The Express. — London, England, 1851-09-26 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1051. claimed credit for moderation in not insisting upon flint article of, the indietment, which ~however, lrc did aot-fornuak withdraw, bat left to be dealt with l as t comet ta Its wisdom. He thus took the of a verdict which would have led to the sus pension of the paper for a tint offence, the hope of which ruiners sentence it was that led to the unsus tainable charge being preferred. The jury, hovrevcr, expressly found a verdict of " Not guilty " upon tins count. * The remaining two counts were: Ist. An attack against the respect duo to the laws; and, 2nd, pa apology for facts designated by law as criminal. To support the affirma tive of those propositions was an easy task for the advocate-general. The unreasonable amount of respect which the French law exacts towards a judi cial decision, prohibiting any statement even in the most respectful language from which it might be in-, faced that a tribunal may have been misled or mis taken, places a writer who alludes to a state trial, except to commend a verdict. very much at the mercy of the public prosecutor. M. Victor Hugo had called his son a martyr to petty persecution, front which the inference is clear that he thought him innocent of any offence, although he had been found guilty of a political libel by a Seine jury. What can be more evident than that M. Victor Hugo was wanting in respect due to the law as the Seine jury had ex pounded it ? Accordingly, M. Vacquene, for printing his letter, was found guilty, and sentenced to six months imprisonment and a fine of I,ooofr. The court, without the interposition of a jury, pronounced a similar sentence agaiust M. ltouy, fur the copy of the same letter which appeared in the l'resse. The latter journal, having been condemned once before within the year, might have been suspended, had the court thought fit. rho newspapers naturally refrain from many comments upon this trial. There is not even one of the government journals that can be• found to applaud it. The .Ifonitem- of this morning confirms partly the alleged objections of Marshal Execlmans to register the promotion of M. Leon Faucher to be commander of the Legion of Honour without having passed through the intermediate grades. For the official paper contains two decrees, one dated on the 14th, and the other on the 24th, appointing the Minister of the Interior to be simple chevalier, and officer of the Legion of Honour. But no decree appears appointing him to be commander. The terms in which the distinction is bestowed arc remarkable, and as follows : By decree of the 24th September, on the proposi tion of the Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honour ' the l'nsident of the Republic has appointed officer of the national order of the Legion of Honour M. Leon Faucher. Minister of the Interior, on account of the extraordinary' servicis which he has rendered to the state as Minister of the Interior, conformably to the 2Uth article of the ordi nance of March 26, 1816. It is reported that in the message which the Pre sident will address to the Assembly on its re-opening, he will renounce the idea of attempting alone to pro cure his re-election in spite of the constitution, but that he will solicit the co-operation of the Assembly for this end as for a great measure of public safety, in case revision should be aain debarred by a mino rity of the chamber. Without the concurrence of the majority of the Assembly he will do nothing. liv decree of the President the municipal council of Melun is dissolved, and the mayor, M. Poges, suspended for three months. M. Raymond, mayor of La Tour-du-Pin, and 31. Costaz, deputy-mayor of the same town, have bees suspended by the Prefect of the here, for not visit ing General Castellani when passing through on his journey of inspection. As we approach the period when the destinies of France are to be delivered over to the struggle of parties, it becomes more interesting to study the oscillations of commercial affairs. The ilosaitear affords in its table of the exports and im ports of the first eight months of the year a sad mea sure of the depressing influence of political instability upon the material prosperity of a country. The ma nufacturing towns have for some time back been lessening their purchases of raw material. They have purchased less cotton, less wool, and less silk. That being certain, the rest is of no great importance, for the textile manufactures represent the greatest part of the general labour of the country. But, on the other hand, more olive oil, linen thread, oleaginous seeds, cast-iron, lead, zinc, and coals have been con sumed. For this last article the imports from Bel gium, in particular, are regularly increasing, as from 814,1100 tons in 11419, the quantity became 901.000 in 18.50, and 1,230.000 in 1851. It is the same for east iron : in IM4O the quantity imported was 1,101,150 tons, and in 1831, 1.272,000; also for zinc, the quan tity imported was 37,327 inetriesd quintals in 1830, aria 60,084 in 18.11. Coffee and cochineal also show 'an increase; whilst, as showing a falling off, there are indigo, copper, tin, tallow, nitrate of soda, salt, and colonial sugar, of which last have been consumed in 1851 289,0u0 quintals, in place of 362,000 in 1840, and 463,000 in 1819. Foreign sugar is con stantly gaining ground on the home market, as from 119,000 quintols in 1849, the quantity became i 110,000 n 1830, and 145,000 in 18.51. These sugars arc again re-exported in their totality, after having afforded labour to the refining houses. The imports of the first eight months of the present year have yielded customs.duties to the amount of 70,406,000 fr. whilst in 18.50 tho amount was 81,229,000 fr., and in 1819, 84,277,000 fr. There is conse quently a continued falling otf, and it is in vain to affirm that the diminution is owing solely to the difference in the sugar duties. These, it is true, give a deficit of nearly 4 millions, but that di minution is largely made up for by the produce of some other articles, and particularly of coffee. The exports are more satisfactory. If at present manu factures produce less, it is certain, on the other hand, that they sell more,—at: what price is another mat ter. But the fact is indubitable that the exports of French articles, manufactured or natural, have been, during the present year, constantly on the increase. The following is the improvement during the eight months as compared with the corresponding period of last year: wine, 1,537,000 hectolitres in place of 1,231,000; brandies, 213,000 in place of 181,000; corn, 334,000 tons, in place of 203,000; machinery, 3,170,000 fr. in place of 2,541.000 fr.; articles of ladies' dress, 3,101,000 fr. in place of 2,753,000 IV.; china, 22,791 quintals in place of 20,238; glass, 133,713 in place of 123,820 ; salt, 774,000 quintals in place of 474,000; and cotton cloths, 155,000 quintals le place of 134,000. For woollen goods and silk, the climatics are almost the same ; and trifling diminu tions are perceptible in leather, raw silk, and li gnaes. The vessels engaged in this traffic represent, sot including ballast, a total of 2,741,000 tons, or 278,000 more than in 1850, and 