The Express. — London, England, 1853-04-18 00:00:00

igoorniuy Kodsuth and his i.ditertosts. Now Kossuth, so for itUal being eouseeted will the premises, has never them, and knew nothing of the matter till the T,„„ c F ishnet, slavdcreil km, Not or.a ounce of pia powder 11111 its the avid no atrial of any k.ud, with Use exceptive , of roa'atts. I .!weld here state that my father is a well-known in nate, and has ben, for save. yea:. rot, ening .4 in per- httitni his newly invented wsr-rotket, whiola rotates on it. eels like a rid.. and curies 111./ 111. k. Atter an outlay upaar dsot 2n,u. tY.,-ind alter numbarkm experiments had Is en ad.., and these perfectly satisfactory, as can be proved, an t, undiug that his own c•autry only laughed ut him (c , ~,• pions , he 94.111 the patent to several foreign powers-- A m , rir.a. Da umark, Switzerland, and others; but havinir a prat numb , r of radiate by him, ho earnestly appealed to tits primmest ag.oin rod again to purchase them, anti also his invention. Ile mat with nothing but disdain from ill( cu. Ilwy &ow wise ripen h s ; lace and his property, on the ' , tattoo.: of si nrhtog for gunpowder, refuting to allege 11 II 14.11% , I'dr et/1114 au. The rockets in question were ma cigar tared upaerdt of thief years ago. The government have but owl aware of the eiisteuce of his manufactory (which was loran rly e... 54: to Woolwich Arsenal), and also uf the fart th.e, he was pos..essed of %Lem, rock« ts, and t o et!.er that tiny II %TO intended by him fur the British ga b rem. bt. , S 4 guspoWdC: was found, and not an arm of any kind, unapt the rue,ata; L.nl Palrucitton boldly asserting that semi were foetal, and Sahllbs. of gunpowder, which is a pro , Sea men sti4 occupy his premise, and others have been sent to watch soma premises balonglng to him at Chelsea. Mr. Ilancomthe intends to make it the subject of inquiry is the UMW of C./I\O.CM%. My father has determintd, also, ars* isseae.liately takinu legal proetedings against the government, and scrun of cut leading counsel will be re tain, d toe induct biuside of the trial. I cannot but think it is a qui stion which will prove of no small moment to the pra‘tutgfrernmoct. I.ns arc perfectly at liberty to mike what use you ti .e of 0/11141110Clota, which I h ate ,l iec h e d out iv. great bane. WILLIAM HALE, Jun. Apra 16, 1801. THE "TIMES' AND M. KOSSUTH. TO TES EDITOR OP THE EXP 411114.. Sit:,—MUY I hope that your seine of the injust;ce done to M. Kossuth by the Times newspaper, will induce you to give iuseitiun to the accompanying ktter. I am, Sir, respectfully yours, MAYNE REID. 14, Alpha-road, Regterpark, April 16, 18,-)3. [We pohlish Captain Reid's letter, omitting only one Pr4=1 4, 1 TO THE EDITIM O• TILE TIMM. WisoM the gods would destroy, him they make mad." Y..ur doom, then, seems inevitable for it an utter abenduansinbt of the lass of morality, • reckless dirac,:rril of tl.c laws of honour, a desperate deb. r- Initleiils to court the contempt of your countrymen, if these be symptoms of in .di.ees, then are you mist Indeed— m4 as moon eau uvnce you. But the gods arc guiltleu of the act. The d• moms hare done it. Your own vile passions hare mired you. Once MST. p•u have wined M. Kossuth—once more you LUC .bot yoJr vostoncil shaft—sad once more, glancing hack lion tto pure shield of that gcnt.tra .u's honour, your possone 1 arrow lots recoiled upon yourself. Un maned stands he. Ills e•cutchcon is unstained. Even per foul ink has not wilts& it. It is pure as ever—spot. km as the pinions of the soars—as the wing of the ware washed allaitioss. . . . You have mated an abysms of infamy. Into this you des.gued to drive M. Kossuth. You essayed to push him from the cliff. Headlong you Twilled upon him ; but, Wonted by bed passions, you missed your aim. You have st,iegend .ver yourself, and your intended victim stands tr.onsphasitly above you. /NM tne detlar et. ins of the gentleman himself, from my own personal knowletlae of Leto. 1 pronounce your whulc statement regeol lug Kossuth and his liotherhithe arsenal, a web eternised feleehoode. But the oval-blooded audacity, the harlo•ie ebistolon, with which you have uttered th false howls, and moment. el upon them, is positively astound ing. It is difficult to believe you in earnest ; nod one is in timed to Imey you the dupe of some gross deception. But the palpable soirees that guides your pen will not permit this charitable construction; and we are prevented from giving you even the bent ht of a doubt. We have no mite.-- native but to believe you guiity,withdelibergte forethought, wit:, "malice , prepeue.' But, sir, if you ant to be suffered to drag innocent men from the privacy et their heartia—to charge them with ismemary crimes—to support your Oars.. wait nut a shadow or eviae nee ; but, upon tl e contrary, to substitute coarse calumny cud vengeful vituperation—if all thus be permitted to you with impunity, it is full time that we in quire, in what consists Etiglish treedoin ? There are inner tyranni.s besides that of despotic governments. There is the t) canny of a licentious press; and, for my part, I would ratter submit to the rule of the sabre and the knout, thus live at the mercy of a conclave of dissipated adventu rers who sneak around the purlieus of Printing-house square. I shall not condescend to repeat the slaeders you have lately uttered. 1 am saved the necessity of repeatiag them. The pea and the tongue have already accomplished this. higher names than mine have endorsed the refute.- lion. In the House of Commune, Buncombe, Walwalley, Bright, and Dudley Stuart have nailed the lie to the wall. I know not what coarse It. liosautli may pursue towards you. lldubtkes he will treat you with that dignified silence he hes hitherto observed. Ile can well afford it. lie need not fear to In silent. lie shall not lack deft oilers. You may double your staff of recite seribu s, and arm each of them with us plume plucked from the fetid wing of the Austrian eagle. Yon will find among the champions of truth brains as clear and pens as pungeut as your own • and though you may stuff your columns with wordy sop histry,l it will be scattered like chaff before the heaven-born wind. I repeat it, M. Kossuth can afford to treat you with sub lime silence ; but I—who am gifted neither with the divine endurance nor Christian forboarance of that noble man-1 cannot help telling you the contempt I feel for you and yours I feel the paucity of language to express; and I doubt nit, but that every Englishman will experience a similar difficulty. True, we might get over that, by bor rowing a lithe from your vocabul..ry, but I shall not conde scend to do so. Even now, I feel that lam sinking the gentleman, in coming thus forward a second time to call you to account. But as the cit:aen of a country by you disgraced—as the friend of a man by you injured, I cannot submit myself to silence. When you charge M. Kossuth and other llunga rian leaders with a violation of our hospitality I cannot do otherwise than pronounce your statements false. You pet haps do not know how much you yourself are indebted to the high respect which these gentlemen have for the laws of English hospitality. But for that, sir, I can enure you that you would long *nice have been dragged from your incognito and treated to the horsewhip ; and although I, for one, should not approve of sue% a proceeding, I could not deny that you Lan done all in your power to de serve it. But if the laws of our country protect you from personal chastisement, they also protect the stranger from personal insult. The hust has duties as well sa the guest, and may equally violate the laws of hospitality. You, sir, have been guilty of that violation. I call upon you, then, to make some atonement for the wrong you have done—to apologise to the man you have wronged—to your countrymen, whose honour you have compromised, whose intelligence you have insulted. I counsel you to thi course, which you will find the most prudent. Do not Effect to despise my counsel. Do not imagine, like Macbeth, that by "becoming worse" and keeping up a meretricious swagger, you may extricate yourself from your unhappy position. This, be assured, you can never do. Powerful. as you fancy yourself, you are not strong enough is defy public opinion. You are not omnipotent. You C.IIIUOL annihilate one atom of truth. The humblest gentleman in England may contemn and defy you. MAYNE REID. 11, Alpha-road, Regent's-park, April 16. TESTIMONIAL Ti) MR.. SCUOLEFIELD, M.P.