The Express. — London, England, 1851-12-19 00:00:00

fe ti n g her way towards some such end. The Grand h i ke is .tated to be "anxious to abdicate." 'rho cotamand of his army is in the hands of an Austrian ▪ ners L lle is henceforth to be represented abroad Instrian diplomacy, every influential department ; of his s elministration is overridden and influenced by .Sustria, and there are not wanting some who wet the recent visit of the Archduke Albrecht to Tll , C;illy was really intended to negotiate terms fur the surrender of his sovereign rights. This view of the ota mien is probably really the correct one, I a l t h o ugh the approaching marriage of the Archduke Baint r gas the ostensible excuse, and the mission d Aoliduke Albrecht, under such a pretence, was sot t h o ught likely to attract so much attention as the l„,.. t iateh of nn accredited negotiator or the v .4 the Grand Duke himself to Vienna. , oct al accounts which reach Vienna from Bah loti: kiddie and private continue to grow worse an a nors . A strange order has recently been pro onytutirl obliging people (civilians) to wear their boots alter a particular government cut. The amt at Peath of M. Kossuth's sisters was rentiontd a few days ago. On the 10th inst., be part dlOight, a special train brought a number of prisoners, said to be nobles and the ladies above • it: twelve carriages, guarded by forty Fens ‘3llllo. They were iutraediutely hurried off to prison. The Frankfort Journal states that the committee of the last etrogell to consider the subject of general • law , for all Germauy, have resolved merely to lav down the principles of such laws, leaving their siplitleioa to the s. veral governments. rh e government of Saxe-Mciuingen has at length o uhli.lied the decree c , .f.* Baud, abolishing the Lt lam, stab 'fht. - Piet has decided against the claims of the Duke , of Anhalt-Dessau and Anhalt-Bernbourg, to p 06 4, the Duchy of Anhalt.Coethen. The mule line of the al,,ve princes is extinct by the decease of the late Duke 'leery. 'the vote in the plenum, which the feteral act gave to this house, is thus extin guished. )1. Bewley, supported by 79 deputies, has proposed in the Prussian Chamber, a motion, denying in etfict the right of the Diet of Frankfort to change cr alter, by any resolution of the Bunt!, any part of the constitution ofPrussin. The motion asserts that the fait of the Prussian government having again taken Fit in tile procietlings of the Diet cannot limit the uuthnrit ii the crown of Prussia nor that of its con stitution, and that if any resolutions of the Diet alter any article of the constitution of the country, change the lists of the state, or impose any burdens or duties on the subject, they are invalid unless they relive the asecht i.f the Chambers. The 11::noverinit L'hatnbers have called upon the r v,rn.Ht to communicate to them all the official &carat at, relating to the complaints made by the Ritltifehatt to the hand. This motion was adopted stark tum:ititously, though the Nlinister of Justice, iViethhordt, spoke energe:ic..lly and at length apinst it. .I:orniay Mot of Vienna has been suspended far tight d.ivs, fur having ventured to write against Luis Napekon. The letters of our Berlin correspondent aro as Laos, : BERLIN, Dee. 15. In Inv lost I mentioned that the committee of the fv:ond . Chamber had drawn up a favourable report ee the treaty of the 7th September with Hanover, fur the fiat manor of a customs union. The report, shah will be brought up to-morrow, unanimously vu innutuds the ratification of the treaty, "which Ins Min concluded on conditions as advantageous as tould be attained under the influence of prevailing tircumstancer." Although the committee fully ap pretiated the advantage of extending internal free trade to the coast of the North See, and pitting the csaparativAy wealthy population of Hanover and tgelei.l.arg as customers fur the Prussian nianufisetu rs, ut vert he tear, it did not give this unequivocal appro bation to the treaty unt it it had received, as is said, from 111. von .Manteutfel the formal assurance, that he sothl do ail in his power to restore the principle established in the Prussion tariff by the financial Les of 1818, namely, that the import duty on foreign inanu:actunes :hall in no case exceed 10 per cent. ad ratavie la code , • to keep by this principle, the law is liut , tion provided that the tariff rates be revised at least every five years. The protectionist influence, however, preventea such revision; the rates remained hull while the price of manufactures fell, hi sonic cases wore than 40 per cent.; Ikon., the original t °decade duties became so high, that they have now misted the importation of foreign manufactures to a comparatively insignificant quantity. I have reason to believe that such an assuraneereally has best. given to the committee, because it fully ac crds with the deelamtion made n few day s ago by coo alasteuffi Ito the Pomeranian .agricultural Society, to the effect that he would support the free trade principle, and make its adoption a cabinet question. It thus appears that our ministry aims saoptiog the Hanoverian tariff in Prussia instead of impoing the Prussian tariff on Hanover, as the tnatv of the ith September seemed to do. I shwa take an early opportunity of explain it; tla reasons which dictate this course. A good fur the sound policy of such a step was laps advaneed by a free-trader in the following elesehing form The treaty," said he, "assumes that fear Hancoerians, with their moderate tariff. se.e.smc as much as seven Prussians under their e rates. The choke of the two tariffs was Wend; instead, however, of enabling in future ever) family of four isersons iu Prussia to consume sumo h seven get now, you propose putting every Ilanatrion family of seven persons on the allowance km shared by four ! What pretext can there be fur wantouly putting a nation ou short commons?" The At ~ials Gazette draws the attention of Euro pean governments to the perils brewing for them in the I* liter! States of North America, "where the abettors of revolution have a fund of twelve millions (idolises, and will, when the time of action comes, he kicked by the naval and military power of the Wend government." It therefore urges the speedy ntah.i-liment of a German fleet to guard the mouths tithe Weser, Elbe, and Trace ; the retention of the Yrasrian and Austrian troops in Holstein ; the ejec tion it all suspicious Americans; and even the repu diation bran American consular agents in Germany. In the course of the sitting of the first chamber to day. it was announced that the English government hail wade a proposition fur the mutual exchange of r!ports of the proceenings of the English und sun parliaments. BERLIN, Dec. 16. The report of the committee on the treaty of 7th Sept. with Hanover was brought up to-day in the &s , .f.el Chamber. M Von Patow, a free-trader, of Public Works in 1848, and M. Mildo, a pr Atvtionist, Minister of Trade at the same period, one a few observations, but raised no serious ob jection. M. Von' Nlanteuffel admitted that the anion with Hanover had been effected, after many tar: negotiations, at; a greater sacrifice than what imd formerly been demanded ; this, however, far 6 °L , king an unprecedented case, was as old as the larg.r.a for the sybilline books! The ratification of the tt . .ac "as agreed to without a division. hi Hanover, on the other hand, the opposition to the treaty of the 7th of September is almost uni -9'4:. In no other instance has so large a number of ts ., ,,iaus been preseuted to the chamber; scarcely an turn in the kingdom has omitted to raise its Pttiedifig voice. • .I`u . strian government appears to be using it tht of presiding at the Frankfort Diet, in order to tunl its authority over the affairs of the confedo- Ar in a degree beyond all former practice. To this tad taunt Thun has usurped, for some important kd krdeerninittees at which he presides, the power k acting without concurrence of the Assembly. Mr Lral (.4 nmittee has assumed the administrodoe i ' Ll ' , .