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Cite e3.preoo. TO 4701tItY.SPONHENTS, a 4.e Awl To.ltfon The Motor," mania*, 'h Iwo mature I. pubit.hed e7er7 Taeattey aoi Ir.day eight, to time to onet• s:•..iseat•tsnnded for "71e ItsAve,^Loo . la T.c.alog powe►, tr,.•• he at tLe Oak*, 10, Bourrorioeutot, by Two °Wools ow the 44 of Fablieogua. PLIGII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. ran I:o4l—)lnrrusl. 31. 44*..........A.terraua. 43. :au T.-setwa—Agentat, 43. Ika....„....itioraaaa. 44.32 a. LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 11. WI. are enabled to publish today, in t xecnso, the new Education Bill of the Government. " I cannot understand," said Lord J. RNseLL, last Monday, "supposing a young man, of 17 or Is, to be committed to prisuu for mime act of theft, and be is told by the gaoler that he has offended against the !awe of the country, and he is told by the chap lain that he has offended against the laws of Goo ; and if he should ask why he was not instructed before with regard to these matters—l say, I can not understand that it should bo a sufficient answer to that young man to say, The State has power to punish ; the State when you are committed to prison, can even give you religious instruction; but there is a principle — there is a scruple—which prevents the State at any previous period giving you the means, by education and morality, of avoiding the crimes for which you now suffer." Thus spoke the proposer of the new Government measure of Education ; and as be spoke, be was cheered. Yet, it seems not to have occurred either to him or to those who cheered him that there are several thousands of such youths every year imprisoned for such crime,—not on account of any disagreements of ours about their theological training, but because we make no sort of provision at all for their rescue from utter bar barism. For such we have neither school-rooms, nor funds, nor—as far as the State is concerned—the least thought or care ; and it is truly astonishing that Lord J. Itesseet could cite such a case, amidst the cheers of the House, and in the very a't of pro posing au educational extension, without the re motest hint about including within his scheme the class most helpless in itself, and most imperatively needing instant rescue. Amidst his long array of figures—hie very interesting account of the numbers of teachers and of pupils—of the amounts of money paid for schooling by parents, friends and neigh bour,, and the State, he made no mention of the orphaned, or worse than orphentd, the friendless and the outcasts,to whom,on every consideration whatever, the first cares of the State are due. This omission must be supplied. Cause must be shown, imme diately and perseveringly, why the measure should be exteuded in committee, so as to include a provi sion for the education of the very large class that does not know what to desire and demand for itself. It is not only the class of juvenile delinquents that we have in view. That case is important enough. But, if all the reformatory ideas were dis carded for the present—if all the thousands of young thieves in the country were supposed lodged in gaol, to be addressed by the gaoler, as Lord J. RUSSELL represents, there re mains a much larger class still on whose behalf good men must agitate till their safety is cared for. The first of the three classes of children whose case was contemplated by the Birmingham Conference last winter was "Those who have not yet subjected themselves to the grasp of the law, but who, by reason of the vice, neglect, or extreme poverty of their parents, are inadmissible to the existing school establishments, and consequently must grow up scith out any education, almost inevitably forming part of the ' perishing and dangerous classes,' and ultimately becoming criminaL" And the provision recommended for this class by the Conference is Free Day Schools. For the second, "Those who are already subjecting themselves to police interference by vagrancy, mencli- 1 caney, or petty . infringements of the law," the proposed provision is Industrial Feeding Schools, with comfulsory attendance. If we had the first provision, abundant and well managed, we should have little need of the second ; and if we had both there would be little need of the third proposal— Penal Reformatory Schools for our young delin vents. But we have none of these in any propor tion to our need ; and Government ignores them all while complacently spreading out its offered system — which is n o sy stem—before Parliament and the country. If it had been a system we should have called upon the nation to fill up the void left in it. As it is a mere extension, we call upon the nation and their Parliament to lend a hand to stretch it till it covers the very outskirts of society. The Birmingham Conference went on from telling what is wanted to showing how it should be got—viz., " for the Free day Schools such extension of the present Government grants from the Commit tee of Privy Council on Education as may secure their maintenance in an effective condition, they being by their nature at present excluded from aid, yet reeuirsny it in a far higher degree than those on whom it is conferred." For the Industrial Feeding Schools it is peel:owed by the Conference that the magistrates shall have authority to enforce attendance, and to make the parish pay the schooling, recovering the amount, where possible, from the parents. It is not for want of admonition and suggestion that Government has failed in the largest halt of this present duty. More than five years ago, thirty three judges gave, on requisition, their opinion as to what should be done for the rescue of society from the perils of juvenile delinquency. Chief Baron PICOT recommended the early training of unfriended children, adding, " Any system of education designed to produce a considerable effect on the amount of crime must be so applied as to embrace the whole population, including, as the class to which, in this view, it is most important to extend the boon of knowledge, the very lowest and most destitute of our people." Lord DENY 01 expressed his" sanguine hope that moral training, followed by the means of obtaining a decent livelihood, will so diminish the amount of crime as to make it a rare exception, even among the lowest classes, instead of threatening, as it now does, to become the rule." Mr. Justice COLERIDGE agreed with the other judges as to the necessity of including all, and beginning early, and added, emphatically, that "education, to produce such effects, must be really good ; something very supe rior to that gene rally given." These were the opinions asked for and given in 1847: and now, all these years after, when, in the language of an experienced thief of eight-and twenty, "there are at this time at least ten times as many boys wiring (picking pockets) as when I was young," Government offers us a grand scheme of education which bears no relation whatever to the perpetually growing class which most needs it. For conscience -sake