The Express. — London, England, 1852-04-28 00:00:00

IMPERIAL P. HOUSE OF LORDS.—Tuason, APRIL 27. Thu here 110 t at 6 o'clock. Lord RaDlattALlll sat Speaker. PETITIONS PRESENTED. IMAIINOOTIL—FIy the Earl of GALLOWAY, from plane in Scotland; the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, from Boa At cord Free eltsreb ,Woodridgr, Morniernde, Perth, Durham, end St. AndrezlOrkney ; against Callitattaltall of the rut is Msy NOIOIIIIIIIB.—By the Earl of SHAFTESBURY. from Newbury, praying far the pub& tweeters of asnarrive. EXCHEQUER BILLS BILL. Os the action of the Earl of Dense this bill was read • wend M. SUESP AND CONTAGIOUS DISORDERS FRE- VENTION BILL. On the motion of the YAM of ll•nDWlChtt, this bin our read a second time. ST. ALBANS DISFRANCHISEMENT BILL. On the motion of the Karl of Deans this bill w reed a thud time mad paned. COPYRIOHT AMENDMENT BILL. On the motive of Lord Cut-catarhs this biU was read • eased time. ADULTERATION OF COFFEE. Viscount TORKINOTON rune, pursuant to notice, to protest petitions from the seam merthanta of London and Weetatioatitr. mod our hem Ceyles,eamplansialt of the opera tic. of the treasury wisit.ate d Aeguat,lBlo, with respect to the tale amen Lied with oithery. The minute in ques non hail indicted peat loos rpm the prtittemers, and had aka mooed s diminution of the 500 n.. .; sad tier prayed that the treeteury misses of 1810 be reminded, and that of 183/' slightly altered. The noble lord than Weds recapitulated the acts of whiniest peseta from the 43 Oes. 111. M m yelin the sole of colfee. Is 1840 the treamuy lowed • 'emote on a memorial from perseesproseeuted for adult.- ratans coffee, mil it was as follows .• Write to the commis eisiers of caner, that say lords consider that the law was altered with the view of admitting the &depilatory of chi cory with coffe. My lords, theiefore, do not consider that say measures Should trs enterer,' to prevent the sole of coffee mind with chicory, and ope of *aim that the pro secutions is quo ties s shield be dropped. My lords do not soisider such edeosture wiU be • frond en the reve nue so keg se chicory pays the MN, d.ty sad se between the seller and mothers my MO de sin that government should interfere as little SI At th-t period chicory was not grown In this int it was sow grown here to • great wilt Tbo emight to hare the minute altered, se epee Mem Se sell chicory as well se coffee, but to sell int o end never mined together. In 184.1 ch lobe grows la this woantry , and i• 1 8 17 rielthlth eiss a sabb grown, from which time there had bees • ino of M the cossumptiou of coffee. It MI 111111111 alga 37,141.373 lbs. in 1817, to 31,328,814 lbs. is IM. In ISM there was a slight Menne of& minims and • MHO meth la bookies at the emisumptios of this country, as empessil with others, it was evident that there Lambe meth Mop for the mall quantity of coffee used in Cheed lb la the United States of America, the oseallegliell our 130.000,000 w haat in this cosafty, with Ns population of 27,800.000, the quantity used itt 1851, was ably 32,161,184 lbs. In some remarks, Mositted to the Lords of the Treasury on this subject it was maid : "That so reasonable muse nn be assigned for lids rapid and serious diminutives in the essemptima of east. swept the ' notorious substitution of eltiseep awl other substoases. Of chicory aloes. it is estimated, bySie awl suarelont prise that about 12,000 tons, or ?ftjak Um., lithe bees loth suwil annually in recent yews ; and assmig this to 11. place a similar quantity of eel* It must Wetmore, s► cording to the present duties, • sun of 338,0001. trim the smite of the state." The petildeeme did not soh to plies a duty on chicory; but all that the Mosta isionsts rt fuirtd was, that as article grown at 'mat coat amid have air play in the British market, that It should he sell sort rat. ly and alone and sit, under mem ems, Masi with a spurious snide width moot be 'abalone to She far Mir, the revenue and the oomasoor. (U.S. , bow.) It ma well knows that the dolt theetheies of Oohed grimily in ereastd it trammtiet of his yosos„ sad stew was rtes only wilds to latish that ohmonetisa seuM me be mils& The Duke at MONTROSE bed to pommel trodden hoes Celia, w On moms MOW, Mimi IN/ ISO welly of the sissies of their istabirs mil the romenommt. (Hear, hear.) Ho tedentood that ast only was mem Mani with Aber ingvediette, but alma, _h ths uff was ipthearlabitt s ted ; sad there being so Sonia that et the Tyranny oilmen of 1840 was Imentimes to e mesa*, be hoped the government would SA 1111014 to it, being re scinded. (Hear, hear.) The Earl of DERBY said that rating menplaining of an evil bearing on the intense, of the Mr tenter, on the in terests of the missy, sad men of all on the prom elms' of the community—the mmeethem of allso—whs wow tot able to protect thmsolvsa, hod lo thought wins d urea the animation alba home mod /he gwormiont. Ho maid by as moms atm& to the isetaime simossi over Mak laid down by the Wm Clionssilme of the Embetrisr en ap plicable to all such ems, mad that se I as the romans was sot alfested INN to pow of the am of the some seat to protect soy portion of Me mitt trogatint dealing. (Hear, bier.) Ns ea smemy,_ thst it was the d sty allot govetangent, nesse to se re as well ae other milks. to de all to Mir. prim to roast the public from trVear)—at the mote Yoe Net Mir it,firing, if the thought . with the eimantwo of any article might net be isistmeises le health. Many persona mmetathed that Misery lemesel O fingrat of coin • sad Mrs mold he no mem My they oat arid' as agitaudh it. to con that wee Moth. Elm Mile the admixture th Mktg to be a W pm} bet. by accounts Midi be bad the quantity ol thin wesnewei was IS): toot, shout 94110 Ms of which moo told On the aduiteratioo of mass. Est 110 rtes the e nity of raw produce. ISMS bad Ma mita by grind ing, de., it stay entessed as 4 could be methanol. it arming of the statism used to adulterate ea" Maim We reerallost dem. thirds, sod the rambles mondthel ensistod at masa corn, beans, he. The litel bielleitien mall be 15,400,000 lbs., sad the It. to the room semstlits easel 80.0001. • yew la somemaos tithe aidtsentioa of wigs. Hu% if this nisitesollim sattil M dlmpoiltor rtmbibiloi, the osemairise of Min wed! ast of neentity rms mom& oar oodi Hey is noirmy se w adatizta lso re the of M owry with Mho, best he osestmal Mei hi sable frisolthat thew was to Jistillealta Ise • slats et Hies Mee winib id et • haul arm the the l eimmw rsetise Se MS to defraud the somas by mw, of an itemise she as Immo Woe to Mimi lig cosownst b* ii • spode= instal or a reaulos ankle, sad the lase at whish le WOO maim the Wirier of albs ermans. Es wee OM tig process oisissolim ones massed M mat se Meet that dim ma no temerity On wee la the bum tot Wog swim. TM, bownw, would My oast meths who purehassd i tl mYWe, sod tit peso arm ones se the eine, of MI yes toady to gay it thwe WO= in the way of tit . oelioi AY Miele of the Treasury ebb& ms tiL yet tbe Mention of tit epteminset 1 =r .... be rhea to ties boa mai olsmilsriss • for tai perms of pwswither On herainist =ea epatioes matenals with theesij i =iL s t humble sass of emesesse. ellerdiee to the hit tnairjand amom nikaMes to MMimmi& (Hew, bear.) The maims wow time travel to Es T ot is trelie. SCOTCH Intl The Dao of ARGYLL prommtel • pilaw Oboe idMs I was set of f maim mimiltr Mk la Ilswestkend ineetlagitiss sgsmiles ANA Mosel. he del ea t ie j l at to summit bis Vats es • 'peal= of snob grey imersienos, bet bo lion& It was • MIMI that Moslem Mary Meek Me Meade% esl lo whit tb. anon of_epeorametV to be diweleiL TER CREST PALACE. The Duke of ARGYLL pommeled • mike hew Law both it Wm of the Maoism of the Cirsta Pales% sad said his opinion -molded with Ibst of the petiloses. The Lai of OARROWS! possonted • pennies hom Skims, I. the West Rifts d Yestatte, to the sase Sot DRAINAGE IN IRELAND. The Eat ;ettWatiiiiinee hie %testi.