The Express. — London, England, 1849-04-07 00:00:00

ad tan. sentinels( to be interrupted, I km,. that ire lam • war of de impos ing. The anaamest la Oa lift is stoat imposing. We have vulvae aro &Mame ports et the bleed to resist the at/greed )e e m i ti reemeeed._ Here (Palermo) we me is • state of ihs puma Orengelnity, ma= slightest fear exists that the palls plan US he dist Anether War says : mesmpeay this our repulse of year ve r gorn az...villa ass what will be the rusk of arms. In a M days we shell hays the awasers, end we an fa want of s- for carryings the war. The most pledgee sad ia daseibehle salsa ef the satire Weed muerte to us the Weteey. Three letters are written by bankers of oinsidere don at Palermo, and Other letters which I have cited have ban write* by peeress of weight and standing, 'bowing that the *thuds= of the Sicilians is not that of a party nor of ea overocceited rabble. You will have heard that the Meeks& of Sicily has been declared to all the . pewees to com mon from the Ist April. Prom private d. ht I learn the following up *thee* of 220 d Mar* The stemma seethe the eadreb to asks the ciresit of heap. leering the hie Was se the lass, neer% that the =rim IWO lasimennwhsre esseived. The plan it a s Messam, Wass% tdreeass, • Tserseerv ille n, ees, Cele*. The whets tin lave*** with the cry of war. At Cabala •= ll- a seehe* pray, bet It is is the eriamlty. At Muslim whore their tress& bogie to Mel, they are dips* to se esesemmiatlea ; bat Is the netWmeaue an sea he wee. Oa *ls esestthere are two bypass a* efott Nee penWt stems" and everyftei is premed he es week. To their regular *seeps the ses new add WM At se that they lave ma effiestive fame et Allem& At Po ker) there is a bend* wham Us Ms le Iran Om of mama a with an es* in Mess, will ad welted. & !or the knee of the she seam of SO han ben mounted ; these were pueshissi la Pram& ha the bight twe stem NON, mined and now paid for la la , an repast May batteries of *Mary prac tise y, are the =dm mesa* is the artillery form the best troops of the esearey. The Nana Mieniawski eommaads is Catania. Ora. liebrined is invested with the title of Marshal of Sicily. It is eructed that en Saturday, 24th, our (the French) fleet will beam the waten of Palermo, leaving only the Vauban to take on baud French sublets'. The arrival of Messrs. Temple ad Repent may have aide some ehange in then anangements. Such is the latest intelligence I have to give you of the patriotic statute in duly; bat as a steamer is ex pected in, hourly, from Palermo, may be able to add something before this leaves. That the royalists are greatly oat in their calculation', and are not a little agitated by the aspect of things in Sicily, is very clear. The very same pipers which lately represented Sicily u groaning under the oppression of a body of the factious, and stated that there was a great portion of the inhabitants of Palermo favourable to the King, are now obliged to give up that rowel, and take their stand on Catania. Catania is ooquettisg with his 0 , and most anxious to throw herself into his : t tj r 's arms My letters contradict the state ment; and you will not have forgotten the extracts I sent you from a Catania journal. With regard to the Emu urinary for the conquest of the island, those already in Sicily will be required for the ground which they already occupy ; and, as far as I can learn, there is but a very small disposable force at the King's command . It is commonly repated that Filangieri has demanded a much large( body, but where is he to get them i' In addition to the 800 which left Gaeta a few days since for Messina, several hundreds were sent over from the opposite coast : be sides these, with the exceptionof a regiment of lancers which went down about a month since, I am not aware of say increase ;in the royal forces in Sicily dna the capture of Messina, nor an they be increased with a due regard to the unsettled state of things in the provinces, the agitation which reigns on the frontier, and the discontent and misery which exist in the capPaL Money, too, is said to be wanting, aa4. altogether the nature of the cause is sot such eats eacocusge the soldiery, who have a great dread of the Sicilians, and who affect to dislike lighting against their " brothers." Letters, too, trona Mede a dumb' the sentiments of many of the ollcarsubsini a lbomef great apprehension. 'I am about to fi ght a bad cause," says one in a letter to a friend, but I snot do so, 'Je pas Moaawhilo, there is every appearance of . great activity in pepper. leg milittry stores. In parsing the arsenal today, I observed a great number of mon employed in ranee ing shells and bombs ; many merchant vessels, too, were towed into the Mola Noon yesterday, having been chartered by government for taking down sup plies to Marina, and these are to sail immediately. It is pain, therefore, that on the part of government there is no expectation of any . arrangement. It is probable, I hear, that the Swum regiments now at Messina will be relieved by those stationed here, they having suffered much from sickness. Arrangements are being made for supplies fir a six maths' cam paign, lam told, skewing that in the opinion of the higher powers, the affair in which they are about to engage is nest of so light a character as has been re presented by many. As to depending upon Sicily itself for supplies, it would be ridiculous, as believe the gre atest difficulty has been experienced already in getting the comparatively trifling contracts at Meeeiv a taken up and furniahtd . This indisposi tion to aid, or to have anything to do with the royal forces, extends itself, as I have several times had occasion to mention, even to ordinary social in tercourse; and some friends who have recently come up from Messina have confirmed the statement. They tell us that in society the Neapolitan and Swiss officers are universally cut; and, as if they were fully sensible of their position, they would abstain from making any advances. In addition to the Sicilian revolution, my firm con viction is, that on the commencement of hostilities we shall hear of the Calabria revolting again. There lea strong sympathy between the two people ; and, as such a revolt would materially aid the views of both, I have very little doubt bat that something of the kind will be attempted. It is singularly unfortunate that at the very moment when every thing was needed to encourage the faith of the Sicilians in the veracity and loyalty of the Neapolitan Government, so much should have takes place to produce just the contrary effect. I pile over the contradiction which the sub stance of the ultimatum offers to its preamble, which declares that the constitution promised is based on the constitution of 1812; I say nothing of the in feriority of that constitution to the one possessed, but not enjoyed by the Neapolitans — nor do I dwell ea the direct opposition which exists between the act of Geste, Feb. 28, 1849, and the constitution guar anteed and sworn to the Sicilians in 1812—but I advert to the state of things in Naples, and the line of pliey pursued at the present moment, which is certainly anything bat calculated to Inspire confidence and to induce a people to descend from their high ir tt es. ions and throw themselves into the royal em- Thus, the abstaining to give the royal sanction to any Bill passed by the chambers; the diamlution of these chambers to maintain in power a ministry detested end suspected and laughed at by all parties, or as some say to gratify the anger of the King; the esasequat assertion of the royal prerogative to collect sad administer the taxes, no budget having as yet been granted, is an act of a most unfortunate character at the present moment, and but ill calculated to induce a people to put faith in the royal ward even wen the conditions offered such as might be accepted. Of the same character is the entire policy