The Express. — London, England, 1852-04-08 00:00:00

D' ...a na l by miming some point of w seam& Whoa Mae/ vaned away, Mr. Davie vomarkad to art isld where that light wr, sod lut 210 te anda.nhahtl th at ho alluded to a lied boom light, ▪ 04 a lire on the hills. I have now err, r 9 9 • 011 to dud the light wich was sn was • are lihted of , tor np' m u ,i, h e, to act a ee . • signal flre to g the fish La ta t. which ito out from that point. I saw the light Ow ▪ o g him. myself. and certainly considered it a hi/Athos,. • n . I have betore stated. After the vessel struck, the . aaa isuder remained on the poop, and gave his orders to " myself. td The utmost order was observed Me`s t o ',mot. and until the resod totally disappeared, IbK was wit a cry or murmur from soldiers or sailors. It k a s living inn. of the most perfect instances of what g rar .. i • • o atthet, end almost led me to believe that not a ss iorato son w a rd know the cruel was likely tu go down. About w astes after tht ',ail struck, the commander sent me W . v r p a i e , who was on the bridge, to know what sa l? e be required to get the paddle-box boats out; he paw i t g e t l/ turn put on to each tackle, so as to get the p a y elf 1 d:d so, and then went to the eonintabder osi see if be had any more orders; he told me to • L 3 more men to the chain pumps. I directed Lieut. t a lc Ord, to do this and it was dune. Almost die sear - l's bows snapped off, the bows part going st,rotM air toward. the firs mast, the funnel fell over to garburd at the same time. almost carrying sway the pad &tat% and taut 00 the starboard side, the °awe p n ial e . kis bad wY being elated over just at this tone, and Mr. ipda eisiiipt an .1 Iron the briilge, having been kuocktal far I ,.auh iw nth. r. Jet e.0.m.. the vcsst: broke at the bows the commander tokn .1 the busses to be pushed overboard, and directed hichirds to get iota the cutter to receive the women sal ,al:...ita .111 this was done with the utmost regale bei...a.l the nuts stood otf about 100 yards o fom the I L? the t ontuainsler also ordered out the larg host in th i r.titte of the sltip. but it could not be moved as the ship er...ht”'sur.; Cl' at Me bows. Jag !atom the vessel broke a second time, which was in .▪ .N 1 await , * front tint stalking. the commander culled pc ta ad vat , r. 111, It 1.110 CIAO I swim to Jump Over. WWI 4.1 , 1 ha the buts ; I.teut. tiirsrilot was stand• i n A v owal. of nit by the 'loop rail at the time. We anal oat to the men nit to go overboard to the boats • we Farad their Bing swamped, they being full sf stall awl i'aildreu (at least one of them we knew • rely sew MI 11 went, and the rest remained an the r.war till that part • ink. and then down we all went to ;no si non board the vessel when she sank, o ar*. global.. who was on board the cutter, and pc i i elkaa M th, ship, who got into one of the gigs, MI thee mule the S.: of his way to but River, some 14 N in d.•• torn th. wreck, rowed then by eight of the rew. I cum.'s .....iress how much the lees of this boat was 11'.1• as had rt r. tarried alter binding Dr. Culhane, I have so Itesdatim in uying that nearly every man of the 200 t , who ai n .in the .Irift•wo..4 between the wreck and have been saved, as they could have been pLd ad the span and 1.04.11 on which they were when eye were eutsalr the d, which prevented them from mow. m t he boat -sold have mode 40 or .50 • t.• shore between daylieht and dark, and landed the Per. , •• .• OW boat in a cost put to the eastward of Danger a. • os in I got on shore, the party I was with (ias g. ilratiruesD sad myself proeetded to Stanford's Cove, ettre there is a lishing station, about silt or seven miles p a pager I',.int. as there was nothing to be had to eat tba. I ton the men sad went toe fur house, about right L..* :rem Oren.% and seat provisions for the men. I also j,itle sans h. at day. and then bad the sea removed to (41 sassOis' isrm..akont 15 Riles further up the country, asiisa 4 at. tiirorlot sad Cornet Bond with them. I than writ down to the roast and put up in a hot, and was nearest daring Friday. Saturday, and Sunday, in cumin- be envy part the rocks fur at least 20 miles. 1 fell in • tbr crew of • whale boat, who were employed s ta li ng a: NW* lidand. I got them to take the outside of the a, wall. sheet a quarter of a mile from shore, whilst the guar's steward of the Uirkenbead and myself examined stilts. The hoot gut two men, sal we also two, who bo, I her 1a huar•in the water ; they were sadly trahautted, Is saakt". n •t in the hut made them ell right, except a 1,,, s ea ms. or the second and thud day that I was on e. root. 1 was jinni dby Field Cornet Villien and Mr. X „1... and commissioner of Caledon, and they bad with ism o numb rat men to assist in burying the dead, and t , shot things were washed up on shore. 1, iy tor Ladies were found. On sanctity, at 8 p.m.. 4t.,4 is rt,tly mystlf that no living soul could s. no the shore, awl the men who were at Captain fa., • haling bete ordered down te the Cove to embark 6-.. te,rd the libadonionthus, I left along with them, and Liaod it thorns• of 10l soldier. and two uMeen at Simon's Ise. at 3 am. this morning. Ensign Lucas, of the 73ed, usable to travel. I had to leave him at Captain ft....• hum. leannut conclude this memorandum with . 1 siding to Mr. Archbold, the master gamier, who was et IL, ..ime raft with me for some time; whilst there, be eo. a. wheal, attire to a degree, and encouraged the other saa who were also on it ; but this was no mute than his t...y custom when on board the ship, for there he was pia at work, sad to some purpose too. The skip's vend, James irffreys, although nisch exhausted, after toait been in the water so long a time, accompanied me am! wareh roans' the rocks on the oast, and did his best me all the assistance in his power. lam happy to x!!! hardly a man of those saved of the party with me i thing the worse, except a few bruises. (Signed) E H. C. Waluur, Copt. 91st. STATEMENTS OF THE LOOKOUT MAY: 1g.,: the wheel in the first watch, the sergeant of marines carried the orders of the commander, and of the re.. rs in the engine.roun. bleary X..). 13 in N 0.12 of 18:i2 from Commodore Wyvill. Castor, Simon's Day, Feb. 28, 184. Join Humes, able seaman of her blegestv's steamship limeshead, state., that on the night of the Vith February, he bad the first watch, and took the wheel at tan Vika it was a etarlicht night, smooth water, with a swell. Mr. Spear, second master, was officer el th, watch, keeping it on the poop and latterly on the )al4 hot, looking out for a light (Algulhu). The enure I.w asuing was S.S.E. E. That the officer of the ve.chlrtspiently looked at the compass, and save orders at t- .tier to the eastward of the course, but a quarter of a point to windward of it. He was relieved by Francis Liditch, A 10. There was a leadsmen in the chains all to watch, but no soundings given. The course was the use lot two hours previously. A particular look-out was On ho ing relieved be turned in. The first ititelligence of ship striking which he got, was bine bawls Icing turned up to save ship. He thought to crack twier. Ou the first cutter hying called away (to nick heat he belonged), he turned out and went into her, ul remaiard by the ship as ordered by the captain. Mr. Lhards, master's-assistant, was officer of the boat, but atterwuJs went into the second cutter to take cuing* of be wouha and children by the captain's directions. The me was afterwards picked up by the schooner Lioness. Ike ship struck the rocks about 2 o'clock. his (Signed) JOIIN 64 Haezvas. mark Witens, C. A. Pritchard, Secretary. 