= M Monday to move hr a select committee to impairs into the dynodes of tie sets Me to gnaws, la Inland. Theis lordekipe them Hi'UM OF COMMONS. —Toutuv, Arun 27. TM Bram= took the chair shortl beton 4 o'clock. _ PIRIVATR BUSINRSS. _ ._ , ----- The Loodwa (City) Small Debts Extension BM was reed' a third time rail firmed. BILL. AS ANINDID, CONSIDZILID, •ND AGITEID TO.— brft.sh Empire Mutual Life Aransas Company and Ipswich Dock Bills. Pt B LTC B U SIN ESS. PETITIONS PRESENT RD. Mftrrta BILL.—By Cot THOMPSOF, hem Sunder land, and from Janus William of Bishspireeessratth_L Mr. MORRIS. from Llastelly ; Col. ROMILLY, hem Wing has, in Ken; Mr. W. BROWN, teas liasalhormr—hem the teachers and senior scholars is the Sallbstitleheel fifths Ended Presbyterian Church, C from Thos. Oadd, machinist, sad ai r d w °l - rood ; from prawns in the employment et and Udebothers from North-West Brea* 011141 -reed, Total Abstinence Society; from the weetroes* et Mr. Smith, tailor. he. • from poems employed by Nome. Seem, Petty, _end Co. lot. Ans3reqesee; from tht ThfilliPooPlo empinyed et Mr. , Alltersetles seM, Pendleton; ken leer selshes employed by Selo KW, Miler, St. Acs' oe= r t from workmen emobled by (beertber sad Immo& street ; hues warbles* el Chrels• Tree end lies. Dope street, ftelhad; arid the MB. TNOOTII lionewsnor Arr.—By Mr. R. PALMER, from Newbury ; Mr. F. SCOTT, from Berwideldie ; Mr. BLAIR, from Bolton; Kr. FORBES, hem ; Mr. PLOYER, from Delertehire; for repel SE CAPITAL I :111$11111XT.—By Mr. L. NRYWORTB, from the iebabitants of Derby, against. OCEAN PIMPIT POIITAOP.—B iI y Mr. L. HEPWORTH (3), hem T of empt, Llenegrys, quern!, Merionethshire; in femur . _ _ I wersenow or Rettwocs Roosss.—By Xr. R. PALM ER, from Newbury, is favour of. TASSII ON Ktowsenos.—By Mr. W. J. PDX, from Oldham sad various tuber pleats; Mr. SCROLIFIXLD, Irma Birmingham; for repeal of. CILTILTAL PALACII —B M r. WA&USX, Onus Mar ton ; Mr. M. fiIBSON (4), from various penis/ Mis sm. TEWelis; r. HUME from Tosbridga sod elk Anse ; XL BASS OD, boa Links ; M "Maw oL BORDS.4IIIOX LLXD.-) hi,,,;;:i;i: VICARAOII OP lose of familtio midis" tato the eireasotosees of Bassett to that Uviag. WILIIII CIit'RCIII - UM, treading in YO alorgyassa to livings karmic NOTII Osumi REID, on Monday as- _ Wet whether the goveenniest had aay intaseica to Forum to lacrosse the strength of oar regular troop serving in Great Britain sad Ireland ? Mr. /WIT, for Tuseday week neat, a resolution of the 1101100 in Smoot of free trade. Lord J. RUSSELL, on an early day, a committee of the whole holm to consider the oaths. Mr. B. COCHRANE, on Tuesday week next, a motion on the subject of Memo communication with China. ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS. Mr. HORSMAN inquired whether ministers had any eassure In prepsistion or contemplation for reforming the moiseiastind courts I Mc WALPOLS replied that tits Queen's Advessil• had M the ate, and bed submitted to Ow Nil alai rgo ill imart of •MB ; but whathor they would tint 11. or my trther . Krieg the tomplieatird natant of du . sod AO difficulties attoading it, he wu not at pro prepared to soy. THE REV. ME. 1113ENETT. Kr. BOYLE, in putting the position of whisk he W 'von motet, stated that ho hot ame • satin in the *peer, ta the ant that the low:Nr. Ihmnott, hit Of SI Pad's, Enightsbel4p. had bootl Mtn tho loom of tbe church. This tom as umosa Mr at *a govermaire low rip limi ethos Sawa prombsed inquiry, hi whaling to thr initlltif _ _ ._ Sawa ti Ms Woomp_of lhomo. 1 The 11=L101 of IN 111ECRIBE NNW SIM the gomommant Ind loot us thos la ofeboosing oriels la- E s ies nomoolEs the low width woad lam rodommoo to • em ie s se t i lle law aim of the mows. and tho stSios of hod rosolood him, he might say, Wain C lib i: lli alw IMMO& He was ontorally to sembier Moe repair hem going into deans. Il• toodd. however, say that tie sakiect win ingoging the easossfiessideratiOn of the government. Mr. 110118 MAN asked whether It was a as be led 1 MEM a tom ■ Itto_ tbst them beotelood of Am of Ine lod signed the Implied Motimosiol it Swum tof Mr. Ilennett, and whether the SiabopoifLislon ME wommraireed such certificate ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said Mu boos would perceive that, as a icon Ads inquiry was hew m ina by the eovernment, information in detail maid ant I. satisfactorily given until it was brought to • ems. (liar, hear.) THE " DUNDALK DEMOCRAT." The ATTORNEVDENERAL fee Ireland, ce Wog questioned by Mr. Cstisirn, stated that the pressettien losiitsed by the late Irish goverment, against • load =, the Duoikot Doweerot, for publishing toonaia bee, had been abandoned by the peasant law GSM Ilir the Crown, in comequenee of the length el ties hutmosa the offence and the institution of legal pr ' EXTENSION OF TILE COUNTY FRANCHISE. lit. L. K INO rem, pursuant to notice, to men , for I hove to bring in • bill to make the franchise and the pro- cedure at elections in the counties in England and Wales the same as in the boroughs, by giving the right of voting to all occupiers of tenements of the annual value of ten pounds ; by limiting Um time of taking the poll to one day ; and by limitiag the time of proceeding to 'geese to eight days. Having al luded is the vary dilltult oloonmElmoos under which ho Wight foromml hi imollon. be said that the bin was the = g m Riot of hoot rpm, with en addition re and the duration of elect one it Is e t s rit i tee Rent e drairatio that the opinion of the house tbould to onpromd on the question of limiting the polling is months is nu day, and stsortming the pproceedings ge nerally team Imo smailard as in bees gha. When this MU hal Is.. bolt howled la the pervious year mirq boa. membeos wand spin It, sot homene they 'WNW M die principle, his solely torero the noble Ea this Mao bead of the govornmsat promhol to intrados' a mom= of sober only in cab amsioa. The aches lord bed podnott hi polio by introansiog tho hill ; but, in lib reenlist boa AM% Elea WU now no m es s a =o l alloo the house, and h s o i = ss maab winced to add that them ewe now me to Rem sn T hon. encoder. The Z She pessai iii hi b.= often Mo. in how, mod as moo had nem attempted to _moll the shouter of the isms whom it would .