The Express. — London, England, 1852-03-08 00:00:00

of oats, wheat. mad will materially safer. The past p p m cape Town, str i r ien = ti th ui est mom has sot yet ar rived, greatly to the t of these expeetang Paters. (From the Gnallmses Mars Joanna.) TM intelligence from the army now is Kreli's ematry, fornishe. very little beyond war previous inaperfeet know ledge of its p We fear the troops have been l aering most w renc il elry s. from the almost daily torrents of rigs. which have fallen in all parts of rho reentry, brat oepecially in the region where they are now operating. It • mipowible to think without deep sympathy of the sa ran and suffering of so 'Keay brave men, the greater were of whom are, we believe, without tents to urea them. 'We greatly fear that not a few win suff, r iu health and perhaps life, from being obliged so Mug to sleep, when they ma deep, at nights on the wet grand. From the temper of ! Writieh troops, we believe, however, that their vexation will come chieffy from the great hinderanee which the heave ruin* and overflowing of the rivers must be to their active efforts, and the advantage which the enemy has th e reby s mired of time to carry off or secrete his cattle. Ili the latest intelligence the division under (hwn"! Somerset yd captured about 2,.i0n head of cattle. No precise ac count bad been received from Col. Eyre'. brigade, but it is bike& that they had a'• • secured a considerable manlier of eattk. There is very little doubt if the weather hail been propitious that the movement beyond the Kei wou ld have hen before now preduciive of some decisive results. .the Ay the very attempt of the troops to get at th e fide cattle of the Gaikne, which have been so long de peter, .1 on, 41,4 beyond the Kei, has produced its effects on i l k , „ ne m, . We stated in our extra, on Tuesday, that there was a rumour that the Chief Seyolo had sent a woman th rou gh a particular channel of communication to ascertain from the governor on whet term. it would be pooible te obtain peeve. It is now known that this was not Mere ru mour, but feet : and a still inure sienificant sign of the times ti the[ Saudilo ale Seat a ales,e inter to the governor oaths Vii.l inst. to ask for conditions of peace. We are glad to learn that hi. Eteellency caused the messenger to receive SO Other reply that " Andintaxe Sanelilla '." i.e. &toddle ? I don't know him "' This reply will be at since understood by all Kalifs to mean that the governor will nut acknow ledge or neierniee that chief. This brief but decisive reply shows that his Excelleney is fully aware of what the crests demand., awl will be eatiefactory to the colonists as chew ing that there is no desire to hasten hostilities to conclusion without any att. inpt to obtain a satisfactory settlement of &Law TUE FRONTIER. (From the Town !mem?. let. At The intelligence. from the seat of Vf.lr is unimportant. 'Vague rumours were afloat as to the movements of the British forces across the Itei, but thew ore so obscure that we do not deem it desirable to do more than refer to them. One thing only appears to be certain—namely, that this for ward movement has had a most salutary effect upon the belligerent tribes, exciting amongst them the greatest alarm, and leading to the withdrawal, toe considerable ex tent, of the marauders by whine' the frontier districts had been pre eniasly infested. l'nfortunately, the weather has been eery unfavourable for the neoremeut of the troops in the Kaffir country, where every river, after heresy rains Llr those lately experienced, becomes a torrent, rend^riaF the passage of them extremely difficult and dangerous, if not utterly impracticable.. This state of the weather is not without its advantages. 'f he whole fare of the country is splendid; pasture and watt r arc abundant everywhere, and the crops within the colony, where not destroyed by super abundant moisture, pre wuts an appearance of luxuriance Which has nee: f been surpassed. The same journal aat•a : Lt puhlAing the following extract from s "general *via,' just promulgated, we simply remark, at preseut, that it is a great pity that the offending burgher camps should not been inentione,L—awl that it i. much to be regretted tl• :t whole mighbourboods should sulf,r for the faults 01 :. v. GENERAL ORDER. 11,.n1-luarters, King Wm.'s Town, 28th Dee., 18.11. An inv., tion report of *nine of the burgher posts esta bli-heil in .%lhany having beau laid before the commander in i hivr. his excellency i. called on to expr t s, I l i a surprise at their inefficient 'date. At one of those posts, where rations were grant. d to 40 emu and 3d horses, there were only 10 mounted roes mustered ; at another only 11 mounted men turned out where rations were loaned for 30 men and 31 horses; at a third, with 30 men and horses on rations, only Iu mounted men appeared; and at a fourth, with sti men and horses on rations, only 23 could be assembled ; thus, where 1.10 min were rationed, only 34 were present. Ilia el itellency is aware that some of them might have bees inri dentall, absent, but being hilly satisfied of the total want of aerniari7 of dependence to be placed on those detached posts, direets all burgher lards not regularly enruhed and placed taller military rootril lo be discontinued from the Ist Feb., boat which rte all rations will cease to be issued to them. ' It afforded the commander in-chief every possible satisfac tion to e-tabists them and other burgher posts, and while a habit of complaint axiom, the came of great circumspection Is the public eapeuditnre is apparent. (Signed) A. J. Cunt's, Q.-M.-G. The Fro ad eke Sovereignty, of the 22nd of De cember says, that the Basuto tribes are restless and unsettled. through attacks made on them by reputed allies of the government, the Plattbcrg Ikudards and Burolongs. Previous to these attacks the people of Meshes); were disposed to abstain from violence. Since then the farmers along the boundaries have suffered from the Bondi*, who un the llth of De eetuber attacked three waggons belonging to some trek-been, and captured a number of cattle Ind bones. Two companies of the 45th, under Captain Parish, and a detachment of artillery under Lieu tenant Singer, have been stationed for the protec tion of the chief Maroc,' and the Bar°long tribe; and Lieutenant Bourke and 23 of the Cape Corps have marched to iVinburg to enable the district far mers to return to their homes. "Mr. Thomson of the Zulu — expedition, arrived in Pietermaritzburg on the Nth December, having left the Zulus, that lieve now returned from the sove• reignty. at Ladysmith. The cause of his return is we understand, firstly, because the Zulus were not longer required there; secondly, the dysentery had let in violently among them, and some had died, se that it P 4 vfDa advisable to conduct them hack. The report of conflict with Nlolitzani, and casualties but too eagerly grasped at by fabricating report, is all remote from the fact, nothing having occurred of teach a nature.—Natul Ineleprsiticut. Iler Majesty's steamer ulcan was to leave Table Bay on January 3rd fur England. Captain Monk land. ;Ith Ilighlandirs, Dr. Dick, and Lieutenant Palmer, of the 13th Regiment, and Quartermaster Cassidy. take pruisage in her. The Ithadamanthus sailed on the 2nd of January from Table Bay for Simon's Bay, where she would join Commodore Writ', in the Cuter, and the Senngapatam bulk. The Sty:, 6, arrived at Port Elizabeth on the 20th of December, with a mail and 20,0001. in specie. In Table Bar were the merchant ships Coiling wood, for Bowline ; Phmnix, for Algae Bay ; Wind fice, and Lady Montague, and John Bull, for Lon don; and .k . casts, for Ceylon ; the brigs Jose phine. for London ; Workington, fur East London ; and Essex, Anne, Curlew, Wanderer, Sarah Bell, and Jane. The barque Reginald Heber. from Cal cutta, for Liverpool, was under repair. On the 3rd of January amyl the barque Athenian, 80 days from England, full of passengers. Sailed, on the 31st of December, the Caldew, for London; and the Isa bella Wood, for the Mauritius ; 2nd of January, Ro dolphe, f or B our b on ; Hyderabad, fur Trinidad; and Thorwaidaco, fur Batavia. THE ENGINEERS' STRIKE. MELTING AT 13111MIMARM.