The Express. — London, England, 1849-04-18 00:00:00

•ERIAL PARLIAMENT. OF COMMONS.—TU[BM; APRIL 17. ..cia took tko chair at 4 Weis& PRIVATI BUSINEIB. CnlWlDZlED.—Vatlarog aatiway Cam*, Cowymia -y WIL ROM sums" ,vg.—pr Lard DllSZL ion , sa lion kasollogrint 4e, I.IIWWY• and d aroll= ii irlaftnallauTh ilir. ent la Www C. WILLMILIIT, Ilan ma a tam al the Nerttelte lii—ler. O. =OIIIIIM ken bar a was mile downs is • the = l eabiaa ler. 2110211113.70 W, truebaba = le p ag r L i . Maw am la mear at liariolowl lasyrilm—lir. war . wean. is wine the Oaths noo Oa awed jury Ors an& at 71ppuarbla i eilsorA,4.lloolUM &in 314-11 r. W. 11110AIT a= amest AU t lgi aar . af wlade% at ate. W▪ eikel. .110101.31111LD. w. lseassff irri. Wei. ii. Indieeniellien in* SeeleWilk WIIIIIISWIMI. Mil akadis ma aMpro,-4 Mr igar tr e emkg=la Oa WralaWara. &a, rail ( E T. WLLUI , . bin Banal sal arrasa. ra• Ts, a. Eaus ri.w arlabw time ilia the lbw& 4, if ramodsgul7W B. PALMS& Wm DM* ourtr)Csar Wa.—ar. 1101 a ka t as ymmuit ari a = 'offer. quirt Ws larrixaca . ma analstratlaa Bah; dr Was a Illanayeaday, Ma a Wake spo. .arrardon. ItTAL, the sew member foe North Hants, took the WO seat, Wag introduced by Nr. Compton and WILLOUGHBY, in pursuance of notice, asked umber fee Kilmarnock whether it woo the intaa n• acemalttew on for. in the marts of Equity and E,lltaad to make any report on that ',abject ? U Until maid that tha committee were wai-- ne Irmseatatisa of MN mum. A draft of a •waded oa resolatioas w►ich were armed to. was . t►e sommitiss last maim by cos of the kadiag and as soon as the returns had beta pretested the cald apply itself to that eubjast. LANciniiitinorr OF . HEICI!HNGTO2I, &e. Ii Rif:KM postponed hie motion oes this subject . 4 th of Mary. THE PUNIAIIH. ULBURN said he pereeived that a notice given u. member he the Tower Hamlets on this subject no perm foe that evenicg. Oa a former evening, loathers), in ammo with many other boo. mem unienteed the bon. number to comsat to postpone I seta the peps timid be in the poesteeion dine I.er, hear.) As, therebare, the pepera had not ye t meted, ha prommed that the hes. gentleman wsuld nee his melon that meniag. _ _ _ LOBBOUSE was inidossieod to state that he had a pert Olive papers on the previous day, but that tatty:m.lmM her would not proceed until the house utformml cm the subject. THOIIPSON said he bad previously postponed ' in consequence of an ;ippon being made to ►im irrupt the progress of the Rine in Aid Bill, and WPM of enabling the government to lay the tr,e table of the blase. As h• could see no reason ~,,ere should not then be in tle hands of member,' .otention to introduce the question that night; seed that the statements he had to make were of nportsoce to warrant his taking that course, --" - • deLBURN obeerved that whatever might have hon. member', intention, there were many hon. oho, on the OCCIWOU referred to, understood him his motion becauce the mere had not been pre rd had on that account, he believed, not necessary to attend is their places that evening. ,r.) , THOMPSON said he had postponed his 'notion rtaight, in consequence of a direct appeal being it, more particularly by the Chancellor of the r, who was very anxious that the discussion on the tot Bill should close on the Tuesday following. OF LANDED PROPERTY IN IRELAND. tULZIM then row, in pursuance of notice, to call :ion tithe haute to " the legal circumstances which ~.pode the sale of landed property in Ireland, and tacilifes which may be safely afforded for its free The hon. member said, that when he looked at al and social condition of Ireland at that moment, considered the wide spread sufferings and destitu "le population, and the humiliating spread of an mortality, w hich was cutting down hundreds of cr.:tune ; when he observed the financial gm ' ,ts of the gentry, the clergy, and the commercial nee he remembered the cruelties which had been • .1 in the name of charity, nadir a vide= ...ionise poor-law; when. further, he observed cal policy of her Majesty's ministers, and • in which they had received every ressoesteanes imd, in casting aside, as they had dome, every me , s the clergy, the patty, the sueshants, sad the vein of Ireland, des 'offing a ruin Ames hich this senat e sonld not kag some ; when . presented eo his tt=lt that le might con , teim the of the Mass while rosred to =re . what he comeeived Is be closely 4 sigh all this mieny,)tassely, tkeleplingediments luster of lend in - Itched. It ems to nithorities in favour of the repeal= that by f id. tn. master of land, and *no onsompies the 'mph . capital to acricultneed mileset, they might population which had hitherto been an a the resources of the empire to contd. the national wealth. He would only remind e that the committee of 1848 had stated that the tiers of land in Ireland was seriously diminished by ea sad expansion promises &needing its transfer. s dela particularly to show was the perniedoas P. 4 the sedating impediments Is regarded the seats Mum She samples character of Irish titles, aced yotillkultp, sad expense attending the kau of se ed:Med a flagrant and eryian evil. The sh e power to institute what was termed is this a ilneelesere suit enormously iesentassd the r. The practise by which every Mam ma austlnad sod lama alive, and the most grime liand sowinmy gat her la, as it were, entessfdag claim, ~ly keereesed the number of to seek is the Court of CMMry, la mess Ia which w. deemed mammy, sad resin ed is as amount of a which Milted so The exuation of a ■ senetreetion of a and a disputed jat, isms the .ulijeet of a s mall equity suit ; and re tar mold be settled, a Mils of bills and answers each other. Even when a dome had been pro the matter was frequently referred to the Master's deers a new series of pagodas', involving matters of , f construction, sad of facts, led to renewed Wigs ,' ~t ten happened that the entire legal expense was 10 per cent. of the selling value of the prorrty. rend instances in Ireland there had been filed ty as 180 charges in the cam of a slit for al of a landed estate. However small might hisand it mast be brought before the master :maes tros, sad landed proprietors were be the habit of en ac their solicitors to take advantage of every legal 'icy, en order to postpone the day of payment, for um the postponement was effected at a terrible *seri ▪ own in•orest, The report of the muter was it de the ground of revived litigation. At length the steed a shape in which the Court of Chancery might cc • a decree for payment, and in default of payment I vile of the estate. But the decree for sale was a of renewed contest. (Lsughter.) There wsa fre t e protracted and bitter contest on the sub f what were called the notes of the de- Di.putn arose es to the meaning cf expressions the decree ; and the muter, in addition to his other r, was expected to assume ime of a land auctioneer, settle the psrticulsn of gale. In nine cams oat of renditions of sale In Ireland differed materially from which ware acted upon in this country. — Besides seditioes of payment on a particular day and particular place, the intending purchaser of tale had to determine for himself whether he about to purchase a law• snit or an estate. *vital effect of these conditions of sale was to involve is :baser of land in all the sources and seeds of liti arising from the informal system of conveyancing , rat for so many centuries in Ireland, from the total I of any registeatios of land, and from the utter in ,hensibility of the Judgments Act. In a word, the ser ef any _estate in Ireland was called epee se buy a spoke. Now then, was it at all likely that capitalists be Sound to invest their money in Irish land? The prolix and precarious system of conveyances in De alt be revised, and so should the stamp duties upon insistence of land. He thought that a fixed might be advantageously imposed upon landed ty in Ireland, which should exempt such land say sump duty open transference. The existing sot only impeded the actual sale of land; plead a very serious obstacle in the way of obtaining en of money open land byaff m ortg age He d that the hon. sad teamed tke noucitor• in his amendment of the Estates Ire -411. weed istnion a ahem to neon the difficulties limy of mortpge sommidss whisk wan sow imposed e eonstruction put upon the act is relation to judg t. So long as the hoses *rank from dealing surges with the land question of Inland, all their laghlatios as Pints would hs ssterly manailisa. The anobor wilatioa sr riUgeell era bad h ed Ponied the milt Alrest ant Moine remedial. He WWI that a antsdados etGiro or four prime " 11411 nald , merge* men, ruing decisively and ....._ "mr. seder the advice of moo able legal col lie weld venom all the does be WlT.sPiedill. All Mel wee, eli ese g erm e, be sem transfer from Von[ Wilts rho mossy fir fta ehan, Ihritin te a foloriga ol h e n t on. sunk toillmesy of 116 kart 'tersely say !sad la Irabisi add be lasnaMesl !tem this to a hash owner ; sYat s is asks* ass MU Ilet he a ass, was sass that Iss weld set have to ILeg ' O l eins at the title. if t Wooh,ba evrr;got die elLe ft 4 was mammy anstial ; to MOMS Ohm Illnkti u t m eumbered often from the Court el ion& the of whisk imposed apes nag .