—The non-electors at B.rmingham have presented to Mr. Echoic fisld • massive silver cup; a meeting, presided over by Henry Hawkes, Esq., the mayor, having been held for the formal business in connexion with the presentation on Fri day evening. At the same time the flint glass-makers pre sented the hon. gentleman with a large coloured goblet, of very beautiful workmanship; a present of three chastely worked glue goblets and a jug was also made by the glass makers of the Staurbrillge district, in consideration (so ran, the inscription) "ot Mr. Seholefield's advocacy of the cause of progress ar.d of freedom." Mr. Sehalefield, in a suitable address, acknowledged the compliment thus paid to him. In the coon, of his remarks he said—" The non electors of this kingdom had become far more powerful than before. Labour had begun, as they knew, to viadi cats its dignity and rights. Thu material prosperity of the wining Casses, wh.ch all must he glad to perceive, con tained within it the germs of their political proiverity and improvement, which they bad been so long endeavouring to obtain. Labour, at length, claimed higher pay and shorter hours—it eh.inted wages which should do more than give the labouring classes eating and drinking—it claimed time for something more than working and sleeping— (cheers)--and toose claims could not hereafter he ignored. If one could construe present appearances and facts before them, with anything like correctness, the time bail nearly come when labour would bo almost able to dictate its own terms ; and all he hoped war, that having the power which labour would have to dictate its own terms, it would show to capital what the intelligence and m oderation of the working claws could do when their turn came in the con- Get which had nitherto esisted between labour and capital. He trusted and believed that between those: two: great int/tests it would become a matter of persuasion and argu ment—that labour would convince intelligent capital that it ought and must be properly paid fur its work. The meeting was afterwards addressed by Mr. George Dawson, Mr. John Alfred Langford, Mr. Pickering, and other gentle n, chiefly in reference to the large services which Mr. &hole:field :end his father, had rendered in the struggles of the penpl.. to - obtain their political rights, as well as in the prom%irn and advancement of their social welfare. _ Sr mat" IS TIM WE,T.—In several towns in re the Labourers have Arrnek for higher wages. A• rata;. e, and So:tti.osult..n rt..etieva of the c nn r. have been het). atol on gun tI • ctiou.s` volt, ti.t employers have frenerilly Mild , ' an advance in their wares. A similar applieati..o tr.= the carpenters in Excter lare:y to be wads shortly. CDC QotWL. The Doehess of Kent visited the Queen, yesterday, at Buckingham Palate. Prises Albert, with the Prince of Wale., the Prince., Royal, and t►e Prit.ces. Alice, the Ditches, of Kent, ,111.1 the Prineem Adelaide of Ilelienloae, attended divine service, yesterday inortamt, in th- private (sham lof liatkiegheni Palate. The lion. and Itev. ottici itvd. The ladies and gentlinn u in ....king, sad the domestic household, elm attended the wavier. Pi ince .klbert rude out en Comeback, on Saturdey, at tended by Lieut.-Cul. Y. 11. 13eyniaur. 'f he Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the Princess Ade laide of Ilehei.lolte, and attended by Lady Anita Maria Dsrsson and Sir Gearse Cuti7tr, visited the Gallery of the New Society of Painters in Water Cbtuta, in Pall-mall, on Saturday morning. The Duette hi Augusta of Saxe Coburg visite I the Duchess of Kent, on Saturday, at Clarence.houre, St. James's. The Duchess of Kent, ae:•tmpanird by the Prince.s Ade laide of llohenlone. and attended by Lady Ann Dawson sad Sir George Coupler, hanoured the If tyal Italian Opera-house with her presence on Saturday evening. A deputation from the Committee of Portuguese Ilsnd holders, accompanied by Sir James Duke. M I'., Mr. Wm. Mr.:Vault:in Forster, M.P., Mr. Richard Thornton, 4r. Thomas Thornton, Mr. James Hutchinson, (Chairman of the Committee of the Stock Es e l t ange), Sir Henry Pynne, Captain Gardiner, and Mr. C. Quintile, bad an interview with the Earl of Clarei.don, on Saturday, at the Foreign-ALA, wbeu Mr. Thornton, the enairenan of the Commit:se, presented a memorial to his lor:ship, pray int his lordship to interpose his goad °filets in obtaining rest re• I f r the grievance. and continued inja-tice inflicted by P raga! or, her long-pill:ring fore:4u creditor;. A deputation of directors of the Eta: Kent Railway C.mtp.ay hail an interview with the Right Ilan. E. Card well add Lard Stanley of Alilerley on Saturday, at the Board of Trade. The deputation consisted of L.rd Sondes (Chairman). Mr. Alderman S datnorts (Deputy-Chairman), the Itig'it lion. S. R. Lushinaton, Sir J. M. Tyldec, and Mr. C. Al. Lubhirlitt..,u (directors), Sir Edward Daring, i;art., M.P., Mr. Sailleir, Sir William Cabitt, and Mr. Mills, the engineers, and Mr. C. Freskfield, the solicitor fur the company. A deputation on the part of the meigiatrates, merchants, bankers, and citizens of Rochester, Clesvhdin, anal Gilling ham, in Kent. who hal memorialised the Board of Trade °lathe sulieet et the prupo cd Kentish railways. now before parlii mem, also had Sc. interview with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell and Lard Stanley of Alderley, on Siturday. The deputation included Sit' Thomas Herbert Maildock and the lion. F. Villiers, M.P.s for Rochester, Mr. \V. H. N.cholson, and Mr. Manclark. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board of Inland Re venue, and Mr. Pressly, had an intervis sr with 'he Chancel- I , r of the Exchequer, on &eased ty, at hi. otfieial residence in 1) twning•street. Mr. Hutt awl Mr. Allhuton had en interview with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell on Saturday, at the Board of Trade. Mr. Weston Wood had an inlervi. w with the Right Hon. E Cardwell and L.rd Sinniey of Alderley, on SAturday. Dicwtehm were sent from the Colonia,-01his, ou Sam. day, to the thisernors of the West India l•:ands. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at the Forcign•office, Downing-street. The Ministers present were :—The Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Jobn Russell, the Lord Chancellor, Eirl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, the Marquis otLansflowne, Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of New castle, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Sir William Molesworth. The Council sat three hours and a half. The Colonlcy of tho 7th Drapon Guards has !innate vacant by the death of 2612yur-General Gabriel, which tonic place on Inlay: ho has only heli: the appoint ment one month. SOIREE AT GLASGOW IN HONOUR OF MRS. 11. B. STUWE. On Friday night, Mrs. Stowe, the distinguished author of t. nc:e t'om's Cabin," was cute r=ained at a some in the Wasatow City-hall, when upwards of two thousand of cur fellow-citizens, male and female, assembled to do her honour. The chair wu o:envied by JOHN MacnowaLL, E.g.; and on Mr.. Stowe, accompanied by L Stowe and the lt,r. gr. Ueecbcr, ascending the platform, they were re cei‘cd with the most unbounded applause, the company ri%iog to theii feet, and saluting them with loud and pro. longed cheering. Af:er a brief address from the Chairman, Dr. Wardlaw moved a resolution complimenting Mrs. Stowe on her sue ces.ful literary efforts in the anti-slavery cause, and wel coming her to this country. Dr. Ronsux seconded the resolution, which was carried by acclamation. Professor Stowe was received with loud applause. He said, in the name of Mrs. Stowe end his own, he wished to thank the audience for their cordiality f reception, but he could not timl words to do it. Was it true that all this affectionate interest was merited ? (Cheers.) H. could not help feeling, in regard to that book, " I don't 'specks anybody ever made that book; 1 'specks it growed." (Laughter and cheers.) Under the pressure of a hortid fugitive slave-law the bank sprung out of the soul ready made. (Cheers.) He regretted exceedingly, in consequence of the very enfeebled state of Mrs. Stowe's health, and the pressure or his own engagements, en gagements which could not be prcterinitted, that they were unable to respond to many kind invitations. Had they consulted their own feelings they would have ' settled down and been happy to spend the whole summer here. But this could not be. The state of Mrs. Stowe's health was such that she could not bear so much kininess. The state of his own engagements require a that be should be at other places, and by the Ist of June be again hard at work in