- . - enfranchise, bat the noble lord—its chief opponent— seemed to say it would be very desirable to keep up the ancient distinction between rural and borough tenures in any extension of the franchise that might be contemplated. Now, he (Mr. King) did not see how any (Wend= of franchise could be contemplated to counties without ex- tending it to occupiers of homes. The 40s. freehold might, =ltbe reduced to 204, but he did not think that e a very desirable result. He was glad to find, however, that when the noble lord came to deal practically with the question he did not resist the principle of /stead ies the franchise to meapiers. It was true that the noble bird did not go so farm the IW. franchise, but proposed 201., as doubt, however, with a view of conceding the en tire prep/ties at a future up. The right hon. gentleman Misemaseite take cleft to himself that the plan of g is vates to eseepiese in mantles had originated with his Mt,. The OM him andlnass wee net own to the roilla4lsrAss i e4r 6 t , , , , d s :lend eadnig a t. k i k= if e rpall ppestr iNmai tt i et euip . nimed that Ws' imany ildiltiolviL end not salad the 011111•111116 t Wald ES MB gwho wowed that it wee an es lrtaw. it nue &e l an meitTilis. " Mlles i4 wank rlis tbey tii rsr a staarsi l lel te N Vlreta l se g View s W m ilsons', en Is ions es watopene niseem I ba sing a was to eay ma who stand name ...A tenet M , shut don the Weenies to sash iss i t a tes Pi = a they, ,aM ray of jostle, withheld it ' hen the bran bailer i , boar.) To eastins inn' Is their pre an dam wend le Is prenha Is the maddest dist bons MO Add of the nom esegmailsin Menu, eal noon to sles this Jest dans to ether ebasee, be they wee 2 an wea shatief Inn (Rees.) Th e het was, th a t while K iher llionisielligeses wen every day ieweesisg, dielleas was everylley idandahlait Inns wen angle mseare whin be mar nil nook Rs disuses est stens Adm ninellee. Than MOO nos Om, Or mat of Is aping witinba the st a y hume wen Wok to bet ili ei _ _alai& m oan speeten great ins estaNtbsa lay the "sod Rehm %n e tt was to pa tan &ma it, and thet Oat nes be ended on SOY an illy. It wee all We _ tar peeplats lag Oat wheriver might be the thesestisal Min nese ansdarlam wet e the beet sersed as set s sa sent. Wiz= be Inishria hte prim W " lepod that a nen an meal niadple wend be sw siod eat, sad Oat there wadi be ea sal Is that palled depsiney _white bed Yens etalrand r INK Yr. CAIIPSILL. who was mad Winn* ban, woe smbantsod to disopers et the is. dens for rennet the dissuades of this epodes. H. nun ate "plass the n=ret Whem Rini (abide,alleils.) 'a pent of mug simile. els* whisk no hoe. ember suss to nano the bean Owe wen Ned cries of " Idettle." Yr. ROM mid that the anon ellen . whin pre waded no beak eine et the loess rosily myna lake. ("Bed " and Iner.) Inn ha progneed a main whit\ Amin ewe er three Wens el Rehm gene ma nil they Were toe man to brim fi f er at 111111.11111160 em druid be istadnied. Now en salon no ben& bred" en nos boa. ember seemed be ewe Inge* Ina it. Tide wee Mike with the plena, .he were beptlihe slaves Mon el ftnen. Oa what green weritheeseripless allll. been' be enatter Reran Osten elne P theyeaseld Inn' demeyenhaills bseeranart he mold was me be seadelbieer er nudes of sash es eadaelea. Hel,epd ths debt how. gendeems. the Sweeny ter the Home Deswlmeef. well ern forward sad sir ase t no the part the anerenent, what they moat to ife ;kr that fahtandemest bad bees a "denser co the part ergs swam ihr Os examen of the suilege. Re ban On wend be Ramat with the Mite of retinas no boil dam of the boss no this fee fteuNM queens. Ufa J. MANNERS mid thee, efree the dims* span et the ba. amde be would express the views nisi the goventsega - t sed, no thh modem The lea. member tar Ileatesse bad the aseensmat to my aye or se is this papeddem min sad be had at dillsohy ia ending am Us awed Oat he dwell base din& that bps. gestinsa liks the hes. member fm Regan no were cial a lez Wady Or a atheshatiss wadi have r :E this asemerhat eta inerhonse vldt Oat to damn the easslies et an. "nee la te nasty treadles the bens me ba the r le eley whor aw e ra U nee lis ii :,4wlaisk be t wend astlas i t merit to the =Mina itself, seen it were net nos to the objection he had stated, ma ass soul AO Mme that it was been no no sr sampties.whish edmllled et two atteramtves lassrpretm the.. The preptition was Is assimilste the or meaty Rea ching to that et boonahm New, yea might arieild. damps by two yresmeee, sad yos_wisht Impels bringing the meaty franchiesemmtethat onsuese mesas aught *Mk that de n = le assandated la weer way—set that the van inet=to do se, lessen they Uthegennwassemas trio ass= =hie ia neon an beneghs, it was impessible at to mk, mend whisk of the two seer stitsessise had dm mea insipstst dames of and' lardm earregeben been brought ? IT dee. shmger mere epee sonetkesseke whisk Mums& Weir nissalles. tremsithe which It we" new pigpen to she to was net a clear ere Mae sat again thallidekagra the franchise ? lie eskeitlel that if tholes* woe monism to wind up the Inas. el the media, it wend stultify itself if it smantoil to be nestles of the Iva. IMO her ihr East ikemy. Is • mew pdhlunt the went or say Wm 89.111111_ mei andemn le mastft a mum we se Mon b e deashies to "ay des el the assns. laity ; brat it went est be MAW& to agree to seek a pre. position in theament parlianent. Iwrd R. GROSVENOR mid that, if be bed been ace anted m to the propriety of bripskti einem' this ~si lks st the mese: time, he should hew essimmentM that it lailid set nee hen insinad sem Last night be had, to his great nonimeat, that a bill had been latrodusi by whin many members were to pay every rotor Is. M. hobo they mitt re- bees se wers to be mamba for ;w s - -- - s ithich A blietid et Say Mitillet Psi thew lih lasinoaties that the win and erMed Wea -1 1611Fellebiliti wise wee seossumeat days. ils ear l & ell ta re If w wieersteliew la the ameatite as IM widow &the psU -thee et the bo a, Me e sere i re to repewil en isles. r the s io ttem of free-w ti eret Mend Is vele. awl Ow malt &WA be dweeealtle to the be abed& Rea mashie. le Amid vele for C i me=el a awe Midges see, awl sae sheet which the peat of Se people wee Newt autiwee- ASK li SW Wei Mr. NAM, Mr. WAIL= mid was net watiwieed Mei the soble Led the member Ay Calsbeeter should shiest Is the biro dustiaa 0 tbe MU sow, and this& r o lse et Z e lfeweed by the les. maim de Zest Sersel 1 Sid be re gretted tare erne edliket side if Ile ebadd re pee& him kr hrwart bit malks. It slew be esaresiwe 1. ell be swatweellems le a sew le peelleeeewt. whew es Odin ig se ; boa it wail letter have a le ease Weddle ea old* Wipe he fie pooh thew the sere gemlike Meeedliewee MUM Denby: D was the duty ef mambos ea that side et the hew le lateeduse es away et each ewhisets as possible tats the 1= 1 1: 5 seder Vses the denim aught know what were the of eetwiidetse. . II D. —By Sir C. BURRELL, from 8111111 X '', salve his sob—(bear, hear)—.ad bad hoes egad by the beer. If county ambers were Faona.—By Col. ' 'ME, her 100 t Ira be the g o = J Traits, in Fromm, ihr ineZl . With gisi tees of the instituter/ of Rot. . 2 44. leg. .• t -ON ,area WOO ' muse is —BJ Mr. J. %Seek 6004.... beget an et bounty fare dhe appoin of be glad to • , t this metier. ,- t him I ge in Wales rip air* speak the . r do far to to si , vague re OTICES OF MOTION. dial or tbe MehaliallUl. 