The Express. — London, England, 1847-09-21 00:00:00

Zlit rprelSg. MAILS. The overland eloeed ales, to the Mediterranean, Aden, DeYlon, India, Meng Kong, &e., will be matte up on the erentng of the 2ith September. The mails for Vigo, (Moon y . Lisbon, Madeira, Wit, and Gibraltar Will be made up on the morning of the 2;th septernbrr. The mails for New Mouth Wale*. Yen icemen's Land and New Tambuid will be made up on the evening of the 30th September. The Wed Indio wigs, including those for Meths, klonduras, not the Itavannah, will be mole op on the morning of the Ind October. The overland mots for Gibraltar, Malts, Greene, the lornau Isiandit Aden, Ceylon, India, Ilong-Kong, and China, rio Souttumpion, Win made up on the evening of the 2nd October. The mails for the Brasile, the Rim Plate, Monte Video, Pernam buco, Bahia, Ma mire, and Buenos Ayres, will be aide up on the evening of the 4th October. The mails for British North Asserted, Bernanda, and the Unite I Mates, will be made up on the evening of the 4th October. TO COIIIIIITOT DENTS. • lateolol Oar Ile arm* lowdea paw. in... •• at Or t/Ilan Ilognork.eml. br Tye edeek. W ptabl:eattea. RIOR WATER AT 1.01 DUR-11R1111111. T. MI —Morals, SI Ws. R••• 10 . ARWR•OO.IO 1.010. WM 1 1. To-1101.0• /lord& 0 ala put 0 Atwoome, .paKO LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPT. 2L A WORD or two must be added to what we have said of state interference with railways, to prevent unfair appli'ations of the principle on which it is ob jected to. It is not asserted that there are no cases in which, in highly mature conditions of society, a government may not be called upon to interpose, as a minister to the general intentions of law, in overlook ing details which the text of the law cannot specify. The necessity, indeed, can only occur where some thing has gone seriously wrong in the body politic; but that it does arise we are unfortunately too well aware. The rule to distinguish proper objects of such exceptional restraint or constraint in public affairs we take to be analogous to that by which in certain instances the control of individuals is trans ferred from the person himself to guardians. It allows of the general liberty being controlled—as in the case of infants, lunatics, &c.—where there are feeble and suffering objects in great want of relief, and unable to procure it for the mselves. IVherever a case of this kind can be made out, the paternal office of government may justly be exercised: as with regard to the maintenance, education, and sanitary care of the poor, in certain restrictions on the labour of helpless children and females, the duty of interference appears to be shown by the fact that their condition requires assistance, and that, if the state does not help them, they moat ge unnoticed. It may be a misfortune to a state, and a sign of a diseased constitution, to have many such objects of official care—to be frequently required to act in this way ; but it would be a still greater evil to refuse to come forward, where the necessity of interference is proved by the existence of impotent distress. It would be merely ridiculous to claim assistance on this principle for " the public," in their relations with railways. 'the former is no timid, oppressed, demo ralised victim, crushed by grievous misfortunes, scarcely capable of knowing what good to desire, and destitute of the power to accomplish it, if known. It is, on the contrary, a bustling, peremptory, pros perous go-ahead" sort of creature,—keenly alive to its own wants, rights, and pretensions—no wise modest in estimating them, and possessed of a tremendous power, by merely expressing, to attain its desires. This is not our picture only : we borrow it from a sketch lately drawn, with reference to the very subject now in hand, by one of the foremost advocates of the " rights of the nation," as against the railways. The Times told the latter, a few weeks since, that it was in vain for them to contend with " the public ;" that, right or wrong, it would have its full way in all travelling arrangements, as well as in rates of charge; whether this might or might not be a " road to ruin" for the proprietors. Here, we appre hend, is no argument ail rnisericardiam for extra help from the state. A party described as being so well able to help itself may, surely, without any pain to the guardian conscience of the ruling power, be left, with the assistance of the law, to settle its demands and maintain its rights with the railway owners. There is no fear, whatever, of a body like this being mal treated with impunity. Let it be remembered, that we have already secured to the poor—the only part of the public that might require a patron—cheap and comfortable conveyance, twice a day, on every line in the kingdom. The rest will take very sufficient care of themselves. And what further do they want ? What hardship is there to complain of ? These questions we often are tempted to ask ; and have never seen rationally an swered. Are not the departures thrice as frequent as in the old coaching times? Is there not room and comfort enough in the carriages? Is lld. per mile an extortionate fare for a handsome, easy, vehicle, running at five-and-thirty miles an hour? Are the attendants less civil than the porters in Lad-lane used to be ? Do they dun the pensive public for " tip" with the same assiduity ? Have not the government officers placed it on record, iu more than one of their annual reports to parliament, that railway travelling is the safest yet known? What right is withheld that the public is entitled to claim for anything it has done, or that it is not strong enough to obtain, so that a superior power must be called in on its behalf to manacle the railway body ? If it is expected that, by the help of government, fares will be reduced to zero ; that every traveller, besides a seat gratis, shall have a number of Punch and a bottle of wine pro vided at free cost, to cheer him on the journey ; that an absolute security from all casualties will be attained by bringing four or five hundred half-pay officers to lounge about the stations, and sleep in the first-class carriages—if such are the hopes of the public—we need not study to prove them flatly unreasonable ; it is enough to pronounce them unattainable. The state itself cannot comrel the owners of railways to work for nothing—they will cease to be worked when they cease to pay ; the state itself could not keep them at work, though making no profit, as well as private means now do with a profitable result ; nor can the presence of any number of officials annul certain conditions of nature, that make man liable to occasional mistakes ; that render iron and wood apt to give way in unexpected flaws, and pro duce the remaining et cetera of irremediable casualties. To prevent those which are remediable, we believe that the present managers of railways are as good watchmen as the public now desire, or are likely to have. We have seen something both of railway directors and of state inspectors ; and know to which of these a practical man would best like to entrust such a charge of persons and property. The former, it may be quietly hinted, are not mere abstractions of vulgar covetousness, brooding in secret over nefarious plane, and wholly absorbed in the gain they can draw from this particular business. They are men engaged in other affairs, as well, that attach them strongly to the general interests of the country, persons of more than decent standing, character, and education, who have the eyes of a pretty large circle upon them, whose railway shares, in general, form but a small part of their actual properties—men who are far from being indifferent to the applause or blame of their neighbours, and who have, as those who have dealt with them will testify, a pretty fair proportion of public spirit mingled with their purely mercantile objects. To regard such men as less likely to care for "the public" than a tribe of lounging government nominees, with no local sympathies, no responsibilities, virtual or nominal, except to a distant board, sitting in West minster—who can have no pride in the success, or credit from the completeness, of an establishment they have not started nor are allowed to govern—who suffer nothing when an