1 wane Daley, ordinary seaman, states, that he was look eat mum the starboard bow when the ship struck ; he had since one o'clock ; the water smooth and • star lst Ile saw the land about three points on the port h,. The ship struck about ten minutes to two o'clock, ail thine was no appearance of breakers. the cutter being called away, to which boat he be l'ez.d, he went into her and remained by the ship. Mr. Ls , . wend master, was officer of the watch. The cutter Otto events picked up by the schooner Lioness. his (Signed) THOMAII 64 Daisy. Wittier, C. A. Pritchard, Secretary. mark. Able Stone Ord, states, that he was leadsmen in tie nazi at one oeleek ; hut got no soundings. At about 20 mar, s tete° o'clock he got soundings in 12 fathoon,beit be h. got another cast the ship struck, and he got seven wholes aeongWde. Mr. Davis was °Meer of the watch. Tki. nicht was fine with smooth water. The land was seen sa 0 a ion bow about four points. On th e boat's crew being tailed away he sweat to the gig, to which boat he be kneed, sad laid by the ship as ordered. his (Signed . ) MILL :01 STOMI, ORD. Witness C. A. Prit c h ar d, S ecretary, mark N.rnaat Drake, It M., states that he was on the fore taste *hes the ship struck, about a quarter before 2 o'clock. Hi saw the land about four points on the port bow, the 'urn perfectly smooth. On striking he went to the gust tenh.ek, sad was directed by the captain to carry hisorden to fir . Brodie, muter. The teepees had been stepped, sad `rah red to take a back turn. He carried orders to Mr. bridie to let go the small bower anchor, to get east vet peddler's,' boat, and to get the women NM thi.u.a bats the boats. He states that the p•dilbobsa kart c. 44 sot be got over by • pin jamming ; that ablest to. sty minutes after striking the ship broke into two, th e how sad stem cocking up; that the ship began te Mali, be fowl himself ia the water, and the captain, Mr. Salasoads el.r to him, swimming for a plank , that something struck Mr sabre:est, and he went down. After being about four W her minutes in the water be observed the mainmast and a ka topsail- . yard out of the water ; be swam to it and got ea it with 30 or 41, tithe's. The ball of the shire was wW r water. He stabs that the military onmn c 4 the Nth went in attendance on the c e sz=i, me had sent the soldiers to the pumps as o Wt all heads were steady and obeyed cedars with air etty until the last mom en t ; th a t the ship struck twine, U • brit shark stove in thy hoes and drowned many mom f :wird that the second shwa broke the ship is tms. Ths sea ea the yards hi hayed with great coolness and 01, 661 swain tn the shore on piece. of spar and a a s l=2 k sassier reached the land. Mr. Davis, par, master, tai Aar of the watch ; ha was picked sp after clinging lithe .pan twelve Fours. (Si/11./K1) JIMA DRAKE, Coloor Ser RM. John Ashbolt, stoker, states that it was hie wa tch ia the 41 1116,115 6 a when the ship struck ; that Mr. Kitchenettes uu tagiane of the watch. The Int order givtll was to 11 , the eastine, and shortly after to give a back turn, which ,_ l4 . ism, and the engine made about eight or ten reeols mts and the ship struck again. The water began to rush I S' tbe engineruom and put the fires out. When the 1 ,,. stopped he west on deck, the ship broke in t•vo, sad I. hued hi mse lf p i c k e d op b y one of the cutters. Mt. Chase, stoker states the same. The engineers were the enainor . (b 41666) WILLIAM C 61•61, Jou, ASHBOLT. A t.. 4 toN DING WY A ILIIILWAT MANAGFIL— So MC nr_',moot hos tx-ra orro.iontd in the railway world in eon esp., wee of a truffle ntan.iscr on one of tie principial nai ve,. ks. haring abscoadttl. Ills accounts ate sow midst*, IC it is leafed that thty will cihibit NM actions dell mi gte_Court. It is understood to be her Majesty's intention that a state ball shall take plane on Wednesday, the sth of ?lay, sad a concert on Monday, the 10th of May. The Queen held a court yesterday afternoon at Bucking ham Palace. Count Buol Sehauenstein, Eavoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from his Imperial Majsety the Emperor of Austria, had an audience of the Queen, to take leave of her Il.kjesty on a temporary absence. Ilia Excellency was introduced by the Earl of hlalmes bury, the queen's Principal Secretary at State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by her Majesty'. Master of the Ceremonies. Her Majesty was at:traded by the Earl of Verdant, lord in waiting, and Colonel the Hon. A. N. Hood, groom in waiting. Her Majesty and Prince Albert leg Innen for Windsor Castle yesterday afternoon, accompanied by the l'riace of Wales, the Priaeess 'tonal, Prince Alfred, the nin eteen Alice, Helena, and Louisa, and Prince Arthur. The royal mite consisted of the Marchioness of Douro, Lady Caroline Barrington, Honourable Eleanor Stanley, Hon. Beatrice Byng, the Earl of Verulam, Colonel the llon. C. B. Phipps, Colonel the Hon. Charles they. Lieut.-Col. Biddulph, Cul. the Hun. A. N. Hood, Lord Colville. and Lieut.-Col. F. 11. Seymour. lire Ma jesty sad the Prince were comforted to their carriage by the Lord Steward, the 1... rd Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Vice-Chamberlain, Lord George Lennox, and Colonel Wylde. The august patty quitted Buckingham Police at 12 minutes before 3 o'clock in seven royal car riages, eecorted by a detachment of the Tab Hussars, and proceeded to the Paddington terminus of the Great Western Railway, where a special train was in readine es to convey her Map sty to Windsor. WINDSOR, Arum 7. The Queen and Prince Albert, with Ot• royal ch•ldren, attended by the MArchionc-e , of Douro, lady in waiting, the lion. Mimes Stanley and Ilynit, melds of honour in waiting, Lady Caroline Barrington, the Earl of Verulam, lord in ' waiting, Colonel the lion. A. N. Hood, groom iu waiting, Colonel the lion. C. B Phipps, Colonel lion. C. Grey, Lord Colville (Clerk Marshal), equerry in waiting, Lieut.- Colonel F. H. Seymour, equerry in waiting to the Prince, and the Master of the Hosea hold. arrived at the Castle at Ib minutes before 4 o'clock, from Buckingham l'alace. Her Majesty was received et the railway station by a guard of honour of the Coldstream °nerds. The Duke of Ilacaingh:du had an interview with the Earl of Derhy . yesterday. at his official resitlence in Down ing -street. e•cunnt Torrington bad also on interview with the noble earl. The Earl of Shaftesbury, Viscount Lewisham, and Sir Thomas Le Breton, had interviews with Mr. Secretary Walpole yesterday, at the liomc•ofec. The Spanish Minister had au interview yesterday with the Eari of Slelmesbury at the Foreign-office. Mr. Childe had an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole yesterday. Sir John and Lady Pakington left town yssterday far Brighton. Despatches were received at the Colonial-offiee yesterday from the Governor of the C3PC of Good Wipe, the Dover- ISM 01 the North American provinces, the Governor of South Australia, sal the °overuse of the Gambia. DEAF AND DUMB MEETING. Amongst the numerous various societies existing in the metropolis is ono entitled the London Society for the Adult Ih,af and Dumb, which has collected, the rem pients of its teaching, it congregation of about 100 persons of both wars, unable either to speak or hear. Every Sun day there are two services In that language which alone is intellirtble to such a congregation—the bulgur. of signs— celebrated by religious instructors, duly qualified, at the chapel of the Scottish Hospital, Fetter-lane, which me Mtosolod with the utmost regularity by those for whose henna they are intended ; and tart evening the society ma asallind them together at a tea party and publie in tits tobsol room, under Bloomsbury Chapel, Wombat for the occasion. To stranger olio Zion wisirrot such a setae before, the cireumstanete aM Maw of this festival, for such it was espy Seen both interesting and extraordinary. By a silent sorter ope were directed by signs to Mr. Burns, the Secretary, who k the politest way possible, but without uttering a word— list he also wants the gift of speech—introduced us to the nom where the party were as.enibled, and ushered us to o 'eat In this apartment were some ten or a dozen long table*, surrounded by persons enjoying " the cup