The Express. — London, England, 1852-02-12 00:00:00

SPAIN. The latest telegraphic despatch, received in Paris ..rerdsv morning, from Madrid, says: *Tue health of the Queen has just er.tcred upon a pew prhasc, and there is every reason to hope that pwr car , a ill soon be completed." Our c orrespondent writes as follows : MADRID, Fits. 6. This in ailing at an early hour the following pro clamation was fixed upon all the walls of Madrid : informed that some persons, ca rr i e d Kw ., tho, mdisnatiou agoinyt the regicide, bays spread Sr , hot he wit. be torn from the hands of the authu pei ea to, nay to the scaffold, it: order that be may suffer sue , au 1 do ith thou that which he is condemned to. c nulurt is nut to be expected from the good aewul th Xfoilret people, yet I think it my duty to warn I bale taken every precaution to prevent g run ii .1 iii to be ch .. ived according to law by the lard au, s.tutoincr. To do the contrary would be un aoolitened people, and would only serve to i f dew .1k1....11.1 1 .45cen ' s mind, at a time when we ought 6 , ' ,A Mc +lightest incolent that might :sued her re -111.1,%.• `, Oct. 6. 1532. MELCHOR OItDON N y a i s slay. at the trial, the young advocate charged with the deknce, made a slight ethirt to the assassiii wits mad, a system of defence that ▪ no at ail whatever. According to the evidence ▪ tin (likens robe and stays were maims" with L o st. and .me of the whaleboat s of the latter was b r ,;„l, ill% the violentv of the blow. At as.assiiis residence there were found an tistol, a purse with twenty-rix five franc poem three lottery tickets, some ammunition , s MAIM , rips against the govortinietit of Narvik/, in which, among other things, he stigma u.. the de. larieion of her Majesty's beiiit; declared e i n the 'err hl3. In his acclimationbefore ex judge in 11w halberelieni office. lie said that he 1,,,; paw to the palace to wash out the opprobrium of kiguanit, by avenging the stupid ignuntnee of those lb , thought that it is fidelity to endure the faith kstaiss and perjury of • kings and queens. ▪ amtlier in 'creosol ory he confessed that disappoint sit st. and misfortunes, and the swindling, and bad fall he had suffered, from the slanders he had had endure., and the want of countenance (ruin the eAuslities, united to the sudiTings lie had had to heir, hail rendered his existence bitter, and pro- LA in him an aversion to human kind. (In being castionesl as to his political opinions, he said that ep,ditical forms were indifferent to him, and that all arpoidad on the men who governed. and it vta , far that he attempted to kill the Queen." 11, , Lad been a monk, amid bad taken up arms in the war of independence. He had returned to ko. convent when the war was over, and remained there t ut psi 9. when he went to France, in eons.- ", Mc of d iwen.ions with his brethren, who did not ks , s well upon him. He remained in France till Ttil, anal hell returned to Spain and became ordained all se, ular priest. lie took part with the liberals and was in maim quitiee obliged to emigrate to Frame. w here in the village of Sainedal he became ins 4 where he remained till PHI, when he n:aratil to Spain. He had been swindled out c: ;,,11011 dollar. that lie hail gained in the lottery, mild the savings be had brought with him from /MM. Ile was accustomed to live pretty much acme. in hard study. He had always nitended to h:I bentral Sanaez. as he considered him as a cur :up:or of the monarchy and the nation. Ile had entered the palate without a ticket, his ecclesiastical tostunic being sufficient to do away with all obsta- He had, he raid, sung mua before going to the palaee. Ile is to be executed to-morrow at half pas: I o'clock; the iseaffulil, by his desire, being more than usual) . elevated, Its he wishes to speak to the PPle• The .Vddrirl Ga:aole of the above date gives the Voting dctai:a of the conduct of Merino since his out: It wear. that he had behaved in the most insulting man ial. the authorities in the morniog of the sth, and had tus attempt..l to strike the alcalde, who was consequently ese;er...l v. treat him with great merits.. The regicide *find .411 ed throughout the day, except a cup of broth advise biscuits. Luring the ceremony of his degrade'. tea Pon the priesthood he displayed the greatest cools. as ; sed skit he WAS taken to the chapel, which we% at three y as. Le anis. calm as nasal. Two priests accompanied him Whir, slat .taid to discus* matters of faith with him ; he hand to th-m with attention, and took advantage of every sasociaits of entering into an argument with them, *aka, with as much freedom as if he were in an academy. Ater he had been in the chapel some time ho e•presacel a Ind 9, mile lii. will ; whereupon a notary was sent for, stir a id. Li. appearance, with three of his colleagues m tate.es. The culprit directed in his will that the verbal is•lnetions be had given to Senor Mot Lorena° Ammo's, prAdest of the Supreme Tribunal of Justice, should be end that what remained of his property after the Lan'. at of those instructions should be given to his maid snail, Doming.' Castellanos. This woman is also ar. Per.% and occupies the prison that her master occupied at 01 , dud. GERMANY. BERLIN, Faa. 8. A clause in the will of the late King of Prussia las come to light, forbidding the royal family to anisire any possessions whatever in foreign countries. This is a very wins provision, and aims at forcing the family of Hohenzollern to link all its interests sad stake its whole fete on the welfare of Prussia. lame years ago several German princes, feeling that mantes were getting unstable in their country. pur chased possessions in the south of Russia, with a nes of having a place of refuge, when their reek- Iry policy caused a crash. it was believed, too, that Louis Philippe, with a similar view, made large imotinents in America. It was with a view to preventing a similar course here, that the late King Nude the clause in question, rendering it imperative es his 'Kenyon to avoid producing a revolution, instead of seeking to escape from its effects. All our newspapers, of whatever party, continue their unanimous attacks upon the proposed new stamp duty; neverthekas they are convincing them selves of the inevitableness of the measure, because the arguments brought against it are evidently cal cuistid to strengthen rather than to shake the go ternmt nes resolution. The injurious effects which, von the newspapers' own showing, the imposition el the stamp duty will have upon the press, are such the government most desires, and has long in via attempted to produce by censorship and Gehl nary police proceedings. WITHDRAWAL OF THE AUSTRIAN TROOPS FROM HOLSTEIN AND HAMBURG. BERLIN, Fss. 9. I have just received positive information that the vuadrawal of the Austrian troops from Holstein tad Hamburg commences to-morrow. The directors d the railway ria Wittemberge and Magdeburg, km received orders to make preparations for for yarding a battalion daily, till the whole of the troops lan have paired ; and the Prussian Minister of Ru has been requested to give due notice to the unitary officials and commanders of fortresses on tie route which the Austrians trade. Lunt Palmate has been appointed as Sardinian Arsheasador at Berlin in place of the Marquis of BELGIUM. On the 10th inst. the affair of the Builletift Franraia came before the Tribunal of First Instance, te t h e demand of M. Beine'mane, the aggrieved publisher. The appellant prayed that the act of ' leisure authorised by the Juge d'lnstruction might e dtelsred null, as arbitrary and illegal. The Attorney General argued that the tribunal had no tteopptenee in the cause, and that the act of the ante was within his attribution, and not con- My to the code. He asked that the app eal might to durniterd, and its author adjud to mak tonoode of 300 francs. 