The Express. — London, England, 1852-05-28 00:00:00

sod unconscious or careless of the roar and the motion e t the waves around it. No such thing. Oxford is convicted by the report of the cow easioners of being the most revolutionary body in England. While all other institutions retain l ow truces of their origin, Oxford retains none, e xcept a few names. Never has revolutionary folly ac ted more wildly than in the university. It has prowl etctainly for a century or two, but the pre /Nat oxford I hms are the legitimate descendants of a race of real revolutionists. The career of the uni- Ter i:s, from the earliest time to the reign of • IMES 1., had been one constant system of change, And the result is that the Oxford of the pre sent day has scarcely one feature left of the Oxford of the past. The uwr. nit) , (says the report), like ell the older uni vrnan. of wastes Europe, appears to have been at the get an aeon of teachers, united only by mutual in ten':. E•e,i association requires a legicative body and es,cut.ve otti, es ; but in at voluntary associations these wa•unat vb owlets exist, originally at least, in their simplest 10101. his caul, suit seems prohibit., that the legislature O n f 10.. r•i.y in carly times consisted of one house only, whiOt all the masters or teachers had a scat, called " the ge n g r.gation •• tieing engaged in the daily bushiest of the adwob, the mason were always at hand, and Gould be ma ws... 4 at any moment except in the holidays. The house which bran their name is, even to this day, summoned snip by the sound of a bell The house of congrega tion n the real representative of the primeval legislature of the linear) ignakie of Ottford. In the course of time a number of masters of a con taro rank were selected to form an upper house, called the 110 Ise of Convocation. The head of the whole body. chosen by tho master , ' thernselres, was called at tint Rector Sclolarum. or Master of the Scholars, and afterwards Almost equal in autho rity mere the two proctors. They were likewise chosen by the whole body of masters. disc is as proper a democracy as it ever entered into the minds of the most ardent republican to con ceive. Now. let us see what the spirit of change has done toward. upsetting every trace of the old cousti- tut ion. The tirat innovation, as we have represented before, was the inthience acquired by bodies which, at the time we speak of, had no existence,—the endowed colleges or hall*. The report tells us— The students who resorted to °ironl in early times lived In the houses of the townspeople. In some cases a number i of youth., sufficient to support an authorised teacher, that is, a tuaster of arts, or a graduate in one of the superior facultie-, occupied with him a whole tenement, which then bore the name of inn, hostel. or hall. 't he master who ruled it took the title of principal, and acted as guardian of the vounger members es the number of students increased the balls multiplied. Anthony Wood states that he could show the 11•13106 and places of more than three hundred. Still, the great majority of the scholars lived in hired rooms independently. Cardinal POLE struck the first blow at the system by ordering all students under a certain age to withdraw from the houses of citizens and place themselves under tho care of a principal in some hall. Now, the independent halls would frequently cease to be tenanted after the de par:are or death of a favourite master, or after the soe:e:y had been broken up by the acquisition of 'lei:ices by the students. They would have no better chance of a perennial existence than a modern private school. The case would i.e different with the endowed halls or colleges, the value of whose endowments would' be gradually increasing. These incorporate bodies, strong through wealth, union, and presence on the spot, Were enabled to purchase such of the private halls as had been abandoned, or were not sucososfid, and by these means it became practicable to enforce the residence of all undergraduates in some col or collegiate hall. This was the first entrance of the edge of the wedge. The endowed halls ate up the unendoweol. After well digesting the meal, they sot to work to appropriate the university. There is no part of the report more clear than that in which it is shown that these colleges were eleemosynary foundations. A college (says the report) may be defined as • charitable foundation for the support of poor scholars with perpetual puree ease, devoting themselves to study and prayer, admi nistering their own again under the presidency of a bead within and the control of a visitor without, according to statutes which were to be neither altered nor me dined, and which were sanctioned by solemn oath. . . They were designed to supply poor studestamolang as they were poor, and so long es they were 'Mani% dad no loeyer, with a maintenance decent and honest, to it is expressed in the statutes of New College, but of a frugal character." . . . " That poverty was heldt the indispensable (roadie= appears conclusively from Abe , reproof addree.cd by Archbishop Peckham, the Tinter id Merton College, to that society, in the year 1281 :—'Zs oucht only to have received the indigent, as is shows as the eleventh chapter of the regulations, whence it apposes that se have no liberty to receive such u have sufficient to peuvi, fur their own necessities .... with their own means, or such as arc employed in any other business, or enjoy any other situation which brings them a competency."' In order that this condition of poverty might not be infringed, all division of a surplus was forbidden. So late as 1609, Archbishop Bancroft speaks of tho divi sion of any part of the corn or money of All Souls' College among the fellows as a " fraudulent diverting of the same from the behoof and profit of the college unto private uses, which is the point principally forbidden in the statutes." The statutes of Merton, balliol, Oriel, Queen's, and Pem broke provide that, in cue the revenues of the society Aall inervaw, the number of fellows shall also be increased. Even where the number of members on the foundation was Seed, it by no means follows that the fellows were to divide a surplus. It would take too much space to quote from tho report a number of passages, all tending to prove that the funds of the colleges were intended to be applied solely to poor men and to students, and that the moment these conditions were infringed the right to a participation in the funds was forfeited. Intel lectual proficiency was not even deemed a necessary condition. Archbishop Peckham, who cannot but have rightly ap prehended the spirit of the statute, of Walter de Mende, fai the 12th chapter of hie ordinances, thus reprimands the kllows. " Contrary to the intention of those regulations, ye are unwilling to admit (that is as fellows) youths likely to advance in knowledge, but only those who are alread far advanced, which is clearly contrary to the terms laid down in the 11th chapter ; since, as is shown above, ys °oedema to admit thou who are learning grammar." In site of admonitions, however, colleges sae needed to departing so far from the spirit of their ancient regulations, that the fellows, instead of being poor students, labouring to instruct themselves, became rich men, without any duty of study im posed upon them. They usurped the whole privilege of tuition; whereas, the were bound formerly to be learners. Finally, t hey excluded from the uni versity all who would not be taught by them. We perceive already the republican constitution at the university tottering. After the collegeehad takes parassion of the whole