The Express. — London, England, 1847-07-14 00:00:00

i tt r opecl rai -------- non n ea, became they would have the meet of rendering war as impoosible as it was horrible. After some observations from Lord Bui ronsir, expressive of his reliance on the re sources of the country. in consequence of the union of * s ling with which all parties would enter into the w o ggle should one arise, the bill was read a third tar , aid passed.—On the question of the committal o f ;he Poor Relief Suspension (Ireland) Bill, the sari o f Sr. GERMANS moved that it be committed that day three months, when, after a short disco don, ;he amendment was negatived without a division, s ad the bill passed through committee. In Rouse of Commons, which met at 12 o'clock, Lord I. BVSSELL moved the second reading of the Bi s hopric of Manchester, &c., Bill, intimating, in the course of his speech, that it was the intention of the lorernment hereafter to propose, on the authority of tae Bishoprics Commission, that a Bishopric of St. Alban's should be established in relief of that of Lon don; one for Southwell, in relief of that of the Arch bishopric of York and Bishopric of Lincoln; and a bi s hopric for Bodmin in Cornwall, in relief of the diocese of Exeter ; but each of which pro positions would require the sanction of a separate act of parliament.—Mr. HORSIIAN, in a s peech of details relative to ecclesiastical superinten desoe,moved a declaratory resolution affirmative ofthe w iseipole that the bill could not be fitly entertained s=elhe present ;session, the amendment being by Mr. J. CotkErr. After a protracted &ma im, Mr. Hume moved, as an amendment upon that of Mr. HORSMAN, that the bill be read a second time that day three months; Mr. WARLEY seconded this amendment, the house dividing, when the ori ginal motion was carried by 124 to 13, the bill being rhea read a second time.—Mr. WARD announced, in consequence of the opposition threatened in the Lords, that the government had resolved to withdraw the Thames Conservancy Bill for the present session.— The Sunderland Improvement Bill, after a short con versation, was withdrawn.—Mr. Escort brought the rue of Mr. Langslow, recently a judge in Ceylon, under the notice of the house, with a view of obtain ing him redress.—Mr. HAW err, having replied to the statement of the hon. member, concluded by moving the preview question. After some discussion the motion was withdrawn.—Mr. BODKIN'S Poor Re moval Bill was rejected by a majority of 44 to & The Poor Removal Act Amendment Bill (No. 2), alter a short discussion, was read a third time and Pawl WE have given oar readers some days to digest the purport and consequences of a trial at law, in which a verdict—carrying 500/. for damages, and probably as mach more for costs—was recovered against the proprietors of this paper in the Court of Common Pleas on Thursday last :--and we rejoice to believe, so fu as may be inferred from what we hear on every side, that the cause of principle is not so hopeless among the classes which furnish juries as the verdict itself would seem to indicate. The amount of money awarded is to ourselves as nothing, tempered with the doctrine established by that ver dict ; and the ultimate interests involved are so en tirely the public's own, that we must have felt power leas in their cause bad the general voice, confirming the legal decision, proved how ill those interests were understood where most they concerned. Since, how ever, all opinions that have reached us set aside the verdict of the jury as contrary at once to the evidence and to principle, our object has been gained in that verdict's despite. It may even be that from that de cision against us we acquire increase of power to serve the public—since we add the authority of km incurred for the cause to our advocacy of the muse itself. We have, at great cost, put on formal re cord our protest against the abuse by the plaintiff of an influence which, derived from the public, it is a grievous wrong to convert to a private end. We have done what in us lay to uphold the integrity of the press :—and we pay the penalty which the moral Ignorance of this particular jury has prescribed for the service of that more enlightened public opinion whose echoes we are sufficiently consoled by hearing everywhere around us. In the face of such testimonials, we will not hold the general public responsible for the moral shortsightedness of these twelve "good men and true,"—as we in no respect doubt them to be. It is probable that it would be difficult to impanel another jury which could be persuaded to give its assent to a doctrine so suicidal as the verdict of Thurs day affirms ; and accordingly, counsel, solicitors, and all whose opinion has weight in such matters have been unanimous in the recommenda tion that we should seek a new trial. In their strong sense of the mistake which has been com mitted—their assurance that it is against evidence— and their feeling of the dangerous impediment nlich it throws in the way of their efforts to keep the press pure—the proprietors themselves feel at the moment inclined to such a course. They can scarcely satisfy themselves that they have done all they should without affording an opportunity for a solution of this question more in accordance with the obvious interpretation of the judge. The point is, however, open for consideration. The proprietors are convinced that, even now, they have discharged their own responsibility in the matter, and flung it on those whom the jury, however badly, represents. They have no personal feeling against the plaintiff; and would far rather that the damages should go into his pocket than be squan dered in litigation. They have been actuated by no other motives than those of maintaining the principles which they had asserted to be the rule of their undertaking, and justifying themselves with their constituents where they felt those principles h in theirbeen servicevi a. gentleman ave who retained volun tarily l v a o p lur l i i t e n public influence for a private purpose would have hem a distinct acceptance on their part of newspaper corruption, as they have interpreted it,—and as they believe the public will. To be compelled under penal ties to retain the services of one who dealt waste fully with the most important part of their capital—who had tampered with the parity of an influence which is strong only so long as men beliere it to be pure—is en imposition op peed to all notions of property, and which should have been especially repugnant to the understandings of men of business in a great commercial city like London.--Let the jury who rendered this verdict look from the consequences, as regards' the proprietors, to spree of the consequences as regards the public. There has been at all times more or less of an outcry Sliest the press—and that outcry has been too often ;wined by want of integrity in the administration of a great moral power. If the public, who raise the outmy, when appealed to in the courts where they are formally judges of its subject-matter, decide that the honesty of the press shall be taxed for the benefit of those who abuse it, they have at least no right to their outcry. There is intolerable tyranny in their denunciation of the sin which they subsidise. Those ' , Ty papers which exist only to make their prey of private character have a direct encouragement fa the verdict of this jury—and an answer oat of its own text-book to any complaint. Let us hear no more abuse of the foul °ea of the press from those who refuse the solemn and reasonable demand for their aid in the tart to keep it pure. If, hereafter, each and every Instithem in his tarn who may hance to have a tome' with an editor, subeditor, assistant to a sub editor, or any one else connected with a newspaper down to the printer's devil, shall find himself and his Private affairs—his sorrows or his misfortunes—bla need in the broad sheet of the day, let us have no I nnoostrance. The proprietors,.by his own ordination, C ° s et ! protect him ander a penalty of a thousand Puede AsWe bare said, the press has been the subject of 1441 ,, tad not all unmented, reproach : and they who mye most desired to raise its character were very suable of the difficulties against which they had to 64411 d. No one not intimately acquainted with its li datle l 7—the numbers numberless that in one way *mother contribute to fill the columns of a daily APer —can form an estimate of those difficulties;—of the tare needed to keep it clean in all its minute work- L Where each individual piece of that complicated tsdline, ry is a hum an h ear t—h av i ng pas s ions, Preiu -414 and interests of its own to serve, and by the t O 7 of an honest paper to be guarded any of against— task is one nex t t o i mposs ibl e if the need tiPimultees be for a moment relaxed. The este nt of the Daily Nora seemed to afford facili .., . 