The Express. — London, England, 1852-03-13 00:00:00

no mean s exist except in a thoroughgoing paths in. Wary reform. li+ soug ht to be inferred from this, that all other nformsg to be postpaid and disregarded, in order to c oncentrate public interest and effort upon oulianwntary reform. The great use of Lord a dvent to power—fir, like all misfortunes, that cant has its uses--is its tendency to teach nforatcrs their necil of harmonious union. The tom nfonier. the law reformer, each must pur- O SA ' the o!herTs ant by promoting his object in oonani: and hoth must ally themselves with the par liamentary reformer. 'l he tory protectionist mino rim "in ,nly Ik• routed by a compkto fusion of all the oilwr minorities into which parliament and the mrcd publie is subtli% Mod. Every ph as i„ and i T i. „!,6,%ition of the spirit of p bred rogress must be los protuot,,i, eon•whilated to this end. Still the p,2rAulount importainv of parliamentary over all other Worm- is o bvious from this consideration, that with out i t Ito can have no guarantee for the attainment of yin of the rest. FRANCE. TANIS, FRIMT Evrmixo. I alluded yesterday to the report that freshcotn - p;ieations of a serious nature had occurred on the This is confirmed by the .fesesibMe „hush states, with much confidence, that c .,verneunt has received intelligence of the re ar,.' kind from Herne. A demagogic movement ✓ said to haft' brait'll out in that capital, which bad .tici.eiled in upsetting the conaervatives, and establishing the absolute sway of the radicals All details are wanting. The circum- Macke of this news not appearing in any other pa r er. French or Swiss, does not invalidate its au thenticity, as the .IsseputoMe alludes of course to the m i pt ut a telegraphic dispatch. Nothing, indeed, would be more 'soluble at the present juncture than that the timorou. attitude of the federal council, and the donin,,ring iti.,:ence of the French note of Januar) . .!Ith, should have produced some popular d, noon,: rat ion at I k rue. Nevertheless, all Swiss news conotain. it,il by the .4s.w.nibl;t• must be received ilitfidence. it being the object of that organ to t ishie intervention in Switzerland, by • -eating the acts of the radicals, and ex • Az their sioknee. In the meantime the t Ile rm. reproduces the note of M. Salignac• aceompani,il by an article, which is rather f,rr a ierui-otticiaforgan. It says : ••••••-- -- • - - - • w ha, hwe would fain not call French, justifies • • h... hoes spoiral of it. The Federal COUII , by opposing • refusal to each incredible - Ity not publi.hatur rather the note or the answer ,a, rum at has been blamed by many but we ▪ r.., Mi. worm. It was evident to as that the re of tb. note of January 24 was pabliahed the situation . . e-inc stremely grave. The menacing clause con , . .; ao longer be dimembled. Yet • refusal L.. es, net What is to be the solution? 1i r an.wer of the French government is stated by sane authority to have been handed in to the Cede ,,until on the fith inst. In alleging other facts re -13%u to the question of the refugees and that of the the French cabinet does not insist upon the &minds expecesed in the tint note, so that the conc. it es that ;the present difference may be consider( dat an end. Such is the latest news from Fs itverl.inil communicated in the journals of that mature. I hail• before me the Suisse of the 10th instant, which merely contains some extracts from the Eng paper. about the Swiss question, but brings no rzw• of the least importance. Our letters from Berne• of the 29th ult., says the .7 mud des flaws, '• state that it appears certain that the Federal Council is at last determined to take r.p.roas measures against the dictator of Geneva, M. James Filly, who persists in refusing to execute the enters of the Federal government relative to the nnigees, a considerable number of whom are still a: Geneva. hl. Trogg, Federal commissioner, de kcated at Geneva for this matter, whose decision acd energy are universally praised, was to have, ant in a report to the Federal Council, altoge ther unfavourable to M. James Fazy, fur his non compliance with the orders of the federal go raiment. He has, it is said, presented on the point a a/thsatusi to the government of Geneva. Public opinion in Switzerland has frequently declared on..ngly against the political conduct of M. James Fay, and an occupation of Geneva by the federal troops would certainly not be disapproved of by all who wish for order and tranquillity in Switzerland." We read in the Presse: )1. A. de Gobineau, first attaels4 of the French legation al Verne, who attired in Paris a few days ago, has returned 1.1. post with despatches which attest, we are told, the arai..e changes that hare taken place in the views of the l:.ech sr , remenent. It i, a.iid that the Comte de Chambord has written to a confidential agent at Paris, to prevent legiti mists chosen deputies from taking the oath to the Sew constitution and Louis Napoleon. Hence, all ligst:mists who become definitive deputies are to be re...sidtd as tbeided Bonapartist,. The others will re...m. The deputies will not be allowed, it appears, to those their scats, so as to mark the various shades oi , pposition, but will be placed alphabetically, or othi raise, as the board may determine. 1 he Muniteur contains a decree appointing M. Rigel president. and M. Gaujal, avocat-gcnoral of the new clamber of the Court of Appeal of Paris created 1.1 the decree of the eth inst. • . Another decree makes numerous changes, poromo t.vr% and appointments in the magistracy, both in the .art, of Pans and the provinces. Fouryidges of the Gun of Appeal of Parts, being over the of 70, MM. Mathias, Beequillon do Fontenay, (Juchon, ar.l de Montmerqu, , , are removed, in pursuance of the decree of March ht. They aro all nominated Lee rare judges, " Conseillers honoraires", of the (Art of .1p peal. The same decree removes, as su perannuated, M. Fouquet, a judge of the tribunal of the nest instance. This is the first instance of the optratiuu of the decree on superannuation. All j4dies over To, and they arc very numerous, now wain their offices only during the pleasure of the Prigident. A bill for altering the copper coinage has been salt to the Council of State. At the Bourse the Five per Ceuta. rose 90c., clos ing at 104.65; the Three per Cents. rose 40c., and at Q 4.63. Bank of Franco shares rose 43fr. hallways were generally better, and rose from Ift. to qr. RUSSIA. The .7 0 r/fried de B'. Peters4urg cottain• tease bul letins from the army of the Caucasus. It is dated that on the 11th and Pith of January allbeest A l which had been directed upon the vales ad the It•ter Tchetchina, encountered bodies moan tainters, of whom they slew great number% fad M SS fire their villages. The Russian loss in them various combats was 49 killed and 243 wounded. Among the former was Major-General X.rosakowski, who ‘‘.u, -truck by a hall while investing • village it the bred of hi. euelry. A Dotter Mild took place in Duglitshan. .1 column was sent vat is the 11th of January, which, after destroying the vines. of Mitchkil on the I:th, an tho Itlth invested hchtllagi, renden d almost impugnable by the (noti fications which the mountaineers bad reseed there. Attr-s fierce struggle the place was taken and burnt, but the Hessians lust first 130 men killed and 341 arweded ; among the latter were two colonel.. All inhabitants perished. Incidents soak as these Luc tailtal the bulletins of the Russian army el the Canaan% for these last six years. Oses in twelve months the ltussian forces advance some distal* 'Jen the territory of the indomitable meewtaleare, se. r 'Ojai to a plan prepared in the mi==sus . TA% destroying the villages at T and Lesedstash doling up the tact • be ineendiariam, and seizing ups = th ile t el the n a ti ves . Th ese um isworree, if Fria durst ion, and may renewed for .L Pm .thout procuring the Isnot enbunisaion of tin 11. e failur e of provisions and this early mows As • carly retreat. The Cireemiews, led by tildwiegi • 01 Isis Nadu, follow the 'situating Muslim .1 ~ .tr.iss their ranks, attar& the