The Express. — London, England, 1852-04-14 00:00:00

AMERICA. Th e Royal Mail rheasser Niagara, Captain Stone, arrived at Liverpool at 10 o'clock last evening, after rather a protracted passage from Boston via Malifisc ib e Nialpirs brings the usual mails, under charge of Lieut. J. P. Raymond, lt.N.; she has also 13,000 dolt. in specie, and 33 pammegors, amongst whom is s r . Chandler, member of thee government of Now Brunswick. Mr. Howe, the provincial secretary at Nova Scotia, follows in the Canada. These gentlemen, with Mr. Hineks, inspector-general of C ana da (now in London), will form a delegation, Incited to confer with the imperial government on the s ubject of the proposed great trunk line of rail way trout Halifax to Lluebee. The several legisla tures of these provinces have recently passed the ne uosary arts for the construction of this great national erotic. to promote to a successful issue of which long wished for and anxiously-looked-for desideratum the above.nanod honourable gentlemen have been pre eminently energetic. The funeral of the late lieutenant-governor of Hali fax, Nova Scotia, took place on the 27th ult., with the ru stonsery military honours. The Niagara left Boston on the 31st ult., and Halifax on the god inst., at 9.40 cm. Shortly after l e o. ing Boston she met the Royal Mail steamer Canada from Liverpool. At Halifax she left her Majesty's surveying steam-vessel Columbia, and the contract steamer Ostiray, for conveyance of the mails for N e wfoundland. fhe mail steamer Levantine had rot arrived front Bermuda, having been late in start ing f ro m Halifax with the last mails, in consequence of undergoing repairs. She was expected at Halifax to eons cy the next Bermuda mail. On the Bth, at 1.3 0 a.m., in latitude 49 deg. 27 min. N. and longi tude ,t 3 deg. 21; min. W.. exchanged colours with a bt,.'s steamer. running to the westward, supposed to he the America. On the 19th, at 0 cm., in latitude No deg. min. N., longitude, 23 deg. 30 ruin. W., esilringeil colours with one of the Collins line of ahunw rs, hound west. Strong hind-winds from the Bth to the 11th have Fro:Wed the Niagara's arrival earlier. I he Royal mil steam ship Europa, Lott, comman da, a ith the mails from I.iverpool of the 13th, ar rived at New York on the 2:ith. Halifax pavers of the 211th ult. state that Messrs. Howe and Fullerton, liberal members, had been re tarned to the Canadian parliament. There is no news of interest from any part of the United States. The Washington correspondent of the Courier and Isquirrr writes thus cn the 2sth ult.: One of the great obstacles to the complete negotiation of the Tehuantepec treaty . has resulted from the opposition of British inn rests in Mexico, which exercise *more consider able power than is generally supposed. The relations o ' i good will eliding between the President of the Republic and our minister. Mr. Letcher, have been made the grounds of attack upon the former by allegations charging him with bens controlled by foreign influence. The political oppo nents of the president have seized upon this cry to defeat the treaty and their hostility has been animated and promptel . by the considi rations to which I hays referred. In a neintletter, I took occasion to state that this subject had been the matter of conference here between the secretary of state and the British minister, with a view of overthrowing the embarrioamenta which thus far have prevented any consummation of this important object. I mar now say with confidence that steps have been taken which promise satisfactory results, and that reptesenta tons have been made which sr. likely to prove potential. There is reason to hope, according to the best intelli gence now accessible, that the Tehuantepec treaty will Ice negotiated and ratified by Mexico. Should the present effort tail, the whole project had as well be abandoned until another condition of things shall occur in that distracted and unstable government. The completion of this arrange ment wsrald contribute materially to the tranquillity sad prosperity of Mexico. Non that the enterprise bee bees started cod has Satan possession of the public tail is a greater or less degree in both countries, it will be parent in some form or other. At one o'clock on the morning of the 31stalt. a fin broke out in the Tremont Temple, Bastomorahh totally destroyed that extensive building, and waft endangered the adjoining houses, as well es the Tre- mont hotel, opposite. One person was reported to have been killed, and another seriously injured; but the amount of the lose of life and property it was not practicable to ascertain prior to the departure of the Niagara, which took place shortly after the unfor tunate catastrophe. We learn from New York that: A catastrophe happened on the East River, at Belt Gate, in connection with the subssarise operations of Mons. Maillefert. Mons. M. with two boats, in one of which be had three men, sad in the other himself and brother-in-law, was at work upon the " Frying Pan," sad, as usual, was taking advantage of the slack water at high-tide to make several blasts. lie usually makes four at a tide, and had already made one • i n a ttempting the second the accident happened, to expl ain which we std detail the Feces' of blasting. Each charge is slaty suieter containing 1251 be. of powder. Several of these inabeers are taken iu a boat, and one at a time they are let dawn upon the rock. When one is let down, Mons. M. comas up with his boat, takes the end of a long wire which h Axed in the canister. and rows off, paying oat the wire as bel goes. The mbar beat also rows off. When both beats ere sixty or sereeney feet distant from the place where the powder was malt, Mons. M. touches the end of the wire to the pale el a pew. 'rho galvanic battery whisk be beep is biles*. awl ado% heavy shock is felt, the water le hem up het; Is or sem and large partisan af des rook ass poll. la this tress, by soros usagilabed astileat Mom reesived the weft wire, sad testebla, te lettery ssylalat am alice in the ether bast imbed of the me under water is sesamasnse of wliditwo passes Irmo ban* hoes. sod three heAilb _inhand. Is the beat with the powder fishesb • men celled Joe, eat me Beate =knows. The ualtacura ma " bas cast t beta loud, mot a vestige of kin, red k }e bas bees blown to stem. Joe bee be Mai ; body was picked up, the tegs, vas, lint at as gull kin blown o ff , and the body terriblWest sod shrivelled up. Southard was alive at 4 tido* Ix the adlonmeas. His ribs en one side are nearly all breissa, sal le is set probable that he can recover. The best is whisk hue rain was shivered into tie =OM Omen in e; passe se large as • wandarnms seal he iltend. It is thought bat there were three maims of monist an bast, Issawbsther they were all expiated ar ant ve emit assusic la the ether boat wee Nom 1111•1114brt and brsawriblaw. The latter had several teeth kaiaks:l auk sod was ethic wiac bruised. Noss. M. was belly, bet, we lope, not dangerously hurt. Two officers of the Sufhih Bonk, of Bastes, had been detected what about to isms New York by the Asia on her bet hip; was arrosted only a Jew minutes ban the wins‘milbed, and the money of whiek they Minis& the book resevered. A • pwty who was implientol. mash Bra t got away by the same vessel, with, it is append, a large amount of plunder. A letter, dated New °Ammo, March 27, says: "Koesuth reached this city to-day. Thera were no preparations made for his reception, and scareelyany excitement wu manifeoted." It is announced that the Hudson river is clear of ice to Albany. In former years this was looked spat as an interesting event, but now it is not considered of so much importance. Telegraphs and railroads hare taken the place of steamboats as a masse of communication with the capital. In 1828 the river was opened on the Bth of February; and in 1843 vs the 4th of February. In 1843 it was sot open dl the 13th of ApriL The river, that year, was sisal one hundred and thirty-five days. It was ern ea the Bth of March one year ago, or twenty days earlier than in the present year. Navigation is now fairly open on the lakes mad rivers, and on the western canals. We haws farther accounts of freshets at the west. In Ohio and Mh chigan bridges have been carried away, and a out quantity of timber floated off on the swollen stream At Conneaut, on Lake Erie, a sand bra boo hrmod daring the late prevalence of westerly gales, which will prove a great obstruction to the swiped= of the creek which forms the harbour. It is that a rise in the water of the creek will reopen old channeL The testimony in the Cuban trial aloud on the 20th en both sides. The judge ruled that Badmen% ovi denee should be stricken from the case alloggiber, and that the jury should consider thou was no Nog witness in the cave. Council was to mousses sum ming up on the 30th. COMMERCIAL. NEW YORK, PsIONDLY Brows% Mutat !IL The transactions at the Stock Isikispe din =aft were to a moderate extent, without say usimisi &walks from last week's prices. United &Ma Om if 11111 dna at 1061 offered, and 1061 asked; Mae Ilbre of 11111.1411, 113; do. of '6B, 118. New York Mlle nalmaina nen anman and in demand. Pennsylvania Flaeabag MI ft eel L i ar tacky SiXell. 