—A meeting of the trades was held in Birmingham un Friday night, to •seeive a deputation of the operative ngineers from Lan cashire. Mr. W. Newton was pnient, and addressed the meeting, over which Mr. George Darroa, M.A., _ presided. Thr e ninhations were pared: the tint wa.—" That this aseetin; is of opinion that • great principle is involved in the d..put•• now pending lietween the master•. ngineers and their workmen; it is also • war of capital apnea% labour, and therelore every man who lives by his labour is deeply interisOil in the result • That in consequence of ...sera of the mployen in the iron-bode diming their estabinbmt nt., and bireing unskilled workmen, unconnected With any society, no their own resources, we call upon the pelilie to extend the sympathy towards them which their pn seat position demand.;"—and, finally, "That this meeting is of opinion that it is necessary that a trades'-con femme he called together, as early as possible ; so that ar rangements may I n • made fur securing that protection to labour, from thy ens roaihmenta of capital, which present tstum•tanets di wand.- THE NEW ButiGET ~ THE New CHANCELLOR n► Tilt EX(11 I4.—The (voile imagination of the new Clouse, liar of the Exchequer has, it is rumoured, deeincd an xpril i ent worthy of its Oriental origin. Aladdin, with Ina originl lamp, •ever wrought such a miracle. The income and malt tat.,, it is said, are to b• II pealed, and • doff rat t•. per ton nn all coal is to be levied at the pit's mouth. The. is ealeulated, says the sa•guinc financier, to no., a suns of 7,ooll,olloL—fffobe. bookrAsT vox BE‘mi:x. A correspondent "Y. " Thom.on, sung. on, R.N., the invi lane of the lumsl t , 'l.arsAie light., hay submitted a plan to the Lord. Commiedonem of the Ailinivilty by which rand'. a and oil may for •.ef.r h. fli•pt mei, with, many thousands of pounds bnnß savid to the muniry, and yet ten times more light secun-d to every ship ,Hoyt. Their lordvhipv have approved of tne invention. The sles.h from the meat at noon is taken at night foe light, where salted meats arc used. lien Ma - jesty'. lb p Impregnable, flag. .11 ip, Ite von port, iv lighted from stem to 'tern with common tallow on this pl.lll. The men In tub mess have a light equal to sixteen dips, whereas, berwe. they had hut on.- flip a night to twelve or fourteen tea.-31 .11p. to the pound. Each lamp has a parabolic re &elm, and tle grease is so locked up that the lamps may be eulkal about the deck." the Court. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales, the Printer Royal, minis Alfred, the Princeton Alan, Helena, and Louisa, and Priam Arthur, attained by the Marchioness of Ely, Hon. Caroline Cavendish, Colonel Hon. Charles On y, Lieut.-Col. Biddulph, Major (ha. Baekl,y, and Colonel Bouvorie, left Buckingham Palace ..t 12 minutes past 10 o'clock on Saturday morning, for I et. Majesty's marine residence, Osborne, Isle of Wight. The Queen and the Prince were conducted to their car riage by the Duke of Montrose, thi; Marquis of Esets r, the East of Jersey, Lord Newport, Lord Byron, Lord (leery Leman, and M aj or -( ire. Berkeley Drummond. Iler Majesty and the royal party were escorted by a de- I taehment of the Bth Hussars front Buckingham Palace to the Niue Elm. station of the South Western Railway, and I left by a special train for (Rayon. OSBORNE, lionnay. Her Majesty, Print, Albert, and the royal family, at tended by the ,larchioness of Ely, the lion. Caroline Cavendish, M slur Buckley, and Colonel Bouserie, arrived at Osborne, at 2 airlock yesterday afternoon, from London. The royal party cross , 1 over from Omport in the royal yacht Fairy, commanded by Lord Adolphus Fiteclarenee. Th. Duke of Buckingham had an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole, un Saturday, at the lloine-olllce. The Belgiak minister had au interview with the Right Hon. J. W. Ilenley and Lor,l Colchester, on Saturday, at the Board of Trade. Mr. Jones Mather, from Florence, had an interview, nn Thursday, with the Earl of Mulnicsbury, at the Foreign *Moe. The Oxford University Commission held a meeting oti Saturday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing -street. Present—The Bishop of Norwich, the Dean of Carlisle, the Master of Pembroke, the Rev. 11. 0. Liddell, .1. L. Dampier, E.g., the Rev. Pro femur Powell, the Rev. G. 11. S. Johnson, and the Rev. A. P. Stanley (secretary). Mr. Towles had an interview with the Right Don. J. W. Healey on Saturday, at the Bevil of Trade. Lieut.•Celonel Aldrich, ICE , had an interview on Satur day with Sir J. Pakington, at the Coloni.d-offiee. The French ambassador visited the Earl of Malmcsbury on Saturday. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-nflice front the Weenier of Jamaica.—Despatches fur the Gover nors of West Australia and Gibraltar were sent otf on Saturday 'tom the Colonial -offlee. The Duke of Wellington attended the early serriee yes terday in the Chapel Royal, St. Janie'''. The Rev. Dr. Wesley officiated and administered the sacrament. TUG FIRST CARNET Cot - Neit, of the new admi nistration was held on S.iturday afternoon, at the Foreign-office, Dan iting-,treet. Die ministers pre sent were—the Rill of Derby, the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Lonsdale, the Marquis of Salisbury, Mr. Secretary Walpole, the Earl of Malmesbury, the Right Iron. Sit J. S. l'akington, the Right lion. B. Disraeli, the Duke of Northumberland, the Right Hun. J. W. Henley, the Earl of Ilardwicke, and Lord John Manners. The Council sat three hours. ArrotNTmvirrs.—ller Ninjesty has appointed J. D. Harding, D.O L., Queen's Advocate, iu outce•oion to Sir John Dodson, appointed Judge of the Prerogative Court. The Earl of Malmseliury has appointed Mr. Horatio Hamond to be his Precis Writer at the Foreign-air.. Mr. George Alexander Hamilton has appointed Mr. W. Law, of the 1 rcasury, to be his Private Secretary. Thu following gentlanen have been promoted in the diplomatic service, previous to the retirement of Lord Granville from the office of Secretary fur Foreign Atfairn:—The lion. W. Eden, Paid Attache to Washington; Mr. Alexander Hastings Berkeley, ditto to Mexico; the lion. Sackville West, ditto to Stutgard ; the lion. W. Grey, ditto to Pans; Mr. F. Hamilton, ditto to Vierasa ; Mr. W. Manley, ditto to Rio Janeiro; Mr. Joseph Hume Burnley, ditto to Lb.bon. The following gentlemen have been appointed Unpaid Attaells: —Lord Hubert De Burgh, at Florence ; Lord 11. Roes, at Berne; the Hun. James Ellis, at Lisbon ; Mr. Henry Capell Lofft, at Turin; Mr. C. Middleton, at Madrid ; Mr. George Strachey, at St. Petersburg.