let us have no complacency, and no flattery of Government, and no mutual congratu lation till we have remedied this. Let us get the measure expanded in committee before anybody praises anybody else about national education, or public education in England. A case has recently occurred which should silence our vain glory till we have done something to prevent a recurrence of such shames. Thirteen months ago there was a case of child murder in a southern county. The chief witnessing a child of six years old. She was found so totally ignorant as not to be capable of answering qaeutions intelligently; and, a year ego, she was taken into the Taunton Union, by order of the judge, to be instructed up to the point of qualification to bear testimony. The trial took place at the end of a year—that is, on the 2nd inst. If a child of that age had been found to have forgotten some of the circumstances, ft would bo no great wonder, dull as her faculties were before she was taken in hand to be educated; but it is not on this ground that the tria l has miscarried. :tin Justice Eau: examined this child of seven in his private room, after her year of educa tion, and found that she had been taught to say her prayers since—" last Friday," and that she thought the Sox of Goo was the Ilotv Gluier; and so forth. This is such a case as may well lead Mr. Justice CiiteutuGe to think that we want, in educa tion, " something very superior to that generally given." 'those who explore among the alleys ' of oar towns and the lanes of the country are aware that this child is no more igno raut and than a very large preportiun of those whom they meet. li there is a iliffenmee it is that she will, through life. awwiate "Tin^ her prayers" with a trial, and notice of herself, and at- THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 11, 1853. by police watching the doors. I believe the fears of the government to be wholly unfounded so far as respects the probability of any proximate out break of the republican party. • The Bourse to-day was weak for a few minutes at the opining, but soon improved rapidly. The Three per Cents., after being quoted at 79.85, closed at 80.50, the highest price of the day. This important rise was chiefly attributed to the financial news from London. A telegraphic despatch, announcing that the Chancellor of the Exchequer's scheme had been adopted, was, owing to the prevailing ignorance of English parliamentary proceedings, very commonly. understood to mean that the measure had actually passtd the House of Commons. lam assured that many purchases of Three per Cents. Renter were made in this belief. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. were much leas strong than the Three per Cents. They opened at 103.50, and closed at 103.65. Credit Mobilter shares were in extraordinary demand, and rose from 897.30 to 923. 'I he new Sardinian Railway shares were freely dealt in at 30f. prem. French railways were heavy at the opening at yes terday's prices. but they steadily improved with the Renter, and the Lyons shares entirely recovered the favour lost yesterday. GERMANY. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Aram 9. The minister has presented to the • Chamber the treaties reconstituting the Zollverein, and the bill modifying the tariff in consequence of tho treaty with Austria. The government measure has been adopted in principle. The Sccond Prussian Chamber passed, on the 6th, the last reading of the Peerage Bill. As this bill, a government measure, comes from the other house, the question of the constitution of the First Chamber is now finally resolved. The members will henceforth be all nominated by the King. The Chamber next voted, by a respectable majority, a bill for the better protection of game in the newly acquired Hohenzollern territories. The deputies from the principality ur gently opposed the bill, alleging the Injury that the poor Swabian peasants would sustain through the multiplication of wild destructive animals. The Minister of the Interior replied that the le gislation of 1818, which abolished the right to shoot lon the grounds of others, had tended to the destruc tion of game, which he said was " an element of the national prosperity." A Berlin correspondent re marks that many who voted this game-preserving law will join fervently in the debate on emigration, and wonder why industrious peasants forsake father land in numbers yearly increasing, and go to the United States of America. The Post Gazette of Frankfort reports a number of arrests made at Munich on the Bth. A crowd of young men were seized by the gendarmerie, and carried off to the bureau of police, where they were speedily set at liberty without their hats, which were of the Calabrian Agure. The watch of the city was doubled. . . The Prussian government has sent commissioners into Posen, believing that the lately discovered con spiracy has ramifications there. On the demand of Prussia, Austria has promised to remedy the grievances complained of by the mer chants on.the subject of the mode of proceedings of the Custom-house with regard to goods in transitu. strictly in accordanoo with the praotiee of the most renowned sculptors of antiquity ; but the voice of the majority of visitors to the studio appears to be favourable to the tint, as it certainly contrasts strongly with the coldness of the surrounding marbles. tentions from a lord in a great wig, while her com peers know nothing about prayers at It is a humbling and mournful consideration that , the State knows :nothing of this barbaric and suf fering multitude till the stern finger of the , law points out one, and anothc r, and another, for punish ment. Knowing, as we do, or may do, that each one is the representative of many, is it possible that we should go on waiting for the indications of the law, and sit still and dumb under them ? It is not pos sible. We must, and we shall, move on behalf of this multitude; and now precisely is our time. The educational measure is proposed. Next, it has to be discussed ; and there is an interval before it can be carried. Now, then, is the time. The nation must see that the educational provision is extended; and first, according to the advice of Chief Baron PlGOT—not ultimately, but first—" to thevery lowest and most destitute of our people." FRANCE.. PARIS, St NDAY. The Prussian Chamber has adopted the project of law establishing a progressive tax on railway re ceipts. Mustapha Pasha, adjutant to the Sultan, has ar rived at Vienna with an autograph letter addressed by his master to the Emperor of Austria. The Prime Minister of Sonia, Elias Garaszanin, has been dismissed, through the influence, it is stated, of Prince Menschikoff at Constantinople, and been replaced by the Minister of the Interior, Alexa Simicz. Letters from Constantinople down to March 25th, brought by the Tancrede, have been delivered this afternoon. Their contents so far as they have trans pired aro of a negative character. rho Unieers states to-day, I know not on what authority, that Prince Menachikoff had