accident takes place, either in the opinion of their equals, or from that heavy cost which the least damage to railway machinery creates. To fancy, we say, that whereas such men as the GLTNS, Rossetts, and HunsoNs will study to abuse the public, and despise its just com plaints, both would be secure in the hands of an army of her Majesty's hard bargains— Treasury hangers on, and the protivh of political dukes—is to know very,little of the men, and very little of human nature. We have not discovered, so far, that the public is seriously aggrieved in this matter : we believe that no railway management could be devised that is more likely to have a quick ear for its grievances than the existing directories have, and daily show that they have. We, therefore, see no grounds for any exceptional proceeding on tha part of the state in this instance, either on the score of wrong done, or of a defect of power, if it were dose, to obtain prompt and sufficient redress. No case can be more strongly sxemplszy of the hardships and absurdities of our existing monetary law, thee the threatened suspension of coal raising and of the coal trade. We need not say how dis astrous lush an scent—taking place, too, at this period THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVE` ING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1847. of the year—would prove, not merely to the mining and manufacturing interests of the north, but to the comfort and economy of thousands of household hearths. The prospect brought the mercantile men of Newcastle together, traders and mine -owners, with I capitalists and bankers, the latter of whom are for bidden by bank law to help their brethren. The hopes of all instantly turned towards the Chancellor of tho Exchequer, requesting aid, sym pathy, and an interview. What was the reply of Sir CHARLES Wool)? Such a box on the ear as the following : " There is nobody who thinks that there is any want of circulation, or extraordinary pressure in the money market for horses of good credit." Oh, Sir CUARLES!—and this in the face of theevents of last week. There is no business more likely to be elrried on permanently on borrowed capital, or upon what is styled credit, than that which is certain of return, and irksome to manage. Such, possibly, is the busi ness the paralysis of which is threatened, and which, in being put a stop to, stops at the same time the thousand mills and furnaces of other trades and manufactures dependent upon this great foundation of motive power. One should think, if a minister ought to be alive to any difficulty, to any exigency, it is this. For here are the mouths of industrious thousands threatened with hunger—thousands as mach deserving of sympathy as thl Irish. Sir CHARLES WOOD meets all these considerations with the assurance, that there is no pressure for houses of good credit. No wonder, if such an ex pression "created great astonishment" in the New castle meeting. Sir CUARLES was probably thinking of great London firms, which, however great the difficul ties of the times, were still able to wear through them, and command money at great temporary sacrifice. But there is infinite difference between a bank getting through a temporary crisis, and a mining company arrested in its operations, which, however sure in their nature, arc not such as can afford exorbitant interest for borrowed capital. What the Newcastle companies, or merchants, ask for is nothing new, nothing strange, nothing adventurous. They merely require their old annual, customary credit, which the local bankers and capitalists have always given, and which they would continue to give, did but the bank law ' allow them. It is urged that there is a want of capital, the national amount of the floating portion having been absorbed in railway and other constructions. But the Newcastle complainants never made use of any other capital than credit, and there is no ground for that being diminished or denied them. Even supposing that credit should be limited by the floating capital of a country, instead of depending open its owu certainty of return—what a preposterous law is that which encourages the abstrac tion of capital and credit from certain, and wonted, and legitimate investment, and urges ifs being thrown to aid, or to save, the venturous, and fool-hardy speculator! The raising the rate of interest palpably does this. It scrapes up the floating capital of the coun try, robs the industrious and regular manufacturer and trader of its use, handing it over to the gambler and to the trader in money, who can alone afford to - pay, owing to the momentary nature of his transactions, a high rate of interest. Igor let it be argued that the law does not raise the rate of interest, and that the state of the market does it. Does not the law enjoin the Bank to raise tho rate of interest, and restrict currency and accommodation—that is, produce the state of things we hare been describing, for the visionary, and, as far as internal trade is concerned, the utterly irrelevant purpose of keeping a certain quantity of gold in the country ? The Chancellor of the Exchequer tells the New castle banker that he shall not accommodate the miners with notes, the usual quantity having been issued. The Chancellor of the Exchequer's journal here joins in with a bit of consolation, telling the banker to make loans or advances in gold. But the full number of notes being employed by the railway absorbent, and all the disposable gold having gone to pay for corn, what is the Newcastle banker to do but to open his month at the empty words with which the Chancellor of the Exchequer and his organ would fill it, and let the miners perish for want of that credit which custom had sanctioned, but which an absurd, pragmatical, theoretic, and irrational law proscribes ? AUSTRIA, it is sew, though recoiling from any further aggression apes the Papal territories, persists in marching an army into Tuscany and Lucca. To this it feels itself entitled, by that right of consan guinity which the King of the French pleaded to warrant his continued interference in Spain. Lord PALMERSTON, it seems, has asked France to join England in a protest at least, if not in a more signi ficant menace. _ _ It is quite manifest that in the case of Franoe re fusing, or even insincerely accepting the proposal, Austria will not confine its intervention to Tuscany, but will find pretexts for extending the march of troops to Rome, and even, if necessary, to Naples. We fear much that M. Ovizor's reply will prove the counterpart of the reply made by our Foreign. office to his former proposal for a joint protest on the subject of Cracow. France and Eng land will thus make separate protests in favour of Florence and of Rome, with the same emphasis and success with which they protested against the en slavement of Cracow. The King of PausstA is known to have expressed himself as averse to the re-subjugation of the Pope to the old retrograde yoke. But with England and Fence shrinking to come far- I ward, Prussia cannot be expected to bravo the choler of the Eastern powers. The moment therefore is one on which the fate of Italy hangs on the breath of Louts PHILIPPE. Let but ono defiant word drop from the French king, and Austria durst not send forth an army, with the Piedmontese upon its flank, and the English and French fleets ready to occupy any point, whose inhabitants and sovereign might choose to make a stand. That word, we fear, will not be spoken. The de cided opposition of Austria to French policy, to the future French dynasty in Spain is something too serious and too vital for the Tuileries to provoke. They will not quarrel with Austria. But still, M. Gutzon and the King will no doubt exert themselves to induce Austria to save appearances, and refrain from outraging either the independence of the Pope, or the liberal feelings of the French, for such conduct would inevitably upset M. Guizor at the first meeting of the Chambers, and produce for its immediate result a THIERS administration. The only hope, the only mode of rescuing the cause of Italian freedom and independence from these manmuvres of the open foe and the false friend, would be its assuming a formidable attitude of defence, under a liberal native prince. Such open defiance, gallantly maintained, would soon bring the French nation, its public opinion, and all the consequences of such opinion, to its aid, and in such an over whelming tide, that not all the dynasty of ORLEANS, all the cabinet of Clutzgr, nor the Aulic Council of Vienna could arrest. MADRID, BErT. 14. Yesterday, all Madrid read with feelings of deep indignation and disgust an article in the Courrier Francaie, grossly insulting the Queen of Spain. To day the Gazette has embodied the national feeling in a circular which bars the French paper from entering this realm. I shall give you the decree in its own words : The French periodical entitled Le Courrier Francais has dared in its number 250 to speak of the Queen our mistress, Donna Isabel 11.. in terms 'abase and calumnious as unworthy of the civilised nation among whom that paper is written. The government of her Majesty, resolved not to consent that the Spanish throne, or the august person who, by the good fortune of the nation, occupies it, should be insulted with impunity either by natives or foreigners, has determined, among other measures which the importance of the case de mands, that the introduction and circulation of the Courrier Francais in Spain should be proh i bited.