The Express. — London, England, 1852-12-30 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAT, DEC. 29. The house met at 12 o'clock. NEW WRITS. On the motion of Mr. Barite, new writs wen ordered —tor Wolverhamptou, in the MOW of Mr. C. P. Villiers, who has accepted the °See of Judge - Advocate Orierel; fe; Ayle.hury, in the room of Mr. Bethel!, who has mem ted the °nice of SolicitorGe•eral; for the city of Otbrd, in the room of Sir W. Page Wood, who has accepted the Vice• Chancellor ; for Leith district of burghs, in the room of Mr. Nonerittf, who has accepted the ogee of Lord. Advocate of Scotland ; for the county of Dumfries, in the room of Lord Drundanrig, who has accepted the ogles of Comp troller of her Majesty's Household ; for the city of Gloucester, in the TOO= of Rear Admiral N. F. Berkeley, who has isc• cept. d the office of one of the commissioners for elevating the office of Lord High A.:tritest ; for the county of Lime rick, in the room of Mr. Monsell, who has accepted the otSeu of Clerk of the Ordnance; for the borough of Brighton, in the room of Lord Alfred Hervey, who has accepted the °Oleo of Lord of the Treasury. Mr. HATTER also moved that a writ be issued for the borough of Southampton, in the room of Sir A Cockburn, who has accepted the aim of Attorney•Oesersi. Mr. FORESTER laid he believed they was a petition &poem the return of the hoe. and learned gestleman, and be asked the Spanker whether, under them circumstances, anew writ could issue. The Si EAli Elt said if the petition merely prayed for a void election the house was competent to order the issue of a writ, but if it prayed that the seat might be declared to belong to mote one else then the house could not order a writ to be issued. Mr. FRENCH obrerved that in this ease the petition merely prayed for a void election on the ground of bribery, and it did not appear to hint that any injury could be done becalm tLe uppoution candidate could serve notices on the I electors aa they came up that Sir A. Cockburn wee dis gestated (tom eating, on the ground of bribery; and if the committee decided that he was so disqualified, the vote. siren for hint would be thrown away. Mr. !JAVIER said he was desired, on the part of Sir Alexander Coclhurn, to state that be would not have con gested to the issue of this writ, if he were not certain that the pertains who had made these charges were competent to resume Oxen in the event of his re-election. The ant was then ordered. Mr. HAYTER then movril that a writ ba Wetted for t h e Borough of Carlow, in the nes, of Mr. Sad Mir, who has acceptr.l the oak* of uur of the Lords of the Treasury. Mr. BUTT said there was also a petition is this case, sad he asked a it CLIIMIrti the seat for any wee else? Mr. lI...YTS:R. after looking at the petition, said it F•)of that the election be declared awn sad void. TIN snit wasting& ordered. Tho house then adioursed wail two o'clock cos Friday. ght eralrflso• TO conunroN DINTS, • Wee it; iiistera - ,". I. sum aerate/'. yba.siad away Tataday ird Vries, algid. is ter tar pal. laretermais ebtod.l tar "The Zayre.," tealas Kvesilag pow, net b. et Or Otter, 10. lioserbeenat. W Tyre ems* a• Obi day al psblasalbam. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. T.l —lllerasg. 41. 1214....—....4164nwa5. 46. 41s. Tu.sisargs—llarska. bi.lis. LONDON. THURSDAY, DECI3MBER 30. We have now bad several of these five-minute meetings of the Hesse of Commone—meetings in which the SFr-mut has scarcely well taken the chair before the House is again adjourned. This time the postponement is till triday, hy which time surely the minor details of the new Ministry may be so far settled as to permit the members who still remain in town to be off in earnest for the short Christmas va cation. These lingerings in St. Stephen's, of course, arise from some little hitches about what new writs are to be moved for—it may be also, what new seats can be arranged for. Yeeterday's list of members sent to their constituents gives a few more names of men whose formal adhesion to the new Administration tends to strengthen it in the good opinion of the Liberals. Mr. ittturen goes at list to the faithful electors at Wolverhampton with stamp of office on his name. His services in the cause of Free Trade long ago entitled him to such re ward—and to much higher reward—than be now receives. It would have been much more agreeable to see him presiding over the Board of Trade than working in the harness of Judge Advocate. After a semce of eighteen yearn in the House of Commons be should hate had • position in 0M11107.i011 with the commerce of the country he has helped to set free; but since that was not within reach, it was right he should not refuse to enter when the ministerial door was opened to a post connected with his own prob in e sion, and which his influence may strengthen Liberal•views. Mr. Vu_unia's acceptance of place looks like a ntee that the Earl of ABLILDERN is ready to take a just view of the present circum stances at the country, and is willing to admit the necessity of a totally different spirit in administering its affairs to that which former :y existed. Mr. VIL LIERS of course goes into office without abandoning his old opinions; and so far as he has power to to maintain in place the principles he supported out of the people may surely rely upon him. It is known that Lord Joan Muss= only holds the seals of the Foreign-edits until the hard work of the session 03MISMOSS, when they will be seemed by Lord CLARENDON. To lead the Cow moos sad to perform the administrative dads MOD Foreige-odloe would be more than the Whig Wee could safely undertake in the withal limn ening and the advent of Mr. Valais% briar to Nth* service will be a further guarantee ollilmodity in the Ministry. The presence in the Oablost of Sir WIL LIAM MOLESWORTII—pIedged to thm Ballet, to Triennial Parliaments, and to Ilsoombeil Sodkag•— mast be reseeded tie smother brgatal can foe Set mow_ Right Ileasuablo Ilmseast ean arm prowl se he OmiMas to ttipmmt Is to ignore la Drindagstrost the pdadgles wihit base glean Mai distinsdno. }embalms, isi4 Sok, power. Mr. Ossoasta pomace at the miloslty IS likewise good, sad be mad Sir taxis say tessibie do the greatest poodlis wink Me wir Osalssulig the navy, sad giving en sot saly ea asked lost kr foreign merviee but a Chumnol Soot available awe home which sh all put is Sight all needless alarm, by seetnin the best of al potable giarantess floe security. Designed m e s a? new beware, and et loot foe the early ekes et their We may that as ass Irmserwooo Pnyttws be seat to de is eM ago work whisk ally Lemj and vigorous roma see It he. We nay bop testi= to assmasmame midden fro moa ning oar midp he weir% mid he irsegioLg t o o l ships and psi emus. whoa we have ems% ot paying thecae, sad westeadly dimatitt s t i o other. Kr. DEMI= spoke vast advantages aid saving, tor