The Express. — London, England, 1853-06-02 00:00:00

I I I . e sd frith all tht ir power tech of Unit subjects as may to take pan in this competition. Ail give an *ewe t hat th y have hosed atnungst the masufavturs to of o w e t.matry the greatest Ito:lnce, to accede to the invite muet „( the Frcueh vt.rr eurnt ; end, ',enameling ta the th en smut which has mar.ifested itself amongst pl ,.;acert, the cowsiderattle efforts which they will art with credit the ind • 'struggle to which g. e y an issited may be beforehand imagined. BELGILT3I. BRUSSELS, May 31. e vening. at the commencement of the sitting of the chamber of Itt•pcesentatives, M. de Drone keee, Nlittister of Foreign Affairs, made the ex pected communication respecting the approaching iss eelace of the Lake of Brabant. Having dune so, be added: Th, , omen, while it .113AUfell the happiness of a prince of whom Itletgiuss is justly proud, satisfies the highest int.ica ws a political eapediency. The future Duchess of o ft b a gf belongs by birth to • house which Is $ m i series's by its virtues, u it is great by its 4,„ t i.t,s. I:y the endearments of her benevolent w e st, her devoted cl.nrseter, and all the virtues by which I she a distctsishid, the Archduchess Marie promises to tutus to Delirium with their cherished name the fair and popular images if Meric-Therese and Lauise-Marie. The maniples which she will find around her will gu ys., while they complete the traditions of her family. latie the King end his noble sons, she will identify beret( with all the uctinfints of a people renowned for i . s loyalty end (realities', its attachment to its IDse:m n, i iia fisetietss, and independence. A Belgian a d.lt.ott. she will become one in heart. She will become a pl. ilze of the perpetuity and felicity of our dynasty, as she 1..1ri54 a pledge of the security of our country. Soh g:us now sees herself attached by new bands to an ancient snatchy essentially interested in consotidsiing the peace the wo rld, asd in safeguarding in con-ere with other purees the treaties which have consecrated our nationality. After hearing this message, which was received with loud applause, the chamber resolved to go in a bode on un appointed day and congratulate the King. A similar communication was made to the Senate. It iseaid that the marriage will be celebrated next August at Brussels. SWITZERLAND. • Diplomatic relations hare been re-established be twien Austria and Switzerland. M. de Duni de clares that it was never hie intention to break them nit but that M. de Karnieki was only tor the mo ment recalled to Vienna. The 3tir Luria' Ga:tite, in reporting the order given to the cantons to hold their military contin gents in readiness, states that the Federal Council has resolved to lay before the cantons a full state ment of the cage between Switzerland and the Con federation. Tlio council has ordered the military department to make extraordinary inspections, but has not thought that the moment is come for esta blishing piquet.. A contemporary has stated that the contingents have been " called out ;" but this, it will be seen, is a misapprehension. Accounts which reach us concurrently from Berlin and Berne attest the couviction of the well-informed and sagacious that war will not be waged. Still the earnestness of the occasion is felt. In the note accompanying the order the president of the Confederation says to the cantons: " We arc confident that, animated with truly federal sentiments, and appreciating the serious position of affairs, you will support, as is your duty, the mea sures which, in its solicitude, the federal government has thought proper to take to defend the integrity of our beloved country. We seize at the same time this opportunity of recommending you, faithful and dear confederates, with ourselves, to Divine protec tion." Accounts from South Germany assure us that the alleged intention of Baden and Wurtemberg to imi tate the Ticino blockade, is unfounded. It is not, however, so certain that Prussia will not take ad vantage of the strained relations of Switzerland to push her claims upon Neufchatel. Accounts from Bellinzona state that the canton of Ticino feels very severely the prerure of the blockade and of the unemployed population thrown back upon it by the expulsion of February. Both the federal and cantonal govern ments have come in aid of the sufferers, but charity ill compensates the bereavement of perma nent and independent means. Notwithstanding this local depression, the confederation is animated with the best .possible spirit. A letter of General Dufour to the committee of the Military Society of Switzerland has just been published, in which the General says he feels that at this moment more than ever the time has come for them to unite and close up their ranks, to look without fear at the tempest which lowers over their frontier, and which from one moment to another may burst upon them. An arm in a sling will not prevent him from participa ting with their dangers and fatigues when the ques tion at issue is to maintain intact the honour of Switzerland, and insure victory to the holy cause of Swiss liberty. ITALY. PAPAL STATES. ROME, MAT 24. Yesterday the Pope went on board the French corvette le 'Milkier, and made an excursion to San Felice. Towards evening he returned to Anzio. PIEDMONT. The Chamber of Deputies passed the Army Re cruiting Bill on the 22nd ult., oy a majority of 89 to 22. In theoriginal draught of this bill, the govern ment proposed to respect the exemption from con scription of all young men destined for the church. The chamber, however, has introduced an article ;riving the government power to limit each year the number of youths which the bishops are at liberty to claim before the military ballot. More than this, the chamber has placed the different sects on the same footing with catholic., whose religion is de clared in the constitution to be that of the state. The heads of each confession will therefore in future have the privilege of excepting the future clergy from military service. TUSCANY. _ • I A letter of the 25th from Florence, in the Corr iere ilereantik, states that the debates of the Royal Court, on the ease of high treason, have been sus pmded in consequence of the continued ill health of Ctserriumi. The latter bad petitioned to be removed to a convent, in order to enjoy some exercise; but this had been refused, and only a more airy prison granted, which he declined to accept. He has, how ever, been allowed a notary to draw up his will. It h generally believed he will not live long. SPAIN. MADRID, MAY 27. '4. Salamanca has appealed from the decision of the Royal Council against the concession of the Northern Railway. The Three per Cents. were at 45 11-16. The Madrid Ga:ette, of the 26th, publishes a series of ministerial measures effecting reforms in different branches of the administrative service: they are, ho%cver, of mere local interest. The Dioriu an nounces that the Minister of the Interior, having learned that one of the prosecutions commenced by the lute cabinet against it was still pending, had ordered that it should be suspended. The inaugura tion of the railway from Aranjnez to Trembleque has been fixed for the end of the next month. DENMARK. The Danish chambers are convoked for June 13. RUSSIA, POLAND, AND HUNGARY. • TO III! EIJITOII OF THE EXPRESS. promote the Emperor Nichoias has not failed to ask himself the following question, and to receive a perfectly satisfactory reply :—One month after the first