14. this respect, of which the proprietors deter , 'IN to take advantage. As on the new principle "hith the paper was to be conducted an large sub-editorial staff was required—that Ptragrapli and line of a paragraph might be not 444 bat carefully coadevatodoii4 frequently; I** written,—it followed that in each revision evidence of personal feeling ' accidental or deliberate proof of prejudice (often shown in the use of a single word), in the reports supplied, might generally with great sub-editorial care be got rid of.—Before we proceed with our argument, let sae remark, without any assumption of a moral superiority over our rivals generally, that this elaborate system of checks ren dered any published delinquency of the kind more conspicuous and less excusable in our paper than in another. The larger and more per fect the organisation of the detective force by us esta blished, the stronger would be the inference of intention where passion or prejudice should be left to its action. In journals that give more paper and less editorship than we do—that accept their unsystematised mate rials with fewer of the formal characters of responsi bility than our particular plan impresses on our own—an error of the kind, though always to be lamented, might yet be explained and repaired by many arguments of which we have voluntarily and by anticipation deprived our selves. From the responsibilities of such a system of sifting as ours there is no escape. Our character is formally staked upon narrower issues than those of more talkativejournals ; and, more than to any other, it was essential to the reputation of ours that no sug gestion of a personality should escape into its columns. Our very scones as a commercial speculation—to say nothing of all the moral good which we hoped, and hope, to do—rested on the clearness of an integrity which we had ourselves stripped of all pos sible evasions. To return, then :—As we have said, by this system of checks the passions of one man were necessarily subjected to tho supervision and revision of another—so far as concerned all below the sub-edi torial rank. Against the passion, prejudices, and interests of the sub-editors themselves, however, we had not, and could not have, any protection of the kind. Such feelings could not properly be assumed as possible influences in their case : but just that this high presumption might be maintained and justified, it was resolved that any manifestations contradicting it should never be overlooked when proved. On this principle the proprietors of the Daily News acted in the case of Mr. POWELL. But the verdict of the jury, which forbids them to dismiss their servants for misconduct of the kind, robs them of the last protection possible 'in the nature of the case. If the proprietors may not get rid of the man who has converted the power of their paper to a personal and partial use, that amounts to saying that the paper must be conduc ted: in a personal and partial sense in spite of them. If the special plea which the defendants put on the record in this action be not good to justify the termination of a sub-editor's engagement, then the proprietors are absolutely at the mercy of sub-editors for property and character ; and the jury who administered this rebuke to the desire for maintaining the integrity of the press have done what their office enabled them —unwittingly, we are sure—to make it corrupt. Never has there yet arisen in the heart of society an influence so great—so rapid, subtle, and far searching in its action—as TAE PERIODICAL PRESS. Every day has given proofs of its abundant power for good—and deepened, at the same time, in all earnest minds, the sense of its responsibility. Far more important than in the case of CAESAR'S wife it was to C.ESAR, is it to the public that the virtue of the press should he of that kind which escapes suspicion. They who strive to keep it such should have all the sanc tions and all the helps which those for whom they so strive have the opportunity of affording. The loss of the good that might be done by an up right and high-minded press is not a tithe of the evil which must result from a corrupt one. Such an in fluence as we have described, wielded for objects of in justice er oppression, is the worst calamity and curse to which society in our day can be exposes. The particulars of the case to which these prin ciples apply in the present instance are fully given iu the statement of the ATTORNEY-GENERAL and the clear summing up of Chief Justice WILDS, as reported in our . paper of Friday last. But the matter is of so much importance that we shall return to make a more direct and minute analysis and application. Meantime, we will express our surprise that our brethren of the daily journals have not, for the honour of the Press, declared themselves in this matter. No principle which involves a question be tween them and us is in inane here. There are no party aspects to such a case. The summons is of that essential kind which rallies all private differ ences. There is not one amongst them all, we are convinced, who would disavow the principle for which we here suffer; or would not, in the same cir cumstances, do just that which we have done—rec koning, as we reckoned, on the certain support of a British jury. MR. ROEBUCK is about the last man to whose opinions or temper we should pin our faith. And yet it must be admitted that the House of Commons has not a more useful or more fearless member. Who can be said to have performed his parliamentary duties with more effect? Who is more ready to denounce an abuse—to step forward as the powerful mouthpiece of public opinion—or who more ready to brave it, when he considers it to err on the side of bigotry or pre) ndice ? We can see many reasons why a constituency should object to elect Mr. ROEBUCK for the first time as its representative. We cannot conceive a reason why an independent constituency, which he has long represented, should discard him. rlbi lapeus,—in what has he erred? His oddities and extravagancies, his horror of whirs and of Irishmen, his coquetting with PEEL, and political adultery with BROUGHAM, are old and known. And though none of these characteristics may be to our taste, the boldness with wkich they are put forth, the frankness with which they are avowed, attracts our respect. Lord ASHLEY is U useful a member of parliament as Mr. ROEBUCK. He, too, is unbound by the tram mels of party, and can pursue an independent or philanthropic idea, for itself, caring little whom it favours, or whom it thwarts. A man of great dili gence, splendid talents, high purposes—who would not wish to see Lord ASHLEY with a seat in the House of Commons? But why should two such men exclude each other?' What unfair, and envious, or preposterous desire can have impelled Lord ASHLEY