ri al li de .ll l4 aietrative reform. Nowhere is thee ahro /NM ter such reform than in the establidsomate new oh to the control of that t over Ad& Serf JAMES GRAHAM now severed by WE. OSBORNE. Of course then m m • and at 000/9* half the old redeems le the 'who mod all the old gentlemen at Ms shag dubs la ha widens departments will ag ant di imolai but Ws Isms Oa samats kart erbaseybo be Me Imam& et the public sorties ghe is the knowledge that beau and streagthen the lege hat is see take the Map asedtal kr winning_ gabilaselgyiiking good , 1 public genies in Ibe hr. Domarai mould talk at adatioihodhe Illassw. Omuta is quite qui to belese—to wry thus est—ifeggssaikyaMme. As bah resat ad maid moll/ rl emprimMks forea amaloriesi la Se Heave —ikellit Im mo u= will coves dmelitet tlise ss rgeett he agertmatilailibidniaMw a Sold he sometime it the Lead mamba the ig e Middlemen am de sitissel eurviee. It looks very Mho pealed to as the mon ot Mr. Batumi, whoa ibe Osamu t the MEWS, did *air but le psi of hismet toe Nashatoe._ sow fa ague of adults wises he Nosy be eee7 Neineelewed akeddniallonskjekbety to future. Whale t a t i zsgimeet Me. Oesaaato feel the airmstisa of Sir son woomir-weega eggia rho rili sa ti os that Raid Is hit wbma • anow .....a _ ._..._ sessres a goodgssto-4milastheisgest _ aad plemes • iiiiimModisaid b e t at House at imos. Ns may tbs bank hut is a leas toreglifiewiaL If timeliest's= sompaled by the last bateketeakase Waisted.' aginhonsail be to a great asbast sods twisty , that sighlheike b last altelitlor todeolid by Omit True ; we have kr dialog Om two awa ht thy West who is pledged' to raft :dome— one man who has voted for Mr. Emu's motion— but he is only one. We have two other Ministers relied on by the people. Lord Jon x RUBEELL has ever shown decided Liberal tendencies, and Lord ABERDEEN now formally promises • Cabinet mea- 1 sore to purify our electoral systole. Yet this' makes bat three, and it becomes prolifically the duty* of Liberals, therefore, whilst esseeding time for preparation to strengthen the hands of them who promise the proposed measures, on con dition that the measures themselves are to be realities. Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTH can give his views on Reform when the topic oomee under discussion ; and Lord JOHN RUSSELL may bring his experience of the struggles of 1830-3 l and the legislation of 1632 to inform the deliberations, to fashion the coons of those who are to take part in the electoral purifications of 18.13. But however stanch the opinions and clear the views of those in power may be, they will be none the lees stanch or less clear for a little help out of doors. Parliamentary Reform and the correc tion of the abominations disclosed on the Derby committee, is essentially a people's question, and the people must not permit any Cabinet to settle it how they please without popular consultation. In the ' , homes made happy by the activity of trade, the abundance of employment, and the cheapness of food, the active population of this realm should—not hotly, or hastily, or with any other feeling than that of thoughtful earnestness—should, we soy, take this question of electoral purification into their own careful consideration. They should remember the infamies of the bribers and the inti- midators, and the electoral abominations of the BLHESFORDS and the Fa►tis, and determine that there shall be an end of them all. No time like a time of prosperity for the change—no time like a time when there is leisure for the needful inquiry and discussion, and for the manifestation in due sea son of &steadfast resolve to have that alone which can do the good work well—ones for all. A good Reform Bill will being in its train innumerable other advantages. It ia the one great lever by which subsequent work can be done. On every canvue—at every hustings, then, let the more liberal portion of the Cabinet be strengthened by a demand that all candidates shall endorse the pledge of the ABEEDEEY•RLsiELL Ministry—to fire us a good measure of Electoral Reform. As if in mockery of man's vein attempts to set apart a day for happiness or pleasure, a storm broke out on Christmas which hem strewed the masts of our islands with corpses. We have no right to say that this destructive tempest has taken us b surprise. Daly as winter comes round the Britis ' i ohms experience the same appalling visitation. It may come on to blow • few weeks earlier or a few weeks later, but every revolving year witnesses the havoc it makes • and yet year after Tear is offered to we away without any strenuous, intelligent effort being made to improve our arrangements for affording succour to the manners driven upon our shores. We are accustomed to speak with a proud and pitying compla cency of the improvidence of savages, of their want of foresight. The culpable and disgraceful inertness of Englishmen, in not seeking to organise a pro per life-boat service all along their °oasts, is in so • hly civilised a race more pitiably weak than the . neg n egl ect of some barbarous tribe to store up food against the recurrence of seasons of scarcity. During the last few years we have again and again called attention to the scanty supply of life boats on the British shores; to the wide and irregular intervals which exist between these stations ; to the insufficient mode in which the stations are supplied with rockets and other apparatus for assistirg the crews of stranded vessels; to the neglect of training the mikes and boatmen living along shore to co operate effectively, and with the lout possible bawd to themselves, in extending assistance to the victims of the storm. `lt is to oar Government, oar merchants, and the rest of the politically powerful class that this apathy is alone ascribable. The gallant inhabitants of the west are ever ready to to the assistance of their brother seamen. Too ready, we may my; for without habits of discipline, and without boats, they are constantly venturing out, Cu; certain only to hazard their own lives, in " forlorn hopes" to reach stranded vowels. Of the casualties aid kw of human life by wind and wave which every winter brings with it, no inoonsiderable pro portion consists of the men drowned in fruitless at tempts to rescue the crews of wrecked vessels. The brave and humane men who, in the beat of • revenue cutter, attempted to carry aid in the late storm to the. He vine off Lyme Rego all perished but one. This is but a repetition of the fatality which a year or two ago spread gloom and mourn ing through Worthing. Nor is there a village, hamlet, or town on our shores which has not its —more or lees remote—of similar deplorable acci dents, in which the helpers have themselves incurred the doom of the shipwrecked. There have been talking and scheming =with on the matter. A large some in the Crystal Palace was occupied with lits-boati• A kw years