—Olisereer. The Duke of Northumberlaud has, since his acces sion to °face, removed (rum his residence in Whitehall gardens to his famil♦ town mansion, Northumberland house, Charing.cross ; mid on Saturday the noble duke Rave a grind dinner, to which Lord Derby and a numle•r of his political colleagues were invited. It is understood that iortkumberland-house will be thrown open to a suc• enema of brilliant parties during the present season. Tnz HoN. C. I'. VILLIERS, M.P. for Wolver hampton, gave notice, on the advent of a protectionist ministry to office, that he would place on the paper of the House of Commons, on en early day, a copy of a resolution pledging the representatives of the people to a continued support of the free importation of food. This resolution yid be adhered to, in fleapit.. of the remonstrances suit the misgivings of some over-caution-, timid people who do not likc it, and whose statement about its probable abandon ment has no other foundation than their own anxiety that it should be so. " Thu wish is father to the thought." Mr. Villiers is one of the last men living to be driven easily from a purpose in which he conceives bit public duty to be involved. His motion may be troublesome. Mr. Villiers originated sorn: troublesome annual motions be fore now ; but he never was discrted from his purpose until his efforts were crowned with complete sums.. The food of the people is again threatened with taxation, and Mr. Villiers is naturally the first to come to the rez-eue, in the new parliamentary struggle, with which the country Is threatened. It may possibly be that certain dilettangi free traders, who sit for doubtful county or university seats, may not like the inconvenience to which they may be subjected—but surely the principles of free trade and cheap provisions for the poor are not to be put in competition with the courtesies or the Coll•Citil'ACC of half-a-dosen honournble gentlemen. No, no. The crisis is too important for such fastidiousness. The House of Commons will be newly and solemnly pledged to the policy, which has scattered peace and plenty through the 1 sad. To such a pledge no honest free trader can refuse his assent. Even if unsupported by false, professing friends, it will test all men ; and in spite of trimming desertions, should such appear, it will be car ries! by an overwhelming majority.—Observer. THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 8, 1832. DEPARTURE OF THE FRENCH The Count and Countess Walewski left London on Saturday evening for Paris. The suddenness of their de parture gave rise to several rumours; some of them of a grave and serials impart. attributing this unexpected de parture of els• 'ma ambes‘adur to muses more pressing than mere "rinds sibs."—obserser.—(lt is said M. Turgut is to come to Lasko as Ambassador from France.] WR. SMYTHE, M.P. TO Till 1131701 07 71111 DAILY NEWS. Sta,—ln one of your articles yesterday you do me the honour of paying me a compliment to which I am not entitled. You say that " even Mr. Smythe has left off indulging in historic fancies, and writes good English in the columns of a newspaper." Now inasmuch u I have not written a line (with the ex ception of a review of Mrs. Norton's novel) in any news paper since April, 1819, I am obviously without any pre sent claims upon your favourable criticism. And lam naturally unions to receive neither blame nor praise for works other than my own. I am, Ike., crEORGIE SYDNEY SMYTHE. March 5, 1852. RUT.tL COLLEGE Or Sunneons.—Tho following gentlemen were admitted members of the college on the 6th cost.:—Messrs. A. Atkins, Mile-end-road ; J. 11. Crisp, Bath ; W. P. Kirkrann, Woodbridge, Suffolk • J. M'Cann, Parliament-street ; C. Goring. Denims ; W. PilkingLon, Leyland, Lancashire ; C. T. Puke, lion. East India Com pany's service ; N. Rbind, Ross, Herefordshire; B. C. Beale, Bedford-square, Stepney; and & Walmaley, Liverpool. SUSPECTED NICRDER OP AN ENGINEER.—The friends of Alfred Jewell, the engineer, who, having signed the masters' declaration, and returned to his work, wu on the 11th ult. found dead in the Surrey Canal, have canoed bills to be issued, stating that having good reason ti believe that he met his death by unfair means, the reward of 100/. will he paid by them to any party who will give ouch evi deuce as may lead to the discovery, apprehension, and con viction of the parties who were instrumental in causing his death. All information is to he forwarded to the Inspector of l'olice, at the Southwark l'olice Station ; or to Nears. Jenkinson, Sweeting, and Jeukinson, No. 29, Losalasrd street. TERRIDLT. EXPLOSION of FIRE-DASIP.—A very serious explosion of fire-damp occurred on Friday morning, at Birchwood Colliery, near Alfreton. At 2 o'clock, it ap• pear, the holers,' according to their general custom, went to work at the pit. Between 6 and n they were fol lowed by the other workmen ; and there wire then cr men and boys in the pit. following their aceostomed Remotions. At ri o'clock a tearful explosion of firedamp occurred, doing great injury to the works, and endangering the lives of the whole body of collier., some of whom, it was believed, will not survive the extensive injuries they have received from the burning gas. At 9 o'clock four of them only had been got out of the pit, their clothes and hair being coop pletely burned off their persons ; they were all suffering greatly, and were not expected to survive. The most active exertions were Ming used, whin our informant left, fur the release of the remainder of the workmen, and we trust the efforts to administer succour will be sucees.ful. The n. port of the explosion wax heard a considerable distance (runt Birchwood, and such was its force, that corr., pieces of coal, and rubbish were blown out of the pit with great force.— Derbyshire (Angier. THE ELECTIONS. STAMFORD. RETURN OF MR. HERMES. On Saturday last the re-election of Mr. Herrin took placed Stanford. The procerding• wen held on hustings erected on the Corn-hill, and in front was a large ssaemblage of the electors and tnechAiiics of the town, who, according to Stamford custom, gave the " Burghley candidata " u rather rough reception. The uproar continued during the whole of the time occupied in reading the precept mid the Bribery Act, and ones of " Hurrah for Free Trade," " The Big Loaf," dc., were abundant. Mr. norm:mon proposed, and Mr. CHAS. IleiTcoen seconded, the nomination of Mr. Barrios. Mr. 11 . EllIti ES, on proceeding to address the electors, met with considerable interruption. IYhen order was somewhat mitered, he proceeded to say :—The circum stances which have called me here are, indeed, of a very peculiar charaoter.(Reneweel clamour) A sudden change in the councils of the kingdom is • matter of no ordinary import to 101 who reflect on its interest and it. fortunes. That sudden change aloe involves the great question of public policy on which the country has been .0 long divided. On that subject of public policy I know I have hitherto held, and I know I shall continue to hold, an opinion in accord ance with the sentiments of the inhabitants of Stamford. (Cries of " No, no," and " You represent only Lord Exeter.") In answer to the butt. gentleman who made that remark, I beg to my, that I have, always considered myself, since I have been member for Stamford, a. the re prosentitive of the whole of the people—not tir rely the elector, but the inhabitants at large. 1 call on you will to consider whether, in the great change that hes just taken place, there are not involved topics of the deepest interest to yourselves. In the first place, the great subject of durerenee betweus tho late government and those who have continued atedfastly to oppose their principles—althnugh it was not the !atter who over turned them —war, that they &wren eel, as I think most unjustly, cruelly, and fatally perhaps, the interest of the greatest, the largest, and the wealthiest clan in this country—l mean that or the landed interest. (Cheers and uproar.) lam the last who would envy the prosperity, or do anything to affect the stability of the commercial inte rests of England. It has been my fortune to hold office fur very many years, and that fact enables me to prove, by my conduct. that I inn as liberal in my commercial policy us many of thou who adopt what is called free trade prin ciples. To enlarge the sphere of commerce, to remove all difficulties which may impede its extension, were the maxims of those who preceded the late free trade ministers. That was the policy of the late Mr. Buhl.