1081 to 1081; WI Minat o : i t= lo w a. . ! to 104 ; Erie Railroad eon River Sevens 1051 ; do. Second lieetwe, tri ; r ginia CO , lllOll limids, 109. The market is well supplied with heeign etc Rates of hills on London have been made at 109 ttli es l; with come, at 1091. Paris, 5.181 to 6.*; Amsterdam, 401 to 10: ; Ilamhurgh, t, 311 ; BeeWS, 784 to 782. The money market pri sent. no new features from Mat week A continued ease is perceptible today in ell named transactions. The present abundant supply, with the MI 6 City of desirable business paper, and the modulate demand for of la away gemeally, hie a Amiable admit upon the rate, terite. 113 W TOIL, lamina 30. Thin is rather a in' midget to-day he Ma, without niebed nitivity ia a y disk and withaegionsetent dump dieweem wag well mastaimi, and demo' at 49, Brie im i b p;1111111t. dime the elides sale of Satend_ai. Brie wis at 116. le dip. blimilipe Seedling geld at 112. white is per wet. lefelle• is the lit embe. was few* at the des% N I hada bit As do= Bassi *we was a air bomber dine, sad pine bad as upward at the dote. TM b anks alemealeting specie, nail, their eameings hMae lasierate l they are In many mime buyers of lirmi-ehos mega paper at 3 per teat. Co cox.—Our last review of the dad* was masa Ar the Ain of the 24th inst. The male dem elbelei have been ae follows: 24ths 4,000 16t , 2 . 091 i iltb4 27th, MAO ; 20th, 2,600. The lineepa'a advisee sum to Mod is she lid t. weeds *dr =tie market lam &mined le. tar Und Oulf (exeripting Griesna), iniiillibarg mod miler, mil of e e ps. ea the better reign whimb age way Nam of all . Our INNS imapolill, that of Ile 46th, Min New roles melee domed at 74.. sad limilehn emme bwodelbiliateets wiliest fully as Miltowing Groadraste i r a ra Zglg, am *sews may period of the mime meads. The al* win se compared With: thee et Mardi '6l, when the pleme were beak W in snip, ewe an se emed 406,NOltales. miss they seadmmei Amy to the latas dal" *gee la • iligisedden te 'ivies laintased welantie. ldwn NM who early anticipated that the reseipli weeli be evey Mary during March and April, and, eatertrieng gee% views., .einated at 2,660 to' ,700,000 now that dsafr anticipations are being realised, aro borne away by the carnet of *Wes, sail confess themselves unable to stem it. We AM Where to our original opinion, based on data which temporary heavy receipts cannot alter, (because they can be easily explain, it, and are well un derstood on this side), that ON crop will not tweed 2,700,000 bales. And what is of more importance than 00 or 100,000 bales in the extent of the crop, is, as far as Great Britain is concerned, its distribution. She must, during, the summer and fall, outbid other nations to obtain the quantity actually needed fur her consumption, even should prices be depressed during April and May by the injudi clone action of Liverpool one-half penny per lb., u it is confidently awned (perhaps by those with whom " the wish is father to the thought") that they will be-- THE SEARCH FOR SIR JOHN FRANKLIN• TO TIM =ROI OP TIPP =PPM. HAW. Bay House, London, April 13, 1852. fitisv--By direction of the Governer and Commit tee of the Hudson's Bay Company, I have the honour to transmit to you herewith a copy of Dr. Rae's re pert at the proceedings of the searching expedition wrier Ids command, during the months of June, July, August, and September last.—l have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, A. BARCLAY, Secretary. Copy of a Deez e t a ii s na Jam Ba^ Es , q., to Archibald Hereby, Esq, lie lb son a Bay Company, dated " Fort Sew" Seipeamber, 1851." son 17th 17th September, 1851. din,—Having, ba il dated at the Kendall River, sa the lath Juneto giroeorge Simpson, enewriSlMlleitkis rid malt of my spring journey Mt Ilia be nil MOW Moss the Antis shores, I have now 46. =Erd i I rd b ar cst S:a " :l d ii i s ti9 s a um u m nd e e r r , antedben sw safety, bat, I regret to say, wither* having pawl any Waimea/on of the missing ez dor IL L l3th of June, away three days after my return from *gout, the bomb from For Confidence joined me at the Asabil River, bowleg nab/ • mat expeditious trip downemessol only lb all • hate's. Oa the 15th we ran ' to the issabionos of the Modal sal Capper Mine Rivers, the water being so high la the former , - that although we had on board full cares we did not touch a stone. The latter stream wee sag severed with ice, which did not break up nal the Mb About aeon, ea the Ugh, there being a clear passage we conimeaced the descent of the river, more fur the purpose of getting to better hunting grounds than for any other ob ject, as the leans was et ill too early fur the ice ou the mast to be broken up. In the evening we encamped on the great bend of the river, about seven miles above the first rapid. Here we remained two days, during which six deer and four musk cattle were shot; the greater pert of their fiesh was partially dried over • fire for future use. 23rd June.—ln the evening we ran down to the rapid which looked so formidable, owing to the great height of the water, that the stuntmen; although daring almost to recklessness, would not venture to ran the boats down, even without their cargoes. Neat day • portage was made and the boats launched over • point of rocks. Finding some of the rapids • few miles further down so very rough, that, notwithetanding the excellent qualities of our boats, they shipped much water, we encamped again to allow the river to subside a liule, before passing through the more dangerous portions of the stream. During our stay of four days the water fell but little', and my patience being exhausted we continued our voyage. At every rapid, notwithstanding the care and coolness of the steersmen, much water woo shipped, and when we came to the Escape rapid we found the reek that had endangered the safety of Simpson's boat, in 1838, wes completely hid from view, showing thereby that the height of water was considerably greater now than at that period. We passed down in safety, but the boats were nearly half filled. In the evening we encamped et the Bloody Fall, sad bad not been there more than 15 minutes when 40 salmon were taken in a net set in the eddy below the fall. Having deposited a bog of pemican and a bale of dry meat, en cache, in a small island, we proceeded to the mouth of the river, near which we remained for some time, killing deer, fish, and geese enough to support the party. The weather was extremely beautiful, and the ice along shore wasted fast, under the influence of the sun's rays. On the sth July a slight breeze from the south opened a narrow channel along shore to the eastward, of which im mediate advantage was taken, and we gained 22 miles be fore evening, when we came again to the fixed ice. ' It had been my intention to follow the coast to Cape Inisamers, sad tram thence cross over to Wolluton Land, bat as dos be, Osligi la Hock's inlet, was still strong and NMI OD the beech II that direethai, I deemed it best to take alverstage of the first open water. Our passage along