the United States. He trusted, therefore, that they would be excused, and that this public expression of their thanks and apology for not being in a position to meet with all who desired, would be accepted. Rev. Dr. Ktxo proposed the billowing resolution, which was also unanimously adopted :—' 4 That it is deeply to be deplored that in the national escutcheon of a people so closely affiliated with ourselves, and themselves so nobly free in their constitutional principles, and so jealously con servative of their own liberties—this one blot of slavery, au large and so foul, should be perm'ttt dto remain—that it would be a cause of true and heartfelt joy, to sec our trans atlantic brethren roused to a due sense of their inconsist ency in using their own freedom to hold millions in hood age—and giving practical proof of the sincerity of their love of liberty, by taking measures to impatt to others what they so highly and so justly value themselves-- 4 with the generous spirit of freemen, to ' let the - free,' . . • err- oppressed go , and that, instead of the two countries wasting words in mination and recrimination, it would be incompu►bly wiser and better for each to set itself in earnest to the recti fication of its own wrongs, the cure of its own moral and physical maladies, and the removal of its own sources of danger—the two freest and most highly-favoured countries of the world thus emulating and animating each other in a conselentieus conformity to the grand divine rule of social rectitude—' Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do you even so to them.' " The meeting then separated. THE FISCAL QUARTERS OF THE YEAR. TO Till IDITOIL OP Till TIPILIST. SIR,—Now that the Chancellor of the Exchequer' , is getting rid of his " patriarchal" stocks, pray sug gest to him that it would be a fit opportunity to get rid also of his " patriarchal" mode of reckoning the financial quarters of the years. There was a " patriarchal" time whcn the church feasts formed our sole guide in calendar matters, and the Lady-day, St. John's-day, St. Michael's-day, Christmas-day ended, naturally enough, the quarters of the year ; but when the alteration of the style took place it was absurd to keep up still Old Lady day, 3th April ; Old St. John's-day, sth July ; Old St. Michael's-day, 10th Oct. ; Old Christmas-day, sth Jan. (in another year). Then can anything be more puzzling than the year 1852 ending sth Jan., 1853. Why not end our quarters 31st March, 30th Jane, 30th September, 31st December, as all the rest of the world do ?—Your obedient servant, April 16, 1853. X. SPORTING AT OXFORD. TO THE EDITOR OP THE EXPRESS. Sts,—One by one places suitable for air and exer ' cise are being taken away from the University and citizens of Orford. Ballingdon has been enclosed, and they talk of enclosing Port Meadow, and now the shady dells and green glades of Bagley Wood are closed up, and boards without and keepers within warn University and townsmen from a place which they have enjoyed lir centuries. And this is done, not that the wood may be ploughed up (in that case I I should not have troubled you with this note), but that the President and Fellows of St. Johu'a College may enjoy a better day's shooting. Yes, sir, it is for this selfish reason that we are excluded from the most pleasant haunt near Oxford. The University and rity maj Puffer, but what does it signify, if the sporting propensities of the Fellows of St. John's are gratified 1 On one occasion I was myself warned out of the wood by ono of these clerical but sport ing personages. Hoping that you will be able to insert this grievance, I enclose my card, and remain your obedient servant, DOWN WITH TILE GAME LAWS. Oxford, April:Vi, lb. 3. THE POLICE WANTED.—On Saturday afternoon a man, apparently labouring under tome intense excite ment, commenced 'tipping himself of his clothes in front of the Royal Exchange. When stark naked ho danced upeu the pal-tee - et for some minutes, the hystan•lero sppi rec•:y ixtr b .1. inn! n t rin:t. Th,re sio le co p..:,-•. Anti- soeic time he dared off at tu!, up (heapside, to the great consternation of the na,engers ni this crowded thoroughfare. The poor creature had in all pryteildity made hi= escape from ',me lunatic asylum. THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING. APRIL 18, 1853. possessions. He considered that the best and the cheapest means of promoting intercourse with other eornsrief, and INTERVIEW WITH THE PRIME MINISTER. extending trade cud civilisation. Unless the circulation was complete and perfect, the health of wan was On Saturday • numerous and iatittential doputa not in a satisfactory state , and it was so in the holy politic, lion of mentle rs of tat Colonial :mu lutet n e ionel rust go cad they would never have the principle of free trade fully Aseec:atiou waited, by • appointment, team th ~ Eel of Alter- carried out until communication was as free and unfettered urea, at erne u'uoce, at his tali eat r: 'lattice, Dowutag- ,as possible. He had always considered that the Post-eflize stzeet, fur the purouet of lying Lick r. Lie lordship th eir ought not to he a source ot revenue. Tao res nieces of tke visas in referenee to the contemplated ale ration in miasma . ceuntry were produced indirectly, and by adopting the pre postage, Dirk object beiug to have the rate reduced to 3.1. sent system, the trade of the calomel' and the mother instead 01 tid., as proposed he the Poeneoti r-Ueneral, Vie country would be meterially benefited. Ilia lordship count Canning . 'I he deputation wea c aneeeed of the fol. m i ght remember that the late S:r Hobert l'eel h od said lust il.g gentlemen :—TIIIUMM.4II Reeky, Esq. Ceuncil: that ho should be glad to see every foreign colony in the George Metre', Este , M.P., C. it. Au levity, Esq.. MX., peeition of an Elieleh county. Ile (Mr. Hume) was also Sir Juhu P. Belleau, Bert., I Sir Johu Hunt nc, 8.C.8a re that °Millen, and it was by free communication atel inter- Elihu Bur/et, Esq., Height lieu. T. Mauer Gomm, M.P., . ~ enure that the commercial interests of the country, on Witheia thee*, qo Cometel Sykes, I.K B a t'Sist;"` w I wh:cli its prosperity mainly rested, could hest be forwardeo. leaie.le, Esq. City committee : Eight li4ll. the Lard Mayer, ' Besides thia re the was tinether inlet impertaet point—they F. Lt Dream, Esq., T. u. Broultuat, Eaj., Andrew Celde- I were every year sending Irons their shores met numbers of cutt, Esq., R. W. Cniutanl, Esq., Jhu Dillon, Esq., Sir the populatioe—he could not estimate the number far the James Duke, Bart., M.l'., J. I'. Omelet, Esse, Samuel resent year—and it was of the greatest importance that they Weston. E-q., bit '., Samuel Gurney, juu., Kai , Alietat. s. aoull encourage communication and intercourse between der Gtl , estne, Este, Kirkman Iletleseo, Etelo "'• S. I them and those they had left bohiud. The digiculties and 'Unduly, Esq.,John D iston Ponies, Esq_, Johu expense of correspondence were such, that, tram the in o blige:du Travers, Eel., T. A. Mitchell, Leg., M.P., i went the emigrants left these shores, they were cut off from Ihumae J. Hankey, J. A. Mont ~ ty. E. - q. Chain' I :II intercourse. He knew of nothing that would estrange ben of Cenenerce represented :—Blackhura Comma- them learn the mother rauntry more than such a system— ! Mel Aseeciatiuti, Lindfurel Chuntoer art Commerce, Bristol (lie r, hear)—wher eas if t h e y hal facilities of communiea- Seciety ut Merehaut Veutureis, !Dieted Chumber of Cum- i ton with their friend s at home, it would maietain and re taM :heir feelings of affection for the country they hed left. moue ; Bristol, James Hassell and James Bush; Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce, \V. Brew', Liverpool Ch ember et Let pottage boos free as possible, and he was satisfied that Commerce, Malley Chamber ut Coma:ewe, -- as t•e ll " t ' e it would do mare to retain the friendly feeling which should retie in the culunies, than any other menus that could be Commercial A stscieticoe, Mancheeter ceember of Canl uteree, Newcastle Ceamber of Cminieroe. Lens- pointed out. Besides, what they suggested was only castle Commercial Association, Huh Cueniter of an act of justice. Recent legislation had almost C mine tee, Mr. "M" H". Jon-. liastiug s ; ruined the colonies, it was mid, or had kept back their Mr. J. W. Newman, Wall:III ; Mr. Leone Levi, prosperity, and this would tend to develop their re- Hull ; Mr. Christian Atlhuson, Neescaetle ; Mr. F. F.lliter, sources. Every means of facilitating communication, and Warchein ; Mr. Malcelio Was, V.P. Mancheeter