broadside in the Bosphorus, what will be the state of Hungary, Italy, and Poland ? Your obedient servant, TAKE CARE. June I. TIIE AFRICAN COAST. (Hy mu:rum TILMORAPit.) (YAWL Otil OWN CONIMPONDENT.) PLYMOUTH, Tneasoky MORNINO. The African Steam Company's mail-ship Fore runner, Captain James Hatkins, arrired at midnight from the coast of Africa. She left Fernando Po, April 24; Lagos, 29th; Sierra Leone, May 8; and Madeira, 23rd ; and has a carg o of ginger, pepper, arrowroot, and camwo o d, 4,0001. in gold, 5 tons of ivory, cochineal, and frails. The coast is healthy. Gold is abundant. Cotton and coffee are cultivated with success at Monrovia. The blight had made its appearance in the vineyards at Teneriffe. Her Majesty's ships Polyphemus and Spy were at Lagos. Ihe Firefly, Linnet, and Bloodhound, were at Sierra Leoue. lhe Plato was off the Sherborough River, and the Tenzer and Ferret were ernizing. The Ferret had taken a slave vessel in the river near Unbar, and the Linnet had taken two in the River Pangs. AMERICA. AN AMERICAN G: YACHT. Yesterday morning a monster steamer, with Ame rican colours flying, entered Southampton Water. She proved to be a steam yacht, of 2,000 tons burden, belonging to a private American gentleman named Vsnderbilt, on his way to Russia from the United States. He is on a tour of pleasure with his family, and is accompanied by friends and a large suite of servants. He left New York on the 21st ult., and has made one of the quickest passages across the Atlantic ever known. The name of the monster yacht is the North Star. She is a paddle-box steamer with two funnels, and was built in America after the well-known and approved American models. She has accomplished 18 knots in an hour. Her arrival in Southampton Water has caused the tit most curiosity, and she was telegraphed to Liver pool immediately, in order that news of her might be conveyed to America by Collina's mail packet. Her interior is fitted up most splendidly. The North Star, after proceeding to Russia, will visit Havre, and from thence return to New York. She entered Southampton dock last evening. She was brought up to Calshot Castle in charge of a channel pilot, who boarded her oft Scilly. Such a costly and magnificent mode of travelling as that adopted by the owner of the North Star is perhaps without example. Our correspondent at Southampton was courteously supplied by the gentlemen on board with some New York papers of a late date. The principal news of any interest was of a commercial nature. The New York Courier and Enquirer of May 20 thus describes a slight misfortune which the North Star encountered on her first attempted departure from New 'York : Commodore Vanderbilt's steam yacht North Star, in charge of a pilot, cut off ber fasts from the head of Cherry street at the appointed time, yesterday morning, but had ' proceeded only a few rods when she struck upon the reef at the foot of Jackson-street. The ship had gathered but little way, and the engines were reversed before she struck, so that the concussion was slight. The tide taking the storm, swung the ship entirely round, grinding off the tabe keel as she turned. The accident was attributed to a want of judgment, in not making sufficient allowance for the extreme force which the tide would exert upon a vessel of such great length. The North Star drew a little leas than 15 feet, and the depth of water on the rock was about 13 feet. The tide was ebb, and within an hour of low water. The steamer Francis Skiddy which was to have accompanied the yacht down the bay came up gaily dressed with Hags, but finding the North Star was fast, she returned to her berth in the North river. There were tome three hundred guests on board, but there was nut the slightest alarm or confusion. The steamboat Huguenot came alongside and took off the passengers, landing them at the foot of Jackson-street. There was a general expres sion of regret that Commander Vanderbilt's enterprise should at the outset meet with such a check. At about half-put one o'clock the flood tide raised the yacht frum the rock, and site proceeded to the Navy-yard, for the pur pose of being taken into the government dry dock, which she entered at seven o'clock last evening. She had not leaked • single drop, and it was only as a measure of extreme pre caution on the part of her owner that she was taken into dock. The officers at the Navy-yard promptly tendered any assistance in their power to render; and on applica tion from Commodore Boorman, by telegraph to the depart ment at Washington, permission was Immediately given to use the government dock. The water will be withdrawn from the dock this morning, and the damages will probably be repaired and the Teased sail this evening. The reef on which the North Star struck lies directly in the channel used by eastward bound vessels when the ebb tide is run ning, and has bat ten feet of water upon it at low tide. Coegress has again and again been asked to remove the rock, but without avail. (For Commtnisl Weillimes as me 4.] THE INDEPENDENCE OF TURKEY. Draft of Proposed Address to the Right Hon. the Earl of Clarendon, K.G., her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The undersigned deMre to ez press to your lordship the satis faction with which they have learnt from the declarations of Lord John Russell, your lordship's predecessor inoMoe, and present colleague, and from similarnaors recent declarations of your lordship, that they may rely upm the steady adhe rence of her Majesty's governmeat to the traditional policy of this country in supporting the independence of Turkey. The undersigned believe that it will be impossible to de part front that policy, with any doe regard to the national interest sad the national 'Namur. The national interests are involved ; for we cannot but apprehend that if the support of England were withdrawn, the dismemberment of Turkey would be attempted. We believe that each as attempt, whether successful or not, would involve Europe in war, and if successful, would (in Lord John Itmeell's words) molt in a great diminu ion of British commerce, now fostered by the liberal tariff of the Turkish empire." Moreover, we cannot see, without anxiety, the conlinned growth of a power in Europe, essentially and avowedly hostile to:everythiog which Englishmen call liberty ; and wkieh has but recently stepped beyond its limits, to sup press by warlike force the ancient and constitutional free dom of Hungary. The national honour is also, in our judgment, deeply involved, inunneh as we have long had public treatise and commercial dealings with Tarkey, and we under stand that the Turkish government hoe been eminently honourable and faithful to its engagements. We can not forget that for many years pen we have had an active embassy at Constantinople, which has perpetu ally taken part in eastern affairs, and has given the Sultan reason to rely on English support, as to the in dependence of Turkey; and, recently, in the case of the liberation of Komath, we are aware that the Sultan was emboldened to pursue a liberal course, highly offensive to his powerful neighbours, mainly by the urgent advice given to him by England. . We look with horror alike on the doctrine that faith Is not to be tept with heretics, and that Mehommedans are not to be recognised in the community of nations; and as we believe that every nation is under the same obligation to uphold international law that every individual is to uphold the law of his own land, we cannot consent to regard the subvenion of any nation, with which we have friendly re- lations, as a matter of indifference to England. ' Considering the recent menacing demonstrations of the governments of Austria and Russ ia against Turkey, con sidering the countenance which has unfortunately been given to those demonstrations by a portion of the - British press, and considering the important and emphatic declara tions upon this subject which your lordship's predecessor in office, as well as your lordship, have been enabled to make on the part of her Majesty's government, the undersigned trust that it may not be otherwise than satisfactory to your lordship to receive the assurance of hearty support, which the undersigned, through your lordship, respectfully offer to her Majesty's government , towards carrying out the policy which they have announced, of continuing to main tain the independence of Turkey. FEARFUL EXPLOSION AND SERIOUS ACCIDENTS.