shore was rlow and difficult. In many Mow the tee lay against the rocks, sad compelled us to make ages, which although arduous duty to these un ed to it, gave my men comparatively little annoy , once. ' On the morning of the IGth of July we rounded Cape Barrow wain furcate of rain were falling. From the high sub% mama as the weather cleared,la good view to the esetwesd, amen Coronation Gulf, was obtained. The mama was be boon promising, the whole sea, as far as it mms etalhit, betas lowered with an unbroken sheet of ice, OS wira a great may seals were seen. Our day's voyage Inulafted withis emus miles of Detention Harbour, which b somata tress boom Harbour on the west side of the 05155 by ea Wan ma more than 200 yards wide. mom Ile gulf was very slow. We had to make trer P aaplete anon of Moore Bey, and it was not unit the 20th that we reached Walker Bay, having found a aanow bat very *rooked lane of open water among the Wilma group, aorth of Marut Island. Os deo Sid a fresh breeze from S.E. opened a channel anon Hthw Hay to Cape Flinders, of which we imme diately a ed ourselves. When near the Cape we had an interview with three Esquimau:, and others were seen on a nalphbassing island. These people appeared to have bus led, they wore much leaner than Esquimau: ralis g a. ' as They had never been to communicatiou with beim, and were at tint much alarmed, but we veatIMIS plied their complete confidence. rasiredi at Crib Alexander an the /lth. Ming two clays alley than Deus and Simpson in 1839. The ice in the sant was NM mobroken, but along shore east ward. as to se iapi er was an open passage of • mile ON IBM to OWL TM% broever, was of little advantage, ;1211111=lawitsbals eras e •t or a sfrohmereour present w e narrower position at to any ny MalamMerlaborvery th brn tha t eas obr a t r t to the s l m xpecl o i n - M, gni the aresend over towards Cape Franklin. This , would have been a deviation from the 411 18 M• =LA out for myself, and would have exposed Oa 16 ths dame of having lest sight of the duty committed VD VOL Shales having btu. tip on the 27th, we pushed our las , to the nearest of the Finlayson Wal arsee to 4 hml = mi t i andt tle on which we in n e paved the t nigbe, se Illa lea salain in our way. A gale of north west whit bang the nest night and morning do -I=aers be, we our way to • point equidistant sur meting pima nal the bad of Cambridge Bay. Hem we band shelter in a creek, the entrance to which swung with salaam, sal 90 were caught by running a alt area the stream. Few of these were large, the aver age s laving weight bin anal fib ; and r ed = number of Sa mamma saes a peas law en the ai l * Odle 19th we snivel at the north 'Mira enormity Mlles bay, as laid down in the charts by Deese sari Siam" bat I, found that it extended several miles father tebleg a beadle the westward and forming an exciallme lanset. MO a moluot _il of water for mash bulls wen& orb ilesl,'eM baring good hold ing...ad of semi • or sand. loM IlmsWeet side of this her bs" a rapid ober, shoat I/0 rob bead, of beautifully Maw water, ampties itself. This avian lbws from a Isles of chisibeibie Meat, some Wise Meal. sad to he a iheasib rasa of the natives, by the annegme stops maths rid several 15th." of praline. 1110, he, , depoolled ea Its bomb. Doabtkes=i s a rnst fishing roles Maw &baby Om the wp M dm Ise, as mew alma was MR sees spieling the lemearent wale's ia the Tili &g the next two days a gale from W. NM W.N.W. Inaba much hum mon the be that there yea a clear maimed to the sera el the bay ; sad ea the let 11, a.m., the MU felt, and more ,we start* Ga bel had ai ld alin WINN than ten ababs when it a m p wi e sk4 iml libr la ear teak ead blew is pit, *rime bibs bweees the mods and alle, Ins bud peat trolls in wirbile way with the OWL At lowit we rumba' • mai NW in the hay ; from =spiping tp *Masa embe elope-reefed sails, at otasZa9 lll % .B artbol 7ry ur th eou fi n o l od b :i i l g tag la wag* Oeltioun: where the A bleim %ram at Mot osiommwood. ' shim al Cor r owe high sad m stealvitt bin. jewiselbt. mem OM illorg. aria was eng a tees Masa 16 ask supper. After Mobutu slay we . maw n il , and very soon ma le the weal mist a ley rw= up to the alenoi. Tbis .L.. tas Ihtell so be miles wide, Who imp. Ito mien iron is fors, l :l ll ==mMarrea most by Dame lad abysms bum any _pain Is Gib wale I no babe swan bi br a., 1 raw Tel Meld= by them be the of I tho Nail I la* *WAR, la the mash eben w ich ' se____ this alga. Miss the liberty of bassferring ' the memo of PAM Balk to the wed peint of the hey, whilst the bur beelf Is laid Asdirens Bay, in beam of the HIMBre. the Ilisbre a Rupee% Lewd. _ Inaba renals49m, oral the wind fhb, we cap , tinned wan sail all we seine bag *Only to the I sealbwaril of east. there was hew, bleated with mall ben sad having errant bets lying mar IL , Aber isavoreslag waft 10 Wks, we snivel at a bay of essekbabs sated. wen ilthe^_as the boom freshened, Ivo Ns . TM atilora tlib ls plat bare out (tree). owl the lay levee Moe wee, we won about two lawn Is oroorkes. Eon I woe eurpolowl to lei the howl tido fig from Itoss:wardoo hitherto It bod dewed has Iho To this Imi the come of Puha woo s Tri its west paist I awned Wirt, Orr the eilebenasi Assaallaa to of ; its sad= Isamedary soosivoi tha oppollatioa of , la blame ease dlir tingabbsi tregodiem we osiliel „;,::: , . gnaw. we =saws to booklet. ear air, WO bag, Ow . op ag ot a Imo was observed through bone, E. by IL, mid appe ase, about liana &WA. Tug extremely scarce, we wen babel en beta sal a bull hue. baistilately Oa paigi to weEa z iain, wo am nion' Meal zaidow Ma trithenly bay, having an Mealt wo ails Is sated sees las e, and being ' divided into two asnow Was ram its heed, by a long projecting point. The mat motherly of these inlet' was admirably sheltered, but I asumea speak with confidence of the depth of water, as I lid ea seine it closely. The name of Strome's was beelswal ea this bay. Nome time having boos span la maiming the shore rind taking bearings, it was 10h. 45m. cm. when we passed the east boundary of the bey—a low stony point fronted with limestone reeks • few feet in height, which was named Kean Point. The coast now turned to the N. 8., and having a single- OTLICT LIT{{►OOL 41:0TATIOI. lITOZU. N. Orleans Atlantic. and elahln. Osif Porte. Folly fair to good do. nondael ... austral ... manual Low to itood ord 7f to sf to 71 .- 71 to 7f ... 71nontoe to 71 M. Low l tan to tan of o podfwid. 7l .„ ,ogee to 111 ... aj Of lalsrlor Bitrauseurrn -Flour: The market is steady, with moderate transactions for home use and export; the dealers buy cautiously, anticipating supplies Horn Albany in a day or two, as the North River is now open to that place. We quote common brands of State, 4 dots. bk. to 4 dull. 621 c.; common to good Ohio, 4 do's. 75e. to 4 dole. 871 e.; mixed to fancy Mick. Ind., &c., 4 dols. 75e. to 5 dole. Canadian is dull, at 4 dole. 431 e. to 4 dole. 50e. in bond with sales; Southern is rather more firm, common to good brands Baltimore, Alexandria, Georgetown, &e., range 4 dolts. 431 c. to 4 dole 7.1 e. Rye Flour sells at 3 dols. 50e. Corn meal is quiot, at 3 d015.44c. to 3 dols. 561 e. for Jersey and Brandy. wine. Grain.-Wheat is in quite a small supply, and prices change but little; 1,000 bushels Gennemee white, of fair quality, brought 111 k. ; 2,000 bushels southern red, at 98e. to 99e. Oilman more plenty, at 44c. to 451 e. for state, and 40c. to 42c. for Jersey. Barley is dull, at 75c. to 90c. Rye is in demand for export, and for immediate delivery commands 80c. ; and for delivery on:opening of the canal by 10th of May, 78c. Corn continue, scarce, and wanted for eastern orders and export, and sells at 66c. to 67c. for southern white and yellow. Round northern is out of mar ket, and nominal. at 67e. Paortstoss.-New mess pork is firm at 17 dols. for large lots and 17 dole. 121 c. for small. Prime brings 16do1s. to 161 doh. Beef is firm and in good demand at 9 dols. 75e. to 12 dols. 75c. for men and 5 dols. 75e. to 8 dole. for prime. Lard is in demand at 91 to 91 cts. for barrels, and 101 to 101cts. in kegs. Insiouts.