Ceti:liner' sending to the mast distant colonies samples and travellers, vial Astiutiatiun ; Mr. Curies linatier, li. Aelaworth, Esq., meant ultimately prove beneficial. Upon all these grounds of Manchester; J. Plowman E•ei., of Oxf o rd; Water h e thought the government could not adopt measure more Johie, E.g., of Edinburgh; S . ii Lovejoy, Esq., uf lteadittg; likely to give general satidaetion or secure effectually W. Cresskill, Etfhs of lleserlel- Menthe" or l'errishml i ' the allegiance of the colonies. No one would grudge send -Sir James Anaersou, Viet-emit Berreregten, Jenne Bell, iug or answering a letter if the postage were reduced to the Esq., Eight Hen. W. Beresford, J Fenwiek Bleceetto sum be heel stated. The additional expense for freight of Eag., J this Bright, Reg., Mu-grave kiriecoe, Esq., Jueeph letters would be a mere nothing, even if the number were Br ituerton, Eq., newly Austin B. ewe, Esq., gleam te-- very largely increased. It was a great satisfaction to him Crown. Esq., Hugh M'Calmout QOM, ' Leg., John Cheet- to think that he had at a very early period taken part in ham, E-q., Sullen Cutlet, Raj , LOrol W. H. H. Choi- this movement, and he belies: ,l that it was of the utmost muudely, S. Cidiatey, EA., ‘1 U. H. F. Cogan, Ent., H. C. Compton, Esq., 'Merles Con Ail, E,.i., R. lie J. Craw- near that all colonists should consider themselves ail near Mane as if they wire in an Et.gi:sh country teen lard, Mei , lame Crowley, Esq., tee J. T. B. Duck- Oa all these grounds—commercial, social, and political—he worth, % mount Lialya, Wilimue Evans, Eel., W. F. hoped the government would give the question its favour. F.g411, Esq., John if:toyer, E.g., Charles Foster, Esq., able consideration. C. II ty Irewen, Ea M. J. beilden, Eel., Sir George Mr. J. MACOREGOII, M.P., as representing a liege con °°°`"ll°llan.e.. F. t seet ' w tit "' - ' r . ' Ells ' Ore g on, tq l , stituency, fully concurred in the views aidsuggestions Right Hun. Lord Robert bliosv euur, G. A Hal "' that had been eubmitted to the noble lord. lie ventured ton, Esq., .T. E. ltleadlum, Esq. G. ii. W. lieneage, EN, to observe that the United States, although under a diffv- G , g eor lit s 2 1 " li a leid e ' g , E ,; (l ,e' e •S h° , rl L l li i iudle Y,' Ewle, Joseph e. eat form of government, laud the same commercial system, Marne, '''st E . J. ""'""*"" """ ]aisles "' es "" s t r '''lo transacted its affairs in the same language, and was inti- Henry S. lieeting, E-q., Wiliiatei iierk, E.g., F. Wynn m itely connected with that country by association and emi- Knight, Esq., Kleist Dun. Henry Littutiche.re, Captain gration. He trusted, therefore, that whatever arrange taitl" ILA' W. H. 0! Langton, " Es t, _., W. L o .," l "', , , E Zg't inents might be mule wi - h those colonies, the United States Cecil ' lseellees, E sq ,G. ~ .vru.w... .-qt , .. ..q ., . "" t " would be placed upon exactly the same footing. The popu- Long, Esq., John Mueg,reg or, Esg , Edward :diet, Esq., W. Mammal, Dr. W. Michell, It hem Mitligen, Esq , Ar- titian of America had increased tenfold since her decima tion of independence, and, as it was the ecuntry from that Mills, Esq., C. A. Moody, Ete., J. P. Humus'', which they obtained much of the raw produce of their ma- E-q., Right Ilea. Joseph Napier, H. Oliveira, Esq., inti bertßo- Pelmet, Esq., Francis Pigott, Ede., James Pilkington, nufacturete they were connected with it by the most mAte relations. Biq a Melviiie Portal, Esq., Themes tertian, Nicholas Mr. CECIL latwanse, M.P., said the question was one Power, Esse, J. Lewis Ricardo, Lag., Osman Iticerdo, which woe anxiously looked to by the people of Ireland. Esq ,11Arou Lionel de lienleschild, Caption Scobell,Williem tie would impress ueon the noble lord that the amount of Scholetield, Esq., it. Kcr efeyther, Esq., Sir George Steel- intercourse between that country and the colonies was very laud, Alexander timellett, Esq., T. 11. S. &theme, Esq., Charles Turner, Evq., M.P., Right lion. Henry Tufiael, great, as there were very few emgrants who had not left some friends behind them with whom they were anxious to John Vanes,_ Esq., U. H. %remodel:at, El., 11. W. communicate. Eat. Wickh.ua, EA. (M.P. for Bradfurei), W. A. Wilkinson, Mr. el. Giesom, M.P., wished toes,' one word with regard ?dr. T. Has KEY, late Govern.r of the Bank of England, to those whose interests, both commercially anal socially, he had the honour to represent. Perhaps he ought to explain said he had been requested to introduce to hie lordship the Met there were two societies formed upon the subject—the object which the deputatiou had in waiting tiro& him. Ile Foreign and Colonial Postage Society, and the society which begged leave, however, heat to mention twit he held in his in the first instance proposed the penny postage for the bison au apology which had just beim received from the Lord tranfolic-ion of let:ers to the colonies. That tr.. the Meyer, expressing his extreme regiet that public bueinces de- Lined him in the City, and prevented nun from forming i.ucumtierige largest view entertained ; another view was that, without what should he the internal rate in the eldferent pert art a deputation waken object he had warmly at heart. colonies, or interfering with the internist rates of postage its had now to " cal t° his lordshi p 's recoil' ctiuu that 4 few of foreign countries, that country should do what was ob weeks since a very numerous deputation waited upon the yieusly m its power, namely, to establah a simple ocean Puetimater-lieutral tor the purpose of expressing tee deep Interest belt by the community gruerelly, and by the flier- • penny rater for the transit of the letters across the sea. that would ba the view taken by Mr. Ilenkey and the cantile interest especially, iii the esteblishment id a unifurin cheap rate of postage to and from the culouies. They en- pre sera deputation, which would make the postage 3d. So the the two societies had, as it were, merged into a dewed Weil int° the subject very fully, Ntititv, from their own between the penny proposed by out and the 61. proposed knowledge, how anxious, nut vely the inereentile interest, by Lord Canning, and had asked that ti rate of 3d. be im bed uumueni art persona belnoging to almo s t every class 01 posed. Rethought it was most important, not only with re society, were to obtain what %mild Moiety point el view lie an ILIIMeIIiE boon; and remarking that, while they were rerence to the cohenies,but to foreign countriesahatthisehould he adopted, and Ito would more particularly instance the ' euzitme tar cheap postal communication with every part tot this world, they might be exposed to taunt and reproach fur United States, with which he thought they might at once make arrangements for a uniform ocean postege. A$ re tort hums carried out their own principles, if they did not eseeciaily urge the cave of a large ekes of their feoluw-sub• gamed the question of revenue he did not offer any opinion —it was very probable that a large portion of the revenue jests, who were at present iu the emu; position in relation to postage, as they were Mere the iwatul alteratiuna which would he replaced, and it was at least certain that the a fleet of the present rate of postcgc was not to give a correspond we re made lu tine country • tow years ago. The depute- Due believed that the same primipies which induced parka-ing increase to the revenue. The probability on the con trary was that it sent a great deal of the correspondence went airlthe g , vcriseueut L.l adopt a penny rate of postage ter the Britten islanda would induce them to extend the same through other channel.. (Hear.) It appeared to him that the giving iecreased facilities to corremondence and corn. advantage to the celouies, and every part of the British empire. They believed that the same reasons which were muniewions was one of tht se services which were indirectly beneficial to the nation, and ought not to be considered considered sound at the period us this change were equally solely as a matter of revenue. sound now, and that the objections to W. , 41. they proposed M r . Helmut), M.P. for Sheffield, observed that the were mot welefouuded ; and therefuru it was t h at whole of his constituency were strongly in favour of a great they were anxious to impress on the Pee"— - 'tented reduction. • mercientile e COLONIAL POSTAGE. the . views of the s community hi reference to the whole subject. It was matter of deep regret to the depu tation that Lord Ccuniog end not take precisely the same view of the subject as thems.lves ; for although