— Esoosura, Sept. 12. The other measures alluded to are, I understand, a forcaal application to the French government for re paration for this gross outrage. For some time past the Parisian press has been handling the name of Isabel 11. with increasing dis respect and indecency. But the fall of Narvaez has urged some of their organs beyond all bounds of dis cretion, and they give full vent to their mortification in manfully assailing the royal person. A provincial scandal has roused the wrath of the liberals of the capital. Juan Perales, political chief of the province of Astorga, entered the town of that name on the 3rd, preceded by a squadron of cavalry, and accompanied by strong patrols of the civic guard. The people stared, and inquired the meaning of this menacing and unusual show of force. Presently an order was posted up for the inhabitants to deliver up within six hours all their arms, and convoking the ayuntamiento for the next day. Then the political chief declared that his object was to nip in the bud a Carlist conspiracy that he heard was brewing, and that he counted upon the co-operation of a marugato that was coming from Madrid to conspire in another sense; but that for his part he should make no scruple of shooting a Cortes deputy, if he detected him is en couraging such plots. These words were understood to be aimed at the highly respectahle progresista Sig. Cordero, and occa sioned great offence. Sig. Cordero upon receiving an account of the matter instantly presented himself before the Home Minister, Sig. Escosura, from whom be demanded an annullation of the absurd and op pressive order, and an ample apology for the insult. Sig. Escosura in the presence of two friends of Cordero promised both. FRANCE—FRENCH MsasnALs.—The death of Marshal Oudinot has reduced to two survivors the number of 26 marshals of the empire created by Napoleon. They are, Marshal Soult, Due de Da!antic, promoted to that rank in 1804; end Marshal Marmont, Due de Rogow, promoted in 1809, and who lost his rank in 1830, for refusing to take his oath of allegiance to the dynasty of July. The twenty four marshals deceased are : Bernadotte, Prince of Ponte cora° (King of Sweden); Murat, King of Naples; Berthier, Prince of Neufchatel and Wagram ; Massena, Duke of Rile.* Prince of &aline; Key, Prince of Moscowa, Duke of Elchingen ; Lonnes, Duke of Montebello; Mortier, Duke of Trerise ; Lefebvre, Duke of Dantaie ; Kellerreann, Duke af Valrny ; Jourdan ; Serrurier ; Perignon ; Brune; Bee sieves, Voice of Istria ; Davoust, Prince of Eekmeibl and of Auerstadt ; Augereau, Duke of Castiglione Dloncey, Duke of Conegliano ; Oudinot , Duke of Reggio; Macdonald, Duke of Tarentum ; Victor, Dukeof Dellune; Suchet, Duke of Albufera ; Gouvion-Saint-Cyr ; Prince Poniutowski ; and Grouchy. ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY IN FRANCE.—The French Society for the Abolition of Slavery has just forwarded to all the sours royales of the kingdom a collection of all the law., ordinances, debates of the chambers, ex iminationa of acts emanating from the colonial authorities, as well as the de. trees rendered by the Cour de Causation and the metropoli tan courts, in questions relative to the liberty of slaves. The object of the society is to enable the courts to farm a more correct opinion of the manners and usages of the inhabitants of the colonies than they can obtain from a mere examination of the papers connected with any particular case which may be submitted to their decision. MARSHAL OCDINOT.—The late Marshal Oudinot, Duke de Reggio, bad received 44 wounds in different actions. Ile has left behind him very interesting military memoim, which are to be published by his son, General Oudinot. TILE BONAPARTE FAMlLY.—Workmen have been for some days employed in preparing tombs in the church of St. Leo, Taverny (Seine-et-Oiso), foe the remains of Louis Bonaparte, ex-King of Holland, and his son, who died in Italy. In this church is deposited the body of Charles Bonaparte, the father of the imperial family. The funeral will, it is said, be conducted with great pomp, but the day is not fixed ' • and when the remains, now on their way, arrive at St. Lela, public notice will be given of the day of their final interment. . . COMMERCE OF FRANCE.—The official returns of the commerce of France for 1346 elicit the following obser vations from La Penn : The ensemble of the exchanges of France with her colo nies and the foreign powers, amounted in 1346 to 2,437,000,000 francs; viz., 1,257,000,000 f. for importation, 1,180,000,000 f. for cap artation. If we take a glance at the last 15 years and divide them into three quinquennial periods, it will be seen that our general commerce has always seen on the increase during those three periods ; but that the progress of our exportations abroad has not followed with an equal advance the increase of the foreign importations into France. During the first quinquennial period, from 1832 to 1836, our exportations exceed by 239,000,000 f. the amount of our importations. In the following periods the propor tion changes, and turns more and more in an opposite sense. In the amend period our exportations fall by 71,000,000 f. below the importations. In the third period the fall is still heavier—•our exportations being 573,000,000 f. inferior to the amount of goods coming in. This result cannot be attri buted to errors arising from the mode of valuing the products exchanged. The custom-house, in (act, values those pro• ducts, both in entering and leaving the country, according to a scale of official values which has remained unchanged since 1326. Ever since that period, the merchandise sent from abroad to Franee, as well as that leaving France for foreign countries, have been estimated on the same bases. It is consequently the movement of exchanges which has been modified. In the 2,437,000,000 f of articles exchanged between France and the different countries of the globe, 72 per cent. or 1,755,000,000 f. wore conveyed by ses. What was the part of our, flag in those conveyances ? At the first glance, we find 828,000,000 f. for the national, 926,000,000 f. for foreign ones. Thus, even in that case, we should not convey half the products exchanged on our coast. That already would not be very brilliant, for if we caamtne the returns of the maritime movement in England and the United States, we see that these two powers keep for themselves the greater part of the transports which are et fceted between their porta and fsreign ones. But how far we arc from possessing even that modest part! To arrive at the figure of 828,000,000 f., it has been necessary to count the mass of transports effected in the domain of what is called the reserved navigation, such as colonies, fishery, &c. Now, as foreign competition is prohibited by our laws in this domain, as we reign there alone and without divi sion, it is very evident that to have a correct idea of the onc e' ss obtained by our flag in its struggle with foreign ones, that element of comparison must be struck out. That ' makes 2115,000,000 f. to cut off, and there then remain only 543,000,000 f. of transports to oppose to the 920,000,000 t which form the share of the foreign flag. The countries with which our relations are the most active are as follow; they are numbered in the order of their importance (let us observe that we are here referring to the importations and exportations united, or what is termed general commerce) : —.l. United States; 2. England; 3. Switzerland ; 4 Sardi nian States; 5. Belgium; b. German Association; 7. Spain; 8. Algeria; 9. Russia. For the special eommetee this order is somewhat modified. The United States and England still retain the first rank; but Switzerland descends from No. 3to No. 8; the Sardinian States ascend to No. 3, and Belgium takes No. 4. Do our readers desire to know the order is which the countries that send us the greatest quan tity of products are ranged ? We now only speak of special commerce: United States, 141,000,000 f. ; Sardinian States, 107,000,000 f. ; Belgium, 101,000,000 f. ; England, 79,000,000 f.; Russia, 53,000,000 f. ; German Association, 47,000,000 f. ; Turkey, 33,000,0001. ; Spain, 36,000,000 f. ; Switzerland, 29,000,000 f. The order in importance of the countries to which we send the greater part of our products is as follows : England, 113,000,000 f. ; United States, 100.000,000 f. ; Algeria (French colony), 94,000,000 f.; Spain, 73,000,000 f.; German Association, 62,000,000 f.; Sardinian States, 49,000,000 f. ; Belgian, 48,000,000 f. ; Switzerland, 47,000,000 f. ; Martinique (French colony), 22,000,000 f. Let us remark, first, that our Antilles are, with respect to their extent, one of our best markets. Martinique and Guadeloupe received for their part, in 1846, 42,000,000 f. of products from the home country. Should not this consideration, even in the absence of every other, suffice to impose on us great attention to all that concerns their future prospects ? Algeria, as a market, occupies also an important position. She is worth almost as much to us in that respect as the United States. But what causes Algeria to be so great a market to us is that we our selves convey to it consumers who purchase our products— an army of 100,000 men ; and let us remark, moreover, that it Is with the money we send there—upwards of 100,000,000 f. per annum—that these products are purchased. There is therefore a great deal to be deducted from the real value of this market. Let us state that, until the last few years, the Custom-house permitted free-trade in Algeria. Foreign mer chandise was admitted on almost the same footing as our own. What happened ? Our own goods did not sell. It was the English especially who supplied Algeria. We had the charges—they had the profits! This kind of division suited them, and aided them to support with resignation an occupation which their diplomacy has never fully reoagnised. But at length it wax perceived that we played the part of dupes ; and it was desired that Algeria, French by what it cost us, should also he French by what it bought from us. The tariffs were modified, and it is in consequence of this reform that we must now count Algeria as one of the best customers of our home market. AUSTRIA.—VIENNA, SEPT. 11.—It appears, from a correspondence in the Frankfort Journal, that the inter view between the Emperor and the papal nuncio, was for the purpose of the latter delivering a letter from the Pope. The Emperor came specially from Scheinbrunn for the purpose of receiving tie nuncio. The Chevalier di Caminizano, attachi of the Sardinian embassy, had arrived in the Aus trian capital from Turin, bearing important despatches from King Charles Albert. An important reform has com menced in the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom ; this is nothing Jew than the establishment of a chancellorship of state, to which Count Figuelmont has been named president ad interim. DUCHY OF BADEN.—MANNnETM, Sept.. 15. --The extensive iron-works situated in the park of Mess kirch, and belonging to the Prince of Furstenberg, e have just been destroyed by a violent conflagration. The damage caused by this fatal catastrophe is valued at several millions, very small part of the property being insured. The buildings which have been destroyed are estimated at upwards of 150,000 florins (16,0001). About nine hundred workmen were employed in the foundry of the Prince of Furstenberg, and are now, with their families, destitute of the means of existence. TURKEY.—CoNsTANTINoPLE, SEPT. 1. The Porte, says the Frankfort Journal, has ordered Orisiotti to be transported from Chi° to Browse; Orivas has been ordered to go to Janina or Adrianople, or to quit the Turkish territory. GREECE.—ATTIENS, SEPT. 6.—Letters in the Augsburg Gwette give an account of the severe illness of the prime minister, Coletti. The illness had already lasted a week, without any symptoms of amelioration. It was also stated that a second English fleet was about to arrive in the Pineus. Fiegard, arrived at Ports mouth, hu brought dates from Itto Janeiro down to Aug. 1. There is no news. Exchange was at 271 d. Freights had declined to 31. The Fisgard has brought 1,000,000 dots. from round the Horn. COMMENCEMENT OF THE JEWHiII YEAR.—This, the 21st of Sept., is the first day of the yea r 6608 o f the Jewish Era. Yesterday, being the last day of their old year, was kept as a strict holiday by the Jewish people, who closed their shops sad suspended all business till alter sunset! FREE TRADE BANQUET IN BRUSSELS. - _ BRUSSILS, SEPT. 19.—A grand banquet was given yesterday evening to the foreign members sat the Free Trade Amociauon of Belgium—Count Arrivabene, one of the vice presidents, in the chair. On the conclusion of the dinner, which was *treed up in the noble hall (formerly occupied by the Philharmonic Society), the chairman announced the first tout of the evening, " Commercial Liberty." He re marked that it was M. Lehardi de Beaulieu who first con ceived the happy idea of assembling in Brussels a congress of economists. An appeal had been made to parties who had diatinguished themselves in Europe by their study of poli tical economy. He was happy that that appeal bad been responded te, and that the protective system, as well as the free trade one, had been discussed with equal liberty. (Cheers.) The latter system had triumphed at the con gress. " Let u hope," said the chairman, in conclusion, " that the nations represented in the congress will become favourable to free trade, and that we shall soon see them en tering. upon a new era of commercial liberty." (Great cheeriest.) M. V. FAIDEIS, in proposing the health of the foreign members of the congress, observed, that if the Free Trade Association of Belgium had any chance of prospering for the I future, it would be indebted any it to the aid of the eminent men who had been pleased to attend the congress, and who had laid down and discussed principles the application of which would ameliorate the condition of the working classes. (Cheers.) Id. Fabler then complimented, in very apposite and felicitous terms, the Due d'liarcourt, M. Ai-Lesson Duperron, M. Donoyer , M. Wolowski, and M. Horace Say, who (Le said) in the science of political economy, showed himself to be the worthy pupil of his (M. Say's) illustrious father. M. Faider neat referred to Col. Thomp son as a " veteran of free-trade, a man who, during 30 years, had passed his life in defending and propagating liberty in a social as wall as a political point of view." (Loud cheers.) To Dr. Bowring, whose powerful voice had resounded amongst the Belgians, as it resounded a short time ago on the other side of the channel, and whose solid asgaments, which caused the triumph of commercial liberty in England, are now well known in this country—arguments which show in what manner the muses may be acted upon"—(great cheering); and to Mr. Wilson, the director of the Econo mist.," who has rendered so much service to science." (Ap plause.) The roast was enthusiastically responded to. The Due D'IIAIICOVILT returned thanks. In the course of his address he observed that Belgium was one of the most intelligent, the most commercial, and freest actions of the world. Never could a better place be chosen for a congress than Brussels. Belgium had always