convoy, oat ek and failing, and revamp themselves farts Motion of their village by 'Whir devastations on ':union territory en the ether side of the • ~.;.chn and Terek. In the Western Mamma the I .iinev,„ been carried ea with is mese bitter -4 constancy. By the tree Circassian people, i".,7: three distinct languages, and are divided :I ,, Tutikr of small tribes, a pacific attitude will •4::4iutt I, almost unchanged, for several years. But still hostilities hare never entirely ceased in the Circassian mountain-land. After years of inactivity, attacks upon the Russian posts on the Black Sea recommence, from some unknown cause of war like pinion a Berserker-like fury suddenly seizes the valiant race, when the chiefs of all the tribes assemble under the sacred oak, and there devote their swords to Seasons, the god of battles, who, like many other deities of the place, maintains his ancient honours in spite of the introduction of Islamism, and sustains a more consi derable Bart here than Allah, or the prophet. All the politic attemptsof Prince Woroncew to captivate the western mountaineers by offers of material ad vantages, Ince nth e trade, are scorned, and the French may hope to civilise and settle Kab}•lia long before Russia will have gained peaceful possession of Cireaseia. 1.14 ( a o , !nth. IE4 ill' tql Ttliti j Surtat od the iTitt •.t1...n Tlie Eli all tall f.r rAe yid hi flit dii.oLat ti.t I: 1 Rye La ttvi tri m si t ill:9 a I bt Mai THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 13, 1852. IRELAND. DMILIX. MAI= 12. THE KILDARE ELECTION.-WITHDRAWAL TURKEY. A telegraphic despatch, dated Assam, March 7 states that • great raneelavish conspiracy, with widely extending ramifications, has been discovered in Bosnia. Imprisonments were taking place daily. The aged Vladika of 3lostar had been escorted to Serajewo. The population of the Montenegrin border were being disarmed. The catholic clergy had been ordered to pay tithes for their monastic establishments ; the erection of a catholic chapel at Semjewo had been forbidden. IMPORTANT FROM THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE THE KAFFIR WAR. ARRIVAL OF THE BOSPHORUS. The Cape mail packet Bosphorus arrived at Pen zance yesterday. She left the Cape of Good Hope on February 3. The Karin proposed to come to terms, but Sir Barre Smith would only listen to uncondi tional surrender. One week was allowed for deli beration, after which the British army entered the country of the Kaffir, and utterly di stroyed their crops. The war was considered to be at an end. The following is the monthly summary of the Cape Monitor of the 3rd Feb. : Oar last monthly sanative appeared in the Monitor of the 27th Dec. last. On the following day, Sunday, the mail steamer Hellespont left for England at 7 p.m., four hours alter the arrival of the frontier post of 23rd Dec., but without any important intelligence from the expedi tion across the Great Kei against the chief Krell. We are thus obliged to return to the middle of that month, and to accompany the separate divisions under Major General Sornerst t and Lieut.-Col. Eyre successively, —the termer havinf moved down the Kei towards its junction with the T'bomo. The Majoe-Oemaral's lora, which had left Whittlesea under 1,000 statimg, now amounted to 4,000 men, including Capt. Tylden s soaps of 219 hone and 320 foot, and Co. Mackinaea's alma. with Licut.-Col. Michel, 6th Regi ment, Fines; b, throe pieces of ordnance, and a train of 100 Commimorialt was OtHeesmilese f,lhis ' -General moved in three di vinities Om mgam Tyopo's kraals, under the Thaba Mtehairm miliermaime,Hietain Tylden's force entering from the south; the atria bay moist the general, by 'Mackay's Neck ;" awl thethenetheelthet hhel, with the6th Royal Warwickshire", Rifles, sad Feet Peddle Magma, from the south-east—this division NOBS the almost inaccessible mountain's breast, and deities the enemy, with vast herds of cattle, over it. These anted their retreat under cover of a dense fog. Capt. Tylies, however, secured 1,030 head of cattle, beudes hones and goats, with the lose of two men killed slid two wounded. The enemy, with cattle, having thus fallen back upon Kreli's country, the three divisions rejoined and fol lowed on the 11th over some tributary streams which feed the Kei, and working down the left bank of that river. On the pith they reached the Kid Drift, and next day pro ceeded to the 1"Somo, arriving there on the 18th, and on the 19th scouring its kraals towards the Kei, but without finding op pos ition or cattle. On the 20th, having moved over the T'Soato northwards, the major-general came upon the spoor of the retreating cattle, and dividing his force into four divisions—under Col. Mackinnon, Lt.-Cul. I'ole, 12th lancers, Lt.-Col. Napier, C.M.lt., and Capt. Tylden, with the Whittlesea force— overtook them on the 22nd, under the Ulkello Swings mountains, and captured several thousand head. Lt.-Cul. Nepier's party meantime killed 30 Kann and took 1,000 bead, Col. Mackinnon a large number, and Capt. Tylden WO Arad. On the 29th December, the major-general was in pares sion of between 5.000 and 6,000 cattle. The whole of thou operations had been carried on under incessant rain, and in a country presenting natural obstacles of every description. To return to Lieut.-Col. Eyre. This gallant commander loft Kiag William's Town on the 111 December, with a has of lea, than 1,000 men, vie.:-12th lancers 99; Goa Rasa, 216; 73rd Regiment 430 ; Cape Mounted Bids. Royal Engineers, 2 ; Levies, 148. They pissed the ekllmK Wellington oa the 2nd, reached }'ort Warden en the led, and on the liberalised the Great Kei by the War. DeM6 as route to Butterworth. Here the enemy shelved in numbers and Colonel Eyre secured the desire of his bled end that o fi the daring 73rd, cis., a lively brash with the A large body of Kann drift, and each hill ad joining the ford was by them, whilst a corps of Lagr d cavalry, preceding a esewd of warriors on toot, sud eisaasegiumensee our rear. Zyn t es esmil, esporatrd his troops wi'h judg mmd, mad wee point arrangements for covering the ftesenst to the Ow, whirl be succeeded in, after a sharp resislimee, mod Ira NM km. 'lke K. led readmit!, river *prudish's for wag , gess by reeks seeks kis I, sad es the le ft leak they bad erected a eerie. ef stems Immekrepreste=ser ketry, and whilk they appeared to The main body el our Veep Dew Mid the awes& te the river, and supported the meek, eat want% wldkt the Grenadiers of 73rd sad a of Ideal* Bias forded the river liewar up end leek aseley's polities In reverie, and enelbee of the lii &eve the enemy from a kraal esmusad the drift on the right bank. Captains Campiere awl IdesteametlLasses eempesies were me! bilk eaisied whlhe the Imp MINA the river. The essay were now Eileen leek, WU making resist aaletimi the Irate reashed She spriep at 9 p.m., having ladel ad lhae re di 14 hem without rest or refreshment. Coked Syr% mouThed ea with the cavalry to But terworth Melee that , The lii lest 6 UWE end 10 wended ; the 40th Rinse, 1 killed and 1 wonaded, and 1 vebtataa winnided. There is as doubt that the Zsibe an Mir Improving in military teethe, and that this dolt enestriseges of breast works will now be followed tips W them ; they also handle their cavalry better sew, GM cattlenenr to tarn our thank with coasidereSle From this date =rib. Col. Eyre's column scoured the country towards the Webs River, when he returned to Butterworth—and en the 111th proc eeded to attack Ma p uea's Kean, nom the bedlam of the Tlionso and the Kee. On the Ss he wes le remiss of 6000 cattle. Durk. the agereeleme Liselsaame Modes Clifton, 12th LaliCalk whit a delmhmeat of snaky, pliantly swam the T'B+loo, didedgal the enemy, sad captured ahoy* 600 hied of cattle. - - _ 07ttVe 1M Dworeber, the divides; thew ilajer•Oes, lonoweet lad Col. lyre were in direst tonmenlintho es as loam thee the ham waft dem the deer, wed the hailer m Leheallies erentwhe Wm* it. This hos in. divided Ints three divides' on the 4111 ; under Xs* Maim Mg, emitted of three asnemire Mak Oaplein Ceinpleirsoweireplleushod 80% sod the Chmines to Beim ; • s end, mike with toe she esoesint maw Captain % .