(bs of its department; the committee on coned-, ‘ e affairs, and the committee on commerce opene m d direct correspondence with tho federal blatts. nead of refeiring to the Diet as sole federal The committee on the affairs of the press 4., tO MMCOCtd its sittings, and made the Prussian Pr". -14W the ba s i s o f its proceedings. Austria insists tnactiog a formal federal press law; Prussia will c.:.,0t only to the publication of certain (reueral ; 1, -. which each state must observe in its legislation ) n.. The Diet is further said to have pro- Mat the " German fleet" shall not bo ex "ll] und maintained at the charge of the confede ' but supported in its present coedit on by the ;,.'l",rri maritime German states. Prussia has de '(dthat it has no desire to break up the present ' 7!) of a "German fleet," but that the present sa lion of it is not a tenable one. BERLIN, DEC. 17. The arrival of a special mission from Louis Napo leon to the court of Berlin is announced by the Zeitnny. It is said besides that a state paper is in preparation at the Elyse Bour bon, to be communicated to all the courts of Europe, explaining the neees.Nity of the rwip d Nat, abjuring all pretensions to an imperial throne, and giving as surances of a desire in the President to preserve pence with all nations. The treatvoiCOMMeree with Hanover has been ratified by the Second Chamber. bowerl dyed WIN ! taint minty , to a Cr, rewon lash orrils N. Boriet; trAdy qatstiL trr iurp tr% at v 14: in; ti nr.^. elm+ that ft V.: aa.rt. evyr) "Amu Ilaru wwe want, Tee Pan thy tta at dul he 11 imitn htal,. ad th 4 Lion day. laid i eian 'TN &pt. het a pr . !me i let kOl.l hap. the 7 In Olt Iran; Ot p i &try Pat ' 813 .' tZt t het end tid r dr fat, tut', cat 14, 46 tor. Infrr L tiro 1%1 tut BELGIUM. The Emancipation of Brussels says, in its number of the 17th : Yesterday, it is state, M. de Persigny passed through lirt.sels. The French envoy kro eeeds to Germany. We are assured that he ha, Had an interview with one of our ministers; ,to whom he has communicated a despatch from his government of grate importance." THE LEVANT. We have received by the Levant mail, Constanti nople journals of the 4th, and Athena journals to the 7th. In the Journal de Constantinople there is a slight notice of the dispute between the governor of the Dardanelles and the Austrian consul, of which an account has been given from the German papers. The Journeel de CosestuntinVe says :—" The prudence of the Torte, which isalways equitable in its relations with its allies. is a rarantee that this difference will be boon at an en d,ana that satisfaction u be granica where it 1 is due." The same journal mentions a new instance of the tolerant spirit of the Sultan in matters of reli gion. fermi.. ion had been given to the priest of the Greek population at Itcyros, a villageon the Bosphorus, to build house which should serve as a residence and for religious worship. The wurk was advancing towards completion, when sonic fanatic Turks attacked the the building, and destroyed it. On the fact coming to the knowledge of the Sultan, he immediately sent orders to arrest all the offoiders, and it is announced that they are to be severely punished. There is nothing of importance in the Athens journals. The Sultan has conferred the Order of thc Nichan on Baron de Manteutiel, President of the Prussian Council of Ministers. The Augsburg Gazette ' under date of 'Neste, Rth, sacs:—" The differences between thu Ottoman Porte and France have not yet boon settled. M. de Lava lette has had numerous conferences with Ali Pacha, the Minister of Foreign Affairs. It is said that he intends to demand his passports, and charge the Spanish ambaasador with the protection of French subjects." . _ MALTA, DEC. 12. The following information, upon which every re liance may be placed, has just reached me, and I hasten to communicate it by the French steamer leaving port to-day. A Neapolitan schooner, Cassiopia, regularly plying betworn Syracuse and this is:and, was, some few days ago, when on the point of Laving the former port, boarded by a body of police. Their first act was to turn Captain Cassia out of his cabin, and then commence a close search of his desk, lockers, Here were found several letters and parcels,the seals of which being unscrupulously broken, and their contents known, Captain Cassia was permitted to proceed toll dta. On his arrival here the matter was brought before Admiral Sir \William Parker, Bart., who had Capt. Cassia brought before him, and the whole athair investigated; but the result of the inquiry was a re salve on the part of the admiral to enter a protest against the iniquitous proceeding, and forward the information to the Board of Admiralty in London. Yesterday a sad accident happened on board the Vengeance, to a young gentleman, :Mr. 11. Magrath, who, when employed aloft, fell from the mizen-top to the poop, by which accident he fractured the base of his skull, and received a violent concussion of the brain. Ile was removed to the hospital, where he yet, I believe, lingers, but has not spoken since his ateid.mt, and there does not seem the most remote hope of his recovery. On Saturday last, a court of inquiry was held on Mr. Newbury, uu engineer of the Medina, steam packet, on charges of drunkenness and disobedience of orders. 1 understand that the proceedings of the court will be tran,mitted to the Lords of the Admiralty. AMERICA. The following is from our correspondent : NEW YORK, Der. G. To-day, or on Monday, Kossuth is to become the guest of this city. Triamplial arches have been erected in his honour iu vur:ous parts of the city, and there will be an immense turn-out of the uniform militia, and the various corporations of the city trades. It is a singular fact, however, that the foreigners here, who affiliate as socialists and red republicans, have been unable to agree as to the pro priety of welcoming him. lie is too conservative for dieir purposes. On the other hand, the extreme catholics arc resolved to avoid him. If it is to be right to be between two extremes, Kossuth could not be more right than he is. As the mail closes to day, before the reception can possibly begin, I must reserve myself for the next steamer to give you the details. I can only say that the liveliest enthusiasm i exists at present n his favour. In Congress, the resolution offered by Senator Foote, in honour of Kossuth, was withdrawn by the mover, because of an invidious attempt of an aboli tion senator, Mr. flak, of New Hampshire, to en graft upon it an amendment which concealed a de nunciutiou of slavery in the United States. As soon, ' however, as the resolution was withdrawn, another was offered by M. Seward, the senator from this state, which was