-To Liverpool, cotton is taken at ld. ; flour at Is. Bd. to Is. &I.; rosin Is. Gd. To London, flour Is. 9d. to 2a. To Glasgow, 530 bales cotton have been engaged at Id., and 1,660 bWs. of dour at Is. 1041. To Havre, cotton le.; other goods, 7 doll. to 8 dols. THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 14. 1852. reef bream right all with smooth water, the little boats ran slog ewiltly. Abe" Ma we pared a cluster of bull bleeds, I. the abroad* between AGAa Seed feu Ohms Wan la I loaded es woe et thawbine, end observed dm WIWI, be be dll dig. di eta. 111 see. t 9. ; the variation N deg. SO oda. E. The hind abeedy stestiesed as having been seen from Point lbseready was sew set ISM than 10 miles distant. It append to be users than If doe is extent, high towards either and, bat /ow la the Midis. It we. called Lind, la Maser of me whoa 111111114111111115 of vale earl noble generosity have be.. Use thane of sooty The geared of the &see was 2r1:11., bat its outlaw was fiterreier, Woken tato straagely shaped bays sad palate. Rao* adveassed if miles, we came to a point when the coast tuned abruptly to the north. Tracing it for eight miles, we head annals's@ am to what looked like the h ea d of a bay, but Cl Closer examination, a very narrow channel leading northward was discovered. It was so completely blocked up with ice, as to be unna vigable. Altering our mune to 8.8. E., we ran round the south end of Taylor Island ; eo named, as a tribute of respect to the memory of the late much regretted president of the United States. We here got among very henry and closely packed ice, which we anticipated, from having some hours before seen several very large floes aground in five fa thoms water. The ebb tide being strong in our favour, we made good progress to the north eastward, running some risk occasionally of being nipped between the floating and grounded muses. About 8 p.m. we landed for a short time, and then pushed on again, and at Ilb. 40m., on the 2nd August, put on shore for the night, under shelter of the most easterly point of the island, on the outer extremity of which the ice was forced up so as to form au insurmountable barrier to further advance. The place at which we lauded and its neighbourhood were barren in the extreme. Scarcely a vestige of vegetation, and not a hit of drift wood, were to be seen: nothing hut a level tenet of light grey coloured lime stone, which had been forted up in immense blocks, close to the shore, by the pressure of the ice. The stone was in many places covered with minute brown-coloured crystals. Next day our position was ascertained by observation to be in latitude 69 deg. 12 min. 20 see. N.; longitude by chronometer, 101 deg. 68 min. 15 see. W. The variation of the compass was found to be 68 deg. 68 min. E. ; but as the needle was extremely sluggish, and evidently acted upon by local attraction, little reliance could be placed upon it. It will be observed that wo had been extremely fortunate, and had ;made an excellent run of more than one hundred miles, without a single stoppage, except the detention re %Waite kw masking. During the whole of the 3rd August, there was a pis has north, with heavy squalls, and showers of 1111114 sad snow. In tho intervals between the showers, had could be seen to the N.W. by N., and N.E. (true), appar. ready twelve or fifteen miles distant, but the horizon we never suffleiently clear to permit a distinct view of it. The weather on the 4th continued much the same, but about 11 a.m. the wind fell a little, and having shifted a pointer two to the westward, a lane of water along shore was opened, up which we pulled to the N.W. until we doubled some reefs which stretched out a few miles to sea ward. Hering rounded these, we got into open water, set close-reefed soils, and stood towards land close-battled on the starboard tack, steering W.S.W. There was an ugly chop ping sea running, but the boats behaved admirably, and a run of little more than five miles brought us to the shore. The wind again set in from the north, increasing to a pre fect gale, sad although we could gain ground pretty fast by plying to windward, our slight-built craft strained so much in the heavy seas that frequently washed over us (in tact one of the boats bade plank split), that' we lowered sails on gaining a partial shelter from the Land, and after a tough pull of two miles, daring which we were sometimes barely able to bald our ground, we entered a snug cove, where we secured our boats. _ sth August —The weather was still stormy, and finding that we could make no headway with the oars, our sails were again set, and we turned up to windward until the gale became too violent for our most reduced eanves ; there was consequently no help for it but to put ashore, which we did on the north side of a long narrow bay, having gained about six miles. Satisfactory observations were here ob tained, giving latitude 69 deg. 20 min. as sec. N. • longitude hy chronometer 102 dig. 30 min. 2 see. W., and variation 63 deg. 68 min. E. On the 6th we could not start until the evening, and then advanced only eight miles, at first to the N. by E., and afterwards to the W.N.W., passing some limestone cliffs of considerable altitude, faced with deep snow hank,. A very thick and cold fug coming on, which encrusted every article with ice, we landed and were soon snug in our tents. Here a quantity of driftwood was head, being the first we had seen of any size sines Isawbeg Cape Alexander. The wood was poplar, and meet Use crews on the bank' of the 5111.ensie, or some of the rivers near it. The well-marked cape on which we now were, was named in honour of the Princess Royal. It presents a precipitous front to the E. and N.E. Next di} being clear and find, observations were obtained, which gave the latitude 69 dog. 27 min. 6 nee. N., longitude by chronometer 102 deg. 27 min. 12 sec. W., and variation 74 deg. 30 min. E. The bearings of several islands and points in sight having been taken, we pulled out from shore due north, towards the highest visible land, passing between two islets near the shore. Wo were seven hours crossing, the distance being fully twenty miles, and the current during the greater part of the time against us. Soundings were taken regularly, the greatest depth being fathoms on a bottom of mud. Out lanai -place was a small point in a bay, cm the shore. of w shoot .vLI• Wand. wars • aliff sad seer , high which I had a good view of surrounding objects. T b the LE. there was a small peninsula a few 'relles MN" eanneeted with the shore by • very narrow lei Of the pine vast of us there was a number of haw sew Islands or mat extending to the southward four IN Us Nike beyond this, iu the same direction, was an speniag in which no land was visible. Directing tear eau" nadir sail, teem& this apparent passage, we paled between the meet seetherly of the reefs above.mentioned aril Ira shim trisect a narrow channel having wildest depth ef water for our hosts, and continued - varig in the ems direction, until it fell calm at 2h. Sem a.m. ea the Bth, when we landed on a small bland at the entreats of a narrow inlet running north. Rae we mimed the remainder of the night. It was past 7 next morning . before we were Wee welsh =rWetand as there was no wind we pulled up the , , with bops that it might prove to be a prow meth weed; but in this we were mistaken. When Sulfa league from the heed of the inlet we landed, and nosertaind ear by very excellent observations, to be in latitsk min. 2 see. N.; longitude by etireenvieter 102 dug. 1p min. 46 see. W. After this we pulled -ems to the southward, and put ashore on the west point of the inlet to pick up a piece of pine, the dimensions of which ware 18 hat long by 10 inches d iameter. As the wood was =grained, and free hem keels, it had doubtless been te the sea by some Mess far to the west of the Ceppowealme. The weed bobs wised, dry, and not at all delayed, famished as with sußeissat fire-wood for several " Rem sane elinatedpennd in the ykinity land was mess from W to 8.11. W., east as than were no indications of lierdemas boning reesady whited the several polate we Washed at, and we sigma whatever of Europeans having ever been ea *it coast,l eassaidered that it would be a we lees waste of time to examine the bay more closely. Having pushed off, we Mash a direct caves towards the mall pe riods neentimed Ravin been several before in . Nue tre landed at 111. 