— Last evening an explosion occurred in a house in Great Queen-street, Westminster, which was attended with serious, if not fatal, injuries to one of the Coldstream Guards and his wife. The house was let out in lodgings, and Elias Dye, the wife of one of the Coldstream Guards, ILLS engaged to clean the place. For the last day or two a strong smell of gas has been experienced by the inmates, but no one could tell whence it came, especially as no gas was laid on in the building. Yesterday afternoon, Robert Dye, the husband of the woman, called to see her, preparatory to his returning to the barracks at Kensington. Whilst there, the unfortunate soldier and his wife went lute the coal cellar in front of the kitchen, and under the pavement, when an explosion took place, which blew the stone flags up in the street, set fire to both man and woman, and forced them a considerable distance. Their screams brought assistance, and several persons rushed down stairs and rea:ued them, and having extinguished the flames about their apparel, they were found to be so fearfully injured that they were at once removed to Westminster Hospital. It is at present impossible to tell whether they can recover. An escape of gas from the mains in the street having ac• cumulated in the cellar her been found to have been the cause of the disaster. ttpt court. The Queen held a Court at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, at Buckingham Palace. the Duke of Norfolk, K.G., Lord Steward, the Mar quit of Breadalbone, Inrd Chamberlain ; the Earl of hlulgrave, Treasurer of the household ; and Lord Drum 'earls, Comptroller of the household, had an audience of her Majesty, and presented the joint address from the Howes of Lords and Commons respecting Cambridge. Mr. Sheriff Carter and Mr. Sheriff Croll, accompanied by the City Remembraneer, were presented to the Queen, at an audience, by Viscount Palmenton, G.C.8., Secretary of Sta , e for the Home Department, to receive her Majesty's commands relative to the reception of addresses of con gratulation on the birth of a Prince, from tho Court of Aldermen and from the Court of Common Council. Her Majesty was graciously pleased to appoint Saturday next at 3 o'clock, for the reception of the addreowsa on the throne. The following Commissioners of Lieutenancy of the City of London attended u a deputation to receive the Queen's commands for the reception A an address on the auspicious birth of a Prince, from the Commissioners of Lieutenancy of the City of London, viz., Mr. James Bentley, Mr. 1. C. Holt, and Mt. George Alliston, accompanied by Mr. Henley Smith, clerk and treasurer. The deputation was presented by Viscount Palmerston, at an audience, to her Majesty, who was pleased to ap point Saturday next fur the reception of the address on the throne._ The Duke of Genoa (brother of the Kiag of Sardinia), attended by the Marquis d'Aveio, Sardinian minister, had an audience of the Queen, on his arrival in this country. His Royal Highness was introduced by the Earl of Cla- rendon, KAI., the Queen's principal Secretary of State fur Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Major•Oeneral the non. Sir Edward Cust, her Majesty's Muter of the Ceremonies. Hia Royal Highness was attended by the following gen tlemen of his suite :—Marquis Caray de St. Marion, Count Della Valle, Marquis "Lapilli>, and Count Avogadro Jo Colobiauo. _ Mr. Buchanan, her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Denmark, was presented to the Queen at an audience by the Earl of Clarendon, to take leave on proceeding to his post. The Earl of Clarendon had an audience of her Majesty. The Queen wee attended by Earl Somers and Lieutenant General Sir Edward Bowater, the Lord and Groom in Waiting. Prince Albert, attended by Captain the Hon. Dudley de Roo, visited the Duke of Genoa, yesterday afternoon, Mivart's Hotel. The Queen bad a dinner party yesterday, at Bucking ham P■lace. The comyany included the Dechess of Kent, the Duke of Genoa, the Princess Adelaide of Huhenlohe, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Duke ann Duchess of Nor folk, the Sardinian Minister, the Chevalier Maasimo d'Azeglio, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Marquis and Mar chioness of Brea.'albane, Countess of Somers, the Earl of Clarendon, Lord John Russell, Marquis de St. Marion. Count Della Valle, Marquis Raped°, Count Avogadro de Colobians, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, and Col. Wylde. Prince Alpert rode out on horseback yesterday morning, attended by Captain the Hon. Dudley de Rol. Lord Charles Filmy has relieved Col. the Hon. Charles Grey in his duties as equerry ire waiting to the Queen. Captain the lion. Dudley de Roe has relieved Lieut.-Col. the lion. A. Gordon in Lis clut.es as equerry in waiting to Prince Albert. Her Majesty's private band attended in Buckingham Palace on Tuesday evening, and performed the following compositions : Overture. "Trophy " Manama. Selection. " Frehibilts " Coco Marziale, "Ln Remora di Wellington" MTS. Lockhart. Romance ............ The Countess de NeuWy visited the Duchess of Kent yesterday. The Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday. Mr. Temple had an interview with the Duke of New castle yesterday, at the Colonial Office, to take leave. Mr. D. Burton and Mr. Fee= had also an interview with his Orate yesterday. Mr. Norman Macdonald sad Mr. C. Rolleston had inter. views with the Duke of Newcastle yesterday. Despatches were sent to the Governors of the West India Islands yesterday from the Colonial Office. A deputation from the salt trade had an int with Sir Charles Wood at the Board of Control yesterday, on the subject of the importation of salt into India. The deputation wee introduced by Mr. Tollemaehe, M.P., accompanied by Mr. Cornwall Legh, M.P., Mr. Brockle burst, M.P., lb. E. C. Egerton, M.P., Mr. Kenhaw,l4l.P., Mr. Turner, M.P., Mr. Greene% M.P., Mr. Thickness., El P., and Mr. Ileyworth, M.P. The Shipowners' Asso ciation of Liverpool, represented by Mr. Turner, M.P., and Mr. Mann; the Blackburn Commercial Association, represented by Mr. Fielden, M.P., president, and Messrs. D. C. Aplwin and Millett, also accompanied the deputation. The salt trade wu represented by Mr. Worthington, Mr. Ashton, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Firth, and Mr. Bradburne. TILE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 2,' 1853.. THE DUKE OF GENOA. - -- His Royal Highness the Duke of Genoa went to Buckingham Palace yesterday afternoon at three o'clock, and had an audience of her Majesty. He was accompanied