tested. I believe that the earlier this decision is avowed the better. As an agriculturist myself I give up, and as the repeuentative of a great body of agriculturist. I recommend them to give up, that mode of compensation fur any special tuition we bear which we cannot receive with out unmerited odium attached to it. I then demand from a country proverbial fur its love of fair play that the class which so concedes a right to its wishes should be relieved from those burdens which will, in consequence, rest upon them uncompensated; and that, if the principle be estab lished that none of the necesuries of life should be taxed, that that principle muy be impartially carried out to its full extent. Such views I have supposed to coincide in the main with the opinions held by Lord Derby, and certainly prevalent among his party, and I have thought it right, therefore, to add no more to my Burton statemeut hitherto, than that I believed I agreed with him. At all events, I had no sort of doubt that I should follow him, as the un questioned leader of the conservative party, though submit ting to the de facto commercial system, yet favourable to the great agricultural interest, the sole possible refuge from the dangerous end obnoxious coalition which the late mi nistry has contrived to present to us as the only alternative in opposition." Oaggali.—lt is stated that Mr. Inglis has been wasucemsful in his canvass. Porrsmourn. Tho report of Lord Frederick Fitaclarence being appointed Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's forces at Bombay, in succession to Lieut.-Gene ral Sir John Grey (now on his way home), is confirmed. There are now only Sir Francis Baring and Sergeant Gaze lee in the field for the two scats, which will be vacant at the general election. SUNDERLAND.—On Tuesday forenoon, Mr. George Hudson, M.P., arrived from London, and met the electors in the Commission-rooms, High-street. Considerable inte rest was felt, as it was understood that the hon. gentle man would declare himself a free-trader, and the lam room wu crowded. Mr. C. Bramwell was in the chair. Mr. Hudson entered at great length upon the topics of the day; he denied that the corn laws was the only question cant upon its trial at this elestlon; there were other and as important subjects at issue ; one was, should the present. minutry have a fair trial ? Were the gentlemen! of England, who were in the habit of presiding over quarter sessions, and conducting the affairs of the counties in which they dwelt, capable of guiding the helm of the state, or should the affairs of the nation be handed over for ever to a family party ? He said they hail been told that free trade had produced unprecedented prosperity in this country. Was that so in Sunderland? (Loud cries of " Yes, yam," with some cries of " No" from the table where Mr. Hudson's supporters stood, followed by cheers for free trade.) Were not shipwrights' wages lie. per day in 1844 end 1845 and were they not now es. per day? (Loud cries of "No.") He understood that was the fact. (" No," and bisect.) Well, be that as it may, no one would oppose a repeal of the present corn laws more than their humble servant. (Loud cheers, in the midst of which an sped shipowner of the name of Russier caused great confu sion by shaking his stick at Mr. Hudson, and eaclaiming he wu a traitor.) Alter delivering his speech, Mr. 'lnd ian proceeded on his canvass. The friends of Mr. Fenwiek, the TMg candidate, and Mr. Seymour, the radical condi =still at daggers drawn, and are not likely to be re 'Under present circumstances, Mr. Hudson's seat is were. lie would not have been in that position if he had not &dared himself in favour of free trade. ISllllllMaimaisin.—Sir David Dundee is about, no bollensoe min bora the representation of this county, aai lbs Mop& of Brand, eldest son of the Duke of Ilkstbsrlead, is to Ale kariorlf to the electors on liberal prinsipts&—erstestart. Tuntwa.--Ilisre bee beat some talk of a second free trade siollisto to embed the rest with Mr. Berry Baldwin, the protectionist mersirat. Many of the hon. gentleman's It k ere now free traders, and they nee be brelbrmil le swan Mr. Baldwin on protectionist prindpiss, if saseire lee near were to come forward. Lord fioyersor Y can of Ids toss. WOLYERHAMPTON.—Mr. E. Webster, of Lincoln's inn, London, o ff ers himself as a embalms to represent ttil borough, and addressed the electors yesterday. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEON F.—The following members were admitted Fellows of the College at a meet. ing of tho Council yesterday afternoon:—Messrs. nutrias Francis Fernandes, Madras Medical Establishment, diploma dated October 6, 1838; Thomas Eaton Lander, Shitfnal, Shropshlis, April 18, 1842; and James Morris, lark-street, Oroovenor-square, June 18, 1948. ROYAL wzrr INDIA MAIL STEAM•PACKET main d share , Taw isa r. sexrd:t i the li•Mbet Tevern ; . Chappell, MN., reed dr report, whis rel k t'ike ar audited amounts of the Paid Mail Steen-Pada fate .ay have am usual been plated and sent to sin ofebe shareholders. The surplus on the working aessemit a 1851 exhibits an increase over that of 1850, of 61,6361. 