which not Inebriates," but with a degree of quiet which strangely con trasted with all received notions of tea table requirements. There were many females present, and several children— ewe or two in long clothes, but, beyond the clatter of the imps and saucers, not a sound was beard ; yet it was evident them was no lack of conversation. The rapid motions of the Angers, and the animated and expressive ortiMemmules of the mutes, showed that the meal wag gagglealail in the most orthodox fashion, and that the in a ideas was u certain with them as with those M w nature his been more bountiful. Of course, all who were etit were not deaf and dumb, but all speared to so amestand the silent language, and the only reply that could be obtained to any inquiry for information was • series of MOW NIMIMISCISIS or gestures. The tea over, one of the anallealied • sort a dais, and motioned what we imp ly lit deep iisieational expression of features it =a sipm se p m ., of thanks. The business of the Ngied, and Dr. Stroud was called to the =ll. Ileti Mile being put and carried by signs, but in imppimod r kik audible vernacular for the benefit of 11 1 111 .0 1 1 1 4 The CHAIRMAN then proceeded to deliver an address, Mr. Dalrymple standing behind him, and interpreting it, sentence by sentence, into the language of the flown. The rev. gentleman traced the progress of the society, which be said had existed above eight years, and had effieted very much good with very slender mesas. The object was not to communicate such elementary instruction ss was necessary to enable those who were born deaf and dumb to provide for their comforts and explain their wants, but to follow up that instruction when communicated, and to make known to them the great truths of Christianity. He urged the advantage, such a society was calculated to confer on su&•ring humanity, and expressed a hope that the public would, by contributing to its funds, enable it to extend ita usefultime. Kr. DALRYMPLE also addressed the meeting, speak ing with the voice and the Angers at the same tinsg, as stated that the Bunda7 evening service at Fetter-lane was conducted by himself, and the morning service by Mr. Burns, by whom this society and a similar one at Edin burgh, had berm founded. He added that the last report showed a balance is hand, arising in a great measure from the kindliest of Mr. Peto. - Several other addresses were delivered, and after .1011116 g in prayer the patty separated, evidently much gratified at the entertainment which had been provided far them. LAUNCH OF TILE "LNDIANA," CAPE AND INDIA MAIL STILIIII 81I11..—Yesterday afternoon a splendid iron steam ship, named the Indiana, one of the new fleet of vessels of the General Screw Steam Shipping Company . , which are to be employed on the Cape and Calcutta mail route, was launched from the ship building yard of Mears. Mare & Co., Blackwell. The Indiana is one of the largest screw steamers ever bathos the basks of the Theses. She is nearly 1,800 tens burden, divided into lire proof and water-tight compartments, and is the third weed which has been built for service on the compas_y's extension of route. THE WEST INDIA STEAM PACKET SERTICE.— The recent voyage of the Orinoco mail steamer to the West Indies and bath is a meet important one, since it will teach I the proportion which ought to exist between the size of a steamer and her engine power. There cannot now be a doubt that the new steamers of the West India Company are too small. They cannot carry fuel sufficient to propel loom at fall spec a distance ot 3,700 miles, which is the length of the voyage between England and St. Thorns, the serest island in the West Indies. The Orinoco can end will be altered probably to carry more coals, but she will draw so meth maw ten that her speed will be impeded. It will be • gemelen whether it would not be better for the new Went loth' steamers to cell et Papal, 'whisk b iteseed on their track, sad where the Well Lobe Company have • waft station, and thus math time by milling at an internale., elation, to replenish their me& The Atrato, an toperimeatel steamer now building our the West India Compaay, of 810 Wei greater burden Om the Orinoco, arid with engine allege the same pewee es these of the latter will, alter ay, se out, perha the 'seed best adapt s e fee the WIN rvice. eg of bee, she will mere beemmt thee the wooden this* eel/ hat Mee will be sellieset to enable lot to carry an ample speetity of fuel be the tr. home idea of the sesemees leas*, of tad emeamei ea lewd such ships as the Odense, when the seem are sea that a very high speed ens be sielmell, may be heated trews the fast that 1.200 teas of seal mese pot se beard that Mum" at St. Thomas, and that liaise had stimmed at fell speed the whole of the way home, ihe MGM ham base set of fuel for some days behwe she vandhed implemiL The pewee of her engines is solidest le being bee hems Ouse the Weet Indies is 11 se 12 days. THE LAST Owner CONSPIRACY IN Noarouc t h e stand esaetablee WNW tO be dammed, and the island to he segos& thee wiening. immedineely alter inspection, as the melees peps INFO Wag lasiand their wort, the melt mm epees/ by a deseflampees and convicts thatiolled thethedthe seer the ertibeeent In search of their dear r—eirein asedebise tete lived in detached ear the Wale. The.. who bed bees on ear the *le wee he eft eselege brenswely in their deep. The selflery, after =ea nev em, pet the greater number of the convicts back Within the peel ; bat ease* were scattered still among the kills, sad Ilse or fear bed seised a boat wpm the beech_ , sad made their same to Philip Isbell Philip Mead is a ; a ' Vn a t a bi t t s s i ty m t i l i t: e flula fba wt ri tleamak by• bka bbWr h i hoesigeo gn ermerot. It is peasseembeelly a v n itited by Aber, of Me omelet garrison, for • dare @booting. On Philip Wm/4 these three or four men were able for a to dude the vigilance of those sent in pundit. At betemer, ail but one were taken, or had thought it to swevember. For eighteen months that NMI mm, beetel , by his fellows lived on in his desolation, and escaped hem' every one of t he many searching parties sent out to mptliell him, who were to be heard shouting about the rook hem time to time—the only human voices that distartmil lY ee litude. At length his lair wee discovered. The flesgerate man then climbed swiftly to the highest pinned, of took in the small island. There he quietly sweited his pursuers. With much toil they had nearly scale.' the height on which he stood ; he gave them a wild look of hatred and defiance, covered hie bead with his jacket, and leapt downward, re bounding from rock to rock, and falling a shattered mum into tho sea.—Dichertee " Ilowsleold Words." THE ELECTIONS. MR. JOHN CHEETHAM AND THE ELEC TORS OF SOUTH LANCASHIRE. We pve in the I.lrpress of yesterday an ac count of a 'meeting holding at Manchester un the pre vious day for the purpose of introducing Mr. J. Cheetham, of Stalyblidge, to the electors of that dirhdon of the county, as •candidstu for the vacancy to be created by the retire ment of Mr. Ales. henry. Afar our report left, Mr. ALaxanroas KAY Moved: "That the epinions su mmed by John Chestham, Esq., upon the principles of from trade, and on political questions gt nerally, are of • highly satisfactory character, and be is hereby recommended to the electors of loath Laneashire as a candidsto for their meager ; and is easetiag resolves itself into sn election araututtee for security the Meru of Mr. Cheetlinin, in eon ) -action with Mr. Brown, at the enstaing general election." The resolution, teconden by Mr. BitIOUT in an eloquent speech, passed unanimously, and the proceedings terminated. COCKESMOUTII.—On Saturday evening, Messrs. Aglionby and Herman addressed the electors and non electors of Cuckermouth from the window of the Sun Inn. There was an unusually large assemblage, and the proceed ings were marked with ■n enthusiasm only manifested on popular occagiona. The reception of the hon. members was of the moat Nattering description. CIIATIRM.