- 111111 wallathelef um of asolo, under the mast Mb •••• Pm mop* la the nab of " Gordian v. Blow Minos new pot up 188 " aborgim° or timbre In Cad 100 of thin aim wholly =ma n ▪ adb h esalliar we, what the Minn deaSSIMISI NI tits Coot 117 / 17a s heallsr Ski yam* anted by ths no had lisma ma up to so PM ibis (Han, Urn) Is another we, • omeeeled to so Ins this fill per asst. Mesa tea _natal of low. pie ass= la as lies deist - as Irish 'jaggiest was ha THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 18, 1849, would produce • notice of one which occupied tie columns of closely printed matter, wherein there were no lees t' an 76 demises, and the counsel who prepared it had stated that he would not he responsible for i.e being good, u there were 42 demists left out. The house would readily ogres with Min in opinion that it could not too soon turn its attention to the vital and important subject of the transfer of land in Ireland. (Hear, hear.) He would trouble them with only one more insfames of the effects of litigation, even under the more favourable circum stances in Ireland. Tilers was the cave of " Collins and Godhy," which was an amicable suit, instituted by a friendly creditor, (or the purpose of enabling the inheritor of en estate to pay off his debts by the gals of a portion of the land. The estate was valued at 3,00 W. a-year, clear of all nut goings. The inheritor owed 17,0001. The Court of Chancery took possession of the estate and received the rents for the 28 years that the suit hated, so that there was paid into the Chug ry Receiver's hands 78,0001. Allowing 1,0001. a year for interest an 'charges, there would be 26,0001. to be de ducted, leaving 2,0001. to the inheritor, and of this sum he received a very small fraction, the whole of it being •b -sorbed in tte expenses of the lawyen. There was another case is the Rolls Court, of " Goldsmith v. Glengall," is which there were no less than 180 defendants. The inhe ritor obtained an order to stay proceedings, for the purpose of selling the estate under aune, and in giving judgment the lamer of the Irish Halls Court stated that much of the evil rested with the Pgielature, which, instead of taking the opinions of practical Irish lawyers u to the proper mode of legislating for Irish estates, followed the ad vice of Bull* graveling:cm and threw the whole of the procerdinp into confusion. The Incumbered Es tates Hill had inflicted incredible hardships and injuries on the poosseson of land is Ireland. Prior to the passing of that set the Chastener had the power of lapwing the con ditions cm which the paints inesmbraneers were ti be enti tled to redeem the price mortgages or claims, and to sell the estate ; whereas now they mast pay not the whole of the amount due, but whatever sum might be claimed by mort gagees and judgment creditors, before an y steps could be taken towards selling. The Incumbered ßotates Act must bs greatly modified in order to render it applicable to the circumstances of Irish landholders. He was sorry to have occupied so much of the time of the houas—(hear, heir)— but the importanca of the subject must plead his excuse. The remedy that he had to woe the appointment of such a central EZ P er as he had already described, which constituting • permanent commilesion, would have the power of settling in • satisfactory manner all disputes relative to titles and to claims on land, and also of giving fresh titles, which would be equivalent to parliamentary tithe. Such • board of um. nfesionen as this bad been repeatedly suggested by writers and others conversant with Ireland. Arthur Young bad recommended tic appointment of some such 00111111i16011 for the purpose of reclaiming bog laud, and of draining and fencing the MOOS of Ireland, and several parliamentary committees had made the came recommendation. The view he took of the best mode of ameliorating the eardition of Ireland was that this could only be elf. cud by a series of small measures dovetailed into each other, the effect of which singly would be not very great, but when united the whole wouldproduce beneficial results. The right hon. gentleman the secretary for Ireland undertook last session to introduce • bill to amend one portion of the tenure of land system in Ireland, and he could not but regret that the right hon. gentleman should have withdrawn that bill upon the insig nificant demonstration of a alight opposition on Use part of a few absentee proprietors intrusted in land in the north of Ireland. He was glad to understand, however, that that bill was to be introdscad again this session. Sir W. 80MERVILLt.—It Lin the Lords now. Mr. SADLEIR continued—He was glad to hear it, bet would rather that it had been introduced in that house. I. this country we had the land cultivated bye clam of tenantry who had the protection and aid of a simple and intelligible tenure. But in Ireland how different was the ease ! They had leases of lives renewable for ever, but renewable upon what terms did the house supp- se ? Not upon the payment of • barley-corn, or a small pecuniary line. but renewable upon terms which not only retarded the induelletal develop aunt of the country, but ministered to the waist ge the people. He had seen leases of lives renewable kr eme upon the condition that the tenant should deliver to the landlord as much parliament whiskey as would mid* 172 glamors of strong whiskey punch. (A 11=1 This was a state of things which it was the duty of went to step in to prevent. The home would he se= to hear that the practice of creating sad men in Ireland was pereisted in by the autho i lne Tamely College, Dublin. The collegiate lands were let in the bet instance to middlemen who, paying less than their fail vase, retorted most enormous rents from the unierhenste tenant occupiers. Such was the we also with the trustees of Bres lau Smith, and of Sir Petrick Dunne, and the estates of the Feet absentee landlords. Truly had it been said by Dr. Admit Smith that your great proprieties were never your great improvers. And he would my mot mopestfally, Eva to theme of the Marquis of Lenadowne, 'who we este of the sod leamerolent, humane, and judicious atosedeeampeintswe, tat ft would be better for his own sake, ear sad for the public, if he were cot the proprietor of so m ush land in Ireland. In his opinion, government had the power now, if they bed the will, to coevert the present great *d eem of Ireland foto a greet appertnnky. And be amid net see how any party in that hoses spell spree the rte eadies of • policy and . of • settee el minim ealsehasd to emancipate the land from the legal dllleshiss with wide it was encumbered, to stimulate &Edam% sad to galena, the value of property. Would the flassidel refermen object to each a course of policy ? Why, it wen notegisse that one native of Tipperary oat more to govern than ten subj•cts of any otter country. (A laugh.) The