been coveted by the great powers of Europe, and now, by an admirable arrangement of Providence, she was destined to conquer her conquerors (cheers), to present to them tho standard of commercial liberty, under which all the nations of the earth will, for a certainty, be yet ranged. (Renewed applause.) Next to the gospel itself, free trade was the most civiliuing of ele ments. " You are aware," continued the duke, that in 1789, a revolution was effected which made some noise in the world. That revolution had in view the destruction of privileges, but not the creation of new ones. Now the gen tlemen who sell cloth and cotton should not have privileges which are refused to the ancient gen tilshooones. (Laughter, and cheers). The former are even more dangerous than the latter, for the ancient eentiisitommes were at least subje ct to the law., but the new category make the laws, and gene rally to their own advantage. It is the abolition of those privileges that we demand. (Applause.) Cul. THOMPsoN (who, on rising, was greeted with loud cheers), said : A congress, gentlemen, is a formidable affair, but a dinner is the daily business of all men. (Laughter and &sem) On that account a littleanore liberty than usual should be allowed at a dialler. 'Gentlemen, I have been comneissioned to propose a toast, viz., " To all Associations." The field is certai sly a vast one, but my impression is, that par ticular reference is made to associations for the propagation of free trade. (Cheers.) The institutions of England and Belgium admit the principle and practice of freedom of association; and I trust that those institutions will be adopted in every ' country in Europe. Englishmen love and respect Belgium, and are ready to defend it against every unjust aggression. But we desire to avoid the chance of any aggression, of any collision ; and what better means of effecting that object could we have than such peaceful associations as the one we I have held; associations tending to destroy every day more and more the germs of war 1 (Cheers.) Ii is at meetings like the present one that the basis of perpetual peace may be laid. The tout was duly honoured. Mr. WoLowsni proposed the next toast, "The Working Men," which was drunk amidst prolonged cheers. M. RITTINoiIetIIEN (protectionist) alter stating that all who assisted at the congress entertained the most lively sym pathy for the working men, proposed, in appropriate terms, the health of the preeideut, M. de Brouckere, which was drunk with even more than the usual Belgian honours. M. SeutNoeit (a native of Holland) remarked that when the gentlemen, who assisted at the congress, returned to their homes, they were bound to do all in their power to promote free-trade. (Cheers.) War had been talked of, but he felt convinced that if sovereigns were foolish enough to think of it, the people were wise enough to prevent the execution of the idea. (Applause.) The following toasts were duly responded to :—" The Hely Alliance of Nations." (proposed by Dr. Bowring), " The Liberty of Nations," and " Pope Pius the 9th." The I lest tout wee drunk amidst the most enthusiastic cheering, which lasted during several minutes. Cot.. THONtreON "as the descendant of the most Protes tant of Protestants" said be could not refrain from stating what hopes were entertained in England with respect to the noble enterprises of the illustrious pontiff. All men were " papists " when they saw the Pope take in hand the gene ral interests of the human race. (Great cheering.) The foilowing were the concluding toasts '• To Belgian hospitality," (by Mr. Swart) ; " Richard Cobden an d F. I Baatiat ;" " M. Rittingbaosen •" " Sir R. Peel " (enthusias tically received) ; and " The Chairman." rbt (Court. . We have authority to announce that the prepara tions for the reception of the Court at Windsor Castle render it necessary to discontinue the admission of si.itors with orders to view the private apartments after Thursday next, the 23rd inst. Hia Excellency the Austrian ambassador trans acted buinema yesterday at the Foreign-office. The Duke of Gluckstadt, and Prince William and suite, arrived in London on Saturday afternoon, by the General Steam Navigation Company's mail steam-ship John Bull, from Hamburg. Baron Gothenburg and Baron Noes were among the passengers that amved at Blackwell Pier yesterday after. noon by the General Steam Navigation Company's steam ship Triton, from Ostend. HER MAJESTY'S DEPARTURE FROM SCOTLAND. FORT WILLIAM, FRIDAY EVENING.—This, the morning of the day on which her Majesty, as arranged, was to leave Ardverikie, dawned, as usual, in mist and ruin. In the course of the forenoon, however, a partial clearing took place, and fair and foul alternated during the remainder of the day. The metropolitan police took the road for Fort William at eight o'clock, and up till mid-day successive de partures of servants and luggage took place. Her Majesty originally intended to cross the loch in a barge, but the idea was afterwards abandoned. The last de spatches from Ardverikie were sent off at ball.pas-. one, p.m., and immediately after lunch the royal car riages were ordered. Her majesty, with the royal children and the Marchioness of Douro, occupied the brat, Prince Albert having left the lodge for Inverness on the preceding day. The Duke of Norfolk, Lord Palmerston, Sir James Clarke, and General Wemyes followed her majesty. The royal carriages drove at a rapid pace, changing horse. only once, at Tillieh, eighteen miles from Ardverikie. The pre paration at Fort William—or Maryburgh, as the natives call st—to d) honour to her majesty on her embarkation, were fresh and extensive. About half-put five p.m. the royal yacht moved from the anchorage under the Ardgour land, and took up a position a short distance from the quay. The royal barge shortly afterwards was brought to the landing-place, and Lord Adolphus Fitzelarence landed. At six o'clock the Fairy was observed to arrive at Hanavie. l'rinee Albert, the Marquis of Abercore, Captain Gordon, and Mr. Anson immediately left the yacht at the top of the locks and proceeded to Car- E:f . k ra the mouth of the canal, where they proceeded on the Garland, by which they were conveyed to the royal yacht. As the Garland passed, the Scourge manned her yards, and the guns of the fort fired a salute. While the guns were firing, the royal 'carriage entered Fort William, and drove slowly to the quay, where her Majesty alighted. Sheriffs Fuser and Colquhoun were in waiting to receive the Queen. Her Majesty walked down to the pier, holding the Princess Royal by the hand, and accompanied by the Duke of Norfolk. The Marchioness of Douro followed with the members Lord Palmerston and the other m thesu al it e e s ; walked behind. At the moment of Pberill.Ce ofo f Wales; her Majesty's arrival rain was falling, and her Majesty per mitted a canopy to be borne over her head by four hne looking Highlanders. Her Majesty, during her progress down the pier, was rapturously cheered, and she repeatedly acknowledged the greeting of the people. Lord Adolphus Fitzelarence handed her Majesty into the royal barge, on which., a green silk canopy had been put up ; and as her Majesty put her foot in the boat the guns of the fort gave her a royal salute. The Queen was met on the deck of the royal yacht by the Prince. The Marquis of Abereorn had the honour of dining on board the royal yacht with her Majesty and the Prince. In the even ing Fort William wu brilliantly illuminated. SATURDAY.