- son ; and those who agreed with him, of whom I was One, did achieve a useful alteration of our laws in favour of the interests of commerce; but at the same time, while we were solicitous to afford every possible means of extension to that important department of our common industry, the commerce of the country, we felt it our duty not to lose sight of other interests, and particularly that which had ewe proved of such great importance to the prosperity of the country—the landed interest. Of late years there has been a most severe depreletion in that im potent and influential hranch of our great national industry —a depression which has affected not merely the lend owners and the farmer", hut also the labourers, who have found in lowered wages a diminution of the means of subsistence, and all those things wlich contribute to their comfort soul happiness It is on this question that there is the widest difference between our predecessors and our selves, and it is fur you, the electors of Stamford, now to determine whether you do, or whether you do not, approve of that course which we have pummel. (A cry of "We have not the chance.") We are not of that class of pol l s ticians who awn one principle to-day and another to morrow. You may be sure that those who have fought the bottle of the landed interest for very many years are not likely, as some of our predecessors did, suddenly to change the opinions they entertained, throw off all regard Mr those they have co-operated with successfully, end seek the sup port of souther p .rtion of the country. (Cheers.) On this subject I will not detain you further, ;because I am well aware, notwithstanding the occasional disturbances which have been created, that you understand your interests too well—(A voice : " Say Lord Exeter's interests ")—nut to be desirous of supporting those who are anxious to uphold those iuterests. (Free trade for ever.) Having stated that the efforts of the late government to ri strain the attempted Papal Aggression had his cordial concur recce, he proceeded as follows :—ln furthering that system pursued by the late government when in power, you see aware that, among other things, I they **ippon.' what was called free trade, lint which in point of fact may be reduced to the I simplest proposition, of universal application—the cheapest market principle. In the application of that system, the late government proposed, and unfortunately carried, the repeal of the navigation laws of this kingdom. Now the navigation laws were intended to protect not merely the interests of the shipowners, but the interests of the nation at large, and particularly to 'observe the eftl• ciency of that great naval power which won of so much im portance to the peace and security of this country. Not , withstanding all the etfirts that were made by those who now held the position of administering the affairs of government, that repeal of the navigation laws was un turtmaately carried ; and I am now here to tell you—and I tell it with great regret—that the effect produced by that unfortunate illeThire is quite equal to that which our worst fears anticipated. In consequence of that invasion on one of the great institutions of the country, there has arises a diminution in the proportionate weight of British shipping of this country is comparison wdli the advance in shipping of some trade. be longing to other countries. Thos. who have now undertaken the difficult task which, not their efforts, but the give nuastanees of the country, and the conduct of their op ponents has imposed upon them, do not enter upon the career before them without the strongest sense of the diffi culties which surround them, and without the strongest feeling that they seed all the support of all those who enter tain the same feelings which they do ; and not only that, but the support of those who look with anxiety to the well being of this country. (Cheers.) I wish you well to under stand, that riot one of those has entered upon the onerous task imposed upon him without feeling the need of all his exertions and all his courage to meet the difficulties and resistance which will be offered, and that it will require all the confidence of the country, all the assistance which the constituencies who have now to return members to par liameut, cau offer, in order to enable them to encounter the difficulties they see before them. I entreat you, therefore, to receive with indulgence the assertions I now make—that if you do me the honour to return me to parliament, you will not find me wanting is any efforts to maintain the contest now before us. In common with those with whom I am now associated in the adminis tration, you will not find me flinch in courage to face the heavy responsibilities of our position —you will nut find me deficient in energy and determination to carry out those principles which I have ever professed, and Which, on my conscience, I believe to be for the honour, the glory, and the welfare of this kingdom. (Cheers and uproar.) There is now ouly one other topic to which, seeing your im patience, I am disposed to advert, and that is, the topic which occasioned the resignation of the late govern ment. They were beaten on • question for better ensuring the safety of this country, called the Militia Bill. I believe some measure of that description to be, in the pre sent aspect of the public affairs of Europe, highly necessary in this country ; and I have no doubt these who succeeded the late government will feel it their duty to propose to par liament such an amended measure as may terve to maintain the safety and tranquillity of the country. But when I say this, I beg to In elderly understood as not being one of those who entertain any opinion that there will be a rupture of peace between this and other countries. I believe that the pinky pursued must be consistent with prudence; and at the same time I say that if any aggresdve disposition should be shown on the part of other states, England will be prepared at once to vindicate her honour slid defend her interests. Mr. Berries was on the point of concluding, when a person in the crowd asked him what he had got to ay about the Reform Bill ? Ile replied that if Lord John Russell's bill had got to a stage to enable him to do so, he should have voted against it. He was for all useful reform that could be shown u such, but not for change for the mere sake of change. (A voice—" The Ballot.") Ile was against the ballot. (Another voice--" You would not be here if we had the ballot.") In conclusion, he said he should he prepared to give the utmost practical support to the landed interest of this country. No other person having presented himself for a hearing, the mayor declared Mr. Berries to be elected ; and the prom-imp terminated with three groans for Lord Eacter's nominee. BRISTOL—Our correspondent writes :—Tho pro ceedings in reference to the coming struggle have in this city now assented a definite form. The resignation of Mr. Philip Miles, the protectionist, bad been anticipated, but it was not made known to the constituency t,ll Saturday morn ing. The h in. member was induced to lake this step by the state of the ra 'inter, which for the last four or five years has beau carefully worked by the liberals, but almost wholly neg lected by the conservativ.i. A careful examination of the list convinced Mr. Miles and his friends that his re-election was entirely out of the question, and he very wisely and very candidly determined upon making his boW. Mr. Lang ton's address touches upon the great question in a manner which is deemed highly satisfactory. Mr. Langton is at present serving the office of chief magistrate. The im preomion i., looking at the state of the register, that Mr. H. Berkeley and Mr. Langton will be returned unopposed. Since the foregoing was written there are rumours of a meeting of the conservative leaders to be held on Monday (this day), to consider whether anything, and what can be done It is said that all the local tories appealed to have retool to lend "the forlorn hope," and that efforts arc to be made to induce some one who is unacquainted with the local ferling and the real state of the register to come forward. lluaT, LANCASIIIRE.