11d.; but the several items of the ac count do not admit of comparison with former years, owing to the alteration in the West India, and the addition of the Breed service. Of the latter, the result of ten voyaaes is included in the !mount. The leases of the Jamaica wharf and of the Southampton premise, having expired during the year , the balances of these accounts have been charged against profit and loss as has also the difference between the original coat of the Line, sold in July last, and the sum obtained for her. The amount expanded in repairs of the Teviut and Dee has placed those vessels in a state of effi ciency for many years service. The amount at which the company's ships have hitherto stood in the balance-sheet, being their original cost, it has been deemed desirable, at the close of the first contract of the company with the government, to reduce this amount to as near au approximation to their actual value as pos sible, looking to their use in carrying out the operations of the company ; and the cam of 450,0001. has been assumed as cue at which they may be fairly taken under all circumstances. In order to effect this reduction, the reserve fund, after including the profits of 1850, has been applied, and a further thin of 95,4271. Is. ld. from theme of 1861. The Prince, having been purchased during the year, is of mane not included in the arrangement. 'The amount advance,' toward the completion of the new steam ships of the company, to the 31st of December last, is 360,9031. Bs. bd. The proprietors were informed, so long ago as last October tweleemonths, that tee directors had con tracted for five new steamers of the largest claw. At the general meeting in April, 1851, it was further stated that the whole of those vessels were rapidly progressing; but, in October last, the directors felt compelled to notice the delays experienced hi executing the different shipbuilners' and engine-makers' contracts, expressing a hope, however, that, on sad from the beginning of the present year, the whole might be completed, so as to commence simul taneously the performance of an accelerated service. If this expectation has not been realised, the disappointment I has arisen from causes altogether beyond the control of the directors. However, notwithstanding the obstruction occa sioned by such delays, on the 2nd of January, as anticipated, the Amason, the !Int of Um cum paiq's new steamers, left England with the West India math), being as ably commanded, as efficiently officered, as numerously manned, as well constructed, and (as may be verified by comparison) more amply provided with means of safety , than any other steem.ship upon the ocean, public or private. The calamity that ensued is known to all, but from the searching investigations made by this company and the Board of Trade, it would appear that the cause of the fire will never be ascertained. If anything could console the directors under this terrible disaster it would be in the reflection that of the nine boats with which the ship was provided seven escaped conflagration, and six of them seven are now in Eng.and or at Brest, having each saved a number of human lives: The Orinoco, being the second new ship, left England on the led of February, and returned to Southampton on the bth of the present month, having steamed the whole voyage out and home at an average rate of about ten nauti cal miles per hour ; a higher rate of epeed than has perhaps ever been attained by any steam ship in a voyage of such length, between port and port: and es the first trip is always in some degree experimental, the directors are glad to state that they have received information from their su perintending engineer, that a few trifling alterations in the furuaces or new arrangement of the fire bars, to be made with the concurrence of Means. Maudslay and Co., the manufacturer, of the machinery, will probably so regulate the consumption of coal as to effect a considerable saving on each voyage, and at the same time increase the ship's speed, independent of which there is ample space to stow a larger quantity of coal on board than was consumed upon'the first voyage, should it be found requisite to do so hereafter. The Parana, being the third of the new ships, has already made a very iatisfactory voyage from Greenock to Southampton, ' and been since tried by the Admiralty surveyor, giving a speed in four performances over the measured mile equal to an average of twelve and a half knots per hour, the highest speed (as the surveyor ,take) yet accom plished on his trial of any steam ship in the kingdom. This ship will take out the mails on the 17th last., the Orinoco proceeding with those of the led of May; and it is hoped the Magdalena, now at Glas gow will be completed in time to take out the mails on the 17th , of May. The contract for constructing the Demerara made her deliverable in the river Clyde ' ready for sea ;' but as this ship was stranded at Bristol before she had been put into possession of the company her lose has to be covered by the policies of insurance effected by the ship builder. The whole of this matter is now in course of arrangement, and the directors trust that (however inconvenient the delay) the company will not suffer pecuniary injury