—This morning, at five, the royal squadron got under way from Fort Wallin]. The Scourge, with the domestics and luggage on baud, took the lead, acting as the guardahip. The Victoria and Albert followed; the Garland came next, and the Fairy . brought up the rear ; the Black Eagle and the Unclips having sailed yesterday morn ing by the Mull of Kiutyre, for Lochgilp. The squadron kept ineside of Lismore and Kerud, steered dote past tho mouth of the sound of Scarha, so as to give her Majesty a view of the Gulf of Corry Vreckan, which was considerably agitated, and arrived at Loch Crisman about half-past nine o'clock. The preparations there were the same as on the day of her Majesty's arrive/. The beautiful barge, the Sunbeam, was at the wharf, with horses ready her , neared and the jockies mounted. Her Majesty landed at a quarter to ten, amid the cheers of the people, passed through the triumphal arch, and took her seat in the barge about ten o'clock. As aeon as the barge started the royal squadron got under way, and, with sail and steam, made the but of their way by the Mull of Kintyre to Camp belton Loch, there to join her Majesty. The country gentle men also drove in carriages from Crinnan to Locbgilpbead, to be present at her Majesty's embarkation. Her Majesty arrived at Ardriahaig at a quarter put twelve o'clock. The Black Eagle and the Undine, having arrind on the preceding evening. lay at anchor in the roads. The Petrel, the llunrobin Castle, and other steamers from Glargow had arrived in the forenoon, and landed ■ few hundred passengers maims to witness her Majesty's de parture. Ardrialudg was decked with thee and floral arches, but the beauty of the scene was completely destroyed by a heavy and cold rein, which began about an hour before the arrival of her Majesty, and continued until the embarkation was over. At half-past twelve her Majesty hft the royal barge, and drove down to the quay in Sir J. Ord's ferriage. Alighting, her Majesty, the Priem., and the royal children walked down the pier, accompanied by several gentlemen. Immediately on the arrival of her Majesty on board the Black Eagle, the vessel, as well as the Undine, got their anchors up, and steamed rapidly down Loch 04, and entered the &and of Kilbrannan about three o'clock. Our correspondent at Fleetwood writes as follows - • FLPIZTIVOOD. MONDAY.—Up to the moment I write, for the last train which leaves here for Lot-don tool tv (half-past twelve o'clock at noon), the royal squadron had not made the bay. Yesterday was an anxious day for thousands here, who had arrived during the morning and the pre• ceding evening by special trains from Manchester, Liverpool, Lancaster, Leeds, and the intervening towns, though, from the state of the weather, a great d,al of doubt prevailed as to whether the vessels would put out to aes. The morning was calm and clear, but towards nine or ten o'clock sudden squalls of wind, accompanied with torrent., of rain, came at short intervals, and prevailed throughout the whole of the succeeding portion of the day. A diversity of opi nions prevailed among't nautical men as to whe ther the royal squadron would venture out in such a sea, a majority of the seamen accus tomed to the coast inclining to the opinion that it was not probable; and certainly none of the numerous steamers lying et the pier, and advertised to sail on trips in the after- noon to meet the squadron, ventured out. Crowds of anxious spectators lined the piers and terraces overlooking the mouth of the harbour at six o'clock, the hour of flood tide, the hour at which her Majesty was expected, and for more than an hour afterwards, even whet[ darkness had set in—hoping against hope; but not a vessel hove in sight. Great disap pointment prevailed, but it was thought the royal squadron, having had a head wind to contend with, might only h .ve been delayed,—that it might arrive in the oiling during the night, and steam into the h arbour with this morning's tide at seven o'clock. Fleetwood is exceedingly full of visitors; every bed at the hotels and private lodging-houses had been taken up by yesterday morning, and wnen evening arrived, with its disappointed expectations, some thousands of persons had to avail themselves of the special trains provided by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company to convey them home again, or to the surrounding watering places where &MOM modation for the night was expected to be had. The near est of these are Blackpool, Poulton, and Ly thins, ab sut a dozen to fifteen wiles hence. This morning the railway trains brought back many of the disappointed of yesterday and vast numb,ra of other visitors besides ; and when the I tide flowed many an anxious and curious eye was again strained to catch a glimpse of some distant funn 1 that might be in the van of the squadron, or herald i a approach. But we were doomed to a second disappointment. Hope, how. ever, has found another anchor, and people are in good spirits. A rumour get currency, and turn out to be cor rect, that the wife of the pilot of the port had received • letter from her husband, dated from Campbeltown Bay, on Saturday night, where he had gone by order of the Admiralty to pilot the royal squadron into this port, stating that in the event of say but the most favour able wind her Majesty would not attempt such a long voyaeo in one day, but would most likely put either in.,. Ramsay or Douglas hays, in the Isle of Man, and thus make two easy stages of the distance, of six or seven hours' sail each day. As the distance from Campheltown Bay to Fleetwood is 140 miles, and might have occupied 12 or 13 hove a to steam, in such weather as we had yesterday, this is thought likely by those acquainted with the passage, and so up to this time those with have come here to greet their sovereign with a passing cheer as she comes ashore have not given way to positive despondency or fear, but flatter themselves that it is m, rely " hope deferred," and that they will yet be gratified. A very fresh breeze has beets blowing all the morning, with successive intervals of showers and sunshine, and the distant waves of the ocean, as far as the eye can stresch, are crested with foam ; but the wind is directly north-west, —the most favourable wind that could prevail for vessels makinfe, the bay front the Isle of Man—and there is nothing in that to damp the general expectation. It I. thought now that the royal squadron may brave in sight towards three or four o'clock, and lie in the offing to come up with the tide at dusk, where the royal yacht will ba moored with four hawsers at about thirty feet distance from the pier head, till morning. The conduct of the railway companies up to the present time has been moat admirable. Capt. Huish, of the London and North Western, is here with the royal train, and has afforded every opportunity, consistent with reason, of gratifying the general wish to inspect the state carriage of her most gracious Majesty; and Mr. H Houldswortb, Mr. Higgin (chairman of the Lancashire and Yorkshire, and Fleetwood and Wyre companies), and Mr. George Wilson (vice-chairman of the former of these two companies), assisted by the other directors, have made every pro. vision possible to afford a view of the debarkation of the royal family. The landing oier is covered with a abed which has been lined with elegant draperies, and the floor of which is covered with crimson cloth. The high sheriff of the county is sojourning here in order to receive her Ma jesty when she comes ashore in the morning, and is accom ranied by the two members for the northern division of the county. Whilst writing the above, although nothing has been heard to create alarm for the safety of her Majesty, I may mention the fact, which has just been communicated to me, as showing that the weather has been sufficiently rough, that two vessels were drivers ashore about 20 miles from here, whilst endeavouring to fnake the mouth of the Ribble. They were seen from Southport, and one of them, a vessel laden with corn, from Limenek, had broken her back ; but as she had not gone to pieces entirely, at low water it was expected to save much, if not all, of her cargo. The crew had been saved. THE REGISTRATIONS. CITY OF LONDON.