1 ha l ath:, 1 ; , ova Monday twat, to sa t the Secretary at thie, retiM lease lorry te titesble ... meal Li ••,- THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 28, 1852. STARVATION OF A CAPTAIN AND CREW. The following melancholy narrative is taken from a private letter written February 26th, 1&32, at Valparaiso, ea board H.M.S. Dido : We arrived at Valparaiso au the 10th pros. ; we should ham beau hies mash 11006413 had we not delayed so mach time shoe Capt Gardiner a gentleman of fortune, who had the Patagonian issionargo n c t iety, and had gees le wee smell barren islands elf the to enlighten the MIAOW% whit as they were. We remised int/th rees hem IP that we were to bolt ease Copt. Omaha at &enthral bleeds, where we amibeerieg there that • mei lad left provide= md Ise hire, it. Miliehe mead call Mt them, we war semi he l g thatee, a mall mdshabitsd eked; them we hued =that maid lead to his dissemey, bat • large best tea tree, awl it the hit mu a istelM4 with • Mess bed-tirk tau a fog. Weed the nets elm mewl or smell trees, sad get under weigh the nest assulag. We sweated as Otherre Dove, about two or tires days' sail ; there we mat be we sad ant in a tree wee this laseriptiou—' Dig deep, mar Oh eget you will lad a bottle ; we dug, eat hued it, eel he IS • note aa follow ' Capt. Gardiner—Yee lei find us at Ilpenisher, at adl se of 'best Oh mike hum Ole ghee: We puseseded to that plat the seat 4: Is to* now of stmago.leshieg Omen pie rhea; thv bero emi painted, sod mimed sidle mama dem. were steed ether asses et thie themPles of humanity dal Its worst fr ; the, OM& Oh, awl Me them raw, and subsisted it rehi blebs eel male aff tseea Hew they maid boar the said I west elk he to niesele eat of twelve it is iatemeW end. We huggemd Mpt there ia the lIIIMUINT. We pre am a few artistes of iMideg, but they would not weer them. We hft Ihem,. sad rammed our MO* after Capitals Gaidiest. We arrived at Swish Harbour the mom mesh& sad and bows it shore as sopa ea we deep seder, sea they 1 beheld a sight, the which I trust I gbh new Wiggle spia. BtrewW, ia lit brat parte of the he& were Captain H. arid two of his party. The lbst we saw was Captain G., in • date of do = Mom We supposed it to be him, by there ben a his Mabee form ; sad soars distance frees Is= to was mother. We proceeded some disease M my* with a teatimes; when we entered there wee a =smell at the eel of the cave, when we found the of the ethers. There was faralters sad Nokia( utemils, as the this had lived them 03101 time. The boas mew were Mewed to am the clothes, Mc., as they heed a hip shim eseitehave leeks sad clothing, sad en the lid ef t was milled his win, *Wei that the first ship that hued them Mesh ham the.. We buried them WWI the hisses of war. had cat au the wall was this in eeripties :—Pressed on the Mash about a mile-and ; Fos will fled SAO ; demi delay, for we are starving. We made the b es t of hells, sad lard them dead. It ap peared they bed bees imeesel by the natives, and had starved 03 arch. Ws led a mush& map from Rio to here, as is generally the ease round the lent. TIIE REPORT OP THE COMMISSION FOR INQUIRY INTO sill ONITRROITT OF OXFORD was presented at half past one yesterday at the Home-office, for the purpose of being ibrwarded to her Majesty. CIVIL Sisamcas.—Tho estimates for the civil ser vice of the year ending 31st March, 1863, have been printed. They exhibit an increase of 233,9841. r compared with those of 1851, and of 118,4441. over those of 1860. The fol lowing are the departments in which an increase over the sums granted in 1851 has taken place, with the amount of each increase :—Publio works and buildings, 112,5781. ; Aeries and public departments, 36,378/. ; law and justios, 196,7631. ; education, science, and art, 34,8121. • superan mations and charit ies , 23,2,56/. Under the head ' of "Colo nick, oonsular, and other foreign services; there is a de crease of 53,3151.; and in special and kinperary objects, one of 116,5171. GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN RAILWAY (laniasn.) An extraordinary general meeting of the proprietors of this company was held at their board room in Dublin, on Monday, " for the purpose of sub mitting for the approval of such proprietors a bill for revising( and continuing the powers granted by the Oreat Slathers end Western Railway (Ireland) Ex tension, Peeterlbston to Tullamore Act, 1847, for the pneehese of land and completion of works, : 4 7a i nep ilsr is gregreed to be introduced into the Moose of Levi in the prevent session of parliament." The chair wee taken by John Penoefather, Esq. The Chairman said it became sooromary to call that meeting in pursuance of • Orie, of the (louse of Lords, which required that MI MU, to he brougut before their lordships, &r a m be is the first instance, in the form in whisk ft bed pried through the House of Commons, to a l ineetleg ef the proprietors ; and the only business, e i fb re to botrannoted on that day was the formal step of obtaining permission to proceed with the bill now before parliament. He therefor. begged to move that the bill now submitted to the shareholders, for revising and continuing the powers granted by the Great Southern and Western Railway Extension from Portarlington to Tullamore, for the compulsory parehav of land and completion of works, be approved of by the meeting. After some conversation the resolution was then carried nem. dis , and the meeting separated. Wei intimated that he would vote against the _ _ _ eared SIBTHORP would coisseet to • Eli. franchise fee read= bet 10f. was too low. It ereell swamp the midi rusty t essetheeneles. Lad J. EU (who spoke in • veep= Wee of ' sees) wet eadtmehmed be may—l feel it my haw te vote shies this ha Dat I doe esetainly est elle rap vote rilMarie wean Inn by the ads l ie h meow e Oder= (Lee J. kosten)—as rad, per ' semsly, that the direeded • bill of this Metli the prep= ot the este= towards a dimities. If the gerterest we to way eel they were easiest to r u le s with the isilleeratile peak brims, we this bill =dee hem= eassiissattess. Better have the oversees= sot asked he Trek" dry Wee =e rest reinetent to take the Thessige. amestee, sad wheel "Oh, ob.") I ems= thememe, parrive the objesties to taking a sosermsof the ammeter of that sew Mere es, on a Tuesday. (Haar, hear.) It oppress to me certainly that it is a hie meal= he rah deentime In this house what shell be the astemat of an occupation franchise for comes. The Rehm Let sustained a clause introduced by the Marquis of Chasidim, 1 wide conferred the franchise lor settees upon SOL tenants at will. The late governess= were is Ireland an Si. sad a 121. occupation freebie was agreed to L e dl ili t iltism' sow the law is Isolate. Is a bill which I intro: thee during the reseed der isive laughter)—l proposed le rider Sr 601. q• = to a 20/. qualifies. ties In English mention So that it errs to me, weeding set only to the propritiess of deism= nemeolues, bet as ending to the changes peed to by pertinent an sea tampion by govenurste, with super to the temelke, that we may fairly consider such • bill as that et the boa obellair for Surrey. But I ewe, sir, it =per to me, Y reed le measures of this kind, peepers =pees eel with the tersty fasseities, that it would be - wir to hie to the rased =arras= of the represeerties, end that it weed be de bet= that ppaarrliament, sets it lees resider this mitojest, shoed oeesfdrr it as a whet, an mat be alter ing from time to Ease the franchise for rest= sad after wards in separate acts the franchise for borearbs. (Hear, her.) On this seideet I cannot say that I differ rue boa what I saw Aleut of the opinion of the has. ant i learned gesesemes the Attorney-Oessend, whim I see Ipp on& I nadoesteed ha to isq that he thought it of importance that the wirer ef the lenter e l d Policy of the seem, awl be settled, a= that we then proceed to Mee= awseasee ; and not bere, for the tietele of the representation 0 the people. I meet say, bower= I entirely Dee with hint as to