from the occurrence. That no time might be lost in supplying the deficiency occasioned by the destruction of the Amazon, i the directors entered into an agreement with Messrs. Cunard and Burns for the purchase of the Arabia (now called the Plata) when complete for sea, which it is esti mated will be about the beginning of next June. This ship is only about thirty tans larger than the other new steamers of the company, and of about two hundred horses greater nominal steam power; therefore a higher rate of speed may possibly he accomplished. As the engines and boilers of the Demerara bail been completed, but not put on board, before she was stranded, the director., by.au thority of the Admiralty, at once contracted for a new iron ship of 2,700 tone to receive the Demerara's machinery ; and the builders have undertaken that this newt (named the Atrato) shall be completed by the end of the present year. Since the last general meeting in October, the company's colonial superintendent has returned from his mission to Chsgres, New York, &e., having ably arranged all matters respecting a loan to the Panama Railway Com cuy ; and 128,000 dollars, or say 25,4511.6. 3d. sterling, accordingly been advanced by the directors upon de benture bonds to assist in the promotion of that im portant object. By the terms of agreement be tween the two companies, a favourable portion of Manzanilla Island at the Atlantic terminus of the railway is secured for the purposes of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, where it is proposed to erect a wharf and other suitable premises. The railway is rapidly progressicg, having been opened already to a distance of about 23 miles from Navy Bay; and upon one occasion lately 1,000 pas sengpas- sengersfrom New York were conveyed by it, producing a receipt of 6,000 dollars. It is expected that the works will be completed as far as Gorgona (beiug the most difficult and inconvenient portion of the route), before next autumn. Connected with this vast undertaking the forma tion of a company for establishing steam conveyance be tween Panama, New Zealand, and Australia, contiuues to occupy the anxious attention of several influential associa tions; amongst which may be classed the two Pacific Steam Navigation Companies, the Royal Mail Steam Packet Com pany, and the Panama Railway Company. Thus en couraged, the project will soon be submitted for public consideration ; and the directors trust that it will receive the individual support of the eompaay' . 2 proprietary, whose pecuniary advantage it is so pre-monody calculated to promote. In conclusion, the directors recommend a divi dend for the last half of the lastivear at the rate of 21. per share (free of income tax), payable on and from the 20;h inst." By the statement of accounts laid before the meeting, it appeared that the receipts had been 566,214'. 2s. 2d., and the disbursements 309,2981. 12s. 44., leaving a surplus of 106,98.51. 9s. 10d. The CHAIRMAN said that considering that the state ment of accounts had been distributed among the share holders, and that the report had gone so fuily into all the particulars which it was thought would be interesting to the proprietors, ho should say nothing further than to con gratulate them upon the position and prospects of the company, which, notwithstanding the unfortunate loss of the Amason, were exeeedinglysatixfactory. Ho should at tend to any questions which might be put to him, and give every information in his power, and he should now propose that the report be adopted, printed, and circulated. Mr. T. BAILING, M.P., seconded the motion. Mr. RIDOWAY said, ho had seen a letter in that day's papers from the secretary of the company re lative to the Conway, in which he stated that she wee quite " seaworthy." That might be ao, but he (Mr. fLidgway) maintained that she was not fit to carry the mails. With regard to the state of the Dee, in the face of the contradiction of the secretary, he would maintain, and, if necessary, prove, that she had not the comforts and re spectability which should be essential to a vessel belonging to this company. With regard to the Amason, it had been stated that the cause of the fire would never he ascertained, but he said that it was caused only by neglect, and the se cretary, in hie evidence before a committee of the House of Commons, had admitted that five of the company's ships had been lost by growl neglect. The shareholders ought not to be satisfied with having their affairs conducted by three men only, which was the case ; for the directors, al though men of the highest standing, had their own affairs and these of other companies to attend to; besides which they were generally West India merchants, and he thought an infusion of new life into the direction was ne cessary when they saw how badly their affairs wore managed. It must be • source of satisfaction to the corn paay to find that so much had been done by the public to relieve the sufferers by the loss of the Amason, and he thought that there should be some expression of feeling on the part of the meeting with regard to thu different orphan asylums that heel received the children of those who were lost. (Loud cheers.) It was due