to invade a position so ably filled and so deservedly held? le not England wide? Are there no consti tuencies filled by members of no ideas, which Lord ASHLEY might in all fairness address, instead of going out of his way to push from his stool a candidate in wham popular rights would lose a firm champion and an elogyent expounder ? Mr. ROEBUCK and Lord ASHLEY, knights-errant in politics—both chivalrous, both contentions, both pertinacious—put us strongly in mind of their proto typft in fable, who fought on perceiving a shield on the highway, which each beheld to be of a different colour. The popular cause and popular weal form the shield which they both contemplate, and each makes a diametrically different estimate. But both are so able, that we should prefer seeing them fight out their quarrel in parliament than upon hustings, where one must bite the dust. If, however, the duello must be fought out, we trust that it will be conducted upon fair and chivalrous principles. It would be very unworthy of Mr. ROE BUCK to denounce Lord ASHLEY to the dissenters as the agent who won over the Wesleyan, and enabled the government to carry their education scheme. Far more unworthy is it on the part of Lord ASHLEY'S friends to go about representing Mr. ROEBUCK as an enemy of all religion—an accusation so easily made against men of letters and learning, whose religion is of the unobtrusive and con templative kind. There should be observances of honour between such men. The meaner devioes of party should be left to the unlettered and =licked fanatic. The contest, be it ever so fairly carried on, is not one that we regard with pleasure. Mr. ROEBUCK'S success we should of course prefer. But even if gratified in this, we entertain the hope that MINERVA will interfere, as in the "Iliad," for one of her chosen and discomfited champions, and waft him off in a cloud to some quieter Olympian constituency. THE papers relative to the notice given by Prussia of the termination of the treaty of 1841 were delivered yesterday with the votes. We have on former occa sions critically examined the ground taken up by Prussia and the Zollverein with regard to this treaty, and do not find it necessary to go over the ground again. But there is one passage in M. BUNSEN'S notification that cannot be too soon and tao generally known. He states that his government, anxious to ex tend the commercial relations of the two countries and "to avoid everything which could, even for a brief apace of time, retard a development eo much to be THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 14, 1847. wished for," proposes that the treaty of 1824, as a ge- nerd treaty of reciprocity, shall remain the recog. Mimed basis of the relations of commerce and naviga tion of the two countries, by which means, " notwithstanding the termination of the treaty, a mains vicendi would be established, which need not terminate till three or six months after ens of the high contracting. parties shall have made a declaration to thu effect." " Prussia," M. BUNSEN says, " has been i9iluoed to make this offer by the nomination of a parliamentary committee to examine the English navigation laws, and report during the present session." Lord PAL KEEEros replies that his government are ready to accede to the proposal, and suggests that the term of notice to be given should be six months rather than three. This correspondence, and the articles in favour of a reduction of duties by the Zollverein, in the official journal of Berlin, to which we yesterday re ferred, are of good augury. In a second edition yesterday, we gave the sub stance of the following news from Paris and Madrid : The Paris journals of Monday, and our usual cor respondence, have come to hand. The announcement of the proposed reduction of the price of the Morning Chronicle, with the prospect of a like measure on the part of the Herald,has attracted much attention among the journalists of Paris, where a revolution, similar to that which is now developing itself in London, took place several years ago. La Presse, of Monday, says : The English journals are by degrees following the example of those of France, in redly:sag their price. The uniform price of all the leading papers was 6d., until in January, 1846, a new journal, the Daily News, appeared at the price of 21d. The other newspapers, alarmed at this innovation, immediately leagued together against the new paper, and refused to allow it to join in the benefit of the arrangements made by all the others to share the cost of foreign expresses. The Daily News, thus compelled to bear alone the expenses, which were shared between the other', was obliged is raise its price to 3d. It now appears that this journal has attracted so large a portion of the subscribers from the other papers that the Morning Chronicle finds itself compelled to reduce Its price. This decision of the Morning Chronicle his ex cited the rage of the Times, which had committed itself to the assertion that a daily paper could not be carried on under fi 71nresse, after noticing the fallacies of the state ments of the Titnes, says : It is very singular that in stating their expenses and their receipts, neither the Times nor the Clam:siege make soy mention of the advertisements, which nevertheless form so considerable an item of their profits. Some years since, the annual subscription to the leading French journals was eighty francs, which was equivalent to the price of 2 for each paper. The French journals bear a stamp which varies with the magnitude of the paper, but the average amount of which is a sixteenth of a penny. The price therefore of the journals, stamp excluded, was 1 6-10 d. The instinct of trade made the proprietors of these literary enterprises generally feel that this was a higher price than it was their interest to exact : in other words, that with a less price they would have larger profits; and a decision was come to, in which all the journals, except the Debate, ultimately concurred, to lower the price in a very considerable ratio. The leading papers at once struck off N per cent. from the gross price, and reduced their subscription from eighty to forty francs. This, after deducting the stamp, left the net price of the journal ONE HALF PENNY. At this price the leading journals of Paris were accordingly sold, except the Journal des Debuts, which adhered, and still adheres, to the original sub scription of 80 francs, or the daily price of 2 1-5 d., stamp included. The Constitutionnel having lately enlarged its size, and thereby augmented its stamp duty, raised its sub scription to 52 francs, equal to 1 44-100 d. for the daily paper, stamp included, and but little different from the other journals. It is well known that at this price, which has now been for several years established, the leading jour mile of Paris are enabled to enrol among their conductors, editors, and contributors, the moat emi nent literary men of France, and to make muni ficent pecuniary acknowled gment for their con tributions. It is true that in the establishment of a daily London paper there are considerable expenses from which a Paris journal is exempt. But the difference of price between the French journals and even the lowest-priced English paper is much more than sufficient to cover this. Independently of this there is an item of heavy expenditure in the journalism of Paris from which that of London is exempt. We refer to the feuilleton. It is well known that the leading journals of Paris pay sums of extremely large amount to the contributors to this part of the paper. This will be easily conceived when it is remembered that among these contributors are included the most eminent and popular living writers of fiction and criticism. _ _ . It may be interesting to observe the effect which the reduction of price of the French journals produced on the circulation. This we are enabled to exhibit in a very conclusive and striking manner, inasmuch as the DEbats not having reduced its price, and being one of the best conducted journals in France, and moreover having the advantage of the priority of in telligence conferred on it as the organ of the govern ment, affords a test of comparison that admits of no question. Here, then, is the result : Price Circulation. Journal des Debate Coostitntionnel 144 100 d..... 26,000 Prow 1 11-100 d. .... 