noble lewd said, some time ago, that if we reduced our armaments we furnished the war party in foreign cabinets with irresistible argu ments; but he asked the noble lord if he unverted these feelings of discontent and disippointment—thcse feelings almost amounting to hatred, which now poisoned the minds of the people of the south of Ireland—into feelings of con edam, gratitude, and acknowledgment, • from the hearts of an 'admit, a loyal people ; whether such a change in the sentiments of these people would not enable the go- Tafralkollt to withdraw the military armament and a great portion of the police, who were now necessary to sustain and protect the resident gentry in those districts? (Hear, hear.) He would ask, shoo, whether it would not aced an answer to an observation of the noble lord, that if we should have to threaten war upon any foreign country, they would reply that they knew we could not go to war, because there was • sore which they would rip up, and that was Ireland. (Hear, hear.) He could not, therefore, anticipate any serious objection, or any objection which would avail to retard the program through parliament of these pltin, practical, unostentatious, but effectual men. sores by which the transfer of lai.ded property in Ireland might b greatly facilitated, the tenant's tenure greatly im proved, and the free and unrestricted application of capital to the earful culture of the land promoted. He had before referred to the subject, and he would do no more now than briefly repeat his conviction that it would be highly de sirable if the power of investing their surplus capital in the moderate of landed property in Ireland were conferred on the Bank of Ireland. He trusted that the government would secede to that _limped, and that they would intro duce measures cal to to carry out the great principle that the agriculture and industry of Ireland were entitled to every legislative protection which a course of well considered and remedial legislation could confer. The hon. gentleman concluded by moving the apiointment of the ummittee of which he had given notice. Mr. J. O'CONNBLL seconded the notion. The SOLICITOR GENERAL said he apprehended that the .omen which had just been submitted to the house was Wended be the purpose of calling attention to those sub jects erMeti formed the staple of the speech with which it bad been introduced, and that the hon. gentleman did not AIM seriously to prom for a committee. The bon, gentle men had upon the present occarien, however, taken such • wile Add of observation, embracing the whole system of jedllestsr• in Ireland, every detail of which would clone Abed as ample field for a long debate, that he (the Solicitor- General) could not hope to follow him through the vast variety of topics which he had introduced. He should, therefore, misfiles his observations to one or two remarks whisk more properly came within his scope. In the fleet r es , v h a t admitted as freely as the hon. gentleman did the m which arose from the conduct of business in the Overt of Chancery. He admitted that they ought to be genedied, and he wished he could say that they were cac hou* to Ireland. The present and past governments, how ever, and the judges of the Chancery Courts had evinced a great desire for reform, and in England considerable Maps had already been taken, travugh he admitted that very much yet remained to be done. ( Hear, hear.) The hon. gentleman, however, in the cases which he had adduced had not pointed out evils in the judicial procedure of the Court of Chancery, but had rather pointed out radical defects in the title to estates which could only be remedied by_ establishing a good and perfect system of real property. Meer.) Now, with respect to the bill for the sale of incur*. bered estates, it would be inconvenient upon the present occa sion to refer to the details deter bill, for whirl he bad given notice for that day week ; but he might my that the attention of the government had been earnestly and carefully directed to all the points to which the hon. gentleman hed referred, and to various others which he had not partici:lul , enume rated. The hon. gentlemen had referred to • ju dgment prosonaced by the ?fluter of the Rolls in Ireland, a cause with relation to the operation of the working of that ad for the eels of ineumbered estates, and stated that the first part of that act, which related to sales not under the authority of the Ogled of Chancery, was so incumbered with nodose sat bets to guard against fraud, that that par ties of the act had Wawa* in fact a dead let ler, and was never milled into operation at all. He was anxious, when the aware was introduced, to dis member it of forms of that siseeription. It was to be ob. mend, also, that • mey hansisisl change had taken place In the diocallts of the hewer, that disposition being to di nimbi he hems belled what he (the Solicitor-General) Ihielt advisable or sesseary. The hon. member had seeposa that it would be did table, on the male of incom ings& Wein, to make mosey represen tipyt the lend. That wast., object et the operation of the haus bmsdlielates AO, which was for the sale of hut not older the Court of Chancery. He ad abed that, he the sake of the protection of pumas who we& Isenafter make a title to the land, it was ha lite Me should net be a parliamentary title, s if looyese ; but still he contended that the = bah at Addible demi was the very prindple which idols. umber bhoesif somoistod. In reference to the Wi t et whisk be diedemteei tU Mader of the Bolls In Ind to trek es bailee Muesli people' he stiestooku th e posseill, of die Oeset of Olimesey, ,blishidoi dee ax. ay the amber of yards% ads was rat that= t he of that bill, nee Wi n ce lbw that ay usualer ouseesteat had d it. Ally nib WU But to metal la shersedag fe sad tasiNelleg dte seem of pre , whisla related to Ilee sale en tentes. In sae part of the speech of the hon. member he tally concurred, viz., that in which he stated that he thought the regeneration of the state of property in Ireland would be produced, rather by a essissof measures which should mutually aid and assist each other, than by one great comprehensive measure. There was • mistake in supposing that concentrated evils could be removed by the production of one measure; those who expected such a result would only be disap pointed, although he believed that by • Write of measures, aiding and assisting each other, the foundation might be laid of very great prosperity in Ireland, far exceeding that whirl was ever known, or which now existed, in this country. There were • grist many branches of the subject, and it was impossible to introduce the whole of them at ones ; no human capacity could see the exact working of the details. It could not fail to be ob served by all persons what was the altered condition of the opinion of the honest on this ruSject, and he fully agreed in the statements made by the hon. gentleman, and acknow ledged the Sincere support which government bad emitted on even subject which he believed was for the benefit of Ire land. He did not believe that any party motives interfered in the slightest degree with Irish members : he believed they were desirous to give every assistance in their power to tali go eminent. He had occasion last year, on passing the In cumbered Estates Bill, to make the same observation, that, notwithstanding the opposition, he believed every person was animated with a sine-re desire to render the measure as efficient al they could. As to the poor law, the consequence of that had been, that there had been an increased &acidity of removing persons from the land, and there had been mush less disinclination on the part of the people themselves to give up their tenements, and gn to toms other part of the country. Undoubt edly, landlords could not expect the same amount of income which they formerly received they would not get that sum from cultivated farms wh ich they would bay. from mall tenants, growing potatoes enough to feed a pig, to pay 11. rens, and begging the