'I he court deli berated thre e litartir n of an hour, and then decided against the Pvbhsher, whom it ordered to pay the coats, bat *Thud to dant any amende. NEW GRANADA. !Attila and peptn have been received fres I vo.. Nes, Uneoda to the let ultimo. A conventiss into end Maned on the 13th of December be -11.• nr. O'Leary, her Mmeety's cltarg6 Wallin, and N. 4 "'' . .. tie Grenadian Minister of Finance, fur db• lasi tvi , as at of the tirenedian proportion, being 60 per amt. ''.• larktf cod long pending claim of Mr. Mackintosh I Sll.l‘c, or THE ATLANTlC.—Yertorday, it three k.a, the United States wail iteam w hip AUantie, Capt. Iktt the Mersey for New York direct, having on g emenetrs, and a f e ll c argo o f Sh e ffi e ld an d Man m& TURKEY. The Constitostiennel of Paris announces front Con' stantinople that the solution of the question of the Holy Places was prevented by the tall of Reachid Pasha on the 26th ult. The De c bail. after giving the news from Constanti nople of the change in tho Turkish ministry, adds: After lung and frequently interrupted negotiations, the question of the Holy Pisces hu been, by the energy, activity, and shill of M. de ',omelette, brought to a conclusion. The solution is as favourable as possible; it is not contrary to the spirit of existing treaties, and is rather to the advan tage of France, as the protectress of eathalicism iu the east. The state of persemion, according to the terms of the tr e aty 01 1740. and article 33 of the capitulations, was, and has re mained, the burs of the negotiation. All the tight' of France founden on these two documents are fully and ex plicitly reserved. The Port e l e a ves in state quo the claims of tho fathers of the Holy Land, relative to the holy grotto, purchased by them. and which they claim as their property. It engages to give up to the Latin monks the keys of the rhumb of Bethlehem, and it admits their right to perform their religious ceremonies in the Church of the Virgin. The Porte alert engages to re place the star of the holy sepulchre, which was removed six or seven year@ ago. and that within a fixed delay. The monks at Jerusalem are authorised to repair some of their establishments, and to purchase land for the enlargement of others, a favour whirl they have for many years been soliciting in vain. Lastly, for all the places claimed by the Latin monks, there is granted to them a partici pation in common, that is to say, the power of per. forming the ceremonies of the catholic church, with the exception of one alone—the tomb of the Nativity. This is, as may be seen, lur from the absolute stales quo claimed by the lever of the Emperor of Russia. The aff.iir of the assassination of Father Basile, of Antioch, still occupies the attention of the math° ri r les at l'onstantinople. The aceust d and the witnesses have erns",; M. de Lcs.vps, the French Consul .t Aleppo, is also in the Turkish capital, and the ridiculous judgment pronounced by the Municipal Council of Antioch is to he revised by the Grand Council. M. de Lesser his, it is sail, in his hands several important doeuments, which establish in the clearest manner the cut. liability of Eurner.Effenili. It is probable that this affair will hr shnrtly brought before the council, and we hope, as much for the interest of the Porte as for that of justice and the security of our missionaries, that this crime will not remain unpunished. The above account, it will he area, in wholly incon sistent with the news from the ConallPaiummel. gbe Court. WINDSOR, Fes. 11. The Queen held a Privy Council at half-past two o'clock, at Windsor Castle. It was attended by Prince Albert, the Marquis of Lansdowne (Lord Pre sident), the Earl of Minto (Lord Privy Seel). Lord John Russell (First Lord of the Treasury), Sir Geo. Grey (Secretary of State for the Home 1 / a partment), Earl Granville (Secretary of State fur Foreign Affairs), the Earl of Carlisle (Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster), the Right Hon. Henry l.abou chere (President of the Hoard of Trade), the Mar quis of Clanricarde (Postmaster-General), the M sr quis of Breadalhane (Lord Chamberlain), and the Duke of Norfolk (Master of the Horse.) Her Ma jetty in l'ouncil was pleased to appoint the Right lion. Edward Lord Stanley of Alderley Vice-Presi dent of the Committee of Council appointed for the consideration of all matters relating to Trade and Foreign Plantations. The lion. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. The Queen gave audiences to the Marquis of Lansdowne and Lord John ltu.scll.—At the court Mr. Charles Barry was presented to the Queen, I. nti had the honour of knighthood e inferred upon him by her Majesty.— The Queen was &Rented by Lord Edward Howard. Vice-Chamberlain; the Earl of Mulgrave, Comptrol ler ot the Household; Lord Waterpark, Lord in Waiting; and Mr. IL Ormsby Gore, Groom in Waiting.—The noblemen and gentlemen of the Queen's court were served with luncheon in the Castle previous to the council. At a quarter past four o'clock the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord John Russell, the Marquis ot Clanricarde, the Marquis of Breadalbane, Earl Granville, the Earl of Carlisle, Sir George Grey, Lord Edward Howard, the Earl of Minto, the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, the lion. William Bathurst, and Sir Charles Barry left the Castle for the station of the Great Western Rail way in Windsor, and returned to London by a special train. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the ladies and gentlemen of the household, went to an evening party lest night (the 10th inst.) et the Duchess of Kent's, Frog more-house. Present:—Her bLijesty the Queen, Prince Albert, the Marchioness of Douro, Lady Anna Maria Durso Lade Frances Bruce, BlTollet, do Sprth, lion. Limey Kerr, Hun. Amelia Murray Lord WaterparL, Col. Hon. Charles Grey, Lieut.-Col. lion. A. Gordon, Mr. R. Ormsby Gore, Lieut.-Col. Biddulph, Sir George Cooper, Lady Caroline and Miss Barrington, Lent George Lennox, the Earl of !Kuhlman!, Mrs. Grey and Miss Balteel, Colonel the lion. C. B. and Mrs. Phipps, Colonel and Lady Emily Seymour; Lady, Miss, and Mr. R. Cooper; Mr. and Mrs. Henry and Miss Seymour, Colonel Seymour, the Mimes Cut, and Miss Moore. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, mined the dance for • short time during the early part of the evening. Her Majesty's private band was in attendance. ' This morning the Queen walked in the Home Park and Slopes The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the younger members of the royal family, took their accustomed pony and walking exercise. Priam Albert went out hunting this forenoon attended by Lieut.-Colonel Hon. A. Gordon. The Earl of Mulgrave and Lieut.-Colonel P. Seymour have left the Castle to-day. Vim Admiral Elliot, President of Montserrat, had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday at the Colonial oMce. Mr. West, M.P., had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday morning at the Horne-office. J Lord ohn Russell returned to his residence in Chesham place yesterday evening, from attending the Council at Windsor Castle. Captain Jun R. Booth, R.N., lad ea interview yester day with Earl Orly. EARL GREY AND SIR HARRY SMITH. THE TO TER IDITOR OF TNT 11111.111 SO. cannot refrain from ezpte.wng n . 