the boon which was offered or suggested to them would certainly be, as they thankfully acknowledged, every great stekstili they did nut consider at a step which would ensure the satistac tory werkiug of this system without which the whole change might rather t rove a failure than a benefit. It was ou this account, and letting how important it was that if ray step were take°, the whole matter should be placed on satisfactory footing, that this eiceutation had wasted upon his lordship, desiring to express their strong feeling that, unless postage thruugheut the British empire were placed at the minimum rate, the alteration would not effect this object which every well-wisher of the colonic. had in view. The rate proposed by Lord (;awning—namely, an uniform rate of sixeence—would nut, iu their opinion, secure that object. lie bad nut the honour of forming part of tho deputation which waited upon Lord Cahnin a . From what he had read, however, it appeared that two of the points stated by his lordship were perftetly satisfactory to the deputation, one being that he would be contented with a penny rate for the receipt and arrangement of letters here, and the other that the same amount would, he thought, be sufficient for delivery in the colouies. But he also took an intermediate rate of fourpeuce, which was at the rate of 1,0001. per ton, for carrying out letters, which merely as packages and parcels might be conveyed with nu greater risk or trouble, and at no greater eapenee, then would be incurred in carrying out a ton of goods of soy other kind, the charge of conveying which t.) any part of the world would not exceed five or six pounds. lie (Mr. Mackey) also wished to call his lordship's attention to this vary striking feature in the postal statistic of the colonies and the mother country—that at the present moment the whole of the letters soot from England to the colonies did not amount to above 1 per cent. of the entire number which passed through the rust-office. It' he were correctly infartnel, the total number of letters in the year was estimated at about four hundred millions ; and of this'aumber, only about four minium were during the past year sent to the colonies. When his lord. ship recollected the immense extent of the coloaial empire of this country, the great development of commercial inter course which had recently been witnessed, and the fact that there was scarcely a parish in the United Kingdom some of whose inhabitants had not relatives cr irked' in one of the colonies—a hen his lordship recollected all this , and con nected with it the fact which he had just men tioned, he could hardly fail to be convinced that there must be some radical defect in the colonial postage system. The deputation were anxious to suggest to his lordship, that as one penny was put down for the receipt and arrangement of letters here, and another penny for de livery in the co:ony—to both of which he believed Lord Canning had assented—so another penny would give 300 t. per ton fur carrying letters to any part of the world. This was so large a payment to the government fur undertaking what was indeed of the utmost importance, that he hoped the boon would at once be conceded. lie believed that if it were granted it would lead to an immense in crease of colonial postal communication; he even thought it probable that the increase would be far larger in proportion than that which had taken place in this country. Cunsi deriug the extension of emigration, and of our commercial relations with every part of the world; considering that the principles of free trade could cot be fully carried out unless the utmost power was given of communicating knowledge, of sending samples, books, information of every kind, and on every subject, from one part of the British empire to another ; the deputation felt that this was a seri ous matter for the deliberation of the government, and they hoped that this view would be concurred in by his lordship. lie concluded by expressing a hope that if he were consi dered by the deputation to have omitted anything of im poitance, his lordship would allow ether gentlemen to supply the deficiency. Mr. Heim M.l'., thought it was of importance to renal to his lordship's recollection what took place when the cheap rate of postage was first proposed. His lordship might recollect that it was at first predicted that it would ho a sacrifice of revenue without any benefit to the comma nity. They had now, however, the result before them, sad they could say that their efforts had been truly successful. The revenue, under great disadvantages, hail been five-fold, and had exceeded the calculations of the must sanguine of its advocates, and they hod this in addition, that other countries were following their example, although it was said that they would stead alone, and that ether countries would take advantage of it without any reciprocation. Ile had iu his possession, but unfortunately had mis laid it, a document showing the important results that hod taken place in the United States on this question. They had not only followed England, but had gone beyond what she had done, and it was because they had succeeded that ether parts of the continent were beginning to adopt or were carrying out the some system. He fur one wished to see England take the lead in this matter, because he was Mr. Ross, of Manchester, said the success of the experi ment with the penny postage at home should induce the government to accede to the present demand without any hesitation. They might rest assured that the agitation would not cease until the boon had been fully conceded. Colonel SYKES had been asked to say a word in favour of India. lie did not look at the question as one of revenue, but considered postal communication as one of the great bonds and links of affection between the remount colonies and dependencies of the empire and the heart of the coun try at home. The natural feelings, the kindly symaathies, ail de'crioratcd and diminished when the means of cvmmu nieation were broken off, and therefore he looked upon it simply as a question of social policy which involved the substitution of a great good for an evil. By cutting off the colonists from their connexions at home they were cutting off their own strength and diminishing the chance of retaining their sympathies. So far as India was concerned it had been found that as the postage was diminished the correspondence had largely increased—in that country there were great difficulties in the way of conveying letters to the remote provinces, but as the roads and other means of communication gradually improved, at last such a state of things had been brought about that it was hoped they would be able to create a large increase in the correspondence by still further dimi nishing the postage. Within the last three or four months, orders had been sent out to India to reduce the postage in the interior to a uniform rate of lid: from one extremity of the empire to the other. (Rear. hear.) That was some. thing much more formidable than was proposed and car vied out in England. It was a great boon to those who were expatriated, and a man going to India was almost expatriating himself, as he must remtin there for the greater part of his life, frequently cut off from his family and friends, and, by the present system even epistolary intercourse was almost interdicted. The result ,was that persons in India were obliged to have recourse to evasion in every pos sible way, in order to communicate with the various links of their families. There were in India five thousand officers, and at least forty thousand European troops, to say nothing of the large commercial community established there. To give a personal instance of the incon venience of the present system, he had had forwarded to him by the last mail to Southampton an official book, the postage upon which was no less than 91. 