°1 :63:7 men the Ads. to Minsk Illont's herd ; Wet etaesoalry, peoldnoi l into alemoggs Bay. MO woe empOnual de hew, sod been& 8.. Betterwertb, the 4lh torawry. Major-Oenerel Sureette Mem oohed es the erne day at Bitaworerth, in passoden dant bed et settle. This hem had tosa eiveniled into two Mt mho Colonel Illashlario, otap_ilhaivet Oth 1110 09th US" OO Osge Aennee6 Mr, SO attys ass. 1 llosolott UM," eel II Iflpheos, under Linde nent.Celese B. Pdaiebel. . Itsfiar, e, dein Quoins& th em 3lwidt seskas lite Nab. ha oswai time Desbee. TNt irYa beessie innate then 3,000 band at folds. The ease Melds% under QOM' Tyldsn, Pori login^ VIM elapsed el maitre and rare levies, 1$ elitism del rank mil 8., sod 111 ham B. hed • men enosesown Inaba 30th Dolomite, with • body of the ease* in the Valley, pelted is a strong reeky poiliss, hen week he dome thm—killing between awl eh sod teldis 1,26$ heed Of This divides eephired in ell And 3,6611 heed. Ss letter part of hh 2=ss being la eowleastion with Colonel 3W.lLianoe's On the let et January the weep Mersa to hoe& quarters, ILing WillionViTewnorldi ahem' 2/1,010 heed of tattle, may trenewed pal% aril ems hems. The dispose' ef these herds of oaths and pole Is a hatter dssavhoy of eeriest erooldwation. It is inos that they are set shun la the p lea el oar footles so, indeed, anywhere within lea& erase yet unmeophod i it is rumoured that a large MiNtbillt, hue Ohm we as —_ dit, has soda Mien hoe the heeds elloorenseelot,-41he wow bet (17,066) given in ear ends Nolonessery iron beim wholly enesseees ; wary, bowever, ef the - apnea& fatale hare iINS distributed emegthe antive Irrise sad hoops, --neoshere here bees herisd ism to the Buttseweeth riasese—eheat 160, we Mon in the skis( Talsa—nsarly 1,000 MI the Irtßambie tribes. with B. empties stem of their eldelh—amp to the laqpisioe• el the erhy—whilst 7 00 0 Of 4sss he hoes sent to Port Rini kr distributive. The senor gineaNna arises whether time will not again fall into the sump's lauds and have to be again retaken. On Sunday, the 15th January, Liuttenant-Colonel Eyre returned to King William'. Town, with (100 further cap tured cattle, and the whole of the Fingoes from Butter worth with their cattle—via, 7,000 souls, possessing 30,000 bead of sattlo—as well as 1110 =NM and traders, lu order le aware this Mei the MeV I/nth of Krsli. Them 7111 pima a mita *albums ,- moat, sad it w tapils Much jaarzt to ren der tide • vales abit la our present ties. We bars that kr tba paniat they will be Waled south of Pat Peddle, tower& tba apt oast. The Albert Burghers, Nam Ihe Civil Omalmeloser, X. X. Vat, late mired gist Nerd's la IA larders et that thra towards Xrelts wmatry. The gallant Jan Mk; /19140ammarlaat, with a number of field-cor a*. Ountatdaat J. Mod to., under Mr. Cole's di bra lup away fres the Tsmbookies 2,600 heal o/ MOM ON Imes, 20 stead of arms, and hays Killed 100 of Ile away. Mr. Cole hoped to be able to maks souther do- IMMit the Kaaba and Hottentot rebels near the 1"Somo, In the sent at receiving sufficient aid from the burghers. It that a meeting of all the leading Gaika chiefs, Maaat,ola, Stock, Seyolo, Botman, Ruts, Obi, Sutu, (Sandilles mother), was held at the Wolf Min!, at SSW • kraal, with their councillors mc.,when two of their 0000611:41 word Sent as a 'deputation to re quest Mr. Brownlee, the Oaika commissioner, to interest hintscHin procuring - peace. This is, ;f COUINI, a ruse, if we can believe the letter "Web we have received, showing that the object of the Gamy is merely to gain time. It appears that the go vernor intimated to them, through Mr. Brownlee. that their surrender must he general and unconditional, " crust ing to her Majesty's clemency," and that, " this tendered in a suhma manner and in good faith, hostilities would cane. and their lives will be respected." Eight days passed over (from 15th to 23rd January), end the gover nor bee now ordered a combined movement in seven columns G the Amatola mountains and the country of Stock, Soya, de., cast of the lioiskanuna. This commenced on the 26th and 27th January, and of course, we have yet to await the malt. The go;rerno " r has entered into term. of amity with Booko, the chief whose people attacked Colonel Eyre.' column at the Kci on the 4th of December; and with Ma , pasts (his son), egainbt whom Liuutenunt-Culontl Eyre had specially proceeded on the 16th of Decemiber. We ate not aware of the precise reasons for arranging this treaty with those chiefs. Major Eardley Wilmot, 8.A., commanding at Fort Peddle, fell on New Year'e-day, singled out from his com panions by the rebel's ride. Ibis brave and accomplished omcer, nuUi seconarlus, perished in the Fi.h River Bush, whilst lending on his men. No amount of Kafiir wolves or Hottentot scoundrels can expiate the loss of such men u Fordyce and Wilmot. We have not space to fill up the list of casualties which have occurred during the past six weeks, nor to detail the losses of the Bonner colonists. Monday, February 2.—The frontier post ihu just brought intelligence down to the 27th January, holding out a prospect of peace, which we would gladly rece i ve , b ut that pros. Sandilli, Ants, Stock, Tole, and the rest are yet free in their mountain fastnesses; and some of our hard-earned cattle are, it is said, again fulling into the hands of the foe; whilst the frontier press doubts the possibility of making other than a hollow peace until the enemy be thoroughly humbled. Private letters inform us that the Koffirs or. perfectly unsutulned, and mocking us with a request for peace until they have procured ammunition and reaped their crop A portion of the raptured cattle was distributed as fol lows:-8,500 head to the 2nd division, 4,300 to the Ist division, and 1,400 to Captain Tylden's force. 8,0001., the proceeds of the tale of the largtr number, will, it is said, be divided amongst the bad division, being about 2J. a man. This leaves a large balance of cattle unaccounted for. The Butterworth lingoes, with their 30,000 head of cat tle, are reported to have been delayed for a n i g ht on th e banks of the Kei, whereon the Kaflirs pounced on them and captured a number, that is stated to have been at the lowest 6 000. , . . The movement on the Anatole 'Mountains it now being made in four columns, under Liout.-Col. 12th Lan cers; Lieut• Col. Eyre, 73rd Regiment; Michel, 6th Regiment; and Capt. Catty. The particulars are given in Ueueral Orders elsewhere. Meanwhile, • rural police is formed at Fort Beaufort, consisting of two captains, eight lieutenants, 10 sergeants, 10 corporals, and 400 (cobured)privates; also two divisions of Kaffir police, each consisting of one lieutenant, two ser geants (European) two ditto (native), two corporal,. 26 stountetl, and 2,. dismounted privates ; and Mr. M. B. Shaw is appolated British Resident in the whole territory °mending bon the river Kci to Natal, and from the Quath lambs mmeiplekr io the sea. 141rthitv flifloretitioas Wad robberies have taken place, and the gory wounds of another mangled corpse, that of Junes Howse, Esq testify afresh against the relentless Hottent o t crew. Mr.Howse was the largest landed proprietor on the eastern frontier, and possessed not only wealth but well deserved influence. GE.VERAL ORDER. Head-Quarter, ling Villa's Town, Jan. 23. The rebel Kaffir chiefs having on the llith inst. formally sued for peace, it was intimated to them, through the Gaika commissioner, that her klajesty " cannot treat with rebels ; " that " their surrender must be a general and unconditional surrender, trusting to her Majesty's clemency," and the, " this tendered in a solemn manner and in good faith, hos tilities would cease." Eight days have now elapsed since the rebels were made ac insulted with his excellency', decision ,• and the demand for submission not having been comp'.ied with, operations against them will be continued with every activity. The troops will take the field on the 26th and 27th inst., in seven columns, to penetrate the Amatolas, and the c o un t r y o f Seyolo, Stock, Tola, and Zalini, on the left bank of the Keiskamma ; and to spoil the cattle, and devastate the crops of the enemy. The Konica say they will fight no more; but until the object in view, via., their uncondi tional submission, be thoroughly effected, hostilities will Continue. _ During the prosecution of these operations, all the re gular and burgher posts along the line of frontier, and in the interior line, are desired to be moat alert in patrol ling, watching, and waylaying, night and day; and they will arrest, when possible, all straggling Hottentots and Kaffirs by every means tolerated by civilised war. A vigorous observance of these instructions will much aid the troops in their operations, and ensure the subjugation of these rebels and bandits. _____ ...