17 entire aprobatioa—habit though it be—of your ag &Weis of this teeming ea the subject of the recall of Sir Hem it appears, from what has transpired ia the house, that sot only the ensisaader-ia-chlaf of a eolosy can be written to in a most offensive style, bet Asa the representa tive of Majesty itself nay be insulted by ma G&W at horse, and even recalled, with reproof end amore, given in lea gues it is hardly to be supposed ewe geselwas Queen would heel persaitted to have been mud, paelielleriy towards an old mad faithful snort. ens had be been /tatty of the grossest errors of jeitIMIIIL Every Englishmen& me" dr. sainsiend aad ' the high tone yea have tam, as IPA on fullyssduataad and appreciate the lures sad lagrawari of stay word you hare written. bed every gendemen sad Won will thank Wirt their ma mk he Ware me th_ e dead pas H am , la of telmeleatned fir & The day hue gene by, I sin happy to woe, when thus In wellerity sus ill-treat eves by Wadi and unl beggar these plead ender them. The shirielsr of eeklier and Inlareels see,l am happy nettheteve, as slash the ewe sod the thought of the yank of Ingtead ae ewe the eheweeter end leileseete of them who serve se skilless. And, if the prw dues net meat the voice of the amides se as to satisfy whit Iwln k see at all events nitlgele the pain and heal whip the wood blielsol by unfeeling sad ungenerous treatment. Let us hags that one good at all treats nay arise out of this dillbremes elephant toms the Duke of Wellington and Earl Grey. I trust acme tgaseden may yet be asked is the how, that will let the essaley know why his lordship held aloe M Misled rase he wee pointed at as the only Secretary of State not at _ _ _ — Fonianet eeMdude this letter, sir, without exprewdeg to fr.2.lkm belief that the opinions you ham given, end you bare this day made, are those very generally I line of dm pi= Ilegband,—certainly of all those with whom L this ewe ties Earl Orey may rest satisfied that the pram sad the pow* Si. unanimous in condemning hiss, and in their sympathy with Sir Harty Smith. Fob. 11. A CONSTANT READER. DEPARTURE OF A FLEET OF MERCHANTMEN TIOM LITIIIPOOL.—For nearly a foresight swing te the prevalence of strong gales or adverse nunsiper of ships windbuund in the Mersey has been greater thee ever before remembered. The wiad Irving shifted on Tuesday afternoon to the south, the meet Mies preparr trees commenced for the departure of a aismiaress lest of merchantmen, bound to all climes and "mem of the glebe. During the vveuies tide of Tuesday and the neresieg tide of Wednisilay no ins than SE ships ler hesign pert left the Meney, and in the afternoon • eanaiderable additional number, independently of hundreds of earning vamele, of which no account is taken. The appearanee of the port if Liverpool throughout the whole of yesterday was very mai mating. A beautiful mild, sunshiny day, hundreds of well.dreseed persona of both min on the shores of Lanca shire and Cht attire, the river crowded with ships, many of them in tow by steamers, and the bustle and activity at all the docks, firmed a scene fur more than fire miles in ex tent such es hrs rarely, if ever, bees witnessed I. any sea port in the empire. One moat remarkable mil sammal cir cumstance connected with the sailing d saßeenslMfed number of 'mete is that not a single famel ship mitered the port daring the day. THE STRIKE. LONDON. Yesterday afternoon a general meeting of tho non society men of Loudon (skilkd workmen) was held at the Temperance-balk Lambeth, to take steps towards the formation of • new workmen.' association, to act in conjoit.' tion with the Amalgamated Society of Engineer., te,, mad to receive the report of • deputation appointed at a privies meeting to confer with the executive council of that essisity upon the subject. The following resolutions were adopted: Resolved, I. That in the opinion of this meeting it is essen tially necessary to adopt the Met means for the formation of an association, which shall be in accordance with the views of the Amalgamated Soeitty. 2. That a committee of ten be selected from this meeting, with • vote of con fidence and full powers to form the association, in riceord since with the views of the executive council of the Amal gamated Society. 3. That the name of this areciivion *hall be "The Vniverval Society of Engineers." A com mittee having been appointed to conduct future operations, the meeting separated in a quiet and orderly minutia% Tim IltaicTows or Titt LONDON, BIIIOIITON, AND Sourn Cuter RAILWAY have issued • circular to the men employed in the company', workshop., in which, after re ferring to the good understanding which has hitherto ex isted between them and their workmen, state that their wish is to stand strictly neutral, to make no change in their Resent system, and to leave other parties to fight their own battles, it the workman in their empl o ym en t nee content to take the same course. But if the men, who admit that they have au complaint to make in regard to their own estuhlislis went, insist upon taking an active part in the contest which is going on, by subscribing to support th..se who are thrown out of employment by disputes with which this company has nothing to do, they must be prepared to take the con sequences of such a course. No railway company can leave itself in a position to have WlTPOOnlint/IC conditions enforced at any . mom lit, even against the letter judgment of its own men, by the threat of • strike, in obedience to the order of a committee who have openly announced their determination to " rule the destinies of the trade," and alto have already announced by ,suing a regulation respecting overtime und piecework, which every man in the company's employment must fi el to b., in our owe, altogether uncalled tar and unwarranted. Amin'. ingly, the directors now appeal to the good sense of the men, and to their experience of the treatment which, for many years past, they have received front the company, whether they are satisfied to go uu amicably under the ranting system, remaining neutral in the present contest, or whether they are determined, at all haxerds, to sup port the principle of " combination ?" In the termer one, the directors arc quite prepared to remain neutral also, and to make no change iu the system which has hitherto been brand to give satisfaction. In the latter ease the min must hold themselves fairly warned that the directors will consider themselves at liberty to take what ever steps may appear uecessary to make the company in dependent of tbreign dictation. SOUTIIAMPTON. Sixty of the men who were turned off from the establishment of Messrs. Summers, Day, snot Daldock, the engineers at Southampton, have signed the masters' ilecla ratiou against the Amalgamated tscciety. The above firm have now got about Ifs) persons at work on their establish ment. That number includes a numbs rof apprentices and labourers whenever left the establishment. ANCI I ESTER. On Tuesday afternoon there was a general meet ing of the employers association, at the Clarence Hotel. In the absence of Tnorniut Sharp, Esq., the chairman of the anociation ' the chair was oc cu pi e d by JOHN PLATT, E.q., Oldham. About forty gentlemen were present, the repre sent•tins of must of tbe largest engineering firms in this and the surrounding towns, Mr. Richardson, the secre tary, read a report whith had beta prepared by the esecu five committee, in which the counts of events to the present time were detailed, and the prospects of suttees attending the proceedings of the emaciation, were alluded to. The different nsemben of the association have been firm in requiring the signature of each person they eitgan to the declaration; in several CM'S all clauses of workpeo ple have refused to accept work on condition of signing, but in the majority of