by the Seediness minister, aid Count Orossello and Count Avogadro, °Skiers d'ordonnance. The Marquis de St. MITSSOO and Count de la Valle, aides-de camp to his royal highness, were in attendance. The Duke was presented to the Queen by the Earl of Clarendon, Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Shortly after the Duke's return to his hotel, the Prince Consort arrived from Buckingham Palace, sod had an interview with the Duke, as it is under stood, for the purpose of conveying a personal invitation for his Royal Highness, to dine with her Majesty last evening, at Buckingham Palace. The Duke walked out early yes terday morning through some of the principal thoroughfares at the West-end. At noon Count Walewski, Ambassador of France, had an interview with his Royal Highness. Among the other foreign ministers who paid their respects to his Royal Highness were the representatives of Turkey, Portugal, the Brazils, &c. The Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl of Clarendon, and other members of the administra tion, and a great many members of the aristocracy, also called upon his Royal Highness durinq the day. At five o'clock his Royal Highness, accompanied by his Excellency the Sardinian Minister, and attended by his aides-de-camp, walked in Hyde-park, and bad an opportunity of seeing Rotten-row crowded with equestrians. DEPUTATION TO THE PREMIER ON THE GOVERNMENT EDUCATION BILL. A deputation on the Education Bill, consist ing of a committee appointed by a conference held at Had ley's Hotel, and from the deputies of the three denomina tions of protestant dissenters—presbyterian, independent, and baptist—had en interview with the Earl of Aberdeen, yesterday, at his official residence in Downing•street. The members of the deputation were Mr. Samuel Morley, Mr. Benjamin Hanbary, Mr. Josiah Condor, Mr. J. Cook Evans, Mr. Nathaniel Eastly, Mr. Wm. Nathan, Mr. R. Randall, the Rev. J. H. Hinton, the Rev. Dr. Manic, the Rev. Wm. Groper, the Rev. John Kennedy, Mr. William Batt, Mr. W. J. Unwin, Mr. Isms Carter, Mr. John Clap ham, Mr. Joseph Soul, Mr. Frederick Roller, the Rev. Witham Brock, Mr. Joseph Adshead (Manchester), Mr. Henry R. Ellington, accompanied by the following mem bers of parliament :—Mr. Frank Crossley, Mr. Robert Mil ligan, Mr. Thome Barnes. Sir George Goodman, Mr. Law rence Hayworth, Mr. Alderman Kershaw, Mr James Fir kington, Mr. Edward Mall, Mr. Joseph Crook, and Mr. John Cheetham. The following document was presented to the Premier : " My Lord,—On behalf of the gentlemen whom you have appointed to wait upon you to-morrow, to state to you their objections to the educational measure which has been brought forward by the government, I ban the honour of forwarding to you a memorial, by which yin may los made acquainted beforehand with the general manna the con siderations which they have to urge. The deputation tender to your lordship the most sincere easurness that their opposition to the government measure does not arise from either hostility or indifference to the advancement of popu lar education Itself ; on the contrary, it is in the interest of popular education itself, of which they are humble but strenuous and not altogether unknown promoters, that they speak. Had the measure of the government professedly contemplated the extension of popular education, the depu tation would have called your lordship's attention to the facts, equally gratifying and unexpected, which have been brought out by the census of 1851; and which, with all deductions, present a splendid case of educational progress within less than fifty years, and give to the British people a high place among the educated nations of Europe. This result Lord John Russell admitted in parliament to be chiefly owing to voluntary exertion, and the deputation might ask with some surprise, why the confidence warranted by such results should not be placed in it. It appears however that, according to the early announcement ef Lord John Russell, the aim of the pre sent measure of the government is not so much the exten sion as the improvement of education. Both the bill which is before parliament, and the minute of the Committee of Council of April the 2nd, provide for an augmentation of the general income of • certain clue of schools, with the view (as the measure is expounded by Sir J. K. Shuttle worth) of enabling them to avail themselves of the advantages offend by the celebrated minutes of 1946. lien again the deputation assure your lord ship that they are quite sensible of the value and importance of improving the current quality of education among the working classes, of which the exertions made by them in the support of normal schools on the voluntary principle afford ample evidence ; but they think, first, that the further interference of the government is not needful to this end; and, secondly, that its pursuit by the government involves very serious evils. To en enumeration of some of these evils the deputation request your lordship's further attention. The deputation will notice in the first instance the mischiefs which tae government measure will work to popular education itself. " 1. It will bear cruelly on all schools supporting them selves entirely by voluntary means, and maintaining an in dependence of government grants. It will at once increase their bdrthens and diminish their resources. It cannot but emberass, and it will in all probability crush them. " 2. It wiil strike a heavy blase at the entire system of voluntary educational contribution since the state is willing to grant with so lavish a heed, and especially since • school-rate • looms in the distance,' benevolent contribu tions will be exhausted of their proper stimulus, and will ioiellibly decline. " 3. It will diseourags end diminish that most healthy and valuable portion of the school system, the weekly payments of the parents for the education of their children. At the present time multitudes pay 2d., 3d., or 4d. per week, Ibut both the bill and the minute accept and suggest a payment of one penny, which, required as a minimum, will esen tualli become the minimum payment. " . It will immensely enhance the cost of education among the working classes generally, and this not by a natural, bat by en artificial process, not representing any advance in the appreciation of education itself. A falser policy seems scarcely conceivable. " 6. It will be tantamount to a fltril repudiation of the idea which has been so fondly cherished, that of self-sup porting schools. Let schools Icr the working classes gene rally be made to cost thirty-two shillings per annum per child, and twenty shillings of this be paid by state grants, and self-supporting schools will thenceforth decline and become extinct. " In the next place the measure of the government can not but be felt as a serion, religious grievance by all parties. Already churchmen are complaining of a clause of the bill which, if it could be deemed operative, would be of essen tial importance to dissenters ; while dissenters are reiter ating their displeasure at seeing an enormous increase in the public money expended on religious instruction ; and the government is supporting, under the name of religion, not only all shades of protestantism, but linmanism acd Judaism, and if there were a respectable body of Turks in England, would on the same principle endow 2doslimism also. "Th Italy. The government meatus*, so far es the bill is concerned, is pregnant with mischief to incorporated cities and towns. It