rest of the year. That the transition was painful could not be doubted, but the result he was convinced would be beneficial. He firmly be lieved that those results would be attained, and he looked for the co-operation and assistance of the various meshes' of the house, including the hon. member himself, fee making the measures as effectual as they could be. Mr. J. O'CONNELL wee pled to hear that It was the In tention of government to bring In • =same to remedy the evils connected with the system of landed property hi Ire land. He should be very sorry to draw an omen of the efficiency of these meatuses or their poesible moms from the phrases which the hon. gentleman had used in alluding to them. — An Box. MIDIBIII, here moved that the hones be counted, and 31 members only being present, the house adjouraed at ball-put 7 o'clock. Wit OrprelSO. OUTGOING MAILS. The mails for s tee - 10111S2 Wands rapt, made Ceylon, attle, lifeng-Kong„ end Ms Southomptos, nib up cm the wars*/ of the Mth April. Mails to Brnhe Berth Amodis end the Ustted Slates ern' be made the SOth of rl.l, to In token try the Waddington, whke saitr am lionthomplom biers to be aftmend. "By United Bans Melt Perdsot." The mall. , Ilmeeliks, to the Mediterranean, rapt, Aden, Oeyles, Lea, Bing-Kong, ks, will be anode op on the evaded 01 tie SIM of Andi. The mile tee Tim Oporta, Limbos, Medan. Cattle, and Gibraltar will ho made up cm the mankind the 77th of L Thei twee Be l7adrks, Clips WNW, IrYl4 Sorra Leone, and nil be mil Ta g e d As& 'anent° be ewe ettielbessel. bar alp." Wei /Nib WM4 ..mods, limanna, Mama, Yaw Clime. eel Nestee, and mng More toi pro al ka. jumnde.eireeneges, Now Otsnada, CMS, and Pe n a, Iss mole nip es We iesialleg alibi fel Mee. lap on the waft The weft tee Ibilsks. 4th MN*. the Bin" and bona Ayres, will be made of the 113011 WATIZ AT LONDOS 3111:1011. Tau D. —llLanasa, I sla. par 10: Mumma. 37 sla. par to. To•Maaaar—ltantlar..l3 MM. ; AfterariA iirla par 11. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18. RECENT events have shed a certain degree of in terest on the affairs and politics of Spain, which, of thetwelveri, they have for some time been unable, and indeed unworthy, to command. Bo disgusting was the personal and arbitrary rule of NARVAEZ, to cor rupt the machinations of the Queen-Mother, and so die teputab!e the conduct of the court, that one would have welcomed almost any change,even thoughbronght about by that vet y suspicious and strange alliance between the liberals and legitimists. Count MONTEMOLIN well-informed prince, professed himself of fairly libe ral opinions in the matter of a constitution. And had he been brought in and restored by the efforts of the cit:sen class and the constitutionalists, it Elf& have been expected that he would keep his word, and found a government which would stand neither on the old absolutist basis of FERDINAND, nor on the modern military foundation of NASSAU. But however eminent and thoroughly liberal Spaniards may have lent an ear to such a compromise, we never put much frith or trust in it. With whatever feelings, however, one might have re garded such a restoration in 1848, it is impossible to look to it in 1849 with any other sentiments than those of aversion and dread. The great and potent fact of the epoch is the simultaneous resuscitation in all countries of the old absolutist, legitimist and Holy Alliance party a party, if not dead,l ,at lest compelled to hide and conceal its thoughts and its existence for the list ten or fifteen years. We are now, however, in fall reaction, and have retrograded avowedly to the ideas, and the principles, and the professions of 181& Russia has stepped forward to resume its ancient in fluence; and that influence is even stronger than it was at the time of the Congress cf Vienna, for then it was at least partially combated by Austria, which existed as an Independent power. Whereas now Austria has completely flung eself into the arms of Russia, tke ore hand directing the policy of both empires. In presence of such a formidable alliance Prussia hesitates, and is cowed. France does its utmost to resist by diplomatic remonstrances the dictates and interference of the two absolutist powers in the affairs of Italy. But every day's intelligence bears witcess how powerless are the efforts of France. In England we see the reaction as manifest as even in Vienna. Lord ABERDEEN, during the days when absolutism was decidedly unpopular, bowed the head, consented to a French alliance, and con-' , formed to the liberal and forbearant policy of the CANNING school. But with the regeneration of abso lutism, Lord ABERDEEN has once more put on his old roue snit of ideas. He talks fierce, defiant, sad absolutist as NESSELRODE himself. He no longer aiiksamo the house as the colleague of PEEL, but as the mho of Lord BROUGHAM'S and Lord STANLEY'S mew-born love of absolutism. In this very menacing state of things, the restora tion of Count MONTEMOLIN or of any legitimist party is Spain would be of very fatal consequence. It might not be quite so reactionary as a restoration of the Duke of 80w:4.4ex in France. But it woad be a fact of the same tendency. And in despite of Count MONTEMOLIN'S personal promises and tendencies, limit would thereby acquire that hold and influence ever western Europe of which the revolution of 1830 trtonstely deprived it. There is, indeed, no mistaking that this current of events, and even of ideas, in 1849, tends strongly to gado and to reverse not only what was done in 1818, bat what was done in 1830 also. There is a reaction not merely against democracy, but against coestitu. tionaliam. It is not merely kings and courts, and old politicians, that look for these restorations, but aristocracies and hierarchies, and what not. In fact, everything antiquattd looks and expects to take the place of all modern inventions. Autocracy would replace constitutionalism, authority would de throne reason, protection dreams of altogether subvert ing and supplanting free trade. Liberal governments and liberal parties have, in the face of this hostile coespiracy against them, really no chance and no friends to fling away. And they should begin by securing Spain. French and English should come without 1 low of time to a common accord to waive all old differences with regard to the Peninsula. The French government has done its duty in seising the Conde Ds MONTEMOLIN, and they have equally done right in not subjecting him to deprivation of liberty. But the hour is past when constitutionalists and legitimists can unite or can hope to agree. The Spanish government, even with Kamm at its head, is, we trust, not mad enough to go on any longer as a reactionary party. For, if it do so, General NARVAEZ is but paving the way for a mixt restoration. The only chance for ISABELLA IS to return to the reality of constitutional government, and to trust the real, however moderate, liberals in carrying it out. We had hoped something of this kind, from the rumoured return of Senor OLOZAGA to Madrid. But nothing as yet seems to have come of it. France, England, and Spain ought to lose no time in coming_ to an accord, unless th e y are pre to behold the Russo-Austrian influence as Ca ll atible beyond the Pyrenees as it has booms beyond the Alps. PRINCE METTERNICH IN ARREARS MR TAXES.