es'ablishments a sufficient nuns bee of hands have signed to enable the various branches of work to be resumed. A report was made by seventeen firms of the numbers who had s smell and were at work, amounting in the whole to 1,698 men of all classes, a good average proportion of whom, it was said, appear to be of the skilled class. llurinc the sitting of the meeting a telegraphic despatch was received from London stating that, up to the evening of Monday, the number of men in the London district who had signed the declaration amounted to 1,118. It would thus appear that a total of 2,816 men have signed at the establishments of members of the Employers' Association, exclusive of those establish ments Iron whom no returns had been received. Mr. M'Ciregor, of the firm of Messrs. Forrester and Co., Liver pool, attended on behalf of the Liverpool engineers, and re ported that, as the Amalgamated Society had only extended its influence in a small degree in Liverpool, ho hat had no difficulty in obtaining the signatures of the 450 men em ployed by their firm to documents of the same purport as the declaration. lie believed a similar disposition had been manifested by the hands of Messrs Fawcett and Co. Several of the Manchester empl , yen have received written offers from merhanics in different parts of the country to come to work in their establishments. We learn from the local secretary of the Amalgamated Society that the shop of J. Houston and Co., resumed work here on Monday morn ing, and that about 40 men were taken into employment without being recesired to subscribe to the pledge of the Employers' Association. it is said that a perishes. of men lately in employ at Patricroft, members of the Amalgamated Society, have received notices to quit the cottages which they occupy under their late employers At Newton-in-the- Willows, ahout 50 men, it is reported, have already in this way been compelled to break up their homes. At sevetal of the shops in Manchester numbers of the unskilled bends applied on Monday for work on the employer.' terms, but in some eases labour could not be provided for them, owing to the absence of the skilled workmen. EXPAESS. THURSD k Y EVENING, FEBRUARY 12 1852. MEETING ON THE GOVERNMENT REFORM DILL. Last night a public meeting of the inhabitants of the united parishes of Bt. Andrew Holborn ■nd St. George the Martyr was held iu the hall of the Workhouse, Grey's Inn-lane, pursuant to a numerously signed requisition, to consider the quettien of reform in parliament. Mr. TILI. MARAH In the chair. The CHAIRMAN briefly noticed the object of the meet ing. Muth disappointment existed with respect to Lord John Russell's bill, and especially with respect to the limi tation of the duration of oarliament, which it did nut in terfere with. The extension of the suffrage was a step in the right direction, but it was evident that the ballot was required, that voters should not be coerced by landlonls or employers. An to the ballot being un-English, he consi dered that it was must Eoglish to protect the voter in tne exercise of his rights. (near, hear.) Mr. J.C. EVANS moved the adoption of a resolution de claring that," while deeply grateful to her Majesty's govern ment (or introducing the subject of reform in parliament, the meeting felt called upon to declare itsconviction that Lord John Russell's measure fell far short of the just ex peetations of the public, but especially because it makes no provision for the disfranchisement of a large number of ►mall and corrupt boroughs which have long proved a dis grace to the country, and a mockery of the principles of popular representation." The resolution having been unanimously adopted, Mr. BANDLAND then proposed another, declaring " That no measure of reform in parliament would be satis factory which dors not provide fur the extension of the suffrage to all persons paying direct tale., or country, borough, or parochial rates—triennial parliaments—the vote by ballot—the disfranchisement of smell or corrupt boroughs—the grunt of the representation to populous towns of present unrepresented, with additional represen tatives to sorneof the largest towns and cities, cad the im portant metropolitan boroughs." This also was unsnimuwly adopted, ■nd was then re solved, on the motion of Mr. I.:Lenin% that a petition, loon& d on the forgoing resolutions, should be presented to the House of Commune. BOLTON. It was announced that the different ironworks would be opened on Monday morning to such es would sign the deelaration nut to belong to a trades' union or interfere between employers and employed. The day passed oft quietly. fur the engineers, except in a few solitary Motet:ices, sill remain fi rm in refusing to subscribe to the proposed terms. A number of labourers employed at the Union Foundry, bad signed the declaration and attended their wash, but, in the absence of the skilled men, they left work is lie source of the forenoon. At Messrs. Dobson sad asilow's maehise shop, Little Bohm, t h e moulders and hammennen attended is pretty good numbers, and con tinued wortia l thr w oaghout the day; but at the other works them was further noticeable. The dispute, there from, upon the w e, is just about in the same position, so sinards some anal arrangiusenk as at the commencement ; the mos being estmeishat elated by tolerably liberal sub awlenisas from the public. It may be almost said, if men in Mo be balimml, that a great body of them will not stab• mew t* lb* iselaratioa whatever may be the consequence. OLDHAM. The aspleyere their Asps as Meaty es bus limn dem met aim Is be dr ;=.diegreitthe pot adr MS gesseally te mr in tit* SO esetrary, a mei deter mined spirit of meletthse teem is litest Need. A L'rcopy of riles bee bees Ormidaatly distributed. and, etios es the diehrelith method to be sigma, ban leaded a thesperds the ass eery meth. Sevres either Amgen they teal rather thane than =bash to sock wadi them Thre twits serer to be of a Menlo. and vezatious ehmether, thillederg are of hem 6d. to Qs. for such *t hem as seeder is wok edam • two-foot rale, throwing anything Omagh a estesisw raking a mistake in one's work, sal es ea. In are towever, to state that these mire have set been based. red we ant recognised, by the ampleyen? sisselatim, whist' bas all along avoided in tether' with snob matire.—MmseAsster Examinee. PalBol4 Tir.LIMINT or Ma. FILAROUI O'ConsOlt, 11. P.—The boa. umber fee Nottiesbean, who was re moved, pummel le We sentemse,to Celdbads/sile Prison in the earn' ininisiik • vim es Mark" ribs, spin re ceived by the eater at duty, end the charge spina him duly entered. Shortly after hie entrance the neceesary North of his person was conamesoed t but tarn mime alight resistance thereto, it wee desimeknal a set th Name the attendance of the 'oversee a the tease Oat the ordinary rules of the gaol were ISM with. Captain Chesterton was ems is attendemst, whoa Mr. CrOanner said that he was a nearer ef the Meese of Commees„ sad that as is York Castle he had bees andssil Ass the where be had been treats& es • gentlemen. he Menu new expect similar trosimen% the mere se se he bed sway are there for a week. A, Chssisser lamed bka that there was • gnat di/areas' ha the twe ern. Is York Castle he rem esallard for a rang saws; la the pre rat are, however, MO Chine was of a ithm Mal sitars, he bar'meg s. resedsini sera es • • parissitsblii whilst a Is the preenstiss if the pails pier, and theraire be maid make se ether skewers to Ida than the rules of the primes required. The rank was then proceeded with, and the esuir.boz, of which, as the public are aware, ham reperted preseediess in the use of the National Lead Carps', the