power the rest wuessy. Belere the loth century the Heads of Colleges had, as se* no statutable power in the university. Is 1589 Rosser Drinitr, Earl of Leicester, the einninilor, =Bard to pass some statutes enacting that 1111111,1111 ghoul be uo more disco/led before the tong:option —the old democratic body—but before a meeting of the Vice-Chancellor, Heads of Colleges, Doctors and Proctors. In the time of CITABLE' Ithe Doctors lest their privileges and the meeting was limited to the Hinds of Colleges and the Proctors. The next step was the degradation of the Proctors. The whole power of government in the university is now virtually in the hands of the Ikeda of Colleges, who, with the Proctors, form what is called the Hebdo madal Board. Is there not some reason in saying that the ancient constitution of the university has' been rtvolutionised ? It is scarcely necessary to say that the commis sawn are unanimous in the condemnation of the hebdomadal board as a means of governtnent. Our object is this article will be achieved if the reader has been made to perceive how monstrous is the eatery made by the authorities in Oxford against a change in the university, when history proves that change has been the exception and not the rule in the institution. Wo only insist that henceforth changes shall not be made for tho interest of the few, but the good of the many. FATAL WAGER.—Yesterday, an inquest was held by Mr. Baker, at the White Bear, Lambeth-street, White chapel, on th e b o dy o f R o b er t Churehlow, aged 36 years, ly neiding at No. 34, Gower's-walk, Church-lane. The was • labour. r in the employ of Mr. Webb, builder, of Gower's-walk, and as Wednesday, the 19th ' ls t *hilt (Imaged in repairing a retort at a sugar baker's, he laid one of the other workmen a gallon of beer that be woo; I carry a piece of sheet iron, M 1 cwt., Reran do rat Four of the men, at his own desire, then placed the hem ea his hae k, and one exclaimed, " Don't do it, Bob." The decea.ed ' , aid," It is all right;" and as he walked along, he slipp. 4, a.l sprained his back. The piece of iron was placed on iserieh, when the deceased seemed very ill, and complained of severe pain in the loins. Ile went home, where he or es visited by Mr. Gwyn, the surgeon, to whom be io s,r mentioned the injury he had received, and whilst srtliu J at ',Apia r on Sunday night, he was suddenly seised with s fit and expired. Mr. Gwyn said be had no doubt the .1.4..4%11 bad died from internal hemorrhage, caused ihe heavy weight lie had carried. The inquiry was ad s-awned for the attendance of an important waster, and for %post eaorf ens examination of the body. FRANCE. PARIS, TIMILIMAT The event of to-day is the reception of M. Alfred de ?ilusset at the Academy, which has drawn a bril liant assemblage of company, with the usual crowd of ladies, to the Palace of the Institute. The new academician is the first purely literary character that has been elected for a long time. It bus been the custom, during moversl years pest, to look for that eminence which seemed to deserve the academic crown among the ranks of politicians; and if literary merit was not excluded, it was at least blended in the came of MM. Ouizot and Montalem bert with statesmanlike renown. M. Alfred de Musset was early known by poems, breathing the morbid egotism of the Byronic school, but occa sionally musical and fresh as some of the happiest efforts of Heinrich Heine. The "Spectacle dans un Fauteuil" was a brilliant assemblage of dramatic sketches, distinguished by a power which gave pro mime of no ordinary genius. But the later produc tions of M. Alfred Mussel never fully realised the hopes which were formed by the admirers of these early works. 'rho discourse pronounced by M. de Mullet was, as is customary, the eulogy of M. Dupaty, his predeceesor. At the ball given last night by Ocneral d'llaut poul, grand referendary of the Senate, the absence of Louis Napoleon was remarked. Neither was Prince Jerome, president of the Senate, present. The ab sence of the President and that of his uncle were both attributed to the same cause, namely, the cool ness which MS prevailed, ever since the resignation of M. Poussard, between the president of the Senate and the grand referendary. The committee of the budget has adopted an amendment suppressing the sale tea of the inspectors general of the ministry . of police, and hai expressed the wish that that entire department should be sup. pressed. The committee has also adopted an amend ment, proposed by M. de Montalembert, to the effeet that no credit should be allowed fur the sale of the Orleans estates. iiwas ---- reierted to-day on the Bourse that a threatening note had beer. addressed by the Freud% government to Belgium, demanding the expulsion of French refugees from the Belgian territory. This report, which however may turn out not altogether founded, assumes some importance in connection with the menacing tone of the ultra-Elysean journals, which make a tremendous noise about the rumours of fusion, and meeting of the members of the two branches of the Bourbons at Weisbaden. The movements of M. Berryer since his departure from Paris have been watched with some interest. He was received at Laeken by the King of the Bel gians. At Dresden he had a conference with the King of Saxony, whose daughter is to marry the Emperor of Austria. I am assured, from good au thority, that he was received at Berlin or Potsdam by the King of Prussia and the Emperor of Russia. He is now at Frohsdorf. AU public functionaries, military officers, and per sons who can be influenced by the government, are invited, I understand, to buy horses of French breed, in order to encourage horse-breeding in this country. A similar course was observed under the empire. None but French horses were allowed to be pur chased by officers, and the example was set by the household of the emperor. The government organs' boast of the great atten tions paid to Baron Heeckeren at Berlin, and speak particularly of his rich uniform of a senator which he wore before the Emperor of Russia. It is in tended to be inferred that the Emperor conferred with Baron Ileeckeren on the subject of his mission, but the truth is that although during the Ptes the Emperor of Russia may have seen M. Heeckeren's uniform in the crowd, he refused to give hint a private audience. Of this lam distinctly assured in a letter from Berlin, of May 24. A communicated note in the ifoniteur says: Some foreign journals, persisting in their systematic has- Slily to the government of the Prince President of the Re public, reproach him with exercising at this moment at Madrid an influence contrary to the maintenance of the constitution. This imputation has not the least foundation. L The French government is too jealous of its independence l not to respect that of others, and it would fail in its princi t les by miun g itself up in the internal a ff airs of Spain. _ . . . In my letter of Monday I mentioned that the Ceti stitutionnel had received instructions from govern ment to prepare en article upon the relations of France with Belgium, and to disavow the hostile in tentions imputed to Louis Napoleon by rumours that have long circulated in Brussels. The article ap pears to-day, with the signature of Oranier do Cu sagnac. It may be fairly described as an electioneer ing address to the Belgian constituencies, warning them that if on the Bth of June next, when new elections are to be made on behalf of the . Chamber of Deputies, they do not so vote as to displace the pre sent liberal majority, France, while abstaining from the use of any armed force, will starve them by closing