of the present time. No decree has as yet been issued calling together a new parliament. The members of tke late parliament are tome in prison, game on board foreign vessels now in port, many in conosainient—pamp!nts have been refused to sixty-five deputies : quite in conformity with the insinuated counsel of the correspondent of a morning paper, that whilst the wild beasts of the province. were kicked in a net in the capital there would be no danger—and wildbeints they would pram I verily believe, Gould they escape. And to whom—and to what—would they be indebted for the feroeityof their nature P Governments goad men into madness, then affect to be astonished at their handywork. In hot, every reaction*, every one who desires to revenge himself for slights and insults received during the madness of dm first few months of 1848, has only to trump up an accusation of republicanism and, lo and behold, the prison doors fly Teti ! I believe the re publican party is very small in Naples, but certainly so policy amid be pursued more likely than the pre sent to increase it. " A gloomy and a heavy atmo sphere," says a Jouroal," surrounds us ; silent and eta we regard one another, and, trembling, ask what are to be the fortunes of our unhappy country P After 14 months of an uncertain and perplexed poli tical life, we cannot comfort ourselves with the distant hope of ssinying pew and repose.' Of the press I have often spokes and some time since I mentioned that the .ftsdepende had been sequined in a cause Minuted against it by the goverment. What has been the oonsequenoo P That some of the judges of the ripcogitsinal mart, and others of the supreme court golierap, who decided that according to existing laws vu not sidlicient ground for a conviction, hire • • • been retired, transferred, and at length dismissed. Un doubtedly these facts are highly encouraging to the Sicilians, who are promised liberty of the press, but with a Nepali= law, to be published by the King, in the Mew of powers"—who are promised a 1411 esesispessat of the germs of the oonstitut:on now eared to IMm, bat an remdred to submit instantly. =es, saltsessillatay must be the voice cells le Om fee= their countrymen in Maids, where, so I have it from a priest who gave them spi rited esesohition, they were thrust in, in almost a sahsi Bede, or with imeh a quantity of dress only as dosage' required, and treated like dogs. He had se vend dams boss threatened by the soldiers on guard. Of Gaeta I can tell you little or nothing. The court still coatinse there, and it is at very rare intervals that his Melsety visits Naplsa 60,000 rations were sent over last week, it wee said, for the Spanish fleet and troops expected, bat not =rived. I hear nothing mon etNsapolitan iaterventicie in Rome. There is a strong fetus always on the frontier, but Sicily absorbs i every thought. Of naval movements little sto be said. The Jemappee line-of-battle ship (French) came in yesterday from Tunis, and went straight to Baia. The Ring came over from Gaeta last night. The object of his visit is to make arrangements for a con gress of the catholic powers, with a view to the restored= of the Pope. I know that there is a very strong derire that such engross should be held at Naples, and it bag been suggested that the Pope should remain at Portici, with which place the King could readily communicate by water. The whole Italian question, however, will be settled in Piedmont and Lombardy, and thither all eyes are dirreted. This morning several steamers have left towing pekoe's laden with ammunition, provisions, and cavalry far Messina, and this evening a frigate has been towed out, which has been for several months under repair, and has been changing her guns for others of a larger see. The funds are falling rapidly. The Fives yesterday were at 79. )Lace 28. The steamer did not leave yesterday, perh&ps in the hope of be i i able to send more certain intelli gence from Si • on the return of the ministers. They , (Temple Rayneval) returned this morning, and in the brief space of time allotted to me I fear I can give you but a rneral outline of the state of things tri Sicily. Der—deeply is it to be regretted for British honour that the councils of Mr. Rayneval have prevailed throughout, and that in addition to the indignity of any admiral being made the bearer of the ultima' um to the Sicilians in conjunction with Admiral Baudin, Mr. Temple was induced to visit Palermo on what every one foresaw would be so utterly useless an embassy. I have now to inform you that the two chambers have positively and formally rejected the amended conditions taken down by Messrs. Temple and Rayneval, and from all that I can hear there is not a dissentient vein in Palermo. All NOM determined to die to a roan ra'her than swept or submit The chambers were without delay celled together, and it was voted unanimously that they would not condescend to enter into any farther regutiatione, but that on Thursday, the 28th, at mid-day, hostilities should be commenced. I cannot do better than rend you a translation of a War which I have this morn ing received from Palermo, dated March 27 : The Oberon, tibia al leave us in a few minutes, will brill yea this. lias4 Mak describe the present aspen of affairs. All the One of the ambusadom are with out rends. The membes of the powers has bees mined [what a Termag shun for England, sad riesi s how jest end well-mealnd is this avowal of is es I] wmaap h aml by maleasation by the elseralmr who drama** aired na, bet her nee. I hai l mimh, 10111:aseb, heard Paeeply rl i n is e a sis Pile r ee neamihn ia mol mach new means are India he ask byes sad The asegalsm goverensat uses Ile o u _~t Fewer al miser o f Widz i t s lMMUl the nor; weesehemse, it Lime ad the will MINE the adimeni r = the Wea Ile M. Tire ilea an erM seemay, who are emidesiel by lhe peen, ea ore well anima, mesa thomesless Yeselle nemlom Les the wombat ; the erotism of a maim gab, eon awn* by Suns. a mea wool toasting, are agent lode. ease am. Ism meta Setae pesentry will attack only with the barmiet. If they de on their ormletz seo esasaershk that thq lasmiiir the InFoillsoff. The hinolek.TeeeeY e is Wawa regmeer the and fectifiestion mama th I Palenalosismansmat are preparing. The wind pad of Palmas h a in soaps, and the horse artillery Isms as mesas& set Minn eseps, and their 40 einem me earn land to de mine aUsehii The forts are very well weed, as well as the hens of Castellassare. Oust c= have been made in the environs of the city and mins of WWI aturiptioe. We are to haw three English Meemms, with a essmodere sad Ms two limenrials. all maid, with Englisheain, sane, sad =HON. Then ship an pronged all the i pnoisoey they sea get. We de net awed Is seewog* them ia Prise meta theyt here have hew very the Supsillas Mem, an eaa be litt died le dean that these we* mill be the great ems of elremeh to the iffialems. Yon are ;beady aware hew new dam el peep* hew every grade, is employed es en we iwefts en their Hanle= labour. The Dram at Bent teene eel all the aristocracy of Palermo are working at the trosehes, sad it b a spectacle which eau saly draw tsars of saabadon. I mast sow tell you my sin ews wane of these amine nests, sad as I have had some satiny esperiesee, ps i e c an will honor them with your aneolisa. It not that the Neapo li tan army mg spy here and baseted endow, bat it en ealy be does at ea humw smells% km they will be sm.