28,000 Sack The advertising specs of thus journals is farmed by a company, which pays to each of theta 1,0001. per month. The principal journals of Paris were occupied on Monday by detailed reports of the speeches delivered at the great reform dinner, held at the Château Rouge on Friday. Space was obtained for this on Monday, by the adjournment of the court of peers from Satur day over Sunday, and the consequent absence of the more stimulating subject supplied at present by that tribunal. Although M. Thiers thought it prudent not to be present at the recent popular manifestation on the subject of parliamentary and electoral reform, no reserve has been imposed on the Cbnstitutionnel, which usually expresses his sentiments, and those of his friends. That journal exalts in the enthusiastic ex pression of public opinion made on Friday evening at the Chateau Rouge, and gives the following con trast between the political spirit of the Ration under the government of the Restoration, and that of the Barricades. Under the restoration we have seen the electors and tom, mon citizens busy themselves in public affairs, live a political life, and every day devote their intelligence and their energy, not only to the cam of their private interests, but also to the interests of the common country. For 13 years we presented to the eyrie of Europe one of the moat noble and most glorious ses a free nation can present in time of peace. After ltrr e l l oring the first seven years, the electors and national guards have been forced to display both their reeolution and courage to quell the disturbances. But for some time peat, for the last seven years especially, government, assured of public tranquillity, has done its utmost to send the cantons back to their private affairs, to turn them sada from political life, and to obtain from them, either by trick or oorruption, a complete and fatal abdication. We WI, now, the fatal effects of the lethargy of the nation. It is time for her to awake, to make use of herliberty aad laws to govern herself, to attend te her vital interests, and to save herself from utter abjection and political immorality. The King and Queen of the Belgians arrived in Paris on Sunday evening, by the Northern Railway, and went immediately to Neuilly. Count Flahaut, French ambusador at Vienna, arrived in Paris from that city on Monday, on acongf. The King and the Queen, and Madame Adelaide, left Neuilly for Decor on Monday, and will return on Wednesday. This visit to the family mausoleum is on the occasion of the anniversary of the death of the Duke of Orleans. Letters from Berne say that the note of M. Gnixot, approving in the most unqualified terms of the con duct of M. Bois le Comte, has excited indignation. The president of the diet it is sair refused to receive the note on a point of form. The Gazette CaUtolique, of Lucerne, says that M. Ouisot not only confirms the declarations of M. Bois le Comte, but goes even farther: In feet, it seems that the French cabinet, in the affairs of Switzerland, formally adhere to the views of Austria, and take the part of the cantons of the league. Advices from Constantinople of the 23rd ult. say, that the government of the Porte have determined to settle the claim of the French government for 1,600,000 piastres. M. Pellapra did not appear, as was expected, be fore the Court of Peers on Monday ; but an extraor dinary letter and documents sent by him to Modem Pellapra were produced, which have formed another strange incident in this most strange affair. M. Pellapra enjoins his wife not to produce the docu ments except in case of extreme necessity, declaring that he has fled to avoid the cruel necessity of Weser ing the accuser of M. Teste. Madame Pellapra sent his letter, with the documents, to the chancellor on Sunday, and they were laid before the court of Mon day. A report of these proceedings will be found in another column. Letters of the 29th alt., received from Rome by Le &irk, corroborate the report of the intended abdica tion of the Pope, of the same date, which we quoted yesterday from the Augsburg Gazette. Nevertheless, the journals of Rome to the 3rd inst., which we have received today, and other advice* of the same date, contain not. which affords countenance to such a report. Aing to the correspondent of the Siecle, the Pope had already conferred with his brother, Count Mutai, on the contemplated measure. Ac cording to the advice* of the 3rd, nothing of the kind had transpired. The sentiments of the public were manifested in a very significant manner on the subject of the Jesuits, and other retro-active influences, on several recent occasions. On the festival of St. Louis 1 de Gonzague, his holiness was received with the utmost pomp by the reverend fathers. As he passed to and from the church, the holy father was greeted with cries of " Viva Pio ' mono sole" and billets of paper were flung into his carriage, bearing the inscription : " Holy father ; have confidence in your people, who love you sincerely, and distrust those by whom you are surrounded." It will be remembered that Clement XIV., according to common repute, was poisoned by the jesuits. The portrait of this pontiff was distributed gratis among the people, on the steps of the church of the jesuits, on the occasion just adverted to. This portrait is now in the hands of every one at Rome. The insinuation of the public is 1 not to be misunderstood. On the day of the festival of Peter and Paul a grand dinner was given to the members of the sacred college at the Austrian embassy. The populace, judging that this was a meeting convened for purposes hostile to reform, and to intimidate the pontiff, assembled, in large numbers, in front of the hotel, and made a register of the names of the guests who were present on the occasion. It seemed certain that some violence would ensue, aad that the persons thus suspected were not safe, when a man of the people, Ciceronachia, by great courage and presence of mind interfered, and showed the populace that the meeting was merely a convivial one, having no political object; and thus re stored order. It is said that this event has spread a wholesome terror among the cardinals, who, it ap pears, formed no estimate of the serious effects which might attend the exasperation of a disappointed People. Cardinal Lambruschini leR Rome the same night, and the place of his destination did not transpire. The publication of the ordonnanoes for the forma tion of a national guard, the reform of the munici palities, the convocation of the delegates, the con e truction of railways, and other measures of progression and reform, was expected on the 3rd inst., and all was fien tranquil. MADRID, JULY 7. The competition for the Exchequer Bills repre senting 100 =Siena of reels, created by decree, will come off in the Finance-office on July 16. The bidders will have to deposit beforehand sir millions of real, in Three per Cent. bonds, or two millions in effective money. The highest offer will be taken without further test. But the houue of Smith and Co., having already entered into negotiations with the government, will, cateris paribus, have the preference. Mears. Smith and Co. offer' to take the huh at 071 per cent. The payments will be made in bills at three months' date. The way in which this transaction has been conducted is not very