—Sir Frederick Smith, a sort of herma pbrodite politician, who issues a new addres, about every week to explain his views, professes himself* " free trader in every sense" for the nonce. Sir Frederick pvilesses too much, but if he could perform one-tenth of hi• promises he would be vastly les trustworthy than Mr. Romaine, who haa always been a consistent and liberal free trader. We are informed that Mr. Romaine's enmeshes been astonish intr.—South Eastern Gazette. CHELTENIIAM.—Tho Hon. Craven F. Berkeley has aceet•ded to the wish(' of thu subscribers to the liberal party requisition, and announced his intention to stand for the borough at the general election. Sir Willoughby Jones is talked of by the conservatives.—Clieltenhans Journal. __ EAST KENT.—The liberal committee, a announced by Sir J. M. Tylden, have determined to lend a hand in brea sing up the Knatehbull "marriage settlement" com pact, by returning Sir E. lkring , and w e believe they will do it. --- MstrisroNL—Public enthusiasm in favour of Mr. Whatman is unprecedented. NORM Duttitsst.—lt was rumoured in the city of Durham on Monday that there would be a contest in the northern division of this county. The gentleman men. tioned as likely to come forward with the Whig member, Mr. Marto, is Mr. W. B. Beaumont, of Bewell, a free trader. The register is favourable to the li berate. OLDlleM.—lt has been already stated that Messrs. Fox and Duneuft, the present members, nod Mr. John Cohbett, an unser cessful candidate at several pact election., offer them...elves at the approaching contest. Mr. W.J. Fox was at Oldham on Moniley cursing, aud addriwwed a n as semblage of about 4,000 persons at the Working Men's Ha I. A great number of Mr. Fox's opponents were pre sent, and appointed a second chairman ; but notwithstand ing the consequent contusion, the honourable gentleman made himself heard, and obtained considerable applause. He was labouring under severe indisposition, but answered with much patience a great number of questions. In the course of his remarks he raid that, while he could have no confidence in the present government as regarded the main tenance of fn.* trade, still less could he repose confidence in their disposition to promote reforms, against which they were en deeply pledged. Ile believed that an extension of free trade wan necessary to the good of the country, and that an extension of political power wee necessary to give it agree A vote of confidence in Mr. Fox was carried by a mejority of two to one. reeleLeV.—Mr. Hastier constituents having at a meeting condemned by a considerable majority the conduct of that gentleman denim the time he has represented the town, an ultra-liberal candidate, Mr. W. T. Hely, has en tered the ROCTIESTEIL—Mr. Bernal, whose valuable public services in his official position, as chairman of committees, has reflected honour and consideration on that ancient city, and Mr. Twisden Hodges, whore straightforward and ex. plicit address will well swank' his popularity with the electors, will, we doubt not, be again returned, if the tones are wise, without opposition. RT.- - STIREWSIWRIN—On Sunday morning the address of a third candidate, in the person of Mr. George Tomline, the ex member for the borough, appeared. In it Mr. Tomline impressed his steadfast adherence to the free-trade principles which he avowed in 1847, and which lust him his election in that year for Shrewsbury. Mr. Tomlin will arrive in the borough this (Monday) night, and of his suc cess there can be little doubt, as he will be supported by the whip and the conservative free-traders, of which there are not • few. It is anticipated that Mr. Raney will not come forward again, though he has not as yet avowed his determination either way. SOUTH SHIELDA.—The conservatives had the temerity to try a public entry of their candidate, the Hon. 11. T. Liddell, into this town, on Monday. Upon Mr. Liddell's arrival at the railwuy station, ho and his sup porters, with their bannersenen and band, were hooted and hissed, and their banners besprinkled with mud by a large party of working men and sailor's wives, who accompanied them through the Market-square to the Golden Lion Inn, much to the amusement of a large crowd of people who were assembled. Mr. Liddell attempted to address the people front on of the inn windows, when a simi ler scene missed, the honourable gentleman being received .by a volley of yells and hisses, mined with cries of " give us the franchise," "no tories," " the cheap loaf,' " you want to steal our bread you rogue, &c." After making a fcw remarks, most of which were inaudible, in consequence of the clamour, he was obliged to retire. He addressed his follow en insi le. Mr. Mather, the protectionist radical candidate, is still in the held, but notwithstanding this, Mr. Ingham, the free trader, is safe. SournuarroN.—Mr. Battik Cochrane's address to the constituents of thin borough was published yesterday. In it he says that, u a conservative, he voted, in 1648, for the removal of all restrictions on the free importation of corn, and that, as a conservative, he is now a supporter of Lord Derby's administration, and that he is sure his lord ship will be able to reconcile the adjustment of the bonitos which press unfairly upon the agricultural interest, with a due regard for the welfare sad happiness of tho great mares of the community. • WEST KENT.—We have no doubt whatever of Mr. Hodges's return, although that gentleman prefen at tending to his duties in parliament to following the ex. ample of Mr. Masters Smith, who is so eager to secure some advantage that he will scarcely allow a farmer to eat his market dinner in peace and quietness. YAEMOUTII.—The Bury Post says:—On Monday evening last a crowded public meeting, at which more than a thousand persons were present, was held in the Cora Exchange, for the purpose of receiving addresses from the liberal candidates, Admiral Sir Chas. Napier, K.C.D. ' and W. Torrens M'Cullagh, M.P . The chair was taken by 0. D. Pointer, Esq. Mr. .1. W. Shelly harts( lotto doced the gallant Admiral, the latter entered at somablo length into the different topics of the dap, sad is a clear and forcible manner, and with alt _ the ism hearty and straightforwardness of a saner, ? his views and opinions. He avowed himself as inginehieir sire. ate of free trade, and an uncompesmidag opposed end reformer of all abuses. With respell to the navigation laws, he wss ready to do all in his ,short of s.mi/es of his principles, to -client the interest , believing that upon its prosperity depends the of this country. He was also in favour of a comprehensive masers of par lisansatery reform.—W. T. M'Cullitsit. M.P., having been latrcdoeed by Mr. B. Hitawwww4 followed the going admind, and desisted his oplaions, which coin cided • olmen entirely with these el his solleague, and at the rims of his _spool he wee badly thsered—indeed, boa le the w iliness were 11111110 enthaviastically re solved, sad es their mass beieg submitted to the they were to stand for the and they have doe adheres anstouseing then! selves as san s • the r 'direr s ei v t the einem. in the manure, the Naservatives bees eiensi the pep. ks 611111.14111611 S ia tavern the liberal em bed st ysivate wean of thsk Mends, at which Moat lie pens= were present, at the Angel Hotel, on the Mewing weentag, wino they heard the statement of wee of *at Maiotio, Sir E. H. K. Lame, But., who apolltd hiw the Awes of his honourable "collea gue ," C. B. WM. )y., M.P. At this meeting, however, the nanwas. tine leeseatined not to canvass the town at bet to Maw the example of the liberals. Mr. preseM.e epee sad elandess coalition with the peelestisain seaditele, while it has not sowed for bin the of the male kat mmormatlma, hn etwapistely cseseii Yes is.. his lew nada/ mg friends swag the lOnals,estl moayef W silent ead beet hinds have eniely tieskeed their intentlea et withholding their support from him if he amid= bowever, it Is thought he will not) in again Mr. Sanders has intimated has intention net to one terweed again for this borough. 