The Express. — London, England, 1852-03-25 00:00:00

Lieutenant Hume, on raters tom Amiss merrier, by ! meat tea. Arbatkaatt. Major Ctxarleb Irvine, cm pros sad sad Mum ham fis yrriee, by Lieut.-Oescral Hon, Hugh Arbisthaott. m A jor.lien. Jacky's, on promotion, by th e Duke of Wel. liazton. ev. John Jackson, on appointment to a canonry at Brix ' la. thc Lord t'hancellor. Commander Oliver J. Jones, R.N., by the Duke et N o rthumberland. Li•ter Kaye, by his father, Sir John L. Kaye, Bart. colour' on promotion, by the Adjutant-Clenersl. Nr. Wyaa knight, on his marriage, by Geseral Lygon. Mr. John C. K. delegate from the colony of Victoria ' as the bearer of In address to her 'Majesty from the Mho. j a wp of the eulogy of Victoria, expreasire of their deviled l e ys:t, and attachment to their sovereigo, and of their lea. tree to her Maji-ty for the erection of their pro. rime .nto a separate colony of the British empire, under the vocal nanu. of " Vt.:tuna, ' by the Hight Ron. Sir John Tabliateu. Lieutenant J. Llerder. by Colonel Dunne. Major lien , rot on promotion, by Field Marshal the ; Leigh, by the Duke of Northumberland. Mr 11. L. Lewis, by Mr. ALlermau Wilson. Lieut. Frown Lean, by Cul. %limes. Lents-Col. Chas. R. 1%. Lane, on return boa lad* by thr Lai of Demnighniorc. Luta. Loeb. 11._N by Rear-Admiral Loch. Lent-Coloiscl Login. by the Duke of Ilismiltas. yes Jis L I Lang, chaplain, ha Majesty's .hip Anngant, the Duke of Northimiberlatid. Mr. Join Strike Lumley, hint Attachi to bee Majesty's legatioe at t. l'etenburgh, by the Hari of Malowshery. Mr. Munotiririe, on appointment as DcputpLirutimant for Shropshire , by the Vice-Chamberlain the Right Hun. Vicuna N. sport. Captain 11. J. NlA..appointment to command ler Marty's ship Ilightly,r, by the Duke of Northum brrlau.l. Li, nt. an-I Adjutant Wm. Mansell Mansell, R.N., on sr r ou tan lit a. Adjutant of the Chatham Division of !lava' %atm., by hi. lather, Rear-Admiral Sir Fhonias Mau-.11. Mr. M Vtw, I;th Regiment, by Major-Oen. Sir Thom.. M K .0 D. It. ..qpr y. on return from foreign scr toc,, raj C,mmanihr F. L. Nl • Cltntock, It. M. S. Intrepid, on uniotien and u t u rn trona Arctic service, by Capt. Alex. MiMc. Cattnn Milne. I: N .en reappointment to the Admi re...l. PM, Northumberland. 1 : m•N by Colonel Charles Wyndham. Li. ut, Laid t•gt. I Nlyvtutil, R.N. 11. M. S. Resolute, en ail.. mtin, nt to .tr, tic capedition, by Captain Sir B. W. r. K. unnant.lii - orral Mercer, on promotion, by the Duke of Wi'..ington. Mr %Limo Crofton Morrison, by Sir Geo. Staunton. Li , •it. uant•Colonel Mont-Cooper, on promotion, by 11. wd Comb. nuere. Colouel Mundy, an ha marriage and return frwil rm., in Australia, by Lieut.-General Lord Fitzroy .ht lloaourable Joseph Napier, on appointment as At. •r,.. lirn.vat fur Ireland, by the Earl of Derby. I. ut. mint Ili my Nason, H SI., by Major General Sir Mr Neuman, on appointment to Royal Devon Yeo- Malt k. by Vi.count Courtenay. i .44.4 Nicholson, by Lieutenant Colonel Lord De Ts', V. Captain Nott, be Lord Mere*. 111.p4 Deneral gir Charin O'Donnell, on promotion, by S. Dome of Wellington. Mr. L. Oliphant, by Fir Frederick Pollock. I °glissader Richard A. Oliver, R.N., on return front ferii;n service. by the Doke of Northumberland. Mr. Lionel Oliver, by Licut..Gen. Goodfellow. Admiral Sir John Ocumanney, on appointment so Com maadar.int:hief at Devonport, by the Duke of Northum krbad. Li.utenant Shersol Osborn, on return from Aretic see. v:re. gal re-appointment, by the Fast Lord of the Ad miralty. Commander Robert Jocelyn Otway, R.N., on • t aunt a Deputy Lieutenant, County Tipperary, by Fir Loftus W. Otway. llonoarable F-ancis Pakenham, on appointment to her Mausty's Mission at Lisbon, by the Earl of Longford. Mr. Arthur J. G. l'earse„ by Sir Richard Bulkeley. Licut -Colonel Paschal, on promotion, by General Sir Cohn Batten. Lieut..Colosel Prosy, en promotion, by Lord George Lemnos. _ . Captain Sir George Brooke Pechell, R.N., on appoint meat so a Naval Aide-de-amp to the Queen, by Viscount Palmerston. Lint-General Sir George Pollock, 0.C.8., on promp t:on, by General Viscount Harding*. Mr. Edw. Porter, We her Majesty's Consul at Bahia, on return from foreign service, by the Earl of Malmeabury. Sir John Potter, on his appointment as a Deputy Lieu tenant eaunty Lancaster, by the Earl of Sefton. Mr. Thomas Bayley Potter, by Lord John Russell. Major-General Wm. O. Power, on receiving the testi monial for good service, by the Minion of Anglesey. Commander Pa 11... Itlq.„ on re-appointment to Arctic Espeilitioo, by the Duae of Northumberland. Captain Herbert Patton, by the Master General of the Ordnance. Liiiitenant Chas- B. Payne, R.N. H.M.S. Herald, on appnatment to the South Sea Expedition, by the Duke of itathuniberland. Soh-Lieut. A. W. Peyton, on appointment to let Lit. Gentle, by Col. J. Hall. Mr. lieu. H. ruing, on appointment to 87th Regiment, by Major-Gen. Sir John Holt. Captain W. H. Deem, on promotion, by General the Bari of Strafford. Eniign J. L. Reynolds, on rotors from India, by Right 800. J. C. Berries. Captain Peter Richards, R.N., on nomination to good service peones, by the Duke of Northumberland. Commander G. H. Richards, on return from foreign ser vice and appointment to H.M.S. Assistance, by the First Lord of the Admiralty. Mr. Esehard lister Hooch, on appointment to the Hon. Caps of Gentlemen at Arms, by the Bart of Sandwich. 51or-General Sir John Bolt on being appointed to the maraud of the Western District, by the Duke of Wet bacon. Lutit. Rolt, Coldstream Guards on appointment, Staff Western Di s trict, by his Father, Major -General Sir John Rolt. --- CaptMa Rom, by Admiral Sir George flartoriar. Captain J. C. &Likeld, by Right Has. 3. C. Remo. Mr J. Boyd Bounden, by t h e Prosldeal of the Board of I Caatrol. _ _ . Fe - ymes — ter Scott, os appointment, 381 k Reit., by Lieut.- Onern Hon. thigh Arbuthnot,. Inut.-Geonsl Shubnck, on promotion, by Admiral ktUy. C.,ptaio Charles Schonberg, It.N , on promotke, by the Earl of Dsodoond. 14r llooyouod D'Owyos Into Scott, by the Date of Richmond. - _ _ Mr reprice Sbubrick, es return from India, by Lieut.- General Thomas Sbobeiek. Lent. Aleieeder J. Smith, R.N., ea return from H.M. Reenetic Observatory Hobert Tows, by the Duke of Mr Solomon, Ilastseatie Cassel at St. Helms, br ia t a t. , Co'..ithosa, Ain't god Caral•Choserml far the itarea • -- iaTor•Grorral &lapses, e i T t ztatmest ONEMSad 8. % District, by dm Earl of Mr. Alderman R. J. Spiess, &serif of tire city of Oscord, by Right Ilse. S. H. Walpole. Elmira J. H. M. Stewart, by Rear-Admiral Hoist= Stream. -- I.;;iit,itant Charles Sallivan, kir liejesty's skip St. Geom.'. by hi. father, Rear-Admiral Sir Charlie Sullivan. sir George Gnat fiattie, Bart., by the Duke of Yon taw. TAe %liciter•General for Scotland, by Yr. Secretary Walpok. N Captain Herbert Slade, by Lient.-Celenel Lord George et. Mr. Deane Shute. Deputy Lieutenant of Hann, by the Duke of Wellington. Lieutenant J. J. Smith, on appointment to Royal Ar tillery, by the Muter-General et the Orderer:el. Leutealuit Frederick R. Stack, by Lieut.-Colonel Mat Dow Talbot, on appointment as ime et het liajostrs loads in waiting, by the Lord Ohreahmintm Surgeon Tanlrew, gad L* Guards, es primetise, Celan! Sl'Dotuill. Lieut. Richard Williams Thomas, 7th Royal Pusateri, by his father, Viewiltdialral Theme. Lieut.-Generat Themesn. C. 8., 74th Righlanden, by Lord Plumy eemorost. Dr. Todd, by Lord eland &Na th an. Colonel 1 re= Coldstream Guards, on promotion, by the Earl of 8 Lieut. Harvey Tower, Coldstream Guards, on appoint ment, by the Earl of SUdined. Lieut. 8. D. Turner, 21st Benpl Native Infantry, by the Right Hon. J. C. Worries. Eivign Rorer D. Upton, Ist West India Regt., on op- Pownnient, by Lierst.