—it is expected that Mr. R. N. Philip., brother to the late excellent member for Man chester, will be a candidata for this borough, in place of Mr. Walker, who retires. Mr. Philips is a free trader and liberal, exceedingly popular with the constituency of Bury. An agent of Lord Goderich is said to have been down at Bury. Nut only would a protectionist candidate be un popular there, but besides this his recent litigation with the 1103rd of Guardians to remove them from the workhouse has rendered hint unpopular, and a nominee would stand a bad chance. hAsT hciMr.uukT.—Up to the present time there is no conservative candidate fairly in the &Id. A regal sition is still being hawked about asking Mr. Ilippisley to come forward, but it is said to have met with a lem general acceptance than had been expected. It has leaked uut also that the famous meeting at Farrington Gurney was got up by the would-be candidate and his agent, and without pre ♦tously vomiting the committee of the Farrington Gurney Agricultural Association, in whose name it was called. Mr. Hippieley has put oat no addreso, bat a letter from him to an sisal anand MaMitaird, ha. been printed, in which he asys, "1 Walt It do elite greatest importance that the die esammammot sad Eames eseesionimi chiefly to the agricul tural interest from*, unlimited importation of eempars tiyely climaxed Wefts labour should be removed, that it is clearable to impose import clones on all ggaa oesameditire which tend by their free ,introduction to iMplsee Bridal industry." LEEDS.—It will be recollected that at a meeting of the liberal eleeton, held last Monday , , it was determined to invite Sir George Goodman, and Mr. James Garth Mar shall, the present liberal member, to become candidates at the neat election, subject to their consent being obtained. Since then Sir George has consented to stand, but Mr. Meatball has declined, on the ground of ill health. The liberals limy consequently been on the look out for another candidate, and the name at present mentioned with most favour is that of the Hight Hon. Matthew Talbot Baines, late President of the l'our Law Board, and one of the re presentatives for Hull. L's'Me ItEnts.—An address to the electors of this borough has been issued by John Satchill Satchel', Esq., of Spiting House, Dowienthire. The hen. gentleman ex presses his confidence in Lord thirby, and unhesitatingly subscribes to his views, as expressed by the noble lord on acceding to office. Admiral Phipps Hamby, C.B , the uncle of Lord Derby, h as a l so b een announce d Tnutto.—A correspondent says that Mr. Monta gue Smith it to be brought forward again in the conserva tive interest, and that his brother is zealously working the constituency in his behalf. WEsTIIINSTER.—A retrisition is in course of sig nature calling on Captain R. Peel, H.N., third son of the late baronet, to stand fur Westminster un the principles of his late father. CONFLICT AND ALLEGED MUTINY ON BOARD AN EMIGRANT SHIP. On Saturday, the inhabitants of Liverpool and Birkenhead were thrown into a state of considerable alarm, by the report that a conflict was going on en board the Queen of the West, Captain Mon, emigrant line of packet ship, then lying in the river. The rigging, .cud every available place out of the reach of &lege'', was observell to be ,irosviled by the passengers, whose erica of terror brought some of the ferry steamers alongside the ship; when it was secertained that the captain and chief mate were each armed with a sword, and engaged in actually cutting down the seamen. As soon as possible the ship was boarded by officers, when the captain gave twelve of his men lute cus tody upon a cherge of mutiny. They were most of them severely injured; une of them bad his arm nearly mitered just below the elbow, and ho was immediately taken a..ho•e ' and conveyed to the Liverpool Noithern Hospital. The others, with the captain and chief mate, were at first brought to the Liverpool Centrai Police Office; but as the disturbance had taken place on the Cheshire side of the river, those who were not so severely wounded as their companione were transferred to the pul.ce authorities at Bir, kenhead, where they will undergo examination before the Cheshire niugietretee on Monday limning. From the statements of the captain end chief mate it ap pears that the Queen of the 11 est, which is one of the largest packet-shim leasing the port of Liverpool, hauled out of the Wellington Dock about 11 o'clock in the fore noon, on her voyage to New York. When anchored in the river, awaiting the turn of the tide, one set of officers was engaged in calling the roll of emigrants, and the captain and chief mate began to muster the crew. Twenty-six answered to their name•, when one of the crew, Alexander Jack, Stepped forward and observed to the captain that they were short handed, and that the proper complement of men for a ship like that would be 30. The captain alleges that he was im mediately struck by sonic of the crew ; but the latter as positively assert that the captain first struck the seaman re leered to. He this as it may, both sides admit that Jack, hissing been pushed or struck aside, retorted upon the cap tain, who was instantly knocked down, and the crew gene rally joined in defeilding their messmate, while the chief mate ran aft, and returned with a revolver pistol, a cutlass, and a sword. The pistol he snapped at the head of one of the men, but it mimed tire. The captain took the cutlass, and both used the weapons is the manner stated at the com mencement of this report. flaviii,r eubjug ited the ring leaders, the captain had one of the men tied up and gave bin, a dozen lashes upon his bare back. Captain Mors, im mediately on the appearance of the police under Mr. Super iutendent Hyde, charged 12 seamen with riot and mutiny, and they were immediately handcuffed. Some of them hail received severe injuries, principally by sword euta. The captain also was badly beaten, and s:►tel that the men hail struck him with " belaying pins." The names of the men in custody are:—James Blake, James Fowler, (leurge Fare. man, Alexander Jack, Henry Downs, William Perry East wood, James Thompson, Join Morton, James Turner, John Drones (of Wats rford), and Thomas mown (a Norwegian). The Queen of the Wi et has heretofore been commanded by Capt. Hallett, Mr. Mors being his chief mate, until her last vu} age, and the men complain strongly of his conduct on that occasion, as well as of the cctra work devolving on them from what they allege to be a short einupl,usent of hands. IRELAND. Deady, Mtien G. At a Privy Council held yesterday, at Dublin Castle, Lord Chancellor Blackburn° was sworn in one of the Lords Justices. 'rho full dress ball at the Castle, in honour of St. Patrick's-day, is announced in the Gazette for the 24th inst. Large quantities of Lord Eglinton's baggage were delivered at the Castle yesterday. Captain Montgomery, comptroller of his excellency's household, and some other officers of the household, have already arrived. Mr. Wynne of Hark:wood, the new under-secreta ry has arrived in town, and entered upon his official duties. The Mercantile Advertiser, which is generally well-informed in political matters, has the following election rumour : " We have learned that the con servative and protection;st party have finally deter mined to start two candidates for the city of Dublin at the next election, and that a coalition has been arranged between Mr. Grogan and Mr. Vance. So far as we can learn, the liberal party have yet taken no decided step in preparation fora general election." The Londonderry election commences on Saturday next. The tories seem to be quite certain of the re turn of Mr. Whiteside in Enniskillen, where the nomination takes place to-day. A general order expressing Lord Clarendon's marked approbation of the conduct of the military force in Ireland durinit his viceroyalty, has