simple, direct, and unexceptionable, and which will, probably, pass. The passengers in the Humboldt say that Kossuth was quite an invalid on the passage and very re served. The general impression is that the message is a very tame and poor one. It has no positive power. It is a collection of newspaper truisms. It apologises too much for the Cuban invasion, and the rash ad venture of four hundred and fifty madcaps, who could have left the port of Liverpool just as well as they could have left that of New Orleans. It is silent with regard to the most important questions of the day, those of Central America, and the new state of things in the Banda Oriental where our commercial interests appear to be most at stake. Our difficulties with Spain are adjusted, and I think that a few good dinners have appeased the wrath of ])on Quixote, and quieted the bilious pains of Brother Jonathan. There is, however, one rather serious matter on hand, the firing into our steamer, the Prometheus, by one of your vessels of war, at San Juan. The President has demanded an explana tion from your minister, and ordered a squadron to repair to the scene of the affront. Trouble will grow out of this, unless your government make an explanation forthwith. I have warned you, and again warn you, that the spirit of this country is warlike, and if we could stop emigration, retain our gold, said build up our own manufactures, a war would be esteemed by a large proportion of the American people as a positive godsend. LATEST FOREIGN EXCHANGES. PARIS, Mc. U. For Amount. THE 11ENV REFORM BILL. (Tmot the Dell, Nets.) TO LORD .101 IN RUSSELL. MY LORD, Luna V. • Your lordship will remember that pending the consideration of the first Reform Bill, a Commission was appointed to inquire late the Boundaries of Boroughs. The ostensible object of that Commission was to see haw far towns had outgrown. as many of them were known to have outgrowa,the limits or Nino daries of the boroughs with which they were con nected. The mewls, as . presented b . y. the Com- : mis.ioners, were atcompamed by maps exhibiting the boundaries of the respective towns. The object , of obtainime these revisits was obvious: it was to. enable the framers of the Reform Act to define - the limits of the town populations. The maps were before you. You were able to sec at a glance I where a borough needed extension, and as here it' did not : where the enfranchised limits included all the pop ulation, or where a large portion of that popu lation were excluded by reason of some erbitcary and too narrow borough boundar y . Nothing could be bette r th an these reports of the first Boundary Commissioners ' and in framing the Reform Act, they w ou ld doubtless have been acted on, but fur considerations of no small moment. In the first place, the limits these reports assigned to several boroughs were too thin for certain interested parties, the next place, it became necessary', in consequence of the enfranchisement of several large towns, to obtain reports relating to localities which had not been included in the first inquiry. In the autumn of 1631, theretbre, a second Boundary Cum mission was appointed, and this Commission was re quired to examine and report as to the most proper boundaries foe all the boroughs which the amended Reform Act proposed to retain or constitute. Now, in the first series of instructions issued to this Commission, directions were given which conveyed the intention of Lor,l Grey's government to fiirm combinations or groups of boroughs, wherever towns appeared too small to be alone entrusted with the right of returning members to the lionise of Commons. In certain hist a ions which were issued to the Com missioners flout tit., I lone-offiee, signed by Lord Mel— bourne, and dated so late as the 21th of October,' 1831, this intention was perfectly enunciated. The words of the instruction I refer to were as follow : Where the number of onalifving hours is manifestly under:?o, your attention will be directed to (Escort r the most eligible quarter from which an addition to the defic tiro constituency of the borough may be derived. if wry rtrtijit'ovihy brt:n presents itself cart d.sirahle rtir.rtiate, you will ascertain the number of 101. householders it would furnish, and will point out nil the circumstances which ap pear to render its union udrisuble. The government, therefore, obviously meant to group boroughs together wherever their own extent and population !'oiled to afford them the necessary qualification. But, as may be readily supposed, this in tention was very unpalatable to many of the largest boroughmongers. The effect of grouping together several small towns must necessarily be to destroy the local inflaence which preponderates in any one of them. This was diametrically opposed to what the owners of boroughs wanted or desired. The Duke of Marlborough would not have eared for the preser vation of Woodstock as a borough it' its independ erce was secured by grouping it with another town in which his grace had no influence at all. The Duke of Buckingham would rather have sacrificed the representation of the town from which he takes his title than have seen his influence in it neutralised by the introduction of' new and independent de. meaty. What the boroughmongers wanted was, not freedom of election, bat the perpetuation, in whatever shape, of the influence of property. They therefore protested; and, to their shame be it spoken, the framers of the Refocus Act succumbal to their dic tation. On the 21th November, IS3I, exactly a month after the date of the first series, a new series of in• stractions was issued to the Boundary Commissioners, conveying the submission of the cabinet to the pro prietors of rotten boroughs. I reprint the two first clauses of this new code of instructions, which was signed by Viscount Nlclbuurne, as the then Home Secretary. Nov. 24, 1831. I. After examining many of the reports of the Commit. *Weer. it is the direction of the government that where a borough does not give 300 voters, the whole parish in which the borough is situate be included within the boun dary; provided that the extreme limit of the parish clues not extend four mil, s from the town. In that case a town ship, hamlet, or other subdivisim may be taken in. if the parish in u Melt the borough is situated is it may be advisable to take in one or more adjoining parish, a wit:sin the above mentioned distance ; but a se, t rate town, or a part not adjoining, is not to be added to the borough n about a . continuous boundary. MELBOURNE. ]his was the shameful concession by which, so far as concerned the independence of the towns, the be nefits originally contemplated by the framers of the Reform Act were entirely surrendered to the owners of the boroughs. And this change, be it observed, was made precisely one month alter the issue of the original instructions to the nvernment Commissione rs. My lord, it must not b'e supposed that this sur render of a great principle made little difference in the general result. The boroughs which were core , posed of " one or more adjoining parishes" were nu merous, and, as I shall take an opportunity of showing, have exercised no inconsiderable influence upon the legislature. Nor must it be imagined that the change made under the instructions was made in ignorance either of its character or of its probable effect. The Boundary Commissioners to whom