-General Merosr. Hon. !leery P. Vereker, her Britannic Majesty's Nand at Rio G ran d e d o by Bari Grenville. Mr. Maisel Vines, tier Modesty's consul M Pars, on ap pointment, by the Earl of Italmosbory. Commander F. P. Worsen, on promotion, by the Duo of Northumberland. ii;;;:i7;;;;;i1F:ni., by the Doke of Northarabentand. Mr. W. Walter Wells, Bengal medial service, on nem front India, by Lieut.-Colonel Lane, C.B. hurmon A. C. Webster, Hill Highlanders, by Lord Fitzroy Somerset. Captain T. Nantinore Were, Elder Brother of the Tri. li/.•bonee, by the Duke of W tar. Wbelefe, by the Warquist a r a. lanrieardir. Colonel R. W. Wilson, C. 8., Bssgal Arsay,ost return to India, by Viscount Gosgb. Mr. Sydney Whiting, by Lord William Lesson. Lieutenant Edward Andr4e Wykle, R.N., oa Minn Goa foreign service, by Sir J. Owen. Mr. M. Dighy Wyatt, by Bit William Cabin. Mr Edward IVyntlhanz, by Sir J. Law Lashingtos. Captain George K. Wilson, R.N., by Lewd Bemire P .ietain Frederick Orem Wilkinson, 42ad Royal High lakd, is, on prom o ti on , by Biz Jobs Belt. 1 he following noblemen end pinworm were almi parent at the levee Bea no —Leeds, Athol!. I •lAßertseas—Northaasptoa, Both, Lasselowse, CUM. den, Nesmanby. Bata—SesSeld, Lovelace, Mount Chula, Romney, Shelburne, Dusky, Cawdor, Clareadcm. Viscount's—Galeria, Maack, Maynard, Palmerston, Cranky, Barrington. Blegors—Roehester, Chichester, Norwich. Lotus—Templemore, Walsingham, Blandford, Chula Townshind, Tringestown Alfred Churchill, Vivian,WWiam Lennox, Ribblesdale, Risdney De Tabley, Alfred Hervey, Mulgnite, Sondes, Charles P. Pelham Clinton, Paget, Bateman, De Manley, Cokheater, R. Grosvenor, John Rumen, Marcus HiU, eminently, Berner, Lilford. MONT Ilogovusetne—Sir David Dundee, C. Tenny son D'Eyneourt, M.P., T. Milner Gibson, M.P. Humus stastrs—Charles Cavendish, John Elliot, George Stuart, H. Manners Sutton, William Grey, W. P. Talbot, &r Edward Butler, Gustavus Hamilton Russell, Spencer Ponsonby, George Henry Cavendish, M.P., Pown, C. I'. Villiers, W. Bathurst, Oetavius Duneomhe, M.P., Vice-Admiral Elliot, C. 8., Edward S. Russell, the Dean of Ripen, Francis Scott, M.l'., Fraheis Charkris, L. Parsons, Edwa r d Twialeton, James Pierce Maxwell, M.P. BA ILUM STS —John Stewart Richardson, Richard Bulke ky, John Yonne, M P., Norton Knatatull, William Moles worth, Edward C. Denies, John Duckworth, M.P., George Nugent, Hugh Hums Campbell, St. Vincent Hawkins Whitshed, William Codrington, John Thorold, John F. Davis, Thomas l'hillippe, James Buller East, M.P., Henry Ferguson Dash., M.l'., John Heron Maxwell, William A. Vetoer, Charles Des Vueux, Philip Grey Egerton, M•C., Arthur Brooke, Edward N. Butane, M.P., George Staun ton, M.P., Henry W. Barron, M.P., John lister Kaye, Henn , Lambert, Edward Colebrook., Ml'. Stns—W. C. 'has, Melvin! Wertmacott, Charles Tee velyan, K.C.8., George Hoilgkinson, Percy Nugent, M.P., Brook Bridges, Raymund Jarvis, James Meek, C.D. BARON —K nesebeek. Cut NT —Baptiste hletaxA. Dr V( —Of Winchester. RIVILMID DOCTollol—Cartmell, Irwin, Parish, Bloom field. HIV ERTN t. —Edward Reptnn, George Jepson, Thome' Gamier, John Barlow, Lord Wriotbesley RUSICII, Stephen Reid Cattley, Viscount Hereford, William Slowman Rowe, Charles Whitworth Pitt, The Master or the Temple, Lord John Thyme.. Stu ra,Ts—Bellaais, Goulburn. ALur.nnem—Mnon, Hooper. Dot-ruas—Ashley, Faraday, Bushmen, Forbes Winslow, Tweedie. ?tie O'Gorman Mahon, M.P. MlOlSlV.l:lol—Edwords, Chandos Pole, Philip M.l'., J. ILVivian, M.P., Dod, Deedes, M.P., P. Somerset Butler, M.P., Bax, Halsey, M.P., Henry Berkeley, Thornton, Robert Palmer, M.P., Mervyn Arch doll. F. Pigot, M.P., J. C. Cobbold, M.l link, l'., John Townley, M.l'., S.will Onley, James Prior, IL. B. Sheridan, M.P., Saunders Davies, M.P., R. C. Mellish, Hutchins, M.P., L. Smithett, Turnbull, Christy, M.P., Edwin Saunders, W. Wilberforce Bird, Charles Bu *ask, Husiphry St. John Mildmay, A. J. Macrory, Gwyn, 11. P., Grogan, M.P., Milnes Gaskell, N. Percy Burrell, Laurte. Frederick William Laxton, Dng• dale 0 Clavering Redman, William Barber, Charles Dinh', Robert Clive, T. IL Cloodlake, John Bidwell, Law, William Ltwrence, G. Cavendish Bentinck, Holford, Cheri, a Jolliffe, Hardeastle, Hiders, Edward Buck nall Estneart, Seckville Lane Fox, Henry Frampton, Given, M.P., Alexander Matheson, M.P., Tenon Eger ton, Archibald, Nouaille Budge, Antrobus, Beckett, M.P., Styleman La Strange, li. Meynell Ingram, Granville Ilse court Vernon, Alexander Wood, l'ole Carew, M.P., Ilorritt, Perfect, M.P., Alexander Hastie, M.P., J. B. Marshall, G. Sanders, M.P., John Villiers Shelley, White Cooper, W. Jackson. M.P., Caulfield, M.P., Phillips, Conolly, Long, M.P., Edward Mujoribanks, Edward Thomas Hooper, KN., Gerard Stun, M.l'., Elliot Granett, Hamilton Aide Evelyn Denison, M.P., Dudley Marjoribanks, Welby, M.P., George Arbuthnot, T. Percival Ileywood, S. Chandee Pole, Jeremiah Dyson, Alexander, Necld, M.P., Henry Boucherett, Some., Wilson Patten, M.l'., Robert J. Bagshaw, Frederick Goulburn, G. Lenox Conyngharn, Stewart Hobbouse, Herbert, M.P., Bramatoo, 11. P., Malcolm, of Poltalloch, Edward Berkeley, Charles Manly, (Commissioner) Pane, Kerrison, William Law, Tomas lil'Ciallagh, /4.1'., James Ferrer, M.l'., J. li. H. Foley, M.P., Gordon, Frederic Hamilton, H. S. Illingworth, St. Leger Glyn, Addle, Wells, Edward Bligh, Sharman Crawford, M.P., David Morin., W. Turner, Stephenson, Manners Sutton, George W. Hope, Garde° Rehow. 'NILE/ MAISN•L—Disks of Wellington. Gazzazi.a—Ban, Sir T. Willshire, Ban., K.C.8., Sir J. Law Lushington, G.C.8., Sir Thos. M'Mahon, Ban., K.C.8., Sir Alexander Woodford, Shame, Sir Willoughby Cotton, 0.C.8., Sir John Denton, K.C.8., Walton, Sir H Colin eiken, Sir Robert Arbuthnot, K.C.8., Caulfield, C.B , Dela Motte , Harding, Lord Charles Manners, Lord Fitzroy Somerset. CoLon Shewell, Dixon, Hall, M.P., Gas coigne, Bundling, Hay, W. L. Freeston, K.C.8., Sir W. Venter, Bart., M.P., J. G. W. Curtis, C. 8., A. Per ceval, Sullivan, Charles Dixon, Sir Michael Creagb, Enoch, Marten, Sir James John Hamilton, Bart., Lovell, P. P. Nevill, Bucknall F.stcourt, Powuey, the Hon. Robert Boyle, Augentein, Robert Mercer, Lewis, U. Parker, St. V. Ricketts. MAJONS-11alkett, Turner, Cooke, Chambre, C. Irvine, Sotheby, C.B. Cements—Jack H. Murray, Cannon, lion. H. Neville, Hon. K. Charteris, Lord George Manners, W. A. Fyne, Longman. Crichton Stuart, Robert Wardlay, Earl of Long ford, Portal, Gowan, Storer, W. Wood, Oreenway, Brand ling, Mark Wood, Northey, Shrapnel, Ormsby Gore, M.P., Edward Pakenbam, C. W. Thompson, Henry Green Wil knees, Williams Wynn. LINUTINANTS—Watford, O. Chetwode, C. J. Bourchier, Sapte, Sidney CONSPOS, George Campbell, W. G. Steven. son, Charles Parley, lion. Ashley Ponsonhy, F. B. Buck ley, 8. Clithrow, J. Lewis Shepherd, J. Montagu Bur goyne, Sir James Ferguson', Bart. Connuv—Ralph A. Benne. Ensures—Henry Hope Cresloek, H. N Faithful. ADNINALS—Sir Graham Hamond, Richard .Thom s, Loeb, Meynell, Sir Thomas Cochrane, Hon. John Gordon, Prescott, Sir Charles Sullivan, But., Sotheby. CAPTAINS (Royal Navy)—St. Vincent King, Fremantle, Bosaaquet, Hon. E. A. I. Harris, M.P., James Soon, C. 8., George Manse!, Hon. Henry Koppel, Richard Henry Stop ford, Sir Edward Parry, George Evans, Robert Gordon, O'Callaghan, Edward Stanley, Anson, Drinkwater Bethune, Pellew - Halsted, Collier, Berkeley Maxwell, Robert Fitz- Roy, F.A.S., Castling, Sir George Back. CAPTAIN (Trinity.hourie)—Henry Bonham Bax. COSINANDISIS—Beaumont, Fordyce, J. T. Paulson. List (Royal Navy)—Cbarles Dulles, Freestun. Her Majesty and Prince Albert returned to Buckingham Palace after the levee. The Orford University Cosunimion had a meeting yes terday, at the official residence of the First Lord of the Tressory, in Downing-street Present—The Bishop of