been issued by the deputy-adjutant-general cf the forces in Ireland. The committee of the catholic university have issued an address to the "catholic clergy of Ireland," requesting that they would bestir themselves in the collection of the funds, which, it is stated, already amount to the sum of 30,000!. in cash, besides an annual income of 500!., while only one-third of the parishes of Ireland have yet sent in their contribu tions. The Catholic Defence Association have received a subsidy of 33f. from the Roman catholic clergy of Cloyne, and 501. from one member towards the anti proselytism fund. Colonel Dunne will not be opposed in Porterling ton. In his address to the electors, he very ,judi ciously avoids all allusion to political principles. The election takes place on Monday next, the Bth instant. A meeting of Roman catholic clergy was held at Mallow yesterday, for the purpose of considering among themselves the merits of the various can didates now in the field for Cork, and of determining which should receive their support. The proceedings were strictly private, but it was understood that the opinion of the meeting was divided between Mr. Fagan and Mr. Scully, with a little more leaning towards the latter gentleman perhaps, owing to the support which Mr. k'agan has been known to give to the Queen's Colleges. There will be no opposition to Lord Claud Hamil ton in Tyrone. The election takes place on Friday next. _ _ Mr. Isaac Butt, Q.C., is mentioned as the conser vative candidate for the representation of Armagh at the next election in opposition to Colonel ltawdon. Mr. J. O'Brien has issued a farewell address to the constituency of Limerick. Tho Kilkenny Moderator has the following account of a most daring outrage : On Tuesday loot a Whiteboy offence of the most daring kind was perpetrated on the farm of Bellmont, or Coin East, near Cutlecomer. A man in the employment of Mr. Shirley, of Garrynaman, the tenant, was engaged in plough ing, when in the open noon day, a man having his face blackened, and armed with a gun and a brace of pistols de liberately walked into the field, shot the two horses, valued at 36'., dead on the spot, and beat the ploughman in the most dangerous manner. The fellow then walked away as deliberately as he came, firing shots as ho went along. This outrage was committed within musket shot of fifteen or twenty house., but no one sought to intercept the ruffian. The land ass formerly held by a man named Carroll, who emigrated, leaving several yean' rent due, hut it appears that Carroll's family, who reside in the neighbourhood claim the " tenant right," and the conacquenee has been that Mr. Shirley has been undergoing per s e c uti on s i nce h e entered on the farm; it is not long since a valuable cow and pony were similarly shot on the land. THE CONDEMNED CONVICTS IN TIIE PROVINCES.— Kalabergo, the young Italian who wa, left for execution at the late Oxford ns,ixes, for the murder of his uncle, near Banbury, will, it is stated, suffer death on the :Ind inst. The wrt lehed woman l'inckard, who was condemned at Northampton for Dangling her mother-in-law, will undergo her sentence on next Saturday week. The day for the exe cution of the two men, John Eyre, and John 11(emi‘h, who were convicted at Winchester of the murder of John Soffte at ltomsey, has not as yet been fixed. MUSIC. DRURY-LANE..--MR. RALFET NEW OPERA. Balto's sew opera, " The Sicilian Bride," the an nouncement of which raised much expectation in the mu sical world, was produced on Saturday might. TM appear ance, after so lung an interval, of a great work by the first English dramatic composer of the day, is, indeed, en occur rence of singular interest. Balls is our only musician who has gained an European celebrity, and w hose name has become a household word in Germany and France, LA well as In England. A house, consequently, densely crowded in every part, attested the importance justly attached to the production of this opera; and the acclamations with which Mr. Belle was greeted on taking his place in the orchestra showed the sense entertained by the public of his character and reputation. The libretto is the joint work of M de St Georges, the eminent Parisian dramatist, and of Mr. Bunn. The subject is historical, being founded on the memorable revolt of the Sicilians, in the 13th century, from the French go vernment aar Charles of Anjou, terminated by the terrible massacre railed the .` Sicilian Vespers," and the expulsion of the survivors from the island. In the construction of the plot, historical truth is not dandy adhered to ; but this is of no great consequence in a work of fiction, pro- vided that the incidents are in themselves consistent, co• hermit, sod striking, which is certainly the case in this opera. The story, though open to criticism in various re spects, possesses touch interest, contains Situations which are new and striking, and affords gr-at recipe fur the imagination and inventive power or the coin poser. We are nut inclined, after a single hearing, to speak deanottieally respecting the merits of a work of such magnitude; hut we received very great pleasure from many parts of it, and our general impression of the I whole is exceedingly favourable. Well auire . . works it is decidedly the mast alternate. The long and complicated scenes of concerted music arc constructed with much artistic skill ; the choruses are rich in harmony and lull of vigour; and the instrumentation is highly finished, and often very charming and striking in its effects. It is, in short, a most careful and (abet a French critic would call) "contacientioua" work. A considerable change, too, seems to have taken place in Belie'. et) It —a change which has been remarked in several composers of the ltalian school. His music his mounted a German cha racter; instead of reminding us, as formerly, of Rossini end Damixetti, he now reminds us of Walter and Meyer. beer. Not that he is by any means a plagiary from either • but there are features itt his music which make it resemble theirs—particularly his greater use than formerly of chromatic intermix, madden modulation., and irregular rhythms. he "Sicilian IRO° " differs as much in style from the " Siege of Rochelle," as " Guillaume Tell " array ices (rota Tanereeli." Whether or not this change is for the better, wed° not as yet feel prepared to ray. Thu later style is certainly less popularly attractive—it is leas melo dious in the vulgar sense of the word--it has less of those smooth, flowing, familiar tunes, which are at once seized by the uneducated car ; but it will probably be found that it has gained in exchange more substantial and durable qualities, like seine of them great German works which arc gradually making their way to general popularity. The performance, though liable to the defects of a first night, was excellent on the whole. Mr. Sims Beeves acted the character of Co doyo with great energy and passion, and sang magnificently. Miss Crichton, in the part of the herniae, had immense difficulties to encounter. The music is full of bravura passages in the highest regions of the soprano scale, taxing heavily the powers of the strongest voice ; and it was not surprising that the young s i nger lattery showed some sign* of fatigue. But her performance fully justi fi ed the reputation she has gained. She acted with intelligence, dignity, and feeling ; and her singing sham that of a true and genuine artist. Mr. Whitworth gave great effect to the character of the Martinis tie Martine, and his singing of the ballad in the named act was one of the most succesaful things of the evening. Mies I'. Berton displayed her usual talent in the part of Pietro, the young armourer ; Miss Isuan acted and sang prettily as Sirens; and Mr. Drayton made a great deal of the little I part of Satnnieo, the necromancer. The chorus and orchestra we re sufficient, both in strength