presented his ultimatum, but according to the letters just received, he had not, on the 25th, had any communication with the Turkish Minister far Foreign Affairs, and it was thought that he desired not to enter upon business before the ar rival of the French and English ambassadors. Lord Stratford de Itedcliffe had written to say that , he might be expected on the Ist or 2nd of April. Admiral Korniloff and General Nikapotchowaki were to embark in the next packet for Odessa, to return to their posts. One of the Sultan's wives had begn delivered of a son. According to official returns, published by order of the government, the revenue of the Ottoman empire bad increased 25 par cent. as compared with last year. The Tancrde had to contend with bad weather during the whole of her voyage. She was detained all day on the 29th ult. at Syra by a tempest. and again at Malta during the 3rd and 4th of April. On the 4th she spoke with the French fleet in the Gulf of ,Coron, according to some accounts, though others say she fell in with it on March 30th, off Cstomato. faCt of the Emperor of Austria having con , ferred the grand order of St. Leopold upon M. de Lacour, is referred to by the government journals as evidence of an especial friendly feeling towards Na poleon 111. It appears that since thp revolution of 1830 Austria has systematically abstained from giving decorations to Frenchmen, and there is no instance of any servant of Louis Philippe having received one. Letters from Vienna state that M. de Bruck, the newly appointed Austrian minister at Constantino ple, although he did leave for Trieste, as we were informed by telegraph, has not yet gone to his post. He eras to return to Vienna, about the 20th, to re ceive final instructions, and to wait for the arrival of the Turkish ambassador in Vienna. He was not ex pected to be iu Constantinople before the middle of May. From this delay it is inferred that Austria secs no urgency or extraordinary importance in the affair between Russia and the Porte. _ I am told that before decidiog whether ho could come to Paris to crown Napoleon 111. the Pope asked the advice of his faithful soldier, M. Louis Veuillot, of the Unicers. M. Veuillot answered that if he were to speak merely as a Frenchman he should any yes, because there was much reason to hope that such an act would strengthen the government and the cause of order, but giving his conscientious advice to the Holy Father, as a good catholic, he felt bound to express► his opinion that Louis Napoleon's power was not so stable, that the Pope could, without risk of disparaging the church, set the seal of his apostolical approba tion upon the new empire. Of this story I will only say, SY , none vero a ben trora.lo. The fall of Napo leon I. so shortly after his coronation by Pius VII., was a heavy blow to the prestiye of Rome, and Pius IX. will not commit a similar mistake if he can help it. The Moniteur announces some more changes in the prefectures and sub-prefectures. M. de Coetlogon, sub-prefect of Rochefort, is promoted to the prefec ture of the Ain. This gentleman is the brother of the Count Alfred do Coetlogon, who has been a close prisoner since his arrest on Feb. 0, and is to be tried, with the Duke of Rovigo and others, on Tutsday. An imperial decree, pub li shed today , directs that after November 1, 1853, the stamp on papers re quired by law to be stamped shall be in a new form, according to a model annexed. The old stamps may be used up to July 1, 1854., but after that time per sons using them will be liable to the same penalties u if the paper were nnstamped. Latest quotations by telcgraph.—Berlin : Four per Cents.,99l; Bank Shares, 110. Frankfort : Austrian Five per Cents., 971; Four-and-a-Hilf per Cents., 771; Ruwiian Four-and-a-Half per Cents., Baring, 1031; Four per Cents., Hope, 924; Four per Cents., Steiglitz,92; Spanish Three per Cents., 43 15-16 ; One per Cents., 24 13-16; Sardinian Five per Cents., 991. Antwerp: Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 981; Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 531; Sambre and Meuse Railway, 245; Austrian Five per Cents.,Bsl ; 2508. Lots, 8.53; Polish Lots of 5009., 3171; Spa nish One per Cents., 241; Three per Cents., 431; Sardinian 36f. Bonds, 421; Roman Certif. Antw. Five per Cents., 87; Exchange on London, 25.10. Hamburg : Austrian Five per Cents., 95; New, 931 ; Prussian Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 102 ; Russian Five per Cents., 1051 rDanish Five per Cents., 100. PARIS, SATISILDAT EVIINI24O. I informed you yesterday that the Pope had sent an encyclical letter to his nuncio at Paris relative to the dispute between the Univers and the Archbishop of Paris. This letter will not be made public until it has been communicated to the whole French epis copacy. The purport of it may, however, be col lected from the following document, published by the Archbishop of Paris to-day. His grace is completely vanquished by the Univers: We, Marie Dominique Auguste Sibour, by the divine mercy and the grace of the Holy Apostolic See, Archbishop of Paris, after having taken cognisance of the encyclical letter addressed by our Holy Father, Pope Pius IL to th e cardinals, archbishops, and bishops of France, al the date' of March 21. 1853, wishing to put in practice the enamels therein given, and to conform, as far as we are ecewerawl, to the intentions of the head of the church, &drift bp re doing to contribute to the removal of the discussions vdd have arisen in these latter times, and to gladden the heart of the Soveleign Pontiff, we, of our own accord, take off the interdiction which we imposed by our ordonnaoce of Feb. 17. t MI.2IIIDOMINIQII AUGUSTE, Archbishep of Paris. Given at our archiepiscopal palate, thisBth of April, 18d8. The Moniteur publishes an imperial decree ap pointing M. Marchand (du Nord) and General Carre let senators, and MM. Villemain and Dubessey, councillors of state, to fulfil the mission ordered by the decree of the nth ult. That decree ordered the 1 suppression of the inspectors-general of police in the 1 departments, and described the mission of the " high functionaries" appointed in their stead in the follow ing teems travel about the empire, to inquire of abuses to be suppressed, ameliorations to be realised, and to study with care the state of men's minds, the tendency of opinion, and the wants of the ' country." This is not a bad general description, barring the peripatetic part of it, of the duties of that grand inquest of a nation called a parliament. It is from all I can learn pretty certain that Blanqui has not been re-captured. The name of his fellow prisoner who escaped with him is Casavent, a 1 man of no political notoriety, but said to be a repub -1 lican of great energy. Political arrests have been 1 going on in Paris all this week, and are still con -1 tinning. Eighteen persons were arrested at Mont martre this morning. Twenty-six officers and non commissioned officers of the army of Paris have been arrested. The government appears to be haunted with the idea