- remade* by anted iliellime, and the Went tidy will pro tect the Frond ea whisk they stead. Th• Trench fleet and I bel ie ve the _isms Women, the 28th, the Sicilians harks alesnion n ennome basaltic. on the 29:h. I will sentede by repeettag that it ever a people were naiad sdMrefeelly determined Is light for their fen rights, or Jodi in the attempt, the ilialans are that Roble Pe te is the statement of a person present at all the trammetions el Palermo, and who came up by the Obsess. I will give you in a few words all that marred on the arriva l of the Bulldog at Palermo. As soon as it was known that this steamer had brought Mr. Temple and M. de Bayneval (the British and French ministers) much anxie'y was ex cited, and you heard men discussing the cause of their sudden apps ranee. There was, however, bat MO opinion, "If they have come here to offer us anything short of our just rights, they will only add insult to their vile policy." The admiral Parker and Baudin having met in council with Mr. Temple and M. de Rayneval. it was agreed to address a note to the goverment of Palermo. This note was to the effect that the ministers, seeing with regret that the Sicilian nation had refused the ultimatum of the King of Naples, and knowing what fright ful oonetquesees must take place, the English and Preach ministers at the court of Naples bad thought proper to request the I mitan government once MOM to take into lOW sideration the oar made by the Neapolitan cabinet This note was presented at 11 o'clock in the morning, whereupon the Palsrmitan ministry convoked imme diately the parliament, and by 7 o'clock p.m.. am answer was returned that they would have nothing to do with Each contemptible propositions. The Palormitans expressed no sentiments whatever, and appeared to be utterly indifferent to the presence of the miniaters—the whole population observing a sullen and determined mood. The Oberon touched at Gaeta before coming to Naples, bat not finding hie Majesty, i proceed ed immediately to Napita. The king, who was n the capital, having received a telegraphic notice of its unveil, immediately ordered a steamer and left for Gaeta, probably with the inten tion of avoiding it. Thus much I can tell you up to the present moment of this unhappy, and for us disgraceful affair. I have this roman beard from two eyestitnesees, on the spot during the capture of Messina, that the accounts of the barbarities practised by the Neapo litan troops have been in no way exaggerated. They tell me (and they are official men) that houses were burnt and sacked and children stuck upon bayonets, and so earned ;hoot. 8o much for the speech of Filangiari, and the efforts of his defenders. This evening will issue a decree °planning the budget of 1847 for the whole of 1849—dependent on the approbatick of the Chamber when they meet. BERLIN, APRIL 8. Lest night the Frankfort deputation met together at Melees's, with • great number of members of both amb l es, nearly exclusively of the right. Simeon, the president, being maven, was not present; his place wee taken by the central ocontaissioner, Etedt mann, who comes from the duchies. The city autho- rities have busied themselves in &variety of ways to fete the distinguished vests; but these hospitable exertions are not smiled on by General Wrangel, who prohibited& grand serenade which was to have been given last night. A deputation is here from Brunswick, to urge the king, in the name of the duke and the representative sagembly, to &wept the p.m.ed dignity. Another is expected from Electoral Hesse, with the same object. Reports of consenting notes from Saxony, Hanover, and Bavaria, require confirmetion. The outbreak of THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY. EVENING, APRIL Z, 1849. hostilities, which beyood all doubt will take plats this night in Schleswig-Rolstei., will perhaps hasten the flowing in of such recognitions. The men, who coins In the name of the Garman people to hail the King of Prussia foe their emperor, could scareely have expected that Berlin would be the only city that had no loolt, no voice of welcome for them. From Frankfort their journey ha. been one triumphal procession through Cologne Brunswick, and Magdeburg. Everywhere exultin g demowara ticss of festivity have crowded on their path ; national anthems, prised., and waving banners—all that the wor ld of mind and colour furnishes to express gratalaliea.with the aoolaim of the intoxicated people, have greeted them wherever they past. The deputise themselves, graves, they were, caught thereffection of the popular joy through which they moved, and tossed off their bumpers of Rhenish with a spirit worthy of the occasion. And so, after an excellent dinner at Potsdam, they came on in their extra train, trick'd out with device', flays, and flowers, in the best of humours with themserves and all the world. Meantime there was every disposition on the part of the Berliners to receive the deputation with a I=ll burst of enthusiastic' rejoicing, and all the pomp with which a capital city uses to mark a national epoch. Bat the leave of Gen. Wrangel was to be asked, and this was refused. No demon strations of any kind were permitted. No house was to hang out the German colours, or to presume to il luminate. Throngs in the streets would be dispersed as usual with the bayonet. Public rejoicing was in compatible with the state of siege. This sort of military wet blanket which is thrown on all social acts having a relish of union about them is beginning at last to be too insufferable even for the conservative., whose organs condemn the soar excess of severity ; while the people are disposed to cry to General Wrangel : Dust thou think there 'hall be no more cakes and ale because thou art military? aye, and ginger shall be hot in the month too.' Thus the Frankfort deputation were met in the Potsdam mer Thor by the frowning spectre of martal rule; and instead of the acclamations and welcomes of a warm-hearted people, they encountered, as they threaded the dell streets in the seventeen c provided for them by the municipality, nothing sullen patrols and the scowls of the ditc3nteated. Was ever fairer occasion for a holiday lost? There seems a fatal unreasonableness about the king's mood, which makes him throw away golden occasions for retriev ing his popularity. What happier moment could have presented itself for relaxing the state of siege ; what more inoppor tune for aggravating its rigour? Meanwhile the peo ple remember that the man who now forbids the ap pearance of the German flag is his capital walked a year ago in procession through the streets, surrounded by the same colours, and foremost in enthusiasm for German unity. Having attempted to depict the spirit which reigns in the authorities and people, I shall now men tion what formalities greeted the deputation on their reaching the railway terminus. There they were received by the members of the First and Second Chambers, and of the two municipal assemblies. The latter had sent a pair of delegates as far as Meg deburgh, to meet them. A loud hurrah hailed the arrival of the gaily decorated train at six in the evening. The burgher-master Nannyn• was the first to wel come the deputation in the name of the " meg; strati' Then V. Wittgenstein and Auetswald, via-presidents of the First and Second Chambers, spoke out appro priate welcomes, to which President Simeon replied, 'that ten years ago it had been said, that the question of German philosophy would be decided in Berlin ; now tits question of German existence would be de cided here. After interchange of cordial greetings, the Frankfort guests were borne off in vehicles pro vided by the municipality to various hotels, where they will be lodged and fed at the expense of the city. 'lle King has expressed his desire, through min isters, that the addresses of the two chambers should not be presented to him personally by deputations. An address was brought to hint at Cbarlottenburg by the civic authorities of Potsdam on the same ques tion, but he refused to receive it, alleging the absence of ministers. Addressee are flocking in with deputt tires from all parts urging the king to accept the Frankfort offer. _ The ultra papers mouse the old democratic elec tion committees of agitating for a re-organisation of the burgher-wehr. The National talks of the detec tion of a communist conspire°, here, whose centre is at Paris. Four persons implicated in the communist trial of 1848, have been apprehended. be Court. Wransoa, APRIL 6. The Queen and Prince Albert, the ladies and gentlemen of the court, and the do. mode household, attended divine NTTIEII this morning in the gZ r a t t na chapel of the Castle. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie y °Saimaa. The Queen Dowager and her Ladies and Gentle men in Waiting attended divine service yesterday morning in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. Despatches were ant off yesterday evening from the Colonial Office for the governors of the North American colonies. COURT BALLS AND CONCERTS.—It is rumoured in the court circles that her Majesty will have two state bells and two grand concerts this season at Buckingham Palace, early in the ensuing month and in Inns. PRINCE LOWENSTEIN has relinquished his appoint ment u Secretary to the Premien Legation premratory to filling a higher diplomatic pest. The prince has departed for perils, and his samosa is shortly expected to arrive in — giIIROBERT AND LADT PEEL, and Miss Peel left Whitehall- ardeas en Thursday evening for Drayton Idasiar„ for the Baster holidays. The right hos. kraal eMsrtdeed the Earl of Lincoln, Viscount I Mr BsOcet Wilson, Mr Frederick Smith, Sir Frede rick , the Bight Hoe. Henry Houlburn, Mr. Card wel, Mr. , and a 'sleet party to dinner on Widnes day_latt. THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE has been suffering during the last three weeks from an attack of gout, horn which he is recovering. (From last night's Gazette.) WarranALL, APRIL 4.—The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Meet Rev. the Archbishop of York, the Right Hon. the Earl of Henowby, the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of London, the Right Rev. the Lard Bishop of Lichfield, Lord Ashley, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, Sir Edward North Buxton, Bart., Rev. Homy Rados, M.A. Chancellor of the dams of Chester, the Venerable Archdeacon Sinclair, Bev. Walter Farquhar Hook, D.D., Rev. Thomas Dale, MA., William Cotton, Esq , Rev. Wil- 1 1 ham Weldon Chainpneys, MA., Charlie Haight Mur ray, Eald r arrister-at-Law, William Woodroofis Req., Rev. Joseph via, M.A., end Robert Benton dm% Esq., M I to Her d WO Commissioners to inquire into tka prac- Z: andre ali ef e ztd d i a l e tr p into nc a t u ang e imispend- . perishes In England and Wales. NO-11THEET, APRIL 4.—The Clasen boo boa pleased to give orders far the eppelatimpt et Ett s . l _ Colonel W. Miller, lately one of thepe General of the Constabulary in Ireland, torim i t= Member of the Civil Division of the Third elms or Omen. 1 Mons of the Mast Honourable Order of the Bath. POSTAGE TO THE NORTH AMERICAN COLONIES._ _ ------- A treasury warrant appea rs in lint ni g h * Gallia. ordering revised rates of postage to end hem the above ago nies, in follows : On army letter not exeseding half an mum it weight, transmitted by the post between any plaits in the United Kingdom, eM any port or , plane in be: Majesty's provinces of Canada, New; Berried* Nova Beetle, and Prince Ed ward's Inked, in British North the the sea converan bele; by British paciet-beW, there shall be an d token (in lieu of any rates of Beth& or ookidel postage now PPM* by law on such letters) an uniform Drilla - rate of teed:nes, sad an uniform Calemial rate of twopence. Was=letter not meeting half an onsoe in weight by the past between any cart of the United Ki n g s . na g say pet in Newfoundland, the esa-couvey &nos being by British peakat-beale, Shiro *ball be charged and Mime (ia bend only rate of paftee now payable by law es nob loam) as iiiem Biik rate of one s ta bill On Mare net emendlig half an ounce i n t, t by die pail Worsen Canada, New B New bells, row Ildword's Island or Newfound! le w d, mad bee .11.0•10 alkalis or my forma signify Ilk• of llatted Kingium (sonweyod by rd l e i rr ill.b lleis aill islok, Nowt Seoss U k ai P l e t u T a ir a mad Oulddist fi warts Irbil, or Newilisslkod,) there shall be altars* and takes Galin of imp saw of Br aelonial postage. saw by law as sub li tters , ) isles of postage anstliesd, (that Is to *AM is luny sub War pooled In, or llama to, any port or phis In Canada, New Ben& 'Mak. Neva 8•3 ill, and Prism Bdward's Island, an =Mersa British rate if tergsnes, NI is nears WNW rate of two- Pere. Ow tile nosseyanon at way wok Mgt bet Canadaween the United asal ay pert or *se in , Now Brunewlek, HO KlaiLles U SSA* gad Priam Edward's Island. And as may wok /Ws yoga in or addressed to Newilmeawd, as nelhow British este of one shillingensveyasse wary such ter between the United mei ef Newfoundland. let And oa ever y such, letter isminbefere in this damn mss- Omni there shall be charged sod Mina, over sad above amyl Mien or colocial rates of postage, seek • bather or W adies' rale of British pE i ge for the . s of every sack lstisr , between the is the United gient sf the depasiten wive' of ;whet or ship esqmsykog the sum lad Übe okay or foreign gauntry to or kom wide the mar shell be forlinialltd, an shall kcal Coo talks , Ulan* sad pwaide kr MOM paw as letters, not isaiiillag half mimeo la &livered at the pat to the United tril.i er depertalla anima et the /NW se skip commie, the esmae, sad trimsmilted direst between Sidi port .ad amok missy or foreign 410.11177. Oa every letter trammitted, as Is mentimed in this war , rent, exceeding half as muses in weight, then shall be aura, t be, sad wisl progressive, and additional rates of Polar as kU• 111-- On letter exceeding half an ounce la weight, and not ate 0111109 in weight, two rates of postage. Oa every exceeding one suave, and net exceeding two maces it weight, foes rates of postage. Oa every letter exceeding two ounces, end not exceeding this. mama is weight, six rates of And on every letter meeeding trr eances, • and not m om&four mates fa weight, eight ratse m stags. for every MOO is weight above the West of four onsets than shall be cherpd end taken two s dlCe rates of postage; sad every franks of an owns above the weight of four - 0•21:01 shell be absurd as ass additional owe, and each progremin sad additional rate aborgesble under this ohms shall be estimated sad charged at the stun which say molt letter would be charged with wider this warrant, if not exceeding half ea SUMS in weight. This warrant to take effect from the 16th of April. SIERRA LEONE.-IMPORTS. Last night's Gab:lU.* contains a table of " Prohibl dons and ilnistions "of articles prohibited to be imported into the above °deny, or which may be imported under cer tain restriction set kith at length. The snider atenticaed are : b it, arse, aseionaition ' or thasfis 0 war; pro bibTaerisported, to be used thenia areept hoes the United Lissinsow ken nue ether BM* pomades ; bat mesh onions nay, nevertheisse, be bopeeted in soy wands midi may legally trade with the British ea the wails °oast of Africa, for the purpose of wereheuesd as the port el Fres Tows for exportadea only. Art eiss ettiociga maaahature, sad say paelesges ef such arilein, bees&i Sr y same, brands , sr nobs, purpotting to be the amen, brwris, or narks of imakstaren resident in the Vaned Kingdom ; Base sr souseerhlt sole ; Brsk% - ememposit, er wellies, or printed and pali• Melia Ilespellsel limplsea whereto the copyright shall be whitish mai prhied or updated in say other country, as le whisk Ihe peo elm& sepyrigit or his agent shall have glees Se Ibil erinssicans of Oustion a nods. In writ- leg thalami copyright runs* suet melba she Weft when sash sepyright will expire ; phed es be helmeted. And if say goods shall be Impeded or tonight into the sai=z, contrary to any of the preldhltiese or restriction. at eneh table, in reopen of Naen& goods, the sane ;hell be forfeited; sod if the ship or vowel in which sash lob shall be Imparted be et use berth's than sixty tear, Na Ih*l_einsei inn be addled. lie ands