for the first time throws tub the handaof municipal bodies a religious clues. tiun, and thus constitutes a wide departure trom their normal charact-r as civil corporations, to the inevitable mischiefs of which (if corporations generally should accept it) it is impossible to foresee a termination ; while at the same time it degrades them to a purely ministerial ser vice, altogether incompatible with a system of local taxa tion. tt Fourthly. The government measure, while doieg all this mischief under profeuion of facilitating a benefit cer tainly attainable without it, will cost the country a large sum of money, by • very sensible addition both to the local and the general taxation. Should the government permit themselves to be led by Sir J. K. Shuttleworth, an expenditure for public education of two millions and • half annually is in prospect, and the put measures of the Com mittee of Council have been making rapid strides to wards it. " Fifthly. The measure tends to bring the entire edu cation of the working and even of the middle dames in England under the influence and control of the govern- and to put into the bands of the minister of the day a centralised educational power of the most objection able nature. It tends also to a vast augmentation of the po. litical power and patronage of the government, by placing at the disposal of the minister of the day (through the system of pecuniary grants) the livelihood of a very large number of schoolmasters and pupil teachers. This result is greatly aggravated by the consideration that public liberty is thus undermined by a method wholly un constitutional in a matter which does not pertain to the prerogative of the crown, and singularly difficult to coun teract. The committee of council on education is a body hitherto not recognised by law, nor is it subject to the cus tomary rules by which public bodies are governed. its measure. are carried into effect with the least possible op portunity of parliamentary notice, and without any refer ence whatever to express parliamentary sanction. " Suck are the mischiefs, my lord, which in the judg ment of the deputation are likely to be wrought by the pending educational measure of the government. The de putation are confident that in this statement they represent 'no small amount of opinion in the public at large ; and they submit their views to you in the assurance that you i will give to them such consideration as they may deserve. "On behalf of the deputation, ' " I have the honour to be, my lord, your lordship's obe dient servant, " J. H. HINTON, Secretary." THE ELECTION OF CHAMBERLAIN. DECLARATION OF THE POLL. Yesterday a common hall was held, at the Guild ball, for the purpose of announcing to the livery of the city of London the number of votes which had been given to the two candidates who contended for the office of Chamber. lain. The attendance of liverymen was large. Mr. Sheriff CsoLL said that it we. his duty to pro- claim that the numbers who had voted for the two candi dates were as follows : For Sir John Key, Bart., and Alderman 3,186 For Benjamin Scctr, Esq. Majority for Sir John Key 271 The announcement was received amidst load cheering. About • quarter of an hour after the declaration of the state of the poll, the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, having on his right hand the Chamberlain elect, sad accompanied by enteral aldermen, entered the ball amidst vociferous cheering. Silence having been obtained, The RECORDER (the Right Hon. Stuart Wortley, M.P.) announced the fact that the Sheriffs of London had re turned to the Court of Aldermen the decision of the livery, which was that Sir John Key, Bart., had been, by • majority of 271 votes, elected to the office of Chamberlain for the remaining part of the present year. (Loud cheering.) Sir Joni's Kay then appeared, and proceeded amidst loud applause to address the livery. Having expressed his thanks for the honour conferred upon him, he said that if, during the heat of the contest and the excitement of a most unexampled struggle, any words might have fallen from him which would have given pain to the humblest indi• vidual, he deeply regretted it; and he trusted that he might, then, cherish the hope, that as the contest was over, all feelings but thee' of friendship and confidence would cease, and that those who had elected him, and also those who were opposed to his return, would unite with the same eordiality as before to promote the peace, to increase the wealth, and to add to the influence of the City, in upholding and strengthening that which was great and good. The example of a free city and the utility of free institutions working admirably, and without cre ating dimension" or disunion, would surely prove to the world that the true greatness and happiness of a nation consisted in its freedom, and in the well disciplined order of those who possessed it and need it wisely for the common good. (Cheers.) He was then the servant of the chinas at large, and henceforth he trusted that he should so con duct himself, that while he justified the choice of his friends, he hoped he should also win the approbation of those who on that occasion had been opposed to him. To all of them he begged to return his thanks, and to assure them that he should enter upon the duties of his office with the most grateful recollection of the kindness shown by his friends and of the courtesy which had been evineed by his oppo nents throughout the entire struggle. Sir John then withdrew from the front of the hustings amidst loud applause. Mr. Score then appeared. He was greeted with enthu siastic cheering. He said he stood before them a defeated- 1 but neither a dispirited nor disgraced candidate. It was scarcely possible that • man of hie yew, and standing could occupy a prouder position. Sought out by his fellow citisens as a candidate, and having received from them spontaneous support almost unprecedented at such electioner i he had polled 638 votes more than had been recorded for Sir Was. Heygate in 1843, and 693 more than for Mr. An• thony Brown (the two preceding chamberlains), well known and deservedly respected as had been those gentlemen ; and had it not been for the grossest misrepresentations respects ing himself and his family, and other influences, he would now have been their chamberlain. (Loud cheers.) The numbers on the poll afforded an unanswerable reply to those who contended that he had not been justified in receiving and acting upon the requisition. (Hear, hear.) Their chief magistrate, who had aspired to the threefold honours of the civic state and to a place in parliament, gloried that he was the son of a respected tradesman, and so it was with the great majority of those whom the citizens " delighted to honour." One of their late aldermen gloried that he had in his younger days navigated a lighter upon their noble river, and another had boasted at his own table in the presence of royalty that he had begun life as a shop boy. (Hear, hear.) Were all their traditions of "Richard Whittington" to be forgotten, when gold put forward an aspirant ? Was industry, perseverance, and unblemished character to be forgotten, and the man put forward by his fellow-citizens rejected because he had the marks of ink upon his fingers (Laughter and loud cheering.) He was quite sure that his honourable opponent would a►andon his views as untenable, as he (Mr. Scott) belie red that the worthy alderman was now convinced that they were so. If not, how must he act in the office to which he had been elected ? His first act must be to remove Hogarth's inimi table drawings of the "Industrious Apprentice" which decorated the walls of his court. (Hear, hear.) After some further observations, Mr. Scott retired amidst loud applause. Thanks were then voted to the sheriffs, and the court was dissolved. BATTERSEA-PARK.