of a republican plot. I understand the shop of M. Aubin, a surgical instrument maker in the Passage Saumon, has been a perfect man-trap, every person seen to enter within the last few days hating been taken into custody indiscriminately SAXE-COBURG-GOTHA. APRIL 5. The reigning duke has created the celebrated tea ggeedian, Emile Derrient, a knight of the order of La Maison• Ernestine. Th's is the first instance in Ger many of the insignia of an order of chivalry being conferred upon an actor. SPAIN. On the 2nd inst. M. Campoy, a member of the committee charged with reporting on the demand of the ministry to be authorised to levy the taxes, replied in the Chamber of Deputies to the speech of M. Pidal, in support of his amendment against the grant. Laying aside the political considerations ad duced by M. Pidal, ho contended that, according to the doctrines of the conservative party, and without violating all the principles of order, the Chamber could not refuse the government the subsi dies it stood in need of for the public wants. The Minister of Finance, who followed, boldly put the question of confidence, which the government, in applying for leave to collet the taxes, wished to be completely solved. He then de fended all the acts of the present cabinet since its ac cession to power, and declared that, being anxious to ascertain the real opinion of the country, before adopting [any resolution on so important a matter as constitutional reform, the ministry would abandon it if not approved of by public opinion. M. Pidal, in reply to M. Llorente, energetically attacked the cabinet, but particularly its policy towards the press, which he said could no longer raise its voice and de fend itself. This part of his speech was loudly ap plauded by the members of the progresista opposi tion. M. Llorente having subsequently declared that it was the intention of the government to submit to the Cortes a new project of law on the press, M. Pidal withdrew the amendment he had presented on the subject. The house afterwards ad journed. The Madrid Gazette of the 4th publishes an order of the Captain-General of Camille, appointing General Chaeon to direct, according to the statutes of the Military Order of St. Ferdinand, the inquiry into the application of General Espartero, Duke of Vic tory, for the cross of that order, by reason of his ser vices at the battle of Luchans, and his operations for the preservation of Bilboa, in 1838. If any person has to make observations for or against this applica tion, a delay of a week is allowed. The Queen of Spain has just conferred the decora tion of Commander of the Order of Charles 111. on Count O'Donnell, aide-de-camp of the Emperor of Austria, as a proof of her esteem for the signal service which he recently rendered to his Majesty. ITALY. ROME, MARCH 31. The act of parliament passed in July, 1849, for facilitating the marriage of British subjects in foreign countries, was acted upon for the first time in Rome on the 29th inst., when Mr. Edwin Long and Miss M. J. Alton were married by Mr. Consular-Agent Freeborn, and started for England immediately after the interesting . ceremony. According to the act alluded to marriages between British subjects abroad are only legal when celebrated at a British embassy, a consular office, a British factory, within the lines of a British army, or on board a British man-of-war carrying a chaplain. The presence of Rothschild hero is stated to be connected with an intention, on the part of the go vernment, to take up the remaining six millions of francs already contracted for, in order to carry into effect the oft-mooted proposition of restoring a silver currency. But it is much doubted whether the money is not rather wanted to fill up the deficit in the budget. All sorts of contrivances aro being re sorted to to raise the wind. During the republican government the stamp and register duties were con siderably reduced, so that all legal inscriptions, sales, mortgages, &c., effected during that period, contri- ' buted much less than before to tho public treasury ; but the individuals on whose behalf these transactions were effected have just received an intimation from the receiver of the stamp and register duties that the 0 1 government holds them responsible for the full , amount, and that they will have to pay the balance P of the duties as if the regulations interrupted by the republican authorities had remained in vigour the whole time. The Pia-latina Railway shareholders are to hold another meeting to decide which of the two rival companies—French and English--is to become final rof the line. The little siaspension-bridge, ro sa m esa the shore near ltienzi's house to the Pouts Rotto, is now finished; but has not as yet been thrown open to the public. Mr. Gibson, ILA., has completed his exquisite statue of Venus, and aroused the speculation, admi ration, and criticism of connoisseurs by giving a slight flush tint to the figure, blue eyes, yi.iiow hair, and a delicately coloured border to the drapery. There is much difference of opinion ns to the judi- Ci01150e33 of this proceeding, which, however, TURKEY. Letters from Constantinople of the 21st ult. state that Prince Mcnschikoff had been informed by the Sultan, in answer to a demand for free access at all times to his Majesty, that the Sultan would' receive his visits with pleasure, but that business must be ' transacted through the ministers. The conference of the prince with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, on the 17th, lasted five hours. Only the question of the holy places would be treated of before the arrival of the English and French ambassadors. The Trieste Gazette states that on the 12th ult. the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs addressed a note to the Ambassador of Prussia, informing him that, as a token of his amity for the King of Prussia, the Sultan had presented a piece of ground,4o,ooo foct in extent, for the use of Europeans, protestants and catholics, as a cemetery. The ground lies near the imperial barracks, at Pere, on the left of the road leading to Boujoukdi•re. Letters from Jassy of the 28th ult. state that the health of I'rince Ghika appeared to be re-established, and hopes were entertained that he would shortly resume the reins of government. All parties except the Russians were of opinion that, in the actual state of south-eastern Europe, the presence of a man hav ing the confidence of the people at the helm of affairs was most important for Moldavia. THE UNITED STATES ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY. By the arrival of the Royal Mail steam-ship Canada, Captain Stone, we have advices from Ame rica of tour days later date than those brought by the Hermann. The Canada left Boston at noon on the 30th ult., and Halifax on the 2nd inst., and arrived in the Mersey this forenoon, bringing 45 passengers, the usual mails from the United States and the British provinces, but no specie. The United States Mail steamer Franklin arrived out at New York on the 28th ult. The Royal Mail