433,000 more than is 1849. If this continued improvement turned to l the profit of the national flag, the result would be sore satisfactory. But such is not the case, as the greatest share falls to foreign bottoms, in proof whereof it is sufficient to state that, out of the in crease of 276,000 tons for 1851, only 62,000 fall to the share of French shipping. It will form a question for legislative examination whether such results may not be remedied by a re form of the navigation laws. The .31essager follows the Ordre in withdrawing a,l support from the law of May 31, if the govern ment sincerely desire its abrogation. The Petrie points to the retirement of the Presi dent to St. Cloud as a proof how devoid of all foun dation are the alarming rumours spread by agi tators. The rition replies very sensibly to the Orleanists and ultra-legitimists, who are always urging the parte of M. Berryer to proclaim a candidate for the presidency. It reminds these impatient advisers that the Assembly will on meeting have to grapple with three great questions—the law of May, the proposi tion of M. Creton, and the revision of the constitu tion. It would be manifestly premature to put for ward a candidature while the issue of points of such magnitude remains unforeseen. The President of the Republic, attended by the minister of war, the commander-in-chief, and gene rals of the army of Paris, passed in r*iew on the Champ de Mars the 2nd, 64th, and 60th regiments of the line, the 18th light infantry, the 9th dragoons, the sth hussars, and the 2nd light dragoons, which are about to leave the garrison of Pans The Presi dent afterwards distributed several crosses of the Legion of Honour to officers, non-commissioned of ficers, and soldier. M. Savalette, the banker, who purchased the last half-million of lottery tickets, on the speculation of selling them again at a premium, protests, to-day, in ; a letter to the Steele, against the decree of the pre ' feet of police, prohibiting such sale as illegal; and Istates that he will bring an action at law against the proper parties for ndemnity. FRANCE. PARIS, T URIMAT EVININO. The speech of M. Leon Faucher at Chalons is vi porously al-sailed by the Bieck and other democratic Journals, as evincing an intention of breaking down the barrier offered by the 45th article of the constitu tion to the re-election of the President, in ease it should not be removed in a legitimate way. The Bulletin ck Pari, however, .protests against such an interpretation, although it is certainly difficult to understand in any other way the distinction which the speech makes between abaisser and detruire, in the remarkable phrase, where, speaking of the above barrier, he says: "Co ne sera pas trop des efforts perseverans de tout les boas citoyens pour la detruire on pour l'abaisser." The praise bestowed by the itsseiabli , e Nationale upon the same speech I. taken as a symptom of the present disposition of the fusionists to favour the Kph in consequence of the Joinsille candidature. The speech of M. Leon Faucher, in reply to the president of the Tribunal of Commerce at Rheims, is as follows : I have not forgotten, and I will never forget, bow much I am indebted to the city which opened to me my political career. Elected by it, I entered the Chamber of Deputies as a member of the moderate and constitutional opposition. Soon after, I beheld the downfal of the monarchy, to which event I can render myself the justice to say I did not in any way contribute. In the ila• ease disaster which, after hay ing overthrown the throne, threatened to swallow up all so ciety, I comprehended that men of good intentions ought to have only one thought—the safety of the country. I would not sec adversaries in the country, and above all in this city, which bed elected me. (Approbation.) *se held only auxiliaries, allies, and friend. in all the men of order, worth, and courage, who, forgetting their former differences, devoted themselves to the defence of society. I had no ambition to climb cep the steps of pewee • but chance, and the confidence of the President of the Iteimblie. called me to the councils of the state. If I ac ilirthe offer made me, it was became I beheld older an d eaptains than myself withdraw from the struggle, borne down by events. From simple soldier, I became =l, and I arrived at pow er as a man rushee to a for ope, with the firm determination to conquer or to die. (Applause.) Circumstances may become dc&-alt, and, in order to conjure away the crisis which menaces us, it will be necessary for all men of worth to forget their divisions, without interregating the antecedent conduct of any one, and without regarding from what side come their auxi liaries. With such a union, with the concord of all men of worth, the perils will not fail to disappear, and we ma Istill expect future prosperity for our dear France. (Cheers.) The first incident in the trial of the Prase and , the Erenement, the result of which I sent yesterday by electric telegraph, was an application 'l7 the oenneel he the Press* for a separate hid; 011 the ' 1 paned that the two pe_pers were whelk, Mow • assail with- each other. The adviestelpeasol ' tubed that the offence was aligswa. sad dis met wad that due jekt hellebassa was preps. M. , Rage ght, eiwide eillsw et the Press, there- 1 ! mem ihMiesi to milks, iellines, mil wired =or kto go a l s . MI WA fir' A - nog at t he Abaseasesse, who did net nabs a sar • The advocate-general was amble to mime a skgle argument in support of the aboard charget M. Victor Hugo's letter had for its obje civil war. He therefore II ~ ~. A certain agitation reigned to-day in the Place de la Bourse, consequence of the appearance of agroup etsergeta4le-Lille, who began, in obedience to a new order of M. earlier, to put to flight the ladies w/p meant themselves, in defiance of the law, to AD business on the Stock Exchange. At the Bourse, tho Fires fell 5c., and dosed at 92.13; and the Threes fell 15c., and closed at 56.55. The Rouen railway again fell sfr.; Versailles (left bank) and the Centre rose 2.50. The other lines were without alteration, with but little business doing. BELGIUM. The anniversary fetes of the declaration of the national independence of Belgium, commenced on Tuesday, at Brussels. The streets leading from the Place Royale to the North.rn railway station were tastefully decorated with evergreens; the Hotel-de- Ville was splendidly ornamented with flags and flowers, and escutcheons; the Grand Place, the Place des Martyrs, the Place de la Monnaic, the line de la Loi, and Place de la Nation, were also more or less decorated. The morning commenced by merry peals from all the church bells, the hoisting of flags on the public edifices, and a discharge of 21 guns. At 10 o'clock a funeral service was celebrated at the church of Saints Michael and Gudule, for the souls of these who fell in combating fur the country. It was attended by the high officers of the king's hous hold, the ministers, part of the corps diplomattque, the presidents and judges of the law courts, and a great number of civil and military functionaries. A grand review of the civic guard and the army was after wardspassed by the king, accompanied by the princes. The King wore the uniform of a general