14s. (A laugh.) Of course ho did not take it; he could not afford to release it. It was not rarely that books and other matters were sent to hint by the mails which he was compelled to refuse. Then, with regard to books and papers, there was almost an interdict upon anything published in the English lan guage. There were various important works of scientific associations, such as the Asiatic Society, which were printed there in English, but they could not be sent in consequence of the heavy tax with which they were bur dened, independently of the postage. It was only by the kindness of friends that they were able to receive these works, which would otherwise come through the medium of the post. Another gentleman was about to rise, but The Earl of Astswantr rose at the same time and said— I am much obliged to the gentlemen present for their ex planation of the reasons that have brought them to the con clusion at which they have arrived upon this subject. In many of these—indeed, in a great proportion of the reasons you have urged—l entirely agree. I admit all the import ance which belongs to this question, as connected with the social advancement of the condition of the country; and I think you must admit that the importance of the question has been felt by the government, when the proposal which has been made to you by the Postmaster. General is consi dered. Ido not feel that lamin a condition to reverse the decision which the Postmaster-General has arrived at. I do not think that I should be acting consistently with my duty if I did so. It is not from any want of respect, Imu sure, for the opinions urged by the various gentlemen who have addressed me to-day—far from it. I entertain the highest inject for the opinions they have expressed, but I do not feel that I could consistently with my d u ty reverse that proposal which has been made to you upon the subject. Gentlemen have said that they are rc:.dy to admit that a penny should be required for the domestic part, a I penny for the colonial part of the expense, and complain of , Ithe enormous amount of the ocean part of the postage. Now, I am assured—and I dare say there are many gentle , men present connected with the shipping interest—l am mound that, if any one of them is disposed to undertake the charge of conveying letters, under the usual conditions, I as that which they call an enormous amount, the Post , office will be very glad to accept his offer. Ido not wish— of a question to which 1 have not devoted any minute ;Men s e s o n f t a e d r a t to In i can b y u ;le rt . fa t a c n e d o t t h e t li question o a fs which t h h io a h s I soil, indeed, I am not competent—to enter into the details t bo iTa o ; ro b p u ro t, I Lord Canning is pLeed, I cannot say that I am prepared I to reverie the opinion he has Expressed on this subject. IThe deputation then withdrew. SDTPWRECI:ED FISHERMEN AND MARIN: perfectly co' 'Adult that, when a uniform rate of postage ROYAL BENF.VOLE NT SOCIETY.—At the weekly meeting was established between the mother country and the cote- !of the committee, the society's gold medal and a gratuity of nine, other nations would adopt it, and, at present, when 16t. was voted to Duncan Christie, steward of the Duke of any demand was made fur a reciprocity of cheap postage, i Sutherland steamer, wrecked off Aberdeen on the Ist inst. the answer was, Let England set the t sample with her It was reported by eye-witnesses of his noble exertions and own cuh.t,t B." Thu country a ::reat trot ktoda in th.• eyd and L ou: 14co l o conduct upon el.. czert‘i . .n that this diffusion of et vdisttion sod commerce. l e w/slied to bee man, with almoit certain death t taring him in the Ince, re- Ow colonies placed on the same footing us the Channel mained like a martyr by the vessel until every one of the Islands, an/ the sea postage of a penny, if adopted, would last lot had been safely sent ashore, assisting us saving 19 of carry out rue principle pf a penny postage to their reanotrat the crew and pawners. THE REPRESENTATION OF TYNEMOUTH. TYNZNIOUTII, SATVILDAT NIGHT. Along with the telegraphic message, &lye our cor respondent, that conveyed the announcement to the liberal committee re, yesterday, that Mr. Hugh Taylor, the Derbyite re;.reiountative tortilla barough,s as unscated by the parliamouary committee for br'bery and treating, was the announcement that Mr. Ralph William Grey, the lib ral candidate at the last election, would not stand again ; but that Mr. Mormon, the late liberal member fur Cocker mouth would come turward and contest the seat on the liberal interest. Placards were inomedi- Maly issued announcing the circumstances ; and this furs noon a deputation wen despatched to Landon to bring Mr. 'locoman down to the borough. This earn ing, however, another telegraphic message reached Tynt mouth, stating that Mr. Ilarstuan would not stand, but that Mr. W. S. Lindsay, the London shipowner, and tae unsuc cessful candidate at the late Dartmouth election, would start in the liberal interest. This announcement has created the greatest disappointment in the borough, ter it was expected that oy returning a gen tleman such as Mr.Horsaian, the borough would do something to redeem its character. Another t,ing, it is considered quite a mistake in witted , aw ing Mr. liorarnan, for that gentleman would have bad au equal, if not a better cli ante than Mr. Lindsay, in be :ii,! returned, inasmuch as Mr. II °cumin would have hail united support of the lione.d. liberals, whit the shipowners look upon Mr. Lindsay with con,i ler:able jealousy, us one of those persons that hare " hexed the compass" ass political opini m, and deserted them and prat.:ctian iu t`ao hour of trouble. The discomfited tory party reached home to-day, bearing with them an address from Mr. Peter Dickenson, a friend of Mr. Taylor, and a Lustlen timber mu-chant. Mr. Dickenson comes out for local improvements, and promises the electors ' if they return him, he will assist them to build a dock, and rrocure fur them additional custontitousc facilities. Ilia political creed is very obscure. lle says " As I purp>se at once to make a personal canvass of the electors,' will not at this moment enter into any &tail of my political opinions, further than by stating, that while opposed to all sudden and organic changes, I am an advo cate of freedom and pr,gress, and that I come before you perfectly unfettered and unconnected with party: and as one whose circumstances and position permit him to give the most indopendent consideration to all questions of local and general interest, and to devote his time and attention exclusively to them." There has been some talk this evening that Mr. Charles Otter, of the Northern Circuit. aad lately appointed an ex aminer iu Chancery, would come forward in the liberal interest, Other 111121C4 have been mentioned. Mr. Taylor, in his evidence yesterday denied that the Duke of Northumberland cxercieed any influence in his favour at the late election. tiny be so, bat the gentle man who cuts such a conspicuouu figure before the cona mitce as Mr. Taylor's political egcnt, and as paymaster of 113 publicans, Mr. C. N. Laws, Is the Duke of N,rthum berland's bailiff, and agent in North Shields. ANTI-MAT-TAX AGITATION. On Saturday last a meeting was held at the Red Lion !lota, Catubri , l?.e, to coasit.er the expediency of pe titioning parliament for a total r:peal of the malt and hop duties. The E trl of Ilardwirke, Lord-Lieutenant of the County, presided, and took the chair shout half-past 1 o'clock. _ _ The Earl of lin la/WIC/LE having addressed the meeting at great length on the subject of agricultural taxation, Mr. iIICKB (Wilbraham Temple), denounced the malt taxes part of a bad system of excise, which was injurious to every class, and concluded by moving, " That the House of Commons having decided that unrestricted co:npeti:ion is to be the future policy of this country, this meeting, without assenting to the wisdom or justice of such de is of opinion that such policy, it persisted in, should be fully carried out." Mr. JONA,; (leis:oton), in seconding the resolution, ar gued in favour of the levy of duties upon the importation of foreign produce, but failing is the obtainment of these, he maintained that the agriculturists should endeavour to obtain justice by a reduction of texition. Mr. BENNETT (Trumpingtou, late of Lewsey), advocated the repeal of the tux as a measure of justice to the farmer and labourer, and a boon to the community at large, and proposed That this meeting is therefore of opinion that it is unjust and oppressive longer to levy from our native produce one-fourth of the general reve:.ue of the country; and, regarding the malt tux as injudiciously interfering with the profitable cultivation of the laud, and alike inju. riot's to the comforts and the wants of the working classes, pledges itself to use every means to obtain a total repeal of the malt and hop duties.' Mr. Cuoehge (New Barns, Ely) seconded the resolution. Mr. OtILAU (Whittlesforil) moved, and Mr. WELLS (Waterbeach) seconded, the third resolution :—" That peti tions for a total repeal of the malt and hop dutiA be pre sented to the House of Lards by tho lord lieutenant of the county, and to the House of Commons by the