1 POOR LAW BOARD CONTINUANCE.—Saturday a bill In the (louse of Commons was printed, by which it is proposed to continue the Poor Law Boa rd . The Act now in force will expire as to the appointment of the commis. skitters " at the end of the erosion of Parliament held next after the 23rd of July In the present year." The Poor lAw Board iv to be further continued to the 23rd of July, 1851, and thenceforth until the end of the then next session of parliament. OU.ll4o.—Since the notice of the discovery of a new guano deposit in the South Pacific appeared in the mum= of the Mapping and 31ercanlik Uasetle of the UM sad 24th ult., we are informed that application has aim =ado to the Admiralty for its interference for the pnessalon of British shipping engaged in obtaining car goes. and that such assistance is refused on the ground that the island is known to and claimed by the Peruvian C7lent, whose trade the Briti s h governmen t i s b oun d r am oteet. We are further informed that tho charge ralkirce, with whom an interview has been obtained, is net in a porition to make terms to enable vessels to load upset the owners' account. Under these circumstances, the possessor of the information has deemed it necessary to apprise thaw shipowners who contemplate eng.iginq in the matter, that, unless arrangemi nts could be made with the authorities at the seat of the Peruvian government, great danger would attend attempts to load without the necessary permission to do ea.—Shipping Wadi*. THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 8, 1852. THE CRYSTAL PALACE. Yesterday a general meeting of the chairmen mid ' members of the metropolitan committees, stiated ori ginally to assist in carryin g out t h e o b jects e ' the Great . Exhibition, wsui held at the Mansion-house, to am:eider the . q uestion . of the retentio n or removal of the Cry s tal Yalu,. The rhair was testa by the luau MAYOR. Ili: CHAIRMAN said that, without expensing any . 1 111 l ion as to the object of the meeting, he would (shuns that he had felt it hie duty to grant the use et' the room, and it was for the inectiog to adopt whatever steps they dee T n h i e ed Lo m rd est m ad ay irt ble theni vacated the chair in consequence t engagements elsewher e , an d was succeeded edi n by ice Sir H. MONTEFIORE, who expressed himself in favour of the continuance of the building. On the motion of Mr. 11. Hsu USLAY the meeting com menced its proceedings by passing a vote of thanks to the Lord Mayor for conceding the use of the room. Mr. H. kiAUDSLAY then moved the following resolu• lion :—" That it is desirable that the Crystal Palace should !earn "etirnerT"h y m us i i ti ng p" M s i t e nt ar a gtm ." enta lie in cei fa d vou h r e of w that p n r o s: poiltioa, bet *imply submit it to the meeting. (Hear.) Mr. GRACE wound, d the resolution. He felt that it was really difficult to say anything new on the subject. The boon offered to the inhabitants of London was so great, the necessary expense so trilling, that it was almost impossible to imagine what oh:mete-le could be urged. The building had created a new necessity in civilisati o n and might be made admustageous both to rich and poor. in • climate which for nearly one-third of the year gave such inclement weather that it was difficult for families to find space for exercise, a winter garden, with an atmosphere heated to a healthy and agreeable temperature, would in itself be a great boon. Moreover, in so vast an area as the Crystal Palace, how many instructive and interesting ob jects might be assembled to minister to the amusement and recreation of the public! Until he heard objections to the object, he could not imagine that any existed. A small aunt fur admission would make the building self-supporting, sad even leave a considerable balance either teethe govern ment or any individual who accepted the task of manage ment ; and therefore repine. could not form an objection. Mr. Alderman WIRE said he would not have the meet ing misled by the notion that there were no difficulties to overcome. There were, in fact, several, and the only ques tion was whether or not they were insurmountable. (Hear, hear.) The first difficulty which presented itself had respect to the government. The government had, after inquiry, determined that Cm building should come down, and they had to be induced to retrace their steps, which they would not do without a great amount of demonstra tion. (Hear, hear.) The nextquestion was, who would advance the 65,0001. which was r e quired to purchase the Crystal Palace ? The commissioners would not consent to diminish their surplus, and the money was indispensable. Again, there were private interests involved. Parties who bad houses near the building had memorialised the govern ment, and bad used a great deal of private influence to ineuc, them to have the building removed. Of course those parties were entitled to a hearing, and it was for the governme n t to arbitrate upon the claims se the diifereet particle. He mentioned these matters to show that merely to pus a resolution would he useless. If they wished to keep the Crystal Palace, they must prepare Ice encounter opposition. There would be an annual expense 1115,00 t i. fur maintaining the building. Where was that Se come from) In his opinion the government must supply k fur at least the first year. If the House of Comtnons did not insist upon the building bring retained, the Crystal Palace would be left :o its late: and as to the money requi site for that purpose, it was not to be supposed that after the magnificent subeeriptions of last year the public would consent to give 6.),0001. more. (Hear, hear.) Even if all these difficulties were overcome, it would still be necessary to prepare some intelligent plan as to the uses to which the building could be applied it it were retained. Mr. OLIVEIRA thought this rich ana great country could easily find subscribers to purchsse a building which might be made a source of recreation and instruction to all classes. (Hese) Nothing could more become the rich thane dedicate such a building to the nation. So far from the property in the neighbourhood having depreciated, he bed ascertained, by inquiry, that many owners expected the value to increase materially if the Crystal Palates remained. lie understood that the contractors had offered to enter into an engagement for 21 years, to keep the building in good repair, giving it one coat of paint annually, for 6,0001. a year. As to its durability there could be no doubt what ever. Ile maintained that the money in the hands of the commissioners belonged to the subscribers, end he doubted whether, without an act of parliament, they bad the power of appropriating it. Mr. BARBER said the building had done its duty, sod he hoped the governante would have it removed. (Cries of " Isio, no.") It was too leviathian-like a building for anything to be done with it for the benefit of the public at large. (Cries of "No, no," and "Yes, yes.") He had seen very great inconvenience to the public traffic, and especially to the commercial business of the City. Last Saturday, several persons with whom he was acquainted, were detained at least twenty or twenty-five minutes. (Hear, hear.) lie considered the meeting of that day a seeseiejudinotts one. Ile concluded by moving the follow ing WIMP ailment :—.. That inasmuch as no mete US been yet suggested to raise the amount of purabana Sum fur, or to keep in repair, the Crystal Palace, this wasegalszf a opinion that it is inexpedient to interfere with the for taking it down." Mr. PHILLIPS seconded the amendment. Se sell be was one of those. who supported the Exhale's% bet be considered that the retention of the ballilleg