of the civic ' guard. On passing along the line, his Majesty and the princes were greeted with acclumations " % eve lc Rui Vivent les Princes r which were repeated by the population, assembled en moue. When the review was over, the crowd broke into the reserved plate in which the king and princes were, and waving their hats and caps, shouted with enthusiasm, "Vive lo Roi ! Vivent les Princes!" Some French national guardsin uniform were in the crowd,and were noticed tar the heartiness of their acclamations. The king repeatedly thanked the people by voice and gesture, and kindly received the petitions presented to him. During the review the Princess Charlotte stood on the balcony of a house. The king and princes after wards ascended to this balcony, and saluted the crowd, who replied by renewed acclamations. The different musical societies, of which the number was very great, then went in procession to the Hotel de Ville, carrying flags and banners. They were re ceived by the burgomaster, who thanked them for having consented to compete amongst themselves for prizes. In the eveaing the retreat was beaten by torchlight, and fifteen bands at the same time played the national air the " Brabanconne." There were other amusements, public and private, all of which passed off with eclat. SPAIN. MADRID, SEPT. 20. The Marquis of Miraflores is said to have addressed a note to the Spanish ministers at the courts of friendly- powers on the subject of Cuba. The note state 4 that, although Spain does not desire war with the United States, she will not hesitate to make war if such a measure should be forced upon her. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, Ssrr. 5. The Sultan has given away his daughter Fatinie to Ali Gulib Bev, third son of the Grand Vizier, Iteshid Pasha, and has appointed his son-in-law, Mushir, a member of the great council. This is a great victory of the reform party, of which Reshid Pasha is the real representaut. The honour conferred on his family was a spontaneous act of the Sultan, without any direct or indirect step from the Grand Vizier, and the Sultana, mother of Fatime, thanked the Sultan that he chose for her daughter the son of a man so distinguished in merits. fhe influence of the Grand Vizier is of course evidently strengthened by this alliance, and the ministers who might perhaps have counteracted his general plans are reduced to the management of their own departments, so that they cannot any more interfere with the general direction of policy. The brother-in-law of the Sultan, the energetic opponent of Russia, Mehemet Ali Pasha, has been appointed at the same time Kapudan Pasha, Chief of ' the Admiralty. The new Kapudan Pasha has served in the navy, and therefore ho is able to sift every plan before it is adopted. Another nomination is not less fortunate—we mean that of Nafurz Pasha to the ministry of finances. Though his predecessor, Italeb Effendi, was also a good financier, he lucked the energy of Nafurz to cheek the impostures of the Armenians, who were the leeches of the treasury. An iron hand, like that of the new minister, is required to control the spe- culations of these people, and to carry all the economical measures necessary to re establish the finances of the realm. One of these measures is the restitution of the Nishans by the civil and military officers. You probably are aware that every officer, with his nomination, got a badge in diamonds accord ing in value to his rank. This was a heavy expense to the Treasury, without any real advantage to the state. '1 he Nishan of the officers will be replaced by epaulettes, similar to those of the European armies. A national bank is to be organised in a short time; the funds are ready, and Fuad Effendi, formerly commissary in the principalities, is to be its director. More than half a year since I directed . your atten tion to the Egyptian affairs, so easily misrepresented in Europe. The Porte has not the slightest inten tion to counteract the railway to Cairo, but he objects ' that a Pasha should enter into lasting engagements with foreign companies without the consent of his legitimate sovereign. The cravings after inde pendence are not yet extinguished in the family of the late Mehemet Ali. '1 he letter of the Grand Vizier to Abbas Pacha has been accordingly altered once more, and insists more expreasedly on the rights of sovereignty. It is to be feared that these facts will be represented by the enemies and by many apparent friends of the Porte as an oppo ' sition to the railway itself, whilst it is but a legiti mate resistance against the encroachments of the Pasha of Egypt, who avails himself of the popularity of the railway to cover his ambitious plane. The liberation of Kossuth, in spite of the threats of Austria, is a noble act of generosity; but it may involve the Porte in serious difficulties. Austria strongly protested, and will probably send the chiefs of the Bosnian rebellion, who are now at Carlstadt, in Croatia, not to England, but into Bosnia, to re kindle the rebellion. She concentrates her troops oaths frontiers of Bosnia, Servia, and Wallachia. She at tompts to gain the leading men in Servia, and she encourages and patronises the Obrenorich, formerly princes of Screw, and still pretenders. Thus it m tried to kindle a new revolution in this country, and to create hero a centre of Russian Fooleries' against Turkey. Russia apparently keeps aloof on the ques tion of the liberation of Kossuth, ready to profit by the opportunity to present herself either as protect. big the Porte, should the revolution succe d, or as mediator, should the difficulties with Austria lead to the brink of a rupture. Russia thus prepares herself to regain her lost influence, and she spreads already the tidings of the arrival of Prince , Mentlikoff or Count Orloff as extraordinary ambassadors to the Porte. Should En g land, instead of lending her good offices to r.nelle the difficulties with Egypt, take the railway for a pre text to abandon the Porte, then the Sultan would have no other choice than to throw himself in the arms of Russia, and to a second and worse treaty of Unkiar Lskelessy. Omer Pasha, his great general, remains in Bosnia as long as the difficulties with Austria are not settled. In consequence of the Austrian movements he had concentrated 30,000 men in this province. The Servian government has given orders for the arma ment of the militia, at the same time an explanation has been required from Austria as to the concentra tion of her troops on the frontiers. The French am bassador has no influence at all, France fears her own shadow. The tidings from Persia say, that there are misun derstandings between the Shah and the Russian and English ambassadors. Russia expostulates on ac count of the attack of the Turkoman tribes on the ' , Russian flotilla on the Caspian, though the Turko- mans are nomades and but nominally subjects of Persia. With England there are difficulties about the occupation of Herat by the Persian troops. GERMANY. • PRUSSIA. The well known case of the ex-deputy Harkort, *ceased at Perlin of exciting to hatred and a breach of the peace, by the publication of a political pam phlet, has terminated in the acquittal of the defen dant. The pamphlet which was the ground of accu sation commenced with the following words : " Those who govern have frequently interests far different from those of the people who pay the taxes." Tho accusation of hatred to the government and excitation to breach of the peace were founded solely on the tendency of the pamphlet as expressed in the words quoted. It is leas a wonder that the prisoner was acquitted than that the government should think fit to prosecute on such ridiculous grounds. Tho case was tried under the new press act, and the defendant was therefore acquitted not by a jury but by the judges. 