Oa be la:peeled into, nor shall any goods be the said colony, by sea, from or to any plaos = W illia Ikea m the United Kinguos or sere other British pos esesisa, nesspe into or from the pest of Fns Town or each other pet ee , porn within the said agony as may be here- Giber &ion/ by her Majesty in owe& to be It for such isaponatioa and exportation ; and if any goods shall be ha red isle the said colony, contrary hereto, such goods shall min a's& WI ea sort, thew I,:ittpr i r j of m .aty..ronlace,mnaot be the said port of Free Town ' V w the said y eolony, =rom a ear plies be a British ship, and , hem any place, not beteg • Brithh poneadea, in a foreign ship of any country sad beeever Navigated, le be warehoused for exportation only, who Mee previsions of this order, or of any law im force, he the tine big. made for the warehousing of goods ; provided always, sad it is hereby ordered that it shall be declared qsa Se eatry of such goods that they are entered forapesleiisaoily. LORD CLARENDON AND THE IRISH DEPUTATION. _ _ We (the Times) itiWeaiitrityfor stating that the report of the interview between Lord Clarendon and certain Irish members of parliament, whkh has been published in the newspapers, is incorrect In several emential particulars. We believe that Sir Lucius O'Brien In presenting the me morial in favour of Mr. Daffy ' stated that no doubt was entertained of his guilt ; and Lord Clarendon, naturally assuming that Sir Lucius represented the opinions of the deputation, exprueed his surprise and regret at a course so unprecedented having been pursued as to pray that a person should not be brought to trial of whose guilt no doubt was entertained. — Morethait one member of the deputation repudiated the opinion of Sir L. O'Brien, and said that if they bad been aware of his so intending to express himself, they would not have accompanied the deputation. Lord Clarendon stated that of course no man could be considered guilty until he was proved to be so, and that he apprehended Sir Lucius must have alluded to the articles of the Nation, the character of which was unquestionable, and to the belief generally entertained that 11 out of the 12 jurymen who tried Mr. Duffy had pronounced him guilty. Lmd Clarendon added that it was hardly necessary for him to my that there existed no vindictive feeling whatever against Mr. Duffy, bat that the government was bound, as far as lay in its power, to enure that justice should be firmly and impartially administered, and it could net therefore yield to such a representation on behalf of Mr. Daffy. In reply to a member of the deputation, Lord Clarendon disclaimed any intention of peering censure upon them, but had thought it right to state that although representa tions is favour of mercy or commutation of sentence were usual, yet that, to the beet of his belief, there was no prom dent for remonstrating against the trial of a man, particu larly, too, when that person bad not expressed the slightest contrition for what he had done, or had offered any pledge that he would not repeat the same offence. if mercy were extended to him. The course punned by the gentlemen who signed the memorial was calculated to do injury to the indi vidual they Intended to serve ; but Lord Clarendon undertook to assure them that Mr. Duffy should in no way be preju diced by it. There were other inaccuracies In the report; for instance, It is insinuated that Lord Clarendon gave such short notice of his intention to receive the deputation, that few members were able to attend, whereas he received on Friday night a letter from Mr. Fsgan, requesting an appointment, and on Saturday an answer was sent to that gentleman's house, ap pointing Monday, but he had loft town. Agaio, it is data, that Lord Clarendon intended to return an sneerer to the memorisi in writing. Be made no such intimation, nor was there ever any question of his doing so ; but we have reason to believe that this is not the Ant time that garbled reports of offisisl interviews have bee furnished to the newsman by Irish deputations, and we strongly recommend all official persons, for their own protection, m well as the information of the public, never to undergo those ordeals except in the prunes of a short-band writer. RESPIRATION IN SMOKE.—A meeting of the sub committee of the "Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire" was nently held at 29, Red Lion 7 aquare, J. R. Taylor, Ifee.,inthe chair. The meeting wuspecliWyeennend for the bunked= of an invention by two of the sedetra men (Rabin= mad Sims), for enabling any person net ally to exist is the dewed men, bat she to have the free in of their speedy their debt, sad their limbs, and dinghy esabliog the sensate of the be mare eflideatlir awful La saying lift Ina Are . T hese were puma mensal seised& statism's, fmakeing Kr. Phillips, the pitons of the fire suaikilater, 5 siding to the mann of the ess mitts', all dines teak unsideedie inmost fa teedng the utility of the Means. The sees appreprists4 for the ex periments was a m adapted kr the purpose, being de. tacked ; sad, drennicelbed in Me, was safilinally large for the shied. 19 ft. by 6, and 10 ft. =r , .. by heading 900 odds frail the AM experiment o • fire big made Ins a emeabintien of damp saw-dose sad &Mom iddilt soma sowed a done sommulation of matte, into the MR entered, amid rambled dunk skip half ma hoe freely esinienw, and having the hall mei noir sight mid Hobe during the whole time, sad without appear tag at all dielmossed or inonveniened ; but, although the sh was idiom WO% & id* puniest smoke, a lamp and candle n umbed the geatinien sot Midis* *it era s il%r Nasome el dia* detideented, a au ISVISVA tied the eldiet upon thenedeme, and could Set n oels is the seem more than two or three minutes ;it wee thenefame delemited to try • second emperbaent, by pro - Stan swim hem a Ire of dry she and potent Ire weed I the hest ma rose to upwards of 100, sad the links bemuse dense that **lamp end candle were estieguished, and several inelhdreal Moans made to keep that might ; the two ma then win Inte the room with the pentodes ea, and rentaind thuds shove ten minutes, apparently at well ibis to miens th the dines that might devolve area theme es servants of the misty ma if they had been in the kir . es hi n u . They would have monsaind longer had the committee t it neemay fa it test the utility of the invention, t all mesa were peelsody saddled that the use of the ro ta:der woe folly aeroiapat it was therefore resolved:— "Thai, is ennesease ef these experiments, the committee milder the adoption oldie protector will be very beneficial to the Olen of the seekty, in enabling the men to en conter more melte this they otherwise could bear, and resommend to the genera committee that every man be provided with one mem as the inventors are able to have them mule." Tess STANT/NM-NALL MIIIIMIIIB.—ELIZA CHEST- zezr.