—On the court resuming its sitting yrsterday, the J gents steed that having con ferred together according to arrangement, they had come to an understanding that certain objections should be allowed and others dieallowed, and that the agreement thus made would have the effect of facilitating the progress of the reel sioo. . . . . . . . Mr. bl'Clrri , tie took occasion to advert at length to the provisions of the Registration Act as to coots in certain cues of objection, and stated the course which be should pursue. After citing the sections having reference to the mode of giving notice of objection, and to the forms to be observed previous to the holding of the court, ho said that by the 40th section it was enacted that, " if in any cue it shall appear to any revising barrister holding any court as &foresail, that any person shall under this act have made, or attempted to sustain, any groundless or frivolous and vexatious claim, or objection, or title to have any name inserted, or re tained, in any list of voters, it shall be lawful for the barrister in his discretion to make such order as he shall think fit fur the payment by such per son of the costs, or of &ay part of the costs, of any person or persons, in resisting such claim, or objection, or title." It was then provided that such costs should not ex ceed 205., and " that whenever any reviving barrister shall have made any such order for the payment of any sum of I money for costs, by any person who shall have made any ob i jection as aforesaid, it shall not be lawful for the said bar rister to hear or admit proof of any other objection, or notice of objection, made or signed by the said person, until the sum of money so ords red to be paid by him for costs be paid." He referred to the words of the act both on account of the importance of the rule to be observed, and because his mean ' ing, as expressed previously had been somewhat misunder stood. He bad felt great difficulty in laying down anything like a general rule as to how groundless objections were to be dealt • ith, as regarded the question of costs, while he also felt the absolute necessity of doing so, because, from what he had seen, he concluded that the number of I utterly groundless objections before the court was enormous. He had stated before, in the first place, that ho should do nothing which he considered calculated to deter bond fide objections from being made; secondly, that where ground less objections were brought forward he should give costs ; and thirdly, that in cues of notices of objection which had been given, if when thou cases were called on he should be told that the objections were withdrawn, inasmuch u the notices had paned through all the machinery and formali ties provided for by the set, if the parties objected to ap peared and informed him that they had received the notices of objection, and if the handwriting of the objector were proved or admitted, he should hold that under the act the objections had been made, and in such cues he should give costs. It had been contended by a gentleman before him that when notices of objection were not attempted to be sustained, he (the revising barrister) bad no cognisance of them, and could not' deal with them. He could not concede to such a proposition. A notice of objection was 'given and published. If the objector saw that the party objected to was not in court, he proceeded to prove his notice of objection, and, supposing the person objected to were not present to prove his qualifi cation, the act of parliament required him (the revising banister) to eraso that person's name. It appeared to he imagined that if the objector saw the person objected to in court he had only to state that he had been misinformed by somebody, and then to withdraw his objection. If such, however, were the law, a party groundlessly objected to had only the alternative of being disfranchised, or of making his appearance simply to hear from the objector that, in conse quence of his appearance, there was no objection to him. It had been urged that the rule upon which he had proceeded might induce the objector in all cases to proceed to have the objection fully discussed, though he might feel satisfied that it was untenable. His answer to that was, that he should endeavour so to regulate the amount of costs as to prevent any unnecessary consumption of time. The cases decided during the day were of an uninteresting character. The following is a summary of the reMaion for the three days during which the court has already sat, up to its rising yesterday —Liberal claims allowed, 3 ; disallowed, 1. Con servative claims allowed, 1 ; disallowed, 1. Liberal objec tions sustained, 77 ; failed, 29. Conservative objections sus tained, 47 ; failed, 67. Objections by both parties sustained, 35; failed, 0 , WEST RIDING OP YORKSHIRE. The revising banisters for the West Riding of Yorkshire, Messrs. Bien shard, Boothby, and Temple, - held their courts at Bradford, yesterday morning, for the revision of the lists of Riding voters in that district. Though there were rather more objections to be heard in that district than in any other of the Riding, none of the cases raised any new point of im portance, and the business was got through at an early hour. To-day the revision courts will be held at Halifax and at beighley. POPE PIUS THE NINTH. A meeting of " catholics of the Sardinian Chapel, Lineoln's-inn-fielda, and of othen sympathising with them, to express their hearty indignation at the late iniquitous pro ceedings of the Austrian government," was he:4 yesterday evening at the Freemasons' Hall. The hall wa densely crowded. At seven o'elosk,. The Rev. J. lirsr: took the chair, and briefly stated the objects of the meeting. They had met, he said, fur a double purpose. On the one hand, to uphold the int-reAs of patriotism, virtue. and religion, and on the other to beat d tern to the dust injustice, tyranny, and sacrilege. (Cheers.) They we ro met there to cheer and encourage the heart of their most holy father, l'ope l'ius i X., the greatest and mo.t illustrious of living men, and to declare that, u far as the laws of their country would allow them, they were ready to defend him, not only with their for tunes, but, if necessary, with the last drop of their blood. Oh, this was a glorious cause, calculated to in flame the coldest imagination—a cause which had eli cited the sympathy, not only of catholics, but of all right-minded and honest men throughout the world. To catholics, the question to be decided was of the utmost importance, not only in a political but a religious point of view. On the contest now going on in hely de pended the question whether they should he free or enslaved fur centuries to come—whether the land of the brave ancient Romans was to continue • prey to a hateful foreign domina tion, or was to burst its chains asunder, and rise again, the glory of the nations, and the pride and admiration of the world. (Cheers.) All the great principles for which patriots in all ages had fought and bled were at stake in the struggle between Pope l'ius IX. and the despot of Austria. Not only were political privi. leges but the interests of religion itself at stake. It was now to be decided whether the holy father we, to be a puppet in the hands of Austria, or was to be free and inde pendent, to rule the Church of God according to his own con science and the welfare and happiness of the Christian world. For many years the government of Austria had exercised a most unjust influence over the head of the church, for many years had it interfered in the election of Pope, and bad had the audacity to send mes-ages to the College of Cardinals to influence such elections. Ever since the time of Joseph 11. the Austrian emperors had sought to lessen the powers of the Pope in their own dominions, and, unfortunately, they had too well succeeded. The l'ope had now in Austria only nominal power, and the bishops were held in fetters as galling as in the dominions of the sanguinary monster who sat en throned in the icy capital of the north. They were bound to rally round the holy father because Austria threatened to invade the property of the church, and to attack the person of the holy father, himself. Oh, if he were to touch him only with his finger, all Europe would rise up as one man and tear the monster in pieces, (Cheers) But they had reason to hope that the present state of things would net long continue. They had reason to be lieve that Pius IX. had been sent by providence to chastise and scathe the tyrants of the earth, to destroy the unna tural connexion which for years had subsisted between the church and deep ni.a. (Cheers.) If then they were lovers of liberty, if they held patriotism and virtue in honour, if they detested tyranny and oppression, if they were faithful children of the holy see, they would on that evening raise a shout of execration against the monster of Austria which would make the tyrant tremble on his very throne. lie hail nothing further to add save to introduce the mover of the first resolution. The Rev. It. MELIA (an Italian