these instructions were issued, made °lobo- rato representations, both public and private, on the subject. Their reports, as pub!ished by Parliament, team with references to the difficultijs the new instructions imposed on them, and to the disastrous anomalies for which compliance with those instructions must render them responsible. I will cite a fi•w instances, taking fur my first illus tration a case which cannot fail to be familiar to you, the case of the borough you yourself represented iu the parliaments of 18:10 and 1831. TAVLSTOCK, at that time, hada population of .5,709, a large part of whom were verb independent-minded people. In a petition, which your lordship pre sented from that borough, it was declared by a por tion of the electorate that they "me quite satisfied that it is injurious to the public interest that two members of parliament should be chosen by so small a body of electors as this borough necessarily con tains:* They prayed the house for a large measure of reform, including vote by ballot. Now nothing could have been more proper than either to have put Tavistock into Schedule B, or to have attached it to some adjacent borough; and it would seem as if one or other of these measures was contemplated, for the Boundary Commissioners reported that, with all their efforts, they could find no more than 262 ten pound houses in the town. But when the new in structions came down, and when they found that Tavistock, contrary to the expressed opinion and wish of its inhabitants, was to retain two members, what were they obliged to do? Why, to extend the borough boundary out of the town of Tavistock to the population of the whole parish, thereby carrying it over an agricultural district entirely ownel by the fluke of Bedford, and extending four long miles from the town to the borders of Cornwall. But what did the Commissioners report ? Why, that this arrangement was necessary, under the new in structions, in order to get a sufficient electorate; but, at the same time, they felt bound to state that. " the parish beyond the town consisted almost exclusively of land applied to agricultural purposes," and that they only extended the boundary to this land, because, under the new instructions, " no other means were afforded of supplying the defi ciency." My lord, this arrangement, by adding the dukes farm tenantry to the borough electors, con tributes very materially to maintain the ascendancy of your family in the town of Tavistock. If your lordship, as a whig, sinned in assisting to make a boundary borough, I must candidly acknow ledge that you were not the only sinner among your party. What a delightful ➢lace is Bowood: rYes, and how comfortable to think, as Lord Lans downe looks out of his library window, that the boundary of C.tLYE comes up so close to it. Bowood itself is not iucluded in the borough. Certainly not — such an impropriety could not I eve been contemplated. But a very material part of the estate is within the borough; and was extended to it "agreeably to the tenor of your lordship's instructions of Nov. 21." Your noble colleague, wo all know, never interferes with the representation of Calno—he only permits Illibesv Lowest' enable. —1 —I II pre Ceuta 163 90 I 61 30 64 63 64 0 I 64 0 3 per rents S per Cents. New Lcea, . ... i per rents. i 711 * I I ... ::: ::: 41 per Cents ... Ezebaaga to LWOW Magid, 25 174 ; 90 gays, 23 it. Deem, 5, IWO lOO3 Meng I Lan, 1121 34 Naples E•W .. .. . Mossy. Do. 3, nil — ... Itiunaa „. Dn. IMO Do. 2i .....•• .... .. Traseury Ramie Piedmont 3 p. 34. ... . Si 4$ ... 1 Dank Shares Etats, Die. 18.—Venailles (( right bank), 280 ; ditto (left tank!, 024 50 ; Paris sad °Dime, 1,020; Paris aad Roan, 040 ; go n na and Dane, 240; Maratha., and Marva. 917 30; Stns. bourn and Bale, 173; Csatre, 420 ; Bendogas aad Amiens. 27430 Orleans and Nadeau:, 1193 75; Northern. 506 23; Parts and Sera& burg, 416 2t; Toars sad Mate& 275; Montanan anl Troyes ; 113; and recoup. mu ; St. German, 4,3. 1:14 1: p. 11.1.1 N, DEC. 111—Voluntary Loan, 1021. New 'Loan Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 1021. National Debt, 891. Commercial Marine Society's Premium, aOl. Bank Shares, 99. VIENNA, DEc. 16.—Five per Cents. 3lZtalliques, 981. Foupand-a-lialf per Cants. Metalliques, 829. Bank Shares, 12.16. Exchange on London, 12.10. Foe Iloan. Ownitit , THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 19, 1851 his son to be returned for it. It is true that ever since 1832 a son of his has sat for it without inter mbsion ; but then Lord Lansdowne is so respectable, and the heir of the family is—such a genius. Your lordship has other colleagues besides Lord Lansdowne—collelgues equally amiable, and equally regardful of their interests when they ale in power. Lord Carlisle was of greet assistance to you in 832 the Reform d e bates o f 1. T here is an hereditary borough of his in the north of England: the limits of which prior to the Reform Bill comprised the township of 3lotterrm Morpeth, be it observed, had some elemeats of independence about it before your bill was passed. The election was in the corporation, and whilst a Howard always tilled one seat, the corporation invariably returned an independent member for the other. The boundary etanmissioners describe Morpeth as " a small and ancient county town sitnated on the river Wansbeek. The stream is shallow nod rapid; and as it flows over a rocky bed, it is very improbable that it will ever be rendered naviguble. The neighbourhood is purely agricultural. There are no manufactures earned on in Morpeth ; but it is famous for its great cattle fairs which are held within it weekly. The town is neither flourishing nor decaying. Its condition has under gone little clung: fur the last fifty years. There are no buildings in a et/MSC rf erection, nor has the town any tendency to increase." Such being its couditiva, it was neceosary to enlarge its boundary. " Ad rert.aq to Mr aistrartians of Mc 21th Niaymber, fit tchklt it is directed that separate towns are not h be associated," the commissioners are forced to asoign to Morpeth a district comprehending sir townships extending in a straight line no less than nine in one direction, from the town. It is somewhat observable that ia the other direction the Commis sionen did not extend the boundary at all. Aud it is still more ob errable that the boundary they did assign covered all Lord Carlisle's property, whilst any extension on the other side of the town would have brought in rival and probably coellicting in terests. For the Earl of Carlisle this was certainly a satisfactory arrangement. It rendered the borough more completely his own than it was before the Re form Act passed; indeed, shale that bill, all the repre sentative of 3lorpeth has to do is to canvass the family tenantry by means of the steward, whenever they present themselves to pay their rents. As at Calne, so at Morpeth, there has not been a contest since the Reform 11.11, and a spec chke , s scion of the fam:ly has held the repreientatum without the slightest inter ruption. Truly this use which is made of these boroughs is of value to the state. I have so many other illustrations of the manage ment of borough boendaries, and of the effects and consequences upon the representation of the country, that I am compelled to reserve them fur another oc casion. Befine, however, I conclude this letter, I inn anxious to give