2itm. p INS .a. ow-owls LWeise) were MU j and I may add that them beau is were to be found all abing the shore of VkAseis Lend, whenever thus wereaelsvated spots of wend meth se hems mews ilar them us epos. A light eel vied tat bed been r far r msne time elni imsesdi bee, we alpha started and stood to frame. Willi veshweall scram a deep bay, with the ebb Os oleos Is ais ism, until we paned between two omen Yisrdq where we were met by the flood. In two hours, having run between soma and eight mike, we were abreast of the east pointer*, bay. As wet advent:id, turning slightly to the northward of east, we passed two more bays of small size. On the farthest point of the nest easterly one the ice lay fast aground and too closely packed to permit a passage We consequently landed under the lee of the paintat part three a.m., of the 9th. (To be continued.) DROWNING of Two DLit:loo39.—Last evening, Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest at the London Appren tioe, Isleworth, on Cheeks Irvine, aged 22, and Hardy Mombasa% aged 23, privates of the 4th Light Dragoons, quartered at Hampton Com% who lost their lives under the fellow's' milaneholy einimmtances. James Murray, a tallier, IMAM that he was Muslin at the ferry about 3 o'clock last today, when be saw the deceased medial and two other mss ef the tams regiment, with Peak, a watermaa, eater abed, "AM limy rowed a short distance into the river, when the mirMsee, who were the worse for liquor, eiummeseed jumping about, and the boat lurched, most, sad the seen fell into the river at a spot not more them ire Pet. Peek and ems of the soldiers made to the Mere, and wither esidier, asks slung to the boat, was rescued, but the aweesei ark to rise no more. Irvine was picked up In ten minuilm, and conveyed to the London Apprentice, where Xr. Day, surgeon, in vain, endeavoured to modem life. Moorhouse's body was found in three queries of an hour. Mr. George Williams, boat proprietor, said that when Peak applied to him for a boat for the seldisee. be Wend hba one, as the men were drunk, and teed him that if be teak thin with him in a beat, he (Mr. Wllilaim) email held bin wpm alble tar the consequence. lieeptestatJer Jeusiais stated that the deceased were the hut arldien la the regiment, and had never been once repartee he bremeit of discipline. Irvine had been 15 months, and Illeaheare 4 ran in the regiment. He never knew them te ham bees intoxicated. But on the day in question they aberatel themselves with out leave. The coroner summed up, mad the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." - At the close of the in quest the coroner was inboard that Mary Love, the daughter of the summoning alma, to whom Irvine was betrothed, was so affected by the news of his death, that being of a naturally delicate wwieUtution, she was so overwhelmed with grief that she sank under it, and died on Monday. THE MURDERS AND SUICIDE AT CANTLE RISING. On Monday an inquest was held ou the bodies of Davis and his wife and child, before the coroner for the county. Se veral persons were examined, who detailed the facts already given in the Express. The evidence went to show that the deceased was of unsound mind. It was also stated that the man had before attempted a similar crime. The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity." EALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK The official report ear : —The number of deaths from all causes registered in the metropolitan districts in the weak ending last Saturday was 1031. An iviprove ment is evident in this result when compared with the re turns for the previous four weeks, in which severally the mortality rose above 1200. Ia the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1842-51 the average was 938, which, if cor rected for increase of population, becomes 1032. The amount of last week therefore nearly coincides with the estimated number. Tho table of fatal diseases still, however, shows 235 deaths caused by diseases of the organs of respiration, or nearly a fourth of the total number, and that the mortality under this head has not undergone any considerable reduc tloo. 'the corrected average of this dam is only 178. These 23.1 eases are thus distributed : laryngitis 4, pleurisy 4, bronchitis 122, pneumonia 80, asthma and other disease, 23. hence it appears, on a eomparisoa with the previous week, that pneumonia coatis:see as fatal, while bronchitis, which greatly exceeded the average, also maintains about the same amount. The numberof deaths meribed to phthisis is DOW lees ; it has decreased tram 161 in the previous week to 140 to the last, width Isalspet the average. In the epidemic clam of diseases there appears some tendency to increase. Small-pox was fatal to 25 children mg 9 adults, scarlatina to 35 penoes ; 11 children were embed off by measles, 47 by hoepinteough, and 8 by ; 4 persons died of influenza, 44 of typhus, ttc., 2of t fever, 2 of rheumatic fever, and 7 of erysipelas. Me following five deaths occurred in the Small-pox lisegitel :- 0. fed April a female servant from King street, Soho, aged Si years, " mail-pox, continent, unmodified (49 days) ; vaseleated in infancy in Suffolk; one cicatrix scarcely per iimials." On 4th April a man (no occupation, aged 46 =from Old -street, Soho, "small-pox, eon unmodified days) ; vsecinsed when young in iffialienk ; - eas beige eiestsiz." Oa bth April a Cza warm aged II bum Idesekgielemplelds, " small pin. eanfleast. Immeedierp. unmodified (9 days) ; semi- W as" l es t a rrtaV a L Z: 1 714 t i;ri i l m a per bo fe ; t fr om cicatrices, bu t Meal (10 derr. o " 6 . 6 llll l l ll2 4 : l at U fs P rn • x alie milucn t t , , a u ge l in czeil from hilite,inniffl-pox, confluent, unpro (lo days)." Lest week the births of 737 boys and 723 girls, in all 1,411 children, were registered in London. The average Imam in seven mermgeading weeks of 1815-61 was I ,31 At 1. ths Serpi Olwassiory, Oresawite, the mesa daily realdog of the berowsseor was aloft SO h. es every day of the Week ono* IWO ; the spa of the week was 00.0731 x. The et the week was 44 de- whisk b of the muse week hi 10 years. The hely of liaaday as 39.7 ihrese, about f beam Inky deo wow rose 19 47.2 dseza d a sy Ksaft, which Is 2.4 depose Am it i WI to 42.3 ea Isrlay sad , rase Ss MA do. pees w . Ths wla d was yla the aortas oast DRAMA. 44 Tar Mem or Evwers."—(To the Editor of the Zaprou it i :lB Bir, Inas I was s mall boy sow sta dig V sad dasming is Lsoapefloss, I rossabsr that lay It the ais sos sous NM Mai we sot b/‘; the jabs sway& Isalls—pirbap bassos Dad Is id Mit tbrosib Use of h e Manua ; bus, ass radisi par of the " Clod* el Ives*" tbs it of Ibs son swidosly dasbad las la a sewer sad Wawa 1101 missal Mad to M. G. 11. Lewes the suAbossfaip Maiaad by yamsbsEMnt 'smut, Suassav Lawman= PACIFIC MAILIIe•MIS italloWing solise bee UM awed try the wathesilla et the Oeseval Prebease is Maass a the peris smaitenal la the Isitreetims Nate et tide yea. ee ishrled is the sow slams et the Pella entry have been mil Ow amiss ism r=. l 4 l6 = la ati ban& materna =lle t . ol Ceett ela""ses and melee MI NI 1,17"11• rest India nen mart having lieulmegies = Os fad at ash mesa but Issas teethe abereesered raft will oleo be as ler es fassisohloy the pasha leaving fientli. mews in the 17th el ash ers4h." ISPASTICIDI..—TeaIerda7 Mr. Watley, M.P. Mid an Impart at the Marylebose Waltham' IR the bray eta axe, newly has mile child, which twee z e , I ,.. emen. big bre had la as Salliellre of the near le LI amid Phil" in s a g= l erg a desil egeen. and pert et a blue seed Mr. the melamers wpm, said Ms on enaakag the child be MI in Mut it had bats hem aim, the rafting mud lad hee. lee thank end left malls& sit the mese et *Mb me engem, mad et ehe bleth. Bole, the sesmasag Aker, barilsesialsil Ass thii was the Milli MA OM whisk bed hessoilibia a short space if tir e friend seer the tae spa Is die peek a verdict was Masa of " Wilful radar" wire Now perms or perms admicrs. SUICIDE AT WOOLwICII.