—Yesterday a bill in the Com mons was printed, brought forward by the government, to enable the Battersea-park Commissioners to give 1,300/. for the purchase of common rights over the site of the park, to the charekvrardens of the parish. ELECTION EXPOSURES. LIVERPOOL. Yesterday, on the re-assembling of this committee, Grub 7, the bandmaster, was recalled, and his evidence went to show that be and other 'madmen received about 1001. for their " music" at the last election from the agents of Mackenzie and T Further evidence was then taken with reference to the payment of 51. each to the freemen who voted for Turner and Mackenzie. Thomas Walthew, examined by Mr. Maeaulay—Was a shipwright and freeman, and voted for Mackenzie and Turner. Mr. Fisher, foreman to Mr. B. Jones, can vassed him shortly before the election, and said, " You know if you gave your vote for Turner and Mackenzie, you'll get your day's pay and plenty of refreshment;" ' and witness said he would vote for them. Witness was at the Royal Oak on the evening of the nomination day, Fisher amid to him, Tom, you are acquainted with the freemen about her e , bring them all down to Hill's, at the Sefton Arms, 30 or 40, or as many as you can." Wit ness went to Hill's on the polling day, and saw many free men there, some 18 or 18. Saw Crosby, Underwood, and Robert Cooke there, and Parkinson, but not the man who died the other morning They had refreshments there— bread and beef, and anything to drink they liked to c a ll for. After witness and the others, some 48 or 20, had polled, went back by the " bus" to the Sefton Arms, and had more refreshments, and a glass of rum. Fisher did not go with him to vote, bat remained behind to get up more men. lie was attending the room and ordering re freshments. Fisher did not mention about the ss. then, but they all knew that it had to be paid. Leech, a free man, and Mr. John Jones, took within's name down in a book after he had polled, and told him to come to the Sefton Arms on the Saturday might for the money. Saw Fisher at the dockyard, and he told him to go and get paid, and said, " I em going to Horsfalls to get the money and I will be there at six o'clock." Wit ness went to the Sefton Arms, and Fisher gyve him his day's pee—fire shillings. He paid nothing for the refreshments he had. Robert Cooke, examined by Mr. Bodkin : Was a free man of Liverpool, and a seafaring man. Was a ship keeper, and voted at the last election for Turner and Mackenzie. Knew Mr. Fisher, Mr. M. B. Jones'. foreman, and saw him on the morning of the election at the top of Stanhope street, with a great many round him. lie had not seen him before on the subject of voting, but Fisher then asked him if he would go end poll, and witness said he would at 11 o'clock. Knew Fisher before to be a man connected with the red party. Joseph Parkinson was with him, sod a gentleman whose name he did not know, but who was clerk to John the Baptist's Church, and he also asked him to go to the poll. Nothing more was said before Fisher went away, but in consequence of what the other gentleman said, witness went and polled, and then proceeded to the Royal Oak, and saw Mr. Henget(' and Mr. Inmair in a room, with others, writing. He went to the Sefton Arms on the Saturday following, with Parkinson, at seven or eight o'clock, and had the ss. paid him. Parkinson also had ss. Richard Fisher paid them, and Parkinson said to Fisher , ' • This (meaning witness) is the man who poll e d on our s ide, and Fisher then paid him os. Fisher gave Par kinson half-a-sovereign between them. Other freemen gave evidence of a simifer tendency, and the committee adjourned to this day. PETERBOROUGH. The committee met again yesterday morning, and resumed the inquiry. Elwin Augustus Scboley was called as a witness, but on coming to the table he said, though he was willing to be sworn on the New Testament, he did not attach more im portance to that book than to any other. He said he was not a Christian, but was willing to be sworn in the ordinary way if the committee wished it; but, whether sworn or not, he would, in giving his evidence, speak the truth and nothing but the truth. The committee ordered the room to be cleared, and on the re-admission of the parties. The Chairman desired the witness to be recalled, and on his appearing, he asked him whether he believed in a Supreme Being, sad a future state. The witness replied,tbat he believed in a something superior, but what that some thing was, he had found no one to tell him. He eventually ' admitted that he believed in a God, and that when he took God to witness that he would speak the truth, that was a '. form of oath which would be binding on his conscience. He was therefore sworn, and he stated that he was a shoe maker, and at the time of the last eiection the keeper of a temperance coffee-house, and a voter for the borough. He was a supporter of Mr. Whalley's, and there was a com mittee room at his house, occupied for three days. His wife also made some rosettes for the committee. The persons who came to the committee room at his house paid for what they had. They were principally non electors. His wife received 21. 15s. from Mr. Heady for making the rosettes, and he had sent in a bill in blank to Mr. Vergette for the committee room. Should not have thought of charging mere than 30s. for it, but expected to be paid the same as his neighbours. Had not received anything for the use of the room, but bad been told by Mr. Allen that the bills would be paid after the result of the petition became known. Cross-examined by Mr. Cooke—Had promised his vote to Mr. Whalley previous to receiving the order for the rosettes. Allen told him that many of the bills which bad been sent in were extortionate, but that after the petition was over, such of the bills as were not extortionate, would be paid. Mrs. Scholey corroborated the evidence of ger husband. The next witness was John Burrows, an odd sailor-like lookin; little fellow, who, having prefaced his evidence by observing "that he was no scholar," proceeded to depose that he was the lanalord of the Jolly Sailors' public-house at Peterborough. Voted for Mr. Whalley at the last elec tion, and he did so because he had always voted on that side. What side was it 2—Why the blue, to be sure. Oh, he didn't know what his politics were—whether he was a conservative, or a liberal, or anything else. He didn't know, and he didn't care. He voted for Mr. Whalley be causebe was a " blue." There was a bill outside his house about a committee being there, but he didn't know who stuck up the bill. Made no charge for a committee room, and no person used it as be knowed on "—" not an airthful crittur." [A good deal of amusement wee created by the quaint manner in which the witness gave his evidence, and the playful manner in which Mr. James drew him out.] The committee adjourned until this day. BERWICK-ON-TWEED. FURTHER INQUIRY. The committee appointed to inquire into certain allegations to c es advanced relative to corrupt nego brouthatzunder the notice of the house by Mr. as Mitchell, nego tiations respecting e representation of Berwick-on-Tweed, met yesterday for the first time. The