one which really does show that your lordship and the framers of the Reform Bill acted in a truly accommodating spirit, and wherever the interest ore friend was concerned, endeavoured to assist him without reference to principle. Your lordship will observe that in all the cases I have cited, a very wide exteesion of boundary was held to be absolutely necessary. At Woodstock and Buck ingham, the boundary was arranged to cover the estates of the noble owners, both of whom, in those days, voted fur reform. In the Tavistock case, a very aide extension was con sidered wassail in order at once to protect the in dependence of the town and include the estate of the noble house of Bedford. At Caine the Commissioners oat of respect to the Piesident of the Council in cluded his park and demesne. At Morpeth they curried the extensioa to such a leugth as to include a tract of nine miles of country chiefly held by the Earl of Carlisle, and to exclude every inch of land that appeared to he held by any body else. But, your lordship may say, that at any rate there was one principle acted on iu all these cases—namely, the principle of a widely extended boandary. In the case I am about to mention this principle wr.s held to be invalid by your government, though it was adopted by the boundary commissioners. The little town of ARUNDEL, which nestles, as your lordship knows, under the feudal castle of your friend the Duke of Norfolk, contained when the Bound:try Commissioners visited it about lino houses actually rated at 10/. a-year. It was said that there were WO others worth that sum, but not assessed at it. This, however, was a statement the Commissioners presumed to doubt, and which they declared to be " inconsistent with the appearance of the town." In consequence of this view it Lectors necessary to extend the boundaries of Arundel, in order that it might include a competent constituency. The Com misioners accordingly looked around them, and they reported thus: The town of Little Hampton has a natural connexion with . Arundel by means of the river. Great port of the adjmnin; country is supplied through this Fort, and its commerce might, perhaps, be increased to the prem.-ice of Arundel were it not for the situation of the mcdom-house at Arundel, which compels the bond warehouses to be built at the latter place instead of Little Hampton, where they would be more conschiently pl reed for the shipping. Little Hampton will give 106 qualif iug hon , e*, and we, the tore, recommend that the new borough of Arundel consist of the parioies of Aruodel, Leuminater, and Little Hampton. Could anything be more reasonable than this? Could anything be more accordant with the spirit and letter of their instructions? That the recom mendation mould be adopted anyone would conceive to be a matter of course; but no—by the Boundaries Mt as leased into a law it appears that the borough of Arundel is confined to the first-named parish only,—" the pwrish af Arundel." The object of this, my lord, is clear. Little' Hampton is a rising place—Arundel a decaying old town. Little Hampton is independent of " the duke" —Arundel entirely his own. With Little Hampton added to it, Arundel would, in all probability,' have been an independent borough; without Little Hampton it became a nomination borough. Where the extension of the boundary answered the purposes of Whig peers, the " Retimm / ' ministry of 1831 ex temkd it; where the limitation of the boundary served their object better, the "Refurui " ministry of 1831 circumscribed it ! _ _ But iu this case, at least, you acted on the prin ciple for which Mr. Macaulay awarded you his praise. It was only where it better served the pur pose of the aristocracy that you effaced the "old distribution between town and county." I am, my lord, with all possible respect, RUNNYMEDE. SERIOCS ACCIDENT TO THE MAGNET, AMSTER DAX STEAMEIL—LaNt evening, an accident betel the Mag net steamship while proceeding up the river, on her return from Amsterdam, which nigh involved her wrack and damage to a valuable freight. The alagnA is an iron-built vessel of considerable power, and when on the St. Peters burg station made one of the fastest p usages from that capital perhaps on record. A day or two ago she left Helvoct fur the Thames with a full freight of besets, calves. sheep, butter, and other merchandise, and her trip was prosperous enough until on reaching Limehouse Reach, when she unfortunately touched upon some vessel's anchor. The rush of water into her engine -room promptly inti mated that a serious hole had been pierced in her hull, and much alarm was naturally excited for the tate of the live stock on board, as indeed the steamer. The water kept gaining upon her, and having reached the fires, they were extinguished, and her progress stopped. The aid of a tug boat, however, was secured, and at length the Magnet after some difficulty was got to e Dublin Steam-wharf, Lower East Smithfield, where she was hauled in shore, and her live stock got out the best way practicable. Her actual damage is not precisely rocertained, but it was stated that her engine-room and afterpart were full of water. As the tide went down attempts would be made to haul her closer in shore. Tho state of the tide was a most fortunate cir cumstance, for had it been flowing, the probability is she would have sustained much mote serious damage. THE COLLISION ON THE SOCTII COAST RAILWAY. On Wednesday an inquest was held at Portsmouth, before W. J. Cooper, Esq., upon the circumstances attending the death of Mr. Josiah Groves, an outfitter, near the Dockyard gates, whose death was alleged to have arisen from the effects of a collision on the above railway, near the Arundel Station, on the night of the 27th of November last. Tho inquest was a protracted one, lasting to half-past 2 o'clock yesterday (Thursday) morning. Details of the collision appeared in the Express at the time, as did also the cir cumstance under which it occurred, as (Hefted at the in quest on the stoker, James Martin, who died a few days after from the wounds he received, a verdict of man slaughter being brought in in that case against the driver of the passenger train, James Pemberton. The facts in this caw iu reference to the collision were the same as deposed to at the first inquest : bat it appeared from the evidence of Dr. Engledue, the medical attendant of the deceased, that, although his death might have been accelerated by the shock he received from the accident, yet that he had previously suf fered from disease of the heart and other aihnents. Dr. Gar rington, of Portsea, corroborated the testimony, and added that deceased's heart was nearly three times its natural six:. After a very able summing up by the coroner, the jury gave as their verdict, That death had arisen font a com hination of diseases, which had been aggravated by the col lision in question, sad that to the driver and stoker of the train by which deceased had travelled, great blame was attributable for their inattention to tae signals." ne Court. ! MEETING AT LIVERPOOL ON CUSTOMS REFORM. OSBORNE, TIICRADAT. iler Majesty', Prince Albert, and the royal family Yesterday, at 12 o'clock, a very numerously at walked as usual in the gardens and grounds. tended public meeting was held he the Session--Louse, in Sir George Grey arrived fre.a London, an I remains ca a pursuance of a requisition to the mayor, most reqwelaaly