her markets ageing their produce. The treaty of commerce with Belgium expires on the 10th of August. M. Cossognac asserts that France will then have the power, and in the event of liberal elections, he now declare; she has the intention, to :edam the Belgian provinces by boodle tariffs to sash a deplorable state that they must of necessity mak ea a favour &that their neighbour may be rto annex them to her dominions. Although e d held oat in the form of a threat, it is clear Mat Cassagnac has received instructions to *FON upon the Belgian people that if Mel re ealy knew their own interests they would sanexation at all events. He reminds them Mat hr IS yens they belonged to France, observes Wit the Menhir part of the population has a coin smell sympathy with the French, that the re meladsr ere asturady allied to them by community of tai 'worts that annexation to France wooldbe hemense commercial advantage to Bel gium, while to France the benefit would be "infi nitely Ism." All this betrays a hankering after Bel laopacoitirich must be anything but pleasing to of whom they speak in the following com plimentary strain : ILteg Leopold is a man of too elevated and practical a sad of a too noble character, not to have appro. mally with the other sove reigns of Europe, the Moses ionises rendered to thus muse of order by Prince Leah Nansissa. It is, therefore , just to say, that the King of the Belgians bas never emealed the sentiments if aim sad !Waste with whisk no has been inspired by the Is., and at the me Me moderate, conduct of the Nen& goveemeat; bet Wag Leopold is, after Queen Vistimia. the meet Melody constitutional sovereign in Berm; he Yeses take wimp a ministry, it is not neee serilginte sheen sr sprees of it. the Leg of the . Belidans does not, therefore, prate= to gams essereng to his personal views, it is not to him, bat to the Belgian people, that the rea soning of this eami-offetial article is addressed. Bel gium is divided into two great political parties, the catholic party sad the liberal party, candidly awed by M. de Cesar:Ls . =rustic to each ether. He claims the unsophisticated real population far the catholic party. The liberal party now in power differs but little in prinelple from what is called the revolutionary, although like =dye wis dom sad moderation of the Belgian ems* check its excesses. This party is under the dhasties of masonic lodges, clubs, and newspapers; and bon ler its principal leaders advocates and journalieb—that clue of persons so especially obnoxious to the French government since the extinction of liberty. M. Cassagnac attributes the triumph of the bad, or liberal party, in Belgium to the great increase of the constituency in 18413, when the electoral qualifi cation was reduced to 42fr. This. coming from the advocate of a government that pretends to glory in universal suffrages, weaered and infallible principle, is at least curious. After going through the list of the Belgian ministry, and seeking to disparage its members by showing that nearly every one of them has at some time or another wreten in a newspaper, he makes a general protestation of Louis Napoleon's peaceful intentions, and then comes to the main part of his argument : Bat if the Prism-President has not, and had, any idea of invadiag Belgium , he certainly has had and has still I the idea of making himself and France respected on the part of the Belgian government, se of every other; and the next elections in Eastern Flanders, is Itainanit, and in the pro vinces of Liege sad Limboarg, will considerably *draws the question. The electors of them province*, ia choosing their deputies, will have to consider whether it suits them beet to preserve and improve their commercial relations with France or to break them off. It will not come to an affair of cannon, bet it certainly will be one of tariff*. Belgium has undoubtedly a right to retain her ministers, but France his also an indisputable right to protect her markets. When favours are to be granted, a preference is not usually given to enemies. The Patric says, confirming an announcement I which I made sonic day sicee We are assured that a bill, applicable to officers of the navy, and relative to the question of the limit of age, will be submitted to the examination of the Legislative Body. The *est of this mown is to facilitate the tamer end the peamWen of dams of the secy. The distribution of @nerd •foreign journals ban I ba ew ns i ta ur ped at the Poet-glace. Among them is the Belga. in mineequenco of its containing on unbecoming (incotertnant) article on one of the French ministers. _ The well-known Mr. Serope Davies, the intimate friend of Lord Byron, died suddenly on Monday last, at his apartments in the Rue de Duns. Ho was the senior fellow of King's College, Cambridge. M. Vatimesnil has refused the oath as councillor general in the Blue. At the Bonne the Four-and•a-Half per Cents. fell 5, closing at 99.60; tho Threes fell 3, and closed at 70.60. The St. Germain Railway rose 35 ; 3.75; Tate and Bordeaux, 2.30; Havre, 1.23 ; Rouen fell 5 ; Orleans, 3.75; Tours and Nantes, 2.50; Bordeaux, Strasbourg, and Lyons, 1.25 each. THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 28, 1852. SWITZERLAND. Tho Federal Council has sent two delegates to Fribourg. HOLLAND. The Dutch Ministry is dissolved. The new Cabinet is thus composed :—lnterior, Sleet ; Foreign Affairs, Lichtenvold ; War, Sloem van Orarclande ; Justice, Van ITALY. LOMBARDY. The Grand Duke;i7;l7..las --- nna Michael of BMW* arrived at Milan on the 23rd, from Naples. it was expected they would stay there some days. PIEDMONT. The formation of the nowcabinet was Asian: announced to the Piedmonteee Senate, in its sitting of the 23rd, by the president of the Council. Oen. Lamarmora, Minister of War ; M. Paleocaps, Minister of Public Works, and Cher. Cibrario, the new Minister of Financc,were present at the sitting MODENA. The Mesaagere di Modena announces that the tele graphic line between Modena and Massa was opened on the 17th, thus completing a telegraphic system which embraces Luzzara, Massa, the banks of Enza, Modena, and Reggio. TUSCANY. Sir H. Bulwor, British Minister Plenipotentiary to the Tuscan court, arrived at Florence on the 19th. ROMAN STATES. A letter from Rome of the 20th states that a new contract has just been concluded by the municipal council with a British capitalist, for the lighting of the Eternal City by gas. Four or five years ago, another had been concluded for the same purpose with two Bolognese, who, though they paid down caution money to the amount of 60,000 fr., never commenced the works. This caution-money is now to be applied towards carrying out the new contract. The 'ware of St. Peter's, the Vatican, the Corso, and the Piazze del Popolo, di Spagna and Colonna, arc to be it l i i i rted first, and from those points the pipes are malty to branch out into the adjacent streets. The 'ope has directed that gratifications of 11 fr. per ton arc to be granted to shipbuilders, being Roman subjects, who shall in future build screw-steamers of from 73 to 99 tons; for larger vessels the gratifica tion is to be 22fr. 60e. per ton. GERMANY. M. Itanteuffel had an audience with the Emperor of Russia on Sunday last, and remained closeted an hour with his Imperial Majesty. Later in the day the Prussian premier visited the Russian Chancellor Nesselrode, and remained with him a considerable time. The Czar was to leave Berlin for Warsaw on the 27th inst. The empress was recommended by her physicians to proceed to Schlangenbad and enter upon a course of bathing with the least possible delay. In the budget of tho kingdom of