ago a pease was awed by the Dyke of Nostrums- BERLAND to the Meier ef the hist Whoa; and the meet of the eassesittee egpsisted to weed Ilia prise esiitsined Invaholle emotions he •ridi g litth mg of Illipluweven all =Ly b ee shares, with NO, applies of stens sad to give diet Is their heeds snorts. Bach theme arrest the shades of the L eeds he a few days miter the Most esseelty there is an earnest haastd hue of talk sad preparation. And then some newer novelty seines upon the public immerimafisn, sad as is dens. We have an Ada t= iii y a , ti Z we sa d ty Hamm on Tower-hill and at Newoutl a Board of Northers Light in Scotland, and a Ballast Board in Dublin : but each and all of them go through the formal antis§ of their °MOO with *gear gravity and deetwasi, and equal barrenness of all good make. Even the Duke Of NOILTUVILBEILMID appears to have forgotten in olio the seal for per m life-boat system and isrvioe which ioap ind him wla. is a private statioo. At least, in the estemladmee selekgw of boons to the shipping in tend rammed by Mr. Disuse.; this was coutted. The Dek wile at the Admiralty, has been eu busy proviikm pines for hie pitied retainers, that he soommie isve hei lick time eft terwerhe of humanity sad new. Wide est Mew well to whose( ear new Ministers we mold isommel the pale to by digs with their etanceme importunity ea tide sun. The Heed of the Aim/no* te an admhable weeniest sad ems easter @hefts esgenftime,liet bewail bemeapt to meet tie met et s geed Mina myelez pl ihr zedw urp an adequate provis for reeedag markers. Mr. BIDNZT Hamm Jaime a deep interest in emigration, and awe' the imilimme by the late seem are not a kw enigma *lips bet tie sate, dose not appertain to Mr. ilmaamrts depart sot. Yet it is @sly keit Goversomet that we can look fir the erigkeftes of a eatiakedy estesaive sad dielgiketi seeks et life-premmems kr the mos of ear ewe lierreireee . he. mime we that samortated pirate eelmemehe es tem legal led partial in its reach, too imisesilleet is its seal NM aitivity meets that , to be relied ups. It is 'pen the kh porm ak eent ts of oa r we menet ler the emits ; but it is the duty of Cieslimmemi to tal e ears tiest ait tzire insiusied k the beet modes et mem to the iiipwroked. awl applied with assimmeryiestramets. With the mei wile& mimeo war boatmen tai merle= at the meek, kale ekes Aim Ibis will le am mey, and need met be a nib imelimeideg. The 4oe liiimmat of Wiest delleme at meekest@ and avail able ktervalr-the monlyiqm et tkie with boats et the kit muM sod adequate apples et MAIM'S amiable, woe, &c., with a atereemmiter for every Are er Si mistimes, to ass that intik, was mew set fiat the dens was always supplied in rod condition, le aimed all that weld be required. If to the *Mee al the ear mauler only such MVO agepaioted as _possemeed a fair knowledge d imamemihip in addition to the other requite qualiimaikes, to enable them to brigade and teak vehmieme in the we at the lib-boats and ether apparatus, Government would have amply dome he part. The reel might safely be left to the intimmity, enterprise, and courage of mime popoladoe These eeesilmaticee an quite am *meant, Int indeed mememelly inVtary to tie lewd= of liehte eel beaseme and boom as re viled le men merinos imp skit time brew bat ear key to I. kalir-iikr, to the gallant area who serve their emmtry—pursuing the industrious avocations of ”ft or braving the dangers of war—is not limited to the charge of pander oat dangers to as arnidsd. When inevitable istaßties haws drives dims op. these dangers, we owe this. seastanes lb osteitooo thiamine. This is the oh }e n & fr sl if seelk rip se= system for the presernaties eau the of the sea. There are ersey whom purely selfish esesidera does murht to stimulate to promote the opelsetios of sash a system. All mariners, their Meads aid relations—all shipowners, merchants, and sods writers—would dud their direct and Immo diet. account in its establishment. The be reavement of widows and orphans would be rendered lees frequent; the loss of valuable property would be much diminished. lint in this age there exists a universal, though too often intermittent and pa ss i ve philanthropy, that enlists the 'peptides of a wider public in such good works. And the i nation, as well es the heart of England, is so w to its sea service, as to be most easily roused to benevo lent action where it is conceracd. To each and slid these motives to action an earnest appeal ought new to bo made, to rally all who are accessible to this., I to besiege Government with petitions to provide s good system of life-boats with their mews end auxiliary apparatus. - THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 30, 1852. FRANCE. PARIS, TURIDAT Evmemo. The Emperor, who was expected in Paris yester day evening, did not arrive till three o'clock this afternoon. He was received at the terminus of the Northern Railway by the Ministers of the Interior and War, the Commander of the Army of Paris, Baron Janata Rothschild, and the directors of the railway. He was accompanied by Jerome's son. The carriages, five in number, which conveyed him and his suite to the Tuileries, were guarded by a few earabineers, but attracted little notice. The senators assembled to-day pursuant to a sum mons, which only reached them last night; it was only to receive a message from the government, dosing their special session, and Sling the opening of the next for the 14th of February, 1833. The ilmeilmir is to publish in a day or two the names and ones. of the members composing the new imperial household. In expectation of this announce ment people naturally look into the precedents of the former empire. In 1812 there was an imperial almonry, under the direction of Cardinal Foch, com posed of a first almoner, the Bishop of Ver sailles, five almoners in ordinary, viz. the cele brated Abbf de Prodt, Archbishop of Maliass ; Baron Jauffret, Archbishop of Aix; Baron La Con tainine, Bishop of Montpellier; the Bishop of Troyes, and Baron Laurent, Bishop of Metz. General Throe, Duke of Frival, Grand Marshal of the Palace, had in his department three prefects of the palace, viz., Count Delamd, Baron de Beausset, and Baron St. Didier ; two mareehasce do logic, Count Philip de Sew and Baron de Canotiville. Count de Mootesquion-Fezenae, Great Chamberlain, and Count de Ramose, Pint Chamberlain and Superintendent of the Spectacles, were at the head of a numerous personnel! of chamberlains, some French, some natives of annexed provinces, in number eighty nine, among whom were Count d'Aubusson de La Fenillade, Count de Brigode, Count Galard de Bonn, Count de Croy, Count d'Angosse, Count de Cholseul-Pradin, Baron Anatole do Montesquiou, Count de Nisolei, Count ds Rambutean, Count de Leave* Count de Tung., Count Just de Noailles, Count Albeit de Beaseets, Gaunt Charles de Gowan% Count Ames* de Leg-Sokness, and Count de la