following hon. members composed the committee— Hon. H. Lsscelles, chairman ; Hon. C. W. Howard, Mr. liaikes Currie, Sir F. Thesiger, Mr. T. A. Mitchell, Mr. Adderley. Shortly after the committee met the room was ordered to , be cleared, and after an interval of about half an hour, the ' public were again admitted. Mr. Matthew Forster, the unseated member, was the first own placed in the witness chair, and in reply to questions Mr. Mitchell, he stated that he had been elected for Ber wick at the last general election in July, 1852. The num bers polled on that occasion were—Forster, 412; Staple ton, 336 ; Benton, 261; Hodgson, 210. There was a peti• tion subsequently presented against the return of himself and Mr. Stapleton, by Mr. Hodgson (one of the defeated candidates. That petition was signed by Mr. Hodgson only, and not by any of the electors, and Mr. Hodesontli the power of withdrawing the petition subsequently, if he thought proper. The petition went on, and I wrote to m agent to send up some person, and to let me know what witnesses Mr. Hodgson had summoned. He did so, and I sent him (tke agent) to Mr. Coppock, that he might give Mr. Coppock all the inform', tion he could upon that subject. The only instruc tions I gave Mr. Coppock were that he was to manage the defence before the committee as he thought proper, but that he was to be sure and call me es a witness, and that nothing conclusive should be done in the committee till I was called as a witness. That was the only special instrue. lion I gave Mr. Coppock, and so particular was I, that I did not content myself with verbal instructions, but I wrote a note to Mr. Coppock from the library in the house, remind ing him of it, and stating distinctly that the committee should not dose till I had been heard. On the Saturday (while the committee were sittit . g), I waited in the library from eleven till one o'e 1 k, taking the chance of Mr. Cop pock sending for me. I then went away to get my dinner at my office, thinking be (Mr. Coppock) would send for me if I was wanted, as he knew where m office was. Oa returning, I found I was unseated. I felt very strongly disappointed and annoyed that Mr. Coppock had not called me. My intention was, in in structing Mr. Coppock to call me, to lay before the com mittee the overtures that had been made to me to compro mise the petition, is order to show the committee that the petition had been got up for the purpose of obtaining money, and my opinion was that no committee would unseat a member after such overtures had been made. Mr. Mitchell—Then the committee are to understand distinctly that Mr. Coppock acted contrary to your instruc tions ? Mr. Fonter—Most decidedly. I believe he acted to the best of his judgment, and with the best intentions. From all I have known of Mr. Coppock, I believe him to be a highly honourable man as any in the profession, and, therefore, I do not blame him in the least. Mr. Mitchell—Did you sanction , any compromise at the Wt moment. ....... _.......—... Mr. Forster—Certainly not. I did not know of it. I bad lot seen Mr. Copped" from the day I wu unseated till the day after I presented my petition, because when I called upon him then, I confess I was very angry, and expresaed myself to him in very strong and indignant terms, and I did not see him again till the day after I presented it. I then learned for the first time that there had been a negotiation in the committee tot a compromise. lam not acquainted with any other circumstance that is material. In reply to questions by Sir F. Thesiger, Mr. Fonter gave a variety of details respecting the circumstances of the election. CLARE (COUNTY). The witnesses examined yesterday gave evidence similar to that given on Tuesday, us to the intimidation of the priests towards the voters. SLIGO (BOROUGH). In this case, likewise, several witnesses were eza• mined to profs intimidation on the part of the priests. EQUITABLE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. Yesterday the annual general meeting of this company took place at the London Tavern, bashopsgute street, Mr. A. C. Bauct.av in the chair. The following gentlemen were also present : Mr. James Finlay, Mr. P. Bainbrigge, Mr. It. E. P roe k ter , M r. Daniel Noble, Mr. Henry Eve, Mr. G. Bartley, M r . C . A. Harries, Mr. Jas. Lees, Mr. lrvi n Fe, Mr. W. Tucker Mr. M. Young, Mr. J. Tullarton, Mr. .R. Stair, general agent for the British North American Colonies. The following statement of accounts and report from the directors was then read : The statement of account., from the commeneement in August, 18.50, to the 25th of December, 1852, showed that the receipts, inelu..ing subscribed capital of 191,5001., amounted to 239.018/. 7s. 2d.; and the expenditure, toge ther with capital not called up, to 153,2001. " The directors have great p!easure in meeting the share holders at this general meeting as they are very desirous of placing before them a full statement of all the affairs of the company, being confident that the proprietors will feel that they have every reason to be well satisfied with its present condition, and its future prospects. The Equitable issued its first policy on the Bth August, 1850, and up to the end of last year the policies issued had reached the extraordi nary number of 9,652, showing an amount of business which is believed to be without parallel in the experience of any similar institution. The Equitable, although in all respects perfectly distinct from the National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society, was brought out under the powerful auspices of that company; and immediately upon. coming into existence found itself in possession of first-rate agencies ' not only in Great Bri tain and Ireland, but also the British North American Provinces, the United State's, and also of agencies in France and Belgium. The expenditure in the establishment of the business was very great, but this your present dirt ctors have no desire to dwell upro , as they have the more pleasing task to perform of placing before you features of subsequent prosperity more acceptable to their own feelings and your.. The directors are sorry to be obliged to refer to the unworthy efforts that have been made by rivals to injure this company both at home and abroad—in the first instance, by making a most un fair use of the balance sheet up to the end of Mil, and then by exaggerating the amount of our loss at Mon treal by the July fires, and using this at the very time the company was paying every farthing o f it s l osses , as a weapon by which to injure and, if possible, to destroy it. llow ever, as is almost invariably the Case these efforts to injure us have only recoiled upon those who have been un generous enough to make them. In referring to these attacks the directors feel it to be only due to the general agent, the agents, and local directors in the British North American provinces, together with the agents generally, to record their high admiration of the faithful way in which they have done their duty i n th e noble stand they have made for the interests of the company, and to con gratulate them upon their triumph and success. The directors are also desirous of expressing to the shareholders their perfect satisfaction with the manner in which the business of the company is conducted in these distant agencies, and their confidence that every precaution is used to secure a safe and profitable business by the most careful personal attention on the pert of tho local directors