Norwich, the Dean of Carlisle, the Muter of Pembroke, the Rev. H. 0. Liddell, J. L Dampier, Esq., the Rev. Professor Powell, the Rev. 0. R. 8. Johnson, rind the Rev. A. P. Stanley (secretary). The Due of /414 having, linos his =res Plet Loki Ibe IpZ e lkelbeabeini 1/ame. Ore psalm wr ham* seeepiel bp bispelleerme bee Win dess Aall erl Ibe pablis service ; oat is io wog, w• knew% hooded tart resident's should be Owe OM to soy alb Lordo—o dolorniaation that wM trams rablie approval LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S ORICE, MARCIE 2L- Notice is hereby gives, that the presentation to the Qum at the Levee on Thursday, the 26th of Febenary lest, Mar Way Reverend Monsignors &rub, is caneelled, that title hada, been assumed without the required authority. WINDeOI C in.. ID ERB PRIMER TIME—The above title has been given to o giolneit of the roysl family by Sir Edwin lammer, olden le am gum* el her Ida "es the Qom, sad *alai es a gropendes work to Bohan Abby In Mee thee." TM = 4 l mew on view et Kam Oeswa s heer. et and smy pm* with the toed suoitenfol of So mien par kegs gesses„ Wag as strikingty ilen enonggeneof owl so in the no less bnportant isseistrines M id .Thengh Sir Edwin Los/ism bee gild* his owe tgraln o terrower thr woe UMW to Mew the enardy Or RIM holly, DO tb raw teem in the present MO* mpg lest be Om dkpeshisa loviorlirt the donate neespelia EfISERMiTS WOW et eneneser_, end la the wesisetel anhesrehnee tithe peed to both. The what pheare has resently bees owed by J. L. Aida =is a toner whew of the Ilmege. The teature of the satin sod ether nines seeinees eo. en& es the fruit ot the date, shown ansad, .sire aighsvillan of a careful end able beaks. The maantive ewe of the labliag up to Ike goes of the Quint the deed brilliant aim h already el anual im ig y phineat little episode ia Os erred grim skilfa4 khan the ereepedline whisk sight wgirise have bane a denwiled appear. mop. The hassasay, perhaps samewhat sobered skin the fear yome it was sunned, hes all tlie ripeness in win te M beaked for is works fresh tam the easel, even of thie saute. The picture is only on view be a limited pedal. DMZ OF me How. FRED. Weer.—We regret to sanwanse the death of this ensemble pntletuan_,_ at his =Winn Liam, Berkshire. The Hen. Fred. West was es Os lest Bari Delawarr, end was for as.; pan Osage DLL periknatat he Deabighshire, and shoat the court of g eld IV. By this demise the families of Dela. www,cirmarlaid, Radnor, Fox, Lane, Nerthoich, Bldihdpik, Buliseley, Ike. will 'us placed *mourn *Lis ..nnotmunken ImoonTART BILL TO SHORTEN • DISSOLUTION.—Yesterday Laid 2111.10111115 . 11 NW bill to shorten a diasekation of parliamest wee *Wed, by mar of the His,. el Lade. The bill lea short ear, mad is intithd As Act is arils the ties_ seqpiseil for assembliog par liesesat after a aledneka therear." It states : "whereas, ea anew of the Inweeesd bellies of eossamilation whisk new onto, the tlme eapiked by law to lateness be. twine the deg yeasiemaies far ameabliag mat lad the vista he the meatieg thereof ntey be be it thieehre ended (is the meal sigai null lrtirs7rtea es hie Megratp shsY b 0 bar lora preakmation appoint a time At the tret reeeWse et the t of the Voila M Orost Maki and f rela " rd :Rer a dissolution lionte4 lbw so to be ap painted nay be say time his then Thy Age after the date of each prosier/Mesh the est of the Mb Wien Anne, sap. 0, article 22, sr way ether law sr rep to the aetwftheiendleg, welded that the lime me appshited ". = ail he Oft II eye after the dale of Mb predates. 1 lies." THE ELECTIONS. Last night a meeting of the electors of the pa rishes of St. Clement Danes, St. Paul's (Covent -garden), St. Mary-le-Straud, and the Savoy, was held at St. Martin's Hall Long-acre, for the purpose of hearing from John VUlins Shelley, Esq., a declaration of his political opinions, and to take such steps thereon as might be considered ad visable. Mr. PHOU rin the chair. The CH/JIMMY said that the present meeting was called for the pus ra re of considering the fitness of Mr. Shelley to represeut the city of Westminster in parliament, the cir cumstance of ill health having determined their excellent representative (Mr. Lushington) nut to present himself to the electors at the next election. One of the must impor tant public duties which they could be called on to dis charge was to elect a representative, the more especially in these times, when the very principle of representative go vernment was either suppressed, or in danger of being sup pressed, throughout Europe. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Shelley was, he supposed, pretty well known to them by this time, but be was there blanch to declare his opinions. (Hear, hear.) Mr. SHELLEY then addressed the meeting.—lle felt that the recommendation of the chairman, who was so well known for the put ho took in Westminster elections, was like the preface to a good book, and when they turned over the pages of the book, he hoped they would not be disap pointed with its contents. (Hear, bear.) He believed that his political principles were in accordance with thew of the majority of the electors of Westminster. lie was a friend of progress, political and social. lie was a friend of civil and religious liberty, and to the fullest extent. (Hear, hear.) Ile believed that no country could prosper without reforms taking place is its institutions,from time to time; he w "therefore,* refurmer,and particularly so in respect to that most important part of reform—the ballot. (lieu, bear.) He believed that with the exception of free trade, nu ques tion was more dear to the people of this country than the ballot. (Cheers.) There could be no doubt that the ballot was requisite to protect the poor voter. lie did not believe that any reform would bo satisfactory without the ballot, and no reform bill would be quite acceptiblo without it. It was said that the ballot would destroy the influence of property. Now two sorts of influence attached to pro perty, an evil and a good influence. The ballot would cer tainly destroy the former species of influence, but it would leave untouched the latter. (Hear.) lie was of opinion that there should be a great increase in the electoral body, and that a seven years' tenure of parliamentary trust was too long. (Hear, hear.) lie thought that both the repre sentatives and the represented would be benefited by shortening the duration of parliaments. He would also support a change in the present distribution of electoral districts, for there could be no greater anomaly than that the voice of large and popular constituencies should be drowned by that of pocket and corrupt boroughs. (Hear.) Ile would support retrenchment in the public expenditure —(hear, hear)—and the abolition of church rates, which he thought a great disgrace to their rich church establishment. (Cheers.) lie would not consent to have the church rates paid from the consolidated fund, for that would be merely to take the dissenter's money from his right instead of his left pocket. (Hear, hear.) He would promote the education of the people, but would op pose any grants of public money for other than secular pur pose.. Ile was therefore opposed, of course, to the May 'tooth grant. (Hear, hear.) He was of opinion that the principles of centralisation bad been carried too far, and that it would be unwise to depart from the plinciple of local government. (Hear, hear.) Passing from these topics to the great subject of the day—be came to the question of free trade and protection. (Hear, hear. Ho had already con tested East Sussex on free - trade principles. (Hear, hear.) He recollected the various prophecies which had been made respecting the evils which would be brought upon the country by free trade. They were told that land would go out of cultivation ; that the poorhouses and gaols would be filled; that rents would not be paid, and agriculture would be rained The very contrary of all these prophecies had turned out to be true. (Hear, hear.) The tenant farmer did not want protection. The people who wanted protection, or rather who thought they wanted it, were the landlords, because they were afraid their rents would be permanently reduced. (Hear, hear.) He did not believe that the government really desired protection. They were looking out for a flag. They were ready for any dodge. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) They were likely to become a tory free trade government, if they could understand that. It was some thing which was neither fish nor flesh,sor good red herrings. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) Lord Derby wu a bold states man, and his Man kriday in the House of Commons, was ready for any dodgery. (lieu, hear.) The people of this country should be cautious before they supported a ministry of that kind. (Hear, hear.) If he became their repre sentative, ho would devote two days in every week during the sitting of parliament to receiving thus persons who wished to see him on matters connected with the city of Westminster, and would be always found at his post when the interests of the country required him. (Cheers.) In answer to questions put to him by electors, Mr. SHELLEY said that he would, of course, oppose any encroachments on the protestant religion, but he would not interfere with the religion of any man. (Cheers.) He was of opinion that the interests of religion would be promoted, if the bishops had not seats In the House of Lords. (Hear.) ' With regard to the separation of church and state, he had to observe that the Puseyites and the Bishop of Exeter were in favour of such • separation, and that being the case, he should hesitate to support a proposition of that nature without due consideration. (Hear, hear.) He would, however, be found an earnest supporter of Sir B. Hall in his inquiry into the expenditure of ecclesiastical property. (lieu, bear.) Mr. Lewis proposed, sect Mr. Barre Be-eluded a motion, declaring Mr. Shelley to be a fi t and proper person to represent the city of Westminster in parliament, and pro main Mu their support and co-operation. The miss was carried unanimously, and Mr. Shelley retuned Saga. A vote of &mks was passed to tho chairntee, and the teeetieg emersted. Baisroi.—Up to the present time tho conserva tives have bssa unable to prevail on any candidate to come forward fu ask Inderest. Confident hopes had been enter tained by ISM a them that Mr. Richard Poole King, of the African mercantile firm of King Brothers, would in the crisis of affairs allow himself to be pot in nomination, bat that gentleman, acting, it is understood, on the ad. vice of his friends, has declined embarking in so hopeless a contest. A meeting of the large committee, appointed gathering • the public getheng on Monday last, wiui held yesterday (Wednesday) at the counting - house of Messrs. Fuidge, at i which Mr. liege definitive refusal was communicated. The last of the local conservatives applied to having thus reflood to cams forward, the committee were deputed to try farther afield. CRICKIADL—It is much to be regretted (says a • al — t) that a mead free trade candidate does not elms baadreds—that is to say, Cricklarle Sedmiess s awl leshwealL Mauch a one was to come with Me deammgansgausdhusi, sea the poll, his success is certain, m Yr. A. Osilsst less as to understand that he w ill wait mmisalt the sad if another candidate offers ha Ida sedan Ids sett. . _ ; 1 1:worrespon dent tip : Mr. Ben dlM, whit MA doliesainod to oppose Mr. Mobutu, a free Waded, Os to tuber for the eastern division of this twenty, dimmed that Mr. Carew has ab an d one d protasis% www IM•ka it inosavosient to disturb the pre sent rMwr wad Mr. Carew end Mr. Robertas will retain their mai& t I quits caviling that Mr. Carew's agent at liibised hod was onaminiMod with hie master's old Mss, RMa would not have demo* hr. Carew with as, almost dem* ease yelept praMollowites. If Mr. Carew bed awl womMilad proem**, a meamd Ass trader would have haws trwasit Ibrward to • mitiaty. Lt afoot..—We are authorised to state (says the lifererry) up r a iseThaw lira Imeetreeload; sad ailer the sem. et spites lie t wee emellisled st the mean stilled deems ea interim mad sielmed by the ISM ambit of signatures speedy attached Is ths requisition, to bin sad Kr. Cardwell, we feel mink that he will respond W the call el hie team temoscasa Is steed SW MIN et free trade, eel eacithcas W peewee these *wee hem whisk he has aim dem& Moeda, 'maw Mr. /Hackett west Ile liberal electors of tiro borovelt at the Lactate salfahma-strost, and alined am at emeliessble lazinallas at the ONION "pm whisk be had Ite mewed himself in tweet of reee.enete, ralliO gla nn e tberty, and pregisedve selbra. On the meths of Mr. Crawehay, a reashilla we asashassaly siopted, to the enact that Mr. Blookatt wee a At eril prefer perms M represeat the town in parliament. Win thavammormazz.—A requisition is in senses at sloslsse, is the neighltendised st Wetness seliwatipu maw ea Mr. Oreennis Dedaday to .Semi In w vopensalslfen et this divides. It it generegy b► awed he nil .mind. Shedd the ssenterstives persist le Mink helm Ineties le being howswil two ter ton- Mane. in Sunk will_leiou hewer& wittier in anijuestion with Mr. Grenelis Itotkokor; meal ruses rNabaerbeneeateneiYprelmilie emission et that gindooss. onen.l whom ere Mr. neck s hips boded pirepristor hi Ile musty, Philip Dasasey, lisq, anal& tem, and Mr. Wit. the eminent o hror hensiner. sash eletedliq.yysiosinr in thcir reepestinebseabenk The liberals boos &sided nudoelty no the reghter,lisd, with due doub emotes, the return of their 'maidens I. plena beyond Wigwam .—Mr. Mom Lopes, ths Mist sou at thr Isljpii Loges, ths pussesi maim fsr en& Dom, ono isetremi ait candidate tor gas ripprosslaillsa et this psultsad imosinses his Intention, if shismil, to sup iewsrommt. Mr. Wawa stands mak. DISTURBANCES AT TIIE GREAT WESTERN COTTON Wommi.—Yeeterday • ease which lasted the entire day, wee heard in the Bristol Gouty Court, ua4sUt out of a tumultuous riot which orenned at the Oreat Western Cot ten Works at the 28th of Pehmery lut, and Ms perticelan of white bars alreadyersci In the li a ernse. Mr. Nadi agrassid for the , and Mr. we, of the winters ala, for the The subs was brought to recover damages for as sera WM& Ma battery. The pleas fee fibs defence were Not guilty awl pacifica tion." After bassiag • gnat Mai of visy IMMalieth eel. essiso, tbs_jouy ulltmetaly solawead a iodise /sr the de- Issolsat. 