clergyman, butwho spoke excellent English) moved in substance, that as catholic* they were bound to the holy see and to the head of the church, and that they begged to express before the world their unqualified allegiance to Pope Pias IX.. who so worthily fills St. Peter's chair. The object of the present meeting was very interesting to him (Mr. Melia), but he regretted exceedingly that ids small knowledge of the English language prevented his expatiating on it as he could wish. lie was a native of Rime, and had been but a short time living in this metropolis, and therefore be could but imperfectly speak their Sulgusge. Besides it was the first occasion on which he had presumed to speak at a public meeting. (" Hear," and sheen.) But it was for him a gnat pleasure to think that his first essay was made in favour of the first man of the age. Cheers.) Yes, Pius the Ninth was the brat man of the ase, not only as being the supreme earthly ruler of Christianity, but as being the most liberalsovereign, the must " progressiste" man of the present times. They had heard massy things oi Pope Pius, but he (Mr. Melia) knew much more. They knew him generally, and by reputation, but he knew the holy father personally. ( Hear.) They knew him but a short time: he had known him for twenty years. During all that time had Pius the Ninth been em ployed for the good of religion, for the business of the church, and the welfare of mankind. I'ius the Ninth was, in fact, the angel of the present century ; the Irish liberator had passed away, but he had given his place to the Italia. liberator. Daniel O'Connell was dead, but his heart was still living in Rome in the breast of Pope Pius the Ninth. (Cheers.) A friend had recently spoken to the holy father about politics, and his answer was, "My politics con sist in putting into practice the commands of the natural law and the Gospel. If I were • subject I should desire my sovereign to consult my liberty and happiness ; as a sovereign I shall not do leas than as a subject I desired." These were the feelings at the heart of the holy father, and all the bayonets of Austria could not daunt such a heart. (Cheers.) Pius IX. was the morning star, nay more, he wan the sun in the happy horizon of the now enlightened world, whose mission it was to show that catholicity was not hostile to liberty and progress. Already many reforms had been effected by the Pope. He had granted • general amnesty, he had esta blished a council of ministers, he had revised the penal code, he had issued a commission for the direction of the treasary, he had appointed deputies for the provinces, and he had con ceded municipal government; lastly, he h■d promoted the eonstruction of railways in the papsi dominions. (Cheers.) After one or two further obscrvatious, the reverend speaker concluded by imploring the meeting to send to Pius IX. means successfully to combat the machinations at Austria. Mr. LVeAfl, in seconding the resolution, entered into a king historical detail, to show that universal christendom had for merly been in the habit of contributing to the papal re venue', and said that as Rome was now fighting the battle of christendom, the whole burthen of the struggle should not be allowed to rest on the Legation" and the Campagna. ltome was to the whole:christian world what Middlesex was to England, and had no mote right to bear the entire bur then of the national expenses. Mr. CHISHOLM ANsTEr, M.P., moved that Pope Pius the Ninth " deserves thtir unbounded respect and admiration as a wise temporal ruler and a firm asscrtor of rational liberty and independence." Mr. Ansley argued that in this straggle catholic should rely on themselves, and repudiate the intervention of the great—what he called the robber princes of Europe. Lord Palmerston was not to be trusted, as his objects were not to serve the Pope, but to subserve the whig policy in Ireland. Neither did he wish to call in the aid of Sir C. Napier and his fleet, seeing that that officer, although brave, was not moral, and had once commanded a piratical squadron on the coast of Portugal. He (Mr. Anstey had no wish to see the holy father proto colisrd. (Hear. If they only aided the l'ope to awry on the strugg e himself, he would establish civil and religious liberty, not only in central Italy, but over the whole of Italy, and in the domains of Austria herself. The Rev. W. KELLY seconds d the resolution. After a few words from a Mr. Northouse ia support of the resolution, Mr. L. EremiNolisM moved, and tho Rev. W. Banat seconded, a resolution protesting against the occupation of Ferrara by the Austrian troops. AU the resolutions were carried unanimously. A collection having been made, thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting separated. THE NEW SANITARY COMMISSION.—The appdat ntent of the special commission, gazetted this week, foe inquiring into the means of improving the health of tie metropoii., must be regarded as • recommencement of sanitary reform in a more workmanlike manner. In sttempt ing to legislate, Lord Morpeth was balked by easily fore seen obstacles. In appointing a commission to grapple with the principal of those obstacles government stand pledged to a real performance of work. The commissioners can not mistake their duty or their interest. Three of them are men already versed in their labour. The chair man is a steady, attentive, and judicious man. Mr. Lambert Jones, the commissioner taken from the City, has been called " the representative of filth ;" it having been presumed that he would represent the conservative objection entertained in the City against inno vation on the vested rights of filth and pestilence to un disturbed away. But the presumption is too gross. We do not remember what precise coon. Mr. Jones has taken on the subject of sanitary reform ; but ev erybodyknows that be is an active intelligent man, with feelings and tastes above mere local objects. His *election for so important poet cannot but stimulate him to acquit himself with credit. There can be no doubt that he will be a useful aid to the other commissioners, and, possibly, he may be the means of at once disarming the civic fears of cleanliness sod of conciliating assent. The more boldly and effectually the commissioners do their work, the more thorough will be their support from the public, the more complete their hold en the official concurrence in ulterior measure.. It will not be very long before another opportunity will occur tee testing the sincerity of the official support. The functions which ought to be performed bye board of health are per. formed, or rather neglected, by certain commissioner. of &were, appointed for each district of the metropolis. Ex cept for the City, the commissions are issued by the Lord Chancellor; and the chancellor annually appoints them ac cording to • list handed in by each expiring board, which he adopts without question. The commissions will expire is December next. Of course, if the new special commission is to have any practical or reasonably prompt result, it will be seedless to re-appoint the old machinery for another year. An additional reason against continuing this standing prac tice is the probability that the commissions about to expire would nominate candidates the most disposed and most able to obstruct the measure intended to supersede them in their functions. The appointment of the commissions, therefore, ought to be suspended at least till the special commissioners have made their report. From the course taken by Lord Cottenham in this behalf, the public will be able to form a tolerable guess as to the official sincerity.—Spectator, CELEBRATION OF TILE RETURN OF MR. W. J. FOX TO PAILLIAMENT.—Yeiterday evening a meeting took place at the National-hall, in Holborn, of the friends and ad mirers of Mr. W. J. Fox, to celebrate his return to parlia ment. Mr. W. Lovett was in the chair. A numerous assemblage partook of tea, after which the following sent'. m-'nta were Pored : By Mr. T. Beggs, seconded by Mr. W. Howitt, " The source of all wealth, and the foundation of all power, a free, moral, and enlightened population ; the growing desire for improving our fellow-country,ro mentally, morally, and politically, which has recently Mr. ~111. AtiOn rates been I 11111