Briffe. Caulainsowt, Duke of Viosza, dr a gons , d Ecuyer Owed Idauseuty, a colonel of Premier .Benjor t Good Count Feeler de Reliugue, &uyer Classesendose. Baron Cnelsisoourt was governor of the pages. Of these than were 43. Among them were :—M M. de Frond, is Bain t-Hilaire, La Chaise, Vsrhaell, de Bougainville du Manoir, de Menhaden, Poilloue de Saint-Mars, B. de Saint-Sulpice, Walsh de ferment, de Molitor, Jules de Mornay, and de Dreux-Brtne. The grand venerie was under the orders of Marshal Berthier, Prince of Neufchatel, and vice-constable. Count Sager, councillor of state, was grand master of the ceremonies. There were besides an intendant general of the imearial house, M. de Champagny, Duke of Wore; an intendant of the buildings of the crown, Baron Costae ; a Director of the Forests of the Crows, Baron Pelet ; a Treasurer General of the Crown and of the Extra ordinary Domain, Baron La Bouillerie; an Inten dant-General of the Private Domain, Count Darn, Secretary of State ; an Intendant-General of the Extraordinary Domain, Count Defermon Minister of State ; a Secretary of State for the Imperial Family, Count ate Regnaad de Saint Jean d'Angely, Minister of St. The Emperor's Cabinet consists of Baron Men oval, Be :rotary of Portfolio ; Baron Fain, Beeper of the Archives ; Baron Bader d'Albe, Director of the Ty pographic Cabinet. Baron Mounier and Baron Ponthon,; Colonel of Engineers, were Secretaries of the Cabinet The Bares °cutout wu the Emma...a First Phy sician ; the Chevalier Halle, Physician in Ordinary ; Baron Buyer, First Burgeon ; and Baron Yvan, Burgeon in Ordinary. Besides these there were nty ther surgeons, and as many physicians extra- LOWI6I;r was Director of Music, and Paer Director and Composer of chamber musics and of the court theatres. PARIS, WIDIIIIDAT EYINING. I have just heard, I know not limn what mead, that the Emperor was shot at yesterday at Compiegnse and that Edgar Noy was killed. Four haairsi per sons ars maid to have been arrested. Piave =tsunami to verify the report, and think it very dowblllll. Uwe was again a fall at the Bourse, bet sat swim might have been expected if such serious mete had m aimed. TRIAL FOR MURDER. Th. trial of Mr. Bower for the murder of Mr. Simple Moms Seek phm_ ea Tuohy, sad eartpied the Court of Amin w Ihe Wee the whole of the day. The court woe crowded duke tae lavertigotios. The " Art of Aundedeu" woo as Mew: . Bast Bowes, .a ßiellebenes, aged IS years, was isawfod ia MB to Panay Vishay, a wideor ib e w hine he hod *MI 4=1.4*1e ler bees es the , NIL Is the year nth Bows hired! at Port with his euntals holly. Hs woo carrespesillat he sae el he lishj pabiliesd is Lesie is Rue de Sur sad as hiiimete lizair lseeglel She= Sea sea Iladhe Mass. II lass asusimask eign S: vesperdeat he es of the &hole. se = wa l e the yeeporatiss et was • hind el the Thisery family, sat tar. Ihs hawse bee hoe &Bash Ks Bower afgesestly Wsseghle Ireggisees he appeal le hs the et bee Inelieste esidesens esee, although bee elm& 116 wee sr tesioudeL She hes shod 141111 the What shateelue K Bess sad pr hably de fees hi. ogr a rdes la UN she reared a leas hes Lobelia Wog la Lamas is whisk whew Mara Imes at be*, esegla le Me Eras her besbesd% allarese. Me swamies wash • pre-rd homers is iris. rim's orehjhe bblenneoe K thee had hilsd to erten. M. Pewee lei the osedis bar OA to Kr. Keeton. Ns abused bow Neadesee, and hogs that Bower was hi Mad. Mee was se sirs peer, bet unhetrate abouserneee robed Isms wilt dr thought het he boil bees is. weedily beheyeL %deg may sewthe Ks Dawes ems ia a hie et wiellusest.lhe sesenner et that denegmer t whisk eekeeenestly• Wield hie lather. Mies days behee bee bet assushesseit she ordered he hems Psi% the peeweesK the hose, 10 MY 111 hie bar dim* ohs her doihry,s thee to beer the as. Kit to Kars Ingedese milk ems ee the Ink state sepostel • On the Ist K Bapeembee, shawls: assasdbasues, slaw I said In bra that wows. "Go esesesse to Kr. Koren teat ben sellasd. hot the reeenables his that I east red Ids • leek 'this hairto-day, bee the he Sall bar it ems" lie= „ es resolving this am =4llll4 are refers fees the shed & wide. " Als, what siehrthe I Neveethehis. Kates wadi el the paths hat Memel Kn. Beam bad esemehei the sod pee gest el peesui2 • Goers bow ow Bower sod blersth. beds be his self lamp= hi sli a bg aissahid as to the legal sees eteseserghbieg sold nee tam him away lign wild fi shes Bowees as. weeheeesst ft, his hi presaged a "a* sameassossa; but Swish the fifteenth day as ingenhess hissed~ l is hear. sad the state et es silemat whiii Inereseed se es to ple dgee assts! fee geld= wise sue semi to bee Mirk, oh haMirk, he wheat Kissee, Korea Merl resnissi fa he hasher of the Sok lady, wises le pored the right as a rush. By hie primes mad his discourse be a to eaha Bowees wish' mind. Oa the 10ttiList. Mn. Bower mesa es sisal hie to abjure the Pro tease, rsllglw, ia Oda eat hid best bees and Mused. Hr wish was assishlisedi ea he suing of He sees day ; but bur raiser /when hisles surd is Mee Swim the noossilig aybl eat Ihe My it the hi Otis She reflosil tow bar husband, sad heed food for her toy ega liana the letter of Isabella Laurie, which she 11 . 1 a ogiagbad7 WM, bed. Oa the lot Oct., sheen aisle o'clock la the onliffighthe relations ef Mrs. Bower and the mother of Mr. low use einneMed is the diderroons. Mrs. Bower salloilhee hafted Weber shosaber, sad thee, after Imolai repeee,ell him with sets of violence osei. Wind so hatspoen, she, la a fit of delirium sad fever, es4,—ebssrilp has haat which she held in her arms— " That baby Si is Morton's '• ". and when Bower paean, rWst that revelation, his wife, 'tin hither excited by lie resistaises offered to her, added that ea the Sad Dee., Y the abeam of her husband, she bed liSt be Merlin, who had paseed the !slight with her, end that she hod WM= • mother 011 the toad of Septem ber. "If I believed that," cried Bower, " I would kill this What." These nerds married Mrs. Bower's insanity to its Mght, and, ftd=l i h n s i r sister, who wes present, she sold, " Queened lave away that man.'' Such disesepu inspired_ by • re tonneau should bays gives alse to se deffig in the mind ef Bawer bet that of pity ; bat • Won of oitgasase bed taken perassion of ihiim He gala, the Jambe of his wife and entered the iltiangiOne. Ea was pale, and his features exhibit, the violent emotions that agi. tale& him. Moto was sitting in the dining-room. Bawer seised • teliohnife and rushed at Motile, who, Ms rage was directed against him, rose made for the antechamber, in order the principal staircase. Bower's mother to nelok her son, and aught him by his coat, lit ill 7 d esat nat, sad she fell by the effort which Bower wade himself from her grasp. Morton, having trine Os sate-chamber, deemed, rapidly the first step, the Oaks, when he was overtaken by bower, who elm* Yet • violent blow with the knife, sear the left set. Moan fell never to rise again • death was the result of a tenibis benenbage omen by tie cueing of the ca- old esten. At sight of the uses extended without mo ties, Bawer eomgeebwdsd the imermity of his crime, lie cognomina& the stairs, and stood like one annihilated; but =that Marten was dead, he entered his apartment, his 'intim, took some money and, taking Wealt h** edfibe he descended the beck stairs, and IMt the WWI esesoolkin, 11161110 having boa noticed. Although the pursmit was he was not arrested, and succeeded in taking refuse d. 