bin. snobs' was be the bait of atria, Ulmer see, was tars free bin. The isprlirs tics of his ester bes wee • erre of great isseysese to kin, sad whom et Mega, from thread' were somins, he begged se a freer 'sly • ilumi nslog " it was pieminici rily refused. Fran the the serthet r M O'Connor attained by the ease ef Last amply, tow aidereblo doubts existed whether Mr. O'Coeuor was a re sponsible agent for hie actions, and it was deemed the Infest amine at once to transfer him to the care of the surgeon of the prison until the point of his sanity was determined, seder whose are he at present remains. The only person of importance who called upon Mr. O'Connor on Tuesday was Mr. Wakley, but whether his visit was professional or not was not ascertained. As Sunday intervene, in the period of the sentence, Mr. O'Connor will be discharged on Saturday neat. TUC lONIAN MAIL duo about the 20th of laat month is still due. It arrived at Malta too late for the heinewerd bound Alexandrian packet when she touched at that pert, sad will be brought home about the middle of AMMON& if the Bentinck. A l'eninsular and Oriental Cemgmereetmeaer amsehed at Malta from Constantinople just saw the leeks mail arrived at the former place, but the siesnene set bong a mail packet was not allowed to bring N both CAMBERWELL PI:OTESTANT SOCIETY. Lad night a meeting of the members of this etwiety, and of the inhabitants of Camberwell generally, was held at the Camberwell 11,11, iu Grove-laue, to protest against the endowment of the ?dajnaoth College,. At 7 o'clock, when the chair was taken by the Duke of MAN cur-4nm, a sery numerous meeting had assembled. The ball was crowded in all its parts ; but there were no ladies among the audience, tie y being expressly excluded from the meeting. Among the cleraymen and gentlemen on the platform were the 1t.,,. Dr. Trench, D. Moore, S. honer, S. Bridge, Hutchinson and Day ; and W. Erie, It. A. Grey, %V. Atkinson, J. Hart, G. Pueblo, John I Guest, Ilughc3, Oldharn,— Dawes, and W. Sc orer. The proceedings of the meeting having been opened by prayer, The CHAIRMAN congratulated the meeting on ite num bs no. Ile said that the met ting was aware of the distinc tion drawn between principles and the individuals profess ing them. They might hate the principle but love the in disidual professing it ; and hating the principle of popery, as destructive to the social, politic il, and eternal welfare of the individual, he hoped they would ascribe any warmth of exjrcssion to love to their fellow subjects. Without further preface hill Grace called upon, The ltev. Mr. J ENNER, Who stated that a society bad lately been formed with the object of opposing the progress of popery. The society urieinated with twelve lay gentle men of the parish, all of whom were members of the Na tional Club, but acting notwithstanding independent of the club. The National Cluh had shown its sympathy with the meeting by sending to it the noble chairman and several speakers. Col. Sir D. MACK %YOUTH moved the first resolution : In the opinion of this meeting the aggression of the church of Rome upon our protestant state and constitution loudly call for and justify a system of seltprotective mea sures on our part, and that it is the duty of every protestant to unite for the purpose of opposing and restraining in every possible way the aggressive principles sad practices of that apostate church." The gallant colonel denounced the spirit of popery, hissing bad experience of is from a long re sidence in Italy. Ile considered that the people ought to unite, an the resolution expressed it, for the purpose of putting such a spirit down. (Cheers.) Mr. SMITH CHILD, M.P., seconded the resolution. It was time for the country to begin to look after itself. Protentsintom, he continued, was the life and soul of our political, social, and religious liberty. (lieu.) The resolution was carried unanimously. Mr. FREWEN, M.P., moved the second resolution— " That in the opinion of this meeting the time has now arrived when a vigorous eSort ought to he made to wipe sway the national sin created by the ei.tablishment and payment of colleges founded for the education of Itonaish priests, • measure which had failed se a political expedient, and which could hot be justified on Christian principle."—Tke hon. gentleman said that ho bad visited the colleges of Maynuoth in the year 1846, and had found that all the stories told by the newspapers of that day of two or three pupils sleeping in one bed, of half a dozen being in one room, and of the hall not being sufficiently large or fitted out. were all untrue. Every pupil had a bed to himself, and the hell wag as large and in as perfect order es that of any college in England. The college held and main tained 640 students, at the expense of the taxpayers of this country. To show what these students were taught, the gentleman read a very long extract from a document addressed is Sir George Grey by the Rev. Mr. M'Neill, on " National Sin." in which the reverend gentleman endea vours to prove that every possible distortion of principle that can bo deilocirl from Paley's Natural Philoso phy, theft at proper times and places, &c., are taught by the Roman catholic priests at Maynooth. Similar distortions of principle the honourable member declared were taught in the National Schools of Ireland, which were also paid fur out of the pockets of the English people. The hon. member for Birmingham (Mr. Spooner) had put a notice on the books of th e House of Commons respecting the National Schools. Ile (Mr. Peewee) wished that it was at once • measure fur the repeal of the act of 1846. (Hear.) The Maynooth grant was a carbuncle—(a laugh)—on the English constitution, and could not be got rid of at once. The exertions of the whole country were necessary. When a change took place in the representation of the people and a general elec tion was not far off —it would be advantageous if the electors of every borough and county made this question one of the points to be subscribed to by their can didates. (Hear.) In the course of a very few days, there would be an election for Rest Kent, at which the principles of proteetantism would be maintained by one who, he hoped, would prove the successful candidate. The Rey. MOORE seconded the resolution. He de clared that this country was not pledged to the continuance of the Maynooth grant. When the act of union between England and Ireland was accomplished, it was agreed to that an average of the sew paid by the Irish legislature for ail years previously to the religious and benevolent societies should be continued by the united legislature. That average was found to be 7,0001. The present grant to Maynooth was 30,000 1 . a year, and surely the colleges could not be classed among the religious or benevolent societies of Ireland. lie denied their religion, ea well as their benevolence and charity. Tbe resolution was put and carried accordingly. A resobitioa pledging the meeting to petition parliament for the sepal of the grant to Maynooth was moved by the Rev. Mr. Joiner, and seconded by the Rev. Mr. Stephen Bridge, both of whom dwelt in the most szeggsested lan guage on the doctrines taught by Liguori. The resolution was carried, as wee also a vote of thanks to the chairman, which was duly acknowledged, after which the meeting separated. DEATH or LoaD DINOI3BI4.