Hanover for the year commencing July 1, 18.12, the receipts are esti mated at 7,702,252, and the expenditure at 834.5,496 thalers. There is thus an anticipated deficiency of 443,263 thalers. BERLIN, Mar 25. A protocol concerning Swiss affairs has been drawn up by the great powers in Loudon. Prussia's rights with regard to Neuenburg are therein expressly 'acknowledged. ALGIERS. The Akkbar states that men are employed at pre sent in the port of Algiers in placing the chains and anchors destined for securing the squadron in the harbour. There are in all 32 anchors, 16 of which are of immense weight, for eight men-of-war, each vessel requiring two largo and two small anchors. The cost of the chains and anchors necessary for each vessel is not less than 60,000 f. MALTA, MAT 22. No news of the ships under the admiral's command has reached Malta since my last. The Growler, from Leg horn, arrived on Wednesday last, and will leave to-mor row with despatches for the admiral. She had on board the eons of the late Lord Aldborough, who, it may be recollected, were not long since condemned to death by the Tuscan authorities for publishing revolutionary docu ments from a private ,press against the government. The sentence of death having b een commuted, they have been liberated, on condition of being placed under their own government. On arriving here they were placed on board screw-steamer Orontes, and by her sent to 7ARY COMMiTrEES. TZZ ZLECTEIC TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. em the re-. omb of the committee, Ma. Lord lilethamm Lied Jennyn, Mr. M 05 7.14 MaMark sad Mr. Welt. Mr. P. mama a the lembora Voles Railway, was examised, andjem it am bit opiates tint oemphing lines of who might be leM down with stilly, mime wiper remdatiormearelwaym. Mr spoke, from the experiomes he had had in iimpsard works, having laid dews 2,000 miles of water piping. to the laespedimay, for • variety of rea ms,' s of layht ems mom comma reads in tube. The - BililehT Cemnpaoy bad contracts to mostruet are headred et telegraph, and their' I=l already sahmeribed wanmalleleat to meet their liabi- ' Limited liability was emostial to Lorry out the scheme, and with limited 'Wilily than. would be no MR. malty in earrytag it oat. Zama Milosams had yr rated in rainsing the dumps el the old Telegropis Com pany. The reasties of pelisse by the *hi company aml subsomeent establidmat of the new bad roamed an elm hie ANL M (LH rmaeas.) Ms. Wald* of , e wof thePirr: of tie Ina Xes eR. RetworlVZ lgelifiat e embed with sphreaso to mem peeelledidem sonormsted m whit . . . Ms Wormed the eseseillee that this demi the are etthe British Compaq es to their bin, MS that it was now fired to give relines ea the seleallis hearse orate mar, and with a the Isis meats that had bees wide la mt. womb, wb To resellei. gated that *s bet plant he elands telegraphs was telosa eat in lah esealry,ia the year 1887, there were 111 Idegraphs ham wed in use, end that at the present masat tiers wets abZtreats for im proemial, in sleet& telegraphs la The eenadase eljeurned to this day. WINICENTIIi AND Ifizairono RAlLWAY.—Yesterday, in Len itedniehlt ermaittee, after considerable opposi tion andthearaninsties of some 80 wither's, the standing order wen dein& serplied with in the case of this bill. Also is the nese ef the lAnceshire and Yorkshire, Leeds and Bradford, Nee* Western, and York and Newcastle Railway Bills. LONDON COZPOZATION.—Yesterday the committee on this bill, Mr. Brainston in the chair, declared the preamble not proved. The object of th e measure, which was opposed by 34 out of the 84 City companies, was to extend the right of voting at municipal elections, now confined to liverymen, to every 101. householder. TtiE BERPKNTINE.—Tand John Manners appears to have redeemed, with promptitude, the promise he gave to the deputation wbo recently waited upon him respecting the stagnant and dangerous state of the Serpentine— namely, that he would increase the supply of water. For the last several days the water has been briskly flowing river at the .outh-eastern end, thus removing one of the chief sources of the evil complained of, and at the same time restoring the waterfall, which in former years consti tuted one of the features of the park. DEATH OY TIIECIIAIRTIAN OF TIIE METROPOLITAN Commission or Szwene.—Edward Lewes, Esq., the chair man of the Metropolitan Commission of Sewers, expired at his residence, Sydenham-hill, Kent, on the 22nd inst. lie has only survived his fellow-commissioner, Thomas Allmon, Esq., and Mr. Frank Forster, late engineer to the commission, about two months. Mr. Lewes was only in the 35th year of his age. gOe Court. OSBORNE . , TinianAy. Owing to the unfavourable state of the weather, her Majesty sad the Royal Family were unable to leave the house yesterday morning. Thera was 00 addition to the Royal dinner party. The Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Glotmester-house. Mr. J. Bailey, M.P., bad an interview with the Earl of streDerby yesterday, at his official residence In Downing et. A deputation, connoting of the Duke of Richmond the Man:lute of Granby, Col one l Wo o d, M r . G ut hrie, and Sir De Lacy Evans, M.P., had an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence In Downing.street. Mr. Charles Washers had an interview with Mr. &ere bay Walpole yesterday at the Home-office. A deputatio n f rom the sanitary committee of the town of Worthing had an interview yesterday with the General Board of Health at their offices ' Whitehall. The deputa tion consisted of Mr. W. li. Dennett (ehairman of the com mittee) and Messrs. Collett, Roberts, Corns, Harris, and Hardingham. Mr. Peer Williams M.P., and Mr. Christopher Tower had an interview on Tuesday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. General Love transacted byline% yesterday at the Home office. A deputation about prevbyterian marria^es in Gibraltar had an interview yesterday with Secretary Sir John Peking ton. The deputation consisted of the Hay. Adam Cairns, Mr. E. Ellice, Mr. T. Fergus, and Mr. C. Cawan. We believe we may safely announce that a treaty for the extradition of criminal offenders has just been con eluded and signed by the repre.entatives of the govern ments of France and of England. This new treaty will no doubt be laid immediately before parliament. The French government in the course of last year, sent a special agent to London, to open new negotiations with the British cabinet, and to obtain, upon careful comparison of the French and English laws, a more practicable and satisfactory agreement than has hitherto existed. The result of the negotiations is the treaty which baa just been concluded by the present government, which, if it prove efficient, will ►e imme diately accepted as a model by the governments of Prussia, Sardinia, and Holland, who are anxious to conclude treaties with our government for the international extradition of criminal •?enders as speedily so may W.