creditable to the government. A near date has been fixcd for patting these bills up to auction, as if pur posely to exclude competition. The decree, the notification of the government's conditional admission of an offer already made, and the form of that offer, which is proposed as a model to the other candidates, are all published in the same Gazette. From the known connection of the house with the govern ment, the competition is a farce, ten days notice not giving time to native capitalists, much less foreign, to come forward. The proceeding is as undignified uit is unfair. And, lastly, the bargain is bul, at lout for the nation. The contractor gets five per oent. ; the Excheq u er Bills bear nine per cent. per annum interest; and the bills of the loan will have to be diacounted at a loss of two per cent. Therefore the government will have to pay for this anticipation of the public revenue 16 per cent. interest! When one remembers that the budget voted by the Corte expired on the 30th of Jane, and that the government is not legally authorised to collect the taxes after that date, it is no wonder that an anticipation of a tenth part of the whole revenue for the coming year, realised upon such exorbitant terms, should excite very general dis content. The Clamor state*, with mush confidence, that General Serrano has been called upon to form a ministry. The identity of the title of Marquis of Douro bestowed on General Concha, with that of the duke's son, has been noted by the Espanol, and disapproved of, as likely to be the source of mistakes. . . . . . The band of insurgents that have been harassing the dis trict of Toledo for some time put were overtaken by Col. Jose Santiago, at the head of the Bailen Chasseurs, on the 3rd, and completely routed. AU their hones remained in the hands of the troop., and most of their arms. Two were killed (the Cabecilla being one), rnd three wounded dan gerously. The left bank of the Tagus is now considered to be cleared of these outlaws. The band of the Student has suffered a second defeat, at the hands of Policia% who attacked him on his retreat to the Sierra, killing two of his followers and taking two prisoners and seven hones. The five-franc pieces are entirely disappearing from circu lation ; and the most respectable banks, in their cash pay ments, resort to the small, worn pesetas. Meantime a fearful run is making on all the banks. The Three per Cents. are down at 27, and paper of all sorts is a drug that cannot be got off hands. TRIAL OF GENERAL CUBIERES, M. TESTE, AND M. PARMENTIER. COURT or PEERS, JOLT 12.—At the opening of the court the chancellor announced that he had received a letter from Make. Pellapra, containing one from her hus band, and several documents. MO3O. Pellapra, in writing to the chancellor, said she obeyed an imperious duty. M. Pellapra fled in order to avoid the necessity of performing the part of an accuser. But this effort has been useless, and Its wife can no longer be cleat. M. PeUapra, in his letter, declares that be has never done anything that could make an honest man blush. He resisted for a long time, and exposed himself to suspicions of every kind, rather than cause the destruction of M. Teen. But he cannot allow the honour of his name and the property of his wife and children to suffer, and he has therefore furnished Mine. Pellapra with the documents which contain his 'unification. These documents were read in nun, the most important being five notes from M. Testa to 38. Pellapra, which M. Teen admits having written. These notes show the zeal with which the minister entered into the interests of the company of Gonhenans. The two last were written in ISO, and only speak of a rendezvous between the minister and M. Pet. lams. Amongst these notes, however, is the original of the celebrated one of the 24th of June, written by the patron to M. Pellapra, and informing him of the rooms of the affair. To the letter of Mine. Pellapra were added two do cuments in Pellepra's hand,writing, one of which proves a money trawaction to the profit of M. Tote. General Cubidres, after hearing this, Mal protested his in nooenee. He said he believed in the het of corruption ; be did not consider M. Pellapra as a swindler, but he had had no personal communication on this matter with M. Testa. Several witnenes were then examined, the first being a M. Roquebert, notary of M. Pellapra, who deposed as to documents, the oopy of which had been entrusted to him ; and as to the regulation of the accounts be tween M. Pellapra and General Cubares, in 1844. In that year, he adds, Mr. Pellapra lad dechind to him that m order to have done with the general, be had made the sacrifice of one third of the sum due to him, which ensonnted to between 37,000 and 38,000 flaws. In answer to questions from M. Detente, the yawn stated that he knew M. Paws had relations with M. Tone. M. Pellepra had told him, in 1844, that be had given to M. Taste 100,000 franca. The testimony of the other witnesses was unimportant. trbe Court. Prince Albert presided yesterday afternoon at a meeting of the Commission for Promoting the Pine Arts, in the rebuilding the Palace of Weetminster. The Commis sionen present were the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Lincoln, Lord Colborne, Viscount Mahon, the Right Hon. t►e Speaker, and Sir Robert H. Inglis. The Secretary, Mr. Eastlake, was in attendance. The Queen and Prince Albert honoured the per krinssee at her Majesty's Theatre yesterday evening with their presence. The Countess of Mount Edgecumbe has succeeded the Countess of Desert as the Lady in Waiting to the Queen. The Earl of Morley has succeeded the Earl of Dude as the Lord in Waiting to her Majesty. And Mr. R. Orm►by Gore has succeeded Sir Edward Bowater as the Groom in Waiting to the Queen. Sir Warn C. Ross, R.A., had the honour of taking the last sitting yesterday for a likeness of the Princess Alice, painted by command of the Queen. A deputation from the Great Western Railway, consisting of Lord Barrington, Captain Malay, Mr. Alfred Fowler, Mr. Henry Cook, Mr. J. Roberts, Mr. H. Darvill, and Mr. W. 0. Henry, had an interview with Viscount Morpeth y esterday, at the ales el her Majesty's Commis sioners of Woods end Forests, in Whitehall -plea. Mr. D. 0. Reilly, Attorney-General of Jamaica, kad en inter view with Earl Gay yesterday, at the Colonial-oda. (From last night's Owens.) WAR-OFFICE, Jetv 13. 3rd Dna. Ode —R. C. Bourne to be analst..-eurp., Tied Mapleton, prom. to 40th P. 9th It DlSlM—Lieut the llon. C. Powys to be mat, by per. eke Welshes, prow. ; Cornet it. W. King to be heat, by pm.; IL A . Peril to be coast, by par. 11tk Lt. Drege.—Lieat. the Hon. 0. J. Noel to be capt., by per., I vice Dawns, who rat ; Cornet A. Brine, to be lieut., by pur. ; L. Garland to be Ibth 14.. Des=- B =trg. 0. T. W.edmon, M.D., from 48th P.,tes_be oseiste Angell, prom. Mk P. MIL Rs& P. Wee-Oapt Res ass. P. W. C. Villiers, from .µ unit, tobollsot Is mpg, eke C. I. Colville, who auk. ; Res. Si Limit 111.0setstea, lo be lieut. k apt, by put Mee the Hurl- Y. W. C. Mask tele See. Lieut. H. M. Besieris, from Rine P.-std l rom is" 6l/11 W. 0. lisesenrie, M.D., to be slug, eke D. Hosionsige, M.D., or6o rel. op.. 6.-p ; Assist -Sum. W. Polk M.D., boa It* lA. Dregs, to be sari. ; Amid-burg. W. Begibey, tram tbsols4 to be sonstearg. BLt F.—AreistAlorg. F. C. Annaeleyl from 61st F., to be assist. intra i .foe CUE% 'to exch. sor P.—Asslst./Ssrg. p. J. Johnston, M.D., from 714. F, to be g, ap stoL PIM P.-I S reut wi tlin. to Hos. H. G. Trevor, C. 8., to be col., elm Oen. Mr C. = 4.6. K.0.ii Ofra i r Y. 46th P.— M.D., from 3rd Brag. Gds., to be surg., eke 1111111 um pea ea ilia 43M 1 7 .—Gen. Bir C. LAB., be. 81st P., to be col., vise Oen. 84 F. J. 0. Moslem% Mort, goo. 47th P..