to them to express the thanks of the meeting to them. (Hoar, hear.) Ho was still of opinion that for the future the reports of the com pany should bo de,ivered before the time of the meeting, and that the proprietors should not be called on at a mu ment's notice to bear read and express approbation of the items of a lengthy report. Dr. 11EA't Ills said that when he addressed a few re marks to them in this place six months ago, he expressed a hope that they might soon realise a somewhat better return for their invested capital than what bad hitherto been given—that at keg 8 per cent. instead of 6i per annum might he looked for. Ihe melancholy circumstances which had happened in the affairs of the company since the period of the last lialll early meeting led him to tear that the prospect of realising such e speetations was more distant now than it was then. The wreck, as he might call it, of the Demerara in the River Avon (and what led our directors to that quarter for so large a vessel it was difficult Ito imagine), the sad loss of the Amazon. and tiro want of adaptation, between the capacity for teal and the power of the engiuus of the Orinoco, were events and facts little cal culate(' to advent,' the proitecrity of the company. After some diseussion, the report was agreed to. On the molMet that a dividend of V. a Aare for the half me be made, Mr. RIDO WAY moved, n an amendment, that the divi dend be V. 6s. a share. The amendment wee negatived by a large mnjority, and the original motion agreed to. The retiring electors and auditors were re-elected. On the motion of Mr. RIDGWAY, a vote of thanks was carried to the directors of the orphan asylums who had re ceived the orphan children of the sufferers by the lose of the Amason, and with the usual vote of thanks to the chairman and directors, the business of the meeting concluded. MIL HUDSON'S NOTION OF A MINISTRY. (Prom the Doily Nora.) At an election meeting, reported in another column, Mr. GEOROtt Munson—the representative, not of the people of Sunderland, but of some large docks which, when his name was attractive to capital, he got made there—put the question of the continuance or termination of the DPRHY cabinet to a public meeting in that town in this way : Were the gentlemen of England, who were in the habit of prcviding over quarter 'Loden', and conducting the attain of the counties in which they dwelt, capable of guiding the helm of the state, or should the affairs of the nation be handed for ever ton family party ? Who, then, are "the gentlemen of England ?" 1/0 they belong, as Mr. II utisoN, in the true spirit of fiunkeyism, seems to think, to the territorial sys tem entirely? Is it land only, acres solely, rents exclusively, that produce gentlemen ? If so, Sunder laud must be badly off; for there, as CRABBE says, ;they " plough the ocean, not the main." DRYDEN, with larger views, speaks of " God Almighty, gentlemen ;" and SDAKEAPEART, not irreverently, describes our Ssvinuit us the first true gentleman. Mr. GEORGE IlunsoN, on the contrary, has the vulgar notion that gentlemen are persons who " conduct the affairs of counties," who receive rents, who commit poachers, who trans port small knaves at Quarters Sessions. He has no idea that there is a gentleman unconnected with the soil ; the more of it a man the greater gen tleman he becomes in Mr. ri.= (pinion ;—uho, doubtless, never considered himmelf a gentle man until he bought Newby Hall, and becalm, owner of the ridiculous house at Knightsbridge. And this is a feeling that possesses, consciously or unconsciously, the squierarchy of the country. '1 hey deem themselves to be its " gentlemen ;" and they hold that the government of the country ought to be in the hands of "gentlemen." Hence it is that they will, at a general election, support a ministry which they feel is going in office to back out of its views in their favour expressed in op position ; hence it is that they are preparing to endure free trade at its hands, rather than run the risk of a cabinet not composed of gentlemi n in their sense ; hence, too, it is that Mr. DisßAEci has sported his absurd theory that the counties are inadequately represented in parliament. 'I he "gentlemen of England " are said to be identical and co-extensive with the landed interest ; and that interest ought to govern the country. This is the theory that Mr. Hensos, very unintentionally, we dare say, has again brought to the surface. It is a theory that despises merit and intelligence, and ignores the people. But on its support only has the DERBY admi nistration the smallest chance of lasting. Now, the landed interest is a fact, and a great fact; one that we cannot disturb, if we wished ; and one that we do not wish to disturb. We are quite willing to believe that it has the character of ballast, and does sometimes in a storm steady the ship. But for it either to sot up a monopoly of all the gentlemanly feeling of the country, or to claim as having the right of governing the country, is a piece of intole rable presumption. And if, at the general election, such is the issue to be raised, we aro quite content to fight the battle on it. For never let us forget what the landed interest, what the gentlemen, what the ballast of England did for the country during the long reign of GEORGE 111., when they did govern it. 