The Express. — London, England, 1851-12-08 00:00:00

f res two • , and might have destroyed thew that have b een erected elsewhere with equal deliberation. The me an why such proceedings are not crushed in the bad is best known to the authorities—it is cer tainly not for want of full and accurate information. As the evening advanced the streets became pe fectly tranquil. The troops had ceased to occupyr perMallegt Stations, and marched at intervals through all t he principal thoroughfares. Scarcely another n was seen in the streets, where nothing but the battened bullets strewn upon the pavement remaiued to mark the scene of the conflict of the day. Shortly Wore midnight I stood upon tke Pont Royale, and surveyed the scene before me ;—on one aide the long li ne Of lights as far as the Champs Ely's& on the other the picturesque Pont Neuf and the towers of Notre Ihune. A few stars are shining above; below the river flows with scarcely a ripple. Everything is calm — no t quite either, tor as I stand musing ova/ the parapet of the bridge, and watching the re &dive lights which glitter with phosphoric efest u pon the still waters, I hear the sharp report of a single gun. I wake from my dreamy condition, set ass tar to catch the next report, and tiud my heart heel.' log with anxiety lest there is to be another tragedy. But, thank !leaven. I listen in vain. All again in calm. and waiting only till the deetoned bells of N,,tn. Duna have proclaimed the fli g ht g of another d ue , I hind my steps toward my quiet home under the shadow of the Luxembourg. tieing up the Rue du Seine. I meet large compa ri,, of w ldiers, the clank of whose heavy and mono tonmas tread makes the otherwise silent and deserted tout doubly desolate and melancholy. The guard orders me to keep away from the shaded side walk, and take the middle of the street. Ido so, being no roiartvr, and well knowing that disobedience would be death. Thus I repin my peaceful hotel, which I find « occu pied," not by hard-featured soldiers, but by gay, talkative students, full of life, though chatting much about death, and seeming to think that coups d.'lo are as natural to Paris as wine to Burgundy. To-day is truly a day of terror. All is changed : ma the rue ltivoli has lost something of its jaunti ly... You may walk through streets by the dozen W.:idler without meeting a smiling face. The Boa cards pres.ent a most dismal appearance, scarcely a window above the rue Richelieu that is not riddled thraugh and through with musket ; and occasionally ash Mend wall or a portentous perforation, exe cuted very often with great neatness, marks where a c-amine hull has entered a house. The road is occu pied with squadrons of Cuirassiers, drawn up in battle array against the footpath, their formidable horse-pistols presented against the passengers, who creep along uttering scarcely a word, hardly ven turing to breathe. As fur any demonstrations, any cheer. tither for Napoleon or the republic, they are Out of the q u estion. There is no spirit left among the poets by. As for the conquering troops they bate by no means a triumphant air. One big dra r,m, who looked like a very ferocious Bacchus, I saw dominated and chatting familiarly with a grisette; N. the rest, they arc all stern and all sad. They are under orders, however, and are evidently prepared to obey. I have just met four wounded soldiers, borne on litters through the Rue de la I'aix. They were sounded, I am informed, in an affray last night. ran it lie that the shot which I heard on the Pont Royale was a signal? As I finish, cries come to my car of Vivo Napo Irn!" Any other cry, however, is considered se dition., said would be followed by arrest, if not death. SATURDAY._ Another den• has passed, and Paris is tranquil. There can be no mistake : it has been declared tran quil by official proclamation; and certainly, for a city in a state of siege, in some parts of which the inha bitants can scarcely shut their doors for the soldiers in the streets—with earbineers encamped in the Champs Elysic, and chasseurs with sharp eyes and nadv rifles marching here and there on mysterious mi-sions—with its shattered shop fronts and splin tiro& columns—its facades of mutilated marble— its dcad and its dying —its broken windows, not to mention its broken hearts—for a city so situ ated, Paris is very tranquil indeed. The proclama tions are true to the letter. Whether they have any value beyond, is another question. Walk out into the public places, and you will see a most marked change since yesterday. Everything is looking better, with the exception of the weather, which is evidently prepared to be much worse—if that were conveniently possible. In the first place, one is permitted to drive through the streets, and even to walk, without running the (Lance of being brought down like a bird. The eye bsks in vain for the dragoons of yesterday, with thi it wet feathers, and their steel breast plates—dull and grey like zinc, threatening rust, and looking &sot six times as heavy as on ordinary occasions. I blicre that there is not even a bullet left on the pavement, so great has been the avidity with which curiosity seekers have picked them up. gullets, by the way, here remind me of rumours— one having so much to do with the other, just at pre sent. and suggest that if the two were equally difficult to pia up, it would be a great deal better for a great many more or less harmless persons. This morning, a- you doubtless know from other sources, there have been most severe and solemn ordinances against the circulation of false reports; so that to meet a man in the streets and tell him any piece of news %Lich you are not prepared to prove true—is to give yourself up to be certainly and summarily shot. I AM rather curious to learn how this decree will work. h appears at first sight that, supposing the decree to is effectively enforced, and that people have not very much wiser tongues than usual,there must be a num b'. I 4 arrests. "r he ea**, I take it for grunted, are t. td with spies ; and as for speaking in English, that is by no means a safe resource, for since my residence in Paris (only nine months) I have known at least three Frenchmen who understand that tongue. In other ways, however, it is wonderful how Frenchmen accommodate themselves to dream- stances. A very few days' experience has enabled to necept aa tai. l Dart of their existence. I speak, however, kt it be I . , nembered, only of the wandering, idle ma" of the Parisians--of the workers, as a matter of mine. we know little. What may be behind the indifference of today it is impossible to say, though any one who has strolled up as far as the Rue St. Martin any tune this afternoon may make a very shrewd guess: All those anxious groups, all those steadv determined looking soldier,, making no thea trical display, but tarnished, and muddy, and at work. must certainly mean something. It is evident, at any rate, that they mean to keep order; and from the business-like manner in which they make tires in the middle of the road to keep themselves—or their dinners —worm, looks as if they expected to make a tolerably long stay. Everybudy, however, even in the vicinity of the Bastille, is not on revolutionary thoughts intent I came across a l arge crow d of persons more or lees in a state of blouse .this morning on the Place de la Bastille. This mast surely be a political demonstra tion, and might perhaps be a barricade if it was cus tomary to make barricades in open places. Where was the guard ? I approached