'After the waft of the Aot of Accusation, the President peneedni M MlRetgate Mr. Bower. After detailing his eseoesioa with the pries, his sad his wife's previous as with Mr. Morton, he said, in answer to the qualms el the seine, that he had not !maltreated his wife. It was a eslumsy to say that he had ever kicked her violently. He had had intimate relations with a young woman named Isabella Laurie, who had lived at the mats hotel with Mo. His wife was acquainted with this lioison. It appear, that kitten ware found that Mrs. Bower hod desired • diverse heat Bower, in order that she might Mr. Meets., sad that th e latter bad instigated hr r to Ann sae. The affair with lobelia Leon had tieedisted ihr some time, and latterly Mrs. Bower bed eneed to speak of it. In answer to • itusgliss as to whether the attentions of Mor ten ease say suspicions in his mind, he said that Ogg had used to see Morton for more than a year ; that Kw Bever MK impressed • dislike to Morton, but that their intim', was resumed in 1860 or 1851. Ile then naivete& the eitenostemoss of Mn. Bower's accosoltement lea the 2, of September last, her subsequent attack of I pampa, fever, and the feet of Motton's having been sidled Las • fthmd, and a physician, together with the ray- Inge of Mrs. Bower, and the lamentable catastrophe, all of ' which are detailed in the act of accusation. Ile then fled to England. The President said, " After you arrived at Dover you wont, to • friend in these words—" Tell me bow my angel of • wife has been since my departure." On which Mr. Bower ramerked—" After my departure ream ' ties had dissipated my suspicion' ageism her." This con. clad, his examination. Mr. Bower's 's* wee then ezamined.—ffhe had entered Ms *nuke on the Ind of August last. Mrs. Bower some times sail that her bashand was very harsh towards her. Witness trial to asosele bee. Witneu once saw Bower very angry with bie wills, bat be did not treat her badly. Her mistress bad Mid her of bet husband threateaing her. The Preeihmt, to the aooused—You see your wife was immorally complaining of you. Mr. Bower—floe complaints were inspired by her facni t t o r witnesses were 'Realized. AMORE them Mr. Crawford, an English barrister, an old friend of both Mr. Bower and Mr. Morton, who had been requested to endeavour to arrange a separation between Bower and his wife. He found Bower very sad, and he said, " God gave me an angel of purity, and I have conducted myself towards her like a brute." 'TM h;siini k Of the cue was being proceeded with when thereports la ; but oar readers were yesterday informed, by the aid of the submarine telegraph, that Mr. Bower had been acquitted. GERMANY. The the 24th Emperor of Austria returned to hie capital oa The Preussische Wuchenblatt, the peculiar organ of the beaureancratic conservative .party, which is beaded by M. Bethinann-Hollweg, and resembles most of any that of the government, has an article on thevisit of the Austrian Emperor to Berlin. This it considers as • most joyful event, an unequivocal sign that the Austrian goverment has finally done with the politica of Schwarzenberg, and that the two chief German governments, which with the rest of the confederation are threatened from the other side of the Rhine, are prepared to meet the enemy as one power. The article proceeds: We have slways anticipated this hour, aad therefore have saiforinly opposed the purchase with ouealded soaceesions of that which the natural course of thisp would in time bring of itself. We give the same counsel now; we are ammo= that the gommumat should feel that its alliance must haver mach vase for Austria as that of Austria can have fee it. We seed in this reaped only refer to the potitico.commerstal qmetions now under disinusioa, and time whhh Impend before tbe Federal Diet. _ _ The Wield Oat. Mr. contains a guardedly written fadeless the sane subject. After alluding to the various masers afloat, in which it finds nothing sur prising attbe present time, the writer proseeds to Irak el the two quietism which were most cont umely sewed Is hes the subject et the iesserehe in tisk swat essihnesse. The motion that the ZOlllll4ll awe at all fats dissuades is disobliged with the roma that Asetriand heads we agreed as to the swge and aim d the ante= aegeciations entrusted is M. Peewhor-lisehe sad M. Brueke, and that the details ettaki not mey eonveniently be settled by the potentates in person. Then follow the sub joined .Bateau.: Bat ohm me ethers who tray that In this of the two me powareel sore does of Gememay, dry see ib prommileas he es aims* emirs the Fremeh empbre, fa view of Nelda Immensities. We newer ea Mims bo. roma ate two pewees Ise mei row to be Iffi he it ties hog E. IS h horded epos the herd treaties • hem • pad of th e polio kw of Denys :it hes its NON Yde Mialesel ram of beat mem in their 101 Mole Gimes switireat, sad is Oar mufti interest. It is, however, a fruit of the modem et the Ism war. 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Nanlieses bed *ma the weeks at Igemshmtsr. mad moseys eel. tested ea these dogs were paid to dra dem et mew kale* beams dos et late, irblek bldg mit bees adobe& by the as geld, sad it bwrfas bees diamond re tire be was milsm the sums swingby mine beams with the am ers, enspidea was see, aad ea was instituted, which led te an med ima, of se mated above. The magistamegagg e g to tAo pissed *R eases Italy for preessatita. sad whams& were sidled who geseed=at to the peisase et 644 4.. ea dm 1611 et Jame. le Mavriesedell sad Co. ; of 641. 16e. 41. sa the 1711 et Irak , . bY Nem. NV. sad F. Duke ; sad OM IL ea the llth et October. by Messrs. Greedy _and =weed. It was peeved that he had um assented Witless sans. sad tbe pir. who Pad a salary of llod per swam, was •simaltied dI rr rial at the evedmiq Nona BTAI7OIIIBIIyIE RAILWAY.—Triab u m for ski week ending Dec. 19: 6,3241.; toweepolding week last year : 4,7s'l.