—The IVoredot Mercury rye, This meK kidded and sourageous woman, an example to all climes, sad par donkey to those ef her own clam, had, we understand, felt • peeper desire to give her Untimely without regard to her own pommel misty. However, this feeling could not be Numbs than respected its iodulgence of muse depended ' upon her slate. Fortaninely that date was safilciently oath , factory to flible her method attendant to permit her to give edam" sad a bed wee constructed, to be carried by woes II a maim donna, to that of a sedan chair, with • weepy sod wutsine. Oa Wednesday afternoon the weaYed gitt isft that hell, the mate of so mach ' guilt wed so asek mourning, for Nand& In this palate woo ended by two men with relays at tal e end at of 40 yarda a edikt Mop Imo mode, tor red to the (aides end tee the seaveoleese ofire=od. • body at sway plies mow pasted the Inia. est at Maeleimhbeilp the fore* at aet obese body of illy OW, hider the areal. at Mr. Tate, Ia sto siey rah et mem &odd have cellested. Theis homed • Ilse "sod mil behind the smutty peak% who membed at the Me mad directly mem the road et • &limo hell the mei body, sad time pee vested asy evil frees sager curiosity or improper conduct. Tins did 11hhs Chestney eater Norwich to sad in the treat plums of noel sal mend justice. Its effect upon those whe saw tide peculiarly intereatiag prooession—and we have heard several speak of it, women both of high acid low peition—wu the same; a sensation of faintnees, but also of deep leas& alum* amensting to silent prayer for the safety of smi whim develleilases to her mistress more than amply if ithide, the shams which attaches 4 0 1 )= 1.11 11:11 8 “7 he W ascot e the great guilt of the perpetrator. Thus paemd ta•P•4 4 •6 11 to the home of Yrs: Watson, oppg @lts the libire-hall, where rooms had been gerund —a pro genies mina will long be remembered, and would be no un isteresting aid certainly a worthy subject for the pencil of the artist, as the ' entry of the good and faithful servant.' We true' that the country universally, If not the moat illus trious in the land, who are said to take the deepest interest is the 'see, will not suffer this &metes to be unmarked by MN memento, not alone of proper liberality, but of its seem el hithfal envies, as en example sot to be forgotten, bat beaded down to hereafter ages as squally worthy to be ennobled with deeds of glory, by a public testimony. If rhea Darling, who devoted herself to the safety of the ship wrecked iesseer, be worthy of the record she received, the ieureednem sad single-heertedness of Elise Dhestney, the faithful servant, thieirossr-eainded and tumidly courisMone woman, ought not to be lost sight of in these days, but to be bald up to the pament and tutors generations as an example ot which the a )unty of Norfolk boasts, and of which there is no other similar one on its records." MURDER AND SUICIDE IN LEICESTER. On Thursday the town of Leicester was thrown into exdtement by a report that a woman bad murdered her child, and afterwards committed suicide. It seems that a mac named °rocs lives in Sinspeon-street, and has two children. lie is a fnmework-knitter , and in the morning of Thursday he went to breakfast as usual, and on his return at dinner-time found the door fastened. Upon entering the bed chamber, a razor was found on the floor, and a child, only three months old, had its head nearly severed from its body. The unhappy woman, his wife, bad also made an attempt upon her own life, and a deep gash was made in the throat. The poor creature, when discovered, was not dead, and immedi ately medical aid was called in, but the steps taken to pre vent seltdestrnethm were of no avail—the unhappy victim had done her work effectually, and died in an hour after wards. Perhaps nothing more lamentable than the appear ance of the house could be possibly imagined.' The floor wee literally a pool of blood ; the child lay on a box, with its head nearly severed from its body ; and the w ret ched woman, who had just expired, on th e bed. All that the neighbours seemed to know was, that the deceased woman was labouring under an impression that they should starve. On the other band, it was stated that the husband was now in work; and, moreover, there was nothing indicative, in the appearance of the body, of the deceased's having been ander the pressure of want. INQUEST ON THE BODIES. Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held on the bodies, at the Doke of Devonshire Tavern, Leicester, before J. Gre go?, Fog., coroner. ohn Grace, husband of the unfortunate woman, deposed that he had been married to the deceased about three years, and had another child besides the one new dead. He went to work on Thursday morning, leaving his wife and children in bed, and returned before WAG o'clock to breakfast. his wife was then up, and bad the breakfast things on the table. He got his breakfast, but she did not seem disposed to have any. He spoke to her about it, and she then had some. After breakfast he went to work again, and returned to dinner about one o'clock. On entering the house, he found the eldest child, two years and a quar ter old, in the cradle, but could not see anything of his wife, He ailed out, but got no answer, and went up stairs, where he saw a quantity of blood on the floor of the bedroom, and his wife lying by the bed side. He ran down stairs and gave an slum, when some neighbours came in, and he went up stairs spin. lie then found the youngest child lying on the floor at the foot of the bed, and a razor lay on the floor be tween the two. He immediately went for a druggist who lived near. The razor was hie, and wan usually kept in a small basket which hung over the mantelpiece. He had been in depressed circumstances for about nine months past, and had made application for a free pump to Australia. His wife was willing to go at first, but after he received thoraces. sary certificate, she objected, and was very low spirited. They did not know what would become of them, as his own earnings and those of his wife (who worked at a factory) put together were not 'efficient to maintain them. Robert Moak, a neighbour of Groos's, deposed to running into his house on hearing the alarm. Grote had lived next door to him about six or seven weeks, and he never knew him and hie wife to quarrel but once in that time. Sarah Wright (a neighbour) saw Mary Grooe nursing her child about ten o'clock on Thursday morning, and had some conversation with her. She could not perceive from her con versation that she was insane... . . Ann Paynter (another neighbour) gave similar testimony. Mr. John Buck, surgeon, deposed that he was called upon to *ea the bodies of the deceased persons about half-past one o'clock on Thursday afternoon. He found the woman lying on the bed, suffering from an extensive wound in the upper part of her neck. The wound was from two to three Lathes in length, and very deep. She lived about an hour after his arrival. Her death was produced by the effects of the wound. From the situation of the wound, he was of opinion she had inflicted it herself. The child was dead when he arrived, and its extremities were quite oold. He should siy it must have been dead an hour at least. It had a wound on the left side of the neck, very small in extent, but so very deep that the vertebral column was severed and the head was quite loose, as if it had been violently twisted. The wound appeared rather the result of a stab than a cut, and must have been inflicted intentionally. Mr. Anderson, druggist, gave similar evidence. Harriet Langton. mother of the deceased woman, deposed that the father of the deceased had been confined in a lunatic asylum ; that his mother had died a lunatic ; and that some time before her death she had attempted to commit suicide. This witness was still under examination when our parcel was despatched. There was no other witness to be called, however. and there was little doubt that a verdict in accord ance with the evidence would be returned. ABOLITION OF PUNISHMENT BY DEATH. A meeting was held on Tuesday evening last, on the above subject, in the Council Chamber of the Town hall, Ipswich, the MAYOR occupying the chair. The room was densely crowded, large numbers of the Society of Friends and other influential inhabitants of the town being present. In introducing the question to the meeting, the MAYOR observed that be regretted J. C. Cobbold, Esq., M.P ~ was not present to occupy the chair, as that gentleman had come to the opinion that capital punishment should be abolished, and ba promised to present to the House of Commons any petition that this meeting may pass upon the subject. (Hear.) For his own (the Mayor's) part, he had some strong opinions on the subject, but for the present would reserve them. RANSOME, Esq., then addressed the meeting, end stated his fires belief that the punishment of death should be abolished. In Ipswich alone, during