150 e Court. BALMORAL, WEDNESDAY, SIFT. 24. Her Majesty and l'rinee Albert, aeoompanied by the Princess Royal and Princess Alice, drove yesterday to Invercauld House, the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Ist. quharson. The Marchioness of Douro and the Hon. Beatrice Byng were in attendance on her Majesty. The Earl of Carlisle suit the Earl of Aberdeen arrived at Balmoral yesterday. The Rev. 11. M. Birch returned to Balmoral yesterday from Lincoln, to which place he weut on the 19th inst. for die purposeof being ordained. The dinner party yesterday , included the Duchess of Kent, Lady Augusta Bruce, the Earl of Carlisle, the Earl of Aberdeen, Mr. and Lady Agnes Duff, and Mr. and Mrs. Ricardo. Despatches were mecived yesterday at the Colo nial-am: from the Uovernor of New Brunswick. The Earl of Duck is now sufficiently recovered from his recent severe illness to receive his friends, he hay ing invited the members of the Gloucestershire Agricultural Association to dine with him at Tortworth Court, near Chartield, on Wednesday, the Bth proximo. The Marquis of Lansdowne, who has been paying a brief visit to Mr. Ricardo, M.l'., at his seat at Bromes berrow, has left fur Scotland, en route to the north. The noble Lord President visited Liverpool and the lakes of Westmoreland. THE GREAT EXHIBITION. The damp weather yesterday had of course some effect in thinning the attendance at the Crystal Policy, but nevertheless it was considerably above the average. The great majority of the visitors were either country people or foreigners, the period of the week rendering the attendance of the London operatives almost an impossibility : indeed, it would har-ly be credited what large babies of the latter class have as yet bees entirely shut out from the advan tages of the Exhibition. The whole of the Metropolitan I and City Police, upwards of 12,000 men, have as yet had no indulgence from their superiors to enable them to pay a visit; sad the omnibus drivers and conductors, a body nearly us numerous, have been equally excluded. There is a special herdship in the case of these latter, as, excepting a few isolated instances of insolence and exturtine, their con duct has been must civil and exemplary, and the public owe them something for having driven four or five millions of people backwards and forwards to Knightsbridge during the summer through the most crowded thoroughbires of the metropolis without a single serious accident. Doily per sonal experience enables us to state how arduous the task has been, and how ably and carefully on the whole it has been performed. The (minions proprietors are also bound to seine tardy liberality in the matter. Their gains have been enormous during the summer, while the wages of the men have received no augmentation, and their time has been so fully occupied as to prevent them. enjoying the Ex hibition even at their own expense. Tlw deprivation is telt by them with the greater severity, front the glowing ac counts they continually receive from each return load of passengers of the wonders of the Crystal Palace. It is re corded that some ouc strewed flowers on the tomb of Nero, let it nut he thought more wonderful, that a few kind words should be said on behalf of the universally abused omnibus cads and coachmen. There is a rumour that the Exhibi tion is to be kept open a supplemental week or fortnight fur the benefit of the excluded classes, we trust that it may be true, and that arrange ments may be made by employers and others in power to give thud the full benefit. The old phrase of scriptural authority, relative to " spoiling the Egyptians," was amus ingly reversed yesterday in the case of a family of Egyptian Araus, consisting of a tail old Sheik in most oriental tatters, two or three women jealously concealed in voluminous linen, by 110 means of the whitest, and four little buys, who boasted that their faces had never been washed since their birth, and gave ocular demonstration of the truth of their assertion. On arriving at the barriers all the interpreters in tile establishment were put into requisition to explain to the Sheik tine inevitableness of the preliminary shilling, but all in vain. 11e hail neither money nor comprehension, cud the Gordian knot was at length cut by perinittiug him and his distinguished family to go in on credit. Thus, in stead of Jew or Gentile "spoiling the Egyptians," the Egyptian succeeded in " spoiling " the royal commissioners, and the case deserves to be recorded as the first successful attempt at running up a score at the Crystal Palace. The preparations fur the final business of the Exhibition continue unabated. 'the lists of the successful competitors are in hand, but proceed slowly, as, it being iuteudtd that each man's name should appear in full on his medal, any mistake in the orthography would be fatal to his fame. The collection of records or memorials of the Exhibition is also going on most favourably. They are to consist of specimens of raw materials, samples of textile fabrics, and drawings of the machinery and engineering inventions. It is satis factory to know that the exhibitors take great interest in this collection, and are sending in contributions with great libemlityand promptitude. The following rather numerous list of schools will allow that the liberality of public institutions is us yet tar from being exhausted:—St. Mark's, Windsor , 18 ; Banta National, 9S; Fitzroy School, 12 ; British Windsor, 84 ; St. bride's, Pleet-street, ; Bamford Na tional, 32 ; Christchurch, Chelsea, lid; Brewers' School, d7; tiol ‘ , V l nda O; Battersea School us , 16;Industr y, d 36 sts ; ort e l r i aY N ib a r t d N ionul a- , iii ; St. George's, Bow-road, 122 ; Treutchurch, East Bar net, 18 ; Little Guildford-street National, 82 ; Bermondsey, 67 ; Rumford National, 110; Stepney, Ratliff, and Mile end, 178 ; Notting-hill National, 197 ; Paddington Ragged, 63. The police numbers were 17,161, stud the receipts, 2,7231. 14s. . . The following shows the temperature yesterday as re corded by Mr. Bennett's thermometers, being the mean re sult ut 160 readingi .