steam-ship Niagara arrived at Halifax on the 30th ult. The screw steam-ship Andes, which sailed from Liverpool for Boston and New York on the 22nd ult., was passed by the Canada on the 3rd inst. Mrs. Beecher Stowe, the talented authoress of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," whose visit to this country has been for some time past the subject of much conver sation and anxious expectation, has at length reached our shores, being one of the passengers brought from Boston by the Canada. Another personage well known to the literary circles of England, Judge Haliburton, author of the amusing and instructive " Sam Slick," has also arrived by the same steamer. A report that the expedition to Japan was to be recalled prevailed prior to the sailing of the Canada. The reason assigned for this determination on the part of tho United States authorities was the disap proval of the project by the new cabinet. A dreadful steam boat explosion had taken place at Galveston. On the 23rd ult. the clipper steamer Farmer blow up, with 56 persons on board; of that number 36 were killed, and the remaining 20 fortu nately saved. Havannah advice. state that General Santa Anna was expected to arrive there on the 23rd ult. by the British mail steamer from St. Thomas. lie would make no stay at that port, but immediately proceed on his way to Mexico. There has been an arrival from California since the receipt of our previous advice. from the United States, and another large amount of gold, 2,000,000 dollars, received at New York. The operations at the mines were of a favourable character. Commer cial affairs in California were generally in a healthy state. The markets at San Francisco were somewhat heavy, and had given away. Flour was quoted at 9 dohs. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. The commercial news brought by the Canada is of a favourable character ; a marked improvement is reported in business affairs generally. At New York the bloNny blitaxEr was easier, and cash could bo obtained at lower rates ; business deo at that port had been very brisk, with large transactions both for the home trade and exportation. The market for American securities had improved, and the business done both in government and state stock was largJ, and at advanced quotations. In the COTTON Market at New York there had been but little doing ; holders did nut press the staple on tho market, and the quotations reported by the previous st-amer bad been fully sustained. The advice* taken out by the Asia, which arrived on the 25th, were of an unfavourable charac ter ; they were, however, counteracted by the reported fall ing off in the receipts of cotton at the southern ports, which up to the latest accounts are stated to be 440,000 bales more than at the tame period last year. The latest reports from New Orleans mention a market dull, and prices declining. On the sailing of the Canada the quotations were : Atlantic Other Port. Florida. Gulf Pons. Inferior nominal. nomina'. nomiaaL Ord low to good Bj, 9j, to 9e Cl, 91, to 91 01, 9), to 9.1 Mid low to good. 91, 10f, to 10e 9/, 10f to 10/ 10, 101, to II , Mid fair to lair Ix BREADSTUFFS there had been but little Change : Flour, State and Western brands, being less freely offered, with a greater demand for home use, and shipment prices were a trifle firmer. The latest quotations are:-Western Canal, 4 dots. 3.5 c. to 4 dols 37p.; Good State, 4 doll. 4310. to 4 dols. asp. ; Mixed Indiana and Michigan, 4 dots. 50c. to 4 dots. 561c._; Common to good Ohio 4 dols. 561 c. to 4 dols. 81p.; Fancy Genemee, 4 dole . 7ges. to 5 dole. Ca nadian dull, and prices nominal. Indian Meal: Jersey commands 3 dols. to 3 dole. 12ic. GRAIN.-The demand for wheat is heavy. Genessee is quoted at 1 dol. 18c. to 1 dol. 20c. per bushel. Indian corn, round yellow, 64c. to 66c. per bushel ; ditto flat yel low, 57c. to 690. For PROTIBIONS there had been a better demand, with steady prices, both for the horns trade and for exportation. Mess pork is quoted at 151 dole. ; prime, 14. Lard, 9to 91. Beef, pnme mesa, 20 dole. Cheese, lic. to 9c. EXCHANOL-The business done in exchange for the Canada was light and the market quiet. The quotations were-on London, 109 to 109; ; Paris, 5.14 ; Hamburg, 361 to 361. Faxionnt.-But a limited business has been done, the rates being-To Liverpool : Cotton, id. to 5-16 d. per lb.; grain, 6d. to 61d. per bushel ; flour, 23 . 90 . to 3 s. per bushel. To London : Flour, 2s. 9d. ; naval stores, 31. 6d. ; tobacco, 31s. 6d. ; lard, 271.6 d. The Hermann, which arrived at Cowes on Friday, on her way to Bremen, brought intelligence of another " outrage " by the Spanish authorities against the American flag. The following are the particulars, as given in the New York Herald of March 26: The schooner Manchester, of Baltimore, Capt. Sterling, which arrived at Charleston on March 24, from Kingston, Jamaica, Informs us of one of the most high-handed out rages upon our flag that has yet been committed by the loyal subjects of Queen Isabella in Cuba. According to Captain Sterling's account, which is au thenticated by his consignees, he was peacefully pursuing his course homewards trona Jamaica, when, on the 15th inst., off the island of Cuba, and about twenty miles east of Cape Antonio, ho was boarded by twelve armed men, under the command of a negro second lieutenant, from a Spanish cruiser of 12 guns, who took possession of the vessel in spite of his remonstrances, and carried her inside the reef there. They then demanded the schooner's papers, which the captain had to take on beard the cruiser for exa mination. The Spanish commander was even going so far as to break open the letters of the consignees, but desisted when Captain Sterling insisted upon his returning them intact. They also broke open the hatches sad took out about a third of the schooner's cargo, but, not finding any ammunition or guns on board, put it back again. This was done after the papers had been examined and found correct. After detaining her 21 hours, anchored close under their guns, the schooner was allowed to proceed and get out of the reef the best way she could. This, however, was not allowed until Captain Sterling had promised to satisfy a demand of 30 dollars for safely piloting hint inside the reef. The only excuse given for this wanton injustice was their suspicion of her being bound to Cuba with arms for the re volutionists. . . . . . The boarding officer gratuitously informed Capt. Sterling that it was utterly impossible, owing to the stiiet guard kept, fur any one to attempt to surreptitiously land upon the Conan coast, and that any one caught in the attempt would immediately" have a rope around his neck," a hint of what probably might have been the fate of Capt. S. if any article they could hare construed into " arms "or " ammu nition " had been found on board, . . In justice to our name and character as a nation, it is necessary that. such outrag's should be immediately checked. If immediate notice is not taken of this at Wash ington very serious trouble will