'TMs saw crusted a past Aid of bassist, as. had this maw hem derided In favour of the 'mimeo*, about fifty otkee eildeue would have been hoeught against the staastres. Mr. Ashworth, on his irsy buss, was mobbed hi s : usr, sad convened to take tssoltliaby Wogs la • MR. HUME, THE MALT TAX, AND THE FARMERS. The following letter from Mr. Hume will be gladly read by ad who take interest in the Malt Tag question. Leaden, 20th March, 1852. To Mr. Frederick Was, teenage, Chasfleld, Suffolk. Sin,—l have received and presented to the House of Commons the petitions transmitted by you from twenty-five parishes in the county of S u ff olk, praying "that immediate assumes may be adopted for the speedy and entire neura -1 sion of the excise duty upon malt.' I have, on every occasion that the repeal of the excise duty upon malt has been proposed in the house during the last thirty years, voted for its repeal ; and I shall, on every opportunity, support the prayer of the petitioners—being opposed to the tax as a had tax, whether it be considered as violating the rules of political sonomyand of commercial halicy, or es b e i ng i n j ur i ous to t h e mora li ty an d soc i a l ppiness of the industrious classes of the community. This tax injures a great branch of native industry, and limits the eonsuniption of its agricultural produce, by raising the price of the wholesome beverage of beer, an important necessary of life, to an extent that deprives millions of the people of the enjoyment of it. Tho legislature has of late years, after great opposition, freed bread and melt, the chief articles of food, from taxa-1 tion, and by their free importation from other countries has greatly improved the condition of tho industrious clines. I desire, in like manner, to free malt from taxation, and thereby to add the cheap beverage of beer to the comforts of the people. The malt tax was imposed, and has been continued by parliaments, consisting chiefly of landlords, who have had the power, if they bad thought fit to exercise it, of repeal. ing the tax. There is now a government in power whose members have for the last six years been loud in their advo cacy of protection to native industry, and especially of the welfare of the agricultural cleans ; and it behoves the farmers to test the sincerity of Earl Derby and his fol lowers in their long-continued professions, by demanding the repeal of the duty upon malt, which i s m e r e oppres sive to the farmers and to all the other industrious classes, than any other tax levied fur the public service. It is submitted that the formers must now he convinced, by the late debates in the House of Commons, that there remains little chance of any duty being re-imposed on the importation of agricultural produce, which could raise the price of their corn and cattle, the two ob jects for which they have been contending in any appreciable degree ; and it is to be hoped they will nut be any longer deluded by empty promises, or persuade themselves that by any mere shifting of taxation from the shoulders of one party to those of another, any permanent relief can be afforded to the farmer. The protectionist cabinet does not promise the farmers any relief by • reduc tion of taxation ; but, on the contrary, one of the present Secretaries of State has for the last three years successfully opposed the reforms in the levying and expenditure of the county rates, which would give to the farmers the pro per constitutional control over those rates, which in WOW counties are not inconsiderable. I wish the farmers would consider themselves—as they in reality are—as m inufecturers of agricultural produce, and believe that cheap food turd low taxes are as necessary to enable them to compete with foreigners, and as requisite to the comfort of their labourers, as these products of free trade have proved to the general manufacturing interest of the country. The workintelasses were for many years under the de lusion that the amount of their wages depended upon the price of food ; but that delusion has passed away ; and the rate of wages is now found to depend upon the supply and demand of labour, and not on the price of food. Farmers have been under a delusion of the same kind with respect to the rent of their farms, which must depend upon supply and demand, upon the number of farm s to b e l e t, and the number of farmers desirous to hire. The price of produce, therefore, affects the permanent interests of landlords more than those of tenants; and farmers, as well as manufacturers, should advocate cheap food, en. sap drink, and economy and retrenchment in every department of the state. To obtain these benefits, the House of Commons must be made a full and fair representist;on of the people at large, and then the interests of the farmers and all other indite• trious classes will be duly considered and attended to ; for the House of Commons, as at present constituted, does not fairly represent either the people or the property of the country and therefore reform of parliament is one of the first objects which should occupy the attention of all the industrious classes of the community. With estenaion of the suffrage, protection ensured to the voter by ballot, and a more equal distribution of repre sentatives to electors, the constitutional balance of poser will be established in the Commons House of Parliament; and then, and not till then, may the agricultural as well as all other industrious classes, hope to have full and equal justice done them. I remain, your obedient servant, JOSEPH HUME. THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 25, 1852. SOCIETY OF THE FRIENDS OF ITALY. Tho second concersazione of the Society of tho Friends of Italy w:a held yesterda evening, in tho great hall of the Freemasons' Tavern. The object of this society (as explained on this and on former occasions) is to direct public attention to a particular class of facts, affecting the opinions which may be formed in this country in reference to foreign politics, and:further, to bring into direct com munication active English politicians and the exiled repre sentatives of what is popularly termed the " Italian cause." The society is of distinctly liberal tendencies ; but its or ganisation doss not appear to have in view the propagation of any special doctrines distinguishing the Italians, who are prominent at these meetings; and, there fore, audiences are collected of a very general political and social character, and by no means ranging under any palpa ble " party " standard. Lut evening the hall was well filled, and fully one-third of those present were ladies. Of the foreigners es many were Hungarians as Italians. Professor NEWMAN took the chair, and intimated that the course of proceeding would, first, be the delivery of a lecture, and next • colloquial discussion, Mr. Musini having expressed his willingness to answer all questions that might Do put to him upon points rising out of the lesture. The proceedings were opened by Mr. G. DAWSON, who declared his belief that no great and noble work could be effected for Italy until the whole Italian people were one people. Italy could be nothing but republican. (Hear, bear.) The traditions of Italy were all republicans, and the pages of its kings were the pages of shame. (Hear, hear.) Its meannesses were connected with the crown— its glories with a republic. Italy is intensely national, and no foreigner &mid set loot on its soil until he- was sent for, unless he cams as a friend and an ally. (Cheers.) He conceived that the people of this country should not deny their sympany to the Italians; but he regretted that a bad s t li e ri y t f h l ad come h o i ;re f r . the land, alid.peodle didted not sahy wham, at premiseit h t im an oration; and w as u t n o the talk aboulefu he felt assured that no power in Europe could make the people of this country turn out refugees. (Cheer He would open his house to any plotting refugee that mig ht wish to come to it—(cheeng —and if, u was repo rted, this country should be visited by a foreign police, he would my stick well to the refugees. (Cheers.) Their best thanksgiving for liberty would be, to assist others to obtain it. (Chem.) The CHAIRMAN Gelled on M. Malsini to explain how the Italians would deal with the difficult samisen of the pamey, if left to themselves. (Hear.) N. M AZZINI (who was received with lead *sae) de eland in reply, that the s sai tras the wee el the country. The Emma Ifte was limited to his hues, and deprived of the skil of and French Meer, he would Rua swag bes Remo, sod thus the iinestisa would be ohs& They serildly spate& at Be dishee. et Bev " , bseb es • teemsesl eat "Mem* Omer. 1 Whoa the run away, they would Wept measures asesaleim Wed state of belief in Italy, and the meet beg aught devout gm It the verdict wield he that the mese was a asses. (Beer.) The CHAIRXAX be gg ed IL maimid wield °lb" why le did not desire to use liberty mildilihed in I taly under a monarehied Rem of goverment. M. MAZZINI would answer the qmseliam es he had in =Towered melax queetkes Were. Thep &dared republiere because they ese esvaNems. sod *bey we se moldy bemuse they see Italka& flees who seed te bees emateekkel gownsman{ selellist Itely Beget that these wen est 'weasels la the eseetrp tease stints it. They deslared themselves republican because every at Sae lad been made without a positive Aag round ~IM peg* wield rally had fated. (Hear.) After seem ANON ssaveseelleu end a dere speech from Mr. DAVID MARION, the lissratery to the &misty, the meet* separated. THE ROYAL NavT.