'lo them, and their coarse, vulgar material spirit, we were indebted for the Ame than war and its two hundred millions of debt; to them, and their vain glorious unreasoning blustering, wis owe the French war and its four hundred millions of debt; Irish rebellion, protestant ascendancy, radi cal conspiracies, black acts, paper money, and corn laws. True, they have since improved. But why? Be cause they lost power; ceased to govern the country; and had only influence to obstruct occasionally its pro gress. Their improvement has been caused by their comparative powerlessness;—bv the country having been governed by men who ha at least larger sym pathies than those of a class ;—by the rising authority of our towns and the middle classes; and by the growing intelligence of the operative sections of society. But, even in opposition, they have been the drag on improvement, on progress, on reform ;—they have delayed for years the enactment of measures they could not at last resist ;—they have maligned, slandered, and damaged a policy they could not avert;—they resisted to death free-trade in food, and even now, when making up their minds to submit to it, they depreciate its value and importance. if then the landed interest have been thusffiischievous and dangerous in opposition, how much more mischievous and hurtful are they likely to be in power? Their improvement is but the reflection of liberal opinions, and the shadow of progressive truths; it is not honest, or real, or self-contained; it is not to be relied on. Their true feelings peep out ever and anon; and they did so when Mr. litlnsoN claimed &continuance in power for them, because they were " the gentlemen of England." Insolent presumption ; Norman pretensions are at the bottom of the whole. The real gentlemen of England--its intellectual capacity—its deep religious convictions—its moral worth—ts enterprising spirit—its high courage—and its great fortunes, have come to a pretty pass, if they are worthily represented by Lord DERBY and his colleagues in the councils of Queen VICTORIA. We do not wish to undervalue the men composing it, but to pretend that the present cabinet has the confidence of the intelligence, much less the numbers of the country, is the very height of absurdity. In parliament they are in " an acknowledged minority ; out of it, their minority is of a helpless, hopeless description. Their supporters do not know what to say for them; and all that their organs utter their own acts contradict. At first they had opinions, but no policy. But now they have neither policy nor opinions; they are reduced to a cry ; such as Mr. Huusixs has sported for them at Sunderland. And what is this cabinet of " English gentlemen " doing? It is prepared in office to renounce every opinion on economical questions, which out of office it expressed ; it is ready to practise hypocrisy on a larger scale, and in a more flagrant manner, than the world ever saw before; it is willing to exhibit such a dereliction of principle and of honour as no ministry in England has yet .condescended to ; it has obtained the votes for the estimates and tho Mutiny Bill on pretences that were false, and on promises that it seeks to violate; and it is throw ing out baits and lures of the meanest description to all sections and parties. If these be the manners, the habits, and the conduct of " English gentlemen" in a cabinet, the latter days must indeed be on us. But they arc not. The morality of the counties rises against men who act thus—against a ministry thus trifling with personal honour and probity— against a cabinet which can set so ill an example of honesty. Look at the election addresses of conser vative candidates. Is there one to be found which expresses entire confidence in them ? Why, even Mr. COCHRANE, in advancing claims to Southamp ton, has his reserves ; whilst Mr. ADDERLEY is obliged to rest his case fur re-election by adjusting the dispositions of the ministry to his own superior intelligence. Look where we will, then, the tory candidates arc compelled to " hum and to haw " over the government. Glib upon every other point, they stumble over the character of the 'administration they mean, if elected, to support. An unenviable plight, this, for " English gentlemen !" No, no, Mr. GEORGE Ilunsox your inquiry either recoils on your own head, or it proves too much. Either you have advanced an insolent theory, which every man of spirit and intelligence uncon nected with land will resent —or, if your friends in the cabinet be, par excellence, " English gentlemen," they are certainly not supporting the chat acter either with candour or truthfulness. COLN i. llvictt COUNTY Lt•N,TIe ASYLUM.— The committee of visiting magistrates to this uylum have Renounced to the several parochial authorities having pauper lunatics confined there that they are enabled, from the lit of this mouth, to reduce the charge fur maintenance from Os. ed. to Rs. A'.d. per week for each pauper lunatic confined there belonging to the county ; for those uot be longing to the comity the charge of las. per week is: con tinued.