— As Prince Met NMh has not paid his two, &boat 177,000 t, on his chateau in the Duchy of Name, his wines hare been embed, and will be shortly sold. Some of the wines are 200 pan old. ROME, MARCIE 31. There is a rumour in town that war has also begun on the Neapolitan frontier, and that the opening of the campaign has been the seizure nt the town of Fondi by the Rowan corps under General Ferrari. Garibaldi's division hovers over the Abruzzi, inland on the eastern ridge of the Apennine. The reprisal of a war fur Italian independence Lai canoed the Roman Assembly to concen'rate the whole power of the state into the bands of a die atonal triumvirate, altogether abdicating their own author ity ; and to the former t iumvir Armellini, two new assistants are now joined, viz., Mazzlni and Sal. These three supersede all the branches of the former executive. Pensions on a liberal scale are voted for the wounded and the widows and orphans of the slain in the forthcoming struggle. Ir is calculated tha: GO new field-pieces will be formed out of the eturch bell-metal ; a dczen of these guns have already required the services of the wheel wright and waggon maker, and are ready for action. Volunteers are hastening off to the legations where the stand must be made eventually. One of the last acts of the Assembly was to vote 16,000 dollars fur the complete excavation of the Roman Forum, which is to b 3 cleared down to its antique level from the arch of Titus to the foot cf the capiwl. The rubbish is contracted for by the railway company, who are slowly working out the Latium line (piesiatino) along the Appian way. The elm trees on the surface are fer auction to-morrow. There is much ,peculation among . archeo logists as to the probable discoveries which th.s undertaking may brio, to light. Bat those who are beat read in the chances of treasure trove regret that advantage was Lot taken of the late unexampled low water in the Tiber, for a thorough dredging of that yellow river, in the bed of which the most valuable objects are well known to slumber. Among other unique moveables is the seven-branch candlestick of massive gold, brought by Titus from the temple of Jerusalem, and of which the size may be accurately guessed from the bas-relief on the triumphal arch aforesaid, where it appears to be nearly a man's height. I•s lapse into the Tiber occurred at the rout of Maxentius escaping over the Milvian-bridge from the onslaught of Con stantine. Talking of excavations, I visited this morning the works going on in the subterranean vaults of the holy office, and was not a little horrified at what I saw with my own eyes, and held in my own bands. Though f have teen familiar with everything in and about Rome for aquarter of a century, I conks. I one had any curiosity to visit the Inquisition, taking it for granted that everything was carried on there fairly and honestly as I was led to believe by people worthy in other respects of implicit trim.. Besides the place itself is out of the beaten track of all strangers, and in a eon of cul de sac behind St. Peter's, where it naturally retired to perform its blushing operations, and "do good by stealth." I was struck with the outward appesrat ce of civilisa tion and comfort displayed by the building, which owes its erection to Pius V., author of the last creed : but on entering, the real character of the concern was no longer dissimulated. A range of strongly barred prisons formed the ground-floor of a quadrangular court, and these dark and damp receptacles I found were only the preliminary stage of probation, intended for new corners as yet uninitiated into the Elensinian mysteries of the establishment. Entering a passage to the left, you arrive at a smaller courtyard, where a trip!e row of small barred dungeons rises from the soil upwards, somewhat after the out- I ward look of a three-decker, " accommodating" about sixty prisoners. These b and cages must have been often fully manned, for there is a supplementary row constructed at the back of the (loath angle on the ground-floor which faces a large garden. All these cellular contrivances have strong iron rings let into the masonry, and in some there is a large stone firmly imbedded in the centre with a similar massive ring. Numerous inscriptions dated centuries back are dimly legible on the admission of light, the general tenor being assertion of innocence: " Iddio ci liberi di linguo caluntniatrice," " to domenico Gazeoli vissi qui anni 18," " Calumniatores naendacese.rterniinabuntur." I read another somewhat longer, the drift of which is, "The caprice or wickedness of man can't exclude me from thy church, 0 Christ, my only hope." 'I he officer in ch arge led me down to where the menwere diggin g in the vaults below; they bad cleared a downward flight of steps, which was choked up with old rubbish, and had come to a series of dungeons under the vaults deeper still, and which immediately brought to my mind the Srisons of the Doge under the canal of the Bridge of ighs at Venice, only that here there was a surpassing horror. I saw imbedded in old masonry, unsym metrically arranged, live skeleton in various recesses, and the clearance had only just begun : the period of their insertion in this spot must have been more than a century and a half. From another vault full of skulls and scattered human remains there was a shaft about four feet 'gore ascending perpendicularly to the first floor of the building, and ending in a passage off the hall of the chancery, where a trap-door lay between the tribunal and the way into a suite of rooms destined for one of the officials. The object of this shaft could admit of but one surmise. The ground of the vault was made up of decayed animal matter, a lump of which held imbedded in it a lung silken lock of hair, as I found by personal exami nation as it was shovelled up from below. Why or wherefore, with a large space of vacant ground lying outside the structure, this charnel house should be contrived under the dwelling, passes my ken. But that is not all, there are two Inge subterranean lime kiln., if I may so call them, shaped like a beehive in masonry, filled with laycrs 'of calcined bone', forming the substratum of two other chambers on the ground floor in the immediate vicinity of the very mysterious shaft above mentioned. I know not what interest you may attach to what looks like a chapter from Mrs. Radcliff, but had I not the evidence of my own senses I would never have dreamt of such appearances in a prison of the holy office; being thoroughly sick of the nonsense that has for years been put forth on that topic by partisan pens. Bat here the thing will be come serious, for to-morrow the whole population of Rome is publicly invited by the authorities to come and see with their own eyes one of the results of entrusting power to clerical hands. Libels on the clergy have been manifold during the last four months, and have done their work among the masses. But mere talk is nothing to the actual view of realities. Begnins irritant animas denims per aura (Maw num stint multi subjects thlelibus. The archives (wanting the very recent ones only) have been overhauled, and a selection will be forth with published. The cases are of the most intense interest, reaching from Galileo's time down to mo dern days • and here most disgraceful letter. from the Sardinian and Neapolitan courts, including a choice correspondence from the Doke of Mole's., will, be given verbatim, in extenso. Latterly the omelets had become almost exclusively pAitical, and only busied itself with " ea:bonen" and "freemasons," under which terms every aspirant after a constitu tional form of government was thought fair game, and hunted out secundum orient. It is quite possible that the Croats of Radetaki may force back on the population of these territories cleri cal rulers again • but no fiiend of the Roman catholic church, acquainted with the present sentiments of the Romans, can view such an event without deep alarm. AN ENGLISH CLOCK IN CONSTANTINOPLE.—A large clock, showing the time upon two faces, and striking the hours and quarters, has recently been plac edl in a tower built for the purpose in the arsenal at Constantinople. The clock was made by Mr. Palmy, of Pall-mall, and is the first public dock that has ever been put up in a countvy pro f/mine the Moslem faith. This moy be considered as another approxlmal9n to European (intone. NAVTGATINO TIM ARCTIC REOlONB.