visit to the Queen. I signed, calling on his °natio to e; oven. a meeting to The Marthionesa of Douro, Sir George Grey, the Rev. consider what measures should ho mina to remedy tho Mr. Protheno, and the R.N. Mr. Birch had the honour of evils which exist under the present Cleatom-house syatem. b. ing included in the royal party at dinner. Precisely at the hour appoint( d '1'110:4A8 Esq., the mayor, attende-d by a gre at number of the must Inßunitificomuiercial gentlemen of the port, cat e r ed the A deputation from the committ ee o f d eput i es on t h e :Metropolis Interments Bill, including Mr. J. IL hull aones MULL C.1:11i114 ; and his worship , haviui tawen the (chairman), su e t Air. Hull T erre ll oectosty), had nn • chair, stated the oljects of the nquistionisu in a ne s t nit tires., expressing his concurrence these oinsets, and trust interview with Lord S e ymour, y es t er d ay, at t h e s li ce Public Works and Buildings, in Whitehall-place. leg that the proceedings of the meeting would be eltarae• tensed by good temp e r and m o d erat i on. The Cambridge rativerstty Commission had a rev yesterday at the official resolctic., of the First Lord as Mr. T. il. HORSFALL, President of the Lit erpool 'Treasury in Downing -street. Present : The Bishop a f Chamber of Commerce, rose to mote the find rtsolution. Chester, the Dean of Ely, Sir John Herschel, the dee. old WOs nevit.al with gnat aPplau... lie cotatuenesel Ire Professor Sedgwiek, and the Rey. W. B. Bab:sail , 1 4-4 deFohtut seeing so numerous and rt sjActahiu (secretary). :na-m..ia re of the ntereleants rat Lieerpeel, anal hi. gr The Mtrquis of Lansdowne (Lord President) has arrived tiaatiau tint the Mayor had comontni to plea::.•use r them, not ooly iu his cip inty of chief magistrate of the b arounli, at his seat, Bowood-park, Wilt s , f rom L or d A s hb urton ' s seat, Thu Grange, Hants. hut as 4 most extensively engaged in ememereld transaction., and who cotild t‘e revere synth:date with the The Chancellor of the Bache l or ? has arr i ve d a t hi s sea t , Iliekleton-hall, near Doncaster, from Halifax, I not of the mere 'utile community in tl.e griesane. s un rter which they suffered, iu teineque..ce et the pres.nt perid cious state sit the customs' system of this country. (Hear, hear.) So for as Cie pray; at °fliers of customs at Live rised were cemented, hu (Mr. llorsfa,l) vecuhl edmit that there was little to complain of as claret. at them officers personally; for they gave Lei: the fieiiitiaa in their power to the trade of the einoist. nil, with their duty to the crown. (Cusses.) Hat a• 11l the fact that during the last year more than three thousand disputett cases had Nen reported from Liverpool ab a te to the board fit lemdetn, two thousand five hundred of which could have been us well or better &delta upon the soot, Allowed that the entire •y dem was wrung, by whomsoever that system might be tolotinis- Lied. (" Hier, bear, " anal &ea a..) Mr. Ithofal nest referred to the secret reports mule to the honed of Custom, by the abardinate ulticera, and :dated that a Mr. Rothe ry le ul made et nein allegations to that le 'Aral relative to the house with which ho (Mr. Hors fall) was connected. By Outwit an acrid, at, he had obtain. d a copy et et ~ se allegations; a n d there in the presence of the Mayor, on that spot, hefore his fellow townsmen, he gave the most solemn and unqualified denial to every sentence of the allegaqous nude by that Mr. Bothers.. Whoever he utiaht be —there was uat oste word sit truth in his tusertions from beginning to end. (Loud and lung continued cheering.) After sense other ulna vations, uhish drew forth relented plaudits, and esfusing the injuries to coon:were iatlicod by the present unjust and often ridiculous system of Customs' colleenott, Mr. llorsfall coutlueled by leaving a roulutitat to the viten that in Cm opinion of toe meetiug, the present system of colle eting tho Customs reeenw. is attead. allay great ..nd vests:. to Lys and WalleCeNs try a xp mse, aad calling upon eAvee onion to introduce a measure for the remedy of the evils complained M. (Loud :ld protracted • heerite..) Mr. 11. HOILSBY, in a brief but practical speech, se cooled the resolution, lacing put to the mee;ing by the 31aJor, was unaniutuualy udopted. Mr. E. ...HAND, Chairman of the West India Assoc.; ;than, moved the trend roolutiea, depncating the iajurious effects of centralisation in the matlagetnent of the customs, and which ma:ailed censidsrabie hots upon the British merchant. Mr. W. ILITitBONE, jun., Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce, briefly remanded the nsolution, whieh, like the former was carried unanimously. Mr. JOIIN IN (in the absence of Mr. Pcoulcy- Moore, chairman ui the liratiiieo Anewiation), nun, a! a resolution for the appointment el a deputation to wait mint lord John Itusuil, with a view to Kamm an eilleient measure of Customs a Minh, including an improved consti tution of the chief board in London (the chairman of which it was urged should have in suet in parliametit), and tho establishment of local boards with ude,otate woven in the chief ports of the kingdom. (Hoar, h ear .) 'the speaker detailed numerous inataitees of great grievances end losses arising out of the present system, not only to individuals but to the reeenue; in one tnstatiee, he showed a losi to the revenue of 5001., by the officers unjustly taking possession of a ',tweet of watches which lent 111-0.1 fairly val..-al lay !he consignors; another was of a somewhat ludicrous character. Thai Customs had made a false seisuie sit balla brandy, but discovering their error soon after, they wnate to the owners natant; that as no fraud was hitt aded, the board hail re duced the fine to 10f. (" Hear," and laughter.) In reply, the owners S rote to tea treason. , praying that the tine might he altogetlit r :hued . L ot tie only consul:diva they olaained was that they heel to oily the flue , and all ad ditomal fee of three guiii,oes fur haviag aoplied to the trea ouryr. (Shame.) The speaker advocated fewer commis sioners and ereuterhtdiridual responsibility, and concluded by moving that the following ge talcum' aorta a deputation to wait upon Loral Jo hn Russell upon the subject of Customs Reform The Mayor of Liverpool; T. 11. Moeda% Esq., chairman, anal Hugh Horn by, Esq., viee-cliainuan of the Liverpool Cham ber of Commerce ; F. Shand, Esq., Chairman of tho West India Association : Wm. Itathhone, jun., Esq., chair man of the Ainericsa Chamber of Commerce ; J. Brumley- Moore, Esq., riaairataan v.' the Itratihan Association ; Rank, Esq., chairman of thu Shipowners' Aso.ciation ; and J. H. Turner, Esq., chairman of the East India ASSOCLII• tioll and of the Duck Committee. Tho resoluthm, leaving bucn seconded, was adopted una nimously; and, after none pertineut remarks by Mr. l'or wood and Mr. Maxwell—the latter of whom stated that ho hail a demand made on him tale morning for 30/. 10s., upon a bond dental in ISIS, more them 30 rare previotudy —n vote of Wanks was passed to the Mayor, briefly acknowledged, and the meeting separated. Precious to the de manure of the as.einbly a gentleman I endeavoured to introduce the subject of ranse reform, but the Mayor decided that it was foreign to the objects of the present meeting. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a court WlB held foe' the despatch of business. DEATII or LIMES STEEL, ESQ.