presently with some caution, and found a most good-humoured congrega tion of spectators amusing themselves with the auttes—not of a socialist orator—but of a juggler! This may seem an or di nary anec d ote, b ut may it not be questioned whether this ingenious person had not been employed by the government to divert the attention of the populace from bloodshed and barn cadet. If this be the ease, the new ministry know the character of the French nation better than I believed. Another fact in support of this supposition is that the theatres are to be re- Opened this evening. It would be a capital adven ture for any one who has not the misfortune to look Ilk an aristocrat, to visit some of the smaller places it of amusement on the higher boulevards—highor, be observed, in a strictly literal sense alone. Giving up that plan, however, as hazardous, and atter all not very exhilirating, I return to respectable rsths. Piueing again along the Boulevard des t t4 hen4, am amused by the fact that one of the anuses that had suffered most from the peppering and S alting of Thursday, was that of a company en titled the Frateraelle,' and exhibiting the inacrip too, Ars:inioce .Vateselk contr., Incendie et l'Explo sum. 1% to+ it that the military objected to the name of the compirty, or that they could assure every bode but t h emselves, on the principle of tailors and hoot-makers, who are proverbially the worst clad and' shod sun in the universe. SPAIN. A very brisk debate occurred in the Chamber of Madrid on the Ist, when Gonzales Bravo led an at tack on the ministry by supporting the motion for asserting the inviolability of deputies. On a divi sion the ministry had 13.5 against El 3 votes. The state of the Basque provinces gives the govern ment much uneasiness. Our correspondent states that these provinces, which rebolled nominally for the King Charles, but truly for their own privileges, are feeling the effects of republican , neighbourhood. So cialism is beginning to spread among the lower ranks. GEIt M ANY. PRUSSIA. Th Conditutuinnel states that on the receipt of the news from Paris, it was resolved to mobilise the Bth army corps. This statement is not confirmed by any official authority. A Berlin correspondent of the C'ulagne Gazette announces that the Prince of Prussia will immediately leave Baden, where he is just arrived, to go to Coblentz. The Berlin journals complain of the scanty information to be obtained respecting the progress of events in France. The telegraph is engrossed by the government, and com munications arc day and night interchanged between the capital and the Rhine province. The conservative journals approve of the coup d'etat, which they regard as the termination of the revolutionary crisis: while the organs of the left see with joy in the same measure the triumph of univer sal suffrage. The New Prussian Gazette, whose legitimist tendencies are well khown, speaks of Louis Napoleon in a most hostile manner, and in an appeal addressed to the chambers, calls upon them to afford the government every moral and material support of which it may have need in the face of all eventuali ties. The peace . of Germany and the independence of Prussia, It declares, are at stake. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. Letters from Copenhagen represent the Danish ministry as passing through a crisis. M. Madwig, Minister of Worship, and one of the chiefs of the exclusive Danish party, has followed the example of M. Redtz, and resigned his seat in the cabinet. M. von Dockum, Minister of Marine, also retires. Their successors are not certainly known. The immediate cause of these resignations is the success of M. Orla Lehmann's motion in the chamber. Advices from Kid of the2nd state that the Danish gencral,Bardenfleth,was on the Ist officially invested by the commissioners of the Federal 1 het with the com mand of the Holstein contingent of the buml. The troops have taken the Danish cockade, and all the superior officers and the staff arc Danish. The German officers are daily leasing the battalions. On the 2nd the soldiers took the oath, but no "Hoch" was raised either for king or duke. The Hamburgh papers continue to give fresh illustrations of the unhappy situation of the Schles. wigers under the restored ascendancy of the Danes. ITALY. PIEDMONT. In its sitting of the 2nd, the senate unanimously voted the prolongation of the law imposing a tax upon trades and liberal arts, which had been passed for only a limited period. ROMAN STATES. Our correspondent at Rome, writing on the 30th November, states that the ecclesiastical authorities were making as much ready money as possible by farming the Custom-house and the lottery, and by exacting the tax on industry. Our correspondent sends the sub stance of the notification published by the interna tional commissioners of the Central Italian Railway, inviting tenders. Another band of brigands had been captured in the northern provinces. Grea sensation prevailed at Fabriano on account of th beheading (considered unjust) of three young men o that city. At Loreto there were disputes betwee the Austrian and papal tribunals. The King-of Pru Ida had written a letter of thanks to tho Archteo gieal Society of Rome. Father Ignatius Spencer was holding forth at the Piazza Navona. :110DENA. The Minister of the Interior at Modena has issued the following decree, tilted the 2tith ult.: Art. 1. The Jews are dispensed from furnishing the an nual contingent for the troops of the reserve as well as of the active service. Art. 2. The Jewish communities shall pay 1,5001 r., as an equivalent, for every conscript, even of former conscriptions. This sum shall be exacted at the end of each year by the royal tax-gatherers, and paid into the coffers of the military department, to be applied to the ex penses of the conscription. Art. 3. An action shall lie on the part of the communities for the sums paid against the families of the yuang men called out for military service. LOUIS NAPOLEON. TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY NEWS. UNITED STATES. (By Veetrle Telegraph.) FROX Orli ORN CORRESPOI LIVERPOOL, MONDAY MORNING. The arrival of the Royal Mail steam-ship Cambria has placed us in possession of four days' later intel ligence from the leading cities and towns of the United States. The Cambria sailed from Boston on the 26th November, and made the usual bi-monthly call at Halifax on the 28th. She brings 607,800 dollars in specie and 23 passengers. The New York portion of the mails are left behind. Business in the leading cities and ports of the I I States was healthy. The money market was lighter. Stocks firm and in good demand. Brcadstuffs were quiet and without change in price. Western canal flour, 3 dols. 621 e. per brl. ; Gennesce prime •wlwat, 96 to 98 cents per lb.; Indian corn, round yellow, GO to 62 cents. per bushel, steady ; Indian meal, 3 dots. 37 1 c. to 3 dolls. .30c. per brl. In cotton there had been a fair amount of business doing at New York, and former quatations were steadily maintained. The following were the rates at the steamers departure :—New Orleans and Nlo bile, mid fair to fair, 9 l c. to 9,1 c. per lb.; Uplands and Florida, mid fair to fair, file. to 9c. per lb. Provisions were moderate. Mess pork, 13; prime, 131. Freight of grain to Liverpool, 4d. to 41d. per bushel. Exchange on London, 1101 to 1101; Paris, 113; Hamburg, 301 to 361. WEST INDIA AND MEXICAN MAILS. (By Eleettle Telegraph.) SOUTHAMPTON, MoNDAy, 10.30 A.M. The Dec has just arrived with the West India and Mexican mails. Her dates are: Vera Cruz, Nov. Bth; Chagres, 10th; Jamaica, lath; Demerara, 11th; St. Thomas, 19th. Amongst her cargo is specie to the value of 1,63.