—CoinMander Joseph West, an officer of long standing, has proposed a plan of fitting a steam-vessel wids ice hammer and ice taws, to be worked by the shaft of the engine, for the purpose of navigating the Polar regions. The projec tiont is applicable to either screw or paddle-wheel steamers, and is thus explained : —A seroi•cireular cogged plate Is fled on the shaft, which Paned. itself with an elevating bar, fixed to the end of a sway beam, the fulcrum being in a crank on the bow of the vessel, at the for• end of the sway beam, where the ice ham mer is hung, which, by the connexion of the cogs, is raised eight Let at every revolution. It is thrown out of par when they disconnect, the hammer then falls, and Is again raised when the cop connect. The hammy are from fifteen to twenty hundred weight, working alternately on each side before the stem, and are capable of breaking through ice four or five feet thick, thus enabling seismal se fitted to approximate much nearer to the wired paid= of Sir John Franklin's ship than as be bee the present means, as the above mamba as be MIA to my steam vessel et a t ,1912 11 MINN esopmei with the abject to De obtained. The levealien h as tin* es ft to us to be peetteable, and we trait that the will appre ciate the value of the plea, end die mellow Wasted the mama Weak.. hy &DWAINE it mist skilled et case on dal pecans trash et the items loguire6efsedlos nft vigatta.—Usfgesf Barrio Gaeta& VDe Court. WINDSOR, TULSDAY.—Prince Albert left Windeor Cade this mcroing at 7 o'clock, attended by the Marquis of Abereorn, Groom of the Stole to his Royal 'Beanies, Liiut.- colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps. his Rep) ifiehossa's Private Secretary, and Colonel F. H. Seymour, Equerry in Waling. His Royal Highness and suite proceeded through I.Tabridge to the Watford Swim of the North-Western Railway, and thence by •spenisl train to Rugby end Lincoln. Lord Byron is expiated at the Castle th . s afternoon to re lieve the Earl of Morton in his duties u Lord in Waitiag to the Queen )I;ot4e:weal Sir Frederic Storin, Groom in Waiting, left the Cutle for town this morning. The royal dinner party at the Cutle this evening will in clude the Duchess of Kent, the Princess Amelia of Holten lobe zhillingafunt, Lady Angst:la Bruce, Barmen de Speth, the Earl of Moron, and Sir George Couper. The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary honoured the performance of the Royal Italian Opera with their presence yesterday evening. A cabinet council was held at twelve o'clock yester day at the Foreign-office. Lord John Russell, the Ls rd Chancellor, the Marquis of Lanidownis, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, Sir John Hobbous., Lord Campbell, the Right Hon. H. Lubouchere, and the Marquis of Clanrioarde at tended. The council sat two hour* and a half. Commodore Sir C Ho'ham had an interview with 1 1 Earl Grey yesterday at the Colonial-office. Mr. Higham, Secretary and Comptroller-General to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, had an iaterview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Mr. Willcox, M.P., had also an interview yester day with the right hon. baronet at his official residence in Downing-strew. Mr. F. H. F. Berkeley, M.P., had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home office. PRINCE ALBERT'S VISIT TO LINCOLN. LIECOLN, TUESDAY. The preparations for the reception of Prince Albert in this town, while on his way to open the Grimsby Docks, have been, after much civic discussion, fully carried out, The day has been kept a holiday by all ranks in the town. At neon the mayor and corporation assembled in the Guildhall, where they put on their robes, and then went in carriages in pro. cession to meet the Prince Albert at the Midland Rsilway Station, where he was expected to arrive at 1 o'clock. Several of the London police were in the city, and aided effectively in preserving order amongst the people. It had been arranged that the address of the corporatism should be presented in the Corn Exchange, which, by mese, was well filled with residents in the city, principally ladies. At the west end of the Corn Exchange a raised dais was placed, brie' ascended by three steps; it was covered with crimson coloured cloth. On this an easy chair was placed, which had been covered for the occasion with crimson flowered velvet. Behind were festooned draperies of crimson cloth, having " God save the Queen" in gilt letters near the top, and the city arms, with the motto, " Florist Lindum." Oa either doe of the dais were suspended two very old flags, the property of the Lincoln Local Militia, and below them two vases filled with evergreens and artificial flowers. The rot m was well filled with the citizens and the gentry of the neighbourhood. A false alarm of the Prince's arrival was created by four men walking up the room bearing, one the tip staff, another the silver mace, a third the large gilt mace, and • fourth looked excessively ludicrous, he being a poor emaciated old man, and wining an enormous " cap of maintenance," with a rim 7 loches hr Ai, and bearing the mayor's sword. Precisely at 1 o'clock his Royal Highness arrived at the station in the Queen's state carriage, where he was received by the Mayor and Recorder. His Royal Highness then stepped into an open carriage, and, accompanied by Colonel Phipps and the Earl of Yarborough, proceeded to the Corn Brehtags. His Site's! Highness having ascended the dais, the Recorder, Town Clerk, and members of the council, ranged themselves in front of the dais. Prince Albert looked cold, the result of travelling during a heavy tall of anew. The' &monition were dressed in their robs, and their appearance was very mirth-provocative. Prince Albert did not make use of the cheir, but stood, with his coat close buttoned, near the edge of the platform. The Recorder (Mr. Serjeant Clarke) then approached, and read the following address "To 1116 ROYAL HIGHNESS FIELD-MARSHAL PRINCE ALBERT, K 0., lac. " We, the mayor, aldermen, and corporation of the city of Lincoln, beg to offer to your royal highness a cordial and hearty welcome to our aociedt city, a city formerly the occisional residence of the monarchs of Eng lend, end always distinguished by the loyalty and patriotism of her citizens. Wo hail with feelings of the highest grati tude the presence of the illustrious consort of our gracious and beloved Oaten, and the occasion thus offered us of ex. pressing to your royal highness in person our deep respect and admiration of those moral virtues and personal seem pliahmants which have won for your royal highness the esteem and attachment of all ewes of her Majesty's subjects- The estimable example which your royal highness presents of personal and domestic excellence has filled us with no Imo admiration than the solicitude shown by you for the best int:rests of the people, in giving the influence of your elevated position and enlightened exertions to the sup port of public institutions, in which Englishmen may well feel an honourable pride, for the promotion of benevolent objects, the encouragement of the arts, and the advancement I sad diffusion of knowledge ; and we appreciate with admira tion and gratitude those motives which have led your Royal Highness to vide these rare of her Majesty's dominions, in order to give the auspice us and encouraging sanction of your illustrious name and presence to the commencement of works connected with the common welfare of the county. We hope, In all sincerity, that your Royal Highness may have a safe and agreeable progress In the execution of your gracious and laudable object, and that, under the blessing of Divine Providence, your Royal Highness may live long to enjoy the honour and advantagin of your high and disunguiehed po sition, and the COOsCiOUSZESS of having employed the powers and influence they confer in the amelioration and improve. ment of our common species." To this his Royal Highness replied : " I have received with much pleasure your welcome to the ancient and loyal city of Lincoln. The kind expressions which you have made use of with regard to myself personally, cannot fail to be deeply felt and valued by me. But you do me no more than justice in believing that I am sincerely anxious to give every encouragement in my power to those excellent institutions of which you may feel so justly proud, some