weal be a violation of good faith on the Of the government almost as unparalleled as the I. self. (Hear, hear.) As to the project of a aria* , bi S s. he be li eved that the opinion of m e dic a l tam wee It. 1 111• me who was walking in the park, with 111 MOM elm tidy whiff Mewing upon him, would be need mengli to go talte • building with a summer temperatere MA Iffien come eat egsin to take cold. (Hear, hear.) Eves est the money pound, he was convinced the building waddle/1 ef itself Cries of "No, no.") Those who interrupted alike see en difficulties, and no dangers impeding their West, bat he saw great difficulties, great dangers, and great injustice, .ether with great uselessness. Dr. TRUMAN contended that the Exhibition had mot yet fulfilled its mission, which was to promote educa tive, intelligence, and morality. If the government per shied in its present course it would be nothing better than yen ergs abed hypocrisy." Mr. MOFFAT, M.P., supported the od motion. Is said it was the dictum of the last Prime that k was for the people to decide whether the beadles should be retained sr set The thee taxation of the pimple vested K art it was Imam to decide whether it shed* he pre served er destroyed. If the evidence taken before theesta missiuo were tidily laid before tl.o public, there maid be bet one opinion upon the subject throughout the essiatry mad he hoped that evidence would be epitomised As dreslatioa. He held in his hand an estimate/geld& Sat there mlOt be an annual revenue from the et= 112,0001. Nasources y of the of this revenue Ile be justly Irma At all events he believed Mere wield be a roost sietrieat revenue without taxing the washy see shillineell The question would come on in the Issue ofCamenems immediately after the Easter rears, sad es that here was but the reflex of the public Wad, ntrbieg would be done if the public appeared athetie heists that time. To him it appeared that it would he a national discrete and a national widerteee if fiebuilding were removed. (Cheers.) Mr. E. SMITH, a gentleman Lying in the beammtkete eleinity of the Crystal Palace, supported the motion. Mr. REDPATB said he lived at the met end el Lea den, and none of the mechanics there ' nowhere of wham be employed, could make any use of a building at the won lOC II the Crystal Palace were put up for eels, the geop:e in the east might be willing to buy a ponies el It— linighter)—but why should they be taxed for whet they Meld not enjoy ? (Hear, hear.) Mr. H. MAUDSLAY replied, and, In dote. es eb mrved that, when the pledge was given that the b ui lding Should be pulled down, it was thought that it would be a Lick building. Mr. LOCKE, M.P., mid he had come to the gentles with the intention of being guided as a member elf par snit by the arguments which he might hear ; and be meet say that he thought the east, the south and the este woad be sacrificed if the building remained in the west. The question was not merely one of money. Commas had been entered into, engagements made, and he wanted te know why the parties who promoted this agitation were se strenuous in repudiating the decision et these who were foremost in carrying out the Exhibition/ Malting would give him greater leasore than to seethe Covent Palace in the Champs El . (Murmurs of disapprebetrea.) He always rejo' to see anything English in end he would like to see the Crystal Palen there. That must not be regarded as the elsodsed el enterprise. Plans had hem peep ef=p kr mate imposing and magnificent, and la tea yeas they wadi be ashamed of it. (Great laughter.) Admiral Sir O. SARTORIUS said they bed elks heard of barbarous armies devastating cemeithe MI IS attoying useful works, but they had no esso*Ofe pulling down, in its own territory, the most Wend= of a-t ever erected in any age of the world. The lateseets of some 20 or 30 individuals should not be allowed to sated in the way of the enjoyment, comfort, end recreation el millions of their fellow. subjects. On a show of hands being taken, the amendment was kat The original resolution was adopted by a large rastetkg, with eight dissentients. On the motion of Captain Wtesos, seconded by Mr. TAYLOR, the following resolution was carried without oppoe 'aim :—" That, for the purpose of carrying the preceding resolution into effect, it be recommended to the metropolitan committees and commiasionen, to call public meetings te obtain the greatest possible amount of support both in the Hone of Commons and with the government to retain the Crystal Palate." On the motion of Sir C. ADAM, seconded by Sir. G. Sae- Tonics, a vote of thanks was given to the chairman, after which the meeting separated. IMPROVEMENT OF KENNINGTON COMMON. —On Tuesday, • bill in the Holm of Commons wen printed, to empower the Commissioners of her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings to enclose and lay out Kennington Com mon as pleasure-grounds," for the recreationof thepublie. The Prince of Wales is eeised of the manor of Kennington, as Duke of Cornwall. A map, or plan of the improvements as " pleasure-grounds" is to be deposited at the office of the Commissioners of Public Works, and in the office of the Duchy of Cornwall, and may he inspected on the payment of one shilling. The commissioners are empowered to make the necessary alterations. How To CLEAR TILE HOUSE FOR A DITISION.— Tell Reid to ventilate it.—ruiscA. COLONIAL PRODUCE AND COLONIAL POLICY. Irma 114 DA* New.) In the Daily NM. of Tuesday, appeared two ad vedisements of a somewhat unusual character. One was a eerie* of resolutions passed by the House of Assembly of Jamaica, " warning the Bri tish nation betimes" that, if its present sugar policy be unalterable, " the public and parochial institutions of that island, miuntained at present at an annual expense of 3.50,0001., must speedily be abandoned altogether, or must be supported for the future, to the extent that may be deemed necessary , out of the national revenues. " The other contrsted of resolutions adopted at a meeting of the inhabit,. nts of the parish of il s oove r , in jainties, complal,iing that the present plias of colonial prodaeo in the British market are " fearful and ruinous ;" informing the British nation th,tt those prices, together with all the evils lot,' prices produce in an insolvent community, "h. tre all arisen from the sugar bills of the imperial ment of 1846 and 1818 ; " and adding that, " u.lleas the operation of those acts" (only one, we may re mark, is in force) be suspended, "it will be imp ost. i ble that any other result can ensue than a guiera.' abandonment of sugar cultivation " —not merely in the parish of the gentlemen who have adopted and advertised these resolutions, or in the island of which their parish forms part, but, speaking for our other tropical possessions as well as for themselves, " in all these colonies." That these resolutions were meant to support the motion of which Sir Jolts rAKINGTON first gave notice, towards the close of the last session, and places; on the books of the }louse of Commons the first week in this, is obvious enough front their dates, viz the 18th and 20th of Febriney last. plow far they will now be agreeable to the new CoLostm. SEette- TAM", who in office has shrunk from the motion and the policy which nothing could restrain him from advocating in opposition, is a consideration it is not for ns to enter ou. But of this we are quite certain, that his Jamaica friends have just as much chance of getting the Act of 1848 suspended, as his agricul tural friends have of a fixed duty on foreign grain. l'hey, like the squires here, will have to tall back on a reduction of special burdens—that common refu.e, now-a-days, for the destitute and the greedy. Ever since our West Indian possessions turned their exclusive attention to the cultivation of sugar, treated the profits of its manufacture as rent, to which they were regularly entitled half-yearly, and of which it was robbery for low priors to deprive them, and kept up a system of " out-door relief " to their absentee proprietors, the British nation has been tolerably well accustomed, at no very long inter vals, to these cries of "wolf, wolf !"