the statimet he role that the coupe, is sow in a state of ruin owing to the memo called the free trade measures. Equally de I her with the noble lord the member for Colchester and the right boa. gentian= the Secretary for the Cohehe is re se= gard to the alleged ruin to the colonies Era the mated seser.: I she diee item the has.. gesthesen the meaber And be lionenegb OIL Cf: P. Young), who uses to be .muted that the =ten= ere is • elalities 0 =lee pirtmliea I es the smeltery, that whes these onseeteps, arm es free, trek lamer= memo I. be swesamed A the sew parr swat, the Hoer of Cermet= with the sppobalisa of as many, will declare that then moue= gemsallt eel. leetllvslleetivel , and individually, have greatly *meted the of the ormatey ; she that, thenehre, toit will be the date sif pediment seelatela sad erten these Meeellelle. But I de tide that that greet flew ties abseil mei= a deers be we begin sena* to smear mewans ft the stets of as werontatios. I was very to hoer the ante in the member for say, r I lailwelsee hie to say that the press= t would be any to ensue is aay Mown he the tiq at ed patilemset. (Lin Saha diweated.) that I be set misrepressat th e oak len la base by he rid that this was a question wry hid, open to the earkilestise of this or say ethic peillnisat ; sad, I bin nudes, whoa we have den with ths weed= of ear Ann seemesedel policy, thimble In nee/an ia 1 the view I should tee with repel to bang with the a preseetation. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said—l hive been entire to say • few words in this de bate, the . awn especially es the noble tied who has jar addressed you seers to have greatly =map rigiwkat was and by the noble lord (Lord strie._ _ ). I certainly did not undmtend my melds friend to may ,that her Melesty's government was " casein in any nisesum" for the relent at ambl to e. (Cheers.) Lord J. RUSSELL—The right hen. ggusustlsmee it is NM. I said, " to concur in a well essaus." Meer. hear.) Mr. DIEDAILL—Sir, I think it is evident that to "see seer" en to " cower" are two very different thaw. (Ls= obese) I sued, rase& be My sorry if mayhem. gnaws wadi art be yearn ion le 07•Iihte II lee& tele:er na an breast at aessaor OM it would sad the animas d eninn (Lan win lens et Sew, 142 I hen se an twain as est this of yedissentss7 seam that ens if the weed Awe— (lsseliise)..4loB Ma at iwad—(bar, lasor)—l weak within es essaist ulnae, barely waters tom lan ea yew atewaisa at pawn Bet I have se nib et A se wawa sly Maw with respect SO de rainier nommi. I have ee dais to and giving say again stilt ; banes et the penis; nesownses et the penal anew MS etas. to this sense As wins MOM :—I ehleet lie is the AM elm. leagues It h pude". (Heft kw I think that he wenn was be viewed ea a mach Imps wile thaw that which is nignel by tin the hat. lieletleelle the manes As lust Sestey. prepense M et aw, hear.) Aut I have Wee esellar la jean Os this hi I base shoo sal to lib heno-1 so peat it an, in it is as nyeense el a ilestsal inn esavisties t ha t ow pert.obst I thin that la as ties of that memeeitle law, the Rohn Apt et illr i ar. .... • ailli..44.lllolelikh ameleed is • weet of dee ms eeemesese • et the rhino et the lag demo to the freashise ; sad I own tin Tt, toy yin ; os a sewn esiesits, to bete the asblia4 ha d et that law sabonsige that a ism had Wan Ina to bill the mane entisa—sa whisk be sesteisly bay sedeloi tan Wien be t peat itakway la se/ owl= pi wywessalisa I sew redly sense unmesten hew ills sew es the other menses nab Urn Mee se 'man ; are at all to met theddelateg, User o llis" : 1 1 - egelesa, bewever we may =Sri le .miler le the anseetemeste that then eested—l re= to the of the herscra—there is so doubt that the WOW of the kkester were rek...amlsdEld .leLlimild We eineelly do those wpm In none nen that the rig ta iiiirtiasaysweessmines nown. But the Isonas which gamin that oweasney met millefed y o u mai A Alt. we astaelly lessinatei awe rights—the Rani Wins ol labor nth the sire et bosses were ilastreyeL I as sot ter • wenn nib asw to =lawn eat awe wen sot snag masses why the *Wong atangsateats Wind be Wean with ; but, tan Inver hen • ream why • wen t could set have bin substi tuted: sew of (Hear. boar.) I tree h of tbe nesalsat la this esoot, nigh at nose bee m b7sn raiblib wia awn to as Inn bet of IMO, the alir enwha le whisb I have ativerwa. (Rear, , hz i l WA as% sie; what Ms ben the remedy has Ista easel by these who ateeemis to themeless the the peeve of representing sad anyisa. laanw tbe rights stile nabs classes 1 They one Aswan they rayon a renaly is is feet • bap den et et the sinste, Tinny ni which non Whip ; an that needy is to threw the whole power se as lass the bins et a awe slam. (Cheers.) I of sari= a elliolibriAq which gives to property all the debts of aro =l:firMilk=sletkleab°eXtealnicettritri ribew.wilth tr is k e sis ta ime. th l e io ta aa s polit ado tlheraphise, of et the orwilitior , of this , my o mar n: Warsaw et its sear, bulb social sail tbeY Pe nes, as • nostly, • own wink Nesalially Is • measure of class legimiriss„ bermes they peones to give political autheeity to • dem so annerees that they wen be able to entirely downs the eawastisa se as sowelly. (Lewd sheen.) To walk • thaws I en spined, began herald In a name Is the constitution, awl Wenn as I think, It would most injuriously asset the team and condition of the souse. (Chews.) But thus, ilit, that is me wean why we dead set nobler ae iwporteat whether so hantrial Mashie soy est bervialetk a 7 wadi• wend en estiastisa to the* who have a tint an the et the entry. net is a twain whin I which the ante lard nee ee z=odi end yid* MI the and led as k it, I seatanesil ss which deserves ' greet sonalimethe easy mils remp sae ossibl the e he the good go wns* of ay sowely. Pat I elk yes is this missies la year Misr Ast—the wane of so meth public discon tent, ad wide may lied aldstottely to public disorder— by the mann sew Mare as Moss ? Oa the ontrary I for what Ism bow mann sodas with the Ina mar her be- HEM complain that property is eves tea Mush we tees, in existing Geastitumeies, let us Ns what the *sewer mode to the claims of O&M by the lea amber and his sib* The an 'serer is "he will repeemat property still mess." (Cheers.) That, at any rate, is pre answer, in this kV, hon. oentlemae. (Cheers ) Sir, 1 cannot flpar WHIM lega lities so crude, uses, tss I believe, founded Ugh pee nines principW I say this on the part ef mooff bed en the part ettilysegurie—l have said it belle% owl I re peat it now, in Witt that our opedees may net be derstood—that we& act laments es Mesita Ohs suf frage mutually with the extension of demaseelle . (Cheep.) I! I Swag see ea IMMO few ward—well aot la peesioa, bat with a shess imi t in 4hre at 'Mei to eisse4 m elakaas thee enemies el the seilimpe hi • me rase with the mintemenes at these inesitstises whisk believe an as mach hr the intrests of thus Wham es they are for the interests of say Wee awe of this issoatry—l mash a w p e or nld e ive and rmmenii them with whoa I aid, Is tics : sa a drapeasteaths khsd assiderraisa. (Chews.r. But, sir, the 'Min et the bat. pendernars is not of this Glass ; end luta einseineffienia is bowl* horsed which, so I think, awls the diihnieka mad solonmeiss et the ere, is well en. tided lathe sesmiiwidiss et enetiment, I mat lake ley stand am the settlement which eniste—net am say supsntl trees