--James Steel, Esq., proprietor and editor of th e CarliVe Jaar.lal, died at his residenee, Victoria-place, Carlisle , on Tuesday last. A correspondent says: By his own ability and persever ing i n dustry Mr. Steel had raised himself to a position of great influence, not only anionght his fellow-citizens, but throughout the county f Cumberland generally. In every movement mime, ;ea with the lacality which had Mr its object the promotion of the public weal he bore the most prominent part. In every measure of public importance his counsel and aid were deemed indispensable. The ser vices which he rendered to the cause of reform were of the most signal character, and his death will be felt as an irre parable loss by the liberal party. Ile was the leading spirit amongst the reformers of Cumberland during the agitation which preceded the pawing of the Reform Bill, and during the movement which resulted in the abo lition of the broad monopoly; and it was mainly owing to his strenuous personal exertions and his writing in the Carlisle Aurae, that Sir James Grain= was ousted from the representation of Cumberland when the right hon. baronet had turned his hack on the cause of reform. Since the passing of the Municipal Reform Act, Mr. Steel had been a member of the corporation of Carlisle, and for two sw c , ...sive years he filled the honourable (Alice of mayor. Unlike many public benefactors he had lived to find his labours duly appreciated, and substantially acknow ledged. Some years ie,o the people of Carlisle subscribed lib.ually, and had his portrait placed in the Town-hall, where it will doubtless long remain, and contribute to per petuate the recollection of ids public services suit exemplary private character." PRESENTATION OF .t PORTRAIT TO THE MAN enzsirm EORPORATION.—A number of gentlemen in Man chester recently subscribed to have the portrait of Mr. G. Wilson taken. Mr. Alexander Henry, M.P. for South Lancashire, was chairman of the committee in this move ment, and a splendid full-size likeness has been painted by Mr. George Patten, R.A. The committee having, obtained the portrait, the next question was where it should bo placed as a public memorial, and they determined to offer it to the corporation. The question came before the town council at a meeting on Wednesday, when Mr. Alderman Watkins, °need the ex-mayors, proposed that the portrait of George Wilson, Esq., by Mr. George Patten, R.A., this day presented for the purpose of being placed in the Town hall, be and the same is hereby gladly accepted by this council. That the best thanks of this council are hereby given to Alexander Henry, Esq., Ml'., mad the other sub scribers, for their acceptable gift ; and that they be as sured that this council feels much satisfaction in thus haw ing the opportunity of testifying its high estimation of the services rendered to this great community by Mr. Wilson, to whose disinterested labours and untiring zeal (in con junction with Mr. Alderman Neild and Richard Cobden, Esq., M.P., and our lamented friend the late lair Thomas Potter) this borough is mainly indebted for the successful application for the grant of the charter of incorporation, and fur the blessings of sadf-government which have there from resulted. Mr. Watkins seconded the proposition, and after some discussion the motion was carried by a majority of 27 votes to 16. . _ _ STRAN(.I.: RAILWAY PARCEL.— Last evening, Mr. Payne held an inquest at the Crowe and Cushian, London wall, on the body of a male iufant, which came lx:fore the court in the following manr.er. :—Mr. Richards, of the Ex change Dining-rooms, 42, New Broad-street, stated that on Wednesday afternoon, about five o'clock, a man, having the appearance of a railway porter, delivered a parcel to him at his house, stating lie had brought it from Padding ton, and demanded 6d. for porterage. Mr. Richards rot being in the habit of receiving parcels, hesitated to take it in, but eventually did so, when the man walked off as fast as he could. On taking the parcel to the back of his pre mises and unpacking it he found a small box, about 16 inches long, covered with paper, and ou lifting the lid to his surprise lie saw the body of a male child ; he immediately called in a police constable, who took possession of the box and body and conveyed it to the station-house. Mr. Lloyd, surgeon, of Broad - street - buildings , who had been called in to examine the body, and had since in:ale a post mortem examination, stated that the body was that of a seven months child, was perfectly healthy us every part, and, although the lungs were collapsed, he believed that it was alive at the time of birth: Tho body was quite fresh, and must have been placed in the box not more than too hours after birth. Police-constable Bath. 125, said iso trace could be found of the man who had left the parcel. The coroner said he thought it would be useless to adjourn the inquiry, as it was not probable that any further evidence would be forthcoming. The jury returned as their verdict, " That the child was found dead, but whether it had been born alive:or not them was no evidence to show." LANCASUIRE AND CLIL'iIIIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY. —The meeting in this matter for a compromise o pony's affairs was yesterday adjourned to Januar ...... .. I' 4 l ‘ hrt.4 ' - I l i ;Vs ,z - • , , ( -•.*;•,...... •;-• •le a \ i 4i 2 ..N . - -.. • 4LICNCIC ;-' 46%'. ItAOGED SCITOOLS. A memorial was read ~by Mr. NS OODTIIIMPIE, signed by John Frannie Wollaston, Eeq., of Clkster terrace, Chester-equare ; the Rev. James Cohen, of Cloadeslcy square, Islington; Lewis Andrew Jmtct , Esq., of 78. Wait wick-street, Delgrave-raal ; Mr. George Wileon, of Tothill street, Wegminoter ; Mr. Andrew Walker, City mission ary, Rochester-row, Westniinster, and other*lntereo.d he i the Year-stret and Duck-lane " ragged schools aud dormi tory," situated in Old l'ye-str ee t, Westminster, stating "1 hat these schools have been in existence for the past ten years, and now occupy pr e mie r s whi c h were f orm erly a I notorious thieves public-house. That there have been I admitted during the past year upwards of 300 boys and girls, the children of the moat destitute and depraved parents. Of the girls, upwards of 20 have, daring the year, gone to situations, and ore doing wed. That the indu s t r i a l chew and dormitory was originated and is kept up for the purpose of affording a ell 44 of mato enminals an opportunity of retrieving their lost character. This alit-s is made up only of thieves, who are well known, or who having to en Cons ict,ll, are recommended by the ehaplains of prisons its haring mmtifested a desire to forsake th; r old habits. That dining the first year upwards of 42 of the ahoy. class have than received, from 16 years of age and upwards; scorn bar,: been restored to their friend,., iii have lsen sent out as emigrants, and one of the number who h.: , evinced an cacclleat disposition is acting no teacher, mid has given great satisfaction. Th.,t upward, of 20 of this criminal class have been sent from the City of Londoi, prisons. That these institutions ore entirely supported by voluntary contributions; th it the institution is conducted by three officer.