—Ws 'et to have to reeved the death of Lord Mamba% wh it took piece rather suddenly on Tuesday, at tsar Oahe& a.m., at Kim mel-park, near St. Amph, Wales. His Meek*, while at dinner on Sunday seeming, had • pushy* quently to which his lordship never riagissil asassionsases, sad expired at the house above named. The assessed, Wm. Lewis Hughes, Baron Dinerbes, se itamel-park, county Denbigh, in the peerage of the thaw' ism, was eldest eon of the Rev. Edward Hushes sad Mary, second daughter of the Rey. Robert Lewis. The late pow married, Seat—namely, March 8, 1806, Charlotte Mar pnt, third daughter of Mr. R. W. Grey ; and esseadly, in 180, Miss Smythe, daughter of Mr. Mama Smythe, of Ballynatry, and sister of the Prism of Capua ; by both raaniages hie lordship leaves Wm; his son, William Lewis, born in November, 1821 (who is usfortunatel7 incapable of entering on the legisla tive astir of his position), succeeding to the title. The WM bed was in his 135th year, and was • member of the ileelleal Commons till his elevation to the peerage in 1831, He was maim commandant of the Anglesra Militia, and an aido•direamp to the Queen. His late lordship was a great =friend of his late Royal Highness the Doke of and was one of the erecutota of that prince. MRICHANT TRADERS' SHIP LOAN INSURANCE C .—AN Enormous Cau..—Yesterday A meeting in this matter was held before the Muter in Chancery, Bir Win. Horne, to make a call of 254. per share, to pay off outstanding liabilities, amounting to 80,0001. Mr. Baggally appeared as counsel on behalf of Lord T a lb o t an d Mr. Winthorp, and stated that if the call was enforced his clients would have to pay some 60,000!. between them. He opposed making the call on his clients, on the ground that it ought, according to the law laid down by the courts above, to be assessed upon the contributories in proportion to their individual liability. The Master decided that, under the extraordinary provisions contained in the Joint- Stock Companies Winding-up Act, he had no alternative, however ruinous might be the result, but to declare the call; Lord Talbot and Mr. Winthorp (apparently the only solvent subscribers) having been tiled upon the hat of (until. butories as liable to that extent. He could not at the same time help expressing greet regret at the facility which the registration of Joint—Stock Companies Act gave to the pro jectors of speculative and disastrous undertakings to in volve others in these frightful liabilities. Mr. Roxburgh observed that the consequences resulting front the Regis tration Aet, entitled it to be struck out from the statute, at large. The company in question, and not fewer than four others, were the offspring, within less than a year, of one unprincipled protector; and men of straw by multitudes, who could not now pay a farthing to dischar ge its d e bts, leaving the onus on the few wits could, and who were d e . coyed Into the scheme, received at the rate of le. and 2e. • head in the lowest purlieus and pothouses to sign the dam mentobtaining regutration. Mr. Ilaggally gave notice that his clients would appeal against the case, FATAL AND EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT AT BRIGHTON. We (Brig,'lon Guardian) have to place on record the particulars of a startling and appalling accident which occurred on Tuesday afternoon, and which resulted in eon eiderable personal injury and a violent death. On Sunday night, "a raw and gusty" night, the porter at the gates of the Brighton Pavilion grounds (Mr. !When Snow), went out at the usual hour to close them. The gates aro very massive, heavy, double gates; and as they do not run on rollers, es it is desirable such ponderous gates should, it is difficult in rough weather either to open Of close them. On this occasion the porter, attacked by a sudden gust of wind from the teeth, was unequal to the task ; while he grasped the lett hand gate going from the grounds, it overmastered him, and swung to with a bang, he being almost knocked d o w n by th e t h ee* . By this suddereosovement what is called the upper " ride," that is, the hinge by which the gate is suspended from its hook, snapped asunder; so that the gate was only kept up by the lower "hook and ride." This state of things, we understand, he duly tenoned: at all events, on our needing through the gateway on Monday evening we found this lett gate closed, and some men were employed in shoring it up, fur which purpose they used a piece of 3in. deal seam eta feet in length, one end pressing under a panel in the gate and the other resting on the ground. The left gate was in this position on Tuesday. The wea ther was uncertain, and towards four o'clock in the after noon the sky threatened rain. A law drops began to fall, then the rain came down pretty ammtly, and several ladies and gentlemen, as well as some children, made for the shelter of the gateway. The wind was blowing coldly end sharply direct tram tee north ; and to escape both the cold and the rain, the little group, which was king momen tarily augmented in number, sought the shelter afforded by this closed door, and gathered behind it. A person living in the neighbourhood says that at this moment, as she stood at her window, she heard a sudden skull sound, as of a low burst of thur.der, immediately fol. breed by ehticks and cries for help; and on running out sad Making Cur the archway she saw the huge gate lying ma theground, and the upper part of the body of • lady, ap parently dead, the legs being under the fallen moss. Seve ral Kneel. around wets seteaming with pain and terror. A sudden burst of wind had in fact brought the gate down, asd some of those behind had been nimble to get clear of it. As soon as sufficient ualstanee could be obtained the lady ma the ground was extricated and conveyed into one of the ledge., where she was speedily recognised as Mi.. Michel son, a lady about 30 years of age. the daughter of a gentle. man residing at 10, brand-parole. She had been standing very near the gate, and when it fell she had with those around her sought telly from it, but had not gone far enough before it struck her in its descent, knocking her down, fall ins upon the lower part of her hotly. She was very se riously injured and quite insensible. Mr. Lawrence was immediately sent fur, and chancing to be at home (living close by), come to the spot promptly, but from the first be gave nu hopes of her surviving the accident. Temporary remedies of a reetoretive character were applied ; and on the arrival of the poor lady's unfortunate parent, Mr. Mi chelson, she was placed in a tip and conveyed to her home. She only survived half an-hour. Mr. Sherrill, a gentleman residing at 10, Lewes crescent, Kemp-town, was near the gate, which in descending caught kis leg and broke it. Ile oua:ained other injuries. Several surgical gentlemen were soot, upon the spat; they set the limb, and the sufferer was conveyed to his residence. An other unfortunate was Miss Langridee, a little girl, related to Mr. Laugridge, Clerk of the Peace for Sussex, who occupies No. 1, Marlborough-place. She was struck in the face, and it was at Heat supposed that her injuries were of a very severe nature ; but we subsequently learned that this was not so, her wounds being comparatively trilling. Several other pervious, whose names we have nut been enabled to learn, received contusions, and were otherwise hurt,—one lady being etruek on the dhow, and another on the side of the face ; but in neither of these cases was serious incon. venience felt. The position in which the deceased fell in all probability saved the lite of the little girl, Miss Lmigridge, as the sic). knee of the blow which she received must have linen mate rially weakened by the gate having first fallen upon the deceased. As it *as, Miss Lingridse was so severely hurt that concussion of the brain resulted, though we are happy to state that, in the opinion of her medical attendant, she Is not at present in any imminent