possibly ensue, •as the Spanish nathorities have a Seel of twelve men-of-war conti nually erusiiig around Cuha, to intercept real or pretended sop;.!!: a for the malcontents on the island. ae commanders of which will gladly seize hold of the slightest shadow of suspicion as an excuse to molest every American vessel they may fall in with, to gratify their combined fear nod hatred of tbu Americans. CANADA. Kutcn 25. QUEBEC, _ _ The parliament of Canada has passed, at length, the bill to increase the representation, or at least the Legis lative Assembly has passed this bill, and there is no doubt of its final passage in the Council. Under this bill the re presentation of the province will be increased from S 4 to 120 members. This proposition has been for five or six years before the country, but it has never before received so large a vote as two-thirds of the legislature, which the constitutional act requires before a change in the representa tion can be made. The vote the other evening in favour of the increase was 61 to 16. As you may suppose, the carrying of a bill so important by the Legislative Assembly, caused much excitement ; and I believe the effect of the measure will be te make the re presentation much more democratic than at present. The bill gives preponderance to the agricultural counties, and they are naturally and essentially democratic. The Urban constituencies of Canada are conservative, but the agricul tural ones are democratic, and I believe this condition of things prevails in all agricultural colonies. Ia connection with this representation bill must be taken ' the bill to extend the franchise,—the tendency of both is the same ; and whatever else their effect may be, they will give fresh impetus to the country. The Clergy Reserve discussions in the English parliament have excited much interest in Canada. The bill of Sir W. Molesworth gives much satisfaction to the reform party here. The question of the seigniorial tenure has been discussed by the House of Assembly during the past week ; but no de cision has yet been arrived at in relation to it. The subject is one of great moment to Canada. Another bill now before the Assembly, "to restrain the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors," has excited much interest. This bill is founded upon the principles of the celebrated "Maine Liquor Law" of our republican neighbours across the frontier. The bill is introduced by a member of the government, but not u a ministerial Dna. sure. Its passage is doubtful. Yesterday the Governor-General went down to the Par liament House in state, and sanctioned a number of bills in the Queen's name. Thu weather is fine, and the ice and snow are fast break. ing up. In commercial transactions I have nothing of any interest to report. The merchants are generally preparing for the spring business. INDIA. THE OVERLAND MAIL. Off SUBMARINE vinzosern.) TRIESTE, SUNDAY, ArRIL 10. Tho steamer Adria arrived here this morning at 10 o'clock, having made the transit from Alexandria in ono hundred and thirty-seven hours. The Cal cutta mail of March 0 had arrived at Alexandria. There was, however, no news from Burmah. Lord Falkland had removed two judges of Sudder from their posts. The Governor-General had returned to Calcutta. Commerce was languid, and the weather very hot. China news is to Feb. 25. The revolutionaries were increasing in strength, and a great panic pre vailed at Pekin. Coutt• HEALTH OF lIER MAJESTY. The following Bulletin of her Majesty's health was issued yesterday " Buckingham Palace, April 10, .1853, Nine o'clock, cm. "The Queen bas had another good night. "Her Majesty and the Infant Prince continue well. " JAMES CLARK, M.D. " CIIABLES LococK, M.D. " ROBT. FEROUSON, M.D." This morning the following Bulletin was issued: " Buckingham-Palace, April 11, 18.53, Nine o'clock, a m, " Her Majesty's recovery goes on favourably. " The infant I'rince continues well. " JAMES CLARK, M.D. " CHARLES LOCOCK, M.D. " ROBERT FERGUSON, M.D." The next bulletin will be issued on Wednesday. Prince Albert, with the Prince of Walee, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, the Duchess of Kent, and the PrinccsaAdelaideof licher:lobe, the Ladies and Gentle- men in Waiting, and the domestic household, attended Divine Service yesterday morning in the Private Chapel of Buckingham Palace. The lion. and Rev. Gerald Wellesley officiated. The nobility and gentry who called at Buckingham Palace to make inquiry after the health of her Mcjesty in cluded all the members of the diplomatic corps, the ladies and gentlemen of the household of the Queen, Prince Albert and the royal family, the members of the adminis tration end the ladies of their respective families, and also numerous others of the nobility and gentry. The Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of Gloucester on Saturday at Gloucester House. The Duke and Duchess d'Aumsle and the Princess de Salerno, Talked the Duchess of Kent on Saturday at Cla rence-house, St. James's. Lord Chelsea, M.P., Lord Charles P. Clinton, M.P., Mr. Rice, M.P., and Mr. James M'Oregor, M.P., had au interview on Saturday with the President of the Board of Trade and Lord Stanley of Alderley, on the subject of th, Pilotage Bill. Lord Monteagle, the Hon. S. E. Spring Rice, and Mr. F. W. Russell, M.P. had an interview on Saturday with the Right Hon. E. dardwell at the Board of Trade. A meeting of the " Museum of Patented Inventions' Committee of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition ; of 18H was held on Saturday at the Privy Council -office. Present: Earl Granville (chairman), the Right Hon. E. Cardwell, M.P., the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, M.P., Sir \V. Cubit; Mr. J. F. Gibson, Dr. Lyon Playfair, Professor Forbes, Professor Woodcroft, and Mr. Edgar A. Bowring (secretary). A deputation consisting of Mr. Murray, Mr. H. Rose, and Mr. W. H. Wilson (on the part of the Wycombe Rail way Company), and Mr. Marsden and Mr. Bowers (on the part of Mr. Pearce), had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell, at the Bird of Trade, on Saturday. Mr. Turner, M.P., the Towa-clerk, and the Dock Solici tor of Liverpool, had an interview with the;R:ght Hon. E. Cardwell and Lord Stanley of Alderley on Saturday, at the Board of Trade. Sir Alexander Spearman had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street. A deputation, consisting of the Hon. E. Bouverie, M.P., Mr. Edward Drake Brockman, M.P., and Mr. Stewart Majoribanks, had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell, and Lord Stanley of Alderley, on Saturday, at the Board of Trade.—Mr. Brockendon had also an inter view with the right hon. gentleman and noble lord, on Saturday. The Lord Chancellor will receive the Judges, Queen's Counsel, &c., at his lordship's residence, Upper Brook street, at 12 o'clock on Friday next, being the first day of Easter Term. A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign-office, Downing-street, on Saturday. The Ministers pre sent were :—The Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Rus sell, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Dukeof Argyll, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Pal merston, 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 at three hours and a half. THE GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL SCHEME. TO TRH EDITOR OF TILE EXPRESS. Brit.