—Morning Post. AUSTRALIAN EMIGRATION. A deputation of gentlemen connected with the Australian colonic* waited yesterday upon the Colonial Secretary, Sir John Pakington, for the purpose of urging upon him the immediate necessity of supplying these colo nies with labour under the present circumstances of emer gency arising from the discovery of gold. Among the gentlemen present were Sir W. Verner, Bart., M.P., Mr. J. Evelyn Denison, M.P., Mr. W. Wyndham Ooold, M.P., Mr. Macgregor, M.P., Mr. J. B. Carter, M.P., Mr. W. F. De Solis, Mr. B. Brooks, Mr. W. Walker, Mr. Flower, Mr. J. A. Jackson, Mr. J. L. Foster, Mr. Donaldson, Mr. Fan ning, Mr. C. D. Logan, Major Mercer, Mr. J. King, Mr. If. Moore, Mr. M'Lachlan, Captain Stanley Carr, Mr. Le rick, Mr. Morrison, Am lir. ITU= fIENHION, 112, intesdoced the depu ted's% which, he said, oosideled of nosy of the most emi mot merchants or proprietors of WI in Australia, as well es gentlemen interested in the pesegerity of the colony. Mr. FLOWER said the gentleman present were deeply in terested in the prosperity of the Aseteulien colonies, and they felt that they might with antiment of respect prefer a claim ups the goraeamaal ; end the object of the' present application wee that the question of emigration I should be treated by the govenumesit es au imperial mew. Sion. They thought a cemeldershis portion of the (mode nett be raised in that country, en added to the land had et the colony. It was suggested that if a million of meshy was raised by our anticipatios of the colonial land had they might be able to deal with the disastrous want of laboor there experienced. He believed the adoptions( the pits here suggested would ban the effect of greatly mid gnaw the burden of the poor rate in England. He had a eopy of the memorial that had been sent to the right hes. gentleman, and if it war n he would read it to re fresh his memery. [Mr. Flower presented a copy of the memorial.] Mr. DE SALIS said they bad waited on Sir J. Pahl= that day for the purpose of securing a supply of adequate to the present wants of Australia, and in the hope that he would view the question as an imperial one. The position of the Australian flock-owners had naturally onsillasinuark alarm amongst those interested in the colonies, sod is this view they were not singular. The &vetches received from the governors of the two colonies of Victoria and New South Wales, he had heard, corroborated their fern, which were also shared by . the manufacturers of Yorkshire. He bad enjoyed the privilege of representing the Australian interest at the late interview accorded by the right hon. baronet to the great Leeds deputation, and ho had listened %id% utonishment not unmixed with gratification to the new statistical facts connectedwith Australia mentioned by the two intelligent manufacturers who had addressed Sir John on that °ensign—he alluded especially to what fell from Mr. Willans: that gentleman stated that four fifths of the population of the country were clothed with Australian wool—that several gentlemen then in the room owned mills which worked at no other than Australian wools. Mr. Willans stated that the supply of Spanish merino wool had decreased from 40,000 to 10,000 bake per annum—that the yield of Saxon and Hungarian wool bad also diminished—and, he added, that if Australis failed, then they really did not know where to turn for wool. These facts were new to him, and in his opinion they pm a totally different complexion to the Australian labeler question. This candid admission of an eminent maw lecturer showed that England had an interest in Ibis question of such a nature as that they might fairly e on Sir John to treat the question as a national one—es we affecting not Australia ~ a, but the manufacturing info rests of this mighty empire. They came to hi n on this occasion not empty handed—the colonies had now to desk credit in the British exchequer for emigration purposes matey of their own amounting to 316,0001. This they wished should be e: - early early as was coaidesi ~,iwza in sending on Min, but to it they= contribute. no Snead of that lin, whines it was to he desks' ism—wholias lema the Casolidatod laud, or km bin or gored milso—wes a linen° beyond their province ; tbsy let that to be de tteLbAy the wisdom of the executive. This principle es he hoped it would be, there were points comm weelet the supply of nowt wader the present moss , reg yjn za which he was NM ft Asia wadi be wan pustacal suggen esa An en of all, ft occurred te km to my that IR abatis/a, hemmer 'stew sive, except saes restridiesito vein at kb moment be whel e k wee lees they did an end Is ern emt diggers to th Usk% they wined Is men sed eni to the ileeinwsen The first step which mann Ie them wee the peermessi awassity of itseskg that disorganised state d imielgotileh ansewd ehepiwde to desert their leeks fa the Mat of the Annan beak with im punity. Thy/ had heard, I'M great grannies, that the attention et gremennt had been turned to this paint, fan that Moog. west dent to be sent out, but that, in hair opiates, woad ell that was swaseary ; they wasted polies awe thea_Ltr eeps.and sad their cannon et eddienil in Via Diemes idi them that teems puilmme the dune ef pollee 's with relustmeme, and whim& eildesey. It had mewed to several geollenewthenlingsf pollee organised to this country, aad staid but Yes rural police in Enka and Ireland, would be well ideslated to preserve kw and order is the eelewke i midi he hit satisfied the minim null illedly modes thews an pay them hand somely. Os this guides Om mom too was interested. Es was beamed that ad nein of the licence fees in Vision mold be Nimbi Or want of police capable et wanks these /set &suns of inersissst• Besides this peke. Sem was enlist be vela imesit. The MlL pill ammision, make the gown at existing arena -1 had, it was sew% newel their mks for the mica ild=oneignnts, but They bed site Ames so sufficiently. Cin see point they had refeseihoplobl altogether—they liellid not allow parties to hire shegimi in this country, *hough sash persons were wilinsif permitted this boon, Ss pay a penes of the peasegow to the emigrant. If k wee • put otgect s a es gime labour kr the dock swam a r s e :st mos gig einght Se the ask. hem the wed. le thie aft drat be teksweigsi is In el The nesS diem riskiness het lees Is hero the employers of lalart IS send saw Is Erg. Eng Is En of England, en Is he eert her ism kid kelp amber of Chino dOmei MI all easy. 'The pings ef • Chins issi tethen allusamid emit ISL—he min be hired is km missy at _oft at a Dew rate of wages for a term ofpem, and verred to his omployer in Australia at then_ eft i bet as Ibglish shop /ma and mot be hired la keglen ender, sighs lowers. as isgenkwee qt iii. Lel as met welkin memwielenes No dose the NNW reksisg the rule i and the Amanda ileole owners would prefer English Lbws be Chinese, although they paid smanthatmore for it ; 64111* idroduetion of thus Asiatics into Australis, which bedbugs es much objected to, and by no pens= more then hr Ind Derby when ho was = fo r the Oximlies, wmill se m, la Wu of being en- Bag la this matter they meet set look alone to the eemmlekneee-40 legielatare end help doom. The law of the land, sithemgliit seastind Weft he a twin of years, made dish ementemeng esgegehe—ll Om no facilities for the egseettes ; em snit inneuse there were stain and chow ee Mbillt Offiennted le, es ram , 11. In London one item ke sediesdon, woks the and of the Lord Mayor's Oried, ammuntosi to 305. Ia Ms Miss. tionable nature of how Mow all must herßim . to T r4 be done away with, Illid MUMS. given to subjects mutually , ipens of into mairetn d nature described. lie had the Mae Of Olt set • ii which would effectual* these o This ant bed bees carefully considered, and was approved of bp the deputa tion. Ile would now lay it on the table, sal he hoped Sir John would take charge of it. He would km Idild some private member of parliament to intrahnia Ile measure, without trespaseing on Sir John% time, but that be felt convinced, in order to peas at this late period of the session, it must be introduced by the right hem baronet himself. Mr. Macgregor, M.P., Mr. Fonter, and Mr. H. Moore, of Melbourne, having made some remarks, Bir J. PASINGTON expressed his satisfaction at re 'Giving the valuable assistance and sugfestions of the gen denies