-10 o'clock, 60 ; 12 o'clock, 61; 2 o'clock, 66 ; 4 o'clock, 6,5; 6 o'clock, 63. Mean tempera ture, 63.6. The following is generally believed to be the pro gramme of the closing proceedings on the 11th proximo : Seats will be provided, upon a raised stage in the centre of the transept, for the accommodation of Prince Albert and the other Reid Commissioners, and in the immediate neighbourhood for those invited to he present. The prin cipal portion of the business transacted will consist in one ut the members of the Council of Chairmen—probably the chairman, Viscount Canning—announcing to the commis sioners the awards of the prizes which the jurors have i made, and stating the grounds upon which they have been given. Prince Albert, as president of the commission, will then, in all probability, on behalf of the Royal Commis sioners, thank the jurors for the attention which they have bestowed upon the subject, and he will, no doubt, take that opportunity if alluding to the great success of the undertaking—the assistance* which it has received tram all classes of the community—tke benefits to art, manufac tures, and commerce, which may be expected to How from the lessons which it has taught—and the services of the foreign, metropolitan, and local commissioners and com mittees; and last, but not least, the cordial support and assistance rendered by the exhibitors will be duly acknow ledged. It is not intended to admit the public upon this occasion, as accommodation for witnessing the ceremony and hearing the addresses could not be provided for a greater number of persons than the exhibitors, jurors, foreiga and local commissioners, and members of local com mittees, whose presence it is intended to request. The ilis ulbutiou of the medals will be a matter of after considera tion, as comparatively few of those requiring the names of the owner' to be stamped upon them will be ready for de livery by the 16th of October. Mr. P. Hammond, of the firm of W. P. Hammond and Co., of London, has offered a premium of 1001., divided into two equal puts, for the beet Busy on each of the two following subjects, with • view of promoting the interests of religion and commerce in the China Seas and Eastern Archipelago, in connexion with the design of the Great Exhibition. SOL for the best Essay on China, embracing ' the following points:—The capabilities of that empire to consume the manufactures of Britain and existing impedi ments thereto. The effect of the present British duties on tea, on its consumption, and on the China trade generally, and the probable influence thereon of a reduction of duty. The opium trade, and its effect on the commerce and morals of China and India. General remarks on the empire of Japan, and prospects of trade therewith. Suggestions as to the most efficient mode of extending Christianity in China. 501. for the best Essay on the Eastern Archipelago, including the Phillippines and the Gulf of Siam, embracing the following points :—Piracy, its extent and effect on the price of Straits produce, and the consumption of British manu factures. The best means of suppression or prevention. The commercial capabilities of the countries alluded to, and 'existing impedimenta to their expanaies. Christianity—the best means of its extension therein. The said premiums of 601. each to be given in cash, or in gold medals of equal value, at the option of the successful parties. Thu* or more competent and disinterested gentlemen (to be subse quently named), to award the premiums, and the last day of receiving manuscripts to be the 30th of June next. At the option of the competitors, and at the discretion of the judges, a selection of a fixed number of the Essays to he published, and the profits, if any, to be applied to the pro motion of Christianity in the China Seas. VII BETWEEN E.NGLAN AND FRANCE. STRAITS OF DOVEIt, TILMISDAT. The actual submersion of the great cable telegraph s now attracting so much interest and attention, and which arrived here last night by her Majesty's ship 11lazer, was commenced this morning at 6 o'clock, at which hour Capt. Bullock, R.N., was ready with the steam-ship Fearless and a picked crew to pilot the convoy across the Channel. This morning was calm and sea bright, and the crews of both vessels appeared to be animated with that feeling of adven ture naturally enough evoked by an experiment of such enterprise and novelty as that of underlaying some twenty miles of deep sea with the electric link of intelligence be tween the European continent and the capital of the world. The first thing done, there not being sufficient depth of water for the Blazer to be brought near enough ashore, was to convey the extremity of the cable on to the South Foreland coast, where it will be buried deep in the beach and carried up the cliff. The l ' ,llltAS then steamed ahead, having made fast her towing tackle to the hull of the Blazer, at the rate of two miles an hour out to sea, the men on board the latter vessel paying out continuously the cable over her stern, from whence, by the action of its own weight, it •auk into the sub-marine sand, and valley. 'the track between the South Foreland and Sanngate, the corresponding point on the French coast, and which has been selected as present ing, from soundings and surveys, the fewest °lig:ides, and probable disturbances, was inert:cal out by pilot buoys, and is chosen as the best site for the submerging of the wire that could be adopted by those having the best knowledge of naval and marine dynamics. The depth of the sea line at starting point is from 20 to 30 feet, and the maximum depth 180 feet or 30 fathoms. There being a surplus of tour miles of wire over the 21 required, the slack( ning process was well sustained, and the experience gathere I iron, the experiment of last year rendered the operation the more facile, and the mute adopted differs advantageint.ly from the one laid down last year, which was in the neighourhood of shifting sands. Messrs. Crampton and Wellston, the engineers, were in charge of the engineering arrangements, and some thirty men, cud the nee, N.ary WM-rive being on board, complimentary messages and notification. of progress were sent over the progressing payed out cable, through the waveless depths to Dover. At half•past one the gratifying intelligence was conveyed through the cable that it was then half way across the Channel, 10 miles ; but at this stage of the voyage it began to blow fresh, and the ripple at the bows of the vessels at starting now assumed more of the rolling sea, 14 illeh occa sioned a pitching of the vessel, that, for perfeet la eility of operation, had been better dispensed with. At about hall-past five o'clock, the time at which the last train left I)over for London, about 10 miles of cable had been successfully streamed off and submerged; and as consequently nothing further, in the shape of a written despatch, could be con veyed to town, the only medium for communicating the sub sequent progress of submersion would be by sub-sea and land telegraph. [nv ELECTRIC TELEGIL Duczu, THVILSDAY ltuut, S, cr. 2.. The submarine telegraph is laid to within three miles and a half of the French coast, where the Mazer is anchored. _ . _ with the English coast is perfect. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL Yesterday a court was held; it wns the fit:•tt court after the vacation, and a great deal of preliminary hiviinesa connected. with the principal committee way AMENDMENT OF T - 118 ELECTION : UT AMENIOIIINT ACT. here was upon the paper of business the tblluwing notico by Mr. Deputy Harrison "To consider the report delivered in on the 17th July, ltiil, for an amendment ut the Election Act Amendment Act." There was also until. the paper of business notice of the following motion on the same subject, but subsequently entered, " That a special committee, con sisting of the bird Mayor, seven aldermen, and twenty-ono commoners, be appointed to consider the best mode of en larging the elective franchise of the Corporation of London." •'That the several committees of this corporation do re port to the next court what beneficial changes have been made during the la.t twenty-five years in the economical and efficient administration of the corporate uthurs under the charge of such committees ; and that they du likewise report what further changes are desirable, distingoishing such as may he accomplished by the powers or the corpora tion from such as render the aid of parliament necessary to effect them." . _ Mr.l Alt v „ —I have been called upon by the officer of the court to bring forward in motion which has just been read, with reference to the freedoms' committee; but I have given notice of another motion, which, it carried. will dispense with the necessity for the introduction of tho former one, and which I consider to be a matter of very great importance when I come to consider the nature of the constituency of the city of London. (Hear.) During my connexion with the corporation fur the last eleven or twelve years, I have taken every opportunity that seemed to present itself fairly to me to promote every question for the purpose of increasing the constituencies of the respective wards of the City. I have always considered it very im portant that the constituencies should be so increased, for reasons that I shall hereafter more particodurly state. I final myself in this position that, representing the free dom.' committee as chairman, it was my duty to present a report at the last court held at the Mausiun-liouse two mouths ago, recommending as certain course, (l Wear, hear.) The object of the committee was to Asa:et that w Inch had been my object fur a very Inns: time, namely, greatly to in crease the constituencies. The court, after a hair debate of that question, decided that the recommendation of the corn. mittee was not a prudent course to take under existing Cir. cumstanees connected with the corporati . I on the present occasion shall take the course that I have also), felt it due to this court to take when they have differed front the report of a committee which I leave had the pleasure to present. will always bow to the decision of the court if that decision is come to after a fair debate of any question totbiatitted to it, and I will nut presume if 1 am in the minmity, to say that am right. It is necessary fur me to make this statement because I have found myself in the position t f being in a minority upon the recommendation of the committee, which has caused me a considerable dent of unsiety. Durhog the recess I have turned my attention to the very important question, with the concurrence of certain other members of the corporation and the chairman of every committee. (Hear.) I do not disguise from the court that your lord ship called a meeting of the chairmen of every committee now constituted by the court. 'lf hey met at the Mansion House, and had a very long conference upon the subject; and I may say, without pledging these gentlemen to any particular point, that the feeling was very strong in their minds that time should not be lost in looking with a determined eye to carry something into effect with regard to the constituencies. I found myself sup ported, I may say, by the unaniniouv opinion of those gentlemen, end although I was not, and am not anxious to place myself in the prominent position in bringing any question of this important character before the corporation, yet at the request of those gentlemen then present, nod with a view to carry out the great object that we all entertained, I reluctantly undertook to perform that duty ; but if it is the pleasnre of the court to entrust the task to other gentlemen, I um sure it will lie to those who will give attention to the subject with a view of honestly carrying something into effect which shall redound to the credit of this corporation, which shall secure to us the in creased confidence of our fellow-citizens—because it will include in the number of those who vote for representatives all the wealthy anal distinguished persons occupying pre mises and carrying on trade in the City of London. Now very unjust observations indeed have lately been made respecting the Corporation of London, and we hear in a variety of directions, insinuations that there is connected with the Corporation of London, more jobbing than there is connected with any other corporation or public body in the kingdum. No one could have made this observation who knew anything of the circumstances of the corporation for the last 20 or 25 years. What took place before then I cannot answer, for I have heard of certain things which I should not have justified if I had been a member of the cor poration at that time; but I know, that of late years, they have alone their duty and exercised their powers for the benefit of their fellow citizens, and no jobbing has existed. resolutions I have venturedi to put upon the notice paper comprise two points—first, I recommend that the constituencies should be very much enlarged; and next, I advise and require also that the chairman of every com mittee now constituted shall, within fourteen days, or at the next court, report to this court in writing what has been done fur the improvement of the institutions, and all interests connected with this great corporation, and what further changes they advise with reference to their respective departments, pointing out those which it is in the power of the corporation to carry into effect without the aid of parliament, and also distinguishing those that by the aid of parliament may be separately carried into effect. (Hear, hear, and applause.) The nature of the constituen cies is the only point that this corporation can be fairly attacked upon according to my judgment. I believe, and I have felt for a long time, that we arc weak upon that point. One of the greatest statesmen and highest ornaments of the House of Commons has said that the reason why he desired a seat in that house was because he sincerely felt that representation and taxpaying should go tagether, and this was the principle that he advocated. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) `Yell, now, the principle is very good. I admire the principle, and that statesman has tried as far as possible to act upon that principle. (Hear, hear.) We find that there is little short of 100,004/. per an num levied upon our fellow citizens for rates which we are all called upon to pay, and yet there are only a very small number of those who have the privilege of vot ing for a representative who bus the power to distribute and expend that money. We cull upon respectable parties, upon the owners and occupiers, of very large premises, and who pay very largo rates, and we suggest to them that they should have the privilege of voting for those who dispose of 10 large a sum. (Cheers.) Mr. Harriman then moved the adoption of the latter motion of which he had given notice. Mr. Alderman WIRR—I rise, my Lord Mayor, to second this motion with very great pleasure. I have thought for years that it was absolutely necessary that the franchise by which the members of this court are elected should be enlarged, and like my honourable friend I have from time to time advocated the necessity of enlarging the fran chise so as to identify the great interests of the corpora tion with all the residents in this great city. I feel quite assured that if there be a large anal liberal meaturo brought up by the committee to whom this matter will bo referred, there will be no difficulty whatever in obtaining Cite erproso. 