county members." The res,,lutions were all carried unanimously. A vote of thaoks wu then passed to the chairman, nod the meeting separated. ARTISTS' GENERAL BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. The thirty-eighth anniversary festival of this in stitution was held on Saturday at the Freemasons' Tavern. Earl GRANVILLZ was in the chair, and was supported by a very numerous company, among whom were .Sir Charles Eastlake, P.R.A., Sir W. MO!, ILA., Mr. D. Roberts, R.A., Mr. Cockerill, ft A., Mr. Uwins, It.A , Mr. Cook, A.R.A., Mr. Mosby Wyatt, Mr. Mason, &c. &c. The Artists' General Benevolent Institution was founded in 1811, and its object is to " extend relief to distressed me ritorious artists, whether subscribers to its fund+ or not, whose works have been generally known and esteemed by the public, as well as to their widows and orphans ; merit and distress constituting the claims to its benevolence." From the establishment of the society to December, 1852, 1,340 donations have been granted in sums amounting in the aggregate to 15,2031., and in the past year no less than fifty-six persons have b. en assisted with sums ranging from 501. to 51. . . The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the usual loyal toasts, stated that Prince Albert had sent him a letter enclosing a donation of Mi., and expressing Ha great sympathy in the success of the society. The NOBLE Loam, in proposing the" Army and Navy," amidst much merriment, rolled on Mr. Mason, formerly of the City Volunteers, and Mr. Phillips, formerly of the City Light Horse, to respond for the army; and on Mr. Cook, A.R.A, on account of his acquaintance with marine subjects ; and Mr. Roberts, R.A., who must have some knowlede of the Venetian navy, to acknowledge the com pliment paid to the navy. His LORDOHIP, in proposing prosperity to the Artists' General Benevolent Institution, said that he did not think it necessary to overlay a subject which spoke to much for itself, by any long speech of his. It would be presumptu ous in him to deal in commonplaces with regard to the value and progress of art in this country, and the estimation in which its professors ought to be held. As regardeth this particular institution Le thought that it would be more effectual than anything he could himself say, if he referred to an opinion eat nailed by that eminent statesman and patron of art, the late Sir Robert Peel, when presiding over its anniversary festival. That right hon. gentleman then showed that he had made himself master of the operations and character of the society ; its mode of ad ministering relief and the manner in wich its accounts were kept, and he stated that it was a model for institutions of the kind, and he eulogised the principle on which it was founded. in admitting tho double claims of merit and dis tress. (Hear, hear.) In looking over the accounts, he (Lord Granville) was glad to find that there had been an in crease in the receipts of 2001., and that the number of artists relieved had been reduced &cm 24 to 11, and the assistance rendered had been principally confined to widows and daughters of professional men. The diminution in the number of artists requiring relief was gratifying, as it showed the increasing prosperity of the professors of art in this country. The noble lord, in noticing that the first person on the list of those receiving relief was the widow of an eminent landscape painter, strongly urged the claims of those who might be left in distressed circumstances by artists, who, probably from no fault of their own, but from an inaptitude to the management of the common affairs of life, arising from the nature of their pursuit, requiring as it did a delicate organisation and a powerful imacination, were often unable to provide as they wished for their families. Several other toasts were proposed, including that of the chairman, who in responding to it took occasion to allude to a recent article in a morning journal condemnatory of the practice of public dinners in relation to:charitable institu tions, and expressed an opinion that though open to tome im provement 'hey were peculiarly adapted to the habits of Englishmen, and, on:the whole, he believed contributed largely to the funds of such institutions. The noble lord gave very amusing description of two public dinners he had attended abroad, one at Pesth, in Hungary, on the cc casioa of the opening of a railway, and the other, the dinner given in Paris to the commissioners of the Great Exhibi tion, at which a very stuaßquantity of time was consumed; and he suggested a plan which was there adopted of shorten ing the proceedings at public dinners by having the music by which they were now enlivened, performed after they were over. The toast of the Royal Academy was acknowledged by Sir Charles Eastlake, who stated that a euggestion which had been made by the late Sir Robert Peel for the admission of engravers to all the honours of the Royal Academy had been adopted, and they would for the future be admitted to the hi heat honours of that body. (Cheers.) The toasts of the " British Institution, and all societies established for the promotion of the fine arts;" "The artists annuity and benevolent funds" (a kindred institu tion) ; " The officers of this society,",&c.—folli.twi d and the company separated after a most successful celsbration of the anniversary. A sum of nearly GOOl. was collected. TUE RETARDED ArSTRALIAN MAIL.—The mail for Australia, returned to this country from the ship Orestes at Lisbon in the Peninsular mail packet on Friday fast, was forwarded t) Southar3 atun frAn the ( -4 ,neral Post olfi, on Satyr :ay, to ba pat en talr 1 ;IgtArra limn ship Wi"i2ol2 Stewart. The mail con,istcd catirdy of newspapers. There wort Wracks of them, and the number of newspapers they contained was nearly 15,001. The whole of them were for Adelaide. ELECTION EXPOSURES. ItYE. This committee met on Saturday at 11 o'clock, aad rt bunted the eCiall.lati4lll Mr. Jeremiah Smith, which hotel denim! the entire sit ting The greater portion of Mr. Smith's ~deneir pos sessed little public Limns!, A. it WAS directed to the expla nation of a number of pecuniary transactions with voters of the borough of Rye. l'pon these he was int. rengated by cottesel, as they were eat. red iu his books, U., object u.ing to show that, by an agonised evident. of Lams to in edy electors, Mr. Smith had eurrupte . d the conic, itueney. That loans were made by him to voters iu a great 'awl CARS was clearly established, but tho motives and circumstances which ieduced him to do so were not always so clearly brought out, and the witness suczeeded in c notecting same with ereliaary business transarions, which d.. 1 rued them of much value tor the purposes of the inquiry. Ti.e .liewing arc among the more suspicious cases prat I'. Clark, a printer and elector, owed him 2331.5., and [or ten years they hod had no settlement of accounts, though Clark in tho interval had supplied him with goods, the last entry in the books of wanes. was in ide in pencil, in 1551, and was for t. n years rent, there having been no entry daring the whole of that interval. Clark voted for Mackinnon. Witness would nut swear that a tenant of Isis, named Croskie, and a voter, LA paid him any rent for seven or eight years. Mr. }lsar Clink, a ini.ler and elect,r, appeared in the books with en entry, in pencil, of 5161., dited Feoruary 23, WI, Nolan him, and no snail. Some of the items in this account con sisted of condiersblc accumuhtions of interest. Tho advances, witness straw, had been made fur building houses, he supplying bricks, of which he was a manufac turer. T. Edward., a baba. and elector, app. areal in the books as owing witness 71. &1., without security. Joseph Hannah, a voter, had been hut in May, 1811, 31'., and ne interest had ever been charged tluseon the ground of the loan belay that Le was in • knives. Witness had weer canvassed him, but had pressed him t 3 pay by letter several times. Anthony Gentler, a tailor, appeared to th e books, 6/ a recent settlement, rts indebted t. witness a balance of 8,1. Jenner supplied him with clothes, but for eight y e a hi had never tent n his bill. Sir J. Pakington sharply interrogated the 111:11C AI on this ease, setting him whet his motive con!d be ter allowing accounts to rim so king •.s t:nce 1846 ? Witness aa:d that he had prettied for the accrue!, but that it Lad ei.ly been delivered within the la.t. week or two, when Jenner bad sent lum eight year.' bil:s and a 101. cheque. He then was examined as to the case of Gearee Jarrett, a baker, and, lila , all the rest, an elector, web owl d him 331. 