—Yesterday • return was printed hawing that, on the let January last, there were 791—_ - eblAthem and cadets in the lies Navy, and 236 metes. The esker of midshipmen from cadets could not be ethie. Oa the Ist January last year, there were 176 em NO midshipman, and 2 19 - cadets. DAMOEROUS PlArTics. —On Tuesday morning, Mr. Molyneaux, an *dicer of the madams at Plymouth, and his best's crew were placed in a perilous position by the wend Matlethloa, it is feared, on the part of as einem. Mr. Melyaseux bad been from Millbay to Devonport, and at about nine o'clock was returning to Millbay; on arriving between Drake's Island and the Point at the Longroom Barracks he saw a yet the 19t1 Rest in the act of firing at a Mimi as thud at the plat overhanging the sea. Mr. ltely•eaut peneesied without any apprehension expecting that the Inv% would he seaaded Ind the notice for the soldiery to awspend the flag until fife or beats q a :ithla nye elteald hem got bored the teeth et • WWI d BMW being givea is Mr. pessWg, tt he by th tramgemr simply waved his , bat whit& was ten no seethe of e 'Meer in eemmand, and the soldiers at *Miamian fired ; the result wee that several balls dropped near the heat, ewe of than Mein right between Me ma at the strobe ear end Mr. Malyaisaz, who was at the helm, and who ware only *Wm sheet I het apart from sash other, the bell dropping about we hot the ether side of the boat. The men, as might be ex were very melt alarmed. Mr. llolyneaux imme diately pulled towards the shore, and landed under the rocks, and proceeded to have an interview with the corii• mending officer tombola he told the circumstance, and the dangerous posit Lea be whisk he had been placed, and no doubt steps will be taken le p vent the lives of watermen sadothersfrembidesa to the imminent danger out of which in this Wenn the above individuals escaped. Mr. Melymewita hie ibse pat himself into correspondence with the emememilleg dim of the district, Major-General the Man. Wray Moovor. THE CORPORATION REFORM BILL.- COMMON HALL. Yesterday a Common Hall, convened in pursuance of a requisition to the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, signed by several merchants and others of the City of London, was held at the Guildhall. His Lordship presided. About 600 of the liverymen were present. The LOUD MAYOR, on consenting to take the chair, mid that he willingly agreed to call the meeting, believing that the subject was of much importance to the entire body of the citizen. of London. Deputy HARRISON rose for the purpose of moving a resolution to the area that the meeting approved of the principle of the bill, now before parliament, for the pur pose of extending the municipal franchise. The bill pro posed to admit as freemen of the City of London all persona who paid taxes as parliamentary electors, rnd who had retailed fur one year and a day in the City. It was a tact that as time rolled on great changes would come about in the corporation as well as in everything else, and therefore it was that the municipal body had determined, after consi derable consideration, to recommend the bill then before the House of Commons. (A citizen—" Are you a livery. man, Deputy Harrison?") Deputy Harrison was glad that question had been put to hint. Ho was a liveryman, and had been eu for '24 years. (Cheers.) And lie would tell his brother-liverymen that if they, as liverymen, were not prepared to extend the franchise very considerably that the government would soon do it without asking the consent of the body at all. Mr. DILIA/N seconded tho motion. Mr. I'. FLANDERS, citizen and Twiner, said that the livery had been wrongly treated in this matter. The bill had been smuggled into the House of Commons before the livery knew anything about its provisions. Ile considered that the further discussion of the question ought to be ad journed. (Cries of "Adjourn.") Mr. N. CLARKE, citizen and mercer, rose to move an amendment, in substance that the meeting viewed with alarm the proposed bill, which it stated would destroy the independence and jurisdiction of the body of liverymen. Ile denounced the contemplated measure as a robbery upon the livery, who for generations had exercised their privi leges with unflinching independence. Mr. TAYLOR, citizen and master of the Plumbers' Cornelia, in seconding the amendment, complained of the want of notice regarding the meeting. After some further discussion, The LORD MAYOR put the amendment, which was carried by an overwhelming majority, and amidst tremen dous cheering. Mr. FINLAY, citizen and blacksmith, then moved that a committee be formed, consisting of two members of each company, with their several clerks, to report that meeting of Common Hall, to watch the interests of the Livery, and to take such steps as might be deemed desirable as to the bill now before parliament, as to municipal elections in the City of London. (Cheers.) Mr. MASTERMAN, citizen and apectacle•maker, se conded the motion. Corned unanimously. It was subsequently resolved that the resolutions should he advertised in the morning journals, alter which thanks were voted to the Right lion. the Lord Mayor for his able presidency, and the Common Hall was dissolved. EAST INDIA HOUSE. A quarterly general court of proprietors was held yesterday at the establishment in Leadenhall-street. Cap tain SHEPHERD having taken the chair, The minutes of she former meeting were read. The CHAIRMAN said that the papers which had been presented to parliament this session were laid before the proprietors, agreeably to the bye-laws. Captain M'GREGOIt said he was compelled to adopt the course he now did, in consequence of nut being able to obtain the information be required from the chairman. The hon, proprietor then moved for an account of the whole expenditure on the part of the College of Addis eombe, the coat of each individual cadet, and the number of cadets in the seminary within the period of three years, stating how many were tho sons of Indian ser vants, and how many of private individuals. He had made this movement in consequence of informs. tion ho had received from en Indian officer, which had been confirmed by others as to tho overcharge in that establishment as compared with Sandhurst and other places, which was a subject of great importance to the poorer classes of officers, and expressing an opinion that the ex penses of such an education as was there adopted should be reduced, The expense at Addiscombe might be rated at 100/. a year, while that of Sandhurst might be rated at half the amount, and in some cases a difference of 601. occurred by the comparison. Another difficulty was, that the cadets could not enter Addiscombe till after 16 years of age. The CHAIRMAN observed that 14 years was the com mencing term. Capt. M'GREGOR was quite aware that they did not enter till 16. What he wanted to obtain by his motion was that the cadets should not be called upon to pay more than was necessary in similar establishments elsewhere. Ho found the number of students at Addiscombe was 150, and taking the expenditure