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Tomemmr-ainims. 1116 i s LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26. lATIIER used to say that the Council of Constance, instead of being called Concilinns ('.nabutlienie, should be collideonriiimin non olotantienae, inasmuch as the said council having, after much investigation, decided that the sacrament was instituted in both kinds, and administered in the early church in both kinds, determined nevertheless (hoe nos nhdante) that the laity should only receive it in O W Now there is very little doubt, judging from their past and pre sent behaviour, that if ever our bishops should, in realisation of the wishes of the admirers of synods, be formed into a deliberative and executive council, they will divide the right to the epithet non u&slan tirnir with the Council of Constance. l)r. Ryan, the Bishop of Itath and Wells, has in common with ninny of hi» brethren borne testimony in public to the mischievous tendencies of the "Tracts fur the 'times.' There can be nu disputing that most of our bishops have done this. Au enthu siastic clergyman none time back was so struck alth this fact that he published a treatise, which he called the " Voice of the Church," consisting of passages selected front the bishops of the church condemnatory of tho Oxford divines. Nevertheless (hoc non oindamtr) our bishop., with scarcely an ceptions, are con tinually elevating todign ity and honour men who have rendered t selves conspicuous for their adherence to the trattorias heresies, or who at least have devoted themselves heart and soul to the niiiintenance of that most mischievous of all the tracturian d which asserts that the rights of national 3 1 :lies are nothing, while the rights of the so-called universal church are everything. Bishop Barron is one of these non (Aslant bishops. lie in his charges has denounced tractarianism; he exercised his episcopal influence in patting an end to the publication of the tracts; and yet (hose non obstantr) he exalts the sup pprters of tructarian principles to the highest posi tions in the church. " These Oxford publications and these Oxford divines arc a pest to the church," says Om bishop, "but ( hoc tt ohstante) I elect Mr. licsisris, the firebrand of Brent, the Curyphieus of Oxford divines, to be my archdeacon." We arc fond enough in this country of accusing the church of Buie of insincerity and double deal ing, but we ask how long we shall be able to defend our own church from a similar charge, if acts like these continue to be of common occurrence amongst our bishops. When the lL n uan Catholic Bishop of 111.xlivu contradicted himself in his letters with re speet to NlissT tuner, and when that lady's marriage a short time alter ;rave the complete lie to the episcopal assertions.tlic Protestants were ready enough to trans fer the dr linquencies of the bishop to the church of which he is a minister. Now, while our hishopsact after the example of Bishop Ilvforr, shall we have a right to complain if the Itomanists measure us by our own standards? ('an Bishop HAGOT hate tractarianisin and love Mr. lissimis ? Ilas not Mr. DEstsos dune pildiely more then any man in England. in the way of mere action, tor the cause of l'useyinn ? flab he not been for years the must active enemy of the preeminent school of national education, because that wheisie acknowledges the principle of the propriety of lay interference in the administration of national schools? Ilas he not thrown discord and disunion in the church, in his endeavour to place the schools under the management of the clergy alone? Iles he not advocated at Oxford the 'quite principles of exclusive church instruction that he did at Westminster? l las he out prutr,ica against the judgment of the Judicial Committee in the thaws* case, aftirming that the moirermil church alone de cides upon ecclesiastical matters? Ilas he not been instrumental in getting up " church unions," and leaving them in the lurch when the smallest ray of light was admitted to into tt itt ate the meth:real darkness in which he would hate had I business carried Olt MS he nut, discontented with the present condition of church education, and dis gusted nt the liustration of his hopes by a united I efiiirt on the part of the liberal and orthodox portion of the church, been canvassing fur fugal, wherewith' be may be enables! to establish a "training school" of darkitiss, under his own superintendence.' Ilas he not been lon-mint ink renouncing communion with the .trehlrishop of CANTEKIWRV ? kilns lie not lately alluded to the archbishop's assertion of the coincidence of the opinion of the bishops and ekrgy with his (the archbishop's) own un the sub ject of the validity of other than episcopal ordination. as a " hideous impistat within a few days relatively to this question raised by the Archbishop's letter given the following as his statement of what he calls the " doctrine of holy orders in the churches of Gutless t" bt, , IffilwolltrrlY —By the imposition of the hishop's Lands, the Holy Ghost tor the uthce and work of a priest in Use ebureh of Gml is " committed unto men, and thrrros dud Arr. by the power of forgiving and retaining sins anJ dispensing the word of (isid sad his holy saerar anents.•• N. ,Itircly. ft - It4•nd the imposition of the hichop's bands, "the holy Gho,t fur the ulhec mid work of u priest in the church of God" is hot " committal unto man, under the ordinary providence of God." I understmsd "the ordinary providence of G 011" to in. elude all can which are not the subject of spew( re~rkr tiuo, the Let of such rem:Lilian living attested by the power ocor4ipty miriacks. • • • • I hold. therefore, u has always been held in and by TRS lATUULIC, that without the imposition of the bishop. hands there is, under the ordinary providence of aLith-r priut nor sacsaansto ; is other words, that there is NO t'llUitt The italics and capitals are Mr. DENISON'S own. Now,in no one of the Oxford tracts was this terrific doctrine stated in more decisive terms. Bishop list.or put a stop to the publication of the tracts, and yet (hoe non olsolantr) he chooses the man who writes these words to be his archdeacon, in ecclesiastical lan guage " the eye of his diocese." Are we to inter pret the bishop by his words or his actions ? It is of the last importance that we should know this, because it will let us know whether the bishop and those who agree with him, are to be enemies or friends in the great war of light and darkness that is now waging on the Conti nent, and in which England cannot be neutral. We do not say . this in Use spirit of alarmists, but in a deep persuasion that the events of the last two yearshave made considerabk alterations in the eels- ' Lens of religion and the state in all