—There is one point in the new financial scheme of Mr. Gladstone to which I wish the attention of those before whom it will be brought to be directed. What is to be the course pursued with respect to the equitable clams of those who have reversionary interests, of whom I em one, having en interest in the legacy be queathed in the Three per Cent. Consols on the death of a person at present having the life interest? Which of the three securities are my trustees to commute the stock into ? No. 1, 821. 10s. New Three-and-a-Half per Cent., would suit the present life interest, but not myself. N 0 . 2, 1101. Two-and-a-Half per Cent. would suit myself. No. 3, Exchequer Bead, haviagitwo-and-a-half per cent. interest, I should totally object to. Considering the great amount of stock in which orphans, widows, and others have hitherto held a certain determined interest, when the conversion takes place their future hopes ought to be clearly, and what is more, justly, defined. 1 am. Sir, yours faithfully, London, April 8, 18.33. POST-OBIT. A GOOD EXAMPLE.—The Bishop of Durham has sent the following rep'y to an application for assistance (to free the chapel from debt) from the congregation of Bethesda Chapel, Gateshead : " Sir,—Although my prin cipal care is employed, as it ought to be, in the relief and assistance of those who are more immediately under my superintendence, yet I am happy in extending the right hand of fellowship to all who love the Lord Jesus. I hue, therefore, much pleasure in forwarding to you 101. towards the liquidation of your debt, and can only regret that the urgent and continually inercasitg demands upon my purse do not allow me to send more.-1 am, sir, your obedient servant, E. Dvsizt.w." WESTMINSTER HOSTITAL.—Hia Grace the Arch bishop of Canterbury preached a sermon yesterday morning, at the Church of St. Margaret, Westminster, :in the pre sence of Vice-Chancellor Sir J. P. Wood, Mr. Whateley, Q.C„ Dr. Sutherland, and a crowded congregation, in aid of the funds of this charity. The appeal produced a col lection of 43/. 7s. 10d. ELECTION EXPOSUItE. DARTMOUTH. When the committee reassembled on Saturday, Mr. W. Miles. chairman, Viscount Newark, Ilan. M e .. Byng, Mr. E. Feßowes, and Mr. Langston, John Oliver stated that he and his brother wer.- taken is a close carriage to the residence of a Mr. Pope, by a person named Fairmonth, some days before the election, and they went to a public-h moo on the Totnes road mud had soars drink. They then went on to Totnes, and went to another public-house, and then proceeded about two or t'-nee mil e/ further towards Ashburton, and stopped at a pub ic-tiouse, where there were four other voters, among 101 .M wee a voter named Blank. Witness and hie brother r. turned to Dartmouth, and got there about seven o'clock im the even ing Witness went on the Thursday morning to a place where he saw some Totem, whom ho had seen there before. They then went to Mr. Brooking's, a farmer, sad Fair. month and witness left the voters at Brooking's home. Fairmouth told the voters to be ready on Saturday morning. Ou the day of polling witness was di iren over to Brooking's home again in Mr. Scale's d,,,,,,rt, and himself and the voters drove to the poll; tbey went iota the polling-booth with Fairmonth. In the whose of the alection witness maw Sir Thomas Herbert at the r.mmittee oom at Buttriss's ; that was after witness had heti: engaged M look after the voters. After the election white.. r ece i ve d I?. from Mr. l'ike; he saw Pike pay men whom h.. knew to tic quarrymen ; he paid a great many of those men at the Bridge Inn on the Monday after the election. In cross-examinstion the witness said there was a mob ett both sides at the hustings. The duty witness w 4 put on was to prevent Sir Thomas Herbert's voters being carried away by Mr. Lindsay's party. Re-examined—His orders were to see that the whirrs eV. ried away no voters. The way he carried out those orders was by carrying away voters himself. (Llanelli( r.) - Richard Oliver, brother to the last witness, was test examined, and gave corroborative evidence as to the carry. ing off of voters. He was engaged by Mr. Fuirmonth at ss. a day and be. a night, to "look after" the s,,ier,, an d moist him as he might want him. Mr. George lull Grant, examined. This wits. as stated ne is a mama at Dartmouth. lie signed a paper to rapport Ur. Lindsay, and afterwards gave hint a pers.!' il promise of support. Brooking said he had been told by Mr. Ed ward Scale to turn off all the tradespeople 's ho would not vote for Sir T. Herbert. Witness replied that was very unjust, and if Sir Henry Scale had turned from his prin ciples that was no reason why he (witness) should do so. Witness again asked Brooking for the balance of his Sc. count, 551. 10s. Brooking said he could nut pay him all then, but if he would come to him the following Tuesday he should have 201. on account. lie saw Brooking on that day, who said " Did I understand you right—did you not say if I gave you this 201. you were to vote for sir T. Her- Dort ?" Witness repliest he would not vote for Sir T. Her bert let the consequences be what they might. Brook* then asked him it he had any objection to write to Sir. Lindsay to soy he would not vote for bun. Wit. 3elll replied he had not the least objection to do so. Brooking then gave him a cheque for 151. and 51. in cub. Witness then wrote a note from Mr. Brooking'a dictation to Mr. Lindsay. Brooking then said he would advise him to go out of the town on the day of the election. Witness said he would not, as he had done nothing b.. Wil. ashamed lof. He gave Brooking a stamped receipt for the money he gut from him. On going home his children a .id, "Oh! father, we heard you have received a bribe to v..te for Sir T. Herbert." (Much laughter.) lie asked Bean where they heard that, and they said at school. lie wen! to Brooking's wilco to tell him what he had heard, but did not see him, and he then published a handbill to clear his character from this scandal. There was another hatdbill issued by way of answer to his. Alter that Brooking called at his house, and naked him what it was that he had been saying about Sir Henry Stale. Witness said, " Nothing; but what have you been saying about met How could that rumour about me being bribed get abroad, t xceptfrom you, as there was no one present except us two?" Brooking replied witness had "done for himself;" and nis (witne s's) wifc,overhearing this, came into the mom In a passion, and asked what has been " done." (Laughter.) Brooking said he would insist upon witness contradict* what he had said about Sir IL Scale in his haudoill, which be refused to do. Witness then wi nt to Sir IL Seale far the bal dace of his