of which provide fur the wants and sickness of your poorer brethres, and others tend, by the encouragement of an and the wide diffusion of knowledge, to enlarge the minds and elevate the tastes of the British people. I have gladly availed myself of this opportu nity to visit the county of Lincoln for the first time. I could not do so without pausing on my journey to visit the capital city and beautiful edifice that adorns is. I hope sincerely I that the gigantic work, of which I am about to lay the fine stone, may prosper, end that the benefits of increasing com merce may add to the wealth and prosperity of the town sad county." At the conclusion of the reply "God save the Queen " was Bang by the boys of the Christ's Hospital Blue-coat School, assisted by the Minster choir. The pros- ntati,n of the members of the corporation to his Royal Highness formed part of the proceedings. The Prince then left the Exchange, and went into the open carriage, proceeding through the Stone-bow up Silver street and the Miester-yard to visit the cathedral. The Prince entered by the western doors, and stopped a few moments to admire the extreme beauty of the west front. On entering the church, his royal highness was met by the bishop, the dean, Archdeacon Bonney, the canon in residence, and several of the clergy of the city and neighbourhood. The dean then approached his royal highness and read the fol lowing address " May IT PLEASE TOIII ROW. HIOHNIISS, " We, the deans and csnons of this eathednd, beg leave to approach your royal highness with the expression of our de. voted loyalty and attachment to our getimus Queen and to the royal family of this realm. In common with the people of Lincoln in general, we are most anxious to be permitted to offer to your royal highness a hearty welcome on your royal highness's present visit to this large agricultural county, so distinguished by the skilful prachee and the rich products of good husbandry, as well as for the peaceable and al disposition of the population. In common with the other bitants of this ancient city we hail with gladness your Royal presence here, where, in the days of old, kings and princes have resided, and kept their courts. And for ourselves, in particular, we are truly thankful for the privi- lve of attending upon your Royal Highness in your survey of our noble cathedral, of which your Royal Highness's personal observation and your well-known excellent taste in the fine arts cannot fail to satisfy you that we have abundant reason to he proud." His Royal Highness replied: " I thank you very sincerely for the address which you have presented to me, and for the expressions of your devoted attachment and loyalty to the Queen and to the royal family. The prospect of viewing your cathedral, so famous for its pre-eminent beauty, added another pleasure to the gratification which I expected to derive from my pre sent visit to this fine county." The prince then walked up the aisle to the semen, end par ticularly noticed the fine circular windows of stained . He then went up the choir, through the down% into the Chapter-honse, and returned through the awned to the Am south entrance, whence hie royal highness entered his carriage. The prince expressed his great gretideation with the view of the cathedral. Archdeacon Bonney attended the prince, and pointed out several of the architectural beauties of the building. The prince then returned down hill to the railway station, and left Lincoln for Brocketley precisely at half-put four o'clock, at which time our express left. CITY SEWERS.—GUILDHALL. Yesterday the commissioners assembled; Deputy lozacocx in the chair. - TH GAS GIIISTION. The Clerk then end the following letter from the City Gas Company : aty °amides Willlkets, April 12, 1849. Geatlimms.—l eat &meted to memint yea that the Ommantro of Iltempeemet of the Clty of Loes red Deb Mayen) Moe am wpm' themedver to wed Ihe wawa to yew balm. apart, latemisl ken tem Wm an eh, WO Mit, bet they trait Sat yea ye mom thumb the geordoq etlhdroambs seek meemu- I Meellim min the CesetOwirei Wee Olenneeel =Mem wessellee In prelimeest Wel Wm Men diem" 4 lavemaik Ile roweeme ma isimbee be the pipet pe well be epa le ma& mie. elesitielles It mit Pio the pant solid yak •Firdiast private *initialers, to which belief your hoe. court has required o re. conaiiieration of the price charged for pa. The mutt of the bill, whatever It iney be, will not influence the intention of the committee of management, who merely withhold their announcement of their deter minat?on for the present to prevent mia pprehcnaion on the part of the promoten of the bill, who have delayed its protons for eta week', and but for which the committed of management would have been free to send in their answer on the lith, ageording to promise. I am also directed to call the serious attention of your honounlie court to the evidence given before the committee of the House of Commons an to the intention of the pro jected 'mutiny respecting the laying of the maim, in reference to which the committee of management will be happy to gin you every infonnathan In their power. I have, de. (Signed) D. BENHAM, Sec, The Hon. the Coremimionne of Sewen for the City of London. The letter was declared to be very unsatisfactory to the commissioners, who soon after adjourned. HEALTH OF TOWNS ASSOCIATION. Yesterday the annual general meeting of this as sociation was held at the house of the Statistical Society, St. James's-square. ;The Hon. F. Bvmo in the chair. Amongst the individuals pr,sent were Mears. Mackinnon, M.P., P. H. Holland (of Manchester), It. B. Grantham, J. W. Tottie, Doctors Goyim, Oliver, Aldis, &c., &c. The CHAIRMAN having opened the proceedings, Dr. GUY read the report of the 'mauled= for the put yea, which minutely detailed all tho steps taken during that period, and embraced a statement of the receipts and expenditure since its commencement in 1846, from which it appeared that the sum of 1,6651. 18s. sd. had been received, chiefly in subscriptions, of which the aunt of 1,6081. 19s. 14. had been expended; leaving a balance of 1461. 19s. 4d. on band. D:. ALCM; moved that the report be received and adopted ; and expresud regret that, in addition to the monster nuisances of Smithfi, ld Market and intramural burying•places, so many abominations re mained in the metropois uaremoved if not unassailed. lie himself had received a subpeena to attend in the Central Criminal Court in a case whore a prosecution had been insti tuted against a soap-boiler in Westminster ' immediately ad joining when premises wu a bone yard and marine stare containing heaps of filth and dust of the most fetid kind, a gm manufactory, and several yards filled with large accu mulations of decayed manures. Now, he asked, was it not monstrous that the power of removing such multifarious sources of disease and death was not possessed in the metro polis as well aa in the other parts of the country ? Mr. J. BUNTER seconded the resolution. Mr. LIDDLE objected to a phrase in the report which characterimed the Metropolitan Sewers Bill as an efficient illellllllll. Dr. GAVIN soil that the committee were fully aware of the many de fi ciencies of the London Sewerage Hil l; but they had not omed it in it, passage through the house on ac count of the danger which was to be apprehended to the in habitants of the City, if an outbreak of cholera were to occur before the drainage hadbeen improved teeny extent (Hear.) Mr. MACKINNON, M.P., begged to state, in reference to Smithfield Market, that he had the good fortune to get a committee of the House of Commons on the subject on the previous night. He had experienced much opposition from Alderman Sidney and other gentlemen connected with the City ; but he believed that if the call fur a division had been persisted in, these gentlemen would have walked out alone, and he should have had the remainder of the house with him. (Hear, hear.) As the chairman of the committee, he did not like to pronounce any opinion on the matters which were likely to come before