the put 30 years, I there had been no less than 62 executions. He did not think that men were justified in taking away the life of a criminal —as life was too sacred sad inviolable to be destroyed by fallible beige. After stating his belief that public execu tions had a hardening effect, that they did not diminish crime, and 11161 directly uuseriptural, the speaker reprised his winded any individuals present who bold different opi nions dendi state their views, and ooncladod by moving the Wean venation : Th 4. ePhilute of this r meeting , the dPreebblisidas of death h he is e c Tii the spirit at ef repreing erns; mg as gists are grostr &months. Itmeistimesesseame the deetreetka tithe le m oent by proses; mi, et nes hems the nape of the guilty, thus the Mum Swat inned to remiss, and that, therefore, The aledisheL Rev. J. VIM B rase to woad this resolution, and said that he had bong ben finny envineed that capital punishment was anneconen, Winless, and uuserlptural. C. OILPIN, Fag , this siieeasi So meeting. lie said it gave him pleasure to now that pablio opinion upon this point was undergoing a rapid change, and that soon parliamentary majorities would be unable to sustain the present system. It was a solemn thought, that since the year 1810, 1,400 persons have been executed for crimes that were not now capital. In the reign of Geo. 111., no less than 200 offense were subjected to capital punishment : the gibbet literally groaned beneath the weight of strangled bodies. What a terrible responsibility, thee, rested upon those who took away persons' lives for crimes that were now declared not to be capital. [The speaker then detailed several cases in which persons had been hanged for the most trivial offences.] Now the same clam of reasoning that was then adopted for maintaining capital punishment for shop lifting, mining, hen stealing, At., was now adopted by those who desired that the preasnt remnants should Maio. No injury to society had marred from the remission of this ter rible punishment in a vast number of cases. The scaffold was no place far excitiog either to princi ples of virtue or to feelings of dread. The speaker Di ced several cases, and pointedly alluded to the callousness of the boy Wiz, who had witnessed several executions. Either crimioals were exalted to heroes, or they were carried in a senseless state to the drop, and died amidst execrations against that law which committed so great a wrong ; or, in other eases, where crimi nals gave evidence of sincere repentant, the sacrament was administered to them, and before being strangled they were called by the ministers" brethren or sisters m Christ!" Had they, then, so many followers of the Saviour among them that they could afford to strangle them ? How was it in Ipswich, a town whisk was remarkable for its many and somewhat gunnel", excenthim ? Why, it was like London—it kg whaled eon derible scenes. The speaker then sketched the Man eambil at an execution in front of Newpte, and painted la ilortesie tenor the fearful effect pro duced by them. History taught them that where govern ments had been merciful the people had been merciful ; where they had boon bloodthirsty, the people had %Koons blood thirsty. The histories of Franco and dpain were rife with evidence of this truth. He contended that it was not right that fallible men should execute sentences that could not be reversed. In two instanors, connected with Ipswich, there were grave reasons for believing that the persons were innocently hang. But in many saes It was certain that this terrible mistake had been committed. Where, he asked, was the remedy for the sufferer ? Man's hand war too weak, too faltering, too shaky to be trusted with the work that only omniscience and omnipotence should perform. Until the in fallibility of human judgment could be demonstrated, he demanded the abolition of capital punishment. Pablo opinion has long condemned the scaffold. Now if the law was a righteous one, the administrators would be respected— but who respected the hangman ? None. This might be • simple proof of the feeling on this point, but le considered it to be a forcible one. The speaker narrated a case in which Caloraft, who was present to execute a criminal, complained of • grievance to the sheriff, and told him if it was not redressed the sheriff should hang the man Limnlcead 1000111panie — d throwing the rope at the sheriff's feet ; the g hi waed7olt full i y d 2htiened, and immediatedly granted all th a ., He thought if megLetratwi were compeaedl7l work, that the question wonted soon b e roo t Arnim was then made to the anwillinemeee so Melltallbi by Juries to convict in capital cases. t wi t, egmallse) would farther state, that in proportion es Warns ware lessened, so those offences had grad uall lashed in number. For hie part, he would not sit on in a capital use, be the consequences what they Mist* IT garding the scriptural part of the subject, Melly r em ' sent men believed that the word of G o d required egv . •P life of a murderer should bs taken a wa y. The my, * Se meat of these men was found in the pa ling. 4 1 / 9 1,... 1 1111p. deth man's blood, by man shall hie blood - be sited7r , the but educated men believed that this pum p NR be taken literally; the word " will," it was eem oo or o 7Zel . be in the place of "shall." If it was to he later then, what should be done to those who murdered No , strangling them ? What would become of teemoo,_ of the innocent taker of life, and of the h ; b— who shed blood in the pursuit of what they call e d The speaker then stated the great alterations that .! mo d, in the passage in order to ma k e the matt mum with ie. Ho could have no sympathy um," Who could read from Genesis to Revelation, so d over all the glorious emirs of mercy, fix upon one tear* they twisted into a rope to strangle men w ith ! Now pow had one criminal before him—it was a murderer in th e "" son of Cain ; but in this CO es O he suff ere d no yea him, but sent him forth upon the th en yonag world to? brand upon his person that no man !Mould take airep life. Thu God's decision was against capital pu r • He (the speaker) was indeed glad th at there *4 a w o e popular movement among the nations of Europe this point, and, amidst much that he feared, he yo s i „t the people were acknowledging th a t none, none bet g o o should take away so sacred a thing . as human life. Lwow tine had given forth a splendid de cision in favour oiebo, and he did hope that ere !rag the scaffold would Ss —' away for ever, and that all would mall.. the gnat teeth - C r " God had made of one blood all the nations of the *s e e The first resolution was unanimously paredmeeting. by d i Mr. GRIMWADE then rose and proposed. That a petition to the Muse of Commons, foes:led Oa the lan resolution, be drawn up and signed by the chums" the meeting, and that!. C. Cobbold , 11. p., be r um „,,,, sent it to the house, and that both the ratrabere for the be oj ii requested to support the same. T. BEG° it 3 Fen, alluded 63 some of the regal of nsl times that had given way to a better toy of In the treatment of insane persons and yie - tokiii .... was distinctly visible. Crime has been ea the dm - 4 wherever milder punishments had been salmitated Ice %ft It wu a solemn question whether man had a tight miaow punishment as such : laws should be rude for the rehish e, of life and property, and for renovation, and net "mop g ir punishment. The effect of gladiatorial and On fi g ht s dd . loitiens had been most wretched. He be d ad great props of the gibbet were the ministers aides mmek who advocated its use on scriptural ground'. The *44 then alluded to several rums why he etere s e a d 1 0 upw punishments. They bad entirely titled in fall* ism ful purpose. Either the population gloated over tlis of the criminal, or sympathised with him and cairn* the law. The Times had been finding fault with thou. diets of