countries. Before that period the European mind was tending towards a complete toleration in matters of religion; since then the absolute governments have 001710 to the con clusion that toleration leads to revolution. They have seen clearly enough that the principles of the Roman catholic church are the beet supporters of absolutism in the state. Acting upon this, the governments of Austria, protestant Prussia, France, and all countries where the freedom of the people is looked upou with dismay by the rulers, are fostering the Roman catholic church, or favouring the develop ment in their own churches of Roman catholic prin ciple.. The newspapers teem with daily testimony to the truth of this assertion. Now, are the laity of the church ofEngland to look calmly on while their'bishops fill the church with a body of men who are bound to preach Mr. beetsoe's doctrine. that without a bishop there is no church? This is the old Roman doctrine, extra eeeksioni noslia sans, in its broadest, most offensive and meet untrue shape. Pressed into the service of modem continental despotism, it means r not merely that there is no salvation in the next world for those whe do not belong to the state church, but no sahhy is this. The church persecutes dissenters as heretics. end the state punishes them as rebels, We do net tan to assert that such a con sensual= will ever be seadied in this country, but we de Illoot that ia the 'arts that Mr. DENISON ad lies p. we rides to labia to it, the nation may benne a pay Is die lalltureet of sic., wer. the MIS dm. the b es t= for the liberal p ortals et es e=sl the hi pseud te de, is le ** GP= far M il *gi rt F ul oriole, Jahns L aw,, ass to Rome by trattarian video, is taking to his bosom tbo archtnetarian. Mr. G. A. Draw& MERE are few politicians whose deeds and whose career provoke more comment than Lewd PALMERI nos. There are few men on winne 'merits friends and foes could be so copious of panegyric or of censure. But Lord PALMEILSTON'S speeches at Tiver• ton in no wise resemble his lordships policy, for there is little to see in them or say of them. That of the day before yesterday was a very pretty, pithy, and plain apologuc, conceived much in the ore of %r i= 4Esor, and well calculated, to peon the of Tiverton, who, it would seem, are not the t men in all England. We were wrong, perhaps, in expecting much from the speech of a member of the cabinet, with his col-' leagues still all abroad, and with four months to elapse before the opening of the session; but we must coolant° beingdnappointed at finding so little. Lord PALMERSTON'S speech is but a mere sans. five of the events of last year, drawn up for the use of children—an eulogium on the Exhibition, with the compliment obligate to Prim= ALBERT—a kick at protection, a promise of peace, an allusion to naughty foreign powers, that will not allow protestant' to go to church, as if that were the worst of their offence*, a distant allusion to KOSSUTH, a boast of Whig pro gression, and a paean on the gradual extiuctiun of the slave trade. Of all these important topics touched upon by our foreign minister, the principal point of each was like the part of Hamlet left out. For example, his lordship set forth by an enumeration:of whig achieve ments in the cause of improvement and reform. We do not wish to gainsay them. But we were disap pointed in perceiving no allusion to future progression. Not a word was dropped of a new reform bill. We heard that the lower and the workiug classes were the foundation of the social fabric, and that it was con sequently requisite to make them comfortable, and rye them cheap food. We should like to have heard, moreover, that socuethiim was to be done to improve their intellect and education, and to give the more industrious and settled some share in the franchise. ! If the good people of Tiverton were interested in I the coming question of Reform, they must also have been anxious as to what was become of the Ecele- siastical Titles Bill. Lord PALMERSTON boasted that the government had come forward to prevent the Pore from carving out the country into bishoprics. But how has parliament or its bill prevented them ? Of Ireland we say nothing : the rule there being time out of mind, that laws were made to be broken and to remain inoperative. But in England we are about to have a synod of these same Roman Catholic prelates, who are evidently anxious above all things to make a noise, and get the press and public to take notice of them. The dith culty is, how to repress and punish their audacity, without indulging them in the very way they must desire. On the great question of foreign policy it was not to be expected that a foreign minister would be very ex plicit. Hut we fully agree with his lordship that Itf32 is nut so very likely, as is supposed, to be a year of commotion. We we, indeed, the way things are tending in France ; the fully, selfishness, tyranny, and insecurity of every civilian party, brings diner and closer the necessity of a military government. Hut things have not yet reached thiit crisis. It is only coining. Constitutional monarchy, and a consti tutional republic, arc both very workable forms of government, quite sufficient for any people to be happy under. Hut the French have perverted both, and rendered themselves so incapable of either that sooner or later tyranny will be their fate, not tyr.mny of a Louis NAPOLEON, or a l'rince ; such milk and water characters would shrink from wielding the red hot sceptre, that the French are destined to feel, to shrink from, yet to crouch under. Hut the day is not yet come, nor the man. Passing over the dangerous ground of southern Europe, Lord PabstratsTox dwelt on one topic alone, the complete identity of interests and policy that exists between France and England on the subject of slavery. We shall take another opportunity of alluding to his lordship's deprecatory plea against the removal of the African squadron. We shall merely remark that Lorel Paustraarox's mention of French and English unity of sentiment was evi dently meant to appply to Cuba, and to indicates an Anglo-French alliance against the United States, and any further aggression of the Americans. We must confess we deprecate any such alliance. France can never be depended on, either fur zeal on behalf of slavery abolition, or sincerity in upholding our naval power against that of the United States. If we ever emicerked in such a contest with France for our ally, France would desert us. On the whole,though we find little to gainsay in the address of the Foreigu Secretary to his constituents, we ,discover no woudcrful subject of congratulation ur cause of satisfaction. Never was a more discreet speech —it prejudges and discloses nothing. Even his usual propensity of having a fling at one foe or another, Lord PatsitatsioN her nut this time indulged in. Ile has bestowed more of a compliment than a sneer upon SCIIWAItZLNIIEKG, whilst the opportunities which Lord Aittacinais and Mr. Gi.stisTosis: offered for congratulating the country on their conversion, on thcirnew liberalism, and upon their recent discoveries in the peculiarities or the prison discipline and judi cial procedure of despotic governments, have been completely and generously passed over.