account, and Sir li. Seale said he had ' been already overpaid, and abused him for what he had said about him. Thomas Blank was called, and stated that he was a voter at Dartmouth. Mr. Brooking canvassed him for Sir T. Ilerhert. Mr. Lindsay also canvassed him Witness is a dairy-keeper. Saw Mr. Fairmonth a few days before the Ject:on, and lef: Dartmouth with him in the eleetiaa week. lle had made up hie mind to go away. lie and three or four others remained away three or four days. Ile rode part of the way on a horse, which he found conveniently metered and bridled near a field where he was at work, . . without knowing who brought it there or who owned it: The rest of the way he rode in a carriage, in which was Mr. Fairmonth. Ile paid his own expenses, 125., and he was away four days. lie and the other voters then went to Garston, the residence of Mr. Brooking, a former, and they remained there till the morning of the polling day. They paid nothing for their board there, but helped at the haymaking. Cross-examined—The reason he went away was that he was " pestered to death by both parties," and he could not rest in his own !Muse. Mr. Lindsay canvassed hint aiter he had been canvassed for Sir I'. Herbert. lie told Mr. Lindsay if he voted for him ho would lose his bread ; and Mr. Lindsay replied, whatever he lost lie (Mr. Lindsay) would make it up to him doubled. Richard Pope examined—He is a voter. Went to Fair month's house, as he could not rest in his own house, as it was guarded all night by people. k'airmonth is a painter. Fairmonth advised him to leave the town for a while. He I asked Fairmonth if he could recommend him anywhere to go, and Fairmonth sent a pestchaise to take him. He was clone inside the carriage, and Fairmonth was outside. They overtook tho witness Blank, and subsequently went to Brooking's, where the other voters were. Witness paid his own expenses while he was away, except while he was at Mr. Brooking's. John Mary, a ropemaker and a voter, gave evidence of being canvassed for Sir' . Ili rbctt by Mr. Brookins. Wit ness's ropewalk is the property of Sir H. Scale. This wit ness also left the town sonic days before the election, and went to Plymouth, and spent about 31. ; ho was not paid any part of that money by anybody ; he left the town on business, not to avoid being " pestered" about his vote. The committee then adjourned to this day. COCKERMOUTH. On Saturday this committee, eonsisting of Mr. 0. A. Hamilton (chairman), Lord John Manners, Hon. C. F. Berkeley, Mr. E. Moore, and Mr. Cheetham, met for the first time. The petitions alleged bribery, treating, and abduction of voters against the sitting member, Mr. Aglionby, and his agents. There is a cross petitiog against Gen Wyndham. Prior to the commencement of proceedings, Mr. Aglionby requested permission of the committee to be present. He said he wished that every transaction should be known to the committee, and he had no reason to believe that any he might Bay would be against the witnesses for the petition. Counsel for the petitioners were Mr. Macaulay, Q C., Sir Walter Riddel, and Mr. Clarke. Counsel for the sitting member, Mr. Serjeant Kinglakc, Q.C., and Mr. Rowe. Mr. Macaulay opened the case for the petitioners. The ausdidates at the last election were—General Wyndham, who polled 160 votes, Mr. Aglionby 150 votes, and Mr. Harman 117. Mr. Aglionby and Mr. Homan had joint Committees, canvassers, and agents, and it wouid he shown lathe course of the evidence that unscrupulous efforts were made by these persons to withdraw voters from their poli tical allegiance, and they were actually carted away from Cockermouth in one case across the border to Scotland ; in another to Ireland; and in another to Hastness, the country scat of Colonel Benson, uncle of Mr. Benson, solicitor, and avowed professional agent of Mr. Aglionby, the sitting mem ber. Mr. Benson attended the poll, paid the expenses of the election and the bills for treating at the taverns. The Sun and Spread Eagle were the head-quarters of Mr. Aglionhy's party, and there for day! before the election Mr. Benson profusely and indiscriminately regaled the electors. The learned counsel went on to narrate the case of Graves given in the evidence, who, having promised his vote fur Wyndham, was taken to Hastness by the Aglionby party, with instructions to keep him until after the polliog day, and to give him everything of the best. He however escaped from durance, and recorded his vote for General Wyndham. A voter named Dempster, was sent on a trip to Scotland by John Steele, one of Aglionby's agents, who gave him 5!. fur the purpose. Another voter, Smethers e favourable to Wyndham, was indulged with a tour to Bel fast by Mr. Wilson, a hat manufacturer, his employer, and one of Aglionby's committee. There were not only these cases of direct bribery, but cases of indirect corruption in the shape of the opening of publicans' houses, to induce them to give their votes. In another case a voter named Willis bought a horse at " swop " worth 605., and one Archer agreed that if he would vote for Aglionliy and liorsman he would buy it for 12/., and that a Mr. liichard son should have the use of it. After the uleetion the Lase was taken to Martin, and Martin received six stone of pota toes and paid for fifteen stone. Tho horse afterwards nut to Carlisle, and in a month after was sold at Carlisle Fair for 30e. A voter named Norman was directly brilud to vote for Aglionby by the premise of employment at Mr. Dyls's • a gentleman of fortune near Cockermoutk, and was in the receiiit of Ids. a week. One Crone was the fortunate pro prietor of a bedstead—(latighter)—and on one ece.sion when Crone was drunk at Ititson'e, who was repairing it, Mx. Benson came in and bought the bedstead for CIL, and I Crone voted for Aglionby. Another voter was protoisal a I reduction of his rent if he voted for Aglionby. Mewl. Aglionby and foreman, in addition to the profuse and un paid hospitality at the Sun, gave superior entertains:uta to their immediate agents and supporters. Mr. Rowe, on behalf of the sitting member, admitted the agency of Mr. Benson. Mr. Wood, the returning officer, stated that it was found necessary to increase the number of police at the elretc:n. Hannah Crossthwaite, servant to Robert Sanp.on, of the Crown and Mitre, deposed to meetings having been held during the election week at her master's house, at which Benson and Steele, the solicitors, Martin, Wilons and othc rs were present. Steele engaged the rooms. Sumo 50 flag-bearers, non-tlectors, came there and had alo and bread and cheese, at Is. Gd. per head, ordered by poison, and for which Benson paid. 4, C o rr u s- z ex c r in i m ite i d tt — ce ll s i i d tti n n o g t oc kn c o ni w o t n ha e t ly th a c t re th w o Mitre—(o laugh)—and that these gentleman I,:loneed to it, or that the/ belonged to the registriaien connn'ttre. cro _ .• . - g the and Mitre, at Cockermanth, and went to a natc.ll., • Robert Sinpsan was next examined. lie kep: ill.. " ricsrd..,Cnhuhd_ I Be we bu SA soi ila TO on otl