—so accustomed, indeed, that now, when they are really and seriously depressed, it pays little attention to their complaints; not, however, that the British nation when thus appealed to has become indifferent to these possessions—not that it has ceased to feel their geographical and political value—still less that it is in the habit of deserting in their extremity its colonies in any part of the world ; or has given up the interest it once took in the fate of the African population of the West Indies, for whose freedom it paid the present grumblers twenty mil lions sterling. No—it is the incurable selfishness d the utter want of self-reliance of the proprietary of Jamaica that have disgusted us; it is their pertinacious greediness, their insensibility to their own moral condition, their clamorous begging, that have alien abed us ; it is their never-ending demand to live on, and flourish by, our industry, not their own, that turns us away with contempt from their complaints. And, once for all, it is well and proper that they should understand and know, and feel that their design of again feeding out of our pans is quite hopeless. If they will recognise and act on that great truth, they will find men here anxious and willing to assist them and to co-operate with them in other ways. Not otherwise. Under the operations of the Acts of 1846 and 1848, the consumption of sugar in Great Britain has increased 69 per cent. In 1842, we levied a duty of 255. 21d. a cwt. on colonial and excluded foreign sugar : under the operation of that law we only con sumed 4,068,331 ewts.; and then we heard almost as much of West Indian distress, arising from want of labour and the necessarily high cost of produc tion, as see do now. To give the West Indies relief, we lowered, at a serious loss to the revenue, the duty on their sugars from 255. 25d. to 10s. a cwt. ; and to give ourselves relief we have progressively lessened the duty on f reign sugar to 14s. (to be equalised in 1864); and the consequence is that we now use 6,884,189 cwt. Now, what the Jamaica resolutionists object to is, this additional 2,816,858 cwt. of sugar which the British nation consumes. We do not pro duce it, and you have no right to use it, is their argu ment; if you don't exclude it, we shall be ruined. The notion, we reply, of a mere handful of British proprietors in Jamaica making such a request is simply ridiculous; they might as reasonably ask the British people to give up washing their facia until all became as black as the skins of the negro labourers. But if you won't raise prices for Jamaica by ex-• eluding foreign sugar, wo warn you " betimes," says the House of Assembly, we must either cease to pay for our own government, or you must take its cost, 350,0001. a year, on your own shoulders. Far better, we answer, do the latter ; far better pay Jamaica 350,0001. a year, than tax ourselves directly to the extent of several millions sterling by raising prices; than reduce our consumption of sugar 69 per cent., by excluding the 2,813,858 ewts. we now additionally take beyond the consumption when our tropical possessions had a monopoly. If one of these alternatives is inevitable, the latter will be by far the cheapest for the British nation ; for, at all events, it would not raise the price of sugar on the British people. In its favour we therefore pronounce, if the necessity arises. But why not reduce 350,000/. a year ? Why should not Jamaica cut its coat according to its cloth? Why should it now keep up establi sh ments based on prices of sugar and a monopoly here at home, which are gone for ever ? If we are to pay for its government we must take care that it does not cost us one unnecessary penny; if it is so insol vent that it cannot provide for the expenses of its own administration, they must be calculated on the footing of its actual condition—insolvency—not on a factitious boils of prosperity. In Jamaica they think it our duty here at home to raise the price of sugar to a paying point for their idle proprietary. Whereas we at home have got it into our heads that government has nothing to do with prices, and thus their views and ours as to what is the end and object of a government are diametrically opposed—quite irreconcilable. Moreover, we are strongly of opinion that if we were so foolish as to ratite prices artificially against ourselves, the extra price would not find its way into the pockets of the Jamaica planters, who, we dare say, are suffering; but into those of the Jamaica labourers, who are, we know, flourishing and prosperous, beyond the la bourers of any European country. The price of sugar used to be high in England, because the quantity admissible was small; and wages are high in Jamaica, because the labourers are comparatively scarce. Raise the price of Jamaica sugar artificially, and you will, of course, create a greater demand for Jamaica labour ; and its price will rise with the price of sugar; to the benefit of the labourer, not the planter. On the contrary, the low value of sugar stimulates the planter to economise labour, to find mechanical substitutes for labourers, to lower the cost of production, and, in short, to reduce wages. " During the last five or six years" —runs the third resolution of the parish of Hanover—" every pos sible economy has been practised by the Jamaica planter." No doubt great economy has been resorted to. But to what period do "the last five or six years" carry us back? Why, just to the Acts of 1846 and 1848; thereby showing what the effect of pressure and competition is even in Jamaica. There is, however, still large economy to ho effected in Jamaica; and on it, not on the suspension of the Act of 1818, must the Jamaica proprietary rely. But the injustice of making free labour compete with slave labour is again alleged. Now, it would we grant, be much better, and more congenial to our feelings and to morality, if the 69 per cent. increase of our consumption of sugar was all produced by free labour. On that there is no second opinion. But it is quite clear that since we took to using slave-grown sugar, the slave-trade has declined; a strong anti-slavery policy has been adopted by the governments of Brazil and Cuba; that there are at present prospects of a termination of the slave-trade, such as were merely visionary previously to 1846; and these, we are quite prepared to establish, are the logical results of low pnces of sugar. Fur those it is which depressing slave-trade. Those low prices have not, however, "all arisen from the sugar bills of 1846 and 1848." Other mimes, to which neither the Jamaica House of As sembly nor the parish of Hanover finds it convenient to refer, have been in operation. Fenner high prices led to a great extension of beet-rout culture and manufacture in Europe; and falling prices have set science to work to find out means of expressing therefore, a greater quantity of saccharine mutter; — with so much success, too, this' the existing low prices in Europe are not the result of an extended shire-trade, but of extended culture of beet-root ; and tho great struggle of our West Indian pos16(1060118 is not henceforth with Brazil, Cuba, and Java, but, in common with all three, against France, Germany and Italy. We must, therefore, refuse the Jamaica House of Assembly and the parish of Hanover any assistance in getting the net of 1818 suspended—first, be cause under it our consumption of sugar has increased 69 per cent.; secondly, because its suspension would be unjust to ourselves, unadvantageous to the Jamaica nroprictury, and beneficial only to the Jamaica la bourers, fur better otf than our own ; thirdly, because it is only by the pressure of extreme low prices that J am aica can ever x brought so to economise labour as to be able to compete with other tropical colonies; tourth:v, because low prices are needful to depress and dei:roy the slave-trade; and lastly, because free trade, wi..ether in sugar or corn, has become bone of our bone and flesh ul our flesh. It is irreversible. IRELAND. DIAILIN". ANlit. 