it, but this he would say, that he would keep steadily in view the main object of endeavouring to obtain the mast correct information, and the most respec table evidence on the subject. He trusted that if there were say gentlemen present who had it in their power to afford the committee information, they would send in their names, and give them the benefit of their evidence. The CHAIRMAN said that the step taken by Mr. Mackinnon would undoubtedly produce much good, and he trusted that ho would be enabled soon to effect some @hangs in the present system of intramural interments, for he believed Isis medical friends who were present would say that, in the event of a hot summer, the present state of the grave-yards of the me hto was likely to produce pestilence. Mr. MACKINNON od to state that he had privately applied to Lord John Rumen, to the chairman of the Com missioners of Woods and Forests, and to Sit George Grey, and stated that he intended to put a question to them re seeding their intentions in the matter; bat the answer which he had received was that he would accelerate the object which be had in view by not pertains them then on the subject. A question, however, regarding the intentions of government, with respect to any interference with burials in towns, was asked of Lord John Russell by Lord Duncan lately, and the answer which he got wee, that a bill was in course of preparation for the purpose of preventing interments within the bills of mortality. Lord John Russell, however, had not mentioned any time for the introduction of the measure, and he trusted that some one would take care to force him to lee explicit on that important point. Lord Dudley Stuart was chairman of a meeting on the subject lately held at the Crown and Anchor, and he had informed him (Mr. Mackinnon) that it was hie intention to put the question in a very few days. (Hear, hear.) The report was then adopted, and a numerous committee for the present year was appointed. Mr. P. H. HOLLAND, of Manchester, proposed a row lution, the purport of which was an expression of opinion by the meeting that the extension of health measures to the metropolis, to Scotland, and to Ireland, was imperatively called for. The introduction of such a measure regarding Scotland was admitted to be satisfactory, but the airline. of similar measures for the metropolis and for Ireland was re gretted, and a pledge given that the exertions of the associa tion would for the future be directed to the attainment of such measures, having a due regard to the amount of funds which may be plated at their deposal by the public, and the liabilities which they had contracted. Dr. OLIVER seconded the resolution, which was parsed unanimously. Mr. GRAINGER moved a resolution calling on the friends of the &societies to come forward with their sub scriptions and provide the means of completing the work which had been so well begun. He regretted that the progress of unitary measure* in the metro- polis was at a stand-still tor the want of powers to carry them out. Mr. J. LIDDLE seconded the resolution. The resolution was then adopted. Votes of thanks to the Statistical Society, for the use of their rooms, and to the Chairman, for his conduct in the chair, and his zealous support of the aseociation, were than carried, and the proceedings terminated. FINANCIAL REFORM. CONDUCT OF MR.D'EYNCOURT, M.P., ON MR. COBDEN'S MOTION: A meeting of the Lambeth Electoral Association took place last evening, at the Horns Tavern, Kennington common, "Te take into consideration the reasons assigned by the Right Hon. C. T. D'Eyncourt, for the absence of his name from the division list upon Mr. Cobden's motion for financial reform, and upon the general business of the asso ciation." There was rather a numerous attendance. Mr. CHARLES JONaa was unanimously called on to preside. The CHAIRMAN said they would first dispose of the business of the association—this being the annual meeting. The association had been formed to give effect to liberal opinions at elections, and one of its declared objects was to attend to the registration, but this they had been unable to do for want of more general support. Mr. THEODORE JONES, the secretary of the associa tion, read the report of the committee. After referring to the establishment of the association, they regretted that their operations had been hampered for want of pecuniary support, only about 126 members having been ensolled, and 701. sub scribed. This they attributed to the want of a more active canvass. (Nevertheless ' they had convened various public meetings in favour of liberal measures; and hoped to be able to commence operations in the registration courts next year. If the electors only responded to the call of the com mittee, the objects of the association might be accomplished by a very small effort from each. The financial statement showed a balance of 61. Bs. 6d. now due to the treasurer. The committee earnestly appealed to the meeting for increased support ; 200 or 300 subscribers of 2s. annually would be sufficient to carry out the objects of the association. Mr. BRNDALL moved the adoption of the report, and the re-appointment of the retiring members of the com mittee. The Rev. S. GREEN seconded the resolution, and ex pressed his conviction that there would be no safety for this country till every man had a vote in the election of members of parliament. (Hear, hear.) The motion was unanimously agreed to. The CHAIRMAN said the meeting would now proceed to the other point—the conduct of Mr. D'Eyncourt. The association had not called this meeting out of any hostility to the hen. gentleman; they attributed to him no dishonour able motive for the course he had pursued on Mr. Cobden's motion, but to exercise the right of constituents to critic se the conduct of their representatives. (Hear, hear.) While approving of his consistent conduct with regard to triennial parliaments, and vote by ballot, they felt it their duty to urge on him the importance of taking every opportunity the House of Commons to support reform principles. The amoation considered that, by not supporting Mr. Cobden's motion, Mr. D'Eyneourt had so far injured the canoe of re form. (Hear, hear.) Mr. F. DOULTON, after referring to the previous meet ing on this subject, and reading the letter of Mr. D'Eyn court, explanatory of the course he had punned (which ap peared in the Express a few days ago), said the com mittee had co other course than to call this meeting. Sine* doing so, they had received the following PAW from Mr. D'Eyncourt Bayer Manor, Market Ram, April 14,1649. Dear have received your letter anno •-andm- a meet/ft at the Dorm Tavern. on Tuesday, the 17th inst., to ft•-• the reams as signed by me teethe abscised's, name the division ca Mr. Cob. den's motion on tbe 241 b Feb., and for eperposes. lobserve that I am not lotted to attend the meeting : therefore my non-appear awe at it will not be comidaed diertipastfal. I learn that. according to the terms in whielt this meet* was ceightally caned, it was pro posed to review my mile amain Is genera, as well as with to Mr. Cobrien's me It seams that this intention has Wa re = doted ; bat lithe meting should inseam their repel that I did not vote with Mr. Cohdes. they Irina am seO•set, de me the Julies to think that a Meg sad horst pulas mew, wniei I ea boldly my will beer the she tet meatitay, might to have &MA mimes the vindictive and lambing 'seem early tle parties emmalleg at the Lambeth vestry-rem ea the letli :=l ".. at=mt ilmalag wit not imaprim la thy reselatka the then la the that pied *thygasmen symit from mg porliementary dugs; neither will it medaleady Ikea to other mill= doted is the Lambeth weray-renmalataing am; "able dmraelw, the Isligiced of which, if regmeniea Waft ma; eiMbe felt' awn& !farther lima this I dial net vaw eiminsami astimthem. To Frederfeh Delskieat rimil4 lMg. dur Es would sew neve : That be reams aitiped by the Wet Ma. C. T. tarlooltrie la his letter at Ohs Mk et Nat* tor the aka. et We mac ten it i 111 11 I 1, 1 Ti Ji AIN