danger. Mr. Sheriff's in4uries are of a serious character. Ile has suffered a com minuted fracture of the lilt collar-bone, and a very severe fracture of both bones of the right leg near the antic. THE MADRID STEAMER. SOUTUAMPTON, WEDNESDA.T EVZNINCI. Intelligence has reached Southampton that the steamer Madrid, which left Southampton on the 7th inst. with the Peninsular mail, was obliged to put into Falmouth on account of not being able to make way against strong gales from the west, s.nith west. and ' , wit, and heavy head sea. The Madrid anchored in Falmouth Roads at one p.m. on the 9th inst., and would wait there lur a change of 'rower CALLING OUT THE MILITIA. TO TD■ EDITOR Of THE DAILY NET. have read with unfeigned satisfaction your excellent remarks, and the various letters which have ap peared in your popular and influential journal, against the government project of calling out the militia. Your corre spondents, " A Freeman." and " A Christian Gentle man," express the positive feeling of the middle and work ing classes of the United Kingdom on this subject, and unless some strange change comes " o'er the spirit" of my mind, I am resolved to act in accordance with the determi nation of your latter correspondent, neither to serve in the militia or to pay fur a substitute, and I call upon all men of independent minds and moral dignity in the land to register in their hearts a similar feeling. We are come to a pretty peas, if, in the middle of the peaceful, prosperous, and enlightened nineteenth century, Englishmen are to be compelled, coerced by law, to become fighting men. After the spontaneous readiness which has been manifested in so many quarters to join rifle clubs, is it not a government in sult to talk of compulsory means to raise a civil force against the contingency of French aggression ?—this in the teeth of the tact that we pay millions a year for an army and navy to fight for us. Instead of enrolling a militia, let the government assist in the universal establish meat of rifle clubs ; provide rifles at a low rate and, if necessary, gratuitously. Such volunteer clubs would become far more valuable and efficient than a body of militia composed of unwilling citizens. I would just re mark, in closing this letter, that in the event of a militia force being organised, men will grow reckless of business, and innumerable homes will be rendered miserable. Women of England, let me entreat you to petition Queen Victoria against tearing your husbands, and brothers ' and fathers from your homes for the purpose of making them militia men—soldiers, in fact, without their pay. Once more, Sir, accept my cordial thanks for your noble stand in this . matter . _ Stepney, Feb. 11. Sir, your's very obediently, AN ANTI-MILITIA MAN. RIFLE CLUBS. TO Tat TIMOR Or TRI TIMMS. Six—Through your valuable medium I appeal to the Lord Mayor and aldermen to grant the use of the area of the late Fleet Prison, which, covered in and en closed with galvanised iron or some other bullet-proof sub stance, would form a most convenient and of place for muster end practice. I will engage that two thousand gentlemen would instantlycome forward and form themselves into "The City Volunteer Rifle Corps," and other clubs would be soon formed everywhere, on the model which I propos* this dub should be. The club, by • subscription ages guinea entrance, and halls guinea half yearly, would be able to make the Fleet a very suitable place. All danger of stray shots would be avoided, and the noise e ff ectually drowned by the enclosure. All the ar rangements se to uniform, Me., could be settled in • very short tint* by a eseueltear.—l an, Ac., A. B. C. NZWICT AND Faginsinum RAILWAY.—The re portdirs=aj of the tie he submitted to the proprietors at the half-yearly ea the 17th inst., mates that the accounts have helm d y audited ; that the receipts during the half year amounted to 1,4171., and the payments to 6131. The former include a small loan from the bankers of the company, which has enabled the directors to pay off on the let of January the balance of 1,0001. due to Mews. Walken and Co. This loan has since been repaid out of interest received from the Newry and Warren point Company, and the directors consider it a matter of congratulation that every admitted liability on the cum ronayrdu now discharged. An award had been made by the of Trade in favour of the Ulster Company for a con tribution on the part of this company of 3,9971. 7s. to wards the expense of altering their gauge; but the dire°. tors had filed a bill against the 'Ulster Company to set It aside, and the court, after hearing both parties, granted an injunction restraining the Ulster Company from recovering at law until the matter shall have been finally determined by a court of equity. The court, how ever, made this injunction conditional on the payment into court, on or before the Ist of March next, of the amount In dispute, and under these circumstances the di rectors have been compelled to make a call of 10s. per share, ad they trust the great urgency of the demand will induce the shareholders to pay the same within the time limited for that purpose. With reference to the contemplated ar rangement with the Dublin and Belfast Juncuoa Cosa pear, the directors regret to announce that, after a long and anxious negotiation on the subject, they are unable to agree to the terms proposed by the directors of that company. The directors, therefore, recommend the shareholders to await the result of other combinations of great importance, which are now in progress. The accounts to Dec. 31 show that 09,94.51. had been received, and 90,7431. expended, leaving a balance of 9,2021., of which 8,0001. is invested in debentures of the Newry and Warrenpoint Railway, bear ing 6 per cent. interest, and the remainder in cash at the hanker's. The assets are estimated at 42,8421., all the claims having been paid off and settled, with the exception of that of the Ulster Company referred to above. COLLISION ON TUE IttvErt.—On Tuesday evening, about half-past six o'clock, the Harbinger, steatn.ship, for the Cape of Good Hope, ran into and sunk the brig Resolu tion, Captain Billings, of Lynn, coal laden, off Nortbfieet, craw saved. The Harbinger sailed yesterday afternoon foe her destination, apparently without damage. THE EAST INDIA COMPANY AND THEIR CHARTER. (bait Daily Nap.) Loan JoIIN RUSSELL must lead the way for the coming discussion upon that important subject— , the form of government to be conferred upon our Indian dominions after the term of the Company's present act of incorporation has expired. More rational counsels sway the cabinet than those which dictated the silly averment made last year by Sir JOHN CAM ROIIIIOUSF, that in existing c ircumstances the act might be renewed as a mere IliJi ter of course. The years 1852 and 1833 will be des oted to inves tigation, to debate, to reflection ; in 1854 India will receive its new constitution. We wish we could persuade ourselves that thi s important inquiry will bo approached in a ri g ht spirit; that it will be conducted %%Ali the dispassion ate temper, and comprehensive, Mittesniatilike views, that are required to guide the national council to the adoption of a safe and honourable policy. But wo have our fears. On the one hand there will be the barrow-mindedness of official routine, and its indo lent aversion to all change. Ott the other will be a multiplicity of passionate private grievance*, of men who have, it is true, justice on their side, but who are too much in the habit of fancying that their own peculiar cases are all that require attention. Amid the clamour and contest of mere personal