—Th e above is exclusive of the re °Wpm avallable under the agreement With the Loaded and North Western Railway Company. ITALY. The Ordine states that a new bastion is to be added to the fortress of Gaeta, on the side towards the sea. It will be mounted with 61 guns. The King of the Two Sioilies has issued a decree, dated the 9th, enacting that henceforth the Council of State shall resume the title of " Consults of the Royal States on this side the straits of Messina." The Minister of Grace and Justice is named presi- dent of this Consults. The present vice-president and councillors of state are named members of the new consults. _ The Court of Rome has recently addressed to all the European powers a circular in which it invites them to interest themselves in the state of things in the Herzegowina and Bosnia, where the Christians are constantly exposed to the persecutions of the Turks. - After years of endeavour, the Pope has almost raised one regiment. The Paris Unleers thus cele brates the achievement: The first foreign regiment in the service of the Holy See received • flag from the holy lather on the 20th. It was presented to it after a solemn consecration by the Bishop of Macerate, in which place the depot of the regiment now is. This corps is destined to he the commencement of the pontifical army. It is still far from complete, and the journals have frequently exaggerated the importance of the enlistments made abroad, principally in Swit zerland, for the composition of it. Enlistments continue to lbe made, and the dispositions of the recruits appear to be excellent. Many of them have already served for several years, and offer all desirable guarantees u regards instruction and military discipline. It is then permitted to hope that this corps, for the organisation of which the Pontifical government makes very great seen. flees, will respond to its legitimate expectation, and will become one of the strongest supporters of the temporal power of the papacy. This brave regiment wished that its flag should be blessed on the day of the Immaculate Con ception of the Most Holy Virgin, in order to place itself under the protection of the Celestial militia. The Neopo titan journals inform us on their part that the army of King Ferdinand renewed on the same day, after a review, its consecration to the spotless Holy Virgin. This is a usage introduced by the pious King, and it gives joy to his really catholic soldiers. PORTUGAL. Letters from Lisbon, dated 20th, report that a royal decree has been published, reducing all the debts of Portugal to a Debt of Three per Cent. after the Ist January, 1853. THE MEDITERRANEAN. MALTA, Dec. 24. The matter of the deepest interest in this island, since my last, is the revival of the old discussion in the council of government as to whether the word " dominant " should be applied to the Boman catho lic church in the revision of the criminal code. The motion was lost, notwithstanding the greatest efforts were employed by the Bishop of Mauricastro (Caso lani), the Canon Amato, and their tail. The Roman catholic Bishop of Malta, before the question was discussed, addressed a letter to the governor, in which, as might have been supposed, he loudly l amented the infringement of an assumed right, and expressed his astonishment that it was contemplated by the government to efface the word from the code, and, in his own language, "to vote other amendments injurious to his religion." The letter was published in the Ordine, a violent anti - protestant journal, generally understood to be the organ of the Jesuits. Not so the answer of the governor, which was, however, firm, yet mild,--too much so, perhaps, to have any effect, for, notwithstanding the amendment was lost, the bishop purposes petitioning her Majesty in council for its restoration. During the period of Sir Thomas Maitland's rule, shortly after Malta had become a British possession, when the privileges of the ltomish church were pro mised by the British government to be respected and preserved inviolate, that gentleman, in a despatch he wrote to Rome, not only employed the word " do minant" as respects the church, but defended the then bishop as its spiritual head, in the capacity of dominant. This gave a pretext to the Canon Amato, in his argument, to assume that the church had been then acknowledged as dominant, had so continued. and would ever be,- 7 -an argument he pushed with ad mirable subtlety, to the very extentof his oratory ; but all was in vain. The Chief Secretary, Mr. Lushington, in his opening address, had pointed out all its incon veniences in a manner so entirely beyond refutation as to defy every attempt of the opposing party to • overturn it. A subsequent attempt to make other worshippers confine their ceremonies within their own churches failed, as did also an attempt to punish with two years' imprisonment those who menaced a priest in the execution of his functions (undefined), whilst, if he menaced a magistrate or a judge, one year was the maximum that could be awarded: The following is the correspondence alluded to in the foregoing letter: Valletta, Archbishop's Palace, Dee. 7, 1862. Euelleney,—lt I. with the greatest surprise and the deepest displeasure that I have heard it affirmed with certainty, that in the neat discussion on the Criminal Code in the Council of Government, it is intended to expunge the title of dominant, as applied to the catholic church of Malta ; and other consequent ansendaiente, very injurious to the Na., are also to be voted. Bow muck this is in open contradiction to the royal and repeated premiss of the sovereign, after having been possessed and ealeyni by the same church, under the British goverment its more than fifty years, your excel lency will well endemtemi ; you will therefore oosaprebend bow ohiliorgy sad indimonsable is the duty ineembent en me. to *Mil by all leW somas the yeesegettot of the dew* iseresteg to a.. ithes, however, liavieg resseme to any ether proper mad.. I rimier It right to fairest per mosellency steengly in the aildr in ilmetter, beessalt fag yon with ur grist pod sense and with right sumo of nat ur al Jutish on which , with pod rea your son, 1 cal the Maltese eitialiss, ay dioceses., repose • well posehanded senhlonsos thet io r will effectually inter to mom re a prejudice to this m issal oaths& dam& la taking this course, your on *lbw will be Moshe the example of the governors, par preimmeon, sad fly of Sir Thomas Maitland, who asks*, as dominant the embolic churoh in Main. Nom semperation of your excellency, I OM ballad to bop Ike he best result, which if by mi.