--Abost 9 deka in • seriting left, a eseem, ennead ft M die eime .1 sfrave hem !Vaasa, ewe Mad hisits. stile dead. levag . atterhed mei apves dr rag: in Meal hear& dot the swim West. at a Is Misaarset, Weeliehh. When the eiment had meades to late his Tom same 8 Vast he led sot thin rim, W when discovered lis hob see sells warm although lM wee mama TM deemed emend ahwat 46 years of age, with a fell Me and heessibair, and abets 5 feet 10 M. high, sod elect la peepertlea. DM= n a tilfilflor.peet 10 eat* in Monday eight, a holiday vials* le Woolwich wend Jesiek Caper. of 6, Interwtreet. Wider Meyer ▪ Mega r, when eilesglag aboned the lam Nertit Wlociwishre&rw eleimer, trig aleagdas Refs Pier, fell into the River and was dermsd, wad tho body hM net been boa The dissemill we m a rams ma About 22 years of age, having brown hair, end drama It black shooting coet and vest, with cord semen and blucher boots. His Mahar was so much excited when the accident ask pink that it was with great aftmho he could be restrained Ma Jim into the water ear MIN when both wall have been ffned, owing I. the ask. ma if the Di" Vbe Court. WINDSOR, TIMMY. The addifiens to the royal dinner party yesterday were the Duchess of Kent, the Duchem a Cambridge and the Princem Mary, the Duke of Cambridge, Prince Leopold of Sane Cobourg, the Lady in Waiting to the Dachas of Kent, the Baroness do Speth, Col. the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Baron Knembeck, and Lord William Paulet. Prince Albert, accompanied by the Duke of Cambridge and Prince Leopold of Saxe Cobourg, rode out on horseback this morning, attended by Colonel F. 2 niour. the The Prince of Wales, Princess Rs , and younger members of the royal family, took w ng and pony exercise. The Earl and Countess of Derby left town yesterday afternoon on a visit to the Duke of Richmond ut his bout, thaodwood, bone:. The Judges, Queen's Counsel, ifie , will not usemble at the residence of the Lord Chancellor to-morrow (Thursday), the first day of Easter term. The Judges will take their watt in their respective courts at Westminster at the usual hour. The Bishop of Mancheater had an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole yesterday at the Home-office. Despatches from the Governors of llong Kong and Ceylon, and also from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Wanda, were received yoterday at the Colonial office. Mrs. Istst sight's Gaut fe.l LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OITICE, APRIL 7.—Notice is hereby given that her Majesty will hold a levee at St. James's Palace, on Wednesday, the 21st April instant, at two o'clock. _ _ . • - - - LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, APRIL 7.—Notico is hereby gives that her Majesty will hold drawing-rooms, at St. James's Palace, on the following days, at two o'clock Thursday, 29th April inst.; Thursday 13th May neat, to celebrate her Majesty's birthday. N:B.—The knights of the several orders arc to appear in their collars at the drawing-room on the 13th of May neat. COMMISSION SIGNED BY 'flIE LORD LIEUTENANT OF THE COUNTY OF LINCAOTEE.—Wm. Brown, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. COMMISSIONS !HONED DT THE LORD LIEUTENANT OF Bvrrot.ie.—John Barrett Gordon, Esq., to be Captain, vice Prettyman, superseded ; Jame. South Clarke, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Cobbold, deceased ; HiR Mussenden teethe., Gent , to bo Lieutenant, vice Nunn, resigned, to the Eastern Regiment of Militia. COMMISSION SIGNED BT THE LORD-LIEUTENANT OF THE COUNTY or AYR. Col. the Hon. Frederick Mac adam Cathcart to be Colonel, vice the Earl of Eglintnn, resigned, to the Prince Regent's Royal Regiment of Ayr shire Militia. CONIBUSSION SIGNED BY THE LORD LIEUTENANT Or THE COUNTY OF ABERDEEN,—John 0011100, O E N r, to be Captain to the Aberdeenshire Regiment of WAR-OFFICP, Arent 13. lit Regt. Agfa Gds.—Ural A. Watro to be apt., by per., vice the Earl of Munroe?, who rete..• Cornet and Sub-Licut. F.O. Dore. to be lieut., by per., aloe %ebb. 2ed Drag. Gds. - Lieut. T. B. Imeux to be amt., by per., vice Wig. melt, who rota. SOth V.—Capt. A. Limas, from the 2let F., Jobe apt., vice Kirkl. , n 1, who each. Stet Y.—( pt. J. A. V. KIILICTANP, from the 20th P., to be card., nice Deem, who each. 4trd P.—Aldrit.-Borg. A. Ilabetar, M.D., from the 9114 P., to be sure., vies Davidson, hillOd to action. 45th V..—J. P. Crosswords, M.D. to be anlatesurg., vim Best, prom. on eta. 50th P.—Limit. J. Preens. to hemp, par.. riee Gower, who ret.; lam. R. H. Winn to be Bent., by per., vice PureelL Gelb F.—Punt Lint. W. P. Sauces to be apt., by par., vice Mosley, who ret.; Bee. Lieut. W. Tarns to be Bet bent., by per., vice Salmon. 07th F. —Lieut. W. De Tzusar lo be raid , by per., lice Pratt, who rot.; En*. V. A. Weimar to be Heat., by pur , vim Da Vernet ; A. CAMERON. Gent. to be roe., by pr., vice Webber. 75th It.-lEas. H. Ooweu. to Dr Beat , by per., via Craig, the set. 80th Y.—Em. T. P. Qeiu to be lieut., be par., vice Gray, who rat.; Ens. O. J. WOl/11.1" from 12th k., to be ens., vice quill. Slat I..—LieuL H. J. Lam= to be apt., by par., vice Lappet. who " ret.; Ene. H. A.:Ciurniaaren to be Ileut , by per., vice Liddell. 87th P.—Usat.-CoL M. Powan, from h..p. teat, to be lituteml., vim B. Taylor, who each. P.-1. 011att, pat., to be meletAntrg., eke Barclay, prom. is the 43rd P. idth P.—Lk et. 3.A. P.. ILatass to be apt.by par., via Carew, who Ilia.; Ella. R 0. POLVILL lobe LLcut., by per., aloe Raines. WO,PITAL lean.—Assiet.-Mre. T. BY*T. from the 45th P., to be rtaff aura. of the sewed clam, lies Laing, drowsed off the (bye of Good Hope ; T. O. Pirxoeams, gent., to be serdet..eurg. to the forma aloe Cohen boa, drowsed cif the Cape of Good Hope; P. e Kau% gest., to be mist .earg. to the Verare, via Smelt. doe.; T.ltaavar, mt.. to be sealet..earg. to the Forme, aloe Pleasell, prom. on the ataff. Lauren in Casette of Sad April, la32.—Staff: F.. Major J. D. O'Mara, umtt., to be dentry quartertmet..gen. to the Ferree in the Windward and 1r cward blonde. vice Frei,* who r ripe, read, Major J. IL ('Hato., noun., to bedepatj onartermart - pa. of the Ports in the Windward and Leeward Wands (with the nab of lieut.-ed. in the army), elce French, who reeigns. Memeaarrueu.—The Chtildlin names of Lieut. Acton, or the 77th P., in William Welenrorte Cole. INDICATION. Lord Derby's Solicitor-Geteral for Scotland has been guilty of the sin against official discretion popularly called " letting the cat out of the bag," Ile is about to oppose the present liberal member for Orkney, Mr. Ander s son, M.P., and in hie address just issued this tory lawyer, Mr. Inglis, soya: " I sympathised in the almost universal admiration of the patriot.. and sett eiesillaing spieit, which induced Lord Derby to assume the relies of power under circumstances of great ensbarromessat. I kit se aucb confidence in the line of policy to be upward Orem such a minister, as at once to accept odes ruder him; and I rejoice to say that my expesistions have been fully justi fied by the subsequent avowal of principles and intended measures by that distinguished statesman. In thus contribute% my humble support to the present govern ment, I am act called ea to abandon or modify any opinion which I have ever held, aor am I bound to the maintenance of any ptheiple that sea bit otherwise than acceptable to the sleeks asoserrathe pasty throughout the empire. 1 ass tert pritpwed to mite for any measure calcurated to pro mote aunt 11110 M isferatte, at the expense of the general wel fare of the Maar j ad while I one very sensibly q the great prow' swJfr latish agriculture is now safersng, 1 1 am eatialea that the evil may be greatly lessened, if no: re mahout Oa necessity of re-unposing a tar upon the To the grievances of every portion of the eametormity, the ems s / ought ever to be open, dash the Ara tel principle of the political ahem mot leseehoth be, evenhanded justice to all chase lad d 1 iatmeoa," AMINO the ham policy of the Derby government has boa N amehft ilalelagad in mystery, in spite of all the sloth nestle in the Hamra of Parliament to elicit it, it has thus see to light, win& a member of that government, cm the shores of Mime Thule. Surely the eyes of the agrkaltarists ought to be opened to the double-dealing ota party mha emits to maintain itself in prom by agricultural InlPPyrt- THE AMENDED COMITY 00CM1111 BlLL.