7. The annual recurrence of Passion Week comes round this yearolot, it is to be hoped, unaccompanied by its soothing, salutary, and solemn influence amid the bitterness of party strife and the dash of politi cal adversaries. If them might be any hope for miti gation, truce, or pause, it would be naturally looked for among the conflicting children of one common Christianity at the approach of this impressive com memoration. With these feelings, it is painfui to read in the current week's Dublin Tahlet the head ing. in conspicuous type of a leading article which, on perusal, turns out to be meant ' for en electioneering squib, but the substance of which is of a nature to create no other sensation than one of unmixed pain and disgust iu any well•regu lated mind. What reader, whose perceptions are not quite blunted by the habitual indulgence in the animosities of bigot rancour, can peruse an ad cup's's dam column of mere canvassing matter, headed thus, " A New Candidate—the Slase of Pontius Pilate," without pronouncing it akin, if not to the blasphe mous, at least to the shockingly profane. That tho awful narrative of the Divine Redeemer's sufferings and death should be dcenwd the fittest incidents during this sacred week to be seized on as " political capital," and the last t r ial of o ur Bl esse d Lord turned into a claptrap for the hustings of New Ross, is something incredible. Yet the vile desecration is carried out into a minute and detailed parody of tho Passion. Sir Thomas Redington, a sinisTe and even devout adherent of his ancestral faith, who dis putes the suffrages of the borough with an almost equally consistent co-religionist, Mr. Duffy, is thus assailed is tho Tablet : Sir Thomas Redington is the slave who handed wester to Pontius Pilate, when that eminently Whig crucifier of the Sun of God washed his craven and loathsome fingers, laying, " I am innocent of the blood of this just man." "If thou lettest the cardinal go thou art not Ctesur's friend. For whoever taketh upon him to rule Middlesex and Sur rey, u ordinary thereof, speaketh against Cnottr." Where fore, uwe have said, Clarendon became as Pilate. While he sinned he tried to escape the responsibility of his guilt, and Sir Thomas Redington was the conlidentisl slate who cheered and consoled him and fetched the basin of water. Every man of proper feeling, whatever his faith or his politics, must emphatically protest against tho languageand the illustration here put forth. Mr. Cornelius O'Brien, formerly member for Clare, declares himself, in the address in which he seeks the suffrages of the electors once more, that he is a stanch free-trader, and is in favour of tethint-right. Mr. Otway Cuffe has addressed the electors of Kil kenny as an out-and-out opponent of the whigs, but with such men as already are in the field for that county it is quite useless for him to enter the lists. The Northern Whig, one of the ablest and most consistent as well as most moderato of the liberal organs of public opinion in Ireland, has just been put upon the index ezpurgatorins at Dublin Castle. The announcement was contained in the following missive to the editor: " Sir,—l am to acquaint you that the Northern Whig newspaper is no longer required to be furnished to this office. You will, therefore, be good enough to stop it from this date.—Your obedient versant, " Toutit. " Chief Secretary's Ogee, the Castle, April 3, 18:12." SPORTING. BETTING AT NIANCIIESTER-TUE-9DAT. CUTER CU'. 12 to 1 agst atilh.n (t) 11 1 ' 00 to N Ortomenor (t) II to 1 Seamen:m(o ) 1010 to 2 Cardinal Wize n to I High sheriff roam (t) 20 to 1 Joe Nitkr (t) 11000 to 20 &mita (t) 20 to 1 Merry 131 rd _ . tow to 10 et; liiitie Ham (0 NAVAL PORTSMOUTII, APRIL 7.—The following requisition has this day been presented to the mayor of this borough in reference to the harrowing loss of her Majesty'. steamer Birkenhead We, the undersigned members of the town council of Portsmouth, request you will be pleased to con vene an early special meeting of the council for the purpose of taking into consideration the best means to be adopted for raising funds in aid of the sufferers by the melancholy lose of her Majesty's steamer Birkenhead, and to take such steps thereon as may be deemed advisable." The Birkenhead belonged to this port, and her I crew were mostly inhabitants with families and other rela tives here. In consequence a deep gloom has been thrown over the borough, and a universal desire to contribute to the alleviation of those dependent on the victims of this sad disaster is prevalent. The Birkenhead was one of the most successful steam troop ships in the navy, and whilst employed in this duty for some years past, has hardly met with a single miscarriage. It was from this port she sailed on the voyage that has terminated so tragically, and on her departure it was the general belief and expectation that she would make the best passage to and from the Cape ever made. MILITARY. ..... - • CAVALllT.—Yesterdny the brigade of household cavalry moved as foLows Life Guards, from Regent's-park to Ilyde-park ; 2nd ditto, from Ilyde Park to NVindsor ; Royal horse Guards, from Windsor to Regent's-park. DEPARTURE OF TIIE ARCTIC AND TIIE SARAH SANDS STEAN•SHIEN FUR NEW YORK.-At half put one yesterday afternoon, the United Status mail steam-ship Arctic, and the strew-steamer Sarah Sands, kit the Mersey (or New York direct, the former having on board the mule for the United States and the British American provinces, and the latter having a full cargo and a considerable num ber of passengers. A new feature in the passenger trade of steam-ships was commenced with this voyage of the Sarah Sands, consisting of taking out second clue passengers at 61. each, including provisions for the voyage, which are to be served out to the passengers in a cooked state. EXPENSES ON LUNACY COMMIRBIONtI. Lord Lyndhurst's bill to diminish the expenses of proceedings under commissions of lunacy has Just been printed by order of the House of Lords. With a view to lessen the expense. of administering the estates of lunatics, it is proposed to ex tend the provisions of the act & 6 Viet., cap. 84. The Masters in Lunacy are to be authorised by this toill to make orders respecting the persons and property of lunatics, in stead of the expenses of proceedings before the Lord Chan cellor. The Lord Chancellor is to make rules, and any special matter is to be submitted to him. OUTRAGE ItY POI.IcEMEN. —At the Liverpool Police Court, yesterday. two police constables were sus• pended from their duties, in eon/sequence of a violent out rage committed en Thomas Wilkinson, on Sunday night last. One of t►e constables, mistaking the man for some other person, at first knoesed hint down, and having got another to assist hint, they continued their violence until Ithe poor fellow was covered with !timid, his knee broken, and he was compelled to lee removed to the hospital. Mr. I Mansfield strongly censured the violent conduct of the officers, who in all probability will be dismissed the force. . _ - THE SIIIPWRMIITS' STRIKE.—The strike of the shipwrights belonging to they rdn at Hylton on-the-Wear terminated on Saturday, haying lasted 20 weeks. The maters and nun have come to a compromise— the men to withdraw their obnoxious rule prohibiting more than one borer being employed in a y.trd, the masters r that in this department they will give the aged shipwrights. As the men might employment during the whole of the pet ,62 as ..? fearful amount of money h been waste concede the principal point in dispute at t ' ,' . . • -. " r tli ~.. ,',' ; i 2 ~-_.- .• .....,:, .- jY 7. ~.~ :. ~~.