- dram elemid net be illaimalla beg to make knows to you that la h ea latioatiom la esoihretion with ay otergy end my look to log Whim the Mews our maim soveselt ear eareast rememelsonsse. year onssilensy of as SWIM he ray galonee, -- nave the beams to be year moollseofs mist bumble and devoted germ an, P. M. Archbishop Bias, of Malta. To Issallosie, Sir William id &C IL Governor ts aad Climmonder.ia-Chief of the b leed of Malta sad I De V a gtlency replied an follows : Palace, Malta, Dec. 10, 1862. My Lord Archbishop,-1 have had the honour to receive your grace's loner, dated the 7th Dosembar, referring to certain matters, but particularly on the eaprimion " domi nant" iatrodueed into the Ctiesl Cede sow under the esesideratioa of the council of Tbe ozprosnon " dominant" =tared objection- alio. se ordmair - it will pussies the went of the germ ; but I trust sasher exprossion may be found which willeeser• the righter** Rama embells religion in Malta, mid& I Is the emenst airs of lir Mshaty's government sempubreely to =Anal& Permit ter to my that lave h always regretted the imps:ribs of that expression Into the Criminal Code, as being misphold and therefore unwise. For this reason alone, Ma/i. hr more than • year, has been deprived of an iregc qsi mit of laws, to the _pest Misr, of the gamest iamb af them Wands. But if emesthelms you Aeon it distort at this moment to pan ties as throw, it will be my duty to forward your porde= M the tharetery at State.—l have the bosom to be, say Lord Archbishop, your most obedient humble must, WILLIAIt RBID, °oversee. The Right Raw. the Archbishop Bishop of Malta. The following is the answer of the home govern. ment to Sir W. Raid's despatch on the subject : Domilmentreet, Aulut - 2, 1862. have to acknowlwo year dimMeli No. 28, of February 9111 lost, to a n prodoottasor drafts km the amendment el eseleht portios of the criminal eeM; end I have to amen to you way regret that the prereara of busbiw dining the late melon has prevented heehr government hem coming to an earlier de subject. They sannot advise her Mqesty to sanction the portion of the code in question (book 11, title 1) while the Roman catholic church be designated on it as " dominant." Nor do they consider that the paragraph suggested, in order to explain it ccomparieg the appellatio n t o that of the established church en Englund) suomestidly removes the objection to that word. They are at the mme time very willing, in 031110011/200 with the suggestion of the Bishop of Naurleastro and Dr. Ding% to take into consideration any other term which may be suggiteled, ezpresidee of the fact that the Rom an oa th religion is Mat of which the rights sr , guaranteed by the fandemental law of Malta ; but not conveying the no tion of domination or supremacy. I have the honour, &e., Governor nir W. Reid, H.C.B JOHN 8. PAIINOTOX. DEATH OF KOSSUTH'S MOTHER. BRUSISII.B, TrINTAN EVESTNO. Tho above highly respected lady departed this life about nine o'clock this morning in her temporary residence in this capital. She had bees seriously ill for som e w„„k i but yesterday some strong hopes of her recovery were entertained by her medical attendants, one of whim wail Dr. Perkins, a long-established English resident, and who is distinguished by his kind atteutionato the venue, political exiles is this city. Some unpleasant rumours are afloat respecting the refusal of the Belgian government to allow of her soe's coming over to this country, unless he con. canted to be constantly accompanied during ho stay in Belgium by a police officer. it is understood that the venerable lady herself urged her illustrious son not to sub mit to so degrading a condition. I trust, for the sake of the Belgian government, and for the honour of Belgium itself, that those rumours are exaggetat-A ; but I tear they see bat too true. SOCIETY OF TILE FRIENDS OF ITALY. The second converrazione of the season in :con. notion with this society was held last evening at the Music Hall, Store-street. One of the advertised "lions," Mr. Douglas Jerrold, was not present, from cause. over which, as usual, the abseentee had no control, and his non attend ance gave great dissatisfaction to the one or two hundred persona collected on this occasion. 31. 31.1xsini wax, how ever, in his accustomed place on the platform, where he is always so heartily welcomed. Mr. Pr.Tkit Atritru TLYLOK, the energetic and enthusiastic president of Om society, was in the chair; and he was surrounded by the average number of ladies sympathising in the cause of the Italian people, but by few, r than usual of those intellectual, generally young, men who are the motive power of this society, and to noose ex ertions in sustaining an interest in Italian politics, H. Mauini and his friends are more deeply indebted than they are at present perhaps ready to acknowledge. In his opening remarks, the CII IKMA N, &Mtn! ing upon the thin attendance, justified the appeal of the society to the town in this holiday week on the ground that as • skeleton supplied a useful moral at a least, the cypress of Italy might be placed, with sad appropriateness, among the holly of England. The very object of the associa tion was to force on attention the fact that the most selfish and direct interest of England was in promoting freedom abroad—that the cause of liberal Italy was essen tially the cause of protestant and free England ; and in times of festivity, as well as at other times, this society would not shrink from calling upon English liberals not to forget in their own prosperity tho claims which the Italian liberals had upon their aid. He reiterated his frequently expressed opinion that the society was essentially practical, and he believed that the public opinion which it was creat ing and would create would have an early effect upon the system of foreign policy Lord John Russell would now have the opportunity of carrying out. I Mr. LA W ItENCE (a barrister) proposed the first resolution (declaratory of the title which their struggle for liberty gave the Italians upon the sympathy of free nations) in a speech of telling generalities, enumeratory of the chief incidents of the struggle in 1848, and expressive of the most vehement opinions, which were warmly cheered, against the Austrian and Neapolitan governments, the Pope, and Louis Napoleon, for aiding the Pope in suppressing the liberties of the gallant people of !Lorne. Referring to the new chances of a liberal foreign policy, he said he could only feel alarm at the return to official power of L'ird Aber deen, who was " implicated" in the martyrdom of the brothers Bandiera, and of Sir James Graham, who was chiefly known to the liberals of Continental Eu rope as the man who had lent himself to des besm, in opening the letters of M. Musini. :Wh a t, asked, did such persons as Molesworth, Cockburn, Robert Lowe, or Bernal Osborne in compacy with Lord Aberdeen or Sir James Graham ? Mr. DAVID M•tisON the new professor in the L on d on university) seconded Mr. Lawrence's resolution 1 here were two reasons why he felt and asked for sympathy with the Italian struggle. In the first place, horrors, shooting., hangings, and garrotting. were being perpetrated in Italy by despotism upon the people, against which Cluistian humanity ought to rise in arms ; and in the nex t pl ace , i t was his firm conviction that the ltome, which had succes• sive, led and governed the world in arms and in arts, woad be the centre, for the third time—of a new civilisa tion, the civilisation of European liberty. (Cheers.) He be. lieved in Italy—he believed that Italy, united, would be one