10-. 44., uncovered by any security, aed with w"mm he had no other dealings ; the money, he said, hal been ad vanced because the man was in difficulties and wanted to repair his oven. The name of Thomas Clarke opening on the books as having made one advance of 21. to Jarrett, the witness was closely questioned as to who this 1 home Clarke was. He stated that Clarke was now dead, that he had tot employed him regularly, but from time to time, paying him for what he did. His business was to keep ac counts and call en people, to act, in short, Hs election agent, and he commenced doing' so in 1832, and witness charged what he paid him to the Curteis' family. Sir J. Pakington, who reprimanded the witness several times for the manner in whi,de he gave his evidence, here took up the examination, antl elicited that Clarke had been in his employ from 12 to 15 yearn. Witness denied that Clarke was employed with reference to the advances made to voters. Sir J. rakingtou—What were his duties? Witness—lie moved about from post to pillar to see what was doing. I can't specify what work he performed ; but I should thiak he canvassed voters. Whatever money he wanted he came to me tor it, and he generally received Lis orders Item me. Sir J. Pakington—What did he do besides canvassing ? Witness-1 can't tell you, but he was on the move some where. I dare say he attended the public.hou'es. I have paid several bills at public-houses incurred by him. George Thomas was employed in the mune capacity. The Lord Advoesiti.—llid he tell you that any party was in want of money? Witness—lf he did, my books would show it. It it: pos sible he might, but he did not do so irsquently. 1 cm pleyid him to bring me itin.rmation mato tht voters. The Lord-Advocate—DM you not make application to Major Curteis for the paymcut of loans made by you to voters Witness—Yes. When the Curteis' family first wished me to take port in the borough elections in 1832, I strongly objected, but was pressed so much that at last I consented to do so. They tried to canvass, but were not able to do so ; and Mej st Curteis came to me and said : " I must win," and asked rue how voters were to be obtained. I told hint that there was but one way, and he gi.ve me posi tive orders to advance loans, which were to :ie kept ditto et, however, from his father's accounts, and to he settled alter his dealt. Too or three of the names with reference to which I have been exawined had loans made to th.m in this menus e. In answer to question . ; pot by counsel, 'dint after some fencing, admitted tee preparation of two zahs,:ar statements, setting forth the moneys advanced by him to voters in the borough. One list comprised advance, t t the amount of 1,8811., and the other to the anio.int of 6,0004. Witness assured the committee that he had never been by Major Curteis a chilling for the advance,' of 1,b311. Re had made further advances between 1832 and 1834, to the amount of about 6,0001., but, when ho prcssed fur a settle ment, Moja. Curteis repudiated, and the cyst, -m was dis continued. 11c had recovered a large portion of the loans from the parties themst byes ; but nut a shilling from the Curteis' family. He thought none of the ailvatie,.s of 1832 were outstandmg in 1862, and he had made no political leans since Major Curteis repudiated. Sir John Pskingtun—How do yon reconcile with that statement the advances of 8,00.01. WitnesF—That is part of the system carried on previ..us to 1537, but, of count', five ur six years elapsed Leta!, I could get my money in. The extract of S. Inte's Inter to Major Curteis, proposing a compromise of 1,0tt?., w.ts hero read to the witness, who . . admitted that he had authori,ed it. Sir John Pakington—How do you account for tit, loans which it is proved ycu have made to voters in 1311 without any security ? Witness—l made these loans without any reference to political considerations, and I have a vast number of names similarly appearing in my books that were not voters at all. Sir J. Pakington—You say that you made loans to the amount of 1,931/. at the election of 1832, mud to the amount of 5,000/. from that period, until Major Curteis repudiated. Can you give the committee any approximation to the list of pergolas to whom you lent this 611111 in round numbers of 7,000/.? Witness—No ; I cannot. The examination was auspended at this point by the ad journment of the committee. MAYO. The inquiry before this committee proceeds on the petition of Sir Robert Lynch Blase, of Alhavallee, Mayo, and of W. Kearney, of Butenville, and other ele eters, al leging that the return of Mr. Ouseley Higgins and of Mr. Moore, the sitting members, was obtained by intimidation, violence, and outrage, exercised towards electors in the interest of Colonel M'Alpine, the unsuccessful candidate, who, with his agents and friends, was by large bodies of persons, riotously assembled, and ingited by Mes s rs. Hig gins and Moore, forcibly detained in Asir hotel at C..stlebar on the nomination day, and prevented from attending the nomination until the 'trivet there of a Moo of cavalry and the police, under whose escort they had to be conducted to the Court-house. It is also charged that for several days before the election riotous and tumultuous assemblages took place, and that the supporters of Colonel Al'Atpue were assailed, beaten, and ii.jured. The petitioners were represented by Mr. O'Malley, Q.C., and Mr. Bova Counsel for Mr. Higgins were Mr. Elwin James, Q.C., Mr. Meagher, Mr. W. P. Hale, and Mr. James C. 0. Dowd. Mr. Moore had retained on his behalf Mr. Serjeant Kinglike, Q.C., and Mr. Wells. The comitittee roum was crowded during the day, and amonget those present was a sprinkling of Homan e dhoti° priests, who are alleged to have taken a conspicuous part in promoting the return of the sitting members. The allegation of want of sufficient qualification against Mr. Moore is abandoned. Mr. O'Malley opened the case for the petitioners at consi derable length. After a discussion as to the admissibility of the poll books, on the ground of their not having been dndered for seal and signature to Mr. Higgins, which the com mittee overruled, Captain Archdall was sworn and examined—He deposed that he was a captain in the 52nd Regiment, at Seinford, one of the polling place., during the interval from the lUtla to 28th July. On the 23rd there was a great mob oud disturbance, and the vi Aeolic of the mob u as so di rected against the voters of Col. M'Alpine that he bad to escort them from a house where they were shut up. Wu of opinion that it was out safe for these voters to gi to the place of polling without a military escort The met, disre garded the bayonets, which knocked off their hats and passed across their faces before they made way through the mass. Was engneed in escorting the voters the whole of the first day. The voters were threatemed with sticks and stones. 11: Anus ordered his men to load, and the Riot Act was read three times. The house in question was shut up, with police inside atAi out, and the windows; were shut up. Iu the night witness seas awoke by a noise, sod saw a man from the window with a gun, and the mob attacking him. Several young poplars were cut down and thrown up into barricades with stones en the Cutlebar road. Thu military cleand these barricades. Cross examined by Mr. James—Was an Irishman of the county of Mallow. (Laughter.) Had lot been at many elections. The proceedings of elections at Mayo were generally rather lively. The escort he took on tie 2.3.1 con sisted of airty soldiers and three voters. (Laughter.) Did not know that when he took them to the pull nearly the whole of the constituency had been polled out ; but he believed it was so. Witness was not frightened. (Laugh ter.) Was ns t aware that there was a little pelting on both sides. Witness remained in the neighbourhood of the court house, and remained there to escort voters. Did not know that the esters were Roman catholic voters retained by Mr. Jacks ‘n, who was a protestant, in Isis house, thereby raising a faror. Was not rufliciently versed in election tactics to know what the cooping" of voters meant. Wits mess escorted on the 24th about fourteen or iiitObn votetif 0 a1 .1 t0g .1 . - „ to 2 er l . l, y l ,t o l f . i!t t let n l l.3 ro n if . ..b o l f y i t e7e.;, l ,7 l t . e : ;fee l" . They couli not have bean muchdfrightenerl on the 23 , 1 if they went agmi u on tlie - 2eth. This barri cade. were about ties height of Hie commi: tee Wale —(lauglater)—iisid his mem cicatcii Owe ate; i 9 &IAA We