and cruelty, for the ad. quote performance of their duties, hut they showed traces of insufficient pre paration. There were occasional t• hitches," and some of the brass instruments now and then made wild work of what was Mier° them. But, after a night or two, them faults will disappear. In regard to the " mounting " of the opera, great credit is Me to the manage meut. In the scenery, costumes ' and decorations, neither cost nor cars were spared, nod the result was a spectacle, equally beautiful and magnificent. The piece, however, is toe long. Ily the excision of half of the ballads and the condensation I of pars of the concerted music, greater rapidity would be I given to the metro, and the whole effect would be more I completely satiatectory. DRAMA. SIDLE WS WELLS. Mr. White's play," King James the Sixth; or, the Gowrie Con-piracy, ' performcd ut the above theatre un Saturday evening, though Lew to the stage, is nut new to the t üblic. It was published several yvors ago under ;he title of " The Earl of Gowrie," and attracted euubitlcr able attention. As now prciluecd on the stage it has undergone some alterations, eons:sting chit fly el condensa tion and an improvement in the catastrophe. The title of the play suftleivntly explains its subject—the mysttriuus avetupt made upon the life of the Scottish king by the youn; Earl of Gon•Me and his brother Alexander Ituthven, while the king was in the earl's castle at Perth. The circumstance. which led to this attempt, and even the par ticulars of tho attempt it elf, bate never been clearly 11K , T- Llilied awl the motisis of the actors remain a disputed question to this day. Mr. White has made his election without hesitation, painting the tin unhappy ltuthvens as every thing that is noble and beautiful, atm representing them as victims to the cunning and rapacity of a detestable tyrant. This may be the correct view of the matter, but it is not quite established by historical evidence. In this play King James is represented as engaged in a flagitious vinspiracy with Spain for the purpose of re. establishing l'opery in Great Britain by furce of arms. Sir John Ayl.lr, Queen Elizabeth's envoy to Scotland, having !careen that James is iu communication with Spain, persuades Logan of Itestalrig, a staunch presbyterian, to endeavour to seize the King and keep him in confinement, promising on the part of Elizabeth, a liberal recom pense for the act. Restalrig, by a tale calculated to awake the King's rapacity, tries to get him into his bands, but the King's superior cunning overreaches Resta/rig, who is seized and conveyed to Falkland Castle. Ilestalrig is the friend of the Earl of Gowrse; and it is the endeavour of the Earl and his brother to effect their friend's rescue which leads to the attempt which cost. them their lives. This motive, joined to his love for Culiterine Logan, whom the King is about to force to marry one of bin favourites, induces the Earl to join in luring the King from the palace of Falkland to his castle at Perth. Bat the brothers have no design en the King's life, and the Earl is in the act of directing his brother to open the gates and set him at liberty, when the King's attendants break in and the Ituthveus arc massacred. The play is powerfully written, and is very effective on the stage. King James, besides being made odious, is made comic. Ile speaks the dialect given to him by Scott, latter Fortunes of Nigel," and his quaint phrases (albeit out of keeping with the tragic character of the subject) gave much amusement to the audience. Phelps's persona tion of the Scottish Solomon, dialect and all,was admirable. Marston acted the part of the young Earl of Goalie with grace and manliness. The Earl's mother—a striking cha racter—received justice from Miss Goddard; and the little part of Catherine Logan was sweetly acted by Miss Cooper. The rest of the parts were well sustained • and the play was received with great applause by a crowded audience. FINE ARTS. Taurontarhies ; or, the Bull Fights of Spain. By LAKE PRICK. J. ilogarth, Haymarket. In this aeries of scenes Mr. Lake Price treats comprehen sively a subject whieh has been as yet handled only in par tial views and under isolated aspects, scarcely adequate to give • fair notion of this, to the Spaniards, all-absorbing spectacle. The graphic narratives of travellers receive an amen unexpected corroboration at the hands of the artist, whose spiritedly executed sketches fully justify the intense I interest of the performances. His bulls are at once the most noble and the most mischievous looking animals of the bovine species we recollect having seen. Nor do either his picador or matador groups of personages scent at all unaware of that tact, so nimble seem their movements and so anxious their look out. The crowded amphitheatres, the dust, the flying sombreros, and tossed horse and rider are lourtrayed with considerable vividness, and hilly warrant Mr. Ford's assertion that the artist has been a constant attendant in these encounters. As au artist Mr. Lake l'rice may rank with Mr. Lewis, who was fond of depicting Peninsular scenes before the cite:ling splendour of the East lured him away. Mr. Lake l'rice, however, macs us lull amend. for whatever his predecessor may have slighted in the way of the picturesque. Huth have seized the local characteristics of term, feature, and fashiontuent ; both employ the same means of compassing identical results h heightening • slenderly tinted paper with white light s an d telling obscure strokes. In the picturesque disposition of procession, however, Mr. Lake l'rice may lay claim to a high degree of originality; the hearing of his men, the caparison, d quadruped., and stately architectural per. tqwetives of galleries and cathedrals, evince masterly skill and • practised hand. As example s may he selected the •' Entry of the Torertie in Procession," the Mules of the Plaza de 'form," and the Madrid bull arena. Nor are the figures, on a more am bitious scale, beneath the mark, to wit, the three slim awl well knit " Matadors," who seem drawn from the life, I lushly armed by the bloodred Hag and long To ledan blade, alike important in all tauroniachian contents. This eerie, of sketches, twenty-six in number, is further elucidated by the well-known author of the Spanish Hand Book," who has here conjointly with the artist illustrated the arenas of Madrid, Seville, anti Cadiz. A NitNIFICENT Glirr.—The Rev. Dr. Warneford, who has upon various occasions given munificent sums towards the erection of churches, schools, &c., in the dio cese of Illoucester and Bristol, has lent to the bishop a cheque fur an,noot., which he directs shall he di ributed to Tanen" charitable purposes, which he enumerates, directing the proportions into which his gift shall be divided. THE NEW HOME SECRETARY. (Sum the Emily News.) Nothing but the dearth and poverty of his ma. terials could have induced Lord DERBY to convert so very respectable and rising a Chancery barrister as Mr. SPENCER WALroLE was some three weeks ago, into a Secretary of State, es he now strangely is. Yet, on Friday, at Midhurst, when and where, by the grace of Lord HOMONT, Secretary WALPOLE was re-elected, he flatteringly suggested of himself that, in consenting to succeed Sir 0. GREY at the Ifome-office, he had in all probability renounced the romps and vanities of the Great Seal itself. But instantly correcting this " pride of the flesh," the St :Rh:TAM" seriously clasped his hands, and added, "Ile had no wish, no desire, but to do his duty,"—a rule of cur.duet and a principle of action that would, we suppose, have induced him to assume the conduct of the Burmese war, or to command the new expedition in search of Sir JOIIN FitASELIN, had Lord Dt.imY 'Wad him to do either one or the other. To such political self-sacrifice and equani,nity as this of Secretary Warmotai, we know but one parallel. In the early part of the reign of Granint: 111., and whilst Mr. l'eer's great war with France was raging, that inveterate plaimmart, Lord HARRINGTON, 1.0 reconciled himself' to the responsible and arduous office of Citsxent.tani of the Exclitatt•fat which the court forced on him. " Fortune," said the then rising politician, Fortune may at last make me rope. lem equally tit to be at the head of the church as of the eaehrge.