aims truth will be of difficult attainment. The great Indian question is not alone difficult and complicated in itself. lhe remoteness of the scene of action—the perplexed and complicati sl state of society —the unreasoning and passionate eagerness; with which all the parties concerned cling to and assert their peculiar views, —are bewildering in the cxtrrme. A great majority of the Legislative .satienittly which will have to determine the future destinies of India know nothing of the country ; nod, N% ihtt is worse, are extremely indifferent übLut the mutter. They have no standard by which they can test the value of the utterly irreconcileable statements that will confi dently be made to them ; they entertain very inade quate notions of the importance of our Indian posses sions; they are precisely in that state of information, and that frame of minJ, that will predirpose them to regard the Indian question as one of those secon dary consideration s which they may sacrifice to tho maintenance of concert and ft tinnily union in their respective party combinations. Now it cannot be too often, or too earnestly, im pressed on the public mind that our Indian don& ideas are an essential element of our national power. Whether the people of this country, individually considered, are wealthier or happier on account of the possession of India,—is a speculative question on which theorists may plausibly maintain diametri cally opposite opinions. But apart altogether from the consideration o f th e r i c h field which India opens to our commerce and the gicit doubts that may lie entertained whether that commerce would be equally sate and equally extensive were tic people of laths left to themselves or to the domination of some other foreign power or powers,—it is undeniable that our Indian government has afforded opportunities of developing talent both in the visit and military ser vice by which this country has largely bettetited; that tio inconsiderable portion of our middle and upper classes arc indebted to Indian employments for competence or wealth; that our possession of India contributed to strengthen its for that protracted and for some time single•handed s'ruggle against Europe banded in hostile array against us, out of which we issued triumphant in 1815, but of which the sears are still mani fest and green. The loss of India would cripple our resources and abridge our power; and at this moment, when the bay inlet and the caution reign supreme in Russia, Germany, Italy, and France— when the sole hope of constitutional freedom in Europe, the last asylum of European liberty is to be found in England—and when America, however ardent in the cause, is distant and better fitted for a defensive struggle than for carrying aid to foreigners —what patriot, what lover of his kind could bear to see the power and prestige of England become less? And be it also kept in mind that if India is to con tinue an element of English power, it must continuo not only subject to British rule but prosperous in itself. An impoverished and discontented India would be a drag-weight on this country,—not a source of strength. To many we may appear to dwell, in these re marks, with exaggerated emphasis upon a mere com monplace. It is not so. We are convinced that upon the continued ascendancy of the liberal party depends the prosperity and power of Englund. But we cannot conceal from ourselves that a large nnd estimable portion of the liberal party . are apt to approach questions of this kind with inathquate information, and a dogmatic assertion of mere abstract theories. Exeter Hall, and no inconsiderable number of the liberals, are but too ready to sacrifice all other considerations,—the one to their vague impulses of benevolence, the other to their sense of the necessity of liberating commerce from everything said to be like shackle or impediment. They persuade themselves that the complicated questions of motional policy may be determined on the same Sigh _principles as mere domestic considera tion. They are rash in proportion to the tiler 11111111111M of their views. Liberal statesmen cannot ailed to dispense with the support and co-operation et than honest and well-meaning allies, but liberal elateumen are often hampered by their dogmatism. This is not flattering but where great national interests are at stake flattery is base cowardice. The classes to whom we are adverting are ex tremely liable to be made the dupes and uneon maim Instruments of selfish and designing men. Onside who have not had the promotion they fancy their deserts entitle them to, or who have been punished for misconduct, appeal to their generosity; speculators, who have same job to promote, affect to love in view the promotion of their benevolent aspi rations, or their sound views of commercial policy. Imperfectly informed, they dream they are co operating is obtaining justice for the injured, or easeseipating the enslaved, and only discover, when ten late, that they have been weakening n authority, and abetting the selfish aims of p e l c a e uTb r re jugglers. And such mistakes have too often the idect of drawing many whose principles and views as. sound, into the ranks of superstitious and selfish easservatiam of all abuses. The Tory triumphs berme the liberal has not time to be well-informed. Owe thing is certain, that India must be governed V a liberal spirit, and with respect for local opinion. The last renewal of the company's lease of power ionferred upon India a free and independent press. Socha boon, once bestowed, cannot with safety be withdrawn—even were it desirable. A spirit of inquiry hem been awakened, which cannot be repressed. All theme of European residents,and those independent of the ment, have been materially increased in austtier, and are daily augmenting—even the civil and military servants of the company have contracted a balk geanvaasing the policy of their rulers. The railheads' of all denominations have established a firm footing, and the obsolete idea of leaving native superstitions unassailed can no ionger be realised. The natives themselves have learned to reason and assert their real or fancied rights—the Brahmin, the Mussulman, the Parsee, arc all jealously on their guard against the encroachments of power. The remaining Princes cling tenaciously to their rem mats of privileges—the very ryots have learned that they have rights. It is only upon a general ammiction that even-handed justice is administered to all, that a stable government can be based and upheld in India. On the other hand, Indian society is not ripe tier self-government. That wide empire is in habited by an immense number of varied and unamalgamating castes and races. The Joins, the Juts, the Bengalese, the Tamed and Telinga races, the hill tribes, the Sikhs,—all have their irre aoncileable distinctions. The Mahometans have not forgotten that they were masters of India before the Europeans gained the ascendancy. The domination of the English, administering the comma affairs of all upon pnneiplesof European equity, --and supported by their numerous, disciplined,. and regularly paid army,--is essential to the ma intenance of law and order in India. Were it withdrawn that country would be a prey to miserable personal ambition and anarchy. But the dominions of the Anglo-Indian govern ment have outgrown in extent, and the social rela tions of their inhabitants have outgrown in com plexity, its narrow and imperfect organisation. The general government is encumbered by the details of the administration of one presidency, and its atten tion diverted from matters of genera l concern. Two of the presidential governments are invested with