%780 dollars from Vera Cruz and Chagres, 112,482 of which are on ac count of Mexican dividends. Tho Dee brings thirty-six passengers, amongst them is Lieutenant Cumberlege, the consul of Tampico. From Mexico, we learn that the country is for the most part in a state of insurrection, particularly the state of Tamalipas. In Jamaica the cholera continues fatal in several parts of the island. A gale had been experienced near Black River, doing considerable damage to the shipping. From Demerara, we learn that the last fort night has been a holiday in the political world ; the courts of all kinds have been in non-session since the departure of the previous packet. The governor has returned to the seat of government. The weather was favourable, and the planters were getting in their crops as fast as they could. The shipping in the Demerara river was loading rapidly. The market was well supplied with provisions. Efft,—Day after day have I with regret and asto- nishment read the approval, in some of our "liberal" pa pers, of Louis Napoleon's policy, and their unflinching support to measures whose only aim was to forward his personal interests. Here was a man chosen as a President of a Republic, which he solemnly swore to uphold and con solidate, who might, by having thrown himself on the sup port of the republican party, have made France at this moment great and peaceful. But, no The republic which he swore to defend was and is the special object of his hate and envy; for here alone be found an opponent capable of dividing with himself the approval of the nation. To its destruction, then, ho bent all his energies, and, for this purpose, flattered all parties in turn, and deceived all in turn. Badly, indeed, does It speak of the standard of intelligence in any country, when such petty cunning, such false hypocrisy, as that which marks Louis Napoleon's ca reer, should have been admired and extolled. Why need ' I enter into detail of tho expedition to Rome, the persecn tion of the liberal press, displacement of all authorities fa vourable to the republic, and replacement by his own crea tures the dissolution of national guards, whose only crime was adherence to their republican constitution—his 'Rismes with all parties except the republican—his con stant custom of calling all republicans "Red Republicans" —his pretended discoveries of their plots and wickedness — Is it not enough that he found a republic—young, cer tainly, and consequently not over-strong—end makes it weak, distressed, tottering, and the laughing - stock of the world ? But neither for this do I address you ; but to raise a warning—a prophetic voice. Louis Napoleon has, it would appear, the army on his side. He may succeed on a grander scale of self-elevation than he yet openly suggests. Then—nay, even now—must we look enxiously about us. We have the military governments of Russia, Austria and Prussia, and the head of smaller states in league against us. Should they declare war with England, Louis Napoleon has a rare, a successful game in his hands by joining the alliance. The whole army, the great mass of the people, would forget all—forgive all—could but a great, a successful war be raised against our envied and too-often-hated land.lt is a card which be will play—it is his only course to conciliate the despots with whom he seeks to ally himself, and cajole a nation who worship above all other the God of War. Let us be prepared : the clouds are gathering. We may hear the rumbling of the distant thunder ; and the storm may soon break. Yours, &c. CAUTION. LATEST FOREIGN Pis, Dzc. 6.—Fire per Cents., 95f 80c. Three per Cents., 69L 25c. Bank Shares, 2,200 L (ly Heads Telegraph.) BEILLIN, Dac. 6.—Voluntary Loan, 101. Na tional Debt, 871: Four-and-a-Half per Cents., Romig, Exc.hange on London, 6.234; ditto Hamburg, 1611 ; ditto St. Petersburg, 1051 ; ditto Vienna, 781. VIENNA, DEC. 6.—Five per Cents., Mitalliques, 91; Exch ange on London, 12.51 ; on Paris,ls4. FRANIFORT, DEC. 6.—Five per Cent Metalliques, 69. Exchange on London, 1194; on Vienna, 92. HA301:31.0, DEC. 6.—Three per Cent. Interior, 32. Attvwxar, DEC. 6.—Five per Cent. Mita ll iques, 69. Five per Cent. Ardoins, 144. Three per Cent Interieur, Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cents., Exchange on London, 25.20. BROssms, DEC. 6.—Belgian Five per Cents., 971; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 871; ditto Two- and-a-Half per Cents., 481. Exchange on London, 25.20. iiIBTERDAN. DEC. s.—Five per Cent. Metal- Eire., 63. Two-and-a-Half per Cent. Belgians, Five per Cent. Ardoins, 14. Three per Cents. Interior, 321. Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 98f. Two-and-a-Half per Cent. Integrals as!. Ex change on London. 11.771. TELEGRAPH Is AMERICA.—The total length of telegraph in the United States is estimated at 20,000 miles. 1 THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 8, 1851. CESSATION OF FRENCH HOSTILITIES ON TILE MOORISH COAST. The Peninsular Company's steamer, Indus, Cap tain Soy, arrived at Southampton yesterday ; she left Southampton on the 3rd of last month, as an extra steamer to Alexandria. She has brought home 60 passengers and ship mail- from India, Egypt, Malta, and Gibraltar. Iler news from India las been anticipated by the Overland India Mail vin Marselles, which arrived a day or two since. When the Indus left Malta on the 27tti ult., the following of her Majesty's ships were there, viz. :—Queen, Terrible, Indefatigable, Trafalgar, Ceylon, Albion, Ganges, Superb, Vengeance, Spiteful, Medina, Mcdura, Bellerophon, Mode rate, Encounter, Hercules, Dragon, Oberon, Caradoc, Ardent, Merlin. She brings a day's later news from Gibraltar than the Tagus, as she did not leave that por before the 2nd instant. By the British consular despatch boat (says the Gibraltar Chronicle of the above date); which left Tangier on the 29th ult., and arrived at Gibraltar on the 30th, news was brought that on the morning of the 29th the French consult general for Morocco and several officers of the squadron of the same nation which were at anchor in that bay landed and had an interview with Sidi Mahemed Elgtibh, Bsshaw of the province and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Emperor Ab derhaman, and Mr. Drummond Hay the British charge d'affaires. The conference, during which the population was in the greatest anxiety, lasted for some time, and shortly after the admiral's ship fired a salute of 21 guns, l and the compliment was duly returned by the town, in token, as was generally understood, of a settlement of the differences having been agreed to by the Admiral Dubor dicu and the Minister. The terms are not known, and pro- bably will not transpire until an answer be returned from the Emperor, to whom they have been submitted. It is confidently reported that Mr. Hay's friendly interposition contributed to the happy issue of the conference. The consternation which prevailed in the city was thus dispelled, and the population reassured. Mr. Borell has again resumed his functions as consul general. The Janus, Commander Powell, had started for Rabat and the coast as far as Mogadore. The French liner left Tangier at daylight oa the 28th, and was seen steering westward some hours after. There is a different version of the loss she sustained before Salee, one killed and seven wounded, instead of seven