—There is an inipmbint altered= be the County Courts Bill, just printed, is made by the eemiatittee of the House of Com mons. La It NOW wears, the parties, ;attorneys or bar risters echoed by or en Disbelief either party, may appear, cv an abler by leave of the judge. When the bill iatsdosw Letis. barristers were excluded, but it now Mat thwe dwell be no exclusive or pre-audience, " bat selfeet te veldt repletion as the judge may from FUN le tie pressethe for the orderly transaction of the lesrsm exec smart: , HEATHOOAT, M.P., the colleague of Lord Paimintent In the representation of Tiverton, and the ondallut silk manufacturer of that town, has had • severe Welk of indisposition, from which, however, the boa. gerdiessut is understood to be slowly recovering. TIACTARIANISM.—A correspondent says : Some ex alts:mem has been caused in Exeter this week in conse quence of the vagaries of certain of the tructarian clergy men. On Sunday morning (being Easter Sunday) at five o'clock, the Perpetual Incumbent of St. Bidwell's (a parish rendered notorious as the scene of "The surplice war") administered " holy communion " to Omit May genus. The "altar" was decorated with sod teemed's. the mere as impairing and papistied se five clergy men ofileiated in the ceremony. The Wine eat (the Key. J. L. Oaten) has recently preached aipoirst the Queen's suprearsam, and is exceedingly " high ' la his church no. done. The rev. gentleman's wife attends the catbolis chapel in the city, and it is reported that she has lately be came a coramuniatat there. A great deal of observation:les been made upon this, inasmuch as the Bishop of Basest MY close interfered with a clergyman in Cornwall allowinglot kb wits to attend a Wesleyan chapel. COLONIAL CHURCH AND SCHOOL SOCIETY.—The annual =min el the West London Ladies' Auxiliary of this ingthalies wee held yesterday, at the Marylcbone Literary lentinathea. lar. G. Finch in the chair. In the re pert it was slated that the colonial empire of Great Britain new amgesbendel upwards of CO settlements; that the pegniatim esseeded 150 millions, that portion of it which mon within the scope of the society being computed at about tour millions, scattered over a territory of little less then eight million square miles. It was further observed that In carrying out that branch of its operations whieb re lated to British residents in foreign lands, the society maintained a clergyman and general ageat for the conti nent, and • catechist for the Eeglish residents of the poorer claim in Paris. The entire agency of the society was as fol lows: Clergymen, 22; catechists end schoolmasters. 81; lewd* teachers, 26; total, 129. On the motion of the Right Rev. Bishop Carr, the report was adopted metal measly. FIRE IN TOTTENHAM COURT-ROAD.—The fire in the premises of Mr. Muggeridge, of Tottenham.court-road, reported in yesterday's Daily News, continued burning some hours after we had gone to press. The following is Mr. Braidwood's report on the occurrence : " Tuesday, April 13, 1862.-40 minutes to one o'clock, cm., a fire hap pened in the promisee belonging to Mr. James Muggeridge, dealer in corn, hay, and straw, situate in Howland-mews, and 83, Tottenham-court-road. The cause of tire unknown. The contents and buildings of warehouses were insured in the l'hernix fire-office. The fire was extinguished by fire men with nino engines of the London establishment, two of the parish and that of the West of England oilier, with 196 lured auxiliaries. This fire destroyed a three-story gransry and its contents. The warehouses on ouch side and Lack of house, together with the contents, were very ia riously da maged by flee and water (all communicating.) Seserul of the contiguous houses sustained more or less damage." CAMHORNE (k)N:401,8 MININSI COMPANY.—An offi cial manager is to be appointed to settle and wind up the attain of this company. - ' - " . ........... , ..................MM111.1.‘111 THE ELECTIONS. BURY. Mr. Frederick Peel addressed hie friends, for the second time, in the Town-ball, Bury, on Monday even ing. The adini:nien was by ticket, and there was a crowded arembl l Mr. RICPIARD Asstrox presided. Mr. ALOOOMAN WALKER moved that Mr. Peel was a fit and peeper person to represent Bury, urging that it would be a greater compliment to their late townmsau, Sir Hobert Peel, to elect his son than to erect a monument to his memory. though r h t h e wen b lo tf t! u r h t e he h r ad than felt b m lr u . c P ti ee d l im as e a ul l ry li i t n icia m n a , k a i n n d g Mr. ELTON OPENSII kW second e d the M o ti on , an d sa id up his mind on that point. He advised the electors to read an article against the ballot by the late Rev. Sydney Smith. lie did not believe that the ballot would stop bri bery and corruption ; though it might modify them ; but be believed it might put an end to intimidation and ex clusive dealing. Ile exprered his belief that the new par liament would not have a majority of protectionists, though it would have a majority of conservatives, and, as a radical, therefore, he urged them to send Mr. Peel. Mr. F. Peen, M.P., then spoke at great length, touch ing first upon lueal matters, and then upon more general political topics. As to the time when the general election would take place, he said the government hail promised that only measures which were indispenaible should be dis cussed by the present parliament, and that a new out should be elected in the present year, and in such time as would admit of the first session of the new parliament bring held in autumn. Now, as he Ili.' ant believe the measures which were indispensible and essential to the government of the country, could occupy the home long alter the Easter recess, he had no doubt that in a few weeks an appeal would be made to the people. There could not be much doubt an to the character of the new house, for he observed that almost every constituency asked their candidates whether they were in favour of free trade, and he thought it could not be disputed, that in the majority of instances the answer was in the affirmative. As had been well observed, we tad for the first time now among political men a kind of hybrid conser vative, who called himself a free trade conservative. When he (Mr. Peel) was last in Bury, free Linde was comi.lered to be rather in jeopardy, bi cause the party was in po„ ar who were cone, ived to be its mast determined nepeoeoie, and who bad aspired to office because they were putt eti.,o- Ws. The corn etness of the principles on which free trade was based had received striking confirmation by the results of experience, and as these came to light one after anuther persons had been converted and given in their &obi sion. There was one party, however, who steadfastly resisted that evidence, which to others had appeared perfectly conclu sive. The facts whi,l were pointed to as avid-Ices of na tional prosperity they could only receive as the proofs of national exhaustion and decline; and what were taken as arguments on one aide that the coui.try was advancing in happiness and in greatness, were by the other regarded only as showing that we were making rapid strides towards the vortex in which everthing that was worth preserving was to be swallowed up. Such was the party who for six years were in opposition. All argument was lost upon them. But what six years in opposition could aot do, six days in office was sufficient to effect. (Cheers and laughter.) No sooner had they taken the reins of power, and sa ere charged with the responsibility of watching over the interests of the country, than they saw at once that the reversal of policy for which they had been so long and ardently labouring, was out of the question. (Hear, hear.) The acuteness