___ .......--. Terms of amity have been entered into with llokoe and his sou Mapusa, aad hostilities with this powerful tribe will cease. _ _ _ A. J. CLOJT; Quarter-1 BRAZILS. Olt ZLOCINIC raLaoazrz.) (ram/ ova OWN COSSNOPONDENT.) SOUTHAMPTON, Szroanzv, 2 r.w. The Brazilian mail packet Teiriot has just arrived. She brings news of the defeat of Roses by Urquiza in a pitched battle; the army of Roses was slaughtered, and Rims has taken refuge on board II.M. steamer Centaur. MAILS OVERDUE AND EXPECTED.—Up to last evening at 6 o'clock there was no sign of the West India and Mexican packet Medway. Her delay is owing chiefly to the lateness of the arrival of the Gulf mail at St. Thomas. The Hermann is hourly expected at Cowes, on her way to Bremen from the United States. To-morrow the Teviot is expected here from &sail, and on Sunday the Iberia is ex pected from the Peninsula. MIRACULOUS ESCAPE ON THE RAILWAY.—On Wednesday night, as the down mail train was passing be tween Linden sad Stratford, the Pelee** guard named Meese Oseuthea, aesidestally tumbled wat el the c'orriage, awl was left ea the lise. The welds* wee not discovered till the arrival of the train at fitrathelom Inquiry being made for the guard. The train was detdaed thirty minutes, whoa the guard arrived; fortunately be had received but few mid ;._.l...ejsLitg=is enabled to proceed on his *Mg DIATITS*4II.—Died, in the union work bag,* en Tuesday, the Ind of March, John Bennet, aged Nees. lie was an out-pensioner from her Majesty's Stott Ragiment of Foot. He wee present at six engage. Mewls, ins., Toulouse, Pyrenees, Vittoria, Salassanes, Ciudad Rodrigo, and Talavera, tor which he wore a medal with du elespe.— WorceePr Chronicle. PRICE OP COUNTY COURT LAW.—Yesterday, in the Blessebary County Court, a y man, named an Bed etsibt sedan against the on and North r.z be . *away Compermlle renew the value of a box le* ea *sir line. When Ids masher had stated his case, the esuweel for the 11r. Oillerd, objected to the his of OM plaint, w to slate whether tho mute ear** we to teem, he brew& et esetzset, loss of pro- SOY b 7 114.0 see, fie etingostue, end therefore claimed a weassit. Nib Mao* held Xr. Cliihrd's objection good, sad the phistlif was normited, ha** to pay the casts of the day, yR dd. TIN aysicats EMIORANITS.—n• number of Ger ms& amtimmis who have prod through Paris during the last week ems& 1,000. The last treep which halted in the capital tea up their roddessee is the inns near the /Idle- Dm** *dr stay asio of the *dailies received an imexpected imeresse to their number, the wife, a buxom SWIM of 36, having been safely delivered of three Ono boys. The day belles yesterday the children were christened, sew of the Bases do la Halle standing godmothers on the smismisa, asilatitin the whole party to a plentiful banquet. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY.—The board of directors of this company proceeded, et their first meeeng after the half-yesrly meeting, to sleet a chairman. The dudes fell on Mr. Thomas Barnes, of k'arnworth. Mr. liwines, who is the largest bolder of stock in the company, we sleeted by a large majority. DOCK AND RAILWAY IMPROVEMENTS IN LIVER IPOOL.—A position has been laid before the Liverpool desk committee to construct • high level railway to extend ewer two docks, the Wellington and Bramley-Moore, and to farm &junction with the Lancashire and Vorkihire and Rost Lancashire Railways, in order to provide increased facilities for the coal trade of the port. The cost of the undertaking ts estimated at 44,450/., while the anticipate di revenue is 3,374/. per annum, an increased tonnage to the amount of 40,1,000 tea being expected to be genie d by the shame. It is also proposed to build warehouses four storeys in height, along the north and south quays of the Stanley Dock, at a cost (including necessary alterations, &c.), of 127,0781. Beth these important improvements are under the serious conlideration of the rommittee. CORNWALL RAti.w.t v.—On IVednesday this lino was opened between l'ensance and Retired', mud in July it will be opened to Truro. OF LORD NAAS. Lord Derby's Chief Secretary for Ireland has been signally defeated. The electors of the Irish agricul tural county of Kildare would not send him back as a member of the protectionist cabinet, to represent them in parliament ; and being at length thoroughly convinced of this their determination. he has wisely saved himself and his friends from the disgrace of being sent away from tho hustings in a ridiculous minority, and withdrawn in time from the contest. Mr. M'Carthy, ono of Ins liberal candidates for I Cork county, has withdrawn from the contest, leaving the field to the only remaining liberal, Mr. Scully, and to Mr. Frewen, the protectionist, who, under present circumstances, is not likely to go to the poll. Mr. Scully may be considered as the nominee of the Roman catholic clergy of the diocese of Cloyne. There are three candidates named for Galway borough, in the event of a dissolution—the present sitting members and Lord Dunkellin. At a meeting of the electors, held on Wednesday, a resolution in favour of Mr. O'Flaherty was carried with acclama tion, but ono pledging support to Mr. J. Blake was received with marks of disapprobation from a great many. 't he following remarkable statement with reference to the representation of the county of Down, appears in the N"rtheris Whim of yesterday: From what has appeared in the newspapers of the day, ' and from the more explicit statement made by Lord Leslie rcagh, it is pretty :sti noisily known that the Marquis of Londonderry hail withdrawn hi+ parliamentary support from his son, and had transferred it to his more distant re lative, Mr. Her, of Ballynahinch. The noble marquis's reasons far doing so are now very generally known— namely, that Lord Castlereagh refused to set as hi+ " nominee," and to vote in parliament for and against certain measures specified by his father. All this has been very plainly put forth in the ablo and en lightened address of Lord Castlereagh to the electors of the county, published in this and other newspapers within the last few days. But It seems that the same dictatorial mis sive which was issued to Lord Castlereegh has also been transmitted to Mr. Her ; and that he is no more inclined to swallow the test than his noble relative. Mr. Her refuses to go before the county, and to claim the suffrages of the electors, as any one's " nominee." Ile repudiates the noble marquis's assumed power of nominating and return ing him to the House of Common., under the stated condi tions, and intends to come forth and stand on independent grounds. This is manly ; and only that he is a protec tionist, and unfavourable to a fair settlement of the land question, we are not sure that we might not give him a lift. Several students of Trinity College were brought up before the magistrates yesterday, charged with riots and assaults on tho police on the preceding night, and discharged for the most part on payment of small fines. THE ELECTIONS. MR. DISRAELI IN BUCKDIGRAMSHIRE. AYLESBURY, FRIDAY, 'Linen 12. No one unacquainted with the fact would have supposed from the quiet appearance of the town this morn ing that an event so important as a county election—and that election, in some degree at lout, expressing the opinion of the electors upon the policy of the newly installed ministry—was about to take place. There was none of the excitement nor any of the ordinary signs of en election—as banners, crowds of people wearing the favours of the several candidates, or bands of music. The market-place, wherein stands the county hall—the scene of the election here—was almost empty, and, altogether, the locality showed a state of repose inducing a belief that the inhabitants had mistaken Friday for Sunday, or that the population and trade of the place had migrated to some more favoured spot. The candidates—for there were two of them—Dr. Lee, of Hartwell-house, having, consented to be put in nomination —arrived at ten o'clock, accompanied by their friends. The HIGH-8H BRIEF' having opened the proceedings, Mr. P. DUNCOMISE came forward to propose Mr. Die raeli, who, during the period he had sat in parliament es member for the county, Lad always been found true to three principles he professed when the trust was tint con fided to him. Mr. Disraeli had always strongly advocated the interest of his constituents (oh !)