juries, but it took no notice of the laws, sad mood as if it had not yet discovered that the feeling "pew capital punishments was a great fact. The speaker, ho some lengthened remarks, exhorted the meeting ti intend itself on this subject, and concluded by seconding the sic p. tion of the petition. The MAYOR said he bad had some few objections and s scriptural view of the question, but these had been fumed by the arguments that had been adduced. (W.t) then submitted the petition to the meeting, teach me unanimously adopted. THE REPRESENTATION OF SHEFFIELD. GREAT MEETING TO SUPPORT MR, ROEBUCK. _ . - - A crowded meeting of electors was held at or o'clock on Thursday, at the sessions room, in the Toga-lb/ Mr. FISHER proposed that Mr. Alderman Dom h called to the chair. Mr.II. i'lltSTE, proposed as an amendment, that U. Isaac Instable be the chairman. After some discussion, DUNN wu voted into theft* by a large majority. The CHAIRMAN exp'ained the course pursued oaths* nouncement that Mr. Ward wu about to retire from ths presentaion of the borough. I thought the pricleutpin was (said Mr. Dunn), to send notes to a number of itetclene of various shades of opinion in the liberal party, kooks most liberal to the most conservative whig, to meet an confer as to what they should do. I did not call that sisi lug with any idea that those gentlemen could bin the liberal party. If I had had such en idea, ns gentlemen I have referred to would have been the let to repudiate it. I called them as friends having hal s difference, that they might amicably talk over the mann, and see if they could not act together and shake heals is friends. At that meeting the matter was distweed. TM was only one gentleman absolutely proposed. The unmet two other gentlemen were mentioned, but they were in proposed. The only one proposed was Mr. J. A. R late member for Bans. I said at the time that I= the principles of Mr. Roebuck went in many respects be* my own, but that they were the principles to which I ski mately looked—which I hoped to see eventually ennui ont—that I believed Mr. Roebuck to be an hunt ssi faithful supporter of my own principles, and that we dr fered, if at all, only Ia the time and mode in whisk in should be carried out. I said I should have preferred me Our gentleman, whom I named, and I am sure that Shrift will not feel disgraced when I say that I meant Mr. ftr caulay. But though I named Mr. Macaulay, yet, se Ift Roebuck had a large majority on his side, I said I swap with them heart and hand, and I will go with then kin and hand in the support of Mr. Roebuck. (Cheat) It that meeting, the resolution proposed was, not that Mae buck should be the candidate, for they did not wish ens appear to bind this meeting, but that be should be the perr whose name should be submitted to this meeting. oe bisl of those gentlemen, for your consideration, and for ado* if you should approve. A larger meeting, consisting of tie committee of the Reform Society, was held on theme eft and came to a similar resolution. Both the menises lel unanimous. On Monday night I wrote to Mr. Beebe& The letter was read, together with Mr. Roebuck's amser, in which he said : " You tell me that there is to be a public meeting el fit 1 electors to-morrow (Thursday), which will determine' mil course to be pursued. If my name is proposed, I Rut* of you, in my name, to say that I shall be molt prowl It accept the nomination, and that I shall hold myself lei ass. to give to the whole constituency, to the whole d inhabitants of Sheffield, the fullest explanation of inyzine which they may desire. Whatever mune they may ea most advisable will suit me. The vacancy will not acts* take place till after the Easter holidays ; but I shall walls myself at the command of the liberal party, so soon NO lag decide to present me to the notice of the electors. Whet h most convenient to them will be that which I shall be ant i Pleased to follow." Mr. FISHER then read his letter to Mr. Roebuck, u Ib vice-president of the Reform Society, and Mr. Hosbuct's answer. In this the hon. gentleman said: " The time is probably not very distant when I dull hest an opportunity of explaining, carefully and at due leerdl,nl views of the great foundations of political science, end Ilf applications of those principles to the exigences of the Fe sent time. The present I cannot help thinking o elf critical period., and that much will depend on the glidgo of our political affairs of the coming few months for tis future well-being of onr industrious people. If s:es e li s ilsi i trade be established—if an honest reform in our ep be adopted—if our financial system be put opus Mimi basis—then I think we may be sanguine of sumac If si these things be delayed or deferred, very serious eras ti inevitably follow. The two queetious you pa. i 10 ' sporting constitutional reforms are at this time mew ning again to excite an interest. There are some earnoteel cautious men here in London, who are seriously libouie to bring about a desire in the public mind for a reform di' Reform Act. Such a reform will come. The anomalies kA is ear system of representation must be cured—whisks r may be soil —if caution direct zeal in the endeavor. have so much of good to retain, that no man withostlel, care and attention ought hastily to lay his hand to the of change. The most serious question which at the nal!! present itself te the mind of a practical statesman, a tlas ! the euffrage—and on this subject I earnestly desire an egot tunic, of stating In fall my opinions. Words on that sect are in daily use, which I do not understand, sad which I have never amented. The wildest dreseiti" ever puzzled himself with thinking of, or by endessesiq to frame, a constitution , never really proposed to himself subs the words universal suffrage really signify. Men , and children, rogues, thieves, vagabonds, and hosed est have never all been herded together in the mind of 071 0 and endowed with the franchise; but if not, there is ezdedoi,_, for if there be exclusion, it must be on roue Owl= some ground. Some object is sought to be obtained !If I", exclusion, which could not be obtained if that adore 7. not adopted. To discover the right principle of ete1_ . „ 14 .2 the great difficulty ; and my opinion Is, that noel n . ,..0. men, and most political writers, have ezaggerstsd t o gera of confiding the power of ehooeiag representative s barge number of persona. I have myself great conlibli` the good sense and good feeling of my f e llow.constiyMi and believe that they may be safely, if generouslf. I therefore, though with every other man opposed to sal suffrage, believe the safe tendency, the really ei deney, in to extension ; and that due precaution beim( by registration, and by requiring a known and eetsesir j domicile, added to precautions for excluding all crimieili „.„M" vagabonds—this last is a well known legal term —y 0 ° :1; go far in establishing the restrictions required id "Z;'„, and you would avoid nearly all the dangers resultin g having discontented a lerge section of the pop peculiar modes of attaining these ends, the real extent th restriction, which would indeed be large, one cannot In a letter like this. But I believe we should in this obtain all the well instructed and rational working lel , ~ put away at once, and completely, all who ought to !I eluded. Such is my view of what in the end we oho y and to which we ought to proceed with great caulie!.4 this view you will see merely a matter of degree, and no principle of the dbmmnoist theory to w hich no man i! strongly opposed than myself. But I fear thee Lir; by this time have tired your patience, and I must i"`:' complete exposition of my views to a perm& which cannot be very distant. The whole gswition °. siastioal endowments is one of the coming questions le tics which statesmen must meet. They (ecclesiastical mints) cannot be extended. They will be cseteieted• 11"'""