of their vision having teen sharpened by getting a glimpse of affairs from the heights of otliee, they saw that they might as well attempt to go back to unreformed parliaments and penal enactments fur religious opinions, as endeavour to induce the people, who had learnt what it was to live in plenty, to put a tax upon food and starve their families to provide a system of out door relief to the owners and occupiers of land, (Cheers and laughter.) He did not think there was any longer the slightest fear of a rever sal of free trade ; but they were now told there was to be a revision of taxation—that the owners and occupiers of load were paying more than their fair share of taxation ; and that they were to have something in the shape of an equivalent for the losses they had sustained by the fail of prices. He thought the meeting would agree with him (Mr. Peel) that this was a plea fur compensation which could not be admitted, because the more they magnified their losses from a fall of prices, the greater was the extent of wrong they had inflicted on the country by appropriat ing to their own uses the wages and commits of indu , try. (Hear, beer.) If it was meant to show that they had more than au equal burden of taxa tion, then lie could see no objection to a fair investigation of the question; but he must say that be should enter upon such an investigation with a very shrewd suspicion that they were wrong in thin impression, for here tofore all inquiries had gone to show that they were moro lightly taxed than other classes • and the result might he to put new burdens upon themselves, from which they were at present exempted, while others were liable to them. (Hear, bear.) It was probably known to the meeting that the income tax had now expired, and after the meeting of parliament one of the earliest questions would be to con sider how the 3,000,000!. heretofore raised from that source was to be made good. The object of government for tho past ten years had three things in view. They had sought to take off duties as much as possible from all articles partly raised at home and partly abroad ; because they knew that only part of the produce of such taxarioti went into the Exchequer, while the other half went into the pockets of the producers at home at the expense of the home consumer. The second was to reduce the duty on all such reticles as came entirely from abroad, and entered into the consumption of the masses— as sugar, coffee, and (be hoped before long would be) tea. (Applause.) So also, he hoped, the doty on timber, which was mammary to the improvement of our dwellings, would be reduced. (Hear, hear.) And the third clam were those articles which formed the raw material of our manufactures .—such as cotton and wool. Now, such a policy could not be carried out without sacrifices, sad in doing this they had sacrificed millions and millions of revenue, and given back to the people those millions. The vacuum bad been partly supplied by the increased consumption of those arti cles which had resulted, and through the expansive power and enterprise of the country ; but those circumstances had not been sufficient altogether to till up the void, and the go vernment had been obliged to raise 6,000,000/. by means of a tax upon the rich, that flee millions was the income tax, which had just expired. The question now was, whether that live millions should now be laid upon the poor, or again be placed upon the shoulders of the rich., (Hear, hear.) Now, he had no doubt as to how he should be ready to meet the question. He should certainly feel no disposition to raise it by a tax upon those articles which entered into the consumption of the muses of the people. (Applause.) Twenty-two millions of our revenue was already raised by taxes upon six articles, such as tea, coffee, sugar, wine, spirits, and tobacco, all of which were raised upon the energies of the people, and be was not disposed to carry it further. (Hear, hear.) He did not care how the money was raised by the richer classes—whether by a tax upon property and lucerne, or whether they tested a man's means by the size of his house, so that it was shown to I3C equitable. Heretofore they had gene upon income, and he was aware that it was said to be unequal, because uncertain and precarious incomes were taxed to the same amount as those which were fixed and 'ordain. That subject, however, was under the considera tion of a committee, and they might expect that all such inequalities would be provided for. Another question which had engaged the house since he was at Bury was the Militia Bill. Her Majesty's government had told us that though this island was girt with an ocean upon which rides a navy more powerful than ever, yet they could not give on astannee against a hostile descent upon our shores, and they thought that though we maintained a regular arm equal to our. wants, !yet part of it being abroad and in the colonies, we could not collect more than '2.5,000 troops in an emergency, and that that would ho a force quite inadequate to resist an enemy under sub circumstances. lie thought every one would agree that it was desirable to make such a provision, bathe thought it ought not to be forgotten that we already pay about 15,000,0001. a year as an insurance against this terrible risk, and if this was not sufficient, he thought wo ow& to see if some arrangement could not be made by width the colonies could be induced to organise local forces taw their own defence. But if our defences must he in sured, the question was whether it would not be better to make that increased provision by adding a small number of disciplined soldiers to the regular army, rather than by raising a large number of undisciplined troops, who he be lieved effective forces of the country. ,He behaved it would be impossible to draw 80,000 men from the pursuits of trade and industry without great derangement. Then it was said that counties wero to contribute according to their population, so that Lancashire would have to provide 8,000 to 10,000 men for the militia ; and he did not believe that thin county, where wages were geed and labour abundant, could afford anything like that number of men to engage in a service which was to be so transitory and the wages of which would be so unremunerative. (Hear, hear.) He thought, therefore, they would have to rely upon compulsory mea sures, and in that ease the service would be PO unpleasant as to neutralise its efficiency. (Hem, bear.) The hon. gentleman concluded by saying he was averse to altering the provision for Maycooth College ; he was of opinion there ought to be other tests of fitness for the elective fran chise besides property, such, for instance, as education and intelligence ; an he was desirous that bribery and eurrup lion should no longer distinguish our election., but doubted the efficacy of the ballot. (Cheers.) The resolution was carried unanimously, and the meeting separated. AannuaTON.—There is now no chance of an oppo nent to Mr. lilotTat (who is a candidate for this borough, vacant by the retirement of Colonel Matheson) coming forward. The hon. gentleman is a staunch free trader and a liberal, and his principles are warmly appreciated by a great majority of the burgesses. BATII.—A wry large and crowded public meeting was held at the Guildhall, Bath, on Monday afternoon, to ' hear Item Captain Scobell a report of his parliamentary conduct, and to take steps for securing his re-election in conjunction with Thos. l'hinn, Esq., at the next general election. Upon the platform there was a eery large attend ance of the lending reformers of all shades, from the old whigs to the ultrao ndicals, and the greatest unanimity marked tke proceedings. W. Hunt, Esq., having been called to the chair, Captain &obeli addressed the meeting at coudderable length, and a resolution pledging the meet ing to support him was adopted. Mr. rhinn also addressed proce ßE eti D ngs LE A T T A re N e D ha s r T acti ot rised itpou b T y .— un m ani r m , i r t ! .Bandare, the electors, and experienced a most cordial reception. 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