-t. But nu man knows what i..good for him. SO MY invariable rule is • • • • to refuse nothing. Though fortune made Lord Banntxrrrox's son Bishop of Denifam, it never made his Lordship Pope ; nor, —considering that he would have let loony all the common infbrmers and the qui non plaintiffs of the realm on the papal epis copacy,—is the blind goddess likely to place Mr. Wst.rot.r. in the doubtful, but pontifical, chair of St. Peter. But Ice has c‘aninenced his official career on the BARRINGTON principle of "refusing nothing," however inexperienced and un fit he may be. "No man knows what is good for him." Lord HARRINGTON'S " only wish, and only desire was to do his duty "—by :always supporting his • Sovereign's prejudices and obstinacy. But what Mr. SPENCER N 1 ALPOI.E may think it his "duty" to do as Home Secretary it is not very easy to discover from thOrpeceli he made at Midhurst. It is, us wo shall see en a few minutes, a rare specimen of con tending doubts and struggling perplexities. It is the peculiar business of a Home Secretary to preside over, direct, and he responsible for the do mestic state of the country, to be thoroughly in formed of its internal condition, to provide for tho easy and facile administration of its affairs, to have a keen eye over its magistracy , to be familiar with the details of its industry and its poverty, its means of communication and etc crime, and to prepare all those minor measures of local organisation the bunt total of which make up good government. The office does not require a man of brilliancy so much as of sober judgment, great impartiality, comprehensive liberality, constant courtesy, and prompt decision. Now, it would by uncandid to deny that Mr. 'WAL POLE has some characteristics which use and experi ence in a subordinate position might have developed into a fulness and ripeness that would in time have qualified him for the post. But, to suppose that a man who has passed twenty years in all the intricacies and subtleties of the Court of Chancery, can, without any previous preparation or acquaintance with official busing high or low, leap into the Home-office as a heaven-born genius, is to Fet at nought the lessons of experience, to disregard the long preliminary course of instruetiou which a PEEL., and a GRAHAM, and even a Stmtotrto underwent, and to place the in tricate internal affairs of this realm on a level with the details of a suit in equity—thing,' and circum stances to be mastered by perusing a brief and iook ing up the cases—mere work to be got through. And,—fully . recognising Mr. WaLrolm's great abilities, conscientious spirit, and fine temper, and re garding his appointment to the Home-office as less unjustifiable than the kindred nomination of 1 ord MALMESBURY to the Foreign, and Sir Joint EAKINGTON to the Colonial-offiee,—it is impossible to read his Midhurst spwch without coming to the eon. elusion that he is very much at sea in taking all of a sudden to statesmanship. For not a 1111 dile that was practical came from his lips; scarcely a word did he utter that had any real bearing on the position of the government, stiil less on the duties of lees office. Yet in the few brief sentences and vague generalities in which he indulged I.ntd EGMONT'S voters, ho managed to confirm all the ill impressions of the DERBY administration which the characters of its members and the indiscretion,. of some of his more blundering colleagues have created. First, he gave them an almost apocalyptic sketch of the principles of Destruction and Conservatism into which he divided Christendom; reproduced all the old bugbears of " kingdoms and empires shaken to their founda tions;, of "storms" and "changes," of " old anchor. ages " " liberties destroyed," "despotism established," "old customs," "order and progress," necessity for adhering to antiquity in all we do; and wound up the first division of his sermon with deductions which did their duty, and far more than their duty, when SIDMOUTII passed the Six Acts, seduced the radicals into treason, and thanked the Lancashire yeomanry for the Manchester massacre. Nor, on descending to the duller realities of this world, was Secretary IVALPOLE more to the point. protection was "tt most difficult question," yet " something must be done for the agricultural interest." Free-trade, however, was not denounced; for the SECRETARY knowing (and that is more than sonic of his colleagues do) the value of words, will proscribe nothing formally. But he was for "free trade for all," he would have "all equally weighted." And, holding up the balance like a cheesemonger, there was, he thought, ten per cent. in favour of trade ; so to that extent he would take off some of the local bur thens on agriculture. No sooner, however, had ho uttered the words, than they fi ightened him, lle drew back; he qualified, he retracted a little. A reduction of local burthens lie " admitted the difficulty of." But there were such things as " coun tervailing duties" on the produce of foreign land. They, however, in their turn, required deliberate investigation." But, on the whole, this rival of WASHINGTON levesc's immortal Doubter thought that " one or other must be resorted to." We must either reduce local burthens, or return to protection. And whilst thus splitting hairs, thus shilly-shally ing, now advancing a little here, and then seanqwr ins off much more there,—whilst in the very act of repeating, " he did not say he was for protection, but he did say it was unjust to leave one class hurthened, and the other free from burl hens," — whilst so occupied, out spoke an hottest Sussex yeoman: AN Eczema—Let us hare a To-adjustment of taxation. The suggestion was a godsend ; it saved the SI:till TART of SfATE from an ocean of perplexities. MR. 'W.u.roLr —His own impression was that such was the best of the three courses. llut—for there was a hut even "in this best of the three courses;" Gat "he pledged himself only to in vestigation on the subject." And so with a prayer to Con, that " he might faithfully and honestly fulfil the fearful, the awful, the anxious duties he had to discharge," ended the first discourse of the Right Rreerewl Secretary WALroi.E. To which prayer, if to nothing else in his sermon, we say Amen I Amen! And they who arc disposed to the incongruous, may append thereto the Da.rahvy, God Sore. the flues n , Rule Britannia, or anything else equally inappropriate. Why, what a folly is not all this weighing out in terests, all these nice calculati nn s, all this mathema tical investigation, all this affectation of extreme con scientiousness and scrupulousness! It ran deceive or delude no man. It simply arcane, " Protection, if we can get it; some other mode of fleecing tho in dustry of the country it we cannot." And are we, by our quiescence, to encourage such a policy ns this; that failing to pick our right pocket, will slyly attempt to take what it can from our left? From ‘. Protection" we may be wife wo guard ourselves. But compensation for the loss of their monopoly is what the landlords will first go for. And that also would be an injury to the community. Against it too we must then be prepared to protect the coun try; for, says Secretary WALeoLE, " ono of two things must be resorted to:" protection or a trans ference of landlords' burthens to our shoulders. DUST OF SCIIELLING.—King 11 -Bavaria, has commi , sioned the sculptor :l ..itnitklt, to model f n u the life • bust of t I 1 philemopher Schelling. is , 0. 4;1 4! .