moreess fir that esthensent, bet bums I am op reed to year Mir year taspering with time anstitution, a teaming which i em esavhsail is the seam of political weekasselmil of (" Hear," and cheers) The pressat mewasiment have only ow object, en object which I sinesedy believe is OM sideat of all the members of this hens% the good iloolosoloot of the **marry. (Mom) Bat they desire to see the greats= of the mins maintained and the preepe rity Si the people enbeemnd. And if a change in the franchise is only prommed as a mate of obtain* political power and of exciting political agitation—(cheer)--te sash proposals we must give our unconditional tad unempromising oppoeitioo. (Loud cheers) I will net orb in sympret for the hon. member for East Surrey, that the present Is a measure of this kind. But I must nevertheless describe it ea essentially unsatafec tory, not calculated is any degree to meet the exigenicy of the state of affairs, use wikb I can easily understand may lead to much disturimaes and re-adjustment, but which at the use tints ant condom* to no permanent or enduringly osseplehis settlement—and, therefore, I must give le it--eatlemerme this is the last session of the existing Firths's!. bet besauss I would take the same view tends any Whir eirammetssosa—an unqualified oppo sition. (Loud sheers) lir IL HALL (mid loud cries of " divide," from all parts albs haw) insisted, despite the sanctity of the hour, on fieinfaiz a ts ,ara en w vi gusarks upon what bad fallen from the gentleman who had just sat down. Mks. pntionen had placed himself, by this address, itnagely at nehmen with the policy announced by Lord Der by on tanner *See. Lord Derby had distinctly de elandagainst all further " revolutionary' extension of the suffrage. The right hon. gentleman bad invited reform. (Hear, hear.) But was this concession a reality • or was it merely a new miserable clap-trap ? Meer, ear.) The defect found by the right hon. gentleman in the act of 1832 was, that it had too much excluded the working elutes. Wu the house to infer from this unex pected intimation, that when parliament met again, after this session, the government would be prepared with a measure extending the suffrage to the artisan elate? (Hear, Year.) It was a sham or it was ',milky ; and it must soon be tested. Probably the right hon. gentleman had become a convert to the doctrines of free trade, had tongued the cry of protection, and bad now hit on this new claptrap to catch the sweet voices of the people. (Oh.) If the nght hon. gentleman was sincere in what he had just said, it could only be his intention to bring forward a measure of parliamentary reform, and if so, he ought to say so at once. (Hear, hear.) He (Sir B. Hell) would be glad to see the right boa. gentleman reappearing as the radical reformer which he had confessed himself, or pretended to be, when be was turning his attention to the borough of Maryle hoc ("Hear, hear," and laughter.) The soneti• teensy which the right honourable gentleman the Woe Secretary had contemplated creating would have been a constituency of loutish clowns, perhaps feeder' of r pigs la farmyards, and whose only possible qualification ' would be a height of five feet two inches, and two years of drilling (" Hear, heir, " and cheep.) And yet the go- I vernmest which would rust a constituency like this would refuse the franchise in couuties to every man not paying I tell SOL a year rent. (Hear, hear.) But 'if the government amain to Introduce a measure such as the right hon. geotleaas had jut described, he (Sir B. Hall) would for one be glad of it. Mr. LOCKE KING replied. Die proposal wu a sim ple measure of justice, and ought to be carried out, though I might bo unconstitutional. The holders of household property in the counties were very unfairly represented. The house then divided— . For the motiin Assiut it 202 Majority against 63 Sir W. P. WOOD obtained leave to bring in a bill to ex tend the provisions of the Trustees Act of 1850. COLONEL OUTRABLAN . D .. THE BOMBAY GO- VERNMENT. Mr. ANSI'S'S!' moved for papers respecting the recall of Colonel Outruns from Scrods, and was procewling to make • speech On the 'abject. when ho was interrupted by • count out at • quarter to 8 o'clock. g' 'irreol3. , - TO CORMUIPON DINTS. • roil 241114.. f .The IZIM10." idallibline the OM* *vigil/Ws • Obsios." Is subliming sway Trasday aad Friday Watt, Is Uses kr pit afaasummaudelalwalod fa "'lts Ezprass," trades Evrelair paw. mud be st tbs dew, Ileurrerbramet, by Tan ceolsek tbd day et paladin. NIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Toss M. 1.2.......411114110014 I. 47•. TOMINIMOW-1 6 / 1 111/Oh 105. no. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28. Tim division last night on Mr. LOCKE KING'S motion to extend the right of voting in counties to all who pay 101. a year rent—when the Ayes were 149, and the Noes 202—goes far to show that the question of reform is gaining fresh friends every session. When this same proposal was before the house last year only 53 votes were recorded in its favour; showing a clear gain on the present occa sion. Yet this waiting from year to year for a few more votes is not very stimulating. The sanguine are apt to become cool, and the zealous to feel dis heartened by such slow progress ; but both may find consolation in the fact, that if justice is at times slow in her approach, she is no less sure at last. If less is done than should be done, the fault rests with the people. If they do not stir, and compel others to move also, they may be sure the political coach will not progress very rapidly; more especially whilst a large and influential section of the community aro bent upon standing still, and whose interests lead them to declare progress and destruction to be iden tical. If we are really to advance with the spirit of the age, it is time that the liberals began in good earnest to "take stock" of their election prospects. rho more active members of the party have, doubt less, long since run over the list of men now in the House of Commons—have scanned the newspapers to see what new candidates aro in the field—and what changes seem likely to take place. Mr. HATTER has long ago " gone over the thing" for the whigs ; the Anti-Corn Law Leaguers and the Parliaments 7 Reformers have each their plans, their views, their hopes, their intentions, their candidates and their anticipations; whilst the tones have for weeks peat had a " Carlton list" of boroughs and counties. kw which men of their party—willing to work or to pay may be entered for a race for St. Stephen's. Bat all this time there is a party—the largest and mod' important of all—who—busy with the real important business of day by day life—arc too apt to leave the vital stake of politics unwatched. Yet this nume rous party it is who have by far the largest interest in the result. They are—The people. Why should cliques and coteries hold possession of all the machi nery of political action? Why should combinations and societies, and London clubs take the initiative in affairs properly belonging to the community at large? The people should not only form fur them selves opinions upon . political matters, but should in that cool, steady, bus iness spirit which has made so many business successes in tlus country—and the ag gregation of which has rendered England great and wealthy as she is—in this business