killed. The four steamers remain in Tangier. The following i• an extract from the Gibraltar Chronicle of the 26th ult.:" With reference to Melilla letters of the 13th inst., the editor of the Correa *le Atm:Panda states, in his No. of the 21st, that the negotiations for the ransom of the crew of the Violet were in a state of forwardness, not withstanding the difficulties arising from the covetousness of the captors, the exorbitancy of whose demands increases in proportion to the anxiety expressed fur the liberation of the captives." TILE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL COMPANY'S STWIlit TAGUS, Captain Russell, arrived at Southamp. ton on Saturday, from Constantinople, Malta, and Gibral tar. Captain Russell was the bearer of Lieutenant Powell's commission as commander from the admiral at Malta. Lieutenant Powell has been for a long time in command of H.M.S. Janus at Gibraltar, and was severely wounded very recently in an attack on the Moorish &ate,. Lieut. Powell, however, was at Tangiers when his commission arrived. This gallant and efficient officer will not be removed from the Janus in consequence of his promotion until the Moorish question is settled. All the surviving officers of the Janus who were in the late engagement with the pirates have been promoted. The Tagus left Gibraltar two days after the Sultan. She brought news that the French hostilities on the Moorish coast had ceased. TUE SMITEYIELD CLUB CATTLE Snow.—The Observer says: The extensive arrangements fir the open ing of this popular annual exhibition (no doubt the first cattle show in England) on Tuesday next were on Satur day night finally completed, and, notwithstanding the vast increase of specimens in every department, the enlarge ment of the building has enabled the proprietor and managers of the King-street Bazaar so to distribute them as to afford a much better opportunity for the view, and likewise to add to the comfort of the public. On Saturday afternoon the arrival of his Royal Highness Prince Albert's stock, coneisting of three or four oxen, two or three pens of pigs, and some pens of Southdown sheep from the Flemish farm at Windsor, rio the Great Western Rail way, excited a commotion in the vicinity of the Bazaar. The attention of the public, hundreds of whom had assembled in King-street, was more particularly at tracted in consequence of the violence of one of these 1 1 animals, and an untoward event which took place. A very fine oz, as we understood, of the Highland breed, was con rayed irom the railway to the yard in a covered racehorse van, which on its arrival, was found too high to enter the gateway, and it was therefore rendered necessary to take the specimen out in the street. On the attempt being made, the animal, which is an extraordinary specimen, having a species of third horn or tusk growing from the centre of the forehead, became quite unmanageable and so ferocious, that not only its keepers, but even several butchers, were afraid to approach it. Having succeeded in getting him from the van, he made a furious rush amongst DM people, dispersing them in every direction, and nearly three-quarters of an hour elapsed before he was dragged by I main force with a rope round his bead into the building. Amongst the other competitors whose contributions were received were several pens of sheep (South Down wethers) from Goodwood, belonging to the president of the club, the Duke of Richmond ; the Earl of Laieester, three oxen and pens of sheep ; Lord Feversham, cattle and sheep ; Lord Berner+ pens of sheep and pies ; the Right Hon. Charles Shaw Lifevre, pens of sheep and Hickfold pigs ; the Earl of Burlington, ox and sheep • the Marquis of Exeter, speci mens of short and long horned sheep ' • Earl Spencer, oxen ; pens of sheep from Sir G. S. Sebright . Bart. ; Sir J. Conway, pens of pigs ; the Right lion. Earl Walsingham , pens of sheep ; Lord Sondes, a fine ox ,• the Right Hon. Lord Bray brooke, pens of South Down shetp ; Sir Charles Knightly, cows and extra stock ; the Earl of Warwick, a re markably fine Devon ox; Sir E. C. Johan, an ox; Lord Portman, specimens of sheep and oxen. On the right hand side of the show yard on entering, where the first and second class cattle usually have stood head to head, the second clam animals are now placed with their heads to the eastern ball, leaving a passage between them and the first elms, so that an uninterrupted view can be ob tained by passing down the eastern avenue of both these classes. It will, no doubt, obviate a great deal of the crowding which has taken place. TO THE EDITOI OP TEI DAILY NEWS. ABUSES IN THE ARMY. St a,—theinteres . CYO; appear totake in the edu cation of tho officers of the army, induces me to trouble you with a few remarks on the subject, re questing you (if you publish them) to omit, for ob vious reasons, the date of this letter, as well as my name. It is certain that British officers are, in general, miserably educated, and that, soon after joining their regiments, they forget the very little they have ever learnt. Equally true is it that, as a body, they arc sadly deficient m zeal, and in regard for their noble profession. The disease is notorious : the cause should be so too, in order that strong remedies should be applied without delay. I say strong remedies, because we must cut to the very root of the evil, if an effectual cure is really desired and determined on. The cause of the disease is simple. In every army the hope of promotion is the principal prop to zeal and efficiency. But in the British army, promotion is obtained either by wealth, or interest, or luck; but very rarely by merit. Promotion is, therefore, either an affair of com merce or a game of hazard. It is assured to the rich, and almost as certainly denied to the poor. In either case where are the inducements to study—where the incentives to zeal? Would lawyers or statesmen labour zealously, if seats on the woolsack or Treasury benches were to be obtained in a similar manner as the ermulettes of our generals? Officers of the line have few inducements to love their profession. Examples are better than simple assertions. Take the case of a major lately in my garrison. He had served 38 years, 13 of them as a major. Officers (born after he was a lieutenant) had entered the Guards since he obtained his commission of major, and, leaving him still a major, had leaped over his head into the rank of lieutenant-colonel iu the army. He will probably one day have the plea sure of serving under them when they are generals, he basing served nearly half a century in every quarter of the globe, and they having served a dozen years or so at the balls in St. James. and Windsor Castle. Is it wonderful, then, that where the rich get on without merit and the poor are kept back, though with merit, that a general want of zeal and efficiency should be the result ? The officers of the army are, with rare exceptions, divided into two classes—the ambitious, who are dig. gusted with, and the unambitious,who are indifferent to, their profession. Fearing to trespass on your time, I will not enter fully into the many remedies which might be easily applied by parliament. There are two, however, so just and obvious, that I will name them here, though they have often been urged before and, alas ! in vain. The first is to sweep away, at one blow, the extra•army rank of the Guards. It is a disgrace to a free country that such an abuse should have existed so long. Let them still enjoy London and Windsor pleasures; but let them no longer supersede (and retard for many years the promotion of) the officers of the line. The second remedy is not, perhaps, so obviously just as the first, but that it is just I entertain myself no doubt. It is to make every year that an officer serves abroad equal to two of home service, and to three of half pay. These two reforms would effect a wonderful change for the better in the army. It would be no longer difficult to get officers to study and to pass examina tions, when assured of a reasonably rapid promotion. But, alas ! parliament and the nation have long shown equal ignorance of and indifference to the state of the British army. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, NEW DOCK was .openedo Saturday. The accident that happened to thCgates had been repaired during the week, by means of machinery, and without the necessity of coffer- dame. The new dock is intended for the of colliers, and all kinds of sailing vessels, coasters and foreign, in enter that the tidal dock may be devoted exclusively to the accommodation of the mail steam packets, the increase of steam and other shipping to the port of Southampton having rendered ad ditional dock room necessary. The new dock, being a closed one, and not subjected to the ebb and flow of the tide, will save a vast amount of labour in loading and unloading cargoes, because the vessels will be always on one level with the quay. Only the northern and eastern sides of the new dock have been walled, partly because it will be necessary some time hence to form another dock at the southern or western side of the present new one for the large mail steamers, and which dock will have a communication with the present new one, and a separate entrance from Southampton water. The length of walled quay room at the dock just opened is 1,200 feet ; the depth of water is 25 feet. Immense warehouses and sheds are building on the new quay, and tramways go right round them. The en trance of the new dock is crossed by a running bridge. A portion of the quay of the old dock lies just been cut away, to make room for the gigantic new West India steamers, one of which, the Amazon, is expected at Southampton in a few days. ABSCONDING OP A COLLECTOR OF POOR-RATES AT NEWrOBT.—The ratepayers of Newport, Monmouth shire, have had a serious addition to the money panic, occa sioned by the failure of the Monmouthshire and Glamorgan shire Bank, in consequence of the flight from the town, largely in arrears of his collection, of Mr. Wm. Jenkins, esinstant-overseer of the parish of St. Wooloe, and the non appearance, under circumstances which are at least of a sus picious nature, of Mr. Dumayne, another collector of rates. As regards Mr. Jenkins, there news to be no doubt that he has gone off to South Australia, having, according to his own account of himself, got into embarrassments, as the result of an acquaintance he had formed with a young woman from the city of Bath. At the police court on Fri day the four overseers of the borough, Messrs. H. Shep herd, John Allen, Job Evans, and Wm. Reed, were sum moned in regard to the rate, but as it was stated by Du mayne's wife, that he would be home on Saturday, the matter was adjourned. Anew rate will have to be made, but it is stated that the overseers have in both instances undoubtedly solvent sureties to amounts which will cover the default. ----- EXPLOSION AT A PAPER MANUFACTORY.—On Fri day evening a serious accident occurred at the paper-mills, Footscray, Kent, the property of Mr. Henry Woodfull, from the bursting of the principal boiler, carrying away up wards of twenty feet of the frontage of the mill, and damaging considerably the outbuildings, situated partly in front, knocking awa s z i t4e l, :himney of Mr. Woodfull's dwell ing -house, and sina in a quantity of window glass of the adjoining houses. e boiler was:fixed below the level of the ground, and although large iron girders of great strength were affixed in front, the force of the explosion was such that they were torn from their hold, and driven through several tons of coal which were lying in front of the river, and a double tube, weighing three tons, blown more than 100 feet up the stream ; a piece of timber, ex ceeding one cwt., was blown 600 feet. About 100 persona were in the mill at the time, and the whole of them personal injury. The boiler is said to have been thoroughly repaired only about ten days since. The damage exceeds 1,0001. HAINADLT FOREST CommlssioN.—On Saturday, Messrs. G. W. Cooke and N. Wetherell, the commissioners appointed under the act of last session, entitled " An Act for disalroxesting the Forest of Hainault, in the county of Essex," issued their award, ascertaining and fixing the boundaries of the forest. The award, a long document sim_ply defines the precise sites and bounds of the localities. LEICESTER AND NOTTINGRA3L—On Thursday evening last a public nieeUng fee promoting a curtailment of the hour of business in Leinansr was held in the new hall of that town, under the of the mayor—Geo. I Toiler Esq. ; and on the evening • meeting for thaju;therance of the saleobject in Nottingham was held /Mlle Exchange Hall of that town. William Felkin, Esq., mayor of Nottingham, presided on the latter occasion. The above meetings (both of which were crowded by re spectable audiences) were addressed by ministers and tradesmen of the respective towns ; also by Mr. Lilwall, who attended as a deputation from the Parent Society. It was unanimously resolved at both meetings the shops should be dosed at seven &dock. - - SUICIDE PROM BAD TEMPEIL—On Saturday after noon an inquest was held before Mr. Bedford, on the body of M. W. Weymar, in the board-room of St. Pancras work house. The decreed, who was a bronze cutter, lodged at 13, Bear-street, Leicester-square. On Saturday week a dis pute arose between him and his employer respecfing 9d., which deceased claimed for one hour and a half overtime. He was told that would be settled on Monday. He, how ever, put himself in a great passion, took away his tools, and refused too to work. He continued in this state of irrita tion till Wednesday night, when he retired to his apart ment. Not appearing all next day the door was forced, when he was found suspended by a handkerchief to the bed-post, deed and cold. He had 41. in money and a gold watch in his pocket. Mr. Sinclair, his employer, said he had not discharged him; and would ILLY. paid Mil the 9d. Madame Ledrean, the landlady, expressed her belief that the deceased had worried himself about the 9d. till he lost his senses ; he was a man of most irritable temper. Verdict, "That the deceased destroyed himself whilst labouring under temporary insanity, produced by excessive irrita bility." • PROTECTIONIST ANIMOSITY.—Sit Robert Peel announces that his entire stud is to be sold by auction, by Messrs. Tattersall and Son, at Hyde Park Corner, on Mon day, the 15th inst. In the advertisement announcing the ale, it is stated that Sir Robert "is declining hunting with the Atherstone hounds in consequence of the unsports manlike conduct and political animosity, even in the hunt ing field, of certain protectionist farmers."