—and by every means in his power had endeavoured to obtain relief for the agricultural body—(cheep, and a voice " of the land lords only ")—whose interest h ad been most injuriously and cruelly affected by the measures commonly called fre e trade. (Chien, interruption, and • voice from the crowd, "Yee, that is humbugging the farmers to keep up the landlord's rent.") Consid e ri ng th e principles on which the present government had consented to undertake the administration of the country—remembering the pre-emi nent talents of the right hon. gentleman, and the high Wilco he filled in the councils of the sovereign, he ventured confi dently to propose the Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli LB • fit and proper person to represent the county in parliament. (Cheers, mingled with hisses and groans.) Mr. G. CARRINGTON, of Missenden Abbey, seconded the nomination. Ho called attention to the claims Mr. Disraeli had upon the agricultural body, whose best interests he had always done all in his power to promote. He (Mr. Carrington) was not a free trader. Ho believed it would be found impos sible long to keep faith with the public creditor under the free trade system except by incurring fresh taxes. (Hear.) With 800 millions of debt it would be impossible, should we unfortunately be involved in a war, to keep up under the existing system. (A voice, " Let the rich who force us into war pay the expense.") (liew, hear.) The present depressed state of agriculture was confessedly owing to the mischievous commercial policy of the late government. Mr. JOHN GIBBS nornieeted Dr. Lee, of Hartwell House--a landowner, a good landlord, a hard-working ma gistrate, and one of themselves, who hail never for the pur pose of increasing his own exchequer, sought to put an extra halfpenny • loaf on the poor man's bread. Ho did not deny Mr. Disraeli 's great ability; but there was this peculiar feature in his cleverness—that he could stand and amuse them for a couple of hours, and when he sat down no one could tell what be had been talking about. (Loud laughter.) But that was not precisely the beat qualifica• ties for a Chancellor of the Exchequer. He admitted the farmers were in need of relief. He wished to relieve them; and he would do this by direct taxation—by • national poor-rate ; and he could show that a six penny rate upon the property of the nation would support the poor better than they were now supported. Ile regarded the proposition of a 61. duty on cum as a national sin. The favourite phrase with the protec tionists was "Protection to native industry." (Hear, hear.) But the best way to encourage waive industry was to remove from it all restrictions, and, above all, to keep bread and the various necessaries of life as low in price as possible. (Cheers.) The advantages of free trade in that locality were to be witnessed in the improved condition of tho poor labouring population, whose cottages wore replete with necessaries and comforts, instead of haw, as formerly, the scene of famine and misery. Ile concluded by proposing Dr. Lee, whose private character and good standing were higher recommendations than ambition or a fluctuating policy. (Cheers) Mr. SHAW seeowded the aassiastiew. Mr. DISRAELI, who was absent at the moment when first called upon, came forward after a brief interval, and when the cheering with which his supporters hailed him had subsided, addressed the electors as follows:—Gentle. men, I am very sorry, I am extremely sorry that I should not have been at my post when it was my duty to advance; but I had anticipated an address from the gentleman who wee about to second the nomination of my honourable op ponent, and I wee not prepared for the laconic brevit which we have just experienced. (C heers and laughter. l Gentlemen, so much time has ela psed, I shall at once, wit your permission, proceed to business. (Cheers.) I shall not atop to vin dicate my past career. (lifter, hear.) If nothing can be said against me but what 1 did and said twenty years ago, I think, gentlemen, it is no presumption that we have a right to supinse that in the interval I have said and done nothing that can be very easily impugned. (Chews.) Gentlemen, whatever were my early Indiscretions, they commenced in the county of Buckingham, and the county of Buckham has per mitted me to atone fur them. ( Hear , hear. In talkies as in everything else, a man is not the worse for having sown his wild oats. (" Hear ' hear," and cheers.) The hon. gentleman who propos ed my honourable opponent has told you that, though you listened for a long time, and I spoke fur • considerable period, you would go away without any definite idea of what were my intentions or what were the intentions of the government of which I am a mem ber. (Hear, hear.) Now, if you will honour me with your attention, and give me that patience which I know frost your disposition you are not disinclined to afford me, it shall not be my fault if you have not from me the most definite description of what is the intended policy of her Majesty's government. (Cheers.) This I can say without affectation, that of me it shall never be said that I have obtained power upon false pretences. (Much cheering from the agricultural party.) This I do know, that all my promises have been earnestly offered out of power, and now that I am in power it shall ho my earnest endeavour to put in practice the policy which I have recommended on the opposite benches. (Cheers.) You must recollect that it was on no motion that asserted the principles which we have ever upheld—that it was not by a majority of the House of Commons sanctioning the policy which we hive always recommended—that we ware eummoned by her Majesty to become her servants. Hail it, indeed, been upon • vote of the House of Commons, which declared in a manner which could not be mi staken that the policy which we recommended in opposition slosh be imme diately carried into practice, there could have been no doubt as to what should have been our duty under those circutn. stances. (Hear, hear.) But you will be pleased to recol lect that it was internal discord—that it was discussions amongst themselves that caused the late government to fall —(hear)—it was from the arm of one who hail long been their cherished colleague and friend that the fatal blow was struck—(cheers)—snit unless we had obeyed the commands of her Majesty, her Majesty might have been without ser vants and the country without a government. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, there were duties to perform under these cir munstanites which it was imposible mild be neglected. (Chien.) There urn* this urgent sidgasales of the ma mesa which revolts/ immsibbi attesties—(sheen)—theme were certain thaw whisk must le Mae, whoever = be the minister, et whatever might be the policy be might ultimately plats bears ills estuary. loms.) And I wish to know what eridssas hoe been gives by the present administration that they &risk be. is appeal to the country / (Cheers.) I width, Mow whether the present adminietratiou has yet had an opportunity Mt M that which all public men of all tides and Jade of °plass agree it is absolutely neceseery for the public safety—tor the public service—should be done before that recurrence to the sense of the nation should take _plate which is now so rife in the mouth of everybody ? (Cheers.) It is our duty to fulfil that which is requisite and necessary; but, while we are prepared to do that—while we cannot for • moment suppose that any obstacles can be raised to our doing that which every man, whatever may be his political opinions, feels to be absolutely necessary for the service of the state, rest assured that it is our wish that the policy of this country should be such as we have recom mended for many years on the benches of the opposition. (Protectionist cheers.) Gentlemen, it is my wish to express, without reserve, and in a manner which can not be mistaken, and in language which no perversion of faction can render equivccal, what are the intentions of the government upon this great point. (Cheers.) Gen tlemen, it is our opinion—en opinion which I myself, as your member in the House of Commons, have frequently c :premed—that when the great changes of 1646 were car ried, they were carried in a spirit of great precipitation— I might almost say of panic (hear, hear)—and they were tar ried without • due regard to these important productive interests whom fortunes were by those measures, an the event has proved, sensibly effected. (Hear, hear.) For example, in 1816, you repealed the old corn laws. (A voice : " And a good thing too.") You repotted them without any . condition ; you repealed them with out coneldenne the burden to which the agricultural interest was subjected, arid which they were always recom mended to endure, because they possessed those corn laws. (Hear, hear.) You elm, for example—l speak with re-' spect to the great colonial interests to which my hon. friend who has seconded my nomination has referred to day—(mar, hear)—you changed the whole course of the colonial policy of the country, and atter acting on a passionate conviction of the people of Eng land, increased your netienal debt to terminate slavery ; you opened your markets to slave-grown produce, in • manner which even free-traders of great celebrity have declared was, as regarded your colonies, most unjustifiable. (Cheers.) Se again, very shortly afterwards, you abrogated your maritime code, but while you forced British shipping, for example, into competition with the shipping of all the world, you left upon the British seaman and the British shipowner restrictions of a very onerous and injurious cha racter. (Hear, hear.) Therefore, on these three great in terests—and I , take them only as illustrations— acting precipitately, and I admit, la Dome degree, under circumstances of great exigency and emergency, you came to • settlement, which, so far as those great interests were concerned, was no doubt unjust. (Hear, hear.) Be cause, remember this, gentlemen, so far as the three cases I have taken arc concerned, even those who are the advo cates of that peculiar system which I think is un justly called a system of free trade, admit that the settlement was not carried into effect on principles of poli tical and financial justice. (Cheers.) But without reference to the agricultural interest itself, here is an uncouipromising free trader who tells you that it is due and just to the agricultural interest that the question of the poor rates should be settled. Why, what is that but an admission that, when the produce of British industry was thrown into competition with the general produce of the world, the question of local taxation which he describes as being so unjust and grievous, should have been settled at the time the change was made ? (Cheers.) Take now the ease of sugar. (Hear, hear.) If 1 wanted to establish the injustice of the present system, should I go to the chairman or the deputy-chairman of a protection society ? No, I should go to Mr. Deacon Hume, the ,founder of the commercial school which the late Sir Robert Peel adopted. (Hear, hear.) Nay, I might quote Sir Robert Peel's own words, rend sting 110 far the measures of Lord John Rus sell in 1848, because he said sugar was taken out of the category of free trade in consequence of the abolition of slavery, which would render it au act of injustice, if not of illegality, to place the colonial producer in competition with the foreigner. (Ileac ' hear.) Here, then, are two ad mitted cases. (Cheer, . ) Ana with regard to shipping, no one has over denied that when the British shipowner and British seamen are placed in competition with the whole world, their industry ought to be entirely unrestricted, and they should be no longer subjected to all those vexatious laws which restrain their energies and cripple their resources. (Cheers.) Why, here is another free trader cheering me. (A laugh.) Hero arc free traders admitting that in these three great instances— instances, be it remembered, in which the greatest amount of British capital is invested—vis. ' agriculture, shipping, and the colonies, the settlement has been pre cipitate, that it has been unjust. (Hear, hoar.) Why we are unanimous. Then what is the use of bringing forward an opponent ? (Cheers and laughter.) Why is there a rivalcandidate ? Why is an individual for whom I have such a sincere regard as my learned friend—why is he dragged, as it were, from the classic shades of Hartwell to tight against a man with whom he fully agrees. (Nu, no.) They don't agree! Then they are determined to sup port the injustice which they denounce. (Cheers.) Now, gentlemen, 1 will tell you, if you will continue to give mo the patience you have hitherto granted— became, understand, I ask you to listen to me, not from any feeling of idle vanity, but because it shall not be said, if you will listen to me, that one of her 'Majesty's =Waters, in my instance, has attempted to conceal the policy we may wish to pursue. I will be frank to you, if you will be patient to me. (Cheers.) Well, it is our opinion that as in the year 1846, and down to the year 1849, great injustice was done to these great interests is which such an immense amount of capital is invested, and on which the employment of so much labour depends—it is our opinion that justice should now be done them. (" Hear," and cheers.) I am ,not ashamed to say that this is our political creed—that justice should be done to all classes—to the British producer as well as to the British consumer. (Cheers.) If we can show—and it is not difficult, because all acknowledge it—that there are great classes of producers of this country which are suffering because they arc placed in an unequal competi tion, it will not only be our policy as a party, but our duty an English statesmen, to see them placed in a fair position. (Cheers.) In dealing with these questions, I shall confine myself to that interest In which you are immediately con cerned ; but you must not consider that when I talk of land I think that all the interests of the country are con centred in lend ; but what I shall say will, I believe, be to the advantage of the whole:commies:By. (Loud cheers.) We will consider, then, the question with regard to agri culture ; and on this subject it will bo our duty to bring forward measures which will promote the prosperity of the British cultivators of the soil, and enable them to enter into at least a fair competition with the producers of foreign countries. We have not the slightest desire to restrict the energy and enterprise of the foreign producer, provided, when he comes into competition with the English producer, thel English producer is not overweighted. (Chiefs.) That is all we want. (Hear, hear.) The vest majority of this country are then agreed that there is a pressure of taxation upon the cultivators of the soil which is not experienced by any other clam (A voice, " That is true.") There are, however, people who affirm that that is not the ease. I will, therefore, show you in a few sentences—not by any means exhausting the whole question, but just by