spirit the people of various electoral localities should now turn their serious attention to the coming elections. And how should this be done? Most certainly one primary rule might h, to advise electors to look at lone for their candidates. Surely there must be in hosts of places a sufficient number of persons fit for parliamentary duty, upon whom the voters might well place reliance. From the ranks of these some man should be selected to contest the representation of every county and borough where liberals and free traders are not already in the field. Hitherto the "going into parliament " has been considered to be, — and has in truth been,—a very expensive affair. But it is not necessarily so. If free-traders in each locality in the kingdom could fix upon some well-known man on whose moral and political character they could rely, and upon whose independence and honesty—upon whose faithfulness to them and to their trust, and whose superiority to the temptations of jobbery in and place they felt confidence in—if each locality such a man could be found willing, for prin ciple sake and for love of active occupation and from sense of public duty, to live in London some five or six in months the year—such is the man to be chosen' for nomination. Many of the right quality at times object to being put prominently forward. Many of the very best men am diffident of their own quah- Bastions, and are urged by modesty to shrink from a task they may be well fitted to fulfil. But if they have the other qualifications required for making an honest and independent representative, scruples of this kind should be overruled. When the Duke of WELLINGTON took office, he wanted the aid of his veteran friend, then Sir lIENIIT HARDINGE, and seeding for him, he expressed his wisheson the subject. " But, interposed the practical soldier, " I shall weer be fit for official work in the House of Com mies." " Pooh, pooh," was the duke's reply, " you will manage the parliamentary work very well. The only rule you must follow is this : Never speak about anything you do not understand; and never quote Latin." So with upright local men ; they should not ,hesitate about getting well through the work. Let their fellow citizens put them in nomination, and re turn them to parliament ; and the oratory will take care of itself, if they never speak except on things they understand and leave the Latin to the pedagogues. Honest, earnest, independent men are what is wanted, and not mere long-winded talkers. Indeed long orations hastened the ruin of the last French Assembly. • As to the cost of electing genuine representatives of the people, that need not be very great, if reformers would be true to themselves. The " legal expenses" of an election are a share of the cost of the hus tings and the poll-clerks. These cannot possibly be ruinous. In a small borough, 1601. to 2001. ought to be sufficient at the meet; in a larger borough, double that sum should be ample. Even in those places whore we know tens of thousands of pounds have been again and again spent—the " legal expenses" have been only the price of putting up the poll-booths and pay ing the clerk, who take the votes in them. AU the rest has been bribery and corruption. And so it is still. There may be—nay, must be—some cost for printing addresses and for advertisements; but if local reformers are sincere in their wish for • member who will faithfully serve them, they might surely in all eases—es they now do in many cases— pay these additional costs by a small subscription. An active committee may canvass a borough without any very large expenditure of either money or time; indeed activity is, during an elec tion a really priceless quality. In boroughs not very largo a few members of such a committee might indeed supply two or three zealous men, who by themselves or their clerks, or warehousemen, or shopmen, might make out a set of canvassing books. There is no magic required for such an operation. Any common sense person may make such books as well as all the electioneering agents in the king dom. A business glance over the register; a few six-penny memorandum books; a little industry —and the thing is done. With these books in the • r hands of an active committee, a borough may be thoroughly canvassed in a very short lime when those who have the task in hand are really in earnest. . Then when they have done this for themselves, they • are in the positron to require from the member whom ° they return a strict fulfilment of the duty ho under takes. If they send him to parliament free from . cost, they are entitled to require an account of his stewardship. But if they wait to be bought, they may expect to be sold. 'When a man buys a scat, • common sense ought to suggest he may feel inclined ' to regard his vote as hie private property. Let all beware, then, of those who seek to purchase seats in parliament. If free.traders were wise, they would not limit • their efforts, at the next contest, to towns. Why not ° start free•trade candidates for counties? Reformers do not know their real strength in the country till j, they try this step. The farmers have been humbugged , by the landlords, and have been compelled to seek in improved agriculture, greater intelligence, and ad ditional capital and energy, that success which the ° landlords once promised them from protection. The • farmers of the right sort are now under the new regime quite equal to their new posi t lion ; and the intelligence that makes them so also makes many of them the friends of r free trade and political progress. Besides this, there ; are many counties where townsmen live in such ; numbers that they might help the real county people to emancipation from the old territorial proprietors. Take North Kent, for example. Suppose local com mittees were formed at Blackheath, Greenwich, Deptford, Gravesend, Bromley, Rochester, C"liam iwich. tham,Ma idstone, and Tunbridge,sm h committees might make arrangements to start a second free trader as a colleague for Mr. ]lodges. Why, it may be said with truth that the suburbs of London run for miles through this division of Kent. What are Deptford, Greenwich, Blackheath, lewisham,Syden. ham, and Woolwich, but extensions of the great metropolis? Who live in those places but men all more or less relying or connected with the great centre of the world's commerce -London? —and all interested in that commercial policy which gives prosperity to the metropolis and to th e ot h er trading centres of our time. Gravesend might even be called a eubarb of the metropolis, now that steam by river and by rail has linked it so closely to town s Itochester,Chatham, and Stroud, again are large places holding a vast number of intelligent men able to appreciate the value of reform ; Maidstone also is similarly circumstanced, and might surely h e l p i n securing a second free-trader for 'Went Kent. Let a local man of character and influence be sought; lot the local committees arrange such un inexpensive contest that a prudent independent man of mod era t o fortune might be justified in accepting an offer to bo put in nomination, and then it will be seen how far free-trade has friends in this part of the kingdom. At hand let the plan he tried. There is a virtue in cou rage that ever tells well where courage is on the side of right. North Warwickshire is another place where the same plan might be followed. The mere list of polling places and chief towns in thst division of our great midland manufacturing county points out elements of success for free•trade candidates. Birmingham, Coventry, Castle Bromwich, Cob shill, Rugby, Nuneaton—surely in all these laces to say nothing about subscribers to Freehold Land Societies—there must be reformers enough to gut up committees, to find candidates, and to conduct an economical contest at a time like the present, when the continuance of our present national prosperity requires each true Englishman to put his shoulder to the great wheel of political progress. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY EI EVI'M Tho ministries of the interior and police are at present occupied with a matter which stirs great scandal, and will be shortly submitted to the Council of State. The central commissioner of police of ono of the chief cities in the south is on the point of being arrested, on the charge of having trafficked in pardons, and sold for hard cash commutations of punishments, or releases from prisons. The fact was denounced to the authorities by a prisoner, who had procured his liberty by this corrupt channel, and has been since confirmed by others. At flint tho administration dismissed the accusation with in credulous levity, deeming it impossible that a tone. denary who enjoyed a high character for intelligence, and was generally esteemed, should be guilty of so gross a misdemeanour. But the evidence was so overwhelming, that after inquiry, it was thought necessary to demand from the Council of State authorisation to arrest and prosecute this central commissioner. In the case of a common citizen applying to the Council of State for leave to prosecute a public functionary, this is seldom granted; but there is no mode of evading such an application on the part of the State. Thus an officer who helped of late to cram the prisons will now tenant those crowded abodes together with the socialists whom he confined, and then offered to ransom. Such instances are instructive as to tho course which justice takes when stripped of all tho guarantees of law, whether the scene be Naples or France. In this case one of the principal agents of the investigations of the mixed commissions has abused his trust to dabble in a traffic more infamous than that of the slave merchant or brigand. Who can tell, when all ordinary forms of law are swept away, the extent to which such detestable practices havo prevailed. Trade and commerce during the last week have ' been more brisk than for many months past. Exten sive orders, both for home and foreign consumption, have been received in Paris, and nearly all the fac tcoies arc in full work. There is especially more de mand for hardware, saddlery, bronzes,jewellery, and all those articles peculiar to Paris which are neg lected during the dead season. Accounts from Mul house, Elbert, Rouen, Rheims, and Roubaix all speak of increased activity in stuffs, which this year showed symptoms of revival earlier than other branches of trade. At Lyons business is less active. The purchases for Paris houses are not sufficient to exopeasate the want of orders from North America. It is hoped that the treaty concluded with Piedmont will bad to a considerable importation of Italian Iraw mak. It is to hi&h prices, caused by the sear ' 22:sf the raw material, that the absence of foreign is mainly attributable. All the cabinet makers of the Faubourg St. Antoine have work enough to eacupy them for months to come. There have been lane difficulties between the masters and workmen is thisioahearg. owing to many of the men having derawded the same wages that were paid before 1848. The conflict has not, however, assumed any serious aspect. Tho strike of the working carriage makers has been more important. Many of the best bands have left France rather than submit to the masters' terms. The building trade in all its branches is doing better than at any time ainco 1848, owing to the vast number of public works undertaken by the government. Tho accounts from the wine districts give rise to serious apprehensions. On the night of April 20, a hard frost set in throughout the whole of the south of France from Bordeaux to Montpellier, and did im mense injury to the vines. At Dame, Sauterne, Podensac, and all Risen where the plant is forward, scarcely any crop is now looked for. In the Bur gundy and Macon districts, the vines suffered greatly on the same night. This news has produced much excitement at Bercy, and has led to large purchases at advanced prices. There is, however, another reason for this rise. The increased duty on wine sold by retail, which comes into operation on the Ist May next, will not affect the stock in the hands of retail dealers on the evening of the 7Noth inst. ; they are, therefore, busily engaged in filling their cellars previously to that period. The long continuance of dry weather with cold winds has had the eftict of checking the downward movement in the corn mar kets. Flour has risen in Paris 21. per sack, and 4f. for delivery at the cod of May. PARIS, MOVIIAY P.VENINC. The event of the day is a remarkable report by Colonel Espinasse, one of the extraordinary commis sioners of pardon, sent into the provinces to revise the sentences of the departmental commissions. Yon will remember that, almost immediately upon the so- cession of M. de I'ersigny to the ministry of the in terior, circulars were sent to the prefects to relieve the crummcd gaols of all political prisoners who could be released without danger to see iety. Shortly after the military commissions were superseded by departmental tribunals, comprised of the military commander, the prefect, and the proeureur-general, who were instructed to use the utmost despatch in clearing off the lists of trials that remained to be de cided. About the same time the appalling destina tion of Cayenne was changed for the less des perate bourne of Algeria. Later, when the state of siege was removed, and the action of the ordinary tri bunals restored, so much was public opinion affected by the enormous number of political offenders eon demned to be transported, that it was thought expe dient to sprinkle the heat and flame of persecution with fresh drops of mercy ; and three or four persons, high in the confidence of the President. wire created special dispensers of this final measure of cle mency. In the meantime some of the neatest coun sellors of Louis Napoleon, and original instigators of the atrocious cruelties perpetrated for the violent foundation of his usurped authority. regarded this clement policy, recommended by M. de Persigny and and Jerome Bonaparte, as a weakness and a blunder. I believe that M. de Manpaa and General de St. Arnaud may be considered as the most influential members of this party. They suggested to the I'm sident that the chief base of his power was the real service ho had done France in crush ing socialism. All the adhesions he had received, the enormous sum of votes which acelaimed his power on the 20th of December ; in a word, tho popularity of his government, proceeded entirely from his having purged France of the pest of secret so cieties, and weeded the population of the buns of demagogy and the poisonous roots of sedition. They represented that only tour or five months ago society throughout Franco was paralysed with terror at the