—Btrtninghass !alma trbe Court. OSBORNE, SATURDAY. Prince Albert, accompanied by the Duke of Parma, and attended by Colonel LLniverie and Lieutenant-Colonel Biddulph, went shooting yesterday in Parkhurst Forest. Her Majesty and the royal children took their usual exer cise in the gardens and park. At the royal dinner party were the Duchess of Kent, the Duke of Parma, the Duke of Cambridge, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, the Hon. J. Macdonald, the Hon. Colonel and Mr.. Phipps, and Sir George Caliper. SUNDAY. Her Majesty, Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal drove out yesterday afternoon, at tended by Lieutenant-General Weiss. The Duchess of Kent remains on a obit to her Majesty. M. Becker had the honour of dining with the royal party yesterday. The Duke of Cambridge returned to town on Saturday from Osborne. Yesterday his royal highness attended divine service in the Chapel Royal St. James's. The ser mon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Wesley. The service was read by the Rev. Mr. Thomas. and the Lessons by the Rev. Mr. Delmore. The anthem was " Awake, awake, put on thy strength" (Wyse). Sir George Smart presided at the organ. The Duke of Wellington attended the early services yesterday. Mr. Thomas B. Crompton had an interview with Lord John Russell, on Saturday. Professor Owen bad also an interview with his lordship, on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street. His Excellency &nor Isturix, the Spanish Minister, has left town fur Spain. Mr. Comyn will act u Charg6 d'Affaires during his,Excellency's absence. Mr. M. Young had an interview with Earl Grey, on Saturday, at the Colonist-office. Colonel Anson had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing -street. Despatches were received on Saturday at the Colonial office from the Governor of Malta. _ . _ Lord John ltmsell had a dinner party, on Friday, at his residence in Cheshant-place. The company included the French Ambassador and the COURI4II4 Walewski, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir Charles Wood, Count Per i poacher, General and Lade M re Fox, and Mr. Thackeray. APPOINTMENTS.—CoIoneI John Augustus Lloyd is appointed Chat* d'Affaires and Consul•Gcneral in Bolivia, in the room of the Hon. Mr. Bruce, whom we have anaoanced as having been promoted to succeed Captain Gore as Charge• d'Affaires and Con•ul•General of Monte Video The Rev. Charles H. J. ;Nicholls is appointed Colonial Chaplain at the Gold Coat. Messrs. Edward Jorden and Richard Burke are appointed members of the Council of Jamaica.-06..scrile. LORD JOHN RINSELL has fixed this morning to re ceive the City deputation, appointed at the meeting held on Wednesday, at the London Tavern, to wait upon his lord ship on the subject of the Custom? law.; and their admini stration. More than ordinary interest attaches to the interview, as the uncourtcous manner in which the Chancellor of the Esclienuz , r received and treated a de putation of the St. Katherine's Dock Company on a for mer occasion will probably form a subject of remark. Slit HENRY BLILWEIt will not, it is now confidently reported, return to Washington, hat be appointed to a mission in Europe. A Cabinet Council was held, on Saturday at the Foreign-office. The ministers present were, L or d John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Lord Broughton, ltight lion. H. La bouchcrc, the Earl of Carlisle, the Marquis of Clan ricarde, the Right Hon. Fox :Hanle, Lord Seymour, and Earl Granville. The council sat two hours. REV. W. JENKINS AND THE BISHOP OF LLAN DAFT.—(To the Editor of the Erpress.)—Sir,—May I beg the favour of your informing your renders thnt the long-pending appenl to the Archbishop of Canterbury by the Rev. Wm. Jenkins, against the Bishop of Llandatre re fusal to institute him to the rectory of Michaelstone-y- Vedw, to which he had been presented by Colonel Tyntc, has been decided in favour of the appellant, his grace hav ing reversed the refusal of the bishop. and ordered the in stitution of Mr. Jenkins.—Yours respectfially, E. G. FLIGHT, appellant's solicitor, 1, Adam-street, Adelphi, Dec. 6, 1851 ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The following gentlemen having undergone the lit cessary examinations for the diploma, were admitted members of the College on the sth inst.:—Messrs. A. F. Bayne, Heading; W. T. Pa. lielogus, Calcutta; J. F. Tierney Bengal; B. Casson, Hull; H. Mercer, Uxbridge; T. Gibson, Birmingham; J. D. Flookson, Gloucester; and J. Lee, Guildford. BULLION AND SPECIIL—It has been arranged by the Customs authorities, on the application of an eminent firm, on the arrival of packages of bullion by the steamer from Hamburg in trunritu to the Dut:,ll ports, and vice versa, and in order to avoid delay and inconvenience, that on a declaration being made by the parties that bullion and specie only is contained in the packages, and if the officers ace no cause to doubt the fact, they may be allowed to be transhipped in the manner desired, viz., in charge of an officer of the Customs [ruin the import to the export ship, and under the general supervision of the waterguard, on condition that no additional expense be incurred by the crown. FALL OF Two NEW HousEs IN TILE CITY.— Yesterday at half-past II o'clock in the forenoon two of the new houses building, and nearly completed, by Mr. Alder man Lawrence, at the corner of Bush-lane, Cannon-street, fell with a tremendous crash, leaving the top or attic story suspended in a remarkable manner in the air. The congre gation at St. Swithin's church, London -stone, immediately opposite, and the inhabitants in the vicinity were much alarmed ; and in consequence of the anticipation of the fall of the top story, every precaution was taken to prevent accident, and the service in the church was also dispensed with. Men were employed all day in making the neat house and the scaffolding and suspended attics secure. It must be recorded as a most providential occurrence that the accident tows place on Sunday, as, had it happened on any other day, the consequences would have been disastrous. Happily no accident whatever has happened to either life or limb. -- --- DESTRUCTION OF UNION HALL BY FlRE.—Thin edifice, situate on the south side of Union-street, Borough, was, late on Saturday evening, totally destroyed by fire. For many years it was the chief police-office for the Surrey and Southwark districts, and since the removal of the ma gisterial business to the new office at Stone's-end, in the Borough, the premises have beer. occupied jointly by Messrs. Pickford and Co., the railway carriers, and by Messrs. Smith and Co., hat and cap manufacturers, of Trinity-square, Southwark, the former holding the lower portion as offices and stores, and the latter the remainder and upper floors, forming their warehouse. The outbreak was exceedingly sudden, The clerks of Messrs. Smith were engaged in the counting-house, when they were startled by a flash of light reflected on the windows of the houses on the opposite side of Union- street, and upon their sallying forth to ascertain the cause discovered, to their great astonishment, their place to be on fire. So rapid, indeed, was the work of de vastation that they were unable even to preserve the books, though they received the assistance of the people of that somewhat crowded thoroughfare. In less than a quarter of an hour the whole structure appeared enveloped in one body of flame, illuminating the entire of that district and the adjacent locality, and attracting, as may be imagined, a very great concourse of people. A large number of the brigade engines were promptly in attendance, and as soon as a supply of water was procured, which was nbt nil late after their snivel, the building was surrounded in every quarter by the firemen, to prevent the conflagration extend- ing. Eventually this was accomplished, but all attempts to save the hall proved ineffectual. By 11 o'clock the building was completely consumed. DEATH PROM DESTITUTION.