of the greatest of modern peoples ; and those who supposed that their Italian unity and independence was a chimera, he referred to the opinion expressed at St. Helena by the Emperor Napoleon—specifying that he meant the great and not the little one. lie saw no obstacle that should forbid dam to be sanguine ; he considered that the day was not distant when they would see Mancini, now sit ting so quietly on that platform, trampling upon the tem porality of the papacy. (Loud cheers.) And when that day came he trusted that official England : would not be permitted by ,Englishmen to back a French army in backing the Pope against Mazzini. lie believed a great change of opinion on this subject had taken place in England within the last year. England had recovered from its shock and surprise and was thinking accurately, at last; and he rested his hopes of what was to be dour upon the influences now arising and tending to bring England and the United States together in an assault upon Europe and despotism. (Cheers.) The first resolution having been disposed of, Mr. Justus STANSPELD (aa hon. secretary to the society), addressed the meeting; proposing a resolution of thanks to Mr. T. Duncombe for the notice he had placed on the paper of the House of Commons of his iuteution to ask the house to address her Majesty, praying her Majesty's good offices in putting an end to the occupation of the Raman states by ' the troops of France and Austria. This notice, Mr. Stansfeld explained, was founded upon • petition agreed to at the last meeting of the society of the }tined' of Italy, and sent to Mr. Dunoombe for presentation ; and as there , was no doubt the member for Finsbury would press his notice, it was very desirable that he should be aided as far l as possible by being put in possession of many more petitions to the same effect. Mr. Stansfeld proceeded to detail the points of the petition already presented (and which was the composition of M. Mauini himself, adopted by the council), and then entered on • logical snd eloquent protest against the doctrine of nonintervention, so long as that doctrine was nut unnecessarily adopted by the great powers. In conclusion he suggested, as • reason for the extraordinary "combination" of the new ministry, that our prominent public men were aware of the approach of events which would need the cessation of party warfare and the union of al sides to save the nation ; and, if that were so, he thought they ought to anticipate the danger, and commence by a bold foreign policy, which should be consistent with the principle on which the government was based, and which would gather to onr aid the struggling nationalities of the continent. o (C : es-') Mr. Rr seconded the resolution in a speech which produced much applause. The resolution was, of course, carried, and, for so small a meeting, with enthusiasm. The proceedings shortly after were brought to a close: Mr. Mazda*, contrary to expectation, not addressing the meeting ; having, in fact, finally expressed an indisposition M speak in public at this period, when deeds were being dens in Italy which were breaking his heart The follow ing letter to Mr. Taylor from M. Mauini may explain his sentiments : " Wednesday Evening. " Dear Friend,—l come on duty ; not a single meeting of your society must take place without my signifying by my presence how grateful we Italians are to you all for your noble efforts. But I know that I shall not be able to speak a single word ; I feel unwell, absolutely unequal to the teak, and most likely doomed to leave before the meeting is over. Our friends will speak for me better than I could do. They will, I trust, remind the meeting that the last time I stood on your platform, I had to speak of the men who had been shot by dozens a short time before in Binigaglia and Ancona. One month has elapsed; and Ave noble heads have fallen on an Austrian scaffold at Mantua ; five of our best men, after having endured for months and months indiscribable moral and physical tor ture, have been dragged, pale, emaciated, yet hold and defying, to the place of execution, and killed. They were from Mantua and Venice ; &jurist, an artist, a civil officer, a landed proprietor, and a working man ; all shades of the Italian Society represented in the awful scene ; a solemn symbol of the compact of struggle and martyrdom banding in a single thought all the Italian party. And two hundred of their companions are in the prisons of Mantua threatened by a similar fate. A rumour is current that twelve are already condemned. Fifteen patriots have been sentenced to death by the military committees of the Roman *tales • and in Tuseaay, Ouarducci and others have been imprison ed on account of an Italian Bible found in their houses. Such a state of things cannot lut—must not last. Let those who believe in the justice of our cause be more active than ever ; urge upon them the necessity of carrying out in an energetic way England's peaceful agi tation for Italian freedom. You will succeed if you persist. I trust for this to the undeniable justice of the cause—to that practical logical sense of your countrymen, and to the noble instincts, unchecked by peace crotchets or others, of your working classes.—Ever yours faithfully, Jossra Maoris'... EMIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA.—On Christmas Eve. the John Knox, and the Digby, emigration ships, were prepared to sail from the Mersey for Australia, but have sines been detained by adverse winds. The British Queen loft the depot at Birkenhead on Friday morning with about 260 registered passengers ; 45 of thou were Scotch agricul turists from the Isle of Skye, the residue being English ar tisans and agricultural labourer,, all of a very respectable class. The depot was a scene of activity on the same day, as the Fortune was being prepared for her departure OR Tuesday. She will take 229 passengers. A great number of children are going out by this vessel ; and, from their clean appearance, healthy looks, and good apparel, would seem to belong to parents removed above the lowest of the industrial clause. The Panama was to sail on Monday with about the same number of passengers. She will, of course, be detained until the wind is favourable.—Lirer- P O6l PaPer• Tint PROVINCIAL LETTER CAItRIERS.—A WIT.* spondent says that this hardworking body of men aro about to bring the subject of the lewness of their salaries in • formal manner before parliament. Deputations from these letter carriers have had interviews with several mem bers of parliament, who have promised to take their casein hand. It should always be remembered that it was the govern ment who attempted to impose an oppressive house-tax on the poorest kind of householders that prohibited poetinen from soliciting Christmas boxes, and that refused them compensation after depriving them of an important meant of support.