r:ressut, but he could add very little to what he had Mated to the deputation that had waited upon him* short time previously. He could only repeat that the govern ment was aware of the extreme importance of the present crisis to the Australian colonies—a crisis wholly without precedent, end to which no peat experience could afford any clue. It was satisfactory, under these circumstances, to and that the government bad anticipated many of the points now urged upon them. The colony demanded troops, and they were about to send them ; the number was of course a question of degree. He believed there were not at present more than 60 soldiers at Melbourne, and the go vernment intended to send 400, which would make a mate rial addition to the military force, and as a proof of his sense of the emergency, he haddetermined to change the arrange ment he had already made, in order that they might arrive as speedily as possible at th eir destination. It was • mistake to suppose that they would look to the troops to perform the duties of • police force. They would be required to support the government and maintain order, so that the functions of the executive could be properly and efficiently discharged. It was intended that • man of war should be forthwith sent out and stationed there, and he had directed an inquiry to be mole into the powers vested in the com manding officers of men of war in such eases. With regard to making this matter an imperial question, he begged to remind the deputation that their power to do so was a good deal impaired by the freedom which had been lately given to the Australian colonies. They were now managing their own affairs, and raising their own revenue, and he was met by the difficulty that ho had no right to involve the funds of the colony for police or other charges without the consent of the local executive. At the same limo, the government was sincerely anxious to do all it could, and he had already given inatruc tiona to relax the rules with regard to the classes who were desirous of emigrating. Ilere again lie was told that be must he cautious in spending the colonial money, as they might not like to have It spent upon • different class of emigrants. It was certainly going a little out of their way to do this, but they were doing the best they could for the colonies, and believed the colonies would put the best and most fa vourable construction on it. With regard to the laws of living and indenture, that also was a subject which ought to be arranged by the colonial legislature, by passing local Rata to adjust settlements between masters and servants. He admitted that the crisis was an extraordinary one ; and in a recent despatch from Sir W. Denison, the Uoverner of Van Diemen's Land, he found a statement that some men, who were absent only eight days, three of which they han spent at Mount Alexanuer, returned with sums averaging from 1601. to 1,0001. each. It was said that they ought to raise imperial SUM for the purpose of emigration, but the fact was that money was not wanting; they had colonial money to the extent of 316,0001.; and as within the last few days the Governor of South Australia had written to check emigration, it would set both money and ships free; and he might say here that there was nothing to prevent ships coming from other ports being employed in the con veyance of emigrants. The emigration commissioners had lately advertised for three ships, and they hart only got two tenders, although the freights were now 184 or 191., instead of 101. per ton. He was fully alive to the emergency of the case, and he could assure them that the government was anxious to do all in its power to assist the colony. After some further brief conversation the deputation withdrew, alter expressing its acknowledgments to the tight hon. gentleman for his courtesy and attention. EPSOM RACES. Yesterday was in every sense of the word an " off day ;" the races possessed very little interest, the fields were small, the company was thin, and the weather dull and misty. The Oaks betting, usually brisk on the day before running, was fiat, the only animals backed with any spirit befog Trousseau and Bird-on-the-Wing, the favourite was on the decline. With reference to the Derby, we collect that an easy settling is very generally anticipated; Mr. Davis, the heaviest loser, is reported to have been hit to the extent:of at least 30,0001. ; had either Barbarian or Chief Baron Nicholson won he would have landed" an immense stake. The subjoined return of yesterday's sport will show that there was little to attract the multitude:— DUADANO STAMM of 10 20v11. each, and 6 only if declared, &c., with 60 added; 3-yr olds 7st 11b, four Hat 71b, five, Hat 131 b, sixsand aged 9st ; winners extra; mares and geld ings allowed alb; maiden 4-yr-olds and upwards and horses that ran on the Derby day allowed 61b ; horses entered to be sold, if demanded, for 3001. allowed 31h, for 2001. 91b, for 1001. 121 b, for 801. 161 b, for 601. 211 b. One mile. Doe of Bedford's Bordeaux, 3 yrs, lit 101 b. (2001.) Fletre 1 Mr. Orevllle's armorer, 3 yre, Ist, (601) ( ( Her(Herdi ng) g) 2 Betting: 7 to 4 on Bordeaux, who made all the running, and won in a canter by two lengths. Run in 1 min. 64 see. TWO-TRAIVOLD STALAS of 10 MOM each and 150 added ; colts Bst 71b, fillies Bst 31b ; • winner before starting to carry 61b extra. . . _ lir;linTisrd 7 ;il;ailvaM,ist Bib, (in.. MO atm) (A. Day) Mr. E. B. Clark's Little Said, Bet 71b Mr. J. ArnakPa ch a by St. Martin out of Madonna. Ma 7lb (Matol (hoot Batthysa )) 's The Pearl, Bat 3lb (Charlton Mr. Douglas's Playful, apt 31 0 (W. Abdale Mr. Grenville's Frenzy, apt Sib (Daiwa! Mr. Pagne's Gloomy, Sat Mb Mr. Itartes's Mahound, Sat 7lb (hrtehenrt Betting : 6to 2 apt Vaultress, 6to leach agat Play ul and Gloomy. Vaultren took the lead after craning the road, went on with tho running to the end, and won in a cantor by two lengths; Gloomy and Deerhound clan up with Little Swift ; The Pearl a good fourth. Run in 62 san. GRAND STAND PLATE of 100 Nee., added to a handicap sweepstakes of 10 sore. each ; the winner of any race after the publication of the weights to carry 61be extra. Great Metropolitan Stakes Course Two miles and a quarter. ler. ftsWe's Forow-ase•Lads, 4 yrs, rat 71b (ltlelistds I Mr. Mairellie. The Ben, 4 yrs. Set 2lb I l'esrl 2 Mr. Y. Ktne's Narcissus, 3 yrs, Set 1oth Mr. ?owlet's Moak:lsm b ms, Set (Summon 4 Lord Enforce's Perapidae, 3 yrs, Set alb (Wells 3 Mr. Douglas's Irene, 4 yrs, Set 1010 (S. Sherwood, 6 Betting 2to 1 sgst The Ban, 3to 1 eget Narcissus, 3to 1 agst Irene, and 6to 1 agst Pelopidas. Follow-me-Lads jumped off first, and had a tremendous load from end to end, and won by at least eight lengths. Run in 4 min. 18 sea. MATCH 100. One mile. Mr. Eros's Vesta, aged, flat Capt. Little'. Bullfinch. 5 yr% 104 4lb i2wocrwier i 1 9 Dotting : 5t04 on Bullfinch. Won by a head. Run in 1 rain. 48 secs. Conuan PLATE of 50 soon. (handicap), for all ages; the winner of any race after the publication of the weights to carry 51bs. extra. Three quarters of a mile. Mr. fineviag's Heroine, 6 yrs, est slb (Plata= I Mr. Drial's Thornhill, 6 yrs, flet 716 (A. Day I Mr. Collier's Harabletonian, 3 yrs, rot 41b (Marlton a Mr. Edaey's The Desirable, 4 yrs, 74 71b (C. Bradley 4 Mr. Eihrimpton's Northman, 3 yrs, 74 4lb ((Bursa 6 Mr. Parker's noes, 6 yr% 74 Mb (Oollins Betting : 2 to 1 apt Thornhill, 3 to 1 apt Hambletonian, and 7 to 2 apt Heroine. The three favourites laid in front throughout, Heroine winning a very fine race by a head. Hambletonran a good third, and the Incurable well up. Run in 1 min. 20 secs. SELLING STAKES of 3 soya. each and 40 added ; for 3-Tr olds, 7st lib ; four, Bet 71b. ; five, Bst 131 b ; six and aged, list ; the winner to be sold for 100 sou., and allowances if to be sold for less; winners extra. Three quarters of a mile. Msfor Martin's Lady Isabel, 3 yes, Set 1110 (tot.) (T. Meme Deka of licluoced's Bachhound. 