—Late on Friday evening, an inquest was held by Mr. Baker, at the Black Horse public-house, Kingsland, on the body of Eliza Green away, aged 24, who died in the infirmary of Shoreditch Workhouse under very distressing circumstances. Several witnesses showed that the deceased was discovered on the evening of Friday, the 3rd of October, a few yards from the Eagle Tavern (Grecian Saloon), City-road, which is cast situated by the boundary marks of the parishes of St. uke's and St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, She was taken to the workhouse of the former parish by a police constable, where they refused to take her in. The officer then con veyed her to the workhouse of Shoreditch, where she was admitted directly, seen by the surgeon, and placed in bed. She then became sensible, and stated that eke lived in Long-lane, Smithfield, in the employ of a was image maker, by whom she had been seduced, and who was the father of the babe to which she would soon give birth. Mr. James Clarke, the medical officer to Shoreditch Workhouse, stated that he was called to see the deceased directly she was ad mitted. Deceased said she bad been applenticed by the parish authorities of St. Luke's, and was an orphan. She had been seduced by her master, and was some months ad vanced in pregnancy by him, from whom she had received continued ill-treatment, which induced her to run away from the house, and wander the public streets in a state of starvation until relieved by the police officer. The de ceased was subject to frequent fits, and died on Wednesday last during one of the attacks. The jury returned a verdict, " That the deceased had certain injuries on her head, but how or by what means her death was caused they had no evidence to prove." A BUTCLIER KILLED BY A BULL.—On Saturday afternoon Ir. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest at the Assembly Rooms, Kentish-town, on the body of Mr. Thos. Harris, aged 22, a muter butcher, of York-place. Mr. George Harris, brother to deceased, stated that on Monday list his brother and he (who were partners with another brother) had purchased some cattle, amongst which was a very fine bull. After it was driven into the plate at the rear of their premises where it was their custom to keep the beasts till they were slaughtered, his brother went in to see it. The animal was not tied, neither had they any idea of its being infuriated. Deceased went up to it and patted it on the head, when it immediately flew at him, and gored him in a most frightful moaner. Mr. Baly, of Southamp ton-terrace, proved that the intestines and abdomen of de ceased were frightfully lacerated ; and there was no doubt that death was the consequence of the injuries received. From the time he was called in he considered it a hopeless case ; but deceased lingered on till Friday. The jury rev. turned a verdict of " Accidental death." PUBLIC DINNEIt TO MR. Sit ARNIAN CRAWFORD. The constituents of Mr. Sharman Crawford, M.l'., at Rochdale, gave a public dinner to the hot. gentleman on Friday evening at the Public Hall. It is understood that Mr. Crawford retires into private life on the dissolution of the present parliament, aid the electors were desirous of taking an early opportunity before the connexion was dis solved to testify the feelings of respect and confidence they bore him, and invited him to meet them for that purpose at Easter, but the delicate state of Mr. Crawford's health ren dered it necessary to postpone the intended honour. There was a large, respectable, and indeed very full, attendance of the liberal constituency present. Mr. CHADWICK, an old and unswerving liberal, and a magistrate of the county, I resided. Mr. CRAWFORD, in responding to the toast of his health, dwelt at some length upon the responsibilities de volving upon a member of the legislature for an empire involving such vast territories as that of Great Britain and her colonies, but did not address the compuny at great length, having already justified his parliamentary conduct to them in an elaborate speech on the previous evening. The CHAIRMAN then proposed the health of Mr. BRIGHT, who, in returning thanks, took occasion to draw attention to the necessity which exi,ts for the adop tion of regularity and method in the electoral system, com bined with exteasion. The more we got of democratic insti tutions, the more it was essential that the people should know that the well working of those institutions must depend upon their own intelligeuce and their own virtue. (Loud cheers.) The CHAIRMAN then proposed "Success to the Mem bers of the late Anti-Corn-law League." Mr. COBDEN, M.P., then addressed the meeting, and was received with prolonged cheering. Having borne tes timony to the independence end disinterestedness displayed by Mr. Crawford us a public man, he proceeded as follows: What is the first and fundamental evil in your representa tive system? What is it that impairs the very . source of independence and of honesty in the representative ? It is the way in which elections take place in this country. You return your members for this borough free of expense, in fact without expense, without solicitation, without a perso nal canvass. Is that the mode in which elections are gene rally carried on iu this country ? No. The first considera tion with many conetitueuces is, how they shall find a member who will bear to be fleeced ; that is, " how much shall we be able to sell ourselves fur this time r" The prize differs very considerably. St. Albano sold itself for ' 2,4001. That is its figure, and I think it very dear at the price. ("Hear, hear," and much laughter.) But there are parliamentary agents in London—Mr. Coppock made uo se cret of it—parliamentary agents who have a regular tariff of price ; they know exactly how much it will cost to be returned for the boroughs on a list, beginning with Abing don and ending with Yarmouth. (A laugh.) And I should cot exclude tither of those two boroughs from the list of those who have had tariff (Renewed laughter.) 'there must be a large sum paid to gorge these leeches in the shape of—sometimes from Scotland, they aro professional men who fasten on a constituency—four or five lawyers, if there happen tube four or five boroughs grouped together ; or there may be some " Waggetts " (I think they call them at St. Albans), and he manages, after gorging half the con stituency, to have a little balance left over unpaid to some score of venial voters in the borough, probably for drink supplied ; and the consequence of this is, that when the next election arrives them: parties come to get their money paid, and they say, " Cannot you find a customer who will pay off the old arrears r" And accordingly lie tries to find a man who will not only pay the cost of his own bribery, but also pay the old score of the man Vlll , l ran away at the Let election without paying his lot. (Great laughter.) Well, having gut his return is that way, there conic other claims upon him. lie is in very many Cowl expected to subscribe to the annual races. " The member's cup" must be run for : "itis a Very Old custom, sir," they tell the member, " and I ,utsura you, Mr. So-and-So, it would be exceedingly injurious to your parliamentary influence here if you did not subscribe for " the member s cup." (Much laughter.) So he ::rust support the races. Theu th , re is a race ball—(laughter) —which he will have to contribute to ; or perhaps he will bV expected to take a few tickets—(continutal laughter) fur distribution among his friends in the borough. Besides this, which is a pure waste of money, there aro other claims made upon these members, which they really ought never to be expected to pay. They are importuned, ale, per haps, to subscribe to charities in the borough—(laughter), or if' there is a subscription got up in winter to supply clothing or coals to the poor the members arc called ou first ; individuals, if they have any cause of want or ne cessity, arising from arty source, come to the member as though his puree was that of Fortunatus, and had no bot tom. (" Hear," and laughter.) Now then, I will tell you the result of all this, and 1 will tell you without wearying you with details, because your imagination will carry it out ; thu result is, that it first of all leaves the representation of the country to rich men—very rich men—because, unless such reef have a large balance at their banker's, or souse land which they can mortgage, they cannot stand for these venial boroughs. (Ikar, hear.) But it does more,—it places the man who goes to parliament on such terms in thin pre Zicainent : lie says, " I have been sacrificing the money of my family —I have been trenching on my future income, mortgaging my estates ; I must see what I can get out of the minister for supporting him—l must see that I don't lone by this." i (Hear, hear.) They make merchandise of you mmedi ately, and having bought you, they naturally go to sell you. (Applause and laughter.) Then I tell you how it operates in the tactics of parliament. Sometime, you will see reports in the papers of a crisis in the government iu London—" a ministerial crisis" is the phrase—and you will find there is some question to come before the house on which the government expects to be in a minority. There is known to be a minority in the house of those who are bound by their convictions to vote in opposition to some measure on which the government has s eked its reputation, and it is expected therefore that they will resign. I will tell you what these tactics are. The government tells their whipper-in to send out a circular to all their usual supporters to come and see them in Duwning.strect. The members go down there. It is a large room, where the minister of the day gets on a chair and addresses his friends and supporters, and tells them that he feels it is his duty to persevere in the course he has undertaken, and he should regret exceedingly if, for want of support, he should find that he was no longer able to conduct the affairs of govern went, and he should be obliged to resign, so that lie was determined to stand or fall by the measure he had propmed. Well, then, no sooner are we dismissed then the whisper goes round that " the minister intends to appeal to the country!" Very well, now, what do you think are the first feelings which come across the mind of a man who has been fleeced at St. Albans, or Yarmouth, or Abingdon ? Why, for all the world it is as though some one stood over him with a bludgeon, and preparing to demand his money or his life :—" Two thousand five hundred pounds, or vote for the ministry !" (Loud cheers and laughter.) And out of sheer apprehension, in downright dread of this enormons fine that will be entailed upon him if he goes down for re-election, in order to escape this present of 2,5001., or whatever the amount of his election may have cost him the year before, he doubles up and packs up his conscience, and votes against his convic tions, to keep the ministry in power. (Loud cheers.) After some further remarks on these topics, he went on to say—l think there is very great danger in Mr. Disraeli's scheme fur taking the taxes off people who formerly had the bread tax, and patting them on the shoulders of those who got it taken off. Last session Mr. Disraeli got within fourteen or fifteen of a majority in the House of Commons for transferring the taxes from the holders of land to those who arc landless and live by their industry. Ilow is that to be prevented in future ? By the people who are to pay the taxes arming themselves well political power to protect themselves. I think you have more than a theoretical in terest in the new reform bill; my opinion is, that if you don't have an alteration in the franchise, sad a re-distribu tion of electoral power, you will see a scheme launched by Mr. Disraeli, which has a largo support, not only on hie side of the house, but in the hearts of many of our side of the house too, and not a hard fight made against it by those who ought to take a lead in resisting him in his plan. You will find that unless you can re-cast our electoral system, so as to put more power iu the hands of the people, you will very likely have an alteration is the taxes of the country not very much toour interest; and strangely enough, while you are thinking of getting rid of some taxes, and that this system of indirect taxation will be still more abated, that you will get rid of some of these custom-house and excise taxes, and transfer some of it to real property-- whilst you have these vague ideas in your mind, that party which is mainly composed of the territorial aristocracy and their dependents, are all thinking, in an opposite direction, how they shall put on more taxes. Because if they want to relieve themselves from the poor-rates, the income and pro perty taxes, and any other rates put upon property, it can only be done by laying it on somebody else ; only by taking.off local taxes and putting them on the Consolidated Fund—that is, putting them on articles which you consume. Because they make no offer to reduce the taxation of all : they have no sympathy with that. You never heard the champion of the protectionist party talk about reducing expenditure, so 'that th e whole community may save in taxation for the benefit of all. Whatever the move may he, you don't dud advocates of economy among that claw. You aro the people NM that this reform measure be carried out successfully, NI a genetical means of preventing your being subjected to as endue share of taxation. (Great cheering.) Mr. Tanana LIVESEr afterwards responded to the toast et "The liberal electors :" and the proceedings soon after wards closed. _ „ OTRASBURG AND VIENNA RAILWAY.—The follow ing is the state of the railway lines between Strasburg and Vienna. Between those places, the lines front to Carbiruhe, from Stuttgard to Ulm, and from Augsburg to Munich arc open. Pieces of line remain unfinished between Carlsruhe and Studgard, and between Ulm and Augsburg. These portions will be completed by DM, at which period the whole distance from Strasburg to Munich will be open to the public. As to the remaining portion, that between Munich and Vienna, a convention has just been concluded between Austria and Bavaria for the completion of the line between Munich and Salsbury. From that place the Austrian line will be taken over the Tyrolean Alps to Bruck-sur-la-Mur, where it meets the great lino from Vienna to Trieste. When the line from Kohl to Munich and to Salzburg shall have been terminated, the comma. nication will be established between the two extreme points. DEPARTURE OF THE ROYAL MAIL STEAMER EDROPA.—On Saturday forenoon, at half-past 10, the British and North American royal snail steam-ship Europa, Capt. Lott, left the Merseyy. for New York direct, with an average complement of passengers for the season, a full cargo, and the usual malls for the United States and the British provinces.