placing before you the main points with extreme brevity ; and if any of my opponents—if any free trader in this meeting—can answer me, tho meeting to-day will not have been without profit, and I assure you I will communicate my confutation to the neat cabinet. (Loud cheers and great laughter.) I want, however, to place before the free traders here, who, after all, as they are of Buckinghamshire, are men of sense and spirit, • few fasts. (" Hear," and a laugh.) The tax raised upon income in this country is raised upon an amount in round numbers of something over 200,000,0001. Mediae per annum. (Hear.) Now, real property contributes exactly one half of the revenue upon which the income tax is levied—namely, something more than 100,000,0001. per annum, or a moiety of the aggregate income upon which the tax is levied. Real property, therefore, in contributing to the general and imperial taxation of the country, pays in Great Britain alone on 10,000,0001. a year extra. Thus it is quite clear upon the surface that if 100,000,0001. of the 200,000,0001. pays 100,000.0001. extra, it pays 6,000,0001. more thins it ought to pay. But then it is said that real property consists of something else besides land. I admit it. I will put the ease with great fainters. I will suppose that if the real property is assessed to the income-tax, for example, at something more than 100,000,0001., that the land only supplies 50,000,0001., or a moiety of that sum—these aro the premises of our opponents—but I admit it—then it follows that the land must pay 2,600,000/. more than it ought to pay. That is quite clear. (Hear, hear.) It is quite clear that by your system of local taxation, upon the question as stated by the free-traders, that the land is subject to the payment of two millions sad • half more than any other class in the com munity. (Cheers.) Well, that is • very great burdeu to place upon the cultivators of the soil when selling upon them to enter into unrestricted competition with the cultivators of the soil of all other countries. (Hear.) Then let me ask you this question, " What is your legislation when you call upon the occupiers or owners (for the justice or in justice of the legislation does not differ in the least whether it fall upon the occupier or owner, those are distinctions which at no time were sound, but which, since the repeal of the corn laws, exist no longer) ; but let me ask what is the financial system you have devised by which the owners, or I will say the cultivators,of the soil in Great Britain, are compelled to bear these additional burdens, which no other class in the community bear ? Let me put before you your financial system in this country. You have encouraeed the producer to produee one of the most valuab.e articles the soil can bring forth, namely, wheat. But of late years he has been told, since the repeal of the corn laws (and the British farmers complain that wheat is no longer remunerating) ; you have now told him that the British farmer should not produce wheat, that he produces too much wheat, that he should give up producing wheat es much as ho could. This was the advice given to the British farmer by the late Sir Robert red, and it was the advice re-echoed by Load J. Russell. It is the common formula of all writers upon political economy. And the best way to cure the evil which the repeal of the corn-laws has brought on the farmers is to encourage as much as tetssible the production of that article which, under other ircurnstances, was the most Valuable production of the soil. Am I putting this ease fairly ? (Rear, hear.) If that he so, you would natu rally suppose that the financial system of the country would encourage the British farmer in the pro duction of some other crop. But what is this ono ? When you go to the next superior crop to which, under such circumstances, he would naturally resort, and to which the soil of the country is most favour able—barley—what does the legislation of this country do ? Why, it raises upon barley s. revenue amounting to eleven million' sterling —a revenue equal to that of powerful monarchies and ancient em tree—(cheers)—for that is the amount of revenue raised by the malt tax and by the spirit acts. (Hear, hear.) I say this is monstrous—it is &system which no doubt could have existence when you gave, as you say, an artificial price to the farmer for his wheat— (hear, hear)—but when you tell the farmer we have sub jected yuu to such severe competition, that you must giro up even growing wheat, you are bound to take care that his production of an inferior ciop is not laden with severe re strictions and heavy imposts. Is that justice? Ito free traders approve of such a system ? But then lam told, and I dare say the gentleman who proposed my oppo nent will tell you, for it is one of those cant phrases which are so fluently used, that the consumer pays the tax. Motor the slighted importance to the producer, because the con tax of 11,000,000 e upon an article can be paid by the consumer o au fl er im pa po y r s t t a h n i c s e t ! " ( " C f h l eer.) ? yo A u t t l a ii x nk of tha n ra without checking the production of that article ? (Cheers.) But if it were possible to produce 11,900,0001. from an in ferior crop—not the highest crop of the cultivator of the soil-11,000,000t. raised as a tax without checking eunsump tion,what become h of the argument against a tax on wheat? (Loud cheers.) It is quite clear you cannot have it both ways—(cheers, and a voice, "Capital")—and I hear a free-trader honourable enough to admit this, and say "capital." lam ;lad that conviction has been brought to his heart. (Cheers and laughter, occasioned by the gentle man alluded to exhibiting his blue and white rosette, the protectionist colours.) 1 sin told that this frectrader carries my colours—(" hear, hear," and a laugh), and I behest" you will find many others cam them before long. (Cheers.) The question, however, we were considering is one which men se Ito look upou it with some feeling of re sponsibility, cannot decide lightly,. or under the in fluence of passion. The question is, how are we to retain " the bli•ssinge of unrestricted importations," as those who rill themselves freetrailern nay, and yet hold the balance so that no injustice shell be dune to the British prislucer. (Cheers.) hat is the question. (Cheers.) I will give you, if you will permit me, some information Oh this subject. First, I will quote the opinions of freetraders upo n it. I will give you the 'minions or the most rest::: e ; we r ee, ::::dors. will T tn. opinion published this year, after some obsereations us to the consequences of your recent legisletion—the opinion of an uncompromising frectrader, the high( st literary authority amongst the free-trade writers, one who is con stantly referred to in the House of Commons, fuel whose opinions were as constantly thrown into our faces when we fought the battle of protection— a gentleman who was the literary executor of Mr. Ricardo, and who is the editor of Mr. Adam Smith's works. Is that an authority that will satisfy my friend there ? (Cheers.) I refer to the commercial tome on taxation by Mr. M'Culluch. That gentleman has published a new edition of that celebrated work this year, 18:12, and in it ho gives us his observa tions of the cense:quinces of your recent legislation—and what do I find in that book? I find ho lays of the malt tax—and I take it as an example—that it is of the greatest importance to this country that the malt tax should be retained, but that it cannot be retained with perfect justice to the English producer without a countervailing duty, and Mr. M'Culluch adds, sooner than give up the malt tax, though it restricts the industry of the fanner, checks production, and the consumption of what lie produces—that as it is of importance to keep this great arm of finance, the best thing to be done under the circumstances is to give the farmer a countervailing duty of 2s. ed. a quarter on barley. Now, I am not giving you my opinion, but I will give it to you if you will allow me, with the frankness I promised vou ; but I wish, as