—two male mid one fcmsle, who rcaide upon the pren.ies, and whose united salaries amount to 10t11. per indium, that the premises are held on lease St a rental of 20% a year. That the committee of management have no pro- perty, funded or otherwise, for the berm:tit of the MAP teion. that they have not, on any former occasion, receiv,,l soy grant from the City for their institution. That the insti tution comprises the usual broaches of a plain education, with industrial employment for both males and females; and praying that, under these circumstances, and viewing the great success which has attended these m•titutions, your petitioners humbly pray fur the favourable eensider 'Lion of your hon. court, and that a grant may b, made in aid of the above-mentioned objects from the funds of this City." Mr. BENNOCII supported the application; which was opposed by Mr. Da JEUSEV, who mortal the previous question, which was carried, tho application being, as a matter of course, paused. TIIE ELECTION ACTS AMENDMENT DILL._ Deputy HARRISON, the chairman of teTrreedain, Committee, brought up a report, with the draft of a new clause of the Election Acts Amendment Bill. The clause was to the effect " that the returns heretofore made at the great court of wardntote on Plough `..:ally, to the pre cepts of the Lord Manor for holding the wardmotes on St. Thomas's-day, shall, from and after the passing of this act, Ise made at a great court of wardmote, to be holden by the Lord Mayor on the 31st day of December in each year, mile., the same shall happen to be Sunday, and then ou the to!lowin,; day, instead of Plou4li Monday." Tile worthy deputy moved that the clause lona on of the bill. This motion having been seconded, Mr. 11. L TAYLOR moved as an amendment the fol lowing:—''That immediat, ly after etch election of Cons men Councilmen in the several ward+ a return ho made to the Lord Mayor of the names of the members so elected and signed by the presiding officer, and that a copy of the wee be also forwarded to the Town Clerk." A long discussion followed, the material features of which were by no means valuable to the general public, several m rsonalities being indulged in during it.continuance, inter esting only to tile parties theinsekes. Tho ramalioling having continued for a long period was at length termi nated by a ilicisisn, when there appeared— Ivor the report of the committee For Mr. Taylor's amendment After a very long discussion, in which Mr. William Jones, Mr. &emelt, Mr. T. 11. Hall, Mr. Deputy Harrison, Mr. Iluwen, and others joined, upon a clause proposed to be in troduced into the Election Act Amendment Bill, with re ference to the common councilmen neting immediately upon being sworn into office, it was agreed to witkdraw the clause. It is intended to pass a by-law of the corporation to regulate the time and mode of return of the elections, so that the delay hitherto experienced may be avoided. The court unanimously agreed to refer it to the Free doms Committee to prod cute the bill in parliament so they may be advised, and thus concluded the proccediom of the year, by completing a measure of reform, which it is fe Lou rvently hoped will prove advantageous to the citiz ens o f don. Adjourned. THE WESTMINSTER PLAY. The second representation of the " Eunuchus" of Terence was given last night. There was a large company present, which included the Earl of Shelheld, Viscount Bar rington, the Dean of St. Paul's, Mr. Justice Williams, Sir J. Rose, Sir 12. Prim, M.P., Mr. 13ankes, M.l'., Mr. Richards ' M.P., the Rev. Temple True, Rev. E. lepton, dm. On the present occasion there was a humorous addi tion to the smile where %Arose prepares to storm the house of Thula, by the introduction of some chairs, a mattress, and a wheelbarrow, for the purpose of erecting a barricade. The play was receive's' with great applause, and the acting was thruughout very spirited. Mr. Armitatcad, the captain of the school for the present year, delivered the prologue. Ile was most warmly received by the students and visitors. Neither the prologue nor the epilogue could be procured till the third representation, which takes place on Monday. We may mention, in the meantime, that the subject of the epilogue is taken teem the Bloomer innovatiou—those cha racters in the play who represented females appearing in the aßerpiece in the new costume. Their appeurence occasioned a storm of laughter. Thus metamorphosed they are rejected by the lovers, who whilom pursued them with so much earnestness, although the Bloomers make the most adyan' Thais, for foist:a:we, wys I'luedria : Toll turn, Phu ,Ina. ut ante, tua, Cur non Luitn petit And again : - - Ohm misers tut constricts, Jam orania taxa aunt! The Bloomers, chilled by such an unexpected reception, threaten to emigrate to the laud of liberty and gold, where upon Mr. Fellows, who acted the part of the Milts Wo rm:am, and now appears in the uniform of a guardsman, inquires " Who are the Americana?" and being informed on that difficult matter, he interposes with a passage from the " Eunuchov," to the effect that indeed there arc people "qni visitant proni ease in omnibus; aid nee aunt." The " nec aunt " was delivered with happy effect, and was re m:veil with rounds of applause. Finally, the police are invoked, the Bloomers are forced off the stage, and ladies are recommended to stick to the "old lamp," and to re- main at home. This mc eeau of Feseenuitie . humour went oft with great idea. The usual collection was made after the representation was over. Tun TROOPS FOR T 111; CAPE.--The commanding officer has received an order, dated Horse °wads, 17th inst., to prepare the Ist battalion Rifle Brigade for imme diate embarkation fur the Cape of Good Hope. As stated in the Express of yesterday, this battalion only returned home last year (August, 1850), but it is again to proceed to that colony, for two reasons—first, that rifle regiments have hitherto proved most effective in the Cape wars (this battalion particularly divtinguishid itself in the wars of 1816, 1847, and 184 n); and, secondly, that, since the de- Parture of the 2nd battalion 60th Rifles, no other corps wing the rifle remained in the United Kingdom but this battalion now under orders. The Megrera (war-steamer) will convey the service companies, 600 rank and file, from Dover to the Cape. The division of the battalion into ser vice companies and depot companies will immediately take place, and the companies will consist, the former of 600, and the latter of 160 rank and file. Tho del4t companies will for the present remain at Dover. _ . THE CAPTURED CREW OP THE VIOLET.—B 7 intel ligence received from the charge d'affaires at Tangier it is ascertained that Capt. Layton, masterof the Violet (the vessel destroyed by the Riff pirates), is alive, and has recovered from his wounds. Two of the crew have died in captivity, of cholera. It is not known where the survivors arc and the efforts to obtain their release are so far unavailing, 4,000 dollars ransom for each being still demanded. There is no mention of Mr. Crosse, the owner, who was with the vessel. REPRESENTATION OF GREEN WICIL—A third candi date appeared yesterday before the constituency of Green wich in the person of Mr. Merryweather Turner, who IRA evening culdrev.ed a body of electors at the Swan Inn, High-street, Deptford. Ile stated that he would, if re turned, support liberal measures, declared himself in favour of the admission of Jews to parliament, vote by ballot, abolition of church rates, and the appropriation of waste lands for the benefit of the poor.