-Capt. G. P. Marl, from It-p. Meg tobe eapt. vire W. Wise, who exch.. nmehlog'llis Mara= ; Capt. J. Bentlmen, from h..p. 6th Dreg. Olc, to be apt, vim 0. P. Pard, who emelt.; Lieut. R. 8. Torrens be cape.. by pm., eke Beatham, who ret. ; Ron W. F. A. Hooke to be Beat, by pur.; T. W. Wollocembe, to be talrfeapt. 6. Y. Martin, from b..p. oast, to be t. vire Pookliogton, wt. exch. ; Lieut. F. J. Wilms to be amt., be' pur., sass Martin, who ret ; Ens. & Ad). W. Fuller, to bees rank of Ent J. J. gourdlike to be lima., by puns. ; W. A. Lethbridge to be 66146 F isele..-fiorg. P. H. Clark, from 21st F., to be assietertug., vice itenwhey, who each. Seth F.—Omit-Cadet J. L. Maclean, from Royal Mill. CoL, to be essorlabont pur., vice J. H. &Roo, superseded for being Await without leave. . 71ot Wooltems to be pagfit-auT , eke Johnston, pron. In Seth P. - 71m1Y.—Lisat....0en. lie N. Douglas, K.C.8., from slat F., to be orL, eke IdeaL-Gee. By C. Campbell, K.C.8., dee. eat F. — Major.Oen. T. Evans, C. 8., to be ceL, vice Lieut.-Gen. Sir N. Douglaa, K.C.B, app. to 72ad F. 117th 9'.—Breaß-1111: 4 d i .. 1 M . M. Kidd to be major, by pur., vice Brew. Brut-Cot.-Cot. Bow who at.; Utut. R. L. Tur be ner to eat., by par.; See. Lieut. E. ey to be fast lieut., by pa.; W. Wilt shire to be see. Ileac, by pur. 90th F.--Ens. T. De C. Hamilton to be Mat., without par., vice Owen, the. 91st P.—Ens. C. Loyd tobe lieut., by par, vice Thom, who ref; D. K. Ho:Marge to be em., by par„ vice Lloy d . 97th V. Arthore, to be era., by par., nee Bannatype, who mt. Rifle Brig--)11 oc . Du P. Egerton to be lieut.-coL, without pa., vice (rice, d ec.: ner, team h. p. eith ,to be capt.; Lieut. the lion. E. F. N. Fuse, to be amt„ by pur., vice Skinner, who ret. ; See. Lieut. C. V. °lenders to be Mat lieuL, by par. ; C. Buller to be aec. lima., by per. • Hoy. Rarnsdes, to be see. cleat, try pur., vice Bouvcrie, app. Meal& F. (Ida. Usarracern.—Capt. T. W. 9191abon, from sth Lt. Drags., to be major, by pur.; Lieut. J. E. Lewis, from 77th F., to he opt., without Beaver.—la be Majors In the Ai - s).—Capt. 8. T. Martin, 72n.1 F. Capt. J. Bentham, 47th F. ; Capt. J. B. Crvsgb. on 49th F., staff officer of pensioners; Brevet Major H. Brolat ace. in am. of E. I. C. depot at Maley, app recruiting officer for the company in London, vice Murray, dec., to have local rook of major in army while re employed ; Brevet Usat.-Col. J. T. Leslie, CB., recruiting officer for E. I. C. service at Newry, app sec. in mom. of company's depot at Wariey, to have keel nab of lieut.-eoL in army while as em ployed; Rived Lieut.-CoL It, E. A. Campbell, CB., oo the Bengal rel. list, appointed recruiting officer for E. I. C. service at Newry, to have foes] rank of lieut.cel. in army while no employed. Hoarier. STAPT.—Ilarg. R. A. M'Muna, M.D., from 40th F., to be staff. surg. of first elms, gee A. Ferguson, prom.; Burg. J. Steward, from kith P., to be dos rurg. of see. elms. vice C. Grattan, M.D., who set upon - Staff Assist,Surg. G. Williamson, M.D., to be staff awe. of see. Malls, vice Mackenzie, app. to Sth F. ; Apsiet.-Barg. MN. Lloyd, X.D., from 02ad F.., tobe asaiateurg. to the forces, vice Willisamon, prom. Memonatetti.—Maj..Gen. T. Charnel* ea 0.. p. as a major of 7th W. I. Reg., has been allowed to ref from sere., by auto of anal. msjor ; the prom. of Em. Hamilton, of 90th P., to be lieut. in Cape Mounted RilSerittia, on la April, 1817, has been cane. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Jul, 9. Royal Rag. Art.--Serg.-Major G. Oliphant to be quartmm. k cera mic. of stores, Royal Horse Artillery, vice Alexander, rot. on full pay. Juts IL —Sag. J. Campbell to be ace..-lieut-lk adj., vice Wightnata, ret on full my. COURT OF ALDERMEN. SMITHFIELD MARKET.—A petition was presented from eome of the principal salesmen and butchers in S mi th field market, complaining of the interruption of the business of the market on Mondays by carte, waggons, &c., and praying that an order be issued by the court to prevent any future interruption within the market hours. After some conversation, it was unanimously agreed that the thoroughfare through the market be closed to carte, waggons, &c., from four in the morning till twelve in the day en market day., and that due notice of such arrangement be given by advertisements in the newspapers, as well as by a placard in Smithfield. OVERLOADING Sties as- VEsszt.n.—Th e nmater.warden , and other officers of the Watermen's Company having appeared to be sworn in before the court, Alderman Copeland said he hoped the gentlemen at the bar would do all in their power to prevent the steam-vessels from admitting more passengers than could be safely conveyed to and horn London. He re gretted to be obliged to acknowledge that notwithstanding the passing of the by-lace expressly for the regulation of steam-vessels, the appearance of no regulation at all was much more apparent than ever. Alderman HUMPRERT said the overcrowding was not at all to be wondered at, when the magistrates themselves were personally instrumental to that very fact. He had seen some of the gentlemen who considered that the steamers were in so much danger of going to the bottom actually forcing their way on board. (Laughter.) He was very desirous of pre venting danger or inconvenience in adapting rules to the public accommodation, bat the gentlemen to whom Alder man Copeland addressed himself possessed so authority re garding steam-vessels. They were part of a body appointed before even steam-vessels were thought of, and nothing bad taken place since the application of steam to navigation to give them any additional power. As for the by-laws, they were ineffective altogether. The RECORDER said the steam-vessels were certainly re sponsible in penalties for receiving more passengers on bwird than they were licensed to carry. Alderman COPELAND said the by-laws had been made by the company, confirm by the court of aldermen, and sanc tioned by the Judea. There was nothing else to be done but to carry them into execution ; and it was, he considered, the duty of the Watermen and Lightermen's Company to take measures for giving full effect to them. Alderman Wimiox was surprised at the difficulty which was complained of. The court had taken the greatest pains to establish a system of regulations calculated to benefit the steam navigation of the Thames. They had heard parties on both sides of the question, all then that was required was that these by-laws should be carried into effect. Alderman RUMPHERY supposed if it were in the power of the Court of Aldermen to inflict a penalty of forty shillings for overloading it would be in their power to inflict 101. for the same offence. The RECORDER said there seemed to be some misunder. standing upon the important by-law particularly alluded to. By that by-law the penalty of forty shillings was in. Elided for every passenger carried above the regulated number. The Clerk to the Watermen's Company stated to the court that every one of the convictions for violations of the by-laws had been appealed against successfully. All of them had been quashed. Several aldermen said that the quashing of the convictions ought not to prevent further ex periments upon the efficacy of the by-laws. A FANCY SALE, TO AID THE FUNDS FOR THE ERECTION OF SCHOOLS for Christian Education among the Poor, in Crown-court, Drury lane, was opened yesterday at the Freemasons' Tavern. The somewhat small, though elegant, show of articles, did not materially differ from those venally offered at such places. The scene was refreshed by a collection of beautiful boaqueta of all shies. The only novelty, (and a most pleasing one), was found in some halt dozen little girls, who, with baskets on arm, offered their bouquets, or their printed " Flee for the Schools," with a grace that set stoics= at defiance. Credit is due to the originator of this pleasant way of coaxing people into being charitable, on an occasion when they often go predetermined not to buy anything. The sale, we believe, continues daring this day. BOOKSELLERS' PROVIDENT RETREAT.