we are speaking on this interesting subject, that you should come to it with calm minds—with that comprehensive survey of the circumstances which, depend upon it, will have a salutary influence upon our consciences and conduct. This, however, is a free-trader who in 1852 recommends this. (Hear, hear.) But Mr. M'Cul loch does more. lie says that the burden of local taxation, the incidence of which I have placed before you in a manner that cannot be easily confuted—that the burden of local taxation is most unjust on the cultivator of the Britiahsoil—(loudeheers)—and the best way of settling the question (and this is the opinion of Mr. M'Culloch, a professor of political economy) is that there should be • countervailing euty of 7s. on each quarter of wheat, and a duty modified ou the other species of grain. (Hear, hear.) This is the opinion of Mr. M'Culloch in the year 18.32. But he says something more. lie says that though this is unjust though the British farmer, the owner and occupier of land in Great Britain, is, according to the present system, placed in an unjust position, such li is the prejudice and passion of the present mo ment, that it would bo no longer wise to do him the justice to which he is entitled. But I cannot believe my self that the great body of the community will agree with Mr. M'Culloch, that there is a great body of producers subject to burdens not borne by the rest of the community, and that no redrew, should be given. (Hear. hear.) You may not agree with the proposition of Mr. M'Culloch, though be is one of yourselves, but you must agree, en Englishmen, to this, that that society is not in a safe state where any considerable body of the producers carry on their industry under unfair Meal circumstances. (Cheers.) I will tell you my own opinion. (flea., hear.) I agree with Mr. M'Culluch thus far—l think the cheapest, the easiest, the least espenaive, and fur the community the best mode of settling this question is by a coun tervailing duty. (Immense cheering from the protection ists.) I think there is not one penny that would enter into the aggregate of the countervailing duty but what might be ascertained with almost scientific accu racy, and in that spirit of compromise which I know the farmers will view the question, I believe they will he ready to accept such a settlement. Speaking for the community, and nut speaking for a class, for the culti vators of the soil generally, and not for my constituents only, it is my deliberate opinion that the cheapest, the easiest, and the most effective way of paying off your debts —for that is what it comes to—would be to follow the advice of Mr. M'Culloch. (Cheers.) But I will not say that if the people of this country—although they admit the iojus ' tice and express their willingness to settle the claims of the suffering interests in a spirit of fairness—are determined, from what I may consider prejudice or passion, or short sighted views—if the general body of the commu nity have a prejudice against settling the question in this manner, although it be recommended by the highest au thority—l am not going to pledge the existence of a go vernment or of a policy on such a measure. (Cheers, and cries of " oh.") What I would pledge a government to— the policy which I think no government ought to shrink from who have taken office under circumstances such as we have done—is to secure for the agricultural interest ample and complete redress. (Loud cheers.) lam of opinion, as I said Wore, that the simplest and cheapest mode of set tlement for the community is that recommended by thee) high authorities—these great political economists—(hear) —but the people will soon have the opportunity of express ing their opinion on the subject. They cannot say that I have spoken with any reserve—(hear, hear)—and if they choose to sanction the policy of the highest authori ties—men who have given their minds to the subject, and who were free traders before the brawling free traders of the present hour existed—studious men who le commended that by which they never mule or sought to make personal profit—(cheers)—if the country in its calm judgment was to reject the settlement which such men have recommended, the country must take the consequence. If they will not in the manner I recommend do justice to tho agricultural interest, they must submit to a revision of our taxation, and they may depend upon it that the revision their own sense of justice will prompt them to accord to the agricultural interest will be far more complete and far more costly that the settlement now suggested. (Hoar.) I I hope gentlemen that even my opponents will not (say that to-day I have not spoken frankly. (Hear, hear.) I believe that the most just, the least expensive, the cheapest, and the easiest mode of settling this question would be to give a countervailing duty—and I believe that the temper of the agriculturists would at present induce them to accept such a compromise in the spirit of conciliation. (Cheers.) But if it be,which Ido not believe—if it be really the opiuioa of the community, that the mode recommended by the highest authorities is not the ono which will please their taste, then the country must once for all decide that that course is not to be pursued, though, until that verdict is given, I shall not credit it, and then we must do that which I have more than once endeavoured to do in a epirit of compro mime and conciliation, with tho hope of putting an end to those combinations, with the hope of terminating that dribs between town and country which I have always deprecated, knowing that we have enemies enough out of England, not to encourage dissensions in classes in this country—(eheers) —then, 1 nay, we must give our minds particularly, and the porliamcnt of England must devote their minds, to the settle ment of these questions . perhaps, in some degree, in the spirit of that very course which has been recommended by free traders today. But rest assured, gentlemen, that though it may not fall to my lot to terminate this quarrel and mako that adjustment which I should be proud to do, such is the crying nature of the evil, such is the sense of injustice in all classes of the country, that though it may not tall to my lot to make that settlement, rest assured that the next parliament will have that duty forced upon it. (Cheers.) I know that some prejudice exists upon what is called a tax upon the food of the people. (Continued cheering.) But there is nothing more unwise than to be governed by prejudice. There are many taxes upon the food of the Ho orders some bread to eat with his mutton chop; he an peo d p o h rd . orders p e rson, ntuton f e o h r op e , l n a n in d pl h e e revon ia rs to it a . c° ( I. i t r i c o e gt t n a n T il . ) oats his bread and' his chop, end the keeper Mll , coffee house consequently charges helfeverown for what lie has a_ implied Inns with. The gentleman say! I cannot tiny you halea-crown, because that would be taxing the food of the people. r , (Cries of " Oh, oh!" " ridiculous and laughter.) Yee it Is ridiculous, says my free trade friend; but remem ber this, that 'Miceli) is the lest of truth. (Hear, hear.) Why this is exactly the case. The analogy is complete. It is exactly what the free traders said two years ago, that the 'motile of Eugland have been eating farmer every night for supper. (Laughter.) liavo your cheap bread, and have your foreign . flour, hut have them by the exer tions of your own industry, and not by unjustly taxing your follow - countrymen to produce it. (Hear, hear.) it has been also said that any interference with our commer cial system will injure that commercial prosperity would lnth which e b e fi e rs o „et pl ace, l ry which we are all so glad t d o ut w htye itn poi es tl s ic . y re commend men th i a a t it w e nua followed te.ting in terference with our commercial system. (Cheers.) But, you must recollect this—that it is idle to 6UppOSe that all the commercial prosperity of the present day has originated merely in our promoting great export, to this country to compete with our taxed products at home.