of caeh at about 1001. that would make about 15,000!., which wee a proof, he thought, of the charge being more than necessary, and he hoped it would lead to en inquiry whether they could not reduce this charge against the sons of those engaged in the company's service. Some exception should be made between tbo sons of the company's servants and those of private individuals. The CHAIRMAN said the returns required by the hon. proprietor were made every year. (Hear, hear.) When the application was made individually by the hon. proprie tor it would have been contrary to precedent to furnish information of such a nature. In respect to the admission of sons of the company's servants not being in la fair proportion to the rest, he begged to say that out of the present number of 146 cadets at Ad discombe, fifty-seven were sons of the company's servants either in India or on the retired list.. (Hear, hear.) This would leave 89 for the eons of other parties. He would ask if such were not a fair proportion. There was a great difference betwixt Sandhurst and Addiscombe col leges, and hence the difference in the charges. Facilities were also given to the students to effect an exchange, with a view to meet their expenditure. The subject, he might say, hod not escaped the attention of the directors; and as to the expenditure of 1001. a year being too much, he might say that no school giving such facilities could be carried on for a less amount. He could not agree with the hon. proprietor that very few appointments were given on public grounds, nor when he stated that only one-eighth of the whole was given to the sons of servants ; for the state ment he (the chairman) had just made, showed it w as more than ono-third. (Hear, hear.) The hon. proprietor should have adopted the course of waiting for the information now supplied, before he sent his circular round to the officers. Colonel SYKES, a director, quoted some returns of the appointments for several years, by which he contended that leleven twentieths of all the appointments of the East India Company were given for public service, and not In the proportion ea stated, of one-sixth and one-eighth. (Hear, hear.) He would ask whether that was not a fair distribution of the patronage, and whether it proved any neglect of the officers of the company. Mr. CLARKE expressed hie satiafaetion of the manner in which the Wrongs wet distributed. Mr. LEWIN could cast see Met isythiog had been said iby the hon. proprietor thipereglag le the directors, although he was not much is the habit - ed 'peeking well of them himself. (Laughter.) Their steheeent was so fee satis factory, that wea ssn. the Morns now alluded to were correct. General BRICXiII made mos observations which ware inaudible. The motion haying been lost. lir. SULLIVAN &eked if any compensation would be awarded to the Ameen of Sande. The whole of that un fortunate confiscation depended upon a single letter, which, when sought for in England war said to be in India, and when sought for in India was said to be in England. The commission that was issuedieras forced upon them entirely. If the Company had consulted its own interest, and that of the people, it would have annexed that territory. The CHAIRMAN signified that such modifications would be made, and to such an extent, as would no doubt be agreeable to the hon. proprietor. The subject then dropped, and the wort adjourned. CURSING" A MAGISTRATE BY A CLERGYMAN.— • nest extraordinary, novel, and exciting scene was wit nessed at the rierdass Mathis, on Saturday evening. When the I VANE train Ma Weetrich arrived there, the pwen were Mush umbel at seeing the Rev. Mr. the mete se the parish, steadiag in the pumas of the statieurhemr, *need is his amanicals. It we:, however, sees usilmateed that he was waiting there to curse " a elesiettelle, who we. by the train, wM gives him mem ellsam. When the individual abided to was qq hie tidies to the station mutes, the M. gentleman time sddremad him :—" I inflict a mum ups this man. I saw you ; I muse your wife • I mem yew ihalren ; I come ail kam—isay your dna be hassebses and sad hog their bread," • tc. ; and thus he went ea until the " caned man " drove of. We medieeleml that the matter has been laid before the bishop; sad that the rev. gentleman, in default of finding sureties to keep the peace, was committed on Sunday night to the Castle, by Edward Howse, Esq.— Norwich Mercury. FREE TRADE MEETING AT PRESTON.—OR Tues day a crowded meeting took place at the theatre in Pres ton, the primary object of which was " to devise the best means for preventing the re-imposition of the corn laws." The borough members, Sir Geo. Strickland and Mr. Grea ten, availed themselves of this opportunity of meeting their constituents; and Mr. R. It. R. Moore attended as a depu tation Prom the Anti-corn-law League. A gigantic loaf and one of diminutiveyroportiens, were exhibited la frost of the stage, labelled respectively "The Strickland and Greaten loaf," and " The Derby and Disraeli loaf." The members were received with enthu,iastic acclamations. The Chairman (Mr. Goodair, manufacturer), opened the proceedings. Sir George Strickland and Mr. Grenfell both delivered addressee, and resolutions were unanimously adopted recording the unaltered attachment of the meeting to the principles of free trade, and their approval of the sentiments expressed in reference to it by the borough members. LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY.— Return of traffic for the week ending March 21, 1862 : I'assengers, parcels, carriages. hones, and mails, 22,4111: 7s. 81.; merchandise, 17,8821. les. 11d.; cattle, 1,0611. 111. 6cl. Total, 41,186/. 17s. Id. Corresponding week 1861, 40,4091. 16e. 10d. Corresponding week 18K, 40, 4 669/. Bs. 8 91. d. 6d ; A 86' te:81 18d6-468,108/. 91. Bd.; iB6l —76,716 t. ,9771. 15s. 3d. AFFAIRS OF LA PLATA. (hawks assay Na.) The conversation on Tuesday evening in the Hones of Lords, on the pacification of the states on the Rita de la Plata, was, upon the %hole, very satisfactory and encouraging. Though Lord Iteaustortr was by no means accurate in many of his historical statements, he was quite right in describing the present position of affairs as a turning point in the future prospects of a great part of South America. Lord AaraiDEEN has a right now to be proud of the instructions he issued in February, 1846, to Mr. GORE OUst LET, and if L,rd MALMEsBURY does turn too hopefully to France for cordial co-operation in further me diation in the Plate ' past events rendered the invitation he has addressed to M. DR 'fUßGirr not only a necessary but a proper proceeding. la the objects of his communication and his policy—namely, the settlement on some permanent basis of the future form of government of the Argentine Confe deration, the opening to the navigation of the world of all its rivers, and the recognition of the large and interesting state of Paraguay—in all this, the country will heartily (lower. Care must, however, be taken in endeavouring to reach those desirable ends, not to rirk all by too much precipitation, or by too Lager an interference; for Spanish pride and prejudice are easily wounded even in South America ; v. here besides there is still surviving sonic indifference to the advantages of European intercourse and com merce. Much may be accomplished with tore and circumspection; little will be effected by dictation or assumption. The great point fur English diplomacy to cellieve is the tree navigation of the l'lute and its tributaries for all foreign supping. I litherto those rivers have practically been closed even to the States thmugh which they flow. By the treaty of la2a, Brazil acquired the right of their free ravigation ; but to the exercise of this right Buenos Ayres