4 yrs, 7st (401.) (Garvey 3 Mr. Arnstrceres Saul, 3 yrs, est 41b 004) Mr. Pipet Dalton lady, 3 yrs, bat alb (401.1 (Sacksr d. 0 Mr. H. Smith's May Day, 4 re 744 (401.) (Burns) 0 Betting : 2 to 1 apt May Day, 5 to 2 apt Equal, 4 to 1 against Lady Isabel, and sto 1 apt Buckhound. A very fine race between Lady Isabel, Buckhound, and Equal, the Lady Isabel, who made the greater part of the running, winning_ by a head ; the favourite nowhere. Run in 1 min. 23 seen TIE OAKS. LATENT MUM RUITIMI. SOCIAL Narrow Kr. I. laillrob f liaptram .. F. Butler 6 to I Kr. F~ re Monson —.... Tromicanan, I to 1 Dale of atlMMato b f lbi Mad ... Flamm 7 to 1 lb% l Wrkkht ad M f Ikdosotho. tatANMilloot4hi f — A 8 to I Lod flatlaara be f Gamow iF i r i son aluitc6 II to 11 1 (t) Mr. Kam^ b f Bally Chnoral Anima's b f Bay Poiallod Ni. Z. IL Clark's tk f Lady la Doekera Na. CooolimPt eh f The Lady Arnyott Marlow yor Pawl 14. Payaa's b f Oboluee• Kr. E. IL Clark', b f Pluatetead Dookeray or Paul Mr. Barsont's b f Bate A. Day Land Weetmlostres 4 Plot unknown Mr. W 'a eh f itarbetto Lad 4 b Inflairthy Ally ookaown It is doubtful if either Plot or By Romlind will run. THE DIEBT.—The betting at starting should have been Anoted at 26 to 1 Agit King of Trumps and 30 to I agst ugur (taken). EMIGRATION DT PAZOCIIIAL Am.—Yenterday forenoon a meeting of the owners of property in the parish of St. Martin'e-in-tb•-Heide, and of the ratepayers of the same parish, was held in the vestry-room, near St. Martin's Church, for the purpose of considering whether any and what sums of money, not exceeding half the ave rage yearly poor's rate, should be raised or borrowed as a fond for defraying the expenses of emigration of poor per- Nas barbs' settlements in the parish. The Rev. is, the visor, in taking the chair, said all were agreed that the greatest misery of their poorer fellow beings was attributable to over population, and that seven-tenths of the cues of distress arose out of want of employment, and not front that indolence and depravity which was frequently attributed to thou in poor circumstances, 'when they did not deserve such blame. Ilia great surprise was to huil the poor as moral as they were. lle believed it was their duty as Christians to aid and assist those around them who were desirous of emigrating, and certainly their in terest in this instance coincided with their duty. Mr. Cobbett, chairman to the board of guardians, moved that the churchwardens and owners be directed to raise the sum of one thousand pounds, as a fund for defraying the expenees of the emigration of poor persons having settle ments in the parish, and being willing to emigrate, to be paid out of the rates raised or to be raised for the relief of the poor in this parish, and lobe applied under such rules, orders, and regulations, as the Poor-law Board shall in their behalf direct —Mr. Churchwarden Countse seconded the resoled m, which, after • oonsiderable discussion, was carried by a large majority. THE ELECTIONS. MANCHESTER. - doubt u to the of the if there wig any doubt uto popularity sitting members foe Manchester, it has been entirely dis pelled. A meeting of the electors, on Wednesday night, at the Free Trade Hell, was one of the most influential, crowded, and enthusisatie gatherings ever seen within its walls. The speakers—dwelling as little as possible on the petty and mere local squabbles which usually form the staple of electioneering addresses—diacuseed the questions ea which they were supposed to differ with some of their constituents on higher and broader principles, and were cheered almost at every sentence. A more thoroughly earnest protest against the attempt of the conservative party to foist on the borough men of liberal pretensions in whose sentiments they themselves do not concur, and against an "organised hypocrisy" that would clothe it with • religious, anti-Maynooth motive, could not have been given. Crowds of people went away from the hall, disappointed of admission ' whilst the meetings of the new can did a t e s are numbered by scores and hundreds only. We should say there were 6,000 or 7,000 persons in the Free Trade Hall. Mr. George Wilson presided. The Itight Hon. T. MILNER GIBSON, M.P., on rising to address the electors, was received with loud and enthu siastic cheering. Having recapitulated the principal cir cumstance. of his political life during the earlier pinion of his connexien with the representation of Manchester, ho proceeded to show that notwithstanding the professions of moderation made at present by the come:natives, there ex bted • necessity for the exercise of extreme vigilance in guarding against • reimposition of the burdens which had been shaken off by so many painful efforts by the liberal party. lle next adverted to the proceedings of thu lees. Messrs. M'Neilo and Stowell in refer ence to the election, and lie called on the meeting to take care that political anauteuvres were not carried on under the cloak of religion. Ilaving defended his opinions respecting the Maynooth question, the honourable gentle. man proceeded to analyse the addresses put forward by his opponents. Mr. Gibson concluded by reitera ting his objection to the Militia 11111, and his sen timents in favour of a national system of secular education (though he acknowledged the evidence before the Educa tion Committee of the Manchester vo:untarie s bad pro duced a strong impression on his mind), and the repeal of the taxes on knowledge. (The hon. member resumed his seat amidst prolonged and enthusiastic cheering.) Mr. BRIGHT, M.P., who was received with prolonged cheering, said—Since their election for the borough his right hon. colleague and himself had lost no opportunity which was seasonable to defend and maintain that great principle and that great policy which dated its triumph mainly from the efforts made within the walls of the build ing in which he was speaking. (Cheers.) The government of Lord John Russell, with regard to the question of sugar and the question of ships, has fairly and bone s.ly done its duty to the great commercial and consuming interests of the kingdom. The gradual and great diminution in the duty upon timber, the total abolition of the duty upon bricks, the entire removal of the tax upon windows, the great reduc tion of the taxes upon stamps—all these arc matters of immense moment to the country they have been passed sad carried since he bad been electedone of their representatives, and on every one of those questions, in every stage through the House of Commons, those measures bad received the constant, hearty, and untiring support of both the parlia mentary representatives of Manchester. (Cheers.) Ile had alto advocated a reduction of expenditure whenever it seemed desirable and possible to be effected. We have ad vocated (continued the hon. member) the question of par liamentary reform, which, if it be not yet carried, it had at least attained to that position that it had been admitted by one Prime Minister, and that the moat eminent in the coun try, to be necessary ; awl although the step he proposed was not such as was expected of his liberality and his experience, yet they knew not all the difficulties that at tended him andsurrounded him in his cabinet; and at least it was • fair acknowledgment to parliament and the country that the state of the representation