—A year Et . ces it may be remembered that an interesting meeting took under the auspi of Sr E. L. Balser, Bart, to oele e the completion of the retreat (or decayed member of the bookselling undo—a picturesque and healthfully situated range of seven cottages, designed with great taste, and fitted up with every convenience, standing on aslip of land at King's Langley, given by J. Dickenson, Esq., near the K ing's Langley station. Yesterday, an anniversary festival in honour of that event was held, and the occasion was raised as the most fitting opportunity for laying the first stone of a handsome and appropriate entrance-lodge to the asylum, and which was necessary to complete the foist ~stable of the building. The mummy was conveyed to the foetal in two by a special train; and the important operation in masonry having been performed by Mr. E. Hodgson, misted by Mr. &Mock, of Holborn, the company adjourned to a maim marquee, erected on the green sward, to Chien= the arenas deli cacies provided for them under the name_ et a_ pulls break fag. l'he chair was occupied by 111. Oatesq Nom, who was supported by some 160 el the besbadiss _Uric THE ST. KATHERINE DOCK Co II hold their half-earl y general meeting gishsrelay, (1r Or mimes of de claring a dividend for the half year ended dale* et June last, and for the election of twentreas pespieliesa as three tors of the sompany for the make yesi.- 1 7. Team Esq., said : The directors prepaid that a divined sbedd he dr dared of 21 per cent. it the half yam =kid Se Nth et June last, on the capital Mott et the calamity, and apse the instalments paid on the additional stock subscribed the amount of income-tax payable on such dividends to be defrayed by the company ; and the dividends to be payable on the 2lst inst. The chairman next adverted to the business unnamed in the St. Katherine Docks during the last six months, and referred to an abstract of the statistical and eotn rustive returns, which bad been laid upon the table for the information of the proprietors. They showed a large increase in the landings, and in the stock of goods in warehouse on ' the 30th of June last. A MASQUERADE last night at Vauxhall, drew toge ther a Large company, who enjoyed the novelty of a fine night, and wereascheerfalu is usual on such occasions in Eng ; land. The popular costume appeared to be the " Ethiopian; although it a certainly more economical in " getting up " than ornamental in effect, and a more dreary - display unless properly supported. Notwithstanding the brilliancy of the festivities, and the general good hymnal- with which they were kept up, their nature is so fluniliar to the public as to leave little to remark upon them. Everything went off in a satisfactory manner, and promised no lass emolument to the lessee than gratification to the company. THE COLLISION ON THE BRIGHTON RAILWAY. With reference to the accident which occurred at New Cross on Monday night, it has been found that the report circulated was somewhat exaggerated. In the early wt of the day an excursion train had left the London.bri terminus fur Brighton, in addition to the ordinary trade trains, and it wu due ea a return train at the New-moss station ih a o b o o nl u e t :ef r e,w. m v i i n n, n u tes t:b lr ef fi ette ire ma l f. O rh.pu, p. e m r . 97. t hz lu i ggage tt y be e e f . . g tra t i te: 4 -dri p kga la ve t-: was told to muse on, with all powiible expedition, as the Croy don train was just due. Thi• Jones attempted to do, but he found that the engine would not move. Upon an in vestigation into the ;talon of this, it wu found that from some canes or other, supposed to be the neglect of the driver, in allowing the hoe to get down too low, he could not obtain sufficient power to drive the engine out of the , way of the in-coming trains. Men were sent bock with red lights fur several yards along the rails, and the Croydon train wu stopped about forty or fifty yards from the pick-up train. The excur sion train was immediately behind the Croydon train, and the result was, that notwithstanding the weight of the middle or Croydon train, the great momentum cased by the pleasure train, consisting as it did of .cineteen car riages, all fully laden, which coming down the incline, caused the train standing at the station to be forced against the luggage train with greet violence, and one of the trucks ran up against the hindermost carnage and forced in the box fitted up for the use of the guard. The consequence of this collision was, that several of the passengers became greatly alarmed, and many of them commented leaping over the side of the carriages, which was the chief ci..se of the wounds and contusions, which resulted. Several passen gers were much injured these were removed into the waiting-rooms, and Mr. Collison, a medied gentle man of the immediate neighbourhood, attended to the parties, and had some removed in cabs to their own resi dences, and others were taken to Guy's pital. One party, Mr. Was. Stammers, of 10, Little Cadogan-plate, Bond-street, had some of his ribs fractured ; ar.other person had his leg cut ; two had their eyes injured . ; two ladies had their knees contend , and some others received minor inju • ries. Except Mr. Stammers, none of the parties taken to the hospital were so injured as to cause their detention It is not true, as stated, that there was any of the required lights alpent. Tke luggage train was furnished with the extra red signal at is tail as usual, and the other trains had their full complement of lamps. The red light on the pick up was shattered by the collision, Au investigation was gone into yesterday a ft ernoon at the London terminus, before Mr. P. OrenfeU , for the purpose of inquiring into the cause of the accident. Several of the company's servants were interrogated, but they were unable to throw any light upon the affair, and the investigation was eventually adjourned, A CASE OF MURDER AND SUICIDE occurred yes ' terday in Bermondsey. It appears that • cooper, named Griffin, resided with his wife and family at No. 6, Hick : mane Folly. For some time past a daughter of Griffin, a fine young woman, named Matilda, 19 years of age, had been corresponding with one Henry Parker, a linen draper, about 21 years of age, who lodged in the same house. During the past few days Parker had accused the girl of being attached to another person, and added on more than one occasion that rather than any one else should gain her affections, he would lay violent hands not only upon himself but also on her. During yesterday the young woman was at home nearly the whole of the day, and Parker was noticed to go in and out of the house more frequently than usual, yet nothing transpired during the morning to excite the suspicions of any party. About five o'clock the people living in the place were alarmed by hearing loud screams proceed ing from the upper part of the house. A Mr. Cremen hastened up stairs, when he met Mr. Griffin's boy, who cried out, "My sister is killed !" On going into the back attic, Cremen discovered a sad spectacle. Upon the floor lay the bodies of Matilda Griffin and Henry Parker, covered with blood, which was then issuing from both their throats. In a few minutes a surgeon arrived, and he at once pro nounced life in both came extinct. A razor covered with blood was found lying by the side of Parker with which the tragical deed had evidently been accomplished. There can be no doubt that the man first cut the young woman's throat, and afterwards added to his crime that of suicide. It is not a little remarkable that the unfortunate female whilst talking to Mrs. Cremen, in answer to an inquiry as to how she felt, said, " Oh, pretty well, but I am going to have my throat cut." She no doubt at that period alluded to some threat held out by Parker. INQUEST, YESTERDAY. WILFUL NIURDER. Before Mr. Mills, in the Maryle hone workhouse, on the male infant of Mary Anne Gamble, wife of Henry Gamble, hair dresser, 35, Homer-stmt. A great mace of evident* was produced, from which it appeared that the prisoner bad been for a long time separated from her husband, and a child, of which it was proved she was the mother, was found in the water-closet, smothered, she saying the birth wee unex pected.