opposed—for her own pecuniary purposer—insuperahle obstacles; and by the terms of the convention, which Mr. SOUTHERN concluded on the 24th November, 1819, with Buenos Ayres, England substantially resigned the navigation of the Parana and th e Uruguay to the control of Rosati, who was deeply interested in centring all trade at Buenos Ayres, and whose policy as to the Upper States was one of isolation. As yet, therefore, our diplomacy has not been suo cessful in opening up the navigation of tl.ese rivers, either to the fluviatic states or to Europe. On the contrary, it closed them. So far as the fluviatic states are concerned the alliance lately formed for the overthrow of Bosse, the independence of the Banda Oriental, and the consolidation and freedom of the Argentine confede ration, has been more successful. For by the treaty of navigation concluded between Brazil, the Banda Oriental, Corrientes Entre Rios, and Paragu a y, the navigation of the Piste and its confluent rivers is de dared free for all fluviatic states—as free, for exam ple, as the Mississippi is for all the states of the North American Union which it waters—and princi ples are laid down for the preservation of the free dom even in case of war. This will, of course, be a great gain in itself to European trade. Under tho operation of this internal freedom of navigation our goeds will be able freely to ascend the rivers l'arana, Paraguay and Uruguay; and gain admission into the upper states of the Argentine Confederation, into Paraguay, into the southern provinces of Brazil, and even into Bolivia. By means, however, of the ship ping of these states only. Now, what Lord MALMEsitURT very properly aims at is, that these rivers shall be as free to Emapean chipping as to their own; in other words, that the freedom of navigation which Brazil has induced the states of the Rio de la Plata to adopt for themselves shall be extended to all the civilised world. This is a great object; but to its realisation there are great difficulties. First, in the bad example England has set the world in this respect ; secondly, in the pre judices of the Spanish American character and dis position; thirdly, in the fiscal and natural impedi ments to such a scheme. Let us cast a glance at each. Where this country possesses the mouth of a great river, watering higher up a foreign state, she has treated it as a closed river and monopolised its na vigation. Of this English practice, the St. Lawrence is an instance. It is the natural outlet of several of the American states ; and yet, possessing its mouth, we have denied to them its use, and have by the denial, given them a strong motive to annex Canada. When, then, we ask the Argentine Confederation and Uruguay to admit our shipping to the free na vigation of the higher tributaries of the Plate, our exclusion of American shipping from the navigation of the St. Lawrence may be turned against us; and • the ill example of selfishness and exclusiveness which we, the foremost people on the globe, have set on the North American continent, may be irresistibly pleaded for our exclusion from these great highways of the South American conti nent. And herein Lord MALbIESBURY, in the very outset of his career, will experience one disadvan tage of that system of protecUoa of which out uf office he was so strongly enamoured. Ho will also have to encounter the prejudices of the Spanish populations of these rivers. No doubt President LOPEZ, of Paraguay, is a wise and liberal and sagacious statesman; and with him there may probably be not much difficulty. But in Santa Fe, Corrientes, Missiones, and Entre Rim there is a mass of ignorance, and in Buenos Ayres a great block of selfishness to overcome. The Spaniards of these huge rural countries are American Tartars; they cherish isolation ; they do not invite European intercourse, at least on any extensive scale. Whilst the pecuniary interests of Buenos Ayres arc all op posed to direct communication between Europe and the fluviatic states, they of course seek to make the capital of their state the entrepot of the Plate. Nor is this all. Revenue must be raised ; and in such countries it can only be raised by import duties. Open all the rivers unrestrictedly to European shi ppin g, and you will establish a gigantic system of smug gling in the upper streams sure to recoil very shortly on European trade, and revive all those ter rible discussions oa which once hung the peace of Europe. Charge the duties at a common customs port early in the ascent, and you will create all the trouble and cost of transhipment. Moreover, a great part of the vessels proceeding from Europe to the Plate could not ascend the higher rivers; many that could are ill suited to their navigation ; their voyages would be long, tedious, and expensive. Here, then, our diplomacy will again be met with difficulties. Difficulties even such as these, however, are things to be overcome. And we refer to them now rather to show how substantial a has been accomplished by the arrangements tEe7e d states have made amongst themselves, and to check the ardour of those who think that all they desire must at once follow, than to discourage Lord hiALMESBURT from attempting to carry out still further the principles of free-trade up the Plate and its tributaries. Already, we may add, Brasil is elsewhere pursuing the same liberal policy ; for, master of both banks of the lower part of the great river Amazon (as we are of the St. Lawrence) she has invited Bolivia to join her in making its navigation free to all its fluviatic states. LOSS OE TILE Amazos.—A blue book has just been published, containing the report of the commissioners appointed to conduct the official inquiry into the loss of the Amazon (under the Steam Navigation Act), together with an appendix, in which is given the evidence taken by them, and which has already appeared in our columns in eftertso. The commissioners in their report furnish a condensed narrative of the chief occurrences connected with the catastrophe, and they sum up by stating that they are unable to account for the origin of the fire. The great loss of life which occurred they consider to have been owing to too great a desire of the superior officers to save their vessel, by prolonging their endeavours to subdue the flames, which soon became beyond control, instead of enforcing order and arrangement at the first with respect to the escape et the crew and passenger; in the boats ; added to the mischievous effects of the cranes upon which the boats rented , and to the impossibility of stopping the en ' gime after the engine-room had been abandoned. They recommend that all seagoing steam-vessels carrying pas ' stingers should have tiled on booed a force-pump, either connected on unconnected with the engine, which can be worked by hand when the steam is not up ; and that in large vessels these means of subduing tire should be increased by the nee of a donkey and additional fire engines. They point out 'also the propriety of guarding against fire in seagoing steamers, especially when passengers are car ried, by protecting the surfaces of all soft, resinous, and easily ignitable woods in the stoke-holes and engine•roome of such vessels, or by causing them to be rendered fire proof by subjeeti. g the wood to a process by wl , ch it be comes difficult of ignition. The 'dowse of engineers' stores they strongly advise to be more carefully atte.ided to th an at present. 'f he cotton waste, tow, and such hiko stores to be kept distinct front the oils, tallow, and turpentines, Be., throughout the steam navy. The report concludes with. an acknowledgment, that the code of instructions issued by. the Royal Mail Strain Packet company to the commander,, is superior to any in use in the merchant service.