is very unsatis factory, and ought at an eery period to be amended. (Cheers.) The hon. gentleman went on to speak of the commission sent by the Manchester Chamber of Commerce to India to investigate the question of a supply of cotton from that colony, and he went on to pronounce • well deserved eulogium on the character of the late Mr. Mackey, the gentleman entrusted with that onerous and diffi cult duty. Mr. Bright then traced the history of the Ro man catholic controversy for the 300 years preceding 18'29, when, said he, a bill was brought into parliament and passed both bousaa and it has been since the law ; and! take it for granted that when that act was passed the English paella ment set its seal to this system: that henceforth the catholic religion should not only be legal in the United Kingdom, but that any man professing that religion should stand before the law erect and equal in all points of civil rights with the pro fessor of any other creed. (Great cheering.) Since that time there has been more moderate and just spirit amongst statesmen of all parties with regard to this question ; and it was in this spirit that Sir Hobert Peel, in 1815, deter mined that the grunt to Maynooth College should no longer be an annual grant subject to the constant disputation of parliament, and to the uncertainties of an annual vote, but that it should rely upon an act of parliament, and should be paid permanently out of the consolidated fund. Now, I stand in a position certainly not worse than our hon. opponents—l was en parliament then, not as the represen tative of Manchester, but for the city of Durham. I was one of the very few men who sat on one adde of the house who made a speech against, and who voted on all occasions, I believe, when a division took place, against the bill of 1815. (Loud cheers.) But I explained the grounds upon which I vuted. I told the government of that day that " your notion of satisfying Ireland by this small measure of conciliation must fail; there can be no satisfaction short of a perfect equality." The obtaining of a vote to a particular college of some 16,0001. or 26,0001. a year—l forget the exact sum—cannot have any permanent and important effect upon the catholic population of Ireland so long as that grand insult to the whole nation exists in the established church of Irclund. (Great cheering.) He then went on to speak of the results of our anti-catholic policy, which he declared had utterly failed, and said there was no obscurity to which he would not joyfully retire rather than his voice or vote should be given to swell the clamour of insult and persecution which Mr. Spooner is leading against the catholic population of Ireland. (Loud cheers.) After come remarks on Mr. Loch and the Falkirk election, the bon. member concluded his address amid loud cheers. A vote of thanks to Messrs. Bright and Gibson, pledging the meeting to use its best exertions to return them at the ensuing election, was carried, with only one dissentient ; and the proceedings then terminated. Cl?' or LONDON.—Baron Rothschild has issued the following address : " To the independent electors of the City of London. Oentlemen,—The assurances of support which I have received, and my confidence in the firmness and perseverance for which my fellow-citizens hare always been distinguished in the assertion of great public princi ples, encourage me again to solicit the honour of your suf frages. Elected originally to vindicate the great principle of religious liberty, re-elected to prove that the citizens of London had not deserted that principle, I believe that on my success on the present occasion depends the final triumph of our cause—of that cause for which you have done so much—in behalf of which you were the first to bear a marked and generous testimony, and which can succeed only by means of your continued and resolute exertions. Of my political views generally, I need not, I think, give any reiterated exposition. I cannot, indeed, rehr to my past career in the House of Commons, or to my con duct as your representative, because, though freely chosen by an immense majority of my fellow-citizens—although believed worthy by the }louse of Commons itself to repre sent you, I have not been allowed to take my scat. The voice of the people has been disregarded, and their opinion set aside, in consequence of tho mistaken views, as 1 deem them, of our opponents. I may, however, appeal to my past professions, and to my earnest support of freedom, whether as regards the commerce, the civil rights, or tho religious convictions of the people, whensoever by my exer tions it could be promoted or protected. Identified as my success must be with the great Mae which you have hitherto BO consistently maintained, 1 leave the issue with confidence in your hands—l am, gentlemen, your obliged and faithful servant, LIONEL DI ROTESCHILD.—NeW. court, May 27." - - - - - - Ponsmourn.—Viscount 11fonck addressed a largo meeting of the electors of this borough on Tuesday evening, T. E. Owen, Esq., alderman, in the chair. lie wont, in • most able speech, at great length into his political and com mercial principles, describing himself to be a staunch liberal and free trader. His reception was of tho most flattering character, resolutions being adopted in favour of his can vass, and a good working committee being formed. THE CHURCH ESTATES COMMISSION.—The follow ing is the first report of the commissioners : " To the Right lion. her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for tho Home Department, dc.—We, the Church Estates Commis 'loners, have the honour to make our first general report of our proceedings, under the act passed in the session of parliament, held in the 11th and 15th years of her Majesty's reign, entitled' An Act to facilitate the Management and Improvement of Episcopal and Capitular Estates in Eng land.' Under this act any ecclesiastical corporation may, with the approval in writing of the Church Estates Commis sioners (who shall pay duo regard to the just and reasonable claims of the present holders of lands under lease, or other wise, arising from the long-continued practice of renewal), sell to any leaf e the interest of such corporation, and may enfranchise any copyhold Linde, and may purchase the lessee's interest, or deal by way of exchange, or otherwise, as may be agreed upon between the pal ties. Certain sub•lessces are to be considered so entitled to the privi leges of lessees. The act further provides that the surplus moneys arising from transactions under this act shall he appropriated to the common fund of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England. The short time that has elapsed since tho passing of the act has afforded little opportunity for ascertaining the extent to which its powers are likely to be made available, but we see no reason to doubt that its operation will mate rially facilitate the settlement of the church leasehold question to the satisfaction both of the lessors and of the lessees. Proposals to sell reversions, or to purchase lease hold interests, have been submitted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, and by the Bishops of Loudon and Norwich, by the Chapter of Durham, and the Vicars-choral of Lich field; and we have reason to believe that similar applica tions will shortly . come before us from several other eccle siastical corporations. We have also received one proposal for the enfranchisement of live copyhold tenements under the sec of Norwich. No purchase or sale has yet been con cluded, but the several transactions are progressing antis factorily towards completion." • tc,, Jo • •