—Police-constable Bannister, D 124, deposed to find ing the infant. —Mr. G. Wilson, surgeon to the police of the district, stated that on a post-nsortem examination, he found that it was a full-born and a full-developed chili, and that it lived sometime after its birth. It was suffocated by the soil.—The jury, after a very lengthened deliberation, re turned a verdict of " Wilful murder" against the parent, who was conveyed to Newgate. The enibrtunate woman, who hitherto bore an irreproachable character, is the mother of four children, all of whom, with the exception of one, have I died. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. BERSIINOUSX.—Yesterday . a public meeting was held is the Music-hall (convened mainly at the instance of the non electors), for the purpose of selecting from the various can didates the two most fitting to represent the borough. Mr. Counsellor Baldwin presided. Many thousands of persons were present. The proceedings lasted from noon until six o'clock. Mr. Maras and Mr. Spooner, the sitting members, and Mr. Scholefield and Mr. Seqeent Allen, the new candi dates, were in attendance. The affair was rendered extra ordinary by a most violent attack upon the leaders of the liberal party by Mr. Monte. The hon. gentleman resorted to the employment of language seldom used even in elec tioneering squabbles. His speech was almost calculated to induct the belief that he came to the meeting only to fasten a personal quarrel upon his former friends. The pro ceedings were commenced by a speech from Mr. John Mason, an operative, who asserted the necessity for electing men who would aid in procuring for the working men their just rights, and he concluded by propos leg a question which was to be submitted to each of the oandidates this was, whether they would in parliament support the principles embodied in the people's client,— Kr. Spooner first addressed the meeting. lie entered into ea explanation of his past . conduct, declared that he had op • free trade only in justice to the working classes ; and Ise further asserted that free trade would be inevitably at tended by the lowering of wages to the continental level. In reply to the question, he said that he was not prepared to ex ited the suffrage ; that he saw no reason why the limit of years should be fixed at 21, or why women should be en filaded from the franchise. This made of blinking the question was received with derisive laughter in the midst e[ which Mr. Monte rose with a bundle of newspapers under Ids arm. Our reporter says the following are some extracts saly from the hon. gentleman's observations . He said, " I am delighted again to meet the people. Let me have none of your hole-and-corner meetings ; no fiddle-faddle ward meet ings for me ; none of your paltry newspapers, that say all against a man and nothing for him. What have you," said the hen. gentleman, turning to the liberal party, to say against me here ? What have been my votes and speeches ( or eight sessions that I'm to be sneiked at, and treated as the scum of the earth? Come and tight it out mow. lam here. Any man can fight a door ; but his hand trembles when man, honest man, comes before him. I say your conduct has been diegraufal, and discredit able. (Great confusion.) Where now are the vile miscreants who have traduced me ? You poor, vile, pusillanimous wretches, come out. I have been at tacked in a rascally manner by the prose, and I an here to defend myself. You have =rued the electors to plump against me—plump against me, I say." In this strain Mr. Musts proceeded for half an hour, denouncing in the most offensive terms many honourable and estimable gentle men in the town. He referred to some conversation between himself and Mr. Cobb, of Banbury, a director of the London and North-Western Railway Compaay, the pur port of which was that if lie and Mr. Spooner would arrange the differences satisfactorily about the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway, that the opposition to his (Mr. Manta's) re-election should be withdrawn. Thereafter • the hon. gentleman want on to advert to his pest service sa the people's cause—to his undue during the eight years he had been in parliament, avowing himself still an un flinching radical ; and he solicited a renewal of the confidence of the constituency. In reference to the question which had been put, he declared that he was in favour of triennial parliaments and universal suffrage.—Mr. Scholefield next addressed the meeting. He was the advocate (he said) of liberty, political, religious, and commercial. He was opposed to the church awl state oonnexioa, believing that that con nexion was detrimental to the interests of the church. He was in favour of the ballot and universal suffrage.—Mr. Berj. Allen, the fourth candidate, delivered a long speech in exposition of his political opinions: these were generally ef a liberal cast, but the learned serjeaut declared his aver sion to universal suffrage. Referring to Mr. Mantis seewlion that he had come forward in order to play second fiddle to Mr. Scholefield he said that statement was a fabrication sad a falsehood, from beginning to end. Several questions were put to the candidates on the subject of the endowment of Roman Catholic schools, colleges, itc. ' and these having been answered., a resolution wu paseedalmost unanimously pledging the meeting to exert itself in securing the election of Mr. Manta and Mr. Scholefield. Wi'h reference to this, our correspondent remarks—" The liberal party are abun dantly strong enough to return two men, but, in consequence or the split which Mr. Munts has created, it is not impro bable that Mr. Spooner will be againreturned in conjunction with Mr. Scholefield." CUMULI! (Noatu).—At a meeting of the Re gistration at Manchester, yesterday, it was resolv ed —" That rit e D. R. Astley is a fit and person to represent the liberal electors, and that te steps be taken to secure his election as one of the aseesentatives of this di vision." An influential committee ea kantedistely formed, sad Mr. Astley's address is exposed - in be issued in a few days. Great enthusiasm prevailed swag the gentlemen present. Livaaroot..—Mr. Cardwell has at 4iiirik apnesassd him self as a caadidata sad pesanday Mrrared em adibees se the inembeede 111•1111/Med sm Vihrup.. Ms we I Ihnet ably received, sal enact of & flailllllllo INN =t , to with cheers. He —• I and exports ...- meat, and si about this mines might and cordial practical pi As to the promising a _ the interests, oondation Depend upon nod you bare education. Veers " .7l;reie7rtd to the great sasses iiinsporie wt., which bad taken place during the last perils,- d said that to the measures which had brought his consummation, in whatever hands the awe- Light be plaoed, be would give ea independent dial support. The party who beet 4 . • • megrims was best entitled to be called , d. a. e g o n g a goa vigalion t w a;: i be irthA fikeasmed cidi.. . • ...........4. ri.....e ;1 11 ,.. pi ems of British shipping. The I of the wasting classes should • 1 ... 11_, ." upon it (said Mr. C.) give a man. , .! have taken the Hest great steptogi .. 'Ili: .. 7 :; 4 5 6, is LI .. To a progressive poky, tow • 4 - 7,. ...- , r. . e government is plisood,which goo • • • ---.. 4 irs - •-•-rc. , , OS cm • ,'Le