in examining and deciding upon the quality of risks, the amount of rates, and generally to every part of the business. Your directors in the midst of all the anxiety inseparable from the charge of your interests, and the in terests of the insured, have felt quite sustained by the as surance, that so long as you remained firmly united as one corporate body, and they continued to possess your confi dence, there could be no fear whatever of the ultimeto success of the company. Since the month of July, 1852, there has been a complete re-organisation of the board of directors, Archibald Campbell Barclay, Esq., Chas. Bennett Esq., Frederick Morris, Esq., Edmond Sheppard Symes, Esq., M.D., Thomas West, 'Esq. and Francis Valentine Woodhouse, Esq., being d u ly qua lified, have since the lest annual general meeting been severally elected directors by resolutions of special courts,according to the provisions of the deed of settlement, in the room of 1. L. Murray, Esq , W. Richardson, Eeq., M. C. Maher, Esq., E. S. Symes, Esq., M.D., A. Vigne, Esq., and Stephen Mills, Esq. • and Archibald Campbell Barclay, Esq., has been duly elected chairman of tho board of directors and of the company. There has also been a complete re-organisation of the gene ral staff of the company, with the principal details of which you are already familiar, from the circulars and other documents that have been from time to time pot into your bands. There has been also a complete reorganisation of the agencies, and generally of the whole business of the company. The agencies at Paris and Belgium, being found too burdensome to be continued, have been brought to a dote, and the agency at Edinburgh has been reorganimd and placed upon a more economical and efficient footing. The secretary has been employed in introducing a better system into his department, especially with re ference to the home agencies, and has prepared a book of Instructions for the guidance of the agents, with tables of rates of premium; while the accountant has brought up the books in his department, and succeeded in disentangling the neglected accounts of the com pany, so as to bring them to a perfect balance, and to present to the directors a clear and full and detailed view of the business of the company at all its agencies. Besides the important result of restoring a healthful tone to the whole business of the company, there has been a very large reduction made in its current expenditure by the work of reorganisation, and the changes above alluded to. It has been the anxious desire of the di rectors to keep the proprietors fully informed with respect to all they have been doing, and to claim from them that hearty co operation which a corporate body has a right to expect from all its various members. The directors arc ea-, pecially anxious to press upon the attention of the shareholders, that it is their duty as well as their interest to strive to advance the general prosperity of the company by every means in their power. The 10,000 shares issued up to the end of the last financial year, distributed as they are amongst a most respectable and wealthy proprietary, proved sufficient for all the purposes of the suctety, but the magnitude of the business already attained, and which is still so rapidly extending, snakes it de sirable to increase the amount of capital in hand. Your directors have therefore determined to issue 10,000 addi tional shares, at par; they have already received applica tions for a considerable number, and have every reasun to believe that the whole will be awarded within a very short period. The present shareholders will, of course, base the preference, and it is not intended to make:any further issue except at such premium as may hereafter be detcrminedupon. It is only necessary to state further, that during the four months terminating on the 30th of April, the number of policies issued has been 1,615, making a total of 11,197. The premiums received during those four months have reached the large amount of 9,86,51., while the claims paid have only . amounted to 2,4601. The directors have pleasure in declaring a dividend for the half-year at the rate of five per cent. per annum, which will be payable to Fibers holders on and after the Ist of August next.—Anettn. . _ CAMPBELL BARCLAY, Chairman.. After some discussion, in which a variety of questions were put to the directors with respect to the candoiou and management of the company and answered sathlactorily, the report was unanimously adopted. A dividend of five per cent. was then declared, as recommended in the report, and the retiring directors and auditors were re-elected. Thanks were then tendered to the chairman and board of directors and to the general agent of the company at Mon treal, and the meeting separated. OPPOSITION TO THE REGISTRATION OF ASSURANCES BILL AT MANCHESTER. On Tuesday evening a public meeting of managers and members of building and land societies was held at Manchester, for the purpose of petitioning parliament against the above bill, which has been referred to a aelect committee of the House of Commons. Mr. ABEL Hay- WOOD presided. A petition to the House of Commons, and resolutions in accordance with the object of the meeting, were adopted. MIDLAND RAILWAY. Yesterday a special meeting of this company was held at the station at Derby, Mr. JOHN ELLis in the chair; the object being to obtain the consent of the share holders (under the Wharaclilfe order) to the bill now be fore parliament for making the Leicester and Hitchin line; that is, a railway from Leicester Ma Bedford to Hitchin (where a junction would be effected with the Great Northern line), with a branch to the London and North Western line at Wellingborough. The attendance of shareholders was smaller than woe'. The heads of the different clauses in the bill having born read, the CILAIISMAN submitted a formal affirmative motion to the meeting for adoption. Mr. Batavia. Bartz seconded the motion. A desultory discussion ensued. The motion h.oting been put, was carried with tour tlts eentients only. Mr. BATEMAN and Mr. Ramsay demanded a poll. The CHAIN-were said that only one prosy had beia .it in in favour of Mr. Bateman's views, and it was io lade ; whilst proxies for no less than 2,800 votes had been sent in in support of the directors' views. For some time Mr. BATEMtN persisted in his d,clatation to go to a poll; but ultimately withdrew it in deference to the general wish of the shareholders. The resolution was again put, and all but unahimouily carried, the business of the day terminating with w em.. of thanks to the chairman. REDUCTION OF THE TEA DUTIES. The deliveries of tea under the new duttt.N tom =lured yesterday morning at six o'clock. 17 owe: s 9( 200,0001. was received for duty is the course of the .1.% TERMINATION OF THE STRIKES IN TIIE Nolan. —Samna, JUKE I. — The South Shields shipbuild AA the shipwrights' union hrore come to terms, the mast as giving the men 301. par 'week. The wages of shiphundt vs on the Tyne now are 30s. per week, and 31. allowsnee en old work; 305., wit:nout allowance, on new work. The master